NEWS OF THE WEEK
li I Condensed Fora lor Our
Buy Beiders.
W tfPEMNCS OF TWO CONTINENTS
Ik Reauma of tha Leal Important but
Not Laaa Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Federal troops si Goldfield will be
reduced to two oompaniee.
Secretary Tsft advocates tree trade
with tbe Phlliinea in sugar and to-
bateoo.
Am bases dor Aoki bss started for
Japan. confident of settling tbe immi-
giation question.
The gov.rnment has replied to the
Standard Oil company, saying that its
flue of $29,240,000 is perfectly jiuL
Al) indictments against Colorado
coal land grabbers have been quashed.
Tbe oourt oould find no law applicable.
New York mothers have declared war
on tte nerve-racking initiations of the
societies of private and public schools
maintained by girls.
George Edward Adams, who stole
about $60,000 from miners while in
tbe Seattle array office, will leave pris
on worth a quarter of a million.
In a speech by Secretary Taft it was
declared that the money panic was due
mainly to dishonest finance.
He also
said socialism will come if a moneyed
oligarchy grows up.
Roosevelt predicts Taft's nomination
on the first ballot.
A blanket o* snow covers the Dako
tas, lows and Nebraska.
LADD WILL PAY.
IXPR6BB CHARat» HIGH.
Agrees to Moot Account of Busted
Bank in Throe Years.
Welle-Far go Accused of Discrimina
tion Against Merchants.
Portland, Jan. 1.—W. M. Ladd has
agreed to take over the assets of the
Roos bank and pay all Its depoalta
within three years.
Details of the plan were arranged
yaaterday in a conference between a
committee of devwitors, agents of Mr.
Ladd. John Manning, district attorney,
and W. C. Bristol, special counsel for
the state, and for the American Surety
company.
Mr Ladd will not be pr<«ecuted, but
officers of the bank. Mr. Manning ray»,
will be indicted next Monday.
Investigations of the smashed hank's
accounts will be continued, in order to
gather evidence for pioeecutioa. Offi
cere involved are J. Thotburn Rose,
George H Hill, T. T. Bnrkliart.JJ. E.
Aitchieon and F. M. Warren.
Experts continue to dig up sensations
in the bank's accounts, and to confirm
the knowledge that its dealings wete
the moat scandalous Portland _has over
seen.
Committee of depositors will insist
on peyment of interest by Mr. Ladd
until claims are fully met.
Whether the receiverhip will be con
tinued has not been decided, but if it
shall be, C. E. Mrwro may be supersed
ed by a receiver of Mr. Iadd’s selec
tion.
Mr. Ladd will succeed to whatever
claims the bank may bold against the
$202,000 property of Ross.
The bank continually ran behind in
i> earnings, but Roes had a happy fac
ulty of marking up assets with “en
hanced value" to make up the defi
ciency. and entered it in a mysterious
account called “suspense earning«,"
which is full of puzzle« for tbe exerts.
UPPER HAND OF PLAQUE.
Dying Out in San Francisco—Seven
Cases in December.
Roosevelt baa allowed troops to re
main in Goldfield on ths promise of
Gcvernor Sparks to call a special ses
sion of the legislature.
Sen Francisco, Jan. 1.—With only
seven case« cl bubonic plague reported
during the month of December and but
tbrere cases lemaining under treatment
at the isolation hospital, the plague in
San Francisco is almost eradicated.
More that $600,000 has been expended
in the sanitary campaign, of which the
Federal government is paying three-
fourths. It is estimated that approxi
mately 130,000 rate have been de
stroyed during tbe past four months.
Thirty-five thousand, six hundred and
forty two rats were brought to the la
boratory of the health department. Of
this number, 11,391 were examined by
bacteriologists for plague and 106 found
to be infected.
“The situation is greatly improved,"
eaid Dr. Blue today, “desp'te the apa
thetic attitude of tbe people of San
Francisco, some of whom have been
inclined to hostility toward us for the
work that we are doing for their bene
fit ”
The total number of cases reported to
date is 136; deaths 73; cured 60; re
maining under treatment 3; suspected
Now York is overrun by hundreds of
unemployed.
RUSSIA GIVING UP ALL HOPE
Lord Cur son has teen persuaded to
re-enter English politics.
An eminent French doctor says Kai
ser William has consumption.
English are protesting against slav
ery in the Portuguese colonies.
Kansas City theaters have given up
the fight against Sunday closing.
Nearly $1.000,000 more graft by tbs
Schmits gang baa been discovered.
North Carolina has again refused to
pay tbe bonds issued during the reccn-
atrocticn day«.
There is a monster shipment of war
material on the San Francisco docks
billed for Manila.
The San Francisco health beard has
appealed to tbe people to continue the
extermination of rate.
cases 18.
Tbe Twenty-fourth Japanese diet has
just convened.
Japan Slowly Strangling Foreign In
President Roosevelt io hunting tur
keys at Pine Knot, Va.
State Treasurer Steel, of Oregon, has
filed bis new bond in the sum of $635,-
OtM.
Cleveland, Ohio, manufacturers plan
a resumption of work for fully 10,000
former employes during January.
Railroads throughout tbe country
have shown tbe effects of tbe financial
panic by a curtailment of otders (or
roiling stock.
At a meeting of the Pacific Coast
Commercial Travelers* association in
Bin Francisco it was voted to stop
gambling among members.
A passenger train collided head-on
with a freight near Lenox, Mich. Five
tra nmen met death. All passengers
escaped with but alight injuries.
In a raid on Chinese gambling houses
Portland police secured $10.166 90 in
coin and currency and $4,445.09 of ex
change on Hongkong banks. According
to law this money may go into the
state treasury.
Raleigh, N. C., has
tion.
voted
prohibi
Dewey has just celebrated hie 7Cth
birthday.
Officers and crews of the big fleet are
enjoying life at Trinidad.
Heney says special privilege Is the
root of political corruption.
Reports of New York banks show a
recovery from the money crisis.
Accused members of the first Russian
douma deny they advised rebellion.
Indiana Republicans have formally
indorsed Fairbanks as their candidate
for president.
It is said a dark horse has been se
lected to fill Bristol’s place as United
States attorney for Oregon.
Burning snowsheds near Truckee,
Cal., has greatly delayed Bouthem Pa
cific trains between Portland and ban
Francisco.
Latest developments in the row be
tween naval factions brings out the
fact that it is over ranking of offioers.
Two constructions of tbe revised stat-
ntee is possible and each faction claims
it is right.
vestors in Manchuria.
Pekin, Jan. 1.—Ivan Shipoff, agent
of the Russian finance ministry, has
concluded a three-months’ investiga
tion of the serious conditions which
confroot tbe China Eastern railway,
and as a result he has recommended
that expenditures be roinced in every
direction possible. This action is con
strued here as a reflection of the hope
lessness of Russia’s position in Man
churia. The railroad was isolated dur
ing tbe Rnaeo-Japaneee war and Ja
pan’s policy since then has practical.y
strangled it. It is believed that tbe
deficit of the Chinese Eastern railway
for 1908 will amount to $15,000,000.
Traffic over the line is declining, par
ticularly at Harbin.
Japan has forhidden China to extend
the Hein Min Tun railroad in the di
rection of Tsitsikhar. Thia step ’has
aroused exasperation among the Eng
lishmen who have capital invested in
the line, and it is characterized as an
other evidence of the monopolistic atti
tude of Japan in Manchuria.
Protest From Iroquois Survivors.
Chicago, Jan. 1.—Continued use of
the site of the Iroquois theater disaster
for a playhouse was denounced as a
public scandal by speakers at tbe
fenrth anniversary meeting of the Iro
quois Memorial association yesterday.
It was announced that the permanent
aim of the association would be the ac
quirement of the theater and its site
for tbe purposes of dedicating the
premises to some other use. A monu
ment will be erected on the grave in
Montrose cemetery of the woman who
was the sole unidentified victim.
New Road Finished.
Portland, Jan. 1.—The first electric
car operated over the Oregon Electric
railway between Portland and Salem
traveled over the new line Monday,
reaching Fulton Park at 5:40 p.m.
The car was run through under the di
rection of R. L. Donald, on behalf of
Barstow A Company, the construction
company, of which Mr. Donald is resi
dent engineer.
The operation of this
car completes the contract of Barstow A
Company, which calls for the opera
tion of the road by December 30. The
trip was made without a hitch.
Registered Mail Stolen.
Five men were killed while working
Waco, Texas. Jan. 1.—Officershave
in a Paris subway.
just disclosed the fact that a bundle of
8t. Joseph, Mo., has started a crusade letters, registered packages, etc., was
stolen from the mail trucks at Temple,
against loan sharks.
Tex , probably Sunday, and taken to
The New York Republican club has the brush near here and opened. About
declared for Hughes for president.
$15,000 worth of checks, money orders
All eigne of yellow fever has been and drafts was found in a pile where
the letters had been torn open, but all
driven from tbe Panam canal sone.
registered packages and money in let
Puget sound steamboat men will ent ters bad been taken out. It Is impos
sible to tell how much was secured.
the pay of their engineers January 1.
Lawson says only the re-election of
Bouaevelt can avert a national diaaater.
Calls Extra Sassion.
Carson,
Nev., Jan. 1.—Governor
A severe sleet storm has demoralised Harks yeeterday afternoon called an ex
telegraphic communication around Chi tra session of the legislature to convene
January 4, 1908. For the last 24 hours
cago.
the governor has been deluged with dis
Heney is in Washington arranging patches from all over the state and many
with Attorney General Bonaparte for places outside Nevada, urging the call-
tbe Oregon land fraud trials, which will ing of the extra session to settle labor
i troubles.
begin at Portland January 1$.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FULL OF BUGAR.
G oed
Report on Klamath
Sugar Beats.
APPLE SHIPMENTS INCREASE
Country Railroads Give Out Figures Showing
Oregon's Salo of Fruits.
Klamath Fhlls—Flank Ira Whit« of
the Enter prise Land A Inveetment com
pany has just received reports from the
department of agriculture relative to
•amples of sugar beets raised on the
Kuterpriee tract. The beets wete taken
from the same tract as were those sent
u> Profeaaot Knieely some time ago,
but were fully matured, while the
others were not. Profewsoi Knl-ely’s
teat showed flora 17 40 to 19.35 per
cent pure augat, while the department
teat is one oi two per cent higher, with
a very high degree of purity.
These beets produced 8,286 pounds
to the quarter-acre tract, or nearly 17
tone to the acre.
The department of agriculture in a
letter to Mr. White rars Klamath
county’s sugar beets are of the moat ex
cellent quality and that prvwpeota are
bright for the industry in this county.
Signs of Oil at Bonanza.
Bonanza—The possibilities of devel
oping oil wells in this immediate vicin
ity aie now more encouraging than at
any previous time. In boring a well
for a new livery stable in this town a
strata of black oil sandstone was struck
and specialists have pronounced it an
unmistakrable sign of the existence of
oil. Several other places in Klamath
county, especially in that portion sur
rounding Bonanza, show signs of oil.
The prospects are good and the develop
ment of tbe same may result in the dis
covery of one of the richest oil regions
on this coasL
Mors Traveling Libraries.
Portland—More than twice as many
appleo were shlppod out of this alate
duiiug 1907 than m 1906. acvordiug to
repo ts compiled by the railroads. The
Southern Pacific and O. R. A N. lines
have completed figure« showing the
cars of apple« shipped from every point
on the allied lines, and the total num
ber of cars is a surprise.
"Nearly all there paplee were bought
f. o. b. at the station nearest the or
chards," said General Freight Agent
Miller, of the Harriman line«. "This
shows the fruit is in demand, and
Eastern buyers come here in search ol
it. The price« thia season are better
than ever before
One station on our
line« that never shipped an apple be
fore this year sent away 40 cats to the
East a short time ago.
This indicates
how the apple industry is going ahead.
I predict it will only be a few years be
fore apple growing will t>e one of the
biggest activities of Oregon people."
Can’t Use Wood.
Burns—The forest rangers of the
Blue mountain forest reserve have fined
several Harney citizsus for cutting tim
ber in the reeerve without permils from
the forest guards. The largest tine im
posed was on B. A. Dickenson, who
operate« a sawmill about eight miles
from Harney.
He was caught taking
timber from government land an<l fined
$300 for about 17 trees. The sawmill
men have been making thia a practice
for years before the reserve was creat
ed, and thought it no barm to conliuue
the practice. Last fall was the first
time a forest guard has been stationed
here to give permit« tor cutting timber
for wood and ottier purpose«. There
has always been plenty of timber out
side tbe reserve for wood and timber
for building purpose« until
lately
when it was all secured by outside peo
ple. to be transferred in time to large
timber oompaniee.
Salem—Tbe Oregon Library com
mission held its regular session last
week at the comtniasione’s rooms in
the state bouse.
W. B. Ayer and Miss
Isom, members of the commission,
were in attendance, besides the gover
nor. It was decided to boy 25 more
traveling libraries, making 90 in ail,
Want Rural Delivery.
that will be placed in circulation as a
Pendleton—A movement baa been
result of tbe commission’s fir-t vestr's
work. It was decided to establish an started in the vicinity of Pilot Ruck to
exchange station for Eastern Oregon at secure a rural mail delivery route, since
the stage line which lias been operated
Baker City.
over that route Has been superseded by
the Pendleton-Pi 'ol
Kock
railroad
Fruitgrowers Plan Meeting.
The farmers along the old stage road
Eugene—The Commercial club pro
have enjoyed a daily mail service for
motion department lias decided to join
years, the stage drivers leaving mail in
with the Lane County Horticultural
boxes at every house along the route.
society in sharing the expense of tbe
The rural route would embrace the sec
proposed mass meeting of ruitgrowers
tion included la* the Birch creek, Mo-
and citizens, to be held here Saturday.
Kay creek and Tutilla creek settle
January 4. Prominent speakers will
ments.
address the meetings and the people
throughout the counry will be asked to
Fan Pack Poor.
send in questions which they would
Astoria—During the fall fishing sea
like tbe experts to answer. The com
mittee in charge has selected Dr. D. A. son there were six cold storage plants
and 11 canneries in operation on the
Paine to act as chairman of tbe miss
various streams along tbe Oregon coast.
meeting.
Tbe season there as at nearly all other
points was a comparatively poor one
Hood River Appts Crop.
The total pack of pickled fish put up
Hood River—Complete returns from by the cold storage plants wea about
Hood River’s 19<J7 apple crop show 880 tierces, while tbe total output of
that the growers will receive in round canned salmon packed by the canneries
numbers $200,000 for their product, was about 104,500 cases, “as they
notwithstanding the money trouble, car run."
shortage and reduced crop. This is ap
proximately what the Hood River crop
Railroad Buys Laidlaw.
brought last year when it was in the
Laidlaw—The rumor bar been rife in
neighborhood of 20,000 boxes more, thia community for some time that lhe
and is accounted for ty the fact t list Laidlaw townrite had been sold to the
the apples brought a much larger aver Monnt Hood Railroad company, but
age price.
The entire crop is now until now these rumors could not lie
placed at 110,000 boxes.
verified. The verification come« from
the fact that the abstracts o| title are
now being | repared at Prineville pre-
Yellow Pins Market Active.
Pendleton — Notwithstanding
the parator to a formal transfer of tbe prop
temporary financial finrry in the North erty to the purchasing company.
west. timber land has continued to sell
in the yellow pine belt Several claims
of 160 acres have recently teen sold on
the Blue mountains near Ukiah in
Umatilla county, for from $2,000 to
$2,700 each and other sales are now
pending. Thia belt of yellow pine lies
about 45 miles south of Pendleton on
the proposed extension of the Pilot
Rock branch of the O. R. A N. and is
one of the large«t remaining bodies of
saw timber in Eastern Oregon.
Han Francisco, CRI., Dec. 31.—Inter
•tale tXtiutuercs CouimissliMisi Frank
lin K. Laue, today held a hearing of
th« complaint of th« (Mllforuia Com
mercial aasociation, compuawd of 29
msicantil* Arma in thia eity, charging
th« W«ll«-Fargo Express company with
concealing from the publie tariff sched
ules that bad been filed with the Inter
state Commerce oumasiaalon in Wash
ington aud with making unjust and die
criminatory rates. The actual qiieeliau
Involved, however, was whet Let or not
the quantity rats cf 8 cents a j*>unJ
from New York to Han Frwnciaxi for
sliipiiiMils of 10.1)00 to 20.IHX) coiiude
applied to bulk or aaretuhled ship
ments. gathered and forwarded by a
forwarding agency to one coocern or
aaeociatior organ I tad for the purp<«e of
getting the lower rate, the shipment
ultimately intended for numerous oon-
siguees who were designated by num
bers of the laliele to the one consignee.
The charges ol discrimination are
baaed upon the refusal of the express
company to transport a shipment of
16,000 pounds consisting of 443 pack
ages. from New York to the IMlifornia
Commercial association In Han Fran
cisco last August, at th« bulk or quan
tity rate of $8 per hundred pounds, the
company charging the regular package
nite. It is also alleged that the ex
press compeny charged a higher rate
than that published and filed with the
Interstate Commerce commieelon, the
latter being wilfully concealed and hid
den from the public. This complaint
avers that it is a distinct violation of
the interstate conitnen-e act.
In answer, the express compeny
denies all the allegation« made, and
charge* that ths aaaociatlon te»>rted to
subterfuge in order to extort unjust dis
crimination in ila own favor, and based
its refiiaal to grant a quantity rate
upon the vhlment lu question on the
ground that, while consigned to one
consignee, it was Intended for more
than a score of firms.
EXOATRIATES IN CHINA.
Judge Wnfley Warts Coegress to Make
Laws for Th*m.
Han Francisco, Cal , flee. 3__ Judge
L. R. Wllfley, of the United States
court at Shanghai, againat
whom
charge* of improper conduct of bis
court have been preferred al Washing
ton, arived in San Franclsoc this morn
ing on the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria
from the Orient, and after a stay of two
day* in this city will pmered to the ria
tlooal capital.
On Gwrd the Man
ohuria with Judge Wllfley was F. M.
Brooks, a lawyer, who has filed an ac
tion for $50,u<M damage* at Hono
lulu, charging the head of the court In
th« Far East, together with his clerk,
L. R. Hickel, with const pi racy in stop
ping the practi eol Brooks in Shanghai.
Judg* Wllfley denied that he was go
ing to Washington to meet the chargee
preferred against him.
* "I am going to Washington," bs
«aid, "to aid in drawing an act that
will extend to Americans in China a
more Oomplete body cf laws than they
now have. Tbe laws now in force com
prise little mo-e than Is enbodied in
the oomraon law and are so Indefinite
as to be absolutely tiaeh-M. It will be
suggested to congress that the Califor
nia code of laws bo made to extend to
China, wherein such laws are applica
ble.
"In addition to this matter, I am
journeying East that congress may tie
«sited for an appropriation fora ptoptr
Federal building at Shanghai, where
the American consulate and courts may
be nnder one roof."
Jail Wrecking Glass* Health.
Ban Francisco, Dec 31.—Affidavits
have been served on District Attorney
Langdon by T. C. Coogan, Louis Gls*s'
attorney, in his attempt to get hie
client out of jail. The dietri-t attor
ney will file counter affidavit*. Dr.
Roland B. Hartley and Dr. J. M Wil
liamson state In their at!i<lavita that
they visited Louie Glass at the county
jail and that he showed ‘marked gene
Wheat Moving Again.
ral physical deterioration and general
Pendleton—Now that wheat has gone d«rsngernent.” They ray they found
up to 70 rente in the local wheat mark him in a nervous coidition which will
Ealsm Hopgrowers Sign.
et some of the growers are selling. For permanently injure hie h<-alth.
Salem—Thirty-seven ont of the 42 a time the price wan down to 66 cents,
hopgrowers who attended the meeting and very little was being sold.
Raises Rent of Hot Springs
of growers here last week signed the
Chicago, Dec. 31.—A dispatch to the
PORTLAND MARKETS.
by-laws, prepared for a Pacific Coast
Tribune from Hot Spring«, Ark., says:
Butter—Fancy creamery, 35037Jtc Announcement was made yeeterday
Hopgrowers’ union. These growers rep
resent abont 800 acres ol hope. A per pound.
that the United States would double
Veal—75 to 125 pounds, 81^ 09c; the price for its healing hot waters
local organization wz< formed with J.
H. Fletcher af chairman and James 125 to 150 poands, 7c; 150 to 200 after the first of the year, and that all
Winstanley as secretary. Attorney A. pound«, 5fj.fi
bathhouse lease* a Iso would t<e doubled
Poultry—Average old hens, 12c per A protest will he sent at once to Wash
L. Shinn, of Sacramento, explained the
plan and purposes of the proposed or pound; mixed chickens, ll)$e; spring ington. The hot water now is dis
chickens, 11012c; roosters, 8c; dressed pensed by the government at $30 per
ganization to the meeting.
chickens, 14c; turkeys, live,
15c; annum for each tub supplied. The
dressed, choice, 18020c; geese, live, bathhouse owners stale they are unable
Colonizer at Klamath.
Klamath Falls—George L. Me Don- 15c; ducks, 14c; pigeons, $101.50; to meet the raise.
augb, colonization sgent of the Union aqnabe, $203.
Eggs—Fresh ranch, candled, 3200
Pacific railway, who is expected to ar
Backed by Wealthy Men.
rive in Klamath Falls next week, is 35c per dozen.
New York, Dec 31 .—United States
Pork—Bl<<:k, 75 to 150 pounds, 60
now at MacDoel, the new Dunkard
District Attorney Stimson raid today
town on the California Northeastern 60c; packers. 60600.
Wheat—Club, 83c; bluestem, 85c; that he had been served with the pa-
railway in Butte valley. He comes to
pers filer! in the United State« District
Klarnath Falls to liecome familiar with valley, Me; red, 81c.
court by counsel for Oscar W. Reid, a
Oats—No. 1 white, $28; gray, $28.
colonizing possibilities here. He will
Barley—Feed, $27 per ton; brewing, member of the battalion of the Twenty
be accompanied by a Dunkard elder, D.
fifth Infantry. The plaintiff sued the
$31;
rolled, $30.
C. Campbel), of Colfax, Wash.
givernmeet to recover jmy lo«t through
Corn—Whole, $32; cracked. $33.
Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1, $16 per hie discharge from the army, but the
Sawmill In Christmas Sock.
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $22023, attorneys in the case have admitted
Marshfield—The new office building
that they were retained by "wealthy
clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $15
of the big planing plant of the C. A.
gentlemen of New England,” whrwe
016; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14.
Smith Lumber A Manufacturing com
Fruit«—Apples, 75c0$2 per box; r al object is to determine the legality
pany was opened and dedicated Christ
deaches, 75<0$1 per crate; pears, $1.25 of the president's action.
mas Eve.
Festivities were held and
01.75 per lox; cranberries, $9.50012
many citizens attended.
The office
Headquartera Are Secured
per barrel.
building is now completed and in nse.
Denver, Dec. 31.—The headquarters
Vegetables—Turnip«, 75c per sack;
The mill proper will be finished and
carrots, 65c per act; Imets $1 per sack; of the Democratic National convention
ready for operation in February,
beans, 709c per pound; cabbage, lc will ire at the Brown Palace hotel,
per pound; cauliflowers, 75c0$l per which has registered a request from
Select by Cor »actions
dozen; celery, $3.2603.50 per crate; Chairman Tom Taggart, of the commit
Salem—In answer to an inquiry from onions, 15020c per dozen; parsley, 20c tee, through Hecretary Mills, of th«
Chairman G. A. Westgate, of the Re per dozen; pras, 11c par ponnd; pep. Convention league of fienver, to re
publican state central committee, At per«, 8017c per pound; pumpkin«, 1 <4 serve 60 additional room«, lies ides those
torney General Crawford has rendered 10c per ponnd; radishes, 20c per doz already reserved. As soon as these
an opinion in which he says that dele en; spinach fic per ponnd; aprouta, 8c reservations are made the other hotels
gatee to the national conventions and per pound; squash, 1010c per pound; of the city will beign to make reserva
candidates for presidential elector must tomatoes, $1.50 per box.
tion«.
be chosen at conventions and not nnder
Onions—$1.7501.85 per hnndred.
the direct primary.
Garnets In New York Bedrock.
Potato««—50065c per hundred, de
Shut Down on Keno Canal.
Klamath Falla—The reclamation ser
vice has closed down on the Keno cana.
on account of the wet weather, keeping
only the derrick gang and the engi
neering corps.»The shutdown was made
necessary on acctount
of tbe wet
wsatber.
To Indict Nevada Sheepmen
Pendleton—Through the efforts of
Dr. W. H I.ytle, state sheep inspector,
indictments will be returned against P
Anderson, a millionaire sheepman of
Nevada. for bringing flocks over th«
state line into Oregon without first
giving notice to the state sheep inspec
tor.
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2.76
per cwt.
Hope—1907, prime end choice, 50
70c per pound; olds, 102c per pound.
Wool—Eastern Oregon, average beet,
13020c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 18020c, according to fine
ness. ; mohair, choice, 29030c per
pound.
EPIDEMIC OF GRIPPE
Spreads Ihranyh the Eut Like
Prairie Fire.
Vidius BY TENS OF THOUSANDS
Feared That Epidemic May flurpass
That of IBB0 BO~«treot Oar
Iter vice Io Crippled.
Chicago, Ih-e. 31.—Itesdly grippe,
which has already fastened Itself upon
nearly every city east of the Mississippi
river, is spreading westward with ap
palling rapidity. Not since the terri-
t le epidemic of 1889 9U have there been
•iK’h ravages by the fearful malady as
at the present time, eOMfding to Special
dtopatohee gatheted from many soutce*.
Mild, open w<alher, highly iinsvaaoiia
ble, is held responsible by health au
thorities.
Pittsburg is the chief complainant.
So many people there are ill that lhe
streetcar service Is eiipplrd anil ottlce
lull Id i ng. are practiiwlly empty. Be
side« Pittsburg, New York, Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Cleveland,
Boston, Milwaukee and other Eastern
•nd Western <ltiee weie reported to lx<
«resiling with the disease, a number ol
deaths in each city ocvnrriug daily.
"La grippe, «« the French call it,"
•aid Di. Herman Spalding, of the Chi
cago Health dr|«itiueiil, "travel« with
the speed of a prairie lire. It tiavels
along th* line« of tra isportatlon, a* i»
ie carried by tiavelers fbom one city Io
an >ther. It is decidedly contagious
• nd there is no effective way of check
ing its spread. If other cities become
ha.tly affected. Ch Iago Is sure to be hit,
I>osuse t.f the thousands of travelers
«ho arrive dally in Chicago from every
point of th« oompsas."
From New York word come« that th«
grippe, haa begun a devastating irusade
in that city and that among its victims
have been opera singers and nun)
acton and actresaee.
There were 63
deaths in the metropolis last week
Beside* this there were many deaths
from pneumonia, influenced by lhe
grippe liacillua
Phvaican« in Heaton say there are at
least 64I.UOO casee now In that eity.
Cincinnsli has 2,001) case« ami physi
cian. say tl>at new rum ate dsvsloplug
by the «core every hour.
LET TROOPfl SrAV.
Senator Nawlanda Thinks
Needs Them.
Goiufiald
Washington, lhe. 30.—Senator Near-
lamia, ol Nevada, Is endeavoring to pre
vent withdrawal of th« guvaroutMk
troupe from Goldfield until aom« other
luaaus of protection la had. Tuday ha
vallali upou Secretary Tati al Ilia War
department and strongly utgvd that aa>
eeution of Hi« order Issued by the secre
tary tor th« withdrawal of th« troopa ba
■iiapended until he lias had an opportu
nity to communicate with Governor
8|«tka and induce him to call the Ne
vada isgl.lature together.
Mt lati baa been advising with Nee-
istary R<«4 on this subject and tonight
communicated with ths president at
Pin« Knot on liie subject. Ther« was
every dlspoallloa to refrain from break
ing In upon Mr ltoo«ev«ll‘e privacy at
tins lune, and lhe only .scuse for do
ing so la brand In the tact that, uni**«
the original order le nnaliltml, th«
troopa must leave Goldfield Iwfore th«
president return« to Wa«hlngloii.
The «eerstary declined to >l> la what
course he Imd recommended in th«
matter, nor would lie say whether he
liad heard troni the president In turn.
Hecreisrfy f-eob said the Whit« lloua«
was entirely without advice from Pine
Knot, as lhe Goldfield qnaetion was
being liendlwl by the War d«parlm«pl.
Administration officials feel liuti th«
preaent situation In th« matter of Gold-
field's cess cannot la-continued, In view
of the diuibt that esiats as to th« con
atitutlonal and legal right of the ei-
ecnlivs to employ any pert of the regu
lar army In Nevada under preaeut e- 3-
d illune.
HENkf GIVtB FULTON A D'Q.
Haye AH Impl eaten In Land Frauda
Are Benator'e Friend«.
Waaliingtun, l>ec. 30 —In an inter
view lelegraphed fiora New York, Fran
cis J. Heney le quote.I as aaylugt
"I hop« to dies these Oregon casse
with Mr. Bristol in twoor ihiee weeks "
Inquiry at lhe 1>» par I meet of Justice
failed to elicit definite information aa
to whether or not Mt. Bristol would aa-
alal Mr. Henry with the prosecution,
tl no new district attorney la appointed
ty the time the land trials begin, Mr.
Bristol may assist Mr. llensy, but there
appears to t>e sn sxpsclalioti lliat a new
man will I» available before then, In
which case Mr. Bristol will I» out and
tie «e nothing to <to with lhe land trials.
In the same Intsrvlew Mr. Heney
takes another rap at Senator Fulton.
Ils deiilee having Implicated Mr. Ful
ton in tfis lend fraud«, but adds
"All of Uire» persona who have been
Implicated In organise.! land frauds ar«
friends of Senator Fulton.
Therefore
it appear« whimsical to in« that Senator
ON SECOND STAGE.
Fulton should, through the poser of
Battleship Fleet L«av«a Trinidad tor •maturisi oourtesy, b« sbls to defeat
the nomination cf Mr. Bnatol. who is
Rio Janeiro.
lapilli« of making II unp'eaaant for th«
Port of Spain. Deo. 31.—The Ameri yet uncouvictad land thievee in Dragun."
can battleahip Heel weighed anchor at
4 o’clock Sundsy attern<«>n and atasmed
UTEB RMD SOUTHERN UTAH
for Rio Janeiro. Accompanying the
fleet were lira supply shi|i« Culguaaml Pen Up Cewtoeye and Band ef Cattle
Glacier. Early In th« morning th«
In Canyon
signal went up from Rear Admiral
Hall lake City, Dee. 30.—Colorado
Evan«’ flagship Connect rout Io prepare
Ute Indiana ars travsling In bands Hi
for dearture at 8 a. m., but owing to a
Southern Utah, raiding aheap and cat
delay in the coaling of the lattlewhip
tlemen, according to a report received
Maine from lhe collier Foltuna, it was
Accord
necesaary to change the time of ealling by Governor John C. Cullar.
ing to thia report, a small hand of In
1-ong before the hour set a myriad of
■mallcrrlt, chiefly launches and steam dians attacked ihr*e co«boys near Ven-
yachts, moved up and down along the dure Han Juan county, on lircemher
23, and st the morale of rifles com
lines nt snehored battleship«, the mer
pelled 'hem to drive th« cattle lack
ry partie* atxeird shouting farewells to
into the canyon from which they were
the departing visitors.
Thousands of
trailing onto the winter range. thr.Wl-
resident* climbed tire surrounding trills
to view the great strips as Urey moved ening to kill them unless they did ao.
outwanl on tlirir journey of S lum miles Cowboys and cattle are still confined to
tlie canyon.
an<l mor«, while Is sthwls of excursion.
The g ivemor will take up the rnat-
1st« went to the small lalands in the
: ter with the authorities al Washington,
golf and other* to the floating dock to
as according to a ruling ol the comrnia-
catch th* last glimpse of the shipe
aloner of Iridian affair* the Colorado or
Tire flee t presented a magnificent ap
Southern Utra are forbidden to enter
pearance as it steamed out in four « 1-
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umns with the supply ship* trailing, a Utah.
distance of 404) yards separating one di
vision from another.
With the Con
necticut In the lead the battleehip«
headed for the l<o>«a and «teamed ma
jestically through ths grand Booa ami
thence along the northern roast of Trin
idad. An average of from 10 to II
knots an hour will carry the fleet to the
end of the second lap of the 14,000-
rnile journey In abont 12 days, and II
was announced by Admiral Evans be
fore his de|iarture that he expects to
reach Rio Janeiro on Friday evening
January 10.
Nahv.a Facing a Famine.
Hillsdale, .Mich., Dre 31.—Secretary
H 8. .Myers, of the general conference
of Free Baptists, said trslay
"Ac
cording to advices just received by me
from our missions in Bengal and Oris
sa, India, four months nf rain is tbe
usual allowance in Lucknow, India, in
a year, but during the year 1907 it has
rained only four days. The result is
famine everywhere. Thousands of the
population ars suffering and liefors re
lief comes nest August hundreds of
thousand, must die unless relief cornee
from Christian lands."
Declares Labor Union a Trust.
Cleveland, O , Dec. 30 —In the Com
mon Pleas court tcalay Judge Phillipa
held that if the allegations of the cul
lers and flattenrra are true, the Amal
gamated association of Window Glaea
Worker* ia an organisation in restraint
of trade. The cutters and flatlenen
brought suit to rnjom the asma iatlon
from ei|>elllng thrm for act ept Ing em
ployment In factories where machinery
1« tsaed in their work. The culler- and
flattenera aasrrt that the expulsion
clause, if enforced, deprive« them of an
occupation.
s
Attack on Walls-Fargo
Provide tor Presidents.
Han Francinto, Deo. 30—Before In
terstate Commerce Commissioner F. K.
Ian« tomorrow charge« of illegnl rat«
making made against the Wells-Fargo
Express company by the California
Commerce •«■.rlatlon will l>e heard.
The Commerce aaarnlation, eom|«we<l of
prominent drygrsds house« in the city,
allege« that the exprrsa company baa
violated the interstate commerce law of
1906 In charging more than the pub
lished rate, and that II ha* kept the
rates filwl with the commission hidden
from lhe public, contrary to the law.
New York, D<c 31 — Ex-President
Grover Cleveland, under the title of
"Our People and Their
Ex-Preai-
rlente," has contributed an interesting
article to the Youths' Corr pan ion for
January 5. Referring to the poverty of
Jefferaon after he left the presidency as
a blow to national pride, Mr. Cleveland
declares definite and generous provision
should b) made for the maintenance ol
chief maglatratea. lie deala with the
subject at length, and explains that he
feels he can do so without his sincerity
being questioned.
New Orleans, Dec. 30.—"All h Ider«
of stock in the Ststs National lank
will receive from $150 to $200 per
she»« for their st-a-k and all depositor«
will be paid In full," ws> the official
announcement t<*lay of W Hparkerson,
counsel for th* institution, whose di
rectors have railed s
stonhhirldera*
meeting to decide whether lhe bank
shall go out of business The tank ha*
l>een declared solvent by National Batik
Examiner Cooper.
Fatal Row Over 6 Cants.
San Francisco, Dec. 31. —Arthur
Haaaman, a conductor of the United
Railroads, was «hot and killed today at
ths intersection of Twelfth and Folaom
stri-eta by Bonaventure Arclaflf, ■ pas
senger. Previously Arcieri had ten
dered a transfer which Hasstnsn had
refused to honor. He then paid a cash
fare and began to a^ne the matter.
Hamman slapped Arcieri In the face
and the latter drew a revolver and
New York, Dec. 31.—That New York •hot Saaaman.
City rests on a vast mass of garnets is
Earthquake Break« Company.
the disoovery of Ralph E. Morgan, an
English mineralogist, now
visiting
Hamburg, Dhc. 31.—The Trana-
here. In a mass of rock thrown np Atlantio Fire Inaurance company has
from a subway excavation, he disoov* voted to liquidate on account of the
ered a large garnet. On tbe dumping fact that more than half ol its capital
ground at Hheepehed bay be found a was loat by the Han Franciaoo fire and
number ef exMlient garnets.
aartbqoaka.
Will Liquidate W.th Profit
Radical Daclslon In Hamburg.
Hamburg, Dec. 30.—The anil of lhe
harlor authorities arairst the Port
workers' uriloB, growing out of the re
cent dock strike, has resulted In a de
cision of the «Ideal importaree against
the latter. The union Is forbidden in
lhe future to Interfere with the intro
duction of strike breakers, and a penal
ty ol 1,500 marks la provided for each
instance in which a conviction is ob
tained on th« charge. The union has
entered an appeal.
Negroes Begin Sulfa.
New York, Dec. 30.—Papers in a
MB8 to teat the legality of the discharge
if the private of companies R, C and D
of llta 25th United State« infantry (eo|.
ored), following lhe diaorders in the
street« cf Brownavllle a year ago. have
ba* ptwparaffby a taw firra of thia city.