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9 I NEWS OF THE WEEK In I Condensed Fora tor ta Busy Readers. BATTENINGS OF Tf 0 CONTINENTS ♦ Reawn* of the Lee* Important but Not Lee* Interesting Evente of the P*»t Week. Taft says be will not resign from the Cabinet Much evidence of Thaw'» insanity is being given at hi» second trial. Officer» and men of the battleehip fleet aie being royally entertained at Rio de Janeiro. Taft M.va the fleet ia being »ent to the Pacific to »how our nasal strength to Oriental eyes. The California Safe Depoeit A Trnst company, of flan Francisco, ia in the hands of a receiver. Samuel V. Proudfoot, of Iowa, ha* be. n appointed assistant commissioner of the general land office. A train was held up in Asiatic Rus sia by 20 brigands, but the guards beat them of! A large amount of gold was on the train. TO I AL Ok AO 170. 70 HICV L T HOOPS Nearly Every Family at Boyertown is Affected 1 Boyertown. Pa, Jan. 16—When nightfall put a atop to the work of re covering the dead iroui the ruin* of the Rhoe >es opera bouse, where Monday night'» holocaust occurred, the official roll of victim» numbered 167. Wheth er any more bodies are buried beneath the ruin* cannot be positively state!, but it is the belief of those who had charge of the grewaome work that all of the dead have been removed, and that the total list of victims will not go over 170. The ratio of w< men and girl* to men and boys is abort 9 to 1. Work of identification will not be begun until today. a* most of the bodies are still lying In a confused state at the four improvised m< rguee. The population of the place >• about 2.500, and the disaster paralysed the town, and the people are going about dared It is safe to My that everybody in the place* either lost one or more relatives or was intimately acquainted with those who died in ti e fire In several cases, whole families were wiped out. It wo almost daylight yesterday be fore the flame* were extinguished and reei’ii*r* were able to enter the ruins to remove the dead. The morning was bitter cold, and by the time the be- nnaiteii and exhausted firemen began the task of disentangling the mass of burned beams and twisted iron the en tire ruins were coated with ice and there was danger of the wall* falling Tbe work was alow at first and it was 7 o'clock before the first body was re moved. Nevada Must N*t Shirk Retponsibd Ry. hays President There ia a deadlock in the Kentucky legislature on the election of a United SPECIAL SESSION CALLED. States senator. Governor Beckham is in the lead at present. Nevada Legislature Meets to Consider Colonel Goethals places an estimate Goldfield Situation. of 1250,000,000 as the cost of the Pan Garson, Nev.. Jan. 15.—The special ama canal. This does not include the session of the Nevada legislature called I 540,000.000 paid for the work already by Governor Sparks met at noon yester d «ne nor the 510,000,000 afterward day. After organisation Governor paid to tbe government o" Panama. Sparks' message was read. In the sen Taft urge* the government to with ate the appropriation bill of the session draw from Cuba in the spring of 1909. was passe.!. Tbeonly important action taken was the passage of a resolution The Roman Catholic chnrcb will soon referring all bills that may be intro announce new laws calculated to pre duced relative to state rangers, constab vent hasty marriage. ulary or military, to a special joint Trial of Oregon's land thieves has committee. commenced at Portland with Judge There is a question as to the legality Hunt, of Montana, presiding. of the organisation of tbe aaeembly. A French aeronaut has devised an The members, under a ruling from the airshipheavier than air capable of mak attorney general, organised without swearing in the speaker Robert flkaggs ing a speed of 24 miles an hour. In the senate all of the officers were Ten persons were injured in New compelled to take the oath. As there Y >rk by tbe explosion of three dyna is a disposition to depose Skaggs, in mite tombs, which partially wrecked a case of a re-opening the question, it is tenement house. expected that a lively fight will be had. Governor Sparks, it is thought, will Mayor Taylor, of San Francisco, has a huge task before him. One of the endeavor to influence the passage of a first things ins to provide a water sys state ranger law similar to that of Tex as. as be has tbe Texas law at hand, tem for fir^ghting. and it has been read by a number of The forty-fourth annual convention the membeer. It is likely to meet with of the National Woolgrowers' associa strong opposition in the lower house, tion, at Helena, was tbe most success where the labor unions have a strong ful ever held. The attendance was also representation. unusually large. Senator Morehouse, formerly of Cali At a meeting of 700 New York land fornia, now located in Goldfield, is in lords it was decided to have introduced attendance, representing the Goldfield in tbe legislature a bill making it a chamber of commerce. felony for any political agitator to in cite tenants to refuse to pay rental PLAGUE CAMPAIGN ENDED. which has been agreed upon. At pres ent it is a misdemeanor. Only One New Case Since Christmas uH*s I uvu latta. ■ a«.K » wh AV AmU rHuai’Su. O»»*as*d Orcharc* in Vail*» Ar* to Marlon B* Laid Low Chrvalli»—A m«»veiu«»nt is iwlng launched here for a great <«mp*lgn for the renovation ot old orchards in th* Willamette vslloy and other parts ot Oregou President Newell, of the state b»«rd of horticultu»*, Mr. LownsJale, Mt. Reid, and a large number of the fruit inspectors of th* various counties ar* on the ground and are identifie«l with the plan, lhe first gun in lhe campaign waa fire»I by M. O. Lowns.lale in an address before the visiting horti culturists and other winter abort course students in colleg«» chapel. The a<1- dree* met with • hea.-ty ituloraement, ami aroused much «mthusiasra. Th* Agricultural college authorities will join in the plan, an»i in an eduoaltonal way and otherwise e«>-operate to the ut most extent in furthering the move- menL It is said that within three to five year» a complete new orvliard can be made out of the old one, ami a profit ol 15 to 510 per tree be realized Thia was the assertion of Mr. Lownsdale in hig address. He save he ha« necom- plishe«! thia result with old tree« on his I farm, and that it can ba done by any farmer who can do grafting or have it done. Th* thing to do. says Mt. Lownsdale, is to cut down the old tree*. The best plan is to cut them close to lhe ground, leaving the roots intact. Thia ahouhi be done by the 1st ot March. Tbe next «••aon, from the loth to the 15th ot May, such vat let lew as are beet tor th* Climate and for commercial purpoaeJ should be grafted on the three or four l»est sprouts. This is tbe easiest and most certain plan. Two feet of the old trunk may be left ami the graft applxd i to It the first year, and a year of time in reproducing the or» hard is gamed, i but this requite« an expert at grafting in order to be ■uccesafal. By either plan the tree* will be in good bearing in from three to five ye«»ri». and a reve nue of 55 to 510 each be realised. MAKE WARFARE ON SCALE Marlon County Fruitmsn Learning to Fight Draad Past. Aalem—The Em«t prsctiral, interest ing and instructive discussion of Han Jos* seal* ever given in Marion county was heard here Isset week when Coun ty Fruit Inspector E. C. Armstrong ad- drvased the meeting of the Marioo County Horticultural society. About 200 growers of Mation and Polk coun ties were present, and it was the unan lmous opinion that if similar talks ^<1 demonstrations were given in every part ot the Willamette valley thia win ter, it would b* but a stiert time until the great enemy of th* fruit industry would be under control. That a very large number of growers do not know seal* when they see It, and therefor* are in a very poor petition to fight it, was evident. Mr. Armstrong ma»l* hi* addree* so plain and illustrated It ao fully that no one who was prosent will in San Francisco. More mines are being opened at Gold ever have trouble in distinguishing this field. San Francisco, Jan. 15.—The cam peat. Council Bluffs, Is., has started a war paign for the eradication of the bubon Shingle Mill for Albany. ic plague In San Francisco, which has on gambling. been conducted by Dr. Rupert Blue and Albany —A shingle mill, with a ca Gnat Britain ia alarmed for her nav a staff of 150 medical officiate of the p»citv of 60,000 shingles <!aily, will be al supremacy. United States marine hospital, is al eetablished in Albany this winter by Tbe kaiser advocates the study of most over. Only cne case of plagne ! E. A. Thompson ami Elmer Cramer, English in Germany. has occurred in thia city since Decem ' former employee of the Curtiss Lnmlier ber 26, and it was a Japanese who was •ompany in it» big plant at Mill City. The fire in the big New York sky taken ill after arriving from Stege, Work will begin on the new mill a* scraper showed an insufficient water Contra Coeta, where he is believe«! to . *<x>n as a satisfactory location is found. supply. hsve contracted the disease. The local 1 The two men have secured the shingle Mulai Hafid has been proclaimed health authorities announce that no manufacturing machinery of the Mill sultan of Morocco and he has started a further daily plague bulletins will be City mills, and have alio acquire«! the holy war. issued. ownership of a large holy ot spruce Since the origin of the plague in this timber, and propose to make the in The new Japanese ambassador to the United States declare* that all trouble city last May there have been 137 veri dustry a large one. fied cases. Of these 17 were verified will soon be over. byelinicsl examination and 120 by Glass Factory foe Eugen*. In a mad rush to get seats at a the bacteriological investigation. Of tbe Eugene —Eugene bi<ls fair to have a ater in Barnsley, Eng., 16 children total number of persons who contractel glass factory in the near future. Gus were trampled to death. this disease, 74 died and 63 ret.-overed. tave Mathisen, an expert gla»* blower, Only two cases remain under treat The colors of tbe American man-of- who was ooe of the promoters of the war Chesapeake, captured by England ment, and at the isolation hospital factory at Coburg, in this cwunty, offers in 1813, have been offered for sale in there still remain 18 suspects under ob to put up a plant c»«ting |50,000 if the servation. London. citizens of this city take sto?k in a com While the plague has practically been General Manager Mohler, of the Un stamped out, the sanitary campaign of pany to be organized to the »mount ot ion Pacific, declares tbe prohibition Dr. Bine and tbe local health authori 55,000. Mathison claims to tie backed by ample capital. The matter will at wave now sweeping the country will ties will continue for some time. once be taken up by the Commercial atop expansive railroad work. club ami it is probable that some action A strike of 200 neweboys in Boston Keep Coolies at Home. will be taken immediately. created quite a disturbance. Three po Honolulu, Jan. 15.—A local Japan lice officers were aesaulted, »tripped of ese newspaper print* an interview with C ost Earns Hrr Feed. their badges and one officer and a by Viscount Aoki in wbicb the viscount is Oregon Agricultural College, Corval stander seriously injured. quoted a* follows: “I do not approve lis—A five-year-old Holstein at the The jury in the Thaw case has been of manual laborers going to America. college dairy made a milk yield of 13,- They cannot expect, after Japan’s long 744 pounds for the year ending Decem completed. isolation, to establish themselves in ber 31. The product carried a butter The battleship fleet has arrived at any Western country. Destiny and fat reccrd of 446.55 pounds, and yield Rio Janeiro. opportunity are in Asia, in Corea aud ed 520.97 ponnd» of butter, that at Warsaw, Russia, terrorists are busy Manchuria.'* Viscount Aoki expressed prices current during the year brought himself as opposed to Japanese seeking 5170. She was not pnahed in the feed again and the city ia in a turmoil. naturalization in America, for the rea ing, but given the ordinary rations in T. C. Becker, of New York, is to son that citizenship ia only needed by cident to any well-kept dairy. Her assist Heney in the Oregon land fraud». permanent resident». food for the year cost 540, leaving a France may insist on arbitration be- net profit of 5130. t >een the United btatea and Japa n to I May Not Get Immunity. prevent war. San Francisco, Jan. 15.—After a sec Carnegie Library for Baker City. Alton B. Parker attributes the re ond conference between District Attor Baker City—It is an a*snred fact that cent financial panic to Roosevelt’s “at ney Langdon and Detective Burns and Baker City ia to have a Carnegie libra tacks on property.” Abraham Ruef, Mr. Langdon would ry. The council at its last meeting ad The steamship Aki Mam, from the only say that the time is not ripe for a opted s resolution accepting Mr. Carne Orient, has just arrived in Seattle with public statement regarding the matter gie's offer to erect a building in this 1,200 tons of firework» to be used by of whether Ruef is to tie granted abso city if the council would donate a rtip- Coast Chinese in celebrating their New lute immunity from prosecution in re ulated sum for the maintenance of the turn let telling about the bribery cases ilbrary. At a previous meeting of the Years. Ruef also refuse«! to say whether the Four policemen were killed and fire contract granting him immunity had council the sum of 52,100 was appro Tbe nearly 30 injured in the burning of a been signed or not. Judge Dunne has priated for library purposes. New York skyscraper. The fire started flatly refused to be a party to any such question of a site haa not yet been de cided upon, but the council has express on the fifth floor of a 12-story building agreement. ed its willingness to donate city proper and the atructuie ia a total loss. The ty for this purpose. monetary loss is placed at 55,000,000. Evacuate Cuba Next Year. Only seven jurors have been aecnred Washington, Jan. 15.—In transmit No Delegate to Dry Farming Corgrets in the Thaw case. ting to the senate today the report of Portland—Oregon is the only one of Heney has been stirred up by the Provisional Governor Magoon on condi the eemi-urld state« not ropro*ente»l offi. “I daily in the Tran*-Missouri Dry Farm decision of the Appellate court in the tions in Cuba, the president said: Hchmita case and says he will pn»h the am glad to be able to sav that we ran ing congreew, which will hold it* secon.l other indictments against Ruef and now definitely announce that by or be session in Salt Lak^'ity, January 23- fore February 1, 1909, we shall have 26, and effort» are being made by Man send him to prison for life. turned over the island to the president ager Tom Richardson, of th* Commer Firs at Green Bay, Wis., caused an and '’ongrvM to be elected next Decem cial club, to aer-nre someone from East ber by the people of Cuba. Our Word ern Oregon. The Oregon flevelopment estimated loss of 560,000. to turn the island over to its own peo league ia willing to offer credentials to Fire at Minneapolis destroyed a fur ple will be scrupulously regarded.” any representative citiaen of th* atate niture warehouse. Loes 5125,000. who will attend the meeting. Put South Dakota In Commisaion. AbyMinians have captured an Italian Washington, Jan. 15 —The battle- Fulton Files Hia Petition. town and exterminated the garriaion. ahip South Dakota has been ordered Salem—C. W. Fnlton has ___ filed ____a Bena parte any» he will *oon »tart a placed In commission at tbe Mare Ia- copy of hi» petition tor Republican wait to diasolve the Harriman merger. land navy yard on January 27. nomination for United Stata* »roator. Ccwnly Fruitman Plan More Fr*q,anr Meatlrga Salem—Th* Marion County Hoiti- cultural society baa decide«! to bold el liter w«»ekly or bi-weekly meeting» the remainder ot the winter for the spn'lal purpose of spreading Intotma lion concerning the proper pruning an<l •praying of fruit trees. It lias lawn found that at one meeting the time ■ so short that all tbe subject* In which fruitgrowers are intere«te«i cannot be satisfactorily discuasasl, sn»i that •» a result the growers get partial informs' t on, wt ich is of little practhwl use to them. At th* weekly or bi-weekly meetings, special subject* will !>« taken up, varying according to the particular piirtion of lheii work lhe growers are about to perform. Thus the subject of pruning will be oaa of the first oonaid- »red for the reaimn that the pruning season is now on. After that spraying will be the subject of lecture« am! demonstrations. Us* of l«rtlllaera, tnelho»ls and time of cultivation, thin ning fruit, etc., will be taken up as occasion aeem* to demand. 4 DALLAS AFTEH A CANNERY. Washington, Jan. 14 — President Roseseli haa di lei■iiliid to wlthilraw the l»«xl«ral troops from Uoldrtsid, Nsv., *h«>rtly aft»r the legislatore begins Ila •pecial Beseion !■ <tav. Thia inteutkui was matle known at the White Houm to»lay, wlieu the report ot the special investigation roinmiMion was made public, (»igelher with a letter from ths |>rv*ident to Governor H;«tke, datial January 4. The preaident aaya he shall tie goveriiS'l by the leoouinieuda- tions In the rv;»»rt vnleaa th«» governor can show that the statement* ot the re port are not in acvordaiioe with tbe fleet». The tepnrt saya: “ The condition* did not support ttie general allegations In the governor’» request for teoope, n»»r were Ids speclAc statement* established to any auch ex tent mi to justify hl* us* of these state ments for lhe purpose of getting Feda ral troops." "But we nnial firmly believe that upon the iwseinbliiig of the legislature, or within a few day* thereafter, the troops should be removed, lesardlese ot any request for their retentlou that may be made bv either the legisla)tire or th<> governor of Nevada it being »a- aential Hutt the state ot Nevada shall undeistam! this situation completely— aliali reoignixe the fact that there will, i»t that date be thrown upon it, and it alone, the primary lesponeibtlity ol keeping order, atol that, rwognizing this responsibility. It may take atw'li action as tbe duty uf the state ami a* will be sufficient in the premise«." Tuesday, January 14. Washington, Jan. 14.—The recent bond I mus by the I'rsaaiuy »lepaitiiieut was again the subjrol of dl<ciia«i<>ii in the senate Galay, lielug biought for- »aid by a r<Moliitlon offerwi by l'ulla»i- a »n, calling upon ttie aecratary for addi tional information concerning lhe tea» «on* that liKluced him to aw«r»l bond« to National banka Insienl ol Indivhlu ala who. he deelarr»l, offere«l a higher price than was bld l y the banka. The r«a< lution went over under ths rules. Tillman o(!ete»l a teaolulhiii einlxxly- ing a new a«iii<»a of inquiries coiieeining the financial aituatlun. The senate roin»<»d to confirm tour Ohio lawtoffit»«» appointments at the in atanoa ot Forukar and Dick. The bill granting leaves of ahaem»« to h»iniratea>l eutrymen during Deoeiiiber, January, Feluuary and March was ;«aa<»d. been dls|MM*<l of. Ttm Iralure of Ih« aeasion »il a bri»! ad»lr»«a by llurlmon, of Texas, «ho credlletl Aenator Foiaker and ollier Rs- pnbllcana willi havlng rharg««l III* prraldent witli thè res|a>li«llilllly lor thè rmeut financial | tali le. The lioiis* adjourne.l at 5 12 |> m. nntll toniorruw, after au effort ha»l tieeii Iliade by th* ttamocrato f< r con» «1*1« iallori of thè co»l<< bill. The h»ni»e of leprrtientetlvrw Us»k on ita old-time forni when Jonee, of Wash ington, call*»l up thè bill autltorislrig tire Benton Water oompany t<> »oiistrutt a daui acr.wa flnake rlver at Uve-mila rapida, Wasli Ih* tuli ellclte«l a eliarp delat* ami tueinliers crowded luto thè center alai* anxloua lo 1« hear.l. The bill a »a finally paaae<l. Washington, Jan. 10.—Th* senate nominiti»»* on territories t»«lay |«*s*«i favorably upon the nomination of Georg»» Curry to lie g»»vvruor of New Meilcc; Nathan Jaffa to Im soietary of New Mexico, amt John II. t'age to h* aeorrary of Arianna. The committee on Faeifle Islands ami l'orto Rico vote»! to leeornineiid the eon firmatimi of Regis It, I'ost, of New York, to t»» governor of l’orto Rico; William F Willoughby, of tlie Dis tricl of Columbia, to l»e secretary of Torto Rico, an«l Edward Destaci, of Illinois, to he commissioner ut adora tion ot l'orto R umi . Washington, Jan 4.—The «mount of the tine and the length <f the term of Imprisonment to la* uieted out to otti- oera and director* of corporation* tor violating the law with respect to money contributions for politi«**l put;><e>s fut- Diabeti material for a lengthy delate in the house tsxlay, in comital ion with tbe consideration of th* |a<ual dale bill. Al] aiiieixlmvnt» to it erras« th* penal Fruit men Believe 1 h*y Will Hav* a ty or «ninne«» lb* acope of th* law, how Mar«*« for Crop. ever, were vot«al down. These amend ment«, without exception, emanaUal Dalia*—A Mmmitt<v appointd at the from the Dem« ciatic ml*, hut ths one mei'ting of the Horticultural *«H-iety LAND OFFICE FORCE SHORT that brought forth the most dleruaaiun lad w«wk for the purpose of aecuring Thursday, Jar use» 0 waa by Cuckian, New York, who want the co operation of the fruit raiser* of Washington, Jan 9.—The Introduc tills vicinity in th* establishing of a Commissioner Say* Department It ed the fine fixed at fllO.tHM* n*ten.l of tion by Senator llale, chairman ot the Handicapped In Efficiency. not more than 51. Ota), and the Impris oomniitt«»* on naval affairs, Uslay <>f cannery at l>allaa, ia ban) at work With the exception of the berrycrop, Washington. Jan. 14.—Commisaion- omiient at 10 year* instead of not more Ina naval personnel hill provtvl th* <r- sufficient fruit Is raised within a radius er Ballinger, of the general land office, than one year iwalon for a general discussion ot naval When adjournment was takm st 5 affairs and recent «ccuteni'eo in connec of five mile* around Iktlla* to easily tie* completed hi* annual report for I support a cannery, and it ia believe«! aubmlssion to congress. II* ask* an o'clock 86 stations of th* 342 had liecu tion with that branch of tlu^public ter that the eetabliahtnent of that industry appropriation of 5500,000 to carry on di*p«>*tal ot. vice. The Maine senator entered upon in this city will result in the planting th* field woik of his bureau in th* pnv- a full explanation of the provision* <>f Morda». January 13 ol enough of the small fruits to keep tection of th* public lands, an incira»« lhe measure, together with lit* rv*a<>n Washington, Jan. 13.—The reo*nt for Ila adoption. the cannery in operation during the en of 5250.000 over the current appropria tire e»MOO each yesr. Hena'or Clay toilsy intrixlurtvl a bill tion. During th* fircal yrars of 1895-7 issue of lainds by lhe aecretary uf the A company will be formed and the there we* r*cord*»l for investigation treasury for the |»urpo«e of relieving authorItlng the »»»cretary of the treas farmers, fruitgrowers and bn«ine«« men 24 459 cases of all kind*, of these th* the financial stlingen»-y was tin» aiib)n-t ury to issue 5.100.(too,IHHI ol non inter will be aolicite«l to take stock In It agents >uv*»tigat*«l ami dl»|>««-d of 12.- ot an animaUal deÍMt»m the senate to rsl bearing t'nited Mat«» uotec In cir Heretoforre the fruit crop* of thia vicin 104 cars«, and 12,345 c***e remained day. The dieruaaioit waa precipitate»! culation. In such form as he may deem by an inquiry by Culberson am! waa expedient. ity were shipped to the can net íes In for examination July 1, 1907. Salem and Newberg. Henator Bulkley to lay lntr»vliw-e,l a Th*r* were 2,243 land entriM relin participate«! In by Aldrich, Tillman It reaultrol in an agree bill provbllny for einergsmy currency quished after th* case was in th* ham!* and Bailey. Better Result* In Fruit of special agent* for investigation, 853 ment t»> postpone further cuntroveray lauel hy banka In amounts e»pial to Oregon City—Bright prospm'ts f ir entries were cancelled after hearing* until a statement can hr nvelved Irotu Ule |«r value of bot.da to be ilr;vwltv»l Ahirich with the treasurer of Ilia I'nlte-I Htatra. the growth of belter fro t In Clackamas had upon rpecial agents' charge*; 367 Secretai y Cortelyou, which county are lndicate«l at the opening of unlawful enclo*nre* of pubic land* |ir»inu«nl to present on Thursday. It provide» that l'nite»l Htates bond», 1908. Eastern capital has tvsen slowly were remove«! restoring 1 940,120 acre* W hile the subject wa* under discus- I'anama canal tonda, tv'tiila of any coming iu during the p«u»t few years, to the open range. There were 27 con • ion, Tillman's resolution directing lhe elate , county or mnnieipallty of not finance cuinmitt«« to inquire Into the Is*a t!iau 50.(XW p» pnlalk»n, may ire and the realization of the vast natural viction* connect««! with the** rases. I resource* of the county has awakened The total of motleys recovered by th* operations of the Treasory department a>x»<'pt««l for rui'h purp««-*. was relerre»!, with ids consent, to that the grower* to tbe fact that while the government in all special agent*' cases Henator Gore, ot Oklahoma, balay field evista, the results have not been sat 5386,251 and 2.372,224 acres of committee. Introiliiccvl a jnlol resolution providing Ths señal* pasa«*' I TU I man ’ a résolu- attained. brcam»e of the apathy of land we* either tree»I from fraudulent that n<> person shall be ellg bls to I* many of tbe farmm, whose orch- claims to title or released from unlaw tinn calling on the luteratat«» Com elected president <>f the United fltatev merce commiaeion lor Infi rmation con lor mure than two terms In eurvvwalon. anis have been allowed to grow for ful enclosure and occupancy. cerning pttrehaa,« by rallr>»ml coit>|ian- Henator Tile* t.alay secured th* paa- years without proper care and culti ira ot »tack» of competing r»«il*. vation. eage tl.rough the autiate nt Ina Idll a|>- MOROCCO FACES CRISIS. The unfinished bus me«« tn ths form proprieties 4301*10 for the erection of of the bill to codify the orlininal laws a lighlh'Oiae al ttie entrance of lielllng Naw Library Building Open. Sultan Abd El Asu la Forced From ol the Uniteli State« was ;»laced before liam Hay. University of Orogon, Eugene—Dur Throne b» Report* the aenate and th« reading of the bill ing the holiday» many ot tbe recitation was la-gun. Tangier, Jan. 14. — There la ornater- Washington. Jan. 9. —Decided dlt- room« of the university were removeal «*n*ue«Mi of opinion as to the way of lu- from Villard hall to better quarter« in nation among Mor-wan official* at the Washington, Jan 13. — Vigorous de tbe new library building. Occupancy seneational new« from Frz announcing fense of state’* righto in dealing with jcrling elawtinity Into the national eut of the new building lias l«en delay«»!, the proclaiming of Mulai Ila fid aa sul violations » I civil right» or with a;w»clal rrncy and of inerraaing Ihr safety of owing to the fact that there haa been tan and tbe dangerous conditions now state elections, where tr»«>p* have la»en bank drfMmilw have ariarn among the Couriers who inetnlMoa < f the cvminlttr«* on Imnking no money available for hxt. The pre -ailing in the city. called into service, s*rve«l to enliven problem w«s solve»l by turning off the have arrived here announce alao that I the debate In the house ot representa land currency, nt which Kowkr. of Nrw heat from the entire upper floor of Vil- the p«*ople of Msquines have pr»claitn<«<l I tive* to lay In connection with the con- Jersey »a chairman. Koine of the Re lard hall and sending it through tbe Mulai tiafi-l sultan. 4cror»hng to the 1 aiilerotion of the bill toiolify the |>«nal pu bl Iran inrtnlirn* aa well aa I>omo- late-t information from Fez, the Ule pipes into the libiary building I laws of the Unlte<l State«. A numtier | rtata. arc not in entire ayinpathy with mas or wise men. were fnrool to decree. . , , , thr plan of E«>a 1er a* emlMNllril In the the overthrow tl-d El A,,, tbe aul- °* »***«»•. ,r' I hill introduced by b I rn yea terday con B'g Milton Ranch Sold tan of record, and proclam) Mulai Hati-I »'“‘•*» *»‘K»>t, hy amend templating the immediate and cotn- Milton—For the price of 528 562.50 sultan in his place, by th* attitude o! n'*'n‘»w*rv" •‘-tea them- ' niete retirement of all national tmnk Henry L. trailer, of Milton, has sold the people, who were grratly excite! »'vm discretion a. to th* quahficlx»» i bond-wee nie« I currency and it* replac«*- his ranch near this place to William over report»» that Aid El Arlz had sol.l »' U'r", ”r perrons to srrveon juries i ruent hy a guaranteed credit ¡u.rrency H. Harder, and the deal reprem-nts one the country to France. Ubd to limit the powero of Federal Iwumi upon general ararte of the ìtanka. of the biggest Individual transactions The announcement by th- public ju<U*s tn .ertaln caa.*, but every at- niS'ls in this section of the country for ! tatnpl failed. Kepiiblleans pre-ent»N| n many months. The Frazier ranch is crier» was received with frantic joy. Ryjlhl fr<>nt, and the vote« acre all on Wednesday, January 8 locat«»»! just southwest of Milton, and Mulai Ilafld was priclaimed snl’an un (tarty lines. Washington, Jan. 8—In the pres der certain condition*, which he must contains 246 serra of wheat lami, This ence of th** entire lion»*, Williams, » f sale also included the Frontier resi- accept together with the title, Among Hsturdav. January II M MlMippI, ami De Armond, of Mis these are th* following dence in Milton. Washington, Jan. 11.—A vigorous i soiiri, win««' physical encounter on the That he reje< t tjie Algeciras act. ex- Hides Take Big Drop. pel the French troops from Morocco, tight «n wag<»»l in the liouae of repre tlixit just before the f'hil*tmaa «dj»inrr>- Ter dleton—After the highest prices prohibit access tn the Interior for Euro sentatives Palay over the lull to cialify ment attiactel general attention, tolay ever pai>! for hides in Eastern Oregon, peans, who with the Jews, It ia set amt revise the penal laws of the I'nlted engHge»! in an exchange of atnenitiiw in the past eight weeks, prices have forth, shonb! h«» nllow«») to occupy only fl ta tea with particular reference to rex’- which wax generally aorepte»l as a pub now droppe»l to the lowest price known. quarters in the [xirts reserve«! for them; tmn 19, affecting conspira» lea against lie announcement of their re*;»ectiv« Smith, <> intentions not to |x»rmit I heir |vrMiiial Only a few weeks ago dry hide* were prohibit Moorish subject* from placing the civil right* of citizen*. quoted in this city at 18 centa per themselves under lhe protection ol for Missouri, ami Hughes, of New Jersey, differrncea to Interfere wilti the cour pound. Now dry hide« ar«» worth but eign consulates, ««s ure Morocco's rights offerr»! arneti Itnetita having for their teous d «charge of tlielr public duties. The Incident oeciirrrvl in connection in the frontier question with Algeria, object the exemption of lalxir unions 9 centa anil gr»-en hid«» but 4 cents. from the operation of the *<». tIon when with nn effort hy liulxell, of the n>m- ami suppress taxation. ever sn.-h unions declare strikes or boy nntte« on rilles, to get the h"nse t«i PORTLAND MARKETS cotts A motion to strike out th* agree to a rule giving right of way to Storm in East. Frriit«—Apples, 75c<452.25 per box; whole re»’tioii was miele by Bartlett, of the bill auth >rlmg the ecxlitlcation ami Chicago, Jan. 14 —Chicago and it» I peaches. 75cnZ51 per crate; pears, The brunt of the deba'e was nmendmont of the penal laws of lhe environs were cut off for several hours Georg e. 51.25ftl.75 per box; cranberries, 69.50 borne by flherlsy, of Kentucky, a mem Unlte<l State« nn<l limiting general »lo- yesterday from wire communications &512 per barrel. l«te to four hour«. Several Itomocrntic from other points liy a snow and wind ber of the committee on revision, but Vegetable*—1'urnlp*. 75c per sack; memlrer* expri-esed the opinion that storm which began l>efore dawn anil he wsa siip|s>rte<l by a number of R«»- carrot*, 65c per rack; bretr, 51 per the rille was a scheme to sidetrack publ leans. raged without a break all day. Know sack; bran», 20« per [xrurid; cabbage, Daln II, however, The amendments were all lost, as other legislation. continues to fall. A northwest gale lc per pound; cauliflower, 62@2.25 refuted thia. drove blinding masses of wet snow be was one by De Armond to strike out per dozen; celery, 53 50 per crate; The rule was [wstevl by an over ■r-ctlon 21), levans«' it con ferrisi on Fall fore it. The warmth of the atmosphere onions, 15@20c per dozen; parsley, 20c whelming majority, »iespita efforts of caused the heavy flakes [«rtly to melt erai courts in punishing felonies ami per dozen; peas, 10c per pound; pep DeArmond and seven adherents to se and stick to whatever they touched. misdemeanors committed un»ler section pers, 86917c per ponnd; pumpkins, Ite) cure the yen» iik I nays, and the house As a con»e<|iierice overburdened wires 19 the anthority given to the aourta of lSqc per pound; radishes, 20c per doz at once pr»x e«vlivl to ttie consideration an<l poles were put out of commission the state in whnb the acte are commit- en; spinach, fle per ponnd; »pronto. 8c ami resiling of the hill. At the con M. in all directions for hour». per poun»l; squash, l<ic per ponnd; clusion of the reading, which consumed Friday, January IO tomatoes, 52 per box. two hours, the bill was laid aside and Havana Flooded by Sea. Washington. Jan. 10.—Tim lionan of the house again took np the resolution Onions—51 t5@2 per hundred. | Havana, Jan. 14. — A heavy northwe»t representatives todny resinned its a< tlv- distributing the presi lent'a message to Potato*«—Delivered Portland, 50ft gale yesterday drove high sea- against | jt», >n,l for over five hours transacted the several cominifre«'«. In order to 75c per hundred; sweet potatoes, 53 the ocean front, sweeping over the sea bnsinera of a public nature. Material jx»rmit Gainea, of Tennessee, to «»Idreas per cwt. made with the bill to the house in favor of an apprupilalion Wheat—Club, 85c; blneatem, 87c; wall amt inundating the lower part of progress the Prado ami adjacent streets to the codify, revise »nd amend the criminal for the Hermitage, the home of Gene valley, 85c; red, 83c. Data—No. 1 white, 627.50(^28; gray, »lepth of several feet. The lower *<•» • laws of the United Htates, which was ral Andrew Jackson, rear Nashville, tlon of Ve»lada, a suburb, was alio II • taken np after some routine bills had Ter.n. 527.60r<q28. Barley—F»-ed, 627.50 per ton; brew undated. Scores of residence» on Gulf avenue were bally damaged. Entrance Antl-Llquor Law Upheld. ing, 532; roll.«!, 62W«>.30. Argue Ovar Giving Rebates Corn — Whole, 632.50; cracke«l, to or exit from the harlxrr was impossi Washington, Jan. 14.—Tlie Hupreme , Washington, January 9.—lhe Fn- ble d iring the gale. Great waves strik 532 50. court of thè United fltatea t-vlay upheld pretne court today fieartl argument* In Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1. 68 per ing Moro, hurled the spray 60 feet over thè anti-li«|i>or law of Kan>aa by allirm- the government^ riminal prosecmi > » of the lantern of the liglithonse. The ton; Ejtatern Oregon timothy. 521(»9 ing thè decision» ot thè Hupreme court the Great Noit*ern Railway company 22, clover, 515; chest, 515; grain hay, storm is Rulmiding tonight. of that state in a nurnber ot cases. In on the charge of violating the Elkina 515691«; alfalfa, 516; vetch, 51«. cludine that of Fritz Duricn, ol Hhaw- law by granting rebate* on which the Moe* Dafansaa Needed Butter—Fancy creamery, 80f«35c per neo county, convicted of violating tlie company waa fined 55,000. The com Hi'flttle, Jan. 14.—"We ««rnlize the law. Durien appealeil to thè Federai pound. pany was r.presintel by William R. desirability of providing additional de- Poultry—Average old hens, 12c per Hupreme court on a wr it of error on Iligg. of Nt. Raul, and the government ponmt; mixed chickens. 115e(a»12c; fensea for Puget sound as rapidly as thè ground that thè statuto contravene* by Attorney General Bonaparte. The possible, sn<l when I get buck to Wash spring chickens, 111-* 0412c; rnoatera, thè Federai counstitiition hecause it defense proretsls on the theory that the ington I shall lay the facta before con- KdnlOr; dr»-i»»»'»l chickens, 14«-; turkeys, gives diacretion to prot«te |n<lg<»« in first sei tion of the Elkins law, lni|>oa- live, 15c; dressed, ehoice, 18c; geese, gres* and rerotnmend additional fortifl granting permit». Tlie decision was an- ing fine* tor reltuti-a. was rep««ltd by live, OftlOc; »lucks, 16<«>17c; pigeons, cations,” said Lieutenant Colonel Fred nouncivl hy thè ehief jitotice. the llepburn act. erick V. Abbott, as’iatant to the cheif 75cr*r81; squabs, 51-6O692. Eggs—Fresh ranch, candled, 30c per of the engineer co«|«, United States Journey Brings Success. Whip Coal to Islands army, having charge of fortifications of dozen. Washington, Jan. 15.—The work of Washington, Jan. 9.—Hixty thonaand Veal—75 to 125 pounds, WaJO^gc; th* United States, la»t night, who ar- Ezra Meeker, the pioneer who came all tons of coal have lieen sent to Honolulu 125 to 150 (zninda, 7c; 150 to 200 rive»l here from Manila Wednesday. the way from Puyallup, Wash., in a by the equipment bureau of th* Navy pounds; 5(9« 1^c. prairie achooner of the [ixtlrrn in which department, and by April there are to Japanese Sends In a Bld. Pork—Block, 75 to 150 ponnds, 6ft he had rirrMaed th« plains 54 yearn tie- be 100,000 tons at Manila. The ship- 7c: packers, 6697c. Honclnln, Jan. 14.—Th* award of fore. aeerna about to be rewarded with nient» have been made in anticipation Hops—1907, prime and choice, 6(9 bide for material for th*construction of RiirreM Representative Humphrey has of the possibility of Rear Admiral 7H«; per pound; olds, lft2c per ponnd. improvements for Pear) harbor has Introduced in the house a bill provid Evans’ battleship fleet returning to Wool—Easb-rn Oregon, average beet, lieen held up, bocaiise th* lowest bid ing for the appointment of a commis the Atlantic aide hy way of th* Asiatin 13f920c per pound, aecor»ling to shrink der ia a dummy for some Japanese con sioner to take charge of the work of station. If it is not needed for that age; valley, 18(920 b , according to flue- tractor. II I* probab.e that all bid* marking thia trail, and alao for an ap purpoae th* coal will be need from lime ncas; mohair choiM 29ft30c per pound. will b* rejected. propriation of 560,000 tor ths work. to time by Ameifoan men-of-war. •