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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.
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