NEWS OF THE WEEK
k a Condensed Fora for Our
Buy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
* ~ir T ©f th© Leas Important but
Not Loes Intorasting Evwnta
of the Past Week.
Th» movement to intervene in Congo
affair« has been revived in England.
A Chinear company has bean organ
Is d to work the iron mines at Awtow,
China.
Ruef may attempt to disqualify
Judge Dunne and District Attorney
Langdon.
Hughes haa admitted that he wonk!
be willing to accept the presidential
nomination.
Es Hecretarv of the Treasury Shaw
will resign hia trust presidency and
may re-enter politics.
Morris K. Jeesnp, the well known
banker and philanthropist of New
York, is reported seriously ill.
Boyertown, Pa , officials are after the
owners of the gasoline tanks which ex
ploded and set fire to the theater. One
arrest haa been made.
SPYING ON OUN6.
PLOT IB RlVkALID
Two Japan«-« Placed Under Arrest
at Fort ntevons.
Anarchist Oonzpirac» In Mio Janstrn
to Blow Up Fleet
Fort Stevens, Or., Jan. 22—Conster
nation was caused yesterday by the cap
ture of two Japanese who were found
loitering in the west battery of Fort
Stevens.
The sentry, while walking hie poet
to the west hattery, suddenly came up
on two Japanese who were walking on
the parapet of the battery.
As thia
place is unfrequented, except by special
permission from the district artillery
commander, the sentry hid behind a
sentry box and watched their move
ments. Seeing them point to the dif
ferent guns and emplacements and look
ing over the situation in general, the
sentry took the men into CMtody and
marched them back to the main poet.
They were then interviewed by the dis
trict adjutant general, B. H. Kerfoot,
who could obtain no satiafactory expla
nation for their trespassing.
Although nothing of an incriminat
ing nature could be found upon their
persons, indications are that they were
at the p>rat for the purpose of obtaining
plans and sketches of the different for ,
tifications and modes of defense.
The Japaree.* were very well dreeecd
and seemed to be above the aveage in
appearance and intelligence
The fact
of their being in the west battery, prob
ably the meet important battery on the
Pacific coast, makes the situation much
mote aeiious than it would otherwise
be. The hattery consists of six Ill-inch
rifles and two 6-inch rapid fire guns,
and is considered to be one of the most
potent factora*in the defense of this
part of the coast.
How to kill hogs at the stock yards
HALL WAS SLOW.
in an artistically humane manner has
been inveetigaied by
the
Illinois
Declined to Arrest Illegal Fencers ano
branch of the Consumers' league.
Filed Civil Suit.
New York insurance companies have
Portland, Jan. 22.—Special Agent
discovered that much of the money
borrowed from them on policies was Edward W. Dixon, who investigated
either sold to get the currency premi and reported on the allege«! unlawful
fencing of public lands in Wheeler
ums or was lent at high rates.
county by the Butte Creek Land, Live
Bnrns and Ruef clashed la court and stock A Lumber company, was the im
almost came to blows.
portant witness for the government yes
The miners' federation may defeat terday in the Hall-Mays conspiracy
trier in the United States cour:. Spe
the Nevada constabulary law.
cial Agent Loomis related the result of
Colorado stcckmen in their conven his invert; gat ions and testified that
tion upheld the government's forestry
while he had recommended the crim
pol!©y.
inal prosecution of W. W. Steiwer,
Walsh, the convicted Chicago bank Hamilton H. Hendricks and probably
wrecker, says ba merely made inveet- Clarence B. Zachary, of the Butte
Creek company, bis recommendations
meota.
were dietegarded by Hall, who «ubee-
A New York grand jury is making a
quently filed a civil suit only and after
aearehlng investigation into banking
wards proposed to stipulate with the
fra ida.
officers of the Butte Creek company
Evelyn Thaw will again tell her by which the suit was to be dropped if
atory bo the jury despite the efferto of they removed the unlawful fences and
Jeroaaa.
made it possible for other settlers to
The Sovereign hank of
Canada, have access to the lands that bad been
which has failed, was largely a Morgan improperly inclosed. Dixon was on the
stand when court adjourned yesterday
ia-titutJon.
and will resume his testimony this
The government may decide to run morning.
steamers on the Pacific coast to defeat
the autnopoly of the Pacific Mail.
KEEP COOLIES HOME.
Judge McPherson holds the Missouri
law against the transfer of railroad Lemieux Announces Japanese Policy
amts to the Federal court invalid.
Toward Canada.
Louis Glass. oonvicted Han Francisco
Ottawa. Ont., Jan. 22.—Postmaster
briber, who la ill with pneumoala, is General Lemieux in the bouse yester
».mewhat improved. He la 61 years day made a report on his recent mis
©Id.
sion to Tokio. Mr. Lemieux declared
Senator Rorah opposes the Aldrich that, as a result of bis negotiations
with the mikado's government, an
enrraoey bill.
effective check had been put on the
New York banks have a surplus over emigration of the Japanese from Ha
the legal reserve.
waii to Canada and that he received
There is a great deal of revolutionary assurances that the Japanese govern
ment was not only anxious to meet
ag ration in India.
Canada's wishes in the matter of re
Tbs th-ee miners entombed at Bly, stricting direst emigration but regard
Nev., December 4, have been released. ed such emigration as an economic loss
Boyertown, Pa., has buried all of its to Japan, whose policy of colonization
d-ad.
The total fatalities numbered is condned to Corea and Manchuria.
Mr. Lemieux briefly stated the
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causes of anti-Japaneee feeling in Brit
The United States has found it necee-
ish Columbia, which culminated in the
eiry to interfere in the Haytian revoiu-
riots there, and reviewed the various
t on.
treaties and conventions with Japan.
German scientists have succeeded in By treaty the Japanese were unequiv
manufacturing rubies of remarkable ocally given the same right as any
beauty.
British subject in Canada and the real
Attorney General Young, of Minne cause of the recent agitation was the
sota, la a candidate for the Republican broad interpretation of this treaty by
some enterprising emigration compan
nomination for governor.
ies. It was on the faith of a ta< it un
California shippers are determined derstanding with Japan that the latter
that the Southern Pacific rebate invee would reetrict emigration that parlia
tigation shall not be a farce.
ment gave its sanction to the treaty.
The Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul
Dry Farming Congress.
road intends to have its line finished
Salt Lake City, Jan. 22.—The pro
into the Northwest in time to hsndle
duction of cereals and other useful veg
a pert of the 1908 crop.
John R. Walsh, president of the etation without irrigat on on the s«mi-
Chicago National bank, has been found arid lands of the mountains and West
guilty on 54 counts of misapplication ern plains wlil be discussed in all its
of the bank's funds
The minimum phases at the second annual meeting of
p-nalty is imprisonment for 270 yeais the Dry Farming congress, v.hich be
gins in this city today. The feature of
and the maximum penalty 540 years.
today’s program will be the annual ad
The Sovereign bank of Canada baa dress of Vice President J. L. Donahue,
failed.
of Ilenver, to 1« read by some member
It will
Four Scranton, Pa., girls were burn of the Colorado delegation.
deal with legislation desired by dry
ed in a factory fire.
farmers.
The United States torpedo flotilla
has arrived at Rio Janeiro.
Push Currency Reform
Ifaytien rebels have captured two
Chicngo, Jan. 22.—A campaign of
towns and the president threatens bom- education was decided upon by the cur
bar lment.
rency commission of the American
Pope Pius has the gout, but the Bankers’ as*ociation at its meeting in
The commission
alarming rumors about his health are Chicago last week.
deeiree to have its bill read and under
not justified.
stood by many persona who, it is be
An effort is being made to keep Eve lieved, can l>e reached in no other way.
lyn Thaw from telling nher story at the In addition, state bank associations
second trial of Thaw.
will tie asked to communicate with
The Japanese premier considers the their congressmen and senators. The
large commercial bodies throughout the
emigration problem settled.
country will be invited to appoint com
Montana mineowners have united mittees to ecnsider the question.
to build a smelter and fight the trust.
Examining Stockbrokers.
Colonel Goethals thinks about 132,
Han Francisco, Jan. 2..—Several
403.863 will be needed to tarry on ths stock brokers were witnesses before the
canal work this year.
grand jury yesterday afternoon, when
that inquisitorial body reconvened to
The president haa decided to let the resume its investigation into the wreck
Federal troops remain at Goldfield until ing of the California State Deposit A
some action has been taken by the Ne- Trust company.
The brokers were
vsiia legislature.
questioned regarding their accounts
The largest savings bank in Dallas, with the bank In an attempt to trace
some of the missing securities and to
Texas, haa suspended.
learn if there are any "dummy” loans
The temperature has reached 6 de on the books.
grees below zero at Ht. Paul.
Labor Union Bank a Failure.
Japan denies that there is any secret
Chicago, Jan. 22.—The affairs of the
about the location of her fleet.
Commonwealth Tiuet-drHavings bank,
A majority of the bouse committee an institution organized two years ago
la opposed to the Heattie fair appropri as a strictly union labor bank, are to be
wound up. The experiment has coot the
ation.
stockholders about »6,000.
The chief
The’New York Federal court is in region for a lack of snecees was that
quiring into Harriman's stock deals "unionism lias not progressed suffi
aad has ordered him to answer ques- ciently as yet to enter the banking
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
GATHER HOP DATA.
Pacific Coast Hopgrowera* Association
Wants Oregon Acreage
Aalem—The board of directors for
Oregon °f the Pacific Coast Hopgrow-
an’ union met here last week and form
ulated a plan for ascertaining th« nature
of all the hopgrower» in the stale, the
acreage of hope owned by each, the
names of growers who have eigne») the
conetitution and bylaws of the union
and the acreage of each.
It is expected that this information
will be at hand and complete » xm > and
then for the that time II will be known
definitely how many acres of hope are
grown in Oregon. This information is
necessary in order to ascertain the pro-
port on of acreage repie-ented In the
union and also the names of growers
who are needed as members but who
have not joined.
The work of gathering the statistics
was designated to the aecietary, Joseph
Rannigartner, and arrangements were
made Ur raise a fund of »1,000 to pay
the immediate expenses of the organi
zation work in Oregon. While no par
ticular effort will be made to learn the
acreage of hops that will be plowed up
this season, it is probable that a pretty
fair idea of the extent of the plowing
up will be gained.
Mate Out Walnut Trees
Rickreall—J B Slump, on« ol the
leading farmers residing in thia county,
haa planted 175 wow of hl« large (arm
near Monmouth to English walnuts,
and will make his walnut grove a com-
nienrial proposition.
The tree« are
planted with a space of th* feet between
row« one way and of 40 feet the other
way. In the «pace between the rows of
walnut tree* Roykl Anne cherries are
planted and as three latter will tear
quickly the land »el to walnuts will
e«x>n tie made profitable while awaiting
the first crop from the walnut tree*.
Experiments made here in pot yean
with walnuts have traen so satlafrauory
that Mr. Stump's venture Is not looked
upou as an experiment.
Filing ©n Harney Lande.
Burn©—Tbs busiueea of the United
States land office in this city lor the
quarter ending December 31, 1907,
makes an excellent showing for this
country, the total entries and proofs
for the period covering 51,200 69 acres
and the payments, fee« and commis
sions atnouatlng to »56,944.64.
The
month of Dvoemtrar brought In »29,000
of this sum. When it Is considered
thst the financial fan c held bualneea
in suspense s good part of the quarter,
it will be seen that the movement for
settlement of Harney county and con-
tiguoua country is a determined one
Suspected Sheep in Benton.
Monroe—United States Inspector H. and cannot be stopped.
Hllvarwood, of the bureau of animal in
dustry. is in this Brotton looking aftei
Welcome to New Industry.
several bands of sheep that^were report
Oregon City—Nothing in recent years
ed to be infected. The Freforal govern has brought so ranch satiafatcion to the
ment is working with state and county people of Oregon City as the announce
officials to enforce the dipping laws and ment that a new paper mill Is to be
clean up all bands of sheep which give constructed at Oregon City on the East
the slightest indication of being infect side of Wllamuiette Falls, fronting the
ed. Mr. Hllverwood imparts informa basin, with the installation of two ma
tion regarding the construction of dip chines of the largest opacity at the
ping vats, the method ol dipping which outset. Not levs than 300 men will be
will secure the beet results, as well as furnished employment, and this means
the handling and care of livestock.
It that from 400 to 600 people will be
is more than likely that quite a lot of added to the population of Oregon City
dip will be brought here before many within a year, and that there will be a
days.
corresponding Increase in the industry
sod business of the town.
Columbia College Self Supporting
Milton—Columbia college, of this
Road Will Go Under the Hammer
place, has almost succeeded in raising
Albany—The real property of the
a »10,000 endowment fund. Rev. H. 8. Corvallis A Eastern Railroad company
Shangle, financial agent of the college eituated tta Linn county Is to lie sold
and also pastor of the Methodist church ' for delinquent taxes.
A majority of
South in Milton, fully expecting to the stock is now owned by the Harri
have the whole amount raised before man interests. Sheriff Smith has be
the next meeting of the Columbia river gun the advertisement of the property
conference. This is the only school of for public sale February 17. The prop
the M. E. South denomination in the erty advertised includes the roadbed
Pacific Northwest and pupils gather and right of way of the company in
here from long distances. There are this county, the roundhouse and ma
over 150 students at present and for the chine «hope at this city and some
first time in its history the shool is self tracts of real eetate adjoining Albany.
supporting.
Lebon©n Mills Reopen.
Ab'any—After being closed for three
weeks, the Lebanon paper mill has re
sumed work and 50 men temporarily
idle a:o again in employment. The re
cent flood piled so many logs in the
Hantiam canal that the mill could not
get a supply of fnel wood for the regu
lar consumption of 30 cords dally.
Though tbie was the cause of the shut
down, some feared It might be due to
the financial stringency,
but
the
prompt resumption of work iiaa re
stored confidence.
Little Snow in Mountains.
Albany—Lees enow is reported in the
mountains of this pa't of the stale this
year than for a great many years.
This winter only the highest peaks and
ridge* are covered, while the valleys,
even though far up in the mountains,
are free from enow. Reports from the
upper valley and hea ¡waters of the
South Hantiam river are to the effect
that there la no snow at all now on the
ridges and in canyon« where the snow
is usually seven or eight fest deep in
January.
Wants Open River.
Albany—In an eff >rt to secure im
provement of the upper Willamette
river so that boats can run to thia city
the year around, the Merchant«' Pro
tective association, city council and
other civic bod.ee have prepared a revo
lution which will be sent to Oregon's
congressional delegation, urging them
to act toward inducing the government
to appropriate money whereby the river
channel can be cleared of its present
otetructions to navigation
An im
mense amount of traffic could then be
handled.
Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 21__ Ths Bra
sillan police liave diucuvecod an anar
chistic plot here having as its object
ths destruction ol part of the Aitwricau
fleet now lying in 4he harbor. The con
spiracy. while centaling In Rio Janeiro
and Petiopolle, haa rumltkwtmna lu
Hao Paulo and Minas tierase.
An individual named Jean Fed hot,
who residel In I’etropolia, waa the
chief conapirator here, although it ig
understood that hirvign anaichiato are
deeply Involved lu the plot. Fedher la
believed to have fled to Hao Paolo and
the police, who know him, have been
sent to that place for the pnrpooe of
apprehending him. One of the detec
tivee who was well acquainted with
Fedher, having sorted on the police
fome at Pekropolis lor eoine tune, re
turn*! (r<uu that place today. After
having made Investigation there and
had a long conference with the chief of
police al Rio Janeiro, the latter gave it
to be nndeistsxxl later that the Hao
Paulo police are on the track of the
arch conspirator and expect to arreat
him soon.
MAKE GOOD PROGRESS.
But Philippine Delegates Say It Is Too
Soon for Hums Rule.
San Francisco, Jan. 21.—Speaking of
conditions in the Philippines, Benito
I-sfarda, delegate to congress, who,
with his colleague, Pablo Oca in ps. has
arrived here en touts to Washington,
said today that hia people had made
great progress under American rule,
and «specially alung educational litiee,
and added
"It is useless to talk of Independence
now. 1 want independence, of course,
but how out we have it? That is the
question.
I do not care tu risk ths
property I own in another civil war or
to auarehy that might follow an at
tempt on the part of my countrymen
to govern themselves at present."
It la asserted that hia fellow delegate
would work in harmony while in the
house of representatives, his only aim
being to improve ths economic condi
tions of the Islands, worse now than it
has t>een for 30 years. Both delegates
want to secure, it possible, the reduc
tion of the United State« dnttee on
Philippine sugar and tobacco. Both
are greatly inteteetad In the Japanese
question.
legatda is a member of tbs Progres
sive party, while (k-ampo is affiliated
with the National party
KEEPING RESULTS SECRET.
Part of Lamloux' Party Returns From
Japan.
Ran Francisco, Jan. 21.—Hon. Jos
eph Pope, Canadian secretary of state,
and Madame B Lemieux, wife of the
Canadian patmaster general, returned
on the ship Mongolia from Japan,
where Lemieux went to straighten out
ths ditfii ultiea between ths two conn
Visa, which stose over the question of
Japanese immigration to Canada, and
the consequent riots at Vancouver and
in other Canadian cities. Lemieux re
turned <m a preceding steamer.
The secretary of state, and the poet
master general were sent to Ja|«n sev
eral month» ago with Instructions to
reach some agreement with the Jspan-
ese government, «hereby the immigra
tion of coolii-s to Canada would be re
stricted. What stioce«« atlend-d the
mission is very carefully guarded by
Pope. Madame I-emieux had not been
made a confidante by the government
officials. The patty will leave here to
day for Ottawa.
Corporations Ara Dissolved.
Salem—Governor Chamberlain has
Issued a proclamation dissolving 300
corporation« which have failed to pay
their )icen«e taxes for 1907. In the
list are many concerns winch in all
probability will wish to continue busi-
ne«« and which have neglected to pay
the license fee. These coni erne can se
Greeks Murder Women.
cure restoration of their eorporate pow
Fofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 21.—News has
ers bv paying up delinquencies within lew hed here of a terrible tnig- dv which
30 days.
The complete list will be 'Centred at ttie village of Drago«h, near
published in s few <lays.
Monastir, a town ln^Macedonia, several
days ago.
While a festival whm In
Mines to Resume in Spring.
progress and the villagers were dancing
Baker City—The annual meeting o- upon the lawns lu ths public park, a
the Highland Gold Minea company con large Lund of Greeks suddenly swooped
sumed a two-daya' session. It «as def down upon them and after driving them
cided to resume woik in the mine« In into their bou«es, set fire to the build
the Spring, money having teen pledged ings and bur nd them to death.
The
by the Eastern and Southern interests. victim« Included women and children
and numbered, it is said, between 25
and 45.
PORTLAND MARKET8.
Deputy Gets Reappointment.
The Dalles—To serve ccontinuonsly
for nearly 13 years as deputy game war
den is the distinction of L. 8. Fritz, of
this city, who ha« been reappointed in
that capacity by R< bert O. Stevenson,
the state game warden. The territory
under his jurisdiction conei-ts of Was
co, Sherman and Gilliam counties. Mr.
Fritz has made a vigilant officer, and
Wheat—Club, 85c; Blueetem, 87c;
has served under four state game war
dens. He was appointed fir-t on Au valley, 86c; red, 83c
Osts—No. 1 white, »27.50(5)28; gray,
gust 25, 1895, by H. D. McGuire and
Berved sub«eqnently under Wardens |27.50@28.
Barley—Feed. ,27.50 per ton; brew
Quimby and Baker.
ing, »32; rolled, ,296430.
Corn — Whole, »32.50;
cracked,
Wants New Library.
The Dalles—Renew«! interest in the »32.50.
Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1, »18
Carnegie library to he built here haa
come since the forwarding of the archi per ton; Eastern Oregon tlmonthy, »21
tect's plan to Andrew Carnegie’s secre 6422; clover, »15; cheat, »15; grain
tary for approval. The edifice will tie hav, »156(16; alfalfa, »15; vetch, »14.
Fruits—Apples, (1<R2 .60 per box;
erected in the city park and will cost
»10,000. The city council has voted to pears, ,1.25641.75 per box, cranber
meet the maintenance expenses and ries, ,8/5.11 per barrel.
Vegetables—Turnips. 75c per Back;
appropriate »1,000 annually. In fact
this was necessary to meet the condi carrots, 65c per sack; beet«, »1 per
tions a« presented by the steel magnate sack; bean«, 20c per pound; cabbage,
1c per pound; cauliflower, ,2/5)2.25 |*r
and library builder.
dozen; celery, ,3.26/^3.50 per crate;
onion«, 156920c per dozen; parsley, 20c
Large Timber Land Sale.
per dozen; peas 10c per pound; pep
Oregon City—The transfer of 1,850
per«, 8017c per pound; pumpkins, lfa)
acres of timliered lands on the Upper
lj<c per pound; radishe«, 20c per doz
M della river In Clackamas county has
en; spinach, 6c per ponnd; sprouts, 8c
just been made public, through a deed
per pound; squash, lfs^l^c per pound;
filed in the office of County Recorder
tomatoes, »2 per box.
Ba m*-bv. The price stated in the deed
Union«—(1 .M5A2.16 per hundred.
is »81,000 or about »44 per acre. The
Potatoes—506475c per hnndred, de
pnrehaaer 1« the Molalla Lumber com
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, »3 25
pany, a West Virginia corporation,
(5)3.50 per cwt.
which purchased the property from the
Butter—Fancy erssmery, 30@35c per
Cornwell Lumber company, of Haginaw,
ponnd.
Mich.
Poultry—Average old hens, 125112><jc
per ponnd; mixed chickens, lltk/«)l ’<•
Charge In Blue Mountain Reserve.
spring chicken- I2Q13C; roosters, 86».
Washington—The president has Just 10c; dressed chlckenw. 14c; tnrkeys,
signed a proclamation which elimi live, 14<5tl5c; d-esserl, choice, 176»,18c,
nates 131,643 acres of the Blue Moun geese, live. tifiilOc; ducks, 166»,17c;
tain fore«t receive, s« recommended by pigeons, 75c6» »l; gqnaha, »1 5O6»12.
the forest service. The greater part of
Eggs—Fresh ranch, cundltd, 27J<c
the arm eliminated consists of open per dozen.
grass lands. The bonndary has also
Veal—75 to 126 pounds, W5)9^c;
been changed to exclude some heavily 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
timbered land, title to which haa [<aa«l pounds, 5646>4».
from the government.
Pork—Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 66i>
7c; packers, 6U)7c.
Better Lights in Pullmans
Hops—1907, prime and choice, 6tft
Falem—Many complaints having been 7^0 per pound; olds, U<^2c per ponnd.
made that poor lights are provided on
Wool—Eastern Oregon average best,
Pullman cars on the O. R. A N., the 13rft20c per pound, according Io shrink
railroad commission has secured a age; valley, 186420c per pound, accord
promise that suitable lights will be in« to fineness; motalr, choice, 296^
provided.*
30c per pound.
Waters of Lake Ar« Blessed.
Ht. Petersburg, Jan. 21.—The annual
ceremony of blear Ings the waters, dur
ing which, in 1905, the emperor nar
rowly emaped a'seaasination by means
of the Baluting cannon, took place at
Trarkoe Selo instead of at the waters of
the Neva.
The imperial blessing whs
l>e«towed on the waters of the lake in
the fialace park amid the salute of guns.
After the ceremony the emperor, accom
panied by hie mother, reviewed the
guard regiments. The empress did not
take part in the celebration, as illneea
■till confines her indoors.
Would Impeach Governor.
Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 21.—While
the legislators am gathered al Victoria
talking of taking the scalp of Lieuten
ant Governor Dunsmuir on the Jnpan-
eee question, some of the aetnte politi
cians of the country are endeavoring to
figure out by just what method It is
propose»! to carry out the impediment.
Particular
difficulty is being met
with in finding in Canadian history a
prveedent for the official beheading of
the governor.
Ruef Has Nothing to Ray.
Han Francisco, Jan. 21.—The ease
which was liegun sgalnst Abraham Ruef
yesterday before Judge I-awlnr la the
one In which Indictments were brought
against him for the alleged brlliery of
supervisors In connection with a fran
chise of an overhead trolley system for
the Uniter) Railroads. Rnef refused to
make any statement tonight regarding
the change in the attitude of the prose»
entors toward him and their decision
not to give him Immunity.
Glass Taken to Hospital.
flan Francisco, Jan. 21.—Lon la Glass,
former vice president and general man
ager of ths Pacific Telephone A Tele
graph company, who was recently con
victed of bribery and sentenced to five
years' Imprisonment, was transferred
from ths oonnty jail tonight to ths
Lane hospital, he being quits 111 with
pneumonia.
CONFIKMLI) IN PARIS
Suspicions Cabled to Washington
and Rio Janeiro.
STORY MIY PROVE TO BE HOAX
Steamer Reported to Hava Convoyad
Explosivas to Mouther» Port
—-Precautions Taken.
l'aria, Jan. 21.—The refe ría rabici
from Rio de Janeiruo that the Brat Ilan
authorltiM were »arlied Iront l’aria ol
a poMiblo attempt to blow up Hi«
American trail'« hip tlrvt while In the
harbor liiere «r« true.
Honra Hura ago
evitai» suspicione Indi) at mg the varai-
«noe of a plot io dcatioy tira whole or a
|Hutioii ot tira tiret, ritirar al Ilio Jairar
ro or in the Straits of Magadan, werv
aroused and cotumunlcatad to Rio Ja
riviro and Washington.
A charteied
steamer ««a rr|>ort<«l to have conveyed
vxpliwlvve lor the iura ot tira conspira
tors to Ri<> Janeiro, arriving llierv
about the middle of Itvcoutber, and
John F.Hlher, ahooe name Is mentioned
in the Rio Janeiro dispatch)«, «»> one
< f tira men whose Harnee were revealed
here a* Implicated in tlie conspiracy.
The alleged plot la supposed to have
som« rallier startling ramifications, hot
tira evidence along thia line la tar from
conclusive am* torts ch led v upon tira
étalement of an individual eho«e record
waa aiilwequeutly proved to Ira any
thing but civditable.
Consequently
the whole affair la regarded with much
akeptreism, and indeed tira prvaump
tinti haa been tai»ed that it may have
ta ou a delilierately coraxx'tad scare.
HENEY NEARING CLIMAX.
Gcvarnment Wltneaaea Tell of Land
Stealing by ttattlere.
RUEF FOHFEItH IMMUNI I V.
District Attorney I angdon Nays Ne
gotiations Ara Uv«r.
Hau FrwiH'iano, Jan. 20,—It was Ou-
nounood lata Haliirday night that ths
graft prooeoutlon lias detriuilne.1 h> dis
continue all negotiations with Abraham
Ruef, tira contrai figure in the gioft
iwaee. In the matter of granting him
Immunity. It was further staled Ural
today the prosecution «»mid demand
that Hiraf Ira put on ti lai before Judge
Ihinne on one of Die many elisrgira of
Igtbery for which he hat Iraen Indicted.
Thia determinationol the prosecution
rams at I he end of avverai days* fruit-
lees negotiations with Ruef. Il Is said
Hint eoine lime sg<> the presse ut Ion
promtsv'l Ruef fartiel immunity In
consideration of hia taking the attiravo
alatili ami truthfully twtifyIng in lull
to all hl« tranaactiorra with public •«»«•
Ice corporation officials to be tiled on
the charge of bribery.
When the District Court of Appeals
rendered Its decision declaring void the
Indictments for extortion agallisi es-
Mayor ttahinita, Io which Ru«4 had al
ready pleaded guilty, Il la charged that
linei, realising that lira decision placed
him In an advantageona position, de
manded full immunity. Thia lira ptira-
ecnlinn would not consent tn grant, and
there followed a series of corifercmea lu
which Hur f endeavored Io secure better
terms.
RUBBiAN FOLLOWS FLEET.
Navel Officer of tho Czar Welching
Every Movement
Ht. Feterxhurg. Jan
20 —The Im
porten* attached by the It nasi an e>l
niiralty to the leaeons to be lsarn*l
from the vaoyage of thè American l*al-
tleehip five! under Rear Admiral Everte
iS shown by lhe fact that the naval
officer. Commander Alexis Dratchkoff,
la following the fleet around the Horn,
tiavellng from port to f«irt l>y any
m«aus lie can obtain. He adopted this
course only altar his refwated reqneala
for permission to join lhe shlpe had
been refuted.
It Is reportad hero thst Dratchkof!
succeeded In getting on tuerd one of
the American warships al Rio Janeiro,
ami the entire Incident of this officer's
activities had traen a source of Some
friction b.
lw»ran lhe
the Nnseian
Rnselan torri
foreign
trtctlcn
la tween
h,r* •nd
Wl Iran
. Baron ILaran, the Rn.eian ambassador
, to the United Htatas. was instructed to
ask for a permit h* Dlatahkoff to join
; Admiral Evans, he declined on lira
, groumla that he knew hia request would
t>e unfavorably received at Washington.
Thereupon the Hua.Ian admiraltv,
after fnrtlrar correspondence with lhe
Foreign oftkra, Inetrncted Dietchk< fl to
apply perennally to Recrviary Mettait.
Thio lhe officer did, bnt In vain,
lie
waa lheretore ordered to fellow the
Beet aa clrwely as he could, making nao
of privat« ataatrraie.
Portland, Jan. 21.—With teetimony
etrong ami apparently cuocluaive, lhe
govern in« nt yeeterday by eevetal wlt-
neesca tn the Hall Slave coirap racy
trial eipoeed ll e bold ami law defying
operations of the Bull« Creek land,
Livestock A l.umlrar mnqaitiy, and die-
el'Wral to lira jury how during lira years
19tH* ami 1901 thio company mjoulre.1
fraudulently a c< naidrrable air« of
public land. By tira rame evidence It
waa shown how tills land grabbing cor
poration by the acquisition of throe
landa was enabled to complete the en-
oloeure of a still larger area of govern
ment land to which «tirar settler« were
denied accesa fur grwatng piirpoeeo
Honey, fur the proeocutiu©, made
conaidr rabie prog ri a« In eelabligldng
the existence ot a conepiracy aux ng lhe
members of lira Butte Creek cvtu)«t>y
and he eaid leal night that the govern
ment’s cese would I« supported still
further as to tira alleged conepireey by
the introduction today of more testi
PROGRES* I* »LOW,
mony of the aarue cliaracter aa that
presented yesterday.
When thia baa
been done, lleney will lieg In the neat Hall-Maye Trial at Portland May Take
We«ke to »nd
step out linci by the prveecntion and
will seek positively to connect Hall
PMtload, Jan. 10.—Neither Proe©-
and Maya with the conspiracy that will cator Henry n< r tl.e lawyer« for the de-
have been proved against lhe othoers of
fendante still ha tard a prediction aa to
the Butte
_
Creek company.
Die lime that will web required to con-
elude the Hall Meye conspiracy trial.
STORM CITY HALL.
One week already has traen consumed
and the government has »carer I y uiadw
Sis Thousand Unemployed in Seattle a iraglnriing, only one of Its many Im-
Make Demonetratlon.
portent wlti.ease- having Iwran examin
Fcatt'e, Jan. 21.—The unemployed ed. M<’re than 70 witnreei« lor th*
lalsircr'a long t ilkcd of d< monstration government are In the city, »trnimnael
to t<-«'ify again«! one or more «1 lira 12
was made yesterday.
Marrhaled by leaders of the Indue- delendanta iratned in the imi let nient,
trial Workers of the World, an organ but since the pr<o»vtition hia de Idrd
ization wh ch includes the unemployed to try only Hall and May« at thi« tirae,
in its inemlrar-hlp, al«>nt 6,001* inin Mr. Henry saya he may not call all of
marched tip Fir-t avenue for several the government'« witumse«.
In thia way the trial mar Ira shorten
blocks and then debouched to the city
hall, where a call waa made tor the ed eorueahat, boi il all < I the wirn<*a*es
take the stand, lira ca«e will drag along
mayor.
The mayor submitted a letter a short for werke. Tirare la little doubt that
time later in winch he replied l>> the between two and three weeks mote al
demands by saying that the connly the least will tie required to complete
e mmiseiotrara have devoted »5,(MM* to tl e introduction ot testimony anil eutr-
Thu« far the
feeding and sheltering the unemployed, mit the case to the jury.
that all public works provldid lor by testimony has not Irarn damaging to
appropriation are n<>w under way* and Ha,I or Mavs.
that to do away with lhe chain gang it
will lie nece-aary for the Connell to
Freight Care Standirg Idle.
strike the ordinance from th<- bwks.
Halt lake City, Jan. 20.—One year
ago thia cit, was threaten»! with a
They Were Invited.
coal (amine Iracsnse the railroad« lack
Ottawa, Ont , Jan 21 —Tira reportol ed rare, to haul lira Inel. Today, ac
W. K Mackenale King, the royal com- cording to the Tribune, 600 fri Igiit care
niiseioner epp inted to inquire into the are standing idle in the yards of the
influx ot Oriental latror into Canada, Oregon Hhort Line.
Freight cars to
establishes tliat the Ja|«rie»w govern the numlrar of 1,6<*<* have been retired
rnent has been olraerving the agreement from service on thr Harriman lines
to restrict Immigration, and that the within the last 40 days, making a de
departure of the Japanese Foreign offiie crease of 18 per cent in the active ear
waa mail« only at the request of the equipment of the system. Twenty lo
Canadian Ni|*|x>ri Hteamehip company, comotives stand in the roumlhougea
bm ked by lira Canadian Pacific railway colil.
and other Influential Canadian Inter-
eate, which represented at Tokio tl-at
Harvester Trust Is Fined
Japanese lalxrr waa needed.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 20.—Judge Dana,
in the Hhawnee County District court
Several Arrests In Brez'l.
here t siny, ay-esaed a fine of »12.600
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 21.—Heveral ar against the International
Harvester
rests have been made in connection company, which the court found guilty
w ith Hie alleged plot to destroy part of on 43 counts of violating the Kan-aa
the American fleet. The band which anti trust law. The maximum fine is
la Siippriaed to have organized the plot (I ,(MM* a renin t, »mil he mlniirmni »100.
is presumably composed of five Italians. The criminal ©Hit was fllrel a year ago
One Canadian and two tiermana have by Attorney General Coleman, who
been arrested here, and it is believed contended that Hie harvest) r company
that the other mem hers of the land waa bring opr ratrel In Karires in viola
have been taken Into custody. The tion of the anti-trust larva.
An appeal
mem Iran of the band counted on the will tie taken.
assistance of a Hpaniard nimel R<ch-
ero, who has lived In thia city for a
Fatal Wreck on Haaboard Ll> a
long time.
Raleigh, N C., Jan. 20.—As th« re
sult of a head-on collision at ('nnu-ron,
Bank Commissioners Rued
55 miles south of Raleigh, between a
Han Francisco, Jan. 21.—Henry II Reehrtard Air Lina freight ami a north
Rosa today began suit against the fir»« bound fa«t passenger train, early today,
ent ami formar hoards of stale Isink two men were killed and 20 Injured,
commissioners Io recover »16.374.<53, none
serlonely.
Engineer E. II.
which he deposited with the Callfornin Vanghiin ami a negro fireman, Isith of
Hafo lief sis it A Trust company on the the passenger tram, wire kill'll. The
strength, he alleged, of favorable re redlleion is attributed to troulde with
ports regarding ttie condition of tliat the air brakes on the freight train ami
institution, issued by the commission to complicated train orders.
ers. He said that he made a deposit of
(10,000 In the lank only two days be
Judge Receives Fxpfosive
fore its doors were closed.
Cleveland, Jan. 20.—Jnrtge George H.
Addsm, of the Juvenile court, belay
received in hie mall a stick of what ap
pears to dynamite or solidified nitro
glyclerlne, elx Inches in length. Th»re
was no mechanism to detonate the ex
plosive. Judge Addam opened the lube
»20,- In thoFoourt room, without having an
• 16,000,000 Mora Retired.
New York, Jan. 21.— large blocks of
clearing house loan checks, amounting
to alsmt »15,000,000, were retired yee
terday, and the amount ontatanding
now Is In lhe aelghborhoad of
080,800.
Idea ef Ito oaeteato.