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NEWS OF THE WEEK b i Mtosed Fn tar On Busy Readers. BÁPPEMNGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A R.wm« of th« Lea» Important but Not Lau interesting Evant» of the Past Week. Bryan declares that Wall worse than Monte Carlo. street is The national convention ot the So cial iet party will be held in Chicago May 10. The American torpedo flotilla bar arrived at Punta Arena», Strait« ol Magellan. French troops in Algeria were caught in a revere anew norm and at least 28 perished. The Japanese government will in- ere the tai on sugar, rake. alcohol, beer and keroeene. The people of Ohio will vote on an initiative and referendum law at the November election. NO TARIFF REVISION. NEW LAND ROLIOY. Task WIN Ba Taken Up Nail Winter House Leaders Say. ■ecretery Garfield Aids Enlrymen In steed af Hindering. Washington. Fab. 5.—The present congress will not appoint a tariff com mission. Revision ot tbe tariff will be undertaken next winter, tn the short term. Theee announcements. in sub stance, war» made today by Chairman Payne, of the house committee on ways end means, in the prraence and with the tacit apiwoval of Speaker Gannon, the occasion being a call upon tho«« leaders by a tariff revision delegation from various parts of the country, com prising ne|vreeentativee ot many of the biggeat manufacturing and industrial concerns in the United States, and headed by James W. Van Cleave, ot St. Louis, preaident of the Nations I Assoistion of Manufacturers; sx-Gov- •mor N. J. Bachelor, of New Hamp shire, and H. E. Miles, of Karine. Wie„ chairman of the tariff Oummittee of the Natiooal Association of Manufac turers. The delegation spent more than an hour |ire«enting its case and listening to replies by the two foremost Repub lican leaders In tbe house, which, while they were cordially couched, were prac tically a refusal ot all that the delega tion had journed to Washington to plead for. CLEETON IS CHOICE. Every trace of bubonic plague ha» Oregon Deleaatvon in Congress Unites gone from San Francisco. The cam- on District Attorneyship. paign against rates will continue. Washington. Feb. 5.—Thomas J. In a battle between French troopa Cleeton, of Portland, a close friend of and Moors, the Moore loat 10,000 killed Senator Fulton, is slated for Voiled and wounded and the French 160. States district attorney for Oregon. Several firemen were injured and one Senators Fulton and Bourne and Con is missing in New York where a fire in a drv goods store caused a loan of »200,- gressman Ellis united in recommend ing him; the recommendation was 000. placed in the president's hands last Harriman is building a castle near night, and it is expected that Mr. Clee Arden, N. Y-, to coat nearlv »4,000,- ton s nomination will be sent to the 000 His monthly payroll during the senate today .«' winter reaches 119,000 and work ia be The obsequies were held over Chris ing ruahed. Schoebel's nomination yesterday after Black Hand murders continue in noon. Mr. Bourne was the only mourn er, bat the ceremony was behind closed Chicago. doors and there was none but his col Japan ia diverting many emigrants leagues to witness his last tearful trib to South America. ute to his friend. Mr. Bourne frankly A new cabinet opposed to Ftanco baa admitted to them that it was uselees taken office in Portugal. for him to press Mr. Schoebel's nomi He said that he was A plotter against Prince Nicholas of nation further. satisfied that to do so would be to court Montenegro baa been captured. a turndown by the senate, for his care The steamer BL Cuthbert was burned ful canvass of the situation had satis off the coast of Nova Scotia and 15 of fied him that, if tbe nomination was her crew drowned. pressed, not only tbe subcommittee but The higher officer« of the battleship tbe entire judiciary oommittee would fleet have been given a banquet by offi vote adversely and the senate woald support Mr. Fulton in his opposition. ce™ of the Chilean fleet. Heinae baa been sued for 197,600 on account of alleged irregularitle« in the management of the Butte bank. FULTON WILL RETURN. Japan««« militarists are said to be Comes to Oregon to Answer Charges Of Attorney Honey. toeing power, aa the middle class is re belling at the increased taxation. Washington, Feb. 5.—Senator Ful Dynamite haa been found In the coal ton has decided to go beck to Oregon, ot one of the warships. It is believed meet tbe charges made against him by to have been left there by the miners. Francis J. Heney, and square himself It is claimed by officers of the Ohio with bis constituents. The full text of National guard that Inquiries have been Mr. Heney's speech was received here made regarding the number of militia last night. After reading the full re men that could be dispatched to the port, tbe senator decided to make bis answer on tbe ground rather than by Pacific ooaat on four hours' notice. letter from here, and says his answer Bryan says Roosevelt ia an honest re will be complete. He will probably former. take the 3 o’clock train today. Tbe The entire middle West is suffering senator last night said: “I shall leave for Oregon tomorrow. from a biliuard. I would have left today, but for tbe The Heinae savings bank at Butte tact that it was necessary to arrange, so will be reopened. far as possible, for matters ¡«ending in Senator Foraker save Roosevelt is the which tbe state is interested. I had champion muckraker. not contemplated another trip to Ore The new battleship Mieeiseippi haa gon during tbe present camjaign, being [erfectly willing to leave tbe matter of been placed in commission. selecting my successor to tbe ¡reople Tbe government haa brought suit to without suggestion fom me, so tong as dissolve the Harriman merger. tbe campaign should be conducted The English expect a visit from along decent lines." Roosevelt as soon aa his term is ended. Portugal Assuming Normal. Two of tbe smaller street car systems Lisbon, Feb. 5 —Lisbon ii beginning of New York nave gone into the hands to recover from the shock and horror of ot a receiver. Saturday's bloody tragedy, but a strong A New Y’ork newspaper man claims undercurrent of popular snd govern William A. Rockefeller, father of John mental nervoueneae remains. The po D., died in 1906. litical tension is Blackening, although Most French newspapers commend the Progressiste refuse to join in tbe the recent special message of tbe presi coalition cabinet which Admiral Fer reira do Amaral is forming from si) the dent to congress. monarchical groups, because the Con A Kansas City jury grand has just servative« are in predominance. The returned 200 indictments for violation bitch, however, is likely to be straight of tbe Sunday closing law. ened out and a temporary union of all It is believed tbe talk of war with the monarchical elements attained. Japan will bring increased appropria Turkey Menaces Russia. tions for tbe defense of the Paacific coast. St. Petersburg, Feb. 5.— Recent ad vices received from the Caucasus indi Hawaii fears a flood of Japanese cates that the Russian inhabitants are coolies. greatly alarmed over tbe concentration Bryan praises tbe president’s special of Turkish trooja in Armenia and it is message to congress. believed is designed as a reply to any The battleship fleet haa started attempt at a demonstration on the part of Russia. Under the cover of Turkish through Magellan straits. tribesmen the Turks are rej>orted as The house committee on census wants massing infantry at Bayazid and other a census of all standing timber in tbe strategic ¡«ointa near tbe frontier in such strength aa to dispose of the prob United States. ability that the movement is intended President Ripley, of the Santa Fe, solely against non-militant Persia. denies tbe charges of Roosevelt that his roid haa granted rebates on oil. Russia Slaps Francs. ♦ St. Petersburg, Feb. 5.—The French Senator Bourne says Roosevelt’» spe cial message is bound to carry him to ambssesdor, M. Bom;«rd, whom tbe French government baa recalled, left tbe White House for another term. hurriedly tonight for Paris. He will A tornado just north of Wesson, return only to present his letters of re Mies., laid waste a strip three-quarters call, which virtually were demanded by of a mile wide and several mile« long. Russia. M. Bompard demanded through Six persons were killed and a number Foreign Minister Iswolsky that the gov injured. ernment prosecute the author of an Officials of the Japanese government article published in the Grasdanin, the say that they, like other nations, are editor of which is Prince Mestohercky. interested in tbe fleet’s trip from the Tbe newsi«per was fined »500. Atlantic to the Pacific, aa they want to kn >w bow the ships stand the strain. Oom Miguel Acte Carefully. Vienna, Feb. 5.—Dom Miguel de China looks on the movement of the Atlantic fleet aa more than a pleasure Braganza, the pretender to the throne of Portugal, has curtailed bis stay in cruise. Viareggio, Italy, and is now on his way Ruef has plead»! not guilty to 14 back to Austria. This step, it is be charges of offering a bribe. The cases lieved, ia taken on thesuiviceof relatives will be set for trial February 14. ot tbe pretender, that he avoid any ac Schmits, who is also indicted on these tion that could under these circum same oouute, has already pleaded not stances in any way be misconstrued. guilty. Terror reigns supreme in Lisbon due Storm Demoralizes Traffic. to the arrest of ooospiraton against Durango, Colo., Feb. 5.—The worst the government. snow storm of tbe season lias been pre vailing in South western Colorado today. Ruef says be did not negotiate with the graft defendants and that Langdon Tbe storm began last Bunday and has been growing in intensity ever »Ince. broke his immunity contract. Railroad traffic ia demoralised and tele Ths hattfeslflp fleet ha* been sighted graph and telephone wires are down in •11 directions. * at th« entrance ol Magellan straits. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST HOLDS WHEAT NECORO CLEAN UR ORCHARD#. Condon Is Largest Primary Distribut Springbrook Fruitgrowers ing Point In Country. Tree Dr »ease. to Fight Coodon—The latest estimate of the Bpringbrook — The fruitgrower» o amount of grain already »hipped and Bpringbrook, Yamhill oounty, met last that remaining to be shipped from Oca- week for an open discussion ot their local interrata. C. K. Hoakins spoke doo is 1,300,000 bushels. According at some length on the necessity of a to this showing, Condon is tho largest more systematic and vigorous effort to primary grain shipping point in th« clean up orchards, and »Iso introduced United Stales and. as far a» can be | the question ol getting In touch with the Willamette Valley ltavelopment learned, in the entir« world. Th« league. Others present spoke of the point which has heretofore claimed the various p h ases of orchard work. honor ot being tho largest primary Rvwolutiona arete adopted dwtaring grain shipping point in the world is for a vigorous campaign against the Ritavill«, Wash., its supremacy being Ban J.we scale and Indorsing the »tote claimd ou the basis of »hipping 1,250,- ins|««.'tioo laws and upholding the county inspectors and courts In enforc 000 bushel». From figures obtained from the best ing the laws where this is found neoee- sery. authorities on the subject 1,100,000 bushels of wheat and barley have al Cannery for Dalles. ready been received by the watehonse« and mill here. And to this must be Dallas—Tbe matter of eetablishing a added the large amount that is yel scat cannery in Dallas to be conducted by t«r»l over the country waiting to be home stockholders. Is now well under hauled to town before spring. It is | • I way, over two-thirda U11TUB Ml of HIT the IltV necraeary safe to say that there remains in ton- capital nemg sutweribed. .The _ already ‘ don's territory 200.000 bushel» yet to .capita) capital stock divided in stock has haa been been divided into 100 be brought in. making a grand total of share« of the par value of $26 each, 1,300,000 bushels to be shipped from not mor« titan two »hate» being sold to Condon alone. any one person or firm. A site for No lees remarkable is tbe estimated the cannery has already been donated output of grain In e.ery section of Gil in the north part of the city, and the liam oounty, the total ot tbe estimates building will be »tarted early in the of the different stations exceeding the spring. There is enough fruit in and mount to be sbipped ftom Condon. It i around Dallas and vicinity to make the i must also be taken into consideration proposition a paying oue, and tbe work that many thousands of bushels of grain will be gradually enlarged to keep pace harvested along the borders of tire coun with tbe number of new tree« being set ty are shipped from nearby railroad out. pointe in tbe adjoining counties. Tbe total of tbe number of bushels shipped Initiative Petition Filed. from these points added to the amounts Belem—The petition for the initia shipped from different stations in Gil tive of the questiou of the division ol liam ccunty places the enormous out Wasco county and the creation of Hood put of Gilliam county at 2,750,000. River county has been 61 m I with the secretary of state by W. B. Andrus, of Josephine Goetmen Organize tbe Hoixi River Cammercial club. The Grants Pass—The Southern Oregon petition is Bald to contain 10,357 sig Angora Goat Breeders' association has nature«, and is comp<wed of a number been organized with C. E. Harmon, of separate pamphlets, each of which president and Charles Meeerve, secre is provided with an artistic cover de tary. The association will have a reg sign, with three luscious red cheeked ular meeting in March. The raising apples on the obverse and a temjiting of goats baa become one of the promi strawberry on the reverse nent Industrie« of Southern Oregon. As well a« being profitable for tbe wool, Weston Normal Leads. they are looked upon as a valuable ad Pendleton—The high water mark in junct in clearing new land, in keeping tbe enrollment at Weston Normal down the undergrowth. It Is calcu school was reached last week, when the lated that there are about 5,000 or 6,- report for the first semester showed 000 of the animals scattered among the that 173 students are attendffig the ranches in thia district, some of which school. The dormitory facilities have are imported stock. been cverdowing for several months, and students have been quartered in Last of Machinery Enroute. cottages and private residences in Wes North Powder—The last wagonload ton. Tbe Weeton normal leads all the of the four carloads of mining machin Oregon normal schools In point of at ery delivered here last week for the In- tendance, and almost every county seat diaona, or Muir, group of mines. 22 east of tbe Cascade mountains is repre- mile« from North Powdtr. at tbs head seated in the enrollment. of Grand Ronde river, haa started on the new road. Tbe Indiana Mining Good Quality of Llm«. company, which owns and spares no Salem—J. Frank Hughe« and W. A. expense in the development of the (tarter, of this city, are successfully en Muir mine«, has 40 men at work in gaging in the manufacture of lime at stalling a new concentrator, the capa Gold Hill, with a plant that turns out city of which is 100 tons per day. 100 barrels per day of an article that is There is also an electric hoist under claimed to be 98 per oent pure. Mr. construction for the purpose of sinking Carter has jnst returned from the lime a shaft 1,000 feet below the present kilns and the firm has secured orders level. from the paper miila at Oregon City and I^banon. The Bout hern Pact tic School Children to Boost. has made a rate to Portland of 15 cents Eugeni ■The school children of Eu- per hundred. gene now have ready abont 1,200 let- ters to be sent to their friends in differ Fruit Inspector Resigns. ent sections of tbe United >tatee telling Freewater—County Fruit Inspector them of Eugene and Lane county, es Howard Evans lias resigned, tbe death pecially dwelling upon the tine weather | of his father, James Evans, having in conditions here, mentioning tbe fact i creased the demands on his time to that not a snowflake has fallen during such an extent that he found himself the year and that flowers are blooming unable to attend to both private and everywhere, and a-king their friends of* public business. Tbe new horticultural tbe colder regions why they do not society signed a petition asking that T. come here to live. Folded In each let L. Ragsdale be appointed in bis place. ter is a roee petal, a violet or some oth er flower now in blossom here. Eight Miles of Shade Tree». Eugene—An order has been placed Salem Druggists Censured. Salem—Salem drug stores have teen with an Oregon nursery by the citizens put under the ban of the state board of of Fairmount for 1,000 trees to be pharmacy by a visit of Secretary Blake planted along the streets of thia suburb ley, who is authority for the statement of Eugene. The trees are to be planted that they are not complying with the about 50 feet apart on both sides of the law which provides that tbe drug and street, and will stretch over a distance prescription business shall be in tbe of eight miles. care of a registered pharmacist, Dis- PORTLAND MARKETS. trict Attorney McNary also recently made the discovery that no record of Wheat—Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c; the sale of poisons wax living kept »a is valley, 82c; red, 80c. required. Oats—No. 1 white, 128; gray. »28. Barley—Feed, »27 per ton; brewing, Paisley Wants the County Seat. 8ilver Lake—W. H. McColl, of Pais «32; rolled, »296»30. Corn — Whole, «32.50; cracked, ley, is authority fr.r the statement that Paisley wants to bring to a vote at the »32.50. Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1,»17(S>18 June election the question of the re moval of the county seat from Lake- per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, »20 view to Paisley. Paisley, Bummer i 021; clover, »14@15; cheat, »15; Lake. Silver Lake, New Pine Creek and grain hay, (14605; alfalfa, »12(913; North Warner voters would probably vetch, »14. Butter—Fancy creamery, 30(si35c per favor the move. Paisley is many miles nearer the geographiial center of the ponnd. Poultry—Average old hens, 13(914c county than Lakeview. per pound; mixed chickens, 12@13c; spring chickens, 13(914c; rooster», 10 Platting New Townsite. 6^12c; dressed chickens. 14c;- turkeys, Oregon City—The Oregon Iron A live, 14<915c; dreaaed, choice, 16<317e; Bteel company has a force of surveyors I geeee, live, 9(«>10c; ducks, 18C«j20c; at work platting its property beyond pigeons, 75cfi»»1.00; sqnabe, »1 5O612. the Tualatin river, near Willamette. Eggs—Freeh ranch, candled, 26<^27c The company has about 3,(MX) acres per dozen. there and it is believed that the con Veal—75 to 125 pounds, 9(39 J^c; struction of a railroad connecting the 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 160 to 200 territory with Portland is a surety In the future, a» the land is being platted pounds, 5(^6^c. Pork—Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7® Into tracts ot two and one half, five and 7J4C, packen, 5<96c. ten acres. Fruita—Apples, table, »1.75(^2 50; cooking, »1.25<tal 50 per box; cranber Fuel Down at Pendleton. ries, «86» 11 per barrel. Pendleton—An exceptlonlaly mild Vegetables—Turnips. 75c per sack; winter lias combined with the recent fi carrots, 65c per seek; beets, »1.00 per nancial panic to create havoc with the sack; cabbage, 1 l»c per pound: canli- fuel situation id this city, as viewed flower, »1.75 @2; celery. »3.50(94 50 from the standpoint of the fuel dealer. per crate; onions, 15<920c per dozen ; Coal has dropped from 111 to |7 per persely, 20c per down; peas, lfte per ton, and though the wood price is being pound; peppers, 17He per pound; kept up temporarily by the sheer force p lrnpkins, 1<31 beeper pound; radish of the kcal combine, the bottom is sure es, 20c per dozen; spinach, 6c per to drop out of it shortly. ponnd; sprouts, 8c per ponnd; s<|naeh* 1 <91 Jic per ponnd. Demand Flat 2 1-2 Cent Fair, Onoions—»2 50 per hundred. Salem—A committee of the Travel Potatoes—4</«,60c per hundred, de ing Men's association has arranged livered Portlsnd; sweet potatoes, »3.25 with the railroad commission to files <93.50 per cwt. complaint against al) roads doing busi Hope—19<)7, prime and choice, 5<9 ness In Oregon and asking for a fiat 7per pound; olds, l(«»2c per ponnd. 2 % -cent rate on mileage books. The Wool—Eastern Oregon average liest, rate now is about 2\ cento, and the 13920c per ponnd, according to shrink books sold are not mileage books, but age; valley, 180 200, according to fine are coupon books, each coupon repre ness; mohair, choice, 2»@30c per senting 5 cento. pound. HARD RAP AT UNIONS Washington, Feb. 4.—It is the pur pose of Beetstary Garfield to so conduct the Interior depsulateal and so interpret the public land taws as to actually eld •very bone fide entryman who ia en deavoring to establish shorn« on the public domain, Becrwtary Garfield hold« that the land laws were enacted for a purpose, and »o long a» th« taw is not abused, he intends that the entry- men shall enjoy Ito provision*, and so long as he acts in good faith, aliall have th* encouragement and aid of repre- eeutatlvea ot the deietrtruenl. In other words, Bvcretary Garfield Is proceeding on the theory that every man ta honest until proven guilty; tie is human enough to rwognise that honeet men may uiake errors which do not lay them, or should not lay them liable to the law. A reading of Mr. Garfleld’a annual report, made public yseterday, will convince any man that there lies l>ven a phmotuenal—an almost incom prehensible—change in tbe manner ot conducting the Interior department. Under Becretaty llitohivck, the en tire ton-e ot the Interior department and general land office, ou special In structions from the tecretary, pax-ced ed on the theory that the public land laws were enacted to prevent men ac quiring public land»; every technical failure to comply with the taw wa» re garded a» ground for criminal proeeru- tion; every obstacle wa» placed in the eath of the honeet, a» well as the di»- oneet etitryman, and Mr. llitelicock retired from office with the astounding record ot having actually deprived hun dred» of honeet settlers of their lands, while he permitted shrewd thievve to gobble up targe tracts under hla very nose. The report ol Becietary Garfield will carry encouragement to every en tryman who 1» striving to acquire pub lic jand for an honeet purpose. It is a most cheering document. Three Advene Decisions by Su preme Coer! I d a Month. AtFECTS BOYCOTTING PRIVILEGE Mu«t Not Interfere With interstate Commerce nr Plaintiff Can Get Three Time« Damage«, Washington, Feb. 4. — Yesterday fur the third time within • month the Bn- preiue court of the Uni Ini State« pro mulgated an opinion construing laws adversely to the content ions ot «iganlanl tabor. The tiist of the dectaioM was rendered on January 6, In the case of some railway employes who sought to secure damage« under wlial ta known ■a the employer«' liability act, which taw the court held to be unconstitu tional. The eecood important tlndlng in thia line was announced January 23, when the Erdnan arbitration act, lot bidding the discharge of employee be- cauee they are members ot lalsvr unions was also declared invalid. The verdict rendered veetenlay was the case of Ever versus Lawlor, the tatter ■ member of the Hatters' union and the lormer a hat maker of Danbury, Conn, The case involved the applicability of the seventh avetion of the Bherman anti trust lew to conspiracies by labor unions to boycott articles entering Into interstate trade. Under the terms of that provision the complaining |>«rty may cojlert thiee times the amount of hie loss, If the charge 1» sustained. Tbe union fought the case on the ground that ths law waa itutppllvwble to such organiaaticns; hut the court, whewe oplnuvn waa announced by Chief Justice Fuller, failed to a<x-vpl this IMPERIAL VALLEY CONTESTS view, and in effect held that the unions could not lw permitted to interfere by Fifty Improved Claims of Non-Resi boycott with the free exchange of com dents Are Jumped. merce Iwtween the atates. There was Imperial, Cal., Feb. 4.—Out ot 1,500 no dissenting opinion. land claims In the Imperial valley, about 50 improved claim» belonging to DRAWING TO CLOSE. nonresidents have been jumped on th» ground of failure to comply with the taw. A recent decision of the commis Evidence In Hall Land Fraud Caae Is Nearly All Submitted. sioner of the general land orticee revers es the practice that office haa held here- Portland, Feb. 4.—Harry Fl. Northup tofoie that any person could take a last night positively identified go vertí- number of assignments from claimants ment a exhibit Nu. 7—Putnam's map so long aa the total does not exceed 320 to Hall showing the alleged unlawful acres. It is now held that a prison fence» of the Butte Creek company In can take bnt one aaeignment. 1900. With this identification Heney Many claims, including amvree of consider« that th« government's rase well developed farms, ate aff veted by against John II. Hall lias been strength the reversal, and a number of con tests ened materially. At last night’s «ra are filed. Tbe mutual water compan sión of court Northup testified that ies have combined to send representa from 1899 until 1904 he was employed tives to Washington and lay the matter as clerk In lhe Itallee land office, and before Becretary Garfield. An appral identified the township map offered In will be taken from the decision of Com evidence by the government as lhe one missioner I>rnnet on the ground that he prepared personally tor Mr. Putnam the Supreme court holds that an eetab- In November, 1899. lishwi ruling of a department of the Final arguments In tbe trial ot John government cannot l>e annulled by a re H. Hall will probably liegin thia after versal of the ruling. noon. This morning Francis J. Heney No apprehension is felt by claimants will complete the Intrsluction of re ss to the outcome, but it is considered buttal testimony h>r the government necessary to present the matter to Bec Hall tnay be recalled further to testify retary Garfield. in hie own defense, but it is believed WOOD CHIEF MATERIAL. Small Percentage of Buildings Built of Cement or Brice. Washington, Feb. 4.—In a report today regarding building operations and the timber supply the geological survey says tliat the Increasing price of lumber and a rapidly increasing iuve of perfected fire proof r vat ins cf construc tion should do much In holding down the amount which forrata »recalled upon to yield each year, but no tar three more substantial materials have not de creased the luml*rcutof the nation. Notwithstanding the inrrrased use of cement and other fireprieif materials, the last report« of the building opera tions in 49 of the leading citiee of the United States for the year collected by the geological survey, show that 59 per cent were of wooden construction. This dove not include the large quan tity of lumtier used for the construction of dwellings, stores and other buildings in the thousands of small cities and towns, p attered over the country and not inelnded in the 49 citiee on which a reckoning was made. Filipino Lade Stowaways. Fan Francisco. Feb. 4. — Pedro Jajo- mera and Isaac Villannewa, Filipino stowaway», after having hidden in the coal bunkers for three days on the transport Crook, which arrived today, were driven by hunger from conceal ment. They came on deck and an nounced their willingness to be put to work. Both were bright laris, having gone to the public school at llonoluln and they paid for their voyage by shin ing shoes, cleaning decks and waiting on table. The Filipino« sneaked on board the transport at Honolulu. "Yellow Peril League." Denver, Colo., Feb. 4.—Heveral hun- dred representative« of union tabor, in mesa meeting this afternoon, formed the "Yellow Peril Exclusion fragile,’’ designed to prevent further influx of Asiatic coolie lalxrr into tbe United States. One ot the speakers said that thnusands of Japanese were coming into the United States through the port of El Paso as students. A prominent Jap anese of Sen Francisco, he said, was at the head of the enterprise and conduct ed the business from a clothing agency in the City ot Mexico. Took Drydock to Manila. San Francisco, Feb. 4.—Otto Wer ner, Charles Bradley, J. IL Van Hom, T. Myers and Walter E. Rudolph, en gineers who were in charge of the dry dock Dewey on its trip from the At lantic coast to the Philippine islands, reached here trslxy on the transport Cook and will proceed East tomorrow. The I)ewey left the Atlantic coast on liecember 28, 1906, and arrived at Olongopo, Philippine islands, on Joly 10, 1906. KINO IB MURDERED. Carlos, of Portugal, end HIS Heir Killed by Plotters. Lisbon, Feb. 3 —King Carlos, ol Portugal, and tlie Crown Prince l.uia Philippe, were aaeaaelnated Saturday, and the city la In a state of uproar. The king's second son, the InfSat Man uel, was slightly w.iuu.led, but Queen Amelie, who strove to rave the crown prince'» life by Ihtuwlng herself upon ulm, wsa unhurt. A bend of men waiting al the romer of the Praoo de Coiiimervlo and lhe Rua de Arsenal suddenly sprang toward the open carriage In which the royal family «as driving to the |«tace, and, leveling carbine« which they had imneealed ■poa them, tired. The police guard tire«I upon the aaaaMine and killed tao of them. The royal family waa returning from Villa Vlckwe, where it l>a«l been so journing, and waa on the aay Irom the tallroed station to the palace. A strong guard wea in ettendance, bn-euxe ot the recent uprising in the city and lhe dis covety of.« plot to aararaliiate Premier »isnco and overthrow the monarchy. But the land of murder«»» had aeheU«! the inwl a<lvantogr<iue a|*>l for thecom- mlaalon of the I’rltiie, lor It waa con cealed from the »yea ol lhe party until the vehicle ha>l come into tlie l*raco de Commerclo, a large square The basllee of ths king end crown prim's real in the royal palevW, and be side them I lie queen sat throughout Hie night, sometimes with tier land |>reea- Ing the forehead ot King Carles amt sonietlmee striking the lace of the dead crown prince. The condition of tbe newly proclaimed king, Manuel, ia aatisfactory to the phyxielans In attend ance. Ill» wound» are not severe, and If there are no complications, ot which there are no signs now, he is ea|x«t<xl to make a speedy mxrvery. He rniriee hie arm In a allng, and declare« liiat he eudffers no pein. The bodies of King Carlo» and Prince l.uia were smhalmed ve»t»r«lay and will lie In state envoi di ng to the custom of lhe court. The funeral will probably la held February 10. QOtS TO ARYLUM. Jurr Acquits Thaw But Declares Him Insane New York, Feb. 3.—Adjudge«! not guilty of lhe mtinler of Stanford White by reason of Inrainty at lhe lime the fatal shots were fired. Harry Kendall Thaw Batunlay was held l>y the c«>ul to 1« a dangeoiw lunal ic and waa whirled away to ths alate hospital for the crim inal means al Matteawan. The vrrdlct csine after 2ft hours of waiting, en«l when every one connected with lhe case had abamloned all hope of an agreement ever being reached In this or any other trial. Four hours after the foreman's li|« had Iraiuel the words "not guilty," with the ac companying Insanity clauae, Thaw, protesting lie waa ran», was on hie way to Mattrawan. A illite after nightfall ha had been received In the institution under ouarmilmenl ;«apxrs which di rected his detention "until discha rged by due course ot law." DEATH IN ITS PATH. Tornado Kills Eight and Malms IOO In Mississippi. all evidence will be submitted in time tor the closing argument to begin be Wee»« >n, Miss., Feb. 3.— Eitending fore court adjourns this afternoon. 411 miles from west ta east, the |>ath of destruction ma«te by F riday’a torna«lo just north of here was found to l>ave SOLEMN WARNING TO CZAR. suffere«l a worse disaster than at first Russian Paper Hints He May Share report»«!. In the tornado path the known deed numl>er eight, the fatally Carlos' Fate. injured four a ml tlie •eriouely Injurol St. Petersburg, Feb 4.—The tragic at least 100. There are fears that the occurrences at I.islron have create.! a «Irath list ma) reach 15 or 20, most of deep in pression on all sections of soci th«vse i«ehevr«l to lie «lra«l being negrcea ety here, and the newspapers that ap who have not Iveen a«vouiitr«i tor since peared Lxlay comment freely on the their cabins were crushed events that occurrcl. The damage is rstirnated conaerra- The Russ, In a daring style, draws a tively at »300,000 and may reach a halt thinly veiled parallel lietween condi million. In the wreckage lie four tions in P. rtugul and Rurale and warns chnrvhre, six cotton gins and several the government in alm.et so many country »tore«. words that there is danger ol a similar Hie tornado rut a path aimnt half a event here. mile wide. Relief parties have lieen The Novoa Vremya. although attrib sent out. All streams are swollrn and nting the direct execution of the plot tn the country romte are strewn with (al anarchists, tc whom all government la ien trees. obnoxious, also connects the crime and the dictatorship of Franco, which met Japanese Spies Have Gone. with both open and secret resistance Punta Arenas, Btraita of Magellan, from all political parties. Feb. 3 —Two Ja[«nea* wlto are re- pote«l to have lan«le«l here from the New Attack on Finland. British steamer Orlta, of the Pacific St. Petersburg. Feb 4.—Tbe emperor Htaern Navigation company, a little t.slay read a aliarp rebuke to the Fin over two weeks ago, and who were sup- nish diet, which laat session pawicl an l>oeed to hare con.e to Punta Arenas to appropriaii-m of 2O. ih X), ih >0 marks as «dvserve the |«»»ageeot the fleet through the grand duchy'a contribution to the the Strait of Magellan, woul«l appear military defense of the empire in lieu to have left this port. Inquiry haa ot recruits, with a rider declaring that failed to she«l any light on the move this was III* final payment under the ments of the two travelers and their agreement of 1906 abolishing military present wherraiiouta are nut known to service in Finland. The emperor an the authorities. nounces that the disposition of the mil itary funds of Finland are exclusively Insurance Must Ba Paid, his prerogative and ignores the condi Kingston, JamsicB, Feb. 3.—The tions. English insurance rompeniea that hart heavily in the earthquake and fire of Censor Keeps Rigid Watch January, 1907, have had a further ver Paris, Feb. 4.— A dispatch from Lis dict liandrd down against them. Two bon says the censorship maintained by test caves for the jvayinent of losses the Portuguese authorities makes the sustained at the time of the earth transmission of news dlffienlL Tele quake were recently decided adversely grams are mutilated and their trans to the companies. The companies ap- mission retarded. A cenaored disfietch pea ltd to the Btipicnie court. Today received here today says that on Satur the Supreme court upheld the decision day evening sharp firing waa heard in of the lower br.dy, which lad drclded varioua quarters of Lisbon. In explan that the fire was not of earthquake ation of this It is officially declared origin. that armed lends trle.1 to coerce two companies of infnntry to join the revo Wa-vts a Central Bank. lution. The answer of tbe soldiers, New York, Feb. 3.—Speaking at the however, was a volley. annual banquet of the School of Com merce, William J. Ridgeley, controller 8«al«rs Must Be Careful. of the currency, expressed himself as Victoria, B. C., Feb. 4.—Advices fearful that the political situation ia were received by the Empress of India such at present that the prospects of that In consideration of the raiding of getting >egi»laflon to reform tlie coun foreign territory last year by Japanese try’s tanking system are far from sealers, official notifiialion haa been bright. "A central lank and a credit ¡sailed to the sealers about to leave currency.” he raid, "are lhe things Japan to Iw careful not to tre»|«aa in upon which we must relv, and not po foreign water. Notification Is given by litics, to prevent panics." the Japanese Communications depart ment that it has l>eeri deckled to Install Bank Closed In Brooklyn. wireless telegraphy on the six steamers New York, Feb. 3.—TheJIome I tank of the Nippon Yueen Kaiaha. of Brooklyn, sn institution on which a Reassurances From Lisbon. Paris, Feb. 4.—A special dispatch to the Matin from Lisbon, dated February Mall From Fleet, 3, 11:40 p. m., says: The town is very New York, Feb. 4.—The steamer quiet. The new cabinet will re;>eal all Thespi« which arrived today from Rio the repressive measures of Franco and Janeiro brought 20 aacke of mail from act with greet Indulgence toward the the American battleship«. people. run was started, did not open for busi ness Saturday. The Home lank fa a small institution, located In South Brooklyn. It has a capital stock of »100,000 and a aurpliia and <livide<l profile amounting to »63,«70. The de- pooits. which formerly averaged about »600,000, have been nsluceri greatly slnoe ths October panie.