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.