The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910, June 16, 1909, Wednesday Edition, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextEVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Farts of tbe World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Less Important but Not Less Inter esting Happenings from Points Outside the State. A Russian submarine boat has sunk with20 men. A New J York fman weighing 510 pounds bas just died. The Kansas wheat crop is estimated at 70,000,000 bushels. More letters seized from Japs in Hawaii prove revolutionary aimB. A Minneapolis man has invented an airship along new lines which has made a successful flight. China has driven British employes off the North China railway to give places for Germans. The Southern Pacific is to put on a new fast train between San Francisco and Portland, which will make the run in 27 hours. The steamer Slavonia was wrecked off the Azores islands, but aid was summoned by wireless in time to save all on board. The steamer Nantichoke has been bought at Elizabeth City, N. C, and it is supposed by filibusters for an attack on Venezuela. Plans are in progress for the cele bration of a "sane" Fourth at Chicago. So far but one permit has been granted to sell fireworks out of 300 applica tions. A new gold field has been found in Nevada and a stampede is on. A prominent New York physician says the depravity of Gotham's children exceeds that of ancient Sodom. Three men were fatally injured by the collapBe of a bridge being erected over the Cimaron river near Guthrie, Okla. The forty-first annual convention of the National American Women s Suf frage association will meet at Seattle July 7. New Mexico wool growers have just sold 700,000 pounds of their product at a price said to be over 20 cents per pound. Specialists have found that Harri man's heart and kidneys are affected and ill health may compel him to quit business. A violent earthquake in Southern France did much damage to property A number of persons are reported killed and many injured. Two $50 gold pieces minted in 1877 have just been sold for $10,000 each They are the only $50 pieces ever mint ed by the government. A New York legislative committee is to study the direct primary laws of the various states with a view ot rec ommending the best plan for that state, Double tracking of the Northern Pa cific line from Portland to Tacoma has commenced. The dismembered body of a man has been found in New York bearing the deadly sign of the Black Hand. Dr. Charles Ephraim Rice, formerly assistant to Dr. Hale, died at almost the same time as his one-time chief. A large force of men is working hard to make repairs in the Soo canal wrecked by a steamer a few days ago, Safety appliances will be installed at Panama to prevent accidents to the big ditch like the one which damaged the Soo locks. A government meat inspector at St. Louis has resigned in distrust. He ays the inspection is a farce and useless expenditure. It has been proven that in the selec tion of jurors at Chicago men with whiskers stand a poor chance of being selected, owing to prejudice. The Spanish liner Antonio Lopes has grounded off Fire island, New York, The passengers were all saved but it is probable that the vessel will be lost. Castro is organizing a filibusteriqg expedition against Venezuela. It is estimated that 85,000 people visited Portlannd during the Rose fes tival. The town of Kirinchi, Sumatra, has been destroyed by an earthquake and 200 people killed. Announcement is made that Heney will be a candidate for district attorney for San Francisco on the anti-graft issue. The British colonies are willing to aid the mother country in the matter of defenses, but want home rule in return. A movement has been started in Colorado to secure a large tract of land on which a negro colony will settle and follow farming. An attempt at a wholesale jail deliv ery was made at Joliet, III., but the coolness of the miards prevented the escape of more than 100 convicts. Taft has difficulty in finding a minis ter to China. Fire is destroying large areas of tim per on Vancouver island. FILIPINO TROOPS MUTINY. Seize Post and Attack Americans and Loyal Natives. Manila, June 14. A portion of the Second company of native constabula ry, stationed at Davao, in the island of Mindanao, in the Southern part of the Philippine archipelago, mutinied on the night of June 6 and attacked the com pany quarters, which they captured after wounding one of the native offi cers. After a fight on the following day, which lasted three hours, and in which an American named Libbey was killed and four others wounded, the mutineers took to the mountains upon the approach of a company of constab ulary stationed at Mapi, which hurried to the relief of the besieged Americans and loyal natives. With th receipt of the news of the mutiny today came also word that de tachments of the Twenty-third infantry have reached Davao and quickly suc ceeded in restoring order. Several col umns of troops were immediately dis patched in pursuit of the mutineers. It is believed here that the mutiny was of purely local character, resulting from differences over food supplies! or the care of the women of the families of the constabulary. It is thought to' be confined to members of one company at Davao, aand the fact that a neigh boring company, also composed of na tives, hurried to the relief of the be sieged governor and the few Americans at the place is cited as proof of .this. Acting Governor General Forbes is expected in Manila tonight, when a conference with General Duval, com manding the division of the Philippines, will be held. It is expected that the determination will be reached at this conference vigorously to pursue the mutineers until the last one is captured DEATH LIST GROWS. Many Wounded Perish Under Ruined Homes in France. Marseilles, June 14. From 75 to 100 dead and 100 injured is tonight's estimated casualties as the result of the earthquake which devastated seve ral towns in the Southern part of France, particularly inthe departments of Herault and Bouche du Rhone. Great suffering is reported owing to a lack of bread and other necessaries of life. The casualties may be great ly increased, as the ruins have not yet been entirely searched. The villages of St. Cannat and Rognes were com pletely demolished and Lambas, which is 12 miles from Aix, suffered heavily, According to advices received from a number of places, wounded are still imprisoned in the ruins and soldiers are working desperately to rescue them. Survivors are finding shelter in tents, In many places the streets have been torn up and are encumbered by masses of rocks, making them impassable. Houses and public buildings were crum bled to pieces. Among other villages seriously dam aged are Vauvenargues, Venelles, Pe- lissanne, Puy Ste Reparade and Ar guilles. WAR LOOMS NEAR. Conflict With Germany Expected by All in England. London, June 14. The amount of war talk one hears on every Bide in London is perfectly amazing. The topic practically monopolizes converse' tion in political and social circles, and it seems to be generally admitted, with a kind of. fatalistic complacency, that sooner or later probably sooner the British and German nations are going to fight it out. . People at large are taking note of the growing seriousness of the situa tion, and many display acute nervous ness. One hears members of the American colony talk, half humorously, perhaps, and yet with a certain serious ness, of getting back home before the Germans come. Harry G. Selfridge said that personally he did not like the outlook. "I tried to insure my shop," said the former Chicagoan, "against bombard ment from the Thames, but the insur ance companies would not accept the risk." Germany, it is said, means to rule the sea, just as it rules the European mainland. Fails to Smuggle Opals. San Francisco, June 14. A large consignment of valuable opals was in tercepted here on its way from Sydney, Australia,' to S. R. Finney, No. 2 Rect or Place, New York. The package was entered as having a value of $50, and would have gone through free had not Deputy Collector Willcox known something of opals. Though entered at Sydney at a value of $50, each of the small packages had in it a private memorandum wrapped in tissue, show ing the real value, which aggregated more than $4,000. Mail Pouch Has Vanished. Los Angeles, June 14. A registered mail bag containing money and securi ties valued at $50,000 has disappeared while in transit from Los Angeles to Bisbee, Ariz. It is not known with certainty whether the bag has been stolen or has been sent to some East ern postoffice through some clerical error. The missing mail pouch con tained, it is said, two registered pack ages from the First National bank of Los Angeles to the Bank of Bisbee. Jap Labor Leaders Indicted. Honolulu, June 14. A hastily sum' moned grand jury today returned in dictments against 17 Japanese who are leaders in the strike of 9,000 Japanese laBbrers. The indictments followed the disclosures which resulted from the search of the offices of the Japan' tse newspaper J yi. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MILTON'S SHOW IS WINNER. Over 6,000 Attend Strawberry Festi val and Horse Show. Milton Overreaching by all odds the efforts of any previous occasion, Milton's third annual strawberry festi val and horse show last week was pro nounced by the 6,000 people who at tended to have been the most success ful event of its kind ever given in the Walla Walla valley. The streets of Milton were thronged with people from Walla Walla, Pendleton, Dayton. Pres- cott, Weston, Athena and the surround ing country. Owing.to a crippled ser vice on the interurban tine between Milton and Freewater hundreds of those who intended to come from the Garden City were unable to do so. The half crate of strawberries which won first prize was turned over to L. E. Meacham, publicity manager of the Walla Walla Commercial club. These berries were grown by Clarence O'Bert, residing five miles above Mil ton, and were later served to the Chi cago business men on their visit to tbe Garden City. The horse show and Btock parade in the afternoon was the moBt successful occasion of a similar nature ever held in Milton. From an advertising standpoint the festivities have been of the first water. Many prospective home seekers were present. FARMERS TO STORE OWN GRAIN Will Erect Own Co-Operative Ware houses in Umatilla County. Pendleton Believing they have not always been given a square deal by the grain warehouse companies operating in this county, a group of farmers have formed a corporation and will erect and operate a string of four warehouses. These will be located at Helix, Vanscycle, Stanton and Ring, all stations on the branch line' of the Northern Pacific. The corporation was formed with a capital stock of $20,000. The ware houses will be co-operative, all the in corporators being members of the Helix branch of the Farmers Educa, tional & Co-operative Union of Amer ica. According to present plans, the warehouses will be erected in time to handle the present saeson's grain crop, If these prove successful, other co-operative warehouses will be erected in the county. Oregon Will Have Best Crops. Hood River According to G. B, Lanham, purchasing agent for Wagner & Co., a commission firm of Chicago, Oregon fruit crop prospects are a shade better this year than most of the other fruitgrowing states. Mr. Lanham has been making a tour of the fruitgrowing districts in the North and Middle West and states that the Colorado crop was saved this year by the use of heating pots kept going there for a week or ten days during the period when the late spring frost came. In Oregon Mr, Lanham looks for an average crop of apples, with peaches and cherries short. He visited the big strawberry growing section in the South and Southwest be fore starting on his Western trip, and says the berries this year hit the high mark for prices and looks for one of the best berry seasons in a number of years. The market for box apples as packed and put up in the Northwest and particularly at Hood River', Mr, Lanham says, is expanding more rap idly than it can be supplied and be looks for a greater demand for them this year than ever before. Record Price for Wool. Oregon City The Oregon City Man ufacturing company has purchased i pool of wool at Scio, Linn County, pay ing a. i cents per pound, mis is said to be the highest price paid for wool in the Willamette valley this year. The company, which operates one of the largest woolen mills in the West, had a representative on the ground and entered into competition with Eastern and local concerns, as the pool was auctioned off at public sale to the highest bidder. About 4,000 fleeces were purchased, amounting to nearly 30,000 pounds. This sale of wool is far out of the ordinary transaction in this valley and establishes the Oreogn City Manufacturing company as one of the leading wool buying factories in the West. Contract for Asylum Work, Salem Dalrymple & Anderson, of Salem, were awarded the contract for building a barn, dairy and other out houses at the asylum as authorized by the legislature. The price to be paid by the state is $9,279. Bids were also opened for the construction of two cot tages at the asylum, one for the super intendent and the other for the assist ant superintendent Markwart Kutz- ky & Pakowsky, of St Johns, Or., was awarded the contract at $9,143.20. LaGrande Will Advertise. LaGrande Over 50 members of the Merchants' Protective association of this city met at a banquet and dis cussed the best methods of boosting the country. A. D. Geddes struck the key note of the meeting when he advocated making the newspapers the medium for publicity and cited examples of the way4in which large papers are adver tising the whole state. Crbps Fine at lone, lone This section has had a dandy rain and farmers think they will get 20 to 25 bushels per acre. More wheat will be shipped from this point this fall than any other town in Morrow county by at least one-third. OREGON COAL PRODUCTION. Increase in 1908 State Has 230 Squars Miles Coal Land. Washington The total production of coal in Oregon in 1908, as shown by statistics collected by E. W. Parker, of the United States geological survey, was 86,259 short tons, having a spot value of $236,021. Oregon, like California, is one of the few states in which the coal production in 1908 showed an increase over that of the preceding year, which was 70,- 981 short tons, the 1908 output being therefore a gain of 15,278 short tons, or 21.52 per cent; the value increased from $166,304 to $236,021, a gain of $697,717, or 41.92 per cent. All of the coal produced came from the Coos Bay field in Coos county, and the in' creased production in 1908 was due to an increased activity at the Beaver Hill mines. All of the Beaver Hill coal was washed, the operations yield ing 70 per cent of cleaned coal and 30 per cent of refuse. The refuse, how ever, contains a sufficient quantity ol combustible material to permit its use as fuel in the operation of the mines, The coal from this field is of lignitic character. Grants Pass Explains. Grants Pass The Commercial club is in receipt of the first installment of 35,000 books exploiting Josephine county. They are printed in magazine form and are generously embellished with well-arranged photos both attract ive and instructive. Typographically the books are things of beauty in plan and structure. Each contains 64 pages with an artistic colored covering. On the front in bold relief three powerful commercial producers are shown, the apple, pear and peach, while the back cover shows the coming industry that bids fair to overshadow all others, the flaming Tokay. Marsr.fi sld is Criticized, Marshfield Inspector Wagner of the Pacific Underwriters, and electrical engineer, has severely censured the city officials for not taking more pre' cautions in the way of fire protection, He declares the moving picture shows were dangerous to the public. Mr, Wagner also criticised the water works system of the city.. The city council will endeavor to reach some arrange ment whereby the fire hazard will be reduced. Washingtonians Buy Frjit Land. Baker City A recent sale of fruit land made to Walla Walla fruitgrowers establishes the fact that Baker county's fruit lands are among her strongest aBsets. The purchasers from Walla Walla not only purchased a tract out right but took options on considerable more land in this county. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Bluestem milling, $1.30(?1.35; club, $1.20 i.i-Z', valley, $1.17. Corn Whole, $35 per ton; cracked, $36 per ton. Barley Feed, $35 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $40.5041 ton Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $1519 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $19 22 ; clover, $1112; alfalfa, $13 14; cheat $1414.50; vetch. $14 14.50. jf resn f ruits Apples, ?11.50 per box. Strawberries, $1.752.75 per crate; cherries, $11.35 per box gooseberries, 5c per lb. ; loganberries, yoc per crate; peaches, i.tiU(ffZ per box; apricots, $l.501.75 per box cantaloupes, $7.508 per crate; plums, $1.50 per box. Potatoes Jobbing price, $22.75 per hundred; new California, 4c per lb. ; sweet potatoes, 4$c per lb. Vegetables Turnips, $1.60 per sack carrots, $1.75; horseradish, 12cper lb.; artichokes, 5060c doz. ; aspar agus, 67c per lb.; beans, 69c cabbage, 2c per lb.; cauliflower, $3 per crate ; corn, 50c per doz. ; cucum bers, 60c(if $1.25 per doz. ; lettuce, hot house, $1.05 per box; lettuce, head, 2tc per doz.; onions, 1Z1dc per doz. ; parsley, 35c per doz. ; peas, 6 8c per lb. ; radishes, 15c per doz. ; rhu barb, a(a;ac per id. ; spinach, 5c per lb.; squash, 75c$1.25 per box; toma toes, $22.50 per crate. Butter City creamery, extras, 26 He; fancy outside creamery, 25 26c per lb.; store, 18c Butter fat prices average 1)4 cents per pound uo der regular butter prices. Jgg" uregon ranch, Z4Z5c per doz. Poultry Hens, 1414Kc; springs, 1820c; roosters, 8g9c; ducks, 14 15c; geese, lOdruc; turkeys, 1820c squabs, 2(i:2.25 per doz. Pork, Fancy, 10c per lb. Veal Extras, 88c per lb.; ordi nary, 7c; heavy, 6c Cattle Steers, top, $5; fair to good, $4.504.75; common to good, $4 4.60; cows, top, $44.25; fair to good, $3.75(34; common to medium. $2.503.50; calves, top, $5(?5.60 heavy, $3.504; bulls and stags, $3 3.50; common, $Z2.75. Hogs Best $88.15; fair to good. $7.50(i7.75; stockers, $66.50; China fats, ?6.757. Sheep Top wethers, $44.25; fair to good, $3.50(T4; ewes, c. lesson all grades; yearlings, best $4.25; fair to good, $4. Hops iu contracts, 1314C per lb.; 1908 crop, 9(j5l0c; 1907 crop, 45c 1906 crop, ls2c Wool Eastern Oregon, 1722?4 per lb.; valley, fine, 26c; medium, 23c; coarse, 21(g22c; mohair, choice, Z4Zm: per lb. . DR. HALE DEAD. Chaplain of Senate Passes Away Af ter Brief Illness. Boston, June 11. The morning light was breaking as the venerable Edward Everett Hale, D. D., chaplain of the United States senate, Unitarian divine, author, journalist and lover of peace, breathed his last yesterday in his home in RoxtJury. At his bedside were his wife, his daughter, Miss Ellen D. Hale, and his , Philip L. Hale, the artist Two other sons, Arthur Hale, of Washing ton, and Professor Edward Everett Hale, Jr., of Union college, returned home last evening. It is expected that partial arrangements for the fun eral on Monday in the South Congre gational church, of which Dr. Hale was the pastor emeritus, will be an nounced tomorrow. On his return from Washington a few weeks ago it was reported that Dr. Hale was not in good health, but he soon regained his activities and until Tuesday attended meetings and received friends. It seems as though the whole country joined in mourning the loss of Dr. Hale. Messages ex pressing sorrow and esteem poured into the Hale household, one of the first being from President and Mrs. Taft As an author Dr. Hale s fame rests on his short stories, such as "The Man Without a Country." As an instiga tor of social uplift the work of the two great organizations, the Lend-a- Hand club and the King's Daughters, will always add to his renown. As a minister and pastor his half century in the pulpit of the South Congregational church and his preaching in many other churches were proline of wise spiritual inspiration. As a historian his writ ings have become authorities. WOULD NOT AID SMUGGLER. Dining Car Cooks Refused Money Chinaman Died in Ice Box. Chicago, June 11. August Mueller and Gustave Weir, dining car cooks, employed on the Golden State Limited of the Rock Island railroad, told on the witness stand before Judge Landis how they had refused offers of money to aid in sumggling Chinamen into the United States. The men were wit nesses for the prosecution in the trial of Bob Leung, a well-to-do Chinese merchant of El Paso. Until one Chinese was smothered to death it was the regular practice, ac cording to testimony, to place the smuggled Chinese in an icebox of the dining car after they had been put aboard the Golden Gate Limited. "Tbe icebox," testified Albert Champion, a negro cook on one of the cars in ques tion, "was about four by four by two and one-halt feet in dimensions. On one occasion one of the brakemen told me we would have to find some other way of carrying these Chniese. They won't ride in the box since that one was smothered." HARRIMAN KEEPS POSTED. Synopsis of Press Comment Sent In Twice Each Month. Chicago, June 11. Edward H. Har riman, who is absolute master of over 54,000 miles of rail and water trans portation, has decided to keep in con stant touch with public opinion regard ing himself, his railroads and railroads generally, provided it is possible to do so through things which are printed about them. Twice each month each general man ager telegraphs Mr. Kruttschnitt a brief synopsis of public sentiment as reflected by the preBS. His report also shows'), the number of publications which were examined, the percentage favorable, the percentage unfavorable and the percentage which is neutral, He quotes also from criticisms, com' plaints, expressions of opinion and from special articles as well as giving tne trend oi opinion as voiced in po litical and commercial centers. Mr. Harriman regards the reports as valuable aids in detecting causes of friction between his railroads and the public and in applying corrective meas ures. Seven Dead in Foundry. Wheeling, W. Va., June 11. Seven men were killed and 14 seriously in jured in an explosion tonight of a blaBt furnace at the Wheeling Steel & Iron Co. Fifty workmen were gathered about the furnace, making ready to arm, wnen, without warning, there was a terrific roar and great masses of molten iron spurted from the furnace, sweeping down .upon the workmen .twenty or more were caught in the rush. AH of the men were foreign. era. The cause of the accident has not been definitely decided. Huge Libel Suit is Lost. Boston, June 11. A verdict for the defense was given in the Supreme court today in the libel suit of ex-Judge Henry M. Dewey against five mem bers of the Good Government associa tion, in which $76,440,000 damages were asked. The suit was the outcome ol the statements alleged to have emanated from the Good Government association in tbe mayoralty camnaiirn of 1905, when Judge Dewey was can didate ior mayor. College Girls on Tour. San Francisco, June 11. Two hun dred girl students of Radnor collects. Nashville, Tenn., arrived this morning on a sightseeing tour, which is a part of the school curriculum, and departed onight for Seattle to visit the Alaska- I Yukon-Pacific exposition. BIG JAP CONSPIRACY Oriental Plot to Gain Control of Hawaiian Islands. SUGAR STRIKE OPENING MOVE Offices of Higher Wage Association and Newspaper Raided and Reports Confiscated. Honolulu, June 12. Evidence of what the authorities claim is a concert ed movement on the part of Japanese in the Hawaiian group to control the sugar industry and thus dominate the internal affairs of the islands through their number and power, was disclosed today when the office of the "Jiji," a Japanese newspaper of Honolulu, and the offices of the Japanese Higher Wage association were entered by the officers armed with search warrants, and letters, reports and other docu ments were seized. Following the confiscation of the papers, the application lor a writ of habeas corpus, entered in behalf of Makino, Negro and Soga, the three al leged leaders of the sugar plantation strikers who were taken into custody yesterday, was rejected by the court It is said by the authorities that the papers found indicate that a conspiracy of a widespread nature has been formed among the Japanese of the islands to wrest control of affairs from the white residents, and conduct the internal government in their own in terests. The determination to control is re iterated again and again in these docu ments. An appeal to all Japanese, in the name of their native country, to aid in this movement, is said to becon veyed in the letters. The authorities are preparing com plete translations of all the papers seized and it is said that they will be used as evidence in support of many charges of conspiracy, which it is de clared will result from the disclosures. A second petition has been filed by the attorneys for the prisoners, but has not been acted upon by the court. The strike of the Japanese plantation hands has been in progress for over a month, and is the most extensive walk out ever known on the islands. . Be tween 6,000 and 8,000 Japanese are in volved. The strikers demand in an in crease from 69 cents to $1 a day for field laborers, and a proportionate ad vance for mill hands and other planta- ' tion employes. TORNADO IN TEXAS. Train Blown From Track and Eleven People Killed. Dallas, Texas, June 12. Special dis patches from Texas points show that 11 persons are dead and several injured as a result of the storm in Central Tex as today, including one man who was killed when a wind storm blew a Kan sas, City, Mexico & Orient passenger train from the Brazos river bridge north of Sweetwater last night. Haskell and Lueders were places also damaged by the storm, which was accompanied by a fall of hail, destroy ing crops and orchards. Six are dead at Haskell. In the wreck of the train J. E. Stan ford, a traveling salesman of Crowell, Texas, was killed and 11 persons were badly hurt The whole train except the engine and tender were blown from the track. Conductor Alexander and Brakeman Van Sandt were among the most seri ously injured. At Lueders. A. Goldrup and three children were killed during the pro gress of the storm and 13 houses were demolished, many people being injur ed. Scores of cattle were also killed. A heavy rain and hail accompanied the storm at this point At Merkel, Texas', three houses were blown down. Hamlin, a small town on the Central Western Texas railroad, was destroyed and three persons seri ously injured. Australian Coal Cheaper. '. San Francisco, June 12. Australian coal was reduced in price by wholesal ers here today from $9 to $7.50 a ton, as the result of a bitter feud which has broken out between the Western Coal company and the Pacific Coal company. The latter concern has slashed prices and it iB understood retailers will re duce from $12 to $10. The price cut ting wholesalers explain that they wish to stimulate the summer trade and that they are also helped in reduc ing prices by the fact that it now costs less to import coal than heretofore. Blown Up by Dynamite. Algiers, June 12. The German steamer Ava, from Hamburg, blew up last night about 10 miles off Pantel larie island. Fire broke out in the steamer during the pight and as dyna mite formed a large part of the cargo, the crew lost no time in making its escape in boits. A few minutes later the dynamite exploded with terriffic force, tearing the steamer to pieces. All the crew was picked up by the steamer East Gale and landed here. Wyoming Sues Western Union. Cheyenne, Wya, June 12. Attorney General Mullens commenced suit today against the Western Union Telegraph company to compel the company to file articles of incorporation with the state of Wyoming or susperd operations within the state.