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Bohemia Nugget BltmU Nuif rt Pbllhlit Co. COTTAGE GROVE OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK! la a Condensed Term for Our Easy Readers. A Return of the Lett Important but Not Lett Interesting- Events of the Past Week. Counsel for Thaw will row fight to have him released on hail. A peace conference has Iwn arranged between Nicaragua and baivador. New York Democrats will celebrate Jefferson dav. but will not invite Bryan. The government is seeking a w ay to nrevent Japanese beinit smuggled into a - - this country. The pope has made important conces aions to Catholics in America and to Catholic members of secret societies. A San Francisco police captain will tell the grand jurv all about the system of grafting in his department of the bay city government. Miners at Park Citv. Utah, have gone on strike and others in nearby mines are expected to follow. The men want to enter and leave the shaft on company time. The Cape Arago lighthouse may be blown up by dynamite on a schooner which is pounding to pieces on the rocks near. The vessel has 4,000 pounds of the deadly powder aboard. The Union Pacific will make a tost case of the Nebraska 2-cent rate law. Butte is overrun with holdup men. Three and four robberies occur a night. A new combine is now under way which will control the rubber trade of the world. The South American war is believed to be over now that the Honduran pres ident has surrendered. Austria and Germany are to confer regarding their attitude at the coming Hague peace conference. Three Los Angeles Home Telephone men are afraid they will be Indicted by the San Francisco grand jury. Eleven Japanese "a re to be returned home from Seattle for coming to this country under contract. Trains in California have all resumed their regular service, as all trace of the recent washouts have disappeared. The Thaw jury has disagreed and been discharged by the court. Anew trial will commence in October. The trial has cost the county and family $300,000. An effort will be made to let the defendant out on bail. Chicago packing house men another strike. threaten A new ArJglo-Spanieh alliance has been concluded. Morocco is endeavoring to end French occupation of Oudja. Dr. Thompson, M. P., will likely be appointed governor of Klondike President Bonilla, of Honduras, has , surrendered to Nicaraguan troops. Lord Cromer has presented Great Britain with his resignation as ruler of Egypt. Senator Burrows says Roosevelt would decline even if nominated for a third term. Topeka, Kan., has set aside a holiday on which the people propose to dig up all the dandelions of the city. The San Francisco grand jury is al most ready to turn in a bunch of in dictments against millionaires. The Kansas attorney general has started proceedings against all brewery companies and whiskey jobbers doing business in the state. The Carnegie institute at Pittsburg has been dedicated. It is to be devoted to fine arts and cost $6,000,000. Six thousand tons of marble alone were used in its construction. The Ruef jury has not yet been com pleted. April 9 five inches of snow fell in New York. Peary will make another start for the pole in June. A new labor dispute has broken out at Goldfleld, Nevada. Ten Denver men have been indicted for selling mining stock in a worthless cave. Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, declares Roosevelt to be the greatest ruler in the world. Governor Folk, of Millouri, has call ed a special session of the legislature to pass anti-gambling laws. Six automobiles are being built in different parts of the world to use in attempts to reach the north pole. The Canadian minister denies that a tieaty is being negotiated by the Unit ed StateB and Great Britain concerning the boundaries between Canada and the United States. An army officer is to ride one of Dav enport's Arab horses from Portland to New York. If its staying qualities t how up better than those of American horses a change may be made in caval ry mounte. Taft and Cummings are Rooevelt's ticket for 1908. REDUCE MARRIMAN POWERS. Union Pacific Directors Believe He Hat Too Great Control. New York, April 12. Some of the dim-ton of the Union Pacific railroad favor a material reduction of the extra ordinary powers conferred npon its president, Edward It. Harrinian, which make the company a one-man affair. At present the executive committee has all the powers ol the directors when the latter arc not in cession, and Mr. llarriman has all the powers of the executive committee when that body is not in session. In otlur words, Mr. llarriman can do as he p tease, ex cept for the few minute once a week or once a month, when the committee is in session. lie has a power of attorney and could sell the millions upon millions of the securities of other road owned by the Union Pacific at what price he pleased, or he could hypothecate securities, Kir row tens of millions upon them from banks and engage in stock market op erations on a colossal scale. In the hope of appasing the Union Pacific stockholders and eliminating the public distrust in the securities of the llarriman roads, it is proposed to put some new blood in the executive committee, reorganize the body and adopt resolutions taking away from Mr. llarriman some of the powers which have provoked so much criti cism. GIVE GOOD REPORT. Congressmen Say Work on Canal It Progressing Rapidly. Washington, April 12. Chairman Tawney, of the house committee on ap propriations and Representative Oleott, who have recently returned from a visit to the isthmus of Panama, today dis cussed with the president conditions as they found them. Mr. Tawney is favor ably impressed with the progress being made in the canal work, and tcld the president he thought that at the pres ent rate the waterway should be com pleted in five years. He said h regarded it as unfortunate that the engineering world had been representing to the people that an al most impossible engineering problem confronted it. The principal conditions now to be met, he said, were those of sufficient railroad capacity to take care of the dirt excavated, and sanitation with the view to keeping the place in a good, healthful condition. Mr. Tawney also discussed with the president questions affecting congres sional appropriations for canal work, and it is likely some legislation bear ing on the subject, will be recommend ed to congress as the result of the visit to the isthmus. PREMIER DEFIED BY PUBLIC. Questions Authority to Forbid Gath ering of Statistics. St. Petersburg, April 12. Premier Stolypin, in attempting to limit the competence of the lower house of par liament by forbidding its committees to obtain statistics from the Zemstvos and ! avail themselves of outside expert ad vice, has been defied by the public. President Golovin bad written a curt letter to the premier asking him on what grounds and under what law he is entitled to address such demands to the Imperial parliament. The law, M. Golopin says, contains a paragraph au thorizing the lower house of parliament to interpellate the government but no where was there a reciprocal right on the part of the ministers. The actions of President Golcvin and the budget committee were taken after a long conference between the president and leaders of all the parties in parua ment except the extreme right, and brines the issue squarely before the cabinet. The discussion of the budget in com mittee is expected to last from lour to six weeks. The estimates probably will be accepted, with minor changes by the house, when presented Obey Colorado Laws. Denver, April 12. Insurance Com missioner Rittenhouee, who has been in Indianapolis for several days confer ring with the officials of the State Life Insurance company, of Indiana, whose license to do business in this state was revoked recently, telegraphed State Auditor Statler yesterday to issue a new license to the company, which was done. The company agreed to abandon its plan of issuing stock to policyhold ers, which was construed as a violation of the state law, resulting in their per mlt being cancelled. Strika May Cause Flood.' Chicago, April 12. Chicago and eub urbs are exposed to the danger of flood' ed basements and general damage by water through a strike of drain pipe liyers called yesterday. Practically all the laborers employed in this work walked out when their employers re fused to concede an advance of 50 cents a day in wages. About 800 are on strike. The drain men have been re ceiving $3.50 a day, while the "help ers" have been getting $2.50. Navy to Have Four Bases. 1 Shanghai, April 12. It is said the organized navy of China is to have four bases, one on Chang Chow island, ono in the Miao Tao group, a third in the Chusan archipelago and a fourth on Hainan island. The scheme Involves the outlay of 12,000,000 taels annunal ly for the construction of new moderate sized armored cruisers, a number of tor- jpedo boats and a doeea submarines. I; 1 OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MOSTLY SPRING GRAIN. Dry Fall In Wasco Preventet Seeding of Usual Acreage. The Pallet" Fanners from the inter ior of Wasco county say it is still too early to predict with any degree of cr tainty, what will be the prospect for this year's crops. The season is alwnit three weeks late, and the rain, which has fallen to the depth of 1 .ft inches since April 1, has greatly interfered with plowing and seeding. From fann ers in different parts of the county, it is learned that there is more moisture . ... , in ui gro ...... . o ....... k.i oi years nasi. vm accou.u o. un- men of moisture last year, a small proper tion of the acreage was sown to fall grain, probably not more than 25 per ctnt. The grain that was sown, how ever, came through the winter in splendid shape, the heavy snowfall iimaing a goou prmecuou. . r .. , the ground set lea enough to Ugin ; 11 lwi mi)..! r.iruaf.l with i?rnf v.lB. - r"---""' " rapidity in order to make up for the lateness of the season . SALEM TO HAVE HORSE FAIR Growing Demand Creates New Inter est Among Stockmen. Salem The horse shows held at Stay ton and Woodburn recently were fo successful and so great has the interest in horses become throughout this coun ty that Secretary Frank Welch, of the state board of agriculture, has called a meeting of horsemen to In1 held here to prepare plans for an exhibition horse fair to be held in this city soon. On accoant of the market advance in prices and the demand for fine horses, I which are very scarce on account of Eastern buyers having scoured the county and taken out so many, apremi um fund will be inaugurated and every horseman and those interested in horses will be asked to contribute something to the fund. In this way prizes can be offered. At the meeting a soliciting commit tee will bo named to undertake the work. Rains Delay Seeding. Pendleton As a result of the rainy weather that lias prevailed all over this section during the greater part of the spring it has been difficult for farmers to get spring work done as early as us ual. Under ordinary conditions prac tically all of the spring Beeding is done by the middle of April, but much land meant for spring grain this year is yet unsown. To make the situation worse, there is more than the usual amount of spring grain to be sown this year, be cause of the dry weather during the early fall; and some of those who seed ed in the late fall met disaster lecause cold weather kept the wheat from germ inating. Consequently the latter liave to reseed now. However, the only re seeding of consequence is in the north western part of the county, where more late sowing was done than on the reser vation. Fruit Commissioners Named. Salem At the meeting of the state horticultural board the following ap pointments were announced for the next term of four years: Judd Geer, of Cove, to succeed himself from the Fifth district; C. A. Parks, of Salem, ap pointed to succeed himself from the Sec ond district. There are vet two candi dates for the third appointment, which has not been decided upon. They are A. II. Sechler and R. II. Webber, of The Dalles. It is thought possible Webber will be reappointed. Willamette Gets New Building. Willamette university, Salem The trustees of Willamette university have secured a new building, valued at $10, 000 which is to be placed upon the campus as goon as possible. The new building will be either a new college of music or a home for the college of law. At present the law department has headquarters down town and is not lo cated on the campus. The building is known as the old Gray residence and Is now Eituated on State Street. Newport Hotels Filling Up. Newport Newport has begun to en tertain her usual summer visitors. Her hotels, boarding houses and cot tages are well filled with visitors. The open air nana concerts twice a ween, masquerades, dancing parties, nowling contests, roller skating, lawn tennis and whist parties furnish ample oppor tunity for amusement. The fishing and hunting are good and the beach is liter ally piled high with beautiful and precious stsnes. Work Must Be Done Over. Albany Members of the State Grange who have been circulating peti tions asking for a referendum vote on the University of Oregon appropriation bill have worked in vain. It has been discovered that an error was mude in preparing the form for the petitions and i which renders thorn worthless. Seve ral hundred names have been signed to these petitions and the work of seve ral days has ccme to naught. Cove Fruit Outlook. Cove The prospect for a heavy crop of fruit from this section of the Grand Ronde were never brighter at this time of year, and the outlook for easy and rapid shipment was never he- fore so good, even In the minds or the doubters, as the Central Railway com pany assures shippers it will be, ready to lift the strawberry crop in June. BUY SACKS DIRECT. Inland Association Cuts Out Middle men's Profit on Big Order, J Pendleton C. A. Barrett, president of the Inland Wheat growers' associa tion, announced a tew days ago that ho had just purchased fur the association "50,000 tacks from Koshland Bros., of San Francisco, and 75,000 from a Port land thru. The exact price paid was not given out, hut under the contract which the association has with the farmers, the sacks are not to cost more ..man cents ueiiveieu in carioaa t( to tw tHff0ret stations in this and Morrow county. The present quotations from the lo cal gralnbnvers who have heretofore j supplied the local market is 10 lv cents. About two and a half million sacks are used in this county annually more than one million oi which have , pim.mllw, ,,y u, KJi,K-l ..n I f , , felons for mo,o 1 ore i-oiii nvr in i n v This is the first attempt the grain growers have made to cut out the profits of the middlemen, and so far it s.hmiih to have been successful. Governor Names E. L. Smith. Salenr Governor Chamberlain has appointed K. L. Smith, of Hood River, to act as Oregon's official representative in owning the Ja'iiestown expoMition Upon his shoulders will devolve the important duty of U'ing present at the 'Inaugural ceremonies of the (air, and he will present on brha If of the state the governor's formal announcement of I the state's representation, if he does 'not attend himself, and Mr. Smith will also he the state's official guide through the depart ment of exhibits and will take care of the correspond ence from Oregon rx-oplc and see that they are properly treated while there Log Drive on Mary's River. Corvallis A log drive containing 1, 250,000 feet of lumter, has pist been successfully driven down .Marv s river from Summit, for the Corvallis Saw mill company, and is held at the mouth of the river in this city. A crew of 12 men accompanied the drive and they were about five weeks on the trip. The river where the logs are now held is completely blockaded for a distance of about a mile upstream and presents i pretty sight. Incorporate Fruit Farm. Eugene A stock comjiany ciipltnliz ed at $"0,000 has lcen formed in Eu gene for t tie purtiose of grow ing fruits, owning lands, buildings and oj)crating canneries. The memlH-rs of tho com pany are W. G. Allen of tho Allen Canning A Packing company, P. E. Snodgrass, cashier of tho Eugene First National bank, and F. I.. Chambers of tho Chambers-Bristow Banking com pany. Beautifying Fair Grounds. Salem Secretary Welch, of the State Agricultural Imnrd, has announced his intention to beautify the fair grounds this year with Mowers in a manner that has never been equaled in the 47 years that state fairs have been held here. He has conferred with the other mem bers of the board and they have prac tically given him carte blanche in tho matter. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club 73(74c; bluestem, 7577c; valley, 70C71c; red, 71fe72c Oats No. 1 white, $20.50; gray Rye $1. 451.50. Barley Feed, $22.60 per ton; brew ing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.60. Corn Whole, $25; cracked, $20 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $15 16 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $17fS)I8; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $910. Apples Common, 75c(;j$1.25 per box; choice, $1.602. Vegetables Turnips, $1(W)1.25 per sack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $ 1. 25 1.60 per sack; horseradish, 70 8e per pound; cauliflower, 1 1 per dozen; celery, $4 per crate; lettuce, head, 3545c per dozen; sprouts, 9c; radishes, 25c per dozen; asparagus, 13 15c per pound; rhubarb, 6c per pound. Onions Oregon, $3. J Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1.4001.(15; extra fancy, $1.76; No. 1 choice, $1.2501.40. Butter Fancy creamery, 32c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 33c per pound ; second grace cream, 2c less per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 1501flc per pound; mixed chickens, 14(315c; spring fryers and broilers, 2O022c; old roosters, 10012c; dressed chickens, l(i17c; turkeys, live, 13015c; tur keys, dressed, choice, 18)02Oe; geese, live, 8c; ducks, Hi018 Eggs Oregon ranch, 1 9020c, per dozen. Veal Dressed, 508c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 33)c pel pound; cows, 600c; country steers, 0 7c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, lO01Oc per pound; ordinary, 809c j spring lambs, with pelt, 1213c. Pork Dressed, (109c per pound. Hcpe 8llc per pound, according to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon average Ixist, 1318c por pound, according to shrink age; valley, 20022, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, zhzuc per pound. HERMANN FLOUNDERS. Testimony While on the Stand Makes a Poor Showing. Washington, April 10. Ping. r Her mann literally went to pieces yesterday afternoon when subjected to cross ex aniiuatloii by District Attorney linker. Where previously ho had been calm and suave, though sometimes evasive, he frequently exhibited temper, when pressed with embarrassing questions, and rceatcdly avoided giving direct answers to questions put to him by the prosecuting officer. When pinned down ho made several reluctant iidiuis sions that lethvted anything but credit upon him. At other t lines, though confronted with documentary evidence showing what the distilct attorney ktyltd violations of tho law umiii his part, Hermann repeatedly .Uuied nil guilt and undertook to explain away transaction which involved him In va rious land deals. The most pitiable feature of Hermann s explanations was that they did I ot explain. Altogether lleliiiiiiiu showed up in an extremely had light. Unless he im proves when the bulk of the ciosa ex animation is condu.-t.sl, it Is evident he will have .lone his cause more in jury than good by going iiikhi the stand. Hermann was asked if he had recom mended May' appointment an district attorney, lie had tux recollection of taking such action. When the ilocu ment wits produced show ing a joint re commendation of Mays, signed by Mitchell, Uilph and Hermann, the witness vividly recalled the crlcum stances. MAKE HARRIMAN ANSWER. Commerce Commission Will Ask for Order From Court. Washington, April 10. According to a decinoti reached by the Iriteistnt. Commerce commission today, E. 11. Hummau will tie made to appear in the I'nited States Circuit court in New York in answer to proceeding to com k- 1 him to answer certain questions which he refused to answer when he was on the stand at the recent hearing by the commission in New York. The action will lie brought as soon as Messrs Kellogg ii nd Severance, special counsel, can prepare the case for court. The hearing at which Mr. llarriman appeared was in connection with certain transactions of the Union Pacific. On advice of counsel he refused to answer tho quest ions put to him. It was brought out In the testimony that the Union Pacific owned a lurge amount of Southern Pacific st-k. Mr. Harrlrnau was asked whether any and, if so, how much of that Stock belonged to him self, when ho Uiught it and what price he Juiid for it, but he declined to an swer. A rut her question which he refused to answer and that on w hich the commis sion desires light wus whether or not any of the directors of the Union Pa cific were inteiesUd in the sale of cer tain shares of stock of the New York Central railroad at the time they were sold to the Union Pacific. DAY SPENT IN CONFERENCE. Nicaragua Makes Counter Proposi tion to Salvador and Guatemala. Washington, April 10. A day of conference betwe.n the Central Ameri can representatives here in their effort to rtaeh a buns for s-uce had no marked results. Having deciphered the cable rcHtxniHe from his own gov ernment to the propositions submitted to him yesterday by the representatives of Salvador and Guatemala, Seiior Corea, the Nicaraguan minister, eulUd today upon Senor Creel, the Mexican ambassador, who had taken the part of mediator, and acquainted him with President Zeluya's answer. This made necessary further conference, which fact was taken as an indication that the Nicaraguan response was in tho nature of a counter proposition. Messrs. Corea and Creel then re paired to the State department to con fer with Secretary Root and Assistant Secretary Bacon. This conference also advanced matters only so far as to pavo tho way for another conference, which was held late in the afternoon between Messrs. Creel and Corea and Herranto and Mejia, the latter two representing Guatemala and Salvador, respectively. Standard's Rival Indicted. Topeka, Kan., April 10. II. II. Tucker, Jr., secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil company, with headquarters in Kansas City, was indicted by the fed eral grand jury this morning on the charge of using the mails to defraud. His arrest at Kansas City, Kan., fol lowed a writ of capias having been issued. The penalty on conviction may bo either a fine of $5,000 or im prisonment for five years. In Febru ary, 1900, Mr. lucker organized tho Undo Sam Oil ct Refinery company and incorporated under the Arizona law. 1 Effect of Nine Hour Law on Roads. Council Bluffs, la., April 10. In preparation for tho H-hour law, the Chicago A Northwestern railroad is losing scores of its smaller offices throughout Iowa. Twenty ollices umh the Galena division have been discon tinued within a week, and many others will bo ol si'd this spring. Tho rail- roads aro unablo to secure telegraph operators sufficient to man the offices, now that this class of men can only work nine hours. Texas to Close Bucket Shops. Austin, Tex. April 10. Both (ranches of the Texas legislature today pasted a hill prohibiting the operation of bucketshons. cotton exchanges or tnv J dealings In futures la Texas, FOR OREGON CLAIMS Commissioner Dalllngcr to Rush Action on Land Patents. GREAT WRONG HAS BEEN DONE Assures Senator Dourne That No More Claims Will Be.Held Up on Mere Suspicion. Washington, April 13. Land Cm liiiHsiotier'Hiillinger today nssured Seli ntor Bourne of his Intention of "lalslng the lid" in Oregon, meaning that he intended to take up and pass all valid public land entries that have long I nth under NiisiH iiHion in that state. A great many entries were hi Id up by the old administration on mere sus picion that there wmm r-oinel hing crook ed about them. There was no actual evidence tf wrongdoing or wrong In tent on the art of these cut lyinen. Mr. Ilalllnger will pass to patent every Oregon entry which, uhi examination, appears to be made in good faith, ami those entries that are irregular or show evidence of fraud w ill U examined a prompt ly asBpossible and appropriate action t tken. Mr. Bitllinger agrees with Mr. Bourne that Oregon has suffered un justly'ln late years, and he Is willing to do everything In his siwer to pia.o tho state on the same footing w iih till others. He has hopes of dixdhg of all (tending entries during the coming summer, and it is his cxectat ion that a great many will juiss to patent in the near future. The cominisclouer I rapidly putting the land olli.-e on a sound business Wi sis, he himnelf woiking until midnight every night at reorganization. He is dctcimihcd to make the land nllice a thorough business institution and bring its woi k up to date. DOLLAR SAVES A LIFE. America Urged to Give $3,000,000 for Chinese Sufferers. Shanghai, China. April l.'l. Tele grams received here from l!d xiliits in the famine district reported that the conditions i.re growing wor-e. The Chinese government and jienple,. up to date, have contributed more than four million dollars for famine relief, and the sums m-cived from all loreign sources total half a million dollars, including the supplies on their way from America. The relief committee here is prompt ly sending supplies to the front, hut the (mills ure not yet In its Hi-sessioii. Measures adopted up to date are Inade quate. Ten million -ihoiis are suffer ing from lack of food and facing starva tion. A dollar, the relief committee re-, ports, will snve one life until the har vest, June l!r, and $1)1,(10(1,0(10 i need ed. The whole amount cannot U raised in China. The situation is des perate, and Americans are urged to give $.1,000. 000 in the next three weeks, not for ( 'hrlsl inn, hut fur hu manitarian works. It is Migttcstcd that, it would he best to cable money to the cone u I here, James I. inn Bodgers, in Mipplicscau be pun based in Shanghai. SANTA FE MUST STAND TRIAL. Judge. Welborn Declines to Quash In dictments for Rebating. Iis Angeles, April 13. In a lengthy verbal -opinion, Judge Olln Welborn, in tho United States Ihstrict court, de clined to piash the Indictments against the Santa Fe Kailrnad company for al leged rebating, and the company must stand trial iirxin Mi separate counts. Judge Wellxirn's opinion reaffirmed the doctrine set forth In the American Tobacco comjiany case, that a cot ra tion Is not a person, as defined in tho fourth and fifth amendments to the constitution of tho United States, and may lie compelled to give testlony tend ing to incriminate itsell. Judge Welborn gave the defendant riermixslnn to file a demurrer, if Ihey deslre to do so, by April 22. Buy Off Canadian Sealers. Ottawa, Out., April 13. Sir Mac kenzie Pxiwell, in the senate today, read a cable dispatch from Gieat Biit- ain saying that an agreement had becu reached between the United States, Great Britain arid Canada, whereby Canada agreed to give up deep sea seal ing rights for a monetary consideration. Mr. Scott said in reply that, us far n the Canadian government knew, noth ing had been done toward abrogating tho agreement made two or three years ago as to the seal fishers. Woman Was Go-Between. St. Petersburg, April 13. Senator Kimpit today took tho tesllmcnyof sev eral notorious women connected with the grain contract scandals. It was es tablished that a woman had acted as u go-bi twecn from M. Gurkn, the iistdst ant niinlHter of the interior, and M. Lidval. Sensational developments aro expected at the senate session of April 27, when tl in case of Baron Federicks, govemoi of Nini Novgorod, implicated in tho r'caudals, will bo heard. Smuggled Japanese Caught. 1 El Paso, April 13. Inspector Shu macker, In charge of tho Immigration olllco here, received a telegram today telling of tho capture of eight smuggled Japanese. Five were caught at Fort Worth, ono at Pecos ad two at Albu ipiorue. They had o -ped across tho f rk-r tm ud west ue station.