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COTTAGE GROVE............ OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
lo a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume o f the Lest Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
An insane man tried to kill King
Haakon, of Norway.
King Alfonso was received with much
enthusiasm at Barcelona.
Four negroes have been lynched in
Mississippi for incendiarism.
Spanish anarchists are said to be after
the premier, and not the king.
The Mother’s’ congress Is in session
at the White House, Washington, D. C.
The United Railways company of San
Francisco is about to go into the hands
of a receiver.
Japan ridicules the idea that naval
preparations are being made fcT an at­
tack on China.
Great Britain has sent a note to Ja­
pan advising arbitration of the China-
Japan difficulties.
The president has sent to the senate
the nomination of John McCourt to be
district attorney for Oregon.
Portland has been assured that a
number of cruisers and torpedo boats
will be sent there during the rose car­
nival.
Schmitz has been released from jail
and he and Kuef have patched up their
differences. In Ihe remainder of the
trials they will stand together.
King Alfonso will visit Barcelona in
defiance of bomb throwers.
Mayor Busse, of Chicago, has taken
steps to keep all anarchists out cf the
city.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, says the charges against him are
false.
In the New York to Paris automobile
race the American car is far ahead of
the others.
The janitor of the Coll in wood school
declares he fastened the doors open at
the first alarm of fire.
The incident of the Beixure of the
Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru by China
has not yet been settled.
John F. Stevens, ex-engineer of the
Panama canal, says the big canal will
be of little value after it is finished.
Admiral Goodrich says American
battleships are equal to those of any
other country but could be made much
better.
China Is about to spend (60,000,000
in naval construction. The govern­
ment will also borrow large sums to be
used in railroad construction.
An alarm of fire at Lees Summit,
Mo., caused the 400 school children to
rush out of the building in a panio. No
attention was paid to the fire drill.
Hearst papers are aocused of inciting
anarchy.
Portugal seems to be drifting toward
a republic.
Colorado has had 29 homicides al­
ready in 1998.
Black Hand leaders are meeting their
match in New York.
The death list in the Collinwood dis­
aster has reached 174.
Japan says she will use force with
China only as a last resort.
The Knickerbocker Trust oompany,
of New York, is to reopen.
Nine Chinese have been sentenced to
death in Boston for murder.
The Interstate Commerce commission
will enforce the 9-hour law op all rail­
roads.
Franklin’s house in Paris has been
demolished to make way for a more
modern building.
Professor Quaekenboe, ex-professor of
Columbia university, announces that
he had a medicine that will make bad
men good.
A part of the battleship fleet is sched­
uled to return by way of the Sues (anal
and will also visit a number of Euro­
pean countries.
Illinois Central directors are work­
ing on a plan to raise (30.000,000.
King Edward is on a visit to France
and oalled on the French president.
Two women have been arrested at
Napa, Cal., for passing counterfeit
money.
The Interstate Commerce commission
says it is not opposed to the Falton bill
as has been stated.
^Charges have been filed agiinet Chan­
cellor Day, of Syracuse nniversitv, for
speaking ill of President Roosevelt.
Bnitajfor the illegal cutting of timber
have been filed in the United State«
court at Helena against several firms.
Governor Johnson will dedicate the
monument erected by the state of Min­
nesota on Shiloh battlefield on April 10.
A petition signed by 40,000 persons
asking pardon for Captain Van Bchaick,
under 10 years' sentence for criminal
negligence in causing the wreck of the
steumer Gen. Slocum, whereby over
1 000 lives were lost, will be presented
to President Roosevelt.
NEW PA CK IN G P L A N T.
B L O O D Y F IG H T A T PEN.
Plan to 8pend Million and a Half in
Portland.
Three Montana Lifara Maka a Mad
Dash for Liberty.
Portland, March 11.—Bchwaraoblld
A Sulzberger, the biggest independent
firm of meat packers in the United
States, will build a packing plant in
South Portland costing (1,600,000 if
the council will permit the establish­
ment to be located within the city lim­
its. An ordinance will be presented
to the council today for passage, grant­
ing the firm the right to construct and
operate a modern packing plant on the
present site of the Zimmerman Packing
company’s establishment. An option
is held on the Zimmerman plant by the
Schwarzchild A Sulzberger interests.
Th*> plant to be erected in South Port­
land will be a duplicate of the Bchwarx-
child A Sulzberger establishment in
Chicago, one of the most complete in
the world. It is thoroughly up to the
standard of such plants anywhere, and,
although not so large as their packing
house in Kansas City, is said to be a
model in construction. The capacity
of the Portland establishment will be
10,000 cattle, 26,000 hogs and 16,000
small stock a week.
The completion of the plant will re­
quire between a year and 14 months.
Machinery must be ordered from the
East, and its manufacture will require
at least six months. When the ma­
chinery is delivered the erection of the
packing house will be begun, for the
machinery must be built into the hous­
es. If the permit desired is given by
the council, the option on the Zimmer­
man site will be closed at once and the
contract let for the machinery.
Deer Lodge, Mont., March 10.—War­
den Frank Conley, of the Montana
state penitentiary, was fearfully wound­
ed Sunday morning and bis first assist­
ant warden, John Robinson, was kill­
ed, when three life convicts, George
Rock, W. H. Hayes and another whose
name is not given out, made a dash for
liberty in the penitentiary office at 8
o’clock. It is thought the warden will
live.
Robinson’s throat waa cut from ear
to ear and the jugular vein was severed.
Conley's throat was gashed and he was
stabbed several times in the shoulder
and groin before he was able to draw
his revolver and shoot two of the
assailants down. Convicts Hayes and
Rock were both shot down by Conley
alter the latter had been wounded-
The attack on the prison authorities
and a subsequent effort to escape has,
according to the prison authorities
this afternoon, been long planned by
Rock and Hayes, who were cellmates.
Both were armed with penknives, the
blades of which were sharpened like
razors. The three convicts were brought
to the office of the penitentiary Bunday
morning by Deputy Warden Robinson,
to be tried for some trivial inflection
of the prison rules, and Conley was
waiting to sit in judgment.
The moment the men entered the
office door Rock turned swiftly upon
Robinson, who was closing the door be­
hind the men, and quickly drawing a
knife, he began slashing at the deputy
warden’s throat. Robinson was unable
to retreat or move iiefore his throat was
cut wide open and be sank to the floor
dying.
At the same moment that Rock at­
tacked Robinson, Hayes also pulled out
a knife similar to that of Rock and
started for Conley. The latter retreat­
ed to the rear of the office before the
oncoming de-perado.
Before Conley
could draw his revolver, however,
Hayes bad slashed his throat, cutting
him from the left ear to a point under
the chin. The convict, seeing his in
tended victim getting away, grappled
with him and stabbed him several
times in the shoulder and groin.
Although bleeding terribly, Conley
managed to draw his gun from his
pocket and fired four times with the
weapon pressed against Hayes’ abdo­
men.
As Hayes Bank to the floor. Rock
rushed at Conley, who emptied the two
remaining cartridges in his gun into
Rock and he latter also went down.
The third convict who had been called
to the “ carpet,” took to his heels at
the first of the battle, but was quickly
captured and plat«) in his cell. The
authorities refused to give out his name
until they had investigated whether he
was concerned in the plot or whether
he had merely been called to the office
at the same time as the other two.
F A C T S S LIP O U T .
Serious Defects in Naval Construc­
tion, Say Officers.
Washington, Mareh 11.—That there
are serious defects in the construction
of American battleships was charged
yesterday by Captain C. McR. Wins­
low, assistant chief of the bureau of
navigation of the Navy department, and
Commander A. L. Key, former naval
aide to President Roosevelt. The form­
er officer said the Bhips under Admits)
Evans were all over-draft when they
left Hampton roads. He defended Ad'
miral Rojestvensky for taking the
Russian ships into battle with the Jap
anese with full bunkers of coal, saying
that the Russian commander could not
have done otherwise, for he did not
know how far he would be compelled to
steam.
Commander Key attempted to direct
the form of his own testimony and in­
curred the displeasure of the committee
on that account. He criticised the
armor belt and the gun decks as being
too low and the ammunition hoists as
unsafe. He attempted to dispute the
testimony of other officers, especially
Chief Constructor Capps, but was not
permitted to do so. Finally the com­
mittee held an executive session, at
which it was decided that Commander
Key ehould be heard today, but that
his criticism should be connfied to ships
and not directed against officers.
FIN D S N O E X C U S E «
Coroner Says Some Person la Re­
sponsible for Disaster.
Cleveland, O., March 11.—‘‘The loss
of the lives of little children in the
Collinwood school fire was absolutely
Inexcusable,” Coroner Burke declared
today after making a thorough investi­
gation.
‘‘The poor little children were caught
in a veritable trap and held and crushed
until burned to death,” he said. "Borne
one Is responsible for this and should
be held. I am not prepared yet to say
upon whom the blame should be
placed. Before 1 can charge anyone
with this horrible responsibility I must
review the evidence carefully and de­
liberately.
“ I find that the steam pipes caused
the fire by being placed too close to
the wood. There is no doubt In my
mind that the overheated pipes caused
the fire."
Another body waa recovered from the
ruins today, making the total 166.
Wanted Drawings Mads.
Ely, Nev., March 11.—A Japanese
waa arrested at Riepetown, a few miles
from this city, last night, after a hard
struggle. Clinton, who is an expert
draughtsman, was in a saloon when ap­
proached by the Japanese, who, after
talking on various subjects, finally
asked Clinton if he would go with him
to Ban Francisco and get drawings of
the fortifications there, assuring Clin­
ton he would pay him well. Clinton
indignantly refused and held on to the
Japanese until officers arrived. The
Japanese ia now in jail.
Glass Cuts Many Firemen.
New York, March 11.— A score of
firemen were injured, several ol them
seriously, hundreds of persons were
driven from their homes and many
buildings were threatened by a fire ear­
ly today which destroyed the six-story
brick building at 38 West Eighteenth
street. The big Biegel-Cooper depart­
ment store was seriously threatened at
one time. The fire also got into the
adjoining buildings and before it was
checked had caused a loss of (200,000.
Dynamite Car Explodes.
Denver, Colo., March 11.—A News
special from Buford, Wyo., says a car
of dynamite exploded there tonight
from some unknown cause, wrecking
several frame bonnes near by and de­
stroying a number of freight cars. As
far as known no one waa killed or In­
jured.
P L A N T NEW N U T IN Y A M H ILL
FIN D F IL T H Y PUS IN Mit K
Fifty California Pistachio Rscaived at Startling Report After Analysis at
State College.
McMinnville.
Corvallis—Samples of milk received
for analysis during the past week at
the bacteriological departm-nt at the
college have been unusually noticeable
for filth. Seven of them from various
l>arts of the state contained pus. One
held the foreign matter In such quan­
tities that it is estimated to have con­
tained one-tenth of 1 per cent. Pro­
fessor Pernott’s attention was attracted
by the unusual amount, and he made
inquiries of the owner of the animal
and ascertained that there was a large
lump several inches in diameter on the
body of the cow, near the udder. It
waa supposed to have developed from
an injury received from the horns of
another cow, and had developed into an
abcess. It was, of course, the explan­
ation of the pug in the milk. The milk
was in use when the sample was sr nt
to the laboratory. Of the six other
samples in which pus developed, the
quantity was much smaller. In these
the history of the cases was not learned.
Borne time ago at the laboratory
samples of cream offered at an Oregon
creamery were analyzed. They bad a
strong smell that was carried into the
S E M I-IN D U S T R IA L 8 C H O O L .
butter product. Analysis disclosed that
the foreign subetance wag barn filth,
Jamas Withycombe So Descridas Ag due to probable uncleanlineae in milk­
ricultural College.
ing. A report resulted in changed con-
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval­ dii ons in the dairies from which the
lis—At a meeting of the San Grael so­ cream was shipped.
ciety in the opera house, Dr. James
Telephone Company Loses
Withycombe, director of the experi­
ment station, defined the Oregon Agri­
Portland—Oregon and the initiative
cultural college as a semi industrial and referendum law has won the first
college. He said that at one time round in the tight being made by the
higher education meant training of the Pacific States Telephone A Telegraph
intellect exclusively and that this was company, and the Sunset Telephone
an extreme view, especially noticeable company, to declare the constitutional
in Europe. Later many countries in amendment permitting the initiative in­
Europe adopted the other extreme, valid and contrary to the constitution
training young men solely for the in­ of the United States. Judge Cleland in
dustries, and in this manner crowded the Circuit court has sustained the de
out the humanities from the lives of murrer of the state in the case of the
the great industrial masses. Ameri­ state against the Pacific States com
cans, who thought the industrial phase pany, thus upholding the contention of
of school training had been overworked, the state. Notice of appeal was given
until it became a fad, have taken in­ and the case will be taken to the Su­
termediate grounds by the introduction preme court at Salem as soon as possi
of industrial colleges, in lieu of the I ble. From there it will be taken to
European theory of industrial training the United States Supreme court, it
being assumed, in view of former de­
schools.
cisions by the Oregon court, that the
ruling will be for the state and against
Pendleton Wants Demonstration.
Pendleton—The diversified farming the company.
plan of the O. R. A N. officials has met
Coloniata From East.
with the approval of the Commercial
Baker City—The West bound trains
association, which has appointed a
committee to confer with the officials are beginning to be heavily loaded
having the demonstration work in with colonist (ravel from the Middle
charge. This committee will endeavor states and the East. The regular trains
to Induce the Harriman agents to ex­ arc unable to carry the loads and extra
tend their instruction lecture train into sections are run. It is not uncommon
this country. An effort will also be ¡for a train comprising 16 coaches to
made to have the railroad people estab­ I pull through Baker on its way to the
lish a modern experimental farm in Coast. This section is getting it shaje
this county where it can be demon­ of the homeseekers, it is thought, but
strated that the summer fallow is a the railroads have given Portland and
other Ccast points the same rate that
wanton waste of land.
Baker and Eastern Oregon points re­
ceive, and this of itself has a tendency
Milton Wants Carnegie Money.
to make the colonist go through to the
Milton—At a meeting of the Com­ Coast, because it costs no more.
mercial club, a delegation of young
women from the Young People’s union
Want Railroad Extended.
waited on the club to Becure aid to
Condon—The farmers of the South
build and equip a public library. The ern part of Gilliam county are uniting
club appointed a committee of three in an effort to secure the extension of
to work in conjunction with the young the Arlington-Condon branch of the O.
people to provide ways and means to R. A N. as far south as the Buckhorn
raise the needed funds. It is their in­ country, a distance of at least 15 miles
tention to raise a fund of (2,51)0 and from Condon. The reason is that much
then request assistance from Andrew time is wasted every fall and winter in
Carnegie. They want a building cost­ hauling the Buckhorn grain crop to
ing in fhe neighborhood of (5,000.
as it takes one day for the
About (800 was pledged at the meet­ market,
Buckhorn farmers to make one trip to
ing.
the station and warehouses.
McMinnville—The Walnut olub. of
this city, has received through its sec­
retary, W. H. Latourette, a present of
60 pistachio nut trees from the govern­
ment experimental farmat Chico. Cal.,
for distribution to the members of the
club. The pistachio is a native of
Western Asia, but is grown in England
and France. It is believed that the
similarity of the Willamette valley cli­
mate to those two countries will insure
the successful growing of the nu’s here.
The nuts are very high priced, and are
used principally for flavoring the more
expensive confectionery.
The Walnut club is active in Intro­
ducing new varieties of products to the
soil of this vicinity. Last year a few
olive trees were set out on tracts of land
owned by its members, and this spring
a great many more are being planted.
It baa been proven that the almond tree
will flourish here and bear an excellent
quality of nuts. The fig, likewise, has
equaled the California fig in excellence,
and yet the possibilities of Yamhill cli­
mate and soil have been but half tested.
Import Burros for Miners
P O R TL A N D M A R K E TS .
Grants ass—Eight-six burro« or jacks
for packing miners’ supplies into the i Wheat—Club, 83c; bluestem, 86c;
hills have been received here by E. R. valley, 83c; red, 81c.
Stewart and George Reed. T*-e little
Barley—Feed, (26 per ton; rolled,
animals were shipped from El Paso, | $22@30
per ton.
Texas, and spent 14 days on the road. j Oats—No.
1 white. (28; gray, (28
They came through in fairly good con­ | per ton.
dition, except in one instance in Ari­
Corn — Whole, (32.50; cracked,
zona, where they were kept for 90 hours
without water. The burros are consid­ I $33.60.
timothy. No. I, (17@
ered a safe and reliable animal, and are 18 Hay—Valley
per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
exceedingly strong and well designed for (20021;
$14@15; cheat. (16;
pack animals in the brush and through grain hay. clover.
$14@15; alfalfa, $12@13;
the mountains.
vetch, $14.
Fruits—Apples, (1@3 per box, ac­
Objects to H g h Rates.
cording to quality; cranberries, $8011
Salem—Complaint has beer, made to per barrel.
the railroad commission by II. 8. Gile
Vegetables—Turnips, 75c per sack;
A Co., of this city, that the Southern ;carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
Pacific company has unwarrantedly sack; asparagup, 25c per pound; cab­
raised the rates, on citrus fruits from bage, l%o per pound; cauliflower,
San Francisco during the past year (1.75(5)2; celery, $4 2504.75 per crate:
from 40 cents to 69 cents, and from parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers, 17
Portland for the same commodity from per pound; radishes, 30c per dozen;
16 cents to 25 oents, and on sweet po­ rhubarb, 5c per pound; spinach, 10c
tatoes from 10 cents to 19 cents.
i per pound; sprouts, 10c per pound;
Gile A Co. claim these increases , squash, 1(3)1 Me per pound.
have practioally ruined their trade In
Onions—Oregon, $2.60 per hundred.
California citrus fruit.
Potatoes—40@60c per hundred, de­
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.50
Cannery for Independence.
@3.75 per hundred.
Independence—An enthusiastic meet­
Butter—Fancy creamery. 30@35c per
ing of citizens and farmers last week pound.
decided to take steps toward establish­
Poultry—Average old hens, 14dtl5c
ing a cannery at this place. There will per pound; mixed chickens, 13@13)*c;
be another meeting of the citizens and spring chickens, 16(318; turkeys, live,
farmers at the opera honse, at which 14@16c; dressed, choice, 16@17e;
time there will be prominent experi­ geese, live, 9@10c; ducks, 15@16c;
enced cannerymen, professors from the pigeons, 75c@$l; squabs, $1.50(32.
Oregon Agricultural college and others
Eggs—Freeh ranch, )7@17>kc per
to address the people on the profits dozen.
from a cannery and when the commit­
Veal—75 to 126 pounds, 9@»K«;
tee appointed will report.
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 160 to 200
pounds, 5@6>ye.
La Grande After Settlers.
Pork—Block, 75 to 160 pounds, 7@
LaGrande—At least 25 families from 7}y0; packers, 6@A4<j.
Hops—1907, prime and choice, 4t<
Idaho will arrive in LaGrande this
weekwith a view to securing homes in <36c per pound; olds, l@2c per pound.
Wool—Eastern Oregon, average best,
the valley. A local real estate firm has
had a missionary employed in Idaho 18(5) 20c per pound, according to shrink
and the states of the Middle West dur­ age; valley, 18<320c per pound, ac ord-
ing to fineness; mohair, choice, 29<330c.
ing the past winter.
00062899
Driving of Golden Spike Marks
Completion ol North Bank.
EXCURSION RUN FROM VANCOUVER
Ceremony Took Place at Sheridar.'a
Point, Weet of Stevenson —
Site of Old Blockhouse.
Vancouver, Wash., March 12.—In
the presence of 500 cheering people,
who traveled 50 miles to witness the
ceremony, the golden spike was driven
in the North flank road yesterday after­
noon. The exercises were held at Sher­
idan’s Point, three miles west of Steven­
son, Wash., and although they oocupied
bnt a few minutes, were impressive.
The driving home of the golden spike
was regarded by the spectators as sig­
nalising the dawn of a new epoch in
the railroad history of the Pacific coast.
The gray old mountains that looked
down on the coming of the tiny canoes
of Lewis and Clark, over 100 years ago,
stand all around the spot where the last
spike was driven yesterday. Almost
on the very place where the last rail
waa laid, an old blockhouse, erected by
pioneers, withstood the repeated at­
tacks of Indians and after it had served
its purpose, was washed away by a flood
in the Columbia river.
The special train that waa run to
Lyle yesterday over the new Bpokane,
Portland A Beattie railway was made
up at Vancouver, and the people who
attended the ceremony of driving the
spike were guests of the business inter­
ests nf Vancouver and the new railroad.
The driving of the golden spike took
place on the trip np the river, the train
being halted at Bberidan’s Point for
the Dnrpose. E. E Beard, editor of
the Vancouver Columbian, was master
of ceremonies and held the golden spike
that was to be the final bond linking
the Inland Empire with the cities of
the seaboard. lie introduced Mayor
Green, of Vancouver, who made a short
talk.
George H. Himes, secretary of the
Oregon Historical society, waa intro­
duced and dwelt on the historic signifi­
cance of driving the golden spike of the
new road where the pioneers took
refuge from the attacks ot the Indians.
Charles H. Carey, of Portland, coun­
sel for the Hill lines in this territory,
was called upon and responded with a
speech.
The golden spike was then driven.
Judge Carey struck the first blow, and
ARE FIRE TR A P 8 .
handed the gilded hammer over to
Mayor Green, who, in turn, gave way
Too Mary Flimzy Buildings Are Con­ to George H. Himes. Superintendent
Forest, of the new road; H. Fairchild,
structed in America.
Washington, March 10.—In a state­ representing Governor Mead, of Wash­
ment made public last night, Richard ington, who was unable to be present;
L. Humphrey, engineer in charge of the C. T. Giezentanner, editor of the Pasco
structural material laboratories of the Express, representing the present ter­
government, discusses recent fire hor­ minus of the North Bank road; H. M.
rors and asserts that fire traps as bad Adams, general freight and passenger
or worse than that which cost the lives agent for the new line; Major Mo-
of so many school children at Collin­ Glachlin, of the United States army;
wood, O., exist in nearly every village Richard Porter, of the conrtacting firm
and town and in many of the large of Porter Bros. A Welch, who con­
structed the new line; James P. Staple-
cities.
He urges the passage of laws to pro­ ton, of Vancouver, tapped the spike in
hibit the occupation of anything except turn, and N. D. Miller, chief engineer,
a structure of the highest fire resisting was called upon to drive the apike
type, especially when it is used as a home. As he did so he was loudly-
school, theater cr other structure in cheered, and the new road was fotmally
which people assemble in large num­ completed.
The track was completed’’on Wash-
bers.
“ It is a matter of record,” he said, ' ington’s birthday, but the golden spike
“ borne out by statistics, that this coun­ | was driven at the point where the last
try spends enormous sums of money in | rail was laid. The line will be opened
providing equipments in fighting fires, for traffic next Monday mnrnlng from
while foreign countries spend jtheir Vancouver to Pasco, a distance of 221
money in building structures which miles. Work is now going forward on
offer the greatest resistance to fire. The the line between Pasco and Bpokane,
per capita loss in this country yearly making the total length of the road
exceeds (5, against an annual loss in 21 when completed, 380 miles. It is ex­
of the principal cities of Europe of S3 pected to have the entire line in opera­
cents per capita. Estimating the pop­ tion between Portland and Spokane by
ulation of the country at 80,000,000 the end of the present year. Trains
the loss from fires here is (740,000,000. over the road will be running into
If we had the same conditions that pre­ Portland, it is expected, by next June,
vail in European cities our loss would np->n completion of bridges across thei
Columbia and Willamette rivers.
be but $26,400,000 a year.”
Japan’s Naval Strength.
Comlnar Back Over Trail.
Tokio, March 10.—Borne reliable fig­
Bt Lonis. Mo , March 12.—The old
ures are now to hand showing the pres­ prairie schooner in which Ezra Meeker
ent strength of the Japanese navy com­ erneeed the plains in 1852 is in Bt.
pared with its strength when the war Louis enroute back to Puyallup, Wash.,
broke out. Details are appended, but | from Washington, D. C.. where Meeker
the totals may be briefly stated, vis : saw President Roosevelt in behalf of the
One hundred and fifty seven vessels of | movement to mark the Oregon trail.
all descriptions, representing a tonnage | Pulled by a span of Durham oxen the
of 283,242 tone, before the war, and ¡old schooner, containing W. B. Mardon
204 veese s and 515,082 tons at the ; and hie bride, reached Bt. Louia last
present day. Further scrutiny of the evening and were followed all over the
figures shows that Japan today possess­ down town streets by large crowd*.
es more than twice the number of bat­ Meeker himself arrived yesterday by
tleships she had before the war.
tail from Cincinnati.
Shivering In the Dakotas.
China Holds Her Own.
Bt. Paul, March 10.—Extremely cold
Pekin, March 12.—The negotiations
weather prevailed throughout the i between China and Japan regarding the
Northwest Monday night and yesterday, iTatao Maru, the Japanese steamer that
the warmest place In this region being ! was selaed by Chins February 7 on the
Bt. Paul, where the temperature was I ground that the was conveying arma
lour degree« below zero yesterday morn­ and ammnnition to Chinese revolution­
ing at 8 o’clock. Throughout North ists. are proceeding on the basis of
Dakota at that hour the temperature ; China’s offer to compromise on condi-
ranged from 4 to 26 below. The crest tion thst Japan put* a atop to the Im­
of the cold wave extended from South portation of arms and ammunition
Dakota to Winnipeg. The temperature from Japan to enter Chinese territory.
rose slowly during the day.
China seems to be holding her own.
Portugal Not Involved.
Plague Again Break* Out.
Lisbon, March 10.—Investigation in,
etituted by the Portuguese government
regarding the Tatsu Mam incident-
have elicited from the Pekin govern­
ment the emphatic assertion that the
seizure occurred on the high seas, and
that, therefore, there was no violation
of the law governing Portugal waters.
San Francisco, March 12. — Two
plague case« were discovered this morn­
ing, one well defined and the other
subject to some doubt. The patients
were immediately isolated and every
precaution taken to prevent further
spread of the contagion from the vic­
tim! of the dia