Conage Grove Leader
C O T T A G E G R O V E ............... O R E G O N
NEWS OF THE WEEK
I d a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume o f the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Judge Dunne denies any promise of
immunity to Ruef.
Shouts defends his son-in-law duke
and says be will work.
Nebraska Populists again look to
Bryan to head their ticket for presi
dent.
Hearst may not get a decision on the
mayoralty contest before McClellan’s
term ends.
Anna Gould is determined to marry
Prince de Sagan and has quarreled with
her family.
Serator Penrose has passed the dan
ger line in his illness and recovery now
seems certain.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Dr. H ill as ambissador to Germany.
Tower has resigned.
It is estimated that Chicago has lost
$5,000,000 through the peculations of
the water department.
King Manuel, of Portugal, has decid
ed on many financial reforms and will
Btart them in the royal household.
Admiral Evans has arrived at San
Diego enroute to the hot springs to un
dergo treatment for his rheumatism.
P A T IE N C E IS E X H A U S T E D .
M E S S E N G E R IS K IL L E D
Senata Likely to Taka Drastic Steps
Against Castro.
Washington, April I . — The long ex
pected correspondence lietween Amer-
I ica and Venezuela respecting pending
American claims against the latter
I country was submitted to the senate
yesterday, and is almost certain to
I create a profound impression. It will
I be difficult to digest the mass of mater
ial which Secretary Root has placed
before congress but even a cursory in
spection of the documents makes it e\ I-
dent that negotiations have reached a
critical phase. The president’s realiz
ation of the fact is shown by his trans
mission of the matter to the senate
without any comment regarding the
correspondence, and especially Secre
tary Root’s strong presentation of the
American case, as sufficient instantly
to enlist the attention of congress.
All the correspondence and docu
ments were referred to the senate com-
mitee on foreign relations.
Mr. Root
will appear before the committee today,
ostensibly to discuss some of the trea
ties negotiated at The Hague, but it is
expecetd he will take up the Venezuelan
affair and suggest some action.
Those members of the committee who
have already familiarized themselves
with the situation have arranged tenta
tively a program which consists of three
propositions, ss follows:
Place a prohibitive tariff on Venezu
elan coffee, the exports of which consti
tute 45 per cent of the entire foreign
trade, and 90 per cent of the coffee be
ing taken by the United 8tates.
Exclude all importations of asphalt
from Lake Bermudez, the product of
which is taken almost entirely by the
United States.
Authorize the president to exercise
the general power vested in him to take
whatever steps be may consider neces
sary to treat with Venezuela in the fu
ture.
Robbers Then Loot Express Safes of
Valuables.
Newton, Kan., March 31.— A. D.
Bailey, an express messenger of the
Wells-Fargo coitipany, was killed by an
unknown person on Santa Fe train No.
115, between Florence and Newton,
early Sunday morning.
The murder
waH very brutal, with robbery as the
object. Both the local and the through
sales were ransacked and at least $1,-
000 in money and some jewelry taken.
The amount the robbers secured is not
knowu.
The dead body of Messenger Bailey
was found at 4 o’clock Sunday morning
when the train reached Newton. It
was stretched on the floor ot the car,
the head beaten to a pulp and lying in
a pool of bluod. The liack of the skull
wa9 crushed and the end of the car
where it was lying was spattered with
blood. The plood spatters reaohed to
the ceiling.
There was no evidence of any strug
gle, the indications pointing to the
commission of the murder while the
messenger was asleep, before he could
offer resistance. Bailey was seen alive
at Strong City.
At Peabody someone
opened the car door jnst enough to
throw out a package1 of waybills and
then doted it quickly.
The custom of the messenger has been
to go to s'eep soon after leaving Flor
ence and it is possible that he did this
Sunday night.
After being struck
while sleeping, and rendered uncon
scious, his body rolled to the floor, and
the robber, after beating him on the
head, covered it with the dead man's
coat. One blow was struck at the
man’s face with some sharp Instrument,
apparently a hatchet, which broke the
jaw bone. From the dead man’s pock
ets the keys were removed and the safes
ransacked. Then the keys were put
back into Bailey’s overcoat, the coat
folded and put in his grip, where it
was found later.
J U D G E S A Y S H E C A N D E C ID E
Massachusetts primaries show that
the Republicans w ill have 15 Taft del Thinks He Has Right to Say Whether
Rates Are Just.
egates, 11 uninstructed and 6 uncertain.
Knasas City, Mo., April 1.— Judge
The London Times has much praise
Smith McPherson, in the Federal court
for President Roosevelt.
here today, decided that he hag full
Russia w ill support Italy in the pro jurisdiction over both the maximum
posed reforms in Macedonia.
freight and the 2-cent passenger rate
Ruef’ s lawyers have again had his cases, in Missouri. In other words, he
trial postponed on account of technical holds in favor of the railroads and
against the state on the question on
ities.
jurisdiction.
The Haytien president is again ar
Last year the legislature passed the
resting conspirators against his govern 2-cent law, and a minimum freight law
ment.
reducing existing freight rates about 25
A line of first class Bteamers is to be percent. A ll of the main line rail
put on between ban Francisco and roads in Missouri joined in an applica
tion lor an injunction last June from
Alaskan points.
the Federal court at Kansas City to
A Kansas City lumber company has
prevent the state officials from enforc
entered a plea of accepting rebates from
ing the law. Meantime a truce was ar
railroads and paid a tine of $13,000.
ranged between the railroads and the
No more bodies have been recovered attorney general, under which the roads
from the burning Hanna, Wyo., mine. were to put the 2-cent law in force.
A ll entrances have been closed to
The railroads agreed to give the 2-
smother the blaze.
cent law a test for three months, and
The steamer Pomona, which went on asked Judge McPherson to give them
the rocks a short distance north of Ban that much time to see how the law
Francisco, is fast going to pieces and would affect their revenues. For seven
w ill be a total wreck. It is still hoped months the railroads have sold tickets
at 2 cents. Now comes the court with
the engines may be saved.
a decision holding that in enjoining the
The Benate inadvertently printed a state officers, he is not enjoining the
report on sealing which attacks the in state iteelf; that he has a perfect right
tegrity of Vice President Fairbanks and to go into the question of whether the
many other prominent men. The doc rates fixed by the statutes are remuner
ument has been withdrawn.
ative.
Stanford students want to remove
M E S S A G E B Y P R E S ID E N T .
President Jordan.
The German wants Griscom for am Far Reaching Legislation Against An
bassador instead of H ill.
archists Rec mmended,
The National and Mexican Central
Washington, April 1.— Police and
railroads of Mexico have merged.
government war on anarchy will re
There is no material change in the ceive a great impetus if the present
condition oi Benato Penrose, of Penn program of President Roosevelt goes
through, and there Is little room for
sylvania.
doubt that it w ill.
The president wi 1
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannermann, send a message to congress urging far
British premier, is in a very critical reaching legislation.
oondition.
Under the niesent Federal law all
Many Japanese are being caught at criminal aliens who have not been in
Ban Diego making their way into this the United States three years may 1st
deported Bummarily.
country from Mexico.
It is expected by the department of
The auxiliary cruiser Prairie ran
commerce and labor that there will be
aground at League Island navy yard.
wholesale deportations within a short
No damage was done.
time.
The absconding tellerjjand auditor of
The legislation will be designed to
the Pittsburg Farmers' Deposit Nation bring within the Federal jurisdiction
al bank are held in $250,000 hail each. citizens of the United States who prop
Twenty Toledo, O., lumbermen have agate anarchistic theories.
been sentenced to serve six months in
jail for violating the city’s anti-trust
laws.
A Russian anarchist tried to throw a
bomb at the police of New York during
a riot of unemployed.
A companion
was killed and he was fatally wounded
The assassin of W . D. Stevens has
pleaded insanity.
Secretary Taft will deliver the Me
morial day oration at Grant's tomb,
New York.
President Jordan defends the Stan
ford faculty and denounces the students’
movement as a revolt.
Congressman
French, of Idaho,
prophesies that no immigration meas
ure will pass congress this session.
A score of persons were hart by a
heavy wind in the vicinity of New
Boston,Jlowa, and Madison, Illinois.
Tramps are causing much trouble on
all Paolfic coast railroads.
The largest clock In the world will be
put on a soap factory at Thomaston,
Conn. T ls dial is 28 feet in diameter.
Pittsburg bankers admit that the
paying teller and auditor of the Farm
ers' Deposit National bank have stolen
$1,106,000 daring the past three years.
The British house of commons has
passed a bill providing that all clocks
be advanced 80 minutes In order to use
more daylight by promoting early ris
ing.
SEND P A M P H LETS
TO V O TER S
M IL L S R E S U M E IN B A K t R .
Secretary Banson Has Mailed 25,000 Improvement In the l umber Market
Copies in Four Days.
Start Wheels Turning.
Salem— In four days 25,000 copies of
Baker City— One of the largest indus
initiative and referendum pamphlets tries in Baker City that was affected by
have been mailed to registered voters the recent panic is soon to begin opera
in Oregon by Secretary of State Benson. tions again and w ill give employment
These pamphlets weighed over 4 * to several hundred men.
The South
tens, filling 105 mail sacks, such as Baker Lumber m ills have been idle for
are used for paper mail.
The postage the last few months, but the wheels
was $750.
w ill be set turning as soon as enough
The work of sending out these logs can be brought down to insure a
pamphlets is only one-quarter done, steady run. At the time of closing
however, for there will be at least down, the Oregon Lumber company had
100,000 registered voters in the state, a Issue supply of finished lumber in the
and each must receive a copv.
Secre yaids, and owing to the lessened de-
tary Benson has five clerks engaged in maim ler lumber there has been no ne
this work, addressing envelopes, put cessity to run the m ill.
ting in the pamphlets, sealing, etc.
The Stoddard Brothers Lumber com
They can eend out about 5,000 pamph pany has been running its mill in this
lets a day, and al the present rate will city all winter, turning out about 40,-
have the work done in 15 days, or by 000 feet of finished lumber each day.
the 11th of April, if the registration The m ill of the Oregon Lumber com
lists reach the secretary fast enough.
pany at Austin has been running steadi
In order to aid the postal clerks, Mr. ly all winter, turning out a like amount
Benson is having the pamphlets p u t'0'f the ¿nishêd paquet’
Lumber con-
into separate sacks for each commun ditions are beginning to improve no-
ity, as far as possible, thus saving1 ticeably.
handling in the postoffice
P A Y S $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 F O R O R C H A R D
D r. F . C . Page, of Medford, Buys 258
Acres in Ashland District.
Learn to Farm at School.
Albany— Pupils of the seventh and
eighth grades of the Albany publio
schools will devote their spare time
this spring to growing vegetables and
flowers. They will engage in practical
work in connection with the new study
of agriculture now required in the sev-
enth and eighth grades of the publio
schools of the state and w ill be stimu
lated to active efforts by a series of
prizes offered through the arrangements
of Superintendent A . M. Sanders, of
the local public schools.
Ashland — The papers have been
drawn at Ashland in what it is believed
is the biggest orchard sale yet consum
mated in the history of the Rogue
River valley.
The property involved
is the orchard and farm of County
Commissioner Joshua Patterson, locat
ed in Talent precinct, four miles north
of Ashland. Two hundred and fifty-
eight acres was the acreage involved in
the deal, 130 acres being young orchard
Trains Soon to «I*m ath.
of four an l five-year-old apple trees in
Klamath Falls— That the California
fine condition, the remainder being j Northeastern is to be completed to Kla-
farm lands suitable for fruitgrowing
.....
math Falls this year is evidenced by
bat unplanted to trees. The consider the rapid progress being made in con
ation in the deal was $52,000.
struction and tracklaying. By the first
of April the track w ill be finished to
Cuts Freight Rates.
Dorris, and already two camps have
Salem— The Oregon Railroad com
been established between Dorris and
mission has rendered its decision in the
O. R. & N. distributive rate case, or-1 the Klamath river, where the grade
dering a reduction in rates between across the swamp lands will be finished
Portland and points east of The Dalles. for a stretch of 8,000 feet by the mid
dle of Aoril.
The reduction amounts to 3 cents a
hundred on first-class freight to Biggs,
Boosting State Fair.
7 cents to Arlington, 13 cents to Pen
Salem— F. A. Welch, secretary of
dleton, 18 cents to La Grande and Ba
ker C-ty, and 19 cents to Huntington, the state board of agriculture, is rush
with proportionate teductions to other ing preparations for the state fair, to
points and on other classes of freight. be held here in September. Postal
Rates to The Dalle are already low cards advertising the fair have been
enough, owing to water competition. sent broadcast over the United States,
A ll the commissioners concurred in and it is probable that a greater influx
of visitors than ever before w ill attend
the decision. _________
this year.
Clatsop, Columbia, Lane
Shear Speep With Machinery.
and Clackamas counties have already
Arlington—‘ Sheep-shearing will begin sent notifications that they want large
at Smythe & Smith’s plant, fivejmiles sections reserved for their exhibits.
south of here, this week. Sixteen
shearing machines w ill be used, the
Governor Invited to Seattle.
power lieing furnished by a six-hone
Salem— Governor Chamberlain has
power gasoline engine.
Forty thou- received a communication from the
sand sheep w ill be shcatted at this plant ; geatt]e chamber 0f commente urging
tl. in sannon
Q hfift . .
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B
this seasen, nn.l
and nr.
an n..n.nn.n
average nf
of 2,000
him to corns to that city in June and
head daily is expected. Sheepmen re welcome the fleet upon its arrival
port that the sheep are in good condi there. Governor Chamberlain has ex
tion, but that pasture is getting scarce. pressed himself as being desirous of
This lias been one of he most success complying with the request, but states
ful lambing seasons known, but few that it seemB at present as if he would
iambs being lost from any cause.
be unable to do so, owing to a number
of important matters coming up at that
T o Examine Soils.
Klamath Falls— Through the joint time.
efforts of the Klamath Water Users’
Baking Powder Plant at Portland.
association and the Klamath chamber
of commerce, and the personal requests
Portland— Portland is to be made the
of citizens of this section, a soil survey manufacturing and distributing point
of the Klamath hasin w ill be made by for the Northwestern territory of the
a corps of soil experts of the United Hunt's Perfect Raking Powder com
States Department of Agriculture. .It is patty, of Minneapolis. The plant will
very urgently desired by the people be built during the summer. William
that the survey be made this summer, C. Rigg, of Minneapolis, vice president
and assurances have been received from of the company, is at the Hotel Port
Secretary Wilson that it will be under land, and is making all arrangements
taken as soon as possible.
to locate a branch of the concern here.
Seeking Coal Near Dallas.
P O R TLA N D M AR K ETS.
Dallas— Hon. W. C. Brown will be
gin the work of drilling for coal on his
Wheat— Club, 83@84c; blnestem,
property in the northern part of this 85(3)86e; valley, 83(5)84c; red, 81@82c.
city within a few days. Several good
Barley— Feed, $26 per ton; rolled,
specimens of lignite coal have been $28(3)30 per ton.
found in recent excavations, and the’
Oats— No. 1 white, $27(3)28 per ton.
contour of the land at that place indi
Corn — Whole, $33.50; cracked,
cates the presence of a large deposit. $34 50.
Mr. Brown is convircxi that the pto-
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $17 per
Ruef’s T ria l Delayed.
ject will pay, and will lose no time in ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $19(320:
San Francisco, April 1.— Abe Ruef making the preliminary excavations for
clover, $14(3)15; cheat, $16; grain hay,
again demonstrated his marvelous abil sinking a shaft.
$14(3)15; alfalfa, $12(313.
ity to hold up justice. His trial in the
Fruits— Apples, $1(3)3.50 per box,
Five Killed on Railroads
Parkside franchise bribery case did not
according to quality; cranberries, $8(31
start. When Ruef was called to the
Salem— The report just ìss-.ed by the
11 per barrel.
bar today his attorney moved to dis railroad commission shows that in Feb-1
Vegetables— Artichokes, 75(3t90c per
qualify Judge Dooling on the ground rnary five persons were killed and 26 dozen; asparagus, 8(3) 10c pound; )leans,
that he was not qualified to git in the injured on the railroads of the state. !
20c pound; cabbage, 1 * ( 3 1 * c pound;
case, not having been appointed prop These are tabulateli as follows:
Pas-I
cauliflower. $2; celery, $4.50(3)5 per
erly. He submitted an affidavit which sengers, 3 killed and 23 injured: train-*
crate; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 15c
set out this charge, and further declar men, 3 imijred, and other employee, 2
pound; peppers, 20c per ponnd; rad-
ed that Justice Dooling has proved him killed.
The accidents during the
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ishee, 30c per dozen: rhubarb, $2.50
self biased and prejudiced.
Adjourn month are estimated to have cause.! a n„ „ « t « . ^ ¡ n„ h. M
per crate; spinach, 85c crate; sprouts,
ment was taken until tomorrow.
loss In engines, cars and tracks at $3,-
«nn
T
T ' " . “ ! * * ’ ' I* * f f " - r ■ Ponnd,
squash, 1(811*0 pound,
r” '
Oregon«, $4(3)4.25 per
the month'*
*>•*»»«“ • " *
Onions-Oregons.
ner him-
Electricity to Fire Shots.
j dred.
London, April 1.— Colonel F. W.
Potatoes— 50(360c Jper hundred, de-
Big Batch o f Steelhesd Eggs.
Maude, In the April Contemporary Re
Oregon City— Superintendent Henry ' livered Portland.
view, describes a gun which is not in
| Butter— Fancy creamery, 25(»30e per
existence and which can impart by the O’ Malley, of the United States bnreau ponnd.
application of electricity an intitial ve of fisheries, reports that prospects are I Poultry— Average old hens, 14(3)15c
locity of 30,000 feet a second to pro good for a take of 2,000,000 steelhead per pound: mixed chickens, 12@13c;
jectile# of all dimension, snd which can eggs at the Rogue river station, which spring chickens, 16@20c: turkey«, live,
be practically handled nndrr war condi he has just inspected. Superintendent 15(3) 17c; dressed, choice, 16(3)20;;
tions and on hoard ships or in perma O’ Malley has just received 100,000 geese, live, 8(3)10c; ducks, lflr3)17c;
nent defenses.
Projectiles of 2.000 Rainbow trout eggs from the govern pigeons, 75c(3$l; squabs, $1.50(312.
pounds weight lie fairly within these ment station at Baird, Cal., and these
Eggs— Fresh ranch, 16c per dozen.
ill be hatched and liberated from
limits, he says.
Veal— 75 to 126 pounds, 8(8)9c; 125
Clackamas station.
to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds.
Organize for Boycott
University Data in Bulletin.
5(3)6 * c .
Hong H ongJApril 1.— The boycott
University of Oregon, Eugene— A
Pork— Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7(3
against Japanese goods, inetitoted as a new bulletin has jnst been issued from 7 * 0 ; packers, 5(36 * c .
result of the Tatan Mam incident, is the university office containnig a brief
Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 4(3.5c
sprea ling.
Forty firms in Hong Kong historical sketch of the institution, the per ponnd; olds, 1(31 * c per ponnd.
anno ince that they will not sell Jap- names of all regents and their terms of
W ool— Eastern Oregon, a v m g e best,
anes - goods. A ll along the West river service, a similar chart of the officers 12(3)16c per ponnd. according to shrink
the boycott is being organized and of administration and Instruction and age; valley, 16i318c. according to qual
meetings are being convened to disease the names, residences and occupations ity ; mohair, choice, 25c per pound.
the matter.
of all the alum ni.
Caacara Bark— 3c per pound.
ROADS ARE BLOCKED
Blizzard and Snow Ties Up Mid
dle West Tralilc.
TEMPERATURE GETS NEAR ZERO
From
Manitcba
Th ro u g h
Minnesota
and West to Montans, Gale C a r
ries Clouds of Snow/
St. Paul, April 2.— A terifle gale is
blowing hete today and is bearing a
cold wave down from the Northwest,
aocordiug to the United States weather
bureau. The cold wave w ill cause a
drop in tempertaure to about lOJdegreee
above zero.
Very low temperature prevailed to
day at most places in Manitoba and
territories. It was two degrees below
zero at Medicine Hat today and lour
below at Prince Albert.
A dispatch from Grand Fotke, N. D.,
says:
“ A heavy snowstorm, accompanied
hy wind, caused delay to trains in
North Dakota today. The east bound
Oriental limited of the Great Noithern
arrived four hours late and reported
that the storm raged all the way from
Great Falls, Mont.
A ll trains from
the East were from half an hour to two
hours late this morning.
The snow is drifting and it is believed
traffic will be tied up west of Grand
Forks. About a foot of snow has fallen
here in the last 24 hours, ft is report
ed that the Boo line from Ardock west
to Kenmare is badly tied up.”
In the G rip o f a Blizzard.
Crookston, Minn., April 24.— The
ORDER R A TES C U T .
entire Red river valley has been since
last night in the grip of the worst bliz
Commission Finds O. R. & N . Tolls zard of the winter.
A re Excessive.
P O R T L A N D 'S R O S E C A R N iV A L
Portland, Marih 31.— It is under
stood the Oregon Railroad commission
will sustain the complaint of the Port Great Preparations Being Made for
land chamber of commerce against the
Floral Event.
0. R. A N. company and will issue an
Portland, Or,, April 2.— This week
order this week requiring a material
reduction in class rates over the main the management of the Portland Rose
and branch lines of that road through festival, which will give a $50,000 cele
bration during the first six days of
out the state.
The extent to which existing tariffs June, inaugurated a campaign of pub
will be affected by the ruling of the licity throughout all sections of the
commission cannot be learDed, but the country. The campaign consists of the
effect may be to disturb transcontinent sending out by mail of 250,000 beauti
al rates and, probably, to requirean ad fully colored aud artistic advertising
justment all along the line in the inter “ inserts,” in which plan all the whole
est both of the railroad and the shipper. sale and retail houses, hotels, restaur
If the decision of the commission is at ants, publio schools, drug stores, etc.,
Great demand
tacked by the Harriman interests it will have been enlisted.
be assailed undoubtedly on the ground has been made for these attractive in
that its enforcement would necessitate serts already and they w ill be sent out
not only a wholesale revision by the regularly until the festival opens June 1.
One of the fine features of the big
railroad of its tariffs but would serious
jubilee will he the grand water carnival
ly disturb interstate business.
It is expected that the findings of the lo be held one evening during the week.
commission w ill he made the basis of Every individual, firm or corporation
litigation on the part of the railroad that owns a pleasure or business craft
company positively to test the powers that plies in the waters of the North
of the railroad commission which, un west has been invited to enter some
der the act by which it was created, is craft in the magnificent decorative and
authorized to fix rates. The members illuminated aquatic pageant.
Capt. J. C. Speier, harbor master of
of the commission were cautious and
thorough in their investigation of the this port, thnirman of the water carni
complaint of excessive freight charges val committee, lias been in communica
It is said the commissioners feel confi tion with many associations along the
dent that their findings will be found streams and rivers of this section that
to be fair and reasonable and such as are interested in water sports and most
cannot be considered an abritrary exer of them have assured him th it they
cise of the authority with which they will he glad to participate in th it e ent.
Quite a number of towns and cities
are clothed.
of Oregon, outside of Portland, have
come to the front to help make the fes
Closely Guard Adams.
Some have ap
Telluride, Colo., March 31.— As the tival a huge success.
result of the attempt to murder Gene propriated ss high as $500 and $600 to
ral Bulkley W ells, general manager of defray the expense of building a fine
the Smuggler-Union mines and mills at decorated and illuminated float for the
Pandora, 8heriff Fitzpatrick is taking splendid night parade "T h e Spirit of
precautions to guard the jail in which the Golden West.”
Wotk on these floats is already under
Steve Adams, charged with the assass-
nation of Aithur L. Collins, General way anrl new committees are being
Wells' predecessor, is confined.
The heard from every few days. The time
feeling against Adams is becoming more is short, so the management nrges those
towns that desire to take patt in the
bitter from day to day.
Feeling against Adame has also been demonstration to communicate with
engendered, it is sail), because of the the festival management at once.
Commercial h-dies from ail parts of
fact that during the past two weeks ful
ly a score or more of miners and others California wilt come here for two or
who were deported during strike days three days of the festival. A special
business men’s excursion under the
have returned to the district.
auspices of the California state board
of trade, which will embrace organiza
Many Days to Reach Bodies.
8alt Lake City, Utah, March 31.— A tions from all the leading cities of that
special to the Herald from Hanna, commonwealth, has already been ar
VVvo., says:
Seventy-one men are ranged for.
known to have lost their lives in Mint
No. 1 oi the Union Pacific Coal com
pany, although 54 names are obtaina
ble.
Seventy-one coffins have been
rushed to Hanna. The rescuing party
is working heroically, but the bodies
will possibly not be reached for several
days, as it will be necessary to close
the west stupe and smother the fires be
low the tenth level and then draw off
the large quantities of gas.
All Anxious to See Fleet.
Melbourne, April 2.— Alfred Deakin,
prime minister of Australia, has re
ceived a cable message announcing that
the American battleship fleet, which
w ill be divided into two squadrons of
eight warships each, will arrive here
September 1. The fleet w ill arrive at
Sydney September 13.
The armored
cruisers, however, w ill not visit Aus
tralian waters. Mr. Deakin has cabled
E x it s t P u r c h i t s G ra v e
Washington that it is the desire of
Paris, March 31.— The body of the other Australian states that the fleet
late Gregory Gerschunin, tlie Russian should visit Hobart, Perth, Adelaide
terrorist leader, who died recently in and Brisbane.
Switzerland, was buried today in Mont)
psrnasee cemetery In a grave purchased
Fhut Down on Japanese.
by Russian exiles in Paris.
Four
Vancouver, B. C., April 2___When
thousand persons followed the hearse. the number of Japanese entitled to ad
The procession was headed by a car mission to Canada daring any one vear,
carrying a mass at hnge wreaths tied which is 400, is reached, the Federal
with red ribbons, which were sent by authorities have the assurance of the
American Socialist organisations, who Japanese government that the isene of
were represented by Anna Strnnsky.
transports for Canada w ill be stopped
and there will be no more arrivals dnr-
Another Plot Discovsred.
ing the remainder of the year. Ad
Port An Prince, March 31.— A fresh vices to this effect have been received
conspiracy against the government has by Dr. Mcnro, Dominion immigration
been discovered in this city. The leader agent in Vancouver.
of thf plot. General l.arraque, who was
arrested on March 14 on suspicion of
Buffalo Pi t Breaks Down.
conspiring agninst the president snd
Chicago. April 2.— Colonel W illiam
who was released with fonr others on F. Cody ( Buffalo B ill) is seriously ill
March 24. took refuge this afternoon here at the Stratford hoetl, suf feri ng
In the French legation.
from a general nervous breakdown.