Cottage Grove leader., March 21, 1911, Image 2

CURRENT B ENTS
OF T H E ™
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Briet
Cariarmi Resume o f Important Event
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
The author o f “ How to Be Happy,”
has committed suicide.
Senator Bailey refused to
in the Lorimer.bribery case.
testify
The Oregon system o f direct legis­
lation has been adopted by California.
Portland is now the leading port o f
the United States in the export o f
wheat.
The faculty o f Columbia College.
N ew York, are in revolt against Pres­
ident Butler.
President Lovett, o f the Harriman
lines, is very optimistic regarding
prospects in the West.
Champ Clark is much impressed
with opportunities in the South and
advises young men to go there.
Citizens o f Viterbo, Italy, are flee­
ing from jury duty in the trial o f the
Camorra, a murderous organization o f
Italians.
The United States government has
requested the release o f two Am eri­
cans arrested by Mexican authorities
on American soil.
Sir Edward G rey's speech before
parliament favoring
a
permanent
peace treaty with the United States
met with great enthusiasm throughout
England.
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Conferences have taken place in
N ew York between representatives o f
the Mexican government and the reb­
els, and it is believed peace is being
considered.
The naval patrol o f the Mexican
coast has been recalled, owing to the
protests o f Secretary Liman tour, o f
Mexico.
Three
newspapermen
from San
Diego, Cal., are lost in Mexico, where
they went on a news gathering expedi­
tion in an automobile.
They are in
the haunts o f the rebels and may have
been captured.
Milwaukee Socialists will spend $1,-
000,000 for an immense public park.
Russia threatens to invade China
immediately unless the latter adheres
more closely to her treaty.
A renewal o f the express drivers’
strike in New York City is causing
much trouble and bloodshed.
The United States Supreme court
has upheld the corporation tax, and
President T a ft is much pleased.
PO R TLA N D
M ARKETS.
Whhat — Track prices: Bluestem,
83c; club. 80rn81c; red Russian, 79c;
valley, 80c; 40-fold. 81c.
Barley— Feed, $23.50«i24 per ton;
brewing, nominal.
Millstuffs— Bran. $20(<i 21 per ton;
middlings, $27«i28; shorts, $2l(d22;
rolled barley, $25.50(<i 26.50.
Com Whole, $28; cracked, $29
per ton.
Oats— No. 1 white, $27«i 27.50 ton. *
H ay—Track prices: Timothy, East­
ern Oregon, No. 1, $20«! 21; mixed.
$16rn 20; alfalfa. 11.500112; grain
hay, $13(iz 14.50; clover, $11(012.
Apples Fancy, $2(n2.75; choice,
$1(< i 2; common, 50 c (<!$1 per box;
pears, $1.50«! 1.75 per box; cran­
berries, $13.50 per barrel.
Vegetables — Cabbage, $1.50 per
100; celery, California, $3.50(03.75
per crate: garlic, 10io 12c pound; hot­
house lettuce. 50c(u$l per box; pump­
kins, 2c per pound; sprouts, 9c; car­
rots, 85c«i$l per hundred; parsnips.
85cfo$l; turnips, 85c(o$l; beets, 90c
(o.$l.
Potatoes — Oregon, buying price,
$1.25*1.1.50 per hundred.
Onions— Buying price, $2 hundred.
Poultry — L iv e :
Hens, 19fti20c;
fryers, 20(<i25c: turkeys, 20c; geese.
12(<il3c; dressed turkeys, choice, 23
(<f25c.
E ggs Oregon ranch. 18i.i 19c per
dozen.
B utter City creamery extra, 1 and
2 pound prints, in boxes 31c pound;
less than boxes, cartons and delivery
extra.
Pork Fancy, 11c per pound.
Veal -Fancy. 85 to 125 pounds, 12)
(n 1 Sc per pound.
Hops 1910 crop. 1 7 )«il8 )c ; 1909
crop, 1 2 «il2 )c; contracts. 16c.
Wool Eastern Oregon. 12*i 18c per
pound, according to shrinkage: val­
ley. 17(<il9c; mohair, choice. 30c.
Cattle — Prime steers. $6*i6.25;
choice. $5.50«!6; good, $5.25«i5.50;
common. $4«i5; Prime cows. $5.25«!
5.50; choice, $4.50«! 5; common, $2(tz
4 ; choice heifers, $5.25«i5.50; choice
bulls. $4.75«r 5.25;
fair to
good,
$3.75*14; common. $3«! 3.50; choice
lig h t calves, $7.75*i8; fa ir to good.
$7(<t7.50; choice heavy calves, $5.25
(it 5.50: fair to medium,
$4.75«! 5;
choice stags. $5.60(<i6; fair to good.
$4.50«! 5.
Hogs — Choice light. $S.25«i.8.75;
good
to choice, $8*i 8.25; choice
heavy, $7.75«! 8.
Sheep— Choice yearling wethers,
grain fed. $4.50«! 4.76; old wethers.
$4«$4.25 choice ewes, grain fed. $3.50
4M4; fa ir to medium. $2.75«! 3.25;
choice lambs, grain fed. $5.25*15.50;
good to choice. $5*15.25; fair to good,
$4.754«5: culls, $2.50«iS.50.
ARM Y PREPARES FOR WAR.
Whole Division Held Ready for Field
in T w o Hours.
San Antonio, March 18.:—Orders
have been received here from Wash­
ington that Major General Carter’s
maneuver division shall hold itself in
readiness to break camp and take the
field as it for actual warfare within
two hours.
The order caused much comment,
for the particular reason that it did
not come in the general maneuvers or­
ders issued by Major General Carter
today, but from the seat o f govern­
ment.
The order to be in readiness for
operations in the field, while it may
be a legitim ate feature o f maneuvers,
is not taken in that sense.
Excepting the generals to whom
long years have taught conservatism,
everyone
rejected
the
maneuver
theory, but could not explain where
war was to be expected.
One officer o f prominence today said
he hoped Mexico and the United States
would not become embroiled.
“ W e could defeat Mexico and there
would be no lesson learned,” he said.
"T h e unthinking in congress would
have another object to point to, to
show that we can depend on the volun­
teers in an emergency.
So we can,
after we have lost 75 per cent to teach
the remaining 25 per cent how to fight.
“ A stronger lesson is needed; Japan
or Germany would do, preferably the
former, because o f her geographical
situation. They are quite capable o f
reducing us. with their perfect pre­
paredness, whenever ready.
“ W e have spent ten days in turmoil
gathering a handful o f men in Texas.
Ultimatey we should triumph, but the
ultimate cost would be appalling.
It
would be much cheaper even in money,
let alone lives, to treble our force
than to take such a lesson, considering
the ensuant pension rolls alone.”
Officers cannot be quoted for publi­
cation where criticisms o f superiors is
iilvoved or to be inferred, but the man
who made the foregoing statement has
a reputation which extends beyond the
army.
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
3,000 ACRES FOR
ORCHARD.
Company Buys Big Tract in Yamhill Well
County.
C O AL FIND S T IR S C IT Y .
Digger Uncovers Good
Mile West o f Salem.
Vain
Portland The purchase o f a 3,000
Salem — Discovery o f what are de­
acre tract o f orchard land in Yamhill clared to be bona fide coal deposits on
county, four miles from Sheridan, on a small tract on the Roberts ranch,
the Southern Pacific, by the Clear about a mile west o f Salem, in Polk
View Orchard company, o f Portland, county, have set the town agog.
The
is announced. The purchase was made discovery was made by men employed
from C. G. Andrews, a well known on the H. P. Chase drilling machine.
Western Oregon land owner and oper­ They were seeking fur water. A t a
ator. The consideration is not made |
' depth o f 36 feet the first coal vein was
known, but Mr. Andrews retains an found. This vein was thin, being but
interest in the company and will serve five or six inches thick, but was well
in the capacity o f secretary and treas­ defined.
urer.
A t a depth o f 44 feet, a deeper vein
The purpose o f the purchasers is to was struck, but the coal was broken
convert the land into 10-acre orchard up and apparently scattered.
The
home tracts.
The tracts have been quality is declared to be excellent and
laid out and a number o f them have the indications point to a discovery o f
already been contracted for.
Mr. some magnitude.
Andrews said that eight homes were
H. P. Chase said that the coal de­
under construction, the cheapest o f posits discovered west o f the river
them costing $2,800, others ranging in were found after drilling through a
price from $3,000 to $4,000.
sandstone rock.
He says that while
Each tract is being planted to fruit the present veins discovered are ap­
trees by the company.
Expert tree parently small, the indications are ex­
planters from Hood R iver have been cellent and that endeavors w ill be im­
secured to do the work. Eighty-seven mediately made to determine just the
men are now on the ground.
extent o f the deposits and the value
" W e will make o f this tract a mod­ o f the find.
em Eden for 300 homes,” said Mr.
Andrews. “ W e intend to make every
FIFTEEN A C R E S OF GRAPES.
possible preliminary preparation for
the coming o f those who really want Nyssa Business M m to Experiment
homes. Each tract is not only to be
on La ge Scale.
laid out and planted to fruit trees, but
Nyssa— Nyssa this year w ill have
we are building the bams and the
roads that go with the homes.
W e the distinction o f planting the largest
will establish our own telephone ser­ vineyard in Eastern Oregon, and prob­
vice, electric lights and water supply. ably in Southern Idaho. This vine­
A t Sheridan we have secuerd ground yard will be planted on Bridge island,
for a fruit storage warehouse and will one mile south o f Nyssa, and will con­
later build a canning factory.
The sist of 15 acres o f grapes, mostly o f
land is in the center o f an ideal mar­ the Concord variety. S. N. Emison,
ket and Portland, Salem and the coast one o f the best known residents o f
are but a few hours distant.
The Nyssa. where he has been a business
Southern Pacific furnishes excellent man for a number o f years, is behind
the project.
train service.”
Mr. Emison has conducted rather
exhaustive experiments on grape cul­
W O R K T O BEGIN JUNE I.
ture here for the past three years.
50.000 TH R E A TE N S T R IK E
From Concord grapes he had planted
Contract Awarded for Stanfield-Coy- three years before, Mr. Emison last
New York Express Drivers Upset
ote Cutoff.
year got an average o f 56 pounds of
Plans for Peace.
merchantable grapes from each vine.
Pendleton— Work on the construc­ When it is realized that 540 grape
New York. March 18.— Samuel Gom- tion o f the Coyote-Stanfield cutoff will
pers. president o f the American Fed­ be started June 1, i f nothing unfore­ vines are planted per acre, it is seen
eration o f Labor, has been summoned seen arises to cause a change in the that at the rate o f production just
to New York to take charge o f the plans o f the Oregon-Washington com­ mentioned an acre o f three-year old
grapes would produce 30,240 pounds o f
threatened general strike o f the team­ pany officials.
grapes, or a trifle over 15 tons per
sters in the metropolitan district,
From sources known to be reliable
which, i f called, w ill involve 50,000 it was learned that practically all pre­ acre. A fair average price o f grapes
men. Mr. Gompers, it is understood, parations are now made for beginning is 4 cents per pound, so that a produc­
tion at the above ratio would bring
will arrive Monday or Tuesday.
work on the above date. The contract
Strikers and employers are asked to for work has already been let to $1,209.60 per acre.
submit their differences to arbitra­ Twohy Bros., and it is understood
tion. the men returning to work pend­ they are ready to begin operations
T O • P L A N T ” P H E A SA N TS.
ing a decision, in resolutions adopted whenever orders to do so arrive from
tonight by the interdenominational General Manager James P. O’ Brien. State Buys 100 Pairs Peeves Species
committee for the promotion o f indus­ The Coyote cutoff calls fo r the con­
fo r Distribution.
trial arbitration.
struction o f an additional track from
Corvallis— Game Warden Stevenson,
A fte r deciding at a meeting yester­ Coyote, on the Columbia river, across
o f Forest Grove, has just placed an
day to return to work and leave the country to Stanfield.
order with Gene Simpson, the pheas­
settlement o f their grievances to May­
The cutoff w ill eliminate eight
or Gaynor, the striking Adams Ex­ miles o f the present distance between j ant fancier, o f Corvallis, fo r 100 pairs
press company drivers held another those two points. However, the pres-' o f the Reeves pheasant, to be deliv­
These birds
session in Jersey late at night and ent main line track w ill be continued ered next September.
overturned the plans by deciding not in use so as to provide a double track w ill be shipped by the game warden
to all parts o f the state and turned
only to continue the strike, but to call for the road.
Work o f building the
out the drivers employed by other cutoff will cost slightly less than $1,- loose.
The Reeves pheasant is the largest
companies as well.
000,000, and the building o f the road
o f the pheasant family, and is a fine
will add much to the activity o f this
game bird. As they are hardy and
DIAZ W ILL N O T T A L K PEACE.
section o f Oregon during the coming
increase rapidly in the wild state, it
summer.
_________
is expected soon to have the forests o f
Limantour's Effort in That Direction
Oregon well stocked with the birds.
SE LE C T C A P IT O L SITE .
Likely to Be in Vain.
Last year Mr. Simpson supplied the
Mexico City. March 18.—The inten­
state with 100 pairs o f the pheasants.
tion o f Finance Minister Limantou, at­ Governor Owns Desirable Site, But They were distributed over Western
Will Say Nothing.
tributed to him in dispatches from
Oregon and some were sent to Baker.
New York, o f coming to the capital to
They were set at liberty at the various
Salem
—
Governor
West
has
asked
points by persons who are co-operating
induce President Diaz to listen to
Speaker
Rusk
o
f
the
house
o
f
repre­
with the game warden and who have
terms proposed by the insurrectos, it
sentatives,
and
President
Ben
Selling
:
studied the birds as closely as prac­
is said in official circles, probaby will
to
advise
the
board
in
the
selection
I
ticable under the varying conditions.
prove fruitless.
Only recently General Diaz announ­ and location o f the new annex to the Reports show that they have come
capitol.
The
governor
owns
a
quarter'
through the winter in excellent con­
ced a plan which was not one o f con­
ciliation, but one o f relentless war­ block o f land that is upon the location j dition.
desired for the building, but so that *
fare. The administration no longer
Referendum Petitions Circulated.
denies that a condition o f war exists, there can be no charge made against i
Salem — The first petitions having
but it is maintained that the progress him in the likelihood o f the choice o f j
his
property,
he
w
ill
have
nothing
to
!
for their purpose to refer to the people
o f the campaign against the rebels has
do with iL
at the next general election all o f the
shown satisfactory results.
The governor says that i f his quar­ University o f Oregon appropriations
The War department explained the
ter
block
is
selected
he
w
ill
dispose
o
f
j
o f the late legislature, amounting ap­
Maderos' campaign in the north has
received a serious setback within the it to the state fo r the amount which proximately to $500,000, have made
he
paid.
He
holds
his
lots
at
$10,000,
their first appearance in Salem. The
last four days. Up to the first o f this
for
week revolutionists apparently were while the same amount o f property ad­ circulators are working hard
joining his is held at $18,000. or near­ names and they believe they w ill get
in control o f the situation in the state
ly
twice
the
amount
asked
by
the
gov­
many in Marion county. The circula­
o f Chihuahua.
ernor. The governor's property lies tors, it is said, are from Cottage
directly east o f the capitol and be­ Grove. I t is the impression here that
Eleven Battleships in Port.
tween it and the Southern Pacific com­
Yamhill
Norfolk. Va., March 18. — Eleven pany's tracks. Speaker Rusk is now the movement started in
battleships o f the first, third and at Salem and the location o f the new county to refer the university appro­
priations has died out and the inten­
fourth divisions o f the Atlantic fleet, capitol annex w ill be made at once.
tion w ill not be prosecuted.
commanded by Rear Admiral Seaton
—
Schroeder,
passed in the Virginia
T o Investigate Loans.
People Improve River.
rapes at 1 o ’clock this afternoon for
Salem— In accordance with the ree-
Guantanamo. Cuba, and anchored in
Astoria — The improvement o f the
by
Governor mouth o f Deep river is to be taken up
Hampotn Roads.
They w ill engage I ommendations made
in preliminary practice and maneu­ I West. State Land Agent T. A. Rhine- at once, and funds to defray the cost
vers and
then disperse to their I hart w ill begin a personal investiga- are being raised by private subscrip­
home stations. Among the vessels j tion o f the first mortgage loans held tion. Lists have been in circulation
were the Connecticut. North Dakota, j by the state. The practice heretofore three days and the success attained is
Michigan. Minnesota, Vermont, Mis­ has been to rely upon the valuations such as to make it certain that the en­
sissippi, Idaho, Georgia and Virginia. reported by the attorneys for the state tire sum w ill be available soon.
land board but hereafter every mort- Nearly every person residing in the
| gage loan will be personally inspected Deep river district, and the companies
Mob Attacks Jap's Home.
by the state land agent and their act- operating steamers, including the up­
Greeley. Colo., March 18.— Scores
ual value noted.
river towboats, contribute liberally.
o f men and hoys last night attacked
the house o f George Ikeda. a local
T o Cruise C oos Timber.
a
View Sites for Armory.
Japanese merchant, smashed all the
Marshfield— For the purpose o f has­
Salem — Adjutant General Finzer
windows and dispersed before the po­
lice arrived. Mrs. Ikeda and another tening the work o f cruising all the and Colonel Jackson, o f the Oregon
Japanese woman took refuge in the ; timber in the county, it has been de­ National guard, were ill Salem this
cellar. The attack is believed to have cided by the county court to put five week for the purpose o f view ing pro­
resulted from Japanese-American war more cruisers in the field in addition posed sites for the new $59.000 armory
A se­
talk. No arrests have been made. ! to the one man who was employed to be built here this summer.
The idea is to get all lection w ill be made within a few
The town is quiet today and no fur­ , last season.
the timber cruised so that a fair valua­ days, so that construction o f the arm­
ther trouble is expected.
tion may be put upon it when the ory can begin at once.
assessments are made.
Transportation Company Guilty.
New Insurance Laws Good.
Savannah. G sl —T he Merchants ft
T o Locate Hatchery.
Sales- It is tlto general opinion that
Miners Transportation company was
found guilty o f discrimination o f 'S alem Master Fish Warden k. E. the laws relating to insurance enacted
freight rates in violation o f the inter­ Clanton went to Astoria recently for at the session o f the legislative assem­
state commerce law.
The Atlantic 1 the purpose o f definitely locating the bly just adjourned are in the main
coast line and the Seaboard A ir |jne new salmon hatchery on Young’s river, progressive and in the line o f securing
railroad companies pleaded guilty to for which provision was made by the uniformity in legislation covering this
important subject in the various states.
the same charge.
I legislature at its late session.
F IR S T MOVE FOH PEACE.
Mexican Government and Insurgents
Both Fear Intervention.
New York, March 15.— Before Se-
nor de la Barra departed for Washing­
ton today he gave out here the proofs
o f an article which w ill appear to-
morrow in the Independent, on “ The
Situation in M exico," urging all his
countrymen, regardless o f “ all divis­
ions o f party, all differences between
men,’ ’ to, recall the "sacred interests
o f our country,” and “ to work to­
gether for the progress o f true demo­
cracy and best development o f the
motherland.”
The ambassador penned this appeal
only last night, after his conference
with Senor Liman tour, the Mexican
minister o f finance, and he considered
it to very important that at the very
last moment he had it 'crowded into
the locked forms.
Insurrecto leaders to whom the par­
agraph was shown said they consid­
ered it an invitation to come into
camp, and its issuance makes more no­
table a trend o f events that has been
discoverable for the last three days.
A fte r the first shock o f surprise in
the United States, and o f alarm and
distrust in Mexico caused by the dis­
patch o f 20,000 American troops to
the frontier, there began a series o f
formal diplomatic exchanges between
the two powers, and a series o f care­
fully weighed interviews and author­
ized publications in the daily press.
Underneath this current ran a deeper
tide tide o f sympathy between coun­
trymen who might be at odds, but
were still countrymen.
“ Intervention ¿means w ar,” said
Senor Limantour, in so many words.
"Intervention?” answered Dr. F.
Vasquez Gomez, the insurgent repre­
sentative at Washington, who has
been here for three days.
“ The mo­
ment there is intervention there will
cease to be an insurrection.
Both
sides will make common cause against
a common enemy.”
Frederico Madero, a brother o f G ub -
tavo, head o f the junta here, let fall
today that his brother had recently
made a call on Senor Limantour. One
o f his friends said this afternoon that
Gustavo had spent part o f the morn­
ing with Secretary Dickinson, but the
secretary himself dashed all intima­
tions with cold water.
“ I have not been in communication
with the Maderos. either directly or
indirectly,” he said tonight. " I have
never met any o f them and I have had
no word from any o f them. 1 carry no
messages from them to Senor Lim-
: «Hour. My presence here has noth­
ing to do with the Mexican situation.”
The belief grows here, however,
among those closely in touch with
both camps, that some understanding
w ill be reached. It was pointed out
that i f Francisco Madero, Sr., has al­
ready seen Senor Limantour once, he
is likely to find means o f keeping in
touch with him as the situation may
demand.
The Maderos are considered the
wealth and brains.of the revolution.
They are not in sympathy with the
Socialist movement in Southern Cali­
fornia. “ I f those fellows w in ,” said
Gustavo Madero today, “ we shall have
to fight them.”
CROOKED LAW­
MAKERS SCORED
Roosevelt Goes After Lorimer
and Haskell.
Declares Country Is Disgrsced By
Such Men—Sympathizes With
New Mexico.
Albuquerque, N. M., March 16. —
Colonel Roosevelt paid his respects by
name to Senator Lorimer, of Illinois,
and Governor Haskell, o f Oklahoma,
tonight. He denounced both as “ unfit
to hold public office.” Their election,
he said, was a disgrace to the com­
munities which elected them.
The denunciation was made in the
course o f Colonel Roosevelt’s address
to an audience which crowded the
opera house and le ft hundreds stand­
ing outside. In opening his talk, the
Colonel declared that in its failure to
grant New Mexico statehood during
the last regular session o f congress,
the national government had commit­
ted a breach ¿of faith.
Arizona, he
said, might have offered ground for
question, although he favored its ad­
mission, but with N ew Mexico there
was no question.
Turning to the duties which the cit­
izens o f N ew Mexico must take up
when the territory does become a
state, Colonel Roosevelt warned his
hearers that, while good laws are nec­
essary, good citzenship must back
them up. He said that unfit men had
been elected to office by popular and
representative vote. Such a man re­
mained unfit for office,
he said,
“ whether he is unfit, as Mr. Lorimer
is unfit. Who was elected by the legis­
lature o f Illinois, or as Mr. Haskell is
unfit, who was elected by popular
vote.”
The Colonel recommended a drastic
corrupt practices law for New Mexico
when it becomes a state.
He also de­
clared for direct election o f United
States senators. In this connection,
he said, New York offered an object
lesson. W ith direct primary election,
"som ebody” would have been elected
senator from that state, he concluded.
He also declared that justice toward
corporations must characterize all
dealings with combinations o f capital
and after an explanation o f his views
on this subject, devoted the rest o f a
long address to a plea for good citizen­
ship.
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Z E LA YA B IT T E R IN A T T A C K .
Nicaraguan Exile Says United States
Plans to Seize Alt America.
Paris— Jose Santos Zelava, who was
compelled to relinquish the presidency
o f Nicaragua during the recent revo­
lution. gave an interview to Le Siecle,
in which he violently attacked the at­
titude o f the United States in the
Mexican affair.
Zelaya charges that
the United States government, in­
spired by the prospect o f commercial
and financial gain, is waging a merci­
less duel not only with Mexico, but
with the whole o f Central America,
which it seeks to absorb so as to become
absolute master o f the Western hemis­
phere. He asserts that the United
States is deliberately inciting revolu­
tions in Latin America, that they may
serve as excuses fo r inte'rvention.
PLAGUE RAVAGES C O N T IN U E .
CANAD A HAS DIAM O ND S.
Lives o f 20,000 Lost in Harbin Dis-
•
; trict Alone.
Gems
Are
Small, However, and
Chiefly o f Scientific Interest.
Washington. — The plague is con­
tinuing its ravages in China, as shown
Vancouver— The director o f the
by the mail advices reaching the State
geological survey announces that dia­
department from American consular
monds have been discovered by the
officers.
survey in British Columbia, the first
It is estimated that 20,000 people
recorded discovery o f the kind in Can­
have succumbed in the Harbin cons­
ada. The rock is peridotite. o f the
ulate district since the outbreak o f the
variety known as danite, consisting o f
epidemic. In Harbin and its suburb,
olivine and chromite. The specimens
Fuchiatin, 6,014, including 50 Europ­
were obtained on Olivine mountain,
eans, died up to February 11.
near Tallaneen river, by Charles Cas­
The disease is playing havoc with
sets. o f the survey.
Because o f the
the Chinese troops at Chang Chun,
small size o f the diamonds, none being
according to Japanese statistics, 350
much larger than a pinhead, the dis­
deaths among them being reported up
covery would seem to be o f scientific
to January 26, the daily death rate o f
rather than commercial importance.
the town being abut 50.
Laading Citizens Escape.
Danville, III. — A fte r returning 87
indictments, but 14 o f which were for
political offenses, the grand jury was
dismissed Wednesday afternoon by
Judge Kimbrough until April 17. the
day preceding the city election. No
politicians or leading citizens were in­
dicted, the accused being precinct
chairmen and workers about the polls.
William C. ‘ Brown, member o f the
city election commission, was indicted
for receiving money from a candidate
to influence his vote in the election
last fall.
Explosive Wrecked Times.
Los Angeles.— The coroner's jury in
the Times disaster o f October 1, after
an adjournment o f several weeks, held
its concluding session Wednesday and
returned the following verdict: “ The
Times building was destroyed and a
great number o f the employes injured
by an explosion, followed by fire,
said explosion being caused by high
explosives other than illuminating
gas, placed there by a party or parties
unknow to this jury.”
Ruins Crash on 30 Men.
Nashville — By the collapse o f the
walls o f the buiding o f the Fall Hard­
ware company, which burned about
ten days ago, about 30 men were
buried under tons o f brick, mortar and
lime. Tw elve bodies have been re­
moved, but it is believed at least one
more is buried in the ruins.
Seven­
teen persons were more or less in­
jured. Ralph McCallum was the only
white man known to have been killed
and Edwin Hart the only white man
injured. The other victims were all
colored.
Soldiers O ffered Bonus.
San Francisco— Colonel J. P. W is-
ser. commanding officer at the Pre­
sidio here, is investigating tonight a
rumor that insurrecto agents have been
endeavoring to
persuade Presidio
j troops to desert and join the rebel
forces in Mexico. According to the ru-
, mor, soldiers are being offered large
j bonuses to ally themselves with the
I insurrecto agents in their secret work.
Colonel Wisser and other army officers
attach no importance to the rumor.
500 Deputies to Work.
Robber Holds Up Hotel Clerk.
Somerset. K y .— Orders to swear in
Washington— With the White House 500 deputies to cope with lawlessness
and police headquarters each one block I growing out o f the white firemen's
away and the United States treasury j strike on the Cincinnati. New Orleans
just across the street, a robber en­ ! * Texas Pacific railroad have been is­
tered the office o f the Grand hotel on sued to Sheriff Weddle, o f this county.
Pennsylvania avenue and held up the A ll locomotive cab windows on trains
clerk at the point o f a pistol and es­ running through Somerset have been
caped with $50.
i equipped with steel plates.