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Anthracite Coal Strike Commission Holds
Short Session— Work Outlined.
Washington, Oct. 28.— The anthra. Items of Intet Gathered from
C O T T A G E GROVE .. OREGON.
cite coal strike commission yesterday in i
All Parbf the State.
the hearing room of the interstate com- |
| merce commission held its first confer-1
COMMERCIAL A FINANCIAL DOINOS
! ence with parties to the controversy j
| in the anthracite regions.
There was 1
General Review of Important Happenings a fall representation of both operators A Brief Review improvements, nrowth
and Devclopnt Along All Lines
of the Past W eek in Brief and
! and miners and members of the press, |
Througtt Our Slate.
Comprehensive Form.
and a number of other interested parties
! were present.
The commission occu
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to pied the elevated seats generally filled
Governor Geeis making a tour of
the United States, has been lecalled.
by members of the interstate commerce the eastern part the state.
W EEK ’S DOINGS
t it l e
is
v a l id .
Report of Attorney General Knox Says
Panama Canal May be Sold.
Washington Oct. 2 8 . - “ The title to
the Panama canal is va lid ,” is the gist
of the report to President Roosevelt by
Attorney General Knox on his investi
gation of tbe offer of the Panama com
pany. The next step, on tbe part of
the United States, will be to negotiate
and ratify a treaty giving to it the
rights demanded under the canal legis
lation of last session. President Roose-
¡11 do
his power
veil will
do everything
everything in
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PUTS UP p g
Colombia Asks More for p,
Wain,
Route Than at First.
NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE
United States Now Asked for $i0 t
An Increase of $3,000,000 - Y ^ ’“
Payments to Begin No». >
I j J ^ ' r c s ^ n r o o f ‘« h f c ' S j ? *
trIunenl
ttw proposition m
trnuient
tj,e
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A riot over nonunion labor at Chi- commission, Judge Gray, as president.
Judge Gray, »em inent citizen of
state department for the
President Baer Astoria, and a itive of Oregon, is
cago resulted in injuries to seven men. occupying the center.
for a canal treaty on the l u j j j *
tendered the commission a special train
Spooner act has reached w» .M .- ‘
A wealthy Quincy, Illinois, farmer which, was declined, the members de- dead. He was (years lod.
and was presented to the stat.
The merchanble lumber of the
J j« * e n
,or the mnrder ° ' hi9 | ciding to ask or accept no favors.
Cascade forest rtrve is estimated at
ment by Mr. Herran secret»». ^
daughter’ s suitor.
The commission met at 2 P. M. Mr.
Colombian legation. It is .hffle«**
50,000,000,000
ft, board measure.
The chief of the naval ordance bureau Mitchell, president of the United Mine-
learn the exact nature of this
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reports in favor of sacrificing speed for workers, Walter Edward Wehl and Die-
The
assessmenfaluation of Marion
¡cation, but it is known that* CIS
armament in the construction of bat trict President Fahay appeared for the county has increed 4 per cent during
altogether an unqualified a c c e p t ^
tleships.
miners, and the cotl carrying roads the past year, aerding to the assessor,
the state deiiartment’s proportion
President H ill, of the Great Norther, : were represented as follows: President1 Senator M itcll has departed for
is. however, friendly and dignifo It
»
in a speech tc Montana farmers, said Baer, of the Philadelphia A Reading; Washington, whe he will take up his
tone,
and does not dose the
E. B. Thomas, chairman of the board
his road would make another cut in
labors
prior
to
tfcopening
of
congress.
lions
by
sny
means,
though
Tt
S
*
of the Pennsylvania coal company and
freight rates soon.
tionably sets back the date ol J ,
Hillsdale coal and iron com pany; A l
The Willamettriver is changing its
agreement by opening up new to«!,
A Northen Pacific special agent has fred Walter, president of tbe Lehigh course at Salem ai threatens to leave
for argument.
f 0
expressed his doubt of the man ar Valley; W. H. Trnesdale, president of j that city high andry unless steps are
For one thing, the Colombian
rested for holding up a train in Mon the Delaware, Lackawana & Western; [ taken to stop it.
ment is now entirely dissatisfied »¡s'
tana a few days ago being the right one. David Wilcox, vice president of the
BOLD BANDIT TAKEN.
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Men under govmmental supervision
the small amount of the payment to W
President Roosevelt celebrated his Delaware Cc Hudson; John B. Herr, i
; made to it by the United States and»
Scranton coal have been doing cisiderable dynamit-
44th birthday October 27. He speLt vice president of the
coal _____
and _ iron '° g _ in the Willantte near Independ Man W ho is Believed to Have Held Up the the terms of the protocol, which it
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the day attending to his customary du company and Elkbid
Train in Montana Is Captured.
proposed to use as the basis for the
ence the past »ek.
Several large
Iarge
ties. Many messages of congratulation compiany; J. H. Torrey, attorney for enee
snags and boulcrs were dislodged.
, the Lehigh valley company.
Missoula, Mont., Oct. 28.— Deputy ' r09ty-
1 1,18
ia *7’OM.000,
were received.
’
,, _
. .
. , Colombia wants at least ilOOOflnM
The proceedings covered about two 1 making the npperiver transportation
A Louisiana train was wrecked by hours’ time, and were given np en- niuch safer than fet winter, when two Sheriff w . W. McCormick arrested More0v.-r, the original p r o p o i ? ^
running into a drove of cattle.
The tirely to a discussion of the time and or three steamersvere sunk by running near Bonita today a man believed to be p, »wait 14 years before beginnintdis
engineer and a tramp were killed and method of proceeding with the pro-1 ¡“ to submerged sigs
the individual who, single-handed, held payment of annual rental, the s n ^
the fireman fatally injured. None of posed investigation.
up the North Coast Limited passenger of which was to be fixed then by
The commission
The Willam eth Valiev Prune asso-
the passengers were hurt.
iecided to begia its work next Thurs- 1
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at 9 o ’ clock, the first days' cia‘ io" ' ° ! S^
luA
A Wyoming woman has been arrest- day morning
i
__a._ ul j ___ j
_ carloads of prun« a day and 19 operat-
near Bearmouth. The man e size ami |ump yearly payment of fMO.OOO
of the investigation to be devoted to a
d for having four husbands.
ing its packing hose day ami night general description answer to that of which will largely increase the imae
physical examination of the miners and
The fire relief fond raised in Wash the homes of the miners, starting in 1 A ll prunes are ehiped in boxes bearing the robber.
He gives the name of diate tost of the enterprise. Th
the association brnd. Sales are being
ington amounts to a little over $5,000. the vicinity of Scranton.
The entire
,
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.
, o3
Alfred Vanhazendoct, and at times tries Colombian government rllnrs to it,
onfKsooito
«
J
J
n.;n
k
i
-ru
made
on
the
basis
price
of
2J^
cents
Minister Henry L. Wilson declines anthracite held will be covered. There , .. .
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to talk with German accent anil again contention that it has no const itntiomj
...on w,.,
for the foer sizes n bavs and a hall
to be transferred from Chile to Greece. was much discussion over a proposition
.
.
. . .
i
. uses plain English; He is of medium authority to alienate any Colombian
wxo.isx »...
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4" v
“ ! cent more for frui in 25-pound boxes.
made by the commission to have expert
statue, has heavy shoulders and is in- territory, and reiterates that the be* i
Dr. Woodrow Wilson has been form
Judge Burnett las rendered a de din ed to stoop, and wore when arrested
il°
the ,anTO?eof the
ally installed as president of Princeton accountants appointed to audit the
statements of wages and classification cision which seem to be very sweeping a gray suit of clothes and a peculiar lit- ‘ pooser act. which looks to perpetual
university.
of minere to be made by the operators in its effect and which will prevent tie cap of blue color, and had two 45- control by the United State, over th.
A Dunsmuir, Cai., constable was for use of the commission, but no de hopbuyers from ecovering possession
caliber C olt’ s revolvers strapped to his t canal strip, is to make a 100-rw
slain by thngs because he had run them cision was reached on this point beyond of hops covered by the ordinary con
body.
j lease, with a distinct stipulation that
out of town.
the announcement by the chairman of j tract. The decisim is to the effect that
He acknowledges he was at Gold j the same shall lie renewable br the
Frank Norris, a well known novelist, the commission's intention to appoint the contract is a nortgage and that the Creek the night previous to the hold United StateB nt the expiration of the
died at San Francisco from the effects of such an accountant in case his services grower can disebirge it by paying the up, and says he is a tie maker looking j first century.
should be found necessary.
money advanced tt him, with interest. for employment and ’ that he was en j
an operation.
TRUE VALUE OF TEXAS OIL
Jndge Gray, the president of the
route to Missoula when he passed (
Senator Hanna says his purpose in j commission, retd the order of the pres-
Hops have reached 25 cents at Salem through Gold Creek. He explains his
Geological Survey Says the Field Equal.
politics is to establish better relations ; ident creating the commission, and in a and a good many sties are now looked
slowness in getting over the ground and
Russian District in Size.
between labor and capital.
j general way outlined the procedure to for.
his not being seen all day yesterday
Washington,
Oct. 29. — TheTazs-
Major Generals Corbin and Young ue followed from the presentation of
Three hundred goats were shipped to along the road from Gold Creek to Louisiana oil field is discussedexhtost.
are home from Europe, where they tbe issues. He stated that in accord
Missoula by stating that he missed his
Montana
from
Monmouth
a
few
days
ance with the immemorial practice
have been inspecting foreign armies.
road shortly after leaving Gold Creek ively in a report of the United State
among English speaking peoples, the ago.
The existence
and had to retrace his atepa. Tt,e i geological survey.
England is becoming alarmed at tbe commission would first receive the
petroleum in the Gulf Coast ?», I
Two new st«»niers. one for the officers discredit the man's story.
condition prevailing among the Irish. statement or demands o f the miners,
I which extends inland for 100 «U.
Shipments of arms to the island have who were to be regarded for the pur Columbia river and one for Puget sound
has been known as far back t* 180.
are being built in Portland.
JAPANESE BARRED.
been prohibited.
poses of this case as the prosecutors.
The report says the extreme porojj
Work
is
progressing
rapidly
on
the
The
reply
of
the
other
side
would
then
Three persons were seriously and a
[of Spindle-Top oil rock favcri hi
Washington Court Decides They Cannot
great many others slightly injured as be heard, Judge Gray said, in order new Booth-Kelly ■Sawmill at Spring-
storage of a very large volume olid
Become American Citizens.
tbe result of an explosion in the rapid that tbe commission might have before field. The company hopes to have the
and a very rapid yield when the rest-
it
a
definite
issue.
-
mill
in
operation
by
the
first
of
the
Olympia, Oct. 28. — The supreme j vojr is tupped. But it also faront*
transit subway of New York.
year. It will have a capacity of 250,- court, in a decision handed down today, early exhaustion of the oil in thepd,
Roosevelt has issued the order to re
CHICAGO SWITCHMEN AGAIN.
000 feet of lumber per day.
decides that a Japanese cannot become ®n,l *bs rapid replacement by the nede.
duce the army to its minimum
Beds of ml |
strength.
Oregon
has
a
most
promising
copper
a
citizen of the United States. The lying salt water.
Demand an Advance of 5 Cents an Hour
hearing sand are reported flora romeii
district
in
a
section
little
known.
point
came
up
directly
in
the
matter
of
The cruiser Olympia is being de
or a Strike W ill be Ordered.
the wells on Spindle-Top, and beds of
This is the Imnaha, on the Snake river,
tainer! at the New York navy yard for
Chicago, Oct. 29. — Grand Master not far from where the Seven Devils is the admission of a young Japanese gypsum and of salt from other«. 11»
lack of a supply of coal.
Morrissey, of the Brotherhood of Rail- located on the opposite side.
As yet lawyer to the bar of this state. Takuji conclusion is reached with regsrdtoth.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, way Trainmen, and Vice Grand Master title development has been done.
Yamashita, of Seattle, passed a very Spindle-Top field that the rock cocu I m
has issued a general order withdrawing VV. G. Lee, have arrived at Chicago to
creditable examination for admission to 1 a 'o n t one-fourth of its volume ol nil.
The recent rains throughout the W il the bar in the examinations last May, Even if the estimate is one barrel ob
tbe troops from the coal fields.
look alter the interests of the 7,000
lamette valley have enabled 'th e farm bat the law making citizenship a qual tained for every 26 cubio foot lor
The coal Btrike arbitration commis yardmen emplored in the Chicago dis
ers to pnsh the work of fall seeding. ification for admission to the bar of Pp'ndle Top, and a little less for other
sion has perfected an organization. trict, who have presented a demand to
the railroads for an increase of 5 cents All fruit is picked and other fall work this state is very plain and is undis fields, there shsuld lie a yield equtMo
Judge Gray was chosen chairman.
an hoar. The railroads have he**n not over and a few days more of good puted.
The main point in the case the Baku fields in Russia, aDd a mod
A ll members of the New York build ified that an answer is expected oy next weather will enable the farmers to fin
which was presented to the supreme greater output than that for all of the
ing trades threaten to go on strike. j Friday.
ish seeding.
court in the form of briefs was whether other American fields.
Seventy-five thousand men are involved.
The report savs that the apparent
The action taken by the Chicago
a native of Japan could become a citi
Orders are to be placed at once for yardmen is said to be tbe first step in
zen of the United States, and whether concensus o f opinion among chemiw
PORTLAND MARKETS.
the manufacture of the new three-inch the movement which started in Kansas
the superior court of Pierce county act who have examined the field is that tbe
Wheat— WallaWalla. 67® 08c; bine- ed withiD its jurisdiction in granting gulf petroleum is unsnited for the re
guns to supply the field artillery. It City last June, when the chairmen on
the scale committe of all systems, rep stem 7 3 9 7 4 c; valley, 67c.
will require 180.
naturalization papers to Yamashta. duction of illuminating oil, and that it
resenting both the
Brotherhood of
Barley— Feed, 321.00 per ton; brew The decision on this point covers a is doubtful if it can be made to yielh
It has been announced that H. R. Railway Trainmen ami the Older of
matter on which it is said there is no good lubricating oil on a commercial
Nickerson, vice president and general Railroad Conductors, met in joint ses ing, $22.00.
basis. Its value as a source of asphalt
Flour— Beet grade, 3.20@ 3.50; grah recent decision by any conrt, and it
manager of the Mexican Central rail sion and decided to demand a general
therefore becomes a matter of wide in and as a gas oil are as yet undeter
road, has been offeied the presidency of increase in wages for all members of am. $2 90@3.20.
mined.
The experiments seem *
the Southern Pacific.
Millstnffs— Bran, $19.00 per ton; terest.
both organizations. The question was
establish both its availability and ■#
middlings,
$23.50;
shorts,
$19.50;
economy as a generator ol steam
One of the worst storms that ever submitted to a referendum vote of the
WRIGHT GIVEN A VOTE.
Whether the Beaumont petroleum mF
raged in the Behring sea raked the membership of both organizations, and chop, $17.
Oats—
No.
1
white,
$1.05(31.0754;
Nome coast from October 11 to 14. this vote is not all in yet. About
Recorder Is Added to Coal Strike Peace he successfully used in rnetallorfial
gray,
$1.02
54
@1.05
per
cental.
Three lives were lost in the Nome sea three-fourths c f the entire vote is now
processes is not yet nettled.
Commission—Both Sides Agree.
Hav — Timothy, $10(311; clover,
ami a large amonnt of damage waadone in tlie hands of the exeentive officers of
Washington,
Oct.
28.—
At
the
request
$7.50;
cheat,
$8
per
ton.
CUBA TURNS IT DOWN.
both organizations, and the remainder
to buildings along the water front.
Potatoes— Best Burbanks, 60(2 70c of the members of the anthracite coal
is expected before November 1. The
The government of France will step
Chicago district of the switchmen is, per sack; ordinary, 50<355c per cental, strike commission, and with the assent Rejects Treaty Offered by United SUt»
in and try to settle the coal strike,
however, separate, and the vote was growers’ prices; Merced sweets, $1.75(3 j of both the operators and miners, Pres
and M akes Counter Proposal.
which has reached a serious situation.
•
almost unanimous in favor of demand 2 per cental.
Havana. Oct. 29. — The represent
ident
Roosevelt
has
appointed
Carroll
Poultry—
Chickens,
mixed,
$3.50(3
People on the Island of 8t. Vincent ing the increase.
4.25; perponrd, 10c; hens, $4(34.50 per D Wright, recorder of the commis- ative here of the Associated Pré« “
have been compelled to ask for aid.
dozen;
per pound, 11c; springs, $3.00 sion, a member ol that body. Mr. learned from official sources that t"
Food supplies are almost entirely ex
NO MORE AID NECESSARY.
(33.50 per dozen; Iryern, $2.50<33.P0; I Wright has accepted the appointment, proposed treaty between the '
hausted.
broilers, $2.00(32.50; docks, $4.50oi
Mr. Wright, as recorder of the com- States and Gnba was returned to
As a result of a head-on freight col Miners arc Now at W ork, and Can Take 6.00 per dozen; turkeys, young, 12)t mission, has received replies from most ington bv mail last Satnrday-
^
Care
of
Themselves.
lision on the Iron Mountain road, in
P’J’P0*'’
@ 13c; geese, $6.00(36.50 per dozen
of the coal mine owners who are parties the treaty was sent a counter
of
Cob*
»
Missouri, seven people were seriously
New York, Oct. 29. — Daniel S. Ja
Cheese— Full cream, twins 14^1? to the controversy, indicating their ac tion by the government
dnree
injured and may die.
cobs, chairman of the miners' defense 1554c; Young America,
15 (3 17j ceptance of the invitation of the com- that of the United Mates. ***e.n*,t^ .
which J9
is n,ll
not known,
A Geotgia mob of 300 broke into a fund committee of the Central Federat factory prices, l R l ! $ c less.
mission to attend the conference to be wn,<jn
Kn';wn' bnt it is ;etttr
jail, took out a negro and hanged him. ed union, said, at a meeting of that
Butter— Fancy creamery, 27V»<930c held for the pnrpose of agreeing upon s,ood th ,t Pr<>' ,dent
Troops had twin ordered to the scene, body today, that as the strike of the per pound; extras. 30c; dairy, 18 plans for the hearings to be given by sent with the treaty, says the
anthracite miners had been declared off @ 20c; store, 1254(315.
ance of the propositions made o’
but they arrived too late.
the commission, and also a reply from
Eggs— 25(330c per dozen.
General F'ranklin Beil is to be re the committee did not think it neces
Mr. Mitchell, saying he would be rep United States wonld be nlin011'
Cnba, as it would result in »
Hope— New crop, 22925c per ponnd. resented at the meeting.
lieved of command of the forces in Ba- sary to levy any farther contribations
for the miners.
dnetion of the customs revenue o
W ool— Valley, 12V»(315c; Eastern
tangas province, Luzon.
He will be
island.
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Oregon, 8<314>4c; mohair, 26928c.
succeeded by General Jesse M. Lee.
New Torpedo Boat to be Tested.
Sharp Naval Battle Promised.
Beef— Gross, cows,
3 9 3 (ye per
Charles W. Clark, son of W . A.
San Francisco, Oct. 28 — The sub _
Explosion of 6 0 0 Kegs of
Colon. Oct. 29.— The safe arrival of pound; steers. 4c; dressed. 8 9 7 c.
~9. —
Clark, the Montana millionaire, says
marine torpedo boat Grampus, recently
Fairmonnt, W. Va., Oct. 2$.
the Colombian cruiser Bogota at Pana
Veal— 7S9 8 5 4C .
he was offered 12,500,(8(0 to assist in
built at the Union iron works, is in Fairmonnt powder works, |ocs»*l;i
ma promises a sharp naval engagement
Mutton
—
Gross,
3c
per
pound;
securing control of the legislature and
drydock
ready —
for -—
her miles from this city. wr»e danrzageu
„ . . here being
- made - ------r
in isthmian waters very shortly, ms dressed, 6c.
downing his father.
official trial on tbe bay. This will in- the extent of $30,000 by the ezPlw
American gnnners are on board both
Lamb« — Gross, S>4c per pound;
Boilermakers in the Wabash shops at fleets.
clmle not only the submarine trip, but o f 600 kegs
of powder
" one
‘
cub oi
[»»»us»». No
The government’ s hopes are dressed. 6 5%c.
a cruise of some distance, with perhaps jured. The machinery was «’ ’■P
Bpringefild, III,, have gone on strike now centered in the career of the
Hogs— Gross, 6549654c per pound; * test of her efficiency in approaching a
for an increase in wages.
Bogota.
wrecked and iron was thrown W
dressed, 7 9 7 S r .
vessel unawares.
around.
secure the completion
mpletion of such a treaty
trea y
in time for presentation to ~ n g r e » at
the coming short session, as he believes
ample time intervenes for accomplish
Should the Colombian
, ing
u|fc this
....... object.
—, —
,
government delay or^decline^t^ accede
to the conditions laid down by congress,
thereby causing a postponement until
the first session of the Fifty-eigth con
gress, there is a possibility that the
president will again take under consid
eration the construction of the canal
over the Nicaraguan route. The opin
ion prevails here, however, that a
treaty of satisfactory character w ill be
negotiated, and that the first steps
looking to the construction of a canal
will be undertaken early next year.