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0 MISSION CAFE w. r. CURT A good place to cat Everything new and clean If it is in the market we will serve you with it No Liquor Allowed MAIN STREET Two Door from Poat Offic Independence, Oregon ME AT WHILE WE ARE "AHEAD of the meat bu.ineM," It ha become a ..tUu. .U.-f 1Ui tl.urJnmiy i wage-earner to know how to aup jr the family Uhle with WHOLESOME MEAT Although our margin I email, we t.nv only the l"tt and give c ur (u.L.it.ers the l-enelU of It. end every part of our market U kept clean and In a sanitary condition. GEO. F. HECK PROPRIETOR Independence, Oregon New Dress Goods We invite the ladies of Independence nnd vicinity to inspect the price and quality of our large line of Spring and Summer UKttD uuwo, We have never had a finer assortment of all colors; also newest weaves in black goods, all prices, but great values. Our Grocery Department is always in the lead. Call in and see us; we assure you courteous treatment and fair dealing. Dressier & Alexander INDEPENDENCE, OREGON Sewing Machines Genuine Needles, Oil and New Tarts for all Sewing Machines. Sewing Machines rented. Geo. C. Will SALEM, OREGON Pianos and Organs from the cheapest to the best sold on installments and rented Geo. C. Will SALEM, OREGON Latest Sheet Music Tiano and Organ Studies Violins and Guitars Mandolins and Banjos Geo. C. Will SALEM, OREGON EDISON, VICTOR AND COLUMBIA Talking Machines A full Stock of Records Geo. C. Will SALEM, OREGON ' WORK ON MAINE PKOQHISSE8. Oaltaona Around HitllMhlp Coir,' Havana, April ll.-Inth driving of the Ut few Interlocking tel l''r of th 20 caiJ'i forming the Ing ! of ' h"K8 bMin ' ft' dam grounding the wwk of tl...hlp Malna, the flr. main of. the warship hu Un brought to a auccewiful conclusion. The work wa ccompiinj a i . . u k tin. ran ilttV. mm. III iirunr-.a --- mrk by alngl mUhap or bitch until the Introduction or w nni !. which failed to Interlock pnHrrly with tho on either ida. ti.i. iitvi ri.a to rumor mat m stability of the calnaon wu rnd.nger. ed, but examination pnowwi mo 1,1 resulted Irom uw p lightly d.formed by an accidental blow from the Iron bucket of dredg u.. .i,.it. The extraction f three pile served to "" . - i ....... repair the damage, i ne mcmu .-k . .i .. h ,.f fillintf the caia- UI HID - -- - sons, fat m completed, with u mud. cly and rock dredgwi from the hut heen coinir on for ome tinw, and. now that the ring it com pi eted, l being pushed forward with the utmost rapidity. The steam dredge Norman Davis, lent to the gov ernment by the Huston-Trumbo Dredg . .,.! the Un ted State .. lumard are dumpinir hnmiml. of tone of Material Into the caifUidlia . ItUp'cUdthatthe fill i ntr of the c'aieaons will bo completed by the end Of April, and after that the mom in terenting tac of Uie work that ol pumpintf out th great banin and b av i i.. ,li ,.f th ImttleahiD in pre ciaely the condition ahe was on tne morninii; after her deBtruction 13 year a' will begin. At a guaranty of the aecunty of the retainini? wall, arounu me oaain, . l. ..).! thai rlnmn will vv uuini'v-v. 1 nk..i.rir nf the ellinao of HI wuiiu v , t...r..m ilia nnmninir beirint, TV,. K-nx-lc itaell W II no w u,.Kut the water level falls, there being aome danger that, ail the aupiwrt of the water ami mo ! ..u L l rout m wiLlurniit in wiih.ii p hull mav careen, junt at anipa nave i tmnin tn do In dryuoca wnen in- iuflicientiy tecured. ' A. . mm f hM vtvrK in IUIIV CA ,i5 9I.HI " . - . .j irV nf pxnloralion in earch of human bodiet will take pre cedence. It it practically wrm... a. ...v...- iK a uiuiff of the worn IB Li i a L n iiuh v..." r Mnh.H United Sutct man-oi-WRr ... a ..-ill Will UIVI. . , licloe to the wreck to receive the iwi, rt r thev are recovered, uuvjivs . . . and tranHport them to their nnai renv , ..i a fiu. that will come an u.h..tinr aerutinv of th shattered wiri.i j , " " - ' ... of engineer oflicera, will be able w determine beyond an queauon ipi iy the character of agency by which the destruction of the Maine w aa ef- 4.... ,i i i..v,i.. mmnw mnnihi will elapse I UlUUIJ before the final stage of the worK ditx)8ition or tne UIC v A VI v. - , l- if .. VnAwn that the forward wrciiii . . . nart of the ship, about one-third of her length, U practically detached f,m th rest, and it is so shattered it ,;m t he extracted piecemeal. l'U.. iko aft.,r nnrt haa been Btrip- 11 UH VHW " pod, so far as possible, of all heavy weights, Including the two turrets, weighing with their pairs of ten-inch truns about zuu tons eucn, n o ....... . . il.l J 4V.1 kL. 1.1111.1 a IllllKIK'UU HLllfBa buv shattered end and float the hulk-out of the basin, to be sunk in all probaDimy i .,a r futhomn aeeD in '" lluirjii.Ti,i - - rii,idi Finniiv will come the extraction ui the thousands of steel piles composing ha 20 caissons and the dredging of the material with which they were filled. This may not be completed be- Amarlcart Envoy Discovers Dpcumant, Photographs It, and Hurrlat to Wathington With Copy. ' WATT SHIPP "THE BICYCLE MAN SALEM, OREGON Athletic and Gymnasium Goods Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle Bicycles and Repairing Pocket Cutlery and Razors Sun Typewriter, $10 fore the end of the year. Our Dress Goods When in pursuit of Dress Goods, don't fail to look over our line. We are prepared to make the city bargain sale a shady feature in merchandising. AND IN SHOES we also have bargains that will surrrise you; this is our strong hold and we can show an immense line at bargain prices every day. L. RICE; The Furnisher .INDEPENDENCE, OREGON Find Bodv ot Lost Hunter. Boise, Idaho James Ross, who was lost in the wilds of Eastern Idaho last n.. ..rubor! his buckskin cloves IWBU"' .... to ward off starvation and, finding loot nhanro meal reoulsive. blew nnt hia brains. Ross' body, leaning an!nef O tmn ftnti a tin cud contain le of ashes, were found Friday. A gaping hole in the skull and a rifle containing an expioa the bodv told how tru i.o fs'- - - . Rnss. in desnair. had taken his lite to tKo, iinntrq of starvation and cai.apv ' " " l - - - 4 exposure. Fort Astor to Be Built. Astoria, Or. The Centennial com mittee has selected Wednesday, April 12. the the 100th anniversary of the nf Astoria, as the date on iiniiiiiiK ' . . which to break ground in the city i, tUa .nnatMirtion or a repro dnrtion of old Fort Astor. A special ,- nf BYPrciHPs nas Deen r- llfUi IK I" VM. " ri t,vr thn necasion and the mayor has been requested to declare a half hoi dav. The contract lor uuuumis the fort has been awaraeu ior n.ow. Fbw Filipinos Go North. San FrAnriseo Most of the Filipino laborers who arrived here from Haw aii on the steamer Korea ana wno iwo-hf thir contracts to work in the Alaska canneries have decided to re main in this state, hoping to secure emnlovment in the interior. A few of them, however, left for the north nn t.h Continental ana urienuu oi me Alaska Packers' fleet. Rebels Besiege, Canton. T onrlnn A snecial dispatch to the Daily Express from Hongkong says i, m acinus linrisinff is reDorted to k,v oecurred at Canton. It is aaid the Tartar general commanding the haa Wn murdered and that viwya " i , nther troona have been hurried to the city, which Is in a state of siege. 1EXIC0 MADE SECRET PACT ' . - J ad Granted Coaling Station on Coast. Man Cut Mexico City, April lO.-Prenldent Taft jive rrwident of Mexico six days to abrogate a treaty he la aid to hav male with Japan. ti. n,t,i..n iroatv was discovered by Anibaidor Henry Lana Wilson' who photographed It, returned the original, and proceed post hasto to W ashing bin to Inform the State department. The treaty is said to have contained clauses that gave Japan coaling sta tion privileges and other big conces sion, on the coast of Mexico, including the ight to use Magaaiena nay ior target practice. f Taft onler moMiixing vrmym the border followed promptly. These are startling disclosures maue here by an apparently authentic source today and which, as recited In narra tive form, are given a me cau o the hurrv onler that rushed 20,000 troops to the border. The relations reported to h-ve exisiea oeiween ico and Japan are am w nave preynu- ed prior to March 1. Ambassador Wilson, or ine umwu V atirv iroe. bad occa- '"--''-" ' . - . . i,.n manv months ago to ieei wi strong antipathy of Mexicans of al wa shown toward the United States. In the celebration In honor of k ..MnHatinn of the reoublic. wnen many Japanese oi nign ran cwm . special ambassadors irom meir cvunvi j t,. h Mexican capital, the ambassa dor noticed that there had been priv ate audiences between Uia ana a lew of hia more influential ministers and the Japanese delegates. To Ambassador v iison iv af fnr 18 months every ship of the Tovo Risen Kaisha, whose port . 5on I'nnrura. were carryuiK imm 20 to 150 Japanese, passage paid, be .,,w. r.f otrrirultural machin aiutjo v , , p- .... k,w..(w,i,1 frixwla and eeneral cijr, i.u... - . - - stores. At San r rancisco uiese v anese were transshipped to steamers .u Po,.;fl,. Ma i line D vine ne- ui ...w - . - . Ran Francisco and Mexican Ambassador Wilson v....u .lt i vatintr everv source of information in the nigner circie. u .v,.. u;an envernment. Very near tha enH of the month, from a certain Sr. iha mvornment. Mr. V nson, i. aft id nbtAinea ior a iew iwun the oritmal of a secret treaty between t mA Mm. He kept it long enough to have photogaphs made of t Then it was returned to lis piace n the innermost archives of the Mex can state department :o. m In the shape of several -i kink mora tn be a Dart Of a formal agreement on tne pan, oi uib t n ullow the Jap- jll I'A 1 1 Ull KUI VI - anese commercial line of steamships to have its own coaling station i noint on the Pacific coast and to grant certain other colonization ii&u ,.. the Western coast. rpun -lanaoa or me ireaLjr. those said to have been photographed hv Mr. Wilson, the repor. conuu, gave Japan a lease of a coaling sta tion and maneuver piviieges y. dalcna bay, with the alternative of a coaling station at one other of a few cattered porta down me iueAn.au coaat. . , Clauses also set fortti Japan anu Mexico's mutual interests in the Pa- ;fi and wh e not stipulating an offensive and defensive alliance, gave in a diplomatic way Japan s Keen in terest in the protection ot Mexico against aggression. ine treaty nau been ratified, not by the Mexican sen ate, but by Diaz and his cabinet The day after he oDtainea me puu tograph of this treaty, Mr. Wilson left for Washington. COLLIERY FlC KIUL8 HFTY. Blind Off 1.1-e Tuontl. Scranton. fa. Fifty mm nd toys are believed to hava peri.hed without moment warning Saturday In a mine flra In tha Pancoast colliery at Throop, thrwa mila from her. Soma ratimsU place to number of dead at 60. Thre bodies hava been recov ered. John Evana, head of the United Statoa rescue car, diad from suffoca tion resulting from a defective reacua helmet Three men protected by belmeta and oxygen tank pushed paat the point where the flames were first discovered at 5 o'clock In the afternoon and stumbled over the bodies of two men and a boy, who had tvldenty fallen while groping their way to safety. A majority of the missing men and boye are foreigners, but two Ameri canaForeman Walter . Knight and Fire Dots Alfred Dawe are thought to have perished. TV. flr started In an enzlne houae at the opening of a slope leading from the Diamond vein, 70J ieei irom ww nurface. There were 400 men in the mine, about 60 of them at work In a blind" tunnel at the end or tne .1.,.. TV. a iw km rnmnetelv blocked by fire, smoke and the generated esses. The other men, scattered In other workings, got out James Vickers, a nre doss, wno th nirine house when the fire nnf wavn the alarm, and tried vivm www, p. . in a..t t. the tunnel wnere ne anew vi r.f men wbi at work. He could go only a short distance before he was forced to turn back, lie was so hausted that he had to be carried to the surface. He gave it a his opinion that no man could live hve minute n the tunnel. OF THE WEEK 1. , Doings of the World at Large Told in Uriel. TLBERCULOSIS CURED BY TAH1T1AN HERB EXTRACT c p,fniiam Havinir spent four years in Tahiti as chief surgeon in the colonial army, Dr. L. Bellonne waa a passenKer on the steamer Mariposa which arrived here Saturday. As Dr. Bellonne aaid he made importent discoveries which will v. f .rroot moment to the medical " . " . , . j i. u: H irhpn thev are a sciosea ov ins report to the French government at Paris. While unwilling to discuss in detail his important medical discov ted that he had found a mini for tuberculosis in the form of a compound from a herb lound only on the island oi laniu. ALL SAVED GROM LINER. Rebels Will Not Stop War. El Pasco, Tex. Asked as to what effect the defeat of General Stanley Williams' rebels would have on the in surrection, the insurrecto junta here .,iK;orl th fnllowinsr statement: "TVio insiirrectos in Southern Mex ico have no connection with the Ma derists in other parts of the Mexican republic. The defeat of Williams' unj hv Cnlnnel Mavot's federals will have absolutely no effect on the plans t,a inanrrectos in other states where Francisco I. Madero, Jr., is rec ognized as leader." FiliDino Laborers Released. Honolulu". The territorial Supreme court released on a writ or naoeas a is F 1 inino laborers wno were taken from the steamer Korea before her departure for ban t rancisco. in its decision the court severely censur ed the action of the prosecution, rep resented by the planters attorneys, in preventing F. B. Craig, counsel for the Alaska Packers, from seeing the Filipinos and in confining them in jail when no charges had been preferred. 200 Persons Die in Fire. Bombay, British India Two hun dred men, women and children were burned to death in a fire which de stroyed a thatched structure in which they had gathered for a festival. Five k,,ir norsnna were in the building. There was only one exit and a panic ensued. Cabin Patseneer Given Precedence to Steerage Folk. Lone Hill, L. I., Life Saving Sta tion The 1.720 cabin and steerage passengers on the stranded North Ger man Lloyd liner Pnnzess Irene were t-on.forrod tn the deek of the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm in five hours and ten minutes Saturday afternoon and v. mffcr nio-htfall thev were on UHC IIUU1 .. ' B their way to New York. The feat is unparalleled in the history of marine disasters. Not a life waa lost, not a case of nanic was reported. The first pas senger off was a woman and the sec ond a baby. The cabin passengers, n..ii nf tho situation ana ine taiiic uaze. trenerously gave precedence to the more timorous steerage pas- a frt tha HnAr on the bar, night- rn DhAnrM1 Kar hard and fast in the and Captain God dard, of the Lone Hill Life Saving station, estimates she will be held : ot Uaat a week, perhaps a y)l laum.i . -, - , . in the 36 hours since she struck she has been favored by comparatively ut woutVior hut a stiff blow from .ni.fhuroar micrnr. nnen ner umwu in her bulkheads and wrench apart her stout steel frame. Germ Not Disease Caus$. Or All theories of X CllUlw11! v- modern medicine were contradicted Friday night by Rev. Mr. Vande- olVr nrt a retirea pnysician, nere. who asserted that germs and bacteria tKo rnnse of disease. DUl WC1C HV. . " rather the nroduct lnis state- t tito a mode at the retrular meet- incr of the Pendleton City and County Med cal society. Liespue me mtci- mgnnpr in which Di. Vande- tT91..ll6 .........- - walker elaborated his theories for dis cussion, the physicians present aia not indorse his views. Tunnel Bill is Passed. Denver The house, by a vote of 35 ayes to 30 nays passed the Moffat tun nel bill. The measure now goes to the senate. The bill authorizes the state to issue bonds to the amount of i nnn nnn tn he used in the construc tion of a tunnel through the Rocky Mountain range at James peaK. ine n nriii hA used bv the Denver, LUlltlCU ..... 1 xt ti,,oforn Xr Pacific. Ihe road iyiiunw.v.,. is to put up a bond guaranteeing me state against loss. 0rral Rtsum of important Evar Presented li Condnd Form for Our Busy Readara, T,.m f. J.hrn. famous reform mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, ia dead. ti'.-uol vl.ttml Sanduolnt Idaho, . v - - where he worked a cowboy 25 year ago. m ..!,.. rh! tried to tak Zaca- tecas, but were repulsed In a desperato street fight A ierlou Republican outbreak oc curred In Spain and occupation or Portugal also I threatened. About 1,000 Portland carpenter ha. mn- on strike for the closed shop and U per day for 8 hour work. ASP. train atruck a three-ton boulder on the track in Nevada and narrowly escaped being thrown Into Donner lake. p.m.ina nt nrehistoric riant men and animal are being unearthed in a cave in California. Ihe Done are bedded in a stratum of andatone. A Seattle brickmason was killed and many other badly shocked by a 30,000-volt wire coming in contact with the iron cornice or tne wan on which they were at work. The small wooden steamer Iroquois, nivintr alnnir the coast of V ancouver island, wa capsized by a aquall and at least 20 of the passengers and crew drowned within a mile of shore and in plain view of many who were unable to render assistance Rival faction of atriking teamster foueht a battle with revolver in the street of Chicago, but no casualties are reported. Streetcar filled with passenger were in tne Daiue a man mtncA behind a car while a 1 1 vug ..... - he emptied his revolver at the enemy. Stephen Crawford, candidate for mayor of Alton, 111., haa deposited $2,400 in an Alton Dana as jjicuk 4 in raw of election to the KVfvr ... office if he fail to close the aaloona on Sunday. Ralnh Smith, a Canadian Liberal, approve the reciprocity treaty. . artillerv will be sent to strengthen the defenses of Hawaii. vf,von .hel chiefs are unanimous in their demand that Diaz must resign. Union Fight Guard Laws. Helena, Mont Labor unions of Montana will begin Monday to circu late petitions calling for a referendum election to determine whether the mil itary law enacted at the last session shall remain on the statute books. The law puts the national guard on the footing required by the Federal authorities. It will be the first time the referendum has been invoked since it was made four years ago. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Blueatem, club. 82c: red Kussian, aic; vw- ley, 82c; 40-fold, 93c Barley Choice ieea, o.owi,ii w". i(.'ii..fra Rrn S21 ner ton: mid- dlings, $29(3:30; shorts, $22.50; rolled barley. 28ftCZ9. Ma,a Corn Whole, ?zs; cracneu, 28.50 per ton. Hay Timotny, eastern ureBun, No 1, $21(ff21.50; mixed, ifitx&io, . alfalfa, $12a;l2.50. Apples Fancy, z(ftz.o per uua, choice, $1(3:2; common, 50c?T:$l. Vegetables Asparagus, otitic per ,n, irreen onions. 20c per dozen, hothouse lettuce, $1.25 per box; rad ishes. 30(ffi35c per dozen; rnuuaru, $1.251.50 per box; sprouts, 9c per pound; carrots, 85c(f?;$l per hundred; parsnips, 85cfn,i; lurnipu, omjjj., beets, 90c$l. . . Potatoes Oregon Duying price, $1.351.60 per hundred. . Onions Buying price, $22. 10 per hundred. Hops 1910 crop, 17J(?il8c: 1909 crop, lZ(rtH3c; contracts, auj.-. Wool Eastern uregon, nominal, x 14c per pound; valley, 1517c; mo hair, choice, 32c per pound delivered Portland. Poultry Hens, 21c; broilers, 30c; turkeys, 21c; ducks, 2023c; geese, 1214c; dressed turkeys, choice, 23 25c. Eggjj Oregon ranch, 2021c dozen. Butter City creamery, extra, 1 and 2-pound prints, in boxes, 31c per pound; less than boxes, cartons and delivery extra. porkFancy, 10101c per pound. Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12 12ic per pound. ' Cattle frime Bteers, $o.;oyi;o. i o, choice, $66.25; good to choice, $5.505.75; fair to good, $45; common, $45; prime cows, $4.751 5- good to choice, $4.504.75; fair to good, $4.25C(4.50; poor, 4.25 4 50; choice heifers, $55.25; choice bulls, $4.504.75; good to choice, $4.254.50; fair to good, $3.754; common, $3tfi!3.50; choice light cal ves, $7.75(ffi8; good to choice, $7.50 7.75; fair to medium, $77.50; choice heavy, $5.255.50; good to choice, $55.25; fair to medium, $4.755; choice stags, $5.255.50; good to choice, $4.505; fair to me dium, $44.50. Hogs Choice, $7.758; good to .1 t7 : choice heavy. $7.257.50; good to choice, $77.25; common, ?6.507; stocK nogs, ota 8.25.' gheep Choice yearling wethers, grain fed, $4.505.10j old wethers, $4(3:4.25; choice ewes, grain fed, $4(nl4.25; fair to medium ewes, $3 3.50; spring lambs, extra quality, $10; choice lambs, grain fed, wool, $5.505.75; choice lambs, grain fed, sheared, $5.255.50; good to choice lambs, grain fed, $5(0-5.25; fair to good lambs, grain fed, $4.755; culls, $2.503 50.