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PACE THREE THE INDCPCNOENCC CNTtRPfllSE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. tICHT PACES MISSION CAFE W. F. BURT A tfood place to cat Everything new and clean If it is in the market wc will serve you with it No Liquor Allowed MAIN STREET Two Doors from Pout Office Independence, Oregon NEW DRESS G We invite the Ladies of Independence and vicinity to inspect the Price and Quality of our large line of Spring and Summer Dres's Goods. Wc have never had a better assortment of 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 treat ment and fair dealing. Drexler & Alexander INDEPENDENCE, OREGON r wwwwwwwwv-vwwvwv www w wwt i ' i j J 1 1 Sewing Latest j Machines Sheet Music i j ; Genuine Needles, Oil and Piano and Organ Studies ! ; New Tarts for all Sewing Violins and Guitars j MaCt'ne!' Mandolins and Banjos j ! ; Sewing Machines rented. ; j; Geo. C. Will Geo. C. Will ' i ! ; SALEM, OREGON SALEM, OREGON , j i ! D. j EDISON, VICTOR AND j : Jl lanOSand Columbia Organs Talking ; from the cheapest to the IVJo ollinQ I best sold on installments lVlCll,illllC& ; ; and rented . full Stock of Records I Geo. C. Will Geo. C. Will i j SALEM, OREGON SALEM, OREGON WATT SHIPP THE BICYCLE MAN SALE M, OREGON Athletic and Gymnasium Goods Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle Bicycles and Repairing Pocket Cutlery and Razors Sun Typewriter, $10 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 surprise you; this is our strong hold and we can show an immense line at bargain prices every day. L. RICE, " The Furnisher INDEPENDENCE, OREGON MEAT WHILE WE ARE "AHEAD of (lie mest business," It ha become serious matu-r with the ordinary wK-arnr to know how to supply ths family table with WHOLESOME MEAT Although our margin I titmll, we buy only the bent ami give our customers tho benefit of It, and every part of our market la kept clean and In a aanitary condition. GEO. F. HECK PROPRIETOR Independence, Oregon NUSC9 8AVE PATIENTS. Heroism in Burning Hospital Pr vmli Loss of LIU. Sun Fsncisco -Flames brok out Saturday morning in tlio old 8L Fran- -I- k,..i.it.l i.n I 'uliforrifa mi mt. Dear Iviadro, ona of tha wort fir trap in o Franrinco. That acorre of pa tient wer not Injured or killed I due to heroic n-aru worn pernmnixi vj -cnr of nurse, headed by Mi W. Lewi, who w In charge of ths ward on the third noor wnrn w broka out. The moment the blaze wu discover ed Mlaa Lewi, aboutlng for al I,.. ( lnti tha room of Nathaniel Jofha. el years old, ami carrlU llie elderly patient w '" ty. P.cturnlng to the Luildinjr. Miss I nivL ttMuiat.! hwr rvmioanion nurses. to remove patients who occupied ...i. .1... (t want on me tniru nor, wneri u waa raging. ti. ....... i, ...,..L,.fll1,l hutlivava and 1IJIUUKH .llluC-l'iiv'. ...... .. down narrow ataircawa the valiant nurses on the third and second noors carried their chargea until every room in th anntl had been cleared. The amoke at timea waa blinding and chok Inn but the white-capped meaaenKera Ai. I n,.t l.u.k tn thitir rxTKonul aafcty or make an attempt to aave any of thi-lr jxTHonul vHrcl until me reporv had Kono forth that all of the pulienta had lii'rn removed Uj aafety. What adili-d to the diinijcr to the pa tient in the annex waa tho fact that the structure waa absolutely devoid of outuide fire enca. All of the pa tient had to be carried down the lontf, narrow ataira and through the narrow corridors. Had a panic occurred in the ward It i probuble that acore of nursea and putienU would have been killed. F. W. BENSON IS DEAD. Oregon'! Secretary of State and ex Governor Die Peacefully. Redlands. Cal., April 15.-Frank W. nenaon, ex-jtovernor of Oregon ml fr ih riHKt five veara secretary of state of Oregon, died here early yentrday morning. He came here laxt December in poor heaitn. Arier staying a week at the hotel Cana Lo ma, he took apartments with his wife and servants. They made few friends while here, living a retired and se cluded life. ' Only Secretary Benson's immediate family was at the bedside when death came. It was thought that Secretary lionxnn hail rallied somewhat, but early in the morning he took a turn for the worse. His death waa not unex- wtoil. Tho family had practically given up hope for his recovery when they arrived in Los Angeles last win ter. KEEP BULLETS AT HOME. Mexican Belligerents Notifield to Keep Off American Soil. Washington. D. C President Taft is determined not only that battles be tween Mexican Federals and insurrec tos shall not be fought on American soil, but that future combats must not be fought out so close to the American line as to put in jeopardy the lives and property of Americans. Through the State department me president thas notified the Mexican governent that it must see to it that hereafter no such unfortunate incident as that at Agua Prieta, when two Americans were killed and 11 wound ed, be allowed to occur. Through the War department and the department of justice, there were sent similar warnings to both sides. The view exoressed at the wnite house was that these warnings would bo obeyed to the letter. ' G'ft Elephant "White." Berkeiey. Cal. The skin and skull of a big elephiuit which Theodore Roosevelt shot in Africa, and present ed to the University of California, after it had been prepared at the Smithsonian institute, has proven a sure-enough "white elephnnt." As there is no room for an elephant in any of the appropriate places in the halls of the university buildings, it was said that the big pachyderm may be sent to the university museum of anthropology in San Francisco. slap Question Stirred Up. WAshinirton. D. C. Reoresenative Baker, of California, has introduced a resolution calling pn the president for- all correspondence in possession of the president or secretary of state and the secretary of war relating to Jap anese immigration to the United States and its possessions. Th resolution also asks the presi dent to inform congress what is being done by the executive department of th envemment to restrict further im migration into this country and its possessions of Japanese coolie laoor. , Chinese Storm Legation. v;.tnria R. C. Acoordinff to ad vices brought by the Bteamer Antilo chus the Chinese legation at Tokio was seized by 300 Chinese students last Saturday morning, wno causeu the Chinses minister, Wang, to take flight, and terrorized his staff. , The students broke into the lega tion and held a mass meeting to pro test against China's weak policy sirainst Russia, regarding the Mongo lian situation. Birdman Takes Sisters Flying. Brussels. Germany Aviator Lansor flflw Snt.nrdav in an aeroplane from the aviation field at Kiewit to the Bel gian capital, carrying his three sisters as passengers. The distance flown was 87 kilometers (about 64 miles), which is a new record for a cross country aeroplane flight with four persons. 85,000 COLONISTS COME IN 30 DAYS Railroad Officials Say Scsthern Coast Benefits Most. More In On Month Than In Forty Five Dayt During Sam Period In I0IO. Chicago Itavlat-d itatiatica com piled by officials of the Harriman line and report furnibwd by rfpreaenta- tive of other railroad which handled colonixt paaaengcr LuHinuna to the Pa cific Coaat during the 80-day period ending April 10 disclose that all rec ord for that clan of travel during the annual spring period were smashed this year. Table that havo been compiled ahow that 85,000 persona traveled from hundred of point in the Last, North and South citie on the western i!v of I ho continent while the Mtiecial rate offered by the various line were . - . . t i in force. Thin Ilr, it n avciarea, bv fullv 15.000 to the total of UHt spring when colonist rate were offered throughout a period of 45 day. The travel thi year waa distributed a follow: ' Southern Pacific, via Ofcdetl. 15,- 320: via El Paso. 9.929: via Loa An- g. les, 8G8; via Portland, 3,761. Oreiron Washington Railroad Navigation company, 11,600. Atchison, Topeka & Santa re, ZU,- 000. Northwest route, via Hill lines, es timated, 15,000." Via other lines, estimated, 10,000. It is estimated that fully 60,000 of all those who traveled on colonist tick et thi spring went to California and extreme Western Btate other than those classified in the Pacific North- w..t amnD. The Santa Fe carried practically all of its colonist traveler to California, and the bulk of this class of business over the Harriman lines went in the same direction. Dnta comniled bv representatives of the Harriman roads for the spring r.f IQIfl nhnwii that 29.170 col onist passeners were transported over the Southern Pacific line during that time, and during that time and that 10,490 others traveled over the ure-iron-Washington Railroad & Naviga tion company's route. The total for the Santa re roaa mis it in declared, shows an increase of fully 15 per cent over the business done last spring. A table prepared by passenger traffic officials of the Harriman lines in re gard to colonist travel to California from the spring of 1901 to the Ian oi 191ft shows the following figures: Via Ogden, 385,750. Via El Paso, 179,678. .Via Portland, 45,794. Via Los Angeles, 14,106. Total, 625,328. Th Santa Fe road is offerne a spe cial rate of one fare for the round trip to points in California account of the Electrical Supply Jobbers association convention. WIRELESS REPORTS, ORDER. hipt Carrying Passengers Must Have Equipment July 15. Washington, April 17. In May and nno tho Henartment of Commerce and Labor will prepare for enforcing the law which requires passenger carrying vessels of the United States be equipped with wireless on ana after July 15. All vessels which are already equip noH will he renuired to register them selves by wireless when 100 miles at sea with a navy wireless station on The Navv department will in struct its operators to take such in coming messages aany oetween o a. . and 6 p. m. Tn thio WAV the department of com- merce and labor and the customs col lectors at ports will know what ships are equipped. Taft Plans His Vacation. Washington If congress remains aoaainn throutrh the hot weather, President Taft probably will become a pronounced week-end commuter, jour neying ' from Washington to isoston and Beverly whenever he gets an op opportunity. The president hopes to sort nf it vacation in his new cottage near Beverly if he has to take a few days at a time. Mrs. iait ill go to Beverly late in June. After Va TRft. and the Taft children open the cottage, the president is expected to begin his week-end trips. Celebrate America Day. Paris Commemorative of the sug gestion published April 25, 1507, at the city of St. Die, France, that the new world discovered to the west of Europe should be called America, by which appellation the Western Hemis phere has since been known, a Franco-American celebration will be held at St. Die, June 3, 4 and 5. Accred ited representatives of 21 American republics have accepted invitations to participate. Hot Steel Kills Six. Philadelpia Five workmen were killed, a superintendent so badly burned that he lived but a few hours, two fatally injured and 12 others ser iously hurt at the Midvale Steel works at Wayne Junction, when a container, filled with molten steel gave way, and the liquid splashed over more than a score of the employes. FEDERALS REPULSED. Mtiican Bebl Succattfully Dfnd Thair Position. Dougla. Ariiona, April. 18-Oacar K. Coll, of Tcmbatone, Arlona, was hot In tha aide of tha head on Fourth street, lJouglaa, by a Mexican federal bullet, during an attack by 200 Mo ral on the reb;l cavalry corral. Bul lets struck th residences of Robert Ray, on Fifth street, and A. W. Warr. secretary of the Y. M. C. A., on Eighth streeL Coll was only slightly wound.-!, the bullet plowing furrow in hia acalp. Promising to take Agus Priets from the rebel or leave hi dead body on the fit-Id of battle, Ronaldo I'iax, nephew of the aged president of Mex ico, led 1,000 federal troop to the at tack on tha Mexican adjunct to thi city this morning. Heeding the promise given to Unci Sam that he wmilil nut fira acroaa the border. Dial deployed hi men to th westward of the city, ignoring the cover of few rollinir hill to the south and advanc ing in the open. The real action atarted at 6:30 nVlock when a machine run sneaked up to within range of the adobe ahack southwest of the town and opened murderous fire. An Englinh born veteran known a "Pop" Willis, with five Taramerara Tn.liun rrptit through tha mesouit to within 400 yards of the gun and after an hour s exchange or Bhota wun me federals silenced them. A Heturhment o f 200 infantry creep ing up a gully, suddenly appeared on t ha oant t.t the town, and with a wild yell charged to a cluster of adobe and brush bam used as a corral by the rebel cavalry. The federals all but train f A tho h-lter of the huts when a rebel machine gun on the roof of a nearby house was brought into play nd thev were driven back. At least a dozen federals fell and lay motion- leas, while their comrades retreated in confusion to the shelter of their ditch. INSURRECTOS LOSE HEAVILY. Attempt to Rescue Prisoners End In Disaster. Chihuahua. Mex.. April 18. Forty or more insurrectos . were killed and more than 100 were wounded in a bat tle foOght between Sauze and Santa Clara canyon, about 50 miles north of here, according to Federal couriers who arrived today. They brought or ders to have hospital cots ready for Federal wounded. The r ederals re port five killed, including probably women and children. Marching from Casa Grande to Chihuahua with prisoners under gen eral Luis Valdez, the Federals, fol lowed by about 100 refugees, were at tackd. Five hundred insurrectos un der Generals Orozco and Villa had been instructed by Francisco Madero to head off the Casa Grandes contin gent and if possible capture and re lease the prisoners. The fight occur.ed on a hacienda as the prisoners, shackled together by ropes, and the women and children re fugees, weary from the long tramp. were scattered in long broken lines. The federals immediately responded with heavy firing and placed the pris oners and non-combatants under pro tection. The fighting continued sev eral hours and resulted in sending north General Rabago with 500 reinforce ments. First intimation, of the fight was brought here by arrival of rider less horses. So far as known none of the prisoners, among whom are be lieved to be many" Americans, were wounded, and none escaped. Madero. Jr., has been much pleased with recent events in-Mexico City, which he says have encouraged him and strengthened insurrecto prospects. He told the correspondent he would De glad to welcome his father, but was emphatic that no sentiment or family consideration would induce him to lay down arms. Border Must Not Be Crossed. Washington Maior General Leon ard Wnnd has teleeranhed instructions to army officers in Texas not to cross the border under any circumstances. This explains the use of two civilians in carrying a message to tne Mexican Federal commander from Colonel Shunk, commanding the United States troops at Agua Prieta. General Wood hue tolocrrnnhed instructions that if either the Federal or insurgent troops of Mexico enter American territory they are to be disarmed and held and strict neutrality enforced. Shopmen Back to Work. ontn The Southern Pacific company, which three weeks ago laid off more than 500 men in its Sacra mento shops, put the shops on a hve- days-a-week oasis and maue otner rules for retrenchment here and at Roseville, Sparks and Dunsmuirs has JacioH nriWa that, the old rules for a six-day week and full eight-hour shift be again in force, and all or the men who were laid off are being taken back on their jobs. Mexican Held Kidnapper. El Paso. Tex. StateRanger Moore has arrested a man giving the name of Ascension Achuleta on a charge of kidnaopiner. Moore declares the pris oner is Arricleo Achuleta, a Mexican nirnle and one of the " four wanted in connection with the arrest of Law rence Converse and Edwin I Iatt. c Colonel Ends Long Trip. Moot VnrV Theodore Roosevelt re turned home from a seven weeks' tour of the West and Middle West. As he stepped off a train from Chicago he came into contact with a crowd of outgoing Eastern visitors, many of whom greeted him with cheers. OF HIE WEEK Doings cf tho World at Larga Told in Brief: Ovnsral Rssum of Important Emy Pratentad In Coridnd Form for Our Busy Rsadsrs. Chief Croker, of the New York fir department, has resigned. An unsuccesaful attempt ha been made to import Filipinos to work in Alaskan canneriea. A woman suto driver made a record of 109 miles an hour on the Long Is land speedway In New York. A Spanish steamer sunk off th Spanish coast and 21 of her 25 pas senger and crew were drowned. Seven Americans were wounded in Douglas, Ariz., during the fighting between Mexican forces Tuesday. Cholera Is giving health officers much concern in Honolulu. A num ber of cases have occurred recently. The first Sunday in May ha been set aside by Salem, Ore., ministers for advertising the city, and the board of trade will probably offer prizes for the best "boosting" sermons. The bodies of four mounted police men who were lost in Alaska last De cember, have been found by a relief expedition. They had eaten their dogs and even the dog harness. It is rumored that the Pacific Navi gation company, whose steamers ply between the Panama terminal and San Francisco, will extend its servcie to Portland and perhaps to the Sound. The proprietors of the Triangle Waist company, have been held re sponsible by the grand jury for 145 deaths caused by the burning of the company's plant in New York City re cently. Through freight rates are now being made between Mississippi valley points and the Pacific Coast, on ac count of the expiration of the Pacific Mail steamship company's monopoly on the Panama railway. Governor Sloan, of Arizona, urges Taft to send troops across the border to stop the Mexican fighting and pro tect Americans from stray bullets. William Kieth, a California painter of world-wide fame, is dead. A killing frost baa destroyed half the fruit crop of the Sacramento val ley. The Illinois legislature refused to change its present township local op tion law. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat. Track prices: Bluestem. 86 86ic; club, 83c; red Russian, 81c; valley, 83c; 40-fold, 84c Barley Choice feed, ?26.50y,Z7 ton. MilUtiiffa Bran. S22 per ton: mid dlings, $30; shorts, ?23; rolled barley. $28ftt29. Corn Whole, ?Z8; cracicea, fzsigf 28.50 ton. Oats No. 1 white, $28. 50 29. 50 per ton. Hav Timothy. Eastern Oregon, No. 1, $20(21; mixed, $1618; al falfa, $12.50fo;i4; clover, ?n.outg 12.50; grain hay, $13ai5. Apples Fancy, $2ff2.75; choice, $l(rt;2; common, 50c$l per box. Vegetables Asparagus, 6c per rvMinrl oT-een onions. 20c dozen : head lettuce, 50c dozen; hothouse lettuce. $1.25 box; radishes, aocadoc dozen; hnhnrh 81 .251.50 box : SOTOUtS. 9d carrots, 85c(a$l hundred; parsnips, 85c(a $l; turnips, esogi; Deeis, auc Potatoes Oregon buying price, $1.50Cri.65 per hundred. Onions Buying price, $22.10 per hundred. Poultry Hens, 21c; broilers, 30c; turkeys, 21c; ducks, 2023c; geese, 12f(14c; dressed turkeys, choice, 23 25c. . ... Eggs Oregon rancn, canaiea, zwu 21c; case count, 19c. Butter City creamery, extra, 1 and 2 pound prints, in boxes, 29c; less than boxes, cartons and delivery Pork Fancy, 1010c. Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 11 12c. Cattle Prime steers, $6.506.85; choice, $6.256.50; good to choice, $5.75(a.6; fair to good, $5.505.75; common, $4. 75(3:5; prime cows, $5.25 6; good to choice, $4.755; fair to good, $4.504.75; poor, $44.50; choice heifers, $5.255.50; choice bulls, $4.504.75; good to choice, $4.25(?4.50; fair to good, $3.754; common, $36X3.50; choice light cal ves, $7.75(i)8.75; . good to choice, $7.507.75; fair to medium, $7 7.50; choice heavy calves, $5.25 5.50; good to choice, $5ff.5.25; fair to medium, $4.75(5; choice stags, $5.255.50; good to choice, $4.505; fair to medium, $4(o;4.50. Hogs Choice, $7.707.80; good to choice, $7.50(87.55; choice heavy, 7 9R-7 Kfl- tmod to choice. $7Cd;7.25: common," $6.507; stock hogs, $8 8.25. Sheep Choice yearling wethers, grain fed, $55.25; old wethers, $4 4.50; choice ewes, grain fed, $4.50 4.75; fair to medium, $3.75(3:4; spring lambs, extra quality, $10; choice lambs, grain fed, $5.50(3,5.75; good to choice lambs, grain fed, $5(3:5.50; fair to good lambs, grain fed $4.75 5.25; culls $2.503.50. .