The Estacada News
Issued Each Thursday
E S T A C A D A .................... OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
1 b a Condensed Form for Onr
Bosy Readers.
Shonts has let contracts for housing
and feeding canal employes.
Disorders at Baku are subsiding, but
are not yet stopped. Troops are pour­
ing into the disturbed districts.
TWELVE ARE DEAD
An earthquake in Southern Italy
killed more than 400 persons and de­
stroyed many towns and villages.
New York Elevated Car Falls to
Street Below.
The president has removed Public
Printer Palmer and appointed Oscar J.
RicKetts to fill the ofhce temporariy.
The Grand Army has elected James
Tanner, of New York, commander in
chief.
He was pension commissioner
under Harrison.
MORE THAN FORTY ARE INJURED
BABY C R O P DECLINING.
Rapid Decrease In Birthrate o f O re
gon and Washington.
Washington, Sept. 12.— The Census
Bureau through a recently published
bulletin, calls attention to the fact that
the birth rate is declining in Oregon
faster than in any other state in the
Union, and Oregon, which only 45-
years ago held the record birth rate of
the United States, is now nearing the
foot of the list. In 1860 the birth rate
in Oregon was nearly double that in
the entire United Staes; five years ago,
according to the last census, Oregon
had fallen below the general average,
and well below almost every other sta’ e
in the West, California excepted.
Oregon, a good Roosevelt state on
political issues, seems to disagree with
Mr. Roosevelt on the race suicide ques­
tion, for Oregon is tumbling from its
lofty position to the foot of the list at a
rate which, if kept up for two more de­
cades, will place Oregon behind every
other part of the country in this im ­
portant respect.
Take Washington:
The record o f
that state iB not to be applauded.
It
is almost, but not quite, as bad as Ore­
gon’s. Back in 1860, when ihere was
a child for every woman between the
ages of 15 and 49 (which is not saying
that every woman between those ages
was possessed of one lone child), Wash­
ington stood third on the list of states
as to birth rate, being ranked only by
Oregon and Utah.
Since then there
has been a gradual decline, until, ac­
cording to the census of 1900, the rate
in Washington is only 469, five below
the general average for the United
States.
Then there is Idaho, which is neither
a record-breaker nor a sloucn.
In
1870, the time of its first census, the
rate was 715. It has fallen but 5 per
cent, for the last census showed it to be
644—away above the general average,
in fact, a rate that is exceeded only in
North Dakota, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory.
Train Leaves Track On Curve and
A Resume o f the Less Important but
An independent telephone line is
One Car Lands on Pavement
Not Less Interesting Events
planned from New York to Portland.
With Trucks on Top.
o f the Past Woek.
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Japanese rioters at Tokio have torn
down a statue of Ito, recently erected.
Russian oil men have asked govern­ The disorders, however, are growing
New York, Sept. 12.— Through some­
less, and quiet is expected soon.
ment aid to resume business.
body’s blunder, a Ninth avenue elevat­
The various railroads have carried ed train went through an open switch
Rain has relieved the drouth in many
sections of India threatened by famine. 76,094 passengers from east of the at Fifty-third street about 7 o’clock
Rockies to the Pacific coast this sum­ this morning. One car crowded with
Baron Komura is seriouslv ill and mer.
Of this number 47,113 came people fell to the street, and 12 per­
sons were killed and more than 40 in­
may not be able to return to Japan as direct to Portland.
jured, 14 of them seriously.
soon as planned.
A rotten building in New York fell,
The cause of the accident and the
A stampede occurred at a cattle show killing two people and injuring 20 immediate responsibility remain to be
at Salamanca, Spainh, and 120 per­ others.
seen. The motorman of the wrecked
sons were injured.
The sultan of Morocco has granted train is a fugetive, while a switchman,
conductor and four guards are under
The Mexican government has put a France’s demands.
arrest. The switchman is charged with
stop to all forms of gambling, including
In the past year 9,152 members of manslaughter and the trainmen are
lotteries, in the republic.
the G. A . R. have died.
held as witnesses.
The cotton crop of Mexico this year
Whatever may have caused the mis­
The Norwegian-Swedish conference is
is estimtaed at 90,000 to 100,000 bales,
hap, the accident, the worst in the his­
in danger of a disagreement.
againte 75,000 bales last year.
tory of the overhead railroads in New
The New York hop crop w ill not be York, came when a south bound train
The call for the Amerian Mining
on the Ninth avenue line was switched
congress, which meets in El Paso, over 60 or 70 per cent of last year’ s.
off to the Sixth avenue line at the For­
Texas, Novmeber 14, has been issued.
A mob near Fort Worth, Texas, ty-third street junction.
The motor-
Postal officials who have inspected burned a negro at the stake. He had man, expecting a clear track on the di­
the coast cities oppose pneumatic tubes confessed his crime.
rect line of the Ninth avenue, without
for Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, but
After a silence of 18 months inquir­ regarding the warning signal that the
the service w ill be installed in San
ies are being sent to the Pacific coast switch was open, rushed his train along
Francisco.
from Vladivostok for flour and wheat. at a high rate of speed. The first car
swung around the right angle curve,
William K elly, the oldest convict in
Cholera continues to spread rapidly bolding to the rails because of the
Sing Sing prison, has just celebrated
throughout Prussia, but the govern­ weight of the train behind. Then the
his 85th birthday by giving a reception
ment is working hard to suppress the strain became too great. The couplings
to the other convicts. He was sentenced
disease.
broke, the second car was whirled about
for life 34 years ago for murder.
EFFO R T T O IN TIM ID A TE .
A meat famine is general in Ger­ almost end for end, and, to the horror
Experiments with the ubs of fuel oil on
of those who looked on from below,
British battleships have been so sat­ many. Live cattle are worth 14% pitched into the street.
Witness So Testifies In Land Fraud
isfactory that the government has or­ cents per pound and live hogs 14 cents.
Those passengers who had not jump­
Cases Before Hunt.
dered the erection of an oil storage de­ The government has been petitioned to ed from the platforms and windows be­
pot at Plymouth, and w ill store oil at admit cattle free of duty.
Portland, Sept. 12.— Have the de­
fore the plunge came were thrown into
other home ports.
Japanese disorders may' interfere a mass at the forward end of the car. fendants in the Williamson-Gesner-
As the injured men and women were Biggs case tried to intimidate the wit­
Norway and Sweden are again on the with a resumption of the flour trade.
According
struggling to free themselves the heavy nesses for the government?
verge of war.
front trucks of the third car fell almost to the testimony of Campbell A. Dun­
Whole Caucasus in Revolt.
Two Chicago women in bloomers will
can, brought out yeiterday morning by
St. Petersburg, Sept. 12.— Alarming in their midst, as the car itself jumped District Attorney Heney, and unshaken
our the world.
dispatches were received from the Cau­ partly off the elevated structure and by the cross examination of Mr. Ben­
The Repulhican party celebrated its casus this morning. Bulletins from Ba­ was wedged against a building at the
nett, the effort has been made.
For
60th birthday September 9.
ku say conditions are worse than at any southeast corner of Ninth avenue and the first time in the course of the third
Cuba wants the reciprocity treaty time since the race war and revolt Forty-third street.
trial the spirit of sensationalism was
sprang up. ’ Not only have battles be­
with the United States extended.
introduced yesterday morning, when
tween Armenians and Tartars been re­
Russian Army Walts News.
Duncan told of his visit to Representa­
A Mexican mining man has sued
sumed, but Russian revolutionists are
Lamatenzi, Manchuria, Sept. 9.— The tive Williamson in his rooms at tl,®
Thomas W. Lawson for mining stock in desperate conflict with imperial
result of the Portsmouth conference Imperial hotel, and stated that the vis­
worth »3,000,000.
troops, and all the resources of the was officially announced to the Russian it had been prompted by the advice and
Governor Folk, of Missouri, has War department of that part of the em­ forces today. The army, however, is request of Attorney Barnes, of Prine-
started for the Portladn fair and will pire are required to control the situa­ still without official orders from St. ville, who has figure has the silent
tion. It is feared that all Trans-Cau­ Petersburg to cease its warlike activi­
launch! his presidential boom.
shadow during the three trials. Camp­
casia shortly w ill pass into their hands. ties, and the situation is intense. The
bell A. Duncan, was called as the first
The German government has a firm
soldiers are waiting far an armistice to witness of the day. He was called in
grip on the cholera situation and the
be declared, and they cannot under­ the morning and the afternoon found
. Holding Its Grip.
disease is not spreading to new dis­
tricts.
New Orleans, Sept. 12. — The fact stand how Russia can talk of peace him still on the stand.
that the general mass of the people are while the Japanese continue reennais-
The wtiness gave much the same tes­
Despite the fact that a peace treaty
sances in force and outpost engage-
has been signed, both armies in Man­ not working with the same zeal that mnta. The fighting of September 3 in timony as at the first and the second
trials, though there were one or two
churia stand ready for a big battle, and marked the earlier stages of the fight is Corea cannot be understood here.
given by the authorities as one of the
more points brought out, owing to the
skirmishes are of daily occurrence.
reasons why yellow fever is not declin­
more lenient ruling of Judge Hunt than
Major General Wood says that the ing as steadily as it was a couple of
were put in evidence at the first and
Famine In Nine Provinces.
Moroe have been pacified to such an weeks ago. The death rate continues
second trials.
One statement of im ­
St. Petersburg, Sept, i / — The first portance and one that will perhaps play
extent that Americans are safe to travel to be exceedingly low, because the fever
over any part of the island without a is now only occasionally found among sitting of a ministerial conference to an important part in the settlement of
guard.
the Italians, but more new cases are deal with the famine which threatens the case, was made by the witness, who
a number of provinces was held today. told of having had a conversation with
It has developed that the Japanese, reported daily than the Marine hos­
It was attended by the governors of the Marion R. Biggs in which Biggs stated
when they gave up their demand for in­ pital authorities expected would be re­
provinces, representatives of the Zemst­ that while no written contract could be
demnity, secured the right to fish in ported at this time.
vos and Red Cross and philanthropic made between Gesner and the appli­
Russian territorial waters, the sea of
societies and marshals of the nobility. cants for timber lands, yet an under­
Japan, the sea of Okhotsk and Bering
Reports were presented showing that standing could be reached by which
Uniforms fo r Forest Service.
sea. These rights are worth »30,000,-
Washington, Sept. 12.— In the near distress is acute in the provinces of the claimants could know that they
000 annually, far more than the indem­
future forest rangers and all field em­ Saratoff, Rizan, Samara, Penz. Tam- would be able to sell their claims to the
nity asked.
ployee of the Forest service w ill be un­ boff, Orel,Voronezh, Tonla and Viatka. firm of Williamson A Gesner at a
Swedish - Norwegian relations are iformed.
Their suits, patterned after
stated figure, as soon as title had been
again warlike.
Last o f Missouri Bribery Casas.
army uniforms, w ill be of drab green
gained from the government.
Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 9.— The
China has placed a big flour order in tint, the equipment to further consist
of a gray flannel shirt, gray felt hat, bribery case against ex-State Senator
the United States.
Crisis In Negotiations.
black riding boots and double breasted Charles A. Smith, of St. Louis, was
Christianna, Sept. 12.— The tone of
Municipal ownership is the issue in overcoat to match the suit. Buttons
dismissed today.
This disposes of all the Norwegian newspapers indicates
the New York campaign.
bearing an embossed fir tree and the the legislative bribery cases except that the commissioners of Norway and
More graft has been discovered in the words "Forest Service" will be used on those against D. J. K elly, said to be in Sweden, regarding the dissolution of
the uniforms.
Canada.
army snpply department.
the union, have reported an empasae.