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Reeder's Has Bill to Carry Out Land
Commission's Policy.
E S T A C A D A .................... O REGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
C A S H FO R J E T T Y .
L E A S IN G G R A Z IN G L A N D .
Washington, Maich 18.— The time
is not yet ripe for the passage of a bill
authorising the leasing of vacant pub
lic graving lands, but sentiment in
favor of Federal control and regulation
of the public range is growing steadily,
and eventually such a system w ill be
inaugurated.
Representative Reeder,
of Kansas, has advanced ideas on this
subject, and believe that the beat way
to expand sentiment in favor of the
leasing system is to keep the topic be
fore the public. With that end in view
be has drawn and introduced a general
leasing b ill which reads as follows:
"T h a t the president is hereby au
thorised to set aside by proclamation
such portions of the public lands as in
his opinion should be created into grav
ing districts. The control and custody
of the landB thus withdrawn shall be
placed in the hands of the secretary of
Agriculture, who is hereby authorised
to classify and appraise the graving
value of such lands and to appoint such
officers as the care of each gravingj dis
trict may require.
“ Tbe secretary of Agriculture is also
authorised to charge and collect a rea
sonable fee for grazing permits and to
make and enforce such regulations as
may be appropriate to the conditions of
each ganrzing district. These regula
tions shall be framed and applied with
special reference to bringing about the
largest permanent occupation of the
country by actual settlers and home
makers.
“ All public lands thus withdrawn
and controlled shall at all times be
continue to subject to entry and settle
ment under suitable regulations."
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
VOTERS C A N N O T CHANGE.
Provision is Made in Amendment to
Sundry Civil Bill.
F R U IT C A N N E R Y FO R A L B A N Y .
Attorney General Says Original Regis Gardeners and Orchardista o f
County Taka Stock.
tration Must Stand.
Linn
Albany— Active work looking to tbe
Salem— Attorney General Crawford
Is of the opinion that there is no autho erection of a cannery and packing plant
in Albany has begun by the gardeners
rity for tha changing of a voter’ s regis
and fruitmen interested.
The new
tration after it has once been made. company w ill be known as the Fruit
A R m u it m o f tha L a s« Important but
He has not rendered a written opinion growers’ and Gardeners’ Co Operative
Not Laaa Interesting; Events
upon the subject, but after hearing tbe association, and will be owned by tbe
o f the Past Waak.
man who sell their products to the com
report that changes have been permit
pany or by citixens of Albany.
Stock
ted in Linn county, he examined the in the new company is selling under a
The president of the Argentine re
statutes governing registration and said restriction that no one man could se
public is dead.
that tbe only change provided for by cure more than 26 per cent of the
Indian outlaws have killed tbiee dep
law is that which becomes necessary stock.
Besides packing, preserving and can
uties in Indian Territory.
when a voter changes his residence
ning fruit and vegetables, the new con
Hearst has forbidden the mention of
from one precinct to another.
cern will handle all kinds of prodace,
Bryan’s name in his newspapers.
Mr. Crawford said that if a voter acting aa a kind of distributing point
General Overseer Voliva says Dowie
registers as a Socialist and then changes where all produce for the local trade
can be secured at a uniform price. In
is dying and that he will govern Zion.
his registration so that it shows him to
this way all stores will be able to keep
The deadlock has been renewed at
be a Democrat, tills would be in effect up with the market, and the farmers
Algeciraa, but an agreement is sssured.
a second registration, and more than w ill bave no trouble in disposing of
The United States Supreme court has
one registiation is expressly forbidden. their product.
decided that paper and tobacco trust
The plan is to start with a cannery,
If the clerk shonld make a mistake and
officers must give evidence.
write the Word “ Socialist” after a prune packery and cider and vinegar
George V . L . Meyer, now United
man’s name, when the voter bad an worka. A ll ol these industries have
States ambassador to Russia, may suc
nounced himself as a Democate, Mr. been needed very much in Linn county,
ceed Taft as secretary of war.
Crawford tiiinks it would be permissa- because of tbe immense amount of
hle for the clerk to correct the error, small fruits and garden products grown
Seventeen men have lost their lives
hut where the party affiliation baa been here, and because the county had no
attempting to recover bodies from the
recorded as given by tbe voter, there ia such enterprises the development of
Courrierea, France, cool mine.
the fruit and gardening industry haB
no authority for a subsequent change.
The city of Chicago baa won a great
It. has been many times asserted that been much retarded.
victory over the traction lines by the
in Marion county many Democrats are
Wool Sales at Condon.
Supreme court annulling their fran
registering as Republicans in order to
Condon— An effort is being made by
chises.
take part in the contest for the Repub
lican primary nominations. Inspection tbe Condon Commercial club to estab
Southern California and Arisona bave
of tbe registration books shows that lish at this place wool saleB days. The
had a downpour of rain which almoet
this is not true, and that if any persons secretary of tbe club is in communica
reached the proportions of a flood.
S T IR UP RADICALS.
are registering improperly the instances tion w i'h the State and National Wool-
Three inches of water fell in 36 hours.
are so few and so unimportant as to es growers’ associations, and with the aid
Hoggatt w ill be named governor of Russian Reactionaries are Inciting to cape notice. The disposition here li of the local woolgrowers’ association,
Open Outbreak.
Alaska.
for esch to register his party affiliations which it is expected will he organized,
it is thought dates may be secured.
8t. Petersburg, March 13. — Some of honestly aud fairly, if given at all.
Zionists bave stopped Duwie's sup
Endeavors are also being made to se
ply of money.
the reactionary organizations are push
cure a reduction in freight rates on
Farmers T ired o f Waiting.
Both China and Japan deny there is ing the agitation against the radical
wool from Condon to Boston, and
Ontario
—
The
farmers
of
Dead
Ox
any disturbance in China.
elements to a dangerous point.
Today
also on local shipments of sugar, salt
Flat, tired of waiting -for water from
etc.
Anthracite operators are believed to a “ League of the Russian People” held
have agreed to reject the miners pro a service in the Alesanderevsky mon the various projects contemplated, have
Build to Emmett.
posals.
astery, to celebrate the manifesto on taken steps to oiganise an irrigation
Ontario— O. C Wright, Western rep
A b ill has been introduced in the March 8 as a victory for the old regime district under what is known as tbe
Iow a legislature legalising the killing Later, at the Horse Guard menage, the Wright law. A petition to the County resentative of Wheeier A Co., New
fighting society cf the same organiza court w ill be considered at a special York bankers, states that bis company
of incurables.
tion held a public meeting and listened session A p r " 18. The proposed district is ready to proceed with the construc
Details of the fight between Moros 'o inflammatory speeches by Dr. Dou-
includes abont 10,000 acres of tho best tion of tbe Oregon A Idaho railway, be
and American troops show that the brovin and Profrssor Nikolsky, two ex
land on Dead Ox Flat, in Malheur tween Ontario and Emmett, Idaho, 35
battle lasted (our days and 900 ol the tremist leaders, at which the orators
county, just acioes the Snake river miles. He has placed a certified check
rebels were killed or wounded.
openly summoned their followers, the from Weieer, Idaho. When this district of $15,000 in the First National bank
Millions are starving in Northern Black Hundred, to k ill the Jews and is organised and the means of watering of this city as guarantee that his com
Japan and now winter weather has hang Count Witte.
it bave been installed, there w ill have pany means business, and as soon as
added te the misery. Straw and acorns
Prince Meslchersky, editor of the been added to Malheur county many arrangements are completed and the
are the principal foods.
An almost Grasnanin, who supported the Witte thousands of dollars of taxable proper signatures obtained for tbe right of
total failure of the riee crop is the section, charges the bureaucracy with ty.
Tbe success of the enterprise way, the work will be commenced from
both ends.
cause of the famine.
having sympathy with the court clique, means much for the county.
which
is
opposing
the
hands
of
the
The Harriman lines w ill put on a
Cannot Use State Money.
Wallowa Bridge by July I.
new through train from Chicago to cabinet, and with inciting class hatred
Salem— Attorney Ueneral Crawford
and
strikes,
with
the
purpose
of
mak
Wallowa—
When
the
O.
R.
A
N.
Co.
Portland. No stops w ill be made and
holds in an opinion that the State
no passengers or express w ill be car ing the national assembly a failure. started to secure right of way in this
Lewis and Clark commission cannot
ried, nothing but mail.
This change He quotes Professor Nicolsky as de county for an extension of their line it
claring that friends of the autocracy was not definitely known how soon the use the $50.000 appropriated by the
w ill make a saving of an entire day.
should Bee that a number of revolu road was to be in operation. In a re state for a memorisl building, even if
In Wyoming, Western Nebraska and tionaries are elected, in order to fur
cent conversation with a gentleman an individual is willing to supply tbe
Northern Colorado there is I t inches ol nish an excuse for dispersing the na who is in a position to know the activ $60,000 which the Portland Lewis and
snow and stockmen fear heavy losses, tional assembly with bayonets.
ity of aD projected railroads, it was Clark corporation refused to donate.
as
the weather is extremely cold.
learned that the extension to the O. R. Mr. Crawford says the law ib explicit
Kansas and Montana have snow and
A N. waa expected to reach the W al in its declaration that the corporation
C H AN G E S IN C AB IN E T.
heary winds and street car and railroad
lowa bridge by July next.
W ith rail must supply the money and the city of
traffic is badly demoralised.
road accommodations so early, much of Portland donate the site.
Bonaparte May Succeed Moody as
the crop raised in Wallowa county, aa
The Iowa senate has passed sn enti
Attorney General.
Beet Acreage Largely Increased.
weli as the surplus stock, w ill be
re! lroaa pass bill.
La Grande— Manager F. S. Brain-
Washington, March 13.— It is under shipped from that point.
American troops killed 600 native
well, of tire sugar factory, has been in
stood there are many cabinet changes
outlaws in a battle in the Philippines.
Cove, making contracts for the growing
in contemplation.
Attorney General
Change Wool Sale Dates.
Fire at Ban Francisco in a five-story Moody may retire early in the summer.
Pendleton— Owing to dissatisfaction of sugar beets for this season’ s run, and
building caused a loss of over $760,000 Secretary Bonaparte, of the Navy de with tbe schedule of wool sale dates re reports having contracted for about 1,-
000 acre« of beets in that locality. The
An agreement on Morocco is about to partment, mav have the place if he cently announced for Kastern Oregon,
In that event G. L. vou the executive committee of the State sugar company expects to have a larger
be reached at Algeciraa, the kaiser wishes it.
Meyer, now ambassador to Russia, will Wnoigrowen’ association has made out acreage this year than ever before.
backing down.
likely take the Navy portfolio.
a new one, aa follows: Pendleton, May Heretofore tbe factory hae never bad
The Chinese government reassures
Postmaster General Cortelyou’ will 22-23, May 29-30; Heppner, May 24- more than 2,800, acreB but this season
the nations that there w ill be no upris succeed the secretary of the Treasury
26, June 7-8, June 21-22; Condon, is counting upon at least 4,000 acres.
ing against foreigners.
when that official retires in the fall,- May 31, June 1, June 27-28; Shaniko,
Big Yield in Gilliam.
June 6 8, June 19 20, Jnly 10 11;
T Í # Hariman lines will be equipped unless present plans change.
One great problem in tendering tbe Baker City, June 26-28, July 12-13;
Condon — Crop prospects for a large
with the block signal system from
Supreme court vacancy to Secretary of Elgin, July 13. Tbe sale for the W al yield are said to be better than ever be
Omaha to Los Angeles.
War Taft is who to get who can take lowa mnntv wool hae been set for Elgin fore in Gilliam county.
There is a
The house committee on naval affairs the great problem of the Isthmian
instead of the town of Wallowa aa pre greater acreage of wheat than ever
favors the appointment of not more canal and the Philippines?
While viously arranged.
seeded in this county before and con
than SO dental surgeons in the navy.
Secretary Taft, although desiring ulti
ditions are unusually favorable at this
mately to have a position on the Su
time.
Tbe ground is wet to a depth
Closed Season T o Be Enforced.
President Roosevelt has been asked
preme court bench, does not feel like
Range is im
to step in and attempt to settle the dif
Oregon C ity— “ A strictly closed sea of more than two feet.
leaving the cabinet at this time, Wash
ferences between the coal operators and
son w ill be maintained on the Colnm- proving rapidly, owing to the splendid
ington believes he will be the successor
b i* river this year.” says Deputy Fish growing weather of the past two weeks.
miners.
of Justice Brown.
Warden H . A. Webster, who has gone
The house committee on elections
P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS .
to the Lower Columbia.
The closed
has favorably reported a bill providing
Women Give Their Jewels.
season began on the 16th inst. and con-
for the election of senators by direct
Wheat— Club, 67c; bluestem, 67@
Budapest, March 13.— The Countess tiniiea for a month, and in order that
vote of the people.
68c; red, 65c; valley, 70c.
Desessy and other titled women have a I illegal dshing may be prevented the
Oats— No. 1 white feed, $27.50; gray,
The Port of Portland commission has started a movement to raise a fund for authorities of Oregon and Washington
voted the H ill company right to bridge the benefit of officials who resigned or w ill co-operate and maintain a thor $27 per ton.
Barley — Feed, $23@24 per ton;
the Willamette below Portland accord were dismissed as a result of the politi ough patrol of tbe river. Oregon thia
ing to the plans submitted by the rail cal crisis in Hungary. They have held vear has two patrol boats and Wash brewing, $24924 60; rolled, $24.50(9
26.50.
road company.
meetings at which they have denuded ington baa one. and ail three w ill do
Buckwheat— $2.25 per cental.
Miss Susan B. Anthony is still very themselves of valuable jewelry, which service onthe Columbia.
Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy, $13(9
will he eold for the benefit of the offi
weak.
14 per ton; valley timothy. $8(99; clo
cers who were left in the lurch through
Will Build N ew Roundhouse.
ver, $7.50(98; cheat, $6(97; grain hay,
The Algeciraa conference is talking 'he nonpayment of large sums promised
La Grande — An appropriation of $7(98.
of compromise.
them by rich magnates as indemnity $200,080 has been aakad for by tha
Fruits— Apples, $1(92 50 per box;
The government has evidence of re for the loes of their salaries and of po Oregon officials of the O. R. A N. from cranberries, $12.50(914.50 per barrel.
sitions.
bates given the sugar trust.
the head officials In the East for bu ild
l i i Condensed Form lor Bor
Bosy lenders.
N o successor to Premier Rouvier has
yet been named in France.
Frantic efforts are being made to
save Zioa City from bankrupty.
Frequent robberies have caused the
eloeing of money order offices in Po
land.
Two officials of the Standard Oil have
called on President Roosevelt aud seem
anxious about Invaatigation of trusts.
J. Ogden Armour, head of the A r
mour Packing company, complains be
cause of secret service men dogging
him.
The house committee on mtrehant
marine and fisheries has fixed March
» as tbs date for considering what ac
tion shall be taken on the ship subsidy
M il.
Three officers of the Mutual Reserve
Life insurance company
have been
(adietad for stealing.
Chinese crews oo the Pacific Mail
at samar Manchuria have been caught
smuggling arms and ammunition out
of San Fraaciso for Boxers in China.
It Is not known how long this has been
going on.
France looks to America for a de
claration in hor favor on the Moroccan
q section.
The next steamer salting for the is
land of Tahiti will carry relief for the
sufferers from the recent tidal wave.
Census o f Isle o f Pines.
Havana, March 1 2 — Pryden Fulton,
who was appointed to take the census
of the Isle of Pines and who was ar
rested by the Cuban anthoritiee tie-
cause he did not have their permission
to do so, arrived here last night. He
says the census was practically com
pleted before the Cubans stopped the
work. Fulton says there are leei than
2.000 inhabitants on the island, and
eatimated the nnmher of Cubans al
1.000 and actual Americana at abont
700. He says that tbe number of male
Cubans of voting age is 200.
ings and vard improvements at La
Grande. It ia not expected that tha
entire sum will bt available immedi
ately, hut $80,000 ia to he expended at
La Grande at once. This will be for a
new ronndhnuee, new storage quartan,
oilhonse and storage room.
A ll these
buildings will be constructed of brick
and atone and w ill he located a abort
distance from the preeent site.
Seaside to Astoria.
Salem— Charles M. Cartwright, W il
liam L. Pndlev. Edgar J. Daly, San
derson Reel, ft. F. Allen and J. Frank
Wetson have filed articles of incorpora
tion with the secretary of state for the
tstoria A Coast Internrhnn company.
They propoee to build a «team or elec
tric railroad fr >m Astoria to Seaside,
ending at the Halladay or Old 8eaaide
property, in Clatsop connty. The cap
ital stock is $300 000 divided into $100
share«.
Guard for British Legation.
London, March 13.— The correspond
ent of the Tribune at Hongkong save
that Capta n W ard, commanding a de
tachment of 40 artillerymen, will pro
ceed to Pekin at 'he end of the month
to guard the British legation. Taitai
Wen, confidential secratary of the
viceroy of Canton, in an in’ airiaw,
Prospects Good in Sumptar.
•aid be did not think the anti foreign
Raker City — Conservative mining
movement in the anuth was serious, operators ara of the opinion that dnr-
and dismissed the idea of troubla at ing the coming sn miner greater results
Pekin.
will be obtained from the minea of the
Sumpter district than aver hefora.
In
Famine Imperils in Morocco.
an Interview on thia qneetion I. R.-
London, March 13. — The Daily Bellman, a well known operator and
M ail’s correspondent at Tangier says manager of the Crack
Oregon, at
that t h e 'a i'a -e of the wheat and bar- Rnurne. stated that tbla ia awn red by
ley harvest is threatened throughout the fact that so msny properties have
Morocco.
W ith no reserve from last been fully developed and are now on
year, he adds, a terrible famine seems the verge of being placed among the
to ba impending.
regular producers.
Washington, March 9.— The senate
committee on commerce today voted
nnanimoualy to report favorably Sen
ator Fulton '■ amendment to the sun
dry civil bill, appropriating $400,000
for continuing the work on the Colum
bia river jetty, with a view to its pre
servation unt’ l congress shall hereafter
make provision for its completion. On
advice of 8enator Frye, chairman of
the committee, Mr. Fulton did not at
tempt to amend his amendment, as
recommended by the secretary of war,
so as to authorise contracts to com
plete the jetty, to ita full projected
length,
because it waa universally
agreed that any such change would
certainly defeat the entire amendment
and k ill the $400,000 appropriation
which now seems within
grarp.
Rather than run this risk, Mr. Fulton
arkerl lor a favorbale report merely on
bis amendment as originally drawn.
The commerce committee, before act
ing, gave a bearing to Mr. Fulton, who
at some length pointed out the neces
sity foi the adoption of his amendment,
showing that, unless the money is pro
vided, more than a mile of uncom
pleted jetty w ill be entirely lost, be
cause of (be certain destruction of the
tramways. Unless bis amendment is
adopted, Mr. Fulton declared the tram
way would be utterly destroyed by
teredos during tbe coming season, and,
once the tramway is gone, the halt-
finished portion of the jetty w ill be ab
solutely lost, because it will be impos
sible to build new trestles over unfin
ished rock work. This loss, be said,
would cost the government fully $500,-
000, and would set back work on the
jetty not less than two years. He
showed that good business principles
demand that the incomplete work be
protected, and this can -only be done
by tbe immediate expenditure of $400,-
000, as explained by the army engin
eers.
The committee was thoroughly con
vinced of tbe advisability of making
this appropriation, and assured Mr.
Fulton that it would individually and
collectively aid him in securing the
adopt.on of his amendment.
W hile the committee is not favorable
to making appropriations for new river
and harbor work at this session, it re
gards this project sb an extreme emer
gency. To increase the chances cf get
ting this appropriation, tbe committee
authorized a favorable report on an
original b ill identical in terms with
Mr. Fulton’ s amendmnet, and, in case
one plan fails, theother will be pressed.
Senator Piles, of Washington, wno is
a member of the commerce committee
and extremely friendly to Columbia
river iniDrovement, is an enthusiastic
supporter of Mr. Fulton’ s amendment.
He, like other members of the commit
tee, believee the action of the commit
tee today makes it absolutely certain
that tbe senate will attach the amend
ment to the sundry civil bill, but real
izes that a fight w ill come when tbe
b ill goes back to the house.
SE A-LE VE L C A N A L
FEASIBLE.
P rofessor Burr Says It Can Be Dug
in Ten Years.
Explosion in French Mine Im
prisons Nearly 1,800.
ONLY SIX HUNDRED ARE RESCUED
Fire
Follows
and
Cuts
OfF Miners
from Rescue — Government
•
Sands Troops to Halp.
Paris, March 12.— A mine catastro
phe of incalcnlable horror and magni
tude has stricken the great coal center
of Northern France.
An explosion of
fire damp at 7 o’ clock Saturday morn
ing carried death and destruction
throughout the network of coal mines
centered at Courrieres, and fire follow
ed the explosion, making reacne diffi
cult. and almost impossible.
A ll France has been profoundly
shocked by the magnitude of tbe dis
aster, which ia said to be the greatest
in the history of continental mining
President Failieres sent bis secretary,
accompanied by Minister o f Public
Works Gautier and Minister of the In
terior Dubief, on a special train to the
scene of tbe disaster.
The ministerial
crisis was temporarily forgotten, senat
ors and deputies joining in the univer
sal public manifestations oi sorrow.
Tbe scene of the catastrophe is the
mountainous mining regioD near Lens,
in the department of Pas de Calais.
Here are huddled small hamlets of tbe
mineworkers who operate the moet pro
ductive coal mines iu France. Tbe
subterranean chambers form a aeries of
tnnnels.
Six of the outlets are near
Lens, and others are at Conrrierea,
Verdun and other points.
The output of these mines ia partic
ularly combustible, and ia largely used
in the manufacture of gas and in smelt
ing. About 2,000 miners work in tbe
group of mines, and with their families
make a population of from 6,000 to 8,-
000 souls.
The explosion took place shortly
after 1,795 men had descended into the
mine Saturday morning. There was a
deafening explosion, which was follow
ed by the cages ancl mining apparatus
being hnrled from the month of the
Conrrieree mine. Men and horses near
by outside tbe mine were either
stunned or killed.
The roof of the
mine office was blown off.
Immediately after the
explosion
flames burst from the month of the pit,
driving back these who sought to enter,
and dooming those within.
The work of attempting to reecne the
imprisoned miners was hastily begun
by officials, engineers and miners from
tbe surrounding mines, who formed
parties and made heroic efforts to pene
trate the smoke and foal gates and
bring oat the imprisoned men.
The families of the entombed miners
crowded abont the shaft seeking fathers
or husbands, and threatening, in their
efforts to obtain details, to force back
the gendarmes who kept them from the
mouth of the pit. The populace of the
district is appalled by the disaster,
which affects every household. Those
persons who were rescued were terribly
burned.
The latest estimates place those who
were taken oat at 591. The worst fears
have been realized and it is now cer
tain that those entombed, numbering
1,193, are dead. It is also almoet cer
tain that but few bodies w ill be recov
ered, as the fierce flames have entirely
consumed thoee who were shut in the
mine.
Washington, March 9.— Professor W.
A. H. Burr, of New York, a member of
the board of consulting engineers, ap
peared before the senate committee on
interoceanic canals to discuss tbe type
of canal to be conetr acted across tire
Isthmus of Panama.
He said that
since the report wus prepared, his re
flections convince him more than ever
that a sea-level canal was more feasible
than a lock canal.
The witness was examined at length
concerning the control of the Chagres
river, and declared that the solution
of tbe problem presented was entirely
feasible. He declared be could Bee no
reason why a sea-level canal should not
be constructed in ten years, as no
doubtful engineering feats were con
templated iu tbe majority plan.
Tbe committee adjourned until 10:30
o'clock tomorrow, wben it is under
stood Professor Burr w ill attack the
wisdom of constructing a canal of the
British Steamer Sinks.
lock type provided for in the minority
Halifax, N. 8.. March 12 — The Brit
report.
ish steamer Hawkins fonndered off
Sratterie, on the Cape Breton coast.
It is not known as yet if the members
of the crew managed to escape in tha
small boats and are safe in eome iso
lated point on the coast. The Hawkins
was commanded by Captain Papes and
carried a crew of abont 25 men.
She
sailed from here February 15 for Port
Morier, an ontport of Cape Breton, on
the Nova Scotia coast, and nothing had
since been heard of tbe vessel until the
news that she had gone to the bottom.
Federation Officials A ra Charged with
Complicity in Murdar.
Caldwell, Idaho, March 7.— It took
an avening session of tba grand jnry
which baa been hearing tba eridenca
against Charles Moyar, president of tha
Watern Federation of Miners, W illiam
Heywood, secretary; George Pettrbone,
a member of tha executive board; Jack
Simpkins, a member of the association;
Harry Orchard and Steve Adams, be
fore indictments were returned against
them for the assassination of ex-Gov
ernor Stennenberg.
W h ile not a member of the proaecn-
tion w ill give a reason (or tha failure of
tbe indictment of St. John, it is under
stood all along that the state bad little
direct information againat St. John.
Juet why he waa arrested the prosecu
tion has never seen fit to make public.
It was rumored that bis arrest waa
made at tbe request of the Mineowners’
association, because they considered
him a dangerous man.
St. John's reputation ae an organizer
make* b il name a to conjure with in
Colorado, and in fact wherever a min
ers’ union exists. The story goes that
the mineowners wanted to get Simpkins
oat of the country and were only too
glad to bave him arrested along with
the officials of the Federation.
Now that the indictments have been
returned, the next thing w ill be the ap
pearance of the prisoners in court. The
prosecution simply will not tell when
they are going to bring the prisoners
here, but the fact that eeverai deputy
sheriffs left here tonight for Boise indi
cate« that tbe arraignments w ill take
place tomorrow.
E D IC T A G A IN S T A G IT A T O R S .
Alarmed by War Preparations, China
O rders Foreigners Protected.
Pekin, March 7.— The Chinese gov
ernment is greatly perturbed by the re
ports of anti-foreign movements printed
in the American and European papers
and particularly by dispatches announc
ing preparations for a m ilitary expedi
tion in caee of need.
These reports, it
is alleged, tend to embarrass the foreign
ministers and create strained relations
between them and the officials here,
A long edict pabliBhel in the Official
Gazette today, after referring to the
warlike reports, declares they are cir
culated by traitors who wish to sepa
rate China from her friende. The
edict points out the great difficulties
which confront China at present, and
the strong need for maintaining friend
ly relations with the powers
It re
roves the Chinese students for med-
ling with politics and charges the offi
cials, high and low, thoroughly to pro
tect the lives and property of foreign
ers, specifying the missions, under pain
of the most severe punishment.
A strong force of the troops of Yuan
Shi Kai has been sent to the sonthern
part of the province of Chili, where
the people have been threatening the
Christians.
B R IT A IN C LAI MS^RECI P R O C IT Y .
Wants Sam s Favored Nation T reat
ment aa Other Nations.
London, March 7.— Communications
have passed between Great Britain and
the United States respecting the for
mer’ s contention that she should par
ticipate iu the privileges granted to
other nation* under tbe Dingley act, in
return for the reciprocal concessions
which Great Britain hae obtained on
•im ilar representations to other coun
tries granting the moet favored nation
treatment. Great Britain also takes the
ground that, having no tariff, she, of
all countries, ehonld be favorably
treated commercially.
It waa stated
in the honFe today that negotiations on
this point had been opened with Amer
ica.
This is incorrect. Thne far only
commnnicatione have passed.
The United States haB no commercial
arrangement with Great Britain as with
other countries, by which tbe presi
dent is enabled to extend the benefits
of certain concessions in matters affect
ing the cnetomt duties.
Ready to Back M ineworkers.
Pittsburg, March 7. — Representa
tives of the American Federation of
Labor in thia city received notice today
that the executive council had been
called to meet in Washington on Mon
day, March 19.
A * this is the day on
which the operators will be in session
at Indianapolis and dnring the time of
the Mineworkara’ convention at the
same place, it i- pointed oat that Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Federa
tion, w ill be ready to give them the
Rebates Given on Steel.
moral and financial assistance of the
Cincinnati, March 12. — That tbe Federation.
Big Four railroad had paid cash rebates
May Strike on Southern.
for a shipment of steel from Pittabnrg
O ppose Alaska Fishery Bill.
to Kansas City, and had otherwise fa
Washington, March 7. — President
Washington, March 9.— Representa vored shippers, was testified to today Perhem, of the Order of Railroad Tele
tive* of Alaskan cannera and fishermen by General Freight Agent George H . graphers of tba United States a n ] Can
appeared before the house committee Ingalls, in the hearing before the Inter ada, announced tonight that, anises the
on territories today to oppose the Cush state Commerce commission.
T. C. wage scale submitted to the Sonthern
man b illl. C. W . Dorr, Captain D. H. Conner, after being promised immunity railway officials is accepted by Friday,
Jarvis, Representative Humphries and from proeecntion for anything that ha 1,265 telegraph operators and agents
Fred Stimsoo, of Seattle, addressed the might disclose, said that a large n o n - oat of 1,573 employed by the boad will
committee.
The Cushman bill give* her of shipper« were permitted to ship be called oat.
“ Tbe demands,” ha
tha department of Commerce and Labor over his road at tbaif own statement of ■aid, “ are for a minimum scale for
practically a free hand in regulating the weight shipped.
operators and agents of $50 a month
Alaskan fisheries and tha measure was
and a maximum of $86. The «rale in
criticised chiefly on the ground that it
Raid Anarchist Meeting.
effect at preeent fix*« the minimum cf
centers too great a power in tbe depart
Philadelphia, March 1$. — A squad operator* at $30 and agents at $26. ’
ment.
of policemen tonight raided a meeting
Deposit Funds in Banka.
ot 200 anarchisti while Johann Moat,
N o M ore Naughty Postara.
of New York, was oo the platform de
Washington. March 7.— Representa
Detroit, March 9.— Sensational, vic livering an address. Tbe meeting waa tive Fowler introduced a bill today f i r
toria and suggestive billboard pictures held in honor of tha anniversary of ing authority to the secretary of the
were condemned by a resolution adopt Most’* birth, and ha was reciting tba treasury to deposit public fnnda in N a
ed here today at the quarterly meeting ■tory of hie life when the police enter tional banka without inquiring security
of tbe hoard of directora ot the Associ ed. He desisted at the command of and upon which the bank* shall pay
ated Rill posters A Distributers of tbe the police, who then cleared tha hall. interest at tha rata of 2 par cent per
United State« and Canada. The reeo- The crowd resisted tbs polics, an d in annum. Such deposits ara to ba dis
Intion instructs members of tbe asso tbs confusion blows were exchanged. tributed equitably among the benka, of
ciation to refuse, after tbe expiration
all fnnda in as nos of $50,000.000,
of the year’a contracta on Angnst 1,
which amount ia to ba retained aa tha
John D.'a Great Charity.
1906, to po*t tnch pitenree and title«
Dearer, Colo., March IS .— It waa re working balance in the treasury.
aa may ha declared objectionable.
ported here today that John D Rocke
feller was to pnt $1 004.000 into tha
Boycott Labels fo r Impure Food.
Tw o-C ant F a re« for Virginia.
Jnvanile Improvement association, pro
Chicago, March 7.— A committee
Richmond, V a., March 9. — The viding that the association becomes na from the Federation of Labor which
Churchman bill fixing railway paaeen tional in scops and that Judge Lindsey called on tba state pure food rotnmia-
ger rate« at 2 cents per mile for 540 remaina at tha head of theoragnisation. siooer announced that onion litho
and 1,000 m il* tickets passed the hones I l a a statement given ont tonight Judge grapher« would refuse to print label*
today. It baa previously passed the Lindsey intimated that the statement is for food prod net* unless they told tha
senate and now goaa to tha governor.
I premature.
truth.
Protect Pine Islanders. -
Washington. March 9. — Senators
Spooner and Bacon today reported an
agreement concerning an amendment lo
the Isle of Pines treaty, which is in
tended to protect American interests.
It provides that the island shall be re
garded ae a separate province within
the meaning of the Cuban constitn.
t on. This would give the island local
self-government and a representative in
the Cnban congress when the popula
tion of the island warrants such repre
sentation. This is said to be satisfac
Vegetables— Asparagus, 10(911c per
tory to the American residents.
pound; beans, 2 }«c ; cabbage, 1 )«c per
pound; cauliflower, $2(92 26 per crate;
celery, $4 50(95; sprouts, 8(97c per
pound; rbuberh, $2.25 per box; par
sley 26c; turnips, 90,(9 $ I per sack:
carrot«, 65(975c per sack; beets, 85c(9
$1 per sack.
Onions— No. 1, 70<980c prr sack;
No. 2. nominal.
Potatoes— Fancy graded Burbanks,
65(960c per hnndred; ordinary, nom
inal: sweet potatoes, 2 ly( 9 2 t{c per
pound.
Batter— Fancy creamery 2 7 030c
per pound.
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 15j^016c per
dosen.
Ponltry— Average old hens. 13(914c
per pound; mixed chickens, 1 2 ti(9l3c;
broiler«, 20922c; yonng roosters, 12(9
lJiy e; old »ooetere, 10910»%*; dressed
chickens. 14<915c; turkeys, live, 16(9
17«; turkeys, dressed, 18(920c; geese,
live, 8 9 9 r: geese, dressed, 10912c;
ducks, 16918c.
Veal— Dressed, 3 1 $ 9 7 H r per pound.
Beef — Dressed bull«, 2 H 9 3 .- per
poand; rows, 3 ^ 9 4t$c;
country
steers, 495c
Mutton — Dressed, fancy, 8 99c per
pound, ordinary, 4 9 Sc; lambs, 8 9
• Me.
Pork— Dressed, 6 9 6 Me per pound.
Hops — Oregon, 1905, choice, 109
10Mc; prime. 8<49c; medium, 7 9 6c;
olds. 697c.
Wool— Eastern Oregon average hast,
16921c per pound: valley, 24926c;
mohair, choice, 25930c.
MANY ARE KILLED
R E T U R N IN D IC T M E N T S .