The Estacada News OREGON ¡■ T A C A B A NEWS O F J E WEEK In a Condensed Form lor 9nr Busy Readers. A Ranime o f the Lee* Important but Not L e tt Interesting Events o f the Psst Week. A parliament house is to be built by Russia. The senatorial deadlock in Wisconsin continues unbroken. It is said Thaw lawyers w ill ask for a change of venue for the next trial. Russian industry is being paralyzed by the lontinued strike of the saiiois. The senatorial deadlock in Rhode Island is practically where it was 13 weeks ago. A resolution asking Roosevelt to ac­ cept another term has been defeated by the Pennsylvania legislature. More than a score of foreigners ac­ cused of being members of the “ Black Hand” and responsible for a large number of crimes are on trial at Wilkesbarre, Pa. Secretary Taft Is home from a mouth’s trip to Panama and Cuba. He praises the work done ty Governor Magoon in Cuba and says the canal is progressing satisfactorily. A committee appointed by the Min­ nesota legislature places the value of railroads in that state at $215,000,000. The report says much water has been injected into various stocks. King Leopold may offer to sell Congo to France. Cold weather in Texas has greatly damaged early fruit. The order of Native Sons of Califor­ nia have ousted Ruef. War has been renewed in Central America and an army sent into Hon duras. Fire partly destroyed the largest shipyard at Genoa, Italy. The loss is placed at $500,000. Several prominent Ohio lumber deal­ ers have been indicted for violating the anti-trust laws of that state. A Chicago boy 17 years 'old has dis­ appeared with $7,000 which he was tc take to a bank for his employers. BUILDINGS UNFINISHED. DEEP 8 N O W ON PRAIRIES. Jamestown Exposition to Opsn 80 Par Cent Completed. Six Inches Ruins Fruit Prospect, But Benefit* Wheat. Norfolk, W . Va., April 23.— Despite the energetic efforts of officials and workmen, the Jamestown Tercentennial exposition w ill be opened this week un ready. Many of the structures that are to have domestic and foreign com­ mercial exhibits and shelter the achievements in the industrial arts are incomplete. Y et the sum of what has been done, as compared with the un­ finished work, forms a satisfactory re­ sult. In the beauty of the water show with ita amazing gathering of foreign fleets, repraenting the most formidable types of naval fighting machines of nearly every power in the world, and in an opening program with President Roose­ velt in the leading role, y ith diplo­ matic, military and naval representa­ tives of great and small foreign nations participating, the public will have its recompense. The grounds and buildings at the ex­ position are about 80 per cent finished. Several thousand of the most important buildings are built solidly of brick, cement anil iron, and these are intend­ ed to remain on the grounds as a nu­ cleus of a great park. Regardless of the permanence of the work, however, the exterior of most of the buildings will be ready when the exposition is formally opened on Friday next. The Jamestown Tercentennial, when oompleted, w ill be almost all that is implied in the expression, " a world’s lair,” but it w ill not stop there. No other expoeition has attempted to show the world the life of the colonists, tbs hardships of the pioneers who openeJ the country after civilization had been attained on the seaboard, and the achievement these people worked from the raw material. Twenty-five states will trace their history from their ear­ liest days to the present, and tire ex­ hibits will be sheltered by buildings. The state buildings have been grouped along the historic shore of Hampton Roads, and command an excellent view of the navies of the world. Jt is this great naval display that will prove the crowning glory of the exposition. Nothing like it has ever before been attempted. There are few harbors in the world that, accomodate so large an assemblage of warships. The fleets w ill number, in addition to several of the best types of each of the foreign naval powers, the Atlantic Meet of the United States navy, under com­ mand of Rear Admiral Evans, which is conceded to be the finest organization of fighting machines afloat. The seal of government sponsorship w ill be set upon the exposition by the coming of the president of tire United States, ambassadors and ministers of foreign governments, the governors and representatives of states and territories and delegations representing important civic bodies. Omaha, April 19.— Five inches of snow fell during the night, and the storm continued during the forenoon. The fall was general over Eastern Ne­ braska, and is the heavieet knewu in April for many years. The extent of damage is not known. Opinion as to the storm's effect upon fruit and early vegetables varies. In some counties along the southern and central belts cherries, peaches, plums, anil berries are said by aome authorities to have been ruined almost entirely, while other groweie report that fruit was not far enough advaned to become seriously endangered. In grain circles Tt is believed the ■now w ill kill all the green bugs that have been threatening the winter wheat crop and spreading over tbe central portion of the state. A Norfolk dispatch says Northern Nebraska, Southern South Dakota, Northeastern Wyoming and the Black Hills are covered with a blanket of snow six inches deep upon tbe level, which is still falling. At Northwestern railroad headquarters here it was said the storm was practically over the en­ tire system west of the Missouri river. The Minnesota eenate has tabled a resolution passed by the hcuse which hendorses Roosevelt in his stand BIG BENEFIT T O against Harriman. GRAIN C R O PS . Fire swept over 100 acres of Manila, the loss amounting to $200,000. The Fruit Slightly Injured In Nebraska but Snow Did Great Good. greatest part of the destroyed section was composed of native houses. Omaha, Neb., April 23 — As a re­ A discharged employe of the New sult of unprecedented weather that pre­ Y ork, New Haven A Hartford railway vailed during the greater part of the has been arrested for attemptng to month of March, and the freeizng weather and heavy snowfall of the pnsl wreck a passenger train on that road. few days, early fruits, such as peaches, A St. Louis couple w ill be married plums, apricots, cherries snd blackber­ soon at the ages of 101 and 100. ries in this section hnve been injured, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York but the general opinion among those who have the best moans of information have been visited by a snowstorm. is that the damage is not as great as Early fruit in Tennessee is reported hae been reported. Indeed, many are . to be severely damaged by cold weather. of the opinion that, while ea'ly fruits A slight’ earthquake shock at Charles­ have been injured and in come in­ ton, S. C., threw the people into a stances completely ki 1 led and possibly some of the later varieties have been panic. butt, the benefits resulting to the grain There is no cliance for the election of crope from the snowstorm more than a senator from Rhode Island the present offsets the damage. session of the legislature. “ Reports from points along the line Chinese famine sufferers are dying of our railroad are not unfavorable,” by hundreds and there is difficulty in said G. W . Loomis, assistant genera) securing the dead suitable burial. manager of the Burlington, today. “ The fruit in the southern part of The Austrian premier declarer every oclony of the various nations should be Nebraska, which the unusual warm weather in March had brought to an made an Independent government. advanced state of development, Is re­ President Roosevelt has about made up his mind that the best way out of ported to have been pretty badly dam­ aged, but little or no damage is report­ the national campaign trouble is for the er! from points north. The snow, how­ government to pay the legitimate ex­ ever, did a vast amount ol good to wint­ penses of all candidates. er wheat, and has pul the ground in San Francisco street railway employ­ fine condition for other farm crops.” es are receiving back pay. The arhltra Silm ilar reports have been received tion board granted the men an increase at the general offices fo the Northwest­ from the time the trouble began last ern toad. fall and now $416,000 is being distrib­ uted. T o Defsnd Harriman Lina, Or. Kennard, an American agent In Topeka, Kan., April 23.— II was ru­ Russia, says the suffedring there ftom mored here today that N. H. Loomis, famine is appalling. Not less than general solicitor for the Union Pacific 20,000,000 aie dependent on aid until railroad in Kansas, was to be made gen­ another harvest. Epidemics of disease eral counsellor for all the Harriman add to the suffering. lines in cases before the Interstate Com­ Mr. Loomis today There Is a deadlock in the Wisconsin merce commission. admitted that such a plan was under senatorial contest. consideration. In esse the position is Jerome is investigating a charge of created, Mr. Loomis w ill move to Chi­ tampering with a Thaw juror. cago, where he will have a large corps The vioe president of the New York of assistant*. The position is new in Central railroad favors government railroad circles and is made necessary control. by the passage of the new rate law. The British budget proposes a pen­ sion for old age and increased taxes on the rich. The thief who stole $25,000 from the Northern Pacific Express company at fit. Paul has been captured and the money recovered. Rout-hern cotton manugacturers com­ plain of rate discrimination by the railroads. Captain George Curry has been in­ augurated governor of New Mexico 'n place of F. C. Hagerman, who resigned. The Illinois Supreme court has de­ cider! the municipal ownership law in­ valid and Chicago w ill not be able to own her own street railway system. Heatst is aaid to be building up a third party. Regis (I. Peat has been inaugurated governor of Porto Rico in auccsaalon of Beekman Winthrop, who resigned to become assistant secretary of the treas­ ury at Washington. The Hermann the end. trial la approaching Coal miners at Coleman, Alberta, hare struck for an increase of 10 per eeot In wages. N o 8now Storm in tha South. St. Paul, Minn., April 23 — Accord­ ing to officials of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads, there have been no snowstorm« along these lines in the West for several weeks, particularly west of the Rocky moun­ tains. General Superintendent Horn, of the Northern Pacific railway, when asked if the snowstorms of recent date had in any way inconvenienced them in the West, said: “ W e have not had a sign of snow along our line In the Far West since February, with the possible exception of Livingston, M ont." Snow Flurry at El Paso. El Paso, Tex., April 23.— Snow fell here this morning at a lively rate for more than an hour. This is the lstest snowfall ever known here, anil the tem­ perature, whk-h was 36 degrees, did lamsge tothesm all fruit ami truck gar­ dens in the valley, variously estimated at from $50.000 to $100,000. Frost i« predicted by the local weather bureau lor tonight. The Golden State limited on the Rock Island road Is tlx and one half hours late on account of the snow. Pray fo r Rain In Cuba. Iltvana, April 23.— Prayers for rain offered in churches throughout Portland police hnve captured the the island Sunday. No rain ha* tallen “ pink domino,” a bold burglar who In six mrnths. The country Is parched, has terrorised tba Nob H ill district for many cattle are dyiag and forest Arc« several weeks. are devastating vast areas. S A Y S E S T IM A TE IS T O O HIGH IN S P E C T IO N M AY BE C H EAP. U’ Ran Ccm pilet Cost o f Submitting State Sheep Commission Inclined to Make Burden Light as Possible. Legislation to People. Oregon City— W illiam 8. U ’Ren, the father of the initiative and referendum, takes issue with the statemeuta that have been published regarding the coat of voting under that law. Mr. U ’ Ren has carefully compiled the cost of initi­ ating and referring legislative measures tc the people under the act of 1907, which repealed the act of 1903. He admits that the poetage expense in sending printed matter all over the state to 100,000 voters w ill be $3,000, but he says that the cost of printing would be $3,636 for 120 pages of meas­ ures, figuring on 100,000 copies, which is one-third more than have ever been printed. He says the binding will cost $3,600 and the paper $1,563. The experience of Mr. U ’ Ren stands him in good stead in figuring on this matter. He bases the cost of address­ ing and filling 100,000 envelopes at $4 per thousand, totaling $400. The en­ velopes can be suppled und printed for $5 per thousand, or $500, and he be­ lieves that the cost of securing the names and postoffice addresses of 100,- 000 voters will not exceed $1,500. The publication of proclamations is not required by the new law of 1907, and the item of $5,000 for that pur­ pose must be eliminated from the cost. Mr. U ’ Ren believes that his es­ timate is conservative. FARM ING PAYS AT W OODBURN Ac'ual Crops Disposed o f JShow Ex tra Good Profits. Woodburn— I f the true farming con ditions of this section were more wide­ ly known in the East there would be thousands more coming to Oregon re­ gardless of whether there are Bpecisl railroad rates or full fare. Here is on­ ly a few instances of how farming in this vicinity pays, reference being made tc recent sales of 1906 cropa:_ P. J. Anderson, ten acres of pota­ toes, sold for $1,043. Martin Bergan, six acres of potatoes, sold for $760. Bonnez Bros., one and three-fourths acres of potatoes, Bold for $317. Hemshorn Bros., four acres of on­ ions, sold for $800. Innumerable instances can be given of big profits being made by producers in potatoes onions, hops, clover seed and other outputs, and the future looks so exceedingly bright that our farmers are preparing to increase their acreage. The market« are all that could be de­ sired. __________ Marlon Fruit Prospects. Salem— Fruitgrowers of this section of the Willamette valley are looking forward to splendid crops in all varie­ ties of fruits, especially In quality, and in consequence of the destruction being wrought to the crops in parts of the East by the recent severe frosts and other detrimental conditions of weath­ er, there is also a fine prospect for good prices for Oregon fruits, both green aud evaporated. Although the spurs on the prune trees are not so thickly set as last year, growers are pleased be- caused what is lacking in quantity will be more than made up in quality and the price basis will be increased in pro­ portion, Elgin la Going Ahead. Elgin— Elgin is one among the many Oregon towns that are growing with rapid strides. Several thousand dollars are to Ire expended the present season for public improvements, chief among which w ill be the erection of a new and modern bc I ioo I building, which will cost when completed $20,000. The structure w ill be constructed of native stone and brick and will have ten rooms. The building w ill be heated by steam and will have every modern convenience. 8chool Clerk Weiss is now receiving bids for the structure, and it will be completed this season. Adopt Interstate Regulations. Salem— W ith the exception that the period of posting notices is fixed at ten days instead of 30, the Railroad com­ mission has adopted the rules of the Interstate Commerce commission bod­ ily, regulating the serving of notice upon the commission snd posting of name in waiting rcoms of railway sta­ tions when it is proponed tc make a change In the regular schedule of rates, mileage, Commutation, party, excersion and round-trip rales. Notice of the adoption of this rule has been forward­ ed to all railroad companies in the state. Salem— One of the most serious prob­ lems the Oregon Sheep commission w ill have to solve is the schedule of rates to be charged by county inspectors for the inspection of flocks for scab or other contagious infectious disease. I t is probable the solution determined on w ill be to turn the duty of inspetcion over to the government inspectors, es­ pecially east of the Cascades, and con­ fine the duties of the deputy state in­ spectors to supervise the dipping, with their compensation fixed on the basis of $5 per day and expenses. In order to make tbe expense as light as possible upon the sheepmen the com­ mission first decided up< n a minimum charge of 25 cents snd a m iximum of 1 cent per head per flock, where the number did not exceed 1,000 head. Then it was thought a maxamum charge of $1 per flock would Jre suffi­ cient. inasmuch as there was not much work connected with the inspection, DEATH L IS T GROW ING. which consists principally of taking a birdseye view of tbe flock and looking Mexican Earthquake Provea to Have for outward symptoms of scab and Been Most Diaaatroue. ticks, and requites only a few minutes' City of Mexico, April 19.— Today the work. “ Associated Press waa in direct commu­ nication with a number of towna in the Must Put Up Tima Tables. One of the rules of the state railroad diatrict affected by Sunday’a earth­ commission is that bulletins giving the quake. From the telegrams received it hours of the arrival and departure of is certain that the death list w ill ex­ all trains, be ported in every station. ceed 100. there are a number of smalt Practically all stations have for years towna yet to be heard from, but up to been supplied with these bulletin boards date the average number of fatalities at but because of the carelessness or indif­ these places has ranged from 9 to 12 ference of agents, time cards have not and the number of injured from 30 to been posted for the information of the 40. In Chilapa 33 persons were injured public. Newly painted bulletin boards are being sent tc station agents for the and 779 buildings destroyed. Nobody O. R. A N . and the Southern Pacific, waa killed, as reported yesterday. After the first great shock the air was accompanied by a letter from the office of General Manager J. P. O ’Brien, in filled for many miles with a thick, This which the attention of agents is called sickening,* sulphurous odor. caused great distress to the survivors. to the posting of bulletins. There are many speculations as to the cause of the peculiar freak of nature Train Service Bad. and some consider it a proof that the Members of the state railroad com­ earthquake had its origin in Eome sub­ mission have addressed a letter to W il­ terranean explosion. . liam McMurray general passenger agent for the O. K. & N., informing F IR S T AN N IV E R SAR Y. him that the local train service be­ tween Biggs and Pendleton is inade­ quate. In the absence of a necessary local service between these points, the commission ' argues that the heavy transcontinental trains have been obliged to look after this traffic with the result that these trains are fre­ quently several hours late reaching Port land. Klamath Wants Gateway. Klamath Falls— Crater lake w ill re: ceive more attention from tourists dur­ ing the coming summer than at any time heretofore. The lake has become quite widely known as one of the great est wonders of the world, and ts likely to be the means of bringing thousands of people to the Klamath country. A movement ib now on foot to establish a direct route frem this city to Crater lake. A boat will ply between Kla math Falls and Fort Klamath. Stages w ill be run from Fort Klamath to the lake, perhaps tri-weekly. Commission House Changes Hands La Grande— An important real estate deal waB consummated this week when L. W . Damon and Dr. M. K . H all pur­ chased the fruit and commiseion busi­ ness formerly owned by the Parr-Sim- mons company. Tbe present owners w ill enlarge the facilities for handling business and will probably add a cold storage plant during the summer. Mr. Damon w ill be the active manager. The price paid for the business was $16,000. Banner Clover Crop. Oregon City— What is said to be the banner clover crop of this part of the Willam ette valley has been raised by W. P. Herman, of Molalla. He har­ vested 21,300 pounds, mostly alsike and red clover. Mr. Herman sold the red clover for 11 cents and the alsike for 11 cents, getting a handsome profit from his crop. P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS . W heat—Club, 75c; bluestem, 77c; valley, 72c; red, 74c. Oats— No. 1 white, $29.50; gray, $28 @29. Rye— $1.45@1.50 per cwt. Barley— Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew­ ing, $26; rolled, $2S.50@24.60. Coin— Whole, $25; cracked, $26 per ton Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $16@16 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $17 @18; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $9@10. Apples — Comn on, 75c@$1.25 per Jackson County Stock Burned. box; choice, $1.50@2. Jacksonville— The barn of L. Neider- Vegetable«— Turnips, $1(31.25 per mever. one mile north of Jacksonville, sack; carrots, $1@l.25; beets, $1.25@ was consumed by fire a few days ago. 1.50; horseradish, 7@8c per pound; The origin of the fire la a mystery, as cauliflower, 75@$1.25 perdoten; let­ it was in the early hours of the morning tuce, head, 36@45c per dozen; onions, that Mr. Neidermeyer discovered it. j 10@12|$o per dozen; radishes 20c per At the time of the fire there were five ' dozen; asparagus 15c per pound; rhu­ head of valuable farm horses in the barb 4(S 5 r per pound. barn, all of which were burned. Two f ni ns— Oregon $3.50@4 [ « ■ owt. thoroughbred head of fine sows were al­ Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks fancy so cremated. One hundred tons of hay ] $1.40(31.66; extra fancy, $1.75(32; and all the farming machinery were No. 1 choice, $1.25(31.40. alao destroyed. The total loss is esti­ Butter — Fancy creamery, 26@ mated at $3,000, with no insurance. 27 )$e per pound. Butter Fat— First grade cream 26c Expects Big Gatharing. per pound; second grade ctearn 2c leee Hood River— Members of Hood River per pound. valley’s grange societies are preparing Poultry— Average old hen*, 16@16c to make arrangements for entertaining per pound; mixed chickens, 15@15)$c; their fellow members from other partta spring fryers and broilers, 22t$925c; of the state, who will meet here in con­ old roosters, 10(319c; dressed chick vention May 24. Letters received in­ ena, 16@17c; turkeys, live, 13915c; dicate that between 600 and 800 mem­ turkeys, dressed, choice, 18)$920c; bers w ill Ire present, as societies from geese live, 8c; ducks, 16@18c. several districts have already signified Eggs— 19c per dosen. their Intention of sending large delega­ Veal— Dressed, 5 )$ 9 8 )$ e per pound. tions. Multnomah connty is expected Beef— Dressed bulla, 3<33 )^c per to be represented by 150 to 200. pound; cows, 5@4c; country steers, 6@7c. Paying O f f County Debt. Mutton— Dr w e d , fancy, 109104$)) Oregon City— The semi-annual state­ per pound; ordinary, H y control. The United Railroads, an $80,000.000 cor­ poration; the Pacific States Telephone A Telegraph company, the Home Tele­ phone company, and lastly the South­ ern Pacific company, have joined hands to fight down tbe graft prosecution. The head and front of the plot are reputed to be Patrick Calhoun and E. H. Harriman. It is no secret that above all others it is the desire of Mr. Heney to direct the fire of the prosecu­ tion against Calhoun and the men who occupy the seats of the mighty in the councils of the Southern Pacific. Har- riman’s representative on the Pacific, W . F. Herrin, îb ont of the chief ob­ jects of Mr. Heney’s investigation. Mr. Herrin lias always refused to come into the open and even now, with public attention centered upon him, he re­ mains in the background. Manila, April 20.— Latest reports from Ilo ilo say the fire has been checked. The native quarter of the city was destroyed. Tbe property loss is estimated at $100,000 gold. The busi­ ness section of the city was untouched, it being saved by the m ilitaiy and con­ stabulary. Seven hundred bouses were destroyed and 800 or 1,000 natives made home­ less. Adequate relief measures have been taken. The homleess have been housed in school* and other buildings. The province and tbe city w ill provide for tbe refugees and no physical B u ffe r­ ing is feared. There was no loss of life by the earthquakes. The shocks, while the most severe experienced in 15 years, were not violent enough to cause much destruction. Dispatches from points in several provinces report severe shocks but little damage. M E XIC AN S H O C K S C O N T IN U E The total damage caused by the earthquakes in the entire archipelago w ill not exceed $10,000. Destruction Grows as Rsports Com e From Outlying Districts. Typhoon Sweeps Caroline Islands , City of Mexico, April 17.— Heavy Berlin, April 20.— Colonial Director Dernburg informed the budget commit­ earthquake shocks continued on the tee of the reichaiag today that a cable west coast until 4 o’clock this morning. message had been received from the Late news of the earthquake shows that governor of the island of Yap, an­ the devastation wrought was greater nouncing that a disastrous typhoon than at first supposed. Beside the de­ swept over the Caroline islands on struction of Chilpancingo and Chilapa, Good Friday, March 29, and that 230 it is now said that T ixtla also was lev­ cf the 800 natives of the Ululthi group eled. Messengers reaching Chilpancin- were drowned, that the cocoanut trees go say the towns of Ayutla and Omete- were destroyed, and that famine threat­ pre have been wiped out. ens the surviving natives. The population of Ayutla is small, The steamer Planet, of the German and it is thought the loss of life there navy, which has been engaged in geo­ will be insignificant. Ometepre is a detic work, and the «learner Mani, of town of about 4,000 inhabitants and the Jaluit company, proceeded to Ulul­ the lose of life probably is large. thi islands, taking food and help. It Tlapa, near the bolder line of the was proposed to bring as many of the state of Oaxaca, is also reported to he suffering natives as possible to the Pe- wiped out. A report from Chilpancin­ lew and Ladrone islands. go says the whole of the west coast from Acapnlco south of Salina Cruz has L e s t Than IOO Lives Lott. been badly damaged. Mexico City, April 20.— Communies The damaged places are remote, and tions have now been opened with all news from the stricken district conse­ the important points in the section most quently is incomplete. Only one wire affected by the earthquake. The latest is working to Chilpancingo. reports indicate that the loss of life w ill not reach 100, but many persons Standard Dodge* T axet. have been injured and the property loss Chicago, April 17.— Taxing authori­ is very great. Vice President Corral, in a commu­ ties of Lake county, Indiana, have in­ nication published here today, declares stigated an action against the Standard that the whole of the state of Guerrero Oil company of W hiting os a relult of investigations in charge of Connty As­ has been devastated. Thousands of dollars are being sub sessor W illiam E. Black and his assist­ scribed to the fund being raised in this ant, Towns Assessor Bert Escher, of city for the relief of the earthquake Hammond. They have discovered, they say, that the company for four years sufferers. has sequegtered millions of dollars’ worth of valuable property from tax W H A T M IG H T HAVE BEEN. duplicates. It is estimated by the officials that the Standard Oil company Bryce Speculates on Result i f Revolu­ should be paying taxes on $40,000,000 tion Had Failed. worth of property when it is assessed Philadelphia, April 20. — James on the tax duplicates for only $3,000,- Bryce, ambassador from Great Britain, 000 worth. in an address at the banquet of the Will T e *t the 16-Hour Law. Trans-Atlantic society of America here tonight, declared that, if America had Butte, Mont., April 17.— A Helena remained as a colonial ward of Eng­ special to the Miner states that Attor­ land, President Roosevelt would not ney General Albert J. Galen in an have been confronted with such world- opinion rendered today states that he important problems as he is now called bolds the recent jnactment by the leg­ to solve. islature of the statute lim iting the Had the countries not been separat­ hours of employment of railway em­ ed, Mr. Bryce said, the development of ployes to 16 houig to be valid. W il­ the United States would have" been liam Wallace, Jr., counsel for the more gradual. He was of the opinion Northern Pacific, has served notice that slavery wonld not have endured so upon the board of railway commission­ long and weald have gone, perhaps, ers that the company w ill ignore the without bloodshed. There would have new statute. Mr. Galen has advised been fewer railroads, less internal strife the commissioners to al once begin a and consequently fewer big economic test case against the railways. problems to solve. Build Terminals at Oakland. San Francisco, April 20.— The West­ ern Pacific railroad has decided to com­ mence immediately tbe construction of its trans baj terminal along the north retaining wail of the Oakland estuary. This work w ill involve the filling in of a mole 1,000 feet in width and between 4,000 and 5,000 feet in length. The construction of the mole, together with the erection of a modern depot building and slip approaches at its western end, w ill take about 17 or 18 months, and w ill involve a financial ontiay of some­ T oo Much Executive Power. Chicago, April 19.— A plea for the thing like $2,500,000. perpetuation of state rights waa made Fuad Ties Up Whole Port. last night by Congressman Winfield 8. Hammond, of Minnesota, in a talk 'a t Odessa, April 20.— Serious disturb­ the 12th annual banquet of the Holland ances have again broken out here. Yes­ society of Chicago. His subject was terday several members of the Union of “ The Sovereign Slate.” Mr. Hata- Russian People attacked workmen along mond took a covert rap at President the harbor front who refused to join Roosevelt by declaring that “ in view of the union, killing two and wounding recent events, one might be led to be­ five. No arrests were mode. The work­ lieve that the legislative department of man at once retaliated by going on the Federal government has become strike, demanding that members of the wellnigh extinct. It is a bred in us to union be disarmed. The authorities declined to grant this demand. Today have the government cloee to ue.” the railroad laborers joined in the Proposition Is Withdrawn. strike, with the result that the harbor Paris, April 19.— The announcement is entirely closed. of the withdrawal of Ita ly ’s compromise Forgery by Mutual Life. proposition on the discussion ofl imita­ tion of armaments at The Hlfgue peace New York, April 20.— Abraham Ben­ conference, owing to Austria and Ger­ edict, ot the law firm of Guggenheim, many's decided attitude In opposition Untenheyer A Marshall, counsel to the lo It, waa made public today. It does International Policyholders' commit­ not greatly affect France's position rel­ tee, called on Acting District Attorney ative to the limitation of armaments. Smyth at the district atorney’s office Authorative circles declare that France, today and laid before Mr. Smyth cer­ as a matter of principle, regards favor­ tain evidence by which it is alleged ably all efforts to advance the idea. forgery had been committed in the election held recently by the Mutual Life Insurance company. Tbe diatrict Volcano Erupts in Andos. Valparaiso, Chile, April 19.— News attorney’s office will investigate. has reached here that the Renihne vol­ Georgia Peach*« Kilted cano, in the province of Valdivia, is in violent eruption. The eruptions are ! Atlanta, Os., April 20.— State En­ accompanied by awful subterranean tomologist Smith today received reports rumblings, earthquakes intense dark- from tbe various peach growing dis­ ■as. electrical displays, ashes and tricts of the state, a summary of which boiling water. The flowing lava has shows that at least 75 per cent of the set fire to the surrounding forests, and crop has been killed by the recent cold weather. tha inhabitants are fleeing in terror. Accused o f Taking Bribe. Chicago, April 17.— Perry L. Hed­ rick, chief sanitary inspector of the city Health department, wae arrested today on charges of aoliciting and ac cepting a bribe. It is alleged the $200 paid to him by George A . Beckway, an inventor, was found is his pocket when he was arrested. Hedrick was released on $10,000 bonds. According to the charges made against Hedrick, he agreed with Beckway that on payment of the money he would recommend Beckway’s invention to the Health de­ partment. Methods o f Japanese Sm urglers. City of Mexico, April 17.— Repre­ sentatives of the United 8tatee Com­ merce and Labor department have been making a quiet investigation her« in the last few days, and are said to have discovered eome startling facts in con­ nection with Japanese passing into tbe United States from Mexico. Japanese labor agents have been operating among the Japanese who desire to enter the United States, and are said to be instructing hundreds to proceed to the Te-«a line and declare that they are en route to Canada. Boston Has 8100,000 Fir«. Boelon, April 17.— Millions of dol­ lars worth of property was endangered today by a fire that broke out in a Cen­ tral wharf warehonse, but owing to the fact that the wind x*< blowing In the direction of the harbor, the firemen were able to confine the flames and pre­ vent thew spreading toward the city. The fire was started in the oil refining plant of Howe, French A Co., and was caused by the explosion of an oil tank. The property lass is placed at $100,000. Wisconsin Central la Guilty. WMinneapolis, April 17 — A jury in the United States District court last night found the Wisconsin Central rail­ road and two of ita officials guilty of rebating. Barton Johnson, general freight agent, and G. T . Huey, his assistant, were convicted on all the 17 counts named In the indictment.