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NEWS OFTHE WEEK
ti i Condensed Form lor Onr
Busy Readers.
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R m u i m o f tha Lata Important but
N ot Laaa Intaraatlng Evanta
o f tha Paat Week.
Mulai Haflg hat gained etength
Morocco and raided Maxagan.
in
A Pennsylvania preacher advocates
hanging (or assailants of women.
The anti-swearers’ league at New
York paraded and 14,000 members
turned out.
There seema no chance (or Seattle or
Denver to capture the Republican na
tional convention.
Emperor Francis Joseph’ s condition
ia somewhat improved and the doctors
hope (or his reccovery.
Popular subscriptions are being tak
en in Sweden to raise funds to build a
ohallenger for the America’s cup.
Nelson Morris, the packing house
man, left a fortune of $20,000,000. A ll
but $76,000 is given to his family.
Washington, Oct. 16.— According to
the itinerary, the special service squad
ron will proceed direct to Trinidad. A
stop of four days w ill be made at that
port, when the squadron w ill sail for
Rio Janeiro, where it is due November
2. A stop of seven days w ill be made
at the Brazilian capital, after which the
squadron will proceed to Montevideo,
where it is due on the 13th proximo.
Seven days w ill also be spent at that
port. The next stopping place will be
at Punta Arenas, near the entrance to
the Magellan straits. There the ves
sels will remain three days before pro
ceeding through the straits to Callao,
Peru, where they are scheduled to ar
rive December 7.
One week will be
spent at that port, in order to permit
of visits to Lima, the Peruvian capital.
The last leg of the cruise will be from
Callao to Magdalena hay, where the
vesels will engage in target practice
and maneuvers.
This cruiee marks the beginning of
the extensive movement of warships
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast,
which movement w ill include a fleet of
16 battleships commanded by Rear Ad
miral Evans, and a large flotilla of tor
pedo boats. A ll the vessels w ill follow
practically the course adopted for the
special service squadron.
W AR DANGER B LO W S OVER.
Vincent St. John and other Federa Count Okuma Believes Immigration
tion men under arrest for murder at
Question Will Be Settled.
Goldfield, Nev., have been released for
Tokio, Oct. 16.— Count Okutna, who
lack of evidence.
in the first stages of immigration
The telegraph companies claim that troubles in America strongly disap
men are now Socking to them in great
numbers asking for their old places. proved of the government’s pacific atti
In the West, however, ¡nearly every tude, now practically admits that the
union voted to stay out.
radical utterances of botli sides were
Australia has adopted a protective largely prompted by politics. In an
interview today Count Okuma said that
tariff against Great Britain.
Americans misunderstood the Japanese,
The army w ill ask an appropriation who are astounded at the utterances of
from congress for war balloons.
American newspapers. Report« of the
Emperor Francis Joseph is growing possibility of war, he said have always
emanated from the United States and
worse, his lungs being inflamed.
An Italian chemiet w ill turn several very naturally are copied by the news
papers of Japan.
W hile he believes
animals to Btone to show scientific men
that the Americans are over sensitive
what he can do.
op the subject of Japanese immigra
John P h ilip Sousa recently celebrated tion, he holds the opinion that the
the fifteenth anniversay of the organi- whole discussion is largely due to the
xation of hts band.
fact that tho United States is to have a
Free import duty on hops has almost presidential campaign next year. It is
killed out that industry in England ac not likely that the immigration ques
tion w ill he seriously discussed or ever
cording to growers there.
become an issue in the coming session
A young Los Apgeles woman has re of the diet. The Japanese government
ceived five infernal machines through believes that the entire question w ill
the mail. A negro is under arrest but be solved by the present discourage
denies his guilt.
ment of immigration and the strict ob
Sir W illiam Laarier, premier of Can servance of the laws.
ada, says he lias not yet formed an
opinion as to the beet course to pursue
A W A IT T A F T ’S AR R IVA L.
In tbe^ezclusion question.
During the first six months of 1907 First Philippine Congress All Ready
dishonest employes emhezxled $5,482 -
to Convene.
687, according to figures given out by
Manila, Oct. 15.— Great interest is
tbe bond companies of New York.
shown in the first Philippine congress,
Harriman has ordered expenses cut
which will meet this week, and the ar
on all of his lines.
rival of Secretary Tuft, whooomes at an
Rockefeller has given $600,000 more
opportune time in the inauguration of
to Chicago university.
the Philippine home rule.
Already
The'condition of Emperor Francis
the contending political factions are
Joseph ia becoming more serious.
showing great activity and at the caucus
ReporeU received at Washington in recently field the first brush occurred
dicate that tbe Moorish rebellion is over a motion to tiave the assembly
nearing a collapse.
proceedings opened with prayer. This
The Russian council of ministers has was defeated by one vote on the broad
appropriated $9,600,000 for colonisa ground that church and state should be
kept distinct.
tion purposes in Siberia.
The caucus was attended by 38 dele
Coal mines in Montana have been gates. The position of the assembly
closed in order to give the railroads a on questions relating to the political
chance to clear the blockaded tracks.
future of the Philippines is expected
The railroads of the country have de to be determined largely by the opin
cided to stand a strike rather than ions expressed by Secretary Taft in his
This is
make more concessions to labor unions. address opening the session.
the view held by Filipinos as well as
Commander John D. Briggs, of the
Americans. The latter are generally in
United States navy, is going insane.
favor of a specific pronouncement in
H e was In command of the cruiser Bal
Philippine policy. The course of legis
timore when that vessel went ashore in
lative action w ill depend mainly on
the Philippines in 1904.
the result of the fight of the Gomez
The O. R. A N. company has start«) Radicals for continuance of the Nation
proceedings to prevent the Washington al party.
railroad commission from enforieng
The Nationalists, when united, exer
the joint wheat rate between its lines cise controlling influence but their in
and tbe Northern Pacific.
ternal divisions give the Progressive
The Arctic steamer Frlthjof has sunk Independents the balance of power.
w ith the crew of 16 off
Ioelaud.
M IL L IO N S IN LO A N S.
ITIN E R A R Y OF E VAN 'S FLE E T.
The Estacada News
the coast of
The trial of John R. Walsh, former
resident of the Chicago National bank,
M been postponed until Ncvember 12.
E
Leas than 600 men were at work in
th i places of the 10,000 cotton handlers
aud loaders whe are on strike at New
Orleans.
Emperor Francis Joseph is seriously
ill, but much improved.
Casaie Chadwick, one of the moat
notorious swindlers in American bis
tory, ia dead at the Ohio penitentiary.
T oo Much Bullness.
Halt I.ake City, Oct. 15.— Daniel
Guggenheim, head of the American
Bmelting A Refining company, arrived
in Halt Lake City yesterday.
Mr
Guggenheim is on a tour of inspection
of the plants of the West. He says
that the recent curtailment of copper
output was a natural outgrowth of the
fact that the world is doing about 5 per
cent too much business for the money
it has. He says he does not anticipate
serious hard times.
He says their
plants throughout the West w ill soon
increase their capacity.
Awful famine on the oostat of Labra
Swamp Land Problem.
dor has caused the natives to take to
Washington, Oct. 15.— With the evi
oanniballem and eight people are
dent intention of supporting the na
known to have been eaten.
tional drainage bill at the coming ses
The Austrian steamer Guilia from sion of congtess, the department ol Ag
Trieste to New York, took fire during riculture lias issued a pamphlet en
the passage and was only saved after titled “ Swamp and Overflowed lands
heroic work. The vessel carried 763 in the United States,” in which some
passengers.
general facts are given In regard to the
Over $600,000 worth of merchandise areaa of tIre United States which would
has been stolen from the Burlington be reciaitnable should the b ill become
railroad between Chicago and Denver a law. W h ile the publication is in
during the past year and 300 Italian tended to strengthen the bill, still it
laborers discharged for pillaging the contains several statements that mav
have the opposite effect.
freight cars.
Robert Bacon may become ambassa
dor at Berlin.
The ohclera outbreak is growing to
alarming proportions at Tokio, Japan.
Butte haa been reminded of the old
daya by a saloon being held up ty
masked men.
The anti-Roosevelt faction in the
East is now booming a ticket of Can
non and Hughes.
General Nord Alexis, president of the
republic of Hayti, la so dangerously ill
that his recovery is doubtful.
Judge Law lor at Ban Francisco has
summoned 800 men from which the
new Ford jury w ill be selected.
Railroads throughout the East claim
they won’t bo able to Improve thier
lines if passenger rates are reduced
A London eydicate owns the Man
hattan Oil oompany, of Ohio, and is
ekieely affiliated with the Standard Oil.
Curb the House of Lords.
Ixmdon, Oct. 1 — The Liberal cam
paign for restrict!xn of the power of the
house of lords to alter or reject bills
proposed in the house of commons,
which was inaugurated hy Premier Sir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, ia now
in full swing. Meinliera of the cabinet
are addressing meetings almost dsily,
the subject of their speeches being the
government’s complaint of the treat
ment of measures of first importance by
the upper house.
Close Msxlcan Coppsr Minst
Hslt.llo, Mexico, Oct. 16. — The
slump In copper haa closed a large
number of mines, not only in the
southern portion of the republic but in
this section as well
A number of
large mines have reduced their output
exastly one-half, while the smaller cnee
have closed down ent in ly .
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
BIG C O O S SA W M ILL ST A R T E D
M AK E S BIG RE D U CTIO N.
Cody Plant Will Cut 160,000 Faat o f Blue Mountain Resarvs to Hava 7 Per
Lumber Daily.
Cent Less 8 heep.
Bandou The new Cody mill sawed
Pendleton— As a result of the delib
hs first log of last month which marks erations of the sheepmen’ s advisory
an epo. h in the history of the sawmill board with A. F. Potter, head of the
buainees on the Coquille river.
This grazing department of the forestry bu
plant is tl e largest in operation in Coos reau, he has agreed to reduce the num
county. The daily capacity, at present, ber of stiet p allowed the eastern divi
is 100,000 feet, and two re-saws and a sion of tile Blue mountain reserve to
pony hand saw will be added, which the extent of 28,000.
This means a
will give a capacity of 160,000 feet per reduction of over 7 per cent in the
day.
number allowed last summer.
No fur
The plant is equipped with labor ther cut will be necessary after next
saving machinery
and
appliances, spring, as the range w ill be sufficient
among which are live rolls everywhere to maintain the 18,000 head allowed
the lumber has to be handled. The next summer. Mr. Potter announced
mill and grounds cover 36 acres and there would be no stockmen’s meeting,
nave log booms accommodating 15,- as last year, but that instead all should
000,000 leet of timber. Already there file applications for range with Henry
are 6,000,000 feet of timber ready for Ireland, supervisor ol the division.
the m ill and the various logging camps
belonging to the company along the
M edford's New Record.
river are placing more timber in the
Medford— The first carload of Beurre
river daily.
Bose pearms ever shipped to New Yotk
from Oregon has sold there at auction,
Successful Prune Run.
grossing $2,335, or an average on all
Engene— The local fruit evaporator sizes of $4.10 per box. J. W . Perkins
has just closed a very successful sea is the grower. This is tbe record price
son’s run on prunes, curing over 600,- for fruit of this variety. Nearly every
000 pounds of green fruit, which makes car shipped from Medford this year has
over 200,000 pounds after they are broken existing records. A ll pear re
dried. The entire crop in this vicinity cords at all varieties now held by Med
was saved this year, whereas last year ford growers having been wrested away
perhaps one-fourth of the ci op was al Irom California within the past two
lowed to go to waste on account of lack years, up to which time California had
of drying facilities.
Since then the taken and held all pear records. Five
company that operates the evaporator hundred acres of Beurre Bose pears
here has built one at Irving of similar will come into bearing here next year.
capacity and other smaller cnee have
been built near Eugene. The crop this
Success in Dry Farming.
year was almost as large as last.
Vale— Several farmers are reporting
success in dry farming in this county.
Solid tor Appropriation.
They have received good crops of bar
University of Oregon, Eugene— A ley, rye and wheat.
McKnight Bros,
plan is being promoted by some of the report they have over 100 tons of hay
alumni among tho students to form the from their dry ranch and will plant a
student body into a committee of corre large acreage of wheat this fall. The
spondence to use their influence over man operating the Gray ranch on W il
the state to pass the university appro low creek reports a large yield of wheat,
priation next June. The supporters of considering the year, by dry farming
the university, the alumni and the methods, and will plant a larger acre
board of regents particularly are mak age next year. I t is believed dry (arm
ing arrangements now fer the campaign ing w ill succeed and a number of farm
next spring.
Most of them express ers w ill try the experiment this (all.
confidence that the referendum will
fail, but none of them intend to leave a
Eighty Per Cent Sold.
stone unturned that w ill insure their
Athena— Eighty per cent of
the
confidence.
wheat crop, which is estimatd to be
500,000 bushels in the vicinity ol
Trails fo r R eierva.
Athena, has been sold. Bluestem has
La Grande— Forester Schmitz, of the been selling at 75 cents and club from
Blue mountain reserve, announces that 60 to 71 cents. The farmers are now-
it is the Intention of the forestry de arranging to do their fall seeding, most
partment to open 20 miles of trails of the land having already been pre
across the Blue mountains during tbe pared, and they are only waiting for a
fall and winter months. As a result of little more moisture.
Considerable
the work good wagon trails w ill be wheat is being hauled to the ware
used by the inhabitants of that district houses daily.
instead of the rough and in many in
Exit W ells-Fargo Express.
stances Impassable trailB now being
used. The trails will lead to La Grande
Astoria— W . E. Carpenter, traveling
and other points in tbe Grand Ronde auditor of the Wells-F’ argo Express
valley.
The government is offering company, has been engaged during the
$2.25 per day for laborers on this work. paat week in closing up the company’s
affairs at the express offices along the
T w o Hundred in Line,
line of the Astoria A Columbia river
Klamath Falls— Reports come from Krailroad and turaing the business
Lakeview to the effect that 200 people over to the Northern Pacific Express
are now in line at the Lakeview land company, which w ill conduct the ex
oflioe awaiting the date of filing, Octo press business on this line in tbe fu
ber 28, on the lands recently opened to ture.
entry. County Treasurer Lewis and
Bright Prospecte fo r Weeten.
D. G. Brown, of Fort Klamath, in their
search for claims went to an out-of-the-
Weston— Prospects for a good school
way place, south of Silver creek, where year at the Weston normal were never
they supposed no one would be, but better than they are now, notwithstand
found the woo is full of people, and ing the crowded condition of the school
came home without trying to locate. rooms and living quarters. The regis
The general belief is that everyone will tration in the normal department is
secure at least a contest case.
now 155 students, with prospects of 200
by Christmas. In the training depart
Reign o f Wheat Kings Ended.
ment there are about 100 young pupils.
Pendleton— A sensation has been cre
Yields Big Clover Crop.
ated here hy the announcement that
Agent McFatridge has received positive
Am ity— E. E. Robbins, of this place,
instructions to institute new conditions has threshed 1,089 pounds of No. 1
on the Umatilla Indian reservation re clover seed from 2 1-6 acres on his
garding the leasing of Indian land. In farm, making 495 ponnds, or 8 >4 bush
future the leaseholder must ieside on els, per acre. A t 22 cents a pound,
the land leased, which w ill do away this makes a return of $107.80 per acre.
with the wheat kings of Pendleton and In addition, the land furnished the
other places who have been farming beat of green pasture during the spring
thousands ol acres of reservation land. and early summer.
The new rule will make smaller farms
and more people on them. It w ill go
P O R TL A N D M A R K E TS .
into effect at once.
Tests o f Douglas Fir.
University of Oregon, Eugene— The
tests of Douglas fir which were being
made by the government timber testing
station have been completed.
Mr.
Knapp, who is at the head of the sta
tion, lias left for Washington, D. C.,
where he will prepare the notes for
publication. The notes are very ex
haustive and will be of great import
ance and lienefit to the lumbermen of
the northwest. It has taken two years
to complete them, and every possible
test has been made. They will be pub
lished by the government.
Shark’s Tooth In Benton.
Albany— J. G. Crawford, of this city,
while investigating the gravel beds on
the Benton county side of the river,
found a shark's tooth and considers it
as additional evidence that this was at
one time an inland see and the abode
of marine life.
Mr. Crawford is an
expert geologist and student of all forms
ol life and Is gradually making a col
lection of evidences of prehistoric and
ancient life of these lands. His col
lection is valued at a higa figure and
is highly interesting.
Beet Harvest Is On.
I.a Grande— The La Grande Amalga
mated Sugar company has started (or
the fall run and w ill b« in operation
during the winter months. The field
superintendent has had a crew of over
100 Japs at work near here pulling
beets during the past few
weeks.
Nearly 100 Indians from the Umatilla
reservation near Pendleton are also at
work in the fields. The crop is large
and at least six weeks' work is expect
ed.
Big Peaches on Willow Creak.
Vale— J. T. Logan, one of the best
known farmers of
W illow creek,
brought Into Vale last week a sample of
ten peaches that are prise-wlnnen.
The smallest measured s little more
than 1 0 inches In circumference and
the largest was 11 -y inches around. A
rela tion of fonr weighed 2% pounds,
This record beats the winnsrs at tha
Sacramento Irrigation congress.
Wheat— Club, 86087c; bluestem, 88
089o; valley, 85086c; red, 84@85c.
Oats— No. 1 whit*, $28; gray, $27.
Barley— Feed, $25.50 per ton; brew
ing, $26.500 27; rolled, $26.
Corn— Whole, $31; cracked, $32.
Hay— Valley timothy, No. I , $17@
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$19(0(20; clover, $11; cheat, $11; grain
hav, $11012,; alfalfa, $12013.
Fruits— Apples. $101.75 per bex;
cantaloupes, 75c0$1.6O per
crate;
peaches, 6()c0 $l per crate; prunes,
50c per crate; watermelons, 101)<c
per pound; pears, $101.76 per box;
grapes, 4Oc0$1.6O per crate; casaba,
$2.26 per dozen; quinces, $101.25 per
box; huckleberries, 708c per pound;
cranberrriea, $809 per barrel.
Vegetables— Turnips, $1.25 par sack;
carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25
per sack.; cahhage, le p e r pound; cau-
liflower, 26v0$l per dosen; celery. 35c
0$1 per dozen; corn, $101.60 per
sack; cuenmbers, 10015c per dozen;
onions. 15020c lorsn; parr,ley, 20c pet
dosen; peppers, 8010c per pound;
pumpkins,
101 l4o
per
pound;
squash, 5(V0$1 per box; tomatoes, 35
060c per box; onions, dry, $1.6001 65
per sack.
Potatoes— Delivered Portland, 750
85c per hundred; sweet potatoes, 2 *ic
per ponnd.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 27)^ 035c
per ponnd.
Veal— 75 to 125 pounds, 8 i*0 9 e ;
125 to 150 ponnds, 7>^ei 160 to 200
pounds, 607c.
Pork— Block, 75 to 160 ponnds, 808
% c \ packers, 7 )y08c.
Poultry— Average old hens, 11012 pr
ponnd; mixed chickens, 1101 Sc ¡spring
chickens, 11012c; old roosters, 809c;
dreewxl chickens, 18014c; turkeys,
live, old, 16c; young, 18e; geese, live,
pr pound, 8<A9c; ducks, l t ) y c ; pigeons,
$101.60; squabs, $203.
F.ggs— Freeh ranch, candled. 3SSt£l
36c per dosen.
Hopa— 1907, 9010s per ponnd; olds,
406c per ponnd.
Wool— Eastern Orrgon, average beet,
16022c per ponnd, according to shrink
age; valley, 20023, according to fine
ness ; mohair, choica, 29010c par
pound.
Mora Mysteries o f Standard Oil to
Bo Explained in Court.
New York, Oct. 11.— Loans aggregat
ing $20,000,000, which the books of the
Southern Pipe Line company show
were made to P. H. Trainer between
1899 and 1906, became more puzzling
of solution to Frank B. Kellogg, con
ducting tbe Federal suit against the
Standard Oil company, today, when
Mr. Trainer, taking the witness stand
in the oil suit, testified that the money
had never been paid to him and that
he had never heard of the account.
H. M. Tilford, treasurer of the
Standard Oil company of California,
and president of the Continental Oil
company, when aBked to produce the
reports of the Continental company,
testified that whenever a new report
was received he invariably destroyed
the old one. The reports of the Con
tinental contain information regarding
business done by competing oil com
panies.
Mr. Kellogg w ill have a conference
with Attorney General Bonaparte at
Washington tomorrow to discuss the
progress of the government’ s case
against the Standard Oil company.
The resumption of the hear.ng found
George Chesbrough, auditor of the
Standards subsidiary pipe lines, again
on the witness stand.
He identified
balance sheets and transcripts from
records of the pipe line companies,
showing gross earnings, cost of plants
and other accounts.
Mr. Kellogg said that he might call
W illiam G Rockefeller, treasurer of
the Standard Oil company, of New
York, to give information concerning
the loan of over $32,000,000 made last
year and described by the company as
loaned to interests other than Standard
Oil.
O LD E R ’S K ID NAPER IND ICTE D .
Brown Accused o f Inducing Chauffeur
to Perjure Himself.
San Francisco, Oct. 11.— The grand
jury today returned another indictment
against Luther G. Brown, law partner
in Los Ageles of Earl Rogers, and re
puted to he “ the head of the United
Railroads’ ’ detective force in this city.
Brown, who was indicted recently with
R. Porter Ashe on charges of abducting
Fremont Older, managing editor of the
San Francisco Bulletin, was today ac
cused by the grand jury of subornation
of perjury in procuring G. A . Wyman,
a chauffeur, to testify falsely before
the inquisitorial body while under ex
amination as to the alleged kidnaping.
Wyman drove the car in which Older
was taken against his w ill to Redwood
City, on the way to Los Angeles, to an
swer a libel suit instituted by Brown
in connection with the present bribery
graft prosecutions. Wyman, according
to the prosecution, was “ cornered” by
Francis J. Heney in the grand jury
room and confessed that Brown had in
duced him to perjure himself. W y
man was not indicted.
The grand jury also returned an in
dictment against John E. West, a
member of the Electrical Workers’
anion, accusing him of the penitentiary
offense of short-circuiting the wires of
tbe United Railroads.
Brown’s bail was fixed by Judge
Coffey at $10,000 bonds or $5,000 cash.
West’s was $5,000 bonds or $2,500
cash. A bench warrant was issued foi
the arrest ol each.
GUILTY OF REBATING
Santa Fe Railroad Liable to Very
Heavy Fine.
JURY FINDS SIXTY-SIX COUNTS
Concessions fo r L ost in Transporta
tion Not Allowed— May Hava to
Pay Million and a Quarter.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 12.— After
being out 20 minutes the jury in the
case of the government against the
Santa Fe Railroad company, on trial
for rebating in the Federal couart here
yesterday afternoon, brought in a ver
dict of guilty against the railroad on
ail of the 66 counts of the indictment.
Judge Wellborn will announce his de
cision nezt Monday.
An estimate of the maximum penalty
which may be imposed in $1,250,000.
The charge against the Santa Fe was
that it had granted rebates from its
regular tariff on shipments of lime by
the Grand Canon Lime A Cement com
pany, of Arizona. The defense of the
railroad company was that the rebates
were “ concessions” made for alleged
losses in the shipment during transit.
The trial began on September 30.
In his decision on the law promts
which arose during the trial, Judge
Wellborn today laid down a point of
law which is held to be one of the most
improrlant which had been enunciated
since the Interstate Commerce com
mission was instituted. He said:
“ I hold that the acceptance by the
defendant of a less sum of money than
that named in its tariff for the trans
portation of the property described in
the indictment, if there has been such
aceceptance, was a departure from the
legal rates and that it is no justification
for such departui e, nor is it any defense
to a prosecution thereof that the acts of
the carrier were done in compromise of
claims for loss of property in transit.”
HARRIM AN LINER IND ICTED .
Three More Charges o f Rebating on
Matting From Japan.
S U a P t C I AR R E STE D .
Man Caught at Granite Knows o f
Brown Murder.
Granite, Or., Oct. 9.— A stranger giv
ing the name of Frank Tucket was
taken into custody here yesterady on
suspicion of being an accomplice in the
inurdei of Harvey K . Brown.
A t the
time of his arrest he was intoxicated
and made very damaging statements as
to the case. Sheriff Rar.d was at once
communicated with at Baker City, and
instructed Spjecial Officer Thornburg to
take him to Sumpter to turn him over
to the'offieers.
In Tucker’s statement he admitted
that he was in Baker City the night of
the explosion and that he knew the men
who set off the bomb, but he w ill not
tell their namee.
He says that he saw the bomb and
that it was made of nitro-glycerine and
white pine sawdust and was set off by
wires. He also says that he was about
40 yards from the bomb when it was
set off, that he ran down by the freight
depot and afterwards out of Baker to
wards Sumpter, arriving in Austin the
second day, worked there four days and
walked to Granite the next day. The
two others intended going to Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
He says that he has worked in mines
at Butte and at different camps in Col
orado; that he is a member of the
Western Federation of Miners, also
that be has relatives living at Scio.
C AR SH O R TAG E ON.
Eastern Railroads Cannot Handle Im
mense Grain Traffic.
Chicago, Oct. 9.— The threatened car
shortage, against which the railroads
have been fighting for months, has ar
rived and business in all Eastern traffic
centers ia more or leeB affected.
I t is
said that tire New Yotk Central lines
west ol Buffalo are short more than 7,-
000 cars. W hat the shortage is on the
system east of Buffalo is not known,
but it is no exaggeration to say that, if
the New York Central lines had 10,000
cars more than are at this time availa
ble, they would use them to advantage.
The Lake Shore alone was unable today
to provide within 3,600 of the number
of cars demanded hy it« patrons.
In view of the present demand for
cars in many lines of business, the pes
simistic statements of some of the rail
way managements are discounted by
others, who take a more hopeful view
of the future.
One reason for the shortage is the
great grain movement, which is taxing
the capacity of the railroads to the lim
it. Last week there were 600,000 more
bushels of grain shipped east from Chi
cago than during the year previous.
The flour shipments east increased more
than 6,500 barrels over the previous
week and were more than 17,600 bar
rels in excess of the corresponding week
of the previous year. The receipts of
grain last week were more than 9,800,-
000 bushels. This is the largest grain
receipt here Bince October, 1898.
Han Francisco, Oct. 12.— The Federal
grand jury yesterday reported to United
States District Judge DeHaven three
indictments against the Southern Paci
fic company and two against the Pacific
Mail Steamship company for carrying
freight for less than the legal rate be-
•ween Kobe, Japan, and various cities
in the United States. The cargo con
sisted of matting, which was brought
from Kobe to San Francisco in the Pa
cific Mail steamship Mongolia and
thence to the East by the Southern Pa
cific and its connections. The indict
ments are supplementary to those of a
G O V E R N O R 'S
similar nature filed last week.
Sugar Advances in South.
Los Angeles, Oct. 12.— Sugar has just
been advanced 20 cents a barrel. Both
the cane and beet varieties are affected.
Wholesale dealers say the rise in price
is due to an increased demand and to
the fact that the ontput of Europe and
South America is not more than the
average. Nathan Cole, vice president
L IK E B LAC K HAND.
of the Pacific Sugar company, says that
this is the first of a series of advances.
Bigelow Confesses M ore Threats to The next one will occur within a week,
he thinks, and w ill probably be as
Use Dynamite.
great.
Donver, Oct. 11.— Kemp V . Bigelow,
the young clerk from Farmer, Ohio,
Flour Prices Boosted.
who mailed dynamite packages to Gov
Los Angeles, Oct. 12.— Flour went
ernor Henry A. Buchtel and several
other prominent citizens of Denver, up 20 cents a barrel in Los Angeles yes
confessed today that he was also the terday, a rise that has been expected
author ol Utters mailed cn August 29 (or some time, owing to the rapid ad
'ast to the Burlington railroad, the vance of wheal. The San Francisco
flour market went up four weeks ago.
Moffatt road, the Adams Express com
pany, the DanieU A Fisher Stores com but owing to the large supply on hand
pany, the May Shoe A Clothing com the Los Angeles prices remained sta
pany and to Postmaster Paul Hours, de tionary. W ith a big shortage in the
manding amounts varying from $10,000 wheat crop of the United 8tatee, there
to $50,000, and aggregating $190,000. is a tremeLdous increase in the demand
fer expxrrt meals and cereals, and feeds
Theae letters contained threats that un
will advance sh ortly according to deal
less the demands were complied with,
ers.
passenger trains would be wrecked with
dynamite and the Daniels A Fisher and
May Postpone Trial.
May stores and the Federal building in
Boise, Oct. 12.— Judge Wood w ill
this city would be blown up and C. H.
Day, local agent ol the Adams Express personally investigate the condition of
company, would be killed within 30 George A. Petti bone, who has been in
St. Alphonsus hospital for the pact
days.
month, and in case he finds that the
trial set for next Tuesday would prob
Booms the Fsir in Japan.
ably be interrupted by the defendant’s
Tokio, Oct. 11.— Judge Thomas
illness, will continue the case of his
Bnrke, of Seattle, who is now in this
own motion. In open court this morn
city in the interest of the Alaska-Yukon
ing Clarence Darrow stated that the de
Pacific expoeition, is receiving much
fendant was ready for trial and that he
attention on the part of the Japanese
was ready to be taken back to jail at
officiate and a dinner w ill be given in
any time. The trial jury will reprort
his honor Ortober 15. The department
next Tueday morning.
of commerce has promised to elaborate
the Japanese exhibit at the forthcoming
8 ame Reduced Rates in 1908.
exposition.
The native press urges
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 12.— The Union
strong support of the exposition, on the
ground that Japan should do every Pacific and Southern Pacific lines in
thing poesible to show hei friendliness connection with the Chicago A North
western, Chicago, Milwaukee A St.
for American commercial interests.
Paul and other transcontinental linee
have given notice to the Transconti
Raises Operators’ Wages.
nental association that they w ill con
Seattle, Oct. 11.— Great Northern
tinue colonist rates daring the months
officials here announced today that the of March and April, 1908. and on the
H ill system has granted telegraph op
same basis as the rates which were in
erators an increase in wages and time effect daring March, April, Septem
allowance amounting to approximately ber and October, 1907.
$12 a month. The day’s work cf opera
tors in the relay system Is reduced
8 chmitz Will Appeal.
from nlre to eight hours a day and
San Francisco, Oct. 12.— Tbe attor
Sunday overtime ia raised from 40 to
neys for ex-Mayor Eugene Schmitz,
50 cents an hour. A number of other who haa been convicted of extortion
concessions are given tbe men. Tbe
and sentenced to five years’ imprison
increase allowed in Sunday overtime is ment, will this afternoon file their
given without solicitation on tbe part appeal in tbe Appellate coart. It was
of the telegraphers.
not believed that the matter wonld
come np for hearing nntil late in No
Prom oter is in Trouble.
vember or early in December.
Seattle, Oct. 11.— A cablegram from
Juneau tonight says H. D. Reynolds’
Advancing on Caaa Blanca.
hank i t Valdez is refusing to cash
Paris, Oct. 12.— A telegram has been
checks drawn against the institution. received from General Drude, com
Efforts to get confirmation from Valdez mander of the French expeditionary
have failed, probably because the com forces in Morocco, saying that one of
munication with that proint has been Mulal Haflg's armies has arrived with
interrupted. Loral bankers bare no in 20 miles cf Oaaa Bianca. The Moon
confirmation of the tepmrt, bat no hank have with them four pieces of artillery.
has been found that is a correspondent
of Reynolds' Valdez hank and tbs re
Biggest Warship in World.
port ia not credited.
Yokohama, Oct. 12— Japan ia to
have the largest battleship in the
Want to Move Capital.
world, according to advices received
Rio Janeiro, Brasil, Ort. 11.— A ll here today.
Instructions have also
the newspapers of the repnblic are oc been given to construct a vessel similar
cupied with tile ancient oropceition to to tha new style of British destroyer,
remove the capital to Bello Horizonte. but much higher.
Infernal
NARRO W
E SC APE .
Machine Sent
C olorad o’s
Executive by Mail.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 9.— Governor
Henry A. Buchtel, David H . Moffatt,
president of the First National bank of
Denver, and Charles B. Kountz, presi
dent of the Colorado National bank, re
ceived through the mail today infernal
machines containing sufficient dyna
mite to have caused great destruction
of lives and property had they been ex
ploded.
Fortunately, warning had Deen given
to the recipients of the machines by
the chief of police, Michael Delaney,
who had obtained a confession from
Kemp V . Bigelow, by whom they were
mailed. Bigelow confessed alrc that he
had sent infernal machines to Lawrence
C. Phipps and Edward Chase.
Tonight in the presence of Chief of
police Delaney, Police Commissioner
Hewitt, representatives of newspapers
and Fred Moffatt, a nephew of David
H. Moffatt, Bigelow made a confession
in which he admitted sending the in
fernal machines, and explained his mo
tive. He said that he was unable to
earn enough at his regular employment
to keep him properly and conceived the
idea of making a hero of himself, with
probable financial reward as a result.
Big Land Concession.
Mexico City, Oct. 9.— Byron Hall, of
Los Angeles, has secured from the Mex
ican government through the aid of
Ambassador Creel and other officials
close to President Diaz, a concession for
200,000 acies of land in Lower Califor
nia to be colonized and developed by
the co-operative association of which
Hall is the head. More than 100 men
and women have already enrolled and
the plan for the colonists has progress
ed so far that it is expected the first
shipload of colonise will depart for San
Diego within the next 60 days.
Thinks Federation Guilty.
Boise, Oct. 9.— In the opinion of
Harry Orchard the Western Federation
of Miners is responsible for the death
of ex-sheriff Harvey Brown at Baker
City. He says he believes the murder
was committed to revenge work done by
Brown. When first informed of tbe
Baker City tragedy Orchard predicted
that very shortly the papters wonld be
printing interviews with those connect
ed with the Federation, In which It
wonld be claimed that Brown was a
friend of tbe Federation, and not an
enemy, aa claimed.
Wanted Revolution Organizad.
San Bernardino, Cal., Oct. 9.— A
commnnicatinn alleged to make public
tne plans of Sebastian E. DeLagall A
Co., who are accused cf conspiring for
the overthrow of Braiil, appeared on
the streets here last night. In the eon-
sirators’ propxwal they offer 1,000 aerea
to each colonist who enlists for m ilitary
duty, he to equip himself with arms,
and after six months’ service he ia to
be reimbursed and receive $2 pier day
besides.
Shanghai Wslccmss T a ft.
Shanghai, Oct. 9.— Secretary of W ar
W illiam H. Taft and the members of
his party arrived nere today on tbs
stea mar ifinneeota, which ia conveying
him from Japan to Manila. The Chi
nese and foreign residents of Shanghai
unite.! in giving the dlatinsniahed vis
itor tbe heartiest we Icon.« that ever has
been extended to a foreign stateanaa.