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The Estacada News C on spiracy in Rio Ja n eiro to B low U p Fleet. Henay T e lls Sansational S to ry in H ie O p enin g S tatem e n t. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 21.— The Bra silian police have discovered an anar chistic plot here having as its object the destruction of part of the American fieet now lying in the harbor. The con spiracy. while centering in Rio Janeiro and Petiopolia, has ramifications in Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes. An individual named Jean Fedher, who resided in Petropolis, was the chief conspirator here, althongh it ia understood that foreign anarchists are deeply Involved in the plot. Fedher is believed to have fled to Sao Paulo and the police, who know him, have been sent to that place fer the purpose ol apprehending him. One of the detec tives who was well acquainted with Fedher, having served on tire police force at Petropolis for gome time, re turned from that place today. After having made investigation there ami had a long conference with the chief of police at Rio Janeiro, the latter gave it to be understood later that tiie Sao Paulo police are on the track of the arch conapirator and expect to arrest him soon. Portland, Jan. 17.— In hia opening address in the H all-M a)a conspiracy trial yesterday, Francis J. Heney charg ed that; H all wanted reappointment as Unit ed States district attorney and »ought election of Henaton Mitchell and Ful ton to that end. He loroed State Senator W . W . Btoi- wer to vote for Fulton in February, 1903, by threatening Hteiwer and others with criminal prosecution ( Hall then being United States district attorney) for illegal fencing of public lands. Fulton was a party to this deal with Steiwer and used hia influence in Stei- wer’ s behalf to cause Hall to institute civil proceedings against Steiwer in stead of criminal. Brownell wanted to succeed Hall and had pledgee of sup. ort from Mitchell and Fulton. Hall forced Brownell to retire and so to notify Mitchell and Fulton, by threatening Brownell with proeeouticn for acknowledging forged land papers, for which Brownell later was indicted through Heney. Hall threatened Hermann, W illiam son and Mitchell with land-fraud in dictment if they did not secure his re appointment. Hall had agreement with 6teiwer, Zachary and Hendricks by which he allowed them to maintain their illegal fences, this being the alleged conspir acy. Hall says he and Mays will beth take the stand in their own defense. L. R. Webster, attorney for Hall, said that when hia client first learned of the illegal fences in 1901, he noti fied Bteiwer, et al.. that they must not fence government land. Webster de nied that Hall was actuated by ulterior motives, politics or other. Witnesses Putnam and King testified that they informed Hail by letter of the fences as early aa Match, 1900. The fences were not removed until 1906, after Hall was ousted from office. A narchist i M d tac* T h n M r ESTACADA OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK l i i Condensed Form lor Our t o y Readers. A R u u m g o f th o L t u Im p o rta n t bu t N o t Loaa In terestin g Event» o f tho Paut W eek . Burns and Ruef clashed in court and almost came to blows. The miners’ federation may defeat the Nevada constabulary law. Colorado stockmen in their conven tion upheld the government's forestry policy. Walsh, the convicted Chicago bank wrecker, says he merely made invest ments. A New York grand jury is making a searching investigation into banking frauds. Evelyn Thaw will again tell her story to tho jury ties pits the efforts of Jerome. The Sovereign bank of Canada, which has failed, was largely a Morgan Institution. The government may decide to run steamers on the Pacific coast to defeat the monopoly of the Pacific Mail. Jndge McPherson holds the Missouri law against the transfer of railroad ■nits to the Federal court invalid. Louis Glass, convicted San Francisco briber, who is ill with pneumonia, is somewhat improved. He is 63 years old. Senator Borah opposes the carrenay bill. Aldrich New York banks have a surplus over the legal reserve. There is a great deal of revolutionary agitation in India. The three miners entombed at Ely, Nay., December 4, have been released Boyertown, Pa., has burled all of ite dead. The total fatalities numbered 173. The United Statee has found it neccs sary to Interfere in the IJaytian revoiu to n . Oerman scientists have succeeded in manufacturing rubies of remarkable beauty. Haytien rebels have captured two towns and the preeident threatens bom bardment. Pope Plus has the gout, but the alarming rumors about his health are not justified. An effort is being m ale to keep Eve lyn Thaw from telling nher story at the •aoond trial of Thaw. Colonel Goethala thinks about $32, w ill be needed to carry on the canal work this year. 403,86 3 G ATHER HO P DATA. P acific C oast H o r g 'o w a r » ' A ssociation W ants O re g o n A creag e. T A L K S P R A Y A N D P R U N IN G . M a rio n C cu nty F ru ilm tn Plan M o ra F r t q jo n t Mootings. Salem— Tbe Marion County Hoitl- Salem—The board of directors for Oregon of the Pacific Coast Hopgrow- cultura! society has decided to bold ers’ union met here lest weekend form either weekly or bi-weekly meetings ulate)] a plan for ascertaining tha names the remainder of the winter for the of all the hopgrowera in the state, tbe special purpose of spreading informa acreage of bops owned by each, the tion concerning the proper pruning and names of growers who have signed the ■praying of fruit trees. It has been constitution and bylaws of the union found that at one meeting the time is so short that all tbe subjects in which and the acreage of each. It is expected that this information fruitgrowers aro interested cannot be will be at ha- d and complete soon and satisfactorily discussed, and that as a then for the first time it w ill be known result the growers get partial informa definitely how many acres of hops are tion, which is of little practical use to grown in Oregon. This information is them. A t the weekly or bi-weekly necessary in order to ascertain the pro meetings, special subjects w ill betaken portion of acreage represented in the up, varying according to the particular union and also the names of growers portion of their work the growers are who are needed as members but who about to perform. Thus tbe subject of pruning will be one of the first consid have not joined. The work of gathering the statistics ered for the reason that the pruning was designated to the secietery, Joeeph season is now on. After that spraying Baumgartner, and arrangements were will be the subject of lectures and Use of Krtilizers, made to raise a fund of $1,000 to pay demons!rations. the immediate expenses of tiie organi methods and time of cultivation, thin MAKE GOOD PROGRESS. zation work in Oregon. W hile no par ning fruit, etc., will be taken np as occasion seems to demand. But P hilippine D elegates Say It la T o o ticular effort will be made to learn the aoreage of hops that will be plowed up Soon fo r H o m e Rulo. Filing on H arney Lands this season, it is probable that a pretty Burns— The business of the United San Francisco, Jan. 21.— Speaking of fair idea of the extent of the plowing States land office in this city for the conditions in the Philippines, Benito up w ill be gained. quarter ending December 31, 1907, Legarda, delegate to congress, who, makes an excellent showing for this Deputy G ets R eappointm ent. with his colleague, Pablo Ocampa, has country, the total entries and proof» The Dalles— To serve continuously for the period covering 61,200.69 acres arrived here en route to Washington, for nearly 13 years as deputy game war and the payments, fees and commis said today that his people had made den is the distinction of L. H. Fritz, of sions amounting to $66,944.84. The great progress under American rule, this city, who has been reappointed in month of December brought in $29,000 and especially along educational lines, that capacity by Robert O. Stevenson, of this sam. When it is considered and added: the state game warden. The territory i that the financial pan c held business " I t is useless to talk of independence under his jurisdiction consists of Was I in suspense a good part of the quarter, now. I want independence, of course, co, Sherman and Gilliam counties. Mr. I it will be seen that the movement for but how can we have it? That is the Fritz has made a vigilant officer, and i settlement of Harney county and con- question. I do not care to riak the has served under four state game war I tiguous country is a determined one property I own in another civil war or dens. He was appointed first on Au 'and cannot be stopped. to anarchy that might follow an at gust 26, 1896, by H. D. McGuire and tempt on the part of my countrymen served subsequently under Wardens W elco m e to N ew In dustry. to govern themselves at present.” Oregon City— Nothing in recent years It is asserted that his fellow delegate Quimby and Baker. has brought so much satisfatcion to tbe would work in harmony while in the Shingle M ill fo r Albany. people of Oregon City ns the announce house of representatives, hia only aim Albany— A shingle m ill, with a ca ment that a new paper mil) is to be being to improve the economic condi pacity of 60,000 shingles daily, w ill be constructed at Oregon City on the East tlona of the islands, worse now than it h«s been for 30 yeara. Both delegates established in Albany this winter by side of Wilammette Falls, fronting the want to secure, if possible, the reduc E. A . Thompson and Elmer Cramer, basin, with the installation of two ma former employes of the Curtiss Lumber chines of the largest capacity at the tion of the United States duties on company in its big plant at M ill City. outset. Not less than 300 men will be Philippine sugar and tobacco. Both are greatly interested in the Japanese Work w ill begin on the new m ill as famished employment, and this means soon as a satisfactory location is found. that from 400 to 600- people will be question. Legarda is a member of the Progres The two men have secured the shingle added to the population of Oregon City give party, while Ocampo is affiliated manufacturing machinery of the Mill within a year, and that there w ill be a City mills, and have also acquired the corresponding increase in the industry with the National party. ownership of a large body of spruce and business of the town. timber, and propoee to make the in K E E P IN G R E S U L T S S E C R E T . dustry a large one. W ants O pen R iver. Attorney General Yonng, of Minne P a rt o f Lem ieux' P arty R eturns F ro m sota, Is a candidate for the Republican Ja p an . nomination for governor. Han Francisco, Jan. 21.— Hon. Jos California shippers are determined eph Pope, Canadian secretary of state, that the Southern Pacific rebate invee and Madame B. Lemieux, wife of the ligation shall not be a farce. Canadian postmaster general, returned Tha Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul on the ship Mongolia from Japan, road Intends to have its line finished where Lemieux went to straighten out Into the Northwest in time to handle the difficulties between the two coun tries, which arose over the question of a part of the 1908 crop. Japanese immigration to Canada, and John R. Walsh, president of the the consequent riots at Vancouver and Chicago National bank, has been found in other Canadian cities. Lemieux re goilty on 64 counts of misapplication turned on a preceding steamer. of the bank's funds. The minimum The secretary of state, and the post penalty is imprisonment for 270 years master general were Bent to Japan sev and the maximum penalty 640 years. eral months ago with Instructions to The Sovereign bank of Canada has reach some agreement with the Japan tailed. ese government, whereby the immigra Four Scranton, Pa., girls were burn tion of coolies to Canada would he re stricted. What success attended the ed In a factory fire. mission is very carefully guarded by Tha United States torpedo flotilla Pope. Madame Lemieux had not been has arrived at Rio Janeiro. made a confidante by the government The Japanese premier considers the officials. The party w ill leave here to day for Ottawa. emigration problem Bettled. Montana mint-owners have united to build a smelter and fight the trust. P O L IT IC S F IG U R E L A R G E L Y . P L O T 18 R E V E A L E D . G reek s M u rd e r W om en. Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 21.— News has reached here of a terrible tragedy which occurred at the village of Dragosh, near Monastir, a town in'Macedonia, several days ago. W hile a festival was in progress and the villagers were dancing upon the lawns in Ilia public park, a large band of Greeks suddenly swooped down upon them and after driving them into their houses, set fire to the build ings anil burned them to death. The victims included women and children and numbered, it is said, between 26 and 46. The president has decided to let the W ate rs o f L a k e A ra Blessed. Federal troops remain at Goldfield nntil St. Petersburg, Jan. 21.— The annual some action has been taken by the Ne ceremony of blessings the waters, dur vada legislature. ing which, in 1906, the emperor nar The largest savings bank in Dallas, rowly escaped as-a^sinstion by means Taxas, has suspended. of the saluting cannon, took place at The temperature has reached 6 de- rsarkoe-Helo instead of at the waters of l below sero at St. Paul. the Neva. Tho imperial blessing was Japan denies that there is any secret bestowed on the waters of the lake in the palace park amid the salute of guns. about the location of her fleet. After the ceremony the emperor, accom A majority of the house oemmittee panied by hie mother, reviewed the is opposed to the Seattle fair appropri guard regimente. The emproea did not ation. take part in the celebration, as illness The National Woolgrowera' associa still confines her indoois. tion is oppoaed to Roosevelt’ s land policy. W ould Im peach G o vern o r. The Kentucky legialature remains Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 21.— W hile deadlocked on the senatorial election. the legislators are gathered at Victoria Governor Beckham still leads. talking of taking the scalp of Lieuten The*New York Federal court is In ant Governor Dunamuir on the Japan quiring into Harriman’ s stock deals ese question, some of the astute politi and has ordered him to answer ques- cians of the country are endeavoring to figure out by just what method it ia lions. proposed to carry out the impeachment. The British Columbia leglalatre will Particular difficulty is being met try to impeach Lieutenant Governor with in finding in Canadian history a Donamuir, for having diaallowed Jap prceedent for the official beheading of anese legislation. the governor. United States secret service men have R u e f H a t N othin g to S ay. diaoovered a plot in Mexico where Jap anese Intended to pinrt passport# allow Han Francisco, Jen. 21.— The case ing them to como into this country. which was begun againet Abr»ham Ruef Taft aays he will not resign from the yesterday before Judge Lawlor ia the one In whioh Indictments were brought eablneL against him for the alleged bribery of Much evidence of Thaw’s Insanity is ripervisora in connection with a fran chise of an overhead trolley system tor baing given at hia second trial. the United Railroads. Ruef refuted to Tbe enormous expenses of the Japan ese army and navy has created a deficit make any statement tonight regarding the change in the attitude of the prose which w ill have to be met by Increased cutors toward him and their decision taxes. not to give him immunity. Officers and men of the battleship Beet are being royally entertained i t Glass Taken to H ospital. Bio de Janeiro. Han Francisco, Jan l l . — Louis Glass, Taft a y s the fleet is being tent to former vice preeident and general man tbe Pacific to show our naval strength ager of the Pacific Telephone A Tele graph company, who was recently con to Oriental eyea. victed of bribery and sentenced to five T h era ia a deadlock in tbe Kentucky years' Imprisonment, was transferred legislature on the election of a United from the county jail tonight to the M ates senator. Governor Berk ham is Lana hospital, be being quite ill with pneumonia. to th e lead at present. Glass Fa cto ry fo r Eugene. Eugene— Eugene bids fair to have a glass factory in the near future. Gus tave Mathisen, an expert glass blower, who was one of the promoters of the factory at Cobnrg, in this county, offers to pat np a plant coating $60,000 if the citizens of this city take stock In a com pany to be organized to the amount of $5,000. Mathisen claims to be backed by ample capital. The matter w ill at onoe be taken up by the Commercial club and it is probable that some action will be taken immediately. Albany— In an effort to secure im provement of the upper Willamette river so that boats can run to this city the year around, the Merchants’ Pro tective association, city council and other civic bodies have prepared a reso lution which w ill be sent to Oregon’ s congressional delegation, urging them to act toward inducing the government to appropriate money whereby the river channel can be cleared of its present obstructions to navigation An im mense amount of tiaflic could then be handled. Road W ill G o U n d er th e H a m m e r Lebonan M illa Reopen. Ablany— After being closed for three weeks, the Lebanon paper m ill has re sumed work and 60 men temporarily idle are again in employment. The re cent flood piled so many logs in the Ssntiam canal that the m ill coaid not get a supply of fuel wood for the regu lar consumption of 30 cords daily. Though this was the cause of the shut down, some feared It might be due to the financial stringency, hut tiie prompt resumption of work has re stored confidence. L ittle S no w in M ountains. Albany— Less snow is reported in the mountains of this patt of the state this year than for a great many years. This winter only the highest peaks and ridges ate covered, while the valleys, even though far up in the mountains, are free from m ow. Reporta from the upper valley and headwaters of the South Hantiam river are to the effect that there is no snow at all now on the ridges and in (anyone where tbe snow is usually seven or eight feet deep in January. Albany— The real property of the Corvallis A Eastern Railroad company situated in Linn county is to be sold for delinquent taxes. A majority of the stock is now owned by the Harri- man interests. Hberiff Smith has be gun the advertisement of the property for public sale February 17. The prop erty advertised includes the roadbed and right of way of the company in this county, the roundhouse and ma chine Bhops at this city and some tracts of real estate adjoining Albany. IN V E S T IG A T E H A R R IM A N . C alifo rn ia W ill P ro b e In to Actions of S ou thern P acific. Ban Francisco, Jan. 17.— Alter 29 years of quiescent obedience, the state board of railroad commissioners flew fall into the face of theBoutbern Pacific company today and ordered a search ing investigation into the rebating pro clivities of the Harriinan lines, the 8anta Fe and the Balt la k e road. At the same time the board, with the assistance of Attorney General Webb, passed the responsibility for efficacious action to the door of Governor Gillett. It lies with the chief executive to au thorize the expenditure of the money that such an investigation w ill coat, and Mr. G illett has no alternative but to chooee squarely between the people and the railroads. The sudden awakening of the board has developed a unique situation. The state railroad commission has always been the object of tender care on the part of William F. Herrin. Now the commission has suddenly decided to put Mr. Herrin and his associates on the carpet. 8EEK 8 T O R E T A IN T R O O P S . Nevada L e g is lato rs A re U nanim ous In A pproving Policy. The Dalles— Renewed interest in the Carnegie library to be built here has come since the forwarding of the archi tect’s plan to Andrew Carnegie’s secre tary for approval. The ediâce will be erected in the city park and w ill cost $10,000. The city council has voted to meet the maintenance expenses and appropriate $1,000 annually. In fact this was necessary to meet the condi tions as presented by the steel magnate and library builder. Carson City, Nev., Jan. 17.— At the afternoon session of the assembly yes terday a resolution which passed the senate in the morning, petitioning the president to retain the troops tempo rarily, passed without a negative vote. There was no argument on either side as to the merits of the measure. Gov ernor Bperks was at the speaker’s desk, and as he came into the hall was greet ed with applause. Speaker Skaggs, who has opposed the governor in the matter of calling troops to Nevada, left the chair and Speaker Pro Tern Folsom placed the motion be fore the house. Skaggs failed to vote on the measure, absenting himself at roll call. T h « governor is receiving congratulations from both parties since the passage of the bill. There was a meeting of the joint committee this af ternoon in reference to taking up a measure for policing the state. It is likely that this measure will be intro duced by Monday. PO RTLAND M A R K ETS. W ants H earin gs C h a rg e d , W ants N aw L ib ra ry . Washington, Jan. 17.— Represented Fruits— Apples, 75c@$2.25 per box; tive Humphrey, of Washington, ha- Salem— Governor Chamberlain has peaches, 76c@$l per crate; pears, reintroduced a bill of last session pro Issued a proclamation dissolving 300 $1.25@1.75 per box; cranberries, $9.50 viding for the hearing of Alaska ap corporations which have failed to pay @$12 per barrel. peals at either Seattle, Portland or Ban their license taxes for 1907. In the I Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per sack; Francisco, instead of merely at the Cal list are many concerns which in all carrots, 66c per sack; beets, $1 per ifornia city as at present. Mr. Humph probability w ill wish to continue busi sack; beans, 20o per pound; cabbage, rey does not expect the same trouble ness and which have neglected to pay lc per pound; cauliflower, $2@2.26 that was encountered last year, al the license fee. These concerns can se per dozen; celery, $3.60 per crate; though Repreeentative Kahn, of Cali cure restoration of their corporate pow onions, 16020c per dozen; parsley, 20c fornia, hag asserted his intention of ers by paying up delinquencies within per dozen; peas, 10c per pound; pep fighting the bill. Mr, Kahn claims 30 days. The complete list w ill be pers, 8@17c per pound; pumpkins, 1@ that the majority of appeals from Alas 14£c per pound; radishes, 20c per doz publiahed in a few days. ka are mat'ers of California interest. en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c L a rg e Tim b er Land S als. per pound; squash, l @ l l d c per pound; T o Preaarv* Battlefields. Oregon City— The transfer of 1,860 tomatoes, $2 per box. Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 17.— Representa acre* of timbered lands on the Upper , Onions— $1.85@2 per hundred. Molalla river In Clackamas county has ' Potatoes— Delivered Portland, 500 tives of the Canadian clubs throughout just been made public, through a deed 75c per hundred; sweet potatoes, $3 the dominion met in conference here today to discuss Lord Grey'a proposal filed in the office of County Recorder per cwt. Kamsby. The price stated in the deed . Wheat— Clnb, 86c; blueetem, 87c; to convert the more important parts of the battlefield* of the plain* cf Abra is $81,000 or about $44 per acre. T h e' valley, 86c; red, 83c. purchaser is the Molalla Lumber com- j Oats— No. 1 white, $27.60028; gray, ham and Bt. Foye into a national park, and to erect thereon a monument to pany, a West Virginia corporation, $27.50028. which purchased the property from the Barley— Feed, $27.50 per ton; brew commemorate the reconciliation of the British and French race* in Canada. It Cornwell Lumber company, of Sagloaw ,1 ing, $32; rolled, $29030. Mich. _________ Corn — Whole, $32.60; cracked, ia hoped to raise a fund of $1,000,000 by public aubecription to aupphment $32.60. C hange in Blue M ountain R eserve. Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $8 per the grants of the Federal and Provis Washington— The preeident has Ju»t ional governments. signed a proclamation which elim i ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21@ nates 131,043 acres of tbe Blue Moan- 22; clover, $16; cheat, $15; grain hay, O p ium S hipm ents L ight. tain forest resetvs, as recommended by $15016; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14. Port Townsend, Wash., Jan. 17.— Butter— Fancy creamery, 30036c per the forest service. The greater part of Among the interesting features of the the area eliminated consists of open ponnd. Poultry— Average old hens. 12c per business of the last year, transacted by grass lands. The boundary has also officials of the Puget sound custom* dis been changed to exclude some heavily ponnd; mixed chickens. lli»@ 1 2 c ; tricts is the showing that for the entire timbeted land, title to which has passed spring chickens, 114,013c; roosters, 8010c; dressed chickens, 14c; tnrkeye, period Importations of opium rsached from the government. live, 16c; dressed, choice, 18c; geese, the insignificant total of 238 pounds. live, 9O10e; ducks, 16@17e; pigeons, The district is preenmed to cover prac M in es to Resum s In S p rin g . tically all of the output of British Co Baker City— The annual meeting o- 76c@$l; squabs, $1.6002. Kggt — Freeh ranch, oandled, 30c per lumbia refineries which operate on a the Highland Gold Mines company con large scale. The light shipment ia re sumed a two-days’ ssoaion. It was def dozen. Veal— 76 to 126 pounds, 90914«; garded as suspicions. cided to resume work in the mines in the spring, money having been pledged 126 to 150 pounds, 7c; 160 to 200 N s w E xpress Rates. by the Kaatein and Honthern interests. pounds; 60644«. Pork— Block, 75 to 160 pounds, 6 0 Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 17.— The B atter Lights In Pullm ans 7c: packers, fl@7c. new schedule of express rates recently flalem— Many complaint* having been Hope— 1907, prime and ehoic«, 6 0 agreed upon by the board of railway made that poor lights are provl.led on 7 )4 «; P*> pound; olds, iO * c per pound commiaaioners and the expreaa com Pullman can on the O. R A N ., the Wool — Eastern Oregon, average beet, panies doing business in Minourl, goes railroad eommialon ha* secured a 1 3 0 2 0 s per pound, according to s h rin k Into effect today. In round figures the promise that suitable light* will be' age; va lley, 1 8 0 2 0 c , according to 6ne- •ehednle provides for an average reduc provided. 1 nces; m ohair choice 29030c per p o a n d .1 tion of 21 pee aaat. DEFENSE ÍS FIGHTING Hall and Mays Trial Making bnt Little Progress. HENEY IS MOVING WITH CAUTION Session Larg ely Given U p to Reading o f L e tte rs B ald to S h o w C on aplracy. Portland, Jan. 18.— The government yesterday continued laying tbe founda tion of the caae against John H . H ail and Edwin Mays. Heney introduced some 50 letters, written from June, 1900, to Septem ber, 1902., by Hall, Mays, Loomis, Stratford and Putnam. More such let ters will follow today. Hall objected aerionaly to only one letter, written by Secretary Hitchcock to Special Inspector A . B. Greene, di recting Greene to investigate the fences. Heney' purpose is to show that this investigation was prompted by settlers, who had appealed vainly to Hall to act against the fences. Hall objects to the letter becanBe a copy and not the original letter has been offered and becauae it is irrelevant. Judge Hunt will decide the queetiona thia morning. Unlike Hall, Mays raised numerous objections in the oourse of tbe day. The ateps in the government's evi dence of conspiracy w ill be abont as followa: First— To prove Hall and Maya had frequent knowledge from protesting set tlers of the fences as early as March, 1900. Second— That Steiwer, Zachary and Hendricks caused various persons to file on land for their company, in order to complete the company’s enclosure cf public land. Third— That Hall and Mays took no etepe to prosecute the offenders, though they had full knowledge of the fencing and the conspiracy for more than three years. A t this alage, Steiwer ia expected to testify abont the alleged understanding by which Hall and Maya were not to prosecute him and hia associate!. One of the terms of thia alleged agreement was Setiwer's vote for Fulton. George Brownell ia expected to testify that Hall promised him immunity from land fraud proeecution for hia with drawal from the contest for H all’s office. T E N A N T 8 IN R IO T S . O b j set to Paying M o ra Th an T h ey F ix Th em selves Rate New York, Jan. 18.— Forcible resist ance by tenants whom an Upper East Side landlord waa trying to evict reault- ed yesterday in the gathering of a crowd of two thousand or more sympathisers in the neighborhood, who made so much trouble for the police that the precinct reserves were called out. Dur ing the rioting four women and a num ber of men were taken into custody. The riotous demonstration began when a city marshal and aboat 26 as sistants visited the block on the south side of East One Hundred and Fourth street, between First and Second «v e nues, with 80 dispossess warrants for families who had unitedly demanded redactions in rents of a dollar a month and had refuged to pay the landlord’ s collector more than the new rate they had fixed. The taking out of the furn iture from the rooms of the first family visited was the signal for an attack on the marshal and his men by scores of tenants. Angry women surrounded a patrol man who had gone to the marshal's as sistance and had half tom his coat from hia back when assistance arrived. He arrested four women. Several demon strative men were also sent to the sta tion house. The police were by this time struggling w ith little success to disperse an increasing crowd of angry demonstiators, hat other arrests by the officers finally had the effect of putting a stop to the trouble. The immediate purpose of the dem onstration was effected, the marshal deciding not to attempt the serving of more dispossess warrants at the time, C o rp o ra tio n s A ra D issolved. T O T A L D E A D 170. N early Every Fam ily at B oyertow n la A ffe cte d . Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 16.— When nightfall put a atop to the work of re covering the dead from the ruins of tha Hhoauee opera house, where Monday night’s holocaust occurred, the official roll of victims numbered 167. W heth er any more bodies are buried beneath the ruins cannot be positively stated, but it is the belief of those who had charge of the grewsome work that all of the dead have been removed, and that the total list of victims will not go over 170. The tatio of women and girls to men and boys is abort 9 to 1. Work of identification will not be begun until today, as most of the bodies are still lying in a confused slate at the four improvised morgues. The population of the place ia abont 2,600, and the disaster paralyzed the town, ami the people are going about dazed. It is safe to say that everybody in the places either lost one or more relatives or waa intimately acquainted with those who died in the fire In several cases, whole families were wiped out. It waa almost daylight yesterday be fore the flames were extinguished and rescuers were able to enter the rains to remove the dead. The morning waa bitter oold, and by tbe time tbe be numbed and exhausted firemen began the task of disentangling the mass of burned beams and twisted iron the en tire ruins were coated with ice and there waa danger of the walls falling. The work wsb slow at first and it waa 7 o’clock before the first body was ra- movad. S P E C IA L S E S S IO N C A L L E D . N evada Legialatu re M e e ts to C o n s id e r G o ldfield S itu atio n . Carson. Nev., Jan. 15.— The special session of the Nevada legislature called by Governor Sparks met at noon yester day. After organization Governor Bparks’ message was read. In the sen ate the appropriation bill of tbe eeaalon was passed. The only important action taken was the passage of a resolution referring all biile that may be intro duced relative to state rangers, constab ulary or m ilitary, to a special joint committee. There is a question as to the legality of the organization of the assembly. The members, under a rating from the attorney general, organized without swearing in thespeaker Robert Skaggs. In the senate all of the officers were compelled to take the oath. Aa there ia a disposition to depose Skaggs, in case of a re-opening the question, it is expected that a lively fight w ill be had. Governor Sparks, it is thonght, will endeavor to influence the passage of a state ranger law similar to that of Tex as, as he has the Texas law at hand, and it has been read by a number of the membear. It Is likely to meet with strong opposition in the lower house, where the labor anions have a strong representation. Senator Morehouse, formerly of Cali fornia, now located in Goldfleid, is in attendance, representing the Goldfield chamber of commerce. PLAGUE C A M P A IG N E N D E D . Only O n e N ew C ase 8 in c e C h ris tm a s in S an F ran cisco. San Francisco, Jan. 15.— The cam paign (or the eradication of the bubon ic plague in Ban Francisco, which has been conducted by Dr. Rupert Blue and a staff of 160 medical officials of the United States marine hospital, is al most over. Only one case of plague has occurred In this city since Decem ber 26, and it was a Japanese who was taken ill after arriving from Stege, Contra Costa, where he is believed to have contracted the disease. The local health authorities announce that no further daily plague bulletins w ill be isaned. Since the origin of tbe plagne in this city last May there have been 137 veri fied cases. Of these 17 were verified by clinical examination and 120 by bacteriological investigation. Of tbe total number of persona who contracted this disease, 74 died and 63 recovered. Only two cases remain nnder treat ment, and at the isolation hospital there still remain 18 airpecta under ob servation. W h ile the plague has practically been stamped out, the sanitary campaign of Dr. Blue and the local health authori ties w ill coDtinae for some time. W ill C u t O fF O p ium Supply. Waahington, Jan. 18.— Within a little over a month tbe law prohibit ing the importation of opium into the Philippines will become effective A large quantity of oplnm ia consumed in the islands, mainly by the Chinese ele ment. Congress has passed an act in tended to correct the evil, bnt there is great doubt of the ability of the con firmed opinm nser to abandon the drug, and a considerable agitation haa been taking place in the Philippines, with the object of seenring an extension of lime for the stoppage of the traffic. K eep C oolies at H o m e. Honolulu, Jan. 15.— A local Japan ese newspaper prints an interview with Viscount Aoki in which the viscount is quoted as followa: “ I do not approve of manual laborers going to America. They cannot expect, after Japan's long isolation, to establish themselvee in any Western country. Destiny snd opportunity are in Asia, in Corea and Manchuria.” Viscount Aoki expressed himself as opposed to Japanese seeking naturalization in America, for the rea- . son that citizenship is only needed by permanent reeidents. H aytl ia in Revolution. Port An Prince, Haytl, Jan. 18. The first actual operation of a revol tionary movement against the prese government of Hayti took place yest< day, and so far haa been succesafnl. i expedition composed of Haytien!, w have been in exile, under the comma of Jean Junean, effected a landing n far from Gonaives, 66 miles northw« of here, and occupied that town. T government is taking measures to reei the movement. The revolutions forces also occupied 8t. Marc, some I miles from Gonaives. Deny 8u lp h u r In ju res F ru it. Ban Francisco, Jan. 18.— At the its convention of California fruit grows today a committee of seven waa appoin ed to go to Washington to prots agaicat and secure a modification of tl rule covering the nae of sulphur bleaching end drying fruits. In reeol »ion* and speeches it was stated th the use of sulphnr was not deleterloi to the public health and that the dr ing of fruit* by artificial heat and ava oration waa Impracticable in thia «tat M ay N o t G et Im m u nity. Ban Francisco, Jan. 15.— After a sec ond conference between District Attor ney LaDgdon and Detective Bnrna and Abraham Ruef, Mr. Langdon would only say that the time is not ripe for a public statement regarding the matter of whether Ruef is to lie granted abso lute immunity from proeecution in re turn fer telling about the bribery cases. Rnef also refused to say whether the contract granting him immunity had been signed or not. Judge Dunne has flatly refused to be a party to any such agreement. Fvaeu ate C u b a N a x t Y e a r. W ashington, Jan. 15.— In tra n s m it tin g to the senate today th e repo rt of Provisional Governor Magoon on condi tions in C nba, the president said: ”1 am glad to be able to say th a t w a can now d e fin itely announce th a t by or be fore February 1, 1909, we ah sll have turned over th e island to the president and congres* to be elected n e xt Decem ber by the people of C uba. Our w ord to tu rn th e island over to ita own peo ple w ill be scrupulously regarded.” W arsh ip * Ball fo r M agdalena. Ban Diego, Cal., Jan. 18 — A ll thi waa left here of the Pacific sqnadrc •ailed this morning for Magdalena, remain for tix or (even weak«, Indul ing in target practice. Rut South D a k a r* in C om m issio n. W ashington, Ja n . 1 5 .— T h e b a ttle ship South Dakota h a * been ordered placed In commission at the M a r* la - land navy yard on January 27.
