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.