CLEAN U P T O W N .
The Estacada News
San Francisco Making Preparations
for Battleship Fleet.
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ESTACAD A
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l i i Condensed Form for Ou
Busy Readers.
A Resume o f the Less Important but
Not Lesa Interesting Events
o f the Past Week.
A Chicago man believes he has solv
ed the perpeetual motion problem.
A Chinese Y . M. C. A . ia to be es
tablished in New Ycrk. Plans for a
building are being prepared.
There is talk in Russia of double
tracking the Siberian railroad, which
w ill cost nearly $80,000,000.
The emperor of Germany w ill go
yachting in the Mediterranean in March
and King Edward, of England, in
April.
The paraffin works and two oil tanks
of the Standard Oil company near Bal
timore, injuring one man badly. Loea,
$160,000.
Ban Francisco police have just arrest
ed two men who are believed to have
beenp erpetrating many of the hold-upe
and robberies.
A New York policeman has just un
dergone an operaiton which proves! suc
cessful. His intestines were pierced
six times by a bullet.
Ban Francisco, Jan. 28.— San Fran
cisco will make extraordinary prepara
tions during the next three months to
“ tidy up’ ’ before the arrival of the
fleet.
Work ou the downtown streets will
be pressed in order that trie gateway of
the city may take on the appearance of
freshness rather than dilapidation.
W hile the supervisors are busily en
gaged on this problem, the special com
mittee, of which James D. Phelan is
chairman, intrusted with arrangements
for the entertainment of tiie visitors,
has already organizer! and mapped out
its plans in a general way. The first
donation to the fund of $1(K),000 which
ia to be raised was made by a local Chi
nese merchant, who accompanied his
check for $100 with a note expressing
apprecition of the protection afforded
by the Stars and Stripes.
A unique feature of the celebration
will be a floral parade, the first S sh
Francisco haB undertaken. The parade
will be under the auspices of the Native
Sons and Native Daughters.
It w ill
resemble in general scheme the pa
geants made famous by Los Angeles and
Pssadena. San Francisco lias lost the
rural atmosphere which the cities in
the southern part of the state which
have retained, and a floral parade will
entail an amount of preparation that
haa seldom been attempted here before.
Special attention Is being paid the
entertainment of the enlisted men.
A
clubhouse is to he erected where the
bluejackets can make thelr headquarters
while on shore. A large pavilion will
lie provided for drill«, concerts and ex
hibitions.
NEW S Y S T E M OF SU RVE YS.
The Illinois Central railroad has
been lined for shipping beer and whis
Bill to Give Commissioner Authority
ky into Herrin, III., after that place
to Employ Men.
had become anti-saloon.
Washington, Jan. 28.— In ills annual
An interuiban electric car left the
report Land Comissioner Ballinger rec
tracks near Salem, O., and plunged
ommended the abolition of the Dresent
down a 30-foot embankment.
Fifteen
system of making public land surveys
passengers were injured, none fatally.
under the contract system and urged
British goods are being boyootted in congress to authorize the employment
by the government of competent sur
India.
The Union Pacificjhas greatly reduced veyors, whose sole duty shall be the
surveying and resurveying of public
working forces.
lands.
Representative Mitchell, of
All Germany is celebrating the kais Wyoming, chairman of the house com
er’s bltrthday.
mittee on public lands, has introduced
Cheyenne scoured the next meeting a bill in the house giving the commis
sioner authority to employ such sur
ef the Dry Fanning congress.
veyors for the purpose stated, but al
The Chinese long war in San Fran- lowing him also to use his discretion as
eisoo has claimed another viotim.
to the udvisabllity of making a part of
The torpedo flotilla has arrived at the surveys under l he old contract sys
Buenos Ayres. Its stay will he short tem.
There are some surveyors on govern
at the Argentine capital.
ment work who have pr. duced satisfac
Several warships now at Magdalena tory results, but tiie chief criticism of
will soon return to the Mare.Island
the old contraot eystem is that it
aavy yard for extensive repairs.
waates a great deal of time, and re
Rockefeller has ordered 300 Italian quires two or three years from the
workmen discharged and their places time of application to get a given tract
■lied by Americans who are out of surveyed and the survey accepted. The
Mondell bill will form the basis of
work.
whatever legislation congress may at
The Nevada special polios bill may
tempt on the subject this winter.
yet be killed in the house on account of
friction between members and Goldfield
minaowners.
WAR ON R A J S .
The Dominion government w ill loan
$4,000,000 to the farmers of Alberta San Francisco Determined to Exter
and Saskatchewan province, whose
minate D iteete Spreaders.
erope were failures last year.
San Fraaolsco, Jan. 28.— Reports hy
A severe snow storm is general the plague experts show that the dis
throughout the East.
ease lias been almost entirely eliminat
The leader of the Portugese rebels ed from the city, but the battle against
the rats is to he pressed with new
hat escaped from bprson.
vigor. There have been no new cases
Several of the Russian Imperial fam
for more than two weeks. Only two
ily are sick with the grip.
cases are now under treatment. De
Ecuador has stopped a threatened spite these encouraging features, the
force of men in the employ of the
revelation by arresting the plotters.
Harry Orchard has written to a health board is to be increased and the
distribution of poison to be continued
friend saying he is glad he confessed.
on a larger scale.
Walter Wellman says Wall street is
A ll this ia to be done as a precau
humble end admits defeat by Roose tionary measure. The theory held by
velt.
Dr. Rupert Blue, the Federal expert in
Tbs senatorial deadlock continues in charge of the situation, is that the con
Kentucky. Beckham has 49 votes out tagion is carried from the rat to the hu
man being by the flea. In the winter
ef 102.
months the fleas vanish, to reappear
Fire at Portland, Me., destroyed «11 with the spring and summer.
An ex
city records and property valued at $1,- amination of the rodents last Septem
0 * 0 , 000 .
ber showed that one half of one per
A plan is being perfected st Chicago oent were infected. The examination
to raise $100,000 for the relief of un at the present time shows that one-half
per oenl are infected.
employed.
Ths Thaw trial has been delayed be
cause of a atoim which prevented the
arrival of witnesses.
Anthracite ooal Interests are consid
ering the maintenance of present prices
tkionghout the year instead of making
a reduction for the five months begin
ning with April.
Three men were killed in a serioua
•re at Boston.
The United Mineworkers of America
has emndoised woman suffrage.
The Baltimore A Ohio railroad has
aut the pay oi all high aalaried offi
cials.
Tha Beattie exposition appropriation
w ill have a hard time getting through
the house.
Suffrage debates in the German
reiohstag caused violent scenes and
threat of duel.
The battleship Miaeimlppi has been
acoepted by the government. It was
built at Philadelphia.
Cheyenne wants the next meeting of
the Dry Farming congress.
Edward Mac Dowell, one of Amerioa's
leremoat composers, is dead.
Mlsa Gladys Vanderbilt, who is to
marry Count Hsechenyi, has already re
ceived presents to the valce of $1,000,-
000 .
United States secret service men have
discovered that aeveral Americans are
taking an Important part In the latest
Haytlen revolution.
The National Livestock oonvention
declared for the leasing system of pub
lic lands and for a tariff revision.
Tha movement to intervene in Congo
affair« has been revived in England.
A Chine#« company has been organ
ised to work the iron mines at Awtow,
China.
Rnef may attempt to disqualify
Is d | l Dunne and District Attorney
I — gdou.
H u g h « has admitted that he would
b « willing to accept the presidential
nomination.
FULTON IMPLICATED
Brownell Gives Testimony In
Hall Case.
FORCED OUT OF RACE BY HALL
Telit How He Was Induced to Indorse
Hall Because o f Veiled Threats
o f Indictment.
Portland, Jan. 26.— Senator Fulton
was unfavorably oonuected with the
Hall-Mays conspiracy case by the teeti
rnony of George C. Brownell, ex-preel
dent of tire Oregon state senate and for
years a prominent Republican of the
state. Brownell testified that be was
forced to withdraw from the contest for
appointment as United Btatee attorney
for Oregon in 1903 because of the insin
uations of Hall that the government
was in possession of evidence on which
Brownell's indictment for complicity
in the Oregon land frauds was proba
ble. The dethroned boea of Clackamas
county politics further testified that in
return for the indorsement of Hail for
reappointment, which he was forced
to make, Senators Mitchell and Fulton
exacted from Hall a promise of immun
ity from prosecution for Brownell and
the latter’s former law partner, J. U.
Campbell, also of Cackamas county.
The purpose of Brownell’« testimony,
which was admitted over the vigorous
objection of counsel for the defendants,
was to corroborate the charge of con
spiracy alleged against Hall in the in
dictment in that Hall controlled Bteiw-
er's vote for senator in return for his
failure to prosecute Bteiwer and ids as
sociates for enclosing government land,
hy showing that Hall used his office as
district attorney to intimidate others
and tc force them to indorse and sup
port him for reappointment.
This
contention by Heney lias been support
ed by the testimony of Bteiwer and
Hendricks in the Butt« Creek com
pany’s operations and by that of Brown
ell yesterday, and Heney proposes by
the introduction of other witnesses to
day to show that Hal), together with
the connivance of Fulton, prostituted
his office as district attorney by protect
ing violators of the law in two other
specific instnees.
W . W. Bteiwer, president of the
Butte Creek company, completed his
direct testimony yesterday and w ill be
cross-examined this morning. He tee
titied that his understanding with Hall
was of such a favorable character that
his company failed to remove the un
lawful fences it was maintaining after
he had the Interview with Hall.
W O R K FOR U N E M PLO YE D .
New York Uses f housandt to Shoval
Snow.
W ILL
break
m o no po ly
STE IW E R P LE AD S G U IL T Y .
.
Bonaparte Starts 8uit Against Harri-
man Roads.
Washington, Jan. 27. — Attorney
General Bonaparte directed that a bill
in equity be filed to set aside the con
trol by the Union Pacific Railway com
pany and lta subsidiary corporation» of
the Southern Pacific and the Ban Pedro,
Loe Angeles A Balt Lake railroads; also
to have declared illegal the ownership
hy the Union Pacific or the Oregon
Short Line of stock in the Santa Fe, the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
til of said lines being competitors of
the Union Pacific.
The attorney general Issued an offi
cial sttement to this effect, which, after
referring to the extended Investigation
by the Interstate Commerce commission
into the relationa existing among the
various lines of road engaged in trans
continental traffic, says:
“ From the evidence so adduced and
from independent investigation the de
partment haa arrived at the conclusion
that the stockholding of the Union Pa
cific and ita subsidiary companies in
the corporations mentioned above is in
direct violation of the Sherman act.
“ The department regards the suit as
of first importance, as it ia Bought by
means thereof to break up a substantial
monopoly of the tiansportation busi
ness of tiie country between the Mis
souri river on the east and the entire
Pacific coast-south of Portland on the
west.’ ’
Aside from the railway companies
above named, the other defendant« in
the suit are the Farmers Loan A Trust
company, of New York, which is the
depository of all the stock of the Ban
Pedro road under a contract by which
it is required to give proxies to such
persons as may be named by Mr. Har-
rlman and Mr, Clark for a period of
veara. There are also individual de
fendants who are alleged to have con
ceived and carried out the conspiracy
complained of, towit:
E. H. Harri-
man, Jacob H. Bchiff, Otto U . Kahn,
Janies Stillman, Henry C. Frick, Hen
ry H. Rogers and W illiam A. Clark.
W hile naming the individual defend
ants the statement makes no mention
of any intention to prosecute any of
these officials personally^in any crim in
al proceedings.
M A Y 8 D ISM IJ8E D .
Heney Saya Ha Cannot Convict Him
o f Conspiracy.
Portland, Jan, 27.— Franklin Pierce
Mays, ex-state senator, was the princi
pal witness for the government Satur
day in the Hall-Mays conspiracy case
in the Federal coart.
A treaoherous
and failing memory prevented the wit
ness from positively associating his va
rious conversations with Hall and the
dates of the letters that passed between
them. Probably the most damaging
evidence against Hall, adduced from
the witness, was his identification of a
letter written by himself to Bteiwer in
which Mays told of his successful efforts
in dissuading Hall from Instituting
criminal proceedings against the mem
bers of the Butte Creek company for
unlawful fencing.
Before Mays was called into the court
room, Heney announced that he wished
the indictment dismissed aganist Mays,
who was a co-defendant with Hall and
Edwin Mays. In making this request
of the court, Heney said that he did
not consider that the government was
in possession of sufficient evidence with
which to convict Mays of the alleged
conspiracy. Later in the examination
of Mays, Heney repeated the declara
tlon he made before, that it was not
his intención to prosecute Mays on any
of the other remaining indictments
against him because of his physical
condition. Judge Hunt consented to
the dismissal of the indictment and at
the same time exonerated the bond
Mays had furnished. Mays was then
sworn as a witness for the prosecution.
Charles B. Moores, ex-register of the
Oregon City land office, w ill undoubted
ly be a witness for the government be
fore the prosecution closes ita case
eithei today or tomorrow.
Just what
Moores will testify can only be con
jectured.
New York. Jan. 26.— New York is
digging itself out of a foot of snow so
unevenly divided that while exposed
and unfrequented spots like Coney is
land have been blown bare,
the
thoroughfares o( the millions are left
piled high with drifts that impede the
progress of man and beast and in the
open districts have tied up streetcars
and vehioles.
Mercifully, the snow
was acconpanied by moderate tempera
ture and in its early stages was wel
comed by the honest part of the 36,000
unemployed men in the city. A ll who
sought employment from last midnight
found it readily and at good wages.
The street cleaning department requir
ed 10,000 shovelers, the traction com
panies as many more, and thousands of
others earned many dollars from house
holders hy cleaning off walks.
Probably the sharpest distress was
experience«] by several thousand genuine
tramps who, having ridden into town
on the hardtimes wave and since en
joyed the city ’s bounty, awoke today to
find themselves confronted with an un
mistakable opportunity to work. Borne
Tried to Win O ver Army.
rose to the occasion, and others shifted
C ool Heads .Sava Lives.
Lisbon, Jsn. 27.— The government
issued a statement tonight that the con
Dee Moines, Ia., Jan. 28.— That there their lodgings.
spirators in the recent plot to over
were a number of oool heads in the
Fails to Quash Indictmant.
throw the state had procured revolvers
Grand opera house prohably saved many
Ban Francisco, Jan. 26. — James and bombs and other weapons and had
lives last night. The Evans cafe, across
the alley from tiie playhouse, was burn Treadwell, of the insolvent California unsuccessfully tried to win over the
ing. and smoke issued through an open Safe Deposit A Trust company, this officers and soldiers of the army so that
window ip the opera house. Some one morning before Superior Judge Dunne, they might bring a mutiny at the psy
Continuing, the
yelled “ F ire ," and tiie inevitable panic asked, through his attorney, ex-Dis- chological moment.
followed. The most conservative kept trlct Attorney Lewis F. Byington, that statement says: The government haa
their heads, hut a general rush A llow the indictments against him be dis taken all measures necessary to guaran
ed. Much crowding and pushing was missed because five of the grand jurors tee public order and secure the main
done in the gallery and balcony, and a who found the indictments were depos tenance of obedience and loyalty in the
woman fainted. •> Many received alight itors in the defunot bank. It was his army.
argument that a personal feeling enter
injuries.
ed into their findings and that they
Strays G o A fter Fleet.
had a feeling of malioe toward the de
Troops Repel Tribesmen.
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 27.— The police of
this city have gathered up six sailors
Tangier, Jan. 28.— Advices received fendant.
here state that the Zenatia and Ouled
from the American battleships, who
New
Railroad
for
Chile.
A ii tribes attacked the’ French troop«
had either deserted or failed to return
Santiago, Chile, Jan. 26 — Congress on board before their vessels sailed from
January 23, hut were repulsed with
They w ill bn sent
severe losa. The French lilloral and yesterday passed a bill authorising the here last week.
mediouna columns had just effected a president to make contracts for a rail after the fleet on a collier. A dispatch
junction when the tribesmen, in hattle road running north and south. The from Valparaiso savs the Chilean
array, covering a front of about four bill limits Immediate expenditures to squadron which w ill welcome the
miles, swept down in crescent forma about $37,400,000, but It ll intended American battleships to Chilean waters
tion.
The Bpahia bore the brunt of that the toad eventually w ill lie ex haa arrived al Valdivia. The British
the attack, making several gallant tended to the northern and southern cruiser Bapho, which has been on the
charges, which, however, interfered to frontiers. When completed the rail west coast, is now on her way down to
some extent with the aerk of the at- way will run from the frontier of Pern Pnnta Arenas.
to the Strait of Magellan, a distance of
tillery.
Spain Cementing Enpllsh Ties.
about 2,000 mile«. Spur line« w ill be
built tc coast ports and Into mining
Lisbon Officials Afraid.
London, Jan. 27.— Inquiries among
Lisbon, Jan. 28.— Although the gov districts and agricultural areas.
Spanish consular and commercial cir
ernment apparently is master of the
cle« in London make It clear that the
Not Accountable for Coolies.
proposal of the Spanish minister of
situation, much nervousness ia mani
Ban Francisco, Jan. 26.— Captain I. commerce to hold an exposition of
fested in official oirelee following the
plot to overthrow the monarchy and H. Hathaway, of the Pacific Mail Spanish arts and industries in London
eetablish Portugal as a republic
Pte- steamship Magnol a, was today exon in 1908 is warmly welcomed by the
mier Franco, upon the advice of the po erated by Commissioner Heaoock of Spanish colony in the metropolia as ad
lice, sleeps e«ch night in a different blame in connection with the escape of ditional evidence of the desire of King
house, surrounded by cavalry.
The Chinese immigrants from his vessel. Alfonso to cement yet more closely the
police have discovered a number of It waa shown that under the revised Entente that already unite« the two
pi acre where revolvers and bomb« have law officers of vemela cannot be held countriee.
strictly accountable for the escape of
been stored by the conspirators.
coolie«, if they can show that reasona
Encroaching on Norway.
ble care waa taken to prevent evasion
Record C rop o f Orange«.
Stockholm, Jan. 27.— A mining en
gineer who haa just returned here from
San Francisco, Jan. 28.— The orange of the act.
an exploring expedition In Northern
crop of California ia now In fail seaaon
Shut Down Locomotive Works.
Norway, wi ere the Russian frontier
and in quantity and quality promiaee
to break all records.
The fruit ex
Providence, R. I., Jan. 26.— The approach«« within 16 m ile« of the
changee of the state estimate that the local plant of the American Locomotive North Atlantlo at Lyngenflorm, say«
total ontpnt of oranges alone w ill reach Works will be shot down the first week that he saw large bodies of Ruetian
the enormous sum of 30,000 carloads, In February for an indefinite period. soldiers Installed in log barracks, en
about 0,000,000 boxes and 1,350,000,- The force which in December number gaged in constructing ■ railway in Nor
000 oranges.
The haivest w ill last ed 1,000 haa gradually been reduced to wegian territory in a wilderness many
day« journey from th « highway.
oootinoously until usxt Fourth of July. 600.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FARM ERS P LA N
W AREH O USE
I
HAS 8 E E D .E 8 8 PEAR.
Exportort’ T erm » Unsatisfactory to Hat Borne Fruit tor 20 Years Un
known to Scientists.
Woston Wheatgrowers.
Pendleton,— Not suspecting that s
Weeton— Farmers of the Downing
neighborhood, near Weetou, which ia a seedless pmr was anything out of the
region of 60-bushel wheat and $100-an- ordinary, R. L. Oliver, a prominent
acre land, are planning to build their fruitiaiser two m'les west of this city,
own »arehouee at Downing station. hae been growing pear« of that natuie
The movement hag been under way ever for two decades. Much publicity has
past three
since the exporters raised tbeir handling been given during the
charges and adopted a form of wheat months to a seedleaa pear diacoveied hy
The tree bearing the
receipt unsatisfactory to the farmers. A. I. Mr.ecn.
They have just been given definite as seedless pear on the Oliver farm near
surance by the O. R. A N. company this city waa growing on the place
that the company has adopted an open when he bought it, 20 years ago. The
policy and w ill grant warehouse room pears on the Oliver tree differ in de
at Downing station or elsewhere at a scription from those of the Mason
purely nominal charge.
Tiie farinere farm, being very large and resembling
interested in the movement are jubi the Flemish Beauty more than any
lant, and w ill hold a mass meeting to other varitey. They are entirely seed
airange for the building of the ware less and have only ths slightest tracing
house. This, they declare, they will of core, being in effect coreiess as well
certainly do unless the exporters reduce as seedless. The flesh is fine grained
their handling chargee and change their and solid, the flavor is good and the pear
form of receipt. Farmree here are cr- has many claim« for popularity aside
ganixing along co-operative lines and from being a seedless and coreless vari
have a very flourishing farmers’ union, ety. The tree bears lets, the fruit
ripening in October.
which meets regularly.
Where the tree came from ia not
known. The farm with the orhard on
Sata Out Walnut Trass.
it waa purchased from a nurseryman,
Rlckreall— J. B. Stump, one of the who set the orchard out.
leading farmers residing in this county,
has planted 176 acres of hie large farm
S C H O O L FOR C O N V IC T 8 .
near Monmouth to English walnuts,
and will make bis walnut grove a com
Prison Reform ers Will Ask Permit to
mercial proposition.
The trees are
Try Schema.
planted with a spaoe of 60 feet between
Salem— The superintendent of the
rows one way and of 40 feet the other
way. In the space between the rows of state prison, the governor of Oregon,
St, Pierre and Portland
walnut trees Royal Anne cherries are Chaplain
plantad and as these latter will bear friends of prison reform have agieed
quickly the land set to walnuts will on a plan for the construction of an
soon be made profitable while awaiting aseembly hall and night school build
the first crop from the walnut trees. ing that is to be added to the peniten
Experiments made here in post years tiary by consent of the next legislature.
with walnuts have been so satisfactory It is to accommodate about 800 per
that Mr. Stump’s venture is not looked sons and besides serving as a chapel
and amusement hall w ill be a school
upon as an experiment.
room and have tecitation rooms con
nected with it.
Brakeman Guilty o f Robbery.
It is to be located as an addition to
Pendleton— One ballot was required
the east wing of the prison, and will
for the jury to agree upon a verdict of
be built of brick made by the convicts.
guilty in the Shackelford case.
Mark
The prisoners aie to do all the con
Shackelford is the O. R. A N. brake-
struction work themselves, and thus re
man atcuaed of robbing a man on the
duce the cost to the state to a mini
street Christmas day.
Arthur Paine
mum.
and Harry Kelly were found guilty of
Many of the prisoners can neither
having assisted Shackleford and sen
read nor write, and the work that is
tenced to serve three years each in the
being undertaken has the indorsement
penitentiary.
A strong effort was
of the Prisoners’ Aid society of this
made to prove an alibi for the brake-
state.
man, witnesses being introduced who
swore that he was playing cards in an
Clears River at Corvallis.
other part of the city at the time.
Corvallis— The United Btates snag-
boat Mathloma, which has been operat
Meeting o f Fruitgrower*.
ing in the river about this city for the
Albany— An educational meeting for past week, has finished its work in this
fruitgrowers will be held here Tuesday, section. During the last freshet a
January 28, under the direction of the number of large snags lodged in the
Linn County Horticultural society. M. channel just above the Corvallis flour
O. Lownsdale, president of the W il ing mills, seriously interfering with
lamette Valley Applegrowers’ associa navigation on the upper river. Before
tion, and L. T. Reynolds, secretary of leaving Corvallis the captain of the
the same association, and ex-commis Mathloma gave a public exhibition of
sioner of horticulture, w ill be speakers. scientific snag-pulling opposite the O.
Mr. Lcwnsdale will give a practical C. T Co.’s dock for the benefit of the
demonstration of how to pack apples college engineering class.
for the market.
Veteran Thresher Quits.
Pendleton— After a career of 38 years
as a threshing machine man, Joe Sny
der, of this oity, is selling out his large
outfit of threshers and horses at public
auction and w ill retire frem the busi
ness permanently. He is known as one
of the most energetio thresher men in
Eastern Oregon and has perhaps made
the longes rnne each season of any man
in ths county.
He will retire to a
■mall farm on the Umatilla river west
of Pendleton.
Cheap 8alt for Oregon Sheepmen
Pendleton— Oregon woolgrowere have
purchased 60,000 shares of stock in the
salt plant owned by the Idaho growers.
By this purchase of stock in the mine
or plant, the Oregon sheepmen w ill re
ceive 600 tons of salt annually at just
exactly what it costs to mine it and lay
it down at its destination.
At present
prices this means a saving of $3 per
ton, which is quite an item in the
course of a year. The plant is located
at Ogden.
Wisconsin Man Want Timber.
Klamath Falls— A party of four from
Wisconsin have left hers with looal
guides and timber cruisers for the tim
ber near Bly. A great deal of Interest
is taken in their movements, as it is
announced they are here in the interest
of a big land deal. They left for the
timber equipped with everything need
ed in a winter camp in the woods, in
cluding snow shoes.
People owning
claims in that region expect to be able
to dispose of them.
New Bank Building in Bums.
Burns— The Harney County National
bank took advantage of Sunday to move
into its new stone building, which is
now undergoing the finishing touches
on the interior. This is cne of the
handsomest and most substantial struc
tures in the state, built of the stone
which is plentiful in the hill upon
which the city of Burns stands. The
room heretofore occupied by this bank
w ill be now added to the mercantile
house of N. Brown A Bone.
P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS .
^urna Land Office Butins««.
Burn«— The land office in this oity
for the quarter ending December 31
shows an increase over the same period
in 1906. The year 1907 has been one
of the liveliest years for the Barns land
office since it waa establishd here, and
it is expected that 1908 will be still
better, as the country is getting better
advertising t. an in former years, and
■ large rush of new settlers is expected
here in the spring and summer.
Portland Ratiraa Certificate*.
Portland— It is stated by the com
mittee of Portland bankers having in
charge the banking operations of the
Portland banks during the recent de
pression, that all of the $1,000,000 of
clearing house certificatee issued during
that time have been redeemed, includ
ing $26J,000 loan certificates issued to
the suspended Merchants’ National
bank.
Weyerhaeuser* Buy Timbar.
Oregon C ity— The Northern Pacific
railroad haa sold to the Weyerhaeuser
(and company 19,280 scree of land in
Clackamas county. The deed has just
been recorded here, but the price is not
stated. The laud ia mostly timbered
and runs along the west end of Clacka
mas county, from the Clackamas river
to the southern boundary.
Pruning Trees.
Freewater— Howard Evans, county
fruit Inspector of Umatilla county, says
ths trees In this vicinity are being
pruned bust ae rapidly as men can do
the work, and the prospects were never
better for the growers becoming inter
ested In the importance ot caring for
trees. Great rare w ill be taken to
•pray (or codlin moth.
O at« Stata Contract.
Sa lam— On opening bid* for lumber
ths state hoard awarded the contract for
the supplying «ta t« Institutions lo the
Carila Lumber oompany, whose bid
was $37 per carlead balew the aext
bidder.
Wheat— Club, 86c; Blueetem, 87c;
valley, 85c; red, 83c
Oate— No. 1 white, $27.60028; gray,
$27.50028.
Barley— Feed. $27.60 per ton; brew
ing, $32; rolled, $29030.
Corn — Whole, $32.60;
cracked,
$32.50.
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $18
per toa; Eastern Oregon timonthy, $21
0 2 2 ; olover, $16; cheat, $16; grain
hay, $16016; alfalfa, $16; vetch, $14.
Fruits— Apples, $ I <20 2.60 per box;
pears, $1 2ft¿1.75 per box, cranber
ries, $8011 per barrel.
Vegetables— Turnips, 76c per sack;
oar rots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
n e k ; beans, J0c per pound; cabbage,
lo per pound; cauliflower, $202.26 per
doxen; celery, $3.2603.60 per crate;
onions, 16020c per dosen; parsley, 20c
per dosen; peas. 10c per pound; pep
pers, 8 0 1 7o per pound; pumpkins, 1 0
l t i c per pound; radish««, 20c per dos
en; spinach, 6c per pound; apronta, 8c
per pound; squash, 101
per pound;
tomatoes, $2 per box.
Onions— $1.8602.15 per hundred.
Potatoes— 60375c per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.25
03.50 per cwt.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 30335« per
pound.
Poultry— Averageoid hens, 12012)4c
per pound; mixed chickens, 1 1 1 4 0 1 * 0 ;
spring chickens, 12313c; rooster«, 8 0
10«; dressed chickens. 14c; turkeys,
live, 14015o; dressed, choice, 17018«;
geese, live, 9310c; ducks, 16011«;
pigeons, 7 5 c0 $ I; squab«, $1 6002.
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 27)4«
per dosen.
Veal— 75 to 128 pounds, 9 0 9 j«c ;
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 160 to 200
pounds, 5 0 6 1 ««.
Pork— Block, 76 to 160 pounds, 6 0
7c; packers, 607c.
Hops— 1907, prim « and choice, 6 3
714e par pound; old«, 101e per pound.
Wool— R>«tera Oregon average beat,
13320c per ponnd, according to ■brink-
age; valley, 18020c per pound, accord
ing to Oneness; metalr, chelae, 300
30c per pea ad.
Heney Puts Him On Stand to Testify
Agairst Hall.
Poitland, Jan. 24.— Shortly before
court adjourned yesterday afternoon,
W. W . Bteiwer, president of the Butte
Creek Land, Livestock A Lumber oom
pany, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy
indictment and was immediately called
by Heney as a witness for the govern
ment against his co-defendants, H all
and Mays. Bteiwer related the sub
stance of a conversation he had with
Hall in Portland in 1900, when the
district attorney told Bteiwer that it
would probably be neceesary for him
(H a ll) to prosecute the Butte Creek
company for maintaining
unlawful
fences. Heney asxed the witness to
give his “ understanding’ ’ of that cor-
versation, but oounsel for the defend
ants objected to that form of examina
tion and Judge Hunt reserved his rul
ing until 10 o’clock this morning, to
which hour court adjourned.
Steiwer’ s confession and hia appear
ance as a witness for tiie prosecution
is another move by Heney by whioh the
government expects convincingly to
fasten the conspiracy charge against
both Hail and Mays. The alleged cor -
spiracy has been proved against Btei
wer, Hendricks and Zachary, officers of
the Butte Creek company, but the tes
timony of these three witnesses is re
lied on by the government further to
associate Hail and May in that con
spiracy. W hile the testimony of Hen
dricks was material to the proeecutlon’«
case, Bteiwer is considered a more im
portant witness, since it is expected to
show by him thi t Hall declined to
proeecnte Bteiwer and his sg'ociatee in
consideration of a political obligation
to Bteiwer.
PO LIC E R O U T MOB,
Ceicago Unemployed Not Allowed to
Parade (streets.
Chicago, Jan. 24.— An attempt of
Socialists to bring about a “ march o
the unemployed” through the down
town streets today resulted In two
sharp fights with the police in which
the would-be maichers were routed
after a number of men had been club
bed. Dr. B. L. Heilman, the originator
of the plan to march through the
streets, and two of hie followers, were
arrested.
For several days Reitman,
who is a Socialist, had been making
announcements of his Intention to hold
a parade of “ hobos” and “ unemploy
ed” despite the warning given by Chief
of Police Bhipy that no march through
the streets would be permitted. Reit
man continued to defy the authorities
and last night thousands of circulars
were distributed through the downtown
saloons and in the lodginghouee dis
trict, calling upon ail men out of work
to assemble at 2 o’clock on the lake
front. The policemen early in the day
reiterated their statement that tha
march would not be permitted, and di
rected that all the police force be held
in reserve at the various stations.
P L O T 18 DISCO VERED .
Portugal Narrowly Escapes a Coup
d'Etat by Republicans.
Lisbon, Jan. 24.— An abortive at
tempt to overthrow the monarchy and
proclaim Portugal a republio was
nipped in the bud last night by the
prompt action of the government. The
plot was organized by a small group of
advanced republicans. As near as can
be ascertained the plan was to assassi
nate Premier Franco and then depend
for success upon street risings, support
ed by secret Republican and labor or
ganizations armed with bombs and re
volvers.
The conspirators intended to take ad
vantage of various festivities to carry
out the coup d’ etat. The royal fam ily
was at V illa Viciosa, entertaining the
duke of Abruzzi.
Most of the army
and navy ofliceis who were in the oity
were attending a gala performance at
the theater, while many of the chief
functionaries of state were present at a
magnificent ball at one of the legations.
Mrs. Stoestel a Grafter.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 24.— Testimony
showing the straits of tiie civil popula
tion of Port Arthur during the seige
was given at the court martial of Gen
eral 8 toes eel today by Colonel Vershin
in. According to Colonel Vershinin
mere existence was ■ luxury, for c iv il
ians. Prices were enormous, ■ cow coat
$800, a pig $600 and eggs $1 each. He
testified that Madame Stoessel had a
large herd of cattle and a flock of chick
ens and charged exorbitant price*.
Shortly before the surrender, he said,
she attempted to dispose of these.
Says Japan Will Welcome Fleet.
Ban Diego. Jan. 24.— That Japan, far
from entertaining the possibility of a
war with the United Btates, has not
m ly the friendliest feelings towards
this country, but is preparing to wel
come the fleet of Admiral Evans upon
ita arrival in the Pacific, is the asser
tion of Bakuyei Takahaski, proferaeor
of international law in the Imperial
university of Tokio, who is s guest at
the Hotel Coronado. “ The educated
people of Japan,” he declared, "h ave
only the friendliest of feelings toward
America.”
Rant Strikers Arretted
Boyle, Ireian, Jan. 24 — Twen*y con
stabulary visited the Geevagh district
early today and took into custody 20
men charged with unlawful assembly
and riot and having interferred with
the mails. Every one of the 20 prison
ers was caught in bed.
The landlords,
•gainst whom a “ no rent” combination
has been organized, had sent ont pro
cess«« and it was ths m ail« bearing
these document# that were interferred
with by the men arrested today.
Restriction on Emigration.
Honolulu, Jsn. 24.— Japan Consul
Baito has received e cablegram from
Foreign Minister Havashi notifying
him that, beginning February 1, the
coolie Japanese laborre who have been
permitted to emigrate to Hawaii are
those who are returning and who are
1 Turned late relative« ef those wh* at«
them.