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NEW LAN D P O L IC Y . The Estacada News M ESTACAD A Sacralary Garfield Aida Entryman In' ataad o f Hindering. Cae* TteeaOar ............ OMOON NEWS OF THE WEEK hi i Condensed Forms lor Oor Bosy Readen A Raauma o f tha Laaa Important but Not Loaa Interesting Evonta o f tha Past Weak. Black Hand Chicago. murders continue KING IS MURDERED, in Japan is diverting many emigrants to Booth America. A new cabinet opposed to Franco has taken office in Portugal. A plotter against Prince Nicholas of Montenegro has been captured. The steamer St. Cuthbert was burned off the coast of Nova 8cotla and 15 of her crew drowned. The higher officers of the battleship fleet have been given a banquet by offi cers of the Chilean fleet. Heinxe has been sued for {97,500 on account of alleged irregularities in the msnagement of the Butte bank. Japanese militarists are said to be losing power, as the middle class is re belling at the increased taxation. Dynamite has been found In the coal of one of the warships. I t Is believed to have been left there by the miners. It Is claimed by officers of the Ohio National guard that inquiries have been made regarding the number of m ilitia men that could be dispatched to the Pacific ciost on four hours' notice. Bryan says Roosevelt is an honest re former. Washington, Feb. 4.— It is the pur pose of Secretary Hatfield to so conduct the Interior department and so inti rpret the public laud laws as to actually aid every bona fide entryman who is en deavoring to establish a home on the public domain. Secretary (Jarfleld holds that the land laws were enacted (or a purpose, and eo long as the law is not abused, he intends that the entry- inan shall enjoy Its provisions, and so long as he acta in good faith, shall have the encouragement and aid of repre sentatives of the department. In other words, Secretary Garfield is proceeding on the theory tliat every man is honest until proven guilty; be is human enough to recognise iliat honest men may make errors which do not lay them, or should not lay them liable to the law. A reading of Mr. Garfield’s annual report, made public yesterday, will convince any man that there has been a phenomenal— an almost incom prehensible— change in the manner of conducting the Interior department. Under Secretary Hitchcock, the en tire force of the Interior department and general land office, on special in structions from the secretary, proceed ed on the theory that the public land laws were enacted to prevent men ac quiring public lands; every technical failure to comply with the law was re garded as ground for criminal prosecu tion; every obstacle was planed in the path of the honest, as well as the dis honest entryman, and Mr. Hitchcock retired from office with the astounding record of having actually deprived hun dreds of honest settlers of their lands, while he permitted shrewd thieves to gobble up large tracts under his very nose. The repert of Secretary Garfield will carry encouragement to every en tryman who Is striving to acquire pub lic land for an honest purpose. It is a most cheering document. Carlo*, H O LD S W H E AT RECORD. C LE A N U P O RCH ARD S. Condon it Largest Primary Distribut Springbrook Fruitgrowers ing Point in Country. Traa Dixaasa. Condon— The latest estimate of the amount of grain already shipped and that remaining to be shipped from Con don ia 1,300,000 bushel*. According to this showing, Condon ia the largest primary grain (hipping point in the United States and, as far as can be learned, in tlie entire world. The point which has heretofore elaime t the honor of being the largest primary grain shipping point in the world is Ritsville, Wash., its supremacy being claimd on the basis of shipping 1,260,- 000 bushels. From figures obtained from the beat authorities on the subject 1,100,000 huahela of wheat and barley have a l ready been received by the warehouses and m ill here. And to this must be added the large amount that is yet Feat ured over the country waiting to be hauled to town before spring. It ia safe to any that there remains in Con don’s territory 200,000 bushels yet to be brought in, making a grand total of 1,300,000 bushels to be shipped from Condon alone. No less remarkable is the estimated output of grain in e/ery section of G il liam oounty, the total of the estimates of the different stations exceeding the mount to be shipped from Condon. It must also be taken into consideration that many thousands ofbnshels of grain harvested along the borders of the coun ty are shipped from nearby railroad points in the adjoining counties. The total of the number of bushels shipped from these points added to the amounts shipped from different stations in G il liam cconly places the enormous out put of Gilliam county at 2,750,000. to Fight Springbrook — The fruitgrower* o Springbrook, Yam hill county, met last week for an open discussion of tbeir local interests. C. E. Hoskins spoke at aome length on the necessity of a more systematic and vigorous effort to clean up orchards, and also introduced the question ol getting in touch with the Willamette Valley Development league. Others present spoke of the various phases of orchard work. Resolutions were adopted declaring for a vigorous campaign against the San Joae scale and Indorsing the state inspection laws and upholding the oounty inspectors and courts in enforc ing the laws where this is found neces sary. Cannary for Dallas. Dallas— The matter of establishing a cannery in Dallas to be conducted by home stockholders, Is now well under way, over two-thirds of the necessary capital being already subscribed. The capital stock has been divided into 100 shares of the par value of {25 each, not more than two shares being sold to any one peison or firm. A site for the oannery has already been donated in the north part of the city, and the building w ill be started early in the spring. There is enough fm it in and around Dallas and vicinity to make the proposition a paying one, and the wotk w ill be gradually enlarged to keep pace with the number of new trees being set out. Last o f Machinery Enrouts. North Powder— The last wagonload of the four carloads of mining machin ery delivered here last week for the In- diaona, or Muir, group of mines, 22 miles from North Powder, at the head of Grand Ronds river, has started on the new rood. The Indiana Mining company, which owns and spares no exfiense in the development of the Muir mines, has 40 men at work in stalling a new concentrator, the capa city of which is 100 tons per day. There ia also an electrio hoist under construction for the purpose of sinking a shaft 1,000 feet below the present level. o f Portugal, and H it Hair Killed by Plotters. Lisbon, Feb. 3 — King Carlos, ol Portugal, and the Crown Prince Luis Philippe, were assassinated Saturday, and the city ii in a state of uproar. The king’s second ion, the Infant Man uel. waa slightly wounded, but Queen Amelie, who strove to rave the crown prince’s lile by throwing herself upon him, was unhurt. A band of men waiting at the coiner of the Praco de Cotnmercio and the Rua de Arsenal suddenly sprang toward the open carriage in which the royal family was driving to the palace, and, leveling carbines which they had conoealed upon them, fired. The police guard fired upon the assassins and killed two of them. The royal family was returning from V illa Viclosa, where it had been so journing, and was on the way from the railroad station to the palace. A strong guard was in attendance, because of the recent uprising in the city and the dis covery of a plot to assassinate Premier Franco and overthrow the monarchy. But the band of murderers had selected the moat advantageous spot for thecom- mission of the crime, lor it was con cealed from the eyes of the party until the vehicle had come into the Praco de Commercio, a large square. The bodies of the king and crown prince reat in the royal palace, and be side them the queen sat throughout the night, sometimes with her hand preas- lng the forehead of King Carles and sometimes stroking the face of the dead crown prince. The condition of the newly proclaimed king, Manuel, is satisfactory to the physicians In attend ance. His wounds are not severe, and if there are no complications, of which there are no signs now, he is expected to make a speedy recovery. He carries his arm in a sling, and declares that he eudffers no pain. The bodies of King Carlos and Prince Luix were embalmed yesterday and will lie in state according to the coatom of the court. The funeral will probably be held February 10. SCORES EVIL-DOERS President Answers Critics ind Proposes New Laws. SAYS TRUSTS NEED CONTROL Criminal Rich Bandad Togather for Reaction— Employers' Liability Laws— Leas Injunctions. Washington, Feb. 1. — President Roosevelt ye-terday sent to congress a special message which is devoted mainly to a vigorous defense of bis policy aa regards railroads and trusts from the aseaults of h il critics and an even more vigorous denunciation of those critic* and those whom they champion. Beginning with the recommendation of new employers' liability bills, both binding the government and interstate corporations, and of laws restricting the issue of injunctions, the message pro ceede to renew the president's former recommendations for legislation dealing with railroads and monopolies. Then it enters upon a reply to the criticism of the president’s policy, not mincing words in its characterisation of his an tagonists as lawbreakedrs. It shows their inconsistency in criticising Judges Landis end Wellborn aftei having con demned the prea dent’s much milder criticism of other judges. It advocates measures to prevent stock gambling, attributes the panic to speculation and high finance, and declares that, even if the president's policy did contribute to the panic, it is better than to allow dishonest business to thrive. He de clares bis purpose of continuing the same policy without flinching W hile the message was being read in the senate, many senators simply scan ned their printed copies at first, and before it was half finished they gene rally took up other matters. When the striking passages were reached, many of the senators looked around the chamber ar.d exchanged smiles. T ill man seemed especially pleased with the document; I a Follette paid very care ful attention; Beveridge, McCumber, Knox, Galllnger, Nelson, Elkins, He- menway and Burrows, on the Republi can side, and Culberson, Teller, Davis, Bankhead and Overman, among the Democrats, were especially attentive to the document. On the conclusion of the reading of the message, Senator Davis, of Arkan sas, promptly moved that 10,000 copies of the message be printed as a public document. " I t is the best Democratic doctrine that I have ever beard emanating from a Republican source," said Davie. The motion was agreed to, and with out further comment the message was referred to the committee on interstate commerce. " The reading of the message in the house was listened to with intense in terest. by the members, of whom there was an unusually large number in at tendance. As the reading of the message pro gressed in the house, numerous mem bers were heard audibly to exclaim “ most unusual," “ this is red-hot,” etc. The president’s vigorous denunciation of wrongdoers was greeted with loud applause, as was his defense cf Federal judges who punish offender* for viola tions of the law. The frequency of the applause in creased as the reading proceeded. The hum of conversation over the message subsided and the members followed every word. But the climax came when the reading was concluded. Without regard to party, the mem bers loudly applauded, cheered, thump ed their desks and gave other evidences of their approval of the document. After a moment’s silence, the applause broke out again, several members, in cluding many Democrats, arising from their seats and clapping their hands. The message then, on motion of Payne, of New York, was referred te the committee on the state of the Union. IM P E R IA L V A LLE Y C O N TESTS The entire middle West is suffering May Trade Territory. from a bilixxard. Fifty Improved Claims o f Non-Resi Albany— The residents of northern dents Are Jumped. Benton county are agitating for a The Heinxe savings bank at Butte GOES T O A S Y L U M . w ill be reopened. Imperial, Cal., Feb. 4.—Out of 1,600 change in the boundariee of Linn and Benton. It is proposed to make an Jury Acquits Thaw But Declares Him Senator Forsker says Roosevelt Is the land claims in the Imperial valley, even trade and allow Linn to annex one about 60 improved claims belonging to Insane. champion muckraker. township or more in Benton, immedi nonresidents have been jumped on the New York, Feb. 3.— Adjudged not The new battleship Mississippi has ground of failure to comply -with the ately across the river from this city, guilty of lb* murder of Stanford White been placed in commission. law. A recent decision of the commis and to exchange therefor a township by reason of insanity at the time the lying across the W illam ette from Cor sioner of the general land offices revers The government has brought suit to fatal »hots were flred, Harry Kendall vallis. It is thonght this plan will es the practice that office has held here dissolve the llarrlman merger. Thaw Saturday was held by the coat to tofore that any person could take a meet with the approval oi the residents be a dangeous lunatic and was whirled The English expect a visit from number of assignments from claimants of the sections concerned and make it away to the state hospital for the crim Roosevelt as soon as his term is ended. so long as the total does not exceed 320 possible for them to have belter roads School Children to Boost. Eugene— The school children of Eo- inal insane at Matteawan. I t is now held that a person and reoeive more benefita from the Two of the smaller street oar systems acres. The verdict came after 25 hours of dazes paid for the care of roads and gene now have roady about 1,200 let of New York nave gone into the hands can take but one assignment. Many claims, including scores of bridges. At present the roads across ters to be sent to tbeir friends In differ waiting, and when every one connected of a receiver. well developed farms, are aff ■cted by the river in Benton county are badly ent sections of the United States telling with the case had abandoned all hope A New York newspaper man claims the reversal, and a number of contests neglected as likewise are the roada them of Eugene and Lane oounty, es of an agreement ever being reached in W illiam A. Rockefeller, father of John are tiled. The mutual water compan leading into Corvallis on the south side pecially dwelling upon the fine weather this or aDy other trial. Four hours D., died in 1906. ies have combined to send representa of Linn. The residents of these sec conditions here, mentioning the fact after the foreman's lips bad framed Moat French newspapers commend tives to Washington and lay the matter tions are Baid to be generally favorable that not a snowflake has fallen daring the words "n o t guilty,” with the ac the year and that flowers are blooming companying insanity clause, Thaw, the recent special message of the presi before Secretary Garfield. An appeal to this change. everywhere, and a iking their friendB of protesting he was sane, was on his way will Ire taken from the decision of Com dent to congress. the colder regions why they do not to Matteawan. A little after nightfall Weston Normal Leads. missioner Dennet on the ground that A Kansas City jury grand has just Folded in each let he had been received In the institution Pendleton— The high water mark in come here to live returned 200 indictments for violation the Supreme court holds that an estab lished ruling of a department of the the enrollment at Weston Normal ter is a rose petal, a violet or some oth under commitment papers which di of the Bunday closing law. rected his detention ' ‘ until discharged government cannot Ire annulled by a re school was reached last week, when the er flower now in blossom here. by due course of law.” It Is believed the talk of war with versal of the ruling. report for the first semester showed Salem Druggists Censured Japan will bring increased appropria No apprehension is felt by claimants that 173 students are attending the tions for the defense of the Paaclflc as to the outcome, but it is considered school. The dormitory facilities have DEATH IN IT S P A T H . Salem— Salem drag stores have been coast. necessary to present the matter to Sec been overflowing for several months, put under the ban of the state board of and students have been quartered in pharmacy by a visit of Secretary Blake Tornado Kills Eight and Maim* 100 Hawaii fears a flood of Japanese retary Garfield. cottages and private residences in Wes ley, who is authority for the statement In Miaxiaaippi. cojllea. ton. The Weston normal leads all the that they are nof complying with the W O O D CHIEF M A T E R IA L. Wesson, Miss., Feb. 3.— Extending Bryan praises the president's special Oregon normal schools in point of at law which provides that the drug aDd message to congress. tendance, and almoet every county seat prescription business shall be in the 40 m ile« from west to east, the path of Small Percentage o f Buildings Built east of the Cascade mountains is repre care of a registered pharmacist. Dis destruction made by Friday’s tornado The battleship fleet has started o f Cement or Brick. trict Attorney McNary also recently just north of here was found to have sented in the enrollment. through Magellan straits. made the discovery that no record of suffered a worse disaster than at first Washington, Feb. 4.— In a report The house committee on census wants the sale of poisons was being kept as ia reported. In the tornado path the Initiative Petition Filed. today regarding building operations known dead number eight, the fatally a census of all standing timber in the Salem— The petition for the initia required. and the timber supply the geological injured four and the seriously Injured United States. survey says that the increasing price of tive of the questiou of the division o( at least 100. There are fears that the Eight Miles o f Shade Trees. President Ripley, of the Banla Fe, lumber and a rapidly increasing use of Wasco oounty and the creation of Hood death list may reach 15 or 20, moat of denies the charges of Roosevelt that his perfected Are proof svstms cf construc River county has been filed with the ■ Eugene— An order has been placed those believed to be dead being negrees roid has granted rebates on oil. tion should do much in holding down secretary of state by W. B. Andrus, of with an Oregon nursery by the citizens who have not been accounted for since Benator Bourne says Roosevelt's spe the amount which forests are called the Hood River Commercial club. The of Fsirmount for 1,000 trees to be thelv cabins were crushed. cial message is bound to carry him to upon to yield each year, but so far these petition is said to contain 10,367 sig planted along the streets of this suburb The damage is eetimated conserva more substantial materials have not de natures, and is composed of a number of Eugene. The trees are to be planted tively at {300,000 and may reach a half the White House for another term. creased the lum lrercutof the nation. of separate pamphlets, each of which about 50 feet apart on both sides of the m illion. In the wreckage lie four A tornado just north of Wesson, Notwithstanding the increased use of is previded with an artistic cover de street, and will stretch over a distance churches, six cotton gins and several Miss., laid waste a strip three-quarters cement and other fireproof materials, sign, with three luscious red cheeked of eight miles. country stores. of a mile wide and several miles long the last reports of the building opera apples on the obverse and a tempting The tornado cut a path about half a Six persons were killed and a number tions in 49 of the leading cities of the Btrawberry on the reverse. Poultry Show at The Dalles. mile wide. Relief parties have been injured. United States for the year collected by The Dalle*— As the result of a meet sent ou t A ll streams are swollen and Linn Stock Doing Wall. ing of local poultry fanciers a poultry the country roods are strewn with fal Officials of the Jspaneee government 'he geological survey, show that 59 say that they, like other nations, are per cent were of wooden construction. Albany— Reports from all parts of ■how will bis held here some time dur len trees. interested in the fleet's trip from the This does not include the large quan the county sre that cattle and sheep are ing February. Committees on arrange Atlantic to the Pacific, as they want to tity of lumlier used for the construction wintering to better advantage than for ments are at work and the show will be Japanese Spies Hava Gone. of dwellings, stores and other buildings many years. On account of the mild open to any and all poultry enthusiasts. know how the ships stand the strain. Punta Arenas, Straits of Magellan, in the thousands of small cities and ness ol the weather fields and pastures Feb. 3 — Two Japanese who are re- Ruef has pleaded not guilty to 14 towns, scattered over the country and P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS . poted to have landed here from the charges of offering a bribe. The cases not included In the 49 cities on which furnish excellent graxing and unless the valley should experience extreme M ats T r r o p t on Pacific. British steamer Orita, of the Pacific w ill be set for trial February 14. a reckoning was made. Butter— Fancy creamery, 30035c per changes within the next few weeks it Steam Navigation company, a little Bohmltx, who is also indicted on these Omaha, Neb. Feb. 1.— Added strength pound. is thought all danger of a hard winter over two weeks ago, and who were sup to the theory that the sending of Rear same counts, has already pleaded not Poultry— Average old hen*. 12912'yc will have passed and the farmers not Filipino Lads 8towaways. posed to have come to Punta Arenas to Admiral Evans’ fleet to the Pacific may guilty. per pound; mixed chickens, 11.4 912c; be obliged to draw on their stored sup Han Francisco, Feb. 4.— l’ edro Jajo- observe the passagee of the fleet through not be so much for mere naval practice spring chickens, 12913c; roosters, 8 0 China looks on the movement of the ■nera aud Isaac Villannewra, Filipino plies of feed. the Strait of Magellan, would appear as for possible protection was given to 10c; dressed chickens, 14c; turkeys, Atlantic fleet as more than a pleasure stowaways, after having hidden in the to have left this port. Inquiry has day, when it developed here that the live, 13c; dressed, choice, 16017o; cruise. Good Quality o f Lima. coal bunkers for three days on the (ailed to shed any light on the move national government is also making geese, live, 9010c; ducks, 10017c; Salem— J. Frank Hughes snd W . A. Terror reigns supreme in Lisbon due transport Crook, which arrived today, ments of the two travelers and their preparations for the mobilisation of pigeons, 7 6 o 0 {l; squabs, {1 .5 0 9 2 . to the arrest of conspirators against were driven by hunger from conceal Carter, of this oity, are successfully en present whereabouts are not known to more troops on the Pacific coaet by the Eggs— Freeh ranch, candled, 26026c ment. They came on deck and an gaging in the manufacture of lime at the government. the authorities. time the fleet arrives there. Troops nounced their willingness to be put to Gold H ill, with a plant that turns out per doien. w ill be sent from Fort Crook, in Ne Veal— 76 to 125 pounds, 9 0 9 jyc; 126 Ruef says he did not negotiate with work. Both were bright lade, having 100 barrels per day of an article that is braska, Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, Insurance Must B* Paid. to 150 pounds, 7e; 160 to 200 pounds, the graft defendants and that Iangdon gone to the public school at Honolulu claimed to be 98 per cent pure. Mr. Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 3.— The and Fort Russell, in Wyoming, to var broke his immunity contract. and they paid for their voyage by shin Carter has just returned from the lime 6 0 « He. Pork— Block 75 to 160 pounds, 6 0 English insurance companies that lost ious Coast barracks. ing shoes, cleaning decks and waiting kiln« and the firm has secured orders heavily in the earthquake and fire of Japanese who are supposed to he on table. The Filipinos sneaked on from the paper mills at Oregon City 7c; packers, 506c. A fter Trade in the Orient. spies have been at every port where Fruits— Apples, {1 .2 6 0 2 per box; January, 1907, have had a farther ver and Lebanon. The Southern Pacific board the transport at Honolulu. dict handed down against them. Two the battleship fleet or torpedo squadron Seattle, Feb. 1.— The Chicago, M il has made a rate to Portland of 15 cents peart, {1.25(41.75 per box; cranber test case« for the payment of losses has stopped. waukee A St. Paul w ill shortly begin ries, {8 0 1 1 per barrel. per hundred. "Y e llo w Peril League.” Vegetable«— Turnips, 76c per sack; sustained at the time of the earth an active campaign for its share of Chinese printers have been excluded Denver, Colo., Feb. 4.— Several hun President A. J. carrots, 65c per sack; beets, {1 per quake were recently decided adversely trade In the Orient. Platting New Townaits. under the alien contract labor laws, dred representatives of union labor, In ■ark; beans, 20e pet pound; cabbage. 1 to the companies. The companies ap Earling, who is in Seattle, M id: " N e and New York Chinese papers are tem mass meeting this afternoon, former) Oregon City— The Oregon Iron A 0 1 V per pound; cauliflower, {1 .7 6 9 pealed to the Supieme court. Today gotiations have been made for a line of pararily tied up. the "Y e llo w Peril Exclusion leagu e," Steel company has a force of surveyors 2 per doxen ; celery. {3 0 3 .5 0 per erat»; the Supreme court upheld the decision steamships between Puget sound and J. II. Hiland, third vice The battleship fleet has been sighted designed to prevent further influx of st work platting its property beyond onions, 16020c per doxen; parsley, 20c of the lower body, which had decided the Orien. Asiatic coolie labor into the United the Tualatin river, near Willamette. per doxen; peas, 10c per pound; pep that the fire waa not of earthquake president of the St. Paul, and F. A. at the entrance of Magellan straits. States. One of the speakers said that The company has about 3,000 acres origin. Miller, general passenger agent, have The government has plaoned a series thousands of Japanese were coming into there and It ia believed that the con pers, 8917c per pound; pnmkpins, 1 0 been sent to investigate traffic condi of scientific re-seeding experiments on the United States through the port of struction of e railroad connectrng the 1V per pound; radishes, 20c per dox Want« a Central Bank. tions In China and Japan, and will re several of the natlooal forest ranges to F.l Paso as students. A prominent Jap territory with Portland is a surety In en; xpinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c New York, Feb. 3.— Speaking at the port upon the poesibilitiM of trade de determine how much damage done by anese of Han Francisco, he said, was at the future, ae the land is being platted per pound; squash. 1 9 1 V per pound. annual banquet of the School of Com velopment." Onions— {2.50 per hundred. ever-graxing can be remedied. the head of the enterprise and conduct Into tracts of two and one half, live and Potatoes— 40076c per hundred, de merce, William J. Ridgeley, controller Cut In Price o f Steel The revolution in tfaytl Is said to be ed the business from a clothing agency ten acres. livered Portland; sweet potatoes, {3.26 of the currency, expressed himself as In the City of Mexico. fearful that the political situation is over. New York, Feb. 1.— About 70 steel 9 3 50 per hundred. Fruit Inspector Resign« Wheat— Club, 84c; blaeetem, 86c; inch at present that the prospect* of men, representing the United State« In the stomach of a coyote killed Took Drydock to Manila. Freewater— County Fruit Inspector valley, 84c; red, 82c. getting legislation to reform the coun Steel corporation, the Republic Steel near Hants Rosa, d el., 42 chicken heads Han Francisco, Feb. 4.— Otto Wer Howard Evans has reeisned, the death Oats— No. 1 white, {2 8 ; gray, {28 try’ s banking system are far from company, the Bethlehem Steel com were found. ner, Charles Bradley, J. H. Van Horn, of hie father, James Evans, having in per ton. bright. " A central bank and a credit pany, the Jones A Langhlin Steel com T. Myers and W aller E Rudolph, en creased the demand* on his time to Barley— Feed. {27 per too; brewing, currency," he Mid, "e r e Ihe things pany and the Pennsylvania Steel com New York's police dogs are now in gineer! who were in charge of the dry- inch an extent that be found him self' {32; rolled. {29930. upon which we must rely, and not po pany, were in conference in tbie city active service. They are on duty from dock Dewey on its trip from the At- unable to attend to both private and todey and tonight. None of those pres Corn — Whole, {32.50; cracked, litic«, to prevent panics." 10 p. m. to 3 a. m. lant'c coast to the Philippine ialanda, public bustnees. The new horticultural {32.50. ent would talk, but it was stated unoffi reached here today on the transport society signed a petition asking that T. Officers have just recovered what la Bank Closed In Brooklyn. cially that the (nbject of the confer Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, {18 believed to be a part of the loot of rob Cook and w ill proceed East tomorrow. L. Ragsdale be appointed in hi* place. per ton: Eastern Oregon timothy, {20 New York, Feb. 3.— The.Home Bank ence was a proposai to rsdnee the price bery of the Pacific Express company's The Dewey left the Atlantic coast on 0 3 1 ; clover, {1 4 0 16 ; cheat, {16; of Brooklyn, an institution on which a of steel in general. Elgin Livestock Shipments. office in Kidney, Neb., In 1880. At l>«oember 28, 1905, and arrived at grain hay. {1 4 9 15 ; alfalfa, {11.60; run was started, did not open for buai- that time bullion valued at {127,000 Olong'po, Philippine islands, on July Elgin— Dnrlng the pest week a great vetch, {14. Workmen Bagging for Food neee Saturday. The Home bank in a 10, 1906. wps taken and but little of It was ever many hog shipments have been made Hope— 1907, prime and choice, 8 0 small institution, located In South Buffalo, Feb. I .— The office of the disposed of. from the Wallowa and Elgin eountry. 7 % e per ponnd; old*, 102c per pound. Brooklyn. It has a capital stork of superintendent of poor at West Seneca Mall From Fleet. Several carloads have gone to Walla Wool— Faatern Oregon, average best, {100,000 and a surplus and divided was besieg'd today by 60 men begging Federal authorities are said to have New York, Feb. 4.— The steamer W alla and about 10 loads went to 13020c per pound, according to shrink profile amounting to {63,870. The de for food. The partial suspension of the taken steps to establish the largest Thespis which arrived todey from Rio Tronldale, while several carloads of cat age; valley, 1803Oe per ponnd, accord posits, which formerly averaged about eteel end Iron industry there has army depot In the United States at Han Janeiro brought 20 Mcks of mail from tle have gone to Portland in the past Ing to fineness; mohair, chaise, 290 {500.000, have been reduced greatly censed much suffering among the for Francisco. the American battlrahipa. several Jays. 30c per pound since the October panic. 1 eign laborwa. DRAWS N E T C L 0 8 E . Hensy Has Evidence to O ffset Testimony. Hall's Portland, Jan. 31.----- Francis J. Heney’a cross-examination ol John H . Hail yesterday materially s'rengthened the case of the go ’ernmeut. Une letter, that w ill be followed by several others today, was introduced by Heney show ing that Hall in 1901 and 1902, when frequent complaints were being re ceived against the Butte Creek corp- pany, took Immediate and effective steps towards prosecuting settlers who had from 200 to 400 acres of govern ment laud enclosed. The purpose of these letters is tc show conclusively that Hall did not molest Sleiwer’a compauy, whose enclosuree of public land embraced about 20,000 acres. Neither were other large violators of the fencing law distnibed, either by civil or criminal proceedings. Further evidence, contradictory of the testimony of Hall on direct exam ination, was offered by Heney at last night's session. It coneieteed of a letter written by the department of justice to Hall in November, 1902, in response to a request from the department of the interior on the application of Special Inspector Greene, assigning Greene to report to Hall foi the specific purpose of investigating complaints of unlawful' fencing by W. W . Brown in Harney and Lake counties, that had been re ported to the Interior department b y Greene in the month of October, 1902.. H U R R Y O R EG O N B U ILD IN G . Beaver 8tate Exhibit to Be in Place When Hnattle Fair Opens. Seattle, Jan. 31.— The Oregon state building for the Alaska-Yukon-Paeiflo exposition will be finished and the ex hibit installed when the legislature meets next winter, according to the statement of W . H . Wehrung, chair man of the Oregon commission, who left for home tonight. " I t is not our purpose to enter into a building contest with other states, but we have decided to have Oregon’s ex hibit in place several months before the exposition opens. When every thing is In readiness we shall bring the fact to the attention of our legislature and ask for an additional appropriation of {50,000 to make it better. The ap propriation already made is {190,000, one-half of which will be used in erect ing a building. “ E. W. Rowe and I have been look ing over the ground allotted to Oregon for its exhibit, and we are immensely pleased. The site is on Nome Circle, just opposite the Washington state building, and the location could not have been more favorable. W e ih a il go back and immediately arrange for letting the contract. According to our present plans bids w ill be opened March 1, and the work on the building w ill be started by March 15.” A T T E M P T T O F L Y M E ANS D E ATH Rumor o f Intended Escape Causes O rders to Shoot. San Francisco, Jau. 31.— The Call says today: Warned by a persistent and well- defined rumor that Abe Ruef, grown frantic on the eve of trt&l, has planned in detail an escape from custody to be accomplished on the lonely road be tween this city and the county jail. Sheriff Dolan has doubled the guard over the prisoner and has taken every precaution to prevent the carrying out of the suspected plot. Two deputy sheriffs, fully armed and with instructions to keep Ruef prisoner at any cost, now accompany him in hia automobile during all the time he i* absent from the jail, and the strictest orders have been issued concerning the methods to be adopted at the first sus picious sign made by either the fallen boes or the chauffeur in charge of the car. Should Ruef attempt to put into exe cution the plan which it is believed has already been arranged, the first appear ance of a rescue party would be the sig nal for action by the deputy sheriffd to the end of preventing their prisoner ever leaving the automobile alive. Low Rate to Standard. Washington, Jan. 31.— That a 6 cent per hundred pounds rate on shipments of oil from Whiting, Ind., to East 8t. Louis, was charged the Standard Oil company by the Chicago A Alton and Chicago, Burlington A Quincy In the period between September 1, 1903, and June 30, 1906, was’established today in/ the hearing of the suit of the govern ment for a dissolution of the Standard Oil company, by the testimony of Mr. Chandler, a special agent of the bureau of corporations. The total difference on 314 cars amounted to {17,297. Express O ffice Robbers Caught. Mansfield, O., Jan. 31.— Shortly after midnight last night two masked men entered the office of the Adams Express company at the Union station here, knocked W illiam Depevf, the agent, unconscious, and got away with {3,000, while nearly 50 passengers stood about the station waiting tor train*. A bag containing {40,000 in gold lying near the {3,000 was overlooked by the rob bers. Telegrams were sent to the po lice of all nearby towns, and s u r e - suit John McCue and Joseph Stevens were taken into custody at New London. Freezing Out Japanese. Loa Angeles, Jan. 31.— At least 200 Japanese have been dropped from ser vice at prominent hotels and leading clubs and in private families in South ern California in the last week. The movement has beer m i general, cn the ground that the Japanese are "ondeeir- able.” On top of this has come the failure of many Japanese restaurants in this city. The prejudice aeainst them has become eo strong that they get lit tle patronage. Loes in Indianapolis 81,000,000. Indianapolis, Jon. 31.— Fire in the warehouse of Henry Coburn A Cn. early today "anaed a lose of {1,000,000, with Inaoraoce of {576,000. Over one hun dred firm* with goods stored in the warehouse are loser*. Marion connty hod stored {100,000 worth of voting machine«, on whieh there wee no ¡neur one*. tig firemen were slightly h u t.
