The Estacada News
OF ONE O PIN IO N .
BONFIRE OF C LO TH E S .
House Committee Votes to
Railroad Land Grant*
Shinsia Declare Boycott on Japan«»«
Goods
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CUQON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Oar
Basy Readers.
A Resume o f the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
o f the Past Week.
China has invited the battleship fleet
to visit her ports.
China is very hitter against the Jap
aneee and the boycott is growing.
Hope for the recovery o( Governor
Gnlld, of Massachusetts, is slight.
A wind and rain storm in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama has done
great damage to property.
The health of Count Tolstoi, who has
been ill for some time, has been re
stored, and he is again at work.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has compiled figures showing the
panic has not hurt the railroads.
The annual lumber cut in Michigan
has dwindled to lesB than trail of what
it was in 1888. The total of 1907 was
1,713,584,000 feet.
A letter addressed: “ Your Kxcel-
lency, Sir Abraham Lincoln. Fifth ave
nue, New York, U. 8. A .,” has just
arrived in the foreign mail.
The American Dredging company’ s
$100,000 dredge burned to the water’ s
edge at Oakland, Cal. It was the larg
est vessel of the kind on the Coast.
An agent of the immigration bureau,
who haa been investigating the subject
of undesirable foreigners, says thou
sands of anarchists and indigents will
be deported.
Illinois is in the midst of a bitter
liquor war.
The American cruiser Tacoma is at
La Guayara, Venezuela.
Senator Borah says it was the plain
people that Baved the day in the recent
money panic.
A Ban Francisco Chinese woman
wants to be deported to avoid prosecu
tion for stealing $400.
A ll nnion miners have been warned
to stay away from Alaska until the la
bor trouble has been settled.
Two train robbers cut their way
through four seta of steel liars at the
county jail at Helena and are at liberty.
Cauton, Marsh 24.— The greatest in-
ilgnation prevails heie aaginst the gov
ernment for yielding to the Japanese
lemanda in the Tatsu Maiu case, il
being considered that the government’ s
action in this matter has brought dis-
grace upon this province. The Self
Government society of Cauton has or
ganized aevcral monster indignation
meetings, at which resolutions were
adopted that the anniversary of the re
lease of the Tatau Marti be obeerved as
« day of public mourning. The resolu
tions also declared a boycott against
Japanese goods.
More than 50,000 persons attended
the mass meetings held yesterday;
buildings were draped in mourning and
20 or more orator« delivered denuncia
tory speeches.
Among the speakers
was a 12-year-old, whose declaration
against the Japanese caused the greatest
enthusiasm.
A great number of thoee who had as
sembled thereupon divested themselves
of Japanese-made garments, including
taps and handkerchiefs, and nude a
huge bonfire of them. One dealer in
Japanese goods offered to sacrifice his
entire stock.
The meeting recommended the im
peachment of Yuan Bhi Kai of the
hoard of foreign affaira for weakness in
yielding to the Japanese.
in f o h m a t io n
More
is c o s t l y
.
T h in S 10,COO Expended for
Enlightening Voters.
Salem— The sending out of the pam
phleta containing the measures to he
voted upon at the general election in
June, together with the arguments for
and against them, has been begun by
the secretary of state.
Already over
60,000 hare been sent out to voters
whose names have been submitted to
the secretary of state.
The state printer hua prepared 100,-
000 of these pamphlets in all at a cost
of $6,373.75.
Of this amount the per
sons submitting the measures and argu
ments w ill have to pay $2,797.34 as
their proportion, as fixed by law. The
total amount collected by the secretary
of state from the tilers of the arguments
ia $2,900. An adjustment w ill be made
on a per page basis, and thoee who have
paid more than their share will receive
a refund, while the others who have
not paid their full percentage will have
to remit the difference.
The postage tor the sending out of
these arguments w ill cost about $3,000,
and the oust of $6,373.75 w ill have to
be added to it bsfore the actual expense
of getting out the measures can be as
certained, the amount o( postage, the
cost for elerka engaged in mailing
about $250, and the cost of securing the
OVER M ILLIO N U N E M PLO YE D
names of voters.
Secretary of State Benson, it is esti
Effects o f the Recent Panic in East mated, has saved about $3,000 in the
getting up of the pamphlet by his ar
and Bouih.
rangement of the rneasurea.
New York, March 24.— In a canvass
of the country toasoeitain the number
AS K FOR IN S T R U C T IO N ,
of unemployed men, dispatches tiave
been received from many industrial
centers with reports of conditions, and Umatilla Farmers Want Summer Fal
from these it is estimated that more
low Train
than one million men are minus jobe.
Pendleton— So successfully was the
The reports indicate more than 600,006
unemployed in the chief cities and summer fallow train recently run by
nearly 600,000 in the states outside the the O. R. A N. company through the
wheat belt of the Palouee country that
cities.
That there are moreu"employed men Umatilla county farmers are making an
and women in New York City today effort to secure such a train for the
than at any previous time in many wheat belt of this county.
Hall a dozen agricultural experts ac
years past is the belief of union leAdeis,
charity workers and students of social companied the train and lectured on
conditions. Estimates of the number dry fanning, antisummer fallowing and
out of work vary from 100,000 to 600,- deep plowing for the wheat districts,
000. II is probable that half of the with the result that farmers were great
latter number, or 250,000, is about cor iy benefltted and have expressed a da
sire to hear more on these advanced
rect.
Umatilla county
The following eetimate is given by lines of farming.
responsible labor leaders: Carpenters, farmers are dissatisfied with summer
10,000; tailors, 8,000; rockmen and fallowing half of their valuable land
excavators, 8 000; bricklayers, 7,000; caili year and desire to know what
laborers, 20,000; houseemiths, 9,000; crops can l>e raised on alternate years
asphalt workers, 2,000; paperhangeis, which w ill conserve the soil forces and
2,000; painters, 7,000; rockdrillers, at the same time yield a profit. With
2,000; engineers, 2,000; pavers, 2,000; this end in view they will ask the 0.
plasterers, 2,000; steamfittera, 500; R. A N. company to organize a farm t ' s
sheet metal workers, 500; compositors, train.
A P P L E LAN D «1 ,0 0 0 PER ACRE
Grower Says It Is Worth That With
Apples SI a Box.
Hood R iver— The annual meeting
of the Hood River Horticultural So
ciety, the largest auxiliary organiza
tion to the state society in Oregon,
took place last Saturday.
The meeting started in the morn
ing with S. F. Blythe as chairman,
and with an intermission at noon
lasted until late In the day. A. I.
Mason, whose subject was "T h e Ap
ple,” stated as his opinion that the
time was coming when districts
growing cheap and Inferior grades of
fruit would be forced to go out of
business.
J. C. Porter, who was on the pro
gramme to speak on pruning, and
who is one of the most prominent
growers at Hood River, or else
where, stated that, even If prices for
apples should go to $1 a box, land
at Hood R iver would still be worth
$1,000 per acre on account o f the
immense return on the Investment.
C. H. Sproat, who was called on
to speak on "W h at Shall W e Do to
Market the Future Apple Crop to
Get the Best Results?” was strong
ly In favor of raising the best grades
and best quality of fruit, and in this
connection, as a director of the Ap
ple-Growers’ Union, read a number
of letters front large buyers and im
porters in which they stated that
they had found it cheaper to pay
higher prices for fruit grown at
Hood River than a less price for that
grown elsewhere on account of Its
quality and keeping properties. Mr.
Professors Quiz Students.
University o f Oregon, Eugene—
The custom o f giving a quiz each
month In the different subjects has
become almost general among the
different members of the faculty,
and as approximately a month of the
second semester has elapsed, the
students are In about the same state
of mind only In a lesser degree, as
during examinations.
Under this
system a student may encounter as
many tests in one day as he has
hours, while with the examinations
there is very little likelihood o f hav
ing more than two in one day.
Cannery for Independence.
Independence— At a mass meeting it
was decided that Independence is to
have a fruit anil vegetable cannery.
Over $6,000 has been subscribed for the
plant. The stock w ill be held by local
people only, and largely by farmers.
Options have been secured on seveial
sites.
The exact location will be de
cided at a general meeting of the stock
holders.
W. J. Steel reported that
from 165 vines he harvested over 200
bushels of tomatoes last year, and W al
ter Huntley Btated tiiat from a th.rd of
an acre he gathered 300 bushels.
Dr. Hall-Edwarda, one of England's
greatest physicians, hag lost his left arm
as a result of constant use of the X-ray. 2,000; pressmen, 1,000; mia -ellaneous
W ea'her Good for Farming.
tradea, 20,000; unorganized labor, 145,-
Congressman Humphrey says that
Try to Throttle University.
000; total, 250,000.
Salem— Not for many years have the
without ship subsidy Japan oonld whip
University of Oregon, Eugene— In
farmers of this part of the Willamette
th i United Staten as easily as she did
valley had as favorable a season as dicative of the widespread interest in
DECIDES IM P O R T A N T CASE.
Russia.
this for (all and winter work. With the referendum movement against the
The largest crowd of siehtseers ever
scarcely an exception all the farmers university appropriation, is a letter to
in Han Frauoisco is expected when the Interstate C< m-nerce Commission Has got their plowing and seeding done in President Campbell from President
No Control Over Ocean.
battleship fleet arrives.
Accommoda
season and the work of pruning and Pritchett, of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching, of
tions are being arranged by the hotels
Washington, March 24.— A decision spraying orchards was favored by lair
New York, asking for all the valuable
for * 80,000 people.
was promulgated today by the Inter weather during the winter. The out-
data on the subject. President Pritch-
1
iok
now
is
for
excellent
crops
of
all
state
Commerce
commission
in
one
of
Fulton says he will return to Oregon
e t mentions that this is the first case of
the most Important caseB it has been kinds. The winter woe a mild one and
to answer Heney.
this kind and that, on this account, he
called upon to determine for some time. livestock came through in fine condi
Senator Bryan, of Florida, Is serious It is that of the Cosmopolitan Import tion, notwithstanding the scarcity and will make a study of the circumstances.
ly ill with typhoid fever.
ing company, a Philadelphia organiza consequent high price of hay and mill
Umatilla River 8woll*n.
There is a rumor that lleney is in tion, chartered under the laws of New feed.
Pendleton— Warm rains followed
Jersey, against the llamburg-American
vestigating Chicago graft.
by a chlnook wind and then more
Packet company, the North German
M edford Votes Water Bonds.
rain is taking the snow off the moun
Canada has appealed to Great Brit
Lloyd Steamship company, the Wilson
Medford— One hundred and fiftyfour tains at a rapid rate. The Umatilla
ain to keep out Asiatic labor.
(H u ll) lines and the Bcandinavian- Medford citizens voted upon the pro- river is higher than it has been any
Hearst's Independence league intends American lines.
pueed amendment to a section of the time this year, and though the water
to keep the old parties guessing.
The complainant's petition was 6led city ’s oliarter whereby the city council is rising rapidly, it is still far from
with
the
commission
nearly
a
year
ago.
was authorized to issue $25,000 addi dangerous. T h e ' rains are being
Roosevelt is to write a message on
Some time suliaequently the defendants tional improvement bonds for the com hailed with delight by the farmers,
amendments to the anti-trust law.
tiled a demurrer, attacking the juris pletion of the city distributing system. as the season has been exceptionally
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Travel to the Coast from the East diction of tire Interstate Commerce The sum asked for represents the differ dry.
w ill be $2.50 cheaper than last year.
commission.
ence between a wooden stave pipe sys
P O R TL A N D M A R K E TS .
The opinion in the rase, which is tem, as was planned in the first place,
Fire destroyed the Grand Pacific ho
tel, Chicago, to the extent of $100,000. very voluminous, was prepared by and a cast iron system, as was after
W heat— Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c;
Commissioner Franklin K. Lane.
ward decided upon. The vote stcod 103 Valley, 82c; red, 80c.
The Husquehanna river is so high
In brief, and in effect, the commis for and 61 against and thechangn in the
Barley— Feed, $26 per ton; rolled
that the iron works at Harrisburg have sion decides against itself. It holds plans will be made at once.
$28 # 3 0 per ton.
had to close.
that it has no authority over oceanic
Mlllstuffs— Bran, city, $26; coun
try, $27 per ton; middlings, $30;
The Shanghai, China, conncil has transportation and thus determines the
Expect B ’g Freshman Class.
voted to reduce the number of opium case adversely to the contention of the
University of Oregon, Eugene— Indi shorts, city, $27; country, $25 per
ton; chop, $20® 25 per ton.
complainant.
smoking dene by one-fourth.
cations are tiiat Oregon’s freshman
Oats— No. 1 white, $27® 28 per
class of next year will he the largest ton.
The United States Steel corporation
Senator Bryan Dead
in the history of the university. Regis
made earnings of over $00.000,000 last
Corn— W hole
$3 2 50:
cracked.
Washington, March 24. — United trar Tiffany has received so far over 60 $33.50.
year. This is more than $4.000,000
States Senator W illiam James Bryan, applications for university entrance,
Hay—-Valley timothy, No. 1. $17
above the earnings of 1906.
while in previous yrars very few if any ton; Eastern Oregon timothy. $19®
Anna Gould says she has had enough of Florida, died at Providence hospital
University author 20; clover, $14® 15; cheat, $15;
at 8:30 Hunday morning, of typhoid came in so early.
of married life.
fever. It was on lf 73 days since he ities predict an entering class of close grain hay, $ 14® 15; alfalfa, 12®13.
Count I.eo Tolstoi is reported to be took his seat as successor of the late to 160 next fall. The preeent enroll
Domestic fruits— Apples, $1.25®
ill at Yaanaya Polaua.
Senator Stephen R. Mallory, who died ment, exclusive of outside branches, Is 3.50 per box. according to quality;
Another affidavit by Ruef says Burns December 23, a id 23 days of that time 418, and with the law, medical and cranberries. $ 8® 11 per barrel.
Fresh Vegetables— Artichokes, 75
used threats to get false testimony.
was spent in hia tight against disease. music department the total is brought ® 90 c per doien; asparagus, 25c per
up
to
710.
Several
times
during
Mr.
Bryan's
ill
pound:
beans, 20c per pound; cab
Abraham Hummel, prominent in the
bage. \ % c per pound: cauliflower,
first Thaw trial, has been released from ness hia friends despaired of his recov
ery, hut as late as Saturday night the
$1.75® 2; celery, $4.25®4.75 per
Violated Gama Laws.
prison.
repo t was given out that his condition
Albany George W. Klaher, pro crate; eggplant. 20c per pound; let
Mias Wilheimina Crawford, of Low h 1 taken a turn for the better.
prietor of the Brownsville glove fac tuce, head, 65c per dozen; hothouse,
ell, Mass , 29 years old, has adapted as
tory, was convicted In the State C ir 50c@$1 per box; parsley, 20c per
her son James Butler, who is 46.
cuit Court o f violation of the game dozen; peppers, 1714c per pound;
Robbers Make Rich Haul.
laws, by having fresh deer meat Ih radishes, 30c per dozen; rhubarb,
Reno, Nev., March 24.— Three rob his possession December 12, long a f 10c per pound; spinach 5c per
Old Benicia barracks, near Ban Fran
cisco, which has been an army post for hers, heavily armed, overcame Edward ter the open season for k illing deer pounds; sprouts 10c per pound;
60 years, is to be abandoned, but the Hoffman and a companion on a road had closed. Judge Bennett directed squash, 1 ® 1 1 4 * per pound; to
two miles from Rawhide late this after the Jury to return a verdict of guilty matoes, crates (6 baskets), $5®
arsenal will be retained.
noon, threw tnem to the ground, and without lenvtng the Jury-box. Fisher 5.50; Mexican, crates, $3.
Root vegetables— Turnips, 75c per
Letters have been received by Mayor made off in their victims' two-horse was fined $100 and costs. He will
B isae, Chief of Police Bliippy and As rig, taking gold and hank notesamonnt- appeal the ease to the state supreme sack: carrots, 65c per sack; beets,
$1 per sack: garlic 8c per pound.
sistant Chief Hcheuttler, of Chicago, in ing to about $47,000 with them. The court.
Onions— Buying price, Oregons.
forming them they w ill be shot.
money was consigned to the Coalition
$2.50® 2.90 per hundred; Japanese
Plsalar Cast o f Big Meteor.
Mining company at Rawhide to be mrd
Jobbing prices. $3.50.
Railroads w ill maintain low exent in paying nrinrra' wages anil to meet
University of Oregon, Eugene— The
Potatoes— Buying price, $0®65c
slon rates to the coast all summer.
the final payment on one of the proper university has received an odd addi per hundred, delivered Portland;
ties pnrchssed last week by the Coali tion to the Condon museum. In the sweet potatoes, $3.50®3.75 per hun
The roaring well near Beloit, Wis. tion company. Posset ate in pursuit.
shape of a plaster of par a cast of the dred.
sounds from which preceded the Han
meteor which fell naar Oregon Citv in
Butter— City creameries:
Extra
Francisco disaster, is again emitting
1906. The gift waa made by the W il creamery, 30c per pound; state
Marina Casualties Heavy
rumbling noises and a strong wind.
Boston, March 24.— A review 'of the iam tte Steel A Iron company, of Port creameries, fancy creameries, 2 6 ®
30c; store butter, choice, 1 6 ® 17.
The United States navy poet at the marine casualties off the coast of New land. The cast was made at the Smitl -
Cheese— Oregon full cream twins
sonian
institute,
and
is
an
exact
repro
England
and
British
North
America
Midway islands Is to be abandoned.
15c; Young America, 16® 1614c per
during the tall and winter season just duction of the orig nal. The meteor pound.
Rear Admiral Evans w ill he retired ended, allows that abont 350 lives were fell on land belonging to the W illam
Poultry— Average old hens. 1 4 ®
after the fleet reaches Ban Francisco lust. Of this number 261 persons per ette Steel A Iron company.
15c;
mixed
chickens.
1 2 ® 13c;
May 8.
_____ ished in the wrecks of ten vessels be
spring chickens. 16® 20c; turkeys,
Raducs
Rataa
on
Sacks
longing
to
the
French
Ashing
fleet
of
live.
16®
17c;
dressed,
choice.
16®
Viscount Aoki was recalled by Ids
These teasels
Pendleton- -Um atilla connty farmers 20c; geese, live, per pound, 8 ® 10c;
go eminent for offensive talk to Roose nt. Pierre, last fall.
foundered In heavy galea which swept are rejoicing over the announcement ducks, 1 6 ® 1 7 r: pigeons, 75c® $1;
velt regarding Japanese exclusion.
the Grand Banks. About 26 Newfound mails by the Northern Pacific and O. squabs, $1.50® 2.
Eggs— Fresh ranch. 16c per dozen
Rear Admiral Evans admires Magda land fishermen were lost in these storms. R. A N. railroads of a 40 cent rate per
Veal— 75 to 125 pounds, 9 ® 914c;
lena hay and says it would be a grand
hundred on grain haga from Portland, 125 to 150 pounds. 7c; 150 to 200
thing if the United States owned It.
Taom a and Seattle. This ia a reduc pounds. 5 ® 614c.
Honored! Pariah at Sea
Toklo, March 24.— Tha Mutsn Mara, tion of practically 36 per cent from the
Pork— Block, 7$ to L50 pounds, 7
Rear Admiral Bperry will take com
©714c; packers. $®614c.
mand of the American battleship fleet a 900 ton roasting steamer belonging to P'erent rate.
Hope— 1907, prime and choice, 4
la oompletdTta voyage round the world. the Yusen Katahn line, was sunk in a
0 $ H c per pound; olds, 1 0 2e per
collision with the llideyoehi Mam, 696
New Sheep Commissioner.
pound.
The Oregon and California ooastins tons, at 2 30 o'clock this morning two
Salem—Governor Chamberlain ha«
W ool— Eastern Oregon, average
steamer Pomona struck the rocks off miles off Todohokke, near Hakodate appointed A. !.. Mackintosh, of Paul
Fort Rosa, Cal , and is a total loss. The The captain of the Mutsn Morn, a ma ina, sheep enmmissioner for the Second best. 12 0 1 4 c per pound, according
to shrinkage; valley, 18 0 20c. ac
paeerngers and hand luggage were jority of her 144 passenger* and 43 of district to «neceed Thomas Boy Ian.
cording to fineness.
aaved, but 101 sacks of mall were lost. the crew perithed.
whoaa term «xplrod March 12.
Mohair— Choice, 2 5c par pound.
F jrfs ii
Washington, March 23.— Two m il
lion acres of land in California and
Oregon vested in the Oregon A Califor
nia Railroad company, owned by the
Central Pacific and controlled by FL II.
Harriinan, will be subjected to suit for
recovery of title by the United States,
if action taken by the committee or
public lands is sustained by the house.
The committee agreed to report favor
ably without amendments a resolution
which has already passed the senate,
empowering and directing the attorney
general to Dring suits for the recovery
by the United States of the title to the
public lands granted to certain Wtstern
railroad companies in cases where the
oonditions stipulated in the grants have
not been complied with— auvh condi
tions, for example, as governed the
grant of land to the Oregon A Califor
nia Railroad company in the sixties.
Under the grant the land was to be
thrown open by the oompany for rale to
bona fide settlers of the Unite 1 States
at not more than $2 50 an acre and in
parcels not exceeding 160 acres each.
It is charged that some of this land was
sold by the Oregon A California railroad
in violation of the coi-ditiona named.
The refusal of K. H. Harriinan, an
nounced by him at the Irrigation con
grees at Sacrmento last year, to sell
any portion of the remaining 2,000,000
acres, led to the intreduction by Senator
Fulton of the resolution which the pub-
lie lands committee acted on favorably
today. Chairman Mondell was author
ized to draw the report of the commit
tee which he w ill do this week.
WILL VISIT JAPAN
President Accepts lovltatlon lor
Battleship Fleet.
MAT CALL AT CHINESE POUT
Cordial Reception Promised at Y oko
hama—All Other Invitation*
Ara to Ba Declined.
Washington, March 23.— President
Roosevelt has determined on a legisla
tive program the enactment of which
will be urged upon congress in a special
message which he said today w ill go in
this week. Each of the measures to be
proposed involves perplexing difficul
ties and each will iiave far-reaching
effects on business and economic condi
tions of the country. Tire program is
the product of important conferences
through which the president lias been
put in possession of the views of ail in
terests concerned. Likewise the atti
tude of the leaders in both branches of
congress has been made known.
Its
success depends upon the combined
effort, which he believes can be brought
to bear in behalf of the whole plan by
thoee affected especially by some one of
its features.
The program includes:
A declaration in favor of revision of
the tariff in a special season to be held
after March 4, 1909.
An amendment to the Sherman anti
trust law so as to make important con
cessions to combinations of both labor
and capital.
Lim iting the powers of certain courts
in the use of the injunction in labor
disputes.
Passage cf an employers’ liability
bill.
Passage of the Aldiich financial bill.
Washington, March 21.— The Amer
ican battleship fleet is to visit Japan.
The desire ot the emperor of the Island
Kingdom to play host to the fleet was
laid before Secretary Root Thursday
by Baron Takahira, the Japanese am
bassador. The invitation, which was
couched in most cordial terms, was
made the subject of extended consider
ation by President Roosevelt and his
entire cabinet yesterday. Mr. Root was
directed to accept the invitation and
the acceptance was laid before the Jap
anese ambassador late yesterday. It is
regarded in official circles here sb more
than likely that China will he next to
hid f it a look at the fleet, and tiiat,
should this be the case, the „invitation
will be accepted.
Sei r.-tary Metcalf and Admiral Pills-
burg, chief of navigation, are arranging
the dataila of ihe new itinerary. With
tiie exception of China, it is deter
mined that all other invitations, Bhouid
any be received, will be declined, for
at tiie best the fleet w ill not now be
able to reacli the Atlantic Beaboanl be
fore the first of next March.
The it nerary, which stems to be the
most dirtet, includes stops at the Ha
waiian islands, Samoa,
Melbourne,
Sydney,
Manila, Yokohama— should
that port be selected as the stopping
place in Japan— possibly a Chinese
port, hack to the Philippines, and then
home by way of the Suez canal, with
only such stops as aie necessary for
coaling.
The fall target practice has been
planned to occupy a month at Manilla,
either before or after the visit to Japan.
Although target practice is regarded as
decidedly impoitant, and the custom
is to have tiie ships occupy a month in
each spring and fall in gun practice,
the desire to have the Beet return to its
home station may lead to a curtailment
of the month planned for Manila.
Japan w ill have the ships a week,
according to the tentative plans. While
Ihe stops in foreign ports so far made
have been on an average of ten days’
duration, a part of that time was occu
pied in taking on coal. W ith a '¡sit to
Manila, no coaling operations w ill be
necessary in Yokohama.
This would
enable the entire stay there to he given
up to festivities and show features of
the visit.
The acceptance of the Japanese invi
tation is regarded in naval circles as of
considerable importance in the way of
allowing the cordiality existing between
Japan and tiie United States.
The
added trip is nearly equal in distance
to a voyage from New York to Europe.
LABO R A S K S C A B IN E T S E A T .
H IN T S DIRE P L O T .
R 0 0 3 £ V E L T ’S PRO G RAM .
Undertakes to Get New Laws Through
Congress.
Will Urge Congress to Create G ov Heney Imagines Effort Will Ba Made
ernment Department.
to Spirit Ruef Away.
Washington, March 21.— At the con
San Francisco,March 21.— Abe Ruef,
cluding session yesterday, of the execu indicted on 116 coants, thinks the sum
tive council of the American Federation of $1,115.000 is toe much bail, and says
of Labor it was decided to urge upon there are 37 counts against him on
the house committee on labor the neces w hiih the bail is $370,000, of which he
sity for the passage of the pending bill should be relieved, and that the bail on
creating a department of labor, the the remaining counts is excessive. Ruef
head of which shall be a member of the was in court on a writ of habeas corpus.
president’s cabinet.
Assistant District Attorney Heney
It was decided to make a vigorous [ resented an affidavit stating that Rnei
effort to secure the passage of laws in was wealthy, and that be believed that
the various state legislatures for the there was a conspiracy to get Ruef out
abolition of child labor.
A memorial
of the country. He cited tiie attempted
of protest similar to the one presented kidnaping of James L . Gallagher, on
to congres» yesterday is to be sent to whose testimony he said Ruef would be
organized labor and the public general convicted, and also the attempted kid
ly; it will lie prepared by a committee naping of ex-8upervisor Lonergan, just
consisting of President Gompers, Secre befocre the Tirey L. Ford trial.
tary Morrison and Vice President O’ Con
Murphy pointed out that at the pres
nell.
ent rate of progress— over a year and
The council was not notified that the
not one trial— it would take 116 years
hill of grievances presented to Vice
to try Ruef on all the chargee. He said
President Fairbanks yesterday was laid
a conviction on one or two charges
before the senate and referred to the
would practically send him to the peni
cumuiillee on judiciary.
tentiary for life.
Dividends Keep Up Wages
Chicago, March 23.— The Record-
Herald today says;
“ So long as many
of the big railroad systems of the coun
try continue to pay higher dividends
than they earn while they continue to
borrow enormous sum of money, there
will not be a general reduction in wages
on Western railr.ads.
Thi« decision
was reached at a secret conference of
Western railroad piesidents in Chicago
this week.
Following the conference
railway laborers were given to under
stand that the Western roads did not
contemplate immediate reductions.’ ’
Coast Town Face Famine.
Eureka, Cal., March 21.— Reports
from Crescent City state that owing to
the tie-up of steam schooners on the
coast, a considerable portiou of Del
Norte is fearing a food 'amine. Today
the Humboldt Commercial company, of
this city, dispatched the gasoline
schooner Lady Mine, carrying 16 tons
of food and groceries, which w ill go to
Smith River and Crescent City. Some
of the food w ill also he sent to Chetco,
in Oregon, which is also reported to be
suffering a food shortage. Del Norte
gets all its supplies by schooners.
Indictments Ara Dismissed.
San Francisco, March 23.— Judge
Dunne this morning dismissed the four
remaining extort ion indictments against
E. E. Schmitz, with the recommenda-
tii n that the i ase be submitted to an
other grand jury, and announced that
Theodore V. Halsey will be brought to
trail for bribery as soon as as the court
ia able to take up hiscase. Henry Ach,
attorney for Abraham Rnef, was in
formed by Judge fjiw lor that he must
make a complete showing In the matter
of affidavits in tiie immunity contract
hearing by next W ed n i»lay.
Land to Ba Thrown Open.
Washington, March 21.— By author
ity of the secretary of the Interior, the
public lands in 131,643 acres excluded
from the Blue Mountain forest reserve.
Oregon, by proclamation of January 9,
1908, will become subject to settlement
o i June 1, 1903, if not otherwise with
drawn. reserved or appropriated, but
not to entry, filing or selection until
July 1, 1908, at the United 8tates land
offices at Burns, La Grande and The
Drllee. Sixty days’ notice by publ c»-
tlon in newspapers near the lands re
ft ored haa been authorized.
Harg Prisoner by Wrists.
Columbus, O., March 23.— Senator
Lamb, of Toledo, here today created a
sensation by declaring that, while visit
ing the Ohio penitentiary, he isw s
prisoner hanging hy his wrists. “ I
was astounded,” continued the senator,
"and soon »aw that the attendants
wete trying to keep me away from this
man. I insisted on seeing him, and
the man said to me:
‘ I have been
hanging here since Thursday, and they
only let me down for b n a la n d aster.’ ’
Launch "¿ h ip " Corqueroe.
San Francisco, March 21.— The 8*1-
ration ship Conqueror went Into com
mission at 3 o'clock this afternoon with
appropriate ceremonies, over which
Mayor Taylor presided. The Conqueror
was built by the Salvation Army. The
front represents the bow of a warship.
The piace was built for the use of the
men of Admiral Evans’ fleet as a coun
ter attraction to the gin mills. Read
ing matter w ill be provided for the
■aiIora and liiDch at a nominal coat.
Tillman Serlcusly HI
Columbia. 8 C., March 23 — United
Statee Senator Tillman i* seriously ill
at his home at Trenton, thia state,
■offering frrm a nervous attack due, il
ia believed by bia phjsicians, to bard
work.
New Battle« hip In C om m its'«').
Philadelphia, March 21.— The new
battleship New Hampshire, with Cap
tain Cameron McK. Winslow in charge,
was p'aced in commies ion at the League
Island navy yard trd.y. The warship
will bt ready for tea in abont a month.
HEARS L A B O R '.4 D EM AND
Vice President and Speaker Promise
Liability l aw.
Washington, March 20. — Speaker
Cannon and Vice Piesideut Fairbanks
today announced their belief that tha
present congress w ill pass an employ-
era' liability act which w ill meat and
orvertome the unconst ilulionality of the
present law pointed out by the Supreme
court of the United States in a recent
decision. These statements were mad*
unreservedly by the speaker and guard
edly by the vice president to a delega
tion led by Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labcr,
from 87 national and international
trade and labor and faimera’ organiza
tions assembled in a national confer
ence in this city. The delegation called
on the speaker to lay before the house
of repiesentatives, through him, a me
morial entitled “ Lalo.-’a Proteat to
Congress."
The protest submitted by Mr. Gom-
pers and his associates refers to the
Supreme Court decision In the hatters’
case as the “ most recent perversion of
the intent of a law by the judiciary hy
which the bherman anti-trust law has
been made to apply to labor, although
it was an accepted fact that congress
did not intend the law so to apply and
might even have specifically exempted
labor but for the fear that the Supreme
court might construe such an affirma
tive provision to be unconstitutional.
P R O T E C T T R U L Y IN N O C E N T .
But Railroad Land Grant Mutt First
Be Forfeited.
Washington, March 20.— The status
of purchasers of granted land in good
faith from the Oiegon A California
Railroad company, and their righte un
der the law, were set forth in eome de
tail at the hearing before the house com
mittee. Tiie provisions of the grant
prohibit sales except to actual settlers
in limited quantities and at a limited
price. By necessary implication it per
mits sales of the kind mentioned.
This provision of the giant is a con
dition subsequent for breach of which
tire government has right of forfeiture.
However, a condition subsequent is not
self-executing. Upon the breach of the
conditiun title does not automatically
revert to the grantor.
So that until
the government in sonro way asserts
rights of lorfeiture, title remains unim
paired in the railroad company, with
full authority to make sales to actual
settlers in the manner provided in the
grant. After forfeiture is claimed, no
further sales of any kind can be made
hy the railroar company, if the conten
tion of the government isco'rect. But
all sales made within the terms of the
grant will be valid and will he in no
way affected either by the Fulton reso
lution or by any suits that w ill be com
menced.
PLA N N A T IO N A L A P P L E FAIR.
Spokane Proposes to O ffer «1 0 0 ,0 3 0
in Premiums.
Spokane, Wash., March 20.— A t a
meeting of prominent citixens today it
was decided to make the big apple show
that w ill be held In Spokane next De
cember a national affair, and such large
prizes w ill be offered that fruit Irom
■ 11 parts of the United States w ill be
entered in competition. I t is expected
that the awards tiiat will be given will
attract some of the greatest fruit ex
perts of foreign countries.
To carry out the plan, a corporation
to be known as the National Apple
Show w ill be formed w ith stock amount
ing to $100,000, and governed by a board
of trustees of seven or nine men.
It ia
anticipated that one of the directors will
be Louis W. H ill, president of the
Great Northern railroad, who has been
requested by wire to accept a position
on t i e board.
It is intended to offer from $8,000 to
$10,000 in premiums and to make the
show an annual affair.
Among the
leaders are W . D. Vincent, cashier of
the Old National bank, and David
Brown, president of (he Hazelwood
company.
Mothers to Meet in Bruts ala.
Washington, March 20.— The invita
tion of the Belg'an government, extend
ed through Baron Moncbeur, the Bel
gian minister, to the National Mrthere’
congress to participate in the Interna
tional congress on the education i f the
family, to be held in Brussels in 19¡0,
was accepted by the board of manager*
of the Mothers’ society today.
Among
the delegates appointed to represent the
United States were the following: Mr*.
Frank B. H ill, Tacoma, W ash.; Mr*.
Jefferson D. Gibbs, California; Mia. F.
W . Ashley, Denver.
N. P. May Lota Land.
Helena, Mont., March 20.— Upon •
statement made to President Roosevelt
by a special committee from the M or»
tana Mineowners’ association, concern
ing fraudulent classifications by tha
commission appointed under the M -
Kinley rrgime in relation to the miner-'
al lands of the Northern Pacific rail
way, the president has instructed Bir-
retary of the Intrrior Garfield to make
a thorough investigation of the chargee.
Mineownrrs from all over the state
have combined to defeat the claim of
the railroad to these lands.
Asks fo r Intarvartlon.
Washington, March 2 0 — The govern
ment of the little African republic of
Liberia hss appealed to America to pro
tect her territorial integrity. The State
department has been informed that •
delegation is now on its way from Mon
rovia to Washington to make a personal
appeal to the president and Secretary
Root to restrain the French from forci
bly taking possession of a large part of
the country lying in the border between
Liberia and French West Africa.
Governor Guild Vary III.
Boston, March 20.— Governor Guild,
who hoe been ill for two weeks, fa In a
critical condition. His phytician, D r.
B. F. Winslow, found the governor eo
seriously ill yesterday that it war derid
ed to m il two other physicians Into
eonrultatioo.