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R E G E N T F E A R S R E B E L L IO N .
The Estacada Progress
Heavy G u a r d s P laced at All G a te s o f
City o f Pek in.
I— mié tack T k M * r
E S T A C A D A .................... O R E G O N
RESUME OF THE
WEEK’S DOINGS
G e n e r a l Review o f I m p o rta n t H ap
p en in g s P r e s e n t e d in a B r i e f a n d
C o m p r e h e n s i v e M a n n e r f o r Busy
R e a d e r s — National, Political, His
toric al a n d C o m m ercial.
L a t e s t r e p o rts f ro m Governor-elect
Cosgrove, of W sah in g to n , say he is i m
proving.
In a rio t b etw een G erm an and I t a l
ian stu d e n ts a t V ien n a, more t h a n 150
w e r e injured.
In a raid on clubs o f St. Louis for
d isp e n sin g liquo r o u t of hours, 832 men
w e r e arre sted .
A d m ir a ls Dew ey, Schley and E v a n s
d efen d th e navy a g a i n s t t h e c r i t ic s o f
b a t t l e s h i p co n stru ction,.
T h e B r itish g o v e r n m e n t proposes to
spend $500,000,000 on p u rch ases o f
land fro m I ris h landlords.
A b o u t 1,000 d e le g a te s are ex p ected
to a t t e n d the d ry f a r m i n g co n g ress a t
Cheyenne, W yom ing, in F e b r u a ry .
Lord R o b e rts h a s called on G r e a t
B r i t a i n to provide 1,000,000 men to
p r e v e n t a possible G erm an invasion.
Pek in, Nov. 24. W hile all is q u i e t
in Pek in, d e t a c h m e n t s o f troopB g u a r d
th e city g a t e s a n d g e n d a r m e s are on
du ty a t t h e ap p ro ach es to t h e fo reign
legations.
T h e g o v e r n m e n t has n o t
ceased to t a k e p r e c a u tio n a r y m eas
ures, for rev o lu tio n a rie s a r e sp read in g
all kind s o f rep o rts, w hich m i g h t a c t
like fire brands to th e s p i r i t o f u n e a s i
ness u n d e r l y i n g p r e s e n t conditions in
China.
T h ere h av e been ru m o rs o f an in su r
rectio n ary m o v em en t in t h e South, b u t
th is has proved to be only a minor o u t
break am o n g the a r t i ll e r y an d cav alry
sta tio n ed a t N an k in .
N ev erth eles s, it h as been th o u g h t
advisable to post a g u a r d a t each of
the g a t e s o f P ek in , and h a l f co m p an
ies o f C hinese r e g u la rs a r e now under
a rm s a t th e s e points.
I t w as owrin g to one o f th ese d i s t u r b
ances t h a t t h e edict o f N o v em b er 20
was issued, in which i t w a s pointed
o u t t h a t lawless c o n s p irato rs had trie d
to invade t h e in terio r, an d all officials
wer e o rdere d to a r r e s t an d su m m arily
behead th e m w h erev er found.
S t r i n g e n t m eas u res h ave been t a k e n
h ere to s u p p r e s s an y sign o f conspiracy,
and th e g o v e r n m e n t has ord ere d an in
v e s tig a tio n o f t h e g o v ern o r o f N a n g
Puei province, on a c o u n t o f a s l i g h t u p
r isin g t h a t took place th ere.
H O L D S T O W N A T BAY.
F o u r Men S h o t in E ffo rt t o C a p tu r e
M exican H old-Up Man.
C h a rles F. Daly, vice p resid en t o f
Reno, N ev ., Nov. 24.—d e t e c t e d as
t h e N ew York C e n tral lines, w as an he was hold ing up th e C o u rt saloon in
o r d in ary t e le g r a p h o p e r a to r s ix y e a r s B a ttle M o u n tain l a te l a s t n ig h t, a
ago.
Mexican b ro k e t h ro u g h th e door and,
J o h n D. Roc k efeller d isc la im s th e ru n ning in to N i g h t P o licem an Coon,
g lory of o r g a n iz in g th e S ta n d a r d Oil sh ot th e officer in t h e j a w ; then held
com pan y. H en ry M. F l a g l e r and S a m up th e g a t h e r i n g crowd as i t collected
Cowboys and m in ers
uel C. T. Todd conceived t h e idea, he a t the scene.
called for as sista n ce, an d r u sh in g the
says.
A N ew York p a p e r c laim s to h ave rbbb er, w e r e repulsed by his fire.
Deputy S h eriff T it s w o r th w a s h i t in
received advi ces f ro m P a n a m a t h a t th e
th e groin, an d two o th er s w e r e slig h tly
g r e a t G atu n dam has been washed out.
W a s h in g to n officials say they h ave injured.
The Mexican backed down t h e s t r e e t ,
h e a r d n o th in g of it.
fo rc in g ev erybody in s i g h t to follow
H eney is now re p o rt e d o u t o f all him. W h en he drew a w a y f ro m th e
d an g er.
saloons he du ck ed into th e d ark n ess . A
Gove rnor-elect Cosgrove, o f W a s h suspect, seen by D ep u ty S h eriff Has p,
w as c a u g h t w h e n b o ard in g a f r e i g h t
in g to n , is much worse.
tr a in early t h is m orning.
T h e d ep u ty
K a i s e r W i l h e l m ’s la s t spe ech w as sheriff called to th e man t o halt, b u t
p r e p a r e d by his m in isters.
g e t t i n g no response, sh o t t h e fellow in
A s t e a m e r blew u p on th e lower Mis th e leg. T h e town, aroused by t h e o u t
rages, s t a r t e d on a m an h u n t ; and
sis sip p i riv er, k i l l i n g 10 men.
f arm ers, h e a r i n g th e sh o o tin g , cam e
S i x m iss in g M o n ta n a m in ers w e r e into town w i t h t h e i r la n te r n s.
They
cr u sh ed to d eath in a m ine n ear Helena. carrie d th ese lig h t s a b o u t w i t h th em
H a r r i m a n is re p o rte d to h ave secured se ek in g th e ro bber, and s e v e ra l ti m e s
control o f th e Wisconsin C e n tr a l r a i l sh ot a t each o t h e r when t h e y th o u g h t
they had “ flushed” the dar e- dev il M e x
w ay .
ican.
W r e c k a g e fro m an u nknown vessel
is d r i f t i n g ashore a t V ancouver island,
CA BLE U S E D F O R MAN H U N T .
B. C.
M o ritz Ros enthal, c h i e f counsel for
th e S t a n d a r d Oil, g e t s a sa lary o f $1,-
000 a day.
Man
C h a s e d Half A ro u n d W o rld by
D i s p a t c h e s is C a u g h t.
San F ran cisco , Nov. 2 4 . — A m an
A d m ir a l S p e r ry h as refu sed to le t th e hunt, e x t e n d i n g h alf w ay around th e
cews o f t h e fleet land a t M a n ila b e world, w h ich w a s conducted by cable
cau se o f t h e r e c e n t o u tb r e a k o f cholera. dispatc hes, ca m e to an end to day when
A t th e inques t Mrs. H a a s testified local d e t e c t i v e s boarded t h e s t e a m e r
t h a t she did not g i v e h er husb and th e Mongolia an d a r r e s t e d L. E. Knollins,
rev o lv er w i t h w hich he c o m m itte d su i whose d es crip tio n is said t o tally w i t h
t h a t o f L. E. Hancock, w a n t e d by the
cide an d kn ew n o th in g a b o u t it.
a u th o r itie s o f N o r t h C a ro lin a on a
Officials o f th e M are Island navy ch arg e o f em b ezzlem en t.
y a r d have received ord ers to r e p a i r th e
Hancock saile d fro m h e r e se veral
g u n b o a t B e nnin gton.
T h is is t h e v e s w eek s ag o an d orders for his a r r e s t
sel on w hich th e explosion occurred w ere cabled t o N a g a s a k i.
H e le f t th e
fo u r y e a r s ag o w h e n 67 m en w e r e sh ip a t Honolulu, however , and r e t u r n
ki lled.
ed to th is c i t y on th e s t e a m e r Mongolia,
A g a s ex p lo sio n at Reddin g, Cal. which a r r i v e d today.
in ju re d fo ur p e r s o n s a n d cau sed an
Kno llins d en ies t h a t he is Hancock,
e a r t h q u a k e panic.
and sa ys he is a m em b e r o f th e b r o k e r
Russia will m ak e an a t t e m p t t o se ag e firm o f Courtland, Babcock & Co.,
cure r ig h ts to m ak e a n d use the of 44 P in e s t r e e t , N ew York. He w as
tak en to t h e c i t y prison p en d in g th e
W r i g h t aeroplane.
R a ilr o a d s are p r e p a r i n g t o substi a r riv a l o f an officer fro m N o r t h Ca ro
tu t e t e le p h o n e s for t e le g r a p h in the lina.
d i s p a tc h in g of trains.
Will Fortify Honolulu.
L o s A n g eles b u sin e ss m en have pe
Honolulu, Nov. 24.— A d e t a c h m e n t
t i tio n e d the p r e sid e n t t o keep tilt-
o f U n ited S t a t e s en gineers, u n d e r M a
b at t l e s h i p fleet in th e Pacific.
j o r Winslo w , w hich a r r i v e d recen tly
T h e in q u est on H a a s failed to solve
th e m y s t e r y o f ho w he g o t th e revol on the t r a n s p o r t S heridan, has com
menced t h e w ork o f f o r t i f y i n g th e
v e r w ith which he sh o t himself.
island. T h e firs t work to be done is
G e r m a n s t a te s m e n are tr y in g to th e p r e p a r a tio n of m i l i ta r y maps. The
calm the ag itatio n ag ain s t th e kaiser
d r e d g in g f o r t h e larg e drydock to be
Vo n B u elo w is a n x io u s to retire.
b u ilt a t P e a r l h a r b o r and t h e d eep en
T h e official r e t u r n s have ju s t been ing o f th e channel also w ill b eg in in
co m p iled in M isso uri on th e p r e s i the n ear f u t u r e .
Sev eral local con
d en tial vote. T a f t received 346,915 t r a c t o rs h ave d e p a r t e d for W a s h i n g t o n
a n d B r y a n 345,889.
w h e r e th e b id s for t h e d r e d g i n g con
J u d g m e n t has j u s t been given rail t r a c t s will be opened in Dec ember.
r o a d s ag ain s t C o o k co unty. Illino is
for $ 100,000 d a m a g e s cau sed by the
Q u e e n Liliuokalani H e r e .
strik e rio ts of 1894.
San F ra n cisco , Nov. 2 4 .— Ex-Quee n
T h e Io w a s u p r e m e co u rt h as ju st L illiu o k alan i, o f H aw aii, wras a p a s
decided t h a t t h e fo otball y e a r end> se n g er on t h e Pacific Mail lin er Mon
w ith T h a n k sg iv in g . A t r a i n e r was
golia, w hich a r riv e d h ere today from
su in g for sa lary on a b ro k e n c o n tr a c t
th e O rien t, v i a Honolulu. N ot a h alf
Pacific co ast h o p m e n w an t hig h er dozen p a s s e n g e r s on th e s t e a m e r wer e
tariff on hops.
a w a r e t h a t t h e frail old lady, plainly
E n g lis h finan ciers are an x io u s to a ttire d , and accom panied by one maid,
w a s th e ex -queen.
She is t r a v e l i n g
g et Philippin e railw ay bonds.
w ith P rin ce K alau ian io la, b e t t e r known
G e r m a n y d o u b ts the k ais er’s s i n c e r
as Prince Cupid, and P rin c e ss K a l a u i
ity a n d th e a g i t a t i o n to restrict his
aniola and will ac com pany th e m to
p o w e r continu es .
W ash in g to n . T h e prin ce
w as r e
T h e last edict of th e d o w a g e r e m elected d e l e g a t e to congress.
p r e s s o f China w as an o r d e r for r e
fo rm s to continue.
Kills R o o sev elt T u rk e y .
W e s te rly , R. I., Nov. 2 4 . - The
A d m ir a l E v a n s has b eco m e presi
d en t of a new ste a m sh ip c o m p an y Rhode Islan d t u r k e y which H o race Voz
w ith its h o m e office in L os A n g eles will send to t h e presid en t, according
to his an n u al custom, to g r a c e th e
G o v ern o r-elect
S h a lle n b e r g e r
of
tab le o f t h e W h i t e House on T h a n k s
N e b r a s k a su stain ed a b ro k en ankle
while b ein g initiated into the S h rin e rs g i v i n g day, w e n t to th e ex ecu tio n
block to d ay an d will be sh ipped to
P e t e r v o n V lissin g en , the C h icag o W ash in g to n to m orrow. I t is t h e b e s t
re al e s t a t e m an w h o confessed to o f a lot o f c h e s t n u t fed birds, which
f o rg eries, g o t aw ay with m o r e than
h ave been se lected and es pecially
$2.000,000, a c c o r d in g to in v e s tig a to r s
reared as can d id ates for t h e d istin c
T a f t will fo rm a n en tirely new cab tion, and w e ig h s 26 pounds.
inet.
P rin c e a n d P ri n c e s s de S a g a n deny
t h e y i n te n d to separa te .
T w o m e n lo st th e ir lives in K an s as
C ity b y a g as explos ion.
C o -ed u catio n h as b een co n d e m n e d
at t h e u n iv ersity o f G l a s g o w T h e r e i«
t o o m u c h flirting, sa y th e co lleg e of
ficers.
T h e r e is a b i t t e r feud on in San
F ra n c i s c o b e tw e e n t h e police d e p a r t
m e n t a n d sheriff's office ov er th e stri
cide o f Haas.
W a r l i k e M o r o s are g a t h e r i n g for an
a t t a c k on peaceful natives. Five com
p an ics of i n f a n t ry have b een se n t to
d isp e rs e th em .
A Ru ef b r ib e ry w itn ess c o m m itte d
suicide while o n his w ay fro m F ra n ce
t o Q u e e n s t o w n . H e had b een in E u
rope t o escape arre st.
Fails in R e c o rd Flight.
London, Nov. 24. W ord h as been
received h e r e t h a t th e balloon owned
by th e Daily G raphic, which ascended
from t h is c i t y W ednesday m o r n in g las t
in an a t t e m p t to r each S i b e r ia and
b reak th e lo n g-dis tance record, was
compelled t o descend in a gale on
T h u rs d ay n i g h t n e a r Novo Alexan d-
rovsk, Ru ssia, a f t e r h a v i n g trav eled
a b o u t 1,350 miles.
S e r v i a n s L o se S e v e n t e e n .
P aris, Nov. 2 4 .— A d is p a tc h from
Vien na says t h a t a ban d o f S ervians,
w h ile cro ss in g t h e Bosnian f ro n tie r ,
n e a r S ev o rn ik , w a s rep u lsed by A u s
t r i a n troops.
T h e S e r v i a n s lo st 17
men killed an d th e A u s tr i a n s th r e e
killed.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
N O S C A B ON O R E G O N S H E E P .
F R E E LAND A T R O S E B U R G .
Eleven I n s p e c t o r s U n ab le to Find D is
e a s e d Anim als in S t a t e .
Pendleton.—F o r two weeks, eleven
inspectors under th e direction or Dr.
s. W. McClure, of the Feder al Bureau
of Animal Ind u stry , have been search
ing the flocks of Oregon for trace of
scabies or other sheep diseases, bu t so
f a r they have not been successful. This
shows th a t the cam paign of eradication
which was in au g u rated less t h a n two
y ears ago was entirely sa tis factory , and
Loth l)r. McClure, who is the head ot
the anim al in dustry iu the Northwest,
an d S t a t e Sheep Inspector L ytle ar e ue-
lighted with tho showing made.
Though not a single diseased sheep
has been found so far, the work of in
spection will bo continued until every
band in the s t a te has been subjected to,
in examination . I t is now believed,
however, t h a t no scabby sheep will be
found, though early in the summer there
were a few isolated cases in L ak e and
Douglas counties. Theso wero treated
as soon as discovered.
Though Oregon sheep wero prob ably
the worst infested with scabies of an y
s t a t e in the Union two years ago, Dr.
McClure state d a t t h a t tim e t h a t ho
would clean up th o sheep of tho sta te
within two years, an d th is inspection
seems to indicate t h a t ho has k ep t his
promise.
C h o i c e Dairy, F ru it an d T i m b e r T r a c t s
to Be O p e n e d to Public.
G o o d R o a d s M eeting .
Albany.— A m eeting was held last
week in the Commercial club rooms to
co n fer with J u d g e Jo h n II. Scott, of
tho Oregon Good Roads conference, for
tho purpose of selecting a d a t e for a
good roads convention to bo held a t Al
bany. December 1 was decided upon
K. W. Langdon, pre sident of th e Com
mercial club, presided an d introduced
Ju d g e Scott, who made an address call
ing a t te n tio n to th e importance of tho
good roads movement. The following
com mittee was appointed as a com m it
tee of arran g em en t: C. II. Stewmrt, H.
H. Hew itt, J. N. Duncan, M. H. Ellis,
C. C. B ry an t, F. J . Miller, J. C. Ham
mell and P. A. Young.
S h i p s 2 7 t o n s o f Turk eys.
R o s e b u r g —A b o u t 27 tons o f t u r k e y s
w as Douglas c o u n t y ’s T h a n k s g i v i n g
co n tr ib u tio n t h i s y ear.
The p rices
r a n g e d from 17 t o 21 cents. T h ese fig
u r e s do n o t include th e o th e r po ultry ,
ch ickens, duck s a n d geese, w hich w ere
also shipped in l arg e q u a n t i t i e s . The
27 tons o f birds includes five tons s e n t
by an O akland firm, t h e r e m a i n i n g 22
tons b ein g s e n t f ro m Rosebur g. T h e
n u m b e r se n t fro m th e sm a lle r to w n s in
t h e co unty is n o t y e t known and is im
poss ible to d eterm in e.
Umatilla’s W ealth $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
P endleton.— U m atilla c o u n t y ’s tax
roll, j u st completed b y Assessor Stra in
shows th e total wealth of the county
to bo a little more th an $25,000,000.
This is about $16,000,000 less than the
total valuation last year, due to the
fact t h a t tho assessment was made on
a valuation of betw een 60 and 70 per
cent of t h a t of last year. In 1907 the
tax roll showed t h e total valuation of
tax ab le pro perty in Umatilla county
to be second only to the county of Mult
nomah. This y ear it ran k s as third.
R o s e b u r g .— O n J a n u a r y 20, 1909.
t h ere will be t h r o w n o p e n to r en try
at th e R o s e b u r g land office 91,950
acres of d airy in g , fruit a n d t im b e r
lands, w h ich will be w i t h d r a w n fro m
the U m p q u a fo re s t reserv e, a n d which
are s itu ated in Coos, w e s t e r n L an e
a n d D o u g l a s co unties. T h e p r o p o s e d
railro ad f ro m D r a in t o M a rs h field
runs t h r o u g h a p o r t io n o f this tract.
T h e d a i r y i n g a n d fru it lands will be
subject to th e h o m e s te a d act, bu t the
tim b er lan d s can on ly be t a k e n u n d e r
th e t i m b e r a n d st o n e act. A peculiar
f eatu re of th is o p e n in g is t h a t sq u a t
t e r s ’ r i g h ts will be recognized. A fter
D e c e m b e r 31, p e r s o n s m a y se ttle on
the land a n d p r e p a r e t o m a k e it th eir
hom e. T h e rig h ts o f su c h p e r s o n s
will be rec o g n iz e d as p rio r to th o se
wh o file o n J a n u a r y 20. It is e x p e c t
ed t h a t t h e r e will be a r u s h for the
cho ice t r a c t s in th is land w h en it is
op ened.
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C . & E. Is P o o r Pay.
Salem .— T h e Corvallis & E a s t e r n ’s
an n u al r e p o r t sh o w s a m ileag e of
140.58 miles, w hich is 1 42. m iles less
th an sh o w n by p rev io u s r e p o rts , this
decrease b ein g d u e t o c o r re c t io n of
p rev io u s e r ro r s. T h e capital sto c k is
$1,410,000, a n d the b o n d e d debt $1,-
410,000. T h e net o p e r a t i n g rev en u e
was $68,287.10. T a x e s to th e a m o u n t
of $13,217.88, in terest on fu nded debt
$56,400,
and
other
m isce llan e o u s
c h a r g e s w ere paid, leav in g a n e t c o r
p o r a t e loss of $1.156.06. T h e stock is
o w n ed by E. H. H a r r i m a n , 14,097
sh a re s ; J. I'. O ’Brien. H. F. C o n n e r
a n d J. K. W e a t h e r f o r d ea ch hol d one
sh are, m a k i n g a total of 14.100 shares.
T h e stock is held in t r u s t for the
S o u t h e r n Pacific com pany.
Buy Land f o r F a r m in g .
B ak er City.— Believing t h a t lands
a lo n g tlx? S u m p t e r Valley railro ad
from which th e t im b e r has b een r e
moved can be m a d e in to f arm lands,
J o h n L. Rand, one of th e lead in g a t
to r n e y s o f this city, a n d F r a n k S.
Bailie, m a n a g e r of the C o lu m b ia Gold
Mining co m p a n y , in the S u m p t e r dis
trict, have b e c o m e i n t e r e s t e d in a
p ro ject w hich will be of c o n s id erab le
im p o rt a n c e to Ba k er co u n ty . T h e y
have i n t e r e s t e d se vera l o t h e r peop le
with th em , a n d have f o rm e d w h at is
k n o w n as th e S u m p t e r L a n d c o m
p an y .
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TOM JO H N S O N POOR.
Loses
F o rt u n e by D ev o tio n fto D ead
B r o t h e r 's E sta te .
Cleve land , Nov. 20.— M a y o r T o m
I.. J o h n s o n , w h o for y e a r s h as b een
c r e d ite d with p o s s e s s i n g a v e r y lar ge
f o rtu n e, a n n o u n c e d y e s t e rd a y t h a t he
had lost e v e r y t h i n g a n d w o u ld be
co m p elled to give up his be autiful
h o m e o n E uclid av e n u e a n d m o v e into
s m a ll e r a n d less ex p en siv e q u arters .
T h e m a y o r also s t a te d t h a t he wou ld
give up his a u t o m o b i l e an d o t h e r lux
uries. be cause he co u ld n o l o n g e r af
ford to keep th e m .
H is fo rt u n e w as w reck ed , th e m a y o r
d eclared, by his d ev o tio n to t h e a f
fairs of t h e e s t a t e of his d ead b r o t h e r ,
Albert, w h o was heavily i n t e r e s t e d in
t r a c t i o n p r o p e rt i e s in t h e East.
A f te r A l b e r t ’s d eath th e q u estio n
w as pu t up to him w h e t h e r he wou ld
r esig n his office as m a y o r a n d take
up t h e m a n a g e m e n t of A l b e r t 's es ta te
T h e m a y o r said:
“ I decided t h a t I would not. I had
e n t e r e d the fight in th is city w ith c e r
tain ideals b efo re me.
1 w a n t e d to
fight privilege a n d special in t e r e s t s
a n d I had a l r e a d y decided to give up
w o r k i n g for do llar s. So I c o n clu d ed
to sta y r ig h t h ere a n d do w h at I could
to help m y b r o t h e r ' s c h ild ren a t lo n g
distanc e.
“ W h y did I ch o o s e the c o u rse I
did? I ’ll tell you. It's n o t b ecau s e I
am a p h i l a n t h ro p i s t , for I am not. I
acted fro m a p u r e ly selfish m otive. I
w a n t e d h ap p in es s an d n o t h i n g else
w h e n I closed up m y b u sin ess affairs
a n d t o o k up civic activ ity .”
BIG T O B A C C O DEAL.
K en tu ck y G r o w e r s Paid $ 1 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0
by A m erican C o m p an y .
L ouisville. K y .t Nov. 20.— T h e bi g
deal b e tw e e n t h e A m erican T o b a c c o
^ im ip an y a n d t h e Bu rley T o b a c c o S o
ciety for th e 1906 cr o p a n d p a r t of
th e 1907 cr o p of to bacco, w hich h as
b een h a n g i n g fire for se veral weeks,
was closed y e s te rd a y .
T h e p rice
a g r e e d u p o n in t h e t r a n sa c tio n , w h ich
is sa id to be th e la r g e st of its kind
ever pu t t h r o u g h , is an av e r a g e o f 204
c e n t s a p o u n d for th e 1906 cr o p an d 17
c e n t s for th e 1907 p ro d u ct. T h e deal
in v o lv ed n e a r ly 8 0 , 000.000 p o u n d s of
t o b a c c o held in t h e pool b y th e B ur
ley T o b a c c o society, a n d an o u t l a y of
a b o u t $14.000.000 o n t h e p ar t of th e
A m e r i c a n T o b a c c o c o m p an y , v irtu a lly
all o f this m o n e y b ein g placed in cir
cu latio n at o nce in cen tral K e n t u c k y
T h e to b a c c o sold in cludes the
l a r g e r p a r t of t h e h o ld in g s of th e B u r
ley T o b a c c o G r o w e r s ’ asso ciatio n ,
w hich w as fo rm e d se vera l y e a r s a g o
a n d po o led th e c r o p s in 1906 an d 1907.
N o c r o p w as r aised by th e m e m b e r s
of th e as so ciatio n in 1908, a l t h o u g h a
n u m b e r of i n d e p e n d e n t s r aised lar ge
c r o p s in, c e n t r a l K e n tu ck y , u n d e r
g u ard . A c c o r d i n g to m a n y w h o are
in p o sitio n t o k n o w , th e sale o f the
p o o led cr o p will m a r k the en d o f the
n ig h t riders in ce n tr a l a n d e a s t e r n
K e n tu c k y , at least for the p r e se n t, as
it is t h o u g h t t h a t with th ese cro p s ou t
o f t h e way v ir tu a lly all of th e g r o w e r s
will raise to b a c c o n ex t year.
N ew Mill to Rise.
North P o w d er__ C. H. Brown, west
ern rep re sen tativ e of the lumber firm
of Radford Bros. & Co., of Oshkosh,
Wis., has completed arra n g em en ts for
a planing an d sash and door mill on
Front street. The co n tract for the
building was let to P e t e r Bosquet, the
La Grande builder a n d con tractor.
Work will s t a r t at once. The Ilog sted
& Metzler sawmill, on Clear creek, has
ASKS MORE TAXES.
the contract for furn ishing the timbers.
The ou tput of the new mill will be
S a y s G e r m a n y is D e s p i s e d —Arm y a n d
shipped to Oshkosh, Wis.
Navy t o In sp ire R e sp e c t.
T o W a r on C odling M oth.
Milton.— Pro fes so r R. A. Trumble,
who has oper ated an orchard t r a c t near
th is city, a n d who made a specialty of
sp raying f r u i t trees du rin g the summer
months, is planning to tftko up the
work in this section next year, and
make his h ead q u arters here instead of
at Walla Walla. Mr. Tru m ble is a
g raduate of the Washington S tate col
lege, and has made hortic u ltu re a spe
eialty. This season ho sprayed about
240 acres of apple trees, and the results
generally have been clean fruit.
Berlin, Nov. 2 0 .— U r g i n g in crease d
t a x a t i o n for th e e n l a r g e m e n t of naval
a n d m ilita ry e q u ip m e n t, C h a n cello r
v on Buelow, w h o h as r e c e n t l y been
critic ised bv th e r e i c h s t a g for his d e
fense of E m p e r o r W illiam an d w h o
la t e r m ad e h im self th e idol o f th e
G e r m a n peop le by e x a c tin g fro m th e
k a is e r a p r o m is e t h a t he w o u ld limit
th e im p eria l p o w e r , y e s t e rd a y m a d e
o n e of th e m o s t r e m a rk a b le sp e ech es
ever deliv ered in th e G e r m a n parlia
m ent.
Still pale fro m h is lo n g illness an d
th e str ain of his m e e t i n g with th e e m
p e r o r at P o t s d a m , V o n B u e lo w m ad e
a v ig o r o u s a d d r e s s in s u p p o r t of his
eig h t finance bills t h a t w ere t h r e a t
en ed with de feat in the r e i c h s t a g b e
cau se of th e d isp u te b e tw e e n th e c h a n
cellor , t h e e m p e r o r a n d th e p a r l i a
m en t.
“ G e r m a n y is u n p o p u l a r a m o n g th e
o t h e r n a tio n s of E u r o p e , ” d eclared the
c h an ce llo r, “a n d t h e onl y w a y we can
r e g a in o u r p r e stig e is b y the u p b u i l d
in g o f o u r nav al an d m ilita ry forces
“ G e r m a n y n e e d s a r m a m e n t s a n d th e
m o n e y with w hich t o build th em . O u r
financial sy s tem is o u r w eak e st p o in t
i t is th e p a tr io tic d u t y of th e G e r m a n
p eople to i n a u g u r a t e new ta x e s .”
G o o d R o a d s M eeting
Eugene.— At a public meeting a t the
Commercial club last week, addressed
by Ju d g e John II. Scott, of Salem, it
was decided to ho'd a monster mass
convention in E ugene S atu rd ay , No
vemhor 2.8, to discuss th e good roads
North P o w d er Shipm ents.
question, and to in au g u rate a campaign
N o r t h P o w d e r .— O n e h u n d r e d and
for the betterm en t of the roads of Lane four ca r l o a d s of g rain a n d haled hay
county. A com mittee of 12 citizens were sh ipped from N o r t h P o w d e r in
has been appointed to complete ar O c to b e r , w h ich is an i n crease o v er the
rangements. Several prominent speak sa m e m o n t h in last year. T h e r e was
«*rs will address th e meeting.
a m a r k e d increase in ca t t l e and horse s,
bu t th e s h i p m e n t of s h e e p w as g r e a t
ly d ecreas ed on a c c o u n t of lack of
Apple Fair is P o s t p o n e d .
facilities.
Pow der
valley
M cM innville— T h e proposed ap p le d ip p in g
f a i r for Y am hill co unty, t h a t w a s to sh e e p m e n are n o w d r i v in g to Ba ker
h av e b een held h ere on N o v em b er 27 City to dip, an d are ^ h i p p i n g from
t h a t point.
________
an d 28, h as been called off by th e com
m i t t e e in ch arg e. T h e reasons g iv en
G o v e r n o r C a n ’t A tten d .
f o r t h e a b a n d o n m e n t o f the e n t e r p r i s e
Salem.—Governor Chambe rlain has
a r e t h a t i t is im possible to i n t e r e s t a announced t h a t he will be unable to be
present
a t the second conference of tho
sufficient n u m b er o f t h e l ead in g h o r t i
M in e rs Flee F r o m Death.
c u l t u r is t s to b r i n g ex h i b i t s on account governors to be held a t Washington ,
B u tte, M ont., N o v . 20 .— F i re s which
o f i ts close p r o x i m i t y to th e s t a t e h o r D. C., December 8 to 13. Work t h a t
t i c u l t u ra l e x h ib it, t o be held in P o r t must be a tte n d e d to prior to the open h ave b een s l u m b e r i n g for m a n y y e a r s
ing of the legislature in J a n u a r y makes in t h e d e p t h s of th e N e v e r S w e a t
land t h e fo llo w in g week.
it impossible for th e go ver nor to go mine, of the A m a l g a m a t e d C o p p e r
east at th is time. l i e will ap point some C o m p a n y , have ta k e n on n ew life
O . R. &. N. O f fic e rs at B a k er.
one to represent him a t che conference. w i th in th e p a s t few d ay s a n d th e
B a k er City.—General M anager J . P
sm o k e y e s t e r d a y b e c a m e so in te n s e
O ’Brien. M. J. Buckley, William Me
PORTLAND M A RKETS.
t h a t a b o u t 300 m i n e r s w ere d riv en
M urray and Ii. B. Miller, officials of tho
f ro m th eir w o r k t o save th e m s e lv e s
W h e a t—Bluestem, 95c; club, 91c; f ro m b ein g su ffocated to de ath, an d the
O. R. & N. svstem, spent one day last
week conversing with Baker City mcr fife, 90c; red Russian, 88c; 40-fold, 91c;! m in e co m p elled t o sh u t down. T h e
chants. While here th e officials prom valley, 91c.
m in e officials t h i n k th a t t h e r e is n o
ised to build sidetracks for tho n e w 1 Barley—Feed, $26 p er to n ; brewing, im m e d i a t e d a n g e r of th e fire zone
Stout flouring mill an d also called a t t e n *27.
| s p r e a d in g , due t o th e close b u l k h e a d
Oats— No. 1 white, $30@31 p er ton; in g of th e t h r e a t e n e d district.
tion to the new depot, to be erected
soon, which is to be p attern ed a f t e r the: gray, $29(5)30.
H ay—T im o th y , W illa m e tte Valley,
Walla Walla depot.
T w o S ta te s Quarantined.
$14 per ton; E astern Oregon, timothy,
Buffalo, Nov. 20.— T h e E a s t B u f
$10(5)17.50; clover, $12; alfalfa, $12@*
A sto ria V alu es B o o s te d .
falo sto c k y a r d s a r e u n d e r q u a r a n tin e .
12.50; gr ain hay, $12.50(5)13.
A s t o r i a — A s e g r e g a ti o n o f th e v alu
F ru i t — Apples, 65c@$3 per box; pears, T w o carlo ad s o f cattle delivered in
at i o n s on the 1908 as s e s s m e n t roll has $l(q)1.25 per box; grapes, $1.40(5)1.65 w e s t e r n P e n n s y l v a n ia found to be i n
been co m pleted an d shows t h a t the v a l per cr ate; quinces, $1@1.25 per box; fected w ith t h e foo t a n d m o u t h d is
u a tio n o f th e t a x a b l e p r o p e rty inside cranberries. $10.50(5)12.50 p er ba rre l; ease w ere tr a c e d b ack t o E a s t B u f
t h e ci t y l im its is $3,470,784, or $1,-1 cassavas, 2L»e per pound; S panish Mal falo.
T h e n th e s t a te an d federal
389,860 more t h a n on t h e 1907 roll, I aga grapes. $7(5)7.50 per b arre l; hu ckle a u t h o r i ti e s placed a b an on th is m a r
ket.
As
a direct resu lt of t h e c o n d i
berries,
9c
per
pound;
persimmons,
$1(5)
w h en i t w as $2,080,618. T h e in crease
! tio n s g r o w i n g o u t of th e in v e s tig a tio n
in W a r r e n t o n is $96,469 au d in S easide j 1.25.
Pot at oes—
per hu n d red ; sweet w o r d cam e y e s t e r d a y from th e b u r e a u
sl i g h t l y o v er $50,000.
of an im al i n d u s t r y o f the d e p a r t m e n t
potatoes, l'%@2V4e per lb.
of c o m m e r c e an d la b o r o r d e r i n g the
Onions—$1(5)1.10 per 100 lbs.
W o o d D e a l e r s Co m plain.
e
Vegetables— Turnips, $1.25 per sack; n t i r e sta te s of N e w Y o r k a n d P e n n
S a le m — Wood d e a l e r s in
E a ste r n carrots, $1; parsnips. $1.25; beets, $1.25; sylvania q u aran tin ed .
O regon a r e c o m p la in in g o f excess ve horseradish, 10c per lb; ar tichok es, 90o
r a t e s on cordwood. I t is a s se r te d t h a t (a $ 1 per doz.; beans, 1 0 @ l l c per lb.; I
O p iu m in C e m e n t B a rr e ls.
$1 a cord is ch arg ed fo r a sh o rt haul of cabbage, l @ l * 4 c per lb.; cauliflower,' M an ila , Nov. 2 0 — An o p iu m s m u g
e i g h t m iles b e t w e e n L a Gran d e and 50c(if$l per doz.; celery, 40@75c per g lin g plot w as t h w a r t e d y e s t e r d a y
H ilg ard , while $1.25 is th e r a t e from doz.; cucumbers, $2 per box ; eggplant, w h e n 103 cases of t h e d r u g w ere d is
P en d leto n to K am ela, a d istan c e o f 68 15c per lb.; lettuce, 75c@$l per box; co v ered in b a r re ls s u p p o s ed to co n tain
parsley, 15c per doz.; peas, 10c per I d .; c e m e n t. T h e b a r r e ls wer e p a r t o f a
miles.
peppers, 10c per lb.; pumpk ins, l @ l * 4 c s h i p m e n t fro m C h in a t o C o r r e g i d o r
per lb.; radishes, 12jc per doz.; spinach, Isla n d , an d th e officials have r e n e w e d
C o n f e r e n c e at W ash in g to n .
2c per lb.; sprouts, 9 1£@ 10c per lb.; t h e i r activity t o d isc o v e r o p iu m in all
Salem.— In response to a request from squash,
T h e op iu m
per lb.; tomatoes, 50c s h i p m e n t s fro m China.
Gifford Pinchot t h a t ho a tten d the con @$L
| w as co n fiscated a n d a strict i n v e s ti g a
ference on the conservation of nation al
tion
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.
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Chinese
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B u tte r —City creamery, extras, 35(5)
resources, which convenes in W ash in g 36c; fancy outside creamery, 321£(a>35c cials will be called u p o n to p e r m i t an
ton December 8, Governor Chamberlain per lb.; store, 17(a20e.
e x h a u s tiv e e x a m i n a t i o n
will leave for th e national capital the
Eggs — Oregon selects, 37Vi@40c;
l a t t e r p ar t of this month. l ie wiTl re Eastern, 27(5)32 LjC per doz.
Heney I m p r o v e s Rapidly.
turn to Oregon a b o u t th e middle of
P o u ltry — Hens. 1 2 ^ @ 1 3 * 4 c per lb . ; ' S an F ra n cisco , Nov. 20.— P h y sician s
December.
spring, 12, air5' 13Vac; ducks, 14(5)15e; a t t e n d i n g F. J H e n e y a n n o u n c e t h a t
geese,
ll(5)12c;
turkeys,
17@18c; t h e y are well p leas ed w ith th e c o n d i
P ay $ 3 0 . 0 0 0 f o r T i m b e r L and.
dressed turkeys, 20(5'21e.
tion of th e p atien t, w h o has sh o w n r e
Cheese— F a n c y cream tw ins, 15c per m a r k a b l e vitality a n d a d e t e r m i n a t i o n
R o s e b u r g — A l a r g e land deal in
D o u g l a s c o u n t y w a s m a d e this week lb.; full cream triplets, 15c; full cre-m to g e t well t h a t is h elp in g him a lo n g
t h e ro ad to r eco v ery .
Mr. H e n e y
w h en local parties sold s s i acres of Young America, 16c.
fine ti m b e r land t o a N ew Y o r k svn-1 Veal—E x tr a , 8% @9e per lb.; or di p assed a qu iet day. pulse a n d t e m p e r
a t u r e rem a i n i n g a b o u t n o rm al, an d
dicate. h e a d e d h v J o h n Fer ri«
T h e nary, 7(o'7 *4c; heavy, 5c.
P o r k - - F a n c y , 7c per lb.; large, 5 ^ the pain in his t h r o a t h as a l m o s t d is
p u r c h a s e r s are sp e cu lato rs. T h e c o n
ap p eared .
i
<
2
6c.
s i d e ra t i o n is said t o h ave been $30,00*4.
EARTH UPHEAVES:
25 ARE ENGULFED
(rightful Disaster From)Explosion oi
Gas in Brooklyn Street.
Men B u ried U n d e r Fifty F e e t o f D e
b r i s —W a t e r Main B r e a k s F ro m
F o r c e o f C o n c u s s i o n . Adding to
H o r r o r —S p a r k Ignite s Esc aping
G a s in E xcavation.
N ew Y o rk . Nov. 21.— T w e n t y five
p er so n s a r e believed to have lost their
lives in an ex p lo s io n o f gas which
tore up a g r e a t se ctio n o f Gold street
Bro oklyn, y es terd ay . It is definitely
k n o w n t h a t 15 p e r s o n s w ere buried
u n d er t h e h u n d r e d s o f to n s of ea r th
.aid ti m b e r t h r o w n into th e air, am!
ten m o r e a r e r e p o rt e d m iss ing. T h e
exact n u m b e r o f d ead c a n n o t be de
t e r m in e d u n til th o s e w o r k i n g to re
co ver
the
entom bed
b o d ies
dig
t h r o u g h 50 feet of dirt, r o c k a n d a
rang e of pipes an d tim b e r.
T h e ex p lo s io n o c c u r r e d in a 50-foot
deep e x c a v a tio n t h a t h ad b een mad(
in Gold s tr e e t, b e t w e e n Y o r k and
F ro n t s t r e e t s , w h e r e a w a t e r m ain was
b e in g laid. T h e g as m a in s p r a n g a
leak recen tly , a n d in a m a n n e r un
k n o w n a s p a rk cam e in to c o n t a c t with
the es c a p in g gas. I m m e d ia te l y ther e
was a terrific ex p lo sio n , which lifted
th e su r f a c e for half a block in bot h
d irectio n s, a n d sh o t dirt, p av in g stones
an d d eb r is in to th e air.
W h e n t h e sm o k e a n d d u st cleared
aw ay it w a s se en th a t t h e st r e e t had
been o p e n e d from d o o r s t e p to d o o r
step o v e r an area of n e a r ly a block
T h e lo o se n e d ea r th a n d d eb r is had
fallen into t h e ex cav atio n , b u r y in g the
score of l a b o r e rs w h o w ere at work
w h en t h e accident o ccu rred . Great
to n g u e s of flam e sh o t o u t of th e crev
ices, a n d beside th e m g e y s e rs of water
leaped in to th e air f ro m a w a t e r main
th at had b een sh a tte red .
N O T IN S H O E .
E x p e r t G u n s m ith S a y s H a a s Did Not
Have Gun Lo n g .
S an F ra n c isc o , Nov. 21.— Chief of
Police Biggy, w h o se re s i g n a t i o n from
the d e p a r t m e n t m a y follo w the ou t
co m e of t h e c o r o n e r ’s in q u es t in to the
suicide of M o r r is H a a s , w h o sh o t him
self in his cell at th e c o u n t y jail while
g u ard ed b y se vera l p o licem en , was
sh o w n y e s t e r d a y to have b een in per
sonal c o m m a n d of t h e m e n who
searc h ed Haas.
A c c o r d i n g to P a t r o l m a n C h a rles F
G roat, w h o to o k th e s t a n d y e s t e rd a y
in the seco n d d a y ’s sessio n of th e in
quest, he r o d e to th e jail handcuffed
to H a a s , in Chief B i g g y ’s au to m o b ile
with th e ch ief a n d se vera l detectives
T h e r e B ig g y d irected t h e se arc h of
the p riso n er.
S h o u ld th e ju r y find t h a t H a a s had
th e little d e r r i n g e r w ith which he
c o m m i t t e d suicide, in his sh oe when
se arc hed, th e fact will be ta k e n as
ev d en ce t o s u p p o r t c h a r g e s of incf
ficiency w h ich D e te c tiv e W illiam J
B u rn s d ec la r e s will be b r o u g h t ag ainst
ILggy.
C a p ta in T h o m a s S. D u k e, w h o mafic
• he first searc h of H a a s in th e court
ro o m , p r o d u c e d O t t o A. B r e m e r , a
g u n s m ith , as an e x p e r t to p ro v e th at
H a a s di d n o t h ave th e w e a p o n in hi«
shoe w h e n he sh o t F r a n c i s J H e n e y
B r e m e r testified th a t if th e d e r ri n g e r
had been carrie d for a n y l e n g th of
tim e in H a a s ’ shoe t h e b arre l would
sh o w ru st. T h e d e r r i n g e r sh o w e d no
"ign of rust, an d B r e m e r declared ii
could n o t have b een carrie d n ex t to
th e skin.
M A KES IMM ENSE P R O FIT.
S t a n d a r d Oil E a r n i n g s A m o u n te d to
$ 8 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 in 1 9 0 7 .
N ew Y o rk . Nov. 21.— F o r o v er five
h o u r s y e s t e r d n v J o h n D Rockefeller,
w itn ess for th e d efense in th e g o v ern
m e n t suit t o diss olve t h e S t a n d a r d Oil
c o m p an y , faced an u n c e a s i n g fire of
q u e s tio n s fro m th e fed eral counsel.
F r a n k B. K ello g g , a n d w h e n ad jo u r n
m e n t w a s t a k e n un til M o n d a y the
head of t h e oil c o m b in e w as still be
:n c c r o s s -e x a m in e d on th e c h a r g e tha*
the c o m p a n y in its ea r ly d ay s a c c e p t
ed r e b a t e s t o th e d i s a d v a n t a g e of its
rivals.
Mr. R o c k e fe lle r ’s cr o s s -e x a m in a ti o n
will p r o b a b l y n o t be c o n clu d ed until
late T u e s d a y , as Mr. K e llo g g m a d e it
k n o w n t h a t he wo u ld q u e s t io n Mr
R o c kefe ller o n ev ery d etail of the
c o m p a n y ’s busine ss.
T h e e n o r m o u s e a r n i n g p o w e r o f the
oil co m b i n a t i o n w as s h a rp l y b ro u g h t
»ut in y e s t e r d a y ’s h e a r in g , w h e n M r
Rockefe ller, a f t e r s t a t i n g t h a t th e
S t a n d a r d h ad paid d iv id en d s a m o u n t
in g t o $40,000.000 in 1907, said it had
earn ed as m uch m ore, a n d t h a t thi«
v\as ad d ed t o the c o m p a n y ’s surplus,
which w a s sta te d b y th e g o v e r n m e n t ’s
co u n sel to be $300 000 , 000 . It wa^
fu rth e r d e c la r e d by Mr. K e llo g g that
th e c o m p a n y within t h e last eight
y ears h a s e a r n e d n early h alf a billion
dollars.
P e o n a g e C a s e s All Fail.
N ew Y o rk . Nov. 21.— C h a rles W
Russell, special as sista n t t o the U n ited
S ta te s a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l , in fo rm ed
f u d g e H o u g h , of th e crim in a l b ran ch
of the U n i t e d S tates circu it co u rt yes
t e r d a y t h a t he did n o t i n t e n d to p ro
ceed a g a i n s t F ra n c e s c o Sabi»’, the cm
p l o y m e n t ag en t, o n t h e in d ic tm e n t
c h a r g i n g th e k id n a p p in g o f m e n in
this city a n d the sh ip p in g of th e m to
lab o r c a m p s of th e F l o ri d a Keys. T h is
e n d s th e p r o se c u tio n of th e F lo rid a
p e o n a g e cases, which w e r e th r e e y ears
n p r e p a r a t io n , an d cost th e U n ite d
S ta te s g o v e r n m e n t $500,000.
S tra ngle From S m o k e.
Butte, M ont., Nov. 21.— T h r e e s t r a n
gled t o d e a t h by sm o k e an d fl ames,
six m issin g , w ith o u t t h e slightes t
h o p e of escape, a n d a p r o p e r t y lo*«
x\ hich will reach into th e t h o u s a n d s is
‘lie g r u e s o m e reco rd o f a terrific fire
w hich s t a r t e d fro m lig h ts on m in ers'
ca ps a t 10 o ’clock y e s t e r d a y m o r n in g
and
sw ep t
w ith
sa v ag e
rapidity
t h r o u g h t h e fo u rth drift ca st from
No. 2 slope in the N o r t h w e s t e r n Im
p r o v e m e n t c o m p a n y ’s co al m in e at
Red L o d g e.
S i m o n L e a d s Revolt.
P aris, N o v . 21.— A rev o lu tio n has
b ro k en o u t in S o u t h e r n Hayti. Gen
er al S im on, e x - c o m m a n d e r o f the
tr o o p s in t h e s o u t h e r n d e p a r t m e n t ,
lias seized t h e city of L c s Cayes and
the a d j a c e n t region. T h e t eleg rap h
line has b een cut an d g o v e r n m e n t
t r o o p s are su r r o u n d e d b y rebels.
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N O M O R E DE LAYS.
Court
•
T a k e s S t e r n Action A gainst
T a c t i c s o f R u e f 's L aw y ers.
S an F ra n cisco , Nov. 18.— T h e tria l
o f A b r a h a m Ruef, i n t e r r u p t e d by th e
s h o o t i n g o f A s s i s t a n t D istr ic t A t t o r
ney F ra n c is J. H e n e y in th e c o u r t
ro o m , will be r e s u m e d at 9 o ’clock
this m o r n i n g w h e r e it w as halted last
F rid a y a f t e r n o o n b y th e bullet of the
assassin. J u d g e W illiam P . L a w l o r
y e s te rd a y d en ied th e a p p licatio n of
counsel for R u e f for a c h a n g e of
venue to s o m e o t h e r city o r to w n in
he st a te ; d e n ie d also in quick s u c ces
sion th e m o t i o n s for a c o n t i n u a n c e
of th i rt y d ay s un til public feeling s u b
sided, for th e d ism issal of th e ju r y
m d th e e m p a n e l m e n t of a new one,
m d finally ru led a g a in s t the d< fense
on the r e q u e s t m a d e to i n t e n o g a t e
th e trial tw elve as to w h e t h e r a n y of
th e m w as p r e ju d ic e d ag ain s t t h e d e
fense as a re s u l t of th e t r a g e d y in the
co u r tro o m .
B r u s h i n g as ide all m o tio n an d t e c h
nicalities i n t e r p o s e d by the defense,
the c o u r t a n n o u n c e d th at t h e trial
wou ld p ro ceed th is m o rn in g , a n d t h a t
it wou ld c o u n t e n a n c e no f u r t h e r d e
lays.
T h e action o f th e c o u r t followed
th e filing of 37 c o u n te r -a ff id a v its by
the p r o se c u tio n , which in g en eral
t e r m s d enied m a n y o f th e a lle g a tio n s
m ad e b y Rue f a n d his counsel in th eir
affidavits y e s t e r d a y in s u p p o r t of
th eir ap p lic a tio n for a c h a n g e of
venue, a n d se t fo rth t h a t no e x c ite
m e n t o r tu r b u le n c e p rev ailed ; t h a t
n e ith e r R uef n o r his a t t o r n e y s w ere
th r e a t e n e d w ith violence o r th e ir lives
e n d a n g e r e d , a n d finally, t h a t n o c o n
di tion ex is te d t h a t wo u ld p r e v e n t th e
d e f e n d a n t f ro m h av in g a fair a n d im -*
partial trial.
MOURN FO R EM PEROR.
O bsequies
to C o n tin u e in C h in a f o r
Nearly a M o n th .
P ekin, Nov. 18.— An edict issued
y e s te rd a y i n s t r u c t s P rin c e P u L u n a n d
P rin c e Pi to p r o c e e d to th e w e s t e r n
t o m b s a n d se lect a site for the g r a v e
o f th e e m p e r o r. T h e r e will be con -
inuous o b se q u ies at the palace for a
:>eriod of 27 days. T h e o b se q u ies b e
gan y e s t e rd a y , a n d th e fun ctio n was
i tte n d e d by D o w a g e r E m p r e s s Yo-
lienale a n d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of th e v a
rious g o v e r n m e n t a l d e p a r t m e n t s .
T h e local p r e ss is b e g in n in g to p u b
lish de tails of th e o c c u r r e n c e s of S a t
u rd ay an d S u n d ay . U p to the p r e s e n t
tim e it h as sa id v ir tu a lly n o t h i n g of
th e ev en ts at th e p alace a n d th e p r o
m u lg atio n of t h e regency. T h e new
D o w a g e r E m p r e s s Y o h en ale w ith
g r e a t p r esen c e of m in d a r r a n g e d for
the m e e t i n g s o f tlie g r a n d council to
be held in h e r p riv ate a p a r t m e n t s .
H ere th e p lan t h a t a lr e a d y has been
discussed an d d ecid ed u p o n was
id o p ted w i t h o u t loss of time.
T h e c o u n cillo rs w a r n e d th e p rin ces
th at t h e r e g e n c y was final, a n d in
t e r m s t h a t w e r e n o t op en to m i s i n t e r
p r e ta tio n t h e y e x p r e s s e d th e o pinion
t h a t a n y o p p o sitio n t h e r e t o w o u ld be
p r o m p tl y m et a n d pun ishe d.
EMBLEM O F REVOLT.
A m erican
F la g Raised on
S t. Pierre.
Island of
St. P ierre, Nov. 1 8 — T h e d e m o n
st r a t i o n a g a i n s t t h e a u t h o r i ti e s here,
which was b e g u n y e s te rd a y , w a s c o n
tinued today. T h e
limite d police
force is u n ab le t o m a in ta in o rd er, b u t
th u s far n o se rio u s d a m a g e h as been
done.
T h e m a n i f e s t a t i o n o n th e p a r t of
th e po p u lace is d u e larg ely t o the
sc hool q u estio n . T h e peop le of St.
Pierre d e m a n d free sc hool in w hich
re ligio us i n s t r u c t i o n is given.
T w o s c h o o l m a s t e r s wer e t a k e n into
court, c h a r g e d w ith hav in g v io lated
the law s in c o n d u c t i n g free scho ols.
They wer e c o n v ic te d a n d o r d e re d to
p ay a fine o i $200 each. T h e a u t h o r i
ties o r d e re d t h e sc h o o ls closed.
T h e action of t h e a u t h o r i ti e s in
flamed th e p o p u lace, w hich as sem b led
>n the st r e e t s a n d v io len tly d en o u n c e d
lie F re n c h g o v e r n m e n t . S o m e one
o b tain ed an A m e r ic a n flag d u r i n g the
h eig h t of t h e e x c ite m e n t, a n d w i t h it
the cro w d m a r c h e d t o t h e g o v e r n
m e n t h e a d q u a r t e r s w h e r e a no isy
d e m o n s t r a t i o n w as m ade.
O R E G O N W IN S S U I T .
M o u th o f C o lu m b ia River D e c la r e d to
Be P a r t o f S t a t e .
W a s h i n g t o n , Nov. 17. — V alu ab le
fishing g r o u n d s at th e m o u th o f the
C olum bia r iv e r w e r e declared to be
p a r t o f O r e g o n b y t h e U n ite d S t a t e s
s u p r e m e c o u r t y e s te rd a y , e n d in g the
b o u n d a r y line d i s p u t e which has e x
isted b e tw e e n t h a t s t a te a n d W a s h
i n g to n for sev eral y ears. In 1995 suit
was b r o u g h t b y t h e sta te of W a s h
i n g to n t o r e s t r a i n O r e g o n fro m d is
t u r b in g t h e p eo p le o f Pacific co u n ty .
W a s h i n g t o n , in t h e p o ss e s sio n of
th eir land.
T h e t e r r i t o r y w h ic h w as in d isp u te
c o m p r ise s low l y in g islan d s o r p r o m
o n t o r ie s at t h e m o u t h of t h e river,
chiefly v alu ab le f o r fish in g purposes.
F o r y e a r s it h a s b een a m o o te d q u e s
tion w h e t h e r th is t e r r i t o r y was s u b
ject to th e W a s h i n g t o n o r th e O r e g o n
laws g o v e r n i n g s a lm o n fishing.
Pistol M y s tery C o m p le te .
San Francisco, Nov. 18 .—T h e i n
v e s tig a tio n held y e s t e r d a y b y C o r o n e r
I.elan d p r e p a r a t o r y t o th e in q u est on
th e b o d y of M o r r i s H a a s , developed
se vera l i n t e r e s t i n g incidents.
The
b o d y o f H a a s w a s e x p o sed t o th e
ju ry m en , an d t h e pistol with which
H a a s en d e d his life w as placed in one
o f th e c o n g r e s s g a i t e r s w h ich the
dead m a n had o n at t h e tim e he killed
himself. E a c h j u r y m a n w as i n s t r u c t
ed to p as s his h a n d o v er th e shoe, as
a s e a rc h e r w o u ld h ave done, a n d all
said t h e y co uld n o t have failed t o n o
tice the p resen c e of th e weapon .
Lo n g E le ctric C o n t r a c t .
H e l e n a , M o n t., N o v 18.— A c o n
t r a c t has b een e n t e r e d in to b e t w e e n
the G reat F a l l s W a t e r P o w e r c o m
pan y a n d th e C h icag o . M ilw a u k ee h
St. P au l r a ilw a y c o m p a n y w h e r e b y
th e f o r m e r c o m p a n y will, for a perio d
of 25 y ears, s u p p ly th e la t t e r with
25.000 h o rsep o w er. It t a k e s effect
one y e a r hence. T h e p o r tio n o f the
St. P au l w h ich will o b ta in pow er f ro m
t h e G r e a t F alls c o m p a n y is t h a t r u n
n in g o v er th e R o c k y m o u n tain s.
Millions L o s t in Flood.
P o r t E liza b eth , C a p e Colon y, Nov.
17.— A terrific r ain s t o r m sw ep t th is
p a r t o f Cape C o lo n y an d c a u s e d a
heav y o v e r flo w o f t h e B a ak en s river.
Several lives w e r e lost an d th e d a m
ag e a m o u n t s t o m o r e t h a n a millio n
do llars.