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The Estacada Progress Issued fa ch Thursday ESTACADA ........... OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK’S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers— National, Political, His torical and Commercial. A Kentucky judge has decided Sun day tre a tin g illegal. A snow storm has ju st sw ept over Colorado. E ig h t to ten inches fell. The saloon question will probably have to be taken into court for se ttle m ent in Michigan. A tidal wave sw ept over the New H ebrides islands March 29, destroying practically all crops. P resident Gomez has warned Cubans ag ain st the g re a t tendency toward revolutions in th a t country. Several mem bers of the Japanese diet will v isit the Pacific coast to study the situation a t first hand. A retired captain of the arm y com m itted suicide a t New York because he hadn’t enough money for him self and w ife. E sther M itchell, central figure in the ‘‘Holy R oller” m urders a t S eattle in 1906, ha been released from the asyl um on parole. Sm uggled furs were brought in on the naval mine laying ships which made the trip from New York around the horn to San Diego. The Colorado legislature has ad journed w ithout passing a direct p ri m ary law, railroad commission law or an in itiativ e and refreendum measure and the governor will call a special session. Naples has made g re a t preparations to welcome Roosevelt. P ortland’s new city directoy places the population a t 255,000. There is a Civil w ar veteran living in Missouri who is 110 years old. A C T I O N O F G R E A T IM P O R TA N C E Suit to Dissolve Standard Oil Will Go to Supreme Court. W ashington, April 6.—The hearing in the case of the U nited S tates ag ain st the Standard Oil company, of New Jersey , which will be begun before the U nited S ta te s C ircuit court in St. Louis tomorrow, is one of the most im portant and far-reaching civil actions th a t has ever come up for trial in this country. The bill of com plaint on the p a rt of the U nited States, charging a violation of the Sherman a n ti-tru st law, was filed in November, 1906. The Standard Oil company, of New Jersey , the parent organization, together w ith its various subsidiary corporations; John D. Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler, H enry R. Rogers, John D. Archbold, Oliver P. Payne and Cnarles M. P ra tt are charged w ith hav ing entered into an agreem ent, com bination and conspiracy to restrain trade and commerce among the several states, to monopolize trade and com merce in the purchase of petroleum and in the distribution, sale and ship m ent of the products of petroleum . The U nited S ta te s seeks perpetually to enjoin the defendants from doing any act looking to carrying out the al leged combination or conspiracy and to dissolve the Standard Oil combination. The governm ent concluded its te s ti mony on January 21, 1909. About 400 witnesses were exam ined, approxi m ately 200 appearing for each side. The issue is so im portant, that, w hatever may be the result of the trial by the C ircuit court, the case certainly will be appealed to the U nited S tates Supreme court. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON B O IS E -C O O S ROAD AIDED. S C H O O L F R A T S ARE T A B O O . Oregon-ldaho Congress Passes Heso lotions for State Aid. O ntario— Resolutions were the order a t the last day’s session of the Oregon- Idaho Developm ent congress. Those offered by the in te rsta te com m ittee covered every conceivable m u tter of in terest to the E astern Oregon country. An epitom e of resolutions offered by the above com m ittee and passed by the congress is as follow s: F irs t—T hanks to the people of On tario to r the success of the congress. Second — Commending the Oregon and Idaho legislatures for bills passed to aid railw ay building. T hird—AdviBing th a t railw ays be encouraged and recommending the cre ation of railw ay d istricts. F ourth—Indorsing the Boise to Coos bay railw ay and the B utte to Boise railw ay. F if th —Pledging the efforts of the delegates of the congress in building the above railw ays as soon as possible, S ix th —Recommending th a t the qual ity of the products of this locality be safeguarded so th a t they will be recog nized as the best. Seventh—To aid the building of ra il ways of any kind. E ighth—U rging the passage of an act in the national congress to enable entrym en to obtain a title to their claim s upon the production of a crop of certain value, not upon placing a per centage of acreage in cultivation and allowing th a t same may be produced by scientific farm ing instead of by ir rigation. N inth— Recommending the improve m ent of Coos bay harbor. T enth — Recommend im provem ents of inland w aterw ays, especially from Lew iston to the sea on the Columbia and the W illam ette a t the falls. E leventh—A sking the reclam ation service to take up the M alheur project because conditions are now such as to w arrant the enterprise. New State Law Goes Into Effect on May 22 Next. Salem —The law passed a t the recent regular session of the legislature, m ak ing high school frate rn itie s and secret societies of all kinds in the school un lawful, has been the subject of much serious reflection in various Oregon schools. The law, which goes into effect May 22, is as follow s: Section 1. T hat secret societies of every kind and character, including fra te rn itie s and so n o ritie s, so called, which may now or h e rea fte r exist among the students of any public schools of this sta te , including high schools, e ith e r local or county, are hereby declared unlaw ful. Section 2. I t is hereby made the duty of every school board w ithin the sta te to exam ine, from tim e to tim e, into the condition of all schools under its charge, and to suppress all secret societies therein, and for this purpose such boards are hereby authorized to suspend, or expel,, from school, in their discretion, all pupils who engage in the organization or m aintenance of such societies. Section 3. T his act shall not apply to e ith e r the S ta te A gricultural college or the S ta te university. FO R C IH L D P R O T E C T IO N . Great Britain Puts Law Into Force to Correct Many Evils. London, April 2.—W hat is term ed the “ children’s c h a rte r” became effect ive in G reat B ritain today. The law is a source of keen satisfaction to all classes of society. “ Baby fa rm in g ” is subjected to s tric t supervision, and no child may be kept on prem ises th a t are overcrowded, dangerous or unsani tary. F oster parents found to be neg ligent, ignorant, drunken, immoral or crim inal w dl be deprived of their charges. Insurance companies are forbidden to insure the life of a nursing child, and any person convicted of cruelty re sulting in the death of a child in which the person is financially interested may be fined 200 pounds ($1,000) w ith five years penal servitude. Severe punish m ent is provided for death by overly ing while the parents are under the in fluence of drink. Children under 7 years may not be left in a room containing an open fire insufficiently protected. Begging or receiving alm s on the stre e ts and juve nile sm oking are suppressed. Police men m ust confiscate cig arettes and c ig a rette papers found in the posses sion of persons under 16 years of age, and tobacconists selling such property to them are liable to a fine. Throughout the country the authori tie s are busy arranging to enforce the law. C O N V I C T S SEE D A Y L IG H T . Ju m p Valuable Island. Pendleton—F red E arnheart and W il liam M eredith, of th is city, have " s q u a tte d ” on and taken possession of a sm all island in the Columbia river, 40 m iles northw est of Pendleton, which has been held by others and farm ed for 20 years or more. J. B. S w itzler, one of the country’s e arlie st se ttle rs, was supposed to be the owner, but the squat ters discovered the island was unsur veyed governm ent land and jum ped it. Though sm all, the island contains 200 acres of rich orchard and garden land. It has a house, barn, orchard, large al fa lfa acreage and other improvem ents. Sw itzler will m ake a fight to regain possession. I t is w orth $4,000 to $5,- BOTH ROADS WILL USE SAME TRACK Hdrrlmdn and Earllng Make Agree ment Covering Northwest. May Mean Truce Among All Systems of Northwest — Hill May Make Concessions to Harriman— End of Fight for Territory in Sight— Sav ing in Construction. Chicago, A pril 3.—T here will be no contest between the SL Paul road and the H arrim an lines over te rrito ry to be occupied by e ith e r in terest in the Pacific N orthw est. This was decided during the b rief v isit of Edward H. H arrim an in Chicago W ednesday. W hile in his private car, which stood in the Park Row statio n of the Illinois C entral road, Mr. H arrim an was v isit ed by P resident A. J . E arling, of the St. Paul road, and arrangem ents were completed for the jo in t use of certain track s by the St. Paul and the H a rri man lines. • Although none of the officials in te rested in the deal would say anything concerning it, it is understood th a t the ten ta tiv e agreem ent will obviate the necessity of Mr. H arrim an ’s building a line betw een S e a ttle and Tacoma, as he contem plated doing as a p a rt of his line from Portland to S eattle. The two men had only a few m om ents' con versation, but it was sufficient to clinch an agreem ent regarding v/hich they had talked several tim es before. In this connection also it is stated th a t the conference betw een Mr. H a rri man and Louis W. H ill in San F ra n cisco is likely to re su lt in a b e tte r un derstanding between the Hill and H ar rim an lines in the Pacific N orthw est. It is stated th a t all three interests realize the benefit which would come shodld there be a truce among them w ith respect to territo ria l aggression in the N orthw est. As the price of peace, however, Mr. H arrim an is said to insist upon the opening to his lines of the P ortland gatew ay, and it is thought by many th a t concessions will be made in th is direction by the Hill people. ONE G R E A T T R U S T . Harriman Would Put Every Railroad Under One Head. Denver, March 31.—If E. H. H a rri man could have his way, he would bring all the railroads in A m erica into one g ian t combination, under one head, and begin im m ediately the expenditure of $250,000,000 or $300,000,000 in im proving the w eaker roads, both physi cally and financially. In this way he suys he believes he could do the g re a t est good to the governm ent, the people of the United S ta te s generally to the shippers individually and finally to the owners of railroad stock. Mr. H arrim an spent two hourB in Denver today as the guest of the cham ber of commerce, then departed on his eastw ard journey. “ If we could, we would throw our cloak over the w eaker lines throughout the country and begin im m ediately the expenditure of between $250,000,000 and $300,000,000 to improve th em ,” said Mr. H arrim an in an informal talk a t the cham ber of commerce. “ It ought to be done im m ediately and I think I can qualify as an e x p ert on these m atters. This Bhould be done openly and under some so rt of govern m ent supervision. But we would all be put in prison if w e tried i t . ” S T R IK E T H R E A T E N S C. P. R. Twelve Thousand Machinists Dead locked on Negotiations. W innipeg, M an., March 31.—A larm ing reports are current here th a t anoth er big strik e of m achinists on the Ca nadian Pacific railw ay is im m inent. The company, it is alleged, refuses to negotiate jo intly w ith the men on the Eastern and W estern system s, and as th a t is strongly favored by the men, a deadlock has been reached in the nego tiations. L ast night more delegates arrived from fa r E astern and W estern points and G rant Hall, head of the me chanical departm ent in the W est for the company, who waB summoned to Montreal a few days ago, w ired last night in very discouraging term s. The present schedule expires in a few days and a new one m ust be a t once agreed upon. If the men strik e this tim e they will have the backing of the Am erican Federation of Labor, w ith whom they affiliated this w inter, and will be in a b e tte r position to se cure funds to fight the company. Some 12,000 men will be involved from Moncton, N. B., to Vancouver, B. C. Georgia Abolishes Lease System, to Their Joy. A tlanta, Ga., April 2.—A t sunrise today Georgia shook off the last ra g of Pacific Mail Liner Founders in Mag dalena Bay. her convict lease system . The 1,600 human beings were led from the mines, San Francisco, April 6.— According to advices received by the Pacific Mail choking kilns and damp factories into Steam ship company, the steam er Indi the sunlight, from the control of harsh ana, bound from M azatlan to San F ran and often brutal taskm asters into the cisco, w ent ashore during a heavy fog service of the state- Georgia has no in Magdalena bay last night and is still sta te penitentiary. For years her con on the rocks. The passengers and victs have been sold to those who th e ir personal baggage and the mail would buy. were removed by the cruiser Albany, The prisoners, m ost of them negroes, of the Pacific fleet, and the tugs For now will work on the public roads. tune and Navajo. The passengers have Auto Line for C rook. 000 Though shackled and ironed, the con been placed aboard the ships of the P rineville— B usiness men of this victs greeted the change w ith shouts fleet and will be picked up by the City place have formed a company for the of joy. N egro preachers were a t most Normals Will Continue. of Sydney, which leaves Acapulco for operation of an autom obile line be Salem —Secretary S tarr, of the board of the stockades and led the blacks in M agdalena bay tomorrow. tween this place and Shaniko, by way The sta te m en t issued by the Pacific of H eisler, M adras and Lam onte. of normal school regents, has received the improm ptu praise services. Some Mail company says th a t the Indiana is About $5,000 has been subscribed. One assurances th a t make it certain th a t convicts w ept a t leaving scenes which F O R T 'S BASE IS SINKING. F ire a t Dallas, T ex., destroyed ashore on Cape Tosco, the Southern ex the three sta te norm als will continue had been a p a rt of th eir daily life for property worth $250,000, nearly all trem ity of S anta M arguerita bay. She of the heaviest stockholders in the new to operate until the close of the school years. corporation is the C ornett Stage & SERVIA E A T S CROW. residences. The new system , it is believed, will Artillery Officers Alarmed at Condi Monmouth, which had previ is restin g easily on a rocky bottom and Stable company, which operates all the year. tions at Fort Stevens. A big Chicago g rain brokerage com protected from the sea and w esterly stage lines in th is p a rt of the state. ously depoisited $1,300 w ith the sta te not only improve the health of the con treasurer, has sent over $1,500 more, victs, but will assure Georgia the finest F o rt Stevens, O r., A pril 3.—Recent Accepts in Full Demands of Powers pany has failed because of the advanc winds. The auto line w ill be in p a rt supple on Balkan Trouble. surveys have made it apparent th a t The Indiana sailed from Mazatlan m entary to the stage lines, in that, ac raised from tuition and donations, turnpikes in the South. ing w heat m arket. m aking a total of $2,800 deposited by land adjoining B a tte ry Russell, the yesterday and carries a valuable cargo Belgrade, March 31.—The form ula cording to an e x istin g agreem ent, the Canadian m iners on strik e believe Monmouth since February 1. Ashland most modern and best equipped battery agreed upon by the powers of Europe AHEAD O F S T E E L T R U S T . the fuel shortage will force the mine for th is port. The m essages received stage lines will a ssist in the transpor has sent a check for $1,500 and more a t F o rt Stevens, in fact, on this coast, by her owners say th a t the w ater is 14 tation of baggage for the new venture, and A ustria-H ungary for se ttlin g the owners to give in. will follow. W eston has made sa tis is rapidly sinking. In places it is at dispute betw een the dual monarchy and fe e t deep in hold No. 1, 16 fe e t in hold Students of Ruskin college, Oxford, No. 2, 12 feet in hold No. 3 and 14 and in case of an em ergency favor the factory arrangem ents w ith the board Independent Steel Men Pay $60,000,- least one foot lower than form erly. Servia was accepted by the Servian autos in every possible m anner. The and will continue. for Coal Land. England, have struck ag ain st the re fe e t in hold No. 4. Various hypotheses are advanced to governm ent today. The form ula was new line will be about 75 m iles long, moval of the principal. account for this unusual occurrence. P ittsb u rg , April 2. - - A nticipating The company estim ates the value of and will be over roads th a t are good presented a t the foreign office by the Work on Salem-Daltas Line. Some advance the theory th a t e arth the U nited S tates Steel corporation, B ritish, French, German, Russian and Adm iral Cervera, one of the Spanish the ship and cargo a t $600,000. during the g re a te r p a rt of the year. Salem —E. B. Miller, contractor, has which, it is said, had been intending quakes, so prevalent on this coast, are Italian m inisters, and Srevia, through naval commanders during the w ar the active cause; others, th a t the land to procure the property, a deal was resumed the work of grading on the her m inister in Vienna, will delivei to w ith the U nited S tates, is dead. Dairy Law is Held Valid. S Y S T E M A T I Z E N O T E DESIGNS. closed today by independent steel con on which this b a tte ry is located, being Salem —A ttorney General Crawford Salem , F alls City & W estern railroad, cerns for 100,000 acres of P ittsb u rg of such a swam py nature, sinka from the A ustrian governm ent tomorrow a T here is a rep o rt th a t Fairbanks has which will have a new term inus on the note to the following effect: been offered the am bassadorship to Government to Do Away With Many had rendered an opinion to the effect w est bank of the W illam ette riv er a t coking coal land lying in Greene, F ay the enormous pressure exerted by such “ F irst, Servia declares th a t her th a t the dairy law passed by the recent G reat B ritain, but he refuses to discuss unusual w eight. The cost of this b at e tte and W ashington counties, Penn Now in Use. Salem, and will eventually bridge the rig h ts have not been violated by the session of the legislature is a legal en the proposition. tery approxim ates $1,500,000; hence sylvania, a t a cost of $50,000,000. annexation by A ustria-H ungary of W ashington, April 6. — A ssistant actm ent and th a t the dairy and food riv er a t th is point and connect here Philip Caine, a cousin of the novel Secretary of the T reasury Coolidge has commissioner shall have the power of w ith the Southern Pacific. The grad The property was held by J . V. Thomp considerable in te rest and some alarm Bosnia and Herzegovina, and accepts are m anifested as to the u ltim ate out son, of Uniontown, P a., and associ ist, is dead. He had existed for years approved a plan for system atizing de appointing the inspectors provided for ing crews are w orking toward Salem the pow ers’ decision to annul para come of a m ost unusual condition. graph 65 of the tre a ty of Berlin. by selling shoe laces, ignorant of the signs for U nited S ta te s notes and coin under the law. The la tte r point was and when they have completed this sec ates. The sale was made to a holding com fa c t th a t he was h e ir to $60,000. “ Second, S ervia will not protest certificates, thus securing uniform ity in dispute, and in some quarters the tion, work will commence in the oppo FARM S E L L S FO R $95,000. site direction, toward Dallas. Last pany, representing, it is said, every againBt the annexation of Bosnia and legality of the en tire bill has been Roosevelt and p arty have arrived in p o rtra it and general design. im portant independent steel company Herzegovina. A t present there are 19 different de questioned on account of some confu fall the grading had been completed a t G ibraltar. in the country except Jones & Laugh- Lafollette Orchard on Snake River “ Third, Servia will retu rn her m ili signs for United S ta te s notes and coin sion in the procedure whereby the sen w ithin six or seven m iles of Salem. lins, of P ittsb u rg , who are said not to A contest is im m inent on the estate certificates of various denominations, tary forces to normal conditions by dis Sold to Lewiston Firm. ate failed to enroll one of the house be interested in the deal. Charles M. Law Guards Shellfish. of “ Lucky” Baldwin. charging the reservists and volunteers leading to confusion and uncertainty. amendm ents. Spokane, W ash., A pril 3.— W. L. Salem —House bill No. 145, passed Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel com and will not perm it the form ation of Roosevelt denies th a t an a tte m p t was U nder the new plan there will be but L afollette, “ the fru it k in g ” of Wawa- pany, is said to be a t the head of the irreg u lar troops or bands.” by the recent regular session of the made on his life while crossing the nine. Klamath R aises $ 5 ,0 0 0 . wai, has given an option on his fru it new concern and it is rum ored th a t Oregon legislature, m akes it unlawful This note has been prepared a t the The $1 silver certificate will carry ocean. farm a t W awawai, 14 m iles south of K lam ath Falls—The quarterly m eet to fish for crabs in the sta te of Oregon John W. G ates was behind the deal. suggestion of the powers and will be the p o rtra it of W ashington, the $2 sil ing of the K lam ath cham ber of com Pullman, on the Snake river. The con The leader of a Chicago Black Hand sen t w ith the object of term in atin g all ver certificate the p o rtra it of Jeffer merce last week resulted in raising im during the m onths of July, A ugust and sideration is placed a t $95,000. W hite society has been trapped and informed The same m isunderstanding betw een A ustria- C. P. R. Officials AdamanL^^^ son. The $5 note, w hether silver cer m ediately an ad vertising and exhibit Septem ber of any year. Bros. & Crum, of Lew iston, Idaho, on his confederates. tificate or greenback, will carry the fund of $5,000. Construction of a first law prohibits the taking of clam s d u r W innipeg, A pril 2.—Officials of the fru it buyers and shippers, are the pur Hungary and Servia. A New York broker has been a rre st p o rtra it of Lincoln. The $10 gold and class h ig h « ay for fre ig h t and p a sse n -( ing June, Ju ly and August, and m akes Canadian Pacific railroad told the chasers. They have made a paym ent ed for sw indling investors out of $150,- silver certificate and U nited S tates ger vehicles was assured. The county November, December. Ja n u a ry and road’s mechanics a t a conference today to hold the option. Indian L ea d er C aptured. 000 in m ining stocks. note, th a t of Cleveland; the $20 th a t courts of K lam ath and Lake counties February of each year a closed season th a t they would insist on a separate G uthrie, O kla., March 31.—Crazy The land consists of about 960 acres, for the catching of crawfish, except as schedule for the east and w est divis of which 250 acres are in bearing fru it. Snake has been captured. He is being The French governm ent may make of Jackson; the $50 th a t of G rant; will work in harmony in building the j to the residents of Clatsop county. ions of the road. The firemen joined This is the larg e st fru it orchard on held under heavy guard a t Thompson’s form al protest ag ain st some of the pro the $100 th a t of F ranklin; the $500 road, and the im provem ents will be th a t of Salmon P. Chase; the $1,000 the m echanics a t the conference. Talk T his was Snake river, and one of the larg est in farm , w est of Checotah. under way w ithout delay. Judge J . B. visions of the tariff bill. PORTLAND MARKETS. th a t of Alexander Ham ilton. of the possibility of a strik e is heard the Inland Em pire. Shipm ents from confirmed by telephone message from Griffith stated the purpose of the coun I t is said H arrim an will make chang on all sides. I t is expected th a t the th is orchard run from 60 to 100 c a r Checotah a t 1 :30 th is m orning. The p o rtraits of H illegas, Monroe, ty court was to proceed prom ptly th a t He W heat—Bluestem m illing, $1.'¿2\(<i m iners will qu it tomorrow. Today all es in the Union Pacific line and invade Silas W right, Lewis W. Clark, Mans will be taken to ja il in Muskogee a t the road may be built w ithout delay. 1.25; club, $1.10; red Russian, $1.08; all the m iners had a holiday celebrat loads annually. the B urlington’s territo ry . field and others will be elim inated. The daybreak. Crazy Snake is badly wound bluestem shipping, $'..17)$(</1.18; val ing th e ir eight-hour day anniversary. P resident Eliot, of H arvard univers eagle, the buffalo and the Indian head, ed in the thigh. Nine prisoners were Big Strike Ordered. Snow D eep in C ascades. ley, $1.10. I t is expected th a t 1,000 men w ill go ity, has declined the appointm ent of which have proved to be easily coun- McLeod, A lberta, A pril 3.—The In taken to Muskogee tonight and placed Albany—Snow in the Cascade moun O ats— No. 1 w hite, $39@40. out a t L ethbridge, A lberta, in the terfieited, also will disappear. All am bassador to G ceat B ritain., ternational Federation of Miners today in jail there, and seven to Checotah. B arley—Feed, $31(//32. m orning. duplications will be done away with. tains is now much deeper than usual a t ordered a strik e on all in all the mines Frank Cocker, a Seminole, has been a r th is tim e of y ear and sudden warm Every coal mine in W estern Canada, H ay—Tim othy, W illam ette valley, of Southern A lberta, in E ast B ritish rested charged w ith the killing of Mar w eather would p recip itate a big flood. $130(15; E astern Oregon, $16<nl8; except the Crows N est collieries, are All Nations Present. Has Conquered Plague. Columbia, as a re su lt of its failu re to shal Baum and Deputy Odom. In the foothills there is now very little clover, $120/13; alfalfa, $14.500/15; tied up by a strik e of the miners. S alt Lake City, April 6.— Every snow, but fa r back in the m ountains San Francisco, April 2.—San F ra n reach an agreem ent w ith the employ grain hay, $130/14; cheat, $13.500/ One hundred and fifty thousand Chi W estern sta te and territo ry , Canada the snow is several fe e t deeper than is cisco celebrated officially the close of ers on a wage scale. Since Hill se Castro May Return Home. cago women have signed a petition and Mexico have contributed citizens usually the case in the spring. John 14.50; vetch, $13.500/14.50. its cam paign again st the bubonic cured control of the Crows N est Pass Paris, March 3 1 . — The French AppleB—65c0/$2.50 per box. pro testin g a g ain st higher duties on to the g re at crowd a ttending the 79th Roberts, of F oster, says the snow is plague tonight by giving a public din Coal company, he granted an increase Steam ship company today confirmed Potatoes—$1.400/1.50 per hundred; gloves. conference of the Mormon church, especially deep along the headw aters ner to Dr. R upert Blue and his corps in w ages to his men, and the o ther op the report of yesterday th a t the Vene sw eets, 2 1-.jc per pound. which opened here Sunday. The thou of executive officers a t the F airm ont erators a sse rt th a t th is precipitated zuelan governm ent had reversed its de of the South Santiam river and Crab K ing Victor will m eet Roosevelt on V egetables—Turnips, $1 per sack; sands in the tabernacle a t the m orning tree creek. hotel. A t the close of the dinner the strik e. Two years ago a serious cision not to p erm it Cipriano Castro, an Italian warship. carrots 90c; parsnips, $1.50; beets, services were of many nationalities. Mayor Taylor, on behalf of the citizens fuel fam ine resulted in the adjacent the form er president of the republic, $1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; Thousands of men are going to the There w ere a score of Indian Mormons, of San Francisco, presented Dr. Blue provinces when these m iners struck. Benson Gives Out J o b s . who is retu rn in g home on board the artichokes, 65c0z85cper dozen; aspar newly discovered gold fields near Phoe who came from Idaho in a special car. steam er Guadalupe, to land in Vene Salem — Governor Benson has ap agus, 70/,12taC per pound; beans, 25c; w ith a handsome gold watch. Dr. nix, Ariz. There were Japanese converts, believ pointed Dr. H arry H. O hlinger, of Sal Blue said San Francisco was now zuela. Upon receiving official notifica Money in 2-cent Fares. cabbage, 30/ 4c per pound; lettuce, ers from Haw'aii, and the South sea clean, and th a t her exam ple in fe a r Professional gam blers are giving em, to succeed him self as a m ember of head, 85c per dozen; onions, 400/50c Jefferson, City, Mo., A pril 3.— Two- tion to this effect from Senor Paul, the islands, and a few negroes. lessly attack in g plague should be fol officers of the trans-A tlantic liners the sta te board of dental exam iners, per dozen; parsley, 35c per dozen; cent fares have earned more money for Venezuelan comm issioner in Europe, g re a t trouble. and Dr. Frank V aught, of A storia, on peas, 15c per pound; radishes, 35c per lowed by other cities. the railroads than the three-cent rates the agent of the company a t Santander, Boys Smoking Start Fire. the same board, to succeed his brother, dozen; rhubarb, $1.500/2 per box; did, according to a sta te m en t m ade by Spain, communicated the change to the A B altim ore clerk, only 26 years of K okovseff »0 Make T our. F o rt W orth, Tex., April 6.—To a Dr. E. A. Vaught, of Pendleton. Rep spinach, $1. A ttorney General E llio tt Major, of captain of the Guadalupe and to Castro. age, has been arrested for embezzling party of small boys and a carelessly resentative J . P. Rusk was appointed St. P etersburg, April 2.—Finance Missouri, who is on record today as Onions—Oregon, $1.75 per hundred. $100,000 from the city. thrown c ig a rette is credited the fire as the attorney of the land board in C ru ise rs G et Tangled Up. B u tte r—C ity cream ery, ex tras, 32c; M inister Kokovseff will m ake an ex favoring the lower figures. M ajor de Most of the oil wells in Oklahoma Saturday which destroyed property in W allowa county. Mare Island Navy Yard, March 31.— fancy outside cream ery, 300/ 32c; Cali tended tour through the Far E ast this clared th a t if the railroad carried out will shut down for four m onths on ac South Fort W orth valued ac $2,000,- fornia, 29o/30c; store, 180i20c. B ut spring to investigate trade conditions th e ir announced plan of p u ttin g into The cruisers R aleigh and C incinnati count of overproduction and adverse 000; caused the death of J. J . Newton Pendleton O pens Rest Room. te r fa t prices average lj* cents per and to look into the construction of the effect on A pril 10 the three-cent fare, sustained some dam age today in Mare sta te laws. and serious injury of six others and Am ur railroad and the operations of the Missouri legislature would receive, Island channel. The vessels had been Pendleton—This c ity 's re st room, pound under regular b u tte r prices. rendered 300 fam ilies homeless. The the e xisting M anchurian lines which on A pril 11, a bill compelling the cor moored abreast of each other and while E ggs—Oregon ranch, 20(//21c. H arrim an says the governm ent burned d istric t is under guard of sta te established for the use and com fort of fa rm e r’s wives and other who may be Poultry— Hens, 160/16)0c; broilers, are showing large deficits annually. porations to publish item ized sta te the navy yard tug was- a tte m p tin g to should set the sta te s an exam ple by troops to prevent looting. A mass compelled to “ w a it” in town, was for 240/ 25c; fryers, 180/20c; roosters, old, H is rep o rt will serve as a basis for m ents of th e ir receipts. move them , the propeller of one of the repealing repressive railroad laws. m eeting of citizens was held and relief mally opened and dedicated last week. lOo/11c; young, 140115c; ducks, 200/ R ussia’s answ er to the Chinese pro cruisers caught in the sh a ft of the com m ittees named. The fire o rig in a t The room is located in the basem ent of 22S ic; geese, 10c; turkeys, 180/19c; posal to purchase these lines before other, causing a leak. The leak has General Kuroki, commander of the Run Trackless Trolley. the expiration of the contract period. first Japanese arm y in the field a g ain st ed in a barn, w here boys w ere smoking the new city hall and has been taste fu l squabs, $2.500/ 3 per dozen. S anta B arbara, Cal., April 3.—The been closed tem porarily and a diver cigarettes. This will be the first tim e in years ly furnished w ith up-to-date mission Russia, has retired, owing to the e x Veal—E xtras, 10(//Tlc; ordinary, 7 Pacific Im provem ent company petition will be sent down to ascertain the ex th a t a m inister has visited Siberia. furniture. p iration of his m ilitary term . 0/8c; heavy, 6c. ed the city council ton ig h t for the rig h t te n t of the damage. Unknown Ship Is Sunk. Pork Fancy, 9 )0 0 /10c; large, 80/ to construct a power line to the Hope American Rule All Over. Boston, April 6.- T idings of disaster Citizens Build Own Road. P aris students, who had been sent to 8 t,c . Irish Very Land Hungry. ranch, four m iles west of the city. The prison for misdemeanor, took revenge to an unknown ship a t sea were H avana, A pril 2.—The last emblem company announced its intention of in Baker C ity O rganization of a local Hops—1909 contracts, 10O/10)sC; London, March 31.-—C hief S ecretary on the convicting officer by sending brought to th is port today w ith the company in Eagle valley is reported 1908 crop, 70/ 7 ' 4 c ; 1907 crop, 30/ of American dom ination over Cuba dis sta llin g a “ trackless tro lley ” system for Ireland B irrell re-introduced the 400 wagon loads of m erchandise to his arrival of the Dominion Coal com here, w ith a capital stock of $75,000, 4 L c ; 1906 crop, 1)00/‘2c. appeared a t noon today when the gar- on the ranch. This is a new A ustralian Irish land bill in the house of commons pany’s steam er Dominion, Captain to build nine m iles of railroad from home. Wool — Eastern Oregon, co n tract/, ' rision flag a t Camp Columbia flutter/d invention, never before tried in Amer today. The bill is in exactly the same N orthcutt, from Louisberg, C. B. Richland to R obinette, a t the mouth of 160/18c; valley, 160/17c; m ohai), down the pole and was replaced a mo ica. An overhead w ire supplies power form as when it w as crowded out last Only two men are needed to complete About 200 m iles to the eastw ard of Pow der river, to connect w ith the choice, 230/2 i S c Portland. m ent later by the lone s ta r red banner to a motor, the same as w ith other session. The chief secretary said again the Calhoun jury. Boston lig h t late in the afternoon the N orthw estern road. The people of C attle—Top steers, $5.250/5.50; fa ir ! of the Cuban republic. The ceremon trolley cars, but the cars use no track. th a t it would require an expenditure of Indians in revolt in Mexico are steam er passed the lower m ast and top Eagle valley announce th a t local cap- to good, $4.750/5; common to medium, | ies took place in the presence of the $915,000,000, a t least, to sa tisfy the spreading terror. m ast of a large vessel. The spars were tal nnly will be used in the enterprise. $3.250/4.50: cows, top, $4.25; fa ir to garrison of Camp Columbia, consisting Methuselah Dead at IOOO. land hunger of the Irish and of th is to sticking out of the w ater and apparent good, $3.500/4; common to medium, of two battalions of the Tw enty-sev French m anufacturers are alarmed at New York, April 3.—Methuselah tal parliam ent had still to provide ly were attached to a sunken hulk. Right of Way Men Finish. $2 500/3.50; calves, top, $50/5.50; enth infantry and three companies of died here today a t his home in the $775,000,000. the Payne tariff bill. P rineville —J . B. Eddy, the rig h t of heavy, $3.50o/4; bulls and stags, fat, engineers and one battalion of Cubans. Bronx zoo. He was 1,000 years old. A g re a t mass m eeting in London St. Paul Operates Trains. way man for the proposed Deschutes $3o/3.50; common, $20/ 2.75. His death is ascribed to ills incidental Buried in Mexican Mine. called for a big navy. Texas Negro Lynched. W allace, Idaho, April 6.—The first railw ay, has ju st completed the task of Hogs— Best. $7.250/7.60, fa ir to to old age. M ethuselah, also known El Paso, T ex., March 31.— T hirty- R ussia is re tirin g the older generals train to pass through the St. Paul pass w orking over the e n tire rig h t of way good, $6.750/7; Stockers, $5.500/6.50; Waco, T ex., April 2.— Because he as Rameses II, was a toad which was eig h t Mexican m iners are entombed in to prom ote young men. tunnel a t T aft on the line of the Chi from Deschutes canyon to Redmond, China fats, $6.75. was accused of w ritin g an insulting discovered in a rock pocket in a mine the coal mine a t Minor. Mexico, oper I t is reported th a t Castro will go to cago, Milwaukee & P uget Sound ra il and has come to an understanding with Sheep— Top w ethers, $50/5.75; fair le tte r to the w ife of a young farm er 500 feet below the surface a t Butte, ated by the Coshuila M ining company, Colon instead of Venezuela. road, made the trip a t noon today. all land owners so th a t the lands can to good, $4.50(//4.75; ewes, \ c less n ear Dawson, Joe Reddy, a negro 20 Mont., two years ago. H is age was as the result of an explosion la st night The Panhandle d is tric t of Texas has Work train s are now run from the be easily b o jg h t when construction be on all grades; lambs, top, $6.60o/6.75; years of age, was hanged yesterday by carefully computed by the zoologists caused by firedamp. I t is probable gins. fa ir to good, $60)6.60. j u s t had the w orst storm of the w inter. coast to a point near Misaoula. a mob of 300 man. ' and geologists. th a t all are dead. INDIANA ASHORE IN FOG. .