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The Estacada Progress tea ma* M ESTACADA Ttenter .............. O R EG O N BRIEF NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK In te r e s tin g E v e n ts fr o m O u ts id e the S ta te P re s e n te d in a M a n n e r to C a tc h th e E ye o f th e B usy R e a d e r —-M a t t e r s o f N a tio n a l, H is to ric a l a nd C o m m e r c ia l Im p o rta n c e * France is in a panic at the inroads of American commerce. President T a ft is being urged to make active war on the trusts. Zelaya boards Mexican gunboat under eyes o f American marines. J. D. Warren, who pursued and helped to capture Jesse James, is dead. Storm in Spain wrecked five vessels at the mouth o f the Pouro river. A Texas man has made $15,000,000 speculating in cotton for two years. Blizzards sweep the east from W in nipeg to Illinois, and Chicago faces a coal famine. The famous Garden of the Gods was given to the city of Colorado Springs for a Christmas present. The greatest labor struggle in his tory is said to be impending between the railroads and their employes. , H O P E F U L V IE W IS T A K E N . Wall Street Optimistic Over Prospective Labor Trouble». New York, Dec. 28.— Preparations were in progress last week to meet heavy obligations incident to the Janu ary disbursements, which in New York are estimated to be $225.000.000. Heavy remittances to foreigu markets lo meet payments o f dividends and in terest to holders o f American securi ties made it a question until the mid dle o f the week whether gold would not have to be shipped to Loudon. Volatile rises occurred in individual stocks, most from vaguely rumored causes, but there were enough dividend increases to keep up a hopeful spirit among stockholders. The census bureau’s cotton ginuing estimate was regarded as confirmatory o f the agricultural department’s view o f the cotton crop shortage, and the rise in cotton to above 1C cents pointed to causes responsible for the high cost o f livin g and the disadvantages this involved. A (bled interest was given to this question by steps taken by railroad cm ploves to formulate demands for an in crease in wages early next year. Senti meat is not free from apprehension that labor troubles may have to be reckoned with in reaching settlements. The disposition in financial circles, however, is to take a hopeful view. This same is true o f the subject of legislative and executive activities iu the direction o f corporation regulation, which promises to be brought forward early through special messages from the president. FE A S T TO FR E E CONVICT. NEWS NOTES 6ATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS O f OREGON W a te r F r o m C le a r L a k e . C O P P E R IN O R E G O N . Eastern P art o f State Prom ises Becom e Great Produ cer. to Baker C ity — Charles P. Murphy, a prominent attorney and mining man o f Baker C ity, believes that the greatest copper field in the country is rapidly being developed in the Homestead camp in Eastern Oregon and the Seven D evils m ining d istrict in Idaho. Mr. Murphy spoke as follow s of the development in that sectio n : “ W ith the advent o f the Lewiaohns into the Homestead camp o f Emsiern Oregon and the Seven D evils mining d istrict o f Iadho come the assurance o f this being a camp that w ill rival, if not surpass, the greatest copper camps in the history o f the United States. The E rie capitalists, who several years ago secured the Iron Dyke mine, pave sold to the Lewishons at a hand some figure. Rumor has it that the price was $1,650,000. “ The Lewisohns have also acquir ed the McDougall group, about three miles from Homestead, and also the Iron Moutnain property at Mineral, Idaho. It is rumored that they have secured the Arkansas property, close to the F id elity mine at Lim e Peak, and opposite the M cDougall mine on the Idaho side o f the Snake river. They have just completed a survey for a trolley road from the Landore, in the heart o f the Seven D evils m ining dis trict, to a point on the mountain op posite Homestead, from whence it will te an easy m atter to tram the ores of the Seven D evils districted own to the 9melter or reduction works at Home stead. W ork has been commenced on a large scale in the Iron Dyke mine as well as in the McDougall. The railroad, recently constructed from Huntington, on the main line o f the O. R. & N ., is practically completed, the steel being laid on the last few m iles.“ The bones of Cortez, the ancient con Minnesota Prisoner Proves to Be Sec queror o f Mexico, are said to have been ond Burbank. found after a search of nearly a cen tury. Stillwater, Minn., Dec. 28.— A Christ Six coaches full of Christmas travel mas dinner given at the Minnesota ers were stalled on a car ferry in the state prison has started a movement Detroit river, and had to wait till the for a pardon for “ Sinbad the Sailor,” in illustrious life convict, supervisor ice was cut away. of everything that grows on the state Kailroad officials and switchmen •t)enal reserves, on a basis o f his “ sérv bold conference in St. Paul. eos to the state of Minnesota and gen Value o f the Harriman estate is ques eral scientific knowledge.” Among Warden W o lfe r’s guests was tioned by gossips in the east. i member o f the pardon board, who Bryan is suffering from pneumonia commented on the immense lemon, and 19 too ill to make a speech. Linn Dairies Only Average. weighing three pounds and measuring Albert I is crowned king of Bel Albany— M. S. Sclirock, deputy state 18*4 inches, major circumference. gium and promises reforms in Congo. The guests, excited by the warden’ s food and dairy commissioner, who has been investigating the condition of the Schley demands that Peary also sub dory o f the presence o f a second Bur mit his records to the Danish univer bank as a convict, directed him to bring dairies which supply milk and cream co Albany, says they are only average. n the creator o f the monster lemon. sity. He took the guests to the greenhouse Cn places the cows are very poorly kept, The Northern Pacific has bought 14 md explained how he had grafted trop- while in others the barns are in bad blocks for terminal grounds in North :cnl lemon and grapefruit. He also jondition. On the basis o f 40 per cent, Portland. howed many other graftings, producing if the equipment was perfect, and o f 60 per cent if the methods used were per Ex President Zelaya has fled from ’•are fruits and flowers. His roses for years captured first hon- fect. or a total o f 100, lie found the Nicaragua and taken refuge on a M exi >rs. His real name is Charles Price, dairies here as follows: The J. W. can gunbout. md he was sent up for life for killing Kuthe dairy scored 21.7 on equipment Eight are killed and hundreds have anil 28.4 on methods, total 50.1; the H. i laborer with a pick. narrow escape from explosion in llli M. Palmer dairy, equipment 18.5, meth nois coal mine. ods 29.7. total 48.2; the E. P. Mishler ORDERS FOR S TE E L FEW ER. dairy, equipment 22.7. methods 22.4. A tierce storm swept the Corean iota! 45.1, which really shows a poor coast, destroying fishing fleets and .'onsumers, However, Press fo r De condition when taking the totals rn drowning 2,000. comparison with the possible 100 points. liveries on Past Contracts. Secretary Knox has notified Presi New York, Dee. 28.— H eavy specifi dent Madriz, Zelaya’s successor, that H ood River to G et N ew Depot. •ations on contracts for finished steel he will be held responsible for the safe Hood R iv e r— A passenger depot to products continue to roll in upon the ty o f Americans in his country. nil Is, and consumers generally are cost between $10,000 and $20,000 is to Explorers find that, the treasures oi •ressing for deliveries. But new busi- be erected here next year. The new the island of Tiburon, in the Gulf of i ess in both finished products and raw building w ill be fire-proof brick and California, are mythical, but the island Material is being contracted. etone structure, embodying the mo3t is alive with deer and wild pigeons. Rail contracts placed in 1909 for 1910 modern features o f railw ay station M ark Twain has returned heme with leliverv have aggregated almost 3,300,- architecture and o f the type being out benefit to his health from his ocean >00 tons. New orders for fabricated trip. steel for buildings and bridges have built along the Harriman system. A iggregated only 25.000 tons, but it is hot a ir or steam heating plant w ill be I t is definitely known that 18 per robnble that the December business installed and the floors o f the building sons perished in a department store w ill be o f tile or cement. It w ill be fire in London. | will total 100,000 tons at least. Evidence o f contraction in the vol sim ilar ti» -tationa under construction A monster benefit was given in New ume of business in sheets and tinplate at Baker C ity and Pendleton. York city to help the cause of home s shown by a less heavy output and rule fo r Ireland. lie closing o f several mills for the hoii- To Begin Seeding Soon. C ook ’s first prize was $25,000 from lays. Great activity continues in wire Athena- A fte r two weeks’ delay on iroducts. and shipments for November two leading newspapers for his “ ex Recount o f snow and rain, the farmers elusive” story o f his trip to the Pole. were 175.000 tons. Prices o f mercan- hope to begin seeding again by the ile pipe will be readjusted on Janu- iddle o f this week. It is estimated Abdication o f the king of Greece i t y l. that 20 per cent o f the crop is yet to is considered inevitable and the crown Additional orders have been placed be seeded in this section. Several o f prince’s son has been chosen by the or cars by railroads, bringing the total the farmers have only half o f their crop M ilitary party. or the month thus far to 11,200. seeded. A few will seed as soon as the Leopold’s legal w ife will not at ground is in condition, but many will tempt to put her son on the Belgian wait until spring for fear the ground W hisky Is Whisky. throne, but will fight fo r his fortune Washington, Dec. 28.— W hisky is w ill freeze and rot the grain before it o f many millions. has time to sprout. Such has occurred whisky, President T a ft has at last de The successful uprising o f the Young cided. It is whisky when made o f neu iu previous years, and it is reported Turk party in Turkey has made Pal ral spirits, says the president, if re- that the first snow o f this season dam estine free fo r the first time since the luced to potable strength. But it must aged several crops. Christian era began. be branded so that those buying it may $ 2 , 0 0 0 P er A cre from Orchard The committee from the University «now just what they are getting. The decision, made after a long series Hood R iv e r— J. C. Porter, who for e f Copenhagen reports that Cook’s rec ords are wholly insufficient to establish >f hearings participated in by members many years was a partner in the Sears >f the governm ent’s pure food dopnrt- & P orter orchard, and who is one of his claim that he was at the Pole. nont and distillers, was announced to John R. Bradley, who fitted out the la v. The president covered various (le the largest grow ers today, holds the Cook expedition to the Pole, says he ads in his decision and gave directions record for a profitabe apple crop in Mr. is thoroughly disgusted with the whole or the proper branding o f the various the Hood R iv e r valley this year. business. .arieties o f liquor, holding among other P o rte r’ s three and one half acre tract Kings, that whisky made from a mix o f Y e llo w New tow n apples w ill yield Oregon conservationists declare that ure o f “ straigh t” whisky and “ neu $2,000 per acre. As high as 30 box two or three varieties o f insects do es were picked o ff a single tree. Mr. ral spirits” may be called a blend. more harm to the forests o f the north According to Mr. T a f t ’s instructions, Porter has shipped his entire crop to west than forest fires do. ‘ straight whiskies” hereafter will be the N ew York market w ith the excep The supreme court o f Oregon has »landed as such, but the brand may be tion o f a few Newtow ns that were ordered that the Portland Railway »ccompanied by the legend, “ aged in bought by Page & Son o f Portland. company must reduce fares to Milwau wood.” and whisky made from rectified, kie to 5 cents, and Oak Grove to 10 listilled, or neutral spirits will be Sale o f H ood R iver Ap p le Land. cents. branded so as to make known the prin D evlin A Firebaugh report the fo l Twenty-seven persons were drowned cipal ingredient. In addition, i f they by the collapse o f a wooden bridge in m desire, manufacturers of straight low in g recent sales in the Hood R iver Russia. whisky also may use the word “ bour- d istrict: E igh t acres o f improved land Two negroes and one white man were >on ” or “ rv e,” as the facts may war from Frank Jones to W. G. Banks, con sideration $3,800. Mary Davenport es killed and six negroes wounded in a rant. race war in Louisiana. tate to L. Mumford and w ife o f P ort Flood Drowns Shepherds. land, 10 acres o f improved land at Mos- The probation officer of the nighl court in New York says the white slave Madrid, Dec. 28.— Official reports to- ier, consideration $4,000. * Also 20 trade is on the increase. Iny indicate that the situation in the acres o f unimproved land seven miles Provisional President Estrada, of regions recently swept by storms and from Hood R iver, Dr. M. F. Shaw to loods is improving. The cabinet de Miss O ttilie G. Boetzkes, consideration Nicaragua, has requested official recog cided to grant financial relief to suf $5,000. nition from the state department. 'erers. Belated advices give details of Miss Anna Morgan, daughter o f J. P he destruction caused by the overflow Morgan, and Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont 22 Spuds W eigh 61 Pounds. ing o f rivers in the northwest. The Have taken up the cause o f the striking Eugene— Twenty-two potatoes weigh Fisa and Orbidge, in the northern part shirtwaist workers of New York City. •f Loon, rose 15 feet, destroying sov iug 61 j»oiincl* wore senr by express to A final appeal in the case o f John »ral hamlets. A large number o f shop Los Angeles recently bv S. II. Friendly, R. Walsh, convicted banker, has been lords, surprised by the floods, took of this city, to show some o f his rela fives and acquaintances there the ex made to the United States supreme refuge in tree tops. eellence o f the soil o f the W illamette court. valley. The potatoes were grown by S. T a ft and W ife Take Walk. Smoode. owner o f the Hotel Smeede, in Leaders o f the American Fnderrtion Washington, Dec. 28.— President and this city, on his farm near W nlterville. • f Labor urge Secretary Nagel to make Mrs. T a ft took a long walk this after n the M cKenzie river. a thorough investigation into the vari •oon, being gone from the W hite House ous phases of industrial education. Dr. B rook e Buys Farm noro than an hour. The peoplo o f I)r. Brashear. a noted astronomer ef Forest G ro ve- Dr. F. W . Brooke, the university o f Pittsburg, says he Washington are becoming so accustomed 0 seeing the president abroad like anv o f Portland, has purchased the G. W. does not believe either Cook or Peary rr.n furnish any good proof of having •ther citizen that his appearance has Poole farm at Hillside, seven miles almost ceased to cause comment. The northwest o f this city, for a considers reached the pole. ight o f Mrs. T a ft, however, was un tion o f $11,000. This farm is one o f Savants of the Danish university are isual. and those who passed the dis- the best in Washington county. The inguislied couple remarked how well stock and farm implements were in deeply embarrassed by their former Irs. T a ft was looking. Her appear cluded in the sale. championship o f Dr. Cook, as they are Dr. Brooke w ill unable to find any acceptable proof that 1 nee is a complete contradiction of set out several acres in apples and be reached the pole. tumorous reports about her ill health. pears next spring. A party o f American explorers re Czar Promotes Ketten. R o a d W o r k In D o u g la s . ported to have been devoured bv cannl St. Petersburg, Pee. 28.— Colonel Von Oakland- Douglas county is going h a h on the island of Tiburon, in the I gu lf o f California, have arrived safe Ketten. chief o f the secret police o f into road building on a large scale. at a small town on the Mexican coast. Moscow, has been appointed to sue- Out o f 56 road districts in th e county, eed Colonel KarpofT. chief o f the secret 45 of them have voted a special tax for Grand Duke Michael, o f Russia, is tolice o f St Petersburg, assassinated on road building during the coming year. >ecember 22. Several attempts have dead. *een made against the life o f Colonel In addition to this special tax. theee The I. W. W. o f Spokane has given Yon Ketten, who for many years has districts will receive their pro rata of the general road fund- ►een hunting revolutionists. ap the fight for free ipeech. Klamath Falls— Considerable agita tion has been caused by the report com ing from Modoc county, Cal., that an effo rt is to be made to utilize the w a ters o f Clear lake for the irrigation of lands in C alifornia, instead o f the lands in what it known as the upper project o f the Klamath system. The waters of Clear lake could be d ive rt ed so as to irrigate either the lands in Oregon or those in California. There is however, not enough water for both projects. I t is claimed by the people o f Modoc county there are 30.000 acres o f irrigable lands in C al ifornia all o f which would be subscrib ed for government irrigation in the event o f the waters o f Clear lake should be diverted so as to be utilized in the reclamation o f the Modoc coun ty lands. In Oregon there are more than tw ice & b many acres, but less than 300.00 have been subscribed for g o v ernment. W hile there many Klam ath land- owners who are inclined to b elieve that there is a remote chance that the waters o f Clear lake may be diverted for the benefit o f Modoc county, there others who feel that the project is too far advanced to perm it o f an action o f this kind. R o g u e R iv e r L a n d In th e L im e lig h t The Rogue R ive r valley has been brought into greater prominence than ever as a fru it region,by reason o f the prizes awarded at the National apple show held recently in Spokane. S ev eral large sales o f fru it lands are re ported in the district, which may be traced directly to the splendid showing made by the exhibits from the district. Mossman & M cN air report the sale o f 300 acres located near Ashland to a syndicate o f eastern buyers who w ill subdivide the tract and sell it to small orchardists. Sweeney Sells His G illia m C o . F a r m . The Sweeney wheat farm located in Gilliam county and com prising about 3,O0t) acres o f the best wheat land in eastern Oregon, has been sold by the form er owner, Frank A . Sweeney to M. L. Eskridge and R. I. G iles o f Ohio. The land was sold fo r $25 per acre, the total amount involved in the transaction amounting to $71,000. The purchasers o f the property are men o f means and practical grain growers. A IR S H IP A P P E A R S A T N IG H T Mysterious CraTt, Carrying Pow erful Searchlight, Is Seeu. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 24.— Flyin g at 30 to 40 miles an hour, a mysteri ous airship tonight: appeared over Worcester, hovered over the city a few minutes, disappeared for about two hours, uud then returned to cut four circles about the city, using a search light o f tremendous power. Thousands o f persons thronged the streets to watch the mysterious visitor. The airship remained over the city for 15 minutes, all the time at a height that most observers set at about 2000 feet, too great to euable even its pre rise shape to be seeu. The glaring rays of its great searchlight, however, were sharply defined. The dark mass of the ship could be seeu dimly. A t the time o f the airship visit, Wal lace E. Tillinghast, a Worcester man, who recently asserted he had invented a marvelous aeroplane, iu which he said he had journeyed to New York and re turned by way o f Boston, was absent from his home and could not be found. The visitor from the clouds was first sighted over Marlborough at 5:20 o ’clock. The 16 miles between this city and Marlborough were covered iu 30 minutes. Two hours later an eager shout from the waiting crowds announced its re turn. Slowly its light swept the heav ens. It circled four time9 above the city and then disappeared, finally head iug first to the south and then to the east. Marlboro Sights Airship. Marlboro. Mass., Dec. 24.— An air ship was sighted over Marlboro early tonight, going northwest ac 60 or more miles an hour. Persons in all sections o f the city reported having seen it. Its general course, they say, was in the direction o f Clinton. S IG H T S A B A N D O N E D W RE CK . Japanese Steamer Reports Disaster Off Cape Flattery. Seattle, Dec. 24.— Another probable marine disaster off the coast o f Wash ington was recorded today, when the Japanese steamer Kaga Maru reported to the wireless station at Cape Beal that the American schooner Susie M Plummer was in distress and had been abandoned 100 miles west and south of Cape Flattery. N o news regarding the extent of the schooner’s trouble or the fate o f the crew was contained in the brief nies sage from the Japanese vessel, which is on her way to the Orient. The United »States lifesavin g tug Snohomish le ft her station at Neah Bay at 4 o ’clock this afternoon to go to the aid o f the schooner’s crew. The Susie M. Plummer, a vessel o f 920 tons, gross, sailed from Everett, Wash., December 5, with a cargo of lumber for San Pedro, Cal. She is owned by W. G. Tibbits, o f San Fran cisco. and was built in 1890 at Thomas ton, Me. She was commanded by Cap tain Hansen and carried a small crew. S e c o n d Graduating C la s s . Pendleton— Pendleton w ill have two graduating classes from her high school in 1910, som ething that has never occurred before, the first to be held on January 21, at which tim e six girls w ill have finished the regular high school course and w ill receive their diplomas. The class w ill be E X P O R T S DROP O N E M IL L IO N . composed o f Hazel Rader, L u cille R a der, M argaret Low ell, Grace Cole, French Tariff Seriously Affects Am eri Hazel Means and Edna Staler. can Oil Products. EXPLOSION KILLS EIGHT IN MINE C O PE N H A G E N T U R N S D OW N COOK Investigating Committee Can Find No P roof o f His Claims. Copenhagen, Dec. 22.— The committee which has been investigating the datu o f l>r. Frederick A. Cook today offi cially reported to the consistory o f the Hundreds Have Narrow Escape Irom University o f Copenhagen that Dr. l o o k ’s records and observations were Fire and Smoke. wholly insufficient to warrant a ver dict that he discovered the North Pole. The consistory o f the university O p s n L a m p s C a r r ie d by E n g in e e r adopted the report o f the committee, a nd A as ia ta n ts C a u s e o f D is a s te r thereby flatly rejecting Dr. Cook’s - F i r e D riv e s H a c k R e s t o r e s a rid claims and throwing out his records and observations. Prevents R e c o v e ry o f B o d ie s — Cook ’a data, according to the report, P r o m p t A c tio n S a v e s H u n d r e d s . is no more convincing than was the uewspaper account. Dr. Cook’s private secretary, Lons dale. who represented the explorer here, St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 25.— Eight men is bitterly disappointed at the verdict. were killed and the lives o f 400 per He is making an effort to induce the sous were imperiled by an explosion of consistory to withhold final judgment gas in mine A of the Chicago & Carter until the whole o f Dr. Cook’s data can ville Coal .company at Herrin, 111., late Thursday. Open lamps carried by the I be presented. Lonsdale told the committee that mine engineer and his assistants caused the disuster, according to a long-dis missing data, which are part o f Dr. tance telephone message from the mine C ook’s original documents, were sent o ffic e to the Associated Press. There here from America by a route differ were three men and a boy iu this party. ent from that by which the records already examined were brought. He A ll lost thir lives. Prompt action by the management said this additional data would arrive resulted in the safe exit of the huu in a few days. The consistory refuses to pay any dreds o f men at work below ground. W ithin fiv e minutes after the first re attention to Lonsdale’s appeal and the findings announced today are final so port o f the explosion, miners iu the im mediate vicin ity o f the accident were far as the consistory is concerned. The discrediting o f Dr. Cook was a started toward the surface and on the return trips o f the cages rescuers were severe blow to the Danish scientists, lowered to entries No. 7 and No. b , j who had stood firmly by him and given west, where the catastrophe took place. him support under the charges made by Commander Peary. The great recep Among the dead were: tion given Dr. Cook upon his arrival W. T. Pierce, mine ougineer. here and the honors that were paid Eugene Barrett, assistant engineer. Thomas Williams, assistant manager. him by high and low, including the Thomas Guinney, superintendent oi king, are recalled with somewhat open the mine, and Robert Huston, manager, ly lisplayed chagrin. It is known that the Danish exports headed the first relay o f rescuers. De spite the black damp that flow ed into were personally inclined to favor Dr. the chambers adjoining those in which Cook, most o f them already having Pierce and his party were killed, these come out in statements tending to sub stantiate his claims. men plunged into the workings. A member o f the committee today Three bodies blocked their path. Hasty examination showed that the said: men were alive, and they were rushed I “ It took the committee but a few to the surface. One was A. J. Huston, minutes to see that Dr. Cook’s obser brother o f the manager. The. others, vations and so-called records were Charles Klein and Albert Shelton, and worthless. * ‘ W e could have reported immedi Huston were revived, and all are ex pected to recover from the effects o f ately, but it took several days to re cover from the surprise. the gas. “ The so-called notebooks on which The rescuers next found the bodies of Snyder, Greeco and Romeo, miners. Dr. Cook relied in a great measure for None of these men had been burned, vindication had only accounts o f his the condition o f the corpses testifyin g observations, rather than the observa to the force o f the concussions. The tions themselves. These notebooks were body of Harbor, a miner, was badly thrown aside without a moment’s con burned, the features being scorched sideration. almost beyond recognition. “ i cannot understand how a man o f Efforts o f the rescuers to penetrate Cook’s reputed scientific attainments more deeply into the workings were re could have attempted to bolster up his pulsed by increasing afterdamp. The claims with such flimsy evidence.” ventilating apparatus o f the mine hud not been damaged, but it could not cope Z E L A Y A ’ S R U L E ENDS. successfully with the gases, and Guin- ney and Huston and their helpers wen* Madriz Assumes Presidency o f N icara forced to retreat, leaving the bodies o f guan Republic. Pierce and his companions. The tire , also began to gain headway, and it is Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 22.— Jose not expected the bodies can be recov Madriz today assumed the presidency ered before tomorrow. . News o f the explosion soon spread of Nicaragua, succeeding former Pres through Herring, and women and chil ident Zelaya, who resigned. dren rushed at once to the shaft house. M a d riz’g recont threats to break But «'is the cages emptied load after with Zelaya, coupled with his subse load o f rescued miners sobs o f anguish gave way to cries o f joy. These in quent announcement that his presi turn were soon hushed to murmurs of dential candidacy was supported by sympathy as the bodies o f the dead the Mexican government, which had sent »Senor Creel to Washington to in were brought to the surface. tercede in his behalf, is construed by his supporters to mean that he w ill be S K Y L IG H T S SEE N A G A IN . president in fact as well as iu name, and that he intends to give the coun Many Towns Report Searchlight Borne try a new deal. Americans here, however, are not in by Airship. clined to accept this opinion. They be Boston, Dec. 25.— Following the re lieve the new president is pretending port from Worcester Thursday night of to want peace, in order to preclude the the discovery above that city a strange possibility o f intervention on the part moving light, apparently the search of the United States. light o f a dirigible aircraft, last night M adriz has promised the revolution brought stories o f the observance of ists immunity i f they will surrender. similar lights from villages east of He has intimated that ho will place Worcester, and even from Boston Com Provisional President Estrada in a high mon. People in Marlboro, South office. Freni! ington, Natick, Ashland, Graf Blueflelds, Nicaragua, Dec. 22.— R e ton, North Grafton, Upton, Hopedale ports from Rama today say E strada’s and Northboro turned out in throngs nrmy is advancing against General Vas- last night and saw a mysterious light quez, just outside Rama, and that a in the sky. battle is expected immediately. This Many declared that it had the ap is the first decisive move on the part pearance o f «*i strong light and, whilo they could discover no framework be of the revolutionists against the elec hind it, such as an aeroplane would tion o f M adriz as successor o f Zelaya have, they were positive that the light as president. The formal protest against the election o f M adriz will be based could not be that o f a balloon because it moved as i f under control and ap upon the fact that the Atlantic coast departments were not represented in parently against the wind. Wallace E. Tillinghast, a Worcester the congress that elected Madriz. Under Estrada, in the impending bat man who recently asserted that he had invented a machine in which he had tle, will be Generals Luis, Diaz, Mana- feen, Matuty, Pacho and Chamorro. gone from Worcester to New Y'ork and I t is reported today that the gunboat return and who, it was thought, might have been the navigator o f the sup Blanca has sailed up the Mico river. Washington, Dec. 24.— Alarmed by a drop from $1,000,000 to $26.363 in min oral oil exports to France in a mouth, American oil exporters have begun a movement to induce congress to renew with the French government the reci procity treaty that expired on October 31. Exporters also hope for the re newal o f the treaty with Spain, a large importer o f American oil, which will expire on August 31, 1910. Exports to Canada under the opera tion o f the new tariff law have not been compiled by the bureau o f statistics o f the department o f commerce and labor, Sells F a r m f o r $ 1 8 , 0 0 0 but indications are that they will show Baker C ity The E. A . Chambers relatively as great a fallin g off in oil farm, about 2,1.» miles north o f th<s exports as those to France. city, comprising 240 acres o f land and Notwithstanding the abrogation o f well improved, has been sold to Eld- the reciprocity treaty with France, re ward York at $76 par acre, or $18,000. ports to the bureau for November, the Before purchasing the Chambers place first month under the new order of Mr. York sold his W arren Spring farm , things, show larger totals in both im between Muddy creek and N orth P ow ports and exports than in the corre sponding month o f last year. Raw cot der, 50 acres, to Lor in Perkins, for ton. which is imported into France free $5,100. o f duty, and hence is not affected by the tariff changes, is largely responsible Buys Thoroughbred Cattle. for the increase in exports, while art Baker City— Three fine, prize-winning works 20 years old and over, admitted Galloway bulls have arrived from Chi free under the new law, and diamonds cago for John Thompson, who purchased and hides were responsible 'fo r the in "lie animals for his ranch on Burnt creased imports. river and will have the celebrated Gal The fallin g off in imports o f cliam loway stock in the future. Each o f the pagne from France, due to the in bulls won a prize at the Chicago stock creased tariff, was most marked, declin posed aircraft, remained noncommittal show. ________ iug from $58 4,674 in November, 1908, today. Mark Twain Past Joking. to $58,062 in November, 1909. N ew York, Dec. 22.— W ithout the PO RTLAN D M ARKETS. Neighbors Call Cook Martyr. customary jest on his lips and com Wheat--Bluestem, $1.20(V/ 1.21; club, Miners D rive Out Switchmen. New York, Dec. 25.— A committee plaining o f ill health, Mark Twain has $1.10; red Russian, $1.08; valley, $1.05. Butte, Mont., Dec. 24.— A committee which was appointed by the Brooklyn Barley— Feed and brewing, $30(5)31 returned from Bermuda, looking ill and representing the Butte miners’ union neighbors o f I)r. Cook some months ago per ton. admitting it. To the reporters who Corn—Whole, $35; craeked. $36 per today drove switchmen who had re to raise funds for the erection of a turned to work in Butte yards o f the monument to the explorer, has decided ! greeted him as he stepped down the ton.« Great Northern and Northern Pacific to go on with its work in spite o f the gangplank o f the steamship Bermu Oats No. 1 white. $33 per ton. Hay Timothy, W illam ette Valley, railroads from their work and told them cables from Copenhagen. “ Dr. Cook,” dan, the humorist declared he would $1S(«20 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18(« that i f they returned 2000 miners would according to one member o f the com j 'lo no more active work. H a lf a dozen 21.50; alfalfa. $16(5‘16.50; clover. $15(S> wait upon them tomorrow and see that mittee, “ is a noble martyr. The rest unfinished books w ill probably never 16; cheat. $ I5(« 16; grain hay, $15(516 they stopped work while their brother o f the world may take the word o f those receive attention. His autobiography, were on strike. E very indoor Polar explorers over in Copen i o f which 100,000 words out o f the con Blitter— City creamery, extras. 39c; switchmen fancy outside creamery. 34(539c per switchman on the two roads quit, and hagen, but his neighbors in old Bush templated 500,000 have been written, pound; store, 22 LI» @ 24c. Butter fat tonight switching operations in Butte wick know that Dr. Cook discovered will be his sole consideration. prices average lM»c per pound under are completely tied up. A ll the Boston the Pole, because he told us so him & Montana mines and the Colusa mine s e lf.” I. W. W. Leaders Deny Surrender. regular butter prices. Poultry— Hens, 14(5 14^4«; springs, H closed today. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 22.— As a final Cheer in L in er's Cargo. C<i 14 c ; ducks, 20(522V«c; geese, 14 (r resort in an attempt to thoroughly stop Duty is $115 on $2.50. I5e; turkeys, live, 2 2 l/> c ; dressed, 27(t>) N ew York, Dec. 25.— Christmas cheer the activities o f the Industrial Workers SO«« Columbus. O., Dec. 24.— The Ohio from Europe for thousands in America o f the World, its hall was closed by Egg« Fresh Oregon, extras. 42!£c per state livestock commission has had a was brought by the liner Teutonic the police yesterday, who said it was dozen; Eastern, 30(535c per dozen. practical demonstration o f the workings which arrived with 4,106 sacks o f a “ disorderly placff.” About 100 mem Pork— Fancy, 10(« 10'._>c per pound. Christmas mail. Mrs. Russell Sage bers went outside o f the city limits, o f the new tariff law. The commission Veal— Extras. 11(5)11 l ^c per pound. made her customary Christmas offering where an indignation meeting was held. Fresh Fruits—-Apples. $1(53 per box; sent a hypodermic instrument to Ger to Central Park employes. This year About a dozen o f the Industrialists v o l [»ears, $1(5 1.50 per box; cranberries, $9 many for repair, and it was announced her g ift amounted to $1,925, consisting unteered to go inside the city and per barrel. of 385 $5 gold pieces, one for every speak on the streets, in violation o f Potatoes Oregon, 60(5;80c per sack; today that the instrument was returned man and woman in the park paid less the ordinance. The I. W* W. workers yesterday, and with it a bill from the Mv»'ct potatoes. l !H(5>2c per pound. than $3 a day. Bluejackets from the repudiate the report circulated Satur Vegetables Artichokes. 75c per doz.; government for $115 duty. This was ten battleships o f the Atlantic fleet day night that they had surrendered cabbage. 1V|<* per pound; horseradish. based on an ad valorem o f 45 per cent. already in port for the Christmas holi and given up the fight. $1.50 per box; pumpkins, lt4 (5 1 % c ; When purchased the instrument cost days overflowed the city yesterday and sprouts, 8c per pound; squash, l(5>1^4c; $2.50. The same kind o f instrument last night. London S ayi “ I Told Yon So.” tomatoes. 75c (o $ 1; turnips. $1 per sack; cannot be procured in the United States. London, Dec. 22.— This city has all carrots. $1; beets. $1.50; parsnips, $1.50. L o ttery Agents Caught. Onions Oregon, $1.50 per «aok. English Steamer Missing. Chicago, Dec. 25.— Two men alleged along doubted the claims of Dr. Cook. Hops— 1909 erop. 20Mi(5 22c. London, Dec. 24.— Gales in Gr-^ar to be foreign lottery agents have been The newspapers here are issuing ex Wool- Eastern Oregon. 16(523e per tras telling o f the failure o f the ex pound; olds, nominal. Mohair— Choice, Britain have done much damage to arrested by postal inspectors. They are 25c per pound. a shipping. The railway com pany’s Samuel Freudenberg and Herman Kom plorer to substantiate his claim to hav Cancan Bark 41 •_»c per pound. steamer Rostrevor. which le ft Greenore. pel. L o ttery tickets, lists o f drawings ing reached the Pole. About two weeks Hides Dry hides, 18(5 19c per pound; a headland o f Ireland, at 11 o ’ clock and advertising matter exploiting the ago a local newspaper published what dry kip, 17(5 18s pound; dry calfskin, Tuesday night, and which was due at lotteries were seized. Advertising mat it purported to be a story o f the insuffi 19(5 21c pound ; salted hides, 10*4(H)llc; Holyhead, Wales, 75 miles across St. ter o f the “ 156th Royal Saxony Lot ciency o f the Cook observations and salted calfskin. T5(5'1fle pound; green, G eorge’s channel, at 5 o'clock Wednes te r v ” found in the Freudenberg house within the past two days all England 1c less. day morning, had not been reported, and said that the total amount o f money to had grown more and more skeptical. Cattle Best steers. $4.50(5 4.75; fair it is feared she has foundered. She be distributed would be L ¡9,200 to good. $4(5 4.25; medium and feeders, carried a crew o f 24 and a few pas marks, nearly $4,000,000. Tongs Battle In Chicago. $3.25(o 3.50; cows, top, $3.50(53.85; fair sengers. , to good. $3'« 3.25; common to medium. Chicago. Dec. 21.— Trouble between Bowdoin to Rejoice for Peary. $2.50(5 3.75; bulls, $5.25(55.50; heavv, the warring tongs o f Chinatown broke Zelaya’ s Loss Is Immense. $4(5 4.75. Brunswick, Me., Dec. 25. — The out anew yesterday, and as a result o f Hog« Bo«t. $8.50(58.75; medium. Panama, Dee. 24.— A wireless dMpitch achievement o f her distinguished alum a revolver oattle in which 30 or more $7.50(5 8.25; stockers, $6.50(56.75. from Blueflelds, addressed to General nus, Commander Peary, in reaching the •hots were fired. 8ing M oy is at St. Sheep Best wethers. $5.50(55.75; fair Cham oiro’s father here, reports 600 North Pol#, will be celebrated at the L a k e ’s hospital with a bullet wound is to good. $4.50(0.*; ewes. K,c less; year men killed and 1800 prisoners a n l 1,000,- close o f the Bowdoin College year, it his right leg. and 10 other Mongolians lings, best. $5(55.25; fa ir to good. $4.50} 000 cartridges captured by the ,»ro- was announced at chapel by President nro in cells at the Harrison street eta* tion. Hyde. visioaal government forces at Rama. («4.75; lambs. $6^56.25. Develop Lim estone Q u a r r y . Roseburg The b ig limestone and cement deposits a few miles south o f this city are to be developed next year. A plant w ill be placed on the prop erty soon, with a capacity o f 100 bar rels per day. The b ig cement plant o f the company is being located near Portland and w ill have a capacity o f 1500 barrels per day. M ost o f the ma terial for its operation w ill be shipped from the Roseburg quarries.