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Washington County News I m Med H mc h W e d T O R E ST G R O V E ........... OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK lo a Condensed Form for Oar Busy Readers. A Resume o f the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events o f the Past Week. Kalieff, the assassin of Grand Duke Sergios, has been condemned to death. Troops fired on railroad strikers in an Italian town, killing and wounding many. The question of broken neutrality by the Russians has aroused keen interest in Japan. Contracts have been (dosed for build ing an immense steel m ill in China. The work w ill cost close to $3,000,000. Portland is now officially recognized as the leading wheat exporting city of the United States. The department of Commerce and Labor accords Portland first place. W IL L USE HIS T O R P E D O FLEET. T o g o Will Not Risk His Big Vessels Against the Russians. London, April 19.— Baron Hayasbi, the Japanese minister to Great Britain, expressed the opinion to the Associated Press today that Admiral Togo would not give battle to Admiral Rojestven- sky with his entire squadron, but would continue the cautious tactics which has characterized his attacks on the Port Arthur squadron, not because he feared defeat, but owing to bis de sire to inflict the greatest amount of damage on the Russians with the least possible loss to himself. W hile confident of his ability to ac complish the total destruction of the Russian squadron in a big battle, there is danger of Togo losing one dr two of his big ships. Therefore, Baron Hay- ashi believes, Togo will employ his torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroy ers, which number more than 100 and are vastly superior to the Russian tor pedo boat flotilla, in harassing the Rus sians while gradually picking off the Russian warships. He said the coasts of Japan, Corea and Formosa lend themselves to night work with torpedo boats, while the narrow channels will make the maneu vering of large war ships difficult and dangerous. CRUSHED TO DEATH Four Boys Killed and Many In- lured by Alarm of Fire. AFTER FREE THEATER TICKETS Hundreds Were Waiting at Indianap olis Masonic Temple When Panic Started. Indianapolis, Ind., April 18.— Fren zied by a false alarm of tire, several hundred eager newsboys, struggling to obtain their share of free tickets to a local theater, which were being dis tributed by a traveling representative of a patent medicine company, stam peded in a narrow stairway in the Ma sonic Temple tonight, crushing the life out of four boys and seriously injuiing several others. Long before the time approached for the distribution of the tickets, the stairs of the Masonic Temple, at the southwest corner of Washington street and Capitol avenue, were crowded with a pushing, yellin g'crow d of newsbovs, each anxious to be first to receive his pass. When the distribution began, the excitement became more intense, and the efforte of several policemen who had been detailed to prevent trouble were unavailing. It is alleged that one of the boys, in the endeavor to hasten the exit of those who had received their passes, shouted “ F ire !” Immediately those at the top faced about and aimost with super human strength began to force their way to the bottom of the stairs. Shrieks and physical encounters fol lowed for a few seconds, when from some cause those near the top fell head long on the struggling mass at the bot tom. Immediately policemen from the central station, who responded to a riot call, began the work of rescue. Four of the boys were dead when ex tricated from their position at the bot tom of the stairs. Others, believed to have been fatally crushed, were taken out as fast as they could be disen tangled from their freni ied compan ions, who fought and clung to each other in desperation. BREAKS A L L RECORDS. The Japanese government has let contracts for the erection of huge steel plants and other necessary machinery Steamer Minnesota Crosses Pacific in Very Fast Time. for the construction of heavy ordnance. An American firm will do the work. Seattle, A pril 19. — The steamship Northern No women spectators w ill be allowed Minnesota, of the Great at the third trial of Nan Patterson. Steamship company’s Seattle-Oriental The Chicago teamsters’ strike against fleet, and the largest freighter carrier Montgomery, Ward & Co. seems to he afloat, reached port last night, on her losing headway. Riots continue, how return voyage from the Orient, having ever. broken all trans-Paciiic records on her A young man of Muncie, Indiana, trip across. The Minnesota’s time from has been fined $25 and costs for having cigarette papers in his possession. This Yokohama was 13 days, 21 hours and five minutes. is the first penalty assessed in Indiana Among her passengers were a number since the anti-cigarette law became of Russian officers and their wives be effective. ing sent home on parole from Shang Nevada state health officers report hai, whither they were taken at the conditions improving at Tonopali, the time of the capture of Port Arthur. new mining camp. There were also a number of American The senate committee on interstate army officers coming from Manila, commerce has commenced its hearings either on leave or under orders to re port at Washington, D. C. Altogether on railway legislation. the Minnesota brought 192 passengers, Commissioner Garfield is holding 47 of whom were first-class, and a night sessions examining into Standard little more than 7,000 tons of general Oil methods in Kansas. freight, of which hemp formed the John A. Benson w ill have to stand bulk. trial in Washington on land fraud M U S T HAVE T R IB A L TIES. charges, the United States supreme court having denied his right to be tried in California. What Indian Children Can Have Share in Lands. Chicago teamsters' symnathizers have mobbed the negro drivers for Mont Washington, April 19.— Indian Com gomery, Ward & Co., and other dis missioner Leupp today promulgated turbances are daily occurring in con the order defining what children of nection with the strike. Indian parentage are entitled to share The supreme court of the United States has decided the case involving in lands and annuities of various the removal of George W . Beavers from Western tribes. Under his instructions Brooklyn to Washington against Bea all children whose parents are both In vers, holding him subject t i removal. dians may share in these benefits, as may all children whose mothers mar The preliminary legal battle is on at ried white men, provided the mother Portland in connection with the land is still a recognized member of the fraud cases. Hermann, Mitchell, W il- tribes and atliliates with its members. ilamson and the smaller offenders are Whenever an Indian woman, after all in attendance! at Judge Bellinger’s marriage to a white man, has with court. The best legal talent of the drawn and is no longer identified with state is arrayed against Prosecutor her tribe, her children are not entitled Heney and they w ill be augmented to lands or annuities allowed that tribe. later by some of the best lawyers of the nation. N E U T R A L I T Y IN PHILIPPIN E S. Chicago will own the city’s car lines within three months. Admiral Train is Having All Waters Carnegie w ill soon distribute $12,- Well Patrolled. 500,000 among 50 colleges in 17 states. Manila, April 19.— Admiral Train, Minturn, a small Colorado mining determined to maintain the neutrality town, has l>een practically wiped out of the Philippine waters, w ill immed by fire. iately dispatch additional vessels to Bids have just !>een opened by the patrol the Basilan straits, as a result Navy department for the construction of the reports that both Russian and of three cruisers. Japanese vessels have been sighted Indiana’ s anti-cigarette law is in there. Saturday the United States force and a cigarette cannot be pur gunboat ljuiros was sent fo inspect six chased in the state. Russian colliers which are reported to Further violence on the part of the lie lying in the gulf of Lingayen. A strikers has ended ]>eace conferences on gunboat is also scouting for Japanese vessels. the Chicago teamsters' strike. A report. has reached here that Id The revivalists who have just left Japanese cruisers have been sighted off Portland and gone to Seattle say the Sampalok point. The cruisers are said latter,city is the purer of the two. to be scouting in force for stray scouts, Russia accuses British ships of spy ships and colliers of the Russian fleet. ing on the movements of the Baltic fleet and reporting to the Japansee. Judge Upholds the Law. Denver, April 19.— Judge N. Walter Omaha retailers have had the price of l>eef raised on them. They are now Dixon, in the District court tislaj, up paying $15 to $20 more per carcass held the constitutionality of the law of 1S97 relating to building and loan than they were two weeks ago. associations, under which President K. The Russian army is retreating to M. Johnson and other officers of the Kirin. defunct Fidelity Savings association A m iller of Chicago lieef trust wit have lieen indicted on charges of mak The law was at nesses have fled to Canada and their ing false reports. wives have been summoned before the tacked by Johnson’ s attorneys on the ground that the legislative records con grand jury to tell what they know. cerning its passage were incomplete, a Another earthquake in India has leaf apparently having been torn from wrecked two towns. the journal of the house. The Russian fleet has changed its Fitly Boys Were Injured. course and gone eastward to coal. Indianapolis, April 19.— No deaths Bloody disturbances are expected have Wen added to the list of four boys throughout Russia on May day. that lost their lives in the crush of The Winnebago Indians, in Nebras newsboys in the stairway of the Ma ka, have protested to Washington, sonic building last night, eager to ob claiming to have been robbed of their tain free theater tickets for a perform ance at the theater. The revised list ands by agents. of the injured shows that no fewer The cxar has announced his inten than 50 were more or less injured. Of tion of revising the land laws in order this number, fully 25 were seriously to quiet the |>eaaanta. crushed and the death list may be in A commission has lieen appointed to creased. Death Rate is Decreasing, Chicago, April 18.— In closing his 10 years of service a» commissioner of health for the city of Chicago, Dr. Arthur R. Reynolds presents in his annual te|Hirt significant data showing the decrease of the death rate in the city. During the 10 years from 1885 to 1894, inclusive, the yearly average of death rate was 20.02 in every 1.000 of population. During the succeeding 10 years the rate decreased to 15.1 in every 1,000 of population. decide the dispute on international Fifty Hurt in Strike Riot. rivers. The waterways in question are Wheeling, W . Va., April 19.— Fifty the Rio Grande ami Colorado on the south and the Milk river on the north. men were hurt in a tight between 90 nonunion men from Pittsburg and 150 Whitaker m ill. The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone strikers from the company w ill s|>end $500,000 on new Clnl*s, stones, knives and pistols were lines in Utah, Idaho, Montana and used, but the nonunion men finally scored in getting into the m ill. Wyoming in *1006. American Missionary Slain. Shanghai, April 18.— A native Chris tian who has arrived here reports that a band of Chunchuses have murdered an American missionary named Ken nedy at Kuhongnsien, near Hangvhau. He could give no particulars of the al leged crime. C A N N O T L IM IT HOURS. Supreme Court Declares New York Bakers’ Law Unconstitutional. Washington, April 18.— In an opin ion by Justice Beckham, the Supreme court of the United States held to be unconstitutional the New York state law making ten hours a day’s work and 90 hours a week’ s work in bakeries in that state. Justices Harlan, W hite, Day and Holmes dissented and Justice Harlan declared that no more import ant decision had been rendered in the last century. The opinion was handed down in the case of Lockner vs. the state of New York, and was based on the ground that the law interferes with the free exercise of the rights of contract be tween individuals. The court of Ap peals of the state upheld the law and affirmed the judgment of the trial court, holding Lockner guilty. The law involved in the case is sec tion 110 of the New Y'ork state labor law, prescribing the hours of labor in bakeries in the state. I-ockner is a baker in the city of Utica and was found guilty of permitting an employe to work in his bakery more than 80 hours in a week, and fined $50. The judgment was affirmed by the New York Appellate courts. Senator Thurston is Retained. Sioux City, la., A pril 18.— John M. Thurston, ex-l'nited States senator from Nebraska, has been retained to press claims for indemnity on account of th'e massacre of several Americans by Yaqtii Indians in Sonora, Mex., January 19. The claims w ill aggre gate $450,000, $100,000 each for the four men killed, J. K. McKenzie and Dr. Robert McCoy, of Chicago; Walter Stubinger, of Kewanee, 111., and M. H. Call, of Sioux City, and $25,000 each for the terrible experience of the two survivors. Hoodoo Boat May Be Accepted. Washington, A pril 18.— The report of the naval Isiard which conducted the recent trial of the Goldsborough in Puget sound has l>een received at the Navy department. In substance it shows that although the speed is not altogether satisfactory, due probably to the natural deterioration of the ma chinery since its installation, about five years ago, the vessel is structurally sound and otherwise in good condition. The disposition of the naval authorities is to accept her. S H O N T S IS T O BE CHIEF. Secretary Taft Says He Will Work With Panama Commission. New Y'ork, April 18. — Secretary of War Taft, who is here to attend the annual meeting of the directors of the Panama railroad company in this city tomorrow, had this to say tonight on the affairs of the railroad company: ‘ ‘The meeting w ill result in a com plete reorganization of the company. The government is now in control of the stock. It is absolutely essential for the United States to control the affairs of the company in the work of constructing the canal. W e desire the affairs of the road conducted in har mony with the commission which w ill have charge of the general construction work, “ With this end in view, the directors of the Panama railroad company at the meeting w ill elect Theodore P. Shonts, the new chairman of the Pana ma canal commission, president of the Panama railroad company. “ W ith Mr. Shonts at the head of the company it is certain that its affairs w ill he conducted most satisfactorily. His experience as a practical railroad man w ill enable him to operate the railroad just us the Panama canal com mission may desire while the work of the construction is in progress. The entire official hoard of the company w ill be comprised of either members of the commission or men who are inter ested in the work of constructing the canal. “ By otficial board I mean the officers and directors of the company. “ W e expect to have this road in readiness at the time the work of the canal construction begins and managed in a manner so as to facilitate this great work.” OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST S T R IK E IN 1 HE MONUMENTAL. D E B TO R S M U S T GIVE UP HALF. New Discovery Made in a Well Known After May 18 One-Half Their Wages May Be Taken by Creditors. Old Mine. Salem— Oregon merchants will have Granite— A strike has just been made in the old Monumental mine, near a good remedy against many of their here.that bids fair to cause no little ex bad debtors after May 18, when the citement and prove of great value to act of the last legislature regarding the the mining interests of Eastern Ore exemption of wages from execution will gon. It was made in a winze being go into effect. This act amends the sunk from the lower level of the mine. law by making one-half the earnings of The winze is now down 100 feet and for the debtor subject to execution proceed some time Manager Allen has had a ings if the debt be for family expenses. crew drifting from the bottom. The new discovery Bhows a vein 20 feet Prior to 1903 all the earnings of a debt wide. On the hanging-wall side of the or for 30 days next preceding the serv ledge is two feet of solid quartz, heav ice of an attachment, execution or garn ily charged with antimonial ruby sil ishment were exempt if the earnings ver, characteristic of the deposits of silver ore formerly found in this olu were needed for the support of a fam mine, while on the opposite side of the ily. Under that law men with consid vein is a strong seam of gold ore carry erable monthly incomes would escape ing three ounces ef gold per ton. The the payment of their debts. The legis silver ore runs not less than 500 ounces lature of 1903 amended the law by lim per ton. Between these two rich iting the amount of earnings exempt to shoots the entire vein is of a good m ill $75, but leaving the law otherwise the ing grade. This discovery was made same. As there are comparatively few at a depth of about 900 feet below the men working for wages who receive over $75 a month, this law still enabled apex of the Monumental ledge. For the past four years the property men to avoid debts which they should has lieen owned by the Portland Min be compelled to pay, and the legisla ing A Reduction company, of which C. ture of 1905 amended the section still further by adding this clause: “ Flx- J. Allen, of Portland, is manager. cept when the debt is incurred for fam ily expenses furnished within six Logging Engine for Curtiss Road months of the date of the service of Albany— An immense logging engine such attachment, execution or garnish for use on the new logging road of the ment, 50 per cent of such earnings Curtis Lumber company, in the Cas shall be subject to such attachment, cade mountains near M ill City, has ar execution or garnishment.” rived in Albany, and w ill be put in As construed by the courts, the term operation on the road this spring. The R U M O R S W I T H O U T REAL .NEWS. engine comes from the Lima Locomo “ family expenses” includes such items as( provisions, fuel, rent, furniture, tive works, in Ohio, and is the first of Correspondents Guess at Many Things its size and kind to be put into use in wearing apparel, pianos, organs, jew the lumber business in Oregon. It is elry, medical attendance, etc. Beyond Their Vision. of a type calculated to do very heavy, London, April 18. — There is as yet Oregon Days at the Fair. no news of a great naval battle in the rather than speedy, work, and marks Portland— Oregon days, as set apart Far East, or of the whereabouts of the the beginning of a new epoch in the by the Lewis and Clark fair manage rival fleets. The Hongkong corres lumbering industry in Linn county. ment are as follows: June 5, Monday pondent of the Daily Mail sends a ru — Salem, Dallas; June 9, Tuesday— Will Have Special Car. mor of a small engagement, but there Independence — The Independence Baker City, Sumpter; June 7, Wednes is no confirmation of this report. Details regarding the Russian ships Improvement league is making arrange day— Pendleton, Heppner; June 8, in Kanrah bay, Cochin China, are too ments for a special car to take its mem Thursday — The Dalles, Prineville, meagre to lie* instructive. According bers to Portland to attend the State Moro; June 9, Friday— Oregon City, to the Daily M ail’ s Singapore corres league convention A pril 2»i. The Lew M cM innville; June 10, Saturday — pondent1, the North German Lloyd is and Clark club w ill he asked to dec Astoria, Hillsboro; June 12, Monday— steamer Prinz Heinrich saw several orate the car, and the “ Blue Ribbon” Albany, Corvallis; June 13, Tuesday— battleships and six cruisers in the bay, county w ill be well represented by en LaGrande, Union; June 14, Wednes but the dispatches to other newspapers thusiastic members of the league. The day— Ashland, Medford, Jacksonville; are not so precise. The Daily Tele league is taking up the matter of beau June 15, Thursday— Grants Pass; June graph’s Singapore corresjiondent, like tifying the town, and a large commit 19, Friday — Roseburg; June 17, Sat the Associated Press, merely reports tee of both ladies and gentlemen w ill urday— Eugene, Cottage Grove. “ eighteen vessels,” and adds that the be appointed to look after this work. captain of the Prinz Heinrich states Specialty o f Fine Chickens. that possibly more warships were in Rogue River Fruit Unharmed. Milton— W . C. Hopson, manager of side the harbor, but that they were in Medford— The recent light frosts in the Milton Fruitgrowers’ union, is rais visible from the offing. the Rogue river valley have done com ing chickens on a large scale on his The presence of the Russian squad paratively no harm; in fact, have been farm four miles up on the W alla ron off the Annam coast is raising keen a benefit by thinning out the fruit Walla river. He has four large incu ’interest here, in view ot the possibil somewhat on overloaded trees, and the bators and four brooders. Mr. Hopson ity of their infringing Chinese neutral best apple and pear crop ever raised in is making a specialty of raising fine ity and of the likelihood of Rojestven- the valley is now practically assured. chickens, keeping several varieties of sky having had to split his squadron. W ith the exception of some apple or pure bred fowls. At present he is The Morning Post’s correspondent at chards which were allowed to overbear hatching Rhode Island Reds and is Shanghai telegiaphs that China has in last year, and in consequence which marketing the tiny chickens at $3 per structed the governor of the southern could not set fruit buds for the present dozen, with a ready market for all he provinces to maintain strict neutrality season, the fruit bloom was nerer bet hatches. A number of other residents in view of the possibility of Russian ter locally than now. of the vicinity of both Milton and ships sheltering there. Freewater are purchasing incubators and engaging in tiie poultry business. Heading O f f the Standard Oil. W H E E LS B L O C K E D IN IT A L Y . Railway Striae May Extend to Other Forms ot Industry. Rome, April 18.— Every railway line throughout Italy is tied up this morn ing as a result of the strike among the employes, who are dissatisfied with wages and hours of labor. The strike is expected to spread to all of the large industries in the several cities, and lie- fore it is ended bloodshed is likely to result. The strike started in Naples, and a few minutes afterward the heads of lalior unions wired to every suliordinate organization telling them to notify their members to stop work at midnight. The order was literally obeyed and not a wheel is turning this morning, al though the officials of the roads allege they w ill have them in operation lie- fore the end of the day. A ll the station clerks and office em ployes have lieen ordered to report to the station masters to aid in moving trains. Opened by the President. New Y’ork, April 18. — With Presi dent Roosevelt as the chief guest and leading educators from all sections of the United States among the s|>eakers, the next general sesson of the National Educational association, which w ill be held in Asbury Park, and Ocean Grove, N. J., next July, promises to lie the most notable in the association’s his tory. The meetings w ill begin Mon day, July 3, and continue five days. An elaborate program has lieen completed. President Roosevelt w ill deliver the principal address of the meeting. Tunnel Secure from Strikers. Chicago, April 18.— Labor leaders w ill hold a conference tomorrow w ith Mayor Edward F. Dunne, who said to night that he had hopes of an early set tlement of the teamsters’ strike against Montgomery, Ward A Co. The eOal teamsters today decided to refuse to haul coal to the Montgomery Ward building. It is learned tonight that the Chiacgo Tunnel company is rushing work on a connection with Montgomery Ward A Co.’s basement. Grand Trunk Station Burned. Durand, Mich., April 18. — Fire to night destroyed the Grand Trunk union station here, in which are located the general offices of the road division west of Port Huron. The hnilding was new and was valued at $125,000. Astoria— The city attorney has been instructed by the public property com mittee to prepare an ordinance for in troduction at the next meeting of the council forbidding the storage of crude oil or other explosives in larger quanti ties than 100 gallons at any one place inside the city limits. The reason for presenting this ordinance is the an nounced intention of the Standard Oil company to erect a large storage tank on its property near the foot of Sixth street Arranging Clackamas' School Display Oregon City— Having been assured by a member of the executive committee of the Clackamas county Lewis and Clark exhibit that the necessary funds for installing the educational exhibit w ill be forthcoming, the members of the educational committee in this county met at the courthouse to ar range and classify this department of the Clackamas county display. This feature of the exhibit w ill comprise all kinds of papers and drawings, together with some mannel work, and w ill be New Opera House for Silverton. to the credit of the schools. Silverton — Work lias begun on the foundation of the new opera house. Cancel Deeds if Fraudulent. The building w ill occupy a half block, Salem— In reply to questions sub and w ill be 219x140 feet and two stories high. The opera house will mitted by Governor Chamberlain, At be on the lower fioor, and will be 90x90 torney General Crawford has rendered feet. On the second floor w ill be a an opinion holding in substance that dance hall 90 feet square and two lodge the state land Isiard has authority to rooms. Besides the opera house there cancel all deeds and certificates to w ill be three stores on the lower floor. school lands wherein fraud ap;>ears on The building w ill be readv for use bv record, but that it is not within the power of the hoard to take arbitrary ac July 1. tion in the matter. In other words, fraud must be alleged and proven be Fish Cannot Get Over Dam. Pendleton — Complaints are coming fore the board has authority to cancel certificates of sales. from residents on the Walla Walla river that trout are unable to get over Wasco Land Brings $45. the Northwestern Gas >V Electric com The Italics — One of the best land pany’ s dam across the river and that above the dam there is very little fish sales ever made in Wasco county has It was the sale of ing. The dam is seven feet high and just been closed. is not fitted with fish ladders. Those 725 acres of wheat land adjacent to the who have visited that locality say that' town of Dufnr, which brought the fish are constantly seen leaping in their 'owner, A. J. Dufur, $33,925, or $45 an acre. The purchasers were John endeavor to scale the obstruction. ston Bros., the well known merchants and land owners of Dnfur. It is all Gives Roseburg a Chance. fine wheat land, and last year 49 bnsh- Eugene— The local directors have de els of wheat to the acre were harvested cided that the Second Southern Oregon off the entire tract. District fair shall not be held in Eu gene this year and Roseburg has been PO R TLAN D MARKETS. given the privilege of giving it there. It was thought that the interest taken heat— Club, 89(*87c per bushel; in the I-ewis and Clark exposition by bluestem, 92@94c; valley, 88o. F'ugene people would detract from the Oats— No. 1 white, $28(929 per ton; success of a district fair, so the matter ¡gray, $27<?28. of holding it here this year was given H a v — Timothy, $14@19 per ton; up. clover, $11 @12; grain, $11(312; cheat, $ 11012 . Orange Boxes for California. F-ggs— Oregon ranrh, 18 V per doxen Marshfield— General Manager Yala- Rutter— Fancy creamery, 18020c. gin. of the Coos Bay Furniture factory Potatoes — Oregon fancy, $1(11.16; at North Bend, announces that he h«s common, 80@90e. made a contract with Southern Cali Apples— Fancy, $1.75@2.50 per box; fornia shippers to manufacture 3,000,- choice, $1(31.25. 000 orange boxes, and that his factory Hops — Choice 1904, 23 \ @25c per w ill be kept running night and day for pound. a year. He is installing this week his Wool — Valley, 20@22c per pound; own sawmill, which w ill cut 50,000 Eastern Oregon, 15 @ 18c; mohair, eet of spruce lumber daily. choice, 31@32c per pound.