Washington County News TORRENT FLO O D S SUBW AY. Electric Current Short-Circuited and Traffic Stopped for Hours. Ummma B a ch W ea k LAND FRAUD TRIALS CALIFORNIA LAND FRAUDS. Heney Says They are Worse Than Those of Oregon, New York, June 13.— A break in the San Francisco, June 12. — Grave 48-inch high-pressure water main in charges have been made against the Park avenue, near Forty-second street, officials of the state land office by HARVEST O U T L O O K BRIGHT. HIGH PRICE FOR W OOL. today resulted in the flooding of the Francis J. Heney. The government attorney has reported to Washington Mdlion and a Half Pounds Go Under Little Grain in Clackamas Injured by block just below the Grand Central that conditions in California are even Continued Showers. station, the street-car tunnel and the Sealed Bids at Shaniko. worse than those in Oregon, in connec Hubway, the stoppage of traffic in the Oregon City — Damage to fall grain, Shaniko— The highest price paid for tion with which United States Senator Hubway for many hours, serious dam Mitchell and Representative Hermann w >ol in Eastern Oregon in 25 years was which in localities has b«?en felled to age to the underground road and great were indicted by a Federal grand jury paid to the growers of this section of the ground, has result«*! from the con tinuous showers of the last week. He has made accusations against men danger to many passengers. The dam District Attorney Heney Contends the in state offices, asserting that they have the state at the public auction sales George I.aZelle, a farmer from New A Resume of the Less Important but age is estimated at $100,000. Inci here last week. The sales were con Era, reports that the rains have low been in league with the speculators, Document Is Valid—Court Takes Not Less Interesting Events ducted on the sealed bids system, and ered to the ground an acre field of his dentally it resulted in the caviDg in of such as John A. Benson and Frederick Matter Under Consideration. prices ranged from 21 to % cents for velvet chaff wheat, which he fears w ill of the Past Week. Park avenue over an area of 20 feet, A. Hyde, who have fraudulently ac Merino wools. One small clip of cross have to be cut for hay. This field was quired vast tracts of the public lands in bred Lincoln wool sold for 2 6 ^ cents. from which ran cracks that meant dan one of the finest pieces of grow ing grain California. ger to adjacent buildings. W’ater was These wools were formerly marketed in the county, the BtalkB having attain Mount Pelee is in eruption. Portland, June 13.— Under fire be “ The trouble lies in the state land at The Dalles, but since the completion ed a height of six feet, and the grain first seen trickling between the paving fore Judge De Haven yesterday morn A smallpox epidemic prevails office itself,” said Mr. Heney. “ The blocks near the entrance to the Park- ing was the indictment accusing John office has been hand in glove with the of the railroad to this point sales have was well headed out. Chile. been conducted here. The prices are Barring further unfavorable weather avenue tunnel, through which the sur H. Mitchell of accepting a fee for serv ring and any pretense of ignorance in Norway will send a special envoy to ices performed while United States regard to the schemes of graft which the highest paid this season at any conditions, the grain crop of Clackamas face cars run. Almost immediately all the powers to ask recognition. senator. Severe in their denunciations have been carried out is absurd. The Eastern Oregon point, and Wasco coun county this year w ill be without pr«*;e- Yellow fever cases continue to be re there came a heavy explosion under of the document which sets forth the ring has received favors from the office ty maintains its reputation as the lead dent with respect to yield, Mr. LaZelle ground, and a moment later the water government case were the attorneys for ever since the last election, and as a re ing wool market in the state. estimating that this field would have ported from the Panama canal zone. The high prices which prevailed at produced between 50 and 60 bushels to the defense. Serene in his denials that Two bombs were found in one of the gushed forth in a cataract, pouring into flaws could be picked in line after line suit two-thirds of the state’s valuable these sales are especially gratifying to the acre. The aphis pest appeared on timber lands have been stolen. The Forty-second street, which was soon public school buildings of Pittsburg. of the government’ s accusations was speculators have been in possession all the growers, by reason of the fact that wheat and oats in some sections, but covered to a depth of several inches. United States District Attorney Heney along of advance information. This their loyalty to the sealed bid system not to the extent but that a few days The quarantine service at Nome has has been rewarded by from 3 to 5 cents of warm weather w ill rid the grain of The rising water in the Subway soon Grave, dignified and attentive, while been abolished, despite the protests of has been especially noticeable in the citizens. made connection between the third rai the attorneys unmasked their legal bat matter of the creation of forest re je r pound increase over prices paid the destructive visitor. Fully teries, was Judge De Haven, the man serves. Two superintendents have con those who contracted earlier. Except unfavorable weather inter The biggest trust company on earth and the outer rails, short-circuitipg the who now has the power to bring the fessed that they were bribed to make three-fourths of the wools grown in the feres with the harvest, the yield of hay is to be organized to handle the Euita- electric current, which was attended by case of the United States againBt Sénat the reserves cover as much vacant state were contracted during the winter in this county this year w ill be a rec ble funds. a series of explosions that endangers or Mitchell to a sudden termination and early in the spring, this section be ord breaker, the stand of grass being school land as possible. This land was ing the only noticeable exception where exceptionally heavy and of fine quailty. Sherbourne, England, has just cele th ejives of those who were in the cars for a time at least, or to cause the triai practically worthless, all the good brated the 1,200th anniversary of its The air was pungent with the smoke of to proceed to its conclusion and conse school land having been taken up. the offers of tempting prices failed to make serious inroads into the clip to be foundation. Some of it lies on the top of crags and burning insulation, and bright flashes quent verdict of guilty or not guilty. A U T O LINE IN VALLEY. marketed. Spectators crowded the courtroom to was useless for any purpose except the Near Warsaw, Russia, 24 Jews have from wheels and rails were continuous Local growers who held are highly hear the attorneys for the defense creation of scrip. But those who filed been killed and 38 others injured in One train got to within a block of a Judge A. S. Bennett, of The Dalles, and on the land for $1.25 an acre could dis elated over the success of the public Connecting Link Established Between riots in the past tew days. Independence and Salem. station and then came to a final stop ex-Senator John M. Thurston, of Ne pose of their holdings for $4.50 an acre sales, while the few who contracted Russia and Japan are considering here are correspondingly sorry that Independence— An automobile line The passengers got out and waded braska, attempt to riddle the indict as soon as they were included in a for choice of envoys and place oi meeting ment which accuses their client, and to est reserve. And they often could do they did not stand by the sealed bid has been put on between Independence through the water to the station. They to conduct peace negotiations. listen to Mr. Heney’ s defense of the even better than that, by taking up plan. The success of this year’s public and Salem. There is a missing link of avoided the third rail and nobody was document. sales firmly establishes the popularity 12 miles between these two points in Frank G. Bigelow, the defaulting lieu lands in the bestpartof the timber and proves the wisdom of the plan. The alleged crime for which the gov belt.” the transportation facilities of the val Milwaukee banker, has been sentenced injured. Gradually the enire service This being the only point in the state ley. For years there has been talk of a to 10 years in the Federal prison. He south of Seventy-second street and to ernment is endeavoring to place Sénat where a large quantity of the choice motor connecting the Southern Pacific is a nervous wreck and has been taken Fourteenth street was shut off, and or Mitchell on trial consists in accept W ILL ASK GUARANTEE. wools would be offered for sale on the lines on the East and West sides. This ing a fee from Frederick A . Kribs for to the prison hospital. later the entire service was discontin expediting claims before the general sealed bid plan, a large number of buy spring the roads have b«*en improved The Pennsylvania road now has a ued. land office while a United States senat Japan Would Bind Russia to a Strict ers were attracted to the sales, and 20 and the automobile brought the solu train running from Chicago to New representatives of the leading wool tion. Observance of Treaty. Finaly, after the flood had continued or. This is contrary to the Federal York in 18 hours, an average of 80 merchants and manufacturers in the statutes. The issue yesterday was the Local capital at Independence and Tokio, June 12. — On the ability of miles an hour. One stretch of three for four and a half hours a foreman for legality of the inJictinent itself, and East and West were present. Salem has had the matter under con the construction company, who has the principal arguments of the defense Russia to offer a sufficient guarantee miles has been made in 85 seconds. sideration. A surprise was sprung when that she w ill live up to any treaty of Attacks on Chicago strikebreakers supervision of the installation of the were that the document was loosely peace arranged hinges Japan’s w illing SU IT BY A SY LU M AUTH ORITIES. a ten-seat hotel bus machine was put on have again caused rioting in the streets. mains in Park avenue pointed out a drawn, that if tried on its indefinite al ness to bring the war to an end. This the run by the Oregon Suburban Auto legations Senator Mitchell might he statement is made on the authority of company. It is understood the Oreogn Germnay is drafting a new commer gate at Third avenue and Forty-second Judge Galloway Sustains Demurrer by again placed in jeopardy, and above all, one of the best known Japanese states City Transportation company is largely cial treaty for submission to the United street which, on being closed, shut off Secretary of State. that the indictment did not even allege men, on condition that his identity be concerned in the movement. States. the torrent. Traffic was not resumed that Mr. Mitchell was a senator at the Salem— Judge Galloway has sustain A regular schedule w ill be announced kept unknown. An automobile in Chicago went until after midnight. time of the commission of the crime ‘Japan wants peace,” he said, “ but ed the demurrer to the writ in the shorty. I t is the purpose to connect as charged. through an open draw, drowning three she w ill not be made a fool of by Rus mandamus proceedings brought by asyl closey as possible with Southern Pacific persons. At the conclusion of the arguments, sia. That nation must agree to keep um employes to compel Secretary of trains at Salem and the motor cars Success of Japanese. Judge De Haven took the matter under State Dunbar to issue a warrant for the here. A ll Europe joins in praise of Roose Tokio, June 13. — The following re consideration, stating that he did not her hands off the Far East for a long salaries. term of years, and her treaty must con amount of their monthly velt over his success in bringing al>out port has been received from the head' Good Sign of Prosperity. know just how long it would require tain some clauses which effectively pre Judge Galloway holds that the Kav law- peace negotiations. Washington— These changes in sal quarters of the Manchurian armies for him to arrive at a conclusion, but clude her resuming hostilities when passed in 1905, does not repeal the act A collision between trolley cars near ‘ June 9, at 4 in the morning, we drove that he would consider both the writ her army and navy are rehabilittated, of 1901 which prohibits the secretary aries of Oregon postmasters have been Princeton, New Jersey, resulted in the Increase— Albany, The ten arguments interposed with the de and such clauses must be of such char from issuing a warrant when no appro announced: the enemy from the northern heights injury of It! persnos. murrer and the oral statements -made acter that they cannot lightly be dis priation is available. Dalles, $2,200 to $2,300; Arlington, of Liangshuchuan and Nanchengtsu in court, handing down his decision at Under Judge Galloway’s decision it Burns, Condon. Elgin, $1,200 to $1,300; regarded. Even at the present time, In the case of the state of Kanass vs. and occupied those positions. On the his earliest opportunity. The court when her navy has been entirely w ill be the duty of the secretary of Athena, Monmouth, Myrtle Point, $1,- the Standard Oil company, the state same day we occupied the vicinities of was then adjourned until this morning wiped off the face of the waters and her state to issue a certificate of allowance 000 to $1,100; Corvallis, $1,800 to $1,- has won the first point. v. Ershihlipa, ten miles northeast of at 10 o ’clock. army has been disrupted and placed on and not a warrant for the amount, of 900; Dallas, Forest Grove, $1,500 to London papers believe that the large Changtu, Shufangtai and Tungchiatzu, In rccordance with $1,600; Independence, $1,300 to $1,- the defensive at all points, we hear the salary roll. money indemnity Japan will ask of ten miles north of Changtu and Ho from our secret agents in St. Petersburg the plan already announced, a notice of 400; Junction City, Lebanon, Milton, RIVAL TO BEEF COMBINE. Russia will break off peace negotia ingtungshan, 13 miles northwest of that the advocates of a war policy urge appeal was given and the question w ill $1,100 to $1,200: Klamath Falls, $1,- tions. Changtu. Otherwise the situation is Farmers of Illinois Ready to Build Big the czar, if he feels that he must sub be presented before the Supreme court 300 to $1,500; La Grande, $2,100 to $2,200; Mount Angel, Woodburn, $1,- scribe to peace terms, to refuse to com as soon as possible. Both Russia and Japan have accepted unchanged.” Packing House. 200 to $1,400; Xewberg, Ontario, $1,- mit Russia to any policy of disarming President Roosevelt’s aid in making 400 to $1,500; Oregon City, $2,000 to Chicago, June 13.— The Farmers’ that would prevent the execution of Smelting Not the Only Plan. peace. Negotiations w ill be carried on Russian Shells Were Worthless. Packing company has been organized ontracts for new warships of all classes Grants Pass— The big customs smelt $2,200; Wasco, $1,100 to $1 300. De in Washington. St. Petersburg, June 13. — The St. for the purpose of competing with the which were made with German and er projected for the Southern Oregon crease— Sumpter, $2,000 to $1,700. The French government has called Petersburg Telegraph agency has re local and other packers. Its capital American firms of shipbuilders. district by Messrs. Fleck, Corliss, W il home its governor of French Indo- Salmon Reach the McKenzie. stock was placed at $1,500,000. The liams, Snowgoose and others is now an ceived a dispatch from its Shanghai the de- China, to confer on plans for Salem— According to reports that organization is composed of livestock assured fact, and construction w ill be correspondent, who asserts that not fense of the colony. SW EDISH ANGER RISING. dealers, retail butchers and farmers. gin this week. Articles of incorpora have been received by Master Fish It is the intention of the company to A test is to be made of the effective only were the Russian ships so short of tion have been filed for the Rogue R iv Warden H. G. Van Dusen, the McKen ness of the defenses at Fort Monroe and shells that they could indulge in only operate in Chicago and it has secured Norway Accused of Ignoring Rights of er Mining, Smelting and Power com zie river is full of salmon, this condi Old Point Comfort, conceded by army three large practices on leaving Libau, an option on ten acres of land and a pany. Smelting is not to be the only tion evidently having been brought Sweden by Her Action. and navy officers to be the chief defense hut that during the battle of the Sea packing plant near the Hawthorne race object of the new company, which ex about by the construction of a good fish Stockholm, June 12.— It is impossi of Japan many projectiles either fell track, which it w ill operate, and ex to Washintgon. pects to put in a huge dam. This, way over the falls at Oregon City. Mr. short or failed to inflict damage on the pects to purchase 300 acres on which to ble to forecast Swedish policy in rela with the 60-foot fall the river has at Van Dusen is inclined to think the re Attorneys in the beef trust inquiry Japanese vessels. A number of muti erect a mammoth plant. tion to the Norwegian rebellion but ports are exaggerated, but he is pleased signs are lacking of any w illing acqui Savage rapids, where the smelter is to with-the outlook and has placed rocks have disagreed. nies occurred during the voyage of the be built, they feel sure, is capable of escence therein. The king, crown Japan’s terms of peace have been Russian squadons, especially on the Not All Plain Sailing Yet. generating at least 45,000 horse power in the river just below Gate creek, and prince and many others, official and hopes to take a large number of salmon battleship Orel. stated to Russia. Paris, June 13.— Opinion in official unofficial, are disposed to regard the for irrigation and power purposes. for hatchery purposes. and diplomatic quarters here is becom acts of Christiania as those of a rebel- Bowen wants to contir.e the Loomis Chinese Slow and Weak. ing rather pessimistic as to the out ious cotiere of politicians which can In 175 Feet on Buckeye, investigation in Venezuela. Golden Chariot and Orleans. Mexcio City, June 3. — Contractors come of the peace movement, owing to not be considered as necessarily repre Sumpter— W. F. Kippen, who holds American troops have killed a band on the Vera Cruz anil Pacific railway the St. Petersburg dispatches showing Sumpter— A prominent mining ex the bond on the Buckeye group, located senting the w ill of the Norwegian peo of 40 reliels in the island of Samar. have decided to exclude Chinamen from the reserved attitude of Russia and the ple. However, it is difficult to see at the head of Little Cracker creek, pert is here this week from Philadel the ranks of their laborers. They activity of the war party. A special how an official protest can be made, reports the lower drift started last sea phia for the purpose of inspecting the The kaiser and czar w ill not recog Golden Chariot and Orleans groups. have experimented with them and find dispatch to the semi-official Temps says since nothing short of a successful war son as l>eing now in 170 feet. He and nize the disunion of Norway and that their work is unsatisfactory. The the influential Russians forming the is likely to restore the situation. In associate, Thomas Kennersly, have not The first named is located near here Sweden. road has 3,000 men at work reballast war element are making a strong rally, all, responsible men hesitate to com decided just where they w ill com and the latter in close proxim iiy to 8enator Fulche, of Planters along being reinforced by protests against mand such a course. That this hesita mence active work on the property. the Golconda. Deadly riots continue throughout the ing and constructing. interior of Russia and hundreds of peo the line of the road who used Chinese peace telegraphed from the field by tion w ill survive the heat of a parlia The rich rock already located is still Pennsylvania, is interested in these help also have been obliged to let them • eneral Linievitch and all the division mentary session may be slightly doubt showing up well, and Mr. Kippen has properties to such an extent as to con ple are being killed. go. W hile the Chinese do not shirk commanders. in his possessoin the little gold brick sider them worthy of investigation, and ful. The business of the Portland post- work or lay off, they are very slow realized from panning only 17 ounces on the result of the expert’s report w ill office for April shows an increase of 35 and have not strength enough for heavy Dying Natural Death. of ore taken a day or two ago from the depend whether he and asosciates w ill Insist Japs Lost Ships. per cent over that of April, 1904. take hold of the mines and develop work. Chicago, June 13. — The teamsters’ St. Petersburg, June 12.— A long dis ledge. them to a producing stage. strike lias come to the stage where it patch from Rear Admiral Reitzenstein Paul Morton, now secretary of the Water Receding Near Keokuk. Promises Road to Tillamook. w ill «lie a natural death unless new to the minister of marine, dated Shang navy has been elected chairman of the Working on Owyhee Survey. Des Moines, la., June 13.— The flood lite is injected into it by the strikers. hai, June fi, gives the official report of Hillbsoro— The board of trade last Equitable Life Assurance society. which has overflowed thousands of During the past 24 hours nothing of the torpedo Imat destroyer Bodri, which week listened to an address by W illiam Vale— Engineer Herbert E. Newell, Admiral Enquist’s report to the czar a'res of flue land in the vicinity of any importance has developer!, neither re«'ently arrived there in tow of a mer Reid, who states that bonds have been of the Reclamation service, now has a on the naval battle says Rojeetveneky’s Keokuk, is slowly recalling, the water side to the controversy having made chant steamer, but adds little to the soli! for the «-onstruction of the railway force of men at work ob the Owyhee, having fallen about two feet since any aggressive move. fleet was defeated in the tirst houi. According to nowledge about the battle of the sea to Tillamook. Mr. Reid asked Hills where preliminary surveys in connec reaching a standstill last night. Dam the employeaa involved in the trouble, of Japan. The officers of the Bodri boro to furnish the right ot way from tion with the propos«*! irrigation proje« t The National Editorial association in age to farmers near Keokuk is esti they have succeeded in getting their and the rescued men on board of her this city to Banks, and Mayor B. P. w ill be made this summer. It is stated its convention at Guthrie, Oklahoma, mated at $300,000, and the losses at business almost back to normal condi reiterate that the Japanese lost two Cornelius w ill appoint a committee of that the government is contemplating adopted resolutions favoring immediate Keokuk, Davenport and other places tions. The teamsters are doing abso battleships, one of which was of the seven to devise ways and means to se the construction of two reserviors, as statehood for the territory. along the river will aggregate hundreds lutely nothing in the strike, not a move Mikasa and the other of the Shikishima cure the necessary deed contracts. Mr. it is claimed there are about 20,000 Swedish and Danish princes have re of thousands more. Riley Smallwood, being made for peace. type, and four cruisers. Reid promises to commence construc acres of valuable government land that fused the Norwegian throne and Nor aged 75, was drowned at Alexandria. cannot be covered by water from the tion soon. way is preparing to establish a repub Harper basin project. Generals Eager to Fight. Great Drydock Launched. lic. Great Britain urges the choosing Sweden Not To Recognize. St. Petersburg, June 13.— Russia's Baltimore, June 12.— The govern Covered by Inheritance Law. of Prince Arthur for king. Ilia sister Stockholm, June 13.— Premier Bamb- generals in command of the forces at ment drydock recently built by the PO R TLAN D Q U O T A T IO N S . Salem— Attorney General Crawford is to marry the crown prince of Sweden. stadt, in an interview, says the Swedish t le front are violently opposed to an Maryland Steel company at Sparrow's holds that a conveyance of real proper Wheat— Club, 84c per bushel; blue- The Kusaian warships at Manila have government will refuse to recognize the ending of the war. General Linievitch, Point, which w ill be towed to Manila, ty made to a man’s children with the revolution in Norway and will submit in supreme command, last night wired was successfully floated today. Miss reservation of possession until his stem, 90<391c; valley, 85<387c. disaimed. Oats— No. 1 white, feed, $30 per ton ; to the riksdag motions conformable to the czar a strong protest, signed by all Kndicott, daughter of Rear Admiral death, ts an atlvani-ement within the The Japanese are said to have cut off this standpoint. The premier thinks of his generals, against peacemaking at Endieott, christened the new vessel meaning of the inheritance tax law and gray, $30. Hay— Timothy, $14(316 per ton; that the riksdag w ill adopt this view the prseent moment. He stated that, “ Dewev.” Vladivostok. The Dewey is the largest that the property is subject to the tax. and is convinced no foreign power w ill after hearing of the opening of negotia floating dock in the world. It w ill lift The opinion was renders«! at the re clover. $11@12; grain, $11(312; cheat, The Michigan flood is subsiding. recognize Norway as an independent tions with Japan for a termination of 25,400 tons and cost $1,125,000. Its quest of the state treasurer in the mat $ 11 ( 312 . F.ggs— Oregon ranch, 18}$<ai9e per A British submarine boat has been country against the w ill of Sweden. hostilities, he called a council of war of c instruction require«! 500 men con ter of the Johanna O’ Brien estate. dozen. lost with 14 lives. all his generals. stantly at work. Butter — Fancy creamery, 17 >4 <3 Packing House Plant Destroyed. In the Norway-Sweden dispute Brit Boring for Artesian Water. 21 l4c per pound. Philadelphia Mint Close*. Fort Worth, Tex., June 13. — What Gasoline Car* the Thing. ain is standing by Norway and Germ Elgin— For several weeks a crew has Strawberries— $1.25(31.50 per crate. is known as the old packing house Philadelphia, June 13.— More than any baezs Sweden. Chicago, June 12.— The management been engage«! in horing an artesian well Apples— Table, 1.50(§2.50 per box. plant in Fort Worth, comprising eight 2th! employes of the United States mint of the Harriman lines has ordered six near Alice). Work is under the super Sweden may not resist the dissolving Potatoes— Oregon fancy, $1.35(31.50; buildings, seven of which were built of were today suspended indefinitely. additional gasoline motor* to be used vision of a contractor from San Fran of union with Norway, but desires an stone and one of brick, and ranging new potatoes, $1.50. The coining department and the melt on their branch lines. The original cisco. The well at this time is a little alliance against Russia. Hops — Choice, 1904, 22^@24c per from one to two stories, was destroyed ing room were clsoed down twanse of motor has prove«l such an eminent sac- over 700 feet in depth and as yet no The plant cost some- a lack of silver bullion. The order cloe- ceee that it has been decide«! to use rock and but little water that w ill flow pound. Chicago teamowners may split on the , by Are today. Wool — Eastern Oregon, best, 19(3 strike question. If they do it will be a 1 thing like $450,000. The insurance is irg these departments came from motor* eventually on all branch line ha# been fonnd, but the work is still 23c; valley, 27^(3 29c; mohair, Washington. great winning for the strikers. $85,000. work. being continued. choice, 31(332t$c per pound. FOREST GROVE..........OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form tor Our Busy Readers. Judge DeHaven Hears Arguments ' In Mitchell Case. ILLEGAL INDICTMENT IS CLAIME 24 J