Washington County News Issued Each Week HUMAN BODY IS A BATTERY. GRABBING UP OIL LAND. Federal Authorities Take Cognizance o f Action o f Standard Oil. Telephone 1$ Operated by Current Given Out By the Stomach. TWO TRAINS Mill San Francisco, Nov. 13. Before a San Francisco, Nov. 14.— The Call number of medical men and scientists Im m ln e a n f T r a |n i n. ! today says: It became known in Fed­ t o d a y , Mrs. Albert J . Atkins and E. J. I ™ « ™ ! ! II d in in UlSaS* eral circle« yesterday that recent loca­ Lewis succeeded in charging an elec­ STRIKE A RICH VEIN. SUGAR OUTPUT IS LARGE. tion« of land in Kern county by agents trical circut with human electricity to [>f the Standard Oil company have been Large and Well-Defined Ledge Discov- La Grande Factory W ill Turn Out Over such a degree that external sound ered at Cottage Grove. | 50,000 Sacks. waves were transmitted and heard | made the subject of investigation by Cottage Grove— A flattering find Is \ La Grande— The new track o f the through an ordinary telephone re­ reported from the Bohemia mining dig- Central Railway has reached the Hunt ceiver. The experiment consisted of trict. It was made recently in the grade opposite Cone, and a spur for the application of two platinum elec­ land was taken up by the petroleum combine, ostensibly for the gypsum de­ claim known as the Big Maud, owned by loading beets has been put in. This trodes to the walls of the living stom­ W ere Nearly All Fugitives from ach. By means o f copper wires the A Resume o f the Less Important but posits, but in reality for oil purposes. Colonel W. H. Blair. The ore is said reduces the hauling distance from the sia — Survivors Lose Baggag# Not Less Interesting Events to be high-grade and the ledge is large Cone beet fields materially, as the end electrodes were connected with tele- That the character of the land had been and Other Possessions. o f the Past Week. and well defined. The usual degree o f o f the track is now about three miles phone and microphone, a sensitive carefully studied is shown by the fact activity prevails throughout the camp, and a half from the farms. Most of instrument, which greatly intensifies that a flowing oil well has already been and good results are in evidence. The the Cone beetB remain to be delivered sound. President Roosevelt has nearly developed. Chicago, Nov. 13.— More than There was absolutely no mechanical Oregon Securities and Vesuvius are in and the harvest in that locality has reached Panama. The inquiry is being made through full operation, employing large forces been postponed as long as possible, or chemical battery in the circuit, ydt the passengers on an immigrant Witte has returned to Russia and Superin- the moment the electrodes were swal­ on the Baltimore & Ohio Tailroad the office of United States Attorney of men. The annual assessment work awaiting railroad facilities. w ill visit the czar. for this year is nearly completed on the tendent Barnwell says that ten days or Devlin, of San Francisco.« Federal large number of claims held by private two weeks will be required to get ail lowed sufficiently to touch the walls killed or injured In a collision t Attorney General Moody has ordered o f the stomach, human electricity between the passenger train agents have been at work for several parties. the beets to the factory. a rigid enforcement of the eight-hour Activity in the lumbering business is The factory has been running most flowed over the wires, rendering freight near W oodville, Ind. One weeks in Kern county. From their law. preliminary reports it is beileved that constantly on the increase, notwith- satisfactorily, without a hitch or halt, sounds audible. The electric charge dred and sixty-five passengers wef It is probable a force of 1,000 ma­ the manner in w hich the land was se­ standing the operators are unable to from the time the season opened. In measured from seven to eight milli­ the train, and o f these 47 were G rines w ill be kept in Cuba for some cured w ill warrant indictments on the move their products. The car shortage addition to the fine output of beets, the volts on a Weston galvanometer. killed outright or were burne is seriously felt by the 18 mills in this sugar percenage is higher this year tim e. part of the Federal grand jury. Colonel E. P. Rochardson, the sub­ death In the fire which broke o ' locality. One company alone has about than ever before. It is estimated that The information secured by these 100 carloads on the docks, and is simply the sugar output this season will be ject o f the experiment, swallowed the the wreckage immediately after Philadelphia Jews w ill honor the late John Hay by placing a memorial agents w ill be placed in the hands of unable to secure cars. This is the case, between 50,000 and 60,000 sacks, or electrodes and succeeded in retaining collision. The names of all the United States Attorney Robert T. Dev­ however, with all the mills. The lum- from 250 lo 300 cars, w indow in their synagogue. them for a considerable time. After will probably never be known lin, w ho in turn w ill forward it to bermea are advocating the enactment The factory will probably run four The Chicago city attorney accuses the a brief rest, he was given a drink of o f the bodies were consumed In) of a law making it a penalty for a rail- weeks longer, Washington to the attorney general. Pullman company uf bribing judges, whisky and on again connecting the flames, or were so badly burned road company when it fails to furnish congressmen and other officials. cars within a specified time after the j electrodes with the interior lining of identification is Impossible. T’J They contend th a t: H AY SHORTAGE ON COOS BAY. his stomach 'the galvanometer regis­ eight people were injured, and A desperate battle w ith knives lie- SELL NO MORE ALASKA CO AL. order is placed. they are not dealt with fairly in the ------- tween soldiers at Cheyenne to settle an o f these will die. Eighty other1 tered 15 milli-volts. matter, as the railroad company im- Fanners Do Not Produce Enough to old fued placed five men in the hospital. Government S tops Sale Pending A c­ caped unhurt, but lost nearly all Drs. Atkins and Lewis claim that poses a demurrage of $1 a day when a | Supply Local Market, tion on Leasing Bill, car is not loaded within 48 hours after i . , . ., by this experiment they have demon­ baggage and clothing. The fortieth annual session of the The disaster was caused by a Washington, Nov. 14.— The secretary the time it is spotted. The railroad1 N °r‘ h Bend— Bringing hay from the strated the law of action of the human National Grunge, held at Denver, de­ clared for parcels post and national of the interior today issued a general company, on the other hand, takes its Willamette Valley to North Bend and senses. They reason that. If sound Is der o f som e employe of the raiP own time and pleasure to furnish cars. Marshfield is something like carrying transmitted over a copper wire when company, but just where the gissl roads. order withdrawing from entry all pub­ With about $250,000 worth of lumber coajg Newcastle, yet nearly every it is charged with human electricity, lies has not been determined The passenger train, which A desperate negro at Asheville, N. lic coal lands in Alaska. How much cut and ready to move, the lumbermen . . . . . . . - frora Porlan ; alfalfa, $il.o0; A small powder magazine HO miles ator at Stimuli indicates that green through with the work of collecting R™1 .... uaj, „ . jjo . vv . South Africa will gather to aid Fer- fatal results in 8"ch an attemp As the charred ehinook salmon spawn at our different ve—c . aF> $ ‘ @ -50. from Chicago exploited, breaking win lights were displayed. Fruits— Apples, common to choice, 25 re*ra' an(L if the latter can arm and Herzstein, accompanied y ■ , tributarv «o — -r .u euu.ee, ’ _ j , ■ "¡p -■ “ * a,,u ; returned returned to to San San' Francisco, Franciseo, ai- al hotlies are taken from the wreck they hatcheries tributary to the Columbia Colui - e — > - - - . . AT“ . dows three miles distant. >,Pr boX; fanc?> 75c@ ernment »dli i n h™, htm' ' he g o v -1 o returned E war hero) reeeived the are living lulieled and sent to the under­ River, and from reports received f saving to the San gallant Four men were killed end the found­ takers. been abandoned. 5c@$1.25; cranberries, $10@10.50 per ation laid (or a lasting feud in Ken­ No- e88*0taken- barrel; Quinces, $1@1.25 per box; per- tucky ovar the recent election. M ore Peonage Indictments. Salmon River hatchery............. 8<5,000 silmmln«;$1.50 per box. 1 Dissolve the Trust. ' Vegetables— Cabbage, l i @ l j e pound; A ll British employe« on the Panama ' Mobile, Ala., Nov. 14.— Another in­ McKenzie River hatchery "t“ ' W ashington, Nov. 13.—While Quite Equal to Situation. tio" .......................................... O,9i0,000 cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75 canal will have a holiday to celebrate dictment charging conspiracy to ami thoritatlve statement could be , London, Nov. 13.— Sir Thomas Ful­ ed in regard to the matter, tt mit peonage was returned last night Wallowa River hatchery.......... .. ? qo 'nno ^ 85c p<’ r llozenI eFR PIant' $L50 per the hi..Inlay of King Edward, ler, agent general for Cape Colony In by the United States grand jury at Pen- Ontario salmon hatchery.......... 2,130,000 crBte; lettuce, head, 20c per dozen; T O M / I , 1 » , A Ü n _ ______ « good reason to believe that tn * A whale ship 1 as discovered an Es­ attaches no importance to the e r n m e n ? Z decided to fn-tl. _ . . ¡T vT n oo U"'0“ *. 10@12Je per dozen; bell pep- London, sisMla, Fla., against W. S. Harlan, Ferreira raid. He believe. ernment aecineu <•« errelra Tald. He believes the object eeedings nas kim o hand on Prince Edward island Total............................ *........... 9,5.1,000 5p. pIlmpkins, l$e per pound; spin- against the Stands manager of the Jackson Lumber com ­ to be robbery and plunder and says Company under the Sherman w ho bad never seen a white man. ---------------- j ach, 4@ 5c per pound; tomatoes, 30@50c pany, of Isick|*>rt, Ala. ; Robert Galla­ the country where Ferreira and his trust act with a view of obtain, A crazy Chilean who tried to gxin gher Woods, foreman of the com pany; Delegates Appointed by Governor. Ppr b ox i P * " Ip-v - 10@ 15 p L,B qu“ h> 1}c _ , _ , . . . por pound; turnips, 90c@ $l per sack; nun are operating Is sparsely popu­ order o f the court dissolving admission to the White House some Oscar Sanders, an interpreter, and John Salem— Governor Chamberlain has ™rrots, 90c