Washington County Nows Issued Each Week F O R T Y M ILLION B U S H E L S F L A M E S D E V O U R C H E 1 SEA . Oregon, Washirgton and Idaho Make New Hecord fo r Wheat. Beaton Suburq Swept by Fire— Four Bodies Found. ANARCHY A lim n | Total 1907 Grain Crop. Boston, Muss., April 13.— F ire yes­ terday devastated the manufacturing, tenement and retail sections of Chel­ IN S T R U C T S ON A M E N D M E N T S sea, burning over one square mile of territory and leveling many of the Miss Cornelia Marvin Gathers Data Oregon fhsepmen Want Flecks Put I Total ..............................80,000,000 city’s best structures. Lute last night on Both Sides. B c ( on Reserves. four bodies hud been .“U recovered from « ■ a n il r r i nr i & i n n -m .. k Shipments by Water to Ap-il I Pendleton— Because the number the ruins. The fire » started at 10:10 Salem— Miss Cornelia Marvin, secre­ l.\ Wheat ................................ 37,700,000 ™ I I Barley ............................... 1,057,000 tary of the Oregon Library commission, of sheep allotted to the forest re­ a. ui., and was not under control uu- has been a \ery effective worker in serves of Oregon Is 75,000 less this til 9 p. m., notwithstanding that half Sh pments E ist by Rail to April I spreading it mation regarding the 19 than last, Um atilla county o i the Boston fire department’s 'W h eat ............................... 100,000 initiative anu silerenduni laws which year . . . . . . . ! strength and steamers from a dozen Thousands o f Suspects on G0V(|4 A Resume o f the Less Important but Barley ............................... 2,724.000 have been submitted to the people for sheepmen are protesting to the fo r - , other6 cltleg alld towns went to lhe N ot Less Interesting Events ment Lists-D etails ot DiICcv. Oats .................................... 500,000 estry department and application has uld uf tho Chelsea brigade. approval or tejectioL in June. She has of the Past Week. en e* Kept Secret. Stocks on Hand kpril I. gathered all ttie published material she been made by the state association to I The fire originated in the rear of permit the same number in the r e - the Boston Blacking Company s W heat ............................... 11,250,000 can find on l»oth sides of every question serves this ve-ir us vv-.s erazed l ist works ou W est Thlrd street- near the Barley ............................... 1,850,000 Mining Industries of Montana are Oats ...................................... 2,240,000 submitted, and has been loaning this serves this year as was grazed last easteru dlvtglon of tho boston At Washington, April 11— As «mo year. Cutting down the number ^ o s e proximity material to granges, debating tocieties reviving. be grazed in the reserves w ill cause . „ L,,. ., \ . . * ,, , .. « to the Everett City line. A terrific of tiie work of the government, r « » , Portland, April 14.— W ith the de­ and other organizations that will m ike v sheepmen to sell under forced con- sheepme ........... . . ....... Catholics o f San Francisco held parture this month o f seven char­ good use of it. This work has been ditions since they have no range for gale from the northwest, which at undertaken for the stamping cut of 1 spec‘.:>! mass to pray for rain. tered ships now loading at Portland, taken up as a part of the system of de­ the surplus and this they claim is_a times hud a velocity of (10 miles an arch) and anarchists in the CoS 'I ne bandits who shot Marshall M il­ and five loading on Puget Sound, the bate libraries which Miss Marvin es great injustice In view of the fact hour, carried burning shingles, em­ States, it leaked out today thatgovu ler at Kent, Wash., are surrounded greatest season In the history o f the tabliBhed nearly two years ago. The that the season promises to be ex­ bers and myriads of sparks to a score ineut officials are absolutely asknindj of wooden buildings, most of them of at the widespread growth oi anarch»» by a large posse. North Pacific grain trade will be plan is to provide delating societies cellent for both sheep and wool. There are a few with material for discussions of all tills oountty. Groups of anarchi* A meeting of the executive com­ cheap construction. W h ile “ playing b u rglar" a 16- practically over. The fire started almost from the have been discovered iu almost »vsn In gathering the mittee o f the Oregon W ool-Growers’ year-old boy of W oodstock, Oregon, stragglin g ships coming along for pub’ lc questions. extreme southwest section of the shot his 9-year-old sister through the May-June loading, and at least two material Miss Marvin shows no par­ association w ill be held here for the state in the Union and in most non- more steamers w ill lead wheat for tiality, but includes in the collections purpose of form ulating a form al pro­ city, and cut a path to the end of pected places. heart. Detailed in/ormatioa Maverick street at the extreme south­ the Orient, but the movement has test to the department. It Is thought It is now against the law to bind been so rapid this season that May 1 everything she can find on either side the request to graze the same num­ eastern end of the city, which bor­ concerning their location and numbtn the feet o f women in China, and w ill find the business nearer cleaned of every question. The debate libra­ This Is about was refused by high officials today, tw I ber this year w ill be granted as the ders Chelsea Creek. many of the opium dens have been up than In any previous "b ig crop" ries are loaned for a period of two range In the reserve Is Improving one and a half miles from where the it is known that steps are now bei» 1 closed. began. The flames spread taken by the government to get«, year. When the returns are all in weeks, and when returned by one or­ from year to year on account o f the fire The office of the anarchist paper for A pril, It w ill be fouad that Ore­ ganization are immediately sent out to husbanding o f the grass by the fo r­ through the heart o f the retail bus­ quainted with the various groups uj iness section, which was about mid­ their individual membtrs, and ttiatthe La Questione Soclale, has been dis­ gon, W ashington and Idaho for the another. estry department. mantled and the printing m aterial first tim e In their history, have Malheur, Umatilla, Harney and way between the two extreme limits Reds w ill be kept under strictest sot- shipped (flo u r Included), 40,000,000 veil lance hereafter. removed. Baker county sheepmen have joined reached by the fire. IN SPECTO R D O ES TH E W ORK Among the structures destroyed bushels o f wheat, and still have Borne In the protest and earnest efforts will Tlie clue to the location of the anar­ Governor Hughes o f New York, on hand to tide over the dull season be made to secure range for the sur were 13 churches, two hospitals, the chists is said to have been furnished bj I threatens to call out the militia if until the new crop arrives. Public Library, City Hall, five Owner of Orchard Must Pay f r the plus sheep. necessary, to stop race track gamb­ schoolhouses, 20 business blocks, a list containing the names of several' The 1907 wheat crop of the three Spraying, However. ling in that Btate. nearly a score of factories, and up­ thousands which recently fell into the states was a record-breaker by near­ Clears Columbia Channel. Salem— County Fruit Inspector E. ward o f 309 tenements and dwelling hands of the government. Tracing A dm iral Sebree and the officers ly 10,000,000 bushels, reaching a The Dalles— The Portland contract­ houses. down the list, it has been found that and crews o f the cruisers California grand total of 58,000,000 bushels, C, Armstrong has begun a new phase Among the places burned were; for every name ou it theie are several and Tennessee received a great w el­ and on account o f the good prices of war upon San Jose scale by hiring a ors, Wakefield A Jacobsen who have Frost Hospital, Children’s Hospi­ anarchists, ranging from two or thw come at Everett, Wash., enroute to prevailing throughout the season, it gang of men to go into the orchard of been dredving and otherwise clearing moved more rapidly proportionately Rev. F. M. George, near Liberty, and the narrow channel of the Columbia at tal, Eitz Public Library, Stanislaus to a group of 10 or 20, or even mo», Seattle. Polish Catholic Church, Chestnut than any of its predecessors. Not W h ile the contralto soloist o f the only was the wheat crop the largest spray the trees. Heretofore enforce­ what is known as Three-Mile rapids, street; First Baptist Church, Central living in the same town. According to the local police, eitia Chicago Symphony Orchestra was on record, but barley, which has been ment of the law has consisted of chop­ near this city, have completed their avenue; Central Unitarian Church, singing at the A rm ory in Portland steadily Increasing In prominenoe as ping down diseased trees, but that, work and brought the dredge to The Hawthorne street; St. Luke's Catho­ men have been assigned to the neigh- The lic Church (o ld bu ilding), Haw­ bo hood in which Postmaster Gentnl one afternoon a canary drew the at­ one o f the great staples o f the Paci­ course is pursued only in the case of Dalles, where it is now moored. tention o f the entire audience by fic Northwest, also established a new trees that have been rendered valueless removal of the rocks and reefs from this thorne street; First Methodist Epis­ Meyer lives, and that official was at-1 alighting on the sill o f an open win­ mark with a crop o f nearly 10,000,- by disease and neglect. The George portion of the Columbia has coBt the copal Church, Carey avenue; E lm -' com pa nit d hy plainclothes men whe J dow and singing lustily. Walnut-street | he went to Bo tin t> jut-ride cvet til 000 bushels. Oats, exclusive o f the orchard is one of the most valuable in government about $100,000, and has oc street Synagogue; Chelsea Presbyterian Republican convention today. Seven Jurors have been secured to crop grown In the La Conner dis­ the vicinity of Liberty, but has become cupied several years, theugh it ccul I Synagogue; trict on Puget Sound, Is credited with infested with scale. Mr. George spray have been finished sooner but for the Church; People’s Afro-Methodist try Abe Ruef. a yield o f 12,000,000 bushels in the ed 10 acres, but left 20 acres unsprayed fact that it could not be carried on the Episcopal Church, Fourth street; RUSSIA TO S T A T E POSITION It is now reported that Adm iral three states. Mr. Armstrong w ill have it sprayed year around, on arcounl of high water. Universalist Church; Second Adven­ Evans is on the mend. These figures which show a grand and charge the cost to the owner. The Columbia is now free from impedi­ tist Chuich; New England Telephone Eight jurors have been secured to total o f 80,000,000 bushels o f the When the work in this orchard is com­ ments to the Big Eddy, where it con­ & Telegraph Company’s central o f­ Will Reassert Attitude Set Forth b) ] fice; Austin & Young's cracker fac­ try Firey La Ford o f San Francisco, three leading cereals, are compiled Baron Rosen. from accurate statistics, kindly sup pleted M r. Armstrong w ill put the nects with the portage road. fo r bribery. tory; Chaplis & Sodden Car Com­ gang at work in other orchards in the St. Petersburg, April 11.—It is tin piled by the railroad companies pany’s shops; Rosenfelt Bros.’ three- Salem people saw a strange light purpose of the Russian government Pupils at Reform School which moved the big crop and by vicinity. story rag-picking factory; the Tide traveling in the air for about half prominent grain exporters in various Salem— The report of D. L. Looney, Oil Company's three Immense tanks shortly to issue a statement in the mat­ an hour Sunday evening." parts o f the three states. The figures ter of the question of territorial ad­ Market Day is Big Success. superintendent of the state reform near thu east end of Margin street. Seven hundred junks were sunk fall short o f some o f the earlier estl St. Rose’s Roman Catholic Church, ministration that has arisen at Haibia Baker City— Baker C ity’s first month­ school, shows that during the past and 2000 people drowned in Hankow mates made on the crops, and natur ly market day was a pronounced suc­ quarter there has been expended as Broadway, loss $25,000; St. Rose and Cballar. It is understood tint China, as the result o f a midnight ally are several million bushels cess, hundreds of farmers having general expenses, $7.024 93, and from Roman Catholic School, loss $40,- this announcement will rea.-seit the al­ sm aller than the government figures flood. 000; State Arm ory, loss $100,000; titude eet fi rth recently in Waehmg- The brought in stock to be sold. Between the improvement fund $114.30. on oats and barley. Sacred Heart Convent, loss $40,000; t‘ >u by Ear m Rosen, the Russian am Four “ trusties” escaped from the ­ report, which was read and approved 11 and 12 o’clock there was a band con­ W ashington’s 40.000,000 bushel Y. M. C. A. building, loss $7 5,000; Salem penitentiary. They had been bassador there. Thie entire questioa cert by the Baker Concert band and at at the meeting of the board, consisting working on the asylum for feeble­ crop o f wheat dwindled to about 35, 1 o ’clock the horse show was held. of Governor Chamberlain, Secretary of Boston Elevated Railroad station and was biought to the front about thru 000,000; that of Oregon was slightly barn, loss $50,000; County Savings minded. under 18,000,000, and Idaho’s was Hundreds ol hoises were in the parade. State Benson and Slate Treasurer Steel, Bank, Chelsea Savings Bank, Chelsea weeks ago by the refusal of B- D. The B. R. Lewis I,umber company somewhat over 5,000,000 bushels Immediately alter the parade was held shows there are 116 pupils in the Insti­ Trust Company, the Providence Co­ Fisher, the American consul at Harbin, I and the Idaho & Northern Railway, to recognize Russian jiuhdiction ini L the public wedding, which was one of tution. There were 108 on January 1. operation Bank. o f Coeur d'Alene, are In the hands The funds of all these banks with his insis ence that he was accreditedH Since then 25 have been admitted and the chief attractiens, took place. The o f a receiver. WILL GO A BR O A D . crowds then went to the public auction, 15 discharged. One has escaped and the exception of the County Savings solely to China. Bank are still In the vaults. The The selection o f a Jury to open the The Novoe Vremva today publishsii I where thousands of dollars’ worth of one is on leave of absence. money and securities of the County dispatch from Harbin detailing tb*I ballot boxes and examine the ballots President Will Lease Matters Entirely stock was sold. The merchants of the Bank were taken to Boston before progress of the conflict arid saying that I o f the New York m ayoralty contest Butld Larger Grandstand. To His Successor. city did an immense business, having the fire reached the building. o f 1905 has begun. the antagonism between Russian anil Salem— lh e state fair board has or­ made special reductions fer the day on Washington, April 14.— Should China is growing steadily. China op-1 Three persons were kilted, several President Roosevslt’s present desires all of their goods. dered an addition to the grand stand at hundred injured, about 10,000 made be realized, he w ill spend the first noses all Russian administrative ettab-l C A L L JAPAN T O A C C O U N T . the fair grounds race track, increasing homeless and $10,000,000 worth of year after his retirement from office lishmeiit in Manchuria on the ground■ the seating capacity 60 per cent. The Must Furnish Seat«. property destroyed by the fire at in traveling outside the United grand stand w ill be exended forward Roosevelt Will Demand Facta Ab ut th it t ie riiilto.id concession isriisp Salem— The railroad commission Chelsea, a suburb'of Boston. with it only the rights of a commoi| States. Mr. Roosevelt’s Itinerary In a decision, which follow s In part, from the present front so that the front Mukden Affair. however, has not been determined censures the Corvallis & Eastern row of seats w ill he on the line of the carrier and does not imply govern! Anna Gould lias sailed for Europe. W ashington, April 13.— The attack functions. His plan Is to see some o f the rugged Railroad Co., for their passenger race track. W . E. McElroy was chosen Nearly 5,000 acres of hops have been and little frequented portions o f for on Consul-General Straight and the accommodations on the lines from musical director lor the fair of 1908. servants o f the American Consulate, plowed up in England. elgn lands, as w ell as to travel the Albany and Corvallis to Yaqulna and D R A F T C O D E C F PROCEDURE at Mukden, by Japanese rowdies led beaten track o f the tourist. That Toledo; Several Mexican towns have been Mileage Book Hearing April 25, by a postman has stirred the admin­ the president w ill indulge In his “ It is ordered that the railroad shaken by an earthquake. Salem— In ac( ordance with a stipu­ i s t r a t i f to action. It is regarded as Powers Will Move to Establish Intc-g fondness for hunting big game la be­ company defendant shall In the fu­ national Prize Court much more serious affair than ap­ lation between tire parties to the con­ lieved by those to whom he has con­ At the Los Angeles hearing Santa Fe ture supply sufficient passenger cars Washington, April 1 1 — Great Bntl so that all passengers leaving Corval- test, the Oregon Railroad commission pears upon the surface, and prompt officials have admitted rate discritnina fided his intentions. It was at the recent dinner of the lis or Albany westbound and Yaquina j 1 as fixed April 25 as the date for the action w ill undoubtedly be taken to sin has invited the governments whiclI tion. Boone and Crocket Club in this city and Toledo eastbound may have a hearing upon the application of the obtain the reparation that Japan has participated in the last llugue confer! A new copyright treaty has been en­ that the president last told o f his In­ seat and that the second-class coach Travelers’ Protective association tor es­ so far refused. ence to to London who*I A conference upon the subject w a B i---> -- - send — experts - - tered into by “ the United States and tentions fo r next year. He was told shall be supplied with ventilators.” tablishment of a straight 2L>-cent rate held at the W hite House late tonight duties shall be to formulate a code $ o f the opportunities for hunting In Mexico. The railroad company w ill have 20 for m leage books on the principal by President Roosevelt. Secretary 1 procedure for the proposed internat»I Alaska, and urged to arrange for i days In which to make the necessary roads in Oregon. The hearing will T a ft and Secretary Root. It was as­ al priz» con t, the entablishmeal ofH Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, ex trip there. This, he said, would In alterations. . ’ A ~ een warned not to namentation. A special committee of spetialday occasions. The merchants pound; cabbage, 1 '« 0 1 34c pound; cau- notified by the Northern Pacific medical institution and Lane boo* w ill hereafter be under the control* mix in politics. citizens Is at work devising plans al«o will add their quota of decora liflower, 50c® $1; celery, $4.50@6 per Railroad Company that they will be the university trustees. This ill-' for the suitable decoration o f the crate; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 10c paid 50 cents on the dollar to cover tlons. The first n=e of these new flags The American government is not city. The decision Is to erect a mam­ and pennants w ill be for the spring pound; peppers, 2Dc per pound; rad- i their losses This action Is taken first step towards making a real likely to intervene in lla y ti. moth figu re o f a tiger at Sixteenth fe tival of music, to be held in Eugene, ishes, 25e per dozen; rhubarb, $2@2.2-5 from the fact that the disastrous fire ver»tity at Stanford by the addition® graduate schools in the The Republican National convention street and Broadway avenue April 14 and 15. The flags w ill belong perorate; spinach, 85c crate; sprouts, which left hundreds of people home­ conises. At ,________ present, the less, was started by a spark from a ___ — ... .... law dejs^B w ill have two Taft delegates from New to the city, and will be displayed on all 10c per pound, sqna«h, l@ lV $ e pound. Last Link to Atlantic. York. public occaa'ons. On ions Oregon h .t graduate cour es. Birmingham. Ala., April 14.— The , dred Another record breaking year for suits, but Is a voluntary action on i Potatoes— 45®55c pet hundred, de­ the part of the railroad officials. Invited to Visit Praiident trans-Atlantic passenger business i* In official announcement by the Illinois Great Northern D Finad- ( , _ Central Railroad that the new B ir­ 8alem— Governor Chamberlain has livered Fort'and. •igbt. Minneapolis, Aril 11—Crmse f Butter— Fancy creamery, 27 ^ c per Student Slays Governor Harriman has secured control of the mingham division w ill be opened for received an invitation from President pound the Great Northern railroad P* Brie railoard, giving him an ocean-to- traffic A pril 19, calls attention to the Rooeevelt to attend a dinner at the Poultry—-Average old hens. 14@16c d r ^ a ? P o i o i c , ^ o v e r « « ^ 0^ A u l’ White House on Tuesday evening, May completion o f the last link In the J. -------. ,o .. tro. Pollsh provinfe o f Oa1|0la w a s ! charge of 'ebetrng brou^t aw , ocean line. per --------- pound; mixed chickens, 13c; Harrim an transcontinental 12, when there will be an assemblage spring chicken*, 16@2'V: turkeys, live, The O live Street bank, St. Louis, great assassinated this afternoon by a s tu -.eo" ,Pan7 ’ * nd of governors and other officials to dis- ^ having a capital of $ 100,000 and de­ route, fo r by controlling the Union cn-s the question on conservation of na­ 15@18c; dres-ed, choice, i7@18c; dent. Mieroslap Sjosevnskl bv n a m e ,'8 fine of $3,000. The case 9 j; ducks, 16@17e; w hile giving an audience t o 'a dele-j>n November, 1906. but was rxw posits of $360,000, has been closed. raciftc, Illinois Central and Central tional resources. Governor Chamber* geeee, live, gation o f students. The assassin as the Great Northern o f Georgia, this system will extend lain hopes to be able to attend, but is pigeons, 75cf3$l; squabs. $1.50@2. Iver, all |similar a e Jud*e M rns tr ^ fired three shots from a revolv A Chicago grand jury is inquiring from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Egae— Fresh rsncli, 16c per dozen. 'raid that he will he unable to do so, o f which took effect. The Governor I case which was appea ______ 75 _ ______ ___Jovernor was appealed, and m into charges against doctors and law­ Veal— to 125 ___ pounds, 8@9c; case 125 which owing to other pressing matters. to 150 p on d s, 7c; 150 to J00 pounds, i ¿ ed 8000 afterward, but first asked had imposed a fine of fh . yers of working up fake damage suits Populism Wined Ou* K/»«t P * .his secretary to inform his m a jesty . The Supreme ccert sue'ained hi» against the city. Topeka. Kan., April 1». -T h e Pop p. . . . . .... , , 'a t once: “ T ell him.” said the dying p ---------------- Trust Gets Can F«ctory. ullsf party In Kansas Is officially Pork— B ock 5 to 150 pound«, < 0 raan. “ I was his faithful servant." _ , , . . , 0u »rantir The Navy department says at least dead. The Republican state canvass­ Astoria— The form al transfer of “ t^c; packers, 5(36^0. I ___________ ___ ___ Protests A g »ir»t yu»r»o. three war re b e ls will visit Portland ing board has refused Its candidates the plant o f the Kendall Can Com­ Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 4(S,-5c e M x t y m r e D a»« ¡o T r a n c a H a -itn a , A p r;! ’ • I daring the roee carnival and a battle­ a place on the official ballot because pany was made last evening, but the per pound: olds, l- t t l^ e per ponnd. details o f the sale cannot be learned the party at the last atate election L o , Angeles. Apri! 1 3 - M r s . Ben- » ' " " " T * " . “ [ ,be I ship will be included. W ool— Eastern Oregon, average best, It Is understood that F. P. t * Hawkins, the woman who ¡ I .. did not poll 1 p?r cent o f the total here. * * * i» n i u o . i u i w u ax a u u »» u v x í«*ll v • # • ° . a » ■ ^ ^ . t . One of ths largest grain firms vote o f the state, as provided by the Kendall, o f Portland, who was man­ 12@16e per pound according to shrink- Into a cataleptic trance on February , n® »gams 0 »rrer’**** ager o f the local plant, becomes age; valiey. 1 6 « 18c, sccoidlng to qnal ,fj\ Ion Is in trouble from over-specula- new prim ary election law passed In .Northwest manager for the American ity: mrhair, choice, 25c per pound. •t Its liabilities w ill exceed Its a - - 'January The party In 1906 polled (Can Company. j Cascara Batk— 3c per pound. few er than 1200 r o tee. nearly $500,000. FO R E ST GROVE. OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Bushels W heat ................................58,000,000 Burley .................................10,000,000 (Oats ................................... 12,000.000 Widespread Fxlstence in Dm M a le s Is Asicundiag, ALARVI FEL1 UFF1CIAL CIRClM I \ ¿EXT« SS 1 * "* "