FUYS N. ï. « 0
PRESID ENT ROOSEVELT W RITES
ON THE PANAM A CANAL
PERCHASE.
Drnlra In Detail Charge* o f Hostlln
Newipapem and Propones Crimi­
nal Libel Suit.
OREGON AND W ASH ING TO N
P L A N U NIFO RM FISH LA W S
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Portland, Or., Dec. 14.— With the i
idoption by the Washington State
Fisheries Commission o f the recom­
mendations of the Columbia river
fishermen for longer closed seasons,
the enactment of protective salmon
legislation by the legislatures of Ore­
gon and Washington this winter is
believed to be assured. The recom­
mendations of the Columbia rlvsr
fishermen were adopted by the
Washington State Commission with
only one Blight amendment.
As
originally recommended, It was sug­
gested that the fall closed season ex­
tend from August 20 to September
i 10, but the Washington Commission
decided to give the salmon protec­
tion for five days more and recom­
mended that the F all closed season
j continue until September 15. The
other recommendations for a spring
closed season from March 1 to May
1, and for a closed Sunday from May
1 to August 20, were Indorsed by the
commission and Included In Its re­
port and recommendations as to fish
legislation made to Governor Mead.
Washington, Dec. 16.— President
Roosevelt sent to Congress a special
message condemning the criticisms
of the Panama Canal purchase and
recommending that Joseph Pulitzer,
proprietor of the New York World,
be prosecuted by the government for
criminal libel.
The message was received In the
Senate with laughter by Bailey and
other members. The accompanying
documents were not read at all. The
House listened with deep interest
and the denunciation of Mr. Pulitzer
provoked much laughter. The mess­
age was referred to committee.
Denouncing charges of wrongdo­
Heney W ill Lecture Before Many
ing, in connection with the canal
Reform Clubs.
purchase, Mr. Roosevelt cites paperB
which he transmits and says It was
Washington, Dec. 14.— President
'•oncern of the President what the
Canal Commission did with the $40,- Roosevelt has received word that
000,000 paid to it.
He says the Francis J Heney, the San Francisco
transaction was carried on openly ! ''g ra ft” prosecutor, w ill be able to
at.d was published In detail. The
money was paid through J. P. Mor­
gan & Co., sb financial agents o f
this country, to the Bank of France
In Paris.
M. PETERSON &
T h e H o u se T h a t is S a tis fie d O n ly W h e n Y o u A r e
A m erican Fence
We have
just received
N o w is the time to build fences.
can fences in all styles and heights.
TO SPEAK IN THE EAST
Another large ship­
stock on hand at all times, and can make you a better
ment of
price than you can get on so-called “ just as good”
Universal
heaters and ranges.
fences.
This is
the third
you intend building.
shipment
we have
money.
hot cakes.
If you
We
know
we can save you
Gasolene Engines
are going to need a
stove of
any kind,
come and see
us.
W e are agents for the Fairbanks-Morse, Gilson and
W e carry the larg­
Monitor Gas engines.
est assortment west
a pumping plant, let us figure with you.
of
Portland.
If you are figuring on putting in
We
can give you more
for your money, be­
cause we buy riht.
NOTICE!
We pay Spot Cash for
Remains of San Francisco's Chief o f
Police Recovered From Hay.
Caracas, Dec. 16.— The people of
Caracas arose against President Cas­
tro. An Infuriated mob. unhindered
by the police, swept through the
city, wrecking the property of hls
henchmen and hls closest friends.
The people rounded up all the stat­
ues and pictures of President Castor
from the clubs and other semi-public
buildings and burned them on the
boulevard de Plaza. President Cas­
tro's rule In Venezuela Is probably
ended.
W e would like to figure with you on any fence
T h ey are going like
BIGGY'S BODY FOUND
CASTRO'S ENEMIES LOOT AND
W RECK M ANY UU1LDINGS.
W e have a large
received this winter.
New York, Dec. 16.— Replying to
Roosevelt's special message to Con­
gress, the W orld says:
“ Mr. Roosevelt Is mistaken.
He
cannot muzzle the W orld. While no
amount of 'billingsgate' on his part
can alter our determination to treat
him with judicial Impartiality and
scrupulous fairness, we repeat what
we have already said, that the Con­
gress of the United States should
make a thorough Investigation of the
whole Panama transaction, that the
full truth may be known to the
American people ”
San Francisco. Dec. 16.— The body
of Chief of Police Blggy, who was
drowned from the police launch Pa­
trol opposite Alcatraz Island In San
Francisco Bay on the night of No­
vember 30, was found this morning
by the crew of the freight ferryboat
Transit.
It was found floating otf
Ooat Island, face upward, with the
arms outstretched. The harbor po­
lice were notlfled and, procuring a
launch. Sergeant Donovan recovered
the remains. The face Is very much
disfigured, but the body has been
Identified as that of the dead chief.
When the corpse wan taken from
the waters It had on the long coat
and gloves worn by Blggy on the
night of his disappearance.
The
launch with the body landed at the
Mission-street wharf.
W e carry the Am eri­
our Goods and
you
the
give
Benefit
of
come East In January and keep en­
gagements to make speeches before
reform clubs in a large number of
cities between Sau Francisco and
New York. Mr. Heney also will con­
fer with the President.
Eskimos In Portland.
Portland, Or., Dec. 16.— F ifty Si­
berian Eskimos are In the city and
will remain about ten days before
starting on an extensive tour of the
coantry as far east as Chicago. They
have been brought down from North­
ern Siberia for the Seattle Exposi­
tion and are going to make a tour
of the country for educational pur­
poses.
The band has been two
months on Hood's Canal, Wash., get-
I ting acclimated.
Forty tons of ex-
i hiblts have been imported with the
Eskimos.
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Fleet Reaches Ceylon.
Colombo, Ceylon, Dec. 13.— The
! United States battleship fleet was
anxiously awaited here by a great
galh T i n g of Europeans and natives
at Colombo. The fleet, which was
sighted at 7 o'clock this morning,
approached slowly In single file The
flagship Connecticut entered the har­
bor at 9 o ’clock, the others follow ­
ing at short Intervals.
COAST CRACKER TRUST
W RLI1 NEWS IN BRIEF.
A German battleship o f 18,000
New Organization W ill Endeavor to I tons was successfully launched at
Raise the I “rice*.
! Kiel. Germany, Saturday.
Chief Hump, of Wounded Knee
San Francisco, Dec. 14.— After fame, the last survivor o f this Im­
the first o f the year s cracker trust portant fight, died last week at his
w ill be In full swing on the Pacific camp at Cherry Creek, 3. D.
Coast, with the object o f controlling
It Is officially announced that a
the trade, elevating and maintain­
marriage is to take place between
ing the prices on cracker products,
the Earl of Granard and a daughter
eliminating as far as possible trad*
j of J. Odgen Mills, o f New York.
discounts and “ protecting" the mar­
More manufactures were exported
ket against outside Intereforence.
from the United States In the fiscal
year 1908 than in any preceding
P O R T L A N D M AR K E TS.
year, aggregating In values three-
W heat— Track prices: Club, 90c;
i quarters of a billion dollars.
red Russian. 88c; bluestem. 96c;
Fourteen are known to be dead,
Valley, 92c.
Harley— Feed.
$26.60;
rolled. three of the Americans, and 60 In­
jured as a result of the premature
«2 8 0 2 9 .
Oats— No. 1 white, $31; gray. explosion of 21 tons of dynamite at
Baa Obispo. In the Panama Canal
$30.
Hay— Timothy, W illam ette Valley, Zone. Saturday.
The Government made a profit
fancy, $16; do. ordinary, $12; East­
ern Oregon, .nixed, $16; do. fancy, during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1908. of $10,541,371 on the coinage
$17.60; alfalfa. $12; clover, $12.
Butter— Extra, 36 0 37c;
fancy, of silver, nickel and one-cent bronze
pieces
This represents the dlffer-
33 0 34c; choice, 30c; store, 18c.
! once between the price paid by the
Eggs— Extra 43© 46c.
Hops— 1908. choice, 8c; prime, government for the metals and their
coinage value.
7c; medium. 5 © 6 c ; 1907, 3© 4e.
Mrs. Cora Whitney, wife of C.
W ool— Valley.
14© 16H c;
tt>.;
Eastern
Oregon.
8 © 16c, as to W illiam Whitney, o f New York, edi­
tor of the Outing Magazine and one
shrinkage.
of the beat known sporting writers
Mohair— Choice, 18 © 19c.
j in the country, was granted a divorce
with $300 a month alimony at Oma-
S E A T T L E M ARKETS.
I ha last week.
Wheat
Bluestem. $1.03.
Mrs. Roosevelt has received the
O a ts- «3 0 © 3«.
gifts
brought from China by Special
Barley— «26.
Hay— Eastern Washington timo­ Chinese Ambassador Tang Shao Yl.
thy, « 1 « per ton; Puget 8ound hay, They consist of a very handsome
f i l l © 11
ton; wheat hay, $11 tlgersklr. lined with yellow silk and
said to be one o f the largest In ex­
per ton; ¿Haifa. $9 60© 10 per ton.
Butter — . Washington creamery, istence; eolts of beautiful silk, sa­
bles and silver. The gifts were tak­
«1 7 « per. » . ! ranch. 17© I S « per A .
en to tho W hite House.
g f f s — Selected local, 46«.
-.' \
the Cash Discount.
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INorth
OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL
Determined that the dignity of
the United States shall no longer be
jeopardized by the failure of this
government
to
provide
suitable
buildings for Its diplomatic and con-
Interesting Event* or the Week in
Washington, II. C.
Washington, D. C.— It Is held by
the supreme court of the District
of Columbia that the Interior De­
partment cannot require that entry-
men under the timber and stone act
shall personally go upon the land
sought before making their Initiative
entry. This decision was rendered
in the case of Mary S. Ness, whose
timber entry of a tract in the Rose-
burg, Or., land office had been can­
celled because she had not visited
the land before filing.
The court
holds that the department was wtth
out authority In cancelling this en­
try merely on the ground “ that the
applicant discovered the character of
the land from having had an expert
examine It." This decision Is of far-
reaching effect, and seriously affects
the new regulations recently promul­
gated for the enforcement of the
timber and Btone act.
The Initial movement to carry out
a recommendation o f the President
was taken Saturday when Represen­
tative Hull, chairman of the commit­
tee on military affairs. Introduced a
bill, suggested by the President, and
prepared under the direction of Mr.
Taft, to provide for a volunteer army
In time of emergency. The bill would
revls« the present law to provide for
the raising of a volunteer army,
which has been described by the
President as having been placed on
the statute book piecemeal and bur-
rtedly.
It Is claimed for the bill that It Is
elastic and under Its provisions a
force of 2,000,000 men could be
raised as well as one of 50,000.
A reserve supply depot for differ­
ent departments of the army to be
established on Corregidor island at
the entrance to Manila Bay. to cost
$250.000, and the construction on
the Manila reservation o f store­
houses for the supply department pr
the army at a cost o f $1.250,000,
are among the Important plans
which the War Department has com­
pleted to facilitate the delivery of
supplies to troops In the Philippines
and providing a reserve for emer­
gencia«.
Main
to begin the construction or pur­
chase of suitable buildings have de­
cided to press the matter at the pres­
ent session of congress. Represents-
tlve Nicholas Longworth will lead
the fight again this session, as he
did last year.
Both Houses of Congress expect
to conclude the ante-Christmas holi­
day work of the session during the
present week. The date of the ad­
journment for the holidays has not
been definitely determined, but most
probably It will fall on December 21.
In that event It Is not expected that
any business will be done on Mon­
day week because when the date be­
comes known, members will leave
tor their homes In such numbers it
will be impossible to maintain a quo­
rum.
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The woolgrowers o f the West,
through representatives who ap­
peared before the House committee
on ways and
means,
protested
against any reduction o f the duty on
wool, on the ground that It would
prove disastrous to the sheep Indus­
try of the entire county. The lead­
ing western witness to enter protest
was P. G. Johnston, o f Blackfoot,
Idaho, representing the Idaho Wool-
growers’ Association and the Nation­
al W oolgrowers- Association.
The navy department has awarded
a contract to the Hawaiian Dredging
Company for dredging a channel
from the open see to the site o f the
proposed naval statloa at Pearl Har­
bor, Hawaii.
LEGISLATORS WOULD RE­
OPEN SAND ISLAND CASK
S tre e t
Helpful Suggestions
For the Christmas shopper we would ask your attention
to the line of Xm as goods we are displaying, such as
Toilet Sets
Shaving Sets
Hand Bags
Pictures
Perfum ery
Stationery
Xmas Post Cards
Kodaks and Supplies
HINES’ DRUG STORE
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Forest G rove,
It is contended that the decision
takes away from the state of Wash­
ington Sand Island and Puget Is­
land. territory that always belonged
to this state. Revenues to the state
have been seriously reduced. It is
maintained, and the fishing Interests
of the state have been greatly af­
fected.
It Is believed by those Interested
that if Governor Mead and Attorney-
General Atkinson will Intervene on
behalf of the state the supreme court
of the United States may be Induced
to give this state a re-hear'.ng upon
new evidence that will be submitted
H E AVY T A X TO BE PLACED
ON SALE OF CIGARETTES.
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Washington, Dec. l5 . _ T h e House
Tacoma, Wash . Dec. 1 4 — State
Senator Stewart, of Cowlitz county. '■ passed a bill placing an annual tax
and Senator McGowan, of Pacific 1
* of $100 on all dealers in cigarettes
The measure
county, and Representative Burke, or cigarette papers
of Wahkiakum county, are Inter­ was offered by Representative Mann,
viewing Governor Mead and A ttor­ of Illinois, as an amendment to a
ney-General Atkinson relative to a bill Imposing a tax o f $12 on all
reopening of the Washlngton-Oregon dealers handling manufactured to­
bondary line case recently decided bacco products.
by the United States supreme court
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Oregon
Woodmen at Buxton.
The formal institution
organized cam p of
of the newly
the
Woodmen of
the World, at
Buxton,
will take place
D ecem ber 19.
A. D.
Cridge, the or­
ganizer of the order, was at that p i« »
same weeks ago and was successful i«
forming an
out under
organization
most
which starts
favorable
auspices,
j The officers elected recently are **
follows: Consul Commander, Chas.
Lazott;
Advisor-Lieutenant,
L.
Crawford; Clerk, C. H. Peterson: Bank­
er, Anuicw Kustur; Escort, L. H- Bul­
lock: Watchman. Harry Lazott; Sentry.
T.
M cDaniel;
Brown,
J.
Managers,
H.
Chas.
Fineout and
L-
W. D-
Baker.
At the close of the installation o*
officers a supper will be
dance will follow.
the camp will
served and •
It ia expected th^
have
about 30 chart©
j members.
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