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NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form (or Our
Easy Readers.
A Rtium of tho Lest Important but
Not Lata Interesting Events
of the Pest Week.
Witts', cabinet is denounced si
grafter.
The national debt Las decreased dur
ing tbe past year.
The Russian government baa cap
tured a bomb factor at Warsaw.
Congressmen are angry at losing
passes and may retaliate on the rail
roads. Three Cheyenne, Wyoming, soldiers
will die as a result of drinking a mix
ture of bay rum, lemon juice and bair
tonic.
A New York grand jury has been
drawn to try about 1,000 alii ged frauds
anting out of the1 recent election.
Wireless messages from the drydock
Dewey rport it to be making good
progress in its trip across the Atlantic.
The production of gold and silver in
the United States for 1 905 shows an
increase of $'1,000,000 gold and 1,000,
000 ounces of silver.
James W. Wadsworth has been nom
inated by Kepublicai a la caucus ss
speaker of the New York assembly,
thus defeating the plans of Udell.
Five men have be n arrested in con
nection with the murder of ex-Governor
Steunenberg of Idaho. One of
them, Thomas Hogan, is believed to
have at least made the fatal bomb.
Kentucky Democratic members of
the legislature in caucus have nomi
nated Thomas II. Paynter for United
Ktates senator to succeed J. C. 8. Black
burn. The nomination carries with it
the certainty of election
Fansraa
election.
Rebels Say Moscow Revolt Showed
Weakness of Government.
Chicago, Jan. 3. Tbe Daily News'
St. Petersburg correspondent Says
Revolutionary leaders disclaim the
initiative in the Moscow insurrection.
One of them, M. tiilliaroff, who has
Just returned from that city, reports
to the St. Petersburg committee that
General Doubaeoff carried out the in
acres upon plana agreed upon by
Count Witte and Minister Durnovo, of
the Interior department. Discovering
that the additions to their psy of 20
or .10 kopecks monthly had not sati
fled the troops, and that mutinies
were continuing, the government de
cided that military on interior daty
should receive twelve-fold wages, and
that the police should be given special
rewards. Simultaneously the govern
ors and their subordinates were empow
ered to dec Is re martial law at any time
on their own responsibility. Thus the
whole empire was put in a state of
siege.
This encouraged the police and sol
diers to provoke riots by attacking
peaceful meetings and bombarding the
buildings. Drunken dragoons butch
ered everybody, then the people joined
the revolutionaries and built barri
cades, and the massacre went on.
Tbe chief of the revolutionaries, M.
Sckoloft, said:
The Moscow demonstration disclosed
the weakness of the government. Dur
ing an entire week cavalry, artillery,
police, reactionary volunteers, generals,
admirals and statesmen failed to over
come a badly armed force of 3,000
workmen, while the people remained
nentral. We shall begin again in some
plate like Odessa or Kieff, where there
are fewer troops and more workmen,
and where the people sympathize with
us. In the fighting at the Nevsky
works the other day the losses of the
soldieis were greater than ours. The
fact that the garrisons at Krasnoyarsk
has joined the revolution shows that
the czar's forces are decreasing, while
ours are growing
DO GREAT WRONG TO ARIZONA.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
Joint
ONTARIO BOOMS.
Pur-
real
Values Raise When Short Line
chases Ten-Acre Terminals
Ontario The boom in Ontario
estate, on account of the announce
ments and predictions in railorad cir
clee in the past few months, is here
ine cumax came wun the announce
ment of purchase by the Oregon Short
Line cf terminal grounds here ten acres
In extent.
There is only one meaning for such
a purchase, in the opinion of almost
everyone who hears of it, am! that is
that Ontario is now irrevocably decided
on as the junction point of the proposed
east and west line across Oreicon with
the Oregon Short Line and the Harri
man transcontinental system.
The result of the announcement of
the purchase wss electrifying. Keal
estate prices at once went soaring. In
sorre instances, it is stated, laud has
doubled in value in few days, and
there seems to be no let up in the ad
vance as yet. High ss the prices are.
compared with those of a few months
ago, there is still plenty of demand.
New men are arriving on every train.
Fach seems to have some money, and
each is apparently anxious to get it in
vested as speedily as possible.
COUNTY REPORTS SLOW.
MANY HUNTERS IN OREGON.
Report of Game Warden Baker Gives
Soma Interesting Statistics.
Salem Game Warden J. W. Baker's
annual report shows that 17,000 of the
inhabitants of Oregon are hunters, not
taking into consideration the farmers
who hunt over their own lands, and
are, therefore, not required to pay the
yearly tax of 1.
Fees received amounted to $17,421,
some of which came from nonresident
hunters, who paid $10 for the privilege
of killing wild game in the state;
$166.40 was collected as fines for hunt
ing without a license.
The game warden expended $7,202.25,
leaving a balance of $10,325.15. This
will be available at onco fordepnties as
soon as necessary. From the general
appropriation fund, the warden receiv
ed $1,662.78 for salary and traveling
expenses and 12,499.88 was used for
salaries and expenses of deputy war
dens, making a total expenditure for
the year of $11,412.91 for the protee-
tion and propagation of game.
iolationa of the law have been less
frequent this year than for some time,
but justices of the peace are not inclin
ed to impose severe penalties.
Kighty-our persons were convicted
ana nneu lor violation ol the same
laws, the fines averaging $15.
AGREE TO STOP REBATES.
is preparing for a general
Over 9,000 attended the president's
New Year's reception.
The big drydock being towed froTi
New York to Manila has encountered a
storm.
A sink in the tunnel connecting New
York and Brooklyn has stopped trains
temporarily.
Printers are on strike in many cities
throughout the United States for an
eight-hour workday.
It is feared that Governor Peabody
and General Bell, of Colorado, will
meet the same fate as the ex-governor
ol Idaho.
The New York legislative committee
on insurance has decided on a measure
to regulate companies doing business in
that state
The KiiHsian government announces
that tbe revolt at Moscow has been put
down. Thousands have been killed in
the fighting.
A Great Northern passenger train
ran iato a stalled freight near Helena
Several persons were injured and the
caboose and four freight cars burned.
The chemist of the Karats Agricul
tural college has found that of 20 sam
ples of manufactured fi.od specimens
sent to him, half contain preservatives,
adulterations and coloring.
The Russian government claims to
have crushed the Moscow revolt.
Roosevelt la now sccused of taking
sides in the British election.
In a speech at Salt I.ake City Senator
Hmoot defied the W. C. T. U. to unseat
him.
Twelve hundred Russian refugees,
700 of them Jews, have just arrived in
New York.
The Rock Island railroad is having
difficulty in getting Hj trains through
Texas on account of snow.
A meeting is to be held at Baltimore
for the purpose of uniting the different
nranches of the Methodist church in
the missionary work in Japan.
One dead, two badlv burned and 15
or more injured or overcome by smoke,
is the result of a fire in a Minneapolis
tenement. Twenty-seven families were
rescued from their beds.
Dig i nrea insurance uompsnies wi
Make Cleveland Referee.
New lork, ..an. 3. An agreement
to abolish lebating on premiums has
been entered into by the New York
Life Insurance company, the iviuitahle
Life Assurance society and the Mutual
Life Insurance company. Announce'
ment was made today that Grover
Cleveland has been ben appointed
referee to decide all questions in dis
pute that may arue in such matters
and that his salary will be $12 000 per
annum, to le paid jointly by the three
companies. Mr. Cleveland has ac
cepted with the understanding that
me oincers oi the three companies are
to second his efforts to stop rebating.
A similar appointment was held by tbe
late I nomas u Reed,
Any agent who gives rebates will be
dismissed from the service and will not
be re-employed by any of the com
panies. It is the desire of the com
panies to secure the ro oteration of all
other life insurance companies to this
agieement. It wa) said today that, if
rel sting can be entirely abolished, the
first year premiums can be reduced.
SUBMIT PLAN FOR BIG CUT.
Stevens Willi Advise Canal Commis
sion Bring Labor From Spain
vasnmgion, Jan. z. the Isthmian
Canal commission held a short Best-ion
today. Chief Kngineer Stevens, who
came to Washington to present his
views to the commission on the type
ol canal that should be constructed,
was requested to submit any project
which he msy have for the excavation,
removal and final disposition of the
exiavated material to be taken out of
Culehra cut in a canal w ith a summit
of r,p feet above low tide, and also to
inlorm tbe commission whether or not
he has worked out or has a project for
a sea level waterway.
The commission authorized pie
chairman to appoint a committee to
review, appraise, condemn or dispose
of material left on the isthmus by the
old trench company, which roust ne
cesssrily be removed.
The experiment proposed for securing
lahor from the north of Spain was ap
proved.
Secretary of State Will Ask Legisla
ture to Provide Penalty.
Salem The summary of the tax val
nation of Clackamas county just receiv-
at the office ot the secretary of state.
shows a totsl valuation of $9,608,045
for the year 1905, as against $9,364,000
tor the year 1904.
All the counties except Lane, Mal
heur, Grant and Curry have filed their
reports with the secretary of state for
this year. According to tbe law all
the reports of the several counties
should have been filed not later than
November 1, but as there is no penalty
for failing to comply with the law, the
secretary cannot compel the county
courts or the county clerks to send in
their reports until they get ready.
it is the intention to ask the next
legislature to provide a penalty to be
assessed against the counties for neglect
in this regard.
Prison Cost $12,000,
Salem Secretary Gatens. of the
State Prison board, has completed his
report, showing the amount expended
during the year for improvements at
the penitentiary as $12,185 82. Of
this $6,663 12 came from the "revolv
ing fund" and $5,622 70 from the gen-
eral maintenance fund. What is term
ed the "revolving fund ' is made up of
the annual rental of the foundry $2,400,
Hi is amount is used to keep the found
ry and machine shops in repair. The
foundry and machine shops were entire
ly remodeled during the summer.
Bellinger Estate Settled.
Portland C. A. Dolph. Rufus Mal-
lory and Joseph Simon, executors of
the estate of Judge Bellinger, have filed
their final account In the county court
and have been discharged. Claims
airainat the estate, amounting to $3,-
771 50, were paid with the money left
by the deceased jurist, and 3 298 33
advanced by Mrs. Bellinger. The ex
ecutors said they had made all bequests
as authorized hy will, giving the bulk
of the estate to Mrs. Maruary Serena
Bellinger. The value of tbe estate is
$.6,977.07.
That Woman May Vote.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
issued a proclamation notifying the
legal voters ot this state that an initia
tive petition has been filed in the office
of the secretaiy of state proposing an
equal suffrage amendment to the con
stitution. The proclamation recites
that the petition contains 9,904 signa
tures, properly certified, and that this
number being sufficient, the proposed
amendment will be submitted to vote
of the people at the general election on
June 4, 1906.
Statehood With New Mexico
Condemned by President.
New York, Jan. 2. James Douglas
who is the executive bead ot tbe min
ing enterprises in Arizona, grouped as
the Phelps, iVnlge A Co. interests, is
quoted today regarding his views upon
the proposed joint statehood of Ari
zona and New Mexcio. Mr. Douglas
says, among other things:
"To force Arisona into a anion with
New Mexico is to do a great wrong to
the people it the former territory, who,
in racial antecedents, religious prefer
ences and industrial interests, are
wholly nnlike the Inhabitants of New
Mexico. New Mexico has a population
sufficient to Justify her admission as a
single state, and the people of Arisona,
among whom I have spent more than
25 years of my life, would rather wait
20 years for statehood than be joined
to New Mexico.
"In the event of Joint staUhooJ, the
vast interests in Arisona wouid be out
voted and so controlled in the matter of
taxation by the greater population of
the present territory of New Mexico,
which is vastly less important in tbe
value of its taxable property.
I can well understand that it may
seem desirable to substitute a state
government for the territorial form
whenever it can be wisely accom
plished, and can s.so appreciate the
political considerations that are in
volved in the contention for joint state
hood, but neither should outweigh the
injustice that would be Involved in
such an nofit alliance as that of Ari
sona and New Mexico.'
(DARE NOT REVOLT
YfcRKES IS DEAD.
Little Danger ol Break Between
Congress and President.
HEAR VOICE OF THE NATION
Many Senators Soon To Be Elected
and Opposition to Roosevelt
Means Political Death.
WANTS RESERVE OF 50,000 MEN
Irrigation Promises Much.
Kchq The announcement that the
government would complete the irriga
tion system here has stimulated bust
nese. Work is being rushed on the big
Furnish ditch, which is to be tsken
over ty the government when complet
ed. Over 100 men are now employed
ana nearly as many teams. There are
now 10 new buildings under construc
tion, but progress is retarded by the in
ability of the two lumber companies to
furnish material as fast as needed.
Paint Factory for Salem.
Salem At a special meeting of the
Greater Salem Commercial club, D. II
Wyatt, who owns a paint mine near
alker, presented a proposition to es
tablish a paint factory in Salem. Mr,
Wyatt claims to own a mine from
w hich first class paint material can be
botained. After the proposition had
been beard a committee was appointed
as follows, t1 investigstA the matter:
II. S. Gile, Professor Staley. Gideon
Stolz and J. J. Graham.
Three Memphis banks have failed.
For the second time within three
months and the seventh time within
three years, the jewelry store of
Schwarta Bros., New York, has been .
rohlied. The last occasion was in day
light and $4 000 worth of diamonds
were secured.
For the supposed purpose of evading
the tax on bank deposits levied on De
cember 31, Honolulu bankers shipped
$750,000 in gold to San Francisco and
will bring it back shortly alter New
Year's. They thereby save $7,000 after
deducting expenses.
Decision on Irrigation Law.
Washington, Jan. 3. In an opinion
by Justice Brewer, tbe Supreme court
of the United States today allirmed the
decision of the Supreme court of Ari
zo a in the rase of Howard vs. Perrin,
involving the right to use seepage wster
lor irrigation. A statute giving the
right to appropriate for purposes of ir
rigation water "from any convenient
river, creek or streim of running
water gives no right to sink a well,
collect in it the water percolating
through the soil and draw it off in
pipes or squias for irrigation purposes,
Corporations Must Pav Fee.
Salem Attorney General CrawforJ,
in response to a query from Secretary
Dunbar, holds that all corporations
mnst psy the annual license fee from
and after the date of filing their incor
poration papers with the secretary of
state. A number of corporations hsve
not organized for the transaction of
business after filing their articles, and
they claim exemption from the annual
license fee until such time as they shall
organize for business.
Snow a Boon to Wallowa County.
Wallowa There has been a decided
fall in temperature since early in De
cember, but snow has fallen to snllicient
depth to make sleighing very agreeable.
Nearly all tbe farmers snd msny othes
are making good use of the sleighing
privelege. The Josph-F.lgin Stage
company is now carrying passengers
and mail on bobsleds. Much better
time is made now than by using their
coaches. While the road remains froz
en and no Chinook occurs, sleiirhina
will be the easiest means to bring in
freight from outside points.
Feed Stock In Wallowa.
Wallowa Tbe winter is quite far ad
vanced and stock feeding is necessary,
for snow covers most of the outside
range. The winter ranges on the Im-
naha and other brakes has been taken
up for some time, while the men who
were less fortunate must feed their
stock for the next few months. A large
number of splendid winter beef animals
in the valley are being fed for earls
spring market. The weather is not
severe enough to make feeding difficult
it i . .
anu nunnreds oi choice steers are now
scattered through tbe valley.
Weston Farmers Sell Whest.
Weston The following lots of wheat
were recently sold to tsiyers represent
ing the Pacific Coast Klevator compary
and the KerrGifford comoanv: (5
DeGraw, 7,732 bushels; Bent Winn
4,000 bushels; Robert Jamieson. 1.500
bushels; I ley Winn, 1.739 bushels
O. M. Richmond. 5.315 bush. I-.: (i
W. IDggs, 4,865 bushels: L. T. Mc
Bride, 4,128 bushels. Competitive bid
uing lorced up the price from 60 cents
to 62 cents a bushel.
Chaffee Proposes to Use Men Already
Trained In Army.
New Yoik, Jan. 2. Lieutenant Gen
eral Adna It. Chaffee, chief of staff of
the army, today expressed himself as
in hearty accord with the provisions of
the army bill evolved by the general
staff, and now in the hands of the sec
retary of war.
Matters military in this country,"
said the general, "naturally mean the
outlay of money, but I believe it will
be worth all it costs to strengthen the
military arm of the government by
creating, as contemplated in the bill,
a reserve of 80,000 men. By creating
this force of the men who have served
one term of three years and have been
honoiably discharged, we shall have
the benefit of tbe instruction they have
received, the proficiency they have at
tained in marksmanship and their re
gard for discipline.
It will be possible, with such a re
serve, to put the army on a war footing
with seasoned troops. The reservists
would be enlisted for five yesrs, during
which they would le under pay and al
ways subject to a call for service, but
in time of pesce permitted to follow the
vocations of their choice."
General Chaffee returns to Washing-
Washington, Jan. 2. Two-thirds of
the United States senate will come np
for re-election within the next three
years, and of this total 34 are Republi
cans. This fact is likely to have con
siderable influence upon the ultimate
Laud taken this w inter by the senate
on meaaurea advocated by the president
and endorsed by the people. It does
not necessarily mean that the senate
will fall in line and follow the lead of
the president, but it points to such ac
tion, and the wise observers, after
studying tbe situation, think they can
see the senate supporting the president
on the large issues now np for consid
eration. During the first weeks of the session
it looked very much as if the senate
would take issue with the president
on many important questions ot legis
lation. There were unpleasant words
regarding the Panama canal; there
were murmuringa about the presi
dent's course regarding Santo Domin
go; and behind it all considerable
private comment upon the president's
railroad rate policy as outlined in bis
message. Many senators have rescind
tbe conclusion that the president is
recklessly usurping the powers of con
gress to some extent, and they have dis
played evidence of ugliness on that ac
count. For a time it looked as if there
would be revolt.
But will there he? Rather, will not
the senste fall in line and follow the
lead of the president? It is a serious
thing for the party in power to break
with its president, and such a move is
more apt to injure those senators and
representatives of the insurgent class
than it is to injure the president.
What is more, the party in power mutt
suffer from any such revolt. These
things are being carefully weighed, and
there are those who now predict that
there will be no break between congress
and the president, unless it may be on
the railroad rate istue, and even on
that issue a compromise is more likely
than an open rupture.
Complication of Disease. Carries Off
Builder of Street Railways.
New York, Dec. 30. Charles T.
Yrrkes, the noted railway financier ol
Chicago and London, died last night in
his apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria
hoel, where he had been ill for more
than 'six weeks. Mr. Yerkes suffered
from complication of diseases, grow
ing out of a severe cold w hich he con
tracted in London early in tbe fall..
Mia condition had been critical for ten
days past, and tbe attending physicians
gave op all hope several days ago, al
though members of the family clung
tenaciously to the belief that the re
markable vitality of Mr. Yerkes would
eventually poll him through. Since
early yesterday morning the patient
had been kept alive by strong stimu
lants. Charles Tyson Yerkes was born at
Philadelphia, Pa., June 25. 1837. The
Yerkes family is of Dutch origin, the
first settlers of the name coming to
America a few years before the arrival
of the Quaker colony under William
Penn. C. T. Yerkes was educated at
the Friends' school and Central High
school, of bis native city, and began
bis business life as a clerk in the flour
and grain commission and forwarding
house of James P. Peiot A Bros., being
presented with a salary of $50 at the
end of his first year.
Ilia latest exploit wss to revolution
ize the rapid transit system of London.
He built a system of underground elec
trio lines, which shines by contrast
with the old Metropolitan (under
ground) railway in every particular,
having pure air, clean stations, clean
and comfortable cars. He then secured
control of the Metropolitan, after a con
test before a commission of parliament,
against J. P. Morgan, and has been en
gaged for several years in transforming
it into an electric system.
SAVES HALF DAY.
KILLED BY BOMS.
ton tomorrow.
ANOTHER "HOPE FOR MALHEUR.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
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A number of Burlington olTli
have been indicted for rebating.
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he will not run for
Hearst says
congress again.
K case of yellow fever has been dis
covered in Texaa.
Snow in Kansas is Interfering greatly
with railroad traffic.
The statue of the devil, erected by a
Ivtroit, Mich., man, has been seized
for a lahor lien.
Tbe I'nited States Army is to adopt
a new model revolver soon.
The Mutual Life Insurance company
will attolish commissions and put all
agents on salaries.
A Cincinnati grand Jury has indicted
the leading cal companies doing busi
ness in that r ity for combining to boost
the price of their product.
Chairman Shonts and Chief F.ngineer
Stevens, of the Psnsma Canal commis
sion, have returned to Washington.
Mr. Stevens favors a lock canal.
Great Stnrm in Colorado.
Denver, Jan. 3 A snow storm,
many places the first of the season, be
gan in Southern anil Western Colorado
this afternoon. Several inches of snow
hsve fallen. The storm is trsveling
northward and tonight all indications
sre that IVnver will have a heavy fall.
Io the northern part of the state and
K)ints in the mountains the temners
tnres have fallen to tero and Itelow.
Reports from New Mexico and as far
south as the Texas line show that
general storm has prevailed for more
than 24 hours.
Reprimand for Young.
Washington, Jan. 3. Secretary Bon
aparte lias acted upon the proceeding
of the court martial in the esse of
Commander I.ncien Young, of the Ben
nington, who was tried on chsrge
connected w ith the fatal explosion on
that vessel at San Dirgo last summer.
The court found Commander Young
guilty of a part of the specifications
alleging negligence o' duty and sen
tenced him to reieive a letter of reprimand.
Earthquakes in Austria.
Vienna, J n. 3. A series of earth
quake shocks were felt at about 5:30
this morning at Agram, Gilli, Leibch,
Marburg and Grata. Buildings crscked
and the inhabitants fled panic stricken
from their houses.
Must Keep Rosds Open.
Weston Unless people residing on
the line of a rural poatolTice delivery
system keep the roads leading to their
places in passahle condition they are
likely to lose their service. The con
dition of the mountain roads out of
Weston has at times been so bad that
it was difficult for Carrier B. F. Somer
ville to make his trips, and a report of
the matter to the authorities st Wash-
inuton has brought that ottimatum to
Postmaster Baker at this place.
Giant Spruce Log Cut.
Astoria One of the largest and fin
est trees ever cut In the Lower Colum
bia river district was placed in the
water a few days aso bv the Grav'a
Bay Logging company. It wss a sprues
measuring 105 inches in diame'er at
the butt and 60 Inches at the first limb,
108 feet up. The tree was cut into
five logs, which contsined 30,921 leet
of perfectly clesr lumlier.
Monster Vegetable From Coos.
(Vqnille xi,e fertility of Coos com
ty soil is proved by a turnip and radish
on exhibition in this city. The radish
csme from the garden of J. H. James
snd weighed 16', pounds. The turnip
csme from Fst F.Ik snd wss grown by
Charles Pendleton. It tipped the
scales st 10 pounds. Neither of the
monsters had any more than the ordi
nary cultivation.
Diphtheria at Weston.
Weston Diphtheria has made its
sppearance in Weston. James Killgore
and a boy in his family are attacked,
snd Mr. Killgors's condition is report
ed as serious. A strict Quarantine has
been established by tbe city council.
Wheat Club. 72c: bluestem. 73 Wc
red, 6ltc; valley, 73c per bushel.
'ais .o. l white leed. IZ7: gray.
i-'H.DU per ton.
Barley Feed, $23(323.50 per ton
brewing, $24; rolled, $24.
Rye $1.60 per cental.
Hay (-.astern Oregon timothy,
lis OU1413.0U per ton; valley timothy,
111(412; clover, $8(3"; cheat, $8.50(3
9.60; grsin hs, $89.
rru its Apples, 75cajl.60 per box ;
pears, $1.25(31.60 per box.
Vegetables Beans,wsx,10 12.',c per
pound, cabbage, l2c per pound;
cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery,
$3.60 per crate; cncumlers, 60a0c
per dozen; peppers, 6c per pound;
pumpkins, lc per pound ; sprouts,
7c per pound; suash, ?4 (31c per pound;
turnips, 90cll per sack, csrrots. 65
975c per sack; beets, 85c(4l per sack.
Onions Oregon, No. 1, $11.15 per
sack ; No. 2, 76 90c.
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks,
65i75o per sack ; ordinary, 60(8 60c per
sack: Merced sweets, 2c per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27, 30c
per pound.
Kggs Oregon ranch, 30c perdoren.
Poultry Aversge old hens. 11312c
per pound; young roosters, 10c; springs.
U V312c; broilers, 12(r13c; dressed
chickens, 12Q12V; turkevs, live, 17
(1 8c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 21(9
2.1c; geese, live, 10(41 lc; ducks, 15c.
Hops Oregon, ll05, choice, 10
11 V; prime, Sfic; medium. 8c;
olds. 5(3 7c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, aversge best,
16a21c; vslley, 24S26c; mohair,
cLoice, 30c per ponnd.
rieef Dressed bulls, l2c pel
pound; cows, 3g4c; country steers,
4l4V.
Veal Dressed, Sa8c per ponnd.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, Boe net
pound; ordinary, 45; lambs, 7(8
7S.
Pork Dressed, 7e per ponnd
Senators Propose Irrigation, Exclud
ing Wagon Road Lands.
Wsshington, Jan. 2. Senators Ful
ton and Gearin today called on the di
rector of the geological survey to see if
it be possible to revive the Malheur ir
rigation project, now practically dead.
They hope the government will do
something that will benefit settlers
owning land in that vicinity and sng
gested that the original project might
be reduced in size by eliminating the
wagon road land and land included In
the railroad right of way, which proved
serious obstacles in the way of the first
project.
Director Woleott promised to give
immediate sttention to this request,
and In a few days will advise the sen
ators whether or not it will be prac
ticable to remodel the project as they
have suggested. Il such a plan is feas
ible, there is some hope that a modified
Malheur project may ultimately he
Ex-Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho,
Victim of Dastardly Outrage.
BoiBe, Jan. 2. Frank Steunenberg,
ex-governor of the state, was killed
Saturday evening at his home in the
suburbs of Caldwell. A dynamite bomb
bad been placed at his front gate with
some contrivance by which it exploded
as he entered. Both legs were blown
off snd he lived but 20 minutes.
There is no known reason for the
outrage, but it is charged to some
member of the famous inner circle of
the Coeur d'Alene dynamiters, whom
ne prosecuted so relentlessly in 1899,
while he was governor. Governor
Gooding is in communication with the
authorities of that county and is pre
pared to put the full support of the
state behind the ofllcials there in run
ning down jthe perpetrators of the
crime.
It is thought probable thai the lesd
ing detective agency of the country
will be asked to send some of their
lest men to the scene snd the state
will offer as great a reward as the gov
ernor msy find he has power to pro
pose.
Steunenberg was governor of the
state frvom 1897 to 1901, having been
twice elected. He was born in Iowa
44 years sgo and had been in Idaho
since 1887. He left a wife and three
children.
Reduction In Schedule of Transconti
nental Mails.
Washington, Jan. 1. The postmaster
genersl has announced what, from a
postal standoint, is regarded as one of
ihe most important changes in rail
way mail schedules that have occurred
in many years, affecting all points in
the East having business with points
west of the Mississippi river. It be
comes effective December 31. ,
A change of the schedule on the
Union Pacific railway between Omaha
and Ogden, Utah, and on the Southern
Pacific between Ogden and Ran Fran-
..I - L 1
Cisco, wun supplemental Changes on
the Chicago, Burlington A Quincy and
Chicago A Northwestern railroads be
tween Chicago and Omaha, reduces the
time of mail in transit between New
York and San Francisco west bound,
and between the same points east
bound, practically 24 hours. A busi
ness day is saved each way.
Direct connection is made at Ogden
with a train from Green River, via Po
catello, Idaho, and Huntington, Or., to
Portland, expediting mail for Oregon,
Washington and Idaho 12 hours.
REBEL8 WRECKING BRIDGES.
built.
Try to Liberate Peons.
New Orleans, Jan. 2. The Federal
authorities in this stste are determined
to put an end to the practice of placing
negroes in a state of peonage, which
has been in vogue since the Civil war.
It is the plan of the planters to take a
n gro under contract, sgreeina to furnish
all hi. -living expenses for a term of
years, and to get all the profits of the
negro laborer during that time. This
afternoon J. J. Newland, of Washing-
ion, i .a , was placed nnder arrest under
ndictment by the Federal grand lurv
on a charge of pe nage.
Clean Up Nebraska Now.
Omaha, Jan. 2. J. C. Pettiiohn.
who was recently removed from the
office of receiver of the Valentine land
office, was arrested today npon a com
plaint filed by Special I'nited States
Attorney Rush by direction of the st-
torney general's office. Pettiiohn is
barged with subornstion of nerlnrv
conspiracy in securing frsudulent lsnd
ntries and unlawfully enclosing gov
rnment land. Attorney Tucker, of
Valentine, was also arrested for all trwt
complicity in the land frauds. Other
rrests will follow.
Anarchy on Siberian Road.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 2. Warning
news hs leen received frnin ti i tvM: .
It is reported authoratively that the
Siberian railroad is disorganized as far
" "" Ksuway stations have
7" I "'sTpu by soldiers and sailors
General anarchy prevails along the
line and trains are being run with
oeiays and uncertainty. At Ir
kutsk there has leen a general head-Ing-up
of the line. nH i..
,1 age hsve made the place almost
untenable D.sasters of the worst
'"d sre feared along the whole line.
Federation to Investigat
.nver j.n. 2."An inquiry , t
the assassination of ex-Governor Sten
nenherg of Idaho will be conducted by
the Western Fe.ler.il, . i .
said President Charles H. Moyer of
that organization today. "We wi 1 ,U
this, not only to Tea
.,,, lIie leieration, but in
Z :V. T"1!""' if. ,OMibl". whether
;v"7 " line. t0 one is
mn,j ,t ns perpetration th
omces of the federation."
isn
more
re the
Want Open Debate on Treaty
Washington, Jan. 2. Iten.ocrats in
congress want the policy of this govern-
ent tow srds the republics of Central
snd outh America to 1ms discussed
openly in both branches. Should the
contention of some senators that the
treaty with Panto Dmingo is of such
widespresd importsnce that it should
be made in the form of a joint resolu
tion and submitted to both houses of
congress, prevail, the debate, It is be
lieved, will be protracted and bitter.
Bomb Kills and Mangles Many.
Dvinsk, West Russia. Jan. 2 A
strike was declared here today. Martial
aw naa been proclaimed. Bv the u.
cidental explosion of a bnmh at mat
ing of workingmen last nlaht eisht ner.
sons were killed and 29 wounded.
Morales Lands Forces.
Cape Hsytien, Hayti. Jan. 2
firmatior. has been received of the re
port that Morales' cruiser IndeUn?!
cia yesterdav l.n.l.i nr. nan
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dent UnnU i
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, "e-ier within 24 hours
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the operations
it did
4 ne American w
win not interfere with
of the Independencia.
Smoot Confident of Result
of rlYh lTrn' J.1- 2-S'"tor Smoot,
of Itsh, believes thst when a vote is
taken in the senate upon the n!i
of hi. right t, retain hi. slat,
l: is sv
uimseii ss anxious that
X pressed
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Chairman Burrows of h - , 7
on r,,i.iJ T.J I tbr 'mlttee
i- c . . . tor
nB naiuraay, has brought
interest.
a meet-
op public
Still Active In Moscow, Though Their
Leaders are Captured.
Moscow, Jan. I. The rebels are still
active here, despite all reports to the
contrary, as developments of the past
few hours have plainly shown. In
order to cut off ingress to the city by
rail from Tver, tbe insurgents today
placed bombs under the bridge between
that place and Moscow, literally wreck
ing the tiridge.
A inob of armed men made an attack
on tbe police barracks and was defeated
with great loss of life. The police lo
cated the meeting place of tbe Social
Revolutionary committee and arrested
all the members. A quantity of bombs
was also seized. Kn raged at the arrest
of tbe committee, a mob destroyed 200
wagons loaded with provisions for sol
diers. Following this the prefect of
police ordered the soldiers to shoot any
one found interfering with either pro
vision wagons, telegraph or telephone
poles.
The streets of the city present a
ghastly appearance. The bodies of un
identified dead are found lying every,
where. It is said that when the police
atrested the revolutionary committee
the workmen were discussing a termin.
tion of the strike.
Abolish Private Car Lines.
Des Moines, Jsn. 1. The Western
r ruit jobbers association today adopted
stroi g resolutions demanding tbe enact
ment of legislation abolishing private
car lines and pointing out the insuffl
ciency of pending legislation before
congress in this res, ect. The associa
tion also gave endorsement to Governor
Uimm.ns, w ho aroused the wildest en
thus.ssm at the banquet by hi, arraign-
congre f0 h alliedw;,re(Jto m
thfulnes, in heeding the petitions of
hippers for relief.
Great Raid on Swindlers.
New York, J. 1. -Considerable ex
c ementwj.scause.Ithi. afternoon br
spectacular raid b, detectives on thi
,.,.IlrrH OI a of
tPPr swindlers in . .I,..,
partment nf t,i i n
Twenty.seven7h " Tuu"
nil nr,i '
. ... uuucing me
.'"g entries. It
..u upoi alleged fake
made in several years.
eged wire-
double nrlnr
New Orleans
SS the hiirireat
wire-tappera.
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the newsp.r' " ....T,"'y Spelled
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