Hillsboro Independent
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WILL FIGHT HENEV.
Big
NEWS OF THE WEEK
la a Condensed Form lor Our
Bnsj Readers.
A Ratum f rha Lest Important but
Not Lata Interesting Events
f tha Past Week.
Tli Hermann
the en. I.
trkJ Is approaching
Bmt Franciaco street oar employes
may ktrlka (ur 8 hours and 3 a day.
Coal miners at Coleman, Alberta
hav struck fur an Increase vl 1(1 per
cent In wages.
The Chicago & A I Hon railroad hat
been fined $(10,000 fur granting rebates
In, meat shipments.
Spain haa outlined a program for
new navy which colli for an appiopria
lion of 164,000,000.
Robbers held up the Northern Pacific
hxpuH company's oih.ee at St. Paul
and secured $25,000.
Portland plolce have captured the
"pink domino," a bold burglar who
)ia terrorized the Nob Hill district for
aeveral week.
Snow 8 tor mi and freeiing weather
prevail from Wlacorufin down intc Kan-
ens- In plauea trains are delayed on
account of the snow.
The United States census bureau has
placed Seattle's population in 1906 at
104. 1U. Senator Piles is indignant
and declares the 01(7 has ovei 200,000.
Governor Buchtel. 'of Colorado, has
asked the governors of all states con
taiiiing public land to join him in a
conference June 18, 19 and 20 at Den
ver to ditcuss the question of public
land laws.
A Northern Pacific train was wrecked
near Jamestown, N. D., and five per
sons injured.
Russia and J'pan have completed the
evacuation of Manchuria, leaving only
a few railway guards.
Officials cf the Zortman, Mont.,
minee deny that the stage robber got
f 28, 000 for his work.
Express company employea in the
Khhi have gained a shorter work day
and a substantial increase in salary.
Kail way employes of the Rio Grande
want an increase in wages on the basis
of the Chicago settlement and may go
on at rike.
The Astor family has lost an appeal
against the New York law which
makes them pay a transfer tax on
about 14, 000,000.
The Wisconsin legislature il ballot
ing for a senator to take Bpooner's
puwe. Irvln L. Lenroot and Isaac
Stephenson are the leading candidates.
The Supreme court of the United
States has confirmed the action of the
lower court which -fined ex-United
States Senator Patterson $1,000 for
Contempt.
K. II. Hnrriman, George J. Gould,
J.H-oh H. SchlfY and Jui.ies Stlllman
are likely to have to defend a suit for
millions for wrecking the Chicago Ter
minal Transfer Railroad company.
Counsel for Thaw will now fight to
have him released on bail.
K peace conference haa been arranged
between Nicaragua and Salvador.
New York Democrats will celebrate
J e (Tere on day, but will not invite
ftryan.
The government is seeking a way to
prevent Japanese being smuggled into
this country.
The pope haa made Important conces
sions to Catholics In America and to
Catholic members of secret societies.
A San Francisco police captain will
tell the grand jury all about the system
of grafting in his department of the bay
city government.
Miners at Park City, Utah, have
gone on strike and others in nearby
mines are expected to follow. The men
want to enter and leave the shaft on
company time.
The Cape Arago lighthouse may be
blown up by dynamite on a schooner
which is pounding to pieces on the
rocks near. The vessel haa 4,000
pounds of the deadly powder aboard.
The Union Pacific will make a test
caae of the Nebraska 2 -cent rate law.
Itntta is overrun with holdup men.
Three and four robberies occur a night.
A new combine is now under way
which will control the rubber trade of
the world.
Corporations Have Banded To
gether In Sat Francisco.
San Francisco, April 17 A conspi
acy which puts into the shade the $5
000,000 affair that recently aroused the
inmates of the White House has evolv
imI from tha craft nroreedings in San
Francisco, and, like the conspiracy
Washington, It has its headquarters
Washlmrton. Moreover, one of the
leaders of the $5,000,000 conspiracy
one of the chief actors in this latest
plot.
In short, the big corporations, which
have sighted the pperter of Indictment,
have banded together againet the com
mon foe. Combined they represent
one of the moat powerful forces that
America baa known, and they are pre'
pared to expend a large share of the an
limited capital they control. The
United Railroads, an $S0.00O.OO0 cor
poration; the Pacitlo States Telephone
4 Telegraph company, the Home tele
phone company, and lastly the South
ern Pacilio comiany, have joined bands
to fight down the graft prostcution.
The head and .front of the plot are
reputed to be Patrick Calhoun and E
II. Harriman. ' It is no secret tha
above all others it is the desire of Mr
lleney to direct the fire of the proseca
tion against Calhoun and the men who
occupy the seat of the mighty in the
councils of the Southern Pacific liar
riman's representative on the Pacific
W. F. Herrin. is out of the chief ob
jects of Mr. lleney 's Investigation. Mr
Herrin lias always refused to come into
the open and even now, with public
attention centered upon him. he re
mains in the background.
MEXICAN SHOCKS CONTINUE
Destruction Grows as Reports Com
From Outlying Districts.
City of Mexico, April 17. Heavy
earthquake shocks continued on the
west coast until 4 o'clock this morning
Late news of the earthquake shows that
the devastation wrought was greater
than at first supposed. Beside the de
ttruction of Chilpancingo and Chilapa,
it is now said that Tixtla also was lev
eled. Messengers reaching Chtlpancln
go say the towns of Ayutla and Omete-
pre have been wiped out.
The population of Ayutla is small.
nd It is thought the loss of life there
will be insignificant. Ometepre is
town of about 4,000 inhabitants and
the loci pi life probably is large.
Tlapa, near the bolder Una of the
state of Oaxaca, is also reported to be
wiped out. A report from Chilpancin
go says the whole of the west coast
rorn Acapulco south of Salina Crux has
been badly damaged.
The damaged places are remote, and
news from the stricken district conse
quently is incomplete. Only one wire
is working to Chilpancingo.
The Sooth American war Is believed
to be over now that the Honduran pres
ident haa surrendered.
Austria and Germany are to confer
regtrding their attitude at the coming
Hague peace conference.
Three Loa Angeles Home Telephone
men are afraid they will be indicted by
the San Francisco grand jury.
Eleven Jspaneae are to be returned
I ome from Seattle for coming to this
cvantry andyr contract. '
et-n discharged by the court. Anew
trial will commence in October. The
trial haa cost the county and family
$300,000. An effort will be male to
let the defendant out on bail.
Trains in California have all resumed
their regular service, as all trace of the
recent washouts have disappeared.
Chicago packing house men threaten
another strike.
President Bonllla, of Honduras, has
surrendered to Nicaraguan troops.
I-nrd Cromer haa presented Great
Britain with his resignation as ruler of
Egypt.
Senator Burrows says Roosevelt
would decline even if nominated for a
third term.
Standard Dodges Taxes.
Chicago, April 17. Taxing authori
ties of Lake county, Indiana, have in-
tigated an action against the Standard
Oil company of Whiting as a result of
investigations in charge of County As
sessor William E. Black and his assist
ant, Towns Assessor Bert Escher, of
Hammond. They have discovered, they
say, that the company for four years
has sequrstered millions of dollars'
worth of valuable property from tax
duplicates. It Is estimated by the
ofiicials that the Standard Oil company
should be paying taxes on $40,000,000
worth of property when it is assessed
on the tax duplicates for only $3,000,
uuo worth.
OREGON STATE ITEMS Of
MOSTLY 8PRIN3 GRAIN. j INSPECTION ilAY BE CHEAP
Dry Fall In Wasco Prvntt Shading
WTERESI J
earthquake in vexico.
State bhesp cJimlision nr4
Make Bu,, .,lh, rWklo-
Salem Out X most serious prob
lems the Om. -..mmlssion will
r rarc-fv-'-
of Usual Acreage
The Dalles Farmers from the inter
ior of Wasco county aay it ia still too
early to predict with any degre of r- have to solv,t) Iruedul of rates to
talnty, what will be the prospect for ; be charged brgouXy inspectori for the
this year's crops. The season ia about inspection of tJ iur -fab or other
three weeks late, and the rain, which contagious Ink..,!... tiua. It is
has fallen to the depth of 1.5 inches probable the ii ILn determined on
since April 1, has greatly interfered will be to tunthJ Hotv of Innpetelon
wltn plowing ana seeding, rromiarra- over to the conn, l,nt inspectors, es
era In different parts of the county, it p daily east tfuJraaradtsi. and con
is learned that there la more moisture tine the duties i, di-outy tate lo
in the ground now than for a number . spectors to iurrvL the dipping, with
. a .1 tk. 1....L : il : - ' T - . i 1
of years past. On account of the lack
of moisture last year, a small propor
tion of the acreage was sown to fall
grain, probably not more ttian 25 per
cnt. The grain that was sown, how
ever, came through the winter In
splendid shape, the heavy snowfall
their compeiim;,. on the basis
of $5 per day tai fcpenses.
In order to ttuJibe expemeas light
aa possible upoa tiL theepmen the com
mission first decidii upon a minimum
charge of 25 ctofelnd a maximum of 1
cent per bead ilr flak, where the
number did not aicetd 1.000 head.
makinir a (rood nrotectlon. Aa socn aa
the ground series enougn to begin, then It was il,t a maxamum
work will be pushed forward with great charge of $1 pt flk would be audi
rapidity In order to make np for the cient. inasmuch u 'there was not much
lateness of the season. Iwork connected ;th the inspection,
which consists oriBciDslly oi taking a
birdseye view of the flock and looking
for outward nn.htoms of scab and
ticks, and reqmi goly a few minutes'
work. j
PORTLAND GETS LABORATORY.
City
Agricultural Department Selects
for Testing Foods.
Portland Portland is to have a gov Rains hit Sasdlnc
ernmennoou mooravory. Pendleton Ai nnlt of the rainy
Prior to the passage of the pure food weather that hu .n,t all over this
snd ding act of congress, which went section during tlx Tgwater Prt of the
into effect on the fir-t of the year, four mrino- it h.m 3;..ni. fn. hini.n
laoonuunes were mainrainea or me to tret anrlno m,i j ... Dri-
nment, at Boston, New York, Chi- na. Un,W onW-. conditions prac
cago ana Ban ianciaco, for the pm. I tlcallv all of tht.rin. ablins ia done
u wi icniui. uis iMiiii, w iixmi puu rjT I llA ml. 1,1 a nl 1 I knt mili'h nd
drugs imported from foreign countries. nieant for sprint traln'this vear ia vet
Upon the passage and enforcement of nnaown. TV, m. .k. .i.iiM
me new law, on account of the wide ex. there ia more th h. n.n.l amount of
vein vi iia operauons, H uecame ne- nrln iain tnK..-hl. v,r ha
ceasary tor me oepartmeni. of agricul- of t(ie drT we.,her dtirina Uie
ture to readjuet that branch of its Mrv full .n.i n.. .i
. . , ia , - j ' t m taa srviutj Ul uiV we isvr arv.-v
wora. aa u is now nniawiui to snip n.1 in H,a luta fcn uu.i, l. ...
from one state i to another the various cold weather kept thsaheat from germ-
articles covered in the act, or at least
department inspectors aud chemists are
Instructed to condemn any food or
drug found to be adulterated or Impure
that has come from an other state.
Marlon Fruit Prospects.
Salem Fruitgrowers of this section
of the Willamette valley are looking
forward to splendid crops in all varie
ties of fruits, especially in quality, and
inatlng. Consequently the latter lve
to rested now. However, the only re
seeding of consequence is in the north'
western pert of the county, where more
late sowing was done thin on the reser
vation.
Reorganize the Chautauqua.
Oregon City Eeoraniaztion of the
Willamette Valley Chiutauqua asaocla
I t inn MB! luuin aHnrtaA -ml f h nam. g.i
in consequence of tne destruction being the corporation changed to the Willam.
wruugii vo me crops in pans 01 me ette Valley ChsuUnqua assembly.
av syiiD llrii, BOtriO JIUDIB A1IU , I hAts. IfA 11 rl Mshvtl nl r.a aa
.1 , . , - I --vow WBaw 4 V . I VV l"JI SUIVS V T Stic,
omer aeuimentai conditions Of weath- Congressman W. C. Hawley, H. E
er, there is also a fine prospect for good Cross. Charles H.Pye, George A. Hard
pnw. .or iregon irui, ootn green ana ing, William A. Huntley, Charles B.
the prune trees are not so thickly set
as last year, growers are pleased be-
caused what is lacking in quantity will
be more than made up in quality and
the price basis will be increased in pro-
Moores, J. fcngens 8igs, Samuel O
Keed, of Port land, j (ieorge A. Steel,
John T. Appersonani! A. F. Parker.
portion.
The Dallas Fruit Possibilities.
The Dalles This place Is waking up
to the fact that the soil and climatic
conditions are perfectly fitted for the
production of first clans fruits, and es
pecially for the raising of cherries and
peaches. Men every day are turning
their attention to the fruitraieing In
dustry, many investing in tracts of land
The old directorate!
nine members
Willamette Gt
Willamette nniv
fas composed of
law Building
sty. Salem The
trustees of Willamll univeraltr have
secured a new builn, alued at $10,
000 which is toj b placed upon the
campus as soon i-possible. The new
building will brf f iller a new college of
music or a bornt la the college of law
At present the) w department has
headquarters doVi town and is not lo
cated on the caaipos. The building Is
Methods of Japanese Smugglers.
City of Mexico, April 17. Repre
sentatives of the United States Com
rnerce and Labor department have been
making a qulot investigation here in
the last few days, and are said to have
discovered some startling facts in con
nection with Japanese passing into the
united htates from Mexico. Japanese
labor agents have been operating
among the Japanese who desire to enter
tne united States, and are said to be
Instructing hundreds to proceed to the
leraa line and declare that they are en
route to uanada.
Will Test tha 10-Hour Law.
Uutte, Mont.. April 17. A Helena
special to the Miner states that Attor
ney Ueneral Albert J. Gslen in an
opinion rendered today itatea that he
noma i ne recent enactment by the leg
islature of the statute limiting tha
hours of employment of railway em
ployes to 16 hours to be valid. Wil-
mm Wallace. Jr.. mnnnel for tha
Northern Pacific, haa served not in.
upon the board of railway commission
ers that the company will Ignore the
new statute. Mr. Oalen haa advised
the commissioners to al once begin a
teat case against the railways.
Accused of Taking Bribe.
Chicago, April 17 P-. f
rick, chief aanitarr lnar..in n.
city Health department, was arrested
uay on charges of soliciting and ac
cepting a bribe. U is alleged the $200
paid to him by Georgi A. heckwa. .n
inventor, was found in him
he was arrested. Hedrick was released
on $10,000 bonds. According to the
charges made against Hedrick, be
tfreed with Beckway that on payment
of the monev ha
Beckway a invention to tha Hnalth H.
partnient.
Boston Has 1 00,000 Fir.
varying in site from five, to 40 acres. 1 known aa th oUiirav mid
up.m woico wiey nave piantea orcnaras, now situated on fate Street
wun ine prospect of splendid results.
Nowhere can finer cherries and peaches
be raised, and this season bids fair to
be an exceptional one for a fruit crop.
Same Prices as Last Season.
Astoria The Columbia river csnn cr
ies and cold storage firms have notified
their fishermen that they have fixed
the prices for salmon for the season be
ginning April 16 st ft cents per pound have oome to understand this, and are
for small fish, snd 7 cents per pound systematically taking up the various
for large ash. in the latter class are . farming features.
included fish weighing 26 pounds or
f
More Interrtt in Farming
Prairie City He upper part of the
John Day valley, in which Prairie City
is situated, is fastcoming to the front
as an agrlcclturildiatiict. It is usual
ly considered andtpoken of as a stock
country, but a late years grain
and fruit raising bsve given it the char
acterofa faimloi section. Citizens
over. These are the same prices paid
at the opening of the season last year
and cent per pound lees than, the
prices fixed by the Fishermen's union a
few days ago. No action has yet been
taken regarding the selling prices.
To Bridge McKsnzl River.
Eugene The county court has dec id
ed to build a cool bridge across the
McKensie river it Hendricks Ferry
For years the cost of maintaining the
ferry at this point has been considera
ble of an expense to the county, and
the high water bw often pnt the ferry
temporal i ly out of commission .
PORTLAND MARKETS.
77c;
Log Drive on Mary's River.
Corvallis A log drive containing 1.-
250,000 feet of lumber, haa just been
successfully driven down Mary's river
irona Bummir,, for the Oorvallis Saw-1 Wheat Club, 76c; bluestem,
uuii luuiLmiiY, anil ia neiu at me moutn ra ev. 72i? Tan
oi me river in this city. A crew of 1J Oats No. 1 white, $29.60; gray, $28
uicu iuiiiivuiixi i ne urive ana inev fZ9.
were about five weeks on the trip. The I Rye $1 .45(il.60 per cwt
river wnere the logs are now field is I iurl va too nn tn
i..i- v.i.l.- i.j , ,.a - -
wuipicuci uiuuaaueu lor a distance Of.lng. 125: rolled. i23.50fi,24.8O.
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iars worth of property was endangered
today by s fire that broke out in a Cen
tral wharf warehouse, bht owing to the
fact that the wind was blowing In the
diiection of the harbor, the firemen
were able to confine the flames and pre
vent their spreading toward the city.
The fire was started In the oil refining
plant of Howe, French A Co., and was
caused by the explosion of an oil tank.
The property loss is placed t $100,000.
Wisconsin Central Is Guilty.
WMinneapolis, April 17. A jnry in
the Unit.! States District court laat
night found the Wisconsin Central rail
road and two of Its officials guilty of
rebating. Barton Johnson, general
freight agent, and O. T. Huey, his
assistant, were convicted on all the 17
counts named In the Indictment.
about a mile npstream and
pretty sight.
Work Must Ba Done Over.
Albany Members of the State
Grange who have been circulating peti
tions asaing ror a referendum vote on
the University of Oregon annronriatlon
hilt have worked in vain. It has been
discovered that an error was made in
preparing the form foi the petitions and
which renders them worthless. Seve
ral hundred names hsve been signed
to these petit ions and the work of seve
ral aays haa ccme to naught.
Grain Crop Will Be Urge.
Elgin There is every prospect of a
bumper grain ciop in Union county this
season, a large snowfall together with
unusually large rainfalls the past -few
weeks, Insures sufficient moisture for a
large etop. Thousands of acres were
own to fall grain last fjtl and nn lo
in all probabilities be a record breaker.
Covs Fruit Outlook.
Cove The prospects for a heavy
wp of fruit from this section of the
U rand Ronde were nova k.;v...
this time of year, and the outlook for
easy and rapid shipment was never be
fore so good, even In the minds of the
doubters, as the Central Railway com-
to lift the strawbarry crop In Juns.
Buy Timber Tract.
k.f ?"e.ntr:Tb6 Arm",w8 timber tract
has i just been conveys,! to th, MJ
Mill company The land consists of
1.443 acres in the Lake creek district
and the price paid, according to the
The land Is in township 17, ranges 7
ana 8.
presents a I Corn Whole, 125; cracked, $26 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $16(16
per ton; Eastera Oregon timothy, 117
tola; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay,
i$fI0.
Apples Common, 75cfe$1.2o per
box; choic, $1.802.
Vegetables Turnlrs, $ll-25 per
sack; carrots, $lfSil.2; beets, $1,260,
1.60; horsersdish", Sc per pound;
cauliflower, $1(5M.25 per dosen; let
tuce, head, 35(46c r doen' onione
10tol2,o per dosen; ladishes 25c per
doaen; asparagus 15c per pound; rhu
barb 45c per pound.
Onions Oregon .1(3."5 P" wt-
Potstoes Oregon Unrbanks fancy
$1.40(91.65; extra fancy, $1..52;
No. 1 choice, $1.25(3 1.40- ,,
Butter Fancy creamery, 27 H (5
32 So per pound. ,
Butter Fat First graIe cream lc
, t , . -.,t- Mm leas
per pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 15tf 6c
per pound; mixed chickenr, 151 e;
spring fryers and broilers, 22 4 3 25c;
old roosters, ioal2c; dr,ssel chick
ens, 1617c; turkeys, I've, 13(15c;
turkeys, dreiauwi. choice. 18,4920c;
geese live, ft.. du(.k, I6lc
Eggs lOcppfoVzen.
Veal Iraj K)'e P" Pnn1-
IW-DreseM bulls, 3(83H Pr
ponnd; cows, as.flc; country steers,
eH.7c. u
Mutton-D,, fancy, 10(S10S'e
per ponnd; ordinary, (39c: Pin
lambs, with p,u I2413c-
Pork-I),,' per poonf
Hoa ' -oond, according to
qnality.
Wl' Esjtfrn Oregon average beet,
13tol8c per axrording to shrink
age; valley, loja,, accofd'H nn
ness; mohai,, ct0iee, 3929Sc
Shock Lasts More Than Four Min
utes Over Large Territory.
City of Mexico, April 16. An earth
quake lasting four and a half minutes
startled tbia city Sunday night. The
earth rucked in a long, swinging mo
tion, terrifying the inhabitants but do
ing no damage so far as can be learned
st this city. Clocks stopped at 11:34
p. m. (Mexican time), and the percep
tible motion of the earth ceased at
11:23),'. Tha telegraph wires were
put out of commission and for a short
time the city was in darkness owing to
the failure of the electric lights. The
asphalt on one of the principal bueinens
streets of the city was cracked open for
distance of 10 yards. People Bed
from their houses into the streets.
Representatives of the Associated
Press made rapid searches over the city
but nothing beyond cracked walls and
small fissures in the pavements could
be found. At the pel ice stations no
deaths had been reported. A wall on
Santiago street collapsed, killing a num
ber of horses and wounding five men.
No reports have yet come from the
American colony, but it is not believed
that serious damage was sustained
there, although the houses, unlike those
in the old section of t lie city, are not
built to withstand earthquake ahocki.
Telegraphic communication as fai
south as the citea of Oaxaca and San
Juan Bautista has becnetitablished, tut
beyond the report that the shock was
very heavy In that legion and along the
gulf coast nothing more was learned.
ROUTE OF LONG RIDE.
Lieutenant McCabe Selects Course of
3,000-Mile Trip.
Washington, April 16. Lieutenant
E. Warner McCabe, of the Sixth caval
ry, who has been picked by General
Bell to ride from Silverton, Ore., acrxss
tbe continent on an Arab stallion, has
asked that Quartermaster Seigeant
Samuel Peterson, troop K, Sixth caval
ry, be detailed as his orderly to accom
pany him on his long trip.
McCabe has also indicated that be
will lay his route along the Oregon
Short Line and the Union Pacific road
from Silverton to Umatilla, Or.;
thence to Boise Barracks, Idaho; Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyo. ; Omaha, Neb.;
Fort Des Moines, la.; Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Ind. ; Columbua Barracks,
Ohio; Pittsburg and Harrisburg, Pa.,
to New York City.
General Bell raid today that he
thought the trip, which will embrace
more than 3,000 miles, might be made
in 100 days, and even less if the hone
had the necessary endurance. Com
plete statistics of the condition of the
horse and rider, amount of food con
sumed and other details will be kept
from day to day.
Pick Flaws In Douma.
London, April 16. In a long letter
to the London Tlms, the Russian Jur
ist, Professor Pe Martens, expresses the
conviction that the second Russian par
liament Is absolutely unfit tc wotk sue.
cessfullv for the benefit of Russia and
cannot advance the nation In the direc
tion of a constitutional system of gov
ernment. Professor DeMartens bases
his belief on the ground that legislative
assembly find not a single word to dis
approve of assassinations and murder,
only enjoys speeches of discontent and
unlimited hate and Is quite unlit to uis
cuss needful reforms, and cannot posst
bly construct new order in the state.
He believes dissolution is absolutely
inevitable and only a question of time,
Makes Good Hsul.
Butte, Mcnt., April 16. A Mivv
dispatch from Great Falls says thafthe
stage running between Malta and Zort
man was held op last night by a lone
bandit according to a telephone mes
sage received today, and a sum estimat
ed at about $28,000 la said to have been
secured. The message gave no details
of the daring robbery other that than
it occurred just north of Zortman as the
stage was entering the Little Rockies
with a consignment of money to pay
the wages of the miners al the Zortman
mines.
Fruit Damage Is Heavy.
Kansas City, April 16. There were
killing frosts again last night in the
fruit district of Kansas and Western
Missouri, adding to the damage already
done. All reports agree that heavy loss
bas been caused millions of dollars,
according to Secretary LaGoodman, of
the Missouri Valley Horticultural asso
ciation. Several days may elapse be
fore the full extent of the injury can be
estimated sccnrately. The weather
tonight Is cloudy and warmer and fur
ther frost is not expected.
Brsxll at Peace Meetlrg.
Rio de Janeiro, April 16. Brazil haa
received . official information from the
government of the Netherlands that she
to participate in the approaching
peace conference at The Hague. The
lirasilian government has denounced
the ex luting commercial treaty with
France, and it hat been decided to de
nounce also the agreements with
France, Spain, Italy, Port n gal and
Switzerland nnder which the consular
representatives of tbe specified countries
are allowed to intervene in the collec
tion and settlement of Inherits nces.
Austin, Tex., April 16. With 27
tax measures pending for consideration
in consequence of Governor Campbell's
having reconvened tbe legislature In
special session laat Friday, much inte
rest awaits his demands which he says
will make tomorrow for specific action
upon these measures. They represent
a tsx upon every known corporate in
terest in the state. In addition the
atate revenue agent has demanded a
relistment of property values.
Floods Do Grsst Damage.
Constantinople, Apri 16. Continu
ous besvy rains hsve caused the rivers
to overflow, seriously flooding Mace
donia and As'a Minor. Tbe plains of
Braaa, Adabazsr, Kntuahla, Adin and
almost all the villages are submerged
snd there have been heavy lost of life
and destruction of cattle and property.
LARGE AREA IN RUIN
Two Cities la Mexico Known to
Be Destroyed.
500 LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST
Panic Reigns at Chilpancingo and Chi
lapa, tha Ruined Cities Silence
Covers Others. .
Chilpancingo. Mexico, April 16.
This city haa been completely destroyed
by an earthquake. The known dead
number 11 and the badly injured z.
The greatest panic prevails and the
people are fleeing to the open country.
The earth continues to rock at half
hour intervslt and many minor shocks
are completing the work of destruction
begun by the first earthquake.
Word bas readied here that the town
of Chilapa, 42 kilometers to tbe north
eastward, lias also been destroyed. No
details have been received as to the
number of dad and injured.
The population of Chilpancingo ia
7,41 and until the panic into which
the citizens have been thrown abates
it will be Impossible to state the num
ber of casualties. The population of
Chilapa is 16,000.
No word has been received from
Tixtla, and it is feared it also has been
destroyed. According to the movements
of the earthquake. Tixtla would be in
its direct line.
Half Republic Is Shaken.
Mexico City, April 16. The Federal
telegraph office here haa informed the
Associated Press that Sunday night's
earthquake bas intetfered with the
working of the wires in all parts of the
republic south of a line drawn from
Acapulco cn the west coast to Tampico
on the Gulf coast. From messages re
ceived at the telegraph office np to noon
it appears that the entire south half of
the republic including the lower coun
try and the Mesaba belt felt the shock.
The National Bank of Mexico has re
ceived a telegram faying that 500 lives
were lost in the destruction of Chilapa
and Chilpanaingo. In government cir
cles the repoit ia not credited. It is
admitted that both cities were leveled
to the ground, but it is not thought
that the death list will even approxi
mate 600, owing to the fact that the
houses are built of stone in order to re,
sist earthquake shocks. x
TAMPERING WITH GOLD COINS
Entire Output of Dsnvsr Mint . Under
Legal Fineness.
Penver, April 16. Department
heads of the new United States mint
in this city and three government
agents connected with the mint head
quarters began today checking up the
coinage of the mint and making the an
nual settlements, several weeks in ad
vance of the usual time for these settle
ments. This action, following the gov
ernment report that gold coins from the
Denver mint have been found to be
under value in fineness of gold, though
up to grade in weight, means that the
government has tegun action to discov
er who is responsible for the discre
pancy in fineness.
The government report states that
the coins are found to be under fine to
the extent of 6 cents on every $20 gold
piece. The discrepancy was discovered
by the Bank of Kngland assayer, who
passed on a shipment of $1,600,000
made to England in January.
Money tor United "ttates.
Shanghai, April 16. The sum of
$5,000 received from the United States
by the Famine Relief commission to
day was used to purchase 500,000
pounds of dried 'potatoes, which were
rushed to the front. A dispatch was
received today from a Chinese official
offering to put, for the first time in
history, steamboat above the locks of
the Grand canal, thus cutting down the
time for transportation to tha fsmine
district from this city to eight days.
Further particulars of the distress ex
isting show that the people are eating
the green scum from the ponds, white
clay and the hulls of rice.
Five Burned in Wreckage.
St. Paul, April 16. Running at a
speed of 40 miles an hour on a straight
track, the Great Northern west bound
Oriental Limited, which left here for
Pacific coait points Sunday morning,
was derailed at 1:15 yesterday morning
at isartieti, s.u. rive persons were
killed and a score or more injured,
later the gas tank exploded and the
train took fire, seven passenger coaches
being destroyed. The sleeper and ob
servation cars escaped the flames.
There is said to be some evidence that
the rails had been tampered with.
Same Consuls for Both Countries.
New York, April 16. Following the
cessation In hostilities in Central
America annenncement is made that
the Hondurian authorities have ap
pointed all Nicaraguan consuls, con
suls general, charge d'affaires and min
isters both of this country and abroad
also to represent Honduras. The pol
icy of the new government of Hon
duras is to retrench and this is stated
to be the main reason for merging the
consulates. PloBolsnda, rvmiml,
..... ..4tiaKM iu cms city, will
hereafter sens In a dual capscity.
Msda Whole Earth Shake.
Albany, N. Y., April 16. The
strongest and longest earthquake shock
recorded upon the seismograph at the
state museum hers since the instrument
was Installed began st 1.14 a. m. yua-
leroay ana continued lor more than two
honra. Tlia record is much more pro
nounced than that made by tha San
Frsncisco earthquake of last year. The
maximum vlbrstion was so severe aa to
swing tha pendulum clear off tha re
cording indicator.
Andean Volcanoes Break Out.
Buenos Ayres, April 16. Active
eruptions are in progress among the
Andean volcanoes in the territory of
Rio Negro. Ashes are beina thrown
for a great distance.
(STANDARD OIL GUILTY.
Chicago Jury Finds Company Guilty .
on Many Counts.
Chicago, April 15. On the basia of
a verdict leturned by a Jury Saturday
night In the Federal court presided over
by Judge Keneaaw M. Landis, the
Standard Oil company may be fined
anywhere from $1,400,000 to $28,000,
000 for violations of the Elkins law.
After a trial that baa been long
drawn out and bitterly contested by
government attorneys and counsel fer
tile Standard Oil company, the casa
went to the jury late Saturday after
noon and at 10 o'clock a verdict was re
turned in which the defendant corpora
tion la found guilty on eery one cf tha
1,403 counts in the Indictment that bad
not quashed by Judge Landis.
As the matter now stands, it is one
of tbe mott sweeping victories yet scor
ed by the Federal government in Its
contest against corporations. This is
not the end, howevei. The defendanU
filed a motion for a new trial and the
arguments on this motion will be heard
prolsibly early thia week.
The chargea in the Indictment were
that tbe Standard Oil company accept
ed a lower rate for shipments of oil
from Whiting, Ind., to East St. Louis
than is allowed in the published tariff
for the haul.
Originally there were over 1,800
counts in the indictment, but nearly
400 of these were ruled out by Judge
Landis, and hearing of the case pro
ceeded on the others.
LAST VESTIGE OF WAR.
Japan
Transfers Manchurlan Railroad
to Goto's Company.
Toklo, April 16. When the man
agement of the Manchurlan railways
was transferred to Baron Goto's com
pany on April 1, the Japanese govern
ment commenced withdrawing the
remnant of the troops employed in
Manchuria. This work was completed
on April 8, whereupon the Imperial
government at Pekin warmly thanked
Japan, which, it Is expected, will re
duce its lallway guard to loss than one
half the number of men stipulated by
the treaty negotiated at Portemouth,
N. H., which limited the number cf
guards to five men per kilometer. Ia
an interview Baron Goto said:
"The last vestige of war in this sec
tion has now been removed. Fair play
Is my guiding principle. In promoting
tbe peaceful development of Manchuria
through which our railway runs, na
tional differences will te entirely Ig
nored. Manchuria will be made a
field for competition of all aatlona. In
order that we may carry out this prin
ciple, I crsve patience on the part of
those interested. Remember that the
management of the toad was only
transferred to us on the first of the
present month. The allowance of suffi
cient time will Insure the realization of
our plana, and we dread nothing more
than Impatient interference."
STEVENS DISCUSSES CANAL.
Ex-Chief Engineer of the "Big Ditch"
Reaches New York.
New York, April 15. John F. Stev
ens, who recently resigned :aa chief en
gineer of the Panama canal, arrived
here today from Colon. He left for
Washington thia afternoon. Mr. Stev
ens said:
"I was not asked to resign. On the
contrary, the highest position was not
only offered but urged npou me. I
never had any clash with any of my
supei tors, and their attitude was al
ways In support of my efforts.
"The connection of the Washington
officials with tha actual work on the
isthmus Is too small to offer many
chances for dlssgreement. I have
never opposed doing the work by coo-
tract. I advocated such a policy. The
plan of contract nnder which bids were
received was formulated by me. I did
oppose letting the contract to the 01 li
ver syndicate for good reasons, but tha
statement that I have ever opposed tbe
letting oi any contract 1 fw'se."
Tackle Exclusion Matter.
San Francisco. April 15. John J. R.
Rodgers, United States commissioner
of education of Pennsylvania, and Har
ris Aesblt, assistant collector of the de
partment of Commerce and Labor, ap
pointed as a special commission by
President Roosevelt to Investigate the
methods of enforcing the exclusion act
at tbia port, held their first session to-
dsy. After the adjournment, Commis
sioner Neebit announced that th in.
vestlgatlon will be of a general scope
for the purpose of Improvements in tha
service.
Roumsnla Buying a Navy.
Berlin, April 15 Even the liHU i
land kingdom of Rouinania
have dreams of a mighty navy, for it
haa ordered a number of torpedo boats
from a German firm to be delivered .
soon as possible. Fonr torpedo boats
built In Belgium and Intended for the
budding Roumanian HAW at PA now er
their way np the Rhine and the other
day passed Frankfort on tha Main
where they were Inspected h n,-
pie with great Interest. These vessels
and Danube river to tbe Blackse.""'
Frost Nips Fruit Crop.
St. Louia, April 15. -Nurserymen
and frnttraisers in the vicinity of St.
Louts believe the apple crop has been
ruined by the ctld weather. Dispatch
es from the fruit belt ,n ,he ,ouU,ern
part of Miafonri suy peaches, rir
strawberries and garden truck have
been destroyed. Dispatches from Ma
con.the cjnter of the frnit rslsing In
dnstr, of North Central Missouri, state
that Peche, plums, chetriea and ap
Ple prcticallyare destroyed.
Kansas Fruit Crop Damaged.
rJ,& K;', AprU "sports
received from all sections fo the state
indicste that tbe K.r.aaa i,. !?
wicuslT damaged anT -
Hons completely destroyed by th. heavy
'met ft tew naorBlngs ago.
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