Hillsboro Independent
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HILLSBORO
..OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
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LANO FUO CAlaV
Heney
Condensed Form for
Bnsy Headers.
uor
A Rmuid of the Less Important but
Not Lata Interesting Events
of tha Paat Waak.
Tba rsar and the donma will clash
on tha if building of the Russian navy
Cortelyou denies that be If a canl
data fur the Republican president a
nomination.
Wireless messages from the fleet
allow that it la making good progress io
Its journey south.
RuttA moh have defied 'the Federal
court's orders and deported nonunion
H. nlnne linemen.
Flectrio powr haa been col off at
(ioldrield ami the minea have had to
suspend temporarily.
Justice Gould hat enjoined the Amer
ican Federation of Labor from boycot
ting the Buck Stove A Range oompony.
The tUte doea net seem to be making
morh proves in the I'ettihone trial.
Judge Wood will not permit Colorailo
labor trouble! to be brought Into the
case,.
Johan Poulsen, of the InmanP-onlsen
company, of rurtland, fciid ine inter
Plana to B-g Oregon Trlala
January 13
Portland, Pro. 18. Francis J. Heney
expects to proaecute John H. Hall, then
Himrer Hermann, and ' lhat to give
over the prosecution of other land fraud
defemlanta to the Oregon district attor
ney, who will continue to be w. c.j
Bristol, if tne tangle in
I in a condition to be unraveled by Hen
ey. Tbadaytet by Judge WolvePon
ior beirinnlna tha trial la
J.,.,.ar 13. Tl.ie will (live Heney
about three weeka in Portland, pa
.ik. Um. After tha trial of Hall
. .
n,l Hermann, he will return to Ban
Lm niturt I n February, to resume the
trial of Calhoun.
H.nev will atart for Washington
thl morning and will tnnce go io
Tucson, Arii., to try civil case set ior
January 2. He said laat nigra tr.ai
hia mission to Washington had noth
ing to Hn with the Bristol mutter, but
.11,1 not denv that be would look Into it
nd straighten It out, If possiDie, me
fame way
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
UAinYMiN MkET.
ifce
uccul Two-Day Convention Held Department H..a, o.w.rd, f ohn
John I .'yj. jj- js
ceived hie 'conjuiifsi,,,,' ? ..,:- lorest
suoetvli-or for tha n ,. ..nation'
h rmui
in Portland
ing of dairymen ever held In tba at)
of Oregon aa that which convened last
Thursday end Friday In Woodmen of
the World hall, on Eleventh street,
when the Oregon State Dairy assoca-
. ,r h.i.i na iieiioeraiioio. " jv.-
.,th, -tr.
for
forest reserve,
John Iay Tha lm ,..xm of
new reserve are tha i .u river on
" --W-..W aa7 all jf fj JnJJ
the north, previoua .i,.i-.al on t,,e
vention hall we crowded at both day' east, former line on the souta.
sessions with delegaiee and other, in- ular linen running ,., tbteeoW oi
atate Commerce commission hia com
pany could make money even with the
uir-ieased lumtier rate on raiiroaus
Von attempt wa made to hold up a
Northern Paciilic west bound train 10
in iles east of Spokane. Later one man
wa caught and another wounded. Iy
naiuite and other explosive were also
found.
A Montana forest ranger ba been
killed for a deer.
French troops hare repulsed an at
tack of tribesmen near Ain Ufa, Algeria.
The Japanese ambassador to France
denies that bl ooantry i after another
foreign limn.
Carnegie would baae the feaue of pa
p-T money on the gold reaerva inatead
of government bond.
The Northern Pacific- railroad will re
duce grain rate from Montana point
to St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Flndlay, Ohio, wa badly ihaken by
the exploeion of a glycerine factory
M'uh property damage waa lostalneil.
Hill told the Interstate Commerce
coiiimineion that it mean a loaa of I HO
a ear to keep the old lumber rate in
effect.
a he gtraightened cnt
in, Hue tanula earlv in 1006. when
Senator Milton wa fighting eonnrma-
ion of Briatol'a nomination and the
president had withdrawn the nomina
tion. -
Hener aaid last night that hi graft
prosecution in Han FraDoieco have ab
solutely prevented hi preeenee In Ore
gon for the lan.l fnud trial lor a year
Dast. He devoted nearly an oi ine
ear 19tH and luuo to tne uregon
casea. in January, ivvo, nuuoipn
Spreckle urged him to take up the
graft investigations in Pan Francisco,
but Heney put them off until Novem
ber. 1906. first, because he was compel
led to go to Washington to defeat the
effort of the land fraud ring to oust
Bristol, and next in July, because he
wanted to finish up the Oregon prose
cution.
He wa in Washington February and
March, 0o, fighting Senator Fulton's
efforts to dislodge Bristol. In April he
was to prosecute Hermann in the letter
book case. But the San Francisco
earthquake caused him to hurry to hi
family in that city. The Hermann
trial in Washington went over, on con
dit on that it should be held before the
one in Portland aet yesterday by Judge
Wolve rton for January.
Herraitnn was acquitted in Washing
ton, says Heney, by "influences," but
Heney declares Hermann will not be
acquitted in Portland. The trial, he
says, will be a repetition of that which
led to the conviction of F. P. May
The evidence and the witnesses will be
the same, since Hermann waa Involved
the pa me way In the famous Blue
mountain case.
terested in the developiueui oi iu.
dairy Industry. The I al in tne Me
niei t of the Wooduei buildmg, in
-i.i. h Hair nrodu, ts and the most ap-
ed dairy machinery were displayed,
attracted large crowd.
Tna roifantlon called to order
at It) o'clock Thursday by Pretl lent K. I
Judd, of the a soclalon. loin wen-
ar.lson. of the Commercial ciuo, wei-
eome.1 the delegate to Portland on be-
" half of that organisation. In respond
ing to the ad'iresa of welcome t'resldeiil
Judd thanked the Conimeicial club for
it reception aud Ita effort In making
this meeting of the association a suc
cessful one. The speaker referred to
the important position dairying in thia
stale ha reached in the last few year,
and said that thia waa the first time in
the history of the state that the dairy
industry hsd received the recognition
it importance should command and
would fully pay the cost of promotion.
Paper were read Dy prominent
dairymen and others from all parts) of
the state.
WANT BRAND ON ALL SHODDY
townships In rang 27 0 ibi
lleppnar lorest is extended M j I ,
Day liver and heduarter wowrl to
Monument. The rnwinin pottioB ol
tha western division is ttnmed
chntes and headqnartera al Pri"e'"'
Btockmen rejoice at the char.-
New Road lt Under
I Grants Pass The KOvrnoini !
making good p'ogresa under 1, dlreCt
superpvislon of the lii fsstry
ice. in extenHIni a r 1 i Koifite
river Into Cnrrr
particu
lar stretch of r,. ,n ' .. .m wide
latitude ofoountry ric i in mil1' f
molirlc of the h. . L.mhls nine.
. war-- ,
When thia work has beeo eonip1!'
iu oer rent or tha r, 1- ill oe in
verted to the school f,in,i thu increa
Ing the permanent mean of keeping up
schools. About 15,000 hsi ben PPr'
nrlated to be used 1.. v.loDiDg the
highway, and it la er-w id that con
gress will set aeide 5,000 more to be
usea on una project.
BOOtstVkLT AS A SAINT.
Lw.ran Peaaanta Worship Picur. o
Preaxiani
Pan Francisco, Pec. 17 -Aniarlcana
think a great Oral of President Theo
jor. Koov.lt, but t ha been reeer.
,d for I f Kuasian peaaanU settled in
fca.torn hibeila to ryeienca the well
kown picture, which abow tha gleam
of teeth as lhat of a saint. That Ihey
do o is asaened to U a l-ct b Alex-
.-.! 1 Mnnitfli. ,)MBfjld OQ tba
Gainer Hiberia, and ia now staying at
the 8t. Franol hnlel.
The peopia there are of tha lowest
class ol Ko-aian peaaanti, aod know
nothing about the cuUide world,"
said Denbigh. "In avery house, no
matter how poor it n ay be, tbora) is
sure to be an ikon of soma kind, and If
it is possible for the owner of tha
place, ba also has a picture of a saint.
"Tba plcfure of our preaideiit haa
gone over the world, and can be found
in many queer places. I remember
asking one of ny men from the Ural
mountain distrct. who iiai never
heard of Kooaevelt, what pictnra he
had in hia tent. He at once told me
that it was one of tt. Peter witnout
the beard and with speca on. Cuilous
to see such a picture, I went to tba nut
nH fnnnd that it waa a chrflmo of the
president of the United Htate. The
man assured ma that ha had the best of
giaal foitune since ba had obtained the
picture of tha 'holy saint.' "
BIG FLEET IS OFF
sixteen Battleships Start Out (or
Pacific Ocean.
ARE REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT
WILL DO NOtHiNQ
MEXICO'S ANNUAL EXPENSE
RUEF ASKFD TO PLEAD.
rtocietary Tatt Is having a rongh pasa-
air across the Atlantio and bis vessel
will he a day or two late in reaching
.New York.
Goldfield mineowners bsve asked the
government to dissolve the Western
Federation of Miners and prosecute it
as treasonable.
Liquor men propose to fight river and
harUir appropriations by congrea for
diy rtates. Ttiey say two-third of the
national revenue ia derived from the
ll i'ior business.
KngUnd haa just been visited by a
seveie storm.
The Colorado Slate bark, of Durango,
h.i suspended.
The revolutionary agitation is grow
ing in Portugal.
Wooigrowers Working for Protection
of tha Industry.
Pendleton In accordance with one
of the resolution rus-ed at the reoeut
convention of the Oregon Woolgrowera'
association, the secretary has aent to
the Oregon congressional delegation a
request for an act compelling the brand
ing of manufactured goods and clothing,
the object being to protect the public
from shoddy and cotton counterfeits of
woolen goods. The pure food law Is
cited ss an example that it is right for
the government to protect the people I
from frauds, counterfeits and adulter a-1
tions of all kinds. I
A nether resolution passed at the same
time calls for the retention of the Import
duty on wool, woolen fabrics, hides,
meat and meat animals, with tha ob-
ect of continuing the present prosper-
on condition of the wcol and livestock
lndnatry.
Another Mill for Albany-
Albany Albany is to b another
nouimiu. in the n.i few weeas a
plant with a catMcitv nfSO barrels a
day will be established by E- A. John
son, who now operates a saw mill at
Drain, and P. B. Marshall! who for
years has been secretary of the Albany
Farmera' company. The two men have
constim crated the purchase of the three
warenoiisea or the Albany rarmerr
company, situated at Albany. Tallman
and Tangent, and in addition to carry
ing on a warehouse business, will oper
ate a tlourmill in one of the local build
ings of the old company.
The. YMijui Indian are
Wiirpalh in Mexico.
again on the
Th National Hank of Commerce, of
t- ... ...
nansaa t.;ny, will ruopen.
Japan and Rnsaia have combined to
Ireete China ont ol Manchuria.
Hie bridal gifts of Marshall Field's
daughter were stolen in England.
1 he peace conference of the Central
American republic has Wen concluded.
.i ..... 1. i .
"mr'i m i.onaon are again
a toptmg the kilt aa a regular
apparel.
1 ne r.ai ims juet exeprieneeda great
""'" Heavy snow tv and
w ir are down.
wearing
many
Ex-Boss 8uddmy Called Into Court
In Conspiracy Case.
Ban Francisco, Deo. 18. Aba Ruel,
yesterday belore Judge Dunne, pleaded
not guilty to the Indictment Jointly
charging him with Jerry Dinan, ex-
chief of police, with conspiracy. The
barge strainst Ruef has been continued
from time to time for the last aix
month and when Assistant District
Attorney I 00k asked that the defend-
ut be forced to plead hi action came
at a surprise. Ruef a attorneys, how-
tt, ma le no effort to block the prose
cution, and when the clerk of the court
ltmanded his plea, Ruef in a low voice
replied, In conjunction with Dinan,
not guilty."
Dinan also pleaded not guilty to the
ndictment charging him with Deiiurv.
Both cases were then continued until
next Monday to be aet for trial.
That Ruef Is to feel the weight of the
hig stick for his refusal to testify in the
Lnited Railroads cases, is now prac
tically certain. When his testimony
was wanted most, during the two trials
of Tirey L. Ford, he refused to go on
the stand to tell what he knew, unless
the proseJtit:on urante.l im mnnttv
This demand it was impossible for the
prosecution to grant, evea had they
been inclined to do so
pleaded guilty to the extortion charge
and Judge Dunne had declared that ha
would never allow the ex-bos toetcape
without a sentence.
i reniuuns sre tioing offered for the
ne gold pieces without the motto "In
il e lrust."
pinion 10 auow women to vote
on municipal afTair in Tans waa greet
ri un laugntet l y the council.
vommissioner ol Indian Affair
i-eupp says Indians are losing mUllom
yearly In timber lauds.
.' nouse-to-home canvass at Monon
1, vv v. .1 . j . . .
... .... aiiowi n iui missing as
a result ol the mine disaster.
tt ...
1 'an are complete for re-ormn icing
lln .'lerrnanig national Dans at Ilirt
land and it ta expected to open toon.
I'istriot Attorney Lansdon. of Piin
Fntnciaco, also admits that the evidence
ot huel will be required to convict Cal
noun.
General Funston
situation serious.
finds the Goldfield
Man Do Mora Work.
Klamath Fall, J. D. Chnrch, as
sistant engineer of tha Southern Pa
cific, haa Just returned from tha end of
tha California Northeastern railway
and states that tba 60 man now at i
work lot Erkoaon & Patotaon, tha eon.
trao ore, ara doing mors work lhaa thw
1,100 men they were working last sum
mer. The grade between Bray and tba
first townaite. Mount Hebron, la about
completed, and Mount Hebron may re
main the terminu of the road for thia
winter. However, as Dorrl ia only 13
mile distant from Monnt Hebron and
the grade very easy, that town may be
the tei minus.
Boys Construct Wireless,
Astotia Astoria has a new wireless
telegraph station lhat was built by
School boys, and while it is crude in
its construction, it works successfully.
The lads knew nothing of the system
except what they gleaned from reading
descriptions of various plant in maga-
unes. in constructing their plant,
they trimmed all the limbs from a tree
on the hill and strung wires from ita
Work for Deep Hiver.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. IS "Six e(.t
of water from M. Paul to St. LoBi.,"
will be the slogan f 35,) commercial
clu!, industrial bureau. mBr,.b.n,.-
leagues and boards ol trade nf M
ota. which will send delegate, to a
convention on January 16 in bt. Ptu
at whiih these organizations will fed-
.r .n active campaign for the
prr.mr.tmn of Northwestern intetests
-u . nver improvement. It has become
,, noming put concerted
-...,u,n,x .,)(m, to, imperatively
Heeded dwnan ,,n 1 '
1 a oe upper river.
Hearing in Powder Trust Cass.
., ,..v iW. m.The fir(lt
h. 1 re,-etlll instituted
r.Z. JT rcinM in the
- , 'uim circuit court. In it
'"'"I"1111 "'e government all.
w,c government alleges tha
exisu-nc. of an agreement or comW.!
tion to mot.opoliit Interstate and for
f'gn commerce In l, .
The American Can company has ron
trol of the Tacitlc coaat, having absorb
ed the I'nited Can company, of Pan
rrancisco.
H. L. Anderson, president of the
foivnow university, who has inat re
turned to thia country, says China is
on the eve or a bloody revolution that
will mark her entrance into the parlia
ment of the world as a power to be
irvkonrM with.
(loldfiold mineowners have with
drawn their new scale and opened nego
tiations with the American Federation
of I.aNir. The object soema to be to
gt this organisation Into a fight with
the Western Federation of Miners.
The campaign against rats is being
kept up vigorously ia ian Francisco.
The Michigan state treasurer Is to be
removed for putting funds in a rotten
bank.
The great fleet of warshipa ia all
ready to start on Ita royage to tha Pa-effla.
" "iMiMr,tB in 1 . mt,.. . 1
Mie of gunpowder and oth 7high e"
Plosives. The defendant- ...?.".
""nwr 01 Individ,;
p 'rations.
I Indorsaa Uniform Aeeountlrg
I Salem Upon telegraphic Inquiry tha
uregon KatiroaJ commission baa wired
Ita Indorsement of the action of tha re
cent conference of state railroad com
misaioners and representativea of aome
of tha most important electric railway
systems In the country held al Wash
ington, D. C, Novem be 22 in deciding
to present to congress the necessity of
cooperation of the Interstate Commerce
commission with the state railway com
missions looking to tha adoption of a
uniform system of accounting for elec
tric railroads.
Request Railway Service.
Btm 4, Wtva number of farmers
and shipper resjexaf, kttn Tallman
and Bhelburn, in I.'.nn county, have
complained to the railroad commission
because tha Southern licifio haa aban
doned ita train service between the
two towns nimed. Th complsint .re
cites that traffic was abandoned because
a bridge wa-hed ont about a year ago,
The farmers want the commission to
order the railroad company to renew
the service.
What It Costs to Conduct Affairs of
Southern Rapubl C.
Mexico City, Dec. 17. In aongrees
yesterday the report of tha minister of
flnsnoe was read and tha bndget for the
coming year was made public. Tbe es
ti mated receipt lor tna eomlng year
total $103. So5 000, while tba expendi
ture will reach 1103,203.842, leaving
an estimated surplus of $181,168. - Tba
total Increase of this year's bndget is
$6,695,275, tha largest item in tha In
crease being for $l,3o7,68tf for main
tenance of the department of war.
Tha revenues fur the ! year Just
ended total $lM.0ri2,00O, the expendi
tures $100 208,132, leaving a surplus
(($14,077,689. The surplus of tha
previous yesr, $29,049,081, and the
falling off of the paat year, was due to
large sons spent in public works $17,-
208,608. Minister Llmanteur main
tained that tha recent crisis In the
United Bute wonld make iUelf felt In
tha coming jear In Mexico, In that in
vestment would be curtailed. Inter
est rates are higher, bnt this wonld on
ly affect mining industries. He believ
ed that In tha end it wcnld work for
good rather than evil.
Sight la Ona That Bring Forth Ad
miration of Every apactator,
Many Being Foreigners.
RELIEF FOR VICTIMS.
Fruit Meeting In Eugena.
Eugene Plans are nnder way for an
Important meeting of the Lane County
Horticultural s'nirtT with the officers
of the State Horticultural aoceity, in
Eugene, the fit week in January.
President W. K. Newel and Secreta'j
H. M. Williamson, of the state beard,
Will haa rmA 1 1 a n lnAt n a
a a -it . .. .. . w uric iu fi.iriTa t p.
1. 1 !!V ne .C'n'ty- nd there will be .member, of the
"" "" """ lusirumeill, facu tv from K 1 ..i.,l,np cil lexe in
but thev are ah e to inn.ir.enf ...
I. V...L Il I ' .-.ll.UU.Ut,
Commltto Taking Contributions to Ba
Sent to Mononga.
Fairmont. W. Va.. Dec. 17. The
permanent relief committee, headed by
Governor Dawson, to provide for tha
wldowa and orphans In distress through
the rcoent explosion at tha mines of
trie Fairmont Coal company at Monon
gah, today prepared an appeal for lands
that Is being sent to chambers of com
merca and kindred organisations all
over the country. uontriDutione 01
clothing, toys for the orphans at Christ
mas time and similar donations are to
be sent to W. II. Moore, mayor of Mo-
nongah, and chairman of the commit
tee, looking after the temporary wants
of the victims.
The appeal sav that fully 250 wid
ow and 1,000 chl'dren are left wlthont
any means of snpport. As near a can
be determined. $r0,()0U rmm all sources
Issbeen snlwcribed. The committee
feel that a total of $200,000 will be re-
oulred to tarry on the relief work. A
checks shonld tie made payable to the
Mononeah Mine Relief committee, J.
E. Saudi, treasurer, Fairmont, W. Va.
Embryo Farmers Intarastad.
Albany Linn connty school children
are taking great interest In the new
subject of agriculture, the teaching of
which was begun this fall. Nn
ment work has yet been begun in thia
connty, but in the seventh snd eighth
gtade In all the schools of the county
one recitation each day is reonired in
an agricnltural text book. Reports re
ceived by County Pchool
ent Jackson state that Diobablv greater
interest is manifieted In thia study
than in any other branch.
Water Reaches Hermiston.
nermiston Water in the distrihnt
ing system of the government project
has reached Hemiston. A good flow in
the A line heralded the coming of
ws iter for Irrigation next season and
aotivltl, nnder the Umatilla govern
nient leclamation project ars nnder full
?r;,W'y, water the big
feed canal a distance of 26 miles to the
rerT0'r it wa, turned
L 1? Jwl'' ' "own a. tha by-ps
uto the distributing system of ditche.
No Depot for Suver.
Palem The stabs railroad commis
sion has turned down the proposition
to give the peop'e of Suver better depot
iaciuiies. The business ol tne eiauon
na fallen off n th p' flve yrg
and the peonle r,f Wl s. two miles
from there, have in petition for
station.
ials and cot-
Farmers' Co-operativa Congrsis
IVs Moines, Iowa, 1. I.
National Cooperative ccnTreswS
was organ.aed aNnit a year ..roar.
'-t.,,g held in Topeka, ' . n
nual session here trilay ThL
is ma.!. r,.,' ,,.7: V" "nress
faVt rriAfaa
itioi.9, thouuh
enterprises . lmt
'Inp. The repo.t. show that "Ta!'
operahv. movement among , ,rrn
s making rt headway, part lcuU iv
wnia ol the Southern su
,8,Librkp Oo'dfi.id.
Cioldfield, Dec. ia tv. s
signment of the strikebr Jkers con"
ont tha least bit of demonstration. Tf,
men went quietly to different mine!
and were assigned to their tuillV
Fifty additional strikebreaker, n
pected tomorrow. "'
November Idsal Month.
idel,rVN'0!tmb,, mol1,hof
H ti I'".' ' n0W 00 Sowtnla,,
16 and 23. but they were followed h
r"".u ""nina snd the mow disan. . P'Wii, $iai ro. '.,.h.
"V?lt?y- There has been' K-Fresh ' ""k candled.
Ulll II II r n a V 1 . .
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 8iv?,8lc; blnestem, 82
mc; valley, Si'C Hle; t&l, 787c
OutaXo. 1 htt gray, $i8.
I5arley Feetl, $ 7 60; brewing, $31;
rolled, $30.
Corn Whole, $?2- craoaed, $33.
Hay-Valley timothy. ,,,8;
Eastern Oregn timothr, $-23; clo
$1S; cheat, t6- irsin hay, $15(
$16; alfalfa. $15. Vf't).h, $14.
Butter-Fancy' ucsmery, 35(837c
pe' pound.
Veal 75 to 105 -onnd", 8Hflc;
125 to 150 pounds 7c; 150 ,0 200
ponnds, nfrfto '
Poik tl,K. - t 150 ponnds, 6
6,SC; cackern Aai .
Poultry-Aver. ' . Id ben, ll?lSe
PT ponnd; milwj chickens, 11c;
rooster. 8c;
drfssed chicken', "lic; turkeys,
ISc; drsai;, rbolra, 17lle;
g-e, live, J2t(13Sic;
. ,B, F; Mu,k Hs, Resign,,,,
Ashland Annnnn.m., 1... .
tire from th. u. if...?10""' wonl'l re-
' on January 1
aw and abatrsct
I bi
kaon Connty Ahstr
lnd and
Jackson-
'com me instiii;
nd will engage in the I.
-i-h maintain ll'S?
.ndwii,op;;;nj
- jer noxen.
rruns Annie.
752
35
per box;
Peaches. 7.Vv,ti Lrfrt; Fn' ', ,
fll-78 per bo,. r7.Xrrlf.
sack
Tlmbey M.d, to Pt, T
Oregon CIWtv 1 '"'
of Clack.m.: lnall
elolls.(H)o;fw7&,,7,,"'
ho haa made an . 7 WMr -Ve-
a, m,as an increaaa n.k
"ami
7r. Thia 1 . 7 " "anon of la.t
PT barrel.
Vegetable. t.i :.V X
"". Mo rl beeta. $1 Pr
"r; bsans. 7 . mnnd; cabbage
'C tr pound- ....,:.J.r. 75cft.$l P'
d'rn: celer. .,.,--s per crate:
onion,. ..,;. V n.rsley. 2ic
n .1.' P"r nr Pen-
' pes. Me vet f".'
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pound; lC P' PunJ-
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Rich O I Strike.
FanU Barbara. Cal.. Dec. 17. A tl
ephone message from hanta Maria, 60
mile north of here, Drongni tne mior
mation thia afternoon thai the Union
Oil company had truck a wonderful
onsher which threw a vast stream ol
rjetrolenm over the derrick and contim
ued to flow at the rate of 7,000 larrels
a day. At the present puce of oil this
means $3 600 a da from thia one well.
This is the second largest gusher ever
struck in California. The largest was
a lU.uuu-Darrei wen, out 11 uu uu.-c
declined considerably.
New Use of Fpiom Salts.
New York. Dec. 17. Announcement
nf the discovery of the new anaesthetic,
s.r.llnit to the American today, will
soon be made by the Rockefeller Insti-
tube for Medical Research. The new
anaeethetio la nothing else than plain,
common salta, or, to give It ita scientific
nama inlnhlte Ol niSlinpSlS. 1C WSS
diacovered by Dr. Pamuel J. Meltsier,
one of the Rockefeller experimenters
Ita greatest value is that it permit any
sort of operation without any danger to
the heart of the patient, as is me iase
with other anaesthetics.
Still In Race for Senate.
fit. Tanl. Deo. 17. A special from
Des Doinee, Iowa, any that Governor
Cummins, of Iowa, referring to his sug
gested candidacy for the Republican
presidential nomination, said: "I have
no thought of nrrenderlng my candi
dacy for Cnlted states senator. The
suggestion about the presidency is new
here, although I have beard about lt In
other state. I do not intend to do
anything that will take me out of the
race for ecnator."
Old Toint Comfort, Va., Dea. 17.
Sixteen bard hitting, at eel tntlted Amer
lean battleabips, guna bristling an'
burly of girth, but sparkling white in
their immaculate dressings of peace
started away yesterday under the das
sling sun of a cloudless winter aky, on
their famous twin sea expedition of
14, 0JO miles along foreign shores and
in changing climes to the west coast of
tba United State. President Rooe
alt, on the bridge of his cruiser-yacht,
the Mayflower, personally led the mag
uiflcant four-mile line of fighting ves
sels during first stage of tha voyage
From the anchorage grounds in Hamp
ton Koads to the Horeehoe bend ol
Chesapeake bay his eagle-crested flag of
blue pointed the way to the fleet's new
home at the Golden Gate. Then, when
tha wide reacbea of tbe sea were visible
tbrongh the wide-swung cape of Vir
ginia, be tnrned aside and, coming to
anchor again, reviewed tha passing
pageant.
lhe blue of tha sky, the stretch of
green aea mi Us, the glistening of spot
less hulls, the curl ol foam-crested bow
waves, the cheering of salors afloat an
frienda ashore, the breete-blown strains
of "Auld Lang 8yne," floating across
tha waters, the blare of trumpeis, the
ruffle of drums, the fl tsh of signals and
the boom of saluting cannon marked
the departure of tbe fleet, presenting to
the people who watched It a spectacle
they will never forget and to the world
at large the reality of tbe trimmest,
most homogeneous, most thoroughly
equipped, most mobile and selfreliant
assemblage ol first class battleships ever
gathered in one command
There will not be a ship in tha Has
old enough to have smelled powder ar
to have taken the shot of Manila or
Santiago stories written scarcely 10
years ago in the history of nations. All
we-e modern of deilgn, examples of the
aggressive sesgoing navy which the
president has declared to ba so essen
tial to the peace of tbe aountry.
Attaches of foreign legations snd em
bassies at Washington and many cor
respondents who have seen war service
on forelitn journal freely declared that
yesterday's naval display was the most
imnreaelve tney naa ever seen. ina
facility with which tha big vessel were
handled, the , manner In wnicn tney
were maneuvered into single column
formation, and the perfect alignment
which waa maintained to tbe southward
turn from tbsi cspe caller! out the warm
est admiration. The thrill of the beau
tiful marine picture was felt ontll the
last wind blown spiral of smoke ws
loet on the horimn.
The first part of the fleet's Jonrney
will hrlLg it to Trinidad on Christmas
. . ., L -l .1 II.
eve, ana tntre, amiu me neas 01 me
tropics, the Christmas celebrations will
he held. Hundreds ol gool-Dye teie-
.. . . . . I 11 u
grams were nasnea to me snipe vj
wirelets telegraph aa they left the road
stead and had turned down the eoutn
am const.
These vessel made np the fleet whic
sailed yesterday under command
Rear Admiral Robley D. Kvans:
Connecticut. 16,000 tons; Louisiana
16.000 tons; Kansas, 16,000 tons; Ver
mont. 16.000 tons: Georgia, It, "48
tons: Virginia. 14, IMS tons; isev Jer
scy. 14,948 tons; Rhode Island, 14.949
tons; Minnesota, 16,000 tons; Ohio,
12.600 tons; Maine. 12,500 tons; Mis
souri. 12.500 tons; Alabama, II.O.'O
tons: Illinois, 11,525 tons; Kearsarge
11.525 tons; Kentnrky, ll,r25 tons
CnVoa. snnDlv ahin. 6.725 tons; Gla
cier, supply ship, 7,000 tons;
repair ship, 3,380 tons;
tender, 975 tons.
mall Chance Corgrasa Will Reform
Currency
Washington, Dc. 16 It ran ba
,tted on the higlie.t authority thai If
(lie subcommittee of the houae commit
tea on banking and cuireocy now deal
ing with tba subject can have Us way
no effort will be made by the present
congrvaa to adopt legislate n remedial
,f tha preaent financial condition. All
lhe energiea nf t ,at immtv. '. i'l r
directed to ar! tba framing and pass
age of la wa inn a general in character
and which i I ba intended to pte hide
shrinkage of tha circulation, entailing
widespread financial distress.
Tha sulcommittee held a four hours'
conference t- day with its chairman,
Representative Fowler, of New Jers.-y,
a' which tha bill which tl a suk-m-mittee
has undertaken to draft was
-artiest ly diacusse I. la nj d v sion as
to it precise iharacter and w-o wa
reached. It i not lil.ely lhe suUoin
inittee will be ready to report on tha
bill nntil alter the holidays. Men high
in the world 1 f finance will be given an
opportunity to sppear before the com
mittee to present their views on tha
proposed measure.
Much time will lie spert in Kith the
house ard seriate in considering the bill
when reported, and it is the hoi of
the members of the tanking committee
that the finance of the country will
have so adjusted themselves ly that
time that there will be no necessity lor
legislation looking to the correction of
present conditions.
WOMEN IN TERROR.
Afraid for Their Llvss Until Troops
Arrived In Oolofteld.
Goldfield, Nev., Dec. 16. Dela
tions from the Woman's club, of Gold
field, snd from tha chamlvr of com
merce, Merchant' association and .Min
ing exchange called on General Funston
thia afternoon to acquaint him further
with the conditions which have prevail
ed in Goldrteid previous to thr coming
of the United ritate troops and the sit
uation whloh led to the sending of Gov
ernor sparks' dispatch Io Washin, ton
asking that trcops be aent here. Tha
visit of these delegation doubtless waa
because of the eflorta that are constant
ly being made to have the troope
recalled.
General Fnnston said, after the con
ference were over, that the statement
were a revelation, especially those made
by the women, who are wives of prom
inent citisens of GoldrJeld. The state
ments, he said, showed that for dava
tha women of Goldfield had lived in a
sta a of constant terror, until the com-
ng of tha troops though no instances of
anything mora than trivial aunoysncee
were cited.
MAKE CANADA INDEPENDENT
of
Panther
Yankton
Fiat Money Saves Ufa.
Pan Rafael, Cal., Dec. 17. 8tewart
Dnntiar, a prominent Insurance broker
of Honolulu, while on his way to meet
nartv of fr.ends laat nignt, leu
through a cattle guard on the narrow
ramie tracks of the 5orthwestern Paci-
(io railroad and cangni nia mui ni
he would have been crushed to death
beneath an approaching handcar had he
nni lanltod a clearing house certifiate
and nsed it for a danger signal
Forty Live, Lest.
London. Dec. 17. Tha gala along
tha British coast on rrioay ana ratnr
day, which wa described by Captain
Jameson, of tha steamship Ft. Louis,
ss tha worst in his experience, subsid
ed yestsrdsy. It wss responsible for
tba loaa of soma 40 lira.
All Qu el In Japan.
Tokio, Dec. 17. The announcement
nf th sailinir of the Atlantic fleet of
the United htate navy haa not been
received by the newspapers of Toklo or
bv the government omciais. All punnc
men who have been interviewed Dy ine
Associated Tress representative accept
the sailing of the fleet a a foregone
concnlsion and it is not likely that the
actual start will cause the slightest rip
ple of excitement. Everyone accept,
the assurances of friendship offered by
America concedes the right of that na
tion to send ita warship to tha Pacific,
Another Mine Explosion,
Yolande, Ala., Dec. 17. A disas
trous explosion look place in mine No.
1 of the Yolanda Coal A Coke Company
at 10:25 o clock this morning. It is
Impost ible to tell at this honr ho
many are dead a a result of tha explo
tion, tbe estimate varying all the way
from 40 to 60. The work of rescue haa
been extremely alow because of the de
bris In the mines and tba large crowd
of women, children and sightseers at
the opening. The explosion ia now
k'lown to have occurred in either the
fifth or the sixth right entrance.
Short af Cash In Alaska.
Peattle, Dec. 17. A special frcm
Fairbanks, Alaska, says: Today tha
Washington-Alaska and First National
bank of Fairbanks will go on a clearing
house basis. Only $."0 a day with
drawal will be allowed each depositor,
A committee of depositors representing
the rairfjanke tanking company, which
recently closed ita dcors, reported today
that the asset exceeded the liablllite
by $354,815 and the hank will probably
open on a clearing bouse basis soon.
Cold Movsmant SI05, 360,000.
New York, Deo. 17. The Guarantee
Trust company today annonnced ths
engagement of $500,000 In gold for Im
port. Laxard Freres Lava engaged aa
additional $1,600,000 in gold for Im
port. This make, tha total movement
1100,353,000.
Destiny Is Union Witn United Statea
or Morarchial Indapeodance
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 16. Tbe inde
pendence of Canada is now I wing open
ly dlaonssed and In a measure promoted
before some of the most imjortant pub
lic bodies of the dominion. Today the
idea of Canada aa a nation Is looming
large on the pu'ollo mind, and it has in
a very short space of time marvelously
changed public sentiment in that regard.
Fpeaklng before the Canadian club at
Ottawa, J. 8. Ewart, K. C, of Toronto,
predicted that Canada would yet fill an
independent position in tl a world.
Then she wonld pursue either one of
three conrses a union with the I'nited
Statea as an Independent r public, a
union with Great Itritain ss an inde
pendent monarchy with her own sov
ereign, or an independent monarchy
with allegiance to the Pritish sovereign.
Canadian opposition against the iin
per'al government was directed not
sgatnst the king, bnt against the colo
nial secretary, who is generally ignor
ant of colonial matters.
Long List Yet to Harg.
Rt. peterbnrg, Dec. 16 The autho
rities have just completed th-ir investi
gation of the daring tetrorl-t robbery
of October 27, 1906. Thirteen men al
ready have been executed for connection
with this outrage, and 80 others are to,
be tried for con plicity. The robbery
of October 27 was a daring afair. A
bAnd of 15 revolutionists attacked a
cashier of the custom house who waa
proceeding in a carriage from the snb-
treasury. They wrecked the vehicle
with a bomb and made their escape
with $193,000.
Bankers Go Scot Free.
Chicago, Dec. 16. Five directors of
the defunct Milwaukee Avenue Plata
bank were fieed today when Judge
Windea held that the statute nnder
which they had been Indicted la uncon
stitutional. Slichsel A. Labnv. Josh
Lister, Marcus Kirkeby. Frank R.
Crane and E. L. Johnson are the men
who profit by the decision. Panl O.
Ptensland, president of the bank, and
Henry Herring, cashier, who were
fonnd guilty of emberxlrment and ara
now serving terms in the sate prison,
will not be affected by tha decision.
Agree on Incorporation.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec. 16. Articlea
of Incorporation and by-law of the Pa.
eiflc Coast Horgrowers' nnlon. the nnr-
poa of which is the combination of
bopgrower,of California, Oiegon and
Washington, were adooted here todav.
A committee waa also named to vl.it
Oregin and Washington to organlr.
growers of those states, and. when snch
organisation la effected, 10 of tha la
directors are to resign and give pla-e to
lrm eacn 01 the statea mentioned.
In Hawaii
16. The Panta Fa
Buy Ties
Loa Angeles. Dec
Railroad company has Inat cntr.t-A
for 5,nn,VO0 road ties In Hawaii, tha
ogei t contract ever let for snrh m.r-.
risl to 1 shipped by water. The shlp
menta may result in the establishment
f a freight steamthtD Una h)m-..n c.
Pedro and Honolulu.. The Konthern
Paciflo may also placa similar crder, in
Hawaii.
Old 8ult Claarad Up.
Ft. Lonis, Dec. 16. Tha dwi.lnn as
a Jnry in the Probata conrt today on an
Instrument of writing confirmed as tha
wyi of Solomon P. Sobletta, pioneer
who died In 1857. and titU io one
of land in tha southwestern part of Ft.
Loaii, valued tt $J,O0,0O0, is cleared.