Hillsboro Independent
hHi rVMay lath Wfc
HILLSBORO OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form lor Oar
Busy Readers.
A Rim) of the Last Important but
Not L Interesting Events
of th Past Wk.
Th rvolution in Haytl if said to
over.
be
In the stomach of a coyote killed
near Santa Koea, Cal., 42 chicken beads
wer found.
New Tnrk'i Dolice dosa are now in
active servloe. They are on duty from
lu p at. lu 3 a. lit.
The government ii taking testimony
at Lm svilie, Ky., aagaiusi wie Aiuen
can I'ubaico company.
While drilling a well near Killing,
Mont., a strong How ol ga WM firuc
at depth of 200 feet.
Terrific. flod) have ocenrred through-
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out lvaria. Traffic haa ten suspeno.
d on many of the railroads.
The announcement that John D
Rockefeller ii giving work to the unem
. kije.l la attracting an army.
Daring 1907 the police of the hor
otigfc of Manhattan and Bronx, Ne.
York, arrested 149,494 persons.
Federal authoritiea are aaid to have
taken steps to establish the largest
army depot In the United States at Kan
r-'ranoiteo.
Four oil tanka at Pan Lola Obispo,
Cal , burned, destroying 1160,000
worth of oil belonging to the Standard
Oil roinpany.
A Cbiiago man believes he has solv
ed the perpeetual motion problem.
A Chines Y. M. C. A. it to be es
tablished in New Ycrk. Flam for a
building are being prepared.
There la talk in Ruaala of double
tracking the Siberian railroad, which
will eoet nearly $80,000,000.
The emperor of Germany will f
yachting in the Mediterranean In March
and King Edward, of England, In
April.
The paraffin works and two oil tanks
of the Standard Oil company near Bal
timore, Injuring one man badly. Loss,
160,fir0.
Kan Franc I noo polio have juet arrest
ed two men who are believed to have
Mtenp erpetrating many of the hold-ups
and lohberlea.
Haw York policeman has just un
dergone an operaiton which proved sue
cental, ills intestine were pierced
aix times by a bulhk.
The Illinois Central railroad haa
been lined for shipping beer and whis
ky Into Herrln, 111., after that place
ha I become anti-saloon.
Aa Interniban electrio ear left the
trucks near Salem, (., and plunged
do a a 30-foot embankment. Fifteen
passengers were injured, none fatally.
British goods are being boycotted in
India.
The Union Pacifkjhas greatly reduced
working forces.
All Cietmnny is celebrating the kais
er's bltrthday.
Cheyenne secured the next meeting
of tli Dry Farming congress.
The Chinese tnng war in Ban Fran
cis.! has claimed another victim.
The torpedo flotilla has arrived at
Hue no Ayrpa. It stay will be short
at tli Argentine capital.
Several warahlps now at Magdalcna
buy will soon return to the MareaIaland
navy yard lor extensive repairs.
Rorkefeller has ordered 300 Italian
workmen discharged and their places
filled by Americans who are out of
work.
Tli Nevada special police bill may
yet be killed in the house on account of
trie! ion bet ween members and Uoldtield
minnowncrs.
The Ioiriinion government will loan
$1,000,000 to the farmers of Albert
and Saskatchewan province, who
crop wet failures I art year.
A Mvere enow sierra is general
throughout the Fast.
The leader of the Portugese rebels
hta nemped from bprson.
Several of the Russian Imperial fam
ily are sick with the grip.
Koaa. I or has stopped a threatened
revolntion by arresting the plotters.
Harry orchard has written to
fri nd laying he is glad he confessed.
Walter Wellman says Wall street Is
humble and admits defeat by Hoot-
velt.
The senatorial deadlock continue in
Kentucky. Beckham ha 49 vote out
of 102.
Klie at Portland, Me., destroyed all
city record and pioperty valued at $1,
000,000.
A plan is being perfected at Chicago
to raise 1100,000 for tsm relief of un
employed.
The Thaw trial has been delayed be
en ie of a slot m which prevented the
arrival of witneasee.
The Baltimore A Ohio railroad has
cnt ill pay ol all high salaried olli
cials.
Anthracite coal lntereets are consid
eiing the maintenance of present pric
tronghonl the year instead ol making
a reduction tor the five months begin
uing with April.
The United Mineworkers of America
I a mndorted woman suffrage.
The Seattle exposition appropriation
will have a hard time getting through
the house.
Suffrage debate In th German
reiehstag caused violent scene and
threat of duel.
HENEY ACCUSES FULTON.
Charges That 8nator Is Unfit for
High Office.
Portland, Jan. 29. Before an audi
snce that filled the First Congregational
church to its doors, Francis J. Heuey,
the government's special poa-tor 1
th land fraud caaee. last night picked
up the gauntlet thrown down by Charles
W. Fulton, senior United States senator
from Oregon, snd gave to the public foi
th first time his reasons for aocuaing
Henator Fulton of unfitness for th high
otlice h now holds.
Mr. Jleney spoke on "Graft vafsus
Good Citiseiisbip," and attacked ene
mies of good government generally,
sele ting Senatcr Fulton, as he told his
audience, merely as a type of the public
olliclal who is recreant to duty and
false to hie trust. He devoted most of
his tlm to exposing th alleged short
comings of th Oregon senator and,
metaphorically speaking, flayed him
alive alter stripping mm ci m
The charges which Mr. Heney had
made by implication and Innuendo
against cwuaiuir Tultca frer vwneetwd
without equivocation and in oeian ami
lru.1 nn with a huire mass of docu
mentary evidence, affidavits, letters and
reports, such aa a lawyer might use in
proving a case before a jury. Referring
to Senator Fulton's challenge to him to
prove his charge or retract them, Mr.
Heney said that he was preared to
fraihrA that fnrmor Vttira. ind nroceeded
to lay before his auditors the facts upon
. . : , i i
union m original cnargea were uaoou.
That Senator Fulton had repeatedly
Im, iha nannta itf Oreffon W'hil
v...av. w- - i-i
knlrl.no .nl.ll.. nlKra- that ha had Uied
uiriu.ii ('.un. " " I
hia official position to shield violators
.1 II,. ta.tanil alutntaa- that ha loll 2
had been, and still was, the tool of the
railroads at the national capital, ana
tl,at Im Lai! auaii t Aai.Mm 1 a, I in dnhauch-
ing and bribing an Oregon legislature
.lo.. tl.a I. Is trlin II Mili'hell to
the United States senate, were among
the charges boldly made by the graft
prosecutor.
There were tuny i,ou people pres
ent to hear Mr. Heney and as many
more were turned away.
DROP MAYS INDICTMENT.
Hall Now Lone Defendant In Land
Fraud Cases.
Portland, Jan. 29. Judge Hunt
yesterday denied th motion of Judge
Webster, attorney for John II. Hall,
or a directed verdict of acquittal.
When Heney closed the case for the
government, shortly before noon yester
day, be caused the Indictment to be
dismissed as against Edwin Mays,
Hall's co-defendant, explaining that
he did not consider the prosecution had
uflicient evidence against Mays to war
rant submitting his case to th jury. It
was then that Judge Webster announc
ed his desire to submit a motion in be
hal' of his client, Hall, and court ad
journed nntil afternoon to enable him
to prepare the motion. The entire af
ternoon session was occupied tn argu
ing th question, and Judge Hunt made
his rating just before adjourning for
the day.
In concluding the government s case,
Heney completed his threatened impli
cation of Henator Fulton as legal counsel
in connection with the indictment of
W.E.Burke and William G. Goslin
for conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment by subornation of perjury, by in
troducing letters from Fulton to either
Hall, Hermann, Senator G. W. Mo
Bride or Attorney General Griggs, in
which Fnlton used his efforts to have
quashed the indictment against Burke
and Giwlin. IHwurnentary evidence
was submitted showing that the indict
ment was finally dismissed on March
2. 1900, without the formality of a
trial.
Inquest Discloses Oraft.
Bovertown, Ta., Jan. 29. Sugges
tions of grsft and neglect marked the
opening session of the inquest here in
the horror at Rhoades' opera house on
January 13, when 169 persons per
lulled. It was brought out that the
main exit to the hall was blocked; that
the stairs at the point or exit and en
trance was but three feet and one Inch
in width; that Harry Fisher, operator
of the stereoptieon apparatus, had re
ceived hut two days' instruction in the
methnd of handling the calcium light,
from which the lire started.
Reciprocity With France.
Washington, Jan. 29. The president
late today issued a proclamation an
nouncing the conclusion of the Franco-
American recipruMty arrangement
lrawn under section 3 of the Dingley
ait. I rider it America concedes a 20
per cent abatement in duties on cham
pagne and sparkling wines Imported
into this country, and France confirms
the minimum tariff rate now accorded
American products. Other important
provisions are made, including the cre
ation of a commission to consider poesl
ble amendments to trails regulations.
Bribes to Get License.
San Francisco, Jan. 29. Carl E.
Ritter, a saloon keeper and grocer, was
indicted bv the irrwnd fnrv ruditv on Ou
, j j - - - -
charge of tendering a bribe to A. I).
Cutler, president of the board ol police
commissioners. Kitter testified before
the grand jury that he had given Cutler
300 for the purpose of securing a fa
vorable tot on his applicaton 'or a
renewal of his saloon license in the
Presidio district. Kitter has been in
custody since last Saturilay.
Cold Wav on Pralrlss.
St. Paul, Jan. 29 Minnesota and
North Dakota are in the grip of a cold
wave, the otlicial temperature at 8
o'clock last night sinking from 6 de
grees below xero at St. Tsui to 20 lie
low at Moorehead, and 24 below at
levila lake, N. D. At Duluth the
temperature is 12 below.
Great Packing House Burn.
Kansas City, Jan. 29. Fire of un
known origin in the $2, 000,000 packing
plant of Nelson Morris S. Co., on the
Kaw river, in Kansas City, Kan., last
night, threatened destruction of the
entire plant, and caused a loss estimat
ed at 750, 000 before it was controlled.
Direct Primary In Kansas.
Tnpeka, Kan., Jan. 29. Th senate
last night passed the direct primary
lection bill agreed on by the confer
ence committee by a vol ol 37 to 3.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FARMERS PLAN WAREHOUSE
Exporters' Terms Unsatisfactory to
Woston Whegrowrs.
Weston Farmers of th Downing
neighborhood, near Weston, wnich is a
region of 60-bushel wheat and $100-an-sor
land, are planning to build their
own warehouse at Downing station,
i-i . n..t hm twn under way ever
UJf UIU.PUI-. .
since th exporter raised their handling
charge and aoopieu "",
receipt unsatisfactory to th farmers.
The. have inst been given definite as
surance by the O. K. A N. company
that the company naa aaopieu au opeu
i;..- . .l ill urant warehouse room
at Downing station or elsewhere at a
purely nominal charge. The farmers
Interested in the movemeui are juoi-
iil l.nl.l maaa meetinir to
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arrange for th building of th ware-
i Tkli h .laflaraj the will
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certainly do unless the exporters reduce
their handling charges and change their
form of receipt. Fartnre her ar or
ganizing along co-operative line and
bav a very nonriBoing i.iuino uuiuu,
which meets regularly.
May Trad territory.
Albany Th residents of northern
Rnntnn conntr are agitating for a
change in the boundaries of Linn and
Benton. It is proposed to make an
even trade and allow Linn to annex one
townshin or more in Benton, immedi
ately across the river from this city,
and to exchange therefor a township
lying across the Willamette from Lor-
vallis. It is thonght this plan will
meek with the anDroval ol the residents
of the sections concerned and make it
noesible for them to have better roads
and receive more benefit from the
taxea naid for the care of toads and
bridges. At present the roads across
the river in Benton county are badly
neglected as likewise are the roads
leadinir into Corvallis on the south side
of Linn. The residents of these sec
tions are said to be generally favorable
to this change.
Brakaman Guilty of Robbery.
Pendleton On ballot was required
for the jury to agree upon a verdict of
guilty In th Shackelford case. Mark
Shackelford is the O. Ii. 4 N. brake
man accused of robbing a man un the
street Christmas day. Arthur Paine
and Harry Kelly were found guilty of
having assisted Shackleford and sen
tenced to serve three years each in the
penitentiary. A strong effort was
made to prove an alibi for the brake
man, witnesses being Introduced who
swore that he was plating cards In an
other part of the city at the time.
New Bank Building; In Burns.
Barns Th Harney County National
bank took advantage of Sunday to move
into ita new stone building, which is
now undergoing the finishing touches
on th interior. This is ens of the
handsomest and most substantial struc
tures In th (tat, built of th atone
which is plentiful in the hill upon
which the city of Burns stands. The
room heretofore occupied by this bank
will be now added to the mercantile
house of N. Brown A Sons.
Linn Stock Doing Wall.
Albany Reports from all parts of
the county are that cattle and sheep ate
wintering to better advantage than for
many years. On account of the mild
ness ol the weather fields and pastures
duiiish excellent grnxlng and unless
the valley should exp nenee extreme
change within the next few weeks it
is thought all danger of a hard w inter
will have passed and the farmers not
be obliged to draw on their stored sup
plies of feed.
Burns Land Office Business.
Burns The land office in this city
for the quarter ending I)ecember 31
shows an increase over the same period
in 1908. The year 1907 haa been one
of the liveliest years for the Burns land
office since It was establishd here, and
it is expected that 1908 will be still
better, as the country is getting better
advertising t. an in lormer years, and
a large rush of new settlers is expected
here in the spring and summer.
Portland Retires Certificates.
Portland It is stated by the com
mittee of Portland bankers having in
charge the banking operations of the
Portland banks during the recent de
pression, that all of the tl, 000,0110 ol
clearir.g house certificates issued durirg
that time have been redeemed, includ
ing $25 J, 000 loan certificates Issued to
the suspended Merchant' National
bank.
Weysrhaeusers Buy Timber.
Oregon City The Northern Pacific
railroad has sold to the Weyerhaeuser
Ind company 19,20 seres of land in
Clackamas county. The deed has just
been recorded here, but the price is not
stated. The land is mostly timbered
and rnns along the west end of Clacka
mas connty, from the Clackamas river
to th southern boundary.
Pruning Trees.
Freewater Howard Evans, county
fruit Inspector of Umatilla county, says
the trees In this vicinity are being
pruned bust Si rapidly as men can do
the work, and the prospects were never
better for the growers liecoming Inter
ested in the importance ot caring for
trees. Great rare will be taken to
spray for cod 1 in moth.
Elgin Livestock Shipments.
Elgin During the pst week a great
many hog shipments have been made
from the Wallowa and Elgin conntrv
Several carloads have gone to Walla
Walla and about 10 lna ls went to
Troutdale, while several carloads of rat
tie have gone to Portland in the past
several davs.
Warnlrg to Druggists.
Salem G. W. Blaksley. of the state
board of pharmacy, is making a tour of
Western Oregon, gathering evidence as
to violation of the phamracy law. He
says that many drugstores are being
conducted in violation of the statnte
and that prosecutions will be brought
an lea th offense cease,
MAS SEED.E9S 91 AR.-
Has Bom Fnlt tor 23 Yr Vn
known to 8ci',"t,
Pendleton. Sot swpecting that I
of thl
ordinary, H. L. Oliver, prominent
frnitiatau ... : i... ut of this city,
has been growing peurt of 'bat uatui
for two decades. Much publicity has
been given during th P" J
months to a edles pea' discoveied by
A. I. Mf.scn. Th tre bearing the
aeodleaa rua, nn nllver farm Deal
this city was growing on th place
when be bought it, 20 yer a'0'
nara on tha llll. ta differ in
i " -'' ww
scrintion frnm ii,ra of th Waaon
fur in tie I no I...... and resembli
th FlemUh Beauty wore than any
oiner varuey. They r eniueij
less and have only the ilightcsi uaci"
nl Iv.rA Vlni. I ..ft MirMleaa as wel
t iu elicit- - , .
aa aeeiiie'aa. i fu Hn im a& i'Z-C--yi
and solid, the flavor isgoodsnd tn pe
. mmi.,
nas many claims lor popuiamj
from being a seedless and corlee varl
etT. The trm Wra ats. Ui iru
ripening in October.
Whera tha lra mid, from is
not
known. The farm with the orhard on
- " " ..-n
it was fiurchssed from nurseryman
who set tli orchard oat.
SCHOOL FOR CONVICTS.
Prison Reformers Will Aik Prmit to
Try Schsm.
Salem Th superintendent of the
state prison, the governor oi uregon,
Chaplain St. Pierre snd Portland
Mends of prison reform have agreed
on a clan (or lbs contraction of an
assembly ball and night school build
ing that is to be added to the peniten
tiary by consent of the next legislature.
It is to accommodate about 800 per
sons and besides serving as a chapel
snd srausement hall will be a school
room and ha re teoitation rooms con
nected with it.
It is to be located ti an addition to
the east wins of the orison, and will
be built of brick mads by tha convict
Th prisoners ar to do all the con
struction work themselves, snd thus re
duce the cost to tht lUte to a mini
mum.
Many of fh prisoners csn neither
read nor write, and th work that is
being undertaken has th indorsement
of the Prisoners' Aid society of this
state.
Meeting of Fruitgrower.
Albany An educations! meeting for
fruitgrowers will beheld here Tuesday,
Jannary 28, under ths direction of the
Linn County Horticultural society. M
O. Lownsdale, prsiident of the Wll
lamette Valley A rplr growers' assocla
tion, and L. t. Reynolds, secretary of
tn sam association snd ex commit
sionei of horticultun. will be speakers
Mr. Lcwnadale giv a practical
demonstration emr to pack apples
for th market.
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Clean River at Corvallis.
Corvallis The United States snag-
boat Mathloffla, which has been operat
ing in the river about this city for the
past week, hii finished its work in this
section. Dining the lust freshet a
number of large snags lodged in the
channel justtbuve the Corvallis flour
ing in i 1 Its. arnously interfering with
navigation on tlie upptr river. Before
leaving Corvillis the captain of the
Mathloma gives public exhibition of
scientific snai pnl ling opposite the O
C. T Co. ' duck for the benefit of the
college engineering class. 1
Cheap Salt for Oregon Sheepmen
Pendleton Oregon woolgrowers have
purchased 60,000 shares of stock in the
salt plant owned by the Idaho growers.
By this purchve of etcck in the mine
or plant, the Oregon sheepmen will re
ceive 600 tons of salt annually at just
exactly what it costs to mine it and lay
it down at it destination. At present
prices this meins s saving of $3 per
ton, which ii quite an item in the
course ol a year. The plant is located
at Ogden.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3035o per
pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 1212e
per pound; mixed chickens, ll,12c;
spring chickens, 1213c; roosters, KO
10c; dres-ed chickens, 14c; tnrkeys,
live, 13?; dresnd, choice, IKOtil'c;
geese, live, (lOilOc; ducks, W0tl7c;
pigeons, "Si(S.$l; sijnabs, $1.60(2.
Egg-Frssh ranch, candled, 2!i26c
per doren.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 90t9ic; 125
to ISO pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds,
SOnnijc.
I'otk Clock "5 to 150 pounds, B(a
7c: pHckerj, fi(7A".
Fruits Apples. $12.ri0ji2 per box;
pear. $ 1. 2 V 1.75 per box; cranber
ries, 1,1,11 p,.r barrel.
Vegetables Turnips, 75c per sack;
car
'ots, fi.lc per 'k; beets, II pel
beans, 21 P?' P"nd; cabbage, 1
I i .i 1 . n II flower. 1 1 .75(3
sac
Oil
2 rer ('oron 1rv fMa-3 60 rer erst-;
onions, 1Vi20c per doxen; parsley, 20c
per dofn: pni, 10c per pound; pep
pers, 8iti;c per pound; pumkpins, 10i
1 V- per pound; radishes, 2ks per dox
en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, Rr
per pound; squash- K4lle Pr pound.
Onions y 50 per hundred.
Potatoes4ivs.75e per hundred, de
livered Portland. fet potatoes, $3. 26
3 50 per hundred-
WheatClub, Mc; blueetem, c;
vallev, nv- re.1, f-'e.
OatsNo. 1 white, $28; gray, $2H
per ton.
Hurley Feed, P' ,oni br'inf.
rolled, t."a:to.
Corn Whole, 132.60; cracked,
$32.50.
Hay-Valley timothy, No. 1, 1S
pp'ton: Fastern Oregon timothy, s.o
("21; clover $H''15;
fain hay, $1415; alfalfa, $13.50;
vetch, if '
H..psi'uo7, rrime "", cho,e' ?
fVper pound ;oM. 102c per pound.
WonlJf aeiern Oregon, average best,
1320c ne, pound, socording to shrink-
l to linen,; noU"' cbo'C 29
3c per pound.
CLEAN UP TOWN.
San Francisco Making Preparations
for Batt.sahip Flt.
San Francisco, Jan. 28. San Fran,
cisoo will make exlraoidinary pre para
tion during th next three months to
"tidy n p" before the arrival of the
fleet.
Work on the downtown streets will
be pressed in order that th gateway of
th oity nay take on the appearance of
freshness rather than Jilapidution.
While the supervisors ar busily en
gaged on this problem, the special com
uii'tee, of which James I). Phelan is
chairman, intrusted with arrangements
for the enteitainmer.t of the visitors,
has already organized and mapped out
its plana In a general way. The flrvt
donation to the fund of $100,000 which
is to be raised was mad by a local Chi
nes merchant, wl.o accompanied bis
check for $100 with a cote expressing
apprecition of the protection afforded
by the Stars snd Stripes.
A unique feature of the celebration
will be a floral parade, the first Saw
Francisco has undertaken. The parade
will be under the auspice of the Native
Sons and Native laughters. It will
resemble in general eoheuia tha pa
geant made famous by Los Angeles and
I wadena. San Francisco ha lost the
rural atmosphere which (he cities in
the southern part of the state which
have retained, and a floral parade will
entail an amount of preparation that
lias seldom been attempted here before.
Special attention is being paid the
entertainment of the enlisted men. A
clubhouse is to be erected where the
bluejacket can make their headquaiteia
while on shore. A large pavilion will
he provided for drills, concerts and ex
hibitions. NE.W SYSTEM OF 8UHVEYS.
6111 to Giv Commissioner Authority
to Employ Men.
Washington, Jan. 28. In his snnnal
report Land Comissioner Bellinger rec
oinniended the abolition of the oresent
system ef making public land surveys
under the contract By stem and urged
oongress to authorise the employment
by the government of competent sur
veyors, whose sole duty shall be the
surveying and resnrveying of public
lands. Representative Mitchell, of
Wyoming, chairman of th house com
mittee on public lands, hss introduced
s bill In the bouse giving the commis
sioner authority to employ such sur
veyors lor the purpose stated, but al
lowing bim also to use his discretion as
to the advisability of making a part of
the surveys under the old contract sys
tem. There are some surveyors on govern
ment work who have pr. duced satisfac
tory results, but th chief criticism ot
the old contract system ii that it
wastes a great deal of time, and re
quires two or three years from the
time of application to get a given tract
surveyed and the survey accepted. The
Mondell bill will form the basis of
whatever legislation oongress may at
tempt on th subject this winter.
WAR ON RATS.
San Francisco Determined to Eater
minat Disease Spreaders.
Han Frsaoifco, Jan. 28. Reports by
the plague experts show that the die
ease has been almost entirely elimlnat
ed from the city, but the battle against
the rats is to be pressed with new
vigor. There have been no new canes
for more than two weeks. Only two
cases are now under treatment. De
spite these encouraging features, the
force of men in the employ of the
health board is to be increased and the
distribution of poison to be continued
on a larger scale.
All this Is to he done as a " precau
tionary measure. The theory held by
Dr. Rupert Blue, the Federal expert In
charge of the situation, is that the con
tagion is carried from the rat to the hu
man being by the Hi. In the winter
months the fleas vanish, to reappear
with the spring and summer. An ex
amination of the rodents last Septem
ber showed tfat one-half of one per
cent were infected. The examination
at the present time shows that one hail
per cent are infected.
Troops Repel Tribesmen.
Tangier, Jan. Advices received
here state that the Zenatia and Ouled
Ali tribes attacked the French troops
January 23, but were repulsed with
severe loss. The French littoral and
mediouna columns had just effected a
junction when the tribesmen, in battle
array, covering a front of about four
miles, swept down in crescent forma
tion. The Spahis bore the brunt of
the attack, making several gallant
charges, which, however, interfered to
some extent with the werk of the ar
tillery.
Loss at Portland S900 000.
Portland, Me., Jan. 28. Fire which
several times threatened to wipe out the
basinet. district of this city, and which
caused damage estimatexl at more than
$00,000, was kept confined to the
block in which it Mar ted yesterday
after almoat 10 bonis of fighting bv
Portland's firemen, aided by men and
apparatus from several outside cities.
The tire stared in the wholesale dry
goods house of Milliken, Cousins A Co.,
and it was in their half of the building
that the greater part of the loss was
sustained.
Lisbon Officials Afrsid.
Lisbon, Jan. 28. Although the gov
ernment apparently is master of the
situation, m.ich nervousness Is msni-
f.'S-ed in official circles following the
plot to overthrow the monarchy and
eetablish Portugal as a republic. Pre
mier Franco, upon the advice of the po-
lice, sleeps each night in a different
house, surrounded by cavalry. The
police have dinrovered a number of
place where revolver and bomb have
been stored by the conspirators.
Record Crop of Orsrges.
San Francisco. Jan. 28. The orancra
crop of California is now in full season
and in quantity and quality promises
to break all record. Th fruit ex
changes of the state estimate that the
total ontpnt of orange alone will reach
th enormous sum of 30,000 carloads,
about 9,000,000 boxes and 1,350,000,
000 orange. The harvest will last
continuously until csxt Fourth of July.
FULTON HAD POWER
Eeney Proves Inaction ot HjII Id
Ctrlalo Cases.
SENATOR KUW FILINGS ILLEGAL
Burke and Goslin Indicted by District
Attorney on Perjjry Charge,
But Never Prosscuttd.
Portland, Jan. 28. Senator Fulton
was again dragged into the oorspiracy
case of John 11. Hall and Edwin Mays
ye-terday by Special l'ro-ecutur Henry.
By the testimony of W. K. Burle and
William U. Goslin, former agent for
A. B. Hammond, timlierland specu
lator, and at one time president of the
Astoria A Columbia Liver railroad, it
was shown that late in 18119 and during
1900 Fulton appeared aa attorney for
Burke and (iosliu and two others, who
had been indicted by Hall on a charge
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment by perjury.
Burksj and Ooslin testified that In
September, 1M9, they induced 20 tran
sient maje residents of the North Fnd
to file on as many timbeiland claims
for a consideration of $2 each for then
services, with the express understsnd-
ing that the claim so tiled nn should
lie held for a time and relinquished,
when Burke and tiosliu; represents-
tives of Hammond, procured lieu land
sciip to cover the land included In the
relinquishments. Only the prelimi
nary facts by which Fulton, as attoiney
for Hammond and his various interests,
will be associated with this transaction
were brought out yesterday, but Heney
promises by the introduction of further
evidence this mooring conclusively to
prove not only that 1-niton appeared in
a legal capacity for the men Indicted,
but that Hall, as United States attor
ney, failed to prosecute the alleged per
jurers, althouh he had full knowledge
of the unlawful filings.
RAILROADS ASK FOR TIME.
Wsnt to Test Law Against Owning; ot
Coal Minss.
Washington, Jan. 28. Th operating
vice presidents ol many cf the large
railroads of the country were received
by President Kooeevelt yesterday and
presented a request that in execution
what is known as the comity amend
ment of the railroad rate law bill one
case be brought against the roads by
the government, this esse to be finally
disposed of by the Supreme conrt of the
United States. This, if sgreed to by
the government, would mean that the
railroads owning coal producing lands
would not sell them by May next, as
required by law, but could operate
them as heretofore nntil the disposal of
the test case. The law in question Is
regarded by th roads as unconstitu
tional.
The president referred the railroad
men to the Interstate Commerce com
mission, where it is understood the
qnestion will be fully disensted and a
report made to the president as to the
leal possibility of carrying ont the
suggestion made.
POLICE BILL IS PASSED.
Nevada House Acts on Bill Received
From Senate.
Carson, Nev., Jan. 28. The Nevada
legislature has passed the police bill,
giving this state a measure that pro
vides fr i a system of policing in time of
riots which it is believed will quell all
trouble in the Ooldfield section at the
present time and place the state in po
sition to handle any future contingen
cies that may arise.
Several members whe were devout
nnion men have made a fight in opposi
tion to the bill, while the conservative
memliera have made a forcible issue
and have won the law. Speaker
Skaggs, who ha been taking a most
active part for the nnion men, left his
chair and voted. Skaggs denounced
the bill as pernicious and cxir-like and
predicted the men who voted for it
were digging their political graves. All
amendments were lost and the bill
went through as it came from the sen
ate. Cool Heads Save Live.
De Moines, la., Jan. 28. That there
were a number of cool neuda in ti
Orand opera house probably saved many
live lasinignt. ine h.vans care, across
the alley from the playhouse, was burn
ing, and smoke Issued throngh an open
window in the opera house. Some one
yelled "Fire," and the inevitable panic
followed. The most cnrmervatlva k.r.i
their heads, but a general rush follow
ed. Much crowding and pushing was
done in the gallery and balcony, and a
woman fainted. Many received slight
lnjnriis.
Finad On th 18-Hour Law.
Butte, Mont , Jan. 28. A snecial tn
the Miner, from Helena, says that for
violating the 16-honr law. the North.
ern Pacific Railway company was this
morning nneu irw in Judge J. M. Cle
menu' court. The case attracted v.n.
slderable Interest because it la ronai.l.
ered a test of the law created at the last
session of the legislature to prevent
railroad employes from 1 ing obliged
to work when thev are really incanani.
tated from efficient service. The case
will be appealed and the constitution.
ality of the law tested.
Plans to Divids Fintard.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 28. A stsrtliriu
report is current both in St. Petersburg
and in Helsingfors thnt the emperor
has decided npon the psrtition of Fin
land, annexing to Kossia the district of
iborg, which was formerlv a nrt nf
th empire, and sending sn srmy corps
10 me grana aucny ol r inland to over
awe any protest. This report Is
strengthened by the publication in the
Novo Vretnya of an article defand,
such a step.
Mother of Empress Dead.
Tokio. Jan. 28. It u nffVi.it. ....
nounced Saturday that Lady Showing
Ichiio. mother of tha mpa a.a
Jannary 26, at tht ag of 80 years.
WIL BREAK MONOPOLY.
Bonaparte Start Suit Against Harri
man Road.
Washington, Jan. 27. Attorney
General Bonaparte directed that a bill
in equity be filed lo set aside the con
trol by th Cnion Pacific Railway com
pany and It subsidiary corporations of
the Southern Pacific and the Saa Tedro,
Lo Angeles A Salt Lake railroad; ais
to have declared illegal the ownership
by the Union Pacific or the Oregon
Short Line of stock In the Santa Fe, th
Great Northern and Northern FaciM.
all of said line bting competitors of
th Union Pacific.
Th attorney general issued an offi
cial sttment to this effect, which, after
referring to th extended Investigation,
by the Interstate Commerce comnilseloa
into the relations existing sinong th
various line of road engaged in trani-
continental traflic, says:
"from the evidence so adduces an
from indeDendent investigation th de
partment has arrived at the conclusion
that the stockholding of the Union Pa
cific ar.d it subsidiary companies in
the coipofat!or.s mentioned hov Is i
direct violation of the Sherman act.
"Th department regards the suit a
of first Importance, a it is sought by
mtsns thereof to break up a sutistantiai
monopoly of the transportation busi
ness of the country between the Mis
souri river un the east and the entir
Pacific, coast south of Portland on th
west."
Aside from th railway rompaniro
above named, the other defendant la
the tail are the Farmer Loan A Trust.
company, of New York, which is th
depository of all the stock of the San
Pedro road nnder a contract by which
it is required to give proxies to such
persons as may be named by Mr. liar
rlman and Mr. Clark for a period of
years. There are also individual de
fendants who are alleged to have con
ceived and carried out the conspiracy
complained of, towit: E. II. ilarrl
man, Jacob II. Schiff, Otto II. Kaho,
James Stillman, Henry C. Frick, Hen
ry II. Rogers and William A. Clark.
While naming the individual defend
ants the statement make no meotioa
of any intention to prosecute any of
these officials personallyjn any crimin
al proceedings.
MAYS DISMISSED.
Hny Says H Cannot Convict Him
f Conspiracy.
Portland, Jan. 27. Franklin Pi ere
Mays, ex-state senator, was the princi
pal witness for the government Satur
day injth Hall-Mays conspiracy c
in th Federal conii. A treacberona
and failing memory prevented th wit
ness from positively associating bis va
rious conversation with Hall and th
dates of the letters that passed bet wee
them. Probably the most damaging.
evidence against Hall, adduced frons
th witness, was bis identification of a
letter written by himself to Stelwer ia
w hich Mays told of his successful effort
in dissuading Hall from Instituting
criminal proceedings against the mem
ber ot the Butte Creek company far
nnlawfnl fencing.
Before Msys wa called Into the court
room, Heney announced that lie wished
the indictment dismissed aganist Mays,
who was a co-defendant with Hall and
Kdwin Mays. In making thia request
of the court, Heney said that he did
not consider thst the government was
in possession of sufficient evidence with
which to convict Mays of the alleged
conspiracy. Later in the einminatloa
of Mays, Heney repeated the doclara
tion he made before, that it was not
his Intention to prosecute Mavs on any
of the other remaining Indictment
against bun Im cause of his physical
condition. Judge Hunt consented to
the dismissal of the indictment and at
the same time exonerated the bond
Maya had furnished. Mays was then
sworn ss a witness for the prosetution.
Charles B. Moore", ex-register of the
Oregon City land office, will undoubted
ly be a witness for the government be
fore the prcsecution . dotes its cas
eithei today or tomorrow. Just what
Moore will testify can only be con
jectured.
Strays Go After Fleet.
Rio Janeiro. Jan. 27. Tho n,lir i
this city have uathored
from the American battleships, who
had either deserted or failed to retnra
on board In-fore their vessel sailed from
her last week. They will bn sent
after the fleet on a collier. A dispatch
from Valparaiso save the Chilean
squadron which will welcome th
American battleship to Chilean water
has arrived at Valdivia. The British
cruiser Sapho, which has betn on the
west coast, is now on her way down t
Punta Arena.
Trid to Win Over Army.
Lisbon, Jan. 27. The government
issued a statement tonight that the con
spirators in the recent plot to over
throw the state had procured revolver
and bombs and other weapons and had
unsuccefsfully tried to win over the
officers and soldiers of the army so that
they might bring a mutiny at the psy
chological moment. Continuing, the
statement says: The government ha
taken all measures necessary to guaran
tee public order and secure the msir.
tenance of obedience and loyalty in tha
army.
Spain Cmntin; Enplish Tie.
London, Jan. 27. Inquiries smring
Spanish consular and . ornix.ercia I cir
cles in London make it char that the
proposal of the Spanish minister of
commerce to hold an exposition of
Spanlah arts an ) industries in London
lu 1908 is warmly welcomed by tie
Spanish colony In the metropolis as ad
ditional evidence of the d. sire of K ing
Alfonso to cement yet more closely the
entente that alrea.U
countries.
Encroaching on Norway.
Stockholm, Jan. 27. A mining en
gineer who has just returned here from
an exploring expedition i Northern
Norway, where the Russian frontier
sppnache within 15 miles of th
North Atlantic at Lyngenflorm, tat.
. , . Ut of K"ian
Soldiers Installed in b. K l-
gaged In constructing a railway In No,l
"-a-u wcrruory in a wildern.se nun
days Journey from th highway.