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HILLSBORO.
.OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form lor Oar
Easy Readers.
A Rmuim of tha Less Important but
Hot Lass Interesting; Events
of tha Past Waok.
Brysn declare that Wall street U
warm than Mont Carlo.
Tha national convention of th So
cialist party will be held In Chicago
May 10.
The American torpedo flotilla hat
arrived at Punt Arenas, Straits of
Magellan.
French troop in Algeria were caught
3a a .V6? ii'O storm &d at Jeaa:
perished.
The Japanese government will in
crease the Ui on sugar, take, alcohol,
beer and kerosene. I
The people of Ohio will vote on an
initiative acid referendum law at the
November election.
Every trace of bubonlo plague ha
gone from Han Francisco. The cam
paign against rate) will continue.
In battle between French troop
'and Moon, the Moon loat 10,000 killed
and wounded and the French 160.
Several firemen were Injured and one
is missing In New York where a fire in
a dry goods store caused a loss of $200,
000.
llarriman is building a castle near
Ardun, N. Y., to coat nearly $4,000,.
O K) Hi monthly payroll during the
winter reachea $19,000 and work ia be
ing rushed.
Black Hand murder continue in
Chicago.
Japan is diverting many emigrant
to South America.
A new cabinet opposed to Franco ha
taken office in Portugal.
A plotter against Prince Nicholas of
Montenegro ha been captured.
The steamer St. Cuthbert was burned
off the coast of Nova Scotia and 16 of
her crew drowned.
The higher officer of the battleahip
fleet have beengiven a banquet by offi
cers of the Chilean fleet.
Heime ha been sued for 197,500 on
account of alleged irregularities in the
management of the Butte bank.
Japanese militarist are said to be
losing power, a the middle class 1 re
belling at the Increased taxation.
Dynamite has been found In the coal
ol one of the warship. It 1 believed
to have been left there by the miner.
It la claimed by oflioer of the Ohio
National guard that Inquiries have been
made regarding the number of militia
men that could be dispatched to the
Pacific coast on four hour' notice.
Bryan says Roosevelt is an honest re
former. The entire middle West i suffering
from a bilitzard.
The Nslnte savings bank at Butte
Will le reopened.
Senator Foraker savs Roosevelt is the
champion muckraker.
The new battleship Mississippi has
been placed in commission.
The government has brought suit to
disKolve the llarriman merger. s
The Kngliah expect a visit from
Roosevelt as soon as his term is ended.
Two of the smaller street car systems
ol New York have gone Into the hands
of a receiver.
A New York newspaper man claims
William A. Rockefeller, father of John
P., died in 1906.
Mst French newspapers commend
the recent special message of the presi
dent to congress.
A Kansas City jury grand has jnst
re'nrned 00 indictments for violation
ol the Sunday closing law.
It is tielieved the talk of war with
Japan will bring increased appropri;
tions for the defense of the Paaoific
V OMSt.
lUwaii
Co lies.
fear a flood of Japanese
Bryan praises the president's special
message to congress.
The Uttleship fleet has started
through Magellan straits.
The house committee on census wants
a census of all standing timber in the
United State.
President Ripley, of the Santa Fe,
denies the charge of Roosevelt that hi
roid has granted rebate on oil.
Senator Bourne says Roosevelt's spe
cial message ia bound to ratry him to
the White House fur another term.
A tornado just north of Wesson,
Miss., laid waste a strip three-quarters
of a mile wide and several mile long.
Sis person were killed and a number
injured.
' Official of th Japanese government
say that they, like other nations, are
interested in the fleet' trip from the
Atlantic to ttie Pacific, a they want to
kn w how the ships stand the strain.
China looks on the movement of the
Atlantic fleet aa more than a pleasure
cruise.
Rnef has plea. led not guilty to 14
charge of offerings bribe. The cases
will be set for trial February 14.
Nchmita, who ia also indicted on there
same counts, has already p!ealed not
guilty.
Terror reigns enpreme in Lisbon due
to th arreet of conspirators against
the government.
Rnef say he did not negotiate with
the graft defendants and that Langdon
broke his immunity contract.
Th battleship fleet has been lighted
at tha entrance of Magellan straits.
NO TARIFF REVISION.
Task Will Be Taken Up Next
Hous Leaders Say.
Winter
Washington. Feb. 6. The present
oonureea will not apiolnt a tariff coin
mission. Pvlsion of tba tariff will be
nn.i-Ft.lan nii winter. In the short
term. These announcement, In sub
stance, were made today by Chairman
Piyne, of the boose committee on way
and mean, In the presence and with
tb tacit approval of Speaker Cannon,
the occasion being a call npon those
leader by a tariff revision delegation
from various part of th country, com
prising representative of many of the
biugeet manufacturing and Industrial
concerns in in cmiu ri, -
headed by James W. Van Cleave, of
St. Louis, president of th National
Association of Manufacturers; ex Gov-
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ernor N. J. uacneior, 01 i'r
shire, and II. E. Mile, of Racine,
Wi... chairman of the tariff committee
of the National Association of Manufac
turrr.
The delegation spent more than an
hour presenting its case and listening
v. Tfi.v.iM tv tL two forcaia't P.rr"H
lican leaders In the house, which, while
they were cordially couched, were prao
t lea My a refusal of all that the delega
tion had iourned to Washington to
-
ilea J for.
CLEETON IS CHOICE.
Oregon Delegation in Congress Unites
on District Attorneyship.
Washington, Feb. 5. Thomas J.
Cleeton. of Portland, a close friend of
Senator Fulton, is slated for United
States district attorney for Oregon.
Senators Fulton and Bcurne and Con-
greeaman Kills united in reeommenu
. . . 1
ing him; the recommendation was
nlared in the president's hands last
nialit. and It Is existed that Mr. Clee-
ton's nomination will be sent to the
senate today. 1
The obsequies were held Over Chris
Schuebel'a nomination yesterday after
noon. Mr. Bourne was the only mourn
er, but the ceremony was behind closed
doors and there was none but bis 001
leagues to witness his last tearful trib
ute to his friend. Mr. Bourne frankly
admitted to them that it was useless
for him to press Mr. SchuebePe nomi
nation further, lie said that he was
satisfied that to do so would be to court
a turndown by the senate, for his care
ful canvass of the situation had satis
fied him that, if the nomination was
pressed, not only the subcommittee but
the entire judiciary committee would
vote adversely and the senate would
supiort Mr. Fulton In hit opjioeition.
FULTON WILL RETURN.
Comes to Oregon to Answer Charges
of Attorney Heney.
Washington, Feb. 5. Senator Ful
ton has decided to go back to Oregon,
meet the charges made against him by
Francis J. Heney, and square himself
with his constituent. The full text of
Mr. lleney's speech was received here
last night. After reading the full re
port, the senator decided to make hie
answer on the ground rather than by
letter from here, and says his answer
will be complete. He will probably
take the 3 o'clock train today. The
senator last night said:
"I shall leave for Oregon tomorrow,
would have left today, but for the
fact that it was necessary to arrange, so
tar as possible, for matters pending In
which the state is interested. I had
not contemplated another trip to Ore
gon during the present campaign, being
perfectly willing to leave the matter of
selecting my successor to the jieople
without suggestion fom me, so long as
the campaign should be Conducted
along decent lines."
Portugal Assuming Normal,
Lisbon, Feb. 6. Lisbon is beginning
to recover from the shock and horror of
Saturday's bloody tragedy, but a strong
undercurrent of lvotmlar and govern
mental nervousness remains. The po
litical tension Is slackening, although
the Progressists refuse to join in the
coalition cabinet which Admiral Fer-
reira do Amaral is forming from all the
monarchical gron, because the Con
servatives are in predominance. The
hitch, however, is likely to be straight
ened out and a temporary union of all
the monarchical elements attained.
Turkey Menaces Russia.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 6. Recent ad
vices received from the Caucasus indi
eaies mat ine Russian inhabitants are
greatly alarmed over the concentration
of Turkish troc.s in Armenia and it is
believed is designed as a reply to any
attempt at a demonstration on the part
01 Kunsia. under the cover of Turkish
trilieamen the Turks are reported a
massing infantry at Bayazid and other
strategic point near the frontier in
such strength as to dispose of the prnt
ability that the movement is intended
solely against non-militant Persia.
Russia Slaps Franca,
St. Petersburg, Feb. 5. The French
ambsasador, M. Rompard, whom the
French government has recalled, left
hurriedly tonight for Paris. He will
return only to present his letters of re
call, whiih virtually were demanded by
Russia. .M. Hompard demanded through
Foreign Minister Iswolsky that the gov
ernment proeecnte the author of an
article published in the Gradanin, the
editor of which is Prince Metohercky.
the news)r was flntd I (H).
Dom Miguel Acts Carefully.
Menna, Feb. 5. Dom Mignel de
Brasanoi, the pretender to the throne
of Portugal, has curtailed his stay in
laretiiiio, iiaiy, anil is now on his way
one a to a usi r is. misstep, it is le
lieved, is taken on the advice of relatives
ot the pretender, that he avoid any ac
tion mat could under these eircnm
stance in any way be misconstrued.
Storm Dsmorslizts Traffic.
imrango, 1010., reb. o. The worst
snow storm of the teason has been pre
vailing in r-outnwesiern l.lordt.)ay,
The storm began laPt Sunday and has
been growing in intensity ever since
Railroad traffic is demoralised and tele
graph and telephone wires are down in
all directions.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
HOLDS WHEAT RECORD.
Condon la Urges! Primary Distribut
ing Point m Country.
Condon Tha latest estimate of the
amount of grain already shipped and
that remaining to be thipped from Con
don ia 1,300,000 bushel. According,
to thia showing, Condon is ths largest
primary grain ahipplng point in the
United State and, a far aa can be
learned, in the entire world. Th
point which ha heretofore clalroel the
honor of being the largest primary
grain shipping point in th world i
Rit.ville. Wash.. iU supremacy being
claimd on the basis ol shipping 1,250,-
000 bushels.
From figures obtained irom in Deei
authorities on the subject l.iuu.uuu
bushels of wheat and barley have al
ready been reoeived by the warehouse
and mill here. And to this muss oe
addad the large amount that is yet scat
tered over the country waiting to be
hauled to town before spring. It is
safe to say that there remain in Con
don's territory 200,000 bushels yet to
be brought in, making a grand total of
1,300,000 bushels to be shipped from
Condon alone.
No lees remarkable is the estimated
output of grain In eery section of Uil
liam county, the total of the estimates
of the different stations exceeding the
mount to be sbinDed flora Condon. It
must also be taken into consideration
that many thousands of bushels of grain
harvested along the borders of the coun
ty are shipped from nearby railroad
mint in the adjoining counties. The
total of the number of bushels shipped
from these ooints added to the amount
shipped from different stations in ti li
bera ccunty places the enormous out
put of Uilliawcounty at 2,750,000.
Josephine Coalmen Organize.
Grants Pass The Southern (Jregon
Angora Goat Breeders' association has
been organized with C. E. Harmon,
president and Charles Meaerve, secre
tary. The association will have a reg
ular' meeting in March. The raising
of goats has become one of the promi
nent industries of Southern Oregon. As
well as being profitable for the wool,
they are looked upon as a valuable ad
junct in clearing new land, in keeping
down the undergrowth. It is calcu
lated that there are about 6,000 or 6,-
000 of the animals scattered among the
ranches In this district, some of which
are Imported stock.
Last of Machinery Enrouta.
North Powder The last wagonload
of the four carloads of mining machin
ery delivered here last week for the In
diaona, or Muir, group of mines, 22
mile from North Powder, at the head
of Grand Ronde river, has started on
the new road. The Indiana Mining
company, which owns snd spares no
expense in , the development of the
Muir mines, .has 40 men at work in
stalling a new concentrator, the capa
city of which is 100 tons per day.
There is also an electric hoist under
construction for the pnrpcae of sinking
a shaft 1,000 feet below the present
level.
School Children to Boost.
Eugene The school children of Eu
gene now have ready about 1,200 let
ters to be sent to their friends in differ
ent sections of the United States telling
them of Eugene and Lane county, es
pecially dwelling upon the fine weather
condition here, mentioning the fact
that not a snowflake has fallen during
the year and that flower are blooming
everywhere, and a iking their friends of
the colder regions why they do not
come here to live. Folded In each let
ter is a rose petal, a violet or some oth
er flower now in blossom here.
Salem Druggists Censured.
Salem Salem drug stores have been
put under the ban of the state board of
pharmacy by a visit ol Secretary make-
ley, who is authority for the statement
that tbev are not complying with the
law which provides that the drug ana
prescription business shall be in the
care of a registered pharmacist. Dis
trict Attorney McNary also recently
made the discovery that no record of
the sale of poisons was being kept ss is
squired,
Paisley Wants tha County Seat.
Silver Lake W. II. McColI. of Pais
ley, is authority for the statement that
Paisley wants to bring to a vote at the
June election the qnedinn of the re
moval of the county teat from Lake
view to Paisley. Paisley, Summer
Lake. Silver Lake, New Pine Creek and
North Warner voters would probably
favor the move. Taisley is many miles
nearer the geographical center of the
county than Lakevlew.
Platting New Townsita.
Oregon City The Oregon Iron A
Steel company has a force of surveyors
st work platting its property beyond
the Tualatin river, near Willamette.
The company has about 3,000 acres
there and It is belieed that the con
struction of a railroad connecting the
territory with Portland is a surety In
the future, as the land is being platted
Into tracts of two and one half, five and
ten acres.
Fuel Down at Pendleton.
Fendleton An exeeptionlaly mild
winter has combined with the recent fi
nancial panic to create havoc with the
fuel situation in this city, aa viewed
from the standpoint of the fuel dealer.
Coal ha dropped from 111 to 17 per
ton, and though the wood prh-e is ieing
aepi up temporarily lv the sheer force I
in iinni coninine, ine Bottom is sure
to drop out of it shortly.
Demand Flat 2 1-2 Cnt Fair.
Salem A committee of the Travel
ing Men' asaociation has arranged
with the railroad commission to file a
complaint against all roads doing bnsi
nees In Oregon and asking for a flat
I Si cent rate on mileaire books. The
rate now is about 24 cents, and the
books sold are not mileage books, but
are coupon books, each coupon lenre-
I tenting 5 cent.
CLEAN UP ORCHAROS.
Spring-brook Fruirwrs to Fight
Tr ft'
SDrinirbrook Th fruitgrowers
Bpringbrook, Yamhill county, met last
week for an oimu discus!"" of their
local interests. C t. Hoskins spoke
at some length
on th necessity ol a
more systematic ..! vigorous effort to
clean up orchards, sod lo introduced
the question ol gutting in touch with
the Willamette Vslley Peelopment
league. Others n.nt srxike of th
varioua phases of orchard work.
Resolutions wer adopted declaring
for a vigorous campus" lflni,t the
San Joae scale and loosing the state
inspection laws and nnholding the
county inspectors and court In enforC'
ing th laws where this found nece
ary.
Cannery for Dallas.
Dallas The matter of establishing a
cannery in Dallas to be conducted by
home stockholders, li dow well under
way, over twn-thinlsof the necessary
capital being alreadv subscribed. The
capital stock has been divided into 100
shares of the par v-.lne of f 25 each,
not more than two shares being sold to
any one person or firm. A site for
the cannery has already been donated
in the north part of the city, and the
Duiiding will be started early in the
spring. There ia enough fruit in and
around Dallas and vicinity to make the
proposition a paying one, and the work
will be gradually enlarged to keep pace
with the number of new trees being set
out.
Initiative Petition Filed.
Salem The petition for the initia
tive of the question of the division of
Wasco county and th creation of Hood
River county hit been filed with the
secretary of state by W. B. Andrus, of
the Hood River Commercial club. The
petition is said to contain 10,357 sig
natures, and it composed of a number
of separate pamphlets, each of which
is provided with an artistic cover de
sign, with three luscious red-cheeked
apples on ths obverse and a tempting
strawberry on Ihe reverse.
Wetton Normal Leads.
Pendleton The hitch water mark in
the enrollment at Weston Normal
school was reached last week, when the
report for ths first semester showed
that-173 students are attending the
school. The dormitory facilities have
been overflowing for several months,
and students have been quartered In
cottages and private residences in Wes
ton. The Weston normal lead all the
Oregon normal schools in point of at
tendance, snd ilmoei every county seat
east of the Cascade mountains is repre
sented in the enrollment.
Good Quality of Lima.
Palem J. Frank Hughee and W. A.
Carter, of thia oitr. re successfully en-
gaging in the manutttture of lime at
Gold Hlil, with apl-lthat turns out
100 barrels per day o(n article that is
claimed to be 98 pet nt pure. Mr.
Carter has just retorted from the lime
kilns and the firm m stcurea 01 acre
from the paper mils it) Oregon City
and Lebanon. Thi Sathern Pacific
has made s rate to FittU&d of 15 cents
per hundred.
Fruit Inspector Resigns.
Freewater Count; Frnit Inspector
Howard Evans ha wisned, the death
of his father, JameiErans, having in
creased the dcinuDii on his time to
such an extent that it found himself
unable to attend tobotb private and
public business. Thtnew horticultural
society signed a petiton asking that T.
L. Ragsdale be ap)Dted in his place.
Eight Miles of Shade Trees.
Eugene An order has been placed
with an Oregon nnwry by the citizens
of Fairmount for 1,000 trees to be
planted along the stieta of this suburb
of Eugene. The tre are to be planted
aiiout 50 foet apart ( both sides of the
street, and will stretch over a distance
of eight miles.
PORTLANDMARKETS.
Wheat Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c;
valley, 82c; red, 80c.
Oats No. 1 white, 12 ; gray. 128.
Barley Feed, $:Tper ton; brewing,
32; roiled, $L')30.
Corn Whole, $32.50; cracked,
$32.50.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1J17(318
rwrton: Kiutem iirMnn timothy, IL'O
'(321; clover, ivl5: che, IS;
'grain hsv. 146,15: alfalfa, 1213;
vetch, $14.
Butter Fancy emmery, 3035c per
poind.
Poultry Averaes old bens, 13(il4c
per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c;
spring chickens, l.K?14o; rooters, 10
rM2c; dressed chickens. 14c; turkeys,
live, 14I31.V; drewd, choice, 16al"c;
geese, live. 9Q,(ic; ducks, 18(i20e;
pigeons, "Vft.$i i)0; iiiaba, )l 5lifak2.
Eirira Fresh ranch, candled, 2o27c
per dozen.
Veal 75 to 125 pound?. QS'vC;
125 to i.M) pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
pounds, sr-i fitC
Pork film's, 75 to 150 pounds, 7
7 e; packer, ggfc.
Fruits Apples' table. I.5(3t2 50;
cooking, fl.a.vs 150 per box; cranber
ries, srtill per barrel.
VegetablesTurnips. 75c per sack:
carrots. V per swk; beets, 1.00 Pr
ck; cahi.aifs 1 i.e rr ponnd: ranli-
flower, l.75fi.-i. crlerv. .TfiOrfM 5"
Pr crate; ,,njnl,
S 3 2i A' per dozen ;
prely,
2'V; per dor-en ;
peas. V per
per pound;
round ;
Dimrkins 1 i, . rr noiind: rai.icn-
-'V per down; spinach, c per
ponnd; sprouts, 8e rr P,in,l; i'l'uv'n'
131 U'' p.-rponnd. , ,
'unions 50 per hundred.
Potatoes 41 irvne per hundred, de
li verd Portland- iweet potatoes, Id .25
50 per et. '
Hops 1',7 rrirr.e snd choice, 5a
N- per pnun,). olds, ir2c pr pound.
Wool-K,Mwn Oregon average beet,
13 :t Pr ponnd. seceding to shrink
; valley, i8 8soc. according to fine
nws; mohair, "cioice, 2'.i30c per
pound.
NEW LAND POLICY.
Secretary Garfield Aids Entrymsn In
Stead of Hirdering.
Washington, Feb. 4. It is the pur
pose of Secretary Uarfield to so conduct
the Interior depart ment and so interpret
tbe public land laws as to actually aid
every bona Ada en try man who is en
dcavoring to establish a hitsu uu ti
public domain. Secretary Garfield
holds that tba land laws were enacted
for a purpose, and to long as th law if
not abused, he Intends that the entry
man shall enjoy It provisions, and so
long aa he acta in good faith, shall have
tbe encouragement and aid of repre
sentative of tha department. In other
words, Secretary Uarfield Is proceeding
on the theory that every man ia honest
until pftiven guilty; he is human
enough to recognise that honeet men
may make errors which do not lay
them, or should not lay them liable
to
the law. A reading of Mr. Garfield'
annual report, made public yesterday
will convince any man that there has
been a phenomenal an a! moat incom
prehensible change in the manner of
conducting the Interior department.
Under Secretary Hitchcock, the en
tire force of the Interior department
and general land office, on special In
st ructions from the secretary, proceed
ed on the theory that the public land
laws were enacted to preveut men ac
quiring public lands; every technical
failure to comply with the law was re
garded aa ground for criminal prosecu
tion; every obstacle was placed in the
path of the honeet, as well as tbe die
honest entryman, and Mr. Hitchcock
retired from office with tiie astounding
record ot having actually deprived bun
dreda of honest settlers ot their lands,
while he permitted shrewd thieves to
gobble up large tracts under his very
noee. The report of Secretary Uarfield
will carry encouragement to every en
tryman who is striving to acquire pub
lic land for an honest purpose. It
a most cheering document.
IMPERIAL VALLEY CONTESTS
Fifty Improved Claims of Non-Rasl
dents Ar dumped.
Imperial, Cal., Feb. 4. Out of 1,500
land claims - in the Imperial valley,
about 60 improved claim belonging to
nonresidents have been jumped on the
ground of failure to comply with the
aw. A recent decision of the commis
sioner of the general land offices re vers
e the practice that office ha held here
tofore that any person could take a
number of assignments from claimants
so long as the total does not exceed 320
seres. It it now held that a prison
can take but one assignment.
Many claims, including score of
well developed farms, are affxted by
the reversal, and a bumber of contests
sre filed. Tbe mutual water compan
es have combined to send represents
tive to Washington and lay tbe matter
before Secretary Garfield. An appeal
will be taken from the decision of Com
missioner Dennet on the ground tliat
the Supreme court holds that an eatab-
ished ruling of a department of the
government cannot be annulled by a re
versal ol the ruling.
No apprehension is felt by claimants
ss to the outcome, but it is considered
necessary to present the matter, to Sec
retary Uarfield.
WOOD CHIEF MATERIAL.
Small Percentage of Buildings Built
of Cement or Brick.
Washington. Feb. 4. In a report
today regarding building operations
and the timber supply the geological
survey says that the Increasing price of
lumber and a rapidly increasing use of
perfected fire proof systma cf construc
tion should do much In holding down
the amount which forests are called
upon to yield each year, but so far these
more substantial materials have not de
creased the lumber cut of the nation.
Notwithstanding the Increased use of
cement and other fireproof materials.
the last reports of the building opera
tions in 49 of the leading cities of the
United States for the year collected by
he geological survey, show that 69
per cent were of wooilen construction.
Ibis does not include the large quan
tity of lumter used for the construction
of dwellings, stores and other buildings
n the thousands of small cities and
towns, scattered over the country and
not included in the 49 cities on which
a reckoning was made,
Filipino Lads Stowsways.
San Francisco, Feb. 4. Pedro Jajo
mera and Isaac Villannewa, F'ilipino
stowaways, after having bidden in the
coal bunkers for three days on the
transport Crook, which arrived today,
were driven by hunger from conceal
ment. They came on deck and an
nounced their willingness to be put to
work. Fo'h were bright lads, having
gone to the public school at Honolulu
and they paid for their voyage by shin
ing shoes, cleaning decks and waiting
on table. The Filipinos sneaked on
board the transport at Honolulu.
"Yellow Peril League."
Denver, Colo., Feb. 4. Several hun
dred representative of nnion labor, in
mass meeting this afternoon, formed
the "Yellow Peril K.xclusion League,"
designed to prevent further influx of
Asiatic coolie laior into the United
States. One of the speakers said that
thousands of Japanese werecoming into
the United State through the port of
El Paso a students. A prominent Jap
anese of San Francisco, he said, waa at
the head of the enterprise and conduct
ed the business from a clothing agency
in the City of Mexico. '
Took Drydock o Manila.
San Francisco, Feb. 4. Otto Wer
ner, Charle Hradley, J. H. Van Horn,
T. Myers and Walter E. Rudolph, en
gineers who were in charge of the dry
dock IVwey on ts trip from the At
lanta coast to the Philippine islands,
reached here todjy on the transport
Cook and will proceed East tomorrow.
The Dewey left the Atlantic coast on
Iecember 28, 1905, and arrived at
olongipo, Philippine islands, on July
10, 1906.
Mail From Fleet.
New York, Feb. 4. Tbe steamer
Thespis which arrived today from Rio
Janeiro brought 20 sacks of mail from
th American battleships.
HARD RAP AT UNIONS
Three Adverse Decisions by So
preme Court la a Monti).
AtfECTS BOYCOTTING PRIVILEGE
Must Not Interfere With Interatat
Commerce or Plaintiff Can Get
Ihr Times Damagsa.
Washington, Feb. 4. Yeeterdsy for
tbe third time within a month the Su
preme court of the United States pro
mulgated an opinion construing law
adversely to the contentions of organised
labor. The first of the decisions was
rendered on January 6, in the case of
some railway employes who sought to
secure damages under what is known
as the employer liability set., wnicn
WW the COill t held tu U UmuuiibIiIU
tlonal. The second important finding
in this line was announced January 23
when the Erdman arbitration act, for
bidding the discharge of employes be
cause they are members ot labor union
was also declared invalid. The verdic
rendered yesterday was the case of
Loewe versus Law lor, the latter
member of the Hatters' nnion and the
former a batmaker of Danbury, Conn
The case involved the applicability of
the seventh section of the Sherman
anti-trust law to conspiracies by labor
unions to boycott articles entering into
interstate trade. Under the terms of
that provision the complaining party
may oollect thtee times the amount of
bis loss, if the charge is sustained.
The union fought the case on the
grotyid that the law was inapplicable
to such organizations: but the court,
whose opin;nn was announced by Chief
Justice Fuller, failed to accept this
view, and in effect held that the unions
could not be permitted to interfere by
boycott with tbe free exchange of com
merce between the states. There was
no dissenting opinion.
DRAWING TO CLOSE.
Evidence In Hall Land Fraud Cast) Is
Nearly All Submitted.
Portland, Feb. 4. Harry E. Northup
last night positively identified govern
ment s exhibit ro. 7 Putnsm s map
ta Hall showing the alleged unlawful
fences of the Butte Creek company in'
1900. With this identification Heney
considers that the government's case
against John II. Hall has been strength
ened materially. At last night's ses
ion of court Northup testified that
from 1899 nntil 1904 he was employed
clerk in The Dalles land office, and
identified the township map offered in
evidence by the government as the one
he prepared personally for Mr. Putnam
n November, 1899.
Final arguments in the trial of John
II. Hall will probably begin this after
noon. Thia morning Francis J. Henev
II complete the Introduction of re
buttal testimony for tbe government.
Hall may be recalled fuither to testify
1 bis own defense, but it is believed
1 evidence vill be submitted in time
for the clot-ing argument to begin be
fore court adjourns thia afternoon. '
SOLEMN WARNING. TO CZAR.
Russian Paper Hints Ha May Share
Carlos' Fate.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 4. Tbe tragic
occurrences at Lisbon have created a
deep inrpression on all sections of soci-
ty here, anil the newsmpera that ap
peared today comment freely on the
events that occurred. 1
The Ross, In a daring style, draws a
thinly veiled parallel, between condi
tions in Portugal and Russia and warns
the government in almost so many
words that there is danger 0 a similar
event here.
The Novo Vremya, although attrib
uting the direct execution of the Dlot to
anarchists, tc whom all government Is
obnoxious, also connects the crime and
the dictatorship of Franco, which met
with both open and secret tesintanie
from all political parties. -
New Attack on Finland.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 4. Theemneror
today re.'.d a sharp rebuke to the Fin
ish diet, which last session passed an
ppropriation of 20,0(10.000 marks ss
the grand duchy's contribution to tbe
military defense of the empire in lieu
of recruits, with a rider declaring that
this waa the final payment under the
greement of 1906 abolishing military
service in Finland. The emneror an
nounces that the disposition of the mil
itary funds of Finland are exclusively
bis prerogative and ignores the condi-
10ns.
Cersor Keeps Rigid Watch.
Paris, Feb. 4. A dispatch from Lis.
bon says the censorship maintained by
the Portuguese authorities makes the
ransmission of news difficult. Tele-
grama are mutilated and their trans
mission retarded. A censored dispatch
received here today savs that on Satnr.
day evening sharp firing was heard in
arions quarters of Lisbon. In explan
tion of this it is officially declared
that armed bands tried to cerce two
companies of Infnntry to join the revo-
union. The answer of the soldier.
however, was a volley.
Sealers Must Bs Careful.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 4. Advices
were received by the Emrrea of India
that In consideration of the raiding of
foreign territory last year by Japanese
scalers, olliclal notification has been
asued to the sealers about to Im
apan to be careful not to tresrmaa in
reign water. Notification Is ui vn h
the Japanese CVrmntinioatlonii
ment that it has been decided to Install
lreless telegraphy on the six steamers
of the Nippon Ynsen Ksisha.
Reassurance From Lisbon.
Paris, Feb. 4. A special dispatch fn
the Matin from Lisbon, dated February
3, 11:40 p. m., says: The town is very
quiet. The new cabinet will repeal all
th repressive measures of Franco snd
set with great Indulgence toward the
people.
KINO IS MURDZRED,
Carlos, of Portugal, and Hit Hair
Killed by Plotters.
Lisbon, Feb. 3. King Csrlos. o
Portugal, and the Crown Prince Luis
Philippe, were assassinated Saturday,
and the city is in a state of uproar.
The king's second son, the Infant Man
uel, was slightly wounded, but Queen
Amelia, wlo iiu tu ' t..
prinoe's life by throwing herself upou
him, was nnhurt.
A band of men waiting at tba coiner
of the Praco de Coinmercio and th Kua
de Arsenal suddenly sprang toward tha
open carriage in which the royal family
was driving to tbe palace, and, leveling
carbine which they had concealed
npon them, fired. The police guard
fired upon the assassins and killed two
of them. .
The roysl family was returning from
Villa Vloloea, where it had been so
journing, and was on tbe way from tb
railroad station to the palace. A strong
guard was in attendance, because of the
recent uprising in the city and the dis
covery of a plot to assassinate Premier
Franco and overthrow the monarchy.
But the band of murderers bad eelceUd
the most advantageous spot ft the cm-
mission of the crime, tor it was con
cealed from the eyes of the party until
the vehicle had come into tbe Praco de
Coinmercio, a large square.
Ths bodies) of the king and crown
prince rest in the royal palace, and be
side them the queen sat throughout tbe
night, sometimes with her band press
ing the forehead bf King Carles and
sometimes stroking the face of the desd
crown prince. The condition of the
newly proclaimed king, Manuel, is
satisfactory to the physicians in attend
ance. His wounds are not severe, and
if there are no complications, of which
there are no signs now, he is expected
to make a speedy recovery. He carries
his arm in a sling, and declares that be
sudfTers no pain.
' The bodies of King Carlo and Prince
Luis were embalmed yesterday and will
lie in state according to ths custom of
the court.
The funeral will probably be held
February 10. '
GOES TO ASYLUM.
Jurf Acquits Thaw But Declares Him
Insane.
New York, Feb. 3. Adjudged not
guilty of Ihe murder of Stanford White
by reason of insanity at the time the
fatal shots were fired, Harry Kendall
Thaw Saturday was held by the cout to
be a dsngeous lunatic and was whirled
away to the state hospital for the crim-
nal insane at Matteawan.
The verdict came after 26 hours of
waiting, and when every one connected
with the case had abandoned all hope
of an agreement ever being reached in
this or any other trial. Four hours
after the foreman's lips bad framed
the words "not guilty," with the ac
companying insanity clause, Thaw,
protesting he was sane, was on his way
to Matteawan. A little after filghtfal)
he had been received In the institution
under commitment papers which di
rected his detention "until discharged
by due course of law."
DEATH IN IT8 PATH.
Tornado Kills Ela,ht and Maims
100
In Mississippi.
Wesson, Miss., Feb. 3. Extending
40 miles from west to east, the psth of
destruction made by Friday's tornado
ust north of here waa found to have
suffered a worse disaster than at first
reported. In the tornado path the
known dead number eUht. the fatallv
njured four and the seriously Injured
at least 100. There are feara that tbe
lcath list maj reach 15 or 20, most of
those lielieved to be dead being negrces
who have not been accounted for since
their cabins were crushed.
The damagn is estimated conserva
tively at $300,000 and may reach a half
million. In the wreckage lie four
churches, six cotton gins and several
-country stores.
The tornado cut a path slwit half a
mile wide. Relief parties have been
sent out. All streams are swollen and
the country toads are strewn with (al
ien trees.
Japanese Spies Have Gone.
Punta Arenas. Straita of Mattel Ian.
Feb. 3. Two Japaneae who are re.
poted to have landed here from the
ritish steamer Orita, of ti e Pacific
Steam Navigation company, a little
over two weeks ago, and who were sup-
nosed to bare corr.e to Punta Arenas to
observe the passageeof the fleet through 1
the Strait of Magellan, would appear
to have left thia tort. Innnirv im
failed to shed any light on the move
ments of the two travelers and their
prenent whereabout aie not known to.
the authorities.
Insurance Mutt B Paid.
Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 3. Tbe
English insurance companies that lost
heavily in the earthquake and fire of
January, 1907, have bad a further ver
diet banded down against them. Two
test cs'ee for the psymtmt of looses
sustained at the time of the earth
quake were recently decided adversely
to the companies. The companies sp
pealtd to the Supreme court. Today
the Supreme court npbeld the decision
of the lower bedv, which lad decided
that the fire was not of earthquake
origin.
Waits Central Bank.
New York, Feb. 3 Speaking st the
annual banquet of the School of Com
mere,,, William J. Kidgeley, controller
of the currency, expressed himself as
fearful that the political situation is
such at present that the prospect, f
retting .egislation to reform the conn-
rigl t. A central bank snd a credit
npon which we must rely. not
litlcs, to prevent panics."
Fank Closed in Brooklyn.
of Brooklyn, an Institution or, which a
run ws, ..rte,J, did not open for bus,,
nes, Saturd.y. The Home bank -jrn.ll
institution, located In ft
I00 .000 and a s,lrp,1M) im, dj jd
D?t?lru1?Vn,(tO,53'170 Thad.
ino th October panic. re',,,