Hillsboro Independent
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HILLSBORO OREGON
AT ANCHOR IN MOMt WATERS
Battls.rvp Fl.t Arrive Safel
Dago Hbor.
cn nieeo. Ca!.. April 14 In four
re.mlarly-lulervaled columns, win
M'.. INSTRUCT ON AMENOMt NTS , pHOf EsT tCSS OF HANQt.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FORTY MILLION BUSHELS.
NEWS OF THE WEEK,rSf s;rr ""'u'
loitered cove of the sea behind the tialem-Mi. Cornelia Marvin, sec-re- '"'"ton-B""'" '""forest re.
la a Condensed form or Oor(.ri-ifjid.s-j:
BUSY flCUUerj, for men and olileers.
J The fket let go Its anchor a 1
.. . ' in ih water with slmul-
n . rl IT B IN ll '" 1 I' B " - " .
Not Lett Interesting Event)
of the Past WMk.
Mining Industrie of Montana art
reviving.
Catholics of San Francisco held
peclul muss to prsy for rain.
n. K.miiii ikn shot Marshall Mil
iar at Kent. Wash., are surroioded
by a large posse.
While "playing burglar" a 1-
vear-old boy of Woodstock. Oregcin,
shot his -year-old sister through the
heart.
It Is now against the law to bind
ih. twt nt women In China, and
many of the opium dens have been
Closed.
The office of the anarchist paper
. n.tlMna Social, has been dis
mantled and the printing material
removed,
Governor Hughes of New York,
threatens to call out tne muuia u
necessary, to stop race track gamb
ling In that state.
Admiral Sebree and the officers
ml crews of the cruisers camornia
aud Tennessee received great wel
come at Kverett, Wash., enroute to
Seattle.
While the eontralto soloist of the
fhiearo Kvmnaony Orchestra was
.iiiirin st the Armory In Portland Increased efficiency In
..n artfrnnon a canary drew the at- rooms. The wash of
tantous precision at 12:47 r. M.
Just 1 3 mluutes ueiore w
nuunced hour of arrival. For two
hours the ships bad been In signt
,.., th..ir n.niinif had been wutcued
-i.h ,i..r hv i he walling throngs.
So engrossed were the people In the
beauty of the scene mat w.ey wie 'i
. ,.ii, Tho neon e or uamoruia
IV .u.... ' .
are not so well acquainted with the
navy as they would like to be, and
lha Til fuse f if the battleships to this
coast has long been looked rorwaru
to Never before have armorclads of
the Connecticut type, displacing
.,,, than i (S itoo tons of water, been
seen along the Pacific Coast, and the
occasion of their first visit is to oe
tiiaile a memorable event wnerever
ihMV tniirh a oort or cruise close
enough to the shore to do seen uj
the cities and resorts that skirt tne
coast.
Th snlendld condition of the
Hhlns was manifest In every way.
Outwardly they were tne same spars
ling, Impressive white and buff units
nf a nowerful 1 Khting force inai
pointed their way out of Hampton
Koads on a home coast 3,000 miles
awav. with the President showing
the way on his cruiser yacht, the
Mayflower. Internally, tne snips
were In better condition than when
they started, engines working with
the smooth thrust and throw of per
fect bearings and careful handling
and boilers making steam with less
consumption of coal because of the
the firing'
the waves
taryof th. Oregon Library commission, r aneep aotea i
ha. been . very effective worker In wtre. uf w I. 1
spreading u nation regarding the 19 Xr thau J.
initiative ana ...e.enduin laws which aM '..nd application ha.
l. ... i ...hr..i.-.l in Ilia twoule lor . ' 'pdrtnl(Bl a" ..,,u..1rlI,n to
Diva umu - ---- oeen niuilH l.v the " 7 .V
approval or tejectioi. in June, bhe ha permlt ,h"u', number In the re
gathered all tl.e published material she aerves this vr as was graied last
csn find on both side of every question your. CmUnl down the "umber to
.ubmlt.ed, .nd has been loaning this be grazed in ibe '"eVrl"dC"n!
materml to granges, debating soc.etie. sheem,n , n "f'0
.nd other orgsnls-tiou. that will nxik. ditions , .,ncB lbey U J
g.Hjduwoflt. This work has been ea? Jn " In view of the fact
r.kenupM.Pwrtofth.rvatem of de- f' X- to be ex
bat, libraries which Mi,. Marvin e.. lent ?or 71, sh P o1-
laonsneu neaiiv iu ...w. ih Heiunn ""
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Make
New Record (or Wheat.
Total 1807 Grain Crop.
Bushel.
Wheat B8.OUO.000
Barley 10.000,000
Out. 12.000,000
Total
.10,000,000
NO FREE FRANCHISE
rrcs'dcnt Opposes Giving Awjy
Waisr RICH'S.
FLAMES DEVOUR CHE bEA.
-Four
Shipment, b. Water to pMl I KlTHflFSTS I IMFVflF KfV POI (fiY
nii.n im ta nrovidfl dettin2 ocietie Wool-Orowers'
with material for discussion of all association will be held here for the
publlo questions. In gathering tu. purpose of formulating a lornmi ii
material ls Marvin snows no pni- vi io me depa"u'r"'- " Vm
lialit. but includes in tb. collection. th request to '"'S .. ,h.
i
oieve.y qursuou. fr to year on account or ta
rie. ar. loaned for . period of two hu,bad?' to0'n, grass by the for
weeks, and when returned by one or- H .
gHnisation sr Immediately sent out to i Malheur cmatH'. Harney and
another. I Baker coulitr sheepmen have Joined
- l, . L . 1 .... , afPnpla will
in iue protest na
INSPECTOR DOfeS THE WORK
Owner of Orchard Mutt Pay fcr the
Spraying, However.
Palem County Fruit Inspector E.
C. Armstrong hs. begnn . Dew phase
of war npoo ban Jose icale by hiring
be made to aecure range for the .ur
piu. .beep.
Pupil, at Reform School
Balera Th lenort of D. L. Looney
.uDerintemlnnt of the state reform
school, show (hat daring the past
quarter there ha been eipended as
teutlon of the entire audience by
alighting on the sill of an open win
do and singing lustily.
Seven Jurors have been secured to
try Abe Kuef.
It Is now reported that Admiral
Kvnns Is on the mend.
K'lht Juror have been secured to
try Klrey la Ford or Ban rrancisce
for bribery.
Salem people saw a strange light
traveling in the air for about half
an hour Sunday evening.
Seven hundred Junks were sunk
and 2000 people drowned in Hankow
China, as the result of a midnight
flood.
Four "trusties" escaped from the
a.-ilum penitentiary. They had been
working en the asylum for feeble
minded. The B. R. Lewis Lumber company
and the Idaho k Northern Railway,
of Coeur d'Alene, are In the hands
f a receiver.
The selection of a Jury to open the
ballot boxes and examine the ballots
of the New York mayoralty contest
of IKOi has begun.
Three persons were killed, several
hundred Injured, about 10,000 made
homeless and $10,000,000 worth of
property destroyed by the fire at
Chelsea, a suburb of Boston.
Anna GoulJ hat tailed for Jturope.
Nearly 5,000 acre of hops have been
plowed np in KngUnd.
Several Mexican towns have been
shaken by an earthquake.
At the Los Angalea heating Hants Fe
officials have admitted rate discrimina
tion. A aew copyright treaty hat been en-t-red
into by th United States and
Hitiico.
Sir Henry Csmphell-Rannerman, ex-
invuuer oi ureal Britain, is growing
weaker
The Portuguese premier ha. offered
his resignation, but the king has re-
Hl"l IV
M isssschnsett. Republicans have
elcted nninstrnrted delegate to the
stional convention
Kooeevelt may send a tpeoial tnee-
ire to conre. on the qnestion of the
umber of battleship, to be built
Oernian building trades employers
hve dinagreed with their workmen and
e OiH) ol the latter are out of wotk
Chii-ago has Just received I883.S40
its share of the net earnings of the
etreei rsiiway companies for the pas
Clrk. and other oflirials In the var
Ions government department, at Wash
inctno, p. C., have ten warned not to
mix in politics.
The American government is tno
likrly to Intervene in llaytl.
The Republican National convention
will hav. two Taft delegates from New
York.
Another roeord breaking year for
trin-Atlsntic passenger bnainens it In
ight.
Ilsrrimsn has secured control ol the
Kne ralloard, giving him an ocean-to-o
van line.
The Oilve Ptreet htnk, Ht. Lonia,
hiving a capital of $100,000 and de
pxits of 350,IK0, has been closed.
along the waterllne displayed from
two to three feet of red armor belts
and showed but comparatively little
sea growth, despite the long stay In
temperate and tropical waters.
WALL OF WATER TURN i LOOSE
gang of men to go into the orchard of fn' ip-nif.. 7?9.3 "d
Her" F. M. Oeorge. near Liberty. nd , ,h Improvement fund $1H.S0. The
.nr., the trees. Heretofore enforce- report, which wss read .nd approved
meni of the law has consisted of chop- ' noting ol the board, consisting
ping down dise.sed trees, but that Governor chamberlain, Becret.ry of
courw I. pursued only in the case 0f j 8I.U, Benson and 8j ate Treasurer Weel,
irM. that have ten rendered valueless ' "ow re no P"P"
by disease and neglect. The George ; tion. There were 108 on January 1
Bursting Missouri River Dam Flood
Montana Town.
Helena, Mont., April 15. In every
town and village on the Missouri
river, In Northern Montana, the res
idents are terror-stricken and are
fleeing to the hills to escape the
flood caused by the breaking of the
0-foot dam at Hauser Lake this aft
ernoon. The town of Craig, In Lewi.
and Clarke county, 46 miles north of
lelena. Is now more than 20 feet
under water, and from every lndlca-
ion tens of thousands of dollars
worth of property will be swept
away. The 400 Inhabitants of the
town are camping In the hills to
night.
At a late hour tonight General
Manager Gerry announced that the
water is receding, and he Is confi
dent that no damage will occur be
yond Craig. The latent estimate of
the loss is from $300,000 to $400,-
000.
A heavily loaded Great Northern
train from Great Falls to Butte nar
rowly escaped destruction by the
flood this evening at 6 o'clock. It
was flagged Just In time by the tele
graph operator at Cascade and re
turned to Great Falls, not, however,
before taking aboard a flock of sheep
whose pasture was under water.
The Hauser Lake dam, which was
one of the flnoHt structures of Its
Ind In tho world, was completed
iiat year at a cost of more than $1
00,000 and developed 2 5,000 horse
power, which was utilized In opernt-
nR the various power plants In Hel
ena and tho Butte mines and the
Amalgamated Copper Company's
smelter at Anaconda. The break will
not Interfere with operations, as
power Is being furnished tonieht
from tho Canyon Ferry dam and the
company's sub-station In Butte.
Superintendent H. L. Bnrdlck. of
the Uocky Mountain Bell Telephone
lompany, at 10:30 o'clock tonight
announced that the water at Cralir.
46 miles from Helena, had reached a
depth or 22 V4 feet, and at Cascade,
69 miles distant, a depth of four feet,
it is estimated that the water will
reach the Boston & Montana smelter
on the river bank at Great Fall.
about midnight.
orchard is one of the most valuable in
the vicinity of Liberty, but has become
Infested with ii.le. Mr. George spray
ed 10 acre., but left 20 acre, nnspiayed.
Mr. Armstrong will have It sprayed
and charge the cost to the owner.
When the work la this orohsrd is com
pleted Mr. Armstrong will put the
gsng at work in other orchard in the
vicinity.
Since then 25 have been admitted and
15 discharged. One ha. escaped and
one Is on leave of absence.
Equalize Fate, to Kl.m.th
Klamath Falls Captain J. M. Mo
Intlre, who has returned from San
Francisco, where he met the South
ern Pacific freight nfllclals, state.
that a through freight rate will be
established to Klamath Falls as soon
as the terminus of the road is at
Dorrls.
The Mclntire Transportation com
Water for Merrill Rancher.
Klamath Falls E. W. Smith, rail
road conductor, has practically fin- pany will handle all freight Into this
shed the canal change at this city, section, and it will remain In charge
where the railroad grade crosses It, of the Southern Pacific until deliv-
and has been awarded the contract ered to the consignee.
by the government of repairing the The rates have been published and
Adam, canal. This canal furnishes are much lower than over the Thrall
water to landholder around Merrill Pokegema line. The rates from Port-
and has been taken over by the gov- land and San Francisco are the same
ernment.
Water will be turned Into the main
canal of the Klamath project next
week.
Bend Get. a Library
Bend Bend now ha. a free public
library, with a paid librarian. A
oome oi me lanas are needing Bhort time ago a Ladies' Library
wnvor ai imi nine on account oi me club was organised and this club,
dry weather. Indications point to a Wuh th assistance of the business
coo umoiui ;c lur mo ur ir- men and othare, nas proviaea runus
to pay the librarian and ha. also sub
scribed foriabout 20 magazines and
periodicals. Tne norary ooara nas
men unless rain come. soon.
Must Furnish Scat.
Salem The railroad commission l8 eecurefc" a library of 48 volume.
In a decision, which follow, in part, fron the fOreiton Library Commie
censures the Corvalll. & Eastern B,on- besldti which the Bend instltu
Rallroad Co., for their passenger t,on hna volume, of fiction and
accommodation, on the lines from non-flctlon workt.
Albany and Corvallle to Yaqulnaand
Toledo:
"It I. ordered that the railroad
company defendant shall In the fu
ture supply sufficient passenger car.
so that all passengers leaving Corval-
Work for Clean Dairies.
Marshfield Mra. S A. Yoakam, the
deputy dairy nd food Inspector, of
tins p'aee, is endeavoring to lorm
...... ... ii n . ii,.i D iranilK VUI IUI" , . .
lis or Albany westbound and Yaqulna mon th rrcimery and condeneei
na loieao enstnound may have a
seat and that the second-class coach
shall be supplied with ventilators."
The railroad company will have 20
day. In which to make the necessary
alterations.
A Chicago grand Jury is Inqniring
into charges against doctor and law
yers of working op fske damage suits
w,insl the city.
The Navy department aayt at least
three war veel. will visit Portland
during the roes rarnival and . battle
h p will be Included.
One of tht largctt grain firms In
l.ndon It In tronble from over-penis-tlon.
Us liabilities will exceed It as
sets by nearly $300,000.
The American consulate at Mnkden
ha been invaded by Japanese snd .
Chine, tenrsnt ssssnlted. No apology
has been offered and an Inquiry it tc
be made.
The Navy d peart men t i. considering
tli. establishment on the Atl.ntio snd
Taniflc potvsts of home base, for the
fWt, where the enlisted men will be
afforded an opport.nity to pnrrhase
their own home, and where th. ship
will cell t regular Inlervalt.
Ann. Gonld aayt the will oet aMfry
4. Prince d. Sap..
Snowslide Kilt. Jspt.
Vancouver. B. C, April 15. Four
"M'i railway workmen were
klllid and a doxen badly Injured by
an avalanche which swept them down
tne mountain side of Albert Canyon
Two days ago a thaw started in the
mountains nnd many slides nrmrrpii
l-'orty Japanese were asleep In two
hoarding houso cars on a siding
ncn tney wore overwhelmed. The
slide plrked them up. and, carrying
them over a clIfT. rolled them away
into tne valley below. Uelii'f crews
were quickly on the scene and the
Domes or tne dead wereBecured.
Admiral Fvn Improving.
Pas.. Kolilos Hot WprltiKH. Cal
April 1.'. After remaining quietly
In Ills room for several d.is n n r
suit nf the riTiirrenre of puin In hi
lift knee. Rear-Admiral Kvnna .-,
takon out today and wheeled to the
nam House. It was tho first time
that he has 1. ft his mom since lat
Thursday. After being given a sul
phur hath and treatment, he was
taken hack to his room. There was a
marked Improvement In his appear
ance. His face was less drawn and
In place of the pallor there was a
good fresh color.
May Manufacture Sugar.
Engene The promotion department
of the Eugene Commercial clnb has re- state flr
eeivea a qnantlty of .near beet seed
from the Pacific, Bngar Construction
company, whicfc a year ago bnilt a big
ugsr laciory in uienn county, Califor-
milk msninrs in association which
will buy milk only from dsirymeu
who keep their da" ' clean and use
the -anit'y metsu'es demanded by
the nipector. any of the creamery
men who btrak tlie rnle will be fined,
according ta the agreement. Mr
Yoakam hi been appointed to have
char a of the dairy exhibit, at the
Barley 1.067.000
Shpments East by Nail to April I
Wheat 100.000
Barley 2,724,01)0
Oat. 600,000.
Stock, on Hand pnl I
Wheat 11,260.000
Barley 1,850.000
Out. 2,240,000
Portland. April 14. With the de
parture this month of .even char
tered ship, now loading at Portlaud,
and five loading on Puget Sound, the
greatest season In the history of the
North Pacific grain trade will be
practically over. There are a few
straggling .hip. cumins along for
May-June loading, and at least two
more steamers will lead wheat for
the Orient, but the movement hs.
been so rapid tbl. season that May 1
will find the business nearer cleaned
up than In any prevlou. "big crop"
year. When the return, are all in
for April, it w4U be fouad th.t Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho for the
first time In their history, have
shipped (flour Included), 40,000,000
bushel, of wheat, and still have some
on hand to tide over the dull season
until the new crop arrive.
The 1907 wheat crop of the three
state, wa. a record-breaker by near
ly 10,000,000 bushels, reaching i
grand total of 68,000,000 busliels
and on account of the good price.
prevailing throughout the season, it
moved more rapidly proportionately
than any of It. predecessor. Not
only wa. the wheat crop the largest
on record, but barley, which has betn
steadily increasing in prominence as
one of the great staples of the Paci
fic Northwest, also established a new
mark with a crop of nearly 10,000,
000 bushels. Oats, exclusive of the
crop grown in the La Conner dis
trict on Puget Sound, Is credited with
a yield of 12,000,000 bushels In the
three states.
These figures which show a grand
total of 80,000,000 bushel, of the
three leading cereals, are compiled
from accurate statistics, kindly sup
plied by the railroad companies,
which moved the big crop and by
prominent grain exporters in various
part, of the three states. The figure
fall short of some of the enrller est!
mates made on the crops, and natur
ally are several million bushels
mailer than the government figure.
on oat. end barley
Washington. 40,000,900 bushel
crop of wheat dwindled to about 36,
000,000; that of Oregon was slightly
under 18,000,000, and Idaho', wa.
somewhat over 6,000.000 bushel.
Development of Water Power Rapidly
Becoming Mor opo'y Would Re
quire Payment and Use.
Washington, April 14. In a spe
cial messat;e today vetoing a dam
bill, President Roosevelt warned con
gress that there are pending In this
session bills which propose to give
away without price stream rignts
capable of developing 1,300.000
horse-power, whose production would
Boston buburq Swept by Firs
Bodies Found.
Boston, Mas.., April 13. Fire yes
terday devastated the manufacturing.
tenement and retail aectlons of Chel
ae, burning ovr one square in I la of
territory and leveling many of the
slty's best structure. Late lust iilht
four bodies had been recovered from
a. ui., and wus nut under cuntrul un
til V p. tu., notwithstanding tbut half
of the Huston fire department's
strength and ateumers from a dozen
other titles and towns weut to the
aid ur the Chelsea brigade.
The fire urigluated lu the rear uf
the Hoot on Blacking Company's
works uq West Third street, near the
eusteru division of the Boston ac
Maine Uallro.id, In close proximity
to the Everett City Hue. A tenllio
gale from the northwest, which at
limes hud a velocity of tiO tiilles an
huur, currlud burning shingles, em
ber, and myriads of sparks tu a score
of wooden buildings, must uf theiu of
cheap construction.
The fire started almost t mm that
cost annually 25.OU0.000 ton. of extreme southwest awtlnn ,,r ih.
coal; urging In vigorous term, the city, and cut a path to the end of
establishment of a policy such as the j Maverick atrt m th Ttrel ,,..... .
filibustering minority In the house I eustern end of the citv which bor
demands, which would safeguard the der. Chelsea Creek. Tbl. is about
granting of bridge and dam prlvl- one and a half mile, from where the
lege aud require the grantees to pay fire began. The flames spread
fur them; and definitely announcing through the heart of the retail bue
a future policy on hi. part with re- Jness section, which was about mld
gard to prompt utilization of con- way between the two extreme limit.
irucuun privileges uy rerusmg nis reached by the fire.
signature to a Din mat gives an ad
ditional three year, to the Haley
Klver Improvement Company within
which to build a dam In the lialny
Klver.
Kalny river la the oulet of Rainy
lake, and form, part of the boundary
between Minnesota and Canada. It
discharges into Lake of the Woods,
Is about 100 miles long and 1. navi
gable.
"1 do not believe," say. the Pres
ident, "that natural resource should
be granted and held in undeveloped
condition, either for speculative or
other reasons. So far as I am aware,
there are no assurances that the
grantees (in this case) are In any
better condition promptly and prop
erly to utilize this opportunity than
they were at the time of the original
act granting the privilege ten years
ago."
SAN DIEGO GREETS FLEET.
WILL GO ABROAD.
Milagt Book Hearing April 26.
Pa lem In rordance with a stipn
lation between the parties to the con
Railroad commission
a, the date for the
Kopo" tb .pp"c0I 01 ,n"
nia. for the purpose of testing the toil tsft, the 0 r.
of Lane connty a. to Its .d.pUbili.y to ha. fixed W 25
the raising of angar beets, and if th. hearln. .
la .tl..f A . . ... . I n aairun LUG f
wi. iuiiiciorj sif Will at once r T...,-i .' . " .,.nn l. ...
ken to Induce .om. .ngar beet m.nn- Ubli.hroenl of. 2i-nt rate
.U? .", EaPD- nUlCU. on theVincipa.
rnadt In Oreron. The hearing will
.
becnmmeorait st the office of the com
mission in the itet" house at 11 o'clock
a. m.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Club, 84c; . blnestem, 87c;
. w,,i uiniriunien among a
number ol representative farmers.
Open. New Tunnel.
Gold Hill T. T. Barnard, inperln
tendent of the Tin Psn mines on n.n.
creeks, l as been sntl orized by the com-
1iit lomri i tunnel, and nnmli,..
power drill, and any other miu-hino Hey. 8S. a 2c
necessary. A ten-stamp mill, with Frue ' "''T-rVeJ,' 124 50 per ton; rolled,
. runningcontinnonsly
with day and night shifts since Iecem-
oer iv, witn a capacit of 30 tun
day. The property is opened by a
gating over 1,000 feet in length. The
new lunnel will open the vein nndei
the apex of the mountain.
tuns a
se-
Ask. Chsrg. of Venue
Gunnison, Colo . April 15. Judge
Shackelford. In chambers here today,
heard arguments on application of
Steve Adams, charitrd with the mur
der of Arthur Collins, nt Tellurlde,
fur a change of venue from Pan Mig
uel county. O. N. Milton, counsel for
the Western Federation of Miners,
filed affidavits from 80 residents of
Tellurlde In support of the conten
tion that Adams could not have a
fair trial In that city on account of
the prejudice sgalnat him there.
Return V. Puz.
Wsshlneton, April 15. The bat
tleships Maine and Alabama, which
will he detached from the Atlantic
fleet, their place to b taken by the
Wisconsin and the Nebraska, are to
come home by the way of the Suet
canal, according to present plans.
They will leave Ssn Francisco a
I month ahead of the fleet.
27i29n brewing. $27
I Oata-N0 j hite, per ton;
gray. $28.
Corn Whole, $33.60; cracked,
$34.50.
' "ay-V.He, timothy, No. 1. )7 pr
nn; Km-Uri, 6renn tiulo,1,.v' 17 "0:
clover. IU; ,-hest, $15; (train hay, $14
Eugen. Buy, Flag, to Decorate. Fruits-.' . V's' 113 50 pe' bo.
elnh hlTThe Com'Tcial MiHtoia.lity; cranberries, $8(
club has arranged lopnrch.se (to Amer- , 1 1 P" ha,,,!1
can flam and Hi) i ennant. . ... Va....i, . .:.i.niroa. 75ffi90p rer
as deem.tlnn vv. ;.7 " nw" .1. '-""" . ..... .W
... i 7 '"iimneue street on
rv,. .... " . "'cora-
"f"1 -e oi these new fla
inant. will 1- i... ....
tlun
snd pennant.
Trout for Union County
La Orandff T'
ooo fi.h .. . .:,r."vma,PT mo..
d"wn; asn,ri,g,is. I'c pound; Wans, It
P'inil: r.u.L 1 U. (t 1 'iC pound : cnu-
liflr,w", Vwfi; celery. M.S0fS per
''""i Pr,l 25c pe' (o''n' V?' 1(?
P"nd; tDrJrt. 2i c per pound; raj
iih".2V &n: buharb, 22.2
f" c,,t; Vniosch. F 6c crate: rprouU,
Onion-4Vo $4.254 SOpe'hon-
drci.
Potttos.,, per hundred, de-
county wlThln 30 '711 ' k.1'."'0" ' JH"?n-T fro'r'' "
" n. "i,' fr thr ; r ;
"""'' streams In this wimi .
Memhers of the K. stern ?, Tlclnl,r
and Game ul?" Fish
notice that the ah "V" rrl4
rnrthnmhi.. . '
SM- til a
lorrnrom ng n a .h '"
that the pities to'wh11. d
are consigned m,,.t k. .m ,h.i
to plant the fry. "dlnes
Trutt Get. C.n F.eter.
Pany was md. laat ... 'LCn C"H-d-fll.
of the sal, UVD0'7; nt
here. It Is Brf.. ?l b learned
K'ndall. o;Vr" ; "J t T. P4
er of tha i . ' ho tuts.
Northwest mKmZ .bmw
Can Conpeay.
ftg
r nn, A'l,.-t chickens, L3c;
1 rlfl; dr.se.l. choice, lw-lo.
If.e, dncka. lrV17c;
P'n., 7,..,: inn.be, 1.80T2.
Pork8;)y,k 75 to 150 po. T
7J5 ante Sic
"P-l907 prime .nd ehotee.
old.. P' "i
t J?uCit 0'iron, .vers be,
e nlJnd. .cvordlff to .hrlnk-
President Will Le.te Matter. Entirely
To HI. Successor.
Washington, April 14. fihould
President KooBevelC. present deelres
be realized, he will spend the first
year after his retirement frem office
In traveling outside the United
States. Mr. Roosevelt'. Itinerary,
however, ha. not been determined
Hie plan Is to see some of the rugged
and little frequented portions of for
elgn lands, a. well a. to travel the
beaten track of the tourist. That
he president will Indulge in hi.
fondness for hunting big game is be-
eved by those to whom he has con
flded his Intentions.
It was at the recent dinner of the
rtoone and Crocket Club in this city
that the president Inst told of his In
tention, for next year. He wns told
of the opportunities for hunting in
Alaska, and urged to arrange for
trip there. This, he said, would In
terfere with his plan for foreign
travel and would hnve to be consid
ered, if at all, at some future time.
Mr. Roosevelt Is quoted a. adding
at this time:
"If William H. Taft 1. nominated
and elected Fresldent, which would
be very gratifying, It would make Im
possible criticism If I were abroad,
to the effect that I wa. dictating to
him and being followed, or that I
had dictated and had been turned
down In my suggestions."
New Emblem for Democracy.
Denver, April 14. A monster
tiger, constructed of papier mache,
will welcome the delegate, to Denver
when they come to the Democratic
National Convention July 7. Thl.
emblem has been selected Instead of
the prosaic donkey, as the striped
kins: of the Jungle tends nimson
more readily to the purposes of or
namentation. A special committee of
citizens is at work devising pians
for the suitable decoration of tne
city. The decision is to erecr a mam
moth figure of a tiger at mxierum
street and Broadway avenue
Cruhd by Ice Floes.
St. Johns, N. F., April 14. Bring
ing tidings of the sinking of the
steamer Crnnd l.aKe, nnu inc si-mnm
Injury of several others caught In the
grip of Ice floes, the steiim sealer, I
Vew Found and limped inio nn
California'. Most Southerly Seaport
In Gsla Attire.
San Dlogo, Cal., April 14. Fete
days for the American battleship
fleet will begin to day when the If
battleships of the navy's most not
able cruise ca6t anchor off Coronado
Bench, two mlloa from San Diego.
Sun Diego Is crowded with visitors
and sightseers and never before In
the history of the city has there been
such an elaborate decoration of
streets and buildings. By day the
broad thoroughfares are a mass of
colors, the red, white and blue of the
nation being mingled with the ycl
low and white, typifying the Golden
State California.
Triumphant arches have been
erected at many street Intersections
and Immense signs that burn the
hospitable word "welcome" through
he darkness of the night are among
the many features of the elaborate
scheme of decoration.
Governor Gillette, accompanied by
his entire staff and a distinguished
party of guests, arrived last night In
three special cars. Governor Gll-
NEW ENGLISH CABINET.
Among the structure, destroyed
were 13 churches, two hospitals, the
Public Library. City Hall, five
acboolhouse. 20 business blocks,
neerly a score of factories, and up
ward of 309 tenements and dwelling
houses.
Among the places burned were:
Frost Hospital, Children'. Hospi
tal, Fit! Public Library, Stanislaus
Polish Catholic Church, Chestnut
street; First Baptist Church, Central
avenue; Central Unitarian Church,
Hawthorne street; St. Luke'. Catho
lic Church (old building), Haw
thorne street; First Methodist Kpls
copal Church, Carey avenue; Elm-
street Synagogue; Walnut-street
Synagogue; Chelsea Presbyterian
Church; People'. Afro-Methodl.H
Episcopal Church, Fourth street;
Universalis Church; Second Adven
tlst Chuich; New England Telephone
& Telegraph Company', central of
fice; Austin & Young's cracker fac
tory; Chaplls & Sodden Car Com
pany's shops; Rosenfelt Bros." three-
story rag-picking factory; the Tide
Oil Company', three Immense tanks
near tht, east end of Margin street.
St. Rose's Roman Catholic Church.
Broadway, loss $25,000; St. Rose
Roman Catholic School, loss $4 0,
000; State Armory, loss $100,000;
Sacred Heart Convent, loss $40,000;
Y. M. C. A. building, loss $75,000;
Boston Elevated Railroad station and
barn, loss $50,000; County Saving.
Bank, Chelsea Savings Bank, Chelsea
Trust Company, the Providence Co
operation Bank.
The funds of all these bank, with
the exception of the County Savings
Bsnk are still In the vaults. The
money and securities of the County
Bank were taken to Boston before
the fire reached th building.
CALL JAPAN TO ACCOUNT.
Old Men Made Peer, and Younger
Men Promoted.
London. April 14. Official an
nouncement was made tonight of the so far refused.
new Cabinet appointments and they A conference upon the subject wns
are Identical with the forecast made held at the White House late tonight
Roosevelt Will Demand Fact. Ab ut
Mukden Affair.
Washington, April 13. The attack
on Consul-General Straight and the
servants of the American Consulate,
at Mukden, by Japanese rowdies led
by a postman has stirred the admin
istration to action. It Is regarded aa
a much more serious affair than ap
pears upon the surface, and prompt
action will undoubtedly be taken to
obtain the reparation that Japan ha.
by the Dally Chronicle a few days
ago and announced In these dis
patches, as follows:
Herbert Asquith, Premier and
FirBt Lord of the Treasury.
David Lloyd Oeorge, Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
Lord Tweedmouth, President or
the Council.
Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State
for the Colonies.
Reginald McKenna, First Lord of
the Admirallty.
Winston Spencer Churchill, Presi
dent of the Board of Trade.
Walter liunciman. President or tne
Board of Education.
To Invest gate Whales.
Dunkirk, France, April 14 The
Jacques Cartier, bearing the polar
expedition, under command of Lieu
tenant Benard, sailed from here yes
terday. The primary object or tne
expedition Is to Investigate the the
ory that whales, which are now dis
appearing f)t! New Foundland, have
sought refuge In the Barebts Sea, In
the Arctic Ocean, that Is always free
of Ice, snd other scientific Investiga
tions, also will be mnde. The ves
sel carries a complete equipment for
oceanography and magnetic appli
ances, supplied by Prince Monaco.
prpvr fT l umber Cnrrpiry.
Spokane, Wash., April 14. -Judge
Woods of Wallace has appointed
Fred B. Morrill of Spokane receiver
fur the B. R. Lewis Lumber company
by President Roosevelt, Secretary
Taft and Secretary Root. It was as
sumed at the conierence that Mr.
Straight had made a report of the
Incident to Minister Rockblll, at Pe
kln. and that Mr. Rockhlll would
communicate the fact, to the State
Department without delay.
To Insure his doing so, cable mes
sages were sent tonight to both Mr.
Rockhlll and Mr. Straight asking for
all the facts. A reply Is expected to
morrow. A prominent cabinet officer
said tonight:
"I don't think I am betraying any
secret when I say that the decision
to send the fleet to the Pacific waa
largely determined by the Insuffer
able tactic of the Japanese In offi
cial lntei course."
H iv lenklnir badly. The Grand Lake 'or loeur o flinii-, .u,m(, Hnd mso ior
day ii.taiuh j (..a.'thp IdihA Northern rnil'nv Mr
shut nn in I r h ri' r i i' j a .
of two great Ice floes until her aid' s
Railroad Pay. Half the loss
Helena, Mont., April 13. Resi
dents of Big Timber, Mont., the town
which was almost entirely destroyed
by the fire last month, have been
notified by the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company that they will be
paid 60 cent, on the dollar to cover
their losses This action Is taken
from the fact that the disastrous fire
which left hundreds of people home
less, was started by a spark from a
Northern Pacific locomotive. The
decision Is not the outgrowth of civil
suits, but Is a voluntary action on
the part of the railroad officials.
cave way anu per mum'
crushed. Her crew made tnoir es
cape A catch of 20,00t) seals went
down with the Grand Lake. This
cargo was valued at $130,000 and
was insured.
Last Link to Atlantic.
Birmingham, Ala., April 14 The
official announcement by the Illinois
Central Railroad that the new Blr-
Ingham division will be opened ror
.a ..11. .ii.nl Inn In th
frame April iv. "" - -
completion of the lsst link In the
o.t Harrlman transcontinental
route, for by controlling the Union
minnta Central and Central
of Georgia, this system will extend
from the Pacinc to me
Peeulitm Wiped Out.
Topeka. Kan.. April 14 The Poi-
nllst party In nansss .ic...7
jMll The Repuoncan vi.,.-
n brrd has reiur"-" --1...
nn the official ballot because
the party t the last .Ut. election
did not Poll 1 P-r t of th. , total
anWn.Prrm TM P-JtM- 1". polled
(ewer the.
Morrill Is general counsel for both
fonipanles. Neither company Is mort
gaged or Incumbered with bonded
Indebtedness. The recelvcrnhlp may
last only a few months. The Ex
change National bank of Spokane
caused the receivership move by su
ing the lumber company and rail
road.
Tramplnpr Wa. a Fal'ure.
San Francisco, April 14. The call
or tne road ended in attempted sui
cide early this morning for Frank
Willis, a 14-year-old lad. who beat
his way on the brakeham to thla
city irom Vancouver, British Colum
bia. Dismal, travel, weary, hunery
and witnout friends, Willis, after
tramping tne streets for hours, In
vested his last quarter In a room at
the Hotel Fllmore, a cheap lodging
house, where he turned on the gn.
.nd tossed himself on the bed to die.
Flee Orsswn. f ,000 Chi.etM.
Shanghai. April 1 4 Disastrous
riood. art reported to have occurred
at Hankow. In. the Province of Hu
Peh. It I. stated that 2000 nersons
have been drowned. Seven hundred
Junk, were sunk. The floods .re said
to be due to an unexpected freshet.
The water eaogbt the people unex
pectedly la the Uddl of the algal.
Desire No Race Rio't.
San Francisco, April 13 Speak
ers at the monthly meeting of tho
Asiatic Exclusion League, held yes
terday afternoon In the hall of the
Snn Francisco Labor Council, round
ly scored thoHe who have hern dis
seminating report that the league ex
pected to accomplish Its purposes hy
Inciting riots in the various cities
and In San Francisco when the bat
tleship fleet arrives. These storl.,
which emanated from Vancouver,
and which caused Chl.f Blggy to In
vestigate the organization, were
branded as falsehoods.
Student Slsys Governor
Imburg, April 13. Connt An
drea Potokl. Governor of the Aus-tro-Pollsh
province of Gallcln, was
assassinated this afternoon hy a stu
dent, Mleroslap SJoneynskl by name,
while giving an audience to a dele
gation of students. The assassin
fired three shots from a revolver, all
of which took effect. The Governor
died Boon afterward, but first asked
his secretary to Inform hi majesty
at once; "Tell him," .aid the dying
I waa hi. faithful servant."
Sixty r In. Days In Trance
Le Angeles. April 18. Mrs. rieti-
lah Hawkins, the woman who fell
Into a eataleptle trance on February
. win tomorrow enter the th dav
of her aleep. Her condition I. an-
pare.tr aachanged.