Hillsboro Independent
IELXSBORO
OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form lor Oct
Busy Headers.
PUBLISH CONTRIBUTIONS.
T.fl .nd Bryan Favor Passage of
Such La by Congress.
Washington, May 26-The first big
n.,.,., of the presidential campaign
came today when William Jennings
Rrvan sent a telegram to William Ho-
. i .;, that thrv loin in
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
OREGON WOOL GOOD.
CHEAP FUEL IN SIGHT.
A Resume of th Less Important but
Not Le-sa Interesting Event,
of the Past Week.
Mrs. Carrie Nation has been arrested
at Pittaburg.
Chester, Pa., is having trouble with
aire, t car men.
Two cruisers and five torpedo boats
have left San 1'rancisco fur Portland.
A company of militia is to be organ
ized at Honolulu, the first for the ut-
S.nator ISailey, of Texas, will go to
the democratic national convention as
a delegate.
Tun t.'i.ih mining companies are
fighting over a silver mine said to be
vtoith $,-T.o,ooo.
Si'ii:ilor Foraker is favoring Roose
veil tor another term, as he dislikes
! i in less than Taft.
A man has just been arrested in
Michigan for a murder committed in
Colorado 15 years ago.
An ex-member of the United States
wirrt service is in trouble at Flagstaff,
Arizona, for trying to extort money,
The troops of the pretender to the
Morocco throne have looted an me gov
ernment buildings and houses of the
sullan.
While preparations were in progrcsJ
for the funeral of a Kansas City man,
the supposed corpse sat up and asked
for a drink.
Mrs. Harry Thaw has withdrawn her
suit for divorce. It is tiiougnt tins is a
move to gain control of any property
lie may have.
Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt ha secured
a divorce.
'resident Fallieres, of France, is
visiting King Edward.
A Seattle woman sent her daugh
ter for a doctor and then committed
suicide.
V. T. Ifmilton, the last living of
General Custer's scouts, has just died
at liutte, Mont.
The Presbyterian general assembly
will seek a closer union of the Pres
byterian churches.
Thaw has been declared still insane,
but he will try to avoid returning to
the Matteawan asylum.
Senator Slayden, of Texas, is op
posed to the Seattle fair and says the
country is tiring of expositions.
There is a desperate effort in con
gress to pass a currency bill by hold
ing up the public building bill.
Fully a quarter of a million men
employed in English shipbuilding
yards have accepted a cut in wages.
More than 100 government meat in
spectors held a conference in Chicata
n the enforcement of the new meat
inspection law.
The Oklahoma legislature has
passed a law which provides for a
penitentiary term for any employer
who refuses work to a man because
is a member of a union. Pinkerton
detectives are also barred from the
Male.
Peter Daly, the actor, is dead.
Good progress is being made on the
Seattle fair buildings.
The Northern Baptist convention
for l to will meet in Portland.
urging congress to pass a
compulsory the publication of campaign
contributions.
This move by Bryan is looked upon
as one of great wisdom by the demo
cratic leaders, who say it shows his
sincere determination to conduct his
campaign witnoul me am u '
porate influence.
Hryan's message reads as follows:
"Hon William Howard Taft, secretary
of war, Washington:
"I heir to suggest that as tne irauing
candidal of our respective panics,
join in asking congress to pass the bill
requiring the publication of campaign
.-.., r, I. ,,n,, n nnor to elections. II you
think best we can ask other candidates
to unite with us in the request
"W. . HKVAS.
Taft replied to William J.
Rrvan's teleuiam. suggesting that they
iimie in askimr congress to pass a Dill
providing for the publication of cam
n.-iivn contributions, as follows:
"William J. Bryan: Your telegram
received. On April 30, last, I sent the
follouimr letter to Senator Burrow
chairman of the committee on privileges
and elections :
I sincerely believe that it would
irrraf v lend toward the alisence oi cor
minion from politics if all the expendi
tures for the nominations and elections
of all candidates and all conttibutions
received and expenditures made by po.
litieal committees could be made public
iKith in respect to state and national
politics. I-or that reason, I strongly ta
vor the passage of the bill now pend
mg.
Wr.tarv Smyth. Praise Compulsory
U.i .t.-muki Dipping Law.
pertland 8rUry Dan P. Sraythe,
t the Oregon Woolgroweii association,
timti through Portland recently on his
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way t 8alui, wners ne !""
third district of Oregon at in. annual
uiMtiag ef tha stats sheep eommiimion.
Mr. Bmytba says tbt wool clip thit year
is a large aa usual, and that tha wool
of exeeptionally Una quality.
At this sion of tha sheep tommia-
ioa tha eastern Oregon men intend to
take seme radical action to prevent fur
ther encroachments of Washington
sheepmen in the Wenaha forest reserve.
Mr. Suiythe, who is extensively en
paired in lieenraisi ng himself, ia am-
phatis in praise of tlio compulsory dip
niag law pained at the hint session of
the legislature, ile says wgun suec,.
are now practically free from disease of
every kind, anil the wool u or a niuea
higher grade than in former years.
The administrtinn at Washington has
favored the woolgrowers in the Ever
green State, to the detriment of Oregon
stockmen. Just what action will be
taken Mr. Suiythe waa not prepared to
say, but be thinks the enniniuanon will
make recommendations that tha for
estry department at the natiuaal wtpital
will net dare to overlook.
OKLAHOMA FLOODS RECEDING
Property Loss Estimated $10,000,000
Eight Lives Lost.
Guthrie, Okla., Mav 27. The sun is
shining in Oklahoma today, and the
)od waters are fast receding. No ad
di'ional loss of life is reported, and the
homeless are beginning gradually to
return to their homes. The death roll
remains at eight.
With miles of tracks washed out and
bridges damaged or destroyed, the rail
roads are still demoralized; train serv
ice on many lines must remain annulled
for several days yet, while on others
only a partial service is possible. The
damage to crops and railroads can, of
course, be only roughly estimated, but
a conservative figure places the aggre
gate at close to $10,0(i,ooo. It marks
the costliest disaster ever sustained eith
er in Oklahoma or the Indian Terri
tory or by the new State of Oklahoma.
At Muskogee the Arkansas river con
tinued to rise up to last night, but this
morning began gradually to lower. At
that point 2,500 consumers are still
without gas as a result of the princi
pal main breaking.
In West (iiithrie. where more than
500 houses were submerged, the water
Irnncd oil fast today, and conditions
began to assume a normal aspect.
Around bhawnce, bapulpa, Tulsa.
Jenks and other points hundreds of
railroad laWcrs are at work repairing
tracks and bridges. At Stigler the Ca
nadian river has made a complete
change of course, and railroad bridges
that formerly spanned that stream are
rendered useless.
HORRORS INCREASE.
LEASE BIG TRACT.
Sheepmen GobblelOO.OOO Acres at
Overflow to Forest Reserve.
Peadleton, One hundred thousand
aeree ef Una range land has just been
leaned ia Baker sounty by Morrow, Gil
liam and Umatilla county sheepmen as
an overflow range from their forest re
serve allotments. The land is logged
off timber land, and lies in a atrip 50
miles ia length between Austin and
Pleasant valley, in Baker county, and
belongs to the numerous lumber com
panies of that district. It was leased
for five yenrs by Dan P. Suiythe, of
this city, and A. K. and A. Sinythe, of
Arlington, William Smith, of Arlington.
and A. C. Whittier, of Baker county.
The sum of 8,000 was paid for use of
the tract for five year. Over 30,000
head ef sheep will be hold in the terri
tory during a portion of the summer.
It is well watered and contains fine
grass.
Halt in Timber Land Buying.
Klamath Falls J. W. Alexander, of
the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company, is
in this eity on buriness for his com
pany. He states thnt he ia not here to
uy timber, but that he expects to buy
rhen special inducements are offered.
There ia but little movement in timber
this section, and none is expected un
til after the presidential election. While
the price of farming lands in this sec
lion nas lncreas.! in the nt
months, timber land hns decreased from
fi.oo a thousand to 75 cents and 1.
However, xnoae not. ling claims are not
worrying over ennrttUoaa, ma iy fe.
sure the slump in timber is but tern
porary.
,f Chopp.rs Can't Sell to Truat They
Will to Consumer.
Pen.ii After futile efforts to
7-.UICIOM- .
their wood to Pendleton and
VVa" Wall woodyards, ten wood
c,1"Wers of Kaniela have pooled their
output and have placed an agent in
,ms city ,nd will sell direct to the
co,1sumer They have 8.000 cords in
th' Pool ..id will Ml this territory
w"h cheaD wood, they declare. The
w""'lyards have large supplies on
hand, owing to the fact that the mild
weath.. ..i ih nast winter restricted
,nt sale and have refused to buy the
Canirla' which is now being mar
kr,"d here' Already several cars
have h... lered from the pool and
't lroinisr, to demoralize the wood
market m the inland empire.
Keen Salmon Out of Alfalfa.
''"I'lliton. Thousands of salmon
ffy from six to eight inches in length
are in,w rllliiiing out into the canal
of the Irrigon irrigation project and
rna,,y of them are being stranded on
he har, where they are perishing.
"eputv Cme and Fish Warden O. F.
Turner wi take immediate steps to
nave proper fish screens placed at the
dam to ..rrvent this destruction of
the ynunn fish. Thr dam of the Irri
Ron project is in the Umatilla River
two miles east of the town of Uma
tilla. Thousands of fine salmon fry
are now to be found in the river and
fvrry -ii,,,, wiH be made to prevent
them from running into the irrigation
canals, other canals on the river are
properly protected with screens and
muuers.
A statue of the late Senator Hanna
his just been unveiled at Cleveland,
Ohio.
I'.astern railroads will resist the In
terstate Commerce Commission's rates
lor accounting.
Thousands of people are swarming
to the Puget Sound cities to see the
Atlantic battleship fleet.
A Hoboken, N. J., justice of the
peace says he married Ann GnnM
and Prince de Sagan before they left
for F.urope.
The airship White Wing, built by
Baldwin, is making successful flights
in New York. Baldwin was the in
ventor of the airship at the Lewis and
(. lark fair.
A Chicago woman brought back to
hie after being pronounced dead is
sorry she was revived She says her
soul traversed a beautiful coantry in
spirit land.
. Crop failures in British Fsst Afrir.
if causing much loss of life among
t ie natives More thsn 40,ono deaths
hive been esused hv
the government is feeding o,ooo
people,
Itishops in the Methodist general con
fcrrBoe passed the lie.
France mav nave to recognize Mulai
Ilitid as sultan of Morocco.
The late Governor Sparks, of Neva
da, was a great cattle breeder.
Before the battleship fleet leaves for
:he Orient it will be reorganized.
Inability to get a board of arbitration
is continiuns; the street car strike at
t leveland. Ohio.
Major Jamfw P. Melndee is to sus
ee.d t Wnl Koetrsler k goveramsat ea
giniwr a Portland.
The Presbyterian general assembly
wants congress to pass a law making
Jsunday an absolute day of rest.
Baron Takahira. Japanese ambassa
dor to the United States, says critics
of his people are hasty and that war
rumors are unfounded.
Admiral Fvans has called upon the
president and received congratulations
on the successful trip of the battleship
fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacihc.
The government has started a suit
fir a dissolution of the New Haven
r.vvl's merger with the Boston and
Maine aad New England trolley roads
In an address before the Bankers'
club, of Chicago, Bryan said unless the
people were assured their deposit's were
fully secured the government will have
to start banks.
The Mexican government has start
ed proceedings against Martin Jaeobv,
M'llionaire and head of a large mercan
tile h.Misc. He is charged with nv.ir
propr'ating between $ -UHhVikh) and V-000,000.
Recent Storm in Texas Cost at Least
100 Lives.
Dallas, Tex., May 27. As the hours
pass the horrors of the flood in this
section increase. It is believed the
complete list of dead, when compiled,
will show at least loo lives to have
been lost. It is estimated that 10,000
people are homeless, having been driv
en from their houses by the raging wa
ters.
The propri ty loss is estimated to be
.i ic.isi j-.i.noii.iMKj over the entire
stricken district.
The Trinity river has surpassed all
records. Last night it was believed the
i rest ot the tlood had been reached here
but more rains in the north have sent
the waters down with inn-cne,! ,,..,
and today the floods were ereater thin
jcsieniay ana continually increasing
iHismess is suspended, and Mavor
Hay has organized a relief ami ).,,.
corps, the members of which have been
loing most tieroic work.
Big Clock Started.
New York, May 27. When Mayor
Wittnen. of Jersey City, pressed a tiny
iiuuon lie set in motion the median
ism of the largest clock in the world
As the giant minute hand began to
move the boats on the river and the
i.u lories on land joined in a chorus of
"'o, .v I nr ni.il nl th -1...-L
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leor miles along the Hudson river
i , ,.''. 10,-1 m fbameter, with an area
on . "',:t- 1 he mim"- hand
..r, ong ana weighs a third of a
ton and the weight of the entire clock
nine 10 six ions.
Battleship Michigan Launched.
-.,,.,,, .,.,.,,, 27,-The battle
I- .M.inigan, the first of all the big
.Mmcsmp, ot the United States'
"". was launched today at the v-,r,
f the New York Shipbuilding com
t'l Mf ill .
' : 1 presence ot a distinguished
gathering of offil.iaU. As the ship left
"i ..)s .miss arol Uamcs Xewherrv
daughter of Assistant Secretary of ,he
-ay -v.ewi.erry, raised the U-ribUme.
..me oi champagne and dashed it
-gainst the receding wall of s.ee? ex
banning. "I christen thee Mich,gan"
Striking Carmen Return
Cleveland. Ohio, May 86.Wh.il,
thnr brother, on strike were voting
-'day to remain out. 3no striki "
mm applied for their old Posins anJ
were reinstated. The traffic i, now rap
" vv. jrProachmg a normal state ami
wimnnir Tl, ,, """rnt f't
the campaign.
ae further p!.lns f,r
New
Heart
Hearst Wins His Fight
'ork. M.,v
won an important
William. R
iv in h, t., V " "l'ory to-
lie Ki'l i, , L '""'I' M
Whipping Up on Tula Contract.
Klamath Falls It is stated here that
Chief Engineer Hood has given impera
live oruors mat the dredging on the
marah for the railroad grade must be
rushed or the contract will be forfeited.
The contract consists of a grade four
miles along across swamp land, now rank
witn tuloa, and the agreement now is
that erews must he worked day and
night in older to throw on the grade
at the earliest possible date in order to
allow it to settle and dry before the
track is laid.
Sheep Dying in Eastern Oregon.
Baker City. Ur. V II. I.ytlo passed
through Baker City a few days' n go on
his way to Hkul! Springs, where he
goes to look after his interests at that
piiice. ji seems that a number of
sheep at Skull Springs and in the viein
ity of Vale and Ontario have been
dying, and it is Or. I-ytlo's purpose to
see if something cannot be done. The
siieep tins season arc going to bring a
... .o r .ni-o iimn mr many pait years
H seems and this trouble is the fir,t
nun nas neon reported this year. The
cup is to be very heavy.
Nevada's Governor an Oregonian.
Ontario Den S Dickerson u-hn
now Governor of Nevada, vice John
Sparks, deceased, is a Malheur Coun.
ty boy, aged .14 years. His parents
reside on a farm five miles west of
Vale. He left this section seven years
ago for Nevada and joined the Miners
Union in White Pine County, and
7u.f "V""0" Jsked recognition on
the state ticket he was named as lieu
Vnt KOV"or He served in the
hilippine war, enlisting in Portland.
Daily Snowstorms at Buckeye.
Sumpter. Superintendent W. n
Oleason, ef the Buckeye mine, in the
Cracker Creek district, reports op.ra
tion at the property in full bMt
rrrV,il,in,ri,0r th" mhin M" fr""
the drift is in progre,,, and it in et-
while in short
while There is much snow in the viei.
ter to get supplies in at prewnt. Con
i'.T . ,W ",0r,n" PreTail '"" daily
at that altitude. "
Auto to Canv Tourists.
tyre, of the Melntvrs Transportation
?7P""AhM V""-"' 11 passenge"
su omobile, and will put it onPlh(,
tween Porns and Keno. getting it fn
-hape fc,, automobile servie,, jt
Mreeted that the run can Imp nade in
two hour, from end of rail to this eity
Scouring Mills to Reopen.
Pendleton.lf announced a fe,v
'',i ago that the wheel, of the pp
d.eton seourmg mill, would be Mane.i
n. n h " L ,1 Wr"' ni'1rkft
Wells-Fargo to Build.
F.usene The VVells-Farao F.xoress
Company has begun the erection of a
fine brick building on the Southern
Pacific depot grounds in which to
handle it, business in this city. The
architecture of the new building will
be in keeping with that of the new
passenger depot, now in course oi
construction and to be completed be
fore July j. The Wells-I-argo build
ing will be of brick and stone an '
will cost $4,000 to $J,ooo. It is prob
able the downtown office of the com
pany will he done away with when
the new building is finished, a, the
location i, convenient to the business
section of the city.
Rare Species of Duck.
Klamath Falls Hunters on the
Klamath river near Tcters landing
report the finding of a pair of red
iiiicks nesting among the tulcs. The
birds arc small and supposed to be
cinnamon teal, a species of duck rarely
seen in this section. The pelicans
have returned in great numbers this
spring. The rapid growth of the city
and the settlement of the hills be
tween Lake Kwatina and the Upper
Klamath lake seemed for several years
past to have driven the pelicans to
other lieuls. However, they are here
in great numbers this year.
Flvyounties Join in Fair.
The Icll.-i-In connection with the
fair to 1 h.'M in this eity in October,
under the auspices of the Second Fast
ern Oregon District Agricultural So
ciety, wi he a children's fair in which
products grown or manufactured by pu
pils if the public, high and parochial
schools of the district, which comprises
Wasi-o, CriKik. Sherman, Gilliam anil
Wheeler Con n t iin. will be exhibited.
This adjunct to the main fair, which
was a i(nal success aHt ytnr, comes
as a result of agitation along thi, line
by the principals of tho various Wasco
County schools.
MARK PACKAGES IN FULL.
Railroads Put Additional Burdens on
Small Shippers.
Chicago, May 26 BesJe deter
mining to increase freight rates 10 per
cent, the railroads in the "ollicial clas
sification" territory have agreed to
add considerably to the burdens of the
shippers of package freight. At the
same meeting at which the rate in
creases were decided upon, the repre
sentatives of mure than 400 railroads
agreed that after July 1 they will not
receive for shipment any packages in
less than carload lots which are not
marked plainly with the name of the
consignee, the station and state of
consignee, the station, city and state
of destination.
' It is estimated that this action will
save the railroads in the territory east
of the Mississippi River and north of
the Ohio River to the seaboard, at
least 12,000,000 annually in loss and
damage claims. On the other hand, it
will cost the shippers of packag
freight probably as much, or even
more, to perform the actual work re
quired in marking the shipments as
prescribed by the railroads. It
also stated by the shippers that it will
make impossible any secrecy regard
ing the identity of the customer of
any business house.
On the contrary, any business hou
may, after the new rules go into ef
feet, station men at railroad ware
houses and learn in detail all about
the shipments of competitors, to
whom shipped and in what amount.
That this will have a tremendous ef
feet upon this class of business is con
ndently asserted.
It has been the custom of the ship
pcrs to mark their packages with an
initial or some hieroglyphic, the key
to which is to be found on the bill of
lading. It was the theory that thi
would save the time and labor of the
shipper and throw a certain amount
of secrecy around the conduct of his
business.
MRE HOMELESS
Storm In Texas and Oklahoma
Creates Awful Havoc.
WHOLE STATE STORM SWEPT
Texas Suffers Untold Damage From
Wind and Rain.
Austin, Texas, May 26. A terrific
wind and rain storm swept Texis
from the Panhandle to the Gulf early
Sunday. The destruction to crops and
vegetables, trees and shrubbery was
the greatest reported in years.
In nuivcrous places houses were un
roofed and small villages and hamlet
in many instances were inundated by
the terrific rainfall which, in the space
of four hours, reached seven inches in
many sections. Austin was in the
path of the worst of the storm, and
for hours the streets were impassable
for either man or beast, electric light
and telephone connections were dis
abled beyond . immediate repair and
many houses were unrooted.
I he agricultural sections of Central
and Southern Texas have been im
measurably damaged, according to
general report, received here, badly
demoralized wire service occasioning
slow and unsatisfactory reports from
many sections that are known to hive
suffered from the storm.
OKLAHOMA TIED COMPLETELY
POPULATION IS DUMBIWDED
Loss of Life Believed to Be High
Thousand of Head of Live
stock Killed.
Dallas, Tex, May 8. Seven thou
sand persons are practically without
shelter now as a result of the violent
storm which broke over Northern
Texas and Oklahoma Sunday night.
Today alone fully 2,000 people were
driven from their homes by the ris
ing of the Trinity river. Houses,
barns and everything in the path of
the terrible flood is swept down and
carried away. 1 runty river in a rag
ing, surging torrent and nothing ap
parently stands before it. ISig fac
tories far removed lroin the river
proper are flooded, bridges have been
swept away like kindling wood. Live.
stock by t tie thousands tiave perished trance to 1 he Sir.-.it, of f-.,.il-,
mill fenr is nou, ,.t,.rl n ii,l tliit I I .. .1 .. f .. n . 1) -1 - .
, ." --;" ....... . ... .o in i..iy ausoiuieiy in condi-
meai Limine win louow in ine wane i tion to go into an engagement
of the storm's fury. "What should be our future naval
.-o far no arrangement, of a cnar- strength, and how Histr hi.te,t"
acter calculated to relieve the intense ' lorty-eight battleship, with the
sunering ot tne inhabitants nave been nece,,iry cruiser,, torpedo boat, sub
attempted. It is really too soon to marine, and auxiliaries. They should
give any real estimate of the dead, be distributed 24 on the Pacific and
FAVORS Bid FLEET.
Great Lesson Taught by Cruise, Say
Admiral Evans.
Washington, May 33. Admiral Lv
ans, in an interview with W. S. Men
weather, told of the results ot tin
cruisa of the I . . -, t . . - ;, i .
and the future policy and prospects of
the American ::avy.
"What, in your opinion," he v,j
asked, "i the most vital (juestion af
fecting the uavy today?''
"i he shortage of ullicers and men,
particularly olncers," Admiral Kvans
replied He have not a battleship m
coiniiiiioii today with a sutlicient
number of officers properly to look
out fur her battery. Those we have
are excellent, but they are so over
worked that they are giving way un
der the strain. Men can be trained
for duties on shipboard, as has just
been shown in the cruise of the At
lantic fleet to the Pacific, but nut so
with officers.
"In case of a sudden outbreak of
hostilities, we would find ourselves
seriously handicappd from this cause."
The Admiral was then asked what
was the chief lesson to be drawn from
the cruise of the battleship fleet
"There are two," he renlird. "I'irst.
the absolute necessity for two fleets,
one on the Atlantic ami one on the
Pacific; second, that we took the fleet
to sea with one-third of the nien un
trained and arrived at the Pacific en-
With the abatement of the rising
waters step, will be taken at once to
help those in dire distress. As usual
in such case,, the poor of the various
cities ana town, in tne patn ot tne
elements are suffering the worst
The present storm is by far the
most violent of the present year, and
for that matter perhaps the worst
storm that has visited Northern Texas
in several year,. It wa, exceptionally
severe at lWt Worth, Dallas, Wichita
rails. Denton and Abilene.
The property loss will run extreme
ly high, but so far not even a con
servative estimate can be placed on
the whole. At Port Worth alone it
is figured out that the storm will
cause close onto f 1 00,000 damage.
When suburban points are finally
heard from the loss will run much
higher in that vicinity.
Kenorts from -Mineral Wells state
that Wade Owens and Frnest Statelcr
were drowned there. Person, are also
reported drowned near Wichita 1'alls
ana cniiuress. ai wenton an un
24 on the Atlantic'
FIRE ON OLD VESSEL.
Sensational Naval Experiment Will be
Tried bp Navy.
Washington, May 23 The most
sensational naval experiment ever at
tempted by this country will take
place today in Chesapeake Bay, when
the monitor Florida will be submitted
to bombardment by big guns and tor
pedoes to demonstrate the effect of
modern projectiles upon the internal
fittings and the structure of the fight.
ing craft of the American navy.
1 he Honda is so constructed and
fitled internally in such a way a, to
have practically the same strength of
resistance a, the latest type of Amer
ican bittleship.
At first if was proposed to put live
sheep in the turret of the monitor, but
this plnn has been abandoned because
it is believed the death of the animals
i.i i:.i- -. . i. .
nown man h.st his life in attempting f t t u r i i
. .. ' n .lv r,f nut of nn. iinn life tinrler s.m.!rp
circumstances. The plan to tet the
ability of the modern ship of war to
withstand the heavy firing of the lat
est big guns ha, attracted much at
tntion in official circle, and it is
looked upon as a matter of great im-
p u tance by foreign officials at the em
bassies here.
to save some household effect.
All over the stnrm-swept district
railroads ami crop, nave sutlereil
heavily Kailro-.d traffic i, practi
cally at a standstill, as at most point,
bridges have been torn from their
foundations by the surging flood wa
fer. As ouicklv a, poss'ble the rail
road people will repair the damage
done. In any event, if will be many
days before anything- like schedule
time can be maintained on any of the
roads
ANARCHY IN PERSIA.
State Apparently Helpless to
With Situation.
Cope
PACIFIC MAIL IS PASSIVE.
Would Not be Benefited by Proposed
Subsidy Clause.
San Francisco, May 23. The prog
ress o rhe fostoice mutimprintioti
inn. now in us i.i si stages nriore luh-
I grebs, is being watched with much in-
New Fly Destroys Aphis.
Miltnni,(vsl orcjiardists are much
interest) in a new variety of fly which
has appeired in orchards in this section
recently lnj which appears to be an
enemy t the green aphis, a pest which
Muskogee is in Sorry Plight Without
Heat or Light.
Muskogee. Okla., May !fi Not a
railroad in Oklahoma is in operation,
as a result of the heavy rains and
cloudburst, that have occurred in vari
ous part, of the state during the past
three day,. The last road to suspend
operations wa, the Missouri-Kansas
& Texas, which was forced to quit at
.- , i . i. - i i l. .
norm 1111(iav. wnr.l lite Ui.MKr on i.u.
ii sin line at Ftifala weni down.
To add to the disaster, thr main
supplying natural gas to the Indian
Territory nart of tne stale was car
ried awav with the Clarksville bridge
late Sunday, and the supply of ga,
for Muskogee and several other cities
Berlin May 20.-
1 m mt in iliic fit snpM-i-iHw ur i t Y T
hs dnB. r.., damnoe to neaeh trees in the southeast part of the state has
... " " . -.. nn,4 t ai t ie
neen rnmny . on. -
rn rnmnanv sav it will be a week
hefore repair, can be made so that
,nl , The new fly, which may
Prove l blessing to the fruitgrowers, is
ion m I'm
!.m was dec
in the mayorahv
' 'orge H M,nj
l ired elected, an. I .. ".'
x xes are to Lc opened. "lc
'""gT tUn the ordinary house fly and
nns inn jon)J an,j gicnjer ,nd spotted
black itj whi,
Stocked With Fish.
r,;,l"t City Thomas II. Parker, of
'he st.1tf fjsh commission, received at
Nnr"i Powder the other dav 31.000
!r;m- which have been placed in the
,:.' Jt the bead of North Powder
r,Vfr nd in other streams near by.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
'"au-Club, S'.ic per bushel: red
""ssi.in. s-c; fjiurstetn. -'c; va.irj
"'.lc
Narl'y Feed, $25.50 per ton; rolled,
'-;-'"'i:s 50; brewing, $2n.
();i,-N'o 1 white. $27.50 per ton;
gray. 27
H.ivt:.....iIw Willamette Valley.
V ''"tn; Willamette Valley, or-
onarv, j15. ! astern uregon.
fi lid;' clover, $14; alfalfa. It-;
" ''vMcaM-IIogs. fancy. c per
r.r.i.nary. 7r; 6c
ryr; ordinary. 6c; heavy. 5c; mut-
U.ras. 25c per pound;
h"ry. 2r- choice, 2"e: store. 1c.
't-Candled. W?ne PrT '1"7fn
"npnriv.i ,stc per Hoen. , ,
'.ul!ryMic, chickens. 12l?i He
" pJnd, fancy hens.
""it, :: fryers, 22Ki25c; oronrrs.
fancy hens, i.j.'i
vers 22'W25c; broiler.
-V- .lucks, old, IfiMtTo; spring,
iii,. ..: "m ' . rtev, aive.
..4'.iVef.bb.,r.: .omcia,,f
,2p'"S.h'oice. 70 W...C
Pn.,.cp' ,m.i' nrpn,. choice
hundred; sweet. 5k per
Oregon, i"'"
' ,r?bcrries
" 'linn
VW,, Turnips. $1 Ml pw
.. . . -,- heel,. i -1
'it ti .Vlf.I i .. .
125: cabbage, fl.-w- iy
r'
nt
Htch,rr Superintendent.
f the . 1 : T " ""Perinter,,,.
n "f the state fl.h v w ""I""""""!-
.
larr,,t, W(n
""ni;,,
b-.n. wax
r'e prr pound;
Wft ,2 j';-13c Prr do.en; reb
"y. v'U' dorcn: W"r'9T
V,.:;g plant. 20C per
-ars, ' .f; nrr doren: P"'. '",c
"T. 2-.c prr u pound.
r;,.J'"und: P'P f 27;C. rrhharh. He
HMi ,v- per doren .
aco.
T'lind; n,n-1
crate.
5
cam..-. ' n nr
, " fer. - -"'' ; ,, rno ce
'I'r.. -.ir nrmie i
I I . d . I I'v
average
trBirk-3c per P-"d.
(he ua, supply can again be carried
A, natural gas i, used for light and
heat, business will he suspended
Flrvator, have been forced to stop
running, and hotels and restaurants
have practically been put out of busi
ness.
Vehicle Falls Down Mountain.
San Jose, Cal.. May 20. Twenty
one students, half the graduating class
of the Smta Clara High School, were
carried 200 feet down a mountain sioe
when a rarrv-all toppled from the
Mount Hamilton road at midnignt
Saturday night. The vehicle broke up
when it started in its descent and
most of the young people slid in safe
ty down the mountain side in the
cover ot tne venicie. .ews ni mc i
cident reached thi, city early Sunday
and a phy,ician and nur,e, were dis
patched to the scene in an automo
bile. '
Scale ia Agreed Upon.
Kansas City. May S. After more
k, of negotiation,, the
last detail, which have been standing
;n li w.iv of signing the final agree
ment between the miner, and operat
or, of Kansas City. Missouri. Okla
homa and Arkansas coal field, were
settled Sunday to the satisfaction of
both side,. , , .
Monday morning a joint meeting of
the operator, and miner, wa, to he
h.M when the signature, of the prop-
. i . rr J - . I.
official, were to nr amxrn ei u.c
the agreement ana tne sc
I
here are to the effect that anarchy
prevails throughout Persia. As an ex
ample of the Shah's helplessness to
cope with the situation a libel action
is cited which has been brought
against the Persian newspaper Mus
sowad. as an article stating that part,
of Persian territory are in the control
of brigands and revolutionists, and
concluding with the following:
"The governors are tyrannical, the
administration is corrupt and inelli
cient. the taxes are in arrears, the ex
chequer is empty, the soldiers' wirre-,
are unpaid and the army i, helpless
What is the Shah going to do in these
melancholy circumstances? He de
votes himself to orgies night after
night until daybreak."
The newspaper proceeds to give
proof of its allegations and concludes ,1,,,, business again."
i gard to the ocean mail subsidy amend
ment, agreed to by the conlcrees, but
rejected by the House, which has
asked for another conference on the
measure. 1 he proposed increased
compensation to steamship lines di
rectly affects the companies running
vessels from this port to China, Japan.
Australia and the Philippines.
When asked what would be the re
sult should the subsidy amendment be
retained in the bill. F. S. Samuels,
manager of the Oceanic Steamship
Company, said:
"Whether we will resume running
vessels to Australia and carry the
mails cannot he determined for a time.
Australia and New Zealand have made
other contracts for carrying the mail,
since we discontinued, and we do not
know at present whether we could get
Guthrie Under Water.
Guthrie. Okla. May 21 All West
Guthrie is inundated with from seven
to ten feet of water rushing through
t-e .ireet. Train service on all road.
,4 c.t of Guthrie i, at a ,tand,till
hecause of mile, of rails being under
water and d'"ren, ot nringe, impass
hle No attempt i, being made to
operate train, east and west from
Guthrie, while the Atchison. Topeka
fi Santa Fe south of Guthrie i, im
passable at Seward, between here and
Oklahoma City.
Sentence Four to Death.
St Petersburg. May The court-
martial of eleven revolutionist,, in
cluding four women, which began a
feu.- dav, ago. ha, resulted in the sen
tencing of four of the accused to
Heath and ix to period, of penal
jervitude. One was acquitted.
bv demanding the dethronement of
the Shah and the establishment of a
republic.
The Shah brought a libel action,
hut withdrew it when the editor of
fered to prove the charges in detail
Following this, the walls of Teherati
were covered with placard, calling
upon the people to assassinate the
monarch.
Saves Rat, Is Arrested.
Pittsburg, May 2(1. For trying to
. - . . . r t. ' .
save a nall-orowncn rat irom neing
tortured to death. Thomas Morris
was arrested yesterday after he had
been badly beaten by Joseph II.
Smith. Morris saw a crowd of men
around the rat, and Smith wa, poking
it with a stick. Morris struck Smith
and a fight followed, in which Morris
received several cuts on his head. Po
liceman Kenwick Fwart arrested both
men. Magistrate Hrady commended
Morris and sentenced Smith to pay a
fine of $15, or serve 20 days in the
workhouse.
Funeral Services for Governor.
Reno, Nev., May 2rt. In response
to a call issued by Acting Governor
I) S. pu-kcrson and Mayor Kerman
II business was suspended here yes
terday on account of the funeral of
lovrrnor lohn Sparks The funeral
services were held at the Flks' home
where the funeral procession formed
Ml the hells in the city tolled. The
body was escorted by the governor'
staff and a body of police. Besides
the governor's friends, members of
the secret orders to which he be
longed and state and city officials,
many marched on foot.
Deadly Ga for Burglars.
Stuttgart. May 2 A chemical firm
in the small town of Aalen has per
fected and patented an invention that
threaten, burglars with instant death
after they succeed in opening a safe
vault door, either by skeleton key or
with the aid of compressed air, nitro
glycerine and other burglars' para
phernalia. The moment an outsider
open, the door, or bore, through it,
poisonous gases are released, destroy
ing the invader and leaving him dead
on the floor.
Meat Inspectors Confer.
Chicago, May 2t More than 100
meat inspector, were present yester
day at the opening of a conference
which conidere,J the enforcement of
the new meat inspection law Secre-
Mry of Aenculture Wilson is direct
ing the deliberations of the confer
ence, which i, expected to continue
for three days.
Adolph J. Frey, assistant to the
vice nrrsi.lenf and general manager of
the Pacific Mail Company, the Jap
anese and China line, said there wa,
little prospect of the Pacific Mail
availing itself of any increased allow
ance, chiefly because of the difficulty
of securing crew, composed largely of
American,, a, the law would require,
at a rate of wages permitting of any
profit.
German Angry at Frenchmen.
Berlin, May 25. Denouncing Paris
club, as mere gambling resorts and
clubmen a, card sharpers and black
legs, the German court and press are
declaring today that it i, easy enough
to see why Teuton members are un
welcomethey have something better
to do with their time than to spend
it at a gaming table. Rut for the com
ment by member, of the Cercle de
I.'L'nion that German, are reeardle,.
of French club custom, the black
balling of Amha,,adon'al Attache
Hortsman might have been permitted
to pass as a personal matter.
Full of Scotch Whiskey,
roughkeepsie. N. Y., May 25.
Scotch whiskey administered in good
sized dose, to Harry Thaw just be.
fore he took the stand in the recent
habra, corpus proceeding, brought to
effect hi, release from Matteawan
asylum is now held responsible for his
poor showing as a witness in his own
behalf. Amos T. Raker, acting suner
intendent, i authority for the state
ment that large quantities of the
whiskey were smuggled into the asy
lum and given to Thaw.
Spark Secretary Dead.
Cars-sn, Nev., May 25 W. R. Davi,
private secretary to the late Governor
Sparks, died at hi, home in thi, city
Saturday of stomach trouble Davi,
wa, better known as "Riley" Davis
He served as secretary to Governor
Spark, since he fr,t took office He
resident n Havton. Nev.. where
he held s number of imnr.rtmt
tion,. Through the death of the late
Governor and hi, ,ecretary. husines,
in the state and fed
a standstill.
Franx Josef in Serious Condition.
Vienna. Mav r t-
. ..,,,r,,r rranz
Jo.ef ha, caught a fresh cold and gen.
eral audience, h;,Ve been pendr,l .
V. TV- 'V',' MX bry Ho not
onsider hi, ,-n,evy-, cond.-jon a'arm
mg. but there I, much Itnea.ine.s r
rerning him owing to his aire and
continued ill health K