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PRBSIDBNT IN CHICAGO.
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Government Troop« Pail to DUIodge '
Prow Captured City.
Ban to Domingo, April 7.— A t . 9
o'clock
thio morning the government
OREGON.
troops outside the city attacked the in-
, sargents in the suburbs of Pajarito.
Th*
engagement, sine« the
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Rebels of Santo Domingo have re­
pulsed the government troops and still
hold that city.
Jefferson Q. Conover, grand secretary
of the Tree and Accepted Masons ot
Michigan, is dead, aged 62 years.
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Governor Taft is mentioned for the
presidency in 1904.
The New York
Herald figures that Roosevelt w ill be a
winner with New York "tate in the
doubtful column.
The Indiana operators w ill submit a
proposition th the miners agreeing to
have a commission, composed of an
operator, a miner, and an expert min­
ing engineer, to decide what mines in
the Clinton field require shooters.
The Anthracite strike commission
award with reference to the mining
engineers gives the enigneers a holiday
on Sundays, which was observed last
Sunday throughout the mining regions
for the first time in the history of coal
mining.
HERE IN OREGON
W ILL WASH OUT OOLD.
begiQ
D
ing of the rebel,J
on en
80ed a0d
of the I h pert- the insurgents were driven back to the
of the Paat Week, city. The artillery from the fort .cov­
aat
ered the insurgents’ retreat.
Presented la
Monroe Valesque, the head of the
Likely to
foroe, reported to be 800 strong, is about
to march on the city. The rebels are
Dunsmuir, Cal., was nearly destroyed disposed to fight to the last and it is
by fire.
enppoeed that if they are compelled to
abandon
the city they w ill embark on
Sailors from battleships w ill here­
the
gunboat
Independencia, which is in
after be given longer shore leave.
their power, and go to the northern
Pekin is apparently much surprised part o! the island and join the rebels
at the increase of the Asiatic squadron. there.
The United States cruiser Atlanta
President Roosevelt w ill be escorted
has
landed 50 marines to protect the
from the depot at Portland by a mon*
American consulate.
Bter parade.
Bluejackets Landed.
Washington, ^ p ril 7.—-A report to
the navy department from Commander
Turner, of the cruiser Atlanta, at Santo
Domingo, shows another repulse to the
government troops, who made an a t­
tempt to take the city from the revoln
tionists, and that Commander Turner
was again crmpelled to land the blue­
jackets to protect the United States
consulate. Commander Turner’ s dis­
patch ife as follows:
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“ Santo Domingo, via H ayti, April 7.
— Government forces attacked city yes­
terday, were repulsed.
Report indi­
cates Vaquez, the president approach­
ing with strong force.
Government
gunboat fired three shots last night
without injury. City fortified; appar­
ently determined 4to resist.
Landed
marines to protect the consulate."
One‘day last week Commander Turn­
er landed a force of 50 marines to
guard the United States consulate at
Santo Domingo city, when the situation
was regarded as very critical. -
O. W . Dart, of John Day, Starting Up an
Extensive Work.
Placor mining-promises to be an im ­
portant industry in Grant county dur­
ing tne coming season. Several miners
have already commenced getting things
in readiness for the summer’ s ran.
What promises to be an excellent
paying proposition is the placer mine
of G. W . Dart, which w ill be worked
for the first time this season.
Mr. Dart has leased the pipe, giants
and all the mining material belonging
to the Humboldt mining company, and
at present has a {pros of men laying
this pipe and getting everything in
readiness for the Aummer’ c ran, which
w ill commence immediately.
The mine is situated on the west side
of Canyon crerk, between John Day
and Canyon City, and nearly opposite
Long gulch. Water w ill be used from
the Humboldt ditch.
The ditch will
be in charge of Bert Stone.
A i t is the Intention to operate the
New Warden at Penitentiary.
C. W . James, who became superin­
tendent of the Oregon penitentiary on
April 1, has announced the promotion
of Ed McPherson from the position of
second warden to that of first warden.
MoPherson w ill succeed J. T. Janes,
who has held the position during the
past four years.
The vacancy caused
by the promotion of McPherson will
be filled by the appointment of G. F.
Johnson, of Baker Qity.
Woodman S t m t Carnival.
The Woodmen’ s street carnival and
fair, to be held in Dallaa June 3, 4, 5
and 6, promises to be a very successful
affair. The committees are all bard
at work and are meeting w it h goot
success.
Rei
To Iwvol >ke Referendum.
A number of mining men around
Grants P ssb are giving assistance in the
work of invoking the
referendum
against the mining corporation tax law
recently passed by the Oregon legis­
lature.
Not a single disorderly act has pc
curred to jnar the tranquility of Mon :
RICH STRIKE IN ALASKA.
terey, Mex., since Thursday’ s riots.
Governor Reyes, in speaking of the Extensive Placer Field at Last Discovered
affair, said that)an investigation showed
on American Territory.
absolutely that the police first fired in
Washington, April 7.— Under date of
the air, later firing at their, aggressors
February 23, Henry D. Saylor, consul
only in defense of their lives.
at Dawson city, reports as follows;
Geroge G illette is dead at the county
“ Reports have reached here recently
hospital of Santa Cruz, Cal., aged 89 concerning a strike of rich placer dig­
years. He came to the United States gings in Alaska, in the Circle City
in 1842 as a member of Lord Ashbur­ mining division, on the tributaries^)!
ton’ s suite to negotiate the Ashburton- the Tanana river, a district in which
Webster treaty for the northeast boun­ for several years past Ameircan miners
dary of this country. H e bad been an bave made a thorough search for good
inmate of th e county hospital lor T2~ placed deposits without success until
years.
now. The present strike seems to be
one of more than ordinary importance,
has
been
A new' Haytien cabinet
formed.
The old cabinet resigned and has caused quite a stampede of min­
owing to the senate having passed a ers from this and other districts to the
vote of censure against the ministers location of the new fields.
“ A t this writing, when particulars
for their failure to take proceedings
against those who were responsible for are lacking, it is unsafe to predict too
the interruptions cf the sitting of the much, but thé general opinion seems to
chamber of deputies March 30 by the confirm j&e belief that a large and pro-
dnetive field in American territory has
firing of rifle shots.
at last been struck.
Circle City is
The German Kaiser is on a visit to practically deserted as a result of the
his royal-M ends in Denmark.
rash.
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Chicago brokers are at war among
“ I t is mid that there w ill be a scar­
themselves regarding bucket shops.
city of provisions on account of the in­
Snowstorn destroys telegraph lines flux. The Eagle-Circle route is report­
and paralyzes railroad traffic in Noth- ed to be the best means of reaching the
em Mississippi valley.
Tanana from Dawson, as the trails by
President Roosevelt spoke at Mil­ Forty-M ile and Goodpasture are un­
waukee on trusts, at Waukesha on for­ broken. and nc supplies available.
eign relations, at Madison on college From Forty-M lie to the new diggings
educations.
the distance is 160 m iles."
A t Naco, Arlz., John Croseen re­
Portland Steamer Stranded.
ceived a bullet In the heart from the
pistol o f Deputy Sheriff Frank W il­
San Francisco, April 7.— The steamer
son, who had been called in to stop a Alliance, which sailed from this city
row in the Big Adobe Saloon.
A pril 3 for Portland, Or., and way
Ladrones have suffered seven de­ points, is lying on the beach at Caspar
cisive defeats in the Philippines, and on the Northern California coast. The
are beginning to realize that their Alliance struck a rock off Point Gorda
methods mean nothing but disaster
and then put back to Caspar, 40 or 50
and eventual extermination.
miles south of Point Gorda, when she
Thomas Kelgan, who escaped from was ran onto the beach. She had 30 or
the Toledo, O., jail In 1901, is behind 40 people on board.
They are being
the bars again. He la charged with
the robbery of the Toledo postofflee. comfortably cared for in Caspar. It is
thought that the vessel w ill be floated
Kelgan was caught in Los Angeles.
easily and that she has snstained no
Professor Nathaniel Schmidt, of the great damage.
department of Semitic language and
literature at Cornell university, Itha­
Fought with Robbers. .,V ‘
ca, N. Y., has accepted an appoint­
Huntington, W. Va., April 7.— John
ment at director o f the American
Stephens was shot and fatally injured
School o f Archeology at Jerusalem.
and Ben P. Endens was shot and dan­
Jose T eller was hanged In the jail- gerously Wounded dnring a battle with
yard at Santa Fe, N. M., by Sheriff highwaymen early this morning in the
Klnaell, within a few feet of the place
Stephens
where the crime was committed he western lim its of this city.
had
bis
skull
fractured
by
a blow.
expiated, tha murder o f Jailer Epl-
tacio Gallegos. On the gallows Teller Edens leaped into a stream and escaped.
confessed t o committing another mur­ The fight attracted quite a crowd. The
der.
four highwaymen escaped.
Bands of students made a demon­
stration In front of mlslstry of the In­
terior as a protest against the occur­
rences at Salamanca. The carriage of
Senor Maura, miniater of the interior
was stoned. The police dispersed the
rioters. Eight policemen and . many
students were wounded.
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Secretary Hitchcock has decided
that members o f the Home Guard or­
ganizations of the civil war were
never mustered Into the service o f the
general government, and could not be
construed as part o f the military or­
ganization o f the United States, and
therefore are not entitled to pensions.
Sixteen students from the depart­
ment of forestry of Yale University
w ill undertake the improvement o f the
1900 acres o f woodland at the W est
Point Military Academy, under the di­
rection of United States forestry
Commission Bureau. In about three
months they expect to have the land­
scape plans ready for submission.
Plans of the Projectors.
London, April 6.— It was said that
Lord Ivqagh. of Dublin, and Aider-
man Plrie, of Belfast, are prepared to
put at least 82,500,000 Into their trans­
portation scheme planned to help the
Irish farmers &ad that probably cen­
tral depots w ill be established to
which produce w ill be conveyed by an
extensive system o f collection wagons
drawn by horses until light railroads
are built and motor car services are
established.
Trial Trip of Sabmarine Boat.
San Francisco, April 6.— The second
trial o f the new Holland torpedo-boat
Pike proved as successful as the first,
She ran over a two-mile course in M is
rion Bay with only her conning tower
showing above water.
Later, she
raced back and forth over the course
total I v submerged. The boat traveled
12 miles, coming up at the end of each
two mile spurt.
She averaged 7.3
knots during the entire trip.
First Speech of thè Western Tear Deal*
with Monroe Doctrine.
Chicago, April 3.—Six thousand in &
hall, ihe seating capacity o f which 1»
but 5000, gave encouragement to Pres­
ident Roosevelt when he stepped upon
the stage o f the Auditorium last aight..
The great building has held many a:
throng, but never one that was more-
unstinted In its applause for any man
than the crowd that filled it last night..
From the first floor to the roof it was.
packed to Its utmost capacity. E very
seat waa occupied and, although the
aisles were kept clear, all the space in
the lobbies and on the stairways was.
taken, and even the passageways lead-
ing to the hall from the low er floor*
were jammed with hundreds of mem
who were utterly unable to hear m
word of the President’s address.
The .following are a few extract*
from!': the address, giving expression £
to the sentiments o f the President on
these questions^—
“ Our duty to ourselves and to the-
weaker republics who are our neigh­
bors requires us to see that none o f
the great military powers from across
the seas shall encroach upon the terri­
tory o f the American republics or ac­
quire control thereover. •
“ Both powers (Great Britain and-
Germany) assured us in explicit term s
that there was not the slightest inten­
tion on their part to violate the prin­
ciples of the Monroe Doctrine, and this
assurance was kept with an honorable
good faith.
“ The Monroe Doctrine is not lntexrl.
national law, and this Is not necessary ^
as long as it remains a cardinal feat­
ure of our foreign policy and as long
as we possess both the w ill and the-
strength to make It effective.
“ I f the American Nation will speak
softly and yet build, and keep at a
pitch, of the highest training; a thor­
oughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doc­
trine w ill go far.
“ It is too late to prepare for war
■when war has come, and if we only
prepare sufficiently, no war w ill ever-
come/'
DIRECT WIRE f o WHITE HOUSE.
President Roosevelt Always In Communi­
cation with Washington.
Hopes to Find Water.
mine 16 to 18 hours a day, according
as the length of the days permit. Two
B. F. Coplen, an expert on forma­
shifts of men will be employed.
tion for artesian water, who sunk the
artesian wells at Pullman, Wash., and
Prosperóos Hood River Valley.
who for ma ny years has been making
Though tha annual precipitation at extensive examinations of the Colum
Hood River ia about 36 inches, irriga­ bia river basin, has been looking over
tion is a very important factor in the the situation in the vicinity of Echo for
prosperity of the Hood River valley. some time with a view to getting four
Since irrigation came into practice on a or five sections of land and putting in
considerable scale five years ago the the necesaary machinery for thoroughly
population of the valley has quad­ testing the subject.
tie says that
rupled, the price of land has increased there is every indication that artesian
300 per cent and the entire Jruit ship­ water can be had along the base of the
ping business of that locality has grown Echo buttes.
op. Sixty thousand crates of straw­
berries ( two dozen boxes to the crate)
PORTLAND MARKETS.
and 100 carloads of apples, of last
year’ s production, hare been shipped
from that station, and large quantities
Wheat— W alla Walla, 72c; blue-
of fine apples are still going forward to stem, 77@78c; valley, 77c.
market.
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Barley— Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew­
ing,
$24.
Pilot Rock Postofflee Robbed.
flo u r— Best grade, $3.95(94.25; grah­
The postoffice at Pilot Rock, a small
village about 15 miles from Pendleton, am, $3.45(98.85.
was robbed . Sunday night and about
Millstnffs — Bran, $19 per ton;
$100 in money aa<f stamps eecured.
middlings, $ 24; shorts, $19.50020.
chop, $18.
Wheat Fire at Cayoae.
Oats— No. 1 white,- $1.15 O 1.20;
Three warehouses and an elevator, gray. $1.12^01.15 per cental.
containing in all about 18,000 bushels
Hay — Timothy, $11012;
clover,
of w beat, were burned at Caynse last -$808; cheat, $9010 per ton. .
Monday. The total loss is estimated
Potatoes— Beet Burbanks, 60060c per
at more than $20,000.
Cayuse is a
sack; ordinary, 40050c per cental,
small wheat station about 20 miles
growers’ prices; pierced sweets, $20
east of Pendleton, and has no water 2.25 per cental.
protection whatever.
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 12018c;
young,
11 >$012c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
Irrigable Acreage Increased.
live,
1
6
0 16c; dressed, 18O20c; ducks,
The great abundance of snow in the
mountains has resulted in an increase $707.50 per dozen; geese, $708.60.
Cheeee—F all cream, twins, 1 6 H 9
in the acreage of irrigable land that
will be placed nnder cultivation this 17H c; Young America, 1 7 H # 1 8 H c ;
season in Baker oonnty. In many in­ factory prides, 101 H e less.'
Batter— Fancy creamery, 80032H e
stances the increase w ill amount to 50
or 60 per cent over last year, and tak­ per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 200
ing the entire county, the increase w ill 22H c; store, 15018c.
Eggs— 14016c per dosen.
amount to fully 40 per cent this year
Hope— Choice, 21028c per pound.
over last.
W o o l-V a lle y , 12H 016c; Eastern
Sale of Albany Woolen Mills.
Oregon, 8 0 14 H e? mohair, 26028o.
Arrangements have be6n completed
Beef — Grots, cows, 8<98Hc per
for the sale of the Albany woolen m ills pound; steers, 4 @ 4 H c; dressed, 7Hc.
to the Bannockburn
manufacturing
Veal— 7 H @ 8 H c.
company, of Portland. The stockhold­
Mutton — Gross, 4c per
pound;
ers of the Woolen m ills company w ill dressed, 7He.
soon meet and ratify the sale. This is
Lambs — Grots, 4c per pound;
one o f Albany’s leading manufacturing dressed, 7H c.
concerns, and'furnishes employment to,
Hogs — Gross, 6 H e
per pound;
• large number of people.
dressed,7Q7He.
Washington, April 4.— During his
absence from Washington, President
Roosevelt w ill be at all hours o f the
day and night in close touch with the
W hite House. Telegraphic communi­
cation will be maintained between the-
President’s party and Assistant Sec­
retary Forester, who is in charge at
the W hite House, where the routine
executive business is transacted. Be­
fore leaving Washington President
Roosevelt disposed o f practically air
questions relating to appointments;
but if tha. necessity should arise, ha-
will make appointments while on his
tour. They w ill be announced at the
W hite House and not from the Presi­
dent’s train.
During the two weeks and two days-
the President w ill spend in the Y el­
lowstone Park, Secretary Loeb w ill’
be on the special train, which w ill be
sidetracked at Cinnabar, near the en­
trance to the park. He w ill be in
daily communication with the Presi­
dent through the telephonic or tele­
graphic systems in the park, or by*
courier. A direct wire between Cin­
nabar and the W hite House w ill be-
constantly at his disposal. In the
event of accident the W hite House w ill
be notified Instantly.
FIGHTING NEAR CAPITAL.
Many Killed In Battle Near Santo Domin­
go—Atlanta Is Watching.
Santo Domingo, April 4.— The United
States cruiser Atlanta arrived here-
yesterday and established a signal sta­
tion on the shore. She will land
marines if necessary. A severe en­
counter Is- reported to have taken
place yesterday between the govern­
ment troops and the rebels at San An­
tonio de Guerra, about 20 miles from
this city. It is said that 146 men were
killed or wounded. The rebels, while
crossing tfie river this morning, were
attacked by the government troops
and an hour’s fighting ensued.
The Clyde steamer New York, from-
New York, march 18, which reached'
San Pedro de Macoris March 28, has
not yet arrived here, and apparently
has been prevented from proceeding
by the authorities at Macoris.
A ll communication and newB from
the interior is interrupted and busi­
ness is practically suspended. A quan­
tity o f arms and ammunition was ship­
ped today on a gunboat, which is in
the hands o f the rebels, for an un­
known destination.
Atlanta la On Onard.
Washington, J.pril 4.— The Navy De­
partment today received a cablegram
from Commander Turner, command­
ing the Atlanta at San Domingo, as
follows:
"All quiet. Insurgents 'In charge.
Reports indicate an attack by Govern­
ment troops. Communication Is in­
terrupted,
This goes
overland
to
Cotui.”
Three Balloonists Mangled.
Budapest, April 4.— Three balloon-
sts, ex-Deputy Ordoby, Lieutenant
Krai and M. Knbec, a brother o f a
member o f the Diet o f that name/
were fatally Injured in a balloon ac­
cident today. W hile the balloon was
>eing Inflated it suddenly broke, with
the car containing the men named,
and Captain Toley, o f the navy. M.
Ordoby fell out of the car to the roof
o f a> factory. Lieutenant K rai punc­
tured the balloon, which descended
with such force that he and M. Kubec
were horribly Injured. Captain Toley*
was less seriously hurt.
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