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NEWBERG GRAPHIC.
X. H. W O O D W A B D , Pub.
NEW BERG
OREGON.
NEED A STIR-UP.
FRAUD IN LAND BNTRIES.
Postoffice Officials are Lax In Methods —
y
Too Anxious to Please,
Reports on Suspension Show Them O en-
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eral In Const States.
Washington, April 29.— It is the con
Washington, A pril 28.— The secre-
tary of the Interior is beginning to re
census of opinion among fair men who
have watched the postoffice department
EVENTS OF THE DAY
L... J
of late years,
and
who ar% fam iliar
with its officials, that there
is
MARION COUNTY CROPS.
FLOCK TO LAKE COUNTY.
much W s . "Rain Needed. Otherwise tbe Out- Large Number of Men W aiting for Snow
to Molt In Order to Locate.
leek la Very Favorable.
more smoke than fire in that depart
;
, ■ •, v
r
ment jnst now, and that the investiga
Crops in Marion county are in good
P a *t
Timber men continue to arrive at
tion that has been nnder way for sev condition as a general thing, and there
Lakeview by every stage and fiom every
Likely t *
eral weeks will make far less sensa is nothing yet to discourage the farmer.
direction, and the Lakeview land office
tions! disclosures thsn have been pre It would be better lor everything, how
is working to its full ogps^ity. Several
A posse of citiiens who were on the
dicted. Not bnt what the business ever, should there be a heavy, warm
-------loozout had a running pistol fight with
locators with scrip are waiting for the
six would-be bank robbers at Frank metnods of the department will be rain, which would have a two-fold ben snow to disappear, so they can get into
shown to be lax in many respects, And eficial effect — it would supply toe ne
fort, Ind. The intruders escaped.
the timber,
that remedies will be recommended, for cessary moisture now demanded in
Governor Davis, of Arkansas, baa
Silver Lake promisee to be the tim-
this no one doubts, but it is reasonably
signed an act of the legislature making
many
places,
and
it
would
bring
the
ber cruiser’s headquarters this year,
certain that very few officials will lose
it unlawful for nonresidents to bunt or
their positions as a result of
the snow out ol tbe Cascades, thus insur and with its two newspapers is expected
fish at any season of the year in
charges that have been filed and are be ing warm spring weather, which it is
to wield considerable influence in the
Arkansas.
t
ing run down.
Tyner is, of coarse, proverbial cannot be had until Table
affairs of Lake county in the future.
Four burglars blew open the s ife of already out, and Assistant Attorney
T ba extension of the railroad from
Rock and tbe lower ridges of the moun
Munn & Sons’ private bank at Portage. General of the Department Christiancy
Shanikoto
Deschntee promises to divert
O., and secured 93,000 in silver, and is suspended at hiB own request pend tains are bare of their white coats.
all the trade north of Goose Lake V al
Frnit is coming on in good shape,-tbe
paper money. They made their escape ing investigations.
ley from San Francisco to Portland,
on a handcar.
The postofflee is the biggeet and load of blossoms indicating a plentiful and give passengers a shorter and
-
The New England manufacturers and most extensive of all tbe government crop, but it is too early to feel safe yet. better route via stage to the railroad,
erectors of structural steel work have departments. It employs more men, «•wwosTfier'inoet dangerous to fruit in as there is a good road at all seasons
and is more generally distributed over
of the year from Lakeview to tbe Des
withdrawn from the national araocia-
tbe country than any other branch of this country is that which brings the
chutes, and no mountains to cross.
- tioh recently formed by 66 concerns in
tbe governmeont, hence, the chances cold, beating, sleety rains late in A pril,
The season is very backward. No
, various parts of the country.
for fraud, for wrongdoing, and for evils when the pollen is in the blossom, to
grass has yet started and sheepmen are
John D. Rockefeller has signed the arising from lax methods are greater be washed out by those ««ins, leaving
anxious, as the lambing season is at
contracts by which the Rockefeller in than in any other department. At the the blossom lifeless for frulemaking
hand, and there is no grass, and nights
stitute of medical research becomes same time, with so many employee on purposes. There is always a good crop
are very cold. Heavy losses have been
owner of three blocks in New York on the rolls,, and so many officials with of frnit when that class of rains comes
sustained in the last two weeks, and if
which a laboratory is to be built.
varying grades of authority and re before the blossoming is far advanced
the weather does not get warmer in a
Three men blew up the safe in the sponsibility, it w ill be an extremely or when the warm spring arrives with few days, tbe losses w ill be heavier
poet office at Ferguson, Mo., securing difficult matter to fasten onto any one out much rain at all.
than ever before........
The hop crop is at that point whdre
$120 cash and $18 in stamps.
The man the responsibility for shcrtcomibgs-
A few sheepmen have commenced
there ia merely speculation as to the re shearing wethers, bnt many fear to at
noise aroused the citizens, who gave tbat may be fonnd.
The service will benefit from the in sults. A t usual, much is heard of mis
battle to the robbers. No one was hurt.
tempt it yet, although it is far past tbe
vest igiation, no doubt, for its moral in sing hills, damaged vines, and a heavy
John Wana maker’s son Rodney has fluence is good, and serves as a warning shortage in prospect for this year, but usual time to begin.
1,1.. t
taken out a policy for an additional to all employes that the postmaster past experience hasshown that in many
Hanging
of
Armstrong.
$1,000,000 on his life. H e carries $2,- general is after wrongdoeis, and is years when similar predictions were
An examination of the law governing
000,000 insurance now, $600,000 more ready to proeecute all he can find.
made, tbe yield tarned ont reasonably
the exeention of death sentences, whjcb
than his father, but not as much as
good.
V
was passed by the last legislature, re
K ing Edward of England.
WORK QANG RUN DOWN.
Sheep Shearing lu Umatilla. ~
veals the fact that Armstrong, the mur
Great Northern trainmen w ill vote
Twenty sheep shearers have arrived derer of Minnie Ensminger, at Baker
Ten Greeks and Okie American Killed in a
on a strike!
in Umatilla county from different parts City, will have to be executed in that
Kansas Smash-Up.
city, if the supreme court confirms the
Turkey is sending a vast army into
of the country, and will oommece work
judgment of the lower court, when the
Buffalo, Kan., A p iil 29. — A north
Macedonia.
at once. This number w ill be consid case comes np on appeal in May. If
stock train
Robbers held up a Burlington pas bound Missouri Pacific
erably increased within a week or ten the sentence of the court is carried out
senger train, robbing the passengers. /crashed into the rear end of • work
days, as three crews are employed in it will be the first, legal execution in
The charge against Funston has been train jnst north of this town at 7 the section around Pilot Rock during the history of Baker county, since it
found to be unworthy of further in o’clock last evening and I f men were tbe shearing season, which lasts about was organized, over 40 years ago. In
Usually there are aboot 12 the early days there was a lynching at
quiry.
killed and 26 injured, 10 of the latter 60 days.
men to a crew. These men are paid 7 Aubnrn, then the coanty seat, on
seriously
and
fonr
fatally.
A
ll
were
The Illinois legislature has turned
The canse of the and 8 ceots a hesd for shearing stock which oocasion a Chinaman was hung
down Speaker M iller and elected anoth Greeks except one.
wreck is given as misreading of orders. sheep and 16 aud 26 cents for pare-bred for murder?
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;
er man.
Some of the men
Tbe worktrain consisted of flatcars ewes and Ducks.
Fruit
Safe
at
St.
Helens.
Religious riots in France have again and a caboose, all filled with labor* rs. Average $10 per day.
Sheep will not
Orchardists at St. Helens claim
broken out. Numerous arrests are be- The men on the flatcars escaped by be sent to tbe mountains as early this
that
the prospect for a good fruit crop
lumping, but hardly a man in the ca year aa last, ae there is no scarcity of
is
excellent.
The cold weather pre
feed.
\
Tbe work train was
• President Roosevelt has left Yellow boose escaped.
vented tbe trees from budding too early,
backing
into
town
for
tbe
night
and
stone park for 8t. Louis to attend the
and the conditions are favorable for a
School Bond
Defeated,
dedication ceremonies of the exposition. running at a good speed. The heavy
B
,
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vote of 186 to
the taxpayers good yield.
freight engine did not leave the track,
Tom Johnson bae declined to become
¿t
the
Pendleton
sot
fc district de-
but plowed tbe work tram off tbe track,
a candidate for the presidential nomin
Thirty-one Seining Qronnds.
fee
ted
the
proposition
oj
issning
$26,000
leaving little of it except tbe car wheels
ation. H e prefers to see Cleveland run.
As near as can be learned, there w ill
and kindling wood. Doctors of Bnffajd, bonds to erect s new ei ht-room school
issue was not be 31 seining gronnds operated on the
A brilliant meteor was seen to pass assisted by townspeople, did heroic house. The question
overhead by citisens of Portland Friday work among the injured until tbe sc mnch the money, b^t the location of Colombia River daring the comltg sea
evening. It burst while still in view wrecking train from Neodesha and ’a the new building which the school son, a mnch larger number than ever
before, bnt as yet none of'them has
with a loud detonation.
corps of half a dozen physicians aif board had selected.
been started.
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rived.
Tbe
dead
and
injured
were
The Russian demand on Chiona is
Run of Small Fish Oood.
denounced as a breach of faith.
The taken to Coffey ville, the latter to be
Some Prison Improvements. “
Tbe
run
of fish still continues good
temporarily
cared
for
at
tbe
hospital
United States, Britain and Japan will
Superintendent James, of the state
protest. China has rejected the de there. The scene of the wreck for at Astoria for this Season of the year, penitentiary, is making a number of
and
further
up
the
river
a
number
of
several boars looked like a battlefield
mand.
improvements intended to better the
by tbe dazzling light of tbe burning large fish are being caught.
condition of the prison and make it
The commission from the Lick ob debris, with dead men strewn about
more secure. Probably no changes will
servatory which is to establish observa on tbe ground, where they lay after
Building at Reform School.
tions in Chile has arrived at Santiago. being taken from the wreck.
Plans are neatly complete for the be made in the construction of the pris
Tbe foreigners were nearly all mar new industrial schcol building which is on wall, bat it w ill be more thoroughly
..4*. Agriculture in East Prussia, as well ried and bad large families in tbe old to be erected at the state reform school guarded so as to prevent the introduc
as the sugar industry and trade, will
at a cost of from $12,000 to $16,000. tion of weapons by that means. The
suffer from the prospective German country.
number of day guards on the wall has
At tbe office of General Superintend Tbe plans will be submitted to the
Canadian tariff war.
recently been reduced by tbe transfer
ent Gonld, in Kansas City, tbe blame board of trustees by Architect?!). C.
Max Zeitier ia about to recut tbe for the wreck was placed on tbe con Lewis, of Portland, the first of next of one gnard to the shops.
great seal of . t h e United 8tates, and ductor and engineer of the construction week, and the board will^im m ediately
will be closely shadowed by secret ser train. The freight, which was a regu advertise for bids.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
t
vice men while at work in Philadel lar train, was on time and had the
Snow Deep In CaacdHes.
phia.
I
right of way.
Wheat— W a lla W alla, 709 7 le ; blue-
R.
N.
Hoover, the well-known shin
Mrs. Castro, wife of the president of
stem,
76<978c; valley, 76976c.
gle manufacturer of Detroit, says that
OBJECTS TO TW O THINQS.
Venesnela, will visit tbe United States
Barley—
Feed, $21.60 per ton; brew
snow in the Cascade mountains is deep
on her return from Paris, probably
reaching here during the oomiDg earn- Conger Protests Against Russian Demands er now than it has been before at this ing, $23.
season in the past eight years. 8honld
Floor— Beet grade, $3.9504.26; grah
Affecting Our Interests.
mer.
the' weather turn warm suddenly so as am, $$.4693.85.
Pekin, April 29.— Minister Conger to melt the snow rapidly, he believes
W . A . Shoemaker, repreeenting New
Millstnffs — Bran, $19 per ton;
York capital, proposes to give Pitts has sent a note to Prince Ching, the the Willamette river w ill be high this
middlings, $ 24; ahorta, $19.609 20.
burg, P a., filtered water, and pay the grand secretary, protesting against two year.
. —/
chop, $18.
city $600,000 a year for the ^privilege
features of Russia’s proposed Manchur
Denied i Franchise.
Oats— No. 1 white, $1.15 9 1.20;
of operating the water sy stem .-!
ian - agreement, which are considered
The Baker City council has refused gray. $1.12X91.16 per cental.
The duke of Loobat haa agreed to particularly antagonistic to American to grant a franchise to tbe Oregon Ida
Hay — Timothy, $13913.60; clover,
bear tbe entire cost of tbe work of ex interest». The note objects to China ho Central railroad company for a
$
10911
; cheat, $11912 per ton.
cavating in the island of Delos, tbe promising not to open more towns to right of way and terminal facilities to
Potatoes— Best Bnrbanks, 50c per
Greek Pompeii. It w ill coet between foreign trade, because negotiations are
enter that city. This is the proposed
sack; ordinary, 25940c per cental,
$30,000 and $40.000.
proceeding in connection
with the Seven Devils road, * company for the
grow er^ prices; Merced sweets, $39
Representatives of tbe Trigg ship American commercial treaty for the construction of which was organised
3.60 per cental.
building company, in
bankrnptcy, opening of Mnkden and Taka 8han, last fall.
} Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 11912c;
claim as assets the unfinished ernieer and it objects to promising that the
young,
13914e; hens, 12c; turkeys,
At
the
Penitentiary.
Galveston and gunboat Mohawk. They foreign employes in China shall be
live,
16917c;
dressed, 20922c; ducks,
only
Russian«.
Superintendent C. W . James, of the
are claimed also for the United States.
$797.50
per
dosen;
geese , $696.50.
Oregon
State
Penitentiary,
has
filed
his
The
United
States
withholds
expres
Tbe courts will probably have to decide
sion regarding the other demands, hut first report with tbe Secretary of State,
Cheeoe— Full cream, twins, 1 6 X 9
ownership. . v
is prepared to insist on her treaty for the quarter ending March 31, 1903. 17c; Yonng America, 17 9 17Xo;
Two Indians were killed in. a fight
rights if infractions incar.
The earnings and reoeipts of the prisen factory prices, 1 9 1 X c less.
between outlaws and a posse on the
for the quarter aggregates a total of
Batter — Fancy creamery, 22e per
lookout for smugglers, beaded by Dep
Vasquez Is Downed.
$4,436.11, and tbe expenses $7,063.82. pound; extras, 21e; dairy, 209 22X c;
uty United States Marshal Utling, in
Santo Domingo, A pril 29,— As a re
store, 16918c.
tbe Gnnsigbt country on the Mexican sult of the fighting between govern
Crook County Judge Resigns.
Eggs— 16917c per dozen.
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border of Arisona. Rangers and citi- ment forces and revolutionists here yes - Coanty Judge W . A . Booth, of
sens will reinforce the marshal, who is terday the government has abandoned Crook county, hgs tendered his resig U Mope— Choice, 18920c per poun$.
believed to be in cloe? quarters.
Wool— Valley, 12 > ¿ 9 16c; Eastern
8an Carlos and
Guida, and these nation to Governor Chamberlain. The
Oregon,
&%14Hci mohair, 86936c.
The revolution
in
Nicaragua
ia suburbs are now occupied by tbe reb resignation is to> take effect May 1.
Beef
—
Gross, cows, 3 X 9 4 e
per
els,
who
became
possessed
of
the
am
Judge
Booth
gave
no
reason
for
his
de
spreading.
-
y
’
pound; steers, 4 X 9 6 c ; dressed, 7&c.
munition, rifles and cannon left by the sire to relinquish: the office.
A number of army officers in Alaska government forces. - The fighting of
Veal— 8 9 8 X c.
are charged with corruption.
No Hop Peats In Polk.
Mutton — Gross, 7 9 7 X « psr pound;
yesterday has entirely changed the sit
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Examination Mss been made of num dressed, 899o.
uation here, and it is hoped that peace
Japanese are very angry at Russia for
L a m b s '— Gross,. 4c par pound;
will soon be restored. The hospitals erous yards in P<$k county and they ail
Hot evacuating Manchnria aa promised.
of the city are filled with the wounded. show a healthy irowth, with no pests dressed, 7 He,
Hogs— Gross, 7%7%e psr pound;
The 2666th anniversary of the found The losses sustained by the government on the vines. Tee cold weather has
dressed,» » 8 Ke.
net pat yards baip in that county.)
were heavy.
ing of Rome has been celebrated.
ceive reports op tbe suspension of tim
ber and stone land, entries
in
C a li
fornia, Oregon and Washington, and so
far as they go they confirm the order o f
snspension which was made last
fall.
There is a thorough conviction on the-
part ol the officials of the interior de
partment that many, if not most,
of
the entries under the timber act which
weie made in the Pacific Coast states
during the year 1902 were made in Hie
interest of syndicates, and the protest»
received since the issuance of the order
strengthen this conviction. Since then
not a single entry under the law in the-
atatea covered by tne order has been
allowed to go to patent without a thor
ough investigation.
There are many special agents in that
field, and the new law permitting the-
compulsory attendance of witnesses in
connection with land entry investiga
tions is expected to prove of great as
sistance to them in establishing the
validity or lack of validity of such en
tries.
In one state alone last year there was
an increase in the entries amounting to
about 140,000 seres in the coarse of
three months.
THEIR RBVENOE IS AW FU L.
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British Rout Med Mullah and Slay 2,000
of tils Followers.,
Aden, Arabia, A pril 28.— Brigadier
General Manning, after an engagement
with the Mad M nllah’s forces, has re
lieved Colonel Cobbe, near GamBurru, •
£omaliland, 45 miles west of Galadi.
About 2,000 of the M ullah’s men were
killed. Tbe British loss is not known.
The few details obtainable of the dis
aster to Colonel Plunkett’s detachment
A pril 17 show the M ullah’s forces con
sisted of 2,000 horsemen and 10,000
spearmen.
They surrounded Colonel
Plankett’s force in tbe open, and the
Somalia, after a heavy rifle fire, charged
repeatedly with their horsemen and
spearmen on a ll sides.
The British
detachment held out until its ammuni
tion was exhausted and then charged
with the bayonet, but it was ultimately
overwhelmed by weight of numbers.
The British force fought until a ll of
its officers and 170 men were killed.
Most of tbe handfol of men who reached
the camp were
wounded.
Tbe
Somali's losses are reported to have
been enormous. The M ullah’s forces
are reported to aggregate from 3,000 to-
4,000 mounted men, and about 80,000
spearmen.
JAPANBSB SPIES ARB MANY.
Fully Prepared to Blow Up Railroad which
Russia Is Fortifying.
Victoria, A pril 27.— Travelers who-
have arrived here recently from North
China, including well-posted armv offi
cers, have told of how spies of Japan
were at work in Manchnria, and of
Japanese engineers disguised as laborer»
or commercial men, who had caches of
explosives stored
at various places
along the Russian railway, ready to- 7*
blow np the line if war is declared be
tween Japan and Russia as a result of
the contretemps over Manchuria.
Russia is also reported to have been
making warlike preparations, for Jap
anese papers received by the Empress
of China tell of bow, far from evaouat-
ing Manchnria, the Russians have been
(ortifving their garrisons in differrent
sections. _________ - ■'
* W ill Fight to a Finish.
Butte, Mont., April 28.— Indications
now point to a fight to a finish between
tbe Western Union telegraph company
and the striking messengers.
Tbe
striking messengers have, in a mea ure,
dropped from view, and the straggle
now is over the recognition of the
anion, which organization tbe Western
Union officials announce will not be
recognized or treated with unde^ any
consideration.
It is stated that the
Western Union is willing to grant the
scale of wages asked by the boys, or
to employ them on a commission basis.
Alaska’s Wlrefess System.
New York,
April
28.— Engineer
Richard Plund and Assistant Engineer
Herbert C. Welby, of tbe Marconi wire
less telegraph company, left New York
today for Alaska, to complete the in
stallation there of a series of wireless
telegraph stations for the United States
signal service. The apparatus original
ly sent to Alaska in charge of Stanley
Cook, of the company at Fort Gisbon,
will be returned and the new apparatus
substituted.
Governor Under Fire.
Washington, A pril 28. — Unofficial
information received at the war depart
ment states that Governor Grant, of
Leyte province, has-been summoned to
Manila to answer complaints that have
been made against him, and that as a
consequence, he w ill resign. Graut
went to the Philippines as a captain
in the Twenty-ninth volunteer Infantry.
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