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OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Review of toe Inport-
of too P u t W eek,
Form, Most
Presented la
Interesting.
Likely to Pi
Portland laundry men hare locked oat
their employee.
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Russia expects war with China and is
preparing for it.
Nearly 500 tenants were evicted in
the New York tenement district May. l.
Fifty half-naked Doukhobors are on
a "search for Jesus,” near basakatoon,
N. W. T.
The Merchants state bank at Free
man, 8. D., was raided by robbers.
They secured about $3,000 and escaped.
The sixtieth
anniversary.- of tbe
founding of civil government on the
Pacific coast was celebrated at Cham-
poeg, Oregon, May 2.
John Firman, 25 years old, living at
' Paterson, N. J., has two hearts beating
in his own breast. He is a fine speci
men of physical manhood and constant-
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Bid COAL POOL FORMINO.
SPARK STARTS EXPLOSION.
Oates and Frick are After Lands of tbe
Choctaw Indiana.
Four Persona Killed and Many Injured at
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Cleveland.
8outh McAlester, I. T., May 6.— Big
financiers of the East, headed by H. C,
Frick, of Pittsburg, and John W.
Gates, of Chicago, are forming a pool
to get possession of all the coal lands
in the Choctaw nation.
There are
440,000 acres in the Choctaw nation,
which will be sold at public auction
and the proceeds divided among the
Choctaws according to the act of con
gress. The price agreed upon by the
Frick-Gates syndicate is $26 per acre.
It is not the intention of the syndi
cate to disturb the present mining
companies, either large or small, or
their coal leases. 'All that the Eastern
financiers want is tbe undeveloped coal
lands. They will let the companies
pow mining coal boy the land covered
by their leases, but no mere. If some
of the independent mining concerns
are not able to buy the land which they
now have leased the syndicate will buy
it for them and allow them to operate
it on a royalty of 8 cents a ton, as they
are now paying the Indians.
Some of the men in the syndicate
will purchase the land for development,
qrbile others will hold it for speculative
purposes. Frick is to get the land
along tbe Fort Smith & Western rail
road, which he owns.
Gates wants a
tract of land in tbe eastern part of the
Choctaw country, which carries a qual
ity of coal especially suited for coking
purposes. George Gould is to get a
large tract 'in the vicinity of bouth
Mac A tester.
A bell cast by Paal Revere, that bad
been in constant use since its making
is being recast at Troy N. Y. Tbe
Leominster Congregational cbnrcb, in
HAWAII IS CRITICISED.
the beMry of which it hung, was burned
a short time ago.
Expert on Leprosy Holds Its Treatment
of Disease All Wrong.
Turkey has proclaimed martial law
in Balonica.
Honblulu, May 6.— The legislative
committee
which visited the leper set
An earthquake in Chile caused heavy
tlement haB made its report, submitting
property loss.
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with its onw findings a long and sensa
Postmaster General Payne has un tional statement made oy Dr. A. L.
earthed a scandal in the Washington Alvarez, a physician, whe went to
office.
Molôkai with the committee as expert.
Labor troubles are seriously affecting The doctor very severely criticises
business in many of the cities through Hawaii’ s system of segregation and
makes the statement that out of 21
out the United States.
supposed lepers examined by him somd
Six passengers were injured in a col time ago 16 were entirely free from the
lision between an electric car and a disease and should be at liberty. The
Lake Shore train in Chicago.
segregation I system, the report says,
Fruit and garden truck in the Arkaan- leads those who have leprosy and .their
, sas valley, Colorado, have been serious- relatives to conceal the fact, in order
* ly damaged by irost. The loss is esti that they may avoid being sent to
Molokai.
Dr: Alvarez approves tbe
mated at more than $500,000.
system
o<’
segregation
vogue in Nor
W. J. Peters, an experienced geo
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grapher and scientist, will be sent by
The legislative committee recom
the National geographical. society with
mends tbe establishment of a large
the Zeigler Arctic expedition.
hospital on the island of Oahu, and the
Forty persons have been arrested fol employment of Dr. Alvarez as physi
lowing the robbery of the Wells, Fargo cian in charge. It is also 'recommend
express company at Silao, Mexico, of ed that a medical commission be se
$42,000. All but $11,000 was recov cured to go to the settlement and ex
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amine all tbe doubtful cases, releasing
Over two olocks of buildings in West those who have not the disease.
'" 'P o i n t , Va., tbe York river terminus of
POLICE TO SCBNE OF STRIKE.
tne Southern railway, a r i r i v ashes as
the result of a fire of unknown origin.
Italian Workmen on New York Subway
The lose is $126,000.
Regulations in regard to matches in
Now York now provide that, no one
without a license can sell or give them
away. Retailers may not sell more
than 1,000 in a box. The splints must
be strong, and the heads must not fly
eff.
A train on the Panhandle railroad
was derailed at tbe crossing of the Bal
timore A Ohic hear Columbus, O
Baggagemaster John Gallagher, of
Xenia, James Moran, fireman, of Cin
cinnati, and Charles Keck, engineer,
also of Cincinnati* were severely in
jured.
Rebels in Turkey are fighting with
bombs, blowing up everything within
their reach.
Secretary of tbe Navy Moody will
visit the coast with President Roose
velt and inspect naval stations.
Two masked robbers secured a pack
age containing $10,000 from thejUnited
State« express agent'-at Britt, Iowa,
near Dee Moines.
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Become Demonstrative.
New York, May 6.— The strike of
Italian rock drillers and diggers took a
more serious turn in the Bronx today,
60 policemen being sent to keep order
along tbe excavation for water mains
where men are working in the strikers
places. The police were picxeted along
the excavation and all Italians near it
and not working were ordered to move.
Bands of Italians, however, marched by
and shouted harshly at the men in
their places.
Agent Landau, of the Italian labor
nnion, said there were 16,000 men on
strike in this city, and that all work in
tbe Bronx would be stopped.
A big box of explosives, which was
in a shanty for the excavating work in
the Bronx, was ordered buried by tbe
police, and two vuards were etationed
near to watch it.
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Encouraged by the action of the Cen
tral Federated nnion in endorsing their
demands, the laborers employed on the
subway remained on strike today and
tbe tie-up of work was complete.
The powder works at ’ flollidsysburg,
TURTLE MOUNTAIN SLIDINQ.
Pa., wao wrecked by an explosion.
Nine persons were killed outright and
River Completely Dammed by Rocks and
20 others injured, several fatally.
Flood la Feared.
Between 70 and 80 naval recruits
Blairmere, N. W. T., May 6.— Small
have plaoed in double irons atT Boston slides have been coming down from
as the result of a mutiny which broke Turtle mountain at intervals during the
•at on the receiving ship Wabash.
past 36 hours. This morning at day-
The dead at Frank, Canada, from tbe oreak the largest rock slide since the
landslide now number 63, and-this first disastrous one occurred and caused
number may be increased. Slides con much uneasiness among the ¿handful of
officials left in Frank. Thoee who had
tinue and rescue work is very slow.
portable property began to remove it
Forest fires in Pennsylvania have this morning, bnt when the big slide
caused great loss of life and propertj. came they fled precipitately.
Govern
Watsonville and Simpson have both ment engineers went to the mountain
been entirely wiped out by the flames. thia afternoon to mark out blasting
Simpson is in the oil region.
spots and clear off the loose rock.
Renewed fears of a flood have been
A party of five Americans and. five caused by the unexpected riae of the
Japanese were attacked by Chinese 60
river. Rain is predicted, and with the
miles from Canton.
They barricaded river still practically dammed by rocks,
themselves in a temple and were later a flood now would be disastrous.
rescued by Chinese troops.
Irving M. 8cott, of flan Francisco,
builder of the battleship Oregon, is
.dead.
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William R. Hearst, pf newspaper
fame, was man led in New York to Miss
MiUicent Wilson.
Shanghai Negotiations Suspended.
Pekin, May 6.—Tbe negotiations at
Shanghai for-American and Japanese
commercial treaties have b»en suspend
ed. They will be continued here in a
fortnight. The principal question still
remaining to be settled is the tariff.
A movement is on foot in Portland to Tbe Japanese treaty, like tbe American
organise an association of employers to treaty, provides for the opening to
trade of Manchurian towns.
resist growing power of anions.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
want
high
FOR A QREAT STATE FAIR.
p r ic e s .
narlOB County Fruit and Wool Men Or Larger Appropriations for Agricultural
Premiums—Interest Increasing.
ganize Union» for Mutual Benefit.
The state fair thia fall will mean
Union gjaoog producers to compel
mure
to Oregon as an advertising medi
competition among buyers was the
watchword at tbe meetings of fruit um than it ever has before. The large
growers and woolgrowers in Salem last immigration now coming to this state
Saturday. The producers propose to gives the people of the different sections
stand together for their mutual benefit of Oregon an opportunity to represent
and to compel buyers to bid against their resources and advantages to a
each 'other for tbe produce they have to large number of new-comers at compar
sell. To secure the highest price the atively little cost. A majority of those
market will warrant is the purpose, who come to the coast seeking new
and those who are identified with the homes do not in vest-¿until after they
unions feel confident of a successful have spent several weeks or even
Their desire
outcome of the co-operative movement. months looking arcund.
About 50 earners of eheep met and is to find the looality that will suit
organized the Marion connty woolgrow their individual preferences and occu
ers’ association.
A sales committee pations best. Through the annual state
waa appointed. Committees were also fair it will be possible to present, in an
appointed to draft resolutions as a basis attractive form, information regarding
for the organization and to prepare a the industries of every county in the
constitution. A large committee, com state, and by visiting the fair, strang
will learn more about the different
posed of residents of different parts of ers 1
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tha county, will be appointed to solicit localities than they could in any other
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The last legislature ‘ increased the
The Salem fruitgrowers’ union, which
state fair appropriation from $8,000 a
was organised last year, held a meet
year to $10,000, and it is provided that
ing to discuss tbe methods of disposing all this sum must be offered and award
o f this year’s crap of berries and cher ed as premiums for agricultural and
ries. It was tbe genera) opinion that other industrial products. Tbe increase
competition mast govern thepricea, but in th6 appropriation for premiums is
sufficient to make it certain that if the
after the early fruit has been disposed season be favorable to crops, this year’ s
of the 8alem cannery will be given the fair will be ahead of anything yet had.
preference at the same price that shall
be offered by shippers.
Big Mills Start Up.
The growers were a unit in voicing
The
big
planing
mill, and eash and
their ioyalty to the cannery and assert
door
factory
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Williams
Bros. & Ken
ed their intention to give the cannery
dall,
in
Grants
Pass,
have
began opera
ieir patronge, provided that the pro
prietor would meet the prices of ship tions. While not all ¿of the machinery
pers. Rome of the early fruit will be has been installed, enough is in place
shipped freeh, while the prices are to allow work to begin that the owners
high, Dut after that the fruit will bo of the mills may mgihB a start on tbe
offered to the cannery in preference to long list of orders for bnjMfttg material
These mills are
shipping fresh, the price being the they have on hand.
the
second
in
size
of
their
class on the
same or better. An earnest desire for
Pacific
coast.
They
contain
over 30
the snccese of tbe cannery was ex
machines
of
various
kinds,
up-to-date
pressed by many, for the reason that
this enterprise tarnishes a market for and of the best pattern, for cutting
the frnit and prevents a glut in the and finishing all grades.
local market. A determination to pro
Government Surveyors at Albany.
duce a better quality of fruit was also
A government surveying party, con
expressed.
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sisting of 0 . H. Sender, C. P. Jones,
A. D. Patterson, Frank Neei and Ray
POWER FROM SISKIYOUS.
Telford, is in Albany preparing to make
Harnessed Streams w ill Qlve Light and a survey of that part of the valley.
The survey is for a general topograph
Motion to Southern Oregon Cities.
ical map, and lines will be ran out
An agreement for the sale of the en from Albany in all directions 224 feet
tire plant and equipment of the Ash above the sea level.
land electric power and light company
Fast Cutting too Timber.
to the Siskiyou electric power and light
Van Honten A Messenger have re
'company has been entered into between
ceived the machinery for a new saw
representtaives of the two companies.
mill, to be erected in tbe timber east of
The California company, it is under Union with a capacity of 20,000 feet
stood, takes over tbe entire stock of the per day. A number o f otner mills are
local company and pays a substantial going in, and within a month it is esti
mated there will be eight sawmills in
premium over tbe face value for it.
operation near that city.
The California company is developing
extensive power on Fall creek and
Varney Cannot Be President.
Klamath .river on the south side of the
Rev. George R. Varney has sent a
Siskiyou moon tains which will he note to the board of trustees of tbe
transmitted across tbe mountainsto the McMinnville college, refusing to allow
valley, supplying mines and small his name to be used as a successor of
towns on the way with light .‘ and pow President Boardman. Mr. Varney bad
er, including the towns of Klamatbon previously been elected pastor of tbe
and Hornbrook and a number of quartz New Whatcom Baptist church, which
mills in that vicinity.
refused to release him.
Tbe Churchill Bros.,¿»ankers, of Sis
kiyou county, and Alex Rosen borough,
PORTLAND MARKETS.
of Oakland, Cal., are tbe controling in
fluences in the new company, and they
claim to have available in the waters
Wheat— Walla Walla, 70£71c; bin#-
of Fall creek and Klamath river total stem, 75@78c; valley, 75g76c.
horsepower resources of 22,000 which
Barley— Feed, $21.60 per.ton; brew
it is proposed to develop and With it
ing,
$23.
promote electric railways and manu
Floor—
Best grade, $3.9504.25; grah
facturing enterprises throughout South
am, $8.46(5*3.86.
ern Oregon and Northern California.
Millstnffs — Bran, $19 per ton;
Desire Better Train Service.
middlings, $ 24; short«, $19.50020,
The matter’ of train aervice, which chop, $18.
has been agitated considerably by Cor
Oats— No. 1 white, $1.15 O 1-90;
vallis, Independence, Amity, McCoy, gray, $1.12^ 01-16 per eental.
McMinnville and Monmouth, is again
Hay — Timothy, $18018.50; clover,
being taken up.
Tbe matter will be $10011; cheat, $11012 per ton.
brought before tbe officers at San Fran
Potatoes— Best Bar banks, 60c per
cisco.
sack; ordinary, 26#40c per eental,
growers’ priees; Merced sweets, $SO
Strike In Bohemia Mine.
3.60 per cental.
The Crystal consolidated mining
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 11012c;
company, of Cottage Grove, is in re
ceipt of information from Bohemia that yonng, 13014c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
a four foot vein of base Ore has just live, 16017c; dressed, 20O22c; (ducks,
$707.60 per doaen; geeee, $6Q6.50.
been struck in its lower tunnel.
Cheese—Fqll cream, twins, 16M 9
Outfitting at Eugene.
17c; Young America, 17 O 17M«1
Colonel A. B. French, of tbe coast factory priees, l& lM c less.
geodetic and goorgaphical survey, is
Batter — Fancy creamery, 22« per
new in Eugene making preparations pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 20022)*o;
and outfitting for a trip to the regions store, 16018«.
of the Blue river and Bohemia mines,
Eggs— 16017c per dosen.
where he will make some surveys for
Hop#— Choice, 18020c per pound.
the government. He will have 20 to
Wool—Valley, 12 >¿0*16c;
25 men in his party.
Oregon, 8Q 14M «; mohair, 86036c.
River Strikers W on at La Qmnde r
. Beef — Gross, cows, 3M 3 4 c per
The striking river drivers have again pound; steers, 4 M « 6 c ; dressed, 7Mc.
Veal— 8 0 8 Mo.
gone to work, having won their terms
from Manager Morphy, of the Grande
Mutton — Gross, 7<§7Mo per pound;
Ronde lumber company. They are to dressed, 809c.
have $3.60 per day and board and lose
lAunbe — Gross, 4c per pound:
no time. They will also receive wages drtoasd* 7Mo.
and expenses for the six days of the
Hogs Grass, 7(17Me per pound;
dressed ,6 0 8 Me.
strike spent in town.
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- Cleveland, O., May 5.— An explosion >
that caused death and destruction oc
curred in the torpedo plant of the Thor
manufacturing company at 647 Orango-
street thia afternoon.
Thns far fo n r ,
persons are dead, while "27 others are
lying in hospital«, some fatally and
others more or less seriously injured.
The Thor manufacturing company is
engaged in the manufacture of toy tor
pedo canes and other exploeives. The
company was in the midst of its busiest
season, and extra girla were being em
ployed.
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The force of the explosion waa tre
mendous, and windows within a radio»
of a quarter of a mile were broken. In
a bouse on Orange street next to tbe
factory lived Maurice Ooben, his wife
and eight children. With the collapse
of the house simultanoeualy with the
explosion tne woman and four children
were caught in the falling partition»
and all were horribly bruised.
A ll
were taken out unconscious. Three of
this family are dead.
The fire which caused the explosion
oiiginated in a peculiar manner. The
torpedo caps are filled in melds and
there is constant danger of some loose
powder, supposed to be fulminate of
mercury, dropping on the floor. For
this reason the girl« and boys who are
employed in the factory are compelled'
tc remove their shoe» while at work ao
as to avoid striking sparks.
The ex
plosion was due to the frolicsome pro
pensities of a new girl, who* had been
employed at the plant leAs than a week.
Some of the girla h*d their shoes on
at the lunch boar, and one playfully
shoved another.
As the girl slid
along the floor her shoes struck a spark
in some loose powder. Instantly the
floor was aolaze.
Tbe flames were
easily subdued by tbe firemen after
the explosion, as there was n oth in g -
left of tbe factory but a pile of debris.
The property loss will not exceed
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NEW MAP OF ALASKA.
Government Publishes First Contour nap
W ith Recent Data.
Washington, May 5.— A new map oi
Aaska on a scale of 40 miles to the inch
has just been completed by tbe United
States geological survey. It is the first
oootour map of Alaska yet made, the
reief being shown by contour lines rep
resenting vertical intervals of 1,000
feet. In tbe construction of this map,
which was prepared by E. C. Barnard,
topograpner, all available information
waa need.
The maps of the United
States coast and geodetic survey, cov
ering Southeastern Alaska and the
coast were extensively utilized. With
in tbe coast line the map is based prin
cipally on surveys and reconnaissance
•naps made by the geological survey.
Other souroee of information were the
maps of the army, the navy, the reve
nue marine service and the British gov
ernment.
After all the authorative
data had been used there still remained
large areas where the topographic feat
ures had to be based upon such general
information as coaid be obtained.
The map will be printed in *.colors,
the streams, lakes and glaciers being
shown in blue, the cultural features in
black, and the contour lines in brown.
The characteristic features of Alaska
topography are well shown by the map.
At one glance one sees tbe deep river
like fiords in the southeastern part;,
the bold, almost précipitions, front
presented to tbe Noith Pacific ocean by
the St. Elias range; tbe deep interior
valleys, scarcely more than a thousand
feet above tbe sea; tbe Alaskan range,
with its culminating peek, Mount Mc
Kinley, 20,000 feet in altitude; the
great valley c f the Yukon, with its
tundras sloping to Behring sea ; the
Endicott range, dividing the Yukon
valley from the tundras sloping to the
Arctic ocean ; and ’ the great horn of
the Aleutian islands, reaching at Attu
island to the other side of the world,
in longitude 172 degrees eaBt, almost
the longitude of Auckland, New Zea
land, the latitude 53 degrees north,
being about the same as that of Liver
pool.
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Had a Bomb Factory.
Salonica, May 6. — Tbe number o f
Bulgarians killed daring the recent
dynamite riots is now estimated at 100.
A complete bomb manufacturing plant
has been discovered in a shoemaker’ s
shop, communicating by an under
ground passage with the Ottoman bank.
It is feared that tbe presence o f 't h o
three Austrian warships which have
arrived here will encourage the Bul
garians to irritate tbe Turks, who up
to the preient time have behaved
well.
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Volcano Breaks Out.
8an Francisco, May 5.— The ffanta.
Maria volcano in Guatemala has broken
out again.
The news was brought to
thia city by thé steamer 8an Juan,
which left Champerico on tbe afternoon
of April 17, the day tbe freeh «»options
is said to have taken place. Courier»
from the interior brought word (hat
the volcano bad broken out, that a.
storm of ashes waa falling and that the
inhabitant« of the surrounding country
ware panic stricken.
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