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NEWBERG GRAPHIC.
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low of tho
« I tho P u t Week,
tom , Mort
Likely to
The people of Serria take offenee at
the new king for promoting aaoasaina.
Whitelaw Reifl says the Monroe
doe trine haa been carried too far by
patirotic fervor.
Eight care broke waay at Rawlins,
W yc., and collided with a freight train.
Poor men were killed.
Ex-Representative Load, of Cali­
fornia, is placed in an unenviable posi­
tion in new poatal scandal.
A Wilmintgon, Del., mob harped a
negro at the stake to avenge an assault
upon and mnrder of a 17-year-Iod girl.
Four men were killed and another
fatally injured in a wreck on the M ia
souri Paicflc near Jefferson C ity, Mo.
Convicts in the Colorado state peni­
tentiary captured the warden’ s wife,
and using her as a shield, made a des­
perate break for liberty.
The two
leaders were killed and the rest cap
to red.
President Dias, ef Mexico, is sure to
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The sultan of Moroceo lost <1,000 men
in battle with rebels.
be renominiated.
Five men were killed in a mine ex­
plosion at BtodsDurg, N . M.
Servia is indignant over the with­
drawal 'bf the British minister.
The 1904 supreme lodge A. O. D. W.
w ill meet at Chattanooga. Tenn.
The amount of relief money received
at Heppner now totals over $8,000.
More troops have been sent to Du­
buque, Iowa, to prevent rioting by
- strikers.
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Washington, June 24. — President
Roosevelt is earning the reputation of
standing by hie friends.
Attempts
have been made several times to wean
him from some of the friends of other
days, whom it is thought ware not de­
sirable to be In eloee relatione with
him every time.
Rather vicious at­
tacks have been made upon Senator
Lodge, and Roosevelt baa been ad­
vised to have some other senator aa hia
confidante, hot e ll snch advice has
bean rejected. Vicious attacks bava
been made upon .General Leonard
Wood, and Rooaevelt haa taken occas­
ion to express hie confidence in Wood.
The same haa happened in the caae of
a doaen men of lees prominence who
are cloae to Roobveelt.
Now it is reported that the-president
intends to stand by Henry O. Payne,
postmaster general.
No pronnneia-
men to to that effect is issued from the
White House, bat those who are very
close to the president declare that
Payne is not to be removed, and the at­
tacks made upon him w ill not cause
the president to aooept his resigantion
if Payne offers it. I t is said that there
is a perfect understanding between
Roosevelt and Payne,, and chat the
president is satisfied with what his
postmaster general has done, and*1s
not going to bes tampeded by the vic­
ious attacks that have been made in
various newspapers upon Payne.
I t is expected that when the investi­
gation progresses somewhat farther
the president w ill take occasion to is-
tue a statement concerning it, giving
credit to whom doe, foi the work of in­
vestigation, and nnless something hap­
pens that is not now in sight, to com­
mand Postmaster General
Payne.
While this is quite freely discussed, it
is impossible to aay how true it is, as
the president himself refused to dis
coss the matter, and no one officially
connected with the administration will
deny or affirm the statement?.
New complications are feared in the
territory of Acre.
Smallpox Is Unheard of, but Tuberculosis
Increases Its Ravages.
Washintgon, June 24.— A oopy of
Kansas C ity, Mo., freight handlers the monthly report of Dr. C. J. Finlay,
have struck for a 26 per cent increase chief sanitary officer for the Island of
of wages.
Cabs, which haa been received at tbe
Caban legation here, contains the fol­
The Chicago University proposes to
lowing:
expend $3,000,000 for buildings and
"T b e showing for 1902 Is very satis
land for secondary schools.
factory, not only in regard to tbe com
The Spanish budget for 1904 esti­ plete exemption from yellow fever and
mates the expenditures at $193,600,- smallpox, but also in the number of
deaths from malaria and in the total
000 and the revenue at $200,000,000.
a
mortality. There haa been no small
The National Children’s Home So­ pox on the island since June, 1900, nor
ciety has re-elected all of the present yellow fever since September, 1901,
officers, and adjourned to meet at St. and tbe progress in the decrease in ma
Louis next year.
laris has continued without interrup­
tion.
"T h e condition regarding ta
Venesue’ a has nipped in the bud a
berculosis,
however, Is not so aatisfac
plot to seise the government by means
tory.
There
haa been an increase of 6
of falsified documents to be incorpor­
to 6 per cent in destlfli from that dis­
ated by oongress.
ease in each of tho years 1901 and
The Socialists of Germany have re- 1902, and at the preeent tim e the pro­
rceived congratulations from all parts of portion of deaths from that cause to
the world, especially America, on their the general mortality amounts to over
16 per cent.
victory at the polls.
Maxioo ptoposes to compel all signs
and advertisements on all walls to be
in Spanish with, if desired, transla­
tions into other languages.
The Hungarian premier has resigned
and a new cabinet w ill be formed.
The new ruler of 8ervia is shorn of
all power and is king in name only.
Warrants have been ieeued for the ar­
rest of two more persons involved in
the postal frauds.
Rioting attending a street car strike
at Dubuque, Iowa, has resulted in the
m ilitia being called out.
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NEWELL UNEARTHS BIG SCHEME IN
THE WEST.
People Are Batef Located aa Tracts
■ That Aro to Be Irrigated—las Mo la-
formatloa la
or Says It
swat Dess Net Kaew.
Washington, Jana 24.— Hydrograph-
er New ell, of tho geological survey,
who has just returned from an extend­
ed tour of the West, reports the disoov-
ery of a new and successful confidence
game that has grown up under the na­
tional irrigation law, and which is be­
ing worked in Eastern Oregon. Speak­
ing of hia disoovery Mr. Nswell said:
" I was very much disheartened
while im the West to find that associa­
tions for a consideration ranging from
$60 to $100 are advertising, by circu­
lars and otherwise, to direct bomeeeek-
ers to vacant public land, which they
allege is to b* reclaimed by the nation­
al government.
These associations
make the showing thaat they are
formed to represent homeseekers, and
propose to give them inside informa­
tion. They have no inside informa­
tion. They do not know what lands
tbe government intends to imgwte, for
no one knows, not even tbe depart­
ment. They are. simply defrauding tbe
people.
"T h e y are sending people onto lands
that w ill never be irrigated, either by
the government or private enterprise,
end I know of instances where these
associations have sent people on to lands
on hillsidas, which oonld not possibly
be irrigated.
" I want to «temp these associations
as frauds and to warn all homoseekdrs
to avoid them. One o f these companies
has headquarters at Omaha, and an­
other at Pendleton, Or., bat their oper­
ations extend over the entire arid
NAVY WANTS PRECEDENT.
Wert, and they are pretending to give
inside information concerning arid
Tying Up of Oalveatoa by Creditors Psvos landd in every state.’ 1-*1
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tho W ay for TrooMo on Other Ships.
Washington, Jane 24. — Attorney
A tunnel being constructed at Boston General Knox had prepared today s
caved in, killing two men and fatally stipulation in the natnre of a bond
injuring a third. . •
which, w ill be filed with Jugde Grin-
One man was killed and another in­ nan, of the Chancrey Court of Rich­
jured in Arisona in a dispute over cat­ mond, practically the Government’ s in­
terest in the cruiser Galveston. This
tle grating grounds.
stipulation or bond, it is asserted, w ill
When Prinoe Henry of Prussia visits
more than cover the claims of the cred­
the United States next year he w ill also
itors agiinst the Trigg Company for
tour the Pacific coast states.
work done and material used on the
... Bolivia has agreed to allow Brasil ship. After the stipulation is filed it
a the A cts dispute. is believed that Judge Gxianan w ill
oake Immediately release the amp to the
shocks, but no greet damage was done. government.
I t was learned at the navy depart­
The bead camp of Modern Woodmen ment today that far greater interests
has refused to admit Texas and New are involved in the decision of the
Mexico.
question of the possession of the cruis­
. 4 Robbers secured $300 in cash and ers Galveston and Chattanooga tljan
$200 in stamps by cracking the Colfax, are represented by the actual cash val­
ue of those boats.
It-is regarded as
III., postoffioe safe.
absolutely esaential at this stage to ee-
Careless smoking by miners in a Twi- tabliah a sound precedent and deter­
light, Pa., powder house caused ayiex-
mine the question of title to war ves­
plosion which resulted fatally to three sels under construction, in order to pro­
Blavs.
tect the government’ s interests in the
A Connecticut court has made an ownetsbip of «at least a doaen ships, in­
order which will make it possible for cluding battleships worth nearly $6,-
the final link in the New York-Boaton 000,000, each. . Separate action w ill be
taken in tbe case of the Chattanooga,
■ trolley line to be completed.
building at Ellxabetbport, and it is
Mrs. Sam Bailey, of St. Louis, and
therefore provable that no fnrtbor de­
-daughter and son were mysteriously
lays w ill be encountered in the comple­
.murdered. They were poor, and a
tion of the Galvseton and the Chatta­
motive for the crime la hard to find.
nooga, whila any show of. force or ddr
The 11th Eastern conference of the ess on the part of the National govern'
Young Women’ s Christian Association mnet w ill be avoided.
w ill be held under the auspices of the
CUBA FREE OP YELLOW JACK.
American ermmittee at Silver Bay on
Lake George, June 26-July 20.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
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BIG LAND FRAUD
PAYNE IS SAFB.
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W ILL REBUILD AT ONCE.
Leading Cltizons Announce Plans—Panda
Needed for Cleaning Up.
Heppner, June 24.— Standing on the
streets and fusing «»ver towards the
bills, one can nee dosens of tents, where
tbe destitute and homeless have found
quiet and rest. Banker C. A . Rhea
expressed his intention of-building sev­
eral residences just as soon as building
material can be brought in.
J. L.
Natter and Botehers expact to hnild
brick business nouses on the east side
of Main street.
Already tbe people are thinking and
talking of rebuilding on a better and
more substantial plan. W. O. Minor
w ill rebuild his dwelling on his stock
form one mile awsy on Willow creek,
bnt w ill not rebuild his town residence
until later. Both houses were swept
away.
Mayor Gilliam and the executive re­
lief committee decided to renew the ap­
peal for additional for additional foods
from Portland and tbe Northwest coun­
try. The total payroll.is now $1,620
daily, with a large portion of the $20,-
000 that has beta contributed already
paid out. The total loss of property
w ill not be I sm than $360,000 upon a
conservative bapis.
DREDGE ABOUT READY FOR WORK.
Grant W ill Begin Operations oc
bln In About a Month.
Coluto
Washington, Juna . 24.— From ad
vices received by the chief of engineers
today, it is believed that the pumps
for the converted transport Grant w ill
be completed and ready for shipment
abont tbo end of Jane.
The contract­
ing firm in Baltimore has secured a
perfect casting for the huge cylinder,
and tbe rest of tbe pomp i r ready for
assembling. Tba work of remodeling
the Grant, so as to fit it for nse as a
sea dredge, is more than thiee-fourths
completed at tbe Mare Island navy
yard, and if tbs present progress is not
interrupted, th f ship w ill be ready to
commence operations on tbe Colombia
river bar not liter than tba first of
August, and possibly before.
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Pay for Dishonor.
Belgrade, June 24.— Tbe promotions
are announced of various members of
tbe m ilitary deputation to King Poter
at Genevra.
Colonel Popoivlcs, of
tbe late King Alexander’ s palace guard,
is created a General and First Aid-de-
Camp to King Peter; Captain Lloy-
sties, who opened tbe palace gates for
tbe assassins of 'ho late king and
queen, is promoAed to be a major, and
Lieutenant Gronica, who was on'guard
Miners Scalded by Steam.
ootside tbe pas ice on tbe nigbt of the
Tamaqua, Pa., Jana 24.— As a result assassinations, and who was a confident
of two d isastm which followed close of tbe conspirators, Is made a captain.
upon one another in tbe No. 4 and No.
8 cloleriee of tho Lehigh coal and navi­
#lectfoa Left to People.
gation company, in the Panther creek
Jackson, MI m ., June 24.— Tbe state
valley, three men are dead, one is dying board of election commissioners today
and five others are seriously injured, ordered a state primary slectlon to be
uste last night, while a force of men held on August 6. This action means
were fighting a mine fire, the action of that the next United States senator
the water on the burning coal and rock from MiMissippi w ill be chosen by pop­
generated a large body of steam, which ular ballot. 8enator Money, tbe pres­
rushed down the gangway, scalding a ent incumbent, and Governor Longino
party of seven men, who were msnnlng are candidates, and are nowAroeeCut-
the fire hose.
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TO TAN ANA BY RAIL.
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; Chicago, Juna 23.— Tbe gold output
of Alaska, now $80,000,000 per year,
w ill bo greatly increased by the early
building of a new railroad from the
southern coast of Resurrection bay
northward to the Tanana river, definite
announcement of which was made here
today. The Reward construction uom-
pany, of Chicago, has secured ibe con
tract of the buildiug and equipping of
413 miles of Alaska Central railway,
from Resurrection bay
northward
ttuough tba Cook inlet country and np
to the Suahitna valley to tbe Tanana
river, 160 milaa above its junction
with tho Yukon. *
Tho 00 m pan y haa placed an order for
70-pound steel rails, which w ill be
shipped via 8uattie and Vancouver.
Locomotives and oars have, also been
secured, and w ill be forwarded w ith
the rails. Genstru tion must start be­
fore July 16, and be pushed with all
poi-sible speed. The new railway ia
projected by prominent men e f the
Pacific ooaat. The headquarters are at
Seattla pad the Unsocial office la in
Gbh ago.
The terminal of tho Alaska Central
is open every day of tbe year.
Owing
to the influence of the Japanese cur­
rent, the weather there . never tails to
sero in winter weather. The route of
the railway, which was surveyed last
summer, is through a valley' heavily
timbered, and opens a vast country rich
in gold and copper. -The northern
terminus is ip the midst of the new
Tanana gold fields, many times more
extensive than the Klondike. The road
w ill make interior Alaska accessible
every day in the year and save three
weeks of travel now necessary to inter­
ior points by tho circuitous routes up
tbe Yukon river.
The projectors say
that the building of the Ataaka Central
w ill increase the gold production of
Alaska from tbe present output of $30,-
000,000 to $ 200 , 000 ,000, and attract
an increased immigration of soores of
thousands.
In addition to the resources of gold,
coal and timber, the new - railroad w ill
penetrate a copper belt, which has
been pronouneed by government and
private mineralogists to contain the
most extensive and highest grade cop­
per deposits known in the world.
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ENTRY IS ESTOPPED.
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Nearly Two Million Acres Withdrawn la
Harney and Malheur Counties, Or.
Washington, June 23.— On the re­
commendation of irrigation engineers
of the geological survey, who have been
examining proposed irrigation sites in
Southern Eastern Oregon, the secre­
tary of tba interior has ordered the
temporary withdrawal of 1,080,000
acres of land lying in Harney valley,
along the S ilv e r liver, and along tbs
Malheur river iu Malheur county.
The engineers who have been in the
field since early spring, are oonvinoed
that in both of these io alities tbe gov­
ernment can well afford to undertake
the construction of storage reservoirs,
with a view of reclaiming large area«
of fertile bnt dry lands.
The engineers tonvinced themselves
from preliminary examinations that
the Silvies and Maibenr rivers afford
plenty of water to irriagte considerable
arena. Now that the lands have peen
withdrawn, thev will hereafter be ex­
amined in detail to determine jnst bow
great an acreage can be irrigated at
reasonable cost, by impounding the
waters of these two streams.
Tbe Harney valley project, lying
southwest of Borns and north and east
of Lake Malhenr, embraces «22,080
acres, as follows: Townships 22 to 26,
ranges 31, 3 and 83; township 22, R
32 S ; townships 23, 24 and 26, ranges
32H. 83 and 34; township 26, ranges
33 and 34, all south and east.
The Malhenr river project proper em­
braces about 416,000 acres lying on
either side off tbe Malhenr river and
around tbe town of Vale, extending
from the 8nake river westerly half way
across. In addition there has been
withdrawn 61,000 acres lying jnst west
of this main tract, and directly oa tbe
liver, which is to be utilised ea «re s er­
voir site.
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The main Malheur withdrawal in­
cludes township 16, range 46; town­
ship 17, ranges 44, 46 and 46; town­
ship 18, Pangea 43. 44, 46 and 46;
township 19, range 43;
fractional
townships 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, range
47, lying west of the Snake river;
township 16, range 48, all eonth and
aast.
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Canada Rises to Pretest.
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GLOOM IS HEAVY
HEPPNER SLOWLY RECOVERING PROM
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EFFECTS OP FLOOD.“
City Officials Work
W ill Hnlorco Mar
Needs are Money, Supplies
lafectanta—Rebel Money C
Prem All Parts ef tbe
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Heppner, Or., June 1$.— Heppner
needs money, provisions and ' disin­
fectants above all else. Money is want-J
ed to pay men who are cleaning up
the town, provisions are required, t a
feed them, and disinfectants are es­
sential to good sanitary conditions..
The warm sun is already raising of­
fensive odors on the scene o f the dis­
aster. In two or three days more
Identification of dead bodies w ill grow
rapidly mora difficult In that time-
the victims o f the flood w ill be picked,
from the wreckage In the town. It Is
believed that many bodies were born*
far down W illow Creek. Their recov­
ery w ill not be so easy as In the town, 1
and a large number may never be
found. There are high piles of drift,
at various places down the creek ia
which bodiee undoubtedly are col­
lected. Thieves have been pilfering
the dead and the wreckage, and the-
authorities w ill take stringent precau­
tions against the ghoulish practices
tomorrow. They are under ordefs ta
shoot down any thief, but they fear
t o . do so tor fear of killing an Inno­
cent person In among the
many
strangers.
“ W e’re going to enforce martial
law,” declared Sheriff Shutt tonight.
E very able bodied man must go ta
woyk or get out o f town. The sherifT
has sworn In over 30 deputies, and
with the aid o f several marshals, main­
tains good order: The presence o f
many strangers In town makes law-
abiding citizens apprehensive.
The
town is in breathless haste to destroy
the unsanitary elements that are
springing up.
“ W e ’ve got
men
enough,” says
Mayor Gilliam, “ and don’t need any
more. W hat we need above all things
are money and food to keep them a t
work. W e have many cases of ab­
ject destitution, in which large fami­
lies have lost a father or a mother
and all their worldly possessions. W e
must-clean up our city, but It is a stu­
pendous Job. This endeavor is owing
to the living and the dead. W e es­
teem highly the material evidence o f
sympathy from other towns.”
R elief money nas been received
from La Grande, Hood River, Shanlko.
Portland, Athena and the
Elks
amounting to $1247. J. N. Teal ar­
rived from Portland today as an agent
o f relief. W ith him came 109 men,
who will be paid $2.60 per day. About
half that number o f men w ill arrive
from Pendleton tomorrow. The Port­
land men have Sr camp back o f tne
town where they have erected O. N.
G. tents and messing tables.
MBRGBR PLANS OP BANKS.
New York Institution is to lucre
Capital to $28,000,000.
Its
N ew York, June 19.— Details of the
deal by which it Is proposed to merge
the Western National Bank Into the
Nation Bank of Commerce were made
public today. Under the consolidation
the! capital stock of the Bank o f Com­
merce w ill be increased from $10,000,-
000 to $26,000,000 by the issuance o f
160,000 additional shares, 126,000 o f
which w ill be used to acquire the
Western National after that bank haa
increased its capital to $12,600,000.
Following the acquisition o f the
Western National a dividend o f at
least 50 per cent w ill be paid to hold­
ers of Bank o f .Commerce stock.
Twenty-five thousand shares o f the
new stock w ill be offered to Bank o f
Commerce shareholders to the extent
of 26 per cent of their holdings on the
date named at $140 per share.
Tbe directors o f the consolidated
bank w ill be Increased so' as to em­
brace the directors o f both institu­
tions. It Is understood that Valen­
tine P. Snyder, president o f the W est­
ern National Bank, w ill he selected
for the presidency o f the consolidated
bank.
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Peonage Must Cease.
~ Washington,
June
19.— United
States Attorney Reese, o f Montgom­
ery, Ala., was at the Department o f
Justice today ip response to a re­
quest from Attorney-General
Knox,
who wished to confer with him in re­
gard to the progress o f the prosecu­
tion of persons In Alabama for peon­
age. Although the Attorney-General
ia not. disposed to discuss for publica­
tion, the status o f the cases, it Is
known that a large number o f cases
are now under Investigation and that
in addition to the arrests already
made, warrants w ill soon be Issued
for a still larger numb« r.
Osewgo, N. Y ., June 23.— Tbe visit
of Secretary of War Root to this city
and tho announcement of plans for tbe
rebuilding of historic Fort Ontario and
its conversion into a battalion post have
been the subject of unfavorable com­
ment by tbe Canadian press. An Ot­
tawa paper says "T h a t fort can only
have one object— the protection of tbe
harbor in case of war with Canada and
tba providing of a stronghold from
which vessels of war can issue to prey
Switzerland Votes Money for Guns.
upon Canadian lake commerce and
Berne, Switzerland, June 19.— The
cities.’ ’
National Council today, by 97 to 2
votes, granted a credit of $4,840,000 to
Venezuela Pays Oennaay.
arm the 72 batteries of four guns
Caracas, Jane 23.— Tbe Venesuelan each of the Swiss Field Artillery with
government has paid to Germany $60,- the new'' Krupp 7.5 centimeter pneu­
000 doe this month as stipulated in tbe matic recoiling guns, and to provide
protocol in partial liquidation of the 800 rbuhds o f ammunition for each
gun.
German claims against Venesuela.
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