NEWBERG GRAPHIC.
CHANGING m in in o l a w s .
CHICAGO THEATERS CLOSED.
BUI Relating to Mineral Velas W itbla
Boundaries ol Placers.
■■ M . W O O D '
Washington, Jan. 6.-^-Representative
OREGON. Dixon, of Montana, has introduced a
N E WBERG
b ill to amend the laws relating to min-
j eral veins or lodes within the boun
daries of placer claims. H4 proposes
Comprehensive Review o f the Import to change section 2320 of the Revised
ant Happenings of the P u t W eek, Statutes so as to read: "T h e deputy
Presented In Condensed Form, Most mineral surveyor making a survey for
Likely to Prove Interesting.
any application under this section
shall examine and state in his field
Japan is placing large orders for coal notes whether there is within the boun
daries of such claim a vein or lode such
in Wales.
as is described in section 2320, and i f
' K ing Edward is reported to be trying
so, shall designate the location of the
to get the czar to yield to Japan.
same upon the plat to be fifed with
Roosevelt has sent a message to the such application.”
senate defending his Panama policy.
H e also proposes to change section
The conspiracy coant in the indict- 2333 by inserting the following:
“ When a vein or lode Buch as is des
ment Against Senator Dietrich has been
cribed
in section 2320 is shown by the
qaashed.
field, notes and plat filed with the ap
Fire in the Iowa state herase partially plication to exist within the boundaries
destroyed that building. The loss is of a placer claim, an application for a
placed at $500,000.
patent which does-not include an appli
“The supreme court has decided that cation for the vein or lode claim shall
Porto Ricans are not aliens and can be considered as a conclusive declara
tion that the claimant of the placer
freely enter the United States.
claim has no right of possession of the
The senate committee, by ' eight to vein or lode claim ;* but where the exis
three, has decided for confirmation of tence of a vein or lode in a placer elaim
appointment of Wood as major gen is not so shown a patent for the placer
eral.
claim shall convey all valuable min
The president has sent to the senate eral and other deposits within the
ths nominations of W illiam H . Taft to boundaries thereof.”
be secretary of war and Luke £ . W right
to be civii governor of the Philippines.
MORB UNDER BAN.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
RECORD IS COMPLET B.
EVENTS OF THE DAT
The British masses are
soul with Japan.
heart and
Princess Mathilde, one of the last of
the Napoleons, is dead.
The Washington shingle m ill com
bine expects large profits during the
Coming year.
Marine insurance companies have
made great advances on all vessels
bound for the Orient.
Horace G. Burt, presiden t of the Un
ion Pacific, has resigned. Harriman is
almost sure to succeed him.
China regards war as inevitable.
She w ill remain neutral as long as pos
sible and then side with Japan.
A scene Bhifter in the Iroquois thea
ter, Chicago, declares that the fire cur
tain raught on a reflector carelessly left
open.
The production of gold in the United
States for 1903 was $74,425,340. Of
this amount Oregon produced $1,364,-
341, Washington $434,109 and Idaho
$2,067,183.
War between Japan and Russia is
more probable than ever.
People from many cities are flocking
to Chicago in Bearch of loved ones.
The revenues for Great Britain show
a decrease of $13,497,040 for the past
nine months.
Washington officials believe the
probability of war With Columbia is
growing less.
Chicago Closes AU Public Places Save
the Churches.
Chicago, Jan. 6.— After tonight it
w ill, for some weeks at least, be prac
tically impossible to hqld a house meet
ing of any. kind in Chicago outside the
churches.
Building Commissioner
W illiam s tonight issued an order clos
ing a ll public halls, dance halls and
tamer-serein halls and all similar
places of public assemblage until inspec
tion has. shown that they are complying
with all provisions of the building
ordinance.
As there are more than 5,000 halls
in Chicago, this order w ill probably
affect as many persons as the theater
closing order. Protests were numer
ous, but the building commissioner
was inflexible. He saiaT
‘ ‘ Many of these halls are worse than
any theater in Chicago, some of them
are put up with no restrictions, such
as govern theaters, and many of them
are firetraps of the worst kind.”
i Two years ago a general inspection of
halls was made, before the commence
ment of Building Commissioner W il
liam ’s administration. Notwithstand
ing this, the commissioner declares he
w ill take no chances, and every hall
must satisfy the rqeuirements.
The
sole exemption is in favor of private
lodge halls, which do not fall in the
scope of the order.
DIVISION OF ARMY.
Fargo Squiers, eldest son of United
States Minister Squiers, was accident Departments of Columbia and California
Merged Into Pacific Division.
ally shot and killed at Havana.
San Francisco, Jan. 6.— An order
Twelve employes of the Iroquolsthea-
ter, Chicago, have been arrested on a making important changes in the army
charge of accessory to manslaughter.
organization on the Pacific coast has
Fearing he intended to flee, secret been feceived here. The order is is
service officers have rearrested John A. sued by direction of President Roose-
Benson, the California timber op
velt. upon the recommendation of the
erator.
•
general staff, approved by the secretary
• Chicago w ill station firemen at the of war, dividing the territory of the
several theaters, at their expense, and United States and its possessions into
any objection w ill cause the closing of geographical departments and divis
the place.
ions, changing existing boundary lines.
There w ill be four divisions in the
~ Sir Thomas Lipton has signified his
United
States and one in the P h ilip
willingness to donate from $500 to $1,-
000 to those in need as the result of pines. The new order of things is to
take effect January 15. Officers as
the Chicago fire.
signed to new posts must report for
To learn the land policy desired by duty'on or before that date, if they are
Oregon was the object of Roosevelt in in the United States.
sending a commission to Portland to
The division of the Pacific w ill be
attend the meeting of the national live composed o ' the department of Califor
stock association.
nia and the department of Columbia,
with headquarters at San Francisco,
On account of the theater holocaust Major-General MacArthur. w ill be in
the striking Chicago hack drivers and command of the division of the Pacific
their employers have declared a truce and retain command of the department
for 10 days. Wages and other ques of California, temporarily.
tions are not to be considered during
Brigadier-General Funston w ill be in
that time. ' >v
command of the department of the Co
Jerome Sykes, th e w ell known actor, lumbia.
is dead.
W . J. Bryan’ s European trip failed to
change his free silver views.
Roosevelt and the cabinet have con
sidered the protest of Colombia and
w ill answer it soon.
Secretary Root is conducting negoti
ations with General Reyes during the
illness of Secretary Hay. (
President Roosevelt has ordered an
inquiry into the conditions at Kishinef,
where Hebrews fear a second massacre.
Senator Fulton has shown the land
mmission that the present national
licy is working to the injury of Ore-
n.
-
.
One report says Russia is slowly mov-
g troops toward Pekin; another that
e is more w illing to make concessions
China.
The senate committee has outlined a
obable action if Senator Smoot chal-
ages the authenticity of the charges
ainat him.
MONBY IN SUQAR BEETS.
Last 9i Acts Passed by Orsnd Rei
Y
Oct $95,000 This
ter Their Predaci.
Salem— Governor Chamberlain has
La Grande— The sugar beet industry
filed the last o f the acts passed by the netted the farmers this year $95 000,
last legislature, and the record of that according to the management of the La
body at its special session is complete. Grande beet sugar fartory.
Only ten of the bills seem to have effec
The beet crop this year was greatly
tive emergency clauses. A number of in excess over the yield of 1902. The
others have emergency clauses which yield last year wag 9,000 ton# of beets,
merely declare that an emergency ex* while this year it was nearly 12,000.
ists, but under the referendum amend
As announced earlier in the season,
ment it is necessary that in order to put there were some portions of the crop
an act into effect at once the legislature which proved to be a complete failure.
must declare that the immediate pres The failure, it is said by the professors
ervation of the public peace, health or at the experimental station at Union,
safety so requires. Those acts which was due to the lack of cultivation on
contain the emergency clause such as is the part of some of the farmers. I t is
required by the referendum amend said the farmers fo lly realize how beets
ment, are marked with an asterisk. should be cultivated, but some of
A ll others w ill take effect 90 days from them were careless about their work.
December 21.
The acreage planted daring the past
summer
was much larger than the pre
Senate Bills.
vious
year.
There are more farmers
8. B. 2, Smith of Um atilla— To
entering
the
industry
now than ever be
amend charter jot Adams.
8. B. 3, Carter— To incorporate town fore in the history of the plant, and the
indications are that the acreage for
of Gold Ray.
-
8. B. 4, Dimmick— T o incroporate 1904 w ill be nearly doable that of this
year. The soil here is highly produc
Beaver H ill.
8. B. 5, Dimmick— To incorporate tive for beet raising, and excellent re
sults are obtained where proper culti
North Bend.
8. B. 6, Dimmick— T o amend charter vation is conducted.
The labor in harvesting the beets is
of Marshfield.
not
expensive, as palling is generally
8. B. 7, M iller— To amend charter of
, done by Indians and Japs. Sometimes
Lebanon.
8 B. 8, Wade— To provide for dep white labor is employed, but this year
uty district attorneys in eighth district. it was scarce.
8. B. 9, Smith of Y am h ill— To fix | The management of the factory rea-
I lizee a large profit from the sugar man-
salary of judge of Lincoln county.
8. B. 14, Carter— To amend law pro : nfactnred. The management says one
ton of beets w ill produce 240 pounds of
hibiting killing of elk.
8. B. 17, Rand— Correcting law re- sngar. Thus the 12,000 tons produced
lating to executions at penitentiary. * 288,000 sacks of 100 pounds each.
8. B. 18, Pierce— F ixing iim e to give This sugar was sold at 5 cents per
pound, making a gross output of$144,-
notice of tax levies in 1904. • .
8. B. 19, Raqd, Fixing time of hold- 000
m g c i rcuit court in ninth district.
LAWBRBAKBRS OBT THB BIRDS.
8. B. 21, Marsters— Appropriating
$2,500 for Soldiers’ home.
8. B. 22, Carter— Placing lim it of 10 Lam Sportsmen Do Net Believe Law
W ill Be B ffectlr«.
per cent on interest on tax sales.
8. B. 23, Brownell— T o prevent as
Eugene— The new law enacted by
signees from bringing suits to recover ; the special session of the legislature,
recorders’ fees. *
I prohibiting the killing of Denny pheas-
8. B. 25, Tuttle— To amend charter ants for the next two years, is the sub
of Seaside.
ject of much comment in.this vicinity,
8. B. 26, Mulkey— Granting life d i especially among sportsmen. The law
plomas in certain instances.
does not appear to meet with favor.
8. B. 27, Wehrung, by request— Pro
The argument is advanced that it
viding or condemnation of water rights. has not been the shooting of these birds
House Bills.
lawfully that has been the means of re
H . B. 1, K ay— To repeal the tax law ducing their numbers, and that if the
old law had been rigidly enforced there
of 1903. *
H . B. 2, Kay— Tb re-enact the old would have been no occasion for farther
restrictions.
tax law. •
H . B. 8,- Carnahan— To correct the
Coming Events.
law relating to recorders’ fees. *
H . B. 15, Adams— Amending charter
Northwest fruitgrowers’ association,
of Athena.
Portland, Jannary 11-13.
H . B. 16, Hale—-Fixing salary of
National livestock convention, Port
judge of Josephine county
land, January 12-15.
H . B. 20, Edwards— To incorporate
National woolgrowers’ association,
Cottage Grove.
Portland, January 12-15.
H . B. 21, Whealond— To appropriate
Poultry show, Albany, Jannary
$100,000 for Celilo canal right of w a y .# 12-15.
H . B. 23, Shelley— To revive the
Angora goat show, Dallas, Jannary
$300 tax exemption.
14*15.
H . B. 25, Whealdon— To amend
Whitman-Oregon debate, Eugene,
charter of Dalles City. *
January 15. .
H . B. 26, Burleigh— To incorporate
Oregon Christian Endeavor conven
Loetine.
tion, Pendleton, February, 19-22.
H . B. 29, Malafrkey— Raising salaries
of circuit judges in Multnomah county
PORTLAND MARKETS.
to $4,000.
H . B. 81, Judd, by request— To give
Wheat— W alla W alla, 71c; blue-
owners of stallions lein on mares.
stem, 76c; valley, 77c.
H . B. 37, Gault— Relating to com
Barley— Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
petency of witnesses.'
___ Li__ ____ $20.50; rolled, $21. ~
H . B. 40, Galloway — Amending
Flour— Valley, $3.75<R3.85 per bar
charter of McMlnfiVtlle.
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.9004.10;
H . B. 41, Edwards—-To protect Chi clears, $3.5503.75; hard wheat pat
nese pheasants.
ents, $4.2004.50;
graham, $3.75;
H . B. 42, ways and means committee whole wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.500
— To appropriate money for expenses of 4.75.
special session.
' Oats— No. 1 white, $1.0 7 ^0 1 .1 0 ;
.
, »
Have Cask te Invert.
Pendleton— Never in the history of
Eastern Oregon have the people been
as wealthy as they are at the present
time. The heavy crops, with the high
prices, the large herds of cattle and the
increased flocks of sheep is the cause.
The farmers and the business men alike
enjoy this reign of prosperity. More
mortgages have been paid off this fall
than ever before in the history of the
country. A majority of the farmers,
Chief for Irrigation Works.
after paying themselves out of debt
Washington, Jan. 6.— Senator Hans- have deposits in the banks and are
brough today introduced a b ill author looking for investments.
izing the president to appoint a super
vising engineer who shall have imme
Interest on Tax Sales.
diate charge of the construction of all
Salem— The new law placing a lim it
irrigation works constructed by the of 10 per cent upon the rate of interest
general government under the national to be bid at delinquent tax sales w ill
irrigation act. The b ill fixes the sal not go into effect until March 23, and
ary of this engineer at $10,000, to be w ill, therefore, not affect sales that are
paid from the reclamation fund. The now being advertised nnder the tax roll
chief engineer is authorized at all of 1902. In some counties the tax
times to call on the geological survey sales are delayed, and may not be com
for assistance in carrying out his pleted until the new law goes into
work.
effect. In nearly a ll counties, however,
the delinqnent lists are short, and sales
Porto Ricans for Panama.
w ill be conducted in January.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 6.—-Gov
Shedd Poatoftlce Robbed.
ernor Hunt has received advices from
Albany—
A report has reached A l
Washington countermanding the order
to dismount the remaining mounted bany that the poetofflre at Bbedd sta
Pqrto Rican troops. From this fact, tion, in the southern part of Linn cpttn-
coupled with the constant determina ty, was broken into and robbed one
tion of the troops, it is inferred that night last week. The report is to' the
the Porto Rican regiment w ill soon be effect that the robber broke in the rear
ordered to proceed to Panama.
door to the building.
gray, $1.05 per cental.
Millstoffs— Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $23; shorts, $19; chop, $18;
linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay— Timothy, $16 per ton; clover,
$12; grain, $12; cheat, $12.
Vegetables— Turnips, 65c per sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 85c
0 $ 1 ; cabbage, l O l ^ c p e r pound; red
cabbage, \Hc; parsley, per dozen,
25c; tomatoes, $101.50 per crate;
cauliflower, 76cO$l per dozen; celery,
75c; pumpkins, le p e r pound; onions,
Y ellow Danvers, 80cO$l per sack;
Fannos, $1, growers’ prices.
Honey— $303.50 per case.
Potatoes— Oregon, choice and fancy,
65075c per sack; common, 50060c;
sweet potatoes, sacks, 2c; boxes, 2>tfc.
Fruits— Apples, 75cO$2 per box;
pears, $101.60.
-
Butter— Fancy creamery, 27 > ¿ 0 30c
per pound; dairy, 20022 t f c ; store, 15
• l5 X c .
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 9 0 10c
per ponnd ¡spring, 10c; bens, 10c; tur
keys, live,
1 7 0 18c; dressed, 20c;
ducks, $607 per dozen; geese, live, 8e
per ponnd.
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 30c; Eastern,
2 7 0 2 7 )fc.
Hope— Choice, 24025c per ponnd;
prime, 2 1 0 2 2 ^ 0 ; medium, 19O20c;
com moil, 15017c.
Wool— V alley, 17018c; Eastern Ore
gon, 12015c; mobair, 32035c.
Beef— Dressed, 607c per pound.
Veal— Dressed, small, 8Q 8>fc; large,
56<k£per pound.
M a yo r
AM to Lock Up Uatll Law
Is Compiled With. .
Chicago, Jan. 6.— Tonight every*
theater in the city of Chicago is dark,
and its doors ar^mcked.
Not one of
then» w ill be open to the public until
their managers have complied in the
fullest manner with every section of the -
ordinances regulating playhouses.-
The order compelling the theaters to -
close was issued this afternoon by May
or Harrison, after a conference w ith
Corporation Counsel Tolman, who as
sured the mayor that ample legal
ground existed for his action.>
Seventeen theaters and museums-
were closed last night, and the sweep
ing order of the mayor today shut the
doors of 16 more. These last are the
leading theaters in the businesa section
of the city.
The 17 places of amusement which
were closed last night were closed fore
the one reason that they were not pro
vided with an asbestos curtain.
The
further action taken today is in conse
quence of violation of other sections o f ’
the ordinance regulating theaters.
There was a hasty rush of theatrical
managers to the office of Mayor H arri
son in the effort to qpeure the w ith
drawal, or at least a postponement o f '
the order, but their reception was of an
exceedingly frosty nature. They w e re :
informed by the mayor that the inspec
tors had reported every one of them
violators of the law, and he was deter
mined it should not be said hereafter
th at the city bad neglected anything
which could prevent a repetition of tho
horror of last Wednesday afternoon.
JAPAN W IL L NOT HBSITATB.
Once* She Sees Russia WI1 Not Otve la
W ar WU1 Be Declared.
Washington, Jan. 5.— Count Cas
sini, Russian ambassador, thinks the
Far Eastern situation “ gloomy, b at
not without hope of salvation.” A t 1
the Japanese legation tonight it was
intimated that if the Russian reply
does not give definite assurance’Shat in
general the concessions asked for by
Japan in Corea w ill be granted, the
Tokio government w ill be impelled to
abandon diplomacy for force.
Dispatches received by Mr. Taka-
hira, the Japanese minister, from To
kio today, tell of the critical state of
public feeling tbere. I t is Btated that
if Russia fails to give a definite reply,
Japan w ill interpret a diliatory note as
indicating Russia’s wish to defer hos-
tilities until the spring, when her
forces on land and sea can be used to-
be tter advantage.
I f Japan ia convinced of Rnasia’ s in
tention not to accept her proposals, the
Tokio government, it is declared, w ill
not hesitate to take the initiative and
assume the responsibility for making-
war.
The Japanese minister does not be
lieve that, after tbe manner in which
he says his people have acted through-,
out the negotiations, they w ill . forfeit
any sympathy which they have in this
country by striking first.
ORBAT SAPBTY APPARATUS.
Council WIU Be Asked to Bndorse Auto-
L. matte Arrangement.
Chicago, Jan. 6.— To throw open in
stantly and simultaneously all doors o f
a theater, like the method of throwing^
a multiple lever in a railroad switch'
tower, is the purpose of an ordinance
which w ill be presented to the city
council. According to the provisions
of the ordinance, all theaters or other
places of public amusement having a.
capacity of over 500 persons shall pro
vide an automatic apparatus to open
and close all doors to exits. Levers
shall operate in conjunction with elec
tric lights to be located near the exits
bo that when the doors are opened all
passageways shall be slimultaneously
lighted.
The owner of a theater must employ
a man, to be approved by the fire
marshal, to be on duty at the lever dur
ing tbe whole time the theater ia open
to the public. He shall be in full uni
form and operate the apparatus before
and after each performance so as to-
familiarize the public with the exits
and to ascertain whether tbe ap
paratus is efficient and in ready work
ing order.
For violating the foregoing a heavy
fine is provided, together with the clos
ing of the offending theater.
Heavy Tax ou Chinese.
Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 5.— The rais
ing of the head tax on Chinese from
$100 to $500, which went into effect
January 1, means that steamers must
put up five times the amount of securi
ties for Chinese aboard. The big liner
Oanfa has just deposited $36,000, she
having 70 Celestials on board.
The
Canadian Pacific Empress steamers w ill
be forced to deposit $100,000 for each
vessel.
I f any Chinese escape the
steamers w ill have to pay $500 for each
one. Every Chinaman coming through
now w ill be carefully examined.
May Expect Cold Soup.
Washington, Jan. 6.— Cold
wave
warnings have been isened for Ohio,
West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama,
Western Georgia, Western Florida,
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory,