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NEWS OF THE WEEK
h i
o f tha
o f th « P u t W eek.
American u v a l officer*
queted at Lima, Pern.
ware ban
A Frenchman h u invented a wire lern
electric power ay stem.
Mexico is deviling ways for the re
form of the public credit system.
The Heamt Independence league h u
decided to nominate a national ticket.
- The « l e of ex-Min ixt er Conger’s Chi
nese curio collection h u realised $26,-
662. .
Japan h u asked for a larger appro-
priation for the Tokio exposition in
1912.
Russian aathorities have captured
lotterà against the tifo of Grand Duke
8
Fire for a time seriously threatened a
large part of the business district of
New Orleans.
A mortgage for $225,000 h u bun
foreclosed on the Yerkes home and art
eolleotkm In New York.
A Columbia, Mo., m u h u just died
who for the past 20 years h u drunk at
least a quart of whiaky a day.
The children of Eureka, Oal., have
IM tltlon ifftteD vw C A erviee for the cre
ation of a redwood national forest.
*
An attempt w u made to born the
Boa lee hotel, at Muakogee, Okla., where
about 100 delegates to the Democratic
convention were quartered.
Railroad unions deny the necessity
for wage reductions.
The Northern Pacific h u rw*uoed
grain ra tu from M o n ta u points to
Chicago.
Senator Ankeny h u given a banuet
to a number of senators, at • which he
boomed the Seattle Jair.
Early fruit and vegetables for ship
ment to the North have beei
in Louisiana by a cold wave.
The Illinois Supreme court holds that
a labor unions’ s unfair list is in effect
• boycott and can be « jo in e d .
?
The Pullman ear company h u issued
orders to u l l no liquors while the
are peesing through dry distn ets.
The eroiu rs Wes* Virginia u d
Maryland u s to undergo extensive re-
p a in at the M a n Island navy yard.
Members of tbs marine hospital ser
vice have condemned a large par* of
San Francisco’s packing boose district.
Changes w ill be made at once.
Consolidation of the large coal min
ing interests of Illin ois u d Indiana for
the purpose of regulating the output
and upholding prices is under way.
Russia discourages talk of w u with
Turkey.
The A m e rio u fleet h u
Callao, Pent.
u riv ed
A number of Stanford stndents have
been expellede for drinking.
t
Miss Dorothy Whitney, of New
Y ork, is to wed a Hungarian nobleman
General Nelson A . Miles w ill make
hie home in W u hington, D. G., here-
( after.
Seoretery of th* Navy Metcalf w ill
go to San Fanrcisoo to weioome the fleet
on Its arrival there.
During the next nine yean Russia
w ill spend $1,000,000,000 for the con
struction of a new navy.
Fire which started in a large depart
ment store at Woburn, M an ., destroy
ed $100,000 worth of property.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 26.— The skilful
psrtormanoe of the police in the round
up o f the great band of plotters has
won praise throughout the city, bearing
witness to the thoroughness of the
methods evolved for fighting terrorists.
The secret polios are spending unlim
ited sums in bringing the terrorists to
justice and have drafted agents of in
ternational experience who are thor
ooghly familiar with the by-ways of
Western anarchists and who w ill in-
trod noe an improved technique here
The police department h u entered
into relations with detootive agencies
abroad, and h u organiatd an extensive
service in a ll the oentqis w hen Russii
emigrants congregate, particularly in
New York, Parle and Switaerland, and
are making a special effect to penetrs
withia the tnaesiaoet councils of the
Social Dsmoowtic and Social Revolo-
tioaisl orgaaimtkma.
Ia coaasstMn with the latest plot the
men o f the secret servioe were abso
lutely trusted by comrades of tbs revo
lutionists, who attended the meetings
held in Finland, where the final plan
for the assassination o f Grand Daks
Nicholas Nicholisvitch and Judge 1\)he-
glovitoff, minister of justice, w u clab-
omted. Two hundred plain clothes
own were called in by heads of the po
lios department and given precise in
structions u to what action should be
taken and apparently they arrested
without error the persona involved.
Tbos bur the police have failed to ex
tract a confession from any of th ou ar
rested u to their identity, but several
undoubtedly are members of aristocrat
ic bouses. It is certain that numbers
of the oonapiratore have managed to
evade arrest, and a careful watch is be
ing kept f t these.__________
B LA C K H AND B U S Y.
Pow der Stores.
New Yock. Feb. 26.— In a letter
signed “ Black H u d ” u d addressed to
Commander Brauns true ter, in charge
of the United States naval snaguine at
Iona island, the threat h u been made
that the enormous stores of smokeless
powder on the island w ill be blown np
unlew the married m u discharged
from employment on tne is lu d Janu
ary 1, 1908, be put beck to work at
onoe. There are 8,000,000 pounds of
smokeless powder and other explosives
stared in the numerous mags sines.
Secret servioe men jo e working to
discover the id u tity of the writer of
the letter. Printed by hand,¡the letter
w u mailed at the Haverstraw poetoffice
two weeks ago.. It w u u follows:
“ I f the married m u that were dis
charged from Iona island are not taken
back again at onoe all the magaxlnee
on the is lu d w ill be blown up. The
writer dow not fe u death.
Black Hand.”
On J u u a ry 1 between 80 u d 40
m u , who had b e u employed on the
Island, were discharged, owing to delay
in forwarding funds from Washington
to oontinue work.
This daisy was
looked upon at the tim e u temporary,
u d it ~wu understood the men would
be taken back is soon u tha money ar
rived.
Among the m u discharged, most of
whom were, laborers, were m u y I tai
ns.
Since the receipt of the letter every
approach to the is lu d h u been guard
ed day and n igh tb y marines, it is'said
u d the civilian 'employes have bu n
kept under the strictest surveillance.
Iona island is about seveu miles south
of West Point._______________
Will Bare Ruef’ s Secrets.
San Francisco, Feb. 25.— Every de
tail of the negotiations between the
graft prosecution u d Abe Ruef w ill be
bared in the exhaustive affidavits to be
filed in Jodge Lawlor’ s court this morn
ing by District Attorney Lugdnn, As
sistant District Attorney Francis J.
Heney u d W illiam J. Burns.
Heney
u d Burns spsnt yesterday in preparing
their affidavits, u d while they would
not disuse the contents of the docu
ments, both said that the sworn state
ments would include every important
detail of tbelr relations with Roof.
Operate on Edison.
The Santa Fe railroad h u temporar
New York, Feb. 25.— Thomas A .
ily closed its shops at Topeka, throw
Edison, the inventor, is a patient at the
ing 2,000 men out of employment.
M anhattu hospital, where last night
A large part o f the business section be underwent an^operation intended to
o f North Woodstock, N. H., h u been relieve him of trouble in the left ear.
destroyed by fire. L o u , $100,000.
The operation, whieh w w not consider
I t is raid Rooeevelt w ill send John ed especially serious, was performed by
f l . M ithell, retiring president of the Dr. Arthur D. Deull, the w r specialist,
M ineworken, to Panama to investigate who opened an abscess iw the middle
w r.
The operation was seemingly
labor conditions.
f
wholly suooessfal and a prompt recov
Btoeseel h u keen condemned to ery ia anticipated.
death for the surrender of Port Arthur,
but the oourt recommends the sentenoe
Repair at Puget 8ound.
be commuted by the czar.
Seattle, Feb. 26.— The Colorado u d
Russia sad Japan are still encroach the Pu nsylvania, armored cruisers of
the first class, arrived at the navy yard
ing on Chinese territory.
today for dry docking and repairs. Tbs
Major General Wood, commanding
Colorado w ill be equipped with a new
the Philippines, w ill start boms Febru
main battery of four eight-inch breech
ary 20.
loading rifles. Tbs two vessels w ill be
A report w u A r e o t in Madrid that followed by eight other warships whioh
Alpbonso had been blown up by * w ill be repaired by A pril 20.
bomb, but the king is sals.
Main Water Pipe Bursts.
A Kentucky postmaster while can
Pails, Feb. 26.— Tbe main water
celing stamps exploded one of 20 cart
pipe of Paris, under Tuilleriee stregt,
ridges sent through the malls.
burst la*t evening and converted tbe
Railroads throughout the country
street into a torrent. The water flooded
have started a move to reduce the wages
Hare in various side streets, extin
o f employes and trouble is expected.
guishing fires and stopping the dyna
New York h u just had the highest mos In at least one large hotel, putting
firs la the world.* An Jnsignlflunt the building in dsrknew.
blase breaking oat on the fortieth floor
o f the Slope» building.
Russia Becks Town.
Copenhagen, Feb. 26.- « I t ia under
An w e t bound Southern Pacific
freight train w u wrecked near El stood in diplomatic circles that as a re
Moots, CEL, and ten ears leaded with sult of pressure from other powers Rus
o il and vegetables demolished.
T h ru sia has abandoned her plan of fortify
tramps are supposed to be under the ing tbe Aland islands u d that an en
tente w ill aoon be arranged.
I BUILD ID INTERIOR
OH ARGES ARE SLA N D E R O U S.
T R A P .» FO R T E R R O R IS T S .
Fulton Denies Every Accusation Mads
by Honey.
O M IU T E ITEMS OF INTEREST
L O A N FU N D JNOREAttEB.
T A L K S BffAR F R U IT.
Students to Bo Assisted at University Marlon Formers Buying Grafting u d
Spraying Supplies.
o f O regon.
Salem—
That the educational work
University of Oregon, Eugene— pen.
R . A . Booth, of Eugene, h u j u t given among fruitgrowers by such m u as M.
to the stu du t loan fund of the Univer 0 .' Lownadale and E. G. Armstrong has
sity of Oregon a check tor $600 to be b e u productive of great results In this
used u u irreducible ednattonal loan vicinity, is evident from the unprece
fund for students. The fond w ill be dented w h s of grafting and spray mar
During the
knojrn u the “ Booth L o u Fund” and tor la Is by Salem dmlers.
last
few
days
of
clear
weather
there has
w ill be kept separate from the gu a ral
loan fond, which at present la distrib b e u u immense dem u d fog rosin,
uted in loans ranging in amount from beeswax u d tallow with which to make
$16 to $80 among 10 students o f the grafting wax, thus shoeing exclusively
that farmers are acting upon the advioe
university. Since the w tabliah m u t of
the general fund five years ago, more of M r Lownadale to out down their old,
t h u 80 students have b e u enabled to neglected u d diaeseed apple trees, with
complete thqir college course who could a view to grafting into the stumps.
Much of tbs grafting this year, how
not otherwise have done so. The uni
versity bopw to establish during the ever, w ill be in younger trees, which
present year a loan fund ol at least $6,- were permitted to form s top so high as
000, to be loaned under the direction of to be out of reach, or which arc of un
In moat in
President Campbell, or some one dssig marketable varieties.
nated by him, to boys and girls a il over stances where old term are ent down,
Oregon who wish to complete tbelr eflu- they w ill be cut close to the ground and
eation, bat who cannot do so without the grafting w ill be d u e next winter
assistance. It' is believed that a loan of in the shoots that come up from the old
A great m u y
approximately $100 a year, at a low stump this summer.
rate of interest, to be repaid ia two sherry orchards are being grafted to
yean after graduation, is much more marketable varieties— usually the Roy
preferable t h u u outright gift la the al Anne— where t>*« original tree is of
form of a scholarship. Tbs fund will a variety for which there is qo dem ud.
be guaranteed by 10 m u againet lose.
Two signatures w ill be required on each
Buss to C ar col Contract
nets u d a small amount of lifs insur
Portland— Tba case of the state of
ance w ill be taken out to insure against
Oregon against tbe Colombia Southern
low by death. The present loan fund
Irrigation oocopany is being bw rd in
amounts to approximately $1,000.
tbe United States District court. Tbe
state ia represented by A. M . Craw
T O BE W O O L C E N T E R
ford, attorney general, and the irriga
tion company by W . T. Mnir and Sene
ca Smith. Under tbe Oarey act tbs ir
Baker City
L ow Rates
rigation company was to irrigate cer
tain tracts of land in Easterh O regon
Baker City— Baker City w ill become aggregating something like
«7,000
u e ol the greatest wool markets la Ore acres. This was the agreement made
gon. Bheepm u bare b e u in Portland b etw eu representatives of the state
consulting with the O. R . A N. officials land board and the oom puy several
u d have scoured a rete*>f $1.76 from years ago. The state maintains that
Beksr to Boston. The Sumpter Valley the com p u y has not carried out its
ms made a rate of 20 o u ts from Aus part of the contract u d Mr. Crawford
tin to Baker, and the reduction by tbe is asking that a receiver be appanted.
two roe da means that more than 1,000,-
000 pounds of wool from Grant u d
Plan Rest Room at Milton.
Wheeler counties w ill bo hauled to
Austin u d then shippd to Baker for
Milton— An interdenominational to-
faaling. Day ville is the present renter 0iety has been formed In which all the
of tbe sheep industry in Gt<u t county churches are interested to promote tbe
inch rathe: establishment ot a reading room-in the
haul their» wool to Auaitn because of city. Meetings of tbs society w ill be
tbe good roads. They have been pay held every two weeks. Tbe rwding
ing $2 to have their wool hauled to room is intended as a rest room for the
Bhaniko because of tbe lower rate. The country people. A library of 600 vol
shipping of tbs wool via Baker City umes has b e u arraged for.
Commit-
w ill mean that instead of tbs- ranchers tow representing different branches of
buying their supplies a t Shaniko they the erwork have b e u appointed.
w ill ban) their wool to Austin, Iw vs
their teams there u d eome on to Baker
Begin W ork fo r Pu'p MIN.
City to secure their warehouse receipts
Oregon
City— Work preliminary to
and w hile here purchase their supplies.
By this means the local banks w ill tbe construe!Ion of tbe new m ill of tbe
handle $200,000 that wobld go to other , Hawley Pulp A Paper com p u y was be
citiw . Although tbe rate u wool ia gun when a force of men started to
still higher from Baker than from build a walk leading from station A to
S h u iko. the ranchers o u afford to « » • mainland, i s soon as this work is
ship via Baker bemuse of the low oast done, actual construction of tbe new
palp m ill on the site of station A w ill
of getting their wool to Austin.
begin, and it is expected to have a por
tion of ¿to plant in operation by A pril
Mountain Farming Experiment.
next.
Pendleton— An experiment in moun
tain farming of more t h u usual im
Connery Brock Subscribed.
portance is being conducted by W . G .
Corvallis— Announcement has b e u
Warman, of this city, on his home made that enough stock had b e u sub
stead in Fly valley, a secluded vale in scribed to insure tbe metres of the
th®
“
* U^ ade.10 , l movement fo ra fruit c u n t ry, and a
about 4,200 feet and lorated 50 mi lee meetiDf of it0ckholders baa bren called
sutbeeat of this c ty. Ha baa planted to
rfect „ „ ^ „ ^ t i u . The capital
an orchard u d ia now sending to tbe $book „ | n >000, and tbe plant is to
agricultural department for hardy grew
, « * p * j ty of 12,000 cans dallv.
seed for spring sowing
There are The n ^ h ln e ry u d appointments are
thousands of s o w of «04 mountmin 'to be of tbe very latest models, em
tend iq tbe Blue mountain valleys bodying everything necessary to tnrn-
which can be brought under cultivation lag ont a perfect product.
u d If this experiment is successful
much of this tend at high altitude w ill
PO RTLAN D M ARKETS.
be farmed, it ia thooght.
blueatem, 83c;
Planting; Nut Trees in Unn.
W heaL—Club, 81c;
Albany— A meeting to discuss wal- .T*U «y, ®lc 5 tad, 79c.
nut culture and to stimulate interest In ^
P*r ton> brewing,
that line of industry w ill be held ia ,
/ oU~ * ’ f 9® 8?/ ___
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Albany on February 27.
A number of*
1 white, $27; gray, $27,
walnut growers w ill be preeent and w ill
, .
give instruction in tbs planting an d } . Corn
Corn —
“ W ho,e’
132 60i «tacked,
care cf walnut trees. Some new wal- j j $83.60.
not otchads are being set out in this ' Hay— VslWy timothy, No. 1, $ 1 7 «
county and there w ill probably be a $18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
grmtely increased acreage daring tbe $20021; clover, $14016; cheat, $15;
grain hay, $14016; alfalfa, $12013;
coming two yean.
I vetch, $14.
Fruits— Applw . table, $1.7603.00;
Oil Company fo r Klamath.
cooking, $1.2501.60 per box; cran
KlamaL. Falls— The incorporators of
berries, $8011 pur barrel.
the Klamath Oil company have elected
| Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per aack;
the following officers: G. Heitkemper,
carrots, 66c per sack; beets, $1 per
' ^ f c P^ \ d* v in e r«lB'n S !liL rT.i0e P ^
Mck; <**>*»**» 101 >¿0 per pound; csn-
Evan«
in d T l T h l t e f a l T i | Hflower, $1.76 0 1 M ; W lery, $3.750
sr- ssrsrts- s&ta 1
Portland, Feb. 24.— In a long state
ment g i v u to tbs newspapers of Port
land for. publication, Charles W . Ful
ton, senior United States senator from
Oregon, u a w e n In detail the charges
mads against him by Francis J. Heney,
special prosecutor for the government
in,the tend fraud oases, in a speech de
livered in the First Congregational
church In this city on the night of J u
uary 28 of the preaut year,
A t that time Mr. H u e y made the
direct charge that Senator Fulton’s long
participation in crooked political and
business deals in Oregon, notably in
timbar tend frauds, had unfitted him to
ocoupy tha high office ha now holds and
announced a determination to oppose to
tbe utmoot the senator’s candidacy for
re-election.
M r. H u e y further charg
ed that Senator Fulton is tbs tool of
tbe railroad interests at Washington
u d represents, not the people of his
state, but tbe tew-defying corporations
in eongresa.
Tbs specific charges made in the
H u e y speeob are taken up one by one
in Senator’s Fulton’s answering state
ment and d u lc d comprehensively u d
in detail as to every material fact.
Senator Fulton dow got mince- matters
in laying before the people of bis -atete
his defense. H e strikes squarely from
the shoulder and charges in the plainest
terms that 11« accuser deliberately fal
sified in bis Congregational church
speech, whioh Senator Fulton points
out to have bets the climax of a cam
paign of malicious persecution u d v il
li float ion begun more t h u tw o „ years
ago.
Senator Fulton impugns the honeety
of M r. Haney’s mot !• as. Revenge and
p a rtisu politice, he aaye, ate the basis
of the graft proeoeeutor’ e enmity to
ward him, and Mr. Heney’s obsession
by u irrepressible ambition to stand
In the lim elight ia g i v u aa u added
incentive for what Senator Fnlton calla
the lawyer’ s utter disregard for the
truth.
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P R IE S T IS S L A IN .
Anarchist Shoots Catholic L w d o r in
Donvor Church.
Dm ver, Col., Feb. 24.— Father Leb
Heinrich« was ebot u d kilted when
administering sacrament at rarly mass
in St. E liw b eth ’s Catholic church,
Eleventh and Curtis streets, this olty
at 6 a. m. yesterday morning.
Kneel
ing atCthe alter rail betw eu two wo
men, Guarauaccio' prteeed the morale
of a revolver againet the body of the
priest after receiving from him the con
secrated wafer and shot the m u of God
through the heart.
Tbe murderer w w hurried to the city
jail, and as threats of summary justtes
were mode by m u y men in the crowd,
whieh quickly gathered In front of the
church, Chief of Poliee MoHate De
ter ey called the reserve farce of petrol-
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(n in i Oregon Is PnalMd Rail
ClDItCtttll
non su irru to prinetille
Line Up Hood
River Valley May Bo
Extended Southeast to C on n u t
With Other Linos.
Hood River, Or., Yeb. IS .— I f pre
liminary plans being promoted by
wmlthy capitalist« of Salt Lake C ity»
who own the Mount Hood Railway ox-
tending up Hood River valley u d also
tjia Sumpter Valley, r u n in g out ot
Baker Oity, materialise, Central Ore
gon n a y have a railroad in the near fu
ture that w ill open up its m u y re-'
sources. The project provides for u
extension of the Mount Hood lino
through the mounts) os east of Mount
Hood, and a party of surveyor« is now
in the field trying to locate a paw
through tbe mountain«. The work is
in charge of Joseph A . W w t, chief u -
gineer of the Sumpter Valley.
Early test fall a large surveying p u ty
headed by Mr. W w t w w token Into the
Central Oregon oountry from Heppner
Junction to determine the feasibility ot
building a railroad on that aids of tho
mountain« and his report ia said to
have been favorable. The money pow
er behitfd to proposed railroad ia David
Eectea, the millionaire auger manufac
turer and lumberman, of Salt Lake
Oity. I f the project is completed tho
two roods w ill connect at some point I d
Crook oounty.
By extension of t h »
Sumpter Valley road sooth it would
paw through Canyon City. Grant ooun-
ty, and aico Prinovilte.
An extension ol tha Mount Hood road
haa already been commenced.
A big
gang of men with a steam shovel was
put to work at Dw , the preeent term
inu s of the line, and w ill build' as soon
w it oan be pushed through tbe six
m ilw of road toward Mount Hood that
has been iurveyed and staked.
This
w ill be done to accommodate the rapid
ly developing fruit land in the Mount
Hood settlement. I t is admitted, how-
over, by W . H . Eecles and Charles T „
Early, president and manager of tbe
Mount Hood road, that it may form
part of tbe connecting link of tbe pro
posed new line. Officers of both roads
reoently went over the territory that-
would ha tributary to the project end i t
la learned that it is considered most
favorably.
In addition to reaching
m u y acres o l fertile farm lands, m il
lions of feet o f timber, for which tb e r »
is now no nutlet, it ia w id , could b »
utilised.
“ I just went over there bemuse I
h a ve s grudge awinst all priests in
there. They are all against the work-
in g m u . I went to the oommunlou n i l
because 1 could get a better shot.* I
T U N N E L U NDER RIVER.
did not give a damn whether be.w w a
German priest or any other kind of a
p rin t. They are all In tbe same class.” Manhattan Island N ow Joinod to Lonjc
Island City.
R E TU RN BY SU EZ.
New York, Fsb. 22.— The first of t h »
g rw t system of tunnels and subways by
Atlantic Fleet May Complete Its Trip
whieh tbe Pennsylvania railroad w ill
Around tho World.
be enabled to run a train from Phila
^Washington, Feb. 22.— Interesting
delphia under the Hudson river acrosn-
and important news relative to the fu
ture movements of the Amerioen battle Manhattan island and under the East
ship fleet was made publio at the con river to Long Island C ity was completed
clusion of tbs cabinet meeting ywter- today. The two ends of one of the four
day by. Secretary Metoalf, comprising tubes connecting Manhattan
Island
an Invitation from the Australian gov
with Long Is lu d city were brought to
ernment to have the fleet, or at least
oe of the vessels, visit that country, gether under the bed of tbe middle o f
and Secretary Root’s reply. This reply East river off Tbirty-fohrth street b '-
is the first authentic information of fore noon-today and steel rings comp»
tbe movements of tbs fleet after ito ing Hie shell of the tube were for the
journey to San Francisco has been com first .time bolted in one conticaoun
pleted. After exprewtlng tbe apprecia string from shore to ah Are. This tu b »
tion) of the nation, the secretary w ye: wa* begun In August, 1905, and is 4.-
' ’ The eventual movements of our 000 feet in length.
Two other tubes
fleet have not been determined. White w ill be completed within a few d a y »
I t is possible the vesmla w ill return by u d tbe fourth w ill be finished within
way of Sues, I would be glad if eome three month«, according to u
an
of them could be sent by the Australian nouncement made by tbe oom puy.
route, but it would be premature to
8o accurate were the measurement»
promise this,”
of the engineers that tbs ends cams to
gether with a variation of only three-
eighths of u inch.
Threat to Blow Up Docks.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Feb. 24.— It
has just come to light that certain Ital
Expect Evans to Recovar.
ians at Port Arthur and Fort W illiam
Washington, Fsb. 22.— While not
attempted last week to bluw np the
it formally advised
by
Adm iral
huge Canadian Northern railway coal
homos that be has assumed command,
docks recently erected at an enormous of the Atlantic fltet, the officials of tha
cost Following the custom of the Navy department are expecting seme
“ B'ack Hand” end similar blackmail such announcement, on tbe basis o f
ing societies, they first sent a letter to preceding reports on the condition o f
the manager of Hie dock that they Admiral Evans. Thaos reports are not
would blow him and his institution up regarded as Indicating that the Admiral
unless be found them work, naively is suffering from u y permanent lnw-
adding that an explosion would ormto parity, bat that he is simply again a
plenty of work for the shovelers.
victim of rheumatie gout, which is di
rectly the result of the Injury be re
Plumbers as Inspectors.
ceived at Fort Fisher in the C ivil w ar1
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Sen Franoieoo. Feb. 24.— The Master
Plumbers’ association of this oity at a
Dentes Pert In Graft.
meeting today decided to instruct em
Harrisburg. Pa., Feb. 22.— Ex-Gov
ployes to inform the health officials in ernor Pennypeoker in his teetimony a t
each instance where unsanitary condi the state capital conspiracy trial today
tions were found or tbs law requiring denied tbe statement of 8. B. Lew is
the construction of rat proof buildings that the famous Huston letter to sx-
is being ignored. Warned of the cer Attorney General Carson was prepared
tainty of a quarantine, unless tbe rets at a conference betw eu Pennypeoker,
were exterminated at onoe and the Lewis u d ex-Aoditor General Snyder,
plague stamped out. the plumbers touk u e of the defenduta.
Mr. Penny-
action toward co-operation.
packer declared that w h u Lewis slated
that this letter was Intended to be »
Snowstorms Costs S26.000.
“ whitewash,” he stated falsely.
Chicago, Feb. 24.— Tbe city bra com
pleted the task of olw ring the basinets
Kentucky Still Deadlocked
section of the snow that fell in the
Frankfort, K y., Feb. 22.— The ballot
greet storm of lest week. Four thou- for United States senator In tbs joint
sand men were kept busy lot four days saoaion of the legislators today resulted
and «8,000 wagon loads of snow were a follows: Beckham, 67; Bradley, 66;
removed. The expense to the city w w Allen. 1; Blackburn, l ; Campbell. 4.
about $26,000.
Neoeowry to a oboloe, 66.
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PO.IU . < M .I . n i - m u. th .
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blanket in this region, w proven by
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places.
Onions— $2.60 per bund
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Vot*toee— $2.60 per hundred, dellv*
Cari Fish Up to tho IHinoia.
Portland; sweet potatoes, $8.600
Gold Beach— The gasoline launch 8.76 per cwt.
Shebe, which has lately been put on j Butter— Fancy creamery, 30035c per
Rogue river to carry fish io tbs cannery' poaDd.
and
ia greatly f“
faeili
mr' rt cold «ton gs “ plant,
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,,‘ ' Pool try «-A verage old hen«, 1301814 c
tating tbe work of fishing. Fiuerm en per pound; mixed chickens, 12}y013c;
are now able to ply their trade up to Spring chickens, 121*01Sc; rooeters,
the month of the Illinois. This was 19011c; dressed, chickens, t4e; tur
impossible before bfcause they could keys, live, 14015c; dressed, choice, 16
not tend their nets and bring their fish 01 7 o; geese, live, 9010c; ducks, 140
so far down the river.
16c; pigeons, 7 6 c 0 $ l; squabs, $1.6002.
Eggs— Fresh ranch wndled, 22140
New Industry fo r Eugene.
23H e per dosen.
V w l— 760125 pounds, 7c; 160 to
Egene— Engene expects shortly to,
have In operation a complete concrete 200 pounds, 6061 * 0 .
Pork— Block, 75 to 160 pounds,
block cement brick muufacturing
plant. Tbe promotion department of 0 7 c ; packer«. 506o.
Hops— 1907, prime and choice 4 ) * 0
the Commercial elnb has interested
parties who have a large plant at Niag- 6c per p and; olds 102o per pound.
w o o l— Eastern Oregon average best
a Flails, N. Y ., u d His managers
w ill be here in a few déys to make ar 16020c par pound according to shrink
rangements tor tha w tabliahm ut of tha age; valley 18020c according to fine
new plant. *
sses; mohair choice 29080c per pound.
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