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, w w f ;l « 9 NEWBERG GRAPHIC E. N . WOODWARD, I • • • • • • • • « EVENTS OFTHE DAY M -------- ------ f ,| | ■ J M------ A ll Newsy lieras usîuereu ironi Parts of the World. Au Less Important but N ot L m i Inter esting Happenings from Points Outside the State. Lead strike. miners in Missouri are on Roosevelt has killed three lions and K erm it one. The Japanese squadron eras given a great reception at San Francisco. Congress has now seven Smiths, three in the senate and four in the An immense stream o f colonists is eoming to the coast from all parts o f the East. Anarhists attacked polices at Buenos Ayres and 100 men were killed and wounded in the riot. ’ A lake steamer is missing and the crew and 42 persons are believed to have been drowned. A railroad which is being built in Honduras w ill be equipped entirely w ith wireless telegraphy. A woman delayed the American liner St. Louis eight minutes at N ew York while M m hunted fo r a $1.50 baby car riage. P R E S ID E N T IS B O SS. W O RK O F NATURE. New Senate Measure Gives Pow er to Start TsrMT W ar. Scenic Beauty o f A .-Y .-P . Grounds Not W ork o f Man. Washington, May 4.— The senate tariff bill, in the section which deals With the maximum and minimum prop osition, has, in the judgment o f tariff experts, one very important feature. I t practically vests in the president the power to declare a ta riff war against any nation or to refrain from any such war. I t is given to him to decide whether any nation is discriminating against the products o f the United 8tates in its system o f duties. This permits the government, through the S ate depart ment and the other agencies provided by law, to make agreements with other nations as to trade and tariff conces sions which can be made effective by a proclamation o f the president, without the necessity o f anything in the way o f legislation or treaty agreement. The bill authorises the president to employ at his discretion any persons to procure information or assist him in the discharge o f these duties, which would mean that he can appoint com missioners representing the United States to go abroad and make agree ments with foreign nations. A t the same time, attention is paid to the wishes o f those who are not in favor o f reciprocal agreements o f any kind. The proposition makes it impos sible to have any rate established lower than the rate in the ta riff law. Any change in the case o f any nation must be a change in the way o f higher du ties. N o amount o f bargaining or oon- ssion can secure fo r any country any reduction in the tariff law. The amphitheater o f the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific exposition has been ac complished partly by human efforts, but fo r the most part the work has been done by nature. On the high pre cipitous shores o f Lake Washington, looking across a succession o f bays, and snow topped peaks o f the Cascades are brought clearly into view and this forms the back ground o f . the amphi theater stage. Throe sides rise from the floor and these have a stately up ward slope; only in the development o f these natural seating placet has it been necessary fo r work to be ex pended. About the tiered sides o f the amphi theater chairs rise one above the other and in the vast forest theater 80,000 people can have comfortable and sightly positions. Surrounded at the back and sides to towering trees o f Douglas fir and massive cedar, the place seems to have been created by giants o f old for spectacular events; it is so fashioned and designed that open air acoustics produce results which could be generally looked for only within the walls o f structures built with this property always in mind. , I t was in this spot that the first shovel o f earth was removed in the building o f the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. Without any work o f pre paration, 25,000 people were easily ac commodated within its borders. Dur ing the course o f the exposition tbe amphitheater w ill be the scene o f many interesting events and with its arrange ment as now perfected w ill afford the grandest out o f doors tbeiter in exist ence. __________________ •' M O RE E X E C U T IO N S C O M IN G . F R U IT C R O P N O T H U R T j Indications Point to Heavy Yield Ip Roseburg Plans T w o Days' Program fo r May 14 and IS. , Vicinity o f Milton. Milton— Fears that Urn fru it crop In the W alla W alla valley had been injur ed by the frosts several days sgo have been generally dispelled by the careful investigation o f the orchards and vin e yards in this vicinity. In some places near the state line strawberries und prunes were injured some, but the dam age is not considered to be o f great vol ume. Apple orchards, which w ere in full bloom at the tim e o f the frosts, were injured in no way. Indications now point to a heavy fru it crop in the vicinity during the coming season. Although the peach crop w ill amount to but a small per centage o f its usual volume, other fruits w ill be harvested in bountiful quantities. The careful pruning, spraying and cultivating o f vineyards and orchards have had much to do with the excellent crops which are now as sured in the year 1909. Shippers and warehouse men are making preparations to handle large quantities o f all kinds o f fruit. The first strawberries are expected to be on the market within tw o or three weeks and from then until the apple crop is harvested, Milton and vicinity w ill present a scene o f lively activity in the fru it business. F R U IT M EN ARE ANG ERED . Accuse Inspector Taylor o f Circulat ing False Reports. Example to Be 8 et by Public Hang A Japanese at Loe Angeles has sued ings in Constantinople. a paper fo r $10,000 damages because London, May 4.— A dispatch to the among other things it called him a Daily Telegraph from Constantinople “ d a red evil.” says that in an interview, Enver Bey, W ar is being waged fo r control o f one o f the leaders o f the Young Turks, Zion City by the old city officers and declared they had proofs that a massa those just elected. This is the city cre o f all Turks suspected o f Liberal founded by Dowie. ism had been projected in Constan Serious floods''are feared along the tinople and was prevented only by Gen eral Schefket hastening the occupation Ohio river following the storm. o f the capital. • Over 8,000 men employed on Great Enver Bey said he now had no fear Lake steamers*tmve gone'on strike. that Abdul Hamid would become the Snow and frost in the Middle W est center o f new revolts. H e believed as result o f the court martial there have destroyed fru it and other crops. would be an additional 100 executions Four inches o f snow covers Wiscon and as many persons more would be sin and a fierce gale is causing much sentenced to imprisonment at hard la inconvenience. bor. Tbe executions would be public, in I t is said a copper trust is planned in N ew York to control the entire out various parts o f the city, beginning probably tomorrow, as it was necessary put o f the country. to show a salutary example. The for Much money and food is being sent mer sultan, Enver Bey asserted, al to the massacre sons o f Asiatic Tur ready had been punished and would not key, but more is needed. be put on trial. Searching parties are digging in the grounds o f the palace o f the former SE AR CH O N F O R A B D U L 'S C AS H sultan in a search fo r his wealth. Central Point— F ru it men o f this section are indignant over reports al leged to have been circulated by County Fruit Inspector Taylor to the effect that the crops in many o f the orchards in his jurisdiction are totally ruined. These gentlemen declare emphatically that the story is without foundation, and that it had the effect o f damaging their properties, in the most promising section o f the Rogue river valley. Steps w ill be immediately taken for a full and complete investigation lead ing to the discovery o f tbe indentity o f the author o f these false reports, and i f circumstances warrant it, it is said Mr. Taylor’ s removal from office w ill be demanded by the orchardists. , Fruit men report but fe w trees a f fected by recent frosts, and in almost all cases tbe frost has but tended to lessen the cost o f thinning the fruit. F. H. Hopkins, owner o f one o f the largest orchards on Rogue river, and whose orchard has not been protected by smudging or otherwise, reports no appreciative damage, as do Edward Hanely, W illiam Stewart, J. W . Mer ritt, W. H. N or cross and other orch ardists. Abdul Hamid w ill probably be trans Reported to Have Kept Much Money ferred to Monastir, as it is not be Hidden in Palace. lieved his life is safe at Salonica. Constantinople, May 4.— Tbe treas Canada w ill control the cutting o f ures o f the palace o f Y ild iz are being tim ber on the Pacific coast to 12,000,- inventoried by a parliamentary com 000 fe e t per year fo r the next 60 years. mission. Abdul Hamid took the open The Oregon railroad'commission has hilly pastures 30 years ago, gradually ordered reductions in express charges transformed them into gardens, among along the entire line o f the O. R. A N. which be constructed pavilions for him The reduction is approximately 25 per self, his wives, his children and the palace favorites H e gathered there cent. an immense variety o f objects o f art Rapid progress is being made in the and luxury, services o f silver and gold, Calhoun trial. French and Oriental carpets, Greek Turkish troops have relieved Hadjin sculptures taken from the museums o f and stoped the massacres. Constantinople, presents o f most o f the The British budget proposes radical sovereigns o f Europe and g ifts from wealthy subjects. new taxes to wipe out the deficit. Search is being made fo r the hoards The paying teller o f an Oakland o f cash which Abdul Hamid is reported bank has been arrested fo r embesxling. always to have had on hand. He has Ex-Chief o f Police Fink, o f Rowell, also great sums invested abroad. N . M., has been indicted fo r smuggling None, however, has been found as yet, although the ex-sultan must bave had in Chinese. at least a fe w hundred thousand pounds Captain Robinson, o f the wrecked in the domestic exchequer. steamer Indiana, has taken his own life , being unable to bear the disgrace. Criminal is Identified. Srtrong evidence o f discrimination Paris, May 4.— M. Bertillon, director by Harriman lines sgainst Salt Lake o f the Anthropometric department o f has been brought out in the merger police, has identified a man now being suit. held by the San Francisco police as A r A tornado in Indiana tore away 600 thur Bernard, a dangerous criminal. fe e t o f the west wall o f the state peni Rernard was arrested recently in San tentiary. N o one was hurt and m ilitia Francisco and gave the name o f Sam has been ordered out to guard the con uel. The California authorities fo r warded to M. Bertillon measurements victs. and photographs o f the prisoner and An heiress has been born to the Hol the identification followed. M. B er land throne and there is great rejoic tillon says Bernard has been tried ing, as Queen Wilhelmina was the last twice and convicted, the first time for o f the reigning house and had she died theft and the second time fo r murder. without heirs the crown would have probably passed to a German prince Much W ork Ahead. and become a part o f the German em Springfield, 111., May 4.— With ad pire. journment only three or four weeks Ex-Vice President Fairbanks has away the legislature w ill redouble its purchased a bouse in Pasadena and w ill speed the coming week to clear the make that city his home a fter a tour calendars o f the masses o f bills that o f the world. have accumulated. Tbe senate is fo r The British budget fo r the coming taking a sine die adjournment May 22, year shows a deficit in revenue o f $78,- and has adopted a joint resolution fix ing that day as the time for winding 810,000. up the session, but tbe bouse is shout Anthracite miners and operators w ill ing fo r more time, and w ill probably reach a satisfactory agreement, it ik set May 28 or 29 as tbe time. believed. Freew rter Values Soar. Freewater— Land values in this dis trict are constantly increasing in value. Tw o sales have been made this week, one consisting o f 23 acres, a part of tbe Ragsdale tract, fo r $725 an acre, the other being a part o f the Brown ranch, at Babcock crossing, fo r $700 an acre. The Pleasant valley country, which a year ago was sagebrush land, has been put under cultivation, the raw lands having been sold fo r $125 an acre. Now this same land is selling for $300 an acre. Tbe school, which was built three years ago, has had to be enlarged, and the contract for the addition was let this week fo r a $ 1,0 0 0 addition. Roosevelt to 8ee Pope. The rolling mills o f the Union Pacific Rome, May 4. — W hile on the Red railroad a t Laramie, W yo., have re sumed operations a fter being idle fo r a sea, April 17, en route to Mombasa, Theodore Roosevelt wrote a letter to year. Cardinal Satolli in which be said: " I Heinrich Conreid, the operatic man look forward to renewing out acquaint ager, is dead. ance a year hence, when I shall present A Kenton, Ohio, g irl has just awak- my respects to the holy father, to ened a fter a sleep o f 100 hours appar whom I beg o f you to g iv e my personal en tly none the worse fo r her long nsp. regards." Plans have been prepared fo r a hotel Cold Wave Hits France. a t N ew York which w ill be 81 stories high. The roof w ill be 876 fe e t above Paris, May 4.— Northeastern France the ground. is in the grip o f an unprecedented cold Con tinned earthquakes at Kameron, wave. There have been snowfalls at German W est A frica , have forced the several places and it is feared that tbe colonial government officials to move fru it crops and vineyards have been W IL L H O LD BERRY F E S T IV A L . Rate Hearing is Called. Salem— The state railroad commis sion, after an investigation on its own motion o f certain rates in force on the 0 . R. A N . and Southern Pacific, has ordered a hearing on May 18, at 11 A. M., at Salem. In its order just issued, the commission states that it has inves tigated the rates on wool, wool comb ings, wool waste and has found suffi cient evidence »to warrant an inquiry as to whether these rates are enreason- able and unjustly discriminatory. 0 Settle Siletz Contests.» Washington — Representative Haw ley has made a strong personal appeal to Secretary Ballinger and Land Com missioner Dennett to take up and finally adjudicate the long pending sus pended Siltez homestead entries. The secretary and commissioner assured Mr. Hawley that they would give or ders that these cases be expedited and that, in deciding them, they w ill take into account the conditions as he ex plained. Dalles Farmers Organize. The Dalles— A t a meeting here an organization o f the fru it and vegetable growers was perfected under tbe name o f The Dalles Fruitgrowers associa tion. Tbe association has been incor porated with a capital stock o f $6,000. I t is intention o f the fruitgrowers to build a warehouse and cannery. Meet ings w ill be held the first Saturday in each month. Ground Acquired fo r Asylum. Salem— Tbe asylum board has pur chased fronj the W illam ette Endow ment association five acres o f land north o f the asylum for $8,000. One o f the new buildings for which an ap- propriation was made by the last legis lature w ill be located partly on the land just acquired. • Fine Cattle Sold at Echo. Echo— A Portland meat company has bought 70 bead o f cattle from Bennett A Spike at $5.60, the highest price ever paid in tip Echo country. The average w eight as 1,620 pounds. The heaviest steer weighed 1,730 pounds, and brought the owners $98.20. 1 Roseburg— The date o f the proposed strawberry festival to be held in Rose burg has been set by the Commercial club for Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15. The tiro days w ill be given over to displays o f strawberries. A program fo r both days has been prepar ed. On the evening fif the first day the women w ill g ive a musical. The occasion w ill also be taken ad vantage o f by the importers and raisers o f blooded livestock, and a large parade o f animals is expected. The Ashland lodge o f Elks, accom panied by members o f that order from different towns in Southern Oregon, w ill vis it Roseburg on Saturday, the second day o f the festival. The v is it ors w ill number about 250. Douglas county strawberries are the first in the market each year and this fact w ill be widely advertised at the festival. I t is proposed to secure pho tographs o f tbe best displays and the parades and use them in booster book lets. _________ N ew Flouring Mill at Baker, Baker C ity— Contractors are busy removing dirt fo r the foundation to the new flouring m ill to be erected by G. B. Stout Surveyors fo r the O. R. A N. have located switches and sidetracks for the mill. The foundation w ill probably be finished within two weeks, and there w ill be no delay in erecting the mill building. Sterns A Ayers have the contract for excavating. Dur W AR VER Y C O S T L Y . ing the past fe w dsys Mr. Stout has been looking over the country to see Next 8ession o f Peace Conference how much wheat has been planted. He Will Hear Interesting Report. is pleased w ith the acreage sown, and Chicago, May 3.— Amazing statistics also tbe attitude that ranchers are as w ill be presented to the National Peace suming toward the new mill, society, which convenes hero today, by C oos to Seek Publicity. Benjamin F. Trueblood, secretary o f In a re Marshfield— The Coos county cham the American Peace society. ber o f commerce has decided to enter port compiled fo r distirbution among upon a publicity work which w ill in the delegates it is asserted that 16,- clude advertising o f the entire county, 000,000 persons have sacrificed them the Coquille valley as w ell as the im selves in wars since the beginning o f mediate Coos bay country. Plans are authentic history. "T h is vast number o f victim s,” says being made fo r makii.g an exhibit o f the products o f the county at the Seat Mr. Trueblood, " i s about equal to all tle exposition, and 75,000 pamphlets the people who inhabited tbe globe for w ill be printed to distribute at the the last 600 years, allowing three gen fair. Figures are being compiled to erations to the century and 650,000,000 show the shipments o f lumber and estimated population o f the world at freight exports and imports o f both the opening o f the Nineteenth century Coos bay and the Coquille river, and as the average population per genera . all o f the resources and advantages o f tion. "T h e usual estimate o f the number the county w ill be set forth. o f men lost in the wars in the Nine teenth century, including those who Lust fo r Gold Hits Coos. Marshfield— The lust fo r gold has died o f wounds and diseases, places it O f this number the struck M yrtle Point and the country a t 14,000,000. about. I t is believed the mother lode, Napoleonic campaigns are responsible which has long been an object o f fo r about six million. "Looses in the American C ivil war search, has at last been discovered. A rancher named Music brought speci have been variously estimated at from Tbe brief mens to town and sold them, the first 800,000 to 1,000,009 men. lot for $2.50, and the second for about war between Prussia, Austria and Italy $100. They looked as though pounded in 1866 entailed a loss o f 45,000 men.” out in a mortar from the quartz. Many ranchers have caught tbe fever and are S T O R M REACHES A T L A N T IC . prospecting. Insurance Examiner at Salem. Salem— Paul L. Wilson, o f Denver, expert insurance examiner, hag arrived in Salem to conduct a special examina tion o f the annual sttements o f the in surance companies doing business in this state, preliminary to tbe publica tion by Insurance Commissioner Kozer o f the annual insurance report,. PO R TLAN D M ARKETS. Wheat—rBluestem milling, $1.27% @1.80; club, $1.20; Valley, $1.17; forty-fold, $1.26; red Russian, $1.17% @ 1 . 20 . Oats— No. 1 white, $40@42. Barley— Feed, $34@36 per ton. Hay— Timothy, W illam ette valley, $14@16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $1? @19; clover, $11@12; alfalfa, $14@ 14.50: grain hay, $18<a>14; cheat, $14 @14.50; vetch, $18.50@14. Apples— 65c@$2.50 per box. > Potato«*— $1.60@1.75 per hundred. Vegetables— Turnips, $1.25 sack; carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.60; beets, $1.76; horseradish, 10c per pound; ar tichokes, 65@85c dozen; asparagus, Oregon, 12%@16c per pound; lettuce, bead, B>@50c per dozen; onions, 12% @15c per dozen; parsley, 85c per dozen; radishes, 20@25c per dozen; rhubarb, S@4c per pound; spinach. 90c@$l. B u tte r -C ity creamery, extras, 27c; f«mcy outside creamery, 24%@27c; store, 18@20c. Butter fa t prices aver age 1% cents per pound under regular buter prices. Eggs— Oregon raneh, 24@26c per Q O Z6T1, Poultry— Hens, 16@16%c; broilers, 26c; fryers, 18@22%c; roosters, old, 1 0 @ llc ; young, 14@15c; ducks, 20@ 22c; geese, 1 0 @ llc ; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $2.$0@3 per dozen. Veal— Extras, 9% @ 10c; ordinary, 8 % @ 9 ; heavy, 7@8c. Pork— Fancy, 9% @ 10e; large, 8@9c. Hops— 1909 contract, -9e;. 1908 crop, 8@7e; 1907 crop, 8c; 1906 crop, l% c. Wool— Eastern Oregon, 18 @ 20c; valley, fine, 20c; medium, 19c; coarse, 18c; mohair, choice, 24@26e. Cattle— Top steers, $6.50@6.75; fair to good, $5@5.26; common to medium, $4.60@4.76; cows, top, $4.26@4.60; fa ir to good, $8.76@4.25; common, to medium, $2.60@8.50; calves, top, $5@ 6.60; heavy, $8.60@4; bulls and stags, fat, $8@ 8.60; common, $2@2.76. Hogs—B est, $7.85@7.60; fa ir to good. $6.86@7.10: stackers, $6.60@ 6.50; China fats. $6.76. Sheep— Top wethers, $6@5.75; fa ir to good, $4.60@4.76; shorn, 76cfri$l less; ewes, % c less on all grades; yearlings, top, $6.50@7; fa ir to good, $6 gu « . 2&; spring lambs, $7@7.60. DEATH LIST AWFUL Storms Lay Waste to Vast Coun try In Middle West. TOWN AFTER TOWN IS WRECKED Z ero Weather is Reported In Many States and Early Fruit and Other C rops Ruinsd. Atlanta, Ga.. May 1.— A t least 75 persons killed and three times that number injured and damages amount ing tp perhaps $1,000,000— this is the toll collected by a succession o f torna does which swept portions o f Missis sippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama and Missouri Thursday and Friday. W ires are down throughout the stricken districts and only fragmentary reports o f the tornadoes can be gath ered. I t is feared that the damage and loss o f life w ill be even greater than indicated tonighL Hundreds are homeless and distress is widespread. An exact list o f the dead and sn ac curate estimate o f tbe monetary loss may not be completed for many days, but from all along the path o f the storm come tales o f fearful loss o f life and jvhole towns and villages are com pletely wiped out The storm wave seems to have had its origin in the North, and swept from the Lake region south in irregular fashion,. _________ Blizzards A fter Gales. Chicago, May 1.— While the proces sion o f tornadoes that swept from fhe- Groat Lakes down the Mississippi val ley to the Gulf o f Mexico spread untold ruin in its path, on the edges o f the meteorological disturbance there was experienced a different kind o f disaster. Heavy snows and blizzards are report ed from both the east and west borders o f the disturbed area, and winter con ditions prevail in Pennsylvania, the Northern lake states and the more Westerly states o f Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Northern Texas. Anywhere up to a foot o f snow has been reported from these states, with blizzards o f the wildest winter kind raging in the North and W esL Tre mendous damage has been done to early small fruit'erops, and the apple crop is also reported seriously injured. Aside from this, great suffering has been ex perienced on the sheep and cattle rang es, and many animals have already suc cumbed to the violence o f the weather. Freezing and zero weather is report ed at many points, and the se verest o f conditions prevail. On the lakes groat suffering has resulted, though the high winds that preceded the colder weather have apparently broken up the ice and liberated many blockaded vessels, thus alleviating to a certain degree the haidshipe o f the lake sailors. __________________ C O A L FAM INE IN C AN AD A. Seaboard Cities Suffer Severely as Only Fuel Mjned Is Being Sent To Hurricane Passes Out to S ea/ United States. Atlanta, Ga., May 8.— The storm Winnipeg, Man., May 1.— The coal which for three days has swept east strike situation in Western Canada is ward across tbe Southern states, passed growing serious. over tbe Atlantic ocean Saturday. At Fernie and Michel, controlled by the least 200 ware killed and perhaps 400 Groat Northern interests, are tbe only injured’ . News o f 84 more deaths in districts where coal is being mined Georgia were received today. and the statement is made that all coal A t Savannah tbe storm tore throgugh mined there is being sent into the the old town, unroofed many houses United States. The chief consuming and destroyed much property. centers in Western Canada are making Towns in North Carolina and Florida loud complaint at this, and a move suffered devastation. The casuality ment has been started to petition the list w ill be incomplete for several days. government to intervene and end the Property worth probably several million strike or stop the export o f coal. dollars was destroyed. President Lewis, o f the Interna The southwestern section o f Savan- tional union, and President Sherman, nab'was struck at 11:30 o’clock Satur the local head o f the Miners’ union, day by a severe storm which uprooted are adjusting their differences and trees, unroofed houses, tore down fences signs o f settlement are in sighL and injured several people. Lethbridge is in want o f coal. (T h e The IfcKane hospital for negroes public schools were closed there y es-. was badly damaged. A factory was terday. Three thousand miners are unroofed and one man badly injured. now idle. The storm lasted not more than half The'immediate effect o f the coal a minute. strike in Nelson is a large number o f idle railroad employes. One o f the Borne to His Tomb. worst features o f the situation1 is the Pekin, May 3.— The body of the late shutting down o f the British Columbia Kwang Hsu, emperor o f China, Satur Copper company’s smeller and mines. day began the long journey to the Western tombs, 80 miles away, for French Jackies Kick on Fare. final interment The dowager empress Paris, May 1.— The third mutiny w ill not be interred until the fall. The within two weeks on a vessel o f the procession started from the precincts of French navy has stirred government the Forbidden City at 11 o ’clock. The circles and it is probable that tbe lat march to the tombs w ill take four days est outbreak, that o f sailors aboard tbe and the entire route is to be over the brattleahip 8L Loqis, at Toulon, w ill groat highway especially constructed be rigidly investigated. The sailors for the passage o f the imperial coffin. o f the S t Louis refused to eat the The tomb cost considerably over $1,- meat provided by the mess officers and 000 , 000 . their protests were so subversive o f discipline that three o f the crew were Icicles on Orchard Trees. placed in irons. The remainder o f the Kansas City, May 8. — Freezing enlisted personnel then openly revolted. weather, with the temperature in declaring that all should Id be punished. Western Kansas going as low as 20 de grees above zero, still prevailed in the Cotton Men 8ee Jap Peril. Southwest Saturday, according to the Boston, May 1.— Governor E. S. local observer. I t covered most o f Draper, in a speech at the 86th annual Missouri, all o f Kansas, the greater meeting o f the National Association o f portion o f Oklahoma and extended into Cotton Manufacturers, sounded a note the Texas panhandle. On many Kan o f warning against the rivalry o f Japan sas fru it farms ice three-quarters o f an yesterday. He said that Japan is now inch thick formed and there is not much the great competitor o f America in prospect o f a fruit crop this year. cotton tpanufsetures, and that the rap idly decreasing exports o f cotton goods 1,000 Chinese En Route. to China indicated a very grave propo- Vievoria, B. C., May 8.—There are mtion for the American manufacturers over l.nrn (> 'n »* e on tijo way to V ic to face. toria. The Empress o f Japan is due tomorrow with 675, and the steamer Tabriz Cries fo r Food. Ning Chow, o f the Blue Funnel line, is Teheran, May l . - T b e International bringing over 600 according to advices R elief committee o f Tabla has issued from Hongkong. The Canadian Pacific an urgent appeal for subscriptions on is bringing 800 tons o f raw silk from behalf o f the famishing population o f Japan, valued at $760,000. tbe city.
