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C. H. WOOOWAMD, I
NEWBERG.. •••••«•••«• .OREGON
EVENTS lOFJHE DAY
Newsy Neuis Gathered freni A
Parts of Ybe World.
L u t Important but N ot Los* Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
China has decided to establish m ili
tary traning schools for officers.
W reckage from the steamer Shores
has been seen on Lake Michigan.
A boom has been starteud in New
Y ork to ran Roosevelt fo r mayor.
Many vessels have been lest by a
hurricane off the coast o f Yucatan.
The Illinois legislature has been call
ed on to cut appropriations $10,000,000.
A new postage stamp commemorative
o f the A .-Y .P . fa ir w ill be issued June
1.
F IN D IN SU R A N C E JO K E R .
FAIR IS C O M P L E T E .
Fraternal Societies o f Illinois Sound
Warning Against Measure.
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Will
Start on Time. , -
Chicago, May 11.— Leaders o f fra
ternal insurance societies have discov
ered a joker in house bill No. 662,
now ready for a third reading in the
Illinois legislature, which, i f passed,
w ill develop a billion-dollar insurance
combine with power to force smaller
concerns and fraternal orders out o f
the insurance business.
The bill in question contains a clause
which provides that any insurance com
pany doing business in Illinois may is
sue policies with special rates o f pre
mium leas than the usual rates to
members o f labor unions, lodges and
other organizations who, through an
officer, may take out insurance o f not
less than 100 members.
In this proviso fraternal men see pos
sibilities o f a great insurance corpora
tion, which, by cutting rates,' would
utterly annihilate competition o f small
er and fraternal concerns. I t was . on
ly by accident that the attention o f
fraternal men was drawn to the joker.
A strong lobby w ill be sent to Spring-
field to fight it.
Seattle’s two expositions sre just
about ready for the bell tap.
The
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition
is
ninety-niqs per cent, complete, which
means that everything is done save
sweeping the floors, and the other ex
position, which consists o f the most
magnificent scenery and the longest
list o f interesting tours boasted by any
American city, is always ready.
Railroad experts the country over
declare that the success o f the A . Y . P.
is already assured, but fo r this fact
they do not g iv e the whole credit to
either the management or the publi
city campaign. On the contrary, they
declare that the imminent influx into
the Northwest is due more largely to
Northwestern resources and home pos
sibilities and to Northwestern and
Alaskan scenery and romance, more
than to any other power o f attraction.
N igh tly now the exposition grounds
are lighted fo r the enjoyment o f the
pre-exposition crowds which daily go
the to grounds. For weeks the attend-
anceh as averaged close upon 6,000.
I f special free days were counted it
would be a larger figure than this.
A
cold spring somewhat delayed the first
flush o f the floral effects, which are on
a huge scale, but warm May days have
brought out the blooms.
Practically all o f the exhibits are in
stalled in the Manufactures building
and in the Oriental and European build
ings. The installation in the Palace
o f Agriculture is somewhat slower but
w ill not be behind at the right mo
m ent The government exhibits are
well along with the exception o f the
Hawaiian and Philippines exhibits,
which arrived late.
However, they
w ill be complete to the last detail by
June 1.
Most o f the foreign exhibits are in
place and those that are not are receiv
ing the finishing touches.
And while work is being pushed rap
idly ahead on the exposition proper,
arrangements are going forward just
as fast that the visitor may take ad
vantage o f the “ second exposition.”
N ew steamships are arriving daily for
excu rsi«) trips to
various
points
around the sound and along the coasL
The numerous resorts in the Cascade
mountains are close at hand either by
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific,
Burlington or Milwaukee railroads and
the Canadian Pacific takes one quickly
to Banff, the wonder spot in the Cana
dian Rockies.
P O T O F G O LD S O U G H T FOR.
A systematic smuggling o f Chinese Excavation "for Kentucky Church Is
from El Paso to Chicago has been dis
Closely Watched.
covered.
v
Cincinnati, May 11.— The excavation
A man has been cleared o f a murder fo r the building o f St. Francis’ church
charge at Chicago by a comparison o f
in Dayton, K y., a suburb, is being
finger prints.
watched by many who believe that a
The French government and employee
pot o f gold was buried under that site
are gathering their forces together for
after the raid by General John Hunt
a gigantic straggle.
Morgan and his band o f Confederates
The premature explosion o f a small
near
the close o f the C ivil war.
bomb at Maxatlan, Mexico, started a
The
property belonged to the late
fire in which 60 houses were burned.
Mathew McArthur, a noted Southern
A t the Portland primary election
sympathizer. There was a subterra
Joseph Simon was nominated by the nean passage leading from the house,
Republicans fo r mayor and M. G. Mon
and it is here, the passage having long
ly by the Democrats.
since been filled up, that the treasure
Speaker Cannon has just celebrated is supposed to be.
The money was left, it was said, by
his 73d birthday.
a Confederate named Caldwell, who
Wheat and corn have had another ad
had been North to pay the troops o f
vance in California.
General Morgan, then located in this
Adm iral Evans is emphatic in his vicinity. He stopped at the McArthur
ideas against disarmament.
residence, and, his presence being dis
gold, said to
Jerome may be the Tammany candi closed, secreted the
amount
to
several
thousand
dollars,
date fo r mayor o f N ew York.
and escaped, intending to join General
Business is at a standstill at Buenos Morgan.
A yres on account o f the strike. There . The latter was killed in Tennessee
is much rioting.
about the same time.
.
A rumor is current in N ew York
that Gould has lost control o f the West
Black Hand Again Busy.
ern Pacific to Mackay.
Chicago. May 11.— Another Black
The lake steamer Shores sunk while Hand outrage was perpetrated today
on the way to Duluth.' The passengers when three bombs were exploded in
quick succession in the home o f Dom
and crew numbered 21.
inick Pecorere. This followed closely
A statue o f Longfellow has just been upon the death o f Mariano Zagone yes
unveiled a t Washington.
A grand terday as the result o f an alleged Black
daughter o f the poet pulled the silken Hand shooting.
N o one was injured
cord.
by the explosions.
For three- months
to
be
H. E. Huntington is ransacking the Pecorero, who is reputed
globe fo r rare plants fo r his home near wealthy, has received letters from the
Los Angeles. He has had a force o f Black Hand threatening him with
death unless he complied with the de
40 gardeners at work two years.
mands fo r money.
Indictments have
been
returned
against six employes o f the American
Mulai Threatens bpain.
Sugar Refining company fo r alleged
Madrid.
May 11.— I t is reported that
frauds in connection with weighing
Mulai
Hafid,
the sultan o f Morocco,
sugar fo r determining duty.
has broken off negotiations with Senor
Rapid progress is now being made in Merry del Val, the Spanish minister to
the Calhoun trial.
Morocco, who went to Fez recently to
Roosevelt declares the country has a discuss Moroccan affairs with him. I t
is seated further that the sultan has
rig h t to pick immigrants.
written direct to K in g Alfonso, de
An industrial exposition w ill be held manding Spanish evacuation o f the R if
in Chicago during August.
country, and intimating that be would
More cold weather is being experi consider refusal to withdraw a declara
tion o f war.
enced through Kansas and Nebraska.
The death list in the Adana, A siatic
Turkey, massacre, is estimated at 23,-
000.
Ex-Senator Stuart, o f Nevada, died
ow ing $26,000, w ith an estate worth
only $1,600.
The fourth Dry Farming congress
w ill be held at Billings, Mont., October
26, 27 and 28.
The government has just sent $60,-
000,000 in coin from the San Francisco
mint to Denver.
Captain Franklin,
United States
army, is to be court martialed for
stealing several hundred thousand dol
lars.
Commercial and civil bodies o f San
Francisco gave abrilliant dinner to Ad
miral Ijiehi, commander o f the Japan
ese warships in that port.
The shah o f Persia has granted a
constitution.
T a ft has declared him self in opposi
tion to an income tariff tax except as
a last resort.
Harriman is planning a motor car
service in Eastern Oregon and Wash
ington in competition with electric
lines and a rate war is looked for. ■
The Missouri house has passed a bill
fo r a commission to regulate all public
u tilities corporations.
The Canadian government is sending
cowboys to Montana to round up a herd
o f 800 buffalo, recently purchased.
Three Wisconsin assemblymen are
accused o f receiving bribes in connec
tion with the election o f United States
Seven o f the Pittsburg grafters have
been sentenced to fines o f $1,000 and
six months in ja il to tw o years in ja il
and $600 fine.
Wu Ting Fang to Teach.
Chicago, May I t . — Wu T in g Fang,
Chinese minister to the United States,
has accepted the presidency o f the Chi
nese school o f Chicago. The school is
one o f a series started under the au
spices o f the imperial Chinese govern
ment. Courses in Chinese literature,
domestic science, Chinese and interna
tional jaw and in the customs and hab
its o f Chinese in their own country
w ill be given.
Hawaiian Japs Strike.
Honolulu, May 11.— Fifteen hundred
Japanese laborers employed on the
Honolulu Sugar plantation went on
strike fo r higher wages today, and it
is expected the movement w ill spread
to the other plantation where Japanese
are employed. The field laborers de
mand they be paid $1 a day, while those
employed in the sugar mills and else
where want a proportionate increase.
Egyptian Cotton Success.
San Bernardino, Cal., May b l.— Gov
ernment experts have turned their at
tention to the Yuma valley experiment
farm, where 160 acres o f Egyptian
cotton is being planted on the Indian
reservation.
Professor Howard L.
Preston, who arrived today, said the
experiments had been remarkably suc
cessful thus far on the desert lands.
Restitution by Regent.
Pekin, M ayl 1.— The regent, Prince
Chun, who since the dismissal o f Yuan
Shi Kai has be*n collecting lists o f
officials dismissed previous to his tak
ing office, issued an edict today re
habilitating the reputations and re
warding the fam ilies o f five officials o f
the late dowager empress, who were
beheaded for opposing the Boxers.
Postal Employes Beared.
A French merchant who has just
Paris,
May 11.— Conditions were
died le ft all bis money to churches for
masses fo r the repose o f the souls o f favorable fo r the government in its
controversy with the postal employes,
the victim s o f automobiles.
it was said today, and it is not likely
Los Angeles householders are com a strike would be declared for the pres
plaining about the carelessness o f aero ent. The government’s firmness has
nauts, who dump out sand promiscuous made a deep impression upon the rank
and file.
ly and ruin laundry oo the line.
BIG
sheep ; m o ve m e n t .
FARM L A N D 8 S O LD .
Great Activity Reported Around Pen Large Tract in Yamhill and Polk to Be
dleton by Secretary Smythe.
Subdivided.
Pendleton— Secretary Dan P.Symthe,
of the State Wool Growers’ association,
reports great activity in the movement
o f sheep in this section and several
large sheep sales during the past few
days. One o f the largest o f these sales
is reported from the vicinity o f A rlin g
ton, where between 20,000 and 26,000
head o f yearlings have been shipped to
outside markets.
The sale price re
ceived for the mixed yearling weathers
ranged from $3 to $4 per head, as com
pared with the prices o f from $2.76 to
$3.26 received for the same grades last
year. The buyers are W right o f North
Yakima and R. F. Bicknell and Scott
Anderson, who w ill ship to Idaho.
Sheep shearing in Umatilla county
w ill last fo r perhaps two weeks yet,
though some o f the earlier shearer«
have already finished their season’ s
clipping. Results from the shearing
plants prove that the earlier prophecy
o f good clips for this year is proving
as predicted. The fleeces are found to
be unbroken and the staple good, due
largely to the early grass and the bet
ter than common condition o f the sheep
because o f the close winter.
The lambing season fo r Umatilla
county w ill last but a few days longer,
though it w ill not close quite so soon
op in the foothills o f the county. The
increase this year in the county w ill be
above 95 per cent, with the total near
er the lower figure. The increase in
Umatilla county w ill approach the
maximum this year because o f the ex
ceptionally good weather conditions.
The winter le ft the sheep fatter than
usual, due to the regularity o f the snow
conditions and the plentifulness o f hay.
Then the grass came early in the
spring keeping the fa t o f the sheep up
and adding more. The lambing seaai
proper has found the weather condi
tions especially good again.
Those
who chanced winter lambing report an
especially good increase.
Portland— More heavy buying o f
Oregon farm lands has just come to
lighL Three deals involving the trans
fer o f over 7,000 acres in which the to
tal money consideration was about
$275,000 were reported.
Broadmead, better known as the
Ladd A Reed farm located in Yamhill
and Polk countie is, was sold to a Port
land syndicate, composed o f J. R. Pat
ters«), D. E. Keasy, L. R. Menefee
and George Akers, for $160,000.
The
Keasey-Menefee syndicate secured an
option on this property some weeks ago
from Martin Winch, representing the
Reed estate, and from the Ladd" inter
est which was closed up by the formal
transfer o f the title.
A t the same
time the property was turned over to
the Columbia Trust company and by
this concern w ill be subdivided into
(five, ten and 20-acre tracts and put on
the markeL
Millmen Have Protest.
Oregon C ity— Complaint has been
made at Salem by 17 lumber manufac
turers o f Clackamas county against the
Southern Pacific company, with the ob
ject o f compelling the corporation to
provide adequate facilities fo r loading
cars at Oregon City. I t is stated that
the complainants are unable to in
crease their business and market their
products because o f the failure o f the
Southern Pacific company to afford fa
cilities fo r loading lumber in car loads.
The lumbermen ask for an investiga
tion by the State Railroad commission
and it is probable that a time w ill be.
set fo r a hearing at Oregon C ity in the
near future.
Gilliam Farmers Join Union.
Condon— Dr. W . R. Campbell, o f
Pendleton, state organizer o f the East
ern Oregon branch o f the Farmers’
Educational and Co-operative union o f
America, has affected an organization
o f farmers in this vicinity. I t w ill be
W O O L C L IP GO O D .
the aim to secure equitable freigh t
rates, lower warehouse charges and to
Mitchell G row ers Say Quality is Bet*
investigate the different methods o f
ter Than Usual.
handling grain. The organization w ill
Mitchell— Woolgrowers in this local work in conjunction with the different
ity report that the season which is just granges o f the county and state.
closing has been the most favorable fo r
Hopyards Looking Very Poor.
lambing fo r many years. The weather
has not only been ideal but the range
Portland— Hopyards o f the Willam
grass w at more abundant than usual, ette valley are looking poorer than
which fact enables the ewes to start ever before.
In some sections not
the sucking period with plenty o f now- more than 5 per cent o f the vines have
ishmenL A ll the sheepmen report that sprouted and in no instance is the
the crop of 1909 lambs w ill go beyond showing better than 15 per cenL Gen
the 100 per cent mark. Shearing w ill erally speaking, fu lly 33 1-3 per cent
start here about May 10, although of the hops which appeared last year
those who have yearlings and mutton are missing thus fa r this season and
sheep contracted fo r early driving are while some may appear and produce
just commencing to shear them. The hops, it is unlikely that the average
wool this year is o f a better quality w ill be changed materially.
than usual, and the prices are likewise.
Farmers o f this section are beginning
Santiam Bridged at Detroit.
to complain o f drouth and cold north
Albany— A suspension bridge has
winds. Fall sown grain is not doing been erected across the North Santiam
so w ell as it should and the spring river at Detroit, eastern terminus o f
sown crops w ill need moisture to in the Corvallis A Eastern railroad. The
sure a good stand. A larger acreage bridge was erected by John Outerson,
has been sown to grain this year than a D etroit merchant, and is the first
in former years snd all concerned re bridge to connect the Linn and Marion
gret that the weather should remain so county sides o f the river directly above
unfavorable.
D etroiL There is an old wooden bridge
W hile the weather has such a back a short distance above the town.
ward effect on the crops, it is. pleasing
to know that the range is abundantly
PO RTLAN D M ARKETS.
supplied w ith the finest crop o f grass
that the stockmen could desire. A ll
Wheat— Bluestem milling, $1.80@
classes o f stock are in fine condition, 1.35; club, $1.20@$1.25; Turkey red,
and prospects point to a favorable $1.26; valley, $1.17; forty-fold, $1.26;
grazing season.
N o cattle or horses red Russian, $1.17^@1.20.
are moving on the market at present,
Com— Whole, $35 per ton; cracked,
but G. L. Frizzell, o f Girds creek, will $36.
drive 300 head from this county to
Barley— Feed, $84®36 per ton.
Toppenish, Wash., via Arlington, about
Oats— No. 1 white, $40®41.
the middle o f the month.
Hay— Timothy, W illamette valley,
$14@18 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
Heppner’ s Clip is Sold.
$17.60@19.50; clover, $11@12; alfal
Heppner— Wool has been transferred fa, $13® 14; grain hay,
$18®14;
in Heppner this week to the extent of cheat, 14@14.50; vetch, $14@14.50.
over 1,000,000 pounds. W . W. Smead
Apples— 65c@$2.50 per box.
has purchased nearly 800.000 pounds of
Potatoes— $1.86(9 2 per hundred.
this for W illiam Ellery and the balance
Vegetables— Turnips, $1.26 per sack:
has been secured by Frank Lea for F. carrots, $1.26; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
Frankenstein. The lowest price paid $1.75; horseradish, 10c *per pound; ar
was 18 cents and the highest 20% tichokes, 60@76c per dozen; aspara
cents. Smead is now offering 21 cents gus, Oregon, 12^(3)15c per pound; let
and it is likely he w ill secure several tuce, head, 20@60c per dozen; onions,
more clips before the rush is over. 12>$@15c; parsley, 85c; radishes, 15
Sheep are all sold and the wool will be ® 20c; rhubarb, 2X @ 3>^c per pound;
practically all off the market by the spinach, 90c®$l.
middle ot next week.
Butter— City creamery, extras, 24c;
fancy (Aitside creamery, 22@24c per
Shaniko Wool Clean.
pound; store, 18®20c.
Butter fa t
Shaniko— Wool generally in this ter prices average l)4c per pound under
ritory is o f a much cleaner and finer regular butter prices.
quality than last season, the past wint
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 24@25c per
er having been exceptionally favorable dozen.
for sheep. The output from present
Poultry— Hens, 15®16%c per pound;
indications, w ill be considerably larger broilers, 25®28c; fryers, 18022
than last year. I t is estimated that roosters, old, 1 0 ® lle ; young, 14@15c;
there w ill be marketed at Shaniko ap docks, 2 0 ® 2 2 ^ e ; geese, 1 0 ® llc ; tur
proximately 4,000,000 pounds during keys, 20c; squabs, $2.6003 per dozen.
the three scheduled sales, June 1, 15
Veal— Extras, 9 ^ O 1 0 c per pound;
and 20. The growers’ opinions vary as ordinary, 8>4®9c; heavy, 7@8c.
to the probable price to be paid.
Hops— 1909 contract, 9c per pound;
1908 crop, 6@7c; 1907 crop, 8c; 1906
Cruising Benson Timber.
crop, l * c .
Mist— Between 20 and 80 timber
Wool— Eastern Oregon, 15®20c per
cruisers are working on the large Ben pound; valley, fine, 22c; medium, 21e;
son timber holdings, located on the coarse, 20c; mohair, choice, 24®25c.
headwaters o f the Clatskanie river and
Cattle — Top steers, $6.50®5.75;
along Oak Ranch creek to the Nehalem fa ir to good, $5(9 5.26; common to me
river. I t is rumored among timber- dium, $4.60®4.76; cows, top, $4.26®
men that this tract w ill change hands 4.60; fa ir to good, $8.75®4.25; com
by the end o f the month.
A promin mon to medium, $2.60®3.60; calves,
ent Michigan syndicate is said to be in top, $5®6.60; heavy, $3.60®4; bulls
the deal.
and stags, fat, $8®8.60; common, $2®
2.76.
Prune Orchard Brings S I6,000.
Hogs— Best, $7.60®7.76; fa ir to
Salem— A. F. Hofer, W. P. Babcock good, $7.26®7.60; Stockers, $6®6.60;
and other local business men have clos China fats. $6.76®7.
ed a deal for the Jory prune ranch o f
Sheep— Top wethers, |4®4.60; fa ir
128 acres south o f Salem.
The price to good, $S.60®4; ewes,
less on
was $16,250. The farm, which is one all grades; yearlings, beet, $4.60®
o f the best in this section, w ill be sub 4.76; fa ir to good, $4®4.26; spring
divided.
Iambs, $6.
STATE S MAY L08E .
Appropriations fo r Rivers and Har
bors May Revert to Government.
Washington, May 10.— Unless con
gress takes specific action at the spec
ial session now in progress, nearly $1,-
000,000 appropriated fo r river and har
bor improvements in various sections
o f the United States w ill be turned
back into the national treasury, much
to the chagrin o f many congressmen
and senators.
This situation arises over the “ cov
ering back” section o f the sundry civil
bill, approved March 4.
This section
provides that all unexpended balances
o f appropriations that remained on the
treasury books June 1, 1904, except
permanent specified appropriations,
judgments and findings o f courts and
trust funds and appropriations for ful
filling treaty obligations with the In
dians be carried to the surplus fund and
covered back into the treasury, “ pro
vided that the money is not needed to
pay existing treaties.”
To meet the situation, Senator Burton
has introduced a resolution providing
that the section o f the sundry civil bill
in question shall not be construed as
applying to the unexpended balances in
river and harbor appropriations which
may be essential, in the judgment o f
the secretary o f war, fo r the mainten
ance and prosecution o f the work for
which it was appropriated.
Among the appropriations that w ill
revert a re:
•
Mouth o f Columbia river, Oregon,
$24,000; entrance to Coos bay, Oregon,
$23,000; restraining barriers Sacra
mento and Feather rivers, California,
$14,000; and harbor at Tacoma, Wash
ington, $11,000.
Daily Shocks Continue.
Rome, May 10.— Since the great
earthquake o f December scarcely a day
has passed without shocks, more or
less strong, being fe lt at Messina,
Reggio and surrounding districts. The
obervatory in the Calabrian earthquake
zone has registered from December 28
lasL up to today, 213 shocks.
Since
the former date there have been no
shocks strong enough to destroy build
ings. Tottering walls have been over
thrown, but there has been practically
no loss o f life since the day .of the
great disaster.
SCHOOL IS BURNED
All American Property at K esa b
Has Veen Destroyed.
BORRIBLE CONDITIONS PREVAIL
People Return to Homes Only to Find
Them Looted, and Wander About
Absolutely Destitute.
Beirut, Asiatic Turkey, May 8.— An
investigator. who has just returned
here from a trip to Kessab reporta
that all the American property at that
place has been completely destroyed by
the Moslem raiders. The American
property there consisted o f a g irls’
S)igh school under the direction o f Miss
Effie N. Chambers. Three-quarters o f
the native houses also have been de
stroyed, but the Armenian church and
the new Protestant school building are
standing.
Almost all o f the people
who fled from Kessab have returned to
find their houses looted. They are ab
solutely destitute.
Some food and
clothing are being distributed, but
there is no system in the work and the
supplies are inadequate.
One band o f Turkish reserves has re
turned to the town, but as they took
part in the rioting and killing there,
the people cannot trust them.
The
protection afforded is in no sense suffl-
cienL The situation at Deurtyul, on
the coast north o f Kessab, is still criti
cal.
S T R IK E 8E EM S SURE.
French Government Will Dismiss Em
ployes Who Take Part.
Paris, May 8.— Warned in advance
that to strike means dismissal from th e
service, the members o f the Post, T el
egraph A Telephone Employes associa
tion ih various cities have already vot
ed in principle for a general strike, and
the congress o f railroad men has order
ed a referendum on the question o f or
dering a strike and has appointed a
strike committee.
That a strike w ill result is a foregone
conclusion. The cities where it has
been’ decided upon include several o f
the largest’ industrial centers, such as
Lyons and Havre. The time to strike
alone appears to be undecided, having
been le ft by the local unions to the
general strike committee o f each or- *
ganization.
The determination o f the government
to fight to a finish the question o f the
right o f stste employes to strike is
shown by the declaration o f M. Bar-
thou, the minister o f public works,
that the government in the event o f
an attempt being made to strike, w ill
instantly discharge from the service
any postman who ceases work.
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New Line to Butte.
Helena, MonL, May 8.— Montana is
to have s new railroad. Because o f
its proposed Western connection, it is
supposed to be a Harriman property.
The company has an authorized capital
stock o f $16,000,000, for which a filin g .
fee o f $1,800 was paid by J. L. Wines,
o f Butte. The road w ill run from Lap-
wai Junction, where it connects with
the O. R. A N company’s lines, along
the Clearwater, crossing into Montana
by way o f Lolo pass; thence through
Missoula, Granite, Powell and Deer
Lodge counties to Butte,1,360 miles.
City in Grip o f Strike.
Buenos Ayres,
May 8.— Buenos
Ayres is still in the grip o f the strike
begun early this week as a protest
against the action o f the authorities in
firing upon a crowd o f demonstrants
on May Day.
The customs receipts
show a great falling off as the result
o f the stoppage o f commerce and vari
ous navigation companies are holding
their ships in port, as it is impossible
to load or discharge cargoes under
present conditions.
Rivers Found Navigable.
Los Angeles, May 8.— Lieutenant L.
C. Easton, assistant to Captain Fries,
government engineer here, returned to
day from an exploration o f the Grand
and Green rivers in Utah and Arizona,
and stated that as a result o f the trip a
report w ill be sent to Washington de
claring those two rivers navigable fo r
many miles above their junction where
they meet and form the Colorado.
Vast Fortune All Gone.
New York, May 8.— C. W. Morse,
the ex-banker, who is now in the Tombs
prison under sentence for violation o f
the national banking laws, has not a
share o f stock, a bond or a piece o f real
estate le ft of his fortune o f an esti
Suggests Gambling Antidote.
mated value o f $80,000,000, according
Butte, Mont., May 10.— “ Go after to evidence which he gave in supple
the fellows who own the buildings mentary proceedings made public to
where gambling is conducted,” said day.
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District Judge Donlan this morning to
Assistant County Attorney Balwdin.
HoJSes fo r Homeless.
“ They’re the people to prosecute.
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Messina, Sicily, May 8.— Lieutenant
want to see you get some o f them. Commander R. R. Belknap, the Amer
And I want to say right now that gam ican naval attache at Rome, has turned
blers w ill g et no more continuances in over to the prefect 400 American
this courL These fellows have been wooden houses to be used to shelter
petted around as i f they were useful sufferers from the earthquake o f last '
citizens, but it doesn’ t go any more.”
December. The attache expects that
2,800 bouses w ill be completed by
1,000 Cabdrivers Strike.
June 7.
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Chicago, May 10.— One thousand cab
Abdul’ s Money In New York.
drivers went on strike tonight, follow
ing a conference between the livery
Constantinople, May 8.— The parlia
men’s association and the union.
The mentary commission has learned that
drivers demanded $14 a week, and re Abdul Hamid recently deposited con
fused to compromise for $18.
Tomor siderable sums o f money in N ew York
row 100 funerals are scheduled to take banks, and it appears that be has in
place. The police refuse to give fune the neighborhood o f $10,000,000 in
ral processions right o f way.
German banks.
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