The Bend bulletin., October 09, 1908, Image 2

FINCHOT INDORSED
Irrigation Congress Upholds Ills
Forestry Policies.
IS CONCESSION TO HIS CRITICS
Work of Government Bureaus De
veloping Weit Approved Timber
and Stone Law Indorsed.
Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 3. The
struggle in the National Irrigation
Congress between the supporters and
opponents of the present government
forestry policy resulted in a sweeping
victory for the friends of Chief For
ester Pinchot yesterday. With a few
recommendations for change in the
forest regulations the congress adopt
ed resolutions indorsing the forest
service as well as other government
bureaus conceived in the work of de
velopment and reclamation. It also
took advanced ground in favor of
conservation of natural resources in
general.
The resolutions give sweeping in
dorsement to the work' of the recla
mation service, the forest service and
the geological survey and urge on
congress continued support and in
creased appropriations for all of these
bureaus; jirgc the repeal of the tim
ber and stone act, "to the end that
the accumulation of the public lands
in the hands of a few great corpora
tions may he arrested"; urge the
speedy creation of the southern Ap
palachian and White mountain na
tional forests; ask congress for an
adequate appropriation for the use of
the hydrographical division of the
geological survey to determine by ex
periment and measurement and obser
vation the practical effects of grazing
and lumbering on the supply of water
for irrigation and on the erosion of
the soil and that such investigation
extend over the various watersheds,
both in and out of the national forests
and that such investigation be prose
cuted simultaneously throughout all
the states and territories of the and
and semi-arid west "
A strong resolution against free
sugar is included, also resolutions for
the creation of immigration bureaus
by the western states and territories;
requesting co-operation with the na
tional conservation commission, a
conservation committee of the irriga
tion congress being authorized: urg
ing that the Carey act be made ap
plicable to the territories; indorsing
the movement to hold a session of the
congress in Washington in 1910, to
be known as an international congress
on irrigation, and asking appropria
tions from the state and the federal
governments for this concuss: and
authorizing the present congress to
appoint a committee of five, to be
known as the congressional commit
tee, charged with the duty of urging
uic recommendations ot tne irrigation
congress.
PERMIT NO SHORE LEAVE.
Admiral Sperry Decides to Run No
Risk of Cholera Infection.
Manila, Oct. 3. Rear-Admiral
Sperry has finally decided not to land
any men here and to maintain a prac
tical quarantine of the ships during
their stay Admiral Sperry discussed
the question with Governor-General
Smith this morning, and the above
action was determined unon.
There are still several new cases of.
cholera daily, and it was decided that
it would be safest and best not to take
anv chances of its spreading to the
fleet The officers will be allowed
brief shore liberty under close restric
tions Forty steamers and hunches, gaily
decorated piraded today around the
outer lines in which the fleet is an
chored Governor-General Smith and
Rrigadirr-General A I. Mills, accom
panied by their staff, and Frank
Strong chairman of the general re
ception committee, boarded the flag
mo Connecticut and spent a half hour
with Reir-Admiral Snerrv. Rear-Ad
miral Sncrry returned their call later
n the day.
Harriman Orders New Cars.
Chicago, Oct. 3 It was announced
here yes'terday that the Pullman Car
company will begin delivering an or
der for 220 steel passenger cars for
the Harriman lines within CO days.
The order is but a starter of orders
tl'M ve to be placed for steel cars by
.ill the big railroad lines, it is stated.
The adoption of the steel cars was de
cided unon after a long series of ex
ncriments conducted by the Harriman
lines The cars are to be steel shells
with but very little wood in their con
etruction. Hnln Inch Deep Burned.
San Francisco. Oct. 3. While sit
ting " he receiving instrument of
the wireless telegraph station on Kus
giiii Hill yesterday, L. T. Crow, an
onerMnr received a shock of electric
ity thit burned a hole an inch deep in
the marble 'top of the table on which
the instrument was resting Crow es
caped with slight injury, and esti
mated that 30,000 volts passed through
jiis body. I
CAR JUMPS TRAOK.
Six Men Killed and.SIx Others Injurer
Near Scappoose,
Portland, Oct. 2 Six men killcc'
and six injured. That was the tot
claimed by a sudden shower of rain
which wet the tracks on a steep spur
oi the Portland ct southwestern Log
King railway, just as a construction
train was uearing thet summit of a
hill at a point eight miles north and
west of Scappoosc, early yesterday
afternoon.
Five men, in charge of the train
and crew, were on the locomotive.
These escaped. Twelve men were on
the one gravel car which was being
pushed uphill by the locomotive when
the runaway occurred. Not one of
these men got away unhurt. They
clung to the car as it swept back down
the hill and jumped the track at a
sharp curve Three of tlicm were
killed outright, two more died while
being taken to Scappoose, and an
other died after being brought to the
Good Samaritan hospital at Portland
None of the unfortunate 12 had
seemed really to understand their
danger until their car had leaped the
track and death and destruction, were
in their midst. The locomotive went
around the curve easily. The car fol
lowed, but just as it swung clear the
momentum sloughed it aside. The
pin which held it to the locomotive
snapped and the big engine continued
its mad flight on the tracks to the
bottom of the grade, where it stopped
on an uphill stretch.
PEARY OFF FOR;pOLAR SEA
Steamer Erik Returns With Latest
News of Explorer.
St Johns, N. F.. Oct. 2. Having
safely transferred a large supply of
stores to the Peary Arctic steamer
Roosevelt at Etah, West Greenland,
,ii .iu.Mii.iij steamer iiriK nas ar
rived back in this port.
The Roosevelt left Etah on Attaint
18, bound north through Kane basin.
rvenncuy cnannei ana Kobcson strait
It is the explorer's plan either to en
ter the Polar sea or to reach a point
from which he can easily get to Cape
Columbia by February next. Then he
will make a dash across the ice floes
toward the pole.
The Roosevelt has on board three
Americans beside Commander Peary,
the regular crew of the steamer, 25
Eskimos and 330 dogs. The Eskimos,
Captain Hartlett said, are eager to
assist the explorer.
The Erik started on her return
voyage to St Johns on August 20.
In Davis strait the Erik struck an
iceberg, which battered her bows
above the water line. She made the
harbor at Mukowik, Labrador, where
she effected temporary renairs. then
proceeded. The remainder of the
voyage was without incident.
EMBEZZLED TEN MILLIONS.
Danish Minister of Justice Sold Titles
and Decorations.
Concnhacen. Oct. 2. Having lim
the amount of his actual thefts at
trom I9.ooo.ooo to $10,000,000. the
Danish government is attempting to
determine to whit extent the default,
ing former minister of justice, Albert),
profited by the sale of titles and dec
orations, in which he is asserted to
have done a wholesale business for
14 years. The inquiry promises to be
intensely embarrassing to scores of
prominent men whose elevation to
tne aristocracy Albcrti is said to have
secured on payment of heavy sums,
which he afterward lost, along with
his stealings, in unlucky speculation.
The skill with which the fallen minis
ter covered up these transactions is
seriously handicapping the investi
gators. From Albert! himself they
are getting little assistance, the cul
prit hav'ng utterly collapsed since his
surrender to the police. Physicians
say there is no pretense concerning
the partial loss of his memory, and it
is the general opinion that he will not
live to be punished
Failures growing out of his opera
tions continue to be of almost daily
occurrence Of the former minister s
thefts about 15.000,000 were from
large banks and syndicates, and the
balance from private individuals and
commercial houses.
Former Premier Christensen, who
though suspected of no personal dis
honesty, aided Alhcrti to raise money
through public channels to such an
extent that he was forced to resign.
nas spent entire days under painful
crMs-cxamination by the investi
gators. Tom Lawson Very Sick,
Iioston, Mass., Oct. 2. Thomas W.
Lawson, author of "Frenzied Fi
nance,! is seriously ill at Ill's home in
this city. His private secretary an
nounced yesterday that the financier
was suffering from grip, but it is
feared the real trouble is the result
of a general breakdown following his
arduous work during the past few
years. It was said at his office that
he would be confined to his home for
several days It is rumored among
the brokers, however, that his condi
tion is more serious than is admitted
by his family and employes.
Chinese Emperor Insane.
Pckip, Oct 2. A peculiar mental
derangement from which the Chinese
emperor is suffering lias been pnz
zling the attendants at the royal pal.
ice for some time and yesterday a
consultation ot the most eminent phy
sicians in China was called by tfi'
empress dowager to discuss the case
of their royal patient.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
DYNAMO WRECKS MILL.
Ten-Ton Fly Wheel Leaps Hundreds
of Feet.
Hood River. Failure of the gov
erning machinery to work on the big
dynamo of the Oregon Lumber com
pany at its power plant at Dec caused
the electric generator to run away
and wreck the plant. Part of the
10-ton flywheel which 'exploded was
blown acrqss the river several hun
dred feet. The accident put 130 men
out of employment.
Although many men were employed
in the vicinity of the accident, no one
was injured, the electrician escaping
by being absent from the building
1 he plant cost the company $50,000
and was the first electric power plant
to be used in operating a sawmill on
the coast. The accident is a doubly
expensive one to the company, as in
addition to the loss by damage to the
power plant it is expected that the
big mil), which was cutting from 130,
u.. to 200,oDo feet of lumber a day,
will have to remain idle a mouth be
fore repairs can be made.
Electrical experts have been scut
for and everything will be done to
push the installation of new machin
ery at once.
Money for Indians.
Klamath Falls. Every man, woman
and child on the Klamath Indian res
ervation is to receive $30 33 within the
next 10 days. This represents the dis
tribution of $32,300 interest now due,
and 10 per cent of the principal, of a
sum placed to their credit several
years ago, paid for lands which be
longed to the Indians and which the
government appropriated. Part of the
money received for the land was set
aside for the building of irrigation
ditches, purchase of cattle, etc., and
$330,000 was placed on interest for
them at 3 per cent. Seventeen thou
sand five hundred dollars interest is
now due them and the Indians, in ad
dition, asked for 10 per cent of the
principal.
Frosts Thin Out Crop.
Salem. Though the prune crop is
light, averaging in different localities
from one-half to two-thirds of a crop,
all of that which matured will be
saved. The quality is good, size large,
and growers are much encouraged
For what there is of the crop, on ac
count of the quality and size, growers
will receive more than last year, when
prices were considered good Con
tracts are being made on a basis of 4
cents, and the average seller will pull
out much better than last year From
3) to 3 cents is being offered for the
field run, Because of the fine weather
that has nrevailcd throughout the val
ley during the last three weeks condi
tions for drying have never been more
favorable.
BI(5 Irrigation Project.
La Grande At a meeting held to
discuss methods ami devise plans for
the promotion of the big irrigation
project that is now the source of great
interest in this valley, committee
were appointed to cover the entire
valley in a canvass for subscriptions
A considerable portion of the amount
nccessiry to assure success in the un
dertaking has already been subscribed
and there is but little doubt that
within a few weeks the project will
be well under way.
Headquarters at Pilot Hock.
Pendleton Pilot Hock Is to bo
hendmiarterit for the Armour com
pany' fooling in eastern Oregon, ac
cording to plana nnnounrcd that tho
big parking firm bad purchnsod ground
for feeding quarters in tlmt hrlviug
villain. Hood transportation, an im
mense production of grain anil hay and
the nhiimlanen of livestock ranged upon
the hills nro tho rouse for the project
ing of the now cnterpriso.
New Factory for Albany.
Albany A J Caldwell is planning
to remove his hose factory from Stay
ton to Albany and enlarge the plant
materially. Caldwell, who is a former
l.inn county young man. was In this
city recently discussing the proposed
change with local business men and
was assured enough support to justify
the erection of a big plant here.
Horses to Philippines.
Klamath Falls. A band of 30 horsos
has just boon started to the railroad by
.1. Frank Adams of Morrill, en rnuto to
tho Phlllnpina inlands. Thev wcro nil
fino specimens of Klamath horses. K.
Htewart. n government horso-buyor, Is
oxpectcd to nrrlvo In Klamath county
shortly, looking ror poio ponies ana ar
tillery horses.
Frosts Hurt Hops,
Salem. Hop-picking proper has
"losed in the valley fields and what
hops remain to he picked can be eas
ily cleaned up during the next week.
It is very fortunate for the unusual
heavy frosts have damaged the un
oickrd hops.
910,000 for Lincoln,
Waldport. Judgo John II. Seott of
'ho Oregon Hood Itoads commission
poke to a largo crowd of Lincoln coun
ty business men lost vvcok. An effort
vili bo made to gceuro an appropriation
if $10,000 from tba legislature.
LAND CONCENTRATION.
Dig rarmers Are Acquiring Control
of Eastern Oregon Tracts,
Pendleton One of tho most Impor
tint Industrial tendencies of eastern
Oregon is the rapid coiiecntrnHou of the
'arming lands Into tho hands of a few
lien. Thin venr tho enormous wheat
'rop of Umatilla county was harvested
by fewer men thnu ever before. Bee
tion after section of the best wheat
and in being bought up by tho big fnrui
jr who already own umiiy sipiaro miles,
Hid tho farms nro being grndunlly nban
lotied by their former owners, who are
moving In largo numbers to tho new
wheat distrlets of Alberta,
In tho Athenn district over 100 farm
era have sold out in tho past IS months
and moved nwny, most of them to (.'nn
adn, and tho land is now owned and
farmed by wheat king whose prestige
is inereaidng from venr to year. The
only Increased settlement in any pur
tion of Umntilla county is In tho irrl
gntion distrlets, where mimll tracts are
being bought up gradually by new set
tiers and where great development Is
lookod for.
Beet Sugar Yield,
I,a Grande. An nvcrngo yield of OS
bushels to tho aero is tho result ob
tnlned by tho management of tho farms
belonging to tho Amalgamated Sugar
company on tho 2,000 arm Hall ranch
near Union this year. Tho Halt ranch
has been considered, heretofore, as a
pleeo of land that was not oti a par with
tho rest of tho (Hand Hondo valley, for
the reason that a part of it was too wet
for successful farming, and a part of it
was very dry. Hut this season the
sugar coni(any has employed 1SS men
on tho farm, kept 40 teams busy, and
br intelligent elTort so drained the wet
land and Irrigated tho dry that the
crop of small grnlns, consisting of
wheat, ont and barley, averaged 05
bushels to the acre.
Packing Plants Ready.
Itoseburg Tim two largo pruno-
parking plants in this city have com
pleted the work of initnlllng the new
machinery, and nro now ready for tho
fall run of packing, II. S. (Hie i. Co.
have added several new and up to dna
equipments for the handling of rrnp
orated prunes, ami they expect to park
more than f0 carloads this season. The
K. W. Tllson i. Co.'s plant tins added a
new boiler, and also new machinery
throughout, besides xcvernl additional
rooms for tho use of storing and pack
ing. This plant will handle upwards of
75 carloads of prunes this season.
Lumber Is Scarce,
Waldport There Is a (r.rent scarcity
of lumber In the western part of Lin
coln county and n number of parties
who have liought Waldport property
with the intention of building have
neen unniiio to secure material. As soon
as the river gets high enough n great
deal of eontrneted lumber will be
brought down from the Alsea null,
Newport Is also suffering a lumber
famine.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 80c per bushel: forty
fold, 02c; Turkey red. 08c; fife, 80c;
bltiestein, 93c; valley, 91c
Harlcy Feed. $8rt per ton; rollci',
$27.30Jt28.30; brewing, $2(5 30.
Oats Nn 1 white, $S131 50 per
ton; gray. $30(rTO3O
Hay Timothy. Willamette valley,
$tl per ton; Willamette valley, or
dinary, $11; eastern Oregon, $IO.',0:
mixed. $13; clover, $0; alfalfa, $11; ;il
falfi meal, $80.
Fruit Apples, new, r0cif?$ so pe
box' peaches, -tOtffSOc per box; pears.
73cfT$l 00 per box; plums. S0c($t.uo
per box; grapes, 40cgt$l 23 per crate;
Concords, 2ntfi23c per bisket; huckle
berries. SfiDlOc ncr noil ml: niiinees.
$t25fTlS0 per box; ground cherries.
73c per box; cranberries, $10 per bar
rel.
Potatoes 80onc per hundred;
sweet potatoes. 3c per pound
Melons Cantaloupes, 30i?j73c per
crate; watermelons. ItfDlc per pound;
ca snins, $ liuf'i per dozen.
Vegetables Turnips, $1 30 per sack,
carrots, $1 73; parsnips, $1 75; beets.
$1 30; artichokes, J3c per dozen,
beans. 3(JTc per pound; cabbage, lie
per pound; cauliflower, 25(?t7Sc per
dozen; celery, 73c2$l per dozen; corn
73cr7$l per sack; cucumbers, lsrjjaoc
per dozen; egg plant. 30c(iT$l 25 per
crate; lettuce, $lo?l 25 per box; pars
ley, 13c per dozen; peas, fie per pound;
peppers, BJJ)t0c per pound; pumpkins.
tfftlic per pound; radishes, 12c per
dozen; spinach, 2c per pound; sprouts.
10c per pound; squash, lie per pound;
tomatoes, fi0g)70c.
Hutter City creamery, extras, 32jT
.14c; fancy outside creamery, 3032ic
per pound; store, inc.
F.ggs Oregon extras, 3t32c;
firsts, 27r7i).l0c; seconds, 23QJ20C; cast
cm, 2328c per dozen.
Poultry Fancy hens, 13l(lMc,
spring, HiiWlSc; ducks, old, 12Dl2ic
spring, M13c; geese, old, Oc; young
lO'allc; turkeys, old, 1718c; young
20c.
Veal Extra, Oc per pound; ordiuarj
7fB7jc; heavy, 3c.
Pork Fancy, Sic per pound; or
dinary, flc; large, Be
Hops Oregon, 1008 7c per pound
1007. 2i?i'4cj 1000, UmU,
Wool Eastern Oregon. nverag
best, lOCrDlOlc per pound, according U
shrinkage; valley, lS(fi15jc
Mohair Choice, 1818ic peund.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Hut Dobnto Expected, on Forest Re
serve Policy,
Albuquerque, N. M., Hept. 30 Tho
iroceedlngs of the opening session of
ho 10th Nntlonnl Irrigation Congress,
whidh convened In Coiiventlou Hall, In
this city, nt 10i30 yesterday, wero lin.
presslve, ami 1,800 delegates and 8,000
spectators, who crowded tho gnllorle.
wero moved to repented demonstra
tlons.
It Is ovldent that this congress Is to
tllvo tho major portion of Its time to
llscusiton of tho reclamation of public
.mill and conservation of naturr.i re
sources, mid It Is likely these dlscu
ilons may lead to differences of opinion
on phases of tho government policies,
particularly tho forestry policy, I). 0.
(teaman, of Denver, Colo., will nddrrss
tho convention today on "Forestry
Service, " and It Is intimated that sueli
criticism of tho service as may be In
dulged In will come nt that time. Tho
livestock Interests are well represented,
and their desires as to the resolutions
urging government regulation of the
public domain and national forests may
precipitate sharp discussion,
A movement has appeared, hacked by
a number of well known men, to make
the Irrigation congress a permanent
working organisation, with headipiur
ters and a secretary, whoso duly would
be the collection of data and Inforum
Hon for the use of the congress In fur
thering needed legislation and arous
lug public Intercut In reclamation and
conservation work to bo undertaken,
The movement Is finding favor among
the delegates,
A notablo feature of tho congress Is
the absence of men prominent or active
in political alTaini, and the presence of
an unusual number of men who nro ae
tlve worker In tho practical fields of
reclamation, and who make up n Hit of
speakers of exceptional strength. The
usual etiisltion, for which congress np
preprinted $30,000, and which has
brought together the flnrst display of
Irrigated products ever aueinhled In the
United Htntos, was formally opened
yesterday by Governor Curry of New
Mexico, following parado of the
troops of tho Department of the Colo
rsdn, ordered here for the exposition,
(lenernl Hell, chief of ststT, and Itrlgn
dlor General Thomas, commanding the
Department of the Colorado, took mrt
in tho parade.
A vigorous fight Is under way be
tween Pueblo, Colo., and Spokane,
Wash., for tho next session of tho con
Kress. INCREASE FREIQHT RATES.
Railroads to Make Advance RutbWays
First of Year.
, Chicago, Hept. 30. January 1 the
transcontinental railroad. Imim tu lm
able to iticreaso tho freight rates on
moro iimu bu commodities west bound
and on about 20 commodities east lound
lielween all eastern points and tho Pa
clfic cnait.
Conferences are being held frequently
wiin n view to roaming nn agreement
as to what commodity rates should be
increased mid what should remain nt
present rates. Yesterday traffic men
admitted that all of tho commodities
wero being gone over with a view to
making increases whero posslblo and
equitable. It Is state! that all of tho
commodities nn tho Hit, which Include a
number of large consumption and large
tonnage, havo borne ridiculously low
freight rates for years. This fael, It Is
maintained, Is due to old competition,
which was wont to cut a rate In order
to get binineii Irrespective of whether
or not It paid.
Tho proposal lnereass, If they be
romo effective, will bo from every terrl
tory east of tho Missouri river to the
Pacific coast and will avorago between
S and 8 iwr cent nbovn tho present
rates. It Is hoped that most of the In
erenies can bo agreed upon, and it Is
expected Hint tho railroads will bo able
to make them effective January 1, 1000.
Two Towns Wiped Out.
Marinette. Wis, Sept 30 A soak
;ng rain, which began Saturday even
iik and continued until vcnterdav
morning, has extinguished the forest
lires in Marinette county. Ilrfnrc the
rain came the towns of Gnll and
Kiugsmau, on the Wisconsin ft Mich
igan railway, were wiped nut, and six
or eight families had to flee for their
lives. The (own of McAlcstcr was
saved by the residents, assisted by
volunteers from Marinette. The loss
to Senator Stcphcruon and the Sawyer-Goodman
company in standing
timber will be large. Other com
panies on the Menominee river also
lost heavily in standing timber.
Court Knocks 0-Hour Law,
Madison, Wis., Sept. 30. Tho su
premo court of Wisconsin yesterday da
dared unconstitutional tho railroad
telegrapherx' eight-hour law, Intro
luced at the 1007 session of tho logls
laturo. The decision Is based nn the
contention that tho stntn law conflicts
with tno tirov slons of tho fcdurul eon
stitiitlnn giving congress tho nowor to
'cguiato interstnio commerce. It is nlso
.... .--. - t . .
tivon ns n bnslit for tho finding that
tongrcs already has punned n law fix
ng tho hours for tho employment of
nllrond telegrnphors. Tho decision is
ho result of a tost caso.
Surveyors General to Moot,
Bolso, Idaho, Rept. 30 D. A. Uttor
urvoyor-genornl of Idaho, tins Invito-'
lie siirvoyorsgenornl of Orogon, Mnn
ann, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado
'ovnda and Utah to moot hero at r)
ato to bo nam (id Istor for tho purpos'
t considering uniform plans for con
lueting thoir work.
EVENTS JjFTHE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from Alt
Parts of tho World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Lest Inter
estlng Happentnge from Points
Outsldo the State.
Heaths from the flood In India arc
now citiuiateil nt 30,000.
A sou of Admiral ICvans must stuml
court martial tin several charges.
Loiigwurtli proposes that Roosevelt
run fur president eight yc.it i (nun
now.
San Francisco satoimmru accuse:
one of the police captains of at
tempted extortion.
Six persons were Injured at Los An
geles by the collision of switch en
gine and an electric car.
The Turkish army Is moving toward
the llulgariaii frontier and llulgati.i
is preparing for war
The Congo Independent State up
holds Kiu( Leopold's rule ami drulc
that cruellies have brcu practiced.
J ran Duusmmr, Canada's richest
wnmxii. is dead Her son was one
time licutcnaut-govcriinr of the prov
ince. Utah Democrats have srlrctrd J.
William Knight as their candidate for
governor His father was first tillered
the nomination, '
Government inspectors arc Investi
gating the Mteck of the Star of Hen
lf.il The ship's officers will testify
thai the vessel could have brcu saved
together with the tit lives bad the;
tugs nut abandoned her.
The American fleet has arrived at
Manila and was frccUcd amid grout
rejoicing.
Fuglish trainmen threaten tn strike
for better pay and fully Siw.ooo would
go out. Wages range from $3 per
week fur signalmen to $10 fur the
best engineers Conductors get $8 per
week.
France will back Russia in a move
tn make lltilgaria give Turkey a dis
puted line of railroad. l
Iticliard Crokcr, ex-Tammany lead
er, will Wilt New York.
Kootcvrlt has declined an invita
tion to visit Australia.
A freight train collided with an ex
cursion near Toledo, O , and six per
sons were killed and a number In
jured. The first lid-test rase at Portland
was won by the defendant, a billiard
ball proprietor who kept his place
open on Sunday.
The Northern Pacific, Great North
ern and Union Pacific railroads are tu
start suits to prevent the new lumber
rate to the oast being put into effect.
Cholera at St. Petersburg is re
ported tu be at a stauditill.
Whole pages from the city direc
tory were copied .it Lus Angeles in
preparing a petition for a popular
vote on a new ordinance, l'roiecu
tlons will follow.
Tho Amcrlean battleship fleet wilt
visit China In November, '
John I). Rockefeller has assumed
Afjivo charge of (Standard Oil business
slnco tho breakdown of II. II, Rogers.
Herbert Knox Hmltb, commissioner
of corporations, has married a daugh
ler or eiwonalor Dietrich, or Kouraskn.
The Pulton Iron works, one of tho
ploneem of Han rrnnolsco. Is to go out
of business. This firm has built mora
than fiOO vessels.
Thousands of nntlvo homes liavo
been washed away and there has Iweu
great loss of lite in India by flood
waters of the Musi river.
An nttompt was mada to wreck n
Northern I'aeifio passenger train 35
miles west of Missoula. Tho obstruc
tion wns discovered by tho onglneor In
tlmo to stop,
'Hlitrcn counties In Ohio havo voted
prohibition, throwing out 300 saloons.
Richmond, Vn., Is In terror of tho
"Hlack Hand," ono man having been
killed after receiving warning lotters.
Professor Fisher, of Ynlo unlvorslty,
suys MOO.OOO pimple now living In tho
United States are doomed to dlo nf con-
Stlllinttnll. Itn filrtlinr .In.!......! ,1ml
moro than $1,000,000 000 Is spent annu
ally In this country fighting tho ills,
enso,
Austria's designs against Turkey arc
opposed by Russia.
Cholera has broken out among Htis
siau hospital nurses and caused n
panic.
The first football death of the sc.v
"i has been recorded at Watcrbury,
Conn.
Dalai I.nma. of Thibet, is visiting
Vkln, where lie wns received with
'treat ceremony.
Americans have been warned to
day away front the Yaipii country a
he Indians are troublesome,
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