The Wasco news., April 13, 1906, Image 2

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W A S C O ................................OREGON
RESUME OF THE ”
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review o f Important Hap­
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers—National, Political, His­
torical and Commercial.
Japan has opened Manchuria to ior­
eign trade.
Witte again threatens to resign as
premier of Russia.
Dowie savagely denounces his wi*e
and vows he will not live wih her
again.
Many troops in the Philippines are
suffering from malaria caused by im­
pure water.
Another attack on engineers and oth­
er officials of the Lena, France, coal
mines has been made by the miners
wives.
Nearly all countries have joined with
tbe United States in asking for a later
date as the time of the second Hague
conference.
Anthracite coal operators say they
are willing to arbitrate, but have pre­
sented new terms to the miners as a
basis for the arbitration.
Burlington officials claim no know­
ledge of a wreck on its road near Lin­
coln, Neb., while men who were on the
train say there was a wteck and they
saw at least two persons who were
killed.
Officials of the Chicago A Alton and
Chicago, Burlington A Quincy railroads
must stand trial in Kansas for giving
rebates. The United States District
court at Kansas City has refused to
grant them immunity.
Roosevelt and Tillman may become
reconciled.
Gorky and other Russian revolution­
ists will tour America
Tugmen of Chicago have struck for a
raise of $5 per month.
There are many candidates for Al-
gei’a seat in the senate.
A1 great majority of the bituminous
coal miners are a^wrrrk-;--------------- -------
The governor of Tver, Russia, has
been blown up by a bomb.
The Democratic victory in Russia
may Jead VS the granting of a constitu­
tion.
Dowie’s European converts refuse to
believe that their leader has fallen from
grace in Zion City.
Bryan will also tour Russia during
his preeent trip around the world. He
is in India at present.
Dowie’s enemies are bringing more
charges against him and preparing a
hot reception for the aged prophet.
The street car strike at Winnipeg has
ended, the car men getting an advance
of 1 cent an hour after aeking for 2.
TRADE W ITH ISLAND OF CUBA.
Imports and Exports for 1905 Far
Exceed Any Previous Year.
Washington, April 10.— A report is­
sued by the department of Commerce
and Labor on the Cuban trade says:
Cuba ranks second in importance in
the trade relations of the United States
with other American countries. The
total trade of the United States with
the principal countries of America in
the calendar year of 1905 was: Can­
ada, $203,000,000; Cuba, $125,000,-
000; Braail, $111,000,000; Mexico,
$92,000,000, Argentina, $39,000,000.
The value of merchandise imported in­
to the United States from Cuba in the
calendar year 1905, according to figures
prepared by the department of Com­
merce and Labor, was $95,857,858,
against $57,228,2291 in 1903, $31,747,-
229 in 1900 and $16,238,456 in 1897,
in which year our imports from Cuba
touched the lowest point in the last
half century. The exports from the
United States to Cnba aggregated $44,-
569,812, against $23,504,417 in 1903,
$26,934,524 in 1900 and $7,296,613 in
1896, in which year they were smaller
than in any preceeding year in the last
half century. In both imports and ex­
ports the figures of the year 1905 are
larger than those of any earlier year in
our trade with Cuba.
Sugar and molasses, tobacco, cigars
amt fruits are the principal articles
forming the imports into the United
States from Cuba. The value of sugar
imports in 1905 was over $72,000,000;
molasses, $1,097,153; leaf tobacco,
$11 879.938; cigars, $3,855,820; fruits.
$1,236,028 (of which all bat $5,803
represented the value of bananas), and
iron ores, $1,537,890.
SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVE.
NOT SO BAD AS PAINTED.
REALLOT WENAHA RESERVE.
Most Crops in Pendleton Section Are Sheepmen Jubilant Over Contirmation
of Reconsideration.
Turning Out Well.
Pendleton — There is j«»y among
sheepmen of Umatilla county over the
news that the Wenaha reserve will be
redivided, for it is understood that the
allotment is to l»e made again. Hev
era! days ago J. E. Smith received a
letter from Ranger J. M. Hmlts, invit­
ing the Oregon men to meet at Walla
Walla April 27 to consult regarding the
division of the reserve, it was sup­
posed that the meeting would be mere­
ly to hear complaints, and that little
or no good would result to the Oregon
sheepmen. However, Dan I*. Hmytbe,
secretary of the Umatilla county asso­
ciation, has l»een in forme«! that the
reserve was to be redivide<|.
When the Wenaha reserve was first
allotted among ntockmen
several
months ago Oregon men complaiued
bitterly because in making the divis­
ion the Oregon part of the reserve had
l»een practically given over to Washing­
ton grower«, thus cutting off many
Umatilla county men from their sum­
mer ranges.
There is a general belief that a more
equitable division will l»e made this
time, as the Umatilla county men will
lie on hand to assert their rights.
Perry Gould, president of the Uma­
tilla county association, has calleil a
TWO CENTS AN ACRE.
meeting of that Ixxlv April 26, at which
time a line of action will lie agreed
' Estimate for Coming Year by Secre­ upon.
Pendleton— Investigation of the con­
dition of growing wheat in various
parts of Umatilla county shows the
damage sustained in the March cold
spell was slight.
Instead of many
thousand acres to reseed, as at first re­
ported. not more than 2,000 acres in
the entire county have l»een reseeded.
Many farmers secured seed wheat and
vitrol, in many instance« paying fancy
prices for blueetem, which was scarce,
only to find that their grain was not In­
jured or only slightly. The only sec
lion where there was any loss was the
northwestern part, where the soil is
light and th^re was comparatively no
snowfall. The scare was due to the
fact that the tops of the grain in some
places was frozen, but this is consider­
ed a benefit instead of an injury by
many, as they say that it has caused
the grain to stool out more than other­
wise.
The fruit is also renting out nicely
and the damage will not l>e nearly so
great as was feared. The {»eaches suf­
fered most, but there will l»e a partial
crop and unless a later frost occurs
there will be a full crop of all other va­
rieties of fruit.
tary of Waterusers’ Association.
Oregon's Boundary Dispute.
Klamath Falls—Secretary Applegate,
About 150 Lives and Much Property
Salem—
Attorney General Crawford
of the Klamath Waterusers’ association,
Lost in South Seas.
and State Engineer I^wis, after visiting
San Francisco, April 10.—The steam­
er Mariposa arrived today from Tahiti,
bringing additional particulars of the
storm which swept the Society and oth­
er South Sea islands last February.
According to the latest eitimates about
150 live« were lost and the property
damage amounted to $1,500,000.
Among the Mariposa's passengers were
B. Cha lee, C. Brown and J. Harris,
members of the crew of the British ship
County of Rogburgb, Captain J. Leslie,
which went ashore during the hurri­
cane at Tokarva, in the Paumolee group
of islands. Out of her crew of 24, ten
lives were Ipet.
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Other v e s s e ls lo ^ K u ring the storm
were the French schooner Tahtienne,
53 tone, with Captain Dexter and eight
of her crew, and the French schooner
Tonture, 28 tons, with all on board.
The French schooner Hitnimi, 19 tons,
went ashore at Monihi. Her crew was
saved. The French schooner Morurora,
37 tons, went ashore at Tikehon, but
the crew was saved.
The French schooner Eimeo, 150
tons, is overdue and it is supposed that
she is lost with all on board off Tike-
hou. Thirty seven cutters of 12 to 15
tons were also lost in the storm.
NEW JERSEY FOREST FIRE.
State Was About to Purchase Large
Tract for Reservoir.
Experts who have gone over the aud­
itor's books of Indiana have found a
ehortage of 1390,0595. TUe shortage
covers every year back to 1883.
Senator Alger, of Michigan, re not a
candidate for re-election.
Dowie promises to perform a miracle
when he reaches Zion City.
Returning merchants eay Chinese are
now baying Americaan goods.
,
Veeuvius is in violent eruption and
thousands of people are fleeing in tet-
ror.
More rioting has taken place at Win­
nipeg, Manitoba, on account of the
street car strike.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
Egg Harbor City, N. J., April 10.—
A foreet and swamp fire was started
here early this morning and in the
course of a few hours assumed threaten­
ing dimensions. Tbe fire’s origin is
unknown. It started a short distance
from the home of Congressman John J .
Garriott and did considerable damage.
High winds fanned the flame« into a
roaring furnace and drove it in a west­
erly direction toward the towns of
Weymouth and West Egg Harbor. The
village of Carmentown was completely
encircled and several buildings destroy­
ed.
A path over a mile wide and over
four miles long was covered by tbe
The soft coal mine operators' of the flames. Thousands of acres of valuable
East have offered to arbitraate their timber which the state of New Jersey
was about to purchase as a forest re­
differences with the miners.
serve were destroyed, making a tract of
All the independent coal operators of 25,000 acres almost worthless.
the Pittsburg district have signed the
scale. Thie will insure work for about
Bold Diamond Thieves.
20,000 men.
New Orleans, La., April 10.—That
The United States Circuit court of he was robbed of diamonds valued at
appeals of New York says the patent $5,000 at the muzzle of a revolver in a
for daylight loading film cartridges for store in a crowded street is the story
told to the police by L. Mose, a jeweler.
photographic cameras is void.
Moss said that while at work in his
A steamer has arrived at Philadel­ store, with hundreds of people passing,
phia trom Bombay, India, with what late last night, two men entered and
is believed to be bubonic plague among asked to look at some diamond rings
and brooches. After several travs had
the crew.
One hundred printers have been dis­ been put out, Moss says one of the men
charged f’-om the government printing shoved a revolver in his face and the
office as the first step toward economy other took the jewels and escaped into
in that department. The mechanical the crowded street.
department will be completely reorgan­
Cruiser Ready for Trial Spin.
ized.«
Rockland,
Me., April 1 0 .— The new
Many lives were lost by the colhpse
cruiser Washington, which has just
of a hotel in Germany.
been completed for the United States
Speaker Cannon admits the present government, arrived there today and
tariff laws should be revised.
anchored outside the breakwater in
The kaiser abandoned his trip to the readiness for her speed trials, whiph
Mediterranean for fear of assassination. will take place off this port during the
The New York chamber of com­ week. The Washington’s contract calls
merce urges congress to pass the Phil­ for a minimum speed of 22 knots per
hour.
ippine tariff bill.
in his annual report to the stockhold­
ers’ meeting here, April 7, stated that
the receipts of the association to March
31, 1906, were $6,728.66, while dis­
bursements were $6,851.20, leaving a
deficit of $122.54.
Principal expense
was filing and recording deeds, etc.,
$1,405.20; salary of attorney. $1,500;
salary of secretary, $1,200, and direct­
ors’ per diem and expenses. $»103.19.
He estimates expense« for tbe coming
year at $3,000.
As there are about
150,000 acres subecril»ed to the associa­
tion, the assessment per acre will only
be. about 2 cents. There are about 20,-
CO0 acres of private land under the
project as yet unsubscribed.
Astoria to Io »k up evidence in the
boundary line suit pemling between
Oregon and Washington before the
Uniteil States Supreme court, are more
thoroughly convince«l than ever that
Oregon is in the right. Mr. I>ewis con­
tends that congress must have lieen
guided in fixing the boundary line by
the latest government surveys of the
mouth of the Columbia river. By stip
ulation, oral evidence will lie taken lie-
fore a notary.
Land and Lot System Jo Be Used.
Astoria—County Aasewir Uornelius
has decide«! to t ia e the land and lot sys­
tem in preparing the 1906 gHsessmtnt
roli in place of segregating the proper­
ty under the names of the various own­
ers, as has been the custom heretofore.
Favor# Spelling Reform.
Salem—State Superintendent Acker­ Mr. Cornelius believes the new system
man is a firm believer in the reformed will result in a great saving to the
spelling, so much talked about by An­ county.
drew Carnegie. He says that there is
Governor Would Sign Protest.
only one way to bring about the refor­
Salem—Governor Chamlierlain says
mation speedily and effectively, and
that he d«ies not think the United
that was for the newspapers of the
States quartermaster’« office should lie
country to agree to adopt the new mode
move«l from Portland to Seattle, lie-
of spelling. Should this be done, Mr. cause Portland was the more central
Ackerman says that the country at large
point. The goverxor expresses willing­
will accept the new form and forget the
ness to join in a protest to the secretary
old inside of one year.
He said that
the National Educational association of war against the proposed change.
bad adopted the new form.
Initiative Printing Bill.
Salem—There has been much specu­
lation as to the probable expense en­
tailed upon the state by the initiative
measures which have been propose«! for
the people’s adrption at the June elec­
tion tips year, hence the following fig­
ures, obtained from the secretary of
state, will be of interest showing the
amount thus expended*
Paper, $1,-
017; ’printing, $3,472; binding, $1,-
610; total, $»»,099.
Postpone Booth-Kelley Indemnity Bill.
Salem—Governor Chamberlain has
wired Senators Fulton and Gearin to
have the senate postpone action on the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company's indem­
nity bill, authorizing the company to
select lands in lieu of its holdings in
the Klamath Indian reservation, until
a copy of the bill is receive«! and the
matter investigated by state lan 1 au­
thorities.
Curry Healthiest County.
FLEE IN TERROR.
Peasant# Seek Refuge In Naples from
F ie ry V e s u v iu s .
Naples, April 9.— Mount Vesuvius is
a colossal cauldron of tire and the town
of Bum a tree use, on Its southern declivi­
ty, has been transformed Into a gray is­
land of ruin by the ashes from the crat­
er of the volcano. Torrents of liquid
fire, resembling in the distant’« serpents
with glittering yellow and bla« k st ales,
are coursing in all directions, amid
rumblings, detonations and earth trem­
blings, while a psll of sulphurous smoke
that hovers over all makes breathing
difficult.
The streams of lava are resistless.
They snap like pipestems the trunks of
chestnut trees hundreds of years old,
and blight with their torrid breath the
blooms on the {»each trees before the
trees themselves have bein rea«h»*l.
The inolton streams «Io not spare the
homes of the peasants, and when these
have been rased they dash into the
we1 Is as though seeking to slake their
thirst, and, after filling them, continue
their course down the mountainside.
Everywhere in the vicinity of the
volcano pitiful scene« are witnessed—
women are tearing their hair in their
grie« and old men are crying aloud at
the lues of their beloved homesteads.
New craters have npene«l at tllfferenl
{mints on the mountain, hut it is Im­
possible to ascertain their number or
where they are situate«!.
Naples is the uiecca of the wlarmed
country people and they bavy l»een
tbxking into the city in great n u m lie r s .
The lava flow approachetl the out­
skirts of the village of Clarem ami than
suddenly ceased a«! vancing. Fitly acree
of ground alxwt the village were over­
flowed ami the crops ruined.
The eruption has caused a great «leal
of damage, as the heating lava streams
have witbere«l vegetation, while tiie
ashes have settled on everything.
N tW RECIPROCITY TREATY.
America Getting Worsted by Present
Agreemert With Cuba.
Washington, April 9. — Acting umler
instructions from the Htate department,
Edwin Morgan, minister at Havana,
has Iwen in conference with the Cul’su
Foreign office, with the pur|x«e of
framing a new reciprocity treaty. The
treaty may he ready for submission I xh -
fore the adj'iurnment of the the present
senate seeeton.
The reason for the preparation of
this new treaty ia that the officiate here
have become convinced that America ia
getting by far the woret of the bargain
under the present arrangement. While
nearly all of the ei{xjrts from Cuba
corne to our p«>rts, only a little more
than one-third nt the imports into
Cuba are furnished by tbe American
farmers and merchants, Europe fur­
nishing practically tbe balance.
Tbe Cuban government did not care
to make tbe concecsiona, but it was
confronted with the fart that otherwise
there would lie no treaty at all at the
expiration of the present convention,
and, without the preferential rates of
the treaty it would l»e imjxissihle to
market Cuban sugar and other staples
in America at profitable rates, thua
threatening ruin to Cuba.
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PORTLAND MARKETS
HUM PHREY'S USGENT PLEA.
Wheat — Club, 68c; blueetem, 6 8 0
69c; re«l, 6»ic; valley, 68c.
Gats — No. 1 white .feed, $27.50; He Predicts Disaster if Ship Subsidy
Bill Should Fail.
gray, $27 per ton.
Barley— Fee«l, $23 50(924 |>er ton:
Washington, April 9. — Representa­
brewing, $24024.60; rolled, $24 5 0 0 tive Humphrey, of Washington, today
BO.
informe«! tbe preaident that, unless tbe
Hay — Eastern Oregon timothy, ship subsi«ly bill is pasee«l, Japan will
choice, $17018 per ton; common, $13 soon control tbe entire Oriental com­
0 1 4 ; valley timothy, $ 8 0 9 ; clover, merce of the Pacific coast, lie hope<l
$7.5008; cheat, $ 6 0 7 ; grain hay, so to alarm tbe presi«lent that he will
$708; alfalfa, $12.
actively take up the cause of tbe sub-
Apple1»—$202.76 per box.
tidy adv«x*ate« ami compel the speaker
Vegetable« — Asparagus, 8 0 1 2 ^ c and house trailers to let this hill {«as«.
per pound; cabbage, 2 *40 per pound;
Mr. Humphrey said the Japanwe
cauliflower, $2 25 per crate; celery, 76 already have an option on six »hips of
090c per dozen; head lettuce, 25c per the Pacific Mail, arid can buy them, if
dozen; onion«, 4l)c per dozen; radishes, the subsidy hill Is defeated. He also
20025c per dozen ; rhubarb, $101.25 said the Japanese are trying to get the
per tax; spinach, $1 per liox; parsley, Hill ship« on Puget sound.
lie went
25c; turn pfl, $101.25 per Hack; car­ on to say that there is a British-French-
rots, 6507oc per Hack; beets, H5c0$l German «hipping trust that now fixe«
per sack.
rate« between Pacific coast ports and
Onion« — No. 1, 70090c per sack; Liverpool, having recently doubled the
No. 2, nominal.
rate on wheat. Unless tbe subsidy law
Potatoes—Fancy graded Burbank«, is enacted, Mr. Humphrey says Pacific
65c per hundred; ordinary, 60055c; coast exporters shipping to Liverpool
new California, 5c per pound.
will remain at the mercy of this trust.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 2O022}$c
Wedderburn—Curry county is one of
the healthiest in Oregon. This county
boasts only one physician, showing that
it is a desirable place to live, even if per pound.
it is off the map of homeseekers. No
Egg«—Oregon ranch, 16016j^c per
epidemic of any kind ever visits this dozen.
place, and the physician is not often
Poultry—Average old hen«, 13013%c
needed.
per pound; mixed chickens, 12% 013c;
broiler«, 26 0 30c; young rooster«, 12*^
Discovers Black Diamond.
013c; old rooster«, 10^,01 lj^c; dress­
Wedderburn— While panning in the ed chickens, 13014c; turkeys, live, 16
creek near Langlois, this county, W. K. 0 1 7 c , turkey«, dressed, choice, 2 0 0
Eliott discovered a black diamond. 21c; geese, live, 8 0 8 %c; gee«e, dress­
The stone is as large as a kernel of ed. 10011c; ducks, 17019c.
corn, and has all characteristics of the
Hops—Oregon, 1906, 7010c; old«,
diamond. It shines at night and is an 5 0 7 c.
excellent glass cutter.
Wool—Eaatern Oregon average best,
15020c; valley, 24026c per pound;
Money for School Fund.
mohair, choice, 25029c.
Veal— Dressed, 3 ^ 0 7 % c per pound.
Haleru— Receipts of the State Land
Beef—Dressed bull«, 3c per pound;
board from sale of public school lands,
deferred payments and interest on loans cows, 4 0 5 c; country Meer«, 4 * 4 0 5 ^ c .
Mutton— Dressed, fancy, 9 0 9 ^ c per
amounted io $27,636.65 for March,
ri.is sum has been paid to the slate pound; ordinary, 4 0 6 c ; lamb«, with
treasurer to be added to the permanent pelt on, 1001 lc.
Pork—Dressed, 6 0 8 %c per pound.
school fund.
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Desperate Express Robbers Foiled.
Dea Moines, April 9.— A desperate
attempt to rob the Wells Fargo office«
in this city of over $100,000 was
thwarted by the prompt action of the
police last night.
Express Messenger
Painter was assaulted by masked men
while in charge of the company’« safe,
but the robbers were driven off. This
afternoon four men entered the office
and after they left a mask was discov­
ered on the floor. Fearing a second at­
tempt at rohliery, a detail of police
guarded the express company’s safe all
night.
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Will Reappoint Judge Moore.
Washington, April 9. — It was an-
nounced at the White house today that
Judge Alfred H. Moore would be reap­
pointed United Htate« udge at Nome,
Alaska.
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