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YEAR 1 9 0 /LEAVES A RECORD OF DISASTER 19 Sixty lives lost In two Big Four railroad wrecks in In d ia n a .. . .Moham med All M irza crowned Shah of Persia ....A d m ir a l Davis ami American squad ron sent away from Kingston, Jamaica, by Gov. Hwetteuhara. 26— Death of Joaiah Flynt W illard, tramp and a u th o r.. . . Eugland apologues for Swettenham incident. $ 3 - -Twenty miners killed by exploaiou near Prinwro, C o lo ....T h a w trial begius in New York 24 18-ath of Senator R. A. Alger of Michigan. 28— Explosions in mine near Saar- btueck. Prussia, kill 3tMJ p erso n a .. . . 1 (0 lives last by typhoon in Hongkong har bor. 29— Ninety miners killed by mine explo sion near Thurmond, W. Ya. 7 -Tornado damages lx>ng Pine, Neb. 8— Death of Jatues McGranahan, goo- 1*1 song writer. 14 -AanuaMiiintion of Preaident Fal- lierea attem pted in Paris. 15— Powder exploaion on battleship Georgia kills 8 seamen and Injures 13. 18— Emperor of Korea abdicates. 20 30 killed in Per« Marquette wreck NEW K L A M A T H IN D U S T R Y N a tu ra l Phenomena and D ire fu l A PP LE « H IP M L N T 8 IN C R EA SE uear Saletu, Mich. Accident Furnish Long Lists 21 Steamer and freight boat collide Stockmen Organize Company to Op« Railroads Give Out Figures Showing off t'alifornia coast and 150 live« are lost of Dead. arata Packing House. Oregon’s Bal« of Fruita. 2 3 --Death of Col. W ill 8. Haya, ballad writer. M e rrill— The organiatiou of the K la Portland— More than twioe as many 27— I>eath of Senator E. W . Pettua of math 1’scklng A Commercial oomiwtiy, ■ pplee were alilp|>ed out of Ihla a let«» Alabama. epitome of important events The «luting 1967 than in 1966, according to 28 Jury In Boise. Idaho, acquits W ll inroi|x)rated in about complete. repoite complied by the railroads. The llam I), Haywood of murder of Gov capital stuck ia $566,660. Southern Pacific and A in, N. lines wuu <>. K. iv. »« Steunenburg. . . . Big tire at Coney Island, The com ¡»any has purchased of N. 8. have completed figures allowing (ho N Y. M errill ten sores of hind ai the foot of cars of apples Mhippvd from every p d iit R ecent F in an cial D isturbance— Okla A U G U S T. FKBKVARY. Froot str»et, bordering on Lost river. on the allied lines, and the total num- 1— Standard Oil Co. fined $29.000,000 hom a a State— F ine and G ift 7— John D. Rockefeller makea $32.000,- for accepting railroad rebate« by Judge The object of the oonoern will be to her of cara ia a surprise. 000 gift to educational work. pack and ahip all kinds of meat. Dur of M illions. “ Nearly all these paplaa were lought K. M. Landis of Chicago. 12— 200 lives lost by sinking of Joy 8 Beginning of telegraphers* general ing the (suit aeason over 25,060 head of f. o. b. at the station nesrest the or- line steamer l.archtuont off Block Island, strike. cattle and sheep have been driven iharda,” said General Freight Agent The chronicler who »»'ana the record R I ........ Death of ex-Gov. Frank W. H ig tnrough thia city to Montague atxl M iller, of the Harrim an lines. “ This 12— Death of Robert A. Pinkerton. gins of New York. of 1907 that he may write of it flntla 15— Joseph Joachim, violinist, die« In thence shipped to Sacramento ami Oak shows the fruit ia in demand, ami 16— 25 persons killed and 100 injured Berlin. him self confronted by an exhibit of land, where they are slaughtered for E istern buyers come here In search of destruction and disaster that he had in train wreck on New York Central in 19- Princo Wilhelm of Sweden at market. it. The prices thia seeson are l»ett«-r New York City. not fully af>preclated before. Since the Jamestown exposition. There are many condition« which than ever before. One station on our 20- -$173,666 stolen from U. S. aub- openiug day of the year the great ca 26 -Great tire in Hakodate, Japan make this long drive and shipment un- lilies that never aliip|>ed an apple tie- trxaaury in Chicago. 27— Nelson Morris, Chicago packer, aatislactory. Among these are the loss fore thia year sent away 46 cats Ui the tastrophes that have been accompan 21— English steamer Berlin goes down ied by large loss of life have numbered off coast of Holland; 180 lives lo s t . .. . die«. of fieah on the 100-milc drive, the dam-1 l ast a short time ago. Hila indicates 29 Great bridge over St. Law rem's aging of meat canned by the g»«d stick how the apple industry Is going ahead, 20. an average of slightly more thau Cornelius J. Shea and associates acqult- two for each month. Several of these lid of conspiracy in Chicago.. . . Mrs. river, near Quebec, collai>sea, carrying 84 of the cartender. the fevered condition I predict it w ill only lie a few years tw- workmen to death. have been great convulsions of nature. I »ora Mcltouald shoots and kills Webster reaulting from the close confinement, fora apple growing w ill be one of tha 8 6 —Death of Richard Manatield. the cramped poaitlon in the crowded biggest activities of ( Drrgon people.1 There was the earthquake that destroy- S. Gueriu in Chicago. SKPTKM BICR. 22 - Pennsylvania railroad’s 18 hour cars, and the general unfitness for e»i Kingston, Jamaica, out of which 4— Death of Edvard Grieg, Norwegian market of the four footers upou arrival flyer wrecked uear Johnstown, l ’a . . . . Can’t Use Wood. came the disagreeable Swettenham in composer. at their destination. Burns—-The forest lungers of the cld e n t; subsequently occurred other Missouri I egislature adjourned by small 7— Anti J m ¡»anesc outbreak in Vancou pox scare. The slaughter of these animals in Blue mountain fonwt reserve have fined earthquakes au»l volcanic eruptions lu vet, B. C. M ARCH. this county w ill insure perfectly health several Harney citisens for cutt ng tim Mexico, Chile and Chinn. An earth 9 —Japanese battleship Kashlma blows 4 — Fifty-ninth Congress adjourns sine ful and ¡«datable meat, w ill eliminate ber in the reserve without permits I nun quake and mountain slide that de d ie ....T h r e e changes in President’s cab up ut Kure with loaa of 46 Uvea. the shrinkage, and w ill double the the foreat guards. The largest fine Im stroyed the town of Karatagh. Russian inet take effect. 15— 25 lives lost in wreck of excursion profits of the »trek raiser, as he w ill posed wss on It. A. Dickenson, who traiu near Canaan. N. IL Turkestan, snuffl'd out 13.000 lives, and 7— Strother brothers in Culpepper, Va., 17 First election in Oklahom a.. . .C hi receive not only his first profit as pro operates a sawmill al-out eight mile« a frightful typhoon nt Hongkong. acquitted of murder under “unwritten ducer, hut as a stockholder in the com from Harney. lie was caught takiug cago defeats new charter. Chins, killed unknown hundreds of the law.” pany w ill receive a second profit as timber from government land amt fined 21— Frank J. Constantins convicted of 9— iV a th of John Alexander D o w le ... Inhabitants. A hurricane In the Caro $366 for about 17 trees. The sawmill murder of Mrs. Louise Gentry in Chicago wholesaler. line Islands wij>ed out 2»s» lives; a W ill J. Da via freed of responsibility for Because of the latenraa of the season, men have lx<en making this a practice ....G ra n d s ta n d blown down in Hegi ia, great flood In Japan caused »500 deaths. Iroquois theater disaster by Judge K im Pa., and 56 people hurt. comparatively little work can be done | for year« before the reserve was cr»srt- A"»ong the «*atastr«t{ih;'s »»rlgluatlng In brough of Danville. 111. 25— Flood in Ja;>an drowns 660 per this year, but thecoatpany will l>e put ed, and thought it no harm to continue 12 I»eath of M. Caslmlr Perler, for the operations and enterprises o f hu mer president of F ra n c e ... .Magazines on sons. upon a working taiaia and reveral hun-1 the practice. lutat fall was the first manity there have been explosions 28— Eight lives lost in B. A O. wrock dred head of hogs ▼.ill he converted time a foreat guard has l>een «tationed French battleship Jeua explode at Toulon, at Bellaire, Ohio. several of them In mines, others In killing 80 and injuring 500 persons. into hams, bacon ami lard. Early next here to give ¡»«rmits for rutting tim l-er 80—McKinley mausoleum dedicated in ¡»ring conveniences for the prep «ration for wood and other pur|»«ec*. There blast furnace« and on shl|»l»oard—<\>1- 14— Death of Maurice Grau, irapree- Canton, Ohio. lision« of sh!j»s nhd of railway trains, sario. of all by products w ill I n » installed. has alrrays been plenty of tim lw r out OCTOBER. 1H— Burning of Helicon Halt, Upton the collapse of the great uncompleted side the reserve for w»s<i and tim lier 6— Death of Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, bridge over the St. Lawrence river Sinclair's colony, near Englewood. N. J. for building purpose« until lately, ASK TIME ON RANGE TAX. 18— Greater Louisville exposition open authoress. near Quebec, and the blowing up of when it waa all secured by outside peo 16— Steamship Lusitania crosses At the Du I’ont powder works In Fonta ed. ple. to lw transferred lu time to larga 19— Iieatb of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. lantic ocean in four days twenty h o u rs ... W allow a Shaapm an D on’t W ant to Pay timber o oiu (en ies. net. Ind. All tb»*se produced long cas $ 1 4 ,0 0 0 U ntil N eat August. 22— Many persona killed in riots in LH-ath of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick in Co ualty lists. lumbus (O hio) penitentiary. Moldavia. B oard R a ises feachera* Pay, Enterprise— At a meeting of the The roll of eminent dead Is also an 12— Steamship Cypress wrecked on 25— l»eath of Alexander Beaubien, first Oregon C ity — The teachers of the Wallowa County Wooigrowera, in thia extensive one. Sweden has lately l»een white male born in Chi»*ago. Lake Superior and 22 liven lost. called u|s»n tc^mourn the disease of its 14— Town of San Joae del Cabo, Ix>wsr city, resolution« were adopted r e q u it city schools w ill receive a aulwtantial «31— Ib*ath of Galusha A. (»row, former increaae in aalarlea next year. Thia California, destroyed by cloudburst. beloved king. Oscar II., and his son Congressman from Pennsylvania. ing the government to defer collection was ajMured at the annual meeting ol 15— Du Pont powder works near Fon of range due« until after shearing, or and successor has assumed the reins A P R IL . the local district, at which a special tanet, Ind., explodes, killing 56 people. of government. In Persia, also, the sbont August 1. The rlieepmen of 2— Ch:«*ago elects Fred A. Busse, 16— W all street flurry causes great Wallowa ¡ay about $14,066 for rent of tax of 3% m ills was l«vled. The levy old Shah has died and a new one rules. Republican. Mayor and approve« new la 1 m illt n excesa of the recommenda slump in copper stocks, range«, and this would 1* liard to raise Not death, but abdication bHs also ttaction ordinance by majority of 33,126. tion« of the board of director«, and the 22— 23— Panic in New York and the 1— Hotel fire in San Francisco kills 17 Eant marked by suspension of Knicker under the present scarcity of money. changed the governmental head In excwsa w ill he added to th« salarlsa of It waa recommended that the prceent Korea. Polities, art. science, letters, persons.. . . Lunacy commission declares bocker Trust Comitany and of various the teachers, making the amount ea- and the platform have each paid its H arry K. Thaw sane. financial »■oncerna, ap|»ointment of receiv oonnty bounty of $1.50 a head on ooy- 9— Howard Nicholas and I*on ard Leo j , « b . « » , i n W l . „ a , s toll to death In the loss of some fore ers for Westiughous«* Electric and Manu pold convicted of murder of Mra. M a r of the facturing Company, and wild scenes on T1 J * . ’ ?TLPo iJ r I *’vledkt" 1*7 for IL I joat clowed. The annual report most representatives. Among the names garet I*a lle in Chicago. rep« There are 146,666 sheep twing fe»l in Stock Exchange. may be recorded those of former Pres directors shows the schools to be in a 11— Lord (.'romer, British ruler in 23— Germans win balloon race from 8L Wallowa county this w inter. Twenty- nourishing condition, and the financial ident M. Caslmlr Perler of France. Egypt, resigns. two sheepmen foined the state aamela Louin with France second. Senators Morgan. Pettus and Alger. report show« that the floating Indebt 13— Standard Oil Company convicted 27— New $26,116» 1,666 Union station tion and with the $2 yearly due« ami edness ia $906 lees than last ym r. Galusha A. Grow. James H. Eckels, in Illinois court of rebating. opened in Washington. $2 assessment on each 1,066 sheep 14— Death of James II . Eckela of Chl- Maurice Grau, Richard Mansfield. Jo- 30— Earthquake and mountain slide d slmared last June, Hie sum of $257 waa Clyde Bayne Acting President. seph Joachim. Edvard Grieg. James cago. . . . Earthquakes at Chilapa and stioys town of Karatagh, Russian T u n collected and sent to the slate txxJy. Cbilpancingo. Mexico. Kalern— The executive committee of McGranahan. Col. Will S. Hayes. Prof. kiatau, and causes 15,666 deaths. 15- —Grw-at Northern’s Oriental Limited the state normal schools has elected C. Alexander S. Herscbd, Thomas Bailey NOYRM BBR. derailed by wreckers at Bartlett, N. I). To Develop Oregon Borax. E. Payne, of the department of science Aldrich, Dr. John Watson (Ian Mae- 1 -G reat railway strike in Great B»!v 16- 19— Volcanic eruptions in Chile. Burna— The Oregon Borax coni ¡»any, at Ashland normal, to srrvo as acting laren), Theodore Tilton. Mrs. Mary J. 20— Great fire in native quarter of ain called. 5— End of telegraphers’ s trik e .. . . Elec of whi< h Joeeph Gaston, of Portland, preaident f « the remainder of this Holmes, Francis Murphy and Mrs. Manila. is president, has commenced the work ' Tr * r In the place of It. F . Mulkey, re- Helen M. Gougar. Mrs. Win. McKin 26— Opening of Jamestown ( V a .) Ex tions in many States. of developing the s<»ds and borax de- kigne«!. 11— !»eath of liexter M. Ferry, seeds ley and John Alexander Dowle are also position. poeita at A lkali lake, on the edge of * In the list o f the well-known dead. 30— Hurricane in Caroline Islands kills man, of Iietroit. P O R T L A N D M A R K E TN. 15— Denth of Moncure I), ( ’on way, luxke (tnrnty m ar the Harney county 200 people. A financial disturbance of widespread line at G ray’« Butte. A large amount American author. . . . hire destroys town Butter— Fancy creamery, 3 5 (3 3 7 ^ 0 MAY. influence has made Itself felt during of Cleary, Alnnka. of lumber ha* l»een ordered for perrna- ¡ * r pound. 2— (»rest low» of life from explosion in the last three months of 1907. I»i— Oklahoma admitted to statehood. nent buildings, and Superintendent.' Veal— 7ft to 125 pounds.H^fdP«-; Canton. China. The number of States In the Union 24— Jury in Steve Adams case in Rath Zell Young, with a party of car|tehtcr«, 12ft to 150 pounds, 7c; 166 to 2<x> 3— S ir Alexander Swettenham retires has been Increased to 46 by the ad as Governor of Jamaica. drum, Idaho, disagrees. is on the ground to carry on the work, pounds, f t ^ f l’^o. mission o f Oklahoma. 25— Thirteen lives lost in New York In addition to these preparations, the J Poultry— Average old hens, 12c per . 6— I>r. John Watson (Ia n Mndaren) T h a t modern minds are not appalled Idles in Mt. Pleasant, Iow a. . . . Tornado tenement house fire. sheet iron for boiling «nd settling ‘ pound; mixed chickens, I I 4 c ; spring 20— Death of Gen. It. I). Pritchard of by large amounts Is shown by two o f ! wipes out towns of Birthright and Ridge- tanka has lieen ordered in California chicken«, 1 Ifa 12c; ro»«ter«, H»-; drc«w<| Allegan, Mich., wboae regiment captured the y e a r’s transactions. The Standard I w#7» Texas. and w ill be ahtpped up to the lake by chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, Iftc; 10— Son born to King Alfonso of Jefferson Davis. Oil Company has been fined $29,000,- the narrow-gauge railnaid from Ret; 3 dressed, chclce, 18«t26c; geeae, live, DKC K W H E R . 000 by a Chicago Judge, and John D. Spain. to Alturas, where the tanka w ill l>e 16c; ducks. 14c; pigixjns, $16^1.66; 1— Explosion in®ruine at Fayette City, 11— Mystic Shriner special wrecked at Rockefeller has made donations of $32.- constructed on the grounds. a»|ualiM, $2(<q3. Pa., kills 46 miners. Honda. Cal., and 31 lives lost. 000.000 to educational projects. Eggs— Frcnh ranch, candled, 3 2 S ( * 2— Sixtieth ( ’oriifress opens. 12— Mine fire at Velardena, Mexico, 36c ¡M»r dozen. Two great expositions have been Warnings to Entrymen. 4— King (»«tar of Sweden resigns gor kills 90 m en .. . . Earthquake in China held. That at Jamestown, Va.. did not kills 4,000 persons. Pork—Block, 7ft to IftO pounds, 6(<u Jjikeview— The numerous decisions em m m t into hands of Crown Prince as receive the patronage expected and is rendered the commissioner of the gen flSjc; ¡wkera, 6<<q6z%c. 17— Isaac Stephenson elected United regent. Wheat—Club, 83c; blneatetn, 8ftc; In the bands of a receiver. The other States Senator from Wisconsin. »1 Exploaiou eritornl»« 400 minera at eral land office no longer leave any was In Greater Louisville, Ky. doubt in the minds of homesteader» bm valley, 83c; red, 81c. 25— Death of Theodore Tilton in Paris. Monongah. W . Va. Data— No. j white, $28; gray, $28. 8 I»»-nth of King Os'-ar I I . of Sweden to what they must do if they expect to 26— Death of Mrs. William McKinley. A public work of vast magnlture was and acet-ssion of his son as Gustaf V. Barley— Heed, $27 per ton; brewing, hold the landn in the Southern Oregon begun when Mayor McClellan of New «■ Jt SE. 11— President Roosevelt reiterates his pine l»elt. $31; rolled, $36. In every cause of content York broke ground for the construc 5— O s a r I I . resumes reign as King of declaration that he will not again be a where it waa shown that the home Corn— Whole, $32; cracke»!, $33. tion of the great Catskill aqueduct Sweden. candidate for chief exeoitive. — Valley tim othy, No. 1, $lfi per steader had failed to comply w ith the which In a few years is to convey to 6 Sadden death of Mrs. Helen M. 16— Inist explosion kills 75 men in law in any particular, no __________ matter how b»n; Eaatern Oregon tim othy, $22@23; the metropolis an inexhaustible supply Gougar. mine nt Yolande, A la ....G r e a t war fleet triv ia l, the deciniou has gone to the <’*over» cheat, $16; gram hay, $15 7— Fatal and destructive tornado In of pure water. sails from Hampton Roads for Pacific. contestant and the homestead entry I ® 1®’ a *k lh i, lif t ; vetch. $14. The Harry Thaw trial In New York Kentucky and southern Illinois and In 17- D .it h of KiMlfi Kelvin, Engilnb ha» been ordered cancelled. I F f'iits — Apple», 7ftcC<^$2 per box; and the general strike of telegraphers diana. ------------- deachea, 7ftc(a>$l per crate; pears, $1.25 9 — Death of Julia Magnider. novelist. scientist. the country over were subject» of much 10— Great strike against government in Gold Cana for C albrealh. ! (a>l ™ I* 'r lx,xi cm «»berries, $9.66@12 Interest to the public while they con wine growing regions of F ran ce... .5 0 0 M e w P r i n c i p l e In » I r n e l n r « ! W o r k . Salem— The medical staff of the Ore- , ,M » i'i t » A new principle in engineering prac tlnued. lives lost in burning of Chinese theater Turnips, 75c per sack; tice is described by the Scientific Ameri gon state insane asiyum last week pre- * in Hongkong. The principal happenings of 1907 are Rented Superintendent J. F. Cal breath ¡*rrot*’ I*r M ck ; beet« $ I per sack; 11— Death of Senator John T . Morgan can in the case of a lookout tower built with a fine goldheaded cane ss a token ’ briefly given below : P*r| iP' nn‘1 i cabbage, 1c by Alexander Graham Bell, in which the of Alabama. . esteem. Dr. Galbreath has V*T P°un<^’ Cauliflower»», 7o» 6c$| per structure is composed of tetrahedrons, JA N U A R Y . of th e ir 12— 2(f) lives lost in hurricane on Caro and ia said to be the first, [ron structure served e ight years as anperintendent ^ ’fons 1 fin a le >'L2^ '” 3 ’,iO »># r1 c,at* i 2— Wreck on Rock Island near Vol- line Island». 2 Pf‘i ‘ ° Z<‘n J 2(k‘ iand, Kansas, kills 35 persons.. . .Chas. 13— Mayor 8chmltz of San Francisco built on thi» principle. Each tetrahedral and has enojoyed very harmonious re -I " ,? cell, which 1« the^ unit of^construction, ( lations with vith his subordinates and anti with w ith . .L C . per . pound; pep- . Dap M. Floyd, Republican, ejected Governor convicted of extortion. of New Hampshire by Legislature. 14— Olympic Theater bums in Chicago. ia made of one-half inch Iron piping, and | the h»mrd of trustees. His second term pers, Hfajl7c per pound; pumpkins, 1 (<t measures exactly 48 Inche« from tip to 5— Bomb thrown in Fourth Street Na 16— Czar dissolves the Duma. ended January 1, when tie was succeed l^ ic per pound; radishes, 26o per dos- tip. Two hundred and aixty of the«« en; spinach 6c per pouml; sprouts, 8c tional bank, Philadelphia. 18— Death of Prof. Alexander 8. Her- ed by Dr. E. L. Hteiner. cell« wft*re employed in the tower, which per pound; squash, 1(^1 p«r pound; 8— Death of Shah of Persia. srhel, English astronomer. tomatoes, $1.60 per box. 9 — James Cullen lynched in Charles 20— Mayor McClellan of New York rises 70 feet above the ground. Horn« of Eugene Invitee V isitors. City, Io w a ----- Gen. Vladimir Pavloff as breaks first sod for construction of great the advantage« claimed for thia method Onions— $1.76(j$l.86 per hundred. Eugene— The promotion department , , 60^6ftc per hundred, de- of construction are lightness, great rigid sassinated In St. Petersburg.. . .30 miners Catskill aqueduct. Potatoes— - . of the Eugene Gommerc.ial club b M 1 l l r e ^ P o r t l a n ^ ^ e S Dotatoes6 ¿2 7*5 killed by explosion In Pittsburg blast fur 26— F ire destroys block of building« ad ity, rapidity and ease of construction. very little false work being required, and had notices printed and w ill hang them per cwt b° C* ’ nace. joining Jamestown exposition. llope-W fty, prime and choice MA 10— Typhoon In Philippines kills 100 80— Death of Francis Murphy, temper th . facility with which . n , part m a , b ., in every depot in the elate, to the effect persona. ance evangelist. 11— Fire near Strassburg, Germany, JU LY . ................. " ‘ “ • ■ i X 'S “ , ; causes 20 deaths.. . .$1,000,000 fire in Lancaster, Pa. 14— Earthquake destroys Kilgaton, Ja- 8— Fatal windstorm sweeps John D. Rockefeller appears aa wlt- aa In court la Chicago. I western SothinJto Wisconsin. 6 NEWS ITEMS OE GENERAL INTEREST EROM THE STATE OE OREGON More potatoes are eaten than la Ireland. h th ,t,the i ,K8i 1R@20c, according to «ne- •» l» o l B 0 « .l mohair, oholee. any service 1$ can to strangers. , pound. 2Wi>30c per