The Aurora Bora
VOL. I.
AUKOllA, OREGON T1IUKSPAY, AUGUST 0, 1908.
NO. 15.
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
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Ganaral Review of Important Hap
penlnga Praaantad In a Brief and
Comprahanshsj Manner for sKey
ReadersNational, Political, HI
torlcal and Commercial.
The pope will create ten new car
dinals next fall.
The French government U relent
less in its right against labor rioters.
An immense power has been gained
by llarriman through his alliance with
Gould.
Roosevelt has reinstated a number
of West Point hazers to be disciplined
by the faculty.
The sultan has appeared on the
streets unattended for the first time
during his reign.
Castro has dismissed all Dutch con
suls and vice-consuls in Venezuela
and demands apology for insults.
' F. D. Spaulding, a wealthy auto
mobile manufacturer of San Fran
cisco, perished in the Yuma desert.
Suit has been commenced against
the Cleveland Traction company for
violating its charter granted by the
city.
Samuel E. Moffat, an editorial
writer on Collier's magazine, is dead.
He was a nephew of Samuel Clemens
(Mark Twain).
One miner was killed and two fa
tally injured in an explosion of gas
in a coal mine near Scranton, Pa. A
number of men were slightly hurt.
ceptance.
Hot weather set fire to a great coal
pile at Reno, Nev.
Officials of the Philippine railroad
are making arrangements to ex
tend it.
Dismissals of consuls may cause a
quarrel between the United States and
Honduras.
Reports are being received at
Republican headquarters of babies
named after Taft.
Gould has got money from llarri
man to pay his railroad debts, and lost
control of the Wheeling road.
M. R. Preston will not accept the
Socialist nomination for president,
and August Gillhaus has been named.
Panama is afraid the United States
wants to annex the country and
Roosevelt has sent a reassuring mes
sage. Eastern railroads have begun an at
tack on a law passed by the last con
gress limiting the hours of continuous
service of employes.
The Northwestern road has been
buying cars for the rush when the
crops begin to move and expects to
have use for every piece' of rolling
stock.
There is some talk of Cortelvou
running for governor of New York.
The international peace congress at
London is supported by the king and
cabinet.
Curacoa has sent back sugar from
Venezuela and will use none of Cas
tro's merchandise.
Gould has raised needed money to
pay off his railroad indebtedness with
out surrendering control.
The American car in the New York
to-Paris race has arrived at Paris,
where it received a great ovation.
The cashier of a Kenosha, Wis.,
bank stole about $0,090 and gives as
his excuse a desire to get married.
Detective Burns has been sum
moncd to answer to a charge of con
tempt in connection with the Ruef
trials.
Turkish Liberals are not yet satis
fied with the saltan's concessions,
They want corrupt officials removed.
Strikers at Vigneux, France, are
fighting with soldiers.
The cashier of a Seattle national
bank had his salary raised because of
fidelity to the institution. Later it
was discovered that during the past
seven or eight years he has stolen
nearly $30,000.
The steel trust reports an Improving
easiness.
The typhoon at Hongkong is known
to have cost over 300 uvea.
The Turkish people will call for
Clean sweep of corrupt officials.
The work on the new Franco-Ameri
can tariff treaty is proceeding rapidly.
Gould admits he would welcome Har
riman's help in running his railroads.
A young negro has been burned at
the stake in Texas for an assault on a
a hit girl.
Messages from the battleship fleet
Indicate that it is having an easy trip
tt is having an easy trip
and is oyer 1,200 miles from Honolulu. ,.- At'-nt catvird as the objective ' diys. The petition will ask for a re
... 'nAint U hinr nlinnH bv the Fed-ihearin of the argument in the case
The railroad have been given more
time to reduce lumber rates on Condi- frrding to announcements made by be induced to charge its reversal of company. The Indians are the led
tion they do not enjoin the Interstate the board of directors of the organi- the S29.no.ooo fine imposed by Judge ing men of the village on the Pima
Commerce commission. ,sation here tonight. - j Landis on the Standard. .river built largely out of railroad ties.
KEADY FOR FIGHT.
Stannard May Not be Able to Slip
Out of Landis' Decision.
Chicago, Aug. 3. United States At
torney Sims and Special Consul Kel
logg and Wilkerson tod.iv drafted a
petition to the United States circuit
court for a rehearing of the Standard
Oil case, in which the appellate court
recently reversed Judge Landis.
Judge urosscup and his associates
will be asked to reverse themselves
on the ground that 'they erred in de
claring that Judge Landis erred. The
petition will aver that the circuit
court misinterpreted th; testimony,
misread Judge Landis' obiter dictun
and did not understand the legal
premises on which he based his im
portant decision.
1 he three points raised bv the court
will be met squarely. The first is
that Judge Landis attempted to im
pose a tine upon the New Jersey
Standard Oil company for the of
fenses of the Indiana corporation.
This is to be flatly denied and the
record to be cited to confirm the
claim that the court did not read
the decision of the lower court as ii
applied to the evidence.
The second point, that the whole
offenses were in settlements and not
in each shipment, and that ignorance
of existing rates excused the accept
ance of rebates, will be respectfully
characterized as misapplication of the
law and a ruling contrary to its
known maxims.
The third point, that the fine of $29.-
240.000 is excessive and confiscatory
1 to be met by the contention that
the corporation is a chronic offender
and gained many times the amount of
he tine by alleged rebating method
The financial statements of the com
pany, showing net gains of more
than $50,000,000 since the rebating be
gan, the government regards as elo
quent arguments.
STARTED FROM BRUSH FIRE.
Destruction of Fernie Said to Have
Cost Number of Lives.
Vancouver. B. C. Aug. 3. The city
of Fernie was nearly all burned Sat
urday night by fire which caught
from a bush tire which had raged
all the afternoon among the timber
on the opposite side of Elk river from
the city. The sawmill plant of the
Elk River Lumber company was the
first to catch in the city of Fernie.
and from there the fire spread to the
main offices of the Crows Nest Coal
company. Inside of an hour hun
dreds of cottages of miners had been
burned and the main business sec
tions of the city were swept away.
l'ernie has a population of about
5000, and two-thirds of the people
are homeless. One or two deaths oc
curred during the fire. Special train
are being rushed from nearly all
towns to assist the homeless people
The total loss is said to be about
$2,000,000.
HEAT KILLS OFF BABIES.
Great Increase In July Death
Rate
Over Former Years.
Chicago, Aug. 3. Enormous in
crease in the death rate among ba
bies last week put city health officials
on the anxious seat, and unless the
weather turns cooler a still higher
point is expected in the weeks to
come.
A total of 206 children under 1 year
of age an average of more than 29
day died, according to the statis
tics of the department. In the 22 pre
ceding days of the month the average
rate was 18 babies. In comparison
with this total of 206 is an average
of 16t for the week ending August
of last year and 139 for the week
ending August 4. 1906.
An official explanation of the in
crease will probably be made public
tomorrow, but, generally speaking
lack of proper care during the hot
weather was given today as the cause
Growing Too Many Hops.
New York. Aug. 3. Raron Louis
von Horst of Coburg, Germany, who
has large hop interests in California.
was a passenger on the steamer St
Paul, which arrived here tonight
Speaking of the situation in the in
dustry, he said that the trouble is
overproduction and that as a result
the small hop farmer has been in se
vere straits during the past two years
The prohibition movement in the
south and west and the licensing bill
in Enirland and Germany have cut
down the demand, he says, with the
result that there has been a falling
in prices.
Pettibone Cannot Live.
Denver. Col., Aug. 3 An operation
performed today at St. Joseph's hos
pital. in this city, on George A. Petti
bone, formerly a member of the execu
tive board of the Western Federation
of Miners, showed that he is suffer
ing from cancer, and the physicians
in attendance agreed that his life
could nt he saved. Pettibone he
cjtr sirV whi'e in prison in Id'ho
witinv his trh! for alleged romolic
in te murder of former Governor
Frank Stetmenberg, which resulted in
his acquittal.
Cross Land by Balloon.
rhicsiro. Atior 3. A transcontmen
balloon race, starting from either
j
t rt. Anklet or Sn Francisco with
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HILL ABANDONS?
OGEAN TRADE
Will Withdraw Steamers In favor cf
Japanese Lines.
Builder of Railroads Says Laws That
Help, Not Subsidies, Alone Will
Make American Ocean Carrying
Trade Possible Places No Blame
on Commission.
St. Paul, Minn.. Aug. 1. The an
nouncement that the Hill lines have
abandoned the marine portion of their
hare in the trade with Japan and
China, while retaining affiliation with
Japanese steamship lines, came as a
shock to many people of the North
west. According to the chairman of
the board, James J. Hill of the Great
Northern, it was to be expected.
Why, exclaimed Mr. Hill, our
Pacific trade has been gone for a year.
s long as IS months ago 1 told them
Ahat was coming."
Asked if the action of the American
rans-coiitincntal roads in withdraw
ing from the 1 acme carrying trade
was due to resentment at the action
of the interstate commerce commis
sion, Mr. Hill replied:
Resentment, no. The commission
annot be blamed for enforcing the
aw. . ihe t acihe trade was given up
because it did not pay. America to
day has no Hag on the high seas, or
might as well not have, for we cannot
ompete with any other country, and
must hand the load over to anybody
.hat asks for it. The only way for
is to continue in the Pacific trade
ould be for the railroads to own
heir own steamers and run them at
i heavy loss.
We are not a seafaring nation. We
lave no sailors, though under the
aw Americans must constitute two
hirds or three-fourths of the crews
What we must have to make an
ocean-carrying trade posible is not
subsidies, but intelligent legislation
'egislation that helps instead of hin-
lers.
LABOR WAR SERIOUS.
France Making Supreme Effort
to
Cope With Situation.
Paris, Aug. 1. The labor war be
came extremely serious this afternoon
vhen the government announced its
letcrhiination to arrest the leaders
f the General Federation of Labor,
nd this announcement was followed
y a call from the federation for a
zeneral strike of the masons and type
setters. The masons are divided,
ibout half having quit work.
The tynesetters have been drawn
nto the trouble by an effort of the
leaders to tie up press utterances
which have ben unfavorable to them
The strike leaders believe they can
?et along better without the papers.
The government in its decision to
irrest the leaders of the federation,
holds the organization responsible for
he outbreak Thursday at Vigneux
ind other labor riots.
Labor leaders say they are prepared
o tight and a great industrial up-
leaval is threatened.
Government officials explained that
the typesetters are working under an
greement and cannot strike without
breaking it.
SULTAN GRANTS LIBERTY.
New Constitution to be Put Into Effect
Without Delay.
Constantinople. Aug. 1. An offi
cial communication issued yesterday
announces the formation of a special
council to put the constitution in force
mmediatcly. The council is com'
losed of Kiamel Pasha and the min
isters of foreign affairs and interior,
the president of the state council
ind the legal adviser to the porte
The sultan has decided shortly to
issue a rescript consecrating the con
stitution.
The leaders of Young Turkey are
working methodically to insure the
success of the new regime. They are
devoting their efforts in the first
place to getting the finances of the
country in order and to the regular
payment of officials.
Find Cache of Bombs.
El Paso, Texas, Aug. 1. Sixty
bombs snupposed to be the ones re
ferred to in the correspondence in
troduced as evidence in the trial of
the alleged revolutionists here, were
discovered in a cache yesterday about
four miles beyond the Rio Grande
river from the city limits of El I a so.
The cache was located near the point
where the corners of New Mexico,
Texas and Mexico touch. The bombs
were made of tomato cans, carefully
packed with scrap iron and three
sticks of dynamite, properly primed
with fuse and percussion caps.
Take Up Oil Case.
Chicago. Acg. 1 United States
District Attorney Sims announced
vesterday that the petition for the re
hearing of the Standard Oil case be
I fore the United States circuit court
would be filed within the next ten
in the hone that the circuit court can
INVESTIGATE HARRIMAN.
Agent for Government at Work on
Merger Suit.
Chicago, July 31. Special agents of
the government are in Chicago trying
to collect evidence to substantiate
proceedings for the disruption of the
tarruoan system ot railroads upon
the ground that the combination is in
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
ict.
For more than a week Jlalnh M.
McKenzie. who did a great deal of
preliminary work in the investigation
hich the interstate commerce com
mission made into the affairs of the
Harriman railroads has been industri
ously working among big shippers
with a view to ascertaining how the
llarriman combination has been used.
fused at all, to stifle competition and
restrain trade. On Mr. McKenzie s
new calling list are all of the traffic
nen of the big industries in the city.
It is not known with what success he
t meeting, but his investigation is
aken as meaning that the "big stick"
las again begun to swing over the
llarriman lines.
It is understood that evidence is
desired for use in connection with a
uit to be begun by the government,
vhich will be similar to the Northern
Securities case, which resulted in the
lisruption of the Hill merger, so far
is a holding company is concerned.
IMMIGRATION BUREAU FRAUD
Scandal Said to Have Been Unearthed
by Commissioners.
San Francisco. July 31. The big
tick, in the hands of Theodore
Roosevelt, is about to swing amid the
anks of the Pacific coast immigration
Sureau of the government, and when
t swings, if seemingly reputable re
ports can be relied upon, heads big
ind little are apt to fall into the bas
ket of political oblivion.
An investigation, which has been
?oing on for over a year under the
lirection of a special commission
named by the president, it is said,
las revealed evidence of alleged con
nivance on the part of the immigra-
ion agents in the smuggling of Lhi-
lese and Japanese coolies into the
United States, both along the Mexi-
an border and in the Pacific ports of
entry.
The commissioners who have been
onducting this investigation now
have their data almost completed and
n a short time will make their for
nal report to Washington. When the
naterial is in the hands of the presi-
lent he will be ready to take immedi
ite action.
Agents of the government are now
n San Francisco working upon the
Tnishing details of the case. They are
making use of a staff of Chinese de
ectives and it is declared a complete
inderirrotind system has been uncov
ered and a band of Chinese leaders
revealed.
Much evidence has been obtained of
this practice in southern California
vhere it is charged orientals have
been regularly passed across the Mcx
can border under the very noses of
i force of immigration inspectors.
APPEAL TO LAW.
Illinois Manufacturers to Test Decis
Ion on Export Rates.
Chicago. July 31. The Illinois Man
ufacturers association took up the
siatic export problem yesterday and
isked Levy Mayer for an opinion as
'o the best method of procedure
Members of the association through
out the state are alarmed over the
irospect and purpose to use every
effort, both legal and otherwise, to
hange the situation.
The Canadian Pacific yesterday de
clared that it was not a party to
the new tariffs which the American
transcontinental lines have put out
In railway circles here the under
standing is different. It does not
matter, however, so far as the effect
of the new tariffs is concerned, for
no railroad originating traffic here
would maintain a traffic agreement
with the Canadian Pacific except
upon the same terms as traffic is
maintained with American lines.
The fact developed yesterday that
the railroads are aggrieved ever,
more by the commission's ruling that
"such rates or fares must be the same
for all. regardless of whether ocean
carriage may be designated by the
shipper or passenger. This would
compel the railroads to deal with
tramp ocean steamers, which they
positively refuse to do. It is the con
sensus of opinion that there is no
power which can compel the railroads
te engage in this business if they do
not see f.t to do so.
California Gains in Value.
San Francisco, July 31. The Cal
itornia promotion committee's Dulle
tin of Progress, dated July 31, will say
"I'videnee of the development of the
state is given in the reports for the
fiscal year of the county assessors
to the state controller. Impressive
gains are recorded in most counties
over the figures of a year ago. and
the sum total will show a gain of
many millions in the taxable property
of the state. Bond elections have
been held in a number of cities an'!
towns and in every case the voters
have declared for civic improve
ments.
Indians Steal Railroad.
Phoenix. Ariz., July 31. Fourteen
Pimn Indians were taken to the coun
ty jail yesterday at Florence to serve
a term for the theft of railroad prop-
ertv from the Southern Pacific corn-
PURSUE ATTACK
ON STANDARD
Gmernmcnt Attorneys Will 4sk Re
argument of Case.
Bonaparte Calls Conference of Uncle
Sam's Lawyers and Unanimous
Decision Is Reached Other Re
bate Charges Will be Pushed and
All Violators Prosecuted.
Lenox, Mass., July 30 After an all-
Jay conference of the leading govern
ment prosecuting officers and Frank H.
Kellogg, of Minnesota, one of th epe-
ial counsel for the government in cer
tain civil suits, it was announced by
Attorney-General Bonaparte that an
effort would be made to secure a re
vision of the recent derision and opinion
if the I nited States circuit court of
tppeals in the ease of the Standard Oil
ompanv of Indiana and that an appli
ation for a reargument of the ease and
i motion for a modification of the opin-
on would lie submitted to that court.
1 though no time is fixed, this action
a ill be taken at the earliest possible
moment, and the pending prosecution
(gainst the Standard Oil compauy and
ill other prosecution in which the giv
ing or receiving of rebates is charged
.rill be pressed to trial.
The decision to take this action was
unanimous on the part of five men
whom the attorney-general railed to
the conference, namely, Solicitor Gen
eral II. M. llovt. ef Washington: Kd-
vin M. Sims, of Chicago: United States
listnct attorney for the northern dia
trict of Illino's; James Wilkerson, of
Chicago, Mr. Sims' assistant, and Frank
h. Kellogg, or Minnesota.
DEATH LIST ENORMOUS.
Hongkong Typhoon Victims Known
to Number 13,000.
Hongkong, July 30 The whole
foutheui coast of China Is suffering
from the effects of the terrible typhoon
that swept over the China sea Monday
night, ltrports from Canton say that
iver 12.U00 were drowned, instead of
3,000, as was at first reported, and that
thousands of people of the coolie class
ire homeless. -
In Hongkong conditions are almost
is bad. The immense public gardens
ire a total wreck and houses have col-
apsed all over the city. Over 100 Chi
neso vessels were sunk In the hsrbnr,
The British river gunboats Whiting
ind Hobin were damaged seriously and
the French gunboats Argus and Vigi
lante were buttered in the storm. The
Whiting is ashore and will probably be
total wreca.
The Pacific Mail company's fine new
granite building, just completed at a
cost of $500,000, wus destroyed.
Ihe ramie Mail steamer Persia was
blown ashore at Kowloon on the main
land nenr Hongkong, and the Mongolia,
which had arrived in port but two hours
before the storm broke, was in collision
with the Portland k Asiatic Steamship
ompnny'g steamer iNnmantia. Neither
vessel, however, sustained serious dam
age.
JAPANESE HAVE ARSENALS.
Every Camp In California Is Supplied
With Arms.
San Jose, Cal., July 30. It is known
in sod. about San Jose that f,rarres are
being collected snd stored in many
large Japanese camps In this pnrt of the
state, jn one camp near Agnews a
large number of rifles, shotguns snd
tustols are kept, and weapons of all
lescriptions are occasionally seen in a!!
the Japanese communities to the north
of San Joso.
The Japanese themselves deny that
they have any weapons whatever. It
almost imposmMe for any American
to anter their ramps to make an in
vestigntion.
One citizen of flan Jose who gained
the confidence of the Japanese through
long rmsiness relations has been per
mitted to see the rooms occupied by
the boss of a camp. Among other pur
noses it serve as the camp arsenal.
There is not one camp without a small
collection of arms, and in the large
camps the supply is said to be alarming.
Sell Sutro Holdings.
Ran Frsncisco, July 30 Real estat
circles here are stimulated by the an
nouncement that the holdings of the
estate of the late Adolph Sutro, which
comprise one tenth of the entire area
of the city and county of Ran Fran
cisco and mine of the choicest residence
tracts in the state, are to be divided
among the six heirs and shortly throws
upon the market. The six heirs to the
estate are together in this eify for the
first time in years, and it has been de
cided to finally settle the estate and di
vide the property.
Ex-Governor Budd Very Low.
Stockton, Cal., July 30. The condi
tion of ex Governor James H. Hudd re
mains practically the same, although.
mams rraetieny me same, aitnongn, thlt over 3,000 men were given em
jlf anything. h Is slightly mproved. pioyin.nt Uxlay when a large number
Members of the family remain at the Jf factor,ei were orH.nw! ,n conformity
."il.f P The "lth th British patent law, which
elan visits Dim four times naiiy. I be , . , ., ... ' .
governor is conscious and able to rec is effective today. The total output of
ngnie his relatives, though too weak capital is variously estimated at from
to spesk. $125,000,000 to $300,000,000.
FOUR BLOCKS SWEPT.
Portland Fire Causes Loss Estimated
at $225,000.
Portland, July 29. Fire blotted out
practically one full block off the map
of the North Portland business district.
burned most of the property off threa
other blocks, and threatened the entire
district, late yesterday afternoon.
Property worth approximately $225,
000 was destroyed, property represent
ing nearly $1,000,000 was actually
scorched, and property worth well into
the millions was within the danger
tone.
The fact that a line of brick build
ings blocked the course of' the flames
until the Are department had an oppor
tunity to concentrate its forces at the
weak points, accounts for the limiting
of the flames to five blocks.
Cause of the fire is not yet clear.
There are several theories incendiar
ism, spontaneous combustion in a loft
of new hay, dropping of a match or
cigarette, flying sparks from a chim
ney. The origin was traced to the -
middle section of the Oregon Transfer
company's place at Fifth and Glisan
streets.
The fire popped up with the sudden
ness that attends the lighting of a gas
jet. Some smoke was seen on the
roof of the Oregon Transfer company a
place about 4:45 o'clock. Fifteen
minutes later the roof had given place
to a great column of flames.
Fanned by a strong wind from the
northwest, the column of flames passed
quickly from building to building.
Gaining impetus from the big frame
building and tons of hay and other
combustible matter, the fire quickly
leaped across the street to the North
ern Pacific Wagon wor,ks, where there
was another great array of fuel, and
sweeping this, passed on through the
block from Fifth to the blind west wall
of the Union Meat company's place.
Checked here, it concentrated its
fury, as if with an intelligence of its
own, and leaped into the block north of
Glisan street, and then jumped Fifth
and worked both east and west.
When, at 6 :30 o'clock it had run Its
course and given way before a small
river that had been poured on from a
score of nozzles, a sad picture of disss-'
ter lay all about. The whole block
bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Glisan and
Hoyt streets, with the exception of
the southern corner, was a heap of
smoking debris. Nearly all the west
half of the block bounded by Fourth,
Fifth, Glisan and Hoyt streets was
gone; all frame buildings were in
ruins between Fourth, Fifth, Glisan
and Flanders. The block between Fifth
and Sixth and Glisan and Flanders was
all but gone, the big brick liarr hotel
being represented by tottering black
ened walls, which fell in later, fortu
nately without hurting anyone.
SULTAN STARTLES TURKEY.
Will Throw Off Conventionalities and
be One of the People.
Constantinople, July 29. As a cli
max of the most remarkable series of
kaleidocscopic revolutionary changes
in the history of Turkey that have suc
ceeded each oilier in rapid succeIon
during the past two weeks, Sultan Ab
dul Hamid II issued an ipmerial irade
today that changes the entire social
existence of the imperial family in
conformity with the reforms recently
granted to hia subjects.
Henceforth Abdul Hamid, no longer
despotic ruler of an absolute despotism
but constitutional monarch by his own
declaration, will live the life of a
democratic monarch who depends on
the good will of the people for his
power.
The irade issued today declares offi
cially that Abdul, who has been a self
imposed prisoner in the imperial pal
ace for the past 21 years, will hence
forth appear on the streets like any
other "citizen" of Turkey.
No less sweeping in its revolution
ary aspect is the second decree of the
irade, which announces that henceforth
princesses of the imperial family muat
observe monogamy. They will not be
compelled or allowed to be simply the
chief of a harem, but must be queen in
their household.
The sultan has long been known to
fret under the bondage imposed on him
by the customs of his country and is
said today to be the happiest man in
all Turkeyj
Hisgen for President.
Chicago, July 29. President Thos.
L. Hisgen, of Massachusetts. Vice
president John Temple Graves, of
Georgia. The above ticket was last
night nominated by the Independence
party at its first National convention.
The nomination of Mr. Hisgen was
made on the third ballot, his chief
competitors being Milford W. Howard,
of Alabama; John Temple Graves, of
Georgik, and Reuben Lyon, of New
York. William P. Hearst had 49
friends who voted for him on the first
two ballots.
Good Stroke of Business.
London, July 29. It is estimated