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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1903)
SCIO, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 25, 1903. VOL. VII. The ^antiam PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY <CIO, LINN CO., EVENTS OF THE DAY i iu- —- ' Scio State Bank GATHERED FROM All PARTS OF THE ¿"Lewa AT OREGON - via - Soutliai’ii Pasifii Co. By D. C- Humphrey. SBASTA E03TS. TERMS: Trains leave West Scio for Portland and way stations at 10.43 a. in. Leave or Albany at 2.45 p. m. Per annum............................................ TWO HEMISPHERES. Sela • • • • Creyón Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, opfzcebs President............................ T. J. M üwkers Cashier.................................. W. A. E wino weaves Portland 8.30 a. m., 8.30 p. m. “ Albany 12.10 p. m., 11.30 p. m. Entered at the postoffice at Scio, Oregon, as Arrives Ashland 12.33 a. m., 11.30 a. in. second cluse mall matter. “ Sacramento 7.55 p. m., 8.55 a. in D e<a general banking and exchange “ San Francisco 7.55 p. m., 8.55 a business. L ns made at current rates Pullman and Tourist cars on both and drafts issued on principal cities. trains. Chair cars Sacramento to Og den and El Paso, and tourist cars to Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and J. M. MOORE Washington. Connecting at San Francisco with everal lines for Honolulu, Japan, China iLBUR Ñ. P1NTLER, D. M D. .’hilippines, Central and South Amer- ca. See Mrs. M. E. Woodnansee, agent at West Scio station, or address Advei tiding rates made known on application I ransient ad vertisementa must be paid ior when the or.ler is given for their Insertion. 4 PROFESSIONAL-> w DENTIST W. E. COMAN, G. P. A., Portland, Ore j Solo Oregon £ C. BROWNE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON SCIO, OREGON Gralu&t« Ecloctlc Medical OoHeg* Cincinnati, j^G. PRILL M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Scio, Oregon SHELTON REALESTATE BROKER, Justice of the Peace Notary Pabilo Solo Orozoa E. H. Moulding Doalor la Freeh Candy, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco, and soft drinks of all kinds. 0^’Try Him. R. W. HRGEY Watchmaker and Jeweler ▲11 kinds of watches, clocks and jewelry promptly repaired. BOZO OREGON J Tlie United States will allow Colom bia to take the initiative for war. Secretary Root says that General Wood’s promotion is in the regular or der of senority. A Portland firm has received the con tract to install water systems at Forts Worden and Casey. The strike of hearse drivers in Chi cago has compelled the people to use cars and wagons at funerals. An assassin fired at Max Nordeau, All work guaranteed. Estimates furnshed the noted Zionist and litterateur, in a Paris ballroom, but a friend saved him. Solo Orozoa ALLOWED STOPOVERS W. C. MCBRIDE. Gfill, AgOllt UNDERTAKING GOODS! PICTURE FRAMING AND Wagon Maker Departn. mt cannot be beat. Pictures framed in any iize or style at reasonable prioes Scio PlaningMills, Scio, Oregon. —ALBANY— LUNCH - COUNTER McKtllop & Churchill, Props. ALBANY OREGON PREPARES FOR WAR. The Nebraska grand jury has re turned an additional indictment against Senator Dietrich. The kaiser’s sister is found to be suffering from a cancer and the news created a sensation in Berlin. American troops who have been landed have discovered a force of Co lombians which is probably building a road toward Panama. Colombia lias ordered the American cruiser Atlanta to quit the gulf of Dar ien, but the order has not been heeded. The Atlanta haB discovered a detach ment of nearly 2,000 Colombian troops on tlie western side of the gulf. She also came upon a schooner carrying armed men. The Lewis and Clark exposition is rapidly gaining friends in the senate. The senate committee will recom mend the promotion of General Wood. va ley Go To The Keystone Shaving Parlors C. H. BUCK, Prop. Only First Cl’ss Shop In The City Shaving...................... 15 cents Hair Cutting............. 25 •• Shampooing............ ..25 " Baths.......................... 25 •• Tammany will put up Bomke Cock- ran to succeed Mayor-elect McClellan in congress. [»scio" LIVERY & FEED "STABLES, !> Irvine & Myer, Props. Hack connects with all trains at West Scio - and morning train at Mlinkers. Our rigs are first-class and our horses good drivers. Prices reasonable. JJK M. H. ELL13 EYE AND EAR McLlwain block Panama, Dec. 23.—By means of the gun lioats, Rear Admiral Glass is keep ing in almost daily communication with the two American outposts at San Mig uel. One of these, composed of 100 marines and four field pieces, is well and comfortably located at Yaviza and the other, numbering 100 men, com posed of marines and bluejackets, and which also lias field pieces, is stationed at Real Santa Maria, 10 miles from Yaviza. Both of the outposts are en camped on' the Tuira river. A dis tance of 60 miles, partly an estuary of the gulf and partly river, separates them from the ancorage of the Ameri can war vessels, where the Wisconsin and Bosotn are now lying. The Con cord is going back and forth with dis patches, while the Marblehead, with Admiral Glass aboard, remains at Pan ama. The outposts are all kept well sup plied with all nescessities, and in case of trouble could quickly communicate with the war vessels. There are also at Yaviza and Real Santa Maria about 100 Panamans. These men have been scouting toward the Colombian fron tier, but according to tlie latest infor mation brought to Admiral Glass there is no sign of Colombian soldiers on Panama territory. Naval authorities do not believe Colombia will invade Panama’s territory. Chief Newell has given irrigation committees to understand that Oregon will not get any money for a year at least. A vigilance committee has been named at Chi' ago to clear the city of thugs, who have become bolder since the first declaration of war. JAPAN WANTS QOLD STANDARD. Chicago hearse drivers have gone on a strike and many funerals have been Suggests That Ratio of 32 to 1 be Adopt postponed. ed for All Silver Countries. The senate has ratified the treaty Washintgon, Dec. 23.—The commis with China. Russia is not at all sion on international exchange has re pleased by it. ceived from Professor Jenks the con Women have been selected to act as clusions of the monetary commission of jurors in a Chicago trial, for the firBt Japan regarding tlie proposals of the- Through Salt Lake City, Leadville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver, and time in the history of the nation. American commission for a uniform the Famous Rocky Mountain Scenery by daylight to all point* East. John R. Benson, a San Francisco tim ber operator, has been arrested on a coinage system, based upon the gold charge of bribing a government official. exchange standard for China. The resolutions declare that the cha Sir Thomas Lipton, in accepting the Q Fast trains daily between Ogden and Denver silver service presented him by Ameri otic condition of the currency as it’now ca, says he will try once more for the exists in China iB disadvantageous not to China alone, but to those countries Modern Equipment, Through Pullman and Tourist cup. that have commercial relations with Sleeping Cars and Superb Dining Car Service. Senator Fulton, before the senate, her, and that a definite and uniform stated the aims of the 1905 fair and currency system Bhould be speedily in made an eloquent plea for federal aid. stituted and put into operation through It was his maiden speech. out the whole empire, or at leaet, in The Bearch for the wealth of Pope those parts of it that are of commercial Leo lias been ended by Cardinal Gotti importance. For rates, folders and other If possible it is desirable that this turning over $90,00,000 and an electric system should be on the single gold formnation address 124 Third St., Portland, Or ian accidentally discovering $1,850,000. standard. Inasmuch as the currency The late pope asked Cardinal Gotti to keep the money four months in order reform cannot be started on a perfect that the new pope might learn how system, it is regarded as advisable to adopt the recommendations of the difficult it is to rule without money. American commission. It suggests al Senator Hoar severely criticises the so that the ratio for China of 32 to 1 Panama policy of Roosevelt. between gold and silver coins should Japan will reject the answer of Rus be adopted for other silver using coun tries which may hereafter adopt the sia to her far eastern demands. gold standard. The house has passed the pension ap propriation bill carrying $138,150,100. We have alw ays on hand a full line of Caskets, Coffins, and robes at low prices. Our R. GILL The best 20c meal In the Open all night, Reports from Hayti and Santo Do mingo show great unrest. American Cutposts are Keeping Admiral Ulass Well informed. THE SCENIC LINE Telophono Exchanoe No. 11. Ji Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. CLOSE WATCH ON COLOMBIA. Albany, Oregon J. J. Barnes & Son, General Blacksmiths and Wagonmakers We buy our stock In large quantifie* and keep a full line of carriage and wagon material. All kind* of work in our line done on short notice. Horseshoeing a Specialty 1GI0, 0RE&0H C. HUMPHREY INSURANCE AGENT ruth* U tupoo I mi London and a«b* Inaurano» Company. riAMO*—Chickering, Kimball, Weber and other* Bro*, and Kimball omoams — Newman E. U. WILL General JJhtsir geakr Music Books, Sheet Music, Small Instrument* and String* Agent tor the popular "Naw Home" Sewing Machine. We Sell a Sewint Machine for $20. Warmtei for Fire Team Needles and Supplies for all Sewing Machinee. Pianos, Organa, and Sewing Machinee Repaired. 120 Firit Street - - Albany, Oregon President Roosevelt lias refused to al low a lodge cf Orangemen to use his photograph on a banner. Perry Heath and other ex-officialfl are seriously involved in the Conrad- Roneparte report on postal irregulari ties. Japan dives Rush Orders to Both Army ■nd Navy. Paris, Dec. 23.—A private letter re ceived here from a leading American diplomatic official in Japan says that while there are continued hopes of peace, the government is making final preparations for the eventuality of war. Preparations in the various branches of the army and navy are proceeding witli the utmost energy. The whole mili tary establishment is lieing placed in readiness for an aggressive campaign from the outset. The Russian embassy here takes an optimistic view of the Far Eastern situ ation and considers the last dispatches exaggerated. A member of the em bassy tonight said: “The negotiations between Russia and Japan have assuredly encountered many obstacles, but they will continue, and it will not be Russia who will first break them off. The condition of the Russian naval forces is such as will guard them against all surprise.” The Jaapnese legation here author izes the statement that it retains a hope of a pacific solution of the troubles. No alarming news has reached the legation from Tokio, and the rumored recall of its .military at-, taches to Japan, it says, is an invention. The friars are to get $7,250,000 for Schooners Driven Ashore. their lands in the Philippines. They St. John’s, N. F., Dec. 23.—During originally asked $13,000,000 and Gov a fierce blizzard yesterday tlie schooner ernor Taft offered them $4,000,000. Susan was driven ashore off St. Johns. W. A. McKowan, secretary of the Her crew, after 12 hours in an open board of regnets, roblied the univeristy Ixiat, made port this morning badly of California of $ 10,000 and spent it on frostbitten. The schooner Mary Ellen races. went ashore nt Trepassy. The crew clung to the rocks all night and suffered A Santo Dominican plot to kill Min terribly from exposure. The schooner ister Powell has been unearthed. Fashoda went ashore at Greens island. It is feared Southern friends of Hanna still have The crew escaped. that the schooner Dictator has ioun- hopes that he will run for president dered in the storm with her crew of Mayor Collins, Democrat, has been seven men. re-elected mayor of Boston by a large plurality,. . Turkish Cruiser a Success. Philadelphia, Dec. 23.—The cruiser J. Henry Booth, receiver of the Rose burg, Oregon, land office will not lie Medjidia, built for the Turkish govern ment by the Cramp ship building com reappointed. pany, returned here tonight from her Chicago citizens have organized to trial trip, which proved to Is* a succese put an end to the lawlessness which in every way to her builders. Over a one mile course the cruiser sustained reigns there. 22 28 knots an hour. Her contract is A Connecticut bank cashier, whose for 22 knots. The new war ship made acconnts are short, on being surprised a good speed of 22.4 knots in a one hour by tlie bank examiner, committed sui trial and in a run of six hours main cide. tained a speed of 20 knots flat. President Loubet, of France, will Four Thousand to Be Laid OH visit Rome in April. Chicago, Dec. 23.—Four thousand Tlie remains of Herbert Spencer, the men employed by the Illinois Steel compbany, in south Chicago, will be philosopher, were cremated. laid off for an indefinite period on Marines from the cruiser Prairie Thnrsday, the day before Christmas, have lieen landed st Colon and sent to according to a notice sent out by the officials of the company today. Panama. NO. 26. STOLE BY THE CAR SEATTLE RING OF FREIGHT THIEVES HAS BEEN UNEAK1HED. Amounts Will Reach Far Into the Thous ands—Northern Pacific and Great Northern Both Heavy Losers—Many Employes implicated—(foods Sent to Various Points and Sold for Song. Seattle, Wash., Dee. 23.—In the ar rest of Herman Rheinhart, manager of t'.ie Arlington dock; James C. Graves, yardmaster of the Great Northern rail way, and P. J. Flynn, foreman of the Great Northern freighthouse, the offic ials of the two trunseontinnetal lines believe they have unearthed one of the greatest conspiracies to defraud that has ever been brought to light in the West. The investigation has been but started, and while none of the high officials will talk regarding the matter, it is well known that the operations of a thieving ring, with headquarters in Seattle, extend over a period of at least four years and it may be five. During that time freight cars have been robbed of their contents, and the goods consigned to one merchant sold to another in the same line of business in the same city. Again, wohle freight car loads of goods have been taken and resliipped to other points where the ring is alleged to have had fences for the disposal of the stuff. TonB upon tons of merchandise, it is charged, have been sent’ to Alaska, to California, to Oregon, and interior Western states, sold for what it would bring and the money divided between those implicated. The work of the detectives shows that trainmen, station agents, foremen, yardmen, engineers, and, in fact, al most every class of employes on the lines of the railroads, have been impli cated. All have not been concerned in the same shipments, but at some time or other have reaped a harvest from a part of the stolen property. The Northern Pacific railroad, it is said, is the heaviest loser in freight shipments, and the sums paid by the company for “lost goods” runs far into the thousands. The Great Northern, while it has been a sufferer from the same depredations, has not suffered to the same extent as the Northern Pacific in lost freight. HITCHCOCK COVERS HIS HAND. More Development In Land Frau J Cases Due at Any Time. Washington, Dec. 23.—More import ant developments in the big land fraud scheme, for alleged complicity in which John A. Benson, of San Francisco, was arrested yesterday, are expected short ly, but the utmost secrecy guards the proceedings. Woodford Harlan, the former chief of division, and at present a clerk in the general land office, who is accused of taking bribes from Ben son,was not at his desk today, it being explained he was away on leave of ab sence for two or three days. Secretary Hitchcock today declined to discuss the expected further arrests or to say what action as to Harlan’s ease is in contem plation, and when asked why Harlan had been retained so long after the dis covery of the alleged offenses refused to answer the question. Benson has gone to New York. FRIARS WILL LEAVE ISLAND. They Have No Money to Buy Lands In Philippines. Back Rome, Dec. 23.—The settlement of the friar lands question in the Philip pines also practically settles, it is con sidered here, the question of the friars themselves. The Franciscans, it is be- lieved, will abandon the islands alto gether, since they have no money to purchase lands, and have no other means of support. A few of the Recol lects will remain, as they still have sime property left. The Dominicans will be looked after by their uinversity and the Aiigustinians will reoccupy the building erected at Ho Ilo, which is now used by the Americans as a bar racks, and will claim an Indemnity from the government. The Augnstin- ians will use the building as a school. RUSSIA MUST BOW. Oreat Britain Believes That Otherwise Japan Will do to War. London, Dec. 22.—Official England tonight almost to a unit is convinced there is but one way to avert war be tween Japan and Russia, and that i* for the latter to accept the demands of the mikado, made on the advice of hi* mianistry. There has been consider able communicatiaon during the past 12 hours between the British foreign office and the Japanese legation in Lon don. and the presumption almost ack nowledged as a fact in official circles, is that the British government ha* asked the Japanese minister for his ad vices as to Japan’s position in the pres ent state of the negotiations between that nation and Russia. From the reports current tonight it is assumed that the Japanese minister has been advised that the relations be tween his government and Russia have reached the breaking point. The be lief has become general that the spark which may strike fire into the inflam mability of Japanese sentiment is an eventuality to be expected now almost any time. The most that can be learned from the Japanese capital is the acknowledge ment that the situation is now more menacing than at any previous stage of the negotiations between Japan and Russia. The dispatches from St. Petersburg are practically being subjected to a cen sorship. They are meagre in extreme, and merely announce that in spite of public opinion and alarming newspaper reports, the Russian officials believe a peaceable outcome of the far Eastern situation is still possible. FRIARS to obt little money . Syndicate Is the Real Owner of th* Philippine Landa. ¡JjRome, Dec. 22.—Considerable ex citement prevailed in the mother houses of the Dominicans, Augustinians, Fran ciscans and the Recollects over the fri ars lands question in the Philippines. The friars were glad the negotiations had been concluded, but think the ord ers got little for the lands, since the price they originally asked, $13,000,000 was, they declare, under the estimated value of the lands, the value of which has much increased, especially since the Ameican occupation and the re establishment of order in the archipel ago. The friars say the money they will receive is scarcely enough to pay what they borrowed when they were deprived of everything by the revolution. Be sides, they point out that only part of the money will go to the friars, as the lands were really transferred to a com pany formed in Madrid by the Marquis Di Comillias, the head of the Spanish Trans-Atlantic navigation company. The Dominicans succeeded in so thor oughly concealing their ownership of lands that the Vatican itself threatened to punish them severely for having tried to deceive even the ecclesiastical authorities. OREAT PANIC AT FIRB. Students at Tennessee College From Windows In Drovaa. Leap Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 22.—Five per sons are known to have been killed and perhaps .30; injured, 19 of them fatally, in a tire here tonight, which consumed the Central Tennessee college for young negro women, a department of Walden university. It is possible the ruins mayc on tain the remains of other vict ims. The property loss is estimated at $25,000. The fire broke out about 11 o’clock in the top of the building, which was four stories high and without fire es capes. It was occupied by about 60 students, who were asleep when the alarm was given. The wildest panic ensued, wo men and girls rushing to the windows from which they jumped in droves, the dead and injured lying in heaps where they fell to lie fallen upon by those following them from the flaming win dows. Every ambulance in the city was soon on the scene, and the injured were hurried to the hospitals. When the flames were first discovered they seemed to entirely envelop th* building and it is considered almost certain that some of the terrorized oc cupants were overcome by smoke before reaching the windows. Money Order System for Banks. Steals $200 per Day for Months. New York, Dec. 23.—After a three days’ session here, the American bunk Chicago, Dec. 22.—While working ers’ association, representing 7,000 ; on a salary of $9 a week, Gus A. Grigs» banks, has agreed upon a plan for n by has robbed his employers at the rate money order system whereby sums not | of $200 per day, according to Manager to exceed $100 can lie sent by mail David L. Rose, of M. I.. Barrett A Co. and the orders cashed by any bank lie When arrested $250 worth of costly va- longing to tiieassociation. Theach-me nila beans were found concealed in will, of course, come into direct comjie- Grigsby's clothing. In the few months tition with the money order division that hie meager salary has kept him of the postoffice department, and it is attached to the firm it is believed he expected cut largely into the govern- j has stolen between $12,000 and $15,000 ment revenues. It will lie operated worth of stock. GrixBby held the the same an the exchange system. position of chemist’s helper. He says he needed the money. Troops to Leave Mines. Denver, Dec. 23.—At a conference between Governor Peabody and Ad jutant General Sherman M. Bell, it was decided to withdraw the troops gradually from both the Cripple Creek districts and the Telluride mining dis trict. Orders have lieen issued to re duce the Cripple Creek force from 375 to 300 men, and to relieve 115 men at Telluride, thus cutting the force in that district to 325 men. At the first of the year another cut is to be made. Cabinet Finds No Cause for Alarm. Washington, Dec. 22.—At the cab inet meeting today the situaiton in Panama and the situation in Washing ton, relating to Panama, formel the principal topics of discussion. At the conclusion of the meeting Secretary Moody mid official advices from Pana ma corresponded in salient features with tlie news dispati lies from the isth mus. Assurance is given that there has lieen no important developments to aroues concern. Turkey Orders an Apology. Washington, Dee. 23.—The state de partment lias receive«I a cablegram from Minister Ix-isimian giving the details of the settlement of the trouble. He states that the Turkish government has instructed the governor of Alexandretta to apologize to the consul on his return there. Bloodhounds Unable to Trail Mea. Newcastle, Colo., Dec. 22.—Blood hounds were unable to follow far the trail of the men who blew up five buildings here occupied by striking union coal miners and their families, and no clew to the perpetrators of the crime has lieen found.
