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OPIUM TRADE IS BET TER.
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AFTER EXPRESS COMPANIES
MEXICO TAKES
MEXICAN REBELS
CAPTURE PRISON
. Three Thousard Overcharges in On*
Day All*g*d.
;
Washington. D. C. Prosecution of '
Pekin — One unfortunate result of
j «-xprvM companies for overcharging
the revolution has been a revival of
! shipper* on the transportation of their
opium consumption.
A fillip was
good* waa indicated by Commiaeioner
given to the trade when Kuang-tung
. I.an* at the expre** rate hearing to be
and Yun an joined the movement, and
the intention of the Interstate com
merce eommiasion.
proclaimed their independence. These
W. A. Ryan, one of tbe Investiga-
two province*, with Stechuen. were
! tors for the commission, presented in
General Resume of Important Event« the largest consumers of opinum in Policy of Diax is Adopted In Ossling tabulât««! form the examination of one Seat of Proviaional Government Et»
tbe empire, and the suppression of
tablohed at Jueras — Révolu»
With EnsrmsS of Government
month’a busine«* of the Adama Ex
Presentad In Condensad Form
presa company, showing that 867.000
boriiate Gam Strength.
poppy cultivation and opium smoking
T coops Watch Border.
for Our Buty Reader«.
in overcharge* had been turned into
was keenly resented by a good number
the company’s treasury.
of the inhabitant*.
T. B. Harrison, counsel of the com-
El Paso. Tex.—Ciudad Juaret will
Mexico
City
Without
blare
of
Th« Borah Jones three year home
As soon as th* authority of the im
¡•any. en ¡>ia>r:«-d f ¡it srv km.w r, «»
stead bill has pa*se<J the senate.
perial government was thrown over trumpets and without official proclam "over-prepayments’’ and asserted he A*
provisional govern-
More indictment» of I xm Angeles board there was evidently a reaction ation the Federal government proi»«ees would be able to show that no more inent proclaimed by the supporters Of
| among those addicted to the habit.
labor leaders are expected soon.
according to an-
to employ the drastic methods of Dial than 20 per cent of the 867,(MW ectu- , V«a«]uex Gomel.
Even ix-for«- the revolution, and in
sa 11 *• w-.e»
m ■
lea the
* kx* A.mrvenu**
ally
remained
in
company'* tree»- [ nounerment made by the revolutionary
in
restoring
jieaee.
Immediate
appli
Idaho mining men are preparing to ! spite of the stringent rule«, there if
ury. He added that positive inatruc junta here.
At the conference of
fight the reduction uf the tariff on reason to believe that opium house* cation of the new policy will be the
tion* were given by the company to all Gomes*
(
chiefs held in Juarex it was
nation
’
s
only
apprisal
of
it.
metals.
continued to flourish secretly. Now it
it*
representative*
to
make
refund*
on
determined to send a repeaentative to
This Is the substance of a -t-iGmrfl:
King George and (Jucen M»ry have Is said that they have begun to carry
Washington to confer with President
by a cabinet minister. Bwift punish all discoverable overcharge*.
op
their
trade
publicly
in
Canton
and
returned to England from their cor
"Well," said Commissioner Lane, Taft and it is expected he will leave
ment Is to be the portion of all agita
In
other
pla«*«s.
the
bad
example
once
onation trip to India
“it i* conclusively established that
•et being quickly followed. Owing to tors who can be reached, whether of the Agents of the companies them- this city within a day or two.
Universal war is being male on the the auppreaalon of p'ppy cultivation gun or pencil.
A few newspaper
Chihuahua. Mexico. Ninety muti
“lipping" system, ami a Chicago enough local opium ia not available writers will be deported, it Is said,
of the <->>mps«ni«-s
l!y an neers, aided by a «core of recruit«,
judge has branded ,it as "illegal and and the foreign article is in great re under that provision uf the constitu reg liati
examinati >n of the business of tbe
un American.“
quest.
Prices have risen and clear tion which provides for the expulsion companies for one day we find more after » sharp ti:M. c< in pel led Givenor
Gonial«-» to release from the peniten
Fire practically destroyed St. Cath ance* tn Hongkong am! Shanghai are of undesirables. Public parades and than 3,000 overcharges.
Now, then, tiary Antonio Rojas, former militant
street
orations
are
to
be
prohibited
in
very
satisfactory
from
the
trade
point
Francisco,
erine’s Home, in San
~
cases where the i>uq*>*e is in any we propose to prosecute the rompan- partisan of Emilio X'awjuex, and three
Thirty invalids were removed by at- of view.
manner connected with the political ie* for making these overcharges. of his follower*.
tendant Bisters.
They are clearly violations of the
SHIP ÎO SUK îRtAbURE.
Gomales surrendered to the de
offal ra.
law.”
A Chin« »«• student in th«» University
mands after three hours of fighting
This prescription is in aciwrdanee
Mr. Ryan presented comparative ta near the prison. In which the loyal
of Washington will play “Hiawatha" Money Provided tor Espedllion to with tbe government's diagnosis of
ble« of the operations of express com rural«» were commanded bv Genoral
in an amatuer theatrical performance
the
revolutionary
disease
that
has
the South Seas.,
to tie given at the college.
broken out in an many parts of the panies in Great Britain, France and Pasqual Orosco in ¡«r»on, The muti
Sen Francisco That the failures of country.
I Germany and those of the United neers agreed with Governor Gomales
San Francisco show hous--s are after ed-o-nt -r< rt of the pest to.find hidden
State*
They showed generally that to quit
v . f the f< vi ¡11- «‘.«■I .<
Official
figures
place
the
loss
in
lshi, the primitive Indian captured in loot of bygone buccan««ers amid the
for
similar
service, weights arul dis
the forests wimr time ago. He is in enchanted isles of the South coast and d«<ath. both north ami south, eine« tance th* foreign rates were consider were released.
Seven rurales are known tn be dead
the care of th«- University of Califor coral reefs of the South sens, fails to January 26. aa follows:
I and several wounded. Of the latter
Federal», 34, rebels, from 222 to ably lower than the domestic rates.
nia.
¡discourage persons with a belief in the
is Silvaro Oroteo, cousin of Pascual
272. ami nonrombatanta. 10.
EAST SIDE ABANDONED.
General Orosco has been appointed legends of wealth, became apparent
I 'i;«f!icisl rrj>ort».. apparently well
Oroxco.
The dead include Captains
governor of Chihuahua province, Mex when another story of a contemplated founded, add to those figures 15 Fed
' Salgo and Dutierres, The rebel losses
Govsrnmer t to Aoj^ire E ««sting Can- 1 are yet unknown.
ico, and It ia believed the plan is for ( ex|H<dition leaked but here.
eral dead and 45 rebel dead
James Morton, just arrived from
him to establish a sort uf dictatorship
ai at Orvgor. City.
One rebellion Is recognixed. that of
i
Rumors are current that more bands
In Northern Mexico for the complete Topeka. Kan., is searching among the Emilio Zapata, covering all of the
Washington.
D. C. From a recent ‘ in th«- hills will join the rebels, and
hulks
of
Oak
lam!
Cr«w>k
for
the
sort
of
extermination of the rebels.
state of Morelos and portions of the
: reaid< nt* of the city are not at al! con-
! craft he thinks he needa. to carry on a states of HidaJgn, Guerrero and Mex conference he has had with the army i fident that the successful mutineers
Steeplejacks sca^-d the walla of the
engineers.
Representative Hawley
. search for millions.
ico and the Federal district itself.
will keep their agreement with the
burned Hotel Helena, at Helena, Mon
Morton said that the money already In Guerrero conditions are not greatly feel* confident that the government
state executive. This did not include
tana. an>l recovemi dibmond* vslu<-d
j
will
*<x>n
acquire
title
to
the
West
i waa provided for the undertaking and lietter than in Morelos.
There the
a promise to surrender.
st 15.000, a !&*•“ chunk cf melted
' all that was n«-e«ie«l waa a schooner or district leader of the revolt is Jesus 1 ride CM!«I •! Oregon City end begin
The men still retain their arms, and
gold coin, and also the ashes of a roll
promptly
the
reconstruction
contem
barkenline capable of holding supplies H Salgsiio. who. like Zapeta. is a
it ia believid will join the campaign
of currency, from un upper room.
plated and authorized by congress.
and possessing accommodations for former officer in Madero's revolution-
Ever since hi* return to Washington, in 'avor of Gomez.
The Oregon Drydock company has the score of men wbo will make the ary army. He has been persistent in
in
December. Mr. Hawley has been' The m«b was !e*l by Captain Men-
raised its *»tc/ fur sli classes of ves , trip.
declaring that he is fighting for the
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do«a, who formerly was captain of the
He refuses to divulge th«- nature of cause of Kmilio VaSquex Gomes, but urging the department to “do some .
sels.
thing” and to take up that project | Rural« guard, but lately was dis-
th» pnnreiy fortune which will be there is little doubt that he and Za
which will be the cheapest and most charged from the service by General
Express companies are to be prose brought into port several months after
efficient end which can be rompleud Oroxco.
lor the purpose of distin
cute,I for making thousands of over the vessel sails from San Francisco, pata are working together.
tn the state of Tabasco, there re ta tbe shortest time.
The engineers, itaisbtag the defenders from the men
charges.
but admitted that it w*» of immense mains a trace of the revolt of a few
after considerable dickering, have
attacking force, the former
Objections by
Senator Heyburn bulk, in weight it would amount to weeks ago. but that had n «thing of a Oonclu‘!e«i that the eonatnirtion of a *ore white bands on their arms. Thia
have blocked progresa on the [a-ace several hundred tons.
national character. It was specifical- n«-w canal on the East aide of th«- measure *a» adopted ax tbe result of
“It ia really a very expensive com ly against the government
treaties.
Tbe por river would be too expensive and that confusion early in the figliL
modity," said Morton. “If I were to tion of Oaxaca on the Tehuantepec
pr-ijrrt is
pra«-ti.-ally abandon«-f
1 he passenger service on the Mcxi-
Prosecutor declare* the mark* of tell you the real value you would only
Conner's teeth are on caps uwd in dy smile. »> I shall not discuss that |>art isthmus has yet a few rebel«, but they Therefiire, it has l>e«n determined to c,n Northwestern railroad has been
are not o|«erating again*! the Feder«) acquire the old West aide canal by abandoned.
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namite explosion.
of it. What 1 want is the right ship. government. Reform of local condi
condemnation,
uniese
the
Portland
We have the money ami are ready In tions is their cry. The list of upris
MONEY FOR FARMER:»' BOYS.
FORTLAND MARKETS.
Railway, Light 4 Power company will
;>*y cash. Thia ia not a game, hut
ings w as increased last wevk by one make a further reduction in its price.
Wh«*at
Track prices: Bluestem, straight busino** proposition."
in Michoacan. Alleged abuse« on an
The latest figure quoted by this Furs of All Kinds Bring Good Price»
HH«iiH'Jc; club, 86<«/.87c; red Russian,
hacienda account for that
The insur- company was 8450,000. but the en
— Supply ia Limited.
Invertor
Losse
Life.
85c; valley. Me; forty-fold, 86m87c.
rectos are chiefly field hand«.
gineers believe this price ia exhorbi
Paris — Francois Reichelt, aged 35.
Millstuff»
Bran, 523 ton; abort»,
Portland-
The sharp advance in the
The puxtlc waa furnished by the tant.
525, milidling», 530; roiled barley, a ladies' tailor, waa instantly kill««! garri»i«<n> at Juarvt and Chihuahua.
price of furs noted in the last London
538o> 3».
here when a parachute which he had
sales < mphaaix«-» the fact that the de
Brandies’ Views Changed.
The rebels in the South pretend a
invented failed to work aa he jumped knowloige that the mutinous troops
Barley- Whole. 510 ton.
Washington. D. C.
Charles II. mand 1« greatoly increasing year by
Corn ■ New. whole, 834 ; cracked, from a stage of the Eiffel tower, are working under the same general Choate. Jr., of Boston, counsel for the year, while there is a corresponding
nearly 200 feet from the ground,
535 ton.
plan with themselves, but government United Shoe Machinery company, tes decrease in the available supplies,
' ' according to a special cable received
Reichelt had been working two officials profess to believe there is no
Data No. 1 white, |32<d32.60 ton.
tified before the senate interstate com- >. .. ,
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Hay - No. 1 Eastern Oregon tim<>- years on hi« invention, which he in connection between the uprisings in mere« committee that laiuis Brandi«*
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thy, 517<ktl8; No. 1 valley, 515«:1« ; tended for use by aviators when aero the North.
At
the
London
January
«ale* there
•
helped organise the company, was for i
alfalfa, 5l3«i. 14; clover, 512; grain. pl a nen began to tumble because of ac-
was
an
advance
of
a«
much
a* 50 per
several year* its coun»< l, and then ap- I
cidenta.
512-<i.l3.
pn>ved its Luaineea methods.
Mr Cent in certain line«, beaver, croaa
The parachute waa made of silk and
Cranberries, |lO«t I1.5V per barrel.
ICE GORGE BREAKS.
Brandic* recently told the committee fox, wolverine«, wolf and muakrat
Potatoes Buying prices: Burbanks, was attached to the back like a Mil-
that the company wu a combination ! fur» being included in the aenaational
1 riae.
dier's knapsack. It weightd less than 1 hr»» Ptraona Swept to Death In
90c <i 51.20 per hundred.
in restraint of trade and had stifled
Vegetables
Artichokes, 51.25 per 2o pounds. Reichelt ascended to the
While there are
«aid
be ------
many
Niagara River.
competition in the machinery buair.es*.
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dozen; caidtage, 51 i <l Ijc per pound; first stage of the tower, which ia
r
1
thousands of beaver* In Oregon, the
Niagara
Fall*
—
The
great
ice
bridg«
celery, 85m 5.50 per crate; garlic. 8<«i about 187 feet from the ground.
He
8«n*ts Ask* for Report.
,BW prohibits their slaughter and «ale.
10c per pound; hothouse lettuce, 60cm plac««d a table near the edge facing that has choked th- river channel be
Washington, D. C,
The senate
’’ K^wing fast in impor-
51 per box; pumpkins, l|«i2c per the Seine and got ready for the jump tween the cataract and the upper steel pawed a resolution calling upon Sec re
“ * f.ur
■nd «he prices
puumi; spinach, 5U«>1.25 per box; while a crowd of reporters ami cine- arch bridge below the fails for tbe tary Fisher to report the amount of
”* fu**r '* hlgh “*
tary Fisher to report the amount of
past
thr.-e
weeks
broke
from
its
shor
sprouts, 8c;
squash,
I p«r 2c per metographs
awaited
him on the
public lan«l withdrawn from entry in b°T . s'.t" ** T,“1’”1 ,n •«’X t,ther
ing at noon Sunday and went toward
pound; turnips, Slat 1.10 per »ack; ground.
each
state, the purpose for which It j I market of the world.
rutabagas, 81m 1.10;
carrots, 510:
Reichelt jumped out from the table the river, taking with it to’their
The following prices are in effect
was
withdrawn,
the amount of such
1.10;
parsnips,
Slml.lO; beets, with the parachute on his back. For death a man and woman »aid to be
here for fur»:
land that has been classified and re ;
51 25.
a second it seemed aa if the parachute Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Stanton, of To
Mink, 84 </6.50; raccoon, 90 cm
stored to entry ami when it ia proba
Onions
Association price. 12 25 was about to open in accordance with ronto. Canada, and Burrell Heacock, ble tbe remaining land will be class!- 81.60;
skunk, narrow stripe, 81 (a 2;
*/
per sack.
the theory of the inventor, but it 17 years old. of Cleveland, O.
stripe,
75ci.i 81.50;
fi<-<! and thrown open.
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• un u , , broa«l
Four other persons were on the ice
Apple«- Fancy Rome Beauty. 12.50 shrunk together again and he fell like
muskrat, 20«i30e; wolf or coyote,
The
purpose
is
to
hasten
the
work
per box; choice Rome Beauty. 82; a stone, striking the ground in leas at the time, but managed to get
of classification and make available 82 25i«t 3.50; gr,-y fox, 75 cm 81.50;
fancy Yellow Newtown. *2.50; fancy that four seconds. He waa picked up ashore in safety.
red fox, 86"(H. 50; marten, 86*18;
The bridge was considered «afe. million* of acre* now tied up.
Spi Isenbergs, 52.75; Delaware Red, dead.
Hi« leg» and spinal column
■ beaver, 86 m M 50; fisher.
812m2(i;
For
weeks
the
great
fichi» of ice had
51.75; Wineeap, 52; Northern Spy, were broken and his body made a hole
badger, 40cm 81; lynx eat. 83m 5;
Ham« May Rejoin Army.
51.60; Baldwin. 81.50612; Ben Davis, several inches deep in the froten been coming down the river, piling up
Washington, D. C. —• Senator Ray wildcat 75cm 81.50; otter. 81O(«(14:
against the barrier until it waa from
51.25; Red Cheek
Pippin, extra ground.
ringtail cat, 25 : 60c; civet eat, 100
60 to 80 feet thick and under the in ner. of Maryland, introduced a bill 25c; house cat. 5m2Oc; mountain
fancy, 52.50.
authorising
the
reappointment
of
Pe
fluence of sero weather the great maa*
Oyster Fleet Is Lost.
Butter Oregon creamery butter,
ter (*. Hains, Jr., to the army and re lion, |5<(/10; bear, |7(<zl2.
solid pack, 33|e; print*, extra; but
Tilghmans. Md. Six oystermen are had become anchon-d firmly to the storing his old rank of captain of ar
7hr ahoy? quotation* are on prime,
ter fat, average buying price, 34|c believed to have been drowned in the »bore. The jam was about 1,000 feet
tillery.
Hains resigned from the well handled akin«, according to tire.
wide
an«!
in
some
places
a
quarter
of
Portland.
Choptank river when their boats were
army when he was a prisoner in Sing No. 2 quality accordingly.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, candled. carried into the open waters in the ice a mile in breadth.
Sing for the murder of William E.
SOM 31c |>er dozen.
jam that began to move early Monday
War of Weavers Bitter,
Annis, of New York.
How Elected By Hobos.
Pork Fancy, 7|<aH|c per pound.
morning with the gale that swept over
Manchester. England—The unremit
Veal Fancy, 13<«t I3|c per pound.
Tilghmans island.
The iceboat An
Cincinnati James Eads How, •f
Indian Lands to Bs Sold.
ting warfare which ia being waged by
Poultry Hens, 14c; springs, 13-i napolis, up to a late hour, had found St. Louis, tbe “millionaire hobo, • •
Washington, D. C. After removing the weavers against nonunionists baa
135c; ducks, young. 22c; gee*«, lf|c; no trace of tbe boats,
Five other was chosen national chairman of the disputed feature* from the bill provid caused the authorities to draft a large
turkeys, live, 18c; dressed, 20f«i22c.
launches managed to fight their way Unskilled
Migratory
and Casual ing for the sale of the unallotted lands body of extra police into the city from
Cattle Choice steers, 55.75*15.95; through buffeting cakes and made Workers’ association of the United
■ in the Standing Rock Indian reserva various parts of Lancashire f»r the
good. S5.60or5.75; choice cows, 54.75 clear water.
Statea. Alexander Tyler, of Cincin tion in North Dakota and South Da protection of workers who do not be
6tS; gixxt. 54 25 m 4.50; choice »payed
nati, waa elected secretary. an«i Cora kota, the senate paased that measure. long to the union. The trades union
Troop* Held in Raadlnait.
heifer«, S5.35rff5.5O; gmxl to cholee
D. Harvey, of St. Louie, was named The lands embrace more than 1.100.- ists also refuse to rceognix» the Ro
heifers. |5 m 5.25; choice bulls, 54.25
Ieavenworth. Kan. Colonel Daniel treasurer. The convention came to an 000 acre*.
man Catholic weavers, who have or
0 4.60; good. 54'<t4.25; choice calve*, Cornman. acting commander of the end with an address by Profeaaor
ganised a union of tbelr own.
Riot
S7.5O«t;8; good. S6.75<>£7.
army post at Fort I-eavenworth. re Frank Bohn, formerly of the Univer-
Greater Depth o< Willapa Aim.
ing has occurred in several localities.
Hogs Choice light hogs. |6.t6<<t ceived orders to hold in readme«* tn ally of Chicago, on "Socialism.”
Washington. D. C.—Senator Jones
6.75; smooth heavy hogs, 65.75<< i 6; go at a moment'« noli*« to the Mexi
Introduced a reaolution for an estimate
Cash Promised to Persia.
Germany to Add to Force.
rough heavy. S5.6o^|6.75.
can border, the Seventh infantry, of
of the coat of enlarging the present
Ixindon —» Great Britain and Russia
Sheep — Choice yearling wether». which he ia in command, ami the sec
Berlin—Fifteen thousand bluejack- project of deepening the channel In will shortly advance to Persia another
54.75<<i 4.85; choice killing ewes, 84 ond squadron of the Fifteenth cavalry, eta ar.- to be added to the German Willapa river and harbor from Ray* 82.000,000, in order to relieve the im
<<14.25;
choice
lambs,
84.75*16; under command of Captain William T. navy by the new naval bill about to be mond. W aah . to the sea, ao at to se mediate necessities of the Persian
good, 84.50<«i 4.76; cull«, 83.75*14.
Littcgrant.
introduced in the Reichstag.
cure a deptei! of 24 feet.
government.
Chin*** Flxgram'y V o'sle Law Sine*
Outbreak of War.
Revolutionary Agitators Will
Be Severely Punished.
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Compel Liberation of Friends
By Governor.
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