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OREGON EVENTS f THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. L e ss Im p o rta n t b ut N o t L e s s In te r e stin g H a p p e n in g s f ro m P o in ts O u ts id e the State. J a p a n ’s av erag e death ra te is be tw een 17 and 18 p e r 1,000. D r. H enry W aldo m ay be offered th e dorship. C onductors and S outhern Pacific a re less a month. Coe, of P ortland, Mexican am b assa brakem en on the to work th ree days A n in v estig atio n o f alleged bad con duct o f tw o F ederal judges of M issouri has been asked. O scar S. S tra u s has been appointed am bassador to T u rk ey and W . W, Rockhill goes to R ussia. A to u rist passen g er car and 26 occu p an ts are q u aran tin ed a t S a lt L ake on account o f a case o f sc a rle t fever. S e a ttle Ja p an ese a re to spend $5,000 in e n te rta in in g th e officers and men on th e m ikado’s w arships w hich v is it the fa ir. N e w Se n a te M e a s u r e G iv e s P o w e r to S t a r t T a r if f W a r. P a ris, May 5 .— P re m ie r Clem enceau ap p aren tly has tak en th e b it in his te e th and has decided to te s t the pow er of th e governm ent to p u t down the p re se n t " s y n d ic a tilis t” movem ent, so fa r as it affects s ta te employes, even if th is involves the p recip itatio n of the th reaten ed general strik e . D angerous signs a re m an ife st th roughout th e country, and it is conceded g enerally th a t th e belated d eterm in atio n o f the governm ent to vindicate its au th o rity comes none too soon. The recen t g ig a n tic strid e s of “ syn d ic a tilism ” and its a rro g a n t a ttitu d e under th e leadership o f the G eneral F ederation of L abor, w ith which the various classes of s ta te employes now in sist upon affiliating, has alm ost ere ated a public panic. The property in te re sts o f the country w ill support u nitedly any m easures th a t the g overn m ent, tak es, no m a tte r how rigorous which m ig h t end th e ag itatio n . The a ttitu d e of th e Combes and o th er previous radical governm ents, which encouraged sta te se rv an ts to form unions even in the navy yards, and the records o f Mm. H arth o u and V iviani, respectively m in isters o f public w orks and labor, have hereto fo re em barrassed M. Clem enceau. Since th e v is it of K ing Edw ard, however, who, it is un derstood, let th e p rem ier see the an x iety e x istin g abroad th a t F rance w as d riftin g into a condition approaching anarchy, M. Clem enceau resolved to act. W ashington, May 4.— The senate ta riff bill, in th e section w hich deals w ith the m axim um and m inim um prop osition, has, in the ju d g m en t of tariff experts, one very im portant featu re. I t practically vests in the p resid en t the pow er to declare a ta riff w ar a g a in st any nation or to re frain from any such w ar. I t is given to him to decide w hether any nation is d iscrim in atin g a g a in st the products of the U nited S ta te s in its system of duties. This p erm its the governm ent, through the S a te d e p a rt m ent and the othi r agencies provided by law, to make agreem ents w ith other n ations as to trad e and ta riff conces sions w hich can be made effective by a proclam ation of the president, w ithout the necessity of an y th in g in th e way of legislation or tre a ty agreem ent. The bill authorizes the p resid en t to employ a t his discretion any persons to procure inform ation or assist him in th e discharge of these duties, which would mean th a t he can appoint com m issioners rep resen tin g the U nited S ta te s to go abroad and m ake ag ree m ents w ith foreign nations. A t the sam e tim e, atte n tio n is paid to th e w ishes of those who are not in favor of reciprocal agreem ents o f any kind. The proposition m akes it im pos sible to have any ra te established lower than th e ra te in the ta riff law . Any change in the case of any nation m ust be a change in th e w ay o f h ig h er du ties. No am ount of b arg ain in g or con cession can secure fo r any country any reduction in the ta riff law. ADANA M ASSACRE RENEW ED. In a fu rth e r effort to estab lish the L o o tin g , S h o o t in g and B u rn in g ; A im lob ster industry on th e Pacific c o ast a to E x te rm in a te C h r is t ia n s . carload is to be se n t from H alifa x , A dana, May 4, v ia Cyprus, May 5 .— N ova Scotia. A dana is still law less. More people A fte r S eptem ber 1 n e x t it w ill be a w ere k illed y esterd ay . T here are 30, m isdem eanor to allow children less 000 dead in Adana province as a re su lt than 16 to a tten d m oving p ictu re shows o f th e m assacres, and 35,000 homeless unless accom panied by paren ts. and penniless refu g ees a re w andering B u rg lars w ere c a u g h t in th e a c t of into th e vilayet. The d eath s in A dana city alone are robbery a t San F ran cisco and tw o w ere cap tu red and one escaped. O ver 30 estim ated a t 6,600. A dana is te rro r sho ts w ere fired. One o f th e men ized by 4,000 soldiers who are looting, shooting and burning. No resp ect is c a u g h t received a wound. paid to foreign p ro p ertie s. B oth the L ead m iners in M issouri a re on F erench schools have been destroyed. strik e . The new vali has n o t y e t inspired R oosevelt has k illed th ree lions and confidence. T here is reason to believe the a u th o ritie s still intend to p erm it K e rm it one. the e x term in atio n o f all C hristians. T he Ja p an ese squadron w as g iv en a The troops here are m aking a pretense g re a t reception a t San Francisco. o f th ro w in g w a te r on th e flames, but C ongress has now seven S m ith s, instead of w ater they are using kero th re e in the sen ate and fo u r in the sene. All le tte rs and teleg ram s sen t out house. through T urkish channels are censored. An im m ense stre a m of colonists is com ing to the co ast from all p a rts of W IL S O N G IV E S L IN K . th e E a st. A n a rh ists a tta c k e d policec a t Buenos A yres and 100 m en w ere k illed and S h o w s C o n n e c tio n o f R u e f W ith S a n F r a n c is c o B rib e ry . w ounded in th e rio t. San Francisco, May 5 .— Andrew M. A lake ste a m e r is m issing and th e crew and 42 persons a re believed to Wilson, whose failu re to te s tify to cer tain recollections in one o f the tria ls of have been drowned. T irey L. Ford w as followed by revoca A railro a d w hich is being b u ilt in tion of his im m unity co n tra c t and his H onduras w ill be equipped e n tire ly in d ictm en t upon th re e charges of hav w ith w ireless teleg rap h y . ing accepted bribes, w as th e principal A woman delayed th e A m erican lin er w itn ess in y e ste rd a y ’s session of the S t. L ouis e ig h t m in u tes a t New Y ork tria l o f P a tric k Calhoun, presid en t of U nder d ire c t w hile she hunted fo r a $1.50 baby c a r the U n ited R ailroads. exam in atio n of A ssista n t D istric t A t riag e . A Ja p a n e se a t Los A ngeles has sued torney John O ’G ara, W ilson recited the a p ap er for $10,000 dam ages because story o f how he sounded the m em bers of the Schm itz board of supervisors on am ong o th er th in g s i t called him a th e proposal to pass th e overhead tro l " d a re -d e v il.” ley p erm it, and w as prom ised $10,000 W ar is being w aged fo r control of for his v ote and effo rt a fte r conversa Zion C ity by the old city officers and tions w ith Jam es L. G allagher and A b those ju s t elected. This is th e city raham R uef. S tan ley Moore, of the founded by Dowie. defense, supplem enting E arl Rogers as S erio u s floods ’’a re feared along th e cross exam iner, subjected W ilson to a severe cross exam ination th a t had not Ohio riv e r follow ing th e storm . been com pleted when th e hour o f ad O ver 3,000 men em ployed on G re a t jo u rn m en t had arrived. L ake steam ers have gone on strik e . Snow and fro st in th e Middle W est have destroyed f r u it and o th er crops. H a y m a rk e t A n n iv e rsa ry . Chicago, May 5 .—Y esterday w as the F o u r inches of snow covers W iscon an n iv ersary of the tw o m ost m em orable sin and a fierce g ale is causing much ev en ts in th e crim inal records of C hi cago—ev e n ts th a t w ill long live in the inconvenience. m em ories o f Chicago policem en. The I t is said a copper tr u s t is planned g re a t H ay m ark et rio t, in which six po in N ew York to control the e n tire o u t licem en w ere killed and 60 o thers se p u t o f th e country. verely injured, occurred May 4, 1886. Much money and food is b eing sen t T hree y ears later. May 4, 1889, the to th e m assacre zone o f A sia tic T u r noted m urder o f Dr. P a tric k H. Cronin took place. D eaths o f those connected key, b u t more is needed. w ith th e tria ls subsequent to these S earch in g p a rtie s a re d ig g in g in th e tra g e d ie s have been num erous, m ost of grounds of the palace o f th e fo rm er them u n n atu ral. su ltan in a search fo r his w ealth. A bdul H am id w ill probably be tr a n s ferred to M onastir, as it is n o t be lieved h is life is safe a t Salonica. C anada w ill control th e c u ttin g of tim b e r on th e Pacific coast to 12,000,- 000 fe e t per year fo r th e n e x t 60 years. The O regon railro a d com m ission has ordered reductions in ex p ress ch arg es along th e e n tire line of the O. R. & N. The reduction is appro x im ately 25 p e r cent. R apid progress is being made in th e Calhoun tria l. T u rk ish troops have relieved H adjin and stoped the m assacres. The B ritish b udget proposes radical new ta x e s to w ipe o u t th e deficit. The p aying te lle r of an O akland bank has been a rre ste d for em bezzling. E x-C hief of Police F in k , of Rowell, N. M., has been indicted for sm uggling in C hinese. C ap tain Robinson, of the w recked stea m e r Indiana, has tak en his own life, b ein g unable to b e a r the disgrace. S rtro n g evidence o f discrim in atio n by H arrim an lines a g a in s t S a lt Lake has been bro u g h t o u t in the m erg er suit. A tornado in In d ian a to re aw ay 600 fe e t o f th e w est w all o f the s ta te p en i te n tia ry . No one w as h u rt and m ilitia has been ordered o u t to guard the con victs. An h eiress has been born to the H ol land th ro n e and th ere is g re a t rejo ic ing, as Queen W ilhelm ina was the la st of th e re ig n in g house and had she died w ith o u t h eirs th e crown would have probably passed to a G erm an p rince and become a p a rt of th e G erm an em pire. Ex-V ice P re sid e n t F airb an k s has purchased a house in Pasadena and w ill make th a t city h is home a fte r a to u r of the w orld. The B ritish b u d g et fo r the com ing year show s a deficit in revenue of $78,- 810,000. IS B O S S . to P u t F r e n c h P re m ie r T a k e s S t e p s D o w n O rg a n iz a tio n . Issu ed Each frid«iy MOSIER.. . . P R E S ID E N T B L O W A T U N IO N S . Mosier Bulletin B IG S H E E P M OVEM ENT. F R U IT M E N A R E A N G E R E D . G re a t A ctivity R e p o rte d A r o u n d P e n A c c u s e In s p e c to r T a y lo r o f C irc u la t dle ton by S e c r e t a r y Sm / th e . in g F a ls e R e p o rts. Pendleton—S ecretary Dan P .Sym the, o f the S ta te Wool G row ers’ association, rep o rts g re a t a c tiv ity in the m ovem ent o f sheep in th is section and several large sheep sales d u ring th e p a st few days. One of the larg est o f these sales is reported from the v icin ity of A rling ton, w here betw een 20,000 and 25,000 head o f y earlin g s have been shipped to outside m a rk ets. The sale price re ceived fo r the mixed y earlin g w eathers ranged from $3 to $4 p er head, as com pared w ith the prices of from $2.75 to $3.25 received fo r th e sam e grades last year. The buyers a re W rig h t of N orth Y akim a and R. F. B icknell and S cott Anderson, who w ill ship to Idaho. Sheep sh e a rin g in U m atilla county w ill la s t fo r perhaps tw o w eeks yet, though som e of the e a rlie r shearers have already finished th e ir season’s clipping. R esults from the shearing p lan ts prove th a t the e a rlie r prophecy of good clips for this y ear is proving as predicted. The fleeces are found to be unbroken and the stap le good, due largely to th e early g rass and the b et te r than common condition of the sheep because o f th e close w in ter. The lam bing season fo r U m atilla county w ill la st b u t a few days longer, though it w ill not close q u ite so soon up in the foothills of the county. The increase th is y e a r in the county will be above 95 p e r cent, w ith the to ta l n ear er the low er figure. The increase in U m atilla county w ill approach the m axim um th is y ear because of the e x ceptionally good w eath er conditions. The w in te r le ft the sheep f a tte r than usual, due to the re g u la rity of the snow conditions and the p lentifulness of hay. Then th e g rass cam e early in the spring keeping the f a t of the sheep up and adding m ore. The lam bing season proper has found th e w e a th e r condi tions especially good again. Those who chanced w in ter lam bing rep o rt an especially good increase. W IL L H O L D B E R R Y F E S T IV A L . R o s e b u r g P la n s T w o D a y s ’ P r o g r a m f o r M a y 14 and 15. R oseburg—The date of the proposed straw b erry fe stiv al to be held in Rose burg has been s e t by the Comm ercial club fo r F rid a y and S aturday, May 14 and 15. T he two days w ill be given over to displays of stra w b erries. A program fo r both days has been p rep ar ed. On th e evening o f the first day the women w ill give a m usical. The occasion will also be taken ad v antage of by th e im porters and raisers of blooded livestock, and a large parade of anim als is expected. The A shland lodge of E lks, accom panied by m em bers of th a t order from differen t tow ns in S outhern Oregon, w ill v is it R oseburg on S aturday, the second day of the festiv al. The v is it ors will num ber about 250. Douglas county stra w b e rrie s are the first in th e m a rk -t each y ear and th is fa c t w ill be widely advertised a t the festiv al. I t is proposed to secure pho tographs of the best displays and the paradea and use them in booster book lets. F re e w rte r Values S o a r. F re e w a te r— Land values in th is dis tr ic t are constantly increasing in value. Two sales have been made th is week, one consisting of 23 acres, a p a rt of the R agsdale tra c t, fo r $725 an acre, the o th er b eing a p a rt of th e Brown ranch, a t Babcock crossing, fo r $700 an acre. The P leasan t valley country, w hich a y e a r ago w as sagebrush land, has been p u t under cu ltivation, the raw lands h av in g been sold fo r $125 an acre. Now th is sam e land is selling for $300 an acre. The school, w hich w as built th re e years ago, has had to be enlarged, and the co n tract fo r the addition w as le t th is week fo r a $1,000 addition. Gilliam F a rm e rs Join Union. Condon— D r. W. R. Cam pbell, of Pendleton, s ta te organizer of the E a st ern Oregon branch o f the F arm e rs’ Educational and C o-operative union of A m erica, has affected an organization o f farm ers in th is vicinity. I t will be the aim to secure eq uitable fre ig h t rates, low er w arehouse charges and to in v estig ate th e d ifferent m ethods of handling g ra in . The organization will work in conjunction w ith the different g ran g es of th e county and s ta te . C entral P o in t— F ru it men of this section are indignant over reports a l leged to have been circulated by County F ru it Inspector T aylor to the effect th a t the crops in many of the orchards in his ju risd ictio n are to tally ruined. These gentlem en declare em phatically th a t the story is w ithout foundation, and th a t it had the effect of dam aging th e ir properties, in the m ost prom ising section of the Rogue riv er valley. S teps w ill be im m ediately taken for a full and com plete investigation lead ing to the discovery of the in d en tity of the author o f these false rep o rts, and if circum stances w arran t it, it is raid Mr. T aylor’s rem oval from office will be demanded by the orchardists. F ru it men re p o rt but few tre e s a f fected by recen t frosts, and in alm ost all cases the fro s t has b u t tended to lessen the cost o f thinning the fru it. F. H. H opkins, ow ner of one of the la rg e st orchards on Rogue riv e r, and whose orchard has not been protected by sm udging or otherw ise, re p o rts no appreciative dam age, as do Edward H anely, W illiam S tew art, J . W. M er r itt, W. H. N orcross and otlfer orch ard ists. H e p p n t r 's C lip is S o ld . H eppner— Wool has been tran sferred in H eppner th is w eek to th e e x te n t of over 1,000,000 pounds. W . W. Sm ead has purchased n early 800.000 pounds of th is for W illiam Ellery and the balance has been secured by F ran k Lea fo r F. F rankenstein. The low est price paid w as 18 cents and the h ig h est 20% cents. Smead is now offering 21 cents and it is likely he w ill secure several more clips before the rush is over. Sheep are all sold and the wool will be p ractically all off the m ark et by the middle of n ext w eek. MORE O r e g o n L a n d is W ith d ra w n . Settle S ile tz C o n te sts. Sa n tia m B r id g e d at D etroit, A lbany— A su sp e n sio n b rid g e has been erected across the N orth S antiam riv e r a t D etroit, eastern term in u s of the C orvallis & E astern railroad. The bridge w as erected by John O uterson, a D etro it m erchant, and is the first bridge to connect the Linn and Marion county sides of th e riv er directly above D etro it. T here is an old wooden bridge a sh o rt distance above the town. G ro u n d A c q u ire d f o r A sy lu m . Salem —The asylum board has p u r chased from th e W illam ette Endow m ent association five acres o f land north of the asylum fo r $3,000. One of the new buildings for w hich an ap propriation was made by the la st leg is latu re w ill be located p a rtly on the land ju s t acquired. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. W heat—B luestem m illing, $1.30(0 1.35; club, $1.20(//$1.25; T urkey red, $1.26; valley, $1.17; forty-fold, $1.26; red R ussian, $1.17%(</1.20. Corn— W hole, $35 per to n ; cracked, $36. G o v e r n o r s to F o r m A lliance B arley— Feed, $34(035 per ton. Salem , O r., May 5 .— A m ovem ent is O ats—No. 1 w hite, $40(041. on foot am ong th e governors o f the H ay—Tim othy, W illam ette valley, W estern sta te s to form a te n ta tiv e a l $14(o 18 per to n ; E astern Oregon, liance "among them selves fo r the b e tte r $ 17.50(o 19.50; clover, $11(//12; a lfa l in te re sts o f the sta te s to he em braced fa, $13(o 14; g rain hay, $13(014; in the new union, w hich w ill include cheat, 14(ol4.50; vetch, $14(<fT4.50. M ontana, Idaho. N evada, U tah, C ali Big Sawmill is S ta rte d . A pples—65c(o $2.50 per box. fornia, A rizona, W ashington and O re W allow a- W ork has commenced on Potatoes—$1.85(</2 per hundred. gon. The proposal w as first made by the big N ibley-M im naugh L um ber com- V egetables—T urnips, $1.25 per s a c k ; G overnor Spry, of U tah, and th e con p a n y ’s saw m ill a t this place. I t w ill ! carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets, ference w ill be called by G overnor be com pleted about Ju ly 1, and w ill j $1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; ar- H ay, o f W ashington, to ta k e place have a capacity of 50,000 fe e t per day, tichokes, 60(/;75c per dozen; a sp ara som etim e th is sum m er, probably about w ill employ n early 300 men and w ill gus, Oregon, 12'...((/ 15c per pound; le t A ugust 15. rep resen t an inv estm ent o f $150,000. tuce, head, 20(i;50c per dozen; onions, The company owns a v ast body of tim 12% (//15c; parsley, 35c; radishes, 15 2 0 0 . 0 0 0 O u t on S t rik e . ber north o f th is city, all of w hich will |(//2 0 c; rhubarb, 2 L4(/z3l..c per pound; Buenos A yres, May 5 .— I t is calcu be m illed here. Surveyors are now spinach, 90c(«/$l. lated th a t not less than 200,000 o f the su rveying a logging railroad to the B u tte r—C ity cream ery, ex tra s, 24c; w orkm en o f Buenos A yres have gone com pany’s holdings th a t w ill be con- j fancy outside cream ery, 22(u 24c per o u t on the 48-hour strik e organized by stru cted th is year. O ther buildings pound; store, 18(</20c. B u tte r f a t the W orkm en’s F ederation as an em are being bu ilt. prices average 1 ' 4c per pound under p hatic p ro te .t a g a in st th e occurrences reg u lar b u tte r prices. o f la s t S atu rd ay when a t th e May day L ust fo r Gold Hits C o o s. E ggs -Oregon ranch, 24(/z 25c per celebrations th ere w as a collision be Marshfield—The lust for gold has dozen. tw een the people and poilce in w hich a tru ck M yrtle P o in t and the countrv P oultry— H ens, 15</z15 ' s c per pound; large num ber of persons w ere killed or about. I t is believed the m other lode, broilers. 250»28 c; fryers, 18(</22'ac; wounded. The police have made 600 which has long been an object of roosters, old, 1 Of« 11c; young, 14(//15c; a rre sts. search, has a t last been discovered. A ducks, 20(i/2 2 '..c ; geese, lO f/tllc; tu r | rancher nam ed Music brought speci- keys, 20c; squabs, $2.50(r/3 per dozen. F a ir b a n k s A d m its H aw a ii. | mens to tow n and sold them , the first! Veal E x tras, 9 ' 4(/il0c per pound; Honolulu. May 5.— T h a t th e te r r i lot for $2.50, and the second for about ordinary, 8% (q9c; heavy, 7(//8c. tory of H aw aii is destined to become a $100. They looked as though pounded Hops— 1909 contract, 9c per pound: full fledged sta te o f th e Union, and o u t in a m o rta r from the quartz. Many 1908 crop, 6(//7c; 1907 crop, 3c; 1906 th a t th e in h ab itan ts of th e islands are ranchers have cau g h t th e fever and are crop, 1 ’-jC. capable o f governing them selves, is prospecting. Wool— E astern O regon, 15(/f20c per the opinion of form er Vice P resident pound; valley, fine. 22c; medium, 21c; F airb an k s, who is to u rin g the islands Fin e C attle S o ld at E c h o . coarse. 20c: m ohair, choice. 24(</ 25c. in company w ith his w ife and daughter. Echo A P o rtlan d m eat company has C attle — Top steers. $5.50(<f5.75; F a irb an k s addressed the H aw aiian leg bought 70 head o f c a ttle from B ennett fa ir to good, $5(iz5 .2 5 ; common to m e islatu re and announced h im self as fa v & Spike a t $5.50, the h ig h est price dium . $4 .5 0 (/4 .7 5 ; cows, top, $4.25(>z orably im pressed w ith conditions here. ever paid in the Echo country. The 4.50; fa ir to good, $3,750/4.25; com He w as cordially received. av erage w eig h t as 1,520 pounds. The mon to medium. $2,500/3.50; calves. heaviest ste e r w eighed 1,730 pounds, | top, $5oz5.50; heavy, $3.50(>/4; bulls 16 R a ilr o a d s A r e S u e d . and brought the ow ners $93.20. and stags, fat, $3(</3.50; common, $2 di 2.75. Jefferson C ity, Mo., May 5 .—A tto r P ru n e O r c h a r d B r in g s S IS ,O O O . ney G eneral M ajor in stitu te d quo w a r H ogs—Best, $7.50(<i7.75; fa ir to Salem — A. F . H ofer, W. P. Babcock gool. $7.25(07.50; Stockers, $t>(cz6.50; ran to proceedings in th e M issouri S u prem e court today a g a in st 16 railroads, and o th er local business men have clos China fats. $6.75(/f7. ch arg in g them w ith h av in g violated ed a deal for the Jo ry prune ranch of S heep—Top w ethers, $4(<T4.50; fa ir The price to good, $3.50(>/'4; ew es. S c less on the common law in consp irin g and 128 acres south o f Salem . ag re e in g to fix passenger ra te s. An w as $15,250. The farm , w hich is one all g rad es; yearlings, best, $4.50fi/ a lte rn a tiv e w rit w as m ade retu rn a b le o f the b est in th is section, w ill be sub 4.75; fa ir to good, $4(</4.25; spring divided. lam bs, $6. to the co u rt en banc on Ju n e 1. C O M IN G . E x a m p le to B e S e t by P u b lic in g s in C o n sta n tin o p le . W ashington — S ecretary B allinger has tem porarily w ithdraw n from entry, except under hom estead law, about 200,000 acres of land in tow nships 15 to 19 south, ran g es 43 to 47 east, O re gon, in connection w ith the M alheur i r rigation project. T his land is believed to be susceptible o f irrig atio n . A pprox im ately 100,000 acres additional are w ithdraw n from any form of disposition for use as reserv o irs as Beuli-h, W arm Springs, Ju n tu ra , U pper W illow , Low er Willow, U pper Bully creek, Low er Bully creek and H arp er reservoirs. W ashington — R ep resen tativ e H aw ley has made a s tre n g personal appeal to S ecretary B allin g er and Land Com m issioner D en n ett to ta k e up and finally adjudicate the long pending sus pended S iltez hom estead en tries. The secretary and com m issioner assured Mr. H aw ley th a t they would give or ders th a t these cases be expedited and th a t, in deciding them , they w ill tak e into account the conditions as he ex plained. E X E C U T IO N S Hang London, May 4.— A dispatch to the D aily T elegraph from C onstantinople says th a t in an interview , E nver Bey, one o f the leaders of the Y oung T urks, declared they had proofs th a t a m assa cre o f all Turks suspected of L iberal ism had been projected in C onstan tinople and w as prevented only by Gen eral S chefket hastening the occupation of the capital. E nver Bey said he now had no fe a r th a t Abdul H am id would become the cen te r of new revolts. H e believed as a re su lt of the court m a rtial th ere would be an additional 100 executions and as m any persons more would be sentenced to im prisonm ent a t hard la bor. The executions would be public, in various p a rts of the city, beginning probably tom orrow , as it w as necessary to show a sa lu ta ry exam ple. The fo r m er sultan, E n v er Bey asserted , a l ready had been punished and w ould not be p u t on tria l. ¡ S E A R C H O N F O R A B D U L ’S CASH R e p o rte d to H a v e K e p t M u c h H id d e n in P alace. M oney C onstantinople, May 4.— The tr e a s ures of the palace of Y ildiz a re being inventoried by a p arliam en tary com m ission. Abdul H am id took th e open hilly p astu res 30 y ears ago, gradually transform ed them into gardens, am ong w hich he constructed pavilions fo r him self, h is w ives, his children and the palace fa v o rite s H e g athered there an im m ense v ariety of objects o f a rt and luxury, services of silv er and gold, F rench and O riental carpets, Greek scu lp tu res taken from the m useum s of , C onstantinople, presen ts of m ost of the ' sovereigns of E urope and g if ts from 1 w ealthy subjects. Search is being made fo r the hoards of cash which Abdul H am id is reported alw ays to have had on hand. He has also g re a t sum s invested abroad. N one, however, has been found as yet, although the ex-sultan m ust have had 1 a t least a few hundred thousand pounds in the dom estic exchequer. C rim in a l is Identified. WIN BARREN VICTORY Rome, May 4.— W hile on the Red sea, A pril 17, en route to Mombasa, Theodore R oosevelt w rote a le tte r to C ardinal Satolli in which he sa id ; “ I look forw ard to renew ing out acquaint ance a y ear hence, when I shall present my respects to the holy fa th er, to whom I beg of you to give my personal re g a rd s.” C o ld W a ve H its Fra n ce . P aris, May 4.—N o rth eastern France is in the e rip of an unprecedented cold w ave. There have been snow falls at several places and it is feared th a t the fr u it crops and vineyards have been seriously damaged. Wind and Snow S to rm L e a \e Trail oi Havoc in M iddle W est. Commodities Clause Upheld, bu With Limitations. RAILROADS MAY CONTROL STOCK M a y N ot H aul G o o d s They P ro d u c e D ire ctly, but M a y C o n t ro l the P r o d u c in g C o m p a n y . W ashington, May 4 .—I t has been m any a day since a decision of the U nited S ta te s Suprem e co u rt has been received w ith as much in te re st as was m an ifested yesterday in the reversal of the C ircu it co u rt’s “ com m odities clau se” decision, affecting the a n th ra cite coal carry in g railroads. These cases had been decided by the C ircu it court favorably to th e railroads, in th a t the clause o f the H epburn ra te law w hich p rohibits in te rsta te rail roads from carry in g com m odities m an ufactured, m ined or produced directly or indirectly by th e road w as declared unconstitutional. The general irnpres. sion had been th a t the decision would be affirm ed by th e Suprem e court. W hen, therefore, th ere w as a reversal instead o f an affirm ation the in te re st w as much magnified. W hen again it was found th a t the reversal w as based on technical grounds, and th a t th e effect w as really favorable to the ra il road com panies, sen tim en t took an o th er turn. The decision was announced by J u s tice W hite, who declined to g ive out more than a sum m ary, show ing the n et re su lt of the co u rt’s finding. B ecause of the c o u rt’s delay in announcing its conclusion it w as generally supposed th a t th e court would be found to be much divided. Only one d issen tin g opinion w as an n o u rc /d —J u s tic e H a r lan ’s s ta te m e n t th a t he did not follow the conclusion on the point th a t the law did not p rohibit the railroad own ership of stock in com m odities-produc- ing com panies. A nalyzed, Ju stic e W h ite ’s decision is th a t congress did not transcend its con stitu tio n al au th o rity in en a ctin g the com m odities provision, but it w as held th a t th e governm ent’s construction of th e provision had been en tire ly too com prehensive. As construed by the court, the sole object of the clause is to p rev en t c a rriers being associated in in te re s t w ith the com m odities tra n s ported a t th e tim e of transportation. Summ ed up, th e act only compels com panies to disassociate them selves from the products they carry and the gov ern m en t contention th a t the law applies to the ow nership of stock and prohibits the tran sp o rtatio n o f com m odities sim ply because they have been produced by a railroad company is untenable. The effect of the decision is fa v o r able to th e railroads and th e govern m ent lo st on p ractically all points ex cept in the su stain in g of the principle involved. The decision sustained the provision o f the law ex em p tin g tim b e r from the o p erations of the com m odities clause. T his exem ption w as used as a basis of a tta c k by the railroads. W E LC H ER S C AN N O T DODGE. In s u ra n c e C o m p a n ie s Liab le fo r L o s s in S a n F r a n c is c o Fire. San Francisco, May 4.— In an opin ion handed down by the U nited S ta te s C ircu it C ourt of A ppeals today, the effort o f certain insurance com panies to b rin g losses sustained by fires dur ing the conflagration of 1906 under the earth q u ak e clauses of the policies, be cause th e shock broke w ater m ains and th u s prevented the extin g u ish in g o f the fires, w as rejected and charac terized as being as triv ia l as it would have been to seek the sam e action on appeal because the men and horses of the fire d e p artm en t had been injured by the earthquake. The com panies in volved w ere the Com m ercial U nion A ssurance company, the A lliance In surance company and th e N orwich U nion F ire Insurance company and th e Pacific Union club w as the policy holder in each case. P aris, May 4.— M. B ertillon, d irecto r of the A nthropom etric d ep artm en t of police, has identified a man now being held by the San Francisco police as A r th u r B ernard, a dangerous crim inal. R ernard w as arrested recently in San Francisco and gave the nam e of Sam uel. The C alifornia a u th o rities fo r w arded to M. B ertillon m easurem ents and photographs of the prisoner and A b d u l’s S a n g u in a r y Plot. th e identification followed. M. B er C onstantinople, May 4.— D ocum ent tillon says B ernard has been tried ary evidence has been discovered tw ice and convicted, the first tim e for am ong th e records of the telegraph th e f t and the second tim e fo r m urder. office here of the know ledge of the C onstantinople au th o rities th a t m assa C a s t r o M a y S u e F ra n c e . cres had been planned fo r the Adana P aris, May4 .—C ipriano C astro, ex- d is tric t, and th a t they w ere to coincide p re s id e rt of Venezuela, is reported to w ith th e political events here. L ists be consulting w ith law yers here w ith a of houses, w ith notes on the kind of view to b ringing a dam age su it a g a in st loot to be found therein, w ere discov the French governm ent for his recent ered. The arran g em en ts included a expulsion from M artinique. As the general m assacre of foreig n ers in Con governm ent has th e pow er to expel stantinople. including the diplom atic foreigners a t its discretion, Senor Cas re p resen tativ es, on A pril 24. tro, it is said, purposes basing his ac tion on the fa c t th a t he w as forcibly E x o d u s o f S u lt a n 's H a re m . placed aboard a ship a t M artinique and C onstantinople, May 4.— Since the compelled to re tu rn to France w ith o u t deposition of Abdul H am id there has being given the option of choosing his been an exodus daily of the women of d estination. the im perial harem from the Yildiz K iosk. Forty-five carriages, each con M u ch W o rk Ahead. tain in g tw o or three women, le ft the Springfield, 111., May 4.— W ith ad city yesterday and 15 more w ere seen jo urnm ent only three or four w eeks proceeding to Stam boul today. I t is aw ay th e leg islatu re w ill redouble its evident th a t the to tal num ber of fa ir speed th e com ing week to clear the prisoners in the palace m ust have been calendars of the m asses of bills th a t prodigious. Palaces have been set have accum ulated. The sen ate is for a p art fo r th e ir accom modation, b u t in tak in g a sine die adjournm ent May 22, the p resen t condition of th e country and has adopted a jo in t resolution fix th e ir fa te is pathetic. ing th a t day as the tim e for w inding up the session, b u t the house is shout D yna m ite in P o sto ffice . ing fo r more tim e, and w ill probably B utte. M ont., May 4.—Twice w ithin set May 28 or 29 as the tim e. the la s t tw o w eeks a package contain R o o se ve lt to S e e Pope. D E A T H A N D R U IN . ing dynam ite, w rapped, stam ped and addressed to a town in Nova Scotia, Canada, has been dropped into the package chute of th e local postoffice. The first incident happened nearly tw o weeks ago and the second last S a tu r day. The postoffice au th o rities, hoping to cap tu re th e g u ilty p arties, have kept the m a tte r a secret. No clew has y et been obtained, how ever. S now bound in R ockies. Sulphur S prings, Colo., May 4.—The train on the D enver, N orthw estern & Pacific (the M offatt road) which le ft S team b o at S prings Friday m orning, is still snowbound a t C arona pass and probably w ill not be released until to n ig h t. Chicago, A p ril 30.— Two terrific storm s, sw eeping over M iddle W est sta te s w ithin 12 hours of each other yesterday paralyzed the region from Chicago to the G ulf as seldom before. Both storm s w ere accom panied by thunder and lig h tn in g and deluging to rre n ts o f rain , and both caused loss of life, not only in th is city , b u t in re gions to th e south. Two tow ns, H arrolton, A rk ., and H ornlake, M iss., a re rep o rted as com pletely dem olished by tornado-like w inds th a t sw ept over the p ra irie s dur ing the d a y ; and rep o rts o f death and destru ctio n in a lesser degree are com ing in over th e crippled w ires from every p o in t w ith w hich com m unication can be opened. C oincident w ith the v io len t g ale re ported in the Middle sta te s, unseason able fa lls o f snow are reported to both the e a st and w est of th e strick en area. In N ew York several inches of snow is reported from th e ru ra l d istric ts, w hile the big m etropolis its e lf had a violent snow squall early in the day. From W yoming comes th e re p o rt of suffering on the sheep ran g es caused by a five- inch fall of snow. Snow is also reported from P itts burg, M ilw aukee and M ontana points. A squall, w ith w ind blow ing 45 m iles an hour, and rain fallin g in to r rents, stru ck C hicago a t 6:15 o ’clock la s t n ig h t. W ires w ent down in every direction and com m unication w ith o th er c itie s w as com pletely severed. C O N S P IR A T O R S A R E H A N G E D . C o n s t it u t io n a lis ts In v o k e R ig id J u s tic e to L e a d e r s o f U p ris in g . C onstantinople, A pril 30.— The Con stitu tio n a lis ts have lost no tim e in b rin g in g the conspirators in th e recent risin g to tr ia l. The m ilita ry court, s ittin g in th e w ar office today con demned about 250 prisoners to death, and they w ere executed. N ad ir P asha, th e second eunuch of the palace, whose sentence w as pro nounced W ednesday, w as hanged a t dawn on th e G alata bridge and his body w as view ed by thousands. The national assem bly, w hich m et under the presidency of Said P asha, decided th a t the sultan should ta k e the oath of the con stitu tio n w ithin a w eek. The assem bly also ratified th e rem oval of Abdul H am id to Salonica. The governm ent has decided to send a comm ission to A dana to try by court m a rtial the in s tig a to rs of th e m assa cres and the com m ittee is authorized to a c t w ith the u tm o st sev erity . I t is alleged th a t the c h ie f authors of the recen t m utiny w ere Abdul H am id’s fav o rite son, P rin ce Mehmed B urban E ddine; R ear A dm iral Saind P asha, son of K iam il P asha, the e x grand vizier, and N ad ir Pasha, who w ere engaged fo r a long tim e p rior to th e risin g in co rru p tin g the troops. The fo rm er tw o have fled. H O L D - U P IN I D A H O . B a n d it s L o o t M a il C a r on P a c ific R a ilro a d . N o r th e r n Spokane, W ash., A pril 30. — Two men held up N orthern Pacific tra in No. la st n ig h t a t 10:25 o’clock, th ree m iles e a st of H ouser Ju n ctio n , and 25 m iles e a st of Spokane. Conductor A. F . M iley s ta te s th a t the robbers c u t th e engine and one mail car from the tra in , took tw o shots a t the fireman, m issing him by a very narrow m argin, ordered him off the en gine and p u t a gun to E n g in eer W hit tle se y ’s head, com m anding him to go ahead u n til they told him to stop. The o th er robber took the place of the fire man, and as they passed H ouser a t 10:30 he w as th row ing coal into the firebox in an inexperienced m anner. This, to g e th e r w ith the fa c t th a t th ere w ere no m arkers on th e re a r of the tra in , and as the engine crew dis regarded signals, i t w as a t once su r m ised by the operato r here th a t i t w as a holdup, and he a t once notified th e d isp atch er in Spokane to th a t effect. Officials in Spokane as well as R ath- drum w ere a t once notified, and w hile the mail car w as being robbed betw een T re n t and Y ardley, posses w ere form ing a t e ith e r side of the robbers. F u rt h e r L y n c h in g F e a re d . Ada, O kla., A pril 30.— F e a rin g th a t as a re s u lt of the lynching here of four cattlem en for the m urder of A. A. Bob b itt, fu rth e r trouble m ig h t arise, O scar P eeler, an alleged accessory to th e crim e, and Edw ard and David Johnson, charged w ith an o th er m urder, have been retu rn ed to the ja il a t Tecum seh fo r safe keeping. The grand ju ry to day resum ed its in v estig atio n s. A tto r ney G eneral W est, in addressing th e ju ry s a id : “ The lynching w as the m ost outrageous crim e since th e C ivil w ar. R em em ber your G od.” A e ro p la n e C r a z e in Italy Rome, A pril 30. — The syndicate which purchased the Ita lia n rig h ts to W ilbur W rig h t’s aeroplane is m aking prep aratio n s fo r th e construction of m ilitary and o th er a ir c ra ft. The price paid for the valuable rig h ts is said to be $200,000. A eroplaning is fa s t be com ing a popular craze am ong w ealthy Ita lia n s and W rig h t is in re c e ip t of many com m unications from prom inent Ita lia n women ask in g fo r a trip . A successful flight w as m ade yesterday, the aeroplane risin g from th e ground by the force o f its own propellers. T h re e S c h o o l s W r e c k e d . W ichita, K an., A pril 30.— A tornado a t D ouglas and o th er K ansas tow ns to n ig h t killed one person, injured ten and did much dam age to p roperty. The storm w as the m ost severe a t D ouglas. T here L ew is A yers, 70 y ears old, w as killed. M iss J . J . Jones w as th e m rs t seriously injured. A num ber of houses w ere w recked, including th ree schools. A t U dall, Rock and Rose H ill, build ings w ere blown from th e ir founda tions. F r u it and crops su ffered . S p e c ia l R a te s D o o m e d . Chicago, A pril 30.—The executive com m ittee of the W estern P assen g er A g en ts’ association recom m ended to day th a t second class p a rty and labor ra te s be abolished. A m eeting of the officials o f the In te rs ta te Commerce com m ission and interested roads w ill be held in M inneapolis tom orrow to act on th e recom m endation.
