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 .
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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.