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WEATHER
CLEARINGS
Hank clearings today vroro
$20,155.51.
Ilniu; Manner.
fortieth year.
MEDFOKD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, FKBRrARY 1, 1911.
No. 269.
GREAT EXPLOSION ROCK
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TODAY IS BILL
A Monster From the Rogue
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JERSEY
ALL ALONG BROADWAY PERFECT
SHOWER OF GLASS FALLS: MAN
SHAKEN FROM BUILDING'S ROOF
Nearly Every Pane of Glass in Morgan's Office, the Produce Exchange
and in the Standard Oil and Sinner Buildings Shattered Hundreds of
Minor Accidents Occur Fruit Vfindor is Nearly Decapitated By Fall
ing Shower of Glass.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Several workmen wcro severely Injured today
when n enr of dynamite exploded on pier No. 10, .lersoy City, destroy
ing the pier and n barge and wrecking the terminus o'f tlio Central railroad
of New Jersey.
The bodies of two men believed to have been members of the crew
of tlio barge Catherine V which was destroyed by tlio explosion, wero
lccoveicd this afternoon. No trace has been found of the other three mem
beis of the baigo's crow.
With a roar which resounded all over Now York city, tlio explosion
went off and the lower end of Manhattan island was shaken as though
br an earthquake. One lower Manhattan fruit vendor was nearly de
capitated by falling glass and a workman was shaken from the roof of
a skyscraper and was fatally hurt.
The shock of the explosion was felt most severely at the Battery,
which Is directly across the North reiver from tlio Jersey City pier. The
intensity of the tremor lessened as it moved northward, but at Je Plcr
pont Morgan's office, the Produce Ex-mango nnd in the Standard Oil, the
Singer and the Customs House buildings practically every pano of glass
was shattoiod.
All along lower Broadway a perfect shower of glass fell into the
Btrewt and the lack of fatalities is ruatded as miraculous.
The numerous accidents caused by the blast resulted in half a dozen
simultaneous calls for tho police reserves and In tlio streets the blue
coats stopped hundieds of runawnys, where horses, struck and cut by fall
ing glass, had bolted.
537 QUAKES IN
WEEK AI
Latest Estimate of Loss of Life Dur
ing Eruption Places Number at
400 Volcano Continues Vrry
Active.
MANILA, Feb. 1. Within tlio In-t
week ami up to today the seismograph
at tlio Manila observatory lias record
ed .V.17 enrthshookn, borne of them of
considerable foieu.
Tlio latest etdimnto of tlio dead
through the eruption of Mount Tanl
places tho number at '100. The vo!
eiyio continues active and showers ol
mud and stones nro still falling ov
er the adjacent country.
COUNTY COURT
IS IN SESSION
Regular Session Opened Today
Largo Amount of Business to Be
Considered Road Work Is Being
Considered.
The regular sosslon of tlio county
court opened today in Jacksonville
and will remain in session for two
or threo days. A large amount ol
routine business is on hand to be
takon of.
Road mattors will couio in for con
sideration, and tho court will outline
its plans for the ienon nctivitie
TAFT CANCELS HIS
TRIP DOWN SOUTH
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1.
Prosidont Taft this afternoon cancel
led all ougngonicuts for hi propros
ed Southern trip in March with the
preoption of a single day at Atlanta.
No reason whs asigned, but the ac
tion of the ohiof oxecntne is believ
ed to indicate the probability of an
iitia kOthiun of congress.
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CITY PIER: HEAVY DAI
WARREN ESCAPES
JAHENTENCE
President Taft Commutes Sentence
Passed on Fred Warren, Publisher
of "Appeal to Reason." Warren
Asked for No Commutation.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1. -President
Taft today commuted the
six months sentence of Fred War
ren, editor of tho Socialist pape,,
"The Appeal to Heason." Warren hud
asked lor no commutation.
TEXAS MAN IN
HINWS PEACE
Mayor W. R. Canon Puts W. B. Hall
at Work on Police' Force Came
Here From Texas and Has Had
Experience.
Mayor W. II. Canon has appoint
ed W. 15. Hall, who eanio bete from
Texas, to tho placo on the police
forco left vacant by the resignation
of William Ilinton. Mr. Hall has bad
considerable exporionco in police
work.
Probably in another month the no
lico of the city will all be in uni
form tib tins mutter is being adjust
ed. EXPLOSION IN QUARRY
DEALS DEATH TO MEN
VICTORIA, H. C. Fob. 1. News
reached bora tin aftomoon of an
oploion in a quarry at Tod Croek
Cement Works, a few milos from
Victoria in whioh a Chinaman, Joe
Sing was instantly killed and three
other Chinese were seriously injuiod.
The cause of the explosion is not
known.
The dead and injured were brought
to Victoria in automobile. No while
'men were injured, it i said.
FINAL FIGHT FOR
FAIR FRIDAY
Senate Committee Will at That Time
Listen to Arguments By IRiva
Cities Boosters Want Small Fair
in Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1.
The final fight for tho location of the
Panama exposition has been delayed
until Friday. Tho senate committee
on industrial expositions will then
Hston to arguments by tlio New Or
leans and San Francisco boosters. To
day, Instead of giving all its tlmo to
the claims of the rival cities, tho com
mitteemen heard a request from
Washington for an '.'official celebra
tion" of the completion of tho Pan
ama canal.
H. B. McFarland, representing the
local chamber of commerco and tho
hoard of trade, explained that tho
celebration planned would not inter
fere with tho exposition plans made
by New Orleans and San Francisco.
Tlio Washington exposition, ho said,
would be a small one, and it was plan
ned to hold It in Potomac park.
Governor Sanders of Louisiana ap
peared bofoio tho committee for a
short time bofoio McKarland made
his plea.
"If it is a question of monoy," said
Sanders, "Now Orleans has moro than
San Francisco ever dared have- Ten
millions will go further in New Or
leans than in San Francisco under
existing conditions."
Ho referred to the opportunity to
develop trade with South Amorlca
through tho influonco of an exposi
tion. This, ho said, was of far great
er importance than tho trade of tho
orient.
Thcodoro A. Bell or California then
spoko briefly for San Francisco. Ho
discussed tho Japancso question nnd
said thnt tho San Francisco delega
tion hero had received telegrams of
ongratulatlon from tho Japanoso con
sul and tho moro, important Japancso
and Chinese merchants of tho western
city. Tho San Francisco boosters aro
very confident of ultimate success.
EXTRA SESSION
IS
Senator Brown Lays Down Law to
His Fellows in the Senate Lorimer
Case and Popular Election of Sena
tors arc Important.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. l."De
cido tho Loiimor caso, popular oloc
tlon of sonators, tho tariff commis
sion nnd tho Sulloway bill, proposing,
a lovollng of votorans' ponslons, or
prepare for an extra sosslon of con
gress." This was tho way bonator Brown
of Nobroska today laid down tho law
to his follows in tho sonato.
"It must bo understood now," said
Brown, "thnt If any of those ques
tions Is put ovor to nnothor session,
soma of tho appropriation hills will
go ovor also. This is not u throat.
It is nn ultimatum. I am stating a
simple fact, and it Is woll, with four
working wooks ahead, that jou should
understand It. If congress adjourns
without action on thoso moasuros it
will adjourn without action on some
appropriation bills. This will make
an extra session necossary,
Burglars Escape.
VISALIA, Cal., Fob. 1. After
sawing through a wall of the county
jail here, Mike Ltirkins and Mike
liurke, held on a burglary charge, are
being sought by a -.lieriif Mie to
day. Two "Haw-." inipron-el from
cuu kniM-o were iound lit their eel!
PASSING BAY
IN LEGISLATURE
Many Bills go Safely Through Third
Reading Largo Number Will Ba
Acted on This Afternoon Much
i
Headway is Made.
SELLING CALLS ABRAHAM
DOWN GOOD AND HARD
Duniway Said to Bo Behind a Bill
Formed to Make Trouble for
Portland People
SALEM, Or., Feb. 1. Today Is
"bill passins day" in tho houso and
sennte. Sevoral bills went safely
through tho third reading In both
houses and many moro will pass dur
in tho afternoon sosslon.
Bills passed in tho senato are: sen
ate bill 131, by-Abraham, relating to
tho requisition of fugitives from jus
tice; sonato bill 147, by Ollvor, which
fixes tho salary of tho superintendent
of schools on' Wallowa county; sonato
bill 181, by Agniham, providing for
tho care and maintenance of como
torles, and senate bill 182, Norton,
relating to action arising ou con
tracts Bills passed In tho houso are:
houso bill 19, Qlejitons, amending tho
act concerning insurnnco companies
taking firo risks within tho state;
house bill 3G, Brooks, relating to the
summoning of juries; houso bill G7,
Thompson, relnting to convoynnco of
property by Insauo persons; houso
bill 109, Graves, to provldo for giv
ing a bond in all condemnation pro
ceedings; houso bill 132, Abrnms, to
provldo for tho estlbllshmont of the
existence of foroign corporations do
ing business lu tho stnto; houso bill
1215, Abrams, requiring secretary of
stato to report to tho govornor all
foreign corporations doing business
in Oregon nnd piovlding for tho ad
vertising of such associations thnt do
not pay stato liconso fees.
Abrnham of Douglas county was
called to order today in tho senato
by President Selling, who charged
him with attempting to Inject poli
tics and pcisoual spleen Into his
speeches. A lively tilt took placo
betweon tho two sonntors, which fi
nally resulted In tho prosldont order
ing Abrahams to tako his seat.
Tho trouble started ovor tho dobato
on sonato bill 131, introduced by
Abrahams. Tho Douglas county man
Impugned Soiling's motlvos in various
matters that hnvo como boforo tho
senate. Selling cnino back at tho sen
ator and oponly nrcusod him of using
his offico ns senator during this ses
sion to vont his Hpleon on nil who op
posed him politically and ordered
him to keep within tho limits of do
coney in tho future
Tho startling announcomont was
mndo In tho Iiouko this morning that
Attorney Dunlwav of Portlnnd is be
hind a "Joker" bill which is aimod to
further ombarrass tho pooplo of Port
land who nro trying to build the
Bioadway bridge. Fonts detoctod tlio
Jokor in nn apparently harmless meas-
uro Introduced by Rcprosontatlvos
Graves, which provides for giving n
bond in condemnation proceedings
Ho nskod that tho bill bo mndo n
spociHl ordor for Monday, but his mo
tion was lost and tho bill passod to
third reading.
Tho bill was introduced by Grnvos
at tho roqucst of W6. Sims, an nt
tomoy of Shcildan. FoutB nskod
Graves if Sims was a railroad nttor
noy, which Graves was unable to an
8wor. Thore is much mystory nt
taohod to the bill, as D.mlway Is at
tending the session this morning
Fouta probably will take tho fight
Into the Bonate or ask for reconsider
ation of tho measure.
Cigarette Men Sue.
SAN FHA,N'!KCO. Cal., I'd.. J.
Aliargyros and Company, cigarette
manufacturer, "f Oakland, NVv
York and Egvpi. today filed -nit f
mi in h auU'i'Ogaiin.' $10,000 against th
film of S. Anuia'yro.
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Tlio ucroiiipau.viug cut shows one of the monster Milmoit which nro found
in Itoguc river ami which accasloually arc taken by hook and line. The cut
is iimm! through the courtesy of (ho Itoguc Magnluo.
WOmhU
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IS BACKED BY SHERIFF
Aimed with u judgment in her fav
or signed by Justice Muliudu of tho
Supreme Com t of the State of Ore
gon mid roinlotced by her uttoriiov.
V. K. Philips, Deputy Sheriff Koberl
Dow nnd n siiujjl army of eaipenteiH
Mrs. Francos Snyder, widow of the
lute Victor K. Snyder, swuopnd down
ou the Offico Hnr shoitly after one
o'clock this uftoinooii and stinted to
diMimntlo it. Everything from the
linoleum -vm tho floor to the fixture-
hanging fiom the ceiling is olaimud
by Mrw. Snyder uudcr tho ruling o?
the court and on the sUonglh of
the judgment John Harrington, pres
ent occupant of the saloon, will be
lcil this owning with nothing but a
siilnou licence ami four Inyo wnll-
Mis Siivdir, utter taking hhv--inn
of the saloon (oduv pi-iHoimllv
GREAT BLIZZARD GREAT GAIN III
SWEEPS PLAINS POSTAL RECEIPTS
Railroad Cancclls Its Train Schedules Seventy-nine Per Cent Gain is Shown
Coal Famlnine Becomes Acute! Over January a Year Ago In
the Street Car System Suffers, crease Was Over $700 During tho
Greatly.
WIXNIPKU, Man , Feb. 1. The
praiiis West ol Winnipeg is U the
grip of yet. another blizzard and
trains on the dumdum I'mifio Rail
way are badly delayed. 'Hie Grand
Trunk Putifie Ua- caneell d its U'um
hervioo. The street ear syeUtn to
this oily Is being operate d with dif
ficulty. Tliu ooul t. iminc is becom
ing more acuta oiv lnur.
ATTELL SAYS HE DID
NOT TRAIN EN0UBH
BAIriMl(r Mil., 1 ii I. -Monte
Well, the San I'iiiihmhci lightfr to
da uttrihiitc Iim Is -l ii i hi ,i ill''
can c ot his diii i l-i-l n.Jil
ouiig litltv ui DulU.uuiu,
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IB COURT DECREE
i Huperinleuded its wrecking.
Tho caso first attracted attention
when, ahorlly alter tho death of
Snyder in J 007 his widow endeavored
to obtain from Harrington her hIiiuo
of tho value of the saloon. Hariing
ton claimed that Snyduis iuIciomI
amounted to nil ami the legal battle
stinted.
It has waged through every oouit
in the state siucu .Juno 11)07 and
ended two wooks ago when Jiibtii e
Multride handed down tho prosenl dc
eiaiou. Tho lomowil of tho fixtures nnd
rogaidless of the fuel that the phw c
was ciowdcd with muii, calmly occiii
ied the center of the bar room while
willi Hciow drivers and claw ham
ini'i-. her n ihCinblcd "wiickii's" com
plctcd tlcir woik,
Month.
The receipts of the local post of
fice fov Jauuary, 10 il show a gain
over January, 3U10 ot I72I.S3 or 2lJ
iwr ostt; la January, 1010 the tohl
receipts were $2,4'U4i. During the
month just ending ths reudpli ware
$3,140.20.
As Jauuury 's ope of the dullet
months in the year the amount of
buMiuek done is gjjnlifying as it tis
iures u oon tinned gain for the year.
Club to Meet.
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Tli I1 io will be a ui'liiie; of the
Miilioiil foiiiUHiciul (. IuIj thi-i t'cn-
M PURSUED
CHINESE FLEE
THEIR HOMES
Over Ojnc Thousand Deaths Occur
Daily in Northern Manchuria From
Plague Several Villages Have
Been Abandoned and Burned.
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STARVING DOGS AND
CATS ATTACK CORPSES
Clad in Medicated Gauze all Whites
Appear on Streets Physicians
Say They are Helpless.
PEKING, Fob. l.J-Death pursued
Chinese fleeing fiom their homes aro
spreading Pneumonic plague beyond
all possible control of physicians, and
today it is estininted thnt 1,000 vic
tims die duily in Northern Manclui
lia. ,
From Harbin, it is reported, nil
towns within n radius of '200 miles
aro infected. Somo viHuges have
been deserted nnd burned'. ,
Funciuticn is n city of the dead,
Of its 30,000 people, -1,000 have diod,
ovor half hnvo fled aild those re
maining nro kept within tho city lim
its by soldiery.
It is believed tho authorities will
burn tho city.
A now danger nppenred tjiis morn
hnr when starving dogs nnd cals nt
t racked tho corpses on tho streets.
Soldiors hnvo been ordored to shoot
every dog nnd cat in tho city.
Tho ignorance nnd supersitition of
tho inhabitants are causing tho phy
Kiciaim trouble. Dond bodies nro sur
reptitiously removed ailil thrown into
vacant lots or hidden in ccllnrs bv
surviving relutives attempting to es
cape quarantine.
From Ckdcu Norlhwnrd Chinese-,
JnpanoBo and nil tho whites omploycd
on tho railioads go nbout gnrbed from
bead to foot in medicated gauzo wilh
only small slita in the coverings to
look through.
Physicians arriving hero today
ft om Ilnibiu lopoit Hint the plaguo
situation thoro is- most grave, lio
fugios nio sinuudiiiir tho conns of the
disease nil over Manchuriu.
Dr. Appeek, ono of tho nrrivnls,
dechucs thnt the outbieak is harder
to treat than the bubonic scourge,
us the expectoration of tho victim 3
tho piincipal menus of infection nnd
thih is becoming uiio of the most dif
liculty pioblcins medical science m
tho Oncnt litis over faced.
E
OF HIS SUCCESS
Says in Next Sixty Days Ho Will
Control all Parts of Entry De
clines Aid of Americans in Rebel
lion. ,
JIITACMIUCA, Ariz., Foh. 1 De
claring that the Mexican robollkm Is
for Mexicans, Francisco Mndero, iu
surgont loador, today sent word that
American aid is not solicited. Within
0 0 days, ho says, ho will control all
ports of entry.
A loport taut govornmont roops
defeated tho robols at Sapuralpa la
denied today.
The instil roctos voluntarily aban
doned the town.
Captain Dabcock, In command or
I'nlted Stntos troops on the hordor,
declares neutrality laws aro belnc on
forced.
Japs Sell Bad Beef.
SBATTLB, Wash., Feb. 1. Forty
baof owreassos nllogod to hnvo been
troalod by an embalming process
bavu bean seised in five local eating
houses operated by Japnnoao, Tho
Japanese bought tho unfit moat for
about i cents n pound, tho authori
ties allege.
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