The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906, May 05, 1905, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextCOLUMBIA REGISTER HOULTON- OREGON NEVS OF THE IEK b a tczizxzi Fcro to to A Rum ef the Last Important but Nt Ls Interesting Evnt of tho Past Week- Many striken are being kilted In Fo und by troop. A. Santa Clara, California, aeroplane ' haa made a very successful flight. Ihe treasurer of Athens county, Ohio, ia $71,000 short in hia accounts. The president has had a slight attack of malaria and rested in camp for a day. Paderewski is suffering from nervous prostration and has cancelled hia Bos ton dates. Government rate regulation ia de clared by railroad men to be injurious to the West. The Interstate Commerce commission has sued 13 railroads for discrimina tion in beef rates. The epidemic of cerebrospinal men ingitis in New York has abated with the coming of warm weather. Twelve leaders of the Chicago strike have been arrested. Riots and other disturbances continue. One death has been reported. Minister Bo wen, of Panama, who has been called home in regard to the charges against Loomis, will be given the choice of proving his assertions and receiving promotion or failing and be ing discharged from government service. Great Britain will build the world's greatest battleship. Linievitch condemns Karopatkin'a retreat from Mukden. The Russian fleet is seeking to elude Togo and reach Vladivostok. Russia is now planning a canal to connect the Baltic and Black seas. Minister Bowen has been ordered home to explain the Loomis charges. The New York police have forbidden slumming parties to visit Chinatown in automobiles. The Russian government has lost control of the Caucasus and lawlessness ia supreme. Fire is still raging in the Picton mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company and it will have to be flooded. Poland peasants have served notice on the authorities that they intend to seize the land and divide it among themselves. The state portage railway commission says the portage road between The Dalles and CelUo will be ready for business May 15. Fitzhugh Lee, veteran of the Confed erate army, and of the Spanish war, is dead. The end came very suddenly, he being stricken by apoplexy. Japan awaits a naval battle in confi dence. Carnegie has given . $10,000,000 to pension retired profeesors. - A witness has testified in the Nan Patterson trial that Young shot him self. John Barrett is to be minister to Co lombia when his Panama office is abol ished. Russia will let contracs to all ship building yards in America for the con struction of warships. All Russia is in a panic as a result of threats of dynamiters to begin opera tions at Easier. Frank Bigelow, the defaulting presi dent of the Milwaukee bank, is behind in his accounts $3,277,000. The teamsters' strike in Chicago is spreading and may tie up every branch of business in the city employing union men. Riots are of frequent oc currence in many parts of the city, and Federal troops may have to be called on before the trouble is settled. The teamsters decided to give up their fight, but when they applied for work were told no men who had struck would be taken back. The latest strike is the result. Rojestvensky will be joined by Ne txjgatoff May 5. The Russian fleet is using Hainan island as a base while waiting. Russia does not expect a naval bat tle for some time. Russia now places her loss of men at the battle of Mukden at 88,000. The revenue cutter McCulioch has been ordered to Portland for the fair. The rioutous striking teamsters of Chicago have been refused employment. Russia has arranged for a loan of $50,000,000 with German bankers. The United States attorney general says rebate on irrigation material is legal. The beef trust charges secret serivce men with stealing documents for evi dence. The New York coroner's physician says he has changed his mind and be lieves that Nan Patterson did not kill Young, but that it was a case of suicide. The reported seizure of Hainan is land by the Russian fleet is causing ac tivity among Chinese officials. TWELVE MINERS BURIED. Big Explosion Wrecks Shaft of an Oklahoma Coal Company. Wilburton, Okla., May J. Thirteen miners were entombed and probably killed by an explosion early today in the Missouri, Kansas A Texaa Coal company's mine No. 19 four miles west ot here. There is little prospect of their bodies being recovervd for several days. The men went into the shaft at mid night. Foreman William Ray, of the shift that left the mine at that hour, states that the mine was in good condi tion and a gaa explosion waa hardly probable. Hia shift left a shot hang ing which the new shift may have fired. It is suggested, from the forse ot the explosion, which could be heard for miles around, and which tore heavy timbers aside and piled tons ot dirt into the shaft, that a bad shot had set off some dynamite which had been stored conveniently for use in pushing the work. The shaft is 360 feet deep, and it was 300 feet to the place where the men were working. The men were supplied with air from the shaft, and by means of compressed air tubes. It is the general opinion that the air pipe was burst by the e. plosion, but air has been steadily pumped in all day, with the remote hope that some of the entombed men may have eecaped the force of the ex plosion and the after-damp. MEETING AT VENICE. Italian and Auatro-Hungarian Minis ter Agree on Attitude. Rome, May 2. While it is officially stated that the purpose of Count Golu choweki in going to Venice was mainly to return the visit which Foreign Min ister Tittoni made at Abbazia in 1904, there is high authority for the state ment that the two foreign ministers were moved by the desire to strengthen the triple alliance by cementing the friendship of Austria-Hungaria and Italy and that they agreed on a com mon attitude for safeguarding the re ciprocal interests of the two countries in the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Balkan states. The Cretan question was discsnsed and it was agreed that it is necessary lor tne present to moderate the impa tience of the Cretans, who are desire ns of union with Greece. The ministers reached an accord on Macedonia, de ciding to acquit the proposal of Great Britain for European control of Mace donian finances, while application ot reforms will remain entrusted to Aus tria and Russia, supported by an inter nal gendarmerie under command of an Italian general. The control of Macedonian finances will be exercised by a body composed of the present Austcrian and Russian civil agents in Macedonia, with the addition of special delegates from other powers. Both Austria and Italy will endeavor to avoid complications inj Morocco, both being allied with Germany and friendly to France and Great Britain. FETES FOR RUSSIAN ARMY. Easter is Celebrated With Religious Services on the Field. Gunshu Pass, May 2. The Russian army here celebrated its second Easter in the field with the traditional re ligious services and observances. Spe cial Easter fetes were prepared for the soldiers, giving them a respite from their usual duties wherever possible. Information obtained from prisoners and captured mails shows that the dis position of the Jpanese army is as fol lows: General Nodzu, the region be tween Tie Pass and Kaiyuan ; General Oku, from Tie Pass westward of the railway; General Kuroki, from Tie Pass eastward of the railway: General Nogi, from Fakoman to Changtufu; General Kawamura, northwest of 5Iuk den. The weakest forces of the Japanese are in the region about Mukden, while the principal concentration is in the region of Tie Pass. The flanks are guarded by mixed bands of Japanese and Chinese bandits. Japanese Come from Hawaii. Seattle. May 2. The steamshin Olympia is anchored in the stream here tonight with C10 Japanese laborers award, who are to be landed tomorrow morning and distributed aloni? the sections of the Great Northern railroad. The Orientals were brought from plant ationb in the Hawaiian islands by the Oriental Trading company, of this city. ine estern Centrial Labor union be lieves that the importation of the Jap anese is in violation of the alien con tract labor law, and an attempt is be ing made to prevent their being landed. Take Water from Canada. Ottawa, May 2. If the rumor is true that the United States government has authorized the construction of certain works on Milk river, which runs from Montana into the Northwest and then back into United States territory, the effect of which construction will be to divert the water from Canadian terri tory, a strong protest will be made by the Dominion, which favored sending this matter to the International Water way commission. ' " Rio Grande Breaks Out. El Paso, Tex., May 2. The Rio Grande river broke over its banks to day, 30 miles above El Paso, and over flowed 2,000 acres of alfalfa and other rich lands, ruining crops and carrying away many small houses. The town of Bcrino is entirely abandoned. WEE Mil ill Violence Kampaat I'pca Streets cl Chicago, TRACTION LINES MAY SUSPEND Coal Taamttera Join Strike, Causing Fuel Famine, and Food Supply May B Cut Off. Chicago, April 29. Violence ia ram pant upon the streets of Chicago. surging tnrougn the streets and alleys. springing from unsuspected ' places. armed with stones, clubs and revolvers and the deadly blackjack, are hordes ot pickets and "sympathisers." cursing. jeering, hailing every opportunity to uu upon a nonun on man and grind him to the pavement. The hvait of the business district witnessed terrible struggles all ot the day. Guests at the Pal met house were regaled with a fierce riot at their door, and at all points the angry conflicts went forward the first skirmishes of the teamsters' strike. which is destined to be the worst labor struggle in Chicago's history. There are now 3,256 teams idle through the striae. Chicago now faces a new per 11 that ot having to walk. Owing to the strike of all coal teamsters, the traction com paniea are unable to secure coal to operate power plants. At the utmost, there ia but three days' supply of coal. and then the cara must stop. In addi tion, the strike leaders are bending every effort to spread the strike to all the smaller concerns. This, if sum's ful, will shut off the food supplies of the residents. Early today the Federal government stepped into the strike and issued in' junctions against the strikers interfer ing with trailic. At about the same time many soldiers began to appear on the streets without arms. Orders have been issued by commanders of regi menta of state troops to their men to hold themselves ready for immediate call. The great aim of the strike leaders now ia to embroil the railroad unions. in which event other cities will begin to fee) the strike. "Wait until next Tuesday," is the ominous warning of the labor leaders. "So far there haa been child's play. Next Tuesday there will be business." No one appears to know what this means, although there is fear that some tremendous seuBation will be sprung. ONLY ASK EQUAL RATES. Townsend Replies to Spencer Rela tive to Railroad Rebates. Detroit, Mich., April 20. Congress man Charles h. Townsend, of Jackson, Mich., author of the Townaend-Ksch niirti i i . . . rauroau uiu, spoae lasi nigni Mure a meeting of the Michigan Manufactur ers' association. Mr. Townsend took up the speech delivered by President Spencer, of the Southern railroad, at Pittsburg April 7. "We do not ask wholesale reduction of rates," said Mr. Townsend. "We want the commission to have power to decide what is a just rate when the rates have been challenged. Secret re bates mean the loss of millions by the railroads, but the railroads are most arrant cowards. Traffic men do not know the cost of the transportation of a given article a given distance, and admit they cannot find out. How, then, do they fix the rates by putting on all tne traffic will stand. "We are asking nothing more than, as President Roosevelt expensed it in his message, to 'Keep the highways open to all on equal terms.' "President Spener says he agrees with the president's sentiment, and yet he attacks the bill which seeks to bring this about. The same arguments are now used against the original in terstate commerce bill, and yet Mr. Spencer says the original law is a good one and adequate to deal with all abuses which may arise." Good Weather for Fighting. London, April 29. The news of the resumption of fighting in Manchuria is supposed here to show that the Jap anese have decided not to await the issue of the impendnig naval contest, but to utilize the few weeks interven ing between the drying up of the thawed-out roads and the arrival of the summer rains in June for the resump tion of the land campaign. The com pletion of the railway to Mukden will greatly simplify Marshal Oyama's task of provisioning his army, and will thus facilitate the renewal of hostilities. Fire Devouring Coal Mine. Trinidad Colo.. April 20. Fir v r - - " the origin of which is unknown, broke out in the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany's mine at Picton shortly before noon todav. A number of miner nar. rowly escaped death, several being overcome by smoke. The fire is still burning fiercely. General Superin tendent T. Kebler left Trinidad this afternoon for Picton. The mine em ploys 250 men and the output of coal ia 800 tons daily. Canal Laborers Strike. Panama. April 29. All the contract Jamaicans working at the aqueduct struca today, alleging insufficient fowl as the cause. Six policemen who were summoned by Engineer Barritt to mm. pel the men to work were badly beaten and Barritt was stoned. Armed police men restored order and prevented a riot. MUM RUINEO BY TORNADO. Atmott Every Building In Laredo, Tas, Is Gone. Laredo, Tex., May 1. At least 21 persons were killed and a score Injured In Laredo and New I a redo by tornado that tore through the city late last night. Sixteen were killed here. Ru mors ot many others killed In place outside of Laredo are heard, but aa yvt they lack confirmation. Pioerty damage is large. Four ot the dead were members ot one family and were working on the ranch of George Womb man. They were all crushed to death by the falling in ot the heavy walla of the adobe house they occupied. The others met their fate in a like manner. The damage wrought at the Laredo seminary ia severe. Not one of the group of buildings that go to make up the institution escaped damage. The escape from death ot the teachers .at present quartered in the institution is considered miracu'ous, as the walla of some of the buildings that they occu pied were demolished. Mrs. F.arty, one of the teachers, w aa heroically res cued by several young cadets, students ot the institution, they lowering her by a rope from a second atory window. She waa badly bruised. The Mexican National hospital build ing root was lifted, and it will require much time to repair the building. A trip through the town fails to show a locality that haa not suffered from the storm. Telegraph and tele phone poles, corrugated roofs, chlm neya and walls; in fact, debris of all imaginable kinds strew the streets The city authorities are at work clear Ing away the wreckage of the storm and tonight the city legan to assume it customary tranquil appearance. Line men are at work endeavoring to straighten out the tangled wires, and It is believed that within two days the electric light service can be resumed It ia hoped to re-establish telegraphic communication at least partially with in two days. NEW SYSTEM OF BIDDING. Army Quartermaster Makes Welcome Change for Forage Dsalara. . Washington, May 1. It will he a el come news to Pacific coast dealers to know that the quartermaster general of the army has decided to obtain bids for forage for army purpose under a new system, which shall permit competition on a three-months aa an annual basts It is believed that more satisfuHory bidding will be obtained, if it is possi ble to secure proposals for furnishing forage for a period of three months This will enable closer competition, hence it will afford bidders an opportu nity to estimate more closely aa to market conditions. In presenting bids for the annual supply of forage at all the military pokts, it is found that bidders are re quired to specify largely as to tho prob able condition ot crops, and this, tf course, must have its effect uintn prices named for a yearly supply of army forage. Bidding will, therefore, be permitted for a quarterly as well aa for an annual supply. COLTON IN FULL CHARGE. Names Assistants in Collection of Do minican Customs. Washington, May 1. Colonel George R. Colton, the American official who went to Santo IVimingo to assume charge of the collection of customs rev enue of that republic, has reported to Secretary Taft that a plan of organiza tion for the customs service had U-en agreed upon by the IVnninican govern ment. Colonel Colton has been made principal collector and general receiver; J. II. Edwards, Jr., deputy collector, traveling inspector and auditor; II. W. Smith, cashier, auditor and dis bursing officer; H. F. Worley, addi tional deputy collector in charge of the Haytien frontier; M. D. Carroll, chief statistician, and Joseph Schwartz, spec ial agent. All of the Dominican officials now in the service have been continued by Colonel Colton, Who has definitely as sumed charge of the custom house. He has posted notices to this effect for the information of foreigners and others. Ice Moving in the North. Seattle, May 1. A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Fairbanks, Alaska, states that advices received there from St. Michael are to the effect that the ice is broken at a point near Egg island, and has moved out fully half a mile. The wind is off-shore and the chances are that the ice has gone for the summer. There is a little water running at Fort Gibbons, although the ice has not yet started. The Tanana river is open in many places. The ice will go out in this stream ten days earlier than last season. No Mire Delays for Connors. Chicago, May 1. The case of Super intendent Thomas J, Connors, of the Armour company, indicted on the charge of attempting to intimidate a witness, came up again today in the United States District court. Counsel for the Armour company asked for an other continuance After some argu ment, Judge Landis granted it, setting the date for hearing next Thursday. The judge also said forcibly that he would not grant another continuance. Cloudbursts Unroof Buidings. Indianapolis, Ind., May 1. Reports from that state show that Indiana has been storm swept in the past 24 hours. Cloudbursts are reported at many places.' At Bicknellsville' buildings were unroofed, and near Peru the Indi anapolis Northern interurban track was washed away. Hail fell in several counties, damaging crops. j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j KLAMATH IS TO BE IRRIGATED. Government Will Not Rpat Good Offer to Canal Company. Washington Sooner or later the Kla math Canal company, operating near Klamath Falls, must step aside and make way tor a big government irriga tion project. It ia for this private en terprise to say whether it will go vol untarily or whether it will le forced out. The fact remains that the gov ernment la going to alworb private Irri gation worrka In Klamath haaln, and ia going ahead with the construction ot its own project on a grand scale. There are several private enterprise in Klamath basin, but all except the Klamath canal company have made terms with the government and are ready and willing to vacate. This con cern, owned by California interests, la unwilling to move unlesa it can name its own price, and sell out on its own terms. The government doe not do businesa that way. That is why the Klamath Canal company w ill probably b forced to vacate. I jut December, when the government first entered into negotiations with this company, the officials of the reclama tion service made a liberal offer. They were willing to pay $250,000 for the works and property of the company, and to grant them navigation rights on the government canals. But the com pany held out for $500,000. Negotia tions failed. The reclamation service was satisfied that the Klamath -canal proerty waa not worth $250,000; rough estimate placed the actual value at nearer $50,000; but Mug anxious to build the larger project and recog. nixing the equities of the cane, they fixed what they termed a very liberal offer. No such price w ill ever again be offered. It is more than the facts justify. Log for Paper Mill. Albany Seven thousand cords of wood are being floated down the South Santiam river for the Ihanon paper mills. Most of the wood was put into the river at the mouth of MclViwell creek, and munt float 12 mile to just above the Ielanoii dam, where a boom catches it and turns it into the canal to the paper mills. Part of the wood is halm, for use in making white paper, but most of It is red fir ,for use as fuel. The Iehanon paper mills consume 7,500 cord of ted and white fir wood aa fuel every year. Iron Works Incorporated. Pendleton Article of incorora tion will be filed thla week with the county clerk iucororatlng the Pendle ton Iron works, with Marion Jacks, C. W. Zigler and Fremont Arnold as the Incorporators, with a capitalization of $20,000. Messrs Jacks and Arnold opened a foundry at Athena, but later purchased tho Mays interest of the firm of Zigler A Mays and moved their en tire plant to this place and consolidat ed. The firm intends to do general casting and repair work. Water System for Echo. r,cho The city council of Echo has granted C. R. ftohinson a franchise to build and operate a water works system for 25 years. Mr. Robinson recently established a similar system in lone, Ore., and promises to have the water turned on within 0 days. Mr. Robin son has purchased the grounds and well owned by the people w ho previ ously planned to build a system, but who failed in the time stated ami will u'itize the scheme outlined by that company. Cottage Grove Wants Fame. Cottage Grove The Commercial club is discussing the best methods of advertising the industries and re sources of Cottage Grove and Bohemia mining district, and surrounding terri tory. It is probable that a large num ber of pamphlets and circulars will be printed for distribution at the Lewis and Clark fair. A committee consist ing of George B. Lloyd, C. J. Howard, CWE. Jones, A. B. Wood, and William B. Root waa appointed to prepare liter ature. ' L'nk May Be Built.y Eugene A crew of Southern Pacific surveyors is at work in the Eugene yards measuring the grounds and all the buildings, prpearatory to rearrang ing Hie building and sidetracks, which hue been so long in contemplation by the company. Surveyors have also been surveying the grounds at Hender son station, and it is believed that the long-heralded and much-talkcd-of con necting link between Henderson and Springfield will be built this spring. May Leave Eugene. Union Messrs. Will Wright, of the First National bank of Union, .and J. P. Wilkin, superintendent of the Union Woolen mills, owners of a wool en mill plant at Eugene, Or., have been in Hood River this week for the pur pose of consulting with the business men of that city relative to locating the plant there. It is understood that if satisfactory arrangements can be made the Eugene plant will go to Hood River. , Snow Off Cascade Summit. Albany The road from the valley to the summit of the Cascade mountains, via the Lebanon wagon road route, is now open. 8. G. Dorris, proprietor of the Fish lake summer resort near the summit of the' mountains, states that the snow is all out of the mountains and the road cleared for traffic, some thing almost unprecedented for this time of the year, Usually this road is not open until late in the spring. ERA OF PURE FOOD BEGINS. Nw Orsgon Pur Food Law Will Be Strictly Enforced. Pendleton The pur food (aw rn acted at the last eioQ ot th tegisla ture (a In effect and from now on It shall t a misdemeanor to sell, offer to sell or to I In poMewdon ot any article ot food or drink that shall contain any adulteration unlra there I plainly marked on th label It Ingredient and the quantities thereof. The law especially cover th sal and manufacture ot butter and the sal of milk. It specific that butter must contain at least 8H per cent ot butter (at, no more thau 10 per cent ot water. Milk must contain 3.2 er cent butter fat, 0 per cent solid and have wclfle gravity ot at least l.O.tS per rent. . The law details th manufacture and sate of spice and condiment, cider, vinegar, preserved and Jrlllcd fruit and a host of article of food ami drink. For the violation of this law there la a fine of not 1-m than $25 or more than $100, with imprisonment of not lea than SO day nor more than aix montha attached. The grocer and provision dealer of the city are not In the least alarmed, and niany were not aware of the existence ot th law. The commlaaiouer or hia deputy la expected to vialt the city in the near future ami enforce the law to the letter. Removal Is Vry Probabl. Oregon City Judging from a letter that haa Iwen received by the officers ot the Oregon City land office, from Secre tary of the Interior Hitchcock, it i evident that intervention on the part of President Itovrll a Ion will pre vent the removal ot the Oregon City land office to Portland a ordered. lit hi letter Secretary Hitchcock state that a time, July I, next, ha been et, a place named lor the removal of tho office, and that in ordering the projxxt ed change the authorities at Welling ton considered every question and ob jection that haa ben raised in Ihe pro testa that have (wen forwarded by the people of this city. For Big Bt Ranch. Union The sale of Hall Bros.' ranch of vt!0 acres, about four mile north west of Union, to the Amalgamated Sugar com ny, for $50,000, ia lcn announced. This ia the aeco'ul largo tract In the same section bought by this company within a year, and com plete a body of over 2,000 acre now held by Ihe Amalgamated company In this p.irt of the valley. It ia expected that eventually the bulk ot this laud will lo put into sugar beet. Tho Amalgamated company Inst fall bought the Nichols A Weaver tract of 1.100 acre for $54,000, so that their holding uow Ktand them about $104,000 for the 2,000 acres. Convicts on the Roads. Salem In order to make a further test of the problem of using convict lalwr on the public highways, Govern or Chamberlain has arranged to work 40 convicts in three separate gangs on the Marion county roads for a few weeks. Marion county will hear the expense of employing six guard to take charge of the men while at work. Tho county w ill also pay tho cost of trans ortiiig the prisoners to their work and will pay the state five cents a day for each man to pay the increased cost of food fop the men on account of their doing heavier work. The convict will he worked within four miles ot the prison. Churns 1,500 Pound of Butter. Pendleton The Blue Mountain creamery, recently completed In this city, I churning, on an average of three churnings a week of 600 pound of butter each. The entire amount of cream used In the churnings is brought over from La Grande and Elgin, as the farmers of the vicinity of Pendleton have not yet been able to supply a par ticle of cream. Many are preparing to fit np complete dairy farms on a largo scale, but as it takes considerable timo for this, tho creamery will depend upon the supply from over the mountains. Sawmill for Albany. Albany A largo sawmill will prob ably be constructed In Albany the com- ing summer. The mill will be estab lished by outside capital und tho prep arations for securing ground for tho lo cation and establishing the plant ar being carried on through the officers of the Albany Commercial club, who are not yet ready to give out a statement about the matter, but who say con struction of the mill in this city ia practically assured. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 848flc per bushel; bluestern, 81)Ulc 'valley, 8c. Oats No. 1 white, $28 per ton ; gry, f27. $ Hay Timothy, $14016 per ton; clover, $1112; cheat, $1112; grain, $11(312. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1717c"per dozen. j " Butter Fancy creamery, 1 7 1 Op per pound. Potatoos Oregon fancy, $ 1 1 .60 ;. common, 8085. Apples Fancy, $1.762.50 per box; choice, $1 1.25. Hops Choice, 1904, 23K25c per pound. Wool Valley, 2024c, according to fineness; Eastern Oregon, best, 1 18c; mohair, choice, 31 32c.