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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-01
ROOT is BACK HOME.

Washington, Sept. 30-The United
states naval vessel Sylph. with Gee.
Rotary Root aboard arrived today. Ae-
ogmpauying Root were Mrs Root and
then ION and daughter.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-01

he saw Of the affair. Afterward it was
announced that there wah no evidence
TO connect the young man with the
alleged assault upon the officer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-01

for burial yesterday afternoon via the
Big F1ns railroad, accompanied by
the family.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-01

The best IN s1v.ys the cheapest
Advertisers xss the nzIlettn-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-01

Boys Want Work
George Kensett q boy OF about "A
Evening journal., 1906-10-05

citation and Mr.. George d. Emerson the
secretary. 1t was Mr.. Emerson who
kindly made out the itinerary for our
party Of tourists and thus guided them
through one Of the most historic terri
tories on the continent today. The So
ciety IN question has only been IN ex-
lstcnce from November Of 1900. but since
that time Its members have located aud
appropriately marked several sites noted
for events that had an important bearing
on the history or development Of the ma
ton.
II will be news TO many people to
know that as early us 1913 newspaper
III the Indian language was printed In
America. Such is a fact. however. and
l saw the house In which II was printed.
One Of the first places we visited was
the Seneca Mssion-house. which was
erected prior 10 the year 1891. nnd is still
standing on Buffam street. IN the city
OF Buffalo, our starting point. II Is 10
good preservutlon. its heavy hewn black
walnut beams seeming 10 be good for
many years to come. In this house.
from 1891 TO 1874. dwelt the Rev. Asher
Wright. missionary 10 the Senecas. who.
WITH especially .lltlANNQ type llAllAth
PARTS Of the Scriptures. hymnals. spelling
books and n newspaper In the Seneca
language
II shall be my aim In the remaining
pages OF my mani script to refrain from
mentioning facts snd figures that are OF
interest only 10 the particular locality we
are now visiting. OF more than passing
interest perhaps Is the Mckinley Monu-
ment. standing In Niagara square before
the home Of President Willard Fillmore.
who resided there from the time OF his
retirement from Office until his death. IN
the year OF 1874. Dnring his adminstra-
ton. II memory serves, the nsfion gained
cheap postage. the enlargemeh Of the
national capital and the PerryA Treaty.
which opened Japan 10 the wor "a rom
here we went 10 Fort Porter. Isl ~ rs
vicinity found many SPOTS WI
mons and batteries had been i ~
especially during the WAR witt
Evening journal., 1906-10-05

can side Of the overnight at its mouth,
In fact. This barricnde was held and
lost with varying fortunes until l725.
when the French, after n tricky deal with
the Indians, secured their consent TO
erect stone messhouse on the site.
This was the foundation OF the perma
nent fort there II was captured by the
British In 1879 aud was used by the
English as post for the maintenance
Of an open road OF trade from the in
terror 70 the SETTLED portion OF the land
near the coasts. The for played an Inn
portant part IN the Revolutionary War
and was used as the headquarters from
which the bands OF Indians that ravaged
the colonies during that awful period
were sent out After the War OF 177G II
came into American possession.
This story perhaps article would be
better word-does not pretend to be
complete history Of the Niagara frontier.
II is rather the faithful chronicle OF
what party OF tourists saw travelling
up one side OF the Niagara River and
down the other--a trip Of about 20 miles.
There are many points along the trip
equally as important as that OF Fort
Niagara. The march OF progress-the ad
vance OF civilization wiped out many
OF the spots stamped with the mark OF
history. and Il has remained for most
worthy OrganizatiOn-the Niagara From
tier Landmarks Associatlon-to rescue
them from the spelling hand OF commerce.
and mark them with appropriate tablets.
Some idea OF the high standing OF this
organization can be gained from the fact
that Il was organized and lnciuGes Ia its
membership representatives from the fol-
lowing truly American Institutions:
The Sons Of the American Revolution.
the Sons OF the Revolution. the Buffalo
Historical Society. the Society OF the
War OF 1912. the Society OF Colonial
Wars. the Daughters OF the American
Re, olution. the Children OF the American
Revolution and the Niagara Frontier His
torical Society.
Mr.. Truman G. Avery is the president
Of the Niagara Frontier Landmarks Asso-
Evening journal., 1906-10-05

lings In the pay Of King George OF Eng
land Through, years 6P iience we come
20 the time when the engles OF war agaiu
tapped their wings. ana countless slaves.
cscaping from the South during the Civil
War. were rowed across Niagara River
by Abolitonists 20 freedom In Canada.
And then, when war was declared with
Spain during the administration OF Ne
Kinley, and the Spanish Ambassador. De
LONE, was given a polite intimatlon that
his room was more desirable thnn his
company, he made for Niagara and. cross.
Ing TO Niagara Fails Cauada. attracted
the eyes Of the diplomatic world IN that
direction. while the State Department at
Washington was demanding OF the Brit.
ish government that he be dislodged from
his point Of vantage. Again. In the city
Of Buffalo, on the shores OF the mighty
river. enterprising citizens reared In the
year 1901 the beautiful Pan-Amerlcan Ex.
position, where IN the month OF Septem-
Der President Mckinney met death by
assassination.
Niagara River Is virtually a strait. sep
arating the United States from Canada
and connecting Lake Erie with Lake
Ontario. Il Is about a mile wide and 35
miles long. Its entire length Is dotted
with Islands. which aggregate In all
1900 acres. one Of these called Goat
Islands right at the brink OF Niagara
Falls. and separates the river into two
channels each one falling over precipice
l60 feet high. Early explorers from the
East followed the waterways Inland, 60
ing along the ST. Lawrence River 10 Lake
Ontario In ceaseess efforts TO discover
the Western country. and then along the
banks % Niagara River 70 Lake Erie and
farther west. Thus Niagara River early
became the scene Of battles between the
whites aud Indians. and being regarded
as the water gateway OF the West was
the scene OF continual contest between
the French and English for control. The
French 10 the early stages were he most
entsrprising. and history shows that as
early as 1857 a French officer. De Non
vile. threw up earthworks on the site OF
what's now Fort Niagara. on the Amer
Evening journal., 1906-10-05
JACK RABBITS STOP TRAINS.

II Texas The Jack rabbit IS no longer
looked on as means OF good sport.
- lie has increased by the millions
until he threatens TO not only devour an
the vegetation Of hundreds OF square
miles Ia the southwestern section OF the
state but here iafely, spurrcd on by des-
peIate hunger. he has begun holding up
railway trains by the simple process OF
getting himself killed by the thousands.
and 30 sreaslng up the rails and blocking
the engine wheels that the most powerful
locomotives have been forced to come 10
stop While the train hands have gone
forth and cleaned up the right OF way.
Hunger Is forcing millions Of jack rab-
his 70 GENE eiese 20 the more thickiy set
neq sections af Teas. 40 where the
Evening journal., 1906-10-05

wire fences are used 20 keep them ont
they have started hurrowlng underneath.
The bright glare Of the locomotive head
light has attracted them along the rail-
road line az night. This is proved by the
fact that the railroads have had no trou-
b with their trains from tho Jacks ex-
cept an night. During the day the rabbits
attend strictly 10 making en.rance into
the farm lands. The Texns legislature
has decided TO spend over $4,000 mex.
year in an endcaYor 20 stem ne tide II
the Jack rabbit Invasion. IL IS hoped 20
hnu some disease germs viii which the
rabbits eau be lnoculated and so most OF
them be swept away. The United states
government Will also be ash 10 assist
IN the scientific search for son,e method
Of killing on the pesta.
Evening journal., 1906-10-05
cnse Eur or homes.

In the Isle Of Egg. one of the HeH5des'
there is cave into which onerf can
hardly creep on hands and knees. aside
II widens enormously and runs down "a
the terrific depth OF over $50 feet TO
this day the bottom Is strewn thickswitn
human bones. the relies OF the, Whole
cinn 81 Macdonblds. over 800 n 'usthber.
who were miserably suGocated by the
Maceods from the Isles OF Skye. The
tragedy Is supposed 10 have occurred %
the tnlriecuth century.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
TuesdaY. Decenber ID.

Washington, Dec. lS.-The senate
today devoted nearly four hours to
consideration OF unobjected bills on its
calendar. The result was the passage
OF a number of measures Of minor inn
portance. Among those passed was one
authorizing II government loan OF SlO,-
600, 900 to the Jamestown Tercenten-
nial Exposition company, and another
providing for an investigation of the
industrial, social, moral, educational
and physical condition of women and
child workres in the United States by
the department of Commerce and La
Dor. The urgent deficiency appropria
tion bill was also passed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
NAVY EYES TURBINE ENGINE
Will Not Finally Adopt Until Demon
strated the Best.

Washington, Dec. %. The most i'm
portant engineering problem of the
present day affecting marine propul-
sion, in the opinion of Rear Admiral
c. w. Rae, chief of the bureau of steam
engineering, whose report was made
public today, is that of the steam tur-
bine. Involving such radical changes,
Admiral Rae says, the bureau has pre-
ferred to wait before adopting it exten-
sively, until it had been demonstrated
as unquestionably the best system of
propulsion for naval purposes.
1t is expected that, when the three
scout cruisers now building, two with
turbine and one with reciprocating en-
gines, are completed and their trials
have been held, comparative data of the
utmost value will be obtained. An
officer of the bureau is now abroad max
ing thorough investigation of marine
turbine installations already in opera
tion and i'll contemplation and in addi-
tion the work of erecting at Annapolis,
Nd, experimental turbine engines,
condensers, pumps, etc, is proceeding.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
TREASURE CHEST STOLEN.
Thieves Rob Welis-Fargo at Reno of
Large Amount.

Reno, New, Dec. 22.-Wells Fargo
& Company's express box, said to have
contained $50, 900, was stolen from the
company's office here last night afte,
the arrival of the train from Tonopah.
Edward CroftOn, the messenger, contin-
ued on his way to San Francisco.
Efforts Of the local police and sheriff
have been unavaiing to capture the
thieves. Charles Ferrell, the detective
appointed on the case, stated this even
ing that the robbers were doubtless
criminals who have been hanging about
the station with the purpose of stealing
part of the Mohawk ore shipments,
which have been stopped on several oc-
casions during the last few days,
J. J. Burke, Wells-Fargo agent here,
admitted today that the amount OF the
robbery would reach the first estimate,
$50, 900. He will know exactly how
much was stolen when advices reach
Reno from Tonopah tomorrow.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS D0lNGS
General Review Of important Hap
penings Presented In a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National Political, His
toricaI and Commercial.

A strike of New York railroad EN-
ployes seems probable.
The czar has fixed February 10 as tn,
date for parliamentary elections.
Millions are said to be on the point
of dying from the famine in China.
The Oklahoma constitutional conven
ton has adjourned for the holidays.
Japan is in position to put an army
of $50 900 men in the field if necessary
Ten congressman have gone to Pana-
ma for the purpose OF viewing the big
ditch.
Studens at Annapolis college lynched
a negro for an assault on white
woman.
The Interstate Commerce commission
will recommend a law to prevent car
shortage.
A captain in the notorious Twenty
fifth regiment OF infantry has been shot
10y negro private.
The president may issue an appeal
through the Red Cross for aid for the
| Chinese famine sufferers.
General Harrison Gray Otis, of Los
! Angeles, is seriously i'll.
The government has purchased a site
for a Federal building at North Yak
ina.
The Chicago & Northwestern railroad
will build new $40, ,000,0 900 depot in
Chicago.
The house of commons has voted to
grant home rule to the Transvaal and
Orange River colonies.
Governor Mead has appointed spe
cial committee to investigate the short
age of coal in Washington.
Charles G. Washburn has been elect
ed Congressman from Massachusetts to
succeed the late lockwood Hoar.
Senator Ankeny has urged upon the
War department the necessity Of i'm
proving the Upper Columbia river.
There is little doubt in London cir
cles but that James Bryce will be the
next British ambassador to the United
Staets.
A Montana man whose cereals won a
gold medal at the st. Louis fair has
found there is not particle of gold in
his medal.
A new Yonrk woman before commit
ting suicide directed that her two An
CORA cats be forwarded to the president.
Her wishes have been complied with.
Testimony heard by the interstate
Commerce commission indicates that
traffic conditions are much worse in the
South than III any other part OF the
In its annual report the Panama
Canal commission says preliminary
work has been completed and actual
of the canal will 90 for
ward rapidly.
Four rich Nebraskans have been con-
victed Of land frauds.
Oregon miners will ask the next leg
islature for state mining inspector.
Railroad men and shippers attribute
much of the car shortage to excessive
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
NOT READY FOR CITIZENSHIP.
Congress Will Oisappoint Porto Rico,
With Roosevelts Consent.

Chicago, Dec. pa dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
In spite of the presidents recon-
mendation no citizenship for the people
of Porto Rico will be granted by this
congress and probably not by the next
one and probably not before the next
one either. The leaders both in the
house and senate have come to the con-
cluson that the time is not yet ripe for
such action. They have presented the
matter to the president, and he is now
aware that his recommendation in this
regard will not be acted upon. There
are said to be grave matters of public
policy involved which might be seri-
Gus ly complicated if citizenship should
be granted at this particular time to
the people of Pe rto Rico. A general un-
derstanding therefore has been arrived
at. There is an understanding in con-
gress that the president will acquiesce
in this decision because it has been put
up to him frequently by some of the
strongest men at the capitol.
Briefly stated, the objection to citi-
zenship for Porto Rico is based upon
the existing condition of the population
of that island. a large per centage of
the people are of mixed strain OF Span
i>h and negro blood The proportion
of illiteracy is naturally large. Much
progress has been made in the school
system, but it is still approximately
true that 70 per cent of the persons Of
school age are not receiving instruction.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
State RIGHTS in Australia.

Sydney, n. S. W, Dec. 20-Joseph
Hector Carruthers, premier of New
South Wales, has entered strongly
worded protest against any interference
on the part of the imperial common
wealth in the rights of the state gov
ernments in state affairs He declares
that the Australian states declined to
permit Alfred Deakin, the prime min
lister of the commCnw alth, to speak
in their behalf, and that any resolu-
tions adopted at the colonial conference
concerning state matters would be ig-
nored unless the individual states were
represented.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Colorado Town Shaken.

Glenwood Springs, Colo, Dee. 22.-
A violent trembling of the earth was
felt on both sides OF the Grand river in
the neiehborhood of Newcastle about 9
O'Clock this morning. The actual cause
of the disturbance is uncertain, though
many attribute it to an explosion OF
accumulated gas in the Wheeler coal
mine, which runs north and south be-
vond Newcastle. One theory of today :
disturbance is that the earth settled,
the displacement having been caused
by fire, which slowly burned away the
coal vein.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Will Signal New Year.

Washington, Dec. %. - The naval
observatory will send this year, as us
ual, four series OF New Years eve tele-
graphic time signals to announce the
exact instant of the beginning of the
new year in each of the four great
standard time zones OF the United
States, namely, Eastern, Central,
Mountain and Pacific. The system fol-
lowed will be the same as heretofore,
and like that in use daily at noon.
Each series begins five minutes before
the hour and the clock tick, following a
silent interval of ten seconds, marks
the exact hour.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Was There Congo Lobby?

Washington, Dec. 19.-Senator Pat
terson in Il resolution has asked that
the charges by a New York newspaper
in relation to lobby having been sent
to the United States at the last session
of congress To influence senators con
corning Congo Free State legislation he
nvcs,ieat .d by the senate committee
On foreign relations. The resolution
rccitcs that the lobby is alleged To have
been maintained ly a foreign govern
mrnt and that a consular official sent
.ummunicatiurs 10 senators i'm an effort
ip influence them.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Nav Agree on One Classification.

Chicago, Dec. l9.-An effort is to
bc made by the railroads to obtain Il
universal and systematic classification
Of freight in response to the demands of
the IA ppor- and to the suggestions of
the Interstate Commerce commission.
The first step in this direction wa4
taken 10y the Central Freight associa-
tion, which has asked the Eastern lines
to JON it in considering the question.
The plan is to appoint committees
which will confer together and see if
uniform classification cannot he agreed
upon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Butter-tancy creamery, BOO SOC.
Eggs-Oregon ranch, 35c per dozen
Poultry-Average old hens, 11@12,
per pound; mixed chickens, 11@12c
spring, 11@12c; old roOsters, ga lc
dressed chickens, II "a l5c; turkeys
live, Il a 171ac; turkeys, dressed
choice, 20@22c; geese, live, 1Oc
ducks, 15@16c.
Fruits - Apples, common to choice
50@75c per box; choice to fancy, $1@
$50; pears, 81 a 80; cranberries
$l1 .50@l2.50 per barrel; persiinmons,
81 so per box.
Vegetables - Turnips, coca 81 per
sack; carrots, 90c@$l per sack; beets,
81 25G11,50 per sack; horseradish, ga
l0c per pound; sweet potatoes, 2la a
2s4c per pound cabbage, 114m115c
per pound; caulifower. $l.25 per doz-
en-; celery, $4@4.50 per crate; lettuce,
head SOC per dozen; onions, l0m121ac
per dozen; pumpkins, 14c per pound
spinach, 4@5c per pound; squash la
ll4c per pound.
Onions - Oregon, 75c@ 81 per hun
dred.
Potatoes - Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
SO 10; common, 75@ Soc.
Wheat - Club, 65@ 66c: blucstem.
ga Csc; valley, GG@ G7c; red, 63c.
Oats - No. l white, $3.50 26; gray,
$2450@ %.
Barley - Feed, $21@2l 80 per ton; !;
brewing, s22 so; rolled, $22 .5oC 24.
Rye-$1 400 - per cwt.
Corn-Whole, $26; cracked, s27 per
ton.
IIay-Valley timothy, No. l, $lI@
~ per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy.
sl4@ l6; clover, s7@s; cheat, $50
IA $50; grain hay, s. 5OG 8 80; alfalfa,
sll 80; vetch hay, s7@ 80.
Veal-Dressed, SEQ Sc per pound.
Beef - Dressed bulls, Ia % per
pound; cows, IA Sc; country steers,
5a 81.
Mutton - Dressed, fancy, sC &c per
pound: ordinary, 6@7c.
Pork-Dressed, 6Co Sc per pound.
Hops-llCe l5c per pound, according
10 quality.
Wool-Eastern Oregon average best,
3Co lsc, according to shrinkage; val
ley, 2OCg 23c, according to fineness; mo-
hair, choice, 26Co 2Sc.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
North Dakota Has No Coal.

ST. Paul, Dec. ls.-A special to the
Despatch from Grand Forks, n. D.,
says that the fuel situation today pre-
sents the most critical condition that
has existed in the history Of the state.
Careful inquiry'in every portion of the
northern half of the state shows that
there is not a town in which coal could
be had to supply immediate needs and
in dozens of places there is not a pound
to be bought, the dealers having been
out Of fuel for days and weeks.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Rect nation Bill Strikes Snag.

Wa>li' g'or, bee. 10. - What are
.-on-iirr,d defects i'm the act for the r.
..amation If avid land were pointed
Mt Iu general discussion in the SEN
IT., tod Y uf hll To- amend that act
Nr action was taken. Senators desired
% indulge in further debate. The bill
reguirrs Inmates for proposed reclaim
rriuu work 10 ho sent annually to con
,rc-~ AMI amendments were proposed
making II direct Appropriation neces-
Sary before the work can proceed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Paw lawmat ers By the Oav.

Washington, Dec. lS- Representa-
tive Gaines introduced a bill today
providing that senators and representa-
tives shall receive $l3.75 day, their
pay to be deducted from their salaries
for each day they fail TO attend ses-
sions. The sickness of members or
illness in their families are the only
valid excuses.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Suffrage Bill is Passed.

Vienna, Dec. 22.-The univcrSal suf
fragc bill passed the upper house aftcI
a remarkable sitting of that chamber
which lasted from IL O'Clock TIN
morning until l0:30 tonight. One o
the members voted for the principle 4"
plural franchise. This principle wa.
combated with energy by Baron vr
Beck. the Austrian premier, who mad,
an eloquent plea for universal suffia@e
on the ground that the failure to grant
if would cause serious trouble.