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ST. HELKNH, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1903.
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LEAVES THE PARK
PltESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS STARTED
ON JOURNEY NORTH.
executive Has Loet All Appearance of
Being Tired - Rett In Votcmlte Park
DM Wonder for Him-Mode the Trip
Out On Stage In Ten Hour Waa a
Kccord Breaker.
Itorenda, Cal., May 19. Preaident
toorevelt broke all road record for
YoMtmite park travel yeaterday when
hi coach came from Yoeemile to Ray
mond, where hi train awaibml him,
in ten hour of actual travel. The die
tance 1 HU mile.
K The prexident pawed hi liat night in
camp at Ilridal eli Fall, a few Bailee
from the poototTii at Yoeemite. He
tlept soundly, and when be awoke in
the morning declared he bad newer felt
better in hi life. Hi look bore ont
hi word. lie had loet all appearanre
of being tired, and hia eye were bright.
Ihe member of nil party who bad
paaaed Saturday afternoon and hunday
at Yoeemite, joined the president at
the full. Here he bid good-bye to hi
guide, Lridig and Leonard, and mount
ml to hi neat on the coach betide the
driver. The morning wa cool and
clear, and the duet wa not a bother-
ome a on the trip into the valley.
No incident occorred to mar the
pleasure of the drive, and the coache
rolled into Wawona rhortly before 11
o'clock. Here luncheon wa taken,
and at l'.':'J0 the trip to Raymond wa
begun. The driver of the president'
roach waa on hi mettle, and be pnt
hie horte to their beet pare. When
Awahiie wa reached the party alight
ed and light re'reehment were aerved.
The run from Awahnee to Raymond
wa the duatiett of the trip, ao l the
president and hi traveling companion
were badly in need of a bath when
they readied their train.
An escort of cavalry from Fort Wood,
which U eiluated at Wawona, accom
panied the president to Raymond.
Wben Berenda was leached the presi
dent found a large crowd gathered to
greet him. A special train from Frw
no brought nieniliers of the chamber of
commerce and their friends, and they
warmly greeted th president a he ap
peared on the rear platform of hi car.
He made a brief address, thanking the
people or coming to we him.
REHF.IS ARE OAININQ.
Venezuelan Force ate Being Decimated
at a Rapid Rate.
Washington, May 20 Advice of a
thoroughly reliable character received
in Washington, under date of May 10,
show lhat the Venezuelan revolutionist
are net ony holding their own, but are
making considerable headway. The
advices say:
The district of Coro, Barquiimeto
and Tucaias, on the weBt side, and
Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco, and its
mrroundiug country, me still in the
power of revolutionists. Within CO
mile of I.a Guayra, in the Rio Chico
diitrict, the revolutionists are holding
forth, and, although the government a
lew week ago sent an expedition there
to drive them out, they succeeded only
in making them retreat, and within a
few days they were again back then.
A battle took place, in which the gov
ernment lost over 1,000 men and about
300 wounded were brought back to La
Guavra after a two days' fight.
On the other hand, the revolutionists
have not aurereded in onoting the gov
ernment or in winning any particular
fight, bat they are decimat ng the gov
ernment troops, and the gcvernm.nt
has not more than 3,000 men under
artr.
RUSSIA IS niFFED.
Criticism of American Press Not Taken
Kindly by Official.
St. Petereburg, May 20. The Rus
sian officials expruss themselves a be
ing deeply hurt at the criticisms of the
American pros on the subject of Man
churia, end say that, "considering the
friendship extended 40 year ago, when
America needei frien , America might
at least impure whether the Anglo
Japanese newa wa not colore! in
Anglo-Japan ee interest." ,
The Manchurian inci ent threatened
at one time to cause serious trouble on
th i Bourse. When th excitement wa
at it height Finance Minister Witte
vieitel Foreign Minister Lamsdorff and
informed him that "under the Influ
ence of American representations, Jap
anese truculenry and American news
pap r attacks," in ad tit ion to the Bal
kan trouble, the Bourse wa danger
ously weak. The finance minister also
declared that a continuance of the for
eitrn atti.cka would threaten Russia'
FA'llt.
Thr la a wid spread b lief there
that M. rianchon, the Russian charge
At Pekin, represents the Grand Duke
A lex ie (T and the war party.
Trainmen Killed In Wrack.
Grand Junction, Colo., May 20.
West bound passenger train No. 6, on
the I. A R. G. ntilioad, ran into a ro k
slide near Palisitles last night, killing
Knglneer Geo'ge Stuart, of this place
and Fireman W. A. Wool, ine mail
car plungel into Grand rive-, where
it lies submerged, and the two baggage
car were telescoped. The coaches and
Pullman car rem ained on the track,
and the asseiiger escaped with a se
vere shaking up.
Silver for Philippine Coinage.
Washington, May 20. Director
Robere, of the mint bureau, today pur-
i based 405,000 ounces of silver on a
rount of the Phil'ppine coinage, at an
average of 65.08 cent an ounce, nearly
all to be delivered In Han Francisco,
RIOT IN CONNECTICUT.
Efforts of Bridgeport Street Car Company
to Run Cars Ends Seriously.
Bridgeport, Conn., May 20, The
attempt made by the official of the
Connecticut railway and lighting com
pany to rnn their car with non nnion
men today resulted in a Hut, in which
32 mm were injured. The etieriff cay
that another rtieh outbreak as occurred
today will make the tailing out of the
state tnops inevitable. At the present
time it ia supposed that the county
sheriff will supersede the police in tbe
control of the city.
This morning six trolley car were
atarted out on the liaruum and Ktate
street line. There were large crowd
around the car ihed at the time, (.nd
the car were manned by 12 of the 130
men brought to tbi city by tbe car
company. There wa no disturbance
for a couple of boar.
Official of the trolley company will
not reveal the names of tbe m n In
jured. It i positively known, however,
ibat not a man of the 12 who were on
tbe six car escaped injury of some
kind. Every man of them, a they
tood on the platform of tbeir cars
while going into the barn, waa seen to
be blooding profusely from the bead
and face.
In addition to the trolley men in
jured, Roadmaater Davis, of the trolley
company, waa teverely injured by a
stone which struck him on tbe bead.
Sheriffs Hendrie and l'lumbe were the
principal magnet for the crowd, and
etch wan struck on different parts of tbe
body at least a doaen times. ro at
tempt was made to run the cars tonight
CAOAYAN IS PLAQLhD
Cars boa Haa Rale, Land Overflow, Lo
custs and Smallpox Came.
Washington, My 20. Tbe bureau
of insular affair of the war depart
ment has received the annual report of
Governor Gonsaga, of tbe province of
Cagayan, P. I., lor the year 1902. It
aiys in part:
"The province of Cagayan, situated
in tbe extreme northern part of the
island ot Loxan, has continued in a
peaceful and tranquil condition since
the establishment there of civil gov
ernment, which was accomplished with
out the least disturbance or occasion of
disorder in September, 1901. The
most complete peace has reigned.
"Prosperity has been prevented by
tbe mortality of Cam boas and other
diseases of tattle and horses. Thia was
followed by unexpected rising of the
rivers, which overflowed land planted
with corn. Then came tbe amallpox
and the scourge of locnets, and the
cholera, which, while it baa not
wrought much havoc, ha greatly un
settled tbe mind of the per pie.
Tbe dire calamities mentioned, to
gether with tbe depression io tobacco.
which ii the principal product of the
soil, placed the Inhabitant of the to
bacco-raising pueblo of the province in
a most deplorable condition.
"All of the pueblos of tbe provinc
should be given American teachers,
and there should be established institu
tions of higher learning in the island,
of agriculture, arts and trades in tbe
provincial capital, for tbe education of
the Cagayan youth."
COLOMBIA WILL PAY LOSSES.
Supreme Court Modifies Decree Obtained
by American.
Washington, May 20. Tbe Uni'ei
States supreme court today, in the rase
of tbe Republic of Colombia vs. Tbe
Cauca company, modified a decree of
the circuit court of appeals for the
Fourth circuit. Tbe case involved a
controversy as to a claim on the part of
the company against the Colombian
gov rnment on acount of a contract for
a railroad nndt r an award made to one
Cherry in 1890. The coorU of the
United Sta'ea secure I juris 'u tion
throngh tha fact that the company was
inctirpora ei in West Virginia.
- The cour'e b low recognized the lull
claim of the company, including an
item of (143,000 to Cnerry on account
of the transfer of his charter, and of
129,000 to one of Ihe arbitrator in the
case. Tbe opinion given today die
allows these two claims, but recognize
the claim of the company lor compen
sation for rolling stock, for salaries for
it officers and for traveling expenses,
the total allowance being 193,204.
Immigrants Flocking to America.
Z New York, May 20. Immigration
continues on the increase. For the 17
day of May thia yea, 50,077 al'ens
passed through hi hi island, as against
45,486 last year and 3H.371 in the
same period of 1901. This is an in
c eaeeof 6,221 over the same period
last year, and 23,000 are expected this
week, and the last week in May prem
ise to be unusually large. It is pre
dicted that the month will show fully
100,000 a against 84,000 last year.
Hungarian Peasants Shot.
Vienna, May 20. Report received
here from Sieseck, Crotia, declare that,
notwithstanding thedenialaof the Hun
garian government, the stories of fierce
encounter between peasants and the
military in the village of Kiriswach
sich have been confirmed. Forty peas
ant are said to have been ahot. The
authorities have completely isolated
the villages, in order to prevent the
news cf disorder there from spreading.
Wholesale arrests are being made at
Agbram and other cities.
Cuba Will Soon Act.
Havana May 20. It is officially
stated at the palace that the treaties
between the United Mates and Cuba
will be ' sent to the senate within a
fortnight. The senators and repre
sentative expect a final adjustment of
congresa before the middle of June.
Kxtensive prepa'ation a a being made
for the public and private celebration
next week of Cuba' flrat anniversary
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
FRUIT PROSPECTS IN LINN.
Prune Will Yield Big, but Peaches and
Pear ar Blighted.
Frnit men teport that the prune
yield in Linn county this year will
exceed that of any previoua season.
The numerous large orchard around
Albany have been covered with blos
som, and now tbe frnit ha set success
fully. The weather ha been just tbe
kind needed, -and nothing bat a freeze
conld now destroy it. The yonng Irnit
is too far advanced to be injured by
frosts, unless they were very heavy
and continued for some time.
Tbnre will be no peache around here.
Of tbe fruit which may be consid
ered a crop th yield in pear will prob
ably be the lightest. The pear trees
seem to be blighted. larly in tbe
season the tree were covered with
blossoms, bst just about the time for
the frnit to set the blosfoma withered
and died. It does not look like the
work of frost, but is pronounced blight
by orchardiet.
Nothing but prolonged cold weather
can prevent the largest fruit yield in
tbe history of Linn county.
HEADED TOWARDS BURNS.
Surveyors for Electric Road Start Out
from Baker City.
A aurveying party of 12 people under
Chief Engineer Howe started from
Baker city recently to survey a route
for an electric railway from that place
to the John Day valley and Prairie
city. Major J. W. Bonta ' having tbe
urvey made in tbe interest of the
Oregon Wonder mine. Tbe promoter
ray that the road will eventually pene
trate Harney county a far as urna.
Smallpox Under Control.
For some time past the board of
health of the county of Crook and city
of I'rineville have been issuing bulle
tins daily giving the facts in regard to
the parsons affected with smallpox in
that city. Now all those having it are
pi act ii a ly well of the dieea;e. It has
been concluded by tbe boar. that no
necessity exists for the further issuance
of the bulletins. The board folly be
lieves that the town is now entirely tree
frcm the disease, having had no new
rases since April 27, although there are
now several case in quarantine who
were exposed prior to that time, and a
few of them may yet be stricken down.
Contestant are Keen.
The number of cox-test over the set
tlement and proving np of public lands
at tbe Oregon City land office multi
plies as these government land become
more scarce. Scarcely a day passe but
the contest department of the local land
office hears one or more contests. Per-
(sons filing on lands now find that they
muBi comply in uv Binciest eeueo w no
the provision of the law under which
the filing is made, or they are sure to
he involved in contest proceedings.
Fart Hands Wanted.
Farm hanJa in Eastern Oregon are
scarce and farmer are applying to em
ployment agencies at Portland lor men.
There will be steady employment
throughout the wheat and frnit belt for
a great many more men than are there
now, nntii after the crops are gar
nered.
Marion Crop Look Well.
A heavy shower of warm rain fell in
Marion county last Saturday and great
good will result to all growing crop
Farmer report crop generally in an
excellent condition.
Dredt-e for Orceon River.
The war department has awarded to
the Featherstone foundry and machine
company, of Chicago, a contract for
hni ih ns two dredees lor nse in Urezon
rivers. Thev will boijd one dredge for
H.o I'nner Willamette and Yamhill
rivers for $25,000, and another tor the
Upper Columbia and Snake lo cost
$22,500. Both dredges are to be ready
for use witbin six montns.
Preparing for Log-Rolllng.
The Woodmen of tbe World are Dre-
narinv tn )mvA a bit? loir rollinu? in La
Grande May 18 and 19. One hundred
and twenty-five candidate will De in
itiated into tbe order at tbat time.
The program comprises a parade of
fraternal societies, competitive drill
lor a trophy, log chopping ana sawing
contest. Reduced rates have been se
cured on the railroads.
Brick Yard at Weaton Rushed.
I TheWeston brickyard i working its
T i. t I..- a .in nno.
tun capauuy, turning uu w.i'uv uwim
per day, with more order than it can
fill this summer and fall. Lumber and
all kind of building material is short
in thia tection on account of the un
usual number of new house being built
at Walla Walla. Pendleton and towns
in thia section of Umatilla count.
Union Depot Exhibit.
3 The board of trade of Dallas haa
taken steps to collect material for an
exhibit to be forwarded to the Oregon
information bureau at the Union depot
in Portland. The board bas contributed
o.wl nnm nf monev for the Dnrpsoe.
and the county court ha contributed
$ft0 for the purpose ot acting in concert
with the board of trade.
Offers Fine Library Building.
The ladies of the Grant Pass
woman's club have succeeded in getting
Mr. Carnegie to change the amount of
his proposed donation for a library in
t,.t oitv from t.VOOO to 1 10.000. The
citizen felt that they would rather
erect a creditable building, even
though the cost of maintaining the
libiary ia greater.
CROP PROSPECTS OOOD.
Eastern Oregon Qraln Orowera and Frutt
Raiser are Jubilant.
Ho far the fruit and grain prospect
for thi season' crop are exceedingly
good in the eastern part of the ttate.
The backward season ha kept the fruit
back, so that tbe late frost have not
done any serious damage. Grain, es
pecially wheat, is looking fine, aave for
the nteJ of rain, which would be
gratly appreciated by the dry land
farmers just now.
Fruit grower have late frost to fear
alway, in the immediate vicinity of
cater uity, bat in 1'ine and Eagle val
leys the season i from two to fonr
week ahead of tbe former neighbor
hood and late frost, owing to the lower
altitude, are not ao much to be feared.
Farmers and fruitgrower, who ar
prepared to irrigate, are in clover thi
season, because there never wa such
an abundance of snow in the moan-
tain as there i thi year.
LANE COUNTY'S ROADS.
Much Labor and Money Ha Mad Tbcta
Finest in tbe State.
Th matter of improvement of road
baa received more attention in Lane
county than in any other county in tha
state, and the interest which is now
manifest in other counties is to a large
extent attributable to tbe results that
have attended the eBoits ia Lane
county for year past. Observing vis
itor nave remarked repeatedly about
the condition of the Lane county road
as compared with road in other place,
and these remark have resulted in
others taking up with the work that
baa proven so successful.
Clean-Up on Hydraulic Placers.
Some $700 in gold dost and nugget,
the regular monthly clean up of tbe
St. Helena A Galice hydraulic placer
mines, of the Galice district, wa
brought into Grants Pas a few day
ago These placer have enjoyed a fine
rnn tbi season, and have yet several
week of work ahead of them before
their water give ont. Tbey are build
ing a Luge reservoir and enlarging tbeir
ditches, with the intention of deriving
a water aupply whereby their giant
ran be operated the whole year throngh.
Automobile Llae at Union.
The preliminary work ia being done
at Union looking to the establishment
of an automobile omnibus line between
that city and the Hot Lake, a distance
of about fonr miles. Tbe patronage
of tbe Hot Lake is being rapidly in
creased, and a Uinon is a most de
lightful place in snmmer for those
seeking rest, recreation and health, it
is believed the line wonld be well pat
ronized, and be of mntaal benefit to the
two place.
Wood Supply Is Short.
There is a very serious shortage in
the supply of firewood in Salem, and
prices are certain to be high tbi sum
mer and next winter. There is a possi
bility of what may almost be a wood
famine, for the amount of wood that
bas been cut is far short of the quan
tity that will be needed for home use.
As a. consequence of this condition of
affairs there will be good money in the
wood business for farmer who have
timber they can cut.
Eastern Oregon Normal Graduates.
The graduating clasa of the Weston
state normal school next month will
consist of 12 yonng ladiea and gentle
men. Extensive preparation are
being made for the commencement ex
ercites. The Weston college i one of
tbe largest, meat imposing and com
plete school plant iq the state. Pres
ident French will spend hi vacation
campaigning for an increased scholar
ship for next term.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7071; val
ley, 74c
Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew
ing, $21.
Flout Best grade, $3.9S34.30; gra
ham, $S.453.85.
Millitaff Bran, $23 par ton; mid
dlings, $27;. shorts, $23.00; chop,
$18.
Oat - No. I white, $1.1031.15,
gray, $1.05 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $20(921; clover.
$101I; cheat, $1516 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbaaks, 60c par
tack; ordinary, 25i0c per cental,
grower' price; Merced sweet, $3(9
3.60 per cental.
Poultry Chicken, mixed, ll12o;
young, 13(S14o; hen, 12c; turkey,
live, 16l7c; dressed, 20 22c; duck,
$7.00(37.60 per dozen; geese, $9S.50.
Cheese Full cream, twin, 10K9
17c; Young America, 1717ie; fact
ory price, llKc; less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2022o per
pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 20(822ic;
tore, 1618a
Fgg 1617c per dozen.
Hops Choice, 1820c per pound.
Woll Valley 12iai5; Eastern Ore
gon, 814; mohair, 35(8 36c.
Beef Gross, cow, 8)S4c per
pound; steer, 4K5e; dreased, 7&o.
Veal 83,c.
Mutton Grost, 7(&7e per pound;
dressed, 8g9c.
Lambs Gros, 4c par pound jdreaaaJ,
7c.
Hogs Gross, 787c per pound;
dressed, 8$8).
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