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EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprchanalva Review of the Import
ant Happening! of tIM Paat Week,
PrttuUi In Coodeaie. Form, Moat
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Kea4era.
Kpain face aerloaa labor trouble".
'All danger of further flood in Kan
aa it pant.
Trouble i feared with miner, at
Idaho Kpringa, Colo.
Cardinal Ulubon. i. rerortd to be
anffering from malaria.
Ni'K'O eiiliatnienls in the United
Stales navy are to lie shut off.
Cardinal Hart, patriarch of Venice.
waa elected par on the seventh ballot.
Hixtcen persona a ere injured in a
head-on colli.iou near Hartford City,
Ind.
lry tpell in Australia cauw mines
to cioae and thousand face a desperate
situation.
Spreading rails near Porlsmoutb.
Ohio, wrtxked train. Taentv-five
KTwin. weie injured.
It is claimed that General Miles will
mek national G. A. P.. honors as a
presidential boom.
Secretary Hoot will order the depig
ment of Juftic to ecarch for fraud in
army contritrta in which ex-Represent a-
Uvj l.ittauer was ititereited.
Two iiciiroee maimed a crippled
youth at Hartford, Ind., btxa'ise be
did not produce the money they ex
peeled. A mob ia in search of them.
Tanana valley. Alaska, is said to be
similar in size and condition to Min
nesota. Italy anxiously awaits the announce
ment of the policy of the next pope lor
peat or war.
A Chinese refortrer has been put to
aborrible death by order of the em
press dowager.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
left Ireland amid strain, of "Come
Back to Erin."
The viceroy of Chili province, China,
is Importing large quantities of arms
and ammunition.
The supreme court of Minnesota has
decided t tie great railroad merger case
against Ihe stale.
One more body baa been found under
the Morrison street bridge, Portland,
but was lost again.
Admiral Cotton entertained the king
of Portugal and other blgb dignatariee
on board the lirooklyn.
The conclave to elect a new pope has
taken four ballots without result. Ow
ing to the secrecy which prevails no de
tails as to how the vote stood can be
had.
Four new cases of plague bave ap
peared at Iquique, Chile.
The baker' atrike at Santiago,
Chile, is spreading and only a few
shops ar now open.
New York papermaker bave gone on
a strike to secure recognition of their
union.
Boer immigrants who recently estab
lished a colony in Cbile have discov
ered a targe gold field.
The levying of countervailing duties
on imported and bountied augar ba
been extended to March 31, 1901.
Charles B. Hare, o! Ann Arbor,
Mich., has accepted the appointment
)( government bacteriologiet in the
Philippines, al a salary of 11,500.
Robert Lee, who shot an Evansville,
Del., policeman and started a riot that
resulted in the death and injury of
many citinene, has died in prison.
Seven hundred and eighty-five men
are candidates for admission to Vale
in the undergraduates' entering classes
of next September. Last year the tot
al waa 61.
' Secretary Root has directed the sale
of the military reservation known as
Co umbus barracks, Columbus, O., 60
days from date, at its appraised valua
tion of 1290,000.
Owing to the numerous strikes dur
ing the summer by men employed in
the'rapid transit subway, it ia likely
that New YOrkera will be compelled to
do their traveling above ground until
the first of next April.
Fir at Hobart, Oklahoma, destroyed
$200,000 worth of property.
Britain threaten to deport those
Boers who are trying to stir np mischief.
The national general policy board
has elected Admiral Dewey president.
Th diplomatic body at th Vatican
predict the election of Rampolla or
tiottl a pope.
Dnnsual activity contiuuea in Soutn
rn Russian military circles. Large
order for war supplies have been
placed.
An uprising ol malcontent Is report
ed la the province of .Santiago Cuba.
Troops have been sent to restore peace..
A statement prepared by the bureau
ol Insular affairs of the war departmei t
show that Philippine commerce is
growing very rapidly.
An attempt by Boston negroes to
hieak np a meeting addressed by Book
er T. Washington resulted in a riot in
ahich three men were stabbed. Police
ere called to restore order.
TOPEKANS OIVEN A SCAHB.
Rain Descended In Such Volume
House, are Flooded.
That
lopkea, Kan.. Aug. 6. High water
caiiMd much work and excitement in
North Toiieka loiay, rain began fall
log here shortly alter midnight, and by
daylight the storm had reached th pro
portions of a cloudburst. The North
Topek sewer bave not linen reopened
since the June fiord, and all of the
wnter ran through the low street to
the river, covering th first floor in
number of house along Gordon street
and In the street waa three feet deep
Many of the resident of North Topek
iriougni that another flood waa upon
them.
In South Topeku the water waa near
ly ss nigh as it was north of the river,
The state insane aavlum, west of To
pek, wa cut off from the city for
rhort time. The little creek that runa
through Auburndale, a aubnrb, was
flooded to a depth of foor or five feet.
The residents of that part of the city
proci red boat and brought their neigh
bors to the high land.
The creek returned to it banks two
hours after the rain ceased fallii g.
Ihe rain was general in Hie northern
and eastern part of the state.
CHINESE ARB SULLEN.
Uood Feeling Toward Foreigner Broken
by Recent Execution.
Pekin, Aug. 6. China is witnessing
a Xdturn to the conditions which lol
lowed the coup d'etat of 198. Politi
cal discussion among the Chinese
which increased during the imperial
court's recent policy of friendliness to
ward foreigners has suddenly stopped.
The plan of the dowager empras to
trerify the reformers by the execution
of Hben Chien, which occurred lastFri
day, has been unsuccessful. All the
liberal Chinese, particularly those who
have been auwciuted with the reform
ers, are in the greatest fear of arrest
ar,d it is difficult to find a Chinaman
who i willing to mention politics or
Friday's tragedy, although the latter is
about the only topic of convention
among the trusted friends. The offic
ials are particularly dumb.
The affair is a disappointment to
the foreigners, who bad hoped that the
empress dowager's association witb
the ladies of the legation wonld have
a civilizing influence. Prince So, tbe
most liberal of tbe Manchu princes, is
reported to have risked his office bv
oppoaing the execution of Sben Cbien.
HAWAII WANTS SETTLERS.
Honolulu Plans to Advertise tbe Advan
tages of the Island..
Honolulu, Aug. 5. The citizens of
Honolulu bave decided to do all within
their powei to promote immigration to
the islands. W itb tbia view tbe Mer
chants' association and the chamber of
commerce have opened extensive bead
quarters and will advertise the advan
tages of Hawaii to the outside world,
besides catering to the interests torn
fort of visitor who arrive here.
The merchants' aseociatin has cabled
Secretary Root, of the war department,
guaranteeing a constant supply of coal
for army posts and that troop aent to
the Philippine be hereafter brought
via Honolulu.
Options on three steamers available
for government use as revenue cutters,
bave been sent to Washington by E.
R. Stackable, collector of the port of
Honolulu. Tbia action waa taken in
accordance with instruction received
some time since, the war department
being anxions to secure a vowel suit
able for its officer in Hawaii.
FIRE THREATENS VOSEAtlTE.
Guardian, of Valley Fight Flamea - Forest
Reserve Scorched.
Yosemite Valley, Cat., Aug. 5. A
big forest fire ia raging tonight just out-
side of tbe Yobemite valley ana past
the gateway guarded by El Capitan
and Cathedral rocks. Should the
efforts of tbe firefighters prove futile,
the flamea will enter tbe valley and
destrov a valuable amount of timber.
State Gua dian Steven ha a large
force ol men at work fighting tbe flames
and it is hoped that tbe tire may be
kept between tbe Conlterville road and
the Merced river.
Would Alarm America.
Victoiia, B. C, Aug. 5. W. C.
Peering, of Chicago, who arrived from
tbe Orient by the steamer Tacoma, in
an interview, says that although the
people of the United States may not
be aware of the fact, the insorgeuts in
the Philippine if lands are organising
and drilling, and the trouble there is
far from over. He says filibusters are
continually landing arm on the island
ccasta, and the patrol is looked upon as
a farce. Schooners laden with centra
band goods have no difficulty in "run
ning their cargoes."
Used Peasant for Marks.
London, Aug. 5. The Times this
morning prints a Vienna dispatch say
ing that the emperor of Rusala received
with be evclence from the Crotiana in
tbe United State a petition describing
the position of Crotia in the darkest
terms. It also says that Prince Unis
on, who on July 27 waa reporte 1 as
having been wounded in tbe Raxan dis
trict by peasants, has beco ne insane.
He was in the habit of testing bis
markBmanihip on the bodies of peasants
Three Firemen Kllltd.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 5 A
head-on collision between two freight
trains, each diawn by two locomotive,
resulted last night in the death of three
trainmen on the Cincinnati Southern
railway, 18 miles from Chattanooga.
The trains met at a dip In the road, at
a high rate of speed. All the trainmen
except those mentioned jumped.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
0REAT FRUIT YIELD.
Rogue River Valley Traet Premise Cbelce
Product.
From the viewpoint of tbe grain
raiser dame nature Is in a state of
revolt this year In Southern Oregon,
the drouth pievalllng for tbe past ew
months having wofully reduced the
average In all small grains. It ap
pear as If nature, Indeed, rebelled
at man'a persistent perversion of soil
and climate condition intended to
produce nectar for the gods, to the
baser use of growing provender tor
kine or grain for human kind er
other cattle.
The orchard and alfalfa meadows,
however, are yielding up auch stores
of wealth as only those realize who
are familiar with existing conditions.
Apple and pear promise fancy fig
urea again this year. In fact growers
look for record-breaking prices, owing
to partial failure of fruit of ordinary
quality In the east. Of course the
fancy fruit for which this section ia
distinguished Is not exactily to com
petition with ordinary barrel stock.
but scarcity of the latter article al
ways enhance prices all round.
Grower are carefully thinning and
applying the summer spray at pres
ent, and favoring weather conditions
are giving promise of quality sur
passing, perhaps, any former year In
tbe history of the local trade.
FIX PRICE OF PRUNES.
Willamette Valley Orewcra' Association
Say 2 Cent Baalf.
The Willamette Valley Prune Asso
ciation held an Important leetiaz at
Salem last week. Delegates were in
attendance from Douglas, Lane, Linn
Polk, Benton and Clackamas coun
ties, and from Vancouver. Wash., and
was the most representative gather
ing of the fruitgrowers of the North
west ever held in that city. Organl-
xatlona are already formed la Linn
Benton. Douglas, Marion and Yamhill
counties, and at Vancouver, Wash.,
and associations will be formed all
over the state and the northwest In
the near future. Tbe plan under dig
cuslon at the meeting was to have all
the associations in the Northwest un
der one secretary, so that it will be
impossible for one organization to un
dersell another in the market, thus
creating uniform scale of price for
all fruits on the coast. The plan met
with tbe approval of all present aad
an effort will be mad to bring tbe
condition about.
The price of prunes this year is fix
ed on a 2 cent basis.
Coming Events.
Ninth annual regatta, Astoria, Au
gust 19-21.
State fair. Salem, September H-19.
Second Southern Oregon District
fair, Eugene, September 29-Octeber 3.
Summer association of tbe North
west Indian agencies, Newport, Au
gust 17-27.
Lane county teachers institute, Eu
gene. August 4-5.
Klamath county fair, Klamath
FallB, October 6-9.
Good roads conventloa, Jackson
ville. August 15.
Fruitgrowers convention, Jacssca-
ville, August 15.
Teacher Institute, Tillamook, July
29-31.
Old Folks' celebration. La Graade.
August 1.
Hoo Hoo contenttion, Portland.
August 1.
Knights of Pythias convention, As
toria. August 20-21.
Teachers' Institute. La Grande. Au
gust 17-21.
Smiling Fields of Polk County.
Excellent sample of hay and grain
have been brought to Independence
this week. Early oatc and spring
wheat have commenced to change col
or, and th beads or eaca are wei
tiled. Some early hops have bee
exhibited in town, which are three
fourths grown. Hay harvest is oetwg
pushed rapidly forward, and there is
a larger acreage in Polk county this
year than has ever been planted be
fore. Tbe fruit season for cherries
and berries has practically passed.
but the plums, prunes and apples are
just commencing to ripen.
Bricks Made on Coea Bay.
The first lot of brick just burt at
the new kiln In Catching slough was
delivered this week at North Bend
to be used In making the foundation
for the boilers and engines of the
woolen mills and sash and doer fac
tory. This Is the initial burn and
somewhat of an experiment, but from
the appearance of this production
Coos Bay will be able to turn out
first-class brick, a much needed indus
try, for heretofore this article had
to be imported.
Huckleberry Season Here.
Huckelberrles are beginning to rip
en In the foothills of the Blue moun
tains. Never before was there prom
ise of such a bountiful crop there as
s now presented. The season has
been an Ideal one for their growth.
There were no early frosts, and as a
consequence none were blichted.
Every buBh is loaded, and already
parties are being formed to go out
and gather the luscious fruit.
Collecting Mining Data.
George E. Bons, of the United
States Geological Survey. Washing
ton, D. C. la at Baker City, and win
make a complete report of mining In
Eastern Oregon, showing production.
coat of operation, wages, etc. By act
of opngress mineownere are compel
led to furnish information under pen
alty. Reany for Steel Bridge.
The anDroachee and center pier for
the Lewla and Clark draw bridge near
Astoria have been completed and are
eady for the steel draw when It ar
rives from the east. It has been on
the road for several weeks and is
expected wlthla a few days.
JUNE OUTPtrr.&PLENDID.
Sumptcr District Mines Cleaned Up All
of 1350,000.
Estimates based on the production
of ore In the Sumpter mining district
for the past month give much greater
returns than heretofore. The deep
sinking operation carried on In most
of the leading properties have result
ed In opening up a larger area of min
ing territory and consequently an In
creased production has resulted.
According to the estimate that are
at hand from the best source obtain
able, the Bonanza is said to have clear
ed up during June 150,000; the North
Pole, $80,000; the Columbia $45.
000; Golconda, 135,000; the Badger
$30,000; total. $240,000. The produc
tion Of the Rerl Rot U -arlr..al- ....
ed to be from $25,000 to $50,000. and
luereiure snouia De added to tae to
tal production.
There ar man- nit,.. -....,
- j "'- irtri LlB
that are constantly ehlnnln nr.
away for treatment at smelter. It I
impossible to get any figure a to the
value of these ores, aa no Mun. ...
Slven from the smelter recelvine-
them, except to the owners, and the
latter aa a rule are opposed to mak
ing public these figure. It would be
afe In fixing the total at $35,000 for
the month. This total Include the
cleanup from many claim in the dis
trict that are not Antrina win. .v..
big producer!. This also include the
output of tbe placers aa far a can
be learned.
' Oregon King Looking Up.
ae Oregon ...ng mine, which ha
leen shut down for several year on
xccount of litigation. Is again holst
ng ore. The management 1 lookiag
for more miner and preparing to
make heavy shipments. To give .
'dstory of this mine wonld be to re
)eat that of other propertie accident
y, discovered, abandoned, relocated
tnd developed sufficiently to make a
rial shipment, which waa found to
Tlve surprising returns. Shipment
followed, which. after deducting
"harges for a 60-mile wagon haul to
'he then termlnna nt th. rAi.. .ki.
Southern railway, which waa being
extended southward, and freight from
there to the ameiter at Tocama net
ted over $105 per ton.
Not Enough Water.
The voter of the
walla Walla river Irrigation district
lear Frewater tornot Hr,n ti,. n
uositlon to form an IrH-ntinn
district bv 89 to k th.
era living at the upper end of the dis
trict killina- the nmnnaltio- ru. th.
ground that the river does not give
inougn water wnen at low ebb for
those holding riparian rights, where
18 it an irrigation rl I otHr-t
d including both themselves and
those below them, they would have
to divide what water was with those
lelow them. A thrnA-flrtha VS. am r9
the residents waa required to carry
me esiauiisnmeni.
Hot Contest for La ad.
A contest of more than usual lmnor-
tance waa begun In the Oregon City
Land Office a few day ago. Import
mt is tbe contest because an entire
section of heavllv tlanha-orl lor. ,4 In.
cated ner Corvallls. Benton county,
i involved. It Is estimated that the
section contain 16,000,600 feet of
ine timber. There am fnnr antra.
men, each having filed apon a quarter
ection, and there are as many con
testants on the ground that the en
trymen abandoned and did not prove
tip properly on the land.
Prospects for New Flax Mill.
James Boyce. a millionaire of Mun-
cle. Ind.. who Is at Salem, is investi
gating the prospects for a new flax
mill in that city. He has made a for
tune in that business, and ia impress
ed with the idea that such an industry
wouia De a paying one there. He I
much pleased with the excellence of
the Oregon flax fibre, and may back
Mr. Kugene uosse, the local flax-grower.
In tbe construction of a mill to
manufacture the flax fibre into a
marketable product.
P0RTLA.NJ) MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 77078c: val-
ley, 7Pc.
Barley Feed. I19.0 ner ton: brew.
ing, $20.
Flour Best grade. $4.10 A 6.10:
graham $3,356)3.75.
Millituff Bran. $23 ner ton: mlri.
dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white. $1.07 ra 1 n7U.
gray, $1 05 per cental.
Hav Timothv. $19020: r!or
nominal; cheat, $15(816 per ton.
Potato Beet Bnrbanke, 70O76
per sack; ordinary, 35040 per cental,
grower' price; Merced sweet, $33)
3.50 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c;
young, 1617)jo; hen, 12e; turkey,
live, 1012c; dressed, 1415c; duck,
t4.00a5.00 per dosen; teeaa, $8.00a
$.50.
Cheese Full cream, twin. lSQ
16c; Young America, 15 X a 16c; fact
ory prices, 191c less.
Butter Fancy creamery, .022X
per pound; extras, 22c; dairy, 20d
Uc store, 160O17.
Eggs JO 21 c per dozen. '
Hep Chobe, ISO! Ac per pound.
Wool Valley, 1718e; Eastern Or.
egon, 12015c; mobair, 360370.
Beef Gross, cow, 304e, per
pound; steers, 65)jc; dre.eed, 7Jje.
Vl-7Xt48c
Mutton Gro, 3e per pound;
dnsMd. 6X0o.
Lam haGrose. 4c n nnnnrl.
dresesd, To.
- Hog Grose, 6(joJe par pound
dreseed, tlt.