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VOL. XX. r;"r" - . ;
OKEGON, FRIDAY. AUOUHT 14, 1903T NO35
B,'H!1!LB,'II'F' III" " . i I FALL IN MASS. ""
III
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HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
. nYAhrnin, rrar,
I'ltOVESSIOXAL,
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J. B. GODFREY.
rn'o!Xcv-jr-un
m Estate and Timber Lands Soil
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ST. HELENS,
EVENTS OF THE DAY I
I
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
LIBERTY VI-RV BBIIJP,
ST.
AIIHTIUl'TM MAlIKi
IIKLKNN, ORKUOtf
kr.iMi.laii..n
Mi .
JOHN A. HKCK
PMI.KK IH
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S. II. CiKUHKR.
ronxi:r-.rr-Ltv. Watches, Diamonds, Silverware,
(isira with R. K ljuirk, IFWCI dv
Kjmiriiifc a SiM'cia.fy.
Compr,h.. Review of ,h. lmtmrt
am Happenings of the Paat w 1,
Presented In ComtcnKd rorm, Most "'"UKk thit "'ing after overpowering
Murderers Break Jail al Cheyanne, Wyo,
- rwrce struggle with Jailor.
Uieyenne, Wyo., Aug. 12. Tom
Horn, the condemned murderer of lit
tle Willie NUkell. and Jim McCloud,
In custody for postodlce robbery, es-
ped from the county tail at 8:40
l ikely to Prov. tere.tlng to Our D'",,y hhwilt Pro'tori bt !r "P
HT IIKIr-Xa. i t OHXiltlX
Will I baal toaraiMiat IKtillnfl la all aal
hi.ori aiiliti.lail lu m III piat'llr la ail
li. M.i ami i iiiif.i main otiiu,
W. II. POWHLL,
. TTOHXE i'-J 7'- Li
inn tv iiihihiit arroaaav.
1 111 KN. t l OKKUOtt,
Ir. Kilwiu
Physician ami Surgeon A
HT. ilKI.KNa.OKKt.O.V.
lr. H. I. C'lilT,
Physician am Surgeon A
Kl IIKl.KNM'ltKOON.
Watts & Price,
lK4i.r.a isu
Floor and Feed
Choice Groceries
Staple Dry Goods
Best Qoalitj Shoes
Hardware and Notions
FOI PORTUNO DAILY
Steamer Iralda
C. I, Httfkkirk, MaiUr.
RAILROAD TIMK.
l-aata. M.lnl.r.l.ilt lr Ifmt.l Mnii.ta. kf... t..
mt, mi a M Arnnig f,t,m hi fvrti
rtlM'k MaliitHlti lu.u t...n a .. .
M, alrrttllt! ai M flrlrtl. .1 I..
Passemers and Fast Freijlit.
l"lri..Ml USIUXii. TAVUill KT
A STORIA & COLUMBIA RIVER
Ul iuilroad company.
Many (trader.
eural MIIki da. !. f..p ......
uiisa ior an natloiii.
Hopportera of the Iri.l, land hill be-
in aage l now aminred.
Tl.. a. .ii.i . .
..w uMiaiiiiiv UJuriilw am Im.Ii... .....
nn ..... . .
" hi prior io the big aca.
Ililrtr llinie more hodiea hav I n
ain irom tiie II,
mine.
laona, Wyoming
latino inimu inv LmiMt nu i
the moat notiriooa in f ram. haa l.n
leairoyea liy Hte.
The iiitrnational typonraphical un
ion ramromiwl lla uth ninn.l ...
ion ai waaiiinlgon.
lunny Katge r4lea Ixttwero Great
nritaln and tl,. I nited Hiatus
dwiiiwl imprariicable.
A hanaa wi man lout a lutll m a
"in ronlalnlng 7,600. liailroad de-
i tivi 0Uj it ,r ,,er
i Canadian Tacltic railroad hit
tutod after a brief but ezcltine chata.
The ringing of fife belli brought hun-
drodaof armed cltUena to the acene
and It looked for Mme an IbooKh a
lyn hing would lake place, bat the et-
aipm were hurriedly brought hack to
Hie Jail and placed in their eel li be-
lore the crowdi could form tbemaelvea
into mob. The men did not get hot
two blocka iwy Wore they were re-
tiiann.
Ihe plot which led to their encarje
" wen planned. Horn and McCloud
were the only priaonera confined on
me upper floor of the jail. The oc
cupied atoel eel la, eo arranged that
tuuiinumuiiion waa cctnuarntiTely
. inn morning McUload com
plained to Deput Proctor of lin lit
nu mjnented aonie medicine and
glani of water. Uponlreturnini with
the articlm acked for, be dimovered
tliat the men had left their eel la
which were not locked, and had walked
to (he end of the (orridnr thrz-noh
wincn mey were allowed to emm
Work
SUMPTER MINES. NEW NATURALIZATION LiWl
Oovcrnor Announce Provlalooa Agalnat
Illegal Immigrant a.
For the Information of all concern
ed In Oreerm nnrn n...k..i.i.
wougar mine, run tunnel will open I K , :, -...c..o.u
up the three veina on the nroru.n nag ma,I Public a letter received br
Ore atiaaying floo to the ton la being I nlm ,ron the department of state 4t
waahlngton. D. C, calling attention
Improvement and Development
Programing Rapidly.
Another croaacut tunnel la holnr
driven on the Modoc mine In the
uougar mine. Thla tunnel will
Oaiiv.
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Oli'jjou.
Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG
... ra.ua...l 1 TaiiMai o l a. I
--.- w. r a w. lot
......... mm,mmm. wmmit i rrnut, Hmtimi
a (.
A.tl,l.,,, ,mdar, l
n.., ,a H.I., at I a ai.
Steamer NORTHWEST
l.r., IWllaml Mondav. Wmlnlv
n i r Hday nighia at at 10 p. m., for the
"!" l"i'" nirntio.ir.1 abova and To
wn, ira.'hlng ler ..i,, ml ,0
a. in. mi Hi Mluwliitf ,la li.i..ru.
ilie lt Iravwi Tllo at nn. and'
.iH'hii al 6.3)in the a(trnHn
lhtir.lav and hundava,
aM u .lm0Bai. 1 HOI. MAM. Ag.al.
ntcvicao
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10 ID Ml Mai.hlaixl 9 0: ; j
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10 .7 at t kn.itl , !.'. I;
I. m mt HiriiMMi., air a;
11 II i I John par ; V a jo
II ai , Ailnlla I I ? ,
Iwlared a dividend of S'i per cent for When Proctor Ojiened the door to the
corriuor, oe waa pounced upon by the
io men and KM-urelv boand with
rd w hi. h thev had Been rod
manner. Horn and McCloud demand
e-1 tint he give them bin key and al
though Proctor bad them on hit person
n ri'piku mat toey were locked up i
i ne aaie.
Proctor was then conducted to the
the ail month jntt ended.
mains wuranr oi rniiauelptila
nave given up their strike. Over 10,
nave ra'.urord to work.
Grain field flrei near f!akerfi.-ld,
Cel., lav deatroyed tlmiinndi of
arte of wheat and pasture,
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All Ir.tt. inNfc. rl.M f4HitiiH.tli.il. .1 ImiI.i
lll N...tl..:n farltu. iralna l an, I lt..in lhr
I..I .uj ....iul miIhI. Al Pufllaii-I allkall
ifalu. Ira. ma Ciiiaii .ti.i. At At!'rta wllh I,
M A N in lnal ami tail pMa ali'l ilfanirr
1 I foliai 10 ali'l pim llaaii aul Nmili
h t.ltil.
r.wi.fri.L.t I4lnrl. rtraay mIiiu mini fUi
nit al II.Millon 1 raili. will .li.ii In lal na.
l.i. nil .1 IPiiiMmii a hfa r.Miillis Irom 1111 11M
aa.l ..(H..I.I, J. nai a.
i.ra lat. At-. Amnria. Or
Thru. IL.........I I
!.rik. CrippFeCrck i. 0,. d"'B ""' ' "
to p ahipmenU to ameller. , ..Inning , ',,')red' .b.ut .on op"'" tl"
to grant H-hour day.
ilia Inaurrwtionary movement
Macedonia ia spreading.
tntelty of ni'ble to their Aaerican
ivet will fonv many to axk lot di
von ea.
Chinese of .New York have
the
sale, Proctor snatched from inside
gun and turned on . the m-:n. The?
w ii too quick for him, howover, and
soon bore him down. In the brief
struggle Proctor fired hi revolver
them four times alightly wounding
jicviouu
The shooting attracted the attention
P- of Heputy Know, who hastened to the
titionml Secretary lay lo taie Ihe re- Uene, but waa met at the doorway by
(fir maa ra I i . . ' .
laliarlallr lasrl.it.
naiataailr ifrikllraa.
Neat from all the wnrld-Wfll
ritlen, original aUjrlea An
wrra lo iur,rlra Articles on
ilraltli, the lloiue, New flocks,
and un Work A Unit the Farm
and Harden,
Is a niembcr of the Associated
Press, the Duly Woslern Newa
pser receiving the entire ule
graphlu nes service of the New
Vork Bun aud special cable of
the New York World dally re
pot ! from over 2.W0 aiiei-ial
rorrespondeiil throughout the
country.
YEAR QNE DOLLAR
lufcsrrlae far The ONI VOI !WIT
las Wa.klf later caa
la paaer lar l.40.
rj ion po
POrtTl.atD, U4II.V
-IIIIMO
America"
Wiilamett Slough Route
lave H. Ilrletit .
Arrive at Purtland
lA-ave Portland
Arrive al Ht. Ilrlvnt
:30 A M
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IH P M
4 It: 40 ! ;) I a.
Will I'arrv Nnllilns but l'an-
rr. and la-t Freight.
former.
Henator Morgan saya, foraker and
not Hooaevelt, will lie Ihe republican
nominee for president.
Sa'e erackera blew open a safe with
in two blocks of the police station at
Portland and secured flftO.
The poe gave his blessing to the
world from inside and not Irom the
balcony at waa hoped by many.
0 plain Charles J. Rarclay, of the
Puget sound navy yard, is now ranking
ofneer on the list of navy captains,
A Ifatticahurg, Mia., mob chiseled
into the fail, secured tiie negro who
shot a jailer, and then hanged him.
President liooevvelt and Secretary
Root did not eulogise Miles because
they felt that he was not deserving of
praise,
A tornado swept the mining district
of Pituhiirg, Kan., killing four,
wounding BO and doing great damage
to projerty.
Lieutenant General Miles has
tired.
McCloud, who had secured possession
oi a snoTgnn in some manner. Snow
retreated and Horn and McCloud es
caped through a rear door of the tail
alter binding the arms of Deputy Proc
tor. .Mi-cioiki eei-ured the only horse
in the therifT's stable and mounted the
animal and tUited toward the weat.
Horn ran in the opposite direction.
BUTTE JAIL YAWNS.
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CoevaiOMTS Ao.
AntimaaanSlii a.aalrli an ilaaonwinn aaa
aalcalr aaiwlaln our iplnu.n rraa whacbar aa
laa.nl..a I. arobal'lf palaiilaala. I uniniuiilra
lluti. .irimlv atintil.iillal. Italiilbiwk ou Calaul
aaul f'aa. OMaal aaaiirr liw aarMniia Salanu.
palania lakaa thnmall Munn A To. racalTS
aafrtai arflta, allhiml Wr la Ik
Scientific Jfitcrlcatt.
haailaomalr Illn.lrala4 aaatlr. I arta.1 He.
mlalliin ul any ti-laiitln r'limal. lira... S.I a
an limrmi.iiitu.IL SuM brail naaKlralara.
MUKN Co New York
M,iVt4 iiaicV ca r tt- Waakioaiua. P. C.
How About Your Title? !
1
9 tt Ydtt Hit ft K It It all I
JV KKt oKPIIiai siivarn..
J rai'i'nia ami ahow wlial I
p mam ifresf
rlihl? Hainaintwr Dial It ll tit
II it our liiiaiuraa In araivh lha
Ihay i-nulalii lu mlailnn In Unit
i.i. h.au...iIb l.u.liia la.u.1 nr liialll HB lllolll'T un rrai
a.lal. -nurlly, lakn no main vmnl. bul Iml.i iiikiii kuimlm wlial
Ihe rmor.1 .Low. r.nlln lli.ilila. A""'";'' 'L" JV .1!?
aitoixt. Hiatal on having II. Wt hava lh onlv a. ol alulra
l.uoka In ilia ,-ouuly. AlTwiirk .r.im.llvriwiu-il ami
auaraiilaail. II ymi hav .roK.nv lu liiautealvauaa mil. We ar,
aamil. lor lha lial Ilia Hiaiiraiii ruiumula.ru , Ihe "orM. II vou
have propari) lur aal lll It wllh us ami wo will ti1 h)r.
. E. QUICK & CO.,
jr. hucms. ontooH
Roocevelt is iii favor cf a more elas
tic currency.
Bulgaria will be neutral in the Mace
donia trouble.
Mere Russians have bten killed hy
troops in lalmr troubles.
Fire at Barcelona, Spain, rendered
3,000 families homeless and destitute.
Mayor Tom I., Johnson, of Cleve
land, Ohio, will be a candidate for gov.
ernor.
Foreign conauli will not allow the
delivery of reformers to China for ex-
I edition.
Cane Colony will not be represented
at the 1D04 fair as whs originally the
intention.
An Insane man hat been killed .by
officers by mistake In searching for the
Folsoai convicts.
Toiie Pius gave Canlinal Gibbons
private audience at which he expressed
his interest in America.
T. A. Wood, a I'oi Hand attorney,
may be debarred for practices in prose.
cuting Indian war veterans' claims.
Wlllard S. Allen, a prominent Boston
attorney and treasurer of Methodist
0 resellers' aid society, has confessed 'O
nmbesiling (80,000 of the society's
funds.
A fire at Fort 8cott, Kan., caused
loss of 70,000.
Gorman feels confident of Demo-
ratlc success in 1U04.
Greatest Clubbing Combina-
Ction)
TWO WKKKLY l'APKUS FOB THK OF
(INK (1 UKATK8T BAKUAIN IS GOOD RKADING.
Bv a tpeciHl arrangninent we aro able to furnish Tim Omkoon Mist
mid THK WKKKLY CAPITAL JOURNAL at the following club
bing price for both papers:
far line tear In Aal vaiice.l.50
terMIx irioulkia In Advance, 15e
The Weekly Jouriitt), of Salem, Ore., fvliita most Inside news about
our state government and the full legislative proceedings. Just
what you want for the coming session. The Journal is a large
right pnge paper full of tclcgmphio newt of the whole world. Sam
pie copy furnished free upon Inquiry at tb.il office.
Russian troops hive whipped and
otherwise cruelly treated striking I bor
ers. Lewis, the colored Folsom, escape,
has been retaken at Auburn, shot in
ihe legs.
The gross earnings ol the Union Ta-
,'lfio for the past year bIiow an increase
if I ,574,900.
Navy yard ofacers refused to eat with
1 colored officer, but were not backed
up by the officials.
Seattle thieves took a safe from the
Washington hotel and blew it open in
be heart of the city.
Fifty Filipinos have been sent to
prison for long terms for participat
ing in raids on towns.
General Miles' desire for national G.
A. R. honors Is causiug great discord
and my disrupt the organisation.
Murderer and Highwaymen Escape Eaa-
lly-Oct the Drop oa the Jailor.
Butte, Mont., Aug. 12. Three mur
dorers, two under sentence of death, 1
stage robber wauled In Wyoming and
two highwaymen, escaped from the
Sliver Bow county jail ehoitly after i
o'clock this evening, without any diffi
culty. The men who escaped aie
L. L. Felker, who escaped once before
Charles Lenox and James Maitin. J,
ft. Wools, alias Joe Rodgere. and Pat
rick Kodgert Frank Oestroff is
wanted in Cheyenne for holding up a
stage coacii. ine latter and Joe Rod
gers were caught within an hoar after
they escaped. Oeitroa wee armed.
Oi stroff and Rodgert planned the de
livery. Oeatroff compl lined of beine
rick and a doctor was called in. When
the jailor opened tiie corridor, Oetroff
dropped a revolver on Jailor William
IKilan, and then took the kers from
him. Oestroff Uien. with the aid of
Joe Rodgres, opened the cells of the
prisoners, and the jailor was overpow
ered.
Oestroff kept Dolan at hay while' the
other prisoners walked out of the jail.
One of them secured a revolver from
he jailor's office. Lenox and Martin
went out the rear war of the jail, and
the others cooly walked out the main
entiance. Oestroff was run down oy a
horseman, and was completely ex
h,aDHted when caught.
taken from the old workings.
A complete holatlna plant haa been
oroered by the Prairie Diggings man
agement, which will be installed im
mediately upon Ita arrival. The shaft
is now down 80 rMt.
The vein of the Dliie sroun has rie
veloped a width of 60 feet. This
property ia located on Granite Boul
der Creek about four miles from the
wonderful Mornina mine In the
ureenhoru district.
The May Queen management Ie
10 me sew provision of the United
States naturalization laar Th..
new provisions took effect ii.i
nf provide that, in order to be
1903,
Walk at Baaeball Park Olves Way, Kin.
Ing Four People.
Philadelphia, Aoe. 11
, sons are dead, at least 12 are thonVht
w De latally Injured, and fully 160
others are hurt, some seriously, a, the
result o an accident which occurred
&,' J,lIPb.- National
4... para, a board walk
JeH to the street, carrying 200 spec.'
Two games were tchedaled beween
T 'bi""lePi this afternoon
.... KUiHi orew over 10,000 per-
sons to ths ball park. The accident
oenrred at 5:40,. Mock and waTindi.
rectly due to a on.,.
I f I run k art . , "lawil IWO
I r. . , me srreet.
TL. KT.
tin.l . : 'SV
: . T . " anuB ,re D" t of steel
end brick, the brick wall extend in, m
tire y aronnd the g ronnds. At thl t
valid, a court recom nr na.tr.n..
tlosj must show that the person nat
uralized Is not onnnaeH In a I! nr..n.
ised government nor affiliated wirh
any organization so opposed; that he
does not advocate the unlawful as
saulting or killing of officers of the
now eroctinr a hr.iirr .v.. government; that be has nnt i,.iat.H
property, ft will be capable of sink ' .th,e Provisions of the said act ! heavy weiirht Man h
ing to a depth of 600 feet. The May lT'f1? '"migration of aliens iDj on the wllk
ia ne ubs enmpuea with
Queen Is in the Red Boy district. The
machinery recently received here foi
the hoisting plant of the Midway
group is now being rapidly installed
A sawmill Is also being erected.
An order for BOO more cords of
wood has been Klven by the K. & E
management. This wood is being de
livered at the hoist building, which
no doubt means the extensive oper
ating or the plant.
Ore for shipment is now being
sacked by the Valley Queen manage
ment. A winze Is being sunk, and
has encountered a high grade of
quarts.
The new sampling mill recently
erected by Arthur r McBwen is com
pleted and a teat run has Just been
made on ore from the Flora M. prop
erty near town.
the complete satisfaction ef
owners.
The management of the Copper
opolis property located In the Quartz
burg district, announces that work
will be resumed in a few days. The
main crosscut tunnel is now In over
600 feet. A drift has also been run on
copper ledge. This drift will be
extended over 100 feet.
lha
terms of previous acta on the .,,mw
11 J
11.UII BUZBIIOD.
ine new act also reauires thai
every certificate of nanraiiatinn
shall specifically recite that the pro-
'""" i mis ana previous acts have
been compiled with, and if It fails In
any particular It is null and void. The
aci maaing the additional regulations
n"pravea on March 3
ENLARQE THB RESERVE.
More Lane Withdrawn From Settlement
la Oregon City District.
Nine townships of land In riacba.
mas. Marlon and Linn counties have
been withdrawn from reiilsm
The mill worked to I telegraphic orders from Acting Com-
me 1 "iinmuner 01 me uind once Flmple.
uc ruwnsnips are rrom 5 t0 13 ).
luslve In ranee 4 pant immi.i.i.
adjoining the Cascade forest raaarvo
on the east. Each township contains
3.040 acres, and the whole number of
acres In the nine townships with
2rawa Is 207.360. All of township 11
and two-thirds of township 12 are un
surveyed land. Of the whole area
withdrawn from settlement. 81,320
seres are vacant land, of which .
400 acres are unsurveyed.
ine action of the general land ofBee
is construed to mean that the interior
lepartment is desirous of extending!
the reserve.
SECURES RIOHT OF WAY,
People Who are Behind the Oregon A
Pacific Hard at Work,
While they are saying but little tht
people who are behind the Oregon
Pacific Railroad are working diligent
ly, and a railroad line from Grantr
Pass to Crescent City will undoubt
edly be a reality within the next year
Colonel T. Wain-Morgan Draper, chief
engineer of the proposed road, is a
very busy man. looking after the but
veying or tne ttne, and the manage-
ment of the Waldo Smelting t Min
ing Company a copper properties at
waldo,
In Behalf of Shuaaw Harbor.
The Commercial Club, nf c,i..n.
an uiuursea a netitlnn nrananj v.-
O. W. Hurd. of Florence whlr-h win
be presented to the secretary of war
iuu i-uuKress on nehair nr ih. i..n,
of Oregon, asking the government to
.uininue wen commenced mnrma
ucuio 011 me letrv in lha Hfitain. v..
1 - . - "-"'" "1"
our. ine petition bore th injn...
of the left field seat., .d extending
romthegrandnUndto the bleacher.
which overhnng the street. It win
this walk that . T.M
J a-KWa Sjauaa
An Ihft aA a
log on the walk . JZL 'TTT
diaturbame In the street. They leaned
. . ..uuuin, ana arew the atten.
ion of the other snec.ator.4tX,
the top row. o the bleacher.. The,
omirred what is seen almost ever, day
t a ball game-, rosh to see bit the
other specutors were looking at.
:fif8 .Wa'k t9rme overcrowded, and
without a momeot", warning 200 feet
of it (ell to the sidewalk, SO be
low, carrying .11 wbo 'Were Tn
There were probably 3,000 person, .iu
ting on the left field bleacher, and the
roar made by the falling tjffiber.cre!
ted. panic. i.Untly the .pect.tora
r.?" misee nd msh down
m ?u?Dl iDto tha tf'y Held.
Men and boys climbed over one.nother
in their effort to earan .vi
gronnds J Notwithstanding what had
't:'1 P!v.r.Mdth.
mad rush, but thev
were swept aside in thai. - 17. 7.
efforto. and several person, were badly
hurt in the crush. '
Be Re.
wno are me principal DicKere of ,h " . ; . '"w
of the new road. Colonel Draper 7rZl i,V .8J"uTfgal,on ln.
v have aecured rieht nf rV.T' '1 . ... . l . Present In
states that they have secured right of
way for more than three-fourths of
the road from Grants Pass to Gas
quet. Cal.. and have selected all of
the stations on the line. At each of
the places where stations have been
selected ample rights of way has been
given not only for a depot but also fot
sidings-
Portland and will brine lha um.
ter before the commercial bodies of
""1 cuy. uaier oe wiil visit San
r.auciaiu ana secure ni,i tmm ..
. , LC
anippers mere.
Au
Coming Events.
Ninth annual regatta. Astoria.
gust l ll.
State fair. Salem, September 14-19.
Second Southern Oregon District
fair, Eugene, September zS-Octoher S.
summer association of the North
west Indian agencies, Newport, Au
gust 17-27.
Klamath county fair. Khmath
rails, October .
Good roads convention. Jackaea-
vllle, AuguBt IS.
Fruitgrowers' convention. JacSsoa
vine. August 15.
Teachera' institute. Tillamook. Julv
2 31.
Knights of Pythlaa convention. As
toria, August 20-Z1.
Teachers' institute. La Grande. Au
gust 17 11.
Senators on a Sandbar.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 12. When
the steamship St. Paul left Nome 10
days ago, United States Senators Nel
son, of Minnesota; Pattersou, of Colo
rado, and Dillingham, of Vermont,
were stuck on a sandbar in the Yukon
river, 200 miles above Nulato. Thee
senators compose part of the senatorial
committee appointed to investigate
Alaskan affairs. After visiting Skng
way and Juneai, they went to Dawson
and inspected Klondike mines. They
started for the mining camp, on the
Lower Yukon on the steamer Van Vleet.
Trappings for National Quant
The ad infant-general's ofilce of the
Oregon National Guard has been no
tified that a shipment of 9S9 Unltei
states rifles and 60 carbines, to
gether with bayonets, belts, scabbards
slings, etc.. Is on the way to Portland
and will arrive here in ample time for
the annual encampment in Septem
Gold Fever la Clackamaa.
ureal excitement, not wlihnm
vaurc, uievaus in in. nniitrm ...
of Clackamas county because of the
rcceni oiscoveries by ocal minin.
i-.irenuiajyuuia in; immensely pay
ing quantitiesSiajr' been located on
claims that hawNjjieen repeatedly
-Ui7u nun pmsDecteavTor the in
ten years, buthe hidderialth was
ujer aiscioeea oerore. Samies that
will assaytietween 12000 and atwnn
me iuu save oeen brought to Orejron
-."J j me tuitrn-aiea nwn.ra in.
iwuae excitement exists.
Warships at Regetta.
a telegram has been nvoivAit h
the Astoria regatta committee from
the secretary of the navy, stating that
the gunboat Alert had been ordered
to Astoria for the regatta. Assur
ances have also been received from
Secretary Moody that the New York.
Marblehead and Bennington - will be
ordered here if they return from the
aiasxan cruise in time.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 76 78c: blue-
ttem, 7881c; valley, 7980c.
Hour v alley, 13.60(33.85 oer har.
her. There will be nothing lacking In I rel ; lard wheat straights, $3.60(33. 85;
the new equipment of the home sol hard wheat, patents, II. 10(4.80
aiery. The selection of an encamp
ment site hangs fire on account of the
railroad rates. It is expected that r
decision will be reached this week as
to where the mobilization will take
place.
Broad Hint to Power. .
London, Aug. 12 The Time, prints
a dispatch from Shanghai, which says
that the anniversary of the capture id
Niu Chwang was celebrated, and that
M. Grossee, the Russian administrator.
issued formal invitations for the inaug
uration of the Russian civil adminietra-l
tion building, and that this was Inter
preted as equivalent to the declaration
to the representatives of the other pow
ers that they could not claim a footing
of equality or right, in this pjrt.
Meteor's Blsze of Light.
Chickasha, I. T., Aug. 12 During
a heavy thunder storm last night, a
meteor fell here with blaxe of light
and a shower of spark, that lit up the
country for miles around. The aerol
ite strut k the earth In the back yard
of Mrs. Sarah Sibley. Mrs. Sibley
was severely stunned. A terrific ex
plosion occurred as the meteor struck
and incandescent fragments flew in all
directions. The tulephoue system was
wrecked.
Insane Population 0 rowing.
The report of Superintendent J. F
Calbreath. of the state insane asylum
for July, shows that during the month
the population nf that Institution in
creased from 1324 to 1332. During
the month 38 new patients were re
ceived and one escape returned.
Fourteen pntients were discharged.
16 died and one eloped. Of the pa
tients enrolled July 31 there were
939 males and 393 females. The av
erage expense of maintenance wan
19.31 per month, or 30 cents per day
The total value of articles consumed
was $6316.39.
Large Oat Crop.
The yield of oats in Clackamap
county -this year will be the laraest of
any year I have ever witnessed." said
County Treasurer Cahlll. who has
lived In that county for 30 years, in
discussing crop conditions. "Wheat
Is also generally good throughout the
eounty, continued the speaker, "and
I forecast . good yield of that cereal."
The hay crop In Clackamas county
was exceptionally large and it has
been years since a large crop of fruit
of better quality has been harvested
there. Harvest season Is late.
To Train Kindergartens.
The professional department of rhe
Weston State Normal School has
been enlarged by the addition of the
chair of applied kindergarten. Miss
Violet Elizabeth Bowlby, of Astoria,
haa been elected to thla position.
uraham, 13 S.TS; whole wheat,
13 611(31.00: rye wheat, $1.00.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton: brewinn.
$21; rolled, $21021.60.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07W: erav.
$1 05 per cental.
Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton : ml I.
dlings, $27; ihorts, 123; chop, 18;
iiuat-eu uairy 100a, f is.
Hay Timothy, old, $20 per ton:
new, $14(315; clover, nominal: Brain.
$12; cheat, nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery, 20(9 22
per pouna; dairy, nominal; store, 16
17c.
Cheese roll cream, twins, 14c;
oung America, 14c; factory prices,
t(i ,sc lesr.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, lla
UlsC per pound; Bpring, 6(utl7o;
hens, 12(12Sc; broilers. $2(3 per
ovsen; turkeys, live, 10(21 12c per
pound; dressed, 14 (ft 15c; ducks, $1(6
per dozen ; geese, $ncrH.50.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 19(?20c,
Potatoes Old Burbankt, 70 75c
per sack, growers' prices; new pota
toes, Oregon, 80e$l per sack; Call-
fornla, lc per pound.
Wheat Sacks In Iota of 100, Sc.
Beef Gross steers, $3.75(34.25;
dressed, 8,S7.lg'c per pound.
Veal 80 per pound.
Mutton Gross. $3; dressed, 69
6c; lambs, gross, $3 60; dressed, 7c.
Hogs Gross, $5.6005.75; dressed,
7c. 1
Hops 1902 crop, 15(9 16c per pound.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 4(5c;
No. 2 and grease, 2s(93o.
Wool Valley, 17(2 18c; Eastern
OCEAN TAKING ISLAJNDS.
laamota (iroap Is Destined to
Claimed by Waters.
Papete, Tahiti, July 26, i Sw
ancisco, Au. 11 T.
that the Wends known variously a the
i-ow. Archipelago, or Tnaaotn group
are destined to be rcl.i,-j v.- .u" o p
.;. . . . - "J w rn-
.u. j-aei January they were
wept by . flood composed of high
waves from the ocean and lesser one.
from the inclosed lagoon., .nd in cZ
sequence nearly 600 of the inhbitto
were drowned and property to the val
ue of $500,000 was de.froyed Ind
now six month, later, fierce gale.
i!',hwe8t d theat h.v.
agam caused great surging crest to
sweep over some of the Ijlandg. So
far only -four person. ., said to have
perished but the fear is great that
H. distressing list of fetal.
The steamer Excelsior suffered mnch
damage during the eerie, of gale, while
she was on her trip from Tahiti to the
Marquesas eronD. Threa nf -p
I - a r- WaaV A UtBljU
otu island, were under water to such
an extent that tha Inh.Mi-.. w.j
climb cocoanut traa 1...
Houses and store.. --j
. ' 1 - m unaiiy
the cocoanut tnwa j...
while the inhabitanta h..i . .1 ' ,',
to death. " t""
REBELS ARB ACTIVa
Mace Ionian Uprialng Affects More Cities
-uynamixe Being Frccty Used.
Constantinople. Auir. ll TV.. i.
surrectionary mcvemeot in Macedonia
appear, to be widening. Bands are
reported to be active in the Sanj.k oi
Usknbandthe district or Krushevo,
where the government telegraph office,
have been dynamited, whila in tha jj
trict of Dibra four Rni,ari.n .m.
have risen, provoking a corresponding
ris ng in tne neighboring Albanian
villages. According to the ititamaai.
of the porte, however, the authorities
have succeeded in calming the Alban
ians and induced ' them In Mtnn .
their homes.
King In Fear for His Life.
Cologne, Ann. 11 Kino p.i i
Servi. is being openly terrorized by
hi. eutorage, according to the Belgrade
advice, ol the Cologne Gaaetta. Ma,i
of the present oonrt officials who par
ticipated in the murder of King Alex
ander and Queen Drags appear to have
objected strongly to the appointment
of Colonel Leiscbjanin, the Servian at
tache at Constantinople, to the noat of
court martial. The official gazette vaa.
terday contained the aDnointmant W
shortly after it. publication all copie.
of the gazette were called in.
Urges Brazil to Increase Navy.
New York, Aug. 11 While discuss
ing naval estimates in the chamber of
deputies, Thomas Cavaleante ha., ac
cording to a Herald dispatch from Rio
Janeiro, wiied the member, of tha pos
sibility of foreign aggression and plead
ed that Brazil should place herself in
position to oppose the attack, of a
European country. Particular .tree,
was placed on danger of agrgseslon by
Germany, and the deputy urged that
Brazil build np . navy at once.
Fleet Not Off for China.
Washington, Aug. 11. The nvjr de
partment today authorized . denial of
the report that the Europe n squadron
is destined to Chinese and Japanese
waters. It is stated that the ciulsa of
the squadron will probably be confined
to tbe Mediterranean until Decern ha.
next, when the entire squadron will
sail for the West Indies to take part in
the naval maneuvers arranged for next
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