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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1903)
nn OREGON MIST. VOL. XX. "PROFESSIONAL. J ,,rHV rtmi.lt'. I'oKV.rAM'IKO. J. B. GODFREY, rrroHXicv-A-i'-un: Ecal Estate 8Di Timber Lands Soil A IIH lit AU'l'M MAIIKi FT. HT. I .KNH. ORICUOM s. li. guubi'h7 jTTOttXFA'-AT-LiW. Iff'' M I it I, K. Wlttlrh. M lir.l.kN. ! I MHU'iOM. Will.iia hrai ixnit tnaiiMiin l all lal ri .M.K liliH.lrl to III ilrlke lu til j,a MIU.I I llll ! OllHa. 7 V. II. POWELL, jTWnXFV-AT-MW. i.rri rv imiun t ai lottitrV. it ii;ifcs. I ! IKK'10M. Ir. KdwSn Kokm, J'nsician ami Surgeon. HT. UKI.KNH. OKKUON. Dr. ii. H.rnir, J'Jnsirion ami Surgeon nr. iiklknh.ohkuon. Watts & Price, - I-I Al.m IN- Flour and Feed Choice Groceries Staple Dry Goods Best Quality Sboes Hardware and Notions Si'ajtjimwo, Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG I t'uitiai.'t an Tttwt thur.lar and Sat UI.1.J al I ( 0. luf r M,,'tnt. Kaltmt, Carroll t Paint, Rami) ArtUimal f..,ian.l ,,i,,1r, MM l.4 e...t ll.ar al i p w. Sterner NORTHWEST j.a furllntiil Monday, Wednesday in. I I fi.litjr myitis l Hi 10 p. ni., fur the mr d.mt uiPiitionH aUiva ami To U.I.., ir,liini ill Imirr place ni It) m. mi tin. iiillioii day. Returning. Ilir lmt lmr liilnlii at mum, an J (! I!i -k at 4 ;SU Hi the altrrnoun, Turr.lam, Tliiittilavi and f-itinlsvi, Imiiiif 1'i.rtlnn.l enrlv in the morning. Wna I fuo o( aalronq at U IIJl.il AS. Altai Ii IS S T Saliarlallv .earless. I aalalealllf Steaahllcaau Ki Iruitt ill world Well written, original eUiriee An swer, lo queries Article, on llmlth, the Home, New Rooks, ml un Work About th. Farin uil (.iardcu. TheWeekly Inter Ocean . la s member of tlm Associated Pre, I Mr only Wuntorn News paper receiving tlm entire tele graphic ii . service ol New Yik Hun and special cable ol tli New York World daily re Kiti from over 2,000. ierll i-urirApondeiil throughout th. country. YEAR Q SJ F- DOLLAR ftMkarrlae far Ta tlllHiOl WIST I lata Weekly Iniar Data papers tar l.oO. I How About 4 "v.'i.rir fV . ..,1 ahiiw a flMn.l in.l.l oil nam IliHlllA In til terrain?. u . .,..r..ila.il. II inn have E. E. QUICK & CO., Greatest Clubbing toibina- TWO WEKhOY rAl'KUS FOR THE OF ONK-GBKATK8T BAKUAIN IN OOOU BKADINO. Tv . n.cUl nrrangflinent w. r to f.rnlih T.. Okkoon Mi iiuT?lE WKEKI.Y CAI'ITAL JOURNAL. I tbi following club bliig prlo for both piml l.r . Wear lu A4t.ill. Tlie Wwkl, Jonrn.1, of .!. Or.., P-i"t. mo-t U.UJ. now. .bou our .t.t. rfovrnmei'it .nd ... full 1 wli.t vou want for the coming nnlon. Th. Journal I. ir ..gilt S- SJ.lT.li of to.egra'..ic n.w. th. .W. world, bau, pi. copy furnlihed Ire. upon linjulr t tbli ofllc.. Of.fon Dally Journal. 0iil u . v.ar W, m.H, U f,.r .t ,,; 7HV' tl"l ""'v ' ".' ,Vwlrty Juu";"' " Vr, ha Jnutim. la an I,ui.i,.i,,,.i """.""""""" """ "' ",' "' "' r Hon wnrra roll. th t r..ui,. H..,a hi Yuu, ,uu, , H,m,l. .1,. n... Aadl, ., , Jol,.,mi I'. O. II.. furtlmid, (jr. K'TAIillMllno IVIM . 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Aalnria J.I u ' l.i I in . 7 vt : 7 AS I All Iralnl maka rliM (Ntttlim-lltflll At (ioMi alin SuMI.eMi I'artnc train. In aicl frmi Hi. fa.l alwl M...HMi IHt At l')tllalll ttn al iralM. !aititc t'ulaii .taH.1. Al A.trt with I HAS t i i tK.al au.l tall Una alt'1 Hlramci I i I'oElvr la ami frulu llwara ali.t util ha h iltila. raatlrra tnt Aatofla or WAV pnlula mil.t Ita, Irattt. at llnllxn 1 rain. III .ti. In tat m H(ri. itf at Itim'lnn hrli romlnf IruU polliti a. I ul tlutila. J.I'. llia, li.n I'aaa. Al . A.iorla. Or ION rollTI.AO, daii.t. p 4America,, i r Wiliamett Slough Route r 5! I,re St. Iltlrnt . .. 8 30 A M Arrive l fortUml 10 Stl A M l.v rorlUntl SO 1' M Arrive l ft. Heleui 6 IX) P M rtit: o tun. Will Crry NollittiaT but FetMii- (an Arid rl Fit ihi. l.r. V JtVIKI tlOUO, KlaaMr. kkJklllJ. BO YEARS' CXPKIHCNCK ir Tain. MAHIta !., aanAlal akatak adrtriWI.jn tn l da t'lilart furaMirin iwltnis. ' a..i..u l.n itriiuah Milan UH.I auii )-. wiimu M . wnmmi w. Scientific American. ... ...-..-at a. 1 1 ..Mat lav KlUNN & Co . New York ralol omc aril, WhliMlto. U.U Your Title? W? i.v wlial lhv ioiilUi In rel.llon l )"l a . . .j ..ii.i.,.il.ii 11 wt.ra Dniani i - "'" P"' T "' ' '": ..." . .. ... 11 . r. iir..Mirty tu '' V , 2 1 HT. HELENS, EVENTS OF THE DAY OATMERCD FROM ALL PARTS OF THH TWO HnMISPMCRES. ComprchciMlve Hcvlew of the Import nt Happening, of the Paat Week, I'rcMntcd In Condcnacd Form, Moat Likely to Prove Intercatlng to Our Many Header.. Tlm TriiH MiiHitliil ril(raH. i. in wnnioii in Knattlu. Ttiraey ban callitd for r2,U()0 mt-n for aurvlrv in Mai wlonla. 1'opr I'lua lua given $20,000 to lw dlittrlbuloil among tlm poor of Rome. Ilitt two Kaunas Clllfia ars attain miffuring from tlm eflwU of higb viator. Tlm 37th national enrampnitint of tbti t. A. It. I. iu wm.lon at Han Kr.n i two, ily tb collapaa of tlio uplMir din k of . Hnlrili atrnii;r 40 people Kura In wiiihI. The Ktmnian llwt b.e eailwl for Turk ey t" enforce the ilnniaml that .laying of ion mi I bo avt-ngMl. China baa aitroed with the United State, to open two porta, time main taining the oH-a Juur polity. liivifuvflt aanta Hoot lo help hint defeat hi. New York rneniie. and will endorae him for president in 1UUH. A wealthy IavenKrt, la., woman waa kidiiaimi and held for .r0,000 ransom, hut gave bvr captor, th. .lip am) eeraped. Vemvim continue, a-tiva and Is ending .moke and tlame to a height of 4,000 tw l. J ava i. Bowing toward Ot 'ajamo and i'omeii. A falling meteor duatroyed a bridge at Mention, Mich. Cardinal Ciibbon. ban left Rome od hi. way to the United Htatee. Hreintlin Cincinnati atotk jarde deatmyiHi iiU,0U0 worth of proprty. Knglii-h apurtAinen are confident -hamrork IU will lift the cop thil year. Hwertaty Hitchcock ha. ordered an investigation of land fraud, in Indian territory. JoM-ph rnlitier ha given $2,000,000 lor the ealahliehmunt of a bool of nurnitlimn at Columbia univeraity, Sew York. The Rusarian premier lielieve. the VUcedonlan reteilion will be confined to Monaatir. The Minion pack for thin year will he about 300,01)0 cam-a. Thi. ia nearly 23,000 cae. eliort of laet year. The general .tuff of the army gave secretary Root a dinner in honor of big nice, in eecuiing the new atmy law. Wbeeline. W. Va., union and non union men clashwl and over 1,000 .bote were fired. Only two men were wounded. The power, are not likely to interfere w ith ltur.ia in her move aeain.t Turk ey a. they feel that the .ultan neexl. punlahinent. fird Halisbury, fi-premier of Kng laud, i. critically ill. The Rritinh parliament has ad jtmrned until November 2. Kaetern capitaliata are aniiou. to ee- i-nre yellow pine land, of Southeastern Oregon. rim flrat ineinir of the Alaskan boundary comniitt.i.n will be held Sep tember 3. Joffrlea baa retained hi. title of champion of the world by again defeat ing Ccrbett. Captain R. H. Laweon, a dit tingui.hed naval officer lu the Civil war, i. dead. A.iMilml Dluaa haa returned toBrem- eruin naval .lation with hi. eiinadron atuir a cruine In the Kortn raciuc ocean. Tli ImttlMhii) Magnacbuaett. .truck an unchartered rock and will have to go to dry dock. Her injuries are not aerioua. Th. Tnrkt.h gendarme who killed a KuHaian comul ha. been executed. Turkey will pay the consul', widow 180,000. Charlea M. Bcbwab i. at the head of a great Uiloring trust just formetl which will establish homo, throughout the Uuiled Mates. Uke Erie fisbermen are preparing to .i-i.i ,i.. i 'ana. 1 inn rnvenue cutter, in the Intern when an attempt la made to capture the firming vessel.. Rain is causing the Kansa. river to rise again. RusHia has detdtled on a policy of peace in the far f.ast. The Servian cabinet ha. resigned, nd King I'eter threatens to abdicate. The chance, are very slim that Co lom da will ratifj the Panama canal treaty. Macedonians, disappointed in recelv i.... i.,.,i.n avmoathv in the war with Turkey, charge that pres. i. bribed. n t p..,. nmaiilnntof the Nation al mamifacturers' a?eooiation, puts laoor unions and iiiod. in me name category. A Rook Island train went throuah a l.i i... ... Tnnka. Kan., killina one man and seriously injuring a number of other.. OltEGON, FIUDAY, A UfJUHT 21, 1903. TELL WHO MAY LAND. New Chlnete Regulation. Public. Are Made Washington, Aug. 19. A new net ot ChineiH) regulation., prepared by Com miiwioiier Ueneral ol Immigration Sar gent and approved by t-'ecretary Cortel you, of the department ol coir, men e and labor, jurimliction of the matte' of the exc'uaion of Chinese having been trausferied from the treasury to the lat ter department, were made public to day and are now ready for distribution. These rules d sinnate what Chinese per nor,, are permitted to land at port, of the United State, under the provttiiii) of the law. and treaties, together with Ihe po t. at which Chinese, other than Chinese diplomatic and consular olli cer., may land and name the officer, whe have been vested with the power and authority heretoloie conferred on collector, of cuatoina, giring their sta tion, .nd Jurisdiction. Condition, are named to which every Chinese person seeking admission into the United States under the provision, of the act of 1902, for the purtOM of taking part in any fair or exhi dtioo authorized by coiiitresa, shall confoim a. a condition precedent to such admis sion regulations governing the arrest and deportation of Chinese unlawfully within the United State, are included. All told there are IU rule, embraced in the new regulation. Accompanying the regulations are law. and treaties re lating to the exclusion of Chinese. Provision is made for a itertillion record of all Cbinesj laborer, arriving and departing at port, of entry, copies of such registry Va be transmitted to tin commissioner general of immigra tion. Conditions are prescribed to which all Chinese persons claiming the right of transit through the United State, to foreign territory must conform a. a con dition preceding such privilege. Nu merous change, have been necesnary In the revinion of these rules to make them conform to the transfer of jurimlic tion ever tne subject from the treasury department to the department of com merce aud labor, roruis ol blanks are prescribed and rules made to govern the ollicers charged with the enforcement of the exclusion law. LAWS AT FAULT. Congrcaa May Be Asked to Repeal Pres ent Land Laws. Washington, Aug. 19. The 68th congr.HS, wuen it regularly assemble. in December, will be called upon to re move from the statute books three laws under which the government is being systematically robbed each year of hun dreds of thourands, if not millions, of dollars' wo th of public lands. The robber, are not in all cane, violating the letter of the law, and a. long a. these time laws remain in force t bey cannot be reached, but they are violat ing the spirit of the law, and escape only on technicalities. The fight be- aun in the last daya of the 57tn con gress, to bring atiout tho repeal of the timlier and atone act, the desert land act, and the commutation clause ot the homestead act, I. to be renewed with viuor. and the friends, a. well a. Ihe enemies of reform, are even now pre paring to enter the fray, each aide de termined to win. Secretary Hitchcock, after more than four year, in the cabinet, daring which time he ha. familiariied himeelf with the operation, of the several land laws, ban become convinced that the statutes should be changed. He can not see why the government should re linquish for I1 an acre timber land. that are worm I uu an acre; re can not see why dummy entries ehonld be permitted, even though they ue matie nst inside the limitation ol me law he doe. not see w; y one man should be nermitted to make an entry in the in- terest of another; nor does be recognise the justice of allowing cattle lrona and larro stock interests to gain con trol. if not ownership, of vast tracts of public erasing lands, contrary to the nnhlic oolicv. Secretary Hitchcock has come to realise that wnne tne gov. ernent is annually losing vast areas of valuable lands under the operations of the law. just specified, the governent is, to a great extent, powerless to arrest many formi of speculative entries so long as Jihere laws remain on the statute books. Italy Expects War. Rnma Aim. IB. The memorandum of the Bulgarian government to the .. .. powers regarding tne Biiuauon in Ma cedonia ba. produced a great effect here. The general impret.ion Is that the Bulgarian government is no longer able to Hold natx popular leeung, which, unless it is repressed in time, ..ill laa.l In a ear with Turkev. The fate of Bulgaria in that event, it is thought, would probably be the same a . ,. nf rjrmwa in the last war with Turkey. The Italian government is ex changing views wltn v tennaanu ionuun Nearlng the Nevada Line. Carson. Nev., Aug. I9.-News has been received that psrly of couviete who escaped from the prison at Fo'som. Cal., visited Glen Alpine, near Tallao. They stopped at the resort at noon, demanded dinner, and carried away several days' provisions. Beyond tak ing food they did not annoy or threat en any one, and openly admitted their identity. Theion-icta are now near ing the Nevada line, and if they cross an effort will be made to capture them. Street Cars Collide. Carthage, Mo., Aug. 19 A head-on collision took place this afternoon on the Carthage-Joplin ele. trio railway three mile, from this place. Motcrman Joseph Baker was killed, motor man Kd Helge fatally hurt and 25 other per.ons seriously injured. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON BIO PROFITS IN FARniNO. Willamette Valley Ranchers Will Oe Well This Year. Willamette valley farmer, are re Juicing over the prospect for good profits In almost every thing they have to sell this year. Not only are prices good, but yields arc large and a. a consequence there will be more money ifi the valley this year than there has been for more than a de cade before. Wheat at Salem is quoted at 70 cents, with the mills paying a 2-cent premium. In ordinary year all above 50 cents would be clear profit, but be cause of the high wanes paid to farm help this season it will take from 62 to 55 cents to pay the cost of produc tion. The average yield, so far as can be learned, will be about 20 bush el, to the acre or more. This means a clear profit of from $3 to 1 3 60 an sere on wheat, after allowing for all labor and expenses. Oats have turn ed out better In proportion that wheat, and the large yield, wltb a price of about 25 cents per bushel, will leave a good profit on that crop. The season has been very favorable for hay, and yields have been rood. The prices quoted at present are from 17 to 8 a ton In the local market ror loose hay. Farmers say that about half of this price is profit Yields run from two to three tons per acre, mak ing this crop a better paying one than wheat. Hops promise a price ranging from 15 cents upward, and it Is generally figured that all above 8 cents is profit though growers who hire all theii work done and give their yards a good upraying say that the cost of produc tion Is 10 cents a pound. At any rate, there seems to be an excellent profit this year. The prune crop Is large, and though the domestic market has not opened has been making sales at Its owa price, a 24-cent baBls. which price leaves the grower a "better than fair" margin. All through the year dairy products have brought an extraordinary price, and even country butter has found a ready market at paying figures. Woolgrowers sold their fleeces this year at a high price, and sheep have been in demand all through the year. CATTLEMEN REFUSE TO SELL. Despite fcarctty of Feed They Hold for Better Figures. Never In the history of the country around Dale ba. the cattle market keen as unsettled as It is at the pres ent time. Prices offered by export buyers are extremely low, and the cattle- raisers are refusing to sell. Crowding on top of this, there Is a scarcity of hay as compared with last year, and prices are running moun tain high. Hay Is selling In the field at $10 per ton, whieh is $4 higher than It was last fall. Cattle-raisers who have not a sufficient supply are trying to contract for all they can se cure, but the farmer will not sell. Again there are more cattle on the range this year than last, without suf ficient feed for them. Notwithstand ing the discouraging state of affairs which confront the cattleman, he Is willing to wait for further develop ments. The export cattle buyers who have been in the country bave had to go to other parts because they could not se cure the cattle here. The buyer, give Portland quotations here at $2.70 per hundred for cows and $3.35 for Steers. The average is $3.75. and even better prices than that were re ceived last year. If both the buyer and the seller continue to hold out. It Is believed that there will be a num ber of forced sales on Oie part of the stockmen, and that they will sell at a loss to themselves. Ne Orass to Fight Over. Tliere Is no range war In the Upper Deschutes valley. On the contrary, there Is the peace of desolation. The range was overstocked and eaten out and no grass worth making war over remains. Where neat cattle and horses once throve by the thousands there Is now none too much feed for a few hundreds. Twenty years ago there was no finer graxlng region in the United States. Men who now ride all day In a cloud of dust tell of the time when the grass was up to their knees as they bestrode their horses and cattle fairly wallowed in the feed that covered the 30 miles of present desert between Bend and Prinsvllle. Cowlitz Navigation Obstructed. During the recent freshets a sand bar formed at the mouth of the Cow Itta river which greatly hindered the operation of the plant belonging to the Columbia ft Cowlltx River Hooni Company. A dredge will shortly take the work of clearing the channel In hand, after which the company will put In two new piers and rearrange the sheer boom. When finished this boom will be one of the best on the Columbia river and will be of great assistance to the loggers To Have Brand New Schaol House. Canyon City Is to have a new and up-to-date school building that will be a credit to the town. The school au thorities ore advertising for bids for its construction. The building will be two stories high and will have four class and recitation rooms. Its cost will be about $3000. President Smith Inspecting Farms. E. U Smith, of Hood River, presi dent of the State Board of Horticul ture, ia In Coos county on a tour of Inspection. While there Mr. Smith will visit most of the principal farms In the county. Planing Mill Burned at Hatnea. The Haines Lumber Company's planing mill. t mines, was burned lsst week. The loss Is $5009. The plant was owned by James Mitchell, of Baker City, who carried no insurance. MAY BE FOREST RESERVE. Commissioner Richards Olves Reasons for Withholding Large Tract. Register Dresser, of the Oregon City land office, has received from Commissioner W. A. Richards, of the United States land office, a letter re lative to the telegram of recent date withdrawing certain public lands In that district from settlement. The letter directs the withdrawal, tem porarily, of all vacant unappropriated lands In townships 6 to 13 south, botb inclusive, range 4 east, from settle ment, entry, sale or other disposal, under the public land laws, pending the determination as to the advis ability of Including said area within the Cascade range forest reserve. Regarding the rights of settlers who bave already located on lands In cluded In the specified area, Commis sioner Richards saya: 'Neither this temporary withdraw al, nor the permanent reserve of the 'HnCs which may follow, will affect any bona fide settlement or claim properly initiated upon the lands prior to the date hereof, provided that the settler or ciaimanta continue to comply with the law under which their settlement or claims were ini tiated, and place their claims duly on record within the prescribed stat utory period. The withdrawal oper ates to defeat all settlement claims or other claims Initiated subsequent to this date, regard le..' of the date upon which you receive the telegram." DAILY ATTENDANCE SMALLER. Though Orcgoa'a School Populatloa Has Oreatly Increased. Superintendent of Public Instruc tion X H. Ackerman has just finished compiling the annual school statis tics as gathered from the reports re cently filed in his office by the sever il county superintendents. A. the re ports for last year covered a period f 16 months, there Is no basis for comparisons except in a few partic ulars. The school census for the year end ing in June, 1903. shows that there are in the state 143,757 person, be tween the ages of 4 and 20 years. At the same time last year the school population was 138.466, so that an in crease of S2S1 Is shown. The average daily attendance In all the public schools of the state during the preceding year has been 64.219. while for the preceding year It was 66.779, or a decrease of 2560. A de crease In the average daily attend ance at the same time that there is an increase In the school population is probably due to the scarcity of labor and the high wagee, which, to gether, take many of the older boys out of school during the greater part of the year. Protest Against Withdrawal. A special meeting of the Roseburg board of trade and citixens generally has been called to protest against the withdrawal of any more public lands from entry in that portion of the state. Other commercial bodies in the western part of Oregon will be Invited to co-operate in protesting to the officials in Washington. D. C, and to our senators and representatives in congress against the further ex tension of our already immense for est reserves. Such recently proposed extensions will work serious hard ships on many bona fide settlers now lacated on some of these lands, To Clear Coos Bay Channel, Replying to an earnest request submitted by Congressman Hermann based upon a petition of the Coos Bay chamber of commerce. Secretary of War Root wires that he has appor tioned $10,000 as an emergency aid for removing the recent shoal forma tion in the Coos ba yentrance chan net which delays deep-draft vessels. As the shoal Is constantly enlarging, commerce there would have material ly suffered had It been aecesaary to await congressional action. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 76978c; bine stem, 78(381c; valley, 7iHS0e. Flour Valley, $3.60(r3.85 per bar rel; bard wheat straights, $3.60(43.85; hard wheat, patents, $1.1004 60 graham, $3 3' 3.75; whole wheat, $3 5fviS4.00; rye wheat, $1.00. Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $21; rolled, $21(21.50. Oats No. 1 white, $1.07.4'; gray, $1 05 per cental. Mill.tuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mil dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $1S: linseed dairy food, $18. Hay Timothy, old, $20 per ton; new, $14(9 15 clover, nominal; grain, $12; cheat, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022Kc per pound; dairy, nominal; store, 16 (17c. Cheese Full cream, twins,. 14c; Young America, 14c; factory prices, llHc b Poultry Chickens, mixed, 119 11 Mo per pound; spring, 16(t7)c; hens, 12(4 liHc; broilers. $2(3 per desen; turkeys, live, 10(12c per pound; dressed, 14 1 1 5c . ducks, $:5 per dozen; geese, $5(36.50. Egg. Oregon ranch, 19(20c. Potatoes Old Burbanks, 70975c per sack, growers' prices; new pota tocB. Oregon, 80c(sE$l per sack; Call fornia, lc per pound. Wheat Sack. In lot. of 100, 60. Beef Gross steers, $3.7594.25; dressed, 6K7)o per pound. Veal 8c per pound. Mutton Gross. $3; dressed. 6g 6e; lambs, gross, $3 60; dressed, 7c. Hogs Gross, $6.505.76; dressed, 7o. Hops 1902 crop, 15916c per pound Tallow Prime, per pound, 4ig5c; No. S and grease, 24B8o. Wool Valley, 17918c; Eastern Oregon, 12915c; mohair, S6937)t'c. NO. 36. FOR NAVY YARD. Puget Sound Will Ask for an Approprke tlon of $422,300. Washington, Aug. 18. The navy department bus recehed the annual recommeudatiens and estimates of the official of tLe Puget sound navy yard asking for an appropriation, at the next session of congress, of $422,300 for the erection of new buildings and the purchase of new tools and ma chinery. In addition it is strongly recom mended that congresi authorize the early construction of a second drydock, of such dimensions a will accommo date the largest warship likely ever to be itatkmed on the Pacific coats." Upon these recommendations Secre tary Moody will later base his final es timates that are sent to congress, and while he will no doubt -make some alteration, and possibly some reduc tion., it is believed that in the main he will, approve the recommendation. of the Paget sound officers. In pointing oat the necessity for a drydock larger than that now in use. Naval Constructor H. D. Wright ray the past develompent of the yard, and the increased business that i rare to follow the completion of extensions now in progress is sa h as to render one dock inadequate. Within two years the amount of repair work to be done at Bremerton will have increased to such proportions that another dock will be necessary to accommodate the ships. No estimate of the eott of such a stock is submitted, although if the department approve the suggestion an estimate will probably be made be fore congress convenes. WATER FALLS IN SHEETS. Cloudburst Does Oreat Damage la Kaa aas and Nebraska. Fairbory, Neb., Aug. 18. Detail have been received here of a cloudburst along tbe Nebratka-Kansa. line for abont eight miles. Two clouds appar ently met. and for an hour the water fell in sheets. Estimate, of the down pour are all tbe way from a foot to three feet. The water swept down Dry Branch and Silver creeks, that are usually dry at this season of tbe year, taking everything before it. More than 1,000 trees were taken out by the oots. and barns, corn crios. grain and bay stacks, several drovee of bogs and many head of cattle were swept away with tbe flood. Not a bridge remains on Siivei creek and bat one on Dry Branch. Tbe resi dencies were all built on high gronnd, which accounts for tbe fact that no lives were lost, although there were several narrow escapee. ONE CHANCE FOR CANAL. Colombia Is Alarmed Over Probable Sac. ccas of Nicaragua. Panama, Aug. 18. Letter, received from Bogota say that np to August 1 the Panama canal commission bad held only one meeting on account of the disgust of members with the action of Senator Peres y Soto, who insisted on recalling the treaty at the flrat meeting. Senator Obaldia, a warm supporter ef the treaty, ba. had several conferences with President Marroquln and United State. Minister Beauprie, and notwithstanding their efforts the committee could not be induced to re port in favor of ratification. Amend ments bave been offeied which seem to meet tbe approval of 20 senators oat of 24. Both tbe house ot representative and tbe senate are deeply impressed with tbe persistent rumors which reach Bcgota of tbe possibility of a move ment for tbe secession of the isthmns if this treaty is not ratified. The tear that each an eventuality might follow failure to ratify tbe treaty appear to constitute the only chance or favoia ble action on the treaty. China Discredits It. Pekin, Aug. 18. Tbe report that Russia and China wibl ask the Ameri can government to arbitrate all ques tions arising over tbe Russian occupan cy of Manchuria ia discredited here. It is oelieved that both of these power bave already arrived at a mutual under standing on tbe subject, although upon what terms none of the foreign lega tions have as yet been able to ascertain. America is generally considered one of the last governments which could pos sibly be asked tj arbitrate in thi case. Fleet to Scene. St. Petersburg, Aug. 18. A squad ron of the Russian Black sea fleet ha been ordered to sail for Turkish waters. Notification of th' move has been tele graphed from Sebastopol to tbe Russian ambassador at Constantinople. The dispatch of the squadron is intended to emphasize Russia's intention of exact ing complete compliance with her de mands as to satisfaction for th murder by a Turkish gendarme of her consul at Monaatir. Trains Collide In Fog. Philadelphia, Aug. 18 Two freight trains on the Pennsylvania railroad crashed together early today between St. David's and Radnor, killing two brakemen and injuring the engineer of the second train. A tramp who bad his collar bone broken in the accident says several of bis companions were riding on the freight, and It isprcbable that they are buried beneath the wreck, ace. The accident waa due to th. dense fcg.