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Newspaper Page TextFin HE OREGON MI VOL. XX. 1 , rev ri r i ?..... t urH I'mi K'. tivTKn... J.B.GODFREY. irroitXKY'Si'-LiW. Heal Estate and Timber Lands Soli AIIHTItAUTH MAKKl ST. HELEN. ORKU0.1 S. 11. (ilUJBKK, trnvi;x:v-.rr-Ln urn.- with K . iulrk. M lirl.lN. i I UBIt'lCW. ainig) ti l-atiiil aliaiittiut la all tIl h,.iin i.l.i.".l la i 111 iim Ut lit ail H M.uoti-I I nlialallll. II. POWI'LL, trrroi:x:y-.rr-un urritv Marnier aih.snoy. ir iir.i , i i tigiuto. Ir. F.tlwlii Hohh, 'i;s!ci(tn ili(l Surgeon. mT. hkiinh, oheoon. nr. H. u. cuir, Vliis'uidti and Surgeon. hf. hi-:i.k.nh.ohkjon. Watts & Price, . I.I Al KK IN- Flour and Feed Choice Groceries Staple Dry Goods Best fiaaliij Shoes Hardware and Notions Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG l""lUo l lli Tburaday aaj a nt.laj .tl m iir if AVa, Imtma. Carrtll $ rmt, Ki,n,$, tit f..a, , i C..ni.n, ll,.,,..f. m 0.a) au.lttlJa) aft 4 p W. Steamer NORTHWEST Iratr. IV.! 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TI,:"j'" ! r.THt lfl.n JOHN A. BECK HMI.KH IM Watches, Diamonds, Silienare, ....JEWELRY.... lU'imirin ti Sjuu-ialty. Vtonl.-;iai Haurroul n,H. fOHfUNO FOR PORTUNO DAILY Steamer Iralda C. . H,,,hi,rk, Matltr, KUl.UOAD TIMt. U..M M.h.ltr .1.11. ri.,, iii4 (lor fori aii.l. 4 a M H.riug l,o, n l,lrl,.ail "Mi Mtuiili,, ! I.llai..i al 1 V t v., aifliltia at ai llalaui ai I 1. Passener$ an. Fast FreiiM. roHTI.AM) UNMSd, TAYI.OK 8T A STORIA 5 COLUMBIA RIVER li RAILROAD COMPANY. OAILY. aafrnia I J r- a 1 !,' ; W ; M ' I t VI , a t l : ? IV Ol la i I" ." ; I w I a a ; o 0 M I I. i'.l Jl la i iul I CU .' I ilitai i ;i ri i to n 7 to i? ai I . US 10 II ! it m a l.t PoHUoil At li in 1 a M I ! K ; at 7 M 7 M i a 10 Oft MalHtar . I"iauit4 . Maitar .. g.HiM t .. I laotaula Mat.hlau4 Hr.ij-.tl ... lllon ,, Kuapt.a.. "1.UM.II... J..I111 liar At A.loila .1 l-t IN V IT I . OJ a ,yi 7 I I U ! It. it j tr, I in 1 m 1 a fa III! a II Ait Ualnt tnaka rl.i rtmnat-tlana al ll'.t.ll tih S..rfl.ain I'alna iralii. la ami Imm lh Ha ...4 imuiuI i-'.i.i. Al riiiau4 ana al: tain. irav.Mf I man llapt.l. At Aatorla a It tl I R AN l . Ual aii.l tall Una and Mratnrl I i I'ollar la auil Iruni Uaaru auj orll Hear iut. rata..!'''" Aalurla ar a fHtl&U mual 4a t.alli. at Monllon Traitt. will t tn lal aaa .uci.a nil at Huu'l.n hra t'omli.ji truat pciab luHI.jl.lr 1. lafa, Uaa l'a. Ait.. Aatorla. Ur A A AaVVaa. alVafkafaaak hl im ranri.AN. kaii.v. fi TIAMiaj- "America" Willamett Sloogb Ronte 81. Moleiio ... 6 .SO A M Arrttett Portland ll) W 1 M Uava Po'llatirt I.MPM Arrlv. at Hi. ll!o. 6.00 T M I INK 0 Mi ll. Will C'arrf Notliln out faaoon- art auil rati rraifht. J1MII tlOOD, natter, fi BO YEArtr tjfcj tin aw tX'KRIENCI 1 Traoi Mamk ,A naanaiamaAll. ...... .jiu a ihMrk an. I iiaaivlalton aiaf aul.llr aaariaill ou f hallar aa fl.a"tl"l araaaMr waalaWa Cajpanloa (Tw iMatB Sawttul. TlandlKKia ua Falarna ealaala taaao ilrca "aaa A I racolr a.ial aaka, ltoul cJiarya, la tk a hanaaoa.air Illa.tr.ia4 Ii'"' TV........ . . ..lamina ..fortial. larliiH. 03 a iZr , rnor ii.,... I h.. IL Ml Ol all tiawa.ll.ra. tiar i rnr m,.mlia, IL avu 0 all tiawa.ii.ra. tt";!' "r'SllSVLS :.: " ' ,. , i.4 on raal H. a have '.."!"? ' ', ark pra..i ' :'"., ft er ueirti HMtOOII & EVENTS OF THE DAY OATMfiRCD FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES, Comprthenalv Review or the Import ant Mapptnlnga of th Paat Week, lrcMnU4 la Condenacd Form, Moat Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Reader.. Admiral Cotton reports .11 ijulet at iwirui. KiiRlrtml I preparing to tend . ft not to halonlra. The Ilrltlali cabinet criai ha In-en tfinpriraiily ataved off. M.ieloiiian relwl have Uecideil to adopt a guerrilla warfare. 1 ne pnyiician 10 tiie Turkiali eiutiae- ry at Vitinna tlirailiw the anihaealor. The national Irrigation cnifresa oHinl at Ogden with the largeet at luudnce In it Malory. Secretary Bhaw tin deiioeited l, O00.0UO In national hank In th. tntton and grain glowing districts. 'Fraii( baa sent a cruienr to lifirut. So) iaJial of Rom ttireaten to bin I lie . tar when he vinlte that city, Turk, did nut epare . aingle hri laln in their niaaaai'ie at Monattir. ll ta lara.t a rl ,la la at l.an,l til tl. flritirh cabinet and that the entire body will reilgn. Thai aittiattnn at lUtim! la imnrlmlnff The new veil i working hard toreatore general I'onfidente. Ktiaeia ha a.ked China to grant It mote time (or the evacuation of . Iron tier province in Mamhuri.. Th. Portland miniaterial aciution ann tince III intention of cloiing gam bling and aide entrance to ealcon. It i laid the American trip o( the Prince of Wale i all tala and that lie la nut planning to visit the St. Ixiuia fair. An eifuriion train went into ditch near Kempton, Wi. Three paaeenger aere killed and . numbei ol Other hurt. The agent appointed by the Cuban giivuiuitient to Iljat a loan ol f 35,000,. 000 h.. to l able to aecare the money in the United Btat . An exploalon o( a bairel of liquor tolen by tailor and placed on the cruieer Olympia when diacovered, out Iwo lire, injured acven and eet the (hip on Ire. Turkey .how . diapoeilion to settle proniptly the claim of America. Th. ciar ha .Ixndoned his visit to Honniania. fearing that country cannot guarantee safe trip. Russia has mad. new demand on China which hav. stirred up .fresh tbe Ire ol the Japanese. Lord Roaeburf condemns the Rrltish cabinet s being larely responsible for the length ol th. Doer w.r. Fire in the Botitnern Pacific's lre;ght warehouae at Ban Francisco destroyed 1115.000 worth of property. Two Oregon students at Harvard uni versity must answer to the charge of burglary of the school' store. Secretary Hitchcock lie dismissed the Umnslte inspector of Indian Terri tory for Irregularities in office. The military at Cripple Creek have the sitoation aell in band nd the Iroubl. is likely to be over soon. Th. P.iiflo packing and navigation company a combine of Alaska and Puget eound salmon canneries, is ex pected to go to pieces at an early date. Too great . capitalisation on overval ued properties is given as the reason. The United Htats gunboat Machias ha not yet arrived t Beirut. The 106 International Christian Kndeapor convention will be held at Baltimore. Th. ArUona surveyor general has been removed from office for taking Il legal ee. p..nrtti.rlam noatmastera may be ousted for "political reasons" after serving four years. The American mining congress, in session at Dead wood, 8. 1)., selected Portland lor th. 1906 meeting place. John Bartlett ha taken th. oath ol office a United States minister to Ar gentina .nd trill leave for his post Sep tember S. The premier of Bulgati. has unoffic ially informed th. powers that hi. peo ple cannot be heldln check if massacres continue. The work of changing the transport Grant to a dredge is progressing lapidly and It should be at tns mouth of the Columbia by October 1. United Stale Minister Irishman, at Constantinople, baa insisted on the re moval of the vail of Beirut and the ap pointment of one better able to handle the people. M.ssacresand outrages continue in Macedonia. ti, African mining congress la in session at Deadwood, 8. D. Tia f,1aral trrand lury has found seven more oindictoieuti in the postal cases. It i. now known positively that Co tn.i.ia H(..atd th. canal treaty be cause the boodle fund was too small. pi.tia.ioinl.la hnililers will besin a systematic war on unions January 1, 11)04. NAMRS NEW TERMS. jl'IM. ."gj fiij L, . I SUBMITS NEW CANAL BILL. Kuaala Adds to Conditions of Evacuation ol rianchurla. Pekin, Hept. 1(1. Rmsia has pre sented to the Chlneae government a new scheme for evacuation, originally flied fur October 8, and proposed certain new conditions in addition to most of the conditions concluded in the last icheine. Ruiwia now proim to evacuate Niu Chwaiig Hnd Moukden province October x, Kirin province four months later, and the third province a year later. Among the new conditions Russia stip ulates that she shall maintain military posts on the road from Tsitsihar, cap ital of ifeilungkiang, to Blagoyosk chenek and on the Kungarl rirer. The reason Russia gives for maintaining these posts is that they are necessary to protect the commerce of the railroad. There is a vaguely worded clante prohibiting heavy duties on goods trailSDnrtttd hv tin, railway arhlch tl.a diiomata construe as exempting Rus sian goods transported on the railway iroin uie surtax wlilcn trie Japanese and American treatie substitute for the likin d ities. The achnrriA alan ponlaina a rirrvialnn that Chinese troops shall protect the Draocnes oi I lie Kimto-Clnnese bank when neceary. Prince China. iiraliliil of Ilia for eign board, h.a informed the ministers wiai ne considers ttie Kus lan condit ions to lie very reasonable. CONVICTS MAKE COIN. Added Scandal In Pennsylvania Peniten tiary Investigation Oolng On. Philadelphia, Sept. 16. following closely upon the exposure of gross ir regularities in tbe cigar department of the Fastem State Penitentiary came the announcement tonight that illegal coinage of minor silver pieces baa been carried on by convicts in the big insti tution. No details of tbe counterfeit ing scheme can be learned front any of the officials connected with the prison, or from the government officers that hive been assigned to tbe case. The fact that such a daring scheme has been carried out in' the penitentiary was made public by Oeorge Vaux, Jr., one of the prison inspectors, wbo sum moned newspaper men to his borne and voluntarily made tbe disclosure. He nave out a brief statement, which is as follows: "Dr. W. D. Robinson and Mr. Vanx, Jr., who are at present the visiting in spectors on duty at the Eastern State Penitentiary, made the statement that it has come to their official knowledge that wilbin a short time an attempt has been made by certain cenvi. ts now con fined in the penitentiary to manufac ture counterfeit silver coins. But a few pieces were made, and . number of these have come Into tbe posseseion of the iniectors, together witu the met als and chemicals need, the attempt thus being nipped in the bad. Tne evidence in the case Is not yet com plete, but al ! Jiiat has been secured baa been submitted to tbe United States authorities." STIRS UP DYNAMITE. Switch Engine at Bay City, Mich.. Cause a Terrific Explosion, Pay City, Mich., Sept. 16. Clarence D. Hopper and Roy Boutcher, switch men of tbe Michigan Central railway, were instantly killed by an explosion of dynamite in a car in the yards at West Bay City today. Robert Roblio, emgncer; William Itobie, nreman, and John Cradle, conductor, were in jured, the latter so severely that he rear die. All of the trainmen were residents of this city. The explosion occurred as a switch engine was making up a train. The engine backed down upon several cars. the first containing 1,000 pounds ol dynamite, a consignment of Lee-Met- ford rifles and a quantity of reduced charged shells for indoor practice, and it is said that the force with wbicb it struck the explosive-lnden car exploded the dynamite. Hopper s body was badly mangled. A big hole was torn in the ground by the explosion, a score oi freight car. demolished and ' nearly 300 houses in tbe vicinity suffered broken window.. Tbe shock was felt three mile, from tbe scene. Large Canadian Deal. Montreal, Sept. 16. Among thecon- ditions upon which the Dominion Iron ilc Steel company has agreed to surren der the leuse of the Dominion Coal company is an agreement that the coal company shall pay to the steel com pany 13,630, 000 ana assume tne cur rent liabilities for wages, supplies, etc., of the coal department of the steel com- iiany's business, receiving the current cash assets of the business. These should net about $1,500,000. The coal company therefore pays .bout 11 ,- 135,000 for th. surrender of the lease. Irish Party Will be Powerful. LondonS, ept, 16. John Redmond, M. P.. speaking at Augheym, Wicklow county, Ireland, said tbe Irish party would find an entirely new situation when ' parliament next met. The English parties would be broken up, and the Irish party , would wie!d a power such as it never before po ssessed. He counseled continuance of the policy which had resulted in se curing the Irish land bill, which he valued above all. Afraid to Work In Tunnel. Pittsburg, Sept. 16. All but one of the missing men supposed to have been buried under the debris of tbe cave-in at tbe Green Tree tunnel of the W.nash railroad have been accounted for. Mont of the Austrian laborers bave refuted to return to work, fearing another fall, and their places have been filled by colored men. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON STATB FAIR PROSPECTS. Fin Exhibit, and Fast Racing Will Draw Large Attendance. Proapects for the coming Oregon atate fair, to be held In September H to 19, are most flattering. The fair will excel in the line of exhibits and attendance any state fair held hereto fore In Oregon. The abundant crops Insure a spclnedld showing of grains, and the fact that the commissioners to the St. Louis exposition are co-operating to secure the best that la shown here for uae next year means that the exhibits, especially In the agricultural line, will be of the very best. The live stock department, too, promises better this year than any preceding year. Breeders are preparing large exhibit, in thla department, which has caused tbe association to build a large number of new stalls. Governor Sparks of Keno. Nev., is sending a very fine herd of Hereford cattle from the Ala mo stock farm, which will meet compe tition in herds shown by C.B.Wade of Pendleton, A. J. Splawn of North Ya kima, George Chandler of Baker City. Gilbert 4 Patterson of Salem. In tbe nborthorn section exhibits will be made by Charles B. Ladd. C. B. Wade. W. O. Minor, Metaker t Klemgard and oth ers. The racing will be made a feature of this year's fair. A large number of high class horses bave already made their entries, coming from California, Montana. Colorado, Utah, Washington and British Columbia. The two big slake, of $!0O0 will arouse keen com petition. These are the largest stakes ever raced for in the northwest and the best horses will compete for them that have ever been seen on the cir cuit. The grounds are In spelendld condidtion and the beautiful oak grove will furnish plenty of shade and com fort for . week's outing. The buildings are all In splendid condition, and the new show building will furnish comfort to hundreds of spectators wbo wish to see the Judging of live stock. ACQUIRE FRESH PROPERTIES. New York Companies Purchaser. In the Bohemia Country. G. B. Hengen, director and buslnest manager of the Oregon Securtieg Com pany, of New York is at the company's properties In Bohemia, and the result is that Borne valuable acquisitions were made. The Broadway group, consist ing of fifty acres, and the Ophir group, of 80 acres, were added to their terri tory, making over 900 acres of mineral lands that they now own. The Broad way group ia an Important factor to them at the present time, as they will drift through the mountain on a strong and well defined ledge, instead of pene trating through the hard country rock. Beside, it will give them several hun dred feet depth of high grade ore that they will be enabled to handle from this tunnel. The Ophir group is an extension and Joins the Musick property, which the company has drifted on one to six level, to the edge of the Ophir. This property has been owned for a number of year, by O. P. Adams, C. F. Cath cart and W. W. Cathcart. There has enly been assessment work done from year to year, notwithstanding large bodies of high grade ore have been struck. By acquiring this property the Ore gon Securties Company will have near ly 3000 feet to drift on from Musick lead. The company is installing ma chinery a. fast as possible, and it will be but a short time until it will have 40 stamps .nd concentrator. In opera tion. Rich Strike In the Bohemia. Herbert Leigh, manager of the North Falrvlew mines In the. Bohemia dis trict, has reported a rich strike In hia group. A body of ore four feet wide and running $500 to the ton has been uncovered on the north slope of North Falrvlew mountain. Open cuts have been made along the ledge a distance of 1200 feet showing the same char acter of ore and from four to six feet wide. A day and night shift Is work ing and the ore Is to be sent to Taco ma for treatment. Hatchery on Elk River. The salmon hatchery on Elk river, three mil, above tbe Elk City, in Lincoln county, is to be made perman ent. Lumber and building material Is now arriving at the eite for rebuilding. Hatching operations were conducted at the spot for the first time last season, when a temporary plant was put In and conducted as an experiment. The sea son resulted In hatching about 600. 000 little salmon. Rainier Mills Destroyed. The shingle mill, saw mill and dry kilns of Olson Nbrdby were destroy ed by fire that broke out a little after 10 o'clock last night. The insurance-is said to be about half on a $40,000 loss. Forty men are thrown out of employ ment The shingle mill had a capacity of about 120,000 per diem. Th the des troyed dry kilns were 1,200,000 shin gles. Franchise tor Bluff Elevator. An ordinance has been passed by the Oregon City council granting to County Judge T. F. Ryan a .franchise for the building and maintaining of an electric elevator system over the bluff. The same ordinance grants to Mr. Ryan the right to construct and operate a street railway system on certain of the streets of Oregon City. School Delayed a Week. The Jacksonville public schools will commence Monday. September 14. The delay of a week from the usual date of commencement was occasioned by the necessary finishing touches on the new Bchoolhouse before the furniture and fixture, could be placed in posi tion. Hop Dryer Destroyed by Fire. The Knox hopdrler, near Cottage Grove, cauarht fire and was totally de stroyed. Tbe loss was about $2000 Hilf of the Iobs was In hops. The house and conteut. were fully covered by lnsurano.. WATER WOKKS WONDERS. Kalamath Desert Changed to Smiling drain Field. State Treasurer C. 8. Moore, who has Just returned from a month's out ing in Klamath county, reports that all Industrial affairs In that section of the mate are prosperous and that the coun try surrounding Klamath Lake Is steadily developing. Irrigation ditch es are being enlarged and extended and the producing area gradually enlarged. The hay crop of that region is enor mous and since prices are up the farm ers are making money. "The productiveness of that sage brush land when water Is put on it is amazing," said Mr. Moore. "There is a large tract of land out south of Low er Klamath lake that I used to drive ever frequently a few year. ago. I would not give ten cents an acre for It without water on it. A man could not live on It. This summer I drove through that same country and Instead of a dry, sage-brush plain, I saw fields covered with an immense crop of wheat and land that has already yielded one crop of alfalfa and has another crop almost ready for cutting. One tract of 1000 acres of that apparently worthless land produced 25.000 bushels of wheat 1200 tons of alfalfa already this season. I am told that the owiers of that tract of land, which was covered with gage brush three years ago, will clear up from $15,000 to $20,000 this year. The land Is owned by Henry E. An keny and Roscoe Cantrell, and is irri gated from their ditch. I do not know what they paid for the land, but it is quite certain that they have already realized all they ever put Into it. and could now sell it for at least one-third more than it has cost them, counting all improvements. This simply illus trates the wonderfuld productiveness of that soil If you can only get water cn It." EUGENE PEOPLE TAKE HOLD. Arc Determined to Make the District Fair a Success. The officers of this District fair are making arrangements for the fair to be held at Bangs' park, near Eugene, for four days, commencing September 28. The five-eights-of-a-mile race track in the park has been put in first class con dition. There is not abetter track in the state. Premiums to tbe amount of $1500 are offered for the various exhibits, while additional special premius are offered by citizens of Eugene. "The 1-eople of Eugene have subscribed nearly $1500 to aid the enterprise. The large pavilion on the grounds is being enlarged to make room for exhibits, and stock sheds, horse stalls and a grand stand are being erected. The park is In an excellent place for camping and a number of wells are be ing driven In different parts of the park for tbe benefit of those who wish to camp during tbe fair. WeU Preserved Baldwin Apples. T. B. Killin, county commisloner for Clackamas county, brought to Oregon City samples of the Baldwin variety of the apple family that were picked from tbe tree in September 23 last. Tbe fruit is in a fair etate of preserva tion at this time, with no eveidence of decay. Commissioner Killin says he doe. nothing to prolong the natural state of the apple, which is kept In the cellar throughout the winter. Mr. Killin resides In the south end of the county, and reports that there will not be to exceed half a crop of apples this year. Remarkable drain Stalks. In the Miner office window. Prairie City, is a bundle of oats, in the stalk, on exhibition, which measures 6 feet, raised on the farm and stock ranch of J. P. Finlan, situated on the Middle Fork of John Day river, near Austin station. Stalks of wheat measuring over five feet, raised without irriga tion on Leo Hoffstetter's farm, situate three miles above Prairie City, are also shown. Neither the oats nor the wheat is fully matured, and has not got its full growth. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 783 79c; blue item, 80ii82c; valley, 80c. Flour Vall.y, $3.G3.85 per bar rel; bard wheat straights, $3.60(34.00; hard wheat, patents, $4.10(35.60, graham, $3.8(f3.75; whole wheat, $3.554.00; rye wheat, $4.60. Barley Feed, $19.00(20.00 per ton; brewing, $21; rolled, $2121.60. Oat No. 1 white, $1.10; gray, $1.06(11.10 per cental. Millatuffs Bran, $21 per ton; mid dlings, $25; shorts, $21; chop, $18; linseed dairy food, $191 Hay Timothy, $14.00 per ton; clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery, 2527c per pound; dairy, 18920c; store, 15 16c. Cheese Fall cream, twins, 14c; Yonng America, 15c; factory prices, Italic less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12 124'c per pound ; spring, 14914c; hens, 12lSc; broilers, $2.00 per doxen; turkeys, live, 10(9 12c per pound ;dressed,1415c; duck., $44.60 per doxen; geese, $56.60. Eggs Oregon ranch, 25c. 'Potatoes Oregon, 75 85c per sack; sweet potatoes, 2.'-gc per pound. Wheat Sacks In lot. of 100, 6H'c. Beef Gros. steers, $3.76(34.25; dressed, 67c per pound. Val 8)f)0 per pound. Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, 6(3 5Kc; lamb., gross, $3.50; dressed, 6c. Hog Gross, $5.505.75; dressed, 8c. Hops 1902 crop, 2ic per pound. Tallow Prime, per pound, 45c; No. 2 and grease, 24 g3c. Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Oregon, 12ai5c; mohair, 35370. Colombian Committee Considers th. Transfer of Panama to America. Washington, Kept. 15. The state department has received a cablegram from Minister Bean pre, dated Septem ber 5, summarizing the ' provisions of the bill repcrted to the Colombian con gress by the committee recently ap pointed to study the conditions upon which the construction of the Panama canal could be authorized. The main provisions recommended by the com mittee were: . First Approval of the action of tbe senate in rejecting the Hay-Herran treaty. Second Authority to be given to tbe piesident to conclude treaties for canal or to contract for a canal with private parties subject to the rights of the companies. Third The Panama railway com pany to be permitted to transfer itc property, all existing obligations to be assumed by the purchaser, including tbe annual payment of $250,000, and tbe surrender of the property to Colom bia in' 1967. Fourth The canal company to be permitted to transfer its rights and property on payment of $ 10,000,000 to tbe government of Colombia. Fifth The authority to be given to the president of Colombia to make the following concessions and conditions: Lease of tbe canal i ne for 100 years, not including tnerein the (Hies of Pan ama and Co on; annual rentals therefor onti; 1967 to be $150,000; lease renew able every hundred years, with increase of 25 per cent in the rental for each succeeding 100 years.' period. Neutral ity of the canal and recognition of Co lombian sovereignty over the wboie territory and tbe inhabitants thereof. Mixed tribunals only in the canal zone; police and sanitary commission, to be ecxlusivety Colombian; a time limit to be fixed for the completion of the canal and works. Sixth Colombia to receive from tbe cont acting -government. $20,000,000 on tbe exchange of latificationa of tbe treaty. CALL FOR CONGRESS. Roosevelt Abandons Idea of October Ses sionNovember 9 Will Be Date. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 15. After mature consideration, and consultation in person and by mail with members of both tbe senate and the house of rep resentatives, President Roosevelt baa abandoned the suggestion' that congrea. be called in extra cession in October. The extraordinary . saion. wbicb be announced many months ago wonld be held this fall will be called, according to present plans, to meet on November 9. Notwithstanding the fact that th. suggestion of an October session of cob- gress came from parties wbo advocated its adoption, tbe suggestion was not re ceived with favor by members of con gress generally. The idea cf an Octo ber session was opposed because it would oblige senator, and representa tive, to leave their states and district, in the midst of a campaign wbicn, to many of tbem and to their party, was of vital imortance. No agreement has let been reached as to the character of the financial legislation which will be enacted at tbe next session. It i. not certain that an agreement can be reached between tbe two branches of congress whereby any special legislation an be enacted. THE LAST STRAW. Turks Slay Thousand, of Bulgarian, and There la Now No Escape From War. Sofia, Sept. 15. With the arrival of new and sensational ' reports of tbe wholesale massacre of Christian in Macedonia, the situation here is hourly becoming more alarming. If the latest mnwages, which state that 6,000 Bul garian, bave been slaughtered in tbe districts of Okhrida and Leren should be confirmed, no doubt exists that tbe government will be forced to order the mobilization of the army. According to information brought to the revolutionary paper Autonomye, a force of Albanians, assisted by Turkish regular forces acting under order.' di rect from the Yildiz Kiosk, massacred the entire Bulagrian Christian poupta tion of the Okhrida and Leren dis tricts. The National Anthem. Washington, Sept. 15. The navy department ha issued an order declar ing the "Star Spangled Bannei" the national anthem, and directing that whene er the composition is played .11 officers and men shall stand at atten tion, unless they are engaged in duty that will not permit them to do so. It is aUo required that the same "re spect shall be observed toward tbe national air of any other country when played in' the presence of official representatives of such coon try. Bold Robber These. Sioux Falls, S. P., Sept. 15. A band of eight masked men blew open tbe safe in the Minnehaha county bank at Valley Springs this morning and se cured between $8,000 and $10,000 in cash. Residents of the town were aroused byaevetal explosion. When citizen, appeared on the street to ascer tain the cause they discove ed that tbe town was picketed by seven or eight armed men, who drove the resident, from the streets. Soldier Dead From Philippine. New York, Sept. 15. Tbe United States transport kilpatrick, from Ma nila, arrived today. On the transport are the bodies of 300 United State, acldier. who lost their live, in the Philippine islands. This is the largest number of bodies ever returned at on. time from tbe islands.