OREGON
VOL. XXI.
ST. IIXLINB, OREGON, TXUDjLT JUNE 10, 1904.
NO. 26.
MIST.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
QATIir.KI'O 1'ROM ALL PARTS OP TttE
TWO WnMISFIinRES.
Comltrak"!" Review of the Import
ant HPP"I"I th Peat Wnk,
Presented In CamlWMi IWm, Moat
Likely to Prove latereetlng to Our
Many Reader.
Tim I'orl Arthur channel I again
0Htl.
Mr. Haniuol Clemen (Mark Twain)
id deed
It 11 mk i Irani rising Klimt the caar
II 1'ort Arthur falll.
Vice Admiral Togo haa beet pro
moted ti I admiral.
TI10 Jananeea have found Tallenwan
by completely mined and must delay
landing.
Fire nrar Hlchmond, Va., dretmyed
4,(KH),(KiO pound ol tolierco. I am,
lilOO.OIHJ,
Ucport have Iwa eont out thai hoth
Japan ana Kosal liava lost elilp In 1
tin lit at I'orl Arthur.
Kri.nlnr Mlli hrll (alia to find any.
thins In report to warrant the rvnwv
al ul I'uaUtiaaUii ileitcrull at I'urttaiid.
Two riot In Vlrtor, Ola., following
the I. In lug up ul nonunion miner,
mutted lii twu miner being killed and
1 niiinU r InJuriHl.
Thirteen non-union minora war
Ullcl al V i tor, Cloo, wlilla wailing
lor a train. Three hundred bound ol
dynamite a as placrtl under Uia depot
platform and tired Uy aln trkaJty by on-
Itnown prranti. iroop liava liven
uflcrrl to Ilia -eno.
A I'arl rrpnrt eay (ienaral Kurokl
haa Im-n rapllllod.
Tim Colorado military continue to
(rMirt striking mi ner a.
Kuniant are making Important move
inriita toward Kal ling.
lis in has era) In lyna and th
flnmle am now expert! to recede,
('iiiiuniilralloii with Tort Arthur li
maintained l.y lha ua ol carrier pId
grHJtl. Lieutenant (leiwral Zabotkin, row
nmn.lcr of a Coaaark division, hs lwl
killed.
lUn.lite arr looming bolder In Mn
Ctiaang and resident leal warship
will I needed.
An allotment of $18,000 haa hen
made for dredging tha Colubmia a no
Willamette heiow Portland.
An rxphwlon at lha rinola, Cl.,
powder worka killed threw men and de
troypd I'.MI.OOO worth ol property.
An etplnalnn w tacked Ilia great ro
otle, III., distillery and tea man r
huriir.) in tha lain. Fit broke out
and the luae la placed at 11,000,000.
Tha Kansa flood already cover a
Urge area and many atrratna are illll
rising.
The Kuaslan lnrcn above Klnrhou
realiui they can do little and are likely
to retreat. ,
Nina people- war killed and many
injured In a roillalon ol train near
ilarllu City, Mo,
ChaileaH. IVneen ha heen nomi
nated foi governor of Illinoii by the K
puliluana on tha "Will ballot.
One-third of New Yotk'a street
weeper dm tract romumptlon, pre
nmahly from germ Id the street.
Kriiator Ilurtou, of Kanaaa, haa (lied
an apeal. Tha annwtor Indicted for
liriUry thlnka the lower court erred,
Crook comity, Oregon, town r
booming with tha arrival ol many
would lie anttler who are attracted by
the Irrigation project.
Itunala haa no gionnd fur supposing
(h'lmany la In a poUUn to help her
either diplomatically or materially, aa
no treaties eilt between tha two
countries.
Tim caar and a council ol war hav
decided to advlae Kuropatkln to en
dravor to roliere I'orl Aillior. t.
Ituaala ha diapatched tha flint of
elulit aiiliiiiariue boaU to Vladivoalok
by rail.
Tha JapnniNH) ara landing a aecond
army at 'Jakuahan.
Hiierlnlandent Potttir, of thi Che
mawa Indian arhool, may be train
larre.1 aa a result ol tlie ehargea agatiiHt
him. '
Urge forces of Chlneaa bandit ara
collecting In tha hill northeast of tha
l.tao river and ara preparing to cut the
railway north of Mukden. ,
A now atrlke of what pronilan to bo
rich oro ha been made about 13 tnllea
from Cripple Creek. Ovor a thotiaaud
clainn hay already beo atakad out.
TraiiHpnrta loaded with troopa con
tinue to leave Weatorn Japanao IMirta
daily for the theater of war. A large
proportion of thoaa dlripatohed during
the paat week wara to raluloiva Uuueral
Oku.
The pronldont haa ordered f attorney
to Alnaka to Inveatlgata tha ofllcoa ol
governor and Judgea.
A aevere battle la reported to have
occurred all niltea from Port Arthur.
Tha Ituaalana cannot hold tha aeoond
Una of defiuiaea and muat fall back to
l'ort Arthur, -r4 .
An Alaskan hermit hai dim! dttclar
Inn ho la Tatcott, tha long aotight Chi
cago murderer.
tXHBCT BATTLB AT LI AO YANU.
Hutalana
Halltva Imoortant
Develop
m.nn are Impaaeirtf,
Hi I'..i.ui t
. ''nun, rfiine 1. inn run
rl public ut tho Ruaalun cupllul la
iiimufu with t, belief that Import
am military ilvvolopmnnta ara Itn
Piling at I.lao Yung, and that a Kua
nun oiiKKRitnimit biitwocn Kuropat
aiua arm -miiral Kurokl'a armlca li
.Hiioimuii. Although tho authorltlM
are iIoIuk nothing lo dlacouraxa tho
Idea, tho boat -Informed clrcloa at tha
war omco do not anticipate a dncla
Iva battle Immndlntuly, unlnaa brought
on worn or Ima unipectetiy by aa
..i.uiiiiuii coiiwiou ootwono atrong
commit, aa often happen In war-
far. , ,
Tha war offlco'a luforaiatlon doe
not tiulliato that tho Japanese haw
concentrated for an attack on Gener
al Kuropatkln, ami It la aipected they
ara not yet ready to aaiutue the of
rnlve. NeverUieleaa, It la knows
that difference of opinion exlat at
the Riusian bcadquartera aa lo the ad
vlaabllltr of takln the aaarotalv
and It la believed thi matter wa tha
aubjurt of conference between the
oninniamlnr In chlef and the Viceroy
at Mukden Tuesday.
Kuropatkln bouillon ta becomlna
very funnlilahla, both In the number
and charactor of troopa at bla dlapo
al. The condition of some of tha flt-
liertan reai-rvea when callnd to the
color waa not aallafactorr and
aueed Kuropatkln inlsalvlms, but It
a now reported that thev bare been
I rilled Into a date of efflcleurr.
More Important, however, ara the
lari; relnforcementa of field artll
lerr. In which the Itusalnn army wai
tiecliilly weak. Tbeae bava now ar
rived. Nnvertlielosa. Kuropatkln does
not consider himself atront enough
to risk the possibility of a defeat
which mlaht ha Irretrievable and ra-
ult In dlaaster nr at least rear of
campaigning. Ilia friends praise hit
steady conservatism, caution and re
fusal to listen to tho counael of the
hotspura.
MLSSU CANNOT BliLIIiVB IT.
Japaa
Nctat to Have No Right to Oflsr
T.rrltorjr to Cblaa.
81. IVteratiurg, Juno 7. The Itua-
Ian authorltlea have not been ad-
Iih by M. Ieisar. the Rtiaslan Mis
Ister to China, of the proposition al
leged to hav bea made to China by
Japan to hand over the towna captur
ed ty tho Japatmss In Manchuria to
the Chinese civil administration, or
ven of tho rcftisnl of tho Pekln gov
ernment to assign the administration
to a noutrat power.
The foreign office cannot believe
such a proposition waa aubmltted,
pointing out that while tha war la In
progress the fact that certain terri
tory la occupied hr tho Japanese doe
not necessarily mean It will remain In
heir handa. Aa a belllgerant. Russia
ould, of course, refuse to racognlio
n BKrccmcm wnicn migni unmpn
her military operations, aud aho doe
not believe the powera would consid
er ererl for moment a proposition of
this character.
At the conclusion
of the war, If
It la considered
span la viriorioue,
hat she heraclf Is under pledge not
undertake, even temporarily. ,,1B
civil administration of Manchuria.
MOtlAMMt!DINJ ARB F-XCITUD.
Praaaac el AoHrica Ships, Howaver, U
Having Salutary lanu.ee. ,
Washington. Juno 7 Admiral
Chadwlik today cabled to me navy
department that the presence or me
American fleet at Tangier haa had a
anlutary Influence, but the commun
ity la In a atato of great roligloua ex
cltement
Admiral CbadWlcK a telegram is -Inrstood
to bo In reply to certain erlt-
clsms, mainly rrom nritian aoun-,
man tho wladom of aendlng American
warships to Morocco at thla Juncture.
ti. riiL-lniis excitement mention
ed aa prevailing among tha M00
believed hero to Do incineni pnimni?
ona of the annual Monamnimmu
pllsrluiagea occurrlug at a season.
t!ndonbtedly. however, tho presence
of tho seven American warahlpa at
Tangier, with a promlao of rein
fofcemont If necesaary by another
aiiundnm. I tHsgardcd a threatening
medarl religion, and ha contributed
to tha ecltoment.
Relief for Port.
rseis Juno 7.-Tha 8L Potcraburg
corrcspondont of tho Matin aaya ha
learn from truatwortny aource
that tho advanoa guard of H.000 mon
un.ler Oenoral Btakalherg. aent by
Oeneml Kuropatkln to tl. relief of
Port Arthur, hm n - , .
entrance to tno i.iao iio.a
a d tha hulk of the army la r"01ln:
correapoudent of 'the Matin
1 Chwantt connrnis " - p
that Important movc.m-.m.
alna troopa are proceeding to tno
Southward" of TaohUhao toward Kal
Ping. . ,
it. lis Psrlv Fall.
Pnrla. Jt.no t-Tho leatMnil n.llh
.... ...twitla here t-tpect tho early
fa I of Port Arthur, aud v ew thla a
i moat aorloua, If not an rreprabl.
blow to HiiHHlo, tho present cond tlon
o Port Arthur bel.m ,mP?'n"
n tl at Oonoral Kuropatkln la ma
?ut J?, -o. ,e tliA nilstako in regard
"Br'; thtir". ..Hilary b I Ity to
roalal ; tlml the French made m con
nooilon with Mot.
si p.vlna forSuppH '
,7" j, n0 7.-Morchant
SS,.h-mPM thoy did 1. tho oar-
Jr huv i of. tb? ;S anltT
,r0 oven nj-"-' Tw0 rhlnose
&V weVo executed hero today.
REPUBLICANS WIN
ENTIRE STATE TICKET ELECTED BY
A Bid MAJORITY.
Oamocrata Successful In a Number of
Coaatlca on the Legislative and
Coaaty Tlckata Local Optloa WUI Be
Closei Cltlra Defeat M.asura, but
Coualry Prtclncts favor It.
In the election yoaterday the re
turn Indicate that tho republican
atata ticket Is oloctod by a plurality
of 20,000.
In tha Kirat Congressional dlatrlct
(linger Hermann baa beon re-elected
by 7000 to KOo plurality. In many
counties ha haa run ahead of hi
ticket. The same la true of Repre
sentative Williamson shn wilt he n.
turned to couisrea by a plurality of
1S.UVU.
food and Dairy Commlasloncr J. W.
Bailey, candidate for ro-oloctlon, made
a atrong run, and his plurality will
full little abort of Bunrcmo Judge
uoorc'g.
The return ara too meager to lndl
cate the euceae or defeat of the lo
cal option law, and It will take the
complete count to determine the re
sult. The cltlea bava voted against the
moaaure, and tho country districts In
ita favor. The direct primary law haa
been ratified by a largo majority.
1 bo vo!o polled waa large and will
not fall abort of tho total registration.
Clackamas County.
Oregon City. Juna 7. With no of
ficial returns at hand the election of
tho entlro republican ticket la aa
sured. About 85 per cent of the reg-
stored vote waa cast. Hermann will
carry tho county by probably 250
majority. Tho republican atate and
Judti-lnl ticket will be elected by at
u-ast 1000 majority.
Waste County.
Tho Dalle. Juno 7. Thus far no
complete retuma have been received
from any precinct In thla county. Aa
far aa ran be estimated from the
meager reports tho atato officer and
representative Williamson will carry
tho county by lnrgo pluralities.
Yamhill Coaaty.
McMlnnvilln, Juno 7. In McMlnn-
vllle precincts Hermann had a good
margin over eVatch. and for supremo
Judgo, Mooro waa In the lead.
Clatsop County.
Astoria, Juno 7. Incomplete re-
1 urns from tho city preclncta In
the county glvo Williamson, for
representative, 3jft. Hlmona 190,
Mooro 357; supremo Justice, O'Day
190; food and dairy commissioner,
llatley HI, Douglaa 141.
Mirioe County.
Salem. June 7. The election In
Marlon county haa been a landslide
for tho republican ticket and with the
cturna yet fnr from complete 11 ia
spparent that every republican candi
date haa carried the county.
Jacksoa County.
Ashland. Juno 7. TUo Jackaon
county returns are coming In alowly. ;
At 1 A. M. Irtdlcatlona are that tbe
republican stato and congresalonal
tickets will have aubatantlal major
ity. Hermann' plurality Is now esti
mated at SOt.
Washington County.
trin-Ks..-.. l.m. 7 -Thn rniint In
Waahlngtorl county ia coming in very
sluw. Hlllsboro'a two preclncta give
Hermann 1!0 to 76 for Vcatch, with
the atato ticket about tho same. Out
of 222 votca cast In thoee two pre
clncta, tho local option measure gets
10!1 "yoa" to 113 "no." lndlentlona are
that Hermann will carry mo county
by at least 600, and perhapa 700.
Ualon County.
iTi,,n .Time 7. Onion county gooa
.n.i),it.n hv a Inrco majority. The
republican stato ticket, from returns
received, win do oiociwi vj
-.,...,1, !,,,!, 1 nrnr 9 to 1. TllO VOtO
on local option la cloe, with email
majority probauiy iovorauiu.
Benton County,
c .in. T..n 7 The malorltv for
VOI .Mill., ...mw ' -
t.o..n ti,bnt In eMflmnted at
reuuuiiceo .."fcw ... ...
i. iiumiiimi Dom.. haa car
ried the county by a plurality of 60 to
7. Tho democrat oioci vuo irt
urcr. . Wheeler County.
, Foeall. Juno 7 In Wheeler county,
. ... ,.M.,f tituttco. and Wllllam-
son for congress, will receive major
Uioioatlmatedat about 200. Thla ma-
rltv Will hold good lor uie i-iimo
stato ticket. Tha republloana oloct
II on tho legiaiauvoucKci.
,'-,v k Polk CouBtv."
r.: Tuna 7 FV6 OreClnCtS
,.,..'.m n'f Eiiaono. In Lane county,
glvo Hermann MO, Voatch 111. Moore
199, O Iny B2. namiuon
ceno tho republlcana are gaining rap
idly. Douiocrata will elect tho aherlff.
Lane County.
T.,n 7 Tha republican
...... ...'.i .Hpti-iet tickets are aafoly
clotted. Hermnnn will have at iea
200 plurality, ununa icon '""'ftr
riamneratlo majorities.
Ical option la running well with aafe
in only, i n0 comi-ni ui
J." ....iiw rloso with Laughery.
tho jcpubllcan norulueo, BUghlly lead
ing. , ' .
. . . Ill Cnll nt- "
idleton, June T. WilllnmBon will
Pen
carry
th 8 county ay a "'"J""1"
.. .... --j i...i.1.tlva ntrteera.
AS W
111
is running inr '
ThJ county ticket will bo
I n li n n il nf
Wllllnntaon
his ticket.
mixed.
' u.k. Countv. 4
. . . . . Thn etiirna of
Ttaker
,ctlon In thla county are ver y In
,te. Indl?fttlonat are that ; tha
lean" 8..ata and eongresslonnl
tha elect
.complete
ropuun
tlcKeta
county
nave m suu" -: -
Simmons, the democratic
oongrcMalonal candidate, la running be
hind bla ticket, many domocrata not
voting lor congressman, una 1
trlct ntUirneyahlp In tbia county
doubtful.
dia
ls
Qllllman County.
Arlington, June 7. Ollllam county
will give Williamson, Hop., for repre
aontutive to congreaa, a majority of
about 200. Mcoie, tor chief Justice, la
running ahead of hla ticket, and his
majority wll; probably reach 250.
Morrow County.
Hnppnor, June 7. Returns from
seven preclncta In Morrow county In
dicate a very large majority for tha
stato ticket, with Williamson, Rep
fur con grots, running a Bead of bla
coueaguea.
Klamath County.
Klamath, June 7. Incomplete re
tuma give Hermann and Moore good
rrujoiltlea. Don son and Hnnna, for
cl-ctilt judges, and Laycock, for ten-
ator, are aure of election. Moore,
IX-m., will probably have a majority
for dlBtrlct attorney. For Joint rep-
reaontatlve, Btelncr, Rep., and Grif
fith, Dem., will receive majorltle.
Crook County.
I'rlnctlllo, June 7. The entire re
publican state ticket baa a plurality
In Crook county, ranging from 1C0 to
300. Tho vote on the county ticket la
cloae and divided. On the local op
tion law a light vote waa polled, and
the measure will be defeated by 150
In thla county. The direct primary
law will have a majority of 200.
Coos County.
Marahflcld, June 7. The entire re
publican ticket In Coos county la
elocted. Returns from Curry are very
Indefinite. Dinger Hermann will bare
tho largest plurality ever given in
Coo county. Indications are that
Coke, Hep., for joint senator of Coos
and Curry, ia elected.
Lino County.
Albany, June 7. The county Is pro
ceeding very slowly, the split up tick
eta making the work difficult Re
tuma from tha Albany preclncta at
midnight ehow: Hermann 78, Veatch
33, Moore 73, O'Day 36. McNary 73,
Whitney 67. Burnett 83, Eddy 67,
Uolsu 35, Calloway 54.
Columbia Coaaty.
St. Helena. Juna 7. Returns Indi
cate that Mayger, republican, ia un
doubtedly elected repreaentatlve. The
cntmtv liulire nnrt rnnntv clerk era In
danger, but it la thought the republl
cana win pun tnrougn. me congres
sional and district tickets are over
whelmingly republican. .
Sherman County.
Moro, June 7. All Indication point
to the election of the entire republi
can ticket by a plurality of 300 votea.
It la estimated that Williamson for
representative haa carried the county
by 350.
Joaapklo Coaaty.
Grants Paaa, June 7. Josephine
county Indicatea a republican victory,
except for representative and treaaur
ar. Hermann haa a good lead and the
republican atate ticket also.
Douglaa County.
Roecbure. June 7. In four Roae-
burg preclncta 1138 votea were cast,
against 1000 two yeara ago. Hermann
carries the county by over 400, and
Judge Mamllton, democratic, by 500.
The republican atate ticket ia elected
by over 500.
Multnomah Coaaty.
Portland. June 7. The republlcana
carried tho county by an unprecedent
ed majority on the state and congrea
alonal tickets, and by a very heavy
vote on tho legislative. Judicial and
county tickets, with the exception of
three. The democrata nave eiectea
the Bhorlff and dlatrlct attorney and
one Independent republican atate aen-
ator ia elected. Williamson a plural
allty will be 7.500. Local option will
tie defeated by 2.0C0.
Brake Falla on Mill.
Burlington, Iowa, June 8. A well-
filled atroet car rushed down Valley
Hill atroet today and waa wrecked
against a tree. Many of the passen
gers were Injured. Mrs. Joseph Kehn
was killed and 16 were badly injured.
Several suffered broken arm and
logs, and many were badly cut about
tho head and shoulders. The break
beam on the open electric car broke
Just as tho car began the descent
Tho car dashed down the long Incline
at a frightful speed and the injured
word strewn on both aides or the track
down fie entire length of the hill.
Anxiety Felt In Spain.
Madrid. June 8. The newspapera
are anxiously illscuBslng the Morocco
question. The Epoch thinks the pre
cipitation in sending a neei to me
Morocco coast gives rorce 10 me re
i.ort that the United States had asked
tho Sultan of Morocco for a port on
tho west coast. La Correspondence
do Sspana gives a rumor that an ex
change of notes Is taking place among
tho Euronean chancellorlea with a
view to obtaining assurance that
Amorlcan action will be confined
strictly to measurea for securing the
liberation of the captives.
Fourteen Known to Be Dead.
tinn.tn Til Tnno S Instead of nine
o Ant r'annrtAri it la now known that
14 men lost their Uvea In the fire and
explosion at the Corning distillery Sat
urday. Eigbt bodies were recoverea
frrvm the Tllln. tn.lllV. fOIIF of Which
were Identified. Of the eight bodiee
i,.v..n fmm thn ruins, four. were re
cognised immediately uy means or
nni-tiete. nf pWhlno. ItnlvAa. and other
pieoea of metal. The aearch ia being
continued, tne ore naving neen extin
guished and the workmen being able
to. handle tno aeons. . ,
; . Repelled With Losb.,
' London. June 8. The Dally Tele-
aranh'a Tientsin correspondent wires:
"Four - thousand Rnsslane- belonging
to General Stakelberg'a brigade May
31. engaged 1500 Japanese, five miles
aouth ct Wafang Tien. The Russtana
were reDulsed. losing 200 killed and
400 wounded. ; Tha Japanese lost
mora than 100 killed."
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
PROMISB OF A Bid CROP.
Umatilla Wheat Flelda are In a nourish
ing Condition.
PENDLETON. Based on reports
from the varloua aections of the coun
try, the wheat crop, conservatively es
timated, will amount to more than
COCO, 000 bushels. The condition of
growing grain at the present time ia
considered moat satisfactory and an
less the weather within the next three
weeka prove unfavorable, farmer
say this year , crop will reach 1,600,
000 buabel In excess of last year.
The wheat In the vicinity of Pen
dleton ia quite far advanced, having
headed out several daya ago. The sec
tion of the county between Pendleton
and Athena, which la owned by the
Umatilla Indiana, la an Immense ex
panse of waving grain. Tbouaanda of
acres In this locality are rented by the
Indiana to the large farmer at a
nominal figure, and comprise the rich
est farming land In the country. The
average annual yield ia from 30 to 35
bushels an acre, and accordingly the
profit to the farmer la very large. In
reality, the profits realized by the
farmers by renting these landa are
greater than they would be If owned
by the farmera themselves, since a
comparatively email working capital
ia required. The reservation wheat
land will, thla year, produce the larg
est portion of the crop of the county,
provided the grain escapes injury
from any trlcka of the weather during
the critical period.
Grain In that part of the county
northwest of the city Is also reported
to be in a very healthy condition. It
haa headed and reached the stage for
baying. The land in that locality la
lighter and of course the yield Is
never as large aa that of the reserva
tion lands, yet anything approaching
a partial failure haa never been known
there.
In the Helix country wheat la look
ing good and an average crop ia in
prospect. The early frosts did aome
damage to grain in that locality, but
by the recent heavy rains the affected
grain will make a satisfactory yield.
Out of 1000 acres owned by Christian
Breeding less than 40 acres were dam
aged. Other stands suffered In a less
degree.
Farmers living south and south
east of the city also give most favor
able reports of growing grain and feel
assured that they will harvest an un
usually large crop this year.
Coming Bvcnta.
Knights of Pythias Convention,
ninth district. Fossil, June 15.
Commencement University of
Oregon. Eugene. June 12-15; Albany
College, June 10-15; Pacific Univer
sity, Forest Grove, June 10-15.
Annual Reunion, Department of
Oregon, G. A. R., Hood River, June
15-17.
First Oregon Cavalry and Infantry
Reunion, Hood River, June 16.
Lane County Veterans' Association,
June 22-24.
Linn County Pioneer Association
Reunion, Brownsville, June 22-24.
Pioneer Association Reunion, Port
land, June 22.
Northwest Sportsmen's Tourna
ment, Pendleton, June 24-26.
Christian Campmeetlng, Turner,
June 23-July 3.
Federated Fraternal Mardi Gras and
Carnival, Portland, June 28-July 9.
western Division state Teachers
Association, Portland, June 29-July .
Eastern Oregon u. A. K. Encamp-
ment. La Grande, July 1-4.
Soutnern Oregon Chautauqua As
sembly, Ashland. July 13-22.
American Mining Congreaa, Port
land, August 22-27.
Rlnchart Clan Will Oatbcr.
PENDLETON. A fare and one-
third rate Is being granted by the O.
R. ft N. for the second annual Rlne-
hart family reunion at Summervllle
in the Grand Ronde Valley, to which
members of the big Rlnehart clan
from all over Oregon and Washington
are expected to come. The reunion ia
to take in the descendants of Louis
and Elisabeth Rlnehart, whose Im
mense family has blossomed out into
other Immense families, until with the
fourth generation there is an extraor
dinary gathering when all get to
gether. It la probably the first time
that the O. R. & N. has made a low
rate for a family reunion.
Orand Reade Fruit Oood.
LA GRANDE. The crop prospecta
for Union county and most of Eaetern
Oregon are very flattering so far thla
season. Grand Ronde Valley haa bad
a heavy shower last week, just when
it waa most needed. Sugar beets
never looked better than now, and
hundreds of Indians, Japs and many
whites are now In the fields thinning
them aa rapidly as possible. Only
few early strawberries and some cher
ries were damaged by the frost. A
full crop of all fruits Is assured In the
Grand Ronde Valley; the strawberrlea
will be on the market in about four
weeka
Blda are All Too High.
ASTORIA. County court opened
bids for construction of a reinforced
concrete foundation for the new court
house. Four bids were received as
follows: John Bingham, Portland,
$21,857.40; Bingham & Flynn, Port
Innd, $21,70; Marshall Bros., Port
land, $21,439.65; Ferguson ft Hous
ton. $20,987. The lowest bid waa
much higher than the court antici
pated and about $7000 above the ar
chitect's estimate. Final action on
bids waa deferred until the architect
will be here.
Poor Business at Cold Storage.
ASTORIA. Up to the present the
fishing aeaBon haa been a greater fail
ure than last year, especially for the
cold-storage people. At this time last
year fully 600 tierces of pickled Asa
had been put up, while, now not over
150 tiercea have been packed. The
pack of the canners ia not -much over
10,000 cans, but those interested are
not 'discouraged aa they expect a
large late run the same a last year.
APPLES BROUdHT HIM HERB.
New Yorkar Found Easter Fruit Could
Not Compete.
HOOD RIVER. The Hood River
Fruit Company I a new Hood River
corporation. The company la capital
ized at )75,000, the stockholders being
Burt Van Horn, of Buffalo, N. Y., A.
A. Jayne and T. A. Decker; of Hood
River. Mr. Van Horn owna a 400-acre
apple orchard in New York. Hla ap
plea met with competition in big mar
kets with the Hood River product, and
last November he made a apeclal trip
to tbla valley to acquaint himself with
conditions here. The result of bis in
vestigation Is the recent organization
of the Hood River Fruit Company.
The company haa been formed sole
ly for the purpose of growing com
mercial apples. It ia not i specula
tive land-dealing scheme, aaya Mr.
Van Horn. Mr. Van Horn was for
yeara prominently connected wttb the
street railway business In the City of
Buffalo. He expecta to spend much
of his time in Hood River this summer
and fall, except when bis other busi
ness interest take him out of town.
He haa let contracts for clearing the
fruit lands he has purchased.
Following are the Hood River farm-
era who made sales of land to the
Hood River Fruit Company: Boyd
Sproat, Warren Wells, August Paasch,
C. H. Stauffer, G. R. Castner, W. V.
Johnson.
Foaad With Stole Horses.
LA GRANDE. Word baa reached
here from Wallowa county that Bill
Cottlngham, more familiarly known as
Coyote Bill, who was wanted in tne
atate of Washington for stealing hors
es, and who took French leave, was
captured near Wallowa last week in
camp, in company with his wife. He
was hunted down by some of his
bondsmen. He apparently thought he
was perfectly safe when he waa
caught He had horse In the camp,
also, that were atolen. Cottlngham
was Immediately taken back to Wash
ington.
Wire to B Strang to Imraaha.
LA GRANDE. The stockholders of
the Imnaha. Joseph ft Eureka Tele
phone company In Wallowa county
have elected officer to act during the
ensuing year, aa follows: President,
F. D. McCully; vice president. Prank
Reman; secretary and treasurer, J.
P. Rusk. All the stock haa been sub
scribed, and the contracts let for the
construction of the line from Joseph
to Buckhorn Springs, and in the near
future will be built on to Imnaha and
Frulta.
New Hatchery SIU oa Sin slaw.
ASTORIA. Master Fish Warden
Van Dusen haa returned from a trip
to the Stuaiaw river, where be select
ed a new site for the state salmon
hatchery. Considerable trouble haa
been experienced in the paat by the
floods, which rise rapidly, and several
times a vast amount of damage has
been done. A location has now been
selected where this difficulty la ex
pected to be obviated.
Build a Hotel at Hot Lake.
PENDLETON. A fine new hotel ic
under construction at Hot Lake, where
State Senator W. M. Pierce, of Pendle
ton, ia one of the proprietors. The
structure will be three stories high,
brick, equipped with modern conven
lencea and 100 feet long with two L'a,
each 120 by 45 feet It will cost
875,000.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
WHEAT Walla Walla. 72c: blue-
stem, 80c; Valley, 81c.
BARLEY Feed. $23 per ton; roll
ed, $24.50$25.
FLOUR Valley. $3.90 $4.05 per
barrel; hard wheat straights, $4
$4.25; clears, $3.85$4.10; hard wheat
patenta, $4.40$4.70; graham, $3.50
$4; whole wheat, $4'$4.25; rye flour,
$4.50.
OATS No. 1. white, $1.25; gray,
$1.20 per cental
MILLSTUFFS Bran, $19$20 per
ton; middlings, $25.50$27; shorts.
$20$21; chop, $18; linseed, dairy
food, $19.
HAY Timothy. $15S$16 per ton;
clover. $8$9; grain, $11$12; cheat
infill.
VEGETABLES Turnips, 80c per
sack; carrots, 80c; beets, $1; pars
nips, $1; cabbage, 22V&c; red cab
bage, 2c; lettuce, head, 2540c per
dos; parsley, per dot., 25c; cauliflow
er, $1.75'$2 per dozen; celery, 75
90c per dozen; cucumbers, $1.25
$1.60 per dozen; asparagus, 60c; peas,
5c per pound; rhubarb, 3c per pound;
beans, green, 15c; wax, 15c; squash,
$1 per box.
HONEY $3 $3.50 per case.
POTATOES Fancy, 75c$l per
cental, growers' price; new potatoes,
34c per pound.
FRUITS Strawberrlea. $1.75$3
per crate; cherries, 75c$1.2o per
box; gooseberries, 6c per pound; ap
ples, fancy Baldwins and Spltzen
bergs, $1.60 $2.50 per box; choice,
SIU? $1.60; cooking, 75c$l.
EGGS Oregon ranch, 1717Hc per
dozen.
POULTRY Chickens, mixed, 13
13tfc per pound; spring, small, 20
22 Vic; hens, 1313Vc; turkeya. live,
1617c per pound; dressed, 18 20c;
ducks, $7$8 per dozen; geese", live,
7 8c per pound.
CHEESE Full cream, twins, new
stock, 12H13c; old Btock, 10c;
Young America, 14c.
HOPS 1903 crop, 2325V4c per
pound.
WOOL Valley, 1920o W pound;
Eastern Oregon, ll16c; mohair,
30c per pound for choice.
BEEF Dressed, 57c per pound.
MUTTON Dressed, 4 6c per
pound; lambs, 8o.
' VEAL Dressed, 66o per pound.
: PORK Dressed, 67c.
HAM 1416e.
FLOOD IN HOJTB3.
Cloudbursts Compel Six Hundred Kaaaa
Families to Fie.
Topeka, Kan., June 4. Kansas
streams are rapidly riaing tonight.
Cloudbursts are reported from Emporia,
Newton, Strong City, Florence, Man
hattan, St. John and Salina. At Lin
coln Center more than four inches ol
water fell in three hours.
Heavy rains are reported from np
atream in the Ksw valley, but moat of
the high water trouble is being experi
enced in the botom lands between Em
poria and Newton. At Emporia tha
Neoaho and Cottonwood rivera are re
ported as rising a loot an hour. At
Florence, the Santa Fe track ara
washed out in several place.
Six hundred people were forced to
leave their home in Newton, and res
cue parties will be at work all night
aaving people irom the flood.
The town of Elmdale, eight mile
from Cottonwood Fa is, ia reported as
being under three feet of water.
A eeveie wind accompanied the rain,
greatly damaging fruit and growing
eropa.
Tornado Injur Twenty.
Omaha, Jnne 4. Additional reports
from Tekamab, which waa struck last
night by a tornado, indicate that about
20 person were injured, aome of them
seriously hurt. There were no fatal
Itiea. The storm wrecked moat of the build
ing in it path, which was a block in
width and aeveral blocks long. Tha
opera bouse, two general stores, a
blacksmith shop and several residences
were destroyed. A high school com
mencement rehearsal waa in proa res
in the opera house when the storm
struck the building, carrying away tha
oof and partially wrecking the walla.
A number ol pupila were injured.
The people of the town had little warn
ing of the coming storm, and many bad
narrow escape. The property loaa ia
heavy.
JAPANESE MINES EXPLODED.
RoMlaaa Continue to Clear the Port
Arthur Roadstead.
Bt. Petersburg, Jane 4. The follow
ing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff to
the emperor haa been received here:
"Rear Admiral Wtttsoeft and Grig
orovitch report that np to May 28 nu
merous Japanese mines had been die
covered and exploded in the roadstead
of Port Arthur. The Japanese evident
ly have replaced the fireahipa which
they formerly nsed, by mines sown by
merchant steamers in their service."
The emperor has received the follow
ing dispatch from General Kuropatkln:
"All ia qniet in the direction of
Feng Wang Cheng. Sin Yen baa not
been occupied by Japanese detach
ments. "On Hay 30 two cam pa ol Japanese
Infantry and 30 dragoons advanced
along the Taknahan road towards Ona
lassi for the purpose of turning th left
flank of our outposts. Our scouta dis
covered the movement and firing en
sued, in the course of which one Cos
sack waa wounded and one horse killed.
"The Japanese detachment, which
our cavalry successfully engaged May
30, is now atationed lour vereta from
Vafangow, fortifying ita position.
"There have been further Japanese
advances Irom Eaimatza toward Feng
Chow Ling Paaa on the Liao Yang
road."
MEET AT FULL SPEED.
Electric Car la Ohm Collide and Six
Persons an Killed.
Norwalk, O., June 4. Six person
were killed and a dozen or more hurt
thi afternoon aa a result of the collis
ion on the Lake Shore Electric railway
between an east bound fast electric pas
senger car and a westbound "package
freight" car at Wells Corners, a few
miles eaat of thia city.
The acident occurred at a point quite
diatant from any immediate mean of
communication, and assistance waa
sent from Norwalk, where every phy
sician and nurses in the city waa hur
ried to the place. All those killed
were in the smoking compartment ol
the passenger car. The cars were su
burban electric cars of the largest type,
and were smashed to pieces. They met
in collision at full speed.
One Squadron Annihilated.
St. Petersburg, June 4. General
SakaroS haa telegraphed as follows,
under today's date, to the general staff:
"According to reports, the Japanese
commander in the action of May 30
near Vafangow had three battalions of
infantry in reserve. Our losses were
17 men killed and 23 men wonnded
and Lieutenant Meyer and another offi
cer, whose name has not been ascer
tained, wounded. The Japanese loose
were very considerable. One squadron
ol the Thirteenth Japanese cavalry waa
annihilated."
Russians Find Food Scarce.
Seoul, June 4. The Russian band
scattered throughout Ham Heung pro
vince are encountering commissariat
difficulties. The countryside is illy
supplied with food and' forage, owing
to the bad crops of the past two yeara.
Since the first Russian raid there has
been no trade at Yensan and Bong in,
and consequently no importation of
foodstuffs. The Russian movement
in Corea caused widespread starvation,
Reports Battleship Aground.
Bt, Petersburg, June 4. An uncon
firmed rumor baa reached here from
Mukden that the Japanese battleship
Fuji ia aground on a reef off the Miao
Tao ialanda, between the Kwan Tung
and Shan Tung . promontories, whera
aha la being guarded by torpedo boat.