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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON MIST Ik VOL. XXL WEEK'S DOINGS Newsy Items Gathered from A Parts of the world. Or INTEREST TO OUR HEADERS General Review of Important Happen. pcnlgs Presented In Brief and Condensed torm. The war haa decide I to I rm t second invliiiriHii army. lany ol I'oit Arthur's guna are mid ot'woru out from lnceot firing. Flour on tha temr Arabia ami Jlelii Which conn a. a led, wilt be leleaaed. Kuadan re oimt laanre near Mukden e ranting heavy lighting with many I tail in, Ra-wl haa Informed America tha oliii(tn r t-iempt I rum the ion Ira and rlrn". Hclgrd la Med hh visitor to wit na a ilii cxrun t on o! King Peter, but lit If riilhuUto la dn-pUyed. Usual!!- attempt-d to lad a fort at Port Arlliur which they had rerrnlly loa', but ' t repulaml wiiii heavy ca us) lira. Tti' Hoveielgn Grand lodg of Odd Cello I. in m aion at Han Prarlro, A warm rni la-t I. prouilted fur ov. iigi ti uinrter. T aiamr Nurb and, hound (rum l ortlan I to Han Pedro, Cat., with i crg-i ui lumiM-r, n'. aahore on tb ro a tie-ir Mm'tei Tha vessel will ha savt-d. TIih work o' dismantling tha Lena la In charge ol an Anirrh au gunner. Tha Uitwlan troop ara changing their rlullili g tor lha winter campaign Th (ill l.nprr.Md lit Kuaaia that China la ncullr m gotialing with Japan. Tha old tr'-qtinla theater haa been - hulll and lha building lixixs-toi haa approved lit liianan. Kuaaia Inalma that horaee and oilier beaa'a "I bordrn remain In tha category of ainluie ci.traliid. United -lalea war hlp ara pradii l lug (hooting at night. Tha ttuaeo-Jap anaaa war haa led to Ihla. lha Canadian govurnment offer a 'aid ol $5,0110 tor tha rapture of tha t anadlan Pacific train tohbrr. Tha monitor Wyoming haa bwn ordered to temaln on I'ugnl ami ml to oforce neutrality ahould tha Korea put Into that port. Mair Clenpral Kiimncr, commanding tba Honlhern division, n-commend the alndonmnt ol several military poele lu Teiaa and Colorado which were ie gardml ol the ultima! Importance In the old ilay. ol Indian aarfata. Tha tran. purl lna haa gona to Mare (aland and mill ha ill.mautled at onca. Field Mar.hal Oram ia repotted to ha mnreiratig Ina men lor a advance on Mukden. J a pane are rushing reinforcement to 1'nrt Arlliur and have captured an other lort. Th Union Pacific ii carrying many colon ma to ih Nurthaeet and partico laily n g'Hi. Crt-llli'l l. the holy roller, haa admit ted hia guilt and haa been acnt to the paniteuiiary lor two yrara. General Moore will relirve General MarArihur ol the t'ommaiid of Ilia de parimenl ol Calilornia but nut ol the Paoitlo division. A awewnlna uoatal fraud order haa been leaned agaiuat (he agfiita of the I'relernil Mercantile CMiipauy, which haa a ropteiw. dative lu Portland. A final aortic of the Kuaalau qu Iron at fort Arthur may Imi expected at any time Tim ii niiimndcr of tha fleet ha. Ill id loan u liona that if the fortreaa fall not on ol the Ituaaian ships must fall Into the Japanese handa. I One of the Canadian Pacific train 'niblwre ia believed to have b.n cap turwl near Ikdliiigbara, Waah. A bridge Bra at Stillwater, Minn., eullap ed when a crowd ruhed on It. Two people were killed and five othera ", injuind. The Hreakera hotel, at Long Ilcach, Waeh., haa Imii totally doatroyed by lire. Wry little of tha contenta were aved owing to the rapl llf W th which he llamea eiivad. Tha loaa la placed at 170,000. A eon hai Wn bom to the queen of luly. Tha Infant haa been named Humbert and given the title of Prince of Plvdmoiit. The IliUHian transport Wna at Pan Fram laco ia to dlaann. All neceanary tepalra wlll .be made, but tha veeaol cannot put to aca until tha war ia over. The Inimenae Pullman car ahopa at Pullman, III., have been oloaed. The 7,000 employe" weie told to take their toola with them, and from thla infer that a 0 Ideiable period of idlentii coufronta tliem. The Huaaian volunteer fleet ateamer Koiea ia expwUid to put In at Vic torla, It. 0. Hh" l "rt c'' The UrltUli odlcera will demand that he dUmwitle unconditionally and that the crew be mint home. The continued alienee of Kuropatkln graetly lrrltatea Iho Kuwlan puinio. (lei many la reported to have made a aeoret treaty to give Kuaaia inuiiouv.u Tt.o n,.l., JTananHM army ia within MCIICY IS rORCOTTCN. Prlofilful Stents Cnacfcd About Port Arthur Torts. Chefoo, Bi.pt. 21. According to Ueiitonant I'liino Hndalvll, of the ItiiMHlau army, who reui hecl lioro luat night fiom port Arthur, lionrlug iIIh liuti lira from (lonorul Hlouarial, llm commandiirlnchliif of tlm UiikhIiiu hiroimhold, to tlnmtral Kiiropntkln, tha loiuiwr of tlm hclllgircnta at Pcrrt Arthur hna roiiclieil an aliHoliilcly mnr clloaa ate. 1'rlnco Hndalvll acrved with the ilrltlan In the lm,r War, and he aaya that mil II he tim amn aware of tha atnte of affaire at Port Artliur ho had no Idea that wur could hu an hnr. rlbla. It waa aet forth In thoae diapatcliea aoma wneka uko that NcrloiiH auxnli-. lima wore ntortalned by both belli ormita that the oilier waa mlaiialiiK tho Hod Croaa. The aiiHplflona have been Increaand by the roininUeion of varlona acta by the aoldiera of both nrmlea until now even fluxa of truce or aurromlnr are not roaucctcd bv oitnr aiue. Prince Itnditlvll dnrtnrea that the men of both armlna are abaolutcly venemoua in tholr aiitMgon am. IJmit- enanKleneral Stooaitol haa addrcaaed hla garrlaon, anylng that the prcacut mooit of the Jitimiii no Indlctttea clear ly tho nerraalty of realHlIng Ihem to the lent drop of Ittiaalan hlood, be- cauao If the Japaneae aolillura entered the fortreaa It undoubtedly would be impoaaiiuo ror their ofilcere to con ml them and prevent a niaaancro. Kor thla reaaon I. li'iitiMinnt General Hloee U muk I ok no olijiillon to civ lllnna leaving Port Arthur. When tho Jon women who are an gaged In Pott Arthur In hnepital work were advlaed to leave, they roplled they would rather fare the ponHllillity or maaaacre than doaert their uoata In conaequence of the fact that flnga of truce are Ignored, numbera of he Japaneae dead which have been ylng on the alopea of the hllle of the northeaat defenaea for week a paat are till unhurled, and the atenrh In Port Arthur from decompiling bodlea when the wind la In the right direction ia almoat unbearable. The Huaaian aoldiera, who are In Borne caaea poated within 600 paces from beapa of decaying dead, have conatantly to wear their hamlker chief, aoaked In camphor, aa other wlae llioy would be unable to remain at their poate. AIRSHIPS ARD rtW. No Successful flight Mas Yet Been Made at M. Louts. St. I-oula, 8-pL 21.Aa the cloaod aeaaon for alrahlp fllghta In the grand prlae matchea at the Wurld'a hair ap- proachea tba gueation of eitendlng tho time and otherwlae modifying the rulea governing tha contest la being conaldored by tho awroiinutic commit' te. The time limit act by the ruloa. be fore which the coutcNtanta for the grand prlte were to have began their trial nighta, la September so. Aa tnia only 11 daya away aud none of the ronteatanta aa yet haa made a auc aeaaful night and no definite ditto ave been act for futuro trial fllghta, the queatlun of eitendlng the time for tho contenta rather than have them go by default la receiving the acriotia con- Ideratlon of tho exposition authori- tiea. At preaent there are only tnree aeronauta In the city who have enter ed the match for the grand prise. They are: T. C llenbow, of Molilalia; Captain llaidwln, or Him Krancteco, nd Krancla Contour, a French aeron aut, who arrived In St. l-ouie Batur- ay. Of tho throe, llenbow In the only ono who line made a trial (llnhl. At the tlmo ho eanayed officially his air- hip waa not free of tho ground, being eld captive by a ropo rrom tne round, and ho, of course, did not qualify. Captain nakiwin ia tne oniy one oi tho three who la known poeiilvely to have qunllficd for an entry In the con test for the grand prlie. Trophies of Japanese Victory- Toklo. 8ciit. 21. Mantilla Oyamn, Comiuander-ln Chief of tho Japnneao forcea In tho Held, rcporta that the armlca under Clonorala Kurokl and Nodtu modo no prlaonera In the fight lng before IJao Yang. General Kuro kl captured t hornca, K00 rillcs. 300 roiinda of artillery and 600,000 rounds of rlllo ammunition, telegraph nppnr- atua and vatloua miHceiiauooua ini plementa. Goneral Nodau captured 400 rlllea, 1000 roundB of artillery and 37 800 round of rlllo ammunition, Ihrea heliograph. Telephones, toola. and large quantities of foodstuffs and timber. Uonornl Oku captured enough timber to construct railroad depots. Navy's Strcnath Dissipated. Hi rotorabum. Sent. 21 The No- voo Vremya, commenting on tho I-onn ciuie, crlllclHos the atithorltlca for dls aipntlng tho enorgloa of tho volunteer fleet and acnucring me n luaaly ovr tho face of tho globe, and ..v.- "Tho volunteer fleet would be effective) were It concentrulod nearer Japan, where It wouia navo a cniu. of picking up contraband and taking It to Kussiuu ports." Tho paper also ..i,- in in the aJlcuod presence of many Japanese spies In Denmark and Bwoden, who are amu i" their government advised of every move of tho Huaan shjps Cut Ofr Opened To Traffic. Bait Uke. Sept. 21. Without core monies of nny kind tho great Ogdon Lucen out olt of the llnrrlman Bystem. running ncroBa tho north end of Great Salt Iako, waa today opened for pas senger truffle. It has boon in use for some time for part of tho ovorliind freight tralllc, but today It was mmlo an actual part of tho ovorlancl system and henceforth all trains will bo run over the tracks of the cut-off, which ...., ,.i,. r,ie mile In nn absolutely straight lino over piling and fillings through the water or pbh.". Asuncion Is Cut Off. nnenoa Ayrca. Sopt. 21. According to dispatches recoiveu nwo, m i ,.i.iIhi of Paraguay aro conoon- tratlng tholr lnnd forces Bt tdwns par allel with Uie railway and have cut off auppllea and communication wltn Asuncion. ST. HELENS, OREGON NEWS WEALTH fOn POLK. Growers and Packers of Hops Get Large Returns. independence. In some of the smaller hop yards, picking Is done, but In the larger yarda. harvest will not bo over until some time during una week. A few Dickers, homeward bound, have passed throuith town, but tne bulk of them are yet to start from the hop Holds. (rrowers in this district have unl formly paid CO cents a box and there will have been puld out to nickers In the nciKhhorhood of flOO.000. Includ Ing Iho .money for other necessary help, wood, sulphur, burlap, baling, etc., the amount paid out will exceed mis Hum. One yard, the Horst IVro's will pay out $.10,000 for picking alone. Tho Mclaughlin yard will pay out a like aum for picking, and a number of grower will pay from I2B00 to $5000 to pickers. No sales are being made. Ralph Williams, of Dallas, has mado some small purchase at 27 cent. The growers In this district are left In better circumstance than they havo been for many year. During the period of low prices, many were reduced to the verge of insolvency, and it took the profits of last year and the year before to pay off the hard tlmea Indehtedneaa. This year they started in Independent and the prof- ita for this year's crop represents money that tho grower may use aa be pleases. No Permit for Sheep. Enterprlae. Hubbard Flerchlnger, a sheepman of Asotin county, who ws arraigned In the Justice court on tho charge of running sheep Into thla state without a permit from the stocE Inspector of thla county, was fined $'!0. Deputy District Atorney 8. Z. Henderson prosecuted the case, and lion. J. A. Ilurlelgh. ex-repreaentatlve for t'nlon and Wallowa counties, was for tho defense. The sheepmen of Asotin county have been running their sheep Into this county for several year, and there are reported to be alx other Bheepmen from that section who have their sheep In the northern part of the county at the preaent time, and who wlU in all probability have to answer to the same charge a Flerchlnger. The case tried will be appealed to tho circuit court. Tire In Cascade Reserve. Albany Parties returning from the flreltenbush Hot Spring report' de structive forest fires burning In the mountains along the North Santlam river. One of theae fires I in the magnificent timber of the Cascade forest reserve and la doing consider able damage. It started about 16 miles northeast of Detroit, and Is burning In a northern direction. Thl fire Is In the heart of the Cas cade forest reserve, and quite a dis tance from the course of travel or camping place of pleasure-acekera. It I presumed to have been started by the Indiana In an effort to destroy he feed on tho reserve and thu keep out the sheep, great herds of which are annually driven over the Indian hunting grounds In the reserve. Salem Can Use Bar Gravel. Salem. Judge Galloway has ren dered a decision In the Mlnto gravel bar case In which ho perpetually en- olned the defendants from Interfer ing with the employes of the City of Sulcm while they are taking gravel from the northeast corner of Mlnto Island, for use on the streets of Sal- cm. Tho decision Is of great Import ance to the City of SoJem as the Mln tos alleged that the city had only a revokable license which bad been re scinded. Trail Creek Road Rebuilt. m Griindo. The Trail Creek-Im- nuha road, which runs through some parts of Wallowa county to tho Imna- hn mining district, was almost totally lestroyed by one of the cloud-bursts which wero frequent In Eastern Ore- son early In July, In which some peo ple In that section nearly lost their Uvea. It has been under repair since that time, and Is now almost complet ed, It has cost Wallowa county $717.G0 for Inbor and auppllea. To Purchase 20-Stamp Mill. Med ford. Dr. J. F. Reddy. of Spok ane, who recently bonded the Opp quartz mine, located near Jackson ville, has left for San Francisco to purchase a 20-Rtamp mill and other mnchlnory. J. W. Opp left Thursday morning to Join Dr. Reddy. A large force of men has begun work clear ing ground for the erection of the buildings. Work will be pushed and It Is expected everything will be Jn running order within 60 days. Suit on Hop Contract. Salem. T. A. I.lveslny & Co., have brought Biilt In the Circuit Court to enjoin John Johnson, of Woodburn, from disposing of a certain crop of hops of 20,000 pounds, for which plain tiff has a contract. This contract was made over a year ago, and covered the crop mentioned for five yenra at 14 ronts a pound. A suit arose out of that contract last year, and resulted In favor of tho plaintiff, but is still ponding In the courts. rine Weather for Harvesting. Enterprise. Old settlors of thla county any that this auction of tho country Ib experiencing the longest dry spell in Its history, there having been no rainfall for over a month. Luckily, the crops were all well ma tured before the dry weather began, consequently it has also boon ono of the best years for harvesting ever known. Apples Plentiful. Milton. Apples are plentiful and of all varieties. The outlook for price la not flattering. Shippers expect to commence shipping aa soon a the prune season la over. OHEGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBElt 23, 1904. OF INTEREST DMT HARVEST IS ON. Heavy Yield of fine Quality In rields at La Grande. 1. Grande. The digging of the new crop of beets for the sugar factory lo cated neur thla city, has commenced, and wtll be pushed. The season has been a ' very favorable one for beet growers, and the yield will bo much greater than In any previous year. A number of fields, It Is estimated, will produce over 12 tons to the acre, and some a high as 15 tons per acre, all of excellent quality. Extensive Improvements are being made In the factory, and much new machinery I being added. A large tank for itorlng synip Is being built, as the present one I Inadequate tb hold the syrup left over from the acuson'a run. Plowing has begun on the 1200 acre farm Intely purchased by the sugar company, near Union, a large portion or which will be planted In sugar beets for the next year' crop. Athens Growers Sell Wheat. Athena. Little wheat Is stored at thl place to be beld by owner. The most la sold outright to wholesale buyers. Fully 75 per cent of the seas on's crop haa been disposed of. Only a small per cent bas been moved, but the W. ft C. R. company Is running trains out nearly every day now and the O. R. ft N. company hauls out many cars daily. Farmers do not de sire to hold their grain at the present hlga prices. The heaviest purchaser are the Preston-Parton Milling Com pany, the Pacific States Warehouse Company and the Pacific Coast Ele ator Company, all of whom have re ceived immense amounts. Hauling will be completed thla week, aa now but few loads straggled In, coming from Isolated farms. Railroad to Be Extended. Cottage Grove. O. B. Hengen. of New York, business manager of the Oregon ft Southeastern Railroad Com pany, bas been here Beveral days, looking over the affairs of the two companies, tie announced that con struction will commence on the ex tension of the railroad soon. The road Is now 16 miles long, and a force will be kept at work until the line la completed to the reserve line, a dis tance of four miles. A part of the road Is to be completed thl winter. Relative to the Oregon Securities Company, be said it would probably be 60 days before the large mill plant would be put In operation. They have 0 feet of cross-cut In hard rock to run yet before they strike the Cham pion lead. The water Is very low, and they are only to run one shift a day. Prune Season About Over. Milton. The prune season will soon be over at thla place. The Mil ton Fruitgrowers' union will finish packing and shipping this week, and the Walla Walla Produce Company will finish In about a week. The Mil ton Fruitgrowers' Union and the Shields' Fruit Company have shipped 20 cars and the Walla Walla Produce Company has shipped the same amount, but expects to ship more be fore the aeason closes. The price to the grower boa been 75 cents per hundred, aud all seem well pleased over their returns. The payroll bas been quite large, as the shippers have employed men, women and children nearly all the summer. They pay 3 cents per crate for packing, and some workers pack as high as 80 crates In a day. Surveying Power Sites. Eugene. W. J. Wllsey, manager the Wlllamotte Valley Electric railroad company, announces that surveyors are now In the field surveying sites for power plants. Four sites have been selected, any one of which would prove satisfactory. As Boon' as the surveys on -the sites are complet ed a big corps of surveyors will ' be put on tho various routes of the pro posed system, in order to have every thing In readiness for construction work early In the spring. One Half of Crop Disposed Of. Pendleton. Only about one-half of Umatilla county's 5,000,000 bushel wheat crop has been disposed of to date. Of late the market has been well up, but growers are loth to sell. Only one-fourth of the crop disposed of haa been shipped out. Dealers are anxiously awaiting the time when all that has been purchased can be moved. Hauling continues as rapidly as the dusty roads permit, and a large part of the crop is In the warehouses. Baker County fair Dates. Baker City. The directors of the Baker County Fair and Speed Associ ation have placed the date, for hold ing the fair from October 11 to. 8 There will be $2000 hung up In pura 08, besides the $1500 state money to be distributed in premiums on agri cultural exhibits. A contract has been let for building the pavilion and grandstand. Sells 4,000 Ewes. Boker City. Jee Bros., prominent sheep .men of this place, have sold 4000 head of choice yearling ewes to a Wyoming buyer at $2.25 per head. The sheep are at present on the range near Cornucopia, but will be delivered in this city for shipment. Wheat Market. Portland Walla Walla, 78c, blueatem, 83c; valley, 85c. Tacoma Bluestem, 82ic;club, 80c. Albany 78o. Palera 80c. Colfax Club, 71c; bluestem, 76c. Pendleton Club, 70o; bluestem, 73e. La Grande Club, 6Tc; blueBtem, 70o CLASH IN PANAMA. Officials Cannot Agree as to Their Rights. Washington Sept. 20. The Time tonight prints the following: "There have arisen serious misun derstandings between John Barrett American minister at Panama, and the isthmian commission. Admiral Walk r, head of the isthmian canal commis sion, prefer to deal with question that bava arisen between this government and Panama in hi own way, desiring not to 'waate time' with diplomacy. "Minister John Barrett holds tbat there are question bearing on relations between the canal zone government and the government of the republic of Panama that should be aubmitted to diplomatic adjustment. "The pinch baa come in detei mining whose authority (ball be uppermost in settling a number of qnestions which might a readily come nnder Governor Davis' Jurisdiction a nnder that of Minister Barrett. 8o seriou bas the differences between the Panama officials become tbat Minister John Barrett la decided to come to Washington person ally to preaent bis case to the presi dent." Thl story cannot be confirmed, bat probably grows out of the fact that Miniiter Barrett is soon to return home on leave of absence,Vbich the president promised be should have this fall. TRAIN IN A WRECK. Chicago Passenger Train Plied Up at a Crossing. Cihcago, Sept. 20. A passenger train on the Lake Shore 4 Michigan Southern road waa wrecked this after noon at the crossing of tha tracks at Root street. Account of tbo cause differ, some of the railroad people al leging that tha train ran into an open twitch and other aayng the locomotive Jumped the track because of a broken flange. Twelve person were injured and some of them may die. The train was going at a high rate of peed to make up lost time. The tracks are elevated, and the accident happened Just before tba train reached the viaduct over Root street. Tha en gine plunged to the far aide of tha via duct, where a rail torn from it fasten ing rose up on end and transfixed the rear of the engine cib and the lore part f the baggage car. It held the wreck age so firmly that several boors' work with coldchieels was necessary before the baggage car could be removed. The four cars behind the baggage car were piled in a heap at the north end of the viaduct, and all of them badly smashed. An overturned stove in the rear car set fire to the wreckage, bnt it was extinguished by tbe fire depart ment before it bad gained much bead way. OREGON GETS PRIZE. Shorthorn Cow Tlrst In the Aged Class at St. Louis. St. Louis, Sept. 20. Orange Blos som, of Fairview, a red beauty of a shorthorn :ow, splendidly typical of tbe breed belonging to the Ladd estate, of Portland, Or., has won first award in the class for aged cows, the feature event of the world' fair cattle show. Roberta, belonging to the herd of the Tobo Land & Cattle company, of Clin ton, Mo., beaten but once since tbe was a yearling, and winner at the last international at Chicago, who was thought to have mortgage on this event, was unable to compete on ac count of calving a beautiful white heif- ei shortiy before the event was called. Choice Goods, which won tbe tint event for sged mills in the shorthorn class, is tbe sire of tbe little white heif er that is valued by its owners at $1, 000, Roberta and Choice Goods are two of the trio of shorthorns for which, along with Cicely, the Tobo Land & Cattle company is said to have paid the Ladd estate $16,000. Japanese are Advancing. Mukden, Sept. 20. The Japanese are reported to be advancing on both flanks from the eaBt, southeast ii.d southwest. The outposts are closely engaged 20 mile southerstward, there being almost constant skirmiehing. Indications point to another great bat tle in the vicinity of Mukden. Rus sian troops occupy all the surround ing villages. Refugees are flocking in to the city. Chinese among them com plain of severity on the part of the Japanese, New Packing House for Chicago. Chicago, Sept 20. Chicago ia to have a new packing house plant, capi talised at $2,500,000, and with a daily capacity of 1,000 head of cattle, 2,000 hogs and 5,000 sheep. The company ha been incorporated under tbe laws of New Yoik and negotiation for a site at the union stockyard are under way. The plant is expected to be erected and in working order by May 19, 1906. New York capital ia aaid to be back of the new enterprise. Loubet Will Retire. Pari, Sept. 20. President Loubet, in tbe course of a speech to the provin cial mayors todav, aaid ha looked for ward with satisfaction to the serenity ol private life after theclose of bis term. The statement is taken as a definite statement of the president not to seek a second term. Hia present term expire at the end of next year. WORKJTARTS Irrigation Convention Meets at Ontario. THIRD SESSION OP ASSOCIATION About 200 Delegates In Attendance Malheur County Has an Ex. ccptlonally fine fruit Exhibit. Ontario, Or., 8-pt. 20. The third annual irrigation convention met' here yesterday afternoon, President Dever, of Portland, presiding. Rev. David Sepp pronounced the invocation, after which Mayor Lackey eitmded a most cordial and hearty welcome to the del egates. President Dever responded tc tbe welcome. The convention took a reress after President Ddvers' address until 8 P. M. The evening session was held in tbe Congregatonal church, which was crowded to it rapacity, most all of tbe delegates having arrived on the delayed train since the afternoon meeting. After singing "America" Governor Chamberlain was introduced as the nrst speaker of tne evening. Xbe gov ernor congratulated tbe people of Mal heur county on the magnificent fruit exhibit. He aaid he bad visited St. Louis and viewed the horticultural ex- hibts from all the states, Oregon in cluded, and be could state, speaking from personal knowledge on tbe subject, that the exhibit made by tha people of Malheur for this convention waa finer in every respect than that of any state or territory at St. Louis. The governor said he had wired President Myer, of the state commission, to come over and secure and send this exhibit to St. I onis at once. Tbe governor then spoke at iodic length in regard to the irrigation pro jects inaugurated under the Carey act. Contracts have been signed and lands segregated to tbe extent of 120,500 acres and applications are pending for 267,950 acres more, enough to provide homes for 30,000 people. H. B. Gates, of Hillsboro, member of the state irtigation commission, spoke of tbe proposed irrigation laws the commissicn is preparing and con gratnlated the people of Malheur on be ing the first in Oregon to secure govern ment aid for irrigation. Judge Lowell, of Pendleton, said he wanted to live to see the day when the line of demarkation between East and West Oregon would be wiped away by the heartbeat of a united people, and in closing he gave tbe convention the sentiment: "Oregon for Oregon." E. M. Brannik, of Portland, spoke in the interest of the Lewis and Clark fair and urged the people to work for and aid tbe fair in every way possible. The evening was enlivened by several songs by Rev. Dr. Sepp. President Devers, at tbe reqneet of the Iocs I committee, appointed F. W. Sheffield, Dr. Witbycombe and Pro fessor F. W. Young to act as judge oi tbe horticultural and agricultural ex hibits. Tbe exhibits of fruits made by the fiuit growers of Malheur county has proved to be tbe moat attractive as well aa the most astonishing leature of the convention. Nothing to equal it, save Governor Chamberlain, Presi dent Devers, Judge Lowell and others, has ever been seen in Oregon. All visitors from other portions of the state join in tbia opinion. There are about 200 deli gate in attendance. forest Tires Spreading. Anaconda, Mont., Sept. 21 The for est fires west of the city have pro gressed so iar that there ia now danger that the buildings at Mountain View park may be destroyed. Tbe advance of the flames is being watched closely by a force of men employed by the rail road company. Should tbe danger be great, a general alarm will be sounded and a bucket brigade organized. There is plenty of water at the park if it can he properly directed. Along Warm Springs canyon fully a dozen prospect ors' cabins have been burned. Train Is Ditched. " junction City, Kan, Sept. 21. The Pullman section of the eastbound At lanta express on the Union Pacific was wrecked six miles east of here shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon by the rails spreading. The train was travel ing about 40 mile an hour. Three Pullman cars left the track and the one at the rear roiled over a 15-foot em bankment, turning over three times. There were 32 persons in this car. Six of them were seriously injured, and the rest received slight but painful injuries. Sailors Cannot Return Home. Washington. Sept. 21. Admiral Goodrich, commanding the Pacific sta tion, haa telegraphed the navy depait ment that be has forwarded by mail a full report of the agreement he entered into with Captain Berlinsky, of the Russian vessel Lena, for the parole of the officers and crew of that ship. This provides for their freedom of the city of San Francisco, but they may not go hevond the boundaries of the city dur ing tbe pre lent war. Reserves Japan Is Calling Out. T.nndnn. Spot. 21. The Morning Post asserts that the report that Japan is calling out reserves reiers to tne men not yet summoned to the depots, and whose neriod of service in the reserves ha not expired The paper explains that a Japanese soldier is nor. exempt from service until be passes his 41st birthday. NX). 4J. BIO RUIN BY WIND. Atlantic Coast Is Swept by a Ter. rlble Tornado. New York, Sept. 17. A number of live were lost, much property dam aged and several ships wrecked in tha storm which ravaged the Atlantic coast last night and today. It wa one of the fiercest September ttorma on rec ord, thunder and lightning adding ter ror to a howling gale which carried drenching sheets of rain over sea and land. Telegraphic reports tonight aay the storm wa swept out into tb ocean and from the Canadian Coast. Tbe greatest loa of life wa near Wilmington, Del. The tug Israel W. Durham, with a crew of six men and four other men, employe of tba American Dredging company, waa swamped in the Delaware river early today during the height of the (torm. Eight of the ten person on tbe ittle craft were drowned. Great destruction waa caused in the city proper. Tree were uprooted, houses flooded and crop ruined. Farther down tbe coast, Jacksonville, come the Teport that five men weie drowned off Charleston. This report wa brought in by one of tbe coast liner. New York suffered comparatively lit tle. Tbe wind and rain and thunder md lightning were terrific, bot little actual damage waa done. Nineteen coal barge went adrift in the bay and tonight wreckage atrew the ahoie from the Battery to tbe Narrows, but no l. ves were lost. Several small vessela also went ashore on various parts of the coast near New York. At 4 o'clock this morning the wind waa blowing 80 miles an hour, and the rain wa coming down in (beet. It waa then that the trolley car came to a standstill. Elevated road (topped and traffic of all kind wa paralysed. Along the atieeta through the market sections of the city wagon were over turned and horse hurled from their feet. Many plate glasa window succumbed to the wind, especially in tbe down town lection of the city. Soon alter daybreak the rain ceased and the cloud cleared away. There waa a decided drop in tba temperature. In Newark, N. J., lightning (truck the building of the Prudenial Insurance company and ripped out some of the heavy granite blocks from a cupola 264 feet from the groond. Hundred of poundi of the granite block went crashing through roof of bouses ad joining tbe skyscraper, causing a panic among the residents. Tbe storm cansed much damage in Brooklyn. In some instance scores of houses weie flooded, several block of sewer caved in and many tree were uprooted. Mile of telephone wire were blown down in the auburba, and many of the trolley line were put out of commission. KOREA IS ALSO DUE. Russian Ministry of Marine Asserts She Will Seek Pacific Port. Pari, Sept. 17. The correspondent of tbe Echo de Pari at St. Petersburg ha telegraphed hi paper aa follow: "The ministry of marine tells us re garding the arrival ot the Russian transport Lena at San Franciteo, that another vessel, the Korea, i also due at an American port on the Pacific Order have been sent to tbe Russian ship to conform (crapulous ly with the American neutrality rules, which are expected to permit them taking on enough coal to reach Vladivostok. I consider the situation very delicate, a there is evidence that the ships were deitined to prevent tbe transport of contraband good from the United State to Japan, and perhaps capture vessels carrying contraband. Japanese Rule Manchuria. Mukden, Sept. 17. The Japanese are causing a aensation among the natives of Manet uria aa they advance by establishing their own system of taxation and administration as though the country were actual Japanese terri tory. They are paying for supplies with promissory note on the war fund, a blanket note being given for tbe pay ment of each village on the baii of population, leaving the resident to di vide pro rata. Few of these note have yet been collected in cash, but Japanese officials are collecting a cash tax. 1 90S Building Plans Ready. Washington, Sept. 17. The super vising architect has completed plan and specifications for the government buildings for the Lewis and Clark expo sition, and will tomorrow forward to Superintendent Lasarua, at Portland, several set to be furnished contractor who wish to bid. The plana can t had eithet from Superintendent Lazar us, cr from the supervising architect of thi treasury. Bids will be advertised for in the Portland papers for a month. Philippine force to Be Reduced. Manila, Sept. 17. It ha been rec ommended that tbe force of American soldiers in the Philippine island be reduced from it present standing of four regiments of cavalry and nine of Infantry to three regiment of cavalry and seven of infantry. SI mil oi of Mukden.