THE
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.