THE
OREGON
MIST
VOL. XXII.
of the weekL;;;
In a Condensed Form lor Our
Dusy Readers.
HAPPrMNGS CF TWO CONTINENTS
A R.iuma of Important but
Hal Lm Interesting Event,
of the Pt WmIi.
Tlia draft ol Ik new Franco-Ituaalau
lrwiy I"1' completed,
Afrivlol Immigrant l New York
in July nr aUiul 8.ri, against
000 In July, l'"H.
Uto destroyed the 'mill, warehouse
and elevator "I lb Kansas Clly Mlllliif
company, l Kansas I'Uy. m, M'
ow. ' .,
Juno K. Carnaham, roiiimemlnr-ln.
r,i,. d Urn Ciillorm Itauk, Knighta l
Pyllils. I critically III t lilt home in
Indianapolis.
The Pagan I roil Works, tn Jersey
City, rrn tlratruywl by lire, Involving
iHHi.iHM) ami throwing
Oirii mil ul employment.
A cloudburst near Colmado Hiring,
Clr'l". HIW "iit mi tl It' !
Unit railroad Ut aelid fr distance
ul i mil ami blocked traffic un that
line.
Oaing In dlvlslona tmni parties,
Chit I'M twn wlthmtt government
,r month. M'rwildeiil Kiraro I
fuiuiitig proviabmal government
mk'"B hie personal friends.
Tl. llaytirri g.vernhinul I having
lltpuln with Hi creditor about ru
Unix receipt ilrrxeitai In the National
hank, MM'tl parly claiming thnm. Tlir
hauk refuar U) mirren.ler the money
until I c courts decide thn .pleat inn.
A rlKilrm epidemic prevail at Mad
rid, I'-nl India,
Nut nay and Hwndnn lll rrnl favor
nuking Ihn Pallic 1 closed
Germany In H,IhI of I I faith ly
Franm in the Morocco mailer,
Thr court l Inquiry into the I
Muslim di.a.tor haa begun iU attaiuix.
hull ha Un coiiiinnnctHl againal (lie
ditto I n l Ilia Kqnllahle tJ make them
rnlufii Iheir Ill-gotten gain.
lire Iti Hold A Co.'s packing plant
al South Hi. J.awph Mo., dratriye.t
over ;'M),ihhI worth of proiwrty.
.Wording to frHrla tuade by Ida
rmuilv nmnrnrntr 'urllal)l i a popola-
lnm.il II O.f.OO. Thla ia i'O.iMW iii.irf
limn in 1'HM).
Hritaiu ami Japan tiava nearly nm
l'l0 a m- Irnaiiy, Tlia aliiarra
lw .!. dirtily timr ctiuiimtiFnatva
1 Inn Ilia ,rrrnt on a.
I lira t UriUiri will rma It rlalin lr
y (ur a niiiulrr ul atramar aiink ly
Kiiwmn ainlliary rruiwra allT Ilia
Iwlllv "I thn Hca ul Jaait,
lull- a .'w lira I'mmi ara a arlii)j
In Nf Or, .lain, L hanllh anlluirllii
lliin lliry liavfi Tiia yollna; lvrr aim
allriii in liaivt ami Ufa I In a lew daya IU
irai a ill liava lm aloi).
Tlir ChinmHi Jxiyctitl lia i-anal lara
onlrra (nun a San Kramim- firm ti Im
ranirllinl.
All ul tlio jwaie vutoyn ara now In
WaliiiiKln t(f)tliig M. Willo ami
Kit mrly.
Tho kaiaer aivl rur ara aaM U I
rotilpiuplatliiK tlri'larlng Ilia Italtic a
cluiuii ara.
The JnantA now liava an army !
lawn Vlalivialiik an.l tha main lina
lan army.
licrnmny ami HrlUln ara at iUukit'i
xiii! ii lion t aniiliiii tlin llrlllali lll t
Hip Haltir.
lmtlalaiia la iiiarantlnHl on all al'lv
ml tmw !' ul fvr liava lirokpti nut
ilmiiil ilin fft.irla til Ilia liealtli autlior
III..
In a row In Ui rlty idiim ll ol ftprlnu
field, lUlnoia. tlin maynr raina uR vlr
tri.. liy lalllnn in TMilii-w, who l
llifir cIuIm lrp.y on Ilia cily laibura.
Warrim, Pa., wua vlaitwl liy a i loml
lurl wlilili dUl tlioiixamla ol Jollara
worlli Uhiiiukh to pioparty. Tlia
1'u.iplu awaptxl UrowniiiK ty ttayliK I"
x'liixl alorina ol bulUlinga.
Franco an.l (Irrinany ara again qiiar
rallng over M.orm'!o,
Kiir.ipa ngnr.la ItiNiaxvuIl ai arliitrr
In mm Japan ami Utiania iloadlork In
lliair Haie ttoiiluraiiae,
Swwliui I ni'gotiHtlng lor a war loan.
A nntional Imnk la to bo orgnnla.'.l at
Noma, Alnaka.
Jupiui will not ccaaa liontlllllaa pnml
Ing Ilia ouU'oiiiii ol Ilia jwaoa coiileranco.
A iiKw plot linn lim iliiH-ovt.re.1
Klnt tho lift ol the an II an of Turki.y.
Oiirmany la lurloiia at tlia propiwwl
Miilae ol Brltlah war vaaaula In 11""
Haiti...
llimrrliiiaii wanta to gatliui the I1H
Jnln ('ciilrul rullroail into lila Hyatuin.
irut llrltain In planning to atoro nn
1iiiiiiiih amount ol (ood lor lioma unit
In ciiH ol war.
Pollci Ima iincarthaiUcoiinterlollora
oiitdt In Portland and arruatcd alx peo
l'le in connection,
Dlatrlct AlUirnny Jerome ol Nnw
York la now taking a turn at the tricky
lawytira ol that city.
CREASt OF FEVER DEATHS.
amparalora Ilia Cauta- Mora
Cataa Out. Ida Now Oilaana.
Nrw Oilnaim, Aug. it Today wit-
liaa...l an Inrrfaan in tliu n.iml'r ol
dtiallii (ruin yi lluw Irvar, a la. t ll,ul
aaaii.,1 unxiprrtmi, In vii'W ol (lit
high loinpiiialiiru thai IHa pri'Vailixl
thn pant two day. Thun, , ht.w
uvur, th i. mini largn pri.Hiii.i raii. ol
liallau uaiiira in Dm lit, ,ti, ,,( ,.w
raa4 ami dxatlia, wlilch I.um i lmriii l.-r-ll
thn mporta aim., tlia tlma ahi-ii
I ha Invnr waa flial olll.lally aiiniiiuicml
aa atlallng hrro.
In aplln n( tlm im-raiumt mortiillty,
Ihn linallh aiithi.nl i. a ,.,jl,il.'.l no
.ruiirarn over thn aituation, imilundiiig
that, Willi Ilia accuiiiulaUiiii ol caaca,
thura iniiat l. cipn Uni an Iii.-.tuiw ia
lalallllm Li inaitiliiin II, u avfragi..li.ath
lata i.l Iha (nver. U U atlll ,miIiW to
tia.w all thn now rawa that an. appear
ing to Ihn original loci.
Xnanllmn tha health aiilhuriliea ami
lillfpiia are making arrangement to
givn Ihn man It .,( their olm-rvall.iiia ol
Ihn I.hI oiilai.lv u (lm oriKilial iliatrict.
Thn winiititta have ihvlared that the
leiiiala Btegoiny i ran ,,i,y rmnivn the
iMjiaon ol a ynlh.w lever patient into
liar ayateiii during Hie llrnl thrw daya'
llliinaa, and that aim ia unahlu to cntii
ni.ini.aln it uiilil 111 or 12 daya there,
alter. In Irom 17 lo 20 dy it will
Im-oinn rvldenl ahelher or not there la
to tie a apread (rom any ol the outlying
(.'!, and the health aulhorllim will liy
thn Imvlnnlng ol lie it week include in
their daily lal.lra, Ih-MiIc the ax-r-ante
ol new da-i, the iliMappi-aram-e ol
.Hinting fori Iroin which there haa Urn
tiu aervndary iul.x li.in.
TOO FEW OLD OFFICERS.
Commander Young'i Defer.ee In Ben.
nn.glon Eapioaion Case.
Han tliego, C'al., Aug. 2. The naval
cunt ol iii.piify which ia hearing evl
druce III the diaaater to the gui.ltnat
lU'tihingtim reaiuiml ila aeanioll at HI , '10
llita niornliig lirliiml c.e. doom. No
one hill witneei ia adlnltte-l Ui the
airrllnga, ami no .llechanire ol the pro
cnnling will lm li ade until Ihn Dual
rftirt ia (..riiiulaUil, and then, pro!.
alily, only alter tultiuiaaion to Waalw
iligtoll.
It i uii.lrrtil that a portion ol
tin. rrHirt ill deal ilh the alleg.il
Itoilage of ofllci-re ..n the IWiitiingl.iii,
to all tell reference alt made hy Com
mander Young in a letter lo Admiral
lino.lrich aoiiie dava Iwfoin Hie rip'o
ion, in which tin aaid he had "only
four duly oltunre, young and li.fiperi
enred, which ia likely to deatroy the
line iwurd we have made for Ihia ahip,
and to krep up the alandard I inu't
have Iwo more rperieiued olti.era."
The iW-niiingtoii ia again at anchor In
Ihettream, and prohaldy will remain
here until the court of in.piiry win
plele ila work, and will then lie towed
north hy the Haghip.
TURNS FROM PEACE.
Cr Again 8hoa a Detlre lo Fifthl
War to a Flnith.
, ("hicaito, Aug. 2. According lo the
St. Pntemhiirg correejumdniil of the
lall Newa, the wiulmg h-bco (.infer
ence' will lail and war with Jupan will
cmtmiie. Ileaayr
The aniiouiHTiiieiit that two more ill
viaiona of lluiwian Ir.mpa are going to
the front neat week indicalea the ctar'a
deleriiiiiialioii, aince hia recent confer
ence w ith Kmperor William, l carry
the wai to the hitter ami. inn cnim
ol thn tnohiliraliiiii deparlinrnt aaid to
day lo yonr correapoiidnnt:
'The -ce danger ia over. Wiltc'i
trip to America will only ecrve lo ahow
the Uuaaian H.pln thai Japanene da
mande render -ace imp waihle."
I'elitiona in Kuaaia are forhidden un
leaa Ihey are olllcially innpired. Thin
fact givea apneial aignillane to loday't
olhclal piihlicallon ol a petition from
Khahorovak, 8ilri, aaking that the
cr.ar "carry inn war w a .m,n"... .
and break the fm.'a hint fiiri, giving
up not an Inch ol U-rritory mid paying
not a riihla of Indemnity." aThia -tltlon
Imti uoii it in the 'ir' 1"u"1
writing: , ,
"1 entirely ahare thwe lentimcnts.
No Welah Coal for Garmant.
In.lon, Aug. 2. Qiieatlone.1 lurthnr
in the honae Ualay on the rnporta of
thn piirchaan ol a coal area in South
Wales hy a Uniman ayndicato, Pr h.r
lliilloiir again alnted that, " lr H"
government waa awurn, there waa no
Uernmn ivndicale in treaty lor any area
containing "team coiil Hand hy the
llritinh navy. Hhould the necesnitv
nrlim to prevent any foreign Hvmlicate
ohlalnlng control ol audi an area, he
aaid that the government would pro
poae a modification ol the law debarring
loreigmili Irom holding leal propcity.
Laid Low by Wlndilorm.
Ilimumopt, Tex., Aug. 2. Word
reached here this evening that one
while hey two ",,Kro 1m'5'" w"r''
kilhHl outright, and 20 other imraoni
were more or Iohh anrioualy injuied in a
heavy windalorm whidi it ruck Hchh
may, I-a., tliix afternoon. Thn town ia
aitnatcd In a loreat of pine timber, tho
wind uprooting aevoral trnci, whlcli
fell on hour.., killing ad injuring on
ciipimti. Telegraph and telephone
cominunlcatlon ! pmatrated.
Strict Quarantine In Arkaniai.
Little U-Hk, Ark., Aug. 8.- Gover
nor Davla ituiued an order directing
Oenoral llnynca, coinnmnder of the
atnle militia, to detail many men iw
may be necimBiiry to eatabllHh a "tnci
alale quarantine agnlint all points
where yellow fever may exlat.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
NEW MINING TOWN.
Borealli Falls Eitabllthnd at End of
Calapoola Road,
lirownHVillc iioreiilia Fiilla ia the
name ol a new mining town which hag
Juki apmg Inlo eitenc on the ('ulu
lamia aide ol the illun river mining .11k
lilcl, 40 mile aoiilheanlol lirowiiaville.
The ramp coiihIbIh at preaeiit of four
loghotiaca and boiinti, a pupiiUtion of l.'l
hoiiIh, bill Ihia will In adileil to noon hy
the addition of at lent ten more people.
The town la located practically in the
heart of the district, on the a mt Ii hunk
of the Calapooia river, near the fit Ila of
the CulapiMiia, and ia an ideal il for a
uioilern mining town. The aile ia at
the end of (he Caliipooia river wagon
road, now building into the diatrict
from lirowiiaville, from which Joint
made will lirauch of! to the many
mine of I he dintricl. Thia road ia
now under vonatriictlon by I.lnn coun
ty, ami when llniah.-.l will give acceara
lo the iliatrict by a direct unite of con
aidernhly leaa diatance than any other.
Already the road ia completed 21 milea
above lirowiiaville, and the county ia
lending every rlfort to complete it thii
year. A annul .rl ion of the road
i.u-m- through a section of Ijiiih coun
ty, and thia will lie built by the citi
teua of l inn county and mineowneni.
Irrigation Congrats Delrr,ate.
Calem The following persons have
been apMiiiitcl hy (iovernor Chamher
lain to represent (Iregmi at the Nation
al Irtigntion rongreaa in Portland, Aug
uat 21-24: W.I'. CuiiiplM-ll, Omnia
wa; T. Ii. llailey, J. II. Kuley, A. I.
Millinan, Walter M. Pierre, Pendleton;
W. It. King, A. N. Koliiw, C. W. Mai
letl, Ontario; J, A. 'A'oolery, lone;
j Mcl'urtney, K. A. M.-IUniel, (ker
i'iIv; K. J. Kraaier, K. J. Young. Hen
ry Ankeny, K.ugcne; A. King Wilaon,
K. ('. Ju.taoti, M. A. Iruke, Portland;
K. llolbr.Kik, A. IWimett, Irrigoii; H.
, liwell, S. A. 1 1 a rlma ti , Pendleton;
K. H. Itramwell, I.h l.rande; .1. 1
Hatch, Keho; It. M. Watch, Cottage
Urove; John W.liatei, Hillalioro.
Oregon Delegate to Congrest.
r-alern (iovernor Cbambeiliiin haa
ii.uiiti-l the following delegates to
the Trans-Miaaissippi congress at Port
land August in-'.'; W. A. .Miinly, J.
SI M.in, II. M. Itruiia.ui, I. II. Mens
dorffer, M. II. McMoniea, Joseph Krie.
enthal, Sol Harris, l. C. P.urns, M. A.
Itayinolid, l I'ete.son, K. A. Watts,
Daniel McAllen, William Koley. K. II.
Duffy. A. W. ( autlr.rn, and Tom liicli
nr.ls.iii, Por land; K. Ilofer, lleorgo
Collins, A. M. Cannon ami fc. T. Itich
ardsou, Halem; llert lluffuiaii, Pendle
ton; W. A. Nash, Dallas; K. J. Krn.
ier, Kngeiie; K. A. Seulert, The Dalles;
K.J. Kaiser, Ashland.
For Bridge at Milwaukie.
Halem iovernor Chamberlain has
apKiiiitcd Stale Senator C. W. Notting
ham and Krpresentative 8. It. I.inthi
cum an.l J.N. Ilramhall aa (Minmis
sioners to Investigate the project of
building a bridge across the Willamette
river near what is known as thn White
House, in the vicinity of Milwaukie.
The pMiint men's were made under the
authority ol the house concurrent reso
lution 2, of liie last legislative session.
The plan is to have a bridge built by
Multnomah and Clackamas counties.
The commissioners will serve without
ex,eiisc to the slate, and w ill report to
the next legislature.
S. P. Puis Out Rangers,
lininls Pass To prevent the out
break of forest tires in ita timliei do
main, the Southern Pucillc company
has put out a numlier of rangers in ad
dition to those appointed by the gov
ernment. Hy reason ol the unusual
dryness Urea will apread easily in the
tii'nlier this year, and extra precautions
are being taken. Violators ol lorest
and earless hunters and
caiupcra who leave camp tires burning
will be more severely tieau wuu hub
summer, thai the lavage ol pasi sea
sons may not be repeated.
Taks Out $860 In Five Days.
a ,,i..r Another clean-up from the
Belmont group, Hreenhorn district, baa
been placed on display nere. ii repre
xsiil) and resulted (rom
live days' operation ol the small null
on the property. Tlie ore irom wnu n
.i 1 . una mmln was taken (lorn
Hie uppet workings on the rich ledge
opened up aome lime ago ami ii"
has made audi a wonderful output since
that time. A shaft is now lieing sunk
on this ore bly, and the output is ex
pected to bo much larger when a depth
has been reached.
Chinook Running in Wallowa.
Astoria Kish Warden Van Onsen
ha
is reeleved a letter from A. 1. Allen,
iperlntendeut of the new state hatch-
Hll
cry
on tlie Wallowa river, niuu.. ...
.,i.;, ,L (milium aie now running
lb
th
lb
of
ere aud huge numbers are. nl rend v iu
e racks. Work on the construction
the new hatchery is well under way,
am
I the plant wilt lie leauy ior me um-
lug
ol eggs the latter pari oi uie com
mon! h. The plant will have a ca-
Ing
pat
Ity ol 15,000,000.
Grading Active on Tillamook Road.
HillBboro Superintendent L. R.
Fields and Resident Engineer Donald,
of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon,
were here a lew days ago conferring
with Engineer lloorge L. Davis, of the
Portland, Nelmlnm A Tillamook rail
uiiv. relative to the junction to be
i lot med in this city between the two
linn a retiov com-
lumiB. inv' r " , . ' .
inonced on the Tillamook road, biuI the
contract lor the bridge timbers and
ties have been signed.
HT. 1IELKNH, OUEOON, FUIDAY,
BUYS TWO DITCHES.
Government Rapidly Clearing Way for
Klamath Irrigation.
Washington The secretary ol the
interior has authorized the purchase ol
the Little Klamath Water Ditch com
party's rights and property, known gen
erally aa the Adams ditch, for use in
connection with the Klamath Falls ir
rigation project in Boutbein Oregon.
This ditch system is to be used as part
ol the project and the agreement to sell
includes also certain color o! rightt to
land now under water and which are to
be drained and used lor irrigation pur
poses. The secretary has also approved the
purchase ol certain rights and property
ol the Jesse D. Csrr Land and Live
stock company from 8. L. Akini. This
purchase involves a large area ol land
(or the Clear lake reservoir site, also
rights of way (or ditches to be con
structed by the United Btatesover these
lands and certain color ol right to lands
now under water w hich will be drained
and irriagtcd.
The former purchase is to be made
for $100,000, less certain deductions
stipulated in the agreement, and the
hitter lor 1 11)7,500.
SLUMP IN CHITTAM BARK.
Product Goes from 20 Cants Down
to 3 Cents a Pound.
Albany This is an off year with the
cliiltam baik people. For the last two
years a great -amount of money has
been put in circulation through the
medium of this medicinal bark, hun
dreds of imnple Siending their outing
in the woods peeling the bark. The
price of the commodity soared np past
the 20-cenl mark, and those who were
fortunate enough to secure a valuable
licit of chiltani timber netted o neat
income. Little Imivs who had never
earned a dollar in their life lined their
p.skets last year and the year before at
thn rate of from f 3 to 1 7 per day.
As the result ol the great increase in
price, many tons of the cascara, or
chittaiu, bark were gathered and Back
ed, onlv to lie in some warehouse un
sold. This overproduction caused a
slump in the market, and this year the
bark is going for 3 to cents ler
pound.
Forest Fire in Clsckamas.
Oregon City A forest fire, one-half
mile in width an.l already having cov
ered an aiea one mile in length, is rag
ing at the head of Canyon creek, in tlie
foothills east ol W ilhoit, this county,
and in the vicinity of James. Report
of the tire was brought to thia city hy
Dee Wright, o( Lilairal. The fire
started presumably (rom a cainpfire, on
tlie 1 1 ungate homestead, owned by Ilel-
vi.i A Jones. Only underbrush and
second growth timber are being con
sumed, the (lames not having reached
any of the valuable heavy timber.
Mrs. Church To Be Matron.
Kugene The committee from the
lioard ol regents ol the University ol
Oregon which i.ad in hand the selec
tion ol mill ron ol the dormitory has at
last decided upon Mrs. S. C. Church,
ol San Francisco. She has accepted,
and will aasnme her duties early in
Octols-r. The present matron, Miss
Ktha ilbams, will open the dormi
tory at the beginning of the school
vear and conduct it until Mrs. Church's
arrival.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat New club, 73 Sic per bushel;
new bluestem, 78ic per bushel; new
vallev, 78c.
Ilarley Old feed, 21 .50?22 per ton ;
new feed, 20: rolled, I23K24.
Outs No. 1 white feed, 2!i(S3U per
ton; gray, 2!.
llav Timothy, old, $13(4-15 per ton
new, U(12.nO; clover, $S.
Fruits Apples, new, U0c(i$1.75 per
box; apricots, 00c per crate; peaches,
7ic$l per crate; plums, iSc per
crate; blackberries, 5c per pound;
cherries, 6080c per box; pears, $2.25
per box; prunes, H5c($l ; raspberries,
$ 1 .25 per crate ; watermelons, 1 1 li c
per pound; crabapplea, 60c per box.
Vegetables Deans, l4c per pound;
cabbage, ll.U'c per pound; cauli
flower, 750c per dozen; celery, 75
85c per dozen; corn, 75c($l per
bag; cucumbers, 1625c per box; let
luce, head, 10c per dozen; parsley, 25c
per dozen; peas, 26c per pound; to
matoes, 6075e per crate; Btiiaah, 6c
per pound; turnips, $1.25 1. 40 per
suck; carrots, $1.25 1. 60 per sack,
beets, $11.25 per sack.
Onions Red, $1.25 per hundred;
yellow, $1.25.
Potatoes Oregon new, 60c3$l.
" Butter Fancy creamery, 21 ,Vi 25c.
Kgirs Oregon ranch, 22o322iic per
dozen .
Poultry Average old hens, 1314c;
mixed chickens, 12(s512Nic; old roost
ers, HKaMOVvc; young roosters, 11
1 2 S,e; springs, U to 2 pounds, 16
17c; 1 toU, pounds, ltl(iJ17cj turkeys,
live, lSiaU'e; geese, live, per pound,
(l(i(7c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks, young,
10(.iil4o.
Hops-Choice, 1904, 17lc per
pound.
Wool Kastern Oregon average best,
ltl21ci lower grades, down to 15c,
according to shrinkage; valley, 2527c
per pound; mohair, choice, 31c per
pound.
Beef Pressed bulls, l2c per pound ;
cows, 3H4Xe.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 6c per
pound; ordinary, 4c.
Veal Dressed, 3H'7)c perponnd.
Pork Dressed, 037iic per pound.
AVUUH'V
TO CONSIDER CANAL.
President Desires Congrats to Decide
What Type Shall Be Built.
Washington, Aug. 1. It it be true,
as reporte.l from oyster bay, mat trie
president intends to call an eitra ses
sion of congress early in November, it
is not probable any attempt will be
made to lorce the prompt consideration
ol a railroad rate bill. That would be
out ol the question ; at least it would
be impossible to secure final action on
such a bill within a month.
The probabilitea arc, and observing
officials here believe, that the president
intends, at the early session, to Lave
congress take np and settle once lor all
the question of whether the Panama
canal shall lie built, as originally
planned, with locks, or shall be a sea
level canal, as advocated by so many
prominent engineers. This ii a ques
tion that congress must decide, and the
sooner it is out ol tlie way the better
the men in charge of the canal can
operate.
The president bas not taken the pub
lic into his confidence; he has not an
nounced what bis object may be in
calling an extra session, but it ii diffi
cult to figure out how anything could
lie gained on a railway rate bill at a
session convening only tbree weeks in
advance ol the regular session. It takes
that long for the house to orgainze,
elect a speaker, and lor the speaker to
appoint committees, and tlie senate con
sumes almost as much time in its or
ganization. STANDS BY ALLY.
Japan's Peace Conditions Will Receive
Endorsement of Great Britain.
Washington, Aug. 1. Japan comes
to the Washington conference assured
that, whatever her peace terms, they
will have the sympathetic approval of
Great Britain. Several suggestions
from Washington to London that the
cause of jieace would be served by an
explanation to Japan from her ally fa
voring modei-ation in her demands up
on Kussia have not availed to change
the British government in its apparent
ly unalterble determination to stand by
Japan, however severe she makes her
conditions of peace. Nor has the Brit
ish government seen its way clear to
render assistance to Washington in the
efforts which this government is mak
ing to obtain an armistice.
Advices reaching here ahow that
Ixindon is opposed to an armistice until
Japan has been satisfied that Russia's
plenipotentiaries are prepared to do
more than discuss means ol ending tbe
war. If Russia is ready to conclude
iieace and has so empowered her pleni
potentiaries, (jreat Britain, it ia said,
might favor an armistice, but even in
this event she would, it is said, not be
willing to offer Japan advice on the
subject.
EDISON'S NEW BA1TERY.
Inventor Says It Will Be Cheaper and
Lighter Than Present Ones.
New York, Aug. 1. Thomas A. Edi
son has made the declaration that he
has solved the problem of providing
cheap and serviceable tlectric traction
for vehicles.
"By October my light battery will be
ready lor tbe market, and we will be
ready to equip automobiles ol all de
scriptions," he saia. "To reach the
goal lor which 1 aimed and keep down
the cost to a trilling portion ol what
present batteries cost to keep alive,
determined upon a simple combination
of iron rust, potash and nickel rust.
For a time it failed me, but now I have
accomplished the result with these in
gredienta, and a new light battery is an
accented (act. It will weigh one-hall
of the present batteries in general use
and will be about the same size, al
though it stands somewhat higher in
its proportion than the other. As to
its power, there can be no question. A
new factory where the cell batteries are
to 1 manfactnretl ia being erected in
Oramie, and automobiles will be built
and equipped there."
Milling Wheat for Mexico.
San Francisco, Aug. 1. The Kosmos
steamer Tbeben, which sailed today tor
the southern coast on her way to bu
rope, carried 1,000 tons ol milling
wheat lor Ouaymas, Mexico. For sev
eral months past tbe Mexican govern
ment bas abolished the duty on wheat,
owing to the short crop in the Hermo
sillo district and steamers sailing from
here have received consignments ol
wheat sufficiently large to warrant
them in calling at Guaymas, far up the
Gull ol California. The duty will be
imposed again on August 31.
Changes In Land Laws.
Washington, Aug. 1. The
lands commission, appointed
public
nearly
two years ago to Investigate and re
port upon the operation and needed
modifications in the public land laws
hopes to submit a final and comprehen
sive report to President Roosevelt prior
to the assembling of congress next tall
The commission has about completed
its investigations as regards the home
stead, the desert land and timber lawa,
but not of the mineral land laws
War Party Has Upper Hand
St. Petersburg, Aug. 1. News of the
utmost importance is daily expected
(rom the army tn Manchuria. At army
headquarters there are evidences ol
great activity, and there ia no doubt
that word lo a general engagement is
looked lor. The war party still has
the upper hand and there ia still little
talk of peace.
AFTER BIG FELLOWS
One Millionaire in Jail Worth a
Thousand Others.
STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY HENEY
Does Not Believe in Convicting Man
Who Has Been Bought and
Letting Buyer Go Free.
Portland, Aug. 1. Scathing in his
denunciation of graft in public life,
merciless in his arraignment of the mo
tives ol the defendants, severe in his
charges against the attorneys (or -the
defense, dramatic in his earnestness of
speech and effort, Francis J. Heney
made hia argument yesterday in pre
senting the case of tlie government in
the Williamson-Gesner-Biggs trial to
the jury.
Those high in public life who need
their offices lor private gain and lor the
practice of illegal, business were beld
up before the jury as men worse than
thieves and robliers.
"It baa been intimated by the de
fense in this case," said Mr. Heney,
that I have told the , witnesses when
they came belore the grand jury as
witnesses that 1 was not alter the little
fish, but after tbe big ones. It bas
been insinuated that back o( my move
ments lurked a political motive, but I
need only to bring this to mind (or you
to know how false it is. Though the
defense bas never been able to get a
witness to sav that I told him .' was
after the big fish, I will say it myself.
I am after the big fish, and as long as
there is a hook and a line or a bit of
tackle in the government box I will
keep after them. Graft is ruining
Russia today ; graft ruined Rome, the
ancient empire of the woild, and, un
less the juries of the nation sustain trie
laws of the United States, graft will
ruin this country.
Turning to the defendants and then
motives, tbe attorney beld that when a
guilty man attempts to prove defense
for himself he always hews as close to
the truth as possible. "But crime
leaves its scar upon the conscience and
the mind," said Mr. Heney, "until il
we open wiue enough tbe windows of
the soul we can see tbe markings left,
It is this consciousness of scar that has
led the defendants in this case Ui plan
the defense they have. I am after the
big fish I do not want the poor devils
who have been seduced through the in
tiuence o' power and wealth. I want
the big fish. One millionaire in the
penitentiary ia worth one thousand of
the poor devils he bought, as an exam
pie to the world."
WAR WITH BRITAIN IMMINENT.
German Paper Says German Navy Is
Ready for Action.
Berlin, Aug. 1. A very considerable
sensation bas been caused by the pub
lication in the Tegel Zeitung of a atate-
nient that a war between Germany and
Great Britain is imminent. The paper
says:
' According to the most rename in
formation furnished to the editor, war
between this nation and England may
not be averted. All German warships
have been (ully prepared (or prompt
action, having received secret instruc
tions that w ar is considered inevitable."
Tesel is a Berlin suburb, where are
located the extensive works of Messrs
Borsig, the' well known machine and
gun manufacturers. This firm controls
the newspapers and the assumption is
Uiat the "reliable information ' emi
ated from tbat firm.
Distress Among Italians
New Orleans, Aug. 1. Much dis
tress ib beginning to appear among the
Italian population growing out ol the
practical suppression ol the fruit bus
ness from Louisiana on account of the
quarantines, and relief work is oue of
the tasks which the Italian societies
and citizens' committees will now have
to address themselves to. While the
six-day detention order ol the board ol
health lasts, all tbe lines which have
been operated Irom the steamers into
New Orleans will divert their ships , to
Mobile.
Seek the Judgship
Portland, July 29. The scramble for
the.distiict iudgahip bas begun afresh
since W. W. Cotton threw away the
Dlum. and aspirants for tbe job are
slanting their eyes toward Clatsop
county, where dwells Senator Fulton
and toward the third floor of tlie Fed
eral courthouse, where holds forth Dis
trict Attorney Francis J. Heney. That
Mr. Fulton and Mr. Heney have the
strongest pull ol anybody in Oregon is
realized by all the candidates.
Rojestvensky Is Recovering
Tokio. Aue. 1. Rear Admiral Ro-
iestvenskv's condition lias made satis
lactory progress Binee the operation that
was performed on his forehead. He
was able to leave his bed and sit in
chair yesterday. Pains in one loot
however, prevent his walking freely
but no cause for uneasiness exists
The admiral has expressed his sincere
satisfaction with the treatment accord
ad him.
Taft Party at Nagasaki
Nagasaki, Aug. 1. The steamer
Manchuria an'. ved hare at 7 o'clock
this morning. The governor, mayor
and other officials went aboard and ex
tended official welcome to Secretary of
I War Talt and Miss Roosevelt.
NO. 34.
WAR PARTY GAINS RECRUITS
Claim of Indemnity Cause Vigorous
Action in War Office.
St. Petersburg, July 31. The inti
mation of Mr. Sato, Baron Komura'a
secretary, that Japan will claim full
indemnification for the cost of the war
beside the Island of Sakhalin, haa
gained recruits for the war party from
rnong the class winch had hoped Kus
sia would be able to offer tbe railroads
to Port Arthur and Dalny, tbe Island
of Sakhalin, and other valuable consid
erations in lieu of a direct cash indem
nity.
The war office is not slackening pre
parations for continuing the war in
ase the peace negotiations are unsuc
cessful. Tbe gap in general Llnie-
vitch'i army caused by the losses at
Mukden has been filled and the railroad
s working to its full capacity, carrying
reinforcements to form fresh corps.
A dispatch from Irkutsk announces
the completion of work on the trans-
liaikal line, in ordei to relieve toe
traffic on the railroad, Prince Hilkoff,
minister of railroad communications,
has sent three steamers loaded with
rails and a flotilla of river steamers by
way ol the Arctic ocean to the month
of the Yenisei river, whence they will
tie transported by that river to Kras
noyarsk, which is within 400 milea of
Lake Baikal.
CHINA WANTS INDEMNITY TOO.
Russia Must Pay for Illegal Occupa
tion of Manchuria.
Berlin, July 31. TheLokal Anzeiger
prints an interview with a prominent
Chinese diplomatist, evidently the
Chinese minister at Berlin, who sayi
tbat the dowager empress and the em
peror have sent a circular letter to all
viceroys and governors and to Chines
ministers abroad, asking them to state
fully their views as to what attitude
China should take in the settlement of
the Manchurian question.
Tbe diplomatist further states that
China, in determining what indemnity
to demand Irom Russia, will include
not only tbe reduction in public reve
nues during the war, but a sum suth-'
cient to cover damages suffered through
years of illegal occupation ( tbat coun
try. He assumes that Japan will keep
ber word and hand over Manchuria to
China, but thinks it will be impossible
lor China to install the old form of
government there, since the improve
ments the Russians and Japanese nave
introduced make a modern system of
administration necessary. Tbe diplo
mat concludes:
"China will not longer play the role
of a mere spectator, but will assert her
claims with energy in the Poitsmuth
negotiations and interesting develop
ments will certainly follow.
INSPECT ON OTHER SIDE.
Proposed That Chinese Be Scrutin
ized Before They Start. -
Washington, July 31 . A new way
out of the perplexing difficulties sur
rounding the enforcement of the Chin
ese exclusion law is being considered
by the department of Commerce and
Labor. It is proposed to put the regu
lations into more practicable form and
at the same time throw a sop to Chin
ese susceptibilities by having the in
specting and regulating done on the
other Bide.
This can be managed by establishing
representatives of the state and immi
gration services at ports in China with
a view to examining the claims of
Chinese desiring to come to America,
and if the examination proves that
tbey are exempt, to issue credentials to
them, which will be accepted without
question at American ports. By thia
plan tbe investigation will be much
more simple and satisfactory.
Defense of Columbia River.
Washington, July 31. A board ol
army othcers, including Lieutenant
Colonel Arthnr Murray, Artillery
corps; Major Langfitt, of the engineers,'
and tbe district artillery officer on tbe
Columbia river, will meet and collect
data for the submarine defense of the
fortifications at the mouth of the Co
lumbia river, and also report on exist
ing mines, buildings and structures in
connection with harbor defense aud re
commend new works deemed necessary
to complete submarine work at the en
trance to the river.
July Deficit is Smaller.
Washington. July 31. Tbe monthly
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures, which will be issued.
by the treasury department on August
1, will show the receipts (or July, 1906,
to have been approximately $49,180,-
000, and the expenditures about $62,-
9i0,000, leaving a deficit (or the month
of $13,680,000. The deficit last July
was $17,300,000. There was no extra
ordinary receipts or expenditures, and
none will appear in July, 1005.
Yaquis Will Surrender.
Nogales, Ariz., July 31. Alter six
years of continuous fighting, the Yaqul
Indians in Mexico are suing (or peace.
A peace conference is being arranged
for, and if there is no hitch in the pres
ent plans, Yaqui leaders will meet rep
resentatives of the Mexican government
at Urez, Solano, Mexico. No date for
meeting bas been made public, but the
Indians are already reported to be
gathering in the vicinity of Urei.
British Ship Is Seized.
Seattle, July 31. The British ship
Josephine, Captain J. P. Hefller, from
Vancouver, B. C, has been seized by
the United States marshal at Ketchi
kan, Alaska. The captain and crew
are in jail. The vessel landed a cargo
(rom a Canadian port at an American
. from a Canadian port i
I port without a permit.