The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, August 25, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON MIST ' 8T HJfiLENH, OREGON. FRIDAY- ATJOTTST St ion .... " ' ' ' su. 1ST, WILL DRIVI CONQRESS. ,, " . i . Ill " I ' iii I1 1 M .II.BM I NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Oar lAPPW.OFTWOCOmOT NEW 8Y8TEM BEST, A Rmuiki of In I. Important but Not L lnlrtlof Ivnt of In lt Wk. A ('Ilium envoy has lieen sent to America lo aludy th exclusion ttn- lloll. Tim etiltsii of hiilu propnaed marriage tii Mis HiMitwvall and took a mfuaal lisr.l. All rartbqllak of aulua viulelirtt has teen lH throughout tlia entire Mlaata. ij'I'l valley. Mu.i.ter Conger denies dial ba la lo fa lo China l udt-evor to check Uit boycott against American gwale. I(atirat dimoiinr ttia national M irtiilOy called by lb rtar. Tbajr claim It ill do Ilia tMHitila mora liar in the ikI. A yellow fever patient la a prisoner In Hi New Urlean city Jail ami haa caused several panics among official ami priinera. ItiiMia la again being shaken with internal trouble. Added to Ilia rioU ii.l sink eotne protawt ol Owark Hoop againal mc In suppressing Ilia rioter. UfJsUtlon Must Ba Pa.a.d On R.ll. road Ratal and Tariff. W'a.lil.iKUm Aug. 22.-I,, ,,,. HI..K an extra session "";"', In November, President Roosevelt haa ,di ,,, , , age.neiit to II,. men who ar. ihtlitlm, railroad rata legislation. ,,, ,,. niiil-il I Veiltl III lea Hi ... .1; llli lillii cm thn tariff IMI..H.... im . I.-.. I . . . "---....,., 4 , -...mo m.eui , an , .VivemUr will hava llitl .... l actual work of ths unit congress. It limply uwtM ,(,,, i..,.-.,, . iing together and organizing In Novm. """a" much a the .,1,1. ner, emigre will n,,...! ,1... a..., the lorincr system the aheriff or Monday in lw,iH,f orrMI)iM, "ty brought Iiibbiio eraons to the aay't .... ..... prvrmiiiiK me holiday mvu, "" ""oving a per uiem or $;j and a tun in rrmiy mr work WHiii aflur ' K r'r"w"- 1 "e new uia Ural ol January, Instead i, )'um the inaunti anyliim aiitlioritl nrft uMWpiiiIht, Hut tonun-.. Mill ""I an atU-mlant from Ilia aovlum to OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST EUGENE MILL TO 8TART. -.. .. wucn in Tranaportlng Will Ba Operat.d In Conn.ctlon With Iman. P.ti,nt.. Plln, Unon .1,- .... . K'niniK oi me fcujcone woolen mill, la here ar- Ha tr.,,ot.llo of .,Mn, it la found ranninK to reopan tl.a mill October I. I mt He nw ayatani coat jinwtically Ha will InsUll con.lderable new ma- Undur li liiniTV. and eluvaUm. Iiettr li rmtr-w ui'P- on Hie work anil tranaoort vomla frnm one department to another. He an nouncea that thia mill will be operated in connection with his mill at Union A larve acourina; mill will be erected at Union, and scoured wool from there TUBE 8YSTEM FOR BAY CITY Mails With PACKERS COMBINE the Bee! Trust. RAILROADS WILL LEND A HAND Organized In Secrecy, They Begin the Attack In Chicago, After Es tablishing Thair Plants. n.rt shorten the ,.aion, for the time c"m,ty ".l,r'" ' Ptint to will be shipped U Eugene and miied ..... ru on si inn iMKliililnK will , ha larked on at the end. and it la ,n i"''i' the coat pronadia ll It wim probable lliat jwara nenlia tiiitia will ba broken off. Huasia In aiata thai Japan unlat chang- bar lorni on hakhaltn and Indrronliy ami th latter are aa Arm la Uialr refuaal. The court of Inquiry on the IWnnina ton diaaater rorU that th eiplo- Ion aa itiarl by the ataam f"f rrluaitig to miaur the amount of atmin i irll and lha boilvr blew up I. an ol an over -prvMiira. To an glnnr in rharf ordeml a aulmnllnala lo rl an air rork and Inetaaul ha cliawl th aleam hum cork, wliirh a lha rraeon the amount of etrain cm Ul not regialar. A Chlrairu priwhar la to ba lrll for rliMlint a railroad. Trartirally Ilia a, hole of Cinrmany'a oilntilal euipira la In revolt. A dow-n twiaona war inlurwl by the cl!le of a roof at Marblaheed, Mas aihuavtts. A number o fuflW-eie from the United Hlal.-a army will attend the annual tnaiirurer of lha Krcnrh army. ,w Orleans I burnliif tons of sul phur to kill llj moaitutlo wbkh is ramlnfK a spread of yellow fever. A nombrrol railroad companiv must Swar before lha Kanaaa lederal etiurt ami lull why they gave rebate contrary to law . ltMru from the New York Health uV.rtmetit show a decline in lyboid frrer, ahli h for a tiuia assumed pro porlloiia ol an epidemic. Heltlrr are puraalnf th band of Ar liona A par he Indians on a raid in New Jlnico. The Indiana ar wearing full ar atiit and using poleuned arrows. The I'nlteil Htata (overnmrnt haa notillml Clilna that aha must end the Ixryuil aKalnet Anierlanc goods before niitlallons will be oiMinetl looking to a Imltermeiit ol Immigration conditions AK'lat Juatir Tucker, of Arismia la siyiiihuI ol grafting. Artlng Mayor Kornea, of New Yoik haa Un suml for dlvorr. The i ir has laauad a manifesto sum tiionlng a national aseembly. Eighteen bodiea have been recovered frnm the wreck at Urucea, Virginia. I U. ml mi have been sent to two New iurk hankers. No damage was done I the flr.1 anaal,,,. ,.l r'ifty-nlntli roiiKi.. lnalK.il i.l ..I. Hrniiig in April neit, will run well inui iii summer. rresident Hooaevolt has not aban doned tiopa ol securing the taaai ol a railroad rat bill, not haa he given of trtuin porlation haa been redurad to one-third of what It was formerly, while In other iae the reduction la lea than one- liail. Thus It coat under the former laws 1 1H. 7.1 to bring a patient from Cortland, but now it routs only $0.71). rrom Maleop county, which flimiahe r " " - a1 '" i - i. . . - . - tip Hope of eecurlnga readiuatmrnt ol " '"ra" ""' " patlenla, tue former sUtes that the two mills will ha tariff to meet new condition., a,,,) ' 'iut M5, but now It is only combined capacity of about 11 may Ixiil down aa an abaolule fact thai, if th president makes clear his position and In a meaaage to congree inalata upon railroad rata legislation a well aa tariff legislation, the holla of lepreeentatlvea will e bills verv cloaely in line with his idrsa, and won t waste much lime about It. Th people of the t'nlled Hute. es pecially lh voters, have become pretty thuurghly imliue.1 with the idea that there ought to lie legislation on the railroad rat question. They believe the prealdent would not have taken hi. firm aland without cause, and the peo ple are with the chief executive. A greet many of them, undoubtedly a targe majority, agiee with him that the time has coma when there should be a readjustment of tariff ralea, especially lha ralea thM affect industries no long er needing protection behind a land wall, but which are taking advsutaire of I he protection afforded by the Ihiiir- y law lo sell their products abroad at aa price than they command In this country. If ths president wins his fight for railroad Irg illation he may have lo sac- tar Ibe tart R bill at the coming sea Inn, but it is known he regard, the railroad 'juration aa lha mora Import- nl of the two at this lime, and would probably be willing to compromise on these grounds, if hs can grt a satis factory rate bill. The discussion of ths railroad question, or rather the dis cussion of the railroad queelion coupled with Ihe discussion of eohjerta injected r Bllliuatering purposee, will occupy so much lime that there will be little pportunity to conaider a tariff bill In the senate. Th house, which must originate tar iff leglalation, may frame and pass a tariff hill, while Ihe sansi is wrestling ill the rata problem, hut the chances are thai the senate will not lie uoHged Ui surrender to the president on the tariff queetion at Ilia coming seesion, provided il passes the rste bill favoied iy the preaident. There is hardly time in a single session to dispose of two such great qiiesliona. but there is no telling wlist rreelilen! Kooaveeil may be able to do. .K ! ... fi. Aiarion county, wiilcli alao sup plies a large numiier ol Insane, lormer- ly cost the slste . for trsnstiortlng patients, tint this lias been reiluced to II. In the case of patients from dint- ant countiea. like linker, Coos, Tills. monk snd o'.hers, where the railroad or stage eipeum-a sre heavy, the saving Is not so grest. The llgmes given are not eisct, for no exu-t aivount can le kept of the lime of attendants who are sent out sfter patients. The attendants who are employed in that work render some service st the institution, and spend some time bringing hark pa tients who hsv escaped. The saving, however, when all allowances are made, will lie from 40 to 60 per cent. Winter Wheat Good La (i ramie Harvesting in the Grand Koiule valley If now well under way, with the coarser valley product. The I nion mill will make a aoeciatlv white goods, for which it is nartlcula ly adapted, while the Kmrene mill will be devoted to the manufacture of flow ered dreas goods, blankets and robes. About 100 hands will b etnnloved here, making a payroll of something like ll.lioo per month. Mr. Wilbur have 120,000 worth of finiehed goods per month. Linn Wheat Is Short. Albany Wheat is a short croo in Linn county this year owing to the long continued dry weather. A few days of rain Just at the riitht time would have made thia year's crop the iiumiier product lor tli county, but the rain failed to come. As it is. the wheat in most sections luns about 16 bushels per acre. The heads are not well filled, and the grain is a little light. Home ol the harvesting machines are unable to make expenses for the owners at the agreed prices for thresh ing, and threshing-machine men have in many instances been compelled to give op the rating agreed upon and charge for their work by the hour. 20,000 Cars Yearly. Klamath Falls Twenty thousand and an far the yield of fall and winter! cars of export freight per annum is what Consulting Kngineer Jacobs, of the Reclamation service, estimates as the possibilities of the Klamath conn' try for a railroad company, when the government irrigation project has been completed and the lands under it de veloped, together with the riae of con comnani industries, air. Jacobs in eluded shipments of general farm and sown wheat is good, the average being 40 bushels er acre of an excellent quality, many fields yielding 60 bush els. Spring roan grain is very lixht snd will not yield more than half a crop. The hay crop is very good, and Ihe same condition prevails in Wallowa county as lo hay snd grain as in this valley. The sugar licet crop is much better than at any previous season, and dairy products' stoct, timber, and per- the sugar factory la expecting a miu-lt haps sugar beets. longer and more prolitahle run than last season. Goes Fifty Bushels. I'endleton Mr. Hughs, of Helix, states that wheat Just harvested and threshed on his ranch and that of his brother In the vicinity of that place will yield on an average of 60 bushel to the acre. There are also a number of fields of oats which will nearly if not quite come up to this llguie. reports from either direction in vicinity seem to indicate that the enti mates given out earlier in the season understated ralher thsn overstated the yield, as in no rase is the yield falling short ol the estimate given. Can't Buy Many Good Sheep, Pendleton Sheep buyers from the east are experiencing great difficulty in finding in the market here the class of sheep demanded in the esstern market. and when thev have the good luck oc casinnally to find a few, the owners are imi liferent about selling, and In many cases absolutely refuse to set a price on them. This condition is said to be dne I-ate to the fart that sheepmen sold up very close last year, and also to the substan tial advance in the price of wool seaon, witn the prospect ol a still ther advance the coming seaon. this fur TROLLEY BROKEN IN PIECES Good Chance for Umatilla. Pendleton Following a conference here between Chief Engineer Newell, of the Reclamation service; Consulting Kngineer Ilenny and John T. Whistler, engineer for Oregon, regarding the irri- A Herman port has refused Ui enter uin the Ilrltish fleet In th llallio Telegraph operator on the Great nuithi.rn have voted lo return to work A heavy wind, acocmpaniwl by rain, IM great damage to projwirty In Tope- as, Kanaaa, , Mayor Dunne, of Chlcaro. haa order ed that work atop on tunnel until the Illinois Tunnel company devises means u prevent th sinking of building and 'reel. Roosevelt haa again taken a hand In the peace conference In an endeavor to prevent lh breaking off of negotiations Tli government ha discovered i counterfeit IS silver certlcllate ol His series of 18. cnted. It la poorly Apache Indiana from Arlsnna are on laid In New Mexico. They have Hied a number of rancher and are looting and burning house. Amecrlcsan Jews refuse to loan Kus a any more money until their race is ranted reforms. Hhonts haa plenty of money to carry on cnaal work until congress meets. Ureal Britain ami Germany again wiii on the point of breaking relations. A hurricane which swept the Marsh II islands killed 100 people, according dispatch from Bydney, N. 8. W. The International Typographical onion, In session at Toronto, has de cided to inaugurate a strike wherever the employer refuse to grant an eight hour day after January 1, 1000. Hit by Flying Freight Csr at a Bulla Street Crossing, Unite. Mont., Aug. were killed and more Injured, some fatally, here tonight, a. the result of a freight car dualling into a crowded open trolley car at the cross ing of the street csr snd the Great Northern railroad tracks on I'lali Street. I'sateiigers on the car, men, women and children, were returning Irom Co lumbia Harden. The motoriiian, aa usual, slopped his car before reaching the railroad crossing. At that moment a Unite, Anaconda A Pari lie yard en gine was making a flying switch of loaded freight cars across Utah street. The motoriiian, thinking everything was clear, started across the lailroad track, when the trolley car was struck by a freight car, thrown 25 feet and crumbled into kindling wood. The freight car landed on lop of the man gled passengeia. Fruit and Grain at Milton. Milton Fruit is coming into mar ket now in unite large quantities. The IH-ach crop is rather short in this lo cality, hut the melons are plentiful and (ration projects in Eastern Oregon, Mr. cheap, and large shipments are being Newell states that the project of gov made to outside points. The second eminent irrigation of lands north of crop of straw-tarries has made its ap-1 the V matilla river, near Echo, is very 22 tii iMmml pearanc in the market here, and while promising, and very likely will be un- than a score were I lm rr"V ' ''K'1' berries are of ex-1 deitaken unless the Malheur difficulty eel lent qualllV. J lie inrmers in una io- should be settled soon calitr are about through with their Going lo Fight Yankees New York, Aug. 22. The tomorrow will say: "tonesue placed order In Kiirop for torpedo boat with gun" and ammunition at the cost of about $2,600,000, a larger amount than that little Houth Ameri can republic has ever expended at one time for war materials. - An American, harvesting. Blai Starts From Slashings. Woodbiirn Starting from burning slashings on the Mrs. P. 1.. Kennedy place, east of Woodburn, fire has burn ed over that farm and the Snyder and Morelaud farms. Strenuous efforts of firelighters saved the buildings, al though Moreland's house is encircled by Are, and not yet out of danger. The course of the flames is now toward Butte creek, mid may do considerable damage before the fire is undet control. Josephine Farmer' Institute. mnt'a Pass From September 0 to 16 three sessions of farmers' institutes will be held In Josephine county, un der the directions of Dr. James Withy combe, director of the Stale Kxperl- luli,i aiuwrnnatlliu! llV a atjiff of '""."" professors and directors from the Ore lela ,j)n Agricultural college. The meetings will be held at Provolt, Orants I'ass and Kerby. Few Sale of Wheat. Pendleton There has been little do llar in the wheat market here during who has Just returned from Venesuela, presnt week, and few sales have Is authurlty for the statement that ,H(e since Saturday, when ahont President Caatro recently declared thai 200.000 bushels were sold in Pendlc- ha was "going lo fight the Yankees, tuii. The quality of the wheat in this which is given as th cause of tliu large orders for war material. Ralna Do Not Retard. London. Aug. 22. The Telegraph's Toklo correspondent says that despite th heavy rains the Japanese have ad vanced in Northern Core. Th Rus sians abandoned their advance works and were driven back. After crossing the river the Russian destroyed bridge and district this year is exceptionally good, all grading No. 1, with the exception of now and then a lime sintu. Monmouth School to Open. Independence The Oregon State Normal school at Monmouth will con tinue as though the appropriation asked for at the laat session of the legislature bad been granted. Th lack of appro- the nrlation must, of course, Inconvenience there waa no sign of the somebody, but it has not given rise to Russians south of the Tumen. The the qjuestlon as w wneuier or nut me Jananea army in Corea ha already school would continue. , effected a certain communication with .... ..... Field Marshal Oyame. oiaugmer . r --- - ejiigene uouuiy viei ou in- Russian Transport Captured. sued 70 fire permits and 200 hunters' Toklo. Aiib. S2. Commander Ram- licenses since the new laws went Into chkatka report that his squadron has effect. From all reports pheasant are - .Is f A..I.l,lkni1 III all ill AJ.l lrtttn satlil isptured the big Russian transport being ainugiiKiu ...... - Australia In th harbor of Petropav- the license money is aoing noiuiug in lovsk. She will be sent to Sasbro. I the way of protecting game. I PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, fi!K70c per bushel; blueetem, 4i5c; valley, 6c. Barley Feed, (20.60 per ton: brew ing. $21. Oats No. 1 white feed, old, $28 per ton; gray, old, $27; white, new. $23(3 23.60; gray, new, $22 per ton. Hay Timothy, old, $13(315 per ton; new, $U12.60; clover, $S($. Fruits Applrs, 90ctl.75 per box; peaches, tV(i85c crate; plums, 75c $1 per crate; blackberries, olic per pound; cantaloupes, $1(32.60 per crate; pears, tl-60 per box; watermelons, 1S1140 per pound; crabapples, 50c per box; grapes, $1(31-50. v egetables Beans, (gic per pound; cabbage, l(llc per pound; cauli (lower, 75!H)c per dosen; celery, 75 85c per dozen; corn, 80c per doaen; cucumbers, 1015c per doxen; toma toes, 60ll0c per crate; squash, 6c per pound; turnips, $1.25(31.640 per sack; carrot, $1.25 1.60 per sack; beets, $1 W1.26 per sack. . Onions Red, $1.25 per hundred; yellow, 11.25, Potatoes, Oregon new, 75 80c per sack; Merced sweets, Ze per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 27 (430c. Kggs Oregon ranch, 22,4c per dosen. Poultry Average old hens, 13(3 lS.c; mixed chickens, 1213c; old roosters, 10c; young roosters, 11 UJc; springs, 1 to 2 pounds, 14 14 c; 1 to iSi' pounds, 14H15c; turkeys, live 1822c; geese, live, per pound, 80c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks gray 13c; white 14c. Hops Choice 1004, 17 19c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 1921c; lower grades, down to 15c, according to shrinkage; valley, 2527c per pound ; mohair, choice, Sic per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, l2o per pound; cows, 3 fe 4 H ; country steers, 46c. ' Veal Dressed, 87Xc. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 6,(3 7c per pound; ordinary, 45cj Iambs, 7 7c Pork Dressed, 68cper pound. Can Then B HsndUd Greater Rapidity. San Francisco, Aug. 21. The pneu matic tub system, which i used with independent Companies to Flgh atw muiab iu cMwu i-iun, win ai a near date be filling it important function in the local postofflce. Ey erything is ready for the installation of the system, and all that deters the postal authorities from giving this city iubv improvement I the proper loca lion at, tne ferries. The government forbid the olacinu of the system in other than buildings wjicn will insure permanency. The present builHing at the ferriee occupied oy i he postomce ts regarded a a tern porary structure, and the only location suitable will be in the Ferry building The harbor commissioner have been applied to for space and if they grant the request the work will begin imme diately. About 90 per cenpof the local mail passe through the Ferry postofflce, and when that atation, with it force of clerks, is transferred to the new build ing at Seventh and Mission, the postal secrviceof this city i going to be greatly bampbered. The business com munity of thia city as well a other were considerably interested over the matter, and the agitation resulted in th department at Washington giving ii serious attention. The tube is eight Inches in the clear. ana eecn carrier will bold 450 letter At a test recently made at Chicago. 360,000 letter were sent through in one hour. San Francisco mail is about 300,000 letter per day, and with the tube system local mail could be handled with great efficiency. The maiority of the mail will be worked and aorted at the main postofflce, and sent through tne tube to tbe Ferry station, where it will be pouched for tram and (team era. All Incoming mail will be sent directly to the main postofflce THERE ARE OTHERS. Bennington I Not the Only Warship With Weak Boiler. Washington, Aug. 21. The finding ol the board of inquiry that investigat ed tbe Bennington disaster are expect ed to ba given out today. Snice tbe Chicago, Aug. 22. Carefully laid opposition to the beef trust, which, it is asserted, will reach gigantic propor tions shortly, began operation at the partially completed packing plant own ed by tbe Independent Packing com pany this morning. With the utmost secrecy two companies the other the Western Packing A Provision company have organized iu Chicago and their plants will cost nearly $500,000 when completed. While tbe packers of tbe beef trust circle were warding off the attack of the Interstate Commerce commission as to private car line and tbe Federal grand jury as to combination and con duct of their-business, the wholesale butchers, hotel men and restaurant men, aa well aa other large consumers of meat were secretly organizing with a determination to succeed so stronggly in tbeir minds that no word reached the public till thia week. Men interested in tbe new concerns say the railroads have privately given assurances that they will aid tbe inde pendent to almost any extent, as they have tired of what they term tbe pack ers manipulations and sometimes treachery. Tbe two plant now nearly completed are both in tne stockyards district. Tbe Independent company's $150,000 packing plant is at West Forty-first and Halsted streets, and the Western com pany's $300,000 plant is at Morgan and Thirty-eighth street. The third and largest independent plant will be built next summer and will cost more than $500,000 in itself. Tbe company ooiiers ei tue gunooai expioaea, Killing KiK .ill k;M ; i. ht.;n and wounding ao jnany ol the crew, iu charter, but will defer action until u.ogwoa goiog on io i actual work on the plant begin .un iUUUI.IUH UI VUglUC IU. boilers on otber ship of tbe navy. The result have been surprising STATE LAID WASTE. Some discoveries iwere made, and some g s Through Minne.ota rather unpleasant one. Several vessels ... have been ordered to the navy yard for W"h Gre,t Fury" repairs to their engine room equipment. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 22. Devasta- The name of these vessels are withheld tion, terrible and complete, waa at the Navy department. It may be wrought on all sides of tbe Twin Cit'es (aid, though, on the best authority, by the storm of Sunday night, accord that the conditions which have so far ing to reports just received here, been revealed will in all probability- Through all tbe region from Anoka to result in some decided change of tbe Fillmore counties report tell of di east naval regulations realting to the duties er and loss of life and property. of deck and engine room officer. I Members of families are missing and The announcement of the ship whoae I " l believed they are buried under the boiler have been discovered to be do- debris, which was strewn broadcast by fective and of the changes to be made the wind. Many instances of maiming n tbe regulations may be made long are leported and tbe total loss ol life after the Bennington figure have been will not be known for some days. published. Secretary Bonnaparte ia a I Crops w hich had been cut and were believer in legitimate publicity and ready for threshing suffered jjn many thinks the department should take the place and standing corn was damaged initiative in furnishing to the press by hail and wind. Hailstones several any information that should properly I inches in circumference worked havoc - CRISIS IMMINENT. Peace Conference Where It Was at Opening of Session. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 18. The crisis in the peace conference haa been reached and pessimism is again th note. But the darkest hour Is just be fore the dawn, and there is still hope. Predictions of a filial rupture todar certainly will not be justified unless Baron Komura figuratively Dicks no his bat and announces that it is useless to proceed further. Mr. Witte, at least, will not be precipitate. At to- day' session, after article 2 the limi- tation of Russia's naval power in the Far East and article 1 2 fishina rlrtita on the Russian littoral are diarxMed of, he will lavor an adjournment un til Monday to bear the last word from St. Petersburg. ihe pessimism last mirht is baaed on the fact that no progress was made yes terday. The exchange of view at th morning session on article 9 remuner ation for the cost of the war showed at once that tbe plenipotentiaries wer as far apart aa the poles, and it waa passed over. Article 10 the surrend er of the interned Russian warships waa also passed, not, in the opinion of one of the plenipotentiaries when tbe Associated Press saw him last niaht. because it could not bave been arrang ed, but because, with the shadow of tbe two main points in dispute banging over tbe conference, both aides wer cautious and preferred to postpone it to the end. Article 2 limitation of sea power is also adjustable after modification, and article 12 will ere. ent no difficulties. So that now tbe situation is practically where it waa when Mr. Witte last Saturday present ed the Russian reply with ita non-po- somus to article 5 and 8 indemnity and Sakhalin. FOR DEEPER COLUMBIA. be made public. NEW DOCK ON THE SOUND. Navy Department Prefer It Thar In stead of Mar Island. Washington, Aug. 21. It ia believed from the attitede of an official of the Navy department that congress will be asked next winter to make an appropri ation for a new drydock on Puget sound. ihe naval authorities are with the crops in some sections Large sections of railroad tracks were swept away south of here and tbe mail trains on certain portions ol tbe Chi cago, Milwaukee S bt. raul road were run yesterday on improvised tracks, making slow time on account of the en forced insecurity of the roadbed. In some of the farming localities tbe grain was stripped from tbe stalks, even in the shocks, by the furious rain and wind, and haystacks were com pletely demolished. Huge trees, which have successfully withstood the storms nninlmAtil In rlM-lai-tnff that th.M la immediate need for better docking fa- ?' were oprpoted and hurled be- cilitiea on the Pacific coast, and mre me wina, ana oarns ana omer oui- equally unanimous in believing it un wise to build such a dock at tbe Mare slaud navy yard, because of the bad channel approaches. If another dock ia authorised, it is preferred that it be located at Bremer ton, on the sound. The only thing to check this recommendation will be ad verse action by the cabinet, which may eem it inadequate, in view of th con dition ol tbe treasury, to seek money for the new dock at this time. St. Grain Rata Ar Reduced. Paul, Aug. 21 Just as the buildings were completely destroyed. The damage done to build .ngs and crop in the southern counties will reach many thousand of dollars, but no accurate estimate can be formed un til complete reports are received. All sections report that tbe storm waa cyclonic in its nature and from some points reports tell of a funnel shaped cloud that descended with the moat intense fury, leaving destruction in ita path. Navies Will Fraternize, New York, Aug. 22. New York will be tbe scene of a remarkable demon- movement of the grain crop is about to -tration of fraternity and ooodwill be- begin the Great Northern railroad to- tween the tack tar of the navies of day announced a sweeping reduction in Great Britain and the United States grain rates throughout ita eastern terri tory extending into the boundary of Montana. Three years ago the road made important reductions in the west ern section. Tbe new rates, it i claim ed, will add million to the potential resources of the farmer of the Noth- during the first week in October on the occasion of the visit of the second cruis er squadron of the British fleet. On or about the first Monday in the month 1,200 American sailors will entertain a like number of their British brethren. Arrangement are making for a great west. The reduction ia not made, it is banouet. smoker and theater nartv aa -i-i j t i . 'r . - uiaiuieu, in pursuance oi any pressure, the principal events. out as a voluntary act. Cloudburst Kills Four. Joplin, Mo., Aug. 21. Four people were drowned and property valued at $200,000 waa destroyed as tbe result of cloudburst today at Southwest City. in the extreme southern portion of Missouri. C. O. Kelsey. a photo grapher, was drowned when the two- Indiana Want Statehood. Muscogee, I.T., Aug. 22. Th chief taincy of the five civilised tribe to the number of 200 delegates met here to day to declare for separate statehood for Indian Territory, aided and abetted by white resident of Indian Territory, who for both business and sentimental reason are opposed to a union with story building wmcn he occupied was Oklahoma. Thia is tbe first time the Swept away ana dasnea to piece against trihal eitiaens of the territnre sv a. tree. Ned Smith and two other rter-1 gambled to notify consress that thev are one, wuoee uauien are uuiiuunu. were I mail v for atatnhivvl i i i. i I . : i . t -. i I J urowneu wniie iriug hi remjuo xteisey Texan Health Regulations, Fir Destroy Big Factory. Dallas, Tex.. Aug. 22 It has been Newcastle, Pa , Aug. 21. Fir this (ordered by the State Health department morning destroyed the extensive plant that all person entering Texas by of the Newcastle Forge & Bolt com northern gateway must furnish health pany. Tbe loss M estimated at $100,. certificates properly attested. Identifi 000. Six hundred men will be thrown I cation of person must aleo be given in out fo work. . . . I certificate Trans-Mississippi Congress Realize Needa of Coast. Portland, Aug. 18. Need of liberal appropriations from congress for the Columbia river is obvious to the Trsns Mississippi Commercial congress, and" when Major W. C. Lanufitt. United States engineer, spoke yesterday before that body on the benefits which ade quate appropriations would bring and pointed out tbe results the United , 8 ate engineers could attain, tbe con gress manifested ita approval with hearty applause. A resolution, callina- on the national government to hasten improvement of the waterway will ba urged by the Washington, Oregon and Idaho delegations in tbe congress and no doubt will be adopted. Leaders ol tbe congress in the laat two day have frequently remarked that the further improvmenet of the Co lumbia river i the most important river and harbor work before the gov ernment on the Pacific coast, and ona of the most important in the United States, and they say this whether they come from Texas, where Galveston and Houston n.ed appropriations, or from Louisiana, where New Orleans require a deeper Mississippi and a more exten sive levee system is needed, or from Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and the Da kota?, where tbe Mitsouri river is in need of better chanel, or from the Up per Mississippi region, which desire a better waterway to St. Louis. TARIFF ON WHEAT REDUCED Biggest Cut Is On lh Rat to th Port of Shanghai. Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 18. Effective at once the tariff on wheat between Puget Sound porta and tbe regular ports in tbe Orient haa been reduced by the Oriental line steamship compa nies from $5 to $4 per ton of 2,000 pounds, and to Shanghai the rate has been reduced from $7.50 to $4.50 per ton. The announcement of the reduction waa made at the local offices of the Great Northern railway company today and it is understood that the rate ha been agreed upon by all of the wheat carrying line plying between Puget Sound and the Orient. The port to which the $4 rate applies are Yoko hama, Kobe, Nagasaki and Hongkong. The higher rate of $4.50 is applied to Shanghai because of tbe difficulty ex perienced in reaching that port. Bounty Frauds in Montana. Helena, Mont., Aug. 18. County Attorney Lyndes, of Roseburg county. is here conferring with state officials about alleged bounty frauds preferred sgainst ex-County Clerk C. W. Bailey, L. R. Terrett, J. W. Selvidge and Har ry Wright, all of Forsythe. who have been arrested and released on bail pending a preliminary I carina. Sep tember 4, on the charge of defrauding the state out of a large sum of money, said to be about $8,000. It is alleged they marketed fraudulent bounty war rant for wild animals iu 11 01. Nearly 300,000 Mile. Washington, Aug. 18 The annual report of the Interstate Commerce com mission, giving the railroad statistic tor the year 1904, shows that there were at the end of that year 297,073 miles of railroad in the United State. The number of railway corpora ton is in cluded in the report was 2,104. In th course of the year railway companies owning over 500 miles were reorganis ed, merged, etc The mileage operated by receivers waa 1312 miles. Soldier Desert by Wholesale. St Paul, Aug. 18. A wholesale de sertion of privates from Foil Snelling was reported today, when it was an nounced that about 60 privates had quietly left the post without permis sion, because they did not wish to work on the new rifle range.