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NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for
Busy Readers.
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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 .
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-...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.