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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON VOL. XXII. ST. HELENS, Oil EG ON, FRIDAY,' SEPTEMBER 22, 1905. NO. 41. MIST. NEWS OFTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENING OF TWO CONTINENTS A Return of IH Lot Important but Not Lt Interfiling EvnU of the Past Week. Will Iim arrlvwl In F.uroje, ltoovlt will vltlt New Orleans In October. Anthracite minor are preparing to make nrw demand on operators. 1'hvslt'lan attending II run Komure hive decided that he Iim mil J fomi of lyphold fever. Kir at Nome, Beptenilier 13, d ilmyed 0 building ami caused a mon etary o ol 1300,000. President Rwawvelt baa yielded to the rur the hunor ol issuing Ilia call for a amuiil )' conference. Norway and Sweden have agreed to sign an arbitration compart anil lite do Ulla ul separation will be loft to nun mlllee. KhmU hat porcheaed a number of steamer Irotn Great Britain to b used as lrut) ship to cany prisoner bom from Japan. All rlvar In Kanaam! Missouri are cm a rampage anil large an art under water. At Hi. lxoh Ilia waUir roae 10 frail In St hour. I'apiUlUto from New Mexico hv purchased a U In tli uburbof Port land ami will erect an Immense wool scouring plant. Tli bin lent of Mingling II to,' clrcu rotlapM! during a performance at MaiyvlHe, Missouri. Two won war fatally Injured, tlv seriously hurt and more than two cor other bruited and trampled on. Chine ar returning to their home in Manrluirla. The rmar haa ordered more troop to lUkit In guard th oil Held. Nan Patterson ha married ber foi iiirr husband, Im O. Martin. Norway and Sweden ar aaid to hav coinpMnilaed on leini of etartloa. Th mikado haa cabled Komure that he wishe th peace tl envoy to eedliy recover. An olllclal report ay th rwenl riut In Jtiwr not In any manner anO-lorcigu. Heavy rain hav canned much dam age In part of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and MiMourl. Th irrliletilll campaign now on In Cuba la proving decidedly trnuou. A number of prominent man on both idea are In Jail. Lieutenant Mitchell, ton of Senator Mili'hol!, discovered a plot of 21 Feder l prisoner at Foil Hamilton, New York harbor, to escape. A plan la on foot to have th govern, men! move the navy yard from llrem ertun to Uke Waihington. Th latter place I mora convenient to railroad. A formal call ha been letued fcr a convention to meet In Chicago October 2. The object I to Impree upon con greit the extent of th" demand of th people for railroad rat legiilatlon. flight earthquake hock continu In Italy. Whloeeale amaaainationa ar th or der at llakn, Kusaia. Th yellow lever itiiatlon at New Orlean I improving. Five caae of yellow fever hav been discovered at Cincinnati, Ohio. The gulf between Norway and Bwe ilen 1 widening and they ar on the verge, of war. Foreign engineer on the eontiiltitig Wrd believe a aea level canal at Pana ma will prove beat. Th government h completed It aide In the third trial of th William-oii-llmner-liigg case. The old Urent farm ol 440 acre near Hi. Iiula. hum th horn of General U. H. Grant, haa been told for fl 18,000 and will b con vertedl 'into an amuse mniit park. Ity an explosion In a lute factory at Avon, Conn., teven person wer and aeven mar fatally burned. Western low and Kaatern Nebraska hive lawn vUit.ut liv a tornado. FlV IMUilile ar known to hav been killed Kilt I ft) It It V l.nrt The nronerty lo will b heavy. Spain hat ordered a quarantine agalnat German vesels putting luto her portt. The .lain auditor of Indiana haa been removed by th governor and accuaed of embexileiiient. Admiral Rojoetvensky haa entirely recovered from the wound h received in the battle of th tea of Japan Ilaron Komura, the Japanese peace envoy, it recovering from hit lllneta and expect to ttart home October . Tho president haa approved the con tract for the hotel and tubtittence con cession on the Panama canal aona, let by Chairman Shouts. Oyama and Llniovltoh hav arrange LOOKING TO JAPAN. China Prafart to 8aak Know in From Har Neighbor. New York. Hent. 19. WU .n...i the war In the Far F.aat will hava on th propaganda of the Chrlatlan relig ion In Japan waa tli object of a lec ture at the WVit liranch Young Men't Chrlatlan Aaaoclatlon by lr. lbuka, iireaiuoiH oi an uiaiiiiuioii ol li-nrnliiu in Toklo, and blninell a Chriatlan. That th recent outbreak In Toklo and th attack Uon the churchwi waa th reault of merely a local fueling and did not represent any wldeapread antl- iorign lenllng In the empire, waa the amwrtlon of the lerturer. "When th war with Uumila flr.t began, I and my fellow Chrintiau in Japan wer uneaaj for fear that the atiuggl hou!d reault lu a laatlng ani- mottty toward the Christian reliulou In th empire. At Drat the cry waa mined that It waa a atruiixl of Jluddhlam ver- u Chriatlanity, and Ihe UiimIhih did many thing to foatcr Una aentiment, but It waa not long until thia lllualon waa dispelled and the tieople were brought to aee that religion and re ligloua iMillela had no part In th war. "Already China haa become arouaed to the fact that aha haa much lo learn. and ah la aeeklng this know bilge from Japan rather than fioiu :uropean countrie. Hundred of the yonng men of Japan ar taking poaitlona aa in structor in lb Chinae institution ol learning, and hundred of the yonng men ol China are coining to th col- of Japan for iuatriiction. It I vitally neceaaary thai th young men bou Id be taught tlie truth of the Chriatlan religion II It la to lie spread In China." REVISE LAND LAWS. On Qraat Measure Rooaavall Will Rcommnd In Meaaaga. Washington, Kept. 19. President lti.Hnvlt, In III fiilthcomlng luMUti to emigre, will urge th remodeling of the public land laws, and among other tilings will aneclBcalty recom mend th repeal of the timber and stone act, the law which haa been re sponsible for, more fraud and which haa caused th government greater actual lima ol money Uiao any other public land sUlnte. Th prealdent will base hia recommendation uimn Ilia report ol the Public iJinds commiaaion, consist ing of Commissioner I! Ir bards, of the general land oltice, F. II. Newell, head of th Reclamation service, and lii fiord Pinchot, chief forester. This commission submittal! to con- great at It laat tension a aerond report on Us Investigation, and, among other thing, aaid: "Instance of th beneficial operation of the l;mber and tone act may be cit ed, but when ll I considered from th point of view of the general inlereei oi th public, it become obvious that this law should lie repealed." Wnc lb foregoing report waa pniw lished. the commission haa aulunitteii to th public printer a great appendix, containing data and (acta upon which it conclusion were basoil. Ihtt ap pendli baa not yet been made public. SCARED BY THE TARTARS. Russian Troop at Baku Refuse to Leav Barrack. . . .. lo TKa tlnatmn 11111, ne'. . 1. f.l.....l.nnttni1Mlhl IfmW IHrougll wie vwu .v..... worse and wor and the authorities are unable lo do anything toward check ing th Tartar, who continue to ravage I ...itr.lMrini all who ol- II). uuiiu;.i. . poee them and ravishing and torturing , t i.l i M..r.l til Hliilion. ll ieiiiaii- ii""" pi-- The troop are to badly card by the rioter tnai uiey leiww m . headiiuartera and content themselves with tiring a few shots at long range at ii i..h nl urniM! Tartar, who otv HUIHll JW.vw " " ' caionally approscn me oarrncas. iiHitmr iitH HatHL Jtm ujuii rtiiin" iiiai f Trlm hnv ntUtktMl and i Kat ru ihitiLr nil towii in VlIIIlTf rt - .ii-i-i-.t mm mt iha ursm.t tune a ..I it.a. Mkiitiiina luntliittf. nut ..... u. No one can esiimaie me io", nun .. ... i..... .1.. M.EIli.-...i. A etitianrv- wiii run uivo me mi. atlve estimate ol the killed during the past wwk by rarwr is o.uou, n.i.im lug many women and children. Few New Cat. v iirl...n. Hent. 10. The com low caMMi riKrta today rr .. . t " ir. .. .u. ..i.iii nntii Biiniurnatniiiuw v UUfvi .. . ii.u u Mt.riMi of the fever cftimuiK" ilia iiMu rami is lr. U. M. i iianat-riii. the phvaiciftii who la In charue of the district of Upper ItaraUrla, In Jefferson parish. He ll. AvlalHlice 01 inn .eiei m .1... iinr ami waa nlaced in charge tun .7....-. , , .. .1.. ui.i. llivanl ol ileal n. lie moved to inai lerrivorj .! n.kia a few vear KO, and owua a small plantation there. Fmhazzlamant In Japan. . 1.1.. a..,.. 10 Tim information loam, c'i'. ---- , haa been mad publlo that three naval ' " .i. have embeisleil $106,000 of government funda. The aunounce " . l . i 1 ... 1 u w.w.ialvAfl hv the public, but the knowledge that the commission of th crime eitended over A Mrlod of thiee yeart without disovery 1 ... 1 , - t.. 1 1 .11. nf i ta ll)?, II tt taiu, aruuwJ " . trust and uneaaincsa toward the naval a.lmln stration, ami lurnisu m-r" o the partlea opposing the government nu Ckin Man Turn Turtl. W.u .. .... 10 The Herald to lioaiou, dih. - - ,1.1 . morrow will y: The ancient frigate OonttltuMon, familiarly known a. ... "Flrat ship of the American nayy, i.i.. i. 1... inr veara been one ol the w . ..'. i.,... nl nharlea most vaiueu o,''""",", , turtle," ana 11 is 1 '"' " ,v i . " ' . i.-i . ,.i.n In Its ore- hip cannoj iai j r-- OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST ERRORS IN 8TATE CENSUS. Careless Work by Enumerator Evi dent From Returns. HaIciii That aorne verycareleaa work i as been don in taking the state ten- tie ia evident from the returns thus far received by Hecrutary of Htate Dunbar from county clerks. Only a few coun ties have sent in their cetisiia returns, but If the report from these few are a fair sample ol what the whole will lie, it may safely be said that the census will lie very unsatisfactory. Not only are there many glaring errors In minor detail, but the total show that in the enumeration of imputation thorough work has not been done. The returns from Klamath county, for instance, will scarcely be pleasing to the people of that growing section of the state. The footings of the column devoted to population show that Kla math has now S.HUu inhabitant, while tie Federal census of five yeara ago il it closed a population of 3,U"o, or 134 more. Only seven Indiana are report ed a residing in Klamath county, ac cording to the slste census, taken by the assessor, while the roderal census contained th information that Kla math had 1.1311 Indian. 01 the 3,83fl iihabitanta reported in 1106 by the as sessor, 2,220 ere malea and 1,016 are female. There are 1 ,337 legal voters and 1,047 men liable for military duty. The Klamath county returns also fall to show the population of the Incorpor ated cities, an item of information al- wa I desired. Among the minor error ate such aa might be due to clerical mistake, such aa classing a woman or mtnot aa liable to military duty. F.rrors of this kind were apparently due to making a mark Inadvertently in the wrong column, and such errors make no material differences in the total. Th most important matter is that of securing a full enumeration, and it ia doubtful whether the iwsople of Klamath county will want to have the records show a decrease in jiopulation in the last live years. Run Night and Day. Eugene R. A. lkioth, manager of the Itooth-Kell Lumber company, make the announcement that the com ihiiiv'i bit mill at Hpiingtield will, as soon a enough men can ne rticureu, ue gin to run at night, thus doubling the - . . preaent capacity of the plant. tt is said that the company' mill at Wend- liiiir. which has liven Idle ever since the great shortage of car on the Bouth ern PaclBe railioad teven yeara ago cauaed it to lie shut down, will resume operations in a ahoit time. The mat ter of a small difleience in freight I a ten on the Mohawk blanch is said to be all that prevents the immediate reeump' tion of operation at Wendling. No Timber Hat Been Burned. Tillamook The recent aoaking rain was tlmelv. All fear of forest Are this year haa been allayed, lor the timber in the mountain ni a morougii eoaa ini. as well a the meadow, which will heln fall iiaature. The rain also nut out the fire of the cttlers who are .l..rliiu nu and burning brush. Most all the aettlera have been engage! tu leaf imr nn land more or lees thia sum mer, and ConntV Clerk tt. II. IJimo use laaiiMl ft. 850 lire permits. Kettlei have used great care in not allowing the fire to get away from them, and as . ruai.lt not a stick ol timber liaa oeen damaged this year by forest fire. Cement Riaht at Hand. Klamath Falls After a thorough se.ircii aim mucu eieiiiiici.n..n, : ....:... i1.a .,..rniMit exnert have discovered formation hero lor tne mauuiaciure 01 . . 1 Portland cement. The eiact location l tl. In formation It Kept a ciubb aaer.il an far. but those connected with ).. vivernniaiit work Here eay me aatimliMi have stood the test and a plant will lie put In here 10 inaniuacvurv yw cement. Bamplea 01 vne 10mm were sent to the govemmetu nun av Roosevelt, Aria., where a smau on quette was made. Hod Yield Good. O rants Pass Report from the hop .,u. of Jnm.il Ii ne county along uie Kogue and Applegate rivert Mate that the output will lie up to standard, both iu quantity and quality. The hops are firm, well filled and Iree of lice. The hot summer wa a iwneui u.o. than a detriment, aa ttie poate leatroyed by the bear, yearly an o .1,.. 1ur....r varda are lrngaieu, " hv .Irouth was thus obviateil Several hundred pereont are employed in and about th Kanaau yarua. Fruit Drier Burn. Eugene The fruitdrier of HensiU & Stlnton. flv unlet norm 01 cuK., one of the largest In the Willamette valley, was destroyed ny nre mei. The origin of tue nre it no ei.jr known, but it it tupposeu inai -paia. from the flue or lurnace ignw ... woodwork. Abou' 17 tons of fruit and a large quantity of conlwoou ourneii with the billUling. ine " " mated at 5,000, with 12.000 intur- ance. Say Fish Ar Destroyed. Pendleton No flab and game warden haa yet been appointed for this dis trict. and many violation of the laws ra reported. The Northwestern bas & Electric comapny, which is taking water from the Walla Walla river through a large pipe In Umatilla county, it aaid not to have provided a screen for the intake, and aa a reault many fish are claimed to be drawn through the pipe and deatroyod. PRUNES ALL 80L0. Willamette Valley Grower Get Good Prices for Their Crop. Salem Practically all the prune giown thi year in the territory tribu tary to Ha I em have already been con tracted or told outright, at price very satisfactory to growers. The I as is price generally paid haa I wen 2 cent, though a premium of cent wa paid on the largest site. At a rule, the Italian prunes average in the 40-60 size, thus giving the grow er 4 cents a pound, or a fraction better, for hit entire crop. ' There are a few orchards that have yielded prune that will average 30-40 to the pound, thin giving the grower 6 cent a pound f or hit entire crop. Petite prone in thi vicinity gener ally average In the 60-00 aixe, making the average price for that variety 3i cent a pound. Bince the bulk of the crop wa marketed, price have stiffen ed a little, and order have been re ceived here at a baait of 2 cent and even 3 cent. Manager II. S. Gile, of the Wil lamette Valley Prune association, esti mate the prune crop triubtary to Salem at 75 carloads, or 3,000,000 pound. Of thia, 000,000 pounds are Petite and the remainder Italian. The prune crop of thi vicinity will therefore yield in the neighborhood of f 125,000. The yield i only about one-third of a norm al crop. The stockholder of the Willamette Valley Prune association held an ad journed session of the annual meeting last week and received th manager's report for 1003 and li04. The report shows, among other things, that in the last two yeart the association bandied 0,000,000 pound of prune. A tock holdera' dividend of 10 per cent waa ordered . Hop Picker Ar Scare. Salem "Short of pickers," ia the cry that it going up from nearly every hopvard in Marion county. .Nearly every imporatnt yard in thit vicinity it short from 10 to 200 pickers, and all efforts to fill the deficiencies have been in vain. A an inducement for more people to go to the hopyards, some of the grower have railed the price paid from $1 to $1.10 a hundred pound, or 66 cent a box. The rains of last week discouraged many pickers already in tb field, and wagon loads of families and camping outfit have come back to town. May Go Into Bankruptcy. Pendleton The announcement has been made here that proceeding! will soon be taken in the Federal court of thi district to throw the Pendleton Woolen mill into bankruptcy. The suit is being brought by H. C. Judd A Boot, of Hartford, Conn., which holds a claim for $1,500 against the company. For some time past it ha been known here that the affair of the company were in poor shape owing to a heavy indebtedness, and not long ago an at tachment was filed againet the mill by the Bakor-Iioyer bank, of Walla Walla. Claims Hop Crop Record. Salem Marion county claims to have the record for a heavy hop yield in 1500. The yard believed to eicel all other in weight of hope produced this year ia a ton-acre field south of this citv. and owned by II. J. Ottenheimer. It is river bottom land, with alluvial soil. The yard yielded 108,633 pound of green hops, which will dry out to at least 27,133 pounds, and probably more. This will be a yield of 2,713 pounds per acre. PORTLAND MARKETS. Oata No. 1 white feed. 2324; crav. 122 ner ten. Wheat Club, 09ta;70c per bushel ; bluestera, 7273c: valley, 71. Barley Feed, 20 per ton; brewing, 21 ; rolled, 2223. Rye 11.30 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy. $14 CU5 per ton; valley timothy, 1112; c over. ISffltf: grain nay. g. Fruits Apples, ll.S0 per box; peaches, fi0eU5 per crate; plums, 60ul75c: cantaloupe, 60c 1.25; pears, )1 (& 1.2ft per b x; watermelons, ?'(Sllc ner Dound: crabapples, 1 per box; blackberries. t2 per crate; huckleber ries. 8c per pound. - Vegetable Bean, 1 4c per pound; cabbage, IQlXc; cauliflower, 7690c nr . osen: celery. 7BM!mjc; corn, otg 0c; cuenmber. 1015cj pumpkin, 1 t.'ritiuc per pound; tomatoes, 25 30o per crate; squash, 6c per pound; turnips, 1 1.25 1.40 per sack; carrots, 11. 25 fit 1.60: beets. II Ml HO. Onion Oregon, 0c$l per tack; Globe. 75o. Potatoes Oregon extra fancy, 65 75c ner tack. Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c pr pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2627c. per dozen. Poultry Aveiage old hent, 13 1 4c per pound ; mixed chickens, 13 13o: old roosten. 910c; young roosters, ll12c; tprlDgs, 13H14c dressed chicken. 14c; turkeys. . live oniric: eeese. live. 9c: duckt, 13 14c. -Modi Nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1921c; lower grades down to 15o, ac cording to shrinkage; valley, &ac mohair, choice. 80o per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 1 2c per pound cows, 34o; country steers, 44fc0 Veal Dressed, 88o per poind. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 6M7c per pound: ordinary, 45c: Iambi, 7 7o. Pork Dressed, 07,c. NEW HAGUE CONFERENCE. Paaco In Orient Clan Way and Call Will B ltud Soon. Washington, Sept. 18. President Roosevelt ba decided to (bortly iau call for th peace conference at The Hague. Thi information I from a high orn. The time of the meeting fiat not been determine!, but It will be decided before the piesident return to Washington. Hi great victory in bringing about peace between Bussia and Japan haa encouraged hi belief that a great atop forward adopted in promoting can now be international peace. Several months ago ha bad the mat ter under consideration and received satisfactory assurance from all Euro pean nation except Russia. The czar informed him that, while be favored another peace conference, be could not see hi way clear to aiding inch a movement until war between Japan and Russia bad been brought to a conclu sion. It i understood that the United State and the leading European power have practically agreed upon a . provi sion which stipulate that war ahall not be waged except for vital reaaoni and only after exhaustive effort have been made to adjust tne diRerencea. Other subjects that will receive con sideration are the firing of explosive from balloon; better protection for the Red Cross; floating mine: ownership of interned ships. HIGHEST ON COAST. Mt. Whitney, of California, Accorded Honor by the Government. San Francisco, Sept. 18. A report fraught with deep interest to the people of the Pacific coast baa just been for warded to Washington by Professor Alexander McAdie, who ia at the bead of the Weather Bureau service in this section of tbe country. The report state that, according to measurements made during tbe summer of thi year, Mount Whitney, situated in California, is the highest peak in tbe United State. It reaches 14.602 feet above tbe leveV of tbe tea. Mount Rainier, situated in Washington, ranka second, it height being 14,394 feet. The figure for Mount Shasta are not definitely fixed, but are known to be between 14,200 and 14,880. Thia report will settle the question which baa occupied tbe attention ol scientists on the Pacific coast for sever al year. Professor McAdie states that his figure may be considered a nnal, for the variation will not exceed more than a few feet in either case. Mount Rainier wa measured in Ju ly, and at that time tbe announcement waa made that it overtopped ft nuney Calculations have sbown thi to have been incorrect. Tbe figures for Rainier were found to correspond closely to those obtained by Professor Edgar Mc Clure, tbe well known scientist, who lost bis life on the great peak after ne had completed hia measurement. PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD. Navy Department Will Not Discrimi nate Against Puget Sound. Washington. Sept. 18. Through hia secretary. Senator Piles today made in quiry at the Navy department regard- ins the report that the force 01 employ ee at the Puget sound navy yard waa to be materially reduced on account ol tne lack of work. He finds, on tne contra ry, that abundance of repair work baa been set aside for tbe ruget sound yard, which will give employment to all the men now on tbe roll. Some say tl 12. 000 will be expended in repairing the transport Zatlro, necessary repair will be made to the cruiser Chicago, tbe revene cutter Perry will go out of com mission at Bremerton for extensive re pairs to be paid for by the Treasury de partment, and aa toon as some vessel is found to relieve the battleship Oregon in Asiatic waters, that vessel will come to Bremerton for a complete overhaul ing- The Navy department assures Air Piles that there is no intention of dis criminating against the Puget sound yard. Two Roada on North Bank. Portland, Sept. 18. President How- ard Elliot, of the Northern Pacific, through A. D. Charlton, assistant gen eral passenger agent of the company, baa announced to tne peop'e 01 rort land and of the Pacific Northwest that the Portland A Seattle Railway com nanv. already engaged in constructing a railroad down the north bank of the Columbia river, ia owned jointly by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific companies, and that traffic of both roads will be moved to rortlana irom Kennewick over the new trackage. Norway Mobilizes Har Army. Pari, Sept. 18. Despite the contra dictory statements made on the sub ject, information reaching the highest authorities shows that the mobilization of Norway's forces is now going on The French government has made con ciliatory representations at Stockholm with view to averting a rupture Official sentiment here tends toward an arrangement whereby Norway would be permitted to continue some of her frontier fortification. Iowa Losing Population. Dea Moines. Ia., Sept. 18. Accord- ins to preliminary figures of Iowa' state census the state had a total popu lation January 1, 1905, of 2,201,372, loss of 30,481 since the census of 1900 when the state waa accredited with population of 2,231,853. Practically all of the larger citie and counties I showed gaina. The loi wa aluost entirely in the rural section. ONLY FOUR REMAIN Many Changes To Be Made . In President's Cabinet. SPECULATION ON NEW MEMBERS Roovlt Will Consider Man' Ability Befor H Considers Hi Place of Residence. Washington, Sept. 19. It is proba ble that only four member of tbe pret est cabinet will remain to the end of Prealdent Roosevelt's term: Elibn Root, secretary of state; William H. Taft, secretary of war; G. B. Cortelyou, postmaster general, and C. J. Bona parte, secretary of tbe navy. UonaiderablM uncertainty surrounds tbe future of the other five members of the cabinet, or rather, four mem bers, for It is known tbat Secretary Shaw will resign next February. Some speculation is indulged in at to whether or not the president, in . re forming bis cabinet, will have a regard for geographical lines, or will picjc the men best edited for tbe places, regard- leas of where they come from. In tbe present cabinet New York and Ioa have two members, and Ohio, Massa chusetts, Maryland, Missouri and Cali fornia nue each. Tbe South ia not rep resented, but all ot'-er sections are. New York will continue to' have at least two members ( Root and Cortel you) ; Iowa will lose one in Shaw an I another if Wilson resigns, but Ohio and Maryland will retain their repre sentation. If Hitchcock retires, tome Western man is almost certain to suc ceed him, but it would be utterly im possible to pick tbe man. And so it goes. The probabilities a-e that the new cabinet will be composed of men from all parts of the country, but Pres ident Roosevelt will consider a man s ability before be considers his place of residence. BURNING THE FORTS. Incendiaries Make Repeated Efforts to Destroy New York Defense. New Yoik, Sept. 19. Four mysteri ous fires in three of tbe four forts pro tecting New York harbor within tbe last two month have caused tne mili tary authorities of the department of tbe East much concern. Two of the fires have been at Fort Hamilton, one on tbe night of July 17 and the other last Friday night. On the night in July of the fire at Fort Hamilton there was disastrous nre at Fort Wadsworth. The latest fire was at Fort Slocum, on the David island, in the Sound, Sunday night. In each case there have been suspi cious circumstances concerning tbe or igin of the fires. Magaxinea, barracks, hospitals, forage and even big siege guns have been destroyed and damaged in these fires, and despite tne most thorough investigation nothing ia known definitely at to how the fires started. NEEDS MANY MOTOR CA.1S. Union Pacific Must Build 300, and Will Enlarge Shop. Omaha. Neb., Sept. 19. The Union Pacific needs 300 gasoline motor cars of tbe type just finished, according to the statement of W. R. McKeen, superin tendent of the motive power and ma chinery. At the rate of 60 year, he says, the road cannot be supplied with the cars aa rapidly aa it will require them. The present facilities for making them are being ieeted to the limit, bnt they are far from adequate. Additions to the shops are to be built at once, at a cost of 1700,000, which will increase the facilities. Representatives of other roads and of suburban lines who have sought to place orders for cara with the Union Pacific have been told they can not be supplied. Can't Grow Cotton In Weat Africa. Washington, Sept. 19. The depart ment of Commerce and Labor has just published a report stating that the re sult of the attempt to grow cotton in West Africa has been discouraging, owing to the absence of transportation facilities. The Cotton association tried American seeds, but the planta tion did not prove to be a success. Under the most favorable conditions, Sierra Leone could produce 140,000 bales, but for the next ten years not more than 6,000 bales a year may be expected. Scandal at Bremerton. Washington, Sept. 19. The Navy department has received a report on tbe investigation made at the ruget Sound navy yard into charges against Master Shipwright George W.L Tra hey, alleged to have sold his influence in getting appointments for workmen in that yard. It la not known what the report contains, but it is believed nothing startling will be brought to light, nothing to form the baait of a great sensation. New Mexico Irrigation Project. Washington, 8ept. 19. The secre tory of the interior has ordered the withdrawal from entry of 300,000 acres of land in the Roswell. N. M., land district, on account of the Carlsbad ir rigation project. FREE TRAVELING LIBRARIES. How Farming Communities and VII lag May Secure Good Reading. Tbe Oregon Library commission cre ated by the hut legialature has been given a number of traveling libraries which it can loan to library associations in farming communities and small vil lages. Each of these librarie contains 60 volume oi interesting and whole some book. It will remain in com munity for six months and must then be returned to the commission, to be exchanged for another. To secure these libraries the people of the community must first organise a library association which shall include at least ten tax payers. They must elect a secretary, who may also act as librarian, and who shall be authorized to act a the agent of tbe association in dealing with the commission, receiving and returning the libraries, arranging for ita location and for loaning the book. The secretary and president of the association shall make application for a library on a blank furnished by the commission. The applicant must promise to provide shelves in a suitable place, to circulate tbe books to all re sponsible people in the community free ol charge; to open the library lor cir culation of books at least once s week; to take good care of the books, being held responsible for payment for lost or injured books; to pay transportation charges to and from the office of tbe commission. Libraries will be sent by freight in strong packing boxes. . 1 Tbe money for these libraries baa been given to the commission by people who are particularly interested in hav ing them in small places. The first applicants and those which will make the best use of tbe libraries will receive them. The number of libraries ia small and the state large. ' Therefore early application ia desirable. While the number of free libraries is at pres ent somewhat limited the commission will make any place a permanent sta tion to receive two librarie a year for at least five years, ii it will add on traveling library to the state system. This means that an investment of t50 will bring t500 worth of books, and that the community will have the uae of all the libraries given to the com mission. For further information write to the secretary ol the Oregon Library com mission, at the Capitol, Salem. Re member that this commission wss cre ated by the legislature to aid publie and school libraries and to manage a system of traveling libraries. DIRECT TO ORIENT. New Cable Will Soon Be Extended to Japan and China. New York, Sept. 15. Through Amer ican enterprise, tbe way has been won to connect the Western continent by di rect submarine telegraphic lines with the empire of Japan. Clarene H. Mackay, president of the Commercial Pacific Cable company, today made th announcement that hia company bad secured the necessary concessions to en ter Yokohama, Japan, and Shanghai, China. Yesterday the last step in a series ol diplomatic negotiations, which were be gun at the wish of President Mc&inley and which have extended over a period of about three years, was taken, when Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister to the United States, affixed his signature to the Japanese agreement with tbe Commercial Pacific Cable company lor landing rights at Yokohama. An agree ment for landing right at Shanghai wa signed by China several weeks ago. When - these new cables are com pleted, Mr. Mackay said, their length, added to other cables already laid or about to be built, will form part of s system which extends two-thirds of the distance around the globe. Tbe cable connections with both Japan and China will be made by ex tending the present lines of the com pany, which run from San Francisco through the stations oi Honolulu, Mid way, Guam and Manila. Japan will be reached by laying a cable irom Guam in the Pacific ocean direct to Yoko hama. The cable to China will be laid from Manila to Shanghai. Cholera Claims It Toll. Berlin, Sept. 16. The official bulle tin issued today announced that 18 new cases 01 cholera and tour aeatn oc curred between noon yesterday and noon today. Of the fresh cases one each occurred in the districts oi Flatow, Stuhm, Obernik, Cxarnlkau, Wirsita and Bromberg, three in the Marien- werder district, tour in the Graudenx district and two in the Schubin district. Four illnessda previously included In the reports of cholera turn out not to be cholera. The totals, therefore, to date are 179 cases and 65 deaths. Sweden's Design Pacific. Stockholm, Sept. 15. Political cir cle disavow any desire on the pert of Sweden to oppose the arbitration treaty demanded by Norway, but they point out tbat only the preliminary negotia tions in regard to auch a treaty can be discussed at present, as the conclusion of a treaty is impossible until Norway had accepted Sweden's conditions and the latter haa recognised Norway as an independent state. The Swedish inten tions, it Is declared, are wholly pacific. Rebels Drive Out Engliah Oil Man. London, Sept. 15. The correspond ent oi the Times at Baku says tbat tb English oil companies there have been forced to abandon work owing to threat! made by the revolutionaries. an ariulttloe. ent tie.