THE
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.
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11111, ne'.
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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
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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.
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