The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, August 03, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON VOL. XXI II. . ? HT. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, AUGUST 3, 1906. NO. 34. MIST. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS Of TWO CONTINENTS A Rium of lha Lata Important but Nut Less Interaallng Events' of tha Putt Week. Truck workei In Han rancieo have track lor mora pay and shorter hoart. Nihilist wracked a train lo Belgium, thinking Grand Duka Vladimir, ol ltuetla, on II. Ita la lay ha lll appeal from tha riant iliciaiun ol tha c mrl ousting tilm train control ol Ion City, Tit Pui'lde Coast Hleamshlp company la .aid tu be considering tha manning ol lia visseli a Mb Indiana. LOPS BY DISASTER. Insurance Companlta Maka Rsturne In 8an Francisco, Albany, N. Y., July 81. Htete Hu- peilntemlsulot Insurant Otto Kalaay tonight mada public tha result ol Ma investigation ai to tlia losses ol fira In iuranca companies In Ilia Han Francisco dlatatar. All mint itock lira and Inland marina Insurant companies transacting bust nau In tha atata were called on lor a worn atataniant aa to tbalr losses In California. Tba oonipantia were asked lui tha groa amount ol Iniuranca In volved In risks dritroyad or dsnisged, tba deduction lor amount! recovered by raluiuranca, tba deduction for estimat ed eaWaga, tba total deduction and tba net amount of Iom ai shown by the record! June 80, 1900. The New York itata companiei, 47 n number, ihow tba groaa amount ol n.u ranee Involved ai 141,110,000; the Insurance to be recovered, $10,tl34, 1115; the Mtlmated aalvaga, $7,137,183, 4ml the actual amount ol loaa 23,138.- 000 Kvturni Irom other lolnt slock fire and Ore mailne Iniuranca companlea, 84 In number, show tha grors amount ol Iniuranca $H0,42S,704; relnsuiane. A grand ory will convene la Chicago ,0 , covered, $22,180,107; estimated AiiKtut o I ii tba purpose ol taking ttmony egalist the Htanderd Oil. liryan aays ' "HI announce the pla lorm on which he will coneent to he a presidential candidate August 80. The out break ol cholera In varloua ta'la ot the Philippines Is due lo the j7nt,H48. salvage. Ill 858.25: actual amount ol toee. i6l.UMK.lll. Tba loralgn couipaiile, 92 lo nu mber, maila tbeae return: Groas Insurance Involved. $101.4.1U2 83S: reinsurance lo be recovered. 132.21, HOrt; estimated salvage, $ 1 53. 10,851); actual loei, $57,- The area amount ol Iniuranca In volved by all companlea waa $222,83, S07; reinsurance, $85.24(1,771; salvage, l.1S.SM,48, and actual loaa, ?132, 823,007.. TIE-UP IS NOW COMPLETE. Kruttschnitt Forbid. Mora rreignt Cara In San Francisco. nnu.ual number ol dla In tha lalanda, according lo d.xtor. there. Poverty hai forced William II. ttolcher, lugtlv Irom Jtieltc and lor mr mayor ol i'stereon, N. J., to forreod r to the authorltlei. A naiilouat conference, on tilreleaa ulrKnnl.v will convene at Berlin t in.. i-f s. Practical! every power ol any Impottanre will be repreeented. franca u preparing w retire the Mn Francisco. July 81. Tbe emhar ultlotlne. I.n ol the Hoothern Pacific on lumber, . ., ... .. ....,.. -!.... t, I lima n,l hii been Increased, ana lUYtllllllOlillH Pll,llimw"ir- -- ' - , - , ,, rli. . . . u. .......I..... m.i ih. iin. inr uhh I in i ci mw" ,i" provlucee. L,.u.. r...,l Imm Purt snd or A clever Frerch woman swindler hM . territory until tha Irelghl tie stolen a lortune In diamonds irom ao u.B Kranclaco haa bta loosened Madrid Jeweler. Tbli Ii tha latent edict ol Juliui i ..-n it,, k. Liter bn arrived In Kruttschnitt, who haa been threatening '' a-. " - . , . i ,. l;t New York, but no attempt waa made to lo do thll lor aonie lime nume m- - , ki n.i nn soMdi v cleared. t eeive fir" ... V. 1 i .iil-. in l.k. . . ...... i.i t ,.l ih. Halt, oecmeii vj .... ---- Jnllll AIHGUVII. !"!" I .. I...H,.. rhm-M lint U BUID II ml Mioeworli.re ol America, ta be,0e .Mmlll,nU frolu tha north. boome.1 lor Bryen'e tunning maia. .mUro there la only An early lull ol Z'on City la predict- ,,nrdy--to clear op the congestion In ad by fealdenu ol Djwle'i colony aa a lht frirlt yardi. KflorU In this di teault ol tha rtrenl wuit declalon. reclion ar being made by all toe in it ht uinu. ami iuw h,ip-.... work among tba comigneee la hiving a ..i..t.. v aitart. Tha unloading In the ! .ilntf An el a (eater rate, bat U.i .nooah to suit Kruttechnltt i. i.. i.ii.n the nncautlon 10 Hvere crop damage is rt ported Irom InU in M nnaeota. corio i' kta and low, reauuing rain and wind storms. Tt. - .nil. ... W i-,t mm alloui on the hp ve ' " - - . from hall, canal una ailara to la onder control. ml mo,, en are added to the glut Theie haa been no new raea silica Juiy , ,i 19 and but one dtath itnce jui w Tl ... U much .i..n. ... nnl union ttilO Will i,. ii.,.... in his campaign agalnat erne; .Una tha tracks Th. tU.iiD la woiking to the cletrl Ia nianl nl Illl C IT. J pMH-u.ewon r.K... ...... ..ndlng Kaat liana inia Icr their gooua iimeaa oi H.wv.... ... .i i.l Hen Kranclsro, le thoe. T lie'vln, that they can aecur. their itork. wiigi-.. i , MQU t k; under preeenniiu""" A aenaral itrlka haa been ordered In I'olaud. ARREST CAUSES MUTINY. Kecretarv Wilson haa announced rig- - ,, ,,. 0f Roislan Troopi Attempt Id ruloa lor mral uupeciiou. ,0 R,.cut prisoners Martial law hai been r ,u ,aly 8l.A grave outbreak Crou.tadt. Kusala. to prevent mutiny. V, mv,k. regl- liouma leadera have deferred a gene- , owll). k, , arrest ol a prlvats , o r. t.ika, hot bar. .pill on lb. que.- fM battalion, who ' -J7j . . . ...i.i. nihar nldlerS III I .lieu turn OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST 1 ESSE recover Iraud -.1.1. nlhnr so oiera in WUM ' " ' . . , 4 .h. ...ninti iniHts are iu i" g. Alier ine arrest the entire rim oai..... - ,. i i.. . ir rrowd. paraded the . . -f.... paniou - -- . .. .... Turkey object, to receiving -- wt, in denance 01 voo -j mau a. amDaaiauor thoruies. Uta. Tha soldier, proceeded tt .": Th. Uusaian PTo, Kharkov U - arming to asiauiisii . .-i h,r. the oolltlcal priionera llr.00nflned. At thll stage all tha re- Ureal U.ltaln will build three more I ,,, 0, U roUva grarlson was battleehlpl Irom tha piaua called out. . ,, Dre.dna.ight The loyal troopi fired on th muti- Rum.I1 Bag. lull - h 7 "". th. ate ol wealth to hi. widow. t)h. win P engage no . --- " klad large .urn lor charity. TT'TZi Th. outbreak wi FOR EQUITABLE TAX, Slate Commlitlon Propoaaa Revision of Present Law, HhIhiii With a view to securing a more equitable asreument ol property n Dili slate, Hie Urrgon Tai commit- slon has recommended a revision ol the law governing the equalisation ol aa- semuienti by the county board. 'In thll connection, the coraniiision gives Its fist disapproval to th plan often agitated of having the assessment rolls published In the newspapers in the locality in which tha property assessed is h eated. The proposed revision of t ie law re lating to tqial nation ol the aasesa ment is largely based npin incoosisten cles in the present law, hot also apon a laxity In tha law by which wealthy property owners have been able lo co erce county ourts Into allowing an In equitable aenestmeat to stand. The commission proposes a law wbicb leeran to have "teeth In It." and wnich will be effective if comfy ofllcen are die posed to do their duty. The Inconsistency In tha present law lie. in the lact that the county board ol rotialititlon Is required to meet on the hut Monday In August, while the assrator Is given nntil tba first Monday in Neptember to file Mi roll, or until the first Monday In October if tbe comity court n'akea an order to that rffrrt. At the lama lime there la no authority of law for an extension ol the time of meeting ol the county board 01 euuallratlon. A.MMSors nsnally take the lull lime lo prepare their rolls, and very Ire uannllv uk for and are granted tbe extension of time. Commenting upon this condition ol the lsa, tha commla ston ssys that "the hot rd ol equalise lion Is thus required to tniet perhaps six weeks before the aseeeeou-nt roll is completed, and as Its functions lapse wLen it baa been in session a aeea, 11 must have passed out ol legal existence at a date before the aaeeeeor la required to have tha assessment roll ready to eons Use. "Under the on-sent system we uave oi.cticallv two boards ol equalisation,' savi tne commission, one uimmu alter tbe other, and having lull power to undo tba work ol ita predecessor Th. rounlv board ol r qualixation con Unties in seesion one week, and It It does not complete It. work within th. ek. the county court, at tt next reg nlmr if union, complete the examina tl m i.d correction ol tha roll. The new law i to do away with thl making prevision lor the board meetin ft.T tlm roll Is completed. This proposed law contains several nrov ialona that seem to be an Improve- no,,! nnnn the existing: law. In tba Aral niece, a taxpayer will not go befoi the count board ol equalisation unless ) liu . leil arlevance. for tbe court tin nnwir to raise his assessment, an lil formal petition will aerva to call the attention ol bia neighbors and tba public generally to the repieteotattone i.. l. m.kliiB governing tha value ol Hi property. I'lacing the matter ol equal lutlon ent hely in tbe linndi 01 on board Instead ol two will centralise the responsibilty and give tima and oppor tunity for careful and well advised wotk. Fira Precautions at Asylum S.lem Lest friend and relative, ol the 1,420 patient! confined in the in sane asylum may be unduly concerned ai to their welfare on account ol the re.H.nt tire at that institution, ac official (,! th asylum eayi that none ol tha pa tient! weie in danger, ana wouiu no be even In caie ol a fire aerloui enough to destroy a considerable portion of tbe building. The laclinica lor gmti-n patients out ol the building are inch that a dis-strons fir. need notcause the loss of a lingU 111. l n" P"icuiar the building could scarcely be improved. LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Household Good Not Entitled to Ex emption, Say. Supreme Court. Bilem By holding, in a dec'.ion Just rendered, that lha householder' tax exemption i. unconstitutional, tba Ore iron Huorems court has declared void statute tl at has been in lotos in this tale almost continuously line 186V. Householders' exemption bar been allowed every year except 1904, when the exemption law had been repeaieo. It was re-enacted by tbe special seesion ol 1903, but went into effect too late to be applicable to the aeweament ol 1904. Approximately 88,000,000 ba been exerroted from taxation in this state from Teir to year, and legiaiaiore . , ii- county omrera ata me peopie geosrau have recognised tbe exemption as valid. Now the Supreme court ba declared ail bene exemption! invalid. Thll decision will mike It necessary for county asaersor. In many couotlas to mike a reassessment ol property in their countie lor 1900, for it I the practice ol many assessors not to Hit property that is exempt. In some and perhaps moat ol tbe countie theasstsa- ors lift tbe exempt property and make Hie deductions afterward. VERDICT IS GUILTY. Mora Jury Paaaa. on Case of Two S-and Fraud Operators. Portland, July 27. At 12:17 o'clock STATE ASYLUM FIREL WILL HAVE BEST IN WORLD. Meat ileon'a Opinion on Effect of of Meat Inapection Law. Waabington, July 80. Secretary this morning th. Jury in lb Federal FCtrIC Llllllt Witt SlartS FluIIlB Wttton today declared that, aa a result court relumed a verdict of guilty " ..BUI . ' "U""' of to. new meat Inspection law and th. lo Oregon Institution. against Martin O. Hoge and Charles Nlckell, both of Medlord. Tbey were recommended to tba clemency of tbe eonrt. -S? v'T BUT LITTLE DAMAGE IS DONE Kincart, alio ol Medford, of with tbe crime ol bavins conspired to defraud th United State out of portion! of already pleaded guilty, and their test! mony was used to convict tba other two defendant. Tba indictment against tba four man bad been returned Janu arv 1. 1905. Miller and Kincart bad previously uleaded collty Th. maximum punl.nmenl under me Convict. Aid tha Force of Employe and Patienta War Cared for Without Excitement. Salem, Or., July 28. Fire, which probably origiated from an electric section of tba revised .tatute applying wire, bored tba woodwork out ol An general proportion, however, the In their mm ta two veara' Imprison- tbe attic ol one ol me central waros oi w... " role, promulgated by him, radical change for tha better wonld occur. "Within a very abort apace of time, ' ! ba aaid, "tha meat products of th United Statei will ba purer and mora wholesome than any aimilar product ol tha world. Tha condition existing in aome of the slaughtering and pack log bouses abroad are about a bad aa lean be imagined, and the American people henceforth will enjoy a distinct advantage over tba foreign consumer. 'Of particular importance i tba ml providing for weekly inapection report, to be (applied tba bureau ol animal in dustry. Without inch report it wonld be difficult to cope wttb tbe ntuation. ment and a fine of 110,000. or both fine the atato inran. aiylum yerterd.y juit '"mJL iin ! i $ .,, cod fined to to om ward, od wm t tm nrid and complete." IVU. II Wl UIKIBUUU VI lUU wuis( s ... I V. . . 1 . I A At 9:80 thl morning th case of tbe no lima in oanger oi geiag oeyouu iu " .. - United eutea v. Hamilton H. Hen- control of the fira fightera. The t " ""'""" r" ."" j , . , ..ii.j i.. .l. d.i I . . , tation phaae ol tba oueetion wi'l be ia- ancss win om niw iu..t..i lr, companlea, composed oi asylum i , -. - , .,. jj.n- nrt. Hinvnlvaa.n Ind otment re- I . .... ....,, . - --, " . .i,ian nv Ell. n.i. 111 nn. iik. , : . i : 1 ., . j i,i a mnK l.i l.a I j ronivrnocv wuu riiiruwi iuu, lameu rcuiu.ir o, inw, i,uiKug i . , . , , , . . . , ... . , , . H.l.n.Ut with . vinl.tiou of Bection P"mem ana oy couth.- .uu . ,,, ,ronl ,u. nf,.Uu u Clackamae Farmer Are Happy. Oregoo City There i an abundant yield ol all hay and grain crop in Clackamas county this year that or pass the avenge in quality. Early Iruits and vegetablea yielded heavily, while the vineyard, field and orchard wilh maturing crop, give the pmdacer every assurance ol increased prosperity with the harvest. In celebration oi in l.raeand satisfactory cropa. a number ol harvest festivals have been held and others are being arranged. It haa been yean since Claiksmai county larman were ai prosperous and conteniea. Raise Railroad Assessments. Kilm That railroad property In Orevon waa atseesed at only 810,815, 915.41, when it had a commercial valoe nl nnrlv 870.000.000. is one of tbe im porlant and inteteetlng leatorea or me report of tlie 'J eion isx fommiaaiuu, ... ... . ;j which will be presented lor me coneia .ration ol the next legislator. Tbeae flimres relate to valuationa in 1904, hirh ... the latest year for wbicb the commission could secure reliabli Information. Yields 90 Bushel an Acre. Weston A remarkably heavy yield nl hsrlev has lust been har rested on the larm ol J. Torner, two mnee north ol this place. The yield irom n acres was 529 sacks, or 1 ,207 bushels, .n tv.ir.ira nl U0W buibel to lb acre Torner Bros, were expecting a gooc .ul.l. hot did not look lor more tuan 70 boiheli to the acre, which ii a big yield. Half Million to CUckama , v Cltv Bv tbe decision .i'tbe Hnnrrnie court on the tax exemption lew, Assessor Nelson reports that there will be added to the Clackamas county ......ment tolls about 1400.000 add. tional on which next year'a tax levy wilt he made. Revision will delay the task ol completing the rolls which wera received Irom the state auinoriiiee len weeks later than the naual time. PORTLAND MARKETS. 893. revised etatutea, in subornina George W. Hawk to commit perjury In giving testimony belore the federal grand jury in connection with aaid George W. Hawk' homestead entry. MUST SHOW BOOKS. from tbe pjnitentiary, laved the- build- baa already gathered a coniiderabiej ing. The losi ii doa chiefly to damage j...m.. h.t th. from water seeping through the floors rlLilroft(, wjn not be lei sincere in and ceilings. Superintendent Cal- complying with the law than th pack- breath think the damage can be re- ers. In fact, it waa stated today that paired lor (2,500, though it may cost tbey have evinced determination to $5,000. co-operate witb tbe department in every Owing to the fact that tbe patienta in order that those meat product Sugar Trust Official la Hauled Before Ut the arylmo are given a weekly fire which bear the government label (ball New York Court. di 11, tbey were quickly marcoed oat ol 1 6nd their way into other than tbe state N.w Ynrk Jnlv 27 Th.c tna New tlle ooiioing ana were ai no nine m trom wcicn mey were aoippea. - - - 7 .. . l...o. Hn. ttnriant Ii. V. Bogga, fainted Irom extiauition alter an hour's bard work in the smoke and beat. Tbe fire originated in tbe attic over the first tier ol wards north of the cen tral section of the building. These ward are occupied by new patienta and by Datient who are convalescing. Tba York grand lory is inveatigatiag west ern trunk railroad linea suspected ol having granted rebatea to tbe American Sonar Refining- company waa made known today, when W. K. Foster, gen eral auditor of that company, waa taken before Judge Hough, in the United States Circuit court, aa a recalcitrant ROB POLISH TRAINS. Armed Bandits Secure Large Sums of Government Money. Warsaw, July 80. Two daring train robberiee were committed in Bussian Poland today, one of them resulting la w.tnesa beior. the grand jury. ".,,Tk; U,e' A twln Tb foreman reported that Mr. Foster Pnte had I ten tool in h V.,"!' from the frontier station ol Herbr, bad declined to producs belore me rnf when the .nto. bound for Csentochowa, waa carrying ?.. 'if r.d .d: 1.,- - numbering T ,-?- . ... f klawi f r V. ! ar said that be bad not refused to produce . " , 7 protection of seven frontier guardsmen tbe data, tta aaid mat lie nsa noi me . . . . . physical possession of all the books " i?"-' J,. !T : .T uT and paper In qnestion, except ai gen- n companiea uurr.ou. rD.tu uu H"""".! " I G-i.n whn wpr. .xcv.tina in tbe basement hastened to assist, and rendered service in handling tbe linea of boee up on tbe roof, a task both la- l'at?rjl' :Z-JZr:ZZr" Z by th officer, named. A regular eral auditor of tbe corporal o . A por tion of them, be aaid, were in tbe aale ol th company a president. Judite Hough gave Mr. roater ontti tomorrow morning at 10'o'clock to com ply witb tbe grsoj inry'e Instructions. Unlet u.it paper are forthcoming tne judge informed Mr. foster that he would consider an application to puoien him, both aa recalcitrant witness and for contempt of court. BLAME DAMAGE TO QUAKE. General Zukat. chief of tbe frontier guards; General Weltering and Captain Latruma were passenger. Fifteen persons boarded tha train at a way station. They evidently bad been waiting lor it, and made an attack i . iiH n.rn.. forth, men bad n goaroamen, wno were re.n.o.c dr.. the bese around coiners. In a lew minute after tbe alarm was eouoa- led six line ol boee onder 100 pounds pressure were playing on the fire, and soon the Balem fire department arrived and turned on two streams more. The patienta were entirely calm and showed no excitement whatever. Those skirmish followed, in which tbe two generals, two official, five soldier and one robber were killed and Colonel Brexexiki and one robber wounded. The wonnded and dead were taken to Caen stoebwowa. Tbe robber escaped, taking $8,000 and tbe arm of those who had attempt- Six Big Insurance Companiea Repud iate San Francleco Losses Ban Francisco. July 27. The sever est blow dealt tbe policy-holder oi 8an Francisco baa come in the form of an annoencement Irom six of tbe larg spoweo no -..... ., d.fend th, tnin ,iMt robber,. patients a no were .u w e wu. u.-u. ,nhh- ... committed on toe Warsaw-Vienna railway, aix milea from Warsaw. While tba train from the patt of the building in which the fire originated were not taken out of tbe builiing, but were kept in readi ness to go-out at any time. Tbe asylum bat its own water sys tem, receiving it water Irom wen at u, nnrlar-ritillO MinMflli which nrso I the prison, a Quarter of a mile distant. .!!. ji. ih.t ih.. will v nn The al.te carries no insurance on the losses incurred by the April fire. The building, earthquake clause in toe policies is put not ba prison I T . i nr vuuuuwii I tl, in..i tlomraerc ooinmmiou -- . ... o 0'0 0ck thll morning at. 1 1 riuiiiB MJ a i , lias called on tha raiiroai s w . their rat, under tin n.w iaw. uil. riAwla .nd Vollva hava i,i. ...u lr nouw 00 Ol .ion, H.II . Ih court oveiaeer lost and Patent Office Behind. Washington, July I lor possession ol Zion, J' thioughont the country are arrang ordoVHd th. action ol an dateMtloa to see Prari by th. peopl. det Bowev.lt at Oyster Bay and ti.,. .t t I.I in to elthei remove toiiimi Tl,r. area law case, oi "-I i;--- - . ... .acu cninge in - . . 1 l at An tar nilBU ui va" in tli. patent omce metiioiis as w. f- . ( on a ..tlifaclory basil. T'" the patent oince, avu'""";" ! i!n Innnlna behind air.ee the ap Hntm.nl ol Mr: Allen, flv. JJH ft.,, are now 23,000 PP '"r Holland tli Colon nd ol th ranal. O.rmany hope. 1, b,.,?rb when U.ieen Wllhelmlna die. Th. oov.rnment ba bought th. An keny canal lor Irrigation work Revolutionist, ar. landing l.rg. wieA op0n, be.ide. n. plieiol.rmiand ammunition on th. P ro,,yflbt., tr,d. ma-ks, etc. coast ol l lnianu. Premier Btolypln declare, that lh noil... nl the n.w Bussian cabinet win be on ol reform. radical reform In nuaner p.rdo In Favor of Peace Mrr... Peru. July 81. -The message . " , D..ln t nnnsresi oans ai- ol rresiutim ---"--,",. .nhlic to tbe progrec" o , . , Anil, ol th nation, which .i i ami iu r" . . ..! .tri - i rpii iw iiirT aim i . i iitii n m unu- ner leigi coue. . .... flrst be .ays .-i - . h. ploymwt ol oonniei i to - nte,natlonai China propoie a Police are th Ht. IaiuI tentlon and to th. a bast, of The president ,ok.n lor th.t.ll..o. ureilorther I ita . - ! rr.iiar pnmiiBiiri i tl,st nrinL'll'iroi . . step In westernising her court.. friendship and squlty. U"l0.n .1. ?Tn "'rp.V KlVnti American .'ate. up who 1 abort 85,00 . r nor. y - v ,t the Pan-Amert 11. w.a innsldersu m .ir- uu.u, " .. 01j sen can eongresi at Bio de Janeiro, tl. ..hm emnlovod In the Chinese i..' 7r7 . irnnlsco tmck lor a tT... demanded H raise in Tba tMit9t per week, a r ol I , was coinpromieru y - Mine ol 60 cents. Bevaral member, ol th. Rnln P" I liauient hav. be.u rr..ted iu Manifesto Seized 81. I ne .muu...... SoplVoVthi Vlborg man.- Kharkov hava rr-rs, baen urreptitouty s.fi kov. Umatilla Canal Contract Let. Waal,t,i.tnn The SeflreUry ol th interior ha awarded the contiact to the i .,..( H.-,mt Hrldire A JJredging com- Heettle. lor tha construction ol the storage leed canal of the Umatilla nr. nr.lllint. lllB WOli UI contract Involve the construction of 25 it... r.1 n.n.l Irom tbe umsiuia river, H.hn. to Co i Hprmga reservoir, snd consists ol 700,000 cubic yard! ol earth excavation, 8,000 cubic yarde o ...k ,in -'Mtiu cuoic ysru. UI rete and 2 600 cuhlo yarns oi nP The bid wai 101,388. Pira In the Caacades. Alhany-A timber fira In the Cascade mountains near Detroit is spre...n ..i.ii thr..tnlni heavy damage. The fire started near tha Bantiem river nd spread inio heavy iimuec - hnndied acrea ol tne nuea iu.. Cascsdei la now burning, and the wind is driving tha Hsmei into me ue. ' th. mountains, where, if not stopped toon, Immeiiie damage win . Everything is extremely dry and the tUmes are spreading rapidly. cone rap. Wheat Yield About Normal. Pendleton The harvest In all parte ol Umatilla county nas comiumi...... The threshing up to mia time u u too limited to niaks a very ciu- .. mute ol the yield, lot from what has been threshed on the reservation, and around Athena it is thought the yield in those districts will be about normal, nd had it not been for th. hot winds the yield would have been at least 25 per cent above the average. cinur Milla Cloaad Down. La Grande The flourin? mill of La Grande. Inland City and Union have closed down, having utilised all tha.old supply ol wheat. Wheat Club, 71c; bloeetem, 73c; red, 69c; valley, 71c; new club, 70c; new bloeetem, 72c; valley, 71c. Oats No. 1 white feed, 3U; gray, $29 p.r ton. Bat ley r eed, m ou per vuu; .ow ing, $23.50 per ton ; rolled, $24924.60. Rye-It noperewt. Hiy Valley timothy, No. 1, $119 12.50 per ton; clover, $8.60(89; rheat, $6.607; grain hay. $78; alfalfa, Fruits Apples, $1.5092.25 per box; apricots, $1.251.36; cherries, 6910c per pound; currant, 9910c; peach es, 75c9$1.10 per box; ploms, $1.26; Logan berries, $1 .3691.40 per crate; raspberries, $1.4091.50; blackberries, K nar nnnnd : gooseberries, 8c, Vegetables Beans, 697c per pound; cabbaae. l,V92c; corn, 15920c per Jnun: cucumbers. 40950c per d sen egg plsnt, 1015c per pound; lettuce, hd. 25c per dosen; onions, 109 OL.. n 4iaRn Dr noo.d! radish imalfio per dosen ; rhubarb, 29 2Wc per pound; spinach. 293c; toma toes. $1.2593 per box; parsley, 26 ; squash, $191.25 P ,tu lp1 90c$l per spek; carrot, $191-25 per sack: beets. $1.2591-60 per ack. Ouioni iNow, rea, inn7i r" pound; new yellow, lO0 per pouna. new potato., 7oeti.. Gutter ancy creamery, uia' per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2121Kc pel doxen. Pnnltrv Averatte old bens, 139140 per pound; mixed chickens, 1891SHo'. springs, 18 9 17; roosters, 9 9 10c; dressed chickens, 14915c; toikeys, live, 16917c; turkey, dressed, choice, snm22Wc: BeeBe, live, 899c; ducks, ii,it. linn. Oregon. 1905. 11912c; olds, 9c; 1908 contraots, 12915o per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, TAoiif, nHr nonnd. according to shrink ace: valley. 20922, according to fine ness: mohair, choice. 28930o per pound. . vl T)rssed. 5W(!t8c per pound Beef Dressed bulls, 3o per pound; cows. 495c; country ateen, 69"0 Mutton Dressed fancy, 798c per pound; ordinary, 6960; Iambi, fancy, Pork Drosied, 798Xc per pound forward and tbe statement made that all tba dac.age done by the flames ii attributable to the shock. In this combination ol welchers are two American companies and four Brit ish comoaniea. Tbe concerns are Commercial Union Assurance, ltd., ol Englaad: Commercial Union Fire In surano company, of New York ; Pala tine Fire Insurance company, ltd., of England ; Alliance Assurance company, Ltd., of fcngland BYERLY MAKES PROFIT. waa ander way unknown person pulled tbe danger signal, causing it to atop. Bobbers who wera aboard jumped ont and aeixed the locomotive and detached tbe mail car from the train and ran it down the line. They secured $37,500 of government money. TRAIN HITS ELECTRIC CAR. Expres Clerk Sell Canal Bonda and Passengers Tossed About and Many Realizes $27,024 on Nerve. I Seriously Hurt. New York, July 28 J. B. Pache AI Los Angelee, July 30. Ono woman Co., bankers, bave purchased tbe $5,- wa killed, two or three person fatally 800,000 ol Panama ranal bond which injured and upward of 85 hurt, many were recently allotted by tbe Treasoiy 0f them seriously, in collision this departmont to Bamuel Byerly, an ex- afternoon by a local Southern Pacific oress company clerk iu this city, nassenger train running between thia Alliance Assursnce Bache 4 Co. bave in torn disposed of cjty and Pasadena and a car of tba Bier- company, ltd., ot .ngtana; aorwicu Union Fire Assurance society, 01 Eng land; Indemnity Fire Insurance com pany. 01 New lorx Their combined liabilities in me burned area will reach $15,000,000. Ol thia amount they pledge themselves to pay "for actual loss suffered in every case In wbib legal naoiiuy is not doubtful." Aa the companies claim that they cannot b. held lor losses caused "directly or indirectly by tbe earthquake," thl pretty phrasing, when translated into plain English, mean absolute repudiation Japan' Great Liberality. Washington, July 27. Through the State department tha Bed Cw haa ml dispatch to the Japanese govern ment asking that no lurther contribu tions be made by the Japanese ti the Ban Francisco relief fond. This sctlon was taken oy tn xtea vroes ouu-i.ib, because tbey believe all tba funds ne- . .. ..... !!, I- cessary lor tne reuei 01 vauiurm. earthquake sutlerer can 09 raiseu in thl country among persons better able to give than many of the Japanese wno contributed to tha San Francisco fund. A total ol $145,000 was lent by Japan. Finding Caui of Cancer. London. July 27. Ai the remit ol exoerlmenta with mice, the superin teodent ol the Imperial cancer research fund laboratory announced today that tb prospect of discovering tbe mystery ot the oiigin of cancer wa. more hopeful than ever. Tba superin tendent laid that the experiment! muBt be carried further before it can be ascertained whether they will bave a bearing on th treatment cf the disease in mankind. Saya Companiea Will Deal Fairly. Oakland, Cal., July 27. Represent atlva Mullln. ol the Palatine, Com mercial Union and Alliance Insurnnce comranlei. of London, thl afternoon stated tha announcement of bis com the bonds to Fiek & Robinson, tbe sue- ra Madre division of the Pacific Electrio cessfnl bidden for the greater part of Railway company. the issue. I The accident happened at Oneonta Tbe price ot the bonds already baa Junction, in tbe suburbs of South Fee- advanced to 1 104 40, which mean a adena. profit ol $27,024 for the clerk. The electric csr left here with 42 pas- In conversation wito secretary onaw tenners on board. Arriving at uneonta, over the long distance teU phone, Mr. the car stopped snd the conductor went R?erly asked if he was to receive bis allotment ol tbe bonds. He waa told htat he would it he deposited the $5, 800,000 by August 1. The clerk said he would. Thanks to Roosevelt and Diaz. Washington, July 28. The State de partment received a dispatch today from the chairman 01 tne Amerir" do!e.Uon to Klo Janeiro, William 1. Buchanan, announcing tnat on Monnay the Pin-American conlerence, on mo tion ol the Argentine delegation, adopt ed resolutions expressing thanks to ahead to tbe Southern Pacific crossing at this point. He taw no train ap proaching, and the car started ahead, reaching the center ol the crossing, when the trsin from PaeaJena for Los Angeles suddenly rounded tbe carve north and crashed into the car with terrific impact. : - More but of Wore Quality. Washington. July SO. Revised fig ure indicate that tba immigration to tbia country daring tbo fiscal year end ing June 30 last, waa 73,574 greater than it wa during the fiscal year 1905. President Roosevelt and President Dins jbe immigration during the past year for their good offices in restoring pence aggregated 1.100,073, against 1,028 499 in Central America. Tbe president, for tbe previous year. It is notable through th. B.ate department and Mr. Buchanan, responded tonight witb an expression ol his appreciation. Battleships Out In Gale. Rockport, Mrs.., July 28. A stiff northenster gave the bsttlesblp ol tbo Atlantic Beet an excellent opportunity lor stormy weather maneuvers today, and lot six hours the entire fleet was out of sight ol land, rolling about in the heavy seas. The officers reported that the conditiona 20 miles tff shore were worse than nearer the land, and that there was avery indication of a heavy gale off the coast. Tbe fleet will not go out again until It sail) east. that the class ol immigrants was not ao high aa in many previous ears, most ot tbem coming from Austria-Hungary, Russia and Italy. During the year Just passed 12,433 persons were debarred, for various causes. Would-Be Rockefellers. Paris, July 30. Tbe competition of tha Gauloi anent dreams ol million aires bas come to an aud and tbe prises bava been awarded. The newspsper said that Mr. Rockefeller possess . $10,000,000 a year income, and - sekad ita resders what they would do with thia money if they possessed , hi for tune. Borne of the answers" were a They awful aa a Welsh rarebit dream Meetings of Democrats Forbidden, ranged Irom overturning toe repuDiio Paris, July 28. The, Tempi corre-1 to giving an tne money ewy. epondent at 8t. Petersburg telegraphs that the provincial governor, bsve betn Testing New Bullet tor Arm, ordered la prevent all meetings of Washington, July 30. Bullets which member ol the Constitutional Demo- ara lighter and more pointed than thoso cratic party and of member of the now in use ar being tested at th n .1 Tn w tn tha nnt. Bnrlngfield armory. The new ballet " " 7. now being orepared will lawed parliament, employing the mill- have much flatter trajectories man tna panlea plan now being preparea wiu v , '..u, t ril.,,.. old tvne. and consequently ar much liMOO a HBVVDeii ww j-..- - - - 1 - . hn n Int.ntlnn to deal absolutely, tary In lalrly with .vary policyholder. uch meetings. I more efficient against advancing enemies.