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VOL. II. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, JULY Wheat in Eastern Oregon and Wash ington is suffering great damage for lack of rain. 1908. CONVENTION OPENS. GREAT EALLOON RACE ENDS. Democratic Hosts Appear Unanimous for Bryan. Denver, Colo., July 8.—With cheers from 10,000 throats, with the swell of political oratory and the inspiring spec tacle of a vast multitude of people, the Democratic national convention began its deliberations yesterday. The ses sion, lasting a little over two hours, was notable moro for its impressive magnitude and spectacular opening than for the business accomplished, It gave, however, the opportunity for the opening echoes of the convention en- thusiasm in the keynote speech of the temporary presiding officer, Theodore A. Bell, of California; a heated skir mish incidental to the contest in the Pennsylvania delegation; and, finally, a unanimous tribute of homage and respect to the memory of the late Grover Cleveland. But the enthusiasm of the opening session was comparatively brief, int"r- termittent and tempestuous, without that long-sustained and frenzied clamor which is still reserved for the future. The day was devoted chiefly to the pri mary formalities, and the committees appointed are now at work perfecting the permanent organization to be pre sented today. Meantime the conven tion hosts chafe over the two days’ de lay which must intervene before their great purpose is accomplished—the nomination of a presidential candidate. Winner Makes 895 Miles Many Nar row Escapes. Chicago. July 7.—“The Chicago-to- ocean” balloon race ended tonight, when the last of the nine contestants came to earth at West Shefford, Que bec, 800 miles from the starting point. This craft was the Fielding, owned by F. J. Fielding, of San Antonio, Tex. It covered approximately 100 miles more and stayed in the air five hours longer than its nearest competitor, and is also believed to have captured the prize for the balloon which re mained in the air the longest. The contest was marked by several thrilling escapes from drowning. The Ville de Dieppe dropped into Lake Michigan soon after the start, and for an hour or more Colonel A. E. Mueller and George Schoeneck, its pilots, were swept across the surface, finally arising with their craft to a height of 7000 feet, from which they descended at Renton Harbor, Mich A similar experience fell to the lot of C. H Pcrrigo and J D. Case, the crew of the Illinois. While endeavor ing to effect a landing near Lake On tario their balloon fell into the Bay of Quinte. The aeronauts had donned life preservers and managed to keep afloat until a yacht put off from Glenn Island and rescued them. The fate of the balloon is not known here. The third serious accident took place near Clinton, Ont. The balloon Columbia could not be controlled by Captain M. Peterson and C. H. Leich- ler, and they were dashed against trees and dragged through barbed wire fences. Both men were painfully injured. The landing places of the nine bal loons were as follows: Fielding, West Shefford. Quebec; America, Carsonville. Mich.; King Edward. Port Huron, Mich ; Chicago, Atwood. Ont.; U S., Pinkerton Sta tion, Ont.; Columbia, Clinton. Ont ; Cincinnati, Covert, Mich ; Illinois, Glenn Island. Ont ; Ville de Dieppe, Benton Harbor, Mich Bishop Potter continues to improve. The prosecution has opened the case against Steve Adams. Roosevelt bid farewell in person to the departing Peary expedition. A Dutch consul is en route from Hol land to take up his staGon in Portland. An English parliamental j' committee has reported against an import tax on ' hops. German cars won all places and the world’s championship in the recent au tomobile races in France. The national convention of tailors at Chicago has declared against freak in novations in men ’s clothes. The American Railway association reports that during the past two weeks CARS GETTING BUSY. 36,720 idle freight cars have been put to work. Decrease of 36,720 Idle Freights in Interstate Railroad commission has Two Weeks. decided that it is not unreasonable for Chicago, July 8__ The report of the the roads to require shippers of lumber to furnish stakes for same when it is American Railway association, giving shipped on flat ears. the number of idle freight cars in the In a fight between a Northern Pa country on June 24, shows that during cific brakeman and a tramp who was the two weeks from June 10 to 24 there stealing a ride near North Yakima, Wash., the tramp was shot to death and was a decrease of 36,720 in the num ber of surplus ears. About one third the brakeman severely wounded. The American battleship fleet has of this represents a decrease in the sailed from San Francisco on its voy number of idle box cars. age around the world. The Nebraska The improvement was by no means vAs left behind on account of scarlet I uniform the country over. In the New fever among the crew. She will join England states there was an increase the fleet at Honolulu. in the number of idle cars, whi e the Fighting continues at Tabriz, Persia. Middle Western state showed substan Many deaths occur daily from heat tial decreases. There were on June 24 a total of 312.847 idle ears in this in the East. country and Canada on the roads re Seven persons were drowned in floods porting to the American Railway asso at Lincoln, Neb. ciation, compared with 349,567 on Juno Presidential Nominee Taft played 10. and with a maximum of 413,338 on April 29. right field in a baseball game. The decrease reported !s the fourth Bryan has complete control of the consecutive decrease in two .ninths, of Democratic national convention. a total reduction of 100,491 idle freight New York police think they have cars. The resumption of mining in parts of captured the Black Hand leader in that the bituminous coal fields, which were city. idle for most of the month of April, The British minister at Teheran has was the first important factor which again protested to the shah against his operated toward a decrease in the num ■war methods. ber of idle cars, while more recently Religious fanatics in North Dakota the increased demand for box cars, have invaded Canada, and defy the much of it seemingly connected w th the crop moving requirements, has fur mounted police. ther decreased the idle list. The total deaths from Fourth of July celebration number numbers 94, and PROSTRATIONS CONTINUE. the injured 29'20. Ruef has been released from jail on bonds aggregating $1,560,000. His next trial will begin July 15. Two balloonists in the recent race are in a .critical condition at Clinton, Ont., where they landed too suddenly. Fifty horses perished in a burning stable in Portland. The big hardware firm of Marshall Wells had a narrow escape. Lieutenant Peary has again started for the North Pole. He is about $4000 short of his estimated amount of sup plies, but will trust to luck for the balance. Major Woodruff declares the army age limit should be 60 years. Socialists have nominated candi dates for president and vice president. The American aeroplane flying ma chine made a very successful trial trip. A meeting of the elder statesmen of Japan will discuss grave political af fairs. Mexican troops surrounded and captured 40 rebels without a shot be ing fired. British Columbia has issued fishing licenses to only three Japanese for the coming season. Revolutionists in Paraguay have overthrown the government and es tablished a new one. The American battleship fleet is all at San Francisco, ready to start on its homeward trip around the world. The nine balloons in the Chicago- to-Atlantic race all landed without any fatalities. None of them reached the Atlantic. Carelessness on the part of the en gineer caused a Santa Cruz passenger train to crash into a local at Oakland, Cal., killing seven and injuring about thirty. The driver of a wagon full of women and children tried to cross the track in front of an electric car at Los Angeles, but was too slow. Four children and the driver were killed and all the others injured. Bryan is working hard to reunite his party. The Santa Fe shops at Topeka have resumed work with 1,800 men. 11, CHAUTAUQUA OPENS. EUGENE SUMMER SCHOOLS. A City of Tents Expect Attendance of 40,000. Oregon City__ There is every indica tion of beautiful weather for the 15th annual session of the Willamette Valley Chautauqua Assembly, which is now open. There are moro campers on the grounds than ever before. Dr. R. A. Heritage, dean of the College of Music of Willamette University. who is again the director of the music at Chautau qua. said; “Forty thousand people will be on the ground during Chautauqua, and wil1 spend not less than $1 each for tickets, at the restaurant and for other ex penses. Will H. Varney, known as ‘Handsome Bill,’ an old opera singer, witli a voice like a lion, takes the part of the Judge in ‘Trial By Jury,’ that will be heard at Chautauqua Wednesday night. Eugene E. Garlicks, who sings the part of the defendant in ‘Trial by Jury,’ was a tenor with Frank Daniels' opera company for four years. Miss Edna Browning, of Enterprise. Or., will sing the role of the plaintiff. She has been a decided favorite at Willamette I niversity and with the people of Sa lem. The Chautauqua chorus will have more than 100 singers, some of whom are professionals.’’ Large Attendance at University and High School, Eugene.—The summer school at the University of Oregon and the high school are now in progress, the latter having opened Monday morning. The work at the University of Oregon sum mer school is progressing very satisfac torily. the interest and enthusiasm of those in attendance being very marked. The instructors are: Biology and na ture study, A. R. Sweetser: general chemistry. F. R. Shinn; education, H. I). Sheldon; English literature, Ange line Williams; German, F. G. G. Schmidt; history, Joseph Schafer; mathematics, E. E. Det'ou; physics, XV. 1’. Boynton; French and Spanish. Pro fessor Cloran. The laboratory work is done in the afternoon hours. The Lane County Normal School, which opened Monday morning in the Eugene high school building, under the supervision of Superintendent Alderman and County Superintendent Dillard, had for the first day an attendance of 34, which will probably be increased soon to mòre than 40. The purpose of this school is to prepare teachers for their examinations and the studies in which they are to be tried out are taught here. The school will continue six weeks. TO DEEPEN COQUILLE. Bandon Business Men Raise Fund for Improvement. Bandon —The business men of Ban don are raising a fund for river and harbor improvement work, independ ent of congress. A lagoon near the mouth of the Coquille river deflects a considerable volume of water from the channel, lessening its scouring ef ficiency and causing the th; formation “ .I.... of . .......... from time to time a sand 2 bar The money, of which a considerable amount has been already subscribed by public spirited I citizens, business men and mill and ship owners, will be used to build a breakwater across the lagoon It is the opinion of engi neers in the government service that this will coniine the water to the main channel, and keep the sand washed away. The regular government appropri ation of $60,000, which is being ex pended on the north jetty, is making a wonderful improvement in the en trance to the river, and no vessels have been barbound for a period of nearly a year. An attempt will be made to have the Coquille river men tinned for a $500 ooo appropriation at the next session of congress CORVALLIS GROWS. Postal Receipts Increase 25 Per Cent During Year. Corvallis.—The increase in the post office receipts in this town for the fis cal year ending June 30 was nearly 25 per cent over the total of the previ ous year. Dwelling houses completed or begun in the town since January have added about 9 per cent to the residences, and it is estimated that the total increase of dwellings for the year will be 16 to 20 per cent by December 31 Residence property in the city is new selling at double the prices it brought three years ago on an aver age. and in some instances for more. The increase in the number of resi dences last year was 8-J per cent, and the year before 13 per cent. Refund License Money. Hillsboro__ The county board has or- di-.e<i the payment of $177.80 to Wil liam Martin, the (laston saloon keeper, whose business the recent prohibition vote at that place put out of commis sion July 1, the amount representing the sum due Martin for cash advanced for his license. AEROPLANE FLIES. 600 Yards Beyond Mark and Lands Safely. Hammondsport, N. Y„ July 7.—The Aerial Experiment Association's aero drome No. 3, the Curtiss June Bug, yesterday earned the right to have its name the first inscribed on the Scien title American trophy for making an official flight of one kilometer in a straight line, measured from the point where it left the ground After passing the flag marking the finish, the machine flew 600 yards fur ther, and landed at the extreme edge of the field, near the railroad track About looo persons saw the trial The June Bug crossed three fences and described a letter “S’ two thousand yards in length, in one minute and 41 seconds, at a speed of 37 miles an hour, which followed a 900 yard flight in 56 seconds. The machine never behaved better Hardly a breath of wind was stirring The trial today is of great importance, as it is the first official test of an aero plane ever made in America. Goes NO. 10, BUILDING PLATFORM Denver Convention Would Save Timber Supply. KILL DUTY ON FDRtST PRODUCTS Recommend Changes in Public Do main Policy—Injunction Plank Causes Bitterness. Denver, July 9.—After reaching an agreement on the plank on injunction and announcing the fact, the sub-com mittee of the sub-committee on platform having the subject in charge, last night failed to supply the full sub-committee with the document and thus caused a suspension of the entire proceedings on that question. Not only did the sub committee fail to present its report, but up to 12 o’clock neither Mr. Williams nor Mr. Sullivan, of the sub-committee, had put in an appearance at the full sub-committep meeting. During the evening there was much discussion by labor leaders of the in junction plank, and while it was assert ed that the officers of the Federation of Labor were satisfied with the plank, other official representatives of labor make loud protests against ^he omission of the provision demanding notice m advance in injunction proceedings. At midnight it was announced that the full sub-committee had passed upon all but three or four subjects to be dealt with and members of the sub committee expressed full confidence that the sub-committee would be able to pre sent a complete report when tbe. full committee meets at 9 A. M. today. At 11:30 the sub-committee adjourned un til 8:30 A. M today. The sub committee appointed to draft an injunction plank reported a few min utes before the committee took a recess at 7 o’clock, stating through Mr. Wil liams, its chairman, that the three mem bers—himself. Judge Parker and Mr. Sullivan—had reached a complete agree ment. He also made the announcement that the plank had been scrutinized by the officers of the Federation of Labor and was acceptable to them. The plank as thus recommended takes a position favorable to the placing of labor disputes on a level with other dis putes and against the courts regarding laborers differently from other classes of citizens. There is no requirement for notice previous to an injunction proceeding, because Mr Gompers had said that none would be demanded, pro viding there could be cessation of dis crimination against the labor element At 10 o'clock the full committee met with the main sub-comniittee on plat form, hut as the latter was unprepared to report, adjourned The sub commit tee adopted the following: “The protectional growth of Nation al forests, the protection of timber on forested areas of the public domain out side the timber reserves, the encourage ment of reforestration throughout the country: the immediate elimination of agricultural lands from the forest res ervations; the control of the timber re serves by laws insuring equal rights to all in place of the bureaucratic rules atid regulations that have led to a sys tem of favoritism and terrorism obnox ions to American institutions, the an nulnient of all rules that attempt to in terfere with the police regulations of the states: greater encouragement to settle the public domain by homeseek ers. and a system of selling timber from the National forests, which will not put the public at the mercy of the lumber trusts.” Afflicted With Mosquitoes. Rainier__ Rainier people are suffer ing inconvenience and pain from mos quitoes, which are here by the millions, due to the warm weather and the reced Oil for River Steamers. ing water. They are so troublesome at Portland. — Two large oil-carrying times as to be almost unbearable. steamers, the Rosecrans and Colonel E. PORTLAND MARKETS. Drake, the former towing a big three masted steel barge, also laden with oil, Wheat—Track prices: Club. 85c per SOCIALISTS NOMINATE. have arrived at the tanks at Ports bushel; red Russian, 83c; bluestem, 87c; Twenty-Three Die in New York With mouth. valley. 85c. Flour—Patents. $4.85 per barrel ; Martin R. Preston, Now Serving Sen Maximum of 93 Degrees. Greater quantities of oil are being straights, $4.05@4.55; exports, $3.70; tence, for President. New York, July 8_ -Twenty-three brought t' ¡'ortland each month on the valley, $4.45; >4-sack graham, $4.40; dozen or more of tank steamers that New York, July 7.;—Candidates for persons were killed and scores pros are regularly employed in the oil trade whole wheat. $4.65; rve, $5 50. Barley—Feed, $24.50 per ton; rolled. president and vice-president of the trated by the heat wave in the 18 of the Pacific coast. The Rosecrans United States were named and a plat hours ending at 12:30 o’clock last and Colonel E. Drake each have capac $27.5O(a28.50; browing, $26. Oats No. 1 white, $26.50 per ton; form was adopted by the national ity for about 40,000 barrels of oil. night. Within the last 42 hours the hot party here committee of the Socialist ~ This immense oil traffic has developed I gray, $26. The ticket named is as spell has killed 44 persons. Relief is during the past few years. Ten years Millstuffs Bran. $26.00 per ton; mid yesterday, promised by the weather bureau today. ago an oil tank steamer was unknown dlings. $30.50; shorts, country, $28 50; follows: For president Martin R. Preston. The official thermometer touched 92 to this port and there were no large city, $28; wheat anil barley chop, $27.50. degrees at noon today. tanks along the river for the reception Hay—Timothy, Willamette Valiev. of Nevada. For vice-president—Donald Munro, The streets were sizzling with a of the immense shipments of today. In $15 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi temperature of more than 80 degrees those days the oil was brought here bv nary. $12; Eastern Oregon, $17 50; of Virginia The nomination of Preston for at 7 o’clock, and before the day was rail. The great increase in the demand mixed, $15; alfalfa, $12; alfalfa meal, GREAT DOCKS BURN. president was unanimous. The can over the 90 mark had been passed. The for oil is due altogether to the fact $20. Fresh Fruits—Apples, new Califor didate was placed in nomination by humidity earlv in the day was as h gh that most power craft plying out of Fire in Boston Destroys Property Val as 78, but fell to 73 in the afternoon, here have discarded the use of wood nia. $1.50 per box; old Oregon, $1.25(5?) D. de Leon, who characterized the ued at $1,500,000. thereby saving the lives of scores of or coal for the liquid fuel which is 2.25 per box: cherries. 25c per pound; man he was naming as an “honest Boston. July 9.—A fire believed to babies in the tenement districts, where much easier to handle, .a great deal apricots. $1 .25 per crate; poaches, 65(77) working man, not a professional work cleaner and not nearly as bulky. 85c ver box; plums. $1 per crate; grapes, ing man," and added, “the name of have been caused by spontaneous com tne suffering, as usual, was greatest. $1.50(3)1.75 per crato; figs, $1(771.50 per that man is Martin Preston, and he is bustion or a locomotive spark, and Hundreds of prostrations were re now in jail at Goldfield, Nev. Pres fanned by a brisk northwest Wind, box; currants. 8c per pound. ported to the health officers and police, Continue Forestry Experiments. Borries—Strawberries, 90c, per orate; ton is in jail today for conduct that swept nearly a quarter of a mile of the and thousands were affected less seri Astoria.—Dr. Hawley, the forestry ously and cared for in their own homes. department expert, who has been here blackberries. $1.75 per crate; raspber is honorable, and which no working harbor front of East Boston late today, man should be ashamed of.” causing property loss estimated at near ------------- 1----------- for several weeks experimenting with rios, $1.75 per crate; loganberries 50(77) De Leon explained that Preston had waste products of the mills and logging 90c per crate; gooseb rries, 5(7$>6c per been sentenced to 35 years’ imprison ly $1..’>00,000. Daniel Sullivan, a watch Russian Grip Tightens. pound. man at the Cunard Line pier, is miss Berlin, July 8__ The Lokal Anzeiger camps, has gone to Everett to conduct _ a restaurant keeper ing. Potatoes—Now California, 1%« per ment for shooting similar investigations, and from there in Goldfield three years ago during yesterday published a dispatch from will go to Vancouver. Later he will pound; now Oregon, 1(3)1%« per pound; The flames spread with remarkable a strike. Preston, De Leon asserted rapidity. Within half an hour of the its correspondent at Teheran, who says return to Astoria to complete his work old 60<77)65e per hundred. had acted as the protector of defense that the Russian influence (it the Per here, and eventually will conduct ex Onions—.California rod. $1.50 per time the fire was discovered four piers, less girls, and by so doing his action three warehouse^», a grain elevator con sian capital is increasing. The cossack periments at Portland. The report of saek; garlic, 8(77)10« per pound enraged a restaurant keeper named brigade has received the permission of Dr. Hawley's work this far has been Root Vegetables—Turnips. $1.50 nor taining 30.000 bushels < f grain and manv the shah to take over the machine gun sent to the department in Washington sack; carrots, $1.50; parsnips, $1 .75; Silver. Silver. Mr De Leon stated, loaded freight cars had been destroyed. "was shot by Preston while threaten section, as well as a number of field and will be made public by it. After beets. $1.75. The fire started in a warehouse, in guns, and the Persian artillery barracks concluding his labors on this coast. Dr. Vegetables—Artichokes, 75c per doz.; ing to kill the latter.”' which was stored an immense quantity have been placed at the disposal of the Hawley will go to Montana to experi asparagus. 10c per pound; beans, 6c per of combustible material, including wool, cossacks. Enlistments in the Persian ment with the waste products of the pound; cabbage. 1(77)1 %e per pound; Big Fire in Port au Prince. cot ton an<l oil.____________ cossacks are being sought, and the re larch forests. corn, 30/340« per dozen; cucumbers, Port au Prince, July 7.—A serious cruits are being placed under Russian Oregon. 50(77)75«, per dozen; California. fire broke out here yesterday in the Embezzlers’ Rich Haul. instructors. The Persian people are $1.50 per box; egg plant, per vicinity of the Palace and Senate Trolley Line to Hillsboro. Mobile. Ala.. July 9—More than displaying much annoyance. pound; lettuce, head. 15c per dozen; buildings. The flames spread quickly, Hillsboro—The United Railways $200,000 in gold was carried to Hondu b‘»s concluded its first preliminary parslev, 15c per dozen; pears. 2(3)3« there being a high wind and soon ras by the Baileys of New York in their nor pound; peppers. 15c per pound; rad reached alarming proportions. Four Garfield En Route West. survey into Hillsboro since its pres flight in the British steamer Goldsboro, San Francisco. Jnlv 8__ Accompanied ent owners gained control. The line ’shea. 12^6 per dozen; rhubarb. 1(3)2« hundred buildings were burned, in bv his private secretary and confiden comes from near Linnton, over the n°r pound: spinach. 2c per pound; to cluding the courthouse and the prison. now in the possession of the Honduras government at Porto Cortez and with tial stenographer. Secretary of th" In Cornelius Pass, runs through the matoes, Oregon. $2 50 per crate; Cali All of the prisoners, who included a out flag or country, and the valuable terior Garfield boarded last evening’s Bethany - Phillips - West Union sec fornia. $1.50(77)2 per crate. number of women, were taken to cargo of the treasure ship estimated in Butter—Extras. 25« per nound; fancy, other quarters before the building train for Portland, Or. On his way tions. the richest dairy section in the value at equal amount is still in their there he will thoroughly investigate the country, and crossing the north plains 24e; choice. 20c.; store. 17c. took fire. Sparks were carried to the possession. This was told by Neal Ak- Eggs—Oregon. 19(7720« per dozen. reclamation work on the Klamath river. of the Tualatin, strikes Hillsboro arsenal, which was also burned, to- man, third engineer of the Goldsboro, Cheegp—Fancy cream twins, 13%«, gether with stores of powder and am He will also make an examination of three blocks east of town, on Main who has just reached Mobile. Akman the various Indian reservations of the street. The new survey taps an im per pound; full cream triplets, 13%«; munition. is en route to New York, where he goes full cmam Youncr Americas. 14%«. Northwestern states. mensely rich section. to consult the British consul concerning^ Poultry—Mixed chickens. 12c pound; Recover 228 Bodies. his claim. fancy hens, 12(3)12V»c; roosters. 9r; Boston Was Hottest. County Saw Mill. Yuzono, European Russia. July 7.— springs. 18«; ducks, old. 12^313c; spring, Fined for Desecration. Boston. Mass. July 8__ Boston was Eugene.—The Lane county court 12%(7?)14«; ge«*e. old. 8(77*9«: young, An official statement shows that 328 Tillamook. Or., July 9.—William the hottest city in the I’nited States will be presented *this week with pe-1 12% (77) 13«: turkeys, old. 16(77)18«; young, bodies have been recovered from the yesterday, with the exception of Wash titions freelv signed from different 20(3)25«; dressed. 17(3)19« Rikosky coal mine, where a gas ex i Wolf, the anarchist who flaunted a red ington. In both cities the maximum sections of the county asking them to several days ago. flag above the stars and stripes over hb Veal—Extra. 8« per pound; ordinary, plosion ¡owm™ occurred owunvu D^wiai . kij -. ««■»• temperature recorded bv the govern purchase a portable sawmill, to be 6(^7«: heavy, 5c. ' Nineteen injured men are now in the business house here July 4, was tried ment bureau was 94. Two deaths «i.MjUsed and by the county as an aid to the Pork—Fancy, 7%« per pound; ordi- hospital The fire in the mine has today on a charge of desecration of the 30 prostrations were recorded. On I I been extinguished and yesterday eigh’ flag, found guilty and fined $50, which the. building of plank roads and bridges narv. 6%e; large. 6«. I for the outlying road districts. 1 Mutton—Fancy, 8(®9e per pound. street the mercury went to 96. he paid. | miners were brought out alive.