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VOL. IL FOUR BLOCKS SWEPT LESSEN MINE DEATHS . Portland Fire Causes Loss Estimated at $225.000. European Experts to Visit America and Conduct Experiments. Portland, July 29.—Fire blotted out practically one full block off the map of the North Portland business district, burned most of the property off three other blocks, and threatened the entire district, late yesterday afternoon. Property worth approximately $225,- 000 was destroyed, property represent ing nearly $1,000,000 was actually scorched, and property worth well into the millions was within the danger zone. The fact that a line of brick build ings blocked the course of the flames until the fire department had an oppor tunity to concentrate its forces at the weak points, accounts for the limiting of the flames to five blocks. Cause of the fire is not yet clear. There are several theories—incendiar ism, spontaneous combustion in a loft of new hay, dropping of a match or cigarette, flying sparks from a chim ney. The origin was traced to the middle section of the Orégon Transfer company’s place at Fifth and Glisan streets. The fire popped up with the sudden ness that attends the lighting of a gas jet. Some smoke was seen on the roof of the Oregon Transfer company’s place about 4:45 o’clock. Fifteen minutes later the roof had given place to a great column of flames. Fanned by a strong wind from the northwest, the column of flames passed quickly from building to building. Gaining impetus from the big frame building and tons of hay and other combustible matter, the fire quickly leaped across the street to the North ern Pacific Wagon works, where there was another great array of fuel, and sweeping this, passed on through the block from Fifth to the blind west wall of the Union Meat company’s place. Checked here, it concentrated its fury, as if with an intelligence of its own, and leaped into the block north of Glisan street, and then jumped Fifth and worked both east and west. When, at 6:30 o’clock it had run its course and given way before a small river that had been poured on from a score of nozzles, a sad picture of disas ter lay all about. The whole block bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Glisan and Hoyt streets, with the exception of the southern corner, was a heap of smoking debris. Nearly all the west half of the block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Glisan and Hoyt streets was gone; all frame buildings were in ruins between Fourth, Fifth, Glisan and Flanders. The block between Fifth and Sixth and Glisan and Flanders was all but gone, the big brick Barr hotel being represented by tottering black ened walls, which fell in later, fortu nately without hurting anyone. Washington, July 28. In response to an invitation extended by the Unit ed States government in behalf of tie geological survey, Great Britain, Ger- many and Belgium will send to this country next month their leading ex perts in the prevention of mine disas ters, to aid in the inauguration of the work here. The negotiations were conducted through the State depart ment. The three experts are Captain Des- borough, inspector of explosives under the Home office, Great Britain ; Herr Meisher, head of the German mine ser vice, and Victor Watteyne, engineer in-chief of the administration of mines, Belgium. It is expected that the ex perts will reach New York about the end of August, and proceed to Pitts burg, where the United States Geo logical survey is engaged in erecting a plant for the purpose of conducting in vestigations into the cause of mine explosions. In company with the expert in charge of the technologic branch of the survey, they will visit the fields of Pennsylvania, the coal fields of Illinois, Wyoming, Colorado, Alabama. West Virginia and Ohio, in order that they may learn the conditions under which coal is mined in this country. Experiment stations for the preven tion of disasters have been in opera tion for a number of years in each country represented by the experts, and there the death rate in the mines has been reduced to a minimum. With the knowledge that mine acci dents have been increasing and the death rate constantly becoming larger the Unied States government authori- J ties are hastening to begin the investi gations which it is believed will great- ly reduce the loss of life. It is ex pected that the advice of the foreign experts will be invaluable. NEWS OF THE WEEKI In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. The steel trust reports an improving business. The typhoon at Hongkong is known to have cost over 300 lives. The Turkish people will call for a clean sweep of corrupt officials. The work on the new Franco-Ameri can tariff treaty is proceeding rapidly. Gould admits he would welcome Har riman’s help in running his railroads. A young negro has been burned at the stake in Texas for an assault on a white girl. Messages from the battleship fleet indicate that it is having an easy trip and is over 1,200 miles from Honolulu. The railroads have been given more time to reduce lumber rates on condi tion they do not enjoin the Interstate Commerce commission. Taft has been formally notified his nomination. In his speech of ceptance he said, that, if elected, would take Roosevelt’s policies as guide. of ac he his Four nuggets weighing about half a pound each and worth $500, were found in a fashionable residence dis trict of Los Angeles while workmen were excavating. Nan Patterson has been expelled from Pittsbrug. The czar is entertaining President Fallieres, of France. Harriman is endeavoring to secure control of the Gould roads. Governor Norris has cleared the Montana land board of fraud charges. Hearst opened the Independence con vention by denouncing the old parties. Taft is reported to have become wedged in a telephone booth at Hot Springs, Va., and a carpenter was called to saw him out. An important conference is being held by officials of the Justice depart ment regarding action to be taken in the Standard Oil case. The Ancient Order of Hibernians will meet in Portland in 1910. Ruef accuses Burns of tampering with jurors and has started contempt proceedings. Great Britain is already beginning to be sorry she entered into an alliance with Japan. Roosevelt is planning a hunt in the mountains of Southern Oregoon before he goes to South Africa. The Italian cruiser Puglia is visiting California ports and will also call at Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B. C. J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager for the Harriman lines, says shippers are un fair in their opposition to rate in crease. A Los Angeles ragbuyer got $1,500 in jewelry and diamonds in an old over coat, where they had been placed for safekeeping. The preposition to'submit a consti tutional amendment for state prohibi tion in Texas will probabply carry at the primaries. Adlai E. Stevenson, ex-vice presi dent of the United States, is a candi date for the Democratic nomination for governor of Illinois. W. F. Walker, who looted the New Britain, Conn., bank iof more than $509,000, was sentenced to not less than one year nor more than five years in the penitentiary on the fi :rst count, and five years each on three other counts. Hughes will run again for governor of New York. Furious anti-European riots are oc curring at Bombay. Sweden and Denmark are said have formed a military alliance. 13. NO. to Cincinnati shippers have appealed direct to the president against rate in crease. England is preparing to press the claims of her citizens against Vene zuela. In a battle between Mexican troops and Indians 19 of the latter were killed and two soldiers slain. A passenger steamer was sunk near Christiana. Norway, and more than a score of people drowned. Eugene W. Chafin, Prohobition can didate for president, says if elected he would use the army to enforce prohi bition. REGENTS GET BUSY. LOSE BY EARLY WOOL SALE. New Buildings, New Books and New Teachers Ground Out. Uinatilla Growers Feel They Are Out University of Oregon, Eugene—At the last meeting of the board of re- gents a frame building to contain six or eight rooms, at a cost of $5,000, was authorized to be built on nine lots just purchased in Fairmount, It will be used after this year for a shop. President Campbell was ordered to go East immediately to select a pro fessor in geology, assistant in econom ics, assistant in civil engineering, as sistant in psychology and a librarian. The following new members of the faculty were elected : L. R. Aiderman, professor of educa tion, salary, $1,800; Dr. Hugo Koeh ler, German, salary $1,000; Mrs. Ella Pennel, assistant in English and assist ant dean of women ; Dr. R. C. Clark, assistant in history ; Haines Curry, in structor in chemistry; Mozelle Hair, asssitant instructor in English litera ture; Mabel Cooper and Miriam Van Waters, assistants in the correspond ence school. The board ordered $10,000 worth of books for the library ; the Mary Spiller home for girls to be finished and furn ished and the library building furnish ed. The matter of authorizing an as sistant in public speaking was deferred to some future time. $40,000 as Result. Pendleton—Umatilla county sheep men are very much dissatisfied for hav ing been induced to sell their wool early in the season. They have never been satisfied with the prices received, and reports from recent sales in Mon tana have convinced them that they are really beaten out of between $30,- 000 and $40,000. The reports from Montana show that wool there brought an average of five cents more a pound than the Eastern Oregon wools, and this difference can not be accounted for by the difference in freight rates and shrinkage. An advantage of one cent is accounted for the Montana wool because of the freight rate, and last year the shrink age of the Montana wool was seven per cent less than that grown in East ern Oregon. Computing prices on a basis of approximately the same ratio of shrinkage for this year, the Mon tana growers were readily entitled to 2‘4 cents more a pound than the Ore gon flock owners. The Oregon grow ers, therefore, naturally feel that their wool was worth as much as the Mon tana wool less this 2't cents, and not less the 5 cents, the actual difference paid. Had the growers of this county alone have received prices correspond ing to the prices paid in Montana, they CAN’T SELL WORMY APPLES. would have received in the neighbor Fruit Inspector Will See That Laws hood of $4,000 more for their clip than they did receive, and taking Eastern Are Strictly Enforced. Oregon as a whole, the difference Salem—County Fruit Inspector Arm would have mounted into the hundreds strong states that the state law pro of thousands. hibiting the marketing of wormy and scaly apples, pears and other fruits, Inventory Norrfial Property. which was not enforced last year on Salem—At a meeting of the execu account of the light yield of fruit in some sections, will be rigidly enforced tive committee of the normal school board of regents, Secretary C. L. Starr this year. The yield is abundant and there is was authorized to go to Drain and take no reason, declares the inspector, for an inventory of the property there be any grower to bring bad fruit to mar longing to the state. This step was ket. Mr. Armstrong states that the taken in order that the board of re movement will be state-wide, under gents and legislature may know what the direction of the state horticultur is there belonging to the state and the President A. L. ist, W. K. Newell, of Portland, and exact situation. Briggs has also given notice of his the district commissioners. resignation. It is not known where Professor Briggs will go from the Open Bids at Klamath. Drain school. Klamath Falls Bids were opened recently for extension of the South May Rebuilt Woolen Mill. Branch canal of the Klamath project. Albany Jacobs Bros., owners of This work comprises seven miles of main canal, which will connect the the Oregon City woolen mills, are con present canal with the Adams ditch in sidering a plan of rebuilding the old They the vicinity of Merrill. Two bids were woolen mill plant in Albany. received for the entire contract, and were here recently inspecting the site SULTAN STARTLES TURKEY. other bids were received on schedule of the old mill, which was destroyed by fire in 1904, and announced that Will Throw Off Conventionalities and covering portions of the work. The they would rebuild the plant and estab board of engineers will decide upon be One of the People. awarding the contract in a few days. lish a big mill here if local capital Constantinople, July 29.—As a cli- All of the bidders are prepared to rush would take an interest in the enter max of the most remarkable series of work as soon as the contract is let, and prise. kaleidoescopic revolutionary changes in all probability water for the Adams in the history of Turkey that have suc system will be carried through the PORTLAND MARKETS. ceeded each other in rapid succession main canal next year. during the past two weeks, Sultan Ab Wheat Club, 86c; red Russian, 84c; dul Hamid II issued an ipmerial irade Shipping Wool. bluestem, 88c; valley, 86c. today that changes the entire social Elgin Now that the wool sales are Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; roll existence of the imperial family in over the wool stored in the warehouse ed, $260/27;, brewing, $26. conformity with the reforms recently of the Elgin Forwarding company, is Oats No. 1 white, $26.50 per ton ; granted to his subjects. being shipped as rapidly as cars can be Henceforth Abdul Hamid, no longer obtained. From here the wool goes to gray, $26. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, despotic ruler of an absolute despotism Pendleton, where it is baled and then but constitutional monarch by his own loaded aboard the cars for Boston. The $140/15 per ton; Willamette valley, ordinary, $12; Eastern Oregon, $17.50; declaration, will live the life of a warehouse of the Elgin Forwarding mixed, $15; alfalfa, $12; alfalfa, democratic monarch who depends on rompany is an exceptionally busy meal, $20. the good will of the people for his place, and a large force of men is re- Fruits Cherries, 20/10c per lb.; power. quired to handle the work. apricots, $1 per crate; Oregon Alex The irade issued today declares offi ander peaches, 500/ 75c per box ; prunes, cially that Abdul, who has been a self Bandon Booklets Out Soon. $10/1.25 per crate; Bartlett pears, imposed prisoner in the imperial pal Bandon The booklets and other lit $1.7 5 per box; plums, 90c per box. ace for the past 21 years, will hence erature ordered by the Bandon Com Berries Raspberries, $1.10 per forth appear on the streets like any mercial club will be ready for delivery crate; Loganberries, 85c0/$l per crate; other “citizen” of Turkey. about August 20. C. H. Warren, black caps, $2.25. No less sweeping in its revolution manager of the Warren Publicity com Melons Cantaloupes, $2.506/3 per ary aspect is the second decree of the pany, of Portland, was asked to help crate; watermelons, 1 J 2 (a 1 c per irade, which announces that henceforth raise the necessary funds. Mr. War pound. princesses of the imperial family must ren and the committee succeeded in Potatoes New Oregon, $1.250/1.50 observe monogamy. They will not be raising more than was needed and the per 100 pounds; old Oregon, 50c per compelled or allowed to be simply the Commercial club has decided to double hundred pounds. chief of a harem, but must be queen in the order to 10,000 booklets. Vegetables Turnips, $1.50 per their household. sack; carrots, $1.75 per sack; pars The sultan has long been known to Rich Mineral in Curry. nips, $1.75 per sack; beets, $1.50 per fret under the bondage imposed on him Bandon A mining expert, B. C. sack ; beans, 7c per [siund ; cabbage, by the customs of his country and is Merrill, who has been prospecting in 2c per pound; corn, 30c per dozen; said today to be the happiest man in Curry county, has gone to San Fran cucumbers, $1,00 per box; lettuce, all Turkey. cisco, but will return about August 1 head, 15c per dozen; parsley, 15c per with a force of men to work on two dozen; peas, 4c per pound; peppers, Hisgen for President. veins of mineral, one of which he dis 10c per pound; radishes. 12’.c per Chicago, July 29. President Thos. covered himself. He says the mineral dozen; rhubarb, 10/2c per pound; spin Vico prospects of Curry county are extreme ach, 2c per pound ; tomatoes, Oregon, L. Hisgen, of Massachusetts. president John Temple Graves, of ly promising and he expects it to de $10/1.10 per crate; celery, $1.25 per Georgia. The above ticket was last velop into a great mining country. dozen; artichokes, 75c per dozen. night nominated by the Independence Butter Extra, 25c per pound; fan party at its first National convention. New Lumber Yards at Vale. cy, 24c; choice, 20c; store, 16c. The nomination of Mr. Hisgen was Vale The Vale Lumber company Eggs Oregon, candled, 240/24'..c. made on the third ballot, his chief has finished putting in lumber yards at Poultry Mixed chickens, 12'.¿c per competitors being Milford W. Howard, this place. The company is composed pound; fancy hens, 130/13'...c; roost of Alabama; John Temple Graves, of of parties from Union, who have mi ers, 90/10c; springs, 190/20c; ducks, Georgia, and Reuben Lyon, of New and enough timber to last them old, 12c; spring. 14c; geese, old, 8c; York. William R. Hearst had 49 years, at the present rate of cutting goslings, 100/11c; turkeys, old, 180/ friends who voted for him on the first It is a strong company and will be a 19c; young, 200/24c. two ballots. valuable addition to Vale’s business Veal Extra, 80/8'.>c per pound; or enterprises. dinary, 7O/7'.2 c ; heavy, 5c. Good Stroke of Business. Pork Fancy, 70/ 7 '.¿c per pound; or Albany and Linn Apple Fair. London, July 29. It is estimated dinary, 6c; large, 5c. that over 3,000 men were given em Albany—Albany and Lane county Mutton Fancy, 7'._,o/9c. ployment today when a large number are preparing for the annual apple fair Hops 1907, prime and choice, 4'., of factories were opened in conformity to be held some time late in the sea 0/5c; olds, 2o/2!.jc; contracts 90/10c. with the new British patent law. which son. The first of these fairs was held Wool Eastern Oregon average best, is effective today. The total output of last year. The success was so marked 10o/16c, according to shrinkage; val cipital is variously estimated at from that it was decided to again make a ley, 150/15 '.¿c; mohair, choice, 180/ 1125,000,000 to $300,000,000. showing of the county’s resources. lSj^C per pound. LEVEE GIVES WAY. WANT RE-ARGUMENT Government Will Try to Again Open Standard Case. WILL LET NO REBATERS ESCAPE Conference of Leading Government Attorneys With Bonaparte Results in Unanimous Decision. tain civil suits, it was announced by Attorney-General Bonaparte that an effort would be made to secure a re vision of the recent decision and opinion of the 1’nited States circuit court of appeals in the case of the Standard Oil company of Indiana and that an appli cation for a reargument of the ease and a motion for a modification of the opin ion would lie submitted to that court. Although no time is fixed, this action will be taken at the earliest possible moment, and th«» pending prosecution against the Standard Oil company and all other prosecution in which the giv ing or receiving of rebates is charged will be pressed to trial. The decision to take this action was unanimous on the part of five men whom tho attorney general called to the conference, namely, Solicitor-Gen eral II. M. Hoyt, of Washington: Ed win M. Sims, of Chicago; United States , district attorney for the northern dis trict of Illinois; James Wilkerson, of i Chicago, Mr. Sims’ assistant, and Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota. DEATH LIST ENORMOUS. Hongkong Typhoon Victims to Number 13,000. Known Causes Heavy Damage to Farm Land Hongkong, July 30.—The whole on San Joaquin. southern const of China is suffering Antioch, Cal., July 28.— Last night at 2 o’clock about 200 feet of the San Joaquin river levee gave way on the fertile Jersey island tract located east of here, flooding the entire isand, com prising nearly 4,000 acres. The loss will be about $50,000, and fall princi pally upon the Jersey Island company, although there are many small farmers who hold leases who will lose every thing, as their crops were all practi cally ready to harvest. Th<> Jersey Island company had 100 acres of the finest celery in the river section, estimated at 8,000 carloads, that would have been ready to harvest in about two months. There was also 500 acres of potatoes, besides other vegetables. Nothing will be saved. Besides this direct loss, all the ditches used fordraining the land will be ruined. Also thousands of young celery plants that were ready for plant ing are under water. It was intended to make this one of the largest celery fields in the state. from the effects of the terrible typhoon that swept over the China sea Monday night. Reports from Canton say that over 12,000 were drowned, instead of 3,000, as was at first reported, and that thousands of people of the coolie class are homeless. In Hongkong conditions are nlmost as bad. The immense public gardens are a total wreck ami houses hnv«« col lapsed all over the city. Over 100 Chi nese vessels were sunk in the harbor. The British river gunboats Whiting and Robin were damaged seriously and the French gunboats Argus and Vigi lante were battered in the storm. The Whiting is ashore ami will probably bo a total wreck. The Pacific Mail company’s fine new grairite building, just completed nt a cost of $500,000, was destroyed. The Pacific Mail steamer Persia was blown ashore at Kowloon on the main- laml near Hongkong, and the Mongolia, which had arrived in port but two hours before the storm broke, was in collision with the Portland A Asiatic Steamship company’s steamer Xumantia. Neither vessel, however, sustained serious dam age. ENJOINS ADVANCE IN RATE. JAPANESE HAVE ARSENALS. Georgia Judge Grants an Injunction Against Southern Roads. is Supplied Mount Airy, Ga., July 28. On ap plication of the Macon Grocery com pany, and other merchants and mer cantile corporations of the state, Judge Speer, of the United States court yes terday granted a preliminary injunc tion restraining the Atlantic Coast Railroad company, th«; Louisville & Nashville and the Nashville, Chatta nooga & St. Louis, the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific and the Southern Railway companies from put ting into effect the increased rates on shipments of staple products from Western to Southern points, which fin- railroads have given notice to the In terstate Commerce commission will take effect on August 1. Judge Speer will hear arguments on July 29 at Mount Airy. The increase, if carried into effect, the petition al leges, will cost the shippers and pur chasers in Georgia from $500,000 to $1,000,000 annually. It is known firearms aro d in many Speeches Strike High Note. London, .J^ly 28. Earl Grey, gov ernor general of Canada, in an official report to the earl of Crewe, secretary of state for the colonies, on the cele bration of the tercentennial of the founding of Quebec, says th«* speeches of Vice J’resident Fairbanks, of th«- United States, and the representative of France, touched a high note of friendship and good will to Canada and the crown. Earl Grey also mentions the great satisfaction f«-lt at th«- pres ence of the detachments of Ameircan marines in th«; review. Coiners in Coal Mine. Yusovo, July 28. While clearing away the ruins of the explosion in the Ripovsky mine, w'hich occurred early in this month and resulted in the death of nearly 290 men, the officers today found a set of counterfeiting tools and a quantity of spurious money. It is surmised that the counterfeiters may have been responsible for the disaster. fl <• of Ex-Governor Rudd V**rv Low. • u-kton ('■!. .fill« 30 The conili ,,f ex n .v rnor J-niw« II. 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