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HURRICANE IN S O U T H . Millions o f Dollars Damage Done and Probable Loss o f Life. IHRIQATION A S S O C IA T IO N . C O B A L T IN G RA N T. Annual Moating at Hood Rlvar O cto le T o Be Found in No Other Section ber II and 12 Promiaaa Wall. o f United States. Tlia fourth annual meeting ol the Salem — According to tiie statistical Oregon I miration association w ill )>a Information furnialiewl Labor Comxiia- liald at llooti Kivar in connection with sioner Hoff, by tiie United States geo the Hood Hlvar Valley Fruit lair, Oc logies! snrvey bureau, at Washington, tober II ami 12, 1 MOO, and all who are D. C., tiisrs ars 2,170 mines of differ interaeted in furthering the irrigation ent kinds lu tiie state of Oregon, under movement which at tide tim e ineane ao «levelopineut, the greatei mini her of much to ttia development ol tiia atate, which are golil and copper, while in are invited to l>e preennt and partici some portions of tiie state deposits of pate in the work of thia organization. some kinds of mineral are found which The appointment of delegatee w ill lie do not exist elsewhere in tiie Uniteil ae lollowa: A ll atate olliciala, indud States. Notable among these latter are ing metulrera ol the legialative aaaem- tiie cobalt mines of Gran* county, raid hlv, senator* and memitera u( rongrene, to lie tiis only discovery of this valua including memhera of congreae elect ble mineral to have been found in tbe and aenatora nominated, the mayor of country. all citiea, the preeidenta of tiia atate Cobalt is used extensively and is of univeraity, atate agricultural college great value for color» g purposes and in and atate normal arhoole. ahall he oon- tiie arts. It is found in combination aidered e* officio memltera of the aaao- with copper, carrying a large per cent ciation, and delegatee ahall he appoint of gold. In liis forthcoming biennial ed aa followa: Fifteen hy the governor report, Labor Commissioner Hoff will of the atate, ten hr the mayor of the comment upon this statistical data as city of Portland, five hy the mayor of follows: each other city in tire atate, five hy the " A large number of the mines given county judge of each county and five hy in the (aide are not operated, some each chamber of commerce, board of having been abandoned, and many are trade or otiier commercial body or reg in tiie first stages of development, on ularly organized irriation, agricultural, account of (be lack of capital to carry horticultural or engineering society ou tiie work. Considerable harm has within tire atate. been done the mining interesst of the It ia reepectfnliy urged that in the state iiy unscrupulous promoters who, appointment of delegatee, | ersona ahall hy ‘ wildcatting,’ have succeeded in lie selected who are sincerely interested swindling many unsuspecting investors in tiie subject and who are likely to at and are responsible for retarding tiie tend the convention, and tiiat appoint development ol the industry generally. ments shall lie marie as early aa |x>ealhle. "T iie principal mining comities in Tiie appointing powers will please the order of tiie number of miners em have the full na.ne ami pnatolfice ad ployed are: Raker, Josephine, Ja«'k- dress of their appointees mailed to the ron, Grant, I.ane, Douglas and Coos. secretary, A. King Wilson, at his office Other counties have extensive mining in tiie Chamber of Commerce building, Interests, and (he industry, already of Portland, immediately upon appoint some magnitude, w ill continue to grow. ment being made. At pr«*sent there are about 3,370 min Information of every character rela ers in tiie state wiio draw an average tive to tills meeting w ill lie furnished wage of «3 per day. Estimating that hy the secretary. they work, on an average, two-thirds A partial program has already been of tiie time, the amount paid them arranged a* follows: annually in wage« ia $1’ ,022,000. " "Irrigation Under the Caiey Act in the Iteechutea V a lley ," Jesse Stearns, Farmers Catch Salmon. attorney for D. I. A P. Co.; “ Need of Arlington— Tiie John Day river, a legislation in Oregon on the Subject of Waters," John H . I.ewia, state engineer; few miles west of Arlington, is simply “ Irrigation for Humid Regions," (Oct. alive with fine big salmon, and farmers 12) Prof. F‘ . L. Kent, dairy instructor, aie catching them there each day by <>. A. C .; "Irrigation Conditions in the wagon load. It is expected tnat at Malheur County, Oregon." F. W. Met least 10.(Mill of then«- Hub will be cap calf, manager famous Arcadia farm; tured in that stream within the next "F ru it Growing on Irrigated Lands," two weeks. J udd ( teer, of Cove, Oregon; “ Some Legal Phases of Irrigation ," John H. PORTLAND MARKETS I. awrey, attorney, Pendleton; "Ir r ig a Wheat— Club, b4(3«6c; blnestem, 67 tion in tiie Willamette V a lley ," Grant II. Dimirk, county judge, Clackamas «tHKc; valley, 67@68c; red, 61(<rti2c. Oats— No. 1 white, «24(324 60; gray, county; "Irrigation in the Rogue River V a lley ," J. W. Perkins, member of 122(«423 per ton. Barley— Feed, «20(321 per ton; brew legislature, Jackson county. ing, «21 BOfl 22, rolled, « 22. Rye— «1.36 per cwt. Working Old Hammersley Mine. Corn— Whole, «27; cracke«!, «28 per Grants Pass — The old Hammersly mine, in the Jump-Off Joe district, is ton. Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, «10 <§ again tiie scene of active mining opera tions, after lying id's for a nnmber of 11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, years. R. G. Smith, of this cily, has • 12«rl4, clover, «7(3 7.60; cheat, «7(3 a force of men at work, and the stamps 7 50; giain hay, «7 ; alfalfa, «10; of the old m ill are again dropping on vetch hay, «7(37.60. Emits— Apples, common to choice, good ore. The old pile of tailings, of which there are in tiie neighborhood of 25w75c per box; choice to fancy, 75c 350 tons, is l>eiug run through a cyan (n «i.2 5 ; grapes, Oregon, 60(<i75c per ide plant which lias been erected. Tiie crate; peaches, 7 6 c(3 «l: pears, 75c(Si tailings, according to assays, carry $11 «1.25; crab apples, «1(31.25 per box; in gold, and as the expense of working prunes, 26(<f50c pei box Melons— Cantaloupes, «lo r 1.25 per them is small, a handsome profit will crate; watermelons } 4 of lc per pound; be realized. casabas, «2.50 per crate. O. A. C. Starts Well. Vegetab'es— Beans, 5ot7c; cabbage, Corvallis— In spite of the fact that lt £ @ 2c p e r ponnd; cauliflower, «1(3 the O. A. C. opened early this year, 1.26 per dozen; celery, 50(390c per the first two days showed the largest dozen; cucumbers, 15c per dozen; egg enrollment for a similar time in the plant, 10c per pound; lettnee, head, history of tiie institution, 498 being en 20c per dozen; onions, 10(312 ‘« c per rolled and many are still coming. This dozen; pea«, 4(<r5c; bell peppers, 5c; enrollment is an increase of 56 over pumpkins, l 34c per pound; spinach, last year. At this rate an enrollment 4(35c per pound; tomatoes, 40 (it 50c of more than 900 will be reache«! this per box; parsley, 100<fl6c; sprouts, 8c year. W itli an expectation of this four per pountl; squash, 1' 4c per pound; new professors and assistant professors turnips, 90c(3«l per sack; carrots, «1 have been added to tiie faculty. Very Oi l . 25 per sack; beets, «1.25(31.50 per noticeable among the new students is sack; horseradish, 10c per pound. O nions— Oregon, «1(31.25 per hun tiie increase in the number of high school students, several coming from dred. Potatoes — Oregon Burbanks, deliv the Portland high school. ered, 80of90c; in carlots f. o. b. coun try, 76(<i>80c; sweet potatoes, 2>4c per Teach Spanish in University, Eugene — The University of Oregon pound. Butter— Fancy creamery, 2 7 }« (330c has established a new department, that of romance languages, which w ill he per pound. F-sgs— Oregon ranch, 29c per dozen. under the charge of Dr. Timothy C'lo- Poultry — Average old hens, 14:3 ran, who has just returned from a year’ s travel in France and Hpain. 14 '« c per ponnd; mixed chickens, I S 1« Heretofore the university has offered (314c; spring, 16c; old roosters, 9(3 mimes in French, with tiie instructor 10c; dressed chickens, 14(315'„ c ; tur under tiie direction of Professor F. G. keys, live. 16(321c; turkeys, dressed, G • Schmidt, professor of modern lan choice, 21(322,2c; geese, live, 9(310c; guages and literatures. Hut with the ducks, 14(315c. Hops — 1906, 15(317c per ponnd; coming of Dr. Cloran Spanish w ill be addeil to the university curriculum, 1905, nominal; 1904. nominal. Wool— Eastern Oregon average best, and there will he opportunity for broad er work in the department of Germanic 15(319c per pound, according to shrink 20(322c, according to language and literature under Professor age; valley, fineness. Schmidt. _________ Mohair— Choice, 23(330c per ponnd. Offers Big Ranch for Sale. Veal— Dressed, 5 '2(38c per ponnd. Beef— Dresse«! bulls, 3c per ponnd; Athena— J. J. Raulstone has placed A il large ranch on the market. He lias cows, 4 'a(<t6S,c; country steers, 5(36c. 1,100 acres of the very beet wheat lands Mutton— Dressed fancy, 7(38c per in Umatilla county, has farmed it for rvmnd; ordinary, 5(36c; lamb«, fancy, many years and reaped a fortune. The 8(38 Sic. Pork— Dressed, 7($8}*c per pound. .price asked ia 176 an acre. I/inisvillr, Ky., Kept. 28.— The trop ical hurricane which for the past 24 hours haa been churning the waters of tiie Gulf of Mexico and doing much damage cn the coaet and far inland, is whipping through Nortti Alabama in a northeasterly direction at a velocity hut aiightly less than that cf 45 to 60 miles an hour, recorded in New Or leans «luring the day. • Report* re ceived hy tiie Associate«! Presa do not indicate any loss of life, hut the dam age to propertty over the territory touched hy the storm is something enormous. A il wire communication is seriously disarrange«! and in some instances has resulted in cutting of! cities complete ly, Mobile not having bene heard from in nearly 24 hours. Numerous washouts have occurred the interroution from this cause in/jne case exUtiding for 30 miles. Pensacola, wiiere tbe maximum ve locity of wind was probably felt early this morning, reports a property lose of «3,000,000 in the city alone, arid sends rumors of loss of life, which it is im possible to confirm. Tiie dart age to railroads ia very heavy. Reports to the officials of the l.otiisvil’ e A Nashville road from the superintendent of tiie M-ibiile and Montgomery divisions indicate that the loss approxiuat-s «1,000,000. The tracks la-tween Flomatori, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., are obstructed in many places and in some places badly torn up hy falling trees. At Pensacola, tiie Louisville A Nash ville grain elevator has been destroyed and tiie entire trackage to Ktcambia bay is ruined. Tbe railroad wharf at Pensacola is reporte 1 to be a total loss and 39 cars of coal of tbe company was washed into tiie bay. Biloxi, Miss., and Moss Point, Miss., have not been heard from for 24 hours. Moss Point reportetl the water five feet deep in the streets of the little town at 10 o’clock Wednesday night. There was a heavy rain an«l high wind at Montgomery, Ala., during the day, but no serious damage was done. A gale is blowing at Birmingham to night after a day of steady rain, which lias Oeen continuous for 36 hours. V I A T K A IN GENERAL RE VO LT. Peasants Resist Army Enrollment, Kill and Disarm Police. Ht. Petersburg, Kept. 28. — Grave agrarian disorders have broken out in the province of Viatka, the center of the disturbance being tbe important district of Maimuish, with a popula tion of over 100,000, where the inhab itants of more or less villages have joined in the uprising have disarmed and expelled the police and are pillag ing anil destroying the residences of the landowners and devastating tbe coun try. It is rumored at Viatka that tbe administrative police chiefs in the Maimuish district and eight of their subordinates have been killed. The excesses began September 20, with a riot over tiie enrollment of army reserve men lor the automobile set vice. At tbe village 0« Mulnami a body of peasants attacked the enrollment sta tion, killed a sergeant and six rural po licemen, mortally wounded the assist ant police chic! of the district and de stroyed the list of reserve men. The Viborg manifesto is thought to he more directly responsible for the disorders than anything else. It had a wide circulation in Viatka province, ami its exhortation to tiie peasants to refuse to do military service was spread by the members of the outlawed parlia ment from Viatka. Make Final Effort. Havana, Sept. 28. — The Modeiate party last night decide«) to make a final effort to perpetuate the authority of tiie Palma adaiinistration by deter mining to reject the resignation of the preeuient alien presented to congress today. When this decision was reach ed, Secretary of War Taft and Assist ant Secretary of State Bacon, the Amer ican commissioners, had already con clude«! to intervene, hut they agreed to await today’s developments, as they are anxious to afford the Cubans evety opportunity to work out their own sal vation. ---------------------------------------- 1 — Salt Trust Raises Price. New York, Sept. 28.— The Interna tional Salt company yestertlay raised its prices on all grades ol salt approxi mately 60 cents per ton. This is said to be the third raise within a period of three months. The reasons given are that the shutting down of two of the largest producing plants in the Utica district has cause«! a shortage in the supply, that the demand is unprece- ilentedly large and that much difficulty has been experimcetl recently in se curing cars in which to transport the product. Estimate* o f Lots at Hongkong. Manila, Kept. 28.— Chinese newapa pers received here today estimate the loss of life reenlting from the typhoon at Hongkong, September 18. at 10,000, and the lose of the flihing fleet and tbe damage to property at from «3,000,000 to « 10,000,000. TALK WITH REBELS Mediators Agree With One Side and Submit Plans to Other. UNWILLING TO SWALLOW DOSE Taft and Bacon Tell Government o f Terms Arranged With Lead er* o f Liberal Party. Havana, Kept. 25.— An unsatisfacto ry conference was held at the palace last flight by President Palma, Becre- tary of the Treasury Fontsy Kterling, Becretary of Ktate O’ Farrill, Frey re Andrade, speaker of the lower house, Hecretary of War Taft and Mr. Bacon, Consul General Kteinhurt and Captain McCoy, when tbe mediators called the attention of tbe Cuban administration to tbe statns ol the p-ace negotiations with the I.iberr ■ ind insurgent*. The conference adjourned at 11 o’clocx to be resumed today. The peace terms propose«! are known to tie against the government. The visit to the palace of the American commissioners was therefore not par ticularly pleasant. On departing, Mr. Taft announced that the conference ha«l refiu I ted only in exchange of opinions and that another meeting was neces sary. The big doors of the palace clos ed as usual at 11 o’clock, but the presi dent and members of the cabinet re mained in conference long after that hour. At the conclusion of a long conference between a committee of the insurgents of eight members and the American peace commissioners, the insurgent committee announced that there was practically no difference remaining be tween it and Messrs. Taft and Bacon, and that they would receive a draft of the peace terms W»lay. These probab ly would be agreed to at a meeting to be beld in the Presidio, where the pris oner members of the committee sre confined. Mr. Taft said be could give no de tails of what transpired at tbe confer ence, for the reason tiiat it was neces sary to treat with the government lead ers and that the publication of tbe peace proposals might interfere with their prompt acceptance. The absence of a definite statement from the commissioners makes it im possible to say whether the plans cairv the resignations of the present admin istration and tbe congressmen elected last year or not. There is a strong im pression that Mr. Palma w ill remain and re-organize the cabinet, but that new elections w ill be beld for half the senators and representatives, in other words those who were electeii last year, and possibly also for provincial officers. P A L M A Q U IT S JOB. Will Thus Force intervention by the United States. Havana, Kept. 26.— The Cuban re public stands on the verge of a second period of American intervention. The Moderate party, which six weeks ago was in control of every office tn the is land, national, provincial and munici pal, ia determine«! to abdicate every thing and compel the United Ktates to intervene. In fact, every goverrmsnt official from President Palma dowu is sincerely anxions to force such inter vention rather than yield to any one of the terms offered by the Liberal party and those in arms against the govern ment. The Liberal leaders characterize the condnct of the government aa treason to the republic, while Secretary of War Taft regards it as an unwarranted and dishonorable attempt to force the hand of the United Ktates into intervention. This, it has been stated, is precisely what President Roosevelt has been most anxious to avoid. Kenor Palma has called a special ses sion of congress for Friday, when he will present the resignation of himself and Vice President Mendez Capote. The Moderates, however, w ill not at tend that session of congress, for in their hurriedly called National Mod erate assembly yesterday afternoon they decide«! unanimously simply to quit forthwith. They will not even at tend tiie approaching session or have anything more to do with the govern ment of Cuba, alleging that they have been unjustly treated by Mr. Roose velt's commissioners. FOREIGN IM P O R T S E X E M PT . Moody's Opinion on Meat Inspection — New Rule* for Exports. Washington, Kept. 26.— A decision has been reached by the department ol Justice that the meat inspection law recently enacted by congress does not apply to foreign products shipped into this country. This opinion was pre pared several days ago and submitted to Attorney Genera! Moody. He con curred, it is understood, in the opinion prepared by the department. The acting secretary of commerce and labor today promulgated certain rules regarding the e^pjrtation of meats and meat products, prescribing the manner of inspecting carcasses and the issuance of certificates, labels, etc. The rules require that both the orig inal and duplicate certificate shall be delivered to tbe exporter, who shall file the original witb tbe customs offi ce! and tbe duplicate with the con signee, to be u*ed by the latter in iden tifying the shipment at the point of destination by comparison with tbe original. Clearance is to be denied to any ves sel carrying meat prcxfucts for exporta tion where regulations have not been strictly complied with. The rules will go into effect on October 1. LU M BER T R U S T ALARMED. C AU SE S H O R TA G E OF C O AL. Federal Investigation Expected to Re sult In Reduction o f Prices. San Francisco, Kept. 25.— The Fed eral grand jury w ill commence its in vestigation of the lumber trust October 2. United States District Attorney Devlin has completed his investigation of the great combine and its methods, and he is satisfied that a trust does ex ist. A il tbe information in the pos session of the government prosecutor w ill be turned over to the jury. There are many witnesses to be examined in the case, and these w ill he subpenaed to appear before the body during the course of the investigation. Lumbermen state that the price of timber has reached its highest mark and the action ol the government w ill probably cause a decline. An authori ty on tiie situation this morning stated that lumber prices will drop November 1, and the succeeding months w ill see a gradual decline in ai) grades of build ing material. This lumberman states that the decrea«e is partially due to the settlement of the sailors’ strike. He says that timber can now be brought into Kan Francisco at much lower rates than heretofore, and can also be hand led much more rapidly. Railroads Refuse Cars and Boost the Price to Consumers. Balt Lake, Sept. 26.— That the rail roads are to blame for the high price and periodical shortage of coal in Salt L a ie was the conclusion to be drawn from the testimony presented before Char'.ee A. Prouty, of the Interstate Commerce commission today. The in quiry was adjourned until Thursday morning at 10 o’clock when^it w ill be resumed in Denver. Mark Hopkins, who opened two coal mine« at Cumber land, Wyo., was sworn as an expert today. He said that coal could be placed in care at Wyoming and Utah mines for «1 a ton anil allow a reason able profit. Tbe present price on board care is «2 a ton. 8alt Lake dealers pay «3 75 for the coal laid down ^andj the consumer pays «5.25 a ton. P. J. Quealy, manager of the Kem- merer, Wyoming, coal company, and Thomas Sneddon, superintendent of the Diamondville mines, admitted that their output could be increased to pre vent the annual winter shortages, but said that the railroads did not furnish cars to carry a larger product. An attempt was made to show that the Union Pacific railway carries sup plies for its mines at a lower rate than that quoted to independent operators, New Route for Chinese. St. John, N. F .f Sept. 25.— An Amer hut this was not substantiated by di ican yacht, claiming to hail from New rect testimony. York, left Placentia Sunday having Army Is R e a d y . ______ aboard 42 Chinese, whom it is suppose«! she is trying to smuggle into Canadian Oyster Bay, Sept. 26.— Plans for the or American ports. The Colonial transfer of troops from the United cruiser Neptune has been di«patched in States to Cuba in event of the failnre quest of her, and has been instructed to of Secretary Taft’ s mission to bring seize her for alleged violation of the about a peaceful solution of the trouble Colonial laws in embarking passengers in the island republic have been com without a permit. This is the third pleted. The final step was taken to yacht in these waters daring the pres day, according to an unnonneement ent summer to be suspected of this made here tonight, when the transport practice. Sumner, now lying at the New York navy yard, was put in commission. Negotiations are already under way for Soldiers Induced to Desert. Ran Francisco, Kept. 25.— A grave the acquisition of merchant steamers to problem is said to be facing the m ili be uee«l as transports. tary authorities in this city. Koldiers Adds to Montana Reserves. are repurted to be deserting in large numbers, and the reason given for the Washington, Sept. 26.— The secre increase in abandoning the colors is tary of the interior today withdrew ■sid to be due to the fset that employ from entry 380,000 acres ef land in the ment agents are luring men from the Kalispell, Mont., land district, which Berries br offers of big pay tor small are to be added to the Lewis and Clark ■ervloe in e iril life. and Kootenai foreet reeervea.