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-V CO J lty Courier: COURIER ESTABLISHED MAY, 1883 HERALD ESTABLISHED JULY, f893 I N DEFENCE NT ESTABLISHED 1898 OREGON CITY, OREGON, RIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1901 19th , YEAR, NO. 11 EDWARD HUGHES .182 Madison St., West end of Bridge, ' Portland, Oregon GENERAL AGENT FOR Aultman & Taylor's Celebrated Threshing Machinery Steam and Gas Engines, - Saw Mills, Etc CONSOLIDATED IMPLEMENT OOMP'Y SUCCESSOR TO . Grebe, Harder & . Co. 182, 184, 186 Madison Street, West End of Bridge, DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND VEHICLES wrv . '. - j if,i 1 -tss saiSi 3,vf Att. Remember we have the finest stock of the best makes to be found Portland, including Farm and Spring Wagons; Buggies, Carriages nd Carts, Mowers, Rakers, Tedders and Hay Tools, Hay Presses, Grain Drills, Plows, Cultivators, Disc and Spring Tooth Harrows, Pumps Harness, Bicycles, Etc. PORTLAND, OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK Friday, July 26. A terrific petroleum explosion wreck ed pr.rt of the city of Batuin, Russia. In Oklahoma, 170,000 persons have registered for the government raffle of 13,000 land claims. In Great Britain, the annual births are 249,000 less than they were a quarter of a century ago. The heat broke a few of the small ca bles in the great Brooklyn bridge at New York. In San Francisco, Judge Sloss has is sued an injunction forbidding the use of the word "unfair" for the purpose of interfering with nonunion men, and the beerbottlers' association has announced it will have nothing more to do with trade unions or union men. Near Reitzeburg, Transvaal, the Brit ish captured a Boer convoy and 25 prie- oners. The Lalrobe Steel Works of Chicago, 111., haye sent back to Alabama the 300 imported negroes. The democratic state executive com mittee of South Carolina has ejected Senator McLaurin from the party be cause he is a black republican. The imperial Chinese troops plunder ed 16 towns on their return trip to Pe kin. The territory ravaged by the for eign punitive expeditions has no effec tive government and is being terrorized by cosmopolitan bands of brigands. There is a large run of salmon in the Columbia and the canneries are putting up 10,000 cases a day. The' destruction by fire in Davenport, la., of the Weyerhauser sawmill prop erty and 40 residences caused a loss of $800,000. Multnomah county's schools cost last year $445,000. is raging near Saturday, July 27. In New York city, the strike of 70,000 garment workers has ended. Rains throughout Kansas. At Fairmount, W.Va., a negro miner killed two white women by shooting. In Manchuria, rebels are burning, pil laging and killing in many districts. At Gray's Harbor, Wash., four men were drowned by the swamping of a boat. A great forest fire Grant's Pass. Clatsop county has reduced its indebt edness $31,000. Benton is nearly out of debt. At Seattle, J. J. Hill of the Great Nor thern has bought 12 steamship's from Dodwell & Co. The Northern Pacific is sfid to be specially interested in the transaction. The body of King Edmund, last king of the East Angles in Great Britain.who reigned from 855 to 870, has been re turned to England, whence it was car ried off by Louis VIII of France about 700 years ago. For criminal assault on a 12-year-old girl, Frank Stone of Butte, Mont., has been sentenced to 45 years' in the peni tentiary. H. J. Grant, one of the 12 Mormon apostles and until recently a wealthy banker in Salt Lake City, has, in obe dience to the commands of the church dropped all business and left his home and family to Bpread Mormonism for two years among the heathen of Asia. Gibson Bowles, conservative, in a speech before the English parliament stated that unless peace were made in South Africa before spring, extremely grave complications would confront Eng land in Europe. He intimated that Ger many and Russia were interesting them selves in the cause of the Boers. A Pretoria dispatch states that "Stein acker's Hotse was routed by a Boer force. Sunday, July 28. Another steel combination has been formed with the American Steel Casting Co. of Chester, Pa., as the nucleus, with more than $15,000,000 as initiatory cap ital. Two B'iptifit missionaries returned from Yokohama state there is a great religious awakening in Japan. An explosion of fire dmp at the new water works of Cincinnati Beriously wounded eight men. In an effort to save women and chil dren from a burning building at Louis ville, Ky., Max Belovitch.a cigarmaker, and James Pruden, a policeman, were burned to death. The Cured Fruit Association of Cali fornia expects a rise in the price of dried prunes. At Dallas, Or., Mrs. E. T. Hatch hav ing becoming tired of life on account of ill health, committed suicide by drown ing in a well. By falling over a precipice, while climbing the Matterhorn, Switzerland, two of an English party of four were killed. At Peoria, 111., Martin DeBruyn shot and killed his wife and then fired a bul let into his own heart. A London company which has 45,000" acres of Kogue Kiver timber land, har bors the project of building a railroad from Medford to Port Orford, the wind iest spot in Currv county . " The high tariff bill introduced in the German reichstag will, if it become a law, seriously interfere with Germany's foreign commerce. Near St. Paul, Minn., tramps held up Nels Peterson and Ben. Anderson on the railway track, beating Peterson and kill ing Anderson. . i The NebrasKans' prayer day for rain has become a day of joy and thanksgiv ing.for the cloudsiave sweat profusely. Monday, July 29. The Vienna Fremdenblatt says that if Germany wishes a tariff war, Austria, Russia and the United States will be ready to undertake it. A heavy rain and wind storm did se rious damage throughout a large portion of North Dakota. At Monticello, Fla., Simon Williams, a murderer, in trying to break jail shot and killed lteputy Sheriff Kilpatrick and was himself ehot dead by another officer At Muncie, Ind.. Peter Tillbury called on Mrs. Mary Torry tonight and, be cause she would not marry him, threw carbolic acid in her face, which burned out her ee and frightfully burned her breast, neck and arms. A slight quarrel between two boys near Memphis, Tenn., resulted in a diul with rifles in which o: e of the boya was killed and boi h their fathers had their legs broken by rifle' balls. The 535 nailers and packers in the 22 Minneapolis flour mills ask an increase of wage. In a riot at King's mines near Cam bridge, O., one man was killed by a ne gro and several were dangerously hurt. Under a law of 1887, Indians have spe cial privileges and will file on the best lands in the Oklahoma reservation tract. A Chinese rebel army of 25,000 in the southwest of Chi LI province, which is well armed, ha? captured all the imper ial supplies sent overland from Pekin. Anti-clerical demonstrations took place in Madrid, Saragossa and Barcelona, Spain. Police charged the crowds. ' According to Asiatic advices, Japan's government is in great difficulty .because the empire's resources are insufficient for the. heavy military expenditures, and possibly the country is drifting into a war with Russia, but whatever the out come might be, Japan will,, ere many years pass, be compelled to fight for ex istence at heme. Russia is planning to absorb Corea, regardless of Japan' s or England's protests. Continued on Page Seven. Teachers' Exatninctlon. Notice is hereby given that the county superintendent of Clackamas county will hold the regular examination of ap plicants for state and county papers at the court house, Oregon City, as fol lows : FOR STATE PAPERS, Commencing Wednesday,. August 14, at 4 o'clock. Wednesday Penmanship, history, spelling, algebra, reading, school law. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, book-keeping, physiC9,civil government. Friday Physiology, geography, men tal arithmetic, composition, physical geography. Saturday Botany, plane geometry, general history, English literature, psy chology. FOR COUNT? PAPERS. Commencing Wednesday, August 14, at 9 o'clock, a. m., and continuing un til Friday, August 16, at 4 o'clock. FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE CERTIFI CATES. Wednesday Penmanship, history, or thography, reading. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar school law. Friday Geography, mental artithme tic, physiology, civil government. PRIMARY CERTIFICATES. Wednesday Penmanship, orthog raphy, reading. Thursday Art of questioning, theory of teaching, methods. Friday Arithmetic, physiology. J. C. ZlSKER, Superintendent df Schools. Oregon City, July 29, 1001. When you visit Portland don't fail to get your meals at the Royal Restaurant, First and Madison. They serve an ex cellent meal at a moderate price ; a good square meal, 15c. W. . 10MAN Agricultural Implements and Vehicles 210-214 FRONT STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON. BUGGIES BUGGIES Being crowded fbr space in my warehouse, I will sell the buggies and spring wagons f now in stock at prices that defy competition. Come early and secure a buggy before - the stock has been picked over. NEW MODEL "STEEL BEAUTY," I have a stock of these balers on hafnd that I will sell at reduced prices Call and investigate for yourself. 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Our Busch and Gerts Piano has all the merits of the finest Piano made, and yet costs less than three other famous makes. Price $315.00. THE RIGHT PAPER Your room has limita tions. The right paper will improve it, the wrong paper will mark it. The color and figure ara both important. Our variety is great enough to enable us to just suit you and your room. You'll be pleaeed at the range of de signs and prices. DOES THE WORK flltl mm KM I; 4 t "JuwraRinafc It isn't bard wort to run the Climax Machine The machine does the work for yotu It is perfect ly adjusted, the wheels work easily, the stitch is even and threading simple. You couldn't have a better friend, and our terms enable you to buy without much cash. Price $25.00. A SIMPLE PICUTRE Looks well if it has a prop er frame. We'd like to make the sort of a frame that will give to your picture the best appearance. Our knowledge and stock will help to ornament the walls of your house. We'd like to talk to you about it anyway. 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