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Items of Interest From All Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
K Brief Review of the Growth and Improve
ments of the Many Industries Through
out OurThrivIm Commonwealth.
Dh.'rlri.in Tho flnnnt nt Bhorldnn la
Mnlshed.
Coqullle It Ib proposod at Cotiulllo
0 organize a Are company.
Table Rock The Tablo Ilock Irrl
gating Ditch Company will soon begin
work of cleaning and repairing its
tltchos.
Cald Mountain Tho now quartz
nlll ot tho Bald Mountain mlno
started up last week.
Rltter Tho floor waBjilown oft tho
suspension foot brldgo at Itittor bov
oral days ago by wind.
Hood Rlvei Tho prospects of tho
strawberry crop at Hood Rlvor aro
good, and thoro Is nn Incronsod acre
age. Union A plan for starting a froo
reading room nnd library at Union
Is being porfneted by womon of tho
city.
Milton Tho Offnor Fruit Tacking
Company, of Walla Walla, contom
plates oroctlon of a largo warohouso
at Milton.
Klamath Falls Tho work of clean
ing out tho Klamath Falls lrrlaatlni:
ditch bogan this wcok. Tho ditch will
also bo widened.
Union A schomo la under way at
Union to erect nnd equip a two-story
brick building for tho uso of a town
commercial club.
Qreonhorn It Is reported that tho
Intor Mountain group in tho Green
horn district has been sold to a syndi
cate of California capitalists.
Qold Hill Oj Lano will havo 25 or
30 tons of oro crushed at Humason &
Chonoy'B quartz mill at Gold 'Hill.
This oroN Is from tho Elslo mlno on
Ulackwell 11III.
Umatilla An O. It. ft N. frolght
train between Umatilla and Wallul.1
passed over a man who wns lylnj on
tho rails and crushed him boyoud rec
ognition. Granite Thoro Is no public, school
nearor tho Itod Boy mlno than at Gran
Ito, nnd application has boon mado for
a' now school district, with Red Boy as
tho center.
Condon A tUaiiBtraiin "nlli.nn" rnnb
plnco at tho sheop camp of S. B. Bar
ker, near Condon On a sdparatlon
of tho owes from tho lambs tho lattoi
nlled UD in a ditch, nnd 88 head wore
smothored.
Sumpter It !h roportotl from Sump
tor that tho Qolcondn mlno Is showing
another rich oro body, nnd that as un
derground dovolopmont continues
tho prospocts of, tho mlno grow bettor
each succeeding day.
Canyon City James Robinson, one
of tho oldest and best-known citizens
of Grant county, dlod at Canyon City
aftor a llngorlng Illness ot noarly 12
years. Deceased was born in Now
Brunswick, January 12, 1834,
Klamah Falls Tho Ashland-Klamath
Falls mall routo and schodulo has
been changed. It will hereafter bo a
daylight run, and tho routo from
Parker's station to Jenny crook will
uo over tho logging camp road.
Canyonvllle A company contem
plates building a flumo from Canyon
Creek, Ave miles south of Canyonvlllo,
to tho mines owned by Lewis Ash,
which are sltuted about halfway bo
tween Rtddlo and Canyonvlllo.
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat Walla Walla, BG57o; val
ley, nomlnat; bluestom, 59c per
bushel.
Flour Best grades 2.86f3.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.00.
Oats White, 1.25 per cental; gray,
fL20$1.22H Por cental.
Barloy Feed, $16.5017; brow
Ing f 16.50?17 per on. ' ' '
MUlBtuffs Bran, flG per ton; mid
dlings, 121.50; shorts, 117.50; chop,
116.
Hay Timothy, $12012 50; clover,
$709 50; Oregon wild hay, $607 per
ton.
Hops 1214c per pound; 1899
crop, 607c.
Wool Valley, 14015c; Eastern Or
egon, 9012c; mohair, 2O021o per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 22l025c;
dairy, 17&02Oc; Btoro, lO012c per
pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 130i3o per
dozen. .
Poultry ChlckenB, mixed, $3.5005;
hons, $505.50; dressed, 11012a' por
pound; spring, $400 per dozen;
dunks, $5C; geese $608 per dozen;
turkeys, live, 9010c por pound;
dressed, 1314c per pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins. 13ig
13c; Young America, J3014c
per pound.
Potatoes 45055c per sack.
Mutton Gross, best cheep, wethers,
$4.75; ewes, $404.50; dressed 607c
per pound.
Hogs Gross, cbolco heavy, 5g
$5.25; light, $4.7505; dressed, 607c
per pounu,
Veal Large, 77c per pouai;
amall. 8Hi?9e per pound.
Beef Gross, top saera, $4.504.7(5;
cows, $404.50; dressed beef, 78e
per pound.
ENGLAND CALLS A HALT.
arris China Against Signing Any
Private Treaty.
WASHINGTON, March 29. Tho
British government has protested
against China making a convention
with any power touching territorial or
financial matters uatll tho present
troubles In that country nto conclud
ed. Tho fact of tho Urltlsh protest
was mado known hero for tho llrst
tlnio today by a dispatch fiom ono of
tho) foreign oillcors of Europe. It says
tho protest vii3 mndo through Sir
Ernest Sntow, tho British mlnlstor at
Pokln. It doca not state when tho rep
resentations wore made, but from tho
fact that the dispatch was recolveil In
Washington today, it Is tnkon that tho
protCBtoccurrod within tho Inst day
or two;1 Although tho Russian ngroo
montils not specifically referred to, it
Is sttld to bo clear that tho British
action la dlrcctod against tho Russian
lagrcoment Tho langungo appears to
be similar to that used by Secretary
nuty 111 nils Amuncun iiruiusi. iiiu
effect of tho British action Is to place
tho 'United Stafos, Japan and Groat
Britain in formal opposition to tho
signing ot a convention by China with
any power ponding tho settlement ot
the 'Chinese troubles. Tho course of
Great Britain Is tho mor'o significant
from tho fact that tnat govornment
and Gormany havo a wrltton nlllanco
relating to Chlutso affairs.
Tho concurrence of tneso protosts
probably explains why tho Mancun
ian agreoment has not boon signed.
Thoro was no -Jountto information ro
cqlved hero toduy at tho Btnto depart
ment or at any ot tho foreign em
bassies ob to whether tho agreement
had Iboon signed or rjoctod. Thoro
was something- ot a stir In diplomatic
quarters ovr tho roport coming from
official sources that tho United States
waB considering tho ndvlsablllty ot ad
dressing Russia directly on tho sub
ject. Horetoforo, tho Amorlcnu objec
tions to tho Manchurlan agreoment
havojbeon addressed 10 China. Copies
were furnlshod tho Russian authori
ties. Sovoralyof tho foreign repre
sentatives advised tholr governments
that this stop wns contemplated by
tho United States, but thoro Is no of
ficial Information available as to how
far the consideration ot tho movo has
proceeded.
FLSODS IN NEW YORK STATE.
Much
Damage Caused to Property by
L High Water.
NEW YORK. March 29. From many
parts t the' atate come news tonight
of dapMM bR-Jlood,'. The waters ot
riyenajM, "Bjffv wsilUr tributary.
BtrcKlKiJHUgadMM
tneir reams, ammmmg iroaeepreaq in
undations which threaten to dostroy
much'proporty before thoy begin to
subside Up to midnight tho only no
cldeni, In which any ono was Injured
was tnat duo to tho washing out of a
culvert near Norwich ditching a Dql
aware' ft Lackawanna train, In tho
accident three people were slightly
. hurt.
This, rush of vator which Is swell
ing tho BtronmB is duo to hoavy rnlns
and tbo consequent molting of tho
snow which has lain for months and
has been deepor than usual In tho
central and western portions of tho
state. Tho Mohawk rlvor, swollon by
torrents of wator flowing from tho
Bnow-covered Adlronaacks, Is hlghor
than at any time in, almost 40 years,
and much fear was oxpressod at Utlca
during the day that tho rising wntors
would Interfere with railroad traffic
before tomorrow, but tonight's reports
show that the high point Is reached,
ana water is recoiling. tn waiura ui
tho Mohawk carried the Ice out of tho
rlvor at Schenectady, and the pressuro
thus mlloved has.secured Schonoctady
so far from sorious damage Tho
wator haB risen so high, howovor, that
Little 'Falls .reporte New York Con
tarl trains being run over tho West
Shore botwoen Frankfort and Utlca.
TJie. Gonesseo vnlloy Is afloat In
many tjplaces, tho Gcnossoe and its
tributaries not having boon so. full In
Ave years. A rise of 15 Inches In 12
hours Is an Indication of tho rapid
rate atwhich the .water Is flowing Into
Rochester and ihadjacent villages.
Much 'railroad property la already
under 'water.
DENMARK'S TERMS.
Conditions for the Sale of Weet Indies
to the United States.
LONDON, March 29,-r-The Dally
News publishes the following dispatch
from Hb Copenhagen correspondent:
"I am able to state, on the very best
authority, that Denmark has commu
nicated to the United States the fol
lowing conditions for the sale of the
Danish West Indies:
"Firatr $4,000,900 to bs paid to Den
mark. , .
"Seeend. the psfulatkm to decide
by vote whether to. reHsaln Danish or
to be transferred te.ifee United States.
"Third, It the', rote Unfavorable to
the UaHed State, than the Inhabitants
to beeome ImmedlateljTBot oely Amer
ican subjects, but American citizens.
"Fourth, products of the Island to
be admitted to the United States free
of duty.
"It it supposed ,here that Washing
ton wijLnot readily agree to the third
and ffffth conditions',".- '
q'ldsborough'a Trial Trip.
Seallp. MorpU" 2?,: Th nar 4V
partmeflt' has designated April 1 as
the day for the official. trial trip of
the tare'edo-boat destroyer Goldsbor
ough. which was built at Portland.'The
departstwnt odlcials have not yet an
nounod)iust where the trip will take
place, f
Theeils no doubt that tlip boat will
more ftian make the required time pf,
30 knetu. She has dbno some speedy
runnlatg upon the Sound that has made
It apparent that she will make' a fine
sbowlsW when she makes the trial
trip tfclt will determine whether' or
not sfct wH be admitted ' Into the
aavy a eeof the defeadewof Uncle
s Jfe
PIOT Mil! QiD
Attempt a Blow Up His Palace
Near St. Petersburg.
A MINE WAS DISCOVERED UNDER IT
Several Notabilities Are Implicated , In the
Conspiracy Nicholas Advlied to Take
a Yachting Tour, But It Afraid.
LONDON, March 28. A dispatch to
tho Exchango Tologrnph Company
from ParlB stntcs on tho highest au
thority that a mlno has boon discov
ered bononth tho palaco ot Emperor
Nicholas, nt Tzcnrskoo-Solo, 17 miles
south of St. Petersburg. Several nota
bles, tho dispatch furthor states, aro
Implicated In tho plot against his ma
jesty. Tho Russlnn press waB not por
mltted to montlon tho affair.
A dlspdtch from St. Petersburg to
Routers' Tologrnph Agency sayB thnt,
In consonnuco with what Ib believed to
bo tho czar's oxpressod wish, tho min
ister ot tho Interior baa published In
structions for tho authorities of tho
towns nnd provinces, rocommondlng
provontlvo measures against disturb
ances as being mora offocttvo than bo
vnro repression nftor dlsurbancoB havo
boon started.
Tho Birmingham Post, which Is
closely In touch with Josoph Chambor
lain, says nowB recolvod in high quar
ters In London Indicates that tho czar
h In n vory nervous Btnto, owing to
tho condition of tho political horizon.
K Is said thnt ho fonra tho result ot
tho policy of his ministers In tho far
eaBt, whllo tho studont troubles and
throats against hla life, of which thoro
aro moro than havo boon published,
havo completely unnorvod his majesty.
His medical advlsorfl havo strongly
counseled a yachting cruise, but tho
czar ban refused to follow tholr ad
vlco. Thoso behind tho Bcono In Rus
sia tako n very gravo vlow ot tho prcB
ont.agltntlon, and think It Ib tho begin
ning ot moro serious trouble.
For Suppression of Riots.
St. Petersburg, March 28. A circu
lar Issued by the minister of the in
terior blamee the police for not crush-
lJh. dencjPtil&UeM .at.UeeMtMti
by chtj dlspersloa of gathering crowds.
ft l eald the policy must learn where
and when demonstrations are planned,
and mass tholr forces thoro. Above all,
order must bo rostorod nt any cost,
and tho authorities must not fear to
uso tho nocessnry forco nnd sovorlty,
Tho military, tho circular furthor Bays,
can bo called upon when firing Is no
coasary, and tho cnvulry piny bo Bum
moned upon any occasion to cloar tho
streets.
Tho Russian Authors' Mutual Aid
Association, founded by tho Russian
Lltorary Society, has boon ordorad to
closo its promises, owing to a protost
of tho authorities during tho rocont
riots, Issuod a short tlmo ago.
A studont at tho St. Petersburg unt'
verslty, named Proskurlnkoff, who had
been sontoncod to two yoarB' military
Borvlco and draftod into a regiment
soon to lonvo for Turkestan, a woman
student named Smlrnova, and Lieu
tenant Kutness, of a Sapper battalion,
havo bcon found dead near Yaraaburg
in tbo St. Petersburg province Tho
studont hold a revolver, and it was ovl-
dont that tho three persona had com
mitted sulcldo.
Tho prcsB Is boglnnlng to display
unoaBlness on account of tho position
tnkon by Japan with rogard to Man
churia, although tho Bourso Gasotto
expresses Itsolf optimistically, declar
ing Its confidence that "this question
will nover becomo an applo of discord
botwoen the two mightiest Asiatic
powers,"
OLD WARSHIP HARTFORD.
Returns to New York After an Ab
sence of 26 Years,
NEW YORK, March 28. After an
absence from thoso waters of 26 years,
the famoua old warship Hartford Is
again at the Brooklyn navy yard, It
was In 187C that Admiral Farragut'a
old flagship waa laat seen In this port.
The Hartford was laid up for years at
the Mare Island navy ynrd, San Fran
cisco, until it was decidod to remodol
her and fit her out for service as a
training ship. The vessel Is now on a
training cruise, with a crew of 480
men and boys, most of them appren
tices. She will remain at the BrooHyr
yard for a week, undergoing some re
pairs, and then will resume her cruise,
11113 riuriioru auu ininj bhii rrnn
clsco about a year ago, Her cruise ox-
tended to Boston, She left that port In
July of last year on another cruise go
ing first to England, then to Holland,
Belgium, Franpe and Portugal, From
European ports she went to the Wont
Indies. Whllo there she waa ordered
toVenozuela. Returning from South
ern waters, sho stopped at Washing
ton, and from there wont to BoMnn,
coming to Brooklyn from the lutMr
port. When the Hartford leayii I1010
she will go on another Europoun and
West Indian crulso, returning to
Hampton Hands on October 1.
Whllo tho historic ship is ul the
navy yard a company of her bl'ioj.ick
ets will tako part in tho military tour
nament In Madison Square Garden.
Robbed a Country Bank.
Columbus, O., March 27. A tele
phone message from Somerset, Perry
county, received at tho police station
at 2 'A. M., stated that six men had
ridden into the city and blown open
I he safe InHhe local bank and secured
1,600 in money and a;large amount In
eonds, The robbers escaped.
A NEW PHA8E.
America May Be Deprived of a Voice
In the Settlement.
WASHINGTON, March 28. Whllo
attention hna boon centered upon tho
crisis connected with tho Manchurlan
agreoment, an onttroly now nnd Im
portant phnBo of tho Chlncso question
has bcon presented by tho action ot
tho ministers at Pokln in ngroolng
yesterday to submit to tholr various
governments whothor articles 8 and 0
of tho Chlncso protocol shall bo car
ried out by tho military authorities of
all tho powors lntorcstod In China, or
only by thoso powers who aro continu
ing to tako part In tho application of
tlicao articles. Tho action ot tho min
isters has boon communicated to sev
eral foreign embassies nnd legations
horo, nnd doubtless Mr. Rockhlll has
mado or will mako known tho Bnma
facts. Tho articles In quostlon aro as
follows:
"Arttclo 8. Tho destruction of the
torts which might obstruct frco com
munication between Pokln and tho sea.
"Article 9. Tho right to maintain
occupation of certain points, to bo de
termined by nn understanding among
tho powers, In ordor to 'obtain open
communication botwoen tho capital
and tho sea."
Thoso two questions npponr to In
volvo territorial affairs, nnd It may be
como of consldornblo moment whothor
tho determination ot such affairs Is to
bo loft with tho military authorities of
all tho powers or only with such pow
ors as continue tholr mtlltnry forces
In Chlnn.
In tho Inttor case, tho United States
govornmont may bo quietly but offoc
tually deprived of all volco In tho sot
tlomont of so much of tho Chlncso
question ns relates to tho determina
tion of tho strongth of tho military
forces to bo continued thoro In tho fu
ture by tho powors. It Is nlso possible
that an nffirmatlvo decision which
would oxcludo tho Unltod Statoa from
participation In the discussion ot this
important point might bo oxtondod to
put ub out of China altogether.
OBJECT TO NEW SCHOOL LAW.
Teachers Deem Change In Time fer
Making Contracts an Injustice.
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 28. The
full Import ot houso bill No. 0, passed
by tho logtslaturo toward the close ot
the Bosslon, has begun to dawn on the
state's educators, and It cannot be sal
that they are favorably Impressed wit.
11. rne dim ameaus BJMMa
-4H Ate iMhwveVal Iumui iJBFIlml
and went Jute effect imwssjately
Its approval by the governor.
Prior to that time school olocttons
woro hold on tho first Saturday In
May. Tho now Inw provides that they
shall occur on tho first Saturday In
Juno. It also provides that tho nowly
olectod ofllcors shall tako tholr posi
tions tho first Monday In Juno, and
thnt thoy aro to employ tho teachers
for tho ensuing your. Tho old law gave
tho retiring board tho right to employ
tho touchers for tho coming yoar, and
thin Is whoro tho "howl" will bo raised.
It has bcon the custom to employ
tonchera ns early In tho yoar as possi
ble BomotlmcB In February. In the
ovent that a toachor was not success
ful In securing a position from one
board, tho oarly re-oloctlon mndo It
posslblo for him to look olsowhoro.
Now all this will bo changed, because
tho Juno election will forco boards
of directors to mako tholr selections at
about tho samo tlmo. Already com
plaint of tho Injustico worked by tho
now Jaw has begun to bo mado to the
state superintendent's office, but, that '
onlclal Is powerless to remedy matters.
A DOUBLE EXPLOSION.
Serious Accident In a New Pennsyl-
vanla Mine,
CONNELL8VILLE, Pa., March 28.
Tho first mine explosion to occur In
tho now Klondike region ot Fayette
county happened today, One man was .
killed InBtnntly. flvo will die, and 10
aro burned and crushed so terribly
that It Ib doubtful If they will recover. '
The body of tho dead man Is miss
ing. Tho Injured men have been
brought to tho Cottage state hospital.
As a Tcsult ot tho explosion, the mine
is on Are. The cause of the explosion ,
was an accumulation of gas in the
heading of the Gatea mine, one of the
new mines opened up this winter by
tho American Steel ft Wire Company.
The Gates plant Is located just
across tho Monongahela river from
Masontown. When the explosion oc
curred at 9 o'clock yWs forenoon a
group of 1C miners feed gathered In a
cross entry about 606 feet from the
bottom of the shaft and 60 feet from
the face, awaiting the discharge oPn
blast. ' Tho charge of powder was put
Into the blast ns usual nnd touched oft
by Michael Goblo, tho blaster. In tbo
meantime a pocket of gaa had accumu
lated at the face and gradually drifted
out townrd the hoadlng. Tho same In
stant-tho fuse was touchod off there
wns a blinding flash which suddenly
filled tho entry in which tho miners
had taken refugo. There woro two ex
plosions. Tho first was so terrific that
It loft tho men dazod and stlffonod:
then thoro was another rush of air,
bringing with It a second puff ot gat,
nnd then another explosion,
Playing With Dynamite.
Chicago, March 28. As a rosujt of
stealing a stick of dynamite two Ptil
lull boys of Ha wthorno received prob-
ably fatal Injuries and several other ,
were burned and bruised, but not se
riously, The explosion occurred as tho chil
dren wero going home from school. v
Thirty of them stopped to Bee tho men
putting in tho Hawthorne sewer, The
children watched tho men blow up
some hardpan, and some, of the bqys.,
thought t would be fun to get some ol - ,
the sticks and see what they could de j
with them.
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