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Agriculture, mechanical engi neering, electric engineering:, household -science, pharmacy, school of mines, two years of modern languages: two years of JLatln allowod New buildings, neir aa , chlnery. military drill for men, physical culture lor women, nawly equipped gya nasiupi for all The Next Term Will Begin September 21, 1900 For catalogue address Thos M. Gatch, President, er John D. Daly, Beoretary Board of Receats. Corvallis, Oregon. K N Ceroival Visitors wrfM ;t Studefaaker Repository t Oce of tfce ipokite of Interest kx our city. Owt v riaadB andVaogtoeners are InTited p make oof rhemse 'headQuarters wh&e attending the CarahmL STUDEBAKER Crrisses, Warea Harxtess Bobeu oxi WW. ANYONE CAN DO IT. Yon have perfect control over the exprenlon rrhen joh plar tke plaHo br menus of a Pl&nola. Tlie art ! tie effects tkna obtainable aalce the Pianola enjoyable to those of critical mnslcal tastes. Aayone can play It. Drop in and ve'll show yon kovr. If you ir&at a piano, we sell the best The Stelxnyay and hc A. B. Chase. M. B. WELLS, Worthwest Acnt for th Aeolian Company ' . 1 353, 355 Washington Street opp. Cordray's, Porlland, Or. The Cear! Peace Sentiments. THE 'HAGUE, Sept. 10 Replying to the telegraphic-message forwarded to the Czar September 4, on the occasion of tho placing in the Foreign Office archives of the ratification of the agreements and treaties resulting from the peaco confer ence, His Majesty, after expressing his sincere thanks, concluded; N "God grant that the labors In which inese gentlemen have taken such Active part may serve as the basis for the'es tabllshment, even though in the distant lutura, of universal peace, which is -tho coal of Christian civilization." -, t fJ7THtST3T. POHTLAND, OR. AND CUTLfcKY Br Suppiies a specialty. aT WJJCHINGT6K sTlUaB'Pr Pure Mlt nftwm street SIe DIstrrblcrs for Oregeg Incorporated !. Jacket Etons, Capes, Victorias, Collarettes, Muffs, Fancy Neckwear, W1 H 320-338 E. iVforrisoii St, Another Plague Case 1b. GlasgoTT. GLASGOW, Sept 10 An official bulletin issued today shows an additional case of the bubonic plague. Th total to date Is 16 cases and 112 persons under observa tion. LIVERPOOL, Sept 10 Prom today, 24 hours' notice must be given to. the United States Consuls of vessels sailing forjthe United States. A special surgeon has leen attached to the consulatewIth I the object of examining all the crowsvof I outward-bound vessels, " I IWw W apwmiiws :& i m . THj iLjrf1" !i LT i:j"-TV?i5f j 5t-r irorf, -J?2t 'wit V. &&& : yf V2Mpff5aSOT.n I"1 3 ir, tf 1 -r f Tf - $ -CauafEyikeRats. ?' t .U e r '"X- fe,i jr&r' i- mT1 XrlyJAll,the-Wlers at the Fort vWjre Drewaea ShippiairPtled .VJ J t l'j& HOUJITON. Tex.. SanL 1W.-Th first s- ports fthoappalUng disaster which hasH strlciien -the-OIty of Galveston do rnot .seem. "to havafeeaii fnasrnifleit. firrmmii- . .is : is.-, r" i fflWf S?'. . 'Z ?!?' an reports tonlghtiBdlcatethat'' the Hatas will exceed GOO, while the prop- ertf Ios cannot "bo estimated, although xvnrur reacn several million aoiiars: f -The iBHrlal of the dead .has, already .ie- CThe lst is only a parffeoneand names, of all who perished In Satur day's great 'storm -will never be knowif"' At the"Jicaiy barracks near San Antonio a report Js jiirrent-that more than 100, TTnftea Stjttes sold!ersvlost their, Uyea In GalVestoa. The repprt, however, lacks confirmation, u. : . Today a mass -meeting was Ji&A, and i liberatcontrlbutlohs were mads tQ"rvthe lmaBate relief of the destltutejGov eraefl1 Sayera appealed to President j: KtolfV for aid. This appeal waa mt by a.presipt response from the President, Who "itated that 10,000 tenia, and 60,000 rations had been ordered to. Galveston. Governor Say era also addrepsod an r ap peal to each municipality. In the state, asking for prompt assistance In caring -for the sufferers, Teiegg'sfss'- of Inquiry and ielp have 'been pouring in throughout thfe ddy and Bight from every state in, -the Union, and In almost every instance substantial re Jleh? beoffert , , ,, , TJielImnfenaan ger of a Watef famine and strenuous ef fort are malslhghere to &pply"th buI fererj. l Iteltef tralha-are lnlr orgah lzed, 'arid'' will leave heret an early hour tomorro'w.' r 3 t " r Reports from the interior confirm the loss of life and destruction of property reported In these dispatches last night Richard Splllane, a well-known Galves ton man and day correspondent of the Associated Press in. that city, who reached Houston -today, , after a terrible experience, gives the following account of the disaster at Galveston: " "One "of the most awful tragedlts of modern times has visited Galveston. The city isx In, ruins, and the dead will prob ably number 1000. I-am Just from the city, having been commissioned by "the Mayor and citizens' committee to get in touch with the outside 'world and appeal for help. Houston was the nearest point at which working telegraph Instruments could be found,-the wires, as well as rteari ly all the buildings between here'and the Gulf of Mexico being wrecked. "When I left Galveston, shortly before noon yesterday, the people were organ izing fpr prompt burial of thVdead,. dis tribution of food and all necessary work after1 a period ofdlsaster. 1 "The wreck of Galveston was brought about by a tempest so terrible that no words can adequately describe Its inten sity, and by a flood which turned the city into a raging sea. "The Weather Bureau records show that the wind attained a velocity of 84 miles an hour when the measuring in strument blew away, so it is impossible to tell what was the maximum. "The storm began about 2 o'clock Satur day morning. 'Previous to that a great storm had been raging in the Gulf, .and the tide was very high. The wind at first came from the north, and .was In direct opposition to the fores from the Gulf, while the storm in the Gulf piled the water from the bay on to the bay part of the city. People Fled to Higher Ground. "About noon It became evident that the city was going to be visited with dis aster. Hundreds of residences along the beach front were hurriedly abandoned, the families fleeing to the dwellings In higher portions of the city. Every home was opened to the refugees, black or white. The wind was rising constantly, and rain fell In torrents The wind was so fierce that the rain cut like a knife. "By 3 o'clock the waters of the Gulf and bay met and by dark the entire city was submerged. The flooding of the electric light plant and the gas plants left the city In darkness. To go out Into the streets was to court deah. The wind was then at cyclonic velocity, roofs, cisterns, portions of buildings, telegraph poles and walls were filling, and the noise of the wind and the crashing of tho buildings was terrifying in the ex treme. "The wind and waters rose steadily from dark until 1:45 o'clock Sunday morning. During all this' time the people of al-, veston were like rats in traps. The high est portion of the city was four to five feet under water, while In the great ma jority of cases the streets were sub merged to a depth of 10 feet. To leave a house was to drown. To remain was to court death in the wreckage. "S,uch a nlghfof agony has .seldom been equaled. Without apparent reason the waters began to subside at 1:45 A. M. Within two-minutes -they had gone down two feet 'and before daylight the streets were practically freed of tho flood"-waters. Popl0 In'tfiMdCKy Wm!SS&ZE ?",Itla"!r 1 In tho meantime, the wln4r'hd veered j to the southeast. . . "Vety few If any hHliaiBgs"6iicaped Inv jury. There la hardly- 'a Maskable dry J "house 1 the city.. TlieiJlrtpeple who aaa-eeajed death wew-fft ataylignt to Tlee? ,the;iirlc e 4eyjtibapest" and ! from .fyaawifor Ujmjjf& onr Tri. nom streei x saw wwbw'bbwb. four porpeoti wera In 'one rrii J ' ' "The whole of the H wgjweag- front for three bl(ka4Hfrom ielf were stripped of every vestige ef Ihaoltatlon, .the dwellings, establishments and every structure having been eltker carried oot to sea or Us, ruins plledJifa. pyramid lar into, tne.town aqcownngs-to tne va- garlae of the. tempest. "The first hurried glance over the city TVinTsrArf TVViat fh I5r77txinrctiirs- mm. The Orphans' Home, Twenty-first and AvenueM, fell like a house, of -cards. J How many dead children, an& Refugees are in tho ruins coaldsnot be aacer- talned J& Jfaflrmarv. togethe&with the atiendaata only eight are understood, to hayejbetn-safed. "The tbld .Woman's Hohle.qn Rosen twste avenuo, collapsed. The'ltosenberg schoolhoa&e Is a imass'off wreckage. The L Sail HIfh, SchaoL Is butan e&sty shell crushed and broken. Every church In ''the city with :posslbly 6e orftwoex-. oeptlons Is In. ruins. j . v J "At ifcTtforts, nearly fcll the soldfers are reported 4eaa,ilfeyfrhavlhgbeen n temporary quarterawhlchl.gaethem nof protection against the. tempeet'r flood. "No rpart"has been recelvedrom the CatholirtoMieAaylum,i4ow$the Isl ana. nut it seems lmnosBieie.inarat coum and, but It seems jlmposBlbie,thatit could ve witVsWool-tne'hurrfcane. It fell all the Inmafces were without dbibt lost for thej-wa no aldwlthin raiiJB.w Ifcay" Front- in RHinif "Theiay front from? endto,eBd.fi8 In ruins. Nothfng but piling and thT wreck of great warehouses remain, The elevators lost all -their super works and thefr stocks are damaged by waten , "The Afe-savlng station at Fort Point was carried away, the crew being-""swept across, thebayul4 iniles, toATexaa ,CUy.t i. saw uaptain Jtiaynes yesieruay ana he' told ne that his wife and oni$,of his crew were drowned. , . ,. , "The shore itTexaeCltyeontalns.nough I wreckage to "rebuild a' clty. Eight per sons wpa,ware swept across tneveay mir ing the1 storm were Ticked up there alive. Five cernsetf were also 'picked Mip. "Thee were three fatalities In Texas City. t addition to the living tnd, dead. whichthe storm cast up at Texas City, caskets and cofflas frpm one otthe'1 ceme teries atGaiyfteton weVe lielngfished'out of thV "water there yesterday 2 t'lxi Jhe.f business portion, tvjo larget brick ingoings one.occupled ,Wnapp 1 tmnn-abatedury.and theraarvol : he Bros, and the ether by the Cotton StoWUM" acc6n,paned by sond of Bros.and the ethe.r by the Cotton cnanse saieon,- ccuapg&a. n $a uqhb 'Uo teJtStime I Ifeft Galveston tarVe $eadrhadi,b6n fiaken.fropi the'ruins. They were: Standley G Spencer, '-maiia'geri bl the Elder-Dempster Steamship Comiiany; Richard. Lord, traffic manager xbr George McFadden & Bros.; Charles. Kelder of the firm pf Iiammers. & Flint., "Howniany more cbrpses there are wlir not be knownuntil the search is 'finished. "The. oil mills, the'bagglng factory, the gas works, the electric light works and nearly all the Industrial establishments $fv the city are 'either wrecked or. crippled. Danger of Pestilence. "The flood "left a slime about one inch ' deep over the whole city, and unjess fast progress Is made in burying corpses and carcasses of animals, there Is danger of pestilence. "Some , of the stories of escapes are miraculous William ''Nlsbett, a cotton man, was burled In the rulns-of the Cot ton "Exchange saloon, and when dug out in the morning had no -further Injury than a few bruised Angers. "'Dr. S. O. Young, secretary of the Cot ton Exchange, was knocked" senseless when his house collapsed, but was revived by the water and was carried 10 blocks by 'the hurricane "A woman who had Just glven.blrth to a child was carried from her home to a house a block distant, the men who were carrying her holding her highabove their heads, as the water was five feet deep when she was moved. "Many stories are current of houses , ((Jonoludea on Fifth Paso ) MAINLAND 'Vj KU x -rf$ BOO.. .yS t j (jO k y yHeotjesoit ft j &AL.ve.&TQN f r ONLY NINE FEET ABOVE HIGH TIPE, AND WHOLLY AT THE MERCY OF THE SEA THAT OVER- ' "WHELMED IT. . As shown by the accompanying map, the Cjty of Golveqton Is situated on a- narrow island which separates the southern neck of Galves ton Bay froin the Gulf of Mexico Th highest pplnt of land In the city is but nine fet above extreme hlgrh tide; and in many places tho , foundations' of business blocks and residences re put, ft foot or two above the waters of the Quit when the tide Is at the full. The point of GalvestoriIsland, on which the city is situated, Is npt more than half a mile wide. It was originally a sand spit, as in fact is the. re mainder of the Island a,t present,1 covered hero and there with such vegetation as could resist the action of the shiftlnr sand. The neck otthfr bay Insidethe IsUnd is two miles wldo.snde only approach to the city is a rallijoad which spans It. The shipping Is on the landward side, in a harbor dredged out and ,estondln to ..the Quit through two long Jetties. Thegalo approached from the southeast, and had aislear awgep of 700 miletf actjssthe .Qulf jromthe Florida. Heys.'-. The water of the Gulf for the list 70 of 80 miles of its track la comparatively shallow, ranging from" SO fathoms to 12 "or 13, and in such water a gale 'would roll before it a tremendous sea, sufficient "to overwhelm anyJoity that waa evor bunt I r , i ONTHEMAINLAND Desolation in the Path of ITL the Storm. - il ft a-t HAS CITY WRECKED ih J ti Stories of Distress From Many Uh tGulf Points. - t COTTON AND CANE CROPS SUFFEr The Coantry for Fifty i"BilIe Around K viHomaton1 -.Svepfc and - 'Ieasee Are Heavy. i the 1 ' DAIiLAS, Tex., Sept 10. The first train fr'pnvHohston arrived at Dallas last night ovrjfche Houston .Dallas Central. It lejf?Hpuston yesterday at 8:30 A.'M and arrived here" practically 10 hours late. When It. left, .Texas City wastdesolate and ''devastated. Buildings had been wrecked, .roofs had been torn off and hurled hundreds, of fept through the air. The electric light'plant had been demol ished and all night long the city "'had .been In darkness. Upon. this. train FW. Tweed and J. A. L. .Thomas, both )f Dallas, were passen gers. 'The former spent a thrilling and membrable night in the Grand Central Station. He furnished a ' description of his experience: "At about 8.30 P. M. the wind, which for several 'hours had been blowing1 a steady gait increased In violence, and sign boards and awnings were torn from their hangings andwh.lrled through the air like chaff. In company with about 150 others Iwas In the depot "which, stand ing as It does isolated, was exposed to the full force of the hurricane, and the "flra strong guBt was folfowed by a apujd, of shattering glass. 'Ths wasrjthe beginning pf a night of terror. For seven hours the storm, rfcged wtohiwabated-fury,j?and theraarvof he cfajhJhg'glasf as one aftor anotlqr nany Was rolled up Ittfe sheets of parchment ahd "hurled hundreds 'of feet away; j'Toadd to the terror andcconfus!on, theelectrlc lights suddenly went out and the biiiidingi was .left In total darkness. The Toof of the Grand Central Hotel was torn off, many of Its inmates rushing Into the streets. Almost simultaneously a wall went "P from the people In the Lawler .Hotel, as the big skylight on top was torn, loose and fell crashing down the ,ebaft "Seon above the roar nf the wind and the crashing! of glass' was heard the souhd' 6f falling bricks. Every one real ises yie gravity or. tne ( situation, out no one niade a sound. There' was no shriek ing? no fainting. Many women were there, and they stood the ordeal with such fortitude as to lend courage to even fthQ' faintest-hearted man. Suddenly the sound ceased, and only the lower' story of thd depot, where all had again taken refuge, remained Intact An Inspection In the morning, however, revealed th fact that It was badly shaken and greatly damaged. "As my train left Houston after day light, nine hours late, nothing had been learned as to the havoc of the storm in other parts of the city. "Along the road north of Houston scenes of devastation and distress were witnessed. Buildings had been torn down and the material of which they were" built was scattered over the ground for "miles.' Trees had been pulled up. by their roots and denuded of their branches. Fields that had been smiling the day be- dsnahered uauthe ijtjifalkX'SSjSw. Sdetion aftet'seetlen of the tin roof s HOW GALVESTON IS LOCATED. fore with all the great fertility of this record-breaking year were bare, the plants having been grasped by "the hur ricane and scattered far and "wide. Hun dreds of heads of cattle had been killed There can be no question that the loss of life has been something appalling. At least 40 per cent of the structures In the towns of Herkely, Cypress and Waller have been totally destroyed. Twenty per cent of Homestead Is In ruins. Hearne was damaged somewhat but I do not regard the situation there, comparative ly speakingas serious." SABINE PASS AND FORT ARTHUR. Passed Throngb the Storm Virtnally Unscathed. BEAUMONT, Tex., Sept 10. The City of Sabine Pass and Port Arthur passed through the terrible storm of Saturday virtually unscathed. Everywhere the wa ter spread over the town, but it did not reach a depth sufficient to destroy build ings. The town pleasure pier was washed away completely, as was also the pier In front of the Gates and Elwood homes. The dredge Florida, property of the .New York "Dredging Company, which cut the Port Arthur channel, was sunk at themouthj of Taylor Bayou. Other property pf consequence was uninjured. At Sabine Pass the water reached a depth, of, aboutthree feet but nothing except small 4 buildings near the water front were, washed, away. Several mud scows and sloops were washed ashore. TheSouthern Pacific wharves and ware houses were not damaged In the least, and tho plumber, ulled on, -the docks did not float off., ' The railway between this city dnd'Sablno Pass Isi under water for a dis tance of 512 miles, but not more than 'four jnlle 1st washed out The llf esavlng sta tiojv of Sabine Pass was washed from Its fqundatron3,1'but tha light tower was not damaged.. Ed Guenaf land. Albert Deatrldge, two white men, are probably lost. They were on the fettles when the storm came. The life-saving crews were unable to reach them. , There is considerable damage at Sabine, by water rising Into the streets. It will be about 10 days before trains can be run through. Relief trains which went out on. the, Gulf & ' Interstate Railroad to points on Bolivar Peninsula had not re turned at midnight VIRGINTA POINT DESTROYED. f Beach Stre-vrn "With Wreclced House hold Effects From Galveston. HOUSTON. Tex., Sept 10 The Inter national & 'Great Northern Railway ran out two trains yesterday. In the hope of getting through to Galveston. The sec ond train left at 5 o'clock and got as far as La Marque. It remained there until nearly midnight and returned to this city, as the trVck beyond Is washed away, and It was Impossible to reach Virginia Point, whence boats can cross to Gal veston. A Post reporter left on this train ln'the hope of getting through to the stricken cltyrbut was' compelled to re turn." ' All along the route are evidences of the ruin and havoc wrought by the elements. At Clear-Creek store. andTesIdenceh had been bjpwn ddWr?W and AtvsPloklnsCEMtheJ jhavoe wasalmpst complete. "Ixpersons wera aiuea. ana a numoer oi qeau catue lined the sloe 6f th road. Refugees" frorri Virginia Point say ev erythlrtg'there was swept away, and that the 'beach was strewn with pianos and household effects from Galveston. AH kinds of wild rumors are In circulation. DAMAGE IN HOUSTON LIGHT. For Miles Around the City the Conn. try Has Been Swept. HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 10 The damage In Houston from wind and water Is com paratively light. One life was lost here from falling' wires. At Bayslde resorts, about 25 miles from Houston, the houses were mostly blown away and five or six deaths are known, while 15 or 20 people, supposed to be drowned, are still miss ing. West and southwest of Houston for 50 miles the. country has been swept and losses are heavy, but few deaths are re ported Big sugarplantations at Sartar tia and Sugarland. have been greatly in jured and. the mills are In ruins. Cotton has been, widely Injured. The losses on the mainland In an area "of. more than 50 miles squire are more 'than 51,000,000, with probably a scoro of deaths: East Bernard Blown Away. " EAGLE LAKLE2, Tex. Sept 10c-Three churches, together with many houses, were completely blown to pieces. The rice and pecan crops are ruined. The cot ton crop Is nearly ruined, and the cane erop Is considerably damaged. The loss to this community from the storm Is es timated at 5250,000 No lives were lost here, but the town of East Bernard has boen blown away and three persons were killed. . v ELECTION IN MAIN State Went Republican by Old-Time Majority. HILL WA1 ELECTED GOVERNOR All Four of the Republican Con- jrrenamen Were Successful The latest ReturauS. PORTLAND, Me., Sept 10. Carryinar out Its traditions of many years, with, but one break, Maine went Republican In the .state election today by a-good old time majority. The Republican state ticket was elect ed with all four Congressmen and a great majority of the Legislature. There waji every Incentive for voting, and the cam paign had been a spirited one. The vote was not quite as heavy as In 1896, but ex ceeded that of the 1S98 election by thou sands. The Democrats gained much, sat isfaction from the earlier returns, show ing as they did a gain In four years of from 13 to 20 per cent. This Increase over the 1S3G votevdId not apply to any par ticular locality, but seemed to be gen eral throughout tho state- The Republicans, however, had rather discounted the- falling off in the vote for tho Maine district ticket from that hi 1SSC, and the managers were not at all surprised at an apparent loss of 13 per cent shown by the returns from the first 150 towns. Their entire ticket headed by J. P. HIU for Governor, was elected, as were all four of the Congressmen Allen In Reed's old district. Llttlefleld In Dlng Iey's old district. Burleigh In the Third, and Boutelle in the Fourth. The campaign, throughout the state, ex cept perhaps In Cumberland County, waa fought entirely on National lssuei. la Cumberland County, with Portland as a center, there was fought one of the most Interesting contests In the state. This was solely fan the liquor law, Its enforce ment or non-enforcement, the Republi cans representing the latter, and a Pro hibition candidate the former Issue. Tho fight was a bitter one. Returns to 10 o'clock tonight indicate that the Prohi bitionists have landed their candidate for Sheriff. As to the Legislature, there were few Democratic gains. This body will meet in January and re-elect William P. Frye. Returns from 240 towns and planta tions out of 312 In the state give Hill, Re publican. 54.W8; Lord. Democrat, 30,252. Tho same places four years ago gave Powers. Republican. 60,574, and Frank. Democrat, 24.784. This shows a Republi can loss of 11 per cent and a Democratic gain of 18 per cent. On this basl3 It la estimated that the Republican majority this year will be about 32,058. Manlcy to Hnnna. AUGUSTA, Me., Sept 10 J. H. Man ley, chairman of the Republican State Committee, sent the following dispatch to M. A. Hanna tonight: ''Maine stands by the snlendld Admin istration ot WlUIam McKs&Iey. Tha vot ers of the Pine Tree State have given today tlie. largest Republican majority ever given in the history of the state to any party, with the single exception of fous years ago. when our opponents were completely paralyzed and threw the smallest vote they ever cast In a Presi dential year since 1840. "The Republicans, against a determined and united Democracy, have carried every county save one in the state elec tion, and more than 150 out of the ISO members of the Legislature. They have elected our delegation to Congress by ma jorities ranging from 70C0 to 10,000. We have carried the state bv 31,000 majority out of a total vote of 115,000." More Indictments Expected. FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. 10 The Fall term of the Circuit Court began here today. The grand Jury, as a result of developments in the trial of Caleb Pow ers, is expected to return additional In dictments in the Goebel killing. Alabama Hegro Lynched. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept 10 Zek Floyd, a negro, was taken from jail at Wetumpka late last night and hanged. Floyd had entered the sleeping room of two young women and when discovered jumped from the window. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS Texan Storm. Galveston's death list numbers fully 1000. Some estimates place It higher. Page L Texas City and many smaller towns near the Gulf were partially wrecked. Page 1. An appeal Is Issued by Texans in behalf of the Galveston sufferers. Page 2. A partial list of the dead was collected by the Galveston News. Page 2. China. The American troops will Winter in the Philippines. -Page 3; Germany and England are said" to have agreed to remain in Pekln. Page S. LI 'Hung Chang gets his credentials. Page 3. Ninety-three missionaries are known to have been killed and 170 are missing. Page 3. Japanese troops will not withdraw from Pekln. Page 3. The allies may advance to Pao Tlngf Fa. Page 3. Polltlenl. Republicans carried Maine by 31,000 to 33.000 majority. Page 1. Roosevelt spoke in La Crosse. Wis., and then left for Fargo. Page 3. Bryan made two addresses in Chicago. Page 2. The silver parties of Colorado are la con vention in Denver. Page 3. Domestic. President McKlnley went to Somerset to attend the wedding of his niece. Page 3. General Joseph Wheeler retired. Page S. Local. Otto Greenhood committed suicide by shooting himself. Page 12. Races open at 2 P. M. today at the Irv- lngton track. Page 5. Oregon asked to erect a building at the Buffalo Pan - American exposition. Page 8 Farewell banquet given to Rev. Thomas Boyd by fellow-ministers. Page 10. More than 300 teachers attended the county Instltuta. Page 10. Pnciflc Const. Oregon prune prices boomed by action of California Fruit Association. Page 4. Rumor denied that stock grazing on for est reserves Is to be restricted. Page 5. Astoria canneries ready to Tecelve Fall run of fish. Page 4. Ninth annual reunion of Southern Ore gon soldiers and sailors at Ashland. Page 4. Cape Nome steamer fined for carrying more passengecs than allowed. Page 4.