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nounced today at the Indiana Methodist
conference that .President Lewis, of
Moore's Hill College, had accepted ' the
presidency of the Wyoming State University.
MAY FORGE Wi
Bulgarians5 Temper Is
at Danger Point
WARNING TO THE POWERS
Neutrality Will End if Massa
cres Continue.
SYMPATHY WITH MACEDONIAN
Committee Representing All Classes
Will Receive Resolutions To
day Urging? Mobilization of
Array Against Turks.
The patience of Bulgaria Is become
exhausted, and the Premier unoffi
cially has given the powers to under
stand 'that unless the massacres by
the Turkish troops ceaso, the people
cannot longer be held in check. More
massacres and outrages in Macedonia
are reported, and the revolutionary
committee has issued a statement In
which the Turks are charged -with
burning 111 villages and committing
wholesale murder In each.
Minister Lelshman has requested
tho Sultan to remove the Vail of
Beirut representing that so long as
he Is retained in office the lives and
property of Americans are Insecure.
Consul Kaondal reports tho Beirut
S - situation as quieter.
LONDON, Sept 11. The temper of the
Bulgarian people and government, accord
ing to telegrams from. Sofia, Is rising to
the danger point All Indication tend to
show that however loyally the govern
ment desires to observe a neutral atti
tude, it will be forced ere long, by-pressure
from the people, Into a formal declara
tion of sympathy with the Macedonian
Christians. J
Premier PetrofTs informal intimation to
the diplomats In Sofia that unless some
means of restraining Turkey's terrible
measures to suppress the uprising In
Macedonia Is taken by the powers, Bul
garia -will be forced to depart from strict
neutrality, is regarded as a -warning In
this sense to the powers.
A commltteerepresentlng all classes has
been organized by the professors of the
Sofia University, and Is sitting dally to
discuss the situation. Bitter attacks on
Prince Ferdinand are indulged In for his
action - In dissolving the Sobranje at -such
a critical moment which Is characterized
as treason against the people. Resolutions)
will be submitted to this committee today
urging the Immediate mobilization of the
army against Turkey.
The Dally Telegraph's correspondent at
Sofia, In a long resume of the situation,
points out that Bulgaria does not pos
sess sufficient troops to properly cordon
the frontier. She has only posts of five
men each at points three miles distant
from each other, and a9 the Turkish fron
tier guards always retire when they see
Bulgarian bands crossing, the latter, have
an easy task. The correspondent thinks
this points to the conclusion that the Ot
toman government desires to keep the In
surrection alive as a pretext for the an
nihilation of the Christians, and as the
Bulgarians are unlikely to remain active
spectators of the onassacre of their breth
ren, the current of popular feeling may
easily become too strong for any govern
ment to -withstand.
Even In the Bulgarian army there Is
strong sympathy for the Macedonians.
Hitherto, by promising European Inter
vention and suppressing the details of
the Turkish atrocities, the government
has succeeded In allaying popular Indigna
tion, but such temporary expedients can
no longer avail and nothing short of In
ternational Intervention can -dispel the
storm clouds now fast gathering.
A curious story appears In the Vienna
Neue Frel Presse that the Sheikh of Med
ina Is spreading the report that the
prophet Mohammed rose from his tomb
and exclaimed In solemn tones: "Allah,
save thy people," -whereupon the six
guardians of the tomb expired from ter
ror. The legend has excited Constanti
nople, and Is regarded as an Intrigue to
compel the Ottoman government to under
take an antl-Chrlstlan campaign.
MASSACRES OCCUR DAILY.
Bulgaria Cannot Much Longer Keep
Its People From Taking a. Hand.
SOFIA, Sept 10. The continuous reports
of wholesale massacres of the Bulgarian
population, and the destruction of Bulgar
ian villages In Macedonia, are causing
much excitement in political and general
circles here.
Premier Petroff Is said to have Informed
the representatives of the powers In Sofia
that neither the government nor the
Bulgarian people can witness with indif
ference the annihilation of the Bulgarian
element In Macedonia and the devastation
of the country, and unless the powers can
find some means 6f restraining Turkey's
terrible measures, Bulgaria will be forced
to depart from her present attitude 6f
strict neutrality.
While 'the Premier's Intimation was
conveyed In the course of Informal con
versation -with the diplomats in Sofia and
in no sense intended as anofflclal com
munication. It may be regarded as an In
dication that the patience of the Bulgarian
people Is becoming exhausted.
Every day brings news of fresh mas
sacres and outrages. In Macedonia. The
revolutionary organizations today pub
lished elaborate statistics, giving the
names of 111 villages burned by the Turk
ish soldiers, the number of houses in
each, the date of the incendiarism and
particulars of the number of persons
murdered in each casei
Official representatives residing here are
suspiciously reticent but no doubt exists
regarding the terrible barbarities prac
ticed by the Turkish soldiers and Bashl
Bazouks on helpless women and children
in Macedonia. ,
The Sofia government has hitherto -withstood
all attempts on the part; of Mace
donian Committees in an attempt to draw
-Bulgaria into a -war -with Turkey, but the
trend of affairs is becoming daily more
critical and the position of tho Ministry
more difficult
The official view Of. the situation con
tinues pessimistic, but in other quarters
the belief prevails that the powers "will
shortly propose a new scheme of pacifi
cation In Macedonia and thus remove the
possibility of a Turko-Bulgarlan -war.
TURKS COMMIT AWFUL OUTRAGES.
Girls Dishonored in Front of Parents
and Corpses Stripped.
SOFIA, Sept 11. A European merchant
Who left Mnnnstlr Rontpmher R lin nr.
rived at Sofia, and has given the Associat
ed Press correspondent an account of tho
terrible 'conditions prevailing In the vilayet
of Monastlr. Hilml Pasha is following the
lines of his predecessors, and the greatest
excesses mat nave ever been committed
have happened since his arrival.
ThrOUKhOUt tho Vllavet nf MnnnsttT iin
Turkish soldiers are daily perpetrating al
most mconceivaoie atrocities. They dis
honor the young girls In the presence of
their parents, and pillage and murder
everywhere. Even funeral processions are
halted, and the corpses stripped of tfielr
clothes. The Drlest's vestments nrn spfrJ
and the soldiers sell all their plunder open
ly, ine oracen apparently consenting.
The Informant of the Associated Pres3
says that the Christian inhabitants are
terror-stricken, hourly fearing a general
massacre by the Mussulmans, -whose fan
atical hatred of the Christians has" reached
the highest point The shops are closed In
Monastlr, business Is suspended, and the
streets are deserted. Even the consuls do
not dare to venture outside their homes.
The country people are afraid to come to
the city, lest they should be robbed and
murdered on the way. Europeans desiring
to see the burned villages are prevented
by the authorities on various excuses.
The British Consul -wanted to go to
Smllevo. but Hilmi Pasha, informed him
that he could not guarantee his safety, as
the revolutionaries had plotted to kill him.
The informant continues that it is esti
mated that there are over 170,000 people In
the fields without shelter and starving.
Hilml Pasha has promised the Consuls
that he will assist the destitute people,
but he hrfs done nothing and even refuses
to allow them to enter the town and beg
for goods. Many cruelties perpetrated by
Christians are attributed to Greek spies
headed by a Greek Bishop, who, with the
Greek Consuls, it Is said, are paid by the
Porte for their services.' The Greeks are
accused of inventing reports for the pur
pose of fanning the Mussulmans' hatred
of the Bulgarians.
The Turkish functionaries openly scoff
at the idea of reforms or European inter
vention, declaring that should armed Eu
ropean forces, come, the Turk3 would im
mediately burn, destroy and massacre,
leaving only bare fields throughout Mace
donia. POWERS' FEARS STILL GRAVE.
Any Day May Bring War Between
Turkey and Bulgaria. ,
LONDON, Sept 10. "Europe is stand
ing on the edge of a precipice," said, a
diplomat today, who Is participating In
the International negotiations in connec
tion with the Balkan question, "and no
one can' tell but that tomorrow may see
Turkey hnd Bulgaria plunged In war in
spite of all the efforts made to prevent it,
and though the powers separately have
made strong representations to Bulgaria
to desist from aiding the insurgents and
are on the eve of making a joint demand
for the observance of1 a policy of strict
neutrality.
"In the meantime Turkey is becoming
encouraged by the attitude of the powers
toward Bulgaria, and there is a strong
feeling among the Mohammedans that the
opportunity Is at hand to take summary
vengeance on the Bulgarian people. The
Porte has been warned against engaging
in war and we believe hestitates to em
bark on a move which may result In the
armed Intervention of Europe. The only
encouraging sign in the situation is the
understanding between the powers, all of
whom we are sure are upholding Russia
and Austria in their efforts to maintain
peace."
All the advices, official and otherwise,
received here, agree in saying that the
Turkish government has now restored
quiet at Beirut, and that the Porte ap
preciates the necessity for taking action
In the matter, as shown by the removal
of the Vail of Beirut as demanded by
the United States Minister, Mr. Lelshman.
So far as can be learned, though, the
powers are prepared to send ships at a
moment's notice to Salonlca, in compli
ance with the reported request of the
Consults. No orders for warships to sail
have yet been issued. Confidence Is ex
pressed that If such action be taken It
will be In concert
No confirmation has hMn nhtnlnort nt
the report published by 1 Zlet of Vienna
.toaay mat rurkisn troops have been or
dered to cross the Bulgarian frontier
of Eastern Roumella on the coming full
moon nights, In order to surround all
the Insurgent bands In the vilayet of
Adrianople; but it would not be surprising
If, in spite of orders to the' contrary,
Turkish troops pursuing Insurgent bands
should cross the frontier, and this would
precipitate a conflict between tho Turks
and Bulgarians.
AMERICAN IS RELEASED.
Minister Lelshman Gets Naturalized
Citizen Out of Syrian Prison.
WASHINGTON, Sept 10. Minister
Lelshman has cabled the State Depart
ment that he has secured the release of
Abdul -Kader Mathaney, a naturalized cit
izen of the United States, born at Tripoli,
Syria, who, soon after returning to his
native country In 1901, committed an of
fense for which ho was sentenced by the
Consular Court of the United States, at
Beirut to a term of six months in a
Syrian jail.
In the early-part of the current year
he was arrested at Tripoli and condemned
by the local court for the same pffense to
3& years' Imprisonment Minister Lelsh
man promptly protested against this vio
lation of the rights of an American
citizen.
WILL NOT ASK FOR MARINES.
Consuls at Beirut Are Assured Tur-
key Will Punish the Rioters.
PARIS, Sept 10. Advices received by
the Foreign Office from Beirut say that
Nazim Pasha, the Vail of Syria, Is mak
ing a thorough Investigation of the causes
of the recent disorder at Beirut and that
he has given assurances to the foreign
Consuls that he will severely punish the
guilty persons. Under the circumstances,
it is added, the French, British and Ital
ian Consuls have decided nqt to ask for
the landing of American marines, as, con
trary to the Constantinople advices, the
excitement has subsided, and the. Chris
tian refugees who fled are returning to
their homes.
The investigation thus far made into
the outbreak- has shown that the police
participated In t looting the shops and
(Concluded on Second Pa
1
DUSTING IS, EASY
Fourth-Class Postmas
ters Not Safe.
ALL -ON ONE-TERM BASIS
Removal Can Then Be. Made
for Political Reasons.
CONGRESSMAN HAS THE SAY
Postmaster-General Explains That
His Action in Removing Anti
Addlcks Official in. Delaware
Was Regular.
QREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept 10. The fight that is being
made by Senator Ball, of Delaware, on
account of the removal of Miss Huldah
B. Todd from the office of Postmaster at
Greenwood, solely because she was "per
sonally arid politically obnoxious" to Sen
ator Allee, the Addlcks man, has called
forth a statement from Postmaster-General
Payne to the effect that fourth-class
Postmasters are liable to be removed for
purely political reasons, after they have
completed a four-year term,-' and such
changes are made frequently at the mere
request of a Senator or Congressman in
whose district the offlco may be located.
He adds:
"During President McKinley's Adminis
tration a policy of continuing the terms
ot fourth-class Postmasters for four
years, except where it was necessary to
remove them for cause, was adopted,
making fourth-class offices similar in this
respect to thoso offices where the Post
masters, are nominated by the President
and confirmed by the Senate. There has
never been, however, any law, rule or
regulation providing that where a
fourth-class Postmaster was permitted to
retain office beyond the four-year period
such extension of time must be con
strued as the beginning of a second term."
The Postmaster-General says this policy
has remained in force) unquestioned, dur
ing President Roosevelt's term, notwith
standing the fact that it is at direct va
riance with the known policy of the Pres
ident of retaining in office officials 'whose
records are satisfactory.
The attitude of the Postmaster-General
means that any fourth-class Postmaster,
after serving four year3, may now be re
moved without cause, merely at the re
quest of some member of the Republican
party, either In the Senate or House.
President Roosevelt's action in the Todd
case, which Is now before him, will defi
nitely determine whether McKinley's
policy Is to be adhered to In thjs respect
or whether merit shall be considered in
fourth-class postofflces.
JOHN BARRETT IS SWORN IN.
Minister to Argentina Will Start for
His Post September. 30.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash-,
lngton, D. C, Sept 10. John Barrett, of
Portland, today took the oath of office
as Unltetl States Minister, to Argentina,
and later received Instructions from the
State Department as to his duties in the
South American station. Mr. Barrett will
sail for Buenos Ayres on September 30,
going "by way of England, Germany and
France.
Between now and the end, of the month
he -will divide hl3 time between the State
Department and St. Louis. His services
as representative of the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition terminated on Septem
ber 1, at which time Governor Francis,
in accepting his resignation, wrote Mr.
Barrett a cordial note expressing appreci
ation of his work for the exposition. He
went so far as to say that the success
of the Oriental exhibit, -which was now
assured, was due largely to Barrett's ef
forts. Governor Lord, who preceded Barrett at
Buends Ayres, technically relinquished
his office as Minister to Argentina today,
when Mr. Barrett was sworn In.
More Washington Lands Withdrawn
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept 10. The Interior Depart
ment has temporarily withdrawn town
ships 32 and 33, range 25, and townships 35
and 36, range 27, all north and east in
the Wntervllle land district Washington,
to determine its desirability for Govern
ment reclamation. The lands are still
open to settlement under the restricted
homestead law.
Bids Asked on Puget Sound Work
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept. 10. The Navy Department
has advertised for bids for the erection
of a new foundry building at the Puget
Sound Navy-Yard, for which $100,000 has
been appropriated. Bids will be opened
In Washington October 10.
Oregon Rural Carriers.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept 10. A. Jay Templeton has
been appointed regular rural carrier and
Walter M. Templeton substitute carrier
at Brownsville, Or.
Black Appoints Ills Staff.
CHICAGO, Sept 10. General John C.
Black, recently elected commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R., today appointed his
personal staff and issued his first general
order In the form of a fraternal greeting
to the members of the organization. In
the ensuing year the National headquar
ters will be in Memorial Hall, Chicago,
and will be In charge of Adjutant-General
Charles A. Partridge. The following were
named as members of tho staff:
Adjutant-General, Charles A. Partridge,
of the Department of Illinois: Quarter
master-General, Charles Burrows, of the
Department of New Jersey; Inspector
General, Edward B. Messer, of the De
partment of New York; Judge-Advocate
James Tanner, of the Department of New
York.
AUTO GIVES OUT ON GRADE
Rushes Backward, Killing a Woman
and Injuring fiL Man.
- TUXEDO PARK, N. Y., Sept 10. Dr.
Edward C Rushmore, of the Tuxedo Col
ony, was fatally injured and Miss Cor
nelia Herrlck, of Southampton, his niece,
-was instantly killed in an automobile ac
cident at Arden today. The automobile,
in going up a steep incline 300 yards from
E. H. Harriman's Summer home, gave
out and the brake would not work. The
machine rushed backward down the hill,
going down a 60-foot embankment on the
mountain side.
American Killed in Auto In Paris.
PARIS, Sept 10)-A fatal automobile ac
cident occurred yesterday at Barbea, near
Bordeaux; A car conducted by an Amer
ican, whose name was given as Martin,
said to be a hotel man in New York
City, and who was accompanied by a
party of guests, became deranged, and
tho vehicle dashed into a ditch. Tho back
of one of the occupants, M. CulvaUIer,
was broken and he was killed outright
Martin's left shoulder was injured, but
the other two occupants of the car es-,
caped uninjured."
NEW YORK, Sept 10. It is believed
that the Martin mentioned in the Paris
dispatch is J. B. Martin, proprietor of
the Cafe Martin, at Twenty-sixth street
and! -Broadway.
GREAT GALE IN BRITAIN
Immense Damage to Property and
Many Ships May Be Lost.
LONDON, Sept. 10. A terrific, gale has
sprung up all over the United Kingdom.
Within 10 hours, the barometer fell one
Inch. The wind blew with a force of 70
miles an hour and torrential rain has
fallen.
All the telegraph system was dlsorgan
lzedfor several hours and communication
with Ireland and the United States was
interrupted. Enormous damage has been
done to property in the interior and along
tho sea front especially at the seaside
resorts. Hundreds of vessels are running
to shelter, and it is feared that there will
be serious casualltles. Heavy floods are
reported from Wales and snow Is falling
on the Grampian Hills In Scotland. Sev
eral vessels are reported ashore.
Excitement prevails at Dover in conse
quence of the report that two wrecks
have occurred, one on the Goodwin Sands
and tho other at Dungennes. At a late
hour a lifeboat was seen approaching Do
ver with a shipwrecked crew and an im
mense crowd waiting for Its arrival,1
HOAR ON THE RACE ISSUE
Senator Says Plan to Put Negroes on
an Island Is Impracticable.
SALEM, Mass., Sept. 10. Senator Hoar
and George Von L. Myer, United States
Ambassador to Italy, were the principal
guests today at the annual Summer out
ing of the Essex Club, of Massachusetts,
at Baker's Island. Senator Hoar, the
chief speaker, discussed "Problems of the
Nation." Discussing the race problem in
tho South, the Senator said:
"J know, my friends, that there are
special differences In this problem as It
affects our colored fellow citizens. I know
how deeply moved are .the feelings of
our Southern brethren. I would not utter
a word of reproach. I know how near
to their homes and how close to their
social and political life comes the cloud
and shadow.
"I see that one enthusiastic Southern
gentleman has -renewed the proposition
that we shall send 10.00,000 negroes out of
the country. This Is totally Impracticable.
Let us not delude purselves. We have got
the question to meet squarely at home.
The negro will stay. The European and
Asiatic will come. Yon cannot turn them
out, and you cannot keep them out"
ACTOR'S DEATH A SURPRISE
Clifton Entered Hospital at Boston
Unbeknown to H I Friends.!
BOSTON, Sept lOIt develops that 'a
man who entered the City Hospital last
week complaining of illness and who died
of pneumonia Monday night was Fred
erick Clifton, of New York, the well
known actor and member of the "Sign of
the .Cross" Company, which has "been
playing here. There were no friends or
relatives at the bedside when death came.
Mr. Clifton came to this country from
England about 12 years ago with a Gil
bert z Sullivan Opera Company.
Artist Thomas Sedgewlck Steele.
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass., Sept. 10.
Thomas Sedgewlck Steele, the artist, died
suddenly ot heart failure today whHe
taking a carriage drive. Mr. Steele had
been an Invalid several years.
CATHOLICS CAN'T BELONG
Bishop Says Printers Must Qnit
Union Unless Oath Is C.hanged.
OMAHA, Sept 10. Bishop Richard Scan
nell, of the Omaha diocese. of the Catholic
church, has taken a definite stand In the
matter of Catholics becoming members of
the International Typographical Union
and makes the plain statement that a
Catholic cannot belong to the union and
receive absolution from a priest.
' Bishop Scannell said that no man could
be a good member of the Roman Catholic
church and adhere to the principles of the
typographical obligation, and further, that
unless tne obligation Is changed. Catholic
members should get out of the organiza
tion. BRIDGE FALLS WITH TRAIN
Four Members of the Crew Meet
Death in Indian Territory.
OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., Sept 10. A
special from Ardmore, I. T., says:
An engine and 14 gravel cars went
thrnntrh n. bridsre near Husro. on the Ar
kansas & Choctaw road, killing four of
the crew.
The dead: A. K. Hanna; C. L. Miller,
fireman; M. McCallln, engineer; J. R.
Hill, brakeman. The bridge was new and
unfinished. ' 1
Search for n Fiend at Omaha.
OMAHA, Sept 10. A large posse of citi
zens and officers, headed by Chief of Po
lice Briggs. of South Omaha, is searching
the river bottoms south ot the city for
an unknown man who today assaulted an
11-year-old child, the daughter of Edward
Krooeger. The child was on her way to
school, and was accompanied by a small
brother, who gave the alarm. The little
girl was seriously Injured.
ADM TS
I
Edward Orpin Is Fire
, bug and Robber.
LONG LIST OF GRIMES
Friend Gave Police First In
formation. BREAKS DOWN IN SWEAT-BOX
Confesses That He Fired, Manx
Buildings Just to See Them Burn,
and. Held Up People to Ob
tain Funds for Revelry.
S
EDWARD ORPIN'S CRIMES.
Here Is a list of crimes of which
Edward Orpin admits his guilt:
September 2 Fired three residences
at Fargo and Rodney streets.
August 24 Held up A. 31. Smith
on Twenty-fifth street.
August 21 Held up F. C. Fletcher
on -Williams avenue.
August 11 Fired Exposition build
ing. August Fired half a dozen houses
In Alblna.
July Held up man at Grand ave
nue and Tillamook streets.
June Attempted to hold up Mr.
and Mrs. "W. S. Spencer at Eleventh
and Clay streets.
June Attempted to hold up "Will
iam Hall on Madison-street bridge.
April 4t Held up I. Morgan on Al
blna avenue.
April Held up a man at Peninsu
lar. Edward Orpin, a Portland youth 20 years
of age, has Ideas far In excess of his in
come as well as a taste for riotous living.
This is responsible for the operations of
a lone highwayman and firebug In the city
for several months past Orpin admits as
much himself. He has confessed to Chief
Hunt that since last April he has been
pressed for cash seven times, and on each
occasion has donned a mask, pocketed a
revolver, and relieved hlsflnanclal distress
at the expense of some belated pedestrian.
His action In setting fire to different build
ings has been the result of drunken revels,
so he says. He had no other motive than
a drunken desire to see the buildings burn.
Strong circumstantial evidence led to the
youth's arrest Wednesday evening by the
police. At first he strongly denied his
guilt, but after being subjected to close
examination in the detectives' room he
broke down and confessed. He was in
duced by the officers to tell the details of
his operations. The result Is that seven
counts of the charge of highway robbery
will be filed against him, and as many ot
arson. Even should he get the minimum
penalty In each Instance, there are enough
counts to keep him in the penitentiary the
remainder of his life.
Dissatisfaction over the amount of booty
secured from the pockets of F. C. Fletcher,
one of his victims, led to his arrest. He
got but a dime from Fletcher and several
(Concluded on Pago 10.)
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
The Bnlkan Situation.
Premier of Bulgaria unofficially Informs powers
that his people cannot be held In check if
massacres continue. Page 1.
Bulgarians will today present resolutions for
Immediate mobilization of army. Page 1.
United States Minister Lelshman requests tho
removal of Vail ot Beirut. Page 1.
Massacres and outrages continue In Mace
donia. Page 1.
, National.
Fourth-class postmasters may bo ousted for
"political reasons" after serving four-years.
Page 1.
Irrigation fund now reaches $17,000,000, with
Oregon tho largest contributor. Page 2.
Beverldge and Fowler discuss financial reforms
before Indiana bankers. Page 3.
Domestic.
Portland Is the only city now talked of for
the 1005 mining congress. Pago 2.
Goldnred. Colo., official. In sympathy with
strikers. Ehuts oft water supply to Cripple
Creek light plant, and forces mine to close.
Page 3.
Sports.
Scores of Pacific Coast League: Portland 6,
Sacramento 4; Oakland 7, Seattle 5; Los
Angeles 7, San. Francisco 2. Page 11.
Scores of Pacific National League: Butte "5,
Seattle 3; Spokane 3; Salt Lake 2. Page 11.
Billy Buck wins the $10,000 Charter Oak trot.
Pago 11.
Commercial and Marine.
"Wheat sales In the Palouse. Page 13.
Xcw York stocks close weak and lower.
Page 13.
Easy tone of Chicago wheat market. Page 1.3.
San Francisco produce 'quotations. Page 13.
Contractor wants more time for completing
Port of Portland drydock. Page 12.
Steamship Yeddo coming for lumber cargo.
Pago 12.
Charter of the "Windsor Park. Page 12.
Pacific Coast.
Grave Creek mining country Ha3 another mys
terious disappearance. Page 4.
Dr. J. F. Calbreath will probably be retained
, at the head of the Oregon Insane asylum.
Page 4.
Circumstances that led up to the fatal stab
bing of Frank Mulkey at Junction City.
Page 0.
Seattle street-car strikers waiting on arrival
of San Francisco Union's president. Page 4.
Foster-Hamilton controversy nears an end.
Page 10.
Militia will break camp at Gearhart today.
Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Edward Orpin confesses that he Is both firebug
and highwayman. Page 1.
Administrator ot John Green estate denies In
court charges ot mismanagement. Page 10.
Lewis and Clark State Commission will take
up question of erection of buildings. Page 14.
Captain. Baker takes charge of Quartermaster's
office. Page 14.
Multnomah clubmen will run country store.
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