THE -MORNING -OREGOKIAN, TUESDAY. AUGUST 22, 1905.
BUMPER CROPON
616 BEND LANDS
Great Acreage of New Terri
tory Is Turning Out.lts .
First Product.
Y1E13TAB0VE THE AVERAGE
Climatic Conditions Have This Year
Been Very Favorable to the
Washington Counties of
Lincoln and Douglas.
WILSON CREEK. Wash., Autj. 21.
(Staff Correspondence.) The "Big:
Bend country." of "which Lincoln and
Douglas Counties include nearly all of
the best wheat land. Is this year turn
Ing off a bumper crop. There have been
a few seasons in the past -when the
yield per acre has averaged higher,
but this year there Js such a large In
crease in acreajre that even with a
normal yield the output would exceed
all previous records. And the output is
bettor than normal.
The Big Bend has never turned off
rsuch -enormous yields .per acre as have
been secured In the Walla Walla and
Palouse country, but 40-bushei yields
are not unknown this year; there are
vast tracts that are runing from 30. to
55 bushels per acre, and yields of "15 to
20 bushels per acre are less common
than those of the larger amounts.
It is not alone these heavy yields
that are bringing tho totals forXIncoln
and Douglas Counties up to such big
figures, but the bulk of the Increase in
actual wheat marketed will be due to
.the large Increase In acreage. Through
out the entire "Bond" region, west and
north of Wilbur and Odessa, there are
hundreds of quarter sections which are
this year producing their lirst crop.
while hundreds of others are producing
their first "good" crop. Much of this
new land lies wot of the Central Wash
Ington.and is tributary to Euphrates,
Winchester, Qulncy and other Great
Northern stations: But in the older dls
trlcts there is also a heavy Increase in
now acreage.
One Vast "Wheat Field.
I drove from Hartllne to Wilson
Cruek this morning, keeping close to
the boundary line of Lincoln and Doug
las Counties, and throughout the trip
of more than 20 miles, less than a dozen
' pieties of unbroken land were sighted.
I had "cross-sectioned" the Bend by
j team from Edwall to' Davenport the day
i before, but aS'the eastern part of Lin
com County has been in the buslenss
longer. I was less jsurprised at the big
acreage and the big yield. ,
As we drove for liours today through
this seemingly unending succession of
wheat fleld. fully "half of which have
already been harvested; and have re
turned from 20 to 33 bushels per acre,
I recalled the remark made by a Dev
enport farmer a few years ago when I
asked him about the posiblllties of in
crease'd acreage farther west.
THere's a lot of darn fool Russian'
agoing in there now," said he, "but they
will never raise a crop worth harvest
Jng."
But the Russians, as well as a good
many Americans and people of other
nationalities arc this year sweeping
along on a high wave of 'prosperity
Most of them who did not pre-empt or
$iomestea,o their lanis bought them
rirom tne railroad company at from
cents to -?1.26 per acre, and their crops
,thlt year will average up well with
iinose grown on tt and $100 per acre
land, in the Walla Walla country.
Big Acreage .and Good Weather.
It will,, of course, be shardly afe
"to rely on an immediate repetition of
this crop, for had climatic conditions
been similar to those which put
( crimp in tne Oregon crop, there would
have been a different story to tell. The
I -crops in the "Bend," especially in the '
Vefitern pgrt, were allfn early and ma-
tyred in time-to escape the hot weather.
; ; Not, only is the yield good, and the
oreage large but the quality is un
usually good. Spokane dealers who have
received samples from all parts of the
Big Bend express the opinion that S5
per cent of the crop will grade No. 1.
The unsatisfactory red Russian has
galneAno jtoothold in .either Lincoln or
gougiaif County and "'tho . greater part
gM.he crop is choice bluestem. although
-Jttiere Is some Walla Walla and red fife.
P There has been a pretty free selling
novoment at .some of the principal
appoints. At .Creston more has been sold
.already than was received at.that point
dat j'ear : and at Wilbur 200,000 bush
lp have changed "hands! When Lincoln
JfJounty had her last previous big crop",
ri&buut sevon years, ago.: Wilbur handled
0yer 1.000,000 bushols of. wheat
jTThe growth of nearby station's has
prcventcd her from since equalling Ih'at
lftcord, but indications are now quite
a.hrab.le -for. the amount ,to be equaled
it noL.iexceeaed this .year. The'achleve
ment will be all the more noteworthy
becausa there are a number of other
,big whcat points that have drawn on
Vilbur territory slcne her former rec
ord was made.
Lincoln May Lead Whitman.
In my Colfax letter I stated that
there was a .good .prospect lor Whitman
County this year to be crowded into
second place asa wheat producer.
Since coming over here my belief that
it wjlj bo'a close race between the two
counties has been strengthened. A large
amount of threshing has klready" been
finished and considerable wheat .has
,been-hauled to the warehouses.
These Teturns, together with The rec
ord of sack sales at the different sta
tions, point to the marketing of be
tween 4,500,030 and 5.000.000 bushels on
'the Central Washington alone, Wilbur
leading with 1,000,000 bushels, while"
"Davenport and Itoardon are expected
to repeive 600,000. bushels each.
The . .Great Northern runs so close
'flown- to the Adams County line for a
good portion of the distance through
. jjlncoln .County jtnatit-secures -much
less Lincoln County wneat tnan is
marketed -at the Central Washington
stations. At the' same time fine yields
are being eecured throughout the
southorn part of the county, and Odes
sa. Harrington, Edwall and some of the
other principal points will receive near
ly twice as much wheat as they re
ceived last year.
Yield May Reach Eight Millions.
' In tne aggregate the Lincoln Counts-
yield promises to reach 7.500,000 bush
els and some optimistic operators are
placing, it as high as 8.000,000 bushels.
There are, of course, the usual wild
predictions of a crop of ll.030.eeo to
12iO0D,000 bushels, but these are not
regarded seriously by men in the grain
trade or by the farmers themselves.
Taking the 11,000,000 bushels esti
mate of one of those boomers, a Dav
enport correspondent ngures mat
4.900,000 sacks will be required to han
dle the crop of the county. As this is
about twice the number ' of saoks that
Tiavc been sold Jn the county, ana a
large amount of the wheat is already
in the sacks, the inaccuracy of such an
sotimate is obvious.
Portland Is Represented.
Until the railroads decide to take ad
vantage of the down-mil graao io
market all of the big crop of this rich
region will be lifted over the moun
tains to Puget Sound. There is as yet
no opportunity for Portland to do any
business direct with the Big Bend, but
Portland buyers are not out of the
field. The Wilcox trade-mark Is no
ticeable on many a warehouse and on
numerous flour mills strung along the
Great Northern, Central Washington
and Northern Pacific, and the buyers
for Kerr. Glfford & Co., Balfour, Guth
rie & Co. and Northwestern Warehouse
Company are almost as much In evi
dence in the Big Bend as they are at
the "competitive points," where both
Portland and Puget Sound meet on even
terms.
Last year the Big Bend produced an
insufficient amount of wheat to keep
the Puget Sound mills grinding. Taco-
ma and Seattle buyers were in such
sore straits for wheat that they not
only invaded Portland territory in
Washington, but actually bought wheat
in Portland and shipped it to Puget
Sound, .thus preventing Portland from
receiving the proper credit due.
There will be plenty of wheat for
both ports this year and for this reason
Portland will profit somewhat by a big
crop in territory not directly tributary
to her -docks and wharvos; There is
yet a considerable amount or new iana
in this region and when it 4s all under
plow and producing as good crops as
are being narvcsieo. tnis year mo
volume of traffic will become so great
that the "Bisr Bend Short Line" from
Wilbur to a Snake River point will be
come a necessity that cannot longer
be ignored. E. W. W.
CHINESE LOSE MONEY
SALMON RUN ON PUGET SOUND
BELOW ESTIMATES.
Contractors Cannot Come Out Even
. Despite the Guarantee Given
by the Packers.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 2L (Special.)
Chinese labor contractors havo lost
money this year in the Puget Sound can
nernes. They counted upon a larger run
of fish than was caucht and not even
their guarantee will make many of them
whole.
Labor contractors pay tholr Chinese
employes by the season. Hare butchtrs
get $400 and tho wage scale averages
about ?350 for the season, which will be
three months long this Summer. Board
and lodging Is also provided. The Chinese
merchants who handle the labor as
side line have had these mon on their
hands for the entire season with less
than a month's actual work for them to
perform. Much overtime, paid for lire
spective of the size of the wage rate for
regular work, at 15 cents per hour.
crowded into this month of actual labor.
As an Instance of the way they have
lost money, one of the biggest labor con
tractors said today one of the canneries
to which he supplies men guaranteed
pack of 59.000 cases. The Chinese con
tractor figured on 70,000 and engaged men
In that proportion. The actual pack was
40,000. This means about half what was
figured on by the Chinaman was actually
packed, and half of his labor wasted. -But
the cannery will havo to pay up to 50.OW
cases, despite the fact that the pack fell
10.000 short-
Chinese furnishing crews for the
Alaska canneries will make money, for
the pack there has come up to their ex
pectatlons. But on Puget Sound local
Chinamen claim the season has cost them
big money. Local Chinese labor contrac
tors get most of their men in Portland
These men will be back home within
month. The Chinese labor contractors
speak derisively of the Japanese who
were employed at the canneries, alleging
they were only fitted for scrubbing the
floors and cleaning up the tables.
GUNCDTTDN FOR O'REILLY
JTXFERNAL MACHINE" SENT NEW
YORK POLICE CAPTAIN. -
Contained in Seemingly .Harmless
Cigar-Box and jMalled, as Were
Schlff's and Guggenhelm'6.
NEvV YORK. Aug. 21- Guncotton
enough to kill a man. arranged in an in
fernal machine and disguised as a gift
cjgar-box, was received today by Precinct
Police Captain Miles O'Reilly. This is the
third deadly explosive instrument of sim
ilar construction sent through 2ew York
malls in the last fotir days, the last
two having been received last Friday by
Jacob Sschiff. the banker, and M. Guggen
heim's Sons.
Captain, O'Reilly received a cigar-box
which In weight and every -other detail
misled Tilm into taking It fof ;a genuine
preronL Unusually heavy and tepaclous
nails fastening down the cover, however,
caused suspicion. When the box had been
carefully opened at the ends, matches
were found glued to the Inner surface
in such a manner that they would be
Ignited on emery-paper by the friction
necessary to raise the lid.
The police found that the flare of one
of the half-dozen matches would have
caused the death of Captain O'Reilly.
THE MASON TRIPLETS.
Did you notice the pictures of the Ma
son triplets in the Mellln'a Food Exhibit
in the Agricultural Bldp.. at the Lewis
and Clark Exposition? Those three boys
were raised on Meliln's Food and are now
15 yeara old sturdy, rugged boys, and so
much rjike that few can tell them apart.
Meliln's Food makes healthy children,
and'rugjred. strop? bor and men.
ILL NUKE' NOTES
Chinese "Envoy Comes to Study
Coolie Exclusion.
SAYS BOYCOTT IS GENERAL
Will Compare Immigration From
Europe With That From China
and Study American Ex
ports to Empire.
VICTORIA. B. C Aug. 21. Dr, T. T.
Tong. representing the Imperial Chinese
Board of Treaty Revision, arrived by the
steamer Shawmut on his way to wasn-
Ington, D. C. to interview the President
regarding Chinese immigration into the
United States. He will study the classes
and character of European immigration
Into the United States, with a view to
learning whether China is discriminated
gainst by an Inferior class of the people
being permitted to enter America from
the Atlantic Coast, which, he states, he
understands to be the fact.
Incidentally. Dr. Tong says he will
Islt the larger cities of the United States
to study the Industrial exports to China.
presumably Intending to endeavor to have
large exporters to China use their Influ
ence in favor of less severe Immigration
restrictions upon Chinese.
He said the boycott was a serious move
ment, general throughout China, instead
of, as some think, being confined to coast
cities.
COXGER XOT GOING TO CHINA
Denies Mission to China Boycott
on the Wane.
PEKIN, Aug. 21. The announcement
that Edwin H. Conger, former Ameri
can .Minister to unina, woum return
here in connection with the boycott of
American products, has occasioned the
greatest surprise. Reports received
from all the American Consuls Indicate
that the boycott is waning, except In
Shangnal, whore the situation is un
changed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Edwin H.
Conger. American Ambassador to Mex
ico, stated on leaving for his home in
Iowa last nignt that the report that
he will go to China to investigate the
boycott is an error.
KANEK0 BRINGS WORD.
(Continued From First Page.)
place such an article In a treaty, she is
willing to make declaration that she has
no intention of attempting to threaton
the naval position of Japan or any other
power in the Far East.
RUSSIA WILL XIELD NO 3IORE
Meyer and Lamsdorff Confer, hut
Hopes of Peace Are Small.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 22. (Special.)
Great Interest-la felt here in the situa
tion at "Portsmouth, and there is a gen
eral feeling that Japan must yield or that
the negotiations must end and tho war
continue. The efforts of the President of
the United States to bring about peace
are greatly appreciated, but the general
opinion of the Russian o..ciais Is that he
cannot bring about the Impossible, and
that, unless he can succeed in proving
to the Japanese that their demands for
territory and a large indemnity are pre
posterous in the extreme, his hopes of
ending the war will prove fruitless.
Ambassador Meyer has had several
conferences with the Czar, and with the
Foreign Minister, Count Lamsdorff, and
he Is fully Informed of their feelings on
the subject. He is doing everything pos
sible to secure Russia's consent to cer
tain compromise measures, but it is un
derstood that he has been courteously
but emphatically Informed that Russia
has already made great concessions to
Japan, because of her regard for Presi
dent Roosevelt and the American people.
and that she cannot do more,
Mr. Meyor was received In audience
by Count Lamsdorff yesterday evening
and was closeted with him for more
than an hour and a half. He then went
to the American embassy and sent a
lengthy message to President Roosevelt
at Oyster Bay. Late last night he re
eelved an answer of several hundred
words and immediately there was great
activity at the American Embassy.
What was the message can only be
conjectured, but there is reason to be
lieve that It ummed up the result of
the conference which President Roose
velt and Baron Kaneko. the agent of
the Japanese government, are reportea
to have had on Monday.
It Is understood that Mr. Meyer has
arranged another conference with
Count Lamsdorff for this morning at
an early hour and it is likely that he
will then communicate to Russia tne
contents of his latest message from his
chief. 5n the outcome of this conference
undouhtedlv depends whether the war
Is to be continued.
The Russian people as a whole are
pessimistic and feel that. In order to
retain her position among: the nations
of the world. Russia cannot give in any
further. Then, too, there is a feeling of
confidence that the Russian army in
Manchuria Is In a position to give bat
tle to tho Japanese with hope of suc
cess. For months troops have been hur
ried to General Llnlcvitch and now his
army is moro numerous than the Jap
anese and he occupies ti very strong po
sition, which he is confident that he can
retain. hTe army officers hope that the
war will go on, ana tney teoi surt
that Ruslan arms wtill ultimately tri
umph.
DID NOT URGE ARBITRATION
WItto Denies Rumor of Presidents
Proposition for Agreement.
PORTSMOUTH. N. H.f Aug. 21. Mr.
Witte took occasion this morning to
deny that the President bad proposed
that the existing differences be sub
mitted to arbitration. Tho statement
made in the Associated Press dispatches
last night was not Intended to convey the
idea that arbitration was tho solution
The President primarily wants the two
countries to continue to try to adjust
their differences themselves, and by con
cessions reach an agreement, but accord
ing to the information of the Associated
Press, he suggests the principle of ar
bitration as a possible Anal mode for ar-
ranging any points remaining In dispute.
The Presidents role Is a delicate one.
It will in no way appear In the meetings
of the plenipotentiaries at this Juncture.
Tomorrow when tho plenipotentiaries
meet it will not be In any way the sub
ject bt discussion, but will, romain In the
background, each side probably fully ap.
prised of what the President has done
to bear Its fruit Jater. perhaps eventually
in the form of a proposition from the Rus-
elan side In case Emperor Nicholas looks
with favor upon It. Sentiment here, how
ever, remains pessimistic
LOUISVILLE BANK CLOSES
Western National's Funds Depleted
by Loans and "Withdrawals.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2L The doors of
the Western National Bank of Louisville,
Ky., were closed this morning by order
of the Controller of the Currency. A
statement Issued by the Acting Controller
of the Currency says:
"An examination of the bank by Bank
Examiner Garrett showed that its capital
was badly impaired. Steady withdraw
als have been made for several days, and
as there were not sufficient funds on hand
or immediately available to meet the de
mand likely to be made by the depositors
and other creditors, the Acting Controller
directed the bank to be closed in order
to protect the Interests of all depositors
alike, and prevent those having knowledge
of the conditions securing preference over
those without this knowledge. Thomas
M. Thornton has been appointed receiver."
The Western National Bank Is compar
atively a new institution, having been
chartered In 1KM to succeed the Western
Bank of Louisville. W. B. Smith was
president and T. L. Jefferson, cashier of
the bank.
Expected to Bo Closed.
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 2L The failure of
Western National Bank of this city, or
dered closed by the Federal authorities
today, had been anticipated. On May 2).
the bank showed a reserve of only 14 per
cent, and Its business has fallen off stead
ily since then.
President T. L. Jefferson, of the bank.
In a statement, says the failure is due
simply to ovei loans and shrinkage of
deposits.
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RUTHLESS SLAUGHTER OF JAP
ANESE IN KAMCHATKA.
Shipwrecked on Wild Coast, Four
teen Are Murdered, and Rescu
ing Ship Is Driven Off.
VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 21. News
was received by the steamer Shawmut
today of the return to Hakodate of the
Japanese sealing schooner Tora Maru,
with four dead and four wounded, and
with news of the murder of 14 other
sealers of the schooner Matsumoto
Maru by Russians off the Kamchatkan
coast.
Tho Tora Maru was hunting seals off
the Kurlles when she picked up a boat
of the Matsumoto Maru. containing
four men. They reported that, while
hunting off the Copper Islands, their
schooner had foundered during a
storm, nine of their crew drowning
with the vessel, and that the remaining
IS in three boats managed to reach the
Kamchatkan coast, about 50 miles
northeast of Capo Lopatka. The four
men picked up by the Tora Maru had
left the survivors on the beach to seek
a coast settlement where provisions
could be obtained.
The Tora Maru returned to succor the
shipwrecked sealers, but, when the
landing place was reached, the Rus
sians opened fire" on the Tora Maru
boats. It was learned that the 14 ship
wrecked sealers had been killed and
the Tora Maru's sealers were driven
back to their vessel with four dead and
four wounded. The Tora Maru then
returned to Hakodate with their deftd
and wounded..
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FUNERAL OF YOUNG WALSH
Parents Say He Never Before Had
Automobile Accident.
NEWPORT, R. I.. Aug. 2L Simple fu
neral services over the body of Vinson F.
Walsh, who was killed In an automobile
accident here last Saturday, were held
today at the Summer home of Thomas F.
Walsh, the father of the dead boy
Tho following statement addressed to
the Associated Press was Issued tonight
In the depth of our affliction. In justice to
the memory of our darling boy. we want to
ray that, although he has run an automo
bile since he was 14 years old. he never be
fore had an accident and never before In
jured a Uvlnr being.
To our friends In Newport and tho worM
over, who have showered their expressions of
nympathy upon us. we are grateful beyond the
exprcMton of words. The universal sympathy
will help us bear our awful burden, to live
on-Tor each other and grops our way to the
bitter end. nevertheless carrying In our hearts
sorrow that time cannot efface. (Signed.)
MR. AND MRS. THOMAS WALSH. '
The attending physicians were able this
afternoon, with the aid of X-ray, to lo
cate Mies Walsh's Injuries. They found
a fracture of the right femur. The thigh
was placed in a plaster cast tonight.
Strict Quarantine In Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Aug. 2L The
Arkansas State Board of Health tonight
instituted a strict quarantine against the
entire State of Louisiana. The board
aaoptea a resolution providing that no
person can enter the state from the State
of Louisiana unless provided with a spe
cial permit from the Arkansas State
Board of Health. It wan announced that
I these permits would only be Issued when
! the members of the board are satisfied
that the applicant has not been In an in
footed district within a reasonable length
of time. The quarantine becomes effec
tive as soon as orders can be Issued to the
guards on the state line.
Reception to Fairbanks.
MANCHESTER, Vt,. Aug-. 21. Citi
zens tonight tendered an informal re
ception to- Vice-President and Mrs.
Charles W. Fairbanks and Representa
tive and Mrs. David J. Foster, who have
"been stopping: at a hotel here for sev
eral days. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks will
leave for Ogdensburgr, X. Y., tomorrow
morning.
Troops to Prevent Mob Violence.
FRANKFORT. Ky.. Aug. 21. Gov
ernor Beckham today wired' Adjutnnt
Geiioral Haleyr at Camp Yeiser. Padu-
can. to dispatch stao troops to Russell-
vllle to protect W. R. Fletcher and
Guy Linn from mob violence. Tho men
arc charged with criminal assault upon
a young German girl. V)
Aged Solon Sent to Prison.
BOSTON. Aug. 2L J. S. Standlsh.
said to nave formerly been a member
of thfo Pennsylvania Legislature, was
sentenced today to serve not more than
six, nor ies than three years. In the
state prison for uttering forged checks
hero in l'JOl. Standlsh Is 2 years old.
Mrs. Taggarfs Petition Stands.
WOOSTER. O.. Aug. 21. When the Tas:-
gart divorce case opened today, Mr. Ster-
ling, attorney for tne piainurr, made an
addroRs In which he claimed that Mrs.
Taggart was- a non-resident of Ohio and
had no right in court here except In an
swer to her husband's petition and that
she cannot under the laws of Ohio be
granted a divorce on her cross-petition.
Judge "Eason refused to.dlsmlss the cros?-petltion;
lU MM IN COURT
risoner in New Orleans Has
Yellow Fever.
AIL AND COURT FUMIGATED
Panic Results From Discovery De
tention Camp at Slidell Closed.
Three Cases In Missouri.
Closer Quarantine.
YEIXOW FEVER "REPORT.
NEW ORLEANS. Auff. 21. Report to
6 P. M.:
New cases 01
Total to date 1148
Deaths .. 9
Tetal deaths 05
New foci 16
Tetal foci ." 32
Cases under treatment 323
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 21. Though
there was an Increase today In the
number of both yellow fever cases and
of fatalities,- hopefulness continued to j
pervade the Federal headquarters
touching the local situation. The Mon
day list Is always larger. That is at
tributed to the fact that the work of
Inspection la not as thorough on Sun
day and only the reports which come
from physicians are to. be depended
upon.
In today's list of fatalities two deaths
occurred in the Marine Hospital. They
were sailors. Another death was in
the French Asylum on St. Anne street.
These are the only two public Institu
tions outside the hospitals in which
cases of fever have had to be handled.
Prisoners, court attaches and hang
ers-on at the Second Criminal Court
were thrown into something of a panic
today when a genuine case of yellow
fever was discovered at the dock. The
man was found ill among a number of
prisoners. A screened ambulance Im
mediately carried him to the Emergen
cy Hospital. A flying squad was sent
for and the dock and courtroom thor
oughly disinfected. The patient was
an Italian, who was arrested on Sat
urday night and remained In prison
until today. The Jail will, therefore.
also be fumigated.
So much dissatisfaction resulted
from the operation of the camp at Sli
dell that Dr. White today ordered It to
be closed. The camp at Harahan has
been built by the Government. It Is
the first of Its kind ever completely
erected and maintained by the Marine
Hospital Service, tho buildings being
especially adapted for the purpose.
CENTRAL STATES SHAKEN
EARTHQUAKE SENDS TREMORS
THROUGH VALLEY.
People of Several States Awakened
From Sleep by Three Dis
tinct Shocks.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Aug. 21. at. Louis and
vicinity was visited by an earthquake
tonight shortly after 11 o'clock. Three
distinct shocks were felt by thousands of
persons in SL Louis and St, Louis County
as far east as Belleville. 111., as far south
as Paducah. Ky., and as far north as
Springfield. 111.
While the tremors lasted scarcely a
minute, they wore distinct enough to
awaken sleeping residents of the city, to
cause dogs to bark in alarm and to start
sleeping children to wake and cry out in
alarm.
The shocks, from a comparison' of the
time they were folt In the districts vis
Ited seemed to travel from east to wesL
There was but an infinitesimal period be
tweon the shocks, but a second Inter
vening between the -first and second
spasms, and about three seconds between
the second and third or flnai snocx.
The tremblln? of the earth was accom
tianled by a dull rumbling noise, wmch
sounded like the passing of a distant
freight train.
KENTUCKY TOWNS ARE SCARED
Two Stocks Send People Ruslring
From Homes in Panic.
OWENSBORO. Ky.. Aug. 21. Owens
boro and Henderson. Ky., and Evansville.
Tnrt. were visited by an earthquake at 11
ft'rirwk tonleht. Two distinct shocks
Tcirf felt. Citizens of Owensboro were
crp-itlv frlchtened. Many rushed from
their homes. No damage was done.
Memphis Is Twice Shaken.
-VftrM-PHTS. Tcnn. Auk. 2L Two dis
tinct earthquake shocks were felt here
tnnieht at 11:10. The disturbance was
moro annreclably felt In the eastern sub-
tirh than in the city. The shocks were
of brief duration.
Springfield Feels It Too.
KPRTXGFIELD. 111.. Aug. 21. An earth
quake shook every house Jn Springfield at
11 o clock tonlgnt.
Municipal Gas Plant Blown Up.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 21. The municipal
gas plant at Syracuse, Neb., was- partially
demolished today by an explosion which
also wrecked a part of. the waterworks
planL J. C. Reld. a fireman, was prob
ably fatally Injured.
AT THE HOTELS.
Tho Portland-W. C Oates Jr., Montsom-
cry:
J. B. uaion. "" T Vr
nThC He'rmUton:' B. W. Clark. Jr.. De
troit: W. H. Flk and wife. M. Jones, Chl
caso: P. J Boss. San Francisco; T. B. Lyon,
wlf.' and daughter. Boise; E. M. Douglas.
AVricht. Idaho Falls; A. A. Cooper, A. A.
CoVr. Jr.. Dubuque: G. TV. Mure. Chlcaso;
P. II. Livingstone and wife. San Francisco:
V C Kuehgrasser and wife. New York; C.
T 'Vorielr and wife. M. Lowe. Omaha; V. A.
Weod New York; L. C. Perry. Prlnevllle;
c ii French and wife, Douglas; W. Stark.
n'niM F Knapp and wife, F. J. Edwards
and wife. San Francisco; A. H. -Williams.
San Francisco; F- E. Fisher Louisville: B.
S Grosscun. TScoxna; G. A. Richardson and
wife. Green Bay; O. C. Haslett. San Francisco-
H C Noble and wife. New Britain;
M L. Cook and wife. T. Munkindato. San
Francisco: E. B. Doud. lire. II. C Dennis.
MH. Scher. Nw York: C. M. Clark. Chl
ea co F Zak. Mrs. A. F. Korbel. Miss M.
Kernel Ml E. Korbel. E. A. Kelthler. San
Franclko; L. H. Bailey and wife. Mrs. H. E.
'E x i;rran luimivi. w. .
s. AanuRs and wife. Honolulu: Mrs. A. ru
Raller. iinaca; - ". M"
je- Xew York; W. C Cates and wife. Mont
gomery: E. R. Slock and wife, H. A. Walsh.
J M Chesman. San Francisco; Mr. M. Idle
man Miss Idleman. Cheyenne; Ml Car
mlchael Mlm Van Antwerp, Mrs. T. II. "Wat
erman. W. V. Waterman. Chicago: H. Prwi
ton and wife. MIsa T. Preston. F. Preston.
Seattle.
Tho Perkins Mrs- A. L. Loom!. Mead
vllle. Mo.; Miss Emma Loom Iff. Lawrence;
C Pfelffer, Albany: F. E. Dora. Los An
seles; R. Black. Eugene; Mrs. F. E. Marten.
Butte: N. Whltten and wife; Fawcette and
family. lKtt; G. Shelby. Welser; H. Rlaras.
Spokane; Mrs. J. H. Wellington. Clatakanie;
A. Johnston and -wife. Welser; A. B. Moss
and wife, J. M. Bennett. Payette; Mm. T. L.
HicKey. rocateuo; k. weis, AiDany: J. u.
Small. Bingham Springs; Mrs. E. D. Zanders,
Spokane; 1. O. Rosbock. Dixon; J. O.
Schnelderholm. Calumet: J.'IV. Kelly. Evan-
ston. III.: 0. A Taylor. W. W. Apple ton and
wife. Kelso: W. Madison. Minneapolis; m.
Robinson. F.. Dana and family. Seattle. R.
-Jiicnard. E. U. Scott. Tacoma; d. u. hcmy
and wife. Chippewa Falls; P. Mueller. M.
Tenln, Su Louis: F. T. Land on and wife.
Blanch Landon. Ellwell; T. Arthur. Seattle;
W. A. Mussar. Independences J. X. Atterburg.
Vancouver. Wash.; Clara RoWnson. Cornelius;
W. R. Wardent. Xreka: C. L. Wheeler. ew
York; G. B. Bonehlll. Grass Valley: A. Ben
nett. Irrlgen; Mr. T. C Palmer. Miss Palmr.
Palmer. Or.; M. P. Kelly. Tacoma; Mrs. W.
B. Hall and sister. Spokane; J. A. Stonecker
and wife. Sclo. O.; W. A. Polklnghorn and
family. Santa Monica; C. F. Miller and fam
ily. Klkton: V. S. Sobel. Nashville; J. Ken
gel and niece, Detroit; E. L. mlth. Hood
River; X. B. Avery. Corvallls.
The Imperial Miss Sadie Steen. La Jaa
lta; H. G. Van Dusen. Astoria; J. P. Wilbur
and wife. Union; G. L. Kin?. Ontario; K.
Lockey. Tacoma; E. S. Crawford, Saira; S.
Llpman, San Francisco; J. Sweeney. J. J.
Mundy. El Paso; A. M. Magnton. KJomatn
Falls; S. L. Hasktns. Kansas City: J. A.
Wentworth. San Francisco; J. H. Pitts. Mc
Keesport; C W. Preston. "Waltsburg: H. P.
Peterson. G. Lott, Waltsburg: W. Tlrniolph.
Minneapolis; D. C. Brownell, Umatilla; J. K.
Rand. Stranahan and wife. Hood River; R
A. Blgley and wife. Franklin; J. E. NM,
McMlnnvilIe: V. Hlnzlker and wife. Wdlta
Walla; C. E. Wolverton and wife. Salem; J.
Hamilton, Cripple Creek; F. G. Young. H. E
Ankeny. C. E. Glass. Eugene; J. Scowcraft
and wife. Ogden: C W. Fulton. Astoria; A.
W. Gelsy. city; E. Rowley and wife. Van
couver: Miss Robinson. Chicago; W. M. G rover-Wood
burn; J. Wlthycombe. Corvallta; F.
EL Rogers and party, McMlnnvilIe; J. E.
Toutlette. Boise: W. S. Summer. West Point:
Dr. Jwale P. Garwood. O. B. Pierce. Prince
ton; Miss I E. Osborn. Miss EC B. Osborn.
Mlfs Llbble Clow. J. Kenaugh. Wateonvllle.
The St. Charles W. Peabody. Wasco; Mrs.
V TT Mndir Ora T Parker. Goldendale: J.
S. Klenan. C A. Graves. Prlnevllle: C. U.
Hardy and wife, Kansas; Mrs. C. H. Wltman.
Lebanon; Mrw. D. C aaray. xuion; i .
Burton. Cathlatnet- I. Elliott and wife. W.
Elliott. Prlnevllle; J. McXus. E. Irene McNus.
Washington: Carrie J. Hart, Blalsvllte; D.
Shuey. Valley Junction; W. A. White and
family. North Yamhill: J. W. Thomas. R.
Thomas; C. Mclver and wife, North Yakima:
R. Beneflel. Greenville; W. H. Shuraway:
A. Hagerty, Philomath; J. C Ellsworth. H.
Goerlngr. South Bend; E. Brown. Boring; C.
Harding. Albany; J. Mullet, wife and child.
Superior. Neb.; A. L. Johnson. W. B. Mc
Coy. Moro; B. Sanders: II. Klrsch, city; A.
C. Freeman and wife, J. W. Hyde and wife.
Philomath: E. G. White and wife. Falls City:
L. Hyde. C. Hyde, Philomath; W. H. Poland.
L. Thwlng. W. C. Cook. B. Miller. P. Jager.
T. Donahue. H. EX. Long: S. Graham and
wife. Clatskanle; Rachel Sloop. Ruth Sloop;
C Hasklns. Newberg: W. S. Dodge; E. T.
Hamer. Warm Springs; G. M. Wlshart. Mt.
Hood; J. E. Williams. Tacoma; L. M. Quln
land; F. B. Ellsworth; Ltszle Clawson. C.
Clawson. Hubbard; G. A. Goertg and wife.
Woodland; A. G. Pell; A. Cambst, Astoria;
A. D. Shure. G. Clanfletd. Balls ton; L. C
Burton. Cathlamet: G. Davidson. Soulier
Home. California; B. C. Davidson; S. Mertln:
Mra. J. R. Mendenhall. F. Mendenhall. Shrl
dan: C. F. Meagher. S. G. McGee, Beaverton:
A. W. Sturgls. Medford; W. B. Brldgeman and
wife, Sunnyslde; Mrs. G. C Rodell. WayzataT
W. Crawford. J. B. Hill. Troutdale: F.
Ledatone and wife. Washougal; Mrs. Cooley.
eon and daughter. Washougal: C. H. Baab
and wife; C R. Davis and wife, Clackamas;
C H. Senn and wife: W. W. Beebe and wife.
Owen: Mrs. Benner, R. Benner; Mr. and Mrs.
Ashcraft. Falrvlew; Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and
family. Falrvlew; W. Brw., Marshland; w.
S. Lawyer and nephew. Woodland; C. H.
Ogden. Cleone; H. Grimes. Prlnevllle; C. W.
Perkins. North Yamhill: C. B. Bernlson. C.
Howard, city; W. E. Cady and son. Tacoma:
Kelly brothers. Miss Wilkinson. MIxs Kelly.
Houlton: H. Bushman and wife: C. E. Wlks-
trom and wife. Houlton: F. H. Wlkstrom and
wife. Kalama: A. R. Thomas. Falrbank; S.
W. Whltters. Red Bluff.
The Esmond F. L. Freebrlng. A. L. Brown.
Kalama: Mrs. F. Smith. J. Smith. Wst
Union; E. Hayes. Gravel Pit: J. N. Turner.
C. Pearson. Westfall; E. S. Deanlt and wife.
Eugene; G. Linden and MLss Linden. Garden
Home: J. m. urant ana wire, begwin; k.
Wherry. Astoria; J. Hancock. San Francisco;
S. Knltson. M. Holt. Dallas; A. B. Crelgn.
Spokane: Mm. S. Johnston. J. Laplne. Lyle;
K. L. Brennan. Gaston:, t. Bourne. Seattle;
F. Carroll. J. Hayen. Ostrander; M. Lane.
Vancouver; L. J. Carter, W. Holmes. P.
Campbell. San Francisco; W. H. Williamson
and wife. Stella: J. L. Jaeger. S. Fuller.
Grand Rapids; C. O'DonnclI, San Francisco;
H. M. Roberts. M. T. Cook. North Yamhill;
Mrs-. J. H. Colllnc. Wardner: G. C. Tlchenor.
Clatskanle; J. Kraus and wife. B. van
Mand. J. Bergman and wire, orange city:
"W. Clark. Catlln: W. S. Baroum and wife.
L. Barnum. Medferi: H. Jenkins and wife.
J A. Jenkins an. wlf. Ostranrir; A. A.
Case. D V. Pearce. Delia Pearee. Grand
Mound; F. N. Gallatin and wife. Seattle; A.
W. Sturgls and wife. Medford; Mrs. SpauM-
Ing, Miss Spauldlng. Monroe.
, Tacoma Tfotel. Taroma.
American plan. Kates. $3 and up.
note! Tlonnelly. Tacoma. Washington.
European plan. Rates 75 cents to 32.50
rir dav Free buss.
THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS.
Not vory many years ago alcohol was
tued for lighting in combination with
other flnids under
'-" Jtt. - tho name of "Cam-
lered banishment '
because It was too
dangerous.
Alcohol is gencr .
ally harmful when
taken in the form !
of medicine, espe
cially to a dollcato j
system.
Dr. Pterce's tis- !
guc-rebuUdlna and
fnnctlon-etrengthening plan of treatment
is following after Nature's plan.
He uses natural remedies, that Is nativo
medicinal roots, prepared by processes
wrought out b7 the expenditure of much
time and money, without tho use of alco- ,
hoi, and by sKllllul commnation in tne
most exact proportions.
Used as one of the aotive ingredients
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
black chzbbybark specially exerts its
Influence In cases of lung and bronchial
troubles, and this "discovery" Is, there
fore, a sovereign remedy for bronchitis,
laryngitis, chronic coughs, catarrh and
kindred ailments.
The names of the medicinal ingredients
of this world-famous remedy are: Golden
Seal root, Queen's root, Stono root,
Black Cherrybark, Bloodroot and Man
drake root.
"I have had such a wonderful experienco
with Dr. Pierce' s Golden Medical Discovery
that I do not hesitate to recor nend it. ber
lieving it to be a wonderful medicine to bund
up the tissues of tho system," writes Miss
Bessie Brown. Secretary Emerson Llterarj
Association. 426 Herman Avenue, Appleton,
Wis. " Worry and nervous troubles had com-
E lately run-down my health and strength;
ad no appetite, slept badly, and was In a
state of nervous collapso. I took tweivo
bottles In all. and. each week, knew that I
was ffottintr better and stronger, until finally
I was as well and strong as I had ever been.
I have the utmost faith and confidence in
your medicine, and wish to thank you for my
rood health, which is a blesslnff to anyone."
-For 21 one-cent stamps to cover cost of
mailing, you can get a free copy of the
"Common Sense Medical Adviser," paper
covers; or cloth-bound for 31 stamps.
Address Dr. K. V. Piorco, Buff alo N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant. Pellets should bo
used with "Golden Medical Discovery"
whenever a laxative Is recuired.
Two words. Schilling's
Best; and one more that is
rnoneyback stand for the best
in trade: best goods and best
dealing.
Your gncaSt J soaeyback.
DAMIANA
Biji Callfsrnlt 0amlsr.i Bitters Is a zreat restor
ative, invij; orator and nervine. The ort wonderful
apbroduiac and special tonic for the sexual organs
of both sexes. The Mexican remedy for disease d
the Sidneys and bladder. Sells on its own merits.
NABER. ALFS & bRUNE, Agents
323 Market St., Son Francisco. Send fcr circular.
For al- by all dra czists cr liquor dealers.
BITTERS
Preserved Purified and
Beautified by
The World's Favorite
Cuticura Soap combines delicate,
medicinal and emollient properties
derived from Cuticura, the great
Skin Cure, with the purest of
cleansing ingredients and most
refreshing ff flower odors. For
skin irritations, heat rashes, tan,
sunburn, bitesand stings of insects,
lameness and soreness incidental
to summer sports, for sanative,
antiseptic cleansing, and for all the
purposes of the toilet, bath, and
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Potlf r Dror Chcm. Corp., Sole Propi., Boitoa.
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We treat and cure hundreds every
month who suffer from Pelvic and
other dlseaes of men. such as Hydro
cele. Varicocele. Stricture. Stomach.
Kidney and Bladder Affections. Vital
Weakness. Nervous Decline. Itnpo
tcncy. Nocturnal Losses and all that
lone train of symptoms and troubls
which arise from youthful errors er
other excessos.
We have a new spaclflc treatment far
Gonorrhoea which Is prompt, sure, safs
and painless.
Syphilis and all blood taints wo ctre
to stay cured, and do not resort to poi
sonous minerals.
Varicocele. Hydrocele, Tiles. Rectal
Ulcers and Cancers we cure aeetu
ally and without the us of the knife.
Consultation and examination tree.
Write for symptom blank and book If
you cannot call.
Office Hours: 8 A. M. to S P. M.;
Sunday, 10 to 12.
St. Louis SS"' Dispensary
Cor.
2d and Yamhill Sts.. Portland, Or.
C. GEE WO
THE GREAT CHIKESE DOCTOR.
Formerly located
at 253 Alder St..
corner Third.
To the large brick
building at S. E.
corner of First and
Morrison Sts.
Entrance
162)2 First St.
...... . rhlnMH
Ohm v u. mo ,uluk
CB ,. famous
length and breadth of .his
He treats any ana a
powerful Chinese '?ol3v V. Vn
barks and vegetables, that are en
tirely unknown to ineuicai cc.o
this country, and through the use of
m. tAt. YfArmless
m cure catarrh.
asthma, mng
m troubles. rneuiu.
stomach, liver, kidney, femala troub
a les and all private dlsoases.
This ramous aociot
the aid of the knife, without using .
i poisons or drugs. Hundreds of tea- ,
I tTmonlals on file at his offices. Call 0
and see him. Charges moderate.
CONSULTATION FREE. . I
Patients out of the city write for m
blanks and circular. Inclose 4c stamp.
Address tho C. Gee Wo Chinese Medl-
cine Co.. 162 1st St.. Cor. Morrison.
Portland, Or. .
Please mention this paper.
igtoseestottti'oaetsie
HAND
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FOR TOILBT AMD BATH
Plsgvrs roughened by needlework
catch every stain and look hopelessly
dirty. Hand Sapollo removes not only
the dirt, but also the loosened, Injured
catlcle, and restores thm fingers t
ikmir natural beauty.
4 QROCER3 AHS DRUGGIST
Imperial Hair Regenerator
Is everywhere- recognized as the
STANDARD HAIR COLORINQ
for Gray or Bleached Hair. Its ap.
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fermitscurlinsr: Is absolutely harm
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Samplo of your hair colored free.
Injerlil Chen. Mfz. Co.. 135 W.234 SlN.Y.
auiu oy oouatu. iwrku v.u.
l O li a non-poisonorl
remedy tor Gonorrhoea.
Gleet. Spermatorrhea a,
Whites, unnatural (lis
t jtrittcrr. cnarges, or any inuammr.1
lu ctatczioa. tion of mucous men?
THEEyaSsChEMIMlCO. branei. Non-Mtrltjeat.
3oltl by Drcssiau,
or sent In plain wrapper.
b7 express, prepaid, fot
91.00. or 3 bottlei, .73.
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