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TIIE MORNING OltEGOXIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 190G. BLAZE HT DAYTON Fire Destroys Entire Block of Business Buildings. LOSS WILL REACH $25,000 Flames Originate in Livery Barn on Slain Street From Heating of Green Hay Owners Will Rebuild at Once. DAYTON, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) Fire starting In the hayloft of Nate Bradley's livery barn this morning: at 9 o'clock, de stroyed an entire business block on Main treet and entailed loss of property valued at J25.000. Insurance on the. destroyed buildings amounts to $14,000; The blaze was caused by the heating of green hay ptored in the barn and the fire was well under way when it was discovered. After destroying: the barn It spread to other buildings In the same block and the entire group of business houses was soon aflame. Good work In preventing the fire from spreading was done by the local Are de partment, and the McMinnvllle hose com pany came to Dayton'a aid, arriving In time to do good work. One large build ing was dynamited to prevent the flames from crossing the street into another block. Losses by the Are are estimated as fol lows: J. L. Castle & Co., hardware store, 1-ltiOO; Dr. Swick, building and dental fix tures, 13500; Nate Bradley, livery barn, 34000, no insurance; A. C. Betnering, post office. J1000; Mrs. R. L. Harris, three store buildings, 36000; O. B. Rlppey, grocer, damage to stock, $000; F. I. Bradley, butcher shop, 3000; E. C- Filer & Son, gro ceries, J1000. Many of the burned buildings will be re built Immediately, as owners of the prop erty have announced they will clear away the debris and lay the foundations for new and better structures. MORE JUDGES ARE SEEDED Supreme Court Badly Behind With Its Appeal Docket. SALEM, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) The fact that the Oregon Supreme Court la about a year behind with Its work and has been losing ground In the last few months has revived the suggestion that the number of judges be Increased from three to five. There are now on the docket ready for trial 67 cases appealed from Western Oregon Counties. There are also some on the Eastern Oregon docket at Pendleton, but the exact num ber is not known. The cases now ready for trial extend back as far as Decem ber. 1905. There are also on tho prelimi nary docket 84 cases which will be ready for trial In the next few months, so that there is every prospect that the supply of cases to be heard will not diminish. The causes for the court getting behind In its work are several. The number of appealed cases has been unusually large and several cases of extraordinary mag nitude have' occupied an unusual amount Of attention. Then there has been a change on the bench, which always cau5. some delay. Judge Halley was appointed to the supreme bench last Win ter. He had extensive business Interests at his home in Pendleton and could not at once adjust his private business so as to give his whole time to his Judicial du ties. Then the political campaign came on and took considerable time for two months. Another change will be made the first of the year, when Judge Eakin goes on the bench. GORMLEY SUCCEEDS HAMILTON Seattle Captain Is Made Lieutenant Colonel or W. N. G. OLYMPIA. Wash., Aug. 3. (Special.) Adjutant-General Ortis Hamilton this evening announced the appointment of Captain Matt H. Gormley, of Seattle, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Regi ment, W. N. G., to fill the vacancy caused by his own appointment as Adjutant-General. In point of service. Captain Gorm ley Is the oldest member of the National Guard of the state. He enlisted in the Seattle Rifles in 1SS6 and saw his first service with that command in the Chinese riots. He also went though the Seattle tire martial rule in 1SS9. the coal-mine riots In 1891 and the railroad strike of 1S94. He was still a member of Company B, formerly the Seattle Rifles, when the Spanish-American War broke out in 1SS8, und accompanied the command to the Philippines as First Lieutenant. When Captain George H. Fortson, the com manding officer, was killed In action. Gormley was promoted to be Captain and as such remained through the service of the company in the islands. In civil life Colonel Gormely Is Treas urer of King County. "SWIFTWATEK BIJuIi" SUES. Mr. Gates, of Klondike Fame,- Asks Divorce From Girl Wife. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 3. (Special.) "Sjwlftwater Bill" Gates, hero of more sensational marital escapades probably than any other man on the American continent, Is once more in the limelight of the divorce courts. The man who has made a half-dozen fortunes in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, who has had four wives In the short space of seven years, has brought suit against his last wife. Kitty Bardon Gates. The papers have not yet been filed lnr the courts, but have been served. Gates charges his wife, who is said to be but 20 years of age, and to be related to the Alaskan Don Juan y marriage, with a statutory offense. Two co-resaondents are named. The story is told by Gates' friends that he has already picked a fifth spouse in the wife of a Fairbanks' merchant, who is saidSto be now living in this city. This is the first time that Gates, has appeared as plaintiff In the divorce , courts. Gates is living quietly In a down town hotel in Seattle. Swlftwater Bill is rated as worth be tween 3500.000 and $1, 000.000. His wife wants her share of that great sum, it is said, and the court proceedings will be Interesting. The present Mrs. Gates Is said to be ill at a hospital and it is claimed her spouse has not furnished her money with which to live and pay her physi cians, to say nothing of her attorneys. MAHONEY MAY BE EXTRADITED Insanity Commitment Will Be No Bar, Says Governor Chamberlain. SALEM. -Or.. Aug. 3. (Special.) It hav ing been reported that the authorities in the State of Illinois are unable to secure custody of W. J. Mahoney because he Is confined In the State Insane Asylum here on a commitment from Multnomah Coun ty, Governor Chamberlain said this morning that If a requisition should be presented to him he will consider it the same as any other and that the commit ment will not prevent the extradition of the fugitive. Mahoney, who has several aliases, Is said to be wanted in Chicago to answer to a charge of embezzling a large sum of money. The asylum author ities say he has not yet been under their care long enough to enable , them to say positively whether or not he Is feigning insanity. Thus far Governor Chamberlain has had no intimation from official sources that Mahoney Is wanted in Illinois. Will Judge Poultry at Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 3. (Special.) Theodore Hewes, of Indianap olis, has been secured by the State Fair Commission to act as Judge of the poultry show at the fair this Fall. Widow Takes Body East. SEATTLE. Aug. S. Mrs. BU A. Gage another 6-year-old son left for Chicago at 9:30 o'clock this evening with the body of her husband, E. A. Gage, who com mitted suicide at the Tourist Hotel in this city yesterday. SUIT OVER BLOOD MONEY MEMBER OF POSSE WANTS RE WARD FOR SMITH DIVIDED. W. S. May Brings Equity Proceed ings Against Clackamas County Judge and Others. OREGON CITY, "Or.; Aug. 3. (Special.) Another chapter in the history of Des perado Frank Smith opened here today when W. S. May, a member of the posse that captured the outlaw, filed a "Suit in equity against County Judge Dimlck, the Coun:y Commissioners and 37 other de fendants, to compel a distribution of the 3250 reward that was offered by Clack amas County for the capture ol the multi murderer. The suit Is a friendy bit of litigation, the county being willing to pay the reward, having some time ago agreed upon a distribution of the money, but sev eral complaints were made of the division, and the suit has been resorted to as a means of determining those to whom the reward should be paid. The court has decided to pay one-half the reward to Harry Draper, of Spokane, who shot Smith, the remaining $125 to be distributed in the following manner: 3S.33 each to Sheriff Culver, of Marion County; Deputy Sheriff Morden, of Mult nomah County, and Detective Vaughn, of Portland, and $3.33 each to 33 other men wha were members of the posse that effected Smith's capture. May Is one of the men whom the court has decided to be entitled to one of the smaller' parts of the reward money. In addition to the members of the Coun ty Court, all of the men who were included In the court's proposed distribution of the money are made defendants In the suit, and will be required to make an ap pearance In the court and establish their claim to the reward before the court can order a legal distribution of the money. Oregon City also offered 3250 reward for Smith's capture, but has not distributed It for, the same reason that the County Court did not. The finance committee of the City Council has a warrant for the amount of the reward and in Its distribu tion will be governed by the division or dered by the court In disposing of May's suit. Oregon City Divorce Court. OREGON CITY. Or., August 3. (Spe cial.) Circuit JudKe T. A. MoBride held a short session of court this afternoon and granted a quintet of divorces as fol lows: Maud Clays against Henry Clays, plaintiff to resume maiden name, Maud Cook: Claburn F. Brooks vs. Perline Brooks; Annie Hoben vs. Andrew Hoben; Thomas Henry Cooper vs. Edna Cooper; Lou Schober vs. Charles Godfrey Schober, plaintiff being awarded the custody of a minor child. On the grounds of desertion, Alice Per min has filed divorce proceedings against Fred Permin, to whom she was married at Vancouver, Wash., in July, 1902. Lessa Pinkham Coleman, of Portland, Is suing John Doyle Coleman ' for a legal separa-' tion. Want Water From Clackamas. OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. S. (Spe cial.) Three water rights, proposing to appropriate in the aggregate 180,000 miner's inches from the headwaters of the Clackamas River, have been ac quired and notices of the appropria tions were today filed in the Record er's office. Each of the transactions involve 60,000 miner's inches and two are held by Charles C. Woodcock, the third being acquired by S. B. Cobb. Numerous water rights are being taken on the upper Clackamas, and it is taken to mean the starting of addi tional manufacturing enterprises. Finally Captures Her Lover. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 3.' Married through the kindness of some police offi cers and some bystanders was the experi ence of August Hakala and Maggie Kauppl, both residents of Astoria, Oregon. Maggie found August after following her sweetheart around the country for more than a year. Hakala was advised by the police to marry the girl and avoid trou ble. This he was willing to do. but he did not have any money. A subscription was started, and in five minutes 35 was raised and August and Maggie were made man and wife. They went away happy and satisfied. Unique Souvenir of Election. McMINNVILLE. Or., Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) A souvenir of the last political carrfpaign which Governor Chamber lain possesses and highly prizes Is: a communication written to him by Jo seph ""Hoborg, of McMInnville, who is SO years old. The communication was written upon a postal card and con tains 1000 words. Notwithstanding the age of the writer and the large amount of matter written on the card, the writing Is so clear that it can be read almost as easily as writing in the usual size. Spree Lands HIra in Asylum. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) Harold Harold, alias Fred Van Dorn, after lying In the city Jail In Albany for two days, was today committed to the State Insane Asylum by County Judge Stewart, upon an examination by Dr. W. H. Davis. Harold was ar rested by City Marshal McClain for intoxication. He had been working In a sawmill In Lane County. The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed. People are often very much disappointed to find that their family physician is away from home when they most need his serv ices. Diseases like cramp colic and chol era morbus require prompt treatment, and have in many instances proven fatal be fore medicine can be procured or a physi cian summoned. The right way is to keep at hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. No phy sician can prescribe a better medicine for these diseases. By having it in the house you escape much pain and suffering and all risk. Buy it now: it may save life. For sale by all druggists. FIVE SCALE PEAK Advance Party of Mazamas Reaches Mt. Baker Summit. C. H. SH0LES LEADS IT Declares Feat a Test of Endurance Equal to Two Ascents of Old Rainier Climb Takes an Entire Day. CAMP MAZAMA, via Maple Falls. Aug. 3. (Special.) The advance party of the Mazamas reached the northwestern sum mit of Mount Baker Wednesday after noon at 6:30 o'clock, having made the as cent from the permanent camp at the base of the peak In one day. The party of five, consisting of C. H. Sholes, Fred H. Joser, Will Gibson, Dan Langmaer and Berk Klncaid, left camp In the early morning, taking a pack train three miles along the ridge towards the base of the mountain. Leaving their blankets and provisions In a clump of trees near the crest ot the ridge, the party followed the ridge on toward the mountain for three miles until they reached the Wells Creek glacier. Descending the cliffs to the ice fields near the head of the glacier, which here Is a mile wide and seamed with crevasses, they crossed to the great ridge that di vides the Wells glacier from the glacier that forms Glacier Creek. The winding crevasses made any straight line of prog ress Impossible and they were forced care fully to pick their way back and forth until they had gone double the distance before they reached the mass of rocks along the western side of the glacier. Here at an altitude of 6000 feet, the actual ascent of the mountain began. Skirt Great Crevasse. Along the snow slopes, clinging to the cliffs, they made their way. At the foot of every slope yawned the great crevasse of the Wells glacier and above them rose crags of volcanic rock. This ridge runs 6000 feet to the northwestern summit, which the party reached at 6:30 P. M. After some time spent In an effort to find a way over a ridge of rocks and volcanic ash, the attempt to reach the main sum mit was abandoned and the descent be gan. By 9:30 P. M. the party were back in their temporary camp on the ridge. C. H. Sholes, speaking of the ascent, said it was a test of endurance, and that he would rather climb two Rainlers than one Baker. There is no point where the ascent Is as dangerous as that of Gibraltar Rock, but continual climbing up and down the steep slopes - of snow and the broken, shifting volcanic ash and rock that rolled down the mountain side when touched, made progress very slow 'and dangerous. It has been decided to make the official climb on Sunday and Monday. The party Will leave for the temporary camp after lunch Sunday and go to a point on the ridge three miles above this camp, taking blankets and provisions for two days. Forty-Four Will Go Up. Forty-four have signed for the attempt, 30 men and 11 women. This party will spend the two days before the climb In hard work on the lower peaks around the camp getting in shape for the greater climb. The first organized party was taken out on the mountain yesterday. Sixty men and women fell Into line in three companies and tramped over the steep snow slopes and broken ridges toward the base of Baker. The day was spent In climbing over ridges, coasting down Blopes and crossing glaciers. A party of three Edna George, Mollie Trenchenby and Chester Rocan who ascended Slate Mountain, tried to descend by a different route. In a short time they were almost on a precipice, unable to return, and had to continue their de scent by another route. After two hours' work they succeeded in finding a chimney and reached the foot of the precipice. PAVING FOR PENDLETON. AVork on Two Streets Will Begin. Wires to Be Buried. PENDLETON. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) The work of paving Main and Court streets, and that of putting the telephone wires underground on the same streets, will undoubtedly be under way within ten days. Yt uen seen yesterday. Judge Low ell, who Is the local attorney for the pav ing company, said the machinery was now on the way to Pendleton, and he un derstood the work was to be started as soon as the telephone wires were put un der ground. Manager Burford, of the telephone com pany, also assured the reporter that there will be no delay occasioned because of the wires, as his company was ready to go ahead with the work at almost a mo ment's notice, although the material Is not yet on the ground. According to him, all the telephone wires on Main street, from the bridge to Bluff street, and all those on Court street from Garden to Mill, will be placed underground. Although the paving company has not yet been able to begin active operations as soon as it desired, the work must be completed by the stipulated time, October 12, or the company will be compelled to pay a forfeit of 510 per day for each day thereafter until the completion of the work. BLINDNESS FROM A BRUISE Aged Skamania Pioneer Suffers a Peculiar Misfortune. STEVENSON, Wash., Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) Jackson Crouch, of Stevenson, Wash., has lost the sight of one eye and may become totally blind aa a re sult of receiving a slight bruise -on, the arm a few days ago. At the time he received the Injury to his arm Mr. Crouch thought it a very small matter, but later he suffered the most acute pain which traveled up his arm, neck and head directly to his eye and he was deprived of sight in that eye instantly. Mr. Crouch is 74 years of age and has lived in Skamania County more that 40 years, and is one of the most popular and highly respected pioneers in the vicinity of Stevenson. Forest Fires in Cascades. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) Again the view of mountain ranges Is obstructed by a blanket of smoke. For the pasc two weeks the smoke made by forest fires in the Cascade Moun tains has been gradually settling in the valley, until today distant objects are obscured by the thick blue cloud. The fire up the North Santlam River, in the Cascade forest reserve, is about burned out. Passes Finch Telephone Franchise. HOQUIAM, Wash.. Aug. . (Special.) At a meeting of the City Council held tonight the Finch telephone franchise was passed by'the vote oi 5 to 2. Nail switching to the other side. There has been a fight 'pver the matter for many weeks and there was great doubt that the franchise Would be passed. The ma jority of the business men seem to be against the franchise and it Is expected that Mayor Melntyre will veto it. Chief Bruce was appointed to attend the fire men's convention to be held In Calgary, Alberta, this year. The contract for planking Twenty-first street was awarded to McCoy. Accident to Btrs. C. A. Bowles. STEVENSON, Wash., Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Charles A. Bowles, formerly -of Portland, who is at her Summer home on Greer's Lake, near Stevenson, was violently thrown from her horse while riding last evening, and picked up in an unconscious condition. Al though Mrs. Bowles suffered a severe nervous shock, no bones were broken and It Is expected that she will speed ily recover from the mishap. Cars for Yakima Fruit. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Aug. J. The Northern Pacific agent here has been notified that 250 refrigerator ears have been secured from the C, B. & Q. and Erie railways to aid the fruitgrowers of Yakima and other parts of the states in handling the fruit crop this season. This makes a total of 597 cars now at the dis posal of the company for this purpose. SMELTER STRIKE IS OFF GREAT FALIiS UNION ALLOWS MEN TO RETURN. Trivial Cause of Trouble Will Bo Adjusted Later Butte Mines Have Closed Down. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 3. A dispatch to the Miner from Great Falls states that at a meeting of the Mill and Smeltermen's Union tonight the strike which has shut down the Boston & Montana electrolytic smelters and the mines of the company in Butte was declared off, the men agree ing to resume work tomorrow morning pending an investigation into the cases of five smeltermen who were discharged by the company and whose reinstatement is demanded by the union. BIG COPPER MINES CLOSED Smelter Strike Throws 3000 Miners Out at Butte. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 3. On account of the closing of the Boston and Mon tana smelters at Great Falls, through a strike in the Smeltermen's Union in that city, the Butte mines of the Bos ton and Montana Copper Mining Com pany, five in number, are closed down. The bins at Great Falls are full and the ore cannot be stored. The mines shut down ac 6 o'clock this evening, the men being notified that the prop erties would remain inactive until the strike of the smeltermen at the Great Falls smelting plant of the company had been settled. Three thousand men are rendered Idle in this city, besides a number of ore train crews, which heretofore have been hauling the output of the Boston and Montana mines, about 4000 tons dally, from the Butte properties to the Great Falls smelters. It develops that one man, who was In arrearages in his union dues, is the cause of the whole trouble, which thus far has thrown thousands' of men out of employment. Five smeltermen, constitut ing a committee, became too Insistent In demanding the discharge of the smelterman behind in his union pay ments and the five were ' discharged. Their dismissal precipitated the trouble, the union demanding the reinstatement of the five men, and upon the company's refusal the strike was ordered. UNCLE JOE'S CUSS WORDS New York Papers Feature What Washington Quietly Ignores. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 3. Speaker Cannon was not accorded the same consideration bv the newspaper men of New York as Is shown him here in Washington. Following his political conference with the President Uncle Joe and several friends started in to see the sights in the great metropolis and naturally took in Coney Island, the greatest Summer resort in America. In the' dull season the New York reporters seized upon the Speaker and planned to feature him in the big dailies. He was interviewed on everything but politics, and, when he came to discussing the at tractions of Coney Island, the Speaker allowed his enthusiasm to get away with him and he made frequent use of the favorite American cuss word. The next day the New York papers played up their Cannon stories and the little "damn" stood out conspicuousuy in the utterances of the Speaker. If all this had taken place In Washington, where big men. National figures, are found in abundance dilrlng the busy season, these little "damns" would have been eliminat ed and the public would never have been Informed that the Speaker of the House Is addicted to profanity. The fact is, now that the story Is out, Uncle Joe can "swear like a trooper," but he cusses more like a sea captain and his profanity is looked upon as perfectly harmless. A "damn" from Uncle Joe means no more than "fiddlesticks" from the parson, and Is just as lightly regarded by his friends. GAS REALLY CHEAP THERE English Citizens Under Municipal Ownership Pay 3G Cents. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 3. Here Is something for Portlanders to ponder over. American Consul E. W. Mahin, of Nottingham, England, reports to the State Department the tfie price of Illuminating gas in Not tingham, under municipal control, is 60 cents per 1000 cubic feet to ordinary con sumers, with a slight reduction to large users. This has been considered quite a low price, 'but seems extortion In com parison with the rate given by the town of Widnea. In Lancashire. The price there Is now 32 cents to small consumers, but will be reduced to 30 cents on July 1. Larpe consumers will pay from 22 to 26 cents. This Is claimed to be the cheapest gas In the world. It Is note worthy that the WicJnes gas works are under municipal control. The town has only about 30.000 population, but the profit on its gas works last year Is stated to have been 14703 (S22.8S7.15.) The price of gas Is remarkably low everywhere in Great Britain, whether under ' public or private control, the general range of price being between 40 and 70 cents. Mayor Johnson Not Guilty. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 3. Judge Ken nedy, of the Common Pleas Court, today decided that Mayor Johnson was not guilty of contempt of court, as charged, in connection with the tearing up of the tracks of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company last week, in Fulton street. The court held that W. J. Springborn, Di rector of Public Service, had violated the temporary Injunction issued by Judge Ford In the case. Springborn was fined 1100 and costs. An application for a new trial was at once filed by the attorneys for Springborn. TUNNEL IS BURNED Fire Wrecks Big Bore on the Southern Pacific Road. BLOCKED , WITH DEBRIS Spark From Engine Ignites Timbers and Blaze Rages Beyond Hu man Control Road Blocked for Two Days. REDDING, Cal. Aug. 3. Tunnel No. 6. on the Southern Pacific, one mile south of Gregory, caught fire at noon and every stick of timber in It was burned. With the burning timbers the supporters for the back and sides were destroyed and a large section has caved in. The road Is completely blocked and it may be two days before trains can pass. The origin of the fire is unknown. The blaze was discovered shortly after 1 o'clock, but the flames had gained such headway that a hundred men could not have saved the timbering in the strong draft. Latest reports are that the tunnel is filled for 75 feet with rocks and dirt. Tunnel No. is 200 feet long and will have to be retimbered before the debris can be removed. Eighty-five Japanese laborers are at work in the tunnel and all the men that can be spared on this division will be put to work. The Job is dangerous as the ground where It caved Is bad and as fast as the rocks are taken out more come down in the tunnel. The northbound passenger train Is held In Kennet and the southbound passenger in two sections will stay at Dunsmuir. It is thought that the fire started from a freight train that passed, going south, a short time before the blaze was dis covered. Sacramento Sends Laborers. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Aug. 3. (10:40 P. M.) Two hundred men have been gath ered in this city and are starting north to help reconstruct tunnel No. 6. HATCHERY WORK FOR 1906 Large Increase in Chinook Output on McKenzle Predicted. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) A letter was received today by Fish Warden Van Dusen from J. A. Talbert, superin tendent of the hatchery on McKenzle River, in which the writer eays the pros pects are excellent for a good season, and, while it is a little early yet to make a reliable estimate, he expects to secure about 5,000,000 Chinook eggs. He la putting in 20 "new troughs, making SO In all, and they will be sufficient for all needs. Last year less than 2,000,000 eggs were secured at that plant and Mr. Van Dusen attributes the Increase this year directly to the improvement made In the fishway at Oregon City. Last year thousands of salmon were slaughtered at the falls through being unable to get up the fishway. The fish eries department spent considerable money in blasting out the upper portion of the fishway so that the ealmon could ascend It, and as- the funds for the work ran short the deficiency of about J400 was made up by the packers. The result will be a greatly Increased output from the hatchery on McKenzle River, which is a tributary to the upper Willamette. At the Santlam River, which Is another tributary of the Willamette, the pros pects are not eo encouraging. Mr. Van Dusen says the apparent reason for this Is the dam which the Curtiss Lumber Company has constructed across the stream at Falls City without putting in a proper fishway Last Winter when the freshet was in the river the largest num ber of steelheads ever teen there went up, but now that the water has" sone down, the Chinook are unable to get up the stream. U OPERATOR SAVES A TRAIN Quick Wit Prevents the Killing of Many Passengers. SPRINGDALB, Wash., Aug. 3. A south bound passenger train on the Spokane Falls & Northern miraculously escaped destruction near here yesterday by the prompt work of Operator Cline, of Spring dale. Fourteen cars of sawlogs escaped from a freight and went wild on a down grade toward Valley, ten miles away, and a passenger train frm the north was stopped at the latter place just as it was leaving, the operator having less than two minutes to spare. Sixteen loaded gravel cars with set brakes were run out to meet the runaway at the gravel pit. The 30 cars were smashed to kindling and trafilo was de layed 24 hours. No one was killed or in jured, but had the runaways met the pas senger train the loss of life would have been appalling. FIGHTING FOR THE CANAL- Seattle Chamber of Commerce Takes Up the Problem. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 3. (Special.) A committee representing the Cham ber of Commerce, headed by ex-Mayor R. A. Bailinger, Judge Thomas Burke and Judge Roger S. Greene, will ask Lake Washington- property-owners to waive all claims for damages of the canal to connect the lake with Puget Sound if built. The releases will run to the Federal Government Instead of to King County, or to James A. Moore, who has offered to dig the ditch. This is an intentional slight put upon the County Commissioners because of their demand that Moore indemnify the county. Moreover, on Monday the cham ber will ask the Commissioners to re move all obstacles to the canal. This programme was decided upon at a meeting this evening. Lane County Poultry Show. EUGENE, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) At a meeting of the Lane County Poultry As sociation held last evening it was decided to hold the first annual poultry show In Eugene from December 12 to 15, 1906. There are several bird fanciers In and about Eugene and a poultry show will be a success here. Secretary Williams was Instructed to arrange for competent judges for the first show. County As sessor Keeney was chosen assistant sec retary of the association. Lane's Wheat Crop Is Large. EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 3. (Special.) The first wheat of the season was delivered to Washburne's mill at Springfield yes terday and Is reported to be of fine qual ity, with an average of over 30 bushels to the acre. Several threshing crews are at work in different parts of the county and the indications are that the grain yield will be much above that of last year. Fall oats average 35 and Spring 25 bushels to the acre. Hamburg-Bremen Levies Assessment HAMBURG, Aug. 3. At an extraor dinary meecing of the stockholders of the Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company held here today,- tho directors Informed the stockholders that the total losses of the company as a re sult of the San Fraecisco disaster amounted to 34,365,000. The reserves on hand amounted to $2,500,000 and it would therefore be necessary for the stockholders to pay B0 per cent on the capital. Linn County Wheat neavy. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) New wheat is coming Into the Red Crown Mill in Albany daily now. This Is the Portland Flouring Mill's Unn County branch, and annually receives all the wheat it can get in this vicinity. The new wheat this year is quite heavy, and Is running well up in yield. In many localities the yield is reported more bushels to the acre than In years past, and everywhere the crops are good. Harvesting In TamliUl County. McMINNVILLE, Or.. Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) Harvest is now in full swing In Old Yamhill. Most of the thresh ing crews hegan work at the flrsc of the week. The runs will probably ex tend from 25 to 30 days. The harvest this year will be the largest for a number of years. Wheat Is yielding 23 bushels to the acre. Oats yield 40 bushels to the acre and weigh 39 pounds co the bushel. Barley is yield ing from 50 to 60 bushels to the acre. Yakima Merchants Will Sue. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 3. (Special.) Owing to the Northern Paclflo refusing to pay claims of the merchants of this city who lost goods consigned to them in the fire that destroyed the freight depot here last Spring, the mer chants decided today to bring suit for the claims. The merchants lost between 310,000 and 315,000 by the fire. The suit Is to be a test case. Butte Miner Murders Wife. N BUTTE, Mont.. Aug. 3. Frank Marolt, a miner, shot and killed his wife, Mary Morolt, thle morning in & boarding-house In which the woman was employed as a cook. The man made his escape. Marolt and his wife had not been living together for some time, and the officers believe that Jealousy was the motive for the crime. J. P. Dougherty., Is Bound Over. ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 8. (Special.) John P. Dougherty, who stabbed Ran dolph Mattoon In the neck with a Jack knife, was held this morning for trial In the Superior Court In the sum of $1000 ball, which he could not furnish. His vic tim will recover, although hla life was despaired of for several days. Yakima's Assessment Higher. NORTH YAKIMA, Aug. 3. (Special.) The assessment of property In Yakima for 1906 will reach $16,000,000, as against less than $10,000,000 last year. The Equal ization Board meets Monday and it is probable there will be a big protest from those who own high-priced nob hill land. Medford Cottages Burned. MBDFORD, Or.. Aug. 3. Fire destroyed two cottages in West Medford belonging to James Brandenburg last night at 11 o'clock. The origin Is not known. The buildings were valued at $2500 and were insured in the McMInnville Mutual Com pany for $1400. Strikes a Rock on Sound. SEATTLE, Aug. 3. (Special) The ship Battle Abbey, lumber-laden from Port Ludlow, struck a rock as she was being towed to Port Townsend to secure a crew and was taken today to Eagle Harbor for repairs. Her cargo may have to be re moved. : i- Warships lHacn. Victoria. VICTORIA B. C, Aug. 3. The U. S. 8. Chicago, with Admiral Swineburne on board, arrived yesterday from Santa Bar bara, Cal., U. S. Sx Princeton and Preble have been here some days. V. S. S. Bos ton and Paul Jones are expected today. Schooner Louis Takes Lumber. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) The schooner Louis cleared at the Custom house today for San Pedro with a cargo of S50.000 feet of lumber, loaded at the Tongue Point Lumber Company's mill. Aberdeen Harbor Is Clear. ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 3. The work of taking snags out of -the harbor from this point to Montesa.no was finished to day. The cost to the Government was $700. Hop Deal at Salem. SALEM, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) Louis Lachmund & Co. bought the Chester Mur phy hop crop of 90 bales today at 16 cents. A Friend in Need Al ways with You. WHEN you have Heartburn, Colic. Coated Tongue, Sus pected Breath, Acid-rislng-in throat. Gas-belching, or an incipient Cold, take a Cascaret. Remember, all theso are not merely Discomforts, but indications of a serious Cause. 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