The
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IIILLSHOUO, OHEGON, TIIUKSDAY, SEPTEMHEU 18, 1902.
NO. 2T.
VOL. IX.
7
EVENTS OF THE DAY
HliLP TO I KIMT I IRI!.
(UTIII'KED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Cemprchctlv Review of the Import-
. ant Happening rf th Peat Week,
I'ntMatnl In Condensed form, Moat
Likely hi Prove Interesting to Our
Many Reader.
, Danger from forest flrua In Oregon
and Washington ia now over.
Hakr llmidurson decllnoa to accept
the nomination lor emigre In Iowa.
Nlchol Flali, a well known New
York banker, met doath In a mysterl
one manner.
I'ennnylvanla coal operator helil a
omiferemie, but took nu action toward
inline stiike.
Mr. Waggoner, th woman who dis
covered Morrill' body, haa eloped
with tha convict' brother.
St. Loui authorities tr hiving much
trouble with packers on account of had
meat being placed on the market.
The government will supply men to
light loreet Bret in Colorado and wy
Oinliig, hr It haa got beyond til
control.
The Fremh murine minister msde a
mutational tt-h in which he ills-
Ginned the renulU ol poasibi waft with
(ierumny, Italy tnd r.nglaiid.
llockport, tmall town In Kentucky,
i in the hand of a drunken mob
Citiwna are afraid to ak lor outside
aid tor tear the mob may burn the
town.
Oovernori of Wyoming and Colorado Ap
peal to Uovernment for Assistant.
Washington, Sept. 18. Secretary
llitchoock today received dispatch
from the governor of Colorado anl
Wyoming appealing for government
assistance In flghting a - trrifla forest
fire that I raging on government tim
ber land along the Colorado-Wyoming
boundary line, near the southeast cor
MM of Carbon county, Wyoming. The
aocretary will give all aid poeaible, and
to that and at onoe ordered Supervisor
Atherly, of the Crow creek renorvalion,
to assist In fighting tho flro reported
burning at 1'earl, juat mth of the
Medicine Bow forest reserve. They
will employ a large number of men t
assist In the work. Tin U the only
action the department can take. No
request will bo made to tho war de
partment for aislstance,
A new forest that itretcne over
a large arva I ntporieu in oiumai
advice In the Couth Platte lorel re-
nerve, In Wyoming. Forest Hurvl
or Slitiiolnoii and a large lore ol men
are working to extinguliib il. The
dianatcliea report that th fire near
Saratoga, wyo., liaa oeen
under control.
In reapoum to a re-tiet for information
on the llillloii m wasuingion, me
interior department thla afternoon
rivd a telegiam from
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happening wt
tba Peat Week-Brief Review of tba
Orowth and Development of Various
Industrie Throughout Our Common
wealth -LUt Market Report.
Tha fall run of salmon at The Dalle
I exceptionally good, the flub being
of a Urge tine,
Captain II. L. Kelly, of Company A,
Third icgiment, O. N. 0., at Oregon
City, ha resigned.
IVtowya, Umatilla Indian woman,
ha Juat died. - She remembered Cap
In in Clark well, Hie wai 113 years
old.
Extensive preparation are being
made for the carnival and diatrict fair
to be held at The Dalle (September 30
to October 5. - " '
lloppickerc in a numlier of Willam
ette vullev yarda have atruck lor 10
brought mut I"" i To" 'n"""" M I,ven
m nin raaur. - ,
A robber knocked the North Fork
Northern Pacific agent insenaible and
then went tbrotlgh the office desk and
SuperiiiWud- c-4nh drawer, but got very little money.
DEATH LIST INCREASING.
nut Nindter, In charge of ti e l"ii'l re- There it no clue to the perpetrator.
rvo tract in Washington atate, aaying
that two Are were raging over a large
area Inaide the Mount Kainlcr reserve,
Th ranger have been flghting those
lr since Ihelr Inception, and extra
lielo haa been employed to battle
aaaiuit the (lame. The reporta how
near hnumclaw t
The) Mt. Angel . olhiro opened it
Uith yar with an attendant that
romi welt for the coming aeaaon.
The new atone building to be lined by
i he college it rapidly Rearing completion.
Two mfki-d men entered the 0. R.
that Die lila Hre
The mouth of tha Columbia river I mcwl. iiriVat landa. which in re- & N. depot at North I'owder tnd at the
In very bad condition. A atnd bar lit wnt .leiir, i. iteuaivey lum- point of a revolver compelled the apent
formed clear acrta the eiiiranc) anu a. i K,,f, the milla being mot)v located uj otn the wife. Tliey awured uo,
at Tacrnna and on the line ol the after which the agent wa bound tnd
Northern Pacific. gKgol
All l.s.!.nttft nf tkA KAanicnm
MASSAtKIU IN lllti UKlKni. c..,, t, ,mnan. IrH-indini
iliu aawmlll. box factorv and aeverml
Two Engllahmen were suapectea oi roia- lolllWn, ,rrw f timber tribotary to
onlng a Spring. . Katjuicun, and O'Hanna, have
Victoria, n. C, Sept. 1H. MaililUf n aold to Mioneapolia capital lata
no place on It I t itepth of more than
SO feet to be found at tow tide. Four
year ago there were id lost ol wtter.
Ruaaia I preparing to evacuate Man
ehurla.
Kxplorer Peary ha been betrd Irom
In Ibrador.
Heoator Thomta It. Bard, of Call
for n la, I anrioualy III.
A heavy froet in Ohio did coniid
arable damage to late crop.
rVventeen men ot theii live by tn
exploaion In Norfolk, Vt., mine.
Fire In coalbnnker at Ptockton,
Cat., vaulted In 3U0,000 damage,
Yqul Indian are again caualug
aerlotia diaturbaucM III Mexltxi near
the border.
A loromntive boiler explrded on the
rnnylvanit railway, killing one man
tnd wirioualy injuring two,
Reoort from lVkln y thtt Jtoxer
are auain becoming Uoubloaome In
varlou part ol tha empire.
Twenly-Bve village have been twept
away tnd 6,000 people drowned by
overllowlng rivers In India.
Colorado lontlU htvo advtnc-ed
the idea that mtn of the foreat lire
Thirty-Eight Known to llava Perlahcd In
the Lewie River Country.
Ka'amt, Waah., Bept. 17. Keporta
from the fir tiricken diatrict ol Lewi
river continue to grow worae. The
charred tnd lileloa bodie ol 38 people
hive already been found, and all be
lieve that there will be more to follow.
Many tettler and an nnknown num
ber of camper from outside point are
mitalng. Tho burned diatrict wa
aettled by per h pa 600 people, moot ol
wbom were ptoeperou, while many
were well-to-do. Nearly all of the
farmer had good building, their
barn filled with hay, and their paa-
turea well a tucked with cattle. . What
wa a week ago the beautiful and fer
tile valley of the Lewi I now a hot
and allont Valley of death, covered pro-
mlwooutly with the blackened bodie
of both man and beaat.
At one place the iron ol a burned
wagon, the roaated remain ol a team
of borne and the dead bodie of nine
people tell the tale of an nniuoceeaful
attempt ol a party of pleasure seeker
to escape. While fleeing from the
flame they were Hopped by a big log
that had fallen acrotm the lead. The
team waa burned oa the spot, and ao
fierce wa the fir that none of the nine
person were able to get more than a
few iteii Irom tha wagon.
Maoy people saved their livea by
jumping into the .Lewis river, the
water ol which. In tome place, was
warm lmm the Intense beat of the
rurrounding flame. About 60 people,
who were camping at Trout lake, near
the ban of Mount St. Helen, were
tared by taking tolh water on iui
proviaed raft of polo and log. About
140 sections of the finest timber land in
Cowllti county have been burned over,
and much ol it destroyed completely.
t 1 estimated that the property loss
n this county will not be less than
1,000,000. Three bundred people
have been left destitute and homeless,
at least 38 lives have been lost.
BUT NO INDICATIONS AT PRESENT OF
HIGHER PRICES.
Tenth Annual Convention Meet at Coa-
raoa Springs la October,
Denver, Sept. 16. The tenth Nation
al Irrigation Congress will be held at
Colorado Spring, Colo., October 6 to 9,
The American Forestry Association will
Orego. Crop Thla Year Win be About 125 HIH) gnd ,nd
camu Lea. I nan urn rear, ma we (r)rMtrT m be given proper attention.
Vuainy very uooo-rnm in Th, Ui,g of repmNmUtioB io tb
California la Oood, Which W1U Affect congree will be: a
Price in the Northwest. I Ths governor of each tUto and terri
tory to appoint 20 dalegata.
The prune crop of tl,e Northwest will . m -,.,,.:- to .DDoi. two dele.
not oe np to toe usual mara una year, i gtt
Tboogh the acreage it larger, the yield I The mayor of each city of more than
ill fall considerably below that ol last population to appoint four dele-
t. iiuii -t. : il,r,rf M-
u i. m,ure Eh tv.r,l f ,. nnmUnwi.
irom me nonowesiern euner biuouuwju i w0 djlegates, t-
to between 700 and 800 cars. This Each chamber ol commerce,
vear ahinments will be between 100 ciai clnD or real estate McDeJige, two
i .i,r... rin t, Aiha I delegates
.UU tUV I.IK .UVll. V I , , , , . , . i , ,
i i in v- i t ,. cn OTgnnixea irrigation, agricui
uinu, prouw.i.. tural and live stock sstociation, two
able weather ol the spring ana summer delegates.
having caused a material increase in Each society of engineers, two .dele-
tl, ! nt the frnit. This will be food gates,
... .v.. .... ! n,. Each irrigation company andagricol-
B.w., r ta . , . . .
dry prunes weighing 60 to 70 pounds The fu ,owing (re delegate by virtoe
than it does those weighing so or 40 ol their respective offices
pounds, tnd the Increase in weight The duly accredited representative
means a corresponding increase in the oi any loreign naiion or coicmy, us
year.
o.u.l I,. h Kmnr..a of India The consideration was over 1100,000.
' . . I ll. Mfliun riluns avtMiislve intnrove-
n,ua,-ra nl Mmm. llrtice and ' t; i -
Lewi at Changte lluntu.
For week the cholera haa been de
mon ta,
There is a move on foot to divide
IUkr nmrilv liv i ntlinir off a alii-e of
potmlaiiug the cltle along the i nan ,ho portion, including the Pan
river. lu Changte people died dally handle district, which was annexed to
k thuanM. and from roliablo lenorl. Itaker county two years ago. A slice
' ., .,1 i. ..i.i.,.i
, i i.i.i.. ;.l... oi aiuiiiour couiuv ia ki w "i"
in saute can iw atwo mi m wr,,. - ...
" , . , , ..nu , as to bring Huntington nearer the
The city 1 h iilt on t blllaido, tnd 1" L, of the proposal new county,
the renter thereof is t spring Irom I ttitio making It the natural location lor
which the people obsaln ntm n oi tneir iim wty st,
water, llil was reporiei
was reported to nave
tHwn noltiiiiwl bv the loreignurs, and
henos the high deal a rate. One titer-
noon Mr. Iis was studying with lila
tesM'her. ami Mr. Bruce was in hi room
acris to hall, w hn in tn Instant the
house and street became crowded with
people. Mr. Bruce waa drawn by his
hair out ol the room and Into the yard
where, with clubs, stones, knives,
killed.
The fall fishing season has opened
and imliiationa point to a large run
with price good.
Forest fires ar still rtging In Clack
amas county tnd much valuable timber
is being destroyed.
The pOHtofnce at Glentena, Lane
county. Luda, Coos county, and
Tamarack. Umatilla conuty, will be
The purchasing price was f 14,700,
Tho experimental station tt the Ore
gon Agricultural college Is to- mtke
practical test ol hop drying to save
larger amount of lnpulin, which is the
active principle and marketable asset of
the hop. -
The Columbia Southern expects to
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS.
K.
, K. llol-
Stata Convention Meet In Tacoma and
Nomlnatca Tkkct.
Tacoma. Wash.. Sept. 17. The
Democratic state convention, after a
session lasting until nearly midnight
last night, completed its business and
adjourned.
The following ticket was nominated
by acclamation :
Representatives In congress George
F. Cotterlll, of Mug: Mepnen
Barron, ol Okanogan, and O
comb.
Judge ol supreme court Junius U.
Roavls, of Yakima,
United States semitor George Tur
ner wan Indorsed for re-elootion
The platform adopted endorses the
Kaunas City platform, opposes imper
ialism and colonialism, government by
injunction, triiRts and trust fostering
tariffs, and asset currency. It con
domns special privileges given for
Brazing sheep on government forest
reserves, and dumamiB complete exciu
sion Irom all American territory ol all
Chinese, and denounces the Republi
can majority In congress for. "paHsing
the present weak and Inadequate law.
Abhorrence is expressed of tho tragedy
that resulted In the death ol President
McKlnley.
The convention declared in luvor oi a
railroad commission to be appointed by
the governor first, and subsequently
chosen in such manner as the legisla
ture shall determine.
British Soldiers Arrive From India.
VlotoriR, B.'C, Sept. 18. There ar
rived bv the Empress of India today a
contingent ol 132 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Royal Horse
artillery. These are under the com
mand ol Captain R. E. Tilney, the only
commissioned officer among theru.
Among the party are msny time ex
pired men, who have seen seven and 12
years' service. After a rent here, they
I will make tne trip across me comment
to Montreal and thsnos to Liverpool.
haul 20,000 tons more grain out of
Sherman county this year than last.
This is due to increased acreage and
tho 10 per cent reduction in frelgh
rates on the 0. R. A. N.
The Eastern Oregon state normal
school st Weston opened with a larger
attendance than ever before in both the
normal and training departments,
New student are constantly coning in
and the school s prospects aie vry
bright.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
u.sk.lai Ami tf-trtnr. It a una mum
Mr. Uwla and his teacher went out al aisoonunneu cpveni.r ou,
ar set by meteor falling In the heavy he back door into the yard and slatted The Telocasset lanch. conairting of
1. .. ... I . .
DaUtfoMrta, to climb upon an out um, mm ft t.oo-0 aiwn. iituatod in Union and
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Crosade agsinst Bial.r.' chl. I. ' " r mntim, has change.! nanus.
sua In on in rranc. I . . ,.... ,.,.ui i
il mil ifi. il in ui .a v trr '
New York Republican have decided on,i recognition. After thla the mob
t endoro Uooaevelt lor 1904. destroyeil all loreign liooks and other
p.i.i P,u hi Invited aeve articles they could not use. Tho trunks
. , . ... I., .ui, kin. k and lioxea wore broken open, tnu not
rai senator o wum . .. , , , , . ..
,i... anv of the poison could be found.
... . I TV ll II WllV Vlw at,. " " " 1"
Colombian Insurgents ar waiting lor ,Mnui tnB ci,iifu arrived. On the
arms, when they will attack the lath- mlM Am)i alMj , (ww (j()org awgy WK
mua of Panama railroad. sUtlonwl sold ion for their protection.
Tit am VtirMJt n anvnrnment has I A British warship was sent tc the
offered amnesty to revolutionist whoconfl iipon receipt of the news
lay down their arms in 40 day.
A conference arranged by Governor
Rton to settle lb coal minors strike
in Pennsylvania, ended In a lallure.
The Colombian government ht pur
chased a steamer at Pan rranclsoo,
which will be fitted out as a war vessel.
Purest fires throughout the North
west continue to cause widespread de
vastation. Th property loss will run
Into the hundreds of thousand oi dol
lar. Vanderhilt and Pennsylvania railway
systems have boon amalgamated. The
new combination will hav caultalls
ttlon ol 12,000,000,000 tnd a mileag
ol 30,000 miles.
Every electric line In Ottumwa,
Iowa, hat been tied up by a ttrlke.
A. R. Shepherd, ex-governor ol tho
District ol Columbia, died in Mexico.
The cold wave which struck Colorado
has damagod th potato crop to great
extent.
flhlna la disturbed over the determ
ination ol Russia to remain In Man- j
churia.
Th Lake woolen mills at Brldgetong
New Jersey, wer destroyed by Hi.
Loss $100,000.
Great Britain has secured an exten
sion of reciprocity treaties pending with
the United Btates.
Mrs. William M. Stewart, wile of
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, was
killod in tn automobile accident in San
Francisco.
American generals who have been
witnessing the German war maneuvers
have started for home.
The Beaumont. Texas, oil Are Is
nndnv nnntrol. The los will leach
$250,000. It was caused by the care
lessneiis ol a watchman.
The battleship Oregon, which has
kn nnderirolna repair at the Pugot
HnnnH navv vard lor th last year, has
alll (or San Francisco. It is thought
lb will b ordered t China.
to
Many Burned la Clarke County,
Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 17. A
number ol deaths In the Rock creek
district, near Boll's mountain, have
been reported her. The fire was
riven bv t high east wind, whan
swept everything before it.
tire, accord ing to the reports, swept
over a strip of timber in the northern
part ol this county, 11 mile wide, for
a distance of 40 miles. Tha country
around th headwaters of Lewis river
is known to be full of prospectors and
miners, and it is believed that many
more lives tre lost than ar now re
ported.
More than ZO famines in tn vicin
ity ol Rocky creek are rendered home
less. Measures are being taken among
the authorities and citizens here
render speedy assistance to the unfor
tunate fire sufferers. As reports say
lame number ol people are left desti
tut for the time being by reason
Ui destruction of buildings, crops tnd
stock unless they are given relief soon,
much suffering is sure to result.
Bad Fire la Montana.
Kalispell, Mont., Sept. 17. Forest
fires are raging on the north fork of the
Flathead river, on th Flathead reser
vation. Ranchers have been fighting
flames for two days and they are now
beyond their control. They hav sent
lor help, and men will immediately go
to the scene. The fire started in a
windfall, and spread rapidly over one
ol the best belts ol timber in this sec
tion, the exact location being near the
large beds ol coal. It ia gradually go
ing east and south, and threatens de
struction to the timber in the vicinity
ol McDonald lake, unless soon checked.
'RUNE CROP SHORT
NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
tolling price.
From all this, however, holders of
prunes need not think they are going to
find profit. There seems to be a gene
ral impression about the country that
prices will be as good as last year, but
the indicatioiit do not point that way
Growers must not overlook the present
situation in California. In the Santa
Clara valley, for Eastern shipment,
packe'S are quoting 2 eents for the
four sizes, which is cent less than
last year. The prune crop is large
there, but not alone ar prunes plenti
ful all other Iruit is in abundance
In the East it is the same story. The
apple crop there, which is large, is i
strong factor in the price situation
governor of any state or territory, toy
STATE FAIR OPENS
ATTENDANCE DOUBLE THAT OF LAST
YEAR'S 0PEN1N0 DAY.
visitor Express Much Pleaaar and Sat
Mactlosj with Thla Year Snow -few
ti Fake sad Sideshows, but Plenty t
Entertainment Specc hs by Oovenaer
Oeer and President Webrong.
Salem, Or., Sept. 16. Opening day
at tba state fair yesterday was a great
success. The attendance for th Initial
day watlarger than for years. Presi
dent Wehrnng stated that tb gat re
ceipts for th dty were doable tho of
th opening day last year.
Tb grounds ar well supplied with
exhibits. , Linn, Lane, folk and
Washington conntie hav creditab!
displays of their ratoarce in th
pavilion. The art and manufacturing
department ar largely represented.
There are not as many fake show,
midways and entertainments a ostial,
and only good wholesome entertain
ment ia allowed by th management.
There are mora campers this year and
every indication aognra well for tb
success of the exposition- Tb visitor
appeared pleased with the show, and
member of tha Uniter1 State senate were complimentary in their remark,
and house of representative, member The fair was formally opened last
of any state or territorial commission, I evening with exercises in the musk)
all member in good standing of th hall at th pavilion. Tha Fourth regi
ment band, ol Eugene, wbicb is en
gaged for the week, played two appro
priate opening selections. President
Wehrnng presided and introduced Gov
ernor Geer, who gave tb address of
welcome. The response was made by
Dr. James Witbycomb, ofCorvallis.
This year's state fair not only pre-
National Irrigation Association. '
(ML OL'SMER STILL BURNING.
Beaumont
will Endeavor to
wtU Stcaat.
Smother ft
Beaumont, Tex., Bept. 10.- Tonight
one larg gusher is still burning, send- KaU more ,or Tigitor to wit
ing a volume ol flam high in th air. profit to himself, bot mora for him to
Effnrta made thi afternoon to extin- enjoy In tba way of Iigbt amusement.
guish tb flames were not successful, I
but
TUNNEL THREE-FIFTHS DONE.
(treat Subway of Rapid Transit Company
Under New York.
more boiler hav been sent for.
When dried apples are cheap people M th plan of smothering it with
tre ts tpt to buy tbem as they ar to , team will again be tried. Many of
purchase prunes. The European crop the oil comnanies have lost their Doma
in abort, but Europe draws on this I ; n.na and ham wired ordera for flew York. Sept. 17. After an ax-
country for fruit to only a limited ex- new machines. An examination leads I penditure of $21,000,000 and th aacri
tent, fcurope oeing an eany ouyer, to tb belief that none of the wells a oi k. iim ihnMiK
l. . it. ..U.. .Ull, 1...L 1 , --o - .
'"i vi i nave Deen permaniHiiiy taiureu. ., i .; .11.
want, may be said to be practically There is a new problem to be con- Umbw nnder nroctlfn in th
filled. fronted as soon as the burning gusher a city ia, according to the world, exactly
There is only a limited demand iorieitiDga,8hed, and that is the control of I three filths completed. Ibis state-
the Oregon crop for early delivery, the well. The gate valve has been I ment of the state of progress is based
according to Portland dealers, and as melted off, and while it is probable! .... (V,m-Itlr, in ,t,K nffifA n. rhi.f
soon as that want u supplied, what that this can b replaced it will Engineer Parson. -
sioct remains on iianu io piw uraK, cumcnit operation, tsttmate wine fh principal means of reckoning
or, to move it, lower priees must be damage still vary, bot there is a gene- . m h uShn .m,li.hed and
made. I ral acceptance of about $100,000 as the I , u .- ,
VtA Jona las VSk
inn nriuieuuu iu r-anwiu Bsuuig- Dlture loft I will CCvcf Urn lOflS inmi i K;nk t..
frn On.1 l.fflhn U'lil HA IflTVA thlfl Vflflf. 1 k,.. row.. Ki nn fatavlitwt art (caaa 1 - J .
vwia u4 "... J i 11 Oal uucu ajuss vuv ssaMBta r av . . . i 1 J U"a- 4-b. A n.aHAn
Clark county, it is reported, will not ; . , f 2i ooo ooo in ronnd
nave over nan as many a mrnsrMuu. TRAINS tOMK TUUfcltlbK. . . .j jj.k-..! . n,-
raui iiiassoii, a wiiiurm. uu.v u,.u, , ..... - t,s nnn nftn hiK T
... . I? n nn I I UlaUD Vl IMO w wv,swv ivi n ubvm a a
wno laieiy revurueu too. Runaway Freight Cars Crash Into a Fast McDonald contracted to bnild th
tins year s prune crop in xrance PaMenirer-Three Killed. , I ,i tv, K. v,
I-ISL.- bTyi Denver, Sept. 16.-Santa F passen- figure, is born, out by detailed report.
w. -j l ... k ana l .. il.
atnl-mn. IS" '....
t : 1 . , i paper train, suitu nui
4 uiicfiiuuhu a Kim .,,,, v. --- , - .
n,h,Hiati r v shnnt the or n(w thev """""I
had received for their fruit," be said
L' ... .LI. u.nMA rt infnnnaitnn T
ItHklllOU Will. XV JW.
French growers bad received an aver
news-1 on the various sections.
Denver this i There have been only two notable
at 3:50, bound for Colorado disasters to call attention to the danger
Springs, Pueblo, Chicago and St. Louis, of lite involved in th great nndertak
collided with a freight train at Strnby, ing. These cost th number of live
oast the enm" vown several miiee souw oi i uiciiuounu. ii io ouui,m ""
.n Littleton, and three members of the task will occupy another year at least,
tn aver- j jIti. i i . k. . l
. : i k ,. , mH fnr thair passenger iram crew wore auiea ana in uu m "
TM. IZ nVer extrava- "other perhaps fatally injured. Some th opinion that they hav been lortu-
Wheat-Walla Walla, 6162c; blue-
stem, 63X94ci valley, fl284o.
Barley-Feed, 19.00; brewing 20.
Flour Bent grades, $3.0693 75 per
barrel; graham, 2.05($3.20. ,
Mlllstnff Bran, $17 per ton;
middlings, 121.60: shorts, if 18;
chop, 17,
Oats No.l white, $1.00; gray; 960
ft.' :. ' -
Hay - Timothy, tlOdM! clovr,
$7.60; Oregon wild hay, I5fl per
ton,
Potatoes Best Barbanks, 6066o
nor oeutal ; ordinary, 6056c per cen
tal, growers prices; sweets, $2.00
2.26 per cental.
Butter Creamery, 2527Jc; dairy
17k20o; store, 12 15c. . i
Eggs 22Mc lor Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12H
(ai3c;Y0MigAmerica, 18)il4Hoi fac
tory prices, 1(8 IMC less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,003
4.00: hens. $4.60(46.60 per dosen,
liailKc per pound; springs, 11
11 Ho per pound, $8.0003.60 per dot-en-
ducks, $3.004.60 per dosenj tur
keys, live, 13fl4o, dressed, 1618c per
pound; geose, $4.oub.uu per oosn
Muttoh Gross, tSo per pound;
dressed, 6c per pound,
Hogs Gross, 6Ho dressed, 17t
per pound. , :.
Veal 7(3 8c per pound.
BeefGrosB, oowt, 83Kc! steers,
$iMc; dressed, 67o per ponnd.
Hops--l(l7c; new crop2022o.
Wool Valley,1216;Ktstern Ore
gon, 8Q14HO: mohali, 30(3200 ponnd
Cascade Locks Narrowly Escaped.
Cascade Locks. Or., Sept. 17. Ex
cept lor the hard work ol the men ol
the town and t gang ol Japanese rail
road hands, the Cascade Looks settle
ment would have been swept clean by
Are.
Faities arriving from th Wind
mountain country, seven miles east of
here in Washington, state that a fire
there laid wast almost th wtioi coun
try. A sawmill belonging to Joseph
Peters, ol The Dalles, was burned; also
about 8,000 cords ol wood, and most of
the settlers are homeless. Another fire
near Stevenson burned a large amount
ol wood, and several farms were also
swept clean. A party arrived yester
day Irom the mountains south of here
and report that a large amount of tim
ber on the forest reserve is mirneo, ano
that there is a big fir on the Bull Run
reserve.
t Vf .kH thm If thev would ol th passengers were badly shaken np n.te thus tar in reducing the peril of
rlimnD to tntract the , fruirS and bruised, but nop wvi killed or lite and limb to the minimum.' They
be willing to contract ; heir fruit at of
that price for the ensuing 10 years.
Thev replied that thev would not. I
talked prunes all over France, and met
manv of the large dealers. I found the
conditions described to apply generally
to that country."
JUSTICE QRAY DEAD.
seriously in lured. I say
Tb freight when ascending a steep been walking, driving and riding street
grtd tt Struby to let the passenger cars for two years on the brink of an
train pass, parted in the middle tnd excavation extending lor miles mrougn
15 or 13 heavily loaded cars started the city and thousands of men bay
back toward the approaching passenger been employed in hazardous nnder-
traio, which was drawn by two engines. 1 ground work, the wonder is mat tn
Th engineers tried to back out of the list of victims Is not much larger.
way of th running cart, but did not It has been necessary to excavate
succeed. Th crash when the two 3,000,000 cubic yards ol solid rock,
trains met was heard for miles. Both and for months the contractors hav
passenger engines were thrown into been nsing one and one-half ton of
the ditch and freight car were piled dynamite a day foi blasting. ' It ia
up On them. , promised that New York will begin to
recover irom its tornup condition wiin-
VOLCANO AOAIN ACTIVE in a short time. Only a few blocks
here and there remain to be excavated,
been in poor health for some Souffle,,', ncw Crater Is Throwing Out and several sections of the tunnel ar
Mysteries of Railroad Time Cards.
How perplexing they are, those gieat
big folders, that tell to much about
trains, dittances, connections and all
the other information travelers need
to know. And how hard to grasp tl'
Information they convey. None of i
can read them intelligently, and some
can't read them at all. They have
needed fixing, and that "fixing" was
applied this month by the Northern
I'aeiflc railroad when it gave the pur
lic a little time card that can be tucked
away in a gentleman's vest pocket or in
a lady's purse. Get one and see how
s mole and helpful it really is to tne
traveler. It's little, but il diamonds
were as large as cabbages nobody would
want them.
War Forces lor the Isthmus. ,
Philadelphia, Sept. 17. In response
to hurry orders irom Washington tne
auxiliary cruiser Panther, in command
of Captain Wilson, left the League
Uland navy yard tonight for uoion. un
board the Panther is a battalion ol
marines, numbering 320 men, who are
in command ol Lieutenant Colonel
Russell. The cruiser took along a
field battery of lour Colt's rapid fire
guns, two field pieces and ample ammunition.
Served on United States Supreme Court
Bench Over Twenty Years.
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 18. Justice
Horace Gray, who- retired from the
United States supreme court bench re-
Mtntlv. died at his summer home in
Nahant yesterday morning ol paralysis,
He bad
time.
Judge Gray was born in Boston
March 24. 1828. and was graduated
from Harvard college in the clasr of
1873. and from the law school in 1849
He was admitted to the bar in 1851.
He was a reporter of the supreme judi
cial court of Massachusetts from 1854
to 1861. He was appointed associate
justice oi that court in 1864, and chiel
. . . . . i .
justice in 183. rresiuem Aimur
commissioned him as associate justice
ol the supreme court ol the United
States, December 19, 1881.
500 PEOPLE IN A HEAP.
Volumes of Black Smoke.
nearly completed.
Kingstown, St. Vincent, Sept. 18.
An official at Chateau Belaire reports
that Souffriere's new crater, which has
been quiet hitherto, is today throwing
ont black smoke. The old crater,
which in the correspondent' opinion
did all the work since May 7
19th WEEK OP COAL STRIKE.
Temporary Steps Leading to Synagogue
Oav Way, but Few Were Injured.
St. Paul, Sept. 17. - While 1,100
people were struggling to get into th
new sons ot aion synagogue io wuuws
the dedicatory exercises, the temporary
steps leading to the entrance gave way
and 500 oeoDle fell in a heap. The
police platoon, which led th proces
sion to the church broke ranks and
rushed into the crowd, preventing
Irantio men, women and children
from crushing one another in the
scramble to get out When quiet had
been restored, it was found that a few
were bruised and cut, but no one had
been fatally injured.
National Finances of England.
London, Sept. 18. A return of the
national finances today sho-. s that the
orosa liabilities March 81, were
$3,282,216,930, an increase oi saia,
597,540, due to the South African war,
. High Price for Beef. '!
Kansas City. Sept. 19. Seventeen
bead of native steers, averaging 1,268
pounds, sold here today at $8.76, which
1 the hioliest orice for beef ever re-
ivd n tlii market.
And Still No Sign of Weakening of ether
of th Contestants.
Shenango, Pa., Sept. 17. Monday
and began the 19th week of the coal strike.
which erupted September 8, is still The date on which Senator Piatt pr-
issuing white steam in dense Sclouds, dieted that the strike would end has
which can be seen from Kingston over passed and the hope that was instilled
the northern mountains. The craters into the people in this locality because
and the Wallibon and Richmond dis- ol that prediction has been succeeded
tricts could be seen yesterday. s by a feeling that the end Is still far
The volcanic matter which fell it off.
Richmond and Wallibon was finer than The reiteration by the coal president
that which fell at Chateau Belaire, during the week that no concession
although the places are very near each would be made and the resolutions
other. ;; ' ' passed by nearly all the local unions ol
There haa been a further subsidence the United Mineworkers pledging
in Wallibon in four different places, themselves to the strike until conces
and the local opinion is that these sub- sions are granted show that neither
sidences on the coast line may aconnt side It weakening.
for the sand-like
September 8.
substances ejected
Coal Prices Soaring High.
Chicago, Sept. 16. The prio of soft
coal in Chicago has risen to $9 a ton,
General Gobin, in charge of the
state troops encamped in thl county,
denies that he 1b preparing to remove
the troops at an early date.
Strike-Breaker Killed.
Omaha, Sept. 17. Earl Caldwell, a
as compared with $3.75 on September machinist who recently came her
1. Anthracite is practicably unob- from Chicago, wa killed in the street
tainable, and is quoted by some dealers here early today. The tragedy 1 an
as high as $25 a ton. The sudden ad-1 outgrowth ol the Union Pacific strike.
vane in prices is attributed to demand I Caldwell and another strike-breaker
caused by the cold weather, whieh, who came into the city from the shop
whil not severe in itself, has aroused were let upon by six men and tetribly
householders to a realization that their beaten. Caldwell's companion escaped,
but when help came in response to
Cladwell'i cries, he a as unconscious.
He died soon afterward.
buildings are empty.
Passengers Drowned In Flood.
Madras, British India, Sept. 16.
An English mail train yesterday, 25
miles Irom this city, dashed over a
bridge that had been undermined by
floods. Fifty passengers, Including
eight Europeans and four soldiers,
wr drowsed,
Leopold to Visit America.
Brussels, Sept. 16. It Is annonnced
that King Leopold will visit the
United States next year. - The tim of
the visit has been definitely fixed for
February and March.
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