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Newspaper Page Text-To JnllLLSB VOL. X. IIILLSBOBO, OUEGON, TI1UHSDAY, JULY .JO, 190?. NO. 20. R EVENTS OF THE DAY OATHHRLD FROM ALL PARTS 01' THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import, nt Happenings of the Paat Week, Prenttd la Condensed Form, Most l ikely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Header. liuuia, In retaliation lr the Kiah Inel imtitlno, will limit (ewer iaaHirtf to Americana. Juliii I). Long, Unltexl Slate coneul gennral at Calm, Egypt, I dead the result of a (all. IIumU, It U 'laitl, liai made conces sions to Ilia powers, .which will aur peace lii the lar Kat. The lumbar freight rata on the Southern I'm lliu will be raised from 13.10 to 6 a ton Augnat 20. I'opolL In conference at Injnvnr have agreed tti Ml the past and will re enler the. political arena. WhltUkr Wright, the London pro tnotxr, will lie exleditrd at one, the paper having been prepared. A tierce race rl.it occurred at lor atue, Ohio, necauee two nrgrue severe ly cut a white man with razor. lunula linn bean iwept ly a severe tornado, which destroyed threw vil lKe and caueml great Ion of life). A cablergain frtni Consul General Codger, at I'aiiama, aay everything l quoit eud tie expect no lurlhtu Irou bin. Representative VVllcoi la at the head ul a movement to secure liidepen demw lor Hawaii trout the t'uited State. HUNT FOR COVER. headed Escaped California Convict are tor the Mountain. I'lacervllle. Cel., July 80. Of the 13 convict who ercaped from the ttate penitentiary at Folaotn, 12 are itlll at large. Joe Murphy, who wa serving a H-year sentence, for robbery, in hot at I'llot Hill. 8. M. Uordon, the rejiorted leader of the gang, who had been euntenred to 46 year for robbery di'Mrtel hl follower aoun after thar left the priaon. lie 1 heavily armed and it la not known In which direction he Bought aafety. A negro convict named roavla, who wai reported wounded lii the drat eni-ountor with the officer, appear not to have been Injure. The 11 outlaw! who remain together are making lor the Sierra Nevada mountain. They are. closely purauud by the aherifT of Sacramento, Kldorado and Placer rountie each backed by niimerou dcpulir. and aulated oy a company ol mil ll I. About 20 guard fiom the Foleom prison are alao en gaged In the chane. It ia believed that the fugitive will toon tie orrouodod, and deerte battle 1 anticipated, a all are heavily armed. The work of the pursuing poaer. ha been rendered Ies dllllcult t an wa anticipated by the unexpected aotion of tho convict, who released all of the Iree men they had 1 hold a bnatagi i It la thouiiht that till) courie wa prompted by tack of food and animunl- tlon. The 11 escape ara now believed to be near I'Ucerville, in Eldorado county, lo a rough siuotry and not far from the mountain, wflich they ev HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON Rogue Hlver Valley Trae Promise Choke ; Product. From the viewpoint of the grain nil mir damn nature la in a state of (volt tula year In Southern Oregon, the, drouth prevailing for the paat few ninth having wofully reduced the verage lu all amull grain. It ap- near a If nature. Indeed, rebelled at man' persistent perveralon of aoll nd climate condition Intended to produce nectar for the god, to the baser u (if growing provender for kliie or grnlu for human kind or other CHttle. Tiic orchard and alfalfa meadow, owever, am yielding up auch (tore wealth &3 only those realize who re familiar with existing coudltlon. Apple and peara protnlw) fancy fig' re again thta year. In fui't grower look for record breaking price, owing to partial failure of fruit of ordinary quality In the east. Of courae the fancy fruit for which thin aection I distinguished la not exactlly In com petition with ordinary barrel atock. hut acanity of the latter article al way enhancea price all round Crower are carefully thinning and applying the aummer spray at pres- ent, and favoring weather condition re giving promlae of quality sur- asslng. perhaps, any former year In the hliitory of the local trade. FIX PRICE OF PRUINeS. The American squadron will engage """Hy hope to make their refuge, In a areat in I in If war oft the coa'l of New Fng'end next month. Thirty venae 1 will paitlclpite. The race war at Ianl!le, III., I over and quiet renUirei. Tie Jtpaneiwi pre i itrongly In tavoeof war with Kuuia. Cardinal Gibbon recelfwd ery cordial reception on hi arrival at Home. A convention treorganlae a new re form political party la now In eeealon at Denver. The HrlUh pre term Ruaalan cmclai't word on Manchurlan itua tlon a Intuiting. The fight at I'llot 11111 between the couvlct and their pursuer at-ema to have been more aeriou affair than at Brat re poi ted. After thry had looted a provlalon tore at I'llot Hill they were practical ly aurrounded by the aberifl of Sai ramento and Placer countie, each com mndlng a trong poeae. All four boric, on the convict wagon were hot. and one of the criminal wa killed outright. Then the outlaw rala.nl a white flag and marched up tne mad with the guard and other whom snecpmiN in arms. Montana Camp and Pans Burned Warring Cattlemen. Butte." Mont., July 28. A Miner ipeolal from Ulg Timber, Mont., ay that the theepmeo of Urldger Creek country, several mllea from tinre, are up in arm a a remit of the burning of the Flannagan ilroa'. iheep camp they had captured on each tide of them I . i H... ...i.i ii A Teiaa contractor attempted to '-v brllauaim offl.wr by aeuding blm might nave men aeverai mnocni " 1700 In a bog of cigar. men. In thl deenerate manner the Preiiaratloii are comp1etd for the I uncond eacape wa made. holding of the conclave which will jow. hat the captive have been elect a ui'ttwr to Pope Io. freeil. the puraultig olllonra have been Patlafactory progreaa la being mad. Intruded to .hoot the. convlit. on In the trade treaty negotiation! lie- .l.hl. and thier death or capture In t.een the Un ted Ktatea and China tor " ""' Die opening of Manchurtan port A coke trnat. headed by the Frlck coal company, la to be formed. The capital la placed at 17,000,01)0. The new roncern ha control of 10,000 acre of coal land. . ' . . The dlacovery of four boxe of dyna mile In the mounlatn three mile from Kolaon. B. 0.. with the data 1881 marked on them haa led to apocuiatton a to a tragedy In which pioneer pro nectora were the victim. i . . .i . A fierce wind .torm In the Boundary ! P". ! unt ",u" creek valley, B. 0 ha done 5,(K)0 Montana. The deatruction i Deiiaveo damte. It blew down a tee mok ny u.epmen to be the work of cattle" tack at the Oreenwood rneiier, over-1 ,,lh whom they btve 0D "..T: " C "r .7 verge of war for the paat .Is month. ..... ii. n'. ----- , wlrea. Several men were iniureu Dy iniowpiomv i...... - Ulllim tree. uniier WO leeuereiup ui iiiiui " - 11.. . f . . . a... 1 ...... al.AMnM.AMr ami . lone oi mo pro.iu.iwui. Harrlinan will try to wroit the con. Ueamh of the urroundina country I trol of the Northern PaulQo Irani mil. ing made for a man whom the aheep' o.... ti..i m rn.m.n.l that men declare they know l tue intmii DDlilDtni T " www.--- I , . . . ...... I Aluka be aiven double time ry. 1'lckeW nave oeeq .Hungom over ' - an area of ten mile, iquare aiiuwaino. . I.... i- i,. I raniee mni in nuw .i." ovv.iw d..j A hiiih Rumlan ofllclal charge Ureat .,.. ht .Itnation la extremolv eriou Britain, with duplicity in ine Man- . j . ym.nmi U threatened if the cat ohurian affair. ' , . tlemen euatiacted of firing the Flanna. Wa mn were hurt and 1100.000 P ,H,U ,nto the ,.,mU ' th6 t ...rth of oronerty de.troyed at a Terra l'r.uiug ..ee.u.c.. U.ntn tn.l (Ira. r ' ' 1 Traninort DU Qoca Aground. Kxt'ieme hot weather; prevail in WaaKlngton, July" 30. Quarter- eaatern weuiaHKe. ,vjrop aie wwii maator General Humpnrey baa been in to nave ueen injureu. - , I formed by cable that the transport IMx Th .tubbornneaa of a Hungarian N" Vh9 .JP? J ' ... ..n.1. t. .i. Raturdav. She ha. alnoe been docked OKIiAT FRUIT VlliLO. JUNG OCT PUT SPLENDID. All Sunptcr LMitrlct Mine Ckaacd tp ' of J 50,000. Rtitlmate baed on the production of ore In the Horopter mining diRtrlct for the paat month give much greater return than heretofore. The deep Inking operatlona carried on In moat of the leading propertlea have result ed In opening up a larger area of min ing territory and conaequently an in creaaed production haa reunited. According to the eat i mates that are at hand from the bent aourcea obtaln bie. the Bonanza ia aaid to have clear ed up during June $50,t)00; the North Pole, INO.OOO; the Columbia, $45,- 000; (iolconda, 135,000; the Badger, $30,000; total, I240.0O0. The produc tion of the Ked Hoy la variously stat ed to be from $25,000 to $50,000. a.nd therefore should be added to the to tal production. 1 here arc many other properties that are constantly shipping ore away for treatment at smeltera. It I Impoaalhle to get any figure aa to the value of these ores, aa no returns are given from the smelter receiving them, except to the owner, and the latter as a rule are opposed to mak ing public these figures. It would be nafe In fixing the total at $350,000 for the month. This total Include the cleanup from many claim In the dis trict that are not ranking with the big producer. This also Includes the output of the placers as far aa can bo learned. Willamette Vallty drawers' Association Saya 2 Cent Basle. The Willamette Valley Prune Asr Intlon held an Important meeting at Sulem Isat week. Delegate were In ttendunre from Dougln. Lane, Linn 'oik, llentnn and Clackama coun tie, and from Vancouver, Wash.; and waa the most representative gather- ng of the fruitgrowers of the North- went ever held In that city. Organ!- tntlnn are already formed In Unn. Benton, llouglna. Marlon and Yamhill counties, and at Vancouver, wash. and associations will be formed all over the state and the northwest In the near future. The plan under dls cunlon at the meeting was to have all ho association In the. Northwest un der one secretary, so that It will be mposstble for one organization to un dersell another In the market, thus renting uniform acale of pricea for all fruits on the coast. The plan mat with the approval of all present and an effort will be made to bring the condition about. The price of prune thl. year la ax ed on a t cent basis. Oregon King Looking Up. he Oregon ...ng mine, which has heen ahut down for aeverai years on account of litigation, ia again hoist ing ore. The management la looking for more miners and preparing to make heavy shipments. To give .. Mstory of this mine would be to re peat that of other properties accident- ly, discovered, abandoned, relocated and developed auftlclently to make a trial shipment, which was found to give surprising returns. ' Shipments followed, which, after deducting chargea for a iiO-mlle wagon haul to the then terminus of the Columbia Southern railway, which waa being extended southward, and freight from there to the ameiter at Tpcama, net ted over $105 per ton. NATIONAL IRRIOATION CON08ES5. Au- Coming Event. Ninth annual regatta, Astoria gust 1921. State fair. Salem, September I4 i Second Southern Oregon Dltrlct fair, Eugene, September 29-Oetoher S Summer association of the North west Indian agencies. Newport, au aust 17 27. I.nne county teachers' Institute, bu- gene. August 4-0. Klamath county . fair, rviamnm Kutla. October 6-9. Good roads convention, Jackson vllle. Auaust 15. Fruitgrowers' convention, Jackson vllle August 15. Teachers' Institute, Tillamook", juiy 29-31. Old Folka' celebration, La Grande, AllKUHt 1. Hoo Hoo contenttlon, Portland, AuKiist 1. Knights of Pythlns convention, As tor a. August 20-21. Teacher' Institute, La uranue, au gust 17 21. Smiling Field ol Polk County. Excellent samples of hay and grain hkve been brought to Independence this week. Early oats and spring wheat have commenced to change col or, and the heads of each are well filled. - Some early hops have been exhibited' In town, which are three- fourths (frown. Hay harvest Is oeing pushed rapidly forward, and there Is a larger acreage in P6lk county thl venr than hns ever been planted De- fore. The fruit season for cherries and berries has practically passed, but the plums, prunes and apples are Just commencing to ripen. Not Enough Water. The voters of the proposed Little Walla Walla river Irrigation district near Prewater turned down the pro position to form an Irrigation district by 89 to 52. the vot ers living at the upper end of tho dis trict killing the proposition on the ground that the river doea not give enough water when at low ebb for those holding riparian rights, where as If an Irrigation district were form ed including both themselves and those below them, they would have to divide what water was with those lelow them. A three-fifths vote of the residents was required to carry the establishment. LUh Forwsrdt Object With Liberal Stat. Appropriation. Ogden, Utah, July 29. Unusual efforts have been made to insure the (ucceas of the lltb National Irrigation Congress, which will be beld here September 16 to 19, inclusive. A lib eral state appropriation wa made, and the amount baa hen doubled by private ubcription from oRicer of the congress and from citizens of the city and ttate. The program baa been carefully ar ranged with the view of achieving practical benefit, and will include practical irrigation and forestry les sons; reports of experts, application of provisions of the reclamation act, state progress nnder the national act, view, on settlement of legs', complica tions and the pertinent and important theme of colonization. As Utah Is the pioneer state Id irri gation, special opportunities will be offered (or the study of the history snd progress of the science, and excursion will be arranged to enable delegates to take full advantage of the fact. Special terms have been secured from the railroads, and Ogden hotel have announced that there will be no advance in their rates. Complete sr rsngements have been made tor the en tertainment of visitors, reception com mittees being detailed to visit all traios. The basis of tpeieesntalion in the congress will be: The governor of each state and ter ritory to appoint 20 delegated; the mayor of each city of lets than 25,000 population to point two delegates; the mayor of each city of more than 25,000 population to appoint fonr delegates; each board of connty commissioners to appoint two delegates; each chamber of commerce, board of trade, commer cial club or real estate exchange to ap point two delegate; each organized ir rigation, agricultural or livestock asso ciation to appoint two delegates; each society of engineers to appoint two del egatee; each irrigation company, emi gration society or agricultural college, and each college or university having chairs of hydraulic engineering or for estry to appoint two delegates. The following are delegates by virtue ol their respective office: I he presi dent and members of bis cabinet: the duly ac redited . representative of any foreign nation or colony; the govern or of any state or territory; any mem ber of the United State senate or bouse of repierenlatives: member of any state or territorial commission. Hot Contest tor Land. A contest of more than usual impor tance was begun in the Oregon City Land Office a few days ago. Import ant is the contest because an entire section of heavily timbered land lo cated near Corvallls. Benton county, is Involved. It Is estimated that the section contains 16.000.s00 feet of fine timber. There are four entry men, each having filed upon a quarter section, and there are aa many, con testants on the ground that the en trymen abandoned and did not prove up properly on the land. Prospects for New Flax Mill. James Boyce, a millionaire of Mun cle. Ind., who is at Salem, Is invest! gating the prospects for a new flax mill In that city." He has made a for tune In that business, and Is Impress ed with the Idea that such an Industry would be a paying one there. He is much pleased with the excellence of the Oregon flax fibre, and may ..back Mr. Eugene Bosse, the local flax-grow er, In the construction of a mill to manufacture the , flax fibre. into a marketable product, . COiNVlCTS ESCAPE THIRTEEN PRISONERS IN F0LS0M TAKE TO THE HILLS. Outbreak Wa Unexpected and Officers Were Taken by SarprlM-tted Katv Made From FUea to Capture Ouard Looted Armory and Secured Plenty of Arm and Ammunition. FATAL CRA5H IN FOQ. Two Trains la Minnesota Collide and Four Men are Killed. PORTLAND MARKETS. of 450 soldier by heat, Cardinal Gibbon, anrprlsed every- at Drags, and It Is estimated that it will take 10 day. to make the necessary repairs, as .be is In bad condition hndv In Europe by appearing In ordl The Dlx 1. a freighter, and nail on nary dress instead of robes, :, board 225 ton. of Philippine exhibit , . , . i ....i,.!!. lor tne nu. wran exposition, u is i annua ia ami iu invur w. ihwii-imwi.j , ..... . , -UK tbe ITnl.ed State., desnlte Cham- P ne. 01 l"B. ",,p"'. Brick Made on Coo Bay. The first lot of brick Just hurt at the new kiln in Catching slough was delivered this week at North Bond to be UBod in making the foundation lor the boilers and engines of the woolen mills and sash and door rac- torv. Th s is the Initial ourn ami somewhat of an experiment, but from the annearance oi una uruu.ttuu.. Coos Bay will be able to turn , out first-class brick, a much needed Indus-1 trv. for heretofore thlB article nan to be Imported. ' St. Paul, July 29. Two trains met In a bead-on collisirn on the Chicago Great Weteren this morning and the result is four men killed and 25 cr 30 passengers injured. The two train, were the Twin City Limited and a fast freight. The limited was running as a first section to Minneapolis. The second section con sisted o! an excursion train running from Des Moines to Minneapolis and wa. three hours behind time. .The fast freight,- southbound, received an order at Dodge Center reading that the secon section of the tassenger train was three boors late and (he crew evi dently misread the order and attempted to make Vlaisty Siding, between Dodge Center and Hastings, Minn., thinking that it was the limited that was late. Meanwhile the" limited was pound ing along at regular speed, nd met the freight head-on , lost after it had rounded a curve at Vlasity. Tbe morn ing was iogay and neither engineer saw the other in tltne to atop, although the engineer of the limited had applied the air brakes. That the two train, came together with terrlfio fore was evidenced by the fact thatlbotb engines were nadly dam- 1 1 . 1. 1 1 ' l. .. K BgttQ anUgllitt uagBge nuuuuum care w&e completely wrecked. The bag gageman was buried beneath a pile of trunk, when the car wa. lilted on tne track, but was token out uninjured. Folsom, Cat., July 29. Thirteen lesperale convict, awauit and over come the guard, capture tbe prison armory, make their escape and carry with them 11 officials and guards of the Folsom itate prison, including War den Wilkinson and Captain B. S. Murphy. Such, in brief, was the new. that startled the people of this community and rent a thrill through the length and breadth of tbe state this morning. This morning affairs at the prison went forward in the ordinary groove. There was no indication of trouble. The conspiracy of the desperate con victs whe had decided on a dash for liberty, bad been well kept The pris oners marched into the dining room and bad breakfast. After the meal the men inarched out of tbe main gate of the prison into the yard. The upper yard line was out and most of the stone line wa through, when two prisoner turned suddenly on W. Chalmers, the outer gate keeper, and a dozen other rushed for the captain's office, only a few feet to the left of the main en trance to the prison proper. ca n oi tne aesperate men was armed with a "fi'e knife" or a razor, and in the twinkling of an eye ibet were in tbe midst of the assembled guards and officers, none of whom were armed, and ordered them to line up ana rr.arcn ont. . Tbe convicts, having quelled all demonstrations made by the free men. started with their prisoners across the yard in tbe direction of tbe prison arm ory. Four guards were at the armory receiving their rifles preparatory lo taking oat their "lines." The convicts marched their prisoner up to the arm ory, and, holding their knives over them, demanded that the doors be opened. It was a ca?e of opening the doors or slaughtering the warden, cap tain and other otfacials. Warden Wil- a in eon reanzea me nseiessnefs ol re list; nee, and told tbe guard to open the armory doors. This waa done, and the convicts took possession, secured 10 rines, 29 revolvers and all tbe "ammu nition they wanted, and then marched to tho main entrance and demanded that tbe gate be opened. They again threatened their prisoners snd tbe gate was oieued. The convicts marched out and np the hill in the very teeth of the Uatlmg guns trained on them Tbeir plan bad worked even beyond tne wildest nope ol their imagination Ibeir prisone. were their safeguard and they had not lost a single man, fosses were started in pursuit. 21 guards, headed by lieutenants, and were after the fugetives hslf an hour after they started. Sheriff Reese dep utized J. J. hunters, who gathered posse snd stsited on the trail over the mountains, and posees from Eldorado couLty were also put in motion. berlalu'. poihiy for preferential trade. A sensational note has been sent to President KoosavoH exposing a plan of Hungary to control it people in the United Slates. The battleship Kearsarge made the out of commission will be put orr to re place the Dlx. . . . , , 1 ' - a ' Colorado Ready te Quit. Toneka, Kan., July 3Q. It I. report ed that the governor of Colorado I. about to make a proposition to Gov me ""'""W-. a- settlement of the trip across the ocean In nine days, . four ..n.n7lnn According and a hall hour., an, average .peed oi 13.16 mile nan hour. She arriveu on thl. side all ready for action. The pope', rommalns have, been laid in the temporary resting place, Thirty thousand people viewed the remain, of the late pove th. second day ihey lay in state Prince Ferdinand ha. fled from Bui Arkansas injunction suit. According to the agreement Colorado is to take no water from the river lor irrigation pur posss during the months of July, August and September of any year,.' In addi tion, Colorado ia to reimburse Kansas lor tbe $10,000 .pent in prosecuting the suit New Diplomat In Washington Washinaton, Jnly 29.i-General Jose sarla and it Is thought he will not re- M.nnel Hernandez, the recently ap turn to li s throne. , no n led Venezuelan minister to ine iii United State, came to Washington to Indian cannibals on Tiburon Island .. . .n.,,.ittl,.in nv h on. ..... - unr. no re capture" a pany oi raexicnu Pr"Di"- arnment. recent victory at Cludad Bol tors, aiiieu ami ate wiem. . d jt me,na tne restoration t i.a ..... h ,1. not unfit of rieace in Venezuela. AH opposition (Jul iiuuiidoii am j m uu . - - ( , . to be lovernor of Ohio but would lik to the estaousnea amnoruy now ai lo ancceed Hanna a. senator. an , -v , Huckleberry Season Here. Huckelborrlea are beginning to rip en in the foothills of the Blue moun tains. Never before wns there prom ise of auch a bountiful crop tnere as I how presented. Tho season has lon an Ideal one for their growtn. There were no early frosts, and as a consequence none were DiiKnten. Every bush la loaded, and already parties are being rormen 10 go om and gather the luscious fruit. Collecting Mining Data. iacorgo, E. . Boos, of the United SfateB Geological Survey, washing- ton. D, C, Is at Baker city, ann win make a complete report of mining In Eastflrn' Oregon, showing prooucuon, cost of operntlon, wages, etc By act of congress mineowners are compel led to furnish information unaer pen alty. - J ' i Reany for Steel Bridge. The approaches and center pier for the Lewis and Clark draw bridge near ABtorla have been completed and are teady for the steel draw when It ar rives from the east. It has been on the road for several weeks and Is I expected within a few days. Wheat-Walla Walla, 77J78CJ val ley, 79c. Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton; brew Ing. 120. . Flour Best grade. $1.10 0 5.50; graham t3.35dS.75. MULtuffs Bran, 123 per ton; mid dling., 27; short., 23; chop, IIS. , Oat.-No. 1 white, $1.07 tj 1.07X gray, $1 05 per cental. Hay Timothy, 1!20; clover, nominal; cheat, $15 18 par ton. Potatoes Best Bnrbanki, 70(75c per saik; ordinary, S54e per cental, growers' prices; Merced .weeta, $3 3.60 per cental. Poultry Chicken., mixed, 11012c; young, 16l7Kc; hen., 12c; turkey., live. 10(3 12c; dressed, HOISe; ducks M.00A5.00 per dozen; .eee, $6.00 6.50. Cheese Full cream, twin.. 15KQ 16c; Young America, 15 H 4 16c; fact ory price., lsjlc less. Butter Fanoy creamery, 20$22t per pound; extras, 22c; dairy, 209 22Kc; store, 16c17. Eggs 2021c per dozen. Hops Choice, 15 (31 tie- per pound. Wool Valley, 17018c; Eastern Or egon, 12015c; mohair, 3537)io, Beef Gross, cows, 3i(S4c, per pound; steer., 695ie dressed, 7 He Veal 7H8o. Mutton Gross, So par pound dressed, 5 Mi 06c, Lambs Gross, 4e per pound dresesd, o. . Hogs Gross, 606 per pound dressed, 6X07c. Qrneral Davis Retires. Manila, July 29. Majoi General Davis has transferred the command of the department of the Philippines to Major General James F. Wade, Genera) Davis having been retired for old age. General Davis' last act wa9 to review all tbe troops about Marila. The re cords in the case of First Lieutenant Foley, of the Fifth cavalry, who was court martialed on charges involving the embezzlement of soldiers' money and other financial irregularities, have been forwarded to Washington. BIO TIMBER DEAL. Harriesaa and Hill Units la Effort to Control World' Market. Ban Francirco, July 8. The Bulle tin say that E. II. Harriman ami James J. Hill am uniting in a great timber deal, whereby they, with a num ber of associates, will control tbe lum ber market of the world. Tbey are se curing large tracts of forest land in Northern California and Oregon, through their agents, who have been for some time quietly buying property on the coast. Among tbe associates of Ihe two railroad magnates are Frederick Weyerhaeuser, of Minneapo.is, T. B. Walker, cl Minneapolis; Jacob Biod- gett, ol Grand Rapids, and a number of other member of influence in the vari ous timber section of the Weatern atatf. E. W. Eberlin, of New York, has been in California for several months. He is Harri nan's agent in this sUte. and has made frequent trips to the northern part of the state, where be haa been buying np available timber lands. Eberlin has alio been working toward securing option on timber land held by variou. Eaate.n mnl. r.U,,v " uw purchased it since the boom in Cali fornia timber began about three year ago. With the many minor holding, which Harriman and hi. associate, may count on, it is said that the plan ia to merge the more valuable lands controlled by the Hill roads and the Southern Pacific into a trust. The Southern Pacific's principal holdings are represented in the grant of len mile en each aide of its road, Iving between the southern boun dary line of Oregon and a point south of Portland, and consist o about 1, OOO.OOo acres of fir and sugar pine. In hi plan to place these lands in a pool Harriman doea so conditionally, with provisions for the protect ion of tbe com pany's creditors, lo whom all the lands of tbe company are phdged In security lor its indebtedness. With the lands of tbe Hill and the Harriman roads and those of Walker, Wejerhaeu er and others in Wa hlng- ton, Oregon, Idaho and California under control, Harriman and his asso ciates would be in a position to control the lumber market of the world. RACE WAR ON. Boy Not Fit For a King. St. Petersburg, July 29. A special ist on the treatment of backward chil dren, at the command of the imperial government, examined and observed Prince George, the eldest son of King Peter Karageorgevich of Servia, during the past week, and has reported to the emperor that the boy is a degenerate. Prince George 1. lo year. old. un June 12 a Berlin dispatch to the Lon don Times said that King Feter might abdicate in favor of his son. Battle With Convicts. Auburn, Cal., July 29. A fierce bat tle occurred between the escaped Fol som convicts and the officers tonigli near Pilot Hill, in Eldorado county, Tbe convict, were traveling in a fonr horse wagon, and after holding up an looting a store at Pilot Hill of provis ions, proceeded in the direction of Colons. ; . . ; Shortly after leaving Pilot Hill tbey were overtaken by posses from Sacra mento, Folsom and Piacerville. Guard Curry, of the Foleom porse, opened ne gotiations bv shootirg one of the horses attached to the convicts' wagon, and th's blocked the advance and an open fight ensued. Convict Howard wa. killed outright and Seabis, a negro convict, was badly wounded. Two guards, who were with the convicts, managed to escape. It was alsc noticed that Gordon and another convict were tniesing, and it is presumed that they dropped out somewhere between Folsom and Pilot Hill and have taken to the woods, which anywhere in this locality would provi te safe hiding. Panama Situation Qrave. Washington, July 29. Consul GuoS ger at Panama has made the following repoit by cable to the state department of the epifo.le at that place: "Last night about 10 o clock soldiers, headed by the commander-in-chief, searched the governor's house. The governor escaped, tried to reach the consulate, but was intercepted. Took refuge at the house of sn American. Streets lined with toldiers. Arrested secre tary of stste and departmental em ployes. Department haa money." Illinois People Lynch One Negro While ia Pursuit of Another. Danville, 111., July 28. A race war broke out here tonight. While a mob of 600 men was on its way to the county jail to lynch James Wilson, Bloomicgton negro, who had con fessed tr assaulting Mrs. Thoma. Bur gess, wife of a farmer, an unknown negro (hot and killed Henry Gatter- man, white, a member of the mob. The murderous negro, a 'refugee from Evansvilie, Ind., by the name of J. W. Mayfield, wa. later taken from the city jail and lynched by the mob, and three other negroe. who attacked the whites were badly beaten. The mob fina ly resumed its march to the coun ty jail, determined to lynch Wilson. When the mob reached the jail, it was fired upon by the sheriff. Nine persons were wounded and the crowd catteree. The entire police force, numbering aNiut 20, has been called out, and this, with 12 deputy sheriffs Tand Sheriff Whitlock, forms H gerrison""st the jail. Wilson admitted that he at tacked Mrs. Burgess, but denies that be criminally assaulted her. After the nergo had made these statement. Sheriff Whitlock went to the outside of the jail and pleaded with the mob to disperse. His brief address was In tel ripted by shouts from the mob, members of which loudly declared their determination to have the ne gro's life sooner or later. Razed By Lightning;. Minneapolis, July 29. One of the worst wind, lightning and rain storm. In the history of the city struck Minne apolis todav. In Southeast Minneapo lis the financial loss will aggregate many thousands of dolars. Buildings were razed, others were unroofed and lightning splintered some Electric wires were prostrated and nearly all the stroet cars were tied up. Trains Collide at Crossing. Hutchinson, Kan., July 28 A score " of persons were Injured, two fatally. In a wreck of the Santa Fe east bound train No. 2 and a Missouri Pacific north bound train at the junction west of this city today. Both trains were running behind schedule time. The Missouri Pacific tiain wa. just crossing the Santa Fe tracks when the 8anta Fe train came around the bend at a tremerdous speed. The heavy mogm crashed into the rear car. of the Misfouri Pacific, piling them Into the ditch. Thames Flood Damages. London, July 29. Heavy rains over the south of England caused serious Hoots and great damage in London The undergiound railway was flooded and many printing rooms of London newspapers built in the underground district between Fleet street and the Embankment were flooded and unabte to print. The heavy rains coincided with a high tide on the Thames, in Ululating several lowlying districts. Make War on fToaqulto. . New York. July 28. Another aten . ha bsen taken in war on the misquito in New Jersey. Representatives of 21 cities and towns, at a meeting In Newark, bave formed an organization to be knwon as the conference commit tee on misquito extermination. .The object as set forth ia to rid New Jersey oi me nnsquiTO, Doth of tbe marsh breeding and malarial kinds. Practical work will begin at once and remedial egislation Vigorously pushed. Oovernor Hunt to Resign. ' ' ' Oyster, Bay, July 28. It is under- stood that Goveinor Hunt, of Porto Riio, has indicated bis intention of re linquishing the island governorship. When bis resignation will take effect la not known definitely.