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Gty Restaurant D. G. ROGERS, Prop. HEALS AT ALL HOURS Served to Order OYSTERS, CLAMS, CRABS and CRAWFISH IN SEASON Milfef Building PRINEVILLE, OR. J. L. McCULLOCH DEALER IN Real Estate & Insurance ABSTRACTERS EXAMINER OF TITLES Prineville Oregon WANTED: 200 MEN Wages, $2.25 Per Day Board, $4.50 Per Week FIFTY TEAMS $2.50 Per Day Apply or Write to Deschutes Irrigation & Power Co BEND, OREGON HRS. JOHN CYRUS DEALER IN Watches, Clocks, Jewelry Optical Goods & Notions Repairing of All Kinds PRINEVILLE OREGON J. W. BOONE For First CImi Harness and Stock Saddles Repairing Quickly and Neatly Done PRINEVILLE OREGON E. H. SMITH Dealer in and Manufacturer of HARNESS AND SADDLES Bridles, Quirts, Silver-Mounted Spurs and Bits Goat Chaparejos, Etc. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE Prineville Oregon CULVER HOTEL AND FEED BARN FEBBY READ, Manager. Good Meals Clean Beds New Buildings GRAIN AND HAY OF ALL KINDS FOR SALE PRICES REASONABLE CULVER OREGON CO TO SHANIKO And BU7 Your HARNESS From FRED DAVIS Repairs Promptly and Cheaply Done Antelope Drug Co. PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT ANY HOUR Carries a Complete line of Drugs, Druggists Sundries and Patent Medicines Mali Orders Promptly Attended To Main St., Antelope, Ore. We furnish Bond's of all kind write Insurance of all kindst do all kind's of Conveyancing;. Blue Print townihJp maps of all kind's for sale. Prices reasonable TIMOTHY BROWNHILL Madras, Oragoa. SIXTY BURIED Terrific Explosion in rado Cool Nine. Colo- PIRE ADDS TOJJHE HORROR Men Penned In Will In all LIKcll hood Be Cremated Dust Is the Cause of the Disaster. Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 31. The moBt terrific explosion in tho history of conl Tiin'ng in Colorado ocurred nt Mine No. 3, of tho Roky Mountain Fuel A Iron company, at Terio, 40 miles duo west of Trinidad, at 1:30 thia after- noon, aud tho number of dead ia vari ously placed between 30 and CO mon, although thejatter, it ia believed, is tho moat correct estimate. The num ber reported na having gono into the mine this morning was 17 miners and four company men. This afternoon many more minors are known to have gone into the mine, and the exact num ber of dead may never bo known, aa the mine ia burning and in all likeli hood tho bodies will be cremated. A large numbei of mine officiula left here aa aoon aB word of tho accident was received. Company doctors were picked up all along the line, as well aa all other available physicians. United States Government Stock Inspector F. J. Foreman was at Tercio when the ex plosion occurred. Tho shaft in which the accident oc- curredwork8 80 men, and it ia believ ed that at least 60 men were in the mine at the time. News of the explo sion brought assistance from the adja cent camps and tonight hundreds of men are trying to get into the mine. Deadly fumea overcome tho rescuers frequently, but their places are imme diately taken by others ready to risk their livea. It ia not thought poesible that anyone in the mine can escape death, if they are not all dead already. It is impossible to secuie namea of the dead and injured tonight. Nearly all the miners employed are Slave. Ihe mino ia a new one, opened only a year ago, and extended 2,000 feet into the hill. The exploaion is supposed to have been caused by dust. Only one body has been recovered, that of T. Duran, a driver, who wae just entering the tunnel when the explosion occurred. He was torn and burned almost beyond recognition All mines within a radius of two miles have been shut down, and the miners will assist in rescuing the bodies of the victims. '05 PAIR RATE IS MADE. Railroads Will Charge $45 for Round Trip. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 31. The Trans continental Passenger Tiaffic associa tion disposed of its docketed business yesterday at the Jeffeifon, and ad journed last evening. For the Lewis and Clark exposition at Poitland, a rate of $ 15 for the round trip from Missouri river points and St. Paul was adopted by the association for four or five daya duiing each month. From points east of the Missouri river and St. Paul, a rate of one fare for the ound trip will be made up to those points. These rates will be adopted as the basis for rates on account of several conventions to be held next year on the Pacific coast. It was decided that in all cases where St. Louis exposition tickets for exhibitois have expired be fore the close of the fair that the re turn limits shall be extended. Tax Will Be Collected. San Fiancisco, Oct. 31 The United States attorney general has decided that Chancellor Stratton must continue to exact from the steamship companies the head tax of $2 upon aliens in tran sit. The law provides that no head tax shall be collected for this class of passengers, but the department has in sisted that the tax be paid in tho form of a deposit, to be repaid to the com panies upon proof oneied by them that the alien tourists have passed out of the counry 3,000 miles from here. Steam Vessel Reinspecflon. Waahincon. Oct. 31. In acenrdnnr-n with tho directions of the nresident Secretary Metcalf, of the department of commerce ana lauor, naa completed ar rangements lor a tnorougn investiga tion of the several districts of the fltnamhnat insnection feervlce ettn.r.t tlm one included in the district of New York. Kear Admiral Louis Kempff will make tha inquiry in the first dis trict, and Rear Admiral John it. Bart lett in the interior MiEsistippi d 6trict. Northwest Lands Restored. Washington, Oct. 31. Secretary Hitchcock today ordered 58,000 acres eliminated from tho Walla Walla for est reserve withdrawal :n Northeastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington. These lands have been found unsuit able for forestry purposes. They will be subject to settlement immediately and become subject to entry after 00 days' advertisement. PRESS DISPLAYS IMPATIENCE. London Papers Rcoard Czar's Note as Only a Personal Expression. rnndnn. Oct. 27. Tho moihiug pa pel a display great impatiouco over tho .(,. lav nt tim KiiAflinn tfoveruiucm in ac cording satisfaction for tho Doggor n.iir nff.i r. tii uinneror a communi cation, while it relieves tho immediate tension, ia held only to bo a personal expression of regret, and it ia argued Mini lining tho Kusalan Koveimnont speedily follows suit a situation of the arfmtoHl daniror will arleo. isuuorini articles demand that the Baltic equad run mimt tin ntnnued in its irrosuonsl bio course, for otherwise there is no safety for tho shipping 01 any nation ality. Tho Standard asks: "Is this ill-omened squadron, wnu tla ilnlnnrn llznd crows and incompetent officers, tocontinuo its crazy career nml hppnmo nn intolerable nuisance and menace to tho civilised world?" And, with other papers, declares there will lio wnrc for tho British navy un- loss Russia rccallB or atopa its fleet at some neutral pert for investigation and tho punishment of the guilty parties. In this connection, createst satisfac tion ia expressed nt tho unanimity of foreign expressions in support of Great Rritnin'R nttitmle in tho matter, es pecially at German denunciation of tho conduct of the Baltic fleet. Public interest and evon anxiety shows not the slightest Bign of waning. Tho Russo-Japaneso war is ulmost for gotten, and the papors are occupied al most exclusively with the isortti sea affair. So far, tho attitudo of tho gov ernment meets with tho approval of the public, who nio greatly gratified with the instructions of tho admiralty for co-operation between trie Aietmor ranenn. Channel and Homo squadiona should neceaisty arise. BRIBED ADMIRAL. Japanese Officer to Blame for Ac cident to Two Ships. London, Oct. 27. The Tokio corres pondent of the Express states that the truth of the sinking of tho Japanese gunboat Hatachi Maru and the damag ing of the Sadu Maru by Russian mines has become known. According to this version, the admiral command- ng the squadron to which the two ves sels were attached had been bribed by the Russians to hctiny his country, tho aiim paid to the traitor being $00,000. The Russians wero informed by wire less telegraphy of the location of the boats. When the matter became known in Tokio, the admiral was tried by courtmartial and sentenced to death. The sentence was read by his most intimate friends. The staff then cleared the room and the traitor was stripped and beaten to death. TO STOP PANAMA WORK. Illinois Man Endeavoring to Tie the Hands of the Government. Washington, Oct. 27. An effort to restrain the secretary of tho treasury from making payments or issuing bonds for the acquisition and construc tion of the Panama canal was made to day in tho equity brancii of tho su preme court of the District of Colum bia. W. 8. Wilson, of Hinsdale, III., is the author of the suit, and presented his own argument. The government waslefended by United fc-tates Attor ney Morgan H. Beach and Charles W. Russell, assistant to the attorney gen eral. Justice Stafford, who heard the case, has not rendered his decision. Ihe principal question involved ia whether the courtB have authority to restrain a federal officer from a wrongful interpretation of a federal law. Well Treated By the Japanese. San Francisco, Oct. 27. Lieutenant Fortescue, Tenth United States cavai ry, a nephew of President Roosevelt, arrived from tho Orient today on tho steamer Doric. He has been tho American military attache with tho Japanese army in front of Porl Arthur. Ho returns now on account of tho expiration of his leave of absence, and is taking his report to the secretary of war. Lieutenant Fortescue said the Japanese oflicerH showed him every courtesy, and furnished him complete maps of the Port Arthur penintula. Invited to Peace Congress. Washington, Oct. 27. Acting Secre tary of Stato Adee today dispatched a note looking to a reconvening of Tho Hague conference. This is an invita tion of the president of the United States to the signatory powers of the original Hague treaty Jo como together again. Tho note ia directed to tho American ambassadors and miiilaterH abroad, with instructions to sound the governments to which they are accred ited and to extend President Roose velt's invitation. Millions Prom Nome Diggings. Seattle, Oct. 27. Tho steamship Senator has arrived from Nome with 430 passengers and $250,000 in gold dust. Passengeison the Senator say that a dose estimate of the gold output for tills season has been made, and that it is believed tho total amount from Nome will be $3,000,000. In cluding an estimate on tho winter dig-, gings, it is believed that the total year's output of gold dust will be in excess of $4,000,000. Sequel to Dreyfus Case. Paris, Oct. 27. A sqouol to tho Dreyfua case waa tho opening of the courtmartial today of four prominent officers of tho war ministry, charged with using military funds and other wise influencing wit ileuses against Dreyfua at Rennes. Tho court ia com posed of General Bortin, four colonels and two lieutenant colonels. The prev ious ministerial investigation partially vindicated the accusod, who demanded a courtmartial. REGRET IS KEEN Admiral Says Attack on Trawlers Was Accident. WERE TAKEN FOR THE ENEMY Three Battleships and Transport Anchor at Vigo, Spain They Desire to Make Repairs. Vigo, Spain, Oct. 28. The Russian battleships Emperor Alexander III, Borodino, Orel and Kniaiornff and the transport Anatol anchored In thia port today, causing conisderable excitement. Tho govornmont will not allow them to coal, and requests thoy leave port as Boon aB possible Tho Associated Presa has succeeded in obtaining nn intorvlow with Ad miral RoJestvonBky, who expressed great regret over tho North Sea inci dent. Tho admiral stated that the un fortunato occurronco was puroly acci dental. Tho weather on tho night in question waa rathoi hazy. About 1 a. m. two torpedo boats, which the Rus sians Biippoed wero Japanese craft, suddenly appeared between tho two divisions ot tho squadron and tomcod to discharge torpedoes. Tho Russians immediately opened lire. Thoy saw no fishermen, and were not aware that any damage had been done. Evident ly, the admiral said, tho fishermen had shown no lights. Tho admiral re peated that ho greatly regrotted that any injury had been done fishermen, and added ho had no doubt tho Rus sian government would make ample compensation. Prince Keretelli, nn officer of tho battleship Alexander III, gives the following explanation of tho attack by tho Baltic Bquudron upon tho Britieh trawlers off Doggor Bank: "The transport Anatol, which waa steaming ahead of the equadrus was suddenly surrounded by eight torpedo boats and requested assistance, where upon tho battleship division advanced nud signaled to the unknow vessels to leavo or discloM their nationality. Tho vessels refused to oboy, and ad vanced among tho Russian battleships Suddonly a cannon shot was htr.:d from nn unknown vessel. Then the admiral formed 111 bl ttle lino and re plied to tho fire, m'terward continuing his vojage. " Prince Keretelli added that the Russians feared the strange torpedo boate wero Japaneeo, as tho aumiral was aware the Japanese had purchased such boats in England. . a CHANNEL PLEET READY TOR SEA. Pour Battleships and Three Cruls ers Under Sailing Orders. Gibraltar, Oct. 28 The ships of the channol fleet havo filled their bunkers with coal and replenished their arn munition and will be ready fur eea at a moment's notice. Tho battleship Hannibel and tho cruiser Doria are watching the straits closely. There is great activity at tho dockyards, where men are working night and day. Tho admiralty is maaking inquiries concerning (he coal available hero. The battleships Victorious, Iliustri ous and Majestic, flagship of Vice-Ad miral Beresford, and tho cruisers Lan caster, Thesus and Endymion are un der orders to Bail on tho morning of October 28. It ia rumored that tho purpose ia to shadow the Russian Baltic squadron, which Ib expected to go by way of the Capo of Good Hope. WILL SOUND THE POWERS. Russia Will Learn if They Will Let Ships Pass the Dardanelles. London, Oct.' 28. The Associated Presa learns that while thero Ib no foundation lor the rumor which re cently emanated from Constantinople that the Rusaian government ia an proaching tho sultan with a view of obtaining hia consent to the passing of the Black sea fleet through the Djirria nelles, Rutaia ia actually taking BtepB to Bound the other continental govern menta aa to whether any cbjectiona would be raised by them in the event of a formal request being presented by Russia to the powers jointly for the lemoval of international restrictions governing the passage of the Darda nelles. $30,000 rire at Shipyard. Philadelphia, Oct. 28. Fire tonight did damage to the amount of $80,000 in the pattern shop and brass foundry of the Neafie & Levy shipyard, on the Delaware river, in the northeastern section of tho city. A largo number of patterns and plans wero destroyed, among them several for the construe tion of tho United States cruisor St. Louis, now on tho ways in tho com pany's shipyards. An official of the company tonight said tho loss of the plana would probably causa some de lay in tho launching ot tno cruiser. Russia May Buy the Calchas. Tncoma. Oct. . 28. It in iMirrnnf talk in well informed shipping ciicles that negotiations are on between tho Russian government and Alfred Holt & Co.. of Liverpool, for the nurehniin nf tho steamer Calchaa, which tho Rus sians captured on the war to Janan and took aa a prize to Vladivostok. It ia said the purchase nrlco is 7f.f).. 000, which will bo amplo to cover all the damages incurred In tho soizuro of tho vessel. Big Meat Order from Orient. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 28. A local pack ing house today received an order for 3,000,000 pounds of mew beef for ship ment to the Orient. 1 W. BOLTON & CO. Hardware, Wooden, Stoves md Ruges STOCKMEN'S SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY Carrying a Full Line of everything needed by a Farmer and Stockman. Agonts for the Bain Wagon, Beniclft Clipper Plowi, Drills, Harness, Etc. ANTELOPE, ORECtON H. 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