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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1908)
WRECK INMONTANA Fist Passenger Train Crashes Into Standing Freight. TWENTY PERSONS LOSE LIVES Dead Nearly All In One Car Blinding Snow Storm Prevented "En gineer Seeing Ahead. uuttc, Mont., Sept. . 20. In the worst wreck in the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 20 persons were killed, in seriously injured, sev eral fatally and about 30 more or less injured in a collision between passcn gcr train No. 16, known as the east bound Burlington flyer, and a west bound freight train, at 8:10 'o'clock yesterday morning, at a siding known as Youngs Point, about thirty miles west of Billings. The fast traveling passenger train crashed into the freight just entering on the siding dur ing a blinding .snow storm, the en gineer of the passenger failing to see the signal flag of. the brakeman of the freight train in time to avert the crash. A heavy, wet snow which was fall ing at the time prevented the wreck lrom catching hre, and undoubtedly held the death list down to the fitrures given. Every effort is being made by the division force's, aided by volun teers from Livingston and Billings, to clear the wreck, and so far they are able to prevent further loss of life. None of the passengers from the sleeping cars was injured. The train was made up of an engine, baggage car, smoker, a day coach and two Pullman sleepers. The efforts to prevent fire were sue cessful and that horror was saved the wrecked passengers. On the arrival of the relief train the injured were transferred around the wreck and taken to Billings. The express car was raised over the platform of the smoker, and swept superstructure, seats and passengers off. Not a passenger in this car es caped death or injury. The other pas sengers escaped with cuts and bruises. The scenes around the smoker" were beyond description, heads, bodies, legs and arms being interwoven with broken seats and equipment. In one place five bodies were packed on top of each other. In another seven had to be pulled apart. It was almost im possible to succor the injured without trampling on the dead. Railroad men, while refusing to be quoted officially or allowing their names to be used because of the reg ulations of the road in connection with publicity as to wrecks, intimate that the freight train was stealing time, that it had no orders to proceed to Youngs Point and should have waited at Park City, about six miles from the scene of the wreck, for the passenger train. This is supposed to explain why the Burlington train was traveling about 50 miles an hour past the s.iding. WOULD KILL ROOSEVELT. Several Plots Uncovered in Different Parts of Europe. Bayonne, France, Sept. 26. Evi dence of an anarchistic plot against President Roosevelt of the United States was yesterday made public by the secret police of several liuropean countries. Spanish 'Secret service agents dis covered traces of the plot while exam ining Canatrava, the famous Spanish anarchist, in an effort to connect-him with the suspected plot against th life of the kinir of Spain. Papers-were also found on two Ital ian anarchists arrested at Scssa, Swit zerland, Wednesday, containing the r- . r A' !t . - most tiennite iniormauon possioie re sardine Roosevelt s African trio They arc now being held at Geneva in an effort to obtain further mforma tinn acainst them. There has been much activity noted nmone the anarchists of Europe dur ing the past few weeks, but this is the first definite intormation mat has Deen secured as to the nature of their plans TWO MEN BURNED. J Fatuities Follow Forest Fires Near Eureka, California. eureka, Lai., icpt. 25. A strong wind fanned forest fires to the north of this city that wiped out the town of Luffcnholtz from the map last night, and that were again raging with added force, and the greatest destruction during the progress of tnc tire was recorded during the day, The plant of the Little River Reri. wood Lumber company is burning, and all that protects the town of Fieldbrook is 100 yards of preen tim. bcr, which may ward off the flames, OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST WANT GOOD ROADS. LOOK FOR INFLUX. .Enthusiastic Meeting Held at Medford by Association. Medford.- That the pcoploof Mcd- OHOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG. Govornmont May Havo to Proclaim Martial Law. St. Petersburg. Sept. 21. St. Pet ersburg is in the deadly grasp of Asiatic cholera, which already nas ex ceeded in severity and number of deaths the visitation of 1803. The disease is increasing daily at an alarm- ing rate, and unless the authorities show in the future a much greater dumper Crop In Southern Oregon Is Suro to Attract People. Myrtle Creek. The fanners in this ford and vicinity arc thoroughly alive aiul other localities through this conn- ,(ptrrpe nf ability to cope with the to the good roads campaign was cm- ty arc in the midst of the harvest of situation than they have in the past, pnasizcd last week, and a most en- the large crop of prunes. Ihc con- there is evcrv reason to fear that it tnusiastic meeting was held. So united drv weather has broiiKht the will get out of hand. The govern ment's threat to apply the provisions of martial law has driven the inunlcl- ...1 (r:!nl. i !... I nil llinir .n..i.L. nll.t1. I 11.11 UUI;itll9 W UWIIU ., tnv.l l.lltIKIV. . . . , w ..I., . ... . I "hjvjji .luua v w mi. v- . live nines wide, burning mcmocrs mignt attend the meet- increasing possibilities of Oregon, to clearing the city of the scourge. iin 1 1 v miii.ii iit cnrrinitirtnK i r l -. l. : although the residents arc preparing thoroughly arc Medford citizens inter- crop earlier than usual, and the fruit t0Tl.eC J?? fctST h.0,iJKfc0f CStCV" t,,C movement that the busi- driers are taxto the limit n. . . MOCK ImltCec ,irn nlnciwl !.. tUni AUG prill IJillU IU lilt I.UI1II.I3 UII3 w. uv.1 uv o iiu.es long and lrom , , - season adds evidence to the Cholera Breaks Out In Pate-! Emperor's Cousin Mm CORPSEURE limn Dod Arrfv. oorn,r,( Th.n8.xlon.o. Inn, ,." -Oourt Councillor strlck, en, houses, mostly squatter settlements, thousands of cords of wood and many iwuua.wius oi acres ot timber land. inc piant ot the Little River Red wood number company, now reported burning, is valued at $1,000,000, ex clusive of timber, of which there is several thousand acres. lwo deaths have been recorded. A St. Petersburg. c...i . I . . . . f . ni kJlllI li i The meeting convened in the Com- " 5j cents per pound for their crop , $250000 t , thc jta, ,,M 'j rap,dy ,h ident of the' Commercial club, pre- P P?""d for each five prunes to the infcctaiUs, thc supply of which in St. r Lu",u's "t(l thc sided. John II. Scott, president of pound smaller. t -Petersburg is well nigh exhausted, cosir, of the emnr 9idcnWg ! me uuuu iunus association ior i ". r"- intui in gon, spoke of thc importance of uood roads and outlined thc formation of nurseries of thc state has sold several thousand fruit trees for thc fall plant ng. Apples arc to be extensively uuuj luuiiu, ,u lirsr lllMllt'lir -tr ln I .t t . .1 lnf nt A 1 . ilSSUtl.lUUHS llirOUgllUUl II1C SiaiC IO --l-l-" " 1 i,le,,tifin,i ul 't r? ,!ow?eu work for the enactment of legislation planted, as also prunes, plums, cher Sr WJ"tC- Providing for the appointment of state peaches and a great variety o found a TrinTrfn,!!, u"! commissioner, and for appro ,:t:.i priation to construct .one or more "cu, - .. .. f . .. cuiuiiiuuus lines 01 ruau inrougii uic thc small fruits and berries to which Oregon is so well adapted. expedite tlie interment ot become infected m rf u J V011 have bodies, which has been notoriously mcroiis that the sextons arf low. The deadhouses are over- as they arri ,7 crowded and many corpses lie tin- J ... ' , " f buried. . rrimr.K have bn 11 uic iown ot t'cter iof Ti,: , Under i s nut horitv. the nrcfect of '." 1 w iyv oi rcter hof Ti,-: St. Petersburg, General Drachcffcky, U". 3 ia c.Ptcd to retiirn ZriJ! .....i.. i, .i- r titrnoi na nce from it ai Fire is now eoinc inl.i t tin T irf T River at a furious pace. At noon the wind was blowing the flames through sparse timber that was once logged off or denuded of its big trees, but so fast arc they traveling that there is no doubt they will again get into thick timber at the head of Little river, when the damage will be hard hie " J!L5 ?"CC e's '?to throughout the state. it until it reaches the Trinity county line, unless thc wind changes or a iicavy ram tans. state. He also advocated a state ap propriation of $10,000 for each of two years, with a provision that thc coun ty appropriate a like sum for the pur pose or constructinn a piece of per manent road in each county, so that eventually thc roads so constructed" in the various counties would unite and make some continuous lines of road Durintr thc nast three months no on Saturday prohibited thc sale of . ",0! pn less than 20 new families (people who liquor throughout thc city, including nave ueen attracted to urcgon irom uic government vouk.i snops, uuiii thc cast bv thc many resources) have September 22. and he has further or- bought farms and settled in this one dcrcd that hereafter thc sale of the small community. A izrcat many of liquor shall be suspended at 2 I'. M the people coming to Oregon have i. l..fi . f r ili.t ! , i to diminish alcoholic excesses, which vcral attendants at t,e aaST ROCKEFELLER AS AUTHOR. Oil King Makes Denial of Accusations Against Him. mew xork. Sept. 25. John D Looking Glass Trail Completed Pendleton. Of deep interest to stockmen using thc Wenaha national forest grazing privileges is the an nouncement by J. M. Schmitz, the all records. supervising forester in charge, that the Looking Glass trail has been com pleted. This trail extends from thc come through thc influence of friends already here, but more have been at tractcd by thc flood of literature which is scattered daily by the com mcrcial clubs, citizens' lcatnics and similar organizations throughout thc state. With the bumper crops raised in southern Oregon this year, it is to be expected that thc population increase during the coming year will break i...iiCls at raviovsk mililarv orlanf hit wpire. f, on Saturday until 1 A. M. Monday, ""f, ''" cn sent to ho.nitalf 31 i taken in order c " "'',,,',f.il,rfn(,y avc been annn J; Thc difirnsp linn li.i. ndcts at Pn -wX" ?. "mon one of the most i , ffik lary schools in the en S T? l dents have been Kr.,. n r..' "' very materially increase thc liability ""c "cc stricken. The academl i to cholera infection and thc general c osed and the remaining spread of thc disease. sct n mP at Krasnoe-Sco USE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. Rockefeller, appears for the first time Tollgatc to Motctt meadows, through water under the Klamath project is ... i.n. iuic ui an auuior in a series ot articles on "Some Random Reminis cences of Men and Events," the first ot which'-will appear on Frirl.iv in Amonff the car .."TV0- .,,m, ,n v nu .iuiirK ycatcniay was thai r 1 1 Councillor Nccldnoru ' Sf. 0t stricken whih. n,.,,:"ZL Bno al cral officials of the n ui." and other member of K,,'" inthecipi.alaredownwithXfe A servant in .1 H,.t Klamath Falls.-Thc cost' of the Jn Mb-eit y. said yesterday school dmtoped lhe choCS Estimate Water Cost. Mrs. Rockofoller Says Public Imtltu tlona Aro for Poor. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 22. Mrs, William Rockefeller, who, with her 12 miles of as rough country as is to be found m that part of the liluc mountains, and sits construction will result in a great saving of time and expense to thc stockmen, who have been compelled to drive their flocks across that section of country in get that she believed thc child rich should be sent to than to public schools. Iiiidrcn of thc '"CMtircs arc ,c g taken to 1' private rather 0,,tl,rcak " institution, i ?M pmatc raiucr wag c0llveyc, lQ ,,,l"rflp tuu-r issue ot "liie World's worK. ivutfwciciicr Uives ns n rnnenn for speaking now that "if a tenth of me tilings that have been said are true, theri dozens of able and. faithful men , who have been associated witii p""sate. and one on thc Umatilla me, many ot whom have passed away, river. iiiusi nave ueen gumy ot grave faults. ting access to their allotments of l" the case with which water is put now being determined upon by a board of reclamation engineers in ses sion in this city, and it will be made :.. .. t . ti... . . m m.. ttr:i I Kravcv.iriK fnni n ti ' liiimii in .i snuii lime. i lie cvsi J 1 wiuihuijt iuuiui;i, s.iiu in. vvii- i ' , , ""..iiiii.s. mere Wtrt il : : . : . 1 1 . ... . : .. ...... . .... i 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! I r I r'M n . I. ti . . a iiiig.iiujn jiur acre win nui uc uni form over the territory embraced in the project, but will vary according the rations served o n, LT'1 a "AH I have ever tried to be is just I 1 he accumulation of comsd n iv graveyards continues. There tmbur.cd bodies at the IVeobrafi cemetery yesterday mornine X. range. He also reports the comple tion of two rangers' cabins, one at upon thc lands, it being more difficult in some sections. Iinm Rockefeller, at thc Pfistcr Hotel "I have two sons and two daughters and they arc just four ordinary boys and girls. I have brought them up the best I knew how, and used all HO more. The sextons are 3 tl tcr only 120 bodies .9V e,ow- TI.. r . "' i ne report tor the 2, houn wdir- i ui iiivacii. l iiaa nprifiprt tr cn. nothing, hopinc that after the truth would gradually come to me surtacc and posterity would do strict justice; but while I live and can testify to certain things, it seems After Big Contract. Portland. Several Portland firms 34,000 to the Ton, Burns. Intense excitement prevails here as thc result, of a rich strike made by O. J. Darst, who has been prospecting in Gold gulch for several the common sense I had to think of Mfltltor! the best ways and means to make of 10 cases ami ,Unr. .J .VT.el as compared with Tuesday's itiiiau-Ti have made bids on a $500,000 gov- years. lie has discovered a ledge esdas itiiiitia TUGBOAT MEN CURYED. ernment contract for . hay and oats fair that 1 should refer to some points t0r thc ni"PP,nes. wn,ch will be let which I hope will helo to set forth by the quartermaster's department several much discussed happenings in October 5. The contract is the Iarg- X I S x am convinced that est one of the kind ever placed on the they have not been fully understood. Pacific coast. In the specifications it has been said that ! forcer! the k u:.i- men who became my partners m the asked on 10,000 tons of hay and 9.000 uu.. iu juui wiui me. i .would tons of oats. Delivery must be made ..u.v uccu su Sliuri-Sicinea. it It in the Ph hn nee within the nevt civ wnicn assays trom s-jikkj to ?4roo a ton. The ore contains both gold and silver. The ledcc upon which thc strike was made is located about ISO miles from thc railroad. It is now them good average mc "Did my boys ro to nublic schools? Wo: that wou Id have been most sel- fish in a city like New York, where our schools arc crowded. It is only Contain of Stnr'nf r..i e. ... . fair that parents who can afford it Could H.V. -fiL" Should send their children to nriv,i.. U0U,d HflV0 Bn SaVid. schools, and thus allow room in the Wrangcl, Alaska, Sept 2l,-0nt tad public schools for children who must "rc ad ten whites and Chinese wrel were true that I followed .such tactics, I ask, would it have been possible to maKe ot sucn men life-Iomr eom panions?" Mr. Rockefeller SDeaks of the A. veiopmcnt of the Standard Oil com pany and says that the plan of selling moth contract uireci io me consumer and the ex ceptionally rapid growth of thc busi ness "bred a certain antaconism which I suppose could not have been avoided. months. William Albcrs, of Albers Bros, Milling company, has just rc- planncd to stage thc rock to Austin depend upon thc public schools for hLwclt J. death when the cannery tarki iiitir ciiiiic cuucauoii. W"V " "-K'ii uroKC to pieces oa UW-1 "Mv bovs were sent, like tliniicimU I nation island. Tvemv.(in ,ax... of other New York children, to pri- Captain Wagner, were rescued, ind trtj vatc schools, where they were in daily ow ''ere, physical and mtntal wrcflil contact with otner cinidrcii. They 'JV'" u,c icrnme exposure and hard- studied like ordinary bovs and h.ir! the ships which thev inidrrwcnt " same ambitions in their school work. T'lc seafaring annals of the Pick! or Vale, where it will be shipped to the smelters at cither Uoisc or Salt Lake City, Will Contest Claims. Pendleton. Claiming that he .,...-v. j.,...v, "."-.t. ..v ...w sun. an uui niiisKa pruspccior, will Were sent iwiv to rnllenn " been looking after the bid made by contest the locations made by Tames sent away to college. his firm.- Allen & Lewis, of Portland, are also preparing to bid on the mam- MAKE LAST STAND. STORM DAMAGES PROPERTY Hope to Save Stranded Cruiser Newport, R. I., Sept. 20. Thc work of extricating the United States cruiser Yankee from her position on Spindle Rock, where she struck dur ing a fog on Wednesday, was cen tered yestcrdav in the construction of a wooden coffer-dam about the ves sel. It is believed it will take almost a week to erect thc same, and it may be a week or more before the vessel is finally freed. Should the scas con tinue smooth durinir that time it is an tirioated that the work will progress without serious danger to the cruiser. Pauper's Grave for a Gould. Los Angeles, Sept. 20. Officials of the county hospital are awaiting the decision of George, Howard and Helen Gould and the Princess De Sagen as to whether their cousin, Mel vin A. Gould, shall be buried in the potters' field. Gould died Thursday night at the age of 71. He had been an invalid seven years and had a hard fight to support himself. He appealed to his relatives, but they refused help. Two weeks ago he was compelled to enter the county hospital. Ruef Jury Half Completed. San Francisco, Sept. 20, After a month spent in examining talesmen, half of the jury necessary to try Abra ham Ruef, on the charge of bribery, lias been secured. After three peremp tory challenges had been used on each lde yesterday fix jurors were, ac cepted and sworn. tile .oriizmm iliscoverer A ll Amler.ltin . . . . ...... ... ...., turned from Seattle, where lie has son. an old Alaska TpVospectoV will " ",.ii5:,l0oI " KmJLT the deaths of the men who were anvil - away while two tugs stood ty. those tugboat ciptains should Ul m io prison ior cowardice psprfl Captain Wamicr ai he u-ai limnAI aBhorc. Unable to sit up and with I sunk to a hoarse wliisntr the mwmI of thc wrecked hark cursed the trawl ol the Hattic Gage and Kayak it cn-1 arns, who, he said, stood by nd iwl human being perish by the scorfwbj Severe Results from Rainfall ahd Elec trical Tempest in California. l-os Angeles, Cal.. Sept. 25. A storm of unprecedented extent and duration for this time of year visited this city and the surrounding counties tne past 48 hours, the rainfall amount ing to several inches in some? olaccs and the electrical display which ac- Charges of Excessive Rates Salem. Representative B. J. Jones, of PollC county, has filed two com plaints with the" railroad commission, in which he asks for hearings to sub stantiate charges of alleged excessive rates exacted by both the express companies operating in Urccon. ben arate complaints aje brought against the Pacific Express company, which operates on the O. R. & N., and the VVells-Fargo. Jones alleges that the rates charged by these companies are unreasonable, unjust and unlawful, Conlan on what is declared to be rich placer ground, last located in Juniper canyon, Anderson says Conlan was employed by him as a driver on his prospecting trip, and located the claim while thc discoverer was nursinc a rattlesnake bite, from, which he is just recovering. Nevada Only State In Union That Al lows Gambling. Reno, Ncv., Sept. 22 The gamblers of the United States will make their final stand for freedom in Nevada next nibiith. At that time a snecinl companied the storm resulting in con- as !he c,omniission J" authority to do SiaeraDle nrODertv damage, nartirn. u,,u" " larlv nt ttntercfiei,) , . unreasonable house was struck anrl destrovei! A cloudburst in the Kern river oil Light from Waste Waters. fields caused the loss of a great quan- Pendleton. Hcrmiston, Echo and tity of oil, which escaoed to the irri-1 !Tm-.f,'iu rn f i.. cinr.t;i ..-;ti, i. j:.i. Ai r ( . . " 'v v.ii.v . . . . .. , . , I - " MWWM. ,1V. .......,I .11 aim wishes me rauruau co.imuss.on ovcr tJle raj an,j fa,j secding will be- wu" iin.ni u -"" v" gin witnin the next few days. Begin Seeding at Athena. Athena. son pani winch cations for an hour or two. Thc deep 'ng houses of this city should be uusi aiong tne roans was suddenly closed. converted into mud, and the summer tallow m thc fields was made rem U- for seed. The farmers are rcioicinor Athena. The first rain of the sea- election is to be held in Reno to irive ,1,cv c01ld I'ave saved every cm of n has fallen here. It was accom- .i,. tlPOni . . ' them. nicd by a severe electric storm, ,C pcop'e a" opportunity to vote on Sobl)inR kc a chi,j 1C (Jm tt ijch destroyed telephone communi- ;"c 'l"estion whether or not the gam- thc Ilengal (old how; li-s vcisel wai il- a barn was struck by lightning, de- aiiujuiK ji anu aw lerriiying me horses that six had to be shot. Local Option Wins Point. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25. Local optionists made a stand in thc house yesterday, and won a signal victory over their opponents, who have been working persistently to gain an ad vantage over the anti-hnuor forces. The bill was advanced to a second reading after a vote which showed 51 to 40 in favor of the local option. ists. The close vote does not fully signify the full extent of. the victory, for there were many powerful influ ences exerted against the anti-lirjuor men. An effort was made to kill the bill by indefinitepostponcment. Wright Makes Good Trip. Lcmans, France, Sept. 25 Wilbur Wright made a successful flight yes terday afternoon against a wind that was blowimr at the rate of ab&ut 18 miles an hour. Hg remained up for iraciiou more man u-t minutes, cuv- eriner officially 3D kilometers miles), which is about half a kilo meter more than the distance made for the Michclen prize on Monday. In reality Mr. Wright covered about " . At .9 35, miles, tne jorce ot uie winu oong ing him to make wide turns. trie lights within a year if the prom ises made by a company which has completed its- organization urc ful filled. Dramatre water from the gov ernment, reclamation projects is to be utilized to develop horsepower suf ficient to furnish thc towns named with light and also to make possible the operation of a small electric sys For six months thc fisrht has been in the making, each side making every iMci,ir.-mou tor the contest. Nevada is now the only state in the union wncre gamuiiiig is licensed. Mop. i.ni.i legislated it out of existence some tunc ago. Arizona followed suit, and the toleration wide tern gambling going in Denver and Salt Lake lias been withdrawn. Nevada only remains, and nearlv wncai iui, euc per dusiicij lorty-r-,,-v i"u'"-iu gammer m the coun fold. 92c: turkey red. -02c: fife 80e; try is now located in this state. i t . :. . ' ' niucsicm. u.ic: vaiiey. uic. i c. -ttt t Hay Timothy, Willamette Val'cv . .. FiroflBhters Lose Ground. $14 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi- MAI,)a"y' ,N- ,Y- ScP- 22. Although nary, $u; uastcrn uregon, $10.50; 1."tk ""h one ot the lict mixed, $13; clover, $'J; alfalfa, $11; al-1 f.n'PPca torcst fire fighting organiza- falf.i me.il 2(. tions 111 the COtllltrv. fre i fir o... Fruit Apples, new, 50c$1.25 per Y"1K rcPr,cd daily from the Adiron box; peaches. 2505c per box; pears, (1,acks .amI Catskifi regions. Unless PORTLAND MARKETS. Barley Feed. $20 ncr ton: rolled $y7.5(i(a,8.5o; urewmg, $20.50. uats no. l white, $30 per ton; gray, wj lowed to drift on the rocks while these! tugs stood by without making an effort! to rescue her until she broke intothml pieces. I hey cut loose from us and ran luel the cowards thev are and littistpttl certain death. We were in 10 failica of water. The wind was not kloiwi hard, and they could have held on p us as well as not. we were in praj of water for four hours while they t standing by, and we hoped every min ute that they would conic alongside. For four lomr desnairine hours w burned litiie liirliia Itnuinir .icalntt hope, I and those cowards Iiiiiir off in fear audi saw cood men swent away. We 1I! upon the rocks and nounded to piece. 1 Something hit mc and when I came w 1 1 was on the beach. Kansas Warns Rail Mantei. Toneka. Kan.. Sent jM.Allegutbt tern in thc heart of the irrigation belt, ff per boxf JlSmT BOcgf?" pe7 there is a" hcTvTrai" .oon t he diS " Mlwourl Pacific tracks in lid. ml uux; grapes, luctfjiMas per crate; "i'i'xiniaic mat ot the de- arc in sucn poor condition uw ' i Concords, 20c per basket: huckleber-1 stnicttve fires of 1003. when river commisiion I otn ...-....( ' 4.',nnnn ... i. u n,..,v -.v i.w.ouifmriiuuim, -- v-a wiiic inirncu over, ctl- ...i-.i I r:IH and fc ! 1'otatoes H.itfinn nee i,...,.u..j. i.iiiuiK a oss of sunn nnn ;.. ,......:.... """"m , i MMIIVII WIJ. I .1 " " - v ( Old 1I1I11U sweet potatoes, 2c per pound. l,m cr! '.BS an" l,ll'P wood. Every Land Board Approves Loans. Salem. Applications for loans amounting to $40,025 were approved by thc land board at its last meeting. At the first of the month a similar amount was approved, making thc total for September over $00,000. Thc number of applications during thc last Melons Cantaloupes, 5075c per effor,t 18 'jcmK "ia"c to hold the prcs irnrriman that repairs must be ma nitnedi.-ili'lv. The rniniiilssldJICU if Gould of promises to repair the i. . i. 1 fi"- . I ri fif,fl . i . . cruic; waicrincions, ?(wic per pound; 'i'" '", tuniroi. in 132 towns n TiT , 1 l""'"'"" , V'X" bvhj casabas, $22.25 per dozen. . t,lc Adirondaeks and Catskill rcsions wI,icl' ll,m" ,,cc" nia'Ic '".tlicp . l,fo Vegetables Turnips, $1 50 per sack; 743 irc wardens arc at work. few weeks has increased heavily, and carrots, $1.75; parsnips, $1.75; beets Carnegie's Gift SI, 260,000. London, Sept. 25. Encouraged by the success that has attended the es tablishment of his "hero fund" in America. Andrew Carnegie has decid ed to found a similar fund in his na tive land. To this end he is about to hand over to trustees the stini of $1,350,000." ' " " '' ' the land board was compelled to re ducc each individual loan below the amount asked by the applicant. Send Seed Grain to Canada. McMiunville. A. M Warren, a farmer living near town, has made a shipment of gray winter oats to the Canadian Pacific iJcvclopmcnt com pany, at Alberta, Canada, to be used for seed and experimental purposes; Other shipments of seed grain from this county to the Canadian northwest will be made during the next two months. Monroe Cannery Operating. -Monroe, The Monroe cannery is in operation, and is putting out a fine lot of fruit. Blackberries, pears and plums will be the larger bulk of its products this season, but efforts are being made to have large crops of peas, beans and tomatoes tor next year s worK, , . , $1.50; artichokes, 05c per doz.; beans oiffliu per ijuuiiii; camjige, uc per (juiunii c.miiiiiuwci. si.o nozen; cel ery, vociffi! per dozen: corn. 75cffi)si per sack; cucumbers, 30(7i)40c per box; egg plant, 50c(fi$1.20 per crate; let tuce, head, 15c per dozen; parsley, x;c per unzen: ijc.ih. uc ner nnmni. peppers, oiiuc per pound: pumpkins coniijany, and warn him that mere oro :n i.. - Li.t in future, W tviii mil uc (iMrVjuuuiv I. , ,.,.i,t imnrctOrS publish weekly reports of the deW louiul. Paris Has Big Firo. mhi, 1'irc Iirok-e niu last night in the Central Telenhnne building and spread with such r.-miditv that the tclentinm. Alllrili-iiiin . c i , wen- iinvana. acnt. 21. J hastily to the streets. The entire ',on ,1,e a',scncc ' J Cuban Attacks Diplomat. .cent 24.-T Cornell e American . Minister M lUc per pound: radishes. i2ie ner Mtilding was soon in flaine nn.i ti.u wn nnsMnlied l.v a Cuban in a restaur? ., : i"" in,,.i . -.1 .. "". .: " . .. .itiii i firizeii: .iTiiiineii. 'zc. ner nmitwi. c..rx,.i. lwkci icr wun rue nncinif i.-t. 1 . i i. 11.1. , ' i - . - I--. i - , Riftumn 10c per pound; smiash. 40c ner dozen- tomatoes, 17j25c. nutter Extras, 34c per pound; fancy, 32jc; choice, 30c; store, 18c. Eggs Oregon, extras, ,2030c; firsts, 2728c; seconds, 2320c; East ern, 20j27c per dozen. Poultry Fancy hens, 13jc; spring, Two Towns Wined Out. Chicacrn. Rent oo t n.. -) . l.uii - instance &ll0.eI.nlcss.aRC8,.t.? ie Tribune 14ic; ducks, old, 12l2k; sprii'ui 14 he owns that liuivcyo, uiu, niii'ioi:; young, sue. yvni anaajK. per pound; oruinary, niuuc, ueavy, oc. Pprk Fancy, 8ic per lb.: ordinary Cc; Jarge, fic, , " deRtrnvel l. t: The 4000 residents of the two tWn are fleeting through the burning woods to lUiinelander. panic-sUicken8 missing woouborow are uuprovoKCd, anu scvki - without concerned in it. One of them, giving Mr. Tarlcr a chance to -rise his seat, struck him in l''c, , The I. f ... I . . ,l.u rltrtlt CVC' nun severely over " :. u assailant escaped, but his arrest pectcd. Plague Again Rag'ng' Willcmstaa, Curacoa, Sept. tcrs received' here ironi w-.- noiince n fresh outbreak Of tne r. plague In the Venezuelan capi w t .v i.. !... urred among rw' unit uutiina nau mkv....-- of the better class. together with the nos o ' wlieli i J in this ci v last niirTit. TlieW I I . .-. ." I r--. ; " .v-v.uiv.il uiwsc IO t lie I' nee ,l..d ri,. torics, was totally destroyed. Thc loss is estimated at $5.ooo.ooo.