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Newspaper Page TextCORVA GAZETTE WEEKLY, zkttk! J'Vsm. I Consolidated Feb., 1899. COR VAIiLIS, BENTCXN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUXY 31, 1903. VOL.. XXXX. NO. 32. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE 5 TWO HEMISPHERES. K Comprehensive Review of the Import' ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. Russia, in retaliation foe the Kisb iDef petition, will issue fewer passports to Americans. John D. Long, United States consul general at Cairo, Egypt, is dead as the result of a fall. Russia, it is said, has made conces sions to the powers, which will assure peace in the far East. The lumber freight rate on the Southern Pacific will be raised from $3.10 to 5$ a ton August 20. Populisms in conference at Denver have agreed to for tret the past and will re-enter the political arena. : Whittaker Wright, the London pro moter, will be extadited at once, the papers having been prepared. A fierce race riot occurred at Lor aine, Ohio, because two negroes severe ly cut a white man with a razor. Russia has been swept by, a severe tornado, which destroyed three vil lages and caused great loss of life. A cablergam from Consul General Gudger, at Panama, says everything sis queit and ne expects no further trou ble. Representative Wilcox is at the head of a movement to secure indepen dence for Hawaii from the United States. Ihe American squadron will engage in a great mimic war off the coaqt of New England next month. Thirty vessels will paiticipate. The race war at Danville, 111., is over and quiet restored. The Japanese press is strongly in favor of war with Russia. Cardinal Gibbons received- a very cordial reception on his arrival at Rome. ' , A convention to organize a new re j form political party is now in session at Denver. The British press terms Russian official's worns t)nManchurian"' situa tion asiinsulting. . A Texas contractor attempted to bribe an army officer by Bending him $ 200 in a box of cigars. Preparations are completed for the holding of the conclave which will elect a successor to Pope Leo. Satisfactory progress is being made in the trade treaty negotiations be tween the United States and China for the opening of Manchurian ports. "'A coke trust, headed by the'Frick coal company, is to be formed. The capital is placed at $7,000,000. The new concern , has control of 10,000 acres of coal land. The discovery of four boxes of dyna mite in the mountains three miles from Kelson, B. C, with the date 1881 marked on them has led to speculation as to a tragedy in which pioneer pros pectors were the victims. A fierce wind Btorm in the Boundary creek valley, B. C, has done $5,000 damage. It blew down a steel smoke stack at the Greenwood smelter, over turned buildings, smashed windows and crippled telegraph and telephone wires. Several men were injured by falling trees'. . T Harriman will try to wrest the con trol of the Northern Pacific from Hill. Secretary Root will recommend that troops in Alaska be' given double time allowance. . A high Russian official charges Great Britain ,with duplicity in the Man churian affair. Five men were hurt and $100,000 worth of property destroyed at a Terre Haute, Ind., fire. Extreme hot weather prevails in eastern Nebraska. Crops are thought to have been injured. The stubbornness of a Hungarian officer is responsible for the prostration of 450 soldiers by heat. . Cardinal Gibbons surprised every body in Europe by appearing in ordi nary dress inBtead of robes. Canada is still in favor of reciprocity with the United States, despite Cham berlain's policy for preferential trade. . A sensational note has been eent to President Roosevelt exposing a plan of Hnncarv to control its people in the United States. The battleship Kearsarge made the trip across the ocean in nine days, four and a half hours, an average speed of 13.16 mile ean hour. She arrived on this side all ready for action. The pope's remmains have been laid in the temporary resting place. Thirty thousand people viewed the remains of the late pove the second day they lay in state. Prince Ferdinand has fled from Bui garia and it is thought he will not re turn to his tnrone. Indian cannibals on Tiburon island captured a party of Mexican prospec tors, killed ana ate mem. Tom Johnson says he does not want tn he vovernor of Ohio but would like to succeed Hanna as senator. HUNT FOR COVER. Escaped California Convicts are Headed for the Mountains. Placerville, Cal., July 30. Of the 13 convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary at Folsom, 12 are still at large. Joe Murphy, who was serving a 14-year sentence for robbery, was shot at Pilot Hill. S. M. Gordon, the reported leader of the gang, who had been sentenced to 45 years for robbery deserted bis followers soon after they left the prison. He is heavily armed and it is not known in which direction he sought safety. A negro convict named Seavis, who was reported wounded in the first encounter with the officers, appears not to have been injured. The 11 outlaws who remain together are ma&ing lor toe bierra jsevada mountains. They are closely pursued by the sheriffs of Sacramento, Eldorado and Placer counties each backed by numerous deputies and assisted Dy a company of militia. About 20 guards from the Folsom prison are also en gaged in the chase. It is believed that the fugitives will soon be surrounded, and a desperate battle is anticipated, as all are heavily armed. The work of the pursuing posses has been rendered less difficult toan was anticipated by the unexpected action of the convicts, who released all of the free men they had held as hostages. It is thought that this course was prompted, by lack of food and ammuni tion. The 11 escapes are now believed to be near Placerville, in Eldorado county, in a rough eountry and not far from the mountains, waich they evi dently hope to make their refuge. The fight at Pilot Hill between the convicts and their pursuers seems to have been a more serious affair than at first reported. After they had looted a provision store at Pilot Hill they were practical ly surrounded by the sheriffs of Sac ramento and Placer counties, each com manding a strong posse. All four horses on the convicts' wagon were shot, and one of the criminals was killed outright. Then the outlaws raised a white flag and marched up tne road with the guards and others wloro .they had captured on each side of them. A general volley was not ordered, as it might have kil'ed several "innocent men. In this desperate manner the second escape was made. Now that the captives have been freed, the pursuing officers have been instructed to shoot the convicts on Bight, and thier death or capture in the near future ia expected. SHEEPnEN IN ARMS. Montana Camp and Pens Burned bx Warring Cattlemen. Butte, Mont., July 29. A Miner special from Big Timber, Mont., eays that the sheepmen of Bridger Creek country, several miles from tlnre, are I A A V t ? up in arms as a result oi me ourning of the Flannagan Bros', eheep camp and pens, the largest in this section of Montana. The destruction is believed by sheepmen to be the work of cattle men with whom they have been on the verge of war for the past six months. The sheepmen have organized posses under the leadership of William Bell, one of the prominent sheepmen, and a search of the surrounding country is being made for a man whom the sheep men declare they know is - the incendi ary. Pickets have been strong out over an area of ten miles square. Parties just in from the scene say that th 3 situation is extremely serious and a lynching is threatenecTif the cat tlemen BUBpected of firing the Fianna gan pens falls . into the hands of the pursuing sheepmen. ' Transport Dlx Goes Aground. Washington, July C 3t). Quarter master General Humphrey has been in formed by cable that the transport Dix went aground off the Japan coast last Saturday. She has since been docked at Draga. and it is estimated that it will take 40 days to make the necessary repairs, as she is in bad condition The Dix is a freighter, and had on board 225 tons of Philippine exhibits for the St. Louis exposition. It is ex pected that one of the tranpsorts now out of commission will oe put on to re place the Dix. ... Colorado Ready to Quit. Topeka, Kan.",' July 30. It is report ed that the governor of Colorado is about to make a proposition to Gov ernor Bailey for a settlement of the Arkansas injunction suit. According to the agreement Colorado is to take no water from the river for irrigation pur poses during tbe monthe of July, August and September of any year, in addi tion, Colorado is to reimburse Kansas for the $10,000 spent in prosecuting the suit. New Diplomat In Washington. Washington, July 29. General Jose Manuel Hernandez, the recently ap pointed Venezuelan minister to the United States, came to Washington to day. He is enthusiastic over the gov ernment's recent victory at Cindad Bol ivar, and says it means the restoration of peace in Venezuela. All opposition to the established authority is now at an end, he wys. . r , - . - - HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON 1 ' - . ;I ' 1 GREAT FRUIT. YIELD. Rogue River .Valley Traes Promise Choice .. Product. From the viewpoint or the grain- raiser dame nature is in a state of revolt this year in Southern Oregon. the drouth prevailing for the past few months having wofully reduced the average in all small grains. It ap pears as if nature, indeed, rebelled at man's persistent perversion of soil apd climate conditions intended to produce nectar for the gods, to the baser uses of growing provender for nine or grain for human kind or other cattle. The orchards and alfalfa meadows, however, are yielding up such stores of wealth as only those realize who are familiar with existing conditions Apples and pears promise fancy fig ures again this year, in fact growers look for record-breaking prices, owing to partial failure of fruit of ordinary quality in the east. Of course the fancy fruit for which this section is distinguished- is not exactily in com petition with ordinary barrel stock, but scarcity of the latter article al ways enhances prices all round. Growers are carefully thinning and applying the summer spray at pres ent, and favoring weather conditions are giving promise of quality Bur- passing, perhaps, any former year in the history of the local trade. : FIX PRICE OF PRUNES. Willamette Valley Growers Association Says 2 Cent Basis. The Willamette Valley Prune Asso ciation held an important meeting at Salem last week. Delegates were in attendance from Douglas, Lane, Linn, Polk, Benton and Clackamas coun ties, and from Vancouver, Wash., and was the most representative gather ing of the fruitgrowers of the North west ever held in that city. Organi zations are already formed in Linn, Benton, Douglas, Marion 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 dis cusTon at the meeting was to have all the associations in the Northwest un der one secretary, so that it will be impossible for one organization to un dersell another in the market, thus creating uniform scale of prices for all fruits on the coast. The plan met with the approval of all present and an effort will be made to bring the condition about. The "price of prunes this year is "fix ed on a 2 cent basis. ( Coming Events. Ninth annual regatta, Astoria, Au gust 19-21.- State fair, Salem, September 14-19. Second Southern Oregon District fair, Eugene, September 29-October 3. Summer -association of the North west Indian agencies, Newport, Au gust 17-27. Lane county teachers' institute, Eu ene, August 4-6. . Klamath county fair, Klamath Falls, October 6-9. Good roads convention, Jackson ville, August 15. Fruitgrowers' convention, Jackson ville, August 15. Teachers .institute, Tillamook, July 29-31. v. . Old Folks' celebration, La Grande, August 1. Hoo Hoo contenttion, Portland, August 1. Knierhta of Pvthias convention. As toria, August 20-21. - Teachers' institute, La Grande, Au gust 17-21. - Smiling Fields of Polk County. Excellent samples of hay and grain have 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 grown. Hay harvest is ueing pushed rapidly forward, and there is a larger acreage in Polk county this year than has ever been planted be fore. The fruit season for cherries and berries has practically passed, but the plums, prunes and apples are just commencing to ripen. Bricks Made on Coos Bay. The first lot of brick just burt at4 the' new kiln in Catching slough was delivered this week at North. Bend to be used In making the foundation for the boilers and engines of the woolen mills and sash and door fac tory. This is the initial burn and somewhat of an experiment, but from the apnearance of this production Coos Bay will be able to turn out first-class brick, a much needed indus try, for heretofore this article had to be imported. Huckleberry Season Here. , Huckelberries are beginning to rip en in tbe foothills of the Blue moun tains. Never before was there prom ise of such a bountiful" crop there as is now presented. The season has been an ideal one for their growth. There were no early frosts, and as a consequence none ' were blighted. Every bush is loaded, and already parties are being formed to go out and gather the luscious fruit. Collecting Mining Data. ' George E. Boos, of the United States Geological Survey. Washing ton, D. C, is at Baker Citv, and will make a complete report, of mining in Eastern Oregon, showing production, cost of operation, wages, etc. By act Qf congress . mineowners are compel led to furnish information under pen alty: : -.- -: - ' v.. Reany for Steel Bridge. The approaches and center pier for the Lewis and Clark draw bridge near Astoria have been . completed and are ready for the steel draw -when it ar rives from the east. It has been on the road for several weeks and is expected within a few days.. ,. JUNE OUTPUT SPLENDID. Sumpter District Mines Cleaned Up All of $350,000. Estimates based on the production of ore in the Sumpter mining district for the past month give much greater returns than heretofore. v The deep sinking operations carried on in most of the leading properties have result ed in opening up a larger area of min ing territory and consequently an in creased production has resulted. According to the estimates that are at hand from the best sources obtain able, the Bonanza is said to have clear ed up during June $50,000; the North Pole, $80,000; the j Columbia, $45, 000; Golconda, $35,00; the Badger, $30,000; total, $240,000. The produc tion of the Red Boyfis variously stat ed to be from $25,000 to $50,000." and therefore should bemadded to the to tal production. o There are many;; other properties that . are constantly ,. shipping ores away for treatment at smelters. It is impossible to get any. figures as to the value of these ores, as no returns are given from the smelters receiving them, except to the owners, and the latter as a rule are; opposed to mak ing public these figures. It would be safe in fixing the tofal at $350,000 for the month. This total includes the cleanup from many -claims in the dis trict that are not ranking with the big producers. This also includes the output of the placers as far as can be learned. i Oregon King Looktsg Up. ne Oregon -ng mine, which has been shut down for; several years on account of litigation, is again hoist ing ore. The management is looking for more miners and preparing to make heavy shipments. To give . history of this min.i would be to re peat that of other properties accident- ly, discovered, abandoned, relocated. ana developed sufficiently to make a trial shipment, which , was found ta give surprising returns. ' Shipments followed, which, a-, after deducting charges for a 60-mile wagon haul to the then terminus of the Columbia Southern railway, Vwhich was being extended southward and freight from there to the smeitf c at Tocama. net ted over $105 per t-.m. Not Enough Water. The voters of, the proposed Little Walla Walla river, irrigation district near Frewater tTirtHd-kdown the pro position tofVrnt an; irrigation district by 89 to, .52, the vot ers living at the upper end of the dis trict killing the proposition xm the ground that the river ' does 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 elow them. A three-fifths vote of the residents was required to carry the establishment. Hot Contest for 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 Corvallis, Benton count. involved. It is estimated that the section contains 16,000,000 feet of fine timber. There are four entry men, each having filed upon a quarter section, and there are as 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- cie. Ind. who is at Salem, is Investi 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-grower, in the construction of a mill to manufacture the flax fibre into , a marketable product. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7778c; val ley, 7Pc. . Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton; brew ing, fu. Flour Best grades, $4.10 5.50; graham S3.353.75. Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18. OatB No. 1 white, $1.07 1.07; gray, $1 05 per cental. , Hay Timothy, $1920; clover, nominal; cheat, $1516 per ton. ',. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 7075c per sack ; ordinary, 35,4ic per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3 3.50 percental. ' : Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c; young. 1617Kc; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 1012c; dressed, 14ai5c; ducks. 4 005.00 per dozen; eese, $6.00 6.50. i-v Cheese Full cream, twins. 15K 16c; Yonng'America, 15)16c; fact ory prices, 11 c lessi ' " Butter Fancy creamery, 20(822 c per pound; extras.' 22c; dairy, 20 22Kc; store. 16c17. Eggs 2021c per dozen. : " Hops Choice, 1516c per pound. Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Or egon, 1215c; mohair, 35837c. ' Beef Gross,' cows, 3J4e, per pound; Bteere, 55c; dressed, 7e. Veal 7M8c. 'Mutton GrosB, 3c per poind; dressed, 566c. . Lambs Gross, .. 4c per . pound; dressed, 7c. ( ; Hogs Gross, , 66jc per , pound dreamd, 67t, ; NATIONAL IRRIQATION CONQRESS. Utah Forwards Object With Liberal State Appropriation. Ogden, Utah, July 29. UnuBual efforts have been made to insure the success of the lltb. National Irrigation Congress, which will be held here September 15 to 18, inclusive! A lib eral state appropriation was made. and the amount has been doubled by private subscriptions' from officers of tbe congress and from citizens of the city and state. The program has 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 sthe reclamation act, state progress under the national act, views on settlement of legal complica tions apd the pertinent and important theme of colonization. As Utah is the pioneer state in irri gation, special opportunities will be offered for the study of the history and progress of the science, and excursions will be arranged to enable delegates to take full advantage of the fact. Special terms have been secured from the railroads, and Ogden hotels have announced that there will ba no advance in their rates. Complete ar rangements have been made for tbe en tertainment of visitors, reception com mittees being detailed to visit all trains. The basis of rpeiesentation in the congress will be: The governor of each state and ter ritory to appoint 20 delegated; the mayor of each city of lees than 25,000 population to apoint two delegates; the mayor of each city of more than 25,000 population to appoint four delegates; each board of county commissioners to appoint two delegates; each chamber of commerce, board of trade, commer cial club or real estate exchange to ap point two delegates ; each organized ir rigation, agricultural or livestock asso ciation to appoint two delegates; each society of engineers to appoint two del egates; each irrigation company, emi gration society or agricultural college, and each college or nniversity having chairs of hydraulic engineering or for estry to appoint two delegates. The following are delegates by virtue oi their respective offices: The presi dent and members of his 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 States , senate or house of repiepentatives: member of any state or territorial commission. FATAL CRASH IN FOG. Two Trains in Minnesota Collide and Four Men are Killed. St. Paul, July 29. Two trains met in a head-on collision on the Chicago Great Wetsren this morning and the result is four men killed and 25 cr 30 passengers injured. The two trains were the Twin City Limited and a fast freight. The limited was running as a first section to Minneapolis. The second section con sisted of an excursion train running from Des Moines to Minneapolis and was three hours behind time. Ihe fast freight, Southbound, received an order at Dodge Center reading that the Be con j scetion of the passenger tram was three hours late and tbe 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 pennd- ing along at regular speed nd met the freight head-on just after it had rounded a curve at Vlasity.. The morn ing was ioggy and neither engineer saw the other in time to stop, although the engineer of the limited had applied the air brakes. That the two trains came together with terrific force was evidenced by the fact tbatboth engines wertjroadly dam aged andthe baggage and,buffet cars weie completely wrecked, ihe bag gageman was bnried beneath a pile of, trunks when the car was lifted off the track, but was taken out uninjured. General Davis Retires. Manila, July 29. Major General Davis has transferred the command of the department of the Philippines to Major General James F. Wade, General Davis having been retired for old age. General Davis last act was to review all the' troops' about Manila. 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. Boy Not Fit For a King. St. Petersburg,1 Jnly 559. 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 tbe past week, and has reported to the emperor that the boy ia a degenerate. Prince George is 16 years bid. On June 12 a Berlin dispatch to the Lon don Times said that King Peter might abdicate in favor of his son. Razed By Lightning. ' ' Minneapolis, July 29- One of the worst wind, lightning and rain storms in tbe history of tbe 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 v . Electric wires were prostrated and nearly all the street cars were tied up. CONVICTS ESCAPE! THIRTEEN PRISONERS IN FOLSOM TAKE TO THE HILLS. umnreaK was Unexpected and Officers Were Taken by Surprise Used Knives Made From Files to Capture Guards- Looted Armory and Secured Plenty of Arms and Ammunition. Folsom, Cal., July 29 Thirteen ueaperate convicts assault and over- J A . . - . - come tne guard, capture the prison ...uiu.jr, uia meir escape ana carry with them 11 officials and guards of the Folsom state prison, including War aen wiiKinson and Captain R. S, Murphy. buch, m brief, was the newa that startled the people of this community and Bent a thrill , through the length and breadth of the state this morninc. 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, had been well kept. The pris oners marched into the -dining room and had 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 was through, when" two prisoners turned suddenly on W. Chalmers, the outer gate keeper, and a dozen others rushed Jor the captain's office, only a few feet to the left of the main en trance to the prison proper. Each of the desperate men was armea witn a "D'e unite" or a razor, and in the twinkling of an eve thev were in tne midst of the assembled guards and officers, none of whom were armed, and ordered them to line up and march out. The convicts, having quelled all demonstrations made by the free men. started with their prisoners across the yard in the direction of the prison arm ory. Fonr guards were at the armory receiving their rifles preparatory to taking out their "lines." The convicts marched their prisoners up to the arm ory, and, holding their knives over them, demanded that the doors be opened . It was a case of open ing the doors or slaughtering the warden, cap tain and other officials. Warden Wil kinson realized the ueelessness of re sistance, and told the guards to open the armory doors. This was done, and the convicts took possession, secured 10 rifles, 25 revolvers and all the ammu nition they wanted, and then marched to the main entrance and demanded that the gate be opened. They again threatened their prisoners and the gate was opened. The convicts marched out and up the hill in the very teeth of the Gatung guns trained On them. I Thei plan had worked even beyond the wildest hope of their imagination. Their prisoners were' their safeguard, and they bad not lost a single man. Posses were started in pursuit. 21 guards, headed by lieutenants, and were after the fugetives half an hour after they started. Sheriff Beeee dep utized J. J. Hinters, who gathered a posse and staited on the trail over the mountains, and popses from Eldorado county were also put' in motion. Battle With Convicts. Auburn, Cal., July 29. A. fierce bat tle occurred between the escaped Fol som convicts and the officers tonight near Pilot Hill, in Eldorado county. The convicts were traveling in a four horse wagon, and after holdiner no and - '1 i '. i f-i 1 i n 1 1 . luuiiug a store at nioi mil oi provis ions, proceeded in the direction of Colona. Shortly after leaving Pilot Hill tbey were overtaken by posses from Sacra mento, Folsom and Placerville. Guard Curry, of the Folsom posse,' opened ne gotiations bv shooting one of tbe horses attached to the convicts' wagon, and this blocked the advance and an open fight ensued. Convict Howard was killed outright and Seabis, a negro convict, was . badly wounded. Two guards, who were with tbe convict, managed to escape. It was alsc noticed that Gordon and another vconvict, were missing, 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 provide safe hiding. . Panama Situation Grave. Washington, July 29. Consul God ger at Panama has made the following report by cable to the stjtte department of the episode 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 an American. Streets lined with soldiers. Arrested, secre tary ' of state and departmental em ployes. Department has money.',' - s Thames Flood Damages. '; ' . London,' July 29. Heavy rains over the south of England can feed serious floods and great damage in London. The underground , rail way was flooded and many printing rooms of London newspapers built in the underground district between Fleet street and the Embankment were flooded and unable to print. The heavy rains coincided with a high tide on the Thames, in undating several lowlying district?. Bid TIMBER DEAL. narnman and Hill Unite in Effort to Control World's Market. San Francisco, July 28. The Bulle tin says that E. H. Harriman and James J. Hill are uniting in a great timber deal, whereby they, with a num ber of associates, will control the lum ber market of the world. They are se curing large tracts of forest laDd in Northern California and Oregon, through their agents, who have been -v for some time quietly buying property on the coast. Among the associates of ' the two railroad magnates are Frederick Weyerhaeuser, of Minneapolis. T. B. Wa kur. rf Minno.iio. . 1 - M"IIO Jacob Blod- gett, of Grand Rapids, and a number of other members of influence in the vari ous timber sections of the . Western states. E. W. Eberlin, of New York, has been in California for several months. He is Harriman's agent in this state. and has made frequent trips to the northern part of the state, where lie has been buying up available timber lands. Eberlin has also been working toward securing options on timber land held by various Eastern people who ; purchased it since the boom in , Cali fornia timber began about three years ago. , . ;; With the many minor holdings which Harriman and his associates may count on, it is said that the plan is 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 ten miles en each side of its road, lying between the southern boun- dary line of Oregon and a point south of Portland, and consists ot about 1,- 000,001) acres of fir and sugar pine. In his plan to place these landB in a pool Harriman does bo conditionally, with provisions for the protection of the com pany's creditors, to whom all the lands of the company are pltdged in security for its indebtedness. With the landB of the Hill and the Harriman roads and those of Walker, Weyerhaeucer and others in Washing ton, Oregon, Idaho and California under control, Harriman and hia asso ciates would be in p poeition to control , the lumber market of the world. RACE WAR ON. Illinois People Lynch One Negro While in Pursuit of Another. Danville, 111., July 28. A - race war broke out here tonight. - While a mob of 600 men was on its wav to the county jail to lynch James Wilson, , . a Bloom irgton negro, who bad con-- ffiHHftfJ tn assanltino' Mra Thnmo a Dm. gess, wife of a farmer, an unknown negro ihot and killed 1 Henry Gatter-: man, white, a member of the mob. The murderous negro, a refugee from Evansville, Ind., by the name of J. W.- May field, was later taken from the eity jail and lynched by the mob, and three other negroes 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 scattered. The entire police force, numbering aVout 20, has been called out, and this, with 12 , deputy sheriffs Tand Sheriff Whitlock, forms a garrison-at the jail. Wilson admitted that he at- " tacked Mrs. Burgess, but denies . that ' he criminally assaulted her.. After the nergo had made these statements. Sheriff Whitlock went to the outside of the jail and pleaded with the mob to disperse. His brief address was 5n teinpted by shouts from the mob, " members of which loudly declared their determination to have the ne gro's life sooner or later. " 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 tram at ' the Junction west of this city today. Both trains were running behind schedule time. The Missouri Pacific tiain was just' crossing the Santa Fe tracks when the Santa Fe train came around the bend at a tremendous speed. The heavy mogul crashed into the rear cars of ' the MisFOuri Pacific, piling them into the ditch. . , ' Make War on flosqulto. ; - New York. July 28. Another $tep has bsen taken in war on the misqnito" in New, Jersey. Representatives of 21 cities and towns, at a meeting in Newark, have formed ' an organization ; to be knwon as the conference commit tee on misquito extermination. ' The ' object as set forth is to rid New1 Jersey ' of the misquito, both of the marsh " breeding and malarial kinds. . Practical , work will begin at once and remedial , egislation vigorously pushed. , I ? ' Oovernor Hunt to Resign. : Oyster, 'Bay, July 28. It is under -stood that Governor Hunt, of ' Porto Rico, has indicated his intention of re linquishing the island governorship. When his resignation will take effect is not known definitely.