M:1iri.CsoIidated Feb., 1599.
COB VAXiIilS, BENTON COUNTY", . OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBE R 18, 1903;
VOIiV XXXX. NO. 39.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
OATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove" Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
R Sir Thomas Lipton is quite ill at
Chicago
Frost in the Nebraska corn belt has
done much damage to that crop.
Bulgaria - will take no steps for
until the powers reply to her not.
war
A heavy snow has fallen aronnd
Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming,
Russia's policy is said 'to do to let
Tnrkey subdue Bulgaria, then she will
seize the land.
Premier Balfour, of England, advo
cates retaliatory duties against protec
tionist nations.
An explosion in the basement caused
the destruction of a seven story build
ving in New York. - ' -: '
Ex-Senator James K. Kelly, of Ore
gon, is dead. Of recent years he had
lived in Washington, D. C. He was
84 years of age.
The loss from the recent storm along
the Floi ida coast continues to grow as
communication is established with the
outlying districts.
The Japanese premier says his coun
try will go slow in the Manchuriah
affair as a clash with Russia is to be
avoided if possible.
Admiral Cotton reports all quiet at
Beirut.
, England is preparing to send a
fleet
to Salonica.
Tho British cabinet crisis has been
temporality staved off.
Macedonian rebels have decided to
adopt a guerrilla warfare.
The physician to the Turkish embas
sy at Vienna thrashed the ambassdor.
The national irrigation - congress
opened at Ogden with the largest at
tendnce in its history.
Secretary Shaw has deposited $4,
000,000 in national banks in the cotton
and grain growing districts. -
France has sent a cruiser to Beirut:
Socialists of Berne threaten to hiss
the czar when he visits that city.
Turks did not spare a single Chris
tain in their massacres at Monastir.
It is feared a crisis is at hand in the
British cabinet and that the entire
body will resign.
The situation at Beirut is Improving.
The new vali is working hard to restore
general confidence.
Russia has asked China to grant it
more time for the evacuation of a fron
tier province in Manchuria. . .
The Portland ministerial association
: l l :
.RuiKUUwfl us mieiinuu ui viuomg gam
bling and side entrances to saloons.
It is said the American trip of the
Prince of Wales is all talk and that he
is not planning to visit the St. Louis
fair.
An excursion train went into a ditch
near Kempton, Wis. Three passengers
were killed and a numbei of others
hart.
The agent appointed by the Cuban
government to float a loan of $35,000,
000 hopes to be able to secure the
money in the United States. . '
An explosion' of a barrel of liquor
stolen by sailors and placed on the
cruiser Olympia when discovered, cost
two lives, injured seven and set the
ship on fire. . s ' V.-""..
Turkey shows a disposition to settle
promptly the claims of America. '
The czar has abandoned his visit to
Roumania, fearing that country cannot
guarantee safe trip. -
Russia has made new demands on
China which have stirred up afresh the
ire of the Japanese. .''"--."
Lord Rosebury condemns the British
cabinet as being larely responsible for
the length of the Boer war.
Fire in the Southern Pacific's freight j
warehouse at San Francisco destroyed !
$115,000 worth of property.
. Two Oregon students at Harvard uni
versity must answer to the charge of
burglary of the school's store.
Secretary ; Hitchcock has 'dismissed
the townsite inspector of Indian Terri
tory for irregularities in office.
- - The military at Cripple Creek have
the situation well in hand and the
trouble is likely to be over soon.
- The Pacific packing and navigation
company a combine of ' Alaska- and
Pnget sound salmon canneries, is ex
pected to go to pieces at an early date.
Too great a capitalization on overval
ued properties is given as the reason.
The United States gunboat Maehiaa
has not yet arrived at Beirut, r-
The ' " 1 005 International - Christian
Endeapor convention will be held at
Baltimore. -'.-.. - i. --.
The Arizona surveyor ' general baa
been removed from office for taking il
legal ees. :-"a. ' .-' -'
Fourth-class postmasters may be
ousted for "political reasons" after
serving four years. --
- John Bartlett has taken the oath of
office as United States minister to Ar
gentina and will leave forJiis post Sep
tember 2. " -. ' -
WAR ON TURK.
Knlgbts Templar Recall Old Wrongs and
Consider Aid to Rebels.
Chicago, Sept. 17. -A 20th .century
crusade against their ancient enemy.
the Turk, is being planned by the
Knights Templar, with the Balkans, in
place cf Palestine, as the fie'd in which
they will protect Christians against the
oppression of the infidels. Prominent
members of the order are agitating -the
formation of a league that will send
regiments of well drilled fighters to the
aid of Bulgaria, and the crusaderB of
the 12th century may have their proto
type in a movement of the Knights
Templar against the troops of the
porte.
The plan has received consideration
by the Chicago members of the org
nization for some time, and tonight
was formally broached at a meeting of
St. Bernard commandery, With 500,
000 members' under oath to "be ready
to go and fight the enemies of Chiist
even to the death." it is expected that
an international interest will be stirred
in the movement, and 200,000 Knights
from the United States and Europe
may be massed in Macedonia to fight
the soldiery of Turkey.
Among the 20000 Knights Templar
in Chicago, the outrage at Beirut and
Adrianople have revived the spirit that
led to the formation of the order eight
centuries ago. At the convention at
Peoria, leading members of the organi
zation discussed seriously the expedi
ency of issuing a call for volunteer reg
lments to be sent to the scene of depre
dations, with the result that tonight
one of the eleven local commandaries
was asked to take action. As yet the
scheme ib not perfected, but the general
plan is to muster in regiments of Tern
plars and tend them to enlist under
the Bulgarian government. -
HIQHER THAN THE LAW.
Porto Rlcans Wbo Insulted Star and
Stripes Sent to Prison.
San Juan,: Porto Rico, Sept. 17.
Edward Conde and Leondas GiJlot, two
socialists, who spoke in a recent meet
ing of the American Fedeiation of Labor,
were put on trial today for insulting
the American flag and threatening the
life of Governor Hunt.".'
Their speeches teemed with abuse of
the government. One of the prisoners
was accused of advising the workmen
upon the return of the governor- oh
October 1 from the United - States to
parade carrying black flags and then
to make demands upon the government.
If these demands were refused, the
speaker added, the alternative of kill
ing Governor Hunt remained. 1 :
The other orator was said to have de
clared that the American flag was a rag
fit to cover rascals and criminals. : The
accused vehemently denied the charges.
Thev were tried before Justice Kopel,
convicted of anarchist . conduct, and
sentenced to six months in prison. "
Justice Kopel said the flag is higher
than the law and anarchists need never
expect any mercy in his court. The
case has established a precedent as a
Porto Rican official warning that at
tacks on the flag and government must
stop. The Americans and loyal Porto
Ricans are jubilant, while the social
ists are angiy at today's decision. The
convicted men will appeal from the
judgment declaring that Justice Kopel
had no jurisdiction and there is no law
covering the offense. The interest
the case is intense. ' ' .
in
EXPECTS NO Bid BOOM IN SILVER.
Department Official -' Denies a Philippine
'Coinage is to Be Melted.
Washington," Spet. 1 7. Colonel Ed
wards, chief of the insular bureau of
the war department, denied the widely
circulated report that the new Philip
pine coinage will soon disappear in the
melting pot, owing to the greater value
of silver as bullion. '-
"The present rise in silver is. in my
opinion, merely a reaction from a long
period of depression. Cooking Dack
over the last six years, the increased
use of silver in the arts has been too
small ; to warrant anything of the sort,
and the leading continental nations of
Europe that use silver in their coinage
are not enlarging . their purchase. So
where Is the pretended great use to
come from?"
Cable Ship tloes North.
Seattle, Sept. 17. The United
States cable ship Burnside sailed for
the north last night, to continue the
work of laying the cable . from ' the
head of Lynn canal by way of Sitka,
the capital of Alaska, - to this city.
She has a stretch of 600 miles of cable
aboard, which was transferred from the
steamship Texan, which brought the
cable around the Horn from NewYork.
It is expected that the entile consign
ment' of cable on the Burnside will be
laid - and -the" vessels - will be back
for the final link by October 15.-
t-:.. Montana Grain Beaten Fiat..
"Butte, Sept.;- 17. A Miner Bpecial
from Dillion says: As later reports are
received in Dillion, it is evident that
the storm of laBt week was one of the
most disastrous in the history-of 'Beav
erhead county, and all ol the oldtimers
assert that it is the severest September
storm that has occurred in this country
since 1865.' A conservative - esti
mate places the damage done to
the grain fields of this county at $100,
000. .
To Prevent Monopolies.
- Wellington, N. Z., Sept. 17. Pre
mier Seddon has : introduced a very
drastic billtfor the prevention of ' mo
nopolies in New Zealand. It proposes
to establish a monopoly court, with
full powers of a supreme court, to in
vestigate all complaints regarding the
enhancing of prices by the formation
of trusts and prescribes heavy penalties
for offenders.
ASKS FOR RELIEF
BULGARIA SAYS POWERS MUST IN
TERVENE OR SHE WILL.
Turkish Government Held to Be Syste
matically Slaying Christiana En
counter Between Two Countries Were
Never More Probable Turkey Has
Mobilized Entire Army. .
Sofia, Sept. 16. The Bulgarian gov
renment, through its foreign represen
tatives. has addressed a note to the
great powers declaring that the . porte
is systematically devasti fating Mace
donia and masBacreing the Christian
population. Further, it says Turkey
has mobilized her whole army, which
cannot possibly be for the sole purpose
of suppressing the revolution. There
fore the Bulgarian government appeals
to the humane sentiment of Europe to
prevent the continuance of the massa
cres and devastation, and to stop the
mobilization of the Turkish army. -
The, memorandum - concludes with
the plain statement that unless ' the
powers intervene Bulagria will : - be
forced to take such measures as she
may deem necessary. - ;
While it is possible that a Turko-Bul
garian war may even yet be averted,
the probabilities of such an encounter
were never greater than at the present
moment. The note to the powers, the
most "decided step yet taken by the
principality, was dictated not only by
the alarming reports of wholesale mas
sacers and devabtation daily arriving,
but even more by the indifference of
the - powers toward . the . severity of
Turkey's repressive measures.
IPeople here consider that - the anxi
ety of the powers seems to be manifest
ed chiefly in repeated admonitions to
the . porte to suppress the revolution
with all speed and energy possible.
Telegrams from Constantinople ap
pear in this evening's papers, asserting
that the ambassadors have urged the
saltan's government to suppress the in
surrection without any considerations
of mercy, and not to hesitate to burn
and destroy the villages, or take any
other steps . which might be deemed
necessary. .""-'
The Bulgarian ministry, in the face
of the strongest pressure - from within
and without, has endoavoied to main
tain a strict neutrality, but it appears
very possiblethat the government may
now depart from this position. c. ".
GALE COSTS FLORIDA MUCH.
Large Portion of Orange Crop Is Ruined
' Several Ships Lost. : : ;A
Jacksonville, ' Fla., Sept. 16. The
wires south of Palm Beach and Tampa
are still down and will not be in opera
tion for a day or two. Further details
of the destruction wrought by the hur
ricane have been received bv mail and
passengers on the incoming trains. r.
The steamer Inchulva, from Galves
ton, laden with lumber and cottonseed
meal, for Hampton Roads, went ashore
near Boynton. - The ship strucs the
beach with great force and broke into
three pieces. The captain, mates,
and 14 of the crew were saved. Nine
were drowned. . . . : .:-'-'-
The schooner Martha Thomas, - lum
ber laden, for Baltimore, was wrecked
nine' miles south of Jupiter. The
schooner is split in half. The crew was
saved.- ' -
SMALL RISINQ IN CUBA.
Rural Quard Battles With the Outlaws,
But Fails to Capture Them. ' .
Santiago, de Cuba, Sept. 16. Re
ports of an armed body. At Sevilly,
near : Siboney, this morning caused
Governor Yereoto to- send a - force of
rural guards, who located - the party,
which was of unknown strength, and
attempted to arrest the men. A fight
ensued, in which the commander of the
rural guard was injured, but no cut-
laws were captured. There was much
excitement in the city this afternoon
and wild reports of a revolution were
curient. Nearly all of the rural guards
in the province were assembled here to
receive President Palma, and 200 men
were dispatched this evening to the
scene of the trouble. - -
" Crop Damage In Montana.
Butte, Sept. 16. Reports today from
outlying' farming districts give conflict
ing details as to the damage-done : by
the. recent snow .storm. . Beaverhead
county appears to have suffered the
most, as hardly a third of the gram
crop had been Harvested . when the
storm broke, and for5 10 hours the
snow fell incessantly. . The snow was
wet, clinging to the grain and crushing
it to the ground.- Estimates of damage
are placed as high as $75,000 in that
county. . -Many fruit" trees . were
stripped of their branches. ; - .
Crown tor Eitel.
London, Sept. 16. The Vienna cor
respondent of the Daily Mail " declares
that the Hungarian politic! crisis has
become so acute that the abdication of
Emperor- Francis Joseph, as - king of
Hungary; is ; freely discussed in that
country, and, although no party leader
openly willing to discuss the proba
bility, there is a strong feeling in favor
Hungary's right to: choose her own
king, the candidate favored being the
German Emperor's son, Eitel. -Jj ',--'
1 Guard Kaiser Against Anarchists.-'
Vienna, Sept. 16. As a result of the
Italian government informing the an
thorities here that tnree Italian anar
chists have. gone: to Hungary.- extra
precautions were taken to safeguard
Emperor William, who is to arrive; to
morrow at Karapancisa, where he will
go staghunting with ithe- . Archduke
Frederick.
NAMES NEW TERMS.
Russia Adds to Conditions of Evacuation
. v . ' of nanchurla. --." '
- resin. Kept, io. .Kuesia has pre
sented to the Chinese government a new
scheme for evacuation, originally fixed
for October 8, and proposed certain new
conditions in addition to most of the
conditions concluded in the last
tcheme. ' ' - .
Russia now proposes to evacuate' Niu
Chwang and Moukden province October
8, Kirin province four months later
and the third province a year later,
Among the new conditions Russia Btip?
ulates that she shall maintain military
posts on the road from Tsitsihar, cap
ital of Heilungkiang; to Blagovosk
chensk and on the Sungari river. The
reason Russia gives for - maintaining
these posts is that they are necessary
to protect the commerce of the railroad
There is a vaguely worded clause
prohibiting heavy -duties on goods
transported by the railway which the
dilomats construe as exempting Rus
sian goods transported on the railway
irom . the surtax which the Japanese
and American treaties substitute for
the likin dities. " V -
The scheme also contains a prevision
that Chinese troops shall protect the
branches of the- Russo Chinese bank
when necessary. 7 -
Prince Chmg, president of .the for
eign board, has informed the ministers
that he considers the Rus.ian condit
ions to be very reasonable.
, CONVICTS MAKE COIN.
Added Scandal In Pennsylvania -Peniten
tiaryInvestigation Going On. : "
Philadelphia, Sept. 16. following
closely upon the exposure of gross ir
regularities in the cigar department of
the Eastern State Penitentiary came
the announcement tonight that illegal
coinage of minor silver pieces has been
carried on by convicts m the big insti
tution. o details of the counterfeit
ing scheme can be learned from anv of
the officials connected with the prison,
or from the sovernment officers that
have been assigned to the case. The
fact that such a daring scheme has been
carriea out in . the ; penitentiarv was
made public by George Vaux, Jr., one
the prison inspectors, who sum
moned newspaper men to his home and
voluntarily made the disclosure. He
gave out a brief statement, which Is as
follows: " i - : . - . - '
"Dr. W. D. Robinson and Mr. Vaux.
Jr., who are at present the visiting in
spectors on duty at the Eastern State
enitentiary, made the statement that
it has come to their tjfficial knowledge
that within a short time an attempt has
been made by certain cenvitts now con
fined in the penitentiary to manufac
ture counterfeit silver coins. But a
few pieces were made, and a number of
these have come into the possession of
the inspectors, together witn the met
als and chemicals used, the attenmt
thus-being nipped in the bud. The
evidence in the case is not yet com
plete, but all that has been secured has
been submitted to the United States
authorities.". .'. . -.- . v- '..
STIRS UP DYNAMITE.
Switch Engine at'"' Bay City. Mich..
Causes a Terrific Explosion,
Bay City,-Michl. Sept. 16. Clarence
D. Hopper and Roy Boutcher, switch
men of the Michigan Central railway.
were instantly killed by an explosion
of dynamite' in .a . car in the yards at
West Bay City today. Robert Roblio,
enigneer;- William ; Noble, fireman,
and John Cracile. conductor, were in
ured, the latter so severely that he
may die. v: All of the trainmen were
residents of this city. " ';
The explosion occurred ' as a switch
engine was making up a train. The
engine backed down upon several cars,
the first containing 1.000 . pounds -of
dynamite, a consignment of "Lee-Met-ford
rifles and a quantity of reduced
charged shells for.' indoor practice, and
it is said that the force with which it
struck the explosive-laden car exploded
the dynamite. . Hopper's body' wsb
badly mangled. ' , O'c
A big hole was torn in the ground by
the explosion, a score of freight cars
demolished and ' nearly 300 houses in
the - vicinity suffered broken windows.
The shock, was felt three -miles from
the scene. " . ; (.
Large Canadian DeaL
Montreal, Sept. 16. Among the con-
itions upon which the Dominion Iron
& Steel company, has agreed to surren
der the lease of the Dominion Coal
company is an agreement that the coal
company shall pay to the steel com
pany $2,635,000 and assume the cur.
rent liabilities for wages, supplies, etc.,
of the coal department of the steel com
pany's business, receiving the current
cash assets . of the business.-. These
should net about $1,500,000.'. The
coal, company therefore pays about $1,-
135,001) for the surrender of the lease. .
- Irish Party Will be Powerful.
LondonS, ept. 16. John Redmond
M. P.,-epeaking at Augheym, Wicklow
county, Ireland, said the ' Irish party
would find an entirely new situation
when : parliament ' next met.- The
English .'parties would be broken up,
and the Irish party would wield , a
power such as it never, before po
ssessed. ; He counseled a continuance
of the policy which had resulted in se
curing the Irish land bill, ; which he
valued above all.- ". - . : ' -. '
Afraid to Work in Tunnel.
Pittsburg, Sept. 16. Alt-but : one of
the missing men supposed to have been
buried under the debris of the cave-in
at the Green Tree tunnel of the Wabash
railroad htve been accounted for. ;, Most
of the Austrian laborers have refused
to return to work, -fearing another- fall,
and their places have , been ; filled by
colored men.. -f'iiilTJ ";v. f;cr:
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
LEVY IN JANUARY ?
Attorney Qeneral Asked to Render
. , Opinion on New Tax Law. ::
Whether a levy of state and county
taxes can be made in January, 1903,
is a question that has been
before Attorney-General Crawford for
nis opinion. The attornev-eeneml ia
out of the city and will not take the
matter up until his return.
" The question arises nut nf tha tar.
that the new law changing the time of
ikying xaxes goes Into effect January
1,-1904, While the lew of tn-raa nnH
the present system will not. lis mnr?o
until later in that month, when the
county courts hold their regular ses
sions. Under the present system the
assessment is maderin on vonr tho
levy made the following January ind
the taxes collected in April.
The last legislature in response to
quite a general demand, changed the
time of payment from sDrine to th
preceding fall and provided that the
assessment should be made-prior to
July 1, the levy be made in September
and the taxes be collected before De
cember .31.'-,- Since the old law nrn.
vided that the levy should be made in
January and the -new law -fixing the
time in September will go into effect
January l. it ia clear that when the
county courts meet next January they
will find the law changed. -;" i
LIVESTOCK SHOW QOOD.
oreeaera urine Better Herd tn s.-
n ' . "'
Fair Than Evev Before.
A better lot of dairy cattle
er. orougnt together In the North went
than those that 3.16 HOW tfi TlA -Goon
in the livestock department of the Ore
gon state fair. For many years the
most progressive and - enterprising
ureeaers ano dairymen have heen
striving for something better than
wnat tney already . had. and earh
achievement has but spurred them oh
iu auoiner enort. . - - - -
The farmer generally was not annrft
ciative of the endeavors of the breed.
ers until in the last Jew years when
aairying Decarue a -promising occupa
tion, ano rarmers round that they
must raise less wheat and more stock
in-order to maintain the productive
yuauues ; ui ineir land, jnow . every
uue piaces , proper estimate on the
alue of the livestock breeders' serv.
ices to the country as a whole, and
gerat Interest centers in the relative
merits of the different - cattle, Individ
uals and herds shown at the fair. -
Coming Events.
M. ATA. C. carnival. Portland.-Sen-
tember 14-26. -
Mulnomah fair association races. Ir-
mgton track, September 21-26.
Teachers institutes Oreeon f!itv.
September 15-17: Klamath Falls. Sen-
tember 28-30; Lakeview,. October 1-3;
tiiiisDoro. uctoher 28-30.
Harney county fair. Burns. Septem
ber 14-20: , -
Stock exhibit at race meet, Portland,
September 21-26.
Fair, Toledo, September 22-24. -Second
Eastern Oregon district fair.
The Dalles. September 22-26. -
Carnival, The Dalles. September 29-
October 3. - - -
Race meet, Sumpter, October i-5.
Klamath county fair. Klamath Falls.
October 6-9. - , -
Carntval Pendleon. October 6-10.
-State .Baptist association. Oregon
City, October 19-23.
"Crook county jockey club meet.
Prineville, October 27-29."
Scotch reunion; Fosil, October 27.
Bybee Parts With a Big Tract. :
The William Bybee tract of land.
comprising nearly 4500 acres, changed
hands last week. The Jackson county
Improvement company purchased 1743
acres of the land, which is that part
know nas the "Bybee desert." -The
nrice paid for this was $3 per acre.
The remainder of the tract, which in
cludes the Antelope ranch of 1560
acres and the Rogue river ranch of
1100 acres, was sold to his son, Frnak
Bybee; together with about 70 head of
goats, 20 head of cattle and 20 horses.
The. deaf took place in Ashland and
was the closing up of a deal which has
been pending for several months.
Fine Salmon in River. -;
The ' fall : fishing season has now
progressed sufficiently to establish the
fact that there is an excellent run of
steelheadS" and silversides In the riv
er of . fine quality. Fall salmon have
not Vet put in an appearance, but there
are some tules.' "The price paid is 3
ceritsper pound for steelheads and 1
cent per pound for silversides. Sea
borg's cannery at Eeagle Cliff is packing--silversides
and - is receiving all
that can be handled. 1 ' - v
, X' Anxious lor Free Locks. !
' The Independence - improvement
league has been asked by outside val
ley towns to help in securing free locks
at Oregon City. The people there are
very; enthusiastic in their support of
this matter. Jt is stated that a con
siderable reduction - in r freight rates
would be the result if this could be
secured as there is a toll charged on
every boat . that "passes . through the
locks at Oregon City. T
Shortage of Men for Harvest. -
-There Is. any quantity of grain,yet
unthreshed and in the - fields around
Independence. : And there is an exten
sive shortage of- men to handle the
threshing . outfits. A -; number of the
threshers have ; ben compelled to
close' down. Some will not be able to
get a threshing crew into their- grain
inside of two weeks. ; . -- .
s- Looking for a Creamery Site.v-
Curtis Seeley of " Walport, Lincoln
county, one "of the firm of Diven &
Seeley, creamery men, hs been in Jose
phine county vlately looking np a loca
tion for a creamery, and has been in
terivewing, the farmers around Grants
Pass, and of the Applegate valley in
regard, to the feasibility of ithe enter
prlse. " -
FOUR CROPS OF ALFALFA. -"r
Demonstration of Success of That Crop
', on Heavy Clay Soils. - pointed to study the conditions upon
T .. ,- . -which the,construction of the Panama
One of the entirely newand valuable canal anthorized. - Thea
exhibits made by the Oregon agri- provisions recommended by the corn
cultural experiment station at the mittee were: ;
state fair, is a collection of specimens -C First Approval of the action of the-
of ' alfalfa, showing . the successive senate - in rejecting the Hay-Herran
crops taken from a field in a single treaty. ' - ' -
season. The station has been expert Second Authority to be given to the
menting with alfalfa for several years pjeuident to conclude treaties for a
for the purposeof demonstrating what canal or to contract for a canal with
can be done on heavy clay soils with- -.s.- u: ... L7 .
out irrigation. The college people do The comDanieT U"JW wo "gms or
not conduct their experiments under l0?!68'- .,
unusually favorable conditions, - butt -ihlrd The Panama railway corn
sow their seeds on just such soil as the Pan 1)6 permitted to . transfer its
average Willamette valley farmer is
using.,. - :. ; " '
v The alfalfa -exhibited -was tafeen
from the vfield. at fonr. successive cut
""ss m uilb j-ar. xne nrsi crop was
cut on may zz, and yielded In green
forage 11.22 tons per acre. The sec
ond crop was cut on June 22 and yield
ed in green forage 2.70 tons per acre.
The third crop was cut on July 28, and
yielded 2.80 tons per acre. The fourth
crop was cut. on September 3 and
yielded 1.47 tons per acre. c .
CHALLENGE HOP YIELD.
Lane
County - Yard Tarns Out Nearly
3,000 Pounds Per Acre.
The ' best record for hopyards that
has been reported this season, or in
fact for several years, comes from the
yard of George A. r Dorris, , near
Springfield, which is regarded as one
of the best yards in the county. Mr.
Dorris has 10 or 12 acres, and from the
first five acres picked and baled he
had 14,000 pounds of hops, or a yield
of 2800 pounds per acre. The - yard
foreman says that instead of this re
port coming from the choice parts of
the yard .that the whole yard will not
fall below that average, and single
acres could be picked that would yield
3000 pounds. -
Bg Chunks of Oold.
There was a display of gold nuggets
at the Medford bank a few days ago
which "were taken out of the celebrat
ed Sterling mine, owned by H. E. An
keny, about 15 miles south of Medford.
The value of the- nuggets is between
$3500 and $4000.- They were all good
sized pieces and were all picked up
by hand during the clean up process
The largeset nugget weighed nearly
$140. This represents but a very small
part of the season's, clean up of this
mine. The bulk of gold from this
mine is made into bricks, which weigh
nearly $3000 each, of which - several
have been sent to the mint. "
7 Fortunes From Cascara.
. Nearly . $60,000 in cash ; is the
amount realized from cascara bark
purchased and shipped from Benton
county this season. Careful compila
tion and conservative estimates place
the exact figuresat $59,400. The pro
duct is represented , in 22 11-ton cars
of bark,, either, shipped or to 'be ship
ped this season. The aggregate
weight of the bark was 594,000 pounds.
Though much of it went at 14 cents
and better, so much left the peelers'
hands at 4, 5 and 6 cents earlier in the
lieved to have- fallen ; at about 10
season that the average price is be
cents. - ,v
High Orade Goats and Sheep.
William Riddle, of Monmouth, has
taken his pens of pure-blooded Ango
ra goats and Cotswold sheep to Salem
for the state fair. He has been award
ed in-the past a number of premiums
and his stock, are in fine condition to
enter this year. ... Mr. John Stump also
has some pens of blooded Cotswold
sheep at the fair grounds, and they are
handsome types of the breed. , Both
these breeders, have had much experi
ence and raise the best of stock.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 78 79c; blue
stem, 8082c valley, 80c.
Flour Valley, $3.6P3.85 " per . bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.604.00;
hard wheat, ' patents, $4.105.60;
graham, $3.38 3.75 ; whole wheat,
$3.554.00; rye wheat, $4.50.
' Barley Feed, $19.00320.00 per ton ;
brewing, $21; rolled $2121.50. :
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10;' gray,
$ 1 .05 1 .40 per cental .
Millstuffs Bran, $21 per ton; mid
dlings, $25; -shorts, $21; chop, f IS;
linseed dairy food, $ 19. '
Hay Timothy, $14.00 per. ton;
clover, nominal; . grain, $10; cheat,
nominal. '- .. . ..-','' -
Butter Fancy creamery, . 2527)c
per pound ; dairy, 1820e; -store, 15
l6c. ;v-v.-r ' -;. .w;'-t- ;
- Cheese Full cream , . twins, 14c;
Young America, 15c; factory prices,
llKc less.
Poultry Chickens, . mixed, 12
12Kc " per pound; spring, 1414)c;
hens, 12S13c; broilers, $2.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, -1012c : per
pound ;dres8ed,14 15c; ducks, $44.50
per dozen; geese, $56. 50. ,
Eggs Oregon ranch, 25c
I Potatoes Oregon,, 7585c per sack ;
sweet potatoes, 2Kc per pound.
Wheat Sacks In lota of 100, 5Mc
Beef Gross steers, $3.75(34.25;
dressect, 67c per pound.
' i Veal . o per pound. '
Mnttea QrosSr $3; dressed, 6
5Mc; lambs, gross, $3.50; dressed, 6c.
Hogs GrosSj $5.505.75; dressed,
8c - : . - "
Hops 1902 crop, 21c per pound. ..
Tallow Prime, per pound, 45e;
No. 2 and grease, 2K3c.
Wool Valley. 1718c; Eastern
SUBMITS NEW CANAL BILL.
Colombian Committee Considers the
: Transfer of Panama to America.
Washington, Sept. 15 The state
department has received a cablegram'
from Minister Beau pre, dated Septem
ber 5, summarizing the provisions of
the bill reported to the Colombian con-
- ' Sre8B Dv tCe committee , recently ap-
property, all existing obligations to be
I assumed by the 'purchaser, including
1 the annual navmont nf 9sn nnn
- 1 the surrender of th nrnnnrtv tfkni.
hia. in 1987. .
- Fourth The canal company to be
permitted to transfer its rights and
property on payment of $10,000,000 to
the government of Colombia.
' Fifth The authority to be given to
the president of Colombia to make the
following concessions and conditions:
Lease of the canal zone for 100 years, '
not including therein the cities of Pan
ama and CoJon; annual rentals therefor
nntii 1967 to be $150,000; lease renew
able every hundred years, w it'i increase
of 25 per'cent in the rental for each
succeeding 100 yearB' period. Neutral
ity of the canal and recognition of Co
lombian sovereignty over the whole
territory and the inhabitants thereof.
Mixed, tribunals only in . the canal
zone; police and sanitary commissions,
to be ecxlusively Colombian; a time
limit to be fixed for the completion of
the canal and works.
Sixth Colombia to receive from the
contracting governments $20,000,000
on the exchange of latifications of the
treaty. .
CALL FOR CONGRESS.
Roosevelt Abandons Idea of October Ses
sionNovember 9 Will Be Date.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 15. After
mature consideration, and consultation
hi person and by mail with members of
both the senate and the house of rep
resentatives, President Roosevelt has
abandoned the suggestion that congress
be called in extra teeeion in October.
The extraordinary s-ssion, which he
announced many months ago would be
held' this fall will be called, according
to present plans, to meet on November
9. --'.-.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
suggestion of an October session of con
gress came from parties who advocated
its adoption, the Buege&tion was not re
ceived with favor by members of con
gress generally. The idea cf an Octo
ber session was opposed because ' it
would oblige senators and representa
tives to leave their Btates and districts
in the midst of a campaign which, to
many of them and to their party, was
of vital imortance. No agreement has
jet been reached as to the character of
the financial legislation which will be
enacted at the next session. It is not
certain that an agreement can be
reached between the two branches of'
congress whereby any special legislation
fan be enacted. .
THE LAST STRAW.
Turks Slay Thousands of Bulgarians and
There Is Now No Escape From War.
Sofia j Septv15. With the arrival of
new and sensational reports ' of the
wholesale massacre of Christians in
Macedonia, the situation here is hourly
becoming more alarming. If the latest
m8sages, which state that 6,000 Bul
garians have been slaughtered in the
districts of Okhrida and Leren should
be confirmed, no doubt exists that the
J government will be forced to order the
mobilization of the army. .
According to information brought to
the revolutionary paper Autonomye, s
force of Albanians, assisted by Turkish
regular forces acting under orders di
rect from the Yildiz Kiosk, massacred
the entire Bulagrian Christian poupla
tion of the Okhrida and Leren districts.-
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."- The National Anthem.
' Washington, Sept. 15. The navy
department haa issued an order declar
ing the "Star Spangled Bannei" the
national anthem, and directing that
whenever the composition is played all
officers and men shall stand at atten
tion, unless they are engaged in duty
that will not permit them to do so. It
is " also required that the same re
spect shall be observed toward the
national . air of any other country
when played in the presence of
official representatives of such coun
try, i-: ;
c Bold Robbers These.
Sioux Falls, S.l D., Sept. 15. A
band - of eight masked men blew open
the safe in the Minnehaha county bank
at Valley Springs this morning and se
cured between $8,000 and $10,000 in
cash. -' Residents - of the ' town were
aroused by several explosions. When
citizens appeared on the street to ascer
tain the cause they discovered that the
town was picketed by seven or eight
armed men, who drove the residents
from' the. streets. , -
. - Soldier Dead From Philippines.
New York, Sept. " 15. -The United
States transport Kilpatrick, from Ma--nila,
arrived today. On the transport
are the bodies of 300 United States
scldiers ' who lost their lives in the
Philippine islands; This is the largest
number of bodies everjetnrned at one
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