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Hi A 777 f(li5 11 f 1 WEEKLY. St' I Cfinsolidated Feb., 1S89. COKVAIiLiIS, BENT02S COUNTY,'- OREGON, FKIDAX, OCTOBER 9, 1903. VOL. XXXX. NO. 42. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED 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 Oar , Many Readers. Japan still hopes to avert war with Russia, bat is preparing for it. ; , General Daniel Sickles has been nom inated for mayor of New York by fus . ionists. At Berlin a speed of 25 miles an hour t has been made on an experimental electric line. ' . , t The man who made the attempt on President Roosevelt's life is not a regn lar anarchist. Many attempts at assassination are ; being made on members of the berman imperial family. ' Ex-Ambassador' Herbert has been liad to rest in the family tomb at Wil ton. "Wiltshire, England. Five in the mines at Eureka, Utah, has pat a stop to all underground work until the blace can be extinguished. 4;; The United States eteel corporation has made a 50 per cent reduction in dividends on account of decline in bus , iness. The assistant secretary of the interior yVwill not grant settlers a review " in" the , famous Warner valley, Oregon, swamp land case. , , VThe Colorado national guard is in volved in a scandal over financal trans actions at the scene of the Cripple , Creek strike. . , "'War between Russia and ' Japan is .not anticapated. '.' General Bradley T. Johnson, a prom- ' inent Confederate officer, is dead.. Fifteen more indictmnets have been 'returned in the postal investigation cases. :- ; ' - Ex-PoBtmaster General Bissell is v ' greatly improved, but is not yet out of danger. ' ;The new- British cabinet has been named. Grave fears are expressed for its durability. . t Thomas J. McLain, United States consul at Bahama, is dead. , He . had been at that station for 25 years. - Trade statistics Ehow that the exports from the Philippines have increased, fully 20 per cent during the' past yeat. '. v A tornado destroyed half of Neguna, Mich., doing property damage of $200, i 000, causing one death and injuring i several people. ? ' r ' M - . ' Miss Ruth Bryan has wedded Artist W. H. Leavitt. Mrs. Jefferson Davis is rapidly re covering and will soon be able to be . oat. . . General Miles declares he has no de sire to become a "presidential candi date. - ' . . . The New York Central's gross earn ings increased nearly S7.000.000 the past year. ' : ' The state's side in the trial of ex Lieutenant Governor Tillman, of South Carolina, is nearly finished. Colorado miners will sue Governor , Peabody for $100,000 damages on the 5 ground of false imprisonment. - s . - . ' - The strike of the telephone linemen on the Pacific coast has been settled " and the men have returned to work. The president of the Chicago world's fair has given a number of valuable pointers to the management of the 1905 :s fair. ' . ' " . Spanish newspapers say the report I'Z that King Alfonso is to wed the Arch- "..duchess of .Austria is without founda- tion. A tornado wrecked St. Charles, Wis., ' kililng seven people and injuring 28 pthers.'many of whom are in a serious condition. ... South Africa faces hard times be cause of severe drouth and overstocking. The University of Chicago has begun its fall term with about 2,500 Btudents, a record attendance. ' The Philippine Bureau reports snc- cess in its experiments for the raising . . r n i.i 1.4 , of cotton ana ute, especially iuo lat ter. t ' A cloudburst at Pratt, Kan., worked great damage to crops. An ordinary stream was a mile wide for a time.- . The number, of alienB arriving at El lis Island Mast month was 47,582, an excess of 5,543 over the corresponding . month last year. . at. Bloomin&ton. 111., lfave been arrested for soliciting a bribe in a $6,000 damage suit against Chi cago grain brokers. The Danish ministry will urge the rebuilding of the great palace of Cbris tiansborg, which was burned 20 years ago, as a gift to the aged king. An amicable settlement of the strike at the Chicago stockyards "is now ex pected. The Pennsylania railroad company is adertising for bids on the tunnels under the North and East rivers and Manhattan island, by which it proposes to enter New York. The Merchants & Farmers national bank of Byron, Neb., was robbed of $2,000. ' .-- - ' Fire destroyed the Norfolk & Western hotel, 12 residences and a brewing com pany'fl plant, "at Williamson, W. Va. Loss, $50,000.' - ' ; W. S. B1SSEL DEAD. Ex-Postmaster General fleets a Peace ful End. Buffalo Oct. 8. Wilson S. Bissell, ex-postmaster general, died at 10:15 o'clock last night. At about noon he sank into a deep sleep, and it was with difficulty that he was aroused at inter vals during the afternoon for nourish' ment and medicine. The end came easily and peacefully. Dr. Dewitt Sherman, the physician, who has been attending him duung his recent illness, and members of the family were at his bedside. Mr. Bissell suffered from complica tions thought to be akin to Bright's disease, although not well understood During the latter part of his illness, numerous messages of inquiry were re ceived from ex-President Cleveland and members of the cabinet in which Mr. Bissell served as postmaster gen eral. "Wilson Shannon Bissell was born in New London, December . 31, 1847. Eaiiy in childhood he went to Buffalo with his parents, returning to that city to practice law after his graduation from Yale in 1869. Three years later he formed a partnership with Lyman K. Bass, Grover Cleveland being ad mitted to the firm after it had been in existence a year. The name then be came Base, Cleveland & Bissell, con tinuing until Mr. Cleveland was elected president and Mr. Bass went to Colorado. This necessitated the reor ganiation of the firm, which was at the time of Mr. BiseelPs death Bissell, Carey & Cooke. Mr. Bi&Eell was prominent in Demo cratic politics, having been many times a delegate to state conventions, and a presidential elector in 1884. In 1890 he was a member of the committee that proposed an amendment to the judici ary articles of the constitution of New York. Preisdent Cleveland on March 6, 1893, appointed Mr. Bissell to the office of postmaster general, which posi tion he held until 1895, when he resigned. POSTAL DEFICIT IS LARQE. Total Transactions Pass Billion Mark for the First Time. Washington, Oct. 8. Henry A. Cas tle, auditor of the postoffice depart ment, today completed the trial balance for the fourth quarter of the year, which allows a final announcement of the income and outgo of the entire post al service for the fiscal year ended June 30. The footings are as follows: Expenditures, $138,784,487; re ceipts, $134,224,443; .deficiency, $4, 560,04. The total financial transactions of the postal service foi the year, includ ing the money order system, are $1, 026,731,408, thus for the first time passing the billion dollar mark. Compared with last year's figures, the aggregates are: Increase in expen ditures, $13.975,271; increase in re ceipts, $12,36,296; increase in finan cial transactions, $12,506,172. During the six years of the auditor's incubmency the . aggregate financial transactions which have been settled in the bureau amount to $5,000,000,000. SULTAN'S DEBTORS ANGRY. Because He Gives Liberally to St. Louis Exposition Exhibit. ' ' London, Oct. 7. The Tangier corres pondent of the Times says the sultan of Morocco has given a second installment of $50,000 to the American syndicate which is undertaking the Moorish ex hibit at the St. Louis exposition. The correspondent adds: "This action on the part of the sul tan creates much criticism here, as the Moorish government, pleading the ex isting crisis, has refnsed to consider or pay the claims of the Europeans who have suffered loss of property through the rebellion. "I learn that the powers have agreed to leave the solution of the existing crisis to France, who will give the nec essary assistance to the sultan's govern ment when their resources shall be fin ished. There is no question of a French protectorate, but France will naturally acquire a preponderating in fluence in Moorish politics." , Big Reduction in Pig Iron Output. ' Pittsburg, Oct, 8. At a meeting to day of the committee appointed by the blast furnace operators of the Central West a wees ago to consider restricting the output of iron to the marxet re quirements, it was decided to order a suspension of 25 per cent of the capaci ty of the last quarter of the year. The Southern blast furnace operators, with headquarters , in Birmingham, Ala., with a capacity of over 1,300,000 tons will co-cperate with. the Northern furn ace operators to prevent an overproduc tion of iron. , " Hands Over More Guns. -; Manila. Oct. 8. General Ola, leader of the insurgent forces in the province of Albay, Luzon, continues to turn over the guns of his command to the Ameri can authorities. ., During the campaign 100 insurgents were killed and 700 men and 100 guns were captured. At the time they surrendered, Ola's men were in rags," hungry and covered with sores. He has promised to help the authorities to capture Toledo and Laria, the insurgent-leaders still at large. Royal Arch Masons in Session. Little Rock Ark. Oct. 8. The 32d triennial convention of the General Grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the Unitdd States opened " today. The report of Christopher G. Fox of Buffalo general grand secretary . shows that the total number of affidavited Royal Arch Masons is 219,916. In the last three years the receipts were $438, 831 and the expenditures $374,442. AFTER PRESIDENT CRAZY MAN ATTEMPTS TO ENTER WHITE HOUSE. Was Heavily Armed and Fought the Of fleers Like a Demon One Officer Hurt in Making Arrest Pronounced Insane and Placed in Asylum Was Also Wounded In Fight Washington, Oct. 7. -A desperate hand-to-hand encounter witb an ai med insane man, who was determined to see President Roosevelt in the vestibule of the White House occurred shortly before noon today. The man,' who gave his name as Peter Elliot, and his home as Minneapolis, was overpoweied by the officers on duty at the White House entrance and carried to a police van which had been summoned. He was placed in the van in the custody of two officers. Seeming to realize then, fcr the first time, that he was. under arrest, Elliot began a furious struggle with his capt ors for liberty. He drew a revolver and attempted to shoot Officer James Ciscle. The officer grabbed his hand and wrenched the weapon from his grasp. Elliott's struggles were so fierce, however, that the two officers in the cramped quarters of the van were unable to overcome him. Officer Cis cle then drew his revolver and fired two shots to attract attention. ' - Chief Usher Thomas Stone, and Offi cer Parker, of the White House force, who had assisted in carrying Elliot to the van, attracted by the shots, rushed back to the vehicle and assisted in overpowering him. In a struggle with in the van Elliot had broken a glass panel with his head, N severely cutting his head and face. Officer Ciscle sus tained a serious cut on nis right arm, two inches of flesh being cut out of the fleshy part of the arm. He Buffeted considerably from loss of blood, but his injuries are not serious. The van was .hurried to the emergency hospital, where the injuries of both Ciscle and Elliot were dres-ed. Late this afte'rnqon'the police sur geons, after a careful examination of Elliot, certified that he was insane. An order was issued for his removal to the St. Elizabeth hospital . for the in sane. He was removed late this after noon without trouble. CASTRO EVENING UP. Will Compel Foreigners to Pay Taxes and Duties Twice. Port of Spain. Island of Trinidad, Oct. 7. Emissaries of President Cas tro, of Venezuela, have arrived at Ciu dad Bolivar, Venezuela, with orders to collect forcibly not only the taxes, but custom house duties already paid by importers from May, 1902, to August 1, 1903, the period during which the revolutionists occupied thatc'ty as gov ernment de facto. The amount de manded is about $1,000,000. The foreigners, especially the firms of Blohtn & Co., German; Palazzi & Co., Italian, and Dalton & Co., Ameri can, have refused to pay, alleging that the duties had been already legally paid. Menaces and vexatious tactics are employed against the foreigners. Herr Spick, a German, refused to pay back duties, and a cargo of rum belonging to him, which was being landed from a steamer, was seized by the government and sold at public auction for almost nothing. The German merchant,' in this manner, lest $25,000. Venezuelan merchants who refuse to pay, having no protection, are imprisoned. A reign of terror exists -everywhere at Ciudad Bolivar, and consequently trade is paralyzed. President Castre's representative at Ciudad Bolivar is reported saying: "Germany and the other foreign powers obliged the Venezuelan govern ment to pay millions. Now it is Ven ezuela who forces the Germans and other foreigners to reimburse her." Canal Treaty Opponents Pleased. ' " Paris. Oct. 7. The Paris edition of the New York Herald published a dis patch from Bogota, via Panama, which Bays that no immediate steps will be taken in favor of the canal. The op ponents of the treaty are . apparently pleased to see the United States feign to return to the Nicaragua route. President Roosevelt's attitude is inter preted at Bogota as a sign that he will wait till August, if necessary, and that the United States will eventually accept Colombia's conditions. Successor to Herbert. London Oct. 7. The British minis ter at The Hague is reported to be the king's choice for the vacant post of am bassador at Washington. . The king alone will make the selection and it is unlikely . that the piemier or the for eign office will be requested to name the ambassador. The likliest selection from the service is said to be Sir Ar thur Nicholson British minister to Mor occo, who is regarded as being in line for an em bass v. ... . Storm Losses Enormous. Torroen, Mex. Oct. .7. It is yet im possible to estimate the damage dona by the recent flood in the Nacos river valley but the figures -will be enormous. The destruction of crops up the river is so complete that-it is safe to say' the damage to cotton alone will reach $500,000. ATTRACTED BY PROSPERITY. . Immense Immigration of Cheap Labor From Southern Europe. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 7. The state department of labor, in its quarterly bulletin, attributes the. diminution in an unprecedented degree of employ ment and wages reported in June as al most wholly to labor disputes. "The lockout in the building trades of Manhattan and . Bronx boroughs of New York City," it nays, ."overshad owed all other disputes of the summer and threw several thousand wage-earners out of work." , In general the bul letin holds that, exclusive of the build ing trades, New York industries were generally as active as in the summer of 1902, which was a banner year. According to the bulletin, immigra tion this summer has exceeded even the record-breaking current of last yeai , and indicates the eagerness of the low' paid laborers of central and southeast ern Europe to enjoy the prosperity which, on the whole, still reigns in the United States.- The largest contingents are still the -Italians, Poles and other races of south ern and central Europe, with a low standard of education. Notwithstand ing the great tide of immigration, the superintendent of the State free Em ployment Bureau in "New York City states that at no time during the quar ter ws he able to meet the demands for domestic help-' ' - - i: "Prosperity is so,-" widely diffused," says the bulletin, ' "that the servant keeping class is larger than ever before, and has thus created a demand that ex ceeds the supply." r EASY ON. RUSSIA. Japan Will Not Force Manchurian Issue at Present. -London, Oct. 7, No apprehension exists in the minds of the British gov ernment or the diplomatists in London that the far , Eastern situation will bring forth any immediate serious de velopments. This feeling of tempor ary security on the eve of the day that Russia should, but admittedly, will not evacuate Manchuria, is due to as surance on the part of Japan that as long as the negotiations now proceed ing between herself and Russia present a reasonable prospect that a settlement will be reached, Japan will take no hos tile action to Russia in the matter of Manchuria. ! -" ' ! It is further learned that .these ne gotiations, looking to a final settle ment of the Russo-Japanese spheres of influence in, the far F.ast and especially dealing with the situation in Corea, are progressing satisfactorily at Tokio. No treaty, nowever, has yet been signed and it is unlikely that the nego tiations will, be concluded by October 8, the date on which Russia was to evac uate Manchuria. Russia's failure to evacuate Manchuria on that day, how ever, will not precipitate a diplomatic crisis, as Japan rather than break off the negotiations covering broadly all the issues between herself and Russia is willing to strain a point regarding Manchuria in the hope of arriving at a satisfactory settlement. , In all of this the British government acquiesces. GERMAN BILLS ALLOWED. Venezuela Will Pay In dold Coin the War Indemnity. Caracas, Oct. 7. The Venezuelan German mixed tribunal has officially closed 73 claims presented against the government, involving a total of $1, 317,817. Two claims, amounting to $116,250, were withdrawn, and:. one of $55,000, for the closing of navigation of the river Catatumbo, the Colom bian boundary, and the causing thereby of losses to German traders, was disal lowed by the ' umpire. General G. Duffield, of Detrcit. The other claims, which aggregate $643,800, were' discussed and recog nized and the claimants were awarded $389,095.. According to the protocol the awards are payable in gold. ; The German railroad obtains pay ment in full of its claims, and in ad dition a sum of $800 a da as indem nity for the interruption of traffic dur ing a period of 17 days. The Germans here are much pleased -with the awards and compliment Umpire Duffield . upon his decision. . Archbishop Kaln's Case Serious. Baltimore,' Oct. 7. The physicians who have for several weeks been in at tendance upon Archbishop Fain, of St. Louis, a - patient at St. Agnes sanitar ium. in this city, held two consulta tions today. At the close of the last one, late in the day, ' they reported that, while Monsignor Kain -was much improved, his condition does not war rant the hope that he will entirely re cover from the ailment from which he is suffering. Consultations of the 'five specialists and physicians will be held tomorrow. Protest of American Armenians. Providence, R.-1., Oct. 7; A confei ence of . Armenians representing 42 Ar menian colonies of the United States and Canada, met in this city tonight and adopted a memorial and appeal, protesting against the action of Russia in seizing properties of the Armenian church. The resolutions will be pre sented to the Russian ambassador at Washington by a delegation headed' by Bishop Saragian,' with a request that it be forwarded by him to the czar. ' . Cotton Mills Resume Operations. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 7. After being idle more than two months the cotton mills of the Edwards - manufacturing company resumed operations today on full - time. The mills which employ 800 operatives shut down on account of the high priceof raw cotton. ' HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON WILL PUSH INDIAN CLAIMS. Klamath Tribe Council Appoints Commit tee of Three. ' Rev. Jesse Kirke, who is a leader among the Klamath Indians, was in Ashland recently and brought the first news that has been given out in regard to the recent council of the Klamath Indians to take action in regard to the pushing of the claims of these Indians for reimbursement by congress in the sum of a little over $500,000 fcr lands lost to the Indians by reason of errors in reservation boundaries." The council was attended by 100 heads of Indian families and Kirke, Henry Jackson and William Crawford, all well-to-do members of the tribe, were elected to represent the Indians at the National capitol and were empow ered to employ counsel to further the claim from the government during the coming session of congress and one, or possibly all three of them, will go on to Washington in December. Resolutions were also passed against the state's claim to swamp lands with in the reservation, which, it is said, if granted, would throw 400 Indians out of allotments. MAILS ARB TOO SLOW. Governor Chamberlain- Contemplates a Trip to Washington. If his official business will permit, Governor Chamberlain will leave Ore gon in a tew days for' Washington, D. C. The purpose of his propesed trip is to talk with the president, the secre tary of the interior and officials of the general land office concerning land mat ters In Oregon. He desires to secure what information he can at Washing ton regarding past and present land transactions bo far as Oregon is inter ested. He finds that correspondence is a very slow and unsatisfactory way of getting information, and by a brief trip to Washington he expects to get a pret ty thorough general understanding of the principal features of public land matters. It is not certain that he will make the trip, but that is his intention if he can get away. - STRAWBERRIES IN CLACKAMAS. Two-Acre Tract That Has Been Yielding Since June. R. K. Hartnell, a farmer residing near Clackamas station, Clackamas county, is now supplying the Portland market with fresh npe strawberries. The fruit is of average size, plump, ful ly matured and delicious. From two acres of ground Mr. Hartnell has al ready marketed this summer $850 worth of berries. He is still picking berries from the same field, and ex pects to harvest at least 150 boxes be fore the season closes. Mr. Hartnell has been marketing berries from this field since the straw berry season opened last June, and he now has in his field berries in all stages of growth, from the bloom to the ma tured fruit. Free Ferry at Harrisburg. The county court of Linn county has decided to opreate a free ferry at Har risburg. There has for years been a ferry across the Willamette at that place, but it has been maintained and operated by private capital. A pe tition asking the county court to take the ferry and operate it on a f rea basis was lagely signed by the citizens of every section affected. Last week the members of the court visited the scene of the ferry and offered the operators of the private ferry $700. for their outfit. Lucky Boy Mine Not For Sale. L. Zimmerman, president of the Lucky . Boy mining company, came down to Eugene from Blue river a few days ago, bringing the regular monthly clean-up of the mine. The bricks were smaller than usual, valued at only $7, 500, which is due to the fact that the mills were not running all the month. He says they are not considering a sale of the proprety, but have gone so far and are reaping such results that they could not think of selling, as was recently reported. Working for St. Louis Exhibit. , County Superintendent Zinser is pre paring a circular letter addressed to the teachers of Clackamas county ask ing for their co-operation in a move ment to secure for the St. Louis expo sition an exhibit of the school work of that county. Superintendent Zinser is a member of the state board that has been appointed to have charge of this feature cf Oregon's exhibit at the world's fair. ; ; Union Gets Oood Prices for Fruit." The Medford fruitgrowers' union shipped two cars of Winter Neils pears and Jonathan apples, besides several smaller shipments, this week to San Francisco. The last shipment sold for $1.25 per box, which is a good, price for these apples.'" , Throughout the season the union has been getting better-prices for the .small grower than they could have otherwise secured. Small Delinquent List. Unpaid taxes on the 1902 roll for Clackamas county have become delin quent. On a roll aggregating $177,000, Sheriff Shaver has collected approxi mately $168,000,, leaving delinquent less than $10,000. Delinquent taxpay ers will now be obliged tc pay 10 per ent penalty, and 12 per cent per - an num interest in liquidating with .the county. TENDING TOWARD BEND. Corvallls & Eastern Making Extensive Preparations to Build. W. A. Brandebury, the Albany lum ber r dealer, who has come across the mountains to look after interests in the region of Bend, says there is every evi dence along the line of the Corvallis & Eastern of preparations for extending the rod to Bend. Four eawmills are engaged in turning out railroad ties, which are purchased by the Corvallis & Eastern and piled along the track for miles. The mills report that they have sawed more of these ties in the past six months than in six years be' fore and but few have been shipped out to market. . The roadbed cf the Corvallis & East ern has long been graded for a distance of 14 miles east of the crest of the Cas cades and the short tunnel necessary has been bored half way through the backbone. The Corvallis & Eastern was mortgaged five years ago for some thing like $2,000,000, but the bonds were never issued. It is said that ev erything is ready for an advance on short notice. Some of.ithe officials of the company have been -making investments in the vicinity of the survey on this side of the mountains, which is regarded as significant. SALE OF LINN COUNTY FARM. Presage of , Inrush of Eastern People This Fall. One of the largest real estate deals of the season for Linn county was con summated in Albany by S. N. Steele & Co., real estate dealers. The sale con sisted of the large Jacob Roth farm of 230 acres near Albany, and the consid eration was $16,000. Carl Salzmann, from Minnesota, , purchased the land and will farm it in the most up-to-date and approved manner. This is considered by real estate men as the beginning of the fall sales, which are expected to be the best in years. The indications are that the immigra tion this. fall will exceed that of last spring. Many communications have been received from the . eastern and middle states during the summer both by real estate men and those who have recently come to the Coast, and the let ters all contain inquiries as to the pros pects of getting good farms, what the prices for land are, and a general re quest is made for a general description of conditions. Salmon Running in the Necanicum. Fall fishing has commenced on the Necanicum river, and a good run of sil versides is said to be coming in. Ac cording to reports, someone has stretched a net across the stream near the lower bridge." This is contrary to the state law, which provides that no net shall extend more than one-third the way across any stream. David Hansen, one of the owners of the Ne canicum ealmon cannery, is at Seaside, making preparations to begin operating the cannery next week. He expects to put up between 1,000 and 1,500 cases Qold AU Through the Ore. Felix Currin has just returned to Cottage Grove from Bohemia were he has just finished assessment work on his two claims. He struck some of the richest ore ever found in that section. The ore is of a galena character and gold can be seen all through the ore. This property lies -between the Gold en Cross and Moulton claims and car ries a very strong lead, varying from three to 17 feet in width. Fewer Insane Patients. The monthly report of Superintend ent J. F. Calbreath, of the state insane asylum, shows that during the month of September the enrollment at the asylum decreased from 1,367 to 1,332. The average cost of maintenance per capita was $9.58, or 32 cents per day. PORTLAND MARKETS. , Wheat Walla Walla, 73c; blue stem, 77c; valley, 77c. Flour Valley, $3.753.85 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $3.754.10; hard wheat, patents, $4.204.50; graham, $3.33.75; whole wheat, $3.554.00; rye wheat, $4.50. Barley Feed, $19.0020.00 per ton; brewing, $21; rolled, $2121. 50. ,Oats No. 1 white, $1.10; gray, $i.601.05 per cental. Millstuffs Bran, $20 per ton ; mid dlings, $24; shorts, $20; chop, $18; linseed dairy food, - Hay Timothy, $15.00 per ton; clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat, nominal. Butter Fancy, creamery, 2527c per pound; dairy, 1820c; store, 15 16c. Poultry Chickens, . mixed, 11 ll&c per "pound; spring, 910c; hens, llllc; broilers, $1.75 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1415c per pound ;dressed,1618; ducks, $56.00 per dozen; geese, $78.00. Eggs Oregon ranch, 25c. Potatoes Oregon, 65 75c per sack; weet notatoes, 2c per pound. Beef Gross steers, $3.754.25; dressed, 67c per pound. v - Veal 8c per pound. Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, 5 5c; lambs, gross, $3.50; dressed, 6c. Hogs Gross, $5.505.75; dressed, 8c. - Tallow Prime, per pound, 45c; No. 2 and grease, 2K3o. , Hops 1903 crop, 2426c per pound. 1902 crp 20 21c. , ' Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Oregon, 12 15c; mohair, 35374'e. STRIKE IS COSTLY. Colorado Troops Cost State $50,000 Per Month. Denver, Oct. 6. Strikes and lockouts at the mines in CrinDle Creek and nthor gold mining districts in Colorado have aireaay reduced tne mineral production of the state this vear at leant t.9 nnn . 000, and if the present conditions ob tain until the first of the year, the pro duction will fall more than $6,000,000 below what it would have been under normal conditions. In censeauence of the strike, 1,000, soldiers of "the Colo rado national suard have henn police duty in Cripple Creek for four weeks, and as yet neither themineown ers nor the strikers she of weakening. The cost to the state of maintaining the military force in the field is estimated at $50,000 a month The unsettled conditions in the min ing industry are due to the fail the legislature to enact an eisht hour law applying to mines, mills and smelt ers after the voters of the state had adopted a constitutional amend authorizing stith an enactment An eigflt fiour day bad been generally granted at the mines, and the Western federation of miners determined to en force the same condition in mills and smelters Strikes were inaugurated last June at the smelters in thin Htv nnrl the mills in Colorado City, and eight weeks ago 4,000 miners in the Cripple Creek district were ordered bv the exe. cutive officers of the fedeiation to go on strike in support of the demand for ' an eignt hour dav for mill and smelter employes, which had been refused by tne American smelting and refining com pan v and the United States rnrlnn. tion and refining company. The min ers obeyed the order reluctantly, as they had no grievance as to their own ncors of labor or wages. HURLED TO DEATH. Explosion In Illinois Distillery Costs Seven Lives. -Peoria, 111., Oct. 6. Seven men were killed and five others injured by an ex plosion at Comings' distillery here, to day. One large section of the five story building was thrown into the air by the bursting of a copper cylinder 20 feet in length and eight feet in diameter. Every man who was in the building at the time of the explosion was instantly killed, the injured being men who were on the outside. The great cylinder of copper, crashed through the east wall - of the cooker room, and on through the mill as though the wall had been tissue paper, snot in an oojique and downward course through the air, cut down a large tree in its flight, scattered a pile of lumber afi if beams and timbers had been so many straws, and landed 200 feet away from the start of its flight. Three or four walls of the building were blown out. Great gaps were rent in them from top to bottom, pulling the loof with ' them, and underneath that mass of brick, mortar, baems and twisted machinery lies the corpse ot cne of the men, which may not be got out for a day or two. Nobody has a clear idea of what caused the epxlosion. The damage to the building and machinery is estimated at about $100,000, and it will be three months before the plant is in operation again. TO PROTECT WEAK NATIONS. McVeague, for Venezuela, Holds This Is the Spirit of the Hagua Court. The Hague, Oct. 6. At the opening of today's session of the Venezuelan ar bitration court, Muravieff, the presid ing officer, read telegrams from Queen Wilhelmma ana the czar, thanking the court for its good wishes to them at the primary sitting. The court announced that it bad de cided that bi iefs and other documents should be delivered before October 18, and that replies .should be handed in by November 22. The cenrt will hear the arguments of counsel November 4. Wayne MacVeagh opened today in behalf of Venezuela. He said that the only question of international law. in volved was whether strong powers in extorting money by aggressive and ego tistic war from a weaker power,' have the right of preferential treatment as a recompense for their action, or whether all creditor nations sthall share equal ly. The spirit of The Hague conven tion, Mr. MacVeagh contended, was to protect the weak against the strong. Railroads In a Box. Chicago, Oct. 6. The railroads of the entire country are face to face with what promises to be the greatest car shortage in their history. Despite the fact that most liberal orders for new equipment have been given by all the railroads during the last 12 months they now find themselves unable to ac cept all the traffic that is ordered. The condition of affairs is outlined by Vice President W. C. Brown, of the Lake Shore, who says that the company is urgent need of 1,500 box cars daily. Great Gun Causes Commotion. San Francisco, Oct. 5. The concus sion caused by the discharge of the 12 inch gun on Angel island, which was fired today by the artillerymen in practice, shattered windows in Sausa iito, shook houses, knocked down plas ter and caused much excitement among the people. The' presidio also was well shaken. The boom of the heavy gun made the general hospital feel un safe for a few minutes, so violently was it rocked by the shooting. . - ; Many lurks Are Slain. Salonica, Oct. 6. At the village of Kobcharina, inhabited by Turks, 400 houses are reported to have been burn ed, most of the inhabitants Deing killed. It is reported that a Turkish convoy was recently attacked in the Fiorina re gion and that 80 of the soldiers ere killed. '