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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. '