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GAZET
WEEKLY.
xY... i tomlMti Feb., 1899.
OOBVALLIS, BENTON CK)TJNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1903.
VOL. XXXX. NO. 44.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers. ' :
The umpire in the Venezuelan arbi
tration case has decided that that coun
try has no right to collect local taxes
twice.
; China is said to have negotiated a
secret treaty with Russia by which the
latter is practically conceded Man
churia. .
By the president and his cabinet the
Alaskan boundary decision is regarded
as the greatest diplomatic success for a
generation.
Mrs. Carrie Nation attended one of
Dowie's meetings and when she insist
ed on asking questions "Elijah" had
his guards, eject her.
Canada is very bitter toward Eng--
land over the result in the Alaskan
boundary case and relations may never
again be as friendly as formerly. .J
The transport orant, converted to a
sea dredge,, will be at the mouth of the
Columbia early next month. The
name has been changed to Chinook to
avoid confusion with the revenue cutter
, Grant. - : ; "- v--i-
Russo-Japanese negotiations are again
at a standstill.
The sultan of Turkey has refused to
receive the Austro-Russian note urging
reforms rathe Balkans.
The estimate of the Puget sound navy
vard commandant has been cut from
$2,955,000 to $340,966.
Albert E,Bell, the daring mailpouch
robber and forger, eluded his guards
and escaped after being taken from
Denver to Philadelphia
Harriman will not spend any more
money improving his raliroads after
this year, but will cut down expenses
as much as possible.
Dowie classes New York newspaper
men as "dirty dogs,' some clergymen
" as "mena dogs," is general in his abase
and is hissed by ' those attending the
meetings. v ;
I The majority of the Alaskan bound
i ary commissioners have affixed their
signatures to tho treaty concedirig "all
but one point to America. The two
Canadian commissioners refused to affix
their signatures and left the room
while the others were signing.
The jury in the Miller-Johns postal
fraud case was unable to agree and was
discharged. " . - '
Aberdeen citizens will at once rebuild
their burned town in a much more sub
stantial manner.
Fifteen Italian laborers were killed
and 40 injured in a collision (of trains
near Trenton, N. J.
Roosevelt has ordered withdrawals of
land along Aalskan streams with the
idea of establishing salmon hatcheries.
The Dowieite meetings in New York
are greatly disturbed by the curious.
"Elijah II" scores them collectively
and individually. .
The naty department rather than be
held up by a landowner, will strike out
estimates for the enlargement of the
Puget Sound navy yard. ?
General Funston, , in his annual re
port on- department of Columbia
affair 8, recommends that Fort Walla
Walla be abandoned. He says the pay
of the private is too small. ; -.-,
The Russian squadron has returned
to Port Arthur. : "
More "alarmist reports are being sent
out concerning the Russo-Japanese ..sit
uation. f f.-: ; n
Bar pilots, after spending, a day in
taking soundings, find there is 19 feet
of water on the Columbia bar at low
tide. - - ' ,
John Alexander Dowie and 3,000 of
his followers have reached New York
where they intend to convert the unbe
lievers.. i
Congressman Jonete, of Washington,
will follow the wish of Jhis constituency
and vote for Cuban xeciprocity, al
though opposing it.
Convicts Wood and Murphy, who
with others escaped from Folsom, Cal.,
penitentiary and were recaptured have
been held to answer to the charge of
murder.
Senator Hansborough, of North Da
' kota, will introduce a bill for the sale
of timber lands at auction, and requir
ing final proof before desert entries can
be transferred.
The entire Philippine exhibit , is now
at St. Louis. There were 50 carloads
in all. Ij,'"'' . ;.'-
After being out 20 hours the jury in
the. Tillman case returned a verdict of
not guilty.. - , .-
Morrocan rebels have won another
victory, and the position of the sultan
is becoming desperate. ... : t;i , ;
The interstate commerce commission
has granted several railroads more time
for compliance with the safety-appliance
law. : : 5 1 - ' ' '''
The sultan of Turkey is considering
the rceommendation of the porte for
Turkish participation in the St. Louis
exposition. ' v
Tb Standard wlant of the United
States Reduction & Refining company
at Colorado City resumed operations
after an idleness of
count of a strike.
six weeks on ac-
L05T OFF BLANCO.
Steamer South Portland does Down la a
Blinding Fog.
Marshfield, Oct. 21. The steamer
South Portland, which sailed from
Portland, last Sunday, loaded with
grain for San Francisco, struck on
Blanco reef last evening at 5 o'clock
during a heavy fog. The vessel carried
a crew of 25 and 14 passengers.
.Eighteen persons are yet missing
and are probably lost.
The south .Portland struck Dow on
going at a speed of about seven knots
As soon as she struck she began to set
tle astern and in a minute or two slid
off the reef and began to sink.
Captain Mclntyre, seeing that there
was no hope of saving the ship, ordered
the boats lowered. : , . .." L . .
One of the boats that got away from
the ship's side, loaded with part of the
crew and some of the. passengers, was
capsized as she cleared the ship's side
and when last seen was floating away in
the fog. without a living soul aboard
The captain s boat with about 18
aboard, succeeded in clearing, but was
also capsized and only seven were able
to get back to the boat.
There is another raft out yet that
has not been sighted. On this raft are
seven persons. It is almost certain
that the loss of life will figure about 11
all told, providing those on the second
raft are rescued, but the cool, chilly
nights and the exposure they have to
endure make -it almost certain that
some of the weaker ones w ill perish be-
iore morning.
It is positively asserted that only six
more of the lives on the wrecked South
Portland can be saved, as all the others
have -, perished in . a ' watery grave
These six were last seen clinging to a
raft constructed of the steamer's
hatches and were being carried in a
southerly direction by the current
rne only nope tor tneir recovery is
that the wind will drive them shore
ward, where they can be seen and res
cued.
IN EXTRA SESSION.
President Calls Congress
to Meet No-
vember 9.
Washington, Oct
today issued the following
prcolama- I
tion: v
'Whereas By a resolution of the
senate March 19, 1903, the approval of
congress of the reciprocal commercial
convention between the United States
and the republic , of . Cuba, signed at
Havana on December 11, 1902, is nec
essary before the said convention ; shall
take effect, and,
"Whereas, It is important to the
public interests of the United States
that the said convention shall become
operative as early as may be possible.
"Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States of Amer
ica, by virtue of the power vested in
me by. the constitution do herbey pro
claim and declare that an extraordinary
occasion requires the convening of both
houses of the congress of the United
States at their respective chambers in
the city of Washington on the 9th day
of November next at 12 o'clock noonj
to the end that they may consider and
determine whether the approval of the
congress shall be given to the said con
evntion. "All presons entitled to act as mem
bers of the 58th congress are requested
to take notice of this proclaamiton.
Given under my hand and seal of
the United States at Washington, the
20th day of October, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
three, and of the independence of the
United Staets the ' one" hundred and
twenty-eighth. .--.
j x f . 'THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"By the President: John Hay, Secy."
INDIGNANT AT AMERICA.
Russia Don't Like the Opening of the
Port of Mukden. .
New York, Oct. 22. The Russians
are very indignant with the United
States government for concluding a
treaty for opening Mukden to the com
merce of the world, cables the Chee
Foo correspondent of the Herald. They
say, he asserts, that the St. Petersburg
government will protest and maintain
that the opening of this new treaty port
will never take place.
The Port Arthur newspaper Novoe
Krai has published a strongly ' worded
article on this .subject. ' It declares
that the treaty is proof of the aggress
ive nature of the policy of the United
States." This policy, the paper de
clares, infringes the rights of , Russia
founded on her construction of the
Manchurian railway and the concession
by China to Rusisa of the sole commer
cial exploitation of Manchuria,
Rio Grande Pays "Well.
? ;Denver, Oct. 22. The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the, Denver &
Rio Grande railroad company was held
here today, at which were represented
78.3 per cent of : the total issue of the
capital stock of the company. All the
directors were re-elected with the ex
ception of Charles , G. Warner, of St.
Louis, who retires from the board by
reason of impaired health. The gross
earnings of the year were $17,304,559,
and the net earnings were $6,64,709.
v Unable to Blow Open Vault.
Lincoln, Neb. , Oct. 22 . Robbers
blew open the. bank at Pleasantdale,
Neb., near here, at an early hour to-
dav, completely wrecking the -building
and shattering the vault, but were evi
dently frightened away before they
could secure the money. The vault
contained $30,000, and with a little
more work it would have been easy to
secure the entire amount. A posse is i
pursuing the robbers.
WAITING ON JAPAN
RUSSIA FEARS NO OTHER NATION
IN MANCHURIA.
Czar's Fleet Has Left Port Arthur Des
tination Is Unknown, but Several
Ships are Probably Cruising Off the
Coast of Corea Japanese Fleet Has
Returned to Japan.
Pekin, Oct. 21. Like other cities in
the far east, Pekin is perplexed by the
reports from the various points of
events portending a Russo-Japanese
war. Mst of these reports on investi
gation prove to be unfounded. " The
opinion prevails here that Russia pro-
poses to hold all she has gained in
Manchuria, and refrain for the present
from further advances into Corea. It
is also believed that Russia is convinced
that no nation, except Japan, thinks of
contesting her position, and, having
assembled a fleet and army which she
considers strong enough to repel any
Japanese attack, she is awaiting devel
opments in Japan's policy.
The majority of the Russian ships
have left Port Arthur since the man
euvers for an unknown destination, but
it is supposed that some of Hhem are
cruising on the shores of Corea, w'atch
ing Ma-San-Pho and other ports.
The Japanese ships whose presence
at Ma-San-Pho caused the report that
Japan had occupied that port have
sailed, probably in the direction of
Saseho, Japan.;
HURLED TO DEATH.
Great Crane Gives Way and Twelve Men
Lose Lives. ---
Pittsburg, Oct. 21. By the breaking
of the ropes carrying five beams to their
position, letting many tons of iron fall
upon the movable crane at the Pitts
burg end ,of thenewi Wabash railroad
bridge being built 7 by the American
Bridge company over the Monongahela
river j almost a dozen workmen were
hurled to death by a fall of more than
100 feet, striking the water and two
barges beneath. Ten of the dead have
been recovered. Five men were ser-
itilalir inliiiAff fiavaral loci ara vct
Juried in the wreckage. The part of
the bridge extending out over the river
from the Water street side is a total
wreck.
The accident was causedjby the giv
ing away ol a two-inch steel cable
which was used as one of the, guys to
support the big crane. This Cable was
tested to "bear asTraifr6f"100'tofls7aiia
it is said it did not break, but pulled
loose from its fastenings. There were
34 men at work on the bridge and on
the barge below, from which the beams
were being hoisted by the crane, 175
feet above the river level , when the
booms collapsed.
BRIDQB DRAW GIVES WAY.
Train Crossing the Potomac Has
a Nar-
row Escape.
Washington, Oct. 21. The Chesa
peake & Ohio passenger train which
left here at 11:20 o'clock tonight for
Cincinnati, met with a serious acci
dent on the long bridge which spans
the Potomac river, and connects with
the Virginia shore. About one-third
of a mile from the Washintgon end of
the bridge is a draw 150 feet in length.
Tonight as the tram was passing over
this draw the northern half of it gave
way and precipitated the tender and a
dead baggage car immediately follow
ing it into the water. A huge girder
which formed part of the draw fortu
nately jammed up against the mail car,
following the dead baggage car and
helped to keep it and the remaining
cars of the train from going into the
river.
No one was killed but fireman , John
Woods, of Charlotte, N. C, recevied a
severe gash in the face. The remain
ing cars of the train were sent back to
the Pennsylvania railroad station in
Washington.
Nearly all the cars on the train had
come through trom Tsew iork, includ
ing the combination car, the day coach
and the two sleepers. The accident de
layed travel for some time.
Hot After Mine Owners.
Washington, Oct. 21. Evidence has
been collected by the bureau of immi
gration, department of commerce and
labor, of a systematic and extensive
violation of the contract labor law.
Commissioner-General Sargent has sub
mitted the evidence to the department
of justice and has requested the attorney-general
to institute proceedings
against the alleged violators of the law.
The case in hand involves hundreds of
men, many of whom already are in this
country. Others are en route to the
United States.
To Aleviate Macedonian Distress.
Constantinople, Oct. 21. The coun
cil of ministers has decided to grant
50,000 pounds, Turkish, to rebuild vil
lages and alleviate the distress in Mac
edonia. In an audience held with the
German ambassador to Turkey, Baron
Von Bierstein, the sultan said the pres
ent rebellion . was almost entirely
suppressed, and that the Turkish
troops were today meeting with op
position, only in the Djumbala dis
trict. I
Battleship Maine nakes Good Speed.
Washington, Oct. 21. The navy de
partment today received a telegram
from Captain Lautree, commanding the
battleship Maine, dated San Juan, stat
ing that the Maine made the run from
Corritcuk, off the Virginia coast, to
cape San Juan Light in 79 hours, an
average speed of 15.5 knots. The' cab
legram added that the speed for 50 con
secutive hours was 16.7 knots.
ORE AT ARMY IN CAMP.
Regulars and Militia Assemble at Fort
Riley, Kansas.
Fort Riley, Kan Oct. 21 . The larg
est military camp ever formed in this
country in time of peace is now located
here on the government reservation.
About 12,000 men are here. The man
euvers will commence in full strength
tomorow and continue for a fortnight.
The militia bodies now in camp and
to be here , by tomorrow morning are
the Missouri Provisional regiment, the
Texas Provisional regiment, the Sec- (
ond Nebraska, the Fifty-fifth Iowa, and
T.Mrf. a h te. ,;n '
Batteries A and B, Kfijss artillery.
Ihe regular troops comprise the
Sixth, Second, Twelfth and Twenty-
first infantry regiments, eight squad
rons each of the Fourth, Eighth and
Tenth cavalry regiments, a batallion of
engineers under Major Leach, and the
Sixth, Seventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth
Twenty-fifth, Twenty-eighth and Twen
ty-ninth batteries of light artillery
The force is divided into four brigades
of infantry, commanded respectively by
.Brigadier lienerals ; Grant, Bell and
Barry, of the regular army, and Hughes
of the Kansas National Guard. It is
expected that there will' be a great
number of foreign military attaches in
attendance.
The work of tomorrow will be an at
tack on a rear guard. . This is to be
commanded by Colonel Duncan, of the
Sixth infantry, which is fo march out
early in the morning and at 12:30 is to
start back to camp.
As soon as he starts,; General Barry
with the regiment of troops, will be af
ter him, and Colonel Duncan must get
into camp the best way he can. The
roads have dried out and the weather
cannot be surpassed.
SCANDAL IN COLORADO GUARD.
Cases of Four Officers Will Be Investi
gated by Court-MartiaL
Denver, Oct. 21. Everything is in
readiness for the general, court-martial
that is expected to probe the National
Guard scandal. Governor Peabody de
clares that the investigation will be
rigorously pushed. jf ': j':-;:-'r-:. .
The case of General John Chase will
be taken up first when the .. court con
venes tomorrow. So far General Chase
is the only officer against whom charges
have eben othcailly nled with the court
He is "charged with failure to obey orr
ders of, the governor, conduct unbecom
ing an-omcer and penury.
IS There was some talk of compromis-
iithe-whoi.ffair.tithouta trials
under an agreement with Chase to re
sign shorlty after matters had quieted
down. In reply to- this rumor, Gen
eral Chase said: -
"I shall not resign from the Nation
al Guard. All reports to the effect
that I had eVer considered offering my
resignation are false."
Three other officers are expected to
be charged before the court with mili
tary offenses. They are Major Arthur
Wliliams, Colonel Frank E. Kimball
and Colonel Fred Gross.
Major Wliliams is accused of conduct
unbecoming an officer and violation of
military discipline.
Colonel Kimball and Colonel Gross
are accused of alleged irregularities in
connection with the payrolls and com
missary department.
MEDIATOR IN FAR BAST.
Sir Claude MacDonald, British Minister,
Said to Be Negotiating.
St. Petersburg,Oct. 21. A news
paper published at Port Dalny is au
thority for the report that the British
minister to Japan, Sir Claude MacDon
ald, has undertaken to mediate between
Russia and Japan, and having secured
Japan's consent to certain proposals
is now negotiating with Russia.
These proposals are that Russia shall
restore Manchuria to China," and that
the principal Manchurian towns be
opened to foreign trade ; that Russia
withdraw all her troops from Man
churia with the exception of railway
guards ; that she renounce her forestry
concessions on both sides of the Yalu
river, as well as the Yongampho conces
sion and that the whole country south
of the Yalu be admitted as belonging
to the sphere of Japan.
War iloves Don't Alarm Legation.
London, Oct. 21. The Japanese
legation here! attaches no importance to
the reports of the landing of Japanese
troops at Ping Yang, Corea, or to the
alleged concentration of Japanese forces
in the neighborhood of Hakodate, Jap
an. J. he legation eays there is every
reason to believe the situation has not
hanged materially since last week's
reassuring official telegram from Tokio,
and the opinion was expressed that the
czar's appointment of a special mission
would tend to limit the powers of Gen
eral Alexieff. , .
Servants Stole the Gun Fittings.
Pekin, Oct. 21. The recent episode
at the British legation in Pekin, which
has been described as an attempt to
blow up the legation magazine during
a military ball, was in reality the rob
bery of certain ordnance stores, sup
posedly by Chinese servants who carried
the gun fittings and other portable arti
cles away with them, but left the de
tonating apparatus outside the maga
zine, apparently finding difficulty in
carrying it. .
, Killed by Earth Tremor. -
London, Oct. 21. A dispatch to the
Standard from its correspondent at
Odessa says newB has reached there
from Khorassan, that 250 lives have
been lost in an earthquake at Turshiz,
Persia. Thirteen villages were de
stroyed and some 5,000 persons are now
homeless. ' ; . '
II : , ; I
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
PRUNBS IN POOR DEMAND.
Association Holds Price Up to Two and
- v : One-Half Dents. 5
Salem Dullness and uncertainty
prevail in . the prune market. . The
greater . portion of the crop in this vi
cinity, has been harvested and by the
middlft nf fho wa1t all llm OTnirAra .in
; u-n : a , , .,,
the hl11 country eouth of Salem will
have their prunes cured. The yield
has been large and the quality is first
class. The prunes are rich in sugar,
of excellent flavor and of. unusually
good texture. The - dried , fruit this
year shows no "bloaters" such as are
found some years. The crop having
turned out better than was expected,
the growers , have nothing now to
trouble them but selling the crop. .
It is estimated that the Oregon crop,
including that of Clark county, Wash
ington, will amount to about 1,000
carloads. Of this quantity probably a
little more than one-third has been
sold at prices ranging from 4 to 1
cents for the 40 to 50 to the pound size.
The sales at the higher price were
made early and recently 4 cent&for 40s,
or 26-cent basis, has prevailed.-. Low
er prices have been made by a number
of dealers. A little less than one-
third of the entire crop will pass
through the hands of the Willmette
Valley Prune association, the Umpqua
Valley association and the Clark Coun
ty association and individual dealers
who are at present holding for a 2J4
cent basis price. It is estimated that
more than a third of the crop is un
boiu ana in tne nanus or the growers
who are not identified with associations
and who are looking for a chance to sell
at the best price they can get;
i FIND OF PHONOLITB.
Large Body of Rlngstone Located South
; ; of Baker City.
Baker City A large body of phono-
lite, said to be as rich in gold as that
found in Cripple Creek, Colo., has been
discovered (on East Camp creek, 55
miles south of this city. The discovery
was made some time ago by J. H. Gra
ham and J. W, Miller, but they were
aot? cerjtaj tiivJpJhaniiJnJi
they sent samples to Denver and .to
Washington and had assays made by
the local assayers. They have received
reports from all sources confirming the
fact that it is phonolite. Samples of
the ore range in value from $4 to $600
per ton. Phonolite, or ringstone, as it
is called, is said to exist only in sec
tions where there are very rich gold
ledges.
The discovery has caused a great deal
of excitement here and , a number of
prominent citizens' and mining pros
pectors will leave for the new gold field
at once. One specimen of float rock
was picked up on the ground near the
original discovery last wreek which
only weighed a few pounds,, , yet it
yielded the owner $35 in free gold. .
. Educator for German Congress.
Salem W. T. Harris, United States
comimssioner of education,, has written
Governor Chamberlain calling attention
to the international congress and school
hygiene, which will hold a session at
Nuremberg, Germany, April 4 . to 9,
iyU4. it is desired , that Governor
Chamberlain appoint a delegate to rep
resent this state." If any resident who
is interested in the subject to be dis
cussed by the congress is going to Ger
many at that time, Governor Cham
berlain will be pleased to communicate
with him. v .
Farmers Are Seeding Wheat. , ,
Pendleton Wheat seeding , is at its
height . in this portion of the Blue
mountain district. Nearly all fall
wheat will have been planted in two
weeks' time. Not in vears has such
excellent weather prevailed during the
fall seeding season. The ground is in
fine condition. "- There has been some
rain, but only sufficient to give . the
gram a good start, in the1 Adams dis
trict' some of the farmers are rjlantinar
100 acres per day. - . .
State School Funds Put at Interest.
Salem The surplus school funds in
the state treasury were diminished by
82,700 last week when the state land
board ' approved 60 applications for
loans aggregating that amount. The
loans are secured by mortgages on real
estate of three times the value of the
loan v The money ,draws6 "pet ceij't in
terest and the proceeds go into the state
school fund which is distributed among
the counties each year."
" Sugar Beet Pulp for Tood.
La Grande The farmers of this dis
trict use the pulp from the sugar beets
after they have passed the process at
the sugar factory as stock food. A
large number of sheep will be brought
to yards near the factory and will be
fed there until; the ' produce is, gone.
Some of the farmers are buy;ng it and
hauling it to their ranches for their
cattle. It ia much cheaper tharr hav.
, , Cold Storage Plant. Site, .
Pendleton A 4eed to Messrs. Schw-
anz & Greulich for a lot at.the rear of
the W &, C. R." station; Webb street,
from Peter West has beem .filed. The
consideratiohwas $T,250. ' TKis is the
site on which the. Empire., meat. eppi
p'any is erecting a cold storage plant. ,
SURVEY IN HARNEY VALLEY.
Whistler's Party Investigating
Proposed
' Reservoir Sites.
Harney The field party of the geo
logical survey in Oregon, under the di
rection of John T. Whistler, district
engineer, consisting of M. D. Williams
and Frederick C Huber, is continuing
the development of topography of irri
gable lands in Harney valley.' Some
thing over one-half of the valley north
Of Malheur Lake has now been covered.
It is estimated that the work can be
completed by December 1,
Another field party, consisting of
Herbert D. Newell and Esmund I.
Davis, is investigating an additional
reservoir site on lower Bully creek and
one on upper Willow creek. The Wil
low creek reservoir site is being studied
with a view of ascertaining the possi
bility of covering certain lands on the
west side of upper Willow creek valley.
The . work on the Umatilla project
has been in charge of Thomas B. Wliite
and a party of four assistants. After a
full examination of the reservoir site,
the canal line to Umatilla river will
be taken up, topographic work being
carriedo n at the same time.
A representative body of citizens
of
Union county, has presented to the
chief engineer of the United States geo
logical survey a statement of the ex
isting conditions in that county, accom
panied with a request that inyestiga
tions and surveys be made of certain
reservoir sites and of the possibilities
of developing an underground water
supply,, by means- of artesian wells
The petition asserts that Union corni
ty contains more than 100,000 acres
fertile irrigable land, and that the pres
ent water supply druing the two
months of low water suffices to irriagte
only about 1.000 acres. '
WARNER SETTLERS WILL SUB.
Will Test Validity of Deeds Issued to the
. Stock Company.
Salem Attorney JohnHall, of Port
land, is preparing papers for the com
mencement of a suit in behalf of the
settlers of Warner valley, Lake county.
in their contest with the Warner val
ley stock company. When Mr. Hall
was in Salem a few days ago he said
that a suit will be filed in Lake county
to test the validity of the deeds issued
by the state for the lands which are in
-disputetwMgv. -jv.: V- '-"
.The proceedings heretofore have been
conducted in the general land office and
the department of the . interior. The
decision, in the department was adverse
to the settlers, who are homesteaders,
and claimed title from the United
States.
May Move Fibre Factory.
La Grande It is rumored here that
the main factory of the Oregon Pine
Needle Fibre company, now operating
at Grant's-Pass, is to be established"! at
Summerville, -a small town a 6hort dis
tance from here. Attorney Turner Oli
ver of this city has secured a controlling
interest in the plant, and it is said he
intends to bring the institution here.
The factory will have a capacity of 2,
500 pounds of fibre per day. If the
understanding is carried out successful
ly, it may mean the establishment of a
mattress factory in this city.
Would Cut the Insurance Rate.
La Grande Fire Chief J. H. Pierce,
who has been to Portland to ask insur
ance men it a reduction in insurance
wrould be given if a fire alarm system is
installed here, Jias returned home.
He.' brought with him a letter to the
city council offering a 10 per cent re
duction. It is estimated that by a 10
per cent reduction about $2,600 will be
thrown off premiums paidin La Grande
per year. The new system would cost
about $4,500.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 74c; , blue-
stem, 78c; valley, 7677c.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
$21; rolled, $21.
. Flour Valley, $3.753.85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.754.10;
hard wheat patents, $4.204.50; gra
ham, $3. 35 3. 75; whole wheat, $3.55
4; rye wheat, $4.50.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10; gray, $1
1.05 per cental.
Millstuffs Bran, $20 per ton; mid
dlings, $24; shorts, $20; chop,. $18;
linseed dairy food, $19.. ..,
Hay Timothy, $16 per ton; clover,
$13; grain, $10; cheat, $10. ;
Butter Fancy creamery, 2527c
per pound; "dairy, 16 20c; store,
1516c. ' ' '
Cheese Full cream, twins, 14c;
Young America, 1516c; factory
prices, llc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1010Kc
per pound; spring,10c; hens, IlllMc;
broilers, $1.75 per dozen; turkeys, live,
.15 16c per pound; dressed 16L8c;
ducks, $67 per dozen; geese, "7JL0.
Eggs-Orfegon ranch, 27c; Eastern",
fresh, 26c. . ; . ' ''
Potatoes Oregon, 6575c pflsack;
;reefpotatoesf 224c. fV"'"
! Hops rl903 crop, 1922c per pound,
according to quality. , . .
, Wool Valley, 1718c; EasternjQre
gon, 1215c; mohair, 3537c. ;
. Beef Dressed, 67c per pound
Veal Small, 7 8c; large, 5H6c
der pound.
Mutton Dressed, 55Kc; lambs,
dressed, 6c. .
Pork DreBsei, 7X8c.
MITE TO CANADA.
America Loses "but One Point in the
Boundary Case.
London, Oct. 20 .-The Alaskan boun
dary commission has verbally agreed to
grant all the American contentions ex
cept that of the Portland canal, which
goes to Canada. The formal agreement
is being drawn up.
The successful termination of arbitra
tion came as a complete surprise to all
interested in the case, except perhaps
the commissioners themselves.
No hitch occurred during the entire
deliberations, and as these "progressed
the confidence of the American commis
sioners that a decesion substantially
upholding the American claims would
be given, increased; but it was admit
ted it would be necessary to agree to a
compromise on the Portland canal.
. The only disquieting feature for the
Americans during the last few days had
been 3, vague idea that Chief Justice
Alverstone, even if he connlnr! toi
the American view, might he unwilling
td go on record with a decision to take
effect, and a disagreement was not un
likely. ' . .
All that now remains to be done is
for the commissioners to affix their sig
natures to the decision and complete
the map which will accompany it. On
the map will be marked the boundary
line, definitely fixing the division of
American and British territory on such
a basis that no American citizen will
lose a foot of land he already believed
he held, while the United States will
get all the waterways to the rich Alas
kan territory with the exception of the
Portland canal, ,
Whether Messrs. Aylesworth and
Jette, the Canadian commissioners, will
Bign the decision and make it unani
mous is not known, but it will not
affect the validity of the agreement if a
minority report is submitted. The
actual marking of the line on the map
which shall forever determine the re
spectivevterritories will ocupy some
time.
CANADA IS MUCH DOWNCAST.
Portland Canal Concession Is Little Bet
ter Than None at Ail.
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 20. The Canadian
government has not yet received the
official notice of the reported decision
in the Alaskan boundary matter. If
the decision is as reported, namelv.
that Portland canal is to remain in
Canadian territory, there is a feeline- in
official circles that the Dominion has
not much to be thankful for. Canada.
mholdinathe Portland canal retains
Wales and Pearse islands, which over
look Port Simpson, -fche proposed term
inus of the Giand Trunk-Pacific. It
would be inconvenient to have lost
these islands, but as they were clearly
marked on Vancouver's map as being
in Canada, it is difficult to see how this
could have been done.
As the government has no official in
formation, none of the ministers will
speak on the subject for publication.
North of Port Simpson, Canada will
have no .harbor and no outlet on the
Pacific coast from the Yukon coldfields.
WILL RISE TO A MAN.
People of Russia Ready to Uphold the
Czar In the Far East.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 20. Wrhile ex
pressing the hope of a peaceful issue of
the far Eastern crisis, the Novoe Vrem-
a points out that if war breaks out.
the Russians will rise as one man at
the call of the czar, and there can be
no doubt regarding the ultimate issue.
The Novoe Vremya asserts that the
Japanese belief that Viceroy Alexieff
represents the Russian war party is
quite erroneous, adding:
hue the viceroy has been siven
extensive administrative powers, he is
only the executor of the orders of the
czar in matters of foreign policy. One
of the czar's chief aims, the mainten
ance of peace, is the fundamental basis
of Russian policy in the far East.
This has been modified since the
institution of the viceroyalty, and the
holder of the post cannot depart from
the very clearly defined policy of the
Russian government which has no other
object than the peaceful prospreity of
the Batte." ' v
Press Again Belligerent.
Paris, Oct. 20. Although the offi
cials do not take an alarmist view of
the Russo-Japanese situation, their lat
est advices indicate a renewal of its
somewhat serious aspect. - The Russian
admiralty has prepared for a concentra
tion of warships on the Mediterranean
station, and at other European points.
The reason for this is understood to
be the presence of Japanese warships in
European ports. The Japanese press,
which for a time was restrained bv the
government, has again adopted a belig
erent attitude. ;.
Postal Fraud Report Is Completed.
Washington, Oct. 20. Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General Bristow
had a conference with the president to
day in which he told him that his work
in preparation of the report on the ir
regularities in the postoffice department
had been practically completed, and he
assured the president the report would
be placed in his hands early this week.
The report will be presented to the
president irr printed form, and will
cover several hundred paegs.
,! '' Ruler Is to Be Slain.
" Saloncia, Oct. 20. Recent advices
received here say that the Macedonian
committeemen have decided for the
present to continue . fomenting . excite
ment by assassniations. , Reports arriv
ing from Sofia say the murder of Prince
Ferdinand of Bulargia has been decided
upon, and the Russian ; consul general
hero is said to be in great danger.