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WEEKLY.
COBVJLLUB, BENTON COTJNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1903.
VOl,. XXXX. NO. 47.
inflOW. Bate. Jl. 107.
.(Csnsoliiitit Feb., 1893.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
' Presented in Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Colombia has sent general Reyes to
try to make peace with Panama.
Rear Admiral Beardslee died of
apoplexy while visiting in Georgia.
The tie-up of Colorado mines by the
strike is more general than expected
The San Dominican republic has
fallen into the hands of the revolu
tionists.
! Germany will not listen to scheme
': ef Colombia that it establish a pro
tectorate. The powers have given Turkey to
understand that her objections to the
Macedonian reform plan are trivial.
Both houses of Panama did little
business the second day save to re
ceive the president's message.
A freight train at Easton, Pa., ran
down a street car, killing two per
sons and hurting a number of others,
five seriously.
Ten thousand people, mostly wo
men, crowded the streets of New York
to see Miss May Goelet on her way to
" church to become the Duchess of Rox
burghe, and the disorder was unparal
leled. ' King Edward, of England, has cel
' ebrated his sixty-second birthday.
President Roosevelt has formally
asked Senator Hanna to manage his
campaign.
.." A bill asking statehood for New
Mexico is No. 1 on the calendar in
the house.
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'f- The Italian minister of finance com
mitted suicide because he was ac
cused of corruption.
Pope Pius X has held his first con
sistory and named two cardinals, but
neither of them are from America.
Emperor William, of Germany, un
derwent a successful operation for
the removal of a tumor from his
throat.
A diplomatic agent of the new Pan
ama republic has written Senator
Morgan enlisting bis support for the
Panama canal.
John Mitchell, president of the
Mineworkers' union, is said to be
slated JtQraji&to
mies the report.
Colorado miners have gone on a
strike.
o The United States battleship Maine
has been sent to Colon.
. Russo-Japanese conflict is growing
tore and more remote. " '
St. Louis jury in the bribery case of
State Senator Farris, is unable to
agree.
Democrats have selected John S.
Williams, ef Mississippi, as their
leader. v r n
The republican house caucus has
unanimously selected Joseph G. Can
non as speaker.
Great Britain was surprised at the
.uiek recognition given the Colombian
revolutionists by the United States.
Colombian troops will march on
Colon and Panama despite the recog
" nition of the new republic by the
United States.
Howard Haynie, convicted of high
way robbery by. a Seattle court, has
been sentenced to six years in the
Walla Walla penitentiary.
Governor Chamberlain will call a
special session of the Oregon legisla
ture if a majority of the .'members will
pledge themselves to enact no laws
other than remedial to tax levy.
The Maryland democratic plurality
is 12,375.
Representative Hermaan is work
ing for a place on the river and har
bor committee.
It is said King Peter, of Servia, has
announced his intention of abdicating
in favor of his son.
All European powers have indorsed
the attitude of the United States in
the Colombian matter. v
Colombia says she will be able to
put down the revolution if the United
States keeps her hands off.
- Senate and .house leaders can't
agree as to the method of putting the
Cuban reciprocity treaty into effect.
There are 2,000,000 , sheep on the
Oregon ranges. The worth of this
year's, wool output is placed at $2,550,
000. ' . '
Governor Chamberlain has not yet
decided whether or not he will call
an extra session of the legislature to
remedy the defects in the Oregon tax
law.
Z. F. Clark, a Portland man who has
invented a steel hardening, process
-, ;- that will make armor plate bullet
profcf, has been offered $100,000 for his
patent by New York capitalists. .'
Senate and house .leaders are bound
to crash over Cuban reciprocity pro
gramme. ,
After an interval of a month the
Venezuelan arbiration case has been
resumed.
The Dreyfus case is to be again re
vived. : '
Two more Americans have been as-
sassinated on the streets of London.
Cable cars at Kansas City, Kan., col
lided in a fog. One person was killed
and 51 injured. .
The San Francisco street railway ar
bitrators have rendered a decision
' granting an increase in wages.
The senate committee will stand by
Smoot, the Utah senator, despite nu
merous protests.
MESSAQE OF PRESIDENT.
Honor as Well as Interest Demands the
Cuban Treaty.
Washington, Nov. 12. Following is
the message which the president yes
terday sent to the special session of
congress :
To the Senate and House of Represent
atives:
I have convened the congress that it
may consider the legislation necessary to
put into operation the commercial treaty
with" Cuba, which was ratified by the
senate at its last session, and subse
quently by the Cuban government. 1
deem such legislation demanded not only
hv our interest: but by our honor. We
cannot with propriety abandon the
course upon which we have so wisely
embarked.
When the acceptance of the Piatt
amendment was required from Cuba by
the action of the congress of the United
States, this government thereby definite'
Iv committed itself to the policy of
treating Cuba as occupying a unique po
sition as regards this country. It was
provided that when the island became a
free and independent republic she should
stand in such close relations with us as,
in certain respects, to come within our
system of international policy; and it ne-
cessarily followed that she must also.
to a certain degree, become included
within the lines of our economic policy.
Situated as Cuba Is, it would not be wise
for this country to permit the strategic
abuse of the island by any foreign mill
tary power.
It is for this reason certain limitations
have been" imposed upon her financial
policy and that naval stations have been
conceded by her to the United States,
The negotiations as to the details of
these naval stations are now on the eve
of completion. They are so situated as
to prevent any idea that there Is the
intention ever to use them against Cuba,
or otherwise than for the protection of
Cuba from the assault of foreign fops
and for the better safeguarding of
American interests in the water south
of us. These interests have been largely
increased by the consequences of the
war with Spain, and will be still further
increased by the building of the isth
mian canal. They are both military and
economic. The granting to us by Cuba
of the naval stations above alluded to
is of the utmost importance from a mil
itary standpoint, and is proof of the
good faith with which Cuba is treating
us.
Cuba has made great progress since
her independence was established. She
has advanced steadily in every way.
She already stands high among her sis
ter republics of the new world. She is
loyally observing her obligations to us;
she is entitled to like treatment by us.
The treaty submitted to you for ap
proval secures to the United States eco
nomic advantages-as great as those giv
en to Cuba. Not an American interest
is sacrificed by the treaty, and a large
CtlbanYnarket' Tscure'toourproduc-
ers. It is a market which lies at our
doors, which is already large, which is
capable of great expansion, and which
is especially important to the develop
ment of our export trade. It would be,
indeed, short-sighted for us to refuse to
take advantage of such opportunity, and
to force Cuba into making arrangements
with other countries to our disadvantage.
This reprocity treaty stands by itself.
It Is demanded In consideration of broad
National policy, as well as by our eco
nomic interest. I twill do harm to no
industry. It will benefit many ' indus
tries. It is in the interest of our people
as a whole, both because of Its Import
ance from the broad standpoint of inter
national policy and because economically
it intimately, concerns us to develop and
secure the rich Cuban market for our
farmers, artisans, merchants and manu
facturers. Finally, it is desirable as a guaranty of
the 'good faith of our nation toward our
young sister republic, whose welfare
must ever be closely bound with . ours.
We gave her liberty. We are knit to
her by the memories of the blood and
the courage of our soldiers who fought
for her in war; by the memories of -the
wisdom and integrity of our administra
tors who saved her in peace and who
started her so well on the difficult path
of self, government. We "must help her
onward and upward; and in helping her
we shall help ourselves.
The foregoing consideration caused the
negotiotion of the treaty with Cuba and
its ratification by the senate. ' They now
with equal force support the legislation
by the congress which by the terms of
the treaty is necessary to render it im
perative, as failure to enact such legis
lation would come perilously near a re
pudiation ofr the pledged faitX of . the
nation.
I transmit herewitn tne treaty as
amended by the senate and ratified by
the Cuban government.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White House, November 10. 1903.
Dynamite Under Plant.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 12. Dynamite
was exploded this morning under the
electric light and power house at
Hastings, 20 miles north of Trinidad.
One corner of the house was blown
out, but . the .machinery was not dam
aged to any great extent. Although
information is meager it is understood
that the dynamite was not placed cor
rectly, and very little damage was
done. At the strikers' headquarters
it is claimed that the dynamiting was
not done by strikers, and that the pur
pose probably was to have militia or
dered to the camp.
.Substitute for Ship Subsidy. .
. Washington, Nov. 12. Representa
tive Jones, of Washington, today re
introduced his substitute for the ship
subsidy bill, which provides that a
discriminating duty of 10 per cent, in
addition to existing duties, shall be
collected on goods imported into the
United States in foreign vessels. In
case the goods so imported are not
now dutiable, a straight discriminat
ing duty of 10 per cent ad valorum is
to be levied. The bill proposes to en
force the foregoing regulations after
April 1, 1905.
Russia Must Yield to Japan.
Tokio, Nov. 12. There is a strong
inclination in well-informed circles to
doubt the pacific forecast issued in
Europe. It is believed that peace will
only be made possible by Russia's
complete acceptance of Japan's claims
regarding Manchuria. The Japanese
government finds it increasingly dif
ficult to restrain popular sentiment.
IN EXTRA SESSION
CONGRESS CONVENES TO PASS THE
. CUBAN TREATY.
Cannon Formally Elected Speaker of the
House and Receives Ringing Applause
From Democrats and j Republican!
Rules of Last Session Adopted House
. Tenders Veteran Membere Ovation.
Washington, Nov. 11. The house of
representatives of the fifty-eighth
congress today held its first session,
and except for the naming of commit
tees, which will follow later, organ
ization was completed. Joseph G
Cannon, of Illinois, whose election to
the speakership was assured months
ago, was formally elected speaker,
and inducted into office. Mr. Cannon
received the applause of democrats
and republicans alike when he took
up the gavel of authority, the demon
stration being most complimentary to
the nejwly elected speaker. He was
at. once at ease in the speaker's chair,
having filled it so often temporarily
during his many years of service in
the house.
The old officers were, re-elected and
the customary resolutions adopted
providing ror the appointment of a
committee to notify the president and
senate of the election of a speaker
and clerk, and a committee to join
a senate committee to notify the pres
ident of the presence ot a quorum in
the two bodies. The rules of the fifty-seventh
congress were adopted for
the fifty-eighth congress by a yea and
nay vote after brief discussion, dur
ing which the minority sought to se
cure an increase in the representation
on the committee.
Drawing of seats, in which old and
rew members alike take deep con
cern, occupied a greater portion of
the day s session.
A pretty compliment was paid to
the leaders, veterans of both sides in
the connection, they being permit
ted to select their seats without draw
ing lots.
FOR NORTHWEST.
B
ifls That Will Be Introduced at Present
Session of Congress.
Senator Mitchell
Appropriating $2,125,000 for 1985
fair.
Assay office at Portland.
Relief for settlers on lands in Sher
man county.
Dividing Oregon into two judicial
districts.
Extending homestead rights to set
tlers "oh"'bpenedrrportidn"of""Slletz r
servation.
Women suffrage.
Election of senators by direct vote.
Public buildings for La Grande.
Baker City and Oregon City.
Senator Foster
Additional appropriations of $500,-
000 for Tacoma and Spokane and
$100,000 for Seattle. '
Public buildings at Everett Bel-
lingham, Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
Opening south half of Colville re
servation.
Appropriation of $50,000 for improv
ing Mount Rainier National Park.
Opening of Columbia between Wen-
atchee and Kettle Falls, $500,000.
Senator Ankeny
Public building at Walla Walla. '
Representative Jones
New government for Alaska.
Public building at Everett. $350.-
000; Olympia and North Yakima,
$250,000.
Representative Humphrey
Additional appropriation of $100.-
000 for Seattle public building.
Survey of the Duwanish river.
FALLS HEAVY ON NONRESIDENTS.
Cuban Senator Proposes a BUI to Tax All
. Land In Island.
Havana, Nov. 11. The tension be
tween President Palma and the mem
bers of the senate committee 'on tax
ation over the proposed lottery meas
ure is daily becoming "more pro
nounced. The president has now
warned the members of the commit
tee that he will veto any such meas
ure that congress may enact.
The question of taxation to provide
sufficient revenue for running the gov
ernment has become a pressing one.
The latest measure intended to sup
ply at least in part, the needed funds,
is that of Senator Cabello. He has
introduced a bill providing that all
improved city, town and suburban
lots be taxed $10 each per annum,
and that the uncultivated outlands be
assessed 10 cents per acre.
Old Treasure In Sicily.
Rome, Nov. 11. Peasants, while dig
ging near Palazzola Acreide, Sicily,
found a rich treasure of ancient ob
jects from Syracuse. The most val
uable was an artistic diadem encrust
ed with precious stones and a belt of
solid gold and several rings of beau
tiful shapes. There was also found
a number of coins of different values.
The government authorities took pos
session or tne treasure on the ground
that it was national property, but they
will compensate the proprietor of the
estate according to an estimate which
will be made by experts.
Situation Alarms Coal Operators.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 11. It Is now
evident that, the strike of the coal
miners in this, the first district of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, is no
small affair. In fact, it is a strike all
out of proportion to that even hoped
for by the officers of the United Mine
workers of America and ten times
what was looked for by the coal op
erators. All day the C. F. & I. miners
have been swarming into Trinidad,
nearly all' of them having their pay
checks, running from $187 down.
Confirms Rupture With America. "
London, Nov. 11. News from San
to Domingo by way of Paris confirms
a report of the rupture in the jela
tions of the -United States govern
ment and that of Santo Domingo. -
CAN BE NO WAR.
America Proposes to Protect New Re
public of Panama.
Washington, Nov. 11. When Amer
ican war vessels were recently order
ed to Isthmian waters to protect
American and other interests in Pan
ama, specific instructions were given,
by direction of the president, that the
American naval force should main
tain peace and prevent bloodshed on
the isthmus. These instructions were
issued in their broad sense, for it was
the original, and is the present, in
tention of this government to pre
vent any conflict between the govern
ment of Colombia and the newlyes
tablished republic of Panama.
The administration, in carrying out
this policy, will prevent the landing
at Colon, as well as at Panama, of any
Colombian troops that may be sent by
the latter government to subdue the
Panama republic. Having once recog
nized the new republic before the
world, the United States intends to
stand by and prevent encroachments
by Colombia as well as by other na
tions.
Assistant Secretary of State Loom-
is, secretary Mooay and Admiral
Taylor, after a conference this even
lng, sent instructions to the com
manders of American ships in Pana
ma waters directing them in the event
the Colombian government attempted
to embank troops at any of its ports
with a view to making an attack upon
the New Panama republic, that the
American forces should prevent such
embarkation. i j
secretaries Root ; and nay had a
conference today, presumably in re
gard to the latest - developments m
the isthmian affair. As he was re
turning to his home Secretary Root
was asked the direct question as to
whether United States troops would
be ordered to the Isthmus of Panama.
He replied that while such a thing
was possible, it was ? extremely im
probable. He added he had made
that answer to a similar question in
New York when he really knew very
little about the situation, and he made
it now for the reasons that he knew
nothing more of an intention to em
ploy troops on the isthmus.
CUTTING DOWN GREAT TREES.
Qovernment Urged to Buy Land From
California Owners.
Washington, Nov. if. In his an
cual report Captain . Charles Young,
acting superintendent of the Sequoia,
and General Grant National Parks, of
California, in which many giant trees
are located, urges the -acquisition by
the government of the; land in those
parks, now owned by private individ
uals. In Sequoia Park there are
many large tracts thus owned, and
after waiting in vain for years for the
government topurehtisfc-their proper
ty the owners are beginning to sell off
the large - timber. . Captain Young
says: -
The owners have cut them by the
wholesale, and put the lumber upon
the market, and where once was a
fine forest of magnificent giants, there
now is but devastation and ruin in
the shape of stumps and sawdust
piles. It is but just to the owners and
for the best interest of the govern
ment that the purchase of these patented-
lands within the parks be au
thorized by congress if the parks are
to be continued."
He says the lands can be secured
for reasonable prices. Captain Young
says game is increasing.
TIED UP BY STRIKE.
Coal Mines of Southern Colorado Out of
Working Forces.
Denver, Nov. 11. .More than 10,000
coal miners in Colorado went on
strike today for an eight-hour day, in
crease in wages and other conces
sions. The strike was ordered by the
National executive officers of the
United Mineworkers of America, af
ter the coal companies refused to con
fer with union representatives con
cerning the demands of the men. . Of
the idle men, 6000 are in the south
ern coal fields, 2000 in thenorthern
coal fields and 1800 in Fremont coun
ty. One hundred mines have been
closed down. ,
A few independent properties in
the northern coal fields and elsewhere
will not stop work, since the operat
ors have agreed to concede the eight
hour day and also increased wages'.
Less than 1000 miners will remain at
work according to reports from the
affected districts. The announcement
comes that 600 have gone out in Col
fax county, N. M. The others in that
territory are now negotiating, with the
mineowners.
To Guard German Interests. .
New York, Nov. 11. Upon the re
port of the - mail steamer Athen,
which has reached here from Santo
Domingo, - says a Herald dispatch
from St. Thomas, D. W. I., Commo
dore Sheder, of the German squadron
at this port, has sent two ships, the
Gazelle and the Panther, to Santo
Domingo to safeguard German inter
ests. In consequence of this action,
the Athen returned to Santo Domingo
to discharge her cargo at ports she
had been prevented from entering by
Dominican gunboats. It is said the
German commander has -determined
to ignore the blockade.
Truth Not Half Told.
Laredo, Texas, Nov. 11. Dr. D. B.
Murray, the international yellow fev
er expert, just returned from a' trip
as far as Saltillo, said tonight that
conditions in Monterey, if judged by
other cities where yellow fever has
been epidemic, indicated no less than
25,000 cases there this year, with the
mortality rate placed at 5 per cent.
The deaths have been greatly in ex
cess of the number reported in the of
ficial bulletins issued in this city and
fully 500 cases exist at the present
time.
Contentian of America. -
. The; Hague, , Nov. 11. In the Ven
ezuelan arbitration case today, Judge
Penfield,. in behalf of ' the - United
States, said the United States was in
different to the question of the justice
of, the war, . but the United States
maintains that the protocol should
not establish any preference in favor
ol the plockading powers. '
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
OREdON IRRIQATION CONVENTION.
Second Session, Held at Pendleton, Full
of Enthusiasm.
Pendleton "Interest in Irrigation
has increased the biblical ten-fold
during the -past year," said President
A. H. Devers concerning the session
of the second annual convention of
the Oregon State Irrigation Associa
tion. "We had an enthusiastic meeting
in Portland a year ago, but we had a
determined meeting here this year."
Delegates to the number of about
150 were here from all over the state.
Ontario sent a delegation of 25 mem
bers for the purpose of capturing the
1904 convention. They wore badges
inscribed, "Ontario, 1904." The con
vention hall was crowded and every
speech brought forth discussion.
President Devers, in his opening ad
dress said, regarding the attacks of
the press:
"I .want to say that, while some of
the papers libeled the association by
saying that they have accomplished
but little, I know that, if it has done
nothing more, it has called the atten
tion of the government to the fact
that we want irrigation, that we need
Irrigation works, and while no proj
ects are yet completed, I know that
some will be announced soon. Fur
ther than that, at the last session of
the legislature a resolution was pass
ed requiring the governor to appoint
a commission to investigate the. state
laws on irrigation, riparian rights and
kindred questions, and the governor
has appointed the commission. Fur
ther than that, the coming together
of people interested in the welfare of
the state, particularly as applied to ir
rigation, i sthe means of arounsingthe
people up as to the necessity of : jrri
gation, and that is the most import
ant thing, and the meeting which we
have today shows that interest is not
lacking."
Other addresses were delivered byi
Governor Chamberlain, ex-Governor
Geer, Mayor Hailey, Judge Lowell, A
King Wilson, and Will R. King. ,
OREOON MINES QAIN.
Output of the. Precious Metals on the In.
crease in Our State.
Washington, D. C. Compared with
other states in the west, and with
Alaska as well, Oregon made a most
creditable showing, proportionately,
with its . gold production in 1901, ac
cording to reports that have been re-
The official report on Oregoa's gold
output was prepared by. F. A. Wing,
assayer at the government assay of
fice at Seattle. By way of introduc
tion Mr. Wing says:
By a thorough and' systematic
method of checking the receipts of
bullion and ores originating in Ore
gon, deposited and shipped to the sev
eral assay offices, mints, smelters and
refineries of the United States and
British Columbia, the output of 1901
was found to be as follows :
Ounces. Value.
Gold 88,759 $1,834,821
Silver 163,873 211,87b
The copper output was valued at
$4103 and the lead at $1631, making
a total valuation of $2,052,433.
There was a gain of $146,257 in the
output for the year over that of 1900
notwithstanding the fact that some of
the mines were Closed down for part
or all of the year, some for the pur
pose of installing new sinking plants
or other machinery, some from labor
troubles some on account of the lack
of ore, and other causes.
The production of 1901 is given as
follows:
Value.
Gold $1,727,892
Silver- ...r .. . 170,721
Copper 3,416
Lead 4,145
Work on the Bill Nye.
Medford The owners of the Bill
Nye mine, located on Gall's creek,
about ten miles north of Medford, are
making preparations for mining on a
large scale. A five-stamp mill, hoist
ing machinery, etc., are being install
ed. The company has an 80-foot shaft,
a good deal of tunneling and other de
velopment work, on the claim. . The
ore is free milling and there are sev
eral thousand dollars worth of gold
in sight. ' Superintendent D .R. An
drus, of this city, left recently for the
mine, to look after the installation -of
the new plant.
Machinery for Bohemia.
Cottage Grove The mining ma
chinery for the Crystal Consolidated
Mining Company has arrived from the
Union Iron Works, San Francisco,
and was immediately transferred, to
tracks of the Oregon & Southeast
ern Railroad for shipment to Bohem
ia. This machinery consists of the
latest and most improved pattern in
stamp-milling machinery.' When com
pleted the mill will have a capacity
of 25 tons per day. - A high-grade
standard concentrator will be used in
connection with the mill.
"
Marvelous Vein of Gold.
Wolf Creek E. E. Blalock has
struck a ledge on his mining claim
on Cayote creek which, it is claimed,
assayed $27,000 per ton. In it he
found a stringer of solid gold, from
which he has taken out about $25,000,
and still continues with the same
width. It is rumored that Jie placed
a- guard over it night and day. The
ledge is said to be wedge shapecl,
peaked on top, and widens in depth.
Mining Company Formed.
Roseburg Articles of incorporation
have been filed by the Gold Mountain
Mining & Smelting Company. The
capital Btock is fixed at $100,000, di
vided into shares of $1 each.' The
company has a number of claims
south of Camas Valley, near the Mar
tindale mine, which was recently sold
for $30,000. Assays of ore taken from
near the surface show average values
of $16 to $26 per ton.
SLOW MARKBT FOR STOCK.
Sellers and Buyers are at Variance In
Heppner Neighborhood.
Heppner The livestock industry
here, while not suffering, does not
: Between cattle and sheep the condi
tions are about a stand-off. Owing
scarcity of buyers, which are usually
plentiful at this time of year, very
few transactions are reported.
While a few sheep sales have oc
curred. the business has been con
fined principally to local people. Out
side buyers and owners have not been
able to agree on prices. Owners are
determined in holding for $1.50 per
head forJambs and $2 per head for
yearling wethers. Farther in the in
ferior, in Grant and Wheeler counties,
where shipping facilities are not so
good, ?the conditions are even worse
than they are here.
A grant county sheepman was in
Heppner a 'few days ago looking for
a uuyer ior- nis jamos.
Two-: Wheeler county . cattlemen
were in Heppner last week. They
brought in 52 head of choice beef cat
tle, which had been, sold to, a local
but,cher at Gresham. They report
thatK.in a general way, the market is
bad in the Spray country. Little de
mand and the absence of buyers is
the general complaint. In the vicin
ity of Spray, there are a great many
yearlings for sale.
The best offers have Jbeen $15 per
head, while the owners are holding
for $16. For the same cattle this
spring owners were offered $18, but
then they were holding for $20. In
the vicinity of Spray the Gilman &
French cattle, consisting of 5000 head
are ranged.
In the great alfalfa feeding district,
on Butter creek, there are 1000 less
cattle being fed this year than last,
The fact .that, hay is selling for $8 per
ton in the stack is the principal cause
for this.
EXCEEDS ITS CAPACITV.
Coos Bay Hatchery Will
- Million Fggs.
Oregon City "With a
only 6,000,000 eggs, the
Hatchery will this year
Handle Ten
capacity of
Coos Bay
handle 10,-
0C0.000 salmon eggs," said Deputy
Fish Warden H. A. Webster, who has
just returned from a visit to the
state's salmon fishery interests in the
Southern and Coast districts ot- the
state. This increase in the output of
the station at CoqSsays Mr.-, WftbG$evf
is due to a change in the manner of
operating the plant Racks were in
stalled this year that withstood the
freshets and permitted a continuous
catch of salmon, while last year the
catch aggregated only 3,500.000 epsrs.
The surplus in this year's catch is be
ing deposited in the bed of Coos river
after the eggs have impregnated. Mr.
Webster also visited the state's sal
mon interests at Yaquina. Alsea and
Siuslaw and reports an unusually good
run of silverside salmon this fall. He
also found the hatcheries making a
good showing, the catches equaling,
if not excelling, the capacity of the
different plants.
Forty Cattle Were. Killed.
Umatilla Word has been received
here of a terrible slaughtering of cat
tle on the bank of the Columbia river
at a point west of here. Richard
Brothers of Horse Haven had pur
chased a larsre bunch of cattle in the
vicinity of Heppner and drove them
to the banks of the Columbia. Dur
ing the night the cattle became fright
ened, it is believed at a passing: train.
and were thrown into a fierce stam
pede. They rushed over a steep bluff
ana 40 were killed outright. Many
were so badly injured they had to be
Killed. The loss is over $600.
Apples of Rogue River.
Ashland The value of the apple
crop of 1903 in the Rogue river val
ley is estimated at $125,000. This
takes into account only the exDort
crop, which is estimated in auantitv
at from 150 to 175 carloads. Central
Point, the shipping point for several
of the large orchards, includinsr Ol-
well Bros., will send out 60 carloads
or more: Medford about an emia.1
number. Fifteen carloads will go out
from Talent, ten or more from Ash
land, several from Gold Hill and
Phoenix.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
rWheat Walla Walla, 75c: blue-
stem, 79c; valley, 78c.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton: brewing.
$22; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $3.753.85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.754.10;
hard wheat patents, $4.204.50; gra
ham, $3.353.75; whole wheat, $3.55
4; rye wheat, $4.50.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07$; gray,
$1.05 per centf I.
Millstuffs Bran, $20 per ton; mid
dlings, $24; shorts, $20; chop, $18;
linseed dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $16 per ton;-elover,
$13; grain, $11; cheat, $11. '
Butter Fancy creamery, 2730c
per pound; dairy, 16J$20c; store,
16c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 15c;
Young America; ' 1516c; - factory
prices, llc less. 1
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1010Jc
per pound; spring.HKc; hens, ll12c;
broilers, $2.50 per dozen ; turkeys, live,
14 15c per pound; dressed, 1618c;
ducks, $67 per dozen; geese, $710.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 30c; Eastern,
fresh, 24ffl26c.
Potatoes Oregon, 5065c per sack
sweet potatoes, 22c.
. Hops 1903 crop, 1222c per pound,
according?to quality. ,
Wool Valley, 17 18c; Eastern Ore
gon, 12 15c; mohair; 3537c. ' -
Beef Dressed, 68c per pound. '
Veal Small, 78c; large, 6K6c
der pound. -j
CHINESE ENRAGED AT RUSSIA
Some Members Urge War for Rcoccupa
tlon of Mukden.
Pekin, Nov. 9. Yuan Kal , Shai,
viceroy of Chi Li province, who, as
cabled to the Associated Press ; yes
terday, was dispatched to Mukden by
the Dowager Empress with' instruc
tions to investigate affairs there and
if possible to arrange a settlement
with the Russians, did not go any fur
ther than Tien Tsin, which he leached
yesterday evening. It is now consid
ered doubtful whether he will go to
Mukden at all.
The Chinese are more enraged at
the Russan proceedings at Mukden
than they have been by any events
since the capture of Pekin. Some of
the hot-headed members of the Coun
cil have advised the Dowager Empress
to declare war on Russia, and send
troops to release the Tartar General
whose detention at Mukden, growing
out of the decapitation of the Chinese
bandit, who had enlisted in the Rus
sian service, but who fell into the
hands of the Chinese after the Rus
sians had evacuated Mukden, wounds
Chinese susceptibilities, since it is
considered to be not only an insult to
a high official, but as insulting to the
Chinese government itself.
Better-informed officials, however.
realize the helplessness or China, and
the madness of going to war with
Russia. Their counsel has hitherto
prevailed, although there is much
baseless war talk in the native press
and among the younger Chinese offic
ials. WON'T PROTECT AMERICANS.
Cuban Alcalde Disposed to Quibble Over
. Terms of Treaty.
Havana, Nov. 9. There seems to be
considerable disposition on the part
of a number of Cuban government of
ficers to cause trouble to American in
terests in the Isle of Pines Archipela
go. Several natives said to have been
inspired by Cubans, some of whom
are believed to be in the government
employ, are endeavoring to institute
suits to question titles to realty in the
isle of Pines Archipelago, acquired by
Americans prior to the signing of the
Squires-Palma treaty, whisluprovided
for the. cession ' of the Ifjle of Pines
proper to Cuba, as a quid pro quo for-
coaling stations at Bahia Honda and
Guantanamo.
The Cuban alcalde, or sub-governor
of the Isle of Pines, has refused to
lend police protection asked by Amer
ican settlers in several of the small
keys adjacent to the Isle of Pines, on
the ground that, according to a strict
interpretation of the . treaty, these
keys were no ceded to Cuba, and
hence are not entitled to the police
protection asked from the Cuban gov
ernment URGES ALASKAN CABLE.
General Greerv Recommends a Line From
Valses to Sitka. - ! .
Washington, Nov. 10. Based upon
a recommendation . contained in the
annual report of General A. W. Greely,
chief signal officer of the army ,an at
tempt will be made at the coming ses
sion of congress to secure an appropri
ation for a submarine telegraph cable
to run from Valdes to Sitka, Alaska.
General Greely urges the appropri
ation of $321,580 for the construction
of this cable, and gives as a reason for
the expenditure the fact that this last
link in the government telegraph sys
tem of Alaska is needed to give an all
American line connecting with every
part of Alaska in order to do away
with the necessity of utilizing ' Can
adian lines. Secretary Root, in his an
nual report and estimates, is expected
to indorse General Greely's recom-
mendation.
Diplomatic Agent Named.
Panama, Nov. 10. M. , . Philippe
Bunau-Varilla has been appointed di
plomatic agent of the Republic of -
Panama at Washington. He is one of
the financial agents of the Panama
Canal Company. His first official act
was to officially notify the junta that
the United States has recognized the
de facto government of Panama. The
News has caused great rejoicing here,
and was telegraphed throughout the
country. . Preparations are being
made to celebrate the event with
great enthusiasm. M. Philippe Bunau
Varilla is now in New York. ,
May Use Force With Porte .
Constantinople, Nov. 10. In conse
quence of the Porte's reply, pleading
the superfluity of the new reform
scheme for Macedonia, on the ground
that Turkey is carrying out the pro
posals previously agreed to,, ft is be
lieved that Austria and Russia will
send an ultimatum giving the Turkish
government a fixed term within which
to accept the proposals, and that in
the event of another refusal, the (wo
powers will take steps to compel
Turkish action.
Blockade Is Raised
Washington,' Nov. 10. Captain
Briggs,. of . the cruiser Baltimore, ca
bled the navy department today- from
Puerto Plata, on the north coast of
Santo Domingo, announcing his ar
rival, and stating that the Cherokee
was discharging her cargo. This indi
cates that the blockade has been
raised. ;.
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