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C0RVALL1S GAZETTE ffciT tlT Publishing Co. COR V ALUS. OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Oct A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Extreme heat is killing many in Italy and Germany. Terrific heat has killed many people in New York and Pittsburg. Norway has offered to make Prince Charles, of Denmark, her king. Lord Roberts declares that the Brit- ish army is in bad condition and could not withstand invasion by another power. -Dr. Sven Hedin, the Swedish explor er, sounds a warning against Norway, who, he says, is preparing to "attack Sweden. Reform leaders at Moscow are de termined, if Nicholas continues in his present unyielding attitude, to elect a new czar. Forest fires 'are threatening the Lick observatory, in which is located the famoous Lick telescope. The hres are ' within eight miles of Mount Hamilton, on which the observatory is located The appointment of Charles G. Ma- coon as American minister to Panama, while at the same time permitting him to hold the office of governor of the v canal zone, has created an excellent im pression in all circles at Panama Assistant Secretary of State Pierce has announced that the peace envoys of Russia and Japan have agreed upon ' Portsmouth, N. H., as the meeting place -of the sessions of the peace con ference to be held outside of Washing ton. The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkm has surrendered. France and Germany have reached an agreement about Morocco. Fire in the business section of Spo kane destroyed $120,000 worth of prop- 'erty. - The foreign press generally praises Elihu Root and say he is a fit successor to the late Secretary Hay John F. Stevens, new chief engineer of the Panama canal, is on his way to the isthmus to take charge of the work. Two blocks of the business and reel dence section of Goldfield, Nevada, have been destroyed by fire. Loss, $200,000. Three more of the convicts who re cently escaped from the government prison on ' McNeil's island have been taken. The other four are likely to be captured soon. Pittsburg has been stirred by the revelation of the fact that the million' aires of the city are paying scarcely any taxes. H. C. Frick, worth possibly $70,000,000, pays taxes on $10,000 Advice from various parts of Russia show that the effects of the war are telling terribly upon that unhappy country. Foreign merchants are- clos ing their stores for lack of business and native merchants axe barely kept alive. .Baron Komura, . Japanese peace en voy, has sailed for the United States A crisis is approaching in the Norway-Sweden matter. Swedish troops are being mobilized alone the frontier Elihu Root will assume the office of secretary of state soon, but will not be able to give it his entire tie until Sep tember. President Roosevelt is determiend to eliminate entirely the use of any "pull" in securing promotions in the army and navy. The Sioux river is on a rampage at - Sioux City, Iowa, and has overflowed thousands of acres of crops and has washed away many houses. Dunnite, a new explosive, is -claimed to be the most effective in the world. A small charge will crumple in the side of the heaviest armored vessel. It is said that the Russian Reaction ary party desires to dethrone the czar and put in a stronger ruler who will be able to restrain the reform party, A report from Odesa says that a part of the Black sea squadron met and en gaged the rebel ship Potemkin. The vessel escaped. The entire fleet has been ordered to capture or destroy the Potemkme. One lesson gained by the American navy as the result of the Far Eastern war is the uselessness of the conning tower on . war vessels. The Japanese gunners invariably disabled the ma chinery in these towers early in battle. Germany has forbidden French So cialists to speak in Berlin. A French submarine boat foundered with a crew of 12 on board Twenty-six people were killed in the tornado which just swept over Texas. Paul Jones' body has been handed over to the American navy by the French navy with great ceremony The city of Theodosia, Russia, has . been set on fire by the rebel ship Po- temkin and the garrison, instead of de- j fending the town, has looted the stores i and houses. . SAKHALIN A POWERFUL LEVER Japan Now Given Opportunity to In crease Her Demands on Russia. St. Petersburg, July 11. With the Japanese flag hoisted for the first time on Russian soil after 18 months of war, the importance of the landing on the island of Sakhalin is generally admit ted both in newspaper comment and in government circles. Complete occupa tion of the island is regarded as a fore gone conclusion. The Novoe Vremya voices the general sentiment in holding that control of Sakhalin puts a powerful lever in the possession of Japanese diplomacy, which finally has something tangible in its hands to throw upon the scales with the sword in the coming confer- ence There is a divergence ot opinion with regard to the effect it will have upon the negotiations at Washington, some of the irreconcilables. declaring that it makes peace at the present juncture more impossible than before, as Japan will be able to demand trie cession ot the islands and a heavy indemnity as well, at which terms peace will be too costly, but the more prevalent view is im h.i, I that Japan has now in enough trumps to take the game. The attack on the island certainly dissipates one of the hopes of the peace advocates, who have been suggesting that its voluntary cession might be an offset with Port Arthur and the Chi nese railway against the payment of a large part or all of a monetary indem nity No further report of the landing operations has been received. CHINA ASKS REPRESENTATION, Japan Will Oppose Appearance at Peace Conference. Washington, July 11. China's re- qudest to be represented in the Wash ington conference, on the ground that she is vitally interested in its proceed ings, has been received by the presi dent and informally transmitted to the belligerents. . Whether the president has received the formal replies cannot be learned, but it can be stated that, while Russia is inclined to favor the suggestion, Japan will not consent to it. Japan has already made public her assurance that Manchuria is to be re stored to China. That is one ofthe principles for which she says she has been fighting. Japan regards herself as fully capable of executing this prom ise without the assistance of China, and in view of China's inability before the war to cope with Russia in Manchuria, the Japanese government is unable to see what possible service a Chinese rep resentative would be in the Washing ton conference. Moreover, the Japanese have all along taken the position that when peace negotiations were begun they would be conducted directly with Rus- sia. It is altogether unlikely that the Washington government will press the claim of China, and the official view here fails to sympathize with the idea. REVOLT IN ARMY. Officers Sentenced to Death and Cos' sacks Routed by Rebels. Vienna, July 11. Dispatches re' ceived here from St. Petersburg state that 24 officers of the Russian -army have been courtmartialed and sentenced to be shot within the last few days for refusing to obey orders to proceed to Manchuria. They set up in their de- fense that other officers who possessed of private fortunes had succeeded in evading the orders to go to the-front by bribing the officers of the general staff, whose duty it was to make the assign ment of officers to proceed to the front. A Lithunian regiment refused to carry out an order given by a brigade commander, and a detachment of Cos sacks was detailed to place the revolt era under arrest. When the mounted troops tried it they were : fired on by the Lithuniands and a sanguinary en counter followed, which resulted in 200 Cossacks being killed or wounded The revolters were finally placed under arrest in barracks. Alaska Exhibit for Fair. Seattle, Wash., July 11. J. J. Un derwood, arrived from Nome this morn ing on the steamer Zealandia .with the Alaska exhibit for the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland. The value of the exhibit, of which Mr. Underwood will have charge, is over $50,000, and the two principal features are a $25,000 gold brick and $10,000 worth of nug gets from thesPeterson clean-up in the Portland bench claim. It is the inten tion of the exhibitors to display the resources of Alaska in a thoroughly creditable manner. Torn in Fragments. Harrisburg, Pa., July 11. Eight men were blown to pieces and two others were injured by the premature explosion of a big blast of rock powder on the Pennsylvania railroad improve ments near New Cumberland at 7 :30 o'clock this morning. The accident oc curred directly across the Susquehanna river from the scene of the Pennsyl vania railroad' accident May 11, in which 23 persons were killed and many others injured. End Gambl'ng in Mexico- Mexico City, July 11. It is stated that no more gambling licenses will be Z 1 - II - . -. I 1 1 " . A j i ig licenses expire. Governor Tands, of the Federal district, announcs that his determined to extirpate gambling in this city. 'r " , -ill OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FRUIT Yield Will Not Be Large, But Quality Will Be Above Average. Fruit conditions are now favorable throughout Oregon . While as a general thing no fruit will yield a record break ing crop, the quality of the fruit bids fair to be good and the yield will be satisfactory from the market stand point. Apples in all parts of the state will yield only half a crop, but on ac count of this very fact the fruit will be of much better quality and a more marketable product than were it a full crop and the trees heavily loaded. In the eastern part of the state, peaches, pears, prunes and plums will all yield a crop full. In Southern Ore gon and the Willamette valley, either of which sections prcdueca - more fruit than Eastern Oregon, prunes and plums will yield 70 per cent of a crop, peaches about 60 per cent, and pears half a crop. These figures are based upon careful estimates and are reliable. Cherries are everywhere yielding about 75 per cent of a full yield, while small iruiis are yieiuiug a tun urup iu an ... .... . .,, parts of the state. Growers and dealers figure on 120, 00 bales as Oregon's probable hop yield for 1905. This is an increase of one-third over last year's yield. A part of this estimated increase is due to a larger acreage, but the crop is at least 50 per cent better in amount of growth now than at this time last year. The foliage is very heavy, and the hops are blossoming out now in splendid shape Of course, everything hinges on climat- ic conditions, and the estimate of 120,' 000 bales, which will be the largest crop Oregon has ever produced, is based upon the supposition that weather con ditions will be favorable until the crop is safely harvested. BLOODED STOCK FROM FRANCE , C Ruby, ot Pendleton, Receives a Carload of Imported Horses. Pendleton A. C. Ruby & Co. have received the first carload of imported horse from France by expresB. The next carload is in transit by freight with an attendant in charge, and will arrive in a few days. The . third car will be dropped off in Nebraska and the horse disposed of to the farmers in the Middle West. Mr. Ruby himself has also arrived. He is direct from Europe, where he purchased in all 48 horses, consisting of Shires, Percherona and coach horses The horses arrived in splendid condi- tion in spite of the fact that they had been traveling constantly for three weeks by water and rail. Mr. Ruby win put them in good con dition and in September, when the Lewis and Clark horse show comes off. will exhibit a number of the best ani mala. He has a large number which can be got into Bpiendid condition, as they are already almost fit to exhibit. All of the horses are young animals and will take on flesh readily and will make a good showing for the blooded horse industry for Eastern Oregon. Engine Sparks Start Fires. Pendleton Many farmers who have lands adjoining the railroad, especially the Pendleton-Spokane branch, are plowiDg and clearing the weeds from the right of-way along their fields to protect their grain from fires started by sparks from passing locom stives The dry grass along the track is already beginning to burn and the ripening wheat fields are in imminent danger from fires. The farmers are also bene fitting themselves by plowing along the fences other than protecting themselves from fire as the. numerous ground squirrels burrow along the fences under the weeds and trash that accumulate Two Patients Cured. Portland Portland's Open-Air Sani tarium has discharged two more pa tients in the past two weeks,- Miss Cason and Andrew Johnson, the latter a loggef working on the lower Colum bia. Mr. Johnson was in the first stage fo consumption, while Miss Cason was in the second stage.- It was understood between the two patients and the man' agement of the sanitarium that while no physical signs of the disease could be detected in either case, the treat- ment as administered there was to be continued. Governor Coming. Portland Secretary Arthur F. Fran cis, of the IranB-aiississippi Commer cial congress, has received a letter from Governor McDonald, of Colorado, an nouncing that he will be in Portland to take part in Colorado day exercises at the exposition Aguust 22. This is the day advocated by Mr. Francis before leaving Colorado, and fixes a time be tween the ending ot the Commercial congress and at the beginning of the National Irrigation congress. , . Fruit Inspector in Clackamas. Oregon City C. J. Reid, & promin ent fruitgrower of Milwaukie, has been appointed county fruit inspector for Clackamas county under an act of the last state legislature. Mr. Reid was the only candidate for the office and had the endorsement of a large number of the horticulturists of the county. As inspector, Mr. Reid ; will receive compensation per diem for the time he is actualy engaged at his work. - . Cutting Second Alfalfa Crop. Pendleton Farmers on McKay creek south of here are cutting their second crop of alfalfa. This crop is - yielding approximately two tons to the acre, which is a little better than Jthe first crop. . IN GOOD CONDITION. I MADE A GOVERNMENT OFFICER. State" Engineer Lewis to Have Charge of Survey Work. Salem State Engineer John H. Lewis will be appointed United States hydrographer for Oregon, thus being given charge of the government hydro graphic work conducted in co-operation with the state of Oregon. This means that all state Work will be government work and the work done with the Unit ed States appropriation will be state work. Consequently the reports of the hydrographic work done by the state engineer will be publish ed in the gov- ernmerit reports. The same will be true of topographic work, for State Enigneer Lewis .will ap point a government topographer to di rect the work of the field parties em ployed by the state. The state engineer will serve as United States hydro grapher without pay, and the United" btates topographer will serve the state without pay. - lhis arrangement is of great import ance to the state, for it not only secures the publication of the state reports by the government, but gives the state work the same standing as that of the government. There will be complete harmony between state and United States surveys. UMATILLA HARVEST ON. Grain Being Cut North and East of Pendleton. Pendleton Harvest has commenced in Umatilla county, and within a short time headers will be at work every where, those now started being only in the early portions of the county. The section north and east of Pendleton, in which a large part of the Umatilla res ervation is located, is more advanced than other places; and by the first of next week heading will be on quite gen erally there. However, one header has already been started in the Cold Springs country, northwest of here, on a fall wheat held. from ail indications a good yield is in prospect all over the county, the weather during the past lew months having been very favorable. : Especial ly is the spring grain, of which there is an unusually large amount seeded this year, doing well. The only danger than may yet befall is to hot : weather and warm winds, which might cause the grain to shrivel. ' Indian Children Have Measles. Pendleton The Indian school on the Umatilla reservation has been closed, as an epidemic of measles threatened to sweep the reservation. Six girls who were ill with the disease are still in quarantine at the shcool, but will be turned out in a few days, upon recov ery. Superintendent McKoin at first thought he would extend the school term well into July, but the threatened epidemic caused the dismissal. All of the scholars were more than pleased, as they were inclined to be rebellious at the prolonged term . Reservation Land for Sale. Oregon City That part of the Grand Ronde Indian reservation in townships 5 and 6, ranges 7 and 8 west, which was not sold last fall, is being offeerd for sale by separate sealed bids. Offers will be received between October 3 and 10, and the bids will be opened on the latter date. The land will be sold in separate tracts, and the bids are to be filed with the register and receiver of the District land office now located at Portland. Improvements at Chemawa. Chemawa The material for exten sive improvements at the school dining hall and kitchen are being delivered The contract for these supplies have been given to Salem and Portland firms PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 8182c per bushel bluestem, 8788c; valley, 86c. Barley Feed, $21.5022 per ton rolled, $2324. Oats No. 1 white, feed, $29 per ton gray, $29. Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton clover, $1112. . , .fruits Strawberries, $2$z.50 per crate; apples, table, $1.502.50 per box; apricots, 90c$1.25 per crate plums, 75c$l; Logan berries, $1.15 1.25; blackberries, 8c per pound; cher ries, 510c; currants, 8c; prunes 50 90c; raspberries, 6c. Jbresn vegetables .Beans, l4c per pound; cabbage, llc; cauliflower. $1 per dozen; celery, 90c; corn, 2i 25c; cucumbers, 40 60c; lettuce, head. 10c; peas, 25c per pound ; radishes 1012c per dozen; rhubarb, l2)c per pouna; turnips, fi.Zbogi.4U per sack; carrots, $1.25 1.50; beets, $1 1.25. Potatoes Oregon, old, $1.151.25 Oregon, new, 90c$1.10. Butter Fancy creamery,1721J per pound. Jiggs uregon ranch, -zuogzic per dozen. - Poultry Fancy " hens, 1313c mixed chickens, 1212)c; turkeys live, 1819c; geese, live, 78c ducks, old, $45; ducks, young, as to size, $25. ' . Hops Choice, 1904, 1619c per pound." Wool Eastern Oregon, best, 19 23c; val'ey, 2627c; mohair, 31 32 c per pound for choice. jseer uressed bulla, x2c per pound; cows, 34c. Mutton uressed, lancy, oc per pound. Veal 36c per pound, according to size. Pork 67c per pound. WITNESSES FORGET. Important Testimony in Land- Fraud Cases Hard To Get. Portland, July 9. Three witnesses now have been heard in the trial of Representative Williamson, Dr. Van Gesner and Marion R. Biggs, whose cases are being heard ' before Judge De Haven. They- have given damaging testimony, but it has been literally dragged from them, and yesterday morning when Henry Beard was testi fying, Judge De Haven turned to Dis trict Attorney Heney and said:' - "Mr. Heney, you may lead the witness, for it seems as if this is the only way you can get anything out of him." This statement came from the court after his honor had listened to the ex amination of Campbell Duncan, Green Beard and his son Henry. Hardly had the direct examination of Duncan got ten under way than inferences that witness fo.' the government had been tampered with were being brought out Duncan had a splendid ability to forget. His memory in connection with the talks and deals that he had with the defendants was conveniently a blank Bo was that ot ureen tfeard, who was another of the men who had taken up timber claim, which, it is alleged, was taken lor Dr. Uesenr and Repre sentative Williamson. His son Henry was also suffering from a bad memory but after a severe shaking up both by Mr. Heney and Judge Bennett, he blandly admitted, when he was closely pressed by Judge Bennett, that he had committed perjury in swearing to his timber entry affidavit. Shortly alter the morning session convened, ex-Senator Thurston rose to make inquiry concerning the motion for a new trial for Senator Mitchell. Coun set explained that he was a long way from home and that nothing save the pending motion was keeping " him in Portland.- Judge De Haven then an nounced that hb would take up the Mitchell case at 10 o'lcock Monday TAFT'S ACTION CRITICISED. President and Cabinet Say -He Was Harsh With Wallace. Chicago, July 10. A special tele gram to the Evening foat irom its Wash ign ton correspondent says: ' It is learned on high authority that President Roosevelt is not entirely pleased with the way in which Secre tary Taft treated Engineer John F Wallace, and this is one of the reasons why the construction of the isthmian canal is to be entrusted to Secretary Root. "In plain language, several members of the cabinet have expressed to Presi dent Roosevelt their disapproval of the treatment accorded to Wallace by Taft, They say Taft did wrong in flying into rage and telling Wallace he did not wish to receive anv report from the latter on the canal problem. The view of these cabinet members is that. if Mr. Walalce, whose' reputation as an engineer is beyond question, found natural obstacles to the construction of the canal that baffle engineering gener ally, Mr. Taft might have found it out, and that he should have accorded Wal lace the private audience that he sought and not have required the presence of Mr. Cromwell, an outsider ." JAPANESE LAND ON SAKHALEN Important Card is Played to Influence Terms of Peace. St. Petersburg, July 10. A landing of Japanese troops on the island of Sak halin was officially reported tonight, and startles military circles in St. Pet ersburg, though it has been realized since the defeat of Admiral Eojestven sky that the Japanese were able to take possession of the island as soon as they thought fit. The strength of the - land ing force cannot be ascertained, but the garrison of the island is too weak to offer an effective resistance. . Though the Japanese seem unwilling to risk a grand battle with General Linievitch, pending the peace meeting at Washington, the .landing of troops on Sahkalin is considered to express Japan's decision regarding the formal conclusion of a general armistice, namely, that in the interim before the meeting it is necessary to occupy the island whose possession is an important card in Japan's diplomatic contest at Washington. Missouri River Rises. Omaha, Neb., -July 10. The rapid rise of the Missouri river at this point has caused the breaking of dikes into two lakes north of the city, with the result that the river may cut a new channel, endangering the utility of the double-span drawbridge of the Illinois Central. Many residents along the Nebraska side of the river have been compelled to flee from their homes South of the city, on the Iowa side, the bottoms are flooded for miles, doing thousands of dollars worth of damage to crops and other property. Russia Consults Powers. Berlin, July 10. A report is in cir culation here that the Roumanian gov ernment has asked the powers to ad vise what treatment shall , be accorded the crew of the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkin, which mutinied and who surrendered to the Roumanian au thorities today. Russia demanded that the crew be surrendered to her ; Austria and - Germany advised Roumania to give them to Russia, - while England, France and Italy advised their release May Break Out When Lid is Off. Udessa, July lu. It is omcialiy an nounced that quiet prevails in Odessa, but it is feared in many quarters that an outbreak will follow the lifting of the state of siege. The governor gen eral1 today issued a proclamation threat ening those circulating false reports with punishment under military - law BRISTQW REPORTS ommlssioaer to Examine Trade Conditions Affecting Canal. END PACIFIC MAIL CONTRACTS Advises Government to Open Panama Route, Cancel Monopolist Con tracts and Open New Lines. Washington, July 11. The report of Joseph L. Bristow, who was appointed a special commissioner to investigate trade conditions and other matters af fecting the Panama railroad and steam ship companies, was made public to day. The leport discusses from several points of view the question of what policy should be pursued by the gov ernment in the management of the rail road, and makes a number of import ant recommendations. Among these are the continuance of the railroad as a commercial line, with improved facili ties for handling commerce, including double tracking and re-equiping the line with modern rolling stock; the enlargement of its port facilities, the retention of the steamship line between New York and Colon, the cancellation of the contracts with the Paeific Mail Steamship company and the South American lines, and the opening of the ports of Colon and Panama to all steam ship lines on equal terms; and in cer tain contingencies the establishment by the railroad of steamship lines between Colon and Gulf ports and Panama and important United States Pacific coast ports. It is recommended that in traf fic connections American steamship lines be favored as far as consistent with the treaty obligations of the United States. Mr. Bristow spent several months in his investigation, visiting the Isthmus of Panama, important ports on the western coast of Central America, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico and the Pacific coast of the United States. His report reviews the entire history of the railroad and discusses allegations that its local freight and passenger charges were excessive and its traffic contracts with steamship lines monopo listic. NEW TRIAL ASKED. Judge De Haven Listens to Mitchell's Attorneys in Land Case. Portland, July 11 . Whether or not- Senator .Mitchell will have a new trial without appeal to the higher courts of the United States now rests with Judge Da Haven. Yesterday morning, and for a part of the afternoon, the- court listened to the arguments of ex-Senator Thurston, Judge Bennett and of Mr. Heney, contending for and against the- motion entered in behalf ot the defend ant. . At the conclusion of Judge Bennett's argument the court announced that he- would take the matter under advise ment and would decide upon it at his leisure, as soon as it might be. J. N. Williamson fell the first direct breath of the government's case against, him yesterday afternoon, when John S. Watkins testified in the Federal court that be had met the congress man in the woods near Prineville, and that Williamson had taken his day book from him and entered in it the descriptions of the land he desired him and his wife and brother-in-law to file upon under an implied contract to deliver the claims to the firm as soon as patented. The witness further tes tified to his tacit contract with the firm of Williamson & Gesner, and to- his intention to pay for the filing fees and other expenses incident to secur ing the claim out of his own money, in order that he migh thus avoid illegal ity and keep himself clear 'of the law. It was the first tightening of the web which the prosecution promises to weave around the three defendants. ' The rest of the session of the after noon, delayed as it was by the argu ment upon the Mitchell motion for a new trial, followed the lines shown by the witnesses of the preceding days. More Teamsters Will Strike. Chicago, July 11. Five hundred ad ditional teamsters will go on strike Wednesday morning if the Chicago Cartage company, organized by the city express companies, attempts today to deliver goods to the boycotted houses with nonunion men. This was decided last night at a meeting of - the Team sters' Joint council, after the Depart-. ment Store Drivers union had threat ened to abandon the strike unless the united drivers employed by the city ex press companies quit work if their em ployers attempt to work nonunion men. Dynamite Wrecks Joints. Iola, Kan., July 11. Three saloons in West street were wrecked with dy namite early today. Much damage was done to other business property in the vicinity, and the loss is conserva tively estimated at $100,000. J. E. Thorpe, the owner of one of the sa loons, was injured but not seriously. The dynamite was - exploded -apparently by some temperance reformer. No arrests have been made. The mayor has offered a reward. Japanese Spread the News. Sipinghai, Manchuria, July 11. The news of the mutiny in the Black Bea Teached the Russian army through the Japanese, who fired night shells charg ed with proclamations' conveying the information into the Russian advanced posts, scattering the proclamations.