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r -rr Heppner Gazette HEPPNER. .OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political, His torical and Commercial. President Elliott, of the Northern Pacific, is eaid to have resigned. The president has signed the railroad rate, naturalization and lock canal bills. A heat wave has swept the entire East and a number of deaths are re ported. Reports of spreading disaffection in the Russian army adds to the alarm at the palace. Oregon Civil war claims will probab ly soon be paid. These claims aggre gate $356,271. An unusual rainfall at London pre vented the open air celebration of the king's birthday. Forest fires are raging around the vicinity of Dry valley, Texas. Many ranches are being destroyed. White and colored soldiers clashed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and four men are now in the hospital. Trustees of Stanford University have completed arrangements for ieouilding. Necessary buildings will be ready at the beginning of the fall term, August 23 Heavy wind blew down a circus tent at Aurora, Illino'e. Two men were killed and scores narrowly escaped be ing trampled by a herd of 18 elephants which stampeded. The crop outiooa iui iue .Pacific Northwest is most encouraging. Congress has taken no action with regard to a new trade treaty with Ger many. President Roosevelt has reiterated his determination not to run again for the presidency. P. W. Clement is the choice of In dependent Republicans and Democrats for governor of Vermont. Hot weather prevails in Chicago "and other parts of the East. Several deaths and many prostrations are reported. Russian rumors say a new ministry is about to be formed, headed by M. MouromBteff, president of the lower house. Testimony at New Orleans by tbe Interstate Commerce commission shows that state oil inspectors discriminated against dealers not in tbe trust. The president is back of Governor Ide, of the Philippines in, the position he took with reference to the title to the Juan de Dios property, claimed by the Catholic church. Senator Fulton has been appointed chairman of the congressional commit tee to go over and check up the work of tbe commission appointed by Presi dent McKinley to codify the Federal laws. "Wisconsin Democrats have endorsed Bryan for president. Dr. Lapponi, papal physician, the pope is in very good health. says The ship subsidy bill will be taken up at the next session of congress The little town of Tittzewah, Okla homa, has been pracitcally demolished by a tornado. England has sent a representative to the UnitedS tates to inspect meat in tended for use by the English army. A ticket has been named by the fus ion of Democrats, Prohibitionists and Lincoln party mea in Pennsylvania. Chairman Burton, of the house riv ers and harbors committee, says a 40 foot channel for Coos bay is too much to ask. New York does not have that depth, and Hamburg, Germany, haB only 32 feet. Through the Japanese embassy the National Red Croes has received anoth er $36,000 for the relief ot San Francis co earthquake and fire sufferers, mak ing the total eubecrpition by Japanese people $146,000. President Roosevelt has approved the joint resolution of congress expressing the horror of the people of the United States as tbe result of the massacre of Hebrews in Russia and epxressiDg sym pathy with those bereaved. The insular government will buy the docks at San Juan, Porto Rico. Independent packing companies of Chicago are giving their plants a thor ough cleaning up. Hill has secured the old U. P. grade between Portland and the Sound and construction work has commenced. Steam will be used for freight trains and electa: power for passenger. All seems quiet in the Panama re public. American marines etill re main etationed at various places. Commander Bootn-Tucker, of the Salvation Army, and Mies Minnie Reid were married in London June 25. The secretary of the Indiana boa id of health reports finding chemicals in fresh meats on eale at Indianapolis. Nearly 3,500 tonB of Lay and 1,000 bags of grain were deetroyea in a lire on San Francisco's water front. Loes, bout $50,000. i TEST LOYALTY OF TROOPS. Reactionaries Urge Use of Troops to Stamp Out Revolution. St. Petersburg, July 2. Under the influence of the recent developments touching the loyalty ol the army and the conviction that the present policy of inaction has reached its ultimate limit, the reactionary faction in the ministry has revived the plan for the dissolution of parliament and stamping uut revolutionary activity in the coun try by armed iorce, while such force is still available. The Associated Press was informed today that this solution had been re peatedly presented to Emperor NicholaB since the development of disaffection among the best regiments of the guard and the disorders at Krasnoye Selo, but thus far without result. Each day favors the acceptance of the alternative of the dismissal of the Goremykin cab inet and the naming of a responsible ministry. The ministerial repressionists base their hopes on the supposition that the great majority of the troops will bail actual conflict, as they did at Moscow in December last forget their griev ances and enter whole heartedly into the combat. One of the advocates of repression said to the Associated Press today that it would be necessary to strike hard immediately, or otherwise within a fortnight the world would probably see the proclamations of re publics at Kharkov, Saratov, Rostov and elsewhere. The whole south of Russia, the speaker said, is belching forth anarchy and revolution, and parliament, as "a hindrance to the work of pacification," must be dissolved at once. "The troops, however, must not they can not be employed against the peasant ry." added the functionary, admitting that this was the limit to the loyalty of the soldiery. It is doubtful ii" Premier Goremykin is himself a etrong advocate of the des perate alternative of repression. The premier told the representative of a loreign power today that he was only anxious to be rid of tbe responsibilities of the premiership, and that be would be delighted if the emperor should call for his resignation. Printed copies of the government agrarian project were transmitted to the lower house of parliament today, and Minister of Agriculture St. Chin Eky will soon request President Mou romtseff to fix a day for explanation and consideration of the document. The project, part of which was elabo rated in the department of Agriculture and part in tbe ministry of the Inter ior, is a voluminous document, and the deputies probably will demand several days for its study. A third section, which iB being prepared in the ministry of Finance, remains to be presented. JOLT FOR CASTRO. Ultimatum From United States Will Be Sent Him Soon. Washington, July 2. Soon after General Cipriano Castro resumes the presidency of Venezuela, July 5, he will find himself confronted by re Quests from the United States for set tlement of American claims against his government. tot more than a year Castro has not been bothered by the United States. Meantime Judge W J. Calhoun visited enezueia and in vestigated the American claims, and the State department has been busily engaged in reviewing the cases and putting them in condition to be pressed. What seemed to be indifference on the part of the United States has been only caution, and the State department will take up its work where it is allow ed to rest after the sending of a note to Castro by Secretary of State Hay, which is practically an ultimatum. A reaueet will be made for the ad justment of American claims regardless of what action the Venezuelan courts may have taken or ehall take in the fu ture. Representations covering prac tically all the American claims against Venezuela may doubtless be presented. Gasoline Runs Snort. Cleveland, July 2. The Standard Oil company today sent out circulars noti fying all its customers that high grade gasoline, testing from 74 to 78 degrees, had been withdrawn from the market. This action is taken as a result of the demand for the product and the ina bility of the Standard Oil company to supply the same. The high grade gaso line is used exclusively in operating automobiles, naphtha launches, etc. It is stated that gas engines generally can be altered to permit the use of the common or stove gasoline as fuel. New York School Teachers Coming. Portland, July 2. A special train of school teachers from New York city will reach Portland on the morning of July 16, leaving the same evening after a trip to Cascade locks by rail and re turn to the city by eteamer. The party is in charge of V. V. Beard, geneial Eastern passenger agent for the New York Central lines. The special is a polid Pullman that is being run by the New York Central. There will be 125 teachers on board. Company Increases Capital. New York, July 2. At a special meeting of the Hanover Fire Insurance company today it was voted to increase the capital stock of the company from $500,1X10 to $1,000,010. This action as takn as the result of the looses sustained by the company in the San Francisco fire. JThe new stock will be issued at $ 150 a share, thus adding $750,000 to the compiny's resources. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON MEASURE iS DEFECTIVE. Anti-rass Law Does nor contain an Enacting Clause. Salem What disposition to make of the anti-pass law is a problem that is troubling the state officials. It is not because they do not favor the enact ment of such a law. They are not call ed upon to pass upon that phase of the question. It was discovered before the law was submitted to the people that it was fa tally defective, in that it did not con tain an enacting clause. The law boobs were scanned for some authority to correct the defect, but it was diecov ered that it could not De corrected or amended. The law on that point was explicit. The constitution eays all laws must have an enacting clause, and the Su preme court has decideu that a law without an enacting clause is void. The secretary of state must submit all measures to a vote of the people that are filed in his office with the proper number of names signed to the petition. He has no authority to pass upon the constitutionality of the pro posed law, or question its expediency. ALL POLICIES ARE CANCELED. Attorney Genera! Advises Traders In surance Policyholders. Salem Attorney General Crawford advises all persons having insurance in the Traders' Insurance company, which recently became insolvent, to reinsure if they wish insurance, and to file claims with the receiver for the un earned portions of their premiums. Suit for the appointment of a receiver was brought a few days ago, and the secretary of state and state treasurer were made parties, because the state has $50,000 bonds to secure policies in this state. When Attorney General Crawford re turned from Eastern Oregon the papers in the case were turned over to him. He says that in bis opinion all policies were cancelled when the company went into bankruptcy and policy holders can have no claim except for unearned premium!. Vinegar Factory is Assured. La Grande That La Grande will have a vinegar factory, wbich will be in operation in time to handle the crop of fall apples, is now an assured fact. Nearly all the stock haB been subscrib ed. Cash stock subscriptions, amount ing to nearly $30,000 have been made. Tbe building will be 45x150 with ce ment cellars, and tbe factory will have a capacityy for handling 100,000 bush els during tbe year, with an output of approximately 300,000 gallons of vine gar, apple wine and cider. Colony of Poles for Lane. Eugene John J. von Gortomrki, of Toledo, O., and W. Szcloezhicurez, of Portland, representing a colonizing company, which intends to locate a col ony of Poles in Lane county, are in Eugene making final arrangements to bring the colonists. An agreement, has been made with the Booth-Kelley Lum ber company whereby a large number of the colonists are to be employed in the company's sawmills and logging camps. Others will purchase small tracts of land and engage in farming. Grand Ronde Farmers Jubilant. La Grande Wheat growers in the Grand Ronde valley are jubliant over the outlook for their crops this season. Fall wheats are giving every indication ot being equally as good as last year and the spring wheat, it is closely esti mated, will yield nearly two bushels to one of last year. Judging from the little difficulty the farmers are having in securing employes there will be no trouble in getting eutticient help to harvest the crops. Unless there is an exodus to other sections there should be no shortage of help. Carlton Farmers Pleased. Carlton The fine weather of the past few days has started the farmers to haying. The prospects are good for an abundant yield. Clover and vetch are especially good, and it is expected that the yield will be the heaviest in years. In a few .ocalities the wheat was d im aged by the aphis, but generally the crop is good, fall oats were damaged slightly by the cold late rains, but spring cats are fine, and the yield will be above the average. Hay Harvest Begins in Marion. Salem Farmers are rejoicing over the cessation of rain, and many have commenced haying, though cutting will not Vie in full swing until next week. With favorable weather, an immense crop of hay will be saved. Grain is reported in excellent condition. Many hopgrowers are behind with training vines, owing to bad weather, but the growth has been good. Gardens have been benefitted by the late rains. Good Meeting Assured. Ashland The annual assembly of the Southern Oregon Chautauqua asso ciation opens at Ashland Wednesday, July 11, and continues for 10 days. The program is particularly etrong and the indications are for a bigger and better assembly than ever before. Short on Fruit. Milton Business at the fruit park ing houses here is practically at a standstill, and there will he scarcely anything doing until the prune crop matures. BEET CROP GOOD. Yield in Grand Ronde Vail ay Reac'ics 40,000 Tons. La Grande Machinists are the sugar factory overhauling chinery and getting the plant busy at the m a in order for the summer run for the working in to brown sugar of the residue syrup of last year. This mill expects to start on this run early in Julv, and will con tinue for six or eight weeks, which will bring it almost up to the time when the regular fall run will commence, which to meet demands must begin not later than the middle of September Tbe pressing need for this unusually early beginning is brought about by the exceptional heavy crop of beets that is expected to be harvested this year and which must be disponed of before the hard frosts come; therefore an early start is necessary to get all tbe beets through. Manager Bramwell is enthusiastic on the present prospects for a beet crop He says: "We have 4,400 acres of beets this year and at least 4,000 acres of this is a perfect stand. The only difficulty that confronts us is the scarcity of help. We employ all the white help we can and then fill out with the best we can get. In addition to our home supply of help we have about 200 Jap anese." The yield of beets for this year is es timated at between 35,000 and 40,000 tons, with a sugar output of not less than 10,000,000 pounds. high Wages Promised. The DalleB The past few days of warm weather have caused hay making to be pushed with unusual vigor, and farmhands find plenty of labor at $2 per day. There appears to be plenty of labor tt handle the hay crop, but farm ers anticipate there will be a shortage of laborers when wheat harvest begins, which will be toward the latter part of July, as harvest will be somewhat later thia season than of ordinary seasons. It is likely header drivers will com mand $3 a day, header wagon drivers, $2 to $2.50, and separator tenders from $3.50 to $4. Ordinary laborers, fork tenders and stackers, will command $2 a day. Big Crops in Harne,'. Burns The late high water and heavy rain storms in June will insure a large crop of wild hay. Most stockmen are claiming that this season's hay crop will be larger and better than for the last five years. Last winter was a se vere one on stock and there was but little fodder left over. Tbe stockmen have most every winter from three to four months feeding, bo it will take an immense crop to last them through the coming winter. Grain is looking well and promises to be a heavy yield. The acreage has been greatly increased. Californian Buys Rogue River Farm. Ashland A big land sale wai nego tiated in Ashland this week when S. G. Simon, from Northern California, bar gained for the purchase of a 280-acre farm seven miles northwest of this city, from J. Hartley, known as the Jack Anderson place and comprising one of the choice farms of the Rogue river valley. The cor.sideration of the sale was ZZ,uuu. .Mr. himonB will engage in stock growing and fruit raising in this valley. t Weston Wheat Flourishes. Weston The wheat in this section is making rapid growth since the recent rains, and will make a good average yield. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 7172c; hluestem 74c; red, 970c: valley, 7172c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $31.50(832; gray, f-Jl.ou per ton. Barley Feed, $24(124 50 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $25(?26. Fruits Apples, $2.503 50 per box; apricots, $1.75(32 per crate, cherries, 58c per pound; currants, 9(3) 10c; peaches, $11.25; strawberries, 5(3 8c per pouna; googenernes. o5c per pound; Logan berries, $1 2 per crate raspberries, $1.75(31 85; blackberries 10c. Vegetables Beans, 57c per pound cabbage, 1?4C per pound; cucumbers 65c per dozen; lettuce, head, 1025c onions, 810c per dozen; peas, 415c radishes 1020c per dozen; rhubarb 3c per pound; spinach, Zffldc per pound; parsley, 25c; turnips, 90c$l per sack; carrots, $11 25 per sack beets, $1.25(3)1.50 per sack. Onions New, 1 '.jOjl xAc per pound Potatoes Fancy graded old Bur banks, 40350c per hundred; ordinary, nominal; new Oregon, 75 0c. Butter Fancy creamery, 17J20c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, TiZc per dozen. Poultry Averageold hens, 13013Jc per pound; mixed chickens, 2tlc broiler6, lSQlfic; roosters, 9$ (311c; dressed chickens, 13(314?; turkeys, live. 17 & 17s'c; turkeys, dressed, choice. 20 22c: geese, live, 10 tl2c; ducks, old, ll12c; young, 12H313c. Hops Oregon, 1905, 10llc; olds, 6c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 18(3,23 !c; valley, coarse. 22 (323 c; fine, 24c per pound; mohair, choice, 28(330c, Veal Dreesed. 4(37c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; cows. 45c; country steers. 5c. Mutton D reesed, fancy. 7(38c; per pmnd; ordinary, 56c; lambs, with pjlt on, 8n. Pork Dressed, 7(38 c rer pound. TOO BUSY FOR REVISION Senator Warren Says Country Is Too Prosperous to Think of Tariff. Washington, June 29. Senator War ren made a speech in the senate toaay on his resolution calling on the director of the census for a statement covering the extent of the livestock industry of the United States and of the foreign business in this country in leather and raw material. He cited the recent agitation concerning this industry as his reason for seeking this information He confidently asserted that the state ment would show an astonishing in crease and that the product of not less than $2,000,000,000 annually, more than the value of all the gold produced by the United States in the entire his tory of the country. Warren pronounced as unjust and selfish the demand made by the manu facturers lor free hides. He said that wnile the livestock men do not envy Massachusetts its prosperity they do not desire to add to it by taking off the duty of hides and wool, and closed an appeal for the continuance of the tariff "We are," he said, "too busy, too well employed, too well paid for our labor, too prosperous to think seriously of tariff revision in the year of our Lord, 1906." FAITH IN THE BAY CITY. Claus Spreckles Says !t Will Be the Greatest Port on Hemisphere. Chicago, June 29. "San Francisco will soon be Greater San Francisco in deed as we are in name. Things have settled themselves since our terrible dis aster, capitaists are putting their mon ey into rebuilding and enlarging and in beautifying, and the people general ly are exercising a great degree of con fidence in the city s future prosperity , Clans Spreckles, of San Francisco, who with his wife was in San Francisco yesterday, thus expressed himself in discussing the future of his home city. All financial interests, he said, al though he spoke especially for the sugar interests, were hrm in the belief that San Francisco would become the largest and most important port of en try in the western hemisphere. "When our Oriental trade, already arge, has become still larger, and when new modern buildings have sprung up out of the ruins, as they surely will, San Francisco will be a greater city in all ways," he said. ATTORNEYS ARE CALLED. Instructions Given for Action Against Standard Oil. Washington, June 29. Attorney General Moody had conferences today with Frank B. Kellogg and Charles B. Morrison, who have been engaged as special counsel in the investigation which is being made into the affairs of the Standard Oil company, with a view to ascertaining whether there have been any violations of the anti-trust law. With reference to this it was stated today that further investigation is to be made. The attorney general also held con ferences with some of the district at torneys he had summoned to Washing ton, and it was stated that they weie being instructed as to how they should proceed against the Standard Oil com pany. It was also said to be most ikely that special grand juries will he called to determine whether the Standard Oil company haB been granted rebates or concessions. Earthquake In Wales. Cardiff, Wales, June 29. Violent earthquake shocks were, felt throughout South Wales at 94:5 this morning. Houses rocked and many of the cheaper ones were damaged. Hundreds of chimneys fell, occupants of dwellings weret hrown to the ground and people fled from their houses, Bbrieking in panic, with visions of the San Fran cisco disaster before them. Though there were many narrow escapes from falling chimneys and copings, there were no casualties so far as known. Earthquake shocks were also felt at Bristol, Ilfracombe and elsewhere They were accompanied by loud rum blings. Earthquake in Ohio. Cleveland, O., June 29. A shock of felt here at 4.10 o'clock this afternoon is pronounced by Cleveland scientists to have been an earthquake. It is re ported to have shaken the southern shore of Lake Erie for a distance of 100 miles, the eastern limit bein Pinesville and the western limit Mar blehead. No damage has been re ported, though in some places the shock was sutiicient to slam doors an rattle windows. Local scientists be lieve the seat of the seismic disturbance was probably beneath Lake Erie. California Floods Subside. Fresno, June 29. Reports from tl e west side and the south indicate that the cool weather of the past few days has alleviated the flood conditions omewhar.. There was no rise in the waters of the San Joaquin today for he first time, in three week and Kings river is going down. The water is 'till flowing out of the great gaps in the levees of both streams and the ar-i. lying in their paths ate etill flooded. France Faces Eig Deficit. Paris, June 29. Finance Minister onu-Hire ml id . need the budget in the number f drputie" yesterday showing con iderahle d fi it in consequence of he extraordinary ixpenditure for the Military r-repa rat ions doting the: Mo- occan crisis, amounting to $50,000,000, nl sl'o i:w 000,000, owing to in - eronditure resulting from in ternal reforms. MINISTRY MUST BE GHANGED Eyes of Emperor Nicholas Opened by Disorders In Army. Goremykin Soon To Be Dismissed and the Principle of a Responsi ble Ministry Is Soon To Be Ac cepted Procurator General Gives Up Lifelong Principle. St. Petersburg, June 30. The cam paign which the opposition elements in parliaments are waging to compel Emperor Nicholas to dismiss the Go remykin ministry and accept the prin ciple of a responsible ministry prom ises to be successful soon. Both tbe emperor and the court are frightened into surrender by the alarming spread of revolutionary ideaB among the troops. When the Preobrajensky regiment, His Majesty's Own," pronounced its solidarity with parliament at Krasno Selo, less than a dozen miles from the Peterhof palace, the emperor's eyes opened and the court began to realize that there was only a step from that to declaring allegiance to parliament as against the government. Even the procurator general of tbe holy synod, M. Pobedonostseff, who to day celebrated his sixtieth jubilee of bis entrance into tbe service of the- state, and who has been much at Peter hof recently, is said to have reversed the position of a life time and to have advised the emperor to yield to the de mand for a responsible ministry as the only means of preserving the throne. The government's sudden fear of affronting public opinion, after finding the army affected with the revolution ary propaganda, is shown in tbe hur ried grant of a new trial to seven men condemned to death at Riga, the ac quittal of six others and the commuta tion of death sentences imposed on the three murders of the foreman of the Putiloff Iron works. The news from the provinces shows that general anarchy is growing. Jn Altera and Tauride provinces the peas ants are abandoning the fields, and in Tula province roving bands are march ing through the country, dragging in their wake not only the workers from the fields, but the domestic servants of the gentry. RED CROSS THIEF. Superintendent of Relief Station Steals- Blankets and is Caught. San Francisco, June 30. Accused of selling large quantities of blankets and appropriating the monev, John Clark, superintendent of the Red Cross relief station No. 1, at Golden Gate park, and George Bryant, engineer at the children's playground in the park, who, it is alleged, aided and abetted Clark, were arrested by detectives today. The police state tliat they were made aware ot the alleged tier illations through A. Suggerman, a junk dealer. While a refugee in the park, Sugger- man made the acquaintance of Bryant, snd after Suggerman had resumed bus iness, it is alleged, Bryant called upon him and said he could sell him a quan tity of new government blankets. Pry- ant said he could deliver him 400 pairs, and if the price was satisfactory it would lead to a delivery of H00 pairs per week. Suggerman notified the police, who set a trap for the man. After some1 haggling, a price of $1 .25 a pair was- agreed upon, and, according to Detec tive Ryan, Bryant handed Suggerman an envelope with Clark's name on it, which the teamster was to hand to Clark, so that Clark would know the right man. A wagon followed by the detectives was sent for the blankets today and se cured 400, which are being held as evi dence. Clark was arrested at the relief station, and Fryant at Suggerman's store, where he was waiting to receive-, the money. Marine Corps Want Wynne to Sta . New York, June 30. Captain Rob ert F. Wynni. of the Tniteil stoi. Marine corpB, sent his formal resigns- tion from the service to Brigadier Gen eral George F. Elliott, commandant of the Marine corps, yesterday, to be for warded to the president. A delegation of marines in the navy yard and on board the ships there waited on Cap tain Wynne yesterday with a "round robin," whirh was to be signed by -every marine in the North Atlantic fleet . that could be reached, begging the pres- ident not to acept his resignation. Better Than Home Product. London, June 30. An article in tl,. Lancet, dealing with the meat nilPHt inn admits that a large part of London's imported meat, including much r.f M. chilled and frozen meat Imm ti. United States and Argentine is. witl . out regard to diet aie and cleanliness, more satisfactory than much of tLe home product. The paper consider". however, that larger powers of inspec tion should be required in the place of origin. Dewey Leaves Singapore. Washington, June 30. According In a table message received at the Navv 1 . A A. a 1 ' 'irj.nnm.-ni uxiay irom Commander Hosley, commanding the drvdock Dew. ey expedition, hie rqnad-oii left Singa pore today, bound for the naval iain of Olongapo, in Kubig bay, about 40 miles north of Manila, which ii to i the permanent location of the big dock.