Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, August 23, 1906, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextHeppner Gazette . . . . Issued Thursday of Each Week 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. Railroads have voluntarily reduced grain rates in Minnesota. The governor of Warsaw has been Beriously injured by a bomb. Activity of the police frustrated plan to assassinate King Alfonso. It is said the sultan of Turkey has decided to recognise Leishman as an ambassador. Many immigrants who would be re fused admittance at a port of entry are being smuggled in through Mexico Bookbinders in the government printing offic3 threaten to strike on account of the action of a foreman to ward the men. A San Francieco woman refugee feels greatly insulted because she was given a pair of No. 8 stockings when she wears No. 3 shoes. HEAT SHRIVELS THE GRAIN. Reports of Damage to Crops in the Central West. Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 21. Hot winds the past two days, following a week of unusaal torpidity, the maxi mum temperature being daily from 90 to 100, has created fear among grain men that widespread damage to the late grain and corn has been done. Today has been a scorcher, although there are indications tonight of a let-up. From Western South Dakota, West ern Nebraska and the northern cential part of South Dakota and Southern Minnesota reports today are that late grains had been ripened so rapidly that the berries are badly Bbriveltd. The greatest harm is expected in cornfields, which have not in ten years, cecording to reports a week ago, promised such abundant yields. Corn is in tender tassel, with kernel in the most sensi tive stage of its life. Where moisture has been sufficient the damage will be light, but in the vast territory west and northwest from here it has been dry for two or three weeks ard when the hot winds came the vegetation has been largely robbed of its power of resist ance, (joqd authority places the de preciation in the corn crop as the result of the last week of fiene heat at from 5 to 10 per cent on the average, with much greater loss over various exten sive regions. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON VALPARAISO A WRECK. HOP CROP INJURED. Put the are hop PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS. The Chilean disaster will be a hard blow to English insurance companies, as they carry more South American risks than any others. Union printers at their recent inter national convention decided to erect a new building at their Colorado Springs home to be used by the wives of aged inmates. Reach Death Roll at Valparaiso May Two Thousand. Valparaiso, Chile, Aug. 21 At 7:52 o c cck last ihursday evening Valpa raiso experierced an earthquake of great severity, and during that night 82 shei ks were felt. Most of the buildingB of the city are either burned or damag ed. The loss will be enormous, prob ably reaching $250,000,000. Two thousand persons killed is considered Police in all parts of the Russian .u.F..a n.e uiuu.uK me iiuiiiuer ui lue to be a air eetiajate of the ..SSIialtieB Vena del Mar, three miles from Val Drouth and Poor Cultivation Will Yield Below 120,000 Bales. The long continued drouth and poor cultivation in mary sections beginning to tell on the Oregon crop. Last year the state produced about 112,000 bales.. It is beginning to look now as if this figure would not be exceeded this year, notwithstanding an increase in acreage of about 10 per cent. Estimates made by reliable dealers cf the coming crop range all the way from 100,000 to 120,000 bales. At one time in the spring it was thought about 140,000 bales would be produced, but two months with practically no rainfall anywhere in the hop belt has had a telling effect on the vines. Scan ty cultivation in many of the yards has caused even more damage than the dry spell. Prices were so low last year that some of the growers lost heart and neg lected to cultivate their properties They will be rewarded this year with less than half the production of their neighbors who attended to this import ant matter. An immense quantity of hops was sold on contract in the spring at the bare cost of production, and these sellers, almost without exception, failed to cultivate their yards. It is estimated that up to the present time about 80,000 bales of the coming crop are tied up by contracts. Al though the crop will fall short of early expectations, it will still furnish em ployment for all the pickers that can be secured. It will be what the grow ers call a "top crop," and will be easy to pick. PLAN TO IRRIGATE. interior with resignations since the re vival of terrorism directled especially against these officers. A massacre of Jews is expected in Warsaw, Ruesia. A cave-in at Clincnport, Va, en tombed 50 miners. Rooeevelt is said to have declared for Canon for president. Labor leaders have declared war on Cannon's candidacy for re-election to congress. Portland police are looking for Paul Stensland, president of the wrecked Chicago bank. The president has appointed James S. Harlan, of Chicago, a member of the Interstate Commerce commission. During the fiscal year just ended our experts to Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska increaeed about 20 per cent. Russian terrorists continue the laughter of police. The government has begun wholesalse arrests and exile. A tidal wave is reported from the Hawaiian islands. The general height was five feet and but little damage was done. The Valparaiso earthquake will com plete the bankruptcy of many insurance companies which lost heavily in San Francisco. The First National bank of Chelsea, Mages., has been closed by the bank examiner because too much money was Joaned to its president. paraiso and having a population of over 10,000, Quirihu, 225 miles to the southward, with a population of 25, 000; Santa Limache, 15 miles to the northwest, with a population of 6,500; Q jillota, 25 miles to the northwest, with a population of 10,000. and vil lages all around were destroved. Most of the damage was due to fire, which started immediately after the first sheck. The whole population is sleeping in the hills, the parks or the streets. Food is very ecuee. Milk costs two Chilean dollars, and it is almost impossible to obtain meat, even at high prices. The railways are all destroyed. Pain, which began to fall immediate ly after the first eheck, stopped an hour afterward. The nights are very cold and windy; the people sleeping in the open are suffering greatly. The captain of a steamship which arrived from San Francisco says the sit uation here is worse than that follow ing the disaster at San Francisco. VERY FEW PEOPLE KILLED. The murder continues. of policemen in Poland Japanese goods have eupplanted all others in Corea. Many officers are involved in a navy scandal at San Francisco. Another Chicago bank has failed as a result of Stensland's crimes. Ex-United States Senator Turner, of Washington, is mentioned as Bryan's running mate. France has resolved to make no con cessions to the Catholics and iray con fiscate churches. A member of the late Russian parlia ment has been arretted as a leader of agrarian disorders. R. . Brown, of Zanesville, 01 ii has been elected commander-in-chief of the National G. A. R. Diego Mendoza, ex-Colombian minis ter to the United States, declars that President Reyes is a traitor. A second grand jury has been called at Chiago to inquire into recent rebates gfiven the Standard Oil company. The Milwaukee Avenue State bank, of Chicago, has delcaraed a 20 per cent dividend for depositors. More will be paid later. Secretary Root has arrived at Buenas Ayres. Mad Mullah has received a disastrous defeat. Negotiations looking to a Russo-Jap anese fishing treaty have been com menced. It is likely that the War department will concentrate all colored troops at one post. Many Republican state conventions are declaring in favor of Roosevelt for a third term. Peasants in Southern Russia are rav aging the country and the troops refuee to fire on them. A plot to assassinate the preeident of Cuba was discovered just in time to frustrate the plans. The powers are expected to make strong representations to Greece. The trouble is over the barbarous acts of Greek marauders in Macedona. Santiago Escapes With Immense De struction of Property. Washington, Aug. 21. Cable advices were received at the Chilean legation today, dated at Santiago, Chile, August 18, stating that the earthquake in that c'.ty was very severe, but that there were few casualties. Up to the time of filing the dispatch, wh:ch the charge Much Hay in Tillamook. Tillamook Tillamook had another bumper hay crop this year, and with fine weather the past month it has been harvested in good shape. Most every barn in the county is tilled to its full capacity, and there will be an abund ance of feed next winter for the dairy herds, with the probability that it will not be all used before the next crop is harvested. The dairy business in Till amook is increasing every year, and the dairymen are very prosperous, as they do not have to buy mill feed for their cows, but grow enough on their farms, and this with the green pasture keeps the cows in good condition. To Meet at Hood River. Pendleton Judge S. A. Lowell, pres ident of the Oregon Irrigation associa tion, has set October 11 and 12 as the date for the holding of this year's con vention of the association. Hood River is to be the place of meeting. By holding the convention on the above dates the meeting will take place dur ing the biennial fruit fair, which is to be held at Hood River during October, Arrangements for the holding of the convention are now being made by the people of Hood River, and it is expect ed that a large delegation will be preS' ent from Eastern Oregon. Extensive System Planned for Grand Ronde and Indian Valleys. La Grande Two big irrigation sys tems, which will cover the entire Grand Ronde and Indian valleys and a portion of land in Wallowa county, are being projected by local companies. The organization to be known as the Grand Ronde Water company, is a cor poration which will promote a $2,000.. uuu nrigation project and besides furn ishing water for irrigation on a large scale, the company expects to provide power ior lighting where it is wanted ine water will be taken from the Big iuiwam, which forms the boundary be tween union and Wallowa counties The preliminary surveys for the bij canal were made last year, and at the present time the engineers are engaged in making the final surveys and doing me cross sectioning. The canal will take the water through a deep canyon. Its head is in section 35, township 3 south, range 42 east. After cutting through the high divide in township 1 north, range 41 east, it will be an easy matter to cover the In dian valley country and swing into the jr i ik . . . vi rami xvonae. ine main canal to the divide will be 34 miles Jong. The lateral distributing canals as planned will be 60 miles in length. Ihe promoters estimate that it will take four months' time for thn luro-n force of engineers now at work to. com plete the final survey. Construction work will be commenced as soon as the Burvey is finished. Teachers Scarce in Lane. Eugene The regular quarterly exam ination for teachers' certificates was held in thiB city last week by County superintendent w. Ji. Dillard, assisted by Professor M. H. Arnold, Professor D. C. Baughman and W. G. M art.in. mere were bl applicants for county certificate and several for state papers tl: . 1 1 i . . . uia is a smaiier ciasa man the aver age, and Superintendent Dillard thinks there will be a scarcity of teachers in the county this fall. Several outlying districts were unable to secure teachers for the spring term, and the outlook for the fall term seems even worse. Loss of Life and Property Are Heavy, Though Statements Conflict. There'continuee to be confusion of statements as to the magnitude of the disaster at Valparaiso caused by the earthquake shocks which began Thurs day, August 16, and continued at fre quent intervals throughout that and the next two days. .Dispatches from Valparaiso to the Associated Press dat ed August 19 state that a moderate es timate of the fatalities is 2,000, and that the property loss may be as high as $250,000,000, which latter is as great as the loss sustained by San Fran cisco in consequence of the earthquake and fire which devastated that city last April. A refugee who has arrived at Santia go places the known dead at 100 and other messages indicate that the first reportB of damage and casualties were greatly exaggerated. Dispatches to the State department at Washington place the fatalities at about 500. These conflicting state ments cannot at this time be adjusted. It is evident that even yet confusion and panic prevail at Valparaiso and until order is restored it will be impos sible to ascertain with accuracy the loss of life and property. Ihe dwellings in the city have been practically abandoned b? the inhab itantp, who are existing as best they can in the plazas and streets of the city and in the hills adjacent to it, without shelter from storm and sun, and fam ine confronting them. Food is already scarce and high. Water for drinking purposes is lacking and disease is feared. DISASTER AT VALPARAISO Chilean City Rcduceg to Ruins by Earthquake and Fire. Hundreds of People Crushed to Death Repeated Shocks Destroy Build ings and Cut Off Communication Hundreds Homeless and Terror Stricken by Calamity. New York, Aug. 18. The Herald to day prints the following: Valparaiso, Chili, Friday. Without the slightest tremor of warning an earthquake visited this city at 8 o'clock last night, bringing death to hundreds of persons and leaving many hundreds more imprisonjd in the ruin?, many of whom were burned to death before aid could reach them. Fire started im mediately alter the first shock and every branch of the city's service was paralyzed. Panic and consternation in describable followed, and those who escaped death and injury became fren zied with fear and could render little assistance to the victims. The business section of the city is al most entirely destroyed, and fires are still raging. We are suffering here a repetition of the horrors of San Fran cisco. As night comes on, the city is every where aglow with unobstructed fires. The government is doing all it can to and clouds of choking smoke and vapor Dynamite Makes Hay Grow. Pendleton J. B. McDill. superin tendent of the county poor farm, has harvested the second crop of alfalfa, and the yield will amount to about 180 tons. A portion of the land on this place was underlaid with a l m stone crust about a foot beneath the surface, which detracted from the strength cf the soil. Breaking up with dynamite State Loses $',000,000. Salem That the state school fund would be $1,000,000 better off if the purchasers of school sections in the Blue mountain forest reserve could be induced or compelled to relinquish their claims to the land, is the conclu sion reached by State Land Agent Os wald West, after a careful examination. ine land was bought from the state at $1.25 per acre. If the state now had it, it could be used as base and would bring $7.50 per acre. bring in relief. The crippling of the railroads into Valparaiso constitutes a serious factor in the situation, as for an indefinite period relief supplies can only he ordered through other means of transportation, the eeaboard affording the beet of these. At Santiago many of the best public and private buildings were wrecked. The loss of life there is augmented by the panic which seized the people, many of whom threw themselves from balconies of their homes. The destruc tive force of the earthquake was exper ienced over a large extent of the coun try, many towns sustaining serious damage. EXTEND ALASKA CABLE. System Recommends Early Removal. San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 21. Gen eral W. E. McCaskey, commanding the department of Texas, has made a recom mendation to the War department that the negro troops at Brownsville and elsewhere along the Rio Grande in Tex as be immediately withdrawn. This information is obtained from an au thentic source. The recommends! i n further suggests that the forts now gar risoned with negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry be left without garrison in the interim before their re lief can be Bent. May Tie Up All the Building. San Frsncisco, Aug. 21. A general tie-up of building operations in this city on all the larger buildings is threat ened as a consequence of the refusal cf the contractors to grant the demands made by the hoisting engineers. Yes terday the hoisting engineers, who now receive $i a day, served individual de mands for an increase of $1 a day on all contracts, to take effect tomorrow. The contractors decided not to grant . i : ... ve lue luireaee. a-teu ior. of the land, and has proved successful. The limestone crust beneath the surface prevents the crops from taking deep root, or the Boil from retaining moisture. d'affaires believes was Saturday even-'waB tr'ea aa an experiment upon eome ing, no news had been received in San tiago from Valparaiso on scount of the interruption to the railroad and the telegraph lines. A dispatch to the State department f'om the onsul at Iquique reports that alparaiso is in ruins from an earth quake and is on fire. It is stated that at the time of filing the dispatch there was no communication with Santiago and no further details were obtainable The date of this dispatch is in doubt. Mr. Buchanan, the head of the Amer ican delegation to the Pan-American congress at Rio, cabled the State do partment today stating that no informa tion had been received at Rio Janeiro regarding the earthquake, and asked for news. Secretary Adeecabled the infor mation contained in the dispatches from Minister Hicks at Santiago. State Aids Pendleton Fair. Pendleton President Leon Cohen, of the District Fair association, has re ceived word from Salem that the formal application for $1,500 appropriation had been favorably acted upon and the money was available. The fair is to be held here in September and $1,500 was appropriated by the legislature for cash prizes for educational, agricul tural, horticultural and stock exhibits In addition $250 worth of printed matt ter tor advertising purposes will be turned out by the state printing office. Coke for Takilma Smelter. Grants Paes The first load of coke for the Takilma smelter has left here Captain J. M. Mclntire, who has the contract for hauling , Btates that he has been offered more teamB than he can use, as the teamsters would rather haul coke and matte than lumber. From now on until the rains put a stop to naming tne big freight teams will be kept busy taking coke to the smelter and returning with matte. It takes five days to make a round trip. Large Deal in Sheep. Pendleton One of the largest and most important sheep deals that has been consumated in this locality for some time took place recently when A. Smythe A Sons, of Arlington, sold to C. Oxman, the well known Chicago buver, 18,000 head of mutton sheep at $3 50 a head, which is the maximum price. Ihe amount involved in the transaction is $63,000. HmytheASona will winter over about 25,000 head the coming winter. Fortune in Five Years. Baker City The largest land deal made in Baker county in a quarter of a century was closed a few days ago when Earl F. Cranston sold 720 acres in Powder valley within ten miles of Bk er City, to Brown, Phillips & Geddes, owners of the Baker Packing company ior f do,uuu, reserving tnis year's crop estimated in value at $5,000. Five years ago this land was bought from me government at f z an acre and was a sage brush desert. PORTLAND MARKETS. Many Towns Reported Destroyed. Lima, Pern, Aug. 21 . According to new received here, the towns of Vina del Mar, Petoroa, Hierro Viej-, Llai- 111. Santa Roea de Loa And?. Sare. Melon and Zjnpal'ar, Chile. Lave been destroyed by he earthquake. Wants Cement Factory Site. Oregon City The Oregon City board oi trade is in correspondence with a ce ment manufacturer of Kunsas City, Mo., who is looking for a location on the Coast with a view to establishing a plant. He represents that the plant will tJiploy mow than 250 mer, itb a monthly payroll of about $25,000. An effort will be made to secure the factory for this cit. Wheat Club, 6869c; bluestem, 7071c; valley, 7172c; red,6667c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $26; gray, $25 per ton; new crop, $22 per ton. Barley Feed, $23 per ton; brew ing, $23.50; roiled, $2424.50. Rye $1.50 per cwt. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $11 12.50 per ton; clover, $77.50; cheat, $6.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10. Fruits Apples, common, 5075c per box; fancy, $1.252; apricots, $1.251.35; grapes, $1.75(82 per crate; peaches, 75c$l; pears, $2; plums, fancy, 60 75c per box; common, 50 75c; blackberries, 56c per pound crab apples, 75c per box. .Melons cantaloupes, iz 3 per crate; watermelons, llc per pound Vegetables Beans, 5 7c; cabbage l2c per pound; celery, 85c$l per dozen; corn, 15 20c per dozen; cu cumbers, 40 60c per box; egg plant 10c per pound; lettuce, head, zoc per dozen; onions, 1012c per dozen peas, 45c; bell peppers, 1215c radishes, 10 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 2(3Zc per pound; spinach, z3c per pound; tomatoes, 60 90c per box parsley, 25c; squash, $1.25 per crate turnips, 90c $1 per sack; carrots, $1(3 J.Zo per sack; Deets, l.zoi..ou per sack. Onions New, llc per pound Potatoes Old Burbanks, nominal; new potatoes, Oregon, 7590c. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022i,c per pound. kggs Oregon ranch, zizzc per dozen. Poultry Averageold hens, 1323c per pound; mixed chickens, 12)a13c; springs, 14c; turkeys, live, 16r322c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022Jc; geese, live, iuc; ducks, lKdUc. Hops Oregon, 1905, nominal, 13c; olds, nominal, 10c; 1906 contracts, 16 17c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average bes, 1620c per pound, according to shrinkage-, valley, 2022c, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 28g30c per pound. Veal Dressed, 5! 8c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; cows, 4J5Vsc; country steer. 5'c. Mutton I deseed fancy, 7 8c per pound; ordinary, 5 6c; lambs, fancy, 8(84C. Pork Dressed, 78c per pound, i Government Requires Duplex and Branch South. Washington, Aug. 20. Commercial receipts from the Alaskan cable and telegraph lines amounted to $24,000 in July, which is $2,000 in excess of the amount collected by the United States n any previous month. The official dispatches sent during the month would have coat $12,000 had they been paid for at the commercial rates. This rapid increase in the demands upon the Alaskan cable and telegraph system will be met by the government by the duplexing of the rabies. The cableship Burnside, which is to install the duplexing apparatus at the Alaskan end of the cable, will probably leave Seattle about September 15. It will carry 200 miles of new cable, which has just been shipped from New York for the extension of the cable ser vice south of Ketchikan. This exten sion will be effected by tapping the line from Sitka to Juneau at Cape Fanehaw. From that point a branch line will be extended down to Wrangel, then to Hadley, on Prince of Wales island, and then to Ketchikan, which is only about 60 miles from Port Simpson, the English town which is to be the ter minus of the Grand Trunk Pacific rail way. It is believed that this additional 200 miles of cable will result in a great increase in cable receipts, as the Fed eral system tppa a country which is rich in mines and fisheries and already has many large canning factories which stand greatly in need of daily communication with the United States. In care the cable ship does not encoun ter had weather, the line will probably be completed hefore ovember 1. Cap tain Henry W. Stamford, of the Signal corps, will direct, the laying of the new cable. eettle into the streets and houses, where- throngs of homeless ones are wander ing about, crazed by the awful calamity. It is almost impossible to ascertain how wide an area of country the visita tion has laid waste. Nothing has been heard from Santiago, the capital city of Chile, and it is feared that the fate of that city is as bad or worse than that of Valparaiso. Telegraphic communication is cut off in all direction?, and every one here is too much depressed by the calamity at home to seek information of other places. No trains have arrived or left here since the first shock came, as all of the railroad tunnels are filled and miles of track on the eurface are twist ed and rendened useless. It is only known from general accounts that depth and destruction are on all sides. There were two distinct and terriffic shocks, the second one following almost instantly after the first and completing the work of destruction. The day had been unusually calm and pleasant. Many landslides have occurred around the city and scores of Jives have been loBt. At preeent it is impossible to state the number of dead in the entire city, but it is believed that there are several hundred, many ef whom are still in the ruins. It has laid waste the beet part of the city, and ha9 doubt less put Chile back many years in the Bcale of civilization. NO UNION PACIFIC DIVIDEND. Byerly Gets Good Job. New York, Aug. 20. Samuel Pyer ly, the young clerk employed by the American Express company, who re cently gained noteriety by his bid for $5,800,000 of the Panama canal bonds has become vice president of anew bond company, under the name of the Abraro White Bond company. Mr. Byerly made about $25,000 by disposing of hia allotment of Panama bonds. After closing up the deal, Byerly sailed for Europe, and is now establishing branches and European connections for the new firm. Execute Naval Mutineers. St. Petersburg, Aug. 20. Seventeen of the sailoara of the cruiser Panivat Azova, who mutinied August 2, and an agitator were executed at Reval today. Twelve other sailors were sentenced to hard labor for periods varying from six to ten years J 3 were drafted to the die ciplinary battalions, 15 were condemned to various disciplinary penalties en 1 34 were acquitted. Three civilians imrli cited in thn mu.iny ere handed over to the civil authorities for trial. Functions for Root All Off. Santiago de Chile, Ang. 20. One thud mi u- i ity i.l Valparaiso was de stroyed and 5iv live were loet by the irthqnk. 2uillta. Vino del Mr rt I k,p completely destroyed. The functions arranged for the enter- aiuineiit oi Secretaiy of State Root will be abandoned on account of the uni- vertal mourning in Chile. Has Surplus of Over $25,000.000,. Southern Pacific $19,000,000. New York, Aug. 18. At the conclu sion of a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Union Pacific railroad here today statementn was given that no announcement would be made re garding a dividend. The committee's estimate of the income of the road for the year ending June 30 showed gross receipts from transportation $67,281, 542, increase $7,956,593 over 1905; expenses and taxes, $36,963,773, in crease $5,101,059; surplus available for dividend, 2, 201, 844, increase $6, 416,337. The balance after payment of dividends on the preferred stock was $25,219,812. The sum for expenses includes $2,206,619 for betterments, equipment and repairs. The estimated income of the South ern Pacific company shows: Gross re ceipts from tranf portation, $105,619, 110, increase $7,478,531 ; expenses and taxes. $70,586,64!), increase $4,993, 029; surplus, $21,560,712, increase $9,128,740. After payment of a divi dend of 7 per cent on the preferred stock, the balance was $18,790,833. The sum of $2,117,236 was credited for betterments and equipment. Scourge of Cholera Checked. Seattle, WaBh., Aug. 18. F. P. Warner, connected with the beureau of prisons at Manila, returned to the States on the steamer Dakota today. He says the health authorities in the Philippines have checked the annual scourge of cholera. From June 1, when the first case was reported, up to the time Mr. Warner left the islands, only 13 cases had been found in Manila. Speaking of the island prison, Presidio, at Manila, Mr. Warner says there are 4,000 persons confined there, of whom but 100 are Americans or English. Frauds by Coffee Importers. New York, Aug. 18 Collector of Customs Stranahan conducted an exam ination today in relation to the com plaint by Scott Truxton, government agent of the Porto Rican Commercial agency, that a firm here had made fraudulent declarations of acleatance of coffee. The declarations were made by a boy who, in manifesting several hut Ired hags whicn contained coffee a 'rhoico red beans," omitted the word ofTee." Sulta's Thank Offering. Constantinople, Aug. 18. The sultan has M'dered the release of all the pris oners in the empire who have complet ed two-thirds of their sentences, as a mark of gratification for the recovery t of bis health.