Heppner Gazette
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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.