Heppner Gazette rack Mt HEFPNHR ORBQON INCREASE ARMY PAY. 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. It is so altered its makes wouldn' recognize it. Bryan says Roosevelt is protecting railroad corpoiations from prosecution The New York teamsters' strike is marked with numerous acts of violence The Chinese legation at Paris denies that the dowager empress is seriously 111. GFreat Britain has just launched a third battleship of the Dreadnaught clas. E. F. Noel has received the Demo cratic nomination for governor of Ten nessee. Labor Commissioner Neill etill has hopes of compromising the telegraph ers' strike. Two persons were killed in a cyclone which swept over Eau Claire county Wisconsin. Nearly all Euroepans are leaving Morocco on account of the gravity of the situation. The Hamilton club, the great Chi cago Republican organization, is to buili a $2,000,000 skyscraper. Taft advises the people of Oklahoma to reject the constitution framed for use when the territory becomes a state The Chicago & Alton railroad has been sold to the Toledo, St. Louis & Western. Raisuli, the Moorish bandit, has de feated the army sent by the sultan to capture him. eatern railroads are again issuing warnings to coal dealers to lay in a winter supply before too late. jjeatns irom tne Duoonic plague in India promise to exceed all former rec ords during theg present year. Heney and Delmas continue to fight every step in the Glass ' bribery case now being tried in San Francisco. Japanese have sued the city of San Francisco lor $2,575 damages on ac count of the restaurant wrecked by a mob. A heavy electric storm has done much damage to telegraph and telephone wires in Northern California and South ern Oregon. Texas has begun suit against the In ternational Harvester company for $1, 100,000 for alleged violation of the anti-trust laws. Vice Preeident Zimmer, of the Paci fic States Telephone company, has been sentenced to imprisonment for three months for coontempt in refusing to answer questions in the Glass trial. He has appealed. Count Boni has been snubbed by Gould in London. The Philippine government has sup pressed the flag of a Becret rebel soci ety. Diivers and stablemen employed at the wholesale beef packing houses in New York are on strike. Congressman McCall, of Mass., pre dicts hardtimes as a result of the heavy fine imposed oon the Standard Oil com pany. The new San Francisco police board has accepted Chief Dinan's resignation and elected O. M. Anderson as acting chief. Canadian telegraph operators have not struck but threaten to walk out un less the companies refuse to take mes sages from across the boundary. Patients at the New York etate hos pital for the criminal insane rtvolted and were not subdued until one of their number had been shot and killed. Governor Vardman, of Mississippi, has been apealed to for protection to the Western Union strikebreakers ine company omciais say their men have been driven from Holly Springs Grenada and Greenwood. In a speech at Provincetown, Maes President Roosevelt scored the rich lawbreakers. The New Zealand senate baa turned down a measure allowing women a seat in that body. In an explosion of dynamite at Tsing- tau, China, two Germans and 100 Chi nese were killed. The War department has advertised for material with which to improve the Honolulu harbor. Congress Likely to Approve Plan at Next Session. Washington, Aug. 27. Increase in pay of the army, but no increase in its size is the compromise which has been reached between the president and leaders in congress who control legisla tion. The president has given his hearty approval to the plans of the gen- 'eial 6taff of the army which included both increases, but after consultations and conferences, it has been decided that it will be impossible to do more at the nest session of congress than to secure an increase in pay for the army Immediately upon convening bills will be introduced in the senate by Mr. Dick, of Ohio, and in the house by Rep resentative Capron, of Rhode Island, carrying out the agreement which has been reached. These bills will provide for an in crease of 10 per cent in the salary of lieutenant gerenal, 15, per cent in crease for majors and brigade generals, 20 per cent for colonels, lieutenant col onels and majors, 25 per cent increase for captains and lieutenants and 30 per cent increase for noncommissioned officers and privates. It is thought that such a measure will become law It was desired by War department officials that congress should authorize an increase in the strength of the army, not so much by increasing its strength numerically at this time, but by provid ing for creation of new regiments to be given skeleton organization in time of peace. HAVE NO COAL FOR EXPORT. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON CHANGE LOOKED FOR. FAIL TO KEEP LAW. American Companies Obliged to Re- fuse European Orders. Philadelphia, Aug. 27. Because of its inability t) fill the order, the Phila delphi & Reading Coal & Iron company was compelled to decline a contract for 25,000 tons of anthracite, the order for which was tendered by a representative of the Austro-Hungarian chamber of commerce. Ihe proposed purchaser was willing to pay the regular price for placing the coal on board vessels either here or in New York. Another order for 200.000 tons of bi tuminous coal, wanted by the Italian government, is also being offered tc the largest soft coal operators of the Unit ed States, with little prospect of its be ing taken, because of the great expense in delivering it to its destination. The great demand for coal by foreign governments is attributed to the in creased coal consumption by their war ships. All native coal is being used for this purpose, and the supply is not equal to the demand. WHOLE FLEET TO COME. Statute Requiring Killing of Weeds Disregarded in Marion Salem There is evidence that there has been a pretty general disregard of the provisions of the Barrett law, paas ed by the last legislature, providing for the extirpation of Russian, Canadian and Chinese thistles and other obnox ious weeds in this county, and if a strict enforcement of the act were to be insisted upon many of the road super visors of the county, as well as a ma jority of municipalities, would be liable to the penalties imposed for neglect in observing its provisions, ranging from $50 to 500 fines for each offense. This law, which is the repetition of old laws upon the subject, except that its provisions are made more stringent and its scope enlarged to embrace white mustard, cocklebur and silver salt bush, commonly called, requires the road su pervisor of each district to make a tour of inspection of the properties within his territory and serve notice upon all property owners upon whose land any of the weeds mentioned in the list are found to destroy the same before they have bloomed and seeded, and a copy of the notice must be filed with the county court. If the landowner neg lects, fails or reftises to comply with the law in this respect, the road super visor has authority to employ men to destroy the pests and charge the cost to the property owner, which applies as a iien upon the land. ABANDONS SCHOOLS, and Ore- Board of Regents Will Let Drain Monmouth Go Alone. Salem The board of regents of gon state normal schools has rescinded its action of July 18, ordering that the Monmouth and Drain normals be cper- ateu mis year and instead a resolution was adopted declaring that the schools shall not be operated unless donations are received and that "no donations shall be received without the express understanding and agreement, that no claim will be made for repayment by tne state or legislature." The faculty already elected at Mon mouth was discharged and the execu tive committee authorized to elect a new faculty when funds are available. No faculty has been elected by Drain normal. Ex-President Ressler. of Monmouth, Bays that his institution will meet the conditions imposed and that the school will run next year. Ex-President Briggs, of Drain, could not say what the friends of that insti tution will do. BIG PRUNE CROP. FIR BLOCKS ARE THE BEST. Secretary Taft may change all his Philippine trip plans owing to the ill ness of his mother. Reports from Cental Weet and Cali fornia indicate an almost complete re sumption of wire serivce. By means of wireless telegraphy the station at San Francisco sent the cor rect time to Midway island, 2,700 miles away. Sympathy in Portland for the strik ing telegraph operators is making itself known by popular subscriptions for a relief fund. One contribution of $50 was by a former county official. Sixteen Battleships to Sail for Pacific in December. Washington, Aug. 27. The torpedo flotilla which will go to the Pacific coast when the battleships kBail in De cember consists of eight vessels, the Hull, Truxton, Whipple, Hopkins, Worden, Stewart, Lawrence and Mc Donough. Whether all will be fit for the voyage is doubtful. The flotilla will be commanded by Lieutenant H. I. Cone, who commanded the Dale to China four years ago. The number of battleships which will go to the Pacific is 16, not six, as stated in dispatches by an error in transmission. Ships already on the Pacific will increase this number to 19. The official statement of the presi dent after his conference with acting secretary of the Navy department, Rea Admiral Bronson, chief ;of the bureau of navigation, and Rear Admiral Evans, who will command the fleet, is as follows: The conference between the presi dent and the three officers of the navy was called to decide details in connec tion with the Atlantic fleet going to the Pacific. "The fleet will consist of 16 battle' ships. It will Etart some time in De cember. The course of the fleet will be through the Straits of Magellan and up the Pacific coast to San Francisco "The fleet also will, in all probabili ty, visit Puget sound. The question of the routejby which it will return to the Atlantic has not as yet been decided. Steal From Hetty Green. New lork, Aug. 27. Expert ac countants were busy all today and to night in the offices of the Chemical National bank in lower Broadway and it was reported that a large defalcation had been discovered in the big institu tion, which has been known tor years as "Hetty Green's Bank." Detective Sargeant McCafferty, head of the bu reau at headquarters, and several of his aides were out tonight Beraching for one of the men in the cashier s department who is declared to have disappeared with a large amount of money. Oregon Product Excels Other Woods for Switch Blocks. Salem Another instance of the su periority of fir wood over the harder varieties of forestry products for com mercial and industrial purpoees is illus trated in a communication to the rail road commission received from Man ager E. Lyons, of the Northern Pacific Terminal company, of Portland, who states that fir wedges will be used in future for swith and frog blocks in place of hard wood blocks because it is superior adaptation to this use has been demonstrated fully by past experi ments. Mr. Lyons' letter is in reply to a notice from the commission calling at tention to the dereliction of the com pany in permitting swi blocks to remain out of place minal yards, and Mr. Lyons assures ( the commission that this matter, the blame for which he attaches to the ne- j gleet of the track department, will be j attended to more carefully in the fu- I ture. He savs that the hard wood. blocks work out of place on the light track and under heavy traffic, while fir blocks remain securely wedged where driven. Picking Will Begin About September I in Linn County. Albany Prunes are surely a bumper crop this year and the picking in most i of the orchards hereabouts will begin about the first week in September. .Growers are experiencing small difli 'culty in obtaining pickers on account !of the high wages to be paid. The 'prevailing wages for pickers is 6 cents per bushel, this being an advance of 1 cent over the amount paid last year. It is said that a good picker can clear about $3 per day and that children should be able to pick on an average of about 30 pushels per day and thus earn $1.80. It is an interesting fact that while ! the prune industry was conisdered a failure a few years ago, on account of the lack of a market, this condition has been eliminated and growers will re ceive on an average of 50 cents per bushel for all they can produce and bring into the market. The orchards that have been properly cared for will do better this year. Construes Mill License Law, Salem Attorney General Crawford has construed the definition of what constitutes a mill, factory or workshop for the purposes of inspection and levy of fees to include all institutions where itch and frne n machinery is operated for manufac- in tha tor. i turuig purposes, whether conducted soieiy Dy tne owner ot the plant or not Under this interpretation all little shops wherein articles of furniture, etc., are made, come within the mean ing of the act and the owners will be required to pay the annual license fee of not less than $5. Telegraph Operators Expect Peace Overtures Soon, Chicago, Aug. 26. A crisis will be reached in the telegraphers' strike within the next few days, according to the expectations of Chicago operators Announcement to this effect was made today by Frank Likes, chairman of the local strike committee, at a meeting. Mr. Likes declined to disclose fully his reasons for making this statement, but from other sources it was learned that the operators are expecting that some sort of an offer will be received from the companies within a short time. In view of the determined stand taken by both corporations against dealing with the strikers collectively, this report was viewed with skepticism in many quarters. It is Baid that many of the strikers would be willing to return to work up. on the promise that they be given free use of typewriters and a moderate wage increase. Recognition of the union, it is declared, would not be insisted upon ino statement oi jir. taxes concern ing a possible crisig was made during a dispute concerning the advisability of holding a strikers' meeting tomorrow (NEW explosive WORKS WONDERS United States Has Secret Which May Win Next War for Us. Can Tear Ships to Pieces Dunnite Proves Superior to Shimose Pow der, With Which Japan Won Her Great Naval Victories Over Rus sian Fleets. DOGS SMUGGLE IN OPIUM. Dis- Good Coal in Lane Conty. Eugene There is no longer any doubt that coal exists in reasonably large quantities in Lane county and two months will see the commoditv fiom the mine of the Spencer Butte Coal & Petroleum company on the local market. This concern has been de veloping its properties for several months past, and now knows definitely just what it has. The mine is ten miles west of Eugene, and includes 301 acres of land. Considerable of the land consists of a hill about 400 feet high, and large croppings show near the base of this bill, a six and one-half foot vein being an average of the croppings nieas ured. Hop Crop Heavy. Aurora The hop growers in this sec tion are between the devil and the deep sea this year as far as prices for their hops go, for there are no prices, and the growers have no means of knowing when a price will be made, or what it will be. In the Aurora, Butteville and Hubbard districts, the hop crop is as large, if not larger, than last year The yield is bo heavy in many yards that the hops are breaking down the wires and pulling down the posts. PORTLAND MARKETS. Many Coyotes in Linn. Albany The coyote is running ram pant in the hills of Linn county and proving a menace to the safety of the flocks and small stock of the farmers. In spite of local coyote clubs that offer a bounty for scalps, these rapacious beasts seems to flourish and multiply. The court has at times been petitioned to lend assistance by offering an addi tional bounty. The ranchers unite in saying that the coyote is far from ex tinct in Linn county. Mead Takes English Job. Laramie, Wyo., Aug. 27. Dr. El wood Mead, formerly Etate engineer of Wyoming, later professor of irrigation engineering at the Colorado Agricul tural college, and afterward chief of the bureau of irrigation of the Depart ment of Agriculture, has accepted the position of chief of irrigation investiga tion for Australia, from the British government, at a salary ot f lo.uuu per annum. Dr. Mead lo-t an arm in a streetcar accident a few years ago. Crops Are Good at Bly. Bly Owing to a heavy rainfall, hay ing is progressing slowly, though there is a good crop to harvest. There is lit- tele grain sowed through this district, though what there is is headed well and will make a very heavy crop. Al falfa is being cut the second time. Other crops show up very favorably. New Instructor Arrives. Ashland Professor H. II. Wardrin, who will have charge of the new man ual training department of the state normal and of the work in physical culture, has arrived at Ashland, and is superintending the installation of the equipment required for the new de partment. Jzpan Blames America. Tokio. Aug. 27. It is reported that the investigations made on the part of Japan concerning the Pribyloff incident of June 19 show that the Japanese fishermen offered no resistance what ever and that the firing by the Ameri can guards was unprovoked. Ihe Washington government has been no tified to that effect, and Tokio ie now awaiting reply. The public is watch ing the affair with keen interest. Cannery a Failure. Milton The cannery at Freewater has closed its doors. Inability to se cure funds for running expenses is the cause or its action. A great deal of to matoes, corn, berries, etc., which had been contracted for by outside parties will not be forthcoming owing to the shutdown. Clatsop Building New Road. Astoria Clatsop county is buildinea public highway along what is known as the coast route between this city and the Tillamook county line, the plan be ing to secure a good road as soon as dos- eible to Tillamook city. Wheat (New crop) Club, 7879c; bluestem, 8082c; valley, 80c; red, 7677c. Oats (New crop) No. 1 white, $23.50; gray, $23. Barley (New crop) Feed, $22 22.50 per ton; brewing, $2424.50. Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $29, per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $1718 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21 23; clover, $9; cheat, $910; grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $1314. Butter, Fancy creamery, 3235c per pound. Poultry Averageold hens, 1313c per pound; mixed chickens, 12c; spring chickens, 14(150; old roost ers, 89c; dressed chickens, 1617c; turkeys, Jive, 1516c; turkeys, dress ed, choice, nominal; geese, live, 8 10c; ducks, 10c. Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 2526c per dozen . Veal Dressed, 6)8c per pound. Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 8 8Je; packers, 78c. Fruits Apples, $11.75 per box; cantaloupes, 65c $1.10 per crate; peaches, 50c$l per crate blackber ries, 57c per pound; prunes, $1.50 1.75 per crate; watermelons, lljc per pound; plums, $1.501. 65 per box; pears, $1.50 per box; apricots, $1.502 per box; grapes, $1.251.75 per box. Vegetables Turnips, $1.75 per sack; carrots, $2 per pack; beets, $2 per sack; asparagus, 10c per pound; celery, $1.25 per dozen; corn, 2535c per doren; cucumbers, 10 15c per "dozen; lettuce, hfad, 25c per dozen: onions, lo20c per dozen;, peas, 45c per pound; pumpkins, l)2c per pound; rhu barb, 3c per pound; beans, 35c per pound; cabbage, 2c per pound; squash, 50c$l per box; tomatoes, 6090c per crate; sweet potatoes, 5 52'c per pound. Onions $2.252.50 per hundred. Potatoes New, $11.25 per hun dred. Hops 46c per pound, according to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 1622c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 2022c, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 2930c per pound 1 Customs Officials Make Unique covery Near Blaine, Wash. Seattle, Aug. 26. One of the most clever methods of smuggling silk and opium into the United States from British Columbia yet known has been discovered by customs officers at Blain, Wash., on the international boundary line. Trained dogs were used to carry on the busineisjjand the customs officers believe that hundreds of pounds of the contraband drug have been brought into this country in that manner. As a result of the discovery by the officers Thomas Smith is in custody awaiting trial on a charge of smuggling. The first inkling that dogs were used for smuggling came a few days ago when Officer Lane, of the Bellingham station, shot a dog which he saw run ning through the thick timber near Blaine. The canine was loaded down with a leather saddle in which was found three pounds of opium and a package of silk. Where the dog came from and where he was going were mysteries which the officials at once began to ferret out. The oflicers took a coon dog with them to the boundary line where the first caninel was seen. For three days they waited before anothe dog came along with a pack saddle on its back. This time there were three dogs loaded down with the drug. The men let them pass, and then, with the aid of the coon dog, they traced them to an old shack near Blaine. The officers afterwards arrested Smith on a charge of smuggling. New York, Aug. 24. The Times to day says: "The experiments at the bandy Jlook proving grounds with Dunnite, the high explosive invented by Major Dunn, of the Ordnance corps, U.S.A., have proved that the United States possesses in Dunnite the secret of an explosive perhaps more powerful and destructive than any other explosive ever invented. 'Dunnite, army oflicers say, is more powerful than Shimose, the explosive with which the Japanese did such ter rific execution in the naval battles off Port Arthur and Vladivostok and in the Sea of Japan. Shimose ordnance ofli,- cers say the explosive is a compound of picric acid, the secret of which is known to the ordnance officers of all the first- class powers. On the other hand, the secret of Dunnite is in the exclusive possession of the United States government. "In the recent tests of Dunnite at Sandy Hook it is said that the very best five and six-inch armor plates that could be obtained were used as targets. The result oi every shot was the same. The armor plate was smashed into thousands of small pieces, it is said, by their impact. The impact of the Dun nite is also all that is necessary to ac complish the destruction of the target. Penetration is not necessary, the impact being Eiieh that the armor is shattered into countless pieces. "The droping of a Dunnite shell on the deck of a battleship, it is said by many ordnance oflicers, would mean the immediate sinking of that ship, not by penetration of its vital parts, but sim ply by racking the vessel until her seams opened and the inrush of water sent her to the bottom. This, it is said by some ordnance officers, was the way that the Japanese put the Russian ship out of commission. They would dror the Shimose shells on the decks, and the destructive Shimose did the rest. SAILS NEXT DECEMBER. JUDGE SEARS DEAD. Member of State Circuit Court for Multnomah County. Portland, Aug. 26. Judge Alfred F. Sears, Jr., of the State Ciriuit court, one of the foremost jurists of Oregon, died of apoplexy at his residence, 590 East Madison street, shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Death was altogether unexpected, for not the slightest warning to members of the family foretold the end. The funeral will bo held Tuesday. Judge Sears was in his usual health Saturday. He was about the city, and to many of his friends and associates seemed in the best of spirits. He re tired about10 o'clock Saturday night, rather earlier than usual, and it was not until Mrs. Sears stepped into his room at 4 o'clock to see if he was sleep ing well, that it was known he had passed away. Dr. A. J. Giesy was immediately called, but the judge was past all med ical aid. He had ceased breathing when found by Mrs. Sears, and the opinion of the physician is that he had died but a short time before. No scund was heard from his room, and this leads to the belief that the end was peaceful and painless. Bank Notes From the Sea. Berlin, Aug. 26. A package of bank notes of the National Provincial bank of England recently was washed up on the beach f the Island of Foehr, off the Schleswig-Holstein coast, and found by a workman on his way to his fac tory. It is supposed, as no owner has appeared to claim them, that they be longed to a passenger on the ill fated Berlin, which went down off the Hook of Holland. The notes have been de posited in the safe keeping of the po lice. If unclaimed in nine months they will be handed over to the finder. Four Shot in Holdup. Billings, Mont., Aug. 26. Four men were shot, one fatally and one maimed for life, in an attempted holdup this morning at Huntley, one of the govern merit townsites on 1 the recently opened Huntley irrigation project. Six Finns and one American were sleeping in a box car when Ihey were awakened by an order to hold up their hands. The Finns refused and the robbers opened fire. Three Finns and one robber were wtunded. Roosevelt Will Send Only Six Battle ships to Pacific. New York, Aug. 24. Secretary Loeb announced tonight that a fleet of six battleships will start for the Pacific some time in December via the Straits of Magellan, touching at San Francisco also probably at Puget sound. A destroyer flotilla will leave for the Pacific about the same time, but will not accompany the battleships. This is the first positive announce ment of the date when the battleship fleet will sail for the Puci fic coast. The first announcement was made by Secre tary of the Navy Metealf on July 4, and the details were given out the following day, but the date of departure was only given vaguely as some time in the fall. It was stated in July that 16 battle ships four cruisers and the gunboat Yorktown would come through Magel lan Straits, but the above dipatch says only six ha ttleships are coming. This may be an error in transmission, which it is impossible to have corrected in the present condition of the telegraph serv ice. It is quite probable, however, that the number six is correct and that the number has been cut down, either because the government thought it unwise to bo nearly denude the At lantic coast of battleships or because it was desired to deprive the movement of any appearance of, a hostile demonstra tion against Japan'. Assuming that the fleet starts on ita voyage about the middle of December, it should arrive at San Francisco about the middle of February, 1908, as 60 days is considered ample time for the voyage. Sultan's Brother on Throne. Tangier, Aug. 26. A courier from Morocco t i ty confirms the reports that the sultan's brother was proclaimed sultan Augiift 16, and assumed the throne. The new sultan declares his intention of appointing another brother kalif of Fez, and then proceed to take command of the Moorish forces besieg ing Casa Blanca. Sentence Postponed. San Francisco, Am. 24. John A. Benson and Dr. Edward B. Perrin, con victed by a jury in the United Statea District court of conspiracy to defraud the government in securing 1,200 acres ' of land in Tehama county, weie to have been sentenced today by Judge De Ha ven, but when the case was called at torneys for the defense asked for time in which to prepare a motion for a new trial. The prosecution did not object, and Judge De Haven granted a post ponement of sentence until next Tues day morning. Schumaker Will Tell. Philadelphia, Aug. 24. James M. Schumaker, ex-superintendent cf the capitol building at Harrisburg, who pleaded illness and remained secluded in his home, during the inventigation of capitol building scandals, now de clares that he will tell everything he knows. Schumaker alleges that the manipulation of funds was engineered by a high state official to cover up a shortage in the treasury and to save the name of a deceased U. S. senator. Cholera Outbreak in China. Berlin, Aug. 24. A Shanghai special says that there is a cholera outbreak in China, and several Europeans have suc cumbed thereto. Preventive measures have been adopted in the foreign quar ter. Several Chinese and Japanese towns are affected but a spread through- ocean steamers is regarded improbable-