Hcppncr Gazette
. . .
Issued Thursday of tech Week
HEPPNER OREGON
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner tc
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historica'
and Commercial Importance.
Bryan counts on carrying New York.
The biff theater hat has been abol
ished in Paris play houses. .
The grand jury at Springfield, 111.,
has returned 20 more indictments.
Taft says that, if elected, he will
call a special session of congress to re
vise the tariff.
The sultan is recalling his ministers
and ambassadors and replacing them
with new men.
Serious troulbe is feared in the Ala
bama coal district where the white
miners have ordered the blacks to leave.
During a storm near Pottsville, Pa.,
lightning set off a-charge of dynamite
1,300 feet under ground, killing two
men.
A Southern Indiana coal mine has
been foreclosed by a Chicago bank
which held paper to the amount of $3,
000,000. The trial of Theodore W. Halsey, the
San Francisco telephone magnate, has
been postponed until September 26, on
account of illness.
Mayor Taylor, of San Francisco, has
received notice that the government
has made an additional appropriation
of $3,300 a month with which to fight
the plgaue.
A non-union negro miner was shot
from ambush near Birmingham, Ala.
Six indictments have been returned
at Springfield, Illinois, against rioters.
Holland awaits the report of M. De
Reus before deciding on final action
against Castro.
The National Editorial association
n working for a new libel law, seeing
defects in the present statutes.
New York firms have secured con
tracts amounting to $16,000,000 for
paving and sewer work in Havana.
The Congo Reform associaation has
protested to Secretary Root against
the annexation of Free State by Bel
gium. A Connecticut farmer emulaatedl
Darius Green by atttempting to fly
with a pair of paper wings he had con
structed. The repeal of the Fourteenth amend
ment was predicted at the National
association of attorney generals held
in Denver.
Harriman has promised to extend
the Columbia Southern railway into
Central Oregon and says work will be
gin at once.
A row is on in the British cabinet.
This will end King Leopold's bloody
reign in Africa.
Turkish women are to be emanci
pated under the new regime.
The Belgian chamber of deputies has
adopted the Congo annexation treaty.
The pope, who has been suffering
from a cold, has almost entirely re
covered. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
officials have issued a general order to
hereafter accept no whiskey ads for
directories.
Springfield was inflamed by the ac- :
cidental shooting
ness and for a
oi a granu jur vwl- ,
time it looked as if
another riot would break out.
The Wells-Fargo Express company
has lost all Rock Island business,
amounting to $1,700,000 a year, be
cause a $2,000,000 loan was refused.
Attorney General Hadley,. of Mis
souri, says there is something wrong
with a judge who will render a decis
ion like the Federal court gave in the
Standard Oil appeal.
A meteorograph is being set up on
Mount Rose, Nevada. This machine
registers automatically for 40 days at
a time, the temperature, atmospheric
pressure, humidity and other data of
importance in determining weather
conditions.
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refuse Dutch '
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Castro continues
vessels to call.
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The Young Turk party is perfecting
a plan to depose the sultan.
The Oregon Supreme court has just
decided a case started 1 years ago.
The Russian government continues
to execute alleged revolutionists by
the score.
The Rock Island railroad is said to
be seeking control of the .Moffat road
now building from Denver to Salt Lake
City.
Great preparations will be made to
welcome Roosevelt in Egypt when he
visits there on his trip around the
world.
In his speech of acceptance, Chafin,
Frohobition candidate for president, ac
cused the old parties of suppressing the
liquor issue.
A Canadian pressman at Chicago has
appealed to the British consul for pro
tection against the labor union, fearing
his life is in danger.
TRAIN IS WRECKED.
Cottage Grove Local Goes Into Ditch
Near Eugene.
Eugene, Or., Aug. 25.- Fireman
Frank Boulter and three unknown
tramps were killed, Engineer Jack
Nichols was fatally injured, and six
passengers were badly hurt in a wreck
of the southbound Cottage Grove local
shortly after 9 o'clock Sunday night,
four miles north of this city.
When two miles north of Irving,
the engine, going at schedule speed,
struck a cow, which was on the track,
and turned turtle, landing in the ditch.
The baggage cars and passenger coach
es, pushing the tender ahead of them,
continued on the ties for 75 feet until
the baggage car climbed on top of the
tender and stood on end. The impact
hurled three of the passenger coaches
from the track, only the last two re
maining on the rails.
The wreck, from the standpoint of
destruction to rolling stock,, is one of
the worst in recent years in the South
ern Pa:ifie in Oregon.' The engine
and tender are a pile of scrap iron.
The rails and ties are torn up for a dis
tance of 75 feet, while the passenger
coaches and baggage car lie on their
sides in the ditch. The cow which
tried to cross the track and caused the
wreck was cut completely in two.
ARE READY FOR HOME RULE.
Cubans Capable of Self-Government,
According to Magoon.
Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 25. Charles
E. 'Magoon, provisional governor of
Cuba, talked with Mr. Taft today re
garding conditions in Cuba.
That the people of Cuba are qualified
for self government is the positive
assertion of Governor Magoon. The
Cuban people, he indicated, are heart
ily in favor of i government ownership
of public utilities. They now own the
telegraph lines and the test of the pop
ular will, which has just been made on
the question oi private concessions ior
telephone lines, he believes has demon-
strated their desire for government
ownersmp. ine lest reieireu io vt
made at the suggestion of President
Roosevelt, and consisted in the submis
sion to the 82 provinces of the draft of
a law which, if approved and enacted,
would have resulted, according to Gov
ernor Magoon, in the telephone busi
ness of the island going into the hands
of the present Havana Telephone com
pany. The concession of this company
expires in 1910, whereupon the tele
phone lines and plant of the company
in that city will revert to the Cuban
government.
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FORTY PERISH WITH SHIP.
Norwegian Steamer Goes Down Off
Coast of Norway.
Bergen, Norway, Aug. 25. The
Norwegian steamer Folgen Fonden,
from Bergen to Haugesund, on the
west coast of Norway, was wrecked
last night near Skoneviks and sank in
three minutes.
The steamer carried "70 passengers
and it is believed 40 of them were
drowned. Fifteen bodies have been
recovered. The captain of the steamer
was among those saved.
The Folgen Fonden carried on only a
local traffic and it is believed that
no foreigners were aboard.
It is reported that a terrible panic
occurred when the steamer struck;
that fearful scenes were witnessed as
the vessel sank. Beats were hurriedly
manned by those who had witnessed
the catastrophe and they hurried to
where the steamer had gone down, but j
most of them arrived too late to rescue
the passengers.
Bring Geld From Alaska.
Spattle, Aug. 25. The steamship
Hyades arrived at midnight from Nome
with $300,000 in gold dust and a small
consignment of freight. Her arrival
caused considerable surprise, for being
a freighter and starting trom Nome
nn hnnr after the stenmshin Nnrth-
'western, a passenger ship, it was
thought the Hyades would not show up
for at least two days yet. The steam
ship Northwestern arrived at 4 o'clock
this afternoon from Nome, bringing :
330 passengers, $20,000 worth of iur
and $150,000 in gold dust.
Miners Burn Nevada Town.
Reno, New, Aug. 25. Hazen.
junction point of three railroads
the mining camps was destroyed
fire, when miners celebrating the
the
into
by
sec-
ond stampede to Rawhide, overturned
a gasoline generator in their room. A
loss of nearly 8100,000 was caused,
every building in the town being
burned excepting the Southern Pacific
fiepot anrl freiht ehods. The fire
burned from the eastern end of the
town to the extreme western end.
Alaska Town Wiped Out.
Seattle, Aug. 25. - Moore City,
Alaska, in the Innoko district, was
burned on July according to passen
gers who arrived on the Northwestern
today from Nome' and St. Michael".
The United States commissioners of
fice, the jail and a few cabine were
left standing.
Turkish Car it; I Alimo.
Constantinople, Aug. 25. Fire broke
out this afternoon in the Stamboul
quarter and within a very brief period
a terrible conflagration was raging. A
strong wind carried the flames along at '
great speed and for six hours they j
swept over the section, destroying
1,500 houses and shops. I
Von Sternberg is Dead.
Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. 25.
Speck Von Sternberg, former German
ambassador to the United States, died i
here yesterday morning. .
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
FIELD FOR SILK CULTURE.
Oregon Climate Appeals to Caucasian
Expert.
Portland Datika Kaukasieli,- of Ku
ties, Caucasia, of the well kneiwn fam
ily of ...noblemen of Kaukasielis, is
here in the interest of silk culture.
Mr. Kaukasieli says this is a very fine
climate for the production of silk, and
that the establishment of silk culture
means much for the Pacific ccast. lie
says it would do more for this cj; st
than any other industry, and would
mean employment for thousands and
may result in the building of factories
when the culture is well established.
' "Silk culture is one of the greatest
productions commercially and has made
nations and established commerce, and
is the means of great wealth," said he.
Mr. Kaukaseili has invented a device
by which silk can be produced at prices
which makes the industry profitable,
even at the high price for labor in
America. He is very enthusiastic re
garding it, and says he will establisn
the silk industry in the United States.
Turpentine From Stumps.
La Grande That an excellent grade
of commercial turpentine can be made
from old pine stumps which literally
cover the Blue mountains, is the re
markable discovery of W. E. Powell, a
painter of this city, who is now per
fect ng a process of extracting the
fluid trom the stumps. Mr. Powell
has been offered large sums for his dis
covery, but so far has declined to sell
and will develop the industry himself.
He declares that an ecxellent grade of
turpentine can be secured from the pine
stumps of the logged-off lands, thous
ands cf acres of which lie accessible to
the railroad in all parts of Eastern
, 0re(ron and he believes that he has
a
j discovery which can be DUnt into
; tpriP
Seeking Route for Line.
Eugene Reports from the country
lying west of Eugene say that men rep
resenting the Carver railroad are at
work choosing a route for the road that
will bring it to Eugene before going
to the coast. It is known that Mr.
Carver's first plan was to build out in
to the timber belts and thus work to
ward the coast, but since the project
was started the lumber business has
fallen off so that it will be necessary
for the road to depend on something
else for its freight. Thus it is consid
ered probable that the growing portion
of Western Lane will be tapped and
the road extended from Eugene through
the Siuslaw country to the coast.
Suffers Butter Famine.
Tillamook Despite the fact
that
Tillamook is the main source of supply
for dairy products for all parts of the
Northwest, locally it is now suffering
from an acute famine. For the past
few weeks it has been impossible for
the housewife to secure a roll of butter
for culinarry purposes. This extraor
dinary phenomenon is accounted for by
the fact that Tillamook butter brings
fancy prices outside, and the manufac
turer either finds it more profitable to
ship his goods, or else has his output
contracted for in advance, and the
home merchant must rely upon that of
domestic manufacture for his supply, i
Gold Near La Grande.
La Grande The city of La Grande
is considerably sitrred up over the a -pearance
on the streets recently of a
man carrying a sack of gold ore which
he asserts he found on Mt. Emily, les
than 10 miles from the city, a peak
which overlooks the entire valley. The
ore exhibited gave everjj v'dence of
being first class and of pnyimr grade.
During the past 20 da s he las been
prospecting on the mountain, and h's
sack brought here is only a part ( f h s
findings. Local men who own claims
in the vicinity of the hill will tal e
active steps to look into the rumor
Buy Provisions at Portland.
Portland Local merchants will not
los? the trade of the comminry de
partment of the Northern Pacific be
cause of the transfer of this d- p la
ment to the Spokane, Portland & S a
tle road. F. H. Fogarty, assistant
general passenger aent of the North
ern Pacific, has written M. Mosses hn,
acting secretary of the chamber of
commerce, that the new service will
result in the dining cars of both roads
securing all their produce in Portland.
Hop Crop Light in Marion.
Hubbard Hops and hop picking are
uncertainties at the present time. Not
all the hops in this part of Mnrien
c unty were cultivated or cared for1
t'is year, and now, owing to the ev-;
tremely weak market, it is higlly
probable that many yards that have
be"n cultivated will rot be picked.
The crop is not a heavy one, as many
of the long arms on the lower part of
the v'nes have no hops on at all. Pick- j
ing will be later than usual.
N-jw Road Projected.
Albany An electric line from Albany
to Brownsville, a distance of 22 miles,
is being projected by E. II. Rhodes, a
local capitalist. He also plans to build
a street railway system in this city.
and if franchises are secured he will
begin work immediately. Local capit-
al is behind both enterprises, and other
local men, whose names have not yet
been made public, are associated in
the project with Rhodes.
FIX PICKING PRICE.
Hop Growers at Salem Decide Upon
Eighty Cents a Hundred.
Salem About 40 hopgrowres of this
vicinity met at the city hall and adopt
ed a resolution fixing SO cents a hun
dred pounds as the price to be paid for
hop picking this season. This is 20
cents a hundred less than last year.
The opinion was unanimous that
growers cannot pay over 80 cents a
hundred and can scarcely afford to pay
that much in view of the present price
of hops. Eighty cents a hundred is
practically the same as 40 cents a box.
Joseph Harris, agent for Benjamin
Schwarz & Sons, has received word
from London that the Kentish Obser
ver in its last issue estimates the Eng
lish hop crop for 1908 at 540,000 hun
dred weight, against 275,000 hundred
weight last year.
Boost Good Roads.
Corvallis The launching of a great
campaign for legislation and state aid
for public roads, the enactment of leg
islation to obtain legal title and for the
protection by the state of that title
for users of water for irrigation and
power, the inauguration of a move
ment for cutting up big tracts of land
for division among small holders, and
the furthern prosecution of the claims
of the Willamette valley and Oregon
for the government purchase and coi -trol
of the Willamette locks and the
improvement of the Willamette river,
were primal objectives of the meeting
held here last week, at which an en
thusiastic body of Corvallis business
men was presennt.
Vale Wants Irrigation.
Vale A Commercial club meeting
was held here last week and a commit
tee was appointed to take up the mat
ter of government irrigation in this
county. It was the opinion of the club
that favorable consideration will be
given the matter at this time. The
project was known as the Malheur and
covered all the different streams in the
north half of this county. H. L. Wal
lace, who has returned from New
York, stated that the Federation bonds
will be signed within a week. He has
contracts with an Eastern construction
company.
Yamhill Wheat of Fine Qjality.
McMinnville Wheat, once Yamhill's
main crop, but now only a side issue
with the farmers, is coming to the
warehouses quite lively this week. So
far 27 ' bushels to the acre, machine
measure, is about the best yield report
ed, although the grain is generally very
plump and heavy and overruns in
weight. One farmer's load of 25 sacks
gainedsix bushels when weighed at the
warehouse. There are a number of
crops not yet threshed where the esti
mated yield has been placed much high
er than the average.
Railroad Rates Bar Stockmen.
Klamath Falls L-nless the stock
men of this section secure abetter ia"e
they will be forced to drive to Shas a
valley, California, before loading
stock on the cars. Some of the stock
men made a shipment from Mou: t
Hebron, a station on the Californ'a
Northeastern, but the rate was so hieh
thit they can afford to drive to Monta
gu, a distance of about 15 miles, and
lord at that place. Another effort is
being made to secure better rates.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 88c per bushel ; forty
fold, 90c ; Turkey red, 90c ; fife, 88c;
bluest 'm, 92c; valley. 88c.
Birlev Feed, $24 50 rer ton; roll
ed, f 270 28; brewing, $2'k
Oats -No. 1 white, $26.50 per ton;
grpy, $26.
Hpy T'mothy, Willamette Valley,
$!4per ton; Willamette vflley ordi
nary, $11; Eastern Cregm, $16.50;
mixed. $13: clover, $9; alfalfa, $11.
Fruits Peaches, 40(7; 85c per box;
Bartlett pears, $150. per box; plums,
75c per box: grap s, 85eO$1.50 per
crate; blackberries, $10 1.10 per crat".
Potatoes -- $10 12 5 r r hundred;
j sweet pet" toes, 3,0 4c per p und.
! M Ions - Cantaloupes, $1.25 re; 1.75
pr crate; watermelons. $1.50 per 100
loos"; raed, ',c additional; casabas,
$2.25 per dozen.
j V g.'lab'.es Turnips, $1.50 per sack ;
; carrots, $1.75 p rsack; parsmps, $1.75
per sack; beets, $1.50 per sack ; beans,
j 5c pel -ound ; cabbage, 1 i1., c per pound ;
corn, 250 30c per dozen: cucumbers,
3 0 40c per box : egg p' ant, $1.75 p r
crate; lettuce, heal, 15c p:T dozen;
pirsley, 15c per dozen; peas, Gc per
pound; peppers, 80 10c per pound;
radishes, 12 '.jc per dozen ; spinach, 2c
per pound ; tomatoes, 75cf$1.25 per
crate; celery, 90c0$l per dozen; arti
chokes, 75c per dozen.
Butter- Extras, 30p per p und ; fan
cy. 27 V.c; choice, 2.rc; store. 18c.
Fggs Oregon extras, 2'Of ?7c per
dozen ; first s.
2 ui :
;c; second
20
23c; thirds. 1. "0 20c; Eastern. 2 102" c.
Poultry- Mixed chickens, 130 13 '.c
p r pound; fancy hens, 11c; roosters.
10c; spring, loe; duds, od, lZc;
spring, 130 15c; geese, old. 8c; young,
10c; turkeys, eld, 170 18c; young,
20c.
Veal Extra. 8c per pound; ordinary,
707,' vc; heavy, 5c.
Pork Fancy, 7c per pound; ordi
nary, 6c; large, 5c.
Mutton Fancy, 80 9c per pound.
Hops 1907, prime and choice, 4,'
05c per pound; olds, l0l?4c; con
tracts, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average
best. 100 16 1, .c per pound, according
to shrinkage; valley, 15015.ic; mo
hair, choice, 180il8c.
FEAR STRIKE RIOT.
Conditions Growing Serious in Ala
bama Coal District.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 24. The
nerve tension in the Alabama strike
zone is exceedingly taut. The attempt
at assassination of a nonunion miner
at Pratt City last night is a theme' of
general discussion. Deputies attempt
ed to make an arrest for trespass at
mine No. 5 of the Tennessee company
near Pratt City today and met resist
ance on the part of white women. Two
women were arrested.
A big barbecue waa held at Fulton
Springs several miles north of this
city today. Several thousand miners,
union men, were present, and W. R.
Fairley, Alabama member of the na
tional board of mineworkers, was
among the principal speakers.
A number of evictions from com
pany houses has been accomplished at
the Sayre mines. Big bodies of men
are meeting all trains along the north
end of the mineral railroad.
Reports come that threatening let
ters are being dropped on the porches
of homes of men remaining at work,
and as a result many men are leaving.
AVERT CLASH ON BORDER.
French and German Officers Cool
headed in Emergency.
Paris, Aug. 24. War between Germ
any and France was averted by the cool
headedness of French and Geruman
army officers in a dramatic frontier
episode which is reported from Lunes
ville. Two German army corps are en
gaged in maneuvers near the border,
and yesterday morning a battalion of
French rifles, marching out from Ram
bersvillers, approached within 50 yards
of the frontier and suddenly found it
self face to face with a German regi
ment which was drawn up at an equal
distance on the other side.
The troops stood looking at each oth
er for a moment without uttering a
word or giving vent to an explanation,
and then their respective commanders
simultaneously orderered them to face
about, ami they were soon at a prudent
distance from each other.
A fine illustration of military discip
line was given on both sides, as a cry
might have been the signal for serious
trouble
BUILD MANY SHIPS.
Japs Will Have Large Fleet of Auxil
iary Cruisers.
New York, Aug. 24. According to
Kashiora Shiba, one of the managers
of the Mitsuhishi dockyard at Naga
saki, Japan, the Japanese government
is making earnest efforts to increase
its fleet of auxiliary cruisers. Mr.
Shiba, who arrived at the Hotel Astor
tonight, declared that while the Japan
ese navy is highly efficient, there is
need of a fleet of steamships which
could, in time of war, be converted in
to cruisers.
"Our dockyard, " said he, "is work
ing at its fullest capacity. We are at
present turning out three 14,000 tur
bine steamships, which will do 21
knots, and which will ply between San
Francisco and Hongkong via Japan.
The boats will use oil for fuel. In ad
dition to these boats, we are building
four large steamships, which will run
from Japan to England via the Suez
canal. All these vessels will be at the
service of Japan in case of war. Our
dockyard, of course, is not the only one
that is active in producing this big
order for auxiliaries. The dockyards
at Kobe and other places are all run
ning at their full capacity."
Strikers Cry'Conspiracy.
Montreal, Aug. 24.- A formal state
ment issued today by Iiell Hardy, chair
man of the federated trades of the
Canadian Pacific railway system,
charges that the strike of the past
three weeks, in which 8,000 workmen
have been engaged, is due to a conspir
acy on the part of some of the officials
of the company to disrupt the unions
and drive the union men from the
company's employ. This conspiracy,
Hardy alleges, had its inception in
conferences held by the railway super
intendents and master mechanics early
in the present year.
Cloudbursts in Colorado.
Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 24. Cloudbursts
in the vicinity of Florence tonight
transformed Oak, Chandler and Sand
creeks into raging torrents, which are
sweeping through Florence and vicini
ty leaving ruin in their wake. The
damage is expected to agrgegate $150,
000. The Florence Fuel company
alone has been damaged to the extent
of $2, 000. Water covered the Santa
Fe tracks to a depth of several feet,
and the Rio Grande's are in danger.
Dere'i-rt in Mid-Pacific.
Honolulu, Aug. 21. The steamship
Asia which arrived here today from
Hongkong and Yokohama encountered j
a derelict schooner in latitude 33 :5(
north, longitude ".' :25 east. It is
thought that the dismasted vessel was
M.e Japanese schooner Kinomoto Maru.
The Asia carries a cargo of .silk valued
at two and one half million dollars, to
ie lanueii at un iraneisco. ihe
steamer Aorargi en route from Van-
eou-er to Australia arrived here today.
Mefpor Falls in Kansas.
Salina, Kan., Aug. 24. A large
meteor fell three miles north of Ells
worth last night, lighting up the coun
try for miles around, and burning
brightly 20 minutes after it struck the
ground. The meteor exploded when it
struck the rround, and shook the town
of Ellsworth.
ASKS REHEARING
OF REBATE CASE
Government Presents Petition to Cir
cuit Court of Appeals.
Should
of
Decision Stand, Prosecution
Future Cases of Like Nature
Would Come to Naught,
Argues
Attorney General Would
Elkins Law.
Nvllify
Chicago, Aug. 22. Petitions for a
rehearing in the Standard Oil case
were presented by the Federal govern
ment in the Circuit Court of Appeals
here today. It is authoritatively stat
ed that this is the administration's at
tempt to save the Elkins act and the
interstate commerce law from becom
ing futile.
The filing of the petition marked the
appearance of Attorney General Bona
parte in the case as well as that of
Frank B. Kellogg, who is a special
assistant to the attorney general. Be
sides these two names the petition is
signed by Edwin W. Sims, United
States district attorney at Chicago,
and Special Assistant James H. Wil
kerson, both of whom presented the
government's side of the case in the
original hearing before Judge Landis,
who administered the famous fine of
$29,240,000 against the defendant.
Although it is not specifically stated
in the petition, it was agreed by coun
sel for the government in their con
ference at Lenox, Mass., following the
reversal by the Appellate court of
Judge Landis' decision, that if the in
terpretation of the law given by Judges
Grosscup, Seaman and Baker was al
lowed to stand, successful prosecution
of rebate cases against corporations
would be impossible in the future. The
lawyers at the conference, over which
the attorney general of the Unite!
States presided, were a unit in express
ing the opinion that the reforms in re
bate matters brought about by the
Roosevelt administration would repre
sent so much loss of time unless the
higher court can be convinced that it is
in error in the construction of the law.
BOYCOTT IS EFFECTIVE.
Japanese Liner Forced to Cross
Pa-
cific Without Cargo.
San Francisco, Aug. 22. Proof of
the effectiveness of the Chinese boycott
on Japanese goods was furnished today
when the Japanese liner Hongkong
Maru arrived with no cargo.
Of Chinese passengers the Hong
kong Maru hml only two. Eight took
passage at Shanghai, but the boycott
authorities heard about it and six were
persuaded to go ashore and wait for an
American liner. The other two were
allowed to remain on the vessel for
the reason that if they had awaited an
other vessel their registration tickets
would have expired before they arrived
here.
According to passengers on the
Hongkong Maru there is a great busi
ness depression in Japan, and a number
of steamship companies are on the
verge of bankruptcy.
BUSINESS WILL INCREASE.
Railroad Officials Much
Encouraged
by Outlook.
Chiacago, Aug. 22. - Traffic officials
gerenerally are predicting a large in
crease in the movement of general
merchandise within the next few weeks.
From investigations made by them of
the conditions of stocks now in the
hands of country merchants, they have
found that these are run down to an
extent that it will be absolutely neces
sary to have them renewed if the hold
ers are to continue in business at all.
In a week or two agricultural com
munities will begin making their fall
purchases. With the present crop
prices they are certain to be in funds,
and they are expected to be liberal buy
ers.
Urges War on Rats.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 22. Health
Commissioner Dr. Spiro Sargentich
will soon issue invitations to the health
officers of all coast cities to attend a
conference in Tacoma, when the sub
ject of fighting bubonic plague and oth
er diseases will be discussed. Dr. Sar
gentiche has already conferred with
numerous health officers in Washing
ton, Oregon and California, and his idea
has met with the approval of all. A
number of leading physicians of t he
coast cities, as well health officers, have
signified their willingness to attend.
Treasure Room Looted.
New York, Aug. 22. It became
known tonight that jewels valued at
more than $i:0,OO(l had been taken from
a secret treasure room in the mansion
of Frederick
G. Bourne, at Oakdale.
L. I. The treasure room wan built
when the mansion was erected and its
existence was knewn only to the fami
ly. The jewels were those worn by
Commodore Bourne's three daughters
Marion, Marjorie and Florence, at
brilliant society functions.
Roosevelt Books Passage.
New York, Aug. 22. It is reported
here today that President Roosevelt
has engaged passage on the liner Celtic,
which will sail March 7, 1909, for Eu
rope. If this report is true, he will
remain in the country less that three
das after his successor is inaugurated
and will lose no time in starting for
the hunting trip in Africa that he has
planned.