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NEWS OF THE WEEK
In 1 Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TVQ CONTINENTS
A Rasuma of the Last Important but
Not Laaa Intoreating Evanta
of the Past Weak.
Thee Rivers, Quebec, had a million
dollar fire.
The wrapping paper trust ha< pleaded
guilty, and each member was fined.
Eight persons died and scores were
prostrated from the heal in Chicago.
A second son has been born to King
Alfonso and Queen Victoria, of Spain.
It is claimed many cures have been
effected in a leper colony in Louisiana.
The bribery case against Tirey L.
Ford, of San Francisco, has been
dropped.
Hyde and Schneider were convicted of
land frauds, and Benson and Dimond
acquitted.
Two men jumped from a speeding au
tomobile in California, thinking it was
beyond control. Both were badly in
jured.
Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, pro
poses to raise one million dollars for
a Democratic campaign fund to elect
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, presi
dent. and W. J. Bryan, vice-president.
liulai Halid has reached the Moroeeaa
capital and proclaimed himself su.taa.
Woman suffragists in London held
the greatest demonstration ever seen
there.
Taft says he would like to see a
• * good game of baseball; a game for
bloed.”
W. J. Bryan says that “the anti in
junction plank of the Republican plat
form. as finally adopted, is a transpar
cut fraud. ’ ’
A collision of electric cars three miles
from Portland on the Mount Scott line
bad y injured bi persons, slightly in
jured many more and wrecked two mo
tor cars.
As accident to the Portland Railway
company generating plant a Cazadero
destroyed three dynamos, worth «30.000
each, in about three minutes, besides
about *20,000 damage to turbines and
power house.
A Washington man has applied foi
leave of absence from his homestead on
account of the numerous rattlesnakes.
He expects to be away helping neigh
bors during harvest and dares not leave
his family alone.
James Cantillon. a professional ball
player of Marinette, Win., who was to
tal y blind, regained his sight at Belle
vue" Hospital during a fit of hysterics,
which followed the surgeon’s announce
ment to him that his case was con
sidered hopeless.
SHAH AGAIN MASTER.
CLOSE CALL FOR TAFT,
Persian Nationalists Driven From Par
liament Buildings.
Breaking of Piston Rod on Engine
Nearly Wrecks Train.
Teheran, June 24— After a bloody
fight, which was waged around the
Parliament building, the city was
comparatively quiet last night, al
though the Cossack* were camped in
the streets and square*
Cossacks and soldiers early in the
morning surrounded the Parliament
building and demanded that a num
ber of persons whose arrest the shah
had ordered be forthwith handed over
to them. The parliament refused to
comply with this demand, and shots
were fired at the troops, several sol
diers being killed.
Orders were issued from military
headquarters that the parliament
building be bombarded, and the bom
bardment commenced soon after 10
o’clock. While this was in progress
bombs were thrown ft.-m the Parlia
ment building and the mosque build
ing. disabling one of the guns and
wounding the gunners Eventually
the halls of parliament were cleared,
but not before many persons had been
killed and wounded The bombard
ment continued until 3 o’clock in the
afternoon, when it suddenly ceased.
In the meantime the troop» attacked
the political clubs in that neighbor
hood and numerous residences of
of members of parliament, in which
work they were aided by the popu
lace.
The number of casualties is un
known. but it will be very large The
parliament buildings are practically in
ruins. The firing was confined to
Parliament Square, the other parts
of the city being comparatively quiet.
Large numbers of leading national
ists. including priests and members
of parliament, have been placed under
arrest.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST i
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Largest, Plurality for Congressman
Ever Recordad.
Salem.—The official return* from tbe
recent election give Chamberlain a plu
rality of 1.S8S over Cako for United
State* aeuator. While the official can
tun ha* not been made, Secretary of
State Benson ha* tabulated the figure«
from tbe different eountiee. nnd tbe
result i* definitely known. There are
some of the abstract* yet to bo cor
reeled by the county clerks before the
official canvass can be made. The of
ficial return* gave Chamberlain a gain,
of 100 votes in Crook county, as com
jiared with unofficial reports.
The total number of ballots CA*<t waa
in the neighborhood of 115.000. the ex
act number not being reported by all
»•aunties. Since there .ire some voter'»
who do not mark their b.allots as to all
offices, it m not possible to determine
from the number of votes for any office
the total number of votes e.xst. The
largest vote waa that for senator, which
was aa follows:
Am«*« i Prohibition) ............ ... 3 787
Cakv (Republican)
......... . . . 514.999
Chamberlain ilVniocratie) .. ... 52 4 21
Cooper (Socialist) ................. ... 5 2«;
Total ...............
...111 .37«
Party strength is computed according
to the voto on congressman, and by
this te«t it is found that ths» Republican
plurality in the state is 38.76 2. H.iwlev
having a plurality of 17.O4S in the first
district and Kilis a pluralitv of 21 714
in the «eeond district. This is by far
the largest plurality ever recorded for
congressman
in either district. The
ROOSEVELT IN HAYFIELDS.
plurality, however, is about 4<M> short
of the pluralitv for Roosevelt over
Goes Thence With Family to See Big
Parker four years ago. The vote on
Yale-Harvard Boat Race.
senator by counties3s as follows:
Oyster Bay. N. Y.. June 24—The
Vnited States Senator
sun shone at Oyster Bay today, and
the president made hay. During the
J Cw
mowing Mr. Roosevelt was content
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to supervise the work, but tomorrow
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morning, when the crop that covers
the hillside in front of the president’s
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home has ripened, the chief executive
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will take a hand in the work. Mak
ing hay is one of the yearly occupa
44 1.577 1.111 171
Baker ................
tions engaged in by the president on Benton
<5 1.071 1.0S3! 38
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his summer’s vacation, and he enjoys I'ldikanias ...
is: 2.135 2.SS« 2 5 8
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J»S7’ 1245 23«
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it thoroughly.
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8SH! 732' 203
This morning he took a horseback Columbia ........... 15
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ride, in the heat of the day he labored Crook ................
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in the field, and just before dinner Curry .................
S7 l.SOJ 1.892 234
lay low in a sturdy tree, the useful Douglas .............
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Secretary Loeb announced last Jackson
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noon the president. Mrs. Roosevelt. Uncoln
133 1.940 2.339 232
Linn
55
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Miss Ethel Quentin and Archie will Malheur .
294 3.309 3.235 1«3
board the Mayflower for New Lon Marion..............
491
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Morrow
don The Mayflower will arrive in Multnomah
«30 12.17« 13.243 793
the Thames Thursday morning
As P<»lk ................... l-s 1.305 1.4SX 133
20
354
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the Mayflower is too large a craft to Sherman .............
37
54<i 447 io,-.
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navigate the river, the passengers in Tillamook
t’matilla ........... 1«7 2.071! 1.777 155
125 1.550 1.5« 7 183
the morning will transfer to the Sylph, t’nion
51Í 9041 801
87
which will precede the Mayflower to Wallowa ............
14S¡ 1.700! 1,«43 137
Wasco
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the mouth of the Thames.
Washington ....... 20S 1.911 1.778 120
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Yamhill ............. 2»Jl I.S9S- 1.5«5 134
MISSIONARIES BESIEGED.
A Jap spy has been caught with Kurd* in Persia Strike Terror to
AmericanTResidents.
complete plans of New York forts.
St Petersburg, June 24—The Novoe
The Prohibition party is raising the
biggest campaign fund in its history. V’remya today published a dispatch
from a correspondent who has just
Crops in southern Minnesota were completed a perilous trip from Tab
badly damaged by a wind and hail riz, Persia, to Urumiah. through a
storm.
country swarming with pillaging
Taft has not yet selected a chair Kurds. He declares that L’rumiah is
now
completely surrounded by Kurds,
man for the Republican national com
who are ravaging the villages on all
mittee.
sides up to the gates of the town. The
More than 50 New York militiamen sound of firing is constantly heard
ga\ e out from the heat and over The missionaries at L’rumiah have
exertion of a five-mile march.
held a meeting and sent out to their
A New York man plans to propel respective countries a statement of
and control an immense balloon with the critical position in which they find
a 45-horse power automobile engine themselves.
Turkish regular troops are close
suspended from the balloon.
behind the raiding Kurds. Two bat
A man committed suicide by throw talions of infantry, tw'o squadrons of
ing himself in front of a New York cavalry and a battery of artillery have
subway train, almost causing a panic
among the crowd who witnessed the occupied villages three miles from
L’rumiah. and six days ago one bat
act.
talion of infantry and five batteries
The jury in the Hyde-Benson case of the Sixth division of cavalry went
is still unable to reach an agreement. into camp in the region around Suj-
Bryan feels sure of the Democratic bulant to settle the dispute between
nomination, figuring out 116 votes Turkey and Persia.
more than enough to win.
It is declared at the foreign office
Virgil Gavin, who played ball with here that Russia has made continual
the Chicago Nationals and New Yerk representations to the porte about
the situation, but without result up
Giants, is dead.
to the present time. Russia has not
The first steamers fr,pm Seattle this yet decided upon any more aggressive
season have reached Nome, after a steps.
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hard battle with the iee.
Cholera Among Troop*.
Races will be held next year under
Manila, June 24—Cholera has
the auspices of the U. S. Signal Serviee
between balloons and aeroplanes.
broken out among the troops at Camp
Gregg The scouts and one civilian
Denver police were enjoined from have died from the disease, and the
interfering with race track gambling, camp has been placed under quaran
and bookmaking is carried on freely.
tine regulations. Lieutenant Jones,
The American auto has overtaken of the First Cavalry, and Lieutenant
and passed the German machine in the Muldoon, of the Philippine scouts,
New York-to-Paris race.
They are have been stricken The situation
with regard to the cholera outbreak
now crossing Siberia.
in the province of Pangasinan, on the
James J. Hill says the erep prospects island of Luzon, is very serious
for the year are good, and as the erop Ninety-three cases have been reported
wi'l not be an unusually large one, it in the last 24 hours, 60 of which have
proved fatal.
will bring good prices.
E. G. Bethel, the English editor ar
Duel to*Death.
rested for seditious utterances at
Goldfield, Nev , June 24.—M. Taylor
Seoul, ha* apologized for the publica
and C. W. Priest, both miners, en
tion. and says he was misinformed.
gaged in a duel this afternoon on
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy says that Grand avenue, and both men are now
during the past year new Christian in a dying condition. The duelists
Science societies have been formed at emptied their guns into each other.
the rate of one every four and one-half Taylor being shot several times.
hours.
Priest was taken to the hospital in a
dying condition. The shooting oc
An English editor is on trial for se curred immediately following a re
dition by Japanese authorities in mark by Priest reflecting upon Tay
Corea.
lor’s wife. It is not known just what
Havana authorities do not credit started the quarrel, but it is said that
the rumors of a well-organized insur the men have been enemies because of
Priest’» persistent attentions.
rection.
Law Knocks Out Races.
A dining car will be added to the
A. & C. trains between Portland and
New York, June 24—The Brighton
Seaside.
Beach Racing Association has decided
to cancel all of its stake events for
Governor Dawson, of West Vir
this year. The purses amount to
ginia. has a well-developed case of 1200,000. This
action
was
made
tuberculosis.
necessary by the great decline in the
A federal grand jury in New York daily attendance at the racetracks
has indicted the head* of the New since the anti-betting laws went into
York Cetton Exchange and the Manila effect. The mid-summer meeting of
Paper and Fiber Manufacturers’ Asso- 22 days will be held at Brighton
Beach as planned, with over-night
eiatioa.
sweepstakes to take the place of the
stakes.
The transport Sherman will be
quarantined at Astoria. She has
Eleven Die From Heat.
smallpox on board.
Chicago. June 24—Eleven deaths
Harry and Evelyn Thaw have be due to heat prostration or allied
come reconciled, but Thaw must re causes were recorded in Chicago to
day. The thermometer a^ain climbed
main in the asylum.
to above 90, but late this afternoon
A runaway automobile jumped off a shift in the wind brought relief, and
the dock« into the river in New York it is believed that the torrid wave has
broken.
and drowned four persons.
Total
3.7*7 5o.*9S'5:.t.T5.3S7
UMATILLA DAM FINISHED.
Water Soon'Ready for 20,000 Acre*
of Arid Land.
Hermiston__ The dam of the I'm»
tilla project is practically complete and
the distribution is nearing completion
as rapidly a* men and teams can do the
work. In a few week* nearly all the
men who have been employed on tbe
project will have departed and one of
the largest and best irrigation scheme*
in the northwest will be in shape to
water 20.000 aeres of arid land. J. T.
Whistler, chief engineer on the project,
has already left for Portland, where he
will open an office, having resigned his
position with tbe United States recla
mation serviee.
.
D. C. Benny, supervising engineer
for the reclamation serviee, ha* stated
that he expect* Secretary James R.
Garfield here to visit the project about
July 15. He will doubtless make a
tour .f inspection of the various proj
ects and his visit here will doubtless
result in helpful suggestions to the set
tlers. He will be the guest of the
board of director* of the Water Users’
association while here.
Land Shark* Sharks Busy.
Salem.--People from every other part
of the United States as well as from
every section of the state of Oregon
continue to write the attorney general
for advice regarding the possibility of
acquiring a prior claim to quarter sec
tions in the Oregon & California land
grant. Timber sharps are offering to
locate anybody on a quarter section
of this valuable land for all kinds of
prices, and many people are biting.
“The people must learn that no at
torney or timber cruiser or company of
either,” say* Attorney General Craw
ford, “can locate any person on a
quarter section of this grant for either
«50 or «500.”
Bankers Organize.
Pendleton.—A movement has been
started to organize a Umatilla Coun
ty Bankers' association Saturday
evening in this city. A number n»
the banks in the smaller towns oc
the county have agitated the matter.
It is believed a county organization
including the thirteen bank* of Uma
tilla county will be formally organ
ized for mutual protection and to
promote the banking interests in
every way A grand banquet will be
given the bankers here Saturday
evening. Officers will be elected and a
regular set of by-laws adopted.
Sue Road for Lack of Cart.
Pendleton.—The first suit filed in
Oregon against the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation company under the
provisions of the law passed by the
last legislature, giving shippers dam
ages for failure on the part of a
railroad to supply cars was filed in
the Umatilla county circuit court
The plaintiff* are Martin A- Rigg*, of
Milton. The plaintiffs allege that
last fall they lost «6,316 50 on ac
count of failure to get cars upon ten
days’ written request.
Self Supporting Normal.
Pendleton.—President French of the
Weston Htate Normal states that if the
school made the progress another term
that it has during the term just eloeed,
the institution would be self support
ing. If the normad had 500 students
instead of 200 the income from dormi
tory rents and other fees would make
the institution absolutely self support
ing and it would cost the state nothing
to maintain it.
NEW ROAD FILES ARTICLES.
Astoria. Seaside & Tillamook Lina is
Incorporated.
Astoria -Article* of incorporation of
the Astoria, Sea »'de & Tillamook Rail
way conipany were filed in the county
clerk'* office here Yesterday, by F L.
Evan.*, E. Z. Ferguson, H. G. Van
Dusen and \V E Buffum, a* incorpor
ators. The capital stock is $2.000 000,
divided into «00,000 shares of $10 each
The principal office of the company i*
to lie in Astoria, and. according to the
articles it* object i* to construct and
operate an electric railroad and tele
graph and telephone line* from Astoria
to I’llIamiHik via Warrenton. Hammond
and Seaside It i* also authorized to
erect and maintain elevators, docks and
warehouse*, and to operate steamers on
lhe Columbia and Willamette River*.
Tillamook Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
ANOTHER.HIGH SCHOOL.
Lincoln County Makes Good Mova for
Higher Education.
Newport__ Lincoln county marks an
other step forward by providing a high
school for the young men and women
who have just graduated from the rout
mon schools. The county court has
issued an order giving both Newport
and Toledo money to establish high
school course* immediately, though the
question as to where tne school will
eventually be located was left to popu
lar vote two years hence.
Event* have been coming thick and
fast the past two months on Yaquina
bay. The organisation of a commer
cial club was almost instantly followed
by a vote to establish a high school,
and nt the same time a large influx of
capital caused large changes of hold
ings of property and promoted building
in Newport till now some «20.000 of
new buildings are unde' way.
Dennison, O., June 23 Secretary
Taft had a narrow escape tonight
from being involved in a serious
wreck on the Pennsylvania Flyer,
which was carrying him east
Prompt action of the towerman in
a signal station a third of a mile cast
of CoVhocton, and of the engineer
of the flyer, alone averted what might
have been a dreadful accident
A* the train was speeding along at
the rate of 50 mile* an hour, the pis
ton rod on the left side of the toco
motive broke short off Almost in
stantly the cylinder of the engine was
cracked by the unmanageable rod.
Secretary Taft and National Com
mitteeman Kellogg entered the dm
ing car and »at down to dinner after
the accident occurred without thought
of anything serious in connection
with the stopping and delay of
the train The Secretary made no
comment on the incident when in
formed of it The engineer of the
locomotive explained that it wa*
merely good luck that averted a bad
accident
"If the piston rod, after it broke,
had gone under the train." said he.
“we would have gone into the ditch,
a* we were running 50 mile« an hour,
and the derailment would have been
a serious matter Fortunately the
broken rod landed six or eight inches
out »ide of the left rail. That saved
us”
TURBINES RUN WILD.
Strang« Accident Wracks Cazadero
Power Hous«.
Portland. June 83.—An accident tn
the machinery at the Cazadero power
plant of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company early yesterday
morning caused the complete wreck
mg of the station, entailing a loss of
«llo.txto Flying pieces of hot metal
and burning insulation set tire to the
building, destroying inflammable parts
of the structure Two operators who
were on duty at the time had a mirac
ulous escape from instant death.
The three big water wheels “ran
away,” one after the other, the gen
erators to which they were coupled
flying m pieces and wreckage from
each machine in turn disabled the
next water wheel Huge part* of the
monster
dynamos
were
hurled
through the brick wall* to the station
and through the iron roof
Although the two operator* on duty
were right in the midst of the flying
wreckage, they escaped without a
scratch.
Good Job Vacant.
Salem—The election of Robert G
Morrow to the office of circuit judge in
Multnomah county will create a vacancy
m the position of supreme court re
porter. which Morrow has held for a
number of years There are already
four or five candidates for the place.
Tile -upreme nidges select the court re
porter His duty is to arrange copies
JAPAN WEAKENS.
of supreme court decisions for the
printer and to write syllabi to be pub
lished at the head of the decisions. Hi* Would End Chinese Boycott by Re
mitting Indemnity.
compensation i* $500 per volume, which
means about $?'<> per year The work
San Francisco, June 23—Sochita
does not interfere with private practice Asano, president of the Toyo Ki»en
Kaivh.i Steamship Company, reputed
Digging Artesian Wells.
to be the second wealthiest man in
Klamath Fall*.—A year ago there Japan, ranking next to Baron Shi
were no artesian wells in Wood River busawa, has arrived here en route to
valley. Now there are twelve well*, New York on a financial mission
Speaking of the boycott against
flowing steady stream*. The temper
ature of the water is 37 degree*, and Japanese goods in China. Mr Asano
those familiar with the requirements said that Japanese trade had suffered
pronounce Wood river section an severely because of the Iwiycott re
ideal location for mi'k condenseries sulting from the Tatsu Maru affair,
on account of the supply of ice cold but he did not expect it to continue
water, the grasses, and the general much longer.
The Chinese were feeling its reflex
health of the stock At present lack
of transportation makes a endensery influence, and he thought that finan
an impossibility. Many more well* cial considerations would soon out
will be dug this summer, pipe having weigh sentimental reasons
A different version is brought by
already been shipped from Klamath
Thomas !•' Millard, the author, who
was
a fellow passenger of Mr Asano
Ontario|Wool Sales.
on the steamship Mongolia Accord
Ontario —The largest Wool sale in ing to Mr. Millard, the boycott i*
eastern Oregon will be next Thur« hurting Japanese trade so severely
day. June i*, in Ontario, when the that the government, through the
M M C- mpany will place 2,500.000 merchants of the empire, called the
pounds i.f wool on the market
Chinese merchants in Japan together
At the wool sale in Vale recently in order to make a proposal to eml
the prices ringed from 10c to 14c. but the boycott by remitting the indem
since then the price of wool has been nity exacted in the Tatsu Maru inci
steadily advancing, and the sheepmen dent.
expect to realize a good price for
their clip Nearly all of the Malheur
Buried in Ancient State.
and Harney county woo! clip is
Honolulu, June 23—The funeral to-
stored in this city.
day of Prince David Kaw inanakoa,
who died recently in San Franisco.
Warehouse for Canby.
and whose body was brought here on
Canby —Work has begun on the new the steamship Manchuria, was one of
warehouse of W. H Bair, and the new the most imposing royal funeral* ever
building will tie one of the best and held in Hawaii. The ceremony was
most complete warehouses in the valley. in accordance with the ancient Ha
The structure will lie 50x100 feet m waiian u*agc in the case of chiefs
size, with < ncrete cellar, and two flo >r*. The First regiment of the National
with paper-lined air spaces in the walls, Guard of Hawaii, a detachment of the
making the building frost-proof This Twentieth infantry from Fort Shafter
makes four warehouses of this kind at and marine« and sailors from the
Canby, am! makes Canby the best mar battleships Maine, Alabama and St
ket along the Southern Pacific, in this Louis, now in the harbor, marched
in the funeral procession.
vicinity.
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PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat—Track prices: dub, R8e per
bushel; re I Russian, 86e; bluestem, 90e;
Vallsy. 88e.
Millstuff* Bran. «26 per ton; mid
dling«. «30.50; shorts, country. «28.50;
eitv. «28; wheat and barley chop,
«27.50.
Barlev—Feed. «25 per ton; rolled,
«27.50ft 28.50; browing, «26.
Oat*—No. 1 white, «27.50 per ton;
gray, «27.
Hay—Timothv. Willamette Valley,
«17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi
nary. «15; Eastern Oregon. «18.50;
mixed. «16; clover, «14; alfalfa, «12;
alfalfa meal «20.
Dressed Meat«—Hog«, fancy. Sc per
pound; ordinary. ?e; large, 6c; veal,
extra, 8c; ordinary. 6@7e; heavy, 5e;
mutton, fancy, 8ft 9e.
Butter -Extras, 25c per pound; fancy
24c: choice. 20c; store, 16c.
Eggs Oregon. 17Jft>18|e per dozen.
Cheese Fancv cream twins, 13c per
pound; full cream triplets. 13c; full
cream Young Americas. 14e; cream
hrick, 20e; Swiss block, 18e; limhurger,
20e.
Poultry Mixed chicken«. I1ft>11je
ner pound; fancy hens, lie; roosters.
9e; fryer«, 16ft>l"e; broilers, 16ft)17e-
duck*, old. 15e; spring. 15ft20tef
geese. 8ft9e; turkeys, alive, 16ftl18e
for hens. 14ft)16e for gobblers; dressed
17ft 1»e.
Potato*« Old Oregon. «1ft>1 10 per
hundred; new California, 2ft,2|e per
pound.
Fre«h Fruits—Orange«, fanev. «3.25
fti.3.75; lemons. «4ft>4.75; strawberries
50eft«1.25 per crate; grape fruit «2.75
ft 3.25 per box; bananas. 54ft>6e per
pound; cherries, «1(81.25 per box;
gooseberries, 5c per pound; apricots
♦ 1ft>1.25 per erate; cantaloupes, «2 75ft>
3.25; blackberries, «1ft)1.25 per erate;
peaches. 90e^«l per crate; plums, «1
per crate.
Onions California red. «1.65ft)1.75
per sack; Bermudas. «2 per crate; gar
lie. 15ft 20e per pound.
Hops. 1907, prime and choice, 5ft 5Jc
per pound; olds. 2ft>2Je per pound.
Wool - Eastern Oregsn, average beat,
6ft 13”,e per ponnd, according to
shrinkage; Valley, l«ft)12Je.
Mohair—Choice, 18@18Jc per pound.
TAFF IS NOMINATED
Roll of States Called by Mega
phone Auld Uproar.
ROOSEVELT STAMPEDE A FAILURE
Nominating Speech Made by Senator
Taft's Name Starts
Whirlwind ot Enthusiasm.
Burton
Chicago, Juae 19 For prraidsnt af
the Fitted Ntulaa, William II. Taft* of
Ohio.
Taft on the first ballot, Taft by 7 UM
vote«, Tuft by the uSttnimuus choice of
the convention.
Such in the roeord of the culminating
day of the Kopublirau uational eonven-
lion of IWUh, effected amid «ernes of tu
iuu H uoun vntUuniasm, and after a urrve
racking continuous sresioa lasting near
ly right hours.
With the president
named and the platform enunciated,
there remains only the nomination for
vice president to complete the momei
tou» work. Last night the whole city
wa« given over to wild exultation m
honor ot the new candidate, wkow
name goes echoing through the country.
The picture within the walls of the
vast amphitheater as the proeolenlinl
candidate waa named wa« one truly
grand m it» magnitude. In front, to
the right and left, I k »low and above,
the billowing sea of humanity, rootlets
after hour« of waiting and stirred from
oue emotion to another, was in a fever
of exneetanry for the culminating vote.
The favorite «mi of other state« had
been named, nave Knox and I «a Follette,
and now on the rollcall came Ohio.
A« the lluckrye state was reached,
the tall, gauut form of Theuduro K
Burton, with studeut like face and «e
vero black, clerical garb, advanced to
the platform to nominate Ohio's candi
date.
He spoke fervently, with the
singing voice of an evangelist, which
.ent ringing through the great building.
The close of his speech of nomination
wa» the signal for the long pent up
feeling of tbo Taft legions. Instantly
the Ohio delegatee wore on their feet,
other Taft states following, while the
convention hoMs in gallery and on fluor
broke into n mad demonstration.
**Taft, Taft, W. II. Taft,” came in a
roar from the Ohi »«ns.
Megaphones
»«-emed to spring from concealed places
and swell the Taft tumult into thunder.
A huge, blue silk banner bearing the
familiar features of lhe statesman «ec
rotary was «wung before the delegates,
awakening a fresh whirlwind of en
thusiasm.
All semblance of order ha.I been
abandone*!, and the delegates were a
maehtrom uf gesticulating men. The
guidons of the states were enatched
up by the Taft enthusiasts or borne
under by the storm of dioordor. The
land was inaudible—a mere whisper
above the deafening volume of sound.
For 10, 15. yes 20 minutes fhis uproar
was continuixl It was a repetition uf
the «C4’ne uf Wednesday, when the name
of Kuosevclt brought the eonventiun
into a frenzy. But there is a limit to
tbe physical rerourcei of throat and
lung, relays ha<l not I wen established
anil at last tbo tired Voice« died down
to a boars«* «bout and subsided.
This lull now gnve th«* opportunity
for the sp4'«*rh seconding Taft's nomine
tion by George A. Knight, of Cali
forma, bis big, round fare beaming
forth on the sympathetic multitude and
his «ftlrndid baritone voire going forth
like the tones of a great church organ
California's tribute to Taft was brief
and fervid. Now there was another
lull in the Tuft movement, while the
remaining candidates were placed in
nomination.
The secretary wan powerless to make
his rail of states heard above the »leaf
ening clamor. Seizing a megaphone, he
shouted the roll of state« “ Alabama,”
“Arkansas.” but his voire wns «will
lowed up in tlie mn«! uproar. Gradu
ally. however, the curiosity of the mul
titude conquered its enthusiasm and it
lapsed into silence to hear tire result of
the call. A hush of expectancy hung
over the assembly as the call proceeded
Hasty summaries showed that Taft
was far in advance When New York
was reached the Taft column totaled
427. Ohio carried the Taft total to
511, or 20 more than enough to nomi
nate. fltill the rail went on until the
final result was announced by Chair
man Lodge:
“ For Theodore Roosevelt. 3 votes;
for Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio, lfi
votes; for Charles W. Fairbanks, of
Indiana, 40 votes; for Joseph O. Can
non. of Illinois.
votes; for Robert
La Follette, of Wisconsin 25 votes; for
Charles E. Hughes, of New York. 67
votes; for Philander C. Knox, of Penn
svlvania. AM votes, and for William H.
Taft, of Ohio, 702 votes.”
FIRE SWEEPS MICHIGAN.
Villages Are Destroyed and Hundreds
Made Homalaa«,
I>ctr«>it, June 22
l ircs in North
ern Mkhigaii (oretls. fuiinrd to great
proportions by the gales ot the last
two days, have destroyed at least
three village«, rendered hundreds
homeless, swept over thousands ot
acres of timber land and caused dam
age estimated at about 1200.000
The heaviest loss has been sus*
tamed in Presque Isle and Cheboy
gan
counties.
although
l.elaiuu,
Cluirlcvmx and Otsego have also su(>
fered.
In many towns today lamps were
lighted, as the sun was obscured by
(he heavy smoke
The village of Case, in Presque Isle
county, wa» destroyed t<»«l.iy A spe
cial tram conveyed the homeless vil
lagers to On<».iway, where they were
sheltered tonight
I rgande. a little town in Cheboy
gan county, was also abandoned to
the flames tonight
Many women and
children were taken in wagons Io hi
dian River
\\ hilt a liig lire at Wolverine today
was bring (ought, a forest tire threat
rned another irction <»f the village
While the WulvcHtie department wa«
engaged, a call (or nd was received
from Rondeau, three miles north
lhe firemen could not leave Wol
venue and Rondeau was at the mercy
of the Haines A hotel, several stores
ami hou»es and the Michigan Central
station were burned
In l.rl.m.iu county a gre.it fire raged
near Fouche All night the glow of
the fire could be seen at Traverse
t ity, 12 miles away Several farm
building*» were destroyed, and Fan
nett's big lumber yard was wiped out
Much valuable timber was burned
MONEY FOR PROHIBITION.
Party Raising Largest Campaign Fund
• In Its’ History.
Chicago, June 22
The largest cam
paign fund in the history of the Pro
hibition party is what Charles R
Jones, chairman of the national com
mittee. expects to get, and the contri
butions so far indiote hr is not ex
pectmg without hope Already more
than
i)po has been donated to "the
cause." which is more thar twice the
largest amount ever receiv.-d so early
m a presidential campaign.
With its unu»ua| campaign fund,
Mr June* 1« willing to predict the
i
will cm i wider awatty tinn h
ha« mowed before Several have burn
mentioned by the Prohibition leaders
a* possible nominees (or (»resident
Fred I Wheeler, a real estate dealer
of Lot Angulc«, Cal, who has con
tnhuted liberally to the cause of tern
perancc. was the first suggested. Dr
I B ( rantill, ,t Baptist minister of
Dallas, Tex . who wa« a candidate for
vice president in IffiMI, ha» also been
mentioned
Alfred Manierre, an attorney of
New \ orlc. ami Dr W I! Belmore,
editor of the St Lotus Christian A l
vocate. are «aid to be willing to as
sume the honor.
SHARP NOTE FOR JAPAN
Hayes Conveys Message From Presi
dent on Coolie E«elusion.
San Francisco. June 22 In a
speech before the Asiatic Exclusion
I eagtie of San Jose, Congressman I-
A Haves delivered today what hr
declared to hr a personal message
from the president of the United
States to the people of the Pacific
( oast
"Two or three days after the ad
journment of congress,” said Mr
H-iyr*. "I went to the president' and
askrd him how I should explain the
absence of exclusion leghlation. which
I told him my constituents expected
He replied:
“'I am «till trying diplomacy. I
am sending to Japan the sharpest cor
rcspondence that any nation ha« ever
received; hut tell your constituents
that, if I cannot get what I want by
diplomacy, I will get it by exclusion
legislation ' ”
Mr Hayes did not state whether
the presence of the fleet in the Pa
cific was in any way connected with
the president’« note to Japan
Great American Crime.
Indianapolis. Ind, June 22 One of
the most important movements in the
history of railroad ha* been atarted
hv the railroad commission of In
diana to «top what William J Wood,
nf that body, terms "the great Ameri
can crime ’■ This crime is the kill
ing and maiming erf over 10,000 per
sons by American railroads at grade
crossings. 'Hie crossing* consist of
intersection* at grade of «team rail
roads and highways, and of steam
railroads and electric line*
Four
state railroad commissions will assist
Mr Wood
Plague in Port of Spain.
Port of Spain, June 23—Since June
15 there have been four new cases of
plague here, resulting in three deaths
The fourth case is in the isolation
hospital. Active measures are being
taken by the sanitary corp* in de
stroying rats and cleaning up the
city About 150 persons who came
in contact with these cases are now
in the observation camp, but up to the
Noble Act of Roosevelt.
present there is no sign of infection
London. June 19.—The news of flee
among them The medical authori
ties take a very hopeful view of the retary Taft’s nomination was received
situation, and expect to be able to too late for editorial comment In the
eradicate the disease at an early date. morning papers, except the Times,
which says: “It is the greatest and
Discover Big Graft.
most striking of all Roosevelt’s many
New York, June 23.—After having victories. By the unflinching exertion
investigated for four months the ac of his personal will President Roosevelt
counts and methods of the office of defeated the undoubted will of the Re
the president of the borough of the publican party, and what is hardly less
Bronx, Commissioner* of Account* certain, the will of the American peo
Hr hns chosen to sacrifice his
Mitchell and Gallighcr submitted a pk
report which stated that "the evidence pepionn) ambition Ip his sense of duty
has- convinced us that the entire as a citisen. Jt is a noble net.”
Bronx department has for the past six
years been administered primarily in
Prohibit Tipi and Cause Strike.
the political interests of President
Cherbourg, June 19.—The agents of
Louis F Haffen, and that to this are
ascribable most of the deficiencies, the North German Lloyd line have for
irregularities and departures from the bidden the dockworhers in their em
law discovered by us.”
ploy to accept gratuities for the trans
ferring of passengers’ baggage from
Damage Up in Millions.
train to steamer at thia port, and conse
Milwaukee, Wis, June 23.—The quently the men yesterday refused to
wake of last night’s storm has left handle tbe baggage of the passengers
millions of dollars of damage Crop* who eamr down town from Paris to
in the vicinity of Prairie du Chipi are embark on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
totally destroyed building* wrecked, Grosse. To get over the difficulty the
glass fronts smashed, tree* uprooted company requisitioned the services of
or broken down The loss in Prairie the ship’s sailors, and the baggage was
du Chien will reach «100,non fn Mc handled without delay.
Gregor. across the Mississippi, the
loss will reach «100.000 About four
Persia in Sorry Plight.
inches of rain fell in the 40 minutes,
St. Petersburg, June 19.—A dispatch
during 27 minutes of which hail as
large as walnuts fell.
received here from Baku says a Russian
Testimony by the Mile.
Helena. Mont , June 22 The 41
days' argument in the case of Fred J
Riis* against the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company, known a, the
"«moke case," wa* concluded today
before Federal Judge W. II Hunt
iThis ly said to be lhe longest argu-
meat in rhe hietofy of legal oontro-
xersies Tbv c,»e Wa* started May
1UII5 During tip- trial 26.006 pig- *
of typewritten testimony were taken.
TM« amounted tn 6,500.000 word*
Placed line to line the testimony
would be 7ti miles long The brief*
consist of 3,t>(6> pages
gunboat has entered the Persian port of
EnzeLi on. the Caspian sea, but the
statement has not beeg ***firmed The
foreign office here is without definite
Advice* from Teheran epficerning the
situation in Persia. It neon but faw en-
rournging Symptoms In the present
■tats if anarchy that exists in Persia.
Menalik Names Successor.
Addis Abeba, Abyssinia, June 22 —
The question of the ascension to the
throne of Abyssinia, which has been
quiescent for over a year, has been
revived by an official statement from
King Menclik designating his grand
»on, Lig Yasu, the It-yenr old son of
hi* daughter, Waizaru Shoa Rogga,
and Ra* Michael as heir to the throne.
Seventeen Condemned.
St. Petersburg, June 23— A man
and woman have been condemned to
death at Warsaw on the charge of
being implicated in a recent attempt
to kill General Skallon, governor
general of Warsaw. Seventeen death
sentences wer announced today from
other towns and cities in Russia.
Prostrated by Heat,
Ottawa, 'Kan.. June 22
Frank J.
Hanly, governor of Indiana, wa* pros
trated by heat while addressing the
/Ittawa Chautauqua here this after
noon Governor Hanly was given
medical attention and assisted to his
train
He started for home tonight.
The governor came here direct from
the Chicago convention to address the
Chautauqua. He had almost finished
his remarks when he was taken ill
and forced to stop.