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Newspaper Page TextBOHEMIA NUGGET. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Presented In a Condemed form Which It Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Tho Havana drydock may bo towed to Subig bay, Luton. Aguinnldo is irritated by his con tinued imprisonment. Tho steel trust will attempt to open several plants this week. Friendly relations between Russia and Thibet havo been opened. Hot weather continues in tho Brit ish Isles, but relief is predicted. Another heat wavo has visited the corn bolt of Kansas and Nebraska, Peasants of tho Volga, Russia, pro vinces arc on tno verge oi starvation General Davis hns relieved General Kobbo in tho southern Philippine islands. Mrs. Kruger, wifo of ex-President Kruger. of tho Transvaal republic, is ucau. International Epworth Lcnguo con X.HV1UU uir oaii xruncieco lias au journed. It is nlmost certain that tho sta tionary firemen's strike will soon be at nn end. .Major 0'fe,ill, tho third mayor of tho city of Portland, is dead at his homo in Spokane. It is feared that disorder and dis tress will follow opening of govern ment lanas in Oklahoma. The nest official map of tho United States will show the Lewis and Clark routo and incidentally advertise tho 11)05 fair. DIED AT CRAIGSIDE. 'So movo has been mnde to settle the steel strike. General Daniel Butterficla died at liiu home at Craigside, X. Y. tan Russell will enter the plea of guilty to the chargo of bigamy. One man was killed and 50 wound ed in religious riots at Saragossa. L. S. J. Hunt has abandoned pro ject to establish a newspaper at Se attle. International convention of Ep worth League has opened in San- x rancisco. Tho American Sugar Refining Com pany has reduced the price on all grades of sugar. Italy is investigating representa tions mado regardingalleged lynching of two Italians in Mississippi. The British and French navies will unito in a series of maneuvers in order to see which can out general tho other. The tinworkers union has refused to handle non union plates, thus com ing to tho support of tho striking tin plato makers. The relief from drought in Kansas was only temporary. The weather has again turned warm and all crops are withering. United States loses suit against Northern Pacific Railroad to cancel patents to about 300,000 acres of land in Washington. Two steamers off New London, Conn,, collided, damaging one of the vessels so that she had to be beached in order to save her from sinking. All tho passengers were transferred without mishap. Count Tolstoi is .seriously ill. Tho financial affairs of Porto Rico are in good condition. A woman shot at tho French min ister of Public Instruction. Porto Rico will have free trade with the United States after July 25. One man held up two stages in uaiiiornia ana secured about $400. Tho United States pension rolls in creased $69,000 during tho past year. San Francisco has accepted a gift oi $ou,uuu irom uarncgio to be used ior public libraries. Tlireo northern Montana cowbovs. who turned horscthioves, were lynch ed uy an organized posse. A mob attacked a train at a small station in Mexico, killing seven pas scngcrs. No causo is known. San Francisco is to be mado tho striko center of tho United States so far aa tho iron workers aro concerned. The sheriff's posso in search of tho .Montana bandits havo acknowledged momseives cieieateu and liavo uban doned tho chaso. A former student at Annapolis has oeen commiueu to an insano asylum, It is claimed tho madnses was brought on by being hazed. Bank burglars m an Ohio village hold tho entiro population at bay wnuo inoy mew open mo strong box. They finally escaped without securing .any monoy. Oeneral Butterfield Succumbed 'to a long ness Paralyzed for Month. Pouchkeensie, X. Y., July 18. General Daniel Buttorfiold died at h homo, Craigside, at Cold Springs, 8:30 last night. Ho had Won in very poor 1 ailth for a year or more and had been in a condition of smn paralysis for somo time. Ho loft widow but no children. Tho gonoral came to Cold Springs much impaired in health. Six weeks aco ho had a stroke of apoplexy New York. Last week ho gave di roc t ions to his wifo to obtain permis sion from tho secretary of war to hav his body interred in tho military cemetery at West Point. At first it was thought permission could not bo granted, but later word canto unit it had been, and, on receiving tho news, the fecblo old man expressed his sat isfaction. Daniel Buttcrfield was born Utica, N. Y., October 31, 1831, and was graduntcd at Union in 1819. II was u colonel of tho Twclth New York militia when tho Civil war be gan. On tho enlargement of tho rog' ular army ho was commissioned col oncl and appointed brigadier genera of volunteers September 7, 18G1. Ho becamo major general of volunteers November 29, 1802, was made colonel of tho tilth infantry in the regula army July 1, 18C3, and was breveted brigadier and major general, U. S. A. for gallant and mcritorous conduct Ho served after tho war as suncrin tendent of the general recruiting scr- vico of tho United States army, with Headquarters in Acw lork, and in command of forces in New York liar bor from 1SC5 till 1809, when ho ro signed from tho army and was ap pointed head of tho sub treasury of tho United States at Now York, Since leaving this position he has been connected with tho Ameircan Express Company. CONGESTION AT ST. MICHAEL Yukor.cri Much Relieved by the Arrival of the Steamer Portland. Seattle, July 19. Tho steamship Portland arrived in port at 1 :30 yea terday morning, bringing news of awful ice fields and a great conges tion of people at St. Michael, which was relieved by her arrival at tho moutn of the Yukon, followed by other craft. The Portland took two weeks June 20 to July 4 to reach St. Michael from Nome; She plowed through vast ice floes, and Juno 24 was within eight miles of St. Michael, only to put out to sea again. The report from St. Michael wbb to tho effect that 1,500 Yukon men and women had been at that port for three weeks waiting for tho first steamer. So scarco did provisions beconio that these were living for a long time on one meal a day. There is a great rush down the Yukon from as far up as Dawson for Nome, and a big ferry business will be dono during the sum mer between those ports. The Port land took 400 pascsngcrs from St. Michael to Nome. The river steamer City of Paris was carried out from the mouth of tho Yukon by tho ice floes and was lost for a time on Behring sea. The steamships Portland and Dora went out after her, but she finally managed to put back under her own steam, making port June 28 NEWS OE THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and financial Happenings of lm portance A Drlef Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report HALF A CROP IS CERTAIN. William 0. Whitney, of New York, paid $50,000 for tho two-year-old colt Nasturtium, It is reported that a company at St. Cloud, Fla., has succeeded in making excellent paper from tho leaves of tho palmetto. Androw Atlan, tho only surviving founder of tho Allan Lino Ocean Steamship Co. and president of tho lino, died at Montreal, Gun., at tho go of 80 years. Rains In the Corn Belt Came Before It Was Too Late. xopeKa, Kan., July rj. me rams that have fallen in Kansas last night and today havo practically assured a corn yield of at least 50,000,000 bush, els, and the yield may bo even greater, The stato is under tho influence of a low barometric condition, and more rain is expected tonight. . Corres pondents in numerous Kansas towns, in reporting rains, say that tho sky is overcast witli clouds tonight, and that more rain within a few hours is certain. Tho drought in Kansas has been broken, and with it has gone the excessive hot spell. It is tho opinion among those who havo been watching tho weather conditions that tho sea son win do moro iavorauie to crops irom now on. uood rams aro report ed tonight over portions of Eastern and Central Kansas, and in each caso is mentioned the fact that tho rain is not through with yet. Secretary Coburn, of tho Kansas board of agriculture, is enthusiastic over the result of tho rain. Mr. Co burn has been optimistic nil along as to tho ultimato outcome of the drought, saying them was not tho least causo for alarm, as Kansas could well take care of herself. Ho is sure that tho corn yield will reach at least half a crop if tho present very favor able weather conditions continue. Crushed By a Chain. , Cleveland, July 19. A chain weighing four tons fell on six men at tho Wcstinghouso Electric Company's works this afternoon. Ono man was killed and five others aro badly in jured. Trainmen Fled From Mexico. El Paso, Tex., July 19. An Amer ican train crew on tho Moxican Cen tral Railroad has just readied this city, haivng fled from tho republic to tho north in consequence of accident ally running over and killing a Moxi can. Tho accidont happened below Torreon, Mex. A freight in an iso lated spot ran over a peon, killine tho man Instantly. In Mexico tho kill ing of a native by a train is as muob crime as murder. Milton is trying hard to get n can nery located there. Waeoncers aro doing a heavy wool business freighting out of Lost ino. Tho Crook county court paid boun ty on 710 coyote scalps Inst session Florenco iieoplo aro working for more adequate protection against fire, Bob Wlitio quail havo been seen i small coveys near Lostiuc, Wallow: county. Numerous bands of sheep aro headed for the summer pastures in the Green horn mountains. A California lion was scon lately in the suburbs of Marshlleld and badly frightened several small children. A. J. Knollin fc Co., ol Huiitinc ton, last week brought in 5,000 head of sheep from tho Harney county ranges, and shiptied them to Soda Springs, Idaho. Tho work of enlarging tho fish houso at tho coos river hatchery is about completed and tho capacity of tho hatchery will thorctty bo increased to 1,500,000 eggs annually. Tho urcgon lirounu iiog mine, near Austin, has a six foot ledgo of free milling gold, which shows good values. A narrow seam in it, rang nig from two to six inches, assav: over $0,000 to tho ton. F. Gancer. who resides on Bird creek, 12 miles southwest of Pendle ton, seeded only ono aero of brome grass on alkali land, and cut tlireo tons of hay from it this season scarcely anything but bromo grass would have grown on the land. A severe drought is being felt the Silver Lake country. Numerous licars havo been seen in the berry imtchcs of Coos county. Squirrels uro botherinc tho wheat growers in some part of Polk county alley larmcrs havo been usinc lime to keep smut oil their wheat, and with good etiect. inc i.ugeno number lo. hns a rivo of 1,000.000 feet of logs coming down tho Willamette. A now ferry boat has been built and launcueu ior iicnuricics crossing on the McKenzie river, pear Eugene A small fire destroyed 10 acres of heat for Herman Pulk, and a culvert on the w. s U. l(. acailroau, near Fulton station. Grasshoppers aro reported to bo swarming tho hills tpid valleys south of Pilot Rock. Serious damage to growing crops is antipipated. Tho English patridecs recently in troduced into Linn county are- doing well. Three broods of young ones have been seen near tho foot of Knox butte, within a few miles of whore they were liberated. Valley farmers report an abundant crop of Chinese pheasants this season. Thero were many old ones which escaped the hunter last fall and this spring being favorablo thero aro moro young pheasants than usual. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, export value, 55c per bushel; blucstein, 57c; valley, nominal. Flour best grades, $2.903.10 per barrel; graham, $2.00. Oats White, $1.32J1.35; gray, $1.301.32 f per cental. Barley Feed, $1717.50; brewing, $1717.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $10. Hay Timothy, $12.5014; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 1820c; dairy, 1415c; store, ll12c per pound. Eggs 1718c per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 12c; Young America, 1213o per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 3.50; hens, $3.50 1.50; dressed. 10 11c per pound; springs, $2.004.00 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $2.50 3.00 for young; geese, $1 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 810c; dressed, 1012c per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3Jc. gross; dressed, C7o per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, G0Jc per lb. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75G; light, $i.755; dressed, 0J7o per pound. Veal Small. 78Kc; iarge, (i 7c per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $1.00 1,25; cows and heifers, $3.253.50; dressed beef, 0J7Jo per pound. Hops 1214o per pound. Wool Valley, ll13o; Eastern Oregon; 812o; mohair, 2021o per pound. Potatoes $1.251.50 per sackjnow potatoes, lo per pound. Boston wiJl havo a college for train ing young women to earn a livlihood. An instrument has been Tinrfnnt.rfl at Dartmouth collego to measure tho heat of tho stars, An English syndicato is said to havo purchased control of 72 zino and lead mines in Missouri, Tho American Museum of Natural History is to send an expedition to China to study tho life and customs of tho Chinese, BACK TO THE ARMY. Where Civil Government tits tie en a Failure -Insurrection Not Qu.lled. Manila, July 22. The United States Civil Commission today an nounced that alter three months' trial of a provincial form of govern ment in tho Islands of Cebu and Bohol and tho l'rovlnco of Katanga, Lu ron, control of these districts, owing to their incomplete pacification, has been returned to tho military author ities, it having proved tlint tho com munities indicated are backward and undeserving of civil nduilnist'-ation. Tho provincial and civil olllcials of these designated districts will coiitiu no their functions, hut aro now under tho authority ot General ChalTeo, instead of that of Civil Governor Taft, as heretofore. 'General Glut tiro has tho power arbitrarily to reinovo from ollico any or all provincial or civil officials ami to ubrognto any section of the laws promulgated in these tlireo provinces. Tho residents of the island of Cebu havo protested, but without success, against tho return to that island to military control. Several towns In Cebu aro still besieged by the insur gents, Tho insurrection nn the island of Bohol has loon renewed and insur gent sentiment in tho province of Ilatangiis is strong. General Challeo has ordered a battalion of the Thir tieth infantry to begin tho occupa tion ot tho island of Mindoro. The province of Hatangas will bo occu pied by the entire Twentieth infan try. II. Phelps Whitmarsh, uovornor of Benguet province, who was recent ly ordered to Manila for investigation of certain charges against him, pre sented his sido of tho case to tho United States Philippine commis sion. Mr. Whitmiirsh denied every chargo mado against him. An act has !cou passed organizing tho insular constabulary, practically as outlined in dispatches receive hut March. A provision has boon added empowering the chief of the systoni and cither of the four distric assistants temporarily to consolidate constabulatorics of two or moro pro' vinces in case of necessity. Iinnec tion and discipline of tho niunicim polico will also lo controlled by con stabuiatory departments. THREE-SCREW CRUISERS. FIREMEN'S STRIKE i COALMINE OWNER8 CONTINUE TO MAKE GAIN8. The Men, However, Are Not Discouraged, and Declare Their Ranks Are Helm? Steadily Increased Few Firemen Obey the Union Order to Return to Work-Much Sym. pathy From Other Districts. Wllkesbarre, l'a., July 22 Moro mines were in operation and moro coal was holoted In tho Wyoming valley today than on any day since the stationary llremaiiV strike began. In tho faeo of this change in tho situation tho strikers aro by no means discouraged. In an official statement issued this afternoon It is declared that lu the upper anthracite region thero is a greater number of mines idlu than yesterday. Tho statement says : "In complianco with tho order of the United Mineworkers of America to firemen of their organization to return to work, but few havo com plied, and thero is a steady iiiciense to their ranks. Wo hope to liavo complete organization of tho entiro territory. A noticeable attitude is that of tho iniueworkers throughout the upper region in their sympathetic stand in our lehal(. From Iiazlcton, Shaiuokin and Mount Carmel region the men are last organizing and will respond to tho call to a man." MAJOR O'NEIL DEAD. ONE YEAR OF OCCUPATION. Great Steaming Radius of Proposed New U S. Warships. Washington, July 22. Tho plans now under consideration for the new armored cruisers authorized by con gross contemplate such u new depart tire in steaming capacity that theso hips will 1)0- able to inako voyages exceeding any by tho ships now in commission and equaling, if not ex ccediug, tho long distance trips of ny naval warship afloat. Although tho plans are not fully passed upon. the main features aro pretty well orked out. They provide for it combination of three screws, so separ ated that any one can work indo- jHjndcntly. By using three screws the ship could develop groat sliced from 22 to 23 knots, so that she could bo listed as a 23 knot ship. But all threo scrows would bo used only in caso of emergency. For the purpose ot making long voyages only ono screw would bo used at a time. It is estimated that this would civo speed ot iu knots nn hour. IJv al tcrnating tho screws, the craft could mako a voyago of at least 10,000 miles without a stop to recoal, and at tho samo timo sho would always liavo her threo scrcews in readiness to dcvolon 'i'L or 'ii knot speed in caso of ne cessity. APPEALS FOR PROTECTION, An English Subject In Colorado Is Afraid of Mob Violence. Denver, July 22. William Rod cliffo has appealed to tho stato to pro tect his property at tho Grand Mesa akes. Ho says armed men aro in possession of his property and threat en to kill his employes if thoy do not loavo Delta county. Ho arrived in tho city last evening and immedi- toly entered into consultation with tho stato gamo commissioner. Tho opinion of tho attorney general will bo asked as to tho duty of tho stato. Radcliffo places his loss in young trout nlono at $10,000. Radcliffo. ho is an English subject, has ap pealed to tho British consul for pro tection to his life and property. Will Be Sent to Fort Uwfon. Seattle July 22. Tho Thlrtv-sco- ond company of coast artillery is an nounced by tno local quartermaster's Ihco hero as having been detailed to duty at Fort Lawton on its arrival at heattlo. Iho company is now in tho hillppincs and is expected to arrivo hero within tho next 30 days. Thero aro 110 men in tho detachment, Tho accommodations at'Fort Lawton, how ever, aro not sufficient for a two-com pany battery ot artillery, and aro now being enlarged undor a contract econtly let uyitho government. Negotiations Still Progressing. London, July 22. In tho house of commons today tho parliamentary secretary of tho foroign office, Lord Cranbourno. informed a questioner that tho difficulty which caused tho deadlock among tho ministers of tho foroign powers at Pokin had rofcrenco to tho collection of revenues, ear marked for tho purposo of indemnity. and that tho negotiations at Pokin wore still in grogrcss, Pekln Will Be Given Back to the Chinese Authorities August M. Washington,, July 22. Commis sioner ltockhlll has cabled the state (lepiirtnniciit tho following state ment of the present status of tho ne gotiations nt l'ekin: "The diplomatic corjn at l'ekin is engaged iu considering tho Itiifsian proposals for tho eventual incrouno of tho tariff (maritime customs). A solution of tho problem is hoped for. The indemnity, fixed at 450.000,000 tads and 4 jicrcont interest, has Is en formally accepted and Jiihiii has waived preferential treatment. Tho formal surrender of l'ekin to the Chi li eco is expected to take place on Au gust 14." Tho (Into mentioned is the anniversary of tho relief of tho lo gatiouniN by tho international forces. IIiu ItusNlaii proposal referred to ii understood, in substance, to 1k nn increase from 5 jmr cent to 10 iter cent of the customs duties which the Chinese government may collect at tho ports from foreign countries, It is further understood that the in crease Is not to take effect at once and wimps not at all. It will do IX! in I tiHn the resources of China under tho existing system. Thij proposition is Indiovcd to bo much less ubicctlomihlo to Creat Britain and Japan, as well as to the United States, than tho original proposition to mako an alrtoltito and immediatu increase of' tho cistoms duties to tho extent projwed. POSTAL REFORM. Third Mayor of the City of Portland, I456.7-, Pasted Away at Spokane, Spokane, Wash,, July 22. Major Jiitne O'Neill, ono of tho oui'liest, pioneers of tho Northwest, died at II o'clock last night, lie was the thiol mayor of Portland. At the time ( his death ho was deputy ulork of tlm federal court. lie was born nt DtinausbtirK, Hohnucctady county, N, Y., February 8, 1820. In 1853 10 eamo west to Oregon, Ho settled In Oregon City, but soon wont to Port land and becamo agent for Well, Fargo A Co, No was olected the third mayor of Portland and held that ollico during 1850.7. Iu 1801 he went to I.apwal, In tho Net 1'orce reservation, as mlporiutondout of ed ucation, and next year took full chargo of tho agency under a com mission issued July G, 18(12, by Pres ident Lincoln, appointing him Unit ed States 1 1 nl In ii agent for the terri tory of Idaho. In 1800, Major O'Neill pamed through tills country on his way to select land for a reservation, and the laud thou chosen constitute the pres ent loeur irAIono Indian reserve. Ho retired from his position lu 180N, and May 10 of tho following year went luck to Now York state, ridlne on the first through train on tho Cen tral 1'aoilio Hn II road from haerntuento to Ogdun. lie remained about nine years at his native place, Iu 1878 ho returned to tho West, locating nt Chewalali, Slovens county, Wash., whom ho was sub-Indian agent, hav ing chargo of the Cocur d'Alono. Iu 1887 ho was elected auditor of Stev ens county. He served two terms. Ho was then elected to tho stato sen ate to represent Stevens and Kpokano counties. In 1802 ho was appointed deputy clerk of tho United States district and circuit courts of the east urn division of Washington, which ho held nt the time of his death. WEARY OF PRI80N. Postmasters Notified of a Change In Second. Class R'gulatlons. Washington, July 22. Third As sistant Postmaster Gonoral Madden has issued a circular notice to all postmaster calling especial attention to tho order promulgated recently, making radical changes in the kind of publications allowed admission as second-class mail matter. It huvh that postmasters may bo held on their ofdcial bonds for revenue Inst to the department throuuh improper application or faulty administration of these regulations. Tho pound rato oi postage, it says, is a special nnvi lego at tho public expenso and tho do- parjtmcnt will restrict tho privileco to .1 .... I. !!.. ...1 i .". . uiusu iiiiuiiuiuiijiiH which aro uuriy within the contemplation of tho laws nntl projierly meet tho requirements, Owing to tho material chances of practico which will bo necessarv bv some publishers and news aeonls. tlm department, wncroit is inequitable, will not onforco tho now regulations imincuiatoiy. but will in no cmui cr. tend tho timo beyond October 1, 1001. The Dragon Has LefL London. July 22. A hk.1i nmMi in l'ekin who claims tho nownr nf divimition, says a dispatch to tho ruanuaru irom Tien Tsin, has notified tho Chincso court that tho dragon lias left tho capital, and that, cousepuont ly, it is imposaiblo for tho court to return. Agulntldo Is Challng Under Ills Long Con tinued Restraint. .Manila, July 23. Agtiiualdo is considerably irritated at his contin ued surveillnaco by tho American au thorities. Whenever llo signs his name ho must add the word "pris oner." lie rcfiucd tho request of his friends to writo to the insurgent General Malvar, still at large in Southern Ltuon, advising him to surrender. Ho consented to sign a copy of his oath of allegiance with the understanding that it I hi forward ed to Malvar for the purtiosa of influ encing his surrender, but under his signature to tho oath ho wrote, "Pris oner In Malaennan PrWpn." Oeneral Davis ho been ordered to the command of tho American troop on tho island of .Mindanao, and iu the Jolo archipelago. General IColU-, formerly commander of this diatrict, will return to tho United State. Tho transport Sheridan, with tho Fourteenth infantry, and Adjutant General Harry on board, sailed from horo today. General .MncArthur, who left hero on tho .Mmulo July -1, will embark on tho Shoridan, at Na gasaki, for San Frunoisoo. DISTRESS MAY FOLLOW. Many Water for Suffering Indians, Phoenix. Ariz.. Julv 29. ti. Un'tcd States district court took hum.. mary steps to relievo tho condition of wiu BiineruiK rima and Mnrimn,. Indians when it irranted tion rcHtruininL' tho cannl above tho reservation from ..m.,.. water from tho rivonmil H ing tho Indians of thoir wator supply" Tho action is of much imnnrtn,, n that it will civo tho Inilli, ... enough to prevent n fumlnn ,i.i,.i. caused such disaster among tli'cm last Fishermen's Strike Ended. Vancouver, B. 0 Julv 22 Tt, striko of tho salmon flshormon against mo eraser river Cannnra 1, i UjUBted, tho Vancnnvni. trado having acted as mediator. It has been aurccd thnt ti,n ni . . shall receive 12) conUp or is To one-qunrtor of tho entire nank VnA lllnnnta 41. , . i ,m ""Uiuwior of yauK. Aim union men Sunday night. or of tlin bogan fishing Settlers Rushing dnlo Oklahoma With Little Money or Provisions, Fort Sill, O. T July 23. Disor der and distross, will, it is foared, fol low tho actual opcnlnc of tho Kiowa- Comancho reservation, August 0. It is now estimated that fully 150,000 Icop!o will havo registered for a chanco to secure ono of the 13,000 claims to bo awarded bv lottery. when tho registration booths oloso on July 20. Thousands of persons now on tho rcseravtion, who uro neither mechanics nor artisans, and who havo littlo or no money, onnoniico their intention of locating around Lawton, if thoy fail to win n claim. Campers, who camo iu prairio schooners by tho thousands, gonerally brought with them provisions sufficient to last from five to 10 dayH. Continued drought has caused tho water to bo restricted, and for days a hot wind has prevailed on tho prairies, and tho temporaturo has averaged over tho 100 murk, With thoso conditions boforo thorn, many aro already bo ginning to grumblo, and when this is followed by disappointment over failure to draw a lucky number, tho hopo that boro many up will doubt less give way to moro serious conditions. Missouri Changing Its Course. Kansas Cltv. Julv 22 Tho .Mis souri rivor Iiiih out its hanks at a point eight miles south of I.oaven wortli and is now pouring part of its waters into tho Pintle, river. Tho bed of tho Platto is being gradually widened, and thorn Is diminir that within tho uoxt fow days tho Missouri will bo transferred complotoly to tho bed of tho Platto. An Island fivo . miles long and iu somo places ncarlyX' two lllilos wide linn bnnn formed. If tho Missouri adopts this now channel this now land will bo transferred from Missouri to Kansas. Destructive Prairie Fires, Denver Julv 23 Considerable de struction by forest nnd prairio fires is roportcd from different points in tho fltuto, directly attrlbutablo to tho condition of grass and tlmbor from tho long dry spoil. Tlmbor fires havo neon burning sovoral days near Mount Evans, Long's Peak and on tho Kenosha rango. From Baca and Prowors counties, tho nnntnr of tliO Stock ralsimr distrlnr,. nnmn rnnnrtB of destruotivo prairio firoa, if