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T Bohemia Nugget J.HItlll'XllV, Alitor nnd Pruir. COTsTjAGB GROVE . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review ot the Import' ant .Happening! of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form. Most Likely to Prove Interesting. Ropjrysontntlvo Graffonrold of Texas im uvu. CM PciiJuor Hoar colobratod lit a 70th An niversary on Friday. - TIio machinists' strlko on tlio Gulf, Colorado A Santa Fo haa boon doclared off. Colombia accuses Nicaragua ot aiding rovolntlonsts nnd threatens to rotalitao "when alio gets up." Tho forost Droa that havobocn raging In Wyoming for tho past two weeks nro reported to bo undor control. A loss of $100,000 waa caused by the burning of tho concentrator of tlio won tana Ore Purchasing company at Butte. The Canadian Pacific railway will shortly plaro tho enormous amount ot 23,000,000 acres of land on tho market for settlers. A steamer and rowboat collided on Lake Gogus. near Battle Creek, Mich., and resulted in tho drowning of firo employes of tlio Battlo Creek Sanitar ium. Heavy rains hare damagod crops In Kansas, and in tho vicinity of Burling ton hundreds of acres of corn have been destroyed and many bridges washed away. Attorney General Knox has sailed for Europo. He goes abroad for tho purpose of obtaining clear titlo to tho property of the Panama Canal com. pany. Judge Richardson ot Spokane has rendered a decision that a boycott Is not illegal when peaceably conducted, anil when not so conducted must be dealt with in the criminal court, not by a court of equity. -. In' an automobib accident at- Long Branch , N. J., two persona wore killed and three seriously Injured. Gosrge I. Clark, grand ruler of the Elks, denies tbo report that there is a shortage in tho account of the grand treasurer. Jf Twenty-three Italians have been ar rested at Geneva, Italy, on suspicion of being connected with a plot to derail the train bearing King Victor Emman uel to Berlin. "A husband takes a wife for better or worse, and because she does not conform to his notions of economy is not a ground for casting her from him." This is the opinion of Justice sprig, of the New York supreme court. It is probable the opening of the schools of Kansas will have to be post poned on account o( the inability ot the American Book company to furnish books. The company has been prevent ed from delivering the books by reason of an injunction issued by a Topek; court. Tlio strike of Havana dock laborers has ended. Another Btrect car strike is threaten ed at Chicago. Ex-Governor George Hoadley, ot Ohio, is dead. Official reports show the continuance of good crop weather. Nome and the outside world will be connected by telegraph by Apri next. Edward C. Boyce of Denver has been nominated by Colorado Socialists for Governor. Brigham Yonng, president of the apostles of the Mormon church is re ported seriously ill. Secretary Shaw has rescinded tho order of ex-Secretary Gage for the put chase of bonds at stated prices. Miss .Julia Laraont, daughter of Daniel 8. Lamont, ex-secretary of war, died at her father's cottage at Sorrento, Maine., Tuesday. ChrlBtlania, Norway, is suffering from hard times, which may result in a crisis unless industrial conditions Improve before long. I'eter S. Hoe, the last surviving original member of the original firm of It. Hoe & Co., manufacturers of print ing presses, is dead at Upper Mont clair, ri. J. air. Hoe was born In New York 81 years ago. M. Combo, tbo French premier, is to resign. Rossland, B. C, has boon visited by a $ 75,000 lire Third diet! let California Republicans have renominated Coombs for congress King Edward has gone on a cruise to Scotland. The time of his return is in definite, Parcels post arrangements have been concluded between this country and England. John C. Bullitt, a prominent Phila delphia attorney, closely identified witli public affairs, is dead. Great veins of rich Iron ore are re ported to havo been discovered at Vadso, in tlio province ot Tromsoe, Norway. Experiments in wireless telephoning have been succosslully carried on be' twoen Sassnltz and Kolberg, Germany, a distance ot 105 miles. Tho funeral of General Franz Bigol was hold in Now York Sunday, For throo hours the body lay in state, and fully 10,000 poonle filed past and viewed the remains. The Ohio lolgslature has convened in apodal session to enact laws to pro--iri,. farKtlm envernmont of municlnal- Itles nni. to' restore lost Jurisdiction to tho suproroo court, those matters hay ing boen rendered chaotic by the action Of that court miring me eny summer, An edict lias been Issued in China onlarinipnv-wiq WW vf 't missionary named Jw.a .m u.. tralian missionary namoa ruce, uu punished. The government expresses great regret ' ")e occurrences and jpromUoa to mako reparation, HAVTI ORDERS TO SHOOT. General Oobln Will Take More Stringent , Measures. Phlindelpliia, Sept. 2. Having ox hnustod every othor means for pre serving poaco and In protecting non union men from violcncn on their way td nnd from tho mines, Brigadier Gen eral Gobln, in ' command ot tho troops now in tho coal Holds, has issued an or der that thd (oldiors shall Jhoot any persons detected -throwing stones nnd other missllos, and that if any mob re sists tho authority ot tho troops, they hall freolr uso their bayonets. ,; Tho Panther Creek valley has boen in an almost continnat turmoil this week, and tho troops stationed ..there have had some difficulty in protecting tht lives of tho workmen. Tho sltua tlon in the valley has. honover, 1m provod gioatly, and it is hoped by Iho military authorities that the lawlessness and abusive language directed toward tho Soldiers will now coate. Tho other sections of tho coal regions aro compar atively quiet. The general strike situation remains unchanged. Some coal Is being shipped, but tho quantity is so small, compared with tho normal shipment, that it has littlo or no effect on tho market. Tbo fuel now coming to tho market is prin cipally washery and loose coal. COM1NO IN DROVES. There la a Orcat Rush of Scandlvlans to American Shore. Stockholm, Bert. 2. Driven from tlioir homes by the unprecedented hard times and stringent conscription laws of Sweden, an unusually largo number of Scandinavians aro making their way to Ameiica this summer, hvery steam er leaving tor America is crowded, and the transport lines are coping with the greatest rush since the eighties. Many are unable to obtain passage at Scandi navian points ami are obliged to go to Liverpool and Southampton. It is estimated that 10,000 passen gers for America havo left Copenhagen alono during the last six months. The emigrants are mostly ot an excellent class. They are bound chiefly to the Northwestern states, where they intend settling on agricultural land. SULTAN AND ARMENIANS. He Will Rescind So ere Order If They Will be Loyal. Constantinople, Sept. 2. The sultan recently agreed to repeal tho exception al measures adopted against the Armen ians if the Armenian patriarch would guarantee that no outbreak would fol low. The patriarchal council having met and signed a document setting forth tho loyalty of the Armenians and promising tranquility, an imperial Irade is now awaited, the patriach having re fused to resume his office until the promises of the sultan are fulfilled. Ninth Cavalry to Return. Washington, Sept. 2. General Chaf fee has cabled to the war department that he and his successor, General Da vis, are of tbo opinion that another reg iment of cavalry can now bo spared from duty in the Philippines. The nec essary orders havo been forwarded to him to send home one regiment, and the headquarters and six troops of the Ninth Cavalry will be relieved from duty and vril 1 sail on the Logan for San Francisco Sept. 3, the remainder of the regiment to sail October 1. Ouldl Is Appointed. Rome, Aug. 31. Mgr. Guidi has been appointed delegate in the Philip pines. He is expected to hasten his departure for Manila in consequence of information received at the Vatican of the organization of a schismatic Cath olic church in the islands. The Vati can does not attach much importance to the movement, and declares "it cannot develop under the leadership of persons whose sole reason for oraniza tion is because they are excommuni cated from the Catholic tbuich." Will be Argued at Bismarck. Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 2. A writ of habeas corpus, sued out tor the re lease of Charles 31. Fay, of Portland Or., before Judge Winchester, will bo argued here in the morning. Fay was charged fcy tho officials of Waupaca county, Wis., with obtaining money by iraua. ine writ ot requisition was se cured irom the governor of Oregon, but was afterward revoked and Fay was taken from a train on a writ of habeas corpus. Orcgonlan Dies in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 2. Owen Judd, state agent for Oregon tor tlio New ork Life Insurance company, is dead hero at the residence of his father, Judge W. Jndd. Falling health forced Mr. Judd to leave Oregon two months ago, and since that time his decline has been rapid. Honors (or Oregon Ooy. The Dalles, Or., Sept. 2. Homer D Angel I, of this city, has been awarded the Morgan scholarship in tho Colum bia university school of law for tbo next year. The award was made In recognition ol Mr. Angell's high schol arship for last year. Dumont to Build Big Airship. New York, Sept. 2. Santos Dumont. tne aeronaut, will, according to a Her aid Dispatch from Paris, attempt the construction of an aerial vessel to carry eight portions. He plans to begin ox periments vim tlio machine In two or throo months. New Sumpter Smelter. Suraptor, Or., Sept. 2. Excavating has begun a milo below Sumpter for the smolting plant contemplated for this cur. Manager E. V. Mullet has a good force of men blasting and removing earth for the heavy machinery and furnaces. Declines Offer of Presidency, Seattle, Sept. .2. Rev. Edward Lin- colq Smith, of tho Pilgrim Congrega tional church of Seattle, has declined the offer of the presidency of, tho Pa cific University at Forest Grove, Or. Withdrawal Foreign Troops T)en Taln( e?ptf 2.AcconlJnf to tI)0 military commanders, all the troops, with tho exception of the legation guards, wlJJ bo "withdrawn from China next spring. NEWS W OREGON ITPMS 0P' INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Commercial and Financial Happenings ot the Past Week Brief Rolen ot the (lronth and Development ot Various Industries Throughout Our Common w-ealth-Late.it Market Report. Pendleton stores will close at six o'clock hereafter. Flvu brick blocks are In process ot construction at Salem. The separator and threshing outfit ot Frank Chute was destroyed by fire on tho Gunn farm, north of Ashland Adam K. Wilson, n prominent bus! ness man ot Dallas, is dead, aged 68 years. Ho was tho owner, ot two largo farms in Polk county. William I-owis. ono ot tho oldest marine engineers In this section of tli country, died Tuesday at St. Vincent hospital, Portland, from cancer of tli stomach. Farmers living at Highlaud are com plaining of a black beetle that Is doing a great deal of harm. Nearly all the late garden stuffs, such as squash cabbage, cucumbers, etc., aro being devouted. As a result ot the range war now going on between Morrow county stockmen and sheepmen, 31. C. l.lllott a sheephordor, has been shot and wounded by supposed cattlemon from tho John Day country. At a meeting of the Salem Press Club Frank Davey was appointed to co operate with the legislative committee of tho State Frews association on mat tors ot legislative importance that may come up at the next session of tho iegis lature ot concern to tho newspaper frn- terntty ol trio stato. Charles L. Fay, tho well known Portland insnranco man, whoso arrest last Saturday created quite a sensa tion, was released from custody at Mandan, X. D., Governor Geer bavin revoked the requisition granted to Wisconsin officials, tho same having been based upon misleading informs tion. Andrew White, charged with the kill ing ot eter Beauchene at Portland, has been arrested nt ancoover. Scyeral heavy shipments of sheep are being sent from the vicinity of Baker City t'. California for tho winter Negotiations are pending between the Portland City Railway company and the City and Suburban Railway com pany with a view of tho purchase of the latter by tho former, and tho con solldatlon ot both systoms under ono head. State Senator John L. Rand, of Fa ker City, will make an effort to havo bill passed at the next session of the Oregon legislature giving Baker county a separate Judicial district. A decision of considerable interest has been received at the United States land office at Oregon City In the case of George L. Derrick against Arthur T Merwin, involving a tract in section 3 township 0 south, rango 8 west. The decision knocks out both parties on the ground that the entry conflicts with the Corvallis A Yaqulna Bay wagon road grant. inariea a. Wilkinson, who was ar rested at Ashland two weeks ago for stealing horses in Minnesota, has been taken back to that state by Doputy wuerilt U. r . Hurst, of Polk county, ji inn. Near Huntington, Malheur county. ledge of gold-bearing ore has been dis covered that assaya as high as $2,000 per ton. Tfie ledgo averagos about eight feet in width, and croppings hnv been traced on both sides of the moun tain on which tbo find is located. A contract has been let at Baker City ior i,uuu,uuu leet of lumber by tho Or egon Electric Power company. The lumber is to bo used in constructing a Humo and power plant on Eagle creek The Rev. J. J. Walter, formerly juetnodlst bishop of Alaska and re cently in the rervice ot the leading Mothodist church at Spokane, lias been appointed colonization agont of the Great Central railroad, projected between uooa nay and bait Lake City, He will at onco enter upon his duties which are to arrange the settlement of colonies along tho projected line. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 6001c; blue stem, 62393c; valley, 6304c. Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton. riour Best grades, iJ.uosia.UU nei barrel; graham, r-'.U533.20. Millstuffs Bran. $17 per ton: middlings, 421.60; shorts. $18: cnop, Oats No.l white, 05cia$1.00: erar. uutguac. Hay Timothy, $11(312; clovor. $7.60010: Oregon wild hay, $6Q0 per ton. Fotatoos Best iiurbanke. 60(3( 6c percental; ordinary, 6055o per cen tal, growers prices; sweets, $2.00 per cental. Butter Creamery, 2226c: dairv iocgioSc; store, i-'S31dc. Eggs 2022c for Oregon. Cheese Toll cream, twins. 12k 13o;YoungAmerica, 1314c; fac tory prices, 1(8 lic less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,00(3 4.50; bens, $4.00(35.60 per dozen, HOllKc per pound; springs, 11(3 IIJSO per pound, $2.60(34.00 per doz- en; ducks, $2.603. 00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 1314c, dressod, 16lGc per ponnu ;, geese, ii.uutso.uu per-dozen. Mutton Gross, 243o per pound! dressed, 0c per pound. Hogs Gross, Ohio; dressed, 7&7H( per pound. Veal 7g i per ponnd. Beef Gross, cows, 3(33 Wo: steers. 3(34fc; dressed, 78e-per pound. Hops 1017c; new crop 1718c, Wool Valley.l2K(316 Eastern Ore gon, 814Jc: moliali, 25Q20o ponnd. Mit LAND SCANDAL. Speculators Alleged to be Taking Unfair Adantacc of Indians. Washington, Aug. :H. Investiga tion develops tlio beginning ot what promises to bo a groat scandal growing out of tho purchasu by syndicate nnd Individuals ot lands ot deceased In dians, allotted nt prices considerably below their value an abuse which tho Indian allien Is trying to check As ret It is confined to tho Southwest ern states, hut tho smeulatorH are rar Idly advancing westward nnd north ward, threatening In a shoit tlino to ponetrntu ovary Indian reservation con Mining allotted lands lit Oregon and asuington. Tlieio are strong liitlum lions, backed by evidence on lllo, to show that several agents aro in collu sion with tho speculators, nnd aro In duclug heirs to sell nt ridiculously low figures. Commtssonur Jones advocates the advertising of ail lauds belonging to dciotiied allottees, thu tracts to go to the highest bidders, but congress must Hist sanction this plan. Tiiero are In Oregon 470,000 acres of allotted laud 372,000 acres in Washington, and 188,000 In Idaho, a largo portion ot which iMilonga to tho heirs of the orig inal allottees, now dead. Alwut 178,000 acres ot tho Oregon allotment aro nt Kianmth, 140,000 nt Warm Springs, 1 7,000 at Umatilla nnd 33,000 at Grand Rondo, with tho remainder nt Silotz. Commissioner Jones says those land aro vcr tempting to speculators, and unless some remedy is toon devised the Northwestern Indians will I swindled out ot vnluablo posstvslon No complaints have yet been had from that section, but nro expected. Tho most desirable lauds In Wash Ington nro 61,000 acres at Colvlll 17,000 acres at Puyallup and 211,000 acres nt lakima. Thu Lapwai reserva tion, Idaho, contains tho most coveted lands In that state. CIIAROF.S AQAIN5T PALMA. Cuban President Said to He In Danger Impeachment Havana, Aug. 31. Charges against President Pnlma, of tho Cuban Repub lic, arising from certain executive con cessions ho is credited with having made to friends nnd others for, pe haps, financial or political considera tions, which nro to be preferred by tho house, havo been prepared and printe and impeachment proceedings against this high official aro likely to bo sprung any day. At present it is impossible to tell what action l'alma will tnko in tl matter. Washington, Aug. 31. Tho state de partment announces that although It in dally communication with Minister Squires, It has not been ndvired of any crisis in the Cuban government, nor has it been notified officially of anr effort bolng made to impeach Presideu l'alma. aOOD KOADS TRAIN. It Will Remain at Portland from October J to 30. Washington, Aug. 31. Tho itood roads convention in connection with tho Minnesota stato fair, on tho grounds between bt. Paul and Minneapolis fcept. 1, 2 and 3, is expected to iiuti tute the most far-reaching and effectiv demonstration of the value ot good roads so fur given. Tho office of road inquiry of tho department of agricul turo will tako a leading part in tho convention. At tho tlmo of tho con vontion a good roads train will bit equipped by the Groat Northern and put at tlio disposal of tho departtnen of agriculture officials and others in terested in tho work. It will visit thu most contral points and promote tho holding ot meetings similar to that at tho Minneioiu fair. The train will be at Seattle October 0 to 12; Portland Or., October 13 to 20. Tho departmen of agriculture will lie represented by Director Martin Dodgo, ot thu office of load inqury, and his assistants. HALF DOZEN WOUNDED, Encounter Between Strikers and Troops at Lansford, Pa. lamaqun, l'a., Aug. 31. In an en counter between troops and strikers at Lansford, Captain W, II. Helm, of Company K. Twulfth regiment, was slightly injured. Half a dozen strikers were bayoneted in the fracas. Major Gearhart, in command of tho troops lero states that ho will appeal to tho military authorities to put the town of Lansford under military law. HUNTED IHO GAME. President Oets a Bear in New Hampshire Forests. Newport, N. H, Aug. 31. President Roosevelt was entertained hero in a manner to his liking. Instead nt making numerous addresses, meeting committees and indulging in hand shaking, ho plunged into the forest of tho Uroyden mountain region and hunted big game, and just before dark succeeded in Bhooting a bear. Senator Proctor was tho president's hunting companion. Siberian Exiles Revolt. Vienna, Aug. 31. Tlio Neuo Frio Presso declares that the terrible treat ment of Siberian political exiles at the Aloxandrowskl settlement has led to a striko of the convicts, who aro ro fusing all nourishment until they aro moro Humanely treated. Ihoy aro con fined in dark and damp cells, according to tho paper, whore sanitary conditions nave resulted in ouinreaua oi disease. The sick and dead are allowed to re main to contaminate the living. Starving Indians. Washington, Aug. 31, Commission er of Indian Affairs Jones has received telegram from Senator Rawlins of Utah representing that 0,000 Indians tbo Navalo rofervation, in the southern part of his state, aro starving, nu requesting that assistance bo dis patched to them. Bodies Still Held In Paris. Now York, Aug. 31. Tho bodies of Charles L. Fair and wife, who were killed iii an automobile accident, aro till hero, cables tho Paris correspond ent ot tlio American, Nothing can bo learned as to tho date on which they pre to be shipped to Now York, N0.tH.NG FOR, HER STATU UISALLOWS MRS. WAOOONER'S CLAIM OP REWARD. Not Untitled to An) thing for Delivering Merrill's Body Claimant fur Tracy Reward Have Agreed Upon n Division -Boy Who Notified Potte Is to Have Equal Share. Salem, Or., Aug. 30. Secretary of Statu Dunbar has announced his deci sion disallowing thoclalm ot Mrs, Wvg goner for finding and returning tho ixxiy oi uonvict .Merrill. All tho im Ivors In tho case aro cot forth, and alter n lengthy review of tho facts Sir. Dun bar rone I lull's as follows: "In view of tho foregolnU. after duo enumeration, tlio claim Is hereby dis- illunod for thu reason that from the facts nnd evidence ottered It does not up near that tho claimant rendered tho service claimed, or by her nets In find Ing and returning the body of .Merrill. compiled with tho piovlslons of tho law or tho oiler of reward, nnd Is there fore not entitled to tho amount claimed or any part thereof." Spokane, Aug. 30. It Is under stood that mince has liccii declared lie- tweon tho men who have boon claiming shares in tho Harry Tracy reward, nnd that now there will bo no fighting over Its payment. ShurilT Gardner is au Identically said to havo made an offer to tho Iho members of the posse to the ollecl that If they will sign mi agree ment to give Goldfinch, thu lioy who betrayed tbo outlaw, an equal share with each of them In tho reward, ho will step aside and do all in his power to assist them to draw down tho prim money. Tho sheriff states that throughout thu controversy the rights of young Gold Uncli have been ills objectivu point, nnd ho nsserts that ho Is determined to seo that tho boy guts his full share. Tho offer of tho sheriff will probably bo accepted and will thus rettlo tho dispute over tho reward, which, it lias seemed, itiuld only bo adjusted through the courts. It Is understood that tho Creston men do not believe thu youth has a purticlo of claim legally to tho reword, but that in ordor to get the matter settled without litigation they are willing to comply with the terms of blierilf tiarduer. POSSIBLE STRINGENCY. Secretory Shaw Will Take Steps to Ease ( Up the Money Market. Washington, Aug. 30. In view of rumors as to Secretary Shaw's plans for relieving the money market in tho event ot n possible stringency, the see rottry, who is now In Now York, has authorized Assistant Secretary Alios to make tho following statement: "Tho secretary recently Invited somo of tho larger national hanks In thu iirin cipal cities to order additional amounts of circulating notes to lie printod. National banks aro entitled to Issue notes to tlio full amount ot tholr caul tal. Tho aggregate capital of national bunks is $700,000,000, but tho banks have outstanding only $358,000,000 of circulation. Iho secretary has hoped to Introduce an element of elattlcltv into tho present system. Ills sugges tions to tho various batiks in tho larger cities that they mako preparation for additional circulation havo met with very favorable response. It is not his intention that thoy should issue this additional circulation at all, now, but only In caso ol actual necesait) and cmorgoncy. Vutli this In view, thoso banks which have mado arrangements to doiioelt United States bonds as so- onrity for such additional circulation havo tent in tlioir orders and tho sec retary has had all branches of the treasury i-ervico uusuy engaged In ex pediting the preparation of tho notes pending a possihlo emergency." THREATENED WITH DEATH. American Missionaries Ordered to Leave Their Field In Mexico. Plainfiold, Ind., Aug. 30. Word has been received from Everett Morgan and wifo, formerly residents of Plain- field, now missionaries at Covlctl, Mex ico, that natives of that place havo warned them that unless thov Inavn thn city by September 17 they will bo put to death. Air. and airs. Morgan were sent out by tho Board of Foreign Mis sions of tho Westerly yearly meeting of rriends about four years ago, and havo been at Covlctl about a year. Appeals for protection havo been sent to tho government authorities, SPRECKELS IN CANADA. Sugar King Is Organizing a Illg Company Across the Border. Montreal, Aug. 30. Clans Sprockets, president of the Federal Sugar Refining company, and Ills counsel havo arrived hero. It Is understood they centum plato thu organization ot a Canadian company with a capital of $0,000,000. Beyond the fact that papers for tho in corporation wore signed and forwarded to Ottawa, nothing could bo lea mod Crater Lake and Rainier Exhibits, Washington, Aug. 30. The interior department is anxious to secure an impresslvo exhibit Irom the Crator Lake and Mount Ranior, togothcr with other national parks, for tho St, Louis exposition, with a view to' attracting public attention to theso locations and giving tho publlu gonorally a better idea of tho natural wonders of theso pots. A more definite Idea Is yet to be formed ns to the nature of the exhibit to bo made, und suggestions nnd solicited from interested Oregon aro Washington people Weyerhauser Buys More Timber, Olympia, Wash., Aug. 30, Tho Woyerhauoor Timber company has bo- como the owner of what Is virtually one-eighth of tho laud in Thurston county. A deed has been filed In tho ofllco of the county auditor transferring to the Weyerhaiisors all of tho tlmbor lands owned by tho Northern Pacific ' in this couniy, amounting to miu.ih acres. The doods bora rorenuo stamps to tho valno of $447, showing that tho j purchasq price was $621,803, ropro- sentlng the largost transfer of property over mado In this oounty, , MAY lilt ORIIAT STRIKE. Ralluny Trainmen will Demand Increase of Twenty Per Cent, Milwaukee, Aug, 20, The Boiitlnel Hayst By Septeiulier 15 tho largo rail way systoms of tho country will bo rim fronted with a demand by 100,000 mouiliers ol tliollruthorhoodot Hallway trainmen for nn Inerenni In wages, which will moan an nddjtltumt outlay of $1,000,000 a month for wages by railroads In tho country or thu altern ative ot u ntrlko which will eollpso In extent nil previous strikes, Including Out fliinimi.lritt Inn .if tin, A tiiMi-lrftli Railway Union In HUM. Thu doiiiHiuliU" " l"""'KUin, Aug. si. uiugoiu pro which havo been formulated aro fin uu Increase of 20 per cunt In wages. " Cleveland, O., Aug, 21). Assistant Grand Matter Iahi, ot thu Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said! "It is truo that a concerted move ment has Ikhui Inaugurated by trainmen and conductors employed on railroads west ot the Mississippi river to wen re uniform rates ot compensation, A vote of tho men, which will probably result In tho officers ot tho two organ. Imtlons Mng nuthuriiod lu present loquosts to tho various roads for these concessions, is now being taken. It will, however, io at least 00 days lie. tore tho veto has been completed. There is absolutely no talk of u strike, and tint possibility of such a move ment is extremely remote." (IAUI1 1)111 UATUI). Cutlfurnla Republk-an Nomination fur (lov crnor (iocs to Pardee, Sacramento, Cnl., Aug. 20 Aftor lighting ono of the most hitter political battles in his career, Governor Ongo of California, suftured defeat In the Ite publican state convention In this city. Dr. Pardee of Oakland was his strong est opHnenl from tho start. Ho re ceived thu unanimous nomination of tho convention on tho sixth ballot. This result was accomplished by a coalition of the supporters of Gage and Pardee, During tho roll cull ot thu sixth ballot, before a quarter of the counties had been called, It becnnin apparent that thu tide was setting to ward I'anlco. His own delegation w wild with excitement, and the ciiuU glon spread liku wild II ro, his support ers acting like mail men. When the chairman declared him tho nomine there was another prolonged outburst In resiicusu to rclH-alcd domain! Pardee thanked the delegates and pressed appreciation m the honor con forretl upon him. Aldeu was then unanimously nominated for lieutenant governor. MOUNTAINS OP TIN. Rich Discoveries Reported In the Vicinity of Mount Wrangcl. Seattle, Aug. 20. A special dispatch from Vnldes, Alaska, to tho Times says: Robert Blai, tho exiiert sent Into tli Nazlna district bv Captain Dolamur has just reached Vnldes and reports that thu rtaelna district has tlio greatest inlnoj in Alaska, and that thu ropi-er property tfioro Is tho greatest know in tho world, Thu richness of tl country, Captain Illul says, Insure the building of n railroad at thu earliest possihlo tlmo. Tho most important discuvuries I Alaska havo been mado by A. W. Tib- bits, in tho finding ol mountains ot tin near Mount Wruugel, 160 miles ill tant, in which district lie located forty ii vo claims. This Is tho greatest season of ills coverles Alaska hits evor known. OOOD COMMON SENSE. President Says That Is All That's Needed In Oovcrnmcnt. Matorvillo, Mo., Aug. 20 Tho pros luonnai special stonmsl iiere nliotit te minutes. Tho president mode n brief address in which ho said: "I feel that tho art of successful gov ernment Is tho art ot applying, every nay, mo principles of dfc-oncy, mora uy ami common sunso. What we need Is tlio application of every-day nrlnc pies that a man nee. Is If ho makes hi nusinoss a success, l tie on v norma nont bottormont In tho condition of any nation is to ralso the standards of ind I vidual citizenship throughout thu na tion." SETTLERS FEAR APACHES. Arizona Indians Leave Their Reservation and Oather at Abandoned Fort. ,. , . . . .... i iioenix, Ariz,, Aug, -. l or some months the Apachu Indians havu boon securing permission to itavo the reser. vation and havo boen gathering nt thn anandonod J-ort McDowell reservation until thoro aro about 300 there. Hot tiers in tho vicinity aro complaining aooui ineir trespass nir on me on nm grain Holds, and tholr threatening Ian guago when driven out. Settlers havu petitioned for their return. Frenchmen After Our Fruit. holom, Or., Aug. 20. I,. Cheynrny and P. L. Martinoau, commission mer chants of Lohavro and Bordeaux I-rance are In Salem. Tho purpose of their visit to this city Is to ostabllsl business relations with fruit doalors of this section, particularly In thu matter ot securing u supply of prunes. Thoy report that tho French priinn crop this yoarwlll not exceed ono third of tho average COMMITS SUICIDE. San Francisco Manager of Western Union Shoots Himself. Snp Francisco, Aug, 20. T. H. Ruv nolds, managor of tlio Western Union Tolcgraph' company horo, committed suicide nt noon In tho oflico while tem porarily Insane, by shooting himself, May Receive Honors. Washington. Auk 20 It la said !., when General Miles returns from the rniuppines it will ho by way of the j.iioium iuihb, WHICH Will CIVO ll in nn opportunity to visit Kuropo. Tho gon oral will doubtless bo accorded marked honors wherever hn mnv ilnn , t.i. i. regarde.d by foreign .military powers as a great soldior. Inquiry Opens. St. JoBOph, Mo,, Aug, 20. Tho boat trust Inquiry against the fit. .Tn..i. packers has commenced before Hn,,nfi Commissioner Klnloy of Kansas CItv BIG GAIN IN GOLD OKIHION'S MINIMAL OUTPUT SHOWS INCKUASU FOR VCAK. Uuker County Still Held first Place In Prodiictlon-Alasknu Output was One Million Less Than In lyoii Industry In Washington I Picking Up-l'nccr (round Still Holds Out. tluctlon u( Oregon 1st 1001, according In the director of tho mint, Just Hindu public, was greater than In any plu vious year, being of tho value of $1, 834,821. The preceding your 11 whs valued nt $1,727,8112. This substan tial lnuruniHi occurred notwithstanding the fact that many of thn best dnvttl oh1 and usually producing mines worn closed down n great Kirtloii or nil thn year, for various reasons. 'I ho silver product of Oregon was $211,8 (I In 1001, as against $170,721 the year Uiforn, Baker county still holds first rank aiming tho inluoial producers ot Iho late, and bids fair tit Increase Its lead very materially-from the (act that thu ores apHar to bo Increasing In value as they attain greater depth, l-'llty years has not exhausted thu placers ol Oregon, and thuro Is ground enough that will pay to work for lllty years moro, while theunrtt lodges am practically untouched. "A great fu ture awaits this grand slate In ilnl of mineral wealth," Is the cimi-liidiiig paragraph of thn loj-ort regarding Oie. ion. In Washington. Mining In Washington is slowly ro covering from tho depissslng effect of the teniorary diversion of capital to Alaska. There has Ixhhi n slight In crease In thu output, and (lie Industry may bo considered ns Improving, uiul the close of tho present year Is expected to show a Isittermunt III development and production. During the piut year the Seattle as say olllco has received the following quantltlrsof gold und slher from neigh boring fields: AluVa hUtii Ornion . W MiiliiKbiu Ililllali i'iiIiiiiiMs Yukon Tmluiry Vti i.-j-i l,M ). iLutt.m Alaska Falling Off. The gold output of Alaska In 1P01 was $1,000,000 loss than the year pr mllng, due largely to the ilocrciMi in the output from the Nome field. Not only was thu Nomu season exceptionally short, hut apprehensive uncertainty was universally felt on account of (lm Immense amount of litigation that followed thu advent of the Judiciary ill tho summer of 1000. Many rich claims were nut worked at all, and others hut slightly. Rulings of Judge Wicker sham, who arrived in September, to the effect that original holders of min ing ground would 1st permitted to work tholr claims, nnd that "JiiuiKir" would receive no consideration, restored confidence ami gave hack to thu rightful owners possession of many gissl prop erties. But relict ramo too late to have any appreciable effect nimn thn output fur the season. fn this connection It Is Interesting to stato that during 1001 United Slattw mines, assay offices, refineries nnd smellers received $17,762,403 in Klon dike gold, besides much silver. MILES (IOI1S TO PHILIPPINES. The Oencral Refuses, However, to Slate What He Will Do There. Now York, Aug. 27. General Nelno A. Miles will sail for thn Philippine wllhln a few weeks, snvs n Herald dispatch Irom lloston. He Is reticent as to the object of his trip and retmed to discuss tho matter further than to say that ho was not going ns a tourist, nor tor his health. By Permission of the President. Boston. Aug. 27 With the statement that Genernl Miles Is going to tho Philippines, Peeretnry Cortolyon said: "Uonoral .Miles Is going to the Philippines with the per mission of the president, to I army conditions." FACTIONAL FlfHIT OVER. t War Between LoFollette and Spooncr In Wisconsin Is Ended. Washington, Aug 27. As tho result of an agioumunt between flnmninr UKollolto and thu friends of Senator Bpooncr, tho factional fight in Wlsron sin is toend,nsHurIiigSeiiHtnrSivinmi, return to tho sonatu. Under tlio agree ment LoFolletto will nut n.,.,0,. Bpoonor, and tho lattor's friends will support thn statu platform nnd Govor nor. BOTHA SUCCEEDS KRUOER. Designated us the Future Leader of the liocrs-Krugcr to Resign. London. Auc'. 27 f!niiii,, f.. Brussols tho enrrnsnniul,.nt ,r n. daily Telegraph says ho hears that ns n result ol tho coilfurenea hntwenn . 'resident Krugor and the Iliu-r ,.mnr. als, Mr. Krugor Is to resign tho load orehlp of tho Doers. Genoral Dotlm. the correspondent adds, wns iihhmI. moiisly chosen tho future luitdor of tho Boers, First Pears of the Season nt Salem. Halom. Or.. Aug. 27. Thn -., i.,.i of Bartlett rxars ot tho foason has boen received nt tho Salem eannory for shlpmont to Portland for cunning purposes, Tho vlold In this vlr.l.,u., iu estimated at from ono.hulf fn turn. thirds of o crop. The tunnery Is pay ing $20 a ton for tho best nualltv of pears. Tho yield In this eectlon will not bo grout enough to Justify operating the Halom eannory, so the fruit will bu shipped to Portland to bo canned. Bank-Wrccker Dlx Sentenced. Whatcom. Auo. 27..T,i,. k,i.... has overruled rial tor H. Bt. John Dlx, and son tencod him to 10 years In tho ponlton tlary, the limit nndor (he laws of this taut for bank-wrecking,