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COTTfAGE GROVE. . i .OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprehensive Review of the Import'
ant Hanncnlnes of the Put Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting.
Tlio Democratic stato campaignhas
booh 6poncd In Ohio.
A cloudburst nt Kl raso, Tex., canted
consldorablo damage.
King Kdward visited Andrew Cnrno-
gte nt Skibo cnstlo, bcoliunu.
Tlio transport Buford lias arrlvod at
Ban Francisco from Manila with COO
men.
Tim mnlmlnors' troublo In West
Vlnzinla Is over and most of tho men
liavo returned to work
(Inn nnrmn WAS killed Mid two SOrl
ouslv lulured In an nutomobllo nccl-
dent at Vlnoland, N. J.
Tim ml mon pack of tho Fraser. river.
' B.O., Is, in round numbers, 252,000
cases. Tho pack of tho entire province
Is about 600,000 cases.
John Larsen, who attompted to loop
thn loon at tho Portland Elks' carnival,
i fell from tho loop, slightly injuring
' four persons, bat escaping unhurt ,ninv
I self.
Mr. Irishman, United Statoi minis
ter at Constantinople, has reached a
satisfactory understanding with tho
j porto as to 'tho questions which havo
i loon tho subiect ot negotiations for
eevoral years.
4 No tcttlement of tho Pennsylvania
i ; itriko is in view.
I . President Roosovolt has started on
' hls'eouthern tour. ..
Iowa Democrats will run ex-Governor
Boies against Speaker Henderson for a
jdace ia congress.
4 Boor leaders and Colonial Secretary
J Chamberlain held an important con
t ferenco in London.
A shingle combino is being formed in
Maine that proposes to tako over all of
the largest Arms in that state.
The White Star steamship company
has placed an order for the building of
the largest steamer in tho world.
4 The Lewis and Clark fair committee
has chosen the tract of land at tho foot
of Willamette heights for tho 1005 ex-
position site.
r Farmers of the Northwest are raising
more hogs each year and before a great
Vs -while will be-able to supply the de
. mand on this coast,
i The lives of halt a million people are
imperiled by the threatened destruction
of Martinique. Nearly 2,000 have been
-killed'by the recent eruptions. -
1 .The national ruining '.'congrcsaV'wHl
meet in Portland in 11)04.
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Wisconsin Democrats have nominated
.David.S. toso for governor.
Mineownors refuse tj arbitrate the
strike in the anthracite region.
Violent storms sweeping England,
Wales and Ireland caused great damage
to property.
Tbocruiper .Brooklyn ran on a rock
in Buzzard's bay and it ia thought her
"bottom is seriously Injured.
An enoimous glacier swept a Russian
valley, entirely destroying 20 villages
and killing nearly 700 people.
Grand Army men of Portland are en
deavoring to have the 1903 national
encampment held in tnat city.
Two hundred machinists employed
at the Northern Pacific shops at Liv
ingston, Mont., have gone on strike.
The recent eruption of Mount Pelee
was much more aesirncuve man mai
of last May. The Inhabitants of the
villages destroyed had just returned
last week.
iuti-Servian riots have been
newed in Hungary.
Great Britain will not treat officially
with the Boei generals.
. Tho coming Oregon state fair is ccr-
" lain' to oeiwiier uiau gtot ueiure
The national convention of postofBce
clerks is in session in Kansas City.
. A .wreck.on tbe Mexican Central re
sulted in the death of many passengers,
Sir Thomas Llpton is preparing to
issue a challenge for the America's
cup.
President Roosevelt has announced
that he will visit Kansas City Septem
f her 29. . r ' -
Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleve-
i '.''land.' Ohio, is being mentioned as
Democratic candidate for president.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says it
Is reported from Br. Petersburg that tho
czarina has had a miscarriage, but her
condition is not alarming.
Waldemar Lindgren, in an ad'dress
beforo the international mining con
gresa at Butte, said that the world's
gold supply would soon.be exhausted.
Thirty porsonB were killed in
train wreck in Alabama.
ilio international mining congress
is in session at liutto, Mont.
Another hitch has occurred In tho
signing of tho Anglo-Chlnose treaty.
Rev. M. Farloy has been recom
mended as a successor to Archbishop
Corrigan ol flew xoric.
4 A Utah man, who Is thought to have
been insane, killed his wife and two
. daughters and then shot himself. .
Denver aeronauts, who endeavored
to oo from that city to New York in
a balloon, worq wrecked after being out
si nours.
Generals Do wet, Botha and Delarey
and Mr.-Fischer have arrived In ton'
don from The Hague. A heavy rain
waa falling when the arrivod and they
received no ovation.
It Is estimated Uiat 40,000 laborers
In Florence, Italy, are ou atrike. It la
feared the trouble will spread to other
cities. Tho government is taking
energetic nieasuua to nupprosg dlwrdor
And the jails are overflowing.
SINKS A QUNUOAT.
Ocrmany Takes "Hand In llaj tUn Row'
and Punishes 1'lraticai Act.
Tort nu Prince, Haytl, Sbpti 0. Tho
Ofirmnn gunboat Panther arrived here
September 5 and received instructions
from tlio German government to cap
ture tho Firmlnist gunboat Creto-a-Plorrot.
Mho left immediately for
Gonaivos, tho seat ot tho Firmlnist
government. Iho Panther found tho
Croto-a-Pierrot In the harbor of Gon
nlvesand tho commander of thoGormaii
gunboat informed Admiral Killlck on
tho Croto-a-Plerrot that he must romovo
his crow and surrender his vessel in
Ave minutes. Admiral Killick asked
that this timo bo extended to 15 min
utes. Tho request was granted on tho
condition that tho guns and amninni"
tlon on board tho Crote-a-Plerrot should
bo abandoned when her crew loft her.
Tho crow of tho Croto-a-Plrorot loft that
vessel amid great disorder.
At tho end ot 15 minute?, tho Pan
nier com n small uuav cnrrviuK uuw
oillcer and 20 sailors who were to take
tMwession of the Firmlnist gunboat.
When these men Had arrived at a
point about 20 yards from tho Croto -
lMorrot. Uamca were seen to break out
on boaru ol her. bho liau botn nroii
nor. fciioMuraniuwianjj, 0 t)0 ,10r0 noaf
beforo they left her. The ' whoro (1)0 wont w,ne trying
in firoil on the Croto-a- , qi,,.i, -i...,.
by her crew
uininer men nrou on wio roio-a-
nerroi uniu sne was conipieieiy ini-i
merseii. iniriy suois, nu ioiu,
wore
fired.
There is much feeling hero against
the Flrminists, and their cause is con
sidered to bo a bad one: Soldiors aro
leaving hero to attack St. Marc. Port
au Prince is calm.
ISO SLEEP FOR THDM.
Outbreak of Souffricrc Caused an Exodus
ot the Population.
St. Thomas. I. W. I., Sept. 9.
Advices from the island of St. Vincent
report that a slight eruption of the
Souflriero volcano excurred at noon,
September 3. Tho outbreak was ac-
accompanied by rumblings, and caused
f.n oxcxlas of tho population from
Georgetown and Chateau Bellair. On
tho 4th, at 7:30 in the morning, and
again at 10 'oclock last night, loud
noises were accompanied by electrical
discharges from La Souffriere, which
continued until 1 o'clock in the morn
ing, when a continuous roar began,
lasting until 4 o'clock. This wa fol
lowed by a murmuring sound, which
was heard until 0 o'clock in tho morn
ing. In a short time the heavens were
obscured by dust or smoke, and tho
scone was something fearful, obudy
lept at all during the night.
ro dust, the advices say, has yet fal
len at Kingstown or Georgetown, but
the atmosphere lias a hazy look. Dust
and pebbles fell at Barnellio at 4
o'clock on the afternoon of Soptebmor6v
" Ttepbrts'from Chatean fiollaif are to
tho effect tliat there has been a heavy
fall of sand there, and that tho arrow
root crop has been destroyed. o
deaths have been reported.
BOTH SIDES RESTINQ EASY.
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T i -a- i tie .
Close ot Seventeenth Week of Anthracite
Miners' Strike.
Wilkosbarro, Pa., Sept. . With
tne neginning or me ism weec ol the
miners' strike, both sides to the contest
say they are satisfied with the situa
tion. The operators state that tlio
ontpnt of coal this past week was
greater than any other week since the
strike becan. The strikers, on the
other hand, assert, through their
officers, that the efforts of the' big com
panies to resume mining have been a
signal failure.
At strike headquar.ers it is admitted
that tho washeries aro tuining out a
certain amount of coal, but, it is assert
ed that tbe total output ia only a drop
in tbe bucket. President ..Mitchell
rays that the miners are iust as, deter
mined as ever, and that all talk of them
going back to work waa without found
ation. 'V
COOK COUNTY. PROPERTY. '
This Year's Real Estate Valuation Placed
at Jm&S.749'o-
Chicago, Sept- 9. Cook . county's
total real estate value is fl,4$3,740,
810, according to the figure; gives oat
by tbe board of review. By the same
figures the tctal valuation ot tbe real
estate in the city of Chicago ia shown
to l,382,55rt,875, while in tbe county
outside of Chicago the valuation is
10G,192,935.
t Tbe figures indicate an increase in
full valuation' In round numbers of
33,000 000 over tbe board of review '
figures for 1901. The increate is found 1
to. be almost entirely in Chicago. !
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material gain. Tbe assessed valnation.
which is one-fifth the cash valuation of
the real estate in Chicago this year ia
t276,511,375, Last year the same
property was assessed at $259,255,598,
showing an increase of (17,255,777,
Proposed Cuban Loan.
Havana, Sept. 0. The house of rep
resentatives is daily holding secret
iesslons to discuss the question of the
f 35,000,000 loan and tho matter of
-providing means to meet it. Tbe idea
of establishing a lottery to this end has
many supporters, while other members
of tbe houso advocate an internal reve
nue tax. The senate has not vet con
firmed the nomination of Rafael Mon-
toro as Cuban, minister to Great Brit
ain, The press favors It.
Pour Hours' Oattle In Venezuela.
Washlntgon, Sent. 9. Mr. Bowen,
United Etates minieter at Caracas, has
telegraphed tho department of state
that an engagement between tho revolu
tionists and government troops oc
curred yesterday on the mountain be
hind the American legation, lasting
four hours and resulting in the rout of
tho revolutionists.
Opposition to Sale of Islands.
New York. Sent. D. Colonel Ram.
bush has arrived hero froin Conen
hagen, says a St. Thomas, D. W. I.,
dispatch to tho Herald, to canvass
among the islanders in tho interest of
the party opposing the sale of the
island to tho United Stales.
Tornado In Iowa.
Otlumwa, Ia., Sept. 9, A tornado
struck the towns of Albia and Hiteman
last night. In the latter place it is
reported tlint several houses wore
blown away.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITEMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP TUB STATE. i
Commercial and Financial Happenings ol
the Pa.it Week-nrlct Rclcw ot tho
Orowth and Ictlopment of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth-Latest Market Rcrrt.
A fieo rural delivery mall route was
started out ot Troutdalo September 1
A large amount ot fruit Is being
shlpiKHl from Tho Dalles to Kastern
itics.
Tho Gaston flouring mill is running
day and night, and farmers are bring'
Ing in their wheat very rapluly.
All preparations are completed for
tho Daker City carnival to bo hold tho
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Clatsop county commissioners will
endeavor to start a fund for tho bull
, ing of a now court honso and Jail
Th ilomi.r win .nj wine Is l.k-1
Florence,
to enter
ttl0 siuslaw rivor.
vonsiuoniuio now wneai is mining
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' Into Tho Dalles. Tho 'giain this year
is of a vory good quality and porfect
satisfaction is expressed on every hand
Tho Prinovllle planing mill was de
stroyed by lire a tow days ago. Ik'sldes
tho plant, a largo numlwr of tools were
destroyed that belonged to mechanics
The Salem Fourth ot July committeo
has 1300.50 , on hand, which, by tho
general dosiro ot tho public, will bo
spent in tho improvement ot 'Marlon
square.
Hop picking is in full swing
throughout tho illamotto valloy,
There seems to be plenty of pickors
The price ranges from 40 to 50 cents
per box.
Tho old Snelling-Alfred quartz mine.
In tho Calico creek district. Southern
Oregon, has been mud to Kastern cap!'
talists. Tho consideration was not
made public.
Five hundred copies of the complet
muster roll of the beconil Oregon hav
been ordered from tho state printing
oiuce by Adjutant lieneral Oantenbeln
in accordance with the order ot the last
legislature.
Tho Sanquest mine, in Baker county,
has been sold for f 50,000.
In a few years Salem will havo to
ship in every cord of wood used. AI
ready a large amount is brought in by
train.
Tho Columbia River Packers' Associ
ation has decided to operate its cannery
at Kagle Cliff during tho fall fishing
season.
Sisla B. Smith;-- one ot tho most
prominent men in Clatsop county
died recently J in, Astoria. lie was
born In Yamhill county In 1839.
Real estate men rof Eugene have
formed tho Eugene Real Estate Ex
change, with the object of co-operation
in the matter ot advertising in the East,
The Umatilla county delegation to
the next legislature will ask for a st te
grain commission. A measure will
also be introduced by them to tax
insurance companies more for the
benefit of tbe common school fund.
Captain Samuel Bass, who came To
Oregon in 1859, died at Whatcom
asn., a lew days ago, agoa 71 years,
Ho had been prominent in politics for
the -past 40 years.
Pheasants will bo much scarcer than
usual in Lane county this year. There
are two reasons for the scarcity. First
the birds were killed oil very close last
fall, and second, tbe wet weather of the
past spring killed off many of th
young one: as soon as tnoy were
batched.
A rich discovery has made on the
bine Bird and Red Cloud claims, in
the Btse river district. The property
was lormeriv worked, bat was aban
doned as being valueless. A ledge 15
feet wide baa been uncovered which
contains much free gold.
Tbe War Eagle group of three claims.
lying between the Cracker-Oregon and
Golconda, in the Cracker district, has
been sold. The consideration ia not
ieT()j
p.L,
made public The properties are be-
to be an extension of the
Cruckei-Oregon ledge, on which a rich
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DiiD non mcutij ujauu.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, COQOlc; blue-
stem, 62S3c; valley, 03c.
Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton.
rioar uesi grades, sa.uoisa.oii per
barrel; graham, $z.U53.Z0.
Millatuffs Bran, $17 per Ion:
middlings, $21,60; shorts, $18;
chop, $17.
Oats No.l white, 95c$1.00; gray,
uumuoc.
Hay Timothy, $11012; clover,
$7.50(310; Oregon wild hay, $5Q6 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Buibanks, C065c
per cental; ordinary, 50055c per cen'
tal, growers prices; sweets, $2.00
per cental.
Butter Creamery, 22)25c; dairy
Ioiu$c; store, lztloc.
Eggs 2022c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins. 12k
(313c;YoungAmerica, 13KHMc; fac
tory prices, m ljc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00(3
4,60; hens, $4.00(35.60 per dozen,
llOllMc per pound; springs, 11
HKc per poundf $2.003.60 per doz
en; ducks, $3.00(34.50 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 16(3 16c per
pound; geese, $4.uuo.uu per dozen.
Mutton uross, a4G53c per ponnd:
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6Kc; dressed, 77Hc
per pound.
VeaJ 78c per pound.
Beet Gross, cows, 33Mr: steers,
34iQi dressed, 738o per ponnd.
Hops 10Q17c; new crop 17318c.
Wool Valley ,12K16;Eastern Ore
gon, 814Kc: mohali, 2526c pound.
ANOTHER AWFUL DISASTUR.
Mount Pclce Claims a.ooo Additional Vic
tlms Tidal Wnve Is I cared.
Castries. Island of St. Lucia, 11. W.
I., Sept, 0, Tho l!o)l Mall' steamer
Yaro nirlvod hero this evening from tho
Island of Martinique. Sho brings tlio
report that a violent volcnulo eruption
occurred there tlio night ot Hoptontbor
3, and that about 2,000 ierMtiH aro
said to haff perished. Largo numbers
of peoplo are leaving tho Islaud,
Paris, Sept. 0. Tho Paris edition of
the Now Ycrk Herald publishes it dis
patch from Polut-a.Pltro, Island ot
Guadeloupe, French West Indies, doted
September 4, which says that constant
detonations heard thoro that night in
dicato a terrltlo volcanic eruption on
the Island ot Martinique. Thick black
clouds wore seen to the southward ot
Guadeloupe, and tho heat at l'olnt-a
Pltro was Intense. Tho population was
s.ild to bo gioatly alarmed, tearing a
tidal wave in thu event ot tho collapse
ot .Martinique
The minister ot tho colonies, M
Doumerguo, is placing $100,000 at the
disposal ot tho governor ot Martinique
to relievo tho dlstresti In that Island.
Ho has urged tho irovornor not to con
gregato refugees at Fort do Franco, but
to distribute them In tho south, where
their necessities can bo most easily
supplied. Recognising tho danger of n
tidal wave at Fort do Finnco, the colo
nial minister has instructed Governor
Uunalro to adopt all tho measures ne
cessary to onaMo tho Inhabitants Im
mediatoly to ovacuato tho place li
caso of necessity and seek refugo on the
heights above tho town, where food
deiwta should bo established. Tho
minister lias also recommended tho
establishment of observatory posts
whence tho least signs of fresh out
breaks ot Mount Pcleo can bo reported.
Heard In Venezuela.
Paris, Sept. 0. In a dlpatch from
Carupano, Venoiuela, tho correspondent
ot tho Figaro says:
" Virlent detonations were heard lioro
from 10 o'clock in the evening of Seiv
tember 3 until 3 o'clock in the morning
o( September 4. The sounds came
from tho north, and were identical with
thorn heard during tho night of August
30, during tho volcanic eruption on
Martinique of that date.
WEST VIROINIA STRIKE ENDS.
Miners Return to Work Upon Advice of
Their Chief Officer.
Huntlnnton. W. Va.. Sent. 0. The
coal striko in West Virginia is ptactl
cally at an end. At a mass meeting of
mineis from all the coal fields along
the Norfolk & Western railroad hero
today, it was unanimously agreed to
end tho strike provided the operators
would tako bacx all tho old miners,
and they have signified their intention
of doing this. The miners havo agreed
to return to work next Monday. It is
reported that President Mitchell of the
United JMineworkers advised the strlk
ers to return to work. He realized that
winter was near at hand and. that the
miners in this field could not hold out
much longer, as almost every one was
dependont on the union for 'cxxl and
clothing. It is thought the strikers at
tho New River and Kanawha fields
will soon follow today's action.
Tho Pocahontas mine continues to
bum out, but tbe operators think that
they will soon havo it under contiol.
INTERNATIONAL DANK.
A Qreat Institution to Operate In Latin
American States.
rew lork, kept. 0. Plans wero
made today at a meeting of the direct
ors of the Moxlcan Trust Company
bank for the tarnation of an interna
tlonal banking Institution, capitalized
at $10,000,000, and designed especially
to cperato in Latin-American countries.
Tlio scheme Involves the consolidation
of tbe Mexican Trust Company bank
and tho Corporation Trust Company,
The combination is to be known at
the International Banc k Trust Com
pany of Amorlca. The directors of
both the merging corporations havo
signed th" consolidation agreement,
and thn stockholders ot both companies
havo already signified their approval
of tho plan.
Will Land ct Monterey.
San Francisco, Sept. 0. The men of
the Fifteenth infantry regiment, en
route from Manila on the transport
Meade, will be disembarked at Monte
rey, where a post ia about to bo estab
lished, and where the Fifteenth will
bo stationed. Tiio Meade Is out 27 days
from Manila by way of Nagasaki. She
is, therefore, due about September 13.
The naval hospital transport Solace Is
out 34 days fiom Manila direct, and is
expected to arrive here in about 10
days. The Bnford, which put in at
Honolulu, should arrive Sept. 0.
Pensions for Indian Veterans.
Washington, Sept. 0. Twelve claims
for pensions under the recent Indian
war veteran act have so far been al
lowed by the pension office, although,
under the prevailing system, it is im
possible to ascertain tho names ot tho
favored claimants. Claims are being
filed very rapidly, much faster than
they can bo disposed of, and as yet
only the. uncomplicated cases havo
been adjudicated. Tiiere have boon in
all about 1,500 claims filed undoi this
ct.
Still Hear Marks.
Oyster Bar, Sept. 0. Prcsidont
Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou have
recovered from the effects of their acci
dent, but still boar awkward marks ot
the catastrophe. . Dr. Lung, tbe presl
dent's official physician, thinks that
the marks on the president's face, will
dlsappeat in about four dayp, Presl-
lent Roosevelt Is tcceiving a largo
number of telegrams, cablegrams and
letters congratulating him on hlsescapo
from serious Injury in the arddent.
Compulsory Arbitration Law.
Pittsburg, Sept. 0. Governor Btone
has indicated to friends bis purjoso to
call an extra session ol the legislature
in an effort to end the strike, which ho
Is said to believe can be effected In loss
than 30 days. The plan proposed Is a
compulsory arbitration law, providing
for the arbitration of tho strike whether
the strikers or operators are willing or
not. Provision will be made to compel
both sides to accept the award.
AN IMMENSE CROP
UNtTUI) STATUS CAN SUPPLY WORLD
WITH CORN.
Production Is Estimated nt 3,580,951,000
llushcls This Year, or More Than the
Entire Corn Crop of the World Last
Year llnncst Will Last Till the Snow
IHca-llood Price Assured.
Washington, Sept. H. In thu history
of the cereal production there has never
boon such itn enormous crop 'ol corn as
Is being gathorod In tho United States
this year. It will aggregate 2,689,.
951,000 IhuIioIk, or morn than tho
outlro torn crop ol the world .for 1001.
Tho corn raised In tho United States
will bo sulllciont to supply Iho needs ot
tho world for this and nuxt year, oton
should there bo n total failure In 1903,
says tho Now York Sun.
Corn harvesting Is now In progress In
tho United States, and not until snow
tiles In December will this enormous
task lw ended. Even then farmers
further South will not havo finished
husking tho golden oars standing I
their fields ot brown. They know
it mnkea littlo difference so far
prices nio concerned. A record ol
sales ot corn In tho pnxt 10 rears
shows that tl.o hlgbost prices aro ob
tained In late tall and wlntor, and that
prices are 25 per cent below tho aor-
ago immediately alter tho gathering ol
tho crop begins In thu early autumn,
Last year tlio corn burned as it stood
ripening in tho fields just a few week
before it had matured, but this season
thoro have been no droughts in tho corn
section. Nor havo there been any
uoods 01 n general nature. Iho weath
er, in faul, has lieon Ideal far corn
growing. Tho stalks hate grown rank
tho ears havo spread and lengthened
until ll'.lucli earn anil 16-foot stalk
are not uncommon in tho com belts
Tho crop of 1901 fell short of tho ex
poctud yield bj 40 iier cent. This yes
it goes ahead of the predicted yield by
10 or 16 iior cent. Eiuht states last
year did not raleo enough corn for homo
consumption. Tho exports fell short
8,000,000 buthcls. The yield was only
10 bushels to the acre, and 4,000,000
acres wero not cut at all. In 1890 th
average yield was 28 bushels to tho
ncro, except in Kansas, where It was
40 bushels. Kansas last year averaged
10 bushels or less to tho acre. Thu
ucreagu of corn this year Is much larger
than last. It Is 3 ior cent more or
10.,809,928 acres. This largo acreage
la duo to tho lact that three and one-
half million acres of wheat, sown thn
precceding fall, had been frozen out
and wero ploughed up for corn. Con
fvqucntly, thorn 3,000,000 acres, which
are largely in Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa, will not yield their ownors much
profit, if any. The cost ol the wheat
ploughed up was $0 au acre, and tho
cost of the corn $5. The yield must
therefore, lie ubovu 30 bushels and
yield 40 cents a bushel to profit at all
This is lmpro!ab!o. So 3 per cent ol
tho corn crop will yield nothing above
tho expenso ot sowing and gathering it,
Tho principal corn states are those ol
the Mlddlo and Central states. The
summers aro too long for good corn
production In the South, and It is too
droughty in the far Southwest for cer
tain yields. Illinois is the leading
corn stato, but Kansas, Iowa, Indiana
.Missouri and Iteuraska aro big corn
producers.
HUNT HEADS THU TICKET.
Present Democratic Governor of Idaho Is
Again Nominated.
Pocatollo, Idaho, Sept. fl. Tho Dem
ocratic state convention completed its
work last nighl. It ended in a victory
for uovernor Hunt, who won his ro-
nomination on the first ballot. Joseph
11. Hutchinson, nf Ada county, was
nominated for congress on the third
ballot.
Tho platform reaffirms and endorses
the principles ot tho Kansas City plat
form and sets down hard on trusts.
Adams 01 Washington county was
nominated for nontenant governor,
Tho ticket was completed by tlio follow
ing nominations;
Supreme Judge F. E. rogg.
Secretary ol stato C. J. Bassott.
Auditor John O. Callahan.
Treasurer E. P. Coltman.
Attornoy general Fred D. Culver,
Superintendent of public instruction
Miss Perineal French,
Mine Inspector John If. Norquist.
Union Station Held Up.
Kemmorer, Wyo., Sept. 8, This
morning threo masked mon entered tho
Union station, commanding the occu
pants to hold up their hands. While
two of tho robbers kept thu 20 occupants
covered, the third went through then
pockets and tho cash drawer, pecurlng
$200, fivo watches and some other arti
cles. Several boxes of cigars and
half dozen bottles ot whisky wero also
taken. Tho robbers fired several shots
into tho ceiling and rode away in tbe
direction of Jackson's Hole country on
horses held by a pal outside.
Preparing far Long Siege.
' Tamaaua, Pa., Sept. 8. The non
union mon in tlio Panther creek valloy
again went to work today without an es
cort. Major Gearhart says that so loag
as tho strikers do not Intorforo with the
nonunion men ho will not send any
soldiers ont on patrol duty. Today tho
troops rent requisitions for winter cloth
ing. Plans are being made to convert
one ot tho dancing pavilions at Manila
park, whoro tho troops aro stationed,
Into a barracks.
Cronje will Forgive and Forget.
Capo Town, Sopt. 8. General Cronje
said in an Intervlow that during the
war ho had lost from twounds and (lis
eaeo 20 relatives. Ho expressed him
self as prepared, however, not only to
forgive, but, as far as God has given
him tho power, to forget.
Carpenters Win Their Strike,
New York, Sept. 8. Eight thousand
carpenters of this city won their fit like
for an advance, of 60 cents a day snd
started to work this morning.
IIULLHTIN ON IRRIGATION.
(lovcrnment Issues n Publication for (Icn
cral Distribution,
Washington, Bopt. 4. Tim depatt
inout ol agriculture, has Just Issued n
(arninrH1 bulletin, entitled "How to
llulld Small Irrigation Ditches," by
0. T, Johnston and J, D. Stnnnard, ot
tho Irrigation Investigation division.
There la expected to lie 11 heavy demand
tor this publication, as It contains
much Information and ndvlcu that will
provo ol great value to farmers who
contamplnto Irrigating their fields on n
small scalo, or by way ot experiment
As shown In tho report, many ot tho
failures ol tho pant hnvo been duo to
misunderstanding ol tho application
of water to crops. Thn proper way to
build ditches, to distribute the water,
and to control tlio How nru all iiolntod
out explicitly, and a concral Idea
given as to tho amount ol water heeded
by different crops. This bulletin ran
bo obtained by application to thu do
partition! direct, or through a senator
or representative, as the edition I
largo.
DANDITS I'RiailTENUD Oi l'.
Armed Passengers Prevent Daring Train
Hold-Up In Mexico.
Tucson, Arli., Sent. 4. Report
havo reached hero ot u daring attemn
by three Ainorlrau bandits to hold in
the International oxpress on tho Honors
railroad, thieo miles from llermo
slllo. Tho train was runnlmr throual
tho orange belt. Just below llermnslllo,
being duo there at 10 o'clock, when tho
explosion of n torpedo on tho track
caused the engineer to stop. When tho
niiglno and cars had boen brought to a
standstill, three Americana stepped out
01 tho alienor of a grovu uf trees ami
covered tho engine crow. Two ol lb
rouiwrs men wont to tho express car
and demanded admittance. Tho men
sengor replied with n volley of shots
through tho doo, tho bandits returning
1110 uro. poverai 01 the passenger
learning the can1 o of tho stop, anno
themselves and wure golnu to tho ahl
of tho plucky metnoniser.wliuu tho liluli
wavmen bocamo frightened and gavout
their attempt, dlsapiiearliig Into the
orango groies, where It was auppoo
mey uau norsos in wailing. As soon
as the train reached Ilermosillo. tl
alarm was given and a troop ot rurales
and u posse started In pursuit of tho
bandits.
RESERVOIR SITUS.
Hydrographcf Newell Talks of- Ills Recent
Investigations.
Cheyenno, Wyo., Sept. 4. F. A
Newell, chlof hydrographer ot thu
government, has returned to this rity
aiier tour 01 inspection In Northern
Wyoming In the interest ot irrigation
A number of sites for reservoirs have
been examined. When asked ol the
oxtont to which Investigation into tlio
reclainatloa of arid lands by tne gov
ernmont through tho storage rerervol
system had gone, Mr. Newell said thu
special service organized under thu
government survey now working in
Arizona on tho Gila rlvor and trlbu
tarlea; in California on tlio Colorado
river and In tho San Joaquin valley
In Colorado near Sterling, on tho
South Platte, and near Montrore, on
the Gunnison rivers in Idaho on tho
headwaters of tho Snake and Boise
rivora; In Montana on Yollnwstono
and Milk rivers; In Norada on Carson
and Truckoe rivers; in Utah on Bear
rltvr, and in Wyoming 011 tho 111k Horn
and North Platte rivers.
Mr. Nowoll said that all schemes
would bo considered In tho Unlit of
full Information as to practicability.
cost and probability of btalnlng early
repayment 01 coat.
ELECTION IN VERAtONT.
No Candidate for Governor or Lieutenant
Qovernor Has a Majority.
White River Junction. Vt.. Sept. 4.
There la no election by tho poonlo
or governor ami nontenant governor.
as result ot the state election held in
Vermont yesterday. The returns In,
dlcate that Percival W. Olemont. hint
license option candidate, Is running
very close to uonoral John (i. MrCul
lough, Republican. Tho returns from
200 cities and towns out of 24(1 nlvo
the vote lor governor:
Goneral John G. McCulloueh. Re
publican, 20,407.
Felix W. McGettrick, Democrat.
U,112,
Percival W. Clement, High License.
Z3,Z3U.
J. O. Shorbourno, Prohibitionist.
z,uoz.
As a majority vote Is roi'ilrcd to
elect, tho choice of governor and lieu
tenant governor Is thrown Into tho
general assembly, which will conveno
noxt month.
Train Wreck In Fog,
Peru, Ind., Sept. 4. Three unglnos
and two freight cars demolished Is tho
result of a remarkable wreck on the
Wabash railroad, that occurred In a
dense fog throe miles east of Peru early
today. An cast bound passongor train
drawn by two engines collided with a
through freight, both going at a high
peed, The six enginemon oscanod
without a scratch. One englno turned
over into tho ditch and tho other two
locked together. Tho passengers escap
ed with slight bruises.
Sultan's Act of Clemency,
Constantinople, Sept. 4. An Irado
recently agreed upon by tho sultan
has been Issued, repealing tho excep
tlonal measures adopted against the
Armenians if the Armenian patriarch
would guarantee (hat 110 outbreak would
follow. Tho patriarch has therefore
withdrawn his resignation. Ho colo
brated mass yesterday in honor of the
anniversary of the sultan's ascension,
and during the services announced to
tho congregation the sultan's act.
Miles' Trip Delayed.
Washington, Sopt. 4. A chaneo has
been made In tho plan of Lieutenant
General Miles, announced last week.
It was expected originally that ho
wauld leave on his tour of lnsnoctlnn
of tho Philippines tomorrow and sail
from Han rranoisco on tho Thomas on
the 16th. The pressure of work In his
office t present is so great, however,
that he feels bo will not lie able to
leave Washington for sovoral days jet. 1 1
HAD A CLOSE CALL
Till! I'RILSIIinNT NARROWLY HSCAI'ILS
llUINd CRUSIIM) TO DUATII.
Electric Car Collides with tho Carriage In
Which He was Mldlng-Mcmbcr ot the
Secret Service Killed Air, Roosevelt
Slightly Injured-Secretary Cortelyou
and Driver Also Hurt,
I'lttslleld, Muss., Sept. I. Tho pres
ident ot tho United States escaped a
traglq death by only n few foot In a
collision between Ills currlago and an
electric streut car In this city yeslur.
day, whllu 0110 ol hlii most trusted
guards, Secret Seivicu Agent William
Crnlg, waa Instantly killed and David
J, Pratt, ot Dalton, who was guiding
tho horses attached to thu volilclo, was
moat horloimly injured. President
RixiHovelt himself was badly shaken
up, but received only n slight facial
hrulso. Secretary Cortelyou, who oc
cupied a sent directly opjiosltothu pres
ident In thu carriage, sustained a
minor wound in thu hack of thn head,
mid Governor Crane, who sat Uisldn
thu president, ociihhI without a
scratch. Tho carriage was demolished
by thu Impact ot thu rapidly moving
car, and the wheel horso on thu si lu
nearest tho rnr was killed. Thn crew
and passengers ot tho car escajxxl In
Jury.
Tho president and uirty were dilvlng
(torn this city to Lenox, through South
street, 0110 of thn principal thontugli
lares ol l'lttsflcld, which uas lined
with cheering people, and tho catastro
phe happened in plain view ot hun
dreds, whoro happiness st the advent of
the nation's chief was suddenly turned
to grief. Thousands had poured Into
the city In thu early morning from
tho country to mi and hear tlio presi
dent, and his address at the city park
had ix'on loudly cheered.
Out through South street Is n broad
highway. Tho tracks of the I'lttslleld
Kloctrlc street railway lire laid In the
ceuter ol the road, with amplo room
for teams on earh side, and retires of
vehicle of every description followed
along thu road behind tho president's
party.
Shortly alter ho left the park an
electric car, which had Ik-oii filled with
passengers at that olnt, startd for
1.CHOX well ixdilnd the procession. It
was nlxitit 11 mllu and a half out fiom
thu city at thu beginning of Howard
Hill, anil was nearly up to the presi
dent's carriage, which was traveling ou
thu west side ot thu highway Just at
thu foot of Howard Hill tho road IximM
n little, and teams lire comxdled to
cross thu street railway tracks to the
east side. Thu railroad then continues
alongsldu ot thu street, Intend uf In
tho center. Just at this point tho up
grade of tho hill lxglns,and but a short
distance beyond tho cromlug there is a
narrow bridge iqwwuilng a small brook.
Thu trolley car approached thu road
crossing under good speed, with gong
clanging, just as tho dilver of tlio print
Mont's carriage turned his leaders to
cross thu tracks.
Thn P'otormi n, In great excitement,
tried to stop his car, but It was too late,
It crashed into tho carriage, and a
loud moan went up from thu frenzied
onlookers who thronged tho roadside,
and who but n moment beforo wero
cheering thu president. Tlio driver
managed to get thu frightened animals
out ot tho way just In time, nnd thu
car struck the rear wheel of thu car
rlago on tho left sldu and plowed
through to thu front wheel of thu vubl.
clo, which received the full force of
the blow. Tho iarrlr.uo was unset, and
one horso fell dead on tho tracks.
.Mr. Craig fell from h a seat liuiiin.
diately In front of the car, and it passed
rompletoly over his' Ixxly. Driver
l'ratt, In falling, struck the dead horso
Immediately In front of hlir.and rolled
of! clear of the car, thus en-aping a
similar fate. President Roosevelt,
Govornor Crane, and Secretary Cor
telyou wero thrown toiethur In tlm
bottom of the carriage.
Almost instant y n score ' of men
Jumped to tho heads of the trlghtoned
horses and atopcd their further prog
ress. Governor Crane wns the first to
get on his foot, escaping entirely un
hurt. Ho turned immediately to tho
president, helped the latter in nrl.
and together they assisted Secretary
Cortelyou.
Ilio motormnn and conductor ut.
Immediately 'placed under arrest nnd
taken to police headiiuartors In 1I1U
city. Lntertliey wore furnished ball
and allowed to no.-
Fired by Non-union Aten.
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 6. A do-
tachmont ol soldiers on duly at Rush
Run last night caught two mon In tho
net ol firing tho coal company's houses
and arrested both. It Is said that both
were non-union men. United States
Marshal Siimmora rorvod Injunctions
at 81. Clair, Kureka and Davis Gordon
mines today, now sont ot trouble, whoro
au attempt has boon mnd in uinr
work,
Wrecked by Defective Rail
Fort Worth, Tex., Sopt. 6.TI10
west bound passongor train on tha Gulf.
Colorado fc Santa Fo railroad wns
wrecked nt 0 o'clock Inst night by 11
defoctivo rail noar Brownwood, Tux.
Tho ontlrq train was thrown down 11 20
foot emlmtikniont, Thirty poisons wero
Injured. Tho train was running on
schedule time. Tho Injured were
placed on n relief train and taken to
Brownwood this morning.
Non-union Atlners Fired Upon.
Bramwoll, W. Va., Bopt. 6. The
situation in tho Flat Top coal Hold is
yet alarming. Tonight nt BImmons
Creek, as tho non-union minors wore
leaving the mlnos, n volley wns fired at
them by strikers, hidden on tlio moun
tain sldo. Tho guards returned tho
lire. No one was hurt.
Pocahontas Aline SHU Durnlng.
Bramwoll. W. Va.. Sont. R.
It! tho Focahontaf. mlnn. wUloh
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