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COTTAGE GROVB . OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprehensive Review of tho Import
ant Happening! o( tho Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Porm, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting.
Tlio Michigan forest firoa will cause
lnoatlmablo damage unless rain soon
falls.
Tlio Russian war minister General
Korupatln, Is being cxlcnslvoly feted
t Tokla.
A disastrous flro In n Newcastle,
Penn.,coal mlno was started by the cr
plosion of gasoline
Tlio Chicago union waiters on strike
partially acnowlcdgo a dereat, and many
are returning to work.
Tlio International Pressmen's Con
vention opened at Cincinnati with 300
delegates In attendance.
Dy trying to fill a oral oil stove while
it was burning, a Brooklyn bay and his
sister met with fatal Injuries.
Tho Laundryworora' union, of Chica
go, by a referendum voto, just taken,
has decided against another strike.
Tho strike on the New.York subway
has been abandoned and 0,000 miners
will apply for work unconditionally.
The rumor that President dowry, of
the Wes'ern Union telegraph com
pany, is to resign is without founda
tion. A balloon with four aeronauts was
carried out to eea from Marseilles,
Franco. Tho fate- of the men is not
known.
The bricklayers' strike In Omaha,
which tied up building operations for
four months, came to an end by the
union giving In.
Accused of attempting to extort
money from employes in a Newark, N.
J., bat factory, David Rlchman has
been fined 099.09 by the liatmakeri'
union.
Armed with rifles and shotguns, the
farmers and summer residents of Mount
KIsco and Newcastle, N. Y. are looking
for the Incendiary now infesting those
parts.
The native chiefs of Samoa desirous
of being present at the St. Louis exto
eition, have sent petitions to President
Rooeevelt to help American Samoans to
bo represented.
Chicago waiters are losing ground in
tLelr strike.
Sir Thomas Ltpton's fleet has arrived
at Sandy llook.
An American citiien was killed by
Turks at Ode as.
Bulgarians are deserting many cities
in terror of Turks.
Cutting of a levy at St, Louis al
most caused n lynching.
.Burglars secured (8,000 worth of dla-
monds In a New York botel.
F ve people were burned to death in
a New iork apartment house lire.
A report that the pope was dead
caused intense excitement In Home.
Two more bodies have been found at
Topeka. This makes a total of seven
drowned.
The powers will demand the punish'
ment of thejassassins of the king and
queen ol bervla.
The civil service commission find
that politics enter too much in the ap
pointments to the postal service at
Washington. The rolls have been
found to be packed at the behest of po
liticians, and the service greatly dam'
aged.
An insane man'attempted to aaeais-
nate Emperor Francis Joseph.
Russia's activity In Manchuria 1
overtaxing the patience of Japan.
A move was made to create a republii
of Bervla, but It was promptly smoth
ered.
The roming congress will be strongly
nrged to make a reciprocity treaty with
Canada,
Arrival of troops caused striking
Arizona miners to make peace with
their employers.
Major V. II. Gibbon, who is said to
ave fired the first shot of the Civil war
upon Fort Sumter, is dead.
A new case of plague Is reported at
Iqulque, (Julie.
The presidential elections In Santo
Domingo have been set for June 20,
foot and mouth disease prevails
among snoop just brought to Liverpool
from BuenoB Ayres.
The Standard Oil Company has been
forced out of Koumanla by opposition
ot the government.
The monks expelled from France will
come to Kentucky and endeavor to es
tablish a monastry.
Secretary Ulchcock hai Issued reeula-
tions prohibiting all molestation of the
wild animals in Yellowstone Park.
Eight thousand New York bilcklav
era threaten to strike for 70 cents an
hour, as against 05 cents, now prevail
lng.
Androw Carnegie has purchased irom
Baron de Coyot his notable collection
of European fossils for the Carnegie
Museum in unlcago.
Ex-Attorney General W.J. Uendryck,
of Kentucky, has been declared a bank,
rupt In New York. Ills liabilities are
fl7;,'J50, and his assets principally
were lands of questlonab'e value.
Major Robert L. Howse, who has
been ordered to Manila to be present
during the Investigation of the charges
made against him of cruel treatment of
Filipino persons, has sailed from Porto
KIco for Now York.
Tho unofficial announcement Is made
that the Goulds hate secured control of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
Tho worst of the flood Is over at St.
Louis, but thousands of people are still
In a critical condition.
Two highwaymen at Wilkesbarre,
Pa., after holding up three men, opened
fire on them fatally wounding one man.
CHINA STILL IIOLD1NQ OUT.
Russian Demands In Manchuria Have Not
Yet Deen Qranttd.
Toklo, Juno 16. Tho Malnlchl pub
lishes n dispatch giving the alleged
history of tho Mnnchurlan secret tre
aty on tho authority of a Minister who
said that China had refused to com
ply with tho Russian demands, and
that Planchou, acting Russian Minist
er, had wired to Europo that China had
accepted. After tho powers protested,
China sent another refusal to Russia,
whoso government paid no attention.
The Russians havo not withdrawn
their donmuds, which presumably are
still lying on tho table ot the Chinese
Foreign Minister.
Tho Minister states that the secret
treaty will probably bo signed private
ly, and It is Imporatlvo that Japan
should protest and assist China In re
sisting tho Russian demands,
Tho Asahl'a Tien-Tsln correspond
ent, under date ot May 21, says Russia
has assembled 7000 troops at Llaoyan,
with a view to carrying out .maneu
ver on a large scalo In that quarter In
a few days.
The Corcan government on May 3
instructed tho Governor of Wlju to ar
rest Coreana who have sold their land
and houses cither to Russians or Chi
uesc, and warned him that he will be
held responsible for the execution ot
this order.
Press reports of tho proceedings ol
tho Diet now sitting show that the
government has encountered some dif
ficulty In supplying Uie recent de
mands for Information ot a consider
able section ot the members In regarc
to Russian action in Manchuria. The
main question ot Russian demands U
awaiting the arrival ot M. Lessar. Rus
slan Minister to Pekln, from St. Pet
ersburg.
The Chinese riots In Kwangsl Prov
Inco have developed In violence, and it
Is unofficially reported that the French
Consul at Tonklng has represented to
the Pekln Government that unles:
the Insurgents are suppressed French
troops will be sent across the frontier
to quell the disturbance.
IMPOKTANT LAND RULINQ.
When Land Is Non Mineral Even Though
It Contains Minerals.
Washington, June H. In a recent
contest arising In the State of Wash
Ington, the Secretary of the Interior
holds that when the field notes and
surveyor's returns make no notation
whatever of minerals In public landt
that have been surveyed, such lands
are considered and treated as given a
non-mlncral classification by the sur
veyor. Furthe, that lands classified as
non-mineral at the time of the Govern
ment survey are. ot the class of landr
subject to selection In lieu of landr
relinquished within ' forest reserves
and the character ot the lands so class
ified and selected will not be Invest!
gated on a protest presented after thr
survey and selection, and alleging the
present mineral character ot tho lands.
The Importance ot this decision It
manifest. In the case at Issue the
Northern Pacific Railway Company
relinquished a tract in the Rainier
Forest Reserve and selected in lieu
thereof a tract of equal area in Mon
tana. One year after the filing ot this
lieu selection a coal declaratory state
ment was offered by on Individual for
the tract selected, and was rejected
because of the prior selection by the
railroad company. Investigation of
the records disclosed the fact that
while adjoining lands bad been
ported by the surveyors as containing
coal deposits, no such reference
was made to the tract In controversy.
Therefore, the Secretary held the land
to be classified as non-mineral. The
man flung the coal declaratory state
ment went so far as to allege
that the land he sought would
produce coal In commercial auan-
titles. His allegations, however, were
overruled, as the prior selection
by the railroad company could not be
affected by a filing made one year
later. Hence the lieu selection was
approved, notwithstanding the appar
ent mineral character or the landB,
Had the lands been originally classi
fied as coal lands, the railroad selec
tion would have been rejected.
Civil Commissioner la Appointed.
Washington, June 16. Alvord Coo-
ley, of Westchester, N. Y., has been
appointed Civil Commissioner by Pres
ident Roosevelt to succeed James R.
Garfield, appointed Commissioner of
Corporation. Senator Piatt, of New
York, took lunch with the President
today, remaining at the White House
until nearly 3 oclock. After his con
ferenco with the President he an
nounced Mr. Cooley's appointment,
He did not Indicate that Mr. Cooley
was nig selection for the place. In
deed, It Is said that the appointment
was decided on some tlmo ago.
Cholera la Increasing.
Washington, June 16. Official ad
vices to the Marine Hospital service
In this city represent a sharp Increase
In cholera cases In the Philippine Is
lands since the beginning ot the rainy
season. Many of the cases have occur
red in Manila, but a rapid spread down
the coast of Luzon also Is reported.
About half ot the Manila cases have
occurred among the crews of the
launches and other small craft that
never leave the harbor. Not a single
case could be traced to Importation
ny sea.
Flrda a Prehlalorlc City,
Chicago. June 16. A rilnnatch tn Ihn
Inter-Ocean from the City of Mexico
says: "The ruins of a large city have
oeen discovered in a remote part of the
oiaie or rueuia. by Francisco Rodrl
guez, an archaeologist, who has Just
maae a report oi nis una to the gov
ernment authorities here. The cltv
contain large pyramids and exten
sive fortifications. It Is situated In
the midst of a dense forest, and a
large amount ot excavation will be
necessary to learn Ha true extent and
Importance.
Consul Nearly Assassinated,
Havana. June 16. While the Italian
Consul here, Vlaglo Tornlelll, was
seated In his office yesterday after
noon, a young Italian sailor enetred
and Inquired whether he was the Con
sul. On receiving an affirmative, re
ply, he whipped out a revolver and
fired. The bullet crazed tho Cnnnnl'a
head. Tho sailor was overpowered
and arrested. He gave the name of
Pletro Alllney. 1
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
SURVUV OP PORTAUU ROAD.
Engineer Hammond Will do Ahead With
Preliminary Work.
Tho State Hoard ot Portage Railway
Commissioners heid a conference with
A. E, Hammond, tho engineer recently
selected to niako a preliminary survey
ot the route of the portage road be
tween The Dalles and Celllo. Mr.
Hammond was directed to proceed at
once with the survey, and he will do
so as soon aa ho can organlte a aur
Toying party.
Ills work will be to examlno the
ground and run preliminary Unea
where the road will probably bo con
Jtructed. H will make plats and
charts showing all the topographical
conditions. Ho cipects to bo ready to
report to the board In about 30 days,
and until that time no further action
can bo taken by tho board.
Receipt ol Columbia County.
Tho reports In the County Clerk's of
fice show that the receipts for May
were larger than nt any time In the
alstory ot Columbia county. The total
amount received was J562.0S, appor
.loned as follows: Recording deeds
-ind other Instruments, $27:1.75; court
fees, J22S; redemptions, 161.33.
High School Contract Let.
The Eugene school board has let the
contract to Welsh & Maucr, ot Salem,
for tho construction of the new High
School building. The contract price
it 124,253.
.Rich Find In Southern Oregon.
J. A. Whitman and J. D. Hard re
low In control ot what promises to be
.he biggest placer mining proposition
n Southern Oregon. The property Is
ocated on Steve's Fork ot Steamboat
Unkc. and comprises some SS0 acre
it mining ground, nearly all of which
prospects rich from "grass roots tc
Dedrock." Some of tho prospects ob
tained are so big that It Is hard to be
ileve they were taken from just a few
ans of dirt. Tho property was pur
:hased from Messrs. Shearer, Lewis
Vrmstrong & Scott, and the new owu
:ra have already been offered an ad
vance ot two and a half times the pur
hase price. The water supply 1
abundant.
Lane Oats Will De Short.
The effect of the recent hot wave li
jnquestlouably very dlaasterous to all
trowing crops In Lane county, with
he possiblo exception ot hops. Farm
trs have been complaining for twe
weeks past about Insufficient rain for
-.he grain crops, and this hot spell
omlng at this time, will have the of-
ect of cutting short tho crop very ma
erlally. There has been Insufficient
nolsture for nutrition ot growlnr
trains, and now the heat comes and
orces maturation without any possi
MHty of growth. Wheat will undoubt
?dly be cut short 25 per cent, and oat;
70 per cent already, and the damage
will be even greater unless this spel'
of heat Is followed by a soaking rain
Will Cheapen Transportation.
The preliminary survey of the elec
tric road from Baker City to the John
Day country Is about finished. Thr
route as laid out. commences at Bow
en's ranch, not far from Baker City, and
"ttends along Burnt River to the dl
ride, and thence Into the John Day
Valley. Prairie City, no doubt, will be
the destination for the present. It If
considered by many that a far cheaper
route could have been selected, had
the survey been by way of Auburn
through the Sumpter Valley over to
Burnt River. Several miles of road
building could be saved as well as the
road being laid out on an easier grade
Rainier ana St. Helens Want Scat.
Rainier and St. Helens bave each
filed their petitions as candidates for
tho relocated county scat There are
76 names on the Rainier petition and
115 names on the one field by St. Hel
ens, Clatakanle was the first town to
file a petition, having 125 names on
the document. It is now a settled fact
that these three towns will be the only
candidates for the county seat loca
Hon to be voted on the first Monday In
July.
Oood for Marlon Crops.
That crops have not suffered by rea
son of the rocent hot weather Is declar
ed by fanners, fruitgrowers and hop
growers In Marlon county. Hops and
fruit, except strawberries, will be Im
proved by the heat ot the last few
days. While the ground la dry In the
hill country, and rain would be bene
ficial, the hot weather will do no dam
age unless it should continue several
days.
Shipping Cattle From Pendletoa.
Fourteen carloads of cattle will be
shipped from Pendletoi this month.
Fred Phillips will ship sine carloads
to Carstcns BrosT. of Seattle. He will
also ship five carloads to Kenewick.
The stock brought $4.35 for good beef;
some of the best brought a little better,
but not much. A month ago tho price
was $4.75 and scarce at that. Now
there Is plenty of cattle to be had at
$4.35.
To Resume Operation.
Operations at the Gold Bug Grizzly
group ot claims In the Ibex district,
Eastern Oregon, will be resumed In
about ten days. The machinery Is be-1
lng overhauled and the pumps and
hoists put In shape for work. The
rhaft has filled up with water which
will be pumped out Immediately, and
sinking of tho shaft will commenco as
soon aB It Is free from water.
Survey Excites Curiosity.
A Southern Pacific survey party Is
operating between Mllwaukle and
Gladstone Park, Diligent Inquiry falls
to dlscioso the purpose of tho survey
It was leraned from a member of the
party that a route Is belnc established
from Mllwaukle, via Gladstone Park
nnd the Chataunua grounds to Oregon
City.
Red Boy Mine Prospers.
Another strike Is reported at tho
Rod Boy mine, Sumpter district. No
details can be learned at present as
to the extent and value of this latest
discovery, but reports are that the rich
est body of oro ever opened up in me
property has been cut Into. The mlno
management Is reticent In regard to
tho -strike.
arasshoppers at Pilot Rock,
A grasshopper pest has struck the
Pilot Rock country. Instead of passing
on as was expected at first they seem
tn R.nv nnd tho number
Is multiplying rapidly.
W MIW VW I
I
PAY I-OR VIITUKANS.
Indian
War Claimants Can Now (let
Their Money.
Secretary of Stato Dunbar has re
ceived 9S vochcra for claims of Indian
War veterans and will begin Issuing
warrants In payment of tho same this
week. 11 la belloved that 800 claims
will be filed with tho Adjutant-General,
and that 750 or thoso will bo allowed.
In amounts averaelnir about SI CD each
If thU expectation shall bo fulfilled,
the total claims allowed will amount to
1112,500. Tho total nnnronrUtltm li
$100,000, so that a deficiency of $12,500
is prooaDie.
Under advice of the Attorney-den
oral Secretary of Stato Dunbar will
Issuo warrants for claims In the order
in wnicn the vochcra cotuo to his ofilce
and no In the order tho claims are filed
with tho Adjutant-Oeneral, All claims
will bo paid In full ns long as the
money lasts, and whon tho approprla
Hon Is exhausted tho Secretary of
Stato will Issue certificates of allow
ance, which are recognlied as legal
ovldcuce of a valid claim ngalust the
siaie. Tneso certificates will not draw
Interest and must await on nmimnrli
Hon by some subsequent Legislature
oororo mey can bo paid.
Coming Events.
wostorn Oregon division Oregon
siato Toacnors' Association, rortland
Juno 24-29.
Street carnival. Ashland. June 15-26
Pioneers' reunion, Brownsville, June
IV-l..
School election In all Oregon dl
trlcts, June 15.
Convention o( the Sunday schools of
untie cuumy, June lu-ll.
Street carnival, Roacburg. June
Christian camp meeting, Turner,
June l.
Street carnival, Salem, June 29
July 4.
Uazamas leave Eugene to climb th
mree sisters, Juno 9, roturnlng 1
ten days.
Worms Cat Yamhill Wheat.
Tho farmers In tho vlclnltr of Li
Fayette are becoming somewhat alarm
ed about their Fall-sown wheat. Thf
Indication that there was something
wrong was that tho grain was turning
red. and, upon closer examination a
jmall. red worm was found In or near
the first Joint of the stalk. Sorao will
:ut their grain for hay, while othrri
ciaim tno crop win not pay for th
larvestlng, belnc so badly damared
These fears may provo to be greatly
exaggerated.
Oettlng Ready to Operate.
The Sumpter Lumber Company ha
Miccecded In floating all tho aawloii
an Cracker Creek to the mill site Just
south of town. Tho total amount put
In was over 1,000.000 feet, The frame
ior me new mm win soon De up, ana
s soon as the logs at the old plant
are consumed the big mill will be ready
to be operated.
Work on the Balaley.Elkhorn.
Machinery and supplies are arriving
ajmost dally forriho Balsley-Elkhorn
mine In the BakX-r district. A large
force or men barf been engaged to
work on this property this season, and
from now- on the plan Is to rush th
work of development as fast as possi
oie.
Work On Sumpter Water Plant.
Work on the Sumpter water works
win soon be commenced. The plant
will bo 500 horse power, nnd half of
this will be usod In the electric plant
to ngnt the city.
Women On State Pharmacy Board
Miss Kittlo Walker Harbord of Sa-
lem, has been appointed a member of
the State Board of Pharmacy, to suc
ceed L. W. Moody, of Portland, whose
term has expired. Miss Harbord is the
first woman to be annotated on this
board. Her term of office Is flvo years
Contract for Remodeling Courthouse,
Tho Clackamas County Court has
awarded to Johnson & Andrews of Ore
gon City, the contract for building an
audition to the court bouse and romod
ellng the Interior ot that building for
I31UV.
Oregon Cattle to Nor'h Dakota.
M. K. Pardons, of Salt Lake. Is shin-
ping 5000 head of Eastern Oregon cat
tle from Ontario stockyards this week
to North Dakota. This means about
$125,000 distributed among, cattlemen,
Land Patents at Oregon City.
During May there were 64 timber
land tilings and 62 bomstead filings In
tho land omce at Oregon City.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7073c; val
ley, 75c,
Barley Feed, $20.00 por ton; brew-
lng, $21.
Floor Best grades, $3,05 4,30;
graham, $3.45(33.85.
Mlllatnffs Bran, 123 per ton; mid
dllngs, $27; shorti, $23; chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 whlto, $1.10 1.16
gray, $1 05 per cental.
Hay Timothy, (20(321; clover,
nominal; cheat, f 16 16 per ton,
Potatoes Best Bnrpanks, 60R0e
per sack; ordinary, 3o4So per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets,' $3
3.50 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, llI2c;
young, 13I4c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1017c; drefeod, 20322c; duiks,
7. 0097.50 per dozen; geese, $0,003
6.50.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 150
16c; Young America, 1615Kc; fact
ory prices, lCjilc less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 20?22Jo
per pound; extras, 21c; dairy. 20$
?.2yic; store, 10c18.
Egga 1OK017KC per dozen.
Hops Chohe, S20o per pound.
Wool Valley.WJi'O'ncjEaatorn Or
egon, 814r; mohair, S637ic.
Beef Grops, cows, 3K34o, Per
pound; steers, C5Ko; dressed, 8c.
Veal 7K8c.
Mutton Gross,
$3,50 per
pound;
pound"
1 ' ,
I
pound)
i
dressed, 77ftc.
Lambs Gross, 4c per
dresesd, ?)ic.
Hogs Gross, CQOKc per
dressed, 78e.
ALflOST TIDAL WAVU.
Cloudburst In Arliunn Costa Thirty Lhca
nnd Heavy Properly Lots.
Ollflun, Aria., Juno 13, Sevon per
sona weio drowned in liuoiia milieu
by a cloudburst yesterday. They In
elud .lames Nash. MIhs liny Mldllu
nnd Alvlnu Ituitv, besides suvunil Mex
icans. It Is reported two bodies were
scon pnsidiiK Holimion vlllo In tho OIIa
Rlvor. Tho exnet niiinuor ur tirnwnod
Is not kxowu, but the total Is placed at
30. Twelve bodies havo boon recover
od. One pei mil reports seeing 12 In the
water, all of whom woro loit. A Muxl
etui woman lost llvo children. At Mor
oncl tho water was 20 tout deep, but
tho canyon U much wider, uud cum
paiutlvely small property loiees nud
probably no fatalities lomillod. The
llnby (JaiiKO Railroad upon tho canyon
to Metcalf was frightfully washed, and
on this road occurred tht narrowest ea
capo from a big death Hat.
A tinlu currying liO passengers met
tho flood, which was seen In time tor
tho train to be stopped, allowing the
passengers tu seek tho hillside. The
water overturned tho train and duubl
od It up llko a horseshoe. The flood
lasted for an hour. The Arizona Cop
per Company at Clifton Is a heavy los
er, nnd the Moreuel A Southwestern
trestle at Moienel is tho biggest loser
there.
It will tuko two weeks to repair tho
Mctcalt Railroad and will provide
work for many strikers. It Is believed
this occupation will divert the atteu
lion of tho strikers, and tho flood ca
lamity may have a stroug Influence In
tcttllng tho strike.
The bodies of many dead are bollev
od to b burled under tho tailings from
the Arizona Copper Company's mill,
i' ml It may bo weeks before all th
missing can bo nccountcd for.
WANTS TO EXCTlANdli LaSd.
Colorado Desires Qot eminent to Control
the Water Supply.
Washington. June 13. The Interior
Department has boon confronted with
a proposition from the Stato of Colo
rado hick it would llko to accept, but
It Is believed tho Secretary has no au
thorlty to art. Colorado owns 500,000
acres of timber hind, which It offers
to convey to tho (lovornmcnt In ex
ihaiigo for n equal area of vacant
public agricultural lamtB. Colorado
wants the (lovcrumcnt to take the tlm
her lands for tho purpose of coavort
lug them Into a forest reserve, not be
cnttsc tho timber Is valuable, but be
cause water Is becoming scarcer and
more vnluablo In Colorado every year
and It Is agreed that the Government
can better protect tho water supply
than could the stato acting for lulf
Thero is no law under which such an
exchange could be made, but under a
iipeclnl art of Congress a similar ex
change wns made In Wyoming several
years ago.
Secretary Illtchrock. Lnnd Commls
sloncr Richards, Chief Forester Pin
(hot and other officials nro all Impress
od with tho proposition and will
strongly endorse either a bill author
izing the exchanKO In Colorado or In
all ntld or seml-arld states. The poll
cy Is generally favorable, as It la
thought that such exchanges would
prove beneficial to settlors In com
miinlltes whero Irrigation Is practical
or likely to bo engaged In. Tho ques
tion wilt bo brought beforo Congress
next session.
RL'CIHVER ASKCD FOR.
Shipbuilding Company Ordered to (live
Its SIJc ol the Case.
Trenton, N. J., Juno 13. Judge Kirk
Patrick, ot tho Unlted'States Circuit
Court, at his chambers In Newark,
day mndo an order returnable In Tren
ton next Monday for causo to show
why a receiver should not be appointed
for the United States Shipbuilding
Company. The application was mad
by Roland It. Conklin, who charges
that tho company la Insolvent, and also
alleges fraud In connection with th
Incorporation and management.
The company was organized about
a year nno, with an nuthorlzcd capital
of $20,000,000 and with a provision for
a bond Issuo of I1G.000.000. Of this
$3,000,000 wad to bo underwritten by
a trust company. Tho applicants for
a receiver are holders ot some of these
bonds. It Is charged by Conklin and
his co-sultors that the nronortlcs ac
quired were worth nothlne llko $2,000,
000; that tho contracts on hand were
only $14,000,000; thnt the working cap
ital was less than $3,000,000. and that
tho earning capacly was only $1,000,
uuv, an amount Insufficient to pay th
company s nxed charges.
New National Reserve Policy.
Denver. Juno 13. In a bulletin 1
sued today by Secretary Levering, of
tho National Woolgrowors Association
tho new policy of tho Administration
In relation to forest reserves Is an
nounced. Tho bulletin speaks posit!
vcly. and Is understood to bo Inspired
ns senator warren, of Wyoming, I
the president ot tho nsoclatlon and I
close to President Roosevelt and Clm
mlssloncr Richards. Tho bulletin says
that as a result of an Investigation by
Mr. uarrctt, of tho Department of For
estry, n largo part of tho Ycllowston
reserve In Wybmlng has been returned
to tho public domain,
Coal Roads Juggle Freight Rates,
New York, Juno 13. Tho Interstate
Commerce Commission resumed Its
hearing on tho complaint of W. R
Hearst against tho coalcarrylng roads
w. A. Marshall, of tho firm ot Reghte
& Marshall, coal dealers In this city,
lloston and Philadelphia, was called
and said It was usual when tho price
of coal was low at tidewater for the
railroad company to mnko a monthly
adjustment of tho freight rates io
that tho agent mleht mako a profit
on the transaction. Slnco March 1
901. thero had been no deviation from
tho schedule, rato at $1,55 per ton,
Jury Indicts Mayor.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Juno 13, Tho Krand
jury has returned a truo bill against
William II. Hnys. Mayor of P ttBbure
charging him with misdemeanor In dis
charging Samuol Moore from tho city's
omploy. Mooro was an official of the
nnllnanco bureau of tho city, nnd an
old soldier. On March 31. 1001. he,
with a numbor of others, was discharg
ed from tho city omploy by Hays. Tho
matter was taken up by tho old soldi
ors of tho city and a test caso made In
Mooro s behalf.
Rochester Has $80,000 Fire.
Rochostor, N. Y Juno 13. Damage
estimated at $000,000 to $800,000 was
caused hr fire here today. Tho blaze
started In the Pancost building, which
with tho brick Presbyterian church dd-
J0'"'11 was destroyed, nnd an entire
row of houses In FltzIIugh street, nnd
several buildings In State and Allen
streets, woro badly damaged. No loss
of llfo Is reported. 1
FATAL FLOOD
Eastern Oregon Cloud
burst Kills Many.
NO WARNING GIVEN
IILTI'NHR KCCUIVHS Till) FULL PORCU
OP TIIU DliLUOH.
lone and Lexington Sutler Lcaa-Death
List Will Reach Fully JOll -Safety l.ny
Only In Flight-Dead Are Hurled In
Hastily Constructed Collins-Absence
of Uouhls Notable.
lone. Or.. Juno Hi. A cloud which
burst on tho hills n mile south of Hepp-
nor nt about 5:30 o'clock Sunday after
noon lot loose a hungry Mood nt water,
which swept down tho hillside In n
wall 30 foot high and 200 yards wide
Headline the bottom of tho canyon
tho liquid nviilnneho reared Ha mighty
front over tho doomed town, and car
ried to destruction nearly every build
ing nnd human being that lay lu ll
path, leaving n wnatn of desolation to
mnrk Its trail. Tho destroying torrent
raced down tho narow gorge ot Willow
Creek. Inundating ns It reached tlioni
tho settlements of Lotlngton, lone and
Douglas, but lessening In fury and In
volume as tho thirsty nlknll soli of tho
valley drank up tho water llko a
sponge. Behind It lay nearly 300
dead, drowned llko rats In n trap. The
suddenness of the cntastropho gnvo
tho victims no warning, overwhelming
them for tho main part as they sat
within their homes.
Immediately after tho fatal Hood
had wiped tho mnjor portion of Hep
pner out of existence, swift couriers
on horseback sped to warn tho resi
dents ot tho valley toward tho Col um
bla of the coming peril. Leslie Mat
lock, son of an ex-shcrlff of Morrow
County, rodo a wild ride for 18 miles
ihend of tho raglnc waters. Ills horse
dropped dead, hut ho secured another
and ngaln another, covering tho OS
miles to Arlington In seven hours. To
this Paul Rovero of Oregon Is undoubt
edly duo tho fact that tho ranchers of
the Willow Creek country below Hop-
pner lost so little stock nnd property
Tho Palace Hotel was the first build
lng to stem the tide, and nil tho gucsls
were saved; but houses below tho I'a
laco Hotel wcro thrown out Into th
street, overturned and wrecked.
Perhnps the greatest loss occurre
at tho Hoppnor Hotel. This house
which was run under tho management
of Jones & Asliaugh, wan carrle
away. It Is supposed that there were
about 50 guests In this hotel, nil of
whom oro reported to bo lost. The
proprietors themselves woro saved
hut their families are among tho dem!
Tho entlro residence portion of Hop-
pner was destroyed, hut tho hiislnos
houses, being on higher ground, nnd
being generally built of brick nnd
stone, woro not so badly damaged,
Tho schoolhnuso and courthouse,
which stand on a slilelilll, were saved
hut two churches, tho Methodist and
rrcsbytcrlan. woro completely wreck
ed. Around tho depot tlio receding
flood left great Means of drlftwooi
piled as high and higher thnn tho roof
and tho rescuing parties woro force
to demolish these pyramids of Umbo
in order to oxtrlcato tho corpse
which wcro tangled In the brush. Un
dnubtedly many of the drowned bod
(cs wcro carried by tho rushing wntors
down tho valley. It Is reported that
'liroo bodies worn round near Lexing
ton, nlno miles below Hoppnor. but
there were no fatalities In Lexington
no systematic ctrort has boon mndo t
find tho dead, who nro undoubtedly
strewn nlong tho canyon, l'very nvall
ablo man from n rndlus of G5 miles
has been pressed Into servlco nt Hep
pner itsoir. unngs or men nro a
work clearing away tho piles of dohrls
rocks and timber, which Ha piled In
Ilcppnor's streets, and tnklng out tho
corpsos which nro thus concealed
About 100 persons havo been hurled
In Hoppner's graveyard today. Owing
to tho entire nbsenco of nronor fac
tics for caring for tho dead, tho vic
tims of tho flood wcro, for tho most
part, interred In common crates. Tho
ghouls who nro usually found, llko hu
man vultures, rifling the nockcts of
tho dead In such great disasters as tho
one which has stricken Ilenpner, nro
minis caso, rortunatciy absent, nnd
tho vigilance committees and patrols
wnicn wero so necessary nt Johnstown
nnu uaivcnlon floods, seem to bo tin
necessary In Oregon.
A relief train sont from Tho Dn or
reached lone Inst night and will pro
ceed to Hoppnor ns soon ns poislbln.
A wrecking train, with gangs of mon
to repair uotn mo trnckB and telegraph
wires left last night, It Is oxpectod
that communication wHh Lexington,
m .mucs irom nonnnor. win do resior.
od early this morning.
Court street, at Hcnnncr. on the
nnnK or tno stream, is swont clenn n
a grnvel bar from end to end, Not
even tho foundations of a long lino of
ucauiiiiii residences aro left,
Evory business house oxcont tlin !m.
tel. Fair store and Odd Fellow's build
ing, along tho sldo of tho street on
which tho bank stands nro wreekn. A
largo building Is Jammed Into tho drug
storo and several other structures aro
In tho middle of tho samo strcot. Resi
dences aro turned ovor or torn to piec
es. Mud, sllmo and misery nro every
where. Tho water was 15 foot high In Hon-
oner's streots nnd rose ovor Ihn now
courthouse wall. It camo down Palm
f orn. cnieiiy, nut was a torrent nn nil
hillsides. Enormous pllos of rock nnd
grnvel havo boon washed down tho
canyon flvo mllos up on Butter croek.
Tho flood camo almost Instantly and
lasted ono hour. Tho nonnln
It was only a repetition of tho cloud
burst a fow days ago, and woro not
alarmed until It was too lato, Housos
wero suroundod by raging torrents,
which BUCkod ovorv thlnir mnvnliln In.
to their twisting eddies and oscapo was
Impossible,
lUUIIjr IIOUIHU Biopi in 1110 COlirt IOUSO
last night, and any nlaco thov can 1
Many peoplo slept In tho coiirthouso
umnu tx uuiit
1. i - " .
Mnny peoplo aro arriving at Hepp-
. ,,u wuud. twill YitmurH
Will UO VUllltVUilUd IU rOUKll It WIIIlO
they stay. Provision are not nee. " l!
but rather holn to burv their ,ion,i in i
clear away tho debris. Tho nbsenco of
Ico or embalming fluids has necoBsltat-
od tho hurried burial of many bodies,
which would ulliorwUo hnvu boon pre
served for tho ii rt I vii 1 (if relatives.
llueo llvo linlilos liitvo boon found
whose parents nro hut, and lilotitlrtcit
tlon has ho far boon Impomdlilo.
Families lire liliilioll to niece, t ho
father nlimti lenmlnn, or n wife or son
or daughter, and little ehllilivu loft
orphans.
Kilns Connor, n Hlocknilnnr of lone,
returned from Hoppnor lit 2 o'clock
Ihln morning. Ho loft tlio dcouo of tho
disaster nt il o'clock, ami brings tlm
latest down hum tho scene.
"It In now known," snld Mr. Connor.
"that at least 275 or 300 peoplo woio
drowned. Duo hundred nud fifteen
corpses have boon hastily burled In
wooden boxes mid some woro merely
wrapped in iiimikets, Tiiero woro nt I
xovoinl wagon loads of dead on llielr
way to tho cemetery when I loft.
Hoppnor nseir bus now been pretty
well searched, except In piles of do
bill, whero It Is thought that liumherH
tit bodies will bo found.
"Ilolweeii linn and Hoppnor," said
Mr. Conner, "thoio nro grout plies ot
debris, hut tho flood passed ho quick
ly that Hut loads have not been seri
ously damaged. Tlio nilll'tmd track,
however, from Lexington on la badly
torn up. It looks Bitngo to ion tho
heavy stool rails bout and twisted llko
oorkscrtiws, unit tint heavy limbers
splintered like matchwood. In Hepp-
nor llseir tno nooii nwopi u clean pntn
li inllo long, mid one or two blocks
wldo through tho town, following gen
erally tho course of Willow Creek.
TUo peoplo of Hoppnor scorn demoral
ized by tho calamity, uud men who
havo lost their wives, chlldion nud
their nil, go dry oyod to tho work of
assistance of others."
Tho town of Hoppnor, tho prlnelnnl
sufferer from tho flood Is 107 .miles
from Portland and 45 miles from tho
Columbia Itlver. It contains n popu
lation of, approximately. 1 inn, and In
tho county Beat of Morrow County. It
Is located In tlio valley of Willow
Crook, a considerable stream, which
flows mil tl) Into the CollluiITIn. Tho
valley of Willow Croek varies In width
from ontt-hnlf mile to a mile and Is
bounded on either Hide by proelpltlous
mountains which render sudden fresh
ets not uncommon, although nt ordin
ary seasons tho stream Is easily ford
ed at almost any point. At Hoppnor.
Willow Creek Is Joined by Hlnton's
Fork, which outers nt tho north end
of the town. Homo 20 years iikci n
cloudburst occurred on Hlnton's Fork
nnd a wall of water 30 foot In height
rolled down tho tuoiintnlii side Into
Willow Creek At that tlmo tho town
wns built principally on the south
sldo of n high backbone extending
from near the mouth of tho Fork back
to tho mountains. Thero was llltlo
damage to tho town nnd no lives woro
lost. Of recent years however, tho
town has grown considerably nnd n
largo portion of It Is on tho north side
of this naturnl dyko and along tho
banks of tho two streams, directly In
tho path of tho flood.
North of Hoppnor nine mllos Is (hit
own of Lexington, containing a popu
lation of three or four hundred, nnd
nlno mllos further Is lone, which tins
lght lo nlno hundred peopto. Accord
ing to the latest Information, both of
Ihosp places woro destroyed.
A branch of tho O. It A N. follows
Willow Crook south from the main lino
at Hoppnor Junction to Its terminus
nt Hoppnor. Oftlrlnls of tho rompanv
have received advices thnt their track
Is washed away between Douglas and
Hoppnor, a distance of 30 mllos.
ACTION ON CANAL TRHATV URdHI).
President (Uvea Colombia tn Um'eratnnd
That Dallying Must Cease.
Washington, Juno 1(1. Tho Presi
dent today sent for William Nel.ion
Cromwell, attorney for tho Panama
Canal Company, tn confer with him
on tho rnnnl situation. Mr. Cromwell
Bpent half an hour with tho President
In tho forenoon, nnd tho conferenoo
was resumed by appointment at 3
P. M.
It Is understood thnt the President
Is much concerned over tho rnnnl out
look. The Administration Is not In
the lenst disposed to bo Impatient
with Colombia, and Is willing to allow
tho Ilogotn government a reasonable
tlmo to execute Its obligations to tint
United Stntes At tho same Hum tho
Washington authorities regard thoso
obligations ns moro binding thnn
thoso of nn ordinary tronlv. nnd cannot
Admit tho right of tho Colombian gov
ernment to recede from thorn. If not
cnrrlcd out by ratification of tho rnnnl
treaty which comes beforo tho Colom
bian Congress nt Its mooting this
month, tho United States hopes Col
ombia will find somo othor moniia of
executing Its obligations to this coun
try as rognrds tho Panama Cnnnl. Mr.
Cromwell declined to soo rnllors after
his conforonco with tho President.
Will Remain In Background.
Ihlrlln, Juno 17. Tho election of
Prlnco Peter to the thronn nf Horvln
will not cnuso any difficulty on tho
part of Ocrmnny. Tho Foreign flfflcn
today, nnBWorlng n direct (iiiostlnn on
tho subject replied that nermnny hav
ing less Interest than Austrln nnd ling.
sin, was leaving thoso powers to tnko
mo inmnuvo. tho Vlonnn nnd St.
Petersburg cnvornmenla liml nnfnn.i
thnt tho situation nt Heli-rnilo dlf not
call for Interferon nnd that, there
fore, tholr policy wns to wall dovohm.
mont without nny action recognlzlni?
tho provincial government.
United States May Object.
Pekln. Juno 17. It In nvoci,i ii.t
tho United Stnt-B will object lo tho
transfer of tho negotiations: for tho
American nnd Jnonnerfn rntmir,.'ini
treaties from filmnghnl tn this cltv, nH
It Is Impossible for tho Amorlenn Com
mission to oomn to Pokln. A,, ,,iiri
ordering tho trnnsfor lias now boon
Issued without consulting olthor tho
United States or Jnnnn 'wblci, nnh.
slon Ib considered discourteous to tho
two powers conenrnod. Tho Jnpuncso
negotiations havo been susnnndod mid
nro at a deadlock.
Route tn Crow's Neat Pass.
Dtitto. Mont. .Tnnn I7nmini ....,
has been reclvod in this city to tho
-ci, wiei ino eut orr rrnm Columbia,
i'nlls or Kallsnol. on tbn fli-ont M,irii..
cm, to Jocko, on tho Northern Pnelflo.
is to bo built nt oncn. Work will bo
commenced within 00 dnys. Tho now
Ino will opon up tho rlchost country
In tho stato of Montana and furnish
a direct routo from the Crow's Nost
coal fldldB to tho Ilutto nnd Anaconda
mlnos and smoltora,
Ceblo Ship Nears nidwny.
Manlln, Juno 17. Tlm enbln ship
Colon, which Is laying tho Pacific on
bio from Guam eastward, la nonrlng
Midway Is and. nn.i i lu v ,.,., i..
tho laying of tlm nnMlnti r,nm ltfl.l.,,n.
Inland tn HnnnlT.I,. . Ill """
- J??'.' "ooluIu will commonco
11UXL WL'UK.
Ilandltl Unfd Covlle Tnuni.
Manila, Juno 17. DiBonlor contlnu-
na In 41. i - If ' '
S?ti i5mSVViinf.0 'ayllV '
? A n"mod Follznrdo nnd rvToiitnlou.
, iJ,i,;? foowo recently raided n
S nnihV' t?Wn8, . Tl'? Bve""t '
trouble cnmnaKn t oi'PPrcss tho