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COTTAGE GROVE OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprchcnalye Review of the Import,
ant Happcnlngi ol the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Molt
Likely to Prove Interesting.
Lord Bnllsburj, cx-premier ot Hog
Unil, la dead.
Klght Bremen were seriously burned
at a Chicago lire.
A cloudburst at Denver did consider-
able damage to property.
A party of SfiValt Lake people are
making a tour of Oregon.
The Macedonian revolution la marked
by more maaeacres at Monaatir.
The cruiser Marblehead and the gun
boat Concord are anchored In the Pott-
land harbor.
The Canadian government will uao
peaceful meaaurea in the suppression of
po&ablng on the groat taxes.
A bill to pension veterans ot the
Cavuse Indian war will bo Introduced
at the next session ot congreaa.
The entire Humbert family haa been
found guilty of swindling and eentencod
to from one to Ave years imprisonment,
The Turkish government haa prom
ieed fulfillment of all ol Russia' de
mand and the czar's equardon of war
veaseli haa been ordered home.
Canada wants a better trademark law
enacted.
Anatrla will support Russia in her
demands on Turkey.
Senator Quay says he will seek no
further political honors.
About 7,600 textile workers in Sax
ony are on a strike for a shorter work
day.
The United SUtea and Chinese treaty
commlaaloncrs have resumed work on
international treaties.
King Peter, of Serria, haa again
threatened to abdicate unless condi
tions change at the capital.
Switzerland haa objected to Dr.
Lardy, her minister at Paris, serving
on the Venezuelan arbitration court.
The Trans-Miseiaaippi congress in
dorsed the Lewis and Clark fair and
passed a resolution favoring a govern
ment appropriation of $1,000,000.
Lord Salisbury's condition la very
grave.
A David City, Neb., man has mar
ried bis stepmother.
The powers are considering steps to
end the uprising in Macedonia.
Fire in the Beaumont, Texas, oil
fieldi destroyed $50,000 worth of prop
erty. General Jchn C. Black, of Illinois,
has been elected commander in chief of
the G. A. B.
William P. Sullivan, a Missouri sen
ator, haa been found guilty of grafting
and fined." 100.
Londoners were much surprised at
the showing of Shamrock III. They
expected ber to have a walkover.
Preaident Roosevelt will allow no
discrimination in favor ol union men
by the government, neither will he op
pose them in any way.
A granite monument marking the
site of the birthplace el the late Presi-
dent Chester A. Arthur has been erect
ed at Fairfield, Vermont.
The sultan of Deseen, Philippine is
land, s has apologized for insulting the
American flag, saying bis crazy son
was responsible for the outrage.
Mayor Williams, of Portland, baa
asked Secretary Moody to send one or
more warveseels to the Portland harbor
during the carnival in September.
The Hamburg-American steamship
company will establish a line on the
Pacific ocean.
The kaiser of Germany will ask the
reichetag to provide for an increase in
the army of 39.U00 men.
Massachusetts Democrats may run
General Miles for governor. It is said
he will accept the nomination.
The chamberlain ot the czar of Rus
sia has arrived in this country to ar
range for an exhibit at the St. Louis
fair.
The Trans-Mlssieaippi congreaa is in
session in beattle.
Pedro Alvarado, a Melxcan, who, six
years ago was a laborer in a mine at 30
cents a day, has Just (lied, worth $85,
000,000.
A fight between Turkish troopa and
rebels near Monaatir reaulted in the
sultan's followers being repotted with
a loss of 210 men.
The Reliance must give Shamrock
III 1 minute and 46 eeconds start on
the 30 mile race on account o' a larger
amount of canvass.
A cloudburst at Cerro Pietro, Atlz.,
wrecked the stamp mill of the principal
gold mine at that place and washed
away f 4U,oou wortii oi ere.
A heavy thunder storm in the San
Bernardino valley, Cal., destroyed
many fruit and shade trees. Lightning
Btruck a number of houses.
Pope Plus lias given (20,000 to be
distributed among the poor of Rome.
Turxey lias called for 52,000 men for
service In Macedonia,
China has agreed with the United
States to open two ports, thus main
taining the open door policy.
Roosevelt wants Root to help him
defeat his New York enemies and will
endorse him for president in 1008.
A wealthy Davenport, Ia., woman
was kidnaped and held for 160,000
ransom, but gave her captors the slip
nnd escaped,
Vesuvius continues active and is
ending smoke and flame to a height of
4,000 teet. Lava is flowing toward Ot
tajamo and Pompeii.
ELKS IN TRAINWRIXK.
Excursion on Way to Ohmpla Ditched
With Fatal Remits.
Chohalls, Wash., Aug. 23. The
special train carrying the Portland F.lks
to Olympia was ditched two miles nest
of this place at 1 1 o'clock yesterday
morning, while running at a high rate
ot speed. Two men, Charles Farlc
man, a cigar dealer of Portland, and
frank Galea, a tiamp, who was riding
on the tender, wore Instantly killed.
Between 30 and 40 others were in-
Juted, ot whom two and possibly three
are so serlouslr hurt that recovery Is
doubtful.
The special ot seven cars, pulled by
engine 347, left Portland at 7:35 A. M.
Accordlu to the testimony of the pas
sengers, which ib corroborated in a
measure by tho statement of the engl
neer, tho engine was not working very
satisfactorily, and when Castle Rock
was readied the fires were drawn and
an effort made to repair it so that It
would steam better.
It climbed the hill beyond Castle
Rock without difficulty, and picked up
some of tho time that was lost belore
Napavine was reached, From that
point It rolled down the grade at a
pretty good gait, and wna going at
about a 40-mile clip along the banks ol
the ewaukum river, about 2 Si miles
west of Chehalis, when suddenly i
D a rp explosion waa heard and an in
tant later the big locomotive shot over
the embankment, toppled to the left
and buried its left cylinders and driv
ers in the soft earth. Simultaneously
with tho explosion the tender parted
from the euigne, Jumped from its trurks
ami landed at tha loot ol the embank
ment. The first car, a light combina
tion passenger and baggage car, broke
loose from the tender. Dumped for an
instant on the ties, and then, with tor-
rlfio force, plunged down the embank
ment.
An immense cedar stump was stand
ing near the foot nf the embankment,
and as the car flew past it, the entire
lett side of the coach was torn nut, and
the unfortunate passengers bruised, cut
and maimed by flying wreckage or
glass, iron and wood, bran hes of trees
slapping them in the laces. The mo
mentum of the first car was so great
that it continued on past the hig- stump
turned farther over, and finallv came to
a stop with the entire left side and
most of the seats swept clean, the roof
caved in and the floor bulging up.
The second car followed it and brought
np alongside ot the stump. The lead
ers checked the momentum of the third
car, fourth and fifth cars, which left
the embankment and turned paitly
over, but escaped the terrible punish
ment Inflicted on the first car. The
sixth from the engine lett the rails but
remained on the ties, the occupants es
caping with little more than a bad
scare. The seventh and last car was
the only one which remained on the
rails.
WON BY RELIANCE,
Shamrock III Badly Beaten In First of
International Race.
New York, Aug. 23. In a splendid
12 to 16-knot breeze, over a windward
and leeward course of 30-miles, the
gallant sloop Reliance yesterday beat
Shamrock III in commanding style, by
exactly nine minutes actnal time, or
seven minutes and three seconds, after
deducting the one minute and 67 sec
onds, which the defender concedes to
Sir Thomas Lipton'a third challenger
on account of Reliance's larger sailing
plan as at present measured.
It was a royal water fight for the
ancien( trcphy, which carries with it
the yachting supremacy ol the world,
and by a strange coincidence the first
victory in the cup series ol 1003 oc
cur re l on the 5 2d anniversary of the
day on which the old schooner Ameri
ca captured It in her famous race
around the Isle of Wight. The Reli
ance beat the British boat three min
utes 21 eoconda In the thresh to wind
ward, and five minutes 30 seconds in
the run down the wind.
Situation la Critical.
Sofia. Bnlagrla, Aug. 25. The gen
eral outlook in Macedonia shows no
signs of improvement, and the develop
ments in the next few days are awaited
here with the gravest anxiety. The
outbreak at Adrianople Is growing and
disturbances are also prevalent along
the coast and In the vicinity ol the I3o
garian frontier. A dispatch from Dub
nitza asserts that a division of tbe Rou
manian army, with a brigade of cavalry
from Bucharest, has been ordered to
march toward the Bu garian frontier,
ostensibly for maneuvers.
New CruUer Is Launched.
Philadelphia, Aug. 25. An occasion
which will be memorable in the history
of this state transpired today when the
giant armored cruiser Pennsylvania.
named by the daughter of the state's
renior senator and political leader, Mr.
Quay, was launched at the yards of the
William Cramp ship and engine build
ing company. The maiden plunge of
the formidable addition to the United
StateB navy waa witnessed by one of
the largest and most distinguished as
semblages that has ever gathered at
Cramp's shipyards.
Rob Streetcar Men.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 25. Two
masked and heavily armed highway
men held np and robbed Ihe conductor
and motorman of a traction company's
car at the end ot the West Adams street
line, a short time before midnight, to
night. From Conductor iiolton ttiey
took $14 in money and a watch and
from Motorman Salisbury they secured
about a dollar In change and a watch.
The highwaymen made their escape in
the darkness.
Washington Will Be Reimbursed.
Washington, Aug. 26. Under the
national military law of last congress,
the secretary of war has dlrectel that
Washington state be reimbursed in full
for amounts expended in purchasing 30
caliber magazine rifle i'or its national
guard prior to tbe passage of the act.
The law contemplates that tho govern
ment shall furnish equipment to all
states.
TROUBLE SPREADS
UPRISING IN MACEDONIA RGAC1IIN0
A CRITICAL kTAdfi.
Rebels are Very Active-Bulgaria li Now
Placed In n Delicate I'utltlon Clash
With Turkish Troops la I'eared When
They Arrive to Put Down Rebellion
Frontier (Juard Increastd.
Polls., Aug. 21. All the dispatches
received hero today Indicate that the
revolution In Macedonia is spreading.
Ihe situation is causing intenseauxlely
in official circles. The most alarming
news relates to an attack covering a
considerable area in the raatern part of
tha Adrlanople Vilayet, whero tho in
aurgents have captured the town ot
Vastllxo. They took the chief Turkish
officials prisoners, and brought them to
the Bulgarian frontier, where they lib
erated them. The Torklih officials
fearing to return to Vaalllko, sought
refuge with the Bulgarian authorities,
who sent them to n hotel In Burgas,
where they were at liberty to remain
or depart.
Tne insurgents burned the villages
around Vaalllko and attacked a Turk
ish military post at the monastery of
Klijah. The eastern part ol the Adrlan
ople Vilayet is a mount Inovia region,
and tho villages are few and scattered
l'he strength cl the insnrgeuts is un
known. It ia thought the outbreak is
not an organized movement, but la in
tended to draw the Turkish troops from
the other districts.
The peculiar danger of the latest out
break lie in its proximity to the Bul
garian frontier, thua creating a situa
tion long foreseen and dreaded hy the
Soda government. The Turks are now
certain to send a considerable force to
this territory to suppress the outbreak,
which will necessitate tho strengthen
ing of " the Bulgarian trocps along the
frontier. With the two armiea close
to each other, under the present
strained relations, the situation be
comes extremely despsiate. 'the Bul
garian government is taking every pos
sible step to prevent a commercial am
ity, but the officials express the gravest
concern.
In addition to the danger of a colli"
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T-.u.3.Srl
.7, K.V """" " Inlada, on the eastern coast ol Euro
tude. Meanwhile, the community re Totk yei)lellj8V n(,DOo.
mains quiet, even the MacedooUn part ( Ti. i ...:. ......
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anxiety and enthusiasm.
MUSTN'T ASK TOO MUCH.
Oregon Irrigation Sites Don't Look Uood
to Nencll.
Washington, Aug. 24. In bia first
annual report, made public today, F.
H. Newell, chief of the government re
clamation service, reviewing conditions
in Oregon, says:
"The localities where irrigation
work can proceed with the grea est ad
vantage have been selected already bv
tbe state under the Carey act, and it la
not deairab e to forestall state action In
tbe matter. Preliminay examinations
made so far up to December 31 show
that moat ot tbe reciamable land is so
situated that the projects must be
small and scattered, and little vacant
public land can be benefitted, further
examinations will doubtlesa reveal
many localities where work can be be
gun to advantage and persistent search
will Justify the expenditure of consider
able sums in construction of storage
and diversion works.
This presumption, it may be added.
has apparently been Justified, Judging
from the large number ol withdrawals
made under the irrigation act in hast
em Oregon during the past six months.
Mr. Newell recognizes the Justice of
maklog expenditures in Oregon in view
of the large contributions nf tbe alate
to the reclamation fund. "On the oth
er hand." he says, "the demand for
and immediate necessity of reclamation
works are not particularly noticeable.'
Cloudburst In Arizona.
Flagstaff, Ariz., Aug. 24. For the
second time this season a cloudburst
has swept over fields, roads and
bridges and driven thoie living in the
lowlands in this city from their homes.
Yesterday afternoon a wall of water
started down the mountains and across
tbe valley. The water was eight feet
high and more than 300 feet wide.
The torrent swept everything before it.
The flood struck Flagataff shortly after
dark, swirling through the streets in
the lower part of town, doing gieat
damage.
England About dives Up.
London, Aug. 24. All tho press com
ment here on .shamrock's performance
ovidences the growing conviction that
she Is incapa' le ol recapturing th
America's cup under any weather con
ditions. The afternoon newspapers
claim that the first race showed no'h.
ing of the respective merits of tho tw
boats, but thev admit that the perform
ance of the challenger did net fulfill
the expectations of her tahavior in a
light wind, and say that Captain Harr
seems to have shown smarter teaman
snip. Japan to Try for Cup.
New York, Aug. 24. If Lieutenant
Commander Isam Takeehira, of the
Japanese navy, carries out his nlans.
Japan will have a yacht in the next
contest for the America's cup. The
commander, who came here to see the
struggle between Shamrock III and
Itellance, declares he will interest
financial men In his country to prepare
at once for tho building ot a rarer' to
enter the next races. "We can build as
fine a boat as America," he said.
dold Discovered In Peru.
New York, Aug. 24. - TelegramB
from lierrepasco announce that a vein
of gold five meters wide has been ills.
oovered in Chuquitambo, according to
a Herald dispatch finm L'ma, Peru.
An English company Is working mines
near this vein, which are producing 30
ounces of gold a day.
WIND TOO LIUIIT.
rint
Yacht Race Unfinished In Time
Limit With Reliance Ahead.
Now York, Aug. 21. One ot tho
largest crowds til sightseers and yachts,
men that evoi aulied down to Sandy
Hook to witness an attempt of a tor
elgu ciphuntor to wtest from America
the yachting supremacy of tho woild
returned to Now Vcrk last night disap
pointed Kvause the sea had icfuscd n
Held ot combat to the racers. Never
theless, the crowd was jubilant lit tho
conviction that Sir Thomas Upton's
latest challenger, like the two Sham
rocks which had prrceoJed her, was
doomed to return to Kngliiud empty
handed.
Ot course tho laco yesterday was not
conclusive, owing to the light and
shitting character of tho ulr, but In n
15-mlle beat to windward, a portion of
which was aalled In a driving rain, the
cup defondor Reliance showed her heels
to tho Shamrock III in commanding
style, ami that, too, In weather con
ditions which were supposed to bo to
the ptrticular liking of the challenger.
The Shamrock did not turn the
outer mark, and there ia therefore, no
way of knowing absolutely how badly
'ie was beaten, but It was estimated
that she was more than a mile astern,
or about 111 minutes, in the existing
strength of tho wind, when the Reli
ance rounded.
As a result of the trial the ezpeits
believe, blow high or blow low, the
Reliance will win this, the 13th, series
for the America's cup.
Tho day was a mlserablo one. A
mist lay over the city and hay in the
morning, and when tho gieat fleet of
excursion steamers, steam yachts, tugs
and sailing vessels reached the starting
line, where the racers were already
Jockeying (or a position, threatening
clouds were gathering over the Jersey
highlands. Tho brveze was not ovt-r
six kuo's. The course was set 15
miles southeast, straight down the
Jersey coast, and rMnrn.
TURKEY OIVUS IN.
Announces That Uvery Demand el Rus
sia Will lie Met.
Constantinople, Aug. 22. Tewflk
Pasha, the Turkish foreign minister,
yesterday vialted the Russian embaasa
dor and notified him that tne Turkish
government accepted all the Russian
demands and liegged tliut the Russian
squadron be withdrawn from Turkish
The 1u",ll" 'ndrrn arrive. oil
i izj iii wiu irrjMiantK siiiiini ui
..he Mu.jron hare a suread nir not-
withstanding the continued suppres
sion ol all telegrams and announce
ments on the subject. The ienral
opinion of the European here is that
the time has arrived for a vigorous in
tervention and the abandonment of all
semi-measures which are regarded as
tbe cause ot the present rising
According to the Turkish official re
ports the strongest positions of the In
surgents are at Krus' evo, Merihoro
and Fiorina. Contrary to previous re
ports, it is now stAted officially that
Kreihero Is still occupied by the insur
gents. " The headquarters oi tho rero'ution
ists are In the Periiteri mountains, in
the vicinity of Monaaitr. Women nnd
children are not violated by the Insnr
gents, who have destroyed only forti
fied dwellings occupied by rich Turks.
JAPAN STILL PREPARES FOR WAR.
Rustla'a Action I. Cores Causes Differ
ent Regiments to Uathcr.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 22. Japanese
papers received by the steamer Iniira-
veil! from Yokohama, to August , dis
cuss the alleged Imminence nf warfand
tell of continued military preparations.
The Japan Advertiser rays the J pan
ese government U actively preparing
for war, whether war comes or not.
The men ol tbe different regiments are
taking leave of their famllloa and
friends, and Formosa, ia being filled
with troops.
The Japanese piper quotes a long in
terview with W. II. Krumm, an Amer
ican mining export from Manchuria,
who, in brief, said his observations In
Manchuria showed him clearly that
Rnssia intended to keep Manetiuriu,
and was prepared to fight for the terri
tory. Canal Advices Wanted.
Washington, Aug. 22. Minister
Beaupre. at Bogota, haa boon aked by
the state department to fend more
definite information concerning pro
ceedings about the isthmian ran a'
treaty, hut there Is no wny of telling
how long the message will lie delayed,
owing to the interruption of telegraphic
communication. The fact that two
messages ot tho same date reached the
department with an interval ot four
days between them shows how Irregu
Isr this mode of communication has
become.
Rising In Far East reared.
Berlin, Aug. 22. A dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from St. Petersburg,
dated yesterday, rays: "The situation
In the far hast I) becoming more
acute. Kvan in Manchuria tho Chi
nese are assuming an insolent attitude
toward the Russians, particularly to
ward the troops. At one place stones
were thrown at tho commander of the
troops. While all Russians are ob
jects nf Insult a spirit of opposition to
the CWnese government ia alto mani
fested." Cholera on Transport.
Manila, Aug, 22, The nailing of th
transport Sherman, now out from Ma
nila 12 days homeward bound to San
Francisco, was delayed by her having
been quarantined owing to tho out
break ot cholera on board, Thsre wns
only one case, however and that was
reported cured when the vessel left.
She carries home the Tenth infantry
regiment, with Generals Wood tho
Cralgle, Ladrones, it ia reported, at
tacked the town ot Tarlao recently.
Battleship Missouri la Launched.
Baltimore, Aug. 22. The Missouri,
a sister ship of tbe Maine, built by the
National Mercantile Marine company
was sDccessefully launched today.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
TO INSURE
Prune Orowrrs of Willamette Vnllcy Pro
pose In Organlte Company.
At n meeting of prune growers) held
In Salem few dnya iik. n movement
was stnrted for the organisation of n
mutual Insurnnco cmnpuuy, for the In
Mirnnco of prune dryer, The growera
were agreed that tho Insurance com
panies charge too high n into of pre
mium for this class of risks, nnd that
tho cost would tie greutly reduced by
co-operative nctlon. A committee to
report it plan tit organization was ap
pointed, conBlsttnK'nf John I'eiuborton.
chairman, Roaednle; W. H. Wright.
Roschtirg; Augustus High, Vancouver;
A. Shlbor. I'hllomnth; Mr. lllanehurd.
Salem; II. 8. alio, Salem; II. J. Zur
cher, Uborty.
It Is Intended that tho Insurance as
sociation shall accept membera
throughout Oregon nnd Washington,
nnd transact n genernl business only
on prune dryors and warehouses. Tlu
new organization will hnvo no Conner
Hon with any of the other pruuegrow
ers' associations.
Coming Events.
Summer association of the North
west Indian agencies, Newport, Aug
ust i7-:i.
Ilasehnll tournament, Rainier, Aug
ust 27-29.
O. A. It. encampment, Westport,
August 1-Septomber I.
Southern Oregon pioneer reunion
Ashland, September 3.
State eonvcutloii of mining men,
Portland. September 7.
Oregon national guard encampment,
September 312; Third Infantry, Oenr
hart park; Him battoty. Seaside Aug
ust 20: separate battalion, Roseburg,
September 3-12.
Clackamas conntv teachers' Inatl
tute. Oregon City. September 15-1T.
State fair. Salem. September 14-19
Second southern Oregon district
fair, Eugene. September IJ Octohor 3
Harney county fair. Hums, Septem
ber 1410.
Races, Antelope. September 17-19
Stock exhibit and race meet, Port
land, September 21-2G.
Second eastern Oregon district fair,
The Dalles. September 22-2G.
Klnmath county fair. Klamath Falls,
October 8-1.
Crook countv Jockev club meet.
PHnovllle. October 27-29
I.lnroln county fair, Toledo. Septem
ber 10-12.
Board of Trade formed.
The new Industries Inaugurated In
Jacksonville and vicinity are showing
results which Indicate a revival of the
old time prestlire and prosperity of
the placo The three great lumbering
mills dlrcctlv tributary to It. the pro-
'uct or wMrh all centers here: th
laree manufacturing plant, planing
mill ami box factory In operation In
town, tho completion of the genernl
e.as plant, nnd many other contemplat
ed Improvements have Inspired renew
eij confidence In the place, nnd husl
ness men wcro never dnlnr better or
werp more hopeful for the future thnn
at the present time. As nn evidence
of the prosperity nnd confidence of
business mn In the future of the
place, n board of trade has been re
cently organized under the moat fav
orable nusplcea.
Pulp Mill Cloaca Down.
Beenuse of tho extreme low atago of
the Willamette river the management
of the Willamette Puln A Paper mills,
nt Oregon City, has found It necessary
to close down station A, which Is lo
rnted on the onat aldo of tho river.
It Is In this mill that the nulp Is pre
pared by which the paper Is manufac
tured In tho mills on the west side
The closing down of station A. how
ever, will not Interfere In any wny with
tho operation of the mnln mills of the
corporation since tbern la a sufficient
unnly of puln on hnnd to keep the
mills going for several weeks.
Salem Mills May (turn Oil.
The management of tho Salem wool
en mills havo benn figuring for some
time on the substitution of oil for
vnod for fuel In the mill. The rapid
dvanrn In the nrlre of wood has rnde
It desirable to And n ches ner fuel. The
onlv difficulty enronnlerod wan In the
expense of fettlnir the oil delivered
here, nnd when the oil company has
eomplefed Its nrrsns-emens foe stor.
" nil nt Por'tnn.i It is thought this
difficulty can be met.
llnlnn Creamery Prosperous.
The Union eroimorv hna st Inst he.
come flrmlv established, nnd Is rtnlne
s large business In manufacturing but
ler and fine crenm for supplying the
towns of this nnrt of the stele. A
sklmmlnr station In In operation nt
foi'O, nnd the rnmpnnv la now pro
nnrlnc to establish another stnllon nt
"e-'lral Springs, 20 miles east of
Union.
Forty Cents for Picking Hop
A number nf prominent hnngrnwers
held nn Informnl meeting nt finlem
Inst week nnd nnd discussed the price
o be rmld for Imnnlcklng. It was Ihe
eoiisonHtm of opinion that 40 cents s
hot Rhnittil ho the rullne: nrlre. A
number of growers nre advertising for
nickers nnd n few nf the larirer yards
have their list nearly complete.
Will Handle Mnre This Year.
The Willamette valley pruan assoc
iation held Its nnnunl stockholders'
meellne last Saturday. Tho secre
tary's reriort showed nmong other
Ihlna. that tho association handled
t7f!0 000 noum's of prunes lest season
In all probability tho quantity control
led hv the association will bo larger
this year than last.
Southern Oregon Pioneer Reunion.
Preparations are being mndo for tho
coming annual reunion of the Pioneer
socletv of Southern Oregon, to bo hold
st Ashlnnd, Thursday. September 3.
Tho oration will be dcllvored hy Pres
ident R. F. Mullioy. of tho Ashlnnd nor
mal school, nnd the dinner will bo In
Work on Condensed Milk Plant.
The Oregon condensed milk com
pany's new plant at Hlltsbtro, la being
pushed os rapidly ns matotlM tnd la
bor will permit, The sawmill Bouth ot
town Is cutting tbe lumber for tho
building.
1HI1IR OWN DRYIIRS. I WAI liHIMI Ol' KI.ANAl II,
Only a Vcrj .Small Portion ot That Orenl
County Culllvntde.
I'mf. I-' I.. Kent of the Oregon Agil
cultliuil college, has Just leturned
In t'urvnllls ttiiiii n visit of u mouth's
iliirntlnti to thu Irrigated regions tit
Klamath county, whure ho gnvu spot
lit! uttentluit lo the melliods of apply
lug water, the kind nf ciiiph grown,
nnd the extent of the Irrlgublo aunt (if
that section of tho state.
Kliinmlli county It it h iiii nren of
about (tfOO senium tullett, nearly n
grout u h tho state of MiiHsnchtiaelts.
Ot this nreu competent engineers on
tlmnte t tint not mure thiiu I CO squaro
uillvs, or about S Vij per tent of tho
whole, can he hrouRlit tinder Irrlgit
Hon systems, and produce cultivated
t-ropa I'erhnps I per cent more Is
available for Irrigation, tint for vnrlous
reasons la only adapted to to the gtow
lug of the ti'itlve grasses, which are
used mainly for hay.
Artkles of Incorporation Filed.
Artlrh'K of Incorporation weie filed
In the nllli'O of of the secietnry of state
last week as follows:
New Virtue corporation. Maker City.
it.000.Q00.
Fulls city Mrrcnntllo compnny,
i-aiiH city, jr.ooo.
Mission Mining company, Medftird
J24.O00.
American Investiuont company,
Portland, 15000.
Oregon Lumber. I.nnd nnd Mining
company, Baker City, j:ri0.000.
Hertford Ihislness College company,
Medford, 30.
Dixie Mining mimpatiy, lluker City,
isuu.uuo.
I.lsterlnn Manufacturing company
Salem, $10,000,
Foley, tnthatis & Company, La
Ornndf, 15000.
Ilumholt Sash and Door company
Portland. IGO.000.
Oregon Kureka Railroad company.
I'orlland. i:D.ooo.
Preparing to Rebuild.
The Oregon City manufacturing
company has asked for bids for Ihe
(.(instruction of buildings at Its woolen
mill plant In that city to ronlac the
one that was burned last month. The
coat will approximate J30 000. Moat
of the Im I Icllti ku will ho of wood and
corrugated Iron and the principal
nurtures will tie three atorlea hlrh.
and will h,, directly connected to the
main building. The management of
tho mills eipecta to resume operations
In this city October lr,. An automatic
device at n mat of 110 000 will he pro
cured to pour water on Incipient fires.
On Equal Footing.
The state board of education haa re
cently made n ruling which will pre
vent the graduates of normal arhnola
of other states fiom securing state
papers In this state, unless they have
passed slate examinations the same as
are now required of graduates of Ore
gon normal schools. The reason for
this Is that tho hoard will not give to
certificates nnd diploma nf other
states a higher credit than Is given
to similar papers In this ilnte.
Frank Curtla Becomes Warden.
Superintendent Jumna, of the Ore
gon penitentiary. has nppolntecl
Frank Curtis to succeed K. A. MePhrr
son, who resigned the position of
warden. Curtis la n democrat and wns
a candidate for the legislature from
Multnomah county In 1902 He has
been serving for some time as a guard
at tbe prison.
Sawmill Mrelna Cutting.
Tho big sawmill plant of Sims & An
derson, on Nell creek. Just south of
Ashland, has commenced opotntlotis.
It has a cutting capacity of SO.000 feet
nor day and It will operate In the big
belt of sugar nnd yellow pine timber
for tho Ashland manufacturing com
pany. Mnre Men (l to Mnlalla.
Incitement over the recent discover-
lea of gold on the Upper Molalln In
rrcascn rather than dlmlnshus. Claim
nfter claim In the promising district
hns been located and many an anxious
prospector Is searching
Big Carnival at Portland.
Portland'sbig f.ill carnival, Septem
ber 14 to 2d inclirsive, is given this
vesr'uiider tlm auspices of the Mult
nomah Athletin Club.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 7707(lc; blue
stain, K.0ft82c; valley. ftOo.
Flour Valley, $3 (ina:i.HA p-r bar.
rl hard wheat atralghts, (3.IIIH4 1,00;
hard wheat, patents, f 1.10(44.611
craham, H3(3.'I.7A; whole wheat,
3 fi'(44.0 rvo whe-t, 00.
Barley Feed, 1(I.C0(.?II B0 per ton;
brewing, 21; rolled, 2IM2I.60.
Oals No. while, 1.U7V8; gray,
f 1.00(11.05 per cental.
.tlii.ntuffs Bran. -.'! per ton; mil.
illlngs, 127; shorts, 123. chop, 41H:
llnaeeti tialry food, fill.
Hay Timothy, old, f20 per ton;
new, f 14Ifis clover, nominal; grain,
$12; dual, nominal
2 Butter Fancy creamery, 2022icj
wr pound; dairy, nominal; store, 1(1
1 7c.
Cheese hull cream, twins, 14pj
Young America, 16c; factory prices,
MSi;iiU ions.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll($
11 He per pound; apring, I4( Bn;
hens, HH12c; broilers 12.011 per
dozen; turkeys, live, I0l2e per
pound ;dressed,14('il6c ducks, !(( I, M
per dozen i geese, f ni'tfl.MI.
Kggs Orogon ranch, 10c.
Potatoes Oregon, 7680e per sack;
sweet potatoes, 2Jc per pound.
Wheat Sacks In lots ol 100, 6Jc
Betd dross steers, 3.764.25;
dresiod, 0K7JjO per pound,
Voal 8o per pound.
Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, 6J;
On; Iambs, gross, $3.60; dressed, 7c,
Hogs Gross, $5,608,75j dressed,
7J6c.
Hops 1002 crop, 20o per pound.
Tallow Prime, por pound. 4fiJ6n!
No. 2 and grease, 2Hc.
Wool Valley, 17filI8ct Eastern
Oregon, 12015o; mohair, 3637Ko. ,
SINKS A CRIIISI1R.
Eiuprrsa nf India Cullltka With n Chi
nese Warship Nr lliing Kong.
Hung Kong. An?. 20 1 lie Canadian
Piiclllo n eaiiiei Kinprcss of India, Irom
Vancouver, II. U , July 27, ami Yoko
hama, Agiinsl 10. lor Hung Kong, enl
lidmi nn r this port today with tlm Chi
nesiicriilsei Huang 1'ul. Tlm watshlp
ia ik an hour idler the collision. Tlm
l-.iupress ol I nd In itved I'll of the new
el thu erul'er. 'Iln captain ot tho
Huang Till, who refused to leitrn bin
ship, and 111 ol her crow weru drowned.
Tho Kinpressol India was badly tlam
agod amidships,
The Huang I'al waa a lender to llui
naval tmitliioerlng college ol tlm South
ern Chinese squadron at Nanking.
Hlio was ol 2110 tons displacement, 2111)
(cut lung, 311 feet beam and tliew 21)
feet ol watet. The cruiser was built In
Ki'glund. Her armament consisted of
llireo seven-Inch Krupp guns, seven 40
IHiunilera slid six small rapid Urn guns,
and was tilted with two torelo tubes.
She had a (hiiimiiiiiiiI ol 300 men.
Blame I on the Cruiser.
Montreal, Aug. 2D In nn nllli lal
explanation of the collision liotncfii
the steamer Kuipresa ol India and thu
Chinese riulsor Huang Tnl, the Cana
dian I'aclllo railway officials say tho
two vessels were running parnllel
roureea nlxiut midnight, when, without
warning, the captain of tlm Chlliesn
cruiser stiblenly tried to crosa the Uiw
of the Kmpiess nf India. Tho Isttei'n
captain Inimidlntely maneuvered w
that tlio collision whlcli ho knew
Mould Imi the result should bo a glanc
ing one. The Imw ot Ihe cruiser slid
alongside tlm F.mpress, but the star
latartl propeller of the Kmpresa caught
the crulrer and Injniitl her so badly
that she sank In n few seconds.
ARMY WANTS PI. AC I!.
Holds That Same (Isncral Should lie on
Philippine Board.
Washington, Aug 20. There la a
good deal of spertilat on In army cir
cles here upon the effect of luiHndiiiK
change In the war department. Nat
urally, attention la directed mainly to
ward the I'l.lll. rlne. where actUncon
strui'tiou work remains lo ho done.
This fart. It Is aaaumed, Ilea ut tliett
toiu ol the president's selection ol tmv
ernor Tnlt as surceseor to Mr. Hoot.
That t-ecruUry Talt and Lieutenant
(lovernor Wright, who la expected lit
attccoril Talt, will ho able to carry lor
earil without break tlin civil work le
tiin by N'c-etury Hoot and tiuvernor
Talt is taken lor giautnd,
lat c'oar Is the prosjioct for tin
purely military tervlni Hint remain
to Im ilnnn in tho aieh.pelago tlluh-r tlm
new regime. Dun nf the moat lnuirt
ant subjects lor consideration lir tlm
new general stall nf the army Mincerim
military affairs in the Philippines,
which should Im provide I In the way
of traiisiHirlatlon, rvutrallratlmi anil
specific administration, with ckcII
view In prompt and rffectlvo action In
raso ol an uprising too larje to )
handled by snr hut Irderal troops.
In private conversation mnre than
one nrllcei "I rank haa xxprese,-,! tlm
neiiilon that It mou'd I hi wle (or tlm
administration, when Tnlt Is suciccdet
hv Wright, lo IIII the vacancy on llm
Philippine ciiiiimUslnn by xpiioliitlug n
general of the lino It la siigtreslxl
also that the uillllarv member shntihl
l-ecoino e -officio minister of war ill tlm
insular talilnnt.
TURKS MAY Kll.
Pank Stricken Christiana nf Uskub Afraid
to Leave Their Houses.
Sofia, Aug. 20. A reign of terror In
reH,rii d lo pievnll at Uskub, where Hut
Chrlstaln Inhabitants arn afraid to
lcae their bruises. The Vail baa Is
sued tint strictest orders to tlm Mussul
man Hipulatlcii to remain quiet ami
not molest their Chrlslain nelghliors,
but the Mussulmans meotlngs In Dm
mosques have rrsolvod, at a given sig
nal, to massara the whole Chrlstaln
population Immediately alter the flrsL
Insurgent bands appear near Uskub,
or on any other pretext. The Chris
tians ale terrorized. The Turkish
troops, who are their only protection,
do not show the slightest ilisosltloii
to aid them.
Torpedo Boat la a Success
NewKirt, R. I Aug 20. It wan
demonstrated In the satisfaction of tint
government officials that the tnrHlo
boat destloyer llnll is a success from
every standpoint, and the trial board
linn decided to recommend that she l
iMToptod. The trial was held outslilit
of Newjiort lit a sea described as from
smooth lo rough. The boat wnt
handled under tho direction of tlm
board of Inspection and survey. Him
not only maintained her contract speed
ol 28 knots an hour, but at times madtt
2U knots and over.
Anxious to Complete Ship.
Washington, Aug. 20 Acting Secre
tary Darling haa received a telegram
from tl e consul of tho United Hlalen
rhiphullding company, of which tlm
Cremint slilpbbnlldlng company Is u
irt. stating that the company hepe
eventually to hu able to resume work
on the cruiser Chattanooga and the lor
pedo bouts Nicholson and O'llrlen.
The contracts for all three of the slilpx
havo been cancelled and a board ol ofll
ers ordereil lo uppraisu the work ilomv
It la bulieved that thu vessels will bit
completed at government yards.
Vet Hope for Canal.
Colon, Aug. 20. Tho statement
made In a dispatch from Foreign Min
ister Ulen lo Secretary Itorrnn, tho
Colombian minister at Washington,
announcing the rujictlon of tho rnnnl
treaty nnd which was puIiIIhIkiI hunt
today, to tli effect that llio Colombian
congress may probably furnish a IuihIh
lor a resumption of neiratlatlnna u,i,i.
tho United Slates, has caused it morn
hopeful feeling In pome quarters with
regatd to the falo nf the treaty.
Alaiiacre la CnnMrmrd.
Solfia, Allg. 20 Itonnile re,.l..,l
from Conslniitlnonlo. and ludi
be authentic, confirm thu nmvlnnu
statements to the effect that when tint
Turks recaptured Krushovo they
slaughtered the ontlro Christian popu
latlon, without exception, nnd It Ih
pointed out that among those killed
wero tlm emnlovna of thn nrnn,A,,i
tobacco establishment, which wnrn uti-
der Kuropoan control