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Bohemia Nugget Bekaml Nugzat P. C. COTTAGE GROVH . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Import ant llarpenlngi ol the Pt Week, PreMntcd In Condensed Form, Atoft Likely to Prove Interesting. Kuropatkln may retreat further north. Tlio capturo ol Kalchou will permit ol tlio Japanese armies combining. F. C. Robertson, of Washington, maJo the speech placing Ex-Scnhntor Turner In nomination for vlco presl dent on tlio Democratic ticket. Six of tlio 19 passengers on tlio 111 fated steamer Norge, who landed on the Karoo islands, were In such an ex hausted condition that they were una bio to speak. William Clark Crittenden, a (Indent of the University of California, has been selected as the first Rhodes scholar at Oxford to represent Califor nia. Seven candidates passed a suc cessful examination. Massachusetts is the only stale where as many men suc ceeded In passing the qualifying exam ination, eight having been successful there. Topcka believes that the worst of the flood Is over. After severe fighting General Oku has occupied Kaiplng. The Demociatic platform as adopted contains no financial plank. Tlio Japanese have captured 10 guns and 60 prisoners near Kainchou. The British fleet has left Wei Hal Wei hurriedly under sealed orders. Cholera is spreading rapidly in Northern Persia. There are 300 dying dally. Good weather again prevails in Manchuria and there is probability of heavy fighting. In a short but severe engagement at Hoanc the Russians wcro driven off with a loss of 300. The Japnaee aio advancing along their entire front between the coast and the Chinstan valley. Dr. Swallow, candidate for president on the Prohibition ticket has invited Bryan to join that paity. Alaska Indians, jealous of white man's property, started a fire that de stroyed the village of Point Gravina. A division of the Baltic squadron will sail from Cronstadt July 28 under sealed orders. Complete mystery sur rounds her destination. Japanese generals are proving them selves great strategists. A Japanese gunboat struck a mine of! Talien Wan bay and was lost. Russia objects to the presence of a British eunboat at Niu Chwang. The Democratic national convention denied a vote to the Philippine dele gates. The czar fears a tevolution in Res aian Poland and a state of siege will be proclaimed. The Russian war office admits U-at a battle of consequence has taken place near Liao Yang, but has no advices as to the outcome. A waterspout, accompanied by t terrific wind, passed thtough Clinton O. T., killing six persons and injuiing several others. Japanese and Russian ships have en gaged in a battle in ttie Uorean straits and it is believed two or thiee of the firmer have been lost. The correspondent of a Paris paper says he saw at Kronetedt the Amen, can built submarine boat Protector He states that he was also shown two other submarines of American nianu facture. , A San Francisco man may start i $ 300,000 cement factory in Portland. Russian officials claim that the heavy rains in Manchuria will do much to ward giving them thi upper hand. One man was killed, another fatally Inlured and a score of others slightly injured in a collision on the Reading railroad at a suburb of Philadelphia. A train wreck on the railroad from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek re. suited in tho death of two passengers and the injury of 15 others. Russians report success in several smaU engagements near Mo Ting pass It is said many Coreans are prepar Ing to rise on the appearance of the Russians. There are 027 persons missing from the Danish steamer Norge, which foundered off the coast of Scotland. All hope has been given up for them. A Philadelphia millionaire has been held to the grand jury as responsible for the death of three persons killed in a building in which he failed to pro vide fire escapes. Hayti has severely punished the guards who stoned tho German and French ministers recently. The presi dent, in a formal audience, also apolo gized to botn ministers. Admiral Togo reports the blowing up of a Russian guardshlp and torpedo boat destroyer. The rainy season will greatly hamper operations in Manchuria, the whole of that country seeming to have turned Into a maish. The Japanese are said to be avancing In two divisions on Mao Yang. The Vladivostok squadron is faster than the Japanese fleet sent against it and can continue to raid the coast until tho Japs send floeter ships after It. Kuropatkln has decided to withdraw ' to Ilalcheng. The Japanese have landed another army of 10,000 men. The Vladivostok squadron sank a ateamor and sailing vessel at Gensan, Cores. WATURS ARU RIICCDINO. Suburb ol Kansas City Can Now U- ptct Relief. Kansas City, July 12. Flood waters atArmourdnlo, Argentine and Lower Kansas City, Knn., on tho raging Kaw and west to Manhattan, half way across Kansas, have fallen steadily since late vpsterdiiv. and today continued to ie rede. In Arnionrdalo. however, the water stood over six feet deep In the lowest places. At the stockyards the fii was slow and conditions were still bad. Most of the pens wcte Hooded and It will not lie possible to handle receipts for another day. Tho rail roads aie recoveiltnr, and today every lino west and south operated some trains In and out of Kansas Uty. al though with little rvgard for schedule. Tho relief committee ol Kansas wy, Kan., which is curing for o.UOO or 0,- 000 homeless in the suburbs of that citv. have derided that no outside aid is needed, except that giantid uy uie war depaitinent. Two thousand ra tions were sent from tort i.eavenworm today, and additional food supplies will be sent each day as needed. Many persons are returning to their homes in the higher parts of the flood district as tho water recedes, but will bo many days before tho great majority of the llodcd houses aio inhabitable. SIIV OF OFFICIALS. Why Hitchcock Dclajs In Oregon. Wash. Ington Indian Case. Washington, July 12. Notwlth stand I ni: tho fact that additional charges arc being leccived at the in teiior department regarding employes of Indian schools and reservations in Oteiron and Washington no investiga tion has vet Wen made, owing to the shortage of inspection otlhlal. All the inspectors enve one are busy in tlio Indian Territory. It develops that this inspector is Inactive by order ol becre tary Hitchcock; otherwise there would not be an inspector available for duty in the northwest. J.nst August in spector Arthur M. Tinker, of Massa chusetts. was recommended by Hitch' cock for dismissal, and the president was about to carry out tho recommend ntion when Senator Lodge interposed an objection. At Ixxlge'a request the nrcsident declined to dismiss Tinker, but Hitchcock told the president he had no confidence whatever in the man and would not entrust him with any covernment work. Tinker refused to resign, and Lodge stuck by him with the result that he continues drawing his full salary $ 2,500 per year although he has done nothing for nearly a year, lie is now at his hoire in Massachusetts. DAVIS MIS MAT 13. Ex-Senator From West Virginia on Tick, ct With Parker. St. Louis, July 11. Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, ol West Virginia, was yesterday morning nominated tor vice ores dent by the Democratic national convention, which adjourned sine die at 1:31. Others in tho race were ex-Senator Turner, of Washington, Congressman Williams, of Illinois, and ex-Senator Harris, of Kausaf. Mr. Davis won easily on the first ballot. Turner, the choice of the only third in the race, stood: Ex-Senator Weal , was The vote Davis, 054; Williams, .105; Turner, 100; Harris, 58. Port Arthur Holding Its Fire. St. Petersburg. July 12. Official reports from General S'.oessel, com mander of the Russian military forces at Port Arthur, confirm the reports of the attempt of the four Japanese tor rdo bi at destroyers to enter the bar bor of Port Arthur June 27, but do not confirm the Chefoo report of heavy Japanese operations of July 4 and 6 siralnst Port Artnnr, and do not men tion the alb ged Binking of a Russian euardship June 27, as reported from Tokio. General Steossel says that up to the time his reports were forwarvded not a single fortress battery had flred a shot at the besngers on the land side, and that the railroad was then running 12 miles beyond the perimeter of the fortress. Guards and bandits Clash. St. Petersburg, July 12 The war ministry today received a dispatch from General Kuropatkin's chief of staff reporting a couple of unimportant affairs between frontier guards and small parties of Chinese bandits near Port Arthur, and aiming that the troops forming the garrison are in ex cellent spirits. Skirmishes occur daily. Tho Russians captured 50 Japanese scouts on July 1 and the chief of police recently captured 240 head of cattle. There is an abundance of ammunition at Port Arthur. Stcckfarm In Philippines. San Francisco, July 12 Tho gov ernment is taking practical steps to ward the establishment of a stock breeding farm in tho Philippines. Two hundred horsi-B and mules have been carfully selected at the Presidio from the East. They will be corraled at the post, and reinforced from time to time by other animals of good breed until August 25, when they will be shipped. It is the intention of the war department to undertone trie breeding and raising of its own ani m .Is in the islands. China to Pay Etzcl Heirs. Washington, July 12. .Minister Conger lias cabled the state depart ment that the Chinese government utter making a thorough investigation of tlio incident, has ordered the pun ishment of the officer and soldiers who fired on and killed Louis Etzel, (he newspaper correspondent. In addition it has undertaken to pay an indemnity of $25,000 (Mexican), which sum will be turned over by the state department to the estate. Predict Downfall of Port Arthur. Tientsin, July 12. German military experts heie aro of tho opinion that the Russians' position at Liao Yang and Ilalcheng are untenable against a three sided Japanese attack. They ex pect that General Kuroptakin will withdraw, and they predict the down fall of I'ort Arthur. PARKER IS CHOICE DEMOCRATS NOMINATE HIM ON THE riRST BALLOT. Keault Is Obtained After an llntlrc Night Consumed In Speeches-Vice Presi dency In Doubt-Middle West Man Wanted Turner, "ot Washington, Has Many Friends. Convention Hall, St. Louis, July 0 Parker has been nominated for presi dent. On the completion of the first ballot he received a total of 058 votes. IV (ore the veto was annouciicd Idaho changed her six voles, giving him 004 votes. West Virginia added three votes, giving htm the 007 votes or two thirds necessary. Washington changed from Hearst to Parker. This was followed by a motion from Champ Clark to make tho nomination of Parker unanimous. A monstrous American flag was unfurled from the dome of the building. Tho hind struck up "Tho Star Spangled Haulier." Great uncertainty still exists con cerning the vice presidential nomina tion. The same candidates who have heretofore been mention d are still mentioned, and wme are being pushed with n great deal of earnestness. No one man has yet been singled out by tho leaders and largo delegations to be supported for the second place. There seems to te a desire to select a man from Illinois, Indian or Ohio if possi ble. Continued efforts have been made to secure the consent of Marshall Field, of Chicago, to allow the uso of his name, but he lias given an absolute refusal. The Western men lime secured quite a large number of delegations to sup 'Ji Ol port ex-Senator George Turner, Washington. OKU STRATEGIST. Japanese Qcncrat Is Adrarclng Hi. Army With Little Loss. Tokio, July 11. Late telegrams from General Kuroki's headquarters at the front show that the rains have not stopped the working out ot tlio Japan ese plans, either in the interior ot Manchuria or at Port Arthur. The fianl assault on the fortress Is thought to be very near, although there is much work to bo done In the way of constructing siege batteries. The Bus sians nave abandoned me outer po- sitions. after a great deal of fighting, and have strengthened their main ! tenses. Japanese runcsimiratmo niium-u iu send dispatcnes reveal trie ski'i wim; which the generals maneuvered "'6" columns so as to capture the mountain passes between the luia and me jao valleys without neavy loss ami wim- out riskaing thu least temporary con fusion in their extended line of batt'e. General Oku's forces pressed north ward and west until tiny cleared the lofty ridge east of Kaiping. This de prived Kuropatkin's men In the de files of their mountain shields, and compelled the withdrawal of their sup ports to check Oku's army. There upon the armies of Feng Wang Cheng and Takushan, availing themselves of such Hanking opportunities as local conditions allowed, forced the enemy out of their strongholds down upon the plain of Liao Yang. FLOOD UP TO BAVES. Conditions In Suburbs of Kansas Clt are Very Serious. Kansas City, July 11. Flood condi tions in Kansas off the Kaw watershed are still serious, the streams of Abilene, Ottawa, Emporia and Wichita still be ing high and continuing to rise at some points. At Riverside, hundreds of emplojes of the packing houses and West Bot toms factories were driven from their homes, and tonight only the tops of their houses are visible above the sur face of tlio water. Scores of houses have been washed away. Loo King southwest and northwest from River side, the view is a dismal one. Czar Fears Revolution Vienna, July 11. A report re ceived here through diplomatic chan nels from Warsaw states that the governor of fiat city has notified the czar that if an outbreak against the Russian government is to bo prevented a state of siego should lie at once pro claimed throughout Russian Poland. He declares that he has positive evi dence that tho revolutionary leaders are about ready to start an uprising, and recommends that additional troops be placed at his disposal to keep the people under control. Has All Faith In Germany. Tokio, July 11. An official state ment Issued here today declares that the Japanese government Is confident that Germany will maintain neutral ity The Kluchou incident is not re garded seriously by ths government or the neon e. During the recent activity of tho Russian Port Arthur and Viadi vsotok squadrons, it was suggested that thev possibly Intended to run into some neutral Chinese port, disarm and claim protection and Krauchou was named as one of their possible ha vens. His Three American Submarines. Paris, July 11. Cabling fiom St. Petersburg, a well-known correspond ent Btates that having been authorized to vitiit tho naval station at Kronstadt, he had the opportunity to Bee there the submarine torpedo boat Protector on the deck of a Norwegian steamer there. Hie correspondent further states that he was also shown there two other sub marines of American manufaacture be ing prepared for shipment lo the Far East. Floating Hospital Off for Far Cast. Odessa, July 11. The volunteer fleet transport Orel, one of the six largest transports in the Russian flag, sailed from here this afternoon, after having fitted out as a floating hospital. She files tho flaz of the Red Cross society, and it is officially announced that she carries a large cargo of flour, barley, tobacco, foodstuffs and wine, IX Y ROM FLOOD. Kansas People Deserting Their Homes Damage Will Reach thousands. Kansas City, Mo., July . The Kaw overflowed Its banks near tho Missouri Pacillc bridge at 11 o'colck tonight, and tho water Is now spread tug over the west bottoms, or wholesale district. The water has approached within two blocks of the Union sta tion, and will reach the Union station before daylight. The At mourdale dis trict of Kansas City, Kan., has been deserted, its Inhabitants having been ditvcn from their homes bv tho over flow of the river for the second time In 13 months. Mayor Gilbert, of Kansas City, Kan., la using all the means at Ills command to enre for (lie thousands of homeless people driven from the flood stricken district. Tonight lie sent the following telegram to the secretary of war: "Ten thousand people have Wen dilven from their homes In Kansas City, Kan., by flood. I earnestly re quest that you direct" commander nt Fort Leavenworth to Issue lat'ons as wo may need." Tonight, all Kansas streams are high and thousands ot acres ot rich farming lands have already been Inundated, tunning losses to crops that will doubt less run Into the hundreds ot thousands ot dollars. Farmers at a doren different points have been foieed to lleo from their homes, driving their cuttle Ixforu them and taking horses ami what household goods that could lie gathered hurriedly. lly tomorrow noun the Kaw will have risen two (eel and a halt higher than nt present and will begin to silb s.der rapidly. The Missouri river at Kansas City, although up Ironi tht overflow ot the Kaw nt this point, is still in no danger of causing nuy serious Hood, and after a further rise ol 18 inches, Observer I'ooner predicts, tills stream will bruin to fall tomorrow. Across from Kansas Citv, the Missouri i ,i . i ..... ...Av....l...a..i,l.ul una uwiiii mti letu, u r'.iiivij-rviiit place, but none of the maiiufactuiiiig concerns along the stream has suffered. CANNGRYMB.N ALL PLEASED. International Conference Results In Mu. - tuat Understanding. Vancouver, B. C, July 9. The first international conference bttween the caniierymcn of I'uget Pound and the Frnier river was held here today, and was productive ot eminently satisfac tory results. All the primlpul opera tors were ill attendance. It was agreed that lor mutual pro lion a patrol- Iwtt 1 v.. ,iliiiw! nn . . ii side of the .,,., ,.., ,,.,., ,,v0 as80ci. , ft,ionB or ,rtv(,rnlm.nUi j.i, viow o( co.01le,BtIIK to prevent thefta ol fish or Rear Bmj i,r(ni( the guilty parties to punishment The tcr o( iatt-Iierle was laid over ,,ti the next meeting, to be taken I wjth Illinj9tcr of ,ar!no and fisheries when ho visits the Ccn-t. OUMtion o( lont close time dur Ing the packing season was referred to a committee. It was further agreid that no British Columbia canners shall buy fish cu I'uget sound, ond no i'uget sound cannners shall buy tish in La nadian waters, except and through the authorized representatives of the re spective cahnerrlos and the indeoiid ent trap owners. It was reported that the first trap in tailed in Canadian waters this seas in under the new regulations was working to perfection. JAPANBSQ PUZZLU RUSSIANS. They Appear to Ue Trj'ng to Enter b) All Doors. Liao Yang, July 8. Ilcpnits have been received here of the appearanco of Japanese outpostB on the loads leading to Munkdin. On the other hand, the Japanese have withdrawn from the pastes taken June 2G and 27, and their advance from Lien Shan Kwan has ceased. The Russian Eastern corps has moved fornaid to Khawan and Ho zamn, which the Russians had evacu ated and reoccupied. The tactics of the Japanese arc diffi' cult to understand. They seem to he Irying to enter by all doors. Probably the a-mies commanded by Generals Kuroki ar.d Oku aro combining to op. erate a.ainst Ta Tech Kiao and Hal cheng in order to gain possession ot the railroad and enable them to advance to Liao Yang. America Asks Her Object. London, July 0. The Associated Press learns from a high British source that exchanges ot views are taking place between Arnerhu ami (treat Britain with respect to Thibet. Relng a de pendency of China, the fate of Thibet Is of considerable importance, especial ly to America; not that Americans have interests ot valuo in that country, hut becaues of Its acquisition by nny other power would mean a violation of the principles of the integrity of China, which is tho key nole of Secretary Hay's Far Eastern policy Grain Set on Fire. Stockton, Cal., July 9. Adisablrous grain fire swept Victoria Island yester day and today and is still burning, hut it is believed that it will ho extin gulshi-d by tomorrow. Tho fire was started by a harvester of the Victoria Island Company. Two hundred acres of barley have been harvested, but the remainder was destroyed. The damage consists not alone in the destruction of the grain, but in setting fire to peat land, it being necessary to flood the land to put out thu fire. Much of North Topcka Flooded. Topeka, Kan, July 9. The Kansas River is 20 feet 3 'riches above low water mark and rising at the inte of three inches an hour. Tho north end of the Rock Island railway bridge has been partly wrecked and Rock Island trains aro now being lun over the Santa Fo bridge. Director Jennings, ot tho government weather bureau, does not expect a dangerous flood unless there aro heavy rains further west to night. Declared President of Colombia. Washington, July 0. Mr. Snyder, UniUd States Charge at Bogota, has cabled to the state department that General Reyes was declared elected president of Colombia today. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON FUSTS DUST ROY ALFALFA. Great Damage Done In Morrow County by Orasalioppera. lleppner Grasshoppers bv tho mil lion are appearing lu some localities In Morrow county. They have sol tied In great numbers in thu Sand Hollow country, n (arming district about ten tulles northeast ot lleppner, where they are doing considerable damage,. They are doing the most dalliiigo tu alfalfa and the hay crop, and In come places are taking gardens. Tlio first crop ol alfalfa, which was immense, has practically all been saved, but It Is (cared that cry little of tho second crop can bo saved, un lug to tho ravages ol the millions ot thesu Insects that have been congregating In the alfalfa Holds. At llynd Ilros., a big rar.ih In Sand Hollow, they are so thick in the alfalfa that In the evening tiler the Insects go to roost on the heads ot the alfalla plants they can be scooped up by the gallon by Inking a coal oil can or bucket and striking through tho grass. It in only the work il a short time to till a gunny sack. Some ol tliein caught In this way are being fed to the hogs. Along Willow ricek, where there ale many alfalfa fields, tlio grasshoppers are numerous and doing considerable damage In some places they are attack ing wheat fields but lire not doing much damage, owing to the fact that the grain Is Hearing inatiiriiy and in getting hard. However, th jy iirt'strlpping the green leaves from the stalks. In the wheat belt they have not appeared III sufficient numbers to cause any alarm and tho damage to the wheat crop will bo of llttlo consequence. TLNT CITY SI'RIMIS UP. Prospectors Swarming to Southern Ore gon Gold District. (iranls Pass NumlnTSof prosirctorn are outfitting at Grants l'asi dally and starting (or thu mines on Thompson creek and all through the Sucker crevk country. They are coining (rom differ ent points as far away us Idaho and Southern California. The actual digging ot gold at the Ilriggs claim, on Thompson creek, has stopped for the present, as tluy are now engaged in bringing a ditch from the headwaters ot Thompson creek to rhe mine (or thu purpose of supplying water. All o( the dirt moved will Is sluiced or puddled in order to get all the values they curry. Already a towusllte ban licen located, and It is reported that there are now 60 tents up and prosiectorH with pack animals are arriving daily. Another strike ol a large body ol rich ore lias been reported near thu Ilriggs find. Damage In t matllla Not Serlout. Pendleton The damage to grain (rom thu heavy mill which visited u portion of Umatilla county last week nan not as oxtensive ns at first believed. Farm era living in sections where thu lain was heaviest leport tho grain lodged in many fields, but belitvu that most ot it can lie saved. John Crow, an ex tensive wheat raiser on the reservation, probably the largest loser, sajH his loss will reach (5,000. Thu country around Warren station received a se vere drenching. A number of bndgen were washed out. Roundhouse for Roscburg. Rosebtirg Engineers for tho South ern Pacific company liavo laid off the grounds and set stakes locating the sito for a fine new roundhouse of 12 stalls in their yards in tills city. No announcements nru as yet given out, hut it is understood the new building will he of brick, and in arrangement u modern structure in every nsKct. A largo steel turntable, which has Is'cn here for several months, awaiting Irca tion, will ho placed in conjui ction with the new roundhouse. Otm Aline Changes Hands. Baker City Announcement Is mndu by Mr. Frank (lelser that tho old Gem mine at Spuria, ono ot the big produc ers of tho linker Uty ramp, will re sume lull operations by July 10, under tho direction (if the (leisui-llenilryx company. The parties interested will not permit much of a statement to he made at present, hut sufficient Is known to make the statement that thu property has been sold to tho Geisui- lluridryx company. limy Month In Land OfIce. Salem Juno has been a busy month in tho state land office as shown by tho statement of receipts made by Clerk G. G. Ilrown. TJio rush has been duo in some degree to the payment of balances on old nott H and curtilicutes of sale, which payments were demanded hj the land board some time ago and wcro re quired to ha paid prior to July 1. The business of tho office amounted to moro than (1,500 a (ley during Juno. Pest of Grasshoppers. Pendleton Completion o( rutting of the hay crop of Butter creek and Mor row county has saved It from what would probably have been serious dam- ago by grasshoppers, which are moro numerous than for several years In the hay fields of the western part of thin county and in Morrow. Tho first crop, however, Is nearly all taken off and the peat will be unable to work serious harm. Wheat Cutting Is Commenced. Helix Wheat cutting has begun in the Cold Spring country west of here, near the Columbia, this section being among tlio earliest in tho Inland Em pire. Only a few fanners are at work, but in Homo purls ot the county cutting will bo continuous nntil Umatilla's hli; harvest is all In. No definite leport has been received as to how tho first cutttings are running, ALFALFA IS TAKING RIIOI. Successful Results of Fxperhncnts In Marlon County. Salem Tho experiments conducted by Gllliert A Piittersoii In growing ah lalfu on one of their fitims near tills city seelils to he very satlsfactoiy III Its results. The alfalla wan sown thiee rats ago, on bottom land. For two seasons the crop wan very light but the alfalla In now becoming well set anil seems to be a good producci. The llrst cutting tills season ylehhd ten tons on three acres. The alfalfa is now a toot tall mid there In every pros pect for n yield of fiom one to two Ions per no o for tho second cutting, witli some tail pasturage left. .'I lie diyness of thu season has nut yet iuul any ap preciable effect upon the crop. Where thu alfalfa In glowing lliere Is about 12 ft el ot soil on top ot gravel containing water. Presumably the roots ol the alfalfa find their way down to the water or at nuy rate go dier cnouua so that the dry weather does not affect them. A number of farmers in this sectlm of the. valley are experimenting will alfalfa, and though they have difficulty in vetting a start they believe that the ultimate results will I si satlsfactoiy and that thin fishier plant will Ihcoiiip n common product In this section the state. Tho (art that it neid not be resown every. ear or two, that It not affected by drouth, that it rim Is rut before and after thu usual J tint' rains, given II Its chief value nn a (arm product In the valley. Lay Duat With Oil. Orrgou City Experiments that have Ikvii maile on Main street with rrtld dl (or keeping down the dust have met vv ith success, no rlalin the city nlllc lain, and It Is very likely that thu oil will be used lu the fill tiro by thu city in solving the problem ol lighting dust The llrst test wan n failure (or tlio rca son that thu oil wan carried on the shoes ol pedestrians Into thu stores ol thu merchants. Alter two days thu oil hud dried and there In little or no dust ill (rout of thu stores wheiu the oil was used. Cloudburst at Muro. Shttiilko tjist week a largo cloud hurst occurred about six miles south ol Mora and thu water, rushing down a small canyon, struck the Columbia Southern railway truck, tearing It ii) to a considerable extent and, coiitlnu lug on down the canyon, again struck the railway at Moro, completely sub- ; nidging the tracks, doing much dam age to the city water works. Heavy rains were reported throughout Slier man and Wasco counties, hut at Moro rain as exceptionally heavy. Large Acreage In llarlcy. Umatilla llariuy heading ban com melired lu northern .Morrow county In thu Islington and louu ncighborhmds along .the northern portion of thu lleppner branch of thu I). R. A N Grain in the last two weeks hnniipeuei rapidly ami there Is every prospect that the largest crop of wheat lu .Morrow history will be harvested. Fall grain Is better than normal and trie only ap parent shorlnga will Is-In spring grain sown unusually lata. flerry Seaion Over. Frerwaler Tliu straw ls-rrj season Is about over around Hcewatcr and .Mil ton, mid the big rush Is In cherries Final returns (rom the strawberry out. put show that little over hall what wan expected was real Ire I. Only a lew crates aro going out dully. PORTLAND MARKETS. Flour Valley, t.l.noCU.Ofi pgr bar rel; liaril wheat straights, (IQI -'-'i clears, (II 85tji4 10; haul wheat pub cuts, 100-1.70; gruhnm, III 50, -I wholewheat. IIQ-t 25; tyu Hour, H.BO. Wheat Walla Walla, 07M(iUc; blue stem, 77c; valley, 78c. Ilarlry feud, $211 per ton; rolled, ssi.huti'sn. Outs No. I white, $1.20; $1.15 per cental. gray Millstuffs llran. $19 pur ton: mid dllngn, $23.50; shorts, $21; chop, $18; unseed, dairy lood, fill. Hay Timothy fine? HI per ton; clover, SMtau; grain, fll5l2; client, I1W1L'. I'.ggs urrgoii rnncn, itrtSL'Uc per (I07en. Checso Full cream, twins, new stock, VirdViHe; old stock, 7('!8r; oung America, I.IO(Hc. Poultry Fancy liens, 12KQi:ic per pound; old hens, 12M12Jjc; mixed chickens, HOUc; springs, to 2 pound, ISOlOcj. broilers, 1 tu 1 iu pound, 1920c; diossed chickens, l."l(tf He; turkeys, live, HI0c; do dressed, 10iuc; do choice, lH20c; geese, live, 78c; do dressed, OJielO'; ducks, old, $flQ7 per dozen; do young, as to size, $260(3(1; pigeons, $1641,25. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per suck; carrots, ii.nu; beets, f.2ft; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, lKQlij'c; lettuce, head, zoo-tuc punloz; parsley, 25c pei doz: tomatoes, $1.2631.50; cauliflow er, $1.752 per doz; celery, 7600c pur doz; cucumbers, $1(11,25 per do.; nsparagiis,60cj peas, 4f3(lc pur pound; heann, grceh, -l5c; wax,-l6c; squash, $1.25 pur box; grcon corn, 00c pur do,. Honoy $3:i.60 per case. Potiiloes Fancy, 76$l per cental ; now potatoes, $2.25 per cental. Fruits Cherries, 45c per pound; goosuhorrics, Oe per pound ; raspberries $1.25 porcrato; applen, now, $11.75; apricots, 80$l per box; plums. OOrffJ $i per box; poaches, 00c$l per box; cantaloupes, $2.76 rt3 per crate; water melons, 3c pur pound; prunes, $1.25 per box, Beef DrcBsed, 630Jt!o pur pound. Mutton Dressed, 4flc per porud; limbs, 0c, Veal Dressed, 100 to 125, 07u por pound ; 125 to 200, 535Jio: 200 and up, 3K4c. Pork-Dressed, 100 to 150. 737Kc; 160 and up, G7c. Hops 1003 crop, 23u per pound. Wool Valley, 1020o por pound; Eastern Oregon, 1017c; inohiilr, 30c 'Ut J'UUIIU IUI WJVIIU. P0PUI.IM5 NOMINATll. National Convention Chooses Candidates tor President and Vice President. Hprlligllcld, III., July 0. 'Miliums E. Wulnoii, ol lleoiglu, (or president, and I'lmmas II. Tlbhlen, ot Nehuiskii, lor vice president, weir lioiiilnalrd by thu I'opullsl roiiveiillon today, l'hr name ot William V. Allen, nt Nuhiaska, and Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana, wrru alilu phirrd l.eloiu thu roiiviiiillon for piesldeiil, but beloru the list of sillies hud been roinplelrd In thu roll rail, their iiiimeH weie withdrawn, mid Wat son whs nnmlnalcd by acclamation. I'.x-Senntor Allen made good his wind that hu would iml enter Inlo any scramble for the nomination, and while the nominations wuro being inado lie tvvleu Instructed lliu chairman ot the Nebraska delegation to say thai his niimu must not go before the enliven tion. In llie dice ol this, however, hit received -over IU votes. '1 he coiiimlllee on resolutions lu lis report lo tlio convention iculllrmed nil licence to the basic triilhn ot thu Oma ha platform of 181)2, and of thu subse quent plat (onus ol 8lH!uiid I mm. Thu platform then demand that all money ho Issued dlieclly by Hie government, every dollar lo bo a lull legal tender; demand pnsial saving banks; uphold the right ol liilmi in organise, ami fav ors the enactment of legislation (or thu Improvement ol the condition of thu wage ciunois; demand thu Initiative and ru eieiiiluin ; favor prohibition ol thu alien ownership of land; ileiuiilid thu withdrawal ot special privilege ol trust mid monopolies, and declare thu government should own and control thu railroads, telegraph and telephone sys tems, and should provide parcel post. The platform wan adopted uniiiiliiiiainly. I.K1IITMMI .MARIS bill I IUII. Large Grain lllctatur la llurnrd and Hirer I. lira l.uat. Itiintim, Juiv 7. 'J In- liiiiui-nsu grain elevator ot the Huston ,V .Maine railroad company, one nt the largest in tlio world, together with three of thu com pany's liulghttiouse on pier No. 1 and 2, Mjsllc wharf, Chitrlentown, wrru burned tonight, entailing losses of over $1,000,000. Threu linn are supposed tohavu been lost. I'lilrly-llvu sailors of the Allan sternum Austria, which was lying at plei No I, Jumped overlsiard to save themselves from the Haines, which hud communicated to their vessel. Olga illsen, Isi.itswaliis' mate; James Flyiin, llreman, mid Patrick N. Median, llru man, in ti tho supposed victims. Flynii's body has Ik en reenvurod. Most of the crew swum ashore, hut II ol their imniltcr required hospital attention, lleloru thu llru could lm controlled all thu ii per works had Is eu burned. Tho llru started during a heavy thunder storm, when u bull of lightning struck one of thu frvlghthuiises, In which jvan stored it quantity ol hay. Thu Haines spread in'ddly to iidjnluiiig billldiug. Including thu elevator, and thu linger part ot the llru apparatus ol thu cliy was summoned to save other property. The elevator Is figured at $100,000. Lessen on thu freight houses, their content, thu pier and thu steamer Austria will easily swell tlio tolal to more ihuii $1 000,000. Among the steamship companies who will suiter hfcs nn (relght du st ro; ed are thu Allan line, thu Scandi navian and thu Wilson. TOUO IN NO IIURKV. Land Operations at I'ort Arthur Must lie Further Advanced, Chicago, July 7. Thu following special riihlegrniu nru from n stuff cur rcsixinilcnt ol thu Daily News: On Isiard thu Dully New Dispatch bout I'iiwoii, I'hehsi, July 7. Whllo the I'awnii wns oh I'ort Arthur rilduy lust, about noon, fierce riinniinHdliig was heard, ending in a heavy explosion. Thu Favvaii stissl by one of thu Japan cm pli krt ships till lulc in thu after noon, hut saw nothing. All wns quiet mi Saturday. While rruislng toward I'ullcnwun. Sunday, picket rriiisein weiu met all ulnng the coast nt inter vals. About 16 miles of! Dalny, thu Fawan was stopped by n cruiser ot the Asnuii type, hut lint detained. "Several shuts were heard ubout 4 p. lu. in tlio direction ol Port Arthur. "Dio naval situation is apparently nt n standstill. No active iiicasuii-s aiu likely to hu taken by Admiral Togo until thu laud operations aro further advanced." Would Snve At any Uvea. Victoria II. C, July 7. Unt wint er's terrible wreck on the wet roust ot Vancouver Island are hearing their fruit in a strong movement to have that portion of thu coast better supplied with telcgiuphiu communication. At present tho telegniph lino runs north only as far an Chiyoquot, just north of ilurkluy sound, leaving all thu roust to Capo Scott without any means of coin iniiulcatliin. It is suggested that wire lens telegarph stations should lie In stalled ut suitable points along thu coast. Their Anxiety Somewhat Relieved. Nuw York, July 7. Thu anxiety ot many nriioug thu hundreds who have haunted tho offices of the Scandinavian Steamship company since yesterday waiting nuvvH of thu Ill-luted steamer .Sorgo which foundered on Itockull reef, off the const of Scotland, June 28, was relieved today, when n partial list ol tlio survlvrirs at Slnrniiway was ru culvod from Copenhagen. It has hern known since yesterday that 128 sur vivo ot thu disaster had been land. nl at various points nliiog tho llritlsh coast. Many Russlana Are Deserting, Vlenn.i, July 7. Russian deserters aro constnntly crossing thu prutli into Rouinunlu. Many urn arrested by tho frontier putrnls, hut somu reach tlio In terior of tlio Htiite. Ilolh Die soldiers and peasants of lloSHiiruhlu hnvo a su- icrstitlous dread of uolriir to tho Far Hast. The prisons of thu RubIsuh shin of tho hordur aro full of men suspected of Intention to.dcsurt. Thu officers are iindoi thu necessity of observing uvery precaution to avoid u general mutiny. More Troops for the Far l!aat. St. 1'utershiirir, July 7. It In hellnv. ed that another army culpa will ho not yet been decidod what corps w III bo iiiuuiiizeu ior inn i nr r.ast, but It bus to Ice tod.