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Bohemia Nugget DohtntU NuRtt ab. Co. COTTAGE GROVE... OREGON. WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Happen pcnlgs Presented In a Brief and Condensed Corm. Prominent Oregon men aro likely to bo Indicted (or land hands. Kuropatkin la fighting doggedly to prevent an utter rout ot his forces. Tho Montana mineral dlplay will be translerrod liom St. Louis to Portland. All liopo of relieving I'ort Arthur this season lias been abandoned by the Russians. A Massachusetts commlsslonei has e'arted for Portland to select a site loi 1605 fair building. A nnmber of torpedo boats belloved to have been built tor Japan have ben ahipped from Newport News, n. A moilar batteiy exploded at Fort Banks, on the Atlantic coast, killing three aitllelrymen and Injuring eight otheie. The losses of the Russian army in the week ot battle south of Mukden Is placed at 40 000 Iho Japanese have lost half as many. The Fouiteneth Infantry, now In the Philippines, will be biought back to this cotintrynext February and sta tioned at Vanouver barracks, succeed' ing the Nineteenth, which will be sent to tho Islands. King George ot Saxony, Is deaad. All official advices are withheld at ' St. Petersburg and tho people aro pre- , pared for the worst. The St. Petresbuig Vovostl admits editorially that the Russians have suf feied a telling defeat. Russia will rush men to the front military authorities believe 150,000 can be transported by April. Kuropatkin must bear the responsi bility for the advance, as It !s officially denied that be was ordered to advance, According toTangier advices evidence has been discovered that the bandit Ralsnli Intends to attempt to capture another European. Telephone operators at Portland are on strike. Hoth slues are confident and in the meantime the pnbtlc is suf fering many lnconevniences. A sensation has been caused all through Russia by the ptesietent rum ors that the Russian teasnry inteads to draw upon Russian church property in order to replenish 1st war chest. It has developed that a pouch of mail for the United States cruiser Cincinnati, which was aboard the steamer Calchas when she was captured bad been open ed while in the hands ot the Russian officials, subsequently reseated and sent on to its destination. Fire at Kansas City destroyed piop- erty valued at (100,000. The Russians are offering fabulons prices to ships to make Port Arthur with supplies. President Fiancls says the St. Louis fair lost $1,000,000 by being foiced to close on Sunday. The Rio Grande is still' rising I New Mexico.. The river is now the highest in 20 years. The Duke of Cannanght, brother of King Edward, narrowly escaped death in an auto accident. It is reported from St. Petersburg that five Japanese crnisers have been sighted oft Vladivostok. The New York Rapid Transit com pany's new subway will be opened to the general public October 27. There is renewed anxiety regarding the condition of King George, of Sax- ony, whose difficulty in breathing and general weakness are marked. The battle at Fort Arthur Is becom ing fiercer than ever. The Japanese have succeeded in placing a mortar bat tery which has the range of the inner fortress. The Japanese are preparing for an other assault on Port Arthur. The Portland poetal receipts for the fiscal year lust ended show an Increase of 151,000. Hitchcock declares that the decision in the Benson case will not affect the prosecution of the land ring. John Bairett, minister to Panama is In Washington, wheie he will confer with the president about conditions on the Isthmus. A great battle is raging between Liao Yang and Mukden. The Japanese have again assumed the offensive and the Russian advance haa been checked Field Marshal Oyama is said to have ordered a retreat to Liao Yang and had it not been for General Nodzu the Jap anese would have been defeated. Oya ma is likely to be recalled and succeed ed by Nodzu. A terrible storm swept the Honduras coast tho latter part of September which lasted lor three days. J'-norm ous damage was suffered. The banana crop Is reported ruined. The steamship Swanley, from Hong Kong to rioutli Africa, with 2,200 cool ies, grounded in the China sea. After the ship wbb floated, several holes were found In her bull and it was necessary to land all her passengers with provis ions for 10 days. Assistance will be aent them. Germany and Russia are reported to have made a secret agreement. St. Peterbeurg la confident that Ku ropatkin will relieve Port Arthur. Toklo has advices that threo Russian ehlpa at Port Arthur have been lost. London war experts believe that the Russian advance is Just what the Jap anese want. Labor Commissioner Hoff, of Oregon, report that the cost of living hao In creased 16 per cent in the past four years. SETTLERS WILL OCT DUES. Government Completes Invcstlga- tlon or Eastern Oregon Cases. Washington, Oct. 18. The Interior department, acting under n special act parsed at tho last session, has complol cd an Investigation ot the cases ot Shci- man county settlers who have been dls possessed of lands lying within the limits of tho grant to Tho Dalles Mill tary Wagon Road company, In Eastern Oregon. Tho report ol tho findings Is confidential, and will bo submitted to congress early in December. Tho evidence collected will bo suftl clent to enable congress to tako final action for tho relief of theso settlers It will show the terms on wheh the Eastern Oregon Land company, the successor to Tho Dalles Military Wagon Road company, Is willing to relinquish its title to the disputed lands, and al- low then to revert to the settlers. It will also show tho stato ot improve ments which the settlers made on these lands while temporarily In possession Congress must decide whether an ap- propriation shall be mado to buy fiom tho company its title to tlicfo lands, in Older to restore them to tho settleis, or whether it Is better to reimburse tho settleis for the losses they sustained by reason of being dispossessed. Tho land company, It is said, Is in clincd to deal fairly with the govern- ment in this matter, and will waive its titlo to these lands provided the govern ment pays its price. Many years have elapsed since these disputed lands were eventually awarded to the laud company, and in that time a number of original settlers have dis appeared. These few cases cannot be reported upon. All the facta obtalna bio have been collected, ami congress will be able to compensate settlers who sustained losses thiough no fanlt of their own, but rather through a faulty decision ol tne land omee. COLORADO TRAINS COLLIDE. One Man Is Dead and Fifteen Oth ers Injured, Two Badly. Pueblo, Oct. 18. As a result of a head on collision today between the east bound California limited pasrenger train No. 6 and a west bound freight train on the Denver A Rio Grande rail road a mile and a half west ot Portland this forenoon, one man, J. E. Duey, wb so badly hurt that he died tonight and IS others received injuries, two of them perhaps fatally. The accident was due to the failure of the freight to take the siding at Portland and allow the passenger train. which was running on schedule time and bad the right of way. to pass. Both locomotives were completely wrecked, the baggage and express cars were telescoped and piled np in a heap, the Iorw.ru end of the day coach was smashed and five freight earn loaded with merchandise were demolished. The Pullman cars were not damaged. The passenger train was running about 35 miles, and the freight 20 mites an hour, when the collision oc curred. Great confusion followed the collision, and exaggerated reports le carding the disaster were circulated The injured were taken cn rellel train to hopitals at Pueblo and Salida JAPAN HAS SHIPS IN WAITING. Torpedo Doats Dull! at News Transferred at Newport Sea. Newport News, Oct. 18. Two of the Lake submarine torpedo boats bnilt at the shipyards here, and believed to be destined for the Japanese or Rua- sian governments, were boisted on board the Kennebec today. Accoidlng to the foreman in charge of the 200 men engaged in loading the craft, the Kennebec will sail for Boston before daylight. It was stated on apparently good au thority tonight that the Kennebec will be met up the coast ny a steamship now lying far at sea, and the big float Ing derrick, the Ux, trom rew iorK The Or, It la asserted, will lift the sub marines from the deck of the Kenne bec, and transfer them to the waiting steamer, which will proceed with them to tbelr destination. Engineer to Investigate. Washington, Oct. 18. Chief Engl neer Newell, of the reclamation service, has referred to Supervising Engineer II Savage, at Spokane, the proposition of the O. R. & N. Co. to remove Its tracks from Washunac Coulee, in Northern Idaho, provided the government will bear the expense. The tracks now oc cupy lands which the government would like to nse for a reservoir, but unless they are removed the project must be abandoned. It Is probable the cost will be so great that the gov ernment will not be justified. Seizure of Mail Considered. Washington. Oct. 18. Postmaster General Wynne today bad a biief con ference with Secretary Hay regarding the opening of the mail bags for the United States cruiser Cincinnati by Russian officials. The brief report on the subject which has just reached the postofllce depaitmjnt was given to the state department and will be Included with the other papers relating to the seizure of American mails on the Brit Ish steamer Calchas, for representations to the Russian government on the gen eral subject. To Prevent Accidents on Warships. New York, Oct. 18. A device to prevent accidents like that aboard the battleship Missouri several months ago, when several men of a gun crow were killed by a "blowback" in one of the turretB, Is being Installed here on the battleship Kentucky. It Is called a smoke ejector and is designed to force out of the bore all of the unhurned gasseB and smoke remaining after the gun has been discharged. Plood Still Delays Trains. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 18. The Santa i road still has a washout of about miles between hero and Albu querque, and it will be several days before trains are running. All other roada are running trains regularly. It is still rainy here, however, and the Itlo Grande river Is rising slowly. ARMY IN TRAP Kuropalkin Is Cut Off Pour Divisions. With ATTEMPT AT RESCUE PATAL Japanese I'orcc Will tic Reinforced With Idea or Dealing o Crush Ing Blow to the Enemy. Mao Yang, Oct. 17. This city Is In a turmoil ot excitement over thn reports brought In by wounded soldiers from tho right wing ol tho Japanese at, my that General Kuroki has caught Gem r al Kuropatkin in a trap, having cut him off with tour Russian divisolns which ho attempted to save, and now lias tho Russian commander isolated and enveloped east ot Benslhu. Tho general engagement continued all day yesterday. Russian losses so far are estimated at 16,000. Tho Japanese havo alio suffered heavily, but no fig ures are available. The bearers ot the news ot tho latest Japanese victory stato that Field Marshal Marouls Oyama has ordered vast masses of reinforcements to tho as aistance of General Kurckl to enable him to execute the coupe as planned. General Kuroki Is pushing tho Rus sian divisions eastward in order to make their Isolation complt to and to preclude the possibility ot Russian reinforce ments reaching them. The Japanese aro fortifying their po sitions to the north. Anotlier oi uen eial Kuroki'e columns today captured the Shaotakau bills to tho south ol llentslamitzo alter a series ot fierce en gagements, In which 1,200 Japanese and neary 1,600 Russians fell. An en tire battery was captured, and now the hills, which may be called the key to the Russian left advance, aro In the hands of the Japanese. A crushing defeat has been adminis tered to the Russian right by General Oku at Yentl. The entire Russian lines, extending from the Hun river to the railroad, were driven hack 20 miles with terrible losses on both sides, and but for the awful punishment suffered by the Japanese, General Kuropatkin'a right would have been completely crushed. As It is, the tlank is utterly disorganized and the Russian command ers are endeavoring to rally their forces northeast ot Changtan. On both sides in tho battle raging near Mukden there have been such losses in killed and wounded as mark tho contest as one of the bloodiest bat tles in history. Already the losses at L ao Yang have been approximattd, and the indications are that they will be exceeded. The Russian advance has been converted into a stubbornly fought retreat. The result, according to the Russians, is still to be deter mined. On both sides the soldiers have shown the utmost tenacity and bravery, and whole regiments have gone down before the firo of the enemy. In oinc iai circles of St. Petersburg there is a disposition to arguo that even should Genarel KuropaUln ne obiiugeu to re tire upon Mukden, his position win be quite as favorable as it was when the order to advance was given uctoucr o, and that, o i the other. Land, the Jap anese power of further resistance will have been materially weakened. ROOSEVELT PREPARING TO ACT. He Will Soon Address Notes to Pow ers Regarding Peace Conference. Washington, Oct. 17. The president is preparing to redeem his promise to the delegates to the Interparliamentary Peace conference to secure another meeting of plenipotentiaries ot thi powers signatory to the Hague conven tion, with a view to revising and adding to that instrument. The state department will address separate notes to every government rep resented in the last conference, inviting suggestions to the time and place of meetlmr. and without doubt, in the spirit ot caution that is always exhibit ed by diplomats, many of these govern ments will seek to secure an ironclad agreement as to the Bcope of the con ference. Many limitations are ex pected to be proposed in this way, and It is realized that much difficulty will be experienced in seeming har mony. Doy Killed to "Work Spell." Kingston, Island ot St. Vincent, Oct. 17. Police investigation into the mat ter of the murder of a little white hoy whose heait and dismembered hands were found in the house of a negm sorcerer in the Island ot St. Lucia, has resulted In the arrest ol a seemingly intelligent negro and and the disclosure of barbarous superstition that survives to a startling extent in the West In dies. Tbe child. It appears, was the victim of the desire of tbe man now in custody, to "work a spell" upon the judge of the supreme court. Embezzler Must Do Time. Honolulu, Oct. 17. Tho supreme court haB handed down a decision de nying the appeal of II. 11. Wright, con victed of embezzlement of public funds In February, 1003. Wright's trial was the first growing out ot a number of public works department embezzle- jients. He was sentenced to three years hard laDor ny judge ae no, t. The number of Japanese coming into the islands during the recent weeks is less than the average lias been for some time. There is a slight Increase in the number of Coreans. Road Past Nearlng Completion. Salt Lake City, Oct. 17. A stretch of 80 miles 1b all that Intervenes now between the completion of tlio San Pedro, Los Angelo A Salt Lake road, which la to join Salt Lako City and I oh Angeles, Cnl. Tracklavlng from Callcnto, Nov., has now reached tho Vegas branch In Southern Nevada, which la but 47 miles from tho Cali fornia lino. Tho woik from Daggett, Cal Is also bolng actively pushed. Part of tho 80-mllo stretch is graded. Company Declares Dividend. Chicago, Oct. 17. 1 ho ueua 1 quartci - Iy dividend of $2 per share from not earnings waa declared today by tho Pull man company. Tho annual statement for tho fiscal year ending July 31, hows tho net surplus for the year of $3,741,625. REGARD DEPEAT AS COMPLETE. London Papers Agree That Hiiro, pulklu Has Shot Ills Bolt. London, Oct. 16. Tho London pa pers hiwo to rely mainly on official re ports lor news from tho Far East, but tho dispatches thus tar received regard n cotuploto Japanese victory assured, ami odltoralito Irom this point u( view. Says tho Dally Telegraph: ''Geneial Kuropatkin has shot his holt, it seemed to bo speeding well toward the mark, yet missed It badly. He has suffered not merely a repulso but a disastrous defeat, while Japan's Incomparable soldiers under incompar able generals havo added another glori ous pago to tho chronicle ot war and proved that Oyama is still Kuropnt kin's master In every branch of tho att of war." The Daily Graphic describes General Kuropatkin'a move ns a "gambler's throw," and considers tho frank blunt uesa ot his repoit to the emperor seems to sneak tho language, ot n man who has dono his best with the bungling advice of some superior agency. Tho Standard finds Geneial Kuropat kin's dispatch full ot tragic meaning while the Dally News argues tho Rus sian dash southward was prompted by a desperate desiro to relievo Poit Arth ur rather than -o Viceroy Alexicff's malign inlluenco, tho end of which, In case of the fall of tho torttvss, cannot be tar distant. Spencer Wilkinson, In the Morning Poet, discussing strategic possibilities, thinks tho issue will turn upon which side shall first become exhausted by tho protracted operations. "Telegrams," he i a s, "do not yet reveal tho final decision, but they cer tainly do not point to the scale turn ing in Russia's favor. It remains to bo seen whether either army kept largo reserves ready to throw In when It be comes apparent that the forces engaged have become exhausted." COST Or FEEDING THE ARMY. Commissary General Reports the Expenses Reduced to a Minimum. Washington, Oct. 15. The annual report of Brigadier General J. F. WeBt- on, commissary general ot the army, says tbe total cost ot feeding the army during the past fiscal year was $8,821,- 50. During the year the losses were 1418,650 in the Philippines; $7,407 on tbe transports nnd $120,853 in the United States, Alaska, Porto Rico and elsewhere. General Weston says It is difficult and often Impossible to prevent looses of perishable stores. General Weston urgently recommends the passage ot a bill by congress to give authority to all officers entrusted with the disburse ment of subsistence funds to hold re stricted amounts of such funds in their personal possession. He says the ex igencies of the public service require an open disregard of the restriction of the existing laws in cities where the treas urer or an assistant treasurer is located. He urges legislation authorizing the ea e at public auction ot accumulated subsistence stores in good condition. General Weston says the problem ol feeding tire army in tho Philippines was a difficult one, but "It bus been successfully solved, and subsistence affairs in the archipelago are now run with system and economy". , The subsistence department, it stated, was able to make a contract for fresh beef for the fiscal year, 1005, by which an annual saving of over $140 000 was effected. The running expenses gradually have been reduced to a mm Imnm, the report says, and a saving ot more than (40,000 made in wages of civilian employes alone. Wreckage Prom Troopship. San Francicso. Oct. 15. The rchoon er Gotama, which arrived here early this morning from Kurlie iBlund, re ports that on August 4, when 40 mllea south southwest of Cape Curat, she sighted a mass of floating wreckage- She made out parts ol a mast. Captain Macomber later succeeded In getting closer to the wreckage, and established that it was from tho Japanese troop ship KinBhiu Maru, which was sunk, by the Russians last April, when 2UU per ished. Entangled in the wreckage wore a number ol headless trunks. Strikes at Money-Lenders. San Francisco,. Oct. 15. General MacArthur today Issued an order alined at discouraging tho nurnorous usurers who, for a long tuna, havo been fatten ing their purses at the expenso of sol dlera of the regular army. The order forbids the transfer, pledge or sale ot deposit bonks Issued to enlisted men who have deposited their savings with the paymaster. It lias been a coninun practice for men, to fall Into tho hands ot sharpers who advance them cash on their deposit bookB at extortionate rates of interest. Passing of Negro Roustabouts. Now Oceans, Oct. 15, The passing ot the negro ab a roustabout, marking an epoch In ateamboatlngon tho Missis sippi, uas witnessed by a largo crowd of people, who today saw 00 while men, sent hero from Western and Northern cities, go to work at tho steamboat landings in place ol the colored men. For years the steamboat men have Buf fered from tho strikes ot negro rousters, who sometimes havo demanded as high as $150 a month. Great Dockworkers' Strike Ends. Marseilles, Oct 15. Tho coal heav ers who have been on slrlko for nearly two months have agreed to resume work on the employers' conditions. This brings the great dockworkors' otrlke to an end. OREGON NEWS OP INTEREST I'ECD I'ltOM EASTERN OREGON. Willamette Valley farmers forced to Buy I his fall. Salem To relievo a very tmro fe market valley dcalcts am Importing -.astern Urcgon Parley, hum nnd chop, to bo sold to tho valioy (armors. Ow ing to tho great scarcity ot oats, that nttlclo Is soiling at $30 a ton and highlit, with very littln to Ik) had In tho local market. Dcniera are Im porting to Salem alone, about eight cars ot teed a week. With this movement so soon alter harvest, it Is expected that much heavier shipments will bo mado when winter weather sets in As a means of (in titer relieving the sit nation thn Southern Pacific has been appealed to lor n special reduction In freight rates on feed shipped In lor valley livestock. Tho principal feed Imporled.ls rolled barley, which comes hero Irom tort land, but is grown In Eastern Oregon This feed losts the farmel $2i a ton, and an u ton ol it is worth moio lot stock generally than a ton ot oats, thn barley Is being purchased ly farmers who must buy lend of some kind Dealers say that barley at $27 is $5 a ton cheaper than oats at $30, hence tho Eastern Oreg'n feed can be brought In to tho advantage ot valley fnr.mri. Owners ot driving horses must have oats for which they pay $30 a ion, ami iiairymcn am uuyiiig cnop at $20. bran nt $22.60 and tdiorts at $23. As a rule, grain farmers havo lend enough for their own needs, but have none to sell, 1-iultgrowers, hnpgrow- ers, a few stockmen and sntno grain farmers are the heavy buyeia ot teed. They have Irecn accustomed to buy from their neighbors who raiso grain, but tills, year tho grain tanners have little, it any, feed to sell. A great many farmers who have n few heud ol stock will tie compelled to buy more or less feed, but they will not constitute tho heavy buyers. Eastern Capital Scared by frauds. Medloid it. 11. Harris, who has re turned from a trip East In thn Inter ests ot the proposed railroad to tho Dig Butte country, states that ho can give no definite Inlnrmatlon as to the pres ent condition ot affairs until the engi neers' estimates and surveys aro com pleto. The estimates, ha reports, are to be rushed to completion at once. He says that there is a marked relui-tam-e on the part ol Eastern Inves-tots to go any further into Oregon timber on account it tho many "land frauds" of which the Oregon newspapers have laid bucIi stress. Pushing Development Work. Mcdford Tho company bended by Colonol T. Waln-Moigan Draper, of Han Francicso, which purchased the Monumental mine from 1. L. Hamil ton, II W. Jackson and C. II. Halter, ol Modford, In the Shelly creek district, several months ago, made tho lust pay ment of $25,000 on the property sever al days ago and are pushing the devel opment of tho mine rapidly. Hiey now havo 45 men at work Mocking out ore, erecting buildings and doing other work for tho installing of a 200 ton smelter at the miria. Horse Sold for Pound fees. Ilaker Citv A case has been Marled in the justice court here which will re- 0m-M1 the question whether range Bloc can be sold for pound fei-fl. 11. T. Campbell undertakes to recover by re plevin a horse sold by Pnuiidmaster Hovil to Alfred York, a minor, son ol James York, for $10.60. Mr. Camp bell values the horse at $80, and claims it strayed In off the rango; that ho knew nothing of tho impounding ol the animal and wishes to recover posses sion. The rase will be watched with a great deal of interest. Little Green Timber Durned. Oregon City Supervisor Adolph Aschoff, of the Cascade lorest reserve, has removed his headquarters from Hood Klver to his home near Marmot, Clackamas county, nnd haa established telephone ci nn-ctlone via Sandy. Mr. Aschoff reporla that while there have been a great number of forest flrra dur ing the summer, tew proved at all seri ous, whilo but little green timber was destroyed. Ab a rule tho fires were confined to tracts of dead timber. Sugar Output Large. La Grande The BUgar factory la run ning day and night with a full comple ment of men. It will run longer and mako many moro tons of sugar this year than In any previous year. Tho season for beet growing has been an Ideal one. The yield per acre cccods any previous yea-, and next year will foo a very largo lucroaso In tho acreage throughout tho cntfru county. Woolen Mills Dusy. Pendleton Tho Pendleton woolen mills are manufacturing a now lino of goods this season workingmon's Mouses, and smoking jackets, Iho lat ter aro manutactured from Indian robes ot unique patterns. Although the mill has been manufacturing these garments since September 1, only threo are on hand, the demand being so great, Moio garment workers will be employed later. Lighting Plant for College. McMinnvllle College McMlnnville A new vapor gas plant for lighting the main college building and for use In tho laboratories hue just been installoJ and Is now in uso. The plant cost about $400, which was subscribed by tho people nf McMlnnvillo. Tho sys tem will probably bo extended to the gymnasium to light that building (or the evening classes In physical culture Dig Tract of Timber Sold. Astoria Tho nalo ot anotlier largo tract ot timber land in Clatsop county me been closed recently, but tho price paid is not obtalnabln. Deeds filed for record show that Horace Irvinj, of Minnesota, has sold to. the Nehalern Timber company 6,288 acres In tho southwest portion of tho county. The consideration named In the deeds Is $2, DISIREIION WITH DIRECTORS. State School Superintendent Return mriuls lliunuc In Law. niileni In his annual report, no In tho hands ol tho statu printer, Ha pvrliitcmlent of I'd It) lo Instruction II. Ackerman, recoininnnils to tho lig- Islaluro a change in tho language ol thb school law so us to placo upon c (Ions ,1,381) tho construction which Judgu Hamilton gave It In his decision Subdivision 11 ot that section provide that the directors of n school district "may" transit I a pupil hum ouu dl trlit to another upon the parents tllng ik petition, etc., and Superintendent Acker man lias always Imlli-w-d that tl word "may" in HiIb section lult U matter discretionary witli tho school board. A question having arisen, the matter was inferred to tho attorney general who held that thn parents have a rigl to have the child transferred and lliat "may" means "must." Superintend eilt Ackerman accepted tho attorney general's ruling hut recoinonded Unit the legislature insert utter thn word "may" tho words "at Its discretion, ho that thorn could ho no doubt ns t tho construction to lie placed upon the woids. Thn decision rendered by Judge Hamilton gives the words tho cousrtic- tion desired by Superintendent Acke man. Appointed by the Governor. Salem Tom Richardson, ol Port land; A. II. Wood, of Cottage Grova and J. W. Ilalloy, of Portland, h.iv bion appointed by Governor Chumbe lain as delegates tiithoTrans-Misslsaip pi Commerilal congress, which will meet In St. Louis October 25 to 20 in elusive. Mr. Richardson Is manager ol tho Commercial club, of Portland, am Mr. Ilailey Is state food and dairy com mis-donor. Mr. Wood and Mr. Kiel ardson and Mr. A. N. Soils, ol Ontario havo been appolntvd iloleatcn to tl National Irrigation convention to bo held at El Paso, Tex., November 16 to 18, inclusive. ISO Sacks per Acre. Echo Peter bheiulan, who resides at tho moulh ot Mutter creek. 111 mile west of hern, is harvesting 16 acres ol potatoes. .Mr. Sheridan says tho Del la yielding 161) rucks lo the uero. II has a lie lily disposed of several huh dred Nicks and will piobably keep tho remainder until spring. A resident the vicinity says that lust season h raised 243 wicks to Hit- arm without irrigation. Mr. Sheridan's field wa net Iriigatsd, but Is initiated on the bottoii, ol the valley through wind llutter creek Hows. Heaviest freight Truffle Known Im ciruiidu freight tralllc ua never known to lie so heavy in Eastern Oregon as at the present time, and it Is mostly duo to the Increase in th shipment of win at to the Eust and the resumption n the large lumlier mill also adds to tun volume. There urn many etxru trains run out on the Ia Grande division dally, and there I but u few hours' rest for tho trainmen at tho terminal stations when they are called out lor another trip. Carson Placer Mines Sold. Ln Grande The Camp Carson place mines, situated 26 miles west ot Iji Grande, havo been sold by Foley Im buns A Co., of this place, to Californl capitalists, with llurdon Giihlonl, ot I.os Angeles, as tho main promoter, for $lo,U0U. iho new com pay has glvo it the name of i Ii Camp Carson Consoli dated Hydraullii mines. Thousands ril dollars will lo put Into tho develop ment of 1 1 n-f mines in a short time, New ditches will bo built, more ma chlnery installed and many men em ployed. few Sales of Wheat Made, Pendleton Although the wheat market hovers around tho 72 cent murk (or club, no recent sales ot consqeuence havo U'cn reported, Some grain Is still being hauled Into town mostly barley and wheat for tho (ecd anil choj mills, irie mills ornconstantly receiv ing wheat, hut tho most ot the crop Is inner shelter. Homo of the warehouses along the railroad aro so full that wheat la piled on tho platforms, few Indians In Pendleton. Pendleton Seldom In Pendleton aro Bo fow Indians seen on the streets. Nearly all of the residents ot tho reser vation aro In the Grand Koude valley harvesting the beet crop, in Iho Yakima valley picking hops, or in thn moun tains hunting or fishing. Until severe weather comes tho hunters and fisher men will remain In their mountain camps, Taking of Chinook Eggs finished. Astoria A letter received at the fish warden's office states that tho taking ot spring chlnook eggs at tho Umpqtia hatchery has been completed and 2, 500,000 eggs secured. The superinten dent expocta to secure n largo number ot sllversldo eggs litter In tho season Advices received from the various points along tho coast indicate that the run of fish thus far Is very light. Timber Sells ut $25 an Acre. Astoria A deed has been filed for record whereby tho helm of tho late Fraiicln Hood, of Saginaw, Mich, soil to William M. Bray, of Portland, 1, 700,3 acres of timber land located short distances south of Weslport and Knap pa, In tho eastorn portion of this coun ty. Tho consideration named ia $44, 000, or $25 per aero. Northwest Wheat Markets. Portland Walla Walla, 8182o; bluestom, 85c; valley, 86o, Tacoma Uluestem, 8Uo; club, 82o. Colfax Club, 70c; bluestem, 7Cc. LOSS IS 300,(100. fire Destroys three llii.slnc.ts lllneks In Wlnnlpco. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. Ill VI rn to night dcHtioycd three ol tliu line I bill irioss lilmks in this eliy, entailing it loss of at least $Hlll),iHII. I'nr a Hum tho thitneit threatened t" spread to ad joining buildings, and hut for tho splendid work ot the lire hilgudna much turgor money diuniign would havo been Incurred. Tho Urn Hlurled In thn now Pullman block, which was lolally dtslroynd. 1'ho Ardiduwii Hardware company, on MaiiiiHtinn street, one ot thn largest ns. Ubllshmcnts of lis kind In Canada, waa next iittiicknd by tho Haines. Many explosions worn caused by powder and cartridges ciiirlrd in tho stock ot Iho hardware company, but no win was In jured. I'll" lllullo block and the Ureal Northern telegraph ullira worn also dn stroyed. Thorn Is no estimate ot tho amount ol Insurance. The WtKHlhlno hotel block and DnfTcrlnn block worn also badly dam aged. Tho chiet siillernra in tlnwo blocks were the Slulnr Hhoo company, Iho Gundy Music company, ('alder's pholorgaph supplies, mid Raver's sta tionery stock and Connelly, drugs. Tl.n electric light and power servhn was cut off owing to tint lire, and all neuspupir olllnsi urn In darkiies. Iho l-'nn I'ross olllce, In thn rear ol thn Hill liiinii block, escaped Injury. JAPANESE GIINIIOAT LOST. Hcl Yen Strikes u Mine, and Nearly 200 Persons arc Drowned. Toklo, Oct. 13. Thn Japanese gun boat Hcl Yen struck a mine off I'lpt-nii bay on thn night of Hepti-mher 1H und dun tend. It Is officially stated that 1117 men were tost. Thorn rescued managed lo reach Chlno Pal Island, from which they worn remind. Per mission wits today granted by thn au thorities to publish the details ol tli disaster. T he llel Ven, which was engaged In guard duly off Pigeon bay, was missed by thn llmt, and a search for tho vessel was Immediately begun. Thn pnity officers and sailors found on I'hlao Pal Island leporto I that at dusk on Sep tember IH a storm cumn up. accompan ied by high was. Thn llel Yeiiendmv orcd to -return to her harm, whin thn suddenly struck a filiating nilim, whlih exploded under her starboard shin amidships. The vessel began to sink, and an attempt was mado In lower the boata. The boats were suamrd and the Clew Jumped Into llie rvu, where, owing to the heavy comlicrs, they wen qnlcaly drowned. Tho Japanese llrrl rail-fully srnirhed the patrolled locality, but (ailed lo find any other survivors. An official announcement ol the disaster, Issued today, says: "It Is highly regrettable that no re port In any form has been recevlcd of thn Into ol the other survivors. Tim pud evert was made worse, on account of thn weather, which must have uddisl greatly to tho aln-ady awful remit caused by theixplo Ion ot the inllin." CAUGHT WITH HIS MOLDS. Secret Service Men Swoop Down on Counterfeiter ut Work. Seattle, Oct. HI. United States Sec ret Servile Agent Hell, of this eliy. to day descended upon a coiinterfeiter'si cabin In tho woods nine miles west nf Tacoma and cuptiired 11. N. Storm vir tually In tho act nt manufacturing spurious United States bull dollars. quarters and dimes. Mr. llcl was as sisted in tbu raid by a deputy United Slates marshal, two fai-oinn detertlvirt and a special secret service agent wh has liecn working on tho rase for two weeks. One n( thn most elaborate outfits ever captured In the Northwest wan wired toguthcr with the molds, which iM-m llscovcred In n slovn. whnrn they bud been placed to dry only rt (aw mlnuti-n before. Stono confessed his guilt when confronted with tho evidence, hut main tained that he was only "experiment ing" and bad not actually put any ol tlm counterfeit money into circulation. Tim cabin In which Mono conducted his operations Is located In a denso swamp, entirely removed from human habitation. It is concrdeil that it would hardly have been (Uncovered had not the secret service officers secured a clew In Seattle, where a considerable pint of tho layout was purchased. Admirals or the llalllc fleet. St. Petersburg, Oct. 13, The Olllclal Messenger has announced Mio appoint ment of Vice Admiral Dczobruzoff, com mander of the first squadron of tho Pa ri tin fleet, to bo senior admiral nf tin, llaltic fleet, and of Rear Admiral Han no. naval commander at the Port ol Vladivostok, to im Junior admiral of the Ualtlc Hunt. Rear Admirnl Grevo will Bin cred Rear Admiral Haunt as commander ut tho Port of Vladivostok. Admiral Jossen will assume command ot the first Pacific squadron. Many Greeks Assassinated. Ahtens, Oct. 13, Tho following semi llclal statement has been Issued: Hardly a day passes without assassin- tions nfGreekB by Unitarians helm; re ported from Macodonlu. This Sunday In Iho village ol ilrota, near Mnnustlr. an orthodox prlesit was murdered whllo ho was celebrating mass, and his wife was burned alive In her home. A Greek notable waa also assassinated in tho church. Tho object of these crimes Is to torrorlzo tho Greeks into declaring themsolvea to bo members ot the llul. garlan committee. Predicted China Would Profit, London, Oct. 13 The Times today publishes tho summary of n lottor al leged to havo beon written by 1,1 Hung Chang Bhortly before his death, pre dicting that llttlo harm would como from allowing Iho Russians to hold Manchuria, because It would lead to a r between Russia nnd Japan, and thon China, by espousing the wlnnlmr side, would bo ablo to recover Man churia, Russians Hold Railways. ' Mukden, Oct. 13, The battlo com. mented this morning along Ihe lino of Iho railroad with a tor rifle nr tlllorv firo on both sides, The railway lino al most to Yentai Is In possession of tho Russians,