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Bohemia Nugget ItotiMmi rlujt Pb. Co. COTTAGB GROVE . . OREGON. 1 II I Jj NEWS OF THE WEEK la a Condensed Form (or Busy Readers. Our A Returns of Iho Lets Important but Nat Lett Interesting Event of the Pit Week. Senator Piatt It lienlth. much Improved In Tlia battleship Minnesota line been successfully launched. Hundreds ol HriK)iis were killed by tlio collapse ol n reservoir nt Madrid Spain. Tlit Japanese government linn ordered 000,000 gunstocks from a Cedar Kapkls, low, manufacturer. Klitlit men wore kllltnl nt Alllsonla Virginia,' by tlio prematura explosion of n charge of powder, Tlio St. Petersburg war ollleo claim tlmt tlio llal'to licet has eluded Toko' ships nnd will reach Vladivostok 1 safety. Kxcrlments at llltnola Insane any luma show that women nro more caiwi Ida of handling tlio patients thuu men attendants. Tlio government la niter tlio Klamnth Irrigation company, In Southern O lo gon, for diverting wnlor from tlio Kin math river without permission of con Krcsi. Tlio Federal grand Jury at Portland line llniahed lta work nnd lina been dl m I ssiil. Keven moro indictments were returned. Stato Senator llooth nnd his brother aro among those Implicated In the latest disclosures of laud fiauda. Three hundred American marines havo been tent to Santo Domingo, Two prominent Mexican scientists declare that the tapeworm will kill consumption germs. Reports from the interior of India show tttat Hundreds of soldiers wero killed by tlio recent earthquake. The fight against tlio Standard Oil company has been carried into North DakoU by the Independent dealers. Paris Is In a torment (over tlio sup posed plot against the trench republic Moro prominent men havo been arrest' cd. Oregon has secured perfect tltlo for The Dalls-Cclllo canal nnd the work will soon bo taken up by Iho govern ment. Chairman filionts, of tlio Panama canal commission, says tho work will bo done on business principles nnd without any politics. All Chicago teamsters aro out nnd the strike threatens to spread to other branches. Troublo between tho (iar inentmakera' union nnd Montgomery, Ward A Co. was the start of the strike The annual parade of tlio Itorso Guards, always heretofore ono of tho most spectacular military ceremonies of the year In Itussia, was chiefly notable tills year by t lie absence ol tlio czar, who was afraid to show himself. Another gcnornl teamsters Is on. strike of Chicago The Japancso main army is advanc ing to envelop tho Itusslan Hanks. Four persona wero killed In n Now York tenement houao by escaping gas Itusslan peasant mobs are burning and looting estates In the llaltic pro vlncos. An electric railway Is projected from Cripple Creek to Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colo. A colored policeman lias been on pointed desk eergeant by tho Chicago chief of police. A Chicago & Northwestern train has hcon driven from Clinton to Iloone, Iowa., a distance of 202 miles, in 180 minutes. A voluntary increase of 10 per cent in wages has !een given employes of tho Interstate Hteol works at (juaren turn, Pa. Fire caused a panic among tho guests of the Jtlcnzl hotel, nt Jluflalo, N. Y., and many Jumped from second story windows. loss, .140.000. An earthquake has shaken India nnd caused great loss of life. Ileports from Secretary Hay say his health is much Improved. Secretary Toft has approved a report that the bayonet UBod by the army bo made longer and not attempt to mako an entenchlng tool of It as well as a bayonet. During his hunting trip In Colorrmlo President Kooeovelt will bo kept In touch with the government by wireless telegraph from hla camp to tho ncarset telegraph station. - Tho Vanderbllt and Harriman rail, road Interests are to combine The valuation of the roads is placed at a billion dollars and over 30,000 miles will bo placed undor ono head by tho new deal. The Russian minister of war admits that Kuropatkln was out-goneralcd at Mukden. Tho French Cable company has ap pealed to the entiro Vcnezoulan court regarding tho loss of Its franchise. WEST TO DIG CANAL. Chairman Shouts Says It Wlli Furnish the flight Men. Chicago, April 10. Western men aru to havo a long leeway allowance In tho selection of capable engineers nnd contractors for Iho work of the l'nnnmn canal. Not that thero Is golni to bu sectional discrimination in selecting tho subordinates who servo under tl new ainal commission, hut, as Chai man T. 1'. Shouts mid today t "Wo wish to employ the men who havo practical knowledge of direct con structlon work, who can dothobestnnd most effective work for the government In tho shortest reasonnblu time and fit the beat legitimate price nnd I lov western men. "1 had intended to mako certain n poliitmcuta before my departure for th Knsl, hut for purely business reasons I havo decided to hold them (iff. I lenv for New Yoric tomorrow, mid from thero go to Washington, to bo with tho com mission until such lima In tho near tu turn as I inn leave for Panama. "In selecting superintendents, fori'' men, engineers and the other skilled lalmr to li employed on tlio cnnul, w will dig up tho man that can think act nml do honestly in the liest way for tlio liest interests of tint United State government. Wo want the practical man who una bail construction export eneo. And Western men In railway worn navn nail mis." DEAD DY THOUSANDS. Wholo Towns Dettroyod by Recent Indian Earthquake. Calcutta, April 10. Telegraphic communication with Dhnrmsala has been restored. The latest accounts show that tho earthquake was even moro disastrous than nt Hist bel oved Of n total population ol nearly 6.000 I the town of Kangrii. It Is believed that only fiOO are lclt nllvo. Many of these navo mil, Of tho ikiIIco only n deputy Inspector nnd four sergeants are nllvo. Many peopio aro still Imprisoned in tho ruins Uliarmsnln, Kmigra. Pulnmnir. Dha wan nnd all of the neighboring village were completely wrecked. Scarcely a building remains standing. Not much damage was done at Ilarlpur, Dcragopl pur, fiadaum or llamlrpui. Buyanpur, having a twpulntion about 0,000 mills, Is retried to lie In ruins. The shocks still continue. There I no news from Kulu valley. According to native rumors, n great amount o damage has been dono. Anofllclal ills patch from Dharmsala says the place Is sceno oi desolation. Owing to the scarcity ol labor, great dllllctllty Is ex pericnccd in excavating the ruins, but tlio Goorkhas nru doing excellent work CAVALRY IS RAIDINQ. Russian Onnds Roam Around Enemy's Flanks and Rear. Harbin, April 10. Detachments of Itusslan cavalry nrn actively rccnnnol- terlng the Japanese flanks nnd oven thn rear. One detachment of them hns even penetrated to- hnlakllsle, where it was brought to a stop by Japuncio entrenchments. ileforo retiring, how ever, it Is mid they succeeded In cut ting tho railroad und burning the deiot and stores. The detachment brought back news that n fortnight ago n mixed Japancso llvlsion of 10,000 men with artillery left the Japanese rear nnd disappeared Into .Mongolia ami was followed n few Jays ago by another detachment of o, 000 men. Theso troops aro cxHcted to appear In tlio region ol liodum, which, unfortunately, is connected with thn buso by only poor roads, Klrirt Is in the same plight, and the loss of the narrow gaugo rolling stock abandoned at Mukden Is especially felt. unincso report, iiiai mo juimneso aro energetically transporting siego gun toward Klrin. A heavy snow fell again Friday, but It Is melting and swelling tho rivers. As an Indication of tlio itoplarlty of tho old veteran, General Linlevitch, ha receiving hundreds of telegrams of congratulation on his appointment as commander In chief. Castro Pays No Interest, New ork, April 10. Details are still lacking as to tho adjustment of the external debts ol Vcneuzo.a, says a Herald dispatch from Caracas. Tho settulmcnt of the Internal dent Is rigor ous. Accrued Interest for six j ears Is wiped out. The now .1 per cents nro secured by the alcohol tax, nnd replace tho existing l nnd 12 per cents, i'or clgn holdings nro said to bo heavy. Tlio government has abolished all the hon orary consul generalships, consulates nnd vice consulates. Homo cases of yellow fever nro reported. Colton Will Work for Morales, Washington, April 10. Colonel O, It, Colton, who Is to be supervising collector of the Dominican revenues, was at tho War department today pre vious to his departuro to Santo Do mingo. Ho received final instructions from Becrotary Tuft regarding his duty, Ho was especially Instructed that in all he was doing or should do In Santo Domingo ho was not tho agent of tho United States, but the agent of PresI dent Morales. . Health Good on Canal Zone. Washington. April 10. The roport of Colonol Gorgas, chief sanitary ofllcer in tlio Panama canal zone, for the month of February, as to the health conditions existing among tlio canal employes, shows only 1 .l5 per cent of sickness, which is regarded as Highly commendable. SEA FIGHT AT HAND Hostile Fleets arc Fast Approac! Iny Each Other. liOTII SEEN NEAR SINGAPOR Russians Qolng In Dlroctlon of Soulh China Sea, Most Probablo Scene of Dattle. Singapore, April B. Thn belief I general nein nun n iicsverai engage, ment for the control of tho seas Is Im inlueut off hero between the Japanese ueieiisivo ucei, under command ol Ail mlrnl Togo, and the ltusshm fleet coin miinded by Vice Admiral Jtolestvenskv Tho two lloetunro rapidly approaching each other, nnd naval experts hem Im- uuvo mat a untiio which will decide whether or not Japan Is to retain su premacy on the ocean as well ns land will bu fought within n fortulgli Iho captain of n coast I in? stenme which has put Into Penaiig rcimrts hnv lug passed a llet of 27 nrmnrcluds 70 miles to tho southeast. Tlio licet was Hying no colors, and when ha altered his course to Inspect thn warships n de stroyer sailed up nnd ndmonlshcd him to turn back. Tho warning was promptly heeded, Several Chinese Junks that havo nr rived nero bring the news that the con verted fast merchantmen, formerly I the Yokohanin.San Francisco trade, nro patrolling every nvenuo through which the Itusslan fleet rnlulit Pass In thel rush toward Vladivostok, nnd the hulk of Admiral Togo's big fleet Is kept In position wnera u can bo hurled against tho Itusslans ns soon an sighted. Accompanying the main laxly of the ucei are two noaiing furnaces that wein built nt Sasclxi, nnd which aro designed to repair all damaire that may result to the fleet In Its cruising ovratlous. On theso ships aro mounted hoico floating cranes, wiwi which disabled guns can no mini and which aro expected to prove of great service, should the Jap anese sillier at the hands of tho Hus slans. It Is the general on Inlou that the battle will take place In thn China sea and there Is n diversify of opinion as to hih uiiuajiiip. tiiiuo it is aumiitM that the Japanese ilcvt has tho advant ago of seasoned men and experienced commanders, It Is also sura that the Itusslan admiral will enloy the advant ago In Height of metal, and that ho has Improved the marksmanship of his gunners In tho long voyage across Is also sure. Tho battle Is sure to lj one of the most dcsiiuratuly contested In the history oi naval warfare and tho ele ment of luck may play n largo part !n us outcome. INSTALLING BLOCK SIGNALS. Northern Pacific Making Extensive Im' provomontt for Safety of Traffic. St. Paul. April 8. President Howad Klllott has authorised Imiiurtant Im provements tending to Increaso public saiety which will place the Northern Paclllc system second on the list of American railways In tho Installation of the block system for tho current ear. Tho now Improvements will nfford continuous signal protection over nil tho principal districts of heavy tralllc from the eastern terminus nt St. Paul through to tho Pacific coast. Con structlon has already commenced nnd will ho rushed forward to completion Tho districts over which new block signal protection will be afforded will add OKI. ft jnlles to that already In uso nnd aru as follows: Minneatiolls to Similes. Minn.: Liv ingston, Mont., to Logan, Mont.; Gar rison to Dixon, Mont.; Spoknne, wash., to rasco, wash,; l'aseo to I.I lensburg, Wash.; nnd Senttla to Ta coma. Tho block system being Installed Is the "telegriiph block," a system found satlsfactoty on all lines now using It over long stretches. Glasgow Will Help Chicago. Chicago, April 8. Mayor-elect Dunne today received a reply to a cablegram sent yesterday to tho lord provost of Glasgow, asking that tho manager of tho municipal tramways of that city bo given a month's furlough to visit Chicago and ndvlsowlth Mayor- elect Dunne regarding tho streotrar sit' nation In Chicago, Tlio cablegram from Glasgow reads as follows: "To the Lord Mayor of Chicago Tho cor poration of Glasgow unanimously nnd cordially agrees to tho request -of your municipality." Plot Against the Republic. Paris, April 8. Much mystory sur rounds tho arrest of an ex-captain of the army on the charge ot conspiracy agalr.st tho public security, and tho seizure in the samo connection of a largo number of cartridges' nnd uni forms. Tho parties concerned seek to explain that it was Intended to use the arms In n mission to tho Ivory coast, hut tho activity of tho secret police leads to reports of plots against tho se curity of tho government. Should Agree on Llfo-Savtng, Washington, April 8, Tho Ilrltlsh ambassador, Sir Mortimer Durand, called upon Acting Secretary of Stato Loomia today to urgo a reciprocal ar rangement between America mid Great Britain respecting tho equipment of ocean going steam vcbsoIs with Ufa sav ing devices. The proposition was re ferred to, the department of Commerce mid Labor. I DON'T RUSH TO MINIDOKA LAND Pumping Problem for Irrigation Has Not Dsen Solvod, Washington, April 7. Tlio attention of tho director of the geological sur vey has been calks I to tho fact that misapprehension exists on the part of certain citizens of Idaho ns to the plans of the reclamation service In regard to some Important details rnhftlng to tho Minidoka project. This iijlsumte standing has arisen, it Id believed, by reason of thn efforts of ninny settlers to nutlclpntii the plans of tlio engineers nnd secure choice holdings of land. The government from thu first lias warned Intending settlers to go slow making ohtrlcs on thn lands embraced In this project, mid hns called tiartlcu lar attention hi the fact that the plans fur Irrigation, especially thosu Involv ing the pumping iilant, wero merely tentative, nnd could not lie worked out ns quickly ns those for thu uravllv svs lent, Willie nothing has arisen to pro vent the intimate development of pumping plant, su many delicato en giueerlng features nru Involved that careful consideration must bo given to these Iwforo 1111 dellulto conclusions nru reached or the final plans are nj proved. inns, apparently, whlln un reason oxlsts for believing that tho pumping features of the Minidoka project will not ultimately lie titllltcd, the engineers very wisely have concluded to it ve lis question more study mid consideration iKitoro recommending It fur ctmstruc tlon. YAQUI8 ARE SPREADING TERROR Murder and Pillage Mark Their Trail Through Mexico. Kl Paso, Tex., April 0. John St Clair, a well known prospector, whose statements nre considered reliable, has returned from the Ynqul country neat Ures, Sonora, nnd reiwrts that the In Hans nro still on the warpath, II says that Malpurhe, the old chief, at the head of n band of over SO and I devastating tho whole country, niur derlng, pillaging and burning. Grain nnd cotton ranches nro being abandonee! nnd tho xoplo nro going Into the towns for protection. Thn whole country Is In n stato of panic. Mall routes between the small towns have Ih-cii abandoned and pro visions nru getting scarce. Although thu country is overrun with soldiers h says, the Indians ma fearless and continue their depredations. Ht. Clair does not liellovo It Is safe for Americans lo go Into the Ynqul country nt this time, ns tho Ynquls am very hostile to Americans. While going from Urra to his camp n tlio mountains, Ht. Clair heard flrlnir and ran Into what had been an Indian ambuscade. He found two dead Max cans who had been killed only n few minutes Iicforn ho reached the id see. Thu Yaquls nru nrmcd with r I lies nnd aro well supplied with cartridges, St Clair says. HUNDREDS WERE MANGLED. Results of Earthquake In India Worse Than First Reported. Lahoro, Ilrltlsh India, April 7. As the particulars filter in from the outly ing districts, It is being revealed that thu casualties caused by the earthquake of two days ago havo leen under, rather than over-estimated, In 0110 spot alone at Dhamnla, it is rcKrtcd that fully ,400 natives havo la-en killed or in urcd. .Of thu injured many will die. Sevan of tho Kuropuans previously re iiorted hurt have slnco died, ami two others are In n dying condition. Theru la not n house left In the vlcln Ity that dons not show uvldenco of thu trembling of the earth, This is tho reiwrt from ono district alone, nnd ns authentic information comes In It seems certain that thu mag. Itudo of the disaster will bo sulllclent to stir tho entiro world when fully re- calcd. The Indian government Is making arrangements to relieve all distress us soon ns possible. Think All Amer'cans are Thieves, ft. Petersburg, April 7. A corrcS' londent of tho Journal do St. Peters burg draws a rare picture of the dls loncsty which ho says' pervade tha highest American circles. Tlio prccau tions taken by social leaders to prevent their guests from being robbed by ono another, and tells of tho consternation produced at a white housowceptlon by a sudden failure of the lhihts. tho re- illumination showing that thu ladles ad hastily divested themselves of their owels and concealed tlicin, tho men oldlng their pockctbookH. Japanese Minister Will Rest. Washington, April 7. Minister Ta- kahira. of tho Japancso legation, called 011 Secretary Tuft today mid told him that on account or tha stato of his health ho would bo compelled to leave Washington for a different climate. Ho nlHo states that thero havo been no further developments toward 11 settle ment of the war. Tho secretary and thoimlnlster arranged to commuulcato with each other in enso anything hap pens to make It necessary. Forest Firs on South Mquntalni, ' Gettysburg. Pa., April 7.--" Forest tires burning over an area ot thousands of acres havo started In tho South mountains, tho lino of fire oxondlng a distance of three miles. Tho destruc tion of valuable lumbor Is groat. I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST WHEAT OUTLOOK VEnY DRIGHT Gold Rains Have Damaged Prunes bul Farmers are Satisfied. Albany I.lnn county jieoplo aro watching the weatherman closely theso days, and yearning for n "fair day ling. This Is particularly true of fruit' growers, for the recent cold rains nre menace to tho fruit crop. As It Is, some Injury hns been report ed. A prominent farmer nnd fruit' grower of Linn county states that ho Is of thu opinion that cherries nnd priinsa nro somewhat injured already, parucu larly cherries. Tho cherry trees wero loaded with blossoms at tho end of the warm spring weather that marked tho closing days of February nml thu first half of March, and tha rain caiigh them at thu tendnresl nuo. Thon couple of light frosts last week added lo the danuar. Prunes were not brought out so much aii cherries by thu premature advent of spring, ami may possibly escape injur. Although the trees scorned to be I blossom nt thu beginning of thu rains they were In renlity not generally In full bloom, hut were loaded with buds that were Just ready to burst but had not yl cikimi1 thu tender inner part to tho weather. Under these rlrciim stances It Is believed tha damage will bu nominal, If good weather comci noon. Ifowever, It would not take tunny days of chilling rains nnd winds to do Irrcpnrnhlo damage. It has been stated that thu prune trees wero giving evldenco of such a heavy crop that it would really bo better lor thu fruit 11 soma of thu embryo prunes were killed by thu colli, Other branches of farming are faring well. An easy winter and early spring places s'ock In rxcullcut condition, and every class of stock looks well. Dairy farmers nro milking moro cows, with better results than In yenrs before nt this season of tho yenr. Many farmers will finish thu whiter In much better shapo than was anticipated after the poor crops of last year. Wheat is looking fine, nnd, barring some unforeseen freak of nntura to de stroy tho present bright prospects, tlo wheat yield of the valley will Im far above tha nverngu. Fall sown whrat can almost Im seen to grow now, nnd many farmers nre prepar ing to put nil their remaining acreage lu spring grain. Albany Mill May Be Rebuilt. Albany Prmldent Charles Coicy nml Secretary II. .M Urant. ot the Han nockliurn Woolen .Mills company, who have been In Albany looking nftcr their property, which wns recently almost totally destroyed by fire, state that it hi oss!hle tho mill will bo rebuilt. The brick walls are part of them stand ing and In good shape, nnd some of thu machinery can be saved. Thu big IkiII- cr in the engine room was not damaged, and altogether there Is qulto a nucleus around which to start n now mill. The company had n grent denl ol business ahead when tho fire occurred,. Independence Idea To Do Aired. IndciHMidenc It Is tho purpose of tho Willamette Valley Improvement league to call a meeting of tho execu tive committee provided for at Salem last week to meet In Independence thu last of April. Members of tho Inde pendence Improvement leuguo aru con sidering the advisability of calling a general meeting, to bu held hero at the samo time. If called, and it most llko- wlll be, thu program will bo an exec titlve session lu the afternoon and 1 banquet In thu evening, nt which tha Indcicndeiico idea will find expression. Logs for Rlverton Sawmill. Itlverton Tho Itlverton sawmill. which has been Idle for some months ast, will liegln operations In n few lays, K, J, Price, ot tha Itlverton .umber company, und manager of the mill at this place, has secured n laigu number of first-class logs f 0111 tho upper tributaries of tho Coqulllo. Tho recent freshet Is bringing down several thousand logs which havo heretofore 1 ad no opportunity to float. Consider able Imjirovmeents nro being madu In the Itlverton sawmill, which it Is ex pected will increase Its output. Ranchers to Fight for Water. Milton A mars meeting ot 300 fruit growers nnd citizens of Milton and vi cinity was held in Alliance hall for tho purpose of providing legnl ndvlco mid the best methods to pursue against the eacock Mill company, which has braucht suit nsalnst tho cltv nf Miltnn and all tho Irrigation ditch companies nnd prlvnto property owners in this valley, to determine the amount of wntor tho Peacock Mill company shall npproprlnto for tha purpose of running tholr mills at this plnco. Snow In Linn Mountains. Albany There is now consldornblo snow In tho mountains in this part of tho state and high water In tho Btreams this part of tho valley Is feared. Tho recent ralnu havo filled tho streams to their banks, and warm rains. which would molt tho snow all at one me would cnuso a flood, Thero has been no damago from high water during lormor rams mis winter, as there was comparatively no snow on thu moun tains until tha recout cold weather. Klamath People Raise Big Bonus. Klamath Falls Klamath countv has raised (80,000 ot tlio (100,000 bonus for tho W6od railroad extension to Klamath Falls, mid lias obtatnod an extension until May I to raise tho bal anco, Tho balance undoubtedly will bo raised, mid tho railroad connection f this section with tlio outside world Is now assured, FRAUD ON 8TATE. Marlon Oounly Grand Jury Will Inves tigate Illegal Transactions. Salem Though tho statutes govern. Ing the sa'lo of stato lands havo been violated over' slnco they wore onactod, tho Investigation to bo made by tho Marlon county grand Jury this week will be tho first attempt that has over been mails to punish Infraction of theso laws, Suvernf hundred thousand acres of land have been bought Illegally, nnd tho stato school fund has lieen do skilled of several hundred thousand dollars, but usually punishment of tho offense has been barred by tho statuto nf limitation before It was discovered, or, the statu having received tho legnl price for the land sold, no one feels In terested enough to start nn Investiga tion. Thu offense which tha grand Jury will Investigate this week is of re cent date, and thu fncts aro so well known that tlio transactions can scarcely bo overlooked. llcrauso tho statu In every Instsncn receives tha prica required by law, audi Is not directly roblx.il, it has been easy to let tha Infractions of law go with scarce n pussing notice. Hut indirectly tho state has been robbed nnd vigorous, action nt the proper time would not only have landed tho offenders in pris on, but saved many thousands of dol lars for the school fund. It is not through tha ordinary sales of school land tint thu steals havo taken place,, for in all such cases tha stato has re ceived nil thu land Is worth. It l through thu Men Innd operations that tha manipulators of public lands havo- made their fortunes at tho expense oC tho school fund. Show Valley Live Stock. Woodbiirn Two thousand lieople at tended the livestock fair In this city last Saturday. A splendid address was delivered by Hon. James Wlthycomlw, of thu Statu Agricultural college, of Corvnllls. Colonel J. 11. Kddy, Hon. W. Ilalley. state fowl and dairy com missioner, nnd J. II. Bcttlemlor also- delivered lively speeches. Altogether the Initiation of this fair was a magnifi cent success. President Fred Dose nnd Secretary William P. Pennebaker will proceed to perfect a permanent organi zation. A three days fair of all pro ducts and livestock will bo held during; next October. To Bring Engineers Here. Portland Hfforts aru being mado to have the Amerli nn instituto of Mining: Knglnevrs stop in Portland this sum mer, whllu en route to or from Alaska nt the closon( tho annual session at Victoria, II. C. It may bo possiblo to have the members of the organization cut out Alaska from their Itinerary and mako a stny at tho exposition. Tho- secretary of the Institute hns been nd- Iressed on thu subject, nnd It Is honed thu desired results will lie obtained. Tha mnkeup of this organization is not able. Dog Poison In Bologn Sausage. Independencs Dog poisoning has. Ix-como so common in Inde)ieudonco that no surpriso is expressed when a. canine is observed In the throes of loath on the street or in n front yard. Somo of tho most vslunblo dogs in'town havo Ix-en poisoned nnd though there i a standing reward of (S00, tho poisoner hns not been npprehended. Dolognn- sausago containing poison has loeii licked up in different portions ot town. but it uffords no cluo ns to the Identity or motive of tho poisoner. For Cheese Factory t Uktah. Pendleton Wnrd Kmlgh. proprietor of the Walla Walla creamery, who will establish a cheese factory at Ukiah, 00 miles south of this place, Is In tho city making arrangements fur thu trans portation of his cheeso making machin ery and will open the factory within a few days for business'. Tho machinery has a capacity of 24.000 pounds of milk. a day, but as tho dairy interests havo decllncd of lato, Mr. Kmlgh does not. expect nearly that ftiuch at first. Waiting for a Market for .Coal. Kiverton The bunkers of tho Itlver ton Mining A Development company's;, mine havo been tilled mid mlnimr oner. ntlons havo been sunndcd awaiting a vessel to enrry coal. Mnnager ltouso of tho company is now in Snu Francisco. looking up tlio conl market nnd arrang ing for the freighting of his conl. The, steamer Chico, of 8an Francisco, which is now duo horo, will tako the first cargo of coal from this placo. Heavy Snow Now In Bohemia. Cottage Grovo Thero Is heavy snow In tho llohemla district now, and out side work will lie late this year on that; account Tho telephone line between Cottago Grovo and the mines is down on account of the recent storms, PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 87c per busholy bluestom, 05o; vnlloy, 88c, Oats No. 1 whlto, (28020 per tons gray, (27028. Hny Timothy, (HQ1G per ton ciover, suigiz grain, fHQli'l cheat. (11012. Kggs Oregon ranch, 17017jo per dozen, llutter 'Fancy creamery, 2Bc. Potatoes Oregon fancy, 00cQ(l?. common, 75086c Apples Fnnoy (1,7502.60 porboxr cholco, (101.25. Hops Choice, 1004, 23K24oK por pound. Wool Valley, 20o por pound; East ern Oregon, 1518o; mohair, cholco, 31032a per pound.