Bohemia Nugget Dohwnla Nan Pab. Cm, COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. NEWS OFJIIE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Easy Readers. Our A Ruumt of the Lets Important but Not Leaa Interesting Event of the Past Week. John D. Rockefeller has given $10, 000,000 for higher education in the United States. Martial law has been declared at many points and the entire Russian empire is shaken with revolt. Great Britain views with alarm the growth of the navy of the United States, and fears she will lose her su premary of the Facific in the near future. John F. Wallace, ex-chief engineer of the Panama canal, says he will soon give a statement to the public which will show that he was justified in ten dering his resignation. German papers take an extremely dark view of the Russian situation. It is not believed that the government can depend on its army, and, with the navy already in revolt, a revolution is sure to come. The German Naval league declares that of the SS battleships listed in the German navy, 13 are called "old boxes" scarcely fit for harbor defense. Number 83 has not yet been begun. Of the remainder only 10 approach the modern battleships of other powers. By an agreement between the rail manufacturing companies of England, France, Germany and Belgium, in Eu rpoe, and those of the United States, the markets of the world have been divided. American companies are to keep out of Europe and in return will have an undisptued control of the United States. Four soliders have been arrested in Honolulu for making spurious gold coin. Charles J. Bonaparte has entered into his duties ias secretary of the Navy department. Seven negroes and a white man were taken from the Watkinsville, Georgia, jail, and shot by a mob. Six persons were killed and 20 in inred. 16 of the latter seriously, in a storm at Phillipsburg, Kansas. It is said that a former employe of the beef trust has told the president all the details of the workings of the trust In the official announcement Secre tary Taft scores J. F. Wallace, Panama engineers, and demands his reeigna tion. The crew of the Russian battleship Kniax Potemkine fired two shots into the city of Odessa, tearing great holes ion the buildings in the path of the shells. A semblance of order has been re stored in Odessa, but the situation is still most critical. Troows fired into the rioters with macihne guns, killing 1,000. A passenger train collided with a freight in the suburbs of Kansas City. Two brakemen were killed, eeveral re ceived fatal injuries and a number of passengers received slight injuries. Major General Wood has been granted two months' leave of absence from the Philippines. ' ' The grave of Molly Pither, the hero ine of the battle of Monmouth, has been appropriately marked. Vice Admiral Chouknin, commander of the Black sea fleet, has declined to accept the post of Russian minister of marine. President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft have conferred on canal matters but are not ready to make any an nouncement. The Navy deparmtent has abolished the use of the sword on board warships as a useless appendage. Revolvers will be worn instead. Knight, Donnelly & Co., Chicago grain brokers, have failed with liabili ties reaching $3, 000. ,000. The aseets will not go much over $2,000,000. Secretary Hay's condition continues to improve. D. B. Henderson, ex-speaker of the house of representatives, is confined to his apartments at Dubuque, Iowa, from a (light stroke of paralysis. Reports received at St. Petersburg say that a revolt has taken place on four of the largest armored ships of the Black sea fleet. These four veesesl will join the one whose crew has already mutinied. The Canadian parliament has passed a bill allowing construction of a rail road to compete with the Canadian Pa cific. The new road is being backed by James J. Hill. Under the terrible charge of having killed and eaten many children whom they had stolen, 20 gypsies have been arrested near Jassebereny, Hungary. The leader of the band alone is alleged to have eaten 18 children. The Russian government has ordered the mobilisation of more troops. Odessa is now involved in the bloody strike riots spreading over Russia. General Leonard Wood is in Wash ington on a flying visit from the Philippines. ATTACKS INDICTMENT. Thurston Says It Is Impossible to Convict Mitchell. Portland, July 1. Still another day has passed and the last word is yet to be spoken in behalf of Senator Mitch ell. It was fully expected that when ex-Senator Thurston began yesterday morning that he would conclude his argument in the afternoon, but he was yet half an hour away from his con cluding remarks, when Judge Ie Haven adjourned the court until 10 o'clock this morning. This means that the case will not go to the jury before late this evening, if then, for United States District Attorney Heney must answer the arguments made by both of Senator Mitchell's attorneys. When the speaker laid aside his eu logistic tribute to the senator, when he had given his audience a glimpse of the living room of Senator Mitchell in Washington, a room which he said con tained a bed and a trunk; when he told of the love, veneration and honor in which he held the defendant and turned the floodgates of his oratory and legal shrewdness upon the indictment under which Senator Mitchell is being tried, then he became the lawyer and pleader. Listening members of the lnnch and bar who listened to this argument mar veled at the adroitness with which this document was attacked. It was done with such skill and cleverness, for each count was taken up and riddled and scoffed at that now the government must make answer. The attack upon the indictment fol lowed the lines of the argument that ex-Senator Thurston had made before Juilge IV Haven. He stated that the indictment held that Senator Mitchell had received money from Kribs, and he showed by the testimony of both Kribs and Tanner, that Kribs had never paid money to the defendant. The speaker held that before the government could mane this count in the indictment stick, it must prove that Senator Mitch ell had received his payment either in gold, silver or currency. He cited that the Supreme court had held that a check was not money, and contended that when Tanner deposited the Kribs checks, those checks were purchased by the bank, was their property to burn or tear up if they wished. The money that the senator received as his share of the monthly receipts of the firm's business, no matter if that share con tained a part of the Kribs' payment, could not be construed as having been paid to Senator Mitchell by Kribs. REPUSE TO FIRE. Crew of Second Russian Ship Joint in the Mutiny. London. July 1. A telegram has been received here from Odessa timed 10 o'clock this morning which says: "The men of a second battleship have mutinied. Can see no possibility of an early resumption of work. The position undoubtedly is critical." London, July 1. In a second edition issued today the London Daily Mail prints a dispatch from its correspond ent at Odessa, timed 1:23 Saturday morning in which he says: "It was at first reported by the an thorities here that the battleship Po- tenikine surrendered unconditionally. It if! now confirmed that the mutineers on board that ship were joined hy the crew of the battleship Georgi Pobiedo- nostseff, whose officers were taken pns oners and are now connnea in the ship's brig. "Both ships are now anchored in the roadsted, cleared for action, and using their searchlights vigorously, appar ently expecting an attack from the reBt of the fleet, which is 15 miles distant. "The commandant of the port here has received a telegram from St. Petersburg directing him to sink the rebel ship without regard to any possible bom bardment." No other Ixndon paper has any such information, all printing: "Official dispatches from both St. Petersburg and Odessa declaring that the crew of the Potemkine surrendered uncondi tionally without a shot," detail at 6 o'clock last evening. Steamers Bought for Canal. Washington, July 3. Chairman Shouts announces that the isthmian canal commission purchased from the Ward line, with a view to their lease by the commission to the Panama rail road, of the American steamers Mexico and Havana, at $650,000 each, which is !ess than the original cost of the vessels. These vesslse are of 5,500 tons each, and capable of sustaining a speed of 16 knots. They are provided with large hatches and open side ports, enabling the shipment of heavy car goes. Flood Brings Big Snaket. New York, July 3. The recent in undation of the River Parana has had strange consequences, cables the Her ald's correspondent at Buenos Ayres. By the great extension of the River Platte, the docks of Buenos Ayres and the harlxjr have been invaded by float ing islands of land torn from the banks of the Parana. These have brought hosts of tropical animals, hundreds of big eerpents, and many crocodiles. Even a tiger cub has been captured. Panama Sanitation Improving. Panama, July 3. The sanitation of the city is improving, theuumberrf deaths for June being 25 per cent less than that recorded for May, though June is ocnsidered the worst month of the year. SECRETARY IS DEAD John Hay Passes Away Very Suddenly. WAS THOUGHT TO BE IMPROVING Mj. Hay at Bedside of Statesmau Death Wat Due to Pulmon ary Embolism. Newbury, New Hampshire, July 1. Secretary of State John Hay died at 12:25 this morning. The signs imme diately preceding his death were those of pulmonary embolism. Mr. Hay's condition during all of Friday had been entirely satisfactory. The bulletin of Secretary Hay's death was signed by Charles L. Scuihler, M. D., and Fred T. Murphy, M. D. Mrs. Hay and Drs. Scudderand Mur phy were at the secretary's liedside when the end came. The secretary bade good night to his wife and to his attending physicians about 10 o'clock last night, at the close of one of the best days he has had since his illness. The local trouble was clearing up satis factorily, according to Dr. Scudder. The secrteary suffered none of the old pansi in nis chest which characterized his earlier illness. He had been per fectly comfortable all day and happy in the anticipation of leaving his bed for the greater freedom and win fort of a couch. At 11 o'clock he was sleeping quietly. A few minutes after 12 o'clock he called the nurse, who at once sum moned Dr. Scudder. Roth Dr. Scudder and Dr. Murphy hastened to the bed side. The sercetary was breathing with difficulty, and expired almosat immediately afterward at 12:25. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS FRANTIC Grave Fears That Army May Join in Revolt of Navy. St. Petersburg, July 1. The Rassian government, although it has been al most paralysed by the terrible events at Odessa and the news that the sailors at Libau have also mutinied, it making desperate and even frantic efforts to stamp out the flames of revolution be fore they can spread to the army, which is now the last bulwark of the autoc racy. With Poland red with the spirit revolt, the Caucasus already almost a state of civil war, agrarian disorders spreading rapidly, the whole country profoundly stirred and the intelligent classes arrayed against the government, all conditions seem ripe for the long predicted revolution. The first act of the government after dispatching Admiral Kruger's squadron from Sebastopol was to summon the Kniaz Potemkine, whose mutineers have now been joined by the crews of the torpedo boats which accompanied it to Odessa, to surrender, under the threat of firing upon and sinking the vessel. This was followed by the dec laration of martial law at Odessa and Libau and the clothing of the military commanders with plenary powers. The newly formed council for imper ial defense met last night under the presidency of Grand Duke Nicholas, and was in session long after midnight. Beyond the fact that the temper ot the army was 'considered at length, nothing is known as to what occurred in the council or regarding the decis ions at which it arrived. Great fear is expressed that many regiments are honeycombed with sedi tion, and there is grave doubt of their loyalty should they be called upon to fire on the revolutionists. Indeed the most startling stories involving the un reliability of the troops are being re peated in St. Petersburg, but the truth of many of them is more than ques tionable. Fast Train Goes Into Ditch. Cleveland, July 1. A fast esat bound passenger train on the Cleveland-Pitts burg branch of the Pennsylvania road was derailed and wrecked near Atwa- ter, O., today. At least one passenger was killed, while a dozen others were injured. The train is one of the fastest between Cleveland and Philadelphia, making the run of 140 miles between the two cities in three hours and 15 minutes. When the accident oc curred, the train was probably running 50 miles an hour. A section crew was repairing the track. Progress Is Reported. Washington, July 1. Diplomats in Washington are looking to Oyster Bay for the official announcement within the next few days of the plenipotenti aries who will represent Russia and Japan at the ashington conference. The president is in communication with the Russian embassy and the Japanese legation by telegraph, and it is learned tonight that progress is be ing made, but no definite date for the announcement is suggested. Stir Up Hawaiian Chinese. Honolulu, July 1. A Chinese mass meeting has been called for tonight to indorse the efforts being made in China to effect a boycott of American goods, on account of the operations of the ex clusion laws. FAITH IN CZAR GONE. Thousands of Russians are Riling All Over the Empire, Chicago, 111., Juno 30. Cabling from St. Petersburg, the Chicago Daily News' correspondent snvs: Nicholas has Wen decided In favor of peace in the Far Fast on account of the revolution In Poland. It has been arranged with the kaiser t lint In case of levolt in Poland, German troops will occupy Warsaw, and that thus the emu might continue to dispatch the Russian gairisions in Poland to the front. The Poles, learning of this arrange ment, made preparations to declare their independence, with tho support of tho Prussian Polish provinces of Poseu and Silesia. This has paralysed to a certain extent the kaiser's Moroc co scheme and compelled the csar promptly to consent to President Roose velt's proposals for peace. Count Po tocki, the head of the famous Polish house of that name, said to your corre spondent today : "I'nlesa immediate measures are taken, Russia Mill shrink to its former dimensions, in Peter the Great's time. The Nationalists, Socialists, Jews and Kutheniaus of Poland demand autono my. 1 hey relnse to delay. The mo ment is favorable to their wishes. The Uapshurg monarchy is falling asunder. Hungary is on the point of separating from the dual empire, llerr Schnorcr, the Austrian-German spokemsan, bold ly proclaims in the reichstag the alle giance of his party to the German em peror. Russia has lost faith in the er.ar s promises and is disgusted with the du plicity of the bureaucracy. Every where the people are rising. Blood flowed freely yesterday in the streets of Warsaw, Lodz, Kiev, Riga, Odessa, Vilna and other centers. A PATHETIC PLEA. Judge Bennett Declares Prosecution of Mitchell To Be a Plot Portland, June III). Another day will send to the jury the case of Sena tor Mitchell, who has been on trial he fore Judge Do Haven in the United States court. Yesterday morning when court was convened Judge Bennett icau his argument in behalf of the de- t'nse, a plea that was attractive in sen- The Late John Hay timent, impressive in delievry, and undoubtedly one of the greatest efforts ever attempted hy this well-known lawyer. For more than three and a halt hours Judge Bennett held the closest atten tion of all within hearing. When he closed at 3 :35 a blur of tears dimmed the eyes of the senator anil many of his closest friends were much affected. The attorney's theme throughout was that Senator Mitchell was not guilty of any wrongdoing, and that the de fendant was the victim of a plot en gineered by some unnamed persons be hind the prosecution. It was a plot brought to a culmination by United States District Attorney Heney, whose chief aim in the prosecution, according to Mr. Bennett, was the glory of having convicted a United States senator. Skilfully counsel for the defense turned the construction that the prosecution had placed upon the letters between Senator Mitchell and his former law partner, Judge Tanner He pictured Tanner a a rat in a trap, who, when once caught, was a willing tool in the hands of Mr. Heney in order to save his own sou from prosecution. Government Gives Up Cases. Washington, June 30. Upon motion of District Attorney Beach, the cases against James T. Mt-tcalf, Harry C. Hallenbeck and Norma K. Metcalf, in dieted for conspiracy to defraud the government in connection with the con tract for money-order blanks, were nolle prossed in Criminal court today. Mr. Beach announced that after a care ful investigation of the evidence he had decided to take no further steps looking to the trial of theso persons, and asked that the indictments be dis missed. Bubonic Plague at La Boca. New York, June 30. The quaran tine against La Boca, three miles from Colon, because of a bubonic plague case there, has temporarily stopped freight traffic by one of the steamship lines between New York and Panama. Unless other cases appear at La Boca, where the Panama freight is trans ferred, the quarantine will be lifted July 9. The embargo does not affect direct shipments to Colon, nor hinder transportation of government supplies. Opens Cuba to American Rice. Havana, June 30. The house of rep resentatives today passed the rice bill. The passage of this bill, it is expected, will open the market to American rice and encourage the cultivation of rice in Cuba. - i-iiV . . Smmm OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TAX LAND IN RESERVATION. One Hundred Thousand Acres In Kla math Subject to Ruling, Salem The right of Klamath conn ty to tax 100,000 acres of laud owned by the California V Oregon Land com pauy Inside the Klamath Indian rcscr vation has I wen sustained in an opinion rendered by Attorney General Craw ford. The land in question was form erly owned by the Oregon Central Mil itary Wagon Road company, having been acquired by that company through a Federal grant to the state of Oregon for aid in building a military road. Tho ow ners of the land objected to hav iug it assessed and taxed, giving as i reason for their osition that the land is in the lsisscssion of the Indians and theieby of the Cuited States, and Is thereby exempt from taxation. In his opinion Attorney General Craw ford uuotc from two divisions of the United States Supreme court in cases involving title to this laud. In cue 1 1 case the government was trying to defeat the company's title, hut in both cases the company won. The Supreme court held that tho company's title is perfect and bevond challenge. Author ities are also cited to show that private property inside an Indian reservation is subject to the jurisdiction of the state for the serving of process and for taxation. In view of these adjudica tions Umii the subject, the attorney general holds that the conclusion is ir resistible that the lands arv subject to taxation the same as any other private property. I he opinion was rendered in response to a request from County Judge tialdwiu, of K!aiuath county. HOOD RIVER CHERRY CROP. Shipments Will Reach Between 6,000 and 7,000 Boxes. Hood Kiver The Hood Kiver cherry Clop, which is now being gathered and shipped, will amount to between .r),0()(l and 7,000 boxes. The crop is of gotsl quality. The greater part of the crop has been bought up by a California buyer, who is paying 5e a pound for the fruit. He is putting up a strictly fancy pack, and is making shipments for the New York market. The lierry crop is nearing the final wind-up. Over 100,000 cases were shipped from Hood River this season, returning to the growers $140,000. The yield exceeded the early estimates hy at least 40 per cent. It is lielieved hy the shipping associations that as much money would have lieen realized with a crop ol only 75,000 cases. City Files on Water. Eugene A committee from the city council drove to Vida, 20 miles up the McKenzie river last week to file on the waters of that river for jmwer to ojier ate a municipal electric light plant. At the city election in April, H04, the voters decided that the city should own its electric light and water plants, and the council is now preparing to secure a site for the light plant. The fran chise of the I-ane County Electric com pany, which now supplies the city with lights, expires in about four years, when the city w ill enter the field. Belmont Group Reported Sold. Sumpter It, is reported that Gilkey and Kershaw, owners of the Belmont group, in the Greenhorn district, have sold their property at a snug sum. The amount said to be realized is $30, 000, with a holding still in the group on a share proposition. Neither Mr. Gilkey nor Mr. Kershaw could be seen, therefore the report could not lie veri fied by them. This is tin; same prop erty for which such phenomenal clean ups have been made during the past three months. Columbia Timber Purchase. St. Helens Ellis Jennings, who re sides near St. Helens, has sold to a company of capitalists of Alabama, 2H0 acres of choice timber hinds located about three and one-half miles from St. Helens, on Milton creek, for $H, 500, the highest price over paid for timber lands in this vicinity. The timber is mostly yellow fir and cedar. The purchasers expect to erect a large sawmill on the property. Other large deals are now being negotiated for. Cut Fir When Line it Finished. Dallas The Dallas Oak mi IN are now running on lull time, the mills will continue to cut oak lumber until the extension on the Dallas & Falls City railroad is finished, when it is understood the mill will be enlarged and will cut fir on a large scale. This mill is on the Falls City mad and is already supplied with switching facil ities and yard accommodations for a 50,000-foot mill. Sjtanville's Good Crop Prospect. Susanville Prospects for a good harvest this year in the immediate vi cinity were never better and farmers are all making preparations for an un usually big yield of hay and grain. All the stock on the ranges is dolr.g finely and from present outlook there will be enough grass to last till far in the winter. It has rained constantly here since early in March. Coal Find Near Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove Cottage Grove men have discovered a good vein of coal somewhere near town, but are very backward about telling the location. The specimens they brought in w ill burn with the best, and have the ap pearance of coking coal. A small per cent of the specimens brought in are slate, but not enough to cause much trouble. -4m LAND FRAUD CASES IN MARION. Jury List Has Been Drawn, Composed Mostly, of Farmers. Salem The Jurymen who will serve, at tho July term of the Circuit court In this county, when the land fraud cases will probably be tried, have been drawn from the Jury list by Sheriff Culver, and Clerk Rowland. The panel Is composed chiefly of farmers, comparatively few business men being on the list. No arrests have yet been made in the. land fraud cases, nor have the names of the indicted men been made public. It is understood, however, that tho men charged with complicity in the statu laud frauds are well known operators residing in Oregon and in the East, and that thi'y can be easily taken into run tody when wanted. Home of them have indicated theii willingness to come to Oregon w henever called upon to do so, but it may be necessary to issue requisition papers in order to bring others to the jurisdiction of tho Oregon courts. TI.e jury at this term will also try Wright and Monte on the charge of passing rilles over the prison walls in 1102 for the aid of Tracy and Merrill in making their escape. MERLIN PEACH YIELD. Crop Both Heavy and Early, Reports Arthur Hussey. Grant Pass Arthur Hussey, of Merlin, reports the peach crop in that vicinity as heavier than it has been for a number of years past, and says seve ral of the linger growers have bail men employed foi sevetal days thinning out the crop. The Merlin district is a very favored locality for peaches, front sel dom eatrhiug them, and the soil being of a very productive nature. The larg est peach growers of that district are A. t'. Ford and Charles I 'orey, alt hough Henry E. Itooth has a splendid orchard coming into bearing this ycAr. The early spring nil through the Southern Oregon country makes the cro) sit ex ceedingly early one this year, ami Mr. Hussey reports that the Early Craw fords will be ready for maiket sl-otit August 1 this year. Cottage Grove Crops. Cottage Grove The crops aronnT town are in fine condition and some of the grain will outclass most yields heretofore made. Much of the fruit was damaged by the late frosts, how ever, and in some cases entirely ruined. Cherries are scarce. StrawU-rries are three boxes for 25c, and alsmt off the market. There will te a gissl crop of pear and apples on the uplands, but the valley fruit here is almost ruined. The warm weather has brought garden stuff to a fine growth. Home of the corn in town is three feet high. Tabo 1 rade Stamps. Eugene Eighty-two business firms have signed au agreement not to adopt the trading stamp system, w hich is at present offered by a stamp firm which has located here. In a resolution adopted by the Merchants' Protective association, it declares the system det rimental to good btisineHS methods. Five firms have already contracted for the stamps, but it is said that some of these are trying to have their contracts cancel !. Sawmill and Electric Drills. Similiter A crew of men is now en gaged at the Standard mine on the erection of a sawmill recently shipped there. The installation of the electric drills will also be made immediately. The Standard expects to be a heavy shipper of smelting ores to the smelter here during the present summer. Roads are now in pretty good shape again, and the result is that shipments are constantly hemic made to this. place from the outlying mines. Motorists Need Licenses. Salem A number ot owners of mo tor cycles and probably several owners of automobiles are liable to a tine of $25 for failure to take out state li censes, us nquiied by the act of 11105 for tl ie regulation of the use of automo biles, etc. Thus far licenses have been issued by Secretary of State Dunbar to 144 owners of uutomlKiileM mid 11 mo tor cycles. Of the 1 1 motor cycles five are owned in Salem and live in Rose burg. Open New Timber Tract. Rainier George Hockey has built a railroad to his camp, almnt one and a half miles from Rainier, and his en gine has arrived. Mr. Hockey will open about 300 acres of choice timber land. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 82MR3C per bushel; bluestem, HtGil()c; valley, H5c. Oats No. 1 white, feed, $30 per ton; gray, $30. Hay Timothy, $14(itlft per ton; clover, $11 ($12; grain, $11(41": cheat, $11(312. Eggs Oregon ranch, 20(21e dozori. Butter Fancy creamery, 17 21 V4C per pound. Strawberries $2 00(92.50 per crate. App'es Table, $1.60(2.50 per box. Potatoes Oregon fancy, old, $1(3 1.20; Oregon, new, $11.25. Hops Choice, 1U04, 1W(i421c per pound. Wool Eustern Oregon, best, 10 23c; valley, 2l(ii27c per pound ; mo hair, choice, 81J32ttc per pound.