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j , Bohemia Nugget Bohnala Npct Pofc. C. f OOrrr AGE GROVE ... OREGON. NEWS OFTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Bnsy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. The Chinese boycott bus caused large orders from a San Francisco firm to be cancelled. All of the Peace envovs are now in AVnhintrton excentini M. Witte anil bis jarty. The kaiser and czar are said to be contemplating declaring the Baltic a closed sea. The Japanese now have an army le- tween ladivostok ana the main luis sian army. Germany and Britain are at dagger's point about sending the British Meet to the Baltic. Europe regards Roosevelt as arbiter in case Japan and Kussia deadlock in their peace confeience. Louisiana is quarantined on all sides and new cases of fever have broken out despite the efforts of the health author ities. In a row in th city council of Spring field, Illinois, the mayor came off vic tories by calling in police, who used their cliibs freely on the city fathers. Warren, Ta., was visited by a cloud burst which did thousands of dollars' worth of damage to property. The people escaped drowning by staying in second stories of buildings. Sweden is negotiating for a war loan. A national bank is to be organized at Some, Alaska. France and Germany are again quar reling over Morocco. Huarriman wants to gather the Illi nois Central railroad into his system. Japan will not cease hostilities pend ing the outcome of the peace conference. A new plot has been discovered against the life of the eultan of Turkey. Germany is furious at the proposed cruise of British war vessels in the Baltic. Great Britain is planning to store an immense amount of food for home use in case of war. Police has unearthed a counterfeiters outfit in Portland and arrested six peo ple in connection. District Attorney Jerome of New York is now taking a turn at the tricky lawyers of that city. Revenue officers in New York are seeking men who have used internal revenue stamps a second time on cigar boxes. George T. Moore, connected with the Agricultral department, has reisgned on account of connection with graft in that department. At the end of the eighth week of the fair the total admissions aggregated nearly UOO.000. Native bankers of China have decid ed to boycott foreign banks doing busi ness in the Flowery Kingdom. Great Britain will send several war ships to the Baltic to discount the effects of the kaiser's visit to the czar. Southern Pacific property to the ex tent of $100,000 is endangered near Los Angeles by the overflow of water at Salton Sink. Investigations have disclosed the fact that many widows of former Kquitable officers are receiving large pensions. Mrs. Hyde, mother of the former vice president, is receiving $25,000 a year. Secretary Francis has registered the names of more than 300 delegates to the Trans-Mississippi congress from 17 states and territories. Several epecial trains from different parts will carry the delegates t'o Portland. Germany's commercial relations with the United States will be an important eubject before the next session of the senate. The present treaty will soon run out and Germany is anxious to ne gotiate a new understanding on lines of reciprocity. A North German Lloyd steamer has gone ashore on Geurnsey island, off the coast of England. It is said the vessel will be a total wreck. Cardinal Gibbons declares that pub licity through the newspapers keeps many men from becoming grafters. Publicity, he Bays, is the best cure for corruption. A gaBoline stove exploded in Pitts burg, killing an entire family. Komura, head of the Japanese peace delegation, is confident peace will re sult from the conference. Riots continue in all parts of Russia. The Norwegian collier Tricolor is on the rocks near Cape Mendocineo Cal., lighthouse and will be a total wreck. The government printing office is now involved in graft and scandal. Public Printer Palmer will have to re sign. An explosion of dynamite in the Banhead mine near Vancouver, B. C, killed three men and injured a large number of others. WAR PARTY GAINS RECRUITS Claim of Indemnity Causes Vigorous Action In War Office. St. Petersburg, July 31. The inti mation of Mr. Sato, Huron Komura's secretary, that Japan will claim full indemnification for the cost of the war beside the Island of Sakhalin, has gained recruits for the war party from among the class which had hoped Rus sia would lx able to offer the railroads to Tort Arthur and Dalnv, the island of Sakhalin, and other valuable consid erations in lien of a direct cash indem nity. The war office is not slackening pre patations for continuing the war in case the peace negotiations are unsuc cessful. The gap in general l.inie vitch's army raused by the losses at Mukden has been filled and the railroad is working to its full capacity, carrying reinforcements to form fresh corps. A dispatch from Irkutsk announces the completion of work on the trans Baikal line. In ordei to relieve the traffic on the railroad, Frinee Hilkoff, minister of railroad communications, has sent three steamers loaded with rails and a flotilla of river steamers by way ol the Arctic ocean to the month of the Yenisei river, whence they will be transported by that river to Kras noyarsk, which is within 400 miles of Lake Baikal. CHINA WANTS INDEMNITY TOO. Russia Must Pay for Illegal Occupa tion of Manchuria. Berlin, July 31. The Ixkal An.eiger prints an interview with a prominent Chinese diplomatist, evidently t lie Chinese minister at Berlin, w ho says that the dowager empress and the em peror have sent a circular letter to all viceroys and uovernors and to Chinese ministers abroad, asking them to state fully their views as to what attitude China should take in the settlement of the Mancharian question. The diplomatist further states that China, in determining w hat indemnity to demand from Russia, will include not only the reduction in public reve nues during the war, but a sum suffi cient to coverlamages suffered through years of illegal occupation of that coun try. He assumes that Japan will keep her word and hand over Manchuria to China, but thinks it will tie impossible for China to install the old form of government them, since the improve ments the Russians and Japanese have introduced make a modern system of administration necessary. The diplo mat, concludes: "China will not longer play the role of a mere spectator, but will assert her claims with energy in the Portsinuth negotiations and interesting develop ments will certainlv follow. INSPECT ON OTHER SIDE. Proposed That Chinese Be Scrutin ized Before They Start. Washington, July 31. A new way ut of the perplexing difficulties sur rounding the enforcement of the Chin ese exclusion law is being considered by the department of Commerce and Labor. It is proposed to put the regu lations into more practicable form and at the same time throw a sop to Chin ese susceptibilities by having the in specting and regulating done on the other side. This can be managed by establishing representatives of the state and immi gration services at ports in China with a view to examining the claims oi Chinese desiring to come to Amerie, and if the examination proves that they are exempt, to issue credentials to them, which will be accepted without question at American ports. By this plan the investigation will be much more simple and satisfactory. Defense of Columbia River. ' Washington, July 31. A board of army officers, including Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Murray, Artillery corps; Major Langfitt, of the engineers, and the district artillery officer on the Columbia river, will meet and collect data for the submarine defense of the fortifications at the mouth of the Co lumbia river, and also report on exist ing mines, buildings and structures in connection with harbor defense and re commend new works deemed necessary to complete submarine work at the en trance to the river. July Deficit is Smaller. Wanington. July 31. The monthly statement of the government receipts and expenditures, which will be issued by the treasury department on August 1, will show the receipts for July, 1005, to have been approximately $49,180, 000, and the expenditures about $02, 960,000, leaving a deficit for the month of $13,680,000. The deficit last July was $17,300,000. There was no extra ordinary receipts or expenditures, and none will appear in July, 1905. Yaquis Will Surrender. Nogales, Ariz., July 31. After si years of continuous fighting, the Yaqui Indians in Mexico are suing for peace. A peace conference is being arranged for, and if there is no hitch in the pres ent plans, Yaqui leaders will meet rep resentatives of the Mexican government at Urez, Solano, Mexico. No date for meeting has been made public, but the Indians are already reported to be gathering in the vicinity of Urez. British Ship Is Seized. Seattle, July 31. The British ship Josephine, Captain J. P. Heftier, from Vancouver, B. C, has been seized by the United States marshal at Ketchi kan, Alaska. The captain and crew are in jail. The vessel landed a cargo from a Canadian port at an American port without a permit. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO BROADEN ENGINEER COURSE Increased Attendance at Agricultural College Forces Enlargement. Corvallis The proposed expansion of the department of mechanical en gineering at the college, determined on at the annual Jltoard meeting, is in part made essential by the largely increased attendance of students, w hich last year nearly touched 700. The present plan was installed when the attendance was less than half that numWr. While the change is being made, it is planned to bioaden and perfect the course of instruction. The matter is in the hands of a committee that, with President Gatch, is to perfect plans. One feature in contemplation is the ad dition of a graduate year to the course, so that many students now going abroad for further instruction, such as Cornell, Berkeley, Stanford, and so on, can get it at their home college. President Galen's recommendations on the sub ject cmlsody the establishment of a foundry and pattern making course. Action taken for the improvement of the mining department embodies the purchase of addition equipment. The old chemical laloratory now houses the department and there is already fair eqipment for laboratory work, but it is ptoposed to perfect the work in this line. Chester Proehstel, who was elected as instructor in the enlarged department, is a graduate of the col lege, who spent last year in the mining department at the University of Cali fornia. He is a Portland boy. Plan Big Vinegar Output. Eugene The Ingham Zinimer Cider and Vinegar company, a well known manufacturing concern of Eu gene, has just filed supplementary ar ticles of incorporation with the I.ane county clerk changing the name to the Ingham inegar C o. The ow ners of the Northwest Conserving Co.'s big plant at Taconia, have purchased an interest in'the local plant and the one at Medford, opcratfll by the same com pany. The contract has just leen let for the erection of new buildings tor the Medford plant, the capacity of which is 4,000 barrels per year. The Eugene plant will be enlarged to the same capacity. Miners Less Hostile. Sumpter Quite a numler of sheep men have driven their Hocks into the Sumpter district this season, and all state that grass conditions were never better than at present. A more peace ful understanding seeems to exist be tween miners and stockmen, as .less threats are heard against the latter than in former seasons. This is ac counted for from the fact that the ranges are in better condition and that there is plenty of feed to go round without sheepmen encroaching on the domain of the miners. No reports are received that the sheep are being rang ed on the government reserve in this vicinity. Fair Grounds Are Improved. Salem When improvements now under wav are completed ten days hence, Oregon will have the best state fair grounds on the Pacific coast. ( al ifornia is making improvements which may possibly bring the exposition grounds of that state up to the same standard as those in Oregop, but for the present it is declared that Oregon fair grounds will be the best. The im provements made here were paid for with tLe appropriation, which would have been used for the premiums if the annual state fair bad been held. Benton Ha- Prospect. Corvallis Reports from the different hopgrowers in the vicinity of Corvau.s are that this season's crop will be at least one-third larger than last year. The long dry spell of last season was the cause of only about one-half a crop on the yards situated on the high lands. This year an abundance of rain has assured a good yield in both bot tom and hill land. Recent hot weather has practically exterminated vermin, and the outlook is excellent. Healthy People at Sumpter. Sumpter From investigations made here during the past month it is learn ed that Sumpter is without doubt the most healthful town in the state. At present there is not a case of sickness in the town, that can be considered dangerous. Nor has there !een a death from disease during the last six months. Accidents at the mines have furnished sevtra! funerals at the city cemetery during that time, but none of these can be considered as belonging to the town. Many Threshers Are Running. The Dalles The past few days have been the longest continuous hot spell recorded in Wasco county for several years. The hot spell is not doing any (lumiu'tt to train, as everywhere it is too far advanced to be injured by heat. However, it is hastening harvesting, as spring grain is now ripe and must be harvested along with fall grain. Most of the threshers are now running, and good yields are reported. Smelter Has Big Run Ahead. ' Sumpter Concentrates are being re ceived here daily for the smelter from the big producers of the Cracker creek district. The ore bins at the smelter are rapidly filling up and a large sup ply will be received this season from other sections near by, thus insuring steady operation of the plant for an in definite period. FARMERS HOLD THEIR WHEAT Are Offered 70 Cents at Pendleton, but Expect Highor Price. Pendleton W. S. Byres, the miller, has purchased a few small lots of wheat Pin the vicinity of Pendleton for lift cents, part of the wheat being club and part bluestem. He is offering 70 cents for No. 1 bhiestem, with few farmers willing to accept this price, believing that a short time hence will' bring them an advance over the present prices. The farmers who sold early last year missed the popular prices by nearly 12 rents a bushel, as the price rose from !" to 77 cents a bushel. For fear of being in the wrong this year, many will hold until the market is established at a solid mark. Mr. Byers lias also purchased a lot of barley fiom K. L. Smith, paying 85 cents a hundred, with the understand ing that all Mr. Smith wished to turn in would be taken at that price. The amount sold in the transaction is not know n. Schools of Baker County. Baker City The annual report of Comity School Superintendent John A Payton, just filed, shown there are ft, 34S persons between the age of 4 and 20 years in Baker county, 4,04(5 of whom are enrolled in the different schools. The nnmbr of teachers em ployed is 102, with an average salary for males of $62 5 per month; females, $48.47. The receipts for the past year to the county school were $!!, 757. 28 while the exenscs amounted to $77, 187.8(, leaving a balance of $22,574.32. The estimated value of school houses, grounds, etc., is $154,805. The aver age district tax is 8.1 mills. Hop Yards on the Market. Salem Krebs Bros., reputed the nnst extensive hopgrowers on the coast, are said to be in the market for the sale of their hop ranches in this and Folk counties, aggregating 1,05:1 acres, of which 624 acres are set to hops. It is reported that the price set upon the In dependence yards, consisting of 400 acres ol hops, winch will come in lull hearing this season, is $150,000, and that two offers have been received upon them, neither of which lias as yet been accepted. 1 lie price nxel on uie i.rooKs yard of 224 acres is not given. Takes the Bugs Home. Grants Pass Professor A. I!. Cord ley, of the Oregon State Experiment station, has lettirned to Corvallis after spending several days visiting the Jos ephine county melon fields. The pur pose of Professor Cordley's visit is to identify the strange bug that is destroy ing the melon vines of the fields about Grants Pass. A number of vines killed by the pest and several specimens of the bugs were taken by Professor Cord ley to the experiment station. Bu'lding for Medical Department. Salem Plans have been completed for the erection of a $15,000 building for the medical department of Willam ette university. The building will be located on the northwest corner of the college campus and will be of brick and three stories high. Money for the con struction of the building has already been subscribed. O. A. C. Regents' Election. Corvallis J. K. Went horford was re elected president, John I). Daly secre tary arid B. F. Irvine treasurer at the annual meeting of the board of regents of the Oregon Agricultural college held here. Their terms are for two years each. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, new, 7273c per bushel; bluestem, new, 7780c; val ley, new, 75c. Barley, Feed, $21.5022 per ton; rolled, $2324. Oats No 1 white, feed, $2930 per ton; gray, $29. Hay Timothy, $1315 per ton; clover, $8. Fruits Apples, new, 90c$1.75 perlKjx; apri.-ots, !)0c(ij$l per crate peaches, 75 ($900 pert-rate; plums, 25c 90c per crate; Loganberries, $1.25 pert-rate; blackberries, !i(dc ourid; cherries, 712Vc pr pound; currants, 8c per pound ; prunes, 85c$l; rasp berries, $1.25 per crate. Vegetables Beans, l4c per pound; cabbage, lfijlKc per pound; cauli flower, 7590c per dozen ; celery, 76(? 85c per dozen; corn, 75c$l per bag; cucumbers, 2560c per dozen; lettuce, head, 10c per dozen; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 25c per pound; toma toes, 85c$l per crate; turnips, $1.25 1.40 per sack; carrots, $1 .25 1 .50 per sack; beets, $1(31.25 per sack. Potatoes Oregon, new, 60c$l per ac k. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2122c doz. Poultry Average old hens, 13 14c; mixed chickens, 1212c; old roosjters, 910c; young roosters, 11 12c; turkeys, live, 18I9; geese, live, 67c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks, young, 014c per pound. Hops Choice 1904, 1719c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1921c; lower grades down to 15c, ac cording to shrinkage; valley, 2627c per pound; mohair, choice, 31c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per pound; cows, 34$c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, So per pound; ordinary, 4c. Veal Dressed, 37c per pound, Fork Di eased 6(87 c per pound. UNITE AGAINST BRITAIN. Cxar and Kaiser Plan to Combine Naval Forces. Chicago, July 28. The Berlin corre spondent of the Chicago Daily News says : "Germany and Russia may Join hands to make a strong naval (rout against England. It is said that the mooting of the crur and kaiser hits been mainly occupied with the question of the reconstruction of the Russian navy. The cr.ar is anxious to co-operate with Germany by establishing a strong de fensive combine agaiiiHt the English naval forces. Russia's new Baltic squadron is intended to supplement strategically the German Baltic fleet, "Captain Ilinte, who accompanied the kaiser, is supposed to be the com ing man. It was he who had the dan gerous squabble with Admiral Dewey in IStiS. Admiral Diedcrich was a meie figurehead." A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Daily News says: "As an immediate result of the meet ing of the kaiser and the cr.ar, two army corps will be w ithdrawn from Poland. Their arrival at the front in September will give Gciictal l.inievitch a superi ority over the Japanese of 150,000 men. His numerical superiority today is estimated at 70,000. This news makes the war party exultant." The Novoo Vremya says; " 'Not a kopeck must Ik given to Ja pan, not an inch of territory, not a mile of railroad. There must be no Japanese protectorate over Corca.' "The general staff is sure l.inievitch will begin an attack shortly. He has 600,000 men and 2,000 guns. The bu reaucracy has changed its tone. Re pression is announced, and there is lit tle prospect of reform." STAND ON DIGNITY. Pekin Government Would Turn Down Exclusion Treaty. Washintgon, July 28. Some doubt is expressed in official circles whether it will be possible to obtain China's consent to another treaty with the United States providing for even the exclusion of Chinese laborers from this country. The State department is aware of ill feelings throughout China on the whole subject, and now that tin immigration tieaty with China hits been allowed to lap' without the nego tiation of a new agreement, icporls have reached here that China is inclin ed hereafter to refuse to sign any sim ilar convent ion . China's poMtion apppiars to .e that the exclusion of the Chinese citizens from a friendly country is in it .'. f a disgrace, and w hito she cannot ignore the laws of a foreign power providing for such exclusion, she can refuse to sanction it or become a party to it by concluding a treaty Involving such re strictions. A year ago, it is said, it would have leen easy to conduct nego tiations with China for the exclusion of Chinese lalsorers only. Now, how ever, it is understood the Chinese offi cials are disposed to regard the signing of such a treaty beneath the dignity of their government. WAS IN PRINEVILLE. Prosecution Proves Williamson There in June, 1002. Portland, Julv 28. Testimony Wss Ves- terday in the trial of Williamson, t ies ner and Biggs for alleged suloruatiou of perjury, established beyond question that Williamson was in I'rineville from June 14 to 24 in 1902. This point was disputed by the defense at the former trial, but yesterday morning Judge Bur nett said Williamson had investigated his whereabouts in June, 1902, hail found that he was in I'rineville then and is quite willing to admit it. How ever, the prosecution put on witnesses to show that the defendant was there on the above dates. Examination of witnesses by the prosecution in the morning was a gathering up of the de tails of the case preparatory to submit ting it. The government finished with its witnesses in the afternoon. On the whole, the case of the prosecution shows stronger than at the former trial, and every effort is being made to avert the possibility of a hung jury by the presentation of every bit of evidence in the hands of the government. Cowes With Revolver. Panama, July 28. A mutiny took place among the police force here to day, but it was quelled almost at the beginning by Santiago du la Guardia, secretary of war, who faced the mutin eers with a drawn revolver and, hacked by the ollicerd of the force, brought it to submission. The principal leaders were chastised severely and the other mutineers were placed in irons. Poli tics had nothing to do with the mutiny. The chief of police, Leonidas Fretelt, is in Augu Dulce, inspecting the ponce force there. New Focus Is Discovered. Shreveport, La., July 28. A special from New Orleans to the Times says: A report to the Marine Hospital service tonight from Bay St. Louis, Miss., states that ten suspicions cases of yel low (ever have developed at Black Bay, in that section. A Federal surgeon will be sent the. e early in the morn ing. It is said a lugger load of Italians escaped from here and went to the bay, where they developed fever. Sigsbea Will Carry Peace Envoys Washington, July 28. Rear Admiral Riisee. commanding the third division if Korth AiUntin fiAt. will come In Wauhlnirlnn tomorrow liv ilirM-tinn of the Navy department to receive full instructions aa to the program for con veying the peace envoys of Kussia and Japan to Oyster Bay. " . v.: IS UNDER CONTROL Yellow lever Situation Said to lie In QUARANTINE CONCERNS PEOPLE All Surrounding Slates Hsve Estab lished Strict Regulations Against the Fever Infected City. New Orleans, July 29. The health authorities who are handling the yel low fever situation here have now s thoroughly perfected their organisation that they feel confident every case of (ever, though not thoroughly develop ed, will be promptly reported, and will go upon the ollicial records, So thorough has been t he inspect ion of tint city that it is believed that every exist ing case has been found, and is now in cluded in the 20ll cases which have been announced. Many of these are on the road to recovery, and it Is expected that with the perfect scientific treat ment that has been arranged for them will be a reduced mortality rate which ill the early stages of the disease ban been admittedly high. The most annoying lea tore of the sit uation now is the disposition of practi cally every town in adjoining slates to. tighten the quarantine against the city. That is due to the feeling beyond the city that 200 cases means it serious sit uation, and the (act that the escape ( Italians from the infected IrencU market center has resulted in the ap pearance of cases of (ever nt various points. ANOTHER CHARGE OF GRAFT Scientist Recommends Material Irt Which He Has Personal Interrit. Washington, July 2:'. In a hearing todav at the depitl t luelit of iig t icil 1 1 u re, at which Secretary Wilson, Assistant Secretary Haves, Prof. B. ).. (ialloway, chief of the bureau of plant i 1 1 I i t r y . George T. M'Miiu, of that bureau, und t w o representatives of an agricu ll ui al publication, were present, the hint two named made charges that the wife of one of t he scielit is' s in the hiileail of plant industry owned a ld k of slock in an eastern concern inautifai t ut ing a cu I ture for soil Inoculation, while the sci entist was preparing and revising bul let ins regarding enrichment of (arms and portray ing t he culture as contain ing virulent (onus of bactera for mak ing xor land. It was alleged that the publications revised by the oflicial tended to direct the farmers to a commercial t-oiierrt supplying the material because of tho exhaustion of the supply by the depart ment. At today's hearing the scientist in volved in the allegations admitted that his wife owned stock, that stock was to come to him in the event that he sev ered his connect ion. with the depart ment and became t he bacteriologist ol the concern, hut that in the latter part of April he decided lo stay. DENIES DOING WRONG. Gesner Takes Stand or Defense at Land Fraud Trial. Portland, July 2!i. Defense in the case of the I'nited States vs. Congress man Williamson, (iesner and Biggs, charged w ith subornation of pi rury, yesterday made a complete denial of the charges of the prosecution by put ting Gesner on the stand, lie denied ever having made a conl ract with the entrymeii to buy land, although he ad mitted lending them money, and said, lie had stated to certain entry men that the clams would be wort h, upon final proof being completed, f.r()0 lo him. Dr. (iesner is old an I feeble. He leans heavily on his cane, w hich is his constant companion. Twenty years of the practice of medicine in the I'rine ville country has broken his health. Long rides to w idely scattered patients at all hours of the day and night over poor roads have ruined his physique. Philippine Bands at Security. Washington, July 20. Secretary Shaw authorized the statement that tin and after August 1, 1905, and until further notice Philippine land purchase 4 per cent bonds (issue 17,000,000), Philippine one-year certificates (amount outstanding f 1,000,000) ; Philippine public works and improvement bonds (issue 12,500,000), and city of Manila sewer and water works bonds (issue $1,000,000), will be accepted for secur ity for existing deposits of public mon ey in national banks in substitution for United States bonds. Seek the Judgship. Portland, July 20. The scramble for the district judgship has begun afresh, since W. W. Cotton threw away the plum, and aspirants for the job ure slanting their eyes toward Clutsop county, where dwells Senator Fulton, and toward the third floor of the Fed eral courthouse, where holds forth Dis trict Attorney Francis J. Heney. That Mr. Fulton and Mr. Heney have the strongest pull of anybody in Oregon is realized by all the candidates. Yellow Fever Case at Tampa. Tampa, Fla., July 20. Dr. Joseph I Porter, state health officer, has issued I an oflicial statement to the effect that ,, .. . . Victor Vitello, an Italian who arrived. here last Saturday from New Orleans, is suffering from a mild attack of yel low fever. 1