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( Bohemia Nugget OOTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. NEWS OFTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Oar Easy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Lest Interesting Events of the Past Wock. Norway and Sweden are again on the verge of war. Two Chicago women in bloomers w ill tour the world. The Kepulbican party celebrated its 60th birthday September 9. Cuba wants the reciprocity treaty with the United States extended. A Mexican mining man has sued Thomas W. Lawson for mining stock worth $3,000,000. Governor Folk, of Missouri, has started for the Portladn fair and will launchl his presidential boom. The German government has a firm grip on the cholera situation and the disease is not spreading to new dis tricts. Despite the fact that a peace treaty )ii hn signed, both armies in Man churia stand ready for a big battle, and skirmishes are ot daily occurrence. Major General Wood says that the Moros have been pacified to such an extent that Americans are safe to travel over any part of the island without a guard. It has developed that the Japanese when thev cave uti their demand for in riamnitv. secured the right to fish in Russian territorial waters, the sea of Japan, the sea of Okhotsk and Bering sea. lnese rights are worm du,uuu, 000 annually, far more than the indem nity asked. Swedish - Norwegian relations are again warlike. China has placed a big flour order in the United States. Municipal ownership is the issue in the New York campaign. More graft has been discovered in the army supply department. Shouts' has let contracts for housing and feeding canal employes. An independent telephone line is planned from New York to Portland. Disorders at Baku are subsiding, but re not yet stopped. Troops are pour ing into the disturbed districts. An earthquake in Southern Italy killed more than 400 persons and de stroyed many towns and villages. The president has removed Public Printer Palmer and appointed Oscar J. Ricketts to fill the office temporariy. The Grand Army has elected James Tanner, of New York, commander tn chief. lie was pension commissioner under Harrison. Japanese rioters at tTokio have torn down a statue of Ito, recently erected. The disorders, however, are growing less, and quiet is expected soon. The various railroads have carried 76,094 passengers from east of the Rockies to the Pacific coast this sum mer. Of this number 47,113 came direct to Portland. The sultan of Morocco has granted France's demands. In the past year 9,152 members of the G. A. R. have died. The Norwegian-Swedish conference is in danger o! a disagreement. The New York hop crop will not be over 60 or 70 per cent of last year's. Japanese disorders may' interfere with a resumption of the flour trade. A rotten building in New York fell, killing two people and injuring 20 others. A mob near Fort Worth, Texas, burned a negro at the stake. He had confessed his crime. After a silence of 18 months inquir ies are being sent to the Pacific ccast from Vladivostok lor flour and wheat. Cholera continues to spread rapidly throughout Prussia, but the govern ment is working hard to suppress the disease. A Cbineso gunboat at Amoy saluted the Ammerican flag as amends for an insult two weeks ago. The boycott p a thing of the past there. A meat famine is general in Ger many. Live cattle are worth 14 cents per pound and live hogs 14 cents. The government has been petitioned to admit cattle free of duty. Hezekiah Butterworth, editor of the Youth's Companion, since 1870, is deal. The peace treaty has been signed by the Russian and Japanese plenipoten tiaries. The president has demanded the res ignation of Public Printer Palmer. Bad management is the cause. The Long Island Railroad company has discovered a system of robbing it of many thousand dollars by selling tick ets wvice. A freight train on the Burlington crashed into a passenger train at Brush, Colorado, 88 miles east of Denver. Four passengers were killed and 20 se verely injured. EXPLOSION AT POWDER MILL Nineteen Men Killed and Entire Plant a Total Wreck. CotinelsviUe, Pa., Sept. 11. The Rand powder nulls, at Fai reliance, six miles south of Unlontown, were entire ly wiped out by an explosion today. Of the 32 men who went to work in the mills, 19 are known to be dead. Of these 13 have been identified. Besides nine of the factory force who were seriously injured, scores of people in the town of Fairchance, within half a mile of the powder mills, were more or less painfully injured. The shock of the explosion was dis tinct'y felt in Connelsville, 20 miles away, buildings being rocked to their foundations. At Uniontown hunderds of panes of class were broken. In the town of Fairchance there is scarcely a house that did not suffer damage. Hay stacks were toppled over in the fields, and livestock were stunned. The rails of the B. & O. and the West Pennsyl vania Traction company were thrown from the roadbed and traffic delayed six liouis. Train No. 52, on the H. A O., had a narrow escape from annihi lation. It had just passed the Rand mills when the explosion occurred. The windows in the coache were shattered and passengers thrown in a panic, A street car on the est Penn sylvania railway had also passed a few seconds before the explosion, and was far enough away to escape damage, though it was derailed. RIOTS ABOUT OVER. Baku Situation Shows Marked Change for the Better. St. Petersburg, Sept. 11. The situ ation at Baku yesterday showed a slight but perceptible change for the better. Dispatches received here indicated that the rioters had made no headway in their attempts at incendiarism in the black town" quarter, where compara tive order was restored and only occa sional shots were being fired. Several banks will reopen today. Oil men, escorted by troops, were able for the first time to visit the oil fields, which for four days had been practcially in the hands of the Tartars. They report scenes of indescribable de struction. About three quarters of the property there, they say, was burned to the ground, and plundering and in cendiarism continued. Hundreds of tanks were destroyed, the pumping ma chinery is useless, and the houses of the workmen destroyed. It is impossible to fix accurately the losses sustained, but rebuilding opera tions will take half a year if the work men return immediately. One of the oil men estimated the number of dead at over 1,000, half of whom were killed in the city during the early rioting, but he admitted that the estimate was only a guess. POOR FOOD A1 CANAL. Condition at Panama Was Caused by Abnormal Rates. New York, Sept. 11. It was learned today that a condition of practical star vation which has several times recently threatened Panama canal laborers was one of the grounds which caused Theo dore P. Shonts, chairman of the Pana ma Canal commission, to accept the J. E. Markel bid for supplying food to government employes at Panama, caus ing two unsuccessful bidders to protest to President Roosevelt. Chief Engin eer John F. Stevens has been sending daily appeals to the canal commission ers' heaqduarters to send his men food. It was said today by authority that the laborers who are doing the hard work have been for some time in a half starved condition, due to the fact that the demand for food has raised the prices of all commodities to abnormal figures in Panama. The dollar-a-day men, with eggs at 10 cents each and bad meat from 20 to 40 cents a pound, have gone for two and three days at a time without any food except that got from sucking the wild cane in the swamps. They have gathered around the quarters of the officers, begging for food, and daily cables to Washington for food supplies have been the result. In this emergency one of the reasons for accepting the Markel bid, it is learned, was the fact that he has an organized force ready to put into Pan ama at once. Aguinaldo Still a Repel. Manila, Sept. 11. Captain W. P. Baker, medical officer of the constab ulary, serving in the province of Ca- vite, while testifying in a libel suit aginst the Renaciemcnto, a native newspaper, declared that Aguinaldo was in league with the native outlaws. He said that evidence to this effect was obtained from captured chiefs. "The people understand," he added, "that Aguinaldo is the director ot the outlaw campaign, and supposedly peaceful na tives are aiding the movement under the same understanding." Lay All Blame on Newspapers. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 11. Local Japanese believe that the present riots are stirred up by the newspapers an- agonistic to the government. It ib believed here that the Japanese parlia ment, which is to convene in Novem ber, will explain the meaning of the peace treaty and the people will be sat isfied. It is announced that, when the envoys left Japan, there was no expec tation in government circles of seem ing an indemnity. Seven Deaths In 24 Hours. Berlin, Sept. 11. An official bulle tin this afternoon announces that 19 new cases of cholera and seven deaths were reported during the 24 hours end ing at noon. GIVE NEW EVIDENCE Effect o( Judge Hunt's Ruling In Land Fraud Cases. HAD BEEN SHUT OUT PREVIOUSLY Prosecution Scores Point Despite the Vigorous Efforts of Attor neys for Defense. Portland, Sept. 9. The sensational feature of the Williamson-Gesner-Rigga case yesterday was the admission by Judge Hunt of a line of testimony that had been excluded by Judge De Haven in the previous two trials, a:id who had also declined to permit United States District Attorney Honey to argue the distinctions existing lift ween the various title papers. Replying to an inquiry from the court, lleney assured Judge Hunt that he had not !een per mitted to "get beyond the front door" with any of his authorities bearing upon the admissibility of the evidence The question came up in the course of the direct examination of Benjamin F. Jones, a government witness. At torney Bennett, for the defense, made a vigoruos effort to exclude the testimony, and took an exception to the ruling ot the court. The indictment charges that the con spiracy was to induce a large numler of persons to commit the offense of per- juy by taking their oaths that they would depose truly that certain decla rations and depositions by them to be subscribed were true, which in fact contained material matters which were not true, and which they did not at the time believe to be true, to the effect that certain lands which these persons would then be applying to enter and purchase in the manner provided by law, were not being purchased by them on speculation, but were being pur chased in good faith to be appropriated to the use and benefit of those persons respectively, and that they had not, di rectly or indirectly, made any agree ment or contract, in any way or man ner, with any other person or persons whomsoever, by which the titles which they might acquire from the United States in and to such lands should in ure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person egxeept themselves, when in truth and in fact such persons would be applying to purchase buch lands on speculation, and would have made ar rangements and contracts with Wil liamson, Gesner and Biggs to convey the titles so obtained by them to Wil liamson and Gesner. 1 WO ARE INDICTED. Sheriff and Dr. Gesner Accused of Trying to Intimidate. Portland, Sept. 9. The Federal grand jury returned an indictment yes terday afternoon against C. Sam Smith, sheriff of Crook county, and Dr. Ges ner, charging them with intimidating witnesses in the pending land fraud cases. It is charged that on August 17 Smith and Gesner endeavored to influ ence Lark Elliott and John 8. Watkins, of Prineville, Crook county, not to ap pear as witnesses in the Williamson-Gesner-Biggs case, and that the sheriff offered to secure the acquittal of Elliott from an indictment previously returned by the Crook county grand jury charg ing him with the larceny of a horse and a calf. To See Japan's Hand. Washington, Sept. 9. Secretary Root will at once take steps to ascertain the real attitude of Japan on the question of maintaining the "open door" in Manchuria. The secretary will ask Japan for permission to locate a consul at Dalny, which has been leased to that country. He will make the same request for a consul at Harbin, which will be again under the jurisdiction of China. Russia refused to permit con suls at these places because Dalny was declared to be a military fortress and Harbin likely to become the center of military operations. Russian Army Waits News. Lamatenzi, Manchuria, Sept. 9. The result of the Portsmouth conference was officially announced to the Russian forces today. The army, however, is still without official orders from St. Petersburg to cease its warlike activi ties, and the situation is intense. The soldiers are waiting for an armistice to be declared, and they cannot under stand how Russia can talk of peace while the Japanese continue rconnais- sances in force and outpost engage- miits. The fighting of September 3 in Corea cannot be understood here. Famine in Nine Provinces. St. Petersburg, Sept. 9. The first sitting of a ministerial conference to deal with the famine which threatens a number of provinces was held today. It was attended by the governors of the provinces, representatives of theZemst vob and Red Cross and philanthropic societies and marshals of the nobility. Reports were presented showing that distress is acute in the provinces of Saratoff, Rlzan, Samara, Penz, Tarn boff, Orel,Voronesh, Toula and Viatka. Last of Missouri Bribery Cases. Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 9. The bribery case against ex-State Senator Charles A. Smith, of St. Louis, was dismissed today. This disposes of all the legislative bribery cases except those against D. J. Kelly, said to be in Canada. TERROR RULES. Russian Oil Industry Is Destroyed and Thousands Killed. Baku, Sept. 8. The situation here tonight shows no signs of amelioration It hardly could be worse. The terror stricken inhabitants are (Wing, from the city, knowing that the garrison "i utterly inadequate to protect them and although the worst scones of lire and massacres have not yet occurred in Baku itself, none dare think how far the excesses may proceed. The principal fighting is not in Baku itself, but at Balakhan, where luui drcds have been shot by the Infantry and artillery and where 1,000 were killed or wounded during a desperate attack on the military camp ami pro vision deiots. The troops sustained few casualties. A large number of workmen barricaded themselves in the Balakhan hospital. The soldiers lagan the attack with r i tie tire and then stormed the hospital and completed their work with the bayonet. The entire oil and commercial qur ters of Balukhnn, Sahunto and Roman! have been wijd out by fire and the in habitants remaining behind were mas sacred and thrown into the tlames. Rihiehat continues to burn and is threatened with the same faie as Balak ban. The consulates, banks and building in Baku are guarded by troops. All of the English residents and almost all other inhabitants of the better cluss have Warded ships and gone to sea to escape from danger. All available steamers have been employed for this purpose. Martial law has lecn proclaimed in the city. Nobody is allowed on the streets after 8 o clock at night, and in habitants of houses are held stmliy re sponsible for shots fired trout them Artillery was employed against one house from which shots were fir til There is a general panic in the ciy A whole army of hungry workmen driven in from the burned suburbs has nocked into the city. There is the greatest destitution, and measures for transporting the workmen from the city are imperatively necessary. RIOTS IN JAPAN. Martial Law Proclaimed as Result of Dissatisfaction with Peace. Tokio. Sent. 8. Martial law has been declared throughout Japan and the full power of the army is being used to uphold the Mutsithito dynasty and put down rioting, which threatens to involve the enitre nation. Rioting was resumed throughout the country Thursday night and mobs swarmed through the streets of this and other cities, burning and destroy ing homes, churches, and schools of native Christians. it is reported, although not con firmed, that the few mission churches and schools that escaped the vengeance of the mobs Wednesday night are now destroyed. The temper of the mob is shown by the fact that there are now more than 200 badly wounded policemen in the hospitals and more are being taken there hourly. What the casualties were to the crowds cannot be estimated, as many of the hurt were earned off by friends. BOGUS VOTERS CUT OUT. Philadelphia List Purged of 48.000 Names Illegally There Philadeplhia, Sept. 8. The assesors of the 1,104 election districts of the city, whose duty it is to place in voting lists the names of all qualified electors, completed their revision of the lists to day. Cnusual interest was taken in their work, because of the allegations that more than 60,000 fraudulent names had been placed on the lists. For the last two months the policemen and other employes, under the direc tion of Mayor Weaver and the City party, have been making a canvass of the city for the purpose of purging the lists of illgeal voters. The police made reports alleging that more than 60,000 names were on the lists in violation of the election laws. The assessors set yesterday and today to revise the lists. The number of names stricken off by the assessors will not be known for sev eral days. The secretary of the City party tonight estimated that at Jeast 48,000 names had been dropped. Russia Putting Treaty Into Effect. St. Petersburg, Sept. 8. The news of the signing of the peace treaty re sulted immediately in an unwonted outburst of active work at the Foreign office. Each ministerial department will be supplied with an official copy to the end that every provision of the treaty shall be understood thoroughly by each minister, particularly on its bearing on the changes provided for by the treaty, which must be carried out by the different ministers and depart ments. The carrying out of the pro visions will be proceeded with at once. France Ready to Act. Paris, Sept. 8. The government still awaits word from Fez regarding the sultan's answer to the second ulti matum to Morocco, the time limit of which expired yesteiday. The firm ntention of the ministers is to enforce redress witiiout reference to outsied in fluences. Unofficial intimations have been received that Germany does not sympathize with a French military demonstration against Morocco,, though she would uot interfere. Interned Crulssr Prepares To Go. Vallejo, Cal., Sept. 8. The Russian cruiser Lena will leave here Saturday for San Francisco to be docked, painted and Bcraped. She will then return for three days to the navy yard to take on her guns. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST STRIPES TO BE DISCARDED. Oregon Convicts Will Wear Uniform of Bluish Gray In Future. Salem Stripse have been aimndoned as prison garb in Oregon, and soon as as the change enn bn effected without throwing away good clothing, practical ly all the convicts will wear uniforms of a bluish gray. The change has been ordered in the interests of discipline and reformation, and stripes will be placed upon a prisoner only as a means of special punishment. It is expected that the uniforms now in use will be sufficiently worn by the end of the year to justify their being discarded. Many suits have already been cast away and all new prisoners are given suits of gray. When the change has Veen perfected every prison cr will be dressed in gray trousers, shirt, blouse ami chp and this unifoim will be worn during good behavior. For infraction of prison rules a con vict may be condemned to wear a striped suit for a specified time or until his conduct improves. This punish ment, it is thought, will be sufficient to reduce- all ordinary violations of rules to the minimum. It is thought that out of 850 convicts not more than a dozen will wear stripes at any one time. This system is in use in ."Sew York, and is said to give satisfactory results. It has lHen suggested that prisoners would more easily escape if they wear tray suits than they could if dressed in stripes. The prison officials say that experience shows that convicts who es cape manage to exchange their prison garb for civilian clothing as soon as they get out, so it will make no differ ence what their uniforms are. At the time of a break, if one were made, the gray suits could be distinguished as far as they could be seen, and this would be all the advanatge striped suits have over ordinary clothing. Limit May Be Set. Klamath Falls It now seems l:kely that a limit will be set for the time on which excess land holders in the Kla math irrigation projects may sign the excess trust deeds. So fur the Klamath Water Users' association has Itccn un able to get all of the large landowners to sign up and become memlx-rs of the association. Consequently Chief V.n giueer F. 11. Newell says a limit will be set before which time those who do nut sign up will lsoe all benefits to ac crue from government irrigation, ami he suggests Octnlier 15 as the date for the closing of the association's sub scription books. Valuations Nearly Doubled. Grants Pass The completion of the assessment roll foi Josephine county shows a total valuation on assessable property double that of last year. In 1904 the valuation was $2,034,095; this year it is over $4,000,000. This remarkable showing is the result of loth the rapid growth of the county and of Assessor Fallin'fl olicy of as sessing all property to its full cash val ue. This will mean a lowering ol the tax ratfl. Tim valuation of much of the property of the county remains un changed, but many of the mines, city property and railroad landswcre raised. Grand Ronde Electric Road. La Grande The Central Railway of Oregon has filed in the office of county recorder a bond and mortgage in the sum of $2,000,000 to the American Loan & Trust company, covering rights of way, roadbed, rolling stock and oth er property now in possession or to be acquired. The Central Railway of Oregon is the corporate title of the company which proposed to construct an electric railway system in the Grand Rondn valley, embracing a trackage of about 60 miles and connecting Hot I.ake, Union, Cove, Elgin and La Grande. Buys Big Farm. The Dalles One of the most import ant teal estate transactions that has been made here recently is the sale of the W. H. Tavlor fruit farm, one mile south of The Dulles, to R. II. Weber, proprietor of The Dallea nurseries, for $100 an acre. The farm consists of 110 acres, 80 acres of which is in orchard, the balance being wheat land. It is one of the oldest orchards in the vicin ity and lias always been a fine bearer, producing fruit of finest quality. Sell Last Year's Hops. Grants Puss I)e Armond & Sons. hopgrowers of Josephine county, have sold their last year's crop of 00,000 pounds at 18 cents, they had an op portunity to unload their crop last fall at 30 cents, but held for a higher price. is the season for picking is at hand rid the need of funds urgent, it was nacenaarv for them to sell at the tire- vailing low price. There yet remains some 70, uuu pounds ot last year s crop in Josephine county. Assessments Raised. Baker Citv The countv board of equalization has just adopted the sug gestion of the Citizens' League com mittee and raised the rate of assess ment of the O. R. & N. company from $5,000 te $10,000 a mile, and that of the Sumpter Valley road from $2,000 to $3,000 a mile on tracks and rolling stock. Telephone Exchange at Capital. Salem A local private telephone exchange has been installed at the state capitol and each office now has a tele phone, whereas about only half the offices have had telephone service in the past. RELATIVES WILL NOT PAT. Large Maorlty ol Insane Patients Llvs at Expense of Stats. Salem The act of the legislature 4 1903 requiring that the cost of keeping insane patients at the state insane asyl um shall be paid by relatives who are financially able ami who are legally re sponsible, is not working quite as welt as was hoped. Though several hun dred patients have been received at th asylum since that law was passed, only HH are on the list of those whose main tenance should hi borne by relatives. Only $2,002,115 has been collected from this source during the two years and a half the law has been in operation ami $2,(13(1 .117 charged against relatives re mains due and uncollectublo. Experi ence has shown that a large propoltioit of the patients received are witiiout known relatives, or they are have no relatives who are liable for their sup port and who are able to pay the re quired $10 a month. The amount collected under this law is Inconsider able, in Comparison with the total cost of maintaining the state insane asylum. Test Law's Validity. Grants Pars A suit of much Interest to this state, and which may reult in the repeal of the $.'(00 household ex emption law, passed tty the state legis lature, has Wen tiled here, and will ho heard at the next term of the Circuit court. Ex-Representative W. C. Hale, of this city, is plaintiff, and Judge J. . Ilooth, Asxc.tsor W. 'I. Fall in and County Clerk H. F. Cheshire ate mad defendant in the case. In substance, the complaint alleges that the law passed by the Oregon legislature in December, 1903, exempting from taxa tion of certain effects of householders to the amount of $.'100 is contrary to the constitution of the state, and is, theretore, void. War on San Jose Scale. Salem Horticultural CommiHsioncr Charles A. Park, of the Seward dis trict, Hill make a vigorous campaign agitinst San Jose scale this fall and winter. laical Inspector Armstrong has been watching the local market closely and whenever infected fruit ia brought in he secures the name of the grower ami reports it to the commis sioner. All owners of infected or chards will Ih not ill i-d to spray thin winter. Mr. Park hopes to Imi able to exterminate the x-st in this section of the state. Convict Labor for Farmers. Salem The leasing of convict labor to farmers in this vicinity ia a subject Governor Chamberlain and Superin tendent James, of the penitentiary, have under consideration. The con tract with the Ioewenhcrg-Going com pany requires the employment of only 100 convicts in the stove foundry, and there are many prisoners for whom there is no employment. About (UV men have been worked on the roads all summer. Nearly a Million at Interest. Salem The monthly report of the state land office shows cash collet ions for August amounting to $20,089.21, and a total of outstanding unpaid bal ances amounting to $77, Hi;:.'. 81, thm alter sum drawing interest at an aver age of 0 per cent. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, Il!l(.i70c per bushel; blucstem, 72o?73o; valley, 71c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $23(..t24; gray, yiZ per ton. Barley Feed, 20 per ton; brewing, $21 ; rolled, $22(rf2l. Rye f 1 .HO cental. Hay KaHtcrn Oregon, timothy, $14 (7 1 5 per ton; valley timothy, $11U2; clover, $8(9; cheat, $7.50f9. Fruits Apples, 90c0$l.75 per lox; peaches, 60(?0()c per crate; plums, 50 (t 75c per crate; blackberries, $1.25oi 1.50 per box; cantaloupes, v$l .00(3 1 .50 per crate; pears, $ I ft? l .L'.') per nox; watermelons, ?.t'0Tllc per pound; -crab- apples, $1 per box; grapes, 50c((t$l .05 ; prunes, 7080c; huckleberries, 8c per pound. egetables Beans, l(l4c per pound; cabbage, lQl'-j'c per pound; cauliflow er, 75D0c per dozen; celery, 7585e per dozen; corn, 89e per dozen; cu cumbers, 1 0(31 5c per dozen ; pumpkins, 7'47c; tomatoes, 20(9"5c per crate; squash, 5u per pound; turnips, $1.25($ 1.40 per sack; carrots, $1,250$ 1.50 per sack; beets, $1(41.25 per sack. Onions Oregon, $1 per sack; Globe, 75c. Potatoes Oregon, extra fancy, 85 00c; good, 00 75c per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 2730o per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 24 25c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 10)(4 12c; mixed chickens, 10)6 11c; old roosters, 89c; young roosters', 10($ 11c; dressed chickens, 1213:; tur keys, live, 2021c; geese, live, 8 Uc; ducks, 1314c. Hops 1905, choice, 10c; prime, 14Ke; 1904, choice, 1517e per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1021c; lower grades down to 15c, ac cording to shrinkage; valley, 2527o per pound; mohair, choice, 30c. Beef Dressed bulls, l2o per pound; cows, 3 & 4c j country steers, 44c. Veal Dressed, 38c per pound. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 6)7o per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, Pork Dressed, 67o per pound.