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Bohemia Nugget Bohemia Nugget Pub. Co. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Our A Rtiumi of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Chinese are returning to their homes in Manchuria. The cisar has ordered more troops to Baku to guard the oil fields. Kan Patterson has married her for mer husband, Leo G. Martin. Norwav and Sweden are said to have compromised on terms of separation. The mikado has cabled Komura that he wishes the peace fieuvoy to speedily recover. An official report says the recent riots in Japan were not in any manner anti-foreign. Heavy rains have caused much dam age in parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri. The presidential campaign now on in Cuba is proving decidedly strenuous. A number of prominent men on both sides are in jail. Lieutenant Mitchell, son of Senator Mitchell, discovered a plot of 21 Feder al prisoners at Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, to escape. A plan is on foot to have the govern ment move the navy yard from Brem erton to Lake Washington. The latter place is more convenient to railroads. A formal call has been issued fcr a convention to meet in Chicago October 26. The object is to impress upon con gress the extent of th demand of the people for railroad rate legislation. Slight earthquake shocks continue in Italy. Whloeeale assassinations are the or der at Baku, Russia. The yellow fever situation at New Orleans is improving. Five cases of yellow fever have been discovered at Cincinnati, Ohio. The gulf between Norway and Swe den is widening and they are on the verge of war. Foreign engineers on the consulting board believe a sea level canal at Pana ma will prove best. The government has completed its eide in the third trial of the William Bon-Gesner-Biggs case. By an explosion in a fuse factory at Avon, Conn., seven persons were killed and seven more fatally burned The old Grant farm of 440 acres near St. Louis, long the home of General U 8. Grant, has been sold for $113,000 and will be convertedl into an amuse' ment park. Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska have been visited by a tornado. Five people are known to have been killed and many hurt. The property will be heavy. The Baldwin airship Gelatine made the most successful flight of airship in the world. During the loss has any last flight the aeronaut started from the ex position grounds, beat the street cars into the city, maneuvered over the bus iness portion and returned to the start ing place. Spain has ordered a quarantine against German vessels putting into her ports. The state auditor of Indiana has been removed by the governor and accused of embezzlement. Represeatative McCleary, of Minne sota, favors an import tariff on coffee to offset the government deficit. Admiral Rojestvensky has entirely recovered from the wounds he received in the battle of the sea of Japan Baron Komura, the Japanese peace envoy, is recovering from his illness and expects to start home October 2. The president has approved the con tract for the hotel and subsistence con cession on the Panama canal zone, let by Chairman Shonts. Oyama and Linievitch have arranged an armistice. A crank who desired to see the presi dent and talk with him about the price of coal has been placed in an asylum. The Union Pacific has completed a second gasoline car at its Omaha shops which is a great improvement over the first. On ita trial trip a speed ofjnearly a mile a minute was attained. Nebraska Republicans, at their state convention, nominated Charles B. Lettou, of Fairbury, for justice of the Supreme court. Resolutions were also adopted demanding action on railroad rates. The New York Igislative committee probing life insurance companies' methods has found that enormous divi dends are being paid, one company pay ing profits exceeding the purchase price. Witte baa left America for Europe. Many Colombian laborers are being employed on the canal. Sweden refuses to change disunion with Norway. terms of NEW HAGUE CONFERENCE. Peace In Orient Clears Way and Call Will Be Issued Soon. Washington, Sept. 18. President Roosevelt has decided to shortly issue a call for the peace conference at The Hague. This information is from a high source. The time of the meeting has not leen determine.!, but it will be decided before the president returns to Washington. His great victory in bringing about peace between Russia and Japan has encouraged his Indief that a creat step forward can now be adoptedin promoting international peace. Several months ago he had the mat ter under consideration and received satisfactory assurances from all Euro pean nations except Russia. The csar informed him that, while he favored another peace conference, he could not see his way clear to aiding such a movement until war between Japan and Russia had been brought to a conclu sion. It is understood that the United States and the leading European powers have practically aureed upon a provi sion which stipulates that war shall not be waged except for vital reasons and only after exhaustive efforts have been made to adjust the differences. Other subjects that will receive con sideration are the firing of explosives from balloons; better protection for the Red Cross; Moating mines; ownership of interned ships. HIGHEST ON COAST. Mt. Whitney, of California, Accorded Honor bv the Government. San Francisco, Sept. 18. A report fraught w ith deep interest to the people of the Pacific coast has just been for warded to Washington by Professor Alexander McAdie, who is at the head of the Weather Bureau service in this section of the country. The report states that, according to measurements made during the summer of this year, Mount Whitney, situated in California, is the highest peak in the United States. It reaches 14,502 feet above the level of the sea. Mount Rainier, situated in Washington, ranks second, its height being 14,394 feet. The figures for Mount Shasta are not definitely fixed, but are known to be between 14,200 and 14,380. This report will settle the question which has occupied the attention of scientists on the Pacific coast for sever al years. Professor McAdie states that h:8 figures may be considered as nnal, for the variation will not exceed more than a few feet in either case. Mount Rainier was measured in Ju ly, and at that time the announcement was made that it overtopped Whitney. Calculations have shown this to have been incorrect. The figures for Rainier were found to correspond closely to those obtained by Professor Edgar Mc Clure, the well known scientist, who lost his life on the great peak after he had completed his measurements. PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD. Navy Department Will Not Discrimi nate Against Puget Sound. Washington. Sept. 18. Through his secretary, Senator Piles today made in quiry at the Navy department regard ing the report that the force of employ es at the Pueet sound naw yard was to be materially reduced on account of the lack of work. He finds, on the contra ry, that abundance of repair work has been set aside for the Puget sound yard, which will give employment to all the men now on the rolls. Some say $112,- 000 will be expended in repairing the transport Zafiro, necessary repairs will be made to the cruiser Chicago, the revene cutter Perry will go out of com mission at Bremerton for extensive re pairs to be paid for by the Treasury de partment, and as soon as some vessel is found to relieve the battleship Oregon in Asiatic waters, that vessel will come to Bremerton for a complete overhaul ing. The Navy department assures Mr. Piles that there is no intention of dis criminating against the Puget sound yard. Good Canal Soon. Washington, Sept. 18. President Roosevelt is urging in the strongest terms the necessity of a plan for the construction of the Panama can&l which may be accomplished in the shortest possible time. In his recent remarks to the consulting board of engineers of the Isthmian Canal commission, he said many things which are regarded as of the utmost importance in that con nection. These remarks have just been transcribed and transmitted to the board here, and General Davis has been authorized to make them public. Norway Mobilizes Her Army. Paris, Sept. 18. Despite the contra dictory statements made on the sub ject, information reaching the highest authorities shows that the mobilization of Norway's forces is now going on. The French government has made con ciliatory representations at Stockholm with a view to averting a rupture. Official sentiment here tends toward an arrangement whereby Norway would be permitted to continue some of her frontier fortifications. Iowa Losing Population. Dee Moines, la., Sept. 18. Accord ing to preliminary figures of Iowa's state census the state had a total popu lation January 1, 1005, of 2,201,372, a loss of 30,481 since the census of 1900, when the state was accredited with a population of 2,231,853. Practically all of the larger cities and counties showed gains. The loss was aluost entirely in the rural sections. i.i in . I I .... .1 "BW W I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST I ta asaar r 1 r- i T - l- -Baaaa I NO LONG CONTRACT. Governor Thinks Convict Labor Improve in Value. Will Salem The Airtight Stove company, of Portland, has given up its right to a contract for the leasing of convict lalor at the state penitentiary, and Governor Chamberlain has declared its certified check for $500 forfeited to the state. The company failed to satisfy the gov ernor as to its ability to fultill the con tract for which it was the successful bidder, the reason given being that the loss of the coinpanys plant in Portland had materially reduced its property holdings. The, company hail been awarded a ten-year contract at 0.8 cents per hour, but fallen to make good. It is now doubtful whether the gov ernor will let any contract soon for the leasing of convict lalor for a term of years, and it is certain that when a contract is made it w ill not be for more than five years. The I-owenberg-Going company, the present lessees, nave made an offer of 4.5 cents an hour on a five-year contract, but Governor Cham berlain is in hope of being able to lease the prisoners to farmers at more favor able terms. Atany rate, he will wait a while before making a contract. He has received letters from a number of valley farmers indicating a willingness to hire convicts to grub land, and this plan of giving work to the prisoners will be investigated before a new stove foundry contract is executed. ENROLLMENT WILL BE HEAVY. Bright Prospects for Coming Year at Agricultural College. Corvallis Everbvody about the Ore gon Agricultural college is busy in pre paration for ttie opening of the new school vear. The registration promise" to be the largest in the history of the institution. Some estimates place the enrollment for the coming year at about 800, with the idea that the school will register 1,000 students the following year. It is already knowa that the patron age from Eastern Oregon will exceed that of the past year, and that many more families from that locality will move here for school purposes than ever before. Houses are in great de mand, but all will le accommodated. The college is being renovated throughout. The administration build ing has been overhauled and repaired on tne inside. me ueparimeni oi pharmacy will have a much-needed ad dition to the main building. The old mining building has been setapart for the department of geology, and the de partment of metallurgy has been moved to Agricultural hall. Both oi the boarding halls are now undergoing thorough renovation; and everything will be in order by September 15, when the examinations for entrance will be gin at the college. Can Whii!leGold. Grants Pass Benjamin Batty and his 14-year-old son are panning and grinding out, by hand mortar, from $4 to $10 a day from the rich ore of a strike made by the father recently near their farm three miles from Grants Pass. The rich find is in the Dry Dig gings district, and lies just above the placer diggings of the Golden Drift ocmpany. Rich stringers are uncover ed from which the pure gold can be whittled with a pocketknife. The father and son lemove a quantity of the ore each morning, and sack and sled it down to the farm house, where it is ground out in the afternoon. Hop Pickers Scarce. Aurora Hop picking has commenced in most yards, but as yet there has been a scarcity of pickers and the work has been retarded. It is yet too early to make a correct estimate as to the yield, but enough has been picked to show that it will be very uneven. E. M. Bracket has finished picking, and according to the number of boxes, his crop is almost double as compared with last year. On the other hand, Henry Muessig, who just finished, reports that his crop will be less than 50 per cent of last year's yield. Wins Scholarship. Eugene Miss Clara Harding, of this city, who has been spending the sum mer with her mother on their farm near Gervais, has secured a scholarship in the Conservatory of Music, Indian apolis, Ind., and has left for that place. The csholarship is one highly'prized by contestants, and carries with it a sum of $300 a year. Miss Harding graduat ed from the Eugene High school with the class of 1905. She was also a stu dent of the University of Oregon School of Music. First Bale Slid. Eugene The first sale of 1005 hops in Lane county was made last week when Stephen Smeed sold 34 bales of early Fuggles to Claybor & Co., at 14 cents. As picking progresses, it is seen that the yield is larger than ex pected, and the growers believe that this year's crop will be heavier than last year's, it being predicted before picking commenced that the yield in Lane county would fall short last year's by 500 bales. Pickers Protest. Dallas Hop picking has commenced here. An attempt is being made to pick by the pound. The pickers are generally making a vigorous protest, the conditions in many of the yards are strained, and a rupture is thought to be possible that may extend to all the yards of the county. LOOKS TO PORTLAND. Klamath Basin Would Trade with Me tropolis if Given Inducements. . Klamath Falls It is now very evl dent that unless Portland wakes up to the advantages to lie had in keeping in touch with Southern Oregon, anil bid ding for its trade, San Francisco is go ing to reap the golden harvest which will soon be ready for some live city to pluck from Klamath basin. The people here are inclined to the belief that Portland has not done her share toward an effort to get the busi ness from this country, hut they all concede this as a tributary oiiit to Portland rather than San Francisco. San Francisco has done more for this port of Southern Oregon than Portland. Only recently Sun Francisco business men subscribed a large portion of the $100,000 bonus asked by the Weed Railway company for the building of the road from the Southern Pacific line in Siskiyou county, California, to this city. At the same time, Portland te fuscd to lend any financial aid to this project, just as she has done in the past. This being the case, Klamath Falls business men are now and will continue to favor San Francisco as a wholesale center in preference to Portland, unless the Portland wholesalers show a willing hand in developing means of trans portation into this country. Combine Against Fake Schemes. Albany Starting from the Albany iusiness Men's league, reccnlty organ ized in this city, a general organization of the business men of the Willamette valley is now under way. For years merchants have realized the necessity of a closer union for mutual protection against grafts, deadbeats and others of this ilk. This new league will keep members all along the line informed of the character of the various alleged fake schemes that are continually pre senting themselves for support in val ley towns. Buld Logging Road. Dallas It iB now well unlerstxHl in Dallas that the Johnson Lumbering Lcompany will commence immediately The surveys for a logging railroad up Ij Creole creek. The initial point of the road will be at the upper dam of the company, and will be pushed west into the splendid timber not tributary to La Creole creek. This road will bring to market logs of a very superior grade. Up to the present the best timtter of the county has not been touched. Odd Mine Owned by Eastern Men. Jacksonville Details of the recent sale of the Opp mine, located one mile west of Jacksonville, are developing, and it appears the price paid is in excess of $150,000, and marks a sale of the entire interests of the property owned by Opp and Perrv. The presi dent and other officers of the old com pany, have resigned, and the manage ment of the mine passes entirely under the control of the new owners, whose names are for the present withheld. Delegates to Prison Congress. Salem Governor Chamberlain has apjxnnted the following delegates to the National Prison cdngress, which meets in Lincoln, Neb., October 21: Mrs. Iju Hatch, Rev. K. P. Murphy, Rev. J. A. Levisque, Mrs. Nellie R. Trum bull, Mrs. W. A. Mears, C. W. James, W.T.Gardner, H. H. Hawley, N. H. Looney, Dr. T. L. Eliot, Rev. E. W. St. Pierre, Ben Selling, J. b. Hunt. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 69c per bluestem. 73c; valley, 71c. Oats No. 1 white feed, bushel ; $23(24; gray, Yii per ton. Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $21 ; rolled, $22(323. Rye $1.30 percental. Hay Eastern Oregon, timothy, $14 15 per ton; valley timothy, $1112; clover, $89; grain hay, $89. Fruits Apples, 90c$1.75 per box; peaches, 75c$l per crate; plums, 50 75c; cantaloupes, 20(M50c; water melons, ?4lc per pound; crabapples, $1 per box; grapes, 75e$1.05; pears, $1.50. Vegetables Deans, l($4c per pound; cabbage, lUc; cauliflower, 75!)0c per dozen; celery, 75090c; corn, 8(5 9c; cucumbers, 10 15c; pumpkins, 114C I,er pound; tomatoes, 20 35c per crate; squash, 5c per pound; turnips, $1.251.40 per sack; carrots, $1.251.50; beets, $11.25. Onions Oregon, 90c$l Jper sack; Globe, 75c. Potatoes Oregon, extra fancy, 65 75c per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 25(?27c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 13c; mixed chickens, 1212c; old roosters, 910c; young roosters, ll12c; dressed chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 2021c; geese, live, 89c; ducks, 1314c. Hops 1905, choice, 15c; prime, 14c; 1904 choice, 1517c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1921c; lower grades down to 15c, ac cording to shrinkage; valley, 2527c; mohair, choice, 30c per pound. jjeef Dressed bulls, l2c per pound; cows, 34c; country Bteers, 4 4c. Veal Dressed, 38c per pound. Mutton Dressed fancy, 6tf7c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7 Pork Dressed, 67c per pound. FREE TRAVELING LIBRARIES. How Farming Communities and Vil lages May Secure Good Reading. The Oregon Library commission cre ated by the last legislature has been given a number of traveling libraries which it can loan to library associat Ions in fanning communities and small vil lages. Each of these libraries contains 50 volumes if interesting and whole some hooks. It will remain in a com munity (or six months and must then be relurned to the commission, to be exchanged for another. To secme these libraries the people of the community must first organ ice a library association which shall include at least ten tax payers. They must elect a secretary, who may also act as librarian, and w ho shall be authorial to act as the agent of the association in dealing with the commission, receiving and returning the libraries, arinnging for its location and for loaning the books. The secretary and president of the association shall make application for a library on a blank furnished by the commission. The applicant must promise to provide shelves in a suitable place, to circulate the books to all re sponsible people in the community free of charge; to open the library for cir culation of luniks at least once a wek; to take good caie of the hooks, being held responsible tor payment (or lost ot injured hooks ; to pay transportation charges to and from the office of the commission. Libraries will be sent by freight in strong packing boxes. The money for these libraries has been given to the commission y people who are particularly interested in hav ing them in small places. The first applicants and those which will make the best use ot the libraries w ill receive them. The number of libraries is small and the state large. Therefore early application in desirable. While the number of free libraries is at pres ent somewhat limited the commission will make any place a permanent sta tion to receive two libiaries a year for at least five years, if it will aIii one traveling library to the state system. This means that an investment of $50 will bring $500 worth ot books, and that the community will have the umk ot all the libraries given to the com mission. For further information write to the secretary of the Oregon Library com mission, at the ( apitol, Salem. Re member that this commission was cre ated by the ltgislature to aid public and school libraries and to maiiHgu a system of traveling libraries. DIRECT TO ORIENT. New Cable Will Soon Be Extended to Japan and China. New York, Sept. 16. Through Amer ican enterprise, the way has U-en won to connect the Western continent by di rect submarine telegraphic lines with the empire of Japan. Clarene II. Mackay, president ot the Commercial Pacific Cable company, today made the announcement that his company had secured the necessary concessions to en ter Yokohama, Japan, and Shanghai, China. Yesterday the lust step in a series of diplomatic negotiations, which were be gun at the wish of President McKinley and which have extended over a period of about three years, was taken, when Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister to the United States, affixed his signature to the Japanese ' agreement with the Commercial Pacific Cable company for landing rights at Yokohama. An agree ment (or landing rights at Shanghai was signed by China several weeks ago. When these new cables are com pleted, Mr. Mackay said, their length, added to other cables already laid or about to be built, will form part of a system which extends two-thirds of the distance around the globe. The cable connections with both Japan and China will be made by ex tending the present lines of the com pany, which run from San Francisco through the stations of Honolulu, Mid way, Guam and Manila. Japan will be reached by laying a cable from Guam in the Pacific ocean direct to Yoko hama. The cab'e to China will be laid from Manila to Shanghai. Cholera Claims Its Toll. Berlin, Sept. 15. The official bulle tin issued today announced that 15 new cases of cholera and four deaths oc curred between noon yesterday and noon today. Of the fresh cases one each occurred in the districts of Flatow, Stuhm, Obernik, Czarnikau, Wirsitz and Bromberg, three in the Marien werder district, (our in the Graudenz district and two in the Schubin district. Four illnesses previously included in the reports of cholera turn out not to be cholera. The totals, therefore, to date are 179 cases and 05 deaths. Sweden's Designe Pacific. Stockholm, Sept. 15. Political cir cles disavow any desire on the part of Sweden to oppose the arbitration treaty demanded by Norway, but they' point out that only the preliminary negotia tions in regard to such a treaty can be discussed at present, as the conclusion of a treaty is impossible until Norway had accepted Sweden's conditions and the latter has recognized Norway as an independent state. The Swedish inten tions, it is declared, are wholly pacific. Rebels Drive Out English Oil Men. London, Sept. 15. The correspond ent of the Times at Baku says that the English oil companies there have been forced to abandon work owing to threats made by the revolutionaries. DYING BV OWN HAND Baron Komnra Said To Ho Com mitting Slow Suicide. TAKES THE HINT FROM JAPAN To Return to Jspan Would Mean Dis grace to Great Peace Envoy Now in America. Sioux City, la., Sept. 111. Karon Komura, the Japanese peace plenipo tentiary, Is committing slow suicide, according to Takashita, manager ot a troupe of vaudeville perfor rs now appearing here. Takashita is highly educated and speaks English. In the course of an intei view today regarding conditions in Japan, he inquired solict tiously regarding the condition of Ko mura. He Mas told that it was no worse. "Hut he will never get well," replied Takashita slowly. "When thejmensago was clicked over the cable that my countrymen were preparing to rrceivit li i lit with funeral riles, I knew he would never return to Japan. He doubtless bail learned this already by private cablegrams. "It was our nation's way ot apprising him thai be was in disgrace and that he could only atone for it by showing through his own death that be was still a hero and u patriot. You Americans little reali.e what hari-kari means to us. "Komura knew full well that them was bur one course left. Knowing that Americans would not understand his act, and that it would be viewed here as a disgrace, he could not commit hari-kari in the usual manner. "lie accordingly had recourse to some of the many powerful though subtle din? with which Japanese statesmen and soldiers are familiar. It produces (ever and makes it appear that he is dying of disciixK, but when the end comes our count ry men will understand and once more acclaim him hero." HIS SUPERIORS ARE TO BLAME. Commander Young Says He Reported Defect in Boiler. San Francisco, Sept. )ti. Command er I.uican Young, of the ill-fated I'nited States gunboat Bennington, whose lioiIersxploded while the vessel was at anchor In San Diego, Cal., har bor, resulting in the death of scoies of American seamen, has determined to submit to no "vicious punishment." It is said on good authority that he 1 will testify and undertake to prove that he had repeatedly reortod to high offi cials ot the navy department that the llennington (toilers were defective, and urged that they be repaired to avoid disaster. Intense interest is taken in the pend ing court-martial. At 10 o'clock tin lay at Mare Island the trial commences. Judge (iear, ot Honolulu, will repre sent Yourg. Ensign Wade, who was stricken by appendicitis, is rcorted aa much improved, but his attorney, Tho odorc A. Bell, believes it will be threo weeks before the officer can bo present at court-martial proceedings. PRICES VARY WIDELY. Difference in Department Contracts Causes a Scandal. Washington, Sept. 1(1. The Keep commission, engaged in investigating departmental methods and inaugurat ing reforms, particularly in the pur chase of supplies, has discovered differ ences in prices of supplies ranging from 30 to 100 percent. All departments, buy under the same methods, letting contracts to the lowest responsible bid der, yet variations in prices ot specific articles as bought for different depart ments are said to be nothing less than sensational in illustrating the inade quacy ot present methods. It is the plan of the commission to recommend that supplies be standardized as far aa possible, and that a central purchasing office buy them for all departments. Shuts Out American Machine. New York, Sept. 1(1. Cablegrams from Argentina weie received yesterday by the leading exporters saving that the government had given notice tiiat it was to levy a prohibitive tariff on all parts of agricultural and industrial machinery, used in repairing, and call ing for American manfacturers to ask the American government to intervene. The wires were kept hot all yesterday afternoon between New York and other chief cities, and by nightfall arrange- Hints had been attempted to lay the matter before the secretary cf state. Fears Bubonic Plague. San Jose, Costa Rica, Kept. 10. The medical faculty, consulted by the gov ernment in regard to the quarantine measures Bgainst Panama on account of the recent discovery of a case of bu bonic plague from Panama, has recom mended that the. measures to ho taken should affect commercial interests aa little as possible. It advised that ships from San Francisco he allowed to enter Punta Arenas when provided with a clean bill of health. Baltic Provinces In Danger. St. Petersburg, Sept. 16. It is offi cially announced that the governments of Courland and Volhynia are menaced by cholera, and the authorities have taken precautions to prevent an inva sion of the disease. V I