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Bohemia Nugget Bohemia Ntt(Xt Pub. Ca. COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. NEWS OFTIIE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Suit lias begun to oust the New York Life and Mutual Life from Ohio. The Standard Oil company owns $27,000,000 of Santa Fe preferred etock. Mnke leaders have formed a govern ment at Moscow to set independently of the lrrpenal authorities. Fifteen of 107 patients tieated at the Fortlsand sanitarium for consumptives have been discharged a 3 cured. Russia will be unable to get the new loan of 1250,000,000 she wants until after the present trouble is settled. A maniac killed two men at Chenoa, Illinois, and made a fortress of the steel vault in the bank. lie was captured by the use of chloroform. Apostle Powie is recovering his health and will soon return to Chicago from Mexico, where he has been ar ranging for his newZion City. An extradition treaty has been ap proved by the United States and San Marino. A consul will be sent to Washington. San Marino is the small est and oldtst republsic in the wo Id The Russian cruiser Leena, now at San Francisco, may be seized by revo lutionists as soon as she reaches the Black sea. The crew sympathizes with the present movement against the gov ernment. Secretary Taft has completed his es timates of the appropriations required for the War department for the next fiscal year. They total $104,983, 267.75, $10,000,000 leas than the last congress appropriated. Taft has started for Panama. NO APPROPRIATION. TaO for Southern congreesamen are united or a rate bill. A split in Maryland Democracy may end Gorman's rule. Fire has destroyed one of the Prince ton college buildings. King Oscar baa declined the Norwe gian throne for a member of his family. The czar may grant a constitution in Russia similsar to that of Great Brit ain. A prairie fire near Minot, N. D., has dsetroyed thoueands of tons of bay. some buildings, a large amount of grain and some stock. The steamer conveying President Roosevelt from New Orleans to the warship at the mouth of the river col lided with a fruit steamer. No one was injured, and after a short delay the president proceeded. Acting Public Printer Ricketts has been in conference with the senate and house committees on printing. Ac cording to bim thousands of dollars might be saved every year by refusing to print worthless reports. a Louisvuie boutnern passenger train traveling 50 miles an hour plung ed through a bridge eight miles west of Lexington, Ky. A large number of passengers were injured, many of whom will die. The death list is expected to reach at least 16. The only trains running in Russia are manned by soldiers. Senator Gorman defends negro dis franchisement in Maryland Togo continues to receive many hon ors from Japanese business men. A new counterfeit silver dollar has made its appearance in Portland. Fire which burned a Hot Springs, Arkansas, hotel caused the death of six guests Kaiser Wilhelm has juat made speech warning the army to be ready lor war. It is rumored that Gomez is buying arms lor Liberals and will start a revo lution in Cuba. All the formatlities of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Swe den have heen concluded. It is reported from Sebastopol that the Russian battleship Pateleimon, formerly the Kniaz Potemkin, on which the mutiny recently occurred, has Deen destroyed by revolutionists. foreign bankers have refused to make another loan to Russia until peace is restored in the empire. It is believed the senate will ratify the treaty wtih Santo Domingo fir financing the affairs of that country. Leading bunkers of Europe have formed a big organization to do busi nes in various Central America countries. Will Not Recommend Money Oar or Celilo Canal. Washington, Oct. 30. Secretary Taft, in his estimates this year, will not recommend anv appropriation fn completing icltv work at th mouth of t lie Columbia river, nor will he ask for an appropriation to continue the con struction of The Dalles-Celilo aial. Army engineers who have been advined of the secretary's attitude are of the opinion that, unless some special legis lation is enacted making appropriations for these projects, work will have to be suspended befoie another river and harbor bill can pass, something that is deplored by the engineers as much as it ill be by the people of the North west. Mr. Taft is not discriminating against the Columbia river in refusing to ask for an appropriation this winter, for he has decided to recommend no appropri ations for river and hfcibor works. Those projects known as continuing contracts will be eared lor in the sun dry civil bill without any recommend ation on the part of the War depart ment, but, unfortunately for the Co lumbia river, wither the bar project nor the Celilo canal is in this class. Had Oregon full representation in congress this winter, a good strong del egation, it might be possible, with the aid of the delegations from Washington and Idaho, to have the bar project made a continuing contract and thereby provide means for getting annual ap propriations until the work is complet ed. But with only one representative in Washington and no repesentation in the house, where such legislation usu ally originates, this accomplishment is considered impossible. i 1! OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST WITHOUT A HEAD. Czar Vacillates While Russian Revo lution Grows. St. Petersburg, Oct. 30. While the day passed quietly without bloodshed in the Russian capital, and while the city is outwardly calm, today's devel opments all indicate that a crisis is imminent. Although the streets are filled with troops, and reinforcements are now pouring in from Finland, the government seems utterly powerless to cope with the situation, and many calm observers seem seriously to'believe that the present regime is tottering to its fall. Differences have developed between Count Witte and General Trepoff. and while the precious moments paes, the emperor, surrounded by the imperial family, remains shut up at Peterhoff, seemingly still hesitating as to what course to pnrsue. The situation cannot well be exagger ated. With the present indecision of the emperor, the government .has neither a head nor a policy to meet the crisis, and things seem to be drifting toward anarchy. The revolutionists openly declare that the goverument has ceased to exist and that nothing re mains to his majesty except to abdi cate. ith a firm head at the helm, however, all might quickly be changed. Representatives of the Associated Press drove through all sections of the city today. Troops were everywhere in evidence, as if to overawe the peo ple, but although there were many ru mors of bloody collisions, none of them coma De authenticated. There were great crowds of workmen in th indus trial quarters, but they were orderly. WHERE MUCH MONEY GOES. GUIDE TO OREGON Secretary of State Issues Compilation of State Laws. Salem Salem and a nninln'r of other Oregon towns which have elections in IVcender have overlooked the fact that nominations are required to lx made in accordance with the direct primary law. In Salem the direct primary was not thought of until a few davs In-fore the time for filing petitions had expired Some of the petitions filed by Repuhli cans bear the signatures of Democrats, although the law requires that every man signing such a petition must assert that he is a member of the political paity named in the petition Section 6 of the direct primary law provides that in cities holding their municipal elections on a day other than the date of & general election, the pri mary election shall be held on the 30th day preceding the day of the municipal election. Petitions for nomination for city otlices must be filed 15 days before the date of the primary elettion. Secretary of State Dunbar bas recent ly issued in pamphlet form a complete compilation of Oregon election laws and will mail a copy free to any person requesting the same. ELECTORS. I FiRST shipment of COPPEH. Douslas Mining Firm Sends Three Tons to Tacoma Smolter. (ilendale -Swank A Burnett have made the (list shipment of copper ore ever sent from this vicinity to the. Ta coma Smelting company. The ahi ment consisted of thiee tons of ore, e timated to avetage above 30 per ecu pine copper, though a goodly portion of it is upward of 40 pr cent. Theae men have not an extensive do poti it of this ore, but from such devel opmcnt of their property as lias Wen made the owners are confident they have a valuable mine and that further tunneling will develop a more extensive deposit. I,rg detxihiti of copper ore have been discovered in a number places within a few miles of (ilendale hut so far none have U'en found that warrant extensive development, thougl it is believed that such will yet hi dis covered. The location of the deposit from which the alnjve ore comes is aUut 1H miles east of (ilendale, on the west side of Green mountain, a mountain ininei and prospected for gold for the last years, more or less. Canal engineers say the work can be done in ten years. Japan says she has no desire to ac quire the Philippine islands. Senator Foraker will lead the fight for the railroads against the rate bill. The American minister is acting as mediator between France and Vene zuela. Robbers wrecked the safe in the liidgeville, Indiana, bank, and escaped with $6,000. Buildings Are Full of Useless Gov ernment Printing. Washington, Oct. 30. In his testi mony before the joint printing commit tee today, Foreman Brewer, of the Senate folding room, said that there were 475,000 uncalled for publications stored in his department. Amzi Smith, who has been in the Senate document room for 30 years, said that the supply of documents there has quadrupled'during his incumbency, but there are not too many to meet the de inand. J. Ii. Halve-son, superintendent of the House folding room, testified that there are no fewer than 1,000,000 doc uments stored, including 200,000 bound volumes of he Congressional record bergeant-at-Arms Ransdell. of the sen ate, stated that the senate documents are stored in an abandoned car barn, and that it is almost full. Oystermen Are Pirates. Houston, Tex., Oct. 30. Captains C. Walker and Constantino Argo, of the oyster fleet, are in jail here on piracy charges preferred by the .Federal au thorities, growing out of methods pur sued by the Gulf Coast Oyster company to control the fish and oyster market alter several armed clashes in which the trust's fleet overpowered independ ent fishermen and dumped their car goes into the gulf. Federal interven tion was asked, with the result men tioned. The trust employs 140 men and operates 36 boats. Germany May Help Nicholas. London, Oct. 30. Germany has massed 100,000 troops along the Rus sian frontier. The kaiser, it is be lieved, has offered to intervene in Rus sia to reHtore the autocracy and to over throw any revolutionary government that may be set up. It is feared that as a last resort the czar will accept the kaiier'a offer. Should the kaiser un dertake to reconquer the czar's empire for him, there would be created a situ ation of appalling complications. Decrease In Pension Roll. Washington, Oct. 30. The Pension bureau reports a loss of 2,003 Civil war pensioners by dea,th during Sep tember. The net decrease of pension ers was 941, leaving a total of 990,270 on the pension rolls September 30. Sawmill at Dallas. Dallas The proposition of George W. Cone, of St. Johns, Ore., to build a Iumler mill in Dallas with a capacity of 5,000 feet per hour has been accept' ed, with but very slight modifications It is understood work will commence at once on both mill and pond. When thij mill is completed, Dallas will have within her corporate limits three mills, and already there are four others in territory tributary to the Polk county seat. Mr. Cone's proposition was put before the business people at a meeting and met with almost unanimous sue cess, rvegotiations have been brought to an end and now nothing remains, it is stated, but the formal signing of the papers. University Needs Money. University of Oregon, Eugene Only rough shed will lie used to house the timber testing machine which has been on exhibition in the Forestry and Irrigation building of the United States government building at the Lew is and Clark exposition, the reason assigned being a lack of funds. The university asked an appropriation for this purpose at the last session of the leigsiature, but it was denied, in a rough shed, therefore, will be con ducted the tests which will be part of the engineering course at the univers ity. In othe- departments, it if stated, there will similar, but less ap parent eniorcement of economy. Governor Accepts Monument. Salem On behalf of the people of the state and the Public building com missioners, Governor Chamberlain has addressed a letter to Vice President E, E. K. McJimsey, of the Missouri com mission to the Lewis and Clark fair, formally accepting the presentation of the Missouri monument to the state, and assuring the Dliesuori commission that a prominent site on the capitol grounds would be selected for its erec tion. The monument presented to Oregon by Missouri is known as the heroic statue and is situated immedi ately in front and to the left of the Missouri building, recently destroyed by fire. Corvallis Poultry Show. Corvallis Committees are working in earnest for the big poultry show to be held here November 29 to December 2, inclusive. Last year's show was a pronounced success, both in attendance and financially. It is the intention of the incoming board to make the coming show still better in every way. At the regular annual meeting of the Corvallis Poultry association the following offi cers were elected lor the ensuing year: Dr. Bowen, president; Professor Lin coln Kinseley, vice president; Eugene bimpson, secretary-treasurer. Rich Ledge in Mohawk Valley. Eugene Residents of the Mohawk valley, in the vicinity of M areola about 20 miles northeast of Eugene are considerably excited over the dis coverv ol gold tearing quatrx in the hills in that locality. Whn pounded with a hammer, gold in large quanti ties can be. seen in the quarts. Ex perienced mining men say the ore is rich, and if the ledge is found to be extensive, there will be a big rush of people there to oecure claims. ' No assays have yet been made, but the ore taken out is apparently rich. Libraries for Rural Districts. Salem Miss Cornelia Marvin, scere- tary of the State Library board, is ar ranging circulating libraries to be sent to several rural districts. Owing to the fact that the legislature did not provide any money for the purchase of Ixioks, Miss Marvin has to deend on the generosity of friends of the move ment to provide libraries. Thirty states maintain state library Wards and purchase liooks for circulation among the people. Stamp Mill Next Spring. (ilendale Willis Kramer, of Mrytle Creek, was in Glendale a few days ago, and said that he was preparing to place a force of men on his Whisky creek properties for the winter, and would install a modern stamp mill in the spring. Mr. Kramer is now associated with his two brothers, and they have the mineral and the money with which to develop it. This mine is alymt two miles from the famous Gold Bug mine Bringing Sheep From Mountains. Pendleton Sheepmen are now com mencing to drive in their flocks from the mountain ranges, which in some localities are alieady covered with snow. On the ranges clone in they are being left, because the recent rains have improved pasturage and sheep will do well for some time. Ranchmen After Supplies. Pendleton The Grant county ranch men are now coming into this city for their winter supplies, some of whom came a distance of over 100 miles, re quiring several days to make Jie trip. They report a hard time coining through snow and mud over the mountain ranges. PORTLAND MARKETS. Frost Cuts Fruit Short. Freewater The fruit packing houses, of which there are three here, have finished their business for the season. The fruit crop has been considerably Wheat Club, 7.ri: per bushel; bluestem, 777He; valley, 73(375c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $25(3) 25 50; gray, $24.50(325 per ton. Barley Feed. $21; brewing, $21.50; rolled, $21.50(422. Rye $ 1 .40 1 .45 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $I4( 15 per ton; valley timothy, $ll(gl2; clover, 89; grain hay, $Hf9. Fruits Apples, $101.75 per box; peaches, fi075c per crate; huckleber nes, c per poumi; pears, i.z.')i.ou per box; crabapples, $1 per box ; grapes, muscat, 75c$l per box; Tokay, 75c $1.30; black, 0c$l; Concords, 15c; FEAR PARALYZES CAPITAL. General Trenoff Placed In Command of St. Petersburg. Ht. Petersburg, Oct. 27 SI. Peters burg was in a panic today, but to a huge extent without reason. The most sensational rumors were In circulation, and the shopkeepers on all except a few of the principal streets closed their stores and boarded up the doors and windows, while peaceful minded Inhab itants kept within doors. Anxiety was evidenced In the whole atmosp ere of the city, but so far nothing has oc curred to justify these fears. There were no disorders. General TrepofT, w ho has bieii placed in command of the St. Petersburg gar rison, and given an additional division of reinforcements, declares that he Is amply able to maintain order and the police are allowing the strikers to vent their enthusiasm so as to avoid a demonstration. General Trepoff in structed the police not to interfere with the parades so long as they were or derly, "but he gave not ice tonight that he was prepared to cope lliinly with any distill hance. lie had printed in all the evening papers a notification that the troops would tomorrow be or dered to use ball cartridges in case there should he any outbreak. The situation, however, cannot regarded as much improved. The strikers at their meetings today were as determined as ever to continue the strike and the full force of the govern ment railroad battalions is almost help less in the face of the general strike on the railroads. The most encouraging feature of the situation is the absence of any widespread disorder. DEMAND SMOOT BE EXPELLEO. Petition of Two Million Women Will Go lo Congress. Philadelphia, Oct. 27. More than 2,000,000 women, lepresenting tiie leading women's orgsnizatious of the United HUites, have adopted a memor ial calling for the unseating of United States Senator Reed Smoot. This was announced by the executive committee of the National Congress of Mothers which met here today. This memorial w ill Ik presented when congress con venes. United action was decided upon at a meeting of the executive commit tee of the National League of Women's Organizations, which was held in New York yesterday. The women declare that Reed Smoot, who is an apostle and in direct line for the Mormon pres ideucv, bas pledged first allegiance to the Mormon hierarchy, which has broken faith with the government. Smoot, the women declare, controls the vote of eight other senators, and fear ing that his ower will increase, they ask that action be taken at the conven ing of congress. It was decided to bold the next nn tioual congress of mothers at Iam An geles May 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1906. BLOOD MUST FLOW Russian Revolutionists Try to Provoke Conflict. ST. PETERSBURG IN LULL PANIC THINK RUSSELL WILL WIN. short of the usual yield on account of the late spring frosts. The shipments quinces, $1 per box Vegetables Hearts, l4c per pound; for the season are as follows: 15,000 boxes of strawberries, 2,000 crates of cherries, 5,000 other berries, 5,000 boxes pears, 30 cars of prunes, 25 cars of apples, 35 cars watermelons, 10 cars onions, 6,000 boxes peaches and grapes. During the packing season 150 people have been given employment, receiving wages to the amount of nearly $6,000. Redmond Now On Map. Bend Redmond poetoflice was es tablished last week, with Carl Ehret as postmaster. Service is daily by the Prineville-Sisters stage. Redmond is a new townsite laid out by the Des chutes Irrigation & Power company, in the desert on the main irrigating canal, 20 miles north of Bend. It is now headquarters of the Deschutes Irriga tion & Power company, the offices and commissary having been removed to that point from Bend. New Clothes for Convicts. Salem Within the next few days the prisoners at the penitentiary will be garbed in new uniforms of a blue- gray color, minus the stripes. The new uniforms are now being made in the prison tailor shop. The solid color uniform is an innovation, and at the same time a concession to the well be haved prisoners. Hereafter only re fractory inmates will be obliged to wear the stripes. cabbage, lU.c per pound; cauliflow er, 76c per dozen ; celery, 75c per doz en; corn, 65c per sack; cucumbers, 10 15c per dozen; pumpkins, (a tomatoes, 30040c per crate; squash, 4lc per pound; turnips, 90c$l per sack; carrots, 65 76c per sack; beets, 85c$l per sack. Onions Oregon yellow Danvers, $1 1 .25 per sack. Potatoes Oregon lancy, 70c per sack; common, 6560c; Merced sweets, $1.90 per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 29(4 30c. Poultry Average old hens, llO 12jcj young roosters, 10(31 1c; springs, llj-g12jge; dresHed chickens, 1214c; turkeys, live, 17019c; geese, live, 8Q9c; ducks, 1414ic per pound. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 11 l2Hc; olds, 9(10c. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1921c; lower grades down to 15c, according to shrinkage; valley, 26(3 27c per pound; mohair, choice, 30c. Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per pound; cows, 34c; country steers, 4(4.c. Veal Dressed, 37c per pound. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 07o per pound; ordinary, 46c; lambs, 7 7K. Pork Dressed, 67c per pound. France Hopes He Will Settle Dispute With Venezuela. Paris, Oct. 27. The ollieials here are gratified at the action taken by the American government in instructing its minister at Caracas to endeavor to arrange the Franco-Venezuelan diplo matic incident, and are hopeful of the success of Minister Russell's efforts, which are similar to those of the French minister at Morocco in ladialf of Ion Perdicaris. It is said that Mr. PuhhcII's repre sentation will take the form of show ins President Castro that it is the de sire ol the United States to have the rench controversy adjusted. The ques tion which it is necessary to adjust is the withdrawal of the offensive action taken by the government of Venezuela toward M. Taigny. the French charge affaires i nercaiier the question ol coinpen- sating the trench Guide company for its losses, and redress for expulsion from enezuela, of M. Brun, the man ager of the company, remain to be ad justed. No difficulty is apprehended in arranging the commercial features of ie case, if President Castro first cor .reels his discourtesy toward the repre seutative of the French government. Streets Are Deserted Except for the Troops and Lights Are Out Shops Are Closing. St. Petersburg, Oct. 2H. That tlio resent situation cannot end without bloodshed is the conviction prevailing in the higher government circles, which from moment to moment aio expecting a ton II h i iietween me troops nun Hit. revolutionists ill Ht. Petersburg, and news of trouble in the provinces, espec ially at KharkofT, which has been de- lared in a slate of siege. Governor have been imttriictcd to take all neces sary precautions to preserve ord'r. One of the most importaul members of the cuieror,a council received the Associated Press representative today and said, with every evidence of deep emotion : 'The situation is a grievous and painful one, and I see no way out of it except by the employment of armed force. Please di Dot itiauiidc r.taud me. 1 look llon the prospect, with tears, but it is becoming more and morn evident that the troops will be com pelled to lire. 1 can see no other pos siblu outcome. The revolutionists and terrorists are absolutely bent on forcing a conflict upon us, and nothing we can do will satisfy them. The extension of the suffrage and the right of RHKcmhly will he nothing to them. They are de termined to have hloodrhi-d and we cannot avoid the icMie. It is a fright- fit! dineaxe from which Kuxnut in suffer ing, and sad and painful as it in, the government must act with force." In the city, in spite of the ali-ence of disorders, there is a condition of actual panic. Mrtlf of the population in com pelled to rely on candles or ketonene lamps for light, while the street lamps in a large pait of the city have been extinguished. The s. reels are deserted except for the squads of iufantiy and cavalry which are every where. The shops la-gin to close in the after noon in even the Mornkaia, Nevek) and oilier central streets. Many of the in hab.tauts shut themselves in their houses, scarcely venturing out to make necessary purchases d food, which baa mounted to famine prices. GREAT INCREASE IN TRADE. Albers' Sentence Stands. Washington, Oct. 27. Official infor mation comes to the State department from Nicargaua that the so-called Leon court has confirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of the American citizen, Albers, and has fixed his sen tence at 32 months imprisonment. Al bers will take an immediate appeal to the Supreme court at Managua. The State department has instructed Mr'. Merry, the American minister to Nica ragua, to send his secretary of legation, J.U.Bailey, to Managua to observe the progress of the case. M op Taxes for Poor Germany. Berlin, Oct. 27. The committee of the bundesrath has accepted the plan of liaron von btengel, secretary of the im perial treasury, for increase of the in . perial revenues. These plans embrace an inherilanee tax, which, however, will not affect the husbands or wiveB and descendants of decedents, and an extension ol the taxes on tobacco and bee". An increase of the stamp tax on the listing of and sales of stocks is also contemplated. Exports and Internal Movements of Grain and Cattle. Washington, Oct. 2H Decided in creases in trade movements are shown duting September, as well as in the total for the nine months of this year, compared with periods of last year by summaries issued by the department of Commerce and lalmr. The giain ex ports for the nine months this year amounted to I05,2lfl,l9:t bushels, as compared with 4H,673,70ll for the saino mom lis lust year. This year the corn exports have been 82,753,212 bushels, as compared with 34.441.771 bushe a for the corresponding months last year. The September exports of grain this year amounted to more than 10,000,- 000 over September of 1904;. The domestic movement of trade dur ing September shows the same in creases. Neatly 2,000,000 head of live stock arrived at five of the largest dis tributing renters in excess of Septem ber a year ago, while the increase in the receipts of grain in 12 important interior centers aggregated over 27, 000,000 bushels moie than the corres ponding month lust year. Mail Service Is Stopped. Washington, Oct. 27. The State do- partment received a cablegram from Mr. Edly, the American charge d' affairs at St. Petersburg, stating that owing to the railroad strike mail com munication was cut off from St. Peters burg. Smashed by Runaway Car. New York, Oct. 28. A runaway street car on the new Williamsburg suspension bridge across the East river today caused the injury of 25 persons, two of them being fatally hurt. For 1,000 feet down the incline on the Manhattan approach of the bridge a Christopher street car ran with its brakes out of order until it hit and demolished a standing Fourteenth street car. It was 10 minutes before. the broken roof, sides and floor of this. car could be taken off from the last passenger under the wreckage. Warned to Avoid Friction. Washington, Oct. 28, While tho most, vital points in the Newfoundland fisheries controversy apparently have been settled, a letter from Secretary Hoot to Secretary Shaw, made public today, points out that there n still ground for possible friction and ex presses a wish that in the negotiations now in progress fishermen and local au thorities avoid any precipitate act ion in the aHsertlon of what they conceive to be their rights. Sun Spotted on Puget Sound. Tacoma, Oct. 28. From Puget sound points a large spot on the sun was clearly visible today. A heavy fog this morning caused the sun to appear aH a red ball alout the size of a dinner plate, and the spot was very distinct, about the size of a dollar. As the fog lifted, people viewed the strange sight through smoked glasses.