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k Bohemia Nugget COTTAGS GROVE. . . OREGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK Id a Condensed Form for Our Easy Readers, A Resume of the Let Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Pest Week. Morj troops have mutinied in To land. Heney will conduct the land fraud trials in Portland. An explosion in a Wyoming coal mine killed 18 men. Chicago and Milwaukee are now con nected by an elect! ic railway. There has been a violent quarrel be tween the czar and Grand Duke ladi mir. A large part of Moscow, Russia, has been destroyed by fire set by revolu tioniets. W. C. Bristol has taken the oath of office as United States District attorney lor Oregon. An unknown person threw a missile through a window of President Kooee- velts special train. General Corbin has declined to be chief ofjstaff because he says he is not entitled to the rank. A number of sheepherders are miss ing in Montana and it is believed they have been frozen to death. Panama and foreign capitalists are endeavoring to get permiesiongto buna a railroad across the isthmus. A great ' swindling scheme has been exposed in Chicago in which two ot Oregon's land land fraud artists were the principals. Meriwether has been acquitted of manslaughter. lie and Midshipman Branch fought and the latter died as a result of tLe fight. Turkey will not yield to the powers and wants to fight. Coreans at Seoul are fightiDg against Japanese dictatorship. The president is behind a movement to investigate the Standard Oil. Hermann's trial has been postponed until after congress on account of the press of business. A loss of 149 lives, 70 vessels and nearly (7,000,000 has been sustained in the three great storms on the Great LakeB this season. The Washington congressional dele gation is working up plans for a united effort to induce Hitchcock to indorse some Washington irrigation project. The Trans-Mississippi congress has gissned a pamphlet calling on congress to make an appropriation for carrying on work at the mouth of the Columbia. W. C. Bristol has been appointed United Sates district attorney for Ore gon, B. L. Eddy register, and J. M. .Lawrence receiver oi the Roseburg land cfiice. Reports of further disasters during the recent storm on Lake Superior. The last vessel reported lost is the eteamer Ira II. Owen, carrying a crew of 19 men. Owing to the recent embezzlement from the Seattle assay office and a feel ing among Alaskan miners that the graft has not been stopped much of the gold from the north is likely to go to San Francisco for some time. Land f and revelations are coming ic Nebraska. Marquis I to says Japan does not in tend to annex Corea. Senator Patterson, of Colorado, has been fined (1,000 for contempt of court. Hawaiian sugar planters will try to secure Russian peasants to work on their plantations. Tammany is still fighting the order for a recount of the votes cast in the New York election. Several men convicted of fraud in the recent New York eletcions have been sent to prison for four years. An explosion in an oil warehouse in Kansas City resulted in a loss of $176, 000 before the flames were extin guished. The first blizzard of the season has left its mar through the entire Middle West. Germany will appoint a receiver for the Equitable Insurance company in that country unless the reserve ia in creased. It is feared that Russia may be forced to use paper money and a possi ble bankruptcy is also staring the coun try in the face. Minister Squiers has resigned his post at Havana. It is said that he did bo because the United States gave up the Isle of Pines. Germany has formally announced her intention of terminating the pres ent trade treaty with the United States oil March 1 next. Senator Burton has been sentenced to serve six months in the county jail and pay a fine of (2,500. An appeal will be taken to the Supreme court. A great building strike threatens New York. The entire Russian peasant congress lias been arrested. CANCELS ALLOTMENTS. Malheur and Pelouse Projects Have Too Many Obstacles. Washington, Dec. 4. Secretary Hitchcock has canceled the allotment of (2. 250.000 for the Malheur irnga tion project in Eastern Oregon, and the allotment of (2.800,000 for the Pa louse project in Washington, winch means, in substance, that there is no prospect that either project will be built by the government at an eaily day. The can celing of these allotments does not ne cessarily mean the entire abandonment of either project; it is still possible 'that they may be constructed at some future time, but not until other pre lect have been built in both states. The Malheur allotment is canceled because that project is involved in so many obstacles that its early construc tion is utterly impossible. The secre tary sees no immediate prospect of an mlinstment with the owners of the wagon road lands, he sees no prospect of an early understanding with other landowners: he sess no indication whatever that the governmenat could build this project for several years even if it had the money to spend. He has therefore turned the Malheur allot ment back into the reclamation fund, in order that it may be expended else where. The secretary cancels the Palouse allotment for very different reasons This project will cost approximately (6,000,000, and is of such a nature that not an acre of land can be irri gated until the entire project is com pleted. It cannot be built in unite, as in the Klamath or Yakima country. The secretary has not (6,000,000 which he can spend in Washington at this time, and has therefore decided to post pone building the TalouBe project until more funds are available, possibly for ten years or more. Meanwhile, as he informed the Washington delegation today, he will go ahead and build the Okanogan pro ject, for which he this afternoon allot ted (500,000, and it is believed that before long he will approve and autho rize the construction of the Tietan and Sunnyside projects. HEYBURN WANTS PURE DRUGS. Bill to Insure Unadulterated Foods, Medicines and Liquors. Washington, Dec. 4. Federal con trol of foods, drugs and liquors for the purpose of securing their purity is pro vided for in a comprehensive bill to be introduced in the senate at an early date by Senator Heyburn, ot Idaho. Jurisdiction of the government over these articles is declared in the meas ure when they become articles of in terstate or foreign commerce, and a penalty of a maximum fine of (500 and one year's imprisonment is pro vided for violators of the regulations set forth. It is made unlawful to sell or manu facture any article of food, drugs, med icine or liquors which is adulterated or misbranded, or which contains any poison or deleterious substance. Its terms prohibit the introduction into the United States or insular possessions from a foreign country of foods, drugs and liquors which are not pure or are misbranded. The measure defines what shall con stitute misbranding and adulteration in the article over which it assumes jurisdiction. HAWAII WANTS PEOPLE. Offers Inducements to Immigrants From America and Europe. Washington, Dec. 4. Active efforts have begun on the part of the govern ment of the Hawaiian islands to induce immigration from the United States and Europe. An immigration board was appointed by the governor. The chairman of this board, A. L. C. At kinson, who is also secretary of the territory, is now in this country for the purpose of attending the immigra tion session of the Civic federation, to be held in New York. Mr. Atkinson today consulted at length regarding his mission with Mr. Sargent, commis sioner general of Immigration. He has decided to present the inducements his government has to offer in the way of homesteads to settlers both to Ameri cans and to immigrants landing in this country, as well as to the principal Eastern countries. Large tracts of land have been set aside for settlers of this class. To Guard Little Shipper. Washington, Dec. 4. Representative Campbell, of Kansas, who secured the adoption of a resolution in the last con gress for the investigation of Standard Oil company's corporations in the Western oil fields, has prepared a bill to regulate ventilator, refrigerator, oil tank cars and all other heretofore term ed private cars, making them subject to interstate commerce regulations. Speaking of the proposed bill, Mr. Campbell says it Is intended to protect the little shippers and the railroads against the power of big shippers. Open All Other Boxes. New York, Dec. 4. Preparations to ask the courts for the opening of 1,000 ballot boxes, for the service of 000 writs of mandamus, and for the service of 6,000 orders on counsel and election inspectors, were made today by legal counsel for William R. Hearst, in his contest tor the New York mayoralty election. These plans were the result of the disclosures of inaccuracies shown by the opening of four ballot boxes Friday. Russian Strike Affects Mills. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 4. It ia feared that many of the steel mills will be obliged to close from lack of ferro-man-ganese, the supply of which has been cut off because of the strikes in Russia. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST AID FROM STATE. It Necessary In Road Construction, Says Convention. Corvallis The voice of the Good Roads convention is unanimously for state aid in the construction of public roads. No resolution to this effect was adopted, but throughout the two days' session the idea came to the front at unexpected times and always with the apparent approval of the delegates. It was injected into the proceedings by an Alsea farmer, who declared that there ought to be state aid, so that Poi t land would have to help pay the price, because all that Portland is or all that she hopes to be has come or is to come from the product of the farms, mines and niil.s in the terri'oiy ot which she is the commercial mistress This brought Judge Webster into the open, and he declared his approval of the sentiment expressed by the Alaean, and announced a leliet that state aid should be vouchsafed in road construe tion, the state to pay about 50 cents every time a certain community strug gling with a road raised 60 cents. HAILEY ON SUPREME BENCH Governor Chamberlain Will Appoint Pendleton Man. Salem Governor ChamWrlain has announced that he will appoint T. (i. Hailey, of Pendleton, to succeed Jus tice Wolverton on the supreme bench. This appointment wai expected, but came much sooner than anticipated, for there is really no vacancy as yet. Governor Chamberlain has been con sidering the matter of an appointment to the supreme bench ever since it be came probable that one of the superior judges would be appointed to the Fed eral tench. He bad therefore weighed the qualifications of available men and was ready to make a selection. By announcing the appointment at once, the governor has saved the trouble of receiving and considering the flood of recommendations and ap plications that would soon have been pouring in. Books for Christmas. People who buy books for children usually take what they can get most easily, or what the clerk recommends. Everyone likes to make a good invest ment, to get value received. The Ore gon Library commission makes this possible in so far as children's books are concerned, for it has publisehd for free distribution a list of something over a hundred titles ot children's books for Christmas gifts and for the home library. There are notes on the books, and prices are given ranging from 15 cents to (3. Any one may get this list by applying to the secretary of the commission at Salem. Big Ranch Sold. Pendleton One of the biggest ranch deals in the history of Eastern Oregon was just consummated here, in which the ranches and sheep of Charles Cun ningham, the Umatilla county sheep king, were sold to a company composed of J. N. Burgees, J. M. Keeny, R. A. Kelsay and Dan J. Malarkey. The price paid was in the neighborhood of (200,000. The deal has been pending since October, when an option was giv en the purchasers for (5,000. About 20,000 acres, 20,000 sheep and 1,000 tons of hay are included in the deal. More Smallpox at Eugene. Eugene Two more cases of small pox have been reported to the health authorities, and the houses of A. J. Pickard and Warren Luckey are now in quarantine. Earl Luckey, son of War ren Luckey, was taken down and began to break out while in the school room, but it is not believed the other stu dents were endangered, because the dis ease had not reached the stage where it would become contagious. Strict meas ures are in force for stamping out the disease as quickly as possible. May Replace Woolen Mills. Albany A proposition which would allow Albany to regain some of the pay roll she lost through the burning ot the Albany woolen mill last spring, has been received from an Eastern man who will remove anix set woolen mill plant to Albany, if local capitalists will furnish the buildings. Besides having double the capacity of the old mill, the new concern proposes to operate in con nection with the woolen mill a knitting mill and a clothing manufactory. Survey by Oregon Short Line. Ontario A second Oregon Short Line surveying party has left here for the interior. While they were all very reticent as to their destination, it was learned that they will camp in the vi cinity of Crane creek gap. The first party, which left here two weeks ago has been in camp near Westfall, on Bully creek. The party here now is registered at the hotel as Oregon Short Line men, so there is no longer a ques tion as to their identity. Use Wagons In Lieu of Cars, Athena On account of the scarcity of cars, the Preston-Parton Milling company is obliged to employ teams to haul wheat overland to keep their mills running. The conditions are growing worse daily at the mills, w hich are congested with the large amount of accumulated flour, there being several hundred thousand barrels on hand awaiting shipment. Just when this condition will be relieved is hard to state ELABORATE PREPARATIONS. Seven States Will Be Represented at Fruitgrowers' Convention. I.n Grande Elaborate preparations ate Wing made in thi city for the en tertainment of the Fruitgrowersg4 con veuticn here January 3 to 6. Secretary C. D. Huffman, of this place, has re coived ninny coniniunicatioi.s from del egate, and Oregon, Washington, Call tornia. Idaho. Utah. Montana and Wyoming will be represented. The exereisea will probably be held in the opera house, and the commercial club hall will he utilised for an exhi bition rooiu. Hood River has signified its intention of having an exhih t here, and many other fruitgrowing communi ties are arousing Interest. I -ft G ramie will be well represented. A large number of growers of this valley w ill save their best fruits for the M-cniou, and anyone alone is able to make a creditable showing. One llourli'g mill is considering erecting a huge pyramid of flour reaching to the ceiling to ad vertise the grains. A strenuous campaign will Ik started soon and delegates from all over the valley will be asked to prepare the ex liil.it. Fishing Law Is Defied. Tillamook Although the (lulling season for Tillamook closed on the 20th, fishing is in full blast on Tilla mook bay, and Elmore's cannery i also running to its capacity and is receiving a large quantity of IimIi, as there is a tine run of silversides, and the fisher men are doing well. The cannery has agreed to take all the fish, and as it has a lot of empty cans on hand that it wants to fill this season, no attention is being paid to the cloned season by the cannery people. Only one or two fishermen have stopped fishing and complied with the law. Much Work for Wolverton. Salem There are 34 cases to be de cided by the Supreme court, presuma bly before Judge Wolverton leaves the bench. These cases have all been argued before the court. Twenty-four of these cases were heard at the recent session of the court at Pendleton. Ten cases heard in this city have not been passed upon. Among the latter is the noted Marquam case, which the court has had under advisement for several months. If all these cases are decided before Judge Wolverton retiree, it will require at least two weeks. Real Estate Active. La Grande Since the railroad move ment at Elgin, the real estate transac tions at that place have been on the advance, as a careful examination of the county records will indicate. Dur ing one week one-third of the 21 reai estate sakes in Union county were made at Elgin. The tales consist largely of town lots, though an occasional timlier tract changes hands. The prices are far in advance of those obtaining a few monttiB ago. New Road in Baker County. Baker City Private advices received from engineers in the field state that surveys have been approved for build ing another railroad in Baker county, connecting Union with the Cornucopia timber country. The promoters are after timber traffic and nothing else. For obvious reasons the names of the promoters and financiers aie kept quiet for the present. The money is guaran teed in New York. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 71 72c per bushel ; bluestem, 7374e; valley, 74(g75c; red. 678c. Oats No. 1 white feed, (26.60; gray, (26.50 per ton. Barley reed, (22 per ton; brewing, (2222 50; rolled. f2323.50. Kye $ 1.50(4 1.00 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, (I53 10 per ton; valley timothy, (1112; clover, (89; grain hay, (89. Fruits Apples, fl(jl.50 per box; huckleberries, 7c per pound; pears, fl.251.50 per box; quinces, (1 per box. " Vegetables Beans, wax, 12c per pound; cabbage, 1(314 c per pound; cauliflower, fl.752.25 per crate; cel ery, 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 6060c per dozen; pumpkins, ?4lc per pound; tomatoes, (1 per crate; sprouts, 7c per pound; squash, lc per pound; turnips, 90c(l per sack; car rots, 65 75c per sack; beets, 85cfl per sack. Onions Oregon yellow Danvera, (1.25 per sack. Potatoes Fancy graded Burhanks, 6570o per sack; ordinary, 6560c; Merced sweets, sacks, (1.90; crates, (2.15. Butter Fancy creamery, 2527c per. pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 85c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 10c per pound; young roosters, 9c; springs, llKc; dressed chickens, 12 He; tur keys, live, 16c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 18 20c; geese, live, 89cj ducks, 14 16c. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10Q UKc; olds, 67c. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 1621c; valley, 2426o per pound; mohair, choice, 80c. Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per pound; cows, S4c; country steers, 44c. Veal Dressed, 87c per pound. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 77c per pound; ordinary, 45o; lambs, 1 8c. Pork Dressed, 87c per pound. TAWNEY WILL BE LEADER. 8pcaker Cannon Dlsp'aces Payne on the House Floor. Washington, lUc. 1. Speaker Can non has reached the important deter mination that hereafter the chairman of the appropriations committee shall be the Republican leader on the floor. Thlsmeans that Representative Sereno K. Payne, of New York, who will be continued as chairman of the ways and means committee, which ha heretofore carried with It the Itoor leadership, will be deposed. Mr. Cannon was not satisfied with his wotk last session, he being unable to control the house in emergencies, and will make this the liHsi for the change. Representative Taw net, of Minne sota, at present the Republican whip, has been selected a chairman of the appropriations committee, although no formal announcement to this effect has been made, and w ill be the new Repub lican floor leader. Representative Mc Cleary, of Minnesota, who was origin ally chosen to le chairman of the ap propriations committee, will be trans (erred to the ways and means commit tee, taking Mr. Tawney'a place there Mr. Cannon is determined to abso lutely control the bouse in the matter of preventing tariff revision. Ilo lost control of the ways and means com mittee last session. He doe not feel sine of Mr. Tawney on the question of tariff revision and decided to take him off the committee and substitute Mr McCleary, who is unalterably opposed to modifications of the tariff schedule. CUT OFF FrtOM OUTSIDE WORLD Operatives Driven From St. Peters burg Telegraph Office. St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. Communi cation with the outside world ceased ai 3 o'clock this afternoon, when a strike was called in the general telegraph office. I!y a ruse, however, the man agement succeeded in reopening the cable shortly after 6 o'clock. At 3 o'clock, when the strike went-j into operation, many of the Russian operators were reluctant to leave, but a walking delegate promptly smashed a Uittle of hydrochloric a id on the floor, ami the fumes soon drove the men from their keys. The Danish cable operators remained at their post, but the receiving clerks having lied, messages were refused for three hours. Although troop occu pied the building, the employes who were willing to work were terrorized, and were afraid to return. M. Slevastianoff, superintendent of posts ami telegraphs, declare that the government has ample evidence to prove that the strike is a political con spiracy planned by the revolutionaries, the demand for the reinstatement ol the discharged leaders of the telegraph ers' union at Moscow being a mere pre text, which, however, has deceived many operators and other employes of the service. M. SlevastianofT declares that it. is impossible (or the govern ment to yield or to be held up by its own servants, and that it is determined to fight out the matter to the bitter end. WILL ALL TALK IRRIGATION. Whole Washington Delegation Will Call on Hitchcock. Washington, Dec. 1. Senator Piles today talked with Secretary Hitchcock about the irrigation situation in Washington, but was unable to learn anything positive as to the disposition to l.e made of the various projects now pending. The senator thinks it would be wise for the delegation to call upon the secretary in a body to discuss the matter, and this will be done when the entire delegation arrives. Senator Ankeny and Representative Jones are expected tomorrow. Senator Piles and Representative Cushnian this morning paid their re spects to the president. Fight For Joint Statehood. Washington, Dec. 1. The strongest effort yet made in the direction of so curing the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as a state is under way and the statehood advocates propose that nothing will be left undone that will induce favorable action by con gress. Enormous petitions will be presented in both houses. Senator Beveridge, chairman of the senate com mittee on territories, will introduce and press the joint statehood bill as early as possible In order to get it out of the way of other important bills. Inault Amnrlrin Flair. Tangier. Dec. 1. A tiartv which ar.n r ved from Tetuan today reports that soUliers there severely assaulted an American citizen who was the retiring holder of a tolfttcco mononolv. While - - the American was disposing of his stock, the succeeding concessionaire re quested the authorities to intervene and prevent such disposal. The Amer ican then hoisted the United States flag, which the soldiers hauled down. and then ejected the proprietor. Klondike In Antartlc. Santiago de Chile, Dec. 1. Great excitement prevails in the gold fields bordering on the Straits of Magellan. Many companies have been formed and there has been a great opening of the fields and washeries. The field prom ises to be a second Klondike. PLOT AGAINST CZAR Plan Was to Capture the Entire Imperial Tamlly. CZAR'S BODY GUARD IMPLICATED Grand Duke Believed to Head Move His Object Being to Proclaim Himself Dictator. St. Petersburg, Dec. 2. It Is re jvorted here that one of the grand dukes plotted to arrest the car at Tsarskoo Selo, his object being to proclaim him self dictator, relying on his promise of complete reform to secure the support of the Socialists and winking men. Owing to the indiscretion of one ot the grand dime's ugents, the plot was disclosed to one of the crar's aid-decamps, w ho promptly ordered the ar re.it of 20 officers and 25 men in vari ous regiments. The discovery of this plot has canned great consternation in court circles, more than any revolutionary movement throughout the empire. Can't Trust His Body Guard. St. Petersburg, Dev. 2. The guard arrested at Taatskoe-Kelo Thursday night and Friday morning numbered 250, including 1(1 officer. Numerous riimois are current, including the asser tion that one of the grand dukes i In volved in a conspiracy against the em peror, but none of them can te verified. It only seems certain that no confidence can be placed even in tne guard regi ments. Arrested soldiers are seen every day, escorted by comrade with drawn swords. St. Petersburg in swarming with Cos sacks, the only troop ngaiust whom there is no suspicion of disaffection. It is understood that the whole Cos sack fort-c of the empire, some M). 000, will be mobilized. A conference was held at Count Witte's residence last night to consider the demands of the telegraphed). C-ounL Wilte ha din lined to receive a deputa tion from the V legrapb and postal striker, on the ground that they are. violating their duty to the state, but. he sent a note to the deputation recom mending that the striker address them selves to their Immediate chief. TRY TO DESTROY TREATY. Japanese Torpedo Boat Makes Dar ing Attack on Commission. Seattle, Wash., Dee. 2. The attempt to murder the peace delegates and de stroy the treaty between Japan and Russia, which was drawn up by the plenipotentiaries in Portsmouth, and which was being sent to the mikado, was witnessed by officers and passen gers on Ixiard the Dakota, on the night of her arrival in Yokohama. Dr. Wil liam I.opp, surgeon of the I'akota, in speaking of the incident, said; "The whole thing happened the night of our arrival in Yokohama. We were lying in Mississippi bay, just out side of the breakwater. All the tor pedo Ixiat and war vessels whieh es corted the peace commi"ion were drawn up in a long line. The launch containing the delegation ami th treaty left the warship and started for the landing. Suddenly one of the tor pedo boats, anchored near the end of the line of battleships, slipped her cub.e and started for the launch. The torpedo Ixiat made for her at a right angle course. "The people on the launch s iw the. torpedo Ixiat Ieav& the line of craft and they knew what was coming. The launch was slow, and the torpedo Isiat came on like a comet. Like a shot from a cannon she rushed on, and in a minute struck the launch, cutting her completely in two, and raced on into the darkness. We could see the men struggling in the water, and clinging to the pieces of the wrecked Isiat, "Launches from the battleships were at once sent to their rescue, and saved all but one of the occupants. The. treaty was also saved." Two Killed In Wreck. Philadelphia, Dec. 2. The Central Railroad company of New Jersey's New Yoik flyer, which left Scranton early last evening, was wrecked about ten miles north of Mauch ('hunk, a few hours later. The latest information received by the Associated Piess by telephone is that an engineer and fire man were killed and about a dozen pas sengers injured. The injured have been taken to St. Luke's hospital, South Bethlehem, about 60 miles north of Philadelphia. Stoney creek is 60 in ilea north of South Bethlehem. More Troops Join Mutiny. Paris, Dec. 2. Special dispatcher from St. Petersburg say that the cab men there have gone on strike. The. government, the dispatches sav. in tends to adopt special measures to as sure the dispatch of official messages. The Warsaw correspondent of the. Eclair eayi that at Grodno artillery men have been arrcBted for the ir re fusal to suppress popular demonstra tions. At Clienstopovo the dragoons mutinied and fought the Cossacks. Great Fire Rages at Buenos Ayres. Buenoo Ayres, Dec. 2. A serious fire- broke out here today in a warehouse' containing inflammable merchandise, Including 100,000 cam of petroleum. The fire is still burniug aa this dispatch. la filed. Hie loss ia already estimated: at 11,000,000.