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j Bohemia Nugget Pill f ! HaggiS C. COTTAGH GROVE . . OREGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK la a Condensed Form for Ocr Easy Readers A Returns of tha Lest Important bur Not Lets Interesting Events of the Past Week. The Russian government claims to have crushed the Moscow revolt. Roosevelt is now accused of taking tides in the British election. A number of Burlington officials have been indicted for rebating. In a speech at Salt Lake City Senator 8moot defied the V. C. T. U. to unseat him. Twelve hundred Russian refugees, 700 of them Jews, have just arrived in New York. The Rock Island railroad is having difficulty in getting it trains through Texas on account of snow. A meeting is to be held at Baltimore for the purpose of uniting the different Dranches of the Methodist church in the missionary work in Japan. One dead, two badlv burned and 15 or more injured or overcome by smoke, is the result of a fire in a Minneapolis tenement. Twenty-seven families were rescued from their beds. For the second time within three months and the seventh time within three years, the jewelry store of Schwartz Bros., New York, has been robbed. The last occasion was in day light and $4 000 worth of diamonds were secured. For the supposed purpose of evading the tax on bank deposits levied on Pe cember 31, Honolulu bankers shipped $750,000 in gold to San Francisco and will bring it back shortly after New Year's. They thereby save $7,000 after deducting expenses. Three Memphis banks have failed. Hearst says he will not run for congress again. A case of yellow fever has been dis covered in Texas. Snow in Kansas is interfering greatly with railroad traffic. The United States Army is to adopt a. new model revolver soon. France will send a warship to the Baltic to protect her interests. The etatue of the devil, erected by a Detroit, Mich., man, has been seized for a labor lien. The Mutual Life Insurance companv Will ttUVWCU vVUJ"- gents on salaries. A Cincinnati grand jury has indicted the leading coal companies doing busi ness in that city for combining to boost the price of their product. Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens, of the Panama Canal commis sion, have returned to Washington. Mr. Stevens favors a lock canal. John W. Gates has formed a new steel trust out of all the larger inde pendent companies. The new concern will have a capital of $150,000,000. Desperate fighting in Moscow con tinues, another regiment joining the rebels. The government is suppress ing us far as possible details of the horrors being enacted. Nine Mexican political leaders at Torreon were poisoned with strychnine by opponents. Commander Eva Booth, of the Salva tion army, was robbed in a crush at the New York subway. The Russian minister of finance hafl authorized the issuance of bonds to the extent of $800,000,000. A new high-priced record for a seat in the New York stock exchange has been reached by the purchase of a seat for $95,000. Viscount Siuzo Aoki has been ap pointed Japanese ambassador to the United States. He is of the highest diplomatic rank. The whole revolutionary committee of St. Petersbarg has been captured, to gether with a large quantity of arms and ammunition. Having stopped speculation in foot ball tickets, Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, has called a meeting of theater man agers to stop the same practice with theater tickets. The number of London people in re ceipt of pauper relief in nearly every month of the year now ending have been greater than in any of the pre vious 40 years. Charles M. Crouse, a multi-millionaire of Syracuse, N. Y., has received a warning from the "Black Hand" that he will be blown up if he does not do nate $2,400 to "the cause." Moorish workmen at Tangier have struck and there is no way for vessels to discharge their cargoes. A turkey shoot at Ipndoa, Ky., re sulted in a general fight in which two men were killed and several wounded. France will send a fleet to Morocco. Hermann is ntill trying to delay his trial. A number of Annapolis hazers are to be court martialed. YERKES IS DEAD. Complication of Diseases Carries Off Builder of Street Railways. New York, lVc. 80. Charles T. Yerkes, the noted railway financier of Chicago and I-ondon, died last night in his apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where he had been ill for more than six weeks. Mr. Yerkes suffered from a complication of diseases, grow ing out of a severe cold which he con tracted in Ixnulon early in the fall. His condition had been critical for ten days past, and the attending physicians gave np all hope several days ago, al though members of the family clung tenaciously to the belief that the re markable vitality of Mr. Yerkes would eventually pull him through. Since early yesterday morning the patient had been kept alive by strong stimu lants. Charles Tysou Yerkes was born at Philadelphia, Fa.. June 25. 1S37. The Yerkes family is of Dutch origin, the first settlers of the name coming to America a few years before the arrival of the Quaker colony under William Penn. C. T. Yerkes was educated at the Friends' school and Central High school, of his native city, and began his business life as a clerk in the Hour and grain commission and forwarding house of James T. Perot & Bros., being presented with a salary of $50 at the end of his first year. His latest exploit was to revolution ize the rapid tiansit system oJ London. He built a system of underground elec tric lines, which shines by contrast with the old Metropolitan (under ground) railway in every particular, having pure air, clean stations, clean and comfortable cars. He then secured control of the Metropolitan, after a con test before a commission of parliament, against J. F. Morgan, and has been en gaged for several years in transforming it into an electric system. SAVES HALF DAY. Reduction in Schedule of Transconti nental Mails. Washington, Jan. 1. The postmaster general has announced what, from a postal standoint, is regarded as one of the most important changes in rail way mail schedules that have occurred in many years, affecting all points in the Fast having business with points west of the Mississippi river. It be comes effective December 31. A change of the schedule on the I'ninn Pnrifii railway betw-een Omaha and Ogden, Utah, and on the Southern Pacific between Ogden and ban rran riseo. with ph ..nlemental changes on the Chicago, Burlington A Quincy and Chicago northwestern rawroaus De-tw-ppn Chicago and Omaha, reduces the time of mail in transit between New York and San Francisco west bound, and between the same points east bound, practically 24 hours. A busi ness day is saved each waft Jireci connection is made at uguen Tcitl. a train from Green River, via Po- catello, Idaho, and Huntington, Or., to Washington and Idaho 12 hours. REBELS WRECKING BRIDGES. Still Active in Moscow, Though Their Leaders are Captured. Mrwenw. Jan. 1. The rebels are etill active here, despite all reports to the contrary, as developments of the past few hours have plainly shown. In order to cut off ingress to the city by mil from Tver, the insurgents today placed bombs under the bridge between that place and Moscow, meraiiy wrecx- ing the bridge. ' A mnh of armed men made an attack on the police barracks and was defeated with great loss of life. The police lo cated the meeting place of the Social Revolutionary committee and arrested all the members. A quantity of bombs waa a Inn Re ized. Enraced at the arrest pf the committee, a mob destroyed 200 wagons loaded with provisions for sol diers. Following this the prefect of police ordered the soldiers to shoot any one found interfering with either pro- ill Vision wagons, telegrarn or teiepnone poles. The streets of the city preem a ghastly appearance. The bodies of un identified dead are found lying every where. It is said that when the pojice arrested the revolutionary committee the workmen were discussing a termin ation of the strike. Abolish Private Car Lines. T)h Moines. Jan. 1. The Western frnitif.l.Kpra oBoncifttion todav adopted strong resolutions demanding the enact ment of legislation abolishing private car lines and pointing out the insuffi ciency of pending legislation before congress in this respect. The associa tion also gave endorsement to governor Cummins, who aroused the wildest en thusiasm at the banquet by his arraign ment of private car companies and of congress for what he declared to be its slothlulness in heeding the petitions of shippers for relief. Socialists Urge Poles to Strike. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Jan. 1. Bands of Socialists are parading the streets here, trying to enfore the orders for a general strike. They compelieu the newspapers and insurance cilices to close and sent out gangs of youths to smash the windows of shops whose owners refused to close their establish ments. Trafiic is much impeded on the Vienna railroad. Military engineers are maintaining trafiic on the Mlava branch of tho Vistola line. Drydock Out In Atlantic. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 1. The mammoth drydock Dewey, which left Solomon's island yesterday on its long trip to the Philippines by way of the Suez canal, passed out of the Virginia capes at 10:40 tonight. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST . . . . t BUY FORESTRY BUILDING. State Board of Agriculture Proposes Moving It to Salem. Salem At the meeting ot the state hoatd of agriculture last week John II. Albert, of the Lewis and Clark fair commission, submitted a communi cation suggesting that the board take steps to secure the forestry building erected at the Iewls and Clark fair and move it to Salem. Mr. Albert said that neither the city of Portland nor the Oregon Historical society has taken action toward preserv ing the building, and he thought it would be a good plan to move the structure to Salem and erect it in the state fair grounds near the Southern Faiiflc track, where all persons passing on the trains could see it. He thought the huge structure of logs would not only be an attraction at the state fair, but when so situated would be a per petual advertisement for Oregon's tim ber resources. The Board of Agriculture appointed a committee corupsed of W. II. Pown ing, J. D. Matlock and Frank Leo to ascertain the cost of transporting the building to Salem, and also whether the owner of the land upon which the building now stands will permit it to remain there until the leigslature meets In 1907. WOOLEN MILL FOR ALBANY. Subsid- of $15,000 Will Insure Re building on Larger Scale. Albany The Commercial club ap pointed a committee of leading business men to secure $15,000 in subscrip tions toward reorganizing the Ban nockburn Manufacturing company, to rebuild the woolen mill recently burned, replacing it with a mill double the capacity. The company is to have $100,000 capital and a practical woolen manufacturer is to run the mill. The new factory will give employment to 100 people. The proposal is to bring machinery for a six-set mill from Massachusetts, the owner to take stock in the mill for the machinery and run the plant. The old building is to be rebuilt with money subscribed for stock in Albany, the old company to put in its propecrty at half cost and raising $40,000 additional stock. This will give the company a complete plant with a working capital of $40,000. Business men here are taking hold with a will and the plans promise success. Over $2,000 was subscibed by three men on the spot. The Commercial club re-elected the entire board of directors and officers, President M. II. El' is and associates holding another year. Statistics of Feeble-Minded. Salem An effort has been ina.de bv inv coinmuruiun autnoriZjd by the last legislature to inquire into necessity or the advisabilitj of establishing a school in this state for the feeble minded, to find out how many unfortunites of this character are to be found in the state. A report received at the office of the secretary of the l;ate Library commis sion, compiled from a census taken in several Eastern states, shows the aver age number of feeble minded persons is 2 to 1,000. On this basis there would be about 1,000 feeble minded persons in Oregon. Candidates Must File Notice. Salem Secretary of State Dunbar calls attention to the fact that it is ne cessary for candidates for state or dis trict offices to first file a notice of in tention to become a candidate with the secretary of state, before or at the time of beginning the circulation of petitions for the primary elections.- A candidate is permitted to write a platform, not exceeding 100 words, to he filed with this declaration, and to have printed on the official ballot a condensed plat form, not exceeding 12 words. Census Returns Slow. Salem Only 17 of the 33 counties of the state have filed their census returns with the secretary of state. Scarcely any of the reports are complete. Du plications have been discovered in sev eral instances, while glaring inaccura cies are alleged in others. Klamath county only reports eight Indians, whereas the great Klamath Indian res ervation is in this county, and should have been reported, according to state officials. Names, residences and places of birth are improperly recorded on many returns. Will Extend Railroad. Klamath Falls J. W. Alexander, connected with the Weyerhauser lum ber syndicate, which recently pur chased the Klamath Lake railroad, running from Thrall to I'okegama, in connection with the large timber hold ings of the railroad company situated on the Jeny creek plateau, denies the statement that the new owners of the road intended discontinuing the pas senger service toward Klamath Falls the first of the year. Lincoln County Shows Decrease. Salem Lincoln county's assessment summary for 1005 has been received at the office of the secretary of state. It shows a decrease of 10 per cent in the valuation of taxable property, the total for 1904 being $1,039,692, as compared with $939,454 in 1905. Mill at Enterprise. Enterprise Otto Brothers have in stalled a chop mill near here, a large race affording power. The flouring mill in Enterprise is frequently com pel led to close down, but the chop mill can be ran at any time- MAKING READY IN KLAMATH. Government Engineer Llppincott Now On the Ground. Klamath Falls Super vising Kngtn eer J. B. Llppincott, for the Reclama tion service in California, and having charge of the Klamath project, arrived here Sunday. Mr. Llppincott came to Klamath Falls to clear up hll prelim inaries and arrange for paying all obli gations against the government in con nection with the Klamath irrigation project. Several private companies were bought out by the government officials, or arrangements were completed for the purchase of all conflicting irrigation ditches put here previously by private concerns, and though the payments had been authorized by government, none of these private companies received their money. This had caused con siderable speculation, and the coming of Mr. Llppincott, with the announce ment that his mission here was to clean up a these claims, so that the contractors awarded the contracts for work on the irrigation canals could proceed at once after the bids were let, places all who heretofore had wondered if the government would proceed with actual ditch work in much clearer po sition regarding the future of the pro ject. Mitchell Estate Small. Portland Pavid M. Dunne has been appointed administrator of the estate of Senator John H. Mitchell upon the petition of John II. Mitchell, Jr., in the County court. The petitioner stat ed that the estate is valued at $2,000, and the heirs are Mattie E. Mitchell, wife of deceased, and Mattie K. de Rochefoucauld, a daughter, residing in Paris; John II. Mitchell, Jr., and Hi ram E. Mitchell, sons, and Alice and Mildred Chapman and Mitchell and Robert Handy, grandchildren. Want Trees Destroyed. Oregon City Fruit Inspector James H. Reid will appeal to the courts of Clackamas county to compel E. J. Ril ev, an attorney of Portland, to submit to the destruction of his fruit trees. Inspector Reid says Mr. Rileys' orch ard, wSich is located in M in thorn ad dition, near Milwaukie, is .infected with the San Jose scale, and that the only way in which the pent can be eradicated is to destroy the trees. Mr. Reiu says he is determined to make a test case. Say Agents are Frauds. Salem Agents are traveling over this state soliciting orders for la inks for traveling libraries. In some instances they represent themselves as being au thorized by the State Library commis sion to "solicit orders for lxoks. Tho imiiuiimtni iron no Traveling laink agents, nor has it authorized any one to solicit orders for traveling libraries, or books to e included in traveling li braries. Wherever such cases have been reported to the Library commis sion steps have been taken to advise people not to patronize these agents. Newcomers From Minnesota. Albany The vanguard of immigrants from Ea-tern and Middle Western states to Linn county has arrived. If the popluation increases at a compara tively rapid rate during the more fav orable season in the spring, the county will experience a rapid and substantial growth before another fall season has rolled around. This latest addition is in the form of three families from Shelburn, Minnesota, aggregating twenty-four people. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 7071c; bluestem, 72 73c; red, 6768c; valley, 73c per bushel. Oats No. 1 white feed, $27; gray, $26.50 per ton. Barley Feed, $22.50(23 per ton; brewing, $24; rolled, $24. It ye $1.50 per cental. jlay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14.5015.60 per ton; valley timothy, $1112; clover, $89; cheat, $8.60 9.50; grain hay, $8. Fruits Apples, $12.60 per box; pears, $1.25 1.50 per box. Vegetables Beans, wax, 10 12c per pound, cabbage, l2c per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, $3.50 per crate; encumbers, 60(10c per dozen; peppers, 6c per pound; pumpkins, ?4lc per pound; sprouts, 7c per pound; suash, lc per pound ; turnips, 90cl per sack, carrots, 65 75c per sack; beets, 85c $1 per sack. Onions Oregon, $11.25 per sack. Potatoes F'ancy graded Burhanks, 6575c per sack; ordinary, 5060c per sack; Merced sweets, sacks, $1.90; crates, $2.15. Butter Fancy creamery, 27S0c per pound. EK(!8 Oregon ranch, 30c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 11 12c per pound ; young roosters, 10c; springs, ll12c; broilers, 12 13c; dressed chickens, 1212c; turkeys, live, 17 18c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 21 23c; geese, live, 99c; ducks, 15c. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10 11 c; prime, 89Hfc; medium, 8c; olds, 57c. Wool Fastern Oregon, average best, 1621c; valley, 2426c; mohair, choice, 80c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, l2c pel pound; cows, 34c; country steers, 44c. Veal Dressed, 88c per pound. Mutton Dressed, fancy, b6c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7 70. I Pork Dressed, 67c per pound. 1 ' AFTER THE OIL BARONS. Missouri Summons W. G. Rockefeller and Six Others. New York, Pec. 119. William U. Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller, was, It was learned yesterday, served Christmas evening with a subpoena to appear at a hearing In the case of the state of Missouri against the Standard Oil company at the offices of Henry Wollman, here January 6. Christinas day Is a legal service day, though most holidays are not a proper service- time (or subpoenas. The m-r vice was made as Mr. Rockefeller was stepping Into his automobile in front of his residence. Edward T. Bedford, also one of the directors of the Standard Oil company, was served with a subpoena In the same proceedings. Henry Wollman, New York counsel for the state of Missouri in the proceed ings, said yesterday that he thought some of the Standard Oil men were at tempting to evade serv'ce. "They are making it very difficult for us," he said, "but we are succeed ing steadily. We have already served seven. The hearing will begin Janu ary 5 and Attorney General llsdleyand I will take the testimony of all the wit nesses we get by that time, and then we will adjourn from time to time to get all of them. It is probable that we will give notice to take depositions in some of the neighlxirlng state, where some of them are now residing temior-arily." BOYCOTT IN ALL PROVINCES. Will Be Continued Until Exclusion Law Is Relaxed. New York, Pec. 29. Pr. F. F. Tong, the representative of the Chinese gov ernment who is here to create a public sentiment against the exclusion law, as administered, declared yesterday that there would be no abatement of the boycott in China against American goods antil the desired change was made. He said that his most ncent advices indicate that the movement of retalia tion had spread to every province of the empire. Everywhere merchants and their customers are working to gether to shut out goods made in the United States. At Tien Tsin, Pr. Tong asserted, mills for the production of cotton and woolen good have been started, and a Hour mill is in operation. Women are heart and soul w ith the men in the tight aaginst American goods. In purchasing powder for their faces the first question they ask is: "Was it made in America?" If the answer is affirmative, they refuse to buy. "What we are seeking to accom plish," said Pr. Tong, "is an adjust ment of the law and its administration that will put a stop to the injustice to which Chinese in this country are con stantly subW' " CLAIM FOR STEAMERS. Heirs of Rebel Commodore Revive Civil War Incident. Washington, Pe 29. Secretary Shaw and 'he United States treasurer are defendants in a suit instituted to day in the Federal court here to recover from the government the value of 25 steaml)oat8 alleged to have been taken from James E. Montgomery during the Civil war by men representing them selves to bo military officers of the United States. Mr. Montgomery, who is now dead, was a prominent steamboat owner, and lived in St. Louis. The suit is brought by the trustee of the Montgomery es tate, who seeks to recover $250,000 for the heirs. The petition states that Mr. Montgomery opposed secession, hut was compelled to cast his lot with the Confederacy, as his property inter ests were chiefly in Mississippi. He became a commodocre in the Confeder ate navy, hut was the first Confederate officer to take the oath of allegiance to the United States after the war. He took the oath in the presence of Gener al U. 8. (irant, his neighbor, who was the first Federal officer to congratulate him on his return to the sapport of the Union. Warships to Santo Domingo Washington, Pec. 29. The gunboat Paducah left Norfolk today for Monte Cristi. The Navy department has ad vised Rear Admiral Bradford of her de parture, and that sha will be at his disposal as soon aB she arrives in Do minican waters. The Paducah is a sister ship to the Dubuque, and will bo attached to the squadron guarding American interests in the West In dies. As soon as she can be commis sioned, the cruiser Dixie will be or dered to the West Indies, carrying a strong marine guard. Purchase Oregon City Locks. Washington, Dec. 29. When con gress reconvenes after the holidays, Senator Fulton will introduce a bill au thorizing the secretary of war to pur chase the canal and locks at Oregon City, provided they can bo had for $(100,000. If a higher price is asked, his bill authorizes their acquisition by condemnation. There has been loud clamor for free navigation on the Wil lamette, and this bill is intended to do away with the tolls. Morales Severely Wounded. Washington, Dec. 29. The Navy de partment has received a cablegram from Commander Chambers, of the gunboat Nashville, dated Puerto Plata last night, stating that he had been informed from a government source that President Morales had been shot and seriously wounded. REPORT ON CANAL Isthmus Has Been Made Healthy as first Essential. PAYROLL OF 5600,000 A MONTH Working Year Will of Only tight Months, Owing lo Difficulties of Halny Season. Washington, iH-c. 30. Condition on the Isthmus of Panama ami the progress which is being made on the gigantic enterprise before the Canal commission were set forth in the an nual report o( that Ixidy fr the year ending Pecember 1, submitted to Presi dent Roosevelt today. According to the reMrt, the work up to this tluio has been confined mostly to the prepar atory operations, although some exca vation work has been In progress which will be mostly of use in making esti mates upon the cost of future excava tion. Sanitary conditions has also re ceived much attention, and as a result the health ot the isthmus is now in good shape. While this preparatory woik ban lecn in progress, very little has been done in the way of actual excavation. Eleven steam shovels have Iweu in operation' in Culebra cut aud approxi mately 1.0(10,000 cubic yards of mate rial have been removed. By this work the levels of the cut are being put In condition (or the installation of iho largest number of uiachinvs which can he effectively operated, and data is being gathered which will be uso'ul for estimates of the cost of future construc tion. The chief engine r, John F. Stevens, reports that the winking year will Ih of only eight months, due to the rainy seaion. The problem of the Culebra cut is simply a matter of di.oing of the material excavated. Il also states the neccSMity of obtaining in. -re effi cient labor, anil asserts that there are exceptional opMitonitie fur young men from the United States to secure, good positions. A thorough business administration of affairs on the istiimns, bo says, is essential. The old railroad used by the Freuch company, was in had con dition, especially the rolling Mock. The payroll on the isthmus at pres ent amounts to approximately $iiiiO, 000 a month. An immediate appropri ation is therefore nccrssary. GOOD HAVEN FOrt BIG THIEVES. Cannot Be Extradited From Franco and Germany. uai.;htii, 'jo D In proba ble that steps will soon be taken by the State department to secure, a revis ion of the existing extradition treaties with France and (iciutRiiy. Recent events have drawn retention to some very serious defects in the old conven tions, and it Is feared that before long France and Germany will become ha vens of refuge for a certain class ot American criminals. Within the past fortnight, the chief of police of HolMikcu cabled a request to the Paris municipal authorities to arrest and return to the United Staten a man named Sasnla on the charge of grand larceny. The French authoiitiea were surprised at this request, coining not through the American embassy, ami, finding that no regular application had been made (or extradition, placed him at liberty. In the course ot the proceedings it was discovered that there was absolutely no provision in the extradition treaty for the surrender of a person charged with grand larceny. The treaty with Prushia ami th Ger man states, made in 1852, likewiso fails to include garnd larceny as an ex traditable crime. Send Squadron to Relief. Chicago, Pec 30. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington SHys: The administration will send a squadron, and not a single ship, to European waters for use in the Russian crisis, in case American life and property aro menaced. At a conference yesterday between the president, Secretary Root and Secretary Bonaparte, instructions were given Admiral Sigshee, command ing the cruiser division of the North Atlantic fleet, to proceed to Madeira. Then, if necessary, the squadron will go to the Baltic. Yerkes at Death's Door. New York, Pec. .'i0. A bulletin was Issued tonight, relative to the condition o( Charles T. Yerkes, stating there had been no change in the past 24 hours. Pr. Looinis, the attending physician, added that, while there weroxio imme diate symptoms of approaching death, the end might come at any moment. Mr. Yerkes' business affairs in London are said to have been recently so ar ranged that they will not he jeopard ised by his illnesB. May Quarrel With Germany. London, Pec. 80. The St. Peters burg correspondent of the Times re ports that the relations between Russia and Germuny are distinctly strained and that there is a possibility ot inter national complications arising Jiom tho rebellion in the Baltic provinces. Rebel Plant All Foiled. St. Petersburg, Pec. !10. The ener getic measures taken by the govern ment have completely overturned the plans of the revclutionists in St. Pe tersburg. Practically all the leaders have been arrested