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, Bohemia Nugget COTTAGX GROVE . . OREGON. NEWS OFTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form (or Our Busy Readers. A Resume of the Lett Important but Not Lett interesting Eventt of the Past Week. President Elliott, of the Northern Pacific, is said to have resigned. The president has signed the railroad rate, natnraliiation and lock canal bills. A heat wave has swept the entire East and a number of deaths are re ported. Reports of spreading disaffection in the Russian army adds to the alarm at the 'palace. Oregon Civil war claims will probab ly soon be paid. These claims aggre gate 1356,271. An nnusaal rainfall at London pre ented the open air celebration of the king's birthday. Forest fires are raging around the vicinity of L'ry valley, Texas. Many ranches are being destroyed. White and colored soldiers clashed at Fort leaven worth, Kansas, and four men are now in the hospital. Trustees of Stanford University have completed arrangements for reouilding. Neceesary buildings will be ready at the beginning of the fall term, August 23 Heavy wind blew down a circus tent at Aurora, ILioo s. Two men were killed and ecoree narrowiy escaped be ing trampled by a herd of IS elephants which stampeded. The crop outioo iui me Pacific Northwest is most encouraging. Congress has taken no action with regard to a new trade treaty with Ger many. President Roosevelt has reiterated his determination not to run again for the presidency. P. W. Clement is the choice of In dependent Republicans and Democrats for governor of Vermont. Hot weather prevails in Chicago and other parts of the East. Several deaths and many prostrations are reported. Russian rumors eay a new ministry is about to be formed, beaded by M. Monrometeff, president of the lower house. Teetimony at New Orleans by the Interstate Commerce commission shows that state oil inspectors discriminated against dealers not in the trust. The president is back of Governor Ide, of the Philippines in, the poeition be took with reference to the title to the Juan de Dios property, claimed by the Catholic church. Senator Fulton has been appointed chairman of the congressional commit tee to go over and check up the work of the commission appointed by Presi dent McKinley to codify the Federal laws. Wisconsin Democrats have endorsed Bryan for president. Dr. Lapponi, papal physician, says the pope is in very good health. The ship subsidy bill will ba taken op at the next session of congress. The little town of Tittzewah, Okla homa, has been pracitcally demolished by a tornado. England has sent a representative to the UnitedS tates to inspect meat in tended for use by the English army. A ticket has been named by the fus ion of Democrats, Prohibitionists and Lincoln party me a in Pennsylvania. Chairman Burton, of the house riv ers and harbors committee, says a 40 foot channel for Coos bay is too much to ask. New York does not have that depth, and Hamburg, Germany, has only 32 feet. Through the Japanese embassj the National Red Cross has received anoth er $36,000 for the relief ot San Francis co earthquake and fire sufferers, mak ing the total subscrpition by Japanese people $146,000. President Roosevelt has approved the joint resolution of congrees expressing the horror of the people of the United States as the result of the massacre of Hebrews in Russia and epxressing sym pathy with those bereaved. The insular government will buy the docks at San Juan, Porto Rico. Independent packing companies of Chicago are giving their plants a thor ough cleaning up. Hill has secured the old U. P. grade between Portland and the Sound and construction work has commenced, Steam will be used for freight trains and elertits power for passenger. All seems quiet in the Panama re public. American marines still re main stationed at various places. Commander Bootn-Tucker, of the Salvation Army, and Miss Minnie Reid were married in London June 25. The secretary of the Indiana boaid of health reports finding chemicals in fresh meats on sale at Indianapolis. Nearly 3,600 tons of hay and 1,000 bags of grain were destroyed in a fire on San Francisco's water front. Lose, about $50 000. TEST LOYALTY OF TROOPS. Reactionaries Urge Ue of Troops to Stamp Out Revolution. St. Petersburg, July 2. Under the influence of the recent developments touch inn the loyalty of the army and the conviction that the present policy of inaction has reached its ultimate limit, the reactionary faction in the ministry has revived the plan for the dissolution of parliament and stamping nut revolutionary activity in the conn try by armed Jorce, while such force is still available. ' The Associated Tress was informed today that this solution had been re pea ted ly presented to Emperor Nicholas since the development of disaffection among the best regiments ot the guard and the disorders at Kiasnoye Selo, but thus far without result. Each day favors the acceptance of the alternative of the dismissal of the Goremykin cab inet and the naming of a responsible ministiy. The ministerial repreeeionists liase their hopes on the supposition that the great majority of the troops will hail actual conflict, as they did at Moscow in December last forget their gnev ances and enter whole heartedly into the combat. One of the advocates of repression said to the Associated Press today that it would be necessary to strike hard immediately, or otherwise within a fortnight the world would probably see the proclamations of re publics at Kharkov, Saratov, Roetov and elsewhere. The whole south of Russia, the speaker said, is belching forth anarchy and revolution, and parliament, as "a hindrance to the work of pacification." must be dissolved at once. "The troops, however, must not they can not be employed against the peasant ry." added the functionary, admitting that this was the limit to the loyalty of the soldiery. It is doubtful i Premier Goremykin is himself a strong advocate of the des perate alternative of repression. The premier told the representative of a foreign power today that he was only anxious to be rid of the responsibilities of the premiership, and that he would be delighted if the emperor should call for his resignation. Printed copies of the government agrarian project were transmitted to the lower house of parliament today, and Minister of Agriculture St. Chin sky will soon request President Mou romtseff to fix a day for explanation and consideration of the document. The project, part of which was elabo rated in the department of Agriculture and part in the ministry of the Inter ior, is a voluminous document, and the deputies probably will demand several days for its study. A third section, which is being prepared in the ministry of Finance, remains to be presented. JOLT FOR CASTRO. Ultimatum From United States Will Be Sent Him Soon. Washington, July 2. Soon after General Cipriano Castro resumes the presidency of Venezuela, July 5, he will find himself confronted by re quests from the United States for set tlement of American claims againBt his government. For more than a year Castro has not been bothered by the United States. Meantime Judge W. J. Calhoun visited Venezuela and in vestigated the American claims, and the State department has been busily engaged in reviewing the cases and putting them in condition to be pressed. What seemed to be indifference on the part of the United States has been only caution, and the State department will take up its work where it is allow ed to reet after the sending of a note to Castro by Secretary of State Hay, which is practically an ultimatum. A request will be made for the ad justment of American claims regardless of what action the Venezuelan courts may have taken or shall take in the fu ture. Representations covering prac tically all the American claims against Venezuela may doubtless be presented. Gasoline Runs Short. Cleveland, July 2. The Standard Oil company today sent out circulars noti fying all its customers that high grade gasoline, testing from 74 to 73 degrees, had been withdrawn from the market. This action is taken as a result of the demand for the product and the ina bility of the Standard Oil company to supply the same. The high grade gaso line is used exclusively in operating automobiles, naphtha launches, etc. It is stated that gas engines generally can be altered to permit the us of the common or stove gasoline as fuel. New York School Teachers Coming. Portland, July 2. A special train of school teachers from New York city will reach Portland on the morning of July 16, leaving the same evening after a trip to Cascade locks by rail and re turn to the city by steamer. The party is in charge of V. V. Beard, genetal Eastern passenger agent for the New York Central lines. The special is a solid Puilman that is being run by the New York Central. There will ba 125 teachers on board. Company increases Capital. New York, July 2. At a special meeting of the Hanover Fire Insurance company today it was voted to increase the capital stock of the company from $500,000 to $1,000,000. This action was takn as the result of the looses sustained by the company in the San Francisco fire. ?i:The new stock will be issued at $150 a share, thus adding $750,000 to the company's resources. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MEASURE IS DEFECTIVE. Anti-Past Law Doet Not Contain an Enacting Clause. Salem What disposition to make of the anti-pass law Is a problem that Is troubling the state otlicials. It is not because they do not favor the enact ment of such a law. They are not call ed upon to pass upon that phase of the question. It was discovered lefore the law was submitted to the people that it was fa tally defective, in that it did not con tain an enacting clause. The law books were scanned for some authority to correct the defect, but it was discov ered that it could not be corrected or amended. The law ou that point was explicit. The constitution says all laws must have an enacting clause, and the Su preme court has decideu that a law without an enacting clause is void. The secretary of state must submit all measures to a vote of the people that are filed in his oftice with the proper number of names signed to the petition. He has no authority to pass upon the constitutionality of the pro poeed law, or question its expediency. ALL POLICIES ARE CANCELED. Attorney General Advitet Trader' In surance Policyholders. Salem Attorney General Crawford advises all persons having insurance in the Traders' Insurance company, which recently became insolvent, to reinsure if they wish insurance, and to file claims with the receiver for the un earned portions of their premiums. Suit for the appointment of a receiver was brought a few days ago, and the secretary of state ami state treasurer were made parties, because the state has $50,000 bonds to secure policies in this state. When Attorney tieneral Crawford re turned from Eastern Oregon the papers in the case were turned over to him. He says that in his opinion all policies were cancelled when the company went into bankruptcy and policy holders can have no claim except for unearned premium). Vinegar Factory is Attured. La Grande That La Grande will have a vinegar factory, which will be in operation in time to handle the crop of fall apples, is now an assured fact. Nearly all the stock has been subscrib ed. Cash stock subscriptions, amount ing to nearly $30,000 bave been made. The building will be 45x150 with ce ment cellars, and the factory will have a capacityy for handling 100,000 bush els during the year, with an output of approximately 300.000 gallons of vine gar, apple wine and cider. Colony of Poles for Lane. Euirene John J. von Gortomrki, of Toledo, O., and W. Szcloszhicurez, of Portland. reoreeentiDir a colonizing company, which intends to locate a col- ony of Poles in I.ane county, are in Eueene making final arrangements to bring the colonists. An agreement has been made with the Booth-Kelley l.um htr rnmnanv wherebv a tarse number of the colonists are to be employed in the company s sawmills ana logging camps. Others will purchase small tracts of land and engage in farming. Grand Ronde Farmers Jubilant. La Grande Wheat growers in the Grand Ronde valley are jubliant over the outlook for their crops this season. Fall wheats are giving every indication of being equally as good as last year and the spring wheat, it is closely esti mated, will yield nearly two bushels to one of last year. Judging from the little difficulty the farmers are having in securing employes there will be no trouble in getting sufficient help to harvest the crops. Unless there is an exodus to other sections there should be no shortage of help. Carlton Farmers Pleased. Carlton The fine weather of the past few days has started the farmers to haying. The prospects are good for an abandant yield. Clover and vetch are especially good, and it is expected that the yield will be the heaviest in years. In a few localities the wheat was darn- aged by the aphis, but generally the crop is good, tail oats were damaged slightly by the cold late rains, but spring oats are fine, and the yield will be above the average. Hay Harvest Begins in Marion, Salem Farmers are rejoicing over the cessation of rain, and many have commenced haying, though cutting will not be in full swing until next week. With favorable weather, an immense crop of hay will be saved. Grain is reported in excellent condition. Many hopgrowers are behind with training vines, owing to bad weather, but the growth has been good. Gardens have been benefitted by the late rains. Good Meeting Assured. Ashland The annual assembly of the Southern Oregon Chautauqua asso ciation opens at Ashland Wednesday, Julv 11. and continues lor 10 days. The program is particularly strong and the indications are for a bigger and better assembly than ever before. Short on Fruit. Milton Business at the fruit pack ing houses here is practically at a standstill, and there will be scarcely anything doing until the prune crop matures. DEET CROP GOOD. Yield in Grand Ronde Vail jy Reac'n 40.000 Tons. La Grande Machinists are busy at the sugar factory overhauling the ma chinery and getting the plant in order for the summer run for the working in to bron sugar of the residue syrup of lust year. The mill expects to stait on this run rally in July, and will con tinue for six or eight weeks, w hich will bring it almost up to the time when the regular fall run will commence, which to meet demands must begin not later than the middle of September. The pressing need for this unusually early beginning is brought about by the exceptional heavy crop of beets that is expected to he harvested this year and which must le disposed of before the hard frosts come ; therefore an early start is necessary to get all the twets through. Manager llramwell is enthusiastic on the present prospects for a beet crop. He says: "We have 4,400 acres of beets this year and at least 4,000 acres of this I" a perfect stand. The only difficulty that confronts na Is the scarcity of help. We employ all the white help we can and then fill out with the best we can get. In addition to our home supply of help we have about 200 Jap anese." The yield of beets for this year is es timated at between 35,000 and 40,000 tons, with a sugar output of not less than 10,000,000 pounds. high Wages Promised. The Dalles The past few days of warm weather have cauied hay making to he pushed with unustiil vigor, and farmhands find plenty of labor at $2 per day. There appears to be plentr of labor ti handle the hay crop, but farm ers anticipate there will be a shortage of la (Hirers when wheat harvest begins, which will be toward the latter part of July, as harvest will be somewhat later this season than of ordinary seasons. It is likely header drivers will com mand $3 a day, header wagon drivers, $2 to $2.50, and separator tenders from $3.50 to $4. Ordinary laborers, fork tenders and stackers, will command $2 a day. Big Crops in Harne '. Burns The late high water and heavy rain storms in June will insure a large crop of wild hay. Most stockmen are claiming that this season's hay crop will be larger and better than for the last five years. Last winter was a se vere one on stock and there was but little fodder left over. The stockmen have most every winter from three to four months feeding, so it w ill take an immense crop to last them through the coming winter. Grain is looking well and promises to be a heavy yield. The acreage has been greatly increased. Californian Buys Rogue River Farm. Ashland A big land sale wai nego tiated in Ashland this week when S. G. Simon, from Northern Califjrnia. bar gained for, the purchase of a 2H0-acre farm seven miles northwest of this city, from J. Hartley, known as the Jack Anderson place and comprising one of the choice farms of the Rogue river valley. The cot.sideration of the sale was $22,000. Mr. Simons will engage in stock growing and fruit raising in this valley. Wetton Wheat Flourishes. Weston The wheat in this section is making rapid growth since the recent rains, and will make a good average yield. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 7172c; bluestem 74c; red, Q70c; valley, 7172c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $.31.6032; gray, $31.60 per ton. Barley Feed, $2424 50 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $25(926. Fruits Apples, $2.503 50 per box; apricots, $1.75(3)2 per crate, cherries, 5 (3 8c per pound; currants, 9(3 10c; peaches, $11.25; strawberries, 68c per pound; gooseberries. oQ$7c per pound; Logan berries, $12) per crate; raspberries, $1.751 85; blackberries, 10c. Vegetables Beans, 57c per pound; cabbage, I74C per pound; cucumbers, 65c per dozen; lettuce, head, 10 25c; onions, 8 10c per dozen ; peas, 45t: radishes, 1020u per dozen; rhubarb, Sc. per pound; spinach, 23o per pound; parsley, 25c; turnips, j)0c$l per sack; carrots, $11 25 per sack; beets, $1.25(31.50 per sack. Onions New, 1 '4(1? 1 a per pound. Potatoes Fancy graded old Bur banks, 4050c per hundred; ordinary, nominal; new Oregon, 76 0c. Butter Fancy creamery, 1720c per pound. Eggs Oregon rancn, izzlyc per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 13(1 3c per pound; mixed chickens, 12126c; broilers, 1616gC; roosters, 9(llc; dressed chickens, 1314c; turkeys, live. 17 & 17c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022c; geese, live, 10il2c; ducks, old, ll12c; young, I23c. Hops Oregon, 1905, 10 lie; olds, 6c per. pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1823c; valley, coarse, 22H23c; fine, 24o per ound; mohair, choice, 28030c, Veal Dressed, 47c per pound. Beef Dressed hulls, 3c per pound; cows. 4t5c; country steers. 6'tc. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78c; per pund; ordintiry, 60c; lambs, with pdt on, 8c. Pork Dressed, 78c per pound. TOO BUSY FOR REVISION Senator Warren Says Country I loo Prosperous to Think of Tarlfl. Washington, June 2W. Senator War ren made a speech In the senate today on his resolution calling on the director of the census for a statement covering the eitent of the livestock Industry of the United Stales ami of the foreign business in this country in leather and raw material. He cited the recent agitation concerning this Industry as his reason for seeking this Information. He confidently asserted that the state ment would show an astonishing In crease and that the product of not less than $2,000,000,000 annually, more than the value of all the gold produced by the United States in the entile his tory of the country. Warren pronounced as unjust and selfish the demand made by the manti U tuier lor free hides. He said thai wnlle tho livestock men do not envy Massachusetts Its prosperity they do not desire to add to it by taking off the nf lilih'H and wool, and closed an appeal for the continuance of the laritT ' V ir " hn said, "too bus, too well employed, too well paid for our labor, tin) prosperous to think seriously of tariff revision In the year of our Lord, 11KW." FAITH IN THE BAY CITY. Claui Snrecklei Sayi It Will Be the Greatest Port on Hemisphere. Chlcairo. June 2l. "San Francisco will soon be Greater San Francisco In deed as we are in name. Thlnif have settled themselves since our terrible dls aster, capitaists are putting their mon ey into rebuilding and eulaigiug and in beautifying, and the people general ly are exercising a great degree of con flilence in the city's future prosperity.' Clans Spreckles, of Sn Francisco, who with his wife was in Sn Francisco yesterday, thus expressed himself in discussing the future of his home city. All tluancial interests, he said, at though tie spoke especially for the sugar interests, were firm in the belief that Hn Francisco would become the largest ami most important port of en try in the western hemisphere. "When our Oriental trade, already Urge, has become still larger, and when new modern buildings have sprung up nut of the ruins, as they surely will, San rrancisco will bo greater city in all ways," he said. ATTORNEYS ARE CALLED. Instructions Given for Action Against Standard Oil. Washington, June 2t. Attorney General Moody hud conferences today with Frank B. Kellcgg and Charles B. Morrison, who have been engaged as special counsel in the investigation which is being made into the affairs of the Standard Oil company, with a view to ascertaining whether there have been any violations of the anti-trust law. With referenre to this it wai stated today that further investigation is to be made. The attorney general also held con ferences with some of the district at torueys he had summoned to Washing ton, and it was slated that they weie being instructed as to how they should proceed against the Standard Oil com pany. It was also said to be most likely that special grand juries will he called to determine whether the Standard Oil company has been granted rebates or concessions. Earthquake In Wales. Cardiff, Wales, June 2I. Violent earthquake shocks were felt throughout South Wales at 1(4:5 this morning. Houses rocked anil many of the cheaper ones were damaged. Hundreds of chimneys fell, occupants of dwellings weret brown to the ground and people fled from their houses, shrieking in panic, with visions of the San Fran cisco disaster before them. Though there were many narrow escapes from falling chimneys and coning, there were no casualties so far as known. Earthquake shocks were also felt at Bristol, Ilfracombe and elsewhere. They were accompanied by loud rum blings. Earthquake in Opto. Cleveland, ()., June 2!. A shock of felt here at 4:10 o'clock this afternoon is pronounced by Cleveland scientists to have been an earthquake. It is re ported to have shaken the southern shore of Lake Erie for a distance of 100 miles, the eastern limit being Pinesville and the western limit Mar blehead. No damage has been re ported, though in some places the shock was sufficient to slam doors and rattle windows. Local scientists be lieve the seat of the seismic disturbance was probably beneath Lake Erie. California Floods Subside. Fresno, June 29. Reports from tl e west side and the south indicate that the cool weather of the past few duys has alleviated the flood conditions somewhat. There was no rise in' the waters of the San Joaquin today for 'he first time in three week and Kings river is going down. The water is dill flowing out of the great gaps in the levees of both streams and the arms lying in their paths aie still flooded. France. Faces Big Deficit. Paris, June 29. Finance Minister 'oujcau iiiiitiouced the budget in the liMinber id deputies yesterday showing con iderable deficit in consequence of he extraordinary expenditure for the nilii.sry preparations duiing the Mo ocean crisis, amounting to $50,000,000, nd alio $30 000,000, owing to in ... 0.0,1. Pren'1iture resulting Irom in ternal reforms. FORM NEW MINISTRY Spread of Revolt Among Troops Alarms Czar and Court. GOVERNMENT IN FEAR OF ARMY News From Provinces Shows Gene ral Anarchy To Be Growing--Procurator Gives In. St. Petersburg, June 30. - The cain paigll which the oposltlou elements in parliiiiuetits are waging to ompi Emperor Nicholas to dismiss the (in remykin miiiisliy and accept the prin ciple of a lexpoiisible niinist ry prom ise to be successful soon. I lot li 1 1 emperor and the court are frightened into surrender by the alarming spread of revolutionary Ideal among tb troop. When the 'rohraoiisky regiment, "Ilia Majesty's Own," pronounced its soliilarl'y with parliament at Krasno Helo, less than a doseii miles from the Peterhof palaie, the emperor's eyes opened and the court began 10 renin that there was only a step frjm that to di flaring allegiance to parlii.ox nl as against the government. Even the procurator general of the holy synod, M. I'obedonostseft, who to day celebrated his sixtieth jubilee o his entrance into the service of lb state, and who has been much at Peter hof recently, Is said to have reversed the position of a life time ami to have advised the emperor to yield to the de mand for a responsible ministry as the only menus of preserving the throne. The government's sudden lesr of affronting public opinion, after II inline the army affected w ilh the revolut ion ary propugnnda, is shown in (be hur ried gra (it of a new trial to seven men condemned to dentil at Higa, the ar (initial id six others and the commuta tion of (lentil sentences imposed on the three murders of the foreman of the I'utilofT Iron works. The news from the provinces shows that general anarchy is growing. In Allara and Tauriile provinces the penn ants are abandoning the tleld, and in Tula province roving bands are march ing through the country, dragging in their wake not only the workers from the fields, hut the domestic servants of the gentry. RED CROSS THIEF. Superintendent of Relief Station Steals Blankets and Is Caught. Sun Francisco, June .'10. Accused of selling large quantities of blankets and appropriating the money, John Clark, superintendent of the Ited Cros relief station No. 1, at Golden Gate park, ami George Bryant, engineer at the. children's playground in the park, who, it is alleged, aidd and abetted ('lark, were arrested by detectives today. The police state Unit they were ins In aware of the alleged peculations through A. Silverman, a junk dealer. While a refugee in the park, Super man made (he aciiuiritaiii ( Ilrymit, snd after Silverman hud resumed bus iness, it is alleged, ilryant called upon him and said be could sell him a quan tity of new government blankets l!ry ant said he could deliver him 400 pairs, and if the price was satisfactory it would lead to a delivery of H00 pairs per week. Suggerman notified the police, who set a trap for the man. After some haggling, a price of $ 1 25 a pair was agreed upon, and, according to Detec tive Ryan, llryant handed Suggerman an envelope with Clark's name on it, which the teamster was to hand to Clark, so that Clark would know the right Bian. A wagon followed by the detectives was sent for the blankets today and se cured 400, which are being held as evi dence. Clark was arrested at the relief station, and Pryant at Siiggeriiian's) store, where he was waiting to receive the money. Marine Corps Want Wynne to Stay. New York, June HO. Captain Rob ert F. Wynn. of the IT flit Mil Sir u tun Marine corps, nent .tin formal resiirnn. tion from the service to llrigadier Oen eral Oeorge F. Elliott, commandant of the Marine corps, yesterday, to he for warded to the president. A deleft ln of marines in the navv vard and nn board the ships there waited on Can. tain Wynne yesterday with 11 "round robin," which was to he siirned hv every marine in the North Atlantic fleet that could be reached, begging the pres- luenv uoi 10 Bcupi ins resignation. Better Than Home Product. London, June HO. An artii 1 in !,, Lancet, dealing with the meat nnnsilnn. admits that a large part of London's imported meat, includinir much of il. chilled and frozen ment frm,, i,n United States and Argentine is. witl . out regard to disruie and cleanliness, more satisfactory than much of tLe home product. The paper considers, however, that larger powers of inspec tion should be required in the place of origin. Dewey Leaves Singapore. Washington, June 80. According to a table message received at the Navy department today from Commander Hosley, commanding the drydoi k Dew ey expedition, his squad -on left Singa pore today, hound for the naval station of Olongapo, in Subig bay, about 40' miles north of Manila, which is to l. the permanent location of the big dock.