Bohemia Nugget
Bohemia Nun'l Puh. Co.
r COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON.
NEWS 0HIIE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Lett Important but
Not Lett Intereiting Event
of the Patt Week.
DIX SUNK ON SOUND.
Steamer Goes to Bottom Carrying
Down 39 of Her Passengers.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. l!. The steam
er lh'x. Captain P. I.criuon, Isuind
f i out Seattle ti li tt Ulakelcy willi pas
sengers, sank two milrs north of Alki
point soon after 7 o'clock lust night,
after a collision with tin- stcainhip
Jcanie, Captain P. II. Mason, of the
Aliiskii Coast company.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
SUCCESSFUL STAMP MILL.
STRIKE A RICH VEIN.
MUCH DAMAGE REROUTED.
Floods In OrcRon and Washington
Destroy Honmi anil Bridges.
Cnstlo Hock, Wtch., Nov. HI. Tho
( lit, river Inn !. n 1 1 ii 1 1 1 u; i 1 1 ho
nut, currying houses, burns, logs tt i I
other drill down in the It-.!. Many
families lllc Iioiih'Ics mid have savcp
1 nit few belongings from their ruined
DAMAGE ENORMOUS
President Koosevelt bads started for
l'orto Kieo.
Jerome cays" insurance grafters cannot
le prosecuted.
Tlic loss in the Yakima valley is es
timated at $400,000.
America ami Britain may unite to
stop Congo atracitics.
Hank rohlers secured $1 .700 from tho
b.mk at Ivohamia, Okla.
Three iersons were cremated in a ho
tel tire at Ooldticld, Nov.
Ket'ugecs in the flooded valleys near
Seattle are in dire need of food.
John Barrett, minister to Colombia,
will spend the Christmas holidays with
friends at Portland.
Hearst and Joe Pulitzer, Jr. engnged
in a tist tight. Neither will say any
thing about the affair.
The Cowlitz river is falling fast ami
reports show that the damage in that
rich valley will reach $250,000.
The Hawaiian sugar crop for 1900
promises to 1h the biggest in the histo
ly of the territory. It will probably
amount to more than 450,000 tons.
A Black Hand society in New York
ha! exploded several hi nibs in the
Italian tenement district, shattering
windows and blowing doors from thier
1 inges.
Idaho people w ill ask Federal aid to
relieve the coal shortage.
Governor Magoon, of Cuba, denies
that he is dissatisfied with his position.
A big dock fire at Naplse destroyed
property valued at nearly $1,000,000.
Mrs. Maud Creffield has been found
dead in her cell at Seattle from heart
failuie.
wreck. The Jcanie was not injured in
the least and no mcmlvr of her crew
was lost. The master of the Dix
was savinl
Five Horsepower riant Opens New Era Largo ami Well Defined Led no Dlscov
lu Mining Industry. I orod at Cottage Urove.
l.a Criuido Assay returns have boon Cottage tlrove flattering find If homes mid are tcmpoim ily quiit len d
received by tho Aurclia company from reported, from tlio Bohemia mining dis-'with friends on higher ground. The
i
Thirt v-nine passengers and tiioiiiWrs concentrates turned out on tlio trial ruu triot. It was made recently In tno Noi lliein lucillc hi idgo across inc i ow
of tho crew of tho Mix arc missing and of 1,10 11,411 ri'l',lltlv installed by tliat claim know u in tho Pig Maud, owned by ' iu ,,,, u,.,,,,,, i washed out .
rt.,ni..nit if ... ....,..... .... j. i i e ii in..:- ti i- ...:.i I .... . .
S were saved. The Dix is a total 1 , ., v. v ,.r . ... . ...u ....... 'ilio tow n ol ! a-l le liock is in a sraio
tlratid Ivoudo lnver. those assays show to bo high grads and tlio lodge in largo ,,f , .linos. 1 'lectin' lights are out be-
values ranging from $225 to $250 to tlie and well drllnod. The usual degree of .cause of the Hood. The t . v n innrhnl
ton, with a loss of about 13 per cent activity prevail throughout tb camp, has closed the snlo..ns to add to the
iu tho waste. Tlio recent run of tbo ,..) r...,,n. , i ..1.1,.,.. ti, ' public safe! v. The people are meet ing
The collision neciirrod mill show that tho ore will rnu $15 or ,,,. Sll...ri, :, ...,1 v.....vl.. nr., t,, the situation in a philosophic way mid
while the sound was almost as smooth " i r u, iu. nou inoumcuinny full operation, omt.lovi.., rK forces 1 ' ' h oming panic st t ic'c.i
is iiacri in nrsi i-iass working com. I- ,, ' . i
as a mill s.nd, and after the K.ats had liol, from t0 to Vo per ctxnt of the vub ' ,v,," 1,10 n"u,,,1 ""'"""""l w,rk
K,-n steaming within siwht of each.ues can bo saved. l.for U,,H v,;ur '' X comp etcd on tho
other for a ...lartcr of an hour. The mil. installed but .mall. Only ' l'v.l.
The Jcanie was baekinw when she hve horsepower is re.p.irod to run the 1 Afti'vity j tho i,,,,,!,,!,,., ,xirnn ii
collide! with the Lix and the impact 'VT "1" -""'f' ""I ' constant W on tho ZTiil'
. .k.i ti. , n:.. .. ,i. d. ,Ml 13 iKt'iit'ii iu mi iniuiniti iuu . . . A . t . ,
M;lr,r:,,',l astic over tho success of the mill, and !'vo tl.eir product. Tho car Hhortago I w ( ,,v al, ,.,
pori ior ii i,i:.,.. ..i,,.r....t.r f .ii. i,. ...k.,.i """""V " "' l"'n
brief ivri.d. righted hetself. then sank thl, IiroM(MU of how to mnj,0 the oro 0f '':,l,,-v,- V"" company ulono hai nl.out
stem tirst. There was hardly tune to the li rand Hondo district. A few yours
launch life rafts or Imats before she was ago it was tho opinion of minora that !
..i ...i ,....1 lv... ti,., ...... ...... i i ..... i... '
gei. jumped fion, the decks into the worked with small Jupital; that not less "7 Tt
and luen called orders that could hanllv M'''r'l to install a suitable plant for
Ih- hear,! nN.vo the din. " 1 1 ri;lt m1"' ,f 'WUUJ
The passenger, from the lix who .T th A"r''"J cl'ny but
,. 1 . i ... i I proved that tho oro can be handled on
could sw unmade their way to the sides a y(,rv much gmuUor with b- h
of the Jcanie and were dragg.-d alx.ard. j porccutago of profits, or even higher, to
The Jcanie was not move,! until after; the ton than with heavy stamp machiu-
all who had reached her had lx-en cry. It is the intention of tho Aurrlia
Loss f rem Ilccil On Fiifjct Sound
Over $1,000,000.
abaft of amidships on the
side. She listed heavilv to
100 carloads on tho docks, mid in simply
unable to secure cars. This is the case.
however, with all tho mills. Tho hiin-
road company when it fails to furnish
cars within a specilied time after tho
order is placed. Tl.cy contend that
they aro not dealt with fairly iu tho
matter, na tho railroad company im
poses a demurrage of $1 a day when a
car is not loaded within 4S hours aftor
tbo time it is spotted. The railroud
hauled almard. Then shecruiscd als.ut ! company to put in another mill next u'Pr. " " oiuer nnnu, ines ...
Picking up several who had managM to iyear. Other owners of mining property " " " " -
iu the same district will follow their ex- . , T V ' , ,
ample.
stay alnive water. It was after 10
o'clock K'fore tho Jcanie left the scene
of the catastrophe and steamed to the
Virginia street dock, Seattle, with the
:i0 survivors.
The cause of the collision is unknown
as the mate, who was iu the pilot house
at the time, was drowned.
SUOAR OUTPUT IS LAEOE.
cut and ready to move, the lumbermen
aro hopeful that they will soou jji't re
lief. They uro running full capacity
and orders for more lumber uro pouring
in, D.iil ir car aro not luruislied soou
N..ith Yakima, Wa.-h., Nov. lit
After falling slightly the Yakima and
N aches rivers uro again rising and the
damage to property of all kinds is
All ' i. i in it 1 1 i'ii t iiii
It.
I ! el v County bridge in the Miltey is
iiii.ler water mid the city is i-,,1.ii.d
from the surrounding country.
The I'ealS of the porple ale tll.lt the
Naelies river may change its course and
Collie down the old liver bed to the
West of the City. If this ll.ippellf (he
damage w ill be n.eM . ma I de, an the
Im-sI fruit orchards and some of the lin
es! homes ill the valley lie direct ill its
course.
ROBBER OF SUB-TREASURY.
Statndard Oil stock has gone down
rapidly on account of the government
inquiry.
The San Francisco grand jury is still
probing into the alleged stealing of re
lief funds.
Harriman and Gould may be indict
ed by a grand jury at Salt Lake in the
coal inquiry.
President Penna in his inauguration
at Kio Janeiro advocated increased
armament for Brazil.
Thomas C. Piatt is said to have made
out his resignation as United States
senator from New York.
Citizens of Honolulu have subscribed
money to return the Royal Hawaiain
band members to their homes.
The trial of the sugart rust, charged
with accepting rebates, has begun in
the United States Circuit court in New
York.
President Koosevelt is seeing the
inacal at its worst, as he desired. A
pouring rain has fallen since his arriv
al on the isthmus.
The government has begun a suit to
dissolve the Standard Oil company.
A San Francisco grand jury has in
dicted Kuef and Schmitz fur extortion.
A civil war among the Moqui Indians
in New Mexico has been suppressed by
cavalry.
Both pacrties in Colorado are re
solved to work for the repeal of woman
Buff rage.
The Southern Pacific will add a third
through train between Portland and
San Francisco.
The high water wrecked the ware
house of the Western Idaho Sugar com
pany at Nampa.
Two were killed and two others are
dying as a result of a battle with rob
bers in San Francisco.
Japanl has just launched a battleship
of 19,000 tons. It is equal and perhaps
superior to anything afloat.
Three Americans and fix Mexicans
were killed by a premature explosion
of dynamite at Douglas, Arizona.
Finland authorities have seized about
5,000 rifles and 118,000 cartridges in
tended for Russian revolutionists.
All railroads in the United States are
ready to give employes a raise of 10
Teller Dyer It Indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury.
St. Louis, Nov. 10. The F.sieral
grand jury returned an indictment
against Receiving Teller I. P. I'yer,
Jr., son of United States Attorney P.
P. I'yer, Saturday in connection with
the shortage of ftil.L'OO in the local
sub-treasury. The charge against Iyer
is embezzlement.
The Federal grand jury was convened
on 'Wednesday and at once began in
quiry into the shortage. AVheii the in
quiry was ajdourncd 3155 witnesses had
been examined. Shortly after the
grand jury convened Saturday a report
of its findings was made to the court.
Mr. Iyer was later arrested by the
United States marshal and released on
bond in the sum of $10,000.
Soon after the jury had made a re
port to Judge Finkelberv, Ivor surren
dered himself. The court named Jan
uary 8 as thellate for his appearance at
which time a definite date for the trial
w ill lie fixed.
The indictment contains two counts.
The tirst count recites that I'yer, as
second teller in the sub-treasury,
"wrongfully and corruptly emtiezzled
and convortea to ins own use on Sep
tember 27 hist $(51, 500 intrusted to his
care. The second recites that as an
officer of the United States government
he did this, and is meiely intended to
prevent a technical evaison of the
charge.
"When Dyer came into the court he
was accompanied by his father, United
States Attorney Dver, Congressman
La Grande Factory WiU Turn Out Over th,'' bo compelled to close their Jime. but it will be
u uiuu ..i.vij Hui iuu vu v"". ,Mt( tiatelioe and t lie (o
do.uuo sacks.
WOEK OF IIATCILERIES.
La Grande The new track of the
Central Railway has reached tbo Hunt
grade opposite Cone, and a spur for
loading beet kas becu put in. This Soa3on's Work Has Been Satisfactory
reduces tbo hauling distance from tho j In Ail Coast Stations.
Cono beet fields materially, at the end' Salem The report of Muster Fish
of tho track is now about throe mile Warden H. (!. Van Dusen for the month
and a half from the farms. Most of (,f October show tbut tho aeaion's
tho Cono beets remain to bo delivered work has been satisfactory in all ('oust
and tho harvest in that locality has stream hatcheries, but not so good in
. ... .. i t -ii. . i. . i. . : ...1. ..!..
oeeii posiponeu as long as possiuie, mi) iiaicueries on iriuuiurin in oip v -awaiting
railroad facilities. Suporin- luinbia. Regarding hatchery opera
tendent Iiarnwell says that ten days or tions tho report says:
two weeks will bo required to get all, With the exception of n few more
the beets to the factory. (salmon to spawn at Onturio, we are
Tho factory has been running most through with tho work of collecting
satisfactorily, without a hitch or bait, chinook sulmon spawn at our different
from the time the season ofened. In hatcheries tributary to tho Columbia
addition to tho fine output of beets, tbo River, and from reports received tho
sugar perceuage is higher this year following collections have been made:
than ever before. It is eitimatod that No. eggs taken.
tho sugar output this season will bo Salmon River hatchery 875,000
between 50,000 and 00,000 sacks, or McKeuzie River butchery sta-
from 250 to 300 ears. tion 5,970,000
The factory will probaLly run lour Wallowa River hatchery 5.10,000
Wetiatchee, Wash., Nov. 10. The
tl'iod still rages unabatl. Added to
the destruction by the rain mid water,
the wind is blowing. The damage done
by the 1hhI between Cashmere and
Weliutchee, ill the Weliatehee al ley ,
cannot be estimated lit the present
heavy. The We-
biiubia rivers are
hither thall they l.ae ever been before.
The former is eud.t inches higher than
its former record.
weeks longer.
Ontario salmon butchery 2,1.'10,000
Total 9,571,000
Delegates Appointed by Governor.
Salem Governor Chamberlain bat
appointed the following residents of
IIAY SHORTAGE ON COOS BAY.
Fanners Do Not Produce Enough to
Supply Local Market.
North Bend Bringing bay from tbo
Willamette Valley to .North Bend and Oretron to represrut tho state at tho
Marshfield is sometbiDir like carrying annual convention of tho Nationnl Riv-
coals to Newcastle, yet nearly every ers and Harbors Congress at Washing
itut ihut pnmod krrt rnm Portland ton. I). C. December 6 and 7: R. 11.
lands a quantity of hay. Around Co- Hoge, J. N. Teal, W. D. Wheelwright,
quille some hay is grown for the mar- Portland; John 11. Hmith, Astoria; Po
ket, but it costs nearly as much to ter Loggie, Marshfield; J. D. Peters,
bring hay from that point to Marsh- The Dalles; L. A. Iwis, Portland;
field, a distance of 15 miles, as it does Henry Hahn, Portland; J. A. Smith,
to bring it from Portland. If the bay Portland.
is consigned to North Bond it must be
Portland, Nov. 10. H ream through
out the state which have been swollen
by the recent rain storms and the Chi
nook wind in the mountain are thought
to have reached I liei r highest point
'Some have commenced to fall mid the
Willamette was st.it inii.iry last night.
It is probable that the river ut Port -land
will commence to fall today.
cepl along the lower Columbia, the
danger from high w .iter is t bought to
Is- over in iregon.
CHOI'S IN GROUND ARE RUM!)
MailroA.U Lota Moat Heavily ami 0A
Farmera Come Nest - Lumbar
men Lose Logs and Uoltt.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17. The I...kh
in the great river valb-vs south o( Se.it.
tie, at their height yesleid.iy tin r n m.
ale todav subsiding. In the ei ntr,.
part of ihe White Uiver country about,
the towns of Kent and A ohm n , di v
land is appearing and lln people, 1 1 .
PORTLAND MAEKETS.
Wheat Kxport basis: Club, G3(aHc;
transferred from tho cars to boats at
Marshfield, and that costs $1 a ton ex
tra. Valley grass bay can bo pur
chased in Portland for $0 a ton, and it
costs 43 a ton for frekdit. This hay Muestem. Gti(t07c: Valley. COc; red,
Champ Clark, and ten residents of Pike retails for $13 a ton. There is no cud tile. "
clean timothy or clover bny to tie bad (juts No. 1 white, $'J4.50(rCJo..0;
hero at any price and Oregon graBS is gray, $'J3.50(24.
at a premium. Barley Feed, $21.50 per ton; brow-
On the bottom lands in Coos County jng, $1TJ; rolled,
four and five tons an acre of oat bay. Kye $1.351.40 per cwt.
can bo raised, and clover and timotny
grow well on the rich bench lands.
county, in which is located the Dvre
family home. Bond was furnished by
the ten resident friends
Land Office Involved.
Washington, Nov. 10. Affidavits
are on file with the government here,
and have Is-en called to the attention
of President Roosevelt, charging that
the gigantic land frauds whereby th
Union Pacific railroad company and
the Union Pacific Coal company se
cured illegally coal lands in the stat
ot yoming vaiuisi at many millions
of dollars were perpeturated with the
full known'e lge of the gi v.-rnmei.t land
ollice, if not with its connivance and
were known, if not tacictly assented to,
by the department of the Interior.
Peter's Heir Is Maniac.
Vienna, Nov. 19. Crown Prince
(ieorge, of Servia, is declared insane,
according to reports from Belgrade to
day. "Nor is this the worst," said a
well informed Balkan diplomat, "Ser
via is drifting hopelessly into bankrupt
cy. Civil war, too, is highly probable.
King Peter seems powerless to restore
per cent in order to prevent trouble at or maintain order. Anarel y prevails
everywhere. There are more political
murders throughout Servia in a year
has nearly
the present tune
President Roosevelt
reached Panama.
Witte has returned to Russia and
will visit tho czar.
Organize a Water Company.
La Grande Articles of incorporation
have been filed for the Mill Creek Wa
ter Company, with a capital stock of
Corn Whole, $25.50; crncked, $20.50
per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $ll(o)12
per ton; Kastern Oregon timothy, 14fVi)
16; clover, $7fo,8; cheat, $7.50(?ij8.50;
grain hay, $7.5()fM;8.50; alfalfa, $11.50;
vetch bay, $7r?ij7.50.
Fruitri Armies, common to choice,
RELIEF FUND IS LOOTED.
Money Sent Mayor Schmili It Not
Accounted For.
San Francisco, Nov. 111. The Chron
icle says today :
new investigation is progressing in
the course of developments in the local
graft siiindal. It l.ow appears that
many sums of money, large and small,
that were sent from different states to
San Francisco for the relief of the suf
ferers from the calamity never reached
the relief Committee. Some of these
amounts, which aggregated a large
sum, were mailed to the cure of Mayor
Schmitz. F. J. llel.ey, I let. stive Wil-
liiu.i P.irns and alHiiit loo government
agents have been making an investiga
tion. President Ijoosovclt is the mov
ing spirit behind the inipiiry, and he
declare that no man guilty of divert ing
the relief funds shall escape justice.
The (uses come within the iurisdic-
en to the surrounding high l.iml I t
refuge, me reluming to then I...n,,m
The outpouring waters maintain a lo, l,
lev el, at the lie-nth of t he I u w .in, ; I,
on the noitli and the health of the I'.o,
j, lup on I he wont Ii w In i e ill. .Me
backed up by tin- I ide.
The proper! V loss will be In-IV ,
probably exceeding 1 1 .moimhio. 1
destruction of the Nottli, in I'a. ilic i ni.
way grade and track ige ino,s.i
loss of f.'lno.ooii. 'Ihe Interuiban i 1. . -trie
load between Sriilll.' ..Mil T.u i.in.i
will have to spend I Ioh.immi f.,t
pails, and the ihd.v idnal lows of fann
ers and d.urvineii make up the iciimni
di r. The Ions of live stock is nt .is
jleaVV lis lit Ills! feared, being prohahlv
Wlllllll fill, IIOO The I..SS nil crops- 'ill
iu ground and m cellars and bams is
about $:;iiii,noo.
1 1 iiml reds of houses and bams were
swept from their found.it ions, but com
p.irativelv few were net ually broken up
or carried any great distance The
damage to furnishings hi Iioiih-h and
merchandise in stotis by the water
formed the heaviest item of b-s
lloi.ls ill the White, lileeti al.d
Stm k Hi v er v al lev s ale sul-snling rap
idly, but thl- I uw aini-h river, wle-e
wateis empty into I'ugi t sound at tins
place, is a might) lake, f.air nnl.s
wide by 12 in length, backed up and
held iu Ica-h by the lid.' from the
sound. W hen t hat g - out late to
night, gnat havoc is looked for fr
the pent-up waters. similar condi
tion exists at tin' hioiith of the Puval
lu p al Tacoma .
The II.khIs found the city already
short of coal and temporarily cut otf
from access lo all sources of supply.
The great water power plants, of the
i pany pmv id.ng elect ric power and
light Were Hooded out of Use, ami the
street ear and light ing serv ice of l ho
city depends on the meager supply of
coal in the local bins of the big coin
pan ies.
So far as known, but live deaths di
rectly attributable to (lie lloodshavc
occurred north of the Stuck river.
These were F. W. Kalliner, a logger
of Auburn, Pat Clarice and John Viele,
ram hers of (li .ll.a, uud two loggers
whose mimes are unknown. .None of
the lushes have yet lccn recovered.
Prom Tacoma come rumors of several
iiieams near me mouth oi me uvaiiup,
but tin- reports are so far unverified.
$12,500. La Grande will bo the prin- 75o box. clloico to funpy
$1.50; grapes, fl.40fojl.tir crate; pears,
75c(a$1.25; cranberries, $10(ii) 10.50 per
barrel; quinces, $l(o1.25 per box; per
simmons, $l.b0 per box.
Vegetables Cabbage, 1 1(71)1 Je pound;
cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75
(?,85c per dozen; egg plant, $1.50 per
eipal place of business. The incorpor
ators aro George Kneger, Ambrose
Wright and August Bahrens. The ob
ject is to appropriate 1000 inches of
water from Mill creek, anove Bummer
ville, to be used for irrigation and other
purposes. Tlio incorporators navo re
than in Macedonia."
Raise Wages Voluntarily.
Chicago, Nov. 10. The Chicago h
Attorney General Moody has ordered Northwestern railroad has voluntarily
a rigid enforcement of the eight-hour offered the i ail way station agents and
law. telegraph operators on the system an
. i ii ,t i nnn . increase of wages. Kleven hundred
It in probable a force of 1,000 ma- , . , . . .
n i i..t :., f., ., t. - ... . agents and approximately oOO telegraph
fines will bo kept in Cuba for some h . . '.
. 1 , operators will come lu for a share in
" ' J the advance. The average increase in
Philadelphia Jews will honor the wages as announced by General Manager
late John Hay by placing a memorial W. A. Gardner tonight w ill bo $5
window in their synagogue.
Trust Is Rood.
New York, Nov. 10. Tho directors
of the Standard Oil company issued an
A desperate battle with knives be
tween soldiers at Cheyenne to settle an
old fued placed five men in the hospital.
cently become interested in large tracts ciate. iettuco, bead, 20c per dozen;
or lanu aim sumo caicuuvo lu.ym.s- on,onSi 0(vl2e per dozen; boll pep
ments are to be made. rir. ra tmmr.kins. He r.er nound: snin-
1 7 J I ' 1 X r i
arh, 4((ij5q per pound; toinatoen, 30(?i;50c
New Cement Tester at U. of O. I I"!r P"ejr, iw s.iuas,.,
Kugene-There has been installed in I'"r "u , .'I" ,
the Government timber-testing .tat on '"'" '""7i.h 01
standard cement-testing machine ' , 1. ' ,,;.. 'o,,.,oi J,,.-
with a capacity of 1000 pounds. Tho "j' " 4 ' 2 1
machine is a neat affair and makes a I' (,'; rm0r 7ai.mi per hundred,
valuable addition to tho apparatus al-! .UlU)(tn j,,'.., fancy,
rea v in tho i.lnrit. J. is. nnapp, uie Drr.. ; "
uovernii.e.H eapen, w..o .u .m.B r.utter-Fancy creamery, 25(77)27Jo
l. l T,,il.,.i.4ut i iir utiilmn in li verv - '
' : , V i: I"'r pound.
busy man, as samples of Oregon tun- 1 ,, (,
,..,utt.i,tlv l.ein.r Ki.nf lifirP fur . ' Oregon
tho purpose of being examined and , ' ltry-A verngo old liens, 12fal3c
ICHtCll. , uriiinil. mlviul .lii.Liria 1 lffi, I ' 1 A
(Spring, 12(ovl.'ic; old roosters, ilfodOc;
i ion 01 me I'cucriii inn horn ies iecuue
of the interstate character of the postal
service, which, it is alleged, was crim
inally tampered with.
A considerable Hum of money was al
so sent through the express companies
and Wei Is-I'a rgo, which companies Urr
how invest ignt ing the disappeiirriiiee of
10,.rH0 sent in one package from (he
citizens of Searchlight, New, which the
relief committee says it never received.
ni.d which the compnriv snvs was deliv
ered to tin' representat ive of the com
mittee to whom it was addressed. The
crime of forgery is said to be included
ill the offense of the raiders of the re
lief cold ri but ions. It is said that in
the aggregate (lie stealings will amount
to $1,000,000.
FINISH SOUTH JETTY.
ranch, 3335o
per
New Zealand Favors Canada.
Ottawa, Out., Nov. 1 . The Canadi
an commission reports that substantial
preferences nrn given to Caiiiidiaii goods
over (hose of the I'nited Slates in the
now tariff adopted by New Zealand.
On many classes the tariff on I'nited
States goods will be 20 or 30 per cent
above that on Cunadiun goods. On bi
cycles, gas and oil engines, gum hoots,
Chief Engineer Mackenzie Recom
mends Continuing Contract.
Washington, Nov. 17. In his esti
mates submitted to the secretary of
War, I ieher al Mackenzie, chief of eli-
jginccrs, asks ..r an appropi .at nai ot
$1 ,000,(111(1 f..r the Columbia river jetty.
In his annual report, however, ho
points out. (he necessity for continuous
work on the jetty until it is completed,
lie says that, in addition to the $1,
000,0(10 appropriated, Congress should
authorize a coht inning contract to the
extent of f 1 ,4511,(1011 additional. Ho
estimates that $2,000,001) will com
plete the south jetty.
If (iei.eral Mackenzie's recommenda
tion is carried out ,$ 1 ,000,000 will bo
inserted iu the river an. I hnrlsir bill
this winter and the remaining $1,450,
000 will be carried ill the sundry civil
hill passed at tho first session of tho
next congress.
Send Immigrants South.
Washington, Nov. 17. The recent
arrival at Charleston, S. C. , of an im
migrant ship carrying more tiiiu 1,00(1
iiiiuiigratuts, marks a new era for tho
whole South. The labor problem Iiiik
been a very serious one hi the South,
and tin attention of the people of that
section has been for some time directed
toward inducing immigration. Not
alone ns laborers are immigrants want
printing paper, railwaysnnd tramways. d: hundreds of thousands of i ilii.b.
sail cloth, cim viis, surgical and denial
inst rumeiits I'nited States products will
be taxed a duty of 20 per cent, while
the Ciihiuliiin products will enter free.
Bandon Enjoys Prosperity.
Bandon Bandon is enjoying some
thing of a real estate boom, and lots
that might have been purchased for
$10 each last Bpring are selling for
$100 and finding a ready market at
that price. Activity in manufactur
ing accounts for the boom. The sal
mon cannery, broom-handle factory,
wood-pipo plant, brewery, match fac
tory and foundry are running full time
and the Bandon woolen mills are run
ning day and night to kocp up with or
ders. The shingle mills are running to
otl ier I'ircula r today to t he stiH'kholdreS ' i n; ,.ir ounnoiiv and thfl Cnilv Taini.
The Chicago city attorney accuses the of tho company, Haying that the com- Company is building a mill that
rullman company of bribing judges, pany's position is unassailable fioin wiH have a capacity of 75,000 fset B
congressmen and other oflicials. both a legal and a moral btandpoint. i day.
dressed chickens, 3iil4c; turkeys, live,
fic;)17Je.; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2I(V;)
22Jc; geese, live, tlOJc; ducks, 14(r)
15c.
Veal Dressed, BJ(Ti)RJe per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 2(ov2jc pit
pound; cows, 45c; country steers, 6(M
5Je.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89c per
pound; ordinary, fl(7Z7c.
pork Dressed, 6(oy8o per pound.
Hops 1U0O, choice, I5(?16c; prime,
l.Ku.'Hc; medium, i2(V(J12jo per pound
olds, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best
Bodies To Be Exhumed.
Chicago, Nov. 10. .iisluw Pulovicz,
who was ihj.lled in the recent, wreck
on the l',iilt iinore V Ohio railroud at
Woodville, Ind., died today. Ilisdciith
makes the total fatalities 51. Much
acres have been left, lincull ivated that
make one of the richest agricultural
sect ions of the world.
Nine Killed by Explosion,
Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 17.
Americans and six Mexicans
killed by a premature explosion
lime ipiarry nine miles east of Douglas
at 0 o'clock todav. Tho men were
i :. i i t i .
oiiiieo iiiioer a pneoi rock. Tlio cor-
liree
were
at a
1 1 i -J.H I i I'll el i ol I tins been eniiu...l 11 a .. , . . ' I... t .. . 1 , i .
MK j ""ci mis. gone ironi nere lo holil an III-
the survivors of the wreck over the fuel, quest . The quarry is one at which
Hint Ihe .lend, the majority of whom j lime rock is secured for the smellers in
were Uomiin Catholics, had been buried, this city. A gang of men has been
w tl.oiit religious riles. Ix.cal church sent, from the smelters to assist in ro-
oinciais nave arranged Willi Hie railroud .covering the bodies.
to nave the hoiiies dug upand relumed.
Total Wealth of United States.
Terrorists Rob Railroad Safe.
Warsaw, Nov. 17. A hand of terror-
; Washington, Nov. 1(1. The total , ists attacked the Vistula railroad depot.
' wealth of the country in 1004 was ; at Siichedniow thin morning, killed a
. IIIOH.HHI, 415,000, according to figures gendarme, blew open tho safe and -
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ago; Valley, 20(o521e, aeeerding to fine- l-0 tb total wealth was $05,037,091,. j marching off in military order Cob
ness; Mohair, choice, 2628e. 1 1X7; in 1000, $88,628,348,708. oacka are pursuing them.
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