v Bohemia Nugget
Bohemia Nuintct Pub. Co.
F COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON.
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
A largo section of tho cm tor of Vt
vins has ONVPtl in.
Vnun-o lists ordered a' suc.alron
warships to Tangier, Moroo-o.
Justice Guvnor, of Now York, ad
vocates imprisonment for relating.
Kussia and J.ijvia li.no disagreed
ovor tlioir fisheries and talk of war.
A plot lias N-on inearthed in Soivia
whioh was iuli tiled to unseat Kin-'
Peter.
Spun denies that a secret troaty has
I toon entered into w i:h Fiance regard
ing Mimvin.
Tho rooont session of tho Tiam-Mis-iss-ippi
congress at Kansas City va
tho best yot held.
A street oar strike at llatnilton.
Out., caused sorions riots and troops
luul to U- called out to rostoro or.lor.
A discharged Cukin clmf of jxli-.
1 olm I ol IXM100
M with a h.n.1 of
followers.
Kunil j-'iianls aro iurMiitu;
It is sai.l that Sir Ilon.ly I'amplvll
lliinnorman will rosin as promior of
tho British oahinot ati'l take a plaoo in
tho liotiso of lonls.
HunjMry has looMo.l to oloso all tho
CVmarxl ritoamship ajonoios in that
nvititry, as thoy onouirao emL'iation,
whioh is not wanto-1.
China threatens a Innoott on Japan.
Ilarriman is roaohiiif: after all pub
lic utilities in Chiaijjo.
IVary has arrived at Syilney, N. S.,
on the steamer Kixisevelt.
San i-rancisoi is poirnr atiea'i w 1111 i,v a 40.0(K tme atxl of urst n o
plan? for a world's fair in iPrisident Ihirius Miller and Traltio
rresident Smith, of the Mormon jAp-nt C ('. ljurnham by tines of flo.
church, has U-en fined for ivttny. I '0 each on chafes -,f reU.tu.!;.
Tixlav s lu an ntr came on a char.-o
It is paid riatt and iVpow will re-lt)mt jo. 000 of the road's funds had
turn to the senate, defying public opin-. jXH. U!Snj t0 ,lv MilU-r's and Hurn-
1011.
The kiiip of Greece while in Home
was slighted bv the other Balkan
states.
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, de
clares the indictment against him is
the result of politics.
A prairie fire in "Western Texas lias
rauspsl the loss of several lives atxl ,
great damage to farm property.
Policy holders in German insurance
companies who lost in the earthquake
will pool their claims in an attempt to
collecct.
The town of Carlsbad,
tmowed in and is without fuel,
is Wing burned by many to lu-t
M.f is j
litli'on
p from
freezing.
The price of lumber has again Wen
raised $2 jxt thousand feet at San
Francisco. Shingles have also gone up
25 cents jjer thousand.
The president lias fcmrteil home from
Porto Kieo,
Ttusslaii reWls have lxen denied an
asylum in Finland.
The New York Central railroad has
again Wen fined for rebating.
Three men are dead and others are , Judge Kersten, the cnarge ix-ing uuer-
missing as a result of the deep snow in ing fictitious paper. The accusation
Txas. grows out of the Milwaukee Avenue
'." . ... ., ,r State Bank failure. The Steel Hal! con
Thirteen were killed by the collision , . UIirirviMltf.iv
t . A .. ttl.tii! linfirL- in tha H Tllf. 1
lish cluinnel.
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, is
on his way home from Hamburg to face
the cliarges against him.
P.ryan and Shaw were the principal
speakers at the third (lay's session of
the Trans-Mississippi congress.
Many vessels were wrecekd 4ind 215
lives are known to have Wen lost in a
(severe storm on the Great lakes.
Federal authorities at San Francisco
are to investigate the alleged lumber
trust in Oregon and Washington.
The Monon mil road has defied the
Interstatte Commerce commission and
will issue passes in payment for adver
tising. The mayors of several Kansas towns
are being removed Weauso of a deter
mination on their part to license liipior
joints.
Trains are snowbound in Kansas.
El Paso, Texas, is expreiencing the
coldest weather in 20 years.
General Shafter left no will. His
property is valued at $15,000.
All parties in Russia have joined in
a campaign of abuse against Witte.
The crown prince of ServiaiseiS
raged at the charges of insanity.
Tho Interstate Commerce commis
sion is gathering evidence of rebateu to
the grain trust.
Spain will join with Britain at d
Franco in a naval demonstratk n
against Morocco.
The recent floods have caused a loss
of nearly a million dollars in the vicin
ity of Castle liock.
France has' barred American pork
tii ,w ,,,e,.t it.HiK-ction rules violate
the old agreement.
SEEKS GUARANTfcE.
Norway Frars Riisi My Attempt o
Sriin O of Her Ports
St . Petersburg, Nov . -i. n inter
nal t.Miil compact gnarantooii g the in
vioiahilitv of Noiwny against territorial
aggression bv any power whatever, and
giving the tew kingdom n status some
what similar to tliat of Sw itotland an.l
IVki mi. ill sixMi.lv iii-i i ihcd on tho
tin-ord f diplomacy. ( hi uooout't of
its itoitilol -itiou. tlio oss,.ssiou of
valuable divp water h.-irlnrs on tlio At
latit io aid tlio agreement with Swo.loti
ti cs i tt t fortification in tlio neighlni ho.vl
of tlio front ior. Norway is in a pivitliar
lv oxim-i-d psitioii ainl tlio tirst efforts
of tho Norse diplomacy liao boon di
rected toward eliminating tlu danger
of N-ing attacked it ti t sivuring facilities
for t lit potiivful development
.f tlio
1 . .1 I . 1 1 t
f a largo army.
1.
With regard to tho a. 'lion of oorway
tn appnvicnmg tno powers tor mo pur- 1
. t ... 1
in iso of scouring those cuncsosiotis, it ,
can lo stated that Pussia. tho powor
niiM ilirootly concerned and from whioh
Norway apvirontly hail most to foar,
in spito of tho ilonial !y tho Kusian
foreign otlioo that Kussia was endeavor
ing to secure ti Norwegian xrt. or in
anv vav contemplated infringing on
Norwegian territory, had nooljvtioti
to tho conclusion of a convention. Ger
many already had signified hor approv
al of tho tuoomont of w hioh iroat
P.ritain i- tho pinsor, and Franco will
follow Ml it .
Kussia admittedly oontomplalo.l se
curing a deep water harKr, ono easily
defensible, on tho tionl southward of
! North Cao, hut is now willint; to lis-
. . ' 4 111..
'v.1 U' f tll, "vmlal-lo jxirt of
ti 1 m tin-so liroionsion aim
timki' tin
Yokateiiiina, on tho Murmaniau coast.
COMPANY PAYS THE FINES.
Law Fails to Punish Ra-lroad Officials
for Reba ing
ChioaLro, Nov. Kailroti'l otl'u ials
tttnxl by tho L-ovortitiiont for reUititu!
il) not jiiiv tho tines themselves. The
stix khoMers iy tho bills. Snob at
least is the ease of the I'hiiiio, I'.url
irton iV: uinoy, aoeorilinsr to evidence
submitteil tixlay l V . K. Ijiiio, of tin'
Interstate (,'oiimieree oommi--ion. Tho
oviilenoe was taken in connection with
the punishment of the railroad n cent I v
bv a ?40.O0O tine atxl
ham's fine-
Nilicitor Ihiwes, of the
r.xl. paid the tines to Clerk MacMillan
f the United Suites court. te-titxd
j General Auditor Sturgis. "lie tetxlere 1
a $t0, 000 check signed by Ct.shier W.
F. Fabian. It was aecepted in iiy-
1 ment of all three tines. The amount
of the cheek was not entered as a single
amount on the lxxiks. It was placed
in the 'correction of freight earnings
account and spread over two months,
April and May. The account contained
n.,trw.j nuKi.iirv i .rrn -u i ti tl i i "fill 1 1 1 s
of frei,rit par;iinir, ,.h,ims urising
through demands on overcharges and
the like. The fiiO.OOO was spread over
two montlis 1111,1 uie mommy n-pori 1
itlie rmxl tlmt inrniii uie ireigiu migni
! not show too large a reduction for a
single month.
ISSUES WORTHLESS PAPER.
Stensland's Crime Brings On Another
Crash In Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 20. Chauneey L.
Gntlmm, vice jiresident ff the Steel
liall comjMiny, was arrested last night
at his resilience in Evanstnn by detec
tives from the ollice r if State's Attorney
Healv on a Wnoh warrant issued by
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$270,000, and most of the notes it gave
are considered worthless.
The receiver said he has Wen unable
to find the makers, endorsers or guar
antors of certain notes, and that he
does not Wlieve they can W lieited.
He thinks thev are all fictitious.
Means $2,000,000 More Wages.
Pittsburg, Nov. 2i. Two million
dollars additional each year will be
distributed through the Pitstburg steel
district by reason or the increase in
wages of the lalior force of the United
States Steel corporation, which goes
into effect January 1 . The notice of
advance will be posted in the steel
mi lis aliout I leceniber 1 . A conserva
tive estimate of the total number of
liilsirers employed bv t'
subsidiary 1
j companies of tlio I luteo Males Mcel
t-orxirat ion in what is known as the
Pittsburg district, is 50,000.
Witte Hopes to Dominate.
Iiome, Nov. 20. Private reports dis
credit the rumor that there is a possi
bility 1 1 at Count Witte may become
t he Russian minister of finance. The
animosity nguin.-t Witte is being in-crea-e
I so great l fiat it will not be
surprising if an 1 ttempt wi re made to
assassinate him. This advice adds
that it seems to be Witte's intention to j,rHe races from points in Curry county
be appointed pre si dent of the coma il of to the land ollice in Itoseburg. It is
the empire, thinking that in that post alleged only such Indians and half
he would again be able to dominate, j hreeds as belong to tribes or live on
I reservations aro entitled to allotment
Italy Admits American Pork.
Itome, Nov. 20. The board of health
has decided to admit American txirk
into Italy without other requirement
than the regular cert ilicate of t he Amer
ican detiartment of Agriculture. A
microscopic inseet ion will not
made, it being considered that the
be
by-
gienic measures taken in the United
States are sufficient to warrant the pur-
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST !
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MONbY IN rOIAlUtS.
Grand Mondrt Farmers M.trKet Bi
j Crops at CJood Prices.
! l.a tJrando Fanners who planted
pot.itix's last spring a-'o ronping a Ixnin
tiful hatxest in thotiraiul Koiulo .il
lev. The gros income from this jour's
crop is placctl at f "0,000 on the output
' ol' potat.H's (roiu this valley. It is es
timated that 100 cars will U necessary
j to ship this season's crop. Thee t'm-
uros ate computed on t ho basis of 1 .000
notes with an aerai;o yield of (H sacks
to the acre. This has been tho yield
on unirrigaUil lands on tho "Sand
riiU'o" section, and tho estimate is con
servative. More than half of t ho out ire
potatoe acreage of tho valley is In tho
vicinity of luiblon and Alicel.
Fields that have pri-duocd (10 sacks to
the acre and very tuanv tracts have
d 'tio better than that cive 11 net re
turn of L'7..r0 per acre. Tho w'ross re
ceipts from an acre at the piesent price
of 0." cents per sack amounts to .!:'.
One of the prominent growers figures
the cost ol prixluct ii hi per yeii' ;it
$11. .'hi. as follows: Cult ivat i 1 -. f.'.;
ili iCtr i 1 1 ir . and sackiin:, $."; sacks, $;!;
seed. $1 : haulilu:, 1 1 .".
The heaviest ield so far reported is
that of A. .1. Sutbv, of Cove, who has
seemed .'00 sacks from an acre. At the
present market price, Mr. Surby's in
come for an acre is l!'"', of which
alxnit 1S;.')0 is net. A six-acro tield
on tho Oregon Ki-d Apple company's
ground, north of Ij (iraude, gives a
yield of 100 sacks per aero. These po
tatoes aro grow n out iroly without irri
gation, and on account of their superior
ipiality aro ratitl 10 cents higher than
the open market .
Tin- returns from the si acres will
bo $000. The patch was planted as a
matter of getting the ground in suitable
condition tor cultivation.
Col. Hofer Tells His Hopes.
University of Oregon, Fugeiie C ol
onel Hofer, of Salem, addressed the as
semble at the univeritv. Ho was lull
of enthusiasm over the development of J
the state of Oregon, and predicted that
the growth would be marvelous if there
were two competing railroads in tie
state. Ho was of t he opin ion if the-e
two railroads enter the state, that Co. .s I
bay would see the terminus on one ami
that country wouM shortly develop a
city of I'iO.'ooo, antl Portland would be'
the other center for the end of the rail- ,
road system. Two such t hri ving cit ies
Would le of great lielietit to the state.
Benson Announces Changes.
Salem In addition :to the
Ha
unt-
j inent of Walter Preunau, to succeed I .
jT. Wrightuian as head of the corpora
- -II
tion ileiiarl inent. Secretary of State-
elect F. W. Jtensoii has announced that
S. A. Kozer will ! promoted to chief
clerk to succeed F. K. Iivell, and that
Kozer will W' succeeded by II. H. Cor-
ev,
fif Haker City. Kozer is now audit-
ing clerk. The remainder of the ollice
force of Secretary of State Punbar will
Uo n. raillMl llIltii after the s,
ion of the
legislature. There will W tin change
in the force of janitors until after the
legislature.
Eager for a New County.
Hood P.iver At a big mass meeting
held here for the pursise of ascertain
ing public feeling ill regard to the
movement to create a new county, to
W known as Cascade county, the senti
ment was unanimous anil committees
will be iititHiinted to circulate petitions
to be presented to the next legislature j
with that object in view. A number of 1
nrominent men here sisike on the one
tion, and statistics were presented
which show that the new county can In
governed more economically than the
same treritory is under present coiidi-j
tlons,
Crawford for Judge.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
announced that he will appoint T. II.
Crawford, of La Grande, to Hiicceed
Iiobert Eakin as circuit judge in the
Tenth judicial district, when Judge Ea
kin goes to the Supreme bench in Jan
uary. Other men who were in consid
eration for the circuit judgeship were
Turner Oliver and W. M. Liamsey, of
La Grande, and P. W. Sheahan, of
Enterprise. Crawford will serve under
this appointment until July, 1008.
Big Option on Timber Lands.
Atsoria An option covering Uie sale
of 0,040 acres of timber lands, .i.-'OO
acres being located in the northern
part of Tillamook county and 5,840
acres in the southern part 01 1 latsop
. .1,... . ... 1 .... 1 j: 1 ... 1 I
county, al Jf JH Iier acre, mis neeu me!
for record in the county clerk's ollice.
The lands belong to A. W . Priest and
the option for lit) days was given to It.
V. Jones and It. F. Fox, of Portland,
and sold by them to Godfrey von Platen.
Races for the Land Office.
North P.end The announcement, by
the land department that contest filings
would be received in a number of In
dian allotment claims has caused many
claims.
Much Wheat at Weston.
Weston It is estimated that alxiut a
quarter of a million bushels of wheat
are stored in the warehouses in this vi
cinity. The local market has Wen
dull, awaiting a solution of tho car nit
tuition. It is thought that nearly live-
sixths of the crop is still in tho hands
of the growers.
COAL MINE OI'tNbU.
Company Finds Eighteen-Foot
Vein
Near AMnmJ.
Ashland Thete is no little Interest
and enthusiasm in this section of the
state over tho opening up of what ap
pears to be permanent coal deposits.
Coal (Toppings have been discovered for
;!0 of 40 utiles aliing the Cascades from
tho state lino northward, but 110 depos
its of siltlicielit extent to justify devel
opment huvo been found in the pros
pecting heretofore. Some lime ago tlio
company that is opening the Ulue bead
copper mlnen In t his sect ion, after se
curing leases on a considerable area of
land, began prospect ing on tho Furtey
place on the east side of Pear creek,
aloit seven miles from Ashland.
Thev began by running two tunnels
into t he mountain . tin" ( these is
now -J70 and the ot h r "10 leet into the
mountain, and an I s . . f , ,t vein ot coal
has luell opened lip. The cn.ll h is
been tes,t and appeals to he of excel
lent pl.ility. The tunnels ate seven
feet s.piare and run panllel 7" leet
apart. They ale well linibeiid and
are being connected by ero-s cuts every
7") feet, for vent ilat ion and to extract
the coal. They extend into the moun
tain from the west to the east on 11 7
per cent incline.
About 'J,') men are Wing employed
and the work is Wing pushed night mid
day. Other erews aro employed in
building coal bins, scales, gri..lies and
screens for sorting the coal.
To Improve Federal Property.
Salem Francis W. Grant, supeiin
tendeiit of construction of public build
ings of the United States Trea-ury de
partment, has Won in the city to in
spect the plans, look over the grounds
and draft prosieotivo plans, specifica
tions and make estimates upon the
proposed improvement of the grounds
surrounding the lidcral building in
this oily, whiih have remained in an
unliiiished condition ever -inci
the
erect ion of (fie bu lining, t hn
years
ago, and for which improvement
cou
gtv-s has appropriated a fund of
001).
th'.-
Pin Faith to Cherries.
La Grande Cherries, of the ship
ping varieties, hive proven one of the
most profitable products of the Grand
IJ.iIidc valley, H id for that reason there
will W many ne.v cherry orchards put
out in the spi ing. George Thomas, of
Cove, will plant 1,000 tree-. Mr.
Thomas is one of the licst exteu-ive
cherry growers in the valley, and now
has aliout i!0 ai res of cherry orchard in
full Waring. Poring the past season
, these trees yielded at the
Jmt acre.
rate of f.il'7)
Halsey Real Estate H eher.
Halsey Halsey has slept long and
well while the great, busy world hIhuiI
it has Wen making rapid strides, leav
ing it far ln-hind. Nowhere in Linn
county has thete Won so little demand
for real estate as in and aWut Halsey,
but within the last six months things
llaVe changed. Ileal estate is higher
than ever before known in the history
of the town. The noise of the saw and
hammer has awakened the citizens from
their peaceful slumbers.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, CA
Valley, fif'io; red, (lie.
bbleetelil, !7o;
f24..rOrVf 2.'..r));
)ats .No. 1 w lute,
gray, f L'.i.nof.i .-4 .
Parley Feed, f 21 ..V) per ton; brew
ing, $22..r0; rolled, f2.'l.
Uv, $1.401.4r) per cwt.
Corn Whole, 2.r)..r)0; cracked,
$2(t..r)0 per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. I, $ll(rf
12 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$14MKi; clover, 7WS; cheat, f7..r0W
K.50; grain hav, 1 7..r)0MH.fi0 ; alfalfa,
$ll.f)0; vetch hay, f7rrf7..r)0.
Fruits Apples, common to choice,
.r)0w7")c per lsx; choice to fancy, $l('i
2.50; grapes, (iOcM $ 1 ,2.r -per crate;
js-ars, 75c( 1 1 .2" ; cranberries, $10vr
12. 00 per barrel; ipiinces, $li'1.2.r per
Isix; persimmons, $1.5(1 per box.
Vegetables Cabbage, U4'Wl bjc per
pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen;
celery, 75oiH5e per dozen ; lettuce,
head, 20c per dozen ; onions, 1 OOt 1 2 b.e
per d zen ; pumpkins, 1 '40 per pound;
spinach, 4(5c per 'pound; tomatoes,
:or50c
tier box: parsley, I Oral 5c;
Houash, Hl'-ic per pound; turnips
)0crKl per sack; carrots, !lW.l 1 per
Hil(k ; beets, 1 1 .25r 1 .50 per sack;
,orMTadish .'.Hit 1 0c per pound; sweet
. . .. .... 1
potatoes, (it".,c per pound
Onions Oregon, 75erf.$l per linn
in-d.
Potatoes Oregon liurbanks, fancy,
70rn H5c; common, HOW 70c.
Putter Fancy creamery, 25rif.27j.jc
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, !5r" .'!7,!.jc do..
Poultry Average old hens, lOMlle
per pound; mixed chickens, lOMllc;
spring, lOwl lc; old roosters, 0rel0c;
dressed chickens, 1H (4 14c; turkeys,
live, 17bjcj turkeys, dressed, choice,
2ori;2lo; geese, live, 10c; 'b.cks,
HricHSo. .
Veal Dressed, 5J.jee8o. per pound.
Jieef Pressed bulls, lf42e per
pound; cows, 4(5c; country steers,
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8 (J? Oc per
pound; ordinary, itri7o.
Pork Dressed, S(HaC per pound.
ops 1110(1, choice, 14fn. 15cj prime,
12f( lUc; medium, lOU'e per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
l.'Jf7j18e per pound, accordirg to shrink
age; valley, 2021e, according to fine
ness ; mohair, choice, 2028c.
11 iuiii im t fc utri 11: c ttiMti
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Calilorni.l riomotlon ommmoo is
inn a M.itcninnt.
I'. ; X... ! 1 Hi i in' In
the fact licit w idc puhln ity bus been
fivcii to chatces 1 1 nt t $1,000,000 of tho
lief fund nml I ihilled In Sail I inn
sen has been ilivel led 01 stolen, Mild
1.. 1 1,., r . 1 1 1 1 1. 1 fuel that tlio.e
sc.,, v .iis
mi itilted to ti collect statement of
conditions, the California I'mmol ion
committee has sent out tho following
statement ;
"Moie than ftl. 000,000 1 Iiilmled
to Sun Francisco came in small sums,
Hinging from 10 cents up lo seveial
thousand dollars. These sums came
by mail and evpiess, in nil forms, fioiu
postage stamps and cui loiicy to money
orders mid hunk diafts. Of the entile
amount scut, but two sums went iistiav
one a iackage of cut rency contain
i ig 1 1, 085.50 from Searchlight, sent to
the National liank and Tnisl comiiuv,
of Los Angeles, by expless; the oilier a
pic! ng of $200 sent by mail fimu I'sil
tiniore,
"T .0 finance committee of the ('ili
ens' lo in f l ommillce of I oily, after
wind 1111 01 pointed to handle n l.i f and
Ked floss fund-, coiisi-iing ,.f 'J I prom
Incut biisine-s men of u'i ,1 ianci-co,
tcceucd all f llld lied ll.e books of I 1 1 1 s
Coliillllllce weie examined I'V liellelal
Hales, a lepie-enla! I e of the National
Pe l ( loss sm-ielv, M ilt fioni Washing
ton for that pill pos,., who declan-l
them kept under a svstem that giiiunii
tced t heir correct ne-s .
"The Massachusetts Association for
the belief of California sent a commit
tee to San Francisco to investigate the
methods of relief wort. On Its return
to liostou it made a n port, going into
detail and covering every point in the
Work of relief in San Ftanci-co. The
report of this committee ic-iillcl in the
immediate forwaidiug of the balance of
the money in the hands ,,f tin- Ma--a-chilset
Is i gun iat ion .
".I lllies I I. I lague. of I he New Vol k
chamber of commeice committee for
the lei icf of San I'liiiin-i", s nt sev
eral wiei." in Sail I ninci-co, investi
gating condition-. Af:er his report
was made to the New Yolk ! . funds
to tic amount of fioo.i , held bv the
New York committee ote ordered
tinned ov 1 r to the Sail Fiancisco relief
Co point loll ."
RUiH JETTY WORK.
Central Mackenzie's Recommenda
tions tor the Coming Season.
Washington, Nov. L'.t. General
Mackenzie, chii f of engineer-, in his
estimates recently submitted to the
secretary i f War, a-ks f..r only 11,0110,
O1111 to continue wot k on the jelly at
I he inoiil Ii of t he Columbia river, lu
his annual reisirt, however, Gencrul
Mackenzie makes dear the liece-slly for
securing aut hotit y lo eH-iid an addi
tional 1 1 , t5ii,oiiii, which will Is-ample
to carry the south jetty to completion.
lu his repirt General Mackenzie re
views the work that has lieon done at
the mouth of the ( 'olumbia and punts
ont what remains to U-done U foie
the deiiands of commerce are met.
N i appropriation is now needed for
improv ing the ( 'ohimbia river between
Vancouver and the mouth "f the Wil
lamette. Work on The Ihllles-Celiln canal has
only just licgun. In addition to mouey
il ready aipropi iated, .'l,5:::l, .".''.' niii-t
Is- ajipropriated to complete this water
way. Only 75l, 000 has U-eii asked
for for t ho ensuing year.
No estimate has ever lieeli made of
t he 11 mount necessary to make the up
per Columbia and Snake rivers navi
gable the entire distance from Celilo
to Pittsburg Ijinding. Ten thousand
dollars is needed next vear.
Frauds in Town Lot Sales.
Guthrie. Okla.. Nov. L'll. A stieeial 1
to the Slate Cafiital from Muskogee
savs that W. D. Foiilke, si-cial repre-
yi.iitiil ice of President Loosevelt . has
commenced an investigation into the I" ' '"lie. I h t iiiriiings wens
alleged frauds in connection with Creek . 7K7,507,H77, being .l,5.so per mil
Nation tow n lot sales. This investiga-! "'d nearly !i7,0oo,ooo more 1 ban t he
tion was demanded bv the National I corresponding amount of the previous
Creek Cotincil. which cliarges govern- year. Incomes from other sources than
ment ollicials with misappropriating
iisappropnat 1
thousands of dollars. The lots were
appraised and sold by government ap
pointees. Mr. Fou Ike has issued a cir
cular inviting testimony on the subject.
Gets $500,000 for Y. M C. A.
San Francisco, Nov. 1!.'!. Mr. Henry
I. McCoy, general secretary of the San
Francisco Young Men's Christian asso
ciation, has iust returned from New
York where he succeeded in scouring I
$500,000 for the rehabilitation of the Washington for consideration. Tho
association in San Francisco. Of this greater portion of the lumber used in
amount more than $150,001) was con- Han Francisco is iniiiiiifaclured in Orc-
trihiited in New York city. Morris K , gon and Washington, and the mills aro
Jessnp and John 1). Lockefeller, Mrs. situated in these states. It is probiiblo-
W. E. Dodge, Cleveland II. I'odgo. .1, that an investigation will ho had in
P. Morgan, Mrs. Itussell Sage and E. those flutes under direction of tlnv
S. Darkness being among tho largest Washington aut Imril ies."
givers.
Denies Them Immunity Bath.
Will Investigate Hill Lines. Minneapolis, Nov. . Grain f i rum
Chicago, .Nov. HIS. The Tribune to- and iiiilioad men who were recently in
day says .lames .1 . 1 1 ill and the three dieted by the special grand jury in
great railways he dominates are to lo M iiinen pol is 11 1 t he instance of the de
invest i"ated hv t he I ntelstate Coliiiueico part ment of Just iee u il I get no "im
cominissioii. What are the relations inanity hi t 1" from the liilerstalo
bet een the Gloat Northern, Northern Commerce 1 o omission, which closed
Pacific and the I'.ui lington system an its session today, as none of the w it
effort is to ho made to find out. The nesses before the last jury were called
i-omui'isi-ion will seek to ascertain what by I he commission in the investigation
effect the tontiol of all these lines by of the relations U'twccn the grain
1 : . 1 ..1,. I.. .,,,.1 11... i I ....... 1
Hilt mil l IIIIS ailll IS liaVlHU UOOU luo n ,
in the Noi l I wet .
Make Alcohol From Molasses.
Honolulu. Nov. U:b The Hawaiian'
Planters.' association is planning to
iiianufacture denatured alcohol from
tho 14,000,000 gallons of molasses pro-
duced annually, and for this purpose
will erect a distillery at Pearl harbor,
nin 1 if 1 imfiiiPf
uiu iiiiuu 1 ii i 11 iijij
Several l.iinjn Industries Kalsc
I'.iy ol Employes.
STILL TRUST LEADS MOVIMNT
Sixty Thousand Men Allrctril and
Will Add Million to Annual
Payroll ol Companies.
Chicago, Nov . 21. Sixty thoii-aii I
employes of the great indilst 1 in I ainl
lililload col j h it 11 1 ions wele IikIii v giant -ed
inciciises in wages that will add mil
lions to t he annua I pa) foils. One of
tho notable increases was tlmt announ
ced by the United Slates Steel col pun
lion, by which its .0,0110 on -lulled
vvotkeis will teieive nil addition of P
cents p i dnv to their vv n .- lifo I .hn -nary
I . This will all about f 1.00,011.
to t he pa v loll .
The New N, ot k (elllllll lit .111111 Well
t.slav gtllllted Mil lldvilllie II e I II C he
t ween 0 and pel i i ul ii a ! nil of
olliplet loll of the wage 11 on fi 1 1 In e l I
New Nork. The advance II ppl l - to II 1 1
the lines of the - Hi 1 1 il II eviept I he
I'.o-loii , A 1 1 41 11 v and nllecls ill-mi
li.ooo men. Uv an ndpi-l mini of ihe
working hours lireiii 'ii Ml switch en
gines will h.-iei ft r have to work only
lo In mis a day n tend f I 2 .
The ( llluil e .V I lecln Mining com
panv announced at ('nlumel, Mich , to
day, that, U-ginniiig .laiiiiinv I , t di
vulges of nil Its elliplov i' lit the mines
and stamp nulls would Is- ndvaiiied lo
p r cent. Ihe action, nl.ii-li iillols
Is twceii 5, noil and 0,1111011 men, was
taken voluntarily, lhelii-1 ml nuat n-n
U'lllg given Ihe ellipioves whell the llo
t ices well- post c I .
lU'. inning next Moiidav . ;:o,oiio 1 ol
toll null ostaties a! lull Livel,
Ma-s , will wotk under a new Male,
adding I" p r cent lo their wages. I he
ngreeuielit III thl- lll-e Was forced 011
the managers, ,y ,e opelnt i V e-', llli'l
had Voted to -trike nil less t he new si 11 1
was adopted, and al-o by the fact that
M.C. I. I'sirdeii, an imp irtant maim
fact iirer einplov ing 5,oo0 t .11 1 I -. amt
the I all Liver lion works mills had 11 1
n-adv met the demands of the mill
hands, mid Ins action forced the other
mill III lliagel s to V Ield .
Means Advance for 100,000.
I'si-toii, Nov. According load
vices received from cotton mill centers
in Southern New England, an advanci.
of lois-reent in wag
granted by tho
Full Liver
riianufact uiei s
lis lav
their .'to, 00 emplov es will affect marly
oo, 0110 ojN-rntives in Southeastern
.Massachusetts, Lhodc Island, Fa-tern
Connecticut and several towns in other
sections. It js understo.i.1, however.
the advance w ill not amount to lo -r
cent except III lull KlVer lilt-1
small villages.
-ml
YfcAH'S INCOME OF RAILROADS.
Increase of Nearly $07,000,000 in
Net tarnings.
Washington, .Nov. 'J I . A prelimi
nary report of Ihe Interstate ('ommerco
commission on the income account of
t he la i I wav s of the Iniled States for
t he yea r ended .lime .'to last contains
returns from com' mil ies operating --0,-O'.'O
miles of lines, or about W r cent
of the mileage that VV ill be coveted ill
the filial report.
The total gross eui nil gs of ihe roads
were $'J,:il!,7ii0,o;io, be. a.; equivalent
to $ 1 0,5 III per mi le. Passenger earn
ings were fii I S, 555, U.i , or f , H 1 1 per
mile, and freight earnings $ I ,(i1o,!i4-.',-Sil!
, or 7,45.H r mile. Op rating ex-
1 pells! 1
scs were $1 .Ml?, H'.:,15:i, or til.liii.'t
t li'ise of operat ion aggregated 1 1 :L.,,(iLM
07HL.
The dividends Jiaid amounted ti
$L'Jl.i, PMi,5l.iH, and taxes f :is1!io:t,i:.ss.
Lumber is Made in North.
San Francisco, Nov. "I. I'nileil
Stati s Pislricl Attorney Uoberl Pevlin
said today regarding his investigation
of the so-called lumber trust: "All
t he ev idelne I have gathered I have
I raiism il ted to t he at toincy general at
uwm mm 11117 luiooimn.
Government lo Make Torpedoes.
Newport, . I., Nov. Ul. Arrange
ments are reported for the establish
ment in this city of a government tor-
podo factory where all of this class of
explosives used in the United Stat eft
navy w ill bo manufactured independent
of private concerns.