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COTTAGE GROVE.............. OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Oar
Basy Readers.
A Resume o f the Lees Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
o f the Past Week.
Cortelyou is mentioned as running
mate for Taft.
Henry Watterson says Bryan will
be nominated.
A daughter of Governor Cutler, of
Utah, has eloped with a teamster.
The new Union Pacific bonds are
being sold in London at a premium.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
says he is not seeking another term.
A high wind storm near Guthrie,
Okla., resulted in the death of one
person.
Floods have reached their height in
Kansas City. Nearly all railroads are
blocked.
Many persons were injured in Chi
cago by the collision of two heavily
loaded street cars.
Republicans of the Thirteenth In
diana district have nominated Charles
W Miller for congress.
There were fewer deaths propor
tionately in New Yprk last week than
in any week of the city’s history.
China has apologized for the recent
killing of French soldiers on the Chi
nese frontier. France also demands
the removal of the viceroy.
Senator Kittredge has probably
been defeated in the primaries for
senator from South Dakota. Gov
ernor Crawford is in the lead.
The recount on the mayoralty vote
in New York is not one-fourth com
pleted. Hearst has made a net gain
of 135 votes.
Montana floods still tie up all rail
roads except one.
Women’s objection to bonnets may
split the Dunkard church.
A tornado did much damage in the
vicinity of Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Great Britain is taking stern meas
ures to choke out sedition in India.
Floods in Missouri and Kaw rivers
are causing a stampede to higher
ground.
Women suffragists will appeal to
both the Republican and Democratic
conventions.
Chicago packers are not worrying
over the beef shortage as they be
lieve it will not last long.
Many small breweries throughout
the country will have to close as a re
sult of recent closing of saloons.
A British steamer struck a rock off
the Chinese coast and 80 natives were
drowned. All European passengers
and officers were saved.
Turkey has sent troops onto Per
sian soil and annexed a large section
ol the country. A government has
been organized by the invaders.
A federal grand jury, in session at
Portland, has indicted a number of
prominent Eastern Oregon men for
land fraud. Seven true bills have
been returned and the jury is still in
session.
Great scarcity of beef in Chicago
causes high prices to prevail.
Seventeen of the finest paintings in
Paris have been seriously injured by
vandals.
A life-size bronze statue of Presi
dent McKinley has been unveiled at
Philadelphia.
The Russian douma has refused to
make the necessary appropriation for
a new navy.
The death roll from the explosion
on the cruiser Tennessee has now
reached six.
A Norwood, Mass., boy of 14 years
has confessed to the killing of three
•mailer children.
Gas in a mine at Gladstone, Colo
rado, killed twenty rescuers of im
prisoned miners.
O. H. P. Belmont is some better,
although his physicians hold out small
hope of his recovery.
A New York actress has secured
damages for the sale of her photo
graphs without her consent.
A new record for motor bicycles
has been established at Buffalo, N. Y.
On a race track ten miles were made
in 9:40 3-5.
John Brandt Walker, leader of a
reat bear campaign in the New
'ork stock market, has failed. At
one time he had a fortune of *3,-
OOO. j OO.
Brewers from all parts of the coun
try are to meet at Chicago to plan a
defense against the ever increasing
wave of prohibition now sweeping
the United States.
Because of washouts in Montana
the Burlington road has canceled all
Pacific Coast trains running in con
nection with the Northern Pacific
until further announcement.
King Edward has started for Russia.
Eight persons were killed in a col
lision on a trolley road near Annapolis.
Scandinavia, Neb., has been wrecked
hv a cyclone. Franklin also suffered
much damage.
Mayor Busse. of Chicago, has been
married a month, and his friends have
jnst found it out.
Hearst has made a net gain of 105
votes so far in the recount of ballots
for mayor of New York.
While O. H. P. Belmont’s physicians
have not abandoned all hope, there is
little chance of his recovery.
A tornado in Nova Scotia killed two
persons and injured a number of others.
Much damage to property is reported.
The crown prince of Servia is ac
cused of plotting against Montenegro.
The interstate commerce commission
will be unable to give a decision on the
Pacific coast lumber rate case before
J u ly 1.
The situation in Persia is steadily go
ing from bad to worse, and it is believed
the present shah will not rule much
longer.
R E A D Y T O T R Y A G A IN .
T R E A T IE S .
London, June 10.—Foreign Secre
tary Grey’s announcement in the
house of commons that no negotia
tions for new treaties would be in
itiated during the king's visit put an
end to talk of a probable triple alli
ance between France, Russia and
Great Britain, but it did not affect the
hope of those Englishmen who are
desirous for closer relations between
these three powers that important
diplomatic consequences will result
from the meeting in Russia yesterday
of King Edward and Emperor Nich
olas and their respective foreign ad
visers.
No secret is made of the fact that
the presence of Sir Charles Hardinge
and M. Oswolsky at Reval is for the
urpose of discussing questions that
ave arisen out of the convention
which put an end tot he recrimina
tions between Russia and Great
Britain over Persia and Tibet and
Afghanistan, more particularly the
present unsatisfactory state of affairs
in Persia.
The good effects of this agreement
already have been shown in the speedy
ending of the threatening frontier war
on the Indian border, a situation
which in the old days of suspicion and
enmity between Great Britain and
Russia might have led to an Afghan
war.
Following so soon upon the visit to
England of President Fallieres of
France it is hard to disabuse the pub
lic mind of the feeling that King Ed
ward’s trip to Reval has also some re
lation to European affairs and as an
actual alliance is considered impos
sible at present, serious thought is be
ing given the suggestion that this ex
change of visits signifies that Great
Britain’s policy in Europe in the fu
ture will follow closely that of the
dual alliance between France and
Russia. The foreign office says that
too much significance must not be at
tached to this visit, but this is the
usual official policy during such nego
tiations. '
ST. PA U L N O T B A D LY H URT.
Little [ D a m a g e D o n e to R o a d b e d b s
M o n tan a R o o d s.
Butte, M on t, June 10.— R. A. Har
low, vice-president in Montana of the
St. Paul, said little damage was done
to the Montana roadbed, but that he
believed considerable damage was
done east of Saratoff and that it will
be four days before traffic is re
sumed.
Northern Pacific officials
have no idea when they will resume
service westward and there is no
change in the Great Northern.
The Northern Pacific tracks east of
Butte are open, though the railroad
company is still having considerable
trouble with rock slides in the moun
tains near the continental divide. A
number of stalled trains of the east
arrived yesterday and departed south
over the Oregon Short Line bound
for the coast via the Oregon Railway
& Navigation Line.
General Manager Gillie of the
Amalgamated Copper Company said
yesterday that the damage to the
Boston & Montana smelters at Great
Falls is not so heavy as was first
thought; that so soon as ore can be
shipped the Boston & Montana mines
here will resume.
CO REAN S BUTCHERED.
J a p a n e se T r o o p s K ill 113 In s u rg e n ts
W ith in F o u r D a ys.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
T O P U R IF Y C A M P A IG N .
D IP A L L M A N G Y C A Y U S E S .
C o r r u p t P ractice » A c t R e s t ric t* C a n B ig V a t E re c te d fo r U r e
C a y u se s.
didate»’ A c ts.
Salem.—The adoption of the corrupt
practices act by the people at the elec
tion June 1 will make the next political
campaign a vastly different one from
those which have been seen in Oregon
in the last few years.
For one thing, the advertising plan
of making a campaign, which Senator
Bourne made popular in Oregon, will be
less extensively used in the future.
Two features of the corrupt practices
act will tend to accomplish this end—
one a limitation on expenditures, and
the other a requirement that paid ad
vertising be so marked. Undoubtedly
the measure will have a salutory effect
in purifying elections, though some of
its provisions seem unnecessarily se
vere.
Publicity in the matter of campaign
expenditures is one of the most import
ant requirements of the law, and here
after it will be necessary for candidates
and party managers to keep an account
ot all expenses and file it within 15
days after the primary or general elec
tion, showing contributions to cam
paign funds and the purposes for which
all money was spent. Candidates are
permitted to use one page of a pamphlet
to be issued by the state for the pur
pose of giving the voters information
concerning them, each candidate to pay
for the space occupied, and in excess of
that each candidate may spend in a
primary campaign 15 per cent of one
year's salary, and in a general cam-
pign 10 per cent of one year's salary,
though any candidate may spend as
much as $i00 if the percentage should
be less than that. A candidate for
governor will hereafter be limited to
an expenditure of $750 in a primary
campaign and $500 in a general cam
paign.
L o w e r P r ic e s f o r W o ol.
Pendleton.—The second and last
wool sales were as follows: William
Slusher’s clip, 150,000 pounds, sold to
Defour for 104c; D. Goodman s clip,
26,136 pounds, to C. H. Green for
9|c; A. P. Warner. 12.121 pounds, to
Kuhn, 10ic; G. W. Ellis, 1.047 pounds,
to Green. 124c; D. W. Chapman, 26,-
136 pounds, to Green, 9]c; M. P. Pom
eroy. 80,230 pounds, to Green. 10^c;
I.uhr & Sons, 11.401 pounds, to
Green, 10c; J. W. Groom, 9.997
pounds, to Green, 111 c ; Henderson &
Son, 12,139 pounds, to Kuhn. ll| c;
Sam Warner, 9,850 pounds, to Green.
12:1c; J. M. Pemphill, to Judd, 8gc.
There will be but little wool left after
this sale. Prices are lower owing to
the fact that this wool from the west
end of Umatilla county is heavier
than that sold May 25.
P a c k F ru it in B re w e ry .
La Grande.—The Roesch brewery
of this city, one of the largest plants
of the kind in Eastern Oregon, will
be closed July 1 as a result of the pro
hibition vote at the recent election.
Plans are already on foot to convert
the brewery into a fruit packing and
storage warehouse. It is located con
venient to the O. R. & N. depot and
is a large and well arranged building
and is well adapted to the purpose.
Julius Roesch, proprietor of the brew
ery, is one of the pioneer brewers of
the state and has accumulated a for
tune here in the business. However,
the increasing fruit culture in this vi
cinity will not allow his building to
remain idle long after the prohibition
law goes into effect.
P e a ry Is A n x io u s to S ta r t f o r N o rth
Pole by Ju ly I.
by U m atilla
Pendleton.— Every horse in Uma
tilla county that has the mange must
be rounded up and dipped. This is
the edict issued by State Veterinarian
Kornick, who has been here for a
couple of days in conference with Dr.
S. \V. McClure, head of the federal
bureau of animal industry in the
northwest. In order to eradicate the
mange, which is so prevalent among
the hundreds of Indian horses on the
eservation, the government inspectors
stationed here have just completed
arrangements for dipping every cay-
use on the Umatilla reservation,
whether infected or not.
A great vat has been constructed
near the site of the old agency, and
for several days the reds have been
engaged in the task of rounding up
their ponies. County Inspector Bry
ant started out Tuesday to make a
tour of the county, and every white
man’s horse found to be infected will
be taken to the reservation dipping
vat and given a bath, the owner being
charged the nominal sum of 50 cents.
The order on the part of the state
veterinarian was issued at the in
stance of Dr. McClure, who insisted
that it was little short of folly to
clean up the reservation horses when
those of the adjoining ranchers were
in many cases just as bad.
IN C R E A S E
W is c o n s in
PENDLETON
PLANT.
C o m p a n y N e g o tia tin g
W o o le n M ills.
fo r
Pendleton.— Agents of the Racine
woolen mills, of Racine, Wisconsin,
are here looking over the Pendleton
woolen mills with a view of purchas
ing them and making them a part of
the great Racine industry. It is pro
posed to employ at least 200 men and
women in the plant and to increase
the capacity by more than three times
and make it the biggest woolen mill
in the northwest. Pendleton, being
on a main line of transportation and
in the heart of the sheep district, has
been selected as the most favorable
location for the branch of the Racine
industry.
If purchased the mill will be de
voted exclusively to the manufacture
of high grade Indian robes, blankets
and similar lines of goods.
K la m a th S h o u ld Yie ld Oil.
Klamath Falls.— A. L. Darrow.
cashier of the Fort Sutter National
bank of Sacramento, who is heavily
interested in Klamath realty, has re
turned from a 200-mile drive over the
Klamath basin and states that indi
cations point strongly to sections of
Poe and Langell valleys being great
oil producing districts. Mr. Darrow
has been in past years connected with
the Standard Oil company and speaks
from experience. The Klamath Oil
company will sink experimental wells
this spring. ________
B e g in N e w C o n stru c tio n .
Huntington. — The Northwestern
railroad is about to begin laying steel.
A carload of mulcts .for the Utah Con
struction company has arrived. Men
and teams are busily engaged hauling
material and establishing camps along
the route. Twenty-five miles of steel
will be laid as fast as possible. Grad
ing will commence at the same time
on the surveyed grade at the end of
Blake’s spur. No grading was done
at this point last fall, when work
ceased, as the old grade was used for
L a k e H o m e st e a d s in D e m a n d .
Lakeview.— Many land filings are a temporary track.
being received at the land office—
T h e G o v e r n o r ’s Vie w .
most of them homesteads.
Ever”
piece of land that can be cultivated is
Salem.—“ There seems to be no
being taken under the laws governing question of my election,’’ said Gov
this form of entry. Few timber fil ernor Chamberlain, “ and I am deeply
ings are now being received as land grateful to the people for the higli
of this character is scarce indeed in tribute which has been paid me. I
this district. Occasionally someone attribute my election to the State
finds a quarter section or an 80-acre ment No. 1 issue more than anything
tract that has been overlooked in the else, considering the overwhelming
rush, but most of the filings that are Republican majority in the state, and
being made under this act are on had Cake stuck to that principle as
claims that were at first taken under strongly after the election as he did
the homestead act.
before be would have won out hands
down.“
Tokio, June 10.—A dispatch from
Seoul dated yesterday (June 9) re
ceived at army headquarters reports
that from June 3 to June 7 the gov
ernment troops had twenty-six en
gagements with the insurgents. In
these engagement 113 insurgents were
killed and twenty-five taken prisoners.
The recent transfers.of Corean cab
inet ministers were due to the fact
that during a conference of provincial
governors a number of cases of negli
gence of the -overnors to present the
actual facts concerning the attitude of
the Corean government towards the
insurgents were overlooked, also
neglect in failing to correct false and
malicious reports concerning Japanese
policy, thus tacitly encouraging the
insurrection.
In consequence the
minister of agriculture was trans
ferred to the home department, and
F o u r G ra d u a te at W o o d b u rn .
yesterday the new home minister an
Woodburn. — The commencement
nounced the removal of seven provin
cial governors, showing a determina exercises of the Woodburn high
tion to effect many sweeping changes school graduating class were held in
the Methodist Episcopal church, of
in local officials.
this city, last week. The church, beau
tifully decorated, was filled with
M a y R e ve al B ig D e a ls.
friends of education. The address to
New York, June 10.—The extent to the class was made by Charles V.
which the great European banking Galloway, of Salem. The diplomas
house of Rothschilds was interested were presented by Colonel J. M.
in the merger of the transportation Poorman, of the board of directors.
lines in New York City may be dis It is the first high school graduating
closed in the municipal court, prob class in Woodburn.
ably June 19. Walter I.uttzen, confi
dential adviser to August Belmont,
W ill S h o w C a n b y B e rrie s.
who was called as a witness yesterday
Oregon City.—The Canby Straw
in the suit in connection with a deal in
Metropolitan stock, was ordered to berry Growers’ association has chosen
appear again on June 19 and produce the following officers for the ensuing
all the correspondence the Belmont year: R. S. Coe, president; Charles
firm had exchanged with the Roths Roth, vice-president; C. N. Wait, sec
retary; S. B. Reese, treasurer. The
childs bearing upon the merger.
association expects to distribute 10,-
000 pieces of advertising matter at
F lo o d W r e c k s Le ve e .
the coming rose show in Oregon City.
Shreveport, I.a., June 10.—Twenty- June 12 and 13. and on the last day
five thousand acres of fine plantation of the rose show the berries that art
lands are submerged and thousands of on exhibition will be given to the
dollars’ damage has been done as a Rose Society to be sold. Many ex
result of the breaking of the levee hibits by Canby growers are prom
ised.
at Westdale plantation, twenty-seven
miles south of here yesterday morn
A lb a n y W ill Retaliate.
ing. When the levee broke under the
Albany.— Because they believe the
enormous pressure of the flood wa Southern Pacific railroad is seeking
ters of the Red river a wall of water to retaliate in erecting a snail and
swept over Westdale plantation, de inexpensive depot to replace the pres
molishing huildings and ruining crops ent structure, following the action of
It was only by rac good fortune that the city council in securing an order
no lives were lost in the flood.
from the state railroad commission
for a new depot here, the merchants
B u r g l a r s G e t Po ll B o o k s .
and heavy shippers have decided to
Des Moines, June 10.—A sensa combine and ship all their eastern
tional disclosure was made yesterday freight orders over the Northern Pa
in the congressional contest in the cific, or some other line not owned by
Seventh Iowa district between S. F. the Harriman system.
Prouty and J. A. T Hull when it was
L a k e C o u n ty F ru it O u tlo o k .
discovered that the vaults in the
county auditor's office containing the
Lakeview.— Despite the cold weath
poll books used it) the recent primary er in this section there will be a good
election had been entered and the fruit crop this year. The fruit in
books tampered with According to spector has just made a trip over the
the unofficial figures both candidates entire county and is of the opinion
claimed the nomination by very nar that there will be a good yield of
row margins.
apples, cherries and pears, and that
berries of all kinds will do well. All
D e a th Q u e stio n o f H o u r s .
the orchards are free from pests and
New York, June 1(1.— At 12:30 this the indications are that the quality
morning the watchers at the bedside will he the best.
of Oliver H. P. Belmont were waiting
M o n m o u th W a n t s F r e ig h t D e p o t.
for thg end. Since early yesterday
Salem— The Oregon railroad com mis
afternoon Mr. Belmont has been un
conscious and all hope of his recov sion has ordered that a hearing he had
ery has been abandoned. His death, at Monmnnth. June 15. at 1:50 P. M .
his physicians think, is now only a on the question of a Southe rn Pacific
fre igh t depot.
question of hours.
New York, June 9.—Confident of
his ability to carry the stars and
stripes to the north pole, Commander
Robert E. Peary, who has planted the
American flag nearer the coveted
northern goal than any other living
man, is in New York making active
preparations for another Arctic dash
in the hope of solving the mystery of
the north, which for centuries has
been the aim of daring explorers.
The stanch steamer Roosevelt, which
the Peary Arctic Club built for Com
mander Peary, and which carried him
and his little party on his last north
ward journey, has been overhauled
and put in better condition than ever
for her expected battles with the ice
barriers of the frozen north. The
ship is tugging at her hawsers in the
harbor of New York, ready to start
when her commander gives the word.
Peary’s present plans contemplate
his departure from New York about
July 1, but lack of sufficient funds to
finance the expedition may prevent
the start. In fact, unless $25,000 is
forthcoming by July the project will
have to be abandoned. An auxiliary
ship or collier will accompany the
Roosevelt as far north as Etah, where
Peary’s coal depot in the last expe
dition was located. Etah was the
winter quarters of Dr. Hayes' last ex
pedition and is located about 70 de
grees north latitude. A small party
of sportsmen and scientists may go
north as far as Etah on the auxiliary
ship, returning with her about Sep
tember 1.
Commander Peary has devoted
nearly 20 years to efforts to solve
the great problems of the north and
already has put into the work all of
his personal means, amounting to
$80,000.
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R O A D A G A IN B L O C K E D .
M o n t h M a y be R e q u ire d to R eplace
M o n ta n a R a ilro a d L in e s.
Butte, Mont., June 9.—The North
ern Pacific east from Butte is again
tied up by a new washout of 600 feet
of track near Jefferson Island, a small
station in the Jefferson River Valley,
about 60 miles from Butte. Two steel
trestles on the Great Northern are
reported as having gone out, near
Basin, 35 miles north of Butte, add
ing to the demoralization of that road.
Great Northern Railway officials
will not venture an opinion as to
when normal conditions will be re
stored, one official stating that in his
belief a month’s time would be nec
essary to put the Montana line of the
Northern Pacific in proper condition.
The Great Northern telegraphic serv
ice is completely demoralized, and the
officials fear they have yet to learn of
the real magnitude of the destruction
wrought by the flood waters.
The barometer is higher than for
several weeks. This would indicate
warmer weather and with that the
rapid melting of the snows in the
mountains. As there now is lying
from three to four feet of snow in
the mountains it is feared the rush of
waters will add to the damage already
done.
H E A R S T ’S G A IN N O W
123.
KANSAS CITY FLOOD
Entire Lower Section of City Is
Under Water.
EIGHT RAILROADS ARE TIED UP
C o n ve n tio n H all N o w S h e lte r s 1 5 ,0 0 0
H o m e le s s P e o p le — W o r s t B e -
lieved^to be O v e r.
Kansas City, June 11.—All calcula
tions of the weather bureau and river
experts as to the duration and extent
of the flood at the junction of the
Kaw and Missouri rivers were upset
yesterday by the continued rise of the
Missouri river, due to heavy rains in
Dakota and Nebraska. At 5 P. M.
the Missouri river was 27.2 feet above
low water, a rise of .2 since noon.
The Kaw has overflowed most of
the railn d yards, the stockyards and
the residence and manufacturing dis
trict of Armourdale. Ten feet of wa
ter is running through Kansas avenue,
the main street of Armourdale.
The flood is the highest since that
of 1903, but the water is more than
seven feet lower than in that year.
Eight lines out of Kansas City are
now tied up.
Convention Hall has been opened
to shelter refugees. At least 15 000
persons have been driven from their
homes.
The overflow is bound to cause
trouble east of here as far as St.
Louis, it is predicted, as it reaches
into the Mississippi and north along
the banks of the Missouri as far as
Omaha.
T W E N T Y -O N E D EAD .
T o r n a d o S w e e p s Pa th A lo n g K a n s a s -
N e b r a s k a Line.
Omaha, N eb, June 8 —The tornado
which passed over Southern Nebraska
and portions of Northern Kansas rri-*
day evening was the most destructive
and covered the most territory of any
similar storm which .has visited the
state in many years. At least twenty-
one persons are known to be dead,
five fatally injured and a score of
others more or less seriously hurt,
some of them dangerously.
Additional reports received state
that several persons were killed at
the towns of Byron, Neb., and Court-
land. Kan., which towns have been
cut off from communication with the
outside world
t|
At Fairfield more than forty build
ings were more or less wrecked and
some of
them. including’ three
churches, were demolished. The loss
will exceed $ 100 , 0 0 0 .
In the vicinity of Hicklcy farm
houses stood the brunt of the storm
and one or more fatalities are re
ported, with a number receiving in
juries. some of which will prove fatal.
Serious damage is reported from
Byron, ten miles west of Chester, at
tended* by considerable fatalities, but
no details can be learned. All the
bridges are out and communication
by telegraph and telephone is entire
ly cut off.
A telephone message from Hardy,
Neb,, says the town of Courtland,
Kan., just across the Nebraska line,
was struck by the storm and that sev
eral casualties occurred, but lack of
communication makes confirmation
impossible today. Trains in all direc
tions are abandoned because of wash
outs and destroyed roadbeds. At Ge
neva the storm wrought great de
struction.
The storm has covered such a wide
area and been so destructive wherever
it touched the earth that it has almost
: caused a panic among the inhabitants.
14 iirwlrprls n f f a n n e r s drove into town
M in e s a n d S m e lte r C lo se d .
Butte. Mont., June 11.— A dispatch
to the Miner from Great Falls states
that the electrolytic smelter of the
Boston & Montana, one of the Amal
gamated Copper Company’s mines,
will be closed down for two months,
during which time the Boston & Mon
tana mines in Butte will remain closed
unless arrangements can be made to
handle the ore of the company at
Anaconda. Five thousand men are
affected by the shut-down.
The road between Great Falls and
Helena, it is said, will not be repaired
within two months. The only method
of travel out of Great Falls at the
present time is by stage.
G re a t N o rt h e rn is C le a r.
Spokane. Wash., June 11.—Great
Northern officials announced yester
day that the whole main line is clear
and ready for traffic between St. Paul
and Seattle. The Montana Central
branch is still tied up.
Further
washouts have occurred on the North
ern Pacific west of Missoula, and that
city cannot be reached from the west
before tomorrow at best.
GO VERNM ENT AFTER
REBATERS
S o u t h e rn F a c ific M a y be Indicted fo r
V io la tio n o f L aw .
San Francisco, June 11.—The fed
R e c o u n tin g o f 7 7 B a llo t B o x e s C o m eral officers arc maintaining the great
est secrecy concerning a hearing that
pleted in N e w Y o r k .
E N D 3 3 D A Y S ’ R A IN S T O R M .
R iv e rs
B e g in to Fall, but C o m m u n i
cation is Sto p p e d .
Missoula, Mont., June 8.—Saturday
night at 6 o ’clock the sun broke
through the clouds after 33 days of
rain and the rainfall, which had been
lessening since morning, ceasrd.
The rivers show a lower mark than
they did 24 hours ago and there is
hope that the worst is over.
But
there has been great damage and it
may be days or weeks before railroad
traffic is resumed to the eastward.
All day Saturday Missoula was cut
ff from tlie outside world. Not until
night had there been wire communi
cation and it consisted of a single
line to the west and none to the east.
Saturday n'ght and Sunday morning
the high water reached its maximum,
registering the highest mark ever
known in this country. All of the
city and county bridges are out and
Missoula is divided into three dis
tricts, each of which is without com
munication with the outside. Three
large residences in the city went down
the river. Their occupants had been
warned and were out before the flood
struck. The big log-jam of the Black-
foot Company has been held in place
and the great power dam owned by
W. A. Clark is intact.
The damage to farms in the bottom
lands will be great. The loss to the
city and county will run far into the
thousands and cannot be estimated
until the water goes down. The out
look today is encouraging and it is
believed the crisis has been passed.
was begun Tuesday afternoon by the
New York, June 4.—The recount of federal grand iurv that may lead to
the ballots in the disputed mayoralty the indictment of the Southern Pa
election of 1905 proceeded with expe cific railway on 250 coi nts for re
dition today before Justice Lambert, bating.
in the supereme court, and 29 ballot
The hearing was conducted by H.
boxes were opened, which show a B. Duncan, of Washington, an attor
M IS S O U R I O N R A M P A G E .
gain of 16 votes for William Randolph ney for the interstate commerce com
Hearst. Seventy-seven boxes have mission, and is the direct .outcome of
been counted since the recount be the evidence taken here last fall by C o n tin u e d R a in s in M o n ta n a C o s t 8
gun, and the total gain for Hearst is Interstate Commerce Commissioner
L iv e s and M u c h P ro p e rty.
123. Early today Hearst made large Franklin K. Lane. Three witnesses
Great Falls. Mont., June 8.—Never
gains, which were materially reduced were called Tuesday, C. B. Seger,
by the recount late in the day.
auditor of the Southern Pacific com before in the historv of Montana has
Supreme Court Justice Lambert, pany; T. G. Brewer, freight claims there been such a flood as has been
who is trying the case, has requested agent, and Alfred H. Rising, chief sweeping down the valley of the Mis
souri River and its tributaries. Five
Governor Hughes to recommend to clerk of the freight department.
the legislature that a special appropri
The investigation started Tuesday lives have already been lost in the
ation be made under which the jurors has oartiular reference to shipments waters in this vicinity, and the dam
who are hearing the evidence may be of pine box lumber from Verdi, two age to farms, railroads and industrial
allowed extra compensation for their miles outside the state line in Ne and commercial institutions will run
vada, to points in California at the into the millions. The river is at the
duties.
It has been learned that one of the same rate charged for shorter hauls highest point ever known since the
jurors has lost his employment since within the state. Over 200 violations first settlement of Montana and it is
the opening of the trial nine weeks of the law in this connection are said still rising.
Some of the smaller outside towns
ago. and that another’s business has to have been found out by Duncan.
Another violation of the law is said are in even worse condition than is
seriously suffered from neglect for so
Great
Falls. At last reports Chateau
long a period. It is said that from $5 to be in reference to shipments of
O p e n B id s fo r B u ild in g Site s.
was completely surrounded by water
wool
from
California
points
to
Stock-
to
$10
a
day
for
each
juror
was
the
Washington. — The
supervising
and all bridges were gone. A large
architect has announced that bids will compensation suggested to the gov ton. Cal., at reduced rates and from part of Belt was partially under water
there to other states at interstate
_________________
be opened July 16 for public building ernor.
and the people had taken to the high
r a t e s . ________________
sites 130x135 feet at Albany and La
ground.
B a ttle sh ip s S t a r t H o m e .
Grande and 140x140 feet at Pendleton.
S u p p ly S h ip s R e a d y f o r C ru ise .
San Francisco, June 9.—Leaving
C a n a d ia n B r id g e s G o O ut.
Vallejo, Cal., June 11.—Orders have
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
the other warships of the Atlantic
McLeod,
Alberta, June 8.—The Ca
been
issued
by
the
authorities
at
the
fleet to follow a month later, the bat
Wheat—Club. 88(5>89c per bushel; tleships Maine and Alabama, desig Mare Island navy yard for the de nadian Pacific bridge at West Mc
red Russian, 86(587c; bluestem, 91(5) nated as a special service squadron, parture o*f the auxiliary vessels of Leod was swept away Friday night.
92c; valley. 88(589c.
sailed from this port yesterday morn the Atlantic fleet from here before St. Marv’s bridge, between here and
Barley— Feed. $25.50 per ton; rolled, ing on the long voyage to Hampton next Saturday, so that they can pre Lethbridge, is a total wreck and the
$27.50(528.50; brewing, $26.
Roads by way of Honolulu, Manila, pare at San Francisco to depart for Canadian Pacific pumping station
Oats—No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton; Aden and the Suez Canal. Cantain the Orient next Monday. The refrig has been swept into the river. The
gray, $27
Giles B. Harber. of the Maine, will be erator ship Culgoa left for the lower bridge at Browket on the Crow’s Nest
Hay—Timothy, Willamette Valley, in command of the special squadron, bay yesterday morning and the rest line is expected to go at any time,
$17 per ton; YVillamette Valley, or and on the first leg of the long cruise will follow -this week. The Glacier, and mail and freight and passenger
dinary, $15; Eastern Oregon. $18 50; home will have a member of the ¡Arcthusa and Panther are nearly traffic is at a standstill
Rain con
mixed, $ 1 6 ; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12; President’s cabinet. Secretary of the ready to load supplies for the long tinues to fall in torrents. Farms for
alfalfa meal. $20.
Interior James T. Garfield, as a guest trip across the Pacific. They will many miles around are inundated and
Butter—Extras, 25c per pound;
houses have floated away, and the loss
leave here today and tomorrow.
fancy. 24c; choice, 20c; store, 16c.
will be enormous.
T o r n a d o in Iow a.
Eggs—Oregon, 18(5l9c per dozen
Charles City. Ia., June 9.—A tor S w in d le r s B e g g e d f o r B o g u s H o m e s.
Poultry—Mixed chickens, 12(o>12$c
O k la h o m a F e a r s R ace W a r.
Chicago. June 11.—Following an
nound; fancy hens. 124c; roosters, 8c; nado struck this city Sunday, demol
Oklahoma City, Okla., June 8 —
*ryers, 20c; broilers. 224c; ducks, old. ishing about 200 residences and j investigation which has been made by
I7(5l8c; spring. 20(5224c: geese. 8(5) barns. One man, W R. Beck, is the police department of numerous Fears of a race war over the killing
9c; turkeys, alive, 16(5l8c for hens, known to have been killed^ and four complaints from persons who were of Sheriff G. W. Garrison by a negro
14(5l6c for gobblers; dressed, 17(5l9c. children are reported missing. The induced to subscribe to a fund for
Apples — Select, $2.50 per box; path of the tornado was about ten building "houses of hope’’ for en desperado led Governor Taskell to or
fancy. $2; choice, $1.50; ordinary, rods wide. It struck the city in the feebled old men. it became known der out Company M. Oklahoma Na
$1.25.
southwestern part, crossed the river yesterday that a gigantic swindle has tional Guard Saturday night. The
Potatoes—Old Oregon, $1@1.10 per and lifted the water almost clean been operated from this city by which body of Sheriff Garrison was brought
hundred.
from the river bed. It passed in a hundreds of thousands of dollars have here on a special train at 3:30 o’clock
Fresh Fruits—Strawberries, $2(52.75 northeasterly direction, just missing been secured for fictitious homes. It Sunday morning. Rumors that the
per crate^ cherries, $1(3)1.40 per box; the Charles City college buildings, is believed that the syndicate has been negroes are arming themselves have
gooseberries, 6(5)7c per pouhd; apri and spent itself a few miles northeast receiving funds at the rate of $1.200 been rife all evening. Adnitant-Gefl-
cots, $1(3)1.50 per crate; blackberries. of the city.
a day, and that its operations have eral Canton arrived from Guthrie at
$1(51.25 per crate
been going on for the past six years. 2 o ’clock yesterday morning to take
Vegetables — Turnips, $1.50 per
command of the militia.
Pull C o n d u c t o r O f f C a r .
sack; carrots. $1 50(51.75; beets, $1.75;
Big Mail Robbery.
Bakersfield, Cal., June 9.—A street
parsnips, $1.25; cabbage. $1.75(52 per
M a c h in e S h o p s B u rn .
Kansas City. Mo., June 11:—A re
cwt ; beans. Il(5l24t per pound; head car was held up on the outskirts of
Victoria. B C , June 8 —The three
lettuce. 124(5l5c per dozen; aspara the city about midnight Saturday and port has just been made that a mail
gus. $1.50 box; eggplant, 20c pound; Conductor Frills was robbed of $41. pouch containing $50.000 and en route machine shops of the Victoria Ma
chinery Depot Company. Limited,
•»arsley, 25c per dozen; peas. 5(57c
deed was committed by two from Los Angeles to New York has were destroyed by fire Saturday even
oer pound; peppers, 20c per pound; The
mysteriously disappeared and it is ing. which broke out at 8 o’clock do
masked
men,
one
of
whom
jumped
radishes, 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 2(5)
the car, pulled the conductor thought that it was opened at Kansas ing *180.000 damage and throwing
3c per pound; spinach« 3c per pound; aboard
to the ground and robbed him while City. While the postal authorities 150 men out of work. The insurance
cauliflower. $2 50 per crate.
'admit that a very valuable pouch is
Hops—1907, prime and choice. 5(5 the other stood guard with guns. The missing, they have not formally an amounted to $30.000. The fire was
continued on its way, the motor-
caused, it is thought, by the fire from
9c per pound; olds. 2(524c per pound. car
nounced that the amount involved is the moulding room Usually it is the
man
and
passengers
failing
to
see
the
W ool—Eastern Oregon, average
$50,000. One report is that the hag custom to send out men to watch the
attack
made
on
the
conductor.
best, ll(5 l5 c per pound, according to
contained an amount higher than that. sparks from this source, but on Satur
;hrinkage; Valley, 10(5l24c.
day night the precaution was omitted.
B a n d its R o b P a y T ra in .
Mohair — Choice, 18(gl84c per
H e a r s t C o n tin u e s to G ain.
pound.
City of Mexico, June 9.—-Word
New York. June 11.—William R.
Cescara Rark—34(544c per pound. has reached this city that bandits at
Hogs — Best, $6(56 25; medium, tacked a pay train on the way to the Hearst made good gains yesterday in
t / u i a m , O K U . , June ».—A torna
Los Grandes mine near Balzac in the the recount of the ballots in the dis which swept oreT a territory 12 mi
$5 75*56; feeders, no demand.
puted
mayoralty
election
of
1905
Cattle—Best steers, $5; medium. state of Guerrero. O f the escort of
west of Durant Saturday night .
«4 50(54 75;
common,
$3 50/5.3.75; four men, three were killed and one The examination of the contents of stroyed a dozen farm houses and w
cows. best. $4; common. $3.50(53.75; wounded. Four thousand dollars was 99 boxes during the dav gave him a a heavy storm of hail, which acco
stolen Rurales are in pursuit of the net gain of 53 rotes. The ballots in panied it, did damage estimated
calves. $4.50(55.
Sheep— Best sheared wethers, $4; highwaymen. The mine belongs to j 390 boxes have been examined and .$150.000. A number of persons ;
Hearst has gained 188 rotes.
mixed, $3.50(53.75; spring lambs. $5. an American company.
I reported injured, none fatally.