Cottage Grove leader., June 26, 1908, Image 2

SHAH AGAIN M ASTER.
C LO SE C ALL FOR T A F T .
Persian Nationalists Driven From Par­
liament Buildings.
Breaking o f Piston Rod on Engine
Nearly Wrecka Train.
Teheran, June 24.— After a b loody
fight, which was waged around the
Parliament building, the city was
comparatively quiet last night, al­
though the Cossacks were camped in
the streets and squares.
Cossacks and soldiers early in the
morning surrounded the Parliament
building and demanded that a num­
ber o f persons whose arrest the shah
had ordered be forthwith handed over
to them The parliament refused to
com ply with this demand, and shots
were fired at the troops, several sol­
diers being killed.
Orders were issued from military
headquarters
that the parliament
building be bombarded, and the bom ­
bardment com m enced soon after 10
o ’clock. W hile this was in progress
bom bs were thrown ftum the Parlia­
ment building and the mosque build­
ing, disabling one o f the guns and
wounding the gunners. Eventually
the halls o f parliament were cleared,
but not before many persons had been
killed and wounded. The bom bard­
ment continued until 3 o ’clock in the
afternoon, when it suddenly ceased.
In the meantime the troops attacked
the political clubs in that neighbor­
hood and numerous residences of
o f members of parliament, in which
work they were aided by the popu­
lace.
T he number o f casualties is un­
known, but it will be very large. The
parliament buildings are practically in
ruins. The firjng was confined to
Parliament Square, the other parts
o f the city being comparatively quiet.
Large numbers o f leading national
ists, including priests and members
o f parliament, have been placed under
arrest.
Dennison, O., June 23.— Secretary
Taft had a narrow escape tonight:
from being ‘ involved in a serious
wreck on the Pennsylvania Flyer,
which was carrying him east.
Prompt action o f the towerman in
a signal station a third of a mile east
o f Coshocton, and o f the engineer
o f the dyer, alone averted what might
have been a dreadful accident.
As the train was speeding along at
the rate of 50 miles an hour, the pis­
ton rod on the left side of the lo c o ­
motive broke short off. Alm ost in­
stantly the cylinder o f the engine was
cracked by the unmanageable rod.
Secretary Taft and National Com ­
mitteeman K ellogg entered the din­
ing car and sat down to dinner after
the accident occurred without thought
o f anything serious in connection
with the stopping and delay of
the train. The Secretary made no
comment on- the incident when in­
formed o f it. The engineer o f the
locom otive explained that it was
merely good luck that averted a bad
accident.
‘ If the piston rod, after it broke,
had gone under the train,” said he.
“ we would have gone into the ditch,
as we were running 50 miles an hour,
and the derailment would have been
serious matter. Fortunately the
broken rod landed six or eight inches
outside o f the left rail. That «saved
us.”
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Conage Grove Leader
C O T T A .G * G R jO V * .
NEWS O F J E WEEK
la a Condeosed Form ter ta f
B u y keaders.
A R a iu m a o f Ih * L « U Im portarli but
N o t L a t a Interaatln^ E v e n ti
a f tha P a t i W aalu
Thee Rivers, Quebec, had a million
dollar fire.
The wrapping paper trust has pleaded
guilty, and each member was fined.
Eight persons died and scores were
prostrated from the heat in Chicago.
A second son has been born to King
Alfonso and Queen Victoria, of Spain.
It is claimed many cures have been
effected in a leper colony in Louisiana.
E. G. Bethel, the English editOT ar­
Dusl to Death.
rested for seditioua utterances at
Goldfield, Nev., June 24.— M. Taylor
Seoul, has apologized for the publica­
tion, and says he was misinformed.
and C. W . Priest, both miners, en­
gaged in a duel this afternoon on
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy says that Grand »venue, and both men are now
during the past year new Christian in a dying condition. The duelists
Science societies have been formed at emptied their guns into each other.
the rate of one every four and one-half Tajrlor being shot several times.
hours.
Priest was taken to the hospital in a
An English editor is on trial for se­ dying condition. The shooting o c ­
dition by Japanese authorities in curred immediately follow ing a re­
mark by Priest reflecting upon Tay­
Corea.
lor’s wife. It is not known just what
Havana authorities do not credit started the quarrel, but it is said that
•the
men have been enemies because of
the rumors o f a well-organized insur­
Priest's persistent attentions.
rection.
A dining car will be added to the
Law Knocks Out Races.
A 4 C. trains between Portland and
New York. June 24— The Brighton
Seaside.
Reach Racing Association has decided
Governor Dawson, o f W est V ir­ to cancel all o f its stake events for
ginia. has a well-developed case of this year. The phrses amount to
$200.000. This
action
was
made
tuberculosis.
necessary by the great decline in the
A federal grand jury in New York daily attendance at the racetracks
has indieted the heads o f the New since the anti-betting laws went into
York Cetton Exchange and the Manila effect. The mid-summer meeting o f
Paper and Fiber Manufacturers’ Asso­ 22 days will be held at Brighton
Beach as planned, with over-night
ciation.
sweepstakes to take the place o f the
stakes.
The transport Sherman will be
quarantined at
Astoria. She has
Eleven*Die From Heat.
smallpox on board.
Chicago. June 2 4 — Eleven deaths
Harry and Evelyn Thaw have be­ due to heat prostration or allied
co m e reconciled, but Thaw roust r e ­ causes were recorded in Chicago to ­
day The thermometer »pain climbed
main in the asylum.
t o above !>0, but lute this afternoon
A runaway automobile jumped off a shift in the wind brought relief, and
the docks into the river in New York it is believed that the torrid wave has
broken.
and drowned four persons.
CO U N TY.
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M arlon . . . .
M orrow
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NEW ROAD FILES A R T IC L E S .
Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Line is
Incorporated.
Astoria.—Articles o f incorporation of
the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Rail­
way company were filed in the county
clerk’s office here yesterday, by F. L.
Evans, E. Z. Ferguson, H. G. Van
Dusen and W. E. Buffum, as incorpor­
ators. The capital stock is $2,000.000,
divided into 200.000 shares o f $10 each.
The principal office o f the company is
to be in Astoria, and, according to the
U nited S tates Senator articles its object is to construct and
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operate an electric railroad and tele­
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graph and telephone lines from Astoria
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to Tillamook via Warrer.ton. Hammond
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and Seaside. It is also authorized to
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erect and maintain elevators, docks and
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warehouses, and to operate steamers on
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the Columbia and Willamette Rivers,
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Cholera Am ong T roop s.
Races will be held next year under
Manila, June 24. — Cholera has
the auspices of the U. 8. Signal Service
between balloons and aeroplanes.
broken out am ong the troops at Camp
Gregg. The scouts and one civilian
Denver police were enjoined from
have died from the disease, and the
interfering with race track gambling,
camp has been placed under quaran­
and bookmaking is carried on freely.
tine regulations. Lieutenant Jones,
The American auto has overtaken o f the First Cavalry, and Lieutenant
and passed the German machine in the M uldoon, o f the Philippine scouts,
New York to-Paris race.
They are have been stricken. T he situation
with regard to the cholera outbreak
now crossing Siberia.
in the province o f Pangasinan, on the
James J. Hill says the erap prospects island o f Luzon, is very serious.
for the year are good, and as the crop Ninety-three cases have been reported
will not be an unusually large one, it in the last 24 hours, 60 of which have
will bring good prices.
proved fatal.
Party strength is computed according
to the vote on congressman, and by
this teet it is found that the Republican
plurality in the state is 38,762, Hawley
having a plurality of 17,048 in the first
district and Ellis a plurality of 21,714
in the second district. This is by far
the largest plurality ever recorded for
congressman in either district. The
plurality, however, is about 4000 short
of the plurality for Roosevelt over
Parker four years ago. The vote on
senator by counties is as follows:
e m
A man com m itted suicide by throw­
ing himself in front o f a New Y ork
subway train, almost causing a panic
am ong the crow d who witnessed the
act.
The jury in the H yde-Benson case
is still unable to reich an agreement.
Bryan feels sure o f the Democratic
nomination, figuring out 116 votes
m ore than enough to win.
Virgil Gavin, who played ball with
the Chicago Nationals and New York
Giants, is dead.
The first steamers trpm Beattie this
season have reached Nome, after a
hard battle with the ice.
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A New Y ork man plans to propel
and control an immense balloon with
a 45-horse power automobile engine
suspended from the balloon.
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T o ta l
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More than 50 New Y ork militiamen
gave out from the heat and over-
exertion o f a five-mile march.
C oop er (S o c ia lis t ) .............................
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Crops in southern Minnesota were
badly damaged by a wind and hail
storm.
Taft has not yet selected a chair­
man for the Republican national com
mittee.
in Persia“ Strike T error to
' Am erican! Residents.
St. Petersburg, June 24.— The N ovoe
Vrem ya today published a dispatch
from a correspondent w ho has just
com pleted a perilous trip from T ab­
riz, Persia, to Urumiah, through a
country
swarming
with
pillaging
Kurds. He declares that Urumiah is
now com pletely surrounded by Kurds,
w ho are ravaging the villages on all
sides up to the gates o f the town. The
sound of firing is constantly heard.
The missionaries at Urumiah have
held a meeting and sent out to their
respective countries a statement of
the critical position in which they find
themselves.
Turkish regular troops are close
behind the raiding Kurds. T w o bat-'
talions o f infantry, two squadrons of
cavalry and a battery o f artillery have
occupied villages three miles from
Urumiah, and six days ago one bat­
talion of infantry and five batteries
o f the Sixth division of cavalry went
into camp in the region around Suj-
bulant to settle the dispute between
Turkey and Persia.
It is declared at the foreign office
here that Russia has made continual
representations to the porte about
the situation, but without result up
to the present time. Russia has not
yet decided upon any more aggressive
steps.
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Stockman Let Go of Claims and De­
velopment Begins.
Lakeview.— It is now more than
tw o years since the first discoveries of
gold were made in this section, but
still no mine has been opened up.
M ost-of the good prospects are owned
by sheepmen and ranchers, who are
not familiar with mining, and have
held o n to their claims, expecting that
some one would make a rich strike
and that they could then dispose of
their possessions at a big price. Since
this has not been the case, some of
them are letting go now, and the
properties are passing into the hands
o f practical mining men. This spring
a number o f capitalists and men ot
experience in mining have visited this
section, and some o f them have se­
cured either leases or options on some
o f the best claims both at New Pine
Creek and at Plush One o f the big­
gest deals was consummated a few
days ago, when a group o f claims in
the Pine Creek district was leased for
a term o f years, and the payment
Cake (R e p u b lica n ) ..............
BO.syy made was $40011 in cash.
C ham berlain (D e m o cr a tic) ........... 52,421
C h a m b erla in .
The Prohibition party is raising the
biggest campaign fund in its history.
Kurds
Plurality for Congressman
Ever Recorded.
8alem.— The official returns from the
recent election give Chamberlain a plu­
rality of 1,522 over Cake for United
States senator. While the official can­
vass has not been made, Secretary of
State Henson has tabulated the figures
from the different counties, and the
result is definitely known. There are
some o f the abstracts yet to be cor­
rected by the county clerks before the
official canvass can be made. The o f­
ficial returns gave Chamberlain a gain
of 100 votes in Crook county, as com
pared with unofficial reports.
The total number of ballots east was
in the neighborhood of 115,000, the ex­
act number not being reported by all
counties. Since there are some voters
..ho do not mark their ballots as to all
offices, it is not possible to determino
from the number of votes for any office
the total number of votes cast. The
largest vote was that for senator, which
was as follows:
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A Jap spy has been caught with
com plete plans Of New Y ork forts.
Largest
!
The bribery case against Tirey L.
Ford, of San Francisco, has been
dropped.
Hyde and Schneider were convicted of
land frauds, and Benson and Dimond
acquitted.
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Tw o men jumped from a speeding au­
tomobile in California, thinking it was
beyond control. Both were badly in­
jured.
Thomas W . Lawson, of Boston, pro­
poses to raise one million dollars for
a Democratic campaign fund to elect
Governor Johnson, o f Minnesota, presi­
R O O S E V E L T IN H A Y F IE L D S .
dent, and W . J. Bryan, vice-president.
Mulai Hafid has reached the Moroccan
capital and proclaimed himself sultan. Goes Thence With Family to See Big
Yale-Harvard Boat Race.
Woman suffragists in London held
Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 24.— The
the greatest demonstration ever seen
sun shone at O yster Bay today, and
there.
the president made hay. During the
Taft says he would like to see a m ow ing Mr. Roosevelt was content
“ good game of baseball; a game for to supervise „the work, but tom orrow
blood.”
morning, when the crop that covers
W. J. Bryan says that “ the anti in the hillside in front o f the president's
junction plank of the Republican plat­ home has ripened, the chief executive
form, as finally adopted, is a transpar­ will take a hand in the work. Mak
ing hay is one o f the yearly occupa
ent fraud.”
tions engaged in by the president on
A collision of electric oars three miles
his summer's vacation, and he enjoys
from Portland on the Mount Scott line it thoroughly.
badly injured six persons, slightly in
This morning he took a horseback
jured many more and wrecked two mo­ ride, in the heat o f the day he labored
tor cars.
in the field, and just before dinner
An accident to the Portland Railway lay low in a sturdy tree, the useful­
company generating plant a Cazadero ness o f which, except as fuel, was
destroyed three dynamos, worth $30,000 past.
each, in abont three minutes, besides
Secretary Loeb announced last
about $20,000 damage to turbines and night that the president did not ex­
pect to meet Mr. Taft at New Lon
power house.
A Washington man has applied for don. At 1 o ’clock tom orrow after
leave of absence from his homestead on noon the president, Mrs. Roosevelt.
account o f the numerous rattlesnakes. Miss Ethel Quentin and Archie will
He expects to be away helping neigh­ board the Mayflower for New L on ­
The Mayflower will arrive in
bors during harvest and dares not leave don
the Thames Thursday morning. As
his family alone.
the Mayflower is too large a craft to
James Cantillon, a professional ball navigate the river, the passengers in
player of Marinette. Wis., who was to­ the morning will transfer to the Sylph,
tal y blind, regained his sight at Belle­ which will precede the M ayflow er to
vue Hospital during a fit of hysterics, the mouth o f the Thames.
which followed the surgeon's announce­
ment to him that his case wus con
m is s io n a r ie s ; b e s ie g e d .
sidered hopeless.
O P E N IN G LAKE M IN E S .
O F F IC IA L R E TU R N S .
1,881
1 .5 7 2
44
38
1 .0 6 3
1.071
65
2 .6 6 6
258
2 .1 3 2
192
236
1 .2 4 5
887
1 H 4
203
732
898
90
1 ,3 8 6
412
1.5 0 5
156
936
107
684
83
35
196
263
7
234
1 .8 9 2
1.903
87
24
448
453
16
64
653
699
49
58
395
466
18
261
2 ,1 8 2
1.7 0 2
157
949
215
908
57
669
87
725
57
31
450
383
25
339
2 .3 2 2
2.9 8 1
198
530
82
30
482
232
1.9 4 0
2 .3 3 9
133
55
791
610
54
163
3 .2 3 5
3 .3 0 9
294
79
631
491
32
793
6 3 0 1 2 ,1 7 6 1 3 ,2 4 3
135
1.4 6 8
1 ,3 0 5
128
20
354
442
41
447
105
544
37
155
1 ,7 7 7
2 .0 7 1
167
183
1.55(1
1.5 6 7
125
801
87
908
51
1.643
137
145
1.70(1
120
20H
1.911
1,778
390
327
11
26
1,698
134
201
1 .5 6 5
3.787 5 0.899 5 2 ,4 2 1 S .2«7
U M A T IL L A DAM F IN IS H E D .
W ater Soon*Ready for 2 0 ,0 0 0 Acres
o f Arid Land.
Hermiston.— The dam of the Uma­
tilla project is practically complete and
the distribution is nearing completion
as rapidly as men and teams can do the
work. In a few weeks nearly all the
men who have been employed on the
project will have departed and one of
the largest and best irrigation schemes
in the northwest will be in shape to
water 20,000 acres of arid land. J. T.
Whistler, chief engineer on the project,
has already left for Portland, where he
will open an office, having resigned his
position with the United States recla­
mation service.
D. C. Henny, supervising engineer
for the reclamation service, has stated
that he expects Secretary James R.
Garfield here to visit the project about
July 15. He will doubtless make a
tour of inspection of the various proj­
ects and his visit here will doubtless
result in helpful suggestions to the set­
tlers. He will be the guest of the
board of directors of the Water Users’
association while here.
Josephine County Going Dry.
Grants Pass.—Judge Jewell, of the
Josephine county court, has ordered
that all saloons be closed in Josephine
county on and after July 1. The liquor
dealers have been notified, and so far
as now appears no objections will be
made to the order The 10 saloons o f
this city, and nearly all the country
and mining camp saloons of the out
side precincts are already preparing
to close. The goods on hand are be­
ing disposed of as rapidlv as the
thirsty will buy, and it is evident that
after July 1 there will be very little
liquor on hand in this county.
Bankers Organize.
Pendleton.— A movement has been
started to organize a Umatilla Coun
ty
Bankers’ association
Saturday
evening in this city. A number O*
the banks in the smaller »owns of
the county have agitated the matter.
It is believed a county organization
including the thirteen hanks o f Um a­
tilla county will be formally organ
ized for mutual protection and to
prom ote the banking interests ir.
every way. A grand banquet will be
given the bankers here Saturday
evening. Officers will be elected and a
regular set of by-laws adopted.
Ontario Wool Sales.
Ontario.—The largest^ w ool sale in
eastern Oregon will be next Thurs­
day, June 18, in Ontario, when the
M. M Company will place 2,500.000
pounds o f w ool on the market.
A t the w ool sale in Vale recently
the prices ranged from 10c to 14c, but
since then the price o f w ool has been
steadily advancing, and the sheepmen
expect to realize a good price for
their clip. Nearly all of the Malheur
and Harney county w ool clip is
stored in this city.
Fruit Inspector Busy.
Marshfield.—M. G. Pohl, fruit in­
spector for Coos county, has finished his
work o f inspecting orchards for the sea­
son. He reports that he has visited 1184
different orchards and inspected 9fi.9fi8
fruit trees. In many instances improve­
ments were demanded hy the inspector
and complied with hy the owners, and
the condition of the orchards in the
county is said to be first class.
Fair at The Dalles.
The Dalles — The mid - summer
meeting, o f the State Horticultural
Society and Cherry Fair will be held
at The Dalles 6n June 30. July 1 and 2.
T U R B IN E S RUN W IL D .
Strange Accident Wrecks Cazadero
Power House.
Portland, June 23.— A n.accident to
the machinery at the Cazadero power
plant o f the Portland Railway, Light
& Power* Company early yesterday
morning caused the com plete wreck
ing o f the station, entailing a loss of
$ 110 , 000 . Flying pieces o f hot metal
and burning insulation set fire to the
bnilding, destroying inflammable parts
o f the structure. T w o operators who
were on duty at the time had a mirac
ulous escape from instant death.
The three big water wheels “ ran
away,” one after the other, the gen
erators to which they were coupled
flying in pieces and wreckage from
each machine in turn disabled the
next water wheel. Huge parts o f the
monster
dynamos
were
hurled
through the brick walls to the station
and through the iron roof.
Although the tw o operators on duty
were right in the midst o f the flying
wreckage, they escaped without a
scratch.
Good Job Vacant.
Salem.—The election of Robert G
Morrow to the office of circuit judge in
Multnomah county will create a vacancy
in the position of supreme court re­
porter. which Morrow has held for a
number o f years. There are already
four or five candidates for the place
The supreme judges select the court re­
porter. His duty is to arrange copies
JAPAN W EA K EN S .
of supreme vcourt decisions for the
printer and to write syllabi to be pub­
lished at the head of the decisions. His Would End Chinese Boycott by Re­
mitting Indemnity.
compensation is $500 per volume, which
means about $750 per year. The work
San Francisco, June 23.— Sochita
does not interfere with private practice. Asano, president of the T o y o Kisen
Kaisha Steamship Cotnpany, reputed
Digging Artesian Wells.
to be the second wealthiest man in
Klamath Falls.— A year ago there Japan, ranking next to Baron Shi
were no artesian wells in W o o d River busawa, has arrived here en route to
valley. N ow there are twelve wells, New Y ork on a financial mission
Speaking o f the boycott against
flowing steady streams. The temper
ature o f the w*ater is 37 degrees, and Japanese goods in China, Mr. Asano
those familiar with the requirements said that Japanese trade had suffered
pronounce W ood river section an severely because o f the boycott re­
ideal location for milk condenseries sulting from the Tatsu Maru affair,
on account of the supply o f ice cold but he did not expect it to continue
water, the grasses, and the general much, longer
The Chinese were feeling its reflex
health of the stock. At present lack
o f transportation makes a condensery influence, and he thought that finan­
an impossibility. Many more wells cial considerations would soon out­
will be dug this summer, pipe having weigh sentimental reasons.
A different version is brought by
already been shipped from Klamath
Thomas F. Millard, the author, who
was a fellow-passenger o f Mr. Asano
Sue Road for Lack o f Cars.
on the steamship Mongolia. Accord
Pendleton.— The first suit filed in ing to Mr. Millard, the boycott is
Oregon against the O regon Railroad hurting Japanese trade ko severely
& Navigation company under the th«^t the government, through the
provisions o f the law passed by the merchants o f the empire, called the
last legislature, giving shippers dam­ Chinese merchants in Japan together
ages for failure on the part of a in order to make a proposal to end
railroad to supply cars was filed in the boycott by remitting the indem­
the Umatilla county circuit court. nity exacted in the Tatsu Maru inci­
The plaintiffs are Martin & Riggs, of dent.
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Milton. The plaintiffs allege that
last fall they lost $6,316.50 on ac
Buried in Ancient State.
count o f failure to get cars upon ten
Honolulu, June/23.— The funeral tq
days’ written request.
day of Prince David Kawananakoa,
who died recently in San Franisco,
Warehouse for Canby.
and whose body was brought here on
the
steamship Manchuria, was one of
Canby.—Work has begun on the new
warehouse of W . H. Bair, and the new the most imposing royal funerals ever
building will be one o f the best and held in Hawaii. The cerem ony was
most complete warehouses in the valley. in accordance with the ancient Ha
The structure will be 50x100 feet in waiian usage in the case o f chiefs
size, with concrete cellar, and two floors, The First regiment o f the National
with paper-lined air spaces in the w'alls, Guard of Hawaii, a detachment of the
making the building frost-proof. This Twentieth infantry from Fort Shafter
makes four warehouses o f this kind at and marines and sailors from the
Canby, and makes Canby the best mar battleships Maine, Alabama and St.
ket along the Southern Pacific, in this Louis, now in the harbor, marched
in the funeral procession.
vicinity.
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PO R TLA N D M A R K E T S .
Wheat— Track prices: Club, 88c per
bushel; red Russian, 86c; bluestem, 90c;
Valley, 88c.
Millstuffs—Bran, $26 per ton; mid­
dlings, $30.50; shorts, country, $28.50;
citv, $28; wheat and barley chop,
$27.50.
Bariev—Feed, $25 per ton; rolled,
$27.50(5)28.50; brewing, $26.
Oats— No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton;
gray, $27.
Hay— Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi­
nary. $15; Eastern Oregon. $18.50;
mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12;
alfalfa meal. $20.
Dressed Meats— Hogs, fancy, 8c per
pound; ordinary, 7c; large, 6c; veal,
extra. 8c; ordinary. 6 @ 7 c; heavy, 5e;
mutton, fancy, 8(S)9c.
Butter— Extras, 25c per pound; fancy
24c; choice, 20c; store, 16c.
Eggs— Oregon, 17}(fi)18}e per dozen
Cheese— Fancy cream twins, 13c per
pound; fall cream triplets. 13c; full
cresm Young Americas. 14c; cream
brick, 20c; Swiss block, 18c; limburger,
20c.
Ponltry—Mixed ohickens, 11(5)11
per ponnd; fancy hens, 12e; roosters,
9c; fryers. 16(3)17e; broilers, 16<?M7e;
dneks. old. 15c; spring, 15(o)20}e
geese. 8<ff)9c; turkeys, slive, 16/5>18e
for hens, 14<g)16c for gobblers; dressed
17(5>19e.
Potatoes—Old Oregon. $1(5)1.10 per
hundred; new California, 2(®2|e per
ponnd.
Fresh Fruits—Oranges, fancy, $3.25
(f^3.75; lemons, $4(®4.75; strawberries
50c(5'$1.25 per crate; grape fruit, $2.75
*5)3.25 per box; bananas. 5}<®6e per
ponnd; cherries, $1(5)1.25 per box;
gooseberries. 5c per ponnd; apricots
$1(5)1.25 per crate; cantaloupes, $2.75(5)
3.25; blackberries, $1(5)1.25 per crate;
peaches. 90cr5'$l per crate; plnms, $1
per crate.
Onions—California red. $1.65(®1.75
per sack: Bermudas. $2 per crate; gar­
lic, 15@20e per pound.
Hope— 1907. prime and choice, 5(5)5$e
per pound; olds, 2(5)2}e per ponnd.
Wool— Eastern Oregen, average best,
6(5)13\e per ponnd, according to
shrinkage; Valley, 10<fi>12}e.
Mohair—Choiee, l$@18|e par ponnd.
TAFT IS NOMINATED
Roll of States Called by Mega­
phone Anld Uproar.
ROOSEVELT STAMPEDE A FAILURE
Nominating Speech Made by Senator
Burton — T a ft’s Name Starts
Whirlwind o f Enthueieem.
Chicago, June 19.—For president of
the United States, William H. Taft, of
Ohio.
Taft on the first ballot, Taft by 702
votes, Taft by the unanimous choice of
the convention.
Such is the record o f the culminating
day of the Republican national conven­
tion of 1908, effected amid scenes of tu­
multuous enthusiasm, and after a nerve-
racking continuous session lasting near­
ly eight hours. With the president
named qnd the platform enunciated,
there renmius only the nomination for
vice-president to complete the momen­
tous work. Last night the whole city
was given over to wild exultation in
honor of the new candidate, whose
name goes echoing through the country.
The picture within the walls of the
vast amphitheater as the presidential
candidate was named was one truly
grand in its magnitude. In front, to
the right and left, below and above,
the billowing sea of humanity, restless
after hours of waiting and stirred from
one emotion to another, was in a fever
o f expectancy for the culminating vote.
The favorite sons of other states had
been named, save Knox and La Follette,
and now on the rollcall came Ohio.
As the Buckeye state was reached,
the tall, gaunt form o f Theodore E.
Burton, with student-like face and se
vere black, clerical garb, advanced to
the platform to nominate Ohio’s candi­
date. He spoke fervently, with the
singing voice o f an evangelist, which
/ent ringing through the great building.
The 'close of his speech of nomination
was the signal for the long pent-up
feeling of the Taft legions. Instantly
the Ohio delegates were on their feet,
other Taft states following, while the
convention hosts in gallery and on floor
broke into a mad demonstration.
“ Taft, Taft, W. H. T a f t ," came in ft
roar from the Ohioans. Megaphones
seemed to spring from concealed places
and swell the Taft tumult into thunder.
A huge, blue silk banner bearing the
familiar features of the statesman sec
retary was swung before the delegates,
awakening a fresh whirlwind of en­
thusiasm.
All semblance of order had been
abandoned, and the delegates were a
maelstrom o f gesticulating men. The
guidons of the states were snatched
up by the Taft enthusiasts or borne
under by the storm o f disorder. The
band was inaudible— a mere whisper
above the deafening volume of sound.
For 10, 15, yes 20 minutes this uproar
was continued. It was a repetition of
the scene of Wednesday, when the name
of Roosevelt brought the convention
into a frenzy. But there is a limit to
the physical resources o f throat and
lung, relays had not been established
and at last the tired voices died down
to a hoarse shout and subsided.
This lulj now gave the opportunity
for the speech seconding T a ft’s nomina­
tion by George A. Knight, o f Cali­
fornia, his big, round face beaming
forth on the sympathetic multitude and
his splendid baritone voice going forth
like the tones of a great church organ.
California’s tribute to Taft was brief
and fervid. Now there was another
lull in the Taft movement, while the
remnini"or candidates were placed in
nomination.
The secretary was powerless to make
his call of states heard above the deaf­
ening clamor. Seizing a megarhone, he
shouted the roll of states: “ Alabam a,"
“ Arkansas,’ ’ but his voice was swal
lowed up in tlie mad uproar. Gradu­
ally, however, the curiosity o f the mul­
titude conquered its enthusiasm and it
lapsed into silence to hear the result of
the call. A hush of expectancy hung
over the assembly as the call proceeded.
Hasty summaries showed that Taft
was far in advance. When New York
was reached the Taft column totaled
427. Ohio carried the Taft total to
511, or 20 more than enough to nomi­
nate. Still the call went on until the
final result was announced by Chair­
man Lodge:
“ For Theodore Roosevelt. 3 votes
for Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio, 16
votes; for Charles W. Fairbanks, of
Indiana, 40 votes; for Joseph G. Can
non, of Illinois, 58 votes; for Robert
La Follette, of Wisconsin. 25 votes; for
Charles E. Hughes, o f New York, 67
votes; for Philander C. Knox, of Penn
sylvania. 68 votes, and for William H.
Taft, o f Ohio, 702 v o te s."
Plague in Port o f Spain.
Port of Spain, June 23.—Since June
15 there have been four new cases o f
plague here, resulting in three deaths.
The fourth case is in the isolation
hospital. Active measures are being
taken by the sanitary corps in de­
stroying rats and cleaning up the
city. About 150 persons who came
in contact with these cases are now
in the observation camp, but up to the
Noble Act o f Roosevelt.
present there is no sign o f infection
London, June 19.— The news of Sec
among them. The medical authori­
ties take a very hopeful view of the retary T a ft’s nomination was received
situation, and expect to be able to too late for editorial comment in the
eradicate the disease at an early date. morning papers, except the Times,
which says: “ It is the greatest and
Discover Big Graft.
most striking o f all Roosevelt’s many
New Yotfc. June 23.— After having victories. By the unflinching exertion
o
f his personal will President Roosevelt
investigated for four months the ac
counts andlmethods o f the office of defeated the undoubted will of the Re
the preside« o f the borough of the publican party, and what is hardly less
Bronx, Conxnissioners o f Accounts certain, the will of the American peo­
Mitchell and Galligher submitted a ple. He has chosen to sacrifice his
rupTt which Itated that ‘‘the evidence personal ambition in his sease o f duty
has con vincS us that the entire as a citizen. It is a noble a c t ."
Bronx department feat Cor the past six
Prohibit T ip * and Cause Strike.
years been administered primarily »n
the political ^terests o f President
Cherbourg, June 19.— The agents of
Louis F. Haffeft, and that to this are
the North German Lloyd line have for­
ascribable m o4 o f the deficiencies,
irregularities arfl departures from the bidden the dockworkers in their em­
ploy to accept gratuities for the trans­
law discovered \ us. *
ferring of passengers’ baggage from
Damage fp in Millions.
train to steamer at this port, and conse­
Milwaukee, rail. June 23.— The quently the men yesterday refused to
wake o f last niJit’s storm has left handle the baggage of the passengers
millions of dollar! o f damage. Crops who came down town from Paris to
in the vicinity of lrairie du Chien are embark on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
totally destroyed, puildings wrecked, Grosse. To get over the difficulty the
glass fronts smastbd, trees uprooted company requisitioned the services of
or broken down. Ihe loss in Prairie the ship’s sailors, and the baggage was
du Chien will reacraSlOO.ooo. In Me handled without delay.
Gregor, across th<! Mississippi, the
loss will reach tlorpoo. About four
Persia ir> Sorry Plight.
inches o f rain fell ¡1 the 40 minutes,
8t. Petersburg, June 19.— A dispatch
during 27 minutes J which hail as
large as walnuts fell
received here from Baku says s Russian
Seventeen Ci
St. Petersburg, Jule 2 3 —A man
and woman have beert condemned to
death at W arsaw onjthe charge of«
being implicated in i fecent attempt
to k iff General Skamn, governor
generftl o f Warsaw. Sbenteen death
sentences wer announce today from
other towns and cities In Russia.
gunboat has entered the Persian port of
Enzeli on the Caspian sea, but the
statement has not been confirmed. The
foreign office here is without definite
advices from Teheran concerning the
situation in Persia. It sees but few en­
couraging symptoms in the present
state if anarehy that exist« in Persia.
FIRE SW EEPS M IC H IG A N .
Villages Are Destroyed and Hundreds
Made Homeless.
Detroit, June 22.— Fires in N orth­
ern Michigan forests, fanned to great
proportions by the gales o f the last
two days, have destroyed at least
three villages, rendered hundreds
homeless, swept over thousands of
adres of timber land and caused dam­
age estimated at about $ 200 , 000 .
The heaviest loss has been sus­
tained in Presque Isle and Cheboy­
gan
counties,
although
Lelanau,
Charlevoix and O tsego have also suf-
fered.
,
In many towns today lamps were
lighted, as the sun* was obscured by
the heavy smoke.
The village of Case, in Presque Isle
county, was destroyed today. A spe­
cial train conveyed the homeless vil­
lagers to Onoaway, where they^Were
sheltered tonight.
Legande. a little town Jn C heboy­
gan county, was also abandoned to
the flames tonight. Many women and
children were taken in wagons to In­
dian River.
While a big fire aj W olverine today
was being fought, a forest fire threat­
ened another section o f the village.
While the W olverine department was
engaged, a call for aid was received
from Rondeau, three miles north.
The firemen could not leave W o l­
verine. and Rondeau was at the mercy
o f the flames. A hotel, several stores
and houses and the Michigan Central
station were burned.
In Lelanau county a great fire raged
near Fouche. All night the glow o f
the fire could be seen at Traverse
City, 12 miles away. Several farm
buildings were destroyed, and Fan-
nett’s big lumber yard was wiped out.
Much valuable timber was burned.
M O N E Y FOR P R O H IB IT IO N .
Party Raising Largest Campaign Fund
In Its History.
Chicago, June 22.— The largest cam­
paign fund in the history o f the P ro­
hibition party is what Charles R.
Jones, chairman of the national com ­
mittee, expects to get, and the contri­
butions so far indicate he is not ex­
pecting without hope. Already more
than $35.000 has been donated to “ the
cause,” which is more than twice the
largest amount ever received so early
in a presidential campaign.
With its unusual campaign fund,
Mr. Jones is willing to predict the
party will cut a wider swath than it
has mowed before. Several have been
mentioned by the Prohibition leaders
as possible nominees for president.
Fred F. Wheeler, a real estate dealer
o f Los Angeles, Cal., who has con ­
tributed liberally to the cause o f tem­
perance. was the first suggested. Dr.
J. B. Cranfill, a Baptist minister o f
Dallas, Tex., who was a candidate for
vice-president in 1892, has also been
mentioned.
Alfred Manierre, an attorney o f
New York, and Dr. W. B. Pelmore,
editor of the St. Louis Christian Ad­
vocate, are said to be willing to as­
sume the honor.
SHARP N O T E FOR JAPAN*
Hayes Conveys Message From Presi­
dent on Coolie Exclusion.
San Francisco, June 22.— In a
speech before the Asiatic Exclusion
League of San Jose, Congressman E.
A. Haves delivered today what he
declared to be a personal message
from the president o f the United
States to the people o f the Pacific
Coast.
“ T w o or three days after the ad­
journment o f congress,” said Mr.
Hayes, “ I went to the president and
asked him how I should explain the
absence of exclusion legislation, which
I told him my constituents expected.
He replied:
“ ‘ I am still trying diplomacy. I
am sending to Japan the sharpest co r­
respondence that any nation has ever
received; but tell your constituents
that, if I cannctf get what I want by
diplomacy, T will get it by exclusion
legislation.’ ”
Mr. Hayes did not state whether
the presence o f the fleet in the Pa­
cific was in any way connected with
the ‘ trident's note to Japan.
Great American Crim e.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 22.— One o f
the most important movements in th$
history o f railroad has been started
bv the railroad commission of In­
diana to stop what William J. W ood ,
o f that body, terms “ the great Ameri­
can crime.*^ This crime is the kill­
ing and maiming o f over 10,000 per­
sons by American railroads at grade
crossings. The crossings consist o f
intersections at grade o f steam rail­
roads and highways, and o f steam
railroads and electric lines. Four
state railroad commissions will assist
Mr. W ood.
Testimony by the M ile.
Helena, Mont., June 22.—The
days’ argument in the case o f Fred
Bliss against the Anaconda Copp
Mining Company, known a& t
“ smoke case,” was concluded tod
before Federal Judge W . H. Hui
This is said to be the longest arg
ment in the history o f legal contr
versies. The case was started M
5. 1905. During the trial 26.000 pag
o f typewritten testimony were take
This amounted to 6,500.000 wore
Placed line to line the testimoi
would be 71} miles long The bri<
consist o f 3,000 pages.
Prostrated by Heat.
Ottawa, Kan., June 22— Frank
Hanly, governor o f Indiana, was pro
trated by heat while addressing tl
Ottawa Chautauqua here this aftc
noon. Governor Hanly was giv<
medical attention and assisted to li
train. He started for home tonigl
The governor came here direct fro
the Chicago convention to address tl
Chautauqua. He had almost finish«
his remarks when he was taken
and forced to stop.
Menalik Names Successor.
Addis Abeba, Abyssinia, June 22
The question o f the ascension to tl
throne o f Abyssinia, which has be<
quiescent for over a year, has be<
revived by an official; statement fro
King Menelik designating his gram
son. Lig Yasu, the 12-year-old son <
his daughter, Waizaru Shoa Rogg
and Ras Michael as heir to the thron