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About The Leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1895-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1902)
Cottage Grove Leader. NEW YORK Great Damage Done to Farms and Railroad L. r. W O O L K V , P u b lis h e r . Property. Rochester. N .Y .,J u ly 10.— News from C O T TA G E G RO VE OREGON. the Hood devastated districts is coming in slowly. Reports from Medina show that the cloudburst that struck that place did great damage. Today there are evidences of a great flood, and wreckage is piled up along waterways which have been dried up for a month. An Interesting Collection of Items Prom the In the neighboring country buildings Two hemisphere* Presented in a 1 were destroyed by lightning and rail- Condensed Form. | road tracks washed out. The Genesee river, which at this tim e of the year is Chicago teamsters refuse to help a mere raceway, is today a raging tor strikin g freight handlers. rent. Great quantities o f driftwood Ambassador Choate has been sug and trees are coming down. From up-river points come reports gested as a candidate for president in that the lowlands are under water. 1904. Cloudbursts have interfered with A man answering the description of traffic on the Western New York d iv i M errill has been arrested at South sion of the Pennsylvania system. The Bend, Wash. E rie tracks between A ttica and Batavia Tw enty thousand teachers are in at are washed out. From Churchville tendance at the national educational come reports that Black creek is the convention in M inneapolis. highest known in any spring freshet. The expenses of the Oregon m ilitia It is out of its channel and caused great w h ile hunting Tracy ami M errill damage to growing cr >ps along its Pennyan says that many amounted to $700, which w ill be paid banks. thousands o f dollars of damage has been out of the m ilita ry fund. done to residences along the course of A ll organized labor and the public in the creek follow ing through ilam - general will be called upon to contrib uiondsport. . ute to a national defense fund to aid Mount Morris reports the Genesee at the striking coal miners in the East. that point fu lly two feet higher than the A fam ily of four travelin g overland highest previous record at any tim e of E arly yesterday it broke through Oklahoma were murdered by the year. unknown persons, the bodies stripped through its banks east o f the village o f all clothing and terrib ly m utilated. and has ruined thousand o f dollars worth of crops below here. M any tine Tracy, after an absence of two days, farms have been entirely ruined, again up in South Seattle, lie i.»»«** fields of growing crops have been was surrounded by officers, but succeed washed away, and ail Nunda has suf ed in throwing posse off the track, lie fered greatly. P ortageville, Pike, sprinkled pepper along his trail so the Lamont, Roseberg, F illm ore and many dogs could not follow it. other towns are under water. The A train wreck in Soain resulted in farms all about Portageville are laid the death of six persons and the fatal | waste, and no Held crops can be saved. The tracks o f the Pennsylvania are injury o f 27. washed away, and a new road w ill have Tracy, the escaped Oregon convict, ; to be laid at many places be fere trains has com pletely disappeared, leaving no can he moved. Pike* reports the loss of trail whatever. a large iron bridge, the postottieebuild A new strike has been made in the ing and opera house, a meat market, Thunder mountain m ining district, cheese factory, drug store, two dw elling warehouse. Idaho, which has proven to he the houses and the village Stafford reports heavy damage. richest yet made. EVEHT5 Of THE OAT a g u in a l d o 5 FLOODS. is free . Afraid to Go About Streets of M.nil. on Ac- count of Hii Enemies. M anila, July !• — Aa a f a u lt of ti..> A no(her Delivery at Penii, Item s of General Interest Frorj proclamation of amnesty Jnly 4 the gu .n l A ll Parts of the State. of W aJ N ip p e d j Tim ' American auldier« tiaa been withdrawn from duty at the houae where Aguinaldo lives and Lieutenant John MOM, Aguinaldo’ a custodian, brought the Filipino today to see Gen- A Brief Review of the Growth and Improv eral Chaffee. It waa the first meeting ■went oi the Many Industries Through- | between the American general and the out Our Thriving Covnmonw nlth. leader of the F ilip in o insurrection. Lieutenant W illiam L. M cK in ley, of A record apple crop ia assured in the the N inth cavalry, acted aa interpreter. Hood river country. | Aguinaldo wan told that he waa free The|Ashland Iron Works is the name i to go anywhere lie pleased and General of a new company just organized at Chaffee asked him if lie had any com- j plaint to make of American discourtesy Ashland with $20,000 capital. or harshness. T im ber values in the Nehalem coun AjfuirwWo replied that he had no try are advancing rapidly. Claims are such com plaint to make. H e told i now selling for three times as atach as General Chaffee that he was going to one year ago. visit friends at his home in t avite \ i T h e Interocean Mining Company, of ejo, in Cavite province, and inquired Baker C ity, baa filed articles of incor what protection American authorities H e seemed to lie poration w ith the secretary of state. would afford him. afraid to venture out. General Chaffee C apital, $1,000,000. W hen the supreme court convened replied that Aguinaldo would get the same protection aa any other citizen. la:«t Monday, Judge F. S. Moore sat T lie former Filipin o leader then upon the chief justice’ s bench, Judge asked General Chaffee to prevent the Bean becoming the junior judge. courts from requiring him to testify in Arrangements are being perfected for c ivil suits. General Chaffee replied the holding of the fourth biennial fruit that he had no authority to grant this fair at Hood River. The date of the request and advised Aguinaldo to make fair w ill probably be set for the second a social call on Acting C iv il Governor week in October. W right. This Aguinaldo said he There is a movement on loot at Baker would i ' o , hut that lie would go at C ity to organize some kind of a society night, as he was tim id alwut appearing or corporation, the purpose of which on the streets in daylight. The release of the ex-leader lias re w ill lie to collect and publish facts re garding the m ining industry of Eastern newed speculation as to possible ven Oregon. This i» brought about by the geance upon him by friends of Luna, Luna was a »act that mines of other states are forg and his other enemies. ing ahead, while the mining industry Filipino leader whom Aguinaldo caused in this state is seldom heard of outside to lie killed in 1899. its boundary lines. LE W IS A N D C L A R K E F A IR . A $10 gold piece issued by the San Francisco m int in 1852 has been found 12 miles south of Corvallis. There is Committee on Location of Site Urges Selection no likeness of the goddess of liberty on of City Park. the coin. One side, save a hand across Portland, July 9.— The first definite the middle, 'is checkered with delicate step towards selection of an exposition lines that form squares by crossing each site for tlie l-ewis and Clarke celehia other lik e the wires of a sieve. On the band are these words: “ United States tion in 1905 was taken yesterday morn ing, when the report of the subcommit Assay Office of Gold, San Francisco, California, 1852.'’ On the other side tee to which tlie matter had been re there is the figure of an eagle. An old ferred was presented to the executive overland road used to pass the spot committee of the Lewis and Clark cor poration. Its report discussed briefly where the coin w*\* found. (he scope of the Lewis and Clai k ex- The receipts >f the state land office position and its probable needs. It l for June were $31,240.84. considered only two of the sites that According to tie city superintendent have been mentioned in connection ! of schools, Portland has a population with the iair— tlie Hawthorne tract and the city park— and its conclusions were j o f a trifle over 9S,000. in favor of the city park. There was The run o f fish on the Columbia has some discussion of the report liefore a shown another improvement and the vote on its adoption was taken. With proportion of large fish is also increas the understanding that tlie report ing. should go form ally before the board of The first labor trouble in years in directors, where tiiere would be full Astoria was caused by the plumbers opportunity for its consideration, the going on strike for an increase of 50 subcommittee's riqiort was formally adopted by the executive committee cents per day in wages. It now stands in tlie executive commit Fish Warden Van Pusen has made a tee, and is expected to he reported to trip to the Coquille river, where he the board at its regular m onthly meet will establish a hatchery this fall on ing. the eouth fork o f the river. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL NOTES. ETC i MIDNIGHT PROWLER ON THE SOUTH s But the Guard Took a Shot ai u,m Disappeared Very Quickly—No Tr!7 Was Lett to Work Upon. Salem, O r., J n ly 9.— An unki» man tried to gain entrance ilto penitentiary M onday night at m¡,j according to Guard Sampson, fl. trader appeared on post No. $t ^ south wall of tlie prison yard, ,0j peared to lie watching the night It is believed that Tracy and received th eir rifles over this wail that the wea|«iiia were broughtovq night and secreted in the f0 nj^ accomplices. T lie apicarante 0| stranger on the w all at night is to indicate a further plan for ln break by the prisoners, and that fellow intended to smuggle * into the prison for tlie use of the viets. Before the outbreak of June 9 one guard was in the prison tari night. Now an extra guard ja and the matter of smuggling in ana somewhat more difficult if th e » are alert. Just before the discoren the stranger Simpson liad walked to the south wall, and inspected gate where the Southern Pacific tndl enters the yard. H e then atarte! across the yard northward, and i lie entered the shadow of the liui building, about 200 feet distant, turned anil looked hack at the a wall. A t that instant lie saw a mi head above the w a ll, but it disappeared. He waited a moment the iiead reapiieared, and after a f seconds went down out of sight u Simpson dropped a cartridge into"3 barrel of bis rifle, and when the he appeared again he fired. IneuntIvtk figure was gone, and (hen the tv. guards arrived no trace of the nun could la- found. T lie surfice ol the ground near tlie wall is haul and ered with grass, so that no tracks ««ok I n - visible in the morning. Thegnaii did not dare leave tlie yard at night. It is apparent that the visitor fam iliar with the system oí guar in forte prior to the Tracy and Mr outbreak, for at tbe time fie appais lie wonld have found his way dev enter the yard if the old system lia still been ill force. The prison oirá decline to sav what the rules oiwoi by the night guards are at present, they are such as to make an entrar by a stranger very difficult. The man who appeared on the n stood on the walk attached to side of the wall about four feet ire the top. H e coaid therefore himself easily, exposing his heados$ long enough to observe the positxi i tlie guards. Tne prison officials are reticent* cernihg the attem pt to enter the i* yard, and there has been an efi«rt keep it quiet. These facts were ta ed tiy Guard G am bell, who waeoi«! in the front yard. No attempt, » as known, has lieen made to ros $ the culprit. No trace lias been found of M errill, N IN T H W E E K O F S TR IK E . one of the escaj>ed Oregon convicts, and officers are at a loss as to whether or No Change in the Situation in the Anthracite not Tracy k illed him . Coal Field*. Aguinaldo w ill come to the United W ilkesbarre, Pa., July 10.— W ith States and start on a tour, d eliverin g a series o f lectures and m aking a plea lor President M itchell in New Y o rk , and all the other miners' leaders at Nanti- the independence of his countrymen. coke attending the annual convention A large body o f Moros of Mindanao of D istrict No. 1, strike headquarters island planned an ambuscade for was an extrem ely qu iet place today. Am erican soldiers, hut the latter were The ninth week of the suspension of warned in tim e and dispersed the anthracite coal m ining shows no change rebels. in the situation, there not being the Venezuelan government troops, under sligh test indication that eith er party is President Castro’ s brother, were de ready to quit. The v is it of the m iners’ feated by the rebels with heavy loss. chief to New’ York continues to aiouse M any of the soldiers deserted to the interpst. No word o f his movements ranks of the insurgents. in the metropolis have been received President Castro has gone to the here, and there is much speculation as to what caused him to go there. The front with the Venezuelan troops. entire coal belt continues qu iet, very President M itchell is confident that few men congregating in the vicin ity of the coal miners w ill win th eir strike. the collieries. The large force of coal H a lf a m illio n were fed on the occa and iron policemen, estimated at 2,000, A i**tition is being circulated asking F I E R C E C H I C A G O F IR E . sion o f K in g Edw ard's dinner to the is kept constantly on duty for any the Southern Pacific to extend the serv Caused L oom Amounting to $325,000, Par. em ergency. Several arrests were made poor of London. ice from Sheridan to Portland via Cor tlally Covered by Insurance. in th is valley of persons for in tim idat It has been apparently confirmed ing alleged “ u n fa ir" workmen hut the nelius so as to include Sundays. Chicago, July 9.— Fire early today that Andree did not perish, but was arrests were made so qu ietly as to cause Work is progressing rapidly on the lestroyed the building at 305-09-11 murdered by Eskimos. repair of the Madison street bridge at no disturbance of any kind. Wabash avene., causing losses aggregat The district convention at Nanticoke Portland. The structure w ill be open ing over $325,000. For a time the fire Eleven men were butt, three o f them fata lly, by the overturning of a wagon today disposed of much business of a for public travel in about two weaka. threatened widespread destruction, and routine nature. About 400 delegates, at Florence, Colorado. As a result of the labor tioubies, all it was only through the utmost efforts representing 75,000 mineworkers, are sawm ill owners in Portland have ad that the flames were prevented from W ind and rain destroyed thousands attending the convention, which em- vance*! the price of rough lumber $1.50 entering the department store of Siegel, o f dollars worth of property in the hraces all the territory from Forest T R A C Y A G A IN ESCAPES. per thousand feet and $2 per thousand Cooper A Co, fronting on State street western part of New York. C ity , 22 miles north of Scranton, to for clear. and separated from the burning build China has appealed to the United Shickshinny, lti miles south o f here. ings by only a narrow alley. Much Posse With Bloodhounds Goss lifss 1 Btates to use its good offices to cause excitement was caused among the FORT HALL LANDS. Heels, But he Throws Thsa OH the allied powers who still retain their S A L E O F PORTLAND MARKETS. guests at the Auditorium hotel, directly soldiers in T ien Tsin to evacuate that |seattle, July 9. — Convict HerrrT* across Wabash avenue from tlie burn Wheat — W alla Walla, tt«c; place. Pocatello Has Been Chosen as a Better Point ing buildings, and at the Auditorium eluded the Washington officers** bluestem, 87<9«8c; valley, 66)i@ 87c. Than BlackfooL Tracy, after several running fights annex. The guests were aroused from and is once more heading for Barley — Feed, $22; brewing, w ith the officers in the v icin ity o f Seat their slumliers at 7 o ’ clock in the The posse pressed him hard »t Washington, July 10.— The public tle, in which three men were* k illed and auction of Fort Hall lands w ithin the $23 per ton. morning, when the fire had gained such in fact, his escape seemed imp Flonr— Best grades, $3.05@3.60 per one seriously wounded, has eluded his five-m ile lim it of Pocatello will l>e con headway that it threatened other Bloodhounds were placed on bis barrel; graham, $2.95(83.20. pursuers and ia now heading toward ducted at the city of Pocatello, instead buildings in all directions. On the within 10 minutes. They * er Whatcom. M illstuffs — Bran, $150111« per ton; Wabash avenue side the flames belched ic I use on tlie heels of the h of at the Blackfoot land office, as had Commis m iddlings, $21.50; shorts, $17.f>0@18; out into the avenue so fiercely that it Pressed to desperation, he s»1 Minnesota Republicans have renom o rigin ally been intended. sioner Richard*, who w ill conduct the chop, $16. was considered unsafe for trains on the cayenne pepper in his tracks- inated Vail Sant for governor. sale, consulted with the Blackfoot land Oats— N o .l white, $1.20(31.25 gray elevated loop to pass, and for over two dogs soon came upon this. Seventy b ills and resolutions were officers, who gave Pocatello as the most hours all traffic on the loop was sus their nostrils were filled with the $1.15®1.20. passed the last clay in the house. substance, balked until it coold i* advantageous point lor holding the sale, H ay — Timothy, $12015; clover, pended. moved, which requiied 10 Shopmen o f the Northwestern and believin g that better prices can i>e ob $7.50010; Oregon wild hay, $ 5 0 « per They again took the trail but»»11 tained there than at Blackfoot, and ! ton. Burlington A O hio are on strike. NO NEWS OF STEAM ER S. fit. that purchased w ill be more teadilv j Potatoes — Best Burbanks, 60c per The cabinet has f>egun the considera made. These lands w ill be sold in 40 t cental; Anderson, the man Tracy ordinary, 40c per cen ta l,1 Portland and Jcannic Still Reported Adrift in tion of the isthmian canal measure. acre tracts by townships, beginning growers price»; Company him from Meadow P»»1 sweets. *2.250 2.50, the Northern Ice Fields. The Colum bia river salmon pack with township 5, R. 34 E., and pro- per cen tal; new potatoes, 1 V^c. on lay, has been rescued *• K* Seattle, July 9.— No news of the He w as tied to a tree when «•eeding by sections in numerical order j this year w ill S* the largest in years. Butter—Creamery, 19021 S c ; dairy missing steamers Jeannieand Portland, had been subjected to this « throughout the township. The same 1 6 0 18c; store, 15® 16c. Many nominations sent to the senate is the report made by the steamship before on bis trip with tbsootl«». system w ill be followed in townships h j b.ggr— 18019c for Oregon. for confirmation were not acted upon. and 7, same range. The corred|>onding Cheese— Full cream, twins, 12)t Indiana, Captain E. V . Roberts,’ which it was in a very feeble voic* « « China refuses to pay the July indem townships in range 35 w ill then be dis made bis presence known to his 0 1 3 c ; Young America, 13**@14>yc; fac arrive.! from Nome. The Indiana sailed _____ n ity installm ent at the present rate of posed of in like order. The most desir tory prices, lO lH c less. from the North on the evening o f June cuers. Anderson ______________ states that T*? exchange. able lands are situated in the first two 2«, two days later than the Senator, being aided in every possibls Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $3 500 Sales w ill be from a large The cash value of real estate o f C h i townships 4.50; hens, $4.0005.50 per doaen. fnrser McCullnm says there is a great four men whom he does not k**' cago and Cooke county is placed at |1,- display map, cash payments lifting d e l l O H S c ;>er pound; springs, 110 deal of nneasinesa at Nome concerning who are supposed to be p*0"1 the long overdue liners. 1 crime - - £ manded for each tract as it is taken. with Tracy. 2fi 2,924,250. 11 S e per pound, $2.0004.50 per do*, 1 -)|lne 2« the United States revenue en; docks, $2.5003.00 per doaen- tur The session o f congress just closed Kcuncamino Met Mrs. Lawton. cutter Thetis was reported at Teller Mo Financial TrouW« I* keys, live, 13014c, dressed, 1501«c per Appropriated $09,855,202 more than I/Oui«ville, K y., July 10.-G e n e ra l C ity on her wav bark into the Arctic in Paris, July ]0 . — Contrary1" ' pound; geese, $4.00(35.00 per dozen. the session of last year. Nuencamino, ex-secretary of state in ; search of the Portland and Jeanrie. circulated in the United Mutton— Gross, 2 S 0 3 c per pound; Aguin aldo'* cabinet, arrived in the c i t y ’ *ire»*en, • he probably passed thrnogh the straits fir per pound. An Italian striker at W’ ilk'eshsrre. is nothing threatening in lb* today a*»d presented an expression of th e k .th . The Indiana was at St Pa., was allot by a policeman. This is situation here. The mini**r,l,,,r Hogs— Gross, « S c : Iressed, 7 0 7 * c sym | «tliy from the Federal party in per pound. Michael on the 25th. There were then th e first loss o f life since the great will present a h ill in the the P h ilip p in e* to the widow of General anthracite strike !»egan. — HV* ( * 7 ) { c per pound. S Hie same V,n T ” ? ' ! C~ " * h ' à * * " converti« Lawton, who resides in a suburb of B e e f ^ in * , , 303 S<"; steers Tb, percent renteg'into I Frequent riots haveoeemrrad in Sooth Lou isville. General Huencamino left 3 S O * S c ; dressed, 708c per pound. Russia. l^ aiisville tonight, going direct to San Hops— 1 4 0 1 « cents per pound The Union Patciflc strike has set Francisco, w h en «« he w ill emlwrk for Wool— Valley,12S015;Eastern Ore- the Philippin«*!. tle* 1 down to a stubborn contest. -e ta no Z X - é T s a, Nome ** 3 ' S Í » f t 1“ * ! ? gon, 8014S c ; mohair, 25026c pound. on . steam c ,. f, t¿ Y . d ie ° n‘ T ^ ^ ®uy calm. ^ ^