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.
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