The Leader., July 18, 1902, Image 6

TO
Cottage Grove Leader.
!.. K. W O O l.K V . P u b l is h e r .
SW EPT
BY
BE
B IG
PO ST.
FLAM ES.
Deportment Propose) to Meke Vancouver One
GnntJ Pass Visited by a $50,000 Fire— O rig­
inated in Defective Flue.
ol the Largest in Country.
imam
Washington, July 15.—The action of
Grants Pass, Oregon, July 15 — A fire Item s of General Interest Fror? tin* war department in allotting $142,- T his N o w Prevents
which is believed to have had its origin
o f C hicago
OLIO lor immediate eipem litur* in on
A ll Parts of the State.
in a defective fine in a hotel yesterday
larging tliu present quartern at Van­
afternoon destroyed 150,000 worth of
C O M M E R C IA L AND FIN ANCIAL NOTES, E T C couver Barracks indicate« that this poet LOSS TO BUSINESS OF A *,
property here.
A southwest wind
1 ia not only to bo retained aedepartment
that was blowing a gale scattered the
headquarter«, but i« to be « « d u a lly Both Sides Refute Ab.olui.iy
Brief Review ol the Growth end Improv
flying embers over all parts of the city
Further Concenio,, ^
developed a« one >d the Digest penna-
men! of the Meny Indu.tri« Through-
An Interesting Collection of Items Prom the
and made it practica'ly impossible for
Little Hupe of Set'
nent army atatinne. The money now
out Our Thrivtoj Commonw .ith.
Tw o Hemispheres Presented in a
made available will be expended under
the firemen to keep the flames under
Condensed Poon.
the direction of the department and
control. The fire was a most remark­
Chicago, June I«__W|,q,
A large box and liasket factory is to constructing quartermasters in enlarg­
Two hun<]ie<! minors at Leavenworth, able one in that it did not sweep every­
sale business of this cit,jlfc
be established at Eugene.
ing anti fitting up the 10 barracks
Kan., have gone on strike.
thing as it went, but skipped here and
pletely paralyzed, and whil|.
Salem hou buyers are closing con­ building« now standing, making them
The Peary relief ship has started on tiiere, making the situation all the more
sufficiently large to accommodate a full ness men are standing a |
tracts
for
tile
100-
crops
at
JO
cents
per
her trip to the An tic* regions.
regiment of infantry.
New quarters 000 a clay, the striking
difficult for the firemen and the citi­ pound.
The president has appointed Director zens, who fought heroically to quell the
will also Ire erected for the accommoda­
and the railroads are in ad
Two
Oregon
postofflies
were
diseui-
Merriam as permanent director of the
tion of two large companies of field
destructive flames. Nearly all of the tinueil July 15— lima, Curry county,
census.
artillery of 1-0 men each.
Such addi­ announce their determinate
residences and buildings burned were anil Waldron, tVheeler conuty.
tional officers' quarters will be elected to a finish over the question .
The emperor of Corea has accepted
insured for one-half or two-thirds of
as are necessary to accommodate the a i■ent per hour |>er man, or
A
blaze
at
Sheep
Rock
mine,
four
an invitation for that country to parti­
complement
of officers in command of »500 tor every 24 l„|0n, 1
their
value.
miles
from
Sanger,
Eastern
Oregon,
de­
cipate in the St. Louis exposition.
•livi«U**l on on« «¡de bet«M
*
the
troops
provided
for. A largo build­
stroyed
the
stamp
mill,
hoist
and
other
The fire originated in the old City
roails and 0,1 the other «4,
Blanks for Indian war veterans have
ing
for
the
“
bachelors’
mess”
will
alB
<>
Flames were buildings.
10,000 men.
been issued and applications will soon hotel, on Front street.
be erected, together with several smaller
Citizens of Crook county are consid­
be going in to the pension department discovered breaking through the kitchen
I he (Dilation tonight ¡, „
buildings not yet arranged for.
roof about { o ’clock in the afternoon, ering numerous plans of ridding the
th),
at Washington.
The apportionment of funds made than at any tin,«
and probabiv caused by a defective fine. county of rabbits, which are the worst
does not provide for sewer, water and ment of the trouble, I0(i
The posse in pursuit of Tracy has re­ Fanned by the tierce wind, the flumes
pest in Eastern Oregon.
heating systems, for which additional since tlie walkout have tlie *
turned to Seattle for a rest. The force had completely enveloped the City hotel
Mountain climbers have started on funds will be allotted later.
In the issue been so obstinately
will be reorganized and a more deter­ and the adjoining buildings before the
their
annual
pilgrimage
to
the
top
of
construction
of
all
builidnga,
local
tim­ Three times yesterday ^
mined campaign inaugurated.
tire department could reach the scene,
Hood. One party has already made ber will be used, as experience has handlers sent committees to
General Chaffee has been relieved of notwithstanding their prompt response.
general managers, and ,k
The Grants Pass brewery was next in the ascent. They report much snow taught that on the Pacific coast frame came back without result),
command in the Philippines and will
and ice still on the side of the peak.
haildings are a great deal cheaper and
be assigned to duty in the United the path of the flames, and in a few
call was made without givin.
The
States. He will be succeeded by Gen­ minutes was reduced to ashes.
The county bridge over Hubbard equally as satisfactory as brick. Plans to the managers, and whenthj
blaze then leaped across the street to creek, at Millwood, Douglas county, for this new work are now l>eing com­ tees arrived, they w em .^ o
eral Davis.
the railroad yards of the Southern collapsed while a team with a loatl of pleted, and will lie advertised at an
any of them, tor the reason '
Masked men held up a Denver & Rio
Pacific, where are located the round­ lumber was crossing The driver was early date, as most of the work will lie
managers were having a
Grande passengei train in Colorado.
house, machine shops and wood yard. fatally injured and both horses killed. done by contract.
It is not known how much they se­
At Fort Iaiwton, $105,500 lias lieen their own, and were not at the
These were soon a mass of flames.
cured, but the train usually carries a
Citizens of llillslsiro held a meeting apportioned for erecting new quarters The second call produced l
Across ihe street were three residences,
large amount of money.
and a committee was appointed to se­ for two additional companies of infantry as several of the committ»*
and these were next to go.
By this
By the finding of M errill’ s body, the time the whole city was in gieat alarm. cure a right of way for the electric rail­ ! in addition to the two companies now managers, hut nothing <lefiait,r
story told by Tracy has proven to be The wildest excitement prevailed, for way to the Multnomah county line, ! quartered there, while headquarters for The last committees were
true. The body has been found a few the solid business portion of the tow n the company having secured the right a regiment will also be built, making I’ re-ident Curran, of the ft,
| this the most important ¡>ost on Puget lers, at the demand of the t"
miles from Chehalis, at the place Tracy on Front street and all of the residences of way from there into Portland.
declared he fought with his partner. of the city, comprising half of Grants
The proposed railroad into Maihetfr sound. These buildings will be frame. who wanted something alter
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ward a settlement. This time
At
Fort Wright the $27,000 allotted
A boy passing through the canyon dis- Pass, seemed doomed, as they were di­ and 1 Harney
counties huscuiiscd timber
overed it lying in the brush.
rectly in the path of the flames. Every lands in thr.t section to be taken up will be expended ill erecting officers mittecs were started to |11(
afternoon that it was afcrcpii*-
Fixing of coronation date has upset available team, dray and truck in the rapidly. It is estimateli that along the- quarters of brick, to replace the q u a i■ sion that they would not arid
ters
now
provided.
Work
at
the
late
city
were
brought
into
use
in
getting
line
of
the
proposed
road
20,000
to
25,.
London^society’ s plans.
the contents of stores and residences to 000 acres of land well covered by timber named posts w ill be done by contract, the general managers at
The flood situation at Topeka, Kan., places of safety.
i under supervision of the constructing All the committees report.)„
have been located since March 1.
is becoming more serious.
quartermasters now at these stations. that they had failed of aoyre«,;
The mayor telephoned to Ashland for
Oregon counties, for the past year,
The com mittee that went to ti*
Chicago as threatened with a food assistance and the fire department of have lieen paying out nearly $5,000 a I l’ians for the work will be completed as
waukee A St. Paul r<*laj»:
rapidly as possible.
that city was loaded onto a special
famine because
the strike.
month for scalps of wild animals, prin-
hearing the information Ikij,,
train and hurried to the scene of the
The county stands
A number of violent earthquake conflagration, where good service was cij ally coyotes.
been refused admissiaaiV
MOVING SIDEWALKS.
shocks have been reported from Vene­ rendered in saving the remainder of one-third of this amount and the state
formed that their form«MhV«t
two-thirds.
The $50,000 appropiia-
zuela.
not
care to receive thu>", fixity
the town.
tion made by the legislature of 1901 Syndicate Formed Which Proposes to Equip ail the men necessary in (htnhv
The Vatican is anxious to establish
Brooklyn Bridge.
is exhausted anil $20,000 in claims are
and tiiat hereafter no
S A L IS B U R Y R E S IG N S .
diplomatic relations with the United
on file. The counties are relying on
New York, July 15.— It is learned, would be received from empty»
States.
the next legislature for reimbursement.
-ays the Herald, that behind the plan had gone on strike. The c
Two men were killed and another It W ii Expected, but Not to S o o n — Succeeded Lane county, however, has made an
the road declared later that thev
b y A. J. Baltour.
order that no more scalps will be ac­ to equip the Brooklyn bridge with mov­ maintain this position.
fatally injured in , train wreck at
ing sidewalka are men ol great promin­
Peoria, 111.
London, July 16.— The fact of the cepted.
After this had been reported at
Hop buyers around Salem are offering ence in the railroad and financial quarters of the strikers, Preeid
David P. Kronaeher, assistant pay­ resignation of the premiership of Great
world. They have,it is stated,perfects I ran announ ed that the fight)
master United States
navy,
was Britain by Lord Salisbury has lieen offi­ 18 cents for the 1902 crop.
a finish, und that herealtei»’
drowned off Ocean View, Va.
A sawmill with a capacity of 100,000 a preliminary organization, and if their
cially given out. The prime minister
proposition is viewed favorably by the railroads had any overtures It
Lord Kitchener has returned to Eng­ laid down the responsibilities of his feet per day is to be built at Astoria
officials of the city who have power to wished to do any biisinea iitl
at once.
land from South Africa and was wel­ office July 11.
act they will organize a corporation employes, they would lie«*
comed by the Prince of Wales.
Hop growers in I-ane county antici­ tinder this state and become practically transact such business thnqgk
Within 24 hours his majesty elevated
officers of the Freiglithsiiks.
\ grand nephew of the great German A. J. Balfour, the government’ s chief pate more trouble this year than usual a local concern.
Bismark is confined in the Tombs, New representative in the house of commons, with lice.
Both sides now derlatebr
It has been agreed by the representa­
York, charged with burglary in the to the position of premier.
The prospects are good for a heavy tives of these men that they will with­ have reached the lim it, and
third degree.
While it was expected in political crop of both fal 1 and spring wheat in in one year equip the bridge with mov­ lately nothing will be roncsW
ing sidew alks at their own expense, and men demand 17 >y cents, and 'A
A hot wave in France is resulting in and commercial circles tiiat laird Sal­ Linn county.
will pay the city $150,000 a year for agers say that they will not,'
isbury’ s retirement would be coincident
many deaths.
The
recent
rains
have
brightened
the
the privilege of operating them. They circumstances, pay more than .’
with the coronation of King Edward,
Rain has checked the spread of chol­ it was scarcely looked for prior to that prospects for the grain and hay crops have agreed to charge not more than 1
The railroad warehouse«,
era in the Philippines.
event. Consequently about the only around Prineville.
cent a person for each crossing. There a hive of industry, were alnistu
Bear Creek, a Wisconsin village, has surprise expressed as the news spread
Cold storage men at Astoria are now will lie no total suspension of traffic at as on Sunday. At a distanced
been almost entirely destroyed by tire. through London concerned the date, paying 8 cents tier pound for large fish, any time during the progress of the warehouse was a company of
rather than the fact of the resignation. an advance of 1 rant.
work, they promise, and the public will posted to keep freight from en'
IiOss, $ 100,000.
The real interest was not so much in
not even be inconvenienced for more leaving tlie sheds. Nearer ike
The death list in the Johnstown
Several
cars
of
Willamette
valley
reference to laird Salisbury's with­
than four days, or certainly more than were guards o f police on duty to
mine horror continues to grow. There
1902
prunes
have
lieen
contracted
for
drawal as it was in the appointment of
week, while the termials are being the men in the warehouse)»ndt
were 000 men in the mine at the time
at b % cents in 25-pouml boxes.
his successor.
put in place. It is proposed to operate any disturbances which might
of the explosion. On j hundred and
The liveliest speculation is rife as to
A . J. Webster has been appointed the moving sidewalk for about 10 out Gangs of nonunion men brought
forty-three bodies have l>een recovered.
the personnel of the new cabinet
The deputy fish warden at Astoria, to suc­ of the 24 hours, during the times of the city to take the places of the
A Portland bartendei shot and killtni most discussed feature of the pending ceed Henry Hultman, resigned.
the greatest crush of passengers, and to ers lounged alsiut the warehouse
his wife, mothei-in-law, ami another changes is the position of Mr. Cham­
operate the trolley cars as at present their cars, with scarcely »of
man, and seriously wounded his father- berlain, the colonial secietary, who in
the remainder of the time, thus giving do.
PO R TLA N D MARKETS.
in-law, and then gave himself up to many quarters lias been regarded as the
opportunity to inspec t the sidewalk and
CO N D ITIO N S FOR TIEN T
the police and told them of his crime. most promising candidate for the pre­
Wheat — Walla Wglla, 65 t$®6Bc; keep if in perfect operation.
His only regret was that he did not miership.
blues tens, 67@68c; valley, 66ty®ti7c.
kill the rest of the family.
As to laird Salisbury’ s withdrawal,
City Government to Be Reitored I) -
W IL L
F IG H T
TO
A
F IN IS H .
Barley — Feed, $22;
brewing,
With Limitation).
Tracy and the pursuing posse engaged the main reason i- considered by prac­ $23 per ton.
in another bl»>odlesH battle in which 10 tically all well informed ¡.crs.ms to
Flour— Best grades, $3.05®3.60 per Union P icihc Strike P rom lsn to Be • Long
Pekin, July 16.— The forein
have
l>een
a
desire
for
a
quiet
life
on
shots were fired by the officers anti two
barrel; graham, $2.95®.'1.20.
Struggle- Botn S:dci Determined
ters to China have agreed o|
by the outlaw. It is thought probable the part of a man advanced in years,
MHIstuffs — Bran, $15®16 per ton;
whose
activities
have
been
unusual
and
Omaha, July 15. At the end of the conditions for the restoration
that Tracy was wounded, although it
middlings,
$21.50;
shorts,
$18: fifth week of the Union Pacific shop­ government o f Tien Tsin to Chi
was so dark at the time that it was whose scientific tastes predisposed him chop, $16.
to study and seclusion.
men’ s strike there appears to be little these conditions only await the
mpossible to see the fleeing man.
Although laird Salisbury's resigna­
Oats— N o.l white, $1.20(81.25 ;gray hope lor an immediate settlement. ture of the Italian minister
The Panama canal treaty may be tion does not necessarily involve the $1.10(81.15.
Both sides have shown themselves de­ quis Salvago Haggi, who ia«1
signed within a week.
reconstruction of the cabinet, it is be­
Hay — Timothy, $12(815; clover. termined to fight to the end. The offi­ presentation to the Chinese
According to the eon
lieved then* will be some changes.
It $7.50(810; Oregon wild bay. $5(86 per cials of the road today made a brief re­ ment.
Secretary Hay has induced the pow­ is considered not unlikely that some of ton.
sume of the conditions, stating that 65 the 30-kilometer radius fro®
ers to vacate Tien Tsin.
the ministers will be made peers in
Potatoes — Best Burbanks, 75®85c per cent of the strikers’ places in this Chinese'troops are excluded i)
Die company is not to 20 kilometers, the limitation
The East is suffering from extreme order to make room for new blood in per cental; ordinary, 40c percental, city are tilled.
growers prices;
sweets. $2.25(82.50 hampered, according to the official state­ number ot police which the
heat.
One day’ s record at Philadel­ the cabinet.
per cental; new potatoes, 1 We.
ment, in the handling of motive power may maintain within the
phia and New York shows six deaths
Waters A rt Falling.
Butter—Creamery, 20(82 lc ; dairy by reason of the strike. Strike leaders eliminated, and the concession);
at each place.
Topeka, Kan., July 16.— The flood 16(818c; store, 15® 16c,
declare that there lias not been a sin­ by the provisional government
Tracy continues to give the offi era in situation is beginning to show some
Eggs— 20(822 V for Oregon.
gle defection from their ranks
that nored.
pursuit of him the slip. Every time improvement.
Tlte Kansas river has
The members of the govern*
Cheese— Full cream, twine, 121$ the new men at work are not generally
the p«»sse gets him about surrounded, fallen nearly four inches since 10 ®13c;YonngAmerica, 13V,® 14 V ; fac- »killed mechanics, and that
considering the question of dev
long
he shows up in a new location.
o'clock this morning, and the prospect s tory prices, 1® I V Inas.
fight is in propsect which will eventn- surplus in the treasury to **>
are that the all will lie steady now
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3 50® i a,1-v ,orc® ,he cnmpanv to their terms horsing of the concessionaries
Members of the posse and the people until the water has reached its usual
vestments made on the strength01
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in general in the section where Tracv level. Railroad traffic on the Santa Ee 4.50; hens, $4.00(85.50 per dozen.
com esaions.
has been the past w«*ek, express the and I’ nion Pacific is entirely shut off 1 1 ® 1 1 V per pound ; springs, n ®
Will Hold Their Coal.
The negotiations for the l**1
11 He per pound, $2.50(84.50 per do*.
opinion that the outlaw ia insane.
between here and Kansas City on ac-
of the Pekin-Shan Hai K**n
eonnt
of
washouts
near
Lawrence.
It
is
have reached a partial deadk*»;
The special board of enaineers to in­
• ’
,
uresscl, 15® 16c per agreement was reached --------
that until the
Th« German minister to C'114'
vestigate the Harts project at The thought that the damage will be re­ pound; geese, $4.0(V85.00 per dozen
meeting
of
the
bituminous
coal
miners
paired
sometime
tomorrow.
Dalles will probably not meet until
Mutton— Gross. 2Vg®3c per pound; j to he held July 17, becomes known, Mnmm von Sehwarzenstein,
September, which is much later tuan
Berlin today for a six month)
dressed, fir per pound.
Collide in Malacca.
in ,he agreement absence. Fie will proceed home
at first proposed.
Hogs— Gross, 6 V ; J reseed, 7®7 V |
will hold their present stock of coal. of the LTnited States.
Singapore, June 9, via San Francisco, per ponnd.
According to reports from various July 16.— A collision took place the
Slid that Which they will receive this
Yeal— 7(88c per pound.
week, and net -ed , „ y in the open
sections of the country surrounding night of June 6 in the Straits of Malac­
Cholera Spreading is th* h*m
Beef—
G
ro
ss,
cows.
3<33
V
;
steers
Seattle, Merrill, the »-scaped convict ca, between the local steamer Tentonia
market
The o;ierators sav they are
Manila, July 16.— C hile">
has l**cn seen in several places at the and a Chinese jnnk. Both vessels sank 3 V a 4 H c ; dresse.1, 7®8c per ponnd.
impelled
protect
themselves
because
ing some» hat in the ¡«
H o p s— 14® 16 cents per ponnd.
eame time, Iresides being at present almost immediately, and only 64 per­
of the scarcity of soft coal j n or near
ne,
ratio for Manila is maintain1
W°°l Valley, 12V,®Ifi¡Eastern Ore-
with Tracy.
sons were saved out of 106 on board.
\ ew W k , which the conaulUtion di s- rains now falling have not
gon, 8® 14 V ; mohair. ?5®28c ponnd oloaed
yesterday.
disease materially.
COTTAGE GROVE
OREGON.
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