The Estacada News
issued Each Thursday
E S T A C A D A ...................... O R E G O N
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Oor
Busy Readers.
Miss Alice Roosevelt places most of
the gifts which come to her from
would-be lovers for sale at the various
church fairs and bazaars in which she
is interested.
A Chicago youth of 18 years has
testified that, with a gang of three men
and two women, he has robbed 330
different houses.
He offers to turn
state’ s evidence if guraranteed his
freedom.
Santa Fe county. New Mexico, is in
the hands of a receiver, having issued
railway aid bonds to the amount of
$1,000,000, which it cannot pay.
An order has been granted by the
A Resume o f the Less Important but Circuit court restraining the Multno­
mah Fair association from se’ ling pools
Not Less Interesting Events
on its races, and the association man­
o f the Past Week.
agement says it will hold no more races
until the order is revoked.
Mayor Lane has summarily dismissed
The Cuban congress is expected to
the entire board oi health of Portland. adjourn without passing the bill open­
Fire at Lewiston, Idaho, caused a ing the Cuban market to American rice
damage of $70,000 among business and encouraging rice culture in Cuba.
firms.
The reason given for so many Ital­
Two lineal descendants of Sacajawea ians dying from yellow fever is the fact
have been found in a Wyoming Indian that they conceal the disease as long as
possible and take wrong diet until too
school.
late.
The visiting French fleet of 18 ships
received a hearty welcome in English
The National Lead company haB in­
waters.
creased its capital Btock to $50,000,000.
TANANA IS FLOODED
Hundreds Made Homeless Near
Fairbanks, Alaska.
DRIVEN FROM CABINS AT NIGHT
D an g er o f an Epidem ic fro m M olding
C e lla rs and C ro w d e d Places
o f T e m p o ra ry R efu ge.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 8. — A special
letter to the Seattle Times from Fair­
banks, Alaska, under date of July 8,
says that a flood raging in Chena for
several days had rendered homeless
700 to 1,000 people.
The flood was
caused by a wind and rain storm that
had recently swept the Tanana valley.
Keyes’ saw mill had been swept
away and carried down tbe stream,
being lodged in front of NoyeB’ mill.
A large log boom broke from its moor­
ings at tbe Tanana Development com­
pany’ s mill and was carried down
stream, entailing a loss of several
thousand dollars. Cellars were flooded
and in a few instances stock drowned.
People were compelled to move out
of their homes in the early hours pfter
midnight.
Homes were temporarily
provided for the people and they were
not allowed to go back to their wet
cabins for several days after the flood
had subsided.
At the time the letter was written
grave fears were entertained for the
safety of the people, an epidemic being
threatened.
The banks of the river were badly
broken, but piledrivers were at work
putting in bulkheads long before the
waters had subsided.
New York Jewish bakers are on a
New York will build a new Manhat­
strike for a reduction of hours to ten tan terminal of the Brooklyn bridge at
per day.
a cost of $,000,000 to avert the crush
Ruussian Zemstvoists believe the which occurs daily during the rush
war has served its purpose, and now hours.
expect reforms.
The National Board of Fire Under­
Two new centers of infection have writers is considering a motion to sus­
been discovered in the yellow fever dis­ pend all business in Arkansas in conse­
trict outside New Orlenas.
quence of the new law against the fire
Citizns of New Orleans have sub­ insurance truBt in that state.
scribed $250,000 to be used in suppres­
Witte asserts that be has full power
sing the yellow fever epidemic.
to make a peace treaty and that Russia
Four persons were drowned in the will be bound by his action.
Willamette river at Portland last Sun
A Baltimor A Ohio passenger train
day as the result of three accidents.
jumped the track near Johnstown, Pa,
A thief grabbed $400 from a lady who and two passengers were fatally injured
had just drawn the money from a Port, and a number of others were so badly
injured they had to be taken to hospi­
land bank, and escaped in the crowd.
tals.
Orders have been issued for a gene­
In consequence of the dispute with
ral strike of bridge and structural iron
the National bank of Hayti about the
workers against the American Bridge
attachment of customs receipts by cred­
company from Maine to California.
TR O U B LE AHEAD.
itors, the Haytian government has an­
Chicago labor unions are unable to nounced that the treasury service will
h ild an election, on account of the riot­ be confined to Haytian officials.
K aiser to W arn K ing E d w a rd to C alm
ous element, and conservative unions
B ritish Feeling Against G erm any.
threaten to withdraw from the federa­
Berlin, Aug. 8.— If the kaiser meets
tion.
Haytian Steamer Suspected.
King Edward next week at Frankfort,
Philadelphia, Aug. 8.— The British
The vessels conveying the peace en­
voys of Russia and Japan from Wash­ steamship Barncton, which arrived at he will, according to authority there,
ington to Portsmouth, N. H, where the the Delaware breakwater on Saturday tell his uncle that, while Germany does
peace conference is to be held, were de­
from Porte de Paiex, Hayti, with 15 not want war with England, neverthe­
layed two days by heavy fog.
of the crew ill with fever, docked at less the present atmosphere Of mutual
If the kaiser meets King Edward this port today.
The Barneton was hatred, jealousy and suspicion mnst be
next week, as planned, he will, accord­ held by the government quarantine destroyed or Europe will remain in
ing to good authority, inform his uncle officials pending an investigation as to
tliat if the present atmosphere of mut­ the character of the fever, but after danger of an explosion. King Edward
ual jealousy, hatred and suspicioon is careful observation the steamer will be will be given to understand that Ger­
not cleared, Europe will remain in permitted to come to port, the physi­ many holds England responsible for tbe
creation of this situation.
danger ol a serious explosion.
cians finding the seamen suffering from
The correspondent is informed that
Railroad President Harriman will go malaria.
tbe consequences to which the present
direct to Portland from the Yellowstone
situation may lead are now causing
T ra ffic in Indian G irls.
park.
Germany’s responsible statesmen the
Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 8.— A re­ deepest anxiety. These possible conse­
Train service on the Great Northern
is badly crippled by the telegraphers' port has been made .to the Provincial quences filled a large place in tbe
strike.
police by Constable Jones, who has kaisers’ recent interviews with King
Oscar, of Sweden, with King Chris­
A Milwaukee millionaire has been just returned from the Indian village
tian, of Denmark, and with the czar.
indicted for larecny by bailee in steal­ at Cape Mudge, stating that in that
There have been official attempts to
ing $14,000.
settlement there is open traffic in In­ render less apparent and to obscure the
The United States government has dian girls. Jones found a number of seriousness of the situation, but W il­
taken charge of the yellow fever situa­ well authenticated cases where half- liam and his advisers are profoundly
breed and quarter-breed girls have re­ concerned over England’ s constantly
tion in the South.
cently been sold to white men at prices
The peace envoys of Japan and Rus­ ranging from $100 to $200. A com­ increasing hatred of Germany. It is
sia were introduced to each other by plete investigation will be made by the thought that this hatred is now more
virulent than ever before.
President Roosevelt.
authorities.
A warrant has been issued for the
W alking to F a ir on B et.
arrest of the governor of Oregon for
Russia to G ran t T e rm s .
failing to pay his occupation tax.
San Francisco, Aug 8.— W. L. Bobm,
Boston, Aug 8. — A special to the
The -Portland chambr of commerce Globe from Gloucester says that Russia a butcher of Santa Cruz, has reached
demands a recount of the city a popu­ will grant the Japanese demands, pay Marysville on his way to the Portland
He is walking and pushing a
lation, saying that 110,600 is far too an indemnity and cede Baghalin. The fair.
contest in the negotiations will be over wheelbarrow, on a wager. In order to
low.
Manchuria, but Russia will more than win he must reach the Fair city by Oc­
Immense forest fires in Southern recover its losses in the next war with tober I.
To do this he has only to
Oregon are said to have been started by Japan. The special declares that the cover about ten miles a day. It was not
squirrel hunters.
Great damage is indemnity will only be lent, and will known that he had gone until a letter
being done.
some day be collected with interest received here told of his trip. The
The law agaisnt ticket scalping has from “ tbe presumptuous little brown man with whom Bohm made the wager
been declared constitutional, on the men." This position is in accordance hardly thought the other would take
ground that the ticket scalping business with Russian policy, but is not consid­ it up, and now begins to figure on pay­
ing for his thoughtlessness.
is based on forgery, fraud and deceit. ered seriously by the Japanese.
GREAT CROPS EVERYW HERE.
C ondition of Grain N o w M a kes Im ­
mense H arvests A lm ost S u re.
Chicago, Aug. 8 . — American farms
will produce bigger and better crops
and return many more millions in rev­
enue to the farming interests this year
than ever before in the history of the
country. All kinds of crops—wheat,
corn, oats, hay and smaller grain and
produce staples — have progressed to-
the stage where this prediction may be
made with scarcely the slightest chance
that the final official figures will dis­
prove its correctness.
Railroad officials and statisticians of
agricultural departments in the various
states of the government grain pro­
ducing regions give their personal and
official guarantee that the year 1905 is
to be the banner year in farm prosper­
ity.
If there is a dissenting voice any­
where, it is drowned out by the
clamor of optimism that comes from
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, tbe
far Southwest, the Pacific coast and
the wonderful Bpring wheat country
of the Northwest.
Possibly one wheat crop — that of
1901— will exceed that of 1905. In
1901 the crop aggregated 748,000,000
bushels. It may be that one previous
corn crop, that of 1902, when 2,624,-
000,000 bushels were produced, will
not quite be equaled by the yield of
this year.
According to figures emanating from
state capitals Saturday afternoon, 370,-
000,000 bushels more of corn will be
raised this year than last in the states
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis­
souri, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Ohio and Wisconsin.
FEVER SPREADS.
T w o N ew C e n te rs on Plantations O u t­
side N ew O rlean s.
New Orleans, Aug. 8.—Two large foci
of infection were discovered today out­
side of the city by officers of the Ma­
rine Hospital service. Dr. Corput went
to the Diamond plantation in St.
Charles parish to look into some sus­
picious cases and found six positive
yellow fever cases of secondary infec­
tion, three of which were dead. They
are on a sugar plantation and three of
them are Italians. One is a negro.
The other point of infection is the
town of Patterson, in St Mary’ s parish,
where Dr. Guiteras found 19 cases of
secondary infection. Most of these are
also Italians. Tbe local health hoards
have taken charge in both instances
and are following out the directions of
the Marine Hospital service.
W O R K M E N S T A R V IN G .
S trik e at PoutilofF W o rk s Resulting in
H un ger and Disease.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 8.— As a result
of the strike at the Poutiloff works,
there is terrible destitution among the
workmen, and hundreds of cases of
actual starvation have been reported.
The people are suffering with scurvy,
and General Trepoff has been applied
to for relief.
A dispatch from Riga states that
grave developments are expected in the
Napheta district, where the strike is
spreading rapidly. Rioting is reported,
and in several cases troops have been
called upon to quell the disturbances.
Sunday morning a man whose iden­
tity has not been learned, threw a dy­
namite bomb into the office of the dis-
tict treasurer of Riga, severely wound­
ing the treasurer, two janitors and a
reporter.
Only Fag Ends o f S trik e R em ain.
Chicago, Aug. 4.—Police have been
removed from the wagons of many firms
that have been strikebound for four
months. Correspondingly many union
drivers were restored to their old places.
The Employers' association, following
the determination of the Lumbermen’s
association to reinstste union teamsters
in a body, has derided to lift the ban
placed on all striker« a week ago.