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OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
I o f tho L a s* Important but
Not Lass Intereeting Evants
o f tho Past W aak.
Tho National G . A R. is in conven
tion at Minneapolis.
Crops have bean damaged by unpre
cedented rains in Virginia.
T b s saltan of Turkey has rewarded
bis physician by elevating him to the
rank of general.
W ith the exception of 8t. Petereburg,
Russia, and Rome, Italy, Chicago l.-ads
the world in crima.
A Birmingham, Alabam a, bank teller
and confederates have been arrested for
wholesale stealing.
Tba banka of tba Chicago Clearing
House association have offered a re
ward of $6,000 for the capture of 8tens-
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peny, of Germany, baa announced Itb
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it w ill not pay Its $2,600,000 llabilit!
in Ham Francisco.
T b s sultan of Morocco is considering
tba question of moving the capital from
Fas to Morocco City in order to be more
secure from bandits.
flew York is waging a war against
the Coney Island street car lines. A
fare of 10 cents is charged, which tbe
courts hold is not legal and tbe people
are flghting to keep Irom paying more
than 6 cents.
Thousands are being
assaulted by the company’s employee
and are thrown from tbe care on refueal
to pay tbe additional fare
T be Longwortha have returned from
Europe.
There baa been a wholesale slaughter
of police spies in Poland.
Tbe Russian W ar department
planningg to rebuild tbe navy.
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There is a scandal In Great Britain
ever army supplies in South Africa.
Kansas City, Kan., has become more
prosperous since the closing of saloons.
Soldiers of the Rnatiin royal guard
at Grand Duke Nicholas during
avers be was watching.
T be csar is taking extraordinary'pre-
eautlons to protect the members of, the
royal family from assassination.
A new directory just issued by Chi
cago sbowcs its poplation to be 2,300,-
$00. The name of Johnson leads with
6,163 names.
IN S U R A N C E M O N E Y H E L P S .
P A N A M A IN D A N G E R .
Rebuilding Operation* In San Fran
cisco Begin With V igor.
Colombian Army Officers Detected in
Plot to Secure Control. ,
Ban Francisco, Aug. 14. — Th* re
building of San Franclaoo has begun in
earnest.
There is little talk, there ia
little boasting, but there is a vast
amount of work. It may be observed
on every band. It baa suddenly grown
to large proportions, due to increased
payments by the insuianoa companies.
These payments now total $60,000,000
— enough to wan ant a decided step in
advance in reconstruction. But still
the $60,000,000 represents only 20
cents on th* dollar of th* amount due
th* policy holders of tbe city. The
thirty days’ grace allowed by law, alter
the three months allotted for the filing
of proofs of loss, have elapsed and th*
insurance corporations most now pay
or flatly refuse.
The $60,000,000 has not been paid
with the same cheerfulness with which
the premiums were collected, in fact,
it is not an exaggeration to say that a
very large part of the amount has been
“ wrung” from tbe companies. It ia
still a question as to the sum which
the policy holders w ill collect in the
end. It is organisation that has car
ried them to the point alreadv attained,
and it will be organisation that will
carry them further. There is very lit
tle single handed flghting against tbe
compsnies.
Most of the individual
suits filed are test cases to determine
the validity of certain doubtful clauses
and to decide how far the “ earthquake
clause” will prevail. The policy hold
era have been merged into a gigantic
organisation, whicu has employed a
corps of lawyers and will either force
tbe companies to do tbe “ square thing”
or else announce their perfidity to the
world.
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Panama, Aug. 13.— An alleged plot
on tbe pert of prominent Colombian
ieadera to overthrow President Ama
dor’« government and proclaim Colons-
bia’a sovereignity over Panama, again
baa been fruitrated throngb th* activi
ty of tbe police and government autho
rities. Compromising documents said
to give indubitable evidence of the.plot
are reported to have been seised on two
of tbe Colombian conspirators.
Two
Colombian generals said to be implicat
ed in tbe conspiracy were seised by tbe
police. President Amador baa decided
tbat all the obnoxious Colombians said
to be implicated in the plot shall be
expelled from Panama.
Generala Ruis, 8andova) and Castillo
and Colonels Dias, Galindo and Mas
quers and nine other Colombian offi
cials are reported to be the ringleaders
of the alleged plot. They had numer
ous confederates. Their plan was to
accomplish a coup d'etat by which
President Amador would be over
thrown, and than proclaim Colombia’s
sovereignty over tbe country that waa
once a part of tbat nation.
An interview that tbe two generals
■ought at President Amador’ s palace
aroused the suspicion of tbe police.
Both generals were seised and compro
mising documents are said to have been
found in their possession. It was re
ported that one of the generals was
killed in resilting arrest, but this is
denied.
President Amador took the discovery
of the plot calmly. After the arreet of
the generals be attended a musical en
tertainment given in celebration of the
national holiday oi Ecuador.
D O ES N O T C O V E T TASK.
Nicholas Decllnsa Post o f Command
er o f Russian Army.
8t. Petersburg, Aug. 14. — Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, the
Associated Press is informed by a mem
ber of his entourage, baa declined to
accept the post of commander in chief
of all tbe troop* of the empire, “ where
martial law exists,” which was ten
dered to him Augugt 4.
Whether this was decided before or
after the attempt on the life of tbe
grand duke at Krasnoye-Selo on August
10 is not known, but tbe ostensible
reason is that Grand Duke Nicholas be
lieves that such a post should not be
given to a grand duke, but merely a
military man. He advocates the ap
pointment of General I.inievitch, form
erly commadner in chief of the Man
churian army, but the emperor has not
Anally decided the matter.
The activity of the-Terrorists in the
provinces included, beside the usual
harvest of assassinations in Warsaw,
an attempt on the life of General Ka-
rateliefl, chief of the gendarmerie of
Samara province, and the wounding of
Captain of Police Ivanoff, of Libau, by
a youth who fired thrice at him on the
street.
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Oshier Hering, of tbe
Milwukee
W IL L T A L K IR R IG A T IO N .
Avuene State bank baa again been ar
rested and other Chicago bank lsooters
Expert Engineer* Meet in Conference
ar* to be arrested.
at Boise Septem ber 3.
Portland’s bank clearings for' the
Washington, Aug. 14. — Tbe fourth
first sepven months of 1606 ara $146,-
140,707, an incraasa of $21,768,827 annual conference of the engineers of
ever the total for tbe same months in the United States Reclamation service
will be held at Boise, Idaho, Septem
1006.
T ba sultan of Turkey is seriously ill.
Tbe ahab of Persia has called a na
tional assembly.
A new revolution in Venesuela is
being organised against Castro.
John D. Rockefeller is said to have
flaaaoed a railroad project in Africa.
The paying taller of the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank, of Chicago, has
committed suicide.
Indictments have been returned sin
■ * w York against six railroads for re
bating to the sugar trust.
The ringleader in a North Carolina
lynching baa been ¡found guilty by a
court Jury, tbs first conviction of a
lyncher in tba state.
Evidence now point* to Cashier Her-
lng aa being an accomplice in the loot
ing of the Milwaukee Avenue bank, of
Chicago. Inquiries have shown tbe
wreaked bank to be in worse condition
than at first believed.
T be Federal grand jury at James
town, N Y ., has reported indictments
against tba Standard Oil company, the
Pennsylvania railroad and the Vacuum
O il company.
There are 22 count*.
Rebating is tbe charge. If the defend
ants ar* convicted on each of the count*
a I n * of $1,400,000 would follow.
ber 3 to 8, the fourteenth irrigation
congress also being in session at Boise
at that time.
This conference is in continuation of
the general policy of bolding annually
a meeting of tbe principal engineers of
the Reclamation service for the purpose
of discussing matters of administration
and economics of work. The bringing
together of these engineers and prom
inent citizens of the West makes possi
ble an interchange of views and a dis
cussion of data leading to result* of
very great vaiue in the furtherance of
the purposes of the reclamation act.
Each of the engineers, experts and
specialists in the various line* w ill sub
mit a brief paper embracing some point
of general interest, such as detailed
methods of cost, keeping, of designing,
construct ion, maintenance, or opera
tion. Owing to Ine advanced condition
of many of the irrigation projects now
under construction it is expected that
this conference will be of more than
usual interest and importance.
H O P C R O P IN J U R E D .
P L A N T O IR R IG A TE.
Drouth and P oo r Cultivation Will Put Extensive 8yst*m Planned for Grand
Rond* and Indian Valleys.
Yield Below 120,000 Bale*.
La Grande— Two big irrigation sys
Th* long continued drouth and the
poor cultivation in mary sections are tems, which w ill cover the entire Grand
beginning to tell on the Oregon hop Rond* and Indian valleys and a portion
crop. Last year the state produced
about 112,000 bales.. It is beginning
to look now as if this figure would not
be exceeded this year, notwithstanding
an increase in acreage of about 10 per
cent.
Estimates made by reliable
dealer* of the coming crop range all tl e
way from 100,000 to 120,000 bale*. A t
one time in the spring it was thought
about 140,000 bales would be produced,
but two months with practically no
rainfall anywhere in tbe hop belt has
bad a telling effect on the vines. Scan
ty cultivation in many of tbe yards has
caused even more damage than tbe dry
spell. Prices were so low last year that
some of the growers lost heart and neg
lected to cultivate their properties.
They will be rewarded this year with
less than half the production of their
neighbors who attended to this import
ant matter.
An immense quantity of
hops was sold on contract in tbe spring
at the bare cost of production, and
these sellers, almost without exception,
failed to cultivate their yards.
It is estimated tbat up to the present
time about 80,000 bales of the coming
crop are tied up by contracts. A l
though the crop will fall short of early
expectations, it w ill still furnish em
ployment for all the pickers that can
be secured. I t will be what the grow
ers call a “ top crop,” and will be easy
to pick.
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Much Hay in Tillamook.
Tillamook— Tillamook had another
bumper hay crop this year, and with
fine weather tbe past month it has been
harvested in good shape.
Most every
barn in the county is filled to its full
capacity, and there will be an abund
ance of feed next winter for the dairy
herds, with the probability that it will
not be all used before tbe next crop is
harvested. The dairy business m T ill
amook is increasing every year, and t l *
dairymen are very prosperous, as they
do not have to buy m ill feed for their
cows, but grow enough on their farms,
and this with the green pasture keeps
the erws in good condition.
T o M eet at Hood River.
Pendleton— Judge S. A . Lowell, pres
ident of the Oregon Irrigation associa
tion, has set October 11 and 12 aa the
date for the holding of this year’ s con
vention of the association.
Hood
River is to be the place of meeting.
By holding the convention on the above
dates the meeting will take place dur
ing the biennial fruit fair, which is to
be held at Hood River daring October.
Arrangements for the holding of the
convention are now being made by the
people of Hood River, and it is expect
ed that a large delegation w ill be pres
ent from Eastern Oregon.
of land in Wallowa county, are being
projected by local companies.
Tbe organisation to be known as tbe
Grand Ronde Water company, is a cor
poration which will promote a $2,000,-
000 irrigation p oject and besides turn
isbing water for irrigation on a large
scale, the company expects to provide
power for lighting where it is wanted.
The water will be taken from the Big
Miwam, which forms tho boundary be
tween Union and Wallowa counties.
The preliminary surveys for the big
canal were made last year, and at tbe
present time tbe engineers are engaged
in making the final surveys and doing
tbe cross sectioning.
Tbe canal will take the water through,
a deep canyon. Its head is in section
36, township 3 south, range 42 east.
After cutting through the high divide
in township 1 north, range 41 east, it
will be an easy matter U> cover the In
dian valley country and swing into the
Grand Ronde. The main canal to tbe
divide will be 34 miles long.
The
lateral’ distributing canals as planned
w ill be"60 miles in length.
The promoters estimate that it will
take four months’ time for the large
force of engineers now at work to com
plete the final survey. Construction
work w ill be commenced as soon as the
survey is finished.
Teachers Scarce in Lane.
Eugene— The regular quarterly exam
ination for teachers' certificates was
held in this city last week by County
Superintendent W. B. Dillard, assisted
by Professor M. H. Arnold, Professor
D. C. Baughman and W. G. Martin
There were 61 applicants lor county
certificate and several for state papers.
This is a smaller class than the aver
age, and Superintendent Dillard thinks
there w ill be a scarcity of teachers in
the county this fall.
Several outlying
districts were unable to secure teachers
for the spring term, and the outlook
for tho fall term seems even worse.
Buys Marcola Sawmill.
Eugene— H C. Mahon has closed the
deal by which the Hyland Lumber com
pany sold to T R. Yerger, of Los An
geles, $60,000 worth of property. The
transaction includes the eawmill near
Marcola 23,000 acres of fine timber
land contiguous to tbe mill, and two
miles of tramway from the m ill to tbe
Wendling branch of the Southern Pa
cific. The mill sold has a daily capaci
ty of 40,000 feet of lumber, and, being
a new m ill, is modern in every respect.
Mr. Yerger w ill establish an office in
Eugene.
State Loses SI,OOO,000.
Salem— That the state school land
would te $1,000,000 better off if the
purchasers of school sections in the
Blue mountain forest reserve could be
induced or compelled to relinquish
their claims to the land, is the conclu
sion reached by State Land Agent Os
wald West, after a careful examination.
The land was bought from the state at
$1.26 per acre. I f the state now had
it, it could be used as base and would
bring $7.60 per acre.
Dynamite Makes Hay Grow.
Pendleton — J. B. McDill. superin
tendent. of the county poor farm, has
harvested the second crop of alfalfa,
and the yield w ill amount to about 180
tons. A portion of the land on this
place was underlaid with a limestone
crust about a foot beneath tbe surface,
which detracted from the strength of
the soil. Breaking up with dynamite
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was tried as an experiment upon some
of tbe land, and has proved successful.
Fortune in Five Years.
The limestone crust beneath the surface
Baker C ity—Tbe largest land deal
prevents the crops from taking deep
made in Baker county in a quarter of a
root, or the soil from retaining moist
century was closed a few days ago when
ure.
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Earl F. Cranston Bold 720 acres in
Powder valley within ten miles of Bsk
Banner Crops in Lane.
er City, to Brown, Phillips A Geddas,
Eugene— The hay, grain and fruit
owners of the Baker Packing company,
harvest is at its height in Lane county,
for $36,000, reserving this year's crop
with a vid e demand for help at good
estimated in vaiue at $6,000.
Five
wages. The Allen Packing company
years ago this land was bought from
ha* just shipped its last cherries, two
the government at $2 an acre and was
carloads, east, and is making prepara
a sage brush desert.
tions to handle a splendid pear crop
which w ill soon be on the market.
PO R TLAND M ARKETS.
Grain is coming to all the mills and is
of fine qudality, with a good yield.
Wheat— Club, 68069c; blueetem,
Hops continue to look well in some lo 70 O 71 c; valley, 71072c; red,66067c.
calities, but inothers it is claimed the
Oats— No. 1 white feed, $26; gray,
recent dry weather has done some in $26 per ton; new crop, $22 per ton.
jury.
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Barley— Feed, $23 per ton; brew
ing, $23.60; rolled, $24024 60.
Large Deal in Sheep.
R ye— $1.50 per cwt.
Pendleton— One of the largest and
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $110
most important sheep deals that has 12.50 per ton; clover, $707.50; cheat.
been consnmated in this locality for $6.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10.
some time took place recently when A.
Fruits — Apples, common, 50075c
Smythe A Sons, oi Arlington, sold to per box; fancy, $1.2502; apricots,
0. Oxman, tbe we I known Chicago $1.250 1 36; grapes, $1.7602 per crate;
buyer, 18,000 head of mutton sheep at peaches, 75cO$l; pears, $2; plums,
$3.60 a head, which is the maximum fancy, 50O75c per box; common, 500
price. The amount involved in the 75c; blackberries, 6 06c per pound;
transaction is $63,0^)0. Smythe A Sons crab apples, 75c per box.
w ill winter over about 26,000 head the
Melons — Cantaloupes, $2 0 3 per
ooming winter.
crate; watermelons, l @ % l c per pound.
Vegetables — Beans, 5 0 7c; cabbage,
State Aids Pendleton Fair.
102c per pound; celery, 85cO$l per
Pendleton— President Leon Cohen, of dozen; corn, 16020c per dozen; cu
tbe District Fair association, has re cumbers, 40060c per box; egg plaut,
ceived word from Salem tbat the formal 10c per pound; lettuce, head, 26c per
application for $1,600 appropriation dozen; onions, 1 0 ft l2 ){c per dozen;
had been favorably acted upon and the peas, 4 0 6c; bell peppers, 12.4916«;
money was available. The fair is to be radishes, 10O15c per dozen; r'-uberb,
held here in September and $1,600 2 0 2 X c per pound; spinach, 203c per
was appropriated by the legislature for pound; tomatoes, 60990c per box;
cash prise* for educational, agricul parsley, 25c; squash, $1.26 per crate;
tural, horticultural and stock exhibits. turnip*, 60cO$l per sack; carrots,$10
In addition $290 worth of printed matt 1.25 per sack; beets, $1.2501.60 per
ter for advertising purposes will be sack.
Seven Mutineers Condemned.
Helsingfors, Finland, Aug. 14.— Th*
trial by court martial of the Bveaborg
mutineers commenced Saturday, and
Lieutenants Kochanovsky and Kmtlian-
off, aged respectively 20 and 21 years,
and five soldiers were at tbe first sit
ting found guilty and condemned to
It ia again rumored that Senators death. A ll were shot and buried in a
common grave
without
ceremony.
Platt and Depew ar* to resign.
Kochanovsky’* father is a colonel of
The exclusion of reporter* has raised the guards at St. Petersburg. Kuril-
i of protest at the Pan-American ianoff's motner appealed by th* tele
graph to the emperor for a reprieve,
Turkish troop* and Bulgarianjbandita but unsuccessfully.
have clashed. The troops hop* to de-
ftroy th* satire band.
O ffer for Cunard Liners.
London, Aug. 14.— The Sti n laid this
H arriman baa bean successful in hi*
• g b lt o remain in control of th* Wells- morning states that th* d ii* tors of th*
Cunard line on Saturday received a de
Virgo Rxprsas company.
putation from the Hungarian govern
Medal* ar* being given tbe Russian ment offering term* to the company for
kroope who remained loyal and snp- the acquisition of the emigrant trade
w mutiny at Oronstadt.
between Fiume and New Y ork.
Th*
proposals involve tbe purchase of the
M . Peter*burg paper* report tbat 700
Cunard steamships Slavonia, Ultoola
persona have been killed or wounded
and Carpathia, for over $260,000, and
during fighting between Tartar* and
a payment of an indemnity for the an turned out by the state printing office.
A rmenians la Oa¿casts.
nulment of th* contract between th*
C ok e fo r Takilma Smelter.
According to th* eensus bureau th* Cunard line and th* Hungarian govern
population of the canal son* la about ment, which still has seven y arn .
Grants Pass — Tbe first load of coke
MifiOO, and including the cities of Pan
for th* Takilma smelter has left here.
Sultan Not In Danger.
ama, O den and Cristobal, 67,000.
Captain J. M. Mclntire, who has the
Constantinople, Aug. 14.— Officials oontract for hauling , state* that he baa
Th* stockholders of tbe California inform callers at the palace that the been offered more teams than be can
Insurance company have voted to pay sultan was suffering from th* effects of use, as the teamsters would rather
Ban Francisco losaas dollar for dollar, a chill daring th* past week, but that
haul coke and matte than lumber.
the leas** aggregate $1,326,000.
be has now completely recovered. His From now on until the rains put a stop
Mederatsa of Russia may unit* for physicians, however, advised his majes to hauling th* big freight teams will
ty not to risk exposure to th* open air, be kept bnsy taking coke to th* smelter
peaceful reforms by a new parliament.
and hence th* abandonment of th* sel- sad returning with matt*. It takes five
Iowa Democrats have selected Claud* amlik Friday. Th* local press la for
days to make a round trip.
ft. Porter a* their candidate for gover- bidden to publish anything concerning
th* state oi the sultan's health or of the
Wants Cement Factory Sit*.
The
sent wants $00 skilled abandonment of tbe selamllk.
Oregon City— The Oregon City board
work on i
of trad* is In correspondence with a ce
A r* Granted Hearfnws.
ment manufacturer of Kansas City,
Washington, Aug. 14.— In order that Mo , who is looking for a location on
Ja
have been
the food manufacturers of th* country the Coast with a view to eetablishlng a
killed by A
peaching In
may have opportunity to saaka sugges plant. He represents that th* plant
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tions concerning regulation* for the en will employ mon than 260 men. with
Vi namplsysd nagros* at Cape Town, forcement of th* new pnr* food law, a monthly pavroll of ahont $26,000.
kh A frisa, have
rioting and hearings will be held at the department An effort will he mad* to sernr* th*
W M ag
of Agriculture from September 17 to 2 ). factory for this rity.
G E R M A N Y FEARS R E S U LT S .
American Secretary’s Viait Adversely
Criticised In Newspapers.
WILL HIRE CHINESE
caahiar of the Milwaukee Avenue State
bank, which closed its doors
Monday,
waa arrested yesterday and w ill be re
fused hla release on bell until hit con-
nection with iha disappearance of near
CANNOT SECURE OTHER LAHOR
ly $1,000,000 of tha bank’s
claerad up.
funds
ia
Paul O. Stensland, presi
dent of tha dafunct institution, ia atili
Jamaica N egroes A r* Inefficient, Not
Enough Spaniards, and No
Alternativa Remains.
Washington, Aug. 11.— Ohineae labor
w ill be given a thorough teat on the
Panama canal.
Contracts calling for
2,600 Chinaae for canal work have been
prepared, and advertisements w ill be
isaned by the Isthmian Canal commis
sion in a lew day* asking for proposals
Irom labor agents.
I f the initial 2,600 Chinaae prove a
success, it is likely that many more
w ill be taken to the isthmus to do the
work, which ia too hard for the Ja
maicans now employed there in large
numbers.
Organised labor Las offered
much opposition to tbe use of contract
Chinese labor, bat the Jamaican work
men have proven inadequate, sufficient
Spaniards cannot be had immediately
to rush the work, and tbe Chinese are
the last hope of the commission.
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft,
Chairman Bhonta, of the canal commis
sion, and other men prominently iden
tified with the canal work are known
to have delayed employing Chinese un
til it became evident that the other
help available was not equal to the de
mands. Tbe administration has taken
the pcaition that the canal must be dug
at any coat, and, although the presi
dent urges that there be no haste in
employing Chinese, he did not stand
permanently in the way of tbe plan to
try the coolies.
I t is the intention of the commission
to ask for bids from labor agents who
w ill arrange with the Chinese govern
ment for the exportation of labor, trans
port the Chinese to the Isthmns under
contract to work for a fixed wage and
ship them back to China, thus reliev
ing the commission of all detail work
and all responsibility. A bond w ill be
equired of all contractor« for a satis
factory fulfilment of the contract tney
may enter into with tbe commission.
The employment of the Chinese w ill
not displace the Jamaicans who are
already there, bat it is believed no
more negroes w ill be hired if the Chin
ese prove * success.
Berlin, Aug. 13.— Germany is smart
ing under Secretary Root’ s successes in
South America. Under such titles as
“ The American Peril in Brazil,” and
“ American Tricks,’ ’ belligerent articles
bearing tlie hallmark of government in
spiration are appearing in tbe German
prees. They attack tbe United States
for inducing Brazil to grant a preferen
tia) tariff reduction of 20 per cent on
a variety of American goods.
The articles urge Germany immedi
ately to counteract this move, which is
asserted to be the first step in the anni
hilation of tbe kaiser’s trade in Brazil.
I t ie suggested that Germany can offer
Brazil two attractive concessions in re
turn for a preferential tariff, namely,
increased consumption of coffee and in
creased immigration.
It is asserted
that numbers of Japanese are settling
in Brazil as tbe pioneers of a Japanese
commercial invasion. Tbe fatherland,
therefore, will soon be confronted by
tne deadly rivalry of both the United
States and Japan.
The kaiser is advised to exhanst all
the means at his command to preserve
C R O P S IN M ID D L E W E S T .
Germany’s threatened interests before
the “ extraordinarily clever diplomacy
N ew York Central Official Brings in
of the United S'ates, which hae already
Glowing Report.
removed the old time Brazilian antip
athy to North America’ s achieved
New York, Aug. 11.— W. C. Brown,
greater triumphs.”
vice president of the New York Central
system, returned recently from a journ
W IL L T R Y 2,000 M U TIN E E R S .
ey of more than 3,000 milea tbrongh
tbe Middle Weet, undertaken with the
General Inquiry Into Mutiny Will Cause
object of ascertaining the actual crop
O fficers to Lose Heads.
situation. He visited Illinois, Indiana,
St. Petersburg, Aug. 13. — After the
Missouri and Iowa, and has prepared
preliminary investigations, the m ill
tary and naval prosecutora have dceld special reports on the conditions in
ed to try by court martial no lees than Kansas and Nebraaka. In all of these,
2,000 soldiers and sailors who partici according to his observation, the crop*
pated in the Cronetadt and Sveaborg this year w ill be remarkable in both
mutinies.
The prospects o( the men, quantity and quality. Mr. Brown said:
however, have been brightened by tbe “ I believe the United Statea this year
decision of the emperor to appoint two w ill have a larger harvest of grain ol
extraordinary commissions, headed re all surts than ever before and w ill
spectively by GeneralB Vodar and Gun- market it at a better price, cunaidering
cheroff and Admirals Mollas and Mak- the size of the crops. Tbs wheat crop
aroff, to inveetigate the cauees of the in the six statea in which I have per-
outbreaks at Cronstadt and Sveaborg sonally made investigation w ill
be
and to determine the responsibility of magnificent. Kanssa this year ia going
the demoralization. War Minister Ru to produce a wheat crop of 80,000,000
diger and Minister of Marine Birileff bushels. Lest year it produced 87,-
are said to be arriving at the same con 000,000 bushels. The corn crop is in
elusion as Admiral Skrydloff, the com splendid condition.
mander of the Black sea fleet, that the
“ In Kansas and Nebraska a corn crop
officers are morn to blame than the on as large a scale aa ever before is
men. Tbe commissions w ill inquire practically sssnred. Iowa w ill produce
into the general conditions prevailing 350,000,000 bushels of corn and possib
in the navy and army, and it may re ly 356,000,000. In Missouri, with the
sult in a very great shake-up, including exception of fonr counties in tbe north
the wholesale cashiering and retire east, all tbe counties w ill have great
ment of commanding office's.
corn crops.”
London, Aug. 11.— Thousand* of ap
plications are being made by teachers
in all part« of the kingdom to take part
in the excursions to the United State*,
which are being arranged for the com
ing fall and winter. Unices something
arises making it possible to send a
greater number, about 600 teachers,
representing every claae from kinder
garten instructors to profesaora of Eng
land’ « greatest universities, w ill be in
cluded in the tour. It ia planned tbat
the first party, numbering about 30,
shall aail for America November 30.
Stab Woman With Bayonats.
Ber in, Ang. 13.— The Reinscher Zei-
tung uuhlishes a letter from a German
soldier who is serving in South Africa,
in which he says:
“ When scouting
one evening our party, consisting of 14
men and an officer, captured five native
women. It waa no; considered advisa
ble to shoot them, as there were known
to be 200 black* in tbe neighborhood.
At last a soldier snegeated tbat they be
Onions— New, 1 .4 9 1 )4 c per pound.
Potatoes— Old Burbanks, nominal; biyoneted. The officer forthwith gave
ordera to that effect, and five of ns
new potatoes, Oregon, 75060c.
Batter— Fancy creamery, 2 0 9 2 2 4 « stood in front of th* women and five
brhind and atabbed them to death.’’
per pound.
Rune Pacific Irrigation.
Washington, Aug. 11.— D. C. Henny,
of the United States Reclamation serv
ice, has been officially designated aa su
pervising engineer fur California, ex
cepting tbat portion of tbe southern
part of the state including the Colorado
rivar and Yuma project, which hae
been assigned to L . C. H ill, supervising
engineer for Ariaona, and tbe Owens
valley under L. H . Taylor, supervising
engineer for Nevada.
Mr. Hsnny bow
has charge practically of theentire Pa
cific coast area, including the itatre of
Washington, Oregon and California.
Defeat Ticket Scalpers.
Omaha, Aug. 13.— The ease of th*
railways against ticket scalper*of Oma
ha and Lincoln, waa today decided and
the injunction asked for aeainet th*
brokers was granted. Under the de
cision the broker* carnot traffic in re
duced rate ticket!. This case ia one of
a series instituted against the scalpers
from Lo* Angeles, Salt Lake and Denver
to Indianapolis, 8t. I.ouis and Eastern
center*, which have been uniformly de
cided againrtthem.
Cashier o f Chicago Defunct Bank Da
nis* His Guilt.
Chicago, Aug. 10.— Henry H . Hering,
Canal Commission Decides Upon
Important Change.
Stensland Going to Mexico.
Fort Worth, Tex., Ang. 13.— Paul
8teneland, the banker of Chicago, was
in this city, according to Henry Adams,
a former Chicago commission broker,
and is said to be on his way to Mexico.
Adame said he traveled all the wey
from New Orleans to this city with the
absconding banker without knowing his
bank had failid
Not until|he read the
account in a local paper did Adams
know that Stensland was fleeing.
8tenaland told Adams be was going to
Mexico on a trip in tba mountains for
his health.
Eggs Oregon ranch,* 21 R22c
per
dozen.
Poultry— Average old bens, 13023 4 e
per pound; mixed chickeos, 1 2 4 9 1 3 c ;
springs, 14c; turkeys, live, 16022c;
turkeys, dressed, choice. 2 0 0 2 2 lie ;
gases, live, 8O10e; ducks, 11013c.
Hops —Oregon, 1906. nominal, 13c;
olds, nominal, lOe; 1006 contracts, 16
#1 7 c per pound.
Wool— Eastern Oregon average beet,
16O20c per pound, according to shrink
age', valley, 20922 c, according to fine
ness;
mohair, choice, 28O30c
per
ponnd.
Veal— Dressed, 5 4 9 6 « per pound.
Beef— Dressed bulls, Sc per ponnd,
eows, 4 ) 4 9 6 4 « ; country steer*. 606c.
Mutton— Dressed fancy, 708c per
pound; ordinary, 6 0 6 c ; lambs, fancy,
8<a 8 4 ® .
Pork— Dressed, 7#81$c per pound.
H E R IN G A R R E 8 T E D .
Many British Teachers Coming.
N e w Island in Boiling S ea.
Tacoma, Aug. 11.— Captain True-
bridge, of tbe ateamehip Northwestern,
bring* from th* North a photograph
taken by an officer of th* revenue cutter
Perry of the newly formed island,
which lies 60 miles west of Dutch
harbor, directly between the Bogoelot
islands, commonly known aa Castle and
Fire island*. It mad* Its first appear
ance during June, and I* now 800 feet
high. T h * length could not be ascer
tained.
a fugitive, and, although
nearly
100
detective* are searching for him, hie
whereabouts ia aa mnoh of a mystery
aa avar.
Haring waa arretted yesterday after
noon, two hoars after the time be had
previously promised be wonld give
himself op. He waa taken at once to
tha office of Chief of Police Collina and
pat through a thorough examination aa
to hie knowledge of President Stena-
land’a miamanagement of the institu
tion. Hering declared he did not know
where Stanaland was and had had no
oommuniciation with him for over a
week. The cashier strenuously denied
the charge that he himself was partly
responsible for the failure of the bank.
Hering maintains that, 11 he ia guilty
of breaking the banking laws ot I l l i
nois, Stensland is responsible, as H er
ing in his examination declared he
never benefitted a single dollar by
Stenaland’s peculiar system of banking.
Bank Examiner Jones and Assistant
United Statea Attorney Gleason were
present during the examination of H er
ing. Neither they nor the police offi
cials were satisfied with his explanation
of hi* connection with the collapse of
the bank, and it was accordingly decid
ed to refuse bail until tbe matter had
been further inveatigaed.
TO P U R C H A S E S IL V E R .
Government Enters Market fo r First
Tima in Thirteen Years.
Washnigton, Aug. 10.— For the first
time in 13 years the government an
nounced today its purpose to purchase
silver for coinage purposes.
Tenders
are invited at the office of the director
of the mint in this city on Wednesday,
August 15, up to 1 o’ clock p. m., ami
every
Wednesday thereafter until
farther notice. These tenders are to be
for delivery at the Philadelphia, New
Orleans or Denver mints, settlement to
be on the New York basis of bullion
guaranteed .889 fine. Tbe treasury re
serves the right to reject all tenders or
accept such part of any tenders as may
suit its convenience.
I t is understood that, anticipating
that its reappearance as a purchaser
might temporarily disturb the market
unduly, the treasury has obtained con
trol of considerable amounts for furtnre
delivery, so that it is in a position to
drop out of tbe market for several
months if desirable. The average re
quirements of the treasury throughout
the year will probably not exceed 100,-
000 ounces per week, and it w ill be the
policy of the department, while keep
ing a reasonable amount on hand, to so
distribute its purchases throughout the
year that its demands Will be uniform
and not an element of uncertainty in
tbe market.
T R E A T B O T H N A T I O N ^ A LIK E
Japan Say* China A llow s Russia Free
Trade in Manchuria.
London, Aug 10. — In a dispatch
from Tokio the correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph aays it is stated with
authority that Japan w ill only consent
to the eetablishment of a Chinese cus
tom house at Port Dalny to levy duties
on goods proceeding inland beyond tbe
Kwan Tung peninsula on condition
tbat a similar system be inaugurated at
the southern frontier railroad stations
in Northern Manchuria.
It is asserted, the correspondent con
tinues, that at present merchandise is
pouring into Manchuria over the Siber
ian railroad, frum both European Rus-
aia and Vladivostok, without tbe pay
ment of duty. I t cau therefore be sold
very cheaply.
Russia’s policy, the
correspondent concludes, obviously is
to isolate Port Dalny and divert all the
trade to Vladivostok, in order to rob
Japan of the traita of victory.
Watson lalGuilty.
Portland, Aug. 9.— After being out
from 6:30 Tuesday afternoon until 2
o’clock yesterday morning, tbe jury in
the case of the United States against
Charles A . Watson returned a verdict
finding the defendant gnilty of perjury
as charged in tbe indictment, with a
recommendation for clemency. Judge
Bennett, counsel for Watson, gave no
tice of a motion for a new trial as soon
as the verdict of the jury was recorded.
He was allowed 80 days to prepare bills
of exceptions in the Hendricki and
Watson cases.
Grand Duke to Command Army.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 10.— Notwith
standing tbe improvement in tbe situa
tion, tbe Novoe Vremya today announc
es that it ie still the intention of the
emperor to place Grand Duke Nicholas
in immediate command ot the whole
army, concentrating the direct authori
ty over tbe troop* composing each sepa
rate corps and division in his bands.
The paper »ays the announcement of
liii appointment may be expected in a
few day*.
M . Rudiger, minister of
war, fa understood to have protested
vigorously against the ttep.
Largest W ool Clip Shipped.
Helena, Mont, Ang. 10.— The largest
wool clip ever grown on the American
itlnent was shipped today from B il
ling*, thie state, over the Burlington,
to Boston, consigned to a wool firm
there. The clip wee th* property of C.
M . Blair,
and
weighed
1,500,000
ponnd* and 44 care were required to
carry it. It took a large force of men
tan day* to bale the clip.
The owaer
baa refused an offer of 24 cents a pound
for it.
Bandits Rule Polish Villages.
Warsaw, Ang.
10.— Tbe terrorists
are eontinually attacking and robbing
Rebuild Sprackels Mansion.
W a r Beacon B um s in
S ee«, government spirit ebops,
San Francisco, Ang. 13.— The Gian*
M ellila, Morocco, Aug. 11.—
iriee and tbe -mail*. The governor
Spreckls* mansion, on Van Naas aven ware lighted last night ealliag the enea ______ 1 baa ordered that beneafortb the
ue, ia to he restored at an expeoditor* batan ta of the different tribes to aeeaaa- Inhabitant« a* villages, com muni tia*
of $800,000. According to th* terms b l*. It la believed tbat a ron filet with and cities ia or sear which each crimes
of th* contract, it will he ready for oc tbe forcea a< th* cottaa w ill ocenr occur, shall pay tho loaaea lean It ing
cupancy within on# year.
shortly.
from such robberies.