V The Estacada News m tac ad a . 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- T ID ba « n Rhine a i o e ok A a Moselle l o n ü « i Insurance m u m u w w com i ltbat peny, of Germany, baa announced Itb Iities 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. is 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. ___________________ 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. __________________ 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. _________ 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 » . -- 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. ________ 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. ____ 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 AT * 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.