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The Estacada News Loss o f Life and Property A re Heavy, Though Statements Conflict. B T A C A D A .................. OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK Ik i Condensed Form for Our B u y Readers. A R u u m i o f tho Las* Important but N ot L o m Interesting Events o f the Past Week. An insurrection in Cuba ic spreading in an alarming fashion. San Francisco has raised $10,000 for relief work in stricken Chilean cities Several more members of the dis solved Russian donma have been ar rested. I t is reported that John D. Rocke feller w ill establish a home for aged cborns girls. French secret service men have cap tnred a supply of bombs intended for nse on President Fallieres. San Francisuo bank elearings have passed Pittsburg and she non stands sixth in the United States. The state of Illin ois w ill see that prisoners released from the peniten tiary are provided with work. The Pacific M ail steamer Manchnria went on a reef off Rabbit is land, in the Hawaiian group. The vessel will likely prove a total wreck. No lives were lost. Word has been received at San Fran- cisou that the government transport ser vice w ill remain at the bay city Plans for the erection of new docks and sup ply stations at Fort Mason have been approved and work will start within a few weeks. Railroads have voluntarily reduced grain rates in Minnesota. The governor of Warsaw has been seriously injured by a bomb. Activity of the police frustrated s plan to assassinate King Alfonso. I t is said the sultan of Turkey has decided to recognise Leishman as an ambassador. C A8H IE R BACKED B O O KIE S. V A LP A R A IS O A W R E C K. Theretoontinuee to be confuaion of statements as to the magnitude of tbe disaster at Valparaiso caused by tbe earthquake shocks which began Thurs day, August 16, and continued at fra- q lent intervals throughout that and tbe next two days. Dispatches from Valparaiso to tbe Associated Press dat ed August 19 state that a moderate ea- timate of the fatalities it 2,000, and that tbe property ioas may be ae high ae $260,000,000, which latter ie as great as the loes sustained by Ban Fran cisco in consequence of the earthquake and fire which devastated that city laat April. A refugee who has arrived at Santia go placee tbe known dead at 100 and other message! indicate that tbe firet reports of damage and casualties were griatly exaggerated. Dispatches to the State department at Washington place tbe fatalities at about 600. Theee conflicting state ments cannot at this time be adjusted, it is evident that even yet confusion and panic prevail at Valparaiso and until order is restored it w ill be impos sible to ascertain with accuracy the lose of life and property. The dwellings in the city have been practically abandoned b 7 tbe inhab itants, who are existing as treat they can in the plazas and streets of the city and in the bills adjacent to it, without shelter from storm and sun, and fam ine confronting them. Food is already scarce and high. Water for drinking purposes is lacking and disease is feared. Tbe government is doing all it can to bring in relief. The crippling of tbe railroads into Valparaiso conititutes a serious factor in the situation, aa for an indefinite period relief supplies can only he ordered through other means of transportation, the seaboard affording tbe best of these. At Santiago many of tbe beet public and private buildings were wrecked. The loss of life there is augmented by the panic which seized the people, many of whom threw themselves from balconies ot their homes. Tbe destruc tive force of the earthquake was exper ienced over a large extent of tbe coun try, many towns sustaining serious damage. EX TE N D A L A S K A CABLE. Many immigrants who would be re fused admittance at a port of entry Government Requires Duplex System are being smuggled in through Mexico. and Branch South, Bookbinders in the government Washington, Aug. 20.— Commercial printing offici threaten to strike on receipts from the Alaskan cable and account ot the action of a foreman to telegraph lines amounted to $24,000 in ward the men. July, which is $2,000 in excess of the A San Francisco woman refugee feele amount collected by the United States greatly Insulted because she was given in any previous mouth. The official a pair of No. 8 stockings when she dispatches sent daring tbe month would have cost $12,000 had they been wears No. 8 shoes. paid for at the commercial rates. This The Chilean disaster w ill be a bard rapid increase in the demands upon blow to English insurance companies, the Alaskan cable and telegraph system as they carry more South American will be met by the government by tbe risks than any others. duplexing of the cables. The cableahip Burnside, wbicl\ is to Union printers at their recent inter national convention decided to erect a install tbe duplexing apparatus at the new building at their Colorado Bprings Alaskan end of the cable, w ill probably It heme to be used by tbe wives of aged leave Heettle about September 16. w ill carry 200 miles of naw cable, in mates. which has just been shipped from New Police in all parts of the Russian York for the extension of the cable ser empire are flooding the minister of [the vice south of itetchikan. This exten Interior with resignations since the re sion w ill be effected by tapping the line vival of terrorism dlrectled especially from Sitka to Juneau at Cape Fanshaw. against these officers. From that point a branch line will be A massacre of Jews is expected in extended down to Wrangel, then to Hadley, on Prince of Wales island, Waraaw, Russia. and then to Ketchikan, which ii only A cave-in at Clincnport, Va, en about 60 miles from Port Simpson, the tombed 60 miners. English town which is to be tbe ter Roosevelt is said to have declared minus of the Grand Trank Pacific rail for Canon for president. way. I t is believed that this additional la b o r leaders have declared war on Cannon’ s candidacy for re-election to 200 miles of cable will result in a great increase in cable receipts, aa the Fed congrefli. eral system taps a country which is Portland police are looking for Paul rich in mines and fisheries and already Stensland, president of the wrecked has many large canning factories, Chicago bank. which stand greatly in need of dally The president baa appointed James communication with tbe United States. 8. Harlan, of Chicago, a member of the In care the cable ship does not encoun ter had weather, tbe line w ill probably Interstate Commerce commission. Dnring the fiscal year just ended our be completed before November 1. Cap exports to Porto Rico, Hawaii and tain Henry W. Stamford, of tbe Signal corps, w ill direct tbe laying of tbe new Alaska increased about 80 per cent. cable. Russian terrorists continue the slaughter of police. The government Byerly Gets Good Job. has begun wholesales arrests and exile. New York, Aug. 20.— Samuel Byer- A tidal wave is reported from the iy, the young clerk employed by tbe Hawaiian islands. Tbe general height American Exptese company, who re was five feet and but little damage was cently gained noteriety by hie bid for done. $6,800,000 of the Panama canal bonds, The Valparaiso earthquake w ill com has bscome vice president of a new bond plete the bankruptcy of many insurance company, under the name of tbe Abram companies which lost heavily in Ban White Bond company. Mr. Byerly Francisco. made about $26,000 by disposing of bis After The First National bank of Chelsea, allotment of Panama bonds. Magas., has been closed by the bank closing up the deal, Byerly sailed for now establishing examiner because too much money was Europe, and is branches and European connections for loaned to its president. the new firm. The murder of policemen in Poland continues. Threatens to Abdicate. Japanese goods have supplanted all London Aug. 20. — From a semi other* in Corea. official source it is learned that a letter Ex-United States Senator Tnrner, of sent by Cssr Nicholas to King Edward Washington, is mentioned as Bryan's stated that the ruler of Russia intended to abdicate unless the other power* running mate. came to his assistance. It was also France has reeolvsd to make no con stated that since the meeting of King cessions to the Catholics and iray con Edward and tba kaiser, assurances fiscate churches. have been forwarded to the esar to pre A member of the late Russian parlla- vent him taking such action. I t wss ment has been arrested as a leader of said that King Edward intends sending a special messenger to St. Petersburg agrarian disorders. with a view to discuming present con B . B. Brown, of Zanesville, O H », ditions in Russia with the esar. has bean elected commander-in-chief of the National O. A . R. Execute Naval Mutinaars. St. Petersburg, Aug. 20.— Seventeen Diego Mendosa, ex-Colombian minis ter to tbe United States, deelars that of the aailoar* of the erniear Pamyat Asova, who mutinied August >, and an President Reyes la a traitor. agitator were executed at Reval today. A second grand jury has been called Twelve other sailor* wer* sentenced to at Ohiago to inquire into recent rebate* bard labor for period* varying from six to tan year* 18 were drafted to the dis gflven the Standard Oil company. ciplinary battalions, 15 ware condemned Many officers are involved in a navy to various disciplinary penalties tnd 84 aaaadal at Baa Francisco. were acquitted. Three civilians im pli Another Chicago bank has failed as a cated in the mutiny ere bunded over to the civil authorities for trial. result of Steosland’ s crimes. The Milwaukee A venae State bank, Function* for Root All Off. a! Chicago, has delcaraed a 80 per cent Santiago do Cbilo, Ang. 80.— On# dividend lor depositor*. More w ill be third of tho city of Valparaiso wee de pttM later. stroyed and 600 liven were lost by the Secretary Boot has arrived at Bueaas earthquake. Qnillota, Vino del Mar and Llmache are completely destroyed Ayres. Tbe functions arranged for the enter Negotiations looking to a Russo Jap- tainment of Secretary of State Root will nseaa fishing treaty have beea com- be abandoned on account of tho anl- veraal mourning in Chile. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST M ILK IN G M AC H IN E T E S T 8 . V A L L E Y VALUES ARE RISING. Demonstration o f Their Value T o Be Land Purchased Last Year Increases About 28 Per Cent. Given at Stata Fair. Falrm— That the big profits in Ore Salem— Milking machine« id opera tion w ill be one of the principal let- gon real estate are not madq, in Port tnrea of the dairy department at the land alone, or in city property alone, State fair, which opens here September is indicr.ted by an investment made lees 10. Faimers and dairymen have al than a year ago by A. M. I.a Follette, La Follette ways been interested in tbe «abject of a Mission bottom farmei. milking machines and their interest as bought a 90-acre farm last fall at $62.60 become particularly strong in tbe laat an acre, paying all that bis neighbors He bought few years when dairying in this state thought the place worth. has been hampered by tbe difficulty in it more for the investment than for use, securing milkers. Men do not like to for he already has all the farm land he milk and w ill not take work of that needs. A few days ago he was offered kind if they can get anything else at $80 an acre for tbe same farm, or an the same wages. But milking machin increase of $17.60 an acre. The total investment was $5,625. ery has not generally been found to be successful and dairymen have been and the amount offered a year later was compelled to depend upon such labor $7,200, or an increase of $1,675, or about 78 per cent. Mr. La Follette aa they could get. There are some manufacturers of thinks it will advance still farther and milking machines who think the/ have yield him a much larger profit, so he contrived apparatus that will extract refused the offer. He thinks the build tbe lacteal fluid from tbe patient or im ing of electric roads through the valley patient cow, whether she be a hard will raise farm land values in the next _________ milker or an eaiy one. Machines so few jears. simple that a boy can run them, are al Original Plat o f Bay City. leged to be ready for tbe farmer who Oregon City— Among the old records, doesn’ t like to milk and cannot hire somebody else to do it for him. Ma many of which are now interesting chines adjustable for tall cowi or short relics of early days on the Pacific coaet, ones, kickers and nonkickers, Jerseys, stowed away in the basement of the Holsteins or scrubs, await tbe doubtiDg courthouse o f this city, is the first owner of tbe dairy herd. I t ’ s all a original plat o f the city of SaD’ Fran question of proof and tbe state board of cisco. The plat waB prepared and filed agriculture proposes to give tbe manu in 1860, immediately following the facturers of milking machines tbe op discovery of gold in California. Under portunity to prove by actual dem in- the territorial government of the Pa cific coast states in those days, instru atration. There w ill be plenty of cows at the ments of this character were filed with fair and the owners of machines w ill be the United States District court, which called upon twice a day to do tbe m ilk was then located at Oregon City. ing. I f tbe machines work to tbe sat State Will Profit. isfaction of the farmers, there w ill be some business in milking machines. Salem— That tbe sale of the Oregon I f they don’ t work, the cows and their Central wagon road lands to Minnesota owners will give tbe machine manufac and North Dakota investors means turers the laugh. much to the settlement of Southeastern But whether tbe machines work or Oregon iB the belief of W. F. Dunlap, don’ t work, tbe state board of agricul of the state printing office, who was ture w ill give the farmers a chance to formerly a newspaper man in North see them tried, and beyond donbt there Dakota. He bases his opinion on his w ill be ranchers aronnd the stock pens knowledge of the work these men have twice a day to see the demonstration, done in North Dakota in tbe way of and the fun, if any of the cows object colonizing large tracts of land purchas to tbe unaccustomed treatment. ed in that state. New Hospital at Chemawa. Cbemawa— Plana and specifications have been received at tbe Indian school here for a new brick $16,000 hospital, for which bids w ill be received and the contract awarded September 13. The building is to be supplied with tbe lat est improved methods of heating and ventilation, and w ill be equipped with the best sanitary [appliances. I t will be steam heated and electric lighted. Tbe main building w ill be two stories, 80x33, and will have two wings, 31x24. In connection with the new hospital the school management will continue and extend the open air sanitarium which it has been rubning since spring with excellent results. Oregon Flax Good. Salem— George Verbeke, son of one of the wealthiest linen msnofaturers of Ghent, Belgium, and a member of the firm of Morel 4 Verbeke, is in Salem to make a scientific investigation into the possibilities for the development of the flax and linen industries of Oregon. He said: " I have been able to arrive at only one conclusion as a result of the limited inveetigations which I have made during my stay here, and that is that Oregon certainly produces a very high grade of flax, equal to any that I have ever seen, and, in my judgment, it is capable of being manufactured in to the choicest of linen fabiics.” Burned T rees Have Value. Albany — Experienced lumbermen state that activity on the part of mill men w ill save much of the timber in the burnt district up the North San- tiam river. The fire as it rushes through th green timber burns those parts of the trees which are loaded with pitch, and leaves the wood bnt little charred. A ll the limbs and foliage are devoured, and the pitchy bark is burn ed through, but the part that ie valua ble for lumber ie injured but little. This charred timber may be utilized for m illing purpose« at aDy time within four years after the fire as a rule. Bad Fruit Destroyed. Pendleton— Startling statements con cerning the Pendleton fruit market were made by County Fruit Inspector Evans, who while in the city recently, seized a wagonload of infected frnit and bnrned it in the western suburbs of the city. Mr. Evans says that a packing house at Milton is selling culls and in fected fruit to pedleraat 1 cents pound, and that theee ptdlera then bring it to Pendleton and dispose of it to the merchants In this city. I t was a load of pears thus sold to a psdlei that Mr. Evaus destroyed. Nevada Capitalists Buying. Lakeview— Dr. W. II. H. Patterson, a Reno, Nev , capitalist, and Mr. Norn- ardy, a Tonopah mineowner, arrived here reently and went to the Coyote B ille strike. Both gentlemen are ex teneive mineownrra In th* Tonopah aslulng district. They have also inves tigated th* Pine creek minee, 15 miles from Lakeview, and it is stated on good authority that Dr. Patterson paid $10,- 000 for a tenth interest in a group of claims there. Clackamas Farmers Are Pleased. Oregon City— Gottfried Moehnke, a farmer at Shubel, reports a yield of 74 bushels per acre from a five-acre field of oata. An exceptionally good yiald of wheat ami oats, both in quality and quantity, is reported by Clackamas county farmers a* ferae th* harvest has progressed. A yield of 70 hnshela of oata per acre is also reported from the farm of George Laaelle near Naw Era. Cute Haavy C rop o f Oats. La Grands—James Hallay harvested 10 acres of oats last week, which will average 80 bnebela. The rtraw wee to heavy and thick that ths binder could cut only half a swath at a time, and it took two days to cat the grain. This should not bo considered bad for a “ half-crop" ysar. Hering Represented Himself Wealthy Man Staking “ Suckers." Chicago, Aug. 17. — Absolute proof that Henry Hering, cashier of tbe wrecked Milwaukee Avenue State bank, was financial backer of a bookmtkicg syndicate which laid odds on horse races, was brought to light late today, when Inspector Shippy found a check made payable to Harry M. Smith, who for years ran the Buffet at 68 South 8tate street, and whose place was closed this spring, because of running a hand book, that handbook being none other than that run by the syndicate headed by HeriDg, but whose Dame never ap peared as connected with it until to day. Other men iu tbe syndicate were Charles Francis, Thomas Rowe, Walter Frantzen, Harry Thorpe and Henry Troy. A ll these men were interviewed by the inspector and all admitted that they were connected with the book, bat denied that they knew HeriDg was con nected wijh any bank, and said that be represented that he was a wealthy man, and that he wanted to increase his wealth by separating “ a few suck ers from their loose change.’ ’ B U YS S T . F A U L S Y S T E M . Harriman Secures Railroad Coveted by James J. Hill. CHINESE FOR CANAL Commission Asks lor Bids to Sopply Coolle Labor. WANTS 2,500 IN FIRST BATCH Reserves Option o f Calling for Mora at Will—Strict Term s for Their Return. Washington, Aug. 21. — Specifica tions for bids to furnish Chinese labor for the construction of the Panama canal were isaoed today by tbe Isth mian Canal commission. The basil ft r bidding is, for 2,600 coolie«,although it ie made clear that the commission may call for such additional numbers of Chinese laborers a* it may need should the experiment be succeeaful, but the number shall not exceed 2,000 per mouth. A ll proposals must be receiv ed not later than 10 A . M. September 20, at which time they w ill be opened. The usual conditions regulating com petitive bidding for government sup plies are prescribed by the specifica tions. Individuals, co partherahips or cor porations competent to fulfill the terms of the proposal w ill be permitted to bid, but the propoeals must be accom panied b y * certified check or by a bond tor $50,000. The bond of the success ful bidder w ill be advanced to $100,- 000, which w ill be lorfeited if he should fail to enter into «'contract. Propoeals are to be expressed in terms of hourly wages, payable in gold currency of the United States or its equivalent, for the labor of not lees than 2,500 Chinese for a period of not lees than two years, which may be extended. Chinese laborers w ill be'required to work ten hours each day. Overtime w ill be paid in excess of ten hours and for all the work upon Sundays or holi days at the rate of time and a half The holidays recognized are Janaary 1, February 22, July 4, November 3, Thanksgiving day, December 25 and the first and last days of the Chinese New Year. New York, Aug. 17.— It can be au thoritatively stated that control of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul rail road has passed into the bauds of E. tl. Harriman, via the Bouthern Pacific Railroad company, which is controlleo by the Union Pacific Railroad com pany, the main Harriman concern. A rumor to tbe effect that Harriman sought to own the St. Paul property has been heard on various occasions of late, but not until today con Id it be learned from a competent authority that there was good foundation for the report. As a railroad deal this purchase of the St. Paul by Harriman ie more re markable than the coup by which be teenred the Illinois Central control nearly a year ago. Harriman had for yeaia been an important factor in the Illinois Central management, but until now he has Dever been mentioned in connection with Bt. Paul. The present deal is also interesting from the fact that in 1900 James J. H ill, Harriman’s arch enemy in tbe railroad arena, made strenuous efforts S A N T IA G O H URRYIN G RELIEF. to purchase the St. Paul, but was re Physician to Indians. fused control by tbe same Standard Oil Chemawa— Dr. F. E. Slater, of Sa interests which with willingness turned N o Railroad for a Month — Madman lem, has been appointed physician for the property over to Harriman. Proclaims End o f World. the Omaha and Winnebago Indians of Santiago, Chile, Aug. 21.— The may Nebraska, and w ill leave for his post P E O PLE GROW C A L L O U S . or of Santiago declares it w ill take one soon. Dr. Slater was the physician at month to re-establish railroad commu the Chemawa Indian school for nearly Eye Witness Describes Warsaw After nication between here and Valparaiso. a year. He became interested in the It has been discovered that certain Outbreak o f Terrorists. Indian work and requested a perma parta of the bay of Valparaiso are con nent appointment from the commis London, Aug. 17. — Tne Tribune’ s siderably shallower, and new soundings sioner of Indian affairs. Dr. 81ater Warsaw correspondent telegraphs a de w ill be necessary. gave excellent satisfaction at the Indian scription of tbe scenes witnessed by As a result of the destruction of all school here iu treating the diseases in him after the distnrbances Wednesday. the drugstores in Valparaiso, medicines “ The hospital surgeons, fatigued by cident to Indians. and drugs are lacking. Eighteen am their labors,” he says, “ were unable bulances with beds, a consignment of to attend to cases, and wounds regarded Wheat Record at Westen. medicines and a number of nurses are Weston— Weston claims the largest as fatal were left to take their course. leaving for Valparaiso. Consignments “ The scenes in the morgues were crop threshed in Oregon, and perhaps of provisions are beiDg shipped as horrible. In one I counted 32 civilian in the Northwest, in proportion to tbe quickly as possible. acreage seeded. J. M. Bannister had bodies, all dirty and dressed as they The destruction of the villages of exactly 5,642 sacks from 208 acres, one fell. Papulo, /.»pilla and Renza has beeD “ The people have grown callous mile west of town, an average of 63 confirmed. bushels an acre, at 140 pounds to the with too much death. I beird a young girl laugh heartily at tbe sight of a sack. The wheat is Dale Glory, which FIRES ARE Q UEN CH ED . has been grown to a considerable extent woman whose brain-pan had been torn off by a bomb. around H elix bnt has just been intro “ In one hospital I saw a youth who, Valparaiso Guarded by T ro op *— P ro duced in the Weston country. visions Cannot Get Through. when bayoneted yesterday, feigned death. The soldiers trod over him and Valparaiso, Aug. 21.— The fires which Coquille Mills Are Busy. their heavy boots crushed his fingers broke out after the earthquake have, ae Coquille— The sawmills in this v i to a pulp, but be successfully stood the a result of stubborn efforts, finally beeD cinity are running overtime, which ie ordeal. He was carried to the morgue, suppressed. Dynamite was largely practically the flmt time they have run when it was discovered he was alive used to this end. even fuH time eince the San Francisco He is now progressing favorably. The streets of the city are constantly earthquake. Many of them would run “ Last night resulted in an orgie of patrolled by military and other forces. night and day if bands could be ob blood in the Jewish quarter. The num Many robbers have been shot and k ill tained. A ll kinds of laborers are ber of persons clubbed or bayoneted ex ed. Martial law prevails. scarce, especially carpenters. ceeds three hundred. Telephone communication between “ The morgues are crowded with here and Santiago was restored today dead. The bodies were arrayed iu The telegraph wire«, however, are still P O R TL A N D M AR K E TS . rows, the clothes dirty with the fiitn down, and the railroad is not yet work Wheat — Club, 67668c; bluestem, of the Btreeta where they fell. No ing. Letters to the outside world are effort was made to do more than pile sent to Santiago by horsemen. 706 71c; valley, 71c; red, 64666c. Meat is being distributed in tbe Oats— No. 1 white, $22622.60; gray, the corpses in morgues, and very little has been done towards indentifying streets here by order of the authorities, $20621. Barley— Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, them. Relatives and friends of those and trainloads of provisions have been who lost their lives are fearfnl of started from Santiago, but cannot get $22 60; rolled, $23624. brutal treatment at the hands of tbe through. Rye— $1.30 per cwt. Corn— Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per authorities if they visit the morgues.” Will Stay in Race. ton. O ld est'F xed{O ate in History. Washington, Aug. 21. —■ Secretary Hay— Valley timothy, (No 1, $11@ Chicago, Aug. 17.— Professor James Taft w ill decline appointment to the 12.50 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $16; clover, $767.60 cheat, $6.60; H . Breadsted has announced in an United States Supreme court bench and grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10; vetch [hay, article in the Biblical World that tbe remain in tbe cabinet. He w ill notify “ oldest fixed date in history’ ’ is 4241 the president to this effect early in $767.50. Fruits — Apples, common, 60675c B. C. In that year the calendar was September, as court aaaemblee for the per box; fancy, $1.2662; apricots, established, the year beginning on autumn term in October. Thia deter $1.2561 35; grapes, $161-75 per crate; what would now be July 19. Conse mination upon Mr. T aft’ s part means peaches, $161.10; pears, $1.75, plume, quently the calendar now in nee was that he probably w ill make his visit to fancy, 50676c per box; common 606 6,147 years oid last month. Tbe pro the Philippinee next winter. I t alro 76c; blackberries, 6 66c per pound; fessor arrived at theee conclusions dur means that he w ill continue to be pres ing bis long exploration trip in the idential timber until the nomination ie crab apples, 76c per box. Melons— Cantaloupes, $1.7562 per Nile valley, when he compared tbe as made by the Republican National con crate; watermelons, 1 6 1)4 c per pound. tronomical data in the old and middle vention. Vegetables— Beans, 6 6 7 c ; cabbage, kingdoms of Egypt. American Gold Mine Deal. 1*4 6 2 c per p-mnd; celery. 86c6$l per Try New Signal System. St. Petersburg, Aug. 21.— The news dozen; corn, 15620c per dozeD; cu Rock port, Maas., Aug. 15 — Tbe bat paper* here report that American* are cumbers, 40660c per box; egg plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head. 25c per tleships and torpedo boat destroyers of negotiating for the pnrchaae of the doseta; onions, 10612)4c per dosen; the Atlantic squadron returned to Rock- Nerchinsk gold mine«, which have been peas, 4 6 6 c; bell peppers, 12H 6 l 6c; port harbor tonight, after a day spent the canee of a great scandal in which radishes, 10616c; per dosen; rhubarb, in secret eignel practice and in maneuv several grand dukea wer* involved. 26214c per pound; spinach, 263c per ers. Since the warship« have been in The mines are supposed to contain pound; tomatoes, 60690c per box; port here for the summer operations, quartz worth $2.000,000,000 and tLa parsley, 26c; aqnaeh, $161-26 per the fleet officers have been etndying a coart camarilla la reported to bo anx crate; turnips, 90c6$l per sack; rear- new system of signals entirely inde ious to dispose of them, but tbe Amer rots, $1 61 -26 per sack ; beet*, $1.266 pendent of wireless telegraphy, flags icans have been chary of purchasing a and siren whietlee, and tbe maneuvers concession which might be repudiated 1.50 per sack. Onions — New, 1 *•« 6 1 H e per pound. today included experiments in this new by parliament at any time that it *0 Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 70676c; system, which la declared to be abso desired. lutely unique. ■weet potatoes, 464 per pound. N o Americans Killed. Patter—Fancy creamery, 22 625c Rebel Headquarters Broken Up. Lima, Peru, Ang. 21.— Dispatches per pound. St. Petersburg, Aug-. 15.— The au from Valparaiso received here today Eggs — Oregon ranch, 21)4 6 22c per thorities attach great importance to the state that the earthquake there caused dosen. Poultry — Average old hens, 13c per capture of revolutionists at Moscow and immense destruction. The lose of life Tbe government w ill pound; mixed chickens, 12)4613c; vicinity. They believe they have brok is not stated. springs, 1314614c, old roosters, 9 6 en up tbe headquarter* of the military ask the Chilean congress for an appro 10c; dressed chickens, 14613c; tur lighting organisation and arrested the priation of $100,000,000 for the recon key«, live, 16622c; turkeys, dressed, leaden. In addition to seising their struction of Valparaiso. The banks of choice, 20622j4e; geese, live, 8610c; clandestine printing establishment and Valparaiso w ill be opened tomorrow a large supply of bombs and explosive«, for two boars. No newspapers are yet ducks, 11613c- Hops — 1906 contracts, 18 6 20c; including Shimoee powder, the author published. No Englishmen or Am eri ities secured elaborate plan* to be need cana were killed or injured. 1906, nominal; 1904, nominal. Wool — Eastern Oregon average beet, in the event of an uprising. P oo r Old Robinson Crusoe. 16619c per pound, according to shrink Seized at Prison Door. age; valley, 20622c, according to fine New York, Aug. 21.— A report nach New York, Aog. 17.— Charles C. eri this city today that thè Sooth ness; mohair, choice, 28630c per pound. Browne, the convicted Fede.al silk ex American eartbqoak* destroyed tbe le- Veal— Dressed, 51468c par pound. aminer, who was ordered released from land of Juan Fernandea, off thè Chil- Beef — Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; the state prison at 8ing Sing Tuesday ean coast. It belonged lo Chile, and cows, 4 v*6 8 S c ; country (teen , 666c. on a writ of habeas corpus, issued by on it wera a penai eettleanentaaJ a fort. Mutton — Dressed, fancy, 7 68c per Judge Hough, of th* United Stata* Thia ia thè ieland made famosa by pound; ordinary, 5 6 6 c ; lambs, fancy, Circuit court, was rearrested aa be Daniel de Foe, ss thè scene of tbe stepped from th* prison today and ar th rillin g ad venta ree of Robinson 868 He. Crusoe. raigned before Judge Hough. Pork— Dressed, 76814c per pound. M OB IS SU PREM E. Russian T errorist* Wrenk Vengeance on Hated Police. St. Petersburg, Aug. 16. — Advices received from Libau state that the riot ous demoDstratious that began there Saturday night still continue and that the Hooligan element absolutely hold* ■way in the city, the police being pow erless to check it. Law abiding citizens are unable to traverse the streets and a reign of robbery and rapine is in pro gress that w ill not be checked until troops are sent to aid the police. So far all appeals to the government at St. Petersburg have fallen appar ently upon deaf ears and this fact baa emboldened the disturbing element to add murder to its other crimes. Five storekeepers have been murdered dur ing the p u t 12 hours and hundreds of shops have been looted. The rioters raided the alcohol depot, and after filling themselves up on the fiery fluid, paraded the streets, shouting threats against tbe Jews and factory owners and storekeepers. Three police officers have been mur dered since Tuesday morning, the Ter rorists apparently having seized upon the confusion as offering a magnificent opportunity to eliminate the hated members of tbe police who have been active in working against them. There is one regiment of infantry in the local barracks at Libau, but it is mutinous and the officers some days ago took from the men all their am munition, as it was (eared that they in tended to mntiny. F IR S T IN SU R AN C E T R IA L . Test Case Upon Earthquake Clause Set for Trial. San Francisco, Aug. 15.— The first of the insurance cases involving the earth quake clause was set for trial today by Superior Judge Hebbard. Tbe case is that of the Rosenthal Shoe company against the Williamsburg City Fire In surance company. The attorney for the insurance people asked that the case be not set for trial until opportu nity could be given the judges mutual ly to arrange with the insurance com panies for a test case. He said that the insurance companies would demand a jury trial in each case, and nnleBe proper arrangements were made for a test case the courts would be occupied for years in hearing insurance litiga tion. The attorney for the plaintiff declar ed that there were points of fact in this connection that could not be settled by a test case. The court then asked the insurance attorney if he waived a jury trial, and wae answered, “ N o.” The judge then asked, “ Do you demand a jury trial?” bat could not get a direct anewer. The attorney for the Bhoe company then announced that to save time he would formally demand a jury trial. The case was set for August 27. HAD PREPARED FOR F L IG H T . Stensland Took House Furnishings and a Woman With Him. Chicago, Aug. 16.— Testimony indi cating that extensive preparations for flight were made by Paul Stensland, president of tbe Milwaukee Avenue State bank, and that a woman entered into these preparations, were secured by Assistant State's Attorney Olsen to day, through tbe cross examination of MiBS Allen McCracken, housekeeper for Stensland. I t was learned that Stena- land took with him in trunks and boxes sheets and other bedding, towels, win dow curtains, carpets, ruga and a silver dinner set. Some of thia is said to have been traced to Baraboo, Wisconsin. The Urge trunk that ia being traced is said to be three feet high and bound with iron. The box traced to Wiscon sin weighed 375 pounds when it was placed on an express wagon at the Stensland home on the day of the flight. Telegrams have been sent all over tbe world to trainmen to look for the big trunk. Another warrant charging Cashier Hering with forging a note fur $10,000 in the name of Marius S. K irby was is sued today. Car Service Stopped. New York, Aug. 16.— Following the arrest tonight of three diviaion inspec tors of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company on charges of assault, the company shut off entirely all of Its surface lines leading to Coney island, taking the position that this was the only way to stop the rioting which has beeD in progress since Sunday morning at the points where a recond fare was demanded by the company’ s employes. The elevated and express trains to the seashore were augmented. The in spectors were released on bail. N egro Hard to Kill. Hattiesburg, Miss., Aug. 17.— With one bullet through his heart and anoth er through his temple, entering on on* aide of the head aud coming out at t t e other, Charles Williams, a negro of this city, has survived for three days, ard the prospects are that he w ill eventual ly recover. The wounds were inflicted by a 88 caliber revolver, fired at abort range by another negro. W illiam s fell over as though dead, but when the un dertaker attended the wounded man he was able to ait an. Since then he has been ea lug heartily. Coma From the Antipodes. San Francises, Aug. 17.— The cry for labor sent out from San Francisco baa been beard around the world. Forty skilled mechanics a rrive! yester day from Australia, where they were paid $3 a day. They w ill receive at least twice that pay here. Every day •ea* rapid progress in the work of re habilitation. Already $400,000 haa been snbecribed to conetrnet the Yonng Men’ s Christian association building, and $100,000 more ie seen red. Freight Tunnels Under Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 16.— The freight bores of the Illin ois Tunnel company w ill carry merchandise of all kind* in car load lots for the first time today. Thia movement w ill mark tbe practical com pletion of the Illinois Tunnel company’ « system of under*round freight railroads, construction of which was begun five years ago, and which haa coat it* own er* about $30,000,003