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
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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