PANAMA ELECTIONS QUIET. JAPAN CHANGES TUNE. Washington County News No Opposition Develops to Election New Cabinet Bases on Army and Navp o f Senor Obaldia. ------— > Retrenchments and Economies. Issued Each Week Panama. July 14.—The presidential . . . . _ j r . l i Tokio, July 15__Marquis Katsura, elections throughout the Isthmus of RCSlilt O l LO RIJ Slid K1 1 1ll(JSjt)StlC FOREST G R O V E ......... OREGON leader of the progressive party, who Panama passed off Saturday without was ordered by the emperor to reor NO MORE DICTATION. OREGON HAS SURPLUS. disturbance. Jose Domingo de Obal- ganize the cabinet, has announced his dia, formerly minister to the United appointments. Marquis Katsura will State Treasurer’s Report Shows Al- Cherry Growers in Marion County to ^ tatcSj anj acting president during be both premier and minister of finance. Fight Canneries most $ 3 7 5 ,0 0 0 on Hand the absence of Dr. Amador, was elect- Minister of War General M. Terauchi Salem.—Cherry growers in Marion e(j president. The supporters of Salem.— State Treasurer Stee'e has and Minister of the Xavy Vice-Admiral county who are facing 3-cent prices Kjcarij0 Arias, who recently withdraw M. Saito are to retain their seats in the issued his semi-annual report for the are contemplating the organization of candidacy, decided not to vote, new cabinet. Count Komura, now am­ period ending June 30. It shows that Delegates Shout and Wave Flags for bassador to England, is to be minister $042,72«. 02, or over half the state an additional cannery association. I lie anj as a COnsequijnce no opponent to taxes, had been paid in up to the close Mutual Canning company, now under Senior Obaldia was placed in nonti- Over an Hour— 3ryan Listens of foreign affairs, but until his return A Resume o f the Lets Important but from England General Terauchi will of the report, which remonstrates the thc absolute control of one man, is nation. Not Less Interesting Events Over Long Distance. act as head of the foreign ministry in good financial condition of the state declared to have overreached itself in j Notwithstanding this a large num- o f the Past Week. connection with his duties as minister generally. The tax on foreign insur­ its efforts to compel the growers to ber Qf voters registered their choice of war. Baron T. Hirata, formerly ance companies, being 2 per cent of submit to three-year contracts. In and demonstrated the overwhelming minister of agriculture and commerce, their net premiums during the period v'ew of past experiences and the con- majority of Senor Obaldia’s support- Denver, Colo., July 10 .— (3:45 A. Ambassador O ’Brien says Japanese jg named as minister of home affairs. covered by the report, amounted to ditions confronting them this year, ers. M .)— William J. Bryan has just been $60 039 01, and the state income for the fruit men are talking seriously o f. From all parts of the republic news M. Goto, president of the South Man­ war talk is absurd. inheritance taxes totaled $ 17 . 162 . 88 , building a new cannery. I is received here that the elections nominated for president of tile United churian railway, is to be minister of The Elks will hold their grand lodge In Liberty precinct a number of were carried on in an orderly man- States by the Democratic national communications. E. .Komatsuhara, for­ the largest amount ever collected in at Los Angeles in 1909. growers have expressed their willing-1 ner, and that Senor Obaldia recived merly vice-minister of home affairs, is six months before. Cash on hand in the several funds ness to subscribe $500 toward the jail the votes cast. At the conclusion convention. It was a sweeping vic­ The hot weather which has prevailed to be minister of education. Viscount of the state, June 30. was $374.203.82, erection of a cannery Growers in 0 f the balloting enthusiastic crowds, tory, the vote being: in New York for two yeeks has been okabe is minister of 'justice and K. bruken. Itlura, formerly minister of eomiuuniea- as against $116,377.08 at the close ot other parts of the county are also headed by a bind of music, paraded Bryan ................................................ 8924 .u- necessity *“ of concerted “ " - ' the streets of Panama, cheering con- Johnson ............................................. 40 Herman Ridder has again appealed 1 *» to be minister of agriculture the previous semi-annual term. Janu­ realizing the ary 1, 1908, and shows a gradual and to President Roosevelt against the pa- 1 am*l commerce. . . healthy increase of the state funds in actii n if they desire to stay in the titiuously for the newly elected presi­ ^ / a y ..................................... fruit business. Not voting ........................................ s dent. trust Baron Katsura has gathered most of "Cherry growers and other small W in. (the members of his former cabinet all departments over the same period There appeared to be an absolute 1 he nomination was immediately fruit men ” said Fruit Inspector E. C. absence of ill-feeling between the for­ A Greek who accuses himself of aFiout him. The new cabinet is ex­ of a year ago. The total amount of the income Armstrong “ will lose enough this mer supporters of Senator Arias and made unanimous, and at 3:40 A. M. blowing up Gallagher*8 house is de­ pected to inaugurate a policy of re­ nounced as a fakir. trenchment in expenditures for the ■front the 'oan of the irreducible school year to build a good cannery. 1 shall the adherents of Senor Obaldia. the convention adjourned until 1 P. fund miring the year closing June 30 do everything in my power to assist Never before has such a friendly spirit M. today. Attorneys in the Steve Adams trial army and navy. The fact that Katsura is to be the from all sources, was $227,792.0*, ot the growers to organize an associa­ been shown so quickly after an elec­ The defea e “allies” was more at Grand Junction, Colo., are indulging which amount $«,169.94 was paid out tion that will remain a mutual organi­ head of the ministry of finance as well tion. _________________ in many bitter words. than a defeat; i was a rout. After in warrants, and $119,100 was appor­ as premier indicates that a careful zation, and I believe such a cannery all their boastin of their ability to Heven men aspir/) to bead the Na* watch is to be kept on the treasury. tioned among the several counties in can be built for less than $10.000.” NEW CHARGES FOR ADAMS. April of this year, leaving a balance withhold from B an more than one- tional Prohibition ticket. Charles. This new policy is in response to It will be impossible to erect a can­ of $102 522 13 on hand, to be appor­ nery this summer, but it is the plan third of the vote1 Hc.-tnlon, of Pittsburg, appears to have general demand from the people first ballot tioned August 1. The cash on hand to start in the fall. The Liberty Acquittal in Collins Case Means Re­ and thus prevent hiS-no^iTSTrsku with­ Japan. the advantage. in the irreducible school fund January out a struggle, all they could master growers’ plan is to erect a cannery as Oxaluria is the latest disease discov­ arrest o f Prisoner. 1, 1908, was $293,281 60. and this has a packing plant this summer, and next STORM DAMAGE SLIGHT. was a beggarly 105} votes out of a ered by enterprising physicians. It has been increased to $373,995.85 up to spring enlarge it and add the machin­ Grand Junction. Colo., July 14.— In­ total of 100t^ to do with the blood and is brought on New York remained silent as to its ery necessary to take care of all the troduction of evidence for the defense Heavy Rains at Heppner Cause No July 1. generally by a nervous breakdown. The total amount of the irreducible fruit that may be offered. intention until the last moment, then will begin toda^r in the trial of Steve Serious Losses. General Caceres, twice president of school fund, including outstanding cast its entire 78 votes under the unit The Mutual Canning company is Chile and leader of the army in the Heppner, Or., July 15— Monday’s first mortgage loans, school district buying cherries at 3 cents a pound. Adams, a member of the Western rule for Bryan, after a poll in which war with the United States, says his heavy rain storm was not so serious as bonds and certificates of sale of state The growers refused to sign the three- Federation of Miners, on the charge Parker, Sheehan and Chairman Con­ country is endeavoring to einulato mils, is $4,953,204.92, and this will be year contracts, but there is little hope of murdering Arthur Collins, mine ners sullenly refused to respond. at first reported. Other than the de­ America. increased to the $5,000,000 mark be­ of better nrices from the cannery this The nomination was the closing superintendent at Telluride. struction of four small bridges and the fore the close of the present year. scene of a night of the mos^ delirious A San Francisco woman is suing the , , ... , , , , . year or next. In California the can­ Despite Judge Sprigg Shackelford's Pacifie Coast Steamship company for covering of lawns with sand ami debris, neries are paying from 6 to 8 cents for decision ruling out Adams’ alleged excitement ever witnessed even in a loss of voice occasioned on a trip from the actual loss is very slight Continue Forestry Experiments. the cherry croo and it is said the fruit confession of this murder, the end is Democratic convention. The wait for Heattle to Hun Francisco and caused by A foot of water covered the floor of Astoria__ u r. Hawley, the 'orestry will not compare with the Marion not yet in sight in the cases growing the report of the committee on reso­ inhaling the fumes of sulphur. the electric power plant at the mouth department expert, who has been here county product. out of the murders and mysterious lutions was prolonged until midnight, disappearances that occurred during and after an hour of freelance ora­ Bishop Potter has so far recovered of Donaldson Canyon, wotting the bolt­ for several weeks experimenting with ing so as to stop operation of the nia- waste products of the mills and logging Gervais Oils Streets. the troubles in the mining'camps of tory the delegates decided to get the that he is able to sit up. agony of nominating speeches over as . . _ . . . . , , , | ohiuorv, and the citv was in darkness camps, has gone to Everett to conduct Gervais.—The streets of Gervais Colorado. If Adams is acquitted lie soon as possible. They therefore sus­ A Chicago official in moving left the , or thp on(1 similar investigations, and from there will be immediately re-arrested, ashes of his grandmother behind In Sand Hollow the hay crop was will go to Vancouver. Later he will have been covered with crude oil by charged either with the murder of pended the rules and called for nom i­ The Prohibition national conven- [considerably damaged bv the overflow return to Astoria to complete his work order of the city council, to keep Detective Lyte Gregory at Denver, or nations before the platform was re­ tion may adopt a platform with a sin­ of water, which covered the alfalfa here, and eventually will conduct ex down the dust. This is the third year with having set off the bomb at the ported. I. I.. Dunne, of Omaha, electrified with mud and laid it flat on the periments at Portland. The report of oil has been used, and it has proven Indepedence depot at Cripple Creek, gle plank. the convention with a lurid panegyric Dr. Hawley's work this far has been very beneficial. It is easy to apply when 13 miners were killed. the Commoner, and at its conclu­ Honduran rebels h.lve abandoned , Di^htning struck a ham belong ng to sent to the department in Washington According to the prosecution. Ad­ on two captured towns, but are advanc B. F. Clark, who resides about 15 miles and will be made public hv it. After and cheaper than water. There is no sion every Bryan delegation joined in ams confessed to having had a hand unpleasant smell, and the results are ing on Puerto Cortez. north of Heppner. Two horses were concluding his labors on this const. Dr. lasting. It is rarely ever applied in both these crimes in eight state­ a most tumultuous outburst of en­ thusiasm. They tore the state stand­ Hawley will go to Montana to experi­ A barber shop at Rawhide, Nev., killed in the barn. more than once, although a second ments secured from him by Detective their fastenings and The O. R. & X. train was unable to ment with the waste products of the application would be desirable later McPartland in the penitentiary at ards from was wrecked by a runaway automo­ inarched around the hall beating go out yesterday morning, owing to larch forests. bile crashing into the place. Boise, Idaho. in the season. drums, blowing horns, clashing cym­ drift which lodged on the track at A 16-year-old girl at Delmonte, N. Valentine, a small station near Lexing­ bals. bearing down every person who Heavy Yield o f Good Wheat. J . shot her father to prevent him ton. WALES COMES TO QUEBEC. came in their way, women included. Money for Electric Line. _____________ Pendleton.— Every bushel of wheat from killing the entire family of five. They massed the standards around Astoria__Over $6,000 of the $10,000 threshed in Umatilla county so far COAL SHORTAGE ALREADY. President Ridder, of the American this season, according to reports capital stock of the Oregon Coast Rail­ British Heir Apparent to Attend Cele­ the speaker's stand, and waved them so recklessly that they tore the dec­ Publishers' association, declares the which have reached this city, has way Company, the company that is be­ bration. orative eagles from their perches. action against the paper trust has Serious Situation Expected in British made grade one when tested, and the ing formed to secure rights of way and This din continued to rise and faJI Quebec, Ont., July 14.— Quebec oil failed. reports from those portions of the make surveys for the proposed electric Columbia This Winter. by turns for an hour and 14 minutes county in which threshing has been railroad to Seaside and Tillamook has the occasion this month of the tercen­ A new Japanese cabinet has been in a vast building packed so densely been subscribed, and the stockholders tenary celebration of its founding, is Vancouver, B. C., July 15— Accord­ carried on during the past week show formed, but there have been no with humanity that it was impossible will effect organization by the election changes in the war and navy depart­ ing to a dispatch received here reports that the yield is going to be much of officers. As soon as this is done planning a great historic and military for any person in the galleries to heavier than the most sanguine had ments. gathered from various parts of the hoped for. Many farmers are bar steps will lie taken to make the sur- I pageant The heir to the throne of move in his seat and with many o f A lone robber rilled three jewelry prairie west outline a rather serious vesting just as large crops as they vevs, and within the coming few days the British Empire is coming to honor the aisles and doorways jammed so a foree of men will be in the field. the memory of Canada's founder. that ingress or egress was impossib'e. stored in Portland, securing several prospect in regnrd to the fuel supply ever d i d . _______ A lesser demonstration greeted the Samuel de Champlain, and his official thousand dollars worth of plunder, for next winter. Following a serious landing will be made a brilliant spec­ nomination of Governor Johnson, o f He was captured. R. F.D. for Echo. Better Telephone Service, shortage in the winter of 1906 7 coal Minnesota, by Winfield Scott Ham­ Echo— A petition has been sent to tacle. McMinnville— Representatives of the Two women were drowned at Eng- _ dealers and the consuming public The dedication of the battlefield will mond. On an ordinary occasion this, lish bay. U C., near Vancouver, in stocked up largely last summer, but DcVarnev - Waggoner company met Washington, D. C., by the citizens of be made the occasion for a military demonstration would have been con­ the presence of hundreds, who were the winter turned out so unusually met with the directors of the McMinn this section asking that a free rural display ... on - July 24. .... Thousands of sol- sidered very much out of the com ­ unable to help them. | mild that the need for these precautions ville Local & Long Distance Tele mail delivery route he established. The ,. names of nearly all of t ho farmers in ! "* J bc mobilized from all parts mon. for it continued for 14 minutes, phone company last evening and an was not apparent. and the cheers and yells made lip in United States secret service men Railways last winter had abundant nounced active work to begin on the this section of the countv were secured , ° f Canada, and a score of battleships earnestness what they lacked in vol­ are attending the sessions of the on the petition. The proposed new I and cruisers will be in port, repre bne connecting this city wi'h the rolling stock owing to the light crop, ume. Corean patriotic convention to pre­ and there was never anything approach- Home company in Portland. AH poles route will take in all of the Buetter senting the United States. England. Judge Gray's name was greeted vent any possible demonstration. ing a famine in any distriet. This sum­ necessary for construction have been ¿■reek and Meadows country, and it will France. Germany, Spain, Japan and with a spasmodic outburst of cheering Senator Platt criticises the Oregon mer, however, the financial conditions purchased, and are Being delivered probably be established in the next four the Argentine Republic. from the scattered delegations which primary law. forbid the dealers to carry large stocks I along the line Work is to begin at months. supported him, but bv this time every­ Japs Don’t Like Platform. Heat in Chicago is causing numerous l,n'* prevent consumers from laying in ! Sherwood, one crew working' toward body was too much exhausted for any Afflicted With Mosquitoes. Tokio, July 14.—The news of the prolonged demonstration. | even an average supply ahead. At tin* Portland and another in the direction deaths and prostrations. same time it is already clear the rail- of McMinnville, Rainier— Rainier people are suffer- ' action of the Democratic national The adoption of the platform was The United Htntcs and Mexico may ways will likely be blocked in an effort ing inconvenience and pain from mos- j convention at Denver in including in marked by an outbreak of decided ill- Intervene in the Honduran rovolt. to handle the immense crop, and in a ouitoes, which are here by the millions, its platform a plank favoring the ex­ feeling A resolution in favor of the Alfalfa Meal Mills. due to the warm weather and the reced­ If elected, Bryan says he will share month or two a large coal movement Echo.—J. E. Murphy, of Portland, ing water. They are so troublesome at clusion from the United States of celebration of the centenary of Abra­ If. the white house with Vice President will be physically impossible. Asiatic laborers is taken here to be ham Lincoln's birth had been declared this week commenced the erection of therefore, a severe winter follows, the times as to be almost unbearable. Kern. directed against Japanese, and is carried unanimously, when I. L. situation mav become serious. a fireproof building, .12x60. and IS causing considerable surprise and dis­ Strau. of Maryland, attempted to of­ The steamer Ohio has arrived safely feet to the eaves, of cement and steel, PORTLAND MARKETS. pleasure. In some quarters indigna­ fer an amendment. Hi« voice wa^ at Nome after a trip of 41 days from Sun Starts Fire. tion is expressed, and the declaration drowned by hoots, and when later, in Seattle. to be used for an alfalfa meal mill. W heat—Club. 84c per bushel; red is made that such a course is an in- seconding the nomination of Bryan ¿Reno, Nev., July 15__Damage caused The mill will have a capacity of 25 June building statistics for the entire Russian. 82c; bluestem 86c; valley, fringement on the treaty rights of Ja- he tried to exnlain bis intention to country show a largo gain, indicating a hy a celluloid comb in the window of j tons every 24 hours, and will cost. 4e. ; pan and opposed to the princip’e of move the addition of the name of R. Frank Golden's jewelry store is being | w hen completed, 225.000. Mr. Mur­ recovery from the panic. Barley—Feed, $24.50 per ton; rolled,! humanity that should govern the re- F. fe e to the resolution, he was repaired today. The heat of the sun's Jnpan la trying to steal more terri­ rays Sunday caused the comb to ex- j phy has leased the Henrietta mills, $272i()(fi 28 50; brewing. $26 lations of nations. howled down so furiously that he was tory from China. She is using the plode and set the place on fire. For and will run them in connection with Oats— No. 1 white, 226.50 per ton; forced to abandon the attempt to grav. 226 Corenn revolt as an excuse. his alfalfa meal mill. make a speech. Watch Captors Fight. several days the heat in Reno hail been Hay—Timothv. Willamette valley, A Han Francisco girl has just been I intense. Snndav it was hotter than Los Angeles, July 14.— Four Chi $t.> per ton; Willamette valley ordi­ Fight High Insurance. caught in Denver dressed as a boy and nsaal. Frank Hall yas looking into Bryan Heard It All. nary $12; Eastern Oregon. $17.50; nese. taken into custody a few mo­ • « * tables ■' on - n dining car. ‘ Golden’s show window when he saw waiting Astoria.—On account of the exorb- mixed. $15; alfalfa. $12; alfalfa meal, ments after they had crossed the in­ Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July 10 — ternational boundary at Calexico, - - - - - forth - - - - - from one itant rates for fire insurance that are $ 2 0 . A Chicago domestic is accused of de flames suddenlv burst W. J. Bryan, in the midst of his fam­ lulling an insane old man into marrying Of the several celluloid combs which being charged by the companies, a Fruits—Cherries. 2(8 5c per lb ; ap­ were witnesses of a revolver duel be­ ily and one or two close friends, to­ were on display. He gave the alarm, resolution has been adopted by the ricots. $1 25 per crate; peaches. 75c(q> tween their captors. Immigration In­ her and giving her his property. but the fire had done considerable Astoria city council directing that an $1 per box; plums. 50(S90c per crate- spectors Ames and Chandley. and a night listened by the telephone to the Twenty of a Chinese crew were dsmage. amendment to the city charter be sub­ currents, »2(82 25 per crate; black­ Mexican believed to have been their wild demonstration which interrupted drowned in New York harbor while mitted to the vote of the people in berries, 21.25 per crate; raspberries, guide. After about 15 shots had been the speech of I. J Dunn, nominating trying to eaeapo from their ship. December, authorizing the city to $1 per crate; loganberries, $1 pee exchanged the Mexican disappeared him ns the democratic candidate for Would be Candidates at the edge of the irrigation canal president. He heard the voice o f Peary will organize an expedition to Now York, July ir,._T,oeal leaders make contracts with citizens to carry crate; blackcaps, $ 1 . 25(82 explore the Antarctic, but will not go of the Tndenendence party announce insurance on their nroperty at cost. Melons—Cantaloupes, $2(82.25 per marking the boundary, and it is pos­ Sergeant-at-Arms Martin the music himself as he will be busy with the crate; watermelons 2iii2|c per pound sible he was drowned. of hands and voices raised in «one that the national convention of the north pole. Potatoes— New tin lie per nn By the magic of electricity and refined Laying Rails on Northwestern. ew Oregon, Oregon. l(8Tlc party, which has been called to meet Rebels Beg for Amnesty. pound; old Oregon, 60(n6.">c per hun­ accoustics he was a part of the con­ Nicaragua has appealed to the new Baker City.— Following the state­ London, July 14.—A special to the vention. A great local celebration Central American alliance against Hal in Chicago on July 27. will complete ment given out hv officials a few dred. vador and Guatemala for helping Hon its business in two days. The Inde­ weeks ago, the Northwestern rail­ Vegetables—Turnips. $] 50 per sack; Daily Mail from Teheran says that will take place in this city tonight. pendence party leaders ,*ate there are carrot arrots. $1 75; parsnips. . . $1.75; _____ beets. ____ , Rachin Khan, who. in command of a du ran rebels. four candidates in the field for presi road. which is building from Hunt­ 21.50; beans, 6c per pound; cab- large force, including several bat- Roosevelt Gets $2 a Word. A break is imminent between Ven­ Vnnt' Thx-V ?r,' : Hownr'' * Taylor, of ington north to Copperfield, on the bage. 1(8 lie pound; cucum- ' teries of quick firers. entered Tariz a Illinois; V \\ Howard, of _ Alabama: Snake river, has begun laying steel tv-rs, ezuela and Holland. hers. Oreg 50(b75c per dozen; egg few days ago, is now bombarding the r z ^ Thomas I,. Hisgen. of MawaVhusettV ^ nr 'n f'nlr hours is the record plants, Oregon. ir jc per pound; lettuce, head, revolutionists, who are massed in the Charles . cr ner. . nns will pay Pres­ French merchants are trying to and Charles A. Walsh, of l ow. ’ made by one steel gang, and there is Iowa. open up a trade with Poland. considerable rivalry among the work­ lie per dozen; parsley, 15c per dozen; Khiavana quarter The latter, the ident Roosevelt for his account of his s men to make a record in this depart­ peas, 2(fi 3c per pound; peppers. 10c dispatch says, have telegr-phed to the hunting trip through the African Taft will spend at least a week pre­ Will Attack Puerto Cortez. per pound; radishes. 121c per dozen; shah begging that amnesty be jungles will be the highest ever given ment paring his lettei of acceptance rhubarb l !5 a . ra " tion "an Cleveland. July 10 — A raise of 10 pay practically the entire lots of 21.- oa a bear a tail. If aavoae will help nnal state fair th he held £ ne" p.'indB'anccord'ing *0 ^ ‘ ''fhere ar^^n?* 1 6 ° ^ ^ ^ « ^ « * P- 7 5 eBtin ,. he of *{*'* »00.000 in ,h , recent dock hre ,n Bos- me M go 1 will .ever take hold of ,» her The giiud stand and exhibition hest.TorSlfiK-’ shrink iff r valtrv ia/Six^ . l , r .