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Hillsboro Independent MUTINEERS SEIZE SVEABORQ WILL HAVE BEST IN WORLD IViSav a CMk Waa HILLSBOKO. OMCON NEWS OF THE WEEK la a Condensed Form for Oar Easy Readers. A Resume of the Lss Important but Not Lett Interesting Events of the Past Week. Fire in a Buffalo, N. Y., planing mill destroyed $170,000 worth of prop- arty. The National Sculpture tociety it to tabliah aa old age Lome (or ita mem ben. The St. Paul ia laying steel (or ita new Pacific coast extension. Tbe work ia being dona in Booth Dakota. Judge Jamee F. Tracey, o( the Phil ippine Hupreme court, will likly be the next vice governor of the ielanda. John D. Rockefeller aaya there 1 mora good than had in the world, and that everything ia (or good in tvie end. The Pennsylvania railroad haa ont passenger tatea to 2 centa per mile Mileage book will be if sued at the rate of 2 centa per mile. The failure of the sultan to receive an ambassrdor instead of a minister ia likely to be the cause of diplomatic differences between the United estates ami Turkey. Two transcontinental railway com panies cay tbey will shortly install thet t ir cars on their trains in which plays will be given while the trains are in progress. Vast frauds have been unearthed in .Fan Francisco'! municipal affairs. Examination of public records show that there has been an extensive graft in letting contracts and that city pay rolls have been padded. Truck workers inao trancisco have track lor more pay and shorter hours Nihilists wrecked a train in Belgium, thinking Grand Duke Vladimir, of Russia, on it. Dowie says he will appeal from the recent decision of the court ousting him from control ofLZion City. The Pacific Coast Steamship company is said to be considering the manning of its vessels wltbIndians. A grand jury will convene in Chicago August 0 for the purpose of taking tes timony against the Standard Oil. Bryan says that he will announce the platform on which he will consent to be presidential candidate August SO. The outbreak of cholera in varions parts of the Philippines is due to the unusual number of flies in the islands, according to doctors there. Poverty haa fotced William II. Belcher, a (ugetive from Justice and former mayor of Paterson, N. J., to surrender to the authorities. Onlv Four Companies of Infantry He- - main Layal to Czar. ui.insfnta An. 1. Sveeborg i entirely in the banda ol the mutmtere, who now have in tneir possession ever; kiml of armament. liorrihU arenea occurred during last night' when the fierce lighting was con lniii- The heaviest artillery was used during tbe conflict. Several officers were killed or wounu ed. The wounded were transported to Haliinirfors. fV.lnnel NararofT was bavoneteti. tie beuired far transportation to the Loapil- a!. Dromisicg forglveneas )u exchange Instead ha was stoned and thrown into tha vater with a stone tied around his neck. Helsinsfors. Aug. 1. A gigantic mil itarv conspiracy, aiming at tbe simul taneous capture of Russia's three great sea fortresses. Ci-onstadt, Sevastopol and Sveaborg, arranged by tbe Revolu tionary Military league, was prema turely sprung here yesterday by an at tempt to arrest members of a company of sappers who had mutinied on ac count of tha death of one of their com rades, alleged to have been due to ill treatment. The entire garrison of the fortress at Sveaborg flamed out instantly in revolt. All tbe artillery and tappers garrison ing tbe place were invoked. Only four companies n ininiry rsizsiacu Tbe mutineers seised 40 machine guns and practically all tbe quick-firers an light artillery in the fortress, but even with this aid tbey were unable to bold tbe main fort against the loyal infant ry. Tbe fighting continued all night long. Tbe heaviest firing was beard from 10 o'clock in the evening until in the morning. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR EQUITABLE TAX. UNCONSTITUTIONAL. State Commission Propose Revision Hous Goodl Not Entitled to E. of Present Law. ""Won Sat Supreme uoun. Salem With a view to securing a Buleq,,,. iu.ng. in a decision just ol property reudert ... ii.a household mora equitable awesanient Jer'a tax Wilson's Opinion on Effect of of Meat Inspection Law, Washington, July 30. Secretary Wilson today declared that, as a result of tne new meat inspection law and the rules promulgated by him, a radical change for tbe better would occur. "Within a very short space of time,' bo said, "tbe meat piodncta of tha United States will be purer and mora wholesome than any similar products of the world. The conditions existing 1, IRRIGATION SCHOOL Jur, VERDICT IS GUILTY. Big Gathering for Boise lor tbe ' first ol September. ONLY ONE ON COAST THIS YEAR in mis siaie, ue --i'moo jt nnw"""'", ' . , I in soma ol tne slaughtering and par sion haa reconimenumi "' i "up,, t0lirt ! "? '" , T. ing bouses abroad are about as !u ........ .n in. tha nuauzaiiuu ui a- i iikiuih ii i .a in luiti u ...- . , . I - "ai oas - , . U;a ....,-... h tha cuuntv ooaru. in ifiiio :,.... .t.nnusiv since o. wau.v- - j . uai con""" , ' . thia mnnection. the commission give Houaehow.... ..amotions fcav ita flat disapproval to the plan often allowed ...... ...r except 1904, when airitated of having tba assessment rolls I the exesjotinn ! bad been repealed. nnhliahatl In the newsuspers in tha r .. . . locality in wnico me property aaieeimu ia Iccatexl. The proposed revision of tha law re lating to eauaiixatiott 01 me assess niant ia lamely based opon inconsistet. cies in the present law, but also upon a from ye,f to .Mr, nl legislators, bad as can be icsagincd, and the American people henceforth will enjoy a distinct advantage over the foieign consumers. "Of Darticnlar importance ia tha rain . . . T ... a r BjDtl U bad Oeen ",T,M I nmvwtino fnv avaaklv ImnlUn ..rvn.t. I . .1. .I.I uuinn I " - J r..- . ra-soacted pj . , A to be supplied the bureau of animal in but want in" "-" " '- duatry. Without such reports it would Hundreds of Letters Ars Received at Deadquarters Daily Special Rates to Bo Granted. I of 1903, lO DO apnli,..h1. 1904. " ADDroi,..i. 18.000.000 has been wiirjii w- ... exempted f, taxation In IDis siaie i - - win lo toe aasesament of lait in tha law br which wealthy Icountv ofs.. .nA tha people generally j . i, - - - ...1 Now the Supreme court baa declared all these exeaintinna invalid. This di.i .ill make it necessary for county i,.eMuri in many counties WILL OPEN DOOR. Keep A nattional conference on wireless talegraphy will convene at Berlin October 3. Practically every power of any importance will be represented. France is preparing to retire the guillotine. Revolutionists have cut the telegraph wires between Bt. Petersburg and the provinces. A clever French woman swindler has stolen a fortune in diamonds from a Madrid jeweler. John D. Rockefeller has arrived in New York, but no attempt was made to aerve legal papers on him. John Mitchell, president of the Unit ed Mineworkers of America, is being boomed Inr liryan s running mate. An early fall of Zion City is predict ed Dy residents ol Dowie s colony aa a result of the recent court decision. Severe crop damage is reported from several points in Minnesota, North Da kota and Iowa, resulting from bail, rain and wind storms. The outbreak of smallpox on the canal tone appears to be under control. There has been no new canes since July ltf and but one death since July 9. There is much population as to 1 whether or not nnion men will stand by (tampers in his campaign against thone memWs of the lower house of congress who worked against the labor bills in the last session. Baron Komura Says Japan Will Treaty Pledges. Victoria. B. C, Aug. 1. Baron K mura, recently appointed Japanese am bassador to Oreat Britain, arrived to day by the Canadian Pacific railroad steamer Empress of Japan on his way to London, via Quebec, from - where be sails by the Empress of Ireland on August 9. ' Baron Komura said with regard to Japanese action in Mancburia that the Japanese government would undoubted ly carry out all the pledges made before and since the war to maintain "the open door" in Mancburia. Regarding tha criticism of foreign merchants, he said these were due to impatience. Tbe terms of occupation demanded that Japan adopt tbe measures now in vogue, but aa soon aa tbe military occupation was ended and this would be soon, ar rangements would be male to carry out tbe pledges regarding an "open door" policy. Tiue, tha bulk of the army bad been repatriated, but there was still a large force ii Mancburia. There was also Russian troops in occupation. While it was not known definitely what Russia was doing regarding the with drawal, it was known that troops were steadily being withdrawn and it was necessary that the Japanese military administration continue to occupy the country until tbe withdrawal was com plete. Has Dalny been made a free port and are itlier nations than Japanese re stricted from trading via that port with Manchuria?" That I cannot tell you," replied Baron Komura. "This much I can say, though, tne pledges made by Japan re garding Mancburia will be carried out in every particular as soon aa the term of occupation by the military forces has expired." yield of all hay nd irin eT0P in nrnDdrtv owners ha t oeen a ne w co area countv ourts inw allowing an in annitabla assessment to stand. I tie commission proposes a law which seems tn have "teeth in it." and which will h ff ct iva if county otticerj are dit nosed to do their duty. . . . A I The inconsistency in tne present law lies in the fact that tbe county board of taualiaatiou ia required to meet on the last Motday in A. gust, while the asstssor is given unti. tie tint Monday in September to Hie bis roll, or until the first Monday in Ociober if tbe county court makes an order to that effect. At tLs tame time there ia no . . . . ...i uaa. - - . authority ol law lor an extension ol tne Clackamas count tbii that sur time of meeting of the county board ol pass tbe average in quality. Early equalization. fruits and vegetables yielded heavily, Assessors usually take tbe full time while the vineyard, field and orchard to prepare their rolls, and very fre- with maturing crops, give the producer quently ask for and are granted tbe every assurance of Increased prosperity extension of time. Commenting upon with the harvest. In celebration of the this condition of tbe laas, tbe commie- large and satiarartoiv crops, a number sion says that "the bo rd of equaliza- of harvest feitivaii have been held and tion is thus required to mtet perhaps I others are bsinir arranged. It has been six weeks beinre tne assessment roil is years since CWkimti county farmers completed, and as ita functions lapne I were aa prosperous and contented. when it nas oeen in session a weex, it must have passed out of legal existence at a date before the assessor ia required to have the assessment roll ready to equalize. "Under tbe present system we have practically two boards of equalization," savs tne commission, "one meeting after the other, and having full power to undo the work of its predecessor bo difficult to cops with the situation. As general proposition, however, the law will be complied with in every d tail, but I shall take' nothing for grant ed, and will make the inspections in every establishment that the law reach es rigid and complete." It haa not been determined when the rules governing tbe interstate trauspor tation phase of the question will be is sued. The secretary is in almoat daily a.- - 1 i. .Ant i a . .... . reassess. t'"f- y conference with railroad men. partlcu ice.r connti., for '' T larly from the West, and from these he practice of m.n, sesora not to lilt . ,1.,.- MthrH a ...n.i,i..rahu pmp-rty thtl i8 M,aP. In iom. na amQunt of qd P"9PB f ,l,a counties the Maeeas- ... . . ' A. . . - - v. - ,l ,....- I kllO UBL'HI L111VL1 1 1 11 ft b 1 11 U or. .... in. exempt kroH-7 railroads will not be less sincere in ueuucuon, sitsrw.ru. complying with the law than the nack an. In tunf it miam al.ta.l l.At vi.namn urmin '-cri' the have nv noa.1 a lialnrtnlniiinn uregon City Tbera U n aounuant co-operate with the department in every way in order that those meat products wrucra bear tbe government label shall And their way into other than the states from which they were shipped. ROB POLISH TRAINS. Battleships In Collision. Newport, R. I., Aug. 1. Rear Ad miral R. D. Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet, received reports in detail today of a collision which occurred dur ing a fog last night between the battle ships Alabama and Illinois about eight miles southeast of Brenton s reef light snip, ine side or the Illinois was scraped by the bow of the Alabama and several plates of the forward part of the Alabama were injured. It is also thought that one or more of the six I L .. . ... .. men guns on tne two battleships were damaged. Admiral Evans states that neither ship was damaged below the water line. strike has been ordered in A general Poland. Secretary Wilson has announced rig id rules (or meat inspection. i'onnia leaders nave deterred a gene ral stiike, but have split on the question. The government haa brought snit to recover Utah coal laad obtained by fraud. receiving Lelnh- from the United Turkey objects to man aa ambassador Utates. Martial law has been proclaimed at Cronstadt, Russia, to prevent mutiny. The Rnaeian province of Kharkov ia arming to establish an independent re public. Ureal Britain will build three more battleships from the plans of. the Dreadnaught Both Dowie and Voliva have lost their aula for possession of Zion, and the court ordered the election of an oveiseer by the people. Russell Page left nearly all his wealth to his widow. She will spend a large sum for charity. Tha Interstate Commerce commission has called on the railroads to revise their rates under the new law. Not Bound Up In Red Tape. Washington, Ang. 1. The facility ith which the Civil Service commis sion furnished inspectors to the depart ment ol Agriculture in tbe execution of tbe meat inspection law is shown in a statement issued today by the commis sion. Although the law was not enact ed till June 30, the commission in ex actly three weeks from that date con ducted examinations throughout the country. Arrangements were made to examine 3,886 sppl cants. During the week ending July 28 2,540 seta of pa pers were received by the commission. Under Civil Service Rules. Washington, Aug. 1. Turn ait to I resident Roosevelt's anonunced inten tion of appointing deputy collectors of internal revenue through the medium of the Civil Service commission on competitive examinations, it was an nounced today that examinations will be held at Asheville, Statesville. Salis bury, Charlotte and Winston, N. C., August 29, lor clerk and office deputies. storekeepers, gangers and division dep. uty collectors. It is the first time in the history of civil aervire that "raid ing deputies" passed civil service Relief Work Being Investigated. San Franrisro. Aug. 1. The arand jury today instituted an investigation of the relief finance committee's letral right to distribute the funds contrihnt. ed lor the benefit of San Francisco's stricken citizens. Tbe status of the Red Cross is also involved, and in h. end some judicial opinion will .lonbt- lees have been rendeied which ma. throw some light into the less I tant. created by the emergency and the vari ous measuresa doDted to mi li There are a lew rases ot smallpox the Colon and of the canal. st I Rain Makes Canal Zona Unhealthy. Colon, Ang. 1. The month nl has wltnesreJ a series of 1 awv rain, on Germany hopee to abeorb Holland the i,l,ml"' hich have hampered the when queen Wilhelmina diea. wo' 01 '"tioo In Colon. The coo anions iouay are worse than ever be Revolutionists are landing large sup- fore. Preparations are beins mt.l n plies of arms and ammunition on the I pave the principal streets ol Colon iih coast ot tin land. I brick. e The county board ol equalization con tinues in session one week, and if it does not complete its work within tbe week, tbe county court, at its next reg ular session, completes the examina tion and correction of the roll. The new law is to do away with this, making provision for the board meeting after tbe roll is completed. This proposed law contains several provisions that seem to be an improve ment upon tbe existing law. In tbe first place, a taxpayer will not go before the county board of equalization nnlesa be has a real grievance, for the court aa power to raise his assessment, and bis formal petition will serve to call tbe attention of bis neighbors and tbe public generally to the representations be is making governing tbe value of his property. Placing tbe matter of equal ization entiiely in tbe hands ot one board instead of two will centralize tbe responsibilty and give time and oppor tunity for careful and well advised work. Firs Precautions at Asylum. Salem Lest friends and relatives of the 1,420 patients confined in the in sane asylum may be unduly concerned as to their welfare on account of the recent fire at that institution, an official of the asylum says that none of the pa t'euts were in danger, and would not be even in case of a Are serious enough to destroy a considerable portion of the building. The facilities for getting patients out ot the building are such that a disastrous fire need nntcaure the loss of a single life. In this particular the building could scarcely be improved. Umatilla Canal Contract Let. Washnigton The secretary of the interior baa awarded the contract to the Puget Sound Bridge A Dredging com pany, of Seattle, for the construction ol the storage feed canal of the Umatilla Irrigation project. The work of the contract involvea the construction of 25 milea of canal from the Umatilla river, near Echo, to Cold Springs reservoir, and consists ot 700,000 cubic yards of earth excavation, 6,000 cubic yards of rock excavation, 2,300 cubic yards of concrete and 2 600 ruhic yards of rap. Tbe bid was $161,388. Banner Yesr for Benton Corvallis The lst few weeks of fine weather has enabled the farmers to harvest an immenie bsy crop.- Many were compelled to build etxra sheds to house their extra mpp'T. D(i hay bal ers will be weeks completing their con' 'rid. From a nonter of fields hay can be secured free by hulling it away; but, as one Corvalln citizen remarked. "It is Chen per to bay it delivered than to hire a team to bul it." Wheat is sleo rapidly ripeniof. nd very little, if any, damaga is reported br the grow. era. Binders trs ewywhere at work. Raise Railroad Assessments. Salem That fnilioad property in Oregon was atiessedil only 110,815,. 915.41, when it badicommercial value of nearly $ 70,000.001, Is one of tbe im portant and interettig features of tbe report of the Q oiTax commission, which will be rsseed for tbe consid eration of the nextfeialature. These figures relate tol iluations in 1904, which waa the .mt year for which the commission ukl secure reliable information. Armed Bandits Secure La rare Sums of Government Money. Warsaw, July 30. Two daring train robberies were committed in Russian Poland today, one of them resulting in a considerable loss of life. A train from tbe frontier station of Herby, bound for Czentocbowa, was carrying money received from thi custom house to the branch Imperial bank- under protection of seven frontier guardsmen Ueneral Zukat, chief of the frontier guards; General Weltering and Captain Laguma were passengers. fifteen persons boarded the train at a way station. They evidently had been waiting (or it, and made an attack on the guardsmen, who were reinforced by the officers named. A regular skirmish followed, in which the two generals, two officials, five soldiers and one robber were killed and Colonel Bresesiki and one robber wounded. The wounded and dead were taken to Czen stoebwowa. Tbe robbers escaped, taking 18.000 and the arms of those who had attempt- mrm hnainnM man mnai haafi anil irriuu. . iuu .u tram againBi roDDers. tionists. immigration and colonization ine second robbery was committed societies, home makers and home seek Boise, July 31. The Fourteenth Na tional Iriigation congress, which meets at Boise September 3 to 8, is the only meeting of national importance to be held on the Pacific slop during the present year. Chairman Eben E. Mc- Leod, ot tbe Western Passenger associa tion, has notified the executive coma it tee that rat as for tbe congress will be determined at the Minneapolis meeting ol the association today. Although more than a month will elapse beiore tbe congress is to meet, delegates tj the number of over 1,000 have been appointed from different sec tions east of the Rocky mountains, and an average of 100 letters a day are be ing received at headquarters, asking lot general information concerning tbe con gress and the opportunities to be had for learning as much as possible ot ir rigation' methods, size of farms, capital required, character of crops produced, and the revenue to be depended upou by the irtvlgationists. Tbe Boise session of the congress is to constitute a great school for irriga tion. Scientific aud professional men will discuss and analyze advanced theo ries, engineers will give the solution of the many engineering problems that have been worked out, and tbe practical irrigators will show in a practical way what ia accomplished by the results on exhibition. Tbe general government haa loaned nearly f 40,000,000 for tbe purpose ol reclaiming arid lands and providing homes for tbe people. Tbe loan was made through an act ol congress ap proved by President Roosevelt four years ago. At the Idaho meeting, the government is going to be asked to add $100,000,000 more to tbe loan made to its citizebs lor tbe mora rapid comple tion of tbe works now under construc tion. Senators and members of con gress are tne real trustees ol the gov ernment in the loans made, and they are coming to investigate the conditions of the security which reclamation is giving to insure its repayment. Statesmen, capitalists, manufactur Passes on Case of Two More Land Fraud Operators. Portland, July 27. At 12:17 o'clock this morning the jury in the Federal court returned a verdict of guilty against Martin ii. lloge and Charles Nickell, both ot Medford. They were rmvimiuended to the clemency of the court. lii two men were charged, along with Henry W. Miller and Frank E. Kiucart, also of Medford, of with the erime of having conspired to defraud the United States out of portions ol already pleaded guilty, and their testi mony was used to convict the other two defendants. The Indictment against the tour men had been returned Janu ary 1, 1905. Miller and Kincart had previously pleaded guilty. Tbe maximum punishment under the section of the revised statutes applying in their case is two years' imprison ment and a tine ot $10,000, or both fine and imprisonment, while the minimum is 30 days imprisonment and a fine of 100, at the discretion of the court. At 9:30 this morning the case ot the United States vs. Hamilton 11. Hen dricks will be called iu the Federal court. It involves an indictment re turned February 8, 1905, charging the defendant with a violation of section 303, revised statutes, in suborning George W. Hawk to commit perjury in giving testimony before the Federal grand jury in connection with said Ueorge W. Hawk's homestead entry. MUST SHOW BOOKS. rip- Yields OOlushels an Acre. Weston A rcarkably heavy yield ot barley has ji been harvested on tbe farm of O. . Turner, two miles north ot this pta. Tbe yield from 14 acres was 529 sits, or 1,267 bushels, an average of 9 bushels to the acre. Turner Bros, we expecting a good yield, but did t look for more than 70 bushels to ti acre, which is a big yield. on tue narsaw-Vienna railway, six miles from Warsaw. While tbe train was under wsy unknown persons pulled the danger signal, causing it to stop Robbers who were aboard jumped out and seized the locomotive and detached the mail car from the train and ran it down the line. They secured $37,600 of government money. TRAIN HITS ELECTRIC CAR. ers, all to the number of 2,000 or more, will Join in the great movement at tbe Boise session of tbe National Irrigation congress.' A special train will be made up at Chicago tor the delegates fioiu the East ern atatea. vice President Fairbanks and hia party will occupy one of the cars. The special will be known as "the vice president's train." Sugar Trust Official Is Hauled Before New York Court. New York, July 27. That tne New York grand jury is investigating west ern trunk railroad lines suspected of having granted rebates to the American Sugar Refining company was made known today, when W. E. Foster, sen. eral auditor of that company, was taken beiore Judge Hough, in the United States Circuit court, as a rectlci rant witness before 'he grand jury. ine loreman reported that Mr. Foster had declined to produc before the. grand jury certain books and docu ments demanded of him. Mr. Foster said that he had not refused to produce the data. He said that he had l ot tbe physical possession ol all the hooka i . i . . uu papers in question, except as gen eral auditor of the corporal; on. A por tion of them, he said, were in the safe ot the company's president. Judge Hough gave Mr. Foster until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock to com ply with the grand Jury's Instructions. Unless the pspers are forthcoming tbe Judge informed Mr. Foster that he would consider an application to punish him, both as a recalcitrant witness and for contempt of court. BLAME DAMAGE TO QUAKE. Half Millionto Clackamas Roll Oregon City-By the decision of the Supreme courts tbe tax exemption law, Assessor 5Jon reports that there will be added tube Clackamas county assessment rollitbout $400,000 addi tional on whichnext year's tax levy will be made, levision will delay tbe task of cotnplctiig tbe rolls which were sengers on board. received from tt state authorities weeks later thuthe usual time. ten Passengers Tossed About and Many Seriously Hurt. los Angeiee, juiy so. One woman was killed, two or three persons fatally injured and upwards of 35 hurt, many of them seriously, in a collision this afternoon by a local Southern Pacific passenger train running between this city and Pasadena and a car of tbe Sier ra Madre division of the Pacific Electric Railway company. The accident hapoened at Oneonta Junction, in the subu.bs of South Pas adena. The electric car left here with 42 pas- Arriving st Oneonta, MOSCOW BAKERS STRIKE. Fall Wheat of Good Quality. Pendleton Threshing in this part of apricots, $125fll.35; cherries, 610r PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Clio, 71c; blueetem, 73c; red, 69c; vails?, 71c; new club, 70c; new bluestem, !2c: valley, 71c, Oats No. 1 white feed, $30; gray, $29 per ton. Barley Feed, $23 60 per ton ; brew ing, $23.60 perton; rolled, $2424.50, Rye $1 60 r cwt. Hay Vsliertimotby, No. 1, $110 12.60 per ton;elover, $8.60(39; cheat, $.607; grais hay. 78; alfalfa, 111. Fruits Applaf $1.60(82.25 per box; me country is now in lull blast, al though many outfits are running a lit tle shy ot men. Owing to the hot weather, the spring sown grsin has been damaged so that It will bringdown the average about tour bushels to the acre. The fall sown grain has not been damage ! much, as was evidenced by some that has been brought into the city for sale at the local mills. Grain from north of the city was brought in which gave the millers a surprise by tipping the stales to 63 pounds. per pound; ewrsnts, 9(3 10c; pesch- es, 76c3$ l.JO pT box; plnms, $1.25; Logan berries, $i.35ai.40 per crate; raspberries, $1.40(31.60; blackberries, 8c per pound : moaeberries, 8c. Vegetables Beans, 67c per pound; cabbage, lfiQtc: corn, 10($me per dozen; cncnmtF 4050c per d'zen; egg plant, lOQlBc per po',nd ! lettuce, heal, 25c pa, doWn; onions. 10 12c; peas, 45c per pound; radish es, 10315o Mr dozen; rhubarb, 2 ( 2c per pound: aninsch. 23c; toma- toes, $1.25(83 per box; parsley, 25r; squash, $ll.ft per crate; turnips the car stopped and the conductor went ahead to the Southern Paciflo crossing at this point. lie raw no train ap proaching, and the car started ahead, reaching the center of the crossing, when tbe train from Paradena for Los Angeles suddenly rounded the curve north and crashed into the car with terrific impact. More but of Worse Quality. Washington, July 80. Kevl-ed fi urea indicate that the immigration to this country dnring the fiscal year end. ing June 30 last, was 73,574 greater than it was during the fiscal year 1905. l lie immigration during the past year aggregated 1,100,073, against 1,026 499 for the previous year. It is notable that tbe class of immigrants was not so high as in many previous vears, most of them coming from Austria-Hungary, Kussia and Italy. During the year just passed 12,433 persons were debarred, lor various causes. Want Endurable Life, While Governor Talks of Czar's Burdens. Moscow, July 31. A strike haa brok en out here among the bakers wbo are striving to obtain a betterment in their working conditions and Sunday for day off. According to the Council of Woikmen, the total number of men on strike in Moscow has reached 18,000, in addition to which tbe Voekressensky factory today locked out 3,000 em ployes. Tbe governor of Moscow has issued a proclamation in answer to tbe Viborg manifesto ot tbe outlawed parliament ai d given it a wide circulation . here He declares the manifesto to be revolu tionary in character and directed against the emperor. It is time, the governoi declares, for the loya population to come to the assistance of hia majesty and ligbieu bis heavy buidens. Fire in the Cascades Albany A timber fire in the Cascade 0ct$l per tr'ck ; carrots, $1(31.25 per eacs; beets, 11.25(31.60 P'r sac a. Oniom S red. 1491C per mountains near Detroit is spreading rspldly, threatening heavy damage. The fire started near the Santiam river and spread into heavy timber. Two hundred acres ot the finest forest in the Cascades is now burning, and tbe wind is driving the flames into the heart of the mountains, where, if not stopped soon, immense damage will reanlt. Everything is extremely dry and the flames ars spreading rapidly. Wheat Yield About Normal. Tendleton The harvest in all parts of Umatilla county has commenced. ine mresning up to this time has been too limited to make a very close esti mate of the yield, Lut from what has been threshed on the reservation. anH aronnd Athena it is thonght the yield in those districts will be ahont and had it not been for the hot winds the yield would have been at least 25 per cent above the average. Flour Mills Closed Down. La Grande The flonrin min. .n. Grande. Island City tnj Unlon Uv closed downhaving ntilized all the old upply of wheat. pound; new vili. X2c per pound Potatoes Old Forhanks, nominal; new poUtos, ;5C(31.25. Batter Fanty creamery, 2022X per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 21(3JlXe P"' dosen. Poultry A,,.ff. old bens. 13314c per pound; nijlpi chickens, lHH3e; pringa, 18(ii7. roosters, 9 3 10c; dreeeed chirhns, 1 4 0 1 &c ; tnrkeys, live, 15(317c; turker1 dr"'",,, c,loir". 20(322 V; live, 839r; ducks. 1K313C. ' Hops Oretm 190. lKU12c; olds, 9c; 1908 contracts, 12fll6c P6' P00"1- Wool Et.. A.ron average best. "H v'.f - . Will Decide Iroquois Theater Cases Chicago, July 30. Judge Chyfsus declares that many of the Irrqnois the ater cases will come to nanght through the carelessness of the plaintiffs' law yers, who have allowed tbe statute of limitations to interpose. He has just disposed of the last demurrer in the ase growing out of the Iroquois theater diafter now pending in the Superior court. There are nearly 100 injury rases pending. During the last week Judge Windor has been hearing demur rera, and hia decision is expected early this week. Would-Ba Rockefellers. Paris. Jnly 30. Tbe competition of the Gauloia anent dreams of million- lire has come to an end and tbe prizes have been awarded. The newspapers ial1 that Mr. Rockefeller possesses $10 000.000 a year income, and asked its readers what they would do with this money if tby possessed his for tuna. Some of tbe answers were aa awful as a Welsh rarebit dream. Thev 18(320c ner t.j cording to shrink- ranged from overturning the republic age; valley, 20a 22 according to fine-1 to giving all tbe money away, nees; mohair, .holes. 28 30c pM . T" T '0 - wuno i as i ui nrmfe Wsshington, July 30. Bullets which are lighter and more pointed than those now in nse are being tested at the Springfield armory. The new bullets have much flatter trajectories than the old type, and consequently are much more efficient against advancing enemies nonnd. Veal Drtai 8c per pound. Beef DrewM Ylls, 3c per ponnd; cows. 4W(3kr. rosntry steers. 56c Mutton DiLli fancy, 78c pM pound; ordinary Rflflc; lmbs, fancy, 83He. Pork Dressed, 70 P" Pnnd France Regrets Killing. Paris, July 31. The French embassy at Washington has been Instructed to express tbe deep regrets ot the French government at the killing ot Lieutenant Clarence England, navigating officer of the United States cruiser Chattanooga, wbo was mortally wounded at Cbefoo, China, July 28, by a rifle bullet fired from the French armored cruiser Du- petit Tbouars, while the crew of the latter were engaged in small arms prac tice. The authorities here are await ing fuller reports before establishing tbe responsibility for tbe accident. Penny Foreign Postage. London, July 31. John Henniker Heaton, member of parliament and father of the "imperial penny postage" idea, has addressed a letter to Chancel lor of the Exchequer Asquith and Poet master General Buxton, offering to pro vide an acceptable hank guarantee to cover tbe loss in revenue for the first three years, which might follow the adoption o' penny postage between Great Britain and America, if the gov ernment will appoint a committee to investigate and report on such proba ble lots. Buildings Can Be Saved. San Francisco, July 81 The board of supervisors passed a vote of confi dence in tbe major part of tbe city hall and also tbe ball ot justice, at ita meet ing today. A special committee report ed that "at least 60 per cent of both buildings can be made use of asain and. within less than two yeara, they can be completely and economically re stored." The board resolved that the debris and wreckage should be clesred away immediately. Cruiser Wsshington Turned Over Cam.lea, N. 3 . July 31 The rrnla. er Washington, built at the yards ol the New York Shipbuilding company, in this city, was formally turned over to the government yesterday. Tha cruiser will not go into commission for several days. No ceremonies marked the transfer. Six Big Insurance Companies Repud iate San Francisco Losses. San Francisco, July 27. The sever est blow dealt the pollry-holdera of San Francisco has come in the form of an announcement from six of the larg est underwriting concern, which prac tically declare that they will pay no losses incurred by tbe April fire. The earthquake clause in tbe policies is put lorwara and tbe statement made that all the dac-:age done by the flames is attributable to the shock. In this combination of welcbers are two American companies and four Brit ish companies. Tbe concerns are: Commercial Union Assurance. ltd., of England; Commercial Union Fire In surance company, of New York ; Pala tine Fire Insurance company, ltd., of England ; Alliance Assurance company, Ltd., of England ; Alliance Assurance company, ltd., of England; Norwich Union Fire Assurance society, of Eng land; Indemnity Fire Insurance com pany, of New York. Their combined liabilities in the burned area will reach $15,000,000. Of this amount they pledge themselves to pay "for actual loss suffered in every case in whih legal liability is not doubtful." As the companies claim that they cannot be held for losses caused "directly or indirectly by the earthquake," this pretty phrssing, when translated into plain English, means absolute repudiation. Japan's Great Liberality. Washington, July 27. Through the State department the Red Cross haa sent a dispatch to the Japanese govern ment asking that no further contribu tions be made by tbe Japanese ti tbe San Francisco relief fund. Tbie action was taken by tbe Red Cross officials. because tbey believe all the funds ne cessary for the relief of California earthquake sufferers can be raised in this country among persons better able to give than many of tbe Japanese who contributed to the San Frnri!o fnnd. A total ot $145,000 was sent by Japan. Pure Food for Londoners. London, July 27. The h ealth n fli- cers of the metropolis have formulated proposals dealing with canned o-ooda for the consideration of various borough authorities. The most lmnntt. clauses provide that the i.ame and ad dress of the manufacturer and the Hat of canning be Impressed on all Una- that 1 per cent of each rnntimm.ni shall be opened on importation and ex amined betore the goods are marketed, and that food intended for canning shall he Inspected by an Independent official prior to being canned. Finding Cause of Cancer. London, Jnly 27 Aa the result of experiments with mice, the superin tendent of the imperial cancer research fund laboratory announced today that the prospect of discovering the mystery of the origin of cancer was more hopeful than ever. Tbe superin tendent said that the experiments rr,nH be carried further before it can be ascertained whether they will have a bearing on the treatment cf the disease In mankind. Says Companies Will Deal Fairly. Oakland Cel., July 27. Represent ative Mnllins, of the Palatine, Com merclal Union and Alliance Insurance companies, of London, this afternoon stated the announcement of his com paniee plans now being prepared will show sn Intention to deal absolutely fairly with every policyholder.