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
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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.
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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
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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.