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HILLSBORO
ORECON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
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Readers.
WILL ACCEPT AMNESTY.
REHASH BAD EGOS
Rebels swarming in brush.
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and Dries Remainder.
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A R.iumi of the Last Important but
Not Laaa Interesting Evants
of tha Past Week.
Cuerrera Alona Holda Out and Wanta
Rooaavalt to Arbitral.
u.-.. I.. v fntor Do!, a
leader of tba Moderate party,
Mniliminn of a conference With
dent Palma at midnight, stated that
practically all the insurgent leader, of
consequeLce except Pino Guerrera bad
.:. :u..i .!... t iiinnniMi ti diaband
Imuii r. Vi'y "HSOLD to bakeries and ships
anteeu immunity ior
tionary acliont.
On arronnt of the insurgents wil
lingness to quit the field, there will be Health Officers Discover Where Bak-
With
no farther enlistments.
Holland will Inspect and stamp all
meat hereafter exported.
The Ameiican Bar association ie now
holding ita annual convention in St.
Paul.
The police of Riga raptured a depot
of revolutionary stores, including 24
bo inbi.
A pel item an, two gendarmes and a
conductor were killed on a train by a
band of seven revolutionists, near Tarn
boff, Russia.
The Japanese government annonnces
that after September 1, 1906, Dalny
will be a free port of entry for goods
of all nations.
Tha Nevada state Insurance commis
sioner says he will revoke the licenses
of all companies which fail to pay their
Una Francisco losses.
Senator W. A. Clark will build a
branch railroad line from Las Venae,
N. M, Into Ban Francisco. Over half
the line la already completed.
The ciar is badly scared by the re
cent terrorist outrages, and it is
thought he is about to place the gov.
ernment in the hands of a dictator.
A man traveling overland in New
Mexico found two men sitting upright
in their wagon, dead, and their four
mule team also dead. They had been
struck by lightning.
The city of Troy, Montana, suffered
a $10, QUO loss by fire in its business
district.
Three were killed and ten injured
in a Great Northern trainwreck in
Montana.
Smoke from forest fires is causing
aerious trouble to ships along the Ore
gon coast.
A Worcester, Mass., dally paper tried
tha new spelling for one day, but bad
to have extra help in several depart
ments President Kliot, of Harvard, says it
will be a long time before President
Roosevelt's spelling reform becomes
general.
San Francisco Is so badly in need of
lumber that it is being imported from
British Columbia, and paying the duty
of $2 per thousand feet.
Havana, Aug. 29. At tha moment
today when the government was issuing
its proclamation offering pardon to
rebels who would lay down their arms,
its forces wtre dealing the most telling
blow that has yet been attack against
the insurgents in tha field. For seve
ral days it had been stated that General
Guxroan'a force of insurgents, which
was variously estimated at from 200
npward, contemplated an attack on
Cienfuesoa. Cjlonel Valla, with a de
tachment of rural guards, was dis
patched to Cienfuegos fcr the purpose
of engaging Guxman and breaking np
the band. The encounter of the two
forces resulted in tha worst disaster
which the insurgents have sustained np
to this time. They lost 17 men killed
and many wounded, while the loss to
the government force was one man
killed. Tha government ia without
further particulars of the fight.
That the insurrection is in a shaky
condition seems to be a lact, although
the end may not be as near as mem
bers of the government forces profess
to believe. Pino Guerrera, tha insur
gent leader operating in the province
of Pinar del Rio, in a signed statement
telegraphed to tha Associated Press to
night, declares that he is as determined
as ever that the last presidential elec
tion shall be annulled before there can
be peace in Cuba.
That Guerrera'a force of 2,000 men
is well armed and supplied with food
and ammunition ia amply verified. Its
greatest drawback ia now lack of mon
ey, but the people of the western part
of Pinar del Rio are furnishing it with
all the supplies needed, taking in re
turn therefor orders on the "Cuban
government," and in many cases re
fusing to accept any consideration.
Rapid fire guns and considerable
war material arrived today for the gov
ernment, and mora is expected from
New Orleans.
It s reported that Guzman'a force,
the vaognard of which was defeated by
Colonel Valle near Cienfuegos, numbers
1,000 men, well armed and mounted.
The report is undoubtedly exaggerated.
As a result of a meeting in Havana to
night, many congressmen inscribed
themselves as volunteers.
arias Get Material for Cheap
Caksa and Pastry.
VALDEZ FORESTS BLAZING.
and
Dense Smoka Blots Out Sun
Steamers Slow Down.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 29. One of
I t V, A.Aa v, ; . . V, I. - -
Ban Francisco people have to get np Lnat ,hi. ,. ;.. , ,..,p
extra early so as to walk to work, the A lB-n.i s
tempt to run cars aince tha strike be- M k..
and passengers say that in the viciuity
Chicago, Aug. 28. Health officials
today brought to light a factory where
mat which antedate even tha oldest
chorus girl are "reprocessed," mixed,
deodorised, ground, pulverised and
sifted and finally sold to bakeia all over
the land, and even to one great trans
Atlantic steamship line, for cooking
puipoees. To keep out tha inquisitive
and to keep in the smells, w bieh are
something fierce, the factory is a vast
system of trap doors and secret pas
sages, ana the business is sucn inai
goods are never shipped in tha name of
the purchaser, but to his initials only.
Admission to the third floor showed
two small girla at woik breaking evil
smelling eggs into cans. The stench is
powerful from thia point to tha end of
the investigation. Tha eggs which are
need for food are supposed to have been
carefully culled by a "candler." Those
which are called beyond eating go into
another receptacle to make tanning oil.
The mesa of broken eggs, which the in
spectors have labeled "unwholesome,"
Is dumped into a separator and the
shells are extracted. The liquid goes
to the fourth floor.
The loft is fitted op with condens
er. Eight rolls, three feet by four or
five, and each cut so as to give all the
surface possible, are in constant mo
tion. Vats ef eggs are raised so that
the rolls are covered, and air at a tem
perature of 104 degrees is forced over
the mass. The eggs stick to the rolls
and are dried out. This product is
scraped loose, sifted and sold to bakers.
The man in charge of the rolls never
needs an egg shampoo. It is not ne
cessary. Today he carelessly rubbed
his fingers through bis hair shortly
after reaching into the liquid to pre
vent ita clogging the rolls.
Goods have been shipped to "N. B.,
St. Joseph, Mo."; "F. Suhmid, Atlan
ta, Ga.," and "II. M. R., Philadel
phia." Other goods have been shipped
to Texas, and Portland, Or., as well
as to a trans-Atlantic steamship line.
It takes four dosen eggs to make a
pound of the "reprocessed" material.
Chief Murray has other plants under
surveillance. The product of the one
discovered will be soaked in kerosene
tomorrow.
Anxiety of Government Crowa
Increat, of Insurrection.
Uavana, Ao 28. Tb- DlMJ '
rresmeni falm, to sxienu ever kv'i
ba ODDortnni,- . Deace without
bloodshed, and his desire to perm
those who 1,.ini tha insurrection on
der minguijPCCl, to repent and return
to their homes onmolestad, combined
with the general wish to end tha situa
tion fraught -irh so much loss and
suffering, ha. ui to consideration
tha president and bis cabinet of a pro
ject decreeing k s0-day amnesty periou
during which h. insurrectionists are
invited to lay down their arms and re
turn to tbeir peaceful pursuit?.
It waa proposed to issue tha decree
tomorrow, bat persona cioee wj uu
prtsident strnnaiv opped tb meae
ura and the n..itr waa referred and
may be relinquished.
So far as a tn.l conflict went, San
day proved t hit day of inactivity
but preparations proceeded without
abatement. A fund of 12.000,000 has
been set aside by the treasury (or de-
tense, and drafts on are umyj.
The situation ii so increasirgly seri
ous that it i frritlv admitted in all
government circles that the enlarge
ment of the army will not stop at any
given nun her.
While the number of men at present
leaving their regular occupations to en
list is email, employ1 are beginning
to and that they soon win Da con iron.,
ed with a considerable scarcity of labor,
Many laborers are gathered in front of
the bulletin hoards on which is dis
played the call for volunteers issued
by tba president Ssturdv n ght. They
discuss the attractiveness ot a soldiers
life at such unusual pay, and may en
list.
It waa said today that several new
insurgent lamia bad taken to the
brush. The growth uf the insurrection
certainly seems to keep pace with the
preparations for suffocating it.
RUSSIAN GENERAL KILLED.
TRACED BY TRUNK.
Bra-
gan
Embezzler Stenaland Located in
zil by Tracing Black Box.
Chicago, Aug. 28. It ia reported
that Paul O. Stensland baa been locat
ed in Brasil. Hia arrest ia said lo be a
matter Of hours. Thla waa tha nnnrl
An Oakland, Cal., man laid his cigar I of the scene of tha fire massive clouds! made today by the Pinkerton Detective
on bis desk, where it came in contact
with a few grains of cyanide ot potas
sium. Later ha placed the cigar in his
mouth, and the poison caused his death
in a few hours.
A sack containing sixty pounds of
giant powder waeg picked up by the
wheel of a steamer on the Columbia
river. It ia supposed the powder was
a "mine" laid for boats which trespass
on the seining grounds.
San Francisco car men have declared
a general strike.
It is reported that Cuban insurgontt
are beginning to desert.
Secretary Root baa arrived in Chil
ean waters on board the cruiser
Charleston.
Trains are beginning to arrive at
Valparaiso with provisions for tha
earthquake sufferers.
Cuban rebels are recruiting their
army up to 6,000 men, and preparing
for an attack on Pinar del Rio.
A relative of Russell Sage, who was
overlooked in hia will, claims Incom
petence and will contest the will.
France thinks Roosevelt's spelling
reform is a move to supplant French
by F.nglish as the language ot interna
tional diplomacy.
Iriving Long, aged 21 years, who had
been released on parole from tha Cali
fornia state prison, where he had been
doing time for highway robbery, waa
aentenced to ten years more for break
ing bis parole.
A terrorist bomb has wrecked the
home of Premier Stolypin, badly
wounding tha premier and bis S-year
old son, and killing over twenty others,
including the premier's daughter, aged
15, and several prominent officers.
One hundred and fifty looters have
already been shot in Valparaiso.
The Cuban government is offering $2
per day for volunteers for tba army.
Wealthy people of Valparaiso are do
ing their utmost to aid their mora help-
leas fellows.
of dark smoke entirely obliterated all
view of the flames.
Valdea island is covered with a mag
nificent growth of first-class timber,
and many local timber holders have
large claims there. Tha fire's pres
ence on the island has caused anxiety
in local business circles, which is all
the more heightened by the fact that
nothing can stop it. Rain is badly
needed along the coast.
Fire Warden McKay stated today
that the recent big bush fire near
Gower Point had done more damage
than was at first supposed. While the
fire destroyed a large tract of timber, it
also burned the bridges and destroyed
the roads in the vicinity, and the
people who live within the territory on
which the timber waa destroyed will
have no access to the water until new
roads and bridges are built.
"Ths people in tba vicinity," said
Mr. McKay, "will be practically destl
tute this winter unless something is
done very quickly to relieve them and
to aid them in building new roads and
bridges."
agency to the bank directois secretly.
A similar report was made to Acting
Mate a Attorney James Barbour. Every
effort was made to keep tba matter se
cret. J, II. Schumacher, general su
perintendent of the Pinkerton agency,
exhibited signs of displeasure because
the matter had become public.
It is believed that Stensland is prac
tically in the custody of detectives and
that they are waiting a favorable op
portunity to kidnap him and avoid ex
tradition. It became public today that
the detectives have traced the move
ments of Stensland from his home
when ha left Chicago. A black trunk
which be took aided the detectives.
Stensland engaged the Brinks com
pany to haul his baggage. On the af
ternoon ot July 14 the express company
look it to the Lake Shore railroad de
pot, and on July 15 it was claimed and
checked to New York, where it was
received at the Grand Central depot
July 18. From that depot Stensland
was traced to one ot the big ocean
liners, and, it ia declared, to South
America.
Young; Girl Fires Five Bullets From
Automatic Revolver.
St. Peteisburg, Aug. 28. Saturday's
unsuccessful attempt on the life ot f re
mier Stolypin, with its sickening, use
less slaughter of 32 persons, waa fol
lowed today by another revolutionary
outrage, in which General Min, com
mander of the 8eminovsky Guard regi
ment, and who since his promotion
to be a general bii been attached aa a
personal adjutant to the suite of the
emperor, was killed on the station
platform at Peterbof by a young wo
man, who fired fivs shots into hia body
from an automatic revolver and then
without resistance lubmitted to arrest.
The capture of ths girl was t fleeted
by General Min'i wife, who held her
until the arrival oian officer.
This was the third successive at
tempt on the life of General Min, who
was condemned to death by the terror
ists immediately after the Moecow re
volt last December, on account of stern
repression practical by a battalion un
der his command, and especially for
the wholesale execution of persons con
demned by drukhatd courtmartial for
being caught witbirms in their hands
General Min wa returning from hi
summer residua at Peterhof and had
Just greeted aisife and daughter on
the platform wien a young woman
almost a girl approached from behind
and fired two shots into hia back and
then three more into hia bo.lv as it
sank to the ground. Further shots
were prevented by Mme. Min, who
threw herself upon the murderers and
seized the hand which held the pistol
The woman did not attempt to escape.
but she cautioned Mme. Min not to
touch a hand bag which she had placed
cn the platform before shooting the
general, adding that it contained
bomb. To tha police the girl acknow
ledged that sbs had done the deed, say
ing that she bid executed the sentence
of the fighting organization of the So
ciai Revolutionists.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
PAY.OF TEACHERS.
FARMERS ARE INDEPENDENT.
Now In I Can
Receiving Highest Salaries
History of State.
Salem Salariea ot public school
teachers in Oregon are now higher than
ever before ia tba history ot tha atata.
Thirty years ago tha average monthly
salariea were $45.68 for males and
133.64 for females. During the '90s,
when timea were good, aalariea in
creased and those of mala teachers
reached tha highest point just before
tha panic ot 1893. Tba average salary
paid to men in tba public schools was
then $51.11.
The salariea ot female teachers
touched the highest point in 1891,
when tha reporta showed an average of
42.43. The compensation of instruo
tors in the public schools then started
on a decline and ao continued until
1897, when men were receiving an
average of 141.75 and women (33.97.
For the last nine years salaries have
been steadily advancing and have now
reached an average ot $60.02 for men
and $44.96 for women.
Multnomah county pays the highest
salaries, but of the outside counties
Lake pays tha highest to men and liar
ney tha highest to women.
OREGON RANGE FREE.
Grazing Tax Law ia Declared To Ba
Unconstitutional.
Salem The Oregon Suprems court
baa declared tba grating tax law of 1905
unconstitutional. Tha decision will
have no very far reaching effect, for it
has uot bten generally enforced or ob
serveu. a test case was brought op
from Umatilla county, with the result
that there ia one more ray of light cast
upon tha problems of tax legislation in
Oregon. The decision will likely be of
advantage in some rnepests to the legis
lature of 1907, which will give particu
ar attention to the enactment of tax
laws.
mieny stated, the twuo statute was
declared void because it ia a revenue
tax law and not a license law. It
possessed the language and elements
a tax law and not of a license law.
The act provided that a tax of 20 cents
head shall be paid upon all sheep
owned by non-residents and brought
into this state for pasturage.
Schools Show Good Advance.
Salem Material advancement is
hown in the conditions of the schools
of the state by tha figures contained in
the summary ot Superintendent Acker
man's annual report, which he has just at the request of
Excursion for Irrigationlsta.
Boise, Idaho, Aug. 29. Arrange
ments are completed for extensive ex
cursions for delegatea to the Irrigation
congress. These will run west to
Weiser and east to Twin Falle and St.
Anthony. At Twin Falls the delegates
will be taken to all points of scenic in
terest. The trains will then goto
Idaho Falls and St. Antbonv. sivina
me tie legatee an opportunity
the Irrigation of the Upper
Object to Presidents Ukase.
London, Aug. 28 Spelling reform
is still the subject of keen discussion
and editorial comment. Many promi
nent men here are not averse to the
idea ot reform ao long as it is the out
come of agreement between Knglish
speaking countries. Lord Strathcona
expressed thia view when he said: "I
would deprecate any radical charm. i.
to see the present English nsed in an.ni.,,. r
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a i luiui Barn remrma aa
are desirable
on the
Cuban Outpoita Are Nervous
San Juan ds Martinet, Aug. 28 The
past 24 bouts havs been quiet except
for shooting Uot night at imaginary
objects by men on outposts. As a re
suit, twi brothers asleep in a farm
house were shot. One of them died
and the other is unconscious. The in
surgent forces under Pino Guerrera
spent last night and today at Galafre
near here. No movement has yet been
made by either side to attack. Ex
governor Peru, Liberal, visited Guet
rera today and found bim to be well in
formed as to what was going on.
Drops a Bomb Accidentally.
Odessa, Ang. 23. Late Saturday af
ternoon a girl dropped a bomb in the
Nicholas boulevard, 50 paces from the
palace of governor Kaulbars. There
was a deafening detonation and a wild
tives of government departments
leaiure oi the consreea will h a. i m imni.i v.. . i . ...
of illustrated lecture, hv renrt.J .ul'.Jr . " . "...n on "Umpede of the oromenaders. No one
5ent departments nnlei " ' "ai-sptDg was injured except the girl who drop
ped the bomb. Her hand waa sbat-
OfTica-HniH.il . i.. u:. .iu I n . - tered. It is innnosed the bomb accl
- . wMt.tvv i wwu. i Din hAnn nAAu.j I r t i ...
Seattle, Ang. 29-After waiting for Chlca.ro. An-. 94 ti" . 7. e11 ber f"0
A onivt-rtity ita
-AAAn nm nvlncv t horn
the city health board todaV r.. antV u. 71 V. 'ood In- were arrested.
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Rinv
SKIS S .SK-S-; -K :
councilman, to explain hi. disappear- cause the, were mDa.' Th ' JL.. ?M ,CC
me, uie cny riealtn board todav re- snectnra In th. a T .
moved him aa nt.,. i.(. c! . "Y"uw" uisirici alone
V... I -fa . ... . .1
..... .r.i town wunoui notitying city pounds. This Inoln.La 1 nnn T
official, and is supposed to be In Spo- of canned go . and 2 ?35o Inn
- Lhh ' '"fted to fruit .nd'iw'S.S
condemned and destroyed 50 7io
hnthnsiasm is increasing for a 20
foot macadam road from Portland to
Mount Hood.
Letters received in Chicago from
London say that Faul O. Stensland is
touring Europe.
A new comet, visible through a small
teleacope, has been discovered by the
Kiel observatory.
join him, neither his family nor friends
nave ottered an explanation for his go
ing other than to sa- ha had a
good chance to better himself elsewhere.
vegetables. The inspectors
Stolypin. Daughter Alive.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 28. The dangh
ter of Premier Stolvpin, who was in
jured hv the homb explosion in the
twW ..-.1.. t m . -'' nj (0e hom O ei"i"" iu ur
Se Jv.Pn,i 7 " Cnd7 'ct0riM- PiT'..ummeVhome Saturday and
L?-.'"r.lAt!d.W co". three who was erronlislv reported to h.v,
"""B punier lactones
Wireless Aeroplane.
Brantford. Ont.. Aug. 29 Dr. AW
anoer Heir, "wireless aeroplane,"
tl. t i .,.!. : """"ii
"""7 o Jtumirai irain. wno d ed dm. m .n.t m ;
i vneioo, pbs arnveti at neattle. and xembled hem. ha.l
ts-n IS A jaa,u. I " I J - I a
factories, 80 b.kerle. an i ! " 'nur" !'
glands "u "'K"t unaer the enects oi an upiaie
premier's son, wno was bibo uun
Is better todav. The dowsger emprest
this mornina mads inquiries as tn lt"
condition of th. children. Two mon
Shall Beet Weeder. Wear Pants?
Ames, Pieb. Ana. 28 Th-
been forwarded to Annapolis for burial.
A bogus baron who married a rich
American girl in Manila has decamped
with his w ife's jewelry and most of her
cash.
Valparaiso is nnder martail law, and
is fast recovering from the earthquake.
A burglar who attempted to rob a
nunnery store in Baker City waa put
to flight by a frail woman with a pair
oi scissors.
The Sonthern Pacific is preparing to
epend $700,000 or mora to turn the
Colorado river bark to it. original
channel and dram tha Salton sea.
scien
a preliminary
jppteruay. laptain Anglemeier, ot
Chicago, the navigator, succeeded in
rising to the height of 200 feet, turning
a complete circle and alightinir safeW
feet from the eWtina point. I)r.
by
eroclane " th. i3L . ' , , 108 ,,,tn of condition of the children. . Two mon
N. .Jjlou died
enlists ss- personal ethics. k h.ll J IT7T.-
a fe
neu a nying machine is operated
wireless electrical energy.
test er. at work in th. n.u. . "TV
- sk.rt.7" the is,ne. The "ir !
hemselves and the beet raisers declare
or overalls, which are now generally
worn bv women In th. i.t i '
r:'"v th'y nnot
,,,,,, woraing in
they are paid by tha row.
(kirta,
as
o Nw Haven, Conn., Aug. 29.-Mr. Fl Paso Tex A ea " '
Bryan h. decline,! th. proffer of V, vice, from M.iltl'.'n u" ?8
dent M.llen'a pri..t. car on hi. trip in th, mountlS. HiX'C?,JMr flood'
from New York to thi. city. In hi. let that "Juj " d d r?,t to
ter tie sa: : I do not think it would
be wise to accept favors from tha rail
road. It ma pay my fare and ride as
I usually do"
, -wu, .yi , -
&:J?rt.,?.' com'
-'-- Aiong me beach
I Ufa i. r.ported.
many
ios. of
Readv for Trial Trip.
London, Aug. 28. Tne Dai,T Mail'
Christiana corresp"il,'nt th,t '
steamer from firiheriren brings a re-
Port that the Wellmnn Chicago Record
Herald North Pole expedition', .heri
id balloon were finished last week
and that Mr. Wellman intnJ b.ortlj
to make a trial trip.
Yacht Galil Damaged.
Yokohama, Ang. 28. The magnetic
survey yacht Galilee, which sailed from
San Francisco about a year ago in th
interests of the Carnegie Institute, war
driven on the breakwater bera during s
typhoon Aonat!4. She waa conaid
erab'y damaged, but ha. been floated
and docked for repair.
given out for publication. By this
statement it is shown that the school
population ha. increased br at least
5,000 during the past year, and the
total days' attendance has been in
creased to at least a million. Not
withstanding this latter increase, bow
ever, the average daily attendance has
fallen off by over 100 days, but the av
erage months school taught during the
year baa advanced from 6.05 to 6.19.
Will Add Two Grade.
Lebanon At a recent meeting ot the
voter, of tha local school district it
was decided to lease the Santiam Acad
emy building and grounds and add the
Uth and 12th grades to the present
high school course. The change will
become effective October 1. The fol
lowing corps of instructors has been
elected (or the ensuing year: Princi
pal, H. K. Barnes; vice principal,
Frank McDougal, of Dallas; assistants,
Mrs. C. F. Bigbee, Miss Harriet Alex
ander, of Greeham; Miss Mary Mc
Cormick. Mis. Margaret Cotton, Mis.
Tresaa Moffitt, of Salem.
Hoid Their Wheat Until tha Price
Suit. Them.
Salem That tha farmers of the Wil
lamelte valley are leas under tha con
trol of warehousemen and millers thau
ever before i. asserted by W. A. Tay
lor, a prominent Waldo Hill, farmer,
who ha. ttken the lead in the task of
breaking the hold of tha buyer, ot
wheat.
"Farmer, are this year buying their
sacka to a greater extent than ever be
fore," he say., "and they are under no
obligation, to any buyer. They are
entirely free to .ell when they can get
the highest price. Then many farmers
are planning to store their grain on
their farms until they get ready to sell,
instead ot haul ng to a warehouse im
mediately. They will make a sale first
and haul the grain afterwards, aud get
better terms.
I have noticed," continued Mr.
Taylor, "that miller, and warehouse
men are pretty anxious to get poeees
sion of wheat and have been offering
induoementa to get farmers to store
grain in tbeir warehouses. Notwith
standing the declaration that no more
sack, would bo lent, sack, have been
offered In tha hope that thereby the in
tending buyer would secure aa advant
age. Not many of tha farmers are
tying themselves up, however."
Files on Big Power Site.
Eugene S. W. Cnrtia, of San Fran-
cisco, said to represent the Pittsburg
Keduction company, of Niagara Falls,
an aluminum manufacturing concern,
haa filed notices ot location of a power
site on Horse creek, a tributary of the
McKenxie river, in the vicinity of
Foley springs, 60 miles ecst of Eugene.
tie tile, on 20,000 miner.' inches un
der a .ix-inch pressure, and it is esti
mated that 80,000 horse power can be
generated. Mr. Curtis declines to
make any statement regarding the in
tention. of hi. em plovers, but it ia
presumed that they may, some time in
the future, estalish a manufacturing
piant in Eugene or vicinity.
Publish Irrigation Report.
Portland Copies of the report of A.
P. Stover, irrigation engineer of the
department of Agriculture, on "loves
tigations of Irrigation Practice in Ore
gon, bav. been received hy local com
merciai bodies. Mr. Stover includes
in hia report tha amount of rainfall in
the various sections, showing where ir
rigation ia roost needed and how meth
ods are being employed at present to
obtain it. I he work was undertaken
Governor Chamber
TERRORISTS WRtCK HOUSE.
Bomb Kills 27 Person, and Wounda
Over 30 Other..
St. Peter.burg, Aug. 26. Twenty
eight porsons are dead and mora thau
30 wounded aa the result of a dastardly
attempt yesterday afternoon to aetata
loate Premier Stolypin with a bomb
while ba was holding a public reception
at bi. country house on Aptekassy is
laad. Tha premier wa. .lightly
wounded on tha face and neck by flying
splinters.
Among tha dead are the premier'
15-7ear old daughter, who bad both
leg. broken by the explosion and sub
seo,unty .uocuiuUhI to her injuries;
General Zan.atin, the premier', person
al secretary ; M. Khosvoff, ex-governor
of the province of Pensa; Colonel Fod
or off, chief of tha premier', personal
guard; Court Chamberlain Davidoff,
Chamberlain Voornin, Aid Doubasoff,
Prince Nakashidge, Police Oilicer Kc
nunxeff, several guards, several ser
vants, four women and tao children.
Tha wounded include M. Stolypin'.
3-year old .on, w ho i. seriously if not
fatally injured, and a number of per
sons prominent in the society and offi
cial world.
Of the four conspirators who engi
neered the outrage, two were killed
with their victims, while the third,
who acted as coachman for the party,
and th fourth, who remained inside
the carriage, were badly wounded.
Whether the assassins who entered
the crowded reception hall threw tha
bomb or accidentally dropped it prob
ably will never be known, at all tha
immediate eya witnesses were killed.
The tremendous force of the explosion
absolutely blew out the front of the
premier', residence, and carried awav
th ceiling, above and th. floor, be
neath and the wall, of the adjoining
rooms.
People were literally blown to piece..
Those who were not killed instantly
were horribly mangled and the othera
were prostrate by the shock. The pre
mier's escape was miraculous, for onlr
a moment before the explosion he had
stepped ins de his ttuiy at the rear of
the salon to speak to Prince Shakovsky.
Although he was but slightly injured,
he is completely prostrated by the ca
lamity.
The havoc wrought by the explosion
was indescribable. Bodies were so torn
or mangled as to make identification
impossible, some of them headless.
armless or legless, lying among tha
blood-dripping wreckage.
RAILWAY GIANTS CLASH,
Good Hay Crop In Malheur.
Vale Tba bay crop has been extra
good this year in this county. It is
estimated that tba crop la one-fourth
larger than last year, but owing to the
old hay left over a year ago, which
was ufel during the late season last
soring, there wilt not be an over sup
ply, ahree good crop, will be grown
in many sections, but the low water
tupply will cut some short, a. the
full flow of tbe Malheur river ia now
covered by tbe Nevada Ditch com
pany', right, and every ditch on the
river except one is now shut off.
Pay Hop Pickera by Weight.
Wood burn At a meeting in this
city recently of the Willamette Hop
growers' association, 85 hopmen were
present. It waa decided that all grow
er should endor.e tba system of pick
ing by weight, but at the aame time it
was left to tbe discretion ot growers
whether to pick by weight or to nse
measuring basket, of nine bushels each.
The general opinion was expressed that
the price of picking should be 50 cent,
per box or $1 per 100 pound..
am, wno ataeu tue department over a
year ago to assign an oilicer to the task
City Water for Ashland Normal.
Ashland The Ashland publio schools
will open for the fall term Monday.
September 3. The State Normal at
Ashland will not begin work tbi. year
until September 26, tbe opening date
being fixed later than usual ao as to
give time to get a number of important
improvementa at the building, and
..
grounut iuuoer under way. A con
tract wa. let last week for a new beat
ing plant, which will cover the prin
cipal buiuings on the campus.
Lack of Car. Clo.e. Plant
Eugene The Royce & Peter.on ex
celsior p ant has closed down here on
account of the failure of the Souther
Pacific to furnish cars. All warehouse
space has been exhausted, and there
was no recourse but to stop manufac
turing. The company', plant at June
tion City can run about two week. Ion
ger, and then it will have to .hut down
if car. are not available.
Hood River Preparea for Fair.
Hood River Hon. E. L. Smith,
president, and G. J. Gesaling, secre
tary, o' the Hood River Biennial Fruit
fair, have issued a call for a mas. meet-
ng of the resident of the town and
valley tor tbe purpose of making ar
rangements for this event, Important to
fruit growers. The meeting will take
place Setpember 1 in the Commercial
cl-b rooms, when plat. will also be
perfected for entertaining tba Oregon
State Irrigation association.
Mora Powar la Needed.
La Grande Owing to the increase in
lemand for electric power, the el ee
rie company has been unable to set
long with the energy developed at the
Cone power h ue and it was found
necessary thia week to use some of the
power from Morgan lake. In all the
company is now ming 700 horse power,
nd this amount will be gradually in
creased.
Pottoffice for Myrick.
Pendleton The poetoffice at Myrick
station ha been re-established, after
having been discontinued for several
month. It ia a fourth class office and
the postmaster i William Love. My
rick is a small nation on th line of
the W. A C. R. R , 13 mile northeast
if Pendleton. It 1. in tha mid.t of tha
rich wheat growing taction .
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 67fl8c; bluestem
7071c; valley, 71c; red, 64066c.
Oate No. 1 white, $22922.60: gray
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing
$L'Z .00; roiled, $24Z4.
Rye $1.30 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy. No 1, Ilia
12.50 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy
$16; clover, $77.60 . cheat. $6.50
grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10; vetch khay,
Fruits Apples, common, 60 75c
per box; fancy, $1.252; apricots,
$1.251.35; grapes, $ 1 1 .75 per crate ;
peaches, $1(91.10; pear., $1.75, plums,
fancy, 6076c per box; common 60
75c; blackberries, 66c per pound;
crab applea, 75c per box.
Melons ianiaioupes, ii.yoQUZ per
crate; watermelons, Il He per pound
vegetable. Bean., 67c: cabbage.
l?2c per pound; celery. 85c(3$l per
dosen; corn, io20c per dozen; tu
cumbers, 40060c per box; egg plant,
iuc per poun'i; leiiuce, nead, zoo per
down; onions, JUgiZHC per dozen;
peas, 4(35c; bell peppers, 12K15e;
radisbes, 10l5c; per dosen; rhubarb,
22c per pound; spinach, 2 3c per
pound; tomatoes, 60(3 90c per box;
parsley, 25c; squash, $101.25 per
crate; turnips, tOc3l per sack; 'car
rot., $11.25 per .act; beet., $1,250
1.50 per sack.
Onions New, 14 ft I He per pound
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 70076c;
tweet potatoes, 404Je per pound.
Putter Fancy creamery, 22X025c
per pound.
Egg. Oregon ranch, 21 K22c per
doien.
Poultry Average old hens, 13c per
pound; mixed chickens, 12.4013c;
spring", 13 4014c, old roosters, 93
10c; dressed chickens, 14016c; tur
keys, live, 16022c; turkeys, dressed.
choice, 200224c; geeee, live, 8O10c;
ducks, 11013c.
Hops 1906 contracts, 18 Q 20c;
1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
16019c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 20022c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 28030c per
ponnd.
Veal Dressed, 6408c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per ponnd;
cow., 4405Xe; country steers, 606c
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 708c per
pound: ordinary, 60ci lamb, fancy,
8? 8.KC.
Pork Dreesed, 708c r pound.
$26,000,000 Cash and St. Paul Road
ia tha Prize at Stake.
Chicago, Aug. 27. A .pecial to tha
Tribune from New York rays:
A financial battle, with $25,000,000
in cash and the control of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railwar system
is on between J. Pieipont Morgan and
E. II Harriman.
In the battle are involved twice aa
many millions of dollars and threo
nines as many thousand, of mile, of
railroads a. were represented in the
famous fight for the possession of tbe
Chicago, Burlington 4 (juincy, which
resulted in the memorable Northern
Pacific corner, when th price 0 that
stock was rushed up to $1,000 a share.
and a panic In Wall atreet followed.
The opposing forces consist of J. P.
Morgan, James J. Hill and their
friends, foreign capitalists, on one side,
and E. II. Harriman, practical owner
of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
roads, with Sir William Van Home,
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, as controllers
of the vaet Canadian Pacific system,
with their friends, on the other. Re
maining neutral for the time being, but
inclined to throw their weight to Har
riman, are James II. Smith and Wil
liam Rockefeller, as principal stock
holders in the St. Paul.
On the outcome of the war depends
whether the St. Paul road is to be ex
tended to the coast, for which purpose
a new $25,000,000 stock issue was
voted, in a northerly direction, and so
seriously injure the traffic of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific systems,.
or southerly, to impair tbe future pro
file of the Union and Southern Pacific.
Early this summer there waa a mys
terious banchlng of thres Pacific coast
lines stock. Before Harriman or Hill
could discover wbo were the purchas
ers, the Canadian Pacific bad obtained
sufficient interest in the road to wield
the balance of power.
Revive S:enaland Bank.
Chicago, Aug. 27. The reorganisa
tion of tha Milwaukee Avenue State
bank as an auxiliary or branch ot the-
First National bank i. .con to be be
gun. A. the first move in th rehabil
itation of tha defunct institution, an
understanding between the businesa
men of Milwaukee Avenue district.
and James Fogan, president of the First
National bank. ha. been reached
through wbich tbe speedy resumption
of busineis i. hoped for. The offlciala
of tha new bank will be taken from
the present force of the First National.
Guerrera Get Ammunition.
San Juan de Mtt ni, Ang. 27. A
correspondent of tha Associated Pres.
wbo rode out from he-e today say a
tbat when Pmo Guerrera left San Luis,
he took from that town 40,000 round
of ammunition he found there. He aUo
secured 28,000 rounds in San Juan d
Martines. It is reported that Colonel
Julian Eretancourt, tt e Havana Lib-
era), who I. second in command of
Guererra. force, wa. .lightly wonnde l
in tha engagement near San I.nia.
No order for advance have yet been
given.
Muat Spell In Old Way.
Washington, Aug. 27. Tu nresl-
lent'. order adopting the new tvstem
ot apelling may be put into practice in
everal d putmenU, but it will cut no
figure with the Civil Sefvice commla-
ion in examinatiosn. Applicants will
be graded in spelling according to the
tandard dictionaries and not accord-
ng to tha rule, of snellina- reform.
Pl onetic spelling will hereafter be used
the transmis.ion of district govern
mental correspondence.
Bring in Valencia Victim..
Washington, Ang. 27. Notification
wa. sent to th revenue cutter Grant
today to proceed to Bamfleld, B. C, tor
in Dodiee of tba Valencia victims. Thev
Grant it not seaworthy, ao cannot go
direct to tba scaoa of tha wrack.