Stricken Districts el China.
Washington, May 26.— United States
Consul MeWade, at Canton, under
date o f April 7, sent to the State De
MILL AT LUCKY BOY MINB.
partment a detailed report o f the fam
ine conditions in Kang Si, in support
of bis cabled appeal for help. He pro
Big Withdrawal Made la Warner Valley Contract Has Been Let for a
duced a mass of information which
Section, Southern Oregon.
Fifty Stamps.
he declares to bp reliable from Am er
The infOrior department has decided
A contract has been made bv the ican missionary and naval sources In
upon another foeeat reserve lor Oregon, Lucky Buy company in the Bine river K al Kwan Pip, W u Chow snd other
this time In Southern Lake county, district, for the machinery^ to increase places, snowing the destitution and
the consequent suffering, which th e
in the Warner mountain country. By the m ill at the nines to 60 stamps, Consul-General says, is absolutely ap-
o f Secretary Hitchcock, the snd other machinery for the operation paling. H e says that thousands in
their .desperation were selling their
vacant pobnp-lfmds in a tract of over of the mind.
The officers o f the com
children from $2 to $6 each, y e t go-
990,000 acre« fn Lake county^ and 44 X pany have been negotiating for several many were offered and so few pur
townships adjoining in Northern Cali days With the Union Iron works, of chased that not all could be sold at
fornia, have been temporarily with Ban Francisco, sndahave let a large con even this price. Mr. MeWade says so-
heartrending were the appealB for
drawn from all entry, with a view to tract for machinery.
assistance that he had contributed far
There
w
ill
be
an
electric
power
Dutch Harbor Is located on one of their examination to determine the ad
A fter burning two months, the lire
beyond his means, and would have-
plant,
which
w
ill
be
located
on
the
at the Glace Bay (N. S.) colliery has the Aleutian Islands, and is on the di visability of creating a forett reset ve
given
more had he had the money.
about the town of Lakeviow.
The MoKensie river, six miles from the
been put out.
When
report was Written the fam
rect commercial route between thé
Town mine, from which power w ill be trans ine was Increasing greatly in in sever
Navy Department will order no more ports o f Behring Sea and Southern Oregon landa withdrawn are:
mitted
to
the
mine.
The
machinery
ships 34 to 41 inclusive, range# 16, 17,
ity, and thousands were starving to-
ships to Bremerton naval yard until
Alaska and the -Pacific Coast of the and 18; townships 37, 38 snd 41, rsnge w ill be increased to 100 stamps next death. In one village 200 perished
brothels are closed.
United States. It is also in the tine of 19; townsbigaSO and 87, range 20; season, which w ill maka it one of the from starvation, and he said that un
Five electric shocks were necessary
less something in the way of relief
steamships passing through the Uni townships 36 to 41 inclnsive, ranges 21 most extensive plants on the coast.
to'cause the death of A. Trlola, an Ita
--- W wrfc on th* Hun»««, buildingfl, etC.. cams soon, thousands and thousands
and
22,
ail
sooth
and
east.
The
town
mak, Pass, most o f which make Dutch
lian murderer, at Sing Sing, N. Y.
ship in whirh Inke r lew is loon ted, end for the power plant w ill begin at once. w ill starve. W hole families were sub
use as a coal IH a knwnihinfl immaftieinl ■
Fire destroyed the $6,000 building o f Harbor a port o f call. Its -----
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the
townships immediately
north, The improvement now projected w ill sisting on a few ounces o f rice a day,,
and were eating herbs and leaves.
the American Ice Company at Phila depot site was first recommended by
involve an outlay o f $95,000.
Unless the rice and other crops of.
delphia. and ruined $160,000 worth of Bureau o f Eniiinm««*
D0‘ iDdnd* d iD
« is
« - recom
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Bureau o f Equipment. H
Stripped ol
July, August and September proved
machinery.
A.forest
mendation was referred to the Gen
•
tin the Warner Moan
■ W . H . B. K ent and H . D. Langell, plentiful, the famine would only be-
Henry Tiernan of St. Joseph. Mo., eral Board, and Is now abont to be tain region i s _
slightly alleviated. In conclusion, M r.
by
the
will receive the prise offered by the executed according to his plans.
geological survey, not only for the pre ot th# department o f agriculture, are in MeWade says: ---- ------ 3------
he con
p re-1 gager C ity from Washington to exam
King o f Denmark for the- best poem
Dutch Harbor w ill form the fifth servation of the
bnt the
“ The natives feel that the Am eri
on the recent meeting o f the Dowager in the chain o f coal depots along the servation o f the water sa«ely. Goose ine the lands and report in regard to
cans have come among them for th eir
Empress of Russia and the Queen 6t Pacific Coast, which w ill begin at San
lake lies in the center of thfi^jthdraw- the establishment of the Bine mountain U p d our mutual benefit, and not aa
England.
Diego and include San Francisco, Pu-
Already they B are I their enemies, nor t o ' seise any o f
si, snd n number of streams which toreat reeerve.
jfet Sound and Sitka.‘ Hdnolulu is the
made a partial examination of a por their lands under any specious or
Mark Twain Is seriously ill.
supply
it
with
water
have
their^nta
sixth in the chain, and Guam probably
waters within that region. Moreot . , tion of the land, which it is proposed other pretenses. That feeling is em
The Union Pacific has announced may be added to the list.
the headwaters of 8prague river, Drews w 'unbrace in the reserve, and they phasised by the great charity o f our
peace with the boiler makers.
iSfmt a great deal of the marketable people at home, who, In their earnest
creek, Warner creek, and n number of
The town o f Altman, n e a r. Cripple
FIRE LOSS A niLLION.
tichbarVas
Been cat off. They w ill re efforts to relieve, and not to destroy,
other etreemf would all be protected by
Creek, was almost entirely destroyed
know no religion, creed or nation.”
main
in
t
W
vicinity for some t in t ,
a foreet reeerve la this region.
by fire.
_
.
A Large Phtta<»lpM» Warehouse la
I s view o f the development o f Irri
Francis Joseph w ill not In-
ACttvtty 1* Bta» Rtartr.
Battre Loes.
AMERICANS NOT MOLESTED.
gation en terftttei i h Lake c ounty and
terrene
shed
Following
the contract for ex tee site
in
Nor
theca
California,
the
creation
of
In Crolla,
Philadelphia. May 27.— F ire this
foreet reserve is considered most improvements on the Lncky Boy safne
. — —
.
I evening in the building o f the F r o n t i this
««
in the Bine river district, the news is
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tiaL The' land« withdrawn are to ..
dered
form Boston to the Puget
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Haar-Admiral
i f S o u n a Street
Warehouse Company caused > be
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centrety to Treaties. , —
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estimated at $ 1 , 000 , 060 . The tracts as are found nnenitable for re
development.
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Fire In a grand stand at Cam bride, building which was three stories.high servation w ill ultimately be restored to
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»a t in
test the
th . richness of the ore in
? . . ™ , ' r — f « Caracas
¿ U S ' have-
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in to
to test
Maas., hemmed in the crowd and they on Front street and five in the rear, entry. T h e remainder, beyond a ques pat
tried to enforce the new law against
a practical manner, and work will baj foreigners, obliging them to recognise
had a close call for their lives.
with two sub-cellars, containing mer tion of doubt, will be permanently re
prosecuted in tbe tannels so as to open only the Veneanela tribunals for t h »
The cup defender Reliance has chandise o f a general character. One served.
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up the ledge L t » manner to work sys adjustment o f their claims and com
proven herself a much better boat
floor
was
packed
solidly
with
matting
tematically.
Catch
ol
pelling them to waive tfielr rights to- '
than either the Columbia or the Con
claims
for damages for robbery or pil
and therp was 1500 rolls o f carpet, 600
stitution.
Reports from the mouth of the river
Joining Two Branches.
lage perpetrated by the government.
barrels
o
f
molasses,
a
'carload
o
f
nre
to
the
effect
that
the
catch
of
flab
Hannah opposes the endorsement
Again it ia reported that tbe long pr revolutionary troops, and enforc
trifle
ter, bnt ss the ratch dor-
o f Roosevelt by Ohio because he fears wines, and other liquors, a carload o f
looked for link connecting the two ing other vexatious measures under
ft would injure his chances for re- matches
or ten days has Dee»
and
much
machinery. ing the p i
lines o f the Southern Pacific between penalty o f Immediate expulsion.
election.
Everything in tiie building was de >ery small, iis does not mean mneh. Springfield and Eugene w ill soon be
These measures
w ere enforced
The Urne
ist approaching, however,
A power factory at Santo Domingo stroyed either by fire or water.
German,
Italian,
built, and the report seems to edme against British,
when big
i are to be Expected, pro
was blown up by enemies of the gov
Dutch, Spanish and French citizens.
from
a
reliable
source.
A
saryeying
The fire started in the basement Tided, of
test the weather and
ernment and 22 people killed and a
When-their respective legations learn
and waa not discovered until the cen- other cond| ions tern more favorable. party is to be sent by the company at ed o f the fact they eent orders to
lum ber o f others injured.
ono* to snake Anal location of the route their Consuls not to comply with the-
Ite r of the first floor was In flames.
-T*
T h e »ntl-dynastic uutm eea
for the eonn»ctiou, which it
at
Orant
Aga.
The
character
o
f
tne
goods
fn
the
demanda o f the local .JiithntltU*. as
■an province, China, Is serious.
teniion To eons
tbe new U V was contrary to «d a t
building made ft an easy prey to the
Joseph Bashaw, who, as near as can [year.
A cyclone in Central Kansas did flames, and the whole structure was bp figured »at, was at least 116 years
ing treaties. The ministers o f the-
much damage to crops and property. i soon ablase. T h e contents o f the
powers
also called on Senor Urbaneja,
Water Supply Falls.
oidi was foond dead in bed at the
Four were killed and six others in building were owned by many firms home of hie stepson, near Sidney. He {T h ere is s shortage of water at the the Minister o f Foreign Affairs, and
jured by a Pittsburg elevator break and Individuals, and it is not knowqf was probably the oldest man in Oregon. Oregon agricultural college. Thé source prompted against the action taken.
H e promised that orders would be is
tonight what amount o f insurance |
ing.
H e was a Frenchman by birth and of supply ia g large well, which for sued te suspend the enforcement o f'
was carried
served in the French wars of 1808-15, merly afforded sufficient watte, bnt the the new law. United States citizens
An eastern company has secured
control of all the coast powder fac
under Napoleon. H e drove an ox team growth of the college and the largely were not molested.
UNIONS DON’ T UNDERSTAND.
tories.
I f the law Is enforced later compli
to Oregon ia 1847, and was then a gray increased a Mount of water required ren
cations with the powers w ill arise,
haired
man.
-
,
;
'
,
ders the output of thé well Insufficient and is believed that mere than 40,000*
A. W . M&cben, deposed postal of
ficial, is now charged with disobey Energy Most Be Property Directed If
to meet tbe needs. Every day now tbe o f tbe 60,000 foreigners residing In
Fruit Outlook Bright.
They Would Live.
ing orders.
well is pumped dry, in spita of the
£
.
’
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Prone gravers from different parts of feet that there, is careful husbanding of Venezuela w ill leave the country.
Chicago, M ay 27.— Clarence 8. Dar- Marion and Polk counties report that
Portland-itas discriminated against
in letting contracts for carrying Phil row, who was chief counsel for the their trees are in excellent condition waterftin all the departments.
WHEN PEN5ION8 DATE FBOM.
ippine freight.
miners In the recent arbitration grow and promts» an enormous crop.
The
Sugar Beets Need Rain.
The Union Pacific Boiler makers’ ing out o f the strike In tbe anthracite rains did n« damage during the blos
About
80 Japanese have arrived in Indian Veterans Will Receive Pay Prom,
strike has been declared off. Both coal fields, delivered a n ' address to soming period.
The tress are now Pendleton from Portland to work in
June 27, 1902.
1
sides made concessions.
the Henry George Association here bearing much more frait than coaid be the beet fields of the Oregon sugar
Washington, May 26.— The Interior
Russia has assured the United today on the “ Perils o f Trades Un matured, but, of coarse, much of this company, and 120 more are expected Department has decided that all pen
States that ft .w ill help maintain an
w ill drop off, ss usual.
to follow soon. The beets are growing sions allowed under the Indian W ar
ionism.” The general tone o f his talk
open door in the far East.
slowly, and almost at a standstill for Veteran act, approved June 27, 1902,
Fir» at Ashland.
Count Cassini, Russian ambassador wag that “ labor unions do not under
want of rain.
Grain, gardens and shall be effective from the date o f the
passage of the act. That is to say,
at Washington, and Secretary Hay stand the principles upon which they
Fire which broke ont at Ashland orchards are also suffering.
a re r e c e iv in g large numbers of letters are founded and along which they last Monday in the middle of tbe busi
when a claim is allowed, the veteran
from cranks.
or his widow or other survivor draws
ness
houses
on
tbe
west
side
of
Fourth
must work if they are to continue in
PORTLAND MARKETS.
-- Mexico w ill make silver Its coin,
$8 a month from and after the date
street, between A and B, nepr the
l)ut at a fixed ratio. The announce existence.” H e said in part:
o f the allowance, and is granted, in
ment. has already caused much for
“ Men catch trade unionism, 'specu Southern Pacific depot, gained such
Wheat— Walla W alla, 70@71c; vsl- addition, an accrued pension at. the
headway and burned so fiercely that al
eign capital to be invested.
rate o f $8 a month from June 27, 1902.
ley, 74o.
lation, combination, as they catch th«
most the entire block was destroyed,
up
to the date o f the said allowance.
T h « forest fires near Glen Falls, N. measles or the mumps. Capital has involving s total loss of nearly $26,000,
- Barley— Feeid, $20.00 per ton; brew There has been some question in the
Y ., are now under control.
caught the fever of combination until upon which there was an insurance of ing, $21.
minds o f the pension authorities aa
It
has gone mad over corporations and $10,500.
Flour— Best trades, $3.96<ff4.80; gra to whether accrued pension would run
Because c f increased trade with
from 1902, when the act affecting the
ham, $3.4603.86.
America, Pern has opened s consular trusts. Likewise, labor has caught
Cutting Down Debt.
veterans
o f the Pacific Northwest be
the fever of trade unionism and with
office in Chicago.
M i 11 staffs— Bran, $29 per ton; mid
The semi-annual financial statement
came a law, or from 1892, when the
out knowing what it means or real
dlings,
$27;
shorts,
$23.00;
chop,
IT h e United Lead mmpany has in ising how It may be of real service to of Wasco county, computed by County
original Indian W ar Veteran act, ap
$18.
plying to the Black Hawk survivors,
creased its capital stock from $16,000,- the world, has turned its power and Clerk Lake, shows a reduction in tbe
Oats — No. 1 white, $1.1001.15; w e n t' on the statute books. T h »
000 to $26,000,000.
energy in the direction o f building up indebtedness of the county of $41,705.34
later date was finally settled npon as
organizations.
within the last six months, leaving the gra», $1.05 per cental.
The directors of the Bank of Eng
being tbe one intended by congrm i.
“ Unless this force is turned to po total indebtedness at this time only
H
ay
—
Tim
othy,
$20021;
»lover,
land have reduced the bank's rats of litical power ov substantial methods
and all pensions hereafter allowed
$58,191.14, which is the first time for $10011; cheat, $15016 per ton.
discount from 4 to 3 X per cent.
will carry this accrued pension, as.
for bettering industrial conditions then many years that the indebtedness of the
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60c per well as future allowances. -
all
this
great
movement
must
be
for
Receivers have been appointed for
oonnty has been materially below
naught.”
: ordinary, 25040c per cental,
the Eastern tooe company, with a cap
$ 100 , 000 .
Ask Permission to Strike.
prices; Merced sweets, $80
ital stock of $1,000,000 and general
3.60
per
cental.
Ready
te
Dig.
Orcat Irrigation Dam.
Anaconda, Mont., May 26.— A t *
offices at Zanesville, O. The liabilities
• JP.
Ditch digging implements and sup
are given as $800,000, and assets as
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 11012c; meeting of the M ill and Smeltermen’w
Washington, May 27.— The Geolog
$660,000.
ical Survey has prepared a model of plies for the Colombia Southern irriga young, 19014c; hens, 12c; turkeys, Union, held last evening in this city,
the extensive dam to be constructed tion company, on the Tu mello, have live, 16017c; dreMed, 20022c; ducks, it Is reported to have been decided to
Begging letters to well-known New
on Salt river, 66 miles above Phoenix, been going in tor several days, and act $7.0007.60 per doeen; geese, $606.50. ask the permission of the American
Labor Union to strike, unless the men
Yorkers netted Olgsr Beckwith Neilson, Aria. -T h is dam will be amonfc the
ive operations are expected to be in
Cheese Full cream, twins, 1 6 X 0 recently discharged at the Washoe
who was cashiered from the Danish first and also among the largest Irrl
progress there soon, though no news 17c; Young America, 1701 7 X c; fact smelters be reinstated. I t is the
army, an income of $300 a month, ac gation enterprises to be undertaken
has yet come of the approval of tbe re ory prices, 1 0 l X c ; less.
opinion of a majority o f the labor
cording to officers who have censed his by the Government under the new law.
clamation contract at Wasshington.
leaders here that there will be no
The exact proportions o f the dam are
arrest.
Batter— Fancy creamery, 2O02to per
strike.
It Is alleged that the men dis
188 feet thick at the base, 830 feet
pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 2O 099Xe; charged had been too active in at
AD ATS Busy at Helix,
The railroad commissioner of Maaaa- long at the top and 250 feet high. It
tempting to dictate tbe policy o f th »
The prosperouapittl» village of H elix, ■tore, 16018c.
ehosetts has authorised the Boston A will contain 11,600,000 cubic feet of
company In tbe m atter o f running t h »
Northern railroad com penj^to issue masonry. ■ The reservoir to be con in the very heart of tbe great wheat . Eggs—16017c per doeen.
new
works.
$2,000,000 new stock at 120, and the structed will drain over 6000 square belt of Easters Oregon, enjoys the dis . Hope Choice, 18020c per pound. '
miles
o
f
territory.
tinction
of
Dot
having
an
idle
man,
a
Old Colony street railway $1,000,600,
W oli— V alley 12>$019; Eastern Ore
Colas to Be Sold.
vacant storerfiom or dwelling bouse gon, 9 014; mohair, 96086e..
new stock at 106.
within
ita
limits.
Everyone
is
bnsy,
Washington,
May 26.—The Bureau
Butchery By Turks.
A tornado at Horton, K an.t injured
Beef — Gross, cows, * 8 X 0 4 c per
snd all ate prosperous.
o f Insular 'A ffairs, with the approval o f
several persons and unroofed a somber
pound; steers, 4 X 0 6 « ; dressed, 7%©.
London, May 27 —The Sofia corres
Secretary Root, has authorised th »
o f buildings.
»
pondent o f the Morning Leader tele
Veal— 8 0 8 Xo-
sale
o f 100 sets o f the seven new Phil
Heavy
Buyer
of
Timber
Lauds.
The drouth in Porto Rico has been graphs that the Macedonian commit
ippine
coins that recently have been
Deeds
have
been
filed
for
record
con
Muttob—Gross,707Xo
P
*
pound;
broken and the m in of all crops nar tee reports that the Turks have burn
made
by
the United States mint at
dreMed,
8
0
te.
ed the village o f Banitsai, near Seres. veying the titlcT.to nearly 8,000 scree of
rowly averted.
$2
per
set.
the value being 97 cents.
Lambs— Gross, 4c per pound fdieaMd,
Only 48 o f the 500 inhabitants es timber lend along tbe Klateksnie river
The
proceeds
w ill be turned over to
A big rise in the Mississippi is c a ll caped and many women and girls to W'. W. Bo man, of Forrest, Pa., mak 7 X c.
the Philippine Treasury,* There has
ing greet damage to farm land a boot were outraged and murdered and ing a tract of about 7,600 acres that he
Hogs ■ Gross, | 7 0 X 7 c ' pet* prond; been quite a demand for the sets o f
their bodies cast into the water.
L a Crosse, Wis.
has recently purchased in that vicinity. dressed, 8 0 8 X -
coins from collectors.
Washington,
M ay ~ 27 — Admiral
Dewey, as president of the Geberal
Board, has made a report to Secretary
Moody, recommending the Immediate
establishment ô f a coaling station at
Qutcjh Harbor, Alaska, and the erec
tion there o f a coal depot with an
initial capacity o f 5,000 tons. The ear
timated co«t o f the work is about $51p
f 009. The money <*-Mugj^vailable. Be
lieving that the establis
_
coal depot at this strategic peint will
strengthen
the yn ited States on the*
Glanders has caused the death o f a
Pacific Coast, the President has hear
colored stableman at Newark, N. J.
The contract has been let for rock tily approved the plan, and prelimin
with which to extend the Columbia ary steps in the work have been taken
already.
river Jetty.
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