V . = NEWBERG GRAPHIC NEWS OF THE WEEK ta a •5 4 o f tha Lass Important but A R< Not Loss Interesting Events o f the Pest Week. — Chinese ere retnrning to their homes in Manchuria. The cssr hss ordered more troops to Baku to guard the oil fields. Nan Patterson hss married her for* mer husband, Leo G. Martin. Norway and Sweden are said to have compromised on terms of separation. The mikado has cabled Komura that he wishes the pease flenvoy to speedily recover. An official report says the recent riots in Japan'were not in any manner anti-foreign. Heavy rains have caused much dam­ age in parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri. The presidential campaign now on in Cuba is proving decidedly strenuous. A number of prominent men on both sides are in jail. New York. 8 epL 1«. — What effect the war in ths Far Rest w ill have on the propaganda of the Christian relig ion in Japan was the subject of a lec­ ture at the Waet Branch Young Men' Christian Association by Dr. Ibuka president of an institution e f learning in Tokio, and himaelf a Christian That the recent' outbreak in Tokio and the attack upon the churches the result of merely a local feeling and did not represent any widespread anti- foreign foilin g in the empire, was the assertion of the lecturer. “ When the war with Russia first Christians in began, I and my fellow Ch Japan were uneasy for fear that the struggle should result in a fasting ani mosity toward the Christian religion in the empire. A t first the cry was raised that it was a struggle of Buddhism ver­ sus Christianity, and the Ruaaiana did many things to foster this sentiment, but it was not long until this Illusion was dispelled and the people were brought to see that religion and re­ ligions beliefs had no part in the war “ Already China has become aroused to the fact that ahe has much to learn, and aha is seeking this knowledge from Japan rather than from European countries. Hundreds of the young men of Japan are taking positions as in­ structors in the Chinaee institutions of learning, and hundreds of the young men of China are coming to the col fages of Japan for instruction. I t ia vita lly necessary that the young men should be taught the truths of the Christian religion if it ia to be spread in China.” Lieutenant Mitchell, son of Senator REVISE LAND LAWS. Mitchell, discovered a plot of 21 Feder­ al prisoners at Fort Hamilton, New One Great Measure Roosevelt York harbor, to eecape. Recommend in Message. Oyama and Linievitch have arranged an armistice. A crank who desired to see the presi­ dent and talk with him about the price of coal baa been placed in an asylum. The Union Pacific has completed a second gasoline car at its Omaha shops which is a great improvement over the first. On its trial trip a speed of nearly a mile a minute was attained. Nebraska Republicans, at their state convention, nominated Charles B. Lettou, of Fairbury, for justice of the Supreme court. Resolutions were also adopted demanding action on railroad rates. - The New York Igislative committee probing life insurance companies’ methods has found that enormous divi­ dends are being paid, one cotppany pay­ ing profits exceeding the "purchase price. .. W itte baa left America for Europe. Many Colombian laborers are being employed on the canal. Sweden refuses to change terms of disunion with Norway. NO LONG C O N TR A C T. DYING BY OWN HAND Peace in Orient Claara Way and Oall Will Be Issued Soon. Salem— Tha A irtigh t Stove company, of Portland, haa given up ita right to a contract for tha leasing of convict labor at tha state penitentiary, and Governor Chamberlain has declared ita certified check for $600 forfeited to the state. The company failed to satisfy tha gov arnor aa to ita ability to fu lfill tha oon tract for which it waa the suooaasful bidder, the reason given being that the loaa of the company »1 plant In Portland had materially reduoed its proparty holdings. The company had awarded a ten-year oon tract at 6.8 cants per hour, but failed to make good. I t ia now doubtful whether the ernor w ill let any contract soon for the leasing of convict labor for a term of years, and it ia certain that whan contract ia made it w ill net be for more than five years. The Lowenberg-Going company, the present leaaeea, have made an offer of 4.6 cents an hour on i five-year contract, h a t Governor Cham berlain ia in hope of being able to lease the prisoners to farmers at more favor­ able terms. Atany rate, he w ill yrait a' while before making a contract. He has received letters from a number of valley farmers indicating a willingness to hire convicts to grub land, and ibis plan of giving work to the prisoners w ill be investigated before a new stove- foundry contract ia executed. Corvallis— Everbyody about the Ore­ gon Agricultural college ia busy in pre­ paration for the opening of the new school year. The registration promisee to be the largest in the history of the institution. Some estimates place the enrollment fdr the coming year at about 800, with the idea that the school w ill register 1,000 students the following year. I t is already known that the patron­ age from Eastern Oregon w ill exceed that of the past year, and that many more families from that locality w ill move here for schodl purpoeea than ever before. Houses are in great de­ mand, but all w ill be accommodated. The college ia being renovated throughout. The administration build­ ing has been overhauled and rapai on the igpide. The department of pharmacy w ill have a much-needed ad­ dition to the main building. Th e old mining building haa been act apart for the department of geology, and the de­ partment of metallurgy haa been moved to Agricultural hall. Both o f the boarding halls are now undergoing thorough renovation; and everything ill be in order by September 16, when the examinations for entrance w ill be­ gin at the college. Can.W hittle Gold. Grants Pass -Benjam in Batty and his 14-year-old son are panning and grinding oat, by hand mortar, from $4 to $10 a day from the rich ore of a strike made by the father recently near their farm three milea from Grants Pass. The rich find ia in the Dry Dig­ gings district, and liea just above the placer diggings of the Golden Drift ocmpeny. Rich stringers are uncover­ ed from which the pare gold can be whittled with a pocketknife. The father and son lem ove a quantity of the ore each morning, and sack and sled it down to the farm house, where it is gronnd out in the afternoon. Klamath Falla— I t ia now vary ev dent that on leas Portland wakes up to the advantages to be had In keeping in touch with Southern Oregon, and bid­ ding for ita trade, San Francisco ia go­ ing to reap tha golden harvest which w ill soon be ready for some live city to pluck from Klam ath basin. Tha people here are inclined to tha belief that Portland haa not dona bar share toward an effort to get the bust neea from this country, but they al concede this aa a tributary point to Portland rather than Ban Francisco 8 an Francisco baa done more for this port of Southern Oregon than Portland Only recently San Francisco basin men subscribed a large portion of the $100,000 bonus asked by the Weed Railway company for tha building of the road from tha Southern Pacific line in Siskiyou county, Califorina, to this city. A t tha same time, Portland re­ fused to lend say financial aid to this project, joat an ahe haa dona in tha past. Thia being the case, Klamath Falla Imsinesa men are nowand w ill continue to favor San Francisco aa a wholesale center in preference to Portland, nnleea the Portland wholesalers shown w illing hand in developing means of trans­ portation into this country. Combine Against Faka Schemes. Albany— Starting from th * Albany Buaineaa Men’ s league, recenlty organ ized in thia city, a general organisation of the buaineaa men of the W illam ette valley ia now under way. For years merchants have realised the necessity of a closer onion for mntoal protection against grafts, deadbeats and others of this ilk . This naw league w ill keep members all along the line informed of the character of the various alleged fake schemes that are continually pre­ senting themselves for support in val­ ley towns. Build L ogging Road. Dallas— I t is now w ell understood in Dallas that the Johnson Lumbering company w ill commence immediately the surveys for a logging railroad np La Creole creek. The in itial point of the road w ill be at the upper Hem of the company, and w ill be pushed west into the splendid timber not tributary to La Creole creek. This road w ill bring to market logs of a very superior grade. U p to the present the beet timber of the county haa not been touched. Washington, Sept. 18. — President Roosevelt haa decided to shortly issue a «a ll for tha peace conference at The Hague. Thia information ia from high sou roe. The tim e o f the meeting haa not bean determine j , but it w ill be decided before the president returns Washington. H is great victory bringing about peace between and Japan haa encouraged his belief T o Return to Japan Would Moan Dis­ that a great atop forward can now grace to Great Pasca Envop adopted in promoting international Bam lomara Said To B« Con- mining Slow Melde. LO O K S T O PORTLAND . Governor Thinks Convict Labor Will Klamath Basin Would T rad « with Improve in Value. tropoNs if Ghren Inducements. Will Bright Prospects fo r Coming Year at Agricultural College. Loave Barracks. Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska have been visited by a tornado. Five Baku, Sept. 19 — The si tost ion people are known to have been killed through the Caucasus continues to grow and many hurt. The property loss worse and worse and the authorities are w ill be heavy. unable to do anything towards check­ The Baldwin airship Gelatine has ing the Tartars, who continúe to ravage made the most successful flight of any the countryside, murdering all who op­ airship in the world. During the last pose them and ravishing and torturing flight the aeronaut started from the ex­ all females without regard to station. position grounds, beat the street cars The troops are so badly scared by the into the city, maneuvered over the bus­ rioters that they refuse to leave their iness portion and returned to the start­ headquarters and content them selves with firing a few shots at long range at ing place. small bodies of armed Tartkrs, who oc­ Spain has ordered a quarantine casionally approach the barracks. against German vessels putting into During the past 24 hours armed her ports. bodies of Tartars have attacked and The state auditor of Indiana has been burned tha remaining oil towers in removed by the governor and accused the district and at the present time not one of them remains standing. of embezzlement. No one can estimate the lose, which Representative McCleary, of Minne­ w ill ran into the m illions. A conserv­ sota, favors an import tariff on coffee to ative estimate of the killed daring the offset the government deficit. past waek by Tartars is 6,000, includ­ Admiral Rojestvensky has entirely ing many women and children. recovered from the wounds he received in the battle of the’ tea of Japan Faw Naw Casas. The president has approved the con­ tract for the hotel and subsistence con­ cession on the Panama canal cone, let by Chairman Shonts. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST ENROLLM ENT W ILL BE HEAVY. A plan is on foot to have the govern­ Washington, Sept. 19.— President ment move the navy yard from Brem­ erton to Lake Washington. The latter Roosevelt, in his forthcoming message place is more convenient to railroads. to congress, w ill nrge the remodeling of the public land laws, and among A formal call has been issued for a other things w ill specifically recom­ convention to meet in Chicago October mend the repeal of the timber and 26. The object is to impress upon con- stone act, the law which haa been re­ - gross the extent of the demand of the sponsible for more fraud and which has people for railroad rate legislation. caused the government greater actual Slight earthquake shocks continue in i of money than any other public land statute. Th e president w ill Ita ly. Whloeeale assassinations are the or­ his recommendation upon the report of tlu f Public Lands commission, consist­ der at Baku, Russia. ing of Commissioner Richards, of the * r \ . . 1 The yellow fever situation at New general land office, F. H . Newell, head Orleans is improving. of the Reclamation service, and Gifford - F ive cases of yellow fever have been ! ’ inchot, chief forester. This commission submitted tapcon­ discovered at QigifuaplAi, Ohio. gress at its last session a second report The gulf between Norway and Swe­ on its investigation, and, among other den is widening and they are on tbs things, said: verge of war. “ Instance« of the beneficial operation of the’ Lm ber and atone act may be cit­ Foreign engineers on the con board believe a sea level canal at Pana­ ed, but when it ia considered from the point of view of the general interest of ma w ill prove best. the public, it becomes obvious that this The government has completed its law should be repealed.” , ... * side in the third trial of the W illiam - Since the foregoing report was pubr aon-Geener-Biggs case. liabed, the commission has submitted By ' an explosion in a fuse factory at to the public printer a great appendix, Avon, Conn., seven persons were killed containing date and facta upon which its conclusions were based. This ap­ and seven more fatally burned pendix haa not yet been made public. The old Grant farm of 440 acres near ■ St. Louis, long the home of General U . 8 . Grant, has been sold for $118,000 8CARED BY THE TARTARS. ______ J and w ill be convertedl into an amuse­ ment park. Russian Troops at Baku Refuse to Baron Komura, the Japanese hhvoy, 1 « recovering from his illness and expects to start home October 2. . NEW HAGUE CONFERENCE. China Prefers to Seek Knowledge From Her Neighbor. .O RBGO N * = LO O K ING TO dAPAM. B. N. WOODWARD, NEWBERG. . TUB TIE MIT RBI ARUf Now in America. Several months ago ha had the tar under consideration and received satisfactory aasnreneaa from a ll Euro­ pean nations except Russia. The informed him that, whila be fa v o r« another peace conference, Jb« could not e his way clear to aiding such movement nntil war between Japan and Russia had been brought to a conclu­ sion. I t ia understood that the United States and the leading European powers have practically agreed upon a provi­ sion which stipulates that war ahal not be waged except for vital reasons and only after exhaustive efforts have been made to adjust the differences. Other subjects that w ill receive con­ sideration are the firing of explosives from balloons; better protection for the Red Croaa; floating mines; ownership of interned ships. HIGHE8T QN C O A ST. Mt. Whitney, of California, Accorded Honor by the Government. Ban Francisco, Sept. 18.— A report fraught with deep interest to the people of the Pacific ooast haa just been for­ warded to Washington* by Professor Alexander McAdie, who ia at the head of the Weather Bureau service in this section of the country. The report states that, according to measurements m ide during the summer of this year, Mount W hitney, situated in California ia the highest peak in the United Statea I t reaches 14,602 feet above the level of the aea. Mount Rainier, situated in Washington, ranks second, ita height being 14,894 feet. The figures for Mount Shasta are not definitely fixed, but are known to b o between 14,200 and 14,380. This report w ill settle the question which has occupied the attention ol scientists on the Pacific coast for sever­ al years. Professor McAdie states that hia figures may be considered as final, for the variation w ill not exceed more than a few feet in either case. . Mount Rainier waa measured in Ju ly, and at that tim e the announcement waa made that it overtopped W hitney Calculations have shown thia to have been incorrect. The figure« for Rainier were found to correspond closely to those obtained by Profeeaor Edgar Me Clare, the well known scientist, who lost hia life on the great peak after he had completed his measurements. Opp Mine Owned by Eastern Jacksonville — Details of the recent sale of the Opp mine, located one mile west of Jacksonville, are developing, and it appears the price paid ia in excess of $160,000, and marka a sale of the entire interests of the property owned by Opp and Perrv. The presi­ P LE N T Y OF W ORK AHEAD. dent and other officers of the old com­ pany, have resigned, and the manage­ ment of the mine passes entirely under Navy Department Will N ot Discrimi­ nât« Against Puget Bound. the control of the new owners, whose names are for the present withheld. Washington f Sept. 18.— Through his secretary, Senator P ile« today made in­ quiry at the Navy department regard­ Delegates to Prison Congress. Salem— Governor Chamberlain baa ing the report that the force of employ­ appointed the following delegatee to the es at the Puget sound navy yard waa to National Prison congress, which meets be materially reduced on account of the in Lincoln, Neb.,. October 21: Mrs. lack of work. H e finds, on the contra Lon Hatch, Rev. E . P . Mnrphy, Rev. ry, that abundance of repair work haa J. A . Leviaqne, Mrs. Nellie- R . Tram- been set aside for the Puget sound yard, b o ll, Mrs. W . A . M ean, C. W . James, which w ill give4 07c par tha conditions in many of the yards ton navy yard, ia In danger of “ turning turtle,” and it is learned that the good are strained, and a rupture ia thought pound; ordinary. 406c; lambs, 70 ■hip cannot last many yean in its pres­ to be possible that may extend to all 7,f c k — Draaaed, 607>4c per pound. the yards of tha county. ent «tato. - Sioux City, Ia., Sept. 16. — Baron Komura, the Japanese peace plenipo­ tentiary, is committing alow suicide» according to Takashita, manager of a. troupe of vaudeville performers now appearing here. Takashita la h igh ly educated and apeaks English. In tho course of an interview today regarding; oonditiona in Japan, he inquired solici- tioualy regarding the condition o f K o ­ mura. .H e was told that it was no. worse. ~ “ Bat he w ill never get w ell,” replied Takashita slowly. “ When theftnreeage- m clicked over the cable that m y countryman were preparing to raceivo him with funeral rites, I ‘ knew he- would never return to Japan. H o doubtless had learned thia already b y private cablegrams. ‘I t waa our nation’s way of apprising; him that he waa in disgrace and that ha could only atone for it by showing through his own death that he waa atill a hero and a patriot. Yon Americano little realise what hari-kari means to­ ns. “ Komura knew fu ll well that th ero waa but on« coarse left. Knowing that. Americana would not understand h io act, and that it would be viewed hero aa a disgrace, he could not commit- hari-kari in the usual manner. “ H e accordingly had recourse to- aome of the many powerful thought subtle drugs with which Japanese statesmen and soldiers are fam iliar, [t produces fever and makes it appear that be ia dying o f disease, but whan the ead comes our countrymen w i ll understand and once more acclaim h im hero.” - HIS 8UPERIO R8 ARE T O BLAM E. Commander Young Says Ha Reporter* Defect in Boiler. San Francisco, Sept. 16.— Command­ er Lulcan Young, o f the ill-fated United Statea gunboat Bennington, whose boilera£«xplpded w hile the vessel waa at anchor in San Diego, Cal., har­ bor, resulting in the death of scores o f American seamen, has determined t o submit to no ’ ’ viciona punishment.” I t ia m id on good authority that h o w ill testify and undertake to prove that- he had repeatedly reported to high offi­ cials of the navy department that th«- Bennington boilers were defective, and urged that they be repaired to avoid disaster. Intense interest is taken in the pend­ ing court-martial. A t lb o’clock today at Mara Island the trial commences. Judge Gear, o f Honolulu, w ill repre­ sent Young. Ensign Wada, who waa stricken by appendicitis, ia reported aa much improved, but hia attorney, The­ odore A . Bell, believes it w ill be th r o « weeks before the officer can be present, at court-martial proceedings. PRICES VARY WIDELY. Difference in Department Contract» Causa« a Scandal. Washington, Sept. 16. — The Keep- commission, engaged in investigating; departmental methods and inaugurat­ ing reforms, particularly in the pur­ chase of supplies, has discovered differ­ ences in prices of supplies ranging from SO to 100 per cent. AH department« bay under the same methods, letting Contracts to the lowest responsible bid­ der, yet variations in prices of specific article« aa bought for different depart­ ments are mid to be nothing leas than sensational in. illustrating tha inade­ quacy of present methods. I t ia tbe- plan of the commission to recommend that supplies be standardised as far a » Good Canal 8 oon. Washington, Sept. 18.— President possible, and that a central purchasing Roosevelt ia urging in the strongest office bay them for all departments. terms the necessity of a plan for the Shuts Out American Machine. construction of the Panama canal which may be accomplished in the shortest Naw York, Sept. 16.— Cablegram» possible time. In his recent remarks Irom Argentina were received yesterday to the consulting board of engineer! of y the leading exporters saving th at the Isthmian Canal commission, he ia government had given notice that said many things which are regarded aa It waa to levy «'proh ib itive tariff on a ll of the utmost importance in that con­ parts of agricultural and industrial nection. Three remarks have just been machinery, need in repairing, and call- transcribed and transmitted to the ng for American manfacturera to ask board here, and General Davis haa been the American government to intervene. authorised to make them public. The wires were kept hot a ll yesterday afternoon between New York and other Norway Mobilizes H er Army. chief cities, and by nightfall arrange— Parla, Sept. 18.— Despite the contra­ mnti had been attempted to lay the dictory statements made on the sub- matter before the secretary cf state! ect, information reaching the highest Fears Bubonic Plague. authorities shows that the mobilisation San Joae, Costa Rica, Sept. 16.— The of Norway’ s forces ia now going on. The French government haa made con­ medical faculty, consulted by the gov­ ciliatory representations at Stockholm ernment in regsnl to the quarantine with a view to averting a raptor«. measures against Panama on account o f Official sentiment here tends toward an the recent discovery of a case of bu­ arrangement whereby Norway would bonic plague from Panama, haa recom­ be permitted to continue aome of her mended that the measures to be taken should affect commercial interests aa frontier fortifications. l ittle as possible. I t adviaed that ship» from Ban Franciaoo be allowed to enter Iowa Losing Population. Djs Moines, Ia., Sept. 18.— Acconj- ’ nnta Arenas when provided w it h » ng to preliminary figures ‘ o f Iowa’ s clean bill of health. state census the state had a total popu- Baltic Provinces In Danger. ation January 1, 1906, of 2,201,872, a low of 80,481 since the census of 1900, St. Petersburg, Sept. 16.— I t is offi­ when the state waa accredited with a cially announced that tha governments population of 2,281,868. Practically of Courlaad and Volhyaia are manaoed all of the larger cities and oountire cholera, and the authorities have showed gains. The lore waa aluoat taken precautions ta prevent an inva­ sion of the disease. ^ entirely in tha rural sections.