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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
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The yellow fever situation at New general land office, F. H . Newell, head
Orleans is improving.
of the Reclamation service, and Gifford
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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.
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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.
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NEW HAGUE CONFERENCE.
China Prefers to Seek Knowledge
From Her Neighbor.
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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 give<emptoyment to all the
W . T . Gardner, H . H . Hawley, N . H. men now on the rolls. Some say $112,
Looney, Dr. T. L . E liot, Rev. E . W. 000 w ill be expended in repairing the
transport Zafiro, necessary repairs w ill
St. Pierre, Ben Selling, J. S. Hunt.
be made to the cruiser Chicago, the
revene cutter Perry w ill go out of com
PO R TLAN D M ARKETS.
mission at Bremerton for extensive re
pairs
to be paid for by Ibe Treasury de
W heat — Club, 69c per
bushel;
partment, and as soon as some veesel is
blneetem. 73c; valley, 71c.
Oata— No. 1 white feed, $23024; found to relieve the battleship Oregon
in Asiatic waters, that vessel w ill come
gray, $22 per ton.
to
Bremerton for a complete overhaul
Barley— Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
ing.
$21; rolled, $22023.
The Navy department aaanrea M r.
Rye— $1.30 per cental.
Hay— Eastern Oregon, timothy, $14 Piles that there ia no intention of dis
0 1 6 per ton; ^valley timothy, $ 1 1 0 1 2 ; criminating against the Puget sound
yard.
clover, $ 8 0 9 ;“ grain hay, $809.
Hop Pickers Scares.
Aurora— Hop picking has commenced
in moat yards, but as yet there has
been -a scarcity of pickers and the work
haa been retarded. I t is yet too early
to make a correct estimate as to the
yield, but enough has been picked to
show that it w ill be very uneven. E.
Bracket has finished picking, and
according to the number of boxes, his
crop is almost double as compared with
last year. On the other hand, Henry
Mneeaig, who just finished, reports
Fraita— Applet, 90c®$ 1.76 per box;
that his crop w ill be less, than 60 per peaches, 7 6 c0 $ l per crate; plums, 60
Naw Orleans, Sept. 19.— The com cent o f last year’ s yield.
0 7 6 c; cantaloupes, 20050c; water
paratively few caaes reported today
melons, $£ 0 1 c p e r pound; crabapplea,
added additions) encouragement to
Wins Scholarship.
$1 per box; grapes, 76c0$1.65; pears,
those in charge of the fever campaign.
Eugene— Miss Clara Harding, of this $1.60.
Among the new cases ia Dr. C. M. city, who has been spending the sum
Vegetables— Beans, 104c per ponnd;
Shanly, of Baratarla, the physician who mer with her mother on their farm cabbage, 1 0 U i c ; cauliflower, 75090c
ia in charge of the district of Upper near Gervais, has secured a scholarship per dozen; celery, 75090c; corn, 8 @
Barataría, in Jefferson parish.
He- in the Conservatory of Mnsic, Indian 9 c ; encumbers, 10015c; pumpkins,
reported the existence of the fever in apolis, Ind., and has left for that place. 1 ^ 0 1 * c per ponnd; tomatoes, 200
that territory and waa placed in charge The csholarahip is one highly'prized by 36c per crate; squash, 6 c per pound;
by the State Board of Health. He contestants, and carries with it a sum tnmipa, $1.2501.40 per sack; carrots,
moved to that territory from North of $300 a year. Mias Harding graduat $1.2501.60; beets, $101.26.
Dakota a faw years ago, and owns a ed from the Eugene High school with
Onions— Oregon, 9Oc0$l Jper sack;
small plantation there.
the clase of 1906. She waa also a stu Globe, 76c.
Potatoes— Oregon, extra fancy, 660
dent of the University of Oregon School
Embezzlement In Japan.
of Music.
76c per sack.
Batter — Fancy creamery, 25030c
Tokio, Sept. 19.— The information
First Bale 8 jld.
b«s been made public that three naval
per pound.
Eggs — Oregon
ranch, , 25027c
paymasters have embezzled $166,000 of
Eugene— The first sale of 1906 hops
government (onda.
The announce in Lane connty was made last week per dozen.
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Ponltry— Average old hens, 12 )4 0
ment haa bean calm ly received by the when Stephen Smeed sold 34 bales of
mixed
chickens, 12 0 12 ) 4 c;
public, bat the knowledge that the early Fngglea to Claybor A Co., at 14 13c;
commission of the crime extended over cents.
As picking progresses, it is old roosters, 9010c; young roosters,
dressed
chickens,
14c;
a period of three years without disovery seen that the yield ia larger than ex 11012c;
live,
may, it ia asid, arouse a feeling of dis pected, and the growers believe that turkeys, live, 20021 c ; geese,
trust and uneasiness toward the naval thia year’s crop w ill be heavier than 8 0 9 c ; ducks, 13014c.
Hope— 1906, choice, 16c; prime, 14c;
administration, and furnish a weapon last year’s, it being- predicted before
t ) tha parties opposing the government. picking commenced that the yield in 1904 choice, 15017c per pound.
W ool— Eastern Oregon average bast,
Lane county would fall abort last year’ s
19021«; lower grades down to 16c, ac
Old 8 h!p May Turn Turtle.
by 600 bales.
cording to shrinkage; valley, 26027c;
Boston, Sept. 19. — The Herald to
mohair, choice, 30c per pound.
P tef c f s P fo test.
morrow w ill say:
The ancient frigate
Beef — Dressed bulla, J 0 2 c per
Dallas— Hop picking haa commenced
Constitution, fam iliarly known aa the
“ First ship of tha American navy,” here. An attempt ia being made to pound; oows, 3 0 4 c ; country steers, 4
which haa for years been one of the pick by the pound. The pickers are 04M«.
Veal— Dressed, 308c par pound.
most valuad passe salons of tha Charles generally making a vigorous protest,
Mutton— Dr eared fancy, 6 >4 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.
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“ 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.”
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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.
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entirely in tha rural sections.