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NEWBERG B. H. WOODWARD. OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK It i C n fc B M d Usj M IN SU R AN C E M O N E Y H E LPS. PA N A M A IN DANGER. Rebuilding Operations in San Fran cisco Begin With V igor. Colombian Army O fficer* Detected in Plot to Secure Control. San Francisco. Aug. 14. — The building of San Francisoo b u begun in earnest. There is little talk, there is little boasting, but there is a vast amount of work. I t may be observed on every hand. I t has suddenly grown to large proportions, due to increased payments by the insurance companies. These payments now total (50,000,000 — enough to wan ant a decided step in advance in reconstruction. But still the (60,000,000 represents only 20 cents on the dollar of the amount due the policy holders of the city. The thirty days’ grace allowed by law, after the three months allotted for the filing of proofs of loss, have elapsed and the insurance corporations must now pay or flatly refuse. The (50,000.000 has not been paid with the same cheerfulness with which the premiums were collected, in fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that a very large part of the amount has been "w ru ng” from the companies. It is still a quest ion as to the earn which the policy holders w ill oollsct in the end. I t is organisation that has car ried them to the point already attained, and it w ill be organisation that w ill carry them farther. There is very lit tle single handed fighting against the companies. Meet of the individual suits, filed are tost cases to determine the validity of certain doubtful clauses and to decide how far the "earthquake clause” w ill prevail. Th e policy hold era have been merged into a gigantic organisation, wbieu has employed a corps of lawyers and w ill either force the companies to do the “ square thing” or else announce their perfldity to the world. __________________ Panama, Ang. 13.— An alleged plot on tba part of prominent Colombian leaden to overthrow President Ama dor’ s government and proclaim Colom bia's sovereignity over Panama, again baa been frostrated through tbe activi ty of the police and government autho rities. Compromising documents said to give indubitable evidence of tbe plot are reported to have bean seised on two of tbe Colombian conspirators. Two Colombian generals mid to be implicat ed in tbe oonapiracy were aeiaed by tbe police. President Amador baa decided that all the obnoxious Colombian« sold to ba implicated in tbe plot «b all be expelled from Panama. Generals’Bala, Sandoval and Castillo and Colonels Dias, Galindo and Moa- quart and nine other Colombian offi cials are reported to be tbe ringleaders of tbe alleged plot. They had nnmer- ous confederatee. Their plan waa to accomplish a coop d’ etat by which President Amador would be over thrown, and than proclaim Colombia’s sovereignty over the country that was ones a part of that nation. An interview that tba two general* sought at President Amador’s pataca aroused th* suspicion of tba. polio*. Both generals war* seised and compro mising documents are said to bava been found in their pc sees« ion. I t was re ported that one of tba generals was killed in restating arrest, but tbia ie denied. President Amador took tba discovery of tba plot calmly. After tba arrest of the generals ba attended a musical en tertainment given in celebration of the national holiday of Ecoador. GRAPHIC D m kr h r r A R m u i m o f tho L t u Important but Not Laaa iR b r w t f Event* o f the Past W eek. The Longworths have retained from Europe. There has been a wholeeale elaagh'er o f police spies in Poland. The Roeeian War department planningg to rebuild the navy. is There is a scandal in Great Britain over army supplies in Sooth Africa. Kansas City, Kan., has become more prosperous since the closing of saloons. Soldiers of the Roariin royal guard shot at Grand Duke Nicholas during maneuvers he was watching. The c u r is taking extraordinary pre cautions to protect the members of the royal family from assassination. A new directory just issued by Chi cago ■ hones its poplation to be 2,300,- 000. The name of Johnson leads with 0,362 names. Cahier Hering, o f the Milwukee Avuene State bank baa again been ar rested and other Chicago bank Isootera are to be arrested. D OES N O T C O V E T T A 8 K . Portland’s bank clearings for the Erst sepven months of 1006 are (146,- Nicholas Declines Post o f Command 149,707, an increase of (21,7*8,827 e r o f Russian Army. over the total for the u m e months in St. Petersburg, Aug. 14. — Grand 1905. Duke Nicholas Nicbolaievitch, the The sultan of Turkey is seriously ill. Associated Pram is informed by a mem ber of his entourage, has declined to The shah of Persia has called a na accept the post of commander in chief tional assembly. of all the troops of the empire, "w here A new revolution in Venesuela is martial law exists," which was ten being organised against C utro. dered to him Aagngt 4. Whether this was decided before or John D. Rockefeller is u id to have after the attempt on the life of ti a financed a railroad project in Africa. grand dnke at Krasnoye-Selo on August The paying teller cf the Milwaukee 10 is not known, but the ostensible Avenue State bank, of Chicago, h u reason is that Grand Duke Nicholas be committed suicide. lieves that such a post should not be Indictments have been returned sin given to a grand dnke, but merely n New York against six railroads tor re m ilitary man. He advocates the ap pointment of Genera] Linievitch, form bating to the sugar trust. erly commadner in chief of the Man The ringleader in a North Carolina churian army, but the emperor has not lynching b u been .found guilty by a finally decided the matter. court jury, the first conviction of a The activity of the Terrorists in the lyncher in the state. provinces included, beside the usual Evidence now points to Cashier Her« »harvest of assassinations in Warsaw, ing as being an accomplice in the loot an attempt on the life of General Ka- ing of the Milwaukee Avenue bank, of ratelieff, chief of the gendarmerie of Chicago. Inquiries have shown the Samara provir cs, and the wounding of wrecked bank to be in worse condition Captain of Police Ivancff. of Liban, by a youth who fired thrice at him on the than at first believed. street. ___________________ The Federal grand jury at James- town, N Y . , has reported indictments W IL L T A L K IR R IG A TIO N . against the Standard Oil company, the Pennsylvania railroad and the Vacuum Expert Engineers Meet in Conference O il company. There are 22 counts. et Boise Septem ber 3. Rebating is the charge. I f the defend ants are convicted on each of the counts Washington, Aug. 14. — Tbs fonrtb a fins of (1,400,000 would lollow. annual conference of the engineers of tbe United States Reclamation service I t is sgsin rumored that Senators w ill be held at Boise, Idaho, Septem P latt and Depew are to resign. ber 3 to 8, the fourteenth irrigation Moderates of Rnseia may unite for congress also being in session at Boise peaceful reforms by a new parliauient. at that time. This conference is in continuation of The exclusion of reporters has raised s storm of protest at the Pan American the general policy of holding annually a meeting of tbe principal engineers of congress. the Reclamation service lor tbe purpose Turkish troops and Bulgarianjbandits of disenasing matters of administration have clashed. The troops hope to de and economics of work. Tbe bringing stroy the entire band. together of tbeee engineers ar.d prom Harriman has been successful in bis inent citisens of the Weet makes possi ffcht to remain in control of tbs Wells- ble an interchange of views and a dis cussion of data leading to results of Targo Express company. very great vame in the furtherance of Medals are being given the Russian tbe purpoeee of tbe reclamation act. troops who remained loyal and sup Each of tbe engineers, expert# and pressed the mutiny at Cronstadt. specialists in tbs various line« w ill sub 8t. Petersburg papers report that 700 m it a brief paper embracing some point persona have been killed or wonnded of general interest, such as detailed daring fighting between Tartars and methods of cost, keeping, of designing, construction, maintenance, or opera Armenians in Gaucasia- tion. Owing to ine advanced condition According to the census bureau the of many of tbe irrigation projects now population of the canal son# is abont under construction it is expeeted that 30,000, and including the cities of Pan- this conference w ill be of more than Colon and Cristobal, 57,000. usual interest and importance. The stockholders of the California Insurance company have voted to pay Seven Mutineers Condemned. Ban Francisco losses dollar for dollar. Helsingfors, Finland, Aug. 14.— Tbe The losses aggregate (1,325,000. trial by court martial of the Sveaborg Iowa Democrats have selected Claude mutineers commenced Saturday, and R . Porter as their candidate for gover Lieutenants Kochanovsky and E mi Han off, aged respectively 20 and 21 years, nor. and five soldiers were at the first sit The government wants 500 skilled ting foatid guilty and condemned to mechanics for work on the Panama death. A ll were shot and buried in a common grave without eeremony. Five Japanese fishermen have been Kocbanovsky’ s father is a colonel of tilled by Aaserieana for poeebing in tbe guards at St. Petersburg. Emil- Alaska. ianofPa mother appealed by tba tele Unemployed at Cepe Town, graph to the emperor for a reprieve, rioting and bat ansaccessfally. South Africa, have looting stores. ■ y- Sultan Not in Danger. Tbe snlisted men of tbe navy have Constantinople, Aug. 14 — Officials started n movement to do away with inform callers at the palace that th* tattoo marking. sultan waa suffering from tbe effects of Facts gathered b - tbe census bureau a chili daring the past week, but that show that tbe per capita coat of run be baa now completely recovered. His ning New York is greater then that of p b jscian «, however, advised his majes ty not to risk exposure to tbe open sir, any other American city. and bence the abandonment of the ael- Tbe Russian general strike has prov amlik Friday. The local press is for en s complete failure. bidden to publish anything concerning Tbe Russian government w ill harry the state ot the snltan'shealihor of tbe its land reform policy to win the sup abandonment of the selamlik. port of tbe pageants. A re Granted Hearings. There seems a possibility that Roose Washington, Aug. 14.— In order that velt may be nominated for a third the food manof tetnrora of tbe country term deepite bis refusal. may have opportunity to make sogges- A Philadelphia broker, supposed to tions concerning regulation« for the en heve besa e millionaire, proves to heve forcement ol the new para food law, been a mere bluffer. Hie eotate w ill bearings «rill he held at the department of Agriculture from September 17 to 21. M .ooo. REPORT ON OREGON. MORE JUDGES NEEDED. Irrigation Export Investigates State 8upreme Court Badly Behind With and Issues Circular. Its Appeal Docket. Washington— Oregon farmers who re Salem— The fact that tbe Oregon 8u- tort to irrigation, w ill be deeply inter pieme court ia abont n year behind in ested in a 30-page circular Just issued its work and haa bean losing ground in by the department of Agriculture, en the last few months haa revived the titled "Investigation« of Irrigation ■uggeation that the number of jndges Practice in Oregon." Tb e book is be increaaed from three to five. There written by A, P . Stover, irrigation en are now on tbe docket reedy fer trial gineer, who spent last eaaaon in Oregon 87 cases appealed from Western Oregon making a study of irrigation an it is counties. There are also soma on the practiced, so as to find ont the errors Eastern Oregon docket at Pendleton, that have been made and gather data but the exaet number is not known. which would be helpful in instructing The cuaee now ready for trial extend the irrigators how to avoid mistakes of back aa far aa December, 1906. There the peat. The report ia not na compre are also on the preliminary docket 84 hensive as might be desired, bat con eases which w ill be r m d y for trial in tains a grant many valuable sugges the next few months, so that there is tions, and ia worth the peraual of every every prospect «hat the supply e f oases farmer who is obliged to artificially to ba hetmi w ill not diminish. water his lands. The canoes of the court getting be Mr. Stover made a study of the pre- hind in its work era several. The cipation in various parts of the state, number of appealed cases haa boon un and to a lim ited extent gathered data usually large and several cases of extra on the diseharge of the primdptd ordinary magnitude have occupied an atrsema that can be utilised for irriga nnnsual amount of attention. Then tion. Ha states, in opening his report, there haa bean a change on tbe bench, that the greater pert of tbe aralffe land which alweya causes some delay. Judge of Oregon Use in the arid section and Hailey waa appointed to the supremo can be brought under intensive culti bench last winter. H e had extensive vation only by irrigation. Ha found business interests at his home in Pen that the low water flow of most of the dleton and coaid not at once adjust bis of Eastern Oregon haa already private bueineea so aa to give bia whole appropriated for private irriga time to his judieial duties. Then the tion, bat na yot practically no steps political campaign cams on and took have been taken to conserve the winter considerable time for two months. floods. Another change w ill be made the first Ha finds that little of the water now of the year, when Jndge Eskin goes on _ G ER M AN Y. FEARS R E S U L TS . being diverted ia used economically, so tbe bench. that there ia a large supply for future development. American Secretary’s Visit Adversely C lover Huller in Linn County. Because of its comparatively low ele Criticised In Newspapers. Albany — For the first time in the vation and oonsoqaent m ild climate, history of Linn ooanty a clover halier Berlin, Ang. 13.— Germany ia smart M r. Stover mys that Northeastern Ore haa begun a season’s threshing. Frank ing under Secretary Root’ s success** in gon has advantages over the southeast. Both and Ernest Howard, proprietors 8onth America. Under such titles ns The practice of winter irrigation, of tbe bailer, have already listed about “ Tbe American Peril in Brasil,” and now practiced along the Umatilla river, 1,000 acres of clover ,to boll which "Am erican Tricks,” belligerent articles is dew r.bed, and the veins of this prac assures a 40 day’s run and success for tice is indicated. I t is shown that the venture. In the peat three years bearing the hallmark of government in spiration are appearing in tbs German these Um atilla lands, under tbe Max the riee of tbe clover industry in this well flood water cauals, yields a net coanty- has been remarkable and even prem. They attack the United States for inducing Brasil to grant a preferen profit of (24 an acre, when planted in if tbe present pbenominal increase ia alfalfa. I t seems that the Umatilla acreage does not continue, clover hol tial tariff redaction of 20 per cent on valley, however, is exceptionally wall lers running tbe season will be an es a variety of American goods. The articles urge Germany immedi adapted for this sort of irrigation, bo- tablished feature of Linn county’s an ately to counteract tbia move, which ie cause of the unusual formation of the nual harvest. sorted to be tbe first step in tbe anni ■oil and tbe underlying bedrrek. Few hilation of tbe kaieer’ e trade in Brasil. localities w ill be found where winter Farmers Robbed o f Wster. It ia suggested that Germany can offer irrigation w ill be as successful. On Salem — Twenty farmers residing in Batter creek, where winter irrigation the vicinity of Wamic, Wasco coanty, Brasil two attractive concessions in re has reached the higheet stage of perfec have complained to Governor Chamber- turn for a preferential tariff, namely, tion, fruits jars sncessfuily grown by lain that an irrigation company, tbe increased consumption of coffee and in I t ie assarted combining the principles of winter irri name of which ia not given, baa taken creased immigration. that numbers of Japraese are aetiling gation and dry farming. all of tbe water out of Three-Mile, Several p«mes are devoted tq a detail Gate and Rock creeks, thus shutting in Brasil as tbe pioneers of a Japanese deecription of irrigation canals along off the supply of the settlers for their commercial invasion. . The fatherland, tbe Deschutes river, which have been household and stock nee." They want therefore, w ill soon be confronted by' in operation for the past few years, and to know whether tbe governor can start the deadly rivalry of both tbe United also of tbe Maxwell and Irrigon canal! the machinery of the state government States and Japan. Tbe kaiser is advised to exhaust all in tbe Umatilla conntry. For some in proceedings to protect their rights. the means at bie command to preserve reason tbare ia nothing in the report Germany’s threatened interests before bearing directly on private irrigation Lane County Poultry Show. the "extraordinarily clever diplomacy in the Klamath country. The report, Eugene— At a meeting of tbe lane of tbe United States, which b a a a lre^ y however, contains something of internet County Poultry association it was de removed tbe old time Brasilian antip to all irrigators, and w ill be furnished cided to hold tbe first annual poultry athy to North America’ s achieved hy tbe department upon application. show in Eugene from December 12 to greater triumphs.’ ’ o 15, 1900. There are several bird fan ciers in and about Eugene and a poul Fix Hop Picking Price. W IL L T R Y 2,000 M U TIN E E R S. Salem— One dollar per 100 pounds, try show w ill be a success here. Secre or 60 cents per box, w ill doubtless be tary W illiam s was instructed to arrange General Inquiry Into Mutiny Will Cause the popular price paid for bop picking for competent judges for the first show. O fficers to L os* Heads. in the valley this year, since this seem County Assessor Keeney was chosen as sistant secretary of the association. St. Petersburg, Aug. IS. — After the ed to be the predominating sentiment preliminary investigations, the m ili as expressed at a meeting of abont a tary and naval prosecutors have decid score of members of tfie Oregon H ip- P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS. ed to try by court martial no laee than growers’ association, held in this city 2,000 soldier« and sailors who partici last week. Tbe prevailing tendency on Wheat— Club, 68@69c; blneetem, 70 pated in the Cronatadt and Sveaborg tbe part ot growers, also, is that hops 0 7 1 c, valley, 71072c; red, 65066c. mutinies. The prospects of tbe men, w ill go to 20 cents by harvest time and Oats— No. 1. white feed, (3 0 ; gray, however, have been brightened by the all present were in favor of holding out (29 per ton. decision of tbe emperor to appoint two for that figure at least. Barley— Feed, (23.50 per ton; brew extraordinary commiaeiona, beaded re ing, (23.60; rolled, (24024 60. spectively by Generali Voder and Gun- Kye— (1.60 per cwt. Dry Weather Hurting Hops. cheroff and Admirals Mollae and Mak- H ay— Valley timothy. No. 1, (1 1 0 aroff, to investigate the causes of tbe Salem— Tbe continued dry weather is showing its effect upon toe hop crop, 12.60 per ton; clover, (8 .5 0 0 9 ; cheat, outbreaks at Cronatadt and Sveaborg, especially in old yards, and those not j (6 .6 0 0 7 ; grain bay, (7 0 8 ; alfalfa, and to determine the responsibility of the demoralisation. War Minister Ru cultivated as thoroughly aa they shonld . •11- be. and it is declared by many that th e j Frnita — Apples, common, (60075c diger and Minister of Marine Birileff yield w ill 'be far under tbe 216,000 per box; fancy, (1 .2 6 0 2 ; apricota, are laid to be arriving at tbe seme con bales that has been predicted. Yards (1.2501.35; peaches, 7 6 c 0 (l; peers, clusion aa Admiral Skrydloff, tbe com plums, fancy, 60075c; black- mander of the Black aea fleet, that tbe that have been well cared for are stand (2 ; berries, 606c per ponnl. officers are morn to blame than tbe ing tbe dry weather in good shape. Tbe potato and corn crops are also keep- . Melons — Cantaloupes, (1.6002.26 men. Tbe commissions w ill' Inquire ing a good appearance where cnltivation , P®r crate; watermelons, 101 * c per into the general condition* prevailing in tbe navy and army, and it may re baa been good, and tbe second crop of pound. Vegetables — Beene, 6 0 7 c; cabbage, m it in a very great abake-up, inclnding clover is coming on in good shape. l * 0 2 c per pound; celery, 8 6 c 0 (l per tba wholesale cashiering and retire dosen; corn, 16020c per dosen; cu ment of commanding office'’«. Mammoth C rop o l Cherries. cumbers, 40060c per box; egg plant, Eugene A remarkable yield of Roy 10c per pound; lettnoe, head, 26c per 8 ten aland Going to Mexico. al Ann cherries baa just been reported dosen; onions, lO 0 1 2 * c per dosen; here. M . H. Harlow, who has a farm Fort Worth, Tex., Ang. 13.— Paul pens, 4 0 6 c; bell peppers, 1 2 * 0 1 5 c ; north of Eugene, has a two-acre cherry radishes, 10016c per dosen; rbnberb, Steneland, tbe banker of Chicago, waa orchard from which he harvested this 2 0 2 * c per pound; spinach, 203c per in this city, according to Henry A d en », summer 23,700 pounds of cherries. a former Chicago commission broker, pound; tomatoes, 60090c per box; The cost ot picking and marketing tba parsley, 25c; sqnash, (101.25 per and ie said to be on bia way to Mexico. crop waa (286, leaving a net profit of crate; turnips, 9 O c 0 (l per sack; car Adame said be traveled all tbe way (712 or (366 aa acre. Mr. Harlow from New Orleans to tbia eity with tba rots, ( * 0 1 26 per sack; beets, (1 260 •aye tba crop would have been 20 per absconding banker without knowing bia 1A 0 per sock. cent larger bad it not been for tbe oold Not ontiljbe read tba Onion»— New, U i 0 1 K e per pound. bank had fail« d rains ia June. account in * local paper aid Adame Potatoes — Old Barbanks, nominal; know that Steneland waa fleeing. new potatoes, Oregon, 76090c. Linn County Wheat Heavy. Batter — Fancy creamery, 20022* c Stansland told A<tama ba was going to Mexico on a trip in tba mountains for Albany — New wheat is coming into per pound.. the Red Crown m ill in Albany daily | Eggs— Oregon ranch, 21c per dosen. hie health. now. This ia tba Portland Flooring Poultry — Average old bens, 18014c Defeat Ticket Scalpers.. M ill’ s Linn coanty branch, and annu per pound; mixed chickens, 1 8 0 1 S *c ; Omaha, Ang. IS.— Tbe case of the ally receives all tbe wheat it can get in springs, 16 0 16c; roosters, 9010c; tbia vicinity. Tbe new wheat this year dressed chickens, 14 0 16c; tnrkeys, railw aje againet ticket scalpers of Oma ia quite heavy, and it running well up live, 16017c; tnrkeys, dressed, choice, ha and Lincoln, wae today decided and in yield. In many localities tbe yield 20022 * e ; geese, live, 80 9c; dneks, tbe liJunction askrd for against tbe broken was granted. Under tbe de le reported more bushels to tbe acre 11012*e. then In years peat, and everywhere tbe i Hope— Oregon, 1905, nominal, 120 cision «he broken cannot traffic in ra- crops are good. 13c; olds, nominal, 10c; 1906 con lnr*>? r«»e ti ke:«. Tbia case ie one of \ series instituted againet the ecalpan tracts, 1 6 0 1 6 * c per pound Harvesting in Yamhill County. Wool — Eastern Oregon average beat from Loa A gain. Salt Lake and Denver MeMinnville— Harvest is now in foil 16020c per pound, according to shrink to Iodianapolle. 8t Loo Is and Eastern swing in old Yam hill. Most o f the age; valley, 20022c, according to fine- centi n , which have bean uniformly de mobair, choice, 2 ( 0 30c per cided againet th<m. tkrosbing crews began work lost week. fl*e ra n * w ill probably extend from 26 . Rebuild Kpreck*fs Mansion. to 10 days. Tbe harvest this year w ill Veal— Dressed, 6 * 0 8 c per ponnd. San Frarcisco, Ang. 13.— Tba Clans Beef — Dressed bolls. 8c per ponnd; be tlie largest for a number of years. IV heat Is yielding 23 basbeis to tbe 4 * 0 6 * c ; conntry steers, 600c. -pr- .kies mansion, on Van Nate even- to r* stored at an expenditure Mutton— Dressed, fancy, 708c per •#, ecr% Oats yield 40 bushels to the acre ; ordinary, 6 0 6 c; lambs, fancy, >f (800,000. According to tba terma and weigh 89 pounds to tbe boahel. Barley is yielding from 60 to 60 bushels i # 6 * e . •fib# contract, it w ill be ready for oc to tbe cupancy within on* year. Pork— Dressed, 7 0 8 * e per ponnd. WILL HIRE CHINESE Cual CM nbslH Decides Upsa - lapartaat Cbaage. cannot SECUK nun um Jamaica N egroes Ara Inefficient, N o t Enough 8panlarda, end N o Alternativ* Remains. Washington, Ang. 11.— C hine* labor w ill ba given a thorough teat on tba Panama canal. Contracts calling for 2,600 Chinas* for canal work bava baan prepared, and advertisements w ill bo leaned by the Isthmian Canal commis sion in a faw daya asking lor proposals from labor agents. I f tba initial 2,600 Obinaaa prove a raceesa, H la likely that many moro w ill ba taken to tba isthmus to do tba work, which ia too bard for tba Ja maicans now employed th an in largo number«. Organised tabor baa offered much opposition to the use of contract Chines* tabor, bat the Jamaican work men have proven inadequate, sufficient Spaniards cannot ba bad immediately to rush the work, and tbe Chines* are the last bop* of the commission. President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft,. Chairman Shonta, of the canal commis sion, and other man prominently iden tified with tba canal work are known, to have delayed employing Obinaaa an ti 1 it became evident that tba other help available waa not equal to th* de mand«. Tba administration baa taken th* petition that tba canal moat ba dog: at any coat, and, although tba presi dent urges that tbare ba no haate in employing Chineae, ha did not stand permanently in tba way of tba plan to- try tba ooolies. I t ia tbe intention of tbs commission to ask for bids from tabor agents who w ill arrange with the Chinese govern ment for th* exportation of tabor, trans port tbe Chineae to tb e Isthmus under contract to work for a fixed wage and ship them beck to China, thus reliev ing the commission of all detail work and all responsibility. A bond wiU be squired of all contractors for a aetls- factory fulfilment of tbe contract they may enter into with tbe commission. Tbe employment of tbe Chinee* w ill - not displace the Jamaican« who are already there, but it ie believed na more negroes w ill be hired if tba Chin ese prove a success. C R O P S IN M IDDLE W E S T. New Y ork Central Official Brings its Glowing Report. New York, Aug. 11.— W. C. Brown, vice president of tbe New York Central system, returned recently from i journ ey of more than 8,000 milae . through tbe Middle Weet, undertaken with the object of ascertaining the actual crop situation. He visited Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Iowa, and haa prepared special report« on the conditions in Kansas and Nebraska. In all of tbeee, according to bia observation, tbe crop* this year w ill be remarkable in both quantity and quality. Mr. Brown m id : " I believe the United State« this year w ill have a larger harvest of grain of all aorta than ever before and w ill market it at a better price, considering the else of th* crops. Tbe wheat crop in the six states in which I have per sonally made investigation w ill be magnificent. Kanaaa tbia year ie going to produce a wheat crop of 90,000,000 bushels. Last year it produced 87,- 000,000 buehela. Tbe corn crop ia in ■piandid condition. " I n Kanaaa and Nebraska a corn crop on as targe a scale as ever before ie practically aasnred. Iowa w ill produce 850,000,000 bushels of corn and possib ly 366,000,000, In Missouri, with the exception of four counties in tbe north east, all the a unties w ill have greet corn crop«.” Many British Teachers Coming. London, Aug. 11.— Thousands of ap plications are being made by teachers in all parts of tbe kingdom to take port in the excursions to the United States, which are being arranged for the com ing tall and winter. Unleoa something arises m aking it pomibl«'/ to seed a greater number, about 600 teachers, representing avary clans from kinder garten Instructors to professors of Eng land’ ! gres test universities, w ill ba in cluded In tba tour. I t ia planned that the first party, numbering about 30, ■hall m il for America November 80. N ew Island in Bolling Sea. Tacoma, Aug. 11.— Captain Tiue- bridge, of the steamship Northwestern, brings from the North a photograph taken by an officer of tba revenue cutter Perry of the newly formed island, which Has 60 miles weet of Dutch harbor, directly between the Bogoelof islands, commonly known as Castle and Fire Islands. I t mode its first appear ance during June, and is now 900 feet high. Tbe length oould not be ascer tained. War Beacon Burns in M orocco. M ellila, Morocco, Ang. 11.— Beacons were lighted last night «ailing tba com batants of tba different tribes to aaaam- bla. It ia baliavad that a conflict with tbe force« of tba sultan w ill occur shortly.
