is) Irsi Reno, N er., Aug. 18.— Foe the past three days scores o f section men in the employ o f the Southern Pacific com­ PR U N E G RO W ERS SM ILE . pany on the Palisade division in N e ­ vada have been at work trying to pre- Douglas 1 County ~4 » Miraw e av tty u f tt*~tgy^tnHiattjTiP m o f the Loot Lesa Internatine Events o f the Past Week. The W ar department w ill ask fo r a million dollars to build airships. A woman is said to have led some o f the rioters at Springfield, Illinois. A fire in the East Buffalo stockyards burned between 16,00 and 2,000 sheep and calves. Governor Deneen says the whole power o f Illinois w ill be exerted to protect the negroes. An Omaha judge denounced a woman fo r marrying an old man for his money « « 1 refused to give her a divorce. The Alaska Pacific Steamship com­ pany w ill establish daily papers on its tw o passenger steamers between San Francisco and Puget sound. Altogether there are 4,200 m ilitia­ men on duty at Springfield, Illinois, as a result o f the race riots. This is all o f the state troops except the colored members. nel is 800 feet or more in length and coat more than 8160,000 to complete. Last year the Western Pacific started a tunnel 60 fe e t to the south o f the Southern Pacific. This was recently completed, and now it is known that the blasting has practically shaken the entire mountain, which is now slowly sliding into the Humboldt river,. B ig timbers in the Southern Pacific tunnel are being slowly crushed like so much matchwood, and unless a means o f combatting the slide is determined upon it may necessitate the company abandoning the tunnel. A thousand men and twice as many horses and mules were placed at work along the Western Pacific railroad in this state yesterday, and from now on the line w ill be rushed to completion. For nearly a year operations have been practically st s standstill in this state. The grade has been completed from Salt Lake to a point near Elkcs while from this end the grading has reached s comparatively short distance. Work westward w ill continue now until com­ pleted. Trains w ill probably be run­ ning into Winnemucca early this fall. •t- "3 > 3 NEEDS CASH FOR BIG N AV Y. In the recent holdup o f a Great Northern mail car near Spokane the clerks outwitted the robbers by dump­ Britain Will Raise Loan o f «6 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,- ing the registered letters into news­ OOO fo r Ships. paper sacks. London, Aug. 18.— The British gov­ Unveiling o f a Roosevelt statue in ernment, according to the Daily Tele­ a Texas town caused a riot, the people graph, contemplates raising s large being divided in their views o f the president. One person was fatally loan in view o f the growing naval com­ petition abroad. I t is stated that hurt and nine others injured. financiers o f the highest standing have The battleship fleet hss sailed from undertaken to g et 8600,000,000 on Auckland to Sydney. Japan is paying off her war debt in nominal terms to meet the necessities o f the fleet for the next few years good sized installments. without disorganizing the annual bud­ The Canadian government is to me­ gets or casting s heavy burden upon diate in the railroad strike. the present generation. I f such s plan is attempted» i t w ill Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist, is be because it is possible to fore cast the dead. He was 6 » years old. future requirements o f Hie navy until Fire in the Buffalo, N.*- Y ., stork s general shipbuilding program has yards, burned close to 81,000,000 worth been crystallized and the setting aside o f property. - o f thiB fund prould be a declaration, Contractors drhctng tbs biff S%- Paul .translated into warms o f cash,' o f the tunnel in Montana are breaking all country’ s intention to maintain a two- (y records for speed. , — •""% 4^ l power standard at all costs. $ $ :> > Tw o people w e ft killed and six In­ jured by thfi »g lo s io n o f p balloon at. T R O O P S PU RSU E REBELS. ~ m! Ù ¿ * a »- ‘ London. AJ ^ iM ta to v attempted to T l ___ 3 A f i lig h t a ci Thousand Chinese Pillage T«Wrn and The bones o f 21 persons have been Flee to Mountains, f i 11 found on an island in Lake o f the Hongkong, Aug. 18.— The < soldiers Woods. They are believed to be the remains o f a party o f explorers mas­ stationed at Konghau, near Wuchow, wh# rebelled last Tuesday and killed sacred by Indians in 1736. i **■ Rear Admiral Cogswell, retired, is their commander because a comrade dead. He was an officer on the Oregon had been arrested for gambling, have when that vessel made its famous joined the Yaus/ a warlike jaribe o f voyage around the born to engage the aborigines, livin g 'in the southwest Spanish fleet. portion o f the province o f Kwkhgtung. Train robbers held up a Northern Their home is in a region o f inaccessi­ Pacific train near Trust, nine miles ble mountains and they have never w est o f Spokane. The mail car was been subjected to governmental con­ uncoupled and run up the track. I t is trol. Admiral L i has arrived h oi» in his not known what the result o f the haul flagship, accompanied by gunboats, was. torpedo boats and launches. . Troops Turks and Arcmenians join in cele­ have also been summoned and the coun­ brating their liberty: try is in a turmoil. The mutineers are A fte r ngudering T a ft, a new town near Missoula, 1,000 in number. their commander, they pillaged the Mont., has been destroyed by fire. village, securing 8100,000 in money I t is believed the effect o f the Thaw and withdrew to the TaikiSg moun­ V bankruptcy proceedings w ill be liberty tains. __________________ , fo r Thaw. Waste Coin on N ovel». A veterinary surgeon has just died Berlin, Aug. 18.—Tw elve and a half in N ew Y ork as the rsault ouf a bite minTon dollars are thrown away every by a horse. year in Germany by the poorer class A Los Angeles maniscc killed his in the purchase o f “ permcous penny son and daughter, attempted, to k ill hip dreadfuls,” according to a statement w ife and himself. just published by the Durer Union, ■— — 'A w ealthy Italian has been slain in ■which' is- engaged hr * - campaign N ew York. Nihilists are supposed to against the growing tendency in Ger­ many to read trashy literature. The have done the work. secretary o f the union vouches for the The government has started a fight astounding declaration that 40,000 in San Francisco against the bringing tabliahed booksellers and 30,000 ped­ o f young g t f ll to t « » country fb r Im ­ dlers are engaged in selling sensation moral purposes. al serials and books o f a low order. Some unknown person i*~3an Fran­ cisco st intervals has been throwing May Talk 700 Miles. ink on women’s expensive w a r in g ap­ Paris, Aug. 18.— The naval lieuten­ parel, thus ruining it. ants, Colin, Joance and Mercer, the inventors o f an apparatus which re­ Japan is rejoicing over the trademark treaty w ith the United cent tests have shown to be superior States, g ivin g R as proof o f friendship to any existing, achieved remarkable Success yesterday, communicating with between the t w countries. the wireless station at Raz de Seine, A modus vivendi hss been arranged department o f Finistere, a distance o f whereby the Newfoundland fiaeries dis­ about 810 miles. The officers are con­ pute between Great Britain and the fident that they can make great im­ United States w ill be settled by The provements in the apparatus, enabling Hague tribunal conversation up to 600 or 700 miles. Senator La Follette is going to start Employes Will Assist. • newspaper. St. Paul, Aug. 18.— Three hundred The Canadian Pacific is importing railroad employes met in this city to­ Strikebreakers from Europe. day to organize an association to fight K in g Peter, o f Servia, is accused o f legislation hostile to the railroad inter­ conspiracy against Montenegro. ests. The men are o f the opinion that Forest fires have broken out again in by standing by the railroarls in their Canada and more towns are threatened fight they w ill be b en efitin g them selves. I t is the intention to support w ith destruction. only those candidates in the coming A ervere hail and thunder storm hss election who are favorable to the rail­ hurt the Kentucky tobacco crop. roads and their employes. "A Extravagant livin g sines the war w ith Russia has caused corruption in the Japi K in g Edward and Emperor W illiam m et a t Cronberg, Germany, and con­ ferred on a naval program. sen near Chico, Cal., T w o mask eld up 18 men i they came along at Crimss Puzzle Polics. Boston, Aug. 18.— Boston and East- m Massachusetts are undergoing a crime w ave.” H a lf a dozen murder mysteries are still unsolved by the po­ lice. The undeniable reign o f crime Is crsditodJo the fe et that many foreign­ ers are out o f work and are attempting to adopt tbs methods o f European ban­ ditti. ttapltdflstr Wtft Do This 1t ~ — cruirT Roseburg— T il Ison A Co. have pur­ chased a fine equipment fo r their large prune packing plant in this city, and have begun work to enlarge and re­ model the plant to handle Douglas county’s largo prune crop this year. A new 80 horsepower boiler is now be­ ing placed to r the steam plant, and several new pieces o f machinery for grading and packing w ill bo installed. Nearly 200 ears o f evaporated prunes w ill be shipped out o f the county from various points, a large portion o f which w ill be handled by local firms. In addition to the new machinery the building w ill be enlarged to almost twice its present size. H. L. Giles A Co., o f Salem, have purchased the Douglas County prune packing house o f Receiver T. R. Sheri­ dan, and w ill thoroughly overhaul And make additions to the equipment. These tw o large pecking houses are kept running fo r from three to flour months every fall. Besides these two plants, there is another packing be at M yrtle Creek that handles from 20 to 60 carloads every season. There w ill also be about 80 carloads o f ap­ ples shipped from Douglas county this year. The Douglas County Fruit­ growers’ association w ill handle about half o f this crop o f apples. TH E S T A T E FAIR. Salem— The County Commissioners’ court at their last j s i tion o f Mining Engineer i «presenting East« ' ih i appropriation o f 82,000 for tbs building o f five bridges across the San- tiam river, to make the Gold Creek copper mines accessible. In return for this investment, Mr. Gadsden guaran­ tees tbe erection o f a smelter with a capacity o f 100 tons per day. I t is expected that the opening up o f these mines and the building o f the smelter w ill result in the location o f a refinery in this city. The Gold Creek mines are located on the head waters o f the Santiam in the extreme Eastern part o f Marion county. A number o f leading citizens appear­ ed before the court and argued in favor o f the 82,000 appropriation. Enlarge Salem Hatchery. University o f Oregon, Eugene— A c­ cording to reports received here, the state salmon hatchery up tbe McKen­ zie river w ill not be abandoned, but extended, and arrangements w ill be made this fa ll so that trout as w ell as salmon can be batched. The citizens o f Eugene w ill provide the money fo r the importation o f trout eggs from the East. I t was rumored some time ago that the hatchery would be abandoned, but it is evident from a letter o f the state fish commissioner that great im­ provements w ill be made in the estab­ lishment. Thousands o f Dollars Being Spent to Maks It Success. Oregon T w o Days Without Executive, Salem— For two days last week Ore­ Salem— For the state fa ir in 1907 the Southern Pacific railroad handed gon was without even art acting chief executive. Governor Chamberlain 216 carloads o f stock and exhibits. went to Seattle to inspect the progress This year, while the fa ir is y et more being made on the Oregon building at than six weeks away, 219 cars have the Alaska-Yukon exposition. Secre­ been ordered for hauling exhibits and tary o f State Frank Benson has also stock. Many favorable conditions are been absent for some tim e ; therefore working together harmoniously fo r a the state was without any person to great fa ir at Salem next month. exercise the functions o f chief execu­ Several thousand dollars have been tive. W hile in Washington the gov­ expended in enlarging the permanent ernor also stopped at American lake. exhibit building. The grand stand has been enlarged so that it w ill accommo­ Realizes Good Prices on Horses. date one-third more people. Men have Drewsey— I. M. Davis, one o f the been at work on the grounds fo r some principal business men o f this .place, weeks preparing them fo r the fair. is home after an absence o f several The shrubbery and grass is being cared weeks in Pendleton and other railroad for and skeletons for decoration pur ints. Mr. Davis took a number of ■ P° poses are being erected. A ll prepare ■ orses over the mountains. He says ho: tions are starting early. they stood the trip remarkably well. A feature that w ill greatly assist to He realized from 8100 to 8160 for sin­ make the state fa ir this year o f more gle d riven . worth and value w ill be the co-opera tion o f the Portland Country chib, Bible University Begins Next Month which is offering attractive purse* for University o f Oregon, Eugene— The the livestock exhibitions and races. Eugene Bible university, the leading ministerial school o f the Christian Summer Normal Draws Teachers church west o f the Rocky mountains, Brownsville— Many teachers, lectur­ w ill open September 22. About 100 ers and ministers from this section are students are expected to enroll. The taking advantage o f the summer nor­ faculty consists o f seven instructors, by President E. C. Sanderson mal school conducted by the Albany headed i , ku-------- college. The attendance is very large. Record by Land Board. H ereafter this w ill probably be one o f the drawing cards fo r Albany college. Salem— Loans amounting to 840,600 Teachers are in attendance from Mar­ were made by the land board at its ion, Lane, Benton, Lincoln, Linn and monthly meeting held last week. This other nearby counties.. Lane county is the largest sum that has been loaned especially is proving its loyalty toward out by tbe land board in a great many the church college by a good attend­ years. Tbe loans were uniform at ance. For the summer school the col­ per cent lege has secured the services o f some o f the best educators in the United PO RTLAN D M ARKETS. States. Blow Out Beecher Rock. Eugene— In the improvements which the County court has authorized for the Eugene-Maple ton wagon croad, the most noteworthy is the order to blow out Beecher rock, and Commissioner Price w ill soon take up this big task. Beecher rock, which overhangs the Siulslaw road, w ill be remembered by every one who has made the trip to Mapleton as the most dangerous point on the trip. The rock, which is a mammoth one weighing thousands of tons, w ill be blown to pieces and a better and safer road cut out in the side o f the mountain. W heat— Club, 89c per bushel; forty fold, 98c; red Russian, 87c; bluestem, 93c; valley, 89c. Barley— Feed, 823.60 per ton; roll­ ed, 826@26; brewing, 826. Oats— No. 1 white, 826.60 per ton gray, 826 . Hay— Timothy, W illam ette valley, 814 per ton; W illam ette valley, ordi nary, $11; Eastern Oregon, 816.50; mixed, 818; clover, 89; alfalfa, 811; a lfa lfa meal, 820. Fruits— Cherries, 3@10c per pound; peaches, 66c@81 per box; prunes, 81-26 per crate; Bartlett pears, 81.50 @1.76 per box; plums, 40@60c per box; grapes, 81-26@1.50 per crate; apricots, 81; blackberries, 81-10@1.16. Potatoes — 90c @ 81 per hundred; Enlarge College Campus. sweet potatoes, 6c per pound. Salem— State Superintendent Acker­ Melons— Cantaloupes, 82.60@3 per man his returned from Corvallis, and crate; watermelons, 81-60 per 100 states that options have been secured loose; crated, % c per pound addition­ on land in the vicinity o f the Agricul­ a l; casabas, 82.60 per dozen. tural college that w ill add about 16 Vegetables— Turnips, 81.60 per sack; acres to the campus o f the Oregon A g ­ carrots, 81-75; beets, 81-50; beans, 6c ricultural college. I t is expected that per pound; cabbage, 2 @ 2 ^ c per at the meeting o f the board o f regents pound; corn, 25@30c per dozen; cu­ at Portland on August 13 orders will cumbers, 81 per box; eggplant, 10c be given to buy the land on which op­ per pound; lettuce, head, 16c per tion» have been secured. dozen; parsley, 16c per dozen; peas, 6c per pound; peppers, 8@10c per Big Demand fo r Harney Ranches. pound; radishes, 12>»c per dozen; Drewsey— W illiam Dunlap o f this spinach, 2c per pound ; tomatoes, 50c place recently purchased the Howard @81 per crate; celery, 90c@81 per ranch, which is located about one half dozen; artichokes, 76c per dozen. mile west o f here. The ranch is a 100 Butter— Extras, 27>»c per pound; acre tract seeded down in alfalfa. The fancy, 26c; choice, 20c; store, 18c. consideration was 83,400. Mr. Dunlap Eggs— Oregon extras, 26c per doz­ sold his stock ranch st Juntura, Or., en; firsts, 23@24c; seconds, 21@22c; about two miles west o f Drewsey, to thirds, 16@20c; Eastern, 23@24c. Ed Stallard, o f Juntura. for 83,000. Poultry— Mixed chickens, 11@11 J