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V-MJtyLMs cCaLA. luZt.J THE BEND BULLETIN. VOL. I. JJKNTJ, OKEGON, FBIDAY, SJSPTIflMIJKU 4, 1903. NO. 25. EVENTS OF THE DAY OATIinRF.D FROM ALL PARTS OP TUB TWO HEMISPHERES. 'Comprehensive Review of the Import nt llappcnlnga of tho Past Week, Presented In Condensed Porm, Moat Likely to Prove Intercatlnt; to Our Many Reader. Tim ortiptlon of Mount Vesuvius li slowly subsiding. Bonator Gorman's son had boon elect oil a moiiibor o( tho Maryland statu son to. Tho Amorlrnn Dsr association pro poses n plan of taxing trust to death ni tho way of ending thn iivll. Tho Troadwoll, a big Alnska mliiOj In rI(I to I:o hoodoooJ and It In almost iniitosslblo to grt minors to work. A section of Ilarmim A IJalloy'a clr cue train watt wreckod In Pennsylvania. A number of persons woro Injured. A flro which bruVo out on a car in a Purl tunned catioml a panic. Ono woman wan killed and a number sorl ously hurt. Tho Northern Pacific bos rcturnod 11,000 lo tho Portland Kike, which wan to Imvti paid for tho excursion train to Olympla. Kx-I.loutnnant Oonoral Mile' Iftit report declares for reduction of cavalry forc-o and cubitltatlon of automoblloa And motor cycle. Governor Talt la to succeed Becrctair of War Hoot In January. The boll woevll la doing groat dam age to the Teiaa cotton crop. Itusslan ajrgrcMlon In Cores la atlrr lng tho Japanoee to tho point of war. Hlch gold flolila havo been discov ered In Mexico which goes $50,000 to the tou. Japan baa "concluded arrangement for n loan of (100,000,000 lor mlliUry purposes. Vice Governor Luko K. Wright will Niicoeod Talt aa governor genoral of tho Piilllpplnea. Pittsburg la experiencing Intonau heat. Man)' proatratlona and Hveral death aro reported. Colombia haa jloldixl to tho wlahoa of tho pooplo and will try to rovlvo the Parian; canal treaty. Macedonian robela havo sacked Kreualievo and committed terriblo out ragej on tho Innabltanta. Tho Interior department haa made an additional temporary withdrawal In the Hurna, Oregon, land district under the reclamation act. Major Bcrlven, acting chlof algnal ofllcor of tho army, haa been Informix that telegraphic communication ia now established In all parte of Alaaka ov erod by to algnal corpa llnaa. Damp woathor la caualng groat un eaalnoaa among nop growera. Thirty people woro Injured In a train wreck near llloomlngton, III. Colonel O. 11. fimltli, known In hla writings aa "Hill Arp," la doad. II. II. Kohlsaat douloa that ho la to ntor tho cabinet na M)atmaatergonoral. An attompt to tie up Chicago restau rants fallal, not over 10 por cent of tho employes coming out. Lou Ollllon hna loworod tho world's rocosd by trotting a mil i in two inln utua Hat at Ilt'iulvtlle, Mas. Tho Hhatnrock has boon remeasured, but enough ballast has boon removed to koop tho tlmo nllowunco tho same. A dlachntgod circus employe in Mas oacliUHotta oponod tho door of tho mon key cugos And liberated -10 of tho onl mala. Proaldont Francis, of tho 1004 fair, In charted with using that patronage to gain Domocratlo support in tho pres idential raue. fiocrotary Hitchcock has added town elilp !17 north, rango 85 onst, to tho Okanogan wlthilrawa- In Eastern Wash ington, whoro lauds aro being exam I nod to dotormlno tho dohlrabllity of putting In a government irrigation ays torn. Lord Hallebur), ex-promlor of Eng land, is doad. Night llromou woro seriously burned at a Chicago flro. A cloudburst at Donvsr did consjdor able darnago to property. CONSUL IS SLAIN. American Official In Syria Struck Down Turkey to buffer. Washington, Aug. 20, Tho stato de partment today received a telegram from Mlnlstor Lolshman At Constanti nople Announcing that William O. Magolssen, United Htatoa vice conaul at Jktlrut, Hyrla, was asasalnatod Hunday tvbllo riding in a carrlngoj also that tho porto has bcon called ujwii to mako nnmnda for the crime. Prompt and vigorous action, as well, is bolng taken by tho proaldont and officials hero to no cure tho punishment of tho persons Im plicated In tho assassination. Minister Lolshman, nt Constantino plo, has been instructed by tho stain department to domain! a thorough In vestigation of tho affair, and tho pun ishment of thoso involved In tho crime, and the Kuropoan squadron, conalstlng of threo warships, haa been ordered to proceed Immediately to Ilolrut to sup port the demands of tho United Htotes minister, should this bo found nocos aary. This (attar moasuro will bo deter mined upon as a remit of conferences which havo been hola over thn tele graph and tolophouo wires between the official hero during tho day and oven Ing with the president At Oyater Hat. Tho lattor felt that no tlmo should bo lost In dispatching Admiral Cotton's squadron to Turkish walora, and ho gave Instructions to Acting bocrotary Darling that Irnmodlato ordera be given Admiral Cotton to proceed at once. Tho prealdent'a determination to lose no tlmo In getting tho squadron to Ilelrut wos also due, In part, to Infor mation received by Acting Bocrotary Loom la, o( tho atatn department, to night from tho prcaldent of tho Ameri can board of mlsalons at Boston, Indi cating that an attompt haa been mado to burn the Euphrates college building at Harpoot. Tiiis dispatch said: "Information Just received that an attempt has boon mado to burn tho Euphrates college buildings, Condi tions Increasingly alarming. Groat anxiety felt for tho safoty of American citizens." Acting Hecretary Loomis tonight cabjod to Mlnlstor Irishman at Con stantlnoplo to mako Irnmodlato re mands on tho porta to take adequate measures for tho protection of all Americana at Beirut and to provent any attack on tho collogo bulldlnga. STORM HITS IOWA CLOUDBURSTS CAUSE $300,000 LOSS AT COUNCIL BLUFFS. (V(C((2(G((() I DO YOUR TRADING IN BEND I I VALLOY NOW A LAKO. lowi Storms Paralyze Railway Traffic Rivera Rite Very Suddenly. Council niuflfl. Ia., Aug. SO. Tho Missouri river valley from Missouri Valley, 20 miles north, to Pacific Junc tion, 16 miles south of hero, Is almost a lako for tho ontlro dlatanco, and of tho flvo trunk linos running oast fiom hero, only ono, the Illinois Central, la able to get a train in or out of tho city. Two persons lost their livos whllo at tempting to roscua a number of poisons from the fair grounds, which woro sud denly flooded. Threo others aro missing and aro lo lloved to havo lost thoir lives on tho flooded fair grounds. Tho flood wai caused by a sudden rlso In tho Nod away river1 early today, which sub morgod tho grounds boforo those hav Ing charge of tho exhibits know of thoir danger, part of them bolng asleep, Tho wator roaohod a depth of 21 foot on tho arounds, and washed away a number of buildings. Thn railroads aro tho heaviest suffer era from the flood. Tho Burlington oast and south has half a doxen bnd washouts, and thoir track is under water at n number of otlior points. Their brldgo at Malvern was washed en tirely out, and traffic la badly blocked, Tho Wnbash road, which runs south, hns sovoral washouts, Tho Northwestorn tracks botweon this city and MUsourl Valley nro nonr ly nil under water, and no. trains havo boon run over thorn tndny, Tho Rock Island railroad hns boon unablo to get trains further vrost that Atlnntlo, and tho Mihvaukeo Is blockadod at Noola. Many FamllUa are Rescued From Tbclr Homes With Difficulty, and Stocks In Stores are Damaged Tboutanda of Dollars Six Inches of Water Pel! in Twenty-Pour Hours. Council Bluffs, la., Aug. 28. Two cloudbursts, ono at 0:30 this afternoon and tho other at 0:30 tonight, have de stroyed hundreds of thousanda of doll ars' worth of property 1n this city. I The storm at 6:30 turned tho streets of ' tho city Into torrents, and hundreds of ' families in tno lower districts of tho! city woro removed from their homos I with dlnlculty. Many business bourns I woro flooded by tho first atorm, and tho damago to etocka will amount to thous- amis. , The storm at 0:30 raised tho water higher than tho ono earl lor In tho ovon-' ing, and many stocks that wore not touchod by tho first flood havo boon I badly damaged, eo that the loss In this city alone is now estimated at nait a million dollars. The rainfall hero for the 24 hours ending at midnight will amount to slxj Inches. Onawa reported 4.57 Inches at noon, with all streams out of their banks and rain still falling. Tho Northwestern railroad la not running a train in or out of tho city, and reports washouts between Ida Grovo and Itattlo Crook, la., and be tween Maploton and Castana, la. The Hock Island and Milwaukee aro botn tied up and not running trains In or out of this city. Doth roads havo bad washouts a short distance east of this city. SAVE TIME SAVE MONEY Prices Same as Prineville ft FORUSTS MUSTBO SAVED. Secretary Wtteea MaktiStreng Address at Qrcat Convention. Minneapolis, Aug. 28. At this morning's seson,of the American For estry association, Secretary Wilson spoke briefly to the association. To night ho addressed a hlshly Interested Audlcnco. Ho said: "Tho figures rotating to tho lumber Industries of this country are astound Ing. We use 36.000,000,000 feel of lumber ovcry year for building, .1,000 000,000 feet of timber, 27,000,000 rail road ties, 3.000,000 fonco posts and 1, 000 000 tole-graph poles. "Our lumber Interests are worth (60,000,000 a year; the wood that farmers cut on thoir wood lots is rati mated as bolng worth 1 109,000,000 and tho wood pulp used in manufacturng paper ia worth 110,000,000. "I am sorry to say it, but it is a fact that unless something Is dono right away, thore will no very fow tracts of timber Jolt in tho country within 15 years. It may 1m a iittlo longer, but not much." MONEY SYSTEM FOR CHINA. Bend Mercantile Company ittGorpormimd A. H. GRANT, Manager Carries a Complete Stock of General Merchandise suited to the needs of the Deschutes Valley Sll- tho Itantstieil Prince Again at Pekln, Bhanghnl, Aim. 20. Ohlnosn reports from Pepin assort that tho banlshod Prlnro Tunn Is thorn incognito, nnd that ha has had sovoral secret Inter views with tho dowagor omprosa while tho omporor was asloop. France and Russia Would Degln on vcr llasla and Work Up to Qold. Paris, Aug. 28. Tho roport of French commission appointed to con for with tho Unltod States Monetary Kxchango Uommleslonera has been do llvered to Ambassador Porter. It can tains a note from Foreign Mlnlstor Dolcasso saying Franco is not prepared to oxpross binding conclusions until sho has conEulted with tho powers. Tho report endorses tho principle of a gold standard for China and other Hllvorusing countries, but it points out that tho plan Is posiiblo only undor Judicious control of tho colnago by tho government and tho creation of an ade quate gold resorvo. It favors a coinage ratio for tho Orient fixing tho faco valuo of silver slightly above Its bullion value, similar to tho American system in the. Philippines. Semi-official advices from Russia in dicate that tho commission nppolntod by Finamo Minister Wltto has adoptod a Blmllar conclusion. Tho French and Russians consider it protorable to estab lish n uniform eystom In China by be ginning un a silver basis and nftoiward raising It to n fixed gold valuo, than to begin on a gold standard immodlatoly. Powder Works Wrecked. Carthago, Mo., Aug. 28. An oxplos !cn at tho works of tho Indopondent Powder company, situated four miles southwoBt of Carthage, on Center crook. early today, wrecked tho mixing room, killing threo persona and Inlurlne throe othors, one fatally. vK H Ot iM Groceries, Provisions. Dry Goods, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Stoves, Tinware, Saddlery, Harness J-jt-jtjjjf-j-jfij'jjt GENERAL OUTFITING SUPPLIES, ETC. AGENTS FOR RUBBEROID ROOFING Cheaper Than Shingles All Branches of the Trade Handled in a Business Manner and with due re gard to the interests of our Cnstomers Bend Mercantile Company fa Wmll Strsmt, Bmntf, Ormgwt. (959(3(3)p(9(9(5f9(99 ) GB8B3a3E8gEGE&n'B8B&EB8BBa9m Shaniko Warehouse Co. SUANIKO, OREGON. Fireproof Building: 90x600 Foot, Fully Equipped for Storing: and Forwarding Merchandise, Wool. Pelts, Grain, Etc. DEALERS IN Lumber, Wood, Coal, Plour, Hjay arid Grain Special Attention Olven to Wool. First CIos.1 Baling and Oradlng Facilities. ill Modern Improvements for Handling- Stock Latest Patern of Stockyards. PROPRIETORS FRENCH & CO., BANKERS, Tho Dalles. MOORE DROS. LORD, The Dalles. D. F. LAUQtlLIN, The Dalles. V. SH2e2S2:nSSSSS.e0 CLAIMS ESTIMATED AMD SOLO ESTIMATING A SPEBIALTT KING, HUNTER & MARSH Timber Grulsors and Land Locators DEND OREGON SANPORD'S CASH STORE OAKUIKS A IIIO UNK OP deneral Merchandise, Groceries, Clothing, Furnishing: Ooods Call on Him Prices Right. SUANIKO OREQON 3 ! i i n i! R a