ASKS FOR RELIEF
BULGARIA SAYS POWERS AUST IN
TERVENE OR SHE WILL
'Turkish Government MclJ to Do Syste
matically Staying Christiana tin
counter Between Two Countries Were
Nccr More Probable Turkey Una
Mobilized Entire Army.
Sofia, Sept. 16. The Bulgarian gov
, renmont, through tta foreign represen
tatives, has addressed a noto to the
groat powers declaring that thu porto
is systematically devastating Maco
tlonla and massacrolng tho Christian
population. Further, it saya Turkey
has mobilized her whole army, which
cannot possibly bo for tho solo purpose
i of suppressing tho revolution. There
for tho Bulgarian government appeal
to tho humane sentiment of Ktirojx) to
prevent tho continuance of tho !iiasta
rres and devastation, and to stop tho
mobilisation ol the Turkish army.
Tho memorandum concludes with
tho plain statement that unless the
powers intervene Bnlagrla will bo
forced to take such measures as she
may deem necessary.
While it is possible that aTurko-Bul-garian
war may oven yet bo averted,
the probabilities of such an encounter
were never greater than at tho preiont
moment. Tho nolo to tho powers, the
most decided step yet taken by tho
principality, was dicta tod not only by
the alarming reports of wholesale mas
sacere and devastation dally arriving,
but oven more by the indifference of
the powers toward tin severity of
Turkey's repressive measures.
(People hero consider that the anxl
ety of the powers ueeins to be manifeit
ckI chiefly in repeated admonitions to
the porto to suppress tho revolution
with all speed and energy possible
Telegrams from Constantinople ap
pear in this evening's papers, ar-scrting
that the ambassadors have urged the
sultan's government to suppress the in
surrection without any considerations
of mercy, and not to hesitate to born
and destroy tho villages, or take any
other steps which might be deemed
necessary.
The Bulgarian ministry, In the face
of the strongest pressure Irotn within
and without, has endeavored to main
tain a strict neutrality, but it appears
very possible that tho government may
now depart from this position.
QALE COSTS FLORIDA MUCH.
Large Portion of Orange Crop Is Ruined j
Several Sblps Lost.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 10. The
wires south of Palm Beach and Tampa
are still down and will not be in opera
tion for a day or two. Further details
of the destruction wrought by the hur
ricane have been received by mail and
passengers on the incoming trains.
The steamer Inchulva, from Galves
ton, laden with lumber and cottonseod
meal, foi Hampton Roads, wont ashore
near Boy n ton. Thu ship struct: the
beach with great force and broke Into
three pieces. The captain, mates,
and 14 of the crew were raved. Nine
were drowned.
The schooner Martha Thomas, lum
ber laden, for Baltimore, was wrecked
nine miles south of Jupiter. Tho
schooner is split iu half, The crew was
eavod,
SMALL RISINQ IN CUBA.
Rural Ouard flatties With the Outlaws,
But Falls to Capture Them.
Santiago, de Cuba, Sept. 10. Re
ports of an armed body at Sovilly,
near Slboney, this morning canted
Governor Yoreoto to send a forco of
rural guards, who located the party,
which was of unknown strength, and
attempted to arrest the men. A fight
ensued, in which the commander of the
rural guard wan Injured, but no out
laws were captured. There was much
excitement in the city this afternoon
and wild report! of a revolution were
('Orient. Xearlv all of the rural innn!
in the province were assembled hero to
receive President Palma, and 200 men
were dispatched this evening to tho
scene of the trouble.
Crop Damage In Montana.
Bntte, Sept. 10. Reports today from
outlying farming districts give conflict
ing details as to tho damage done by
tho recent enow storm. Beaverhead
county appears to have suffered the.
roost, as hardly a third of the grain
crop had been harvested when tho
storm broke, and for 10 hours the
snow fell incessantly. The snow was
wet, clinging to the grain and crushing
it to tho ground. Estimates of damage
are placed as high as 76,000 in that
county. Many fruit trees were
stripped of their branches.
Ouard Kaiser Against Anarchlsla.
Vienna, Sept. 10, As a result of the
Italian government informing the au
thorities here that tnroo Italian anar
ch lets have gono to Hungary, extra
precautions ware taken to safeguard
Kmperor William, who is to arrive to
morrow at Karapanclsa, where ho will
go ataghuntlng with the Archduke
Frederick.,
NAMUS NUW TIMMS.
Kussta Adds to Conditions of IMcuatlon
of Hnnchurln.
1'okln, Sopt. 10. Kuesla linn pre
sented to tho Chinese government anew
scheme, for evacuation, originally Used
for October 8, ami proposed certain new
conditions in addition to most ol tint
conditions concluded in tho Inst
U'henie.
Itussla now proposes to evacuate Nlu
Chwang and Moukden province October
8, Klrin province four months later,
and tho third provlnco a year later.
Among tho now conditions Hunatn stip
ulates that she shall maintain military
postH on tho road from Tsltalhar, cap
ilal of Heiluugklang, to Blagovosk
chonsk and on tho Sungarl river. Tho
reason Kussta gives for maintaining
thcra posts Ih that they aro necessary
to protect tho commercoof the railroad.
There is a vaguely worded clause
prohibiting heavy duties on goods
transported by thu railway which the
dllotuatn construe as exempting Bus
slau goods transported on thu railway
from tho surtax which tho Jnpaneso
and American treaties substitute for
thellkln d-itles.
Thu schomo also contains a prevision
that Chinese troops shall protect the
branches of tho Kusso-Chlueso hank
when necossary.
I'rlnce China, president of the for
eign board, has informed the ministers
that ho considers tho Russian condit
ions to bo very reasonable.
CONVICTS MAKU COIN.
Added Scandal In Pennsylvania Peniten
tiary Investigation Oolof On.
Philadelphia. Sept. 10. following
closely upon tho exposure of gross Ir
regularities in the cigar department of
tho Eastern StaW Penitentiary came
the announcement tonight that illegal
coinage of minor silver pieces has been
carried on by convicts in tho big insti
tution. No details of the counterfeit
ing scheme can bo learned from any of
tho otUcials connocted wltii tho prison,
or from the government otllcers that
htvo been assigned to tho case. Thu
fact that such a daring scheme has been
carried out in the penitentiary was
made public by Georgo Vaux, Jr., one
of the prison inspectors, who sum
moned newspaper men to his home and
voluntarily made the disclosure. lie
gavo out a brief statement, which la as
follows;
"Dr. W. D. Robinson and Mr. Vaux,
Jr., who are at present tho visiting in
spectors on duty at the Eastern Hlato
Penitentiary, made tho statement that
It has comu to thulr official knowledge
that within a short time an attempt has
been made by certain cenvhts now con
fined in the penitentiary to manufac
ture counterfeit silver coins. But a
few pieces were made, and a number of
these have come into tho possession of
the inspectors, together witn the met
als and chemicals lifted, the attempt
thus being nipped in tho bud. Tne
evidence in the caso Is not yet com
plete, but all that has boen secured has
been submitted to the United States
authorities."
STIRS UP DYNAMITE.
Switch Engine at Uay City, Mich.,
Causes Terrific Uxploslon,
Bay City, Mich.. Sept. 10. Clarenco
D. Hopper and Roy Boutcher, switch
men of the Michigan Central railway,
wero instantly killed by an oxplosion
of dynamite in a car in tho yards at
West Bay City today. Robert Roblln,
enlgneer; William Noble, fireman,
and John Cradle, conductor, were in
jured, the latter so severely that he
may die. All of the trainmen wore
residents of this city.
The explosion occurred as a switch
englno was making up a train. Tiio
engine backed down upon several cars,
tho first containing 1,000 pounds of
dynamite, a consignment of Leo-Mot-ford
rifioi and a quantity of reduced
charged sheila for indoor practice, and
it is said that tho forco with which It
.truck the explosive-laden car exploded
the dynamite. Hopper's body was
badly mangled.
A big hole wan torn In the ground by
the explosion, a scorn of freight cars
demolished and nearly 300 houses in
the vicinity suffored broken windows.
The shock was felt three miles from
the scene.
Large Canadian Deal.
Montreal, Sept, 10, Among tho con
ditions upon which tho dominion Iron
& Steel company has agreed to surren
der tho lease of the Dominion Coal
company Is an agreement that the coal
company shall pay to the steel com
pany Z,036,000 and assume tho cur
rent liabilities for wages, supplies, etc.,
of tho coal department of tho steel com
pany's business, receiving tko current
cash Besots of the business. These
should net about f 1,600,000, The
coal company therefore pays about $1,
186,000 for the surrender of the lease.
Afraid to Work In Tunnel.
Pittsburg, Sept, 10. All but one of
tho missing men supposed to have been
burled under the dohrla of the cavo-ln
at the Green Tree tunnel of tho Wanash
railroad have been accounted for. Most
of tho Austrian laborer) havo refuted
to return to work, fearing another fall,
and their places have beon filled by
colored men.
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HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
IHVV IN JANUARY V
Attorney Ocnernl Asked to Render;
Opinion on New Tax Law,
Whether n levy of atnto uud county
taxes can bo nindo In January, lUO.I.
Ih n (lueatlou that has been presented
before Attornoy-Oenornl Crawford for
Ida opinion. Tho attorney-general In
out of tho city and wilt not tnkn tho
mutter up until his return.
Tho question nrlaoH out of tho fnct
that tho now law changing the tlmn of
levying taxes goes Into effect January
I, 1001, while the lovy of tnxea iinilnr
tho proaont system will not bo made
until Inter In that month, when tho
county rourta hold their rogulnr non
alotiM. Under the present nyntom tho
nmteanment Is mndo In ono year, tho
levy made the following Jnnimry nud
the tnxea collected In April.
Tho Innl limlslnttint In minniiin t
quite n general demand, changed tho
ume or payment rrom aprlng to the
preceding fall nud provided tlint tho
assessment should lie nimln nrlnr in
July 1. tho levy bo mndo In September
ninl tho tnton ho collected before De
cember 31. Since tho old law pro
vided that the levy should ho made In
January and the now law ilxlng the
tlmo In September will go Into effect
January 1. It la clear that when the
county courts meet next January thoy
will find tho law changed.
LIVESTOCK SMOW OOOtl.
Rrcedera Urine Better Herd to State
Fair Than tlvev Before.
A better lot of dairy cattle wero nev
er brought together In tho Northwest
than those that nrn now to bo ain
In tho livestock department of tho Ore
gon atnto fair For many yonra the
moot progressive and enterprising
breodera nnd dairymen havo been
striving for something bettor than
what they already had, nnd each
achievement has but spurred them on
to another effort.
Tho fnrmor generally waa not appre
ciative of the endeavor of tho breed
era until In tho last few years when
dairying became a promising occupa
tion, nnd farmers found that they
must rnlso loss wheot and moro stock
In order to maintain tho productive
qualities of their land. Now every
ono places n proper estlmato on tho
tnluo of tho livestock breeders'-sorv-Icen
to tho country na a whole, and
gornt Interest centera In tho relative
merits of tho different cnttlo. Individ
uals and hurdi shown at tho fair.
Coming Events.
M. A. A C. carnival, Portland, Sep
tembcr 14-26.
Mutnomah fair association races. Ir
lnitton track. September 21-20.
Teachers Institutes Oregon City.
September 1B-17; Klamath Falls, Sep
tember 2810; Lnkovlow, October 1-3?
Hlllsboro, Ortober 38-30.
Harney county fair, Hums, Septem
ber 14-20.
Slock exhibit nt raco meet, Portland.
September 21-26.
Fair, Toledo. September 22-24.
Rocond Ksstnrn Oregon district fair.
Tho Dalles. September 22-26.
Carnival, Tho Hallos, September 20
Octobnr 3.
Raco meet. Sumptor, October l-f.
Klamnth county fair, Klamath Fulls.
Oetobor C-9.
Onrnlvnl Poadlcon. October C-10.
Stnto Baptist association, Oregon
Cltv, October 10-23.
Crook county Jockoy club moot,
Prlnovllle. Ortober 27-29.
Scotch reunion, Fosll, Oetobor 27.
Lotting In Lane Countr.
An Idea of tho amount of logging
done In I -a no county may he gained
from tho fart that tho Booth-Kelly
lumber company alone has 0,000,000
feet of logs olthor In their booms at
tho mills or ready to bo floated down
the river Thoy have 4 000.000 feet
of Iokh at flu-ir Cnhurg mill and 10,000,
000 feet moro flotlng down tho Mr-
Kenxle They hnvo a drlvo of G.000.
000 feet more corning down tho Wil
lamette to the Snrlngflold mill nnd 18.-
000.000 feet moro bnnkod ready for n
drive. The logs nt tho Wondling and
Snglnnw mills swell tho total to 40,-
000,000 feet
Antlous for Free Lock.
The Indepondonco Improvement
longuo has neon asked by outside val
ley townn to help In securing fron locks
at Oregon City. Tho people thoro nro
vnry enthusiastic In their mipport of
this matter It Ih stated tlint n con
siderable reduction In fmlglit rntea
would ho tho result If thin rtmld bo
Horiired as thoro Ih n toll chnrged on
every boat tlint nansoB through tho
locka nt Oregon City.
Shortage of Men for Harvest.
Thoro la any quantity of grain yot
iinthreslird nnd In tho field n around
Indopondenro, And thoro Ih nn exten
sive Hhortugo of men to handle, tho
throshlng outfit. A number of tho
threshorH hnvo be-n compelled to
cIobo down. Soma will not ha ablo to
get n threshing crow Into tholr grain
lnsldo of two weokfl.
Looking for a Creamery Site,
Pni-tln Mniou nt Wnlnrtrt. Lincoln
county, ono of tho firm of Dlvon &
Seoloy, creamery men, ha boon In Jose
phlno county Intoly' looking up n loca
tion for n cronmory, nnd linn boon In
torlvowlng tho farmorn around Granta
Pnnn ntiil nt ilin Annlppntn vnllov In
regard to tho feasibility of tho enter
prise.
FOUR CROPS OF ALFALFA.
Demonstration of Success of That Crop
on Heavy Clay Soils.
Ono or tho entirely now nnd vnlunlilo
luhlhltH nindo by the Oregon agri
cultural experiment Motion at tho
statu fair, In n collection of Hpeelinena
of nlfnlfn, allowing tho mirronnlvo
cropa taken from a field In n nlnglo
season. Tho ntntlnn has been experi
menting with nlfnlfn for several yeara
for tho purpose of demonstrating whnt
can bo dono on henry elay noils with
out Irrigation, Tho collega peoplo do
not conduct their mporlmontn under
uniiniinlly fnvornhlo conditions, but
how their Heeds on Just audi noil na tho
nverngo Willamette valley farmer la
using.
Thu nlfnlfa exhibited waa taken
from the fluid nt four huccohhIvo cut
tlngn In ono yenr Tho first erop wan
cut on May 32, nnd yielded In green
forngo 1 1 22 tons per nere. Tho nee
oml crop wns cut on Juno 22 nnd yield
ed In greon forngu 2 70 tons per nere
Tho third rrop wan cut on July 28, and
yielded 2.80 tons per noro. Tho fourth
crop wan rut on September .1 and
yielded 1.47 tons per acre.
CHALL11NOI1 HOP YlilLt).
Lane County Yard Turns Out Nearly
J, 000 Pounds Per Acre.
Tho best record for hopyarda that
has bren reported this season, or In
fact for several yeara, cornea from tho
yard of George A. Dorrls, near
Springfield, which In regnrded aa ono
of tho boat yards In the county Mr
Dorrls ban 10 or 12 nere. nnd from tho
flrHl five acres picked nnd bated ho
had 14.000 pounds of hop. or n yield
or 2800 pounds per nere The yard
foreman aaya that Instead of this re
port coming from tho choice mrts of
thn yard that the whole ynrd will not
fall below that average, and single
neren could bo plekeil that would yield
3000 pounds. I
H'g Chunks of Oold.
There wan n display of gold nuggelr
nt tho Mcdford bank a few dnyn ngo
which woro taken out of tho relebrnt
ed Sterling mine owned by If. K An
knny, nbout 16 miles south of Mcdford
Tho vnluo of tho nuggets In between
$3600 nnd 14000. They wero nil good
sired pieces nnd wero nil picked up
by hand during thn clenu up process.
Tho Inrgeset nugget weighed nearly
$140, Thla representa but n very arnall
pnrt of tho Nflnson'n clean up of thin
mine. The bulk of gold from thin
mine la mndo Into bricks, which weigh
nearly $3000 each, of which several
havo been sent to tho mint.
Fortunes From Caacara.
Nearly $60,000 In rash In thn
amount realized from ennenra bark
purchased and shipped from Ilenton
county thin season. Careful compila
tion and rnnservntlvn nntlmntnn plnco
the exact flguresat $f0.(00. The pro
duct In represented In 27 11-ton earn
of bark, olthor shipped or to he ship
ped thin noaxnn. Thn nggregnto
weight of the bark wan f.04.000 pounds
Though much of It wont nt 14 cents
and better, no much left thn peelers
hnndn nt 4. 6 and 6 rents earlier In thn
Moved to hnvo fallen nt about 10
season that tho avorago price In lie
cents. !
PftRTLANB MARKETS.
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Wheat Walla Walla, 78070c; "blue-1
stem, O0S2c; valley, 10c,
Floor Valley, $3.003,86 par bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.80j4.00;
hard wheat, patents, $4,10fl6.00
graham, $3,310)3.76; wholu wheat,
$3.t5B4.00: rye wheat, $4.60.
Barley Feed, $10.0020.00per ton;
brewing, $21; rolled, $21021.60.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10; gray,
fl.06fl1.10r cental.
Millitnffs Bran, $21 per ton; mid
dlings, $26; shorts, $21; chop, 118;
linseed dairy food, $10.
Hay r-Timothy, $14,00 per ton;
clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat,
nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2fi27Kc
per pound; dairy, 18920c; store, 16
Qlflo.
Cheese Full rream, twins, 14c;
Young America, 16c; factory prices,
l(3tlKa Iobb.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12(9
12Ko per pound; spring, HHc;
lions, 1231 Jo; broilers, $2,00 per
down; turkeys, live, 10ffll2o per
pound ;dressed,1416e; ducks, $4(34,60
perdotsn; geese, $60)0.60,
Eggs Oregon ranch, 25c.
Potatoes Oregon, 76086a per sack;
sweet potatoes, 2c per pound.
Wheat Backs In lots of 100, 6Kc
Beef Gross steers, $3,7604,26;
dressed, 607c per pound.
Veal 8o per pound.
Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, 69
6iio; lambe, gross, $3,60; dressed, He.
nogs Gross, $6.60(36.76; dresnod,
8c.
Hops 1002 crop, 21o per pound.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 4Q6c;
No. 2 and grease, 2)8o.
Wool Valley, 17018c; Eastern
Oregon, 12Q16o; raobalr, 36(837c.
SUBMITS NUW CANAL BILL.
Colombian Committee Considers the
Transfer of Panama to America.
Washington, Sept. 16. Tho state
department him received a cablegram
Iron' Minister Beaupre, tinted Septum
lair 6, niiuiiu'nrUIng thu provisions of
tho bill rocrtud to thu Colombian con
reM by tliu committee recently apt
pointed to study the conditions upon
which tho construction ol thu Panama
canal could bo authorised, Tho main
provisions recommended by tho com
mittee were:
Flint Apprcval of tho action of tho
sonaln In rejecting tho llay-llerran
treaty.
Second Authority to bn given to the
plosldnut to conclude treaties for a
raual or to contract for a canal with
prlvato parties subjeut to tho lights of
tho com pan Ion.
Third Tho Panama railway com
pany to bo Hrmlltod to transfer Ite
property, all existing oblluatloun to bo
assumed by thu purchaser, Including
the annual payment of $260,000, and
the surrender of tho property to Colom
bia In 11)117.
Fourth Thu canal company to bo
permitted to transfer Itn rights and
property on payment of $10,000,000 In
thn government of Colombia.
Fifth The authority to Imi given to
tho president of Colombia to make tho
following eonrorslons and conditions:
Lease of tho canal sonn for 100 yrars,
not Including tneroln the cities of Pan
ama and Co'on; annual rentals therefor
until 1067 to Imi $160,000; lease renew
able every hundred years, with Increasu
ol 26 per cent In the rental for each
succeeding 100 years' erlod. Neutral
ity of tho canal and recognition of Co
lombian sovereignly over I'm wliolw
territory and tho Inhabitants thereof.
Mixed tribunals only In the canal
rone; o!!co and sanitary cniuinl'slonn
to lm ecxluslvely Colombian; a time
limit to be fixed for thn completion of
the canal nnd works.
Sixth Colombia to receive from thn
contracting governments $20, 000,001V
on the exchange of latlllratloua ol the
treaty.
CALL I'OW CONOKILf.
Roosevelt Abandons Idea of October Session-November
V Will Be Date,
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 16. AlUr
mature consideration, and tonsultatlon
In person and by mall with memlwre of
both thn senate and the houso of rep
resentatives, President Itoomivelt has
abandoned thn suggestion that congress
bo called In extra tension In October.
Tho extraoidlnnry a-silon, which ho
announced many months ago would Im
held thin fall will Imj called, according
to present plans, to meet on November
0.
Notwithstanding tho fnct that tho
suggestion of an October Mission of con
gress came from artlos who advocated
lis adoption, tho suggestion was not re
ceived with favor by memliera of con
gress generally. The Idea cf an Octo
ber seislon wan npol Ixh-siiso It
would oblige senators nnd representa
tives to leave tholr states and districts
in tho midst of a campaign which, to
many of them and to their party, wan
of vital linortancu, No agreement has
jet Immiii reached as to the character of
tho financial legislation which will ho
enacted at tho next susslou. It Is not
certain that an agreement ran bo
reached between the two branches of
congress whereby any special legislation
(an bo enacted.
Tllll LAST STHAW.
Turks Slay Thousands of Bulgarians and
There Is Now No llscape From War, ,
Sotla, Sept. 16. With tho arrival of
now and Minsatlonnl roportn of tho
wholesale massacre of Christians In
Macedonia, tho situation hero in hourly
becoming moro nlarnilng. If tho latest
mrages, which ntato that 0,000 Bui
garlann havo been slaughtered In the
dlttrlctn of Okhrlda and 1-eren should
bo confirmed, no doubt exists that the
govornmont will lie farced to aider the
mobilization of tho army.
According to Information brought to
tho revolutionary paper Autonomyu, a
forco of Albanians, assisted by Turkish
regular forces acting under ordura di
rect from tho Yildix Kiosk, massacred
tho on tiro Ilulsgrlan Christian poupln
tlon of tho Okhrlda and 1-omi dis
tricts, The National Anthem,
Washington, Sept. 16, The navy
department has issued mi order (lectur
ing tho "Star Spangled Banuui" tho
national uiithom, nnd directing that
whemnor tho composition Is played all
olllcorH nnd moq nhall stand at atten
tion, unless thoy nro engaged In duty
that will not permit thoni'to do so. It
Is also required that thu same ro
spoct shall be observed toward the
national air of any other country
whoa played in tho prusenco ol
official representatives of such coun
try. Soldier Dead From Philippines,
Now York, Bopt. 16. Tho United
Statun transport Kilpatrlck, from Ma
nila, arrived todny, On tho transport
aro the bodies of 300 United States,
soldiers who lost tholr lives in tho
Philippine Islands. This la tho largest
number of bodies over returned ut one
time from tho Islands.
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