li
MOB HOLDS CITY
DISCHARGED SOO WORKMEN RESORT
TO SERIOUS RIOTING.
Men Were Promlaed Wages Hut Were
Not Paid Everything Movcnbla In
Office of Mining Company It Des
troyed and the Street Can are
Charged Upon and Tied Up.
Bault Sto. Mario, Mich., Sept. 30.
Tho Canadian Boo ban boon the acono
of serious rioting by tho discharged em
ployes of tho Consolidated Lako Bupor
lor Company all day and tonight tho
situation la very grave.
Trouble camo when the company put
tho men oil tho preintsos when thoy de
manded their promised pay. Tho labor-
era broke awav from all restraint tho
largo force of special police could exert
and amaihod ovory window In tho mag
nlficont building of Uie compAny In the
Canadian Boo, charged puon the street
cars and demanded that the conductors
and motormon Join them, and were
only prevented from doing furthor dam
ago by a ciever rate of ono of tho com
pany'a officials, who turned in a fire
alarm to divert attention.
In tho assault upon tho office build
ing by tho mob early this afternoon,
beforo tho arrival on the ground of
troops, the frcniied rlotera secured pos
session of the ground lloor of tho build
ing, destroying everything movable
that came In tholr path. A crowd of
tho office staff, with drawn revolvers,
prevented their gaining access to the
upper floors cf the building.
The arrival of troops on the ground
armod with ball cartridea about 2
o'clock this afternoon served to reatoro
come semblance of order. Tho rlotera
then contented themselves with throw
ing atones at tho building and hurling
Invectives at tho ooldiors, who estab
lished a "dead lino" and prevented
any approach towaid tho building by
any of the rlotera.
The greatest number of the men are
ignorant Italians, Finns, Norwegians
and Frenchmen, the latter perhaps tho
hardest of all to handle. All havo
been drinking heavily.
DYNAMITERS WANT MONEY.
Demand $50,000 From Northern Pacific
lor Immunity From Outrages.
Helena, Mont., Sept. 30. It haa de
veloped that the rceent attempts to dy
namite brldgea and track on the line cf
the Northern Pacific between Livings
ton and Missoula are In furtherance of
a plot to forco the railway company to
pay 150,000 for immunity from the
outrages.
In August the company received a
letter demanding 126,000 and it waa
threatened if the terms proposed were
not agreed to dynamite would be used
on the line. No attention was paid to
the demand, and shortly after, the rail
road bridge at Livingston waa partially
wrecked by dynamite, and a few nights
later another stick of dynamite waa ex
ploded near Bozoman under a passing
train.
Other letters followed, and tho dyna
miters proposed that the company pay
150,000 and if it acceeded to the de
mand it was to carry a whlU flag on
engines hauling trains and September
22 waa to run a light engino from Butto
to Missoula, and at a point on the road
waa to atop on signal, and ait agent of
tho company waa to pay over the
money.
The company, hoping to catch the
mon, put out the white flags and on the
night agreed upon ran the light engine.
Behind it followed another engine pull
ing two cars. Ono was filled with
armed sheriffs and deputies and the
other contained horses and blood
hounds. The run was made from Butte
to Missoula, but there was no signal,
and it was thought the men had been
scarod off.
Boon after, the Iettors began to ar
rive again, the dynamiters making the
same demand and telling the railroad
If it agreed to the terms to put tho flag
on the enginea. This the railroad
company has not done and in the past
two woelcB there have oeen four at
tempts to damage the line by the use
of dynamite.
Firebug at 1904 Fair.
St. Louis, Sept. 30. It l Oolleved
that an attempt was ma do late last
night to burn the agricultural building
at the world's fair, one of the largest
exhibit structures now in tho course cf
eroctton there. About 10 o'clock one
of the Jofferson guards observed a man
acting auspiciously about tho building,
lie attempted to arrest the man, who
escaped, although eeveral shots were
fired at him, Guards thoroughly in
spected the building and near ono of
the walls found straw and kindling
material with oil.
Cholera Killing Thousands.
Tien Tain, Bopt. 30, Both the
plaguo and cholera are raging at Pel
Tang, a seaport 60 miles east of Tien
Tein, where 2000 deaths have occurred
during tho past two months. The
towns of Nouher Toku and Tien Tsin
tore not yet offoctod.
QRBAT TRIUMPH FOR AMERICA.
Wilson Tells ot the Stamping Out of
Foot and ftouth Disease.
Washington, Oct. 1. Secretary Wil
son said todny that tho tocolpt through
tho stato department, of an olllclal no
tlcu thnt Qrvnt Britain hnd romoved Its
embargo on cattlo nnd sheep from tho
Now Knglaud ports was thu conclusion
of tho groat work In which tho depart
uiout hnd bwn engaged since Neptouilwr
1 for tho eradication ot foot nnd mouth
disease from tho Now Kngland states.
Tho secretary regards this aa tho moat
important and valuable ploco ot work
tho department has done for Amorlcan
agriculture
"No country," ho said, "bofnro has
succeeded in stamping out such nn ox
tonslvo outbreak of this disease. Tho
inspectors nnd their assistants wore
obliged to work in tho opon country
with tho thermometer far below aero.
Bomo ot the men had their oxtromltloa
frozen and wore disabled. It la diffi
cult, oven at this time, to understand
how tho pita woro dug In tho froion
ground tor burying tho carcasses, and
how tho disinfectants woro applied with
everything of a liquid nature fioto in
a short tlmo alter it waa exposed to
the atmoephoro. But tho work was to
thorough that not In n single enso
whero tho disinfection was conducted
by the dopartmont'a representatives
uld tho diseaso reoo ur when fresh cat
tie woro introduced."
YUKON ROAD CUIUS MALT.
Impossible to Oct All Freight Thrvagh
Now In Sight.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 1. So con
vinced are officials of tho White Pass
ft Yukon route that they cannot land
in Dawson all the freight which la now
at White Horto and on tho wny thero
from Vancouver and Puget sound porta
that thoy today notified connecting
lineaof tho seriousness ol tho situation.
Telegraphic advises to tho representa
tives of connecting lines wcro today
sent out and they were In effect that nn
more nerishablo freight billed boyond
White llorso would be received.
Notification was also mado that ner
ishablo or any other kind of freight
which had not been billed to Dawson
prior to September 1 wonld be held In
the warehonso at White Horse only at
the risk of the shipper. Connecting 1
lines wero notified that aaregarda ship
ments now on the way to tho coast from
tho East and dostlned for the Yukon,
shippers had better be notified aa to the
conditions existing and Informed that
their goods would bo probably held up
this winter at White Horso.
SAD PLIQMT OP INDIANS.
Strong Drink, la Causing the Impover
ishment of the Payallups.
Washington, Oct. 1. The first re
port of Henry F. Llston on tho Puyal
lup consolidated Indian agency near
Tacoma, Wash., seems to Indicate a
deplorable condition. The granting to
tho Indiana of full power to sell tholr
lands and chattels has worked great
evil. The Indians, it is said, will soil
their birthright for the price of a fow
drinks, and evon the boys and the girls
are alleged to be acquiring the drink
habit. Drunkenness, according to Lis
ton'e reports, prevails to a shocking de
gree. Llston urges congress to tako away
frotr the Indians tho right to sell prop
erty, tho proceeds of which ufo now
being ntod to purchase alcoholic stimu
lants of the most vile tort. Borne
means should be devised, Mr. Llston
suggests, to prevent the utter impover
ishmnet and destruction of tho Puyal
lupa through' strong drink.
CATTLn MAY CROSS PARK.
Crater Lake Route to Range, However,
Will bs Closed Thla Year.
Washington, Oct. 1, The superin
tendent of the Crater lake park at Kla
math Falls, waa today advised to per
mit AI Molhaao, of Fort Klamath, to
drive 2,000 sheep over tho public park
to the Fort Klamath winter feeding
ground not later than October 14. In
the same letter, tho superintendent was
again advised to warn cattlomon in
that section that audi permits will not
bo iaanod during tho noason of 1004.
The interior departmont is emphatic in
stating that other means wll havo to
be devised in future for driving cattlo
to and from the several ranges than
across thla section of the roserved pub
lic domain.
Navy lasuea Ultimatum to Shipyard.
Washington, Oct. 1. Tho navy de
partment haa abumltted to thoGroecont
shipbuilding company, of Klizabeth
port, N. J., tho condltiona on which
the orders cancelling tho contracts for
tho cruiser Chattanooga and tho torpedo
boats O'Brien and Nicholson will bo
rovoked. Those conditions are of a
confidential character, but involvo tho
resumption of work on these vessels
almost Immediately and Its progross
without interruption. Tho representa
tives of tho company have asked ten
days to consider the conditions.
Reported Find of Tin Ore.
Butte, Mont.. Oct. 1. A 100-foot
lodgo ot tin co is reported to have
boon discovered near Lost river in the
Capo Vork district, north of Capo
Noma. Daiaila of tha dlscnvflrv nlilrli
may provo the greatest known an-
wnoro are not given. i
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
VALUES AKU HIUtlUR.
Taxable
Property ol Stat la
Worth
About $173,000,000.
From what rnu bo learned In unoffi
cial advices from different counties ot
tho state, it poems probnblo that the
total value of tho taxable property of
tho stnto as shown by tho aasesaaiout
recently completed will bo In tho
neighborhood of (170,000,000. Thla
will bo In round numbers $25,000,000
greater than last year.
From almost ovory county comes tho
report thnt vnluntlona aio loliig ad
vanced nnd that now proerly la being
added to tho assessment rolls, so that
tho total increase for tho entire stato
will bo largo.
Tho highest assessment over mndo In
Oregon was that of 1803, when tho total
valuation was over (1(18,000,000. Tho
valuation had grown to that sum by
steady advance from (84,000,000 In
1887. From 1803 onward tho counties
began to vlo with each other In reduc
ing asseasmenta In order to escape n
portion of tho burden of stato taxes.
The stato tnxotweiu apportioned among
tho counties in proportion to tho as
tossed valuation and ns each county
controlled its own assessment It could
gain something by reduction. In 1000
this process of reduction had brought
the total assessed valuation down tu
(117,000,000.
In order to put a stop to thla rivalry
In reducing asseasmenta the legislature
of 1001 pasted an act providing that
atato taxoi ahall bo apportioned among
the counties at a fixed ratio. Tho ben
eficial results of this chango wero soon
tho first year, for tho totat assoMinent
that year was (141,000,000, and in
1002 it had grown to over (148,000,000.
If it slfall reach (175,000,000 this year,
aa now seems probable, tho valuation
wilt then be tho highest In tho history
of the atato.
Nearly all of tho advance Indicated
thla year could have been made upon
timber landa without placing an unjust
1 valuation upon that class of proprety.
In noarly all tho counties whero tnoto
1. . ,.i,i-i,i ...
of tlmlwr land
subject to assessment, Increased valua
tions have boon made thla year. In
citlos, whero both business and resi
dence Moporty has found ready ronUl
at satisfactory rates, tho valuations
havo boon put up.
Reports received from various sources
Indicate that the valuation of farm
property has not lieen radlcaly in
creased, but only In accordance with
improvements mado.
UOUaitT t)Y BASTr.RN MEN.
Cornucopia Group of Mines In Eastern
Oregon Sold for 5600,000.
A telegram received at Bakor City
by Lack ft fichmltz from Tronton, N.
J., announcing the incorporation of the
Cornucopia mlnea of Oregon company,
with a capital stock of (5,000,000.
This announcement closes one of tho
largest mlno doals over consummated
In Oregon. It Involves tho purchase
of tho famous Cornucopia mlno In tho
extreme northeastern portion of Bakor
county, which ialncludod in the Union
Companion group, tho Bed Jacket, the
Last Chance ami 15 other patented
claims, together with tho mills, trill
sites and extensive water rights. This
property belonged to tho J. E. Searlos
bankrupt estate. The prlco paid for
tho mining property was (000,000
cash. These mines havo been workod
slnco 1885 with varying success, owing
to the Icng dlstanco from railroad
transportation, all oro and supplies
having to be haulod a distance of 55
miles over a difficult mountain road.
A potllon of tho ore Is vory rich, while
thero is a great quantity of low grade
ore, which It will not pay to tronaport
by team.
It is understood that one of tho first
moves of tha now company will bo tho
construction of n railroad from Baker
City to tho mine. A tunnel over ono
mile long has boon surveyed for tho
purposo of opening up all of tho claims.
Bernard McDonald has been appolntod
general manngor and has taken posses
sion for tho now owners,
Will Cut Much Timber,
Mayor r-.T. Kano and K. J. Hub
bort, of Forest Grovo, havo purchased
60,000,000 feet ol yollow fir timber
north of Forest flrovo nnd will at onco
put In a ramp of 35 mon getting out
logs to fill tho 76,00,000 which thoy
havo contracted to dollver each year to
W. H. Lyd, who will at oncomovo his
mill to the Bollinger bridge on Dairy
croek, three miles north of town, whero
thoro la a good ponU Willi a storage ca
pacity of 3,000,000 foot. Tho first do
llvory of loga will bo made early in Do
comber, Working on Milk Condenser.
Word has been recolvod at Hlllsboro
that work on tho condensor machinery
la progressing ropldly In tho Kost, and
will be ready (or shipment In a fow
weeka. Tho onglno house is now In
closed nnd work will commence on tho
main hiilldlnt? next wook.' It is or-
nocted that tho company will bo ready
to receive milk by the first of tho yuar
or soon thereafter.
COMMISSION Tltll JUDUtl.
Spending ot Lewis and Clark Fund In
Ita Hand.
Attorney Oonotnl Crawford has ren
dered nn opinion at tho request of Bou
ndary of Htato Dtiubnr In which ho
holds thnt tho itnto cominlialon lor tho
expenditure ot tho ? 500,000 appropriat
ed for thu Lewi nnd Clark fair, must,
to a great extent, If not entirely, bo thu
udgo of what oxpomllttiors aru author
ised to Do mado uy them,
Ttils quostlon was presented by tho
Incurring of nn oxonro of (2,60 for
printing a resolution prosonted to tho
Trans-Mltidsalppl congress) requesting
an appropriation trotu tho national
tongrost In aid ot tho Lewis and Clark
fair. The secretary of statu was In
doubt whether tho commission could
tiro tho fair appropriation in trying to
get other appropriations, nnd referred
tho matter to tho attorney general,
with tho result above stated.
Judge Crawford rays, among other
things, that neither the title nor tho
body ot thu Lewis and Clntk fair act
attempts particularly todnllnu tho ow
era nnd duties of thu commission, hut
In every Instance confers a general pow
er to carry out tho purposes for which
It was created.
W. C, T. U. CONVENTION.
Called for October 20-2 J at Salem-Ratca
for Deltgatta.
The state convention of tho woman's
Christian Temeraiico Union will meet
In Balom, October 20 to 23, Inclusive.
A linn ptogiam will occupy the time
from tho evening of tho 1'Otli, Tuesday,
until tho closn. Miss Lillian K.
Phelps, of Canada, n woman ot tine rep
utation, la to Io tho principal speaker.
A gold modal contest will take place
ono evening. All persons wearing tho
W. C. T. U. or Dcmoroat gold medal
will bo permitted to enter this contest.
Bend tho name, with ago and title of
selection to bo used at this contest to
the stato prosldont, Mrs. Helen D.
Hartford, Nnwborg, Or., at onco, so
that tho contestant can bo notified of
dato of contest and tho rules governing.
Hates will bo grantod those who at
tend. Delegates will bo entertained.
Visitors can secure reduction In board
by writing to the secretary of Balom
union, Mrs. Clarkson Iteynolds.
Addition to Colltgs Farm.
Tha purchaso of 20 acre of land to
be added to tho Oregon arglcultural
college farm Is understood to have
boon practically consummated. Tho
transfer has not neon made, but tho de
tails havo been agreed to by the build
ing commlltou of thu (ward ami the
owner of tho property. Tho land ad
joins tho present holdings of the col-
lego, lying partly south of tho college
campua and east of tho farm. Tho
prlco paid la (0,000, or (300 per aero,
which Is regarded as very low, consid
ering tho location.
Plenty ot Water at Agricultural.
A cotnploto and copious water supply
for tho many buildings on tho arglcul
tural college grounds Is now secure.
Four wells of two-Inch pipe, sunk re
spectively at 80, 110, 121 and 125 feet
afford a stroam four Inches In dlsmotor
that cannot bo exhausted by constant
pumping. . Tho capacity la 2,000 gal
lona per hour, ample for tiao in tho
buildings. A supply for tho grounds ia
a need of tho future.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 73o; blue
stem, 77c; valley, 77c.
Flour Valley, (3.76(33.86 per bar
rel; hard whoat straights, (3.76(34.10;
bard wheat, patents, (4.2Q34.60;
graham, (3,3503.76; whole wheat,
(3.66(34.00; ryo wheat, (4.60.
Barley Feed, (10.00(320,00 nor ton;
brewing, (21; rolled, (21021.50.
Oats No. 1 white, (1.10; gray,
(1.00(31.05 per cental.
Mlllatuffa Hran, (20 por ton; mid
dlings, (24; shorts, (20; chop, 911;
llnsoed dairy food, (10.
Hay Timothy, (15.00 per ton;
clover, nominal; grain, (10; cheat,
nominal.
Buttor Fancy creamery, 25(ft27Kc
por pound; dairy, 1820c; store, 16
10c.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 113
UKo por pound; spring, 12K13c;
hens, ll12o; broilers, (1.76 per
dozen; turkeys, livo, 1416o per
pound dressed, 10018c; ducka, (6(3(1.00
per dozen; geoao, (07.00.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 24o.
Potatoos Oregon, 0576n per sack;
iweot potatoes, 2f c per pound.
Beef Gross stesrs, (3.76(34.25;
dressed, 07o per pound,
Veal 8o per pound, "
Mutton Gross, (3; drossod, 6Q
5Koj lambs, gross, (3.60; dressed, Ac,
Hogs Gross, (8.60(35,75; drossod,
8c.
Tallow Prime, por pound, 4Q5o;
No. 2 and grease, 2&flao.
Hops 1003 crop, 24Q26o per pound,
1003 crop 2021c.
Wool Valley, 1718o; Kaatern
Oregon, 1216c; mohair, 860870.
ORIK10N IS CHANUINO.
Forestry Officials Find Reservsa Are
Now Wanted.
Washington, Hopt. 30. "Contrary
to what appeara to ho n ojmlar belief,
thero Is n steadily growing sontlmonl
niuong tlio )MMplo of Oregon In favor of
foroat rvsorvos," said II. I), Laugllto,
thu Oregon man who Is how forest in
spector In tho bureau of forestry, nnd
who has ust returned from n suuiiner
spent In examining binds thnt hnvo
boon withdrawn In that stale.
"1 spout a largo part ol tho summer
conferring with pooplo living In tha vi
cinity of various withdrawals," ho
continued, "and I find thoy generally
Indorse tho resorva Klloy, and want
more reserves established In Oregon. I
talked to farmers, to lumloruioii, to
stockmen, and, In fact, to all classes,
and tho nvorwholmlnhg sentiment fav
orable to tho reservn ollcy was vory
gratifying,"
Mr. Langlllo Bpont several weeks in
tho Koguo river country and the re
mainder of the season In tho vicinity ol
thu other withdrawals In Oregon, savo
that In tho Bluu mountains, which ho
visited a year ago, fit Bouthweatern
Oregon liu found thu peoplo divided,
half favoring a reserve, halt opMslug,
In Eastern Oregon, tho sentiment waa
strongly In favor ot new rewvos at all
localities whero withdrawals havo
been mado.
Ho hollevea the examinations mndo
this year by tho various ropresentatlvea
of tho bureau of forestry who havo been
In Oregon, will furnish sufficient data
to guide the secretary of the Interior In
marking tho boandarlea of tho prof sod
new reserves,
WAR CLOUDS LIFT.
Ilulgarla Takea New Hops In Macedonia
Ports Lessens Apprehenalona.
Boils, Ilulgarla, Sept. 30. Tha situ
ation hero la much brighter today, and
the war clouds appear to havo lifted.
The porto'a assurance that tho 32 list
tallona recently ordered to piocecd from
Monastlr to Adrlanoplo will not Iw
tuovod haa lessoned tha apprehensions
of tho Bulgarian government. Further
satisfaction Is derived from tho fsot
that M Natohovltch la going to Con
stantinople in tho capacity ol Utilitarian
diplomatic agent. Ho conducted tho
negotlaua wltli tho ;orto last Juno, and
alter tholr. failure returned to Sofia.
The commltteo appointed for the pur
km at tho lima of ye.tenlay's demon
stration of 16,000 .Macedonians In this
city waited on Premier l'etroff today
and asked him If tho government in
tended to do anything to help tho Mac
edonians. M. Petrol! replied tho min
istry was acting In what it conceived to
be the host Interests of Bulgaria, and
would roiitltiuo tha same policy. Tho
spokesman ol tho commltteo told tho
premier his reply would not bo aatlsfcat
ory to tho people, and tho commltteo
thereupon withdrew.
Tho Dnevnlk, commenting on tho
situation, says:
"Although tho Bulgarians remain
quiet, it is not a truo Indication of tho
national footings, but It is owing to tho
approaching oloctlons."
Tho paper adds It will "not bo long
beforo everybody will try to force to
govetnmentt o take action."
MAD RUSH TO DEATH.
South Carolina Train Strikes Curve at
Very High Speed.
'Charlotte, H. 0 Sept. SO. Whllo
running at a high rato of speed, a
south-bound fast mall tralu on tho
Southern Hallway Jumped from a tros
tlo 76 feet high, north of Nanvllle, W.
Va., thla afternoon and waa almost do.
mollshod. Of tho crew ot 10 men, In
cluding mall-carriers, nlno wero killed
and soven Inurod.
The trestle whore tho accident oc
curred Is 600 feet long and Is on a
sharp ciibvo. Knglnoor Brodio, who
was a now man on that division, camo
to tho enrvo at high tpood.
Tho locomotlva had only gone about
60 feet whon It sprang from tho traak,
carrying with It four mall cars and an
oxpress car. Tho trestle, it wrodeit
structure, also gave way for a space of
60 foot. At tho foot of tho trestle Is a
shallow stream with a rocky bottom.
Striking this, tho locomotive and cars
worejreduced to a mass of twisted Iron
and stool and plocos of splintered wood.
All tho dead mon woro mutilated,
No ono on any of tho cats tiad'mndo an
effort to Jump, and thu bodies ot all
thoso killed woru found In tho wiock
ago of tho dlfforont cars to which thoy
had boon engaged, A crowd soon gath.
oreil. Bomo women among thorn
falntod at sight of tho crushod hodioa.
All tho oxpress matter In tho oxpross
car was destroyed.
Threatened Strike of Coal Miners.
Altoonn. Pa.. Hnnt. M lml.1ni
Patrick Gllday, of District No. 2,
u ii iica iuiuowoncors, is authority tor
tho Statomont thnt n ulrlUn n tlw. 1ft .
000 men employed by tho Fonnsyl-
vin vuiu n uoko company, wio now-
IV formed SOft con I l-ninlilmitlm. In tin.
central Pennsylvania field, is threat
ened. Hi) llOR utvnn tlm nHlnlnla until
Ootobor S to ugroo to carry out tho pro
visions 01 wio Aiioonn uciiio, Thomas
VYutklnn. who wm n mninlii. nr tin.
Anthiaclto Arbitration Commission, Is
vico-prusiuont 01 the company.
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