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Baron Komura Said To Be Com
miffing Slow Suicide.
FREE TRAVELING LIDRARIES.
TAKES THE HINT FROM JAPAN
To Roturn to Japan Would Moan DIs-
graco to Groat Poaco Envoy
Now In America.
Sioux City, In., Sept. 10. Karon
Komura, the Japanese peace plenipo
tentiary, is committing alow suicide,
according to Takashlta, manager of n
troupo of vaudeville performers now
appearing hero. Tnkashltn la highly
educated nnd speaks English. In the
courso of nn Interview today regarding
conilitions in Japan, ho inquired solid
tlously regarding tho condition of Ko
mura. Ho was told that It was no
worse.
"Hut ho will never get well," replied
Tnkashltn slowly. "When tho'message
was clicked over tho cable that my
countrymen were preparing to recelvo
him with funeral rites, I knew he
would never return to Japan. He
doubtless had learned this already by
private cablegrams.
"It was our nntion's way of apprising
him that ho was in dlegrnco and that
ho could only ntono for it by showing
through his own death that lie was still
a hero and n patriot. You Americana
little realizo what hari-kari means to
us.
"Komura knew full well that there
was but one course left. Knowing that
Americans would not understand his
act, and that it would bo viewed hero
aa a disgrace, he could not commit
hari-knri in tho usual manner.
AHo accordingly had recourso to
some of tho many powerful though
subtle drugs with which Japaneee
statesmen and soldiers aro familiar.
It produces fever and makes It appear
that he is dying of disease, but when
tho end comes our countrymen will
understand and onco moro acclaim him
hero."
HIS SUPERIORS ARE TO BLAME.
Commander Young Says He Reported
Defect In Boiler.
San Francisco, Sept. 10. Command
er Lulcan Young, of the ill-fated
United States gunboat Bennington,
whosoboilers;exploded while tho vessel
was at'nnchor in San Diego, Cal., har
bor, resulting in the death of ccores of
American seamen, has determined to
submit to no "vicious punishment." L
It is said on good authority that lie
will testify and undertake to provo that
be bad repeatedly reported to high offi
cials of the navy department that the
Bennington boilers were defective, and
urged that they be repaired to avoid
disaster.
Intene interest is taken In the pend
ing court-martial. At 10 o'clock today
at Mare Island the trial commences.
Judge Gear, of Honolulu, will repre
sent Yourg. Ensign Wade, who was
stricken by appendicitis, is reported as
much improved, but his attorney, The
odore A. Hell, believes it will be three
weeks before the officer can bo present
at court-martial proceedings.
How Farming Communities and Vil
lages May Securo Good Reading.
Tho Oregon Library commission cre
ated by the Inst legislature has been
ulvon a number of traveling libraries
which It can loan to library associations
In farming communities and small vll
lnges. Kneh of these libraries contains
60 volumes of interesting nnd whole
some books. It will remain in n com
munity for six months nnd must then
bo returned to the commission, to be
exchanged for another.
To secu to these libraries tho people
of tho community must tlrst organlte a
library nssoclntlon which shall include
at least ten tax payers. They must
elect n secretary, who may also net at
llbmrinn, nnd who shall be nuthorited
to net as the ngent of tho association in
dealing with the commission, receiving
nnd returning tho librnries, arranging
for its location nnd for loaning the
books.
The secrelnty nnd president of tho
association shall mnko application for
a library ou n blank furnished by tho
commission. The applicant must
promise to provide shelves In n suitable
place, to circulate the books to nil re
sponsible people in the community free
of charge; to open tho library for cir
culation of books at least once a week ;
to take good care of tho books, being
held responsible for payment for lost or
injured books; to pay transportation
charges to and from tho office of tho
commission. Librnries will be sent by
freight in strong packing boxes.
Tho money for these librnries lias
been given to the commission by people
who are particularly interested In hav
ing them in small places. The ilrst
applicants and those which will mnko
tho best use of the libraries will receive
them. The number Of libraries is
small nnd tho statu largo. Therefore
early application is desirable. While
tho number of free libraries is at pres
ent somewhat limited the commission
will make any place a permanent sta
tion to receive two libiaries a year for
at least Ave years, if it will add one
traveling library to the state system.
This means that an investment of $50
will bring $500 worth of books, and
that tho community will have the use
of all the libraries given to the com
mission. For further information write to tho
secretary of tho Oregon Library com
mission, at the Capitol, Salem. He
member that this commission was cre
ated by tho legislature to ld public
and school libraries and to manage a
system of traveling libraries.
DIRECT TO ORIENT.
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I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
i. 1
NO LONG CONTRACT.
Governor Thinks Convict Labor Will
Improvo In Vnluo.
Salem Tho Airtight Stove company,
of Portland, has given up its right to n
contract for tho leasing ut convict labor
nt tho state penitentiary, and Governor
Chamberlain has declared Its certified
check for $600 forfeited to the statu.
Tho company failed to satisfy tho gov
ernor as to Its ability to fulllll the con
tract for which It was tho successful
bidder, tho reason given being that tho
loss of the companys' plant In Portland
had materially reduced its property
holdings. Tho company had been
awarded n ten-year contract at tl. 8 cento
per hour, but failed to make good.
It is now doubtful whether tho gov
ernor wilt let any contract soon for the
leasing of convict labor for a term of
years, and it Is certain that when a
contract is made it will not bo (or more
than live years. The Ijowcnborg-Golng
company, tho present lessees, have
made nn offer of 4.6 cents nn hour on a
live-year contract, but Governor Cham
berlain is in hope of being nhlo to lease
the prisoners to farmers nt more favor
nhlo terms. Atany rate, ho will wait
a while before making a contract. Ho
has received letters from n number of
valley farmers indicating a willingness
to hire convicts to grub land, and this
plan of giving work to tho prisoners
will bo investigated before n now stove
foundry contract Is executed.
PRICES VARY WIDELY.
Difference In Department Contracts
Causes a Scandal.
Washington, Sept. 10. The Keep
commission, engaged in investigating
departmental methods and inaugurat
ing reforms, particularly in the pur
chase of supplies, has discovered differ
ences in prices of supplies ranging from
30 to 100 per cent. All departments
buy under tho same methods, letting
contracts to the lowest responsible bid
der, yet variations in prices of specific
articles as bought for different depart
ments are said to be nothing less than
sensational in illustrating tho inade
quacy of present methods. It is the
plan of the commission to recommend
that supplies be standardized as far as
possible, and that a central purchasing
office buy them for all departments.
Shuts Out American Machine.
New York, Sept. 10. Cablegrams
from Argentina were received yesterdoy
by the leading exporters saving that
the government had given notico that
it was to levy a prohibitive tariff on all
parto of agricultural and industrial
machinery, used in repairing, and call
ing for American manfacturers to ask
the American government to intervene.
The wires were kept hot all yesterday
afternoon between New York and other
chief cities, and by nightfall arrange
mnts had been attempted to lay the
matter before the secretary cf state.
Fears Bubonic Plague,
Ban Jose, Costa Hica, Sept, 10, The
medical faculty, consulted by tho gov
ernment in regard to tho quarantine
measures against Panama on account of
tho recent discovery of a case of bu
bonic plague from Panama, has recom-
inonded that the measures to bo taken
should affect commercial interests as
littlo as possible. It advised that ships
irom San Francisco be allowed to enter
Punta Arenas when provided with a
clean bill of health.
New Cable Will Soon Be Extended to
Japan and China.
New York, Sept. 16. Through Amer
ican enterprise, the way has been won
to connect the Western continent by di
rect submarine telegraphic lines with
tho empire of Japan. Clarene II .
Mackay, president of the Commercial
Pacific Cable company, today made tho
announcement that his company had
secured the necessary concessions to en
ter Yokohama, Japan, and Shanghai,
China.
Yesterday the last step in a series of
diplomatic negotiations, which were be
gun at the wish ol President McKinley
nnd which have extended over a period
of about three years, was taken, when
Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister to
the United States, affixed his signature
to tho Japanese agreement with tho
Commercial Pacific Cable company for
landing rights at Yokohama. An agree
ment for landing rights at Shanghai
was signed by China several weeks ago.
When these new cables are com
pleted, Mr. Mackay said, tholr length,
added to other cables already laid or
about to Ixi built, will form part of a
system which extends two-thirds of
the distance around the globe.
Tho cable connections witli both
Japan and China will bo made by ex
tending the present lines of the com
pany, which run from San Francisco
through the stations of Honolulu, Mid
way, Guam and Manila. Japan will be
reached by laying a cable from Guam
in the Pacific ocean direct to Yoko
hama. The calico to China will be laid
from Manila to Shanghai.
Cholera Claims Its Toll.
Berlin, Sept. 16. The official bulle
tin issued today announced that 16 new
cases of cholera and four deaths oc
curred between noon yesterday and
noon today. Of tho fresh cases one
each occurred in the districts of Flatow,
Stuhm, Obemlk, Czarnikau, Wirsitz
and Bromberg, three in the Marien
werder district, four in tho Graudenz
district and two in the Schubln district.
Four illnesses previously included in
the reports of cholera turn out not to
be cholera. Tho totals, therefore, to
date aro 170 cases and 05 deaths.
ENROLLMENT WILL BE HEAVY.
Bright Prospects for Coming Year at
Agricultural College.
Corvallls Evcrbyody about tho Ore
gon Agricultural college is busy in pre
paration for tho opening of the new
school year. The registration promise
to bo tho largest in tho history of the
institution. Some eBtimntcH place tho
enrollment for tho coining year at about
800, with tho idea tliHt the school will
register 1,000 students the followiifg
year.
It is already known that tho patron
age from Eastern Oregon will exceed
that of the past year, and that many
more families from that locality will
movo liero lor scnool pur'xm-H limn
ever before. Houses are in great de
mand, but all will be accommodated.
The college Is being 'renovated
throughout. The administration build
ing has been overhauled and repaired
on toe Inside. llie department ol
pharmacy will have a much-needed ad
dition to the main building. Tho old
mining building has been set apart for
tho department of geology, and tho de
partment of metallurgy has been moved
to Agricultural hall. Both of the
boarding halls are now undergoing
thorough renovation; and everything
will bo in order by September 16, when
the examinations for entrance will be
gin at tho college.
Can Whittle Gold.
Grants Pass Benjamin Batty and
his 14-year-old son are panning and
grinding out, by hand mortar, from ft
to $10 a day from tho rich ore of a
strike made by tho father recently near
their farm three miles from Grants
Pass. The rich find is in the Dry Dig
gings district, and lies Just above the
plucer diggings of the Golden Drift
oempany. Rich stringers are uncover
ed from which tho pure gold can be
whittled with a pockotknlfe. Tho
father and son lemovo a quantity of tho
ore each morning, and sack and sled it
down to the farm house, where it is
ground out in the afternoon.
Hop Pickers Scarce.
Aurora Hop picking has commenced
in most yards, but as yet there has
been a scarcity of pickers and tho work
has been retarded. It is yet too early
to make a correct estimate as to the
yield, but enough has been picked to
show that it will bo very uneven. K.
M. Bracket has finished picking, and
according to the number of boxes, his
crop is almost double as compared with
last year. On tho other hand, Henry
Muossig, who just finished, reports
that his crop will be loss than 60 per
cent of last year's yield.
Sweden's Detlgne Pacific.
Stockholm, Sept. 16. Political cir
cles disavow any desire on tho part of
Sweden to oppose tho.arbitraticm treaty
demanded by Norway, but they point
out that only the preliminary negotia
tions in regard to such a treaty can be
dlecuseed at present, as the conclusion
of a treaty is impossible until Norway
had accepted Sweden's conditions and
the latter has recognized Norway as an
independent state. The Swedish inten
tions, it is declared, are wholly pacific.
Baltic Provinces In Danger.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 10. It is ofll- Rebels Drive Out English oil Men
clallv announced that the governments London, Sept. 16. The correspond
of Courland and Volhvnia are menaced ent of the Times at Baku says that the
by cholera, and tho authorities have English oil companies there have been
taken precautions to prevent an inva- forced to abandon work owing to threats
sion of tho disease. made by the revolutionaries.
Wins Scholarship.
Eugene Mies Clara Harding, of this
city, who hat been spending tho sum
mer witli her mother on their farm
near Gervals, has secured a scholarship
In the Conservatory of Music, Indian
apolis, Ind., and has left for that place.
The csholarshlp is ono highly'prlzed by
contestants, and carries with it a sum
of $300 a year. Miss Harding graduat
ed from tho Eugene High school with
the class of 1D05. Showasalsoa stu
dent of the University of Oregon School
of Music,
LOOKS TO PORTLAND.
Klamath Bailn Would Trndo with Me
tropolis If Given Inducements.
Klnmath Falls It Is now very ovl
dent that unless Portland wakes up to
tho advantages to bo had In keeping In
touch with Southern Oregon, and bid
ding (or Its trndo, Han Francisco Is go
ing to reap tho golden harvest which
will soon bo ready for some live city to
pluck from Klnmath basin.
Tho people hero aro Inclined to tho
belief that Portland has not done her
share toward nn effort to get tho bust,
ness from this country, hut they nil
concede this as a tributary Hlnt to
Portland rather than San Francisco.
Sail Francisco has done mure for this
port of Southern Oregon than Portland.
Only recently San Francisco business
men subscribed a largo portion of tho
$100,000 bonus asked by tho Weed
Railway company for the building of
tho road from tho Southern Pacific lino
In Siskiyou county, Cnllforiua, to this
city. At tho same time, Portland io
dised to lend any tlnnuclal aid to this
project, just as she has done in the
past.
This being thu case, Klamath Falls
business men are now and will continue
to favor San Francisco as a wholesale
center In preference to Portland, unless
tho Portland wholesalers shown willing
hand in developing means of trans
portation into this country.
Comblno Against Fake Schemos,
Albany Starting from tho Albany
'hisines Men's league, recenlty organ
I zed in this city, a general organisation
of the business men of tho Willamette
valley is now under way. For years
merchants have realized tho necessity
of n closer union for mutual protection
ngalnst grafts, deadlivnts nnd others of
this ilk. This now league will keep
members nil along tho lino informed of
tho character of tho various alleged
fake schemes that aro continually pre
senting themselves for support in val
ley towns.
Build Logging Road.
Dallas It Is now well understood in
Dallas that tho Johnson Lumbering
company will commence immediately
the surveys (or a logging railroad up
Ij Creole creek. The initial point of
the road will bo at the upper dam of
the company, and will bu pushed Mist
into tho splendid timU-r not tributary
to Ij Creole creek. This road will
bring to market logs of a very superior
grade. Up to the present thn U-st
tlmlxjr of the county has not bet-n
touched.
Opp Mine Owned by Eastern Men.
Jacksonville Details of tho recent
sale of the Opp mine, located ono mile
west of Jacksonville, are developing,
and it aiiiH-ars thn price paid In in
excess of $160,000, and marks a sale of
the entire interests of tho property
owned by Opp and Perry. The presi
dent and other officers of the old com
pany have resigned, nnd tho manage
ment of the mine posses entirely under
the control of tho new owners, whose
name aro for tho present withheld.
Delegates to Prison Congress.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
apointcd tho following delegates to tho
National Prison congress, which meets
in Lincoln, Neb., October 21 : Mrs.
Lou Hatch, Kov. K. P. Murphy, Ilwv.
J. A. Luvlsiiue, Mrs. Nellie U. Trum
bull, Mrs. V. A. Mears, C. W. James,
W. T. Gardner, II. II. Hawley, N. II.
Looney, Dr. T. I.. Eliot, Rev. K. W.
St. Pierre, Ben Selling, J. 8. Hunt.
ENTIRE CHEW L08T.
Togo's Victorious Hngihlp Ulown Up
by Accident.
Samibo, Sept, HI. Admiral Togo's
flagship, tho Mlknsn, was destroyed by
tiro mid tho explosion of her mngiiitlno
nt nu early hour last .Monday morning
while poaefully lying at anchor In this
harbor. Hundreds of liven, Including
members of her crbw and men Irom
other ships who went to tho rescue,
were lost.
This littlo town, which has suddenly
risen to prominence since tho outbieuk
of tho recent war, had spent n quiet
Sunday, pence having been established.
Several wartihlps were In tho lutrlior
and they presented an object of pride,
but the quiet slumber ol night, while
tho people worn dreaming ol peace after
nu unparalleled series of victories, was
violently disturbed a littlo alter mid
night by a terrific explosion, accompa
nied by a severe shock.
An eager crowd assembled on the
bench, onl to dlscovoi that n terrible
death had overtaken thu beloved Mlkn
sa, tho flagship ot tho great Togo, who
had led his men to victory In tho lllo
and dentil struggle In which tho nation
'ind just been engaged. Words are
powerless to describe the profound dis
appointment nnd sorrow attending this
great catastrophe. The absence of Ad
miral Togo from the ship at thn time
of the explosion and tho hope that tho
vessel can ho repaired am tho only re
deeming features of tho unprecedented
calamity. A deep feeling of sympathy
toward the unfortunate sufferers after a
cessation of hostilities permeates every
class.
THIRD TRIAL DRAGS.
Lengthy Discussion by Attorney Con
sumes Valunbla Time,
Portland, Sept. III. John K. Wat
kins was tho man who furnished tho
fireworks ut the Williamson trial yes
terday afternoon, when ho testified one
minute that lie had favored the defend
ants In tho tlrst ami second trials, and
In tho next breath that he told friends
of tho defviidnuts that he was going to
change his testimony for fear that he
would ho Indicted If ho did not, fur Ml.
Honey was a man to 1m' feared.
George N. (iaylord was put upon tho
stand at tho opening of court In order
that tho defense could eroso-nxamlno
him, hut nothing of iniMirtnnci was
brought out in the examination. 'John
S. WatkJn was tho next wltnw-s, and
his identification of his Dual proof n
x'is brought on a tlow of words from
Milh Mr. Bennett and Mr. Honey which
could not Imi stopped until it haJ ex
hausted Its force, at a o clock In tho
afternoon. Mr. Bennett contended
lengthily that according to tho law It
was not allowable for tho government
to mnko attempt to provo conspiracy to
sulsirii perjury from the final papcra,
hut that tho applications were tho only
documents to he considered. Mr.
lleney took the oppositn view, as did
Judge Hunt, though tho court In ruling
on tho matter, held that ho would keep
the subject in mind during tho trinl
and would consider it, and if thu olul
rained by the defendants should npwnr
correct, lie would rule ujmjii the evi
dence accordingly.
RIOTING IN JAPAN
Mobs at Yokohama Attack I'ollce
With lira and Sword,
THOOI'S NOW GUARD THE M7
Ninety-Eight of the Mob Lenders Ar-V
rottedForty Policemen
Aro Wounded.
Toklo, Sept. 1 1. Ail vices from Yo
kohama say that n riot occ tired shortly
after midnight Tuesday. The mob wan
Hindu up of two sections, of about fl,.
600, mostly coolies nnd outcasts. Eight
police boxes were demolished nml
burned,
The mob directs! Its attack against,
three objects, the police stations, tho
residences of tho customs officials and
tho largo commercial house. Four
hundred troos wore sent from Toklo
on a special train it littlo before dawn,
and soldiers aro now guarding tin con
siilntes, tho warehouses containing ex
plosives and tho oil tanks.
During tho riot tho hiIIco used drawn
swords, while tho mob was armed with
pistols and sword-sticks. Tho casual
ties among tho (Hillco worn three se
verely wounded and 37 slightly In
ured. Ninety-eight of tho mob nro un
der arrest.
Tho luob set lire to tho Millro boxen
by soaking hats In oil, firing them nml
throwing them nt the object of attack.
WITNESSES GIVE EVIDENCE.
HEYBURN HOLDS OUT.
PORTLAND MARKkTS.
bushel;
mm-.
First Bate Said.
Kugeno Tho first sale of 1006 hops
in Lane county was made last week
whon Stephen Smeed sold 34 bales of
early Fuggles to Claybor A Co,, at 1-1
cents. As picking progresses, it is
seen that tho yield is larger than ex
pected, and the growers believe that
this year's crop will bo heavier than
last year's, it beiug predicted before
picking commenced that the yield in
Lane county would fall short laHt year's
by 600 bales,
Pickers Protest.
Dallas Hop picking has commenced
here. An attempt is being made to
pick by tho pound. Tho pickers are
generally making a vigorous protest,
tho conditions in many of the yards
ate strained, and a rupture is thought
to bo noasibla that mnv extend to all
j the yards of tho county.
Wheat Club, 00c per
bluestem. 7.1c; valley, 71c.
Oats No. 1 white feed,
gray, $22 per ton.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
$21; rolled, $22023.
Bye $1.:)0 percental.
Hay Eastern Oregon, timothy, $14
316 per ton; valley timothy, $11312;
clover, $800; grain hay, $830.
Fruits Apples, 00c$l,76 per box;
peaches, 76c0$ I per crato; plums, 60
076c; cantaloupes, 20060c; water
melons, ?t leper jiound; orahapples,
$1 per box; grapes, 76e0$l.O5; pears,
$1.60.
Vegetables Beans, 104c per pound;
cabbage, I3U4C; cauliflower, 76000c
per dozen; celery, 76000c; corn, 80
Do; cucumbers, 10016c; pumpkins,
lfcflj$c per pound; tomatoes, 200
36c per crate; rquash, 6o per pound;
turnips, si.zotjfiwu per sack; carrots,
$1.261.60; beets, $1 31.26.
Onions Oregon, U0c3$l per sack;
Globe, 76c.
Potatoes Oregon, oxtrn fancy, (160
76a per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 26330c
per pound,
Eggs Oregon ranch, 26327c
per dozen.
Poultry Avorago old hens, 12J43
13c; mixed chickens, 12312Jtfo;
old roosters, 0310c; young roosters,
11312c; dressed chickens, Ho;
turkeys, live, 2021o; geese, live,
83"c; ducks, 13314a.
Hops 1005, choice. 16c: nrimo. 14a:
1004 choice, 16317a per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon nverugo best,
10021a; lower grades down to 16c, ac
cording to shrlnkago; valley, 26327c;
mohair, choice, 30c per pound.
Beef Drossed bulls, 102o por
pound; cows, 304o; country steors, 4
34Jo.
Veal Dressed, 338o per pound.
Mutton Dressed fancy, 0)6 37c por
pound; ordinary, 406o; lambs, 70
7c
Pork Dressed, O07fO per pound,
Senator Is Idaho's Sole Opponent of
Forestry Policy.
Washington, Sept. 13. President
Itoosovolt has boon advised that Idaho,
through its governor, has accepted his
forestry millcy anil will hereafter co
operate with tho national government
in the preservation of forests. It was
explained to him that Senator lleyburii
still holds out, hut tho president has
been assured that Mr. He) burn stands
practically alone .and will In time m
obliged to abandon his untenable ihmiI
tiou and follow Governor Gooding.
In official circles it Is explained that
Mr. Heybtirn's weakness rests In tho
fact that his opposition exists from
bias, nnd that his protests hnvo gone to
the oxtrenio of grossly misrepresenting
conditions. President Itoosovolt, hav
ing discovered tho nature of Mr. Hoy
burn's opKltlmi, will give it littlo
consideration in tho future. Horoaftor
tlio forestry jxdlcy will ho carried for
ward in Idaho regardless of what Mr.
Hey burn may say or do.
What thu Chlnose Want.
Hongkong, Sept. 13 Representative
Chinese, In discussing the imtUVmer
lean loyeott with Secretary Tuft. mr.
gestod a modification of the definition
"laborer," tho exemption of business
assistants and thu validity of conuslar
certificates to he accepted as final evi
dence of Identlflactlnu. They proviso
the acceptance of passjxirts vised by
American consuls similar to those In
uso by subjects of foreign governments,
and they also ask for an Improvement
in thu condition fo detention sheds In
America,
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Funeral Rites Await Him.
Victoria, II. 0., Sept. 13. Advices
wore received from Toklo by the Em
press of India that at a meeting of the
Deshl Klslu club, a newspaper asHOclu.
Hon, convened to express sympathy for
Professor Tomlzv. whoso mitmw.k..,.
criticism of tho peace treaty caused his
removal from his nrofesHnrl.il ,-iuiir
Toklo university, arrangements, were
made to receive Baron Komura with
funeral rites on his roturn to Toklo
from America,
Cutting Out Bogus Voters.
Philadelphia, Sept. If), Tho total
number of voters In Philadelphia, nc
cording to tho Soptombor canvass an
nounced today, is 330,000, a decroasu
of 36,810 compared with tho innvn
Testimony of Poiltlvn Sort Heard In
Federal Court,
Portland, Sept. 1 1. Joel E Calavau
appealed In n dramatic role nt thn
morning sosslnn of thn Williamson
trial yesterday, wlilln In tho aflern.wni
Henry 1 1 ml the genial man of Teu
tonic descent, relieved tbe strain by
HHtlng for a limn as thn comedian ot
thn tils. I with such sueee- that even
the learned Judge iimiii thn bench wnn
forced to smlln time and again at tho
unconscious drnllcrie of thn Imliest bill
nervous sheep herder from Crook
Testimony that will at least lt con
strued as damaging to tho dofclisn
when the government begirt lis aigu
inent was given at tho morning section,
while Jixd Calavau rtnd-d that ho had
Isrt-u In Portland under subMHim at
Imth thn Ilrst anil tho sewnd trials of
thn rase, hut that ho had not Im-vii
called to testify by thn govrrnollir-iit,
owing to thn fact that be hail not told
them his testimony, or all of It, until
ho was In-fore thn grand jury nt thn Inst
sitting. Ho had also bren asked by
Dr. Grsner to testify for thn defense,
tho doctor tolling that all ho wanted
was for him to toll thn truth. CaUvan
had told (lesner that ho would not Imi
able to do his cans.- any good, for hn
would ho compelled to leli thn truth If
hn went Uni the stand, nnd the de
fense hnd not called, him.
WORK ON NEW ROAD.
Regulator Line Carrie Construction
Supplies Up the, Columbia,
Portland, Hept. 14. Yesterday
morning tho Regulator I.luo strainer
carried a largo consignment of wheel
scinx-is from Portland that worn un
loaded at various landings along thn
Columbia between Wasliouual and
While KhIiihiii for uso of construction
gangs building tho now load along Dm
north bank, over which trains of tha
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railroads will enter Portland, Tlit
same loat carried large quantities ol
supplies,
Charles M. lovoy, third vlcn presi
dent of the Northern Pacific, executive
head of tho company on tho Pacific
coast, Is expected In Portland witm a
few days, according to Information re
ceived yesterday, and mny bring official
announcement of tho definite plana
that are taking shapo in tho Portland
A Seattle company to ho incorojtorated
under that iiamo as nu auxiliary com
wny.
New Cases On Increase,
Now Orleans, Sept. 14. While the
fact that there again were a grout num
ber of new yellow fever cases did not
give tho authorities much concern, It
has been thu cause of much disappoint
ment on tho part of tho public. Tho
death of Hlster Marie at thu Mount
Cariuol asylum culls attention to tho
fact that tho Catholic church fins suf
fered quite severely during tho present
epidemic. Sister Mnrio was the second
rollgeusu to die. and. besides her. tho
church lias sustained tho loss of Its
archbishop and Futher Green.
Plot In Balkans Exposed.
Vienna, Sept. 14. According to tel
egrams received from Belgrade, n plot
has been discovered thoru and at Sofia
to foment u general outbreak In the
Balkans, with n view to compelling thu
interference of tho powers In the hope
that Mucodoiilran autonomy would bo
proclaimed, Thu alleged plot Included
nu Intention to assassinate King Peter,
of Sorvln, and Prince Ferdinand, of
Bulgaria, Those engaged in thu plot
hnvo been Imprisoned.
Conspiring Against Germans.
Victoria, B. C Sept. 14. Tien Tsln
newspapers publish news of n wide-i-pread
conspiracy In Shantung to iho
against the Germans on September 10.
L'Impnrtlul says each family Is to
made in May, prior to tho Ka lease provide ono fighting man, whoso equip-
fight.
mont will bo paid for by subscription.
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