11 BAD FLOODIN SOUTH Fire Follows Deluge at Auyusta, Causing Heavy Damage. LOSS WILL REACH HALF MILLION Three Deaths ?Ar Reported Union Depot Inundated to Depth of Ten Feet. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27. A long dis tance telephone message from the As sociated Press correspondent from Augusta says that the city Is complete ly under water. In the down town portion business houses, telegraph offices and newspaper offices are com pletely demoralized. There were three deaths in Augusta yesterday, two white pooplo and one negro. The damage, it is estimated, will reach half a million dollars. At 8:30 last night it was learned through the single wire of the Georgia Railroad company, working partly Into Augusta, that the largo cotton ware house and the wholesale grocery ware houses of tho Nixon company wero burning. The union depot is under ten feet of water, and in the best residence dis trict the water stands six feet deep and is slowly rising. . The report of the fires in tho Nixon warehouses cannot be confirmed. A telegraph operator said he could not get near enough on account of the water, but that the fires wero burning in the vicinity of the big warehouses. The floods in the Carolinas and Geor gia culminated in the breaking of the big dam six miles from Augusta, which diverts the water from the Savannah river into the canal at that point. The great flood of water let loose soon found its way into the city, and last night, from Fifteenth street to the Eastern boundary, Augusta was under from six to 12 feet of water, which is gradually rising. FIGHT TO REGAIN TRADE. San Francisco Merchants Will Or ganize Traffic Bureau. San Francisco, Aug. 27. An aggres sive commercial campaign to recover trade lost to the merchants of San Francisco through the alleged indiffer ence, neglect and lack of concerted action, was decided upon today at a meeting of the trade and commerce committee of tho Merchants' Ex change. Steps were taken immediately to organize a traffic bureau, with an ex perienced traffic manager in charge, which will bo a central organization for the mercantile bodies of this city, whose object will bo to see that mcr chants, manufacturers, wholesalers and jobbers of San Francisco receive rail road and water rates that will enable them to regain the territory taken away by other cities, particularly Los Angeles. POSTPONE EXPOSITION. Japanese Public Clamoring Against Vast Expense. Toklo, Aug. 27. Tho unpopularity of President Kaneko, of the Tokio ex position, has caused difficulties which may result in the postponement of tho great exposition, which is now set for 1912. The people are clamoring against the methods of Kaneko in spending great sums of government money and tho re ports of the postponement have been bo frequent that today the minister of agriculture and commerce found it ne cessary to issue a formal denial. Ho said the exposition would be held at the time set, but even this assurance ts not sufficient to quiet tho reports. The strained industrial and financial situation in Japan is the matter upper most in the minds of most of tho peo ple and there is a widespread feeling that the government chose a poor timo to go to the enormous expense of hold ing the first great world's fair in the Orient. America Kindest to Imbeciles. London, Aug. 27. That America far surpasses England in the care of her Idiotic insane ia the report published today by the royal commission appoint ed to investigate American methods. The commission recently returned from the United States. Nearly every state was visited, and the report says that with few exceptions the American sys tem was found superior to the British. Tho report recommends that the Brit ish government adopt a system that embodies the best features of the meth ods in voguo in several states. No Clue to Raiders. Aberdeen, S. D Aug. 27. Tho au thorities here are investigating the raids on Lowry and Alaska Sunday night by a company of armed and raewied men. Absolutely no cluo to the raiders has been found. WATERS RECEDING. Augusta Damage May Approximate Million Dollars. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 2S. Flood wa ters nt Augusta began receding this afternoon. They reached the height of -to feet, probably ns high as mo flood of 1853. Hain has ceased in the upper valley and there is no danger of further loss. The loss approximates $760,000 to $1, 000.000 and consists of damage to stocks of goods and private property, destruction of the wagon and railroad bridges across tho Savannah river and breaks in the canal banks. There are dependent on the canal for power eight cotton mills. While tho flood was at its height five fires broke out. Tho McDaniel builders' matcrinl establishment. North Augusta, burned. A train of 40 cars belonging to the Southern rail way burned in Hamburg. Nixon's lime, cement and hnrdwnre house and n huge quantity of lumber belonging to the Georgia railway, nt the Georgia railway yards, were burned. The Au gusta Hallway & Electric company cannot run their cars for three days. No power plants are In operation; the telephone lines are not doing busi ness; the railroads are accepting no passengers. Tho water service is crippled, but intact. The gas company sen-ice is impaired, but not shut down. There have been 10 to 15 drownings, mostly negro laborers. From tho northwestern section of the city the waters will not recede for two or three days. Tonight is a night of tension. Missing men and families are being reported. The Augusta Chronicle got out its Thursday edition In abbreviated form at 9 p. m. The Augusta Herald, an afternoon paper, could not publish Wednesday or Thursday. TRIES GAME ON ROOSEVELT. French Soldier Punished for Attempt at Blackmail. Bordeaux, Aug. 28. An extraordi nary story was told at the court mar tial today.Jof amember of the military ambulance corps, Camille Marquet, who was charged with attempting to blackmail President Roosevelt. Ac cording to the evidence before the court, Marquct wrote to tho president on January 9, demanding on behalf of "my society," without other specifica tion, "$2,000 on account of services rendered during the presidential elec tion," and promising further "Im mense help." Receiving no reply to this demand, Marquct wrote again on March 9, threatening a scandal "which will cast dishonor upon the whole family unless the money Is forthcoming at a fixed date." In conclusion the writer said: "The highest heads are no longer safe on their shoulders; look at Portu gal." The president handed the letters to tho French consul general, who com municated with the French police. Marquct was brought up for court martial, but the court, in consideration of the good character of the youth, sentenced him to six days' imprison ment, giving him the benefit of the first offender's law. CARPET WORTH THOUSANDS Floor Covering of U. S. Mint Filled With Gold Dust. San Francisco, Aug. 28. The car pet floor of the adjusting room at the San Francisco mint ia about worn out and after tho old covering has been taken up it will be handled with far more care than the new one. It will be many times more valuable, because it is literally lined with gold. The old carpet will be burned and from tho ashes the Treasury department officials expect to realize about $5,000. In the adjusting room files are used to trim surplus gold from the coins ufter being stamped. It frequently happens that the overweight filings thus taken ofT fall to tho floor and be come imbedded In tho carpet. The very best carpets are purchased for this room, so that tho closely-woven material will hold securely tho scat tered particles of gold. It is nothing unusual for tho govern ment to get $5,000 worth of gold dust out of the ashes resulting from the burning of one of these carpets. Would Curb Middlemen. Salt Lake, Aug. 28. Resolutions approving tho plan for national stor age of tho Western wool crop were adopted unanimously today by tho ex ecutive committee of tho National Woolgrowers' association. Tho presi dent of tho association was authorized to name a committee to select a city where tho central storage market will bo established and to form a corpora tion to carry out the elimination or curbing of tho middlemen and giv ing tho Western woolgrowers control of the sale of their product. Settle Canadian Strike. Winnipeg, Aug. 28. A rumor com ing from an authoritative source says tho Canadian Pacific railway officials are getting tired of tho strike and ne gotiations will bo begun tomorrow' with a view to ending it. I 1 1 OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST , IMPROVEMENT AT UNIVERSITY Now Instructors, Books and Appa ratus Added nt Eugene. Eugene Tho work of tho Univer sity of Oregon during the coming year will bo tho strongest in the history of tho Institution, duo to tho fact that tho working tools of tho university, books, npparatus, etc., Imvo been much bettered during tho summer. The li brary has been greatly strengthened by tho addition of $10,000 worth of new books, and much now apparatus has been ordered for all departments. The biological lnborntory has been al most completely remodeled and many improvements have boon made the In tlte physics laboratory. Mnny of the buildings have been renovated and the new library building, which was whol ly without lights, and but scantily furnished last year, is being complete ly equipped with electric lights and new furniture. Hereafter the general reading rooms and the stack rooms will be kept open until 9 o'clock In the evening. A number of new instructors have been added, notably a professor of ge ology, a chair that has been vacant since the death of Dr. Condon; a pro fessor of political science and assistant professor of psychology, an assistant professor of education, n new head li brarian and n number of instructors in departments that have been badly crowded. Work on a new recitation building to relieve the over-crowded condition of other buildings is being pushed, and it is hoped to have it ready for use soon after the opening of the session. The girls' dormitory has been com pleted and furnished. A number of new student club houses have been erected during the summer. Tho work of Improving tho campus is being pushed as rapidly as possible. Tho number of students will prob ably bo from a third to a half greater than last year. Applications for ad mission are coming to the registrar rapidly, and the number on file is much larger than usual at this time. The freshman class will number between 200 and 250 students. The fall session begins Tuesday, September 22. New Law Congests Traffic. Pendleton As a result of tho opera tion of the lG-hour law, O. R. & N. freight trains passing over the Blue mountains between Pendleton ami Ln Grande are frequently "tied up" at a mountain station when the IC-hour day of tho train crew ends. Under the law the train cannot be run into a terminal on "overtime" as formerly. This week two long freight trains were "tied up" at the end of their IC-hour day at Duncan and five engines wero coupled together and taken to Kamela where coal ami water for the engines and meals for tho crews were to Ihj had while waiting for the 10-hour pur iod of rest between the IC-hour days to end. Extension Nears Completion, Wallowa By Scptembor 6, if the present rate of progress is maintained by the O. It. & N. tracklayfng crew, the whistle of tho O. R. & N. construc tion locomotives will pierce tho long waiting silence of the Wallowa valley. The work of laying track on the Wal lowa extension is now progressing toward this valley at the rate of two miles per day, and the tracklaying crew has crossed tho Wallowa river near Grand Hondo and is now working directly toward this place. The main Wallowa river canyon, 10 miles in length, is all that intervenes be tween thu end of tho track and this place. "Boosting" Booklets Out. Albany Fifteen thousand of Al bany's new advertising booklets have been received and are ready for distri bution at tho rooms of tho Albany Commercial club, Tho booklet con tnines 08 pages, and is illustrated with CI photos. Bound with vari-colored covers and printed and illustrated in splendid shape, it is one of tho best booklets from all view points ever issued by any city In tho state. Famous Pear Orchard Sold. Medford A syndicate of Eastern men, headed by John D. Olwell, of this city, has purchased tho famous pear orchard of C. H. Lewis, near this city, for $100,000. Tho orchard has held tho world's record for tho highest prico paid for a carload of Cornice pears for two years, one car bringing $0,800. This tho largest deal in tho history of tho fruit lands of the Roguo river val ley. Farmers' Company Reorganized, Albany A reorganization of tho Al bany Formers' company has been per fected and the whole concern merged into the Albany Mill & Elevator com pany. 'I ho warehouses heretofore mangaged and maintained at Tollman, Tangent and other outsido points by tho old company will bo in direct con trol of tho new company and carry on the business as of old. LAW BENEFITS STATE. School Attendance In n Majority of Counties Shows Increase. Snlom Tho ooratlon of Oregon's new compulsory education law which has been under one year of practical demonstration has been very satisfac tory according to tho reports received by Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Ackerman. Tho statistics of the biennial report also bear out this state ment. There lire several counties were the per rent of nttemlnnco has fallen down but an esjieclal elTort will bo made during the approaching school yenr to extend the operation of the law. Under this law parents may be fined from $G to $25 If they do not coihh1 their children logo to school. The law provides that truant officers bo appoint ed for every district In tho state to re ceive $2 for each day's work. Tho truant officer may notify tho par ents first and then if not action Is tak en n complaint will be brought against them in court. Tho county uorln tendonts must furnish each teacher with the census roil of their district. Tho teucher is compelled to reHirt every four weeks those who are not at tending school. If tho superintendents or teachers violnte any of those pro visions they are subject to a fine of from $5 to $20. Families From the East. Portland -One thousand Central Illi nois farmers nre packing up their household goods ami preparing to move to Oregon before next spring. They have made their arrangements to come out by special trains to Southern Ore gon ami will settle on the military mad grant in Lake ami Harney counties. This is probably the largest emigration from one jwlnt to a Western state since the days of the old Oregon trail, and will bring a particularly desirable class of farmers ami residents Into Southern Oregon. Information of the proposed movement reached tho cham ber of commerce this week through n letter from Henry I. Wallace, of Clay ton, Adams county, Illinois, who naked for additional Information regarding the military mad grant ami said thnt over 1,000 families from Adnmslaml neighboring counties had completed all their arragnemunts to come to Oregon this year. Prepare to Pick Prunes. Hoseburg Prunegrowers of Douglas county nre finishing tho work of get ting ready to take en re or thu coming crop, a great mony of the growers building additional driers, nml some of them who hove heretofore used their neighlors' driers to tnku rare of their crop, are this year erecting buildings of their own. Tho heavy heavy frost in the tarly spring will causo the yield to be slightly loss than that of last year, but at the present price of p run os the growers will receive more money than they did last year. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, fi8c per bushel ; forty fold, 90c; Turkey red, 00c; fife, 88c; bluostem, 92c; volley, 88c;. Barley Feed, $2t.C0 ton; rolled, $2728; brewing, $20. Oats No. 1 white, $270(27.50 ton; gray, $2020.50. Hoy Timothy, Willamette valley, $11 ton; Willametto valley ordinary, $11; Eastern Oregon, $10.50; mixed, $1.1; clover, $9: alfalfa, $11; alfalfa meal, $20. Fruits Peaches, COfiiSSc box; pears, $10(1.50 box; plums, 76c box; graos, 8ficfti$1.60 cratu; blackberries, $Ui, 1.10. Potatoes Jlff,1.10 per hundred; sweet potatoes, HJ4G1 Ic pound. Melons- Cantaloupes, $10(1.25 per crate; watermelons, $1,60 por 100 loose, crated, ',c pound additional; en sabas, $2.25(2.60 dozen. Vcgutubloa Turnips, 1.60 sack; car rots, $1.76; parsnips, $1.76; beets, $1.50; beans, 6c pound; cabbage, lc pound; corn, 26w,30c dozen; cucum bers, 30(i10c box; egg plant, $1.76 crate; lettuce, head, 15c dozen; pars ley, 15c dozen; peas, Cc pound; pep pers, 86, 10c pound; radishes, 12Sc dozen; spinach, 2c pound; squash, 40c i dozen; tomatoes, 76cC'f$l crate; cel- try, 5 0( 1 90c dozen; artichokes, 76c dozen. Butter Extras, 31 c pound; funcy, 27Kc; choice, 25c; store, 18c. Eggn Oregon extras, 2C(7J27c; firsts, 2?,25c; seconds, 220123c, thirds 16(?;20c; Eastern, 24?(25c. Poultry Mixed chickens, 13(T13J nnnnili fnnstt hiina tAtt vnnufntd A fi spring, 10c; ducks, old, 12c; spring, lMtjiiic; gecsn, old, hc; young, luc; turkeys, old, 17?jl8c; young, 20c. vcai lixiro, hc pound ; ordinary, v C'(i7Kc; heavy, 5c, Pork rancy, 7c pound; ordinary, Cc; large, 6c. Mutton Fancy, 8fi(9c. Hops 1907, prime and choice, 414 fi!5c pound; olds, Kljjc; contracts, 7CHC Wool Eastern Oregon avcrago best, 10$lGfc pound, according to shrink- ago; valley, lOloc; mohair, choice, 1818c. ( PROBES AMERICAN MINES. j Uolghn Expert Comes ns Owest of Government. Now York, Aug. 20. Victor W. Wnttovno. chief of tho Belgian depart ment of mines, was n pnssonner on tho Hod Star liner Kiwnlnml, which ar rived In xrt ttxlny. Chief Waltoyno comes ns tho guest of tho United States iniverntiieiit and will bo consult ed by tho luironii of geodetic survey In Its coming Investigation of tho mining conditions in this country. Congress has npproprlatted $150,000 for this purpose. Captain Di-shrough, of Eng land, and A. Molsmor. of (lormotiy, lioth expert mining engineers, will como later to Join Chief Wnttoyno. In tho United States thorn nro Il.'iOO deaths due to nccldonts every year In tho mint, or turoo in every uhhishihi mining employe. Sinking of tho tremendous death rate, Chief Wnttoyno said yostordnyi "In Belgium, wnoro tno mines nro Hi., iilil.i in I'ii mi hi run! tho most dan gerous ami deeiest in the world, tho Uentli rate is tuny one man in n hhhib- and n very good record, considering tho extremely hazardous nature of Out work. I t.pcl to bo very much In terested In my commission to study American methods." Chief Wnttoyno left promptly for Pittsburg. He will go from thorn to Hunnn, Wyo., to study a sealed mine in which, during ton years over N00 minors have lost their lives. Chief Wnttoyno will suggest some scheme by which It can bo worked with safety. BISBEE AGAIN FLOODED. Third Cloudburst Wlihln Month Doss Much Damage. Illsbce. Ariz., Aug. 20. Illsbr for tho third time in throe weeks was yes terdny visited by n cloudbursL Tho damage Is estimated nt $25,000. Tho bursting of n subwny nt tho head of Mnln street caused tho damage. Whon the subway burst a wall of water six foot drop swept down tho street, carry ing ahead of it horses, wagons, bugglos nml tho automobile of !. J. Cunning ham, cnshlor of tho bank of Iltsbeo. At the lower rml of tho street tho uu tumobile wns rescued. A number of house foundations wore wvnkcnod. Tho Grand hotel was con demned this evening nml tho guosts moved out. Last night tho town wns without fire protection, owing to wntor mnlns being washed away. Tho gns wns (ilT nml nil big sewerage mains nro broken in mnny places. So fnr ns Is known Micro is no loss of life. II in bee Is loented in n ennyon, so thnt cloudbursts lnlho mountains nbovo make tho plncu peculiarly susceptible to floods. JAPAN IS BUSY. Immense War Debt and Labor Prob lems Worry Statesmen. Now York, Aug. 20. Japan, srely pressed in financial matters, with tabor troubles ami Increased cost of living changing tho entire economic system, will not go to war with any nation fur 10 years at least, according to Gonornl Adolphus W. Greeley, U. S. A., re tired who, with Mrs. Greeley ami their two daughters, arrived on tho President Grant of the Hamburg-American lino today from Hamburg. "There have been within n year not less than MO strikes in Japan, so I was told by n prominent olllcial," said Mr. Greeley, "ami I do not bollove tho world in general knows that thoy ended successfully for tho strikers. This makes for entirely d I lie rent economic conditions in thnt country. Japan has enough, with financial problems ami the question of higher wages, to bo met, to keep her wisest heads busy on tho situation nt homo for yonrs to como." Take Ship's Silver. Sydney, Aug. 20. - Hear Admiral Sjierry, commander of tho American fleet, and thu other admirals, returned to tho ships today. Arrangements urn now being completed for thu departure. After thu recent reception on board the battleship Connecticut, it. was found that a lurgu number of tho smxins mid forks Inscribed with thu namu of tho flagship wero missing. Thoy wero probably taken as nementoH, but the ofllcers, nccumlomcd to such things, charitably suggested that they wero eaten with thu ices and cakes, Japanese Soes Maneuvers, Juncction City, Kan., Aug. 20. Major T, Tanaka, of tho Japanese em bassy In Washington, arrived nt tho maneuver camp last night. Ho was met ut tho railroad station by onu of Generul Kerr's iiersonal stair, mid es corted to headquarters, where ho was Introduced to Generul Kerr and other olllcers of thu stair. Major Tanaka will remain un observer at thu cump for no vend days. Toronto Has 8150,000 Fire Toronto, Ont Aug. 20. Half of tho Union stockyards in West Toronto was wiped out by flro tonight. Lobs, $160,000, Seven houses on Kcol street wero also destroyed, Thu origin of tho flro is nott known. FLOOD LOSSES GROW Dniiiiilic In Amjiista Alonu Km L'otliiintiiil nt $l,&l)0,000. DEATH KOLL WILL REACH THIRTY Wealhnr Orows Colli and Tlirealsnt Suffering to Cecillia Who Are Without Shelter. Atlanta. O. An t - I ,, I.. ui.ttti .if th ilrliiin, i. I ( ' tall fur assistance damage i--i it n.ftmt.mto Ih Augusta alu. i ihki ut i 'I her parts of (t.iK. tl. ami ami m Ninth lafoiint " un ihr flixiil MlUatlon in l'" I he temperature U falling ml ell sllffcrillK to people Willi' m ter KrpiiM of damage front p w South and North Carolina .trr . in lowly Hndge have b s. away in South Carolina ji nt. Southern Railway, and uiutl " ' lam night it was impossible communication with at!) (nt Ulanls In Niigil'U. ilir pn suffering it aloiiff deep ii!li k a BriJwrll llotlotIK 1 1 1 1 r Bottom Here the houtet were ered to the ravei The wilrr riamaKed limine block III ll r atttl Ik tnlnl illHlAlflv III Ihl Lilt W a million and a half itoihrs I not epecled that the li ! Ii' It inffrliril Moil of ihr kII 1 his;h water were cauclu In ihcir I on the outtkiru of the city I here are many rumors "I " killed, bui thee have nl linn . finl In South Camlnu lUt I life will reach proluh'y 3n In f.iriilina ntttiitilv half a ilifrti t.' ' 4111I a many negroet have .r. k I he llooil water at ,ok"' 1 reding rapidly, and It ppi'rni 1 1 tic o has keen urulrrcinu 1' I LARGE MOB BILL. Sprlngflsld Victims Begin Their Sulla Against City. Spnnitflelil III, Aug 10 'Ihr v. t o of Seoit Burton. th lir.i it hT lynched in the recent ri"i h-rr t - made no attempt In settle with l' city for the death of hrr lut-t. .- I heretofore, but today filed mm f r 1 he fS.noo which the law a'l -. it the heir of persons who are kill I by mob It 1 announced al t' t 1 lunar uit will be filed by 1 1. . I ,ra of William DonneRsn, am'H.'r iH who was lynched The heir of four oilier 11. r . killed during the rioting 1 "m 1 '1 tain the money brcantr ili .'r killed by stray bullet or 111 ;.. n ! lie and were not slain by il n ' Prourrly owners continue (.1 I nit for damages aganUl tle . ! I the turn of the claims alrenl in. it over $M,W it is expected that thetr un , he iiivcn preference in the mitrl 1 I will receivr Uick anion I lir K. eral sentiment amntni the iitin,- that the sHrvivort of the fumir. ihr nmb victims should hr p..) 1' once and that the city hun'd p . f the damage done by the r ' ' 1 r , ANOTHER CLOUDUURST. Fifteen Pooplo Drowned by Storm in New Mexico, Trinidad. Colo. Auu if'i I1 I in the Cunmaron river, following 1 cloudbural washed away a iiilinb r t dwellitikf at l;oUom, N M . I.it nil ' .ml II per toiii nre reported t" da been drowned Twelve bodies bw been recovered. Two mil of tr L. and I bridge on the Colorado .V Southern It ulronU were w.itlod u' Train will be laid out is hour McuKcr advice received lure t 1 V say that the rntire city was swipt l the floods caused by the iloii.llnif 1 Many houses were swept cimp'ctrl. .iw.iy, and nearly every hiitr in 111 town wa d.illlagcd to miiir extent The advices say searching pir'i'S have hern formed, uitil that it 1 ex tier led many more Intdies will In found before night. i'oltom is 111 the northeatlrrn p r t of New Mexico, near lUloit, on tb S.tnta Vr Uailroad. Its elevation n about 7,uoii fret, and it is comuuily in ilaitKcr nf floods, which wc,i down from the surrounding mountains whenever there is a clotidbtir-t or heavy rain in the lulls Seo Qnrmnn Maneuvers. Ilerlln. Allir. 29.- -Cenornl I)n I-'nn Suck, tho Ilruzlllnn minister of war, nnd Onornl Mendoc Mornleu, of thu llrazilluu army, will arrlvu tomorrow at a Ilerlln hotel ns thu guests of Km- tMirnr Wllllmn Tin. nnrut Iiiim Mltl,. out from Ilnail to wIIuchh Urn fall maneuvers, 'lliu Invitation extended to them nnd Um acceiitiinni urn recnril- cd iih political uctH rather than n puru military proceeding, with thu object of drawing tho two governments into muru ugroenuiu relations, Saga Wat World 804,103,000. Now York, Aug, 20.- Itussell Sngo'u estate Is valued at $0-1, 10:1,800. This fuct bocamo known today throuuh tho signing of tho order for tho tranfur tax payablo to tho state. 1