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PRIMARY ELECTIONS
Democrats and Rnibllcons Nonv
Inatc In Washington.
1 FIRST TIME UNDER NEW LAW
Republican Choice Seems to Da Cot
grove for Governor Demo
crats Name Pattlson,
Scuttle, Sept. 10. Election return,
although lute last night still Incom
plete, Indicate that Samuel 0. Cos
grove, of Pomeroy, n second choice so
ectlon, will recclvo the nomination for
gwveroor of the state of Washington.
Cosgro.e's lontl on second cholco votes,
nnd the split on first choice votes be
tween Albert K. Mead nml Henry Me
llride, toother with tlrst choice vote
divided between Ave other candidates
In tho lleld, have brought about n situ
ntlon peculiar In Washington stnte
politic.
Tho latest returns from nil pnrta of
tho stnte Imllc ato that w hen tho count
it completed Cosgrove may have n plu
rality of all vote cast, lending both
Mcltrtdo and Mend. Up to nearly mid
night the count showed Mcllride lend
ing Cosgrove, but belated return from
remote country districts nre adding to
Coegrovo'a toU). Mead I thin! In the
race.
Washington' new direct primary
law ha eliminated Senator Ankeny
from tho race for senator. Wesley I.
Jones, by a majority renchlng well Into
tho thousands, has been given the nom
ination and the number of Republican
who are pledged to voto always for the
candidate of their cholco receiving tho
highest popular vote, preclude the
possibility of the election of Ankeny
by the next legislature.
From tho beat analysis of the tabula
tions at hand, the following Republi
can ticket i nominated :
Congressional Representatives,
William K. Humphrey, F. W. Cush
man, M. C Potndexter.
State Governor, Samuel G. Cos
grove; lieutenant governor, Charles E.
Coon; secretary of state, Sam 11. Nich
ols; state auditor, C. W. Claussen;
state treasurer, Edward K. Erwin; at
tomey general, J. II. Easterday; com
missioner of public lands, E. W. Kes:
rupcrintendent of public instruction.
Henry U, Dewey; insurance commis
sioner, John It. Schively.
Preference for United States sena
tor, Wesley I. Jones.
Democratic state ami congressional
nominations are as fellows :
Congressional -- Representative,
Charles II. Miller.
State -- Governor, John Pattlson;
lieutenant governor, A. C Edwards;
secretary e-f state. Otis JiuWen ; com
missioner of public lands, Albert
School ey; superintendent of wMk in
.ruction, Ehlrtdg Wheeler; insurance
commissioner, Edwin F. Master?.
Preference for United States senator,
George F. Cettrtll.
KV-Hewittg are the nonpartisan nmi
nees:
Judleiary Judges of Supreme court.
Herman 11. Crow, Mih A.
Stephen J. Chadwick.
Root and '
Kaiser's Subject Lev Htm Little
San Praacise. Sept. 10. Judge
Karl Von Lewineki. president of the
Imperial court at Berlin, is today
muhJirikt wbw.t utrorSA k will ftvt
rMvlra at Shu. kstuU ku MHlrv. I
men. The German judge was a gsaeet
In the court of Judge Van Fleet yeoter
day, in which naturalisation mwim
tion were being heard. Several of
his countrymen were tweettoned mtW
usual manner. The supreme tost of
cititenthip uua.-ncaUeu was the re
uuiremeent that the applicant renounce
his allegiance to the mother country
and take up arms against tnat coun
try, if necessary. Imperial Judge Vn
IxwmsJkt was painfully uipr4 at
the avidity with which hs countrymen
agreed to make
war on the kawer if
neceary.
Crocktr's Iowa DHgada.
Oskatoosa. Iowa, Sept. Itk The
fourteenth biennial reunssn of Creek
cr' Iowa brigade, consMUng of the
Eleventh. Thirteenth, ficenth and
Stxteenth regiment of Iowa infantry
vlunteers, began here Uviay. The
hotcl Lacy was head-inarters of the re
union, and the business semns were
hehl in the cvttrthue. lYnstdent 11.
ll, Kcvvi, of Mount ernen, ire4ded. ;
The reunWm will rentwne orer tomsr
row. The biennial addreos is to be
vVllrered by CVJonel Charles A. Clark.
of Ciar Kapids.
Correts of Americanists.
Vienna, Sept. In.- The sutenteenth
InUmntMnal vngres of American
rtvned tvxlay under the preentenc,' of
Ilarea Wc"l.ivvaer ax we
Unirereitr ,
f Vienna and will continue M seasien
f-1 next for w five daj-s. Tfee isiv
jet of the, cvttgre t b promote ii-
enUtk towlrie ieta the hutcry cf
KU Atocrtcna ! tttr tveric jj
VIOLATES STATE RIGHTS.
Penniylvanla Court Hold Commodity
Clause Invalid.
Philadelphia, Sept. II. Declaring It
to bo drnsllc, Imrsh nnd unreasonable,
and nn invasion of tho rights of the
stntes nnd therefore repugnant to the
constitution, the United Stntes Circuit
court for the Eastern district of Penn
sylvania today dismissed the suits of
the Federal government to enforce the
commodities clause of the Hepburn
railroad net ngnlnst the anthracite coal
cnrrlers of this stnte. Judges George
Gray and George It. Dallas Med opin
ions dismissing tho suits and Judge
Joseph Rulllngton dissented, but did
not tile nn opinion.
The commodities clause prohibit
railroad companies to trnnort in In
terstate commerce any article or com
modity manufactured, mined or pro
duced by them or under their author
ity. The case wn argued in June,
United Stntes Attorney General llonn.
parte dolt.crlng the principal argu
ment for the government. The effect
of the commodities clause, if constitu
tional, would be to routine tho mining
of anthracite coal by the railroads to
that for use In Pennsylvania only, nnd
compel the railroads to sell all the
mining property they nn? interested
in, either directly or indirectly. It is
almost certain that the case will bo
appealed directly to the United Stntes
Supremo court.
UNEMPLOYED RIOT.
Glasgow Socialists Incite Thousands
of Men to Violence.
Glasgow, Sept. 11. -Following n
night of rioting nnd tlghting between
a mob of 7,000 unemployed nml mount
ed nnd foot police, this city today pre
sents the spectacle of n town in the
throes of a siege.
Hundred of citiiens nre guarding
their property with firearms, fearing a
recurrence of the outbreak, nml terror
stricken women nnd children have been
compelled to stay indoors all day.
Scores of houses are damaged, win
dows are broken and the streets are
deserted but for a strong police guard
that is making the rounds in military
fashion.
The trouble started at midnight. A
mob of unemployed under the lender
ship of Socialists who had intlamed
them to action by violent spe-chw
made another onslaught on tho aristo
cratic section of the city. They raided
several shops at the foot of the hills
overlooking the wealthy nuarter of the
city and started to pillage the houses
of the wealthy resident.
The police, aided by the household
er, fought e(T the rioters until dawn,
when they were dispersed. The num
ber of injured is unknown. It is ti
mated that there are between 24.000
and 30,000 unemployed in the city at
the present time.
SHEEPMEN SUE ROOSEVELT.
Seek to Enjoin Him From Enlarging
CaKfemU Fort) it Reserve.
Reno, Nev.. Sept. 11. For the Arst
time in the history of this country,, a
United States president and ether Fed
eral official are being sued to prevent
the gevernment from withdrawing tim
ber lantk for government reserve. In
the Federal court at Carson City teUy
b -" -" -- Eureka Livestock com
pany against I'resident Koosevelt, Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson. Chief
Forester Pinchot and Forester Harnett
is being argued, attacking the right of
the defendant to withdraw for forest
preservation purjv a large portion
of the Monitor forest, in Eureka
WT?-'
The plaintiff r they wore graiing
ahout l.0uv tktp on the reserve bo
fore it v.tui with4raw, ami am they
are refueed that right.
Kaiser Re4,es Wood.
St. Johana on the Saar. Sept. 11.
Enapsmr WiUwm reoetvod Major Gen
eral Leonartl Wvi. U. S. A., in the
iekl mi mommg. The meeting took
place on a lofty hill tn front of the po-
siUon KVped ky tne "retf army,
The general was mtranseed by Captain
von Uvonms, the German muitary at
Usx at Washington, ami hs mijsity
heM him in eonvonatson for se-veral
mumtes. The emperor was oxtromely
gracseiM and Apreed the hope that
General Wxl had been given every
pfvrtunity to witneM the misteuvers.
Pledge Hep M Mutal,
Paris, Spt. In. A dispatch recviv
ed here tniay from 13 Kasar says that
i Dr. 'xA, the German coniul at Tan
'ger. who s on hi way to Fei. wa
TkJ a numr of nouhles on ha way
and informed thorn that Mulai Hand
eouhl tMnl mfvin the support of Ger
many and that Germany wwuld under
take to as4ure the integrity of the
ceuntry and help Mulai Haid out of
hu du&cultle.
German Spj Confstset.
Orleans. France. SepL 11 -The
German who was arrested here a few
day sj cm the charge of being a spy.
enfeed ts-lay that he had been act-
ut this capacity for several year J
under t&e directMa cf Gerevaa esilitary
aatbanUc cf AUare-LcrrtOac. J
I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
i
SMITH TRANSFERS TIMUER.
Minneapolis Man Turn In $1,000,000
Holdings to Corporation.
Albany The vast Linn county tim
ber holdings of C. A. Smith, of Mlti
nenHills, luxvo nil been transferred to
the Iilnn & I.nne Timber company,
orgauiicd in Hennepin county, Minne
sota. The transfers embrace approxi
mately 60,000 acres. The considera
tion named In one deed is $80,000 anil
only n nominal consideration is men
tioned In the others, but tho value of
the land transferred I nbout $1,000,
000.
The land embraces all of tho old
holding of Frederick A. Krlls, of
Portland, and some additional Inml
later acquired, by the Smith Interests
with scrip. Several hundred acres
were held jointly by Smith. Charles J.
Swnnson ami Nils O. Warner. Other
parties hnd interests with Smith.
Tho Smith holdings were nil choice
timber land, and some sections nre
unexcelled in tho world. A largo or
tlon of this Inml runs frem 10.000,000
to 12,000,000 feet of timber to the
minrtcr section.
Road Wants Astoria Franchise.
Astoria At the Inst meeting of the
city council n franchise was nsked for
by the Oregon Const railway for run
ning electric lines through n number of
streets in the city limits. The com
munication was referred to n commit
tee for examination nml for n report at
a later meeting. The company desires
the franchise to eventually be tendered
to the Astoria, Sonskle & Tillamook
Railroad company If the Oregon Coast
railway "makes good." There is no
suspicion of the Oregon Coast eomwny,
but for tho protection of all local Inter
ests this form of procedure will be
adopted.
Fire Destroy Sawmill.
Rainier Years of hard work by C
C. Wilson, principal proprietor of the
C. C. Wilson Lumber company, were
lost last week when the sawmill of
this company, 2&0.000 feet of lumber,
Ave cars of lumber in the dry kiln,
$5,000 worth of machinery put in this
summer ami other equipment were de
stroyed. Mr. Wilson's loss I U7, 000.
His insurance is $13,000, which will
meet his outstanding debts, leaving
him where he was when he began to
build up the big plant years ago.
Line Nearly Comptetfid.
La Grande Regular traffic into
Wallowa county orr the ntwly con
ttructed WsIIohs county extension
will begin September SI according to
a statement lntn headquarters, out
thit event will be preceded by a pop
alar excursion on the soth. when the
O R & X will run excursion trains
lo Wallowa from here Thu will in
auguraic the service The track has
now tKen taid to Valla town, the
lontiruction reaching that point to
night Revised Livestock Rat.
Salem H. M. Adams, general
freight and passoneer agent of the
Astoria & Columbia River railroad,
has informed the Railroad commission
at Salem that a revised schedule on
liveatock will be put in force on that
rend Septembper SS. The new rate
from Portland to Warrenton will be
$37.12 for a 16-foot car, where before
it was $14 for a 4-faK ear. There
wns a complaint against the eU rate.
Governor Appoints Delegate.
Salem Clara Hewiek Coltr. editor
sad pnMikher of the Wcwi'i Tnboae.
f Tremeat Place, has been appointed
a Jelegrate to Ike international eongtos
a aond ednealien to be held in Los
'on, Eajrlaod. from September 14 to St
The governor' eimmi-4aa via io t
a.l mailed to Mr.- '-!. jr ia KagUnd,
where she m at tbsi time.
Fair at MayvtMs In October
Cerate Kxienaive preparatioat are
in prorreM for the i-range fair to he
kM at Majrrille. Oetooor S and 9,
andor the sn-sueei of the grange of
iiilliam and rVoeolM soanlie. Com
mittee have been appointed to take
rharre of the sport and of the amoe
eot. C J. Quia, sutler of the May
vUW grange, is shairmaa.
Eiprest Rat Rtduction.
Klamath FHi. A redoction in rx--ress
rate to and iron Klamath
Falls ha been ordered but on ic
count of an error in ittng the scued
n'c with the interstate commerce
(vteanusuou, the change will not go
.ato enect nnttl October 1
Mount Hood MM Resumes.
Dec After betni- closed down lor
over a month, the Mount Hood Lum
ber comnny hat started up again
Tne plant at tne company u cxtumntn
with eJectnc power and ts up to date
tn every respect. Two honored men
will be green employment
Disburse Over Mmton.
t.n All the Sihcrmeu em
p'oxed during the recent eon br
tVc Jil canntnc xn4 cow iterate i
rUwri htvc been Mid oil and a 1ocj.i!
btaktr ctunutcs tut the amount dit .
tnctcd among the Bra was cot kill
thaa lU'.1. '
UUILD OWN HOAU.
Coos Day Pmililn Decomlng Tired
Walling for Harrlmnn.
Kosrhurg - If lhrrlnun will not
.irce to take action on the Chm lUy
Ur.utt rad. at the (orthcouung con
ference between the r.ulro.ul kinn and
the dclrgjtiou of Cimh lUyans at
KtMeluirg. negotiation, will be opriird
with the -cveral capilili.K who jrc
.mxiouv to tiiuiucc an electric line
(rmn Ko-elinrg to Com Hay
The conditlotix are such that any
further deirtopmeut of the Coo- ILiy
euiiutri ami dependent eo.ul point
will be retarded iinlcsi a ro.id l .i
iiirrd The Cihm Hay people Im.c named
the following committee of lmlHc
men to attend the tHcetitii: here C
A Smith, Or A C Straw. 1. J Simp
Mm. C .1 Mill and W P ...aim.
wiih J I. Orcu and V II Power a
.iltcrnatc
Water Ulg Tract,
tlrntit Pas. Arrustfeiweiit asd
nlnii for the hulMIni of n I'MCf Irri
k-ntint: ennill. which ivlll take its water
from Rogue river. Jmt nlo.e the
Golden thrift company's daw, and
water over l,0H) acre- of arid lanl
nlniin nnd I elow GrnHtv Pan have been
mn.le. nHd enHitrurtioH work will hi
lei;ln. Tlre.1 of waiting for outside
rnnital to lieeomr lnterete.l In lh
pmjeet, and nin the leramelit for
aid, local buniaex men, rancher and
fruitgrower- have decided to build the
M(- canal themirltr.
Irrigate Arid Land,
Pendleton --Sei en thousand acre
of I'matilti arid land wa mortgaged
recently by the Weilern Land At Irri
Kit ion company to the Marion Tru.t
mmpany of Indianapolit, to secure a
k-o 1.1 bond i-Mr ol flJOooo lo be ute.l
m the construction of canat and
ditchr and in other way prrparini
for rxtenviie farming a vail area in
the vouihern part of thi county The
mortgk'c wa vsid to be the Urgrt
inttrumcnt filed here for )cari, the
filing fee bcint: $1? 0
New Hotpltsl Proposed.
I)alU-Rcv Father II J McDev
ut. of Portland, i in Dallas endeavor
ing to vecure the etablihmcnt of a
Catholic hospital in thu city A con
frrence wa held with the leading
buMnes men and physician, all pre.
ent nrommnc t cue their heart)
-upper t to the movement Several
cite for tne location ol the proposed
limitation have been offered, and it
i, generally considered that the e
tabtishmcnt of the hospital i atvured
YamhW E.WWt for State Fair
MeMinavilleVasahli rounty will
hate aa exhibit at the Hate fair. The
dtsplar will be made ander the dire
tsaa of the Yamhill County Develop
ment ao-oelation, and U beiag arrance-l
y Colonel J I' Cooper, of thii city.
It will comprie a complete aa -et
teat of rraia. , frukn. aal.
ete m ran le gntherevt at once.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
WheatClub, -- tt bn-hel; forty
fold. -W; turkey red. 90t; fife, !tse,
blaeetem. fSe; valley. s-e.
Rarlee- Peed. 3 SO per ton; rolled
tVGt. brew in-. rSn.
Ont No 1 white. (i7JtTJ0 per
too; crav. fJimiU-JO
Hav Timothy Willamette Valley.
fit per ton; Willamette valley, er.ii
aanr. $11; KaMem (sregon. IM;
aixe,l. IIS; f lever. f; alfalfa-, til;
alfalfa meal. ISO.
Fruit Vppte. new. aOentilTS per
Nix; pew he. auAiTae per hoi; pear,
T3e4M per Ui; plum, tsa oe per
box, grapes, 3r3j!l.0 per crate; fig.
f I per bei.
Potatoa taafTMe ptr hundred;
sweet potatoes tait, per ponad
Melon Caatalaupes. llsglJO per
erate; wtotmeUni. flAgl S per ion
Ism; crated. r per pound additional;
easncsM. ?t per dosen
Vocetable Turnip. I JO per rk;
ear, II ?S; parsnips. II TS; beet.
IIJO; artichoke. mW per .Isssa; beans.
ae per pontwt; eahnate, Z per pound,
cauliflower, lUt per rrale; eelere.
rSeJt)!l per oooeo; corn. tSVnV per
eoseo; cucumber. MntlOe pec box;
e.-g plant. 11-tHilJO erate; lettuce,
head. ISe per eVaoro; parsley. Me per
; pens. n per pound, t'TP'- MR
In per pound; pumpkins. In) I We pec
pound; rwdiebe. ltc per loi sn ; snta
ach. t per pound; snrouts. lc per
rouod, souaih. In per Jeeen; tomatoes,
a4N
Kutier Kxtras. SI He per peuad;
faaey, Tte. eholce She- tore, 15.
Kg-- Ocogon eitra. rJtJIlvt; flrts.
Jntjjn; second. tV; third. Uf
JtV; h-xKera. StnltSe per doaen.
Poultry Mixed chickens. MtfMV
ponnd; fancy hens. lttjltr; rooster,
loe; spring. lafaH. dock, aid 1N
1V; pring. IMiimc; . oM.
-c; young. Inc. turkeys, old ITsJIie;
Tong. Sn.
Veil Kttri. 5tftC per penad; or
Itnary. tTtc; hoary, J.
rk JVaey, S4 per psuad; aedi
nary. ; Ureo. .
Malton-lSner. jeV.
Hops lrT. prisse and choice. 4 Hit
V per penad, old. lSlic; contracts.
;jlc.
WKd-E.itra Orer, avcrsr test,
l?i144C rer -!. accorjitg to
tkrUkage- TtBry. liglSHc; aalair.
k4ce, IJllH-
FIVE TOWNS SAFE.
Mtnnntoln Forott Fires Din Down
Whsii Wind Fall.
St Paul. Minn, Sept ti-Special
lo the Pioneer Pre t,uc llut l
ready mure tlimi $.i.tuiil.mi0 worth of
miuiint timber .Hid other properly
lus hern destroyed by the foreil fire
in Upper Minnesota.
Ihilttllt. Minn, Sept t) -I'mlitlnn
deper.itely ngninxt the fnrcit fires
that tlircilenrtl iiuiiiicutatily to add
six more Miiue town lo the black
ened ruins of Cliliholm and Snow lull,
practically the entire population ol
the Mesalu rculon composed the self
constituted (ire brigade that stiiiitulcd
fiercely all day jesleriUy and Ute
into the niiiht to ae their home
ami property After ragmg fiercely
all the afternoon the flame died
down with the wind lat evening and
gave the army of fighter chance lo
rest after their trcnnou work.
llilibiiig. Xafthwauk, Huh), Coler
.line and MouHlaiu Iron, which were
considered doomed during the greater
part of the afternoon, are afe agun,
uii'cm the wind reiiics There Is
little promise of rain, and a strong
wiml from any direction will fan the
(lames inio a renewed menace
The Dulutli fire department re
ceued a telegram from the depart
incut at llihbing asking (or assist
attcr, and Chief lllack, with a mini
her of men and an engine, left Du
lulli shortly after i o'clock for the
scchc of the (ire The Mrsalw mail
has train in wailing at Itiblnng lo
take the people away from the scene
of danger.
CAPITAL SEES OPPORTUNITY
Mid Ruih On to Invest In Turkey
Under New Regime,
Grand Marais, Minn , on the north
ihore, I in the clutches of the fire
demon The people arc In wors
straits than the range people, in that
they hae no place to flee to For
est fires arc raging within a mile of
the town
Constantinople, Sept 9 Reliciing
Turkish investment i to be safe, for
the first time in the country' hittory
and assured of a chance to make them
without paying blackmail in a dosen
direction, foreign capitalists' agents
are literally stampeding into Con
stantinople Considering the ttagc
of its civilitattou and its proximity
to the Occident, the sultan's realm
it regarded in Ivuropc as the least
developed land on earth The oppor
tumty for reaping enormous return!
is deemed so bright that the influx
into the capital is reaching the pro
portion! of a miners' rush m a new
mineral field, or a settlers' race for
farm in a freshly opened American
government reservation
Germany alone among the nat.ons
wat moderately represented before
the revolution Teutonic intereis arc
still striving hard to hold then own
aaint the rcpretcntativr of rival
countries, but the loss of presiiec
iney tniicrea witn me 014 regimes
fall is handicapping them bcavdy
They have an equal chance with
other prospective investor, and large
number from Berlin are joining tbt
contingent already in the field
OIL OUDDLE PUNCTURED.
Stepag Ftem OurUd Fuel Tank
Cause Arizona Stampede.
San MoraaHiae Cal . Slept S.-jteen
age from a big crude ail tank, erected
at Yaeca. Aria., for repleawhiar the
fuel supply of Santa P leeeavotlve
it respotuibl for the oil f rente whieh
daring the past week has taken haa
dreds of excited people to that laealitv
from points hundred of at lies 4itaa
Kxperts seat to the eeoe be the Staats
I'e Company traced the oil direct ta the
tank, aa analysis of the bUek fluid
skimmed from the water la a wall U
feet distant from the task satlsfyiag
even the meet eathaatasti locators of
their mistake.
The desert had been staked out for
mile. All annner of vehicles had bees
pressed into service, carrying people lo
the Celd. and In many Instances uvea
had saertfieed their property elsewhere
to be first oa the ground.
Ssven Hurt In Eplon.
Lot Aug!!. Cal. Sept Six ire-
men and a 1 1 -year-old girl were badly
burned and shocked a the result n
an explosion of jrai during a tnva!)
lire in a piummng shop on South
Maw street laic y-eeterdav afternonw
Three of the men were blown from
the room into the street Two com
panic t responded and two firemen
were tent into the basement m make
sure there were no flames there O-w
of them earned a lantern, and the
gas. which had been gathering m the
batcmeuL exploded The injured men
were onatkly removed to the hospital
Finishes Hug Canvas.
Proctor. Vt. Sent 9 Gtao Unr.
rath, a Hungarian artist has com
pleted here, after yer of careful
work ttndv and retctrth. a mam
mvh osl pan-tin; n "Walk agton at
the Btn'e c-f Trenton" It ti claimed
to be the targett tingle pCre on any
tub-ret ever prodaced tn thai coeatry
It u Sl feet long and 11 feet high.
ONLY RAIN CAN SAVE
Liinjo Tract In Mlnnusuia lliilin)
Swept liy llru.
NAVAL TKAINIMi SHIP dlVLS All)
Oraml Maralt, Long In Peril, Anion,.
Minnesota Village HurroumUii
by Wall 01 Flame.
Dultith. Minn.. .Sept. Ik'. Tnir- .
heavy rain fnlla within the nrii id
Itouni, the total destruction by fi.rrit
tlri- of elery town oil the north shorn
of l.nko MiiHrUir in Cixik rminl) is .
iiHMt eertnln. No rain Im fa. ,n in
this district alnco July 10 nnl ivrry.
thing In the wood Is as dry a psrrh.
luont. Last evening tho walls if lire,
with n heavy wind behind tin in rj.
tetHleil all the way to the settli inriiU,
Wihi-eyeil nml shaking with frsr,
the inhahilanta ar galhernl aloilk- (ha
shore prepare! to tak to tin' lake in
small craft should the worst ...in
Within less than two mile of tirsml
Marais, a town of l.rVOO, therr is in
llame a tract of spruce nml brush ovrr
three utile In length. A strung land
brrexn from the northwest Is nt .rrs.
rut slHxitlng the fire along the out
sklrta of tho town, giving tlie vil.agea
tease of life.
The training ship Gopher, whirh
brought the naval militia to aid tn
fighting the fire. Is In the harlxir and it
taking women and chlldrrn Umu Tke
ship wa wrlciliHi with tears f joy
on her arrival, anil only the aid of taw
militia has saved the town up to thlt
time.
Ctmdltion at Plgexm Riirr ImIIm
Rnservation, at lllg bay, (hlrag tjr,
Cascade.. Cofton and Nutaon, arr sim
ilar to tbe rxUttng at (irnl MaraM,
Il-arr bay. on likr Jtuperior. M' miles
northeast of IKlluth. is repotted to he
In peril.
NEW COINS DCFECTIVt
St. Oaudsns Twsntlts Do Not "Suck"
With Old One.
San Francisco, rfU C rtivitr
at the San Francisco mint In the row
ing of the HL Gaudena gold plrrr hu
liren stMlH-ndfs!. The first few Ul'
output amounted to SlSii.ono, ut tie
double eagles. It haa been fouixl, will
not "stack" with the old roins ..( t
same denomination In a stark f 11(0
the new coin are half the tlnrkm-M f
a piece abort. While the double rgW
again U-ar the legisnd "In (! W
Trust," It haa been learned that the
trust i not of t no-dollar dimrt k.
Superintendent Mwerney rr.ru rd a
telegram from Washington saymr.
"Coin eagles with ' In God We Trvst ' "
In due time a letter was trrs 11 eihf
him from Washington authorities
which read, "We wired )uu as f si
Iowa : "Coin no eagle with In (iol
We TrtML This we beg leave to con
firm." The coinage of the eagle stopprd
and the nsaney prose e are idle, await
ing instructions.
DEATS OWN TIME
Wright FMet Asropian for 0r 70
Mlmjles.
Washington, Sept. It In a rtieht
lasting one hour, ten mtnuU-s and ti
uesinds, Orville Wright late ..l.nijr
surrpaseed all his reviou ex I t far
a time and distance rlight fur a 1-aMef-than-alr
machine.
Two flight were made at K"rt Mr,
or, Va, yeeterday, the first l "g t
ten minutes and &0 second' 'uratM,
for the purtiose of showini: whs' rat
of speed he had been traveling iurisff
bis hang night of the past three Uyi.
Yesterday's test demonstrated, aord
ing ta the aviator's ralculatior that
the speed of the aeroplane durmg -It
record-breaking flight of W-ic-if
and Thursday was W M miles an hour.
The majority of those who w iti essol
the mm: fllcht were rousnl to grrtt
enthtulasm when the aviator ('r the
third suecesjive day broke hi previeu
record.
Wants War QaHoon at Atacdro.
San Francisco, Sept, IS. Colore 1 M.
P. Maus, head of the departrmnt of
Califamia, today asked the War de
partment to send at least one dirigible
balloon to Atascadero, Cal., when the
maneuvers of the California ar I Art
... , . .. 1 1. .. ths
- mj air in prvrv-ao, is "
object of the commanding orficers W
repesxtuce aa nearly as possipie "
conditiens of actual warfare in the en
campment thia year and it is JetirrJ
.. . . a aa Z . . m . 1 let
xnai a taiwon ue sent here tor tnsi
the sham battlos tbst are to be foUgbt
ander the oaks.
Chinsia Boycott Things Csrm".
Tekia. nt. t TVw. 0,,-ese it
dciut of Tokio have decided to boycott
German goods and German tthoo
No reason is assigned for the action-