Boreal.
VOL. I.
AUHOUA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908.
NO. 17.
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
Newsy Items Gathered From All Parts
of the WorU.
Genera! Review of Important Hap
penlnga Presented In Brief end
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Reader NaUonal, Politic!, HI
torical ami Commercial.
The War department will ask for a
million dollars to build airships.
A woman is said to have led some of
t e rioters at Springfield, Illinois.
A fire in the East Buffalo stockyards
hurr.ed between 15,00 and 2,000 sheep
and calves.
Governor Deneen says the whole
p wer of Illinois wili be exerted to
protect the negroes.
An Omaha judge denounced a woman
for marrying an old man for his money
and refused to give her a divorce.
The Alaska Pacific Steamship com
pany will establish daily papers on its
two passenger steamers between San
Francisco and Puget sound.
Altogether there are 4,200 militia
men on duty at Springfield, Illinois, as
a result of the race riots. This is all
f the state troops except the colored
members.
In the recent holdup of a Great
Northern mail car near Spokane the
clerks outwitted the robbers by dump
in? the registered letters into new -
Unveiling of a Roosevelt statue in
a Texas town caused a riot, the people
being divided in their views of the
president. One person was fatally
hurt and nine others injured.
The battleship fleet has sailed from
Auckland to Sydney.
Japan is paying off her war debt in
good sized installments.
The Canadian government is to me
diate in the railroad strike.
Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist, is
dead. He was 68 years old.
Fire in the Buffalo, N. Y., stock
yards, burned close to $ 1,000, 000 worth
of property.
Contractors driving the big St. Paul
tunnel in Montana are breaking all
records for speed. ,
Two people were killed and six in
jured by the explosion of a balloon at
London. A spectator attempted to
light a cigar.
The bones of 21 persons have been
found on an island in Lake of the
Woods. They are believed to be the
remains of a party of explorers mas
sacred by Indians in 1736.
Rear Admiral Cogswell, retired, is
dead. He wai an officer on the Oregon
when that vessel made its famous
voyage around the horn to engage the
Spanish fleet.
Train robbers held up a Northern
Pacific train near Trust, nine miles
west of Spokane. The mail car was
uncoupled and run up the track. It is
not known what the result of the haul
was. ,
Turks and Arcmenians join in cele
brating their liberty.
Taft, a new town near Missoula,
Mont., has been destroyed by fire.
It is believed the effect of the Thaw
bankruptcy proceedings will be liberty
for Thaw.
A veterinary surgeon has just died
in New York as the result ouf a bite
by a horse.
A Los Angeles maniacc killed his
son and daughter, attempted to kill his
wife and himself.
A wealthy Italian has been slain in
New York. Nihilists are supposed to
have done the work.
The government has started a fight
in San Francisco against the bringing
of young girU to this country for im
moral purposes.
Some unknown person In San Fran
cisco at intervals has been throwing
ink on women's expensive wearing ap
parel, thus ruining it.
Japan is rejoicing oyer th new'
trademark treaty with the United
States, giving it as proof of friendship
between the two countries.
A modus vivendi has been arranged
whereby the Newfoundland fiseries dis
pute between Great Britain and the
United States will be settled by The
. Hague tribunal.
Senator La Follette is going to start
a newspaper.
The Canadian Pacific is importing
strikebreakers from Europe.
King Teter, of Senria, is accused of
conspiracy against Montenegro.
Forest fin s have broken out again in
Canada s.nd more towns are threatened
with destruction.
TROOPS SCATTER MOB.
Police of Springfield Also Foil Attempt
to Cut Wires.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 17. Two
deaths from injuries received in pre
vious mob fights, the attempted cutting
of the fire alarm wires, the exoneratiou
of Private J. B. Klein, company A,
First Illinois Infantry, by a court of
inquiry for the killing of Earl Nelson
at Kankakee Saturday, and the pursuit
of a mob by guardsmen were the chief
developments in the race war in Spring
field yesterday.
The attempt to cut the telephone and
fire alarm wires leading to the city hall
was not successful. A policeman saw
three men on top of an outbuilding try
ing to reach the lines overhead. He
turned in an alarm to the headquarters
of General Wells, commanding a pro
visional brigade, and the latter dis
patched a wagonload of soldiers to the
scene. They arrived before the trio
had done any damage. The would-be
wirecutters fled, leaving their nippers
behind.
A genuine scare was caused at the
headquarters in the arsenal last night
after a squad had been sent to disperse
a crowd at Allen and Spring streets.
Five minutes later a report reached
Lieutenant Colonel Eddy that shots ha j
been fired in the threatened district.
He immediately sent a full platoon to
the plac to reinforce the squad. When
the additional soldiers appeared the
crowd broke and ran. The soldiers
pursued them for several blocks and
the district, which is near the scene of
Saturday night's lynching, was in an
uproar for a few minutes.
The arsenal was crowded last night
with negro refugees from Springfield
and surrounding towns. About 200
men, women and children sought shelt
er in the building and slept on the floor
or in chairs.
Alarms were more numerous last
evening than on former nights. In no
single case, however, up to a late hour,
was there any circumstance which com
pelled the use of force. A fire early in
the evening at East Mason and Fourth
streets brought out the largest crowd,
but it was composed mostly of curiosity
seekers and was handled easily. Three
barns were destroyed by the fire,
which is supposed to have been started
by mtschevious boys.
Governor Deneen explained last
night that the disposition of troops at
the capitol was not because of any ap
prehension of danger to that edifice,
but because the grounds offered excel
lent camping facilities and were a
strategic point from which Colonel
Sanborn could control the situation
west of Seventh street.
The state's attorney of Kankakee
county called on the governor in the
afternoon in an effort to have arrested
the soldier who stabbed Earl Nelson
with a bayonet in the First Regiment
train at Kankakee last night. The
governor referred him to the military
authorities.
HE CLAIMS VICTORY.
Castro Crows Over Holland, Although
No Blood Shed.
Willemstad, Aug. 17. It seems that
the authorities refused to permit the
Dutch cruiser Gelderland to enter the
port of La Guayra, and this act was re
garded at the capital in the light of a
defeat for The Netherlands men-of-war.
It was celebrated with a recep
tion by President Castro, at which
there was mqsic and dancing, and.
when the president made his way
through the streets of the city, he was
given an ovation.
An official of the customs house at
La Guayra. who had communication
with the Gelderland has been dis
missed.
The Netherlands vessel went into La
Guayra August 1 and, when she re
turned here, her commander said that
all communication with the port had
been refused. The port authorities
declined to accept an official communi
cation to the German minister, who is
in charge of the interests of the Neth
erlands in Curacoa.
The population of Curacoa has peti
tioned the governor of the colony to
declare free the importation and ex
portation of arms and ammunition.
Gold Amalgam Stolen.
Reno, Nev., Aug. 17. A sack
a-nalgam shipped by express to the
Carson mint from Manhattan, a few
days ago has disappeared. About
week ago two sacks containing gel
amalgam worth several thousand dol
lars. were shipped from Msnhattan
Only one arrived at the mint Where
the other is is a mystery. Detectives
' have found that the shipment, instead
I of going via Mound House, came to
Reno an 1 was forwarded. They be
. lieve one of the sacks was stolen whil
they were being transferred in Reno.
Bars Up Against Curacoa.
Willemstad, Aug. 17. Letters from
Venezuela say that all cargoes and pas
sengers coming from Curacoa will be
1 refused at Venezuelan ports, but ves
' sels from the island will be admitted
without consular despatch.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED EROM
VARIOUS
PRUNE GROWERS SMILE.
Douglas County Promised Immense
Crop This Season.
Roseburg Tillson & Co. have pur
chased a fine equipment for their large
prune packing plant in this city, and
have begun work to enlarge and re
model the plant to handle Douglas
county's large prune crop this year.
A new 30 horsepower boiler is now be
ing placed for the steam plant, and
several new pieces of machinery for
grading and packing will be installed.
Nearly 200 cars of evaporated prunes
will be shipped out of the county from
various points, a large portion of
which will be handled by local firms.
In addition to the new machinery the
building will b enlarged to almost
twice its present size.
H. L. Giles & Co., of Salem, have
purchased the Douglas County prune
packing house of Receiver T. R. Sheri
dan, and will thoroughly overhaul and
make additions to the equipment.
These two large packing houses are
ept running for from three to four
months every fall. Besides these two
plants, there is another packing house
at Myrtle Creek that handles from 20
to 50 carloads every season. There
will also be about 30 carloads of ap
ples shipped from Douglas county this
year. I he Douglas County fruit
growers' association will handle about
half of this crop of apples.
THE STATE FAIR.
Thousands of Dollars Being Spent to
Make It Success.
Salem For the state fair in 1907
the Southern Pacific railroad handled
215 carloads of stock and exhibits.
This year, while the fair is yet more
than six weeks away, 219 cars have
been ordered for hauling exhibits and
tock. Many favorable conditions are
working together harmoniously for i
great fair at Salem next month.
Several thousand dollars have been
expended in enlarging the permanent
exhibit building. The grand stand has
been enlarged so that it will accommo
date one-third more people. Men have
been at work on the grounds for Borne
weeks preparing them for the fair.
The shrubbery and grass is being cared
for and skeletons for decoration pur
poses are being erected. All prepara
tions are starting early.
A feature that will greatly assist to
make the state fair this year of more
worth and value will be the co-opera
tion of the Portland Country club.
which is offering attractive purses for
the livestock exhibitions and races.
Summer Normal Draws Teachers
Brownsville Many teachers, lectur
ers and ministers from this section are
taking advantage of the summer nor
mal school conducted by the Albany
college. The attendance is very large.
Hereafter this will probably be one of
the drawing cards for Albany college.
Teachers are in attendance from Mar
ion, Lane, Benton, Lincoln, Linn and
other nearby counties. Lane county
especially is proving its loyalty toward
the church college by a good attend
ance. For the summer school the col
lege has secured the services of some
of the best educators in the United
States.
Blow Out Beecher Rock.
Eugene In the improvements which
the County court has authorized for
the Eugene-Mapleton wagon croad, the
most noteworthy is the order to blow
out Beecher rock, and Commissioner
Price will soon take up this big task
Beecher rock, which overhangs the
Siulslaw road, will be remembered by
every one who has made the trip to
Mapleton as the most dangerous point
on the trip, ihe rocK, which is a
mammoth one weighing thousands of
tons, will be blown to pieces and a
better and safer road cut out in the
side of the mountain.
Enlarge College Campus.
Salem State Superintendent Acker
man his returned from Co rv all is, and
states that options have been secured
on land in the vicinity of the Agricul
tural college that will add about 15
acres to the campus of the Oregon Ag
ricultural college. It is expected that
at the meeting of the board of regents
at Portland on August 13 orders will
be given to buy the land on which op
tions have been secured.
Names Waterways Men.
Salem J. N. Teal and Peter Loggie
of Marshfield, have been appointed by
the governor to represent Oregon at
the Lakes-to-the-Gulf waterway con
vention at Chicago October 7.
Rebuild Albany Iron Works.
Albany The Albany Iron work, re
cently destroyed at a toes of about
$25,000. with insurance of $9,500, will
be immediately rebuilt.
PARTS OF OREGON
BUILD BIG SMELTER.
Eastern Capitalists Will Do This if
County Builds Bridges.
Salem The County Commissioners'
court at their last meeting heard the
petition of Mining Engineer Gadsden,
representing Eastern capitalists, for
the appropriation of $2,000 for the
building of five bridges across the San
tiam river, to make the Gold Creek
copper mines accessible. In return for
this investment, Mr. Gadsden guaran
tees the erection of a smelter with a
capacity of 100 tons per day.
It is expected that the opening up of
these mines and the building of the
smelter will result in the location of a
refinery in this city. The Gold Creek
mines are located on the head waters
of the Santiam in the extreme Eastern
part of Marion county.
A number of leading citizens appear
ed before the court and argued in favor
of the $2,000 appropriation.
Enlarge Salem Hatchery.
University of Oregon, Eugene Ac
cording to reports received here, the
state salmon hatchery up the McKen-
zie river will not be abandoned, but
extended, and arrangements will be
made this fall so that trout as well as
salmon can be hatched. The citizens
of Eugene will provide the money for
the importation of trout eggs from the
East. It was rumored some time ago
that the hatchery would be abandoned,
but it is evident from a letter of the
state fish commissioner that great im
provements will be' made in the estab
lishment.
Realizes Good Prices on Horses.
Drewsey I. M. Davis, one of the
rincipal business men of this place,
I home after an absence of several
weeks in Pendleton and other railroad
points. Mr. Davis took a number of
horses over the mountains. He says
they stood the trip remarkably well.
He realized from $100 to $150 for sin
gle drivers.
Bible University Begins Next Month
University of Oregon, Eugene The
Eugene Bible university, the leading
ministerial school of the Christian
church west of the Rocky mountains,
will open September 22. About 100
students are expected to enroll. The
faculty consists of seven instructors,
headed by President E. C. Sanderson.
Record by Land Board.
Salem Loans amounting to $40,500
were made by the land board at its
monthly meeting held last week. This
s the largest sum that has been loaned
out by the land board in a great many
years. The loans were uniform at 6
per cent.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 89c per bushel ; forty-
fold, 93c; red Russian, 87c; bluestem,
93c; valley, 89c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; roll
ed, $25oi 26; brewing, $26.
Oats No. 1 white, $26.50 per ton;
gray, $Z6.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$14 per ton; Willamette valley, ordi
nary, $11; Eastern Oregon, $16.50;
mixed, $13; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11;
alfalfa meal, $20.
Fruits Cherries, 3010cper pound;
peaches, 65c0$l per box; prunes,
$1.25 per crate; Bartlett pears, $1.50
to 1.75. per box; plums, 400 50c per
box; grapes, $1,2501.50 per crate;
apricots, $1; blackberries, $1,1001.15.
Potatoes 90c 0) $1 per hundred;
sweet potatoes, 5c per pound.
Melons Cantaloupes, $2,5003 per
crate; watermelons, $1.50 per 100
loose; crated, ic per pound addition
al; casabas, $2.50 per dozen.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.50 per sack;
carrots, $1.75; beets, $1.50; beans, 5c
per pound; cabbage", 2(t2c per
pound; corn, 250 30c per dozen; cu
cumbers, $1 per box; eggplant, 10c
per pound; lettuce, head, 15c per
dozen ; parsley, 1 5c per dozen ; peas.
6c per pound; peppers, 80 10c per.
pound; radishes, 12 '-e per dozen;
spinach, 2c per pound; tomatoes, 60c
0$l per crate; celery, 90c0$l per
dozen ; artichokes, 75c per dozen.
Butter Extras, 27'c per pound;
fancy, 25c; choice, 20c; store, 18c.
Eggs Oregon extras, 25c per doz
en; nrsw, zJtanc: seconds, zKazzct
thirds, 150 20c; Eastern, 230 24c
Poultry Mixed chickens, llOll'c
per pound; fancy hens, 120izc;
roosters, 80 9c; spring, 14c; ducks,
old, 80 9c; spring, 100, lie; geese, old,
8c; goslings, lOo llc; turkeys, old, 18
01 9c; young, 20c.
.Veal Extra, 808'c; per toind;
ordinary, 70.7c; heavy, 5c.
Fork Fancy, 7c per pound; ordi
nary, 6c; large, 6c.
Mutton Fancy, 80 9c per przr.d,
Hope 1207, prime and choice, 4 Ott
5c per pound; olds, 20 2,','c; contracts,
9o10c. v
Wool Eastern Orgon, average beet,
10016c' per pound, according to
shrinkage; valley, 15015c; mohair,
choice, lg0jr.i8,'gC.
ORIENTALS AGAIN QUARREL.
Killing of Japanese Traitor Caught in
Pekin the Cause.
Pekin, Aug. 14. The killing in this
city early this month of a Japanese
army otticer, supposed to be a spy
and traitor, by Japanese soldiers at
tached to the Pekin legation, will re
sult in the presentation by China of a
for nal j rjtest against tne doing of
police duty by legation guards outside
of the legation precincts.
The otticer in question was Captain
Kyhxtata. He was in the artillery
branch of the Hiroshima division and
he was formerly an instructor in the
Chinese military college at Pao Ting
til. He was charged with selling Jap
anese military secrets to a foreign
power and disappeared from Japan in
June.
O.i August 1 he was discovered dis
guised as a Chinaman, hiding near the
war office in Pekin. This knowledge
was communicated to the legation
guards and a detachment was sent to
capture him. He resisted arrest,
whereupon the guard shot and wounded
the spy and he died two days later in
the hospital of the legation guard.
M. Abe, the Japanese charge d af
faires, has urged lack of time and the
importance of the prisoner in extenua
tion of the act oi of the guard in not
notifying the Chinese authorities be
ft re arresting the captain. He ex
plains further that the resistance f
the prisoner was unforeseen and that
his consequent shooting cculd not be
avoided.
The Chinese government is not sat
isfied with this explanation, and thinks
its authority has been ignored. The
incident has created a good deal of
feeling on both sideB.
A NEW DOCTRINE.
Harriman Railroad Attorney Claims
P?d: Car. Civ Rebates.
San Francisco, Aug. 14. Peter F.
Dunne, attorney for the Southern Pa
cific railroad in its defense against the
charge of illegal rebating before the
Railroad commissioners, today insisted
strongly that a common carrier could
not be guilty of unjust discrimination
unless the rate complained of was
made with "an evil intent." He held
further that the railroad was entirely
justified, the attorney general to the
contrary notwithstanding, in making
better terms to large shippers than to
their small-fry rivals.
Mr. Dunne also touched upon the
matter of competition and held, in op
position to the arguments of Messrs.
Benjamin and Cushing made the day
before, that it was art of a company's
inherent right of contract to take com
petition into consideration in making
freight schedules.
He also argued that the railroad had
a right to consider whether it had a
chance to carry the same material
again in the form of a more finished
product and, when there was such a
chance, to make a lower rate on the
raw n-at. 'rial. If any or all of the cir
cumslaices considered made it good
policy to carry freight for nothing, he
could see no provision in the law to
forbid it.
WANT 6.000 STEEL CARS.
Harriman Lines Will Spend $6,000,
OOO for Rolling Stock.
New York, Aug. 14. The Harriman
roads are in the market for 6,000 steel
cars. No orders have been placed,
but the car equipment companies have
been notified thaf this amount repre
sents the total of an early purchase by
the Harriman lines, and for more
than half the cars there have been
filed specifications on which the equip
ment companies may base their bids.
Competition between the companies is
said to be keen, for the orders, if
filled, will be altogether the largest
since the panic.
The estimated cost of the 6,000 steel
cars ranges all the way from $6,000,
000 to $7,000,000. It is expected that
the lower figure will prove nearer cor
rect, for the reason that the competi
tion between the car equipment com
panies may result in a cut price.
Stize Another Steamer.
London, Aug. 14. Another cloud
has arisen between Japan and China,
according to a special dispatch re
ceived here from Hongkong, owing to
the seizure at Chin Chou by the Chin
ese authorities of a steamer having on
board 10,000 rifles and 2,000,000 cart
ridges. Jspanese merchants have
protested, saying that this cargo be
longs to them, and they threaten to
make another international question
out of it. Thia seizure is similar to
that of the Japanese steamer
Maru in February of this year.
TfcUu
Whites to Control Pacific.
Melbourne. Aur. 14 -Both houses of
( the Victorian pi rliament today voted
unanimously resolutions cordially wel -
I corning the American battleship fleet
'to Australian waters. The various
speakers dwelt upon the close friend-
ship which units Great Britain and
the United States, and one of the mem-
hers remarked that the visit of the
American battleship assured the con-
trol of the Pacific for all time for the
white race.
EIGHT OVER
SILETZ LANDS
Original Homesteaders Declare That
"Squatters" Must Co.
Contestants Say They Will Await Fi
nal Decision From Land Office
Original Settlers Say if Ejectment
Proceedings Fail Other Meara
Will Be Taken.
Newport, Or.. Auc. IS. Proo.
ings to eject the alletred souattera n
the SileU reservation claims at aovr.
al Lincoln county resident are to be
lanen at once. If these are unsuccess
ful, the original settlers declare other
means to dispossess the contestants
will be taken. Serious trouble. is
feared.
Two of the claims in disnute wer
originally taken by L. W. Williams. .
and r rank Priest, of this city. W. S.
Copland and V. Jiffcott are now on
theBe claims. They have been ordered
by the original claimants to move and
have refused. They declare that they
will stay until the cases are finally
settled by the land office.
This, it is declared, is tha attitude
of all the contestants. The original
settlers declare they will not permit
me contestant to carry out this plan.
Homesteaders whose claims are thus
threatened do not know what to make
of this bold move by the 'squatters."
They are certain that a hundred or
more of the best claims are now liable
to seizure any day. They are informed
by the men now squatting on their '
places that legal advice has been ob
tained and that the squatters paid
large sums for the location and for
protection, but the homesteaders are
in a fighting temer, because they
cannot see by what possible legal twist
they can be deprived of their claims
without a trial.
FIRES SPREAD TO BANFF.
Forests In Canada' Great National
Park Burning.
Winnipeg, Aug. 13. The forest
fires which raged around Fernie have
spread to Canada's national park dis
trict near Banff, in Pray valley. The
fire burnini fiercely on the heights of
Goat mountain this week.
The government gang of men has the
fire in the valley under control, but
last night at several points on the
mountain eight miles away fire was
visible near the top.
A fire started at Castle mountain, 18
miles west of Banff last night under a
strong west wind in a half hourhad
run over eight miles. Boats and sup
plies were forwarded from Banff. The
wind shifted to the northeast, and
with this in their favor the fire-fighters
should be able to secure control.
No anxiety is felt at Banff about
this last fire, as it would be compar
atively easy to protect the town, even
if the fire came down the valley, owing
to the large area of oen hay meadows
to the west, on which the grass is
yet green and on which water is yet
standing.
RAIN FLOODS CHICAGO.
Cloudburst and Heavy Electric Dis
charge Sweeps City.
Chicsgo, Aug. 13. No boats have
been able to enter or leave the Chi
cago river this morning on account of
the crippling or the electric power that
operates the bridges, by a terrific elec
tric storm that swept this citv and vi
cinity last night. The entire liirhtin
and power plant operated by the drain
age canal trustees was so badly crip
pled that it cannot be repaired until
tonight.
The storm flooded the entire city,
filling cellars, destroying electrical
feed cables and shutting off light and
power. Lightning struck in several
places. Down town the cellars were
flooded with several inches of water,
the sewers being inadequate to carry
off the water. A city drainage pipe
gave way near th Auditorium annex.
Strikers Paid and Discharged.'
Winnipeg, Aug. 13. The employee
of the Canadian Pacific railway were
paid In full today, and all striking me
chanics were notified that they had
been discharged. The officials of the
company took this means of announc
ing that the railroad will fight the de
mands of the union to a finish. Vi
, President Whyte. of the railroad, ar.
rived here today from the Pacific coast.
He declined to discuss the strike or
state what is being don to fill the
places of the strikers.
Strikebreakers
re being imported,
j
To Modernize Land SrtU.it.
San Francisco. Aur. 1.1. J W
Pratt, commissioner of public lands in
the Hawaiian Islands, is in this city
today en rout to Washington, where
he intends to visit the United State
land office with the purpose of improv-
ing the system of caring for the Dublia
land of the inlands.