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VOL. I.
AUltOHA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST i!7, 100S
NO. 18.
The
10
mream
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Condensed Dispatches from All Parts
of the Two Hemispheres.
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historical
end Commercial Importance.
FEAR STRIKE RIOT.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
FIELD FOR SILK CULTURE.
Bryan counts on carrying New York.
The big theater hat has been abol
ished in Paris play houses.
The grand jury at Springfield, 111.,
has returned 20 more indictments.
Taft says th, if elected, he will
call a special session of congress to re
vise the tariff.
The sultan is recalling his ministers
and ambassadors and replacing them
with new men.
Serious troulbe is feared in the Ala
bama coal district where the white
miners have ordered the blacks to leave.
During a storm near Pottsville, Pa.,
lightning set off a charge of dynamite
1,300 feet under ground, killing two
men.
A Southern ItldiRna coal mine has
been foreclosed by A Chicago bank
which held paper to the amount of $3,
000,000. The trial of Theodore W. ITtlicy, the
, San Francisco telephone magnate, has
' been postponed until September 26, on
account of illness.
Mayor Taylor, of San Francisco, has
received notice that the government
has made an additional appropriation
of $3, CC0 a month with which to fight
the plgaue.
A non-union negro miner was shot
from ambush near Birmingham, Ala.
Six indictments have been returned
at Springfield, Illinois, against rioters.
Holland awaits the report of M. De
Reus before deciding on final action
against Castro.
The National Editorial association
h working for a new libel law, seeing
defects in the present statutes.
New York firms have secured con
tracts amounting to $16,000,000 for
paving and sewer work in Havana.
The Congo Reform associaation has
protested to Secretary Root against
the annexation of Free State by Bel
gium.
A Connecticut farmer emulaatedl
Darius Green by atttempting to fly
with a pair of paper wings he had con
structed.
The repeal of t'.e Fourteen' h amend
ment was predicted at the National
association of attorney generals held
in Denver.
Harriman has promised to extend
the Columbia Southern railway into
Central Oregon and says work will be
gin at once.
A row is on in the British cabinet.
This will end King Leopold's bloody
reign in Africa.
Turkish women are to be emanci
pated under the new regime.
The Belgian chamber of deputies has
adopted the Congo annexation treaty.
The pope, who has been suffering
from a cold, has almost entirely re
covered. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
officials have issued a general order to
hereafter accept no whiskey ads for
directories.
Springfield was inflamed by the ac
cidental shooting of a grand jury wit
ness and for a time it looked as if
another riot would break out
The Wells-Fargo Express company
has lost all Rock Island business,
amounting to $4,700,000 a year, be
cause a $2,000,000 loan was refused.
Attorney General Hadley,. of Mis
souri, says there is something wrong
with a judge who will render a decis
ion like the Federal court gave in the
Standard Oil appeal.
A meteorograph is being set up on
Mount Rose, Nevada. . This machine
registers automatically for 40 days at
a time, the temperature, atmospheric
pressure, humidity and other data of
importance in determining weather
conditions.
Castro continues to refuse Dutch
vessels to call.
The Young Turk party is perfecting
a plan to depose the sultan.
The Oregon Supreme court has just
decided a case started 18 years ago.
The Russian government continues
to execute alleged revolutionists by
the score.
Conditions Growing Serious in Ala
bama Coal District.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 24. The
nerve'tension in the Alabama strike
tone is exceedingly taut. The attempt
at assassination of a nonunion miner
at Pratt City last night is a theme of Oregon Climate Appeals to Caucasian
general discussion. Deputies attempt-1 Expert.
ed to make an arrest for trespass at Portland Datika Kaukasieli, of Ku
mine No. 5 of the Tennessee company I ties, Caucasia, of the well known fam
nonr Pratt Tittr KJ. n,i ct rcif. Uy of noblemen of Kaukasielis, is
. ., -. hire in the interest of silk culture.
,c ,w. Mr Kaukasieli says this is a very fine
women were arrested. climate for the production of silk, and
A big barbecue was held at Fulton that the establishment of silk culture
Springs several miles north of this means much for the Pac fic coast. He
city today. Several thousand miners, says it would do more for this coast
union men, were present, and W. R.I than any other industry, and would
Fairley, Alabama member of the na-1 mean employment for thousands and
tional board of mineworkers, was may result in the building of factories
among the principal speakers. I when the culture is well established.
A number of evictions from com-1 "Silk culture is one of the greatest
pany houses has been accomplished at I productions commercially and has made
the Sayre mines. Big bodies of men I nations and established commerce, and
are meeting all trains along the north I is the means of great wealth, said he.
end of the mineral railroad. I Mr. Kaukaseili has invented a device
Reports come that threatening let-1 by which silk can be produced at prices
ters are being dropped on the porches I which makes the industry profitable,
of homes of men remaining at work, I even at the high price for labor in
RIOTERS UNDER CONTROL.
and as a result many men are leaving.
AVERT CLASH ON BORDER.
America. He is very enthusiastic re
garding it, and says he will establisn
the silk industry in the United States.
Cool-
French and German Officers
headed in Emergency.
Paris, Aug. 24. War between Gernv
any and France was averted by the cool
Turpentine From Stumps.
La Grande That an excellent grade
of commercial turpentine can be made
from old pine stumps which literally
cover the Blue mountains, is the re-
hordedness of French and Geruman markable discovery of W. E. Powell, a
army officers in a dramatic frontier I painter of this city, who is now per
episode which is reported from Lunes- fecting a process of extracting the
...m fluid from the stumps. Mr. Powell
villi'. i wu ucnimii nnu v 'i 119 are cu 1 i rr . - . . vi. j:
... I nas ueen ouereu lurire Duma lur inn uib'
gaged m maneuvers near the border, COvery t but so far has declined to sell
and yesterday morning a battalion of I and will develop the industry himself.
French rifles, marching out from Ram- He declares that an ecxellent grade of
bersvillers, approached within 50 yards turpentine can be secured from the pine
of the frontier and suddenly found it- stumps or tne ioggea-011 lanas, mous
FIX PICKING PRICE.
Hop Growers at Salem Decide Upon
Eighty Cents a Hundred.
Salem About 40 hopgrowres of this
vicinity met at the city hall and adopt
ed a resolution fixing tSO cents a hun
dred pounds as the price to be paid for
hop picking this season. This is 20
cents a hundred less than last year.
The opinion was unanimous that
growers cannot pay over 80 cents a
hundred and can scarcely afford to pay
that much in view of the present price
of hops. Eighty, cents a hundred is
practically the same as 40 cents a box.
Joseph Harris, agent for Benjamin
Schwarz & Sons, has received word
from London that the Kentish Obser
ver in its last issue estimates the Eng
lish hop crop for 1908 at 540,000 hun
dred weight, against 275,000 hundred
weight last year.
Boost Good Roads.
Corvallis The launching of a great
campaign for legislation and state aid
for public roads, the enactment of leg
islation to obtain legal title and for the
protection by the state of that title
for users of water for irrigation-and
power, the inauguration of a move
ment for cutting up big tracts of land
for division among small holders, and
the furthern prosecution of the claims
of the Willamette valley and Oregon
for the government purchase and cor
trol of the Willamette locks and the
improvement of the Willamette river,
were primal objectives of the meeting
held here last week, at which an en
thusiastic body of Corvallis business
men was presennt.
last night :. when Governor Deneen JJUg Q AVClJ Taking Of fCHSlVC Ifo
lered the First and I ourth infantry
less compelled to uo ao.
self face to face with a German regi
ment which was drawn up at an equal
distance on the other side.
The troops stood looking at each oth
er for a moment without uttering a
word or giving vent to an explanation,
and then their respective commanders
simultaneously orderered them to face
about, and they were soon at a prudent
distance from each other.
A fine illustration of military discip
line was given on both sides, as a cry
might have been the signal for serious
trouble.
ands of acres of which lie accessible to
the railroad in all parts of Eastern
Oregon, tr.d he believes that he has a
discovery which can be built into a
handsome enterprise.
BUILD MANY SHIPS.
Japs Will Have Large Fleet of Auxil
lary Cruisers.
New York, Aug. 24. According to
Kashiera Shiba, one of the managers
of the Mitsuhishi dockyard at Naga
saki, Japan, the Japanese government
is making earnest efforts to increase
its fleet of auxiliary cruisers. . Mr.
Shiba, who arrived at the Hotel Astor
tonight, declared that while the Japan
ese navy is highly efficient, there is
need of a fleet of steamships which
could, in time of war, be converted in
to cruisers.
"Our dockyard,' said he, "is work
ing at its fullest capacity. We are at
present turnine out three 14,000 tur
bine steamships, which will do 21
knots, and which will ply between San
Francisco and Hongkong via Japan
The boats will use oil for fuel. In ad
dition to these boats, we are building
four large steamships, which will run
from Japan to England via the Suez
canal. All these vessels will be at the
service of Japan in case of war. Our
dockyard, of course, is not the only one
that is active in producing this big
order for auxiliaries. The dockyards
at Kobe and other places are all run
ning at their full capacity."
Seeking Route for Line.
Eugene Reports from the country
lying west of Eugene say that men rep
resenting the Carver railroad are at
work choosing a route for the road that
will bring it to Eugene before going
to the coast. It is known that Mr.
Carver's first plan waa to build out in
to the timber belts and thus work to
ward the coast, but since the project
was started the lumber business has
fallen off so that it will be necessary
for the road to depend on something
else for its freight. Thus it is consid
ered probable that the growing portion
of Western Lane will be tapped and
the road extended from Eugene through
the Siuslaw country to the coast.
Two Regiments of Soldiers at Spring
field Ordered Home.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 19. That the
race war situation in this city is con
sidered much less serious was evidenc
ed
ord
regiments to take trains for their
homes today.
"I took this action after a confer
ence with Sheriff Warner, Mayor
Recce, Major General Young, Adjutant
General Scott, General Foster ani Gen
eral Wells," explained Governor De
neen last niht.
"Does that mean that you consider
all danger of serious trouble past?"
he was asked.
"It means that we can properly guard
the city with the troops which will re
main. There will still be the Second
and Seventh regiments under General
Foster in the Western division, and the
Third and Fifth under General Wells.
The departure of the First and Fourth
will lessen our forces by about 1,000
men, leaving a good 2,000 here."
Major General Young said :
"The mob element has had a lesson,
and the way citizens with knowledge
of riotous misdeeds are responding to
the appeal for information on which to
base indictments will furnish further
instruction to the violently inclined.
We are getting news on which we will
be able to make many arrests of im
portance, and these arrests will render
the situation much easier to handle.
With the ringleaders behind the bars,
there will be little for the military to
do,
There were the usual baseless alarms
I . ! ..V. . .... . I I., S.,W. nntklni.
of a serious character had occurred.
EVANS RFTIRES
DUTCH WILL NOT ,
INSIST ON WAR
Admiral Leaves the Service After 48
Years on Duty.
Lake Mohonk, N. Y., Aug. 19. Far
from grim warships and the sea where
, he spent nearly half a century in the
service of his country. Rear Admiral
Vale Wants Irrigation.
Vale A Commercial club meeting
was held here last week and a commit
tee was appointed to take up the mat
ter of government irrigation in this Robley D. Evans, U. S. N., who is at
county. It was the opinion of the club this quiet mountain hotel, yesterday
that favorable consideration will be ' reached the aire limit of 62 . years and
(riven the matter at this time. The ( passed from the tanks of the country'
oroiect was known as the Malheur and i active sea fiehters. . His has been the
'Suffers Butter Famine.
Tillamook Despite the fact
that
Tillamook is the main source of supply
for dairy products for all parts of the
Northwest, locally it is now suffering
from an acute famine. For the past
few weeks it has been impossible for
the housewife to Eecure a roll of butter
for culinarry purposes. This extraor
dinary phenomenon is accounted for by
the fact that Tillamook butter brings
fancy prices outside, and the manufac
turer either finds it more profitable to
ship his goods, or else has his output
contracted for in advance, and the
home merchant must rely upon that of
domestic manufacture for his supply.
covered all the different streams in the longest service (but two years short o
north half of this county. II. L.. Wal
lace, who has returned from New
York, stated that the Federation bonds
will be signed within a week. He has
contracts with an Eastern construction
company.
Yamhill Wheat of Fine Quality.
McMinnville Wheat, once Yamhill's
main crop, but now only a side issue
with the farmers, is coming to tho
warehouses quite lively this week. So
far 27 bushels to the acre, machine
measure, is about the best yield report
ed, although the gram is generally very othcr8 broUKht jugt a BUf,picion of mois
plump and heavy and overruns in ture to hi Tho telegram in par
weight. One farmer s load of 2o sacks ticular which cau8eJ ..Fightinjf 1ob"
gainedsix bushels when weighedat the me from an 0id friend
f
half a century) of any man who has
reached the rank of rear admiral in the
United States navy. All through the
day the hotel was thronged with ad
mirers of "Fighting Bob," anxious to
congratulate him on his 62nd birthday
and to wish him many more happy and
useful years. Tilegrams by the score
reached him from all parts of the coun
try, all expressing felicitations and
affection for the man who had done so
much to build up tho American navy.
Many of the messages brought delight
ed smiles to the admiral's face, while
Cabinet at The Hague Maps Out a
General Plan of Procedure Againit
Venezuela Hostile Preparations
In Naual Dockyards Being Ruih d
Night and Day.
The Hague, Aug. 20. After a nine
hours session, during which the dis
pute between The Netherlands and
Venezuela was canvassed exhaustively
in all its phases, the cabinet dispersed
shortly after midnight last night, and
Minister ot Foreign Affairs Van Swin-
deren proceeded to the royal chateau at
Het Loo, to acquaint Queen Wilhel
mina with the result of the council.
The terms of The Netherlands an
swer to the letter of President Castro,
of Venezuela, were fully discussed, and
it ! understood thatt he actual text a
well as the broad lines of action, drawn
up to meet any possible eventualities,
were agreed upon.
It is maintained that the present
question is rather one of sovereignty
and national honors, matters which
are not so susceptible of solution by
arbitration.
The Netherlands government is In
clined for the present to adopt a wait
ing attitude, but it is ready to take
energetic steps whenever the develop
ments from the situation demand. It is
agreed to push all necessary prepara
tions in order to be ready to support an
ultimatum, should it be decided to for
ward one to President CaBtro. Work
will be rushed night and day at the
naval dockyards to complete the prepa
rations needed by the warships, ao that
they will be in readiness to reinforcce
the vessels now in the Caribbean by
the end of next month.
In the meantime every effort will be
made to find a pacific solution of the
dispute, and especially in view of the
fact that Queen WUhelmina is opposed
to resorting to war until all other meth
ods have been tried.
warehouse. There are a number of
crops not yet threshed where the esti
mated yield has been placed much high
er than the average.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 88c per bushel ; forty
fold, 90c; Turkey red, 90c; fife, 88c;
bluestem, 92c; valley, 88c.
Barley Feed, $24.50 per ton; roll
ed, $27(.28; brewing, $26.
Oats No. 1 white, $26.50 per ton; i
gray, W
in Washington and said:
"For some of us, skipper, your flag
will always fly."
EUREKA IS SHAKEN.
Early
Gold Near La Grande.
La Grande The city of La Grand
is considerably sitrred up over the ap
pearance on the streets recently of a
man carrying a sack of gold ore which
Defeat for Abd El Aziz. he asserts he found on Mt. Emily, leFS
Faris, Aug. 24. The government's than 10 miles from the city, a peak
advices received tonight confirm the re-1 which overlooks the entire valley. The
port from Tangiert hat the forces of ore exhibited gave every evidence or
Abd El Aziz, the recognized sultan of being first class and of paying grade.
Morocco, has been defeated by Mulai During the past 20 dajs he . has been
Hafid, the usurping sultan. The ad- prospecting on the mountain, and hs
vices state that Abd El Aziz, who is sack brought here is only a part of his
Morning Trembler Likened to
Big One of 1900.
Eureka, Cal., Aug. 19. An earth
quake shock ablmost as severe as the
one of April 18, 1906, but not of so
long duration, shook this city a 2:58
Hay-Timothy, Willamette Valley, 'c,ock yesterday monring. It seemed
$Hper ton; Willamette valley or,i. , io come irom ine west, Bnu wu8 w.v
nary, III; tastern uregon, flb.oo;
mixed, $13; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11.
Fruits Peaches, 40f85c er box;
Bartlett pears, $150. per box; plums,
75c per box; grapes, 85ciVr$1.50 per
crate; blackberries, $10 1.10 per crate.
Potatoes $lftrl2.5 per hundred;
sweet potatoes, 3(i4c per pound.
injured, but considerable damage was
done.
A second and lighter shock was felt
at 5:30 o'clock.
Chimneys were thrown down and
people rushed from their houses in
I fright when the first quake shook the
' : . TV. .I.iir4liAiiai .ir A m flam. rvtt
UNIFORM FISH LAWS.
Anglo-American Commission at Work
Under Recent Treaty.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 20. The in
ternational fisheries commission ap
pointed to draw up a uniform code of
laws for the fisheries lying between
Canada and the United States is in the
city. It is composed of Professor
David Starr Jordan, president or Ice
land Stanford university, and S. T.
Bastedo, of Ottawa, who represents
Great Britain.
It is not the intention of the com
mission to hold any puonc Bluings,
but it will spend a week on the coast
gathering information respecting fish
eries in the Straits of San Juan de
Fuca and tho Gulf of Georgia. Pro
fessor Jordan stated that they were
acting in accordance with a treaty be
tween Great Britain and the United
States, signed last April, when it
was argeed to appoint a commission to
draw up statutes. It will be their
duty to gather all possible information
and prepare a report by January 1.
SEVENTY MINERS KILLED.
now in full retreat in the direction of
Tadla, with the remnant of his forces,
is being hotly pressed by local tribes.
Several caids were killed in the en
gagement and others were captured.
No further details have been received
here.
findings. Local men who own claims
in the vicinity of the hill will take
active steps to look into the rumor.
Cloudbursts in Colorado.
Tueblo, Colo., Aug. 24. Cloudbursts
in the vicinity of Florence tonipht
transformed Oak, Chandler and Sand
creeks into raging torrents, which are
sweeping through rlorence and vicini
ty leaving ruin in their wake. The
damage is expected to agrgegate $150,
000. The Florence Fuel company
alone has been damaged to the extent
of $2,000. Water covered the Santa
Fe tracks to a depth of several feet.
and the Rio Grande's are in danger.
Buy Provisions at Portland.
Portland Local merchants will not
lose the trade of the commissary de
partment of the Northern Pacific be
cause of the transfer of this depart
ment to the Spokane, Portland & Seat
tle road. F. H. Fogarty, assistant
general passenger agent of the North
ern Pacific, has written M. Mossesohr,
acting secretary of the chamber of
commerce, that the new service will
result in the dining cars of both roads
securing all their produce in Portland,
the statue of Minerva, carrying a spear,
was twisted off the statue on the dome.
roof of
nter's
Meteor, Falls in Kansas.
Salina. Kan., Aug. 24. A large
' meteor fell three miles north of Ells
worth last night, lighting up the coun
try for miles around, and burning
The Rock Island railroad is said to brightly 20 minutes after it struck the 1 al is behind both enterprises, and other
be seeking control of the Moffat road ground. The meteor exploded when it j local men, whose names have not yet
now building from Denver to Salt Lake struck th ground, and shook the town . been made public, are associated in
City. ' of Ellsworth. the proj-ct with Rhodes.
New Road Projected.
Albany An electric line from Albany
to Brownsville, a distance of 22 miles,
is being projected by E. H. Rhodes, a
local capitalist. He also plans to build
a street railway system in this city,
and if franchises are secured he will
begin work immediately. Local capit-
. i -!. .,,..., ei oca.' i tk ciiy. ine cuurmounH was uumnifru
B,.t,tr,,ir,n ii r.n i no ' most by the shak e. The right arm of
lK)se; crated, 4c additional; casabas,
91 r fir van
V ge'ables-Turnips, $1.50 per sack ; i The V?" ""l throuh, thelrr"
carrots, $1.75 per sack; parsnips, $1.75 tl'e o Judge Hu
per rack; beets $1.50persack; beans, . C0" "I.T. 4h. f
5c per pound; cabbage, l?;c per pound; ' . "r " " " " " . .. .
corS,25fti30c per dozen; cucumbers, (building were phaken off and brick and
3040cperbox; eggplant, $1.75 pr plat erf loosened and fell to the
crate; lettuce, head, 15c per dozen ; Krou"J-. I'late glass windows in sev-
. ' t r , ' . . ' e . ' ' eral business houses were cracked.
pound; peppers, gf10c per pound;
radishes, 12 'c ter dozen ; spinach, 2c
per pound; tomatoes, 75c'f$1.25 per
crate; celery, 90cfr$l per dozen; arti
chokes, 75f per dozen.
Butter Extras, 30c per pound; fan
cy, 27Jsc; choice, 2"c; store, 18c.
Eggs Oregon extras, 260 27c per
dozen; firsts, 24f 25c; seconds, 22(i
23c; thirds, 1520c; Eastern, 24r2.rc.
Poultry Mixed chickens, 13rn 13 ve
per pound ; fancy hens, 1 4c ; roosters,
10c; spring, lCc; ducks, old, 12c;
spring, it'll ibc; geese, old, 8c; young.
10c; turkeys, old, 170 18c; young,
20c.
Veal Exfrw, 8c per pound; ordinary,
77,'Jc; heavy, 5c.
Pork Fancy, 7c per pound; ordi
nary, 6c; large, ?.
Mutton Fancy, POiOc per pound.
Conference on Strike.
Winnipeg, Aug. 19. The departure . WM
for the East of the heads of the engin-
I eers' and trainmen's branches of or
' ganized railway laborers is current talk
I amone the strikers tonicht. J. H. Mc-
Explosion Wrecks Maypole Mine in
England.
Wigan, Aug. 20. The worst fears
have been realized about the explosion
which occurred in the Maypole mine
yesterday. The entombed miners num
bered about 70 and it is impossible that
any of them can have survived.
Efforts at rescue, however, continuo
unceasingly. Thirty bodies were dis
covered today in the workings, but the
fumes from the burning coal prevented
the resouers from reaching the others
who probably are lying down in the
mines.
A few bodies were brought to the
surface today, but all were so blacken
ed and mutilated that Identification
impossible. At midnight an
enormous crowd was sun Keeping a
sorrowful vigil at the pit mouth.
Vey is also absent, presumably at Ot
tawa, where a conference or the war
rinir factions in the Canadian Pacific
Machine to Pick Up Walnuts.
FuUerton, Cal., Aug. 20. L. L.Sid
wcll, a Rivera walnut grower, is per
fecting a machine to pick up walnuts
strike Is to take place as a result of by suction. The machine Is operated
the alleged government intervention. I by a gasoline engine, a four-inch hose
Prominent officials of the Canadian being held just above the ground under
Pacific railway have also disappeared . the walnut tree. The suction draws
nrt it lit anaumed that thev too will the walnuU through the hoB Into a
loin the conference. Itank installed on the wagon. There is
an exnausi near me wy wmcu mvymi
rates the nuts from the hulls.
Kaiser Completes Fund.
Beriln, Aug. 20. The emperor has
Holland Has Free Hand.
TUHague, Aug. 19. With the sin
gle proviso that no military occupation I
nt f.rritrv mint occur, the government !
Hops 1907, pilme and choice, 4 at Washington is understood to have given $24,000 to the Koch fund for the
G5e per pound; elds, Ul4c; con- given the cabinet of The Netherlands resisting or the spread or tuberculosis,
tracts, nominal. a free hand to deal as It sees fit with This donation completes the $100,000
Wool Eastern Oregon, average President Castro, of Venezuela. The that Andrew Carnegie stipulated
best, 1 Or.; 16 ", c per pound, according Netherlands' cruiser Friesland will not should be subscribed before his gift of
to shrinkage; vslley, 15'f 15 ','c; mo- sail for the Caribbean before the end a like amount, made last winter, should
hair, choice, ll(j,lStc.
of next month.
become vailable.