JUNCTION CITY BULLETIN,
AN IKPKrKNDKXT lArKR.
A. r. BTTKSWORTH, JH., Editor
" F M1 ANNA OOl ksBt.,
AhmUU Bdttor.
MVS OF THE WEEK
A Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of tht Past Week Presented
in a Condensed Fom Which I Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Von Waldersee lias started for Ber-
tin.
Fhysicians give hope of Mrs Mc
Kin ley 'a slow recovery.
The policy of the United States
and Russia is identical.
The prune outlook in Oregon is
favorable for a good market.
Senator McLaurin, of Soutlt Caro
lina, withdraws his resignation.
A new newspaper is exited to be i
started in Seattle about October 1. j
Several thousand dollars were found j
under a sidewalk in Mineral Point,
Wis.
A serious encounter occurred be
tween French and British troops in
China.
,! Chicago employers agree not to try j
to settle machinists' strike until after S
June 11. j
As a result of a eolliison in West
lrginia two are dead and many oth- J
ers injured.
All railroads west of Mississippi !
river to the Pacific coast are to be (
consolidated. j
There is great unseainess Eng- i
land on account of scarcity of South ;
African news.
A new explosive, called Maxhiite,
much more innverful than Lvdditc,
has been adopted by the United States !
government.
The president is considering the
advisability of calling an extra ses-j
gion of congress to legislate for the ;
Philippines.
Exports this year from the United '
States to Spain will be larger than in ,
any preceding year, with a pomuble
single exception.
Intense heat prevails over Europe.
The birth of a royal princess causes j
much joy in Italy. ,
General Chaffee's army has arrived j
at Nagasaki from China. j
London has a rumor of a severe j
British defeat near Pretoria.
The duke of York's visit to Canada
has been officially announced.
The Philippine commission has
begun its final provincial tour.
Mrs. McKinley's condition causes
the doctors much apprehension.
Minister Conger expects to return
to his post in China about July 17.
A $10,000 fruit packing house will
be established at Vancouver, Wash.
The Ohio state board of arbitration
prevented a street car strike at Day
ton. American exports to Scandinavia
have more than trebled in the past
10 years.
James A. Heme, the
actor, passed away at
New York.
All the volunteers
well known
his home in
cannot be
brought home from the Philippines
within the time limit.
John D. Rockefeller has given
$200,000 for the founding of an asso
ciation of medical research.
Laborers engaged in excavation for
a new building in Ottawa have un
earthed the long lost stone which
marked the scene of the assassination
of T. d'Arcy McGee.
There is general regret throughout
the country that the irrigation con
gress, which was to have held a ses
sion at Colorado Springs in July, has
been postponed for a year.
The allied troops are preparing to
leave Chinese territory.
A jdague case has been discovered
in a suburb of London.
Another Negro fiend has been
burned at the stake in Florida.
The battleships fired a salute off
Grants' tomb on Memorial day.
Mrs. Eddy, the Christian Science
leader, has been Bued for $150,000
damages.
Governor of Washington has been
asked to call a special session of the
legislature.
Robbers blew an Ohio bank vault
and secured $4,000. They escaped.
Lieutenant Townley's connection
with the Manila frauds is being in
vestigated. Colonel Michler, military secretary
to General Miles, died at his home in
Washington.
A rich strike of oil has been made
near Olypmia. It is said to be of first
class lubricating quality.
A commissary sergeant in Manila,
convicted of stealing supplies, has
been sentenced to three years im
prison men t-
HER CASE CRITICAL.
Hrs, McKinley's Condition Causes Much
Concern.
Washington June 4. Mrs. Mc
Kinley continues very weak. Her
condition is not greatly changed from
that of yesterday, but each day that
lapses without a gain in strength
lessens her power of recuperation.
The complaint which came near end
ing her life in San Francisco is still
nresent. It is in a sliirhtlv less
C - - - v.
atrirravated form, but cives the phy
sicians and president much concern.
Mrs. McKinley has shown remarkable
vitality, but her illness has so re
duced her strength as to leave her
verv feeble indeed. It is feared that
unless a change for the better soon
manifests itself, her strength may
Itecome so near exhausted as to
leave her without rallying power.
The news riven out by the physi
cians in attendance today was not
reassuring, though hoiw of better
tilings still continues. After a con
sultation between the doctors the
followine bulletin was issued :
"Mrs. McKinley passed a comfort
ble night, but her condition has not
materially changed since the report
3f yesterday."
MOST UNIQUE CLAIMS.
Government Will Be Asked to Rotors Value
of Bonds Burned.
Washington. June 4. A most
unique claim will be presented at the
next congress. It is that of certain
heirs of Joseph L. Invis, who was a
millionaire of Trenton, X. J.. Lewis!
was a bachelor crank. His will pro- I
vided Unjucsts of from f 75, 000 to'
$100,000 to various relatives and
directed that after these bequest
should be paid the residue of his
estate should lc invested in govern
ment kinds, and as he expressed it,
"in order to reduce, the public debt." j
the bonds should ! burned. His;
wishes were carried out, $'.), 000 in
government bonds were purchased ;
and burned. This occurred 2-" years j
ago. Now certain distant relative-'
who were not beneficiaries of the will .
are seeking to have the government i
restore to the Lewis estate the value
of the bonds burned, and a bill pro
viding that this shall be done will be
introduced in the next congress.
IN A RUSSIAN JAIL.
Prominent American Confined Arbitrarily in
Neva Fortress.
New York, June 3. The Press
this morning publishes a statement
that L. James Gordon, sales and con
tracting agent in Russia of the Bald
win Locomotiv e Works, disapjcar
ed in St. Petersburg last January,
and that his disappearance was caused
by his arrest by the Russian authori
ties on charges unknown to the pub
lic. On the day succeeding the arrest
a St. Petersburg paper contained the
following notice: "Mr. L. J. G. ,
a prominent business man, was ar
rested yesterday." Those who know
Gordon knew that it referred to him,
but that ended the matter in St. Pte
ersburg. It is only within a few
weeks that it has become known that
he is confined arbitrarily in the fort
ress of the Neva. The American
ambassador has been asked to inter
est himself in the affair by a brother
and two sisters of Gordon, who are in
this city at the present time, but
without result.
Fire Raged Ten Days.
Oaxaca, Mexico, June 4. Details
of the great fire which raged on the
isthmus of Tehauntepec for several
days have been received here. Over
70 people were unable to escape the
rapid progress of the names ana were
burned to death. The fire started
on a coffee plantation, and owing to
the dryness of the vegation it was
soon oeyona control ana wrought
great destruction to growing crops.
Many thousands ol rctch of coffee
trees, bananas, orange trees and other
tropical prjducts were destroyed.
The fire burned for 10 days and was
finally quenched by a heavy tropical
rain.
Imports From Philippines.
Washington, May 31.- A statement
prepared at the treasury department
shows that the receipts from customs
duties collected upon articles im
ported into the United States from
the Philippine islands from April 1,
1899, to March 31. 1901, were 1,003,
917. Of this amount f8GB,942 came
for sugar, f 119,539 for cigars, .and
the remainder for miscellaneous
articles.
Discoveries of Argentine Scientist
New York Juno 3. A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says
Senor Ricaldoni, an engineer, has just
made experiments with an improved
gystem of wireless telegraphy. The
results of the experiment were very
satisfactory. He will soon try a sub
marine boat of his own invention,
which he believes is superior to any
others.
NEWS OFTHE STATE
ITEMS OF I ITER EST FROM
' ALL OVER OREGON.
Commercial and FIiikII Happenings of Irtv
portanct A &' Review of of the
Orowth and m?wvemeuts of the Many
Industries Throutf" Onr Thriving Com.
snonwealth-Let Market Report
-
Ground has Ut broken for the new
Patterson school building at Eugene.
About 100,000 founds of wool was
sold at The Dulles the other day for
10 cents.
Placer work in lh Weatherby and
Durkee districts, Jastern Oregon, is
now in full progress.
Slugs and cut wn are doing no
small amount of damage to early gar
dens around Cot up' Grove.
The Oregon Telephone Company
has a large force ef men employed at
Dallas making extensive repairs.
Preparations for the Eastern Ore
gon Fourth of July celebration, to I
held in Baker City, are being pushed
with vigor.
The hop yards in Lincoln county
are looking fine. Tho great trouble
is to get a sutliciect number of men
to do necessary work.
John A. Van Gross a student In th
University of Oregon, has just re
ceived notice that he has been award
ed a scholarship in Yal University.
Albany college commencement cal
ender June 14 to R provide an elab
orate program ol orations, sermon
reeept ions and reunions. The college
is just closing itsHth year.
A prominent mining engineer from
Colorado is making a tour of the sev
eral mining districts of Eastern Ore
gon in tho interest of a large syndi
cate of capitalists of that state.
Four whale-) in Yauuina bav were
reported one day Ut week.
Arrangemnets are leing made for
Fourth of July n k bration at Durkee.
The O. R. A N. Co. has a heavy
new switch engine in the Pendleton
yards.
The movement of cattle from Har
ney county for the summer is now
under way.
A severe frost nmr Vale a few nights
ago is reported to have injured crops
Considerably.
Two cur loads of one and two year
old steers were shipped from Yaqtiina
bay last week.
The contract for carrying the mail
between Marshridd and North Rend
will Is? let July 1.
Oliver P. Kaubb, aged 78, an old
Cioneer, died at his home near Col
urg the other day.
The new superintendent of the
Badger mine in Husanville district
has laid off a numlcr of men, tcnd
ing the making of improvements.
The Lincoln county court will
repHir the bridge across the Uig Elk
river at Elk City and will construct
a bridge across the Yauina river at
PiotH'T.
The machinery for the additional
five stamps for the Lucky Roy mill
in the Blue River district has arrived
at Springfield and will be hauled tc
the mine as soon as possilbc.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla,
COc. ; val-
ley, nominal;
blucstcm, 61f62c.
per bushel.
Flour Best grades, 2. 90(3 3. 40 per
barrel; graham, f2.50.
Oats White. fl.321.3f percen
tal; grav, fl. 30&1.32 K ier cental.
Barley Feed, fl717.50; brewing,
fl7(S 17.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, f 17 per ton ; midd
lings, f21.50; shorts, f20.00; chop,
fltt.
Hay Timothy, fl2.5014; clover,
f79.60; Oregon wild hay, ffl7
per ton.
Hops 12(?14c. perlb. .
Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern
Oregon, 7llc; mohair, 2021c.
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 15
17kc; dairy, 13014c.; store, 10
12c. per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212)c.
per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 120.
Young America, ld14c. per
pound.
Pou 1 1 rv Chickens, m ixed, f 3. 50 4
hens, 45.00; dressed, 11 12c. pci
pound: snrines. Il.oOCjM per dozen
ducks. MatTi eeese, ff7; turkeys,
live, 10 12c; dressed, 14loc. per
pound.
Potatoes Old, 90cfl.10 per sack;
new, 2c. per pound.
Mutton Lambs 40c. pei
liAflt fthoan. wo thorn.
j'WUUU Jj S. VOU f mrt.n-w 4 F -
with wool. f4.254.60; dressed, 67c
per pound.
Hogs Oross, heavy, $5.758;
light, fi.755; dressed, ic. per
pound.
Veal Largo, 6J7c. per pound;
small, 78c. per pound.
cow and l.mfer. 4.504.75; dressed
beef, 77Kc per pound.
TRADE RELATIONS RE8TORED.
Our Exports to Spain This Year Promise to
Break all Records.
New York, June 5.A special from
Washington says:
Commercial relations twtween
Spain and the United States seem to!"
Iks fully restored and It 1 not improb
able that American export to that
country In the fiscal year 1901 will j
lie greater, with possibly a single ex
ception, than iti any preceding year.
Export from tho United States to
Spain in tho nine months ending
with March, 1901, were valued at
f 11.879,349, against f7.001.O43 In
the corresponding period in the) fiscal
year 1899. The figures for the year
up to this time indicate that tho total
export from the United State to
Spain in the fiscal year 11H)1 will lie
about f In, 000,000.
On the import side tle figure of
the present fiscal year are largely In
excess of those of 1 SHU. though slight
ly less than those of 1100 which were
the largest since 1891. The annual
imjHirt from Spain into the United
State since 1H91 have ranged from
f 3, 600,000 t fli.OM.OOO, averaging
about f 1,600. 000, while for the pres
ent fiscal year they seem likely to ex
ceed fa, 000, 000.
CHICAGO EMPLOYERS MEET.
Will Not Settle Machinists' Strike Until
June II.
Chicago, June 5. There w ill be nc
settlement of the machinist' strike
in Chicago until June II. This war
the decision of the local manufactur
er today, when the nut'tuWr of the
Chicago Association of Machinery
Manufacturer pledged allegiance tc
th.' National Metal Trade Ansocia
tion. and agreed not to enter into ne
gotiations until with any of their em
ployes until after the trreat gathering
of employer in New York city June
11.
While tln manufacturer were dis
cussing their future action, the ma
chinists were not idle, h nutnlr ol
iiiarhinUt leaving tho three plants
of the Crane Company to join the
strikers. Statements differ a I'M
the numlK-r of men who left thej
Crane plant. UesHles these men, u
workmen struck in three other place,
while agreement were signed with
five linns whose name would not be
given out.
RAILROADS CONSLIDATE.
Alt Lines West of th Mississippi to th Pa.
clflc to Be United.
New York. Juno 5. One tremen
dous consolidation of the railroad
ojs'rating Is-tween the Mississippi
river and the Pacific coast promises
to result from a settlement of the
difference which caused the North
ern Pacific corner. N'ot only have
the difference been settled lx-tween
he Morgan-Hill faction and the liar-
timan party, regarding the Hurling-
ton deal, and the relation o! that
road ami the Northern Pacific and
(Sreat Northern with the Union Pa
cific, but also that the St. Paul, the
Chicago & Northwestern and the
Chicago (ireat Western will lo taken
care ol in the great Harmonizing
scheme in the trunk lines of tho west,
PLANS OF SEATTLE MEN.
Will Try to Get Non-Union Men In About
Sixty Days More.
Seattle. June 5, If the strike ol
the metal working unions is not
settled within (0 days at the out
side, an effort will bo made by the
manufacturers to ojH'rate their shops
with non-union workmen. A state
ment practically to this effert was
made today by a leading member of
the Washington branch of tho Metal
Trades Association of tho Pacific
coast. It is said by memliers of the
Manufacturers' Association that there
are plenty of non union machinists
in tho East, who would readily ac
cept work at the present scale of
wages In tho Seattle shops..
Filipinos Elected to Congress,
Madrid, June 5. Among those
who were recently elected to parlia
ment were three Filipinos, residents
in Spain. They propose during the
course of tho debate on the speech
from the throne to bring up the
question of the Philippines, alleging
that the situation is worse than be
fore the war.
Burglars Burned a Town.
Beaumont, Tox., June 6. The
town of Jaspur has been entirely
wiped out by fire. Seventeen houses,
including every business house in tho
place, and a number of residences,
were destroyed. Tho town has no fire
department. Previous to tho fire the
postoffice safe and tho safe of the
county treasurer had been blown open
and robbed. The conclusion is that
burglars blew open theso safes and
then set fire to the town to create ex
citement that would afford them an
opportunity to escape.
AN EXTRA SESSION
OFFICIALS FINALLY ADMIT THAT
IT 13 QUITE Pf.OJADLE.
All Depends Upon Whether the President
Has Power to Impose Customs Duties en
Trade Between th United States and the
Philippines Members of Congress Have .
Scattered for the Summer.
New York, June 6. A social from
Wasihiigton says:
Official of the administration for
the first time since the announce
ment of the decision of the supremo
court In the insular ease, admit that
there i a Mihility of an extra ses
sion of congress in July. If Attorney
General Knox, after a careful review '
of the decision, conclude that tht
president will not have mwcr under
the Spooncr amendment to the army
appropriation bill to impose duties
on good going into the Philippine
from tho United State or coining
into the United State from the. Phil
ippine, the president will seriously
consider the advisability of issuing
an immediate call for an extra c.
ion of congress. This statement i
made on tin authority of a member
of the cabinet. ,
Attorney General Knox and Secre
tary of War RiMit have sjK-nt consid
erable t im dsseiHsing the legal
Mint involved. Mr, Knox is work
ing hard on hi opinion in order to
have it for the next cabinet meeting.
Thi meeting i cxectcd to 13 of
very great importance.
A cnlt for an extra session would
play havoc with the summer plan
of senator and representative.
They have scattered to the four corner
of the earth. Several are aUml to
start for the Philippine. Quite a
nuinU-r are either in Eurojxi or in
tending to go shortly. If congress
should Im called back immediately,
the house of representative would
j have difficulty in finding a place in
j which to inert. Th' hall i complete
j ly torn up and n army of workmen
i is eiiL-iiL'i-il in the alteration mado
neeessurv bv the increase in the mem-
u.niilt ( tie house provided for by
the reapjMirtinoment law enacted last
winter. If the work should ! jnished
night and day it would require several
week to get the hall in condition.
BUTTE AGAIN SLIDING.
Th
Strange Phenomenon Cause Alarm
Amoung the Citiiens.
Butte, Mont., June-5. The strange
sliding movement of the city of
Butte which ha been noticeablo at
interval for several years ha again
manifested itself by five large crack
in the earth in different section of
the city. The largest crevice wa 12
inches wide and of considerable
length and depth. Three of the'ojien
ings occur on the west side of town
ami two on the east !-. There is no
caving, but a distinct j ar! ing of the
earth, and the granit" v ail can easily
he seen in them. Th ga and water
companies have much trouble on ac
count of the strange movement, which
frequently breaks their underground
pijH's. The city engineer say the
engineering department of the city
encounters the same trouble as "eleva
tions and l-nch marks in certain
parts of the city are constantly chang
ing. Tho continuance of the strange
nbenomenori is iK-iiinning to cause
some alarm among
Butte.
the citizens ol
ALLIED TROOPS FOUGHT.
British Police Tried to Prevent French From
Housebreaking.
Tien Tsin, Juno 5. Thero was a
serious affray yesterday between inter
national troops. Some British fusil
cers, who wero acting as police here,
sought to prevent French soldiers
from house breaking, when they were
attacked with bayonets and bricks.
The fuBilccrs, in self defense, fired
into tho air. This brought a num
ber of" Germans to tho aid of tho
Frenchmen. They numbered alto
gether 300 men. Fivo fusi leers fired
again, killing one Frenchman and
wounding three others. In subse
quent fighting, four fusilecrs, five
Germans and one Japanese were
wounded. The arrival of a Gorman
officer and a strong guard ended the
fray.
"Killed by Mistake.
Denver, Juno 5. J. C. Ayers, a
workman on a ranch near Fort Logan,
was shot and killed this morning by
one of the provost guard of the mili
tary post," which was in pursuit of a
prisoner who bod escaped from the
guardhouse. Tho guard says the kill
ing was accidental, as ho intended to
fire over tho head of Ayers, whom he
mistook for tho escaped prisoner, and
who did not obey an order to get out
of a ditch in which ho was thought to
bo hiding. An inquest will bo held.
The soldier who did the shooting bears
a good reputation at the post.