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THE HEPPNER TIMES PaMsh4 Evry Ttanday, HEPPNER OREGON WEEK'SDOINGS Central Rcvkw of Important Happen penigs Presented In a Brief and Condensed torm. The work of dismantling the Lena is in charge of an American gunner. Tbe Russian troops are changing their clothing tor the winter campaign. I he fear is expressed by Russia that China is secretly negotiating with Japan. The old Iroquois theater has been re built ami the building inspector, has approved its license. Russia insists that horses and other beasts of burden remain in the category of absolute contraband. United States war ships are practiet ing shooting at night. The Kusso-Jap- anese war has ted to this. The Canadian government offers a reward of 5,000 for the capture of the Canadian Pacific train robbers. The monitor Wyoming has been ordered to remain on Puget sound to enforce neutrality should the Korea put into that port. Major General Sumner, commanding the Southern division, recommends the abandonment of several military posts in Texas and Colorado which were re garded of the utmost importance in the old days of Indian warfare. The transport Lena has gone to Mare Island and will be dismantled at once. Field Marshal Oyama is repotted to be concetratig bis men for a advance on Mukden. Japanese are rushing reinforcements to Port Arthur and have captured an other fort. The Union Pacific Is carrying many colonics to the Northwest and particu larly Oregon. Creffield, the holy roller, has admit ted his guilt and has been sent to the penitentiary for two years. General Moore will relieve General MacArthur of the command of the de partment of California but not of Pacific division. A sweeping postal fraud order been issued against the agents of the has the Preferred Mercantile company, which has a representative in Portland. A final sortie of the Russian squalron at Port Arthur may be expected at any time. Tbe commander of the fleet has strict instructions that if the fortress falls not on of the Russian ships must fall into tbe Japanese hands. One of the Canadian Pacific train robbers is believed to have been cap tured near Bellingham, Wash. A bridge fire at Stillwater, Minn., collapsed when a crowd rushed on it. Two people were killed and five others injured. A son has been born to the queen of Italy. Tbe infant has been named Humbert and given the title of Prince of Piedmont. The Russian transport Lena at San Francisco is to disarm. All necessary repairs will be made, but the vessel cannot put to sea until the war is over. " The Breakers hotel, at Long Beach, Wash., has been totally destroyed by fire. Very little of the contents were saved owing to the rapiiitv w th which be flames spread. The lues is placed at 70,000. The immense Pullman car shops at Pullman, 111., have been closed. The 7,000 employes were told to take their tools with them, and from this infer that a considerable period of idlenesi confronts them. The Russian volunteer fleet steamer Korea is expected to put in at Vic toria, B. C. She is short ol coal. The British officers will demand that she dismantle unconditionally and that tbe crew be sent home. Tbe main Japanese army is within 21 miles of Mukden. Tbe continued silence of Knropatkin graetly irritates the Russian public. Germany is reported to have made a secret treaty to give Russia indiiect aid. The Russian Baltic fleet has again delayed Its departure for the Far Kant. Russia tears that China will occupy the territory conquered by Japan. The British ship Ditton, from New castle, baa gone aground off San Fran cisco bay. The first shipment of the Lewis and Clark souvenir jold dollars have ar rived in Portland. Arrangements for placing them on sale are not complete. They will bring f 2 each and to the purchaser of five an additional one will be given. They are a little small er than a dime. The first shipment contained 25,000. The Japanese are expected to enter Mukden soon. St. Petersburg officials profess norance at the arriavl of the Lena San Francisco. at The flood of the Rio Grande river is doing great damage to property in Texas and it is feared many lives will be lost. Robbers held up a train at Letts,La but found the safe contained no money. Republicans elected the governor of Main by a plurality of 33,000. CLASH IN PANAMA. Officials Cannot Agree as to Their Rights. Washington Sept. 20. The Times tonight prints the following: "There have arisen serious misun derstandings between John Barrett American minister at Panama, and the isthmian commission. Admiral Walk er, head of the isthmian canal commis sion, prefers to deal with questions that have arisen between this government and Panama in his own way, desiring not to 'waste time' with diplomacy. "Minister John Barrett holds that there are questions bearing on relations between the canal tone government and the government of the republic of Panama that should be submitted to diplomatic adjustment. "The pinch has come in deteimining whose authority shall lie uppermost in settling a number of questions which might as readily come under Governor Davis jurisdiction as under that of Minister Barrett. So serious has the differences between the Panama officials become that Minister John Barrett has decided to come to Washington person any to present his case to the preei dent." This story cannot be confirmed, but probably grows out of the fact that Minister Barrett is soon to return home on leave of absence,which the president promised be should have this fall. TRAIN IN A WRECK. Chicago Passenger Train Piled Up at a Crossing. Line a go, Npt. 20. A passenger train on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road was wrecked this after noon at the crossing of the tracks at Root street. Accounts of the cause differ, some of the railroad people al legmg that the train ran into an open switch and others sayng the locomotive jumped the track because of a broken flange. Twelve persons were injured and some of them may die. The train was going at a high rate of speed to make up lost time. The tracks are elevated, and the accident happened just before tbe train reached the viaduct over Root street. The, en gine plunged to tbe far side of tbe via duct, where a rail torn from its fasten ings rose up on end and transfixed the rear of the engine cib and the lore part of the baggage car. It held the wreck age so firmly that several hours' work with coldchisels was necessary before the baggage car could be removed. The four cars behind the baggage car were piled in a heap at the north end of the viaduct, and all of them badly smashed. An overturned stove in the rear car set fire to tbe wreckage, but it was extinguished by the fire depart ment before it had gained much head- OREGON GETS PRIZE. Shorthorn Cow first in the Class at St. Louis. St. Louis. Sept. 20. Orange som, of Fairview, a red beauty Aged Bloe of a shorthorn ;ow, splendidly typical of the breed belonging to the Ladd estate, of Portland, Or., has won first award in the class for aged cows, the feature event of the world's fair cattle show. Roberta, belonging to the herd of the Tobo Land & Cattle company, of Clin ton, Mo., beaten but once since she was a yearling, and winner at the last international at Chicago, who wi a thought to have a mortgage on this event, was unable to compete on ac count of calving a beautiful white heif er shortiy before the event was called. Choice Goods, which won the firt t event for agexl onlls in the shorthorn class, is tbe sire of the little white hei f er that is valued by its owners at $ 1,- 000. Roberta and Choice Goods are two of the trio of shorthorns for which, along with Cicely, tbe Tobo Land & Cattle company is said to have paid the Ladd estate (15,000. To Enforce Neutrality. Washington, Sept. 20. Instructions were sent to iiear Admlrval Ooodrich at San Francisco today, directing him to detach one ship from his squadron when he leaves for Magdalena bay to hold the autumn target prartice. The vessel detached will remain in the vi cinity of San Francisco prepared to en force neutrality should other Russian or Japanese vessels put in at the Golden Gate. The department has no inform mat ion that there are other Russian cruisers bound for the Pacific coast, but there is talk to that effect. New Packing House for Chicago. Chicago, Sept 20. Chicago is to have a new packing hou"e plant, capi tailed at $2,5(10,000, and with a daily capacity of 1,000 head of cattle, 2,000 hogs and 6,000 sheep. The company lias been incorporated under tlm laws of New Yoik and negotiations for a site at the union stockyards are under way. The plant is expected to be erected and in working order by May 19, 1905. New York capital is said to be back of the new enterprise. Loubet Will Retire. Paris, Sept. 20. President Loubet. in the course of a speech to the provin cial mayors todav, said he looked for ward with satisfaction to the scienity of private life after theclose of his term. The statement is taken as a d finite statement of the president not to seek a second term. His present t:rin expires at the end of next year. M0DIFYP0LICY Russia Meets Views of Brit ain and America. BIG VICTORY P0R LAMSDORrT Nation Will Hold Commanders of Ships In Error to Preserve the Country's Dignity. St. Peterabuig, Sept. 19. Russia has given her auswer to tha American and British notes on the subject of con traband of war. Her answer as com municated to Ambassador Hardinge this afternoon verbally by Foreign Min ister Lamsdorff, and bears out the pre dictions. made on the subject bv the Associated Piess. The Ambassador was informed in effect that, according to the decision of thecomiuitaion which has investigated the subject, the gov eminent has agreed to view as condi tionally contraband iu character fiol stuffs and fuel, and that supplementary instruction had been issued to the Rue sian naval commanders and prise coutts caning their attention to the mislnter pieiation which nad ueen placed upon the prue regulations. These instruthms.Sir Charles Hardige was informed, make a clear distinction between the articles enumerated in ar ticle 6 of the Russian prise regulations which are susceptible to dual use. like fuel and foodstuffs, the assumption be ing that if they are addressed to private persons ot firms in an enemy a port they are not intended for warlike uses; but their innocent character mar be subject to suspicion if the ship's papeis and the circumstances are irregular. In effect, the new instructions will place the burden of proof that the food stuffs, etc., ate designed for beligerent purposes upon tbe captor. nussia, in count Lamsttorn a re sponse to Ambassador Hardinge, in principle meets the views of the Amer ican and the British governments re garding foodstuffs and coal and other fuel as being conditional contraband of war, distinctly placing them in the category of articles susceptible of nses Doth in war ami peace, and as such only confiscable when consigned to blockaded ports, or destined for mill tary or naval forces of the enemy Shipments in the ordinary course of trade by private persons or firms, even io eneniy s port, may he regarded as prima facie not contraband, but on this point distinct reservation is made. URGE LAND-LAV REfORMS. Commission Will Soon Meet to port to the President. Re Washington, Sept. 19. The public lands commission, consisting of I-and Commissioner Richards, Gifford Pin cnott ana r. n. Jewell, will hold an early meeting and outline the report which it will submit to the president recommending changes in the varions public land laws. The members the commission have spent the summer in the Weet observing the operation of the land laws, and will soon be sup plied with reports from their field rep resentatives pointing out the weakness es of the present laws. After going over all the data collected, the commission will draft its report and submit it the president in time to permit him to incorporate the various recommends tions in his annual message to congress The commission may not be able to make a final report, but will make th one presented as comprehensive as pes sible, and will point out the changes most needed in the public land statutes including trie necessity lor moditlca tion, if not actual repeal, of the lieu land law. President Roosevelt is dependin upon tnis commission lor a strong re port, and the indications are that h will get it, though in some instances the commission, while showing tt weax spots oi the present laws, ma not recommend any definite remedy but submit various plans for the con sideration of congress. The probabili ty, however, Is that there will le important land legislation next winter as it is a snort session and there is con siderable opposition to changing tl existing laws, especially the lieu land law. May Courtmartlal Captain. San Francisco, Kept. 19. Naval offi cers here say Captain lierlinaky, corn mander of the cruiser Lena, acted on his own responsibility in coming t this port from Vladivostok. The hoiu mat he came here to escape par ticipation in the war, and with the full expectation of having his vessel dismantled on arrival here. The argue that the Russian government will ne obliged to order his court mar tial to demonstrate that the czar had no intention of preying on the com merce of this coast. Slip of the Emperor's Pen. St. Petersburg, Sept. 19.' Consider able amusement has been caused by sup oi r.mperor Nicholas pen In a: cepling the oilers oi several companies of Siheiian militia who volunteered for service at the fron.. The petition reads: "We humbly lay at your ma Jesty's feet our desire to be permitted to tight and die for the fatherland. The emperor, in accepting, wrote: "I thank you sincerely, and hope that your wishes may he lully realized." Large Lumber Mill Destroyed. Chicago, Sept. 19. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Pine Ulnff Ark., says that fire has destroyed the Sawyer & Austin plant, one ot the largest lumber mills in Arkansas I he loss Is estimated at between 1400,000 and f 600,000, fully covered by insurance. DIG RUIN BY WIND. Atlantic Coast Is Swept by a Ter. rlble Tornado. New York, Spt. 17. A numUi of lives were lost, much property dam aged and several ships wrecked in the storm which ravaged the Atlantic coast last night and today. It was one of the fiercest September storms on lee- rd, thunder and lightning adding ter ror to a howling gale which can led touching sheets of rain over sea and land. Telegraphic reports tonight say the storm was swept out iuto the ocean and from the Canadian coast. The greatest loss of lite was near Wilmington, Del. The tug Israul W Duiham, with a crew of six men and four other men, employes of the American Dredging company, was swamped In the Delaware ri." early today during the height of the storm. Kight ot the ten persons on the Ittle craft were drowned. Great destruction was caused in the city proper. Tree were uprooted, houses liooded and crops ruined. Further down the coast, Jacksonville, comes the report that five men weie di owned off Charleston. This report was brought in by one of the coast liners. New York suffered comparatively lit tle. The wind and rain and thunder and lightning were terrific, but little actual damage was done. Nineteen coal barges went adrift in the bay and tonight wreckage strews the fcboie from the Battery to the r arrows, hut no I ves were lost. Several small vessels also went ashore on various parts of the coast near New York. Al 4 o'clock this morning the wind was blowing 80 miles an hour, and tbe rain was corning down in sheets. It was then that the trolley cars came to standrtill. Elevated roads stopped and traffic of all kinds was paralysed Along the sheets through the market sections of the city wagons were over turned and horses hurled from their feet. Many plate glass windows succumbed to the wind, especially iu the down town section of the city. Soon alter daybreak the rain ceased and the clonda cleared away. There was a decided drop in the temtierature. In Newark, N. J., lightning struck the building ot the Prudenial Insurance company and ripped out some or the heavy granite blocks from a cupola 204 feet from the ground. Hundreds of pounds of the granite blocks went crashing through roofs of houses ad joining the aiyscraper, causing a panic among the residents. The storm caused much damage in Brooklyn. In some instances scores of houses weie flooded, several blinks of sewer raved in and many trees were uprooted. Miles ot telephone wires were blown down in the suburbs, and many of the trolley lines were put out of commission. KOREA IS ALSO DUE. Russian Ministry of Marine Asserts She Will Seek Pacific Port. Paris, Sept. 17. The correspondent of the Echo de Paria at St. Petersburg has telegraphed his paper as follows: "The ministry of marine tells na re garding the arrival ot the Russian transport Lena at San Franciico, that another vessel, the Korea, is also due at an American port on the Pacific Orders have been sent to the Russian ships to conform rcrupnlouily with the American neutrality rules, which are expected to permit them taking on enough coal to reach Vladivostok. I consider the situation very delicate, a there is evidence that the ships were destined to prevent the transport of contraband goods from the United States to Japan, and perhaps capture vessels carrying contraband. Japanese Rule Manchuria. Mukden, Sept. 17. The Japanese are causing a sensation among the natives of MancLuria as they advance by establishing their own system of taxation and administration as though the country were actual Japanese terri tory. They are paying for supplies with promissory notes on the war fund a blanket note being given for the pay merit of each village on the basis of population, leaving the residents to di vide pro rata. Few of these notes have yet been collected in cash, but Japanese ofllcials are collecting a cash tax. 1003 Building Plans Ready. Washington, hept. 17. I lie super vising architect lias completed plan and siteclflcation for (he government buildings for the Lewis and Clark expo sition, and will tomorrow forward to Superintendent Lssarus, at Portland several seta to be furnished contractors who wish to bid. The plana can t hal eithei from Superintendent Laxar us, cr from the supervising architect of the treasury. Bids will be advertised for in the Portland paper for a month Philippine force to Be Reduced. Manila, hept. 17. It lias been rec omrnendnd I hat I he force of American soldiers in the Philippine Island be reduced from it present stsnding of four regiments of cavalry and nine of infantry to three regiment of cavalry and seven of Infantry, OREGON NEWS TO BUILD IN GRAND RONDE. Assurance Given That Railroad Will Be Constructed. Pendleton W, K, Davidson, secre tary ot the Eastern Oregon Development company, mid member of the firm of W. E. Davidson & Co., mining brokers of Pendleton, says that the electric belt line to be built in Grand Ronde valley Is an assued success. HI father, T. W, Davidson, 1 in the Fast now Interest ing capital iu Ix'liall of the project, aud al the present time the outlook Is must encouraging. Grounds for a teimlnal and depot have been donated by the lesidcuta ol Cow. The Amalgamated Sugar coin any has agreed to raise 600 acic of et along the Hue, where heretofore the price of hauling ha mad their cultute prohibitive. The r iu lit of way ha lieen secured, and had it nut Wen or Chief F.uglneei A. B. Browne lieing railed to Canyon City a a witness iu a tilt at law the suivey would have been completed at this time. The power proposition on the Miriam river ha not leen looked into except to ascertain that at leant 20,000 horse power could be developed. Survey of Eugene -Corvallls Line. Eugene The Willamette Valley hleclnc railway company announce that its corps of surveyors will probab ly begin suiveying for It Eugene Cor vallia line this week. T. W. Archer. civil engineer, who will have charge of the work, has arrived from Call fomia. He will also select a site for a power station. It has been practically settled that th station will be located on the Mackensle river near SeaveY place, ix mile from Eugene. 11. C Diers, chief engineer of the company has arrived at Coo bay, and will once start a crew ol surveyors from there north up the coast by way of Gardiner and Florence to Eugene. Cove fruit for the fair. I Grande The management of the horticultural exhibit at the St. I.oui lair ua written to Mack is mi uro., o Cove, who are among the trading fruit grower in the uraud itomie, lor more ol the fruit from thi valley, and in telegram asks: "Can Cove ship now car prune, plums, pears and applrs We pay freight. Sell at least half an retain proceeds. Wire collect. ' To which they replied that a car would be shipped in two weeks' time, as some ol the fruit are hardly ripe just now. Drill for iSOO Side. Sumpter As a result ol the drillin contest at Bourne on Labor day., in hich M. D. Mcleod came off victor ious, there is promise of a much inor interesting contest. McUod, holdin the champiouship for Oregon, has been challenged by William Maddern, for match at 600 a aide. The prvlimin anea have been arranged, and the tow offering the most templing purse will get the contest. 1 here is some talk ol making the aide bet $1,500, so oonfl dent is each man of beating the other Law ton Townsltc Sold. Sumpter The townsite of Iawton which over four years ago gave such promise of greatness, has been sold for 13,000. This whs the amount of judgment held by Lina Stnrgiss against the townsite company. Many build ings were erected during the boom, and Lawton was put down in the brain of the fanciful promoter as the terminus of an important railway line that would come creeping np the mountains from a junction with the O. R. A N. Thi dream faded away and with it Law ton claim to distinction. Plan Long Wagon Road. l ortiano ine plan to nulla a wago road from Portland to the Californi line ha been discussed favorably b the county court. Multnomah county already has a road which reaches ' Clackamas county and it can Iks mai a first class road with not much ex pense. Other counties have roads ex tending from one county to the other in some instances, but to make one con tinuous road the whole distance migl require state aid. Washington County Shipments. Ilillsboro Agent Hinshaw, of the Southern Pacific, states that notwith landing the short hay and grain crop this year, the shipments out of Wash ington county exceed that of any fall season for years. A part of the heavy shipments is due to the condensed milk company, which sends out from two to three car each week. Wheat Mysteriously Burned. Pendleton File destroyed 1,500 bushels of wheat on I he farm of K. J. Homerville, seven miles west ot this city. The crop was raised by John I.udemann, his share being two-thirds. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. The wheat was partly insured. Northwest Wheat Markets. Portland Walla Walla, 70c; bluo stem, 84c; valley, 85a, , Tacoma Bluestem, 84c; club, 80c. Albany 78o. . Salem HOc. Colfax Club, 71c; blunstem, 7flc. , Pendleton Club, 70c; bluestem, 73c. La Grande Club, C5c: bluestem, 70c, OP INTEREST IMMENSE TIMBER fORESTS. Coos and Curry Await Railroad for Development. Matshfleld An agent looking for uilwr for an Eastern syndicate say that he ha figures that show that there are 24,000,000,000 feet of timber In oo county aloii and 80,000,000,000 feet accessible to Coo bay if a railroad built through the county. He say that on the l'inlqu art 83,000,000,000 cut and on the Sius.aw 15,000,000,000 eel. In Cuny county he found large tract ot black oak that would make One furniture. These tree, he savs. will average three cut of 20 feet each. Eight thousand acre ot this oak tiuiUr was bought by Sun Francisco taiuur or Its hark but the timber had been mind to be too valuable for inanufaetur- ng put pones to pee) for it lark. On Tillamook hay ami it tributary stream he say there are 20,000,000,. 000 feet, and on the Nehalem ami Its north and south funis there are 25,- 000,000,000 more feet. This Include fir, cedar spruce and hemlock. lie say the timber ha all been cruised, and thai his flgme are conservative. Association 11 Building Up. Pendleton The Pendleton Commer cial association is rapidly building np under the present reglme.havlng during the past few day received more than 60 new member. The meinherahln row extends 150 and efforts will be made to swell the number to 200. The monthly due have Wen reduced from 2 to tl, these special rat to continue until November 1. With the fusing of new life into the Institu tion, plans have leen under considera tion fur adding a gymnasium and mak ing other needed Improvements. As i sin as practicablo the association will gin making preparation for the Umatilla county exhibit fm 0, Iwl and Clark exposition. Shipment of Silver l!r. Estacada Linn Brothers, who own a sawmill 10 miles northeast of this place, have just shipped from here a rarload of the finest quality of lumber ever seen in thi section of the state. The firm owns a large tract of timber land near their mill and now has on hand a very large assort men t of finish ing lumber. The timber from which it is sawed I of a variety called by tim herinen "silver fir," and 1 of lighter rolor and flnei grain than the vellnw Dr. A numlx-r of experienced lumber men and carpenters saw the lumber as It was lming loaded and all pronoumed it the Im-sI they bad seen in the state. The shipment went to Oregon City. Crop Costs 23 Cents a Bushel. Pendleton A reservation farmer es timates that his crop this year cost him 25 cent a bushel sacked, exclusive of the cost of summer fallowing. Ho paid $2 75 per acre rent and hired all of the work done. His yield was 30 bushels to the acre, and the total crop 4. HOI) bushels, he having D10 acres in wheat. He sold at 67,',, rents, and es lunate his profit at 12,040. The com ing season or the next, he will rent 1 -000 acres. He says as a little ran lie madn on each bushel he will rent a InrifA Irani a... I ..til.... . . ... .... v niiu viwiui nut ncn or "broke." go Echo Will Co-Operate. Echo At a meeting of the Citiumst club of Echo, a committee was ap-, pointed, consisting of Dr. C. J. Smith O.I). Teel, B. Ssylor, F. B. Van Cleave and II. C. Willis, to net with imilar committees appointed by the' Commercial organisations of Spokane.', Walla Walla and Colfax, in Washing! ton, and Pendleton, In Oregon, to act with the Interior department In seenri Ing the best possible situs for the canals' and reservoirs desired by the govern-i ment for the several lirigation project I contemplated. ' Yamhill llopdryrr Is Destroyed. Amity Fire destroyed the hop dryer and content of A. II. Shumate, res'ld ing one mile northwest of Whlteson. Mr. Shumate had Just finished picking hi yard and had 10,000 pounds of hop In the building. The fire Blurted be tween two walls, ami it was impossible to gel water to it. The man drying the hops had plenty of help and seveial barrel of water, but could not use It to any advantage. The Insurance on the crop and building was $3,000. Smut Explodes Machine. Pendleton A threshing machine lie. longing to Donald Robinson, 17 mile north of Pendleton, wa blown tip. Hie explosion was caused by smut and rust in the wheat. The loss I $1,600. None of the crew was injured. Patients Increase at the Asylum. Salem The monthly report of the superintendent of the state insane sy. lum shows that the number of patient ha Increased f,0m 1,371 to 1,375 dur ing the month.
