The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, August 01, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text,. . .. .... 1 jj Jf pjy rtY rfh M -J( SlV nfP Hiuies Gea II, OllS.oity hall IT'S . A COLO DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XIV. IIOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1902. x NO. 11. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by . r. BLYTHE SOW, FublNhera. 8. F, Blythe. " . E. N. Blythe. Terms of subscription 11.60 ft year when paid In advance. .' TBI MAILS. ' The mail arrive from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; depart! the tame days at noon. For ('henoweth, leaves at t a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays: arrivea at p. Hi. For White Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily ai6:tf a. in.; arrives at 7:15 p. m. From White Malmon leaves for Fnlda, Gilmer, Trout Lake and Ulenwood daily at A. M. ForBlmien (Wash.) leaves at 5:43 p.m.; ar rives at 2 p. in. BttllKTlKH. ORPKK OK WASHINGTON. Hood River I'nion No. 142, meets In Odd Fellows' hall 4cond and fourth Saturdays in each month, ; 7 :au' o'clock. C. L. CoPW.it, President. Da. H. h. Dl'mbi.1, Secretary IAUREL KKIIKKAH PKOKKK U)IKiE, No J t7. 1. O. O. K. Meets tlrst and third Mon days In each montlt. Mibs l.irrik Entricin, N. 0. ;, H. J. IfmBAKn, Uwreiary. iMANHY t'OST, No. 1, U. A. K. Meets at A. j O. U. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All O. A. K, members luvited to meet with us. J. W. Kiuby, Commander. (1. J. Hayrk, Adjutant. CIANBY W. R. C, Ko;-16-Meets first atir I day of each month in A. O. U. W. hall at i p.m. Mks. B. F.Shoihakki, President. Mas. O. L. STKAK4HAN, Secretary. HOOD RIVER I.OIMIK No. 11)6, A. F. and A M. Meets Saturday evening on or before eat h full moon. Wm. M. Yatks, W. M. C. U. Thompson, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. iff, R. A. M. Meeta third Friday uiKht of each month. . L. Smith, H. F. A.N. Rami. Secretary. IIOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. B. fl. II Meets second and fourth Tuesday even ings ol each month. Visitors coidielly wal coined. Mks. Mollis C. Coi.e, W. M. .Mas. May B. Davidson, Secretary. OLETA ASSEMBLY No. 10.1. United Artisans, Meets lirKt and third Wednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays social: Art! tans hall. F. U. Brosius, M. A. Fkkd Co, Secretary. - WAUCOMA LODGE, No. 3ft, K. of P.-Mneta In A. 0. U. W. ball every Tuesday lunht, C. E. Makkham, ('. C. W. A. FlKRRAUOH, K. or R. and S. KIVKR81DB LODGE, No. 68, A. O. V. W. Meets Drat and third Saturdays of each month. Fred Hows, W, M. E. R. Bradley, Financier. Chkktkr Shiitk, Recorder. 1DLEWILDE L01KIK, No. 1U7, I. O O. F. Meeli lu Fraternal hall every Thursday night. L. E. Norsk, N. U. J. L. IIenderbon, Secretary. H" 00D RIVER TENT. No. 19, K. O. T. M., meets at A. O. I'. W. hall on the tlrst and third Fridays of each month. W alter ukrkino. Commander. 1' jTvERMnE TlODGK :"KOr, DEGREE OF , HONOR, A. O. V. W. Meets Drat and third Saturdays at8 P. M. Mrs. E. R. Bradley, C. ot H. Lena Evans, Recorder HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets in odd Fellows' Hall the tint and third Wednesdays of each month. F. L. DAVtnaoN, V. C. .' E. R. Bradley. Clerk. B.PRESBY, ittomey at-Law and U. S. Commissioner. Gddendale, Wash. Makes a specialty of land office work. Final proofs in timber and homestead entries made before nlm. J)R. J. W. VOGEL. OCULIST. Will make regular monthly visits to Hood River. Residence 963 Sixteenth Street, .-,.'. Portland, Oregon. II, JENKINS, P. M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. ' . .' telephones;. Office, 281; residence, M. Office, in Langxlle bid. , Hood River, Oregon. JjR.K.T.CARNS. Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work ant all kinds of Up-lo-Dah Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON J I,. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. . laerwator to Dr. M. f. Shaw. Calls promptly answered In town ot country, Dav or Night. Telephones: Residence, 81; Office, 81 Office over Kverhart's Grocery. T J. F, WATT, M..D. .v - Physician and Surgeon. Telephones: Ofllce, 281 ; residence, 283. SURGEON 0. R. 4 N. CO. v JOHN ; LELAN1) HENDERSON AlTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER, NO .. TARY FtiBtIC and REAL, ESTATE AGENT. V ' 'for 23,rparsa resident of Oregon and Wash- V fni(hn. Has hd many yeais exyerien in Real Estate mailers, as abstractor, searcher of titles and egeuL Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. '' pREDERICK A ARNOLD ". CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. ; Ketitnat-! Inrniehed for all kinda of X work. Repairing a specialty. All kin da of hop work. Shop on State Street, k );tweeu First and Second. "TTIE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY is the place to (ret the latest and best in t otikctionerie, Candiei. NnU, Tobacco, Atigar, ef . . . ..." : ' ;...1CK CREAM PARLORS.... .. . -V. B. COLE, Proprietor. p "C, BROSiUS, M. D. Physician and surgeon. Theme Central, or 121. OfTice lloare: 10 to It A. M.; S to 3 and 6 to 7 P. M. . .. Q U. 1ENJPLE. ' . . ' fractleil Witchmiker t Jetilar. -"Mr long experi-nre enablef me to do Hi beet i-oii!le work, which I fully uaranief, and at W priree. j-gVTLKR A CO ' BANKERS. rip a general banking basinesa. IIOOD RIVER, OREGON. A STUDY IN BY A. CONAN DOYLE. is Jl.m Jfufi j&L&i 4Fif, CHAPTER I Continued. Sberlock Ilolmei ueemed delighted at the idea of sharing rooms with me. "I have my eye on a siiite in Baker ttreet," he said, "which would suit us down to the ground. You don't mind the smell of strong tcbacco, I hope?" "I always smoke 'ship'' myself," I answered. " i "That's good enough. I generally have chemicals about, and occasionally do experiments. Would that annoy you?" . "By no means." "Let me see what are my other shortcomings I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just lot me alone and I'll soon be all right. What have you to confess now? It's just as well for two fellows to know the worst of each other before they begin to live together." I laughed at this cross examination. "I keep a bullpup," I said, "and ob ject to rows, because . my nerves are shaken, a'nd I get up at all sorts of un godly hours, and I am extremely lazy. I have another set of vices when I tm well, but those are the principal ones at present." "Do you include violin plaving in your category of rows?" he asked, anx iously. "It depends on the player," I answered. "A well played violin is a treat for the gods; a badly played one " "Oh, that's all right," he cried with a merry lauph. "I thine we may con sider the thing as settled that is, if the rooms are agreeable to you." "When shall we see them?" " "Call for me here at noon, tomorrow., and we'll go together and settle every thing," he answered. . "All right noon exactly," said I, shaking li is hand. We left him working among his chemicals, and we walked together to ward my hotel. - "By the wav," T asked mddenly, "how the deuce did he know that I had come from Afghanistan?" My companion smiled an enigmatical smile. "That's just his little peculiarity," he said, "A good many, people have wanted to know how . he finds things out." "Oh, a mystery, ie it?" I cried, rub bing my hands. "This is very piquant. I am much obliged to you for bringing us together. 'The proper study of mankind is man,' yn know." J'You must study him then," Stam ford paid, as he bid. me good-by. "You'll find him a knotty problem, though. I'll wnger he loams more about you than you about him. Good by." "Good-by," Ianwsered; and strolled on to my hotel, considerably interested in my new acquaintance. CHAPTER II. We met next day, as he had arrang ed, and Inspected his rooms at No. 221B Baker streetof which he had spoken at our meeting. Tbey consisted of a couple of com fortable bedrooms and a single, large, airy sitting room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad win dows. So desirable in every way were the apartments, and so moderate did toe terms seem when divided between us that the bargain was concluded upon the spot, and we at once entered into possession. That very evening I moved my things round from the hotel, and on the following morning Sherlock Holm es followed me with several boxes md portmanteaus. For a day or two we were busily employed In unpacking and laying out our property to the best advantage. That done, we gradually began to set tle down and to accommodate our selves to our new surroundings. Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with. He was quiet in his ways, and hia habits were regular. It was rare for him to be up after ten at night, and he had Invariably breakfasted and gone out before I rose in the morning;. . Sometimes he spent his day at the chemical laboratory, sometimes In the dissecting rooms, and occasionally In long walks, which appeared to take him Into the lowest portions of the city. Nothing could exceed his energy when the working fit was upon him; but now and again a reaction would aelze him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting room, hardly uttering a word of mov ing a muscle from morning to nl'bt. On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression In his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being- addicted to -the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life for bidden such a notion. As the weeks went by. my interest In him and my curiosity as to his alms in life gradually deepened and Incieas d. His very person and appearance were such as to strike the attention of the most casual observer. In height ie was rather over six feet, and so eios alvely lean that he seemed to be con siderably taller. His eyes were sharp and piercing, save during those intervals of torpor to which I have alluded; and his thin, hawk-like nose gave his whole expres: slon an air of alertness and decision. His chin, too, had the prominence and squareness which mark the man of determination. His hands were invariably blotl-d with ink and stained with chemicals, yet he was possessed of extraordinary delicacy of touch, as I frequently had occasion to observe when I watched SCARLET. him manipulating his fragil philoso phical instruments. The reader may set me down as a hopeless busybody, when I confess how much this man stimulated my cu riosity, and how often I endeavored U break through the reticence which he showed in all that concerned himself. Before pronouncing Judgment, how ever, be it remembered how objectless was my life and bow little there was to engage my attention. My health forbid me from venturing out unless the weather was exception ally genial, and I had no friends who would call upon me and break the mo notony of my daily existence. Under these circumstances, I eagerly -hailed the little mystery which huug around my companion, and spent much of my time in endeavoring to unravel it. He was not studying medicine. He had himself, in reply to a question, confirmed Stamford's opinion upon that point. Neither did he appear to have pur sued 'any course of reading which might fit hlra for a degree in science or any other recognized portal which would give him an entrance into the learned world. ., - . Yet his seal for certain studies was remarkable, and within eccentric lim its his knowledge was so extraordinar ily ample and minute that his obser vations have fairly astounded me. Surely no man would work so hnrrt to attain such precise Information un less he had some definite end in view. Desultory readers are seldom remark able for the exactness of their learn ing. No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so. His ignorance vag as remarkan' as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next, to nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he Inquired In the naivest way who he might be'and what he had done. My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was knorant of the Copernlcan theory, and of the composition of the solar sys tem. That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should nojt be aware that the earth traveled round the sun appeared to- me such an ex traordinary fact that I could hardly realize it. "You appear to be astonished," he said, smiling at my expression of sur prise. "Now that I do know.it, I shail do my best to forget it." "To forget It!" "You see." he explained, "I consider that a man's brain originally Is like a little empty attic and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might he useful to him gets crowded out, or at best Is Jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a diffi culty in laying his hands upon It Now, the skillful workman is very careful Indeed ss to what he takes into his brain attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in do ing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. De pend upon it, there comes a time when for every addition to knowledge you forget something that you .knew be fore. It is of the highest Importance, therefore, not to have useless facta el bowing out the useful ones." , "But the solar system!" I protested. "What the deuce Is it to me?" he in terrupted, impatiently; "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work." .. I was on the point of asking him what that work might be, but some thing in hia manner showed me that the question would be an unwelcome one.. I pondered over our short conversa tion, however, and endeavored to draw my deductions from It. He said thai he would acquire' no knowledge which did not bear upon his object. There fore, all the knowledge which he pos sessed .was such as would be useful to hLm. I enumerated In my own mind all the various points upon which he had shown me that he was exceptionally well Informed. I even took peucll and Jotted them down. ' I could not help smiling at the docu ment when I had completed it If, ran In this way: - - . -SHERLOCK HOLMES His Limits. 1. Knowledge of literature1 Nil. 2. Knowledge of philosophy NIL 3. Knowledge of- Astronomy Nil. 4. Knowledge of Politics Feeble. 5. Knowledge of botany Variable. Well up in . belli ' floona, ' opium a'd poisons generally.-. Knows nothing of practical gardening. 6. Knowledge of geology Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After wiJks has shown me splashes upon his trous ers, and told me by their color aad consistence in what part of London he had received them. 7. Knowledge of chemistry Pro found. 8. Knowledge of anatomy Accu rate, but unsystematic. 9. Knowledge of sensational litera ture Immense. He appears to know every detail of horror perpetrated In the century. 10. Plays the violin welL 11. Is an expert single stick player, boxer and swordsman. 12. Hag a good practical knowledge of British law. When I had got so far In my Hot I threw it Into the fire tn despair. "If I cannot find what the fellow is driving at by reconciling all theee ac-comp!if'-Tier.U and discovering a call ing which needs them all, I said to myself, "I may ag well rive up the at- tempt at once." I see that I have alluded above to his powers upon the violin. These were very remarkable, but as eccen tric as all his other accomplishments. That he could play pieces, and diffi cult pieces, I knew well, because at my request he had played me gome of Mendelssohn's "Lleder," and other fa vorites. When left to -himself, however, he would seldom produce any music or attempt any recognized air. Leaning back in his armchair of an evening he would close hia eyes and scrape carelessly at the fiddle, which was thrown across his knee. Some times the chorda were sonorous and melancholy. Occassionally they were fantastic and cheerful. Clearly they reflected the thoughts which possessed him, but whether the music aided these thoughts, or whether the playing was simply the result of a whim or fancy, wag more than I could determine. I might have rebelled against these exasperating solos had it not been that he usually terminated them by playing in quick succession a whole se ries of my favorite airs as a slight compensation for the trial upon my patience. During-the first week or so we had no callers, and I had begun to think that my companion was as friendless a man as myself. Presently, however, I found that he had many acquaintances, and those in the most different classes of goclety. There wag one little sallow, rat-faced, dark-eyed fellow who wag introduced to me as Mr. Lestrade, and who came three or four times in a single week. One morning a young girl called, fashionably dressed, and stayed for half an hour or more. The same after noon brought a gray-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew peddler, and who appeared to be much excited, and who wag closely followed by a slip shod elderly woman. On another occasion an old white haired gentleman had an Interview with my companion; and on another a railway porter In his velveteen uni form. . When any of these nondescript individuals put in an appearance Sher lock Holmes used to beg for the use of the sitting room, and I would retire to my bedroom. He always apologized to me for putting me to this inconven ience. "I have to use this room as a place of business," he said, "and these peo ple are my clients." Again I bad an opportunity of ask ing him a point blank question, and again my delicacy prevented me from forcing another man to confide in me. I imagined at the time that he had some strong reason for not alluding to It, but he soon dispelled the idea by coming round to the subject of his own accord. It was upon the 4th of March, as I have good reason to remember, that I rose somewhat earlier than usual, and found that Sherlock Holmes had not yet finished his breakfast The landlady had become so accus tomed to my late habitg that my place had not been laid nor my coffee pre pared. With the unreasonable petulance of mankind I rang the bell and gave a curt intimation that I was ready. Then I picked up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the time with it while my companion munched silently at his toast One of the articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to run my eye -through It. Its somewhat ambitious title wag "The Book of Life," and it attempted to show how much an observant man might learn by an accurate systematic examination of all that came in his way. It struck .me as being a remarkable mixture of shrewdness and of absurd ity. The reasoning wag close and in tense, but the deductions appeared to me to be far-fetched and exaggerated. . The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of muscle, or a glance of the eye, to fathom a man's inmost thoughts. Deceit, according to him, wag an Im possibility in the case of one trained to observation and analysis. His con cluslong were as Infallible ag so many propositions of Euclid. So startling would his results ap pear to the uninitiated that, until they learned the process by which he had arrived at them, they might consider him as a necromancer. (To be Continued.) The Marrying Age. The marrying age, according to sta tistics, is steadily advancing. This accounts, perhaps, for another Jact, that women are beginning to look younger and more girlish in the Bhady twenties and the early thirties than they used to do. Twenty-five years ago a woman of 32 who was unmarried would have been regarded as a hopeless ild maid. Now she is quite a gitl at that age and her marriage is still thought of. If we continue to grow old in this leisurely fashion the very name "old maid" will disappear from our vocabulary, if indeed it has not done so alieady. . first Woman to Win Scholarship. Mini Helen E. Wallace, a brilliant student at the Melbourne, Australia, university, has been awarded the Shakespeare scholarship of 160 pounds. This is the most important scholar ship in the gift of the university, and it has never before been won by a woman. la Memory of Or. Johnson. Dr. Johnson's long association with the Strand, London, is to be com memorated by placing a beautiful stained glass window in Et. Clement's Dane chapel. Bslh'i Surprise Beth was delighted with her aunt's mw changeable spring gown. "Oh. mama!" she exclaimed, excitedly, "the colors of Aunt Mary's new silk dress are all extemporaneous!" Judjjo. A Wis ClrL Alice How long Bhoold a girl know a man before becoming enpazed to him? Grace Oh, long enough for him to propoa. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Compreheiulvt Review of ilia Imnnrf.nt Happening! of tht Past Week, Presented In a Condensed Form. Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Reader 'ire at Pittsburg destroyed property valued at 1318,500. King Edward Is able to walk about the deck of his yacht. The German gunboat Panther has been oidered to Caiibbean waters. A policeman at Shenandoah, Pa., was attacked by etrikera and severely beaten. , Natives of Pertugese West Africa are causing the authorities much trouble and a general uprising is fearel. Rioting and demonstrations in France are subsiding, and a peaceful solution of the religious question is looked lor. Another explosion in the New York subway resulted in the fatal injury of two men and the serious injury of two others. The president of Peru, in a message to congress, points out the great benefit of the Panama canal to that country and urges his people to prepare for it. The battleship Illinois is in dry dock in England. . Examination disclose? that considerable damage had been sus tained when she struck the obstruction. A German electrician lias invented a wireless telephone. It is believed that the disturbances in Panama are neaily at an end. More injunctions have been issued against the striking West Virginia coal miners. Fire at the Leavenworth, Kan., pen itentiary destroyed $20,000 worth Of property. Seven firemen were seriously injured by an explosion while fighting fire at Pittsburg. One of the tribes of Indians in, Indian Territory is giving the authorities much trouble. The Nicaraguan government has com muted the sentence of Kussell Wilson, the Ohio doctor who wag captured with a revolutionary party. Serious rioting occurred at a New Jersey primary election. One man was killed and a number seriously wounded, besides many minor injuries. In a riot at Pottsville, Pa., between non-union men and strikers, one man was killed and five badly injured. The dead man and all those injured were non-union. Demonstrations continue in France against the closing of Catholic schools. Automobile devotees in England find themselves badly handicapped by strin gent speed laws. Preparations for the coronation are in full swing, but theie is a noticeable lack of enthusiasm. A fight with horsethieves in. Okla homa resulted in the wounding and capture of several of the gang. Cholera in Egypt is spreading rapid ly. Many of the victims are attacked in the streets and die in a few minutes. A passenger and freight train collid ed in the yards t Cheyenne, Wyoming, resulting in the injury of half a dozen passengers. The president has approved die find- Ings of the court martial in tlie Case OI Major Glenn, but disapproves the ac tion In the f!nok rase. .r Three soldiers were seriously injured r. it.u attached to gun which they were handling running away. . . . - . Ten fishermen lost their lives in a gale on Fraser river, B. C. Cholera has"! broken' out afresh in Manila, a "number of new cases being reported. James Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitz simmons in tbe eighth round in a fight at San Francisco. Chicago messengers went on strike for more pay. Telegrams are being de livered through the mail. ; Aix-la-Chappelle, a town in Ger many, will hereafter celebrate Ameri can independence day by hoisting the American flag. There is much anxiety among British cabinet officials over the king's con. dition. Many believe he will not be able to stand the coronation. Acting Secretary Ryan has ordered a temporary withdrawal of the tract in Eastern Oregon recommended by com missioner Hermann and Superintendent Ormsby. Two hundred persons were drowned by the capsizing of a steamer on West river, China. There is not a great deal of interest, being taken in the coming coronation of King Edward. Caut. M. I. Smith, the firt maa who it retched wires across the state of Wis consin, is still living in Topeka, Kan. Chicago chemists have invented a process for making wall paper stronger that promises to revolutionize the in dustry. The largest stockholder !n the Tnited States Steel Company, "Mr. Cutler," I. ink. n R. k.ful,..r not Andrew Carnegie; bis dividend i f 1,000,000 t n aunuauy. MUST GO SLOW. United SUUt Gunboat Machiai Will Protect Foreigner at Cap Hsytien. Washington, July 31. The follow ing cablegram, dated today, wag re ceived at the navy department this afternoon from Commander MrHrna. nf tbe Machias, arrived at Cape Haytien ' yesterday : "Affairs are very much disturbed at Cape Haytien. Unorganized mob in the city. Foreign consuls have been threatened. Will give protection on board. I will prevent bombardment without due notice." The gtate department has no hesita tion in fully approving tbe energetic and sufficient action of Commander McCrea in taking care of the foreign consuls and in preventing a bombard ment without a warning. The Amer ican and foreign interests in Cape Haytien are large and an American captain is required by the unwritten law to look after the life and property of other foreign residents as well as American in such .cases. It is taid that the rules of international law as well as the dictates of humanity re quire that proper notice be given before a bombardment in order that women, children and non-combatants may leave the town and carry off their personal belongings. The Davy department feels that the Machias ia sufficiently Jarge for tbe work at band at this point, though if there were more such American gunboats in the gulf and Carribbean sea a quiet ing and restraining influence would be exerted over these frequent rebellious outbreaks involving violations of the rules oi war and great suffering. A GREAT OIL TRUST. Rockefeller, Rothschilds and Nobel Have Com-i blncd and Will Control World's Output London, July 31. In its issue this morning the Daily Mail asserts that there is no longer any doubt that the three monster oil interests of Rockefel ler, Rothschild and Nobel have entered into a working agreement. "Thus," gays the paper, "without any publicity the greatest trust the world has ever seen has been sprung into being.". line combination, tbe paper says, has been hinted at in messages from liatoum and Moscow and it has been more clearly shown in the offers made to Russian oH exporters by representa tives of the Nobeland Rothschild in terests for the absorption of the whole of their output. The exporters have been forbidden to sell through the interests-of their agency except at a price arranged by them or to fight the com bined forces pit the three oil giants. This offer was made openly and with the idea of maintaining prices, and it has been refused, Russian exporters preferring to fight. It was doubtless this combine, continues the Daily Mail, which induced the Russian government to issue invitations to an anti-trust con ference. The spokesman of the great combine declares it means a fight to the death and that the independent ex porters cannot hope to win. MINING AND STORING COAL. Secret Work Has Been Done In Several of the Scranton Collieries. Scranton, Pa.," July 30. Superin tendent Roes, of the Delaware & Hud son, admitted today that his and other companies of this region have been r,.Tb..l in 1 1 i n, iml l.-,a.l in I mnA . .U 1 . M -lI V.VH. .IIU I storing it at tiie foot of the shift in 'iaa roatlo in Via itniatarl when tliA Ofm . ,. , . pames see fit: to do so. The work is i. i. . being done by under bosses, company hands and returned strikers, of whom tlio mine has a small quota. The com panies have been doing this work se cretly so as to avoid drawing the fire of the' strikers. The strikers turned back the men at the Rocket Brook colliery, - in Car bondale, this morning, but they came around at noon when the pickets had dispersed and started the washery going. Carpenters at Coal Brook and Northwestern collieries, in Carbondale, were also turned back this morning. This activity on the part of the strikers is the result of a meeting of the strik ers , when it was determined to make an effort to stop all work at mines and washeries in the Carbondale region. Release of Guam Prisoners. Washington, July 30.- The war de partment referred the order containing the president's amnesty proclamation hof July i to the navy department, es pecially inviting attention to the Fili pino prisoners in Guam. A reply has been received saying that the garvernor of Guam will be notified and an army transport will be seLt to Manila by the way of Guam and all prisoners who take the oath of allegiance to the United States will be teturned to the Philip pine islands. Strange Upheaval of the Ground. ' New York, July 31. The town of Stratford, N. V., now has, according to a press dispatch irom Little Falls, a strange upheaval of the ground. Tons of sod, gravel and etone were tossed in the air and Ian led on a knoll 12 feet hiiher than their original place. The debris cover a r pace 100 feet aqnire, and is more than six feet deep. It is believed lightning ignited a vein of natural gas and caused an underground explosion. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF IMTERE8T FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial happenings ol lm-portance-A Brief Review of the Growth and improvements of the Many Industrie Tlwwaghoiit Our thriving Commonwealth latest Market Report. About 50 Indian war veterans of Southern Oregon held a reunion at Medford last week. A postoffice has been established at Cecil, Morrow county, on the route ' from Douglas to Ella. . The sand taken out by the dredge on the lower Columbia has been proven to be rich enough to more than pay the expense of handling it. Benton county's annual school report shows that the school population of that county has increased from 2,438 to 2,586 during the part year. The timbermen of Dallas and vicin ity have organiised an association for the purpose of mutual protection and defense of the timber claims filed on by them' at Oregon City last week, when a township was thrown open. A coal strike that promises to make no little stir in that section has been madoTiear Asbestos, in the northern Dart of Jackson countv. where the Southern Pacific has been developing a prospect, ilie vein is six feet wide. The postoffice at Antone, Wheeler county, hag been moved one mile to the southwest. The office at Crov. Gilliam county, bag been moved six miles to the southwest, and tha nffi.vt at Olene, Klamath county, is moved a short distance to the south. The annual report of the register of the Oregon City land district, compris ing 14 counties, gives the total area of the land surface at 7,565,250 acres. Only 698,469 acres of unappropriated land remain in thedistnct, and 161,190 acres of this is not yet surveyed. The farmers of the Rock Point neigh borhood, in the Waldo Hills, have formed an association for tbe purpose of pooling their crops. The success of the grain pools the past two years, by which they received 4 to 6 cents per bushel more than those outside the pool, has given them great confidence in this plan of disposing of their crops. A project is on foot to put in a first class waterworks at Dallas. - Marion and Umatilla counties repot t a decrease in the school population. J. A. Beattie, president of the state normal school at Weston, has resigned to accept a position in the East. Benton county farmers are now cut ting their fail gown grain. Both the fall and spring sown wheat will yield well. The state fair this year promises to be oho of the most successful ever held. Many special features have been se cured. Tha Frn(-Vi nor lr A ma t-V irV no ti at'") ituilu vo y sized at Portland last January, has been completely repaired and has sailed from that port with a full cargo. The annual report of the nublic fchools of Yamhill county shows a total school population of 4.775. as compared with 4,826 a vear ago. The average attendance also fell off. PORTLAND MARKETS. eMww Wheat Walla Walla, 6163c for new crop; 6465c for old; valley, 65c; bluestem, 6 5 (g 06c. Barley-$17.75 for old, $16.50 for new crop. Flour Best grades, $3.05(33.60 par barrel; graham, 2.953.20. Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton; middlings, (21.50; shorts, $18; chop, $16. Oats No.l white, $l.l51.20;gray, $1.051.10. Hay Timothy, $12(15; clovar, $7.50(310; Oregon wild hay, $5(36 per ton. Potatoes Best Bnrbanks, 75(3 85c percental; ordinary, 50c per cental , growers prices; sweets, $2.25(32.60 per cental ; new potatoes, lc. Butter Creamery, 20321c; dairy 16 18c; store, 15(3 16c. Eggs 2021)ic for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12X (313c;YoungAmerica, 13X314Xc; fac tory prices, 1(3 lc lees. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60(3 4.50; bens, $4.00(35.60 per dozen, HOUMc per pound; springs, 110 HXc per pound, $2.60(310 per doe en; ducks, $2.60(33.00 per doaen; tur keys, live, 13(3 14c, dressed, 15(3 16c per pound; geese, $4.00(35.00 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 2K(33c per pound; dressed, 6c per pound. Hogs Grow, 6Jic; dressed, 77Xc per pound. Veal 7(3 8c per pound. Beet Gross, cows, 333Xr; steera. 3Mc; dressed, 738e per pound. Hops 16f317c; caw crop 17(3 18c. Wool Valley,12X315;Estern Ore gon, 814Kc: mohaii. !5(326c pound. Yale university gave degrees to a class of 650. Plans for a Chinese vol unteer minion were announced. A Chicago dispatch says that the Fear of a bituminous miners' strike is caus ing coal dealers and railroads to store, thousands of tons as a reserve supply. The will of very Rev. E. A. Hoffman. dean of the general theological semi nary of New 1 ork,. dispones of an estate estimated at $12,000,000 to $15,000,-000.