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nOOD HIVER, OREGON, TBIDAYi AUGUST 29, 11)02.
VOL. XIV.
NO. 15.
HOOD RIVER GLACIER
published Every Friday by
H. V. BLYT1IB ft ClUk. Fubll.hen,
8 F. Blythe. N. Blythe.
1 emu ol ubcrlition 11.40 yer when paid
In advance.
THK MA 1 1.8.
. m. VteiiiiemUya and Saturdays! depart! the
tor Olienoweili, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays,
. 1 u., ui-a avrl lul At A n m.
or W Hlle tsalnioii i ( W ah.) leavei daily ai 6:4a
Horn White Salmon leaves for Fulda, Gilmer,
Trout Lake and Glenwood daily at A. M.
tor Hitmen (V anli.) leaves at i:io p. m. i ar
rives at 2 p. m.
m(:IUilKt.
.. . ij.vi L- rirvi ir Kn 1.12. ORUICH
OF
() PES W Meets tte Hecond and Fourth
rridaysul the tuoutd. Visitors ojiuiiuj.m
cuined C. U. Dakin, Counsellor.
.Mks.'iUkby McGuikb, Secretary.
Rl)KR OF WAHHINUTO.N.- Hood
(J t'niun No. U2, tj;eeU in Odd Fellows' ball
second and iourin Saturdays in each monta,
7 :30 o'clock. C. L. currut, President.
Ml. 11. L. DliMBLE, secretary.
IAl'KhL KKBtKAH Uiuuin
J 7, 1. O. O. F. Meets liraj and third Mon
uay in each month.
Mrs. VV. O. Ash, N. O.
Miss Ota Walker, Secretary
C IAN BY POST, No. 10, O. A. R.-MeetsatA.
O. V. W. Hall secoud and fourth BaturJays
oi each minim at l o'clock p. m. AU U. A. R.
inembeis invited to meet Willi us.
j. w. hiuBY, Commander.
C. J. Hayes, Adjutant
1AKBV W. K. C No. 16 - Meets Orst Satur
j day of each month in A. O. U. W. hall at 1
p m. Mhs. B. K. bHomAKKR, President.
HRs. U. U BTKAn All AW , occrctmj
HOOlFRIVKR I.OIXiK No. 105, A. F. and A
M. .Meets Saturday evening on or before
each full moon.. W m. M. Vatks, W. M.
C. I). Thompson, Secretary
HOOD ltlVER I'llAFTKlt, NO. 27, K. A. X.
Meets third Friday night of each month.
K.L. SMITH, H. P.
A. N. Rahm, Secretary.
HOOH R1VKR ("HAPTfc.lv, No. 2J, U. IS. .
Meets second and fourth Tuesday even
lux oi each month. Visitors coidiRllf wel
comed. Mrs. Mollik 0. COLK, W. M.
Mrs. Mas B. Davidson, secretary.
0" LET A" ASSEM BLY No.' lO.Cl'tiited Artisans.
Meets lirst and third Wednesdays, work;
second and fourth Wednesdays social: Arti
sans lisll. F. C. Bkomus, M. A.
Mrs. K. A. Barnes, Secretary.
XVaFJoM A l.OIKiE, No. SU, K. of P. Meets
Y in A. O. V. W. hall every Tuesday niirhb
C. E. Markmam, ('. C.
W. A. FiREBAunii, K. or R. and b.
D IVEU8IDE LOUUE, No. tit. A. o. 1;,
11 Meets iirst and third Suturilayn of each
month. Fkkd Howe, W, M.
K. R. Bradley, Financier.
Chester Shi'te, Recorder.
1I)I.EWrILl)K l.OliiE, No. Ill,, 1. O O. F
Meets ill Fraternal hall every Thursday
night. W. O. Ash, K. 0.
j. L. Henderson, secretary.
1 1 001) ItlVKR TENT, No. 19, K . 6. t. ST.
Jl meets at A. O. U, W. hall ou the iirst and
third Fridays of each month.
AI.TKK tiEKHinu, v.iMiiiiiwii.ii.
IVK.RS111E LODiiR NO. 411, DHUIKKK OF
t HONOR, A. o. V. W. Meets Iirst and
third Saturdays at 8 P. M.
Mrs. E. K. Bradley, C. 01 H.
Mtts. It. J. Frederick, Recorder.
HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702,"M. W. A.,
meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first and
third W ednesdays of each month.
F. U Davidson, V. C.
E. R. Bradley. Clerk.
yr b. PRKSBY, - ,
iUorney-at-Law and U. S. Commissioner.
Ooldendale, Wash.
Makes a socially of land office work. Final
E roofs In timber and homestead entries made
efore him.
JjU. J. V. YOG EL.
OCULIST.
Will make regular monthly visits to Hood
River. Residence 3i3 Sixteenth Street,
Portland, Oregon.
Q II. JENKINS, 1). M. D.
DENTIST.
socialist on Crown and Bridge Work.
1 Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 91.
Office in Langille bid. Hood River, Oregon.
JR. K. T.CAKNS.
Dentist.
Hold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of
Up-lo-Data Dentistry.
HOOD RIVER ' OREGON
L. DUMBLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Successor to Dr. M. F. Bhaw.
Calls promptly answered In town or country,
Dav or Night.
Telephones: Residence. 81; Office, 83,
Office over Everhart'a Orooery.
J F. WATT, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Telephones : Office, 281 ; residence, 28.1.
Si-ROF.ON O. R. AN. CO.
JOHN LKLAND HENDERSON
ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER.' NO
TARY PliHLIO and REAL,
F.STA1K AGENT.
For J3 T rs a resident of Oregon and Wash
ItiKton. Has had many years exienem'e in
Heal Estate matiers, as abstractor, searelier of
titles and sgeuU tausfiiclioit (uaranteed or
r.o charge.
pi! KL'EKICK A ARNOLD
C0NTKACT0R3 AND BUILDERS.
Kctimktra lurniehetl for all kinds ol
work. Krpairinft 8pe:ialtv. All kinds
of ehop work Sliop on State Street,
Wtwetm First and Swonil.
THE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY
1
Is tli place to (rft the latent and best in
t onfectioiierieB, v-anuiea. inia, iooact-o,
Cigars, etc.
....ICE CREAM PARLORS....
YV. B. COLE, rmpriotorl
p C. BKOSiUS, M. D.
' rHYSICUN AND SURGEON.
Tlione Central, or 121.
Ofl'ice llonra: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3
nd 6 to 7 r. Si.
gUTLKR 4 CO
BANKERS. Do a (reneral banking business.
irnnn river. OREGON.
CARE FOR YOUR EYES
s I have had 18 veara" xrnnc, my wtk
will tive the verv best sati.factioii tn watch
reimirlus-. and as an ootician I Euarnte to
tvr v,.u- p.Ht tit of Elaiwes k suit your ey.-.
V have one of Ih latest impnwr.1 eye utters,
ii.t ran tit your eves in the most accurate man
lier with the best icnos made, thus strength
cninf your eyes and improving rEE.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES. e
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
The strike of Havana dock laborers
has ended.
Another street car strike is threaten
ed at Chicago.
Ex Governor George Hoadley, of
Ohio, Is dead.
Official reports show the continuance
of good crop weather. ,
Nome and the outside world will be
connected by telegraph by April next.
Edward C. Boyce of Denver has been
nominated by Colorado Socialists for
Governor.
Brigham Youifg, president of the
apostles of the Mormon church is re
ported seriously ill.
Secretary Shaw has repdixled the
ordur of ex-Secretary Gage for the pur
chase of bonds at stated prices.
Miss Julia Lamont, daughter of
Daniel S. Lamont, ex-secretary of war,
died at her father's cottage at Sorrento,
Maine., Tuesday.
Christiania, Norwav, is Buffering
frojn hard times, which may result in
a crisis unless industrial conditions
improve before long.
Peter S. Hoe, the last surviving
original member of the original firm of
R. Hoe & Co., manufacturers of print
ing presses, is dead at Upper Mont-
clair, N. J. ; Mr. Hoe was born in
New York 81 years ago.
M. Combe, the French premier, is to
resign.
Rossland, B. C, has been visited by
a $75,000 fire.
Third disttict California Republicans
have renominated Coombs for congress.
King Edward has gone on a cruise to
Scotland. The time of his return ia in
definite.
Parcels post arrangements have been
concluded between this country and
England.
John C. Bullitt, a prominent Phila
delphia attorney, closely identified
with public affairs, is dead.
Great veins of rich jron ore are re
ported to have been discovered at
vauso, in the province ol Iromsoe,
Norway.
Experiments in wireless telephoning
have been successfully carried on be
tween Sassnitz and Kolberg, Germany,
a distance of 105 miles.
The funeral of General Frana Sigel
waa held in New York Sunday. For
three hours the body lay in state, and
fully 10,000 people filed past and
viewed the lemains.
The Ohio leiirslature has convened in
special session to enact laws to pro
vide for the government of municipal
ities and to restore lost jurisdiction to
the supreme court, these matters hav
ing been rendered chaotic bv the action
of that court during the early summer.
An edict has been issued in China
ordering that the murder of an English
missionary named Lewie and an Aus
tralian missionary named Bruce, be
punished. The government expresses
great regret at the occurrences and
promises to make reparation.
Practically all the coronation visitors
have left London.
Insurgents are reported to be atill
making progressjn Colombia.
The American Can company will
erect a great plant in Portland.
Professor Jenks. the SDecial commis
sioner, says" our trade standing in the
Orient is excellent.
The rumor that Archbishop Ireland
will be made a cardinal in the near fu
ture has been revived.
Five gubernatorial candidates are
striving for favor of the Republican
state convention of California. ,
The sultan has issued an, imperial
order commanding that the demands
made by the United States be conceded.
In the naval maneuvers off the Mas
sachusetts coast the attacking squadron
was "destroyed" by the defending
fleet.
Charles L. Fay has been arrested at
Portland and taken to Wisconsin,
charged with obtaining money nnder
false pretenses.
Chicago messenger boyg are on a
strike.
A thousand more Boer prisoners have
just sailed from St. Helena to South Af
rica. ;r.
The anthracite coal mine operators
declare they will not give in or make
any concessions.
E. II. Harriman, president of the
Southern Pacific road, is to be elected
president of the Wells Fargo Express
company.
Reports from Simla, British India,
state that the plague mortality in tha)
country ia increasing at the rate of
1,000 weekly.
The Staakbnrger Zeitung saya Gen
eral Von dossier, Prussian minister of
war, has resigned bis post. He was ap
pointed in 18tb.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, in
speech at Morrisville, Vt., alleged
that he was not opposed to tariff .revis
ion in moderation.
SURPRISES THE BRITISH.
Effect of American Combination Reverse
of What They Expected.
New York, Aug. 28. Increased de
mand for British iron from Chicago,
New Yora and Philadelphia has sent
up prices here, says a London dispatch
to the Tribune. A report thtt orders
have been received for 80,000 tons nas
not been confirmed with authority, for
the American demand for American
iron and seel has sufficed to stiffen
prices and compensate for declining
trade from India and Australia, and the
stagnant condition of South Africa,
When the American steel combina'
tion was made there was a general con
viction among British ironmasters that
there must be a defensive movement
against the manufacturers here and in
Germany and Belgium. Exports of
iron and steel from these countries have
been increasing steadily since Decern
ber, and the effect; of the American
combination is not dreaded as it Vas
last year. The British market has not
been converted into a dumping ground
for American iron and steel, and prices
have risen with the increased demand
for export to the United States.
PRESIDENT BURT ARRESTED.
Ten Warrants Charge President of Union
Pacific with False Imprisonment.
Omaha, Aug. 28. President llorace
G. Burt, of the Union Pacific railway,
has been placed under arrest on ten
warrants, charging him, jointly with
W.Arnett, an Indianapolis labor agent,
with false imprisonment. President
Burt went to police headquarters and
gave a bond for $1,000 for his appear
ance in court in the morning.
lhe warrants were sworn out by men
who were members of a party brought
here by the road Sunday morning. They
came from Indianapolis and were in
charge of Arnett, Lewis Lord swore
to the ehargeg in one of the warrants.
He said the men had been employed by
Arnett to work in the Union Pacific
shops at Denver. He says that when
they reaeed Council Bluffs they were
locked in the car and armed guards
posted tt the doors to prevent their es
cape. They were kept in the car until
they reached the shops in this city,
where they were given their liberty.
Lord awsei ta that many of them are
married and left good positions, and
were told that no strike existed on the
road.
KLONDIKE ON THE WANE.
,
So Says a Prominent Canadian Who Has
Made Thorough Investigation.
Washington, Aug. 28. - The golden
star of , the Klondike is on the wane,
according to the official report of George
H. Hees, who recently was sent to
Dawson by the Canadian Manufac
turer's association to make a thorough
examination into the business pros
pects of the Yukon Territory. The
state department has made public a
communication from United States
Consul Brush at Niagara Falls, dated
Aug. 8, giving some of the principal
features of the report.
Mr. Hees points to the fact that the
total yield of the Klondike last year
was $21,000,000, while te produc
tion of the coming year will not, ac
cording to the government estimate,
exceed $14,000,000, . a falling off of
nearly one-half. Moreover, no new
discoveries have been made for over a
year, although since 187 thousands of
prospectors have been exploring every
creek and mountain in the country.
At Dawson, Mr. Hees reports, there are
ten applicants for every job, yet boat
load after boatload of men continue to
arrive.
CALIFORNIA DEADLOCK.
Three Ballots Taken for Governor With
No Result.
Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 28. Three
ballots were taken for governor in the
Republican state convention without
result. The third ballot stood:
Gage, 332; Flint, 279; Pardee,
121)s; Hayes, 67; Edson, 39.
OUR RAILWAY METHODS.
John Bull Likes Them so Well That He
Will Probably Adopt Them.
London, Aug. 28. The Board of
Trade 1ms commissioned Lieutenant
Colonel Horace Yorke, chief inspecting
officer of railways for the Board of
Trade, to prepare a report on the work
ings of American railways, with the
view of adopting railway methods sim
ilar to those in use in that country in
Great Britain. He will sail Sept. 19.
Big Increase In Money Orders.
New York, Aug 28. A' comparative
statement for the fiscal vear ended
June 30 last shows that the New York
postoflice and its stutions paid out on
domertic money orders $28,829,801, an
increase of 25 per cent over last year.
The office paid to offices throughout the
country during the year $23,431,324.
Fraternal Congress.
Denver. Aug. 28. The National Fra
ternal congress, the central organiza
tion of the fraternal and insurance or
ders of this country and Canada, is in
session nere, rreeulent W. A. Warner
of Topeka, Kan., presiding. There are
over 300 accredited delegates present.
Clearing Off Coos Bay Townsite.
Ebipore, Or., Aug. 28. The Great
Cetral Land company has entered into
the.work of clearing off the new town
site of Bangor. It is the intention of
the company to first clear off the streets
and then grade them, and then go at
the different blocks, which will be 300
by 400 feet.
A Total Wreck.
Port Townsend, Aug. 28. According
to word received here the bark George
Thompson, Captain George Weefey, is
a total wreck at Chilve, on the south
coatt of Chili.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week-Brief Review of the
Growth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth Latest Market Report. .
Andrew White, charged with tbekill-
ing of ) eter Beauchene at Portland, has
been arrested at Vancouver. ,
Several heavy shipments of sheep
are being sent from the vicinity of
Baker City f; California, lor the winter.
A tract of laud comprising 60,000
acres in Benton and Lincoln counties
has been purchased by an Eastern syn
dicate. The price paid is not known.
The supreme court has decided that
the State of Oregon baa no right to the
water' it is using at the penitentiary,
so that different arrangements will be
necessary. x
State Senator John L. Rand, of Fa
ker City, will make an effort to have"a
bill passed at the next session of the
Oregon legislature giving Baker county
a separate judicial district.
A contract has been let at Baker City
for 1,000,000 feet of lumber by the Or
egon Electric Power company. The
lumber is to be used in constructing a
flume and power plant on Eagle creek.
Charles S. Wilkinson, who was ar
rested at Ashland two weeks ago for
stealing horses in Minnesota, has been
takn back to that state by Deputy
Sheriff C. F. Hurst, of Polk county,
Minn.
THa Tniva r.nmliAr rnmnanv. whinTi
has purchased 1,500 acres of pine tim-
hei lanH nanr MwifnrH la tnnkinir nrfln-
- ..v... ... , o i r
arations to put in a large mill and box
factory at that place, lhe nrst carload
of machinery has already arrived.
Negotiations are pending between the
Portland City Railway company and
the City anil Suburban Railway com
pany with a view of the purchase of
the latter by the former, and the con
solidation of both systems under one
head. '
Near Huntington, Malheur county, a
ledge of gold-bearing ore has been dis
covered that assays a? high as $2,000
per ton. The ledge averages about
eight feet in width, and croppings have
been traced on both sides of the moun
tain on which the find is located.
The Willamette Valley Land Co.
has shipped a large box of grasses,
grains and fruits to be exhibited at the
Nebraska state fair.
A decision of considerable interest
has been received at the United States
land office at Oregdh City in the case
of George L. Derrick against Arthur T.
Merwin, involving a tract in section 3,
township 9 south, range 8 west. The
decision knocks out both parties on the
ground that the entry conflicts with
the Corvallis & Yaquina t Bay wagon
road grant. '
The Rev. J. J. Walter, formerly
Methodist bishop of Alaska and re
cently in the service of the leading
Methodist church at Spokane, has
been appointed colonization agent of
the Great Central railroad, projected
between Coos Bay and Salt Lake City.
He will at once enter upon bis duties,
which are to arrange the settlement of
colonies along the projected line.
A $25,000 hotel and bathhouses are
to be erected at once at Hot Lake.
Fire at Fendleton, , which started in
William Hickey's paint ehop, did dam
age to the amount of $3,000.
Officers made a raid on an opium
joint at Salem and captured two men
and the proprietor. All were fined.
Fred Reese, an 18 year old boy, has
been arrested at Salem. , He ia charged
with stealing some clothing in Uma
tilla county.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 6061c; blue-
stem, 6233c; valley, 6364c.
Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton.
Flour Best trades. $3.0503.00 pet
barrel; graham, $2.953.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $1617 per ton;
middlings, $21.50; shorts, $18;
chop, $17.
Oats No.l white, $1.00(31.05; gray,
95c.$1.00.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover,
$7.50(210; Oregon wild hay, $58 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60 70c
per cental : ordinary, 60 76c per cen
tal, growers prices; sweets. $2.00
per cental ; new potatoeg, ougeuc for
Oregon; $ 1.00 for California.
Butter Creamery, 22 3 025c; dairy
16(3184c; store, 12H15c
Eggs 19320c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twina, 12H
dl3c;YoungAmerica, 13)14)c; fac
tory prices, 1(3 1 Vic less.
Poultry ChlckeM, mixed, $3.00(3
4.50; hens, $4.00(g5.60 per down,
HllKc per poond; springs, llfj
llVpiwr rjonnd. $2.6004.00 rr doe-
en; ducks, $2.603.00 per doaen; tur
keys, live, 1314, dressed, 16016c per
pound; geese, ii.uuso.uu per down.
Mutton Gross, 2X3c per ponnd;
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Groea, 63tfc? dressed, 707X(
per ponnd.
Veal 7c per pound.
Beef Groea, eowg, 3(?3r; steers,
3H34)c; dressed, 78c per ponnd.
Hops l017c; new crop 17018c
Wool Vahey,12M16;Easteni Ore
gon, 814Xc: mohaii, 25828c pound.
BEEP TO BE CHEAPER.
Banner Corn Crop of Country will Lower
Prices, Wilson Thinks.
Washington, Aug. 27. "If no dam
aging frost occurs during the next 30
days," said Secretary Wilson of the ag-
ricultural department, "there will be
the greatest corn crop harvested tbit
country ever saw. With thia crop ma.
tared within the next month, and feed'
ing to begin, about the first of Septenv
ber, I feel confident that within three
months you will see some reduction in
the price of beef." Secretray Wilson
explains that the losa of Australian
mutton has increased the demand for
American beef, and that the Americans
themselves are becoming the greatest
beet eaten In the world. He adds:
"Despite this increased consumption
and foreign demand, I still believe that
our large corn crop turned into beef
will bring down the price of that article
of food."
VISIT PORTLAND NEXT FALL.
Preparations Now Under Way for Presi
dential Trip to the Coast.
San Francisco, Aug. 27. United
Statea 8enator A. G. Foster, of Wash
ington, who is in this city, is authority
for the statement that President Roose
velt and family will visit the Coast
next fall, and will remain in San Fran
cisco for at least three days. Senator
Foster is here on his way to Honolulu,
where he will meet other members of a
committee appointed to look into affairs
of the crown lands. He expects the
arrival of Senator Mitchell today.
In speaking of the intended visit of
the president to San Francisco and
the coact in general, Senator Foster
stated that affairs are at present being
arranged for the proposed trip. The
president will visit, during his tour,
all cities by the way of Washington
and Montana, aud will return via the
Union Pacific.
Hunt Bear In North Carolina.
Asheville, N. C, Aug. 27. When
President Roosevelt visita Asheville in
September he will be given a bear hunt
in the mountains under the leadership
of "Big Tom" Wilson, who is said to
be the champion bear hunter of the
state.
OUR ARMY BEST IN THE WORLD.
Lord Wolseiey, of England, Compliments
American Boys in Blue.
London, Ang. 27. Replying to a
correspondent who asks Field Marshal
Lord Wolseiey if the report was correct
that he bad described "the American
army as the best in the world," the
Field Marshal writes that he believes
the quotation accurately describes that
army. '
Trying to Quit the Trust.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 27. A com
mittee of lead mine owners has been
appointed to investigate the practica
bility of erecting independent smelters
at Spokane and Denver It is said the
estern lead miners have been unable
to get fair dealing from the lead trust,
and now propose to manufacture their
own product and market it. The men
in the new deal produce 45 per cent of
the lead mined in the United States.
The Spokane smelter would use ores
from Republic and the Couer d Alenes.
Oood Haul for Amateurs.
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug, 27. Consid
erable excitement has been canned here
over the robbery of the First National
bank of this city during the night. It
ia evident that there were several men
in the gang, as the amount taken, $3,-
800, was all in silver coin. The safe
containing most of the bank's cash was
untouched. From the appearance of
the work done by the cracksmen it is
conclusive that they were amateurs.
Will Name Archbishops. (
Rome, Ang. 27. Cardinal Gotti, the
new prefect of the propaganda, has
convoked the congregation of the prop
aganda for Sept. 1, when among other
business to come np will be the ap
pointment ol a coadjutor with the right
of succession to the Archbishop of San
Francisao, and the nomination of an
Archbishop of New York.
The Mollneaux Case Again. j
New York, Aug. 27 General Edward
Molineaux, father of young Molineaux,
who was convicted of the murder of
Mrs. Kate Adams, says he has absolute
proof of the innocence of his son The
general declines to say what his de
tective wk to save bis son lrom the
gal lows has brought forth.
Successor to Cambon.
Paris. Anir. 25. The correspondent
of the Associated Press was informed
at the foreign office that the successor
of Jules Cambon ac French ambassador
at Washington has not yet been ap
pointed, but that M. Jusserand, the
French minister at Copenhagen, has
been selected for the place.
Pelee In Action Again.
Castries, Island of St. Lucia, Ang.
25. Officers of the steamer Dahome,
which has just arrived here, report a
severe eruption of Mount Pelee at noon
Friday. The eruption was followed by
total darknena five miles away from the
volcano. It waa 20 minutes before it
again became light.
To KD Abdul Hamid
x Vienna, Ang. 35. A newspaper pub
lished in Bucharest, Roumania, al
lege it haa learned that M. Savaroff,
ex-leader of the Macedonian revolu
tionary committee, has organized an
other committee, the object of which is
to effect the assassination of theiultan
of Turkey.
MAY TAKE UP LAND
A POINT FOR SETTLERS UNDER NEW
IRRIGATION LAW.
Extensive Tracts Not Susceptible of Being
' Watered Will Ultimately Be Restored
to the Public Domain List of Lands
Withdrawn Thus Far Forest Fires to
Be Stamped Out.
Washington, Aug. 28. To date the
secretary of the interior has withdrawn
from entry nnder the new irrigation
law 9,308,160 acres of public land,
which for the most part it is expected,
will be reclaimed under irrigation
projects to be undertaken by the gen
eral government. The attention of the
department haa been called to the fact
that withdrawals for irrigation purposes
are subject to homestead entry, and
supplemental instructions are to be
sent to local land offices directing them
to allow homestead entries of any lands
heretofore or hereafter withrawn, for
that purpose. These withdrawals are
made solely to prevent soeculation,
and are in localities where examina
tions are being made with a view of
determining reservoir sites offering the
best advantages. Eighty-eight town
ships have been withdrawn in Arizona,
49 in California, 70 in Colorado, 5 in
Utah, 23 in Wyoming, 41 in Montana,
and 128 in Nevada. Others will be
made from time to time as the field
partfes progress, one or more being
looked for in eastern Oregon, where sev
eral feasible sites are known to exint.
It is intended ultimately to restore to
the public domain all of the withdrawn
lands not found susceptible of irriga
tion.
AFTER FOREST FIRES.
Hitchcock Issues Instructions Regarding
Crater Lake Blaze.
Washington, Aug, 28. The secretary
of the interior having been notified that
forest fires are burning along the bor
ders of Crater .Lake park, has wired in
strutious to Forest SuperintendentOrms
by to employ such force as is necessary to
stamp out the blaze. Owing to the fact
that the maximum price of $3 a day
and subsistence has generally been de
manded by t..oge employed to put out
the fires, the fund is fast becoming de
pleted, and disastrous results are
feared. The department feels this
labor is net worth the price, but that
the government is being held up be
cause it will pay.
Rules For Crater Lake Park.
Washington, Aug.' 28. The secre
tary of the interior is preparing regula
tions for the government of Crater Lake
national park, which will be promul
gated within a week. When these
regulations are completed, steps will be
taken looking to the appointment of a
superintendent and such other officers
as may be necessary to administer and
care for the park. Until such officials
are appointed, Forest Superintendent
Ormsby will continue in authority as
when the park was a part of the Cas
cade reserve. It is not yet determined
how many officials will be assigned to
the park.
RIQHT OF BOARD QUESTIONED.
Three New Suits Over Oregon State School
Land Filings.
Salem, Or., Aug. 28. Litigation
over the sale of state school lands con
tinue. Three separate mandamus suits
have just been instituted against the
state land board by parties whose ap
plication for the purchase of certain
school lands were not favorably acted
upon by the board. Circuit Judge
Boise issued an alternative writ of
mandamus requiring the members of
the board to appear in court on Sept. 2
and show cause why the applications
of the plaintiffs should not be granted.
M. L. Chamberlain, clerk of the
board, says the suits pending have been
brought to compel it to cancel certifi
cates upon which there exists a delin
quency in the payments at the close of
the second year following their execu
tion. He says this is in violation of
the established rule of the beard to
notify purchasers of delinquencies that
may exist in their payments at the
close of the second year, and giving an
extension of thirty days in which to
pay the same wjthout costs being
added. The board does not cancel cer
tificates and resell any land until
three years after the original purchase.
The real question that is involved in
these suits is the right of the land
board to establish its own rules for the
administration of its business. One
case, involving this question is now be
fore the supreme court, and there are
a half dozen other cases in the'prelim
inary stages of litigation in the Marion
county circuit court.
Ryan Didn't Say Just That.
New York, Aug. 28. Archbishop Ry
an, of Philadelphia, officially denies
that be, in his recent interview with
President Roosevelt, in any way ex
pressed himself as being in favor of the
expulsion of the friars from the Philip
pine islands. He admits saying, how
ever, that it might be expedient to sub
stitute friars oi other nstionalitiea for
those who are now there.
Some Operators Weakening.
New York, Aug. 28 It is. reported
in Wall street that strong pressure hat
been brought to bear to settle the coal
sti ike, land that some of the operators
are weakening.
Municipalities League.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Ang. 28 The
sixth annual convention of the League
of American municipalities has opened
here. The discussions will continue
through the remainder of the week.
BIG GAIN V GOLD
OREGON'S MINERAL 01TL OWS
INCREASE FOR VEAIu'V
Baker County Still Holds First Place In
Production Alaskan Output was One
Million Less Than In looo latfustry
In Washington Is Picking Up Placer
Qround Still Holds Out.
Washington, Aug. 27. The gold pro
duction of Oregon in 1901, according to
the director of the mint, just made
public, was greater than in any pre
vious year, being of the value of $1,
834,821. The preceding year it was
valued at $1,727,892. This sobstan
tial increase occurred notwithstanding
the fact that many of the best devel
oped and usually producing mines were
closed down a great portion or all the
year, for various reasons. The silver
product of Oregon was $211,8:6 in
1901, as against $170,721 the year
befora.
Baker county still holds first rank
among the mineial producers of the
state, and bids fair to increase its
lead very materially from the fact
that the ores appear to be increasine
in value as they attain greater depth.
Fifty years has not exhausted the
placers of Oregon, and there is ground
enough that will pay to work for fifty
years more, while the quarts ledges are
practically untouched. "A great fu
ture awaits this grand state in point of
mineral wealth," is the concluding
paragraph of the report regarding Ore
gon.
In Washington.
Mininz in Washington ia
covering from the derjiessino efWt nf
the temporary diversion of capital to
Aiasxa. mere nas been a slight in
crease in the outmit. and t.h in, l,
may be considered as improving, and
uie ciose oi ine present year is expected
to show a betterment
Mvivtviu-juv
and production.
During the past year the Seattle as
say office has received the fnllnn.
quantities of gold and silver from neigh-
ooring neitis:
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Alaska Falling Off.
The Kold OUtDUt of Alaska in 10(11
was $1,000,000 less than thn w.. .
ceding, due largely to the decrease in
the output from the Nome field. Nnt
only was the Nome season exceptionally
snort, Dut apprehensive uncertainty
was universally felt on account nt th
immense amount of litigation that
followed the advent of the judiciary in
the summer of 1900. Many rich claims
were not worked at all, and others but
slightly. Rulings of Judge Wicker
sham, who arrived in September, to
the effect that original holders of min
ing ground would be permitted to
work their claims, and that "
would receive no consideration, restored
confidence and gave back to the rightful
owners possession of many eood Dron-
erties. But relief came ton lain tr,
have any appreciable effect nnnn the
output for the season.
In this connection it is interesting to
state that during 1901 United States
mines, assay offices, reflneri efl ann
smelters received $17,752,403 in Klon
dike gold, besides much silver.
MILES QOES TO PHILIPPINES.
The General Refuses, However, to State
What He" Will Do There.
New York, Aug. 27. General Nelson
A. Miles will sail for the Philippines
within a few weeks, says a Herald
dispatch from Boston. He is reticent
as to the object of his trip and refused
to discuss the matter further than to
say that he was not going as a tourist,
nor for his health.
By Permission of the President.
Boston, Aug. 27. With reference to
the statement that General Mil ia
going to the Philippines, Secretary
Cortelyou said: "General Mil i
going to the Philippines with the per
mission oi ine president, to insjiect
army conditions."
BOTHA SUCCEEDS KRUGER.
Designated as the Future Leader of the
Boers-Kruger to Resign.
London, Aug. 27. Cabling from
Brussels the correspondent of the
daily Telegraph says he hears that as a
result of the conference between ex
President Kruger and the Boer gener
als, Mr. Kruger is to resign the lead
ership of the Boers. General Botha,
the correspondent adds, was unani
mously chosen the future leader of the
Boers.
First Pears of the Season at Salem.
Salem, Or., Aug. 27 The first load
of Bartlett pears of the season has
been received at the Salem cannery for
shipment - to Portland for Canning
purposes. The yield in this vicinity is
estimated at from one-half to two
thirds of a crop. The cannery is pay
ing $20 a ton for the best quality of
pears. The yield in this section will
not be great enough to justify operating
I me raiem tannery, ae me Irnit will be
snipped tofortiaiid to be canned.
Bank-Wrecker Dix Sentenced.
Whatcom. Aug. 27 Judge Ktere?
has overruled a motion to grant a new
trial for H. St. John Dix, and sen
tenced him to 10 years in the peniten
tiary, the limit nnder the laws of this
tat for bank-wrecking.