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Show n M M M I M M M M H M t M i On the Pacific Slops. -H mtlHHUHMIHIIMl PORTLAND, Or. Oct. 20 The business of buying Oregon und "Wo.shlngton wheat for shipment to Chicago and other Eastern East-ern markets has censed. The railroad companies com-panies cannot supply enough cars to handle han-dle the traffic aaut consequently business Is practically at, a. standstill. 11 is estimated esti-mated that from. 12.CW.000 to 15,000.000 bush-els bush-els have alreudy been sold. SAN' FRANCISCO. Oct. 20 VlcIJre8l-den VlcIJre8l-den Ramon Corral of Mexico and his parity, par-ity, wlu-u they arrive Friday will bf formally for-mally received by a detachment of Cnlted States marines Jit the Oakland mole and escorted across the bay on the tug Slo-cum. Slo-cum. On arriving at tho ferry four companies com-panies of coast artillery and a band will escort the party to the St. Francis hotel. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. Rev. Charles G. Adams, formerly an Episcopal minister, minis-ter, but more recently a lawyer, committed com-mitted suicide tilay by Inhaling illuminating illumi-nating gas. About two and a half years ago Adams shot and killed Dr. J. A. Jes-sup. Jes-sup. an Oaklaud.-dentlst. lie was declared Insane. PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 20. The seventh annual session of the Inland Empire. Teachers' nssocic-Hun opened tonight with 250 teachers from. Oregon, Washington and Idaho in attendance. The annual address of President II. C. French was delivered and the visiting teachers welcomed. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. William B Kennedy, the colored man who was convicted con-victed of murder. In. the first degree for firing the shot that killed Policeman Eugene Eu-gene Robertson on January 21. 1M2. was today discharged from custody by Judge Lawlor on account of Insufficiency of evidence. evi-dence. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. Miss Fannv T,ont committed suicide today by gas Asphyxiation. ' She was the daughter of tho late "William M. Lent, a prominent pioneer, who died In this city on Monday last. FRESNO. Cal . Oct. 20.-lt Is reported that the raisin packers havo entered Into a combination under the terms of which the grower will not be offered more than 2 cents for his now crop. j |