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VALL 1 ' - "f WEEKLY. OTflON. Katafc. 17. .(CjQSOlidated Feb., 1839. COBVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FEIDAY, JANUABY 15, 1904. VOIi. J NO. 4. OAZJETTK, JSI GAZETTE cor EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Com pre benalve Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. There is a great flood of Alaskan blile in congress. The Ohio legislature has re-elected Senator Hanna. A gang of Italian robbers has been caught at Irrigon, Oregon, : with much loot. Ex-Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, is very low and his death may occur at any time. Germany has informed Britain that she is ready to conclude a commerical treaty with Canada. American ships will maintain a close watch and prevent any landing of Co lombian troops on Panama soil. Ex-Congressman DriggB, of New York, has been fined $10,000 and given one day in jail for accpeting a bribe. Premeir Balfour's statement that Britain will carry out its trade treaty obligations is deeply resented by Rus sia. -?k- The senate: engaged in a warm discus sion over a resolution looking to arbi tration of Colombia's claims against Panama. The national Democratic committee. in session at Washington, indorsed the 1905 fair. The national convention to select a candidate for president will meet in St. Louis July 6. The Iowa legislature is in session. A new cabinet has been formed in Chile. gJThree more war vessels are on the way to Panama. Ex-Governor John Young Brown, of Kentucky, is dead. The senate upholds President Roose velt in his Panama policy. Senator Scott made a warm attack on General Wood in the senate. He terms him a "bloodless soldier." Premier Balfour has made a state ment which shows Great Britain to be with Japan in case of war. Secretary, of. State Hay 'is again . at- V tending to the duties of his department '"' after seveial weeks of illness. Chicago councilmen, who have been investigating the theater horror, have turned their attention to the condition of the city's hotels. Developments in the wreck of the steamer Clallam seem to show that the captain was largely responsible for the great loss of life, showing very poor judgment at the critical time. W. J. Bryan has returned from his tour of Europe. General John B. Gordon, the last of the famous Confederate generals, is dead. Iron gates across the exits are discov ered to have played a deadly part in the Chicago theater fire. . Ex-Mayor Walbridge, of St. Louis, is being boomed as a Republican candi date for vice president. An ordei placed in California for $250,000 worth of food stuffs is be lieved to be for RRussia. Representative Humphrey wants Se attle put on the list of cities where civil servuo examinations are held. Senator Smoot denies that he is a polygamist and has answered other charges on file with the senate commit tee. Japan has sent another note to Rus sia, w'lich is practically an ultimatum. She will not wait long on the czar for an answer. Professor Willis Moore, chief of the United States weather bureau, in his annual report, says there was but 17 per cent of errors in the forecasts of the past year. China is sure to assist Japan in the event of war. Corea may appeal to the United States in the event of an invasion. The house has voted $250,000 for eradication of insects affceting cotton. Senator Dietrich, of Nebraksa, has been cleared of the charge of selling an office. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster is dangerously ill at his home in Springfield, Ohio. General Chaffee has been nominated to succeed General Young as chief of the staff of the army. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, is being guarded for fear of assassination on ac coun tof the theater horror. Warships are assemlbing at Colon, presumably for the purpose of making a hostile demonstration against Colom bia. A bill is before the house providing for the consolidation of third and fourth class mail matter to be admit ted at the raet of one cent for each two ounces. Brigadier General Randall is likely to be promoted to major general. Great military activity prevails at Cartagene and Sa vanilla, Colombia. Ex-Congressman Driggs, of : New bribe. IN JOINT SESSION. National Conventions of Sheep and Cat tlemen Meet In Harmony. Portland, Jan. 13. The delegates to the National Woolgrowers and Nation' al Livestock conventions met in joint session yesterday morning and the . two big organizations . were heartily wel comed to Oregon and Portland by rep resentative men of the state and city. The Livestock association formally opened its annual meeting and the Woolgrowers, after a lengthy business session in the afternoon, adjourned sine die. More than a thousand delegates to the two conventions from every Bee tion of the United States thronged the Baker theater from pit to gallery. The house rang with repeated bursts of ap plause in response to addresses upon questions of vital interest to the two organizations. Sheepmen and cattle- raisers met upon common ground, with eommon interests at. heart, and dis cussed ways and means of eecuring mutual benefits. ; The morning session was devoted to a program of entertainment, including music and addresses of welcome and responses. In the afternoon the wool growers met alone and completed the business of their meeting. Common interests of the woolgrowers and manu facturer were discussed. The condition of the mutton sheep market was thor oughly presented by representatives of the markets. Resolutions were adopted favoring legislation that the sheepmen deem to be beneficial to their industry, and officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows : Senator E . E . War ren, of Wyoming, president; Jesse M. Smith, Utah, first vice president; George Truesdale, Maryland, second vice president; Mortimer Levering, In diana, secretary, the treasurer to be se lected by the exeeutive committee. The convention decided to meet m conjunction with the livestock men next year at such place as the latter convention should decide upon. San Jose, California, appears to be in the lead for the next convention of the two organization, though Denver has a strong backing. An effort is being made to have the convention decide upon a permanent meeting piace, where all succeeding meetings may be held. It is generally conceded that should this motion prevail, Denver will be setected as permanent head quarters. The Livestock convention will begin its work proper this morning, and three days will be devoted to earnest consideration of many questions of vital importance. READY TO BLOW UP RAILROAD. Japanese Spies All" Along the Siberian Line are Awaiting Developments. Liverpool, Jan. 14. An interesting statement, in conjunction with the stragetic value of the trans-Siberian railroad was made today ny Fulford Bush, a member of . a British mercan tile firm at New Chwang. Addressing the Liverpool chamber of commerce, Mr. Bush, after covering the question of the light construction of the railway and the probability of the line being blocked if subjected to heavy military traffic, said his own observations, coupled with trustworthy native infor mation, convinced him that at least 200 Japanese military engineers, disguised as Chinese coolies, barbers and other menials, had already been distributed at points along the railroad, and it would not be a fortnight after the de claration of war before the line would be blown up in a dozen places. WILL SEND ARMY. Colombia Proposed to Fight for Posses sion of Panama. Colon, Jan. 14. United States naval authorities here- appear to be convinced, from the tenor of the reports which are continually brought in, that Colombia is determined to send an army to at tack Panama. The Panaman authori ties yesterday received official confirma tion of the fact that the Colombian troops at Titumati number at least 4,000 men, under the command of Gen erals Ortiz, Uribe-Uribe, Bustamente and Novo. These troops are well armed and supplied with, ammunition, and have four guns, three steam launches and a large supply of cattle. To Concentrate Troops. Port Arthur, Jan. 14. It is reported here that owing to threatening news received from Corea, the commanding officer of the Seventh Russian brigade has gone to the Yula river to select temporary quarters and effect a concen tration of troops. Owing to the appre hensions of a daring dash on the part of the Japanese at Port Arthur, the au thorities here have taken extraordinary precautions in and about the town and along the whole of the Manchurian railroad. The whole Russian fleet is now in fighting trim. - Government Wins Old Salt. New York, Jan. 14. A suit begun in 1875 to recover uncollected duties has just been settled to the advantage of the treasury department. It was the' case of the government against Merrick Price and others, brought to recover uncollected duties represented by ware house bonds. The suit was carried from one court to another. Mr. Price and others interested have died, but the govenrment kept at it, and finally has collected $6,000 from his heirs. Move to Sec are Veterans Pensions. Clarksburg, W. Va., Jan. 14. The oragnization of teamsters of the Civil war will send a petition to congress ask ing for the passage of a law allowing all teamsters on the payroll during the war to receive a pension of not less than' $10 monthly. - Petitions from similar organizations throughout the country will alBO be presented. FAIR IS INDORSED SENATE COMMITTEE ON EXPOSITIONS COMMENDS UNDERTAKING. Sends Mitchell's 1905 Fair Bill to the Senate and Asks Favorable Consid erationAppropriation of $2,125,000 Is Qiven Full Sanction Few Changes Were Made in the Measure. Washington, Jan. 3. "An event so striking and so romantic in its charact er, involving so much of heroism and sacrifice on the part of those engaged in it, and resulting in benefits so great and enduring to our country, is, in the judgment of your committee, well worthy of commemoration by this gov' eminent." With these words, and after fully re viewing the purposes and plans of the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition, the senate committee on industrial ex positions today unanimously com mended Senator Mitchell's bill to the favorable consideration of the senate The committee makes no material amendments in the bill as it was origi nally introduced; and makes no cut whatever in the appropriation, Jthe amount called for remaining at $2,125,- 000. The bill was altered in only one es sential feature. Section 9, . which car ries a lump appropriation of $1,500,000, as direct government aid, is amended to provide that this money shall be ex pended under direction of the national commission and not under direction of the Lewis and Clark corporation." The committee found that in every instance where the government had aided expo sitions, the government funds were ex pended by the government commission, which was under control of the presi dent. The exposition corporation is not subject to- this control. Therefore the change. . Section 20 was amended to provide that expenses incurred by consular, military and naval officers in the Ori ent, in the collection of exhibits for the exposition, should be defrayed from the $1,500,000 appropriation. The only other change in the bill, aside from alteration in phraseology, occurs in section 4, which provides for the appointment of a board of arbitra tion to whom all matters of difference arising between the national commis sion and the exposition company shall be referred. Instead of allowing the exposition corporation and the state commission two members each on this commission, membership - is restricted to-one member eacb!f making the 'fotal four instead of six. The right of the commission to designate a fifth member in case of deadlock is also provided. WANTS TO JOIN PANAMA. Island of San Andres Tires of Colom bian Oppression. Colon, Jan. 13. The schooner Her ald, which arrived here yesterday even ing from Bocas del Toro, brought a commissioner from the island of San Andres wlio will endeavor to obtain the annexation of San Andres to the repub lic of Panama, owing to the dissatis faction of the inhabitants of the island at the recent oppressive actions on the part of Colombian authorities. The commissioner will go to Panama and confer with the junta. He says 400 Colombian troops are now in garrison on the islands of San Andres and Provi dence, and that more soldiers are ex pected momentarily. The dissatisfac tion, he adds, is general throughout I I Jl CI A 1 J I I ine lsianas. oau abudiii uues iuut-ii business with the United States in co- coanuts, about 20,000,000 of these nuts being shipped there annually. Panama is desirous of annexing San Andres and Providence, but it is be lieved that steps in that direction at the present moment would be inop portune. " - The United States marines encamped at Empire and Bas Obispo are kept busy cleaning up the grounds around the camps, which are t located on a healthy hill close to the railroad. The marines have also cleaned the canal company's houses, all of which now present a clean and smart appearance. Battleships Make Guam. Washington. Jan. 13. A cablegram today from Rear Admiral Evans, com manding the Asiatic fleet, announced the arrival of the battleships Ken tucky, Oregon and Wisconsin at Guam from Honolulu on their way to Subig bav. It is expected that the cruiser squadron, consisting of the New Or leans, Albany, Cincinnati and Raleigh, will arrive at Guam today or tomorrow. The cmisers left Honolulu in comnanv with the battleships, but, unlike the latter, stopped en route at the Midway islands. Japan Is Greatly Alarmed. London, Jan. 13. The Japanese gov ernment is alarmed at the report that the Russian Black sea squadron intends to pass through the Dardanelles. At the request of the Tokio authorities Baron Hayashi, Japanese minister to Great Brtain, has made inquiries on the subject here, but the British foreign office has not heard that Russia has asked Turkey's permission and is not inclined to think Russia will raise such a question in Europe at present. $100,000 Fire at Trinidad. Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 13. A fire which originated in the basement of Fowler's furniture store this afternoon caused $100,000 damage before it could be put under control. The Masonic block and the Bloom block were de stroyed. For a time the entire business portion of the city was in ; danger and Pueblo was asked for help. The fire was caused by : the overturning of a lamp. - WAR AQAIN SEEMS SURB. Japan Receives Second Reply of Russia . Which Is Unsatisfactory. London, Jan. 13. -The Times' Pekin correspondent, cabling under yester day's date, says the t Chinese minister at Tokio, at the request fo the Japanese foreign office, telegraphed the following communication to Prince lining : "The second Russian reply to the Japanese proposals has been received at Tokio, but it is unfavorable and cannot be accepted by Japan, who will, unless Rusisa recedes, be compelled to prompt ly resort to arms. X "In view of suen an eventuality, Japan urges and expects China to main tain the strictest neutrality, to preserve order throughout the empire, to guard foreigners resident in the interior, and to take special care to preserve order in the provinces of Shantung and Yunan, lest foreign powers might seize the pre text of disorder and make aggressive movements therein' The correspondent) gays that the dis patch has deeply impressed the Chinese who now believe war to be inevitable Wild Rumors of War. London,. Jan. 13- The St. Peters burg correspondent 6f the London Daily Mail wires that there is great excite ment in the Russian capital, and that many wild rumors are in circulation One reports that the; czar has drafted a declaration of war. Still another de clares that actual hostilities have al ready broken out. one of these re ports can be confirmed, however, and while not generally credited, the feel ing is increased that- war cannot much longer be averted. This is significant m that until the last day or two every thing in St. Petersburg has pointed to ward an amicable settlement of the dis pute. -; IN NATIONAL f CONVENTION. Woolgrowers and Livestock Association Meet In Portland. Portland, Jan. 12. The great na tional conventions which are in Port land for their annual meetings com menced work yesterday under most fav orable circumstances. The sessions of the Woolgrowers' association were nota ble in the high tone of the addresses delivered . and the earnestness with which the voting delegates approached the great questions :v to be considered. The Livestock convention will not get down to business until this morning, but the machinery was set in motion yesterday which assures profitable re sults from the meetings" which are to occupy the remaining days of the week. The visitors continued to pour in all da"y long, and, by a conservative ; esti tnatetheywilktjMmber 1500 :, when President Springer's gavel falls on, the first session of the Livestock conven tion today. An official welcome to the state and city will be extended to the visiting stockmen this afternoon by his excellency, Governor George E. Cham berlain, and Mayor George 1. Wil liams. There will be responses on the part of the visitors and with the an nual address of President John W. Springer the great national gathreing will be fairly under way. STRIKE AT COAL M1NB ENDS. Union Leader and Utah MIneowner . Make Agreement. Salt Lake, Jan. 13. The labor troubles in the coal fields of Carbon county have been practically settled as a result of a conference between G. W: Kramer, vice president of the Utah fuel company, and Attorney S. A. King, representing the strikers. By the terms of an agreement satisfactory to both sides, the company agrees to lease for a period of six months all of the 225 houses erected by the miners on "the company's property, paying therefor the lump sum of $75,000, the amount to be paid for each individual lease to be determined by three apprais ers who have already been appointed. If at the expiration of the agreement, the houses have not been removed they become the property of the company . While the agreement does not affect the claims of either side in the way of adjustment of grievances, it destroys any apparent reason for the strikers to remain in the district and avoids the possibility of serious trouble arising from the eviction of miners fiom their homes. Removing Duty on Coal. Washington, Jan. 13. Congressman Jones, of Washington, has been assured by leading representatives of the house that the emergency bill approved by the president on January 15 last, re moving for one year the duty on coal, will not be continued in effect after next Friday. On that date the former duty will be restored, and it is the in tention of the house leaders to grant no further concessions on coal, or any other commodities, until the time comes when they deem a general revision of the tariff necessary. General Reyes Makes Bold. Washington, Jan. 13. The Associat ed Press has been informed that Gener al Reyes, in his last note to the state department, threatened to publish the correspondence Detween himself and the state department if the department did not see fit to send it to the senate or make it public. General Reyes left for New York at 1 :30 tonight. He will sail from New York next Saturday di rect for Colombia on the steamer Alle gheny. Russian War Preparations. Paris, Jan. 13. A special dispatch to the Patrie from Harbin, a town on the Manchurian railroad, describes the Russian war preparations. The Rus sian officials declare war is inevitable, but add that they are . ready. Port Arthur, it is further asserted, will be occupied by 100,000 men, and in ten days reinforcements of 100,000 can reach Manchuria. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON IDLE HONEY AT WORK. School Fond Surplus Is Being Put Oat at Interest. Salem The semi-annual report of State Treasurer C. S. Moore shows heavy decrease in the surplus of money lying idle in the common school fund A year ago, the balance in that fund was $724,772.25. On January 1, 1904, the balance was - but $562,177.53 Since January 1, about $10,000 has been sent out on loans and $90,000 will be paid out in a few days on the Port land School District bonds. Applications have been approved for loans to the amount of over $60,000 more, so that it appears that the state has now but $400,000 which it can offer to those who wish to borrow upon gilt-edged real estate security at 6 per cent interest. If the present demand for loans from the school fund contin ues, the balance will be out at interest within a year. The loaning of this fund, and consequent decrease in the amount of the idle surplus, means an increase in the revenues for school pur poses. The interest on this lund is ap portioned among the counties annually according to school population. The report also shows a balance of $85,640.50 in the general fund, from which the ordinary expenses of the state are paid. State Treasurer Moore says that a large portion of this amount will be used in paying the claims for the last quarter Of 1903. During the next three months, however, nearly $40,000,000 will be received from in surance companies under the law re quiring them to pay a 2 per cent tax on their net receipts, and this sun will be sufficient to pay the ordinary ex penses of the state until state taxes be gin to come in, about April 1. HBAR RAILROAD'S PLEA. Timberland Assessment in Land Reduced to $2.50 Per Acre. Eugene The county board has de cided to reduce the assessment on the timber lands of the Southern Pacific company in this countv from $3 to $2.50 per acre, after considering the ar gument of the attorney of ' that com pany. The reduction, however, was not made until the company should agree that there would be no contest on that figure. .' The lands of the railroad company were assessed the same as all timber lands, buE the" argument was made that these lands were less valuable than the lands held by other corporations, for the reason that the railroad grant con sists of certain sections by numbers, re gardless of whether they are valuable or not, while the lands of other cor porations and individuals have been se lected and it is reasonable to suppose valueless claims would not be acquired. Makes a Good Showing. Pendleton The annual report of As sistant Postmaster French shows that Pendleton has one of the few self sus taining offices in the state. The total revenue of the year was $13,687.43, while the total epxense was $5,867.77. The total receipts for 1902 were $13, 539.07. The net increase of the office for 1903 over the previous year was $148. This the officials consider is a good gain, since Pendleton has a free delivery. For a while when the free delivery was established the receiots from box rent fell off, but the demand at the present time for boxes seems to have outgrown the office, and 60 more have been asked for. This will make a total of 600. Stockmen Feel Better. Pendleton The cattlemen and sheep men of the Blue mountain district are rejoicing this winter because of the ex traordinary open season. Up to the present spring like weather has pre vailed, and only in a few sections has the temperature been but little below the freezing point. So far, the sheep to be held over tie winter have not re quired feeding, remaining on the past ures, the grass of which is holding out remarkably well. Considerable . rain has fallen during the fall, and so far grass has been growing. Dividend by Prune Association. Salem The Willamette valley prune association has declared a dividend on the Petite prune crop handled by the association in the Salem and Roseburg districts this season. The total amount handled of this variety was 635,000 pounds. Net prices to the grower, 40s, $0.0395; 50s, $0.0362; 60s, fU.UiJUS; 70s, $0.0267; 80s, $0.0210; 90s, $0.0155 ; 100s. and over, $0.0099. These prices gave the growers a net basis price of a little less than 2 cents. Good Winter for Farmers. Salem Captain Hunt, a prominent farmer of the Waldo hills, says that the season thus far has been a very fa vorable one for farmers and winter wheat is in excellent condition. Farm- ers in tnis part oi me county nave not fed their livestock a fork full of hay or a measure of grain this winter, and probably will not do so. Pasturage has been good and cattle do well with the grass they can get, and the straw that is stacked for them in the fields. Coal Vein Struck Near Union. La Grande At a depth of 280 feet a vein of coal has been struck in W. J. Townley's : artesian well near Union. Just what the depth or the thickness of the Jayer of coal has not been ascer tained. - Work will -be immediately re sumed on this proposition, and its de velopment is being awaited with keen interest throughout the county. APPLIES FOR APPORTIONMENT. Pilot Butte Company Wants to Begin on 10,000 Acres. Salem- A. M. Drake, president of the Pilot Butte Development company. has applied to the state land board, for an apportionment of the lien upon some 10,000 acres of the land for the reclamatoin of which his company has a contract. The company has a 3on tract for the reclamation of 86,000 acres and the contract price is $10 per acre The reclamation company holds a lien upon the land for the cost of con struction. The lien upon each acre is not uniform, however, but is, to be ap portioned upon each 40-acre tract ac cording to the relative value of the land. Thus one 40-acre tract niay bear a lien of $15 an acre, while another, not so valuable, will bear a lien of- but $5. An intending settler is required to pay to the company the amount of the hen, whereupon he receives a deed from the state. PLANT EXHIBIT AT EXPOSITION. Regents of the Agricultural College , Much Taken With the Idea. Corvallis At a recent board meet ing, the plan for the agricultural college to plant and maintain a growing ex hibit on the exposition grounds at the Lewis and Clark fair was discussed and referred to the executive committee for direction. The committee is : Weath erford, chairman; Apperson, Daly, Keady, and Leedy. The sentiment of the board was un iversally favorable to the plan, and the expression general that the occasion offered the college opportunity to do all the people of the state great and en during benefit. The growth of forage grasses and plants, the cultivation of vegetables of all kinds, the production of small fruits and many other features were mentioned as among the possibili ties for converting the tract into a com pact and valuable display of Oregon productions and resources. To Lease Hatchery. Salem Negotiations are pending be tween the state board of fish commis sioners and the United States fish com missioner with a view to a lease of the new state salmon hatchery at Ontario to the government. If the lease can be effected as desired, the expense of oper ating the hatchery will be borne by the federal government, the result to the fishing industry will be the same and the state will save some $6,000 a year, which can be devoted to the develop ment of the fishing industry elsewhere in the state. Big Hogs of the Grand Ronde. La Grande J. W. Spencer now holds the honor of having raised the largest hog in the county. Dexter Eaton has always held the championship, the largest being 760 pounds. His neigh bors, John McAllister and J. W. Spenc er entered into the hog raising business also and the two latter gentlemen brought two monster hogs in from their ranches near Island City a few days ago and had them weighed. McAllisters' weighed 775 pounds and Spencers' 870, which breaks all former records in the weight of Grand Ronde valley hogs. Feeding Cattle In the Valley. Enterprise Owing to the lack of sale for cattle in the fall many steers are be ing fattened in this valley for the spring market. They are mostly 3-year-olds and will bring a good price when delivered in April. There has been an egg famine in this city for the past month. Eggs have been 50 cents per dozen since before Thanksgiving and at Christmas time they jumped to 60 cents for a few days, then dropped to the present price of 35 cents. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 73c; blue- stem, 7980c; valley, 78c. Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $2020.50; rolled, $21. Flour Valley, $3.753.85; hard wheat straights, $3.904.10; clears, $3.553.75; hard wheat patents, $4.20 4.50; graham, $3.75; whole wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.504.75. Oats No. 1 white, $1.07M1.10; gray, $1.05ai.07 per cental. Millstuffs Bran, $17.5018perton; middlings, $26; shorts, $1919.50; chop, $18 linseed, dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $16 per ton; clover, $12; grain, $12; cheat, $12. Vegetables Turnips, 65c per sack; carrots, 75c ; beets, 90c; parsnips, 85c $1; cabbage, llc; red cabbage. lMc; parsley, per dozen, 25c; to matoes, $1.502 per crate; cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen; beans, 12c; celery, 75c per dozen; pumpkins, lc per pound. Potatoes Fancy, 7080c per sack; common, 5060; sweets, 2c in sacks; 2Kc crated;. Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwins and Spitzenbergs, $1.50 per box; cooking, 75c$l; pears, $11.50 per box; grapes, $1.50 per box. Butter Fancy creamery, 27)830c per pound; dairy, 2022Kc; store, 12K14c. Cheese Full cream, twins, 1415c; Young America, 153 16c. , Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12 13c; per pound; spring, 1213c; hens, 12 M13c; turkeys, live, 17 18c; dressed, 20c; ducks, $77.50 per dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2727c; Eastern, 2526c. HopsChoice, 2627c per pound ; prime, 25c; medium, 22c. Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Ore gon, 12 15c; mohair, 3235c. LOST IN STRAITS. Fifty-Four Lives Sacrificed to Storm Be tween Seattle and Victoria, Seattle, Jan. 12. The Seattle-Vie-toria steamer Clallam was lost early this morning midway between Smith island and Dungeness spit, at least 54 persons losing their lives in the disas ter. Every person who put off in the lifeboats, lowered when it was apparent the steamer could not live out the ter rific gale that was blowing, drowned. Only those who stayed by the ves sel, fighting against the sea for posses sion of the craft, were kaWI Tkaoa persona were compelled to fight desper ately lor meir lives, rushing forward when the vessel turned cm Via Kaom ends, clinging frantically to the rails J JS 11 1 . . . uiu nnauy supping into the water onto a life raft that had been lowered. Subsequently they were picked up by the tugs Sea Lion and Holyoke. It was not the fault of the command ing officers nor the men in ih the life boats that the passengers who took to the boats were lost. When the life boats Were lowered lanH maa within sight, yet the impotent Clallam was unable even to make headway against the gale. Prudence Hi rt.nted that the passengers and such nf the, crew needed to navigate the boats be given ine opportunity of saving their lives by the life boats. That they failed to reach shore was due entirely tO the fact that human strength urn a but a feeble protest against the fury of me elements. Had all the nassensrers and m re mained on board, it is undoubtedly true that most of them would haveheen lost when the boat turned over and gave up the struggle. . Others stronger and better able to care, for themselves drowned with the relief tugs standing by waiting to take them aboard. CAN'T STIR AMERICA. General Reyes Realizes His Mission Is a Failure and Will Soon Leave. Washineton. Jan. 12. Convinced of the determination of the United States not to retrace a step on the isthmus, and of the consequent failure of his mis sion, General Rafael Reyes, Colombian special envoy, is ready to leave Wash ington. Indeed, he informed trie An. sociaed Press at noon today that he wouia leave lor .Baltimore at 4 o clock to consult a specialist, and that his re turn was uncertain. He Hid nrf taVo that 1 rain, however, and at a late hour tonignt was at his hotel. General Reves said tonicht he was yet hoping for an answer to his last re quest mat tne correspondence be sent to the senate, and he coud not. sav definitey when he would leave Washr ingion. -Jtie added tnat wfien the time came for going he would officiallv take leave of the president and other officials witn wnom he had come in contact. In a long cablegram which General Reyes dispatched to General Marroquin he has reviewed the negotiations at Washington and informed the Bogota government that after doing everything in his power to save something from the wreck he has failed. General Reyes expects, in View of the h'icth feel ing prevailing in Colombia, that it will De very cumcuit to restrain his people longer. CANADA ASKED TO JOIN. Hay Moves for International Salmon Hatchery on Fraser. Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary! of State Hay has determined to ask the Canadian government to join in a con ference looking to the establishment of international fish hatcheries on the Fraser river, in British Columbia, for the propagation of salmon. The con ference, if agreed upon, probably will be participated in by the United States fish commissioner, the fish commission er for the state of Washington, and offi cials in charge of the department of fisheries and marine for the Dominion of Canada. The plan suggested has been urged for more than a yean by Senator Foster, of Washington, who has called the at tention of the state department to the fact that, unless some heroic course is taken, the salmon supply will be ex hausted. Millions of dollars are in vested in salmon canning establish ments in the United States and Canada, which are supplied almost entirely by the spawn from the Fraser river. The methods "employed by both the United States and Canadian canning companies have been the subjects of disputes be tween the two governments. Armenians Create Terror. Constantinople, Jan. 12. Advices from Erzeroum say the people of Sou son are in a state of semipanic, fearing a repition of the events of 1894. The local governor and other officials have fled. Tewfik Pasha, with several bat talions of troops and six guns, has ar rived at Mush, where the feeling of anxiety is intense. Detachments of Kurdish cavalry have been stationed at all of the villages along the Russian frontier to prevent the passage of Ar menian bands. A thousand armed Ar menians are in the district of Souson. Ex-Secrctary Foster Dead. Snringfield. O.. Jan. 2. Ex-Gover nor Charles Foster, who was Becretflnr of the treasurv under President Harri son, died at the residence of General Keifer Here today trom the effects of cerebral hemorrhages. Ha -wan - 7S years old and is survived by his wife and a aaugnier. xie was attacked last night while sitting in the library of General Keier's home, talkine and never regained consciousness. No arrange ments for the funeral have been made. China Ratifies the Treaty. , Pekin . Jan .12 . The Chines e m peror has ratified the American and Japanese treaties of commerce with (China.