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Bohemia Nugget tfebHnU Nacttt P. C. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY Cmfrthcnlre Review ol the Import ant lUrponfas p"1 Wek' Pnttnt In Cendenecd Peon, Alert Likely to Prove lntereitlo.. An Immense steel plant will bo erect ed at San Diego, California. Andrew Carncgio lias given another $5,000,000 (or educational purposes. America has asked Russia to treat kindly Japanese noncombatanta In SI brela. Germany will support Russia in pro ...iln nirnlnst the .concentration of Chinese troops. TJnnnlillcans of the Tenth congress lonal district, Georgia, have nominated a negro for congress. n. II. Markham. formerly of Pott land, la tn bo made manager of the Southern Pacific railroad. Contain Piner. of New York, on in vestiagtion, declares Chicago polico to bo a tlipgraco to tno city Rear Admiral Walker tells the house committee that actual work on the Panama canal will bo begun about June. nhntrman Tawnev. of the house com mitteo on expositions, still contends that tho government appropriation for th ions fair must be ex penueu oy agents. Sully, the great cotton king, has been forced to suspend. Japan promises America to protect fully all foreiners at rusan. Tho scnato has confirmed the noniin atlon of Wood to be major general. Bombardments of Port Arthur have not changed the general aspect of tho town Russian troops have been ordered to arrest Coreans instead of fighting them as belligerants. Chief rinchot urzges tho house com mittee to provide foi a forestry exhibit at the 1905 fair. Hearst has asked the house to ap point a committee to investlagte the workings of the trusts. Booker Washington dec.ares encour agement of negroes to be taxpayers is the salvation fo the race. The house will require the postmaster general to make known regulations be fore he can make appropriations for handling "unusual business." The Russian fleet has returned to Port Arthur, being una Die to locate the enemy. Britain and France have settled long standing dispute over Newfoundland fisheries. Japan is landing a third Corea, which will Join the army at Ping Yang. Bristow exonerates congressmen from wrongdoing in securing increases in postal clerk hire. Japan tells correspondents they can soon go to the front, indicating that a land battle is near. The Russian Vladivostok fleet is on the way back to Russia to effect .unction with the Baltic squadron. Leader Williams, of the Democrats in the house, declares that the post office department is corrupt from top to bottom. District Attorney Jerome, of New York, is determined to send Canfield to prison, and asks that the law be amended so be can make Reginald Vanderbilt testify. A Russian torpedo boat entering the Port Arthur harbor Btruct an unplaced mine and was blown up. Onlv four of the crew was saved. This was one of the largest torpedo boats in the Rns sian navy. Russians do not propose to evacuate Port Arthur. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, is much improved. The house has again had the Bristow postal report upjor discussion Japan believes the Russian fleet has left Port Arthur for Vladivostok. Postmaster Gcnoral Payne is suffer1. mg from a severe attack of gout and is very weak. Large subscriptions to the Russian war fund are pouring in from all parts of the empire One of the Chicago carbarn murder ers has confessed to two more crimes in which he killed four men. The retort of the Japanese command ing the last attack on Port Arthur says that place was badly damaged Two men, who claim to have been witnesses against tho anarchists in the trial of tho assassin of the late Presi dont McKinley, have been annoying Mrs. McKinley by desiring an audience with her. The house committeo on military affairs has agreed on four sites for military camp grounds and authorized a favorablo report lor tneir purcnase. The California alio is in San Luis Obis po county anil comprises 22,000 acres, at a cost of (600,000. Admiral Makaroff proposes .o fight the enemy on the high seas. . .Ex-Senator Rawlins denies that he it a Mormon, or is affiliated with them In any way, Tho military affairs committee pro poses the purchase of a protectoi type of torpedo boat. Canada says any proposals for joint legislation must hereaftor come from the United States. Non-Mormons of Salt Lake have launched a party and call upon Utah to wipo out polygamy. Russian subjects respond to the pol icy of the czar in giving out all tin war news uy snowing mo uhu. TZ in the ability of the army and dents in the auwty "i " TO.SMOTIII3R DILL. Home Committee Will Present Passage of Land Reforms. Washington, March 22. Convinced that congrcsswlll not, at the present session, amend tho public land laws in a way to shut off fraudulent operations, as recommended by tho public lands commission, tho interior deportment lias determined to take advantage of the present laws, and to construe them in such way as to mlnimiio fraud. Karly in the session hope was enter tained that the timber and stone act would bo modified or repealed, and tho lieu land law robbed of its vicious features, but there now appears to to no chance of securing remedial legisla tion of this character. In fact, it turns out that the Qimrles bill repeal ing the timber act and authorizing tlie sale of public timber to trie nigiiesi bidder, was only passed through the senate after a deal had been made with influential members of the house com mitteo on miblic lands to smother tills measure when it reached them. The same fate awaits tho Mondell bill, modifying the lieu land law, if it passes tho house and roaches the senate committee. Under the present law, timber en tries as well as lieu selections, can bo made only of surveyed land. It np- pears from land office records that the most valuaulo surveyed timber lamisin the West have now been taken up, but in order to get that which remains un surveyed, speculators and lioldeis of scrip have been endeavoring to have virgin lands surveyed. It is a rule of the department fiat no township shall bo surveyed until its survey is asked for bv ot least three bona fide settlors on lands within that township. In i number of instances in Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho applications have been recnetly made for tho survey of heavily timbered townships, the per sons making tho request representing themselves as bona tide settlers. I p- on examination, the department finds that in three out of four cases the men asking for surveys ate not residing on lands for which surveys are asked, but have merely erected crude huts, which they point to as "improvements The huts are not only uninhabitable but are unoccupied, consequently re. quests lor surveys are denied. FLEETS TO JOIN. Russia Plans a Rude Awakening the Japanese. (or St. Petersbuie. March 22. Tho whereabouts of the Vladivostok squad ron is a" profound official secret, but there are those here who believe the Japanese may wake up some morning to find that thee two divisions of Rus sia's Pacific squadron have perfected a juncture. It is betraying no confidence to state that both the admiralty and Vice Admiral Makaroff, before ho left for the Far East, regarded the fact that the divisions were separated as most unfortunate for Russia's chances of suc cess at sea. Realizing that offensive naval operations are impossible under force inypretfnt conditions, It is believed no opportunity will be neglected ro repair this initial misfortune, even should it involve considerable risk. Consequently the report that seven Russian warships were sighted the oth er day fff the Gensan creates much speculation here as to whether they could be the vessels of tho cruiser divi sion under Captain Reitzenstein. Tho number of ships sighted apparently does not tally with that of the Vladi vostok division, which properly consist ed of four fast cruisers and the trans port Lena. It Is learned, however, that the out break of hostilities found two ships of the volunteer cruiser fleet at Vladivo stok, and there is reason to believe that these have since been Btted out witn gunB taken from mountain batteries. It is therefore possible that the ships sighted were those ol Laptam iteltzen stein, whose object, if he ventured so far down the coast, could hardly be anything except to slip into Port Arth ur. If this is true, it is calculated that tho squadron must havealraedy run the gauntlet of the Corea strait and be very close to Fort Arthur. Must Stay Hand of Turkey. Paris March 22. It is the expectation in official quaters that France and the other signatories of the Berlin treaty will unite in emphatic representaitons to Turkey against the carriyng out of tli esultan s plans for the suppression and probable extermination of a con siderable portion of the Armenians. The government is in possession of much information showing the nature of tho troubles and Turkey's intention in dealing with them. This informa tion shows that some reports of the atrocities have gone too far. Will Raise Submarine boat. Plymouth, March 22. The submar ine boat which was run down by a liner yesterday was between lighters late tonight, but was not raised, and salvage operations were suspended un til tomorrow. The divers found her lying on her port side. Up to tho pres. ent time no explanation of the exact cause of the disaster has been made. During the day King Kdward and the Prince of Wales sent messages of syn -pathy to Admiral John Fisher, com mander In chief at Portsmouth. America May Decide. Panama, Marh 22. The monetary question is arousing much discussion here. The partisans of tho gold stan dard apparently have a majority in the nationalist assembly, but the most conservative clement favors a system under which two Bilvcr dollars shall be equal to one gold dollar. It is believed that tho opinion of the United States may decide tho matter, as tho adoption of the gold standard would double tho expense of constructing the canal. Long-Distance Wireless-Telegraph. Washineton. March 22. Tho signal corps of tho army is now communicat ing dally by wireless luiegrupiiy uu tween ForU Schuyler and Wright, a dis tance of 07 miles. This is tho longest dlstanco covered by wirveleBS teleg raphy. Tho speed of transmission varies from 10 to 30 words a minute. Similar annaratus wilt bo installed at Nome and St. Michaels, Alaska, as . ..,,,.. nndiHons norm t. TROOPS TOO ACTIVE RUSSIA AGAIN THREATENS TO MARCH ON PEKIN. Lesser Requests the Recall ot PorceJOut. tide ot Wall MlnUter ot the Cxar 5i UI.OoernmentMy He Com- felled to Uclleve Chin. Is Abandon. Ing IterNeuirallty.' London, March 21. The Standard's Tien'Ttln correspondent says that Paul ' U-ssur, Russian minister to China, has renewed his protest against tho ills- j 25Ol00O for an Alaska exhibit, tn ad patch of Chinese forces outside the (,uloI1 , ,(. heretofore approprU great wall and has Intimated that un-' , for tll0 MmU exhibit at St. lew they are withdrawn, Russia may iou9i bo compelled to act on tin assumption i u Us JMt meeting, the full coin that China is abandoning her neutral!-' . ... . .m ..01lsi(ler the substitute bill, ty In favor ot Japan. The minister is also reported to have renewed his threat that on the slightest movement , , , . . , ... on China's part, Russian troops will march on Pekin. It is said that In re- ldv to this, the correspondent adds, China refused to recall her troops. There are vague rumor, of unsuccess- ful attempts of tho Port Atrhur and Vladivostok fleets to join forces. SUNK DV LINER. . .. 1 uruun suomanne uoav nun uown inu tier Crew Lost. Portsmouth, England, March 21. British submarine boat No. "A-l" was run down and sunk off the Nab light ship today by a Donal Curry liner and 11 persons were drowned including Lieutenant Mansorgh, the senior officer engaged in the submarine work. The liner passed on and reported that she had struck a torpedo. At the time she was struck tho sub marine boat was off the lightship en gaged in the maneuvers, and was lying in seven fathoms of water waiting the approach ot a battleship. Tho boat was one of the newest of the fleet of submarine ressels and was built from the latest models, but the had always been a bad diver. Sho was inspected recently by both King Edward and the Prince of Wales. The name of the liner which struck tho submarine boat is the Berwick Castle, from East London, South Af rica. The loss of the boat was not known for several liours after the liner had reported to the manuevering fleet that she had struck a torpedo. The officers of the liner say that they saw a glistening torpedo like shape in tho water, and it is supposed, there fore, that the submarine boat roeo just before she was struck. There is no doubt that all the members of the crew died in the steel tube. It is thought that the Berwick Castle, in striking, upset the trim of the boat and spilled the gasoline in the tanks, rendering her helpless Th crew was battened down and must have met death from suffocation in the absense of air and owing to the fumes OR EAT INSURANCB TRUST. Fire Companies Will Have Uniform Rates In All Cities. Philadelphia, March 19. Tho In quirer tomorrow will say the National Board of Fire Insurance Underwriters, at a meetingg held In New York City today, camo to an agreement by which all fire insurance companies in this country and all foreign companies rep resented here will form a combination. Uniform rates, says the Inquirer, are to be fixed for tho same class of risks in ail cities, uniform legislation in all states and cities is to be advocated, and all technical work of all the companies is hereafter to lie done by a central board, instead ot local, state or city boards, as lias been the custom. Old insurance men state this is the first time tho companies have been able to agree upon plans, although the sub ject has been frequently porposed. A special committee ol seven was ap pointed at the New York meeting to carry out the plans, and an assessment made upon each company doing busi ness in this country to make up a fund of $100,000 annually to carry on the work. flrcat Building Strike Almost Sure. New York, March 21. Twenty thousand bricklayers and laborers, and about 2,000 ironworkers are on stiike, and unless a settlement can be reached at once the strike probably will spread until about 100,000 men aro involved. Tho employers, considering it improb able that any settlement will be readied, are preparing for the strlko which tliey think will follow. Mem bers of other unions who will bo out of work because tliey cannot proceed with building without the bricklayers, are said to be indignant. Extends Statute of Limitations. Washington, March 21. The house committee on Judiciary today author ized a favorable report on tho Jenkins bill extending to five years the statute of limitations in its application to gov ernment officers. This report will be made by Representative Powers, of Massachusetts, who secured the recom mittment of the bill, which had been reported with an amendment making it retroactive. The extended time as now to be reported will not apply to any person who is now exempt from prosecution. Cuba Authorized to Make Loan. Havana, March 21. It is Baid here that Speyer & Co., of New York, re cently interrogated tho United States government as to whether the Cuban loan of $35,000,000 for the payment of the revolutionary war veterans was satisfactory to it and In accordanco with the terms ol tlio rant amend ment. The reply received, It is said, was to tho effect that Cuba was entirely authorized to close the business in ac cordance with tho contract. President Signs Supply Dill. Washington, March 21. Tho presi. dent today signed the legislative, exec utive and Judicial appropriation bill This Is the second ot the big supply bills to become a law. UOOD SUM TO PAIR. House Commltle Will !'vor $700,(101) Appropriation. Washington, March 10. The house subcommittee on industrial arts and expositions today favorably reported iv substitute for the U-wls and Clark ex position bill, recently passed by the senate, carrying a total appropriation of $450,000. The substitute bill con- u,nlllllU,B th expenditure ol f 250,000 ,of B vernmeilt exhibit, (76,000 for the eretclon ot a government building, ,i;oi)i)0 for tho erection ot buildings for tho A,,ska, Philippine, Hawaiian, 0rntlll luul Oceanic exhibits, mid and may possibly add tm appropriation for it forestry building. In addition to making provision lor tho various buildings and the guvurn- monl utut Attxsku oxliiblta. the subsll- tuj0 bill provides tor free admission ot foreign articles imported for exhibit pmposes, and creates a government 0 Twa9dono al Sl- louia ml authorizes, in conncc- Hon with the government exhibit, a fish commission exhibit and n life fin ing station. I The subcommittee will further re nort in favor ot authorizing the coin , ., u ,iii,,m. ileiU VI r.JUvw' ft"" which are to bo coined at such times and In such quantities as the expo. sitlon authorities may desire. Those coins, uro to he sold to the exposition corporation nt part and may, by them bo sold at a premium of $ I each, thus enabling the exposition to increase its earnings. While the suwonimttee made no rocoiiimcndaton us to Sunday closing ot the exposition, it is expected that tho full committee will amend the sen ate bill by striking out tho Piatt Sun day closing amendment, and leave the matter entirely in the control ot tho state. Chairman Tawney, speaking of the subcommittee's report, says that an ap propriation of 1450,000 for Portland is cquvalent to an appropriation of f tl00, 000 or $700,000 at any other expo sition, as Portland will injoy the ad vantage of having manyjif its oxhibits already collected, requiring only tran shipment from St. Louis. He nays Portland will have a better government exiiibit than Buffalo had for $300,000. and should also have as fine if not liner exhibit from Alaska, tho Philippines and the Orient than will be made at St. Louis tills year. PRB5URVB FUR SBAL INDUSTRV. Senate Desires President to Nerotlte With UrIUIn lor Change In Rules. Washington, March It). After elimi nating all but three sections of Senator Dillinehams' Alaskan seal bill, the senate committeo on foreign relations has authorized Senator Forakcr to make a tavorable report on tho meas ure. Tho bill as originally introduced was practically tho samo as hail been presented in the house by Representa tive Tawney, of Minnesota. Tho first section ot the bill prohibited tho kill ing of male fur seals on tho Pribyioff group of seal islands, except 5,600 to be used as food for tho natives of tho islands, nnd this was stricken out by tho committeo. As passed, tho bill provides that the president of the United States shall negotiate with Great Britain foi a re vision of the rules and regulations which now govern the taking ot fur seals in tho open waters ol tho North Paeific ocean and Bvhiing sea, pursu ant to the treaty articles of award of the Behring sea tribunal ot arbitration made at Paris, August 10, 1893. The revision of tho regulations is for the purpose of restoring and preserving the fur seal industry.and to abate tho killing of nursing mother seals on tho high seas. It is provided also that tho president shall endeavor to concludo negotiations with the governments of Russia and Japan for tho purpose of securing their arecmcnt to any satisfactory revision of the ruiea that may be had. Only Settlers Can Remain. Washington, March 10 Senator An keny and Representative. Jones today received letters from General Counsel Bunn, of the Northern Pacific railway, Btating that his company intends to deal liberally with bona fide settlers on the lands within the "overlap" limits, which passed to tho railroad company under tlio recent decision of tlio su preme court. Bottlers who settled upon these lands in good faith prior to July 1, 1808, and havo made their homes thereon, will bo permitted, un der the act of 1808, to retain title. Japan Did Not Ask China to Act. Now York, March 10. Japan will raise no objections to the concentration of Chinese troops on the Manchurian frontier, according to a Tokio dispatch from the correspondent of the Tago blatt, forwarded to the Herald from Berlin. Japan, the dispatch continues, regards it as a matter of course witli China to maintain her neutrality anil the presence of troops on tlio frontier will bo tho most effective means of localizing the war, but Japan has done nothing, it is declared, to induce China to do tills Wants to Use Chinese Road. Pekin, March 10. Russian cominis ariat officers havo applied to the Chi nese railway officials at Ilflln MIn Tun for permission to uso their lino for tho transportation of troops and stores. Tlio officials havo replied that tho matter presents many difficulties, and that tliey must refer tho application to tho authorities at Pokin. Sorno qucs Hons wero also asked regarding the possibiiity of purchasing fodder and other supplies. No Hope for Mrs. Miles. Washington, March 19. Mrs. Miles, wlfo of Lieutenant Uenerai nelson A. .... .. . i t i I,,.. , i. ..i .vines, retircu, is tying hi nv nor noiuu iu'thie city. Her condition has been exceedingly critical and although somo improvement Is noted today, no hope is held nut for hor recovery. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON INOUSTKIHS AT NORTH III1NO. Hon actorr Under Construction -Mills Ruthed With Orders. North ltend Construction work will In-gln at onco on a kx factory hole to manufacture lfi.000,000 teet ot spiuce timber per year Into bnxus. Tho plant Is being installed by San Francisco cap italists. It will cost f 5 600 and em ploy 75 men. The product will be shipped to California and Eastern markets In the form of shookn. George L. lllckul, ol Portland, and U. J Sceley, of Albany, have begun work on it condensed milk plant, the building to bo 70x00 feet, and will In stall their own can making machinery. Fiittv people will lx emplovcd. The owners expect to double tho capacity of the factory whenever the milk sup ply will win rant the step. At present thev have S5.000 pounds Hr day on- gugoil, with n viit extent ot fertile dairy lands yet to lie hoard fiuin. The sites for both these Industries liuvti Iwon donated by L. J. Simpon, and In each instance the enterprising oltUons of tho town have subscribed u handsome cash suhxidr. Mill No. I et tho Simpson ImmVr company now lnis on hand lor Imiue diate delivery orders for 00 hiisliiosi ii ml residence buildiliU'i. all ot the bet lor clam, inanv of them t ' cost several ilioiiMind dollars eiiclr. Plans arc now Im.Iiil- tironarod for a modern hotel building throe stories In height and to contain b0 rooms. Construction will 1v..l.ii mi this at an early dale. The liir ImimIht mills of the Simpson linn ber company are running full blast and although their capacity lias boon irgr ly increased, they are situ uiiaiuo till nrdors as fast us received. to The North Bend woolen mills and tin. nh anil door : factory aio also in full operation and the? pay roll com Mmxl Is mer S 25 .000 lor month. A foundrv and machine shop is now ! ing erected and will lio an up-to-date plant in every respect. .Machinery is ,r.l..ri-l and nuw on the way, nnd the company cxit-cts to bo ready for busi ness within 00 days. MAI.NUS CRUAVttiRV COMPLUTCU. Plant It tp-to-tlate In t'.very Particular -A Credit to the loon. Iji firimdo The new creamery at Haines is now practlrally completed and in runnimr order, and Is without doubt one of the best eqiupped institu lions of Its kind in Eastern Oregon. The main building Is 24x40 foot, and built in n substanial manner. A good sized englno room adjoins the building ' on tho north side and a refrigerator S14 feet is Ijoiiic constructed in one corner for storing butter in warm weather. The capacity of this plant will 1 I 1,000 pounds of high grado butter xr day, but is not running at ita full ca- paclty at present. The operation of tho plant is under tho management of , E. I). Severance, and W. J. Harlow has charge ol the butter making. The machinery is all up-to-dato anil they have n ,0. horsepower boiler, a Victor combined churn and worker with a ca pacity ol 000 pounds of butter at one churning. rcho Heets Mature Parly. Kcho The preparation ot ground for tlio planting ot boots ly tlio Ainaiga mated sugar company is well under way here and planting will all bo over hero iHiInro worK is begun in uio urine Hondo valley. The company Is anxl ous to got in a largo crop here, for they say that beets will mature hero from two to three weeks earlier than at Ij Grande, and tills will enablo them to run tho sugar factory there just that mnrh Innircr each yrar. Tliey offer the samo price here for beets as they pay at the factory. Co-operative. Creamery That Pays. Oremm City Tho year 100U was nrnsnorous one for the Clear Crock ereiiinerv company, a co-niioratlvo but tor inakinir institution that is located on tho Clackamas river a few miles, (mm this citv. In the 12 months this plant manufactured 41,201 pounds of butter. Tills product netted the pat- roriB an average, for the year of 29 cents per pound for his butter at tlio cream ery or 20K cents when bin cream was called for. The cost of making tho but ter was 2 centn per pound. The business is increasing. Rain Helps Placer Miners. John Day Tho first placer mining of tlio Boafion has been nturted on tho ground of (1. W. Dart, near this placo. Tlio heavy snowfall and copious ruins, most ot which were absorbed by the earth, havo made the surlaco and even tho deeper Btruta, softer and more easi ly washed than ever before. This, and tlio further fact that there is an iibund ont How of water, makes the process of reaching bedrock a much simpler pro cess than is usual on tho high ground where these early operations aro being conducted. Move for Clectrlc Road. Forest Grove At a meeting of tho citizens of this placo here n proposition was presented by Messrs. Iloldel, now ell and Shuto, of Hlllsboro, to subsidize tho West Side electric road (rom Port land to Forest Grove to tho extent of $100,000, $25,000 to bo raised at Hills boro and $25,000 here uml in this vi cinity, and tho balance In Portland. A committeo was appointed to look attcr Forest Grovo's interests, and ap point solicitors. Opinion on Inherltance-Tax Law. Salom Attorney Gcnoral Crawford lias rendered nn opinion at tho request of Stale Treaflorer Mooro, in which ho holds that, under tho inheritance tax iaw personal property existing outside the state, la subject to tho tax tho samo as other property of the estate. NllW CORPORATIONS IMRMIID. Articles Piled With the Secretary ot State at Salem. Salem Articles ol Incorporation were filed in the office of the secretary ot stale lust week its follows: Crayuo-Llslo irrigation company, Pendleton, $5,000. U'oua Mills lumber company, I.coim, Douglas county, $100,000. Tho Modem confectionery company, Portland, $25,000. Merchants' limn and trust company, Portland, $5,000. Prosper canning company, nosper, $.0,000. Purpose, to can fish. Itockard A Co., Portland, $10,001) Object, to deal in blcycloss. Peg Log mining and milling com puny, Portland, $IUu,UlHi. Portland sale and lock company, Portland, $2,600; supplemental artl don changing tho iiiiiuotol'oitlaud safe company. lhc Modloid Iiiriiiturii company Mcdtord, $16,000. Lasolle Druthers A Co., Albany, $5,000. Pacific Coast advertising company Portland, $10,000. Washliigtun county publishing coin pany, l orcsl (trove, s.',oou. riicitlc States mercantile company San Francisco, $5,000. Greenback gold milling cutiipauy Arizona, $1,000,000. To Manufacture fruit Ladders. Oregon City A visitor fiom Colo rado has called on the Oregon City board of trade witli a proposal to 111 stall in tills city a plant for tlm manu facture of fruit ladders, Irult presses and other horticultural apparatus. II local commercial organization has the matter under consideration and will strive to secure the industry for this city. No bonus or other consideration is asked by tlio promoter ol the plant who is favorably impressed with this place as a desirable location for such business. Ilntlnecrs on Upper River. The Dalles A party of engineers have gone to tliu foot of Three-mile Rapids, taking with them nil appurtcn uncos for survoving and sounding along the Columbia river between here and Celllo. Their immediate work will bo to plat tlio shores and rapids, whore work will be commenced In the near future for removing olmtruclioiis tlio below Big Eddy. The arrival of this party Is tlio first stop toward the open ing ol the river above this city and tlio subsequent construction ot tlio canal. l lih tUhlblt for St. t.oul. Pair. Astoria Superintendent Nick Hull son, ot the Chinook hatchery, has com pleted and shipped a uiilqun talithlt fur the fisheries department at the St. Louis lair. It consists of a series of glass tuln'S in which have boon placed salmon eggs and small fry, so arranged as to show the difforont stages ol the eggs during tho hatching orlcxl, ami nf the fry from tho time they emerge from tho egg until tliey are ready to 1m turned into tho river. Cold-Storaie Plant for Ashland. Ashland A company of which K. L. Nelson and I red M. Carter, late ot the electric light company, will lie In con tiol, has perfected all arrangements for establishing an ice plant and cold stor ago warehouse in Ashland and expects to hare it In ojioratlon within six weeks. Polk Land Ilringa $50 an Acre. Independence M. W. Mix, ol this place, purchased 71 acres of land lying throe miles north nf Independence from Mr. t-oson at $50 or aero. The prop erty Is a very desirable small farm, nnd is all in cultivation. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 76c; stem, 7980c ; valley, 8081c. Barley Feed, $21022 per blue- ton ; brewing, $22; rolled, $2I25. Flour Valley, $:i.903.95 per bar rel; bird wheat straights, $404.20; clears, $3.864; hard wheat patents, $1.4004.00; graham, $.1.604t3.fJ0 wholo wheat, $3.05(3-1.05; rye flour, $4.604.75. Oats. No. 1 white, $1. 15(31. 17K ; gray, $1.1001.16 pur cental. MlllstuffH Bran, $18Cil0 per ton; middlings, $24.50(52(1; shorts, 10(520 chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $10. Hay Timothy, $57 por ton; clov er, $11(912; grain, $12(313: cheat, $12313. Vegetables Turnips, 80c per sack; carrots, 80c; beets, $1; parsnips, $1; cabbage, 14 (92c; rod cabbage, 2c; lettuce, head, 25Q40c per dozen; hot house, $2 per box; parsley, per dozen, 25c; tomatoes, $1 60U1.76 jcr crato; cauliflower, 76c(S$l per dozen; celery. 0680c per dozen; squash, ljijt-por pound; cucumticrs, $1.76$2,25 por dozen; asparagus, 6c; peas, Oo por pound; onions, lenow nanvers, $.'(s 2.35 per sack. Ilonoy $3(s53.60 por caso. Potatoes Fancy, 00c$l per cen tal; common, 00(480c, growers' price; new potatoes, 3Hic per jioitrid; sweets, 5c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 16o Butter Sweet cream butter, 30c per pound; fancy creamery. 27ioj choico creamery, 26o; dairy and store, nomi nal. Buttor Fat Sweet cream, 28Jcj sour cream, 2uc. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1213o per pound; spring, small, lfifflltic; hens, 13 13Xc; turkeys, live, 16 lflo per pound; dressed, 1820; ducks, $8 0 0 per dozen; gocso, llvo, 8b per ponml. Cheese Full, cream twins, 13Hu; Young Amorica, 15c. Bcof Dressed, 5Q7i)C por pound; mutton, dressed, fl7c por pound; veal, dressed, 88fc per pound: pork. dressed, 737Kc per pound. Hops Choice, 2502Cc per pound; prime, 24c26c. Wool Valley, 17ffll8o; Eastern Ore gon, 1216c; mohair, 3235c. CANAI.-.ONII I.IIIIISI.AIION. Any That U Unacted Now Will He of Preliminary Nature. Washington, Mutch 17 Whatever legislation mil)' bo enacted lit tlin pies- nt scse-lim relating in mo rnniiiiiii canal will bo hugely ptollinliittiy In hiiiaelor. Tho president has discussed the mailer with inolubois ot enngiese mid with such inoinboin ot the Isthmi an canal conim sslmi as are In the city, 1ml It In understood Hint no definite de cision yet has been readied us to what ate the purlin needs ol legislation on the subject. General Davis culled iiiicuiinii in tun iruvlMlons fur executive regulations! tallied In tlin bill providing tor Union sliucllnii ol the canal and suggested that thoV woie ample In cover all nerds III the direction ol governing me mum rone. HiiL-uioslliiL' the iiuu'hinciy lor the govmiiiiionl ot tho wine, he mentioned tho appointment nl u governor or pei- loot chosen from tlio couunis addition there should lie u secretary nl state, an attorney general, treasurer, sanitarian, superintendent "t s I Is, Justices ol the peace, police judge and three Judges ol cuuris in uio nisi in stance. 'I he wolk ot sanitation would cost $500,000 the first your mid the polic ing i( tin) rune would iiocessllnto the expenditure ' $300,000 a year. Aut onomy fot the people ol the zone (Ion oral Davis believed In he a thing tor distant consideration. The nature ot the work would attract the rougher or criminal classes. Tim total cost ot ad ministering Hie government allri pre liminary 0Xndltures bad boon t would amount to $1,000,000, accord Ing to the belief of General Davis. ARMY TO SrRIKII. Japanese are Heady to lleiln Their for ward Movement. Wei Hal Wei, March 17. Tho ex tensive forward inovpiiienl on tho part ot the Japanese army may bo expected to l) begun at unco. The Hulmuii has encnnnlered very little Ice and In skirting the coast lino, it in clear they are nearly clear, ami that nothing lion stands In tho way id the Japanese transport Heels proceeding tn the landing places selected in tho northern p.irt of Corea. Tho fnct that tho Japa o havo re called all corrospiindetilB from tho head quarters ot tho army at Ping Yang also Indicates mi important movement is contemplated. The Jupaniso coin mandlng general, Baron Husegawa, who, with the Imperial guards, will take the load in the movement agnlnst tho Russians north nf the Yalu river, is strongly opposed to Hrinittiiig any correspondents to accompany tils col umn until after tho first land battle has lieen fought, and it Is known he has succeeded In winning over to his way ol thinking tho members ot tho staff. General llasegawa wasclilot aid to Field Marshal ())iima during the opera tions Mili resultiil in the rapture ot Fort Aithnr by the Japanese In 1H04. and is exx-tod to strlko quickly and effectively against tho Russians. WILL I1UY IN MIRTIIWnsr. Japan Wants to Secure Oood Dorics tor the Ami). Vancouver, 11. C, March 17. Ton thousand horses for tho Japanese army will ! purrhared within tho next ten months in Eastern Oregon and Wash ington. Tho contract lor the supply of those remounts has Is-on awarded tn Dr. Armstrong, of Nelson, II. C, through tho consulate In this city. Tho agreement specifies that 1,0(10 ani mals or month bo delivered, nnd this will make ten months before its expir ation. Tho price is not mentioned, hut it is iiccdhirM to stale tho quality of the horses will ni of the beat; in (act, the nniiouniemen: has been made hero that none other w ill hu ucroptcd. iotno ot tho horses will bo pro, u rod from tho ranches near Kamhsips, II. ('., and other points in the interior nf tho province, hut by far the greater ma jority will lie purchased from the hrcodeiii in Eastern Oregon and Wash ington, where the stinin is better, ami where gins! horses have boon bred with great euro fur many years past. Statehood II I II Completed. Washington, March 17. The state hood problem tishiy was taken up by the nilhcnmmnttcoot tho house con mit teo on territories, recently nppointi d to draft sUitohiMsl bills for Arizona and New Mexico and Oklahoma and the In dian Territory. Tho bill iiiukirg a state of the first two named wis practi cally completed. Th difficulty of ad justing tho taxation and other ques tions with regard to tlio admission ot Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as a state lire tlio next to bo taken up. Coast About Port Arthur Well nintd. London, Marrh 17. According to a correspondent ot the Dally .Mail nt Nlu ('hwaiig, General Koiiropatkin has wired Lieutenant Gonoral Stoossel that ho must hold i'ort Arthur with the present garrison. Tho Dully Express correspondent at Burlin given an alleged ollli'liii Intimation from tho Itiisilan ambassador, Count Ontoii-Suckon, that Vice Admiral Mukaroft has ml net all the count nf the peninsula at Port Arthur, the situation of tho mines ex tending ut least three miles out to sea. Do Not lltlleve Report. Paris, March 17. The Bt Petersburg corroflpnndent of tho Echo do Purls sayn that rumors, to tho effect Unit tlio Vladivostok and Pint Arthur squad' rotiH havo. been united aro received with Incredulity by tho general stuff. Tlio correspondent beliavea tho rumors nro probably duo to vice Admiral Alnka roff's frequent Borlles. lie says Goner- ill Zlllnsky Is now Viceroy Alexlcff'a cliiof of stuff and is acting under his orders. Colombia May Yet right. Paris, March 17. The Purls edition ot tho Now York Herald puhllnhoH n letter fiom Dr. Jorge Holgiilu, ex-minister of foreign affairs. In Cloombla, and now financial ugont ot tlio Colombi an government, denying that Colombian bus withdrawn Its. suit agnlnst tho Pan iimn cannl company, or him recalled tho troopB sent against thu republic of Panama, DWl, ...V 1 1 v .- ... . ..