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E OREGO VL XX ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1903. " xrTT " .... vi PROFESSIONAL Nol'AHV I'll HUH. C"!1Y(VAKc'IKa. J. B. GODFREY. ittouney-at- law. Real Estate and Timber Lamls Sold r'T. AIIHTIUCTH MAH Pit IIKI.KNH. OltKUON S. II. GRUBKK, ATTORNEY-AT- LA W. I nr.-, with K. K. quirk, MT. IIKI.rNH, : l OUK'iON, W'lll give be.l p.r.nn.1 elletltlnu In all lgnl rn.ltt-r rnttit.lril lii nib. Will iuacUi-u ill nil ll eiale mul I until Miatea i num. W. II. POWHLL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW nitiTTV inniiiiir athii.ii:y. IIKI.KNH, I : OIlKMtN. Kninv fum.io Vrru Niuai Him W. ('. Fist lior, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. nviNir.it, i t oni:n.M. It. I. liUAIIA. T. .1. Cl.KMH.lM. Altonipy.snt-I.il v.', Cl nttlliiiu titillilinif, I'i.iIUiiiI Oregon. "ItnnM vtti t) liu.in villi ! nnii"t aitriilimi. 4. IV, l.CV " t'tU.Aitl) Dll.fiAItO A IAY, I ATTORN E YS-AT-Li W Uflw ncti ili'r t" t'nnfttitu.e, l lI.U.N. tllH.i.llN, lieurral pno-llie II) -."f! lit Oregon nrW'a.h Inelmi. Al..lin-U Bia.le dllM-ll)' bum ruuulf ftfeoida. Ir. Ktlwlu Kos.m, rinsivhiti dud Surgeon. XT. IIKI.KNH, OltK.'iUN. - Dr. U.K. Cliff, ridjsic'uiH and Surgeon. ST. IIKI.KNH, OREGON. Dr. J. K. Hall. rtiyst'cian and Surgeon. t'LA'tVKANli:. OREGON. Dr.C. L. Hat lipid, l'hysleian and Surgeon. VKUNONI A, OREGON. inrgnri puny journal, on 14 a vmr tm lllllll, II! fur six iMinilha; Heml-Weik.y Journal, II M) mul Wrvlily Jmirriiil II per ynir, Tim Join mil la nn Independent I Hiiiiiriiilli! ni-winiii.r. winking In lln In. Iinaia itt lli uri-Ml an'tlim win ru roll the tireKnti, rlmd In ym,r auliaei Ipllon. BihiiiiIm euplra fn-i.. Addieae Tim Juurnnl, I'. O. Una 131, Portland, (jr. The Steamer SARAH DIXON Leaves I'l.rllun.l Monday ami Tin) rw liny niiiriiiiiKH nl !!;:) n, ln. fi.rClnla tunic, stopping at Kl, Helens mul wnv landing". 1'iiiilninl lauding ut Oat strei t whnif. Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG . l-eiives I'liitUml ni Turrdar. Thursday ami K HMey at J a. m lor SI. Htltn$, Kalama. Carroll'! Pawt, Rainitr anil Ktlm, Arriving al Portland Monday, ned liiiy and rrl'lay ul l p. in, Steamer NORTHWEST Linus I'nilliiiiil Mninliiy, Weil noil Hy mul Kilil.iy nlghis ut Ml 1 0 ii. in., fur I In- HU 1110 .j 1 1 1 M IlK'M t IiIIIIhI L,V Mill) To ledo, n n.liiiiir Hi" Inllor iilm-n ut 10 a. in. on llii; I'llluM liiit iIrv, ltiriiitiir, Hik Ixml linvra TuIhId tit dimhi, nml ('iia'li-llni'k itt fi.IIOin thn ultcri'Oiili, Tin!il ija, TIiiiihUv ml ttn1y li'itvinil I'urlliinil rmlv In iho imiriiiiiK. Mh.il liml ! Xalmini ht II. lllJl.MAN, Axrlil. M ton KHTAIH.IHIlin mi JOHN A. DECK IlKAI.EH IN Watches, Diamonds, Silverware, ...JEWELRY Ki'lniring a Specialty. Worriauit HI. Del. front flril, PORTLAND. FOR PORTLAKO OAILY Steamer Iralda C. I. Hooghkirk, Matter. KAII.ltOAI) TIME. I.fiii'in Ralnlitr lll) (mii-pi Hnii.l.vilor Porl laml.alnA. M.. li-i,arllua limn hi. Ilrl.ii. all liH'k. Heliirnhia, laavat 1'i.rllalid al J Ml V M arrlvlni at al. Helena at 4 ii. PassciiEcr. and Fast Freiebt. roHTLAM) LANDING, TAYL0II ST. BVENTS OF THE DAY QATHI3RED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HCMISPHKRES. Cfimprdtcniilv Review of th Import ant Happtnlnf of tha Put Week, Praaantcd In Coodciucd Form, Mot Likely to Prova littereatlnf to Our Many KexUra. a! THE PttESIDENT'S TOIJB. If lay Maahlngtiin April I in i niraKO , April X In Yrlli.wat.iiii Park April u 21 In Nrliruka, Inwa, llllnoln.Aprll 2.'. ui M In Ht, Uiula , April M In Kanaaaiitjr.,.,., May I In Iwnvrr fj ..Mar 4 In Han r'r anclM-o. . tl May Ii to 11 Arrive at A.lilanil, Vr May n In Halem May II Arrive I'orllaiid (aftrnuoii).May i n.riiami (iiiorniligl. ..May 'U WILL USE ISTHMIAN CANAL. J STORIA & COLUMBIA RIYER 21 RAILROAD COMPANY. Watts & Price, -HKAI.KM IN. Floar and Feed Choice Groceries Staple Dry Goods Best Quality Shoes Hardware and Notions Hcappooso, Oregon. I -niAMt")- rii l.4l, IMII.V. uAmeca,, M r- Willamett Slough Route U'VKt. Helena .. 8:.10A M Arnitial I'lirllnuil . I1;!W, M U-hvu rutilitinl iV.'KII'M Arrive ut St. Ili lcita. 0.U0 V M IAIII. Ml I. VI B. Will I'arry Nctlilur but 1'Ai.wn Krr, ami Ka.l Kir-hl. Jinan i.nu l, n attar, ft 4 DAILY. 3 j alio ur t ! DAILY. 24 j V a j a . m. t 'i. a" I u" iaST'. m nii'i 7 i ft U'l n jn aw a 4i a :u M m i ST III Ul 10 on 111 Jll lu ) B IU us m.i i. l 4' -,. I M i. II 40 IA !. HI to t ! . Id W 1 . IV lu I! ii. a. , .0 'f,r Portland Ar II III l.nlile . Ilainlur . . . Prrauilil. . .. Maviirr... . (Julut-y ... t'lat.kalile Mamlilaml lu VI ,11.!.. Wr.l.rt., IU M 7 7 .... I llllu 10 ,17 M Kll.... .. 11 in no !'(. MveuMin... . II l 4 i. .Juhii Hay. II Ml W Ar. A.lurla l.v 10 lih 27 17 UK tu a M a a I '. 07 7 bti ; u 4.-. 11 Hi ;n l 7 7 M 7 im 7 W 7 17 J at u JO 10 All train, make rloae mnnerilom at (inula lili NuMlirin I'arino train, to ami (row the K..I anil fxMiiid ihiIiiU. Al Purtlaud with all Iraln. Iraviiie I nloii ilenot. l Aelnrfa wllh I It. A N In i iMial ami rail line auil Htramrr i. i ruurr is auu frum natx aud orltl iiracn point.. rauntntrr fur Anuirla or way point. miiM I1 train, al llonlKiD. Train, will .top la lei pa Miiiirf. oil al lluu'luti ahrn t'lmiliia Irom puluu we.l ol m.Ulr. J. f. na., ue. a... Aici..A.ioria. ur lu Taoonia. Arrive Hvattle., lave Mrattle In Wall. Mall. SJn HfHikane , ... In halt Lake y In rhyeune ei lave rhevenne on return. vein w Arrl aablngtuli. May It May a May 21 Mays', May M May W May III June I June 4 YEARS' 4. 80 JflJLai; , "y EXPEHItNCB . ..u a HltlUHT'H IIIKKAHK. .i ..i ... inn largvsi auin aver paul lor a pr rcnptioii cnaniran nanue in ran hran clacti. Aiiguat 30, imi, Tha traiiufnr i Invnlrol.in mm ami alock $ 112,600 00, and waa nalil by a nartr ol Imiinraa men lor a iM'i itlc (or Hrilil'a DiaaM ami I)lnli.-, liiihrrto iucurabla dia- eaora. jiiy loiiiineni rd the aerioua in TnAbt Marks COPVKIQHT &C. Anfrtr. fr..lttg ft ukotrh mnA drflti:'n mV nt biff AfoftnHi cur itiit"M f rt fi)Hlirr U Invai'iil'iti ! irtha.1.lT liHitM. ittmuti!v linn mtrt it mnilftitl-J. II ti)4ttxwih mi I'ntaiuLi it fioat. Mt LtncT f.r VMiiritig ttnlat. 1'alauia teifi ltiniib llunn A tu. rwcelvs 9pfuU iv(ka i'h.tui rlirini, lu lt Scientific American. A rifcridiwHlT lIlmrlfitM wk1f. f nrwvmt rlr rtiui.oii of mnf riulifll .itriat, IVruia, i ft. if n.ilU, VL. tVld bfsll fi . lr. ft n. it 11 &L0.",u'M"'nEW I DTK I vlilion ol Ilia aiwcillc Noveiulwr 15 i r.MO. Tht-y intarviuwed acoret ol tha i t'lirrtl ami tried It out on ila turrits I imlllng over tliree doien raara on tli' Iri-iiiniriit and watrliini; tln-iu. Tliey mo pn iniieiuiiina to natiiu ciironlir, in t-nrahlr raftn, and mlininintcrcd it with the ihymriaiia lor jnilca. Uu to Aa fun io, n. mt coin, oi the tet caea i were either well or priiireing favora , bly. There Iwuig but 13 per rent. o( lUiire the parlies were aalillel am -li;wd the tranawtion. The proceed 1 ihk ol the iiivt-niigating coininiiter and i in riinn-ai reptiria oi me teateanea were i puiiliHht'd and will be mailed tree on an plication. AddreiMtthe John J. Kill ton , i oiniiany, 4'A Moiitgomery atreet i t rant'iaru, l alij. Our Monthly Publication will keep you posted on our work and methods. Hailed Free to the ADVERTISING MAN urn imhm How About Your Title? C It K Ytit' SPHK II la nil rliihl? Remember that It U the j lIKi iillli thai iiMrrn.. It i. our bumuena to ararrh Hie rfconl. ami .Imw vital they iiinlalu In rvlallon 10 land IHIoa. If yon I'liuirinplaie buying land or luanlna money nn real- i e.laie eretirlty. lake no man word, bill luM uhiii kinmlue what the rriiml .li.m. rraanllna thellllv. An Ab.lrucl I. aieoentlal as a driMl. Iinl.lnn liailua it. ne have Hie only art nl alxtrai't lumk. In the rounly. All nrk miniillv riiviiUil and .ali.lactlnn RilarnultH.il. If )nu have propenv lu lli.ure ulie u. a rail. Weare aai'Ul. lor the Iw.t lire luaurnti. r I'liiiipnule. lu the world. If you Imve propori) lor .alu H.l it with u. and mo will Hud a buyer. 33 Ml S rlT I dllnrlallr I'varleaa. 4 oualaienlly ItrpnblK an. News from all tlio world Well written, original utorloa An awtira to queries Artk'lt't on Ilenlth, the Iloine, New Hooks, ml on Work About tha Farm and (innli'ii. The Weekly Inter Ocean la iiicnilirr of tho AssiH'iiiteil 1'reH", thu only Wonttrn Newa piipi'r receiving the ontliB telo gmpliiu iin.vs aurvice of the Now York Sun and apecinl cuble of llie New York World daily re Hiil from over 2,000 special cnrrvapondonls tliroughout tha country. Main Slrtet E. E. QUICK & CO., ST. HUMS. 0REC0M Greatest Clubbing Combina- Cstion) TWO WJCKKI.Y I'AI'KUS F011 TI1F. OF O.N K C! It V. ATK ST IIAHOAIN IN GOOD RKAWNQ. Bv a spiwinl arrangement we are able to furnish The Okkoon Mibt and TIJK WKKKLY CAl'lTAL JOURNAL at the following club bing price for both pnpers: lor One t ear In Ad vanre I. AO I or Nix Slenih, In Advance, lie The Weekly Journal, of Puleiii, Ore., printa most Innide news about our state government and the full legislative proceedings. Just what you want for the coining seHaion. The Journal is a large eight pngo paper full of telegraphic news of the whole world. Sam ple copy furnished free upon Inquiry at this office. For$l WE OFFER YOU .25 12 .month.' subscription- to THE OREGON MIST. 0ne year's subscription (oConlccy'i Home Journal. One year's membership la American Musical Association. CONKEY'S HOME JOURNAL nsRiins wnicn snouiu pr in every! od. on.eood psprr, and nirchanlci YEAR Q S E DOLLAR Mnbaerlbe far The 4UI-:.OM NIINT and the Werklr Inlet Ocean Hoili papers lar tl.SO. is a literary ana musical monthly family mngaiine which should be In every home. Ila jirintnii on eood panrr. and niechanlrallv m... art. Conkey'a Home Journal iareallv iwnmaaanna cover ilesntn la always In colors, II is iirlnt Ihsuo Is h irihuie to tlio ptinler's art. Conk. o uiie. inr mr urai in h i. nrv.iii'a to sin-cui iiiusiralrd articles on sublects pronnnrntly befoi the pub he. and short and serinl amrii-s. The second lull is devoted to th iuter ems ol Hid inuther and daushivr. Jt also contains WITHOUT EXTRA. CHARGE Practical lessons In lace and embroidery-making-, rriictlctil lcMiiits In home millinery. , rrnctlcnl leaHous In Interior decoi allon. Practical siiKiiesiloiis for hninedressmaklnr. A conuileii. IhsIiUiii dittiarimeni showim the newest designs In hats and costume. Shlrt-walsla and the smaller articles of feminine wear A complete, pattern department, from which patterns may be ordered. I'holniiraphs showing how to set the table. Keolpesand "fable lalks" which impart tha Information that Is necessary to tha woman who would be up-to-date." I ho foregoing is siipiilemeuted by a department of music which contains each month a copyright song, two-slop or waits, a Icon on Vocal Training and a lesson on Piano Playing bv eminent teachers. Hovs Pels " Is His suhlect of a series of articles for the boys, These articles are thoroughly practical and tell how all kinds of pels may be raised both for pleasure and The Amerloevn MueloeVl Association enables Its members to purchase sheet muiu- and all music supplies at discounts ranging (rum itt to WO per cent Sample copy of Conkoy'a Horn Jouma.1 mailed to any address on rcQUesi. Audi ess all communications and remittances to THE OREGON MIST JuHtice Day continues to improve. Thoinss Lipton's fihamrock III .1 launchi d March 17. Ex-Congressman John V. Candler, ol MaseachueettH, Is dead. The two telegraphers' onions have consolidated under ene head. Colonel John A. Ilaldwin, of the (Mx leenth Uniteii HUtee infantry, is dead. The senate has ,nted down several amendments to the Panama canal treaty. A revolution against the government of Uruguay baa broken out in two provinces. Nevada, Aritona and New Mexico are deeply interested in the Lewis and Clark fair. Kx-Ooverner Geer, of Oregon, is in Missouri working for an appropriation lor the Lew ia and Clark fair. A call for bids has been issued at r-'e-attle for 4,000,000 feet of VaHhinifton lumber for use in the Philippines. A Negro doctor has been arrested at Philadelphia, who is believed to have poinined at least 34 patients and possi bly many moie. Justice Day is much improved. A census of China piaces her popu lation at 420,447,000. The 24tb death Kas occurred at Cor nell university from typhoid fever. The Porto Rican legislature has just adjourned. Many important measures were acted upon. The damage hy the high water in the Miesiesippi valley will amount to many millions ol dollars. Mexico Already Making Plana for Marine Merchant System. Mexico City, March 18. Great In terest is being taken here In the I'ana ma canal. It is now believed that the United States will begin work on the canal immediately following the ratifi cation of the treaty, and it is estimated that it will be eomploted within Cve years. It is stated that President Diaz con templates the establishment of a steam ship line running from Vera Cms and Progresso to Havana, Port Limon, Colon, havanllla and Ia Guayra, the steamers to make one round trip per month. Communication would bo thus established by Mexico with Cuba and Central America and1 by Colon with Colombia and Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile. The project thus will affect 30,000,000 Latin-American people. It is a part of the plan made by the gov ernment of reaching out after the trade of Booth America. It ia realized that when the canal is opened the gulf of Mexico will be the Mediterranean of the Western hemis phere, and Mexico will be in a position to reap great advantages Irom its geo graphical situation. SHOT BV ROBBERS. One Victim Instantly Killed, and Another Seriously Wounded. Pueblo, Colo , March 18 A daring attempt at robbery and brutal tragedy in the most fashionable reniaurant cre ated intense excitement early this even ing. The robbers, to in number, and both small men, wore black macks. They first entered the back door ol Loet-tau's fine cafe opposite the opera hou.e, advanced half way the length of the long room and then went back. Presently they re-entered by the front door. One went to the cashier's dek, the other attempted to rob guests at the tables. He held a revolver to ward Dr. J. H. Turner, who was eating his supper, and told him to throw up bis hands. The doctor waa surprised and henitated, whereupon the robber fired full in his face, killing the doctor instantly and scattering blood and brains all over the corner of the cafe. Then the dexperado attacked another guest, C. B. Bishop, and shot him in the left side. Withoit securing any booty the ruffians fled. Bishop was taken to a bonpital and is in a critical condition. The robbers in their ewape were fired upon by a policeman and his bullet perforated a plate glaes window, but thus far there is no cine. SLAIN BY STORM. England's epxenses are about the same as thote of the United States, bnt her income is much less. It is heileved that the improvement of the Columbia river will be author ixed this week by Secretary Root. The Philippine islands will have a large exhibit at St. Louis. From there it will bo taken to Portland. Ex-Representative Mercer, of Ne braska, is talked of as director of the censne. lie is not popular with the senatorial delegation from his state. The California legislature has passed a bill appropriating 20,P00 for a build ing at the Lewis and Clark fair. The St. Louis exhibit will be transferred intact. The Montana legislature adjoruned without making an appropriation for the St. Louis and Portland fairs. A movement is on foot to raise f 50,000 by popular subscription. - Die senate will be able to dispose of the treaty in a week and adjourn. John P. Daly, of Benton county, has been chosen surveyor general of Oregon. Native constabulary continue to run down the troublesome ladrones in Rixal province. J China is organising a large army, Arms and ammunition are being smug glinged in from Germany. Plans of national irrigation in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Nevada and Aris na 'have been adopted. The Chicago limited, westbound on he Illinois Central, waa wrecked at Pomcroy and five paKsengers were in ured. Two passenger trains on the Nash' viilo & St. Louis railroad collided head- on near Shell Mound, Tenn., and five of the crew were injured. SafeblowerB cracked the safes of the local offices of the Standaid Oil com pany at Atlanta, Ga., and secured $500 in money and 1 2,000 in checks. The King of Slam has asked the New York firm which supplied the foun tain at George Gould's country home at Lakewood to make an estimate on the cost of erecting a similar fountain five imea as large in the central courtyard of his palace. The Mississippi flood is still rising and doing great damage. Justice Day, of the supreme court, is seriously ill. The president will call an extra ses- ion of congress in October, Trainmen on all railroads west of Chicago will ask for an advance in wages. Senators have completed arrange ments to ratify both canal and Cuban treaties. Dead la Tuamotu Islands Number 600 One-Fifth of Population. Papeete, March 6, via San Francisco, March 18. The latest intelligence rel ative to the hurricane in the luamotus, or Low archipelago, indicates that the fatalities will number 600. The loss of property will be $500,000. The hurricane and high water lasted during January 14, 15 and 16. At Hikuera 377 deaths occurred, in most instances among the visitors from other islands sojourning there during the diving season. One hundred and fcrty-two deaths are reported from six other small islands. In this report there is no record of the unknown .dead, and it is believed that the total number of fatalities in the entire archipelago was not less than 600. On the islet south of Hikuera 262 natives perished, being swept into the lagoon and again into the great sen. lacerated terribly by contact with rocks. coral and debris of all sorts. Upon some unfortunate ones cocoannt trees fell, either maiming or killing them outright, or holding them down beneath the water until they were drowned. BATTLESHIP IDAHO. NEWS OF OREGON w,u-CLA,M EWAL "eatmENt. ITEMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. New Rule at the Pea Carnegie Library for drants Pass Big New Sawmill at Sumpter Leasing Sheep Range Try. Ing to Relocate Columbia County Scat Full Pardon Granted. wiiiiam a. uurtis has been re-ap- polntexl postmaster at Marshoeld. Revision and correction of tbe senate and house journals has been completed, Grants Pass is to receive 5,000 Irom Andrew Carnegie for tbe estab lishment of a free reading room and library. Lvery prisoner in the state peniten tiary has bad his hair cropped short and cheeks and chins shaved. This is to be the rule in the future. Governor Chamberlain has granted a full pardon to A. M. Humphrey, Marion county warehouseman convicted of larceny of wheat stored in his ware house. M. B. Gwinn has leased from George T. Parr, of the Eastern Oregon land company, a tract ol CO 000 seres in the similar treaties may Clue mountains, situatied in Baker and tbe United States with Mexico. Grant counties. The land is to be used and Argentina, ultimately resultine In mimuici i.ugi. mr a unn-i ui suuui we tuneu c-iaies ooiaining a mono- iu.uuu aneep. Position of Qermany Regarding Cuban Reciprocity Treaty. Berlin, March 17. Germany, as soon as the reciprocity treaty between Cuba and the United States is ratified, will ak both the Cuban and the United States government for identical priv. i leges. It is also intimated that other governments intend to request the same treatment. While annoyed at the prospect of the United Statea' trade having lower tariffs in Cuba than that of Germany, no one supposes tnat even a collective protest on the part of the continental conntriea would cause either the United States or Cuba to recede. But Germany's position is to be defined clearly, si, tbat the United States may not complain when Germany gives other na-ions preference in trade treatment. Tbe principle which the Gnrmana la. down in entering opon correspondence concerning new commercial treaties is "give and take." The most favored nation theory is really abandoned. Special conventions are -to be drawn up to fit different situations. This principle seems to be accepted by Rus sia, Austria and Italy, and the trade policies are to rest upon the recinro. city idea. What is the subject of more concern here is that, should the Cuban treaty be accepted and found to work well be arranged by brazil President Selects the Name for On of the New Veascla. Washington, March 18. The selec tion of the name "Idaho" for one of the 13,000 ton battleships was made by direction of the president at a com pi l ment to Senator Heyburn, the Republi can senator from that state. President Roosevelt bad conversed with Senator Heyburn several times, and at once formed a very great liking for him. As soon as the naval bill was passed and the queston of naming the battleships came up the president insisted that one should bear the name of Idaho, and so directed Secretary Moody. Senator neyonrn preierreu no such request as this, although he appreciated tbe cour tesy. When he called .on the presi dent yertorday he was told that the selection of Idaho was a compliment to him, and mado for no other purpose. New Move of the Ooulds. Salt Lake, March 18. Engineers in the employ of the Gould lines, it is said on good authority today, will shortly start from Marysvale, the term inns of the Rio Grande Western in this state, to survey a line southwest from that point. While no official informa tion is given as to the destination, it is stated here that there can be but one outcome a line to Lot Angeles. The Kio Grande already has a preliminary survey from Marysvale to Los AngeleB. Harvard College Examination. Seattle, March 17. Arrangements are in progress for holding, this spring, in Seattle, an examination of percons desiring to enter Harvard college. iius will tie tne first time such an ex amination has been held in this state. but it is expected hereafter such ex aminations will be held here annually. Details as to requirements, time and place cf this examination, may be learned by correspondence with Joseph Shippen, A. M., of Seattle. a new iiuu.uiHi sawmill, with a ra pacity of 100,000 feet of lumber a day is to be erected in Sumpter this season, Henry Newell, president of the St. Panl v Tacoma mill company, is at tbe head of the corporation that will erect the vw mill. The company has obtained control of 13,000 acres of land, in tbe vicinity of Sumpter, on which it is esti mated there is 165,000,000 feet of standing timber. Tbe matter of the special election for the relocation ot the connty seat of Columbia county is receiving attention, nd consiJerable discission is being provoked. Many of the taxpayers who are afraid of incurring extra expense tavor having it remaining in the pres ent location. A mars meeting baa been called to convene at Ciatskanie next Saturday afternoon when the claims of tbat place will be presented. There is the greatest mining activity n Josephine county ever known before. This is due to the interest being taken by capitalists and enterprising mining men in the quartz properties of the dn trict. There always has been for the past 50 years a rush of business in the plarert of tbat section, bat not till this tea eon has there been so glittering a future in prospect for tbe quartz mines of Southern Oregon and Josephine county in particular, as at (resent. 6ix Albany boys have been fined for stoning a Chinaman.j Sheriff Brown and Deputies Hemple and Lacbner, of Baker county, are all confined at their homes with smallpox, Game Warden Quimby is in receipt of a copy of a report the commission ers of fish and game of the state or Maine have just published, showing the amount of money expended by the state for the preservation of game, and also the amount of money brought into that state by outside sportsmen. The local game warden thinks it would te a good thing if Oregon followed a similar plan and appropriated suffi cient money for the hiring of deputy wardens to enforce the game laws. Foreman J. E. Godfrey, of the state printing office, says that work is pio greasing rapidly on the session laws of 1903, and that if nothing .unexpected happens the laws will be out by April I, which is moi-h earlier than usual Fifty men are working on tbe Lewis and Clark fair site. Ten of these are surveyors who are preparing a contour map. Twenty other men are clearing away fallen trees, logs, and dead under brush, and the rest are planting trees and shrubs and doing nursery work. poly of all the South and Central Amer ican markets. REYES ON CANAL TREATY. Like Colombian Vice President Does Not Our Control of Isthmus. Colon, Colombia, March 17. Gene ral Rafael Reyes, vice president of Co lombia, who reached tbe isthmus two days ago from Mexico, waa interviewed here today by a press representative. V itn reference to the Hay-Herran con vention he spoke guardedly and did not appear disposed to discufs its terms or the probability of its ratification by the Colombian congress. He seemed to have reason to believe. however, that the present interpreta tion by the United States of its obliga tory rights to maintain free transit across the isthmus and its manner of enforcing these rights has created a very unfavorable impression through out the Colombian republic. He said tbe politicians who would be called upon to decide the fate of the canal would not be likely to forget the humil- iating incidents whii:h occurred durina- the recent insurgent hostilities between her and Panama. LAND OPEN TO SETTLERS vast Tract of 1, 000.000 Acres ln South. era California. Los Angeles, March 17. The United States, through the federal land office at Los Angeles, will ocen to settlers within the next 60 dave about 1.000.- 000 acres of land in California. This land is situated between Needles and Majave, and borders the Colorado river. Much of it is valuable agriculturally. The prospective throwing open of its vast tract to settlement is tbe result of a recent dcision of the United States supreme court witb respect to the fam ous grant made to the Atlantic A PaciHc railroad by act of July, 1866. In the territory which embraces this great tract the Southern Pacific baa selection privilege. Au thority for tbe leceiving of entry appli cations for tbe 1,000,000 acres in ques tion has been received from Washing ton by the officials of the United States land office at Los Angeles. ENQINES BUTT TOO ETHER. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 74075c; blue- stem, 86c; valley, 7880c. Barley Feed, $23.60 per ton; brew ing, $24. Flour Best grade, $4.10(34.60 ; grah am, $3.45(33.85. - Millatoffs Bran, $19 per ton; middlings, $ 24; shorts, $19.50(320. chop, $13. Oats So. 1 white, $1.15 Q 1.20; gray, $1.12 S,1.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $11(312; clover, $8(J9; cheat, $9(310 per ton Potatoes Beet Bnrbanks, 60(3 75c per sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental, growers prices; Merced sweets, $2(3 2.25 per cental. Pooltry Chickens, mixed, 12013c; young, 11 H (312c; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 151 tic; dressed, 1820c; ducks, $77.50 per dozen; geese, $7(38.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16 M 174c; Young America, 174(318t;c; factory prices, l(31)tjc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 30(932 Wc per ponnd; extras, 30c; dairy, 20(3 22tc; store, 15(31 8c. Eggs 15c per dozen. Hops Choice, 23(325c per pound. Wool Valley, 12K15c; Eastern Oregon, 814)jc; mohair, 26328a. Beef Gross, cows, 33Ko per ponnd; steers, 43'ic; dressed, 74'c. Veal 7684'c. Mutton Gross, 4c per dressed, 7'o. Lambs Gross, 4c per dressed, 7c. Hogs Gross, thic per dresserl,77He. . pound; pound; pound; Resulting in the Death of One Man and Injury of Many. Kansas City, March 17. The Golden State limited on tbe Rock Island sys tem, due in Kansas City this morninir. collided head-on just outside of Dwight, 30 miles west of Topeka. at 3 o'clock this morning with westbound passenger No. 3, which left Kansas City last night. Both engines were) badly damaged, and the baggage and mail cars and the smoker on the west bound train were telescoped. None of the other cars on tbe westbound train left the track. None of the cars on the limited were derailed or damaged. and that train continued on its trip east after a few hours' delay.. Engi neer Love, of the westbound .train, was killed. Three other members of the westbound crew and three passengers in the westbound smoker and the engi neer and fireman of the limited were injured. Commission on Canal Deal. New York, March 17. New York lawyers believe that if the Panama canal treaty is passed by the United States senate, William Nelson Crom well, of this city, will receive the 'larg est fee ever given to a lawyer in this country, if not in the world. The re port finds general credence thai $2.- 000,000 of the money to be paid by the government will go directly into Mr. Cromwell's pocket. Mr. Cromwell's arrangement is reported to be on the basis of 5 per cent of the amount real ized by the sale. Mexico Pays Promptly. Washington, March 17. The statu department has received from the Mex ican government $43,000, being the first installment of interest which ia to be paid in perpetuity on account of the Pious fund claims under the arrange ments made by Tha Hague arbitration board in October last. On July 8 there will be due the sum of $1,420,682. representing the interest which has ac crued since the date of the Mexican claims commission.