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All uahii in.la rloM mnnertlana at linlili nltrt .,rlllrn I'.rina train, u aid Intro tin Ka.i and eouuil w,ima. Al rurt'teu4 wita all (rain, lea.int I'nian dil. al A.lnrla with 1 ft. A S ifl.'i tuat aiil tall line aut Htaamm t J I'otfar to am (mot Ilwac4 au4 Norib llearn llnu. faaaanfan Inr A.lnrla or war nolnta ran .1 Ra if.iii. ai iiuuiiua i rairia win .lop lo lal ta atif i nrf al lluu'ion trhra I'ntitlng (roaa polutt ol Uubla. J. I . .viaia (ieo. I'ua. Alt.. Alt luria. Or it iaa rHTU. daili. -TIAMIPJ- uAmerica, Willamett Slouch Ronte Iave Bt, Helena.... I SO A M Arrive at l"ortland. .10 JO A 11 lave Portland 1:10 PM Arrive at HI. Helena. :00Py Will Carre Molhlna kut Paaaaa- gart aad Fa.l rielgbt. Jinil OD, Maatar. I L M4 80 YEARS' C. KXPERICNCM Traoc Marks DCSIONt Cofvriomt A a A I .! af a k4rk lid MHMl4ti ny AMrlftln ou tpirtou trm mhthf mm )iiuir U arOttAMf ftKtfMlaflf. I UltaBUIinlnaV 111 frtaV. tllilMl Manns, for nilijf Ml Pifiit tmkm ihrtuih Unmn A lu. rtHmlm tiitiMi ftsy tor xniiiUM feud MitMi WllKuUI ohttrri. 111 U Scientific Hmericam A hftnAiomtly lltnatrateMl wMbir. I rwt fir. eulatimi of "? (-lntlll tetania), Tarnia, S ft fftar: fnur mofiiUa, L 0i4tirmtl nwdr, MUNNHCo."" NewYork Braaofe OBoe. ut r IU Waaklustoa. IX C. 10 what lhv ronUln In relalton to land oT. HELENS, OREGON . ... r-..., nuuatTi 1111 inn It f : A ST. 1IELKN8, EVENTS OF THE DAY QATIIHRED FROM ML PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprchcnalva Review ol tha Import ant Happening! ol tha Paat Week, Presented In Condcnaed Form, Moat Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. King Mi'imlik will welcome Aniorican CHpilnl in tlie dvuloiiiient of Aliya hiii iu. 'ki ictury ol War Taft hold that tar iff rnni'itHHlona will largely mako the I'llilijiplllcH. Kx-Hwrctiiry of tlio Navy Whitney in wiliiiiMly ill and lil condltiiin ahowa little tin jirov.-tnviit , Tin- l4'wls and Clark fair bill hae Im-iiii Introduced an an amendment to the urgent dulicicncy bill. The atturney general alltwa that the hill to amend anti-trunt law would In. jure iiiHtead of aid commerce. The irecnl Hrltiuli arllament, wh.rli baa J nnt oiwncd, may witneiiatbe downfall of the iialfoiir initiiHtry. The preidt:iit'a aalary la irniuflicieiit Ut meet the needa of hia olllce. An eflnrf. will jirul.alily lie male to increaae it. RiiHuia cannot see liowj apan can re ject her t:oiicfiuli8. The houae baa decided to allow no extra mileage for the extra aeeslon. V. K. Vandcrbilt, Jr., made a mile in Wim than a minute in an automo bile. Hecrelary Hay doer) not think war would greatly aflrct the markets in thin country. Ilrazil will send a war vessel to the l'.HH fair if there U no objection on the part ul the I'nited IStatva. Iji Angelas congrFgatiotii have uniia'd in prayer for rain on the parched limda. Newark, N. J., has a municipal lab- nrntory which is turning out anti-toxin in audi (iiimititiea aa to hurt the Chi cago truet. Government engineer! are positive In the belief that the only ermanent re lief for the Columbia at the bar in the extenxion of the jetty. There is now funds available for 0,000 feet. If the pri'Hciit congress does not make provis ion for a continuance of tha work, the patiac in the jetty extension will cause great loa. Pope Pitia ia in ill health. A Japanese warship la reported to have tired upon a Itussian steamer. The Ilritinh ambassador at St. Peters burg has been Informed that Russia will make crim-rasiona to Japan. The supreme court of Minnesota has iiiiiisheil the bribery indictment against ex-Mayor Amea, of Minneapolis. General Taft la now secretary of war. President Kooeevelt paid high compli ments (o Elihu Hoot, the retiring occul ta ry. The senate has lequested the presi .lont to transmit Panama correspon leiice, if not incompatible with public interests. The bouse committee on Indian affairs has decided to report favorably the bill telating to the aale ol lands on the Grand Konde, Oregon reset vat ion. Senator Ankeny is working hard to have Fort Walla Walla retained as a military post and it will be as a cour tesy to the senator if it ia not abol ished. France deemes the Far Eastern situa tion very warlike. Natives in Morocc arecommiting ter rible atrocities on foreigners. An alleged snubbing of Miss Alice Roosevelt has put society at the capital In a flutter. The coroner a jury has returned a verdict of sncicde in the Whitaker Wright case. Russian troops are reproted to be taking positions in Manchuria and on the border of Coiea. George A. Rose, defaulting cashier of a Cleveland bank to tbeextent of $187,- 000, lout it all speculating in grain. The senate will take the 1905 fair bill up as soon as the Panama debate is ended, and perhaps in ttie mean time. One hundred and five bodies have lieon recovered from the mine in Penn sylvania wheie the recent disaster oc curred. Extreme cold weather prevails in Northern Michigan. Cattle were frozen stiff in the barns. All outside work is stopped. The thermometer registers 48 degrees below. The powers say mediation between RuiiHia and Japan is Impossible. Rus sia first suggested it. A cage and engine at a Victor, Colo rado, mine got beyond control and 14 men rode to their death. The National Good Roads associa tion, at a meeting in Washington, adopted resolutions favoring the 1905 fair. Roosevelt and Hauna are said to have reached nn agreement by which the lat ter ia not to lie a candidate for presi dent. Rescuers at the scene of tha great Pennsylvania mine disaster had to be rescued. Few bodies have yet been re covered. OREGON, FRIDAY, COLD RAIL SNAPPED. Colorado Flyer DIUbed While Running Forty Mllea an Hour. KanHH" City, Mo., Feb. 3. The Col orado flyer on the Missouri Pacific rail way wan derailed near Miller. Kan today while running at Ihe rate of miles an hour. 40 The engine and the" rear car, a Pull man, alone remained upright on the track. The hagguge car, mail car smoker and a chair car were thrown in to the ditch, turning over and were badly shuttered. One iierson was killed and 13 injured, one eeriously. The wreck was caueed by the snap ping ol a rail, due evidently to the se vere cold weather of the past week Physicians reached the scene promptl and a relief train was hurried from Oia watomie, starting east with the injured during the afternoon. At the time ol the accident the train was two hours late and was making up time. It bad no orders to stop Miller and went by at full speed, being derailed on the outskirts of the town The engine and tender paused over the defective rail safely. The front trucks of the mail car jumped the track and crashed into freight car on a siding. The baggage car followed, punned trie man car at right angles across the track and both the forward cars served to block the smoker. The chair car following the smoker partially telescoped the smoker and the latter was rendered into kindl ing wood. The 1'ulln an remained on the track and aidde from a severe ebak ing up the pasrtcngcrs in that car were uninjured. TIPS TRAIN OVER. aale Cauata Wreck lu Colorado la Which Five People are Hurt. Denver, Feb. 3. A special to the News from Idaho Hpringi, Colo., says A passenger train on the Colorado A Southern railroad, which left Denver this morning for Georgetown, was wrecked by a gale, two coaches and combination baggage and express car being blown over and badly damaged The engine and tender remained on the track. Four of the train crew and one passenger were injured. The train had come to a standstill about 1,500 feet from the station in Georgetown, being unable to proceed further because of the wind. While wailing for the w ind to subside, the cars were lifted from the rails by the wind, and forced over on their side. The tiaswngcre and crew were thrown with great force against the sides of the cars but were able to cseape through the doors and w indows. It was several hours beiore the news of the accident could be'sent to Denver, as the telephone and telegraph wires were prostrated bv the wind. A spec ial relief train, sent from the latter citv, encountered poles and wires strewn over the track in many places and with dilliculty reached its destina tion. The severely injured were taken to a hospital in Georgetown for treat ment. MANY PBRI5H ON DESERT. Bodlca ol a Score 'ol Mea Found Sands lu Nevada. on tbt Salt Lake, Feb. 3. The bodies of be tween 20 and 30 men, who perished from thirst while attempting to cross the desert between Moapa and Loe Vegas, Nev., have been found within a tew weeks, according to advices re ceived from the latter place. The men, it is believed, were mostly tramps who attempted to make the long journey on foot without sufficient supplies ol fixxl and water to carry them acrops. Manv of the bodies found were without clothing, and it is be lieved that the victims had gone insane from thirst and bud wandered about in a nude condition in search of water. Borne of the victims are supposed to have used water from "Dead Man's Well," which is located almost in the center of the desert. The water from this well, while temporarily aleviating thirst, is sure death to those who drink it. Jimlnei Has Lost All. Washington, leb. 3. -According to information received at the state de partment, all the ports of Santo Do mingo are now- in the possession of the Morales provisional government, which succeeded the government of General Wos y Gil. The Jiminex revolution seems to have been stamped out, though there has been no diplomatic recognition of the Morales government. United States officials in Santo Domin go have entered into relations with it, this step being necessary for the protec tion of commercial business. For dreatcr Corps ol Engineers. Washington, Feb. 3. Secretary Root sent to the senate today a report of the general staff relating to the increase of the engineer corps of the armv, togeth er with the draft of a bill whose passage he recommends The bill proposes that the corps of engineers, when in creased, shall consist of one chief of en gineers, with the rank of brigadier gen eral; 12 tolonels; 18 lieutenant colon els, 36 majors, 40 captains, 40 first lieu tenants and 38 second lieutenants. Mississippi Town Wiped Out. Greenville, Miss., Feb. 3. Fire at Hollendale destroyed every building in the town except two dwellings; loss 1200,000. The fire started in a negro restaurant and a high wind fanned the flames to such proportions that the vol unteer fire fighters could not stay its progress. VElllWAHY 5, 1J04. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON WITH BARK ON. Big Fir Stick Sent to St. Loula to Re produce Fort Clatsop. Rainier The Wilson Cane lumber company has shipped four cars of lorn tier for the Oregon state building at the St. Louie fair. The order is a peculiar one in that the bark is left on one side of each stick of timber. Some of the timliers are 40 feet long with two faces 10 inches wide and one face 7,4 inches, while the fourth face is round, with the bark still clinging to it. The palirade timbers are 11 feet long, with one 10-inch and two four-inch faces. It requires 17,000 ftet of these elalis to enclose the grounds around the building. The building and enclosure will be a reproduction of old Fort Clat sop and the stockade surrounding the fort. This is probably the only consign ment ol the kind ever shipjied from the itate, and Mrr Lecper, the manager, sayi that it will probably tie the lant A great deal of trouble was experienced in getting trees that were not too large and that would run the same thickness from which to cut the timbers, to give the right curve on the round side Another difficulty was experienced in getting trees on w hich the bark was still firm. The sap is now np and the bark peels off very readily. This is not common ly the case, but this winter has been so mild that the sap raised much earlier than usual. It will be hard for St. Louis people to understand that when these trees were cut eightdegrees farth er north than the city of St. I-ouis, and in a country where the thermometer has not registered zero in 40 years, and while the weather was so warm here that the sap in the trees was up on the 15th of January and at the same time in bt. Louis the thermometer was ii degrees below zero. NOT ENOUUH FLAX RAISED. MU Will Be Built When the Acreage Reaches 1,000. Salem Threshing flax seed out of the straw and spreading the straw in fields to rot is now in progress at Lu gene Bonne's flax establishment at this place. Twenty men are engaged at the threshing house and 15 men and boys are employed to spread the straw on field just east of town. Two hundred tons of straw will be spread out 'evenly over 60 acres of land and left exposed to the weather until it has rotted enough for the scutching mill. It will then tie put through a scutching mill, which will turn out clean flax fiber. The fiber will be stored away to await the building of a linen mill. The erection of a linen mill here in the Willamette valley is delayed only by the lack of a supply of fibre," said Mr. Boese. "It won t do to bmld a mill to run two or three months in the ear. We must have enough fibre to keep a mill running the year around. That will take 4,000 acres of flax. Whenever we can get that we will have raw material enough to operate with and a mill will be built." Mr. Boese lias 260 acres of land leased for flax raising purposes, and the farmers of this vicinity will put in about 100 acres more this season. Mr. Bouse thinks the amount should be in creased this year to 1,000 acres and in a year or two increased to 4,000 acres. Albany Mill. Start Up. . Albany The Bannockburn woolen mil company has started the big Al bany woolen mills in operation. Work was commenced on fine cloth for suit inga. The mills had been idle for some time and many men were thrown out of employment thereby. When the Bannockburn company purchased the mills they were immediately leased to the Oregon City company, which closed the plant down at the end of three months. Albany people were appre hensive lest the mills would not be put in operation again soon. Telegraph to Wallowa. Elgin Arrangements are about com pleted for a telegraph line from here Loatine. It will be used in connec tion with the telephone wire. It will worked on a duplex system, both circuits being on one wire, and will tie ireetly connected with the Western Union office here. Residents of Wal lowa county are now anxious for a rail road. All freight hauling has to be ;one by wagons, and the roads are not of the best. Biggest Plant In the West. Hiilsboro C. T. Rogers, of Detroit, Mich., and one of the largest manu facturers of condensed milk machinery, has arrived here, and will superintend the installation of the new machinery for the big Hillsdioro plant. Mr. Rog ers says that this plant will be the largest west of the Mississippi river and that no plant in the world will have a more modern equipment. Nugget Worth Forty Dollar. Grants Pass A $40 nugget has been brought in from the Jewell, Moore A Hayes, placer on Oscar creek, This mine is one of the most noted producers ot heavy pieces in the entire mineral Iistnct and Oscar creek, only a small stream, has become widely famous for the nuggets taken from it. Opp Mine Resume Operation!. Jacksonville The Opp mine, located two miles west of Jacksonville, and hich has boon idle for more than a year, was started up last week by the owner, J. W. Opp, and the mill is be ing run day, night and Sunday on ore that Is producing good values. ORAIN AND FRUIT GIVE PROMIS8. Jackson County Will Not Have Sufficient Wheat, but Fruit la Plenty. Jacksonville Report from all parts of Jackson county are that the winter wheat is in fine condition, both as to stand and growth. The acreage for this year ia more than twice that of last year, yet so much wheat land has been given over to orchard and alfalfa that it ia certain there will not be enough wheat in Rogue river valley this year to supply the local demand, a con dition that has prevailed for several years past. There is a large qnantity of alfalfa hay yet held in the valley. The larger nu in Iter of stockmen fear a hard winter and a slight shortage in the crop last season tempting the alfalfa growers to hold for high nrices. The hay is now $ 15 to )1H a ton, bnt may not go high er, as the winter has been open and stockmen have required but little hay for their stock. From the amount of seed being bandied bv local dealers, the acreage of alfalfa will be increased fully 20 per cent in this valley tbia year. Apple, tear, cherry, prune, peach and almond trees are in fine condition and the yield will be up to the usual standard for Rogue river. The vine yards are also in fine shape. The fruit acreage o. Rogne river, while very large, will be increased by this winter's plantings fully 15 per cent, apples and pears leading the list. STOCK HAS WINTERED WELL. Baker County Ha Had Very Favorable Weather So Far. Baker City Stockmen are congratu lating themselves on their success in wintering their sheep, horses and cat tle so far this winter. The weather has been very favorable. While it has been cold there has been no severe storms or blizzards. Feed, while expensive, has been plentiful. Most of the ranchers raised their own bay, and while it is worth big money, the cost to the rancher who owns bis own hay land ia compara tively light. The man who has to buy hay to feed range stock is not so well off this year. Mile of Macadam Road. Jacksonville The Jacksonville board of trade has undertaken to secure the building of a mile of macadam road on that section of the Jacksonville-Medford road from this place to the junction of the Medford-Central joint roads. A 20-foot width turnpike will be thrown up, the material for which w ill be grav el from Jackson creek, the channel of which adjoins this road. In removing the gravel for the road a straight deep channel will be made for the creek, to prevent floods from injuring the road way, aa has occurred. Work on Irrigation Ditch. Pendleton C. G. Morey, principal of the Umatilla public schools, was in Pendleton last week. He is authority for the statement that 50 men are em ployed on the irrigation ditch being run from the Umatilla river, about a mile above Umatilla, to a point of 15 miles or more below. The ditch is to be run through the little town of Irri gon, which has derived its name from the first syllable of irrigation and the last syllable of Oregon. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7475c; blue- stem, 79(380c; valley, 78,80c. Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $20(320.60; rolled, $21. Flour Valley, $3.75(33.85 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $3.90(34.10: clears, $3.55(33.75; hard wheat pat ents, $4.2(34.50; graham, $3.76; whole wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.50(34.75. Oats No. 1 white, $10.7 31.10; gray, $1.05(31. 07,Sj percental. Millstutfs Bran, $18(318.60 per ton; middlings, $26, shorts, $19.50(320; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $16818 per ton; clover, $12(313; grain, $1213; cheat, $12(812. Buttei- Sweet cream butter, 32 Sc per pound; fancy creamery, 30c; choice creamery, 25(327.40; dairy, 20(322 4'c; store, 12 314c. Butter Fat Sweet cream, 31c; sour cream, 29c. Cheese Full cream, twins, 14c; loung America, 15c. Poultry Chickens mixed, 114(all2c per pound; springs, small, 13314c hens, 12(3124; turkeys, live, 17(31 18c; dressed, 20c; ducks, $89 per dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound. r-ggs uregon ranch, mts-irt per dozen. Vegetables Turnips, 65c per sack carrots, 75c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 76c (3$; cabbage, li2c; red cabbage, 14c; lettuce, head, 15c per dozen; parsley, 2V; tomatoes, $1.502 per crate; cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen; celery, 60c; pumpkins, lc per pound; onions, Yellow Danvers, $1.10(91.25 per sack. Honey $3(33.50 per rase. Potatoes Fancy, 8090c per sack; common, 6080c; sweets, 24c in sacks; 2t'c crated. Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwins and Spitzenburgs, $1.60 per box; cooking, 75c$l. Hops Choice, 2627c per pound; prime, 25c; medium, 24c. Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Oregon, 12 15c; mohair, 3235c. Beet Dieased, 67)-iC per pound. Mutton Dressed, 687,4c per pound; lambs, 7,4'c. Veal Dressed, 839c. Pork Dressed, 0,487c. WAR IN A MONTH. Colombia Determined to Have Fore on the Isthmus. New York, Feb. 2. This cable di. patch wag leceived here last night from an official iotirce in Bogota, according to the Sun: "The government is helpleas in it efforts to prevent war. In less than a month from now 10,000 men will be on the isthmus." This information confirming rumor cabled from Panama yesterday that Co lombia intends organizing and (ending an expedition against Panama, come a a surprise, in view of the changed attitude of the Colombians who had ap parently accepted the inevitable and depended on General Raphael Reyes, the special envoy to Washington, to save what be could from the wreck, says the Sun. General Reyes was to have sailed yes terday for Barranquilla on the steamer Valencia, but for the second time he deferred bis departure. General Pedro Nelispino and Dr. Lucas Cabellero, col leagues of General Reyes on the Colom bian mission, sailed on the Valencia. The story continues: On seemingly good authority it if said that General Reyes temain here because his negotiations with the state department at Washington have not been completely broken off and that he has a tentative promise from this gov ernment that Colombia wilt be token care of with a pecuniary balm for her Injured feelings. No comments could be solicited from General Reyes at the Hoffman house last night on the threatening dispatch from Bogota. PRISON DAYS ENDED. Mr. n brick, Held for Poisoning" Her Huabaad, Liberated. London, Feb. 2. Lloyds Weekly Newspapers says this morning that Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American woman who was serving a life sentence lor having poisoned her husband, was released from Aylesbury female prison at 6:45 o'clock on the morning of Janu ary 25 on special license. Her moth er, the paper says, had visited her 6at nrday, January 23, and evidently was the bearer of important news. The governor of the prison on Sunday con ferred with the prison officials with a view to arranging for the departure ol the prisoner, which was carried out very quietly. Mrs. Maybrick, accom panied by one of the prison matron, entered a closed carriage and drove to Aylesbury station, where she took train for London. She drove from Euston station and from there went to a private house not far from the me tropolis. She will remain there for a short period in order to recuperate and to await the completion of certain form alities which will give her a freedom of movement not allowed by persons on ordinary ticket-of-leave. Mrs. Maybrick, the paper continues, during the last few months in prison was employed in the lightest work, as a reward for good conduct. RUSSIA LEAVES IT TO JAPAN. War I Said to Depend Entirely en Two Eventualities. Paris, Feb. 2. It is understood here in beet informed diplomatic circles that Russia's reply to Japan will be concil iatory, but will differ in no essential manner from her attitude already de clared. The French government has been informed of every step taken by Russia in reaching a decision, but the full ten or of her reply has not yet reached the foreign office. The Gaulois quotes higher authority as follows: "Russia will not declare war "unless she is attacked by Japan. This is the will of the czar and the fundamental base upon which negotiation will be continued. At St. Petersburg it is be lieved Japan, despite her beligerent attitude appreciates the madness of en gaging in war. Russia is ready to give satisfaction to the legitimate claims of the Japan ese on the condition that her interests are safeguarded. At this hour war de pends upon two eventualities, an attack by Japan or a local incident in Core necessitating military intervention." No (fold Coin In Vault. Washington, Feb. 2. For the first time in many years the treasury finds itself without any gold coin in its vaults. It is explained that this con dition is the result of an unprecedented demand for gold certificates during the time when the mints have been fully employed in coining Philippine silver and subsidiary silver for the United States. The increased demand for gold certificates which could only be issued for gold coin in the treasury came about through the needs of the large banking institutions. Wants Canteen In Use. Washington, Feb. 2. Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, commander in chief of the Asiatic squadron, writes to the navy department that desertions in bis command have been reduced to a mini mum. He says the worst drawback to discipline has been the excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Admiral Evans recommends the establishment of can teens in the navy, where beer and light wine may be sold to the men. to be taken with their meals. Foreigner In Orav Danger. Canton, China, Feb. 2. Placard were posted about this city during the night inciting the natives to attack and burn the shamein (suburbs) which la the European quarter. The consul have demanded protection of the viceroy.