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ST'l, , 1 1 1 ( OREGON -ll. a VOL. XXI. ST. HELENS, OIUiGON, Fill DAT, MAItCIl 11, 1904. NO. 13. II II M EVENTS OF THE DAY qatiii:ki:d from all parts op the TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Novlow of tb Import nt Happonlng of the Past Week, ' presented In Cuiulrnu4 form, Moot l ikely to Prove Intonating to Our Many Header. Tim senate hn passed tho naval nppnipi liitloll 1)111. Another British cabinet crisis It be lieved lu he nt hand. Tim Chicago Federation of tabor Is fighting Mayor Harrison. t 'nlttMl Miticworkors will leave (he quosiluii of strike with the local Un ions. A second bombardment of Vladi vostok lit reported In which tho Japan cm, lust one or two crullers. II, purl on affair of Indian Terrl leu y Hiiiui-ka of Kraft on tho part of ciiiii IiiU connected with speculative concerns. A Springfield, Ohio, mob took a negro, who shot a detective, from Jail, huiiKcd him mid then rlddlod hla body Willi lllllll'l. A witness In llm Buioot trial aay wiiii marrli'd after tho Issuance of din inaiiirtii and I positive llrlgham Young performed tho ceremony. Tin' report on Influence being exert i l ly member of coiiar" to gain In i-ieasc in posloltlro rental, clerk hi i . lit-., Involve members from all lnil five states, Oregon, Idaho, No mi, In. Ni'w Hampshire and Rhode la, land. Field Marshal von Waldersee Is (l.ii.l. The house ha paaind tho Indian ap ptuprlnlloii bill. prcyfti lino won an appeal for a ri vlnliiii of lilt raao. Tim I'nlted H(atee will not (rant tlin Ctiuiu Japan cabls concloii. will nut accept the chairman ship n( Un National Republican com wiitce. Kuitti-rn miner refu to accept a reduction In i'i and a strike li pruliHlilx. H'liuiur Nelson iloclaro American 1 ii i r. n r b ili'itmnil alio prevent the dl iu-in Ix'i iiK iit of China. Troop have been sent rroni Vladi vostok In iiutol tho Japanese ad inn,!' from the aouth. President Smith, of tho Mormou Inirih. nay congress la prying Into IiIh iloiiii'iiilc r?!rs without right. Hrlulii believe tho only diplomatic ilitiiKir ll' In a continental protein BKittiinl the Japanese C'oresn treaty. Jupiiri hn again addressed the pow ers lii reply to the Russian conten tion (hut lm violated rule of war. An ciirlhqtiaka In New Meilco did ii.ii, h ilumage to property. Itiiiwln welcome what It term the change In American aentiment. Advices from Port Arthur aay the Japanese are again bombarding that place, i he body of a mastodon In a good state of preservation ha been found In ar Dawson. Jiipnn hn completed tho landing of n great fon e In Corea, and a forward movement I expected toon. President Hmltb. In the 8 moot trial, says Mormons will defend plural mar rliicc If uii attack la mado. Tim Japanosn fleet haa allowed a miinliiT of colllnr to proceed to Vladi vostok, expecting to selso tho fuel and supplies when It take that port. A Inn linn been Introduced to allow tln Northern Pacific to aell land iiIoiik t tin right of way and quiet title to (nuts In 1'ortland and other Went cin clt lea. The Great Northern and Northern l'aelllc railway havo agreed to offer hoini'Koi'ker exciirilon rate during March ami April. Tho rata to the Went mid return will bo ono faro, pint $2.00. The flood Rltuutlon on the Ohio river lit Toledo I aorloui. Kli'K Kilwirrd la confined to hi room on account of lllno. Senator Hule think tho navy la auk Iik for too many now ahtpa. General Kouropatkln will make Mukden hi headquarters. Clilef of engineer recomrueenda nKiihiNt the extension of the Uray llnrlior Jetty. A IiIkIi HiiNHlnn offlclul any the ah timlonuient of Port Arthur would be (llmiKtroiiH to UusbIo. Kx -I'reNldent Cleveland denies that he ever had a Negro a his guest at luncheon, a reported. Jnpanpa refuge declare they wore I rented In a terrible manner by Hub i.liuiH nt l'ort Arthur. A nomine ran amuck In the war do m i t men t olllce, shooting one man and Hi lug nt other clerks. l'Varlng the approach of Japa ni'Mii II net, KiiHMHlnna and noncombat "iitH nt Ylukow are preparing to re tire. Heci-i'tnry Bhnw has cnlled on tho niillonnl bunks for 1:10,000.000 of gov- ci nmciit dcipoHtta to be applied on the price or uio I'nnama canal. Henaior Fulton has Introduced a hill HtrcnKlhnnlng the present salmon Mailing law so as to further restrict llnhliiK and extend tho closed season. .IiiimnoHO staff leaves for Coroa. and trnopH are expuctod to advance at once. (leneral Charles Dick has been elected to succeed the lata Senntor llunna. Premier Balfour effectively usod the wiir on n n argument for a greater Drlt IhIi imvy. fLEET SHUT OUT. Russian Ships Cannot Return to Vladivostok. Umdon, March D.TIi J a pun cue ligutliin here bus received no ollklul Information regarding the bombard- incut of Vladivostok, It la believed at the legation, however, that the Jup- uncNu are now between the HiiMHiun Cruiser squadron and Vladivostok, and there Is reason to believe that the ItiiHHlun squadron I In the vicinity of Posslet Hay. ItUHHlan official dispatches do not mention thla squadron, and this fact lends color to the belief that the Jap anese wniHhlp havo shut It out of Vladivostok. It Is pointed out at tho legation that If this Is true, tho Hus sion vessels are In a critical position, since they must run the gauntlet of the Japanese squadron off Vladivos tok or tho Japanese squadron off Port Arthur, buforo reaching a Husslou port. Ill a dispatch from Bt. Petersburg a correspondent of the Htumlard gives a rumor that tho Cznr bus received a telegram to the effect that the Jupun- e flmt bombarded Vladivostok all day Monduy. According to this rum or only trivial damage wns Inflicted to the ItusHlans, but one or two Japan ese cruisers were sunk. There Is much curiosity hero con cerning tho resisting power of Vlad ivostok, which has been long rcnard ed as the i Hint li a r of the Far Kast. Vladivostok Is known to be better vqulppcd as a naval base, and to -have greater docking and repairing re source than Port Arthur, hut doubts are expressed as to the character of Its defenses. Itusata has been settled (hero for 40 years, and It Is conse quently conitldcrcM pronahle thul the leftttises and guns at this place are of a somewhat obsolete character. It Is understood that during (lie past few years all (hn available new gutis and war material which It was possible to send over the single. Hue rrnns Hlberluu railroad have been used for the strengthening of Port Arthur snd points In .Manchuria, Icav- ng Vladivostok with old type guns of short rsllge. It Is reported that Vlud Ivoslok Is 111 supplied with provisions and necessaries. IHspatcheM from Tokio published Ibis morning speak of (he sacrifices lining made by the Japanese nation. According to the Dally Chronicles orrcspondent nt Toklo, the Mikado is abandoning all luxuries, the court following his example, and all are go ing to live abstemiously until the war Is ended. HOPE IS ON LAND. Russia Consider That the War Has Hardly Begun. Bt. Petersburg, March 8. Although nlnioHl four weeks have elapsed since the Japanese fleet first attacked Poll Arthur, here tho war Is considered hardly begun. Heavy land fighting, upon which the fate of the campaign icpends, Is not expected much before Ihe end or April. Ily this time Itus ula will have In the field, exclusive of the largo army of men required to guard tho railroads, four army corps, each with a cavalry division and on artillery brigade. All thul has hap pened so fur, or I going to happen un lit these forces arc In the field. Is con sidered, according to the KuhsIiiii view, to be nothing more than the prologue to the rent drama. The crippling of the Port Arthur fleet was unfortunate In that It gave tho enemy the command of the sea at (he very outset. It Ib, however, of relatively small Importance from the standpoint of the main strategy of the war, whether Port Anbur stands or falls. Hut as Ionic as it holds out, and tho fleet Is harbored there, It will constitute a. potential menace which will restrict and hamper Japan s op erations, and the Hussluns are deter mined to defend Port Arthur as horo trolly as they did Sevastopol. No large garrisons will be retained there; 10,000 men are as good as luu.uou ror defense, whllo tho more men the more mouths to feed. There are enough provisions there now to Inst for eight months, In addition, there will bo a division or Cossacks witn mountain batteries on the peninsula to oppose landings and - huriiKs the enemy If It succeeds In investing ine city, Flood Peril Is Passsd. Hnrilshurg. Pa.. March 9 Tho Ju littn and Susquehanna rivers bnve been falling all day and Weather Ob server Domain said tonight that they III continue to full for 24 hours. The Korges above and below Hnrrlsburg are still Intact and there bus been no movement In the Susquehanna river Ince the break of yesterday ami in uie norge at High Spire. The conditions in the flooded district show an Im ,iv, .r veulerilnv and unless there Is a sudden rise In tho river, it Is (bought tho worst Is over. France Can Take No Offense. Purls. March 9. It Is not expected that Japan's Intention to build the So-oul-WIJu rallroud will cause any serl oiib clash with tho owners of the early Kronen concession. The original con cesion wns granted to a. Kronen com pany In 18. A considerable portion of the line bus already been laid under Krench auspices and It Is understood that Korolgn Minister Pelcasso has snuirht to nrotect Krench Interests ulong the road, as ho protected the rights of (he Panama l anai uoinpnny Railroad May Sell Lands. Washington, March 9. The senate (,1,1,1V imuxeil Hennlnr rosters mil ,,ti,,,,.liiir thn Northern Pacific Rntl road Company to sell surplus lands within Its right of way when It has no use for tho biiiiio, and confirming sules of sirh lands heretofore made by this company. CHANGE IS URGED COMMISSION ASKS REPEAL OP TIM BET AND STONE ACT. Forssts Should B Sold at Value Plscd by Appraisers -.Chang rtomcsUsd Law-ilk hards, Plnchott and Mcwcll Advocate Restriction of Cominuta tton Clause. Washington, March 8. The com mission appointed by the President on October 22. 1903, consisting of W. A. Rklisrds, commissioner of tho gener al land office; UlfTunl Plnchot, chief forester of (ho department of agri culture, and K, H. Newell, chief en gineer of the reclamation service, to make suggestions regarding revision of flio luw relating to public lands, has made to tho president a partlul report which was sent to congress to day. It recommends the repeal of the timber and stone act, and the substi tution of suitable provisions for sell ing, after appralsul, tho timber on public lunds thul Is needed lu lurgu or small quantities ror Industrial pur poses. Tho committee ulso recommends the repeal of the law permitting as signment of ('Ulrica miner tho desert In ml law, and urges the Importance of a more careful administration of law especially as to those provisions re luting to obtaining an adequate per manent water supply. It advocates the restricting of tr..- coinmulutloii cluuse of the homestead entry where such entries are located within forest reserves or where the land is chiefly valuable for timber. It stiggcats the outlines for a law permit ting homestead entries upon agricul tural lands within forest reserves and (he survey and description of such ag ricultural lands by metes and bounds rather than by the regular system, thus permitting tho agricultural lands (o he sclcrd'd along (he valleys and t embrace the good tillable land with out taking lu extensive tracts of aide hill. The recommendation also is made (hat when binds are restored to entry after temporary segregation ample time should be allowed homesteaders to exercise their rights, giving them the preference over persons who may wish to select the land by the use of scrip or other form of entry. DAVACEO BY SHELL FIRE. Japantsa Make Impression on Batter ies at Port Arthur. Nlu Chwnng, March 9. New arrlv- uls from Port Arthur confirm the ru mors In circulation here last week that tho westerly batteries have been bad ly damaged by the Japanese shell flit!. Desultory bombardments contin ue, but there bus been an absence of concerted action on tho purt of the Japanesse warships for a couple of lays. All of Ihe civilian popuation has been expelled from the town. A heavily iwiii'n train was derailed near tho town Saturday, but It Is not known bow much damage was done. Tho wreck was caused by an obstruc tion being placed on the track by Jap anese agents. There has been no recent damage to the Kusslsn squadron nt the hands of Japanese, the cruiser Asknld has been floated, and Expert Ullchrlst now de clares that he can save the battleship lletvlxan. The attempt to repair the liydock so that It would accommodate the battleship CxarevKch has been abandoned, and she will remain in a llssbled condition until the close of the war, or until she can bo sent to Vladivostok, where the drydock is large enough to accommodate her. Nlu Chwang Is now occupied by a hiii it 1 1 detachment of Cossack cavalry. AGAIN ALARM IN BALKANS. Sultan Rejects Memorandum Present ed by the Reform Power. Vienna. March 9. The optimistic feeling regarding the situation In the Hulkans has again given way to pes simism. The Sultan wns reported to have emphatically refused to ratify Ihe Niitchovltch agreement, and his at- tltudo occasions much anxiety In the Bulgarian government. Telegrams received here today de lure further thut the Sultan has re jected the memorandum presented by the reform powers ns well as the de mands for the gondnrmie commission. This commission Is making slow pro gress In Its work. The two civil agents are reported to have broken down un der the strain. Fare to St. Louis Fair. Chlcano. March 9. A committee of (he Transcontinental Passenger As .ij,itlti t,-iilv rleelileri to recommend to the general meeting of the asso ciation the adoption OI circuii raies for tho St. lx)iils Exposition from Pa cific Coast polnlB. Under this ar rangement, the rate from the Coast to O. 1 ...tla .I.HMllirll r-lllcnLUl W 1 1 1 lift 7ft $(17.50 direct to St. Louis and $72.50 direct lo i nicago unuimn m. um iit.n n,,.,allii, tt aiiTnvia helnir nl I III l,v.oiii,,i i.i ri-,..-- ".-r. lowed here was not settled. The com mittee also decided to recommend Ihe adoption of hoinoseoner8 rates. Japanese Take Island. Toklo. March 9. Japanese squad ron took possession of Hal-Yang-Tiio one of tho Klllot group of Inlands, on February 29. They found only stores of coal and slRniillng tings there, ihe Hussluns having evacuated the isliind on February 23. The Russians con tlnue to push southward along the coiiBt from Possiet liny toward song clung, tho correspondent continues and the Vladivostok squadron appar ently Is covering their commuulca tlon with Vladivostok. Another Flood Is Feared. lililul.,,,.., M,ii.,1i Q liV,im Tirnanltl Indications the Monongnhela and Al leghnuy rivers will again be nt a flood stage tomorrow morning. Huslness men and residents in the low sections are preparing lor a su-iooi singe. 8HELL THE CITY. Japanese Fleet of Seven Vessel Bom bard Vladivostok. Vladivostok, March 8. A (loot of five Japanese buttlcsblps and two cruisers appeared off this place at 1:25 o'clock this afternoon and bom barded the town and shore batteries fur OG minutes. The fleet approached from the di rection of Askold Island, at the east entrance to Ussurt Day, and about :2 miles southeast of Vladivostok. KnUrlng Ussurl liny, the enemy formed a line of battle, but did not upproach to a closer range than a mllo and one-third. Tbey directed their tire against the shore batteries and the town, but no damage resulted, us most or their 200 lyddite shells fulled to burst. The ItUHHlan batteries, commanded by Generals Vernotez and Artamonoff, did not reply, awaiting a closer ap proach of the enemy. The Japanese fire ceased at Z:30 p. m., and the enemy retired in tne oi rectlon of Askold Island. Simultan eously two torpedo-boat destroyer appeared near Askold Island and two more near Cape Muidel. Ihe Japan ese ships were covered with Ice. The attack resulted in no loss to the Hussluns, but cost the Japanese 00.000 rubles ($100,000) In ammuni tion. Most or tho projectiles were six and 11! Inch kIh'IIb. The population of Vladivostok wag warned this morning of the presence on the horizon of a hostile fleet and the prospect of an attack during the day, but It remained tranquil. TO OPEN BIG TRACT. Congress I Asked to Allow 8ettlera on Yakima Lands. Washington, March 8. Representa Ive Junes today Introduced a bill opening to settlement about 1,000 000 lures of unallotted lands of the Yak ima Indian reservation. Having the insurance of the support of the Inter- r department he hopes to secure the passage of this bill at the present ses sion. Tho bill authorizes the secretary of he Interior to classify and appraise he unallotted lands of the reserva- on. Irrigable and grazing lands are here to be thrown open under the homestead law, while timber lands will be sold under sealed bid after luo advertisement. Mineral lands v. Ill be disposed of under the mineral laws and arid land under the desert act. In addition to complying with the equirement of the land laws, settlers will bo required to pay the appraised alue of the lands they acquire. The bill recognizes the cisim of the Yak- ma Indians to the disputed tract of 300.000 acres lying west of their pres- nt reservation and east of the Bum- inl( of the mountains. The secretary Is authorized to make allotments to hose Indians on the reservation who have not yet received lands, and Is also authorized to set apart tracts of grazing and timber lands for the ben- tit of the tribe. FIRE LOSS GROWS. Oklahoma Now Puts Coat of Prairie Blaze at $500,000. Oklahoma City, Okla., March 7 Three persons perished in the prair ie Are and the financial loss by the fire and gale is estimated at $500,000. Further reports or property loss by both lire and wind Indicate that the first estimate was too low. The dam age by wind extends over seven coun ties in the Southwest. The total cases from fire and storm can as yet inly be estimated, but It Is the gener al opinion thut they will reach $500,- 000. Scores of persons are suffering from burns and broken limbs. The area from which reports of damage by wind come cover a hundred miles square and means, of communication over tho district 'are meager. This difficulty Is increased by the fact that poles are burned and wires blown down. The little town of Francis was des troyed by fire, but no particulars are given. Three residences at Snyder were de molished, and seven persons were In jured, none. It Is believed, fatally. At Mount Park, several houses were lemollshed, and half a dozen persons were Injured, none, seriously. A strip six miles wide and nine miles long burned 20 miles south of Hobart. The loss in the Kiowa country will exceed $150,000. Czar Will Replace Vessels Lot. Paris, March 8. The Figaro this morning published a St. Petersburg llspatch saying that a member of the 'omnilttee on the Increase of the nnvy has declared that $7,500,000 has thus far been subscribed to this end Count Orloff Dnvldoff has- telegraphed from Rome that he has placed $1,500, 000 at the disposition of tne commit tee. The Czar, the correspondent contin ues, has decided to rebuild the Rus ;lnn cruiser Varlag and the torpedo minboat Korletz, which were destroy' d at Chemulpo, out of his private purse. Lighthouse Tender Needed. Washington, March 8. Tho Secre tary of commerce and labor today re- ommended to congress that an ap propriation of $150,000 bo Immediate ly made ror the construction of a new lighthouse tender for the Thirteenth Lighthouse district. He states that the Miinznnltn, now assigned to that district, is suitable only for Alaskan service, and should be permanently stationed in Northern waters. A staunch sea-going vessel la needed off (lie Washington and Oregon coasts, Russia Wants American Apparatus, New York, March 8. A rush order has boon plnced with an American firm for apparatus used In coaling warships at sea. It Is expected thut the 45 Russian vessels In home witters will be In position by June to proceed, if necessary, to Far Eastern stations, taking with them the Amer ican Invention which will enable the war vessels to proceed without run ulng afoul of the regulations at neu tral ports regarding coal. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON KNOW TIMBER BU8INE8S. Many Men Coming From Western States. Middle There I Indication of a large lrnml- La Grande. Morgan Lake, situated gration to Oregon this spring from the about two miles above La Grande, haa Middle Western States, of a nature, been thoroughly tested as to the that will be very Important In the 'amount of power and water that can development of the timber resource of the sate. C. H. Stewart of Albany, one of a number of people interested In timber claims, the applications for which were suspended because en tered In the wrong district, has been corresponding with the holders of sus pended claims, with a view to con certed action in the matter of getting their applications reinstated. A number of people in the Middle Western States are Included In the list of holders of suspended applica tions. These people have been com municated with by Mr. Stewart, and a great many or tnem nave written letters to the effect that they will be here this spring to assist In looking the matter up. During the course of the corres pondence letters have come from lum bermen In Wisconsin, Michigan, Min nesota, and the two Dakotas to the effect that they will remove to Ore gon to reside and Invest their means in timber and the necessary mills to put It on the market. This will be done both because of the great op portunities offered In Oregon, and be cause of the rigorous weather that has prevailed In their home states during the present winter. They are all substantial men who have had experience in the lumber business, and have been on the ground In Oregon, and are conversant with the conditions here. They will come here seeking a new field for opera tions, where there are abundant re sources and a climate in which life can be enjoyed and work continued the year round. " LEGISLATURE WILL DECIDE. Unpaid Indian War Claim Will Be Presented to That Body. Salem. Secretary of State Dun bar has prepared a circular letter which he Is sending out to all Indian War veterans who have unpaid claims against the State. He infom tbem that since the appropriation has been exhausted he has no further authority to audit claims or Issue warrants, but he will preserve the claims and pre sent them to the next Legislature. This Is In accordance with a general law prescribing the duties of the Sec retary of State. The claims now in the hands of the Secretary or State amount to $35,227.06. It Is understood that Adjutant- General Gantenbein has received claims amounting to 115.000 more. Whether the remaining claims will be raid rests entirely with the Legislat ure. Articles of Incorporation Filed. Salem. Articles of Incorporation were filed in the office of the Secre tary of State last week as follows: Farmers' Irrigating Company, Hood River, $75,000. Warrenton Grocery ft Butcher Com pany, Warrenton, $5000. Stanfield Irrigation Company, Echo. $5000. Object to construct an irriga tion system in Umatilla and Morrow counties, taking water from Umatilla river and Butter creek. Abbett Tinning ft Roofing Company, Portland, $1000. Shipping Supply Company, Port land. $1000. Lutke Manufacturing Company, of fice furniture manufacturing, Port land. $50,000. Prasll ft Co.. Inc.. Portland, liquors. cigars, $2000. Campbell Transportation Company. Portland. $50,000. La Grande Mercantile Company, La Grande, $20,000. Maccabees' Building Association. Roseburg, $16,000. Oklahomans at Independence. Independence. Five families of Ok lahomans arrived here from Californ ia this week. They have found two residences in which they have moved until better accommodations can be secured. They are pleased with the country, and state that they will lo cate here. They state that they are in communication with some 50 fami lies In Oklahoma who are contemplat Ing coming West and will settle In this state if they are satisfied, as the cold winters In the East are driving many west. ' 1 K. of P. at Pendleton. The District Convention of the Knights of Pythias was held last week at Music Hall and was attended by 300 delegates and visiting Knights. This district. No. 10, is composed of (he following: Damon, No. 4, Pendle ton; Pythian, No. 29. Athena: Steph ens, No. 49, Weston: Pleiades, Ne. 74. Helix; Hercules. No. 71. Milton: Tomax, No. 93, Adams. Independence, Krebbs Bros., who purchased the Henderson-Murphy farm, have placed a large crew or men on the place and state they will place al of the available land Into hops. It is thought that somethiug over 500 acres will be so planted. They will build a number of hophouses and other buildings, and will use probably nearly 1.000.000 feet of lumber in their Improvements. Record of Second Oregon Volunteers. Salem. The State Printer has com pleted and delivered to Adjutant- General Flnzer the 1440 additional copies of the official record of the Socond Oregon Volunteers. The Adjutant-General will supply one copy of the book to each member of the Sec ond Oregon, free of charge. Gain of 100 Pupils. Pentdleton. Secretary Hailey of the Pendleton school district will file his census with the county superin tendent In a few days. It shows a gain of 100 pupils over last year, there being this year 1616. POWER FROM MORGAN LAKE. La Grande May Soon Have Suburban Electric Lin. ' be obtained from It. The power will be used for different important things , for the benefit of La Grande and the comjminlty. More power will be used for the electric light plant and to run a motor line to Hot Lake and other points in the county. The engineer reported to the officials of the electric light company that their plan was entirely feasible and practicable. The plans call for a frac tion over two miles of pipe and the power obtained through the pipe will be equal to 500 horsepower. The res ervoir when filled will contain water sufficient to furnish this amount of power for a period of one year, with out receiving any additional supply. In other words, when the lake Is filled it will contain enough water to sup ply water for 500-horsepower. The lake is situated 1100 feet above the power station, which, according to the plans or the engineer, will be located near the site of the Old Town flouring mill. LAWS TO BE VOTED UPON. Printed Pamphlets of Direct Primary and Local Option Measures. Salem. Secretary of State Dunbar has received from the State Printer the first copies of the pamphlets con taining the full text of the direct pri mary law and the local option law, which will be voted upon by the people on June 6. Ninety thousand copies of each pam phlet will be printed. The printer has already turned out 30.000 copies of the local option law, and 60,000 copies of the direct primary law. The former fins 20 pages and the latter 52 pages. In a few days the Secretary of State will distribute these pamphlets to the several counties in sufficient quanti ties so that each voter may have one, free of charge. Coming Events. State Convention. Knights of the Maccabees, Portland, March 22. County Recorders and Auditors. Portland, March 25. Republican primaries, April 2. Republican County Conventions, April 7. Republican Convention. First Con gressional District, Salem, April 13. Republican Convention, second Congressioned District, Portland, April 13. Republican State Convention, Port land. April 14. Democratic Convention, Multnomah County. Portland. April 14. Oregon cattlemen s Association, Portland. April 16. Democratic State Convention, Port land. April 19. Dog Show, Portland. April 20-22. University of Oregon-Pacific Uni versity debate. Forest Grove. April 22. Annual reunion. Department of Ore gon, G. A. R., Hood River, June 15-17. Wheat Prospect is Flattering. Pendleton, "I do not think I have ever seen tte wheat outlook so good at this time of the year as it is now between Pendleton and Athena." said Representative W. M. Blakely re cently. Mr. Blakely. who is ex sheriff of Umatilla county, owns a fine tract of wheat land at Eastland. "The grain is very strongly rooted, and in this respect has a splendid start. The acreage on the reservation and around Adams, Athena and Helix is about all' in, though the good conditions may in duce a few farmers to sow more." PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 77c; blue- stem, 81c; Valley. 82c. Barley Feed. $21622 per ton: brewing. $22; rolled. $2425. Flour Valley. $3.903.95 per bar rel; hard wheat straight. $44.20; clears. $3.854; hard wheat patents, $44.20; clears. $3.854; hard wheat patents. $4.40(fr4.60; graham, $3.50 3 90: whole wheat. $3.654.05; rye flour, $4.5l4.75. Oats No. 1 white. $1.17H1.20; grav. $1.10'1.15 per cental. Mlllstuffs Bran, $1819 per ton; middlings. $24.50026; short. $1920; chop $18; linseed, dairv food. $19. Hay Timothy, $l5(fT17 per ton; clover. $1112; grain. $1213; cheat, $1213. Vegetables Turnips, 80c per sack; carrots, 80c; beets, $1; parsnips, $1; cabbage. l-ff2c: red cabbage, 2c; let tuce, head. 25 40c per dozen; hot house. $2 per box: parsley, per dozen, 25c; tomatoes, $1.501.75 per crate; cauliflower. 75c$l per dozen; celery, t!5ijf80e per dozen; squash. lV4c per pound; cucumbers. $1.752.25 per dozen: onions, yellow Danvers, $2 2.25 per sack, growers' price. Honey $33.50 per case. Potatoes Fancy. 80cCf$l. per cent al; common, 60c 80c, growers' price; sweets, 2V4c in sacks; 2c crated. Fruits Apples, fancy. Baldwins and Spitzeubergs. $1.50(2.25 per box; choice, tl 01.50: cooking, 75c. Butter Sweet cream butter. 30c per pound; fancy creamery, 274 30c; choice creamery. 25c; dairy and store, nominal. Butter Fat Sweet cream, 284c sour cream, 26M.C Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12V4 1,1c per pound; springs, small 15 lc; hens. 1313V4c; turkeys, live, 15 16c per pound; dressed. 1820c; ducks, $8 9 per dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 1314c Young America, 15c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 17 18c. Beef Dressed, 57c per pound. Mutton Dressed, 67c; lambs. 8c Veal Dressed. 6V49c. Pork Dressed, 7V4c. Hops Choice, 25 26c per pound; prime. 2425c. Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Ore gon, 1215c; mohair, 3235c. GALE DRIVES FIRE. Prairie Fr Sweep Over Oklahoma With Great Damage. Lawton, Okla., March 5. Driven by a terrific gale from the north, which at times reached the velocity of 90 mlels an hour, a prairie fire swept over thousands of acres of Kiowa and Comanche counties last night, destroy ing hundreds of (arm buildings and much live stock, made 1000 persons homeless, caused the death of several persons, threatened a number of towns and swept away scores of build ings in the outskirts of towns. The losses from wind and fire re ported to date rollow: Hobart, $4000; Vinson, $8000; Lawton, $10,000; small country towns, aggregate, $50,000; farm property, $100,000. The country was very dry, no rain having fallen for months. Grass and stubble fires set by farmers, as is cus tomary at this season of the year, were soon driven beyond control by the gale, which rose suddenly. All estimates of the loss exceed $200,000. At Hobart, the county seat of Kiowa county, the fire destroyed numerous outlying buildings. The 75. 000 acres of Government military and timber and Indian reserve near Ho bart were swept with loss of buildings and cattle. In the Homestead district near Law- ton, occurred the loss of life. Late at night the fire began moving southward toward the city. At 12 o'clock, midnight, 5000 people of this city were up In battle with the flames. The advance line of the fire was fully two miles In length and moved lu a semicircular form. Two thousand men turned their ef forts to checking the grass borders of the reservation at the city limits. Water from every source, carried In every conceivable way, was distributed along the line and carled .all around the city limits. This served the pur pose of checking the advance lines of the fire, but was of little avail in hindering the continued rolling of the firebrands into the streets of the city. In more than a hundred places flames aross from dwellings, barns and out bouses, but wherever a blaze grew men were present to quench it with water. As a result of the cool Judg ment of the lighters, the city's loss was only $10,000. Stories are coming in tonight of how families laid out on the barren prairie through the freezing night after the storm had passed with only the thin clothes on their backs as re minders of once prosperous homes. Hundreds of people are destitute and are sufferinging intensely in the cold with the excruciating pains caused by their burns. Clothes, medicine and physicians are being sent cut from all the cities and towns of the district ta relieve the suffering. TO RENEW FIRE. Japanese Ships Believed to Be Re plenishing Supplies. St. Petersburg, March 5. The au thorities are badiy puzzled at the ap parent disappearance of the Japanese squadron which has been investing Port Arthur, and are Inclined to be lieve that the ships are being coaled and their ammunition supply replen ished. In order to renew the bombard ment at an early date. The report which is being persis tently circulated by the "official" news agency that the Japanese have retirel discouraged at their lack of success In damaging the fortress, and the severe injury to some of their ships, is laugh ed at by the best-posted of the naval experts here. They point out that the ships of the Japanese squadron have used a great deal of ammunition In their several bombardments of the fortress, and declare it was to be ex pected they would have to withdraw to their base in order to load supplies and coal. CEMENT BIDS EXCESSIVE. Government Will Erect Own Plant at Arizona Irrigation Works. Washington, March 5. The Interior department today rejected all the bids submitted several days ago for the supply of some 150,000 to 250,000 bar rels of Portland cement to the gov ernment for the Salt River irrigation project in Arizona. The action is the result of the excessive prices submit ted by the cement manufacturers, the department stating that first-class Portland cement can be manufactured at the dam-site on Salt River from good materials at hand there for less than $3 a barrel, including the entire cost of the plant, fuel, operation, etc. ine department will now consider the question of erecting a plant for the Government manufacture of the cement, the purchase of the supply in open market, or readvertisement of bids. Steamers Intended for Russia. Taconia, Wash., March 5. While no confirmation of the fact is obtainable at this time, the belief is gaining ground that the steamers sold by the .orthern Pacific Steamship Company to the Northwestern Siberian Com pany are intended for tue Russian government, and will never be put on the Alaska run, except to pass Alas ka on tnetr way toKamschatka. The fact that John Rosene, manager of the purchasing company, recently return ed from St. Petersburg, and the fur ther fact luat e is owner of valuable concessions from the Rusian govern ment, lends odor to tue report. To Prevent Crossing of Yalu. Seoul, March 5. The Rusian forces al Anjti are compelling the Coreans to supply them with rice, fodder and fuel. The Russians are fortifying An lung heavily, with the apparent Inten tion of preventing the Japanese from crossing the Yalu. The commander of a British gunboat, bringing down res idents of that nationality from Song Chong, reports the death of Prince Yl Chai Sun, a nephew of the former king and a man who has filled ail the high posts In the kingdom. Siberian Reserves Anxious to Go. St. Petersburg, March 5. -Mall ad vices from Siberia say the army re serves from the rural districts seem to be more anxious to go to the front than the townsmen. Many of the lat ter are presenting physicans' certifi cates of Illness.