The Oregon mist., April 15, 1904, Image 1

THE
OREGON
VOL. XXI.
MIST
ST. Tircr.v.vu mrwrifiv lnnniv aiumi ik ivr.i .t
EVENTS OF THE DAY
QATHUKl'D FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Put Week,
Presented In Condensed form, Moat
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Reader.
1 1 . 1ii , tln hero of the- Morriuiac,
iii defeated (or congress lu Alabama
Ice jniun in me ft. J-awreneo river
arc lloodiug many house In Moutre
sulnitt'.
Russia ha demanded (liat Japanese
intructor with tlio Chinese army be
ilisiuis hI.
TIi passage o( llu Yalu ly the Jan
anise will not I strongly opposed by
the Russian.
president I'm Tern Frye, of 0m sen
ate, and Speaker I annon, of the house,
have signed the 1005 (air bill.
Colorado militia officer, adjudged In
contempt of court for action In the
strike, declare tliry will defy the judge
A kit (Unround has been picked out
by the Russian in tli Interior of Man
churia, were they priqxwe to slaughter
the Japanese.
Hie agitation in Spain over Fraur'a
aa'vjtiirnttc ttrm hold on .Morocco doe
ti,,t mu.' anxiety in France, aa it in
believed the irritation will ubido
without struiuing the relation between
tin two countries.
Knvia In short of turn fur her fleet.
Spain ia very bitter because of the
Anglo-French treaty.
Faster service in Russia ara much
mure impressive than uaual thia year
Queen Atcxatid-a' persistent urging
nukes Britain ready to ileal with Kua-
U.
liurke Cockran, of New York, aaya
the house ia losing canto and hula it
take up.
F.xiled Colorado milieu lay they
were subjected to most cruel treatment
by the militia.
The port of Portland drydock la in
uttiou and in a few daya the Brat
vessel can enter.
A leading dignitary in tho Church of
F.ngland holds that the old tratauient
is a pack of lira.
The senate ha passed the 1005 fair
hill in the nine form aa it earn from
the bonne and the measure ia now
ready for the president' ignature.
A favorable report haa been made to
the house on Representative Jonea' bill
opening the urn plus landa of the Yaki
ma Indian reservation to settlement.
The Anglo-French colonial treaty has
been signed in London.
Fx Oueen Isalsalla, of 8f ain, grand
mother of Alphonso, la dead.
Three persons were killed nd nine
injured in a tornado in Texal.
MakarofI has engaged the Japanese
fleet off port Arthur. No details are
obtainable.
The University of Washington de
feated the I'nitersity of Oregon -n "
hate at Seattle.
Japan has almost completed arrange
ments for landing tiooj In the vicin
ity of Port Arthur.
Imported Colorado miners returned
to Tvlluride, but were met by the mi
litia and made to go again.
Patterson, of Colorado, holds that all
Chinese exclusion laws will expire Dei-ember
7, and urges the senate to aat.
Nearly $2,000,000 is now available
fr the Iw is and Clark fair. Many
states have provided exhibit and oth
ers will.
A military expert, in reviewing tho
war situation, says Japan is greatly
strengthening her hand by delaying
general attack.
The Japanese have crossed the Yalu
and occupy several Important por
tions. Kouropatkin has now massed the
force he desired before beginning active
ts-ration.
According to the census bureau but
22 Mates now have lesa than a million
inhabitants and 14 exceed two million.
John W. Kalua, United State Judge
of the Hecond circuit, at Honolulu, ha
lieon removed from ofllce by tho presi
dent. Russia will endeavor to Join it fleets
and attack Togo.
The census bureau ha Issued a bul
letin which gives tho estimated popula
tion of the United tftatea for 1003, ex
clusive of Alaska and the Insular poa
wssions, at 7",D00,S89. Of the citle
of the Northwest, Portland i given
iiH.055; (Seattle, 1)2,020; Tacoma, 4S,
102; Kpokann, 41,027; Uuttfl, 3H.127.
Ground has been broken at the Lewi
and Clark exposition it for the flrrt
building of importance, the atate
building.
A special car bearing 03 Indian en
route to see Kooxevelt collided with a
mail train in Illinois and three brave
were killed and 20 injured.
Republican elected mayor of Kan
sas City, Mo, and will control the coun
cil. At Miwlaukoo the Democrat elected
their mayor and 21 out of 40 council
men. The Labor Union ticket carried In
the towns of Colorado where election
were held.
"Min IN WRHCK. I I 1 .
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aata Barbara Street Car Ovcrturntd
ana rive Klllta Outright.
PanU ItnrW. Cal., April 13. A
trwt car loaded with passenger, re
turning to town f.om tho Old Mission
run off the (rack at Harden and Ml.
Ion street t,Hnv a,ul flvB ,,,,,,
res.iluM. All of Urn dead were Hunt,,
lUtrlmta people. Over 20 of the pas
angers were injured, many of th..,..
Iflng frightfully mangled. Over half
of the injured had iKine broken about
the body and not a few of them inffurvd
vrlmi fracture ol the skull.
The accident was duo to a defect In
the brake appatotus, was aa revealtnl
.'torn an inaction of the car, after the
accident. While the nai brake were
tightly set against the wheel, the for
ward brake were of no service lncaum
of the breaking of a part of the gear
llig. The niotornmn diacovenal that oine
thlng was wrong with the car several!
blocks above the toint whem tb.
dent occurred and emleavoreil to set
wie oraki-a, but faile. to check the
peed of the car. At the Intersection
of (iatden and Mission street there 1 a
harp curve, and the car was moving at
us nia-neat simhkI down a 5 wr cent
graiio when the curve was reached.
i lie car was thrown from the track
upon Its aide, the passngvr Mug
uirown in evrey direction. One section
ol tho car was smashed into splinters.
I nose w im were Instantly killed and
many of those who were most eerlotisly
ln,ured were standing upon the guard
ran on me sole ol the car as it crashed
into the ditch.
A soon aa the newa of the accident
spread throughout the city every avail
alle phyaitian wa sent to the aid of
the injured and many immilnetit resl
dents of the city were anion those
who aided the suffering and dying. A
majority of the injured were taken to
the hospital and tho remainder were
leiuoved to their home.
AUTOS FOR fSB IN THB WAR.
First Shipment Started From St
Pstsra
burg lor tb Front.
8t. Petersburg, April 13. It is stut-
rd that the Russian government has
lecided to make an extensive use of
rnied automobiles during the coming
campaign In Manchuria. A large
number have recently been Import.!,
Ihey being the latest product of the se
lect factories In (.iermauy, France and
Ilelgiiim, and the first bat: h w ill be
sent to the front from Moscow on a
special (rain today.
They are to bo manned by exx'rlenc
ed oltlcers drawn from the last gradu
ate from the military, and It 1 expect
ed that they will be of very great ad
vantage to tienerat Kutliki, to whom
haa len entrusted the making of all of
the arrangement for the trip of tho
Baltic fleet to the Far Fast, haa trans
mitted to the ctar the preliininay re
port of what is expected to be accom-
ludied. lie declares that It w ill he
possible to get the fleet to it de.itlna-
ion before the hist of August, should
nothing unforscen happen.
Two Husisan army corp are to be
mobilized during May. One of these
wilt have headquarters at and will lie
drafted from Moscow and the surround-
ng towns, while the other will come
from Hilwria. The officer who made
this announcement staled that Uiinsla
lid not consider herself in any danger
from Japan and that therefore she
would not remove" any of the troops
along her seaboard where they might
be nc led should any other nation iiav
lesign against her.
Irritation In New Msxko.
Washington. April 13. The census
bureau in a preliminary report on Irri
gation in New Mexico in 1102, show
2fi4.U48 acre Irlgated Irom all sources.
The number of fiirm represented was
0.2H5, and the average cost per Irrlgat
ed acre I10.H7. The 1,240 Irrigation
systems cost, initially for main canals
ml ditche and tne necessary neau
gates, reservoirs, dams, pumping
ilanU, etc., f4,;iUI,iuo. I no enure
ength of main-canal and ditche was
22,040 mile, an average length per sys
tem of over two mile.
Convict' Sensational Suicide.
Fresno, Cal., April 13. Richard
Mminoulnn todav. while waiting the
return of a jury which had tried him
i I Hii...t..lni. riMi.nr
on tlio Charge m innro'is ........
Michael hero on July 2, mri, threw
himself from tho window of Judge
Amdiii' courtroom, on tho third floor
of tho court house building, to the
pavement below, receiving injuries
from which ho died. The jury had al
ready pronounced him guilty and would
have given him life imprisonment.
Senator 0y ' V-T "
New York, April 13. United Mates
Senator Quay U reported to bo ill in
Atlantic City. No one Ih allowed to
sco him ami tho attending physician
ha given Btrlct order that no verbal
or written message pertaining to pol
itic or busines shall I taken Into the
sick room. The senator, it wo sa d,
must have absolute rest and be free for
tho present from all care. Ho ia 71
year old.
Mississippi Tear Out Levee.
Rolling Fork, Mis., April 13.-U is
reported tonight that a portion of the
levee at ! Head has caved In, seri
ously impairing the strength of the
embankment and conafng grave fear of
. crevasse. Urge force of men are
engaged In reinforcing tho levee.
I HAnnnMiwnc unnn im nnrnnM
UOLD FIND IN CROOK COUNTV, I VIIJW MOOD RlVliR LANDS.
Clin Butt Contain a Masa of Uold-
Bsarlng Kock.
Ilcnd Cllno llutte, 15 mile nortl
oi iieiel, has Im'cii found to contain
huge iiiiihs of gold bearing ris k. The
whole Initio ia siiniiosed to In ot tl
same character ami there has boon ii!to
a man to locale claims there. There Is
room, however, lor les than a iioxen
mining claims on this butto, but a slui
liar geological formation extends
through a string of hills to the west
wain ami prospecting la In progress
mere.
The rock is porphyry and uuartlxite
and it carries about $4 In gold and a
little silver to the ton. This surface
outcrop is coimlilcied very promising.
1 he ease with which this rock can Ih
mined gives it value, even at this low
grade. It ia estimated that at least
half ila value will lw prollt. The rock
I of the same kind that is found in
the Oi hoco mines, northeast of Priue
ville.
This discovery was made by Otto
IteliUfT and C. P, llecker, the latter
having s'tit a year and a half on tl
Yukon, w here he became acquainted
with gold mining. Steps are being
taken to develop the t ime llutte claims.
MliAVY FIKU LOSSES.
Sbowa by Annual Report of Insurance
Coaimlaalontr Dunbar.
raleiu .n increase ol over 10 er
cent in the lire insurance business, a
decrease of 17 r cent In net premi
urn on tiro insurance, an increase of
IS ht cent in both business and net
premium In life insurance, and tho
withdrawal of all but three surety com
panics, are the most prominent features
of the annual report of Insurance Com
missioner F. I. ihinhar.
Tho report cover the year 1003, and
was c nipilod on April 1, a required
by law. Though the report showa tho
healthy industrial growth of the state,
as indicated by tho increasing fire in
surance business, it also shows tho de
creasing prollls caused by unusual fire
Iosmts. In the past five years the
amount of lire risks written pel year
has increased about 50 per cent. In
I M!H the total a Si4,!0O,00U. In 11HK1
it as 1'.I5,500,000. The net premiums
for IHIKt are less than in 1002, or for
any other year since 1WIH. The fire
losses for UNI'.' were t)5v,000 and for
1IKKI 1 ,31 4100, or an increase of
most 100 per cent. Seven companies
lost money last year on their insurance
business in Oregon.
TO TAP TIMBI3R BliLTS.
Oregon ft Southeastern to Again Btfln
Construction.
Cottage drove That the Oregon A
Southeastern railroad may 1 extended
into virgin timler lands, construction
work Is to lw renewed after an interval
of four months.
A grading gang will start at once and
a tracklaying gang wilt follow in a few
lay. O. II. Ilengen, of New ork,
manager of the road, savs the line will
ho extended this season to Warehouse,
ten miles from here. Two miles of
grade are now almost ready for tho
track.
Manager Hengen declares that the
depressed liimlier situation will not
long continue, and wishe to have the
road extended Into new timber belt to
take advantage of a livlier market.
The new electric plant of the Oregon
sectiritiea company will lie commenced
thia week, Manager Ilengen says. A
gang is now connecting the machine
Irlll In the long tunnel. The com
pany expect to strike the Champion
oie chute in about III) days from this
tunnel, which will be used later for an
electric road from tho Champion to the
Muslck mine.
Indian rtavs a Whole Honth.
Pendleton The Umatilla Indians,
whose diseased caynse brought the
slate veterinarian to the range In
Northern Morrow two week ago' to In-
iecl conditions, will have all this
month to dip their (iiilmal and try to
Id them of mango. ats will he pro
vided at Pendleton by the domestic an
imal commission of the state, and the
Indians miiHt have their animal here
before May 1. A similhir opportunity
i extended white men with mangy
horse. The expense of dipping will
to paid by the state.
To Clear Columbia Channel.
Tho Dulles Major W. C. Langfltt,
engineer in charge, accompanied by
Lieutenant Hee and w. ji. fliorrni,
have left on an inspection visit to
Threo-Milo rapids, above thi city,
where work will commence, jinmediate
ly'upon removal of obHtriietiona in the
Columbia at that point- Tho contract
for thi work, awarded some time since
to Wakefield A Co, f Portland, bus
now been approved und operation will
be pushed there at once.
1o Build Levees Along River.
Pendleton County Judgo Hartman
and ComuilHHioiier Walker are In Walla
Walla to confer with thocommiHHlonors
of that county on Important improve
ments for the Littlo Walla Walla river
near Frecwater and Milton. Nearly
every season the river ho overflowed
it bank mid done considerable damugo
to fruit and crop. The two counties
will co-operate in the building of the
levees.
Baatcrn Oregon 0. A R.
La Orando The KiiHlorn Oregon O.
A. K. encampment will meet in La
Orando thi year for tho ilrst time in
somo year on July 1, 2, 3 and 4, and
it will be one of the most rousing cele
brations ever held In KaHtern Oregon.
Stat Land Board Plal With Farms
on Which Loan ll Aiktd.
Hood River Governor Chamberlain,
Secretary of Slate Frank Dunbar ami
Stale Treasurer Charles K, Moore, com
piling the stute land board, arrived In
Hood 1(1 ver the Ilrst of the week and
were driven over the valley lu older
thai they might form an opinion of the
fruit lauds upon which the state I to
lend school money to the farmer who
most borrow funds to meet their pay
ment on stock in the I aimers Irrlga
tlou company.
All the niemlHU of the board were
very favorably impiossod with what
they saw, and are perdi tly satlslled to
loan tho Hood River farmer the money
some of them need.
Five and Svea Cent.
Astoria The Columbia River Fish
ermeh' Protective union haa fixed the
opening prices for salmon oil the Co
lumbia river for the coming season at
5 cents per pound for fish weighing less
than 2ft pound and 7 cent xt pound
lor those weighing iifi pound or over.
This is the same price aa last season
lor tho small llsh, but I an advance of
one cent for tho large one. The meet
ing also appointed a committee on the
quest ion of ulllliallng with the Fisher
men' Protective union of the I'aclllc
coast and Alaska.
Cole Hot Spring Sanitarium.
Ij Grande Arrangement are lining
made for the erection of a sanitarium
at the Coles hoi springs at llaliie. It
Is reported that Dr. May and other
linker City parties, who have a 42
year lease on the proprcly, have en
tered into a contract with Mr. Snell of
llaine to furnish 260,000 feet of lulu-
cr for the count ruction of the build
ing, T.iis will tnnke two springs of the
kind In I'.astreu Oregon, the Hot Lake
having been used for this put pose for
some time.
Columbia Jstly to 0 Extended.
Astoria Assistant Knglneer Hegardt
tales that the replacing of the portion
if the jetty trestle, which wa carried
away by storms last w inter, has lawn
i-omplcted and work on the jetty ex
tension will be resumed on April .10.
lie thousand tons of ris k will then lw
received from the Rugby quarry, but
no rock will Imi received by water from
the Columbia contract company' quary
for some time, aa the reviving wharves
at Fort Stevens have been delayed in
const ruction.
Will Vol oo Ualoa County Seat.
Iji tiraudi The county court of
Union county has just decided that the
I iicm Ion of relocating tho county neat
from Union to I .a Grande may lie voted
upon by tho people, of the county In
be general election in June. J. I).
Sinter, of La Grande, appeared for the
petitioners and r. II. Crawford, of
I nloii, for the remonstrator. The
court decided to dismiss the ronton
tiiic and granted the prayer of the
petitioner.
Dowa a Long Flum.
Ia Grande Tho work of shooting
wood down the flume from Fox hill to
the electric light plant at Oro Doll,
which furnishes the light for I .a
Orando, licgini thi week. The flume
i two miles long. Six men are em
ployed.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 74c j valley,
K:ic; bluestem, 81c.
Hurley Feed, 123 per ton; rolled,
12425.
Flour Vallev, 3.0(5(4.05 per bar
rel; haul wheat straights, 1(34.25;
bars, 13.85(4 4. 10; bard wheat pat
ents, l.40(,4.7O; graham, $3.50(44;
whole wheat, fl((4.25; rye flour,
14.25.
Oats No. 1 white, l.151.17!v J;
gray, I.10(1.12, percental.
Millstufls Bran, f lti20 per ton;
middlings, f20.5027; shorts, $20(4
1; chop, IH; linseed, dairy food,
ll.
Hay Timothy, $15(110 per ton;
clover, 1 ()( 1 1 ; grain, $11(912; cheat,
$11(412.
Fgg Oregon ranch, 17,VllHc.
llulter Sweet cream butter, 30c per
ound; fancy creamery, 25c; choice
reiimery, Z.'jfa-le; dairy and store,
nominal.
Ilutter Fat Sweet cream, 28,itt'c;
sour cream, 211's'c.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 13(9
13,'tic per pound ; Rpriiigs, small, li(i
18; hens, 13I4c; turkeys, live, 10
ftl7c; dressed, 1820c; duck, $H(I
per dozen; geese, livo, He per pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12 13c;
Young America. 14'ai5e.
Vegetables Turnips, 80o per sack;
carrot, HOc; beets, $1; parsnips, $t;
cabbage, l'.i(2c; lettuce, head, 25(!
40c per dozen ; parsley, 25c ; tomatoes,
$2.25(!2.60 per crate; caulillower, 75c
($l per dozen; celery, 0090c;
squash, 2o per pound; cucumbers,
$1.75(42 per dozen; asparagus, 8(S
I lc; peas, lie per pound; rhubarb, 7
lie; beaiiH, 10c; onions, Yellow Dnn
vers. $2(t2.40 per sack.
Honey $3(9:1.60 per case.
Pol atiwfi Fa ncy , $ 1 1 .35 per con tal ;
common, 70(??00c; now potatoes, Sc
per pound; sweets, 5e per pound.
Fruits Htiawbei-rlea, 21c per basket;
apple, fancy Baldwin and Spltzen
Imrgs, $1.50(32.60 par box; choice, $1
1.M); cooking, 75c$l. ,
Hops 11)03 crop, 2.'l25c per pound.
Wool Valley, 10(i?17e; Kastern Ore
gon, 1214c; mohair, 30331c per
pound for choice.
Beef DroBBod, 67(Jc per pound.
American Policy Will Continue No Mat'
ter If New Treaty la Mad.
Washington, April 12, In cabinet
meetings aiidjn conference directly bo
tween the executive head of depart
niunt the whole subject of the status
oi the Chinese immigration question
a It will ho after tho lapse of existing
treaties, liu been thoroughly digested
and It can be staled that the adminis
tration feel that II ha amplo warrant
, lor continuing to enforce the rigid pro
I vision of the Hie Chinese exclusion
act regardless of the denunciation of
tho treaty, Ho far from opening the
door to l liineau Immigration, tlio lapse
of the treaty, will, it is said, actually
render the entrance of Chinese into
thi country more difllcult than while
the treaty remained In force,
Thi tact ha Ihm'ii pointed out to the
Chinese government by Mr. Conger,
who haa not yet abandoned the effort
to induce tho Chinese government to
reconsider It denunciation. However
it i positively stated that the exclusion
law will continue to be enforced after
DvcemU'r next, whether the treaty
expire or not.
Attorney Guneral Knox has tindei
consideration the question of the valid
ity of the exclusion law of 11102 in view
of the denunciation of tho treaty, and
he will prepare and submit to the pre
Ident an opinion on the subject, ituth
the president and the attorney general
have diacuisod the matter with mem
bei of emigres. It ia lielng consid
ered, too, by membets of l oth branches
of congress, and If ll 1 deemed neces
sary some legislative action will lie
taken on it before adjournment. If it
should be concluded that the denuncia
tion of the treaty by China would ren
der inoiierativo existing law regarding
Chinese exclusion, tho probable course
of action will be to attach to one of the
pending appropriation bill an amend
ment forcing the exclusion of Chinese.
Members of rongrem are generally
agreed that no difficulties will be ex
perienced in passing the legislation if
it should lo regarded as necessary.
JAPAN TO NAVB FINB SHIPS.
Vul Ordtrtd In Cngland Will
Be
Ahead ot Ihoaa of That Country.
Iindon, Apiil 12. The two now bat-
tlesbip ordered in Kngland by Japan
will be exceedingly powerful, their
length, 446 feet, exceeding that of the
uiiwt powerful British hattleshi by
20 feet. In older to moot the capacity
of disking accommodations, the beam
and draught have been fixed at 78 feet
and 20 foot respectively. Fail, will
have a displacement of 10,400 ton. I
Their main batteries, it I said, will
be the most powerful yet devised, con
sisting of tour 12-iiu h guns, four 10-
inch and five 0-inch gun each. The
armored belt at the water line will be
nine inches thick with Mix-inch armor
continuing to the level of the deck. A
new feature will lie a uKrstructure of
four-Inch armor, Insuring that no part
of the upH-r work will lie unprotected.
In addition to the two battleship
actually ordered, Japan I contemplat
ing two more vessels of that description
to be built hero.
Formal orders for two battleships
were placed by Japan with Vickors,
Maxim A Armstrong January 80, the
order being to expedite their construc
tion speedily aa possible. They are
to have a speed of 1U knot and will be
able to discharge 11 ton of projectile
per minute from their main batteric.
HISTORIC OAK PLANTED.
Roosevelt and Hitchcock Plat Tree In
Oround That Sprang From Acorn.
Washington, April 11. A historic
oak wa planted by President Roosevelt
and Secretary of tho Interior Hitch
cock Oil evening In the yard to the
east of the White House. The little
tree wit grown from an acorn that Mr.
Hitchcock picked up from lieneath an
oak on the ground of the Pctwrhof
palme in Itiissia. The Kiissian oak
wa grown from an acorn that came
from the tree that sheltered Washing
ton' tomb at Mount Vernon. The
Kpade that wa used in the ceremony at
the White Home this evening will be
preserved as a memento of the occasion,
On it blado will be painted a legend
totalling the circumstance of the tree
planting.
New Capital ot Philippine.
Chicago, April 12. Plana for the
new capital of the Philippine were
made known today by Secretary of War
Taft. Secretary Tuft said : "Tho new
capital will lie about 16 mile from
Manila, on a plot of ground over 6,000
foot above the ea level, which will
maku It far more healthy for Ameri
can. It I to he to the Philippine
what what Simla ia to India, and will
bo of great benellt to tho island. The
.'limate i superb, tho location good and
tho now opportunities for men with
capital will be very great,"
Nlu Chwang Defenst Strong.
Niu Chwang, April 10, via Chofoo,
China, April 12. General Kouropatk-
1n s visit to Niu Chwang has Inspired
boundless conlldettco. Vhe commander
In chief ordeiod 10,000 reserve to ro-
lnfoice Oil position, in view of tho ex
pected Japanese attack, whilo an ad.
ilitional force of 15,000 men 1 ready
to concontrato upon thi place at
abort notice. It necessary. I; I esti
mated now that there are 400 000 Ittia.1
uliin troops in Manchuria.
Biscuit Factory Employe to Strike.
Now York, April 12. A general
strike of the employe of the National
biscuit company' factory In tit la city
has Imioii ordered because of alleged di
cfinilnntlon ngulnst union men. About
300 workmen attended the meeting at
which the strike wa decided upon,
but at least 1,000 will be thrown out
of work ,
FAIR BILL PASSES
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION
MONEY NOW SAFE. .
Majority 1 Large, Rising Vota Rvsn I
Not Ntcciaary-Confsrtnc I Next
Step-Appropriation Can b lacnaatd
but Not ttducd-Carrlt aa Appro
prlatloa of 1475,000.
Washington, April 0. The house of
representatives, without a rollcall, or
even o much a a rising vote, venter
day afternoon parsed the I wis and
Clark exposition bill carrying an ag
gregato appropriation of $476,000
The bill was passed 38 minute after
a special rule providing for it consul
oration wa laid before the house
thereby breaking the record of theclas
of legislation that always lead to pro
tracted discussion.
The hill pasmil lu the Mine form a
reported by Tawney committee on
March 28. In addition to appropriate
ing $476,000, it authorize the coin
ing of 260,000 souvenir gold dollar,
whli h virtually amount to a total np
propriation of $726,000. In reality,
congress i aiding I'm timid far more
than appear from these figure.
Chairman Tawney, shaking on thi
IHiiul, said:
"Tho $475,000 alloted for govern
meiit building and exhibit i eqiiiva
lent, under other circumstances, to an
appropriation of Iwtween $000,000 and
$700,000 for the Portland exposition,
because the government exhibit ha al
ready been assembled at St. Louis, and
will only require trannportutioii to
Portland, thereby saving that city the
cost of assembling a new government
exhibit."
The passage of the bill remove the
last doubt a to the (uto of the 1-ewln
and Clark appropriation. The bill
that l finally agreed upon and signed
by the president will carry at least the
amount contained in the bill passed by
tho house, and insy possibly lie In
creased. There can be uo decrease.
Any change must lie In the nature of a
compromise between the acnule and
the house bills.
INSURES BARLY ADJOURNMENT.
Hon Mk Sways Case a Special
Ordr la December.
Washington, April 11. The Pwayue
mpeat-hmeiit proceeding, which ha
been looked upon aa the only possible
chock to an early adjournment, was
disposed of in five minute by the
house today by the adoption of a reao-
ution making the case a special order
or IleceuiDer 13 next. In the mean
time the judiciary committee ia to
take tddltonl testimony in the case.
After disposing of a conference report
on tho army appropriation bill the
house took up the bill extending the
coastwise laws to the Philippines, and
by a vote ol 122 to 100 adopted a spec-
al rule to vote on thi bill aflet a de
bute of tw o hour. This debate w as ex-
laustcd, save five minute, when the
house adjourned at 6:30 p. m. An
amendment to the bill postponing the
operation of the law until July 1, 1000,
instead of 1006 will be. proponed.
The partial conference on the army
appropriat on bill wa agreed to. Four
acnato amendment were still in dis
agreement. CORBA TO PROTECT MINES.
American and British Minister
Make
Formal Recutita.
Seoul, April 11. J. N. Jordan and
II. N. Allen, respectively the minister
to Core of Great lliitaln and the
United States, have requested the
Corean government to give protection
to tho British and American mine In
the country.
Thi request is a mere formality aa
tho Japunsce authorities have given
assurance of the safety .from local up
risings. Mr. Jordan says the Japanese
have been extremely considerate to
ward the Uriliah mines. They have
shown no desire to hamper mining op
erations, have promised not to make
heavy levies of food upon the farmer
of the surrounding country, and have
agreed to facilitate the pannage of specie
for the payment of wage, and even to
supply specie for the purpose.
Dewrt Land Law Win.
Washington, April 11. By a vole of
8 to 3 the hoiiso committee on irriga
tion of arid land today defeated the
illl to repeal the desert land law.
Those voting against the bill were:
'hairmnn Mondell, of Wyoming, and
KoprodentativoB Terrlll, Massachu
setts, Dwigbt, New Yotk; Marshal,
North Dakota; Williamson Oregon;
hooper, Pennsylvania; Hitchcock. Ne
braska, and lUill, California. Those
n favor of the repeal were Representa
tives Hcodor, Kansas; Van Dtiser, Neva
da, and Underwood, of Alabama.
Russian Can Soon Asium Olfcnilve.
Her lln April 11. Tho Tageblatt'a
war correspondent, Major Dajke, writ
ing on a train while Hearing Harbin,
says: 'Only six traian daily pas cast
oil the i all road to Manchuria, and only
four thence to Harbin, but they consist
of aa many a 38 car. Tho railroad 1
apparently able to meet the military
demand." The correspondent add
that the KiibmIuiih will be ready to lake
the offensive about the middle of this
month.
Rusila Decline a Loan.
Tarl, April 11. According to private
information received from 8t. Peters
burg, the Russian government refused,
at all event for the present, an offer
of a loan coming from French quarters,
and declinod also a large numlier of
proposal for wnr applies made by
foreigner.
OPFICB SECRETS OUT.
Stenographer Olva Alleged Method of
Land Buyer.
Han Francisco, April 0. Bcrnational
testimony wa given today In the hear
ing be f oiu United Htate Commissioner
Houcock in the Hyde and Dlmoud land
conspiracy case. Mrs. Dolle A. Curtii,
who wa a stenographer for Hyde from
Octuber, 1807, to November, 1800, wa
the chief witness, and her evidence
went to show that affidavit were man
ufactiired by wholesale in the office ;
also that Hyde and John A. ISenaon
were partner In the alleged conspiracy
lo defraud tho government. hhe de
clared Hyde and Itenson employed
"dummlee" to make out application
for school land, and that tlio colored
janitor wa freqiinetly instructed to
bring in hi friend to apply far school
land for their own use, and were then
piloted to neighboring notary to
make affidavits. Kbe said that assign
ment of these claim to Hyde and Ben-
ion were often made at the tame time.
Hhe aald the plan of Hyde and Ben-
eon wa to have these school land in
Oregon and California transferred to
forest reserves, with tlio assistance of
corrupt goverrment official. When
the land were o transferred, the aa
ignee of the school land scrip had the
privilege of exchanging their holding
for more valuable land outside of the
reservation.
Thoma McCusker, freight agent of
the Southern Pacific, at Portland, Or.,
testified that he had secured many ap
plication of school lands in Oregon for
John H Schneider, who wa Hyde's
agent. Mr.McCusker Raid lie received
pay for hi service, but he did not
know that he was engaged in an illegal
business.
Mis Marian Doyle, who succeeded
Mis Curti aa Hyde' stenographer,
will testify at tho next hearing.
TO PRISON FOR LIFB.
Mr. Betkla Found Guilty of Murder la
the First Degree.
San Fianclaco, April t). Mr. Cor
lelia Itotkin, accused of killing Mis.
John P. Dunning, of Dovei, Del., by
sending her poisoned candy through
the mails, wa tonight convicted of
murder in the first degree, with the
penalty fixed at life imprisonment.
The jury wa charged late this af
ternoon, and at 4:30 o'clock retired to
deliberate. Later they cre taken out
fur dinner and upon returning asked to
have omo testimony read to them.
At 11:15 o'clock the the jury reported
that an agreement had been reached.
The om immune of the announce
ment wa apparent in the attitude of
the defendant, who buried iter face in
her hand and remained in that po
sition until the foreman of the jury
bad finished epeaklng. The court in
quired if a verdict had been airived
at, and the foreman handed him a slip
of paper upon which wa written:
"We, the jury, find the defendant.
Cordelia ISotkin, guilty of murder in
the first degree, and fix the punishment
at imprisonment for life"
Mr. ISotkin looked tip a the court
was thanking the jifor for their cloea
attention to the case, and presented a
woe-etricken countenance to her coun
sel, who spoke some comforting words
to her.
Tho court named April 16 foi formal
ly pronouncing sentence.
BELIEVES TOOO WILL BLOCK IT.
Military Expert Predict Succe el
Move on Port Arthur.
London, April 8. The naval expert
of the London Time, in an extended
review of the aspect of the present situ
ation, expresses the belief that Ad
miral Togo will succeed eventually in
attaining hi object in blocking the
entrance to Port Arthur harbor.
"If he doe succeed," aythecones-
IHUident, "tho Russian fleet cannot pre
vent the landing of Japanese troops in
Manchtnia, or anywhere else, while
the Japanese fleet will be freed from
tlio trying work of holding the harbor
entrance, and will be available for
service elsewhere. It can then return
to it original base, and after refitting,
proceed in the search for the Vladivos
tok fleet."
Strict Censorship Prevails.
London, April 9. The brief dls
IMtchea from the Beat of war in the Far
Fast appearing In the London news
paper dining the last few day have
all been of a curiously stereotyped char
acter, indicating that! an active censor-
hip i pun-ailing there, and adding
nothing to the information contained
in the dispatches of the Associated
Pros. This applies particularly to
points under Japanese control, but
from the Russian side also it is evi
dent that care is being exercised to
prevent now ot operation leaking out.
China on Verge of Joining Japan. v
New Y'ork, April 9. Report are
Raid to have reached an ambassador,
nay a Herald dispatch from Berlin, to
the effect that China ia on the verge of
throwing In her lot with Japan. The
first defeat on laud for Russia will, it
i asserted, be the signal for a forward
movement on the part of the Celestial
empire. Japan, the correspondent
adds, shows no anxiety for help, rea
lizing that China intervention may
cause more emlwtrassn.ent than profit.
Japan Olad Ruaslans Bought It.
Berlin, April 0. Mr. Inouye, the
Japanese minister here, does not share
the view that the sale of the Hamburg-American
line steamship Fuerst
Blsmark is a breach of neutrality.
"From one viewpoint," said the minis
ter, "we are glad to see the Russians
buy good ships. The Russians buy
them and we capture them."