THE
OREGON
MIST.
HT' JnOENH OHEUON, FIUDAY, FEItHTJAKY 10, 190.3. Kn
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In
Condensed Form tor Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Rstutne of tha Lis Important but
Not Lit lntrtlng Event
of lit Put Wsek.
rMil to Traiise'au
terror continue In
Tito strike lm
casla.
Tlii reign ft
Poland,
Another Uumdan squadron 1 to aul
(r tho Far East lit May.
German mine owner have rejected
overture from tlm striker.
Heavy mini In Hotitlmrn California
have nulled nut ruiUay tracks.
A ll agreement linn Imh'ii made (r
parcel l wiiil quick mail scrvl,
ltd Hnuiii mill Franc.
All the smitUer liarlmt of tl, ,..w
England ruNt are frnteu over and oth
rti urn blocked with ice IIhihi,
A storm i atmw and alcel rm swept
orrr tlm Mouth, stopping mmiuiiiiira
ll. in and killliiK rattle, ami fruit.
Hnlaalon Kolriinen, procurator general
of Finland, lm lm Msliiatc by an
uiiknowii itmiiwary i tlm tcrmrials.
Another great storm I raging in Nc
Y"tk ut mill cold weather in prvdirt.
r.1 (,ir the entire section east ol tlm
It. - k y mountain.
Henry H. Miller, consul general at
Niiii l. jut;, China, mil I , promoted
In tiini nl the bet (Iricntal unu un aft-mint
nl lii khh work during the Jap.
ani-u- IttiMiiin war.
Iiai broken out In
An inaorrociion
A'gciiliiiu,
Tuft m-nmnmmt a revision ( the
Philippine tariff.
Tlm wratlmr liaa greatly moderate.!
in I l,r middle atat.
At lniitif oast jmrta are Idiakol with
l.r ami navigation la to.HI.
The riewa of tlm liitMiaii IUa k ac
IWI am on tlm vergw nf mutiny.
It now itfiiii certain tlml riutonl will
I ol.li. In retain liia l in the senate
I trn in Birmingham, Alabama, de
atroynl prowrty worth iiol ea tliali
$.'l)l),IHIQ.
Tlm governor ami a miuniiltiw nl
Mamat liimotla hil.iiia will viail the
Ij i on. I (,'lark lair.
Governor Mead, of Waahintgon, liaa
l.roki-n ground fur a atata building at
tln Inia anil ( lark fair.
Many Pole arro fleeing from Russia
tutu Germany. Tlii entire working
popiilntmn of Poland ia on strike
Tlm terrible weather In Mant-lutria
ha forced a trine, Aa on a ll mod
crnlca tho HiiIiiiih will ln confronted
with the alternative of withdrawing in
cmli-r to avulil Ih-Iiik lntiTir.ll by a
Ji.painH' niliitun or nf uiiii'rtaklii
tli'iK'rnl ailvani'n.
(mural 4iripptulrrK liaa vn forcwl
in rvaigu lua coniniainl In Manrlitiria
ami (irniTal Mylofl mil am-civil liim.
Onn ilfnlh am! four ram nf Hint'
In ohm Cli ion jo family liavn Ikhii
carnal by aupixMctl litiiiiiainm in
Cuntlml Komla.
Ho inui'li inoiH.y from tlm interior lm
tx'ii pourliiK Into tlio Nt"r York Ixtrika
that tlm clmka latmot fimtit it aa faat
a tt arrivoa, ami .aoiim l.anka liavo tn
rmit outHi.li vatilta to atoro It.
Tlie Jnpanm am n-HirtwI to liavt"
forml a lircai li In tlio Itumlan rpntor.
Tim iliiatrli liaa Utm nvflvtsl at Hi.
lVl'rlmr ami pnpt-ra Iirvv liet-n rt
fil pi ruilaalon to mi'iillim It.
Tlm ItitcrHtiilo ('tiiiinii.rctiriitiiiiiiiiNlon
flmla tlio Himta To roii.l Kiillty of wil
fully violntiim the law hy RrautiiiK tlii
(Vilora.lo i'lirl mn iHimpany lowt'r
'fi'lKht rati'a than iilhr mmpanioa pay.
J'wrph Uiii lptit, a wralthy Califor
tiiiui. who ia aniil to inv Im.l 100,000
on hU pi'inon, wi'nt nut Into the (Hiun-
ry mar hault Hto. Mario. Mich.,
ti'W ihiya atto, mul liaa not retural,
ami ia aupMMui to liavo bw'n miir
iIitihI.
iNiiwa of rlota in ltuaala III running
niauuoi ihm in huropatkln'a army.
Tlio in'w Kxcolaior Hollor milla at
Miiryavilln, Kan., woro iltMtroytnl by
rn. I.oa in(),000.
Irofraaor II. Coin, of Cliit'OKo, lina
uiwovertiil whut ia Ixiliovvtl to lm tlio
liirKi-ai Hpot on tlm aim. H covora ontv
"iilliof thuHiiii'Maiirfiinii, iHiyx-Hhapt'il,
"nl can ho aoim through auioki! kIuhh.
OOlNQb IN CONQRE88
Tuaiday, January 31.
Tho a...it th,y lontlnmul tho con.
ah . ration of tho Joint atuli.h.1 Mil
with Nolami aa tho prlnirlpal ap.nki.r
...i..,,-, i ,,, w,.rM pMHe(( m.,.
liiK Olio larxfly iiicroaainK tho fin for
alia k rmiipaiiloa in tho Dltarict of (V
lilliihia.
Ill tho lioumi tlm ai-nato ainmiiliimnta
lo tho army appropriation bill wi-ro
illaaKriH.. to ami th , waa w.t.t to
Colilur,.,,,.,,. Willi,,,,,,, (,., iUmj
ort.Hl . ,,Ktiy ,,.Ul0 ,,y MiikU
lh tr.atm..,t ,y u,.,.lt MiU,
... ...rn i-avia, pr,.al,l,.,,t nf tho Co,,.
liMltirary, ,in lm waa pri.oimr at
......... inw. -j lata poatofhVe ap
ropriauuii mil waa ,lt,baLd for an
nour.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
Wadnaiday, Fabruary .
Clark (Mont,.) IHlliiiulmin ami Ti.ll.if
balay rutitlnunl tho iliariiaaiitii ol tlm
Joint atatt-hoo,! ,. 'roiur n.irtis
tho aiirit ultural appMprintion bill ami
KHV not iro that lm Woh aak In havn
It ctiuaiiloriHl, IliHa kvw puaatvl Kraut
iiill wrtain hiiula to tho Okluhoino A.
rii ultiiral el ! ; aim-mlum tlm nm
l.wa mt aa to iH'rmit at ttlora on public
lamia to make Iranad-ra for tuihlic umt
iH-foro oomph tlng titl,.; anii n.liiiK i.
UtiiiK laaa mi aa to mpiiro captain, of
,.,.-, ,rmm.,m in aiiinuv iiiiorinai on
rrKrliim tho au an J avx of iinml-
Kranla.
The lawtnlllio Biiiiroiiriatlnu bill i.
upltHl tho huiiMi tlm major uirtion of
tl'I... . ...
, n mi ail uiiitra(aiiililif that
tha ilim iiMimi of tho ipii'ation ahoulil
l rontlimv tomorrow, tlm I. ill
ahl anlilo ami otlmr muttcra taken tin.
Tho coiiffrpiiro riMxirt on tlm fort i Ilea-
iona bill waa limlmi. Tlw bill car-
rii-a ftl,747,Hii:i,
Kroator Ankniy will rmtcavor to
avi a pmviaioii mmln in tho naval ap
ropriati.Hi bill for tlm allowame of a
lilti-rt iitial of 4 r t nt to rarillccmat
hlpyanla n.lil Ih-1 idu; ,m unviTtllnrllt
warahipa omtrarta,
Thuraday, February 2.
The iMMt.ifhVe appropriation bill waa
bo main tunic of iliacoaaion in tlm
hotiat. tixlay ami ita cuaiit.ruliin a
Iiol rompli'tnl. Ihirlhtf tlm ilav bill
ere paM. aa folloaa: Ami-inliiu: tin-
law ao aa to rtsliim tho amount ol
Until ruinl of anila ai'tiux for tun
aiKmi-a on iinp..rii. khU; providing
lor tlm ronatrui'lion of irnntnui ami
ni'lamatmii worka in rertaiu lukf am
rivrra In tln-on ami California; urniit'
ing rcrtain Inmla w ithin tho 'lathiail
Imliau rrwrvation, Mnntana, to rrrtain
t alholio aormtina lor rrligiima pur
Tlu m-nato H iit iniirli uf tmlay ilia
i-u w. in llio iltatnbulion of onlinary
farm ami Kunmn attla by the Aicrit-ul-
In rul ili (.arlnirnt. When a,lj..iirmni.ut
waa taken rtitiaiili'ratinn ol the bill had
not bee u complete.!. A further con
fereiiro waa ordered on tho fortilliationa
appropriation bill.
Friday, February 3,
Tho liiiuao today paam. tli
piaitoinre appropriation bill, currying
H0,,H7,41.
the aeuato tixlitv Joi!l Saavne
made (or inn I nwKiiiM to the article of
liiiH'n. linn lit ai;ninat him. 1 ho nn-
aer waa a turinnluWe dociimeiit in
.iint of aiae. In every raar the chiiiye
waa admitttxl, but explained from
."ulH,t" Haayne'a iint of view, they
aerri not of a character to Ittatify pro-
cinNlinija fur luiiieat hmeiil. Tl.f acnate
iaaml an order rNuiring the hooao to
fllo ita reply by next Monday, ami di
rected that all pleading nhall Ik in by
February 0, that tho trial may procued
on Kebiuary 10, The aenato aitling aa
a aonrt, then adjoiirnel and rinuimsl
Kialative ronaiili'rntion of tho joint
atatehiMKl bill. That topic occupied
ho real of llio day.
Halem, Jan. HI. A bill waa Intro,
duced in tlm aenato t.alay to auppreaa
HMilaellii,K ami poolroom. Klevcn
other new meaHiirca wero liitrtnlucixl.
Ninobllla wero iiaaaed. out! of them
Rpproprlatinu llft.000 for llah liatehiir
it. llna hill luia ulnu.lv it, u
lioirne,
Th aenato bill authorliiiiB tho Iwia
ami am lair corporation to foudeinn
pmaio propi-rty waa pHaaed by the
IIOIIMI.
fen new billa wero iitro.lucl in tlm
houae, one of them behiK tho auti-
clKaretto bill, Identical with that Intro-
OiletHl in the aenate.
i no iiotian rejin led the aenato con
current reaoltitiou for a Joint aaaembly
tomorrow to ronaider a conatitutiona'l
,n. in, i.mi. una aiopa any lurtlur
p'Mwihllitlm of a conatitiilional coiiven
tion. Eloi-tric la-lla at rallrood croaainita la
the objwt of a bill introduced in the
huiim lh,y. They are to bo of audi-
cient weight and aound to Imi heard 100
yarda and aro to lm plueed at every
cnwaiim where a public road croaaea a
railway track wbero tho view ia ob
atru. tiHl either wuy.
Tho hoiiac coinmitteo on mining fa
vora tho paiwaKO of the bill relieving
"iii ll niinliiK cnuianiea of tho annual
licenw tax aa bavo an annual output
of leaa than ( 1,000.
A new bill in tlm houao providea that
all ahm.p driven into tho ainto for pan-
luriifc'.. Klinll U. taxed 20 cento a head
and & cciiMt a head ahull m paid for
aoli cuinty tliroiiKh which the ahee
are driven.
The Caacado county bill will appear
in the aenato tomorrow or Thurxday.
tho aonato cnmiuittce on way and
meana, and Chairman Vawtcr, of the
rorriwH)iiillnK houao committee, aay
they will endeavor to bold them down
iM'low $2,000,000. Hi I la urn about all
introducod, and noxt Tueaday ia the
laat day allowed for nreaciilution of
now ineaaurra, if the lt-gialaturo ia to
adjourn February 17,
Senator MilleKa bill to aladiah all
normal achooln but one and leave the
aclM'tion of tlii one to tho atato board
of education, waa today reiortt!d ad
vcraely by tho aenato commit toe on
wnya and meana, thouKi there waa a
minority report rocoriimendiiiK that the
lull lie cotiaulcrud on ita
JURY DRAWS NET.
Two Indictment Said To Be In Order
for J. N. Wllllamion.
Portland, Feb. 7. The laat week of
the preaont Federal, grand Jury ia at
hand. The long Doric of investiga
tion which have been taking the time
of the Jury for the punt two month i
drawing to a clime and will end on Sat
urday, if the plan of the government
attorney carry.
Tho present week will lie a bnay one,
for it will bring to light aoine of the
entanglement ol thoae high in the
confidence of tho tate and the nation
and will ahow atill further the extent
and scope of the land fraud which
have been carried on in many case to
completion and in other practically to
READY FOR PEACE
Grand Dukes Admit Inability to
Ccp3 with Japan.
KLAMATH BILL IS PASSED.
merita hv flii.
aenato. Tho bill waa made a aix-cial w,at ''"If8 during the past few year
order for Wedm-aday next at 10 a. in.
A bill to amend the initiative and
referendum law, introduced by Honator
Howe at tlio rcipicat of w, 8. L Ken,
waa totlay killed in the acnate by in.
definite pixOpnucmcnt. The bill con.
taiued aomo leattire recommended by
recretary ot mate Dunbar, for the pur-
ioao of aimplifying the procedure, bu'
untamed other feature not aatiafac.
tory to tho Judiciary committee.
llio bill to amend the local option
law wu rcimrted in the Iiouhj todaV
and will rome up for paaaaue next
week.
During the week it wa rumored that
Keprcacntatirve J. X. Williamson will
come under the notice of the Federal
grand Jury, not once, but twice. It i
aaid that the next few day will ee the
junior representative of the state in
dicted for hi alleged connection with
variou land deal in the vicinity of
hia homo at I'rincville and also for
fraudulent transaction in the Blue
Mountain reserve.
jusi wuai me complaint are is a
mystery which the government officials
alone would be able, at this time, to
tell
President's Approval Alone Needed to
Execution of Irrigation Project.
Washington, Feb. 8. The Klamath
irrigation bill now lack only the sig
nature of the president to make it a
law. The senate ha accepted tho
house amendments, which are entirely
satisfactory to the TfH ' 1 fl m a r ! n hpv!oa
TOO MUCH TROUBLE AT HOME As &,uly en8Cted the bi nadMi
That the secretary of the Interior I
hereby authorized, in carrying oot any
irrigation project that may be under
taken by him under the term and con
ditions of the national reclamation act
and which may involve the changing of
the level of Lower or Little Klamath
lake, Tole or Rhet lake and Goose lake,
or any river or other body of water
connected therewith, in Oreiron and
California, to raise or lower the level
of said lakes, as may be necessary, and
to dispose of any lands which may
come into the possession of the United
fttnlAa a. .U 1. . I i 1
term and condition of the national
With Nation in Rebellion Reserve
Cannot Be Sent to Cop with
Those Sent by Japan.
London, Feb. 7. The hiifhest au
thority is claimed by the 8t. Petersburg
correspondent of the Lot. don Daily
Chronicle for the statement that the
grand ducal party ha suddenly decided
mai uussia must sue for peace.
J he correspondent states that the
. Other important bills ye. to lie con- .T" ...
u.,l,.r...l TI.m.. . ... .)... I I ! . 1 "a"'-
mi ..'nri. ... ...n.r, KMIII.Jlllll.il
felony and to punish
Saturday, February 4.
Iing occupied moat of the time given
v tho aenato today to tho statehood
nil with a speech in support ot the bill
aa It stiimlM. 1 Hero waa an extemleti
lebnto mi a provision in tho nuricul-
ural appropriation bill relating to for
.at reservations.
Tho houao today 'passed the diplo
matic and cimaulnr appropriation bill,
rrving42, 107,017, which ia an in
cream) nl !.n,ii;i over tlio concurrent
pprnpriiititin. A minil.er ot minor
.ills were diajxiaeil of by iiminiinoHS
consent.
I'' I re In tho Cramp shipbuilding phmt
"I Cluster, Pa., destroyed valuable
iliieprinta, models and charts, inclml-
"K plans of tlm Imttleahlpa Idaho and
Mississippi, and tho cruiser Tennessee,
hut work on these ships is not much
delayed.
Tim New York chamber of commerce
has Baked tho legishituro to spend
1100,0110 on the Lewis and Clark fair.
The bursting of a largo watortatik on
thti naif of tho Donvnr dry gixals store,
largo department store, caused diini
KU to stock vslimnted at over $50,000.
A tinmher of senators aro opposing
tho Malheur irrigation bill.
Tho Japanese liavo captured nttother
vohhoIIi omul for YMidiy.ostok with con
traband of war.
Monday, February S.
F'ollow iiig weeks of hearings and con
ideraton by the coinmitteo on inter
atitto and foreiun commerce, the house
tmlay began debating tho prooscd leg
islation looking to tlio regulation of
freight rates.
Jieimte on the joint statehood bill
closed In the acnate today,
Many Killed at Riga.
Hi. Petersburg , Feb. .1. The latest
reports received by Consul General
Watts, from the American consuls in
ItusHia, ludicnto a ' cessation ol tho
trouble In most of tlio industrial cen
ters. Tho consul at Kigit reports that
the rioting at that place was precipitat
ed bv students and rowdies, who 11 ml
in the police. Tho Hilice and troops
returned tho flro, and 1)3 poisons were
killed and 1A0 wounded. At Koval
the soldiers wero obliged to defend a
factory on Saturday against a mob.
Threo striker wero killed.
Sold Mining Stock on Route.
Washington, F'tih. 8. Postmaster
General Wynne today removed three
letter rarrior In tho Toledo, U., pol-
olllco, ordered a fourth man to show
catiMO why ho should not bo removed,
and suspended 30 other carriers, all of
the Toledo olllco. for 30 days on the
charge of selling mining stock and of
collecting tho assessments thereon. It
is chiUired that tho men sold this min-
lug stock whilo on duty as carriers, as
we.1,1 as whou off duty.
Pitiem. reo, i . iwelve bills were
pa m l by the senate today and 15 by
the house. F'ive new bills were intro-
lui-cd ill the senate and Seven in the
house.
Two bills wero killed in the senate
tialay: For a constitutional cor7ciilinn
and to permit corHirotions to act aa ai
minis! rutora.
The house this afternoon voted dow
the bill for the apMiintment of a board
of internal commerce riiinnii.i.,ncrs
and appropriating $:'5,0l)0 for the
opening ol the Willamette river from
Portland to Fmki'Iic.
A bill of Representative Hteiner'
Axing the terms ol circuit court la-gin
nuifg on tho second Monday in Ma
and the third Monday in Octota-r.
punned the house this morning.
To iKTiuit district attorneys and
their deputies to bid in for counties
hinds sold for delimpient taxes, a bil
of ltepresentativc West's paiMcd the
honw today. Coder the present luw
the muni v judge is required to do that
function, but sometimes is not prseent
A bill to euiMiwer Juries to fix pun
ishment in criminal tnuls was indetl
uitelv iHistpnncd bv the house this
morning. The bill came from Hniiith
of Josephine.
Halein, Feb. 2. The senate today
painil the houao bill appropriating
$1,000 fur the w idows of the prison
gourds who were killed bv Trncv and
Merrill at the time of the outbreak
three years ago.
The senate bill appropriating lift, 000
for maintaining the portage railway
was pusncd by the house.
The bill to exempt front annual cor
pomtion tax minlnfg companies whose
annual output is less than $1,000 was
also passed by the bouse.
The senate cnmmittccs on counties
has pructicallv decided to reiwrt favor
ably on the house bill for the creation
of Cascade county and tho probabilities
are that the hill will pass tho senate
Abolition of tho Drain normal schtsd
will be recommended tomorrow by the
house committee.
F'roni tlvo to 20 years' imprisonment
in the peiiitetnlary is the punishment
allowed under tho senate bill to prevent
train holdups passed by tho house.
Tho house sanctioned two appropria
tions ol $1,500 each for district fairs in
Kastern Oregon.
The senato amended tho flat salary
bill today by striking out the items for
justices of tho supreme court and the
provision that tho law shall not go
into effect as to the secretary of state
and state treasurer until June 1, 1U07.
It is probable the bill will pass.
bills
Salem, Feb. nineteen bills were
introduced in the house today and four
in the senate.
Appropriations asked of the Oregon
legislature at this session aggregate
$2,340,000, but Chairman F'arrar, of
gambling by municipal authorities; to
lax gross larniiigs of telephone, tele
graph and express companies; to con
solulate normal schools; to create the
oflite of state examiner; to create a
state Isiard of control, and to establish
a mining bureau.
lloth house today adjourned until
Monday.
KBIII,,, ,11, bnAwn flrvi.n .... .. . . . . I .
licensing of j ,, .:n .
... ... .in w-ts more iiersons
implicateil in the land frauds than have
aa yet hinted at or thought of.
in auiiition to the name
Williamson
of Mr
are mentioned those of
various of the former sjiecial. agents of
the government, and several of the ex-
special agents who have been sent to
this territory to look into the alleged
irregularities ol the land department.
IJeyond a rumor that several of tlm
hale m, Feb. 0. Two bill passed special stents are under the eve of the
over the governor's veto in the senate grand jury, nothing definite can be
today were made a sjiecial order in the learned. However, it can be stated
house for tomorrow. One of the bills with a reasonable degree of certainty
was that appropriating $5,000 for a that former employes of the Interior de
plant at the state university for teslinir partment in Oregon will be brouht to
timlier and stone; the other was the book for irregular work done by them
hill authorizing tiie Lewis and Clark during their terms of ollice. It ia
luir corporation to condemn lands for further safe to predict that Saturday
tliecxiH.isitii.il. will see the adjournment of tho jury
v.. i . : i i , m . . .
.10 .ii if.-i.ii.Mi nuie win inn ai mis , uniu me -iiarcu lerm can llio men
session, link an act will be paared grant- once more to the task of orobins into
ing to me l nuiHi Mans me power to me irreirularities of the land transac.
condciiin any water right that may lie Hon of Oregon
necessary in the prosecution of its re
clamation work And an annronriution of
$5,0110 to $10,000 a year will be Inade IMPROVE VANCOUVER BARRACKS
(or hydrogniphie survey work.
That the legislature .will adjourn Large Allotment from Army Post Fund
reoruary it wniiont uay was indicated Likely To Be Secured.
tonight at a conference of tho leaders ol I .. .
both house. ..... ...K., . cu. .. i. ,B army ap-
miiriauon oni, recently passed by con,
County fruit inspectors are provided
for in a bill passed by the house late
this afternoon. On petition of 25 fruit
growers the county court shall appoint
sui n an inspector.
The house passed a bill providing
that a tax amounting to 10 cents for
each child of school age in counties
having less than 100,000 inhabitants
shall lie levied (or the benefit of school
libraries.
The bouse passed the bill appropriat
ing fiiOO lor Jackson and Josephine
counties for district fairs, $1,800 is ap
ropriiited for other Southern Oregon
o. mit lea and a new appropriation of
$ti00 is made for the fair in Lake and
KliiiUHth counties.
The bill providing for one board of
regents Instead of (our for state normal
schools was passed bv'the house.
It is thought the modified Jayne bill
r the amendment of the local option
ill will pHss the house tomorrow or
lie next day bv a narrow majority.
1-oes ot t ascauo county have so
marshaled themselves that the bill to
ut Wasco ct.unty tip now seems doomed
to failure fn-the senate.
Nineteen bills wero passed by the
muse tmlay and (our by the senato.
Fleven new bills were introduced in the
senate and two in the house. Ten bills
were today filed by the governor with
the secretary of atato.
gress, carries a large appropriation for
me improvement of army posts. This
money is distributed by the secretary
of war, he approving allotment which
are made up by the quartermaster gen
eral. Senator Ankeny and Represents
.
live j.inea nuve arranged to call upon
the secretary of war and ask for a lib
eral slice of that lump sum for making
mucn-needcu improvements at Vancou
ver barracks
Reports which have been submitted bv
the oflicer at Vancouver show the urg
ent necessity for many new buildings
to replace the antiquated and dilapi
dated structure now standing. 01
course ttiey ask for more money than
can bo had, something over $1,000,000
m all. Nevertheless, an attempt will
lie made to get a liberal portion of this
fund.
ine largest item recommended is
$250,000 for erecting a new building
for headquarter offices, a building of
oncK, wun stone trimmings, large
enough to accomodate all the oflicecrs
assigned to headquarters, together with
me clerical lorce of the wist. It is also
asked that four additional double in
hint ry barracks be erected at a cost of
$230,000, and in additionl quarters for
59 officers as follows: Ono commanding
otiieers resilience, six field officers
quarters, nine captains' double quarters
and nine lieutenants' double quarters,
w cost in all about 1500.000. In ad
creamery mr tuKmm. anion f iu.uuu is asketl for a new main
lCugene K. C. Kldridge, owner of sewer, $8,000 for cement sidewalks.
he well known hldridge creameries at -,ooo for extending the electric light-
uiiepetiiience, iMVion ami jeiierson, ing system, i.i.uuu lor water mains.
us lieen in F.ugene the last few days, $45,000 for grading and filling, $15,000
omplet ing arrangements for establish- mr improving the parade grounds and
ng a big creamery hero. lie has signed i 0,000 for two new artillery stable
lease for a iHirtion of a two-storv
lieiu frequent conferences of late at
which they discussed the Far Fastern
war and came to the conclusion that
me country cauiu not sttord to con
tinue the war under the present condi
tions. The immediate cause for this
CALIFORNIA WILL HELP.
reclamation act.
Had it not been for Senator Fulton'
insistence, Chairman Mondell. of tha
house irrigation committee, would not
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men who have right along rtood in the
way of peace is said to have been the
recent disaster to the Russian arm on
the Hun river.
Coupled with the new of this defeat
lias come to the grand dukes tha reali
zation that they cannot compete with
Japan a ability to throw army after
army into Manchuria
view of the internal situation, which
may render further mobilization of
reservist troops almost impossible
The correspondent states that, ac
coruingiy, tne Kussian embassy at
Paris ha been asked to gain the good
will ol Oreat Britain with a view to
mitigating the terms
likely to impose.
Bill Affecting Klamath Irrigation Dis
trict I a Law.
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 6. Two en'
especially in ate bill became law today upon being
signed by the governor. One waa the
Coggin bill, permitting the lowering of
the water level of certain lake in the
northern part of the state in furtherance"
of irrigation and reclamation work of
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which Japan is I states. A aimilar bill ha recently
been enacted by the Oregon legislature,
and important legislation by congress
bearing on the work in question ha
been passed by both house and ia
Portland Wreck Causes One Death ready for the president' signature.
and Thirty-one Injuries. L "der the authorization now given
Portland, Feb. 7. - One man was -y lDe V" IorD a T .u.re80il. TV1
killed and 31 persona injured, some of ,' " " DDaf"'100 l.n" M.uou.uw
them fatally, bv the wrecking nl . P l oy me leaerai govern.
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STREET CAR OVERTURNS,
of the Portland Consolidated
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the corner of East Twenty-eighth and
East Glisiin streets, at 7:20 o'clock yes
terday morning. jhe accident 00
curred on a sharp curve at the base of
a steep incline. The car' momentum
was so great that it was unable to make
the turn and was overturned. There
were 00 passengers on the car at the
time of the accident, the majority be
ing business men and employes on their
way to work in the heart of the city
it is a question whether the motor
man lost control of the car or whether
ne did not use he usual precautions Report of Minister Barren Say Pro-
until it tt-.a tnn lata Pica Kl.uil.- fw-n I
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the scene of the accident the car was
running at a speed greatly in excess of
of the Klamath
California and
Southern Oregon, and that 200.000
acres rn California and 100,000 in Ore
gon will be placed under irrigation.
The other bill signed by the govern
or is the bill appropriating $70,000
for a California exhibit at the Lewi
and Clark exposition. The last legis
lature appropriated $25,000. so that
$95,000 is now made available for tha
exhibit.
FINISH CANAL IN TEN YEARS
grest it Good.
Washington, Feb. 6. In connection
he rate specified in the city ordinances w'tft tbe ,ack of po&lic information a
governing street car traffic. One pas- '? ,ne "i811" 01 tne work of canal dig
senger, who stood on the front platform on the isthmus of Panama, and a
of the car beside the motorman, de- t0 ,he exact am"ont of work executed
clares that no effort was made to gov- 30 'r by the Americans since they took
ern the speed of the car until it wan UP the task, tbe American minister to
almost rounding the curve. Th street Pl?l,rn boa, after consultation with
car company av the brake had been Chief Engineer Wallace and close
set as shown by the fact that the wheels P5"0111 inspection of the route of the
nek building to bo erected at once by
L. I humhers, bunker and hardware
merchant. The new building will be
rixS0 loet in dimensions, and will bo
located on illametto street between
ixth and Seventh. The creamery will
occupy the lower floor.
Laboratory Apparatus Arrive.
Willamette I'liiviMnlty, Salem The
science department of the university
bits received a large shipment of new
apparatus and material for use in the
hemical and physical laboratories,
among which is a smaii quuniity ni
radium, the newly discovered element.
and ulso a wireless telegraph outfit, an
X-ray machine, a w ireless telephone
outfit and a new stereopticon for use in
illustrating class lectures.' Thero are
also many less Important instruments,
which bring tho college laboratories
thorough!! up to ditto.
Show 'Grand Ronda Product.
La Granfle -Tho exhibit hall which
was erected by tho La Grande commer
cial club and citizens ol the Grand
Untitle is completed, and on February W
it. will be opened to tho public. This
building cost nearly $1,000, and will
contain exhibits of all fruits, grains
ami grasses grown in the Grand Rondo.
A cash premium of $100 will be award
ed by M. L. Cansey for the boat main
tained fruits and vegetables for a cer
tiiill period.
lone to Have Water Work.
lone The lone city council hn
signed a contract with Charles M.
Robinson, of Portland, for the construc
tion of a complete water works system!
The price for tho work is $1,737, and
extra work will run the cost to $10,000.
The contract price includes ample pow.
er to pump the water for the city, and
also for an electric light plant to be
put 111 by tho citv the coming summer.
Work on the city reservoir will be be
gun next week.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Foreign Mine-s Shut Out.
Tokio, Feb. 7. After the most heat
ed debute which has yet taken phico in
the Japanese house of representMives
tbe amendments to the mining law pro.
bibiting foreigners to work Japanese
mines was passed during Monday ses
sion. 1 he bill was fought bitterly by
the foreign residents having mining in
terests in Japan, and the government
has been severely censured for advocat
ing a measure which must needs antaa
onize certain influential interests whoso
good will, it is believed by many, to be
important ami necessary at this time.
Japanese Colony In Texas.
Sua aAntonio, Texas, Fob. 7. In an
interview today B. F. Yoakum gave out
tho following details concerning the re
cent visit to Texas of a number of com
missioners from tho Japanese govern
ment: "As a result of this visit
a great Japanese colony will be
planted in Southwestern Texas for the
growing and manufacture of Bilk. A
were worn smooth by sliding.
READY TO FIGHT.
proposed canal, submitted to the atata
department a report upon this subject.
The communication is practically a
brief summary of the vast amount of
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Warlike Talk of High British Offic,al LVf,n.uaIIv i,, , ,K1 ,
Cause Kaiser to Anger. commission, showing the actnal con-
Berlin, Feb. 7. At the foreign office struction on the canal accomplished
it was said this afternoon that Ger- since July 1 last, when Mr. Wallace
many would ask England for an ex- took charge of the engineering depart-
planation ot the provocative anti-Ger- ment. The most important statement
man sjieech made at East Leigh, Feb- in the report is this:
ruary 2, by Arthur H. Lee, civil lord of "If the next ix months show a pro
file admiralty, in which he said that gress corresponding to that of the laat
Britain would smash an unnamed en- six months, it is tbe conviction of tha
emy in the North sea before that enemy best engineers in Panama that a sea-
nati time to realize that war had been level canal can be constructed in ten
declared. The foreign office said: year and be ready for large vessels by
"We hope that nothing will result January 1, 1915."
from Lee' gpeecb . We prefer to be- The report says there is no ground
lieve he spoke more as a naval expert tor the current reports that little has
than as a statesman or cabinet officer, been accomplished in advancing the
let it is impossible not to put a polit
ical construction upon his utterances
We shall, of course, take up the mat
ter."
construction of tbe canal during the last
1 six monins.
Wheat Walla Walla, 80c; blno
steni. Ule: vallev. 87c Per bushel.
Outs Xo. 1 white, $1. 35 1.40: gray, splendid tract of land has been becured,
$t .40(: 1.45 percental. 'J "Pon each five acres of this will
Hay Timothy, $14(810 per ton; M5 settled a Japanese family."
clover, $11I2; cheat, $12(Io
Potatoes Oregon fancy, 7585c; Reervit Are In Arrest,
common, 00 1 0c. London, Feb. 7. The London Daily
APPic -uer miunvins, ft .so ; 1 vuromcie prints a dispatch from its St
MpitKtmbergs, fi.TOQt'J.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2829
Butter 2530c
Will Fight Near Sandepas.
St. Petersburg, Feb 7. Military
operations in Manchuria continue at a
standstill. Xo importance is attached
by tbe war office to the Japanese move- alu' that the sanitation of Panama
Canal Zona la Healthy.
Washington, Feb. 6. Secretary Taft
today received a report from Governor
Davis, of the Panama canal zone, stat
ing ttiat reports of health conditions on
the isthmus are "cruelly exaggerated
is
ments on the Russian center and left, progressing as efficiently as that of any
which are regarded as merely demon- city in the United States." He says
si rations. ueneral tieisman, a war
critic, expresses the opinion that the
Russians are not likely to surrender tho
positions captured northeast of Sande
pas, and that a aerie of encounters
there will probably continue until the
weather is favorable for a general ad
vance.
Rivers and Harbors Next Week.
Washington, Fob. 7. Although the
river and harbor bill was reported to
the house today, it will probably not
bo considered before next week. The
naval appropriation bill is ahead of it
and will be called up Thursday, when
the railroad bill is disposed of. The
naval bill will remain under considera
tion three or four days, shoving the
river and harbor bfll over until next
Tuesday or Wednesday. Probably it
will be passed about Feb. 15.
Russia Wants Mors Money.
London, Feb. 7 It is stated in well
informed financial circles in London
that negotiations have been completed
tor Hunting
that the total number of yellow fever
cases originating in the tone since tha
Americans assumed control is 32. Tha
report says there is no plague, no ty
phoid fever and very little dysen
tery. Cannot Depend on Troops.
Berlin, Feb. 6. German military ex
pert familiar with the inner conilion
of the Russian army declare that tha
autocracy cannot depend on tbe loyalty
of any of the troop outside of the few
regiments serving as bodyguards to tha
czar and the grand dukes. Military
men here, in the light of history and
tradition, therefore, regard the recent
mutiny of soldiers and marines at Se
vastopol as the most dangerous event of
all the recent turmoil in Russia.
Kuropatkin Tenders Resignation.
St. Peterbsurg, Feb. 6. General
Kuropatkin has tendered to the czar
his resignation of the command of tha
forces in the Far East. ' General Grip-
Hops Choice, 2728c per pound.
penberg has been removed from tha
a new Kussian loan of I command nf tha Second Manhhiirian
Petersburg correspondent stating that ( $200,000,000 in Paris. The loan will ! army at hia own request, Laving da
6,000 reservists at Petorhof have mu- bear interest at the rate of 6 oer cent ' clarnl that ha hul hnn dinhnnnryt h
tiniedandaro under arrest in their ( per annum. The date of the issue ha , Kuropatkin' oder to retreat at tha
barrack. I not yet been fixed. battle of the Hun river.