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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON VOL. XXII. HT. HELENS, OUEGON, FRIDAY MAltCII 24, 1903. NO. 15. MIST NEWS OFJTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A R.sum of th l" Important but Not Lt IntwMtlng Events of h. Pit Week. Htrike nl peasant revolt are being renewed In Kuasl. " Japan I raising tliD sunken KumUii Hi I'urt Arthur . Tl r president lis" announced lit In Ivition o t)intK the canal commission, K nrt( k iit Iim Iwrt txjliitrl com mander of the r'"l Manehurlaii army. Kiimlaii bureaucrat are being driven In make Hee by term dictated for a i,c Kri ih-Ii loan. Tim United Htatce government h called fur arbitration ol Hip Venrticln depute, wtlli lli" alternative ol force. Over 3,000 men live lm thrown mil ill einplulineiil a the nwult of tlihtit down of l Itavmiwyer ugr refinery in Brooklyn. A new Island tiAi risen In tli" n( Japan, censed by the action ol a vol cano. Tim mikado' flag li raised on it t", which lm a clreum lernitce ol two nd thrue-lourth mile. Although tli" city ordinance ol New Ytnk lirlild r tion uf brick mid slope tiuililltiK In fruety weather, some 75 lint building hve been ItnUln ct .nice Janusry I, and now that the mor ui U thawing they ra falling down, Nf. ol another crushing ilw to the Ittuwian army i being withheld. A Chicago Judge y wornae. lm right to kilt tier husband In clf- ll-fellSe. Ilaty lm. sent ft warship to Hit n to iMningo 1' demand the t.iytnoiit ol her claim. An addition i Mug I'" i It to Presi dent lt.-v.vftl' suintiirr home at Sag amore lllll, I.. I. Tim war party In ltuU t rarlcattir tut K...evelland Hying tu draw Krain- ami Oprmany Into war. Tim governor of Vlborg province, 'n Southern Itussia, ha tmn mortally wounded by a terrorist. Two masked men held up inrnenger ol the Pacific l'.at Oil Company near Berkeley, UK, and secured II0.IHM1. The Chicago r-'imill ha taki'ti ay tli (ram ln.o of Hie Uriit U-'l rail way,, Tim prowity I lut at 000.0(H). Oim of llio moat rplBtn ipii-atloii r.af n.nt iim tlm iininiatration I tlio riiaiu lanal. It U a.lmiUwl that the CMiiiniimiliin la a failuro. The I'liiUwl Htati-a emit of ilaim 1 wr.li tho I'lo-rukor Imlian 11,600,000 fur laml aw-urwl In IS.'IH hut ner nntirvly i'l fr. Of tlila amount II, Ul, S" I primipal ami thf halaiir Inlnrmt. ChtiiHw complain of outragi ly Jap amnfl. Therw i a rrat ruah of homrawkura from all paru of th Kant to tho North- Wl4t, I'orrh, a amall town nwar UnViart, Oklahotna, ha tmtn wrcckcul hy a ry- r limn. Th rmorml t-rulanr Waahlnitlon ha U.ii hiiini IiihI al tlm C'aiiuh'ii, N. J., hip yarJ. HorreUry IUy' Imallh ha hrokon lown and lm may rwilnn. ll ha p'ne to Kuropo fur a rint. Itoot, Tuft ami Khok are thri lron Ui'piihllian who are alnaily U-inn nikiili of a tho next cnndulute for prwliliint. Krnnrh faith In Humla' ahility to row with the JapamtM hiu Wu virn ly hakoii by thn latoat ilvfont to tho i'tar' arm. The Miiwoiirl Ic-niiilatiiro oliwtnl Wil liam Wanmr, Hi-puhlUan, of Kaiiwi City, I'nitwl Htali MinaUir Ui uixwl Fraud M. Cwkrull, Oynnm anmiuncm that he will ntr llarhln on April 10 ami that Vlnili viittok wilt aim) lie In wmnniin of thu Japiimmn on that data. A MH-Il wire will run from Poit lan.l to tlui White hoiiaa anil by lrv lug button tho priwiilout will ,,l"'" the Uwi and Clnrk folr ntxt Juno. r.x-m,iiHtor lluwh'y, of Conmctlout, i dvad. The cnr I brnaking down nndor the contiuuud imrvuii tralu. Tho Jaimiif.o are luiiiulng tho Hu- ian lHyoud Tie pan and are liilllvtlng terrible Ion. Twenty thnuaaml primmer w'ere cap tured by the Japaneae when Tie pun was taken. The JitpaneKo mlnlnter to the XJnttml Htotiia (Inn In any dungor of hi govern ment going to war with till country. Uovernnr fenlwdy realgnod a gov ernor of Colorado a agreed and Lieu tenant Uovernor McDonald lm Rtepped In. An entire division of Iiumlun have neon cut oft from tho nmin army ami It capture it certain. Tho main body I alao In grave danger of being cut off Iroin llurbln. ' OOINQH iN CONQRtSS. Wedneaday, March IS. !tMlhl!i'ii h'adur of the aeimtu aiu all at VI rKllig the antlou ad- Viaalihi to tuke In regard to the Hniilo PomliiKo treaty. 'oKiilxliig that the lmiM'rat conirol mure than one-third of the villi, and that twu-thiril are nnpilriHl to ratify the roiivimlloii, the Hipiihliiau leadnra think that the treaty uliuulil lm wltlidrawn by the pnwideiit. On thl auliJiH't the Runule and the prenldiuit do nut agree, and the idea prevail that, after one or two day mure of liU'oiieiieutial iliaruimioii, the Rpwliil m-Miliin of the wnnte will lie allowed to adjourn without ilute, and the treaty Inpie. Hut thla plan I not popular in the lemiite and a way to avoid It il Mug KoiiKht, Thurtday, March 10, IVlmtor Morgan orriipietl p'actli'ally the entire time In ipuitioti to the Hanto Uiiiiliifu treaty in ih executive eaalon of the aeimle tialny. A new plan aiignc"!"! I to let the In, Ui matter go over until the next regular aewiloii of roiiKtemi, w hen a Joint rcwdiitloii will be paMfd to authorixe the prenldeiit to do the very thing, that are propowd by the treaty. , Friday. March 17. In the rieeiillve nemiiiu of the aeiiate to.y Morgan riiiilliiin-l hi ept'h of yesterday, lie Hiko until !.' p. ui,, w hen Kuraker took the Itoor III deleliae, Adjouriiment i luoknl for tomorrow. Il I not determined whether the treaty will l reromtiiltlwl or whether it will he allowed to litpue without action of any kind. tiniinlor Hpooner diwu.ed briillly the rlatlona Im'Iwivii the I'hilpipitie and till rtiunlry, and aid he btdievwl the time would ihiiiih when tho i.lmid. would have their own government. Saturday, March 18. The xvinl aemiiou of the m-nate wa at 3 'Ml today ailjotime.1 without day. All the nomination aenl In were con firmed with the exception of five, the timet important of which wa that of Judge Jame Wlckentham to uecced liiniM'll a Judge of the In.trict court of Ala.ka. rM-verat unimportant treal ie were ratified, but beyond three mat ter no lenmlntive buniiiee wa traam acte.1. Ml of the riuii wa devotwl to the Hanto mmingo treaty and at ad journment no action had leen taken oil the matter and It w a allowed to re main on the calendar. CHECK PUT ON DEFICIENCIES. Congrstf Provide Against Expendi ture In Excel! of Appropriation. Washington, March 20. One of the wisest acta of the Isle coiigree wa the insertion of a provision in the general dellciency bill that became a law on March 3, that heiealter. dclkiencie .halt not e created except Um ome great emergency. Olllcer of the gov ernment have licen altogether too tree in making Ointral and purchase with out regard to the appiopriation on hand, trusting that the deficiencies would I supplied. When deficiency bill amounts to the enornioli figure of 1 31 ,000,000, it gheethe meinlwr of congress ome cause for alsrm, and il seems ouie method was necessary to compel olliccrs not to mke these enormou expendi ture lor which no provision of congress had been made. The creating of defi ciencies w In a way unlaw ful. and if congress desired, it could repudiate these expenditure. Hut very seldom ha any Just expenditure ta-en refused In a dellciency bill, although aometinu criticised. Small Hope for Kuropatkin. Indon. March 17. The advices from the Far Kast are Isdieved here to Indicate that tienebral Kuropatkin and hi force in Manchuria will lie forced to surrender to the Japanese w ithin a verv short time. The correspondent of the" Loudon lbilly Mall at Ht. Peters burg, telegraphing late last night, says that advice received by the Hnxeian war olllce indicate that a vory large force of Japanese have succeeded in carrying out Marshal Oyiima' envelop ing movement and is now far to the northward of the lleeing Hussiua col umn. Peabody I Seated. IVnver, March 17. Jamea II. Pea- body y today won ins comesi ior n e of governor, from which he re- ofllcii tired on January iu aner neiYia . . ... ......... I... l.t vllttrv uuh term III Ol VWO year-, ..." j IcvihI only alter he bad given his acl pIlH ge to resign mm ' r to Lieutenant (iovemor Jesse K. chill M dlonald. Tho vote In joint conven- lion of the general assembly n wnicn il,,. A.iuni. u'io, oustiMl and (I overnor (lov ernor Jiiutc II. Peuliody instnllc. TIIOI tivn .. . was BR to 41. Ten Kepuniicans voieu with the Pemocrat for Adam. r.all. Peasantry to Arm. t...i. xi.ndi 17. Father (lotion, the leader of the Ht. Petersburg workmen In tho denionstriUlun of January 22, who, according to the Tribune Hus, 1 still hiding In France, ha last el an other stirring appeal to tho Kuesiun peasantry, calling on them to follow the directions of the revolutionary 'com bative committee, forgetting nil differ once of religion and tace, and Hbo as one man, armed fur a general insurrec tion against cxarlsni Bomb for Pobledonoteff. London, March 17. A dlHpatch from Bt. Peterswburg to tho New agency re port that into hist night a isimb ex nloded on tho tramway line closo to the . nil I f euA rOHlllenoeOf M. fOIHOUOnoaieeo, 1""- ' curator of the Holy Synod. No one I wa injured. Kill at Least Sixty Persons at Brockton, Massachusetts. THEIR BODIES ARE CREMATED Sho Factory 8warmsng With Peop!a Ripped Alunder by Bunting Boiler and Burned. Ilrucklun, Mil., March 21. At lea; HO peraoii were killed curly todny by the exploMloii of a l.iiler in a large .hoe mamifitcturing CHtiihli.hment In the Campbell diHtrict condiictcl by the It, It. drover company, The cxplueion imiuedintey followed by a llunh of Hume wlih h coiimuned the fm-toiy, a long, four-atory .Iructure, a if it were a holme of card, and incinerated an unknoMii iiumher ol men and women who were' umiblu to extriMte them nelve from the imow of tangled wreck age (iinni'd by the terrific upheaval in the Imilcr room. More than 60 of the employe in the building were maimed, burned or hruLcd by the time they reached "ule ground. The fire extended from the factory to even other building in the vicinity and dmtioyed them. One of themj building wa a threc-lory wooden blink, the other lieing cottage of .itinll value and a blackmnith hop. The wooden dwelling neur the engine Mom were practically demolished by the Hying boiler, but none of their im cupatit were eerioiiHly Injured. The totul llnancial hm 1 eatimatcd at f.T.O.OiMI, :'im,()(IO of which full on the It. It. drover company. It may never be known Ju.t how many pernon jicriiihed in tho wreckage. No on know exactly bow many ir- anil were in the factory. The number ha been i-tiiuul-l at 400, but Treas urer ( baric O. Nel-ou eaid tonight he doubted whether tbeto Wem no many at wo k. Tvio hundred and lUty nirvivor have been accounted fur, ami at in ul night the irnmiim of 60 bodie had Imimi n-coverfl from the ruin, the earth ln'ing continued all night. SAY AMOUNT IS EXORBITANT America and Britain Hold Out Against Paying Samoan Claim. Ixindoit, March 21. The Associated Ir.-M iiiiilcrataitda that there are no irisiwcl of an early settli ment of (!er nmnv'i Hamoan claims. A tentative tier of ItO.OOO tias Imi-ii mviimii (ieriiiauv claim ol tiiu.uoo, oeu divided liclwccd the t'nit.-d Stati-s ami tireat Uritain, i conceihtl to le not worth hsifk'ling over, but the two gov eminent stand blether on principle on the rcfu-al to settle. Tl. .luim for 1120.000 iucludc moral dumiige, and the American am Itritish expert to whom the accounts ..rn .uliiiiitte.1 reiHirt that the claim reurcseiit ten times the actual losses I ..,M1IMI1V bns lieen infornml that the two governments are anxious to settle, and would lie willing t" pay any rca soimble sum, ns other claims are awuil ing the result of this settlement. B'O GUNS MAY TALK. French Warhlpi Ordered to Proceed At Once to Venezuela. WashiiiL't March 21. The Kremh c,.ldi. eoiuoinv comt'lications bue reaeheil a crisis, and Minister Howcn has informed the ftate department that the French minister at Larue, by in slri.ctions of his government, lias not lleil the Venner-uelan government tin there must lie uo further proceedings on it part toward the cancellation of the company' franchise or interference with its iiroiHTty. Further, Mr. Bowen revirt that two French warshilis. the cruisers Dupleix and Jurien do la draviere, have ta'en ordered post haste to Vencxuelft to act in accord with the instructions oi uie i.v..n.-li miiiiator. The warships are now in the Caribbean seo Fishtinc Hawaiian Forest Fires. Honolulu. March 21. Five hundred or more nerson. mostly plantation !' iHirers, were today fighting the forest ,t WiihUua. The tlie is now be- li,.v,wl ro tat nndor control. About 000 acre were burned, being mostly i,.,i , i.ilv Hcotiired bv tho Cnitcd kio.i.,. tor n'mililarv reservation. i r,.il :irt t..l w ide w'a burnwl around il. The forest is being patrolled to night. The lire in Ohm and Kona are also believed to ho under control i).,s, b.ilmul to extingish the tire in the Olaa district Extra Session in October. ti. Molne. March 21. Senator Al lison is nuthoitiy for thestatement that President KiMisevelt will call congress l.. ,.tra sees on October I, two nioiiiu In advance of tho regular session, for the purpose of considering the railroad limit ion. Senator Allison also expressed hi own view relative to the rule question. He stand tor empowering the commission to adjust rales, declaring inai vueio biu hh.i.j nbuses which tire subject to correction Wilt Asked Peace Discussion. pru March 21. In the course of an interview in the Matin today, Vis .mnt llavnshi stated that M. Witte u-lien ill 'llerlin lust July, sent n,iMrv to Ijmdun asking t he Japanese minister there to meet him to discuss peace. Minister Itayashl consenioa but. re'celvoil no further couimnnica tion. CONFERENCE ON IRRIGATION. Expert from Wtern Government Stations Meat in California. I Nun Kranclw.'o, March 21 .At a irnalt but very aignilicant cuiitereuce of half a dozen Irrigation exjierl connected with the experiment itatioua of the United Ktate Agricultural department on the 'ucillc coait, held yeeterday and today at the I'nivenit) of California, Import ant plan were made for the future of rrigutlon and drainage Investigation In II the weatern state. The meeting wa attended by J'rolcwtor hi wood Mead, chief of the irrigation bureau of the Depurtment of Agriculture; Protes tor Humuel Fortler, of Montana; Pro fessor . II. True, of Nevada; Professor L, Waller, of Washington j Profee- or J. II. Withycombe, of Oregon; and Professors E. W, llilgnrd, B. II. Lough ridge, and K. J. Wickson, of the ngri- cult ural experiment stations at Berkley. The chief task of the conference wa the preparation of plan for cxiieri- Ineiits to determine the quality of water which will give the best result In irri gation under (liferent condition. Thi i an undertaking, almost limitles in extent. In addition to this, a cam paign of education I lieing arranged. Professor Llwrxxl Mead, who boa just arrived in California to commence his scries of annual lecture at the (Mate university, la very hopeful over the future of Irrigation on the coast. Pn;fesaor . Withycombe reiiorted on the work and it possibilities in Oregon. lie will return north and continue the measurement of stream. Today' conference i considered a oH.'iiing new poasibilitie in irrigation on the Pacific coast,. SLAUGHTER BY BULGARIANS. Greek Village Attacked and All Mai Inhabitants Slain. Constantinople, March 21. Advices received from Salonica state that the Bulgarian band are again causing trouble, and that report of outrage are coining in rapidly. The result of thi ! that the relations between ireece and Bulgaria are again stretched near to the breaking point, the former government alleges that the Bulgarian government i not making any effort to keep these hands under control but permit them to ravage at will on con- lit ion that thev confine their assault to dreek ai d Turk. At a monastery near Vodena a band of armed Bulgarian attacked a party of dreek priest and the latter must have been killed had not a party of dreeka come to their resue and at tacked the Bulgarians. The latter were beaten Wok, leaving 16 dead behind. Angered at their losses the I! u I gar an attacked the villages oi Aloesi- merion and ruthlessly massacred all of the male inhabitant and carried off the women and children. They then terrorised the entire diatrict of Vodena and so fur have managed to escape the troops that were cent to punish them CASTRO SEIZED COAL MINES. Protest Entered by Italian Government 4or Operating Company. New York. March 21. The Herald this morning prints the following dis patch from Port of Spain, Trinidad: News Iiiuj reached Port of Spain that the governor of Barcelona, Veneiuela, hiu received from President Castro or ders to take possession at once of the coal mine of Guantanaricual, situated near Barcelona, and leased in 1898 for 83 years by the Venezuelan government to an Italian company. The same day the Venezuelan troops took possession of the mines by armed force, as in the similar case ot the -ew York and Hermudese company, this, notwithstanding the protest of the Ital ian government. The action has been taken without a judgmnt of the court of Caracas. The Italian legation has been notified and Hsron Aliotti, Italian charge d'affaires, is represented as having entered a protest. Spartan Runs on a Rick. Block Island, It. I., March 21. The steamer Spartan, ot the Hoston sua Philadelphia steamship company, ran aground on the southeastern end of Block island during a fog early today while on her way from Providence to Ph lalelphia. A 15-foot nole was stove in the ship's bow and soon the vessel sank so her decks were awash Tonight the vessel is rapidly breaking up. The crew of 23 remained aboard the ship during the day, but were taken off tonight. Wreckers have been sent to lighter the cargo. Mistake Over Damage Claim. St. Petersburg, March 21. The Rus slan press is bitterly attacking the claim for damages for the sinking of the Brtish steamer Knight Commander, on the theory that the demand is for exemplary diimnges put forward by the Hrtish government in violation of inter national law and entirely apart from the owner's claim, whereas tho foct is that It is simply the owner's claim, the misapprehension having' been created by erroneous report in English papers. Meat Too High for the Poor. Mexico City, March 21. Meat deal ers are exercised over the rise in the price of meat, which has been advanced from 25 to 60 per cent in the lust month, and chargo that there is a meat trust ot work. The situation is seri ous, as meat Is almost beyond the means of the lower classes. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREStI RESUME WORK ON UMATILLA Irrigation Project Has Attention of Government Engineers. Pendleton John T. Whistler, en gineer of tho reclamation bureau for Oregon, say work will be resumed on the Umatilla irrigation project in a hort time. The engineers will con inue their ii v stigations of the John Day river proposition and ascertain if the river can le diverted from its chan nel over the desert land of Southern Morrow coun'y. The feat would be a dimcult one, and, contrary to the belief of .the pub lic, who think the river would leave it channel at the headwater of Wil low creek, the canal would necessarily follow the deep canyon of the river for uiilee, emerging to the top at a point wet of lone, Morrow county, and take an easier'y direction toward Umatilla county until the grade neces sitated running north to the Columbia. Thi project would probably cost from 12,500,000 to 13,000,000, but Mr. Whistler states that should it be found that 250,000 acres could tie reclamed it would be feasible. Should the amount of land lie much smaller than this it will be deferred until each a time as land are of a sufficient value to warrant the expenditure of such a sum, or at least until the reclamation fund reaches such an amount as to war rant the. commencement of such a scheme. Other investigations Iu the Umatilla project proper will be continued, as a lie wa found late last fall which might prove feasible. The character of the soils in that district is such that great care is being exercised upon a site. Borne have proved after tests to be of such a nature as not to hold water through the hot season and would lose a great amount by the per colation through the sides and bottom of a reservoir. Instructions for Taking Census. Balem Secretary of State Dunbar has issued the blanks and instructions to county assessors governing the tak ing of the state census of 1905. Sop- plies will be sent to each assessor in day or two. The legislature, at its last session, having failed to pass any act amending the old census law, Secretary of State Dunbar has adhered closely to the law, out of dale though it is. Two blanks are provided, one for the enu meration of inhabitant and the other for the enumeration of industrial pro ducts. For the convenience of assessors the military roll wa included in the enumeration of inhabitant. The in st ructions given are very complete and if studied and carefully followed the census should give a very accurate col lection of statistics. To Exhibit Sumpter Ores. Sumpter The building which will contain the permanent ore exhibit of the Sumpter mining district, is com plete in its Interior decorations and now ready for the reception of a dis play jpjcimen. The object of the ex hibit is the concentration at one piont of the many different kinds of minerals that are produced in this district This will permit of inspection ol ore without the necessity of visiting the many different sections where they are found. Many visitors from the feast visiting the Portland exposition, are expected to stop over and inspect this section, and the mineral display will be one of the most important objects to attract their attention. Umaiilla County Booklet. Pendleton The Commercial associa tion is preparing matter for a booklet containing information ot Umatilla county, to be distributer! among the in coming homeseekers to induce them to locate in the county. A number of tbe newspaper men and business men have been asked to contribute articles for the book, and it will be printed as soon as possible. Fifty thousand copies will tie printed for distribution among the visitors who pass through to the Lewis and Clark fair this summer. To Import Black Percherons. Pendleton A. C. Ruby A Co. this week sold to John Crow, the wheat grower, a black Percheron stallion, making the eighteenth sale since eetab liihing a distributing depot in the place. Mr. Ruby is preparing to go to Europe to purchase another lot, and will leave the latter part of May. He will first visit England to pui-chase a few Shires and then to France to pur chase the black Percherons, which are more popular than other breeds. The animals will be shipped and will reach here about the first of July. Low Prices for Cattle. Pendleton Stock growers of the county are disappointed at the poor cattle market and a tew are selling re gardless of the fact that only the lowest figure of the season can be obtained. A short time ago the market promised to reach 4 cents for steers and dH cents for cows, and in one or two instances those figures were paid, but after those sales the prices immediately fell until only 9 cents is paid for the choicest animals. Wildwood Mill to Start. Cottage Grove The Wildwood Lum ber company, whicb owns a large saw mill near the end of the Oregon & Southeastern track, above Wildwood, has decided to put the mill into active operation. There are plenty of logs close to the mill. I. L. Smith, a well known samwiH man, has - been put in charge. NUMBER ALL NOSES. New Legislative Apportionment to Be Made in 1907. Salem A new legislative apportion ment, based upon the state census of 1105, must tie made by the legislature of 1907, and for that reason it behoove each county to see that a full enumera tion of inhabitants i made thi year. The growth of Eastern Oregon and the city of Portland in the last five years is supposed to have been more rapid than the growth of the Willamette valley counties, and if the state census should how much of a difference, Multnomah county and iRtern Oregon may profit by securing larger representation in the legislature. From computation made by Labor Commissioner 0. P. Hoff last summer, that official reached the conclusion that some of the older settled valley counties are not increasing very rapidly in popu La tion. His report showing that opin ion raised a storm of criticism from the counties that received an nnfavorable showing, but Commissioner Huff assert ed that his computations were made ac cording to plans approved by the beet statisticians, and he anticipates that the census will bear oat bis figures. The apportionment into senatorial and representative districts is not al ways made in strict compliance with the constitution, and therefore some counties get a larger representation than their population entitles them to, while other counties get less, bbould the legislature of 1907 be actuated by a desire to follow the constitution, thre might be some important changes in Uie apportionment of representatives. Water War On. Klamath Falls The Klamath Canal company ordered the head gate of its canal opened on Link river and the water went coursing down the canal through the tunnel, under Ankeny canal. dowfi Eleventh street, in Klamath Falls and out onto the flats bordering L ke Ewauna. Immediately Sheriff Obenchain served the manager of the company with an order from the court directing bim to shut on the water, be cause the property owners on Eleventh street brought suit against the company for damages, as the secretary of War had notified the company that taking water out of Link river would be if legal. The company will now undoubt edly have Ih i attention of the Lnited States district attorney. Oregon Hops are Dirty. Silverton Fred Arthur has just re turned from a four months visit in England, and among other things he brought back a sample of choice hope upon comparison with which the beet hope of Oregon are found to be lees clear and bright in appearance. Mr Arthur says that although many of Oregon's bops found a market in Eng land this year the buyers there com plain that the hops are too dirty and that instead of getting better they are picked less clean each year. He fears that the reputation of Oregon hos will suffer unless there is an improvement in the picinkg. Klamaths Must Pay Taxes. Salem Attorney General Crawford has rendered an opinion in which be holds that the Indians of the Klamath reservation, who have just received their allotments from the government, are subject to government under the laws ot this state, and are entitled to enjoy the same privileges as other citi xens. This means that the lands held by these Indians are subject to taxation the same as those of white men. Al though the act making this allotment passed congress in 1S99, it has just been approved by the president. Plan for Larger Iron Works. Ashland The Ashland Iron Works company, whose plant was partially de stroved by fire a few months ago, has let the v-ontract for new buildings and machinery on a new site and on a great ly enlarged scale. The company has been reorganized with a nominal capital of 120,000, but the plant when com pleted will represent an investment of nearly 175,000, it is sain. the new buildings are to be completed and the new plant installed by May l. Prune Trees About to Bloom. Corvallin By the latter part of this week the Italian prunes in the big 155 acre orchard north of Corvallis will be in full bloom. The event is nearly a month ahead of time, the usual date being about the middle of April. Five years ago the same orchard begun blos soming March 11, and that season yielded a heavy crop. Peach, almond and apricot trees in the vicinity have nearly finished blooming. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 86 87c bluest em, 94c; valley, 87c, per bushel Oats No. 1 white, ll.37.S01.42 gray, 1 1. 60 percental. Hay Timothv, 14(a)16 per ton clover, $1112 ; grain, $11(812; cheat, $11(312. Eggs Oregon ranch, 18c per dozen Butter Fancy creamery, 27, 32c. Potatoes Oregon fancy, 8595c common, 6580c. Apples Fancy, $1.752.50 per box choice, l1.2a. Hops Choice 1904, 23424c per pound. Wool Valley, 1920c; Eastern Ore- j mohair, gon, italic per pouna; choice, 26 26c per pound. DIVIDE THE MONEY. Two Great Irrigation Works are Pro posed for Idaho. ' Washington, March" 20. Reclama tion Service Engineers Ross and Powell, of Idahotfcalled upon Senaator Dubois today In reference to the proposition now being considered by the secretary of the interior to divert about 1 1,000,000 from the Minidoka irrigation project and use it in inaugurating what is known as the Boise-Payette project. Senator Dubois endorses the views of the reclamation service engineers ar.d will call upon Secretaiy Hitchcock and urge him to approve the proposition to have both projects carried to comple tion. From investigations and preliminary surveys it has oeen found that part of the Minidoka project south of Snake river is not feasible at this time and cannot be built nntil that part of the project north of Snake river shall be completed and put into operation. It is proposed to take the funds which would be required to build south of the river and use them to build the Boise Payette project, which is estimated to cost about 11,000,000. If this is not done, it is believed the funds intended for the south project will be turned back into the general reclamation fund, and Idaho will lose the benefit of them, at least for the present. MINE EXPLOSION KILLS TEN. Men Left on Guard at Night Perish in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Vs., March 20. An explosion occurred at the mine of the New River Smokeless Coal and Coke company at Rush Run at 10 o'clock last night, in which ten men were killed. The exploeion was in tlie Rush mine -rod extended to the lied Ash mine, nearly two miles away, and great flames burst out of the mouths of both mines. About seven men stayed in each mine at night to take care of them and all were killed. The interior of the mines is .in such ' condition at this time that it is impos sible for anyone to enter to investigate. The Rush Kan and Red Ash mine are the property of the same company and the latter is the mine in which 44 lives were lost three years ago. It is impossible at thiB time to ascertain tbe cause of the exploeion. CASTRO PREPARES TO FIGHT Seeks Settlement with Other Nations but is Hostile to France. Paris, March 20. Official advices are to the effect that President Castro, of Venezuela, is seeking to, settle his complications with Germany and Great Britain, probably with a view to leav ing him a free band in dealing with the complications with the United States and France. The latter awaits tbe decision of the court at Caracas, however. France has not subscribed to the po sition of some other European govern ments in entrusting to the United States the enforcement of rights against South American countries. On the contrary, this government expects to enforce its own rights, although what ever action is finally determined upon will undoubtedly be communicated to Washington with the view of securing American co-operation. Change in Asiatic Naval Command. Washington, March 20. Rear Ad miral Stirling, commanding the Asiatic fleet, has cabled the Navy department that he has left Cavite on the flagship Wicsonsin, accompanied by the battle ship Oregon, the gunboats Nanshan and General Alva and the torpedo boat destroyers Bainbridge, Barry, Decatur, Chauncey and Dale, for Hong Kong, where the admiral will haul down his flag on March 23 and transfer the com mand of the station to Kear Admiral William Folger, now commanding the cruiser squadron of that fleet. Receiver for Standard Oil. Independencee, Kansas, March 20. It was learned tonight that an applica tion would be made this week to the district court for a receiver for all the property of the Prairie Oil and Gas company (Standard) in Kansas. Tbe suit will be brought by independent oil producers. The court will be asked to enjoin the company from removing its pipes connecting with wells owned by the petitioners. The receivership case will be based on the refusal of the com pany to accept oil for transportation under the new common carrier law. Works of Art Destroyed. New York, March 20. Many valua ble paintings and pieces of statuary and articles used in instruction were de stroyed by a fire which damaged tbe building occupied by the National Aca demy of design. One fireman was buried under debris from a falling wall, but was rescued -and removed to a hos pital. He will recover. While an ex act estimate of the damage could not be made todav, it is said it will be at least $50,d00. Vesuvius Throw Hot Stones. Naples, March 20. Mount Vesuvis, is again in eruption and is throwing out burning lava, red hot stones and a high column ot Bmoke, with detona tions which are heard at long distances. Tbe eruption is attributed to an earth quake which was felt for 80 miles. Guard for Railroad Bridges. Warsaw, March 20. Tbe director of the Vistula railroad have asked for troops to guard the bridges between Siedlce and Malkin, because of the re- ' ceipt of letters threatening their de struction.