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THE OREGON VOL. XXII. ST. HELENS, OllEGON, FBI DAY, APItlL 21, 1905. NO. 19. MIST NEWS OF TOE WEEK In a Condensed Form (or Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENT? A Return of IH Lisa Important but Not LsM Interesting Events of lbs Put Ws. Nevada suit health officer report conditions improving at Tonopah, Ui D,.w mining camp. Th senate committee on Interstate commert liat commenced It hearing tin railway legislation. Cmumlaaloiier OarfUld ia holding night aeaaion imlnlng liitu Htandard Oil mctluala in Kanaaa. John A. Benson will hav to aland trial in Washington an land fraud rharges, Hie t'nlted Mate supreme rimrt havTug denied hla fight to b tried In California. Chicago teamster' sympathiser hav itiiilill tli negro driver lor Mont gomery, Ward A Co., and oilier dis turbance ar daily occurring iu con nr. tn m with the alrlka. Tli supreme court ol Ilia I'nltod HUli ha decided tli involving llii removal George W. Iteavera (ruin lniklyn to Washington against lloa cra, holding him subject 1 1 removal. Tli" preliminary legal lUh ia on at Portland In connection ilh tlia land fraud c. Hermann, Mitchell, Wil liamson and the smaller offender are all in ellcndancel at Judge Bellinger's r.nitt. Thai beat legal talent ol the atate in arrayed against I'nwwutor llriiry and Ihey will m augmented later ly aume ol the heat lawyers ol the Hal i4ili. Chicago will own tha rlly'a cat line within thrwi ttionlha. Carnegie will awn distribute III, ,'itHi.tMH) among 60 college in 17 at tea. Minturn, a amatl Colorado mining loan, ha lcn practically wiped out .y fire. Hiita have Juat lieen opened by tha Navy ii'.artiu.'iit lor the Construction u( three rruiaera. In.liana'a antl-clgarette law i In lr and a cigarette raunot be pur chased In the alalo. Farther violence on the art ol the atriknra haa ended pear conference on the Chicago teamsters' atrike. The revivalist who hav Juat left I'urtlanil and gone to fteattle aay the Utter rily la the purer ol the two. Kuaaia accuar Itrillah ahi ol spy ing i in the movemenla ol the BaHic Hurt and reporting to the Japamwe, Omaha retailer have had the price ( Ihh'I raiaeil on them. They are now paying $15 to $20 mor per care than they were two week ago. A limber ol Chicago heef truat wit lira- have fled to Canada and their wive have heen aiimmoned belore the grand Jury to tell what they know. The Ituealan army ia retreating to Kinti. Another earthquake In India hai wrecked two tuwna. The Itiiaalan flt haa changed iU cnurae and gnu eaalward to coal. IH.Ni.ly dilurtincl ar expected throughout Htiaal on May day. Paul Jones' iKMly haa heen fotvnd in I'nria and will I lirmighl hum for burial. The crar haa announced till Inten lion of revialng tha land lawa In order to iiiiut the peaaant. The Winnebago Indiana, In Nebras ka, have protested to Washington, claiming to have been robbed ol their Inn, la by agent. The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company will end $500,000 on new liiiea In I' tab, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming In 105. A riiminiaaloti haa been appointed to divide the dispute on International river. The waterway In qiieatlon ar the Kin Grande and Colorado on tha smith and the Milk river on the north. Cador Powell ha aiummed oftlo aa marshal at Nome, Alaska, wilding In vestigation. An unknown malady la killing many people at Tonnpah, tha new mining camp :l Nevada. Hundred aie fleeing (nun the clallrlct to escape the disease. Japan haa been called upon to pun lull ForiuoHium who murdered eight American aallor. Four beef Irnat official have been Indicted by the Federal grand Jury at Chicago fr iritlng witneM away. Until parties in the Chicago atrike refuse to confer ami tho employer have H'lnptod a plan by which they hope to win. President Roosevelt ha loft Okla homii fr Colorado. He may be In duced to Cainu on to Portland and at lend the fair. Tho two hoatlle fleet In Aalatlo wa ter lmvo not yet exune together, but they are fioit approaching each other mill n battle I expected at any time. It la aald the Interned Ruaaian iblp are preparing for a daah from Shanghai and China will lie unable to prevent it, aa alio ha no war vowel near. SHON1S IS TO Bt CHItf. 8crlary Tafl Saya He Will Work With Panama Oommlitlon. Nw York, April 18. Secretary of War Tafl, who I her to attend the annual meeting ol the director of the Panama railroad company In thia city toinonow, had thia to aay tonight on the affair ol the railroad company; , "Th meeting will reault In a cum plet reofgaulaation ol the company. The government I now In control of th eloch. It la aliaolutely eaaentlal lor th Culled Htatea to control the affair of the Company In tha work of conatrilftlng the canal. We dcaire the affair ol the road conducted in har mony with the cominlaalon which will have charge ol the general coiiatructlon work . "With Hit end in view, thedliector of th Panama railroad company at the meeting will elect ThwaiorN p. Hbunta, the new chairman ol the Pana ma canal commlaaion, president ol the Panama railroad company. "With Mr. Hhonla at the head of (he company It I certain that It aflalra will U conducted nnwt ealiafactorily. Ilia eiperlenc m a practical railroad man will enable him to oerate the railroad juat aa the Panama canal com mlaaion may deire while the work ol the conatruclion It In prngreaa. The entire official board ol the rompany will be eomprleed of either niemU-raof the commlaaion or men w ho are inter eated In the work of coiiatructitig the canal. "lly official Ixwrd I mean the officer and director of the company. "Waeipecl to have thia road in read 1 1 ice at th lime the work of the canal conatruclion begina and managed In a manner aa to facilitate thia great work." RUMORS WITHOUT REAL NEWS. Correspondent Que at Many Thing Beyond Their Vision. London. Anril 18. There i aa vet no new ol a great naval battle in Ihe Far Faat, or ul the whereabout ol Ihe rival fleet. The Hongkong corre pondent ol the Pally Mail semis a ru mor ol a small riiaaKcmeiit, but there la no confirmation ol thia reMrt. I Ma 1 1 regarding the Kuaaian alil in Kanrah bay, (Whin China, are l'o meagre to be instructive. According to the Ihilly Mail'a Hingmre cirrea iN.mlrnt. Ihe N'orlh (ierman I.loyd ateamer Prim Heinrirh saw aexeral batlleahipa and ail crulaers in the bay, but the dlsKU'he to other newaiiaMr ar not eo precise. The Ihiily Tele graph' Hiogapore corn-aHinilent, like the AaaiciatiHl Press, merely reports "liihlMU veaaela." and adila that the captain ol the Print Heinrich states that iaaibly more warahi were In- aide the harbor, but that they were in visible Irom the offing. The nreaence of the Kuaaian squad- run off the Annam coast Is raisin keen Interval here, in view ol Ihe pusaihil ity ol their infringing t hlneee neutral itv and of the likelihood ol Holoalven- ak h.vina bal In sidil hi aiiuailron. Th Mortiln Poet' correeinilent at Shanghai telcgtjpha that China haa in structed the governor ol the southern provln.-ea to maintain strict neutrality in view ol the Haibllity of Kuaaian abipa sheltering there. WHEELS BLOCKED IN ITALY. Railway Strike May Extend lo Other Form ot Industry. lt.., Anril 18. F.verr railway line throughout Italy ! tieil up this morn ing a a result of the strike aiming the employe, who are dissatisfied with wage and hour of labor. The strike I expected to spread to all of the large industries In the aeveral cities, and lie fore It Is ended bloodshed is likely to result. The strike started in aple, and a lew minute afterward Ihe heads of i.iu nnlmia wired toevery eiilairdinate organisation telling them to notify their member to stop work at midnight. The order waa literally olieyed and not a wheel ia turning Oil morning, al though the official ol th roads allege they will have them in oierauou w lore th end of the day. All the atalion clerk and office em lieen ordered to report to the station masters to aid in moving trains. Opnd by th Prident. N York. Anrll 18. With Presi dent Itooaevclt a the chief guest and leading educator- from all section oi the United Hlt among the skers, the next general season of the National Educational association, which will be held in Aabury Park, and Ocean tf rove, N. J., next July, promim to lie the most notable in the association's his lorv. The meetlnits will iN'gln Mon day, July 8, and continue five day. An elaborate program ha lieen comploted. President Kooevell Win oonver m principal addrea ol the meeting. Tunnel 8eur from Striker. Chicago, April 18. Labor leaders 111 hold a conference tomorrow with Mayor Kdward F. i.'nne, who said 10 night that he had hop.-. of an curly act lloment of the teamsters' atrike against m...........,..,v Ward tV. Co. The coal toamstera today decided to refuse to haul coal to the Montgomery Ward building. It la . learned tonight that the Chlacgo Tunnol company l rushing work on a connection with Montgomery Ward A Co.' luiHomont. Orand Trunk Station Burned. M.......I vleh.. Anrll 18. Flro to- night destroyed the Orand Trunk union station here, in wincn are lorawu me Keneral offloe of the road at vo weav of Port Huron. The building wa new and wai valued at 128,000. CRUSHED TO DEATH Four Boys Killed and Many In jured by Alarm o! Fire. AFTER FREE THEATER TICKETS Hundred Wr Walling at Indianap olis Masonic Temple When Panic 8tartd. Indianapolis, Ind., April 18. Frcn xied by false alarm of fire, several hundred raicer newsboys, stripling to obtain their share of free tickets to a local theater, which were beiiiK dis tributed by a traveling representative of a patent m liclne company, stain eded in a narrow atalrway in the Ma sonic Temple tonight, crushing the life out of four boy and seriously .injui ing several others. Look before the time approached fur the distribution of the tickets, the stairs of the Masonic Temple, at the southwest corner of Washington street and Capitol avenue, were crowded with a pushing, yelling crowd of newsboys, ach an luua to be first to leceive his puna. When the distribution begun, Ihe excitement became more intense, and the efforts of several pol icemen who hal been detailed to prevent trouble were unavailing. It is alleged that one of the hoys, in the endeavor to hasten the exit uf those who hail received their planes, shouted "Fire!" Immediately those at the lop faced about and almost with siiier human atreugtii betian to force tin'. r way to the bottom of the stairs. Khrirka and physical erVountcrs fol lowed lor a few seconds, when from some cause those near the top fell head long on the strugyluig mass at the Ixit- tom. Immediately policemen from the central station, who responded lo a riot call, began the work of reacue. Four ol the boys were dead w hen ex tricated Irom their position at the bot tom ol the stair. Others, believed lo have been fatally crushed, were taken oul aa fast aa they could I disen tangled from their frenned compan ions, w ho fought and clung to each other in dcieration. CANNOT LIMIT HOURS. Suprern Court Declsrss New York Baker' Law Unconstitutional. Waahington, April IS. In an opin ion by Juatice Peckham, the Kupreme court of the Culled rtate held to be uncoiiatltutional the Sew York state law makin ten hours a day's work and HO hour a week'a work in bakeries in that slate. Justice Harlan, White, I ay and Holmes dissented and Justice Harlan declared that no more import ant decision had licen rendered in I lie last century. The opinion was handed down in the case ol I-ockner vs. Ihe "tale of New- York, and waa baaed on the ground that the law interfere with the free exercise of Ihe rights of contract lic- iweeii Individuals. The court ol Ap peals of the "tale upheld the law and ' ... . .. ... i ... .i... ainrmed ine juugiueui oi toe ni court, holding Ixkner guilty. The law Involved in the case is sec tion 111) of the New York state labor law, prescribing Ihe hour of Inlior in bakeries in the etato. lxxkner is a baker in the city of I'tica and was found iruilty of permitting an employe to work in his bakery more than 0 hours in a week, and fined $M. The judgment wa affirmed by the New York Appellate conns. Senator Thurston I Retained. Hloiix City. I.. April 18. John M. Thurston, ex-Cnited States senator from Nebraska, has been retained to pres claims for indemnity on account of the massacre ol several Americans by Yaqul Indian in S-inora, Mcx., January II). The claim will aggre gate tf0,000, f 100,000 each for the four men killed, J. K. McKenxie and Or. Uoliert McCoy, of Chicago; vt alter u..,i.i....r .l Kewanee. 111., and M. 11. Call, of Sioux City, and $25,000 each for the terrible extierience oi uie io survivor. Hoodoo Boat May Be Accepted. vyl,iiiuioii. Anril 18. Tho report of the naval board which conducted the recent trial of the lloldaborough in Puget sound has len received at tne v ...... .i...,ri..,..iii Iii Hubstniice it shows that although tho speed Is not altogether satisfactory, due protwmy w .1... ..ul..r.l .l.ilsrloration III Ihe 111ft- VIIU lin.ia.n. - -- chinery since it Installation, nlniut live years ago, the vessel ib structurally sound and otherwise in good condition. The disposition of the naval authorities Is to accept her. Death Rale I Decreaiing. . i 1..-1I 111 T. ..l.iuiii.v liia 10 UlilcaKO, April v..-... years of seivice as commissioner of health for the ell) of Chicago, lr. ...I u !........!. Iii nrpHioita 111 his Arlliur iiviiuM"- i ' . . ..lit .1..I.. Dill... till iinnuiil report sigiuiicnov unui o.i..n...B 1 ..... .1.....U .... 1.. 41... tho decrease oi tne ncm "iio city. During tho 10 years from 1885 . Him i....i..u:..a iUtk vimrlv averiiL'A of death raw was so.u- hi jv-i . 1..-t K .ii.uuailii n nil 1.. 1 OI1A ol population, wuimn 10 years the rate decreasud to 15.1 in ' . ...... . ..I..H.... every i,uuu oi jwmuih". American Missionary Slain. Shanghai, April 18. A native Chris iLimlui Imn arrived hero reports that a band of Chuncluises have murdered a i American niisalonnry naineti iven nedv at Kuhongnsien, near nangenau ... . I - I A.A .1 He could give no panicum ui von logetl crime. TALKED TOO MUCH. Sever Rebuk Qlvsn to 8pclal Land Agent Laach. Washlngtm, April 17. Arnold F. Leach, special agent of the general land office, who I quoted In dispatches from Taciiina a declaring he ha unearthed tremeiidou land fraud In Washington, beside which the Oregon fraud pale into insignificance, ha been called se verely to account by Land Commission er Kichard. According to Leach' interview, he ha Hherlock Holmes done to a frazxle. He made it appear that he had gath ered evidence which would lend to the penitentiary in my leading cltlxen and officials ol Washington, who, he alleg ed, hail been defrauding the govern ment of hundred ol thousand of dol lars' worth ol timl er. In a letter addressed to Leach, Mr. Klchards say be haa examined hi offi cial reports to the department and finds nothing in them which substantiate his Interview; I-each ha omitted to notify the department of hi sensation al discoveries. If he ha such evidence as he claims, Mr Klchards want to see 1'. Furthermore, Leach is notified that siiecial aicenla are lent out to gather information for the general land office, not foi the newspapers; that their rejiorta are regarded as confiden tial at all times, and if any part of them is to be made public that infor matfbii will be given to the press in Washington, not by officer in the field. I.cach is a subordinate special agent in WaithingUin. He is not working under the direction of Secretary Hitch cock, but of Mr. Richards, nor I he in charge of land investigation in Wash- ington state. It is not believed any further steps will be taken in Leach' case unless it be to again reprimand him when his reply is received. ROMANOFFS IN THEIR COFFINS Cartoon In Prominent Russian Paper Sends Pric to Premium. Hi. Petersburg. Anril 17. Uuite a sensation was caused this morning by the apiearance in the Neva, the moat widely circulated illustiated weekly In Russia, ol a hall-tone picture repreeent inir the innierial family. includinE the empress, holding the heir to the throne, the background uf the picture showing, in ahadowv nut line, the emneror. Orand Puke Kergius, Orand Duke Alexis, the dowager empress, the beir to the throne and practically all the member of the Romanoff family lying dead iu their coffin. The work is done so skillfully that the sbaJow in the dranerv behind the Imperial family are discernible with great difficulty. The publisher disclaim any previous know- Mge of. the shadowy ngurea. j lie cul prits, who were students employed on toe naner. have not vet b en located. Copies of this edition of the Neva are selling at a big premium. The rilova has received its nrsi warn inr for the miblicaiion of article en titled "The Bureaucracy," and "The War and Reform," in which the paper ..vun.lv arraiinied the bureaucracy, the general staff and the war office for in competency. SAVED FOR CELILO CANAL. Sand and Gravel Pit at Tha Dalles Withdrawn from Entry. iVnahintfton. Anril 17. At the re quest of Major I-augfitt, the secretary of the interior today withdrew from en try lot 1, 2 and 3, in section 2, town ship 21, range 13, adjoining the Seuf fert property at The Palles. This tract contains a large sand and gravel . . .. 1 1 . . . pit, anil oeuiK uu vacant gumiiiiii! I.. ,i.l it ru dimmed advisable to secure it for the use of contractor on The Dalles-Cclilo canal before It fell into i... linn. la n( aneculator. Malor Lans- fitt said it was not knewn definitely how much sand ana gravei was on theae lota, but evidently enough to help along with the canal work. The fact that the government owns ii,; I. ml u ill tend to materially re duce the cost of the canal. It is likely the contractors win ue auoweu to uae this sand and gravel without cost. Convicts Who Broke Jail. Sacramento, Cal., April 17. Pale and emaciated from the effects of the severe wounds received In their break for liberty, and from confinement in the dungeons at Folsom, convicts J. W. Finley and Charles Carson appeared before Judge, Hart's court today and were arraigned on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with malice and aforethought. Both men are life-termers, and if convicted on this charge they will grace the gallows. These are the convicts who were concerned in the last break at Folsom prison. New Destroyers for Japan. YVaaliiiu-tiui. Anril 17. Information has reached Washington through Eur ope that the Japanese navy lias wiiuio. the last four days commissioned 10 new torpedo boat destroyers built In Japan ese shipyards. It is believed that within six weeks 25 additional destroy ers, building under rush orders, will be put in commission. Jnrce nuiiureu. and eighty-one mines planted by the Japanese in fronl of Port Arthur have boon taken up and placed elsewhere. Cherries Ten Dollar Pound. Sacramento, Cal., April 17. The first box of ripe cherries shipped out ol tho shite by the Earl Fruit company on April 7 was sold In Philadelphia today lor $100, being $10 a pound. Manager George B. Katxousteln say this is the hlgh'iBt price ever realised from the sale ol the first box of California cher ries, which 1 the result ol the flwee rivalry among Philadelphia dealer. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST STRIKE IN 1 HE MONUMENTAL. I Nw Discovery Mad in a Well Known Old Mine. Granite A strike has just been made 1,1 the old Monumental mine, near here, that bids fair to cause no little ex citement and prove of great va)ueto the mining interest of Eastern Ore gon. It waa made in a winze being sunk from the lower level of the mine. The winze is now down 100 feet and for some time Manager Allen ha had a crew drifting from the bottom. The new discovery shows a vein 20 feet wide. On the hanginK-wall aide of the ledge is two feet of solid quartz, heav ily charged with antimonial ruby sil ver, characteriatic of the deposits of silver ore formerly found In thia ola mine, while on the opposite side of the vein is a strong seam of gold ore carry ing three ounce of gold per ton. The silver ore runs not less than 600 ounce per toll. lictween these two rich shoots the entire vein is of a good mill ing grade. Tins discovery was made at a depth of about fiOO feet below the apex of the Monumental ledge. For the past four years the property has lieen owned by the Portland Min ing A Reduction company, of which C. J. Allen, of Portland, is manager. Logging Engine for Curtis Road Albany An immense logging engine for use on Ihe new logging road of the Curtis Lumber company, in the Cas cade mountains near Mill City, baa ar rived in Albany, and will be put in operation on the road this spring. The engine comes from the Lima Locomo tive works, in Ohio, and is the first of it a'xe and kind to be put into use in the lumber business in Oregon. It is of a type calculated to do very heavy, rather than speedy, work, and marks the beginning of a new epoch in the lumbering industry in Linn county. Will Have Special Car. Independence The Independence Improvement league is making arrange ments for a special car to take it mem bers to Portland to attend the State league convention April 2i. The J.ew is and Clark club will lie asked to dec orate the car, and the "Blue Ribbon" connty will be well represented by en thusiastic members of the league. The leau is takinic up the matter of beau tifying the town, and a large commit tee' of both ladies and gentlemen will be appointed to look after this work. Rogue River Fruit Unharmed. Medford The recent light frosts in tha Rogue river valley have done com paratively no harm; in fact, have been a benefit by thinning out the fruit somewhat on overloaded trees, and the beet apple and pear crop ever raised in the valley is now practically assured. With the exception of some apple or chards which were allowed to overliear last year, and in consequence which could not set fruit buds for the present season, the fruit bloom was nefer bet ter locally than now. Heading Off the Standard Oil. Astoria The city attorney has been instructed by the public property com mittee to prepare an ordinance for In troduction at the next meeting of the council forbidding the storage of crude oil or other explosives in larger quanti ties than 100 gallons at any one place inside tho city limits. The reason for presenting this ordinance is the at. nounced Intention of the standard u l company to erect a large storage tank on its property near the foot of Sixth street, New ODera House for Silverton. Pilverton Work has begun on the foundation nf the new oDera house. The building will occupy a hall block, and win be -'iiixnu I eel ana two stories high. The opera house will hn on the lower floor, and will be tiOxiK) feet. On the second floor will be a dance hall 110 feet square and two lodge rooms, liesides tne opera nouse mere will lu t.lireA atnrea on the lower floor. The building will be ready for use by July l. Fish Cannot Get Over Dam. Pendleton Complaints are coming from residents on the Walla Walla river that trout are unable to get over the Northwestern Gas & Electric com pany's dam across the river aud that above the dam theie is very little fish ing. The dam ie seven feet high and is not fitted with fish ladders. Those who have visited that locality say that fish are constantly seen leaping in their endeavor to scale the obstruction. Give Roseburg a Chance. Eugene The local directors have de cided that the Second Southern Oregon District fair shall not be held in Eu gene this year and Roseburg has been given the privilege of giving it there. It waB thought that the interest taken in tho Lewis and Clark exposition by Eugene people would detract from the success of a district fair, so the matter of holding it here this year was given P- Orange Boxes for California. Marshfield General Manager Vala gin, of the Coos Bay Furniture factory at North Bend, announces that he has made a contract with SmiUiern Cali fornia shippers to manufacture 3,000, 000 orange boxes, and that biB factory will be kept running night and day for a year. He ia installing this week his own sawmill, which will cut 60,000 cet of spruce lumber daily. DEBTORS MUST GIVE UP HALF After May 18 On-Half Their Wage May B Taken by Creditor. Salem Oregon merchants will have a good remedy against many of their bad debtors after May 18, when the act of the last legislature regarding the exemption of wages from execution will go into effect. This act amends the law by making one-half the earnings of the debtor subject to execution proceed ings if the debt be for family expenses. Prior to 1903 all the earnings of a debt or for 30 day next preceding the serv ice of an attachment, execution or garn ishment were exempt if the earning were needed for the support of a fam ily. Lnder that law men with consid erable monthly incomes would escape the payment of their debts. The legis lature of 103 amended the law by lim iting the amount of earnings exempt to $76, but leaving the law otherwise the same. A there are comparatively few men working for wage who receive over $76 a month, this law still enabled men to avoid oebts which they should be compelled to pay, and Ihe legisla ture of 1005 amended the section still further by adding this clause: "Ex cept when the debt is incurred for fam ily expenses furnished within six months of the date of the service of such attachment, execution or garnish ment, 50 per cent of such earnings shall be subject to such attachment. execution or garnishment." As construed by the courts, the term 'family expenses" includes such items as provisions, fuel, rent, lurniture, wearing apparel, pianos, organs, jew elry, medical attendance, etc. Oregon Day at th Fair. Portland Oregon days, as set apart by the Lewis and Clark fair manage ment are as follows : June 5, Monday Salem, Dallas; June 6, Tuesday Baker City, Sumpter; June 7, Wednes day Pendleton, Heppner; June 8, Thursday The Dalles, Prineville, Moro; June 9, Friday Oregon City, McMinnville' Jane 10, Saturday Astoria, Hillsboro; June 12, Monday Albany, Corvallis; June 13, Tuesday LaGrande, Cnion; June 14, Wednes day Ashland, Medford, Jacksonville; June 15, Thursday Grants Pass; June 16, Friday Roseburg; June 1 1 , bat- unlay Eugene, Cottage Grove, Specialty of Fin Chickens. Milton W. C. Hopson, manager of the Milton Fruitgrowers' union, is rais ing chickens on a large scale on his farm four mile up On the Walla Walla river. He has four large incu bators and four brooders. Mr. Hopson is making a specialty of raising fine chickens, keeping several varieties of pure bred fowls. At present be is hatching Rhode Island Reds and is marketing the tiny chickens at $3 per dozen, with a ready market for all he hatches. A number of other residents of the vicinity of both Milton and Freewater are purchasing incubators and engaging in the poultry business. Arranging Clackamas' School Display Oregon City Having been assured by a member of the executive committee of the Clackamas county Lewis and Clark exhibit that the necessary funds for installing the educational exhibit will be forthcoming, the members of the educational committee in this county met at the courthouse to ar range and classify this department of the Clackamas county display. This feature of the exhibit will comprise all kinds of papers and drawings, together with some manuel work, and will be to the credit of the schools. Cancel Deads if Fraudulent. Salem In reply to questions sub mitted by Governor Chamberlain, At torney General Crawford has rendered an opinion holding in substance that the state land board has authority to cancel all deeds and certificates to school lands wherein fraud appears on record, but that it is not within the power of the board to take arbitrary ac tion in the matter. In other words, fraud must be alleged and proven be fore the board baa authority to cancel certificates of sales. Wasco Land Brings S45. The Dalles One of the best land sales ever made in Wasco county has just been closed. It was the sale of 725 acres of wheat land adjacent to the town of Dufur, which brought the owner, A. J. Dufur, $33,i25, or $45 an acre. The purchasers were John ston Bros,, the well known merchants and land owners of Dufur. It is all fine wheat land, and last year 40 bush els of wheat to the acre were harvested off the entire tract. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 8586c per bushel; bluestem, 91l)3c; valley, 88c. Oats No. 1 white, $28S per ton; gray, $27(828. Hay Timothy, $14 16 per ton; clover, $1112; grain, $1112; cheat, $1112. ' Eggs Oregon ranch, 18c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 1822'c. Potatoes Oregon fancy, $1(31.15; common. 80!)0c. Apples Fancy, $1.75(32.50 per box; choice, $11.25. Hops Choice 1904, 23&'25c per pound-. Wool Valley, 2022c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 15 18c; mohair, choice, 3132c per pound. ADVANCE IN ALL BIG MARKETS. Packer Raise Pric and Lay Blam on Cattl Growers. Chicago, April 14. Price of beef have advanced in every important mar ket of the United State. The con sumer is paying the advanced price, which to bim represents several cent per pound over what he paid up to ten days ago. Swift A Co., Armour and Nelson Morris state that no beef ha been sup plied to the retail markets of Chicago or to any other market in the country during the last month and a half ex cept at a loss. This, it i declared, ha been partially due to the fact that breeder of stock and the handler of range cattle have lieen holding back on upply until the grass of the range be comes nourishing. Swift A Co., s leak ing for the packing interests, this after noon, issued the following statement: "During the last six week tha pro ducers of beef cattle have been receiv ing about $1 advance over past price for choice cattle. Thia simply mean that the advance to the consumer in price would be about $2 on the one half of choice cattle that can bo used for food purposes. The range cattle producer ia the master of the aitua tion." ATTEMPT TO WRECK WARSHIP. Caution Saves Connecticut from Being Ruined in Drydock. New York, April 14. During the process of placing the near battleship Connecticut in drydock at the navy yard here today, what might have proved a serious accident was avoided by t'ni officer in charge tending down a diver to make thorough examination oi the hull before the water should be pumped out and the vessel lowered into the keel blocks. The diver discovered heavy timber stuck fast to the bnll on the port side of the keel, where it bad adhered to tbtt rough plating while the vessel waa on the way and had not been released in launching. A failure to discover the timber, it is said, would have resulted in the buckling or crimping of the keel and lower frames when the vessel set led on the blocks. Several day previous to the launch ing of the Connecticut last fall divers were ent down to examine the way and found a large spike placed where it would have pierced the hull, bad it not been found. Later, an official investi gation disclosed holes bored in one of the plates. LOW GRADES FOR SANTA FE Will Spend Ten Millions on New Road Through Mountain. Chicago, April 13. The Record Herald says: Official announcement ia made that the Santa Fe haa decided to build a $10,000,000 cat-off to the Pa cific coast with a view to getting rid of the mountain grades which now are en countered in the trans-continental travel. Order have been given for the purchase of all the material necessary, and work will begin in 30 days. The work will be pushed to completion rap idly, and the new transcontinental low grade line will be ready for opening withiu a year or 15 months. The Western end of the cut-off will be at Belen, N. M., 27 miles south of Albuquerque, on the El Paso line, and the Eastern will be at Texico, 250 miles away on the Pecos valley lines of the Santa Fe. The new toad will cross the Sierra Nevada mountains at Aho Pass, at &n elevation of 6.491 feet, but at a maximum grade east-bound of IX per cent and west-bound of 6-10ths of 1 per cent. The line will cross tne Santa Fe Central near Willard and the El Paso A Northwestern at Llano, N. M. Ready to Fight Once More. Paris. April 14. Captain Rode tele graphs to the Matin that he haa been the guest of Kaulbars, commander of the second Manchurian army at the Russian front. The captain; observa tions showed that the Russian army had been reinforced and is prepared to renew the battle. The troops maneuv er daily in battle formation. The Jap anese c&valry advance guard, the dis patch adds, is barely 10 miles away. and frequent cavalry skirmishes take place. The prisoners captured have sabre cuts on their heads, showing hand-to-hand skirmishes. Flood Damages Arizona Railroad. Phoenix. Ariz., Apiil 14. For two or three days it has been raining heav ily in Arioxna. Karly this morning 300 feet of the pile structure built to repair the rnoenix eastern railway bridge over Salt river at Tempo wa washed away. Salt river is still high tonight and some fear is expressed for the Maricopa A Phoenix railway bridge at Tempe. Reports from the Roosevelt dam site is that the river is higher than at any time this year and is fully as high at the Arizona canal dam a at any previous time. Invite Tafl to Australia. Manila, April 14. Governor Gene ral Northcote, of the commonwealth of Australia, will, it is understood, invite Secretary ot War Taft and party to visit Australia during the party' forthcoming visit to the Philippines. The commonwealth of Australia will defray the entire expense, it is said. The American chamber of commerce of Manila is preparing to entertain Mr. Taft and party on an extensive scale during their stay in Manila. Submarines at Vladivostok. Tokio, April 14. It is reported here lhat the Russians at Vladivostok are conducting experiments with six ub mnrine vessels, and that these vessel are all of foreign manufacture, and in clude. French, British and American type.