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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.