THE OREGON MIST.
VOL. XXIII. 8T. HJ2LENS, OREGON, F1UDAY, JAXUAItr 20, 1906. NO. 7.
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
fo a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers,
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
a. Rssum of tha Lata Important but
Not Lata Interacting; Evania '
of tha Pat Wk.
Fresh trouble liaa appeared in tha
Haitian lle.
Rockefeller Ui given $1,460,000 to
Chicsgo 04vMslly,
A bill to revive tha canUen haa been
Introduced lu congres.
Tall deole that tha Phlllpp'n corn
mlwloners speculate in land, aa haa
been charged.
Tha government liM abandoned tha
Harney irrigation project and will let
tha prlvata coinpery go ahead with tha
work.
Representative French, o( Idaho, haa
Introduced a lull appropriating 110,000
lor experimental dry fanning In leml
artd region.
The Braaillan warship Aquldaban
blew op, killing all tha officer aud
ciew txceptlng 60. Tha dead will
number 300.
Tha member of tha Montana Pre
aoclatiun will leava Hulte February
10 on an excursion to U Angelra and
houlhern California polnla.
Tha mild weather throughout the
East ha been followed by a blisxard.
In tome section a drop of 80 dgereea
iu 12 hour ha been recorded.
French and tirnnan delegatra at tha
Murocran conlereuc have openly die
agreed. Tha delat may be tha begin
ning of freeh coiitrovcra'e letween tha
two routilrlea.
King Edward 1 ill.
Kii men haie beta killed by mow
tide in Utah.
Tha Moroccan conferenca ha o far
dod(d tha dangerou point.
Few invitation will be ieaued to the
Longworth-IUwsevell weddiug.
fleet tugar men have planned a fight
on the Phillppiu bill in the (entta.
Several midshipmen at the Newport
navy yard have been attacked with
polled fever.
Jacob Kii ha atitred up aoro sena
tors by declaring it poeeibl tlat Roose
velt may run again.
Tha Liberal victory in the recent
British election assures Iriah home
tut and radical labor law.
A aoldler from Fort Lawton wa sen
tenced to one minute' imprisonment
by tha Heattla municipal Judge.
Franca i acting cauiiouily in the
Venetuelan affair, not lining to gain
the ill will of tha t'ni'ed Htatee.
Two French ecisntfsta will go as far
south a possible by boat and then en
deavor to reach the pole by 1atloon.
Canal anna medical anthoritiee have
impoaed a six day quarantiu on Co
lombian and Venesuelan port, a tha
aona it now tree from disease.
Judge Hunt, of tha Montana United
Hut court, ay culling of govern
ment tlmlier roust uip. He ha Juat
fined a man $200 ami ay each uc
ceeding conviction will bring a heavier
On.
Senator Depaw' health ha broken
down.
Ileyburn' pur food bill I likely to
be coma a law.
It I ald tha United State will offer
to sell tha Philippine Inland to Japan.
Berlin learn further Socialist riot
and troop are being held in readlne.
(Secretary Taft 1 Investigating affair
In tha Philippine for a poible graft
by official ther.
Chlel Engineer Steven, of the canal,
haa been elected vice president of the
Panama railroad.
Luke Wright ha been appointed am
baaaadnr to Japan. Uenerul Smith will
ueceed him a Philippine governor.
Admiral Endlcott, chief of tha bn
reao of yard and dock, want a new
dry dock at the Puget Bound navy
yard.
Porto Rlcan are making a itrong
plea for home government. Thoy
claim the American official Ignore
their wishes.
Brown Unlveralty, New York, will
build a 1400,000 library In memory ol
John Hay. Carnegie ha given $160,.
000 toward the fund.
Jacob Rill, a cloie friend of the pres
ident, predict a long war of thn people
agitnat pecll privilege, with Boos
velt a the people' champion.
Taft want the government to lay a
cable to Panama.
Franne ha expelled the Venriuelan
envoy and will make a naval attack on
Caatro.
Hamburg Swlallit and police
cltihed and a number of tha Utter are
wounded.
An American ha been arrested in
Russia for aiding the revolutionary
movement. 1
Eighteen men were killed by an ex
ploilon In a coal mine 25 mile from
Charleston, W. Va.
GIVEN FREE HAND.
Franca Aisurss United Stat 8h
Reipect Monro Doctrine.
Washington, Jan. 23. Convinced of
tha sincerity of tha urance received
from France regarding tier loyalty to
the Monroe doctrine and all that it in
volve, the Washington government
ha given the Pari government a Tree
hand In the execution of tha program
for the eolutlon of the Veneiuelan prob
lem. Tha conference on thi phae of
the question occurred m tlire ago,
and M. Jutaerand, the French smbas
eador, ha final assurance that the
effort of Franca to obtain diplomatic
treatment for her charge d'aflalrea at
Caracas will not be interrupted at
Washington a In any violative of the
Monrore doctrine.
The Brat move In tha execution of
tha French program may be ei peeled at
any time, but on thi point tb French
government I observing th sir iciest
secrecy, M. Talgny, tha retiring French
charge, who, It la believed, i now at
Curacoa, will come to thi country on
hi way home, and on hi arrival at
New York he will find an Invitation
from tha French ambassador at Wash
ington to ipend several day here In
conference with M. Jusaerand, on whom
the burden of an important phase of
the Veneiuelan negotiation naturally
fella, that ha may have tha benefit of
the fact about the situation. It Is
not unlikely thai M. Talgny will also
see Secretary Root.
The whereabout of the French ship
remain a myitery o far a the official
of the Stale department and French
embassy are concerned, it I said. It
it assumed, however, that they are
daily in touch with the mlniitry of
marine at Paris, and are awaiting an
opportunity to take such action a
their Instructions may pivvid for.
Or i Interest is fell in diplomatic
circles her about the exact nature of a
sentence found objtctlonable in the
note of President Caatro to M. Talgny.
EUROPEAN CROPS IN OANGER.
Wssthsr it Unseasonably Warm and
Excessively Humid.
Washington, Jan. 23. The foreign
crop rort for December show that
over large area ol Europe the prevail
ing characteriilic were unseasonably
narm weather and excessive humidity.
('rns lightly sown have germinated
finely and entered ou tha winter In
strong, healthy condition. Late sowing
of crop, in Europe, however, were un
usually extensive, and aome anxiety is
felt concerning them.
In Ureat Britain the winter wheat
area has been extended. Tha acreage,
however, is till believed to be dimin
ished, compared with last year. The
growing crops have an improved ap
pearance. In Franca tke win at area it the aver
age. In Germany weather condition were
unfavorable and there wa no marked
improvement.
In Roumania the area umler whett
I 25 per cent short of last year. The
1005 crop Is now estimated at from 60,.
01)0,000 to 65,000,000 bushel. The
bulk ol It I said to be out of condition,
hence no important export movement
to north of Kurop point 1 expected
until spring.
No important definite new regarding
the condition of winter aown cereals in
Russia are reaching the outside worlo.
WHERE DID THE MONEY CO?
Colorado Propound Searching Ques
tions to Insurance Companies.
Denver, Jan. 23. All of the 222 in
surance companies doing business in
this state have been asked, through
their head officials, to make oath to re
pile to a list of question compiled
by the Colorsdo Insurance department.
Home of the question asked are
whether money has ever been contrib
uted to cam pit gin funds, particularly
during the last six years, and if so,
whether or not It i prupoed to con
tinue the practice, and also It the item
"legal expene" in the report of 1805
Included contribution to fund for cam
paign pnrpose or to influence legiila
Hon. .
Short Shrift for Rebel.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 23. Dispatches
from t-lbau and Mitao show that Gov
. r lor General Holloub continue to
punish with merciless severity revolu
tionist In Courland caught with arms
in baud or convicted of participation In
Incendiarism or murder. Twenty-one
more pirsons have been tried by drum
head court martial and (hot near Li
bau. The troop aia now advancing on
Fraunheig, which has become a revo
lutionary headquarter. Two leaders
of an uprising among school teacher
have been executed near Mitau.
Arm to Overthrow the Cxar.
Baltimore, Jan. 23. At a meeting of
Hibiew held last night In celebration
of the anniversary of "Red Sunday,"
Jacob Pauken, of New York, aroused
tha Urge audience to great enthusiasm
by hi appeal for fund with which to
purchase arm for tha peasant and
working classes in Russia. "The revo
lution ha begun," said Pauken, "and
will never itop. It would be scuoiu
pliihlng more now, but the people have
no gun."
Drydock Dewey Spoken
Washington, Jan. 83. The drydock
Dewey, on the way to the Philippines,
ha again been heard from. The com
mamUnt of the coaling atation at San
Juan, P. R, reports that the Dewey was
spoken Friday night by the cruiser
Maryland. The Dewey was In latitude
27.62 north and longitude 48.29 west.
She was traveling four knot an hour.
All ware well.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
100 STAMPS AT GOLD COIN.
Extensive Preparation Made to Con
tinue Operations.
Baker City Or. T. H. White, one
of tha three owner of th Gold Coin
mine, hat Juat returned from Portland,
where lis arranged for the addition of
100 stamp to their ten-stamp mill al
ready In operation, and purchased a
new hoist to be shipped to the mine at
one. The machinery will all be made
in Portland.
Sine the favorable decision in the
Injunction case by the Circuit court,
given the other day, the mine will be
in full operation the balance of the
winter.
Managing Owner Jsmn A. Panting,
of the (iold Hill mine, in the Dnrkee
camp, 20 mile couthesst of Baker City,
I here and report that he ha had a
full force of men at work rclinibering
some of the tunnel and topei, and
that ha has cut tha main ledge ten feet
wider on the lower levels. In doing
tbi work he (truck another stream ol
wt.r In the mine, which will give him
a sufficient supply to irrigate another
100 acre of the borne ranch. He says
the recent heavy mow storm will bene
fit bulb farming and mining interests.
No Longer Superintendent.
Salem David E. Baxter, who was
sppointed county superintendent of
school In November by the county
court of Wheeler county, 1 out of
oflli-e. The county superintendent
died, and the county court appointed
Mr. Baxter to rKl the vacancy. At
torney General Crawford held that the
appointment was for tha unexpired
term, and that Baxter would hold cilice
until 1908. Recently it was discovered
that Baxter did not hold a first-grade
certificate, and again a question came
up as to Baxter' eligibility to hold the
office. Thi time the attjtney general
held that unlosa Baxter could show a
wrtlficat aa required by law, the office
wa vacant. The court notified Baxter
to produce his certificate or giv op the
office. He resigned.
Many Men at Opp Mine.
Grants Pats At the Opp mine, near
Jacksonville, aliout 60 men are at work
in and around the mine. All Uie ma
chinery, even the sawmill, 1 operated
by electricity. The company owns 240
acre covered with timber, and all the
lumber fur building purpose at the
mine and the timber need in the mine
are cnt by the sawmill. This is the
first sawmill in this part of the state to
be operated by electricity. All the
main tunnel and drift at the Opp
mine are lighted by electricity. The
company ha just finished installing an
air compressor and power drills.
"Short Gulch" in Operation.
Grant Pass The recent heavy rain
have started all the giant in the placer
mines of Southern Oregon, and even
the "short gulch" men are at work.
This is the first time in two years that
they have been able to do any work of
value. About a dnsen giant are work
ing on the Applegato that were not
operated at all last winter. The rain
ha been about half snow In the valley,
and in consequence there has been a
heavy fall of snow on the higher moun
tains, - Insuring a long run in the
spring.
New Industry for Gresham.
Greaham The Gresham Trading A
Parking company has begun work on a
cold storage plant, which ail) cost be
tween 13,000 and (5,000. The com
pany Intends to engage In an extensive
packing buainees, and will operate
largely in dressed meat of all kinds
and the storage of all perishable pro
tucts. It 1 the intention of the com
pany to conduct a busiuess aggregating
about 1400,000 during the coming year,
and It will be prepared for hot weather.
Contract Let for Ties.
Elgin Another Urge contract for
tie for the Wallowa extension has
leen let by the O R. A N. Co. to
George Edwards, of Spokane. Mr. Ed
ward I equipping two camp and hir
ing men to commence work at once.
Hi contract call for 20,000 tie to be
delivered by June. He has the privil
ege of accepting another contract for
30,000 more, If he so desiiea.
To Build Railway.
Salem Article of Incorporation
have been filed with the secretary of
state for the United Railway company.
The incorporator are W. I). Larrabee,
M. II. French and J. White Evean.
The road 1 to run from tome point In
Portland to Peak, in Washington coun
ty. The capital stock 1 (5,000, divid
ed Into 60 share of $100.
Oregon Firms Dissolved.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
Issued a proclamation, as required by
law, dissolving about 6,000 corpora
tioua that have not complied with the
provisions of the corporation license tax
law. Most of the companies have al
ready gone out of business.
Subscribe Many Acre.
Echo More than 0,000 acres of land
bava been subscribed to the Umatilla
Waterusers' association. Thetxecutive
committee has met and signed the arti
cles of incorporation and the papers
have been forwarded to the secretary ol
late.
State Loan $01,200.
' Salem The State Land board bus
approved 44 farm loan amounting to
$61,200. The money loaned belongs
to the state school fund and draw 0
per cent intereat.
LAND TRADE IN DISPUTE.
Desl Involving 4,000,000 Feet of
Lumbar In Court.
Bsker City A Isnd trad between
Stoddard Bros, and Henry Hewitt I
occupying public attention. Hewitt
filed an action at law against the Stod
dard, asking (2.H52 damage, because
be allege the defendant in that action
cut rawing on Ills property. TheStod
dard Brothers bsve com back witb a
crossbill in equity, alb-ging that they
traded Hewitt a quarter Section of land
for a like amount of property in this
county.
Under the agreement, they say, they
were to build a railroad spur onto the
land and cut the timber thereon, and
Hewitt wa also to cnt immediately the
limber ou the land they traded him.
The party securing more than (1,900,
000 feet of good eawlogs wa to put np
th difference to the other. They ask
that Hewitt be forced to comply, .as
they bave been under expense iu build
ing the railroad spur. I
Visit Excites Speculation.
Baker City It is reported on good
authority thai George L. Thayer, of
Walla Walla, engineei for the North
western Gas & Electric company, who
ha been in thi vicinity for the past
lew days, has been inveetigating a pro
ject for a mammoth reei?oir at the
Hock creek power plant, which at pres
ent furnishes the current for Baker
City's lights. This reservoir wonld be
used to fnrn'sh power (or the plant
during tha dry season. Another report
states a project is under consideration
to cnt Baker City eff the Kork creek
circuit, and that the rompany will ue
that plant for power for the mines and
Bourne alone, and will use the plant
being installed in South Baker to fur
nish power (or this city.
Change Site of Bridge.
Elgin The judges of Wallowa and
Union counties, witb the county com
missioners, are now conferring with
Chief Engineer Pollard, of the O. R. &
N., in the effort to reach a definite con
clusion a to how much the railroad
will pay for moving the wagon bridge
over the Wallowa to its new location.
The company's located line includes
about 40 feet of 'he old site, and when
the old bridge collapsed, eome months
ago, the O. R. 4 N. tnsde a proposition
ti pav all extra expense if the counties
would change the location
Fruit Pests Must Go.
Albany Last week the orchardists
of Linn county met at the courthouse
and listened to the newly appointed
fruit insptctor explain the evils of the
various fruit pests, and the means of
eradicating them. Those present took
home with them formulae for the de
struction of every pest that blights
Linn connty fruit, and the crusade
against vermin will begin immediately.
The effort to rid Linn county of fruit
pests will not stop witn orchardists.
Sawmill Clotes Down.
Albany The big rawraills of the
Curliss Lumber company, at Mill City,
on the Cirvallis & Eastern railroad,
has shut down for a few days. It was
stated the mills needed overhauling,
and the deep enow in some portions of
the Cascade mountains has interfered
somewhat with the logging operations
of the company and a shortage is the
result. This condition is not expected
to prevail very long.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 71g72c; blnestem, 74
75c; red, OKtidc; valley, 73c.
Outs No. 1 white feed, (27.60
2S.60; grsv, (2728 per ton.
Barley Feed, (2H 60(824 per ton;
brewing, (23 bmU; rolled. (2425.
Buckwheat (2.50 per cental.
Hay F:Btern Oregon timothy,
(13 60(814 DO per ton; valley timothy,
9010; clover, (.10; cheat, (S.50
9.60; grain hay, (8.
Frnits Apples, 75c(l per box:
choice, (1 251.50; tancv, (22 50;
pears, (1.25(1(1.60 per box; cranber
ries, (13(313.60 per barrel.
Vegetables Beans, 20c per pound ;
cabbage, l?4($2o per pound; can II
flower, (2 per crate; celery, (3(33.60
per crate; bell peppers, 35c per pound;
pumpkins, ?4 lc per pound; sprouts.
6 7c per pound; squash. 141Vc
perpouu't; turnips, U0c(l per sack;
carrots, 05 g 75c per sack ; beets, 85c
(1 per sack.
Onion Oregon, No, 1, (1(81 16
per sack; No. 8, 708Cc.
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks,
70376o per hundred; ordinary, 60(8
tlOo; sweet potatoes, 22.l4C per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27)32)
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 27)28c per
doxen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12(9
13ii'o per pound; rpringa, 12c 18c;
mixed chickens, 1212sc; broilers,
1510c; dressed chickens, 14315c;
turkey, live, 15c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 1720c; geese, live, 0(311;
geese, dressed, 1214c; ducks, 16
17c.
Hops Oregon, 1005, choice, 10Uc
per- pound; prime, 8la9)tic; me
dium, 78c; olds, 5(37o.
Wool EAstern Oregon average best,
10(9210 per pound; valley, 24 20c;
mohair, choice, 30c.
Beef Dressed bulls, 22c per
pound; cows, 8,Sj 4kC; country
steers, 4($5c.
Veal Drenfld, 38c per pom d.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 7vc;
ordinary, 45c; lambs, 77)o.
Pork Drested, 67c per pound.
CONTROL THE CA8H.
Senators Want Hand in the Allotment
of Reclamation Funds.
Washington, Jan. 22. Tb senate
committee on irrigation today diaenssed
th proposition to amend tha national
irrigation law by placing the diatribn
tlon of tba reclamation fund in the
baud of congress, instead of tb secre
tary of tha interior, a at present.
Strong sentiment in favor of tba change
developed. Several senator on tl
committee believe it unwise to permit
tba secretary of the interior to bav
undisputed control of thi fond, now
aggregating (32,000,000. No bill for
thi purpose wa pending, but probably
ucb a bill will be Introduced and
passed this session.
The discussion today was incident to
a debate on Heyborn' townaite bill,
which authorise the withdrawal of
land for townaite purposes on govern
ment irrigation tract, and provide
that money derived from the talw of
town lots shall be turned into tha re
clamation fund for expenditure on town
improvements. Tbi bill wa referred
to a sub-committee for report.
The committee also gave attention
today to Fulton' bill authorising tbe
condemnation of land needed a part ol
national irrigation project. No action
wa taken, but member expressed the
opinion that such a law wonld be on
constitutional. Tbia bill was drawn
particularly with a view to enabling
the government to acquire private land
under the Malheur irrigation project.
It will be acted upon later. '
SLAY WORKMEN IN THREES.
How Soldiers Strike Terror Enraged
Reds Plan Reprisals.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 22. It is be
lieved that workmen employed ' in tbt
government work are being shot after
brief trials by court martial. It i re
ported that tbe victim (elected foi
slaughter are ltd out three at a time
and executed before tbe eyee of theii
comrade, who are awaiting their turn
to face the soldiers. As toon as om
bstcb has been dispatched, three other
prisoners are lined op in tbe same spot
and ihot. Firing haa been heard at
the scenes of execution, continuing
without cessation. The military ba
also resorted to bea.ing girl brutally
a a means of punishment.
Stories of tbe crueltie that are being
practiced bsve become noised about,
and they have entirely inflamed the
revolutionists, who are planning re
prisal. In the south of Russia there i
great congeetion of grain, a it has been
accumulated for same time, and there
ia no mean of transporting it, aa the
authorities are too busy witb their
campaign of repression against tbe re
volutionists to think of the administra
tion of every day affair.
BUDS SWELL IN CHICAGO.
Warmest Winter Day in History May
Injure Growing Things.
Chicago, Jan. 22. Something has
gone wrong with the weather machine
All residents of this city are willing tc
swear to this fact. The mercury
reached 63 at 4 p. m. today, breaking
all records s'nee New Year' day ol
1876, when it stood at 65 above. Gar
dener at the park and along the
boulevards have become greatly wor
ried Tbe mild rains, light snows
and general springlike weather of the
past two week have brought the cap
into motion and bud are beginning to
swell. Maple trtes are said to be at
far advanced aa they ahould be on
March 1, and many of the more or less
delicate vines are well along toward the
spring rejuvenation. Now tbat a cold
wave is predicted for tomorrow, with s
drop ot nearly 40 degrees, great fearr
are expressed lest all vegetation now
started may suffer eucb a set-back at
will cause great loss in tbe floral and
shrubbery display of tbe many mile ol
park and boulevards In the spring.
All States Should Act.
New York, Jan. 22. A general de
cision that insurance reform should
be inaugurated immediately by state
legislatures throughout the country
was arrived at bv tbe insurance com'
raissioners of several states who con
(erred with tbe New York legislative
committee which investigated the mat
ter. Conferences between this com'
mittee and the state commissioners
have covered a period of two days
Senator Armstrong, chairman of the
New York committee, said tbat there
would probably be no more conference.
Steven for Lock Canal.
Washington, Jan. 22. Secretary
Taft called at the white house tonight
and furnished to the president the mi
nor!' y riport of the board of consulting
engineers of tbe Isthmian Canal com
mission. This report was prepared by
Chief Engineer Stevens, who,, it it
stated, ia in favor ot a lock canal. Tbe
secretary stated tbat his visit had noth
ing to do with the enesuelan ques
tlon, which i entirely in the bands of
the officials of the State department.
Cruiser Denver to Watch Castro,
Wi a ilngton, Jan. 22. The protected
cruiser Denver, which has been tempo
rarily detached from the fifth division
of the Atlantio fleet, has sailed from
Culebra tor San Juan. The Denver
will be detained In West Indian waters
tor the present, awaiting the turn o
; event in venetuela.
CHANGE LAND LAWS
Repeal ol Timber and Stone and
Desert Acts Probable.
ADVICE OF LAND COMMISSION
Appraiaal and Sale of Timber Land
by Auction Permanent Resi
dence on Desert Claims.
Washington, Jan. 23. There i
every reason to believe that important
public land legislation will be enacted
during tbe present session of congress,
but tbe situation ba not yet fully de
veloped and it is too early to predict
what modification will be made in tbe
existing land law. Any legislation
that is enacted will follow, in a general
way, tbe recommendation of the Pub
lic Land commission, appointed two
year ago by tbe president to investi
gate and report on the injurions and
undesirable feature of the present law
and to recommend such modification
is are required in tbe interest of the
bona fide settler and the general public.
Tbe senate committee on public lands
haa already taken op the timber and
itone act, and i devoting considerable
time to it consideration. There ap
pear to be little doubt that thia law
will be repealed, and in it (lead ome
act be passed authorising tbe sale of
public timber at not less than its ap
praise value. There will be opposition
to the repeal, but apparently there are
vote enoogh to wipe it off the atatnte
books, if it can ever be bronght to a
vote.
There will be even more opposition
to the repeal or material amendment of
the desert land law, and tbe commuta
tion clause of tbe homestead act, not
withstanding tbe commission finds both
laws detrimental and working in tbe
interest of tbe speculator and large land
-wner. as against tbe bona fide settler.
But tbe time wilt come before long
when these lawa will bave to be amend
ed, in compliance witb tbe general de
mand throughout the West.
The timber and stone act, regarded
u the most unjust of all public land
lawa, since tbe repeal of the lieu land
law, i accorded first consideration by
the commission and by tbe committees
of congress - Tbe commission made
two report on thi law, one on March
7, 1904, and another on February 13,
1905.
BURTON GOT MILEAGE.
Senators Stand In with Evasion of
Rules to Help Him.
Washington, Jan. 23. One of the
moat remarkable procedeures in the
history of the senate occuried today in
order to avoid a technicality which
prevented Senator Burton, of Kansas,
from drawing hi mileage tor tbe pres
ent session, in order to have his
requisition honored, it is necessary for
some official of tbe senate to Uke oath
that he had seen the senator in the
chamber, but since the indictment and
conviction of the Kansas senator, he
has not appeared in the chamber.
There i no disposition on the part of
any one to withhold the mileage, and
the senator, therefore, was asked to
step from the cloakroom into the cham
ber for a moment in order that he
might be seen by some official. He de
clined, but an employe engaged him in
conversation in tbe cloakroom near the
entrance to tbe chamber. The employe
suddenly turned tbe senator so that he
tacted tbe chamber and. the attention
of the official previously" having been
directed toward this door, be was een
from the chamber. It was then certi
fied that Senator Burton was in attend
ance and his mileage wa paid him.
Ensign Wade Acquitted.
Washington, Jan. 23. Ensign C. T
Wade, charged with responsibility for
the exploeion on the gunboat Benning
ton in San Diego harbor, California,
hs been acquitted by the court martial.
This action was taken alter a reconsid
erationof tbe case at the instance of the
secretary of the navy, who was not en
tirely satisfied with tbe original order
acquitting the officer of the charges and
who called the court's attention to cer
tain evidence which he held did not en
tirely justify the conclusion reached in
the first findings.
Tonquin Invaded.
Marseilles, France, Jan. 23. The
Chinese mail which arrived here today
bronght an account of the invasion of
Tonquin, French Indo-China, by Chi
nese regulars, who encountered a French
force numbering 400 men, of which 150
were European. Three hou' battle
ensued, resulting in the defeat of the
Chinese, whol ost 300 killed and 300
wounded. Tke French lost 16 men of
tbe foreign legion and 20 Annammites
killed.
General Wheeler III.
New York, Jan. 23. Brigadier Gen
eral Joseph Wheeler, United States
army, retired, is seriously ill at tbe
residence of hi sister, Mr. Sterling
Smith, in Brooklyn. He has been con
fined to hi bed for three days with a
bronhcial affection. There ia fear that
hi illnem may develop into pneumonia.
BURTON WILL HELP.
Many Obstacles In Way of Approprla- :
tion for Columbia Jetty.
Washington, Jan. 19. Chairman
Burton, of tba bouse committee on riv
ers and harbors, today gave a bearing
to Senator Fulton and Gearln, H. W.
Scott and J. N. Teal, of Portland, on
tha Columbia river jetty project. Rep
resentative J one, of Washington, who
i a member of the committee, wa
alio present and took part in th dis
cussion. Mr. Burton i thoroughly familiar
with the lituation at the mouth of tha
Columbia and i fully aware ot the fact
that it would be good businee policy to
make an appropriation thi session, not
so much to extend the jetty as to pro
tect the work that haa been done dur
ing the past ceason. He realise that,
on lee an appropriation i made, tb
sea end of the jetty, and particularly
tbe unprotected tramway, will ba left
at tbe mercy of the heavy sea and lia
ble to be damaged to tbe extent of sev
eral hundred tbonsand dollar.
Bnt, while Mr. Burton i in ym- -pathy
witb tha Oregon men and while
be recognisei tbe wiadom ol an appro
priation to protect tbe new portion oi
tbe Jetty, he i not willing to give any
assurance that such an approprUtion
will be made. Tbere is no general
river and harbor bill thi session, and
it is a serious question in Mr. Burton'
mind whether it will ba possible to
put through special legislation in th
interest of only a few emergency pro
ject. Mr. Burton dated, and tbe Oregon
delegation agreed with him, that it
would be utterly impossible to pea a :
special bill making an appropriation
for this one project. Such bill wonld
be amended in the bouse and senate by
tbe addition of appropriations for in
numerable projects until in the end it
would become a regular river and har
bor bill, and under exiating condition
a bill of that character wonld stand no -show
of passage.
Bnt there are three or four other pro
ject of importance, where emergencies
exist aimiUr to that at th mouth of
tbe Colombia. Unless appropriation
are made thi session tor the preeerva
tion of theee work, tha government
will sustain a heavy loss. Mr. Burton
is considering tbe advisability of re
peating an emergency bill making ap
propriations for theee specific project
only, but he i not yet satisfied that
such a bill could get through without
being amended to embrace many other
projects.
Mr. Burton, because of th condi
tion that exists in congress and because
of tbe difficulties tbat stand in the way
of special river and harbor legislation,
will hold out no promisee to tha Ore
gon representative, though he freely
admit hi interest in Columbia river
improvement and expresses hi per
sonal belief that an appropriation
thould be made.
An appropriation ot (1,800,000 can
not be had, but it is possible that
(400,000 may be procured. Mr. Bur
ton explain tbat it would be impoaai
ble to pass any bill which did more
than provide fund to protect work al
ready dona.
EACH ISLET A REPUBLIC.
Russian Revolution Spreads to Dota
of Land in Baltic.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 18. In addition
to the Caucasus and a few localities in
Siberia, the open revolt is now chiefly
confined to small islands off the Baltic
coast, where the difficulty of landing
troop hamper the eubjugi ti in ot the
revolutionists. The icebreaker Yermak,
carrying detachementa of marinea and
infantry, haa been nnabl to reach tha
principal island, Osel, at the entrance
to th Gulf ot Riga, and is now await
'ng a light-draft steamer to Und tha
troops.
Following tbe example of ' their
brothers on the mainland, the peasan
try ot even the tiniest island in the
Baltic have instituted independent re
publics. One of theee, on tba islet of
Linsuitt, probably the smallest state in
the world, already boasts of a second
revolution and a second president, tha
citisena having risen and overthrown
the first president. The present chief
magistrate, Jamneenson, is addressing
them in proclamation aa "my faithful
subjects."
Petition to Sava Constitution.
Boston, Jan. 19. Eric Pape, tha '
artist, left Boston yesterday for Wash- '
ington with the "Constitution peti
tion," which he expect to present to
congress. While in Washington Mr.
Pape will try to secure th? signature
to the petition of many men prominent
in national life, who have expressed
themselves aa favorable to fie move-
ment to aave "Old Ironside." Th
petition is an immense affair, and re
quires four men to carry it. It is esti
mated tbat over 20,000 person have
signed it. ,
New Governor for Alaska.
Washington, Jan. 19. Assuming
that J. G. Brady, governor of Alaska,
propose to resign hi position, M. H.
Perkins, of Nome, has been recom
mended strongly for that office. Sen
ators Allison, Lodge and Pile called
on tbe president yesterday, with ex
Governor Swineford and S. S. Ryan, of
Alaska, to recommend Perkins' ap
pointment. It i not known absolutely
tbat Governor B-aday intend to re
sign. Peace With Insurgents.
San Domingo, Jan. 19. A treay of
peace between the insurgent general at
Monte Cristl and the government waa
signed today on board tha American
cruder Yankee. Tbi assure perfect
tranquility throughout th republic.
Monte Criati i now In th band ol th
constitutional government fore.