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NEWS OF THE WEEK
Hi i Condensed form lor Our
Busy Headers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
a. Rotume of tha lata Important but
', Not Lit lntorltln( Events
of tha Past k.
A "pill
(l)tBl.
Imi occurred in tha Russian
encouraging
Chlnetn viceroy are
iiitlloicign movement.
Tim Hrllith cabinet announced
ttrp toward Irith hum rule.
Germany alllt refute lo timka con
rettinii to France iti Morocco.
The Hungarian parliament waa dlt.
tolvod hy lure and will meet In iktt
ane ol the emperor.
Tim jury that acquitted Tut Crow ol
kidnaping hat roolvml an vera I anonym
nit letter warning, them to leave
O.naha.
Ex-Speaker llendrrton ha uflWd
aiintlii r paralytic stroke, which ha de
prived In in ul tilt light, ll U believed
lli riul la uear.
01 the total fund of $:i,000,0O0 raited
throiiKhuilt Ilia world lor tiiflerlng Km
aunt about $3,000,000 liaa been thut
far distributed.
Th Inlrrrtaia Commerce commltiin
hat b.'Kiiti an iiivrttlgalloo ol oil rate
by radroad carrying oil Irum Katitai
ami Indian Territory.
Tha rw ol Missouri tiralntt Illi
nois, wherein tha right of t'hlctgo to
divert Ita reaag iiitu U: Mitthnlpp!
river through tha Chicago ratial and
lh lltinoi river la questioned, liaa
twin derided In favor of Illinois by Ilia
rinpreme court ol Iba United State.
Faltiere haa lwn Inaugurated presi
dent ol franco.
John 1. Rockefeller hat purchased
tha Wiseontin t'otitral railroad.
Several qulto ver earthquake
hava occurred hi tha Went Indi
Oiib of tha Rockefeller liaa JuM
Imi glit a gold brick lit tha thapa ol
luliia.
The Chlnrte minister la tha United
Slate il.oilt that forirgner will ba at
tai kod by bit people.
Fir amoi n I'll lilt Ii' elevator cli
mrovisl n, m li property, including 1
000,000 buthala of wheat.
Catro li aoiil to hava all prepara
ilium completed or war with Franc or
any oilier power that rare to aliow it
Venrauelan preeident hit thurtcoiiilngt
Two leader of tha minora nnlc
have Ixwrn arretted In Iienver. It it
lielirved they were eoiuieclrd with tha
murder' of ex-liovernor Hteunvuberg ol
Idaho.
Pacific iiat mamlwraof eonicrcaa will
Intnxliira a bill to prermit tbu mit.
hrandinit of talinou. It it not tliongh
lliiylnirii'a pura food bill will cover liill
point anflliMantlr,
lUndita held up a party ol American
and Mviimn unnrra near Tlimim
MiTxIci. While tin y failed tn yet an
inoiipy, the outtawa en-aped tiller kill
lug three of the ininert parly.
Al'ixmidtir, of Equitable fame, la ter
lontly ill.
A Moroccan guntiont hat fired on a
French aleanter.
It it row itld Out John V, Hooka
fllr It In Kurope. , ?
Pat Crowa haa been acqnitleil of kid
imping and "will " now twl trie Tot car
lolilmrv.
John A. Mcdall !t tllKhtly Improvnl
hut hit physician aay h caiuiot atand
many ttnkliig apelia.
Kinorta of American asttlcoltoral ma
chinur? to KiiHcU tbia tprintf will
amount to fully ,25,00,000.
Tha Rovornor of Went Vlritlnla may
rail a tpnelal etlon of the Iiirlture
to enntider tha railroad rata problem.
The annate conunitta ori lrritorlt
hat agreed on a bill prohibiting Ranib.
ling In all territorial), Including Aliicka
The Iowa bonne haa panted a bill
prohibiting- tha dltchargo of revolver!,
Ilrei-rarkera and other siploelvet on
July 4.
There la a m vc ilirnt for coiigrtut to
dtniiHiid ruluriu In the Coiiko ttate
The rhlladalphla A Reading Ootl
company expertt by April t to have
enough coiil on hnnd to ltuit until tied
Bnpteniber.
There ara rnmora of mediation In the
Moroccan dltpute.
Ureat Drltaln mav ratallah a national
tyntuiu ol old age ponaiona.
The Attatrlan Rovemment will crimli
Hungarian liberty and a rebellion it
euro to follow.
FRAUD IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
Kootovelt Forbid tha Quttblng of
indictmont In Cta.
Wathlngton, Feb. 20. I'reaident
liiKwevelt bad Ukn a pertoiial interett
in ma cnarge ni fraud and corruption
which are aaiil to jiava occurred In
oonnertiou with the affalrt of tha Five
Wivinawi irlhe in tha Indian terrl
lory. liut for hit lntrelnrcme Indict
nienia agtlntt aevoral pemont allcgod
10 nave own enguged In Illegal, prac
f" wouui nave uen qutnliiHl,
Bill to Raatrlct Giving of Free Ride
by Railway Not Properly Drawn
Salem Tha aoti-paa law Initiated
by iba Peoiile't l'oaer leauue la indina
Now, however, under hit order, tha
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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST ;
LAW WILL NOT STAND.
MISS ROOSEVELT A WIFE.
Whit
Place
vettlgatlona with Incnaied vigor, and
it I ruliahly atatwl that In tha near
future a number of new Indictment
will he reported againtt not onlv aev.
eri.1 men already Indicted, but thev
will alto litctudn a number of pertont
wiiiwe namea have not heretofore been
brought Into the cate, Including a high
government omoial in Wathlngton.
When It became kuowo to tha preal
dent that tb rlltlrirt attorney for In.
Ulan Territory bad lieen inatrnctwl to
quttb tome indictment already fonnd,
lie immediately arnt order connUr
niuiiding tb la propotrd action, lie wat
led to do thit by information recelvetl
The conitllutlon eipreenly provide!
that all law Initiated by the people
thall contain the enacting clatue, "lie
it enacted by the people of the ttate
of Oregon." Tha copy of the bill Sled
with tha tecretary of ttata ha no aocb
claiite.
The dltcovery wa made when Secre-
Ury Dunbar aent the bill to the atate
printer, preparatory to having 100,000
coplea printed for diitribution among
tha votora of tha ttate.
Attorney (teneral Crawford aay tb
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trihal relatione of the Five Clvill.ed "w" P-" "r one
Tribe reanml. certain fa. it would I " 'ia defect, becaute each of
pt.t Into hi poaaeMion which would ".000 or mora petitioner tlgned
tirmigiiien the lianda of the govern.
uient in It effort to bring to trial a
number of peraoin guilty of grot fraud
parpetrated agalnrt the Indiana.
Ii I known that ftecretarv Hitchcock
bai auhniittod In tb prctldi-nt and
Attorney Cleneral Moody a nmdal re
port Oi-allng with the whole filiation,
which giv.t tuch detail at to make it
Impeiativ for the aoverument to act.
GERMANY FEELS INSULTED.
The Btrandard Oil company 1 aoon
to ba pronncutad under the trunt law.
Nhould torlout troule occur In China
the government 1 almost tore to call
'or volunteer and the nntlonl guard of
lrognn, Waahlngtnn and California
will likely have the drat how. Fret
t'nt pUii of thn governmnnt contenir
idntii placing 31,000 troopi In the
i'hillppinei, and hh our ttandlng army
only a tritlo over (10,000, Including
"tillery, volunteer alniott have to be
wiked for. '
Chlnet Minltter at Wathlngton Said
to Have Talked Too Freely.
Ilnrlin, Feb. 20. A tentatlon bat
remitted In diplomatiri circlet here from
the entiling of what porpurta to b an
Interflow at Wellington with tha Chi.
nte mlnitter to the I'nlted Hiatea, Mir
hmitiiiig l.ltng Chen, in which the
latter ia o noted at laying:
Kinee tha dawn ol your clvlluallon
tha tiurmant have Iwen dUlurtx-r ol
the petew and repoae of other people
am! n I lout within what I now the
ChriClan domain. They teem alwayt
diti-nntented with what they have.
Their energy appeara to demand the
whole world in which to buttle."
, Tha Chineie ininitr I then raid to
have Intruleted that the prvtent dieoon.
tent In China la due to German ineat
ura and (ierman pint, and it alleged
to have further intimated that the tier
man government or It agviiti ia giving
tnpport to the revolutionary movement
which bat for ita oldert the overthrow
of the pmwnt reigning dvnatly iln
l-lilnt.
Thla la abaolutely and emphatically
denird here, but none of tba membr
of the Foreign offlc would ditcuM tb
matter until the authenticity of the al
leged Interview could be enhatantiated.
It it ntiderttood thtta lunff eable die-
pnlih waa raceiviKl from Karon von
HternlMtig, (ierman ambattador to tha
United Hiaitt, Nunday, baring on the
aohjiwl. If it ilionld prove that the
ttatviuent of Hir Liang Cheng ran be
mhalanllated, there i a poitihility
that thliia will b atked lo ditavow
hi remarkt.
the bill In It pretent form. .He rule
that the aocretary ha no aathorlty
change It or to allow any on elte
amend It, but that ha ruuit tubtnit
It came to him from the petitioner
The inprein court ha held in tb
can of tha title v. Wright, 14th Ore
gon, page 375, that the deliberate omie-
tinn of an enacting cltute it a fatal de
lect.
The discovery of thit error brought
to light the fact that there ia no enact
ing cltuta or formal declaration of anv
Kind ou any of the bill for amend
men It to the ettta conttitutinn, for
which peMtloui are on file. Thia ap-
pile lo tha woman uRrge tioeod
nient, aa well aa lo the amendment
tuhmitted by the People' Power It-ague.
It baa not twii determined whether
thia omittion make tba amendment
void or rrot.
The otUclat are looking np author!
tie, o authority ha been found to
allow tha aecretary of Kate to refute to
mbmit a uieaaure to a vote of the peo
ple, even though It may contain defect!
wlilrh make it void on lla faoe, provid
ed the bill or amendment rwmea to him
with the proper number of ligntturea.
WOULD CLEAR THE SITUATION.
Revolution In Wenezuela May Occur,
Styt M. Taigny.
Parlt, Feb. 20. M. Taigny. the ei-
French charge d'tlTjitea at Ctracaa, In
an interview with the M-ttln'i correa.
imniliint at I.iveriHMit, aald that the
unanimity of the diplomat! In Vene-
(iiela againtt hit expuleion wat a great
turprita to I'retident Cattro, who nut 1 1
the but moment had relied on the
moral tupport of a certain power.
M. Titigny, according to the turret-
poudeiit, it convinced that a revolu-
lonary movement for tha overthrow of
I'rotidetit Cattro 1 prpring. He had
Land for Retervoir Site.
Wathington The terretary ol the ia
lerior ha finally withdrawn land for
tha Cold Spring retervoir eita In con
oectlon with the Umatilla Irrigation
project In Eatterh Oregon, the land v
1 ig in townibip 4 and 5 corth, range
3d and 30 eatt. iVrtona who have
made entrv of any laud embraced in
thit retervoir lite prior to the prelim
inary withdrawal, August Its httt, and
hava not acquired vetted right!, will
lore their land through the cancellation
ol Ihelr eitriaa. The government.
however, will pay for any improve
ments they may hava made.
Will Show How Alfalfa Grow.
McVIinnvllla II. E. Lounabnry,
traveling freight agent of the Southern
raciBc company, hat purebaaed for the
company five acre! near McMinnville,
to be need al an experiment for growing
al'alfa, with the hope of promoting!
dairying interests. Nome root other
ttact ol land throughout the valley
have been purchased by the (Southern
for I Ho lor the lame purpose. The
company will furnish the teed together
with a tupply of laud plaster and inoc
ulated toil fromtuccesefnlalaflf field
in other part of the itata.
MANY CLAIM WATER.
Numerou Filing on Oregon Stream
Recorded at Salem.
Salem The numerous illlug that
Save been made on the water of river
ami mountain stream for power pur-
pote in tins state during the past year,
have awakened Interest In the quea.
won ol llie electrical possibilities of
Oregon.
Many of the power project hava good
financial backing. The majority of tba
recent Uling, Indeed, ara said to eman
ate from the time source.
The doctrine of beneficial nse which
It It ilet! red to apply to trie water In
all atrramt of Oregon I responsible for
rnucb of tbe activity displayed of . late
aa me law iianui, any one can Die on
water for power purposes, and by doing
a imall amount of work each year ran
prevent any one else from appropriat
ing or uaing tbe water. This rule ap
plie to irrigation and a movement la
on foot to change the law to that no
man can appropriate more wale' for ir
rigation purpose than he can put to
good one. Htale regulation ol the flo
and distribution ol all waters i fast be
coming a principle of law in all the arid
land tUtes. To regulate abuse and
prevent their repitition, the leading
watorutera ara preparing to urge numer
ous change in tbe law, to that the
ownership of tbe wateu in all stream
and lake thall veat in the ttate, for
the use and bent tit of tbe people.
ir tot ia aone, it will lie necessary
to make careful aurvey and measure
tbe Ujw of all stream that tba water
may be equitably distributed.
In
Cost for Month $604
Portland It coat $1)64.29 to conduct
the Iky' and Girls' Aid society in
January, a the bill were ordered
paid at tha February meeting of the
hoard of trustees. Superintendent
been approached by several of the revo- Gardner reported that 2 children were
iilionarv nndnrt during hit an ourn in receiver ana oo uisposea oi ounng uie
enetuela, but owing to tit position a
representative of ranee lie wat obliged
lo hold aloof from politic.
In M. Taigny opinion, the corro-
pondeiit adds, a revolution would clear
p tha present awkward iltuation In
Venemela.
EiRht-Hour Day the Itiue.
New York, Feb. S!0 John Mitchell
and hit itaociatea ou the anthracite
in Inert' subcommittee, today finished
their work of preparing "propotala for
ii agreement In tba hope that they
will meet with the coal operators' tub-
committee. It ia practically certain
that the miner will make a firm de
mand for tha olght-honr day for all
men employed about the nilnwt. One
of tho miner' representative raid to
day that tho eight-hour question was
more Important to the rnen than any
other demand mentioned.
Fir Sweep Rutland
Rutland, Vt Feb. 20. Six of the
largest and most valuable busines
block In the financial district of Rut
land were destroyed by a fir that for
loveral hour threatotied to wipe out
the city, and but for a fortunate shift
shift iu the wind which aided the fire
fighter and the arrival of engine com
panln from Whitehall, N. Y., it is
likely that the entire business section
on Id have been iloniolietied. as n is,
the dnmuge la placed at (700,000.
Ruttian Town Aflame.
Kiel, Russia, Feh. 20. An anil-
uwlsh riot broke out today at Yletka,
town of (1,000 inhabitants . near
Gomel. A large part of tha towu la
month. The number of children in the
society's care Febrnacy 1 waa 46V One
minlly living in Tillamook county took
three children, brother and titter.
The family I well to do.
Will Start In 60 Daya.
Kugor.c The deed transfer! ng the
Eugene Woolen mllle from Wilbur A
Wright, of Union, Or., to the Salem
company, headed by T. H. Kay, which
recently acquired tbe property, have
been signed In Salem and Kuill Koppe,
who 1 to bo tha resident manager of
the plant, ha arrived. Mauagei Koppe
hat already begun to make improve
ment at the mill, and expect to have
it In operation in 60 daya. A new
brick and concrete piiker house will be
C3natruuted immediately.
To Develop Coal Mine.
Kugene The Spencer Butte Coal A
Petroleum company ha been Incorpor
ated here, with $100,000 capital. Tb
incorporator are: J. W, Zimmerman,
0. F. Mitchell, W. J. William nd 8.
i:. Steven, of Kugene, and I. W. Love,
of Portland. , The company has a coal
prospect ten miles southwest ot Eugene,
which It will at once begin to develop
on an extensive icale. Later on oil
proipects will be bored.
Appropriation for Chemawa.
Wathlngton The Indian appropria
tion bill about to be reported will carry
$116,300 for the Chemawa Indian
tchool, Including $4,000 for a new
bakery and $10,000 for a viaduct to
cross the railroad tracks, which run
through the school ground. The lat
ter improvement ia intended to iheure
Atk for Pool in Wool.
McMinnville Tha Yamhill Live
stock association haa ejected tbe follow
fnc officers: President. William Oil.
erst; vice president, John Rodmand;
secretary, M. B. llendrick; treasurer,
W. S. Link ; director, William Gun
ning, John Kborall, R. O. Jones, Aino
Nelson and I). A. Walker. At the last
meeting ol tbe association a resolution
wat passed recommending that the
trustee aet April 7 at the date for tell
ing the mohair pool. It was also rec-
ooitnended that a wool pool be formed
by the lambill grower.
Big Crop tn Umatilla,
Pendleton Umatilla county farmer
are looking forward to an unniually
good yield of wheat thia year. It it re
ported from the country near Helix
that the indication! in that country
could scarcely be very much better.
The grain is ia better shape now than
for several years at this Mason. .The
ground has plenty of moisture, and a
frott would not do any great amount of
damage should the temperature take
another drop.
i
Indians Want Lands.
Pendleton About 25 Indians, mem
ber of tbe Columbia river tribe, have
made formal application to j iin tbe
Umatillas amlehare in tbe allotments
of the reservation, claiming that they
are of the same tribe and filled to come
in with them when tbe allotment) were
mads several year tgi, preferring to
ttay with tbe Columbia river tribe.
Much Freight From Dallas.
Pallas Twenty car of lumber were
oiuea out ol iullaa in a single day re
cently, betide teveral cars of span and
piling. Toe milia here and at Fall
City have a combined output of from
10 to 20 cars daily, Tha freight service
on alternate days will soon give way,
at the Southern Pacific hat' promised a
daily freight train.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
in llamet, and troopi
ther from Gonial.
have been tent tha safety of pupil In pasting the rail-
I road. -
Wheat Club, tu70c; bluestom, 70
7lci red, 837c; valley, 72c.
Oata No. 1 white, feed, $2S29;
gray, $27.6028.50 per ton.
Barley Feed, $23 50t24 per tin;
brewing, $243 24.50; rolled, $2425.
Buckwheat $2 25 percental.
Hay EaHtern Oegon timothy, $13
14perton; vallev timothy, $8(3(9;
clover, $7.508; cheat, $0(37; grain
hay, $78. .
Fruits Apples, $12 50 per box;
cranberries, $12.o014.S0 per oairel.
Vegetables Cabbage, l?i(92,ac per
pound; cauliflower, $1.9032 per crate;
celery, $4 per crate; sprouts, i$7c
per pound; rquash, Didilso. per
pound; turnips, U0c3$l a sack; car
rot, 65 75c per tack; beet, 85c $1
per sack.
Onion Oregon, No. 1. $1.10(81.25
a tack; No. 2, 70cl a sack.
Potatote Fancy graded Burbanks,
ou(g)tKu per Hundred ; ordinary, nom
inal; eweet potatoes, 2l42vC per
pennd.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27'30o
per pound.
fcgga Oregon rancL, jeatzc per
doxen. ... .
Poultry A vertgo old hens, 1314o
per pound; mixed chickens, 1213e;
broilers, 19(920o; young roosters, 12(d)
1 2tfo ; old rooster, 10llc; . dressed
chickens, 14 15c; turkey, live. 16
17c; turkayi, driated, choice 1820c;
geese, live, 9u; geese, dressed, 12(14c;
ducks, 1(1 18c.
Hop Oregon, 1905, . choice, 10
10Vc; prime, SXOomedium, 7(3Sc;
olds, 6(aj7o. '
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1621c; valley, 84g0o per pouud;
mohair, choice, 30c per pound.
Beef Pressed bull. 22o pound:
cow, 8H4),'c per pound; country
steers, 45c. . -
Mutton Pressed, fancy, 8.9c
per pound; ordinary, 4t5c; lambs, 8
9b'o.
Veal Pressed, 3(98)0 per pound.
Pork Pressed, 0(8j per pouud.
House Wedding Takt
. a Scheduled.
Wathlngton, Feh. 18. Alice Lee
Rooievelt, daughter ol the president of
tbe United Btatei, wa married in th
wbita house at 12:13 o'clock yesterday
to Hon. Nicholas Longwortb, repre
sentative Id congresa from tba First
Ohio district. ,
The wedding wa tho largest and
most Important ever celebrated
America, a most oittinguitned atsem
bly of guests being present.
Tbe ceremony waa performed by Rt
Rev. Henry Yates Salter lee. bitboD of
1 Washington, according to the rite of
the Protestant Episcopal church,
which th bride it a member.
Tbe bride was unattended excepting
ny tier young sister, Jbthel Roosevelt,
who held tbe bridal bouquet of orchid
during the ceremony. Mr. Longwortb
had a hi beat man Mr. Thomas Nol
son Perkins, of Boston, a life-long friend
and college -mate. Tbe usher were
also hi person! friend.
The bridal gown wa one of the most
tutiful ever worn by an American
bride, and waa entirely of American
manufacture. The material wa of ex
quisite brocade aatin, made princess
style, with long court train of silver
and white biocade. - Kara point lace
wa used aa trimming and soft effects
were obtained by tbe nse of chiffon and
tulle. A long tulle veil completely en
i sloped tha slight figure of the youth
ful brute. The veil wa fastened with
a wreath of orange blossom ani the
brocade slipper had tulle bow caugbt
with orange blossom clusters. 6b
wore a her only jewel tha groom's
gift, a diamond necklace.
Ibe ceremony and alt event con.
nected with it transpired exactly aa
planned, the only incident which hap
pened out of the ordinary being tbe
temporary indisposition of Mr. Wayne
ilc eigh, one of tbe distinguished
guests, who fainted just before the wed.
ding party appeared.
io ceremony of a similar kind was
ever witnesfed by to distinguished an
assembly. Personal, representative of
power of tbe world and the moat emi
uent representatives of America' gov.
ernment, high officials in every walk of
lite, literary artistic and social lights.
captain of industry and many plain.
siaiwan American citizen were pres
ent aa gueeti. Tb brilliant uniforms
of the foreign ambassador and minis
ter mingled with the gorgeous gown
of the women and tbe dainty colors of
tbe floral decoration made the scene
am memorable one.
.-seine u rant Barton wa tbe one
gneat in whom greatest interest center
ed, she having been a white house bride
herself 32 years ago.
A buffet wedding breakfast was serv
ed to the 1,100 guest and the bride's
health drunk in wine a centnry old.
made by tbe groom' great grandfather,
whose name he bear.
Lae in the afternoon tbe bride and
groom entered an automobile and were
driven to the country home of Mr. and
Mrs. John R McLean, "Friendships,"
lew miles out ot tVastnngton.
Over 1,000 wedding gift were show
ered ou the fortnnaie young bride.
While their value haa been greaty ex
aggerated, the fact remain that a small
fortnne waa expended in them. Tif
fany, the Hew York jeweler, is said to
have filled more than $100,000 of or
der for the occasion, and the Wash
ington jewelers had to send rnsh or.ie.s
to New York a week before the wedding
to replensih their Stocks.
Xo bride of royalty has ever received
presents from to many crowned beads
or notable personages. The kin of
Spain, king of Italy, emperor of Our
many, emperor of Austria, piesident of
France, euipreet of China, mikado of
Japan, republic of Cuba and Pope Pius
X all remembered the young daughter
of tbe president, sending her rare wed'
ding gift through their representatives
at the capital, and with them their best
wiehea for the happy life that a ill
surely be hers.
A private cara await orders to carry
the couple South after their honeymoon
at "Friendship.". The weddinn trio
will not be a lengthy one, tbe groom's
autiea in congress necessitating an early
return, hut later in the year a trip
aiiroau is pianneu.
EVIDENCE COMPLETE
Colorado Miners Are Involved In
Murder of Sternberg.
HEYBURN'S DRASTIO BILLS.
DENVER TO BOISE BY SPECIAL
Believed Alao to Have Taken Active
Part in Cripple Creek Out
rage Recently.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 20. On a special
train that made no stops at tbe princi
pal cities and town on the way from
Penver, and changed engine and took
water at obacure points, Cbarlet E
Moyer, president of the Western Fed
eration of Miner; William P. Hay
wood, secretary of the same organiza
tion, and G. A. . Pettibone, a former
member of tbe executive board of tbe
federation, who were arrested in Pen.
ver Saturday night charged with the
murder of Frank Steunenberg, ex
governor of Idaho, arrived at Boise yes
terday morning in custody of a strong
guard of Idaho and Colorado officers
The prisoner seemed ill at ease and
bad little to say. They entertained
themselves part of tha time playing
cards, and kept their own counsel. At
no time did they discus the charge up
on wbtch tbey were arrested
Tbe party waa taken to the peni
tentiary in two vehicle. Arriving
Would Stop Creating Reserve and
Order General Survey.
Washington, P. C, Feb. 16. Sena-
tor Heyburn ia going after the presi
dent' forest reserve policy again. Tot
day he introduced a bill far more dras
tic than anything be ita heretofore at
tempted. It prohibit further with
drawal of public land for forest reserve
purpose in Idaho, and stipulate that
where land haa heretofore been with
drawn, and ha not been created Into
forest reserves, it shall immediately ba
restored to the public domain. - It alao
provide that no reserve or withdrawal
made for foreetry purposes in Idaho
shall inclnde section 16 or 36, title to
wbich waa in the United State at tha
date of tbe admiision of Idaho into tbe
Union. It further atipulate that no
forest reserve hall be created in Idaho
to include land heretofore classified
mineral. ,
Tbe effect of tbi bill, if enacted,
would be absolutely to put a ttop to
forest reserve extension in Idaho, but,
like Mr. Heyburn' other forestry
bill, it will not pas.
Mr. Hey barn also introduced a bill
appropriating $100,000 for the survey
of all unsorveyed pnblio land in Idaho.
Mr. Heyburn lay Idaho l development
i being retarded by reason of tbe fact
that only one-third of tbe state ba
been surveyed. Furthermore, tbe lack
of survey make it Impossible for the
state to perfect many of it (election
made under virion special granU.
CHINESE ATTACK MISSION.
there, they were searched, tbeir belong-1 Viceroy NowJTake LeaI in Enmity to
ings being taken in charge by Warden
W hitney. They were assigned to sepa
rate cell.
Psnver, Colo, Feb. 20. -"Heywood,
Moyer and fettibone will never eee
Colorado again," say James McPar
land, bead ol the detective agency em
ployed by the atate of Idaho to run
down the murderer of ex-Governor
Steuneiiberg. "Their dav ara nnm
bered. We have absolute evidence
that will convict them cf complicity ia
tbe foul assassination of ex-Governor
Steunenberg and evidence that will
convict a great many others, too, of the
same offense.
"They cannot escape in any possible
way, and tbe legal knowledge, of all
their attorneys cannot keep them from
the gallow. You can say for me that
the day of dynamite outragea in tbe
nest is at an end. Htywood, Moyer
and others know that they are guilty,
and tuey know tbat their time hi
come. The Steunenberg assassination
was the final etraw that broke the
camel' bark and wa their nndoing.
MORE RESERVES.
Beet Sugar Industry.
Washington, Feb. 19. A prelimi
nary statistical report of tbe beet sugar
inaustrv lor tne year ending December
31, 1904, issued today ( by the Census
bureau, snow tbat . industry baa in
creased 225.6 per cent in the number
of pound of sugar produced and 231.2
in tbe value of the product increase
since tbe census of 1900. The total
number of pound of sugar, granulated
and raw, produced in 1904 was 631.
335,294, and the value of this product
waa -j,h.'-4,ou. in iuu there were
61 sugar beet factories, and 31 in 1100.
Famine Fund Cabled to Japan.
Washington, Feb. 19 Up to noon
today Charles Hallam Keep, treasurer
ol the American National Red Cross.
had -received, in response to President
Koosevelt' appeal, contributions
amounting to $11,421, to be expended
for tbe relief of the famine stricken
province of Japan. Ten thousand
dollar collected by the Christian Her
ald, of New York, was cabled February
15 by the State department to Japan,
to be used immediately.
Steven Ends Blockade.
Panama, F"eb. 19. Effort to relieve
congestion of the Panama railroad have
apparently succeeded. Chief Engineer
Steven informed the Associated Press
yesterday that no through freight was
delaved on the, iethmus during the
last 24 hours. "Pockage facilities at
La Boca ar being improved, and it
i expected present wharfage capacity
will be doubled within the next four
month. I
President Finds He Has Backing; of
Many Congressmen.
Washington, Feb. 20. President
Roosevelt, after conferring with West
era men in congress, find hi fore.-t re
serve poljcy ia very generally endorsed,
and learns that there i no prospect of
the passage of Senator Ueyburn's bill
intended to check the withdrawal of
land and tbe creation of reserve. He
bat, therefore, decided to abandon hie
recent order snRpeadiug forest reserve
extention and within a short time new
proclamation will be forthcoming creat
ng reserve in teveral eetern ttate,
Oregon and Idaho among them.
At tbe time be detenuined to bold
np proclamations, the president had
been led to believe tbat his right to
create reserve bad b-n generally ones
tioned and he thought it best to wait
until his rights were specifically defined
by congress. Now, however, it has be
come apparent that the vast majority
of men in congress approve the manner
in which the president ha been
White "Barbarians."
London, Feb. 16. Tbe correspondent
at Shanghai of the Standard telegraph
as follows:
News ba reached here of another at
tack on a foreign mission at Nganking,
province of Kganhwei, on the left bank
of tbe Yangtae Kiang river. No lot of
life ii reported.
Yesterday an attempt waa made here
by a trusted Chinese servant to morder
the secretary of the French municipal
council wbile he was asleep. Tbe at
tempt wa frustrated and the assailant
arrested. t
Many of the great provincial viceroy
are displaying a marked anti-foreign
attitude which they would hardly dare
so openly to assnme nnlen ther
thought that Pekio approved their con
duct. - In tbe ' foreign settlement of
treaty porta effort are being made
quietly to recover privilege granted to
foreigner.
In some quarters Japan ia believed
to view tbe possibility of armed inter
vention being necessary with equanim
ity, since it wonld provide ber with oc
casion to obtain from China what aha
failed to exact from Russis.
In Shanghai' two additional com
panies of volunteers are being raised.
It is reported tbat tbe Municipal coun
cil favor strengthening tbe Sikb police
force by 500 men. Unfortunately, it ia
at this juncture that it has been decid
ed to reduce the British China squad
ron. ..,.-
HE BLAMES THE GRAFTERS.
ing out his forestry policy and with this
unqualified indorsement tbe president
has decided that he can, with good
grace, proceed aa it tuere bad been no
interruption.
it is intimated mat tlie Htvden re
serve in extreme Northern Idaho will
be the first one created. Just how
eoon, if at all, a reserve is created in
Southwestern Oregon cannot te learned,
as Forester Pinchot has promised to re
ceive and consider tlie protests of the
people of that section aud, until these
protests are filed, no determination of
this matter it expected.
Raisin Combine Broken Up.
Fresno, Cal., Feb. 20. At a meeting
ot the growers of the Central California
Raisin Growers' company today, the
dealers voted to disband the company
a id return to the growers the half a
Rojestvensky Says Bad Shipbuilding
Caused His Defeat.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. "Perhspe
I am guilty to some extent tor our de
feat, and perhaps my subordinstes did
not do all they might have done, but
at all events we who have fought the
battles were not thieves," said Admiral
Rojestvensky, who addressed the Im
perial Technical society yesterday even
ing upon the causes of the defeat of tbe
Russians at tbe battle -of the Sea of
Japan. . . : ,
The admiral made no specifications
carry-1 regarding rascality in the construction
or equipment of tbe ships, but he com
mented at length uon the destructive
force of the heavj Japanese shells.
which, when they only exploded in the
water near the Russian vessels, cracked
tbeir platea and opened great leaks.
while those which hit tba Russian
ship squarely were a destructive a
mines.
A young lieutenant doling tbe dis-'
custion attempted to lay the blame on
submarine boats, but .the admiral de
nied tbat submarine boats or mine
were used during the engagement.
Must Pay Wages for Shut-Down.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. !6
Considerable comment has beea caused
by tbe judgment of the communal court
at Widxewo, near Lodx, ordering the
Coate Thread factory to pay the wage
of 800 AmnloVMA during thA tan vaaWm
c mt a pound held out for the purchase the factory was closed. The work
of packing houses. This action breaks shut down November 30 and a ihortage
the association of growers formed tnr of coal was given as the reason for do-
the purpose of co-operation. This year ing so. The - court in rendering judg-
the price of raisins was fixed at too high ment said it was not lack of coal, hnt
a rate, and the dried fruit failed to sell; the high price of Coal which induced
;he Mercantile company, of San Fran- the closing, and found that thia waa
Cisco, finally took over the whole crop not a good reason. ,
at 3 cent a pound.
Train Wrecked, Twelve Hurt.
8i. Louis, Feb. 20. The new fast
mail train for the Southwest on the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern wat
wrecked at Carondelut, a suburb of St.
Louis, early today. Twelve men are
injured, several of them seriously. The trol,
engine and first car rolled down a 15
root emnanamenr. rue second car
lodged on the edge oft he Pesperes river.
It contained a number of mail clerks
and the loss of life must have been gen
eral had the car fallen into th river.
Believe Fir Und.T Control.
Honolulu, Feb. IS. Water la now
being pumped only at interval Into th
hold of the steamer Texan, whose cargo
took fire the other day while -the vessel
wa lying at her dock. It is now be-
lieved that the fire is under safe con-
and the agent ot th vessel say
Pat Crowe Arraigned Again?
Council Bluffs, Ia.. Feb. 20. Pat
Crowe wa arraigned on joint indict
ment BBiiiat himself ami Arthur Levi
for holding np two street car crew on
July 2, 1905. Ue pleaded not guilty.
that they expect that all her lime will
be slaked by tomorrow and that thev
will then be able to discharge cargo.
Tbey think that the hull of the vessel
is not damaged.
First Year Men Must Study.
Cambridge, Mass!, FebJ 16. Tb
Harvard athletic committee voted to
night to concur with Yala and Prince
ton in an agreement excludicg Ant
year men tnd graduate itudent of all
' department .'rom univenity athletics.