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Newspaper Page TextOREGON VOL. XXI 1 1. (ST. HELENS, OJtKCiON, FltlPAV, MAltCU 2, 1900. NO. 12. THE MIST. NEWS OFJTHE WEEK Ih a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS , .Resume Of tha Las Important but Not Last Intereitl'ia; Event of thaPast Wk. Tli deepest anow ( tin wlqter now curare the Ml JUI West. The government will try to lirlng Hermann to trial In March. Tha Rnaelan national assembly haa been called to meet May 10. Klliplnne are aiiiiuua to organise a volunteer regiment to fight China. MiMoorl't Supreme court liaa decided thai Standard Oil man mini diva evi- War between France and Germany la declared Inevitable an ai-couutol Ilia aland ol Kmperor William. Ihxiaevelt la simpletons ol China, be lieving tlia official ara trying to lull tlila country Into lalaa security. Tlia Cash Buyer union, a Chicago concern which aold moat ol lla eUa-k to farmer, liaa failed. Tlia farmer ara uut $ 1 ,000,000 and mmclianta $260,000. A special gran I jury at Pueblo, Col orado, haa returned indictment axatnal ill Colorado Fuel A Iron company, the Colorado Supply coniany and Ilia American Smelling company lor uaing the "scrip ayalem" In paying their aw pliiym, In violation ol tlia law. ItooacvrU lavora tha alilp subsidy Mil. All parties in Rusala ara attacking Wttto'e cabinet. Forty peisone wara hurt in a street car imi In PilUburg. Tha rata hill will aaa tha senst without tha court review amendment. f ailure ol tha Moiorcan eonterenc la now exuvcled. hut War la not looked ..r. Tha Philippine tariff til! paeaed .y tha hone will aoon come op lo th senate. Tha t'anama canal eoinmlealon wilt likely lie raducad lioro seven members to three. Weal Virginia's governor haa appeal e.1 lor aid to down tha railroad Iruat in that slate. Coal operator have offered a com proiulan to tha mineri and a sink may h averttMl. Hoatia ia negotiating a new loan In Franca ol 1240.000.000. Tha Interest will he A por trills W. K. Vanderbilt. Jr., waa mobbed and arrested in Italy tor running down a boy with hl auto. Tin re hoys were burned to death and til tin Injured ion ft Are at Kenyon Aim Ury academy, Gambler, Ohio. Wltte'e cabinet ia tailing lo place. Japanese ara aald to ba oppressing Cureana, Johann llnrh, tha modern bluelieard, haa Inn hanged. Minister Rockhlll says ha fear no trouble In China at preeent. Attorney! lor tha Federation officer have secured habeas corpua wrlta at llolae. The drydock Dewey haa had to put In at !. I'almaa, Canary lalandi, lor repaira. Wilson Mlxner, tha yonlhlul husband ol Mra. Yetkee-M liner, haa agreed loa separation lor $20,000. The State department haa taken up witli the Kuaalan government tlia al Icgixt holding np ol poalal orders issued by the UnlU'd State. Cnngresamanen are receiving many proleeta againat Ilia Hephurn-lHilllvsr hill now pending. Thli measure la practically Federal lenognltioo ol prohibition. riilllpplne ofllolala aay tha tariff re dni'tlon on aiignr will not make any difference with the producer ol the United Stales, aa tha product ol the ialanda will go to China anywajr. Tail matte three apeechol on Wash, ingtou'a birthday. The I.ongworlh'1 received a warm welcome in Cuba. Democrat control the sonata com ml line on the rate bill. One ol Now Orleans' largest whole sale grocery II mil hai Differed a lire lossol $130,000. The German relchstag haa extended the most lavored nation tariff to the United Slates lor one year. 0. A. R. national oltlcers are pre paring lor a bill time when the national encampment meats In Minneapolis Au gustl3. Tha Canadian government has raised $25,000 worth ol Hour which will be sent to the lamina sufferers ol Japan Tha various foreign legations at Fe kin ara beginning to fear an outbreak and tha sentries on duty have been doubled. John 1). Rockefeller la said to have bnen discovered in his own olllue trans acting business as usual. Soma of the best detectives have been trying to lo CHILE'S TRADE FALLS OFF. English Tonnage Exceada by Far All Ulnars Entering Those Porta. Washington, Feb. 27. Consul Gen- eral Field, at Valparaiso, In a report to tha Hlate department, aaya that out ol a total oN 7,000,00(1 annual tonnage ol veaaels entering Chilean ports, those flying the American Hag represented ouly 11)8,000 tone. Ureal Britain's Hag covered 8,000,000 tone, and Uer man ships aggregated 8,000,000 tons. Tha trad ol tha United Hlatea letl hank Irom $11,000,000 in 1903 to f 10,000, 000 in 1W04, notwithstanding Clill greatly Incr.-aaad her purchases. Tha Chilean government, the coma! aaya, la planning many new railroad! and extension. The trana-Andine railway, when completed, will shorten tha time between Chile and Kurope 10 or 12 days. (instil lroy, at Dnrango, writes that Mexico will aoon Import wheat. Consul Oeneral Thackeray, at Ber lin, reports that tha I'nltfd Hlatea pur chased nearly 1 15,080,000 mora nier chandlee Irorn Ilia empire taut year than In IU04, mostly manufactured goods, but that the salee ol American manufactured goodi lo Oermany, aside Irom lard and petroleum, in 1UO0, did not ual 116,000,000. TRADE WITH SCANDINAVIA. United Slalea Sella S20.0OO.000 Mora That It Buyi. Washington, Feb. 27. According to a bulletin leaned by the department ol Com mere and I-abor, the trade of the United Hlatea with tha Scandinavian countries, under which term are in cluded Hweden, Denmark and Norway, lor the tiara I yVar IWJS, amounted to 132,000,000, ol which $R,K0,000 ll Import! Irom and ja,0()0,000 ex por U to Ihoee countries. In IHtlo til- total trade with theaa countries waa 111,- Ooo.tKlO. ahowing an Increase ol prac tically 300 per cent in tha last decade, white our total foreign traila liai In creased hut ahuut 70 per cent. The bulletin aaya that the Hcanilina vian population ol the Cnited HtaU lear a larger ratio to tha present pop ulatlon ol their countriea ol nativity than any other clia ol our loreign born population. Import Irom Haeden in 100S aggre gated li.tM.oM, and exports to that counlrv. I7.HI7.171.T Imivirls Irom Norway. $2,204,680, and export. $4,420,460. Import Irom Denmark, $1,008,760, and export, $14.HHI,Aoti. CHECK ON CHOLERA. Maritime Quaranlin Found Effective at Manila. Wellington, Feb. 27. A report of the nuhlic health and marine hoepllal service, wlilch has just been laaued, give a summary of the qnarantinable diaeaaea reported lor the city ol Manila ilurlim the calendar rear 1U05, ahows that there were 2!4 caaea ai.d 226 deal ha Irom cholera, 45 caaea and 43 deaths Irom pla-ue, and 27 caaoa and twn deaths Irom smallnw. The report, dln aaeing the cholera altuitlon in ths province there, iiys that, while the number ol t aa haa remained about the aame lor aeveral wrnka. their 1 Hon I constantW changing, and adds that cholera has practically described an entire circle ol a radiua ol about 25 mile around the city of Manila, IU ll.-atlna. the renort rays, that the maritime uuaiautine has been en tirelv effwtive. In view ol the very lew cases In ths clly ol Manila and their sporadic char acter, the outgoing Inter-island quar amine placed on vessels has bean con. slderably modified. Ordered to Shoot Suspects. Ixindon, Feb. 27. The correspondent l tl.e Tribune at 1'ekln aaya that since the remrted appearance ol the Chinese handila In Tainwanlao. the Hermans and French have been kept at arms at Hhanhaikwan, Tainwanlao anu Tonosban. while the (jermani ara pa ...ni,, id vlllsiiei with order to .ot all anaiilcloni Chinaae. Tha fler. man olllcen, who lormerly dined at the hotel at Hhanhaikwan. the correaponu ent adds, are now confined to barracks alter nightfall. Bidi for Mexican Silver. M.,lnCitv. Fob. 27. The exchange and cunoncy commission bas received I.I.I, from both New 1 or anu j-oumm hankers lor another $1,000,000 eilver money, In pursuance ol the policy ol exchanging silver lor gold to expedite the work ol placing me country on a hl haala. Go Id money la aireany en taring Into circulation, though in some casea neople who do not comprehend that the change is permanent a.o hoarding the yellow money. The gen eral financial aituatlon is reiuamaniy good. Will Clean Out Foreigners. Wlllnnistad. Curacao. Feb. 27. Ad vices received here Irom Veneiuel are to the effect that President Castro ssys he will humble France, to Drea: me Monroe doctrine, clear out tha French Irom Venexuel and then start on Americans, ttogllshmen and Germans, whom he declares are worse than Chi nese. He is reported as saying that he will clear tha country ol foreigners, lie is very bitter sgainst Americans, who, he saya, are alter hi country. Dominion Loie Million. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 27. - The Do minion government loea Is from 000 000 to $1,500,000 by Bra that ragod in Moncton, N. B., late last night and today, when the Inter-Oolonlal railway shops, with 100 cars and aeveral build ings ol different kinds, were destroyed. One thousand workmen ara thrown out of employment. There was no Insurance. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST BOOM IN ORCHARD LANDS. Homesaekere Looking for Locatlona on Hooa Rjver. Hood Ulver That Hood River Is getting its shsre ol the colon hit traffic- Is Indicated by the fai t that ten fami lies have arrived here this week look ing lor land. Tha newcomers ara from Minnesota, North Dakota, Kansas and Missouri. Tbey are anxious to go into applegrowlng, and real estate men are buay showing them over the valley. F-acb day recsrds several purchases of 'aid which i now set to apple tree or will lie cleared for that purpose, and indication ara that there will be a still greater demand lor fruit land. The bomeaeekers who have arrived aay many mora will come aa soon a spring opens In the Middle West, peo ple there being slow to believe that spring ia so touch earlier here. Real aetata purchase are not confined to Kutern people, aa Portland men ara Investing in apple lands, going as far aa hack ol Mount Hood. They are re lying on the effect the Mount Hood railroad will have on land In the npper valley. This road is now nearing com pie Ion, and the first car ol Ireight was shipped over It last week, consigned ;to Moro. Much ol the wood lormerly borned In clearing Irnit landa will soon be marketable at a naminal expense. thus reducing the cost of clearing land Tbe warm wet weather of the paat lew days has started plant life into ac tivity and berry growers will aoon coin nience cultivating. Room for Settlers in Umatilla. Pendleton The rapid manner in hich C mat I lla county is being settled ha drawn attention ol lata to tha lact that there ia much good wheat land left on what was once the I matilla Indian reservation. A tract ol this land wn bought by the government in 1R07 and aold In parrels at low prices to settlers In many caaea HO acree out ol a quarter section ara to be found, on different parti ol the reservation, wnich were then tbonght useless. With proper at tention this land may yet become aa good aa tha land that waa aold. Some ol the land sold then, near Weston, Athena and Adams, at from $10 to $20 an acre, grows wheat of the finest qua! Goes to Brazil a Missionary. Pcalfic University, Foraet Grove Miss Grace C. Wood, who has been an Instructress in Tuslatin academy lor the past three yean, having come to Pacific Irom Drnry college, Mo., haa left for Rraxli to engage in missionary work, for which she will be peculiarly adapted. Her position will be filled immediately by Mr. Zimmerman, from Riverside academy. Portland. Before going to Braail to commence her work, she will attend the missionary conven tion, which is held at Itathville, Tenn., and from there she will go dt reel to Braiil, School District of "First Class." Hslem State Superintendent Acker man baa gone to Hood River to assist in tbe campaign lor the -organisation ol a achool district of the first class ny consolidating six country districts Tha oblect ol the consolidation is to e tahl ah aiaded schools, and a district high school. Under the law a majority ol voters in each district, a i they now exist, must vote in lavor of the consoli dation It ia thought all the Wasco district are favorably Inclined fexcept one, and public eentinient favorable to co isolidation is gaining ground there. Logging Road on Rock Creek. La Grande Work has been resumed on the Grand Ronde Lumber company's railroad np Rock creek. A large amount of the grading and several tulle of tracklaying were completed laat year, but work was discontinued in account of the winter weather. It is the intention now to continue the work until the road ia completed. The road will be used exclusively in briuging logs to the river from an extensive tim ber district in the Rock creek territory. Return Money to Counties. Btlem State Qupenitendent of In struction J. H. Ackerman, one of the promoters of the Educational congress at the Lewis and Clark fair, has pre pared hla repwt of-recelpta and expend iture of the committee. The money which Mr. Ackerman is accounting for was donated on his sollcitaiton by the nnnntlea for axnenses of the congress. Theieisa balance of $209.80, which will be returned to tha countlea in pro portion to the amount contributed. In all, $1,944 86 waa received. Building Boom on at Baker, Baker City The excavation for a one story stone building at First and Court streets, to cost about $,000, marks the beginning ol the building boom for which the architect have been prepar ing all winter. In the next six months more building will be done in Baker City than during any previous year in h. hlatorv ol the Place. Plana have Wm made and contracts let for a large ...mU r hla business uiocks, anu many fine residences and cottages will be erected. v Creamery at Wallowa. Wallowa Tbe Wallowa Building association has begun work on the creamery to be Installed by the Blue Mountain Creamery company, of La Grande. The Ice house is to be fin ished by April 1. The same company will also have a plant at Enterprise. Thli will secure a profitable industry to tha farmers of Wallowa valley, which Is a perfect dairy country. PRIMARY LAW CONSTRUED. Candidate May Run for Office on Two Different Tlcketa. flalem That one man may be tha candidate ol both political parties has been decided by Attorney General Crawlord in an opinion rendered in re sponse to an Inquiry from W. J. Moore, district attorney at I.skevlew. Tbe hypothetical case submitted was that of a candidate who, In the primaries, waa on both the Republican and the Democratic tickets and received a plur ality vote for the office in each instance. Tbe ruling of tbe attorney general la that the oflice seeker thereby becomea the nominee of both parties, and his name must be so printed on the general billot at the election in June. The same would be true if a man were an aspirant for a Republican nom ination and bis name were written into the Democratic primary ballots, there, by giving him a plurality of the Demo cratic vote. Catch Salmon In Closed Season. Grants Pass Fishermen on Rogue river, tsking lessons from the cannary men on tbe Columbia, are doing a b'g bnaineas even il the season is closed Last year they shipped from Grants Pass and Merlin over 200 tons ol fish to Portland. This yesi the shipments will amount to considerable more, they are shipping more than a ton a day. A aet net on the Illinois river, abiut 20 miles Irom where it empties into Rogue river, is daily making big cetchee of fine salmon. Fishermen on Rogne river ara also doing a good busi neas. Fruit Cannery at La Grande. La Grande An Eastern syndicate, through its special agent, George T Powers, has purchased from the Oregon Produce company the large stoiage warehonse No. 2. In sdlition lo the plant purchased, Mr. Powers left in structions with bis agent here to select sites tor a cannery, fruitdryer, a jelly, vinegar and cider factory. The Oregon Produce company retains warehouse No. 1. and will boy and sell, bnt will not take fruit on storage or consign ment. It will give possession ot ware house No. 2 June I. Elk for Harney County. Bums J. E. Wallace has returned from the southern part of Harney coun ty, where he went to get an elk pre sented to the Hsrney County Fair asso ciation by the Pacific Livestock com pany. It will be mounted and placed In tbe taxidermy display at the pavil ion. Tbe Urge elk on exhibition at the Lewia and Clark exposition was sold for $250 before the Harney county exhibit ot birds and animals waa re tamed. Sheep Bfing High Price. Pendleton About 10,000 head of yearling sheep have been puicbased Irom Umatilla county stockmen within a lew days by John Howard, of D.ikota, tbe ruling price being $3 a head. Those from wboir purchases were made are A Knott. Charles Johnson, Douglas Belts and Charles Matthews. None of the sheep were select stock. Inspecting the Sugar Plants. La Grande H. T. Dyer, of Ogden, Utah, general manager of the Amalga mated augar factories, is in the city on a tour of inspection. F.G.Taylor, of L"gn. Utah, accompanied Mr. Dyer aud will take the place of factory super intendent at la Grande, succeeding Charles Woodhouse, wno haa resigned PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 87 ; blnesteui, 6870c red, 65c j valley, 7172c. Oats No. 1 white, feed, $2829 gray, $27.602S 50 per ton. Barley Feed, $23 60(24 per tin brewing, $24S24.60; rolled, $2425. Buckwheat $2 25 per cental. tinyEastern Oregon timothy, $13 14 per tonj valley timothy, $89 clover, $7.608; cheat, $07; grain hay, $78. Fruits Apples, $12.50 per box cranberries, $12.60(814.60 per barrel. Vegetables Cabbage, l?42vc per pound; cauliflower, $2 per crate; eel ery,$4.755 per crate; sprouts, QQl7c per pound; iquasu, l(ic per pound; turnips, 90c$l a sack; car rota, 65 9 76c per sack; beets, 85c(5(l per sack. Onlone Oregon, No. 1, 6570c sack: No, 2, nominal. Potatotes Fancy graded Burbanks, 6070c per hundred; ordinary, nom inaU- weet potatoes, 3.i'2Jte per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 27J'3Cc per pound. Eggs Oregon raucL, J6l7c per doxen. Poultry Average old hens, 1314o per pound; mixed chickens, ISiHOiac broilers,2022c; young roosters, 1 2 ,c old roosters. 10 & lOVc; dressed chickens, 14915c; turkeys, live. 16f 17c: turkevs, dressed, choice 1820e geese, live, 89o; geese, dressed, 10(3 12c: ducks, IBM 180. . Hops Oregon, 1H05, choice, iu iac; prime, 89o; medium, 78c olds. 57c. Wool Eastern Oregon average bi-et 1621c; valley, 2426o per pound mohair, choice, 80c per ponnd. Beet Dressed bulla, 23o pound cows, 8HHo PM pound; country steers, 45c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89c per pound: ordinary, 45c; lambs, 8 Veal Dressed, 39 8o per ponnd. Pork Dressed, 69o per pound. IRRIGATION BILLS KILLED. No Leave of Absence or Condemna tion of Private Land. Washington, Feb. 20. Tha senate rrlgatlon committee today adversely reported Senator Heybnrn's bill per mitting homesteaders under govern ment irrigation projects to obta'.n leave of absence from their entries for six months of each year np to tbe time water is turned into the main canal on and to be irrigated. The Interior de partment opposed the bill. The committee voted to table Henatur Fulton's bill authorising the condem nation of land in private ownership when required as part of any irrigation project. This bill was intended to permit tbe acquisition of tbe wagon road land under tbe Malheur project, but the committee doobta tbe constitu tionally of tbe bill and is furthermore deterred by tbe fact tbat the Owybee High Line Canal company, of Boise, now proposes to reclaim even more laud than was embraced in the govern ment Malheur project. If it be shown that Ibis company means business the government will abandon the Malheur project. " BULLETS FOR CHINESE. British Government Sends Munitions to Fleet. London, Feb. 26. Tbe Britiah gov ernment takes a rather gloomy view ol the Chinese situation and is preparing lor any eventuality there. Warships are being loaded with munitions on tbe China station and heavy shipments are being made to the commander ol the British fleet in Chinese waters, ao tbat be will be ab'.e to protect British inter eats should there be any aerious upris ings. Tbe missionary societies also have been warned to bave their follower re main in touch with the various British consulates, so tbat tbey can take refuge there, should it become necessary. Commercial bodies dealing with Chi nese trade believe a general uprising in China is imminent. On the other band, the Chinese lega tion here declares there is not tbe slightest danger of any uprising and states tbat the disturbance in Booth China have been due entirely to tbe efforts of certain discredited leaders to organize a revolution to take over tbe throne from tbe present emperor. WANT EIGHT HOURS ON CANAL. Labor Leaders Ask President to Veto Deficiency Bill. Chicago, Feb. 26. Labor organiia tions of this city have appealed to President Rwsevelt to veto the urgent deficiency bill, passed by congress, which abolishes tbe eigbt-bonr work day on the Panama canal. The names of President John Fitxpatrick and E. N. Nockels, of the Chicago Federation ot Lalnr, were signed to a telegram sent to Washington as follows: "Organized labor is unanimously protesting against the urgent deficiency bill so long as it contain the provision repealing the eight-hour law or any part of it, and most respectlully re quests a veto. The action of the local nnions follow ed instructions from President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. In a statement Mr. Gompers asserted that the law was intended as tbe be ginning of an attack npon the eight hour statute as applied to all govern ment service. THREATS FROM FOREIGNERS. Exclusion From Black Hills Mines Causes Bad Feeling. Lead, S. D., Feb. 26. As a sequel to the explosion at the home of a mine foreman, letters bave been received Dy Superintendent Grier, of the Home stake mine, and some of the mine fore men, threatening bodily barm unless certain changes are made in the man agement. The governor has been asked to offer a reward for tbe apprehension of the writers. It is tlaaaght the letters result from an order prohibiting the employment of men who could not speak or under stand English. It ia considered that the safety of the other miners was en dangered by the employment of work men unable to understand tbe signals. Will Fight Two-Cent Rate. Philadelphia, Feb. 26. Driven to the point of reorganising their lines to meet the 2-cent-a-mile legislation re cently adopted by the Ohio legielature and by threats of aimllar action In Pennsylvania, officials and representa tives ot many big railroads met bare today aud perfected plana for fighting all such legislation, in response to a call from James McCrea, first vice president of t"e Pennsylvania railroad. It is sid that plans were laid, not only to carry on the fight in Ohio, but in any other state necessary. May Postpone Meeting at Hague. Washington, Feb. 26. Secretary Root has issued a call for a meeting in Washington this week of the American delegates to the approaching Hague conference, Messrs. Choate, Porter and Rose, tor the purpose of cohsidering the program ot the conference and mak ing the necessary arrangementa for the trip. It will be impossible for tha con ference to meet before next iall at the earliest, aud a further postponement is probable. Wealth Limit of $10,000,000. Washington, Feb. 26. Representa tive Llojd, of Missouri, by a resolution in the house today, proposed an amend ment to the constitution, so as to limit private fortunes to $10,000,000. When ever the limit is exceeded the excess shall be deemed a "public nuisance, folly or peril," and be forfeited to the United SUte. KILL MISSIONARIES Riot at Nanchang, China, Cause ot the Massacre. STORIES TOLD ARE CONFLICTING Chinese Accuse Priest of Burning Mission Pekin Government De nies Cauae for Alarm. Shanghai, Feb. 27. Somewhat con fnsed report have reached here of a massacre of missionaries at Nanchang, province of Kiangai. As nearly aa can be ascertained, aiz missionaries were killed and one child of an English misaionary wounded. It ia alleged that after long contin ued disputes between tbe Catholic priests and the Chinese magistrate of Nanchang, the priests invited tbe magistrate to a banquet where tbey tried to compel him to sign an agree ment lor tbe payment of a large indem nity for tha destruction of Catholic mis sion property. According to one re port, the magistrate became indignant and committed anicide; tbe Chinese as sert that a priest attacked and killed him. Tbe official fearing to arrest tie priest, called a pnblic meeting, where upon the Catholic, according to tbe Chinese version of the trouble, set fire to tbeir own premise. The public meeting of the Chinese developed into a not. in which, according to one story. six of the Catholics were killed, though a later account says tbe number of Cathol'cs killed was fonr. H. C. Kingman, a Protestant mis sionary, and his wife also were killed and one of tbeir two children was wonnded. the other being rescued. Tbe only Protestant mission buildings de stroyed were those of the Plymouth Brethren. Fourteen Americans ecsaped in boat in safety. Minister Satow today interviewed the foreign office officials regarding tbe masascre. Tbey expressed to bim the deepest concern and regret, which nn doubtedly was genuine, tbe government being particularly anxious to preserve good relations with foreigners at the present time. Only last week Prince Ching, on representations by the Jap anese minister and others that reports of anti-foreign movements were currant. telegraphed to all the viceroys directing them to repress vigorously any signs of such a movement and to punish people who were circulating the rumors. Chi' neae hostility, to Catholics and other Christiana has been prevalent in tbe province of Kiangai lately, as in the province of Honon and Hupeh. Na tive papers report tbat tbe Catholic bishop had trouble with tbe authorities for issuing appeals lor subscriptions tor the church, which were written in an official style, to which be bad no right. BOUNDARY CONTEST FILED. Supreme Court Will Try Claim Jurisdiction Over Columbia. to Washington, Feb. 27. The Supreme court today granted leave to tha state of Washington to file a bill of complaint against tbe state of Oregon in the suit Drougni io aeiermiue ma tuuaiiuu u the boundary line between tbe two states in the Colombia river, Assistant Attorney Gensral McDonald appearing for Washington, and Senator tulton filing the reply of Oregon. The court decided that the testimony shall be closed by August 6. Oregon will contend tbat her juris diction extends to a line beginning at a "point due west and opposite the middle of the north ship channel the Columbia, thence easterly up the middle of tbe widest channel to point near Fort Walla Walla," but Washington claims jurisdiction oyer many islands and fishing grounds lying south of this line. Oregon will ask that the boundary be finally estab lished as described above and aa defined in the act admitting. Oregon to the Union. Four Companies Withdraw Jefferson Citv. Mo.. Feb. 27. Four insurance companies have notified W D. Vandiver, the Missouri commis sioner, that they would withdraw from the state March 1. when their present licenses expire, because of the require ment that they file an annual complet statement. The companies are the Bankers' Life of New York, the Mutual Reserve Life of New York, the Cos' raonolitan Life of Free port. 111., and the Northwestern Mutual Life of Miu neaoolis. Mr. Vandiver stated that this saved bim the trouble of ousting them Two Thousand Killed. New York. Feb. 27. A cable die. natch to the Herald, dated Puena Ven tura, Colombia, says: An earthquake occurred at 25 minutes to 11 on tbe mornins of the 21st. lasting about seven minutes, the movement being from the north to the south. Following the earthanake there was a tidal wave, which waa of no consequence here, but the reports from the coast, including an area of 50 leagues to the south, state that 2,000 were killed. Yellow Fever on Canal. Washinirton. Feb. 27. Surgeon Gen eral Wvman. ot the Public Health and Marine Hcspi al service, has notified the various government quarantim stations of the appearance of yellow fever at Bocas del Toro, Panama, and the nsual measnrea of inspection and detention will b adopted. SEALERS MAY SUE UNCLE SAM. ill Allowing Courts to Adjust Claim for Compensation. Washington, Feb. 23. A favorable report waa made today on Senator Ful ton' bill which permits owner ot sealing vessels seized lor pelagic sealing Behring sea to go into tha Circuit court for the Ninth circuit to recover from tha government an amount equal to tha loss they sustained through tha seizure of their vessels. Years ago, when Pehring sea waa held to be a closed sea, the United State claimed Jurisdiction over tba east half and Russia over tha remain der, and sealing was prohibited. Many sealing vessels were captured by tha wo government. Tba Supreme court subsequently held Behring sea to ba an open sea and denied tbe jurisdiction of this government beyond the three ma rina league limit. Following this, British sealer wboaa vessels were taken by American reve nue cotters sued and recovered from the United State, and owners of Amer ican ships taken by Rnasiana recovered from that government. But tbia gov ernment baa never paid tba claim of American sealers whose vesaela wara Uegally seixed by the American gov- irnment. It is to pay theaa claim that tbe bill is pressed. In tha aggre gate it ia not believed tha claim will exceed $1,000,000. TWIXT HOPE AND FEAR. Morocco Delegates Doubtful of Sue- ' cess of Conference. Algeciras, Feb. 23. Although tha Franco-German deadlock remain un broken, tbe opinion of the delegate to tbe Moroccan conference fluctuates aa to tie result, the view today being rather more hopeful that some solution is possible. Tbia is due largely to tha German attitude that an adjustment eventually will be reached. Tha American delegate also continue con fident, despite tha French and British pessimism. Some of tbe delegate ex press the view that some conciliatory movement will ba made directly from Berlin. At the afternoon session the con ference settled a few minor point on tba bank question, including tha adop tion of a gold basis. Tba Italian delegate are discucsing the possibility of tba appointment of a number of tba conferee a arbitra tor for the settlement of the contro versial points of tbe French and Ger man project should agreement rela tive to tha majority oi tbe detail ba attained. Ambassador White persist in hi optimistic view of tha ultimate result of the conference. RUSSIA WILL BRAND COWARDS. Officer Who Surrendered Without Cause To Be Disgraced. St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. Unprece dented regulations to purge tha army of officers accused of cowardice and sur rendering during the war for no reason able canse were announced today by tbf military organ, the Bussky InvaUid. Captive officers returning from Japan will, unless they were wounded whan captured, ba tried before court of honor, and unless reinstated by the unanimous decision of their fellow officers, will be dismissed in disgrace. "Contasions," a frequent excuse lor surrender, will not be accepted. Tbe higher officers who were respon sible tor the surrender of their organ izations must secure a vindication from a conrt of honor and tha minister ol war. Such case will be submitted to the emperor individually. The troops which composed tbe gar rison at Port Arthur are exempt from these provisions, the responsibility for the surrender of that fortress falling upon General Stoessel. Men Wont Let Women Talk. Washington, Feb. 23. Discord in tha congress for uniform divorce law be came so great this afternoon tbat Misa Fannie Leake Cummings, the sola rep resentative of Washington state, with drew and left for her home. Her reas on was "the man won't let the women talk." Ol these offenders, she said, minister were tbe worst. It was earl ier in the day, while she was making a speech on the "Real Causes of Divorc- " that V. Larue Munson, oi rniia- delphia, asked her to cease, because ha considered her remarks "nauseating." Drydock Dewey Adrift. New York, Feb. 23. According to a dispatch to tbe Herald from Las Pal- mas, Canary islands, . the drydock Dewey broke adrift tbrea time and was picked up with difficulty by tha fleet which ia towing it. This is re ported, the dispatch says, by tha tug Potomac, which recently reached la Palmas. The fleet and drydock ara now 480 mile west of the Canaries, tha dispatch says, and everything is going well. - -' ' Condemns Export Tax on Coal. London, Feb. 23. The British ex port tax on coal apparently is alatad for removal in tbe forthcoming budget of Chancellor of the Exchequer Asqulth. Mr. Asqulth informed a deputation today that, while be declined to make any declaration in regard to tha taxa tion nntil he presented the budget, ha considers the coal tax vicious and un necessarily injurious to an important industry He raid tbat tha members of the deputation would Una him anx ious to remove it. cate biro.