THE
OREGON
VOL. XXIII.
ST. IIELKNS, OREGON, FHID AY, MARCH 16, 1906.
NO. 14.
MIST
NEWS OFJTHE WEEK
to i Condsnssd Form fcr Oar
Easy ltn.
UPPENINGS CF TWO CONTINENTS
t Rssum or the Lw Important but
Nol Let lntrtlng Event
ofth Pitt tk.
Th president of th Argentine re-
pulillo If deed.
Iti'll" outlaw have kilted tbiee dp
atlM la Indian Territory.
rr.t lit forbidden the mention of
Bryan's Dim In bit usaapapar.
General Omnwi Volt Mri How It
I, .lying nt that lit will govern Zlon.
Tlit deadiuek litt been renewed at
Algebras, bul to agreement It assured.
Tht felted Stale Hopreme oourt has
dM-ltlfl that pap' tol tobacco trail
ooVsr mail give viduce.
Owirgt V L. lyr, now United
fjtal aiubeseador to Knle. may suc
ceed Tall as aecretary ot r.
Hsventer men have loti tbtlr llvae
attempting lo rcor budita Iron tbe
Coarritrat, Frauce, coal ulna.
Tb city o) Chicago baa woo a greet
vletiujy over ilia traction Hot by tbt
Hupraius court annulling tbtlr fran
chise. Houthern California and Arltonaba
bid a downpour of ta'.n which almott
reached tlia propoitiou 01 a oooa
Tare Inch of water fall In S hour.
lfCttt will ba otmaJ governor ol
Alaska.
Zionist bata ttoppad Dowla't top
plf ol ni"ney.
Both China and Japan deny tbara I
toy disturbance In Chine.
Anthiactte operator ara bellsvsd t
hav agreed to reject tbe earner pro
posal
A Mil hat been Introdeeed In the
low legislator legellung Iba killing
af lacurable.
Detail ot Iba flglit between Moto
aod American troop ahow thai lb
batllt lasted loar day aod COO of tbt
lbl atrt klliad or woenoea.
Million ara starving In Northern
Jspea and now winlar waathar bar
added to the mlaery. Blrew aod acorn.
ara Ida principal foo.lt. An elmoel
total fallora of Iba rlca crop It Hie
cauna of tba lamina.
Tba ilerrlman liana will pat on a
saw tbiough train from Chicago to
Portland. No elop alll ba me.1 ami
no beaeancere or taproot will ba car
fled, nothing bat mall. Thit change
III make a easing of an tntira day.
In Wyoming Western Nebraska aud
Northern Colorado there la 13 lucliaa o
inn and slorkmen fear heavy luaeee
at lh weather it extremely cold
Kmua and Mmlane have mow and
hrery windt and street car and railroad
Iridic It badly dsmorallted.
Tba Iowa aanata bat pataad an anil
ralltoa. pis bill,
American troopi klllod "00 nallv.
ewtl.wt In a baltla In tbo rbllippinta
fjire at Bin Francisco In a flve-eton
building caaaad a loaa ot OT.r $750 000
An agreement on Morocco It toot! t
ba raachrd at Algectr, tlit kaltvi
backing down.
Tha Cblnaaa govarnmant reaasur.
tha nation! that tbara will ba no nprt--ing
igalnit foralgoara.
Tha llarimin line will ba equipped
with tha block lignal yaicui from
Omaha to Lot Angvlea.
Tha boota committee on naval affair
favor tha appniuttuant of not tuor
than 30 danial turgaout in tha nary.
Fratidant Roosevelt haa been atkad
to Hap In and attrmpt to aattla tha dif
fatimcaa betwaan Iba ooal opanlort and
nilneri.
Tha noma eoramittaa on altcilnni
hit lirorably raportad a bill pror din,
for tha alattlon of tanatora by dlracl
rota of tba paopla.
Tha Port of Poriltnd eommlHlon hit
Hd tha Hill ennipany right to brldgr
tbt Wlllimalta balow Portland accord
Ing lo tha plant mbnilttad by tha rail
road company.
MIm Butan B. Anthony la ttlll vary
wtak.
Tha Alganiraa conferanca It talking
of oompromlaa.
Tha govarnmant haa arldenca of ra
batat glvan tha tugar trutt.
No larcMior a Pramler Roorlar hn
yat baan namad in Franca.
Frantle atforti ara balng mada to
avt Zion City from bankrapty.
' Ptaqnant robbarlaa hava eautad tbt
loalng of money order oflloaa in Po
land. 'Two official! of tha Standard Oil hav
tailed on Praaldent Rooievelt aud team
anilout about invaatlgatlon of Iroita.
J. Ogrien Armour, head of tha Ar
mir Picking eompany, complain! be
came of aaoiat aervlce men dogging
him.
Tha houta commlttaa on mrohani
tsarina and fltharlat bag filed March
tl at tha data for connldarlnii what ac
tion thai) ba taken on tba aftip inbtldy
bill. .
SUSAN B. ANTHONY OSAO.
Qreal Champion of Famala 8urTnga
Paint Away.
Kouhaatar, N. v., March 13, The
long and ernntful Ilia of Huian B,
Anthony cloaad at 12.40 o'clock thlt
morning. Tha end cauia paacalally
Viet Anthony had barn uiioonacloni
pra tlcally for Si bourn, and her daatb
had lumn iniitiiantarily rspretad ilnca
Hit day night.' Only bar aondeiful
ooiiatilutlnn kept bar aliva.
Dr. M. H Kickar, liar attending iihr
Ician, laid Miat Anthony dird ol brarl
lailure, luiluml by double pneumonia
alia latd bad tarloua valvular trouble
for the tail ill or aevan y art. Her
langt were practically cloaad, and tba
pneumonia bail yielded to Iraatmant.
but tha waaknaet of ber heart prevented
nar recovery.
Le.t night In a delirium, MIm An
'bony ipoke of the woik In Oregon,
whete the battle for woman inffraga li
now (wing waged Hhorlty etfer the
Mink Into a ttupor.
Hutan Brownell Anthony, reformer,
a lioru at Houtli Adama, Meat., Fob
raary Is. lltVO, tlia daughter of Daniel
and Lucy ( Head) Anthony. Her lath
ar wat a cutum manufacturer, and gave
bta chll Iran a llbeitl education.
For mora than 40 yean the hai been
helore the country ai a prominent ad
vncaia of reform. Through ber Influ
ence alder Retdi of employment have
nen 0ened to woman. Up to tha
lima of her death the never related ber
fforla. Hhe baa pnhlitlied, In con
Junction with Kliiabelb Cady Nunton
and Matilda Joalyn Uage, "Tba ll'tto
ty of Woman buffragt.'' Hha hit atao
contributed to trailing magailnet and
lectartd In England.
SCREWS ON IN KANSAS.
Interttate Comminlon Tumi Light on
Standard Oil.
Kantat City, March 13. Acting up-
m teeolattont paaerd by b.th houft ol
eongrrae, tbrta mrmbara of Iba Inter'
tlala Commerce commhtloo today be
an an Invaatlgalolo of tba rbargee
made by Independent oil producart of
Kanaaa that the railroad! ol han.M dta
irrlmlnate In favor of the Htandard Oil
company In tha niattnr if ralee outtide
bat ttata.
The memtwre ot the Interttate Com
merre cotnmiaaion who will make the
nvetiallon are: Fiancie M. Cock
ell, Jmleon C. Clamenta and Cbarlea
A. Proutv.
John T. Mirth, who hat been In tha
gouthweel for the pa la two weekl mak
mg a preliminary Inretligatiou of the
p odurrre' chargee, ail preeenl taiay
at the attorney lor the commmion.
Frank H. Monnatt, ei attorney ganeral
it Ohio, and Clifford Thorn, ol Waan
ington, la., were ptearnt at attornrya
lor the Independent producert. tte
ailwayt alao bad atlorneyi at tba in
.eatiaatlon.
Tlie agitation for tha invrtllgtlnn
'.un tixlav waa atartcd niuii time ago
hrn Clifford Thorn, acting on brhalf
I the Kanaaa Oil Prmlorera' irtocia
Ion, flleil with Jamre B.Uarllild. bib
nlaaionar of ciru-iiatione at Waihing
on, a aiatemrnl in which inrtanrre ot
tllrgad dl.ciliiiiiiation igainat the !nd
4ndrntl in the matter of rUt a
WOMEN AS SHIELDS.
Cauia ot Slaughter of Whole Moro
Familial by Troopi.
Manila, March 13 Major General
ool, who hai arriveil here, hit an-
It at ha aaanniM full rMDOIl.l-
i.h.i. i. il.a fluht aaainai tha Mona at
n.l, kill, nrar Jolo. Ha laid that
here waa no wanton dretructlon of wo
In the flitllt. though
many ot them ware klllrd by force of
'lecreaity, became tne aioroa naao mrra
aiahlaldt. In the hand lo band fighting.
Major General WV1 declared that
many ol the woman wore mala ittlre
lid their ae couin noi ue aiannguian
d. Another confuting canra wu the
i .HI. which the women
inh the nrieeti having woikedill of
the Moroi lo a religion! frrnry. Many
ot tha Moroe feigned death and batch
red the American hoaplial men who
were relieving the wounded.
Many Soldlen Deierled In Battle.
u. n-....V,...o M.rch 13. The In-
-ill -f 1 1., mllltarv. la till
printing dally Hit! of the loaeei iui
tained during the war, which, without
. ..I n... Aatt...w nnm tntal lAl..
ncillllinu rorv ninmi, --
000 killed, wounded nd dinappeired.
. . A..Ktinu at Milk.
t ne lllie covering iii" "a- a
ileu are juai iirgiiuiii'B -n -
remarkable feature it tha percentage ol
menwhoee fate it unknown, having
been abandoned on the flold of battle
The itafl It recelv'ng thouaandt of In
qulrletlrom ralailvat regarding the fate
j' loldlen, which It It unable to aniwer.
Through lha Straila.
New York. March 13. The itetmer
7..i.n.lla. which nailed from Hin Iran-
ciaco January 81, bound to New York,
towing tba tide wheal iteamar Olympta.
from Portland, Or., pneeed Sandy
Point, In the Strain 01 Magellan, on
,!,,.. according to a meieago received
here today from Punla Arenat. All
were well on noara. win ".
i - nMi...aH h New York partiet
and will ba put in lervica on the At
lantio coait.
Preparing for Big Potlatch.
v. ...r n a March IS. Eight
hundred Indiana from varlom point
along tha northern coaat baiwern Fort
Rupert and Klngcome iniei. are ai
t... kntlna tha araataat DOtlatch
known on thlt coaat for a , number ol
yeara. Tha Indiana propone to con
tinue tha potlatch until June.
waaeaaaaaaaaaaawaaw--aep i i m
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
VOTERS CANNOT CHANGE.
Attorney Qanaral 8ayt Original Regla
tratlon Mull 8tand.
Balrm Attorney Ganeral Cra.ford
U of tha opinion that there it no autho
rity for lha changing of a votri't rrle
tratlon after it hit once bren made.
Ha bai not rendered a written opinion
upon tha luhj act, but after bearing tha
report that cbangaa bava been permit
ted lo Linn county, be ei a mined the
ilatutee governing registration and iid
thai the only change provided tor by
law It that which become nrceeaary
when a voter change bli teildenca
from one precinct to another.
Mr. Crawford laid that It a voter
regittert at a Socialittand then change!
hit reaiitntion to that it ihowt him to
be a Democrat, thlt would be in .fleet
a aacond reglatratlon, and more than
one registration it expretaly forbidden.
If the clerk ibould make a miitake and
write lha word "Hoclallit" after a
mau'i name, when tha voter bad an
nounced blmaelf aa a Democate, Mr.
Crawford Ihinki it would be permiaea
bla for the clerk to correct the error,
hut where the party affiliation baa bren
recorded at given by tba voter, there li
no authority for a auhtequent change
It baa been many time aaaerted tbat
In Marlon county many Democrat are
reglaterlng aa Republican! in order to
tako part In tba con teat for the Repub
lican primary nomination!. Impaction
ol tba regiitratlon bookt thowt that
title) It not trot, and that if any peraont
are regiitering improperly tha iuitancee
are to law and eo unimportant aa to re
cipe notice. The diapmition here it
for ercn to rrgltter bli party afOHationi
hooeatly and fairly, If glrea at all.
Farmert Tired of Waiting.
Ontario Tbo farmert ot Dead Ox
Flat, tired of walling for water from
the varloot project! contemplated, have
taken it ape to organ I ae an Irrigation
diatrlct under what ll known ai the
Wright law. A petition to the Connty
court will be ooneidered at a epecial
ration April 18. The propoeed dia'rict
Include a twin t 10,000 acre ol the beet
land on Dead Us Flit, in Malheur
eoonlv, utt acroee the Bnaka river
from Weiaer, Idaho. When thit diatrlct
I. organised and the meant ot watering
it have hero Inttalled, there will have
been added to Malheur rounty many
thoneandt of dollare nl taxable proper
ty. Tha ancceaa of the entrrpriee
mant much lor tha county.
Wallowa Bridge by July I.
Wallowa When the 0. R. A N. Co.
tarted to tec tire right of way in Ihil
count v for an eitenilon of their line it
waa not drflnitaly known how toon the
road wat lo ba In operation. In a p
cent conversation with a trtttlrman
who It In a poaitlon to know the activ
ity of all projected railroad., it .a
learna.1 that the extemion to me u. rt.
A N wat expectl to reach the We!
lowa bridge by July naxt. With rail
road accommodation, an early, mnch of
the crop raiaed In Wallow county, aa
well at the aurplna itock, will be
ihlpped from that poin'..
Change Wool Sale Datei.
PendletonOlng to dii-atia'action
ith the achedule of wool aale da'e re
eently announced for Eaetern Omron.
the executive committee ol the mate
Wnolgeowrra' aaaociatinn haa made out
a new one, at follow!: PendHon, May
S2-23, May !9 SO; Heppner, May 24
2 Juna 7-8, June 21-22; Condon,
Mav 31. Juna 1, Juna 27-2R; Bhanikn.
June 6 , Jane 10 20 Jnlv 10 11;
Baker City, Juna Zo-28, Julv 12 13;
Klu n. Jnlv 13. The aale lor tne vai-
Iowa count wool ha hern aet for E'gin
Imteed ot the town of Wallowa aa pre
vtontly arranged.
Cloied Seaion To Be Enforced.
Oregon City "A ttrictly cloaad era-
m will be maintalneil on tne uomm
bU tlver thit year." aayi Deputy Flh
Warden II. A. Watwter, wno nai gone
to tha Lower Columbia. The cloeed
leaion began on the 15'h Inat. and con
tinue for a month, and in order that
I lllaaal fl.hlnu mav be prevented the
anthoritiea of Oregon and Waahington
will co-orient and maintain a thor
ough patrol of the river. Oregon thit
year hat two patrol boata and Wash
ington hai one, and all three will do
or vice onthe Columbia.
Seailda lo Aitoria.
Salem Charlet M. Cirtwrlght, Wil
iam L. Dudley. Edgar J. Daly. sn-
ilaaramn Reed. B. F. Alien and J Frank
Wataon have filed article of incorpora
tion with the aecretary ot Hate for the
i (Wat Tnternrhan com Dan V.
They propote to build a tteam or el -c-trie
railroad from Aatorla to 8elde,
ending t the Halladay or Old Saaalde
property, In Clataop county. The cap
IU1 llock it 300 000 divided lnt 100
ihare.
Proipecla Good In Sumpter.
n.k.. nn rVin.nrvatlva mining
IMim v.- '
nperatort are ol the opinion that dnr-
Ing the ooming anmmer greater re.uira
will ba obtained from the mined or tne
Sumpter diatrlct than ever hrfore. In
an interview oh thit queatlon I. K
Bellman, a well known operator and
manager ol the Crack Oregon, at
Bourne, ttated that thlt ! aiaurrd by
tha tact that to nuny pmpertie have
been fully developed and a'e now on
th arae ol being placed among tne
regular producer.
FRUIT CANNERY FOR ALBANY.
Gardanari and Orchardiiti of Linn
County Take Stock.
Albany Active work looking to the
er-ctlon of a cannery and packing plant
in Albany bat begun by the gardenrrt
and Iruitman intereatad. The new
company will bt known ai tha Fruit
gron' and tiardeneri' Cooperative
aaaociation, and will be owned by tbe
men who tell their product! to tba com
pany or by cl litem of Albany. Stock
in tha new company ii telling under a
restriction that no one man could te
cure more than 25 per cent of tbe
lock.
rte.ide packing, preserving aud can
ning frail and vegetable, tbe new con
cern will handle all kind ot produce,
acting a a kind of di.trlbuting point
where all produce for the local trade
can he aet-ured at a uniform price. In
thit wty all itore will be able to keep
op with tbe market, aod the termer
will have no trouble In diipoaing ot
their product.
Tbe plan it to atari with a cannery,
prune pickery and elder and vinegar
workt. All of theee induitriee bava
been needed very mocb lo Linn county,
became of tba immenta amount of
tmtll fruita and garden product! grown
bare, and became tbe county had no
mch enterprise! the development of
the fruit and gardening industry baa
been mocb retarded.
Wool Sale at Condon.
Condon An effort it being mada by
tha Condon Commercial club to eetab
liib at thit place wool aalaa daya. Tba
aecretary of the club it in communica
tion wi b tbe State and National Wool
groweri' aaeociatlona, and with tba aid
ot the local w iolgrowert' aaaociation,
which it it expected will be oriranixed.
it I thnnght date may be aecoied.
Endeavor ara alao being made to e
cure a reduction in freight rate on
wool from Condon to Boeton, and
alao on local ihipmenta ot ingar, tall
etc.
Cannot Uie State Money.
Salem At'nrney Ueoeral Crawford
holda In an opinion that Ibe State
Lewi! ind Clark commieaion cannot
uae the $50 000 appropriated by the
late lor a memorial building, even if
n individual i willing to mpp'y lb
1M),000 which tha Portland Lewi and
Clark corporation rrfured to donate.
Mr. Crawford y the law ia explicit
in it dec aration that tbe corporation
mn.t enpply tha money and the city of
Portland donate the lite.
Beet Acreage Largely Increased.
" La Urande Managxr F 8. Bum
well, ol the ruinr factory, hat been In
Cove, making contract! for tha growing
of autar berta for thie eeiMjn'i run. and
report hiving con traced for a on' 1,
000 acrea of heetl in that b catity The
lunar company expect, lo have a larg r
acreaga thia year than ever helore
Heretofore the 'ac'my hai never I id
3inre than 2,800, arei b t thia .eimn
it counting uiMin at leesi 4 OHO acre.
Big Yield in Gilliam.
Condon t'r p p'oepecte f-r a laige
yield are aaid to be het'er than ever he
lore in Gilliam connty There I- a
greater acreage of aheat than ev-r
aeeHed in thia conn'y colore and inn-
dition. a-e nt'uiual'y favorable at th't
time Tb gronnd I. wet to a depth
of more than two feet. Rai go it im
proving ripidiy, owing to the e pier did
growing weather of the past two weeks.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 67c; blneitrm, 67(1
68c; red, 65c; villey, 70c
Oat No 1 white fea t, 127 50: gray,
$27 per ton.
Barley Feed. 2!24 per t"n;
hrewlng, 24 424 60; rolled, 124.609
26.60
Buckwheat 12.25 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothv tlSfl
14 per ton: valley timothy 1809 clo
ver. $7.60(48; cheat, $007; grain hay,
$78. s.
Fruits Apple.. $102 50 per hex;
cranberries. $12 60014 60 per barrel
Vegetable Asparagus, lOiJtllc per
pound; beans. 2Vc: rahhave, 1C per
pound; cauliflower, $202.26 per crate;
celery, $4 6005; sprouts, 67o per
pound: rhubarb, $2.25 per box; par
sley 25c; turnipi, 9Oc0$l per sack:
carrots, 06075c per sack; beets, 85c
$1 per sack.
Onions No. 1, 70080c per lack;
No. 2, nominal.
Potatoee Fancy graded Burbanks,
55080c per hundred; ordinary, nom
inal, sweet potatoes, 2M 02)0 per
pound.
Batter Fancy creamery 27 H 830c
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 15H016c per
dosen.
Poultry Average old hen 13014c
per pound; mixed chickens, 12wi3c;
broilers, 2022o; yonng rooster, 120
12c; old roosters. 10UO)i; o"ns-ed
chicken. 14015o; turkeys, live, 160
17c; turkeys, dressed, 18020c; geese,
live, Sialic: geese, dressed, 10012c;
ducks, 16018c.
Veal Dressed, 307c per pound.
Beef Dressed bull, 2X03" per
pound: cow, 30 4,c; country
teen, 405o.
Mutton Dre'sed, Isncy, 809 per
pound, ordinary, 4 0 6c; laroha, 8 in
9Wo.
Pork Dressed, 608 per pnnnd.
Hops Oregon, 1905. choice, 100
10,V; prime, 809c; medium, 708n: I
olds, 607o.
Wool Eastern Oregon average bet,
16021a per pnnnd; valley, 24026c;
mohair, choice, 25030c.
LEASING GRAZING LAND.
Raader'a Haa Bill to Carry Out Land
Commiaiion'i Policy.
Waahington, Match 13. Tbe time
la not yet ripe fur the pa.aage of a bill
authoriaiog the leailng of vacant pub
lic grating landa, bnt eeotiment in
favor of Federal control and regulation
of tbe public range it growing tteadily.
and eventually inch a lyitem will be
inaugurated. Representative Reader
of Kan, hat advanced ideal on tbie
object, ii d helievi that tbe beat wa
to expand lent I men t in favor of th.e
leaiing ayitem it to keep the topic be
fore tbe public. With tbat end In vlea
be hat drawn and Introduced a general
letting bill which readt aa followi:
"Tbat tbe preaidrnt it hereby an
thorited to let aaide by proclamation
inch portion of the public land 4 ai in
bii opinion ibould be created integral
ing diitricti. The control and cutto
of tbe lamli thut withdrawn ihall t
placed in tbe handt of tbe aecretary oi
Agriculture, who ia hereby autboriaec
to claiaify and appraiae the graamg
vedue of aucb land and to appoint io b
officer ai tbe care ot each graaing, dia
trlct may require.
"Tbe aecretary of Agriculture it aleo
authorised to charge and collect a rea
aonable fee for grating permit and to
make and enforce inch regulation a
may bt appropriate to tbe condition of
eaah ganrting diatrlct. Tbeae regola
tion iball be framed and applied with
ipeclal reference to bringing about tbe
largest permanent occupation of the
country by actual aettlera and home
maker.
" ill public land tbua withdrawn
and controlled iball at all tlmaa be
continue to inbject to entry and aettle
ment under suitable regulation."
STIR UP niCALS.
Russian Raactionariet are Inciting to
Open Outbreak.
8t. Petersburg, March 13. Some of
the reactionary organ intioni are puab
ing tbe agitatinn agaioit the radical
elements to a dangerous point. Toda;
a "League of the Russian People" held
a service in tha Alexandereviky mon
aaterv. to celebrate the manifesto o
March 8 a. a vicory lor the old regime
Later, at the Horse Itnard menage, tbt
fighting society i f the eama organisa
tion ba d a pnblic meeting and listened
O ii.flammatury .perches by Dr. Dun
brovin and Pn I eeor Nikolsky, two ex
tremist leader, at which tbe orator
openly summoneil their followers, the
Black Hon ored, to kill tbe Jewe anr
hsng Count Witte.
Prince M-stcheraky, editor of th
Gmnanin. who snpi-orted tha Witt,
recti m. chargee the bureaucracy will
having sympathy ai'h tha court clique,
which is opposing the handa ot tbe
cabinet, and i'b inciting class hatred
and strikes, wiib the purpose of mak
ing the national aet-mhly a d'lnr. .
He quote Professor Nirolaky aa de
rlarng tlat friend of the autocracy
liiiul ' see that a nnmher of revoln
tiimaiie. are elected, in order to fur
nish an rxenar lor di.peiinn the na
ti'Hial aeeiiil'lv with bayonet.
CHANGES IN CABINET.
Bonaparte May Succeed Moody aa
Attorney General.
W- bli gton. March 13 It i nndr-ti-d
ihere re many cabinet rhang-
in contemplation. Attorney Gen-ral
Monty may r ti'e early in the mmmrr
cVcr.tary Bonaparte, of the Navy de
partment, mav have the place if b
aisbee it. In tht event G. L. vn
Merer, now smhaaador to Russia, wi)1
likely take the Navy portfolio.
Posmatrr General Crtelynu wil'
nrcred the eecretary ol the Treasury
whan tbat official retiree in the tall,
nnlres present plans rhange.
One great prohlem in tendering thr
Hnpreme conrt vacancy to Secretary o'
War Taft Is who to get who csn tak
the g'eat problem ol the lathmla1
canal and the Philippine? Whil
Secretary Taf', although desiring ol'i
mately to have a position on the 8n
preme conn bench, doee not leel li k.
leaving the enhinrt at this time. Wash
ing'iin believes he will be the mcceisor
ol Justice Brown.
Women Give Their Jewell.
Budapest. March 13 The Countees
Deseasy and other titled women have
started a movement to raise a fund for
the benefit of officials who resigned or
were dismissed as a result of the politi
cal crisis in Hungary. They have held
meeting at which they have denuded
themselves of valuable jewelry, which
will he sold tor the benefit of the offi
cers who were left in the lurch through
th nonpayment of large sumspron isrd
them by rich magnate! ai indemnity
for the lost of their salaries and of po
lltlont. . Guard for Britiih Legation.
London, March 13. The correspond
ent of the Tribune at Hongkong say.
thit Capta n Ward, commanding a de
tachment of 40 artillerymen, will pro
ceed to Pekln at he end of the month
to guard the British legation. Ta ta'
Wen, confMential eecetary of the
viceroy ot Canton, In an in'etview
aaid he did not think the anti foreigr
movement In the smuh was aerions
and disTld the iib-a of trouMe '
Pekin.
Famine Imperil In Morocco.
London, March !3 Th Dil
Mall' rone iv ii d-nt t Tingler v
that the la) n e o1 th wheat and htr
lev harvest ia hreitem d thiyh -n
Morocco. With no re.erve f"im last
year, he a 'da, a teinble famine seen
to be impjfuding
MANY ARE KILLED
Explosion in French Mine Im
prisons Nearly 1,800.
ONLY SIX HUNDRED ARE RESCUED
Fire Follow and Cuta Off Miner
from Reacua Government
8end Troopi to Halp.
Pari, March 12. A mine cataatro
lha of incalculable horror aod magni
tude haa stricken tbe great coal center
if North rn France. An explosion of
Are damp at 7 o'clock Saturday morn
ng carried death and deatroction
hrougbout tbe network of coal mines
entered at Courriares, and lira follow
ed the exploaion, making reecue diffi
cult, and almoat Impossible.
All France baa been profoundly
hocked by tbe magnitude of the dia
ter, which ii aaid to be the greeted
in tbe biltory of continental mining
President Fallieree aant bia aecretary,
tccompanied by Minirter of Public
Work Gautier and Minister of tbe In
terior Dublef, on a special train to the
wane of tbe diaaater. The ministerial
'risis waa temporarily forgotten, aenat
ort and deputie Joining in the univer
sal public manifeatation of sorrow.
Tbe ecene of the catastrophe i the
mountainous mining region near Lens,
in the department of Paa de Calais
Here are huddled amsll bamlet of the
nineworker who operate tbe moat pro
motive coal mines 1j France. Tbe
subterranean chamber form a aerlr ol
unnels. Six ol tbe outlet are near
Lens, and others are at Conrrieres,
Verdun and other points.
Tbo output ot these mine I partic
ularly combustible, and ia largely need
n tbe manufacture ot gal and In melt
ng. About 2,000 miner woik in the
roup of mine, and with their lamiHe
make a population of from 6 000 to 8,
HOO enula.
The exploeion took plac abort ly
fter 1,795 men bad drscended into the
l ne Saturday morning There wa a
ieafen ng explosion, wl ich waa f.i l .w--d
by tbe cage and mining ap laratna
eing hurled tram the mouth of the
'ourrierea mine. Men and horeee near
y outeide the mine were either
tunned nr killed. The roof of tbe
nine office w blown If.
Immediately after the ex-liinn
d imea hur.t from the mon'h of tbe pit,
triving hark th"e who eonght to enter,
"d dooming those within.
The work of attempting to reecne the
i prisoned miner was ha.t'lv beKU
y officials, engimrs snd miners fmm
the aurrounding m nrs, who l.irm n
ptrtiee and mde heroic eff its to peii.
rate the smoke and foul gaa-c and
ring out the imprtMined men.
The familiee ot the entombed mineis
-rowded about the ibilt seeking fathers
' hneandi, and threatening, in their
ffort to obtain details, to force ha k
tie gendarme who kept them from thr
nnu'b of tbe pit. Tba populace of the
listrict ie appalled by tbe disaster,
bich affect every houeehol l. Those
pertnn who were rescued we.e terribly
burned.
Tbe latest estimates place those who
.ere taken out at 691 Tbe worst ears
have been realised and it i now eer
'sin that those entombed, numbering
1,193, are dead. It is aleo almost cer
aln that bnt few bodiea will be recov
red, ae the fierce flames have entirely
Mneumed those who were shut in t'ie
mine.
British Steamer Sink.
Halifax, N. 8.. Match 12 The Brit
ish ateamer Hawkim foundered off
-stterle, on the Cape Breton coast,
(t it not known aa yet if tbe members
of tbe crew managed to escape in tbe
.mail boata and are safe in some Iso
lated point oi the coast. The Hawkins
was commanded by Captain Fapee and
carried a crew ol ab-int 25 men. She
ailed from here February 15 for Port
Morier, an out port ot Cape Breton, on
the Nova Scotia coast, and nothing had
inc been heard ol ttp vessel until the
news that she had gone to the bottom.
Raid Anarchist Meeting,
i' Philadelphia, March 12. A squad
it policemen tonight raided a meeting
t 200 anarchist while Johann Most,
I New York, was on the platform de
livering an address. The meeting waa
held in honor of tha anniversary of
Most a birth, and he was reciting the
Hory of hi life when the police enter-
d, He deal. ted at tha command of
he police, who then cleared the hall.
The crowd resisted the police, and in
the conlmion blow were ex' hanged.'
John D.'a Great Charity.
Denver, Colo., M.rrh 12. It was re
ported here today that John D Rocke
feller was to pnt tl 000 000 Into the
1'ivsnlle Improvement association, pro
viding that the aS"ciat'on become, na
imis I In copo an I tbat Jndge Lindey
remains at the head of 'he oragi-iavtnn.
t i a ats'emcnt given mil t -night Judge
Lin'aev intimated fiat the statement is
premature.
CASH FOR JETTY.
Provision fa Made In Amendment te)
Sundry Civil Bill.
Washington, March 9. The senate
committee on commerce today voted
unanimously to report favorably Sea
ator Fulton 'a amendment to tbe tan
dry civil bill, appropriating $400,000
for continuing the work on the Colom
bia river jetty, witb a view to it pre
servation unt'l congress shall hereafter
make provision for its completion. On
advice of Senator Frye, chairman of
the committee, Mr. Fulton did not at
tempt to amend hi amendment, aa
recommended by the aecretary of war,
eo a to anthorixa contract! to com
tlete tbe jetty, to it full projected
length, because it waa univeraally
agreed tbat any cucb change wonld
certainlv defiat tha entire amendment
and kill the $400 000 appropriation
fcbich now seems within grajp.
Either than run tbia risk, Mr. Fultoa
a-ked for a favorbale report merely on
bia amendment a originally drawn.
Tbe commerce committee, before act
ing, gave a hearing to Mr. Fulton, who
at aome length pointed out the nee
ity for the adoption ot bia amendment,
(bowing tbat, nnlea the money ia pro
vided, more than a mile ol uncom
pleted jetty will be entirely loet, be
cause of (be certain destruction of tbe
tramwsya. TJnleee hi amendment ia
adopted, Mr. Fulton declared tbe tram
way wonld be utterly destroyed by
teredoe during tbe coming season, and,
once tbe tramway i gone, tbe hall
finished portion ot the jetty will be ab.
eolntely loet, because it will be impos
sible to build new trestle over unfin
ished rock work. Thii loas, be aaid,
would coat tbe government fully $500,
000, and would aet back work on the
jetty not Irs than two year. He
ahowed that good busioeea principle
demand tbat the incomplete work be
protected, and thia can only be don
by tbe immediate expenditure of $400,
000, a explained by (he army engin
eers. Tbe committee wa. thoroughly coa
vinced of the advisability of making
tht appropriation, and assured Mr.
Fultoa that it wonld individually and
collectively aid him in securing th
adnpt.on of his amendment.
While the committee ia not favorable
to making appropriations for new river
and harbor work at thia session, it re
gards this project as an extreme emer
gency. To increase the chancee cl get
ting this appropriation, tbe committee
anthor arda favorable rep rt ' on an
original b li idertirel in term with
Mr Fulton's Hmendmnt-t, and, in case
-ine plan fails, the other will be prsssad.
Jena'o' Piles of Wellington, wno ia
a nnmher of .he commerce committee
and extremely friendly to Colombia
river iinnr- vement. is an entbosiaetie
upporter of Mr Fulton's amendment.
He, like other memhers of the commit
tee, Mievee the action of the commit
tee t.iy makes it sbeolu'ely certain
that the senate will attach the amend
ment to tbe sundry civil hill, hut real
ties tbat a fixht wil! come when the
hill goes hark to the house,
SEA-LEVEL CANAL FEASIBLE.
I Profsssor Burr Say It Can' Ba Dug
in Tan Yeara.
Wa-hingion, March tl Prnfesser W.
A. H Burr ol New York a member of
the board ol consulting engineer, ap
peared hefoia the senate committee oa
interoceaiiic can to disease the type
nl canal to cons- mc'ed across the
Is bniu of Panama He said that
sinr the report w.ji prepared, hi re
firctinn. convince him more than ever
tbat a ea-level canal waa more feasible
than a lock canal.
The witness wa examined at length
concerning the control ol the Chagre
river, and declared tbat the tolutiua
ol the problem presented was entirely
feaaible. He declared be conld tee no
reason why a sea-level canal should not
he const meted in ten yean, aa no
donhtfnl engineering leata were con
templated in the maj irity plan.
The committee ajonrned until 10:30
o'clock tomorrow, when it is under
stood Professor Burr will attack tbe
wislom ol constrm-ting a canal ol the
lo k type provided tor in the minority
report.
Protect Pine Islanders.
Washington. March 9. Sera'ot
Spooner and Bacon today reported an
agreement concerning an amendment to
the Isle of Pines treaty, which la in
tended to protect American interests.
It provldee that the island shall be re
garded aa a separate province within
the meaning of the Cuban conttittr
ton. Thia would give the island local
self government and a representative in
the Cuban congress when tbe popula
tion of the island warrant! such repre
sentation. This ia said to be aatiifae
tory to the American resident.
No More Naughty Poitera.
Detroit. March 9. Sensational, vic
ious snd suggestive billboard picture
were condemned by a resolution adopt
ed here today at the qnarrerly meeting
of the hoard of directors of the Associ
ated Bill posters & Distributers of th
United states and Canada. Tbe reso
lution Instructs member! ot the asso
ciation to refuse, after tbe expiration
of the year's contract on Anguat 1,
mutt, to po't such pltonree and title
ae may be decUied ohjectionabl.
Two-Cent Fare for Virginia,
Richmond, Vs., March 9. Th
Chnrcbman bill fixing railway patsen
g -r rate at 2 cents per mile for 600
snd 1.000 mile tickets paved tbe bouse
today It has previously passed th
enate and now goes to tbe governor.