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t c OREGON VOL XXI 1 1. ST. HELENS, OllEGON, FKIDAY, AIM ML , 1900. NO. 17. THE MIST. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Return) of th Lett Important but Not LM Interettlntj Event f the Part Wnk. Troop will protect the Rutalao Jiwt durln F.aelertld. The Nw Yark Iif,llatore It rushing Ml'a lor tli control ut insurance. All Zl"ti City Iim revolted agalutt It.il, taking away hit power and property. Municipal ownership If the principal campaign '"I1'0 ln u,nJ stern city aim-linn. Fhioda Id Alabama have (topped itwiiiil"t navigation lor ISO mile alnrnt Mobil. Itepnwei.tallve Cooler, of Wlacontln, In Introduced bill admitting Porto Ricaii to lull United State clllaen- hip. Pre.ldent Palme, of Cuba, I confi dent th L'plted Stale auat will rat ify ilia !) of I'lnrfl treaty which recog-nil- Cutm't varwlgnty. Women bava mobbed Iba engineer al tba Couirlere, Franca, mine, do in.ii'liii tba tewue of tbair loved one whom Ibay believ to I atill allv. Comiiil'.lc'iinr (isiflpld (I ml tba Standard (Ml company baa violated tba antt-trtiat law many time. Proeecu lion of tba company wilt commune nil. A Ittiaelan editor baa been Imprie oned for writing- a parody on tba Lord' inarrr, wblrh waa suppoaed to he offer ed by lb Imperial family. Una Una uia.lo to lead: "Ul tha people pit our debt, but not aa w pay our creditor." Tillman will bara a bard fight to be rr-atrrtrd senator. Hi istol' confirmation a dilrlit at lornry for Oiegnn It aaaurad. Amcrlini money baaaaved thouaandt of livre In tba Japanaaa lamina dia tri.t. The president and net leader bava agreml on tba court relw amand mrnt to tba rata III. (iermany ha found through th Mo rmian conferem) that ilia baa but una friend In all Kuropa, Auatrla. Sir Thomaa I.lpton ba completed arrii(riiiuta for lb building of a challenger lor tba Amarica't cup In lui)7. Tha New York (.'antral and Pennryl vania rol are .aid to have agreed on r maolidalion. Tba preeeul line will also I greatly extended. An Indiana bachalor found eight tiabir on bit dooratap a tw morning ago. II Immediately eent for tba county ofllciala to tak cbarga. A itorm at RnglUh, Indiana, blew down a lrg tr, revealing the biding plara of 121,000 placed In Uia rooU l tlia tree by an old nilerr may year ago. Keprr-aentallve Jon, of Weahllig ton, Iim a bill requiring all American vr.Mitt to criy uftlilenl oil-to calm the ra whenever tba Vreael may ba In danger In alortni. The Chinee boycott It believed to be dying out. Kiorer I till! recognlied tt ambas sador at Vienna. The Iowa lrglalatnr I'M ped a bill wblcb will not allow any tt offi cer to tme a railroad pat. Tha miner convention ha decided to accept the advance wherever granted by the coal operator and work will continue In tlio.e mlnei. Representative Lacey, of Iowa, want all agricultural land now embraced in forest reaervet thrown open to entry iindur the bomeitead law. Tbliteen miner who were entomlied in the French coal mlna be Juat been found allv. They were In the mine 20 day and lived on bone teed. Another $25,000 bat been tent to Japanese famine nfferert through the National Ned Croaa. Thlt make 126. 000 aent through till lource. Troop have been called out to tup print riot at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Announcement I made at Cleveland, Ohio, of an advance of from H to 1 X cent per gallon by tha Slander 1 Oil In the price of gavolliit and naphtha Governor PattUon, of Ohio, It grow ing worie. The Chicago beef trust trial Iim been t for the tecond Monday ln Decem ber. The Ohio leglilature hat provided for rommtHHion to ravine the Insurance law of the state. Justice Harlan, of the United State Hupreme court, may resign. The president 'ear congrett will take no action on the I'anama canal at the present teaalon. Winnipeg, Manitoba, It In the hand of a mob. A ttreet oar ttrika It the came of the trouble, Pretldent Rooaevelt bat again tent Driatnl't name to the annate for con firmation at district attorney for Oregon. DRIVE OUT CASTRO. Veneula It To Be Opened fo Amer ican Capital and Enterprlte. NowYoik. Aprils. Th. Wnrl.it... day eaya: On of tha lergeit merchant in new York ald lt night that ar rangement are being perfected here and In I'arla for an invaalon of 1111, Which Will annihilate Ca.trn and oien up th country to American capital and entetprlae. A number of rich New York mar. chant era raid to be Interested ln tha movement, wblcb, tha protnotert de cUre, will Involve tha employment of io.ihiu toiuiert anil I lie eipenditore of IMOO.OOO in tha campaign under which President Caatro I to be either expelled or dratroyed and native Ven ezuelan ttatettnan it to b liiatalled a nit tucceaaor. In- thl connection it I ld that Caatro, anilcltlng a uccealul revo lution againit hitu aooner or later, has converted tome of hi alleged H.000, 000 Into rash and ba tent It to Amer ica and Franca, Carlo 11, Fuegerdo, Venrtoelan con sul In New Vork, said last night at hi horn that he had beard uch au expe dition we being organised or being promoted, but Iia4 been unable to learn anything definite about It. lie aid ha tied understood share in tb schema were being sold. "I would like to gi-t bold of some of thoee thaiea," h said, "I w.ll buy all that are offered." Tha consul Inquired eagerly as fo the point th expedition w to nil from. Tb expedition i to set out toon from hurfl lo three large eteamahips, which are already undur contract. They are to carry about 6,000 volun- teera, with tba following quantities of arms and ammunition: Klght thousand Mauser rina of th Uteat pattern, 24,- 000 round of cartridge, 600 shell, 8 rapid Are guns, H.000 army belt, 1.000 oft! re re' iword, 6,000 olticei' revolv er, 3, (KM) machetea and aworJs, to gether with qlher lupplie. GREAT TRADE WITH MEXICO. Relations With Republic on tha South Are Very Clot. Washington, April 3. A bollet'n Is sue.) by the department of Commerce and Labor how that the trade of the I'nlled Hlals with Mexico in th Bsc) year Itf06 aggregated in value $112,000,- 000, a compare.! with 131.000,000 in 1816, and 118,000,000 in Itmm ui Mexico' total import of merchandise, 63 per cent It drawn from tba United Hut, and of her total export 71 per cent I at lit to th United (State. No other country except Canada draw so large a percentage of it Im port from tb united mate a doe Mexico, and no other country except Cuba tends so large a percentage of it export to the United Slate a doe Mexico. Ktllmste made by American con sular repeentatlve and other and by peraon in the United btatea lawlliar with the aul.iect. the bulletin ear, in- dicati that fully 11.000,000,000 of capital from thia country I now Invest ed In Mexico, Canada and Cuba, of which about one-half 1 In Mexico. THREE TRAINS IN A WRECK, Passenger Train Comet Lett on Top of High Embankment. tv.li. it inrll .tPllml In a wreck on top of an embtukment 30 feet high, 100 persona eecapeo irom injury iu a .l.... iti.nnw In a colli. ion on tha Uk Hbore railroad near her to night. Two freight, east bound, were tied up In a rear end collision, with the ca boose of the train in front, whtrh had topped to take water, thrown squarely ecroe the track of train No. S, a west bound paaeng.fr. Tha mix-up. be tween the freight bad acarcely occur red when the passenger bowled along, striking the overturned caboose. Th brake were let, but, going at ! inoet mile a minute, the headway - ..i 1 1,. i vith a crash, the passenger locomotive Jumped the tiack, plunging along the tlea, driving the ca boose ahead. Two Pullmans were tele coied. but, after tb train had topped. ,i ' . ..i.,.l wlltllv out of the various cnachee and slid SO feet to the bottom of the embankment to a place of safety. Tha wieck took Are and caused a damig ol iiuu.uuu. Outbreak Purely Local. ...n Tha tl.llv Tele- lonuoil, nm - - graph' Toklo correspondent lay that Premlor felonl regarded the out break In Chin Ply "T "ot Indicative of an antl-forelgn spirit In .......i. il, mvi.rninir ailthnrt- tlet. Marqult Rslonjl alto tald Uit noin japan ami n.n". - their troop home with reasonable ce lerity and wnen mai vbb -pi ded and the negotiation with China for the opening up of Manchuria were concluded tha territory would be thrown open. - Mlneri Not Long Dead. Lent, France, April 3. The Inbab itantt have again been thrown into . . , 1, ... naln. tfk th lliB state oi exciw"""'". covery of eight additional bodies In the mine where the explosion recently oc curred. An examination ehowed that the mlneri had not been dead very long, deputy nasi iy, deputies, made a taxational ttate 1 , ',.1.1. u. o .u. IIib nnnmanv mnnl, iu wii'o" "" ' . of paying more attention to aaving of ' ' . - ii ..inn no miners. it propauy voau iu w Elect Vlquei President. Ban Jose, Cota Rica, April 8.- Lie netlado Cleto Gonxalet lqM. ex mll,tr of finance, w. "V 'd preddent of the republic of Cota Klca. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST 1 OFFICIAL CANDIDATE LIST. Namat at They Will Appear on Pri mary Ballots at Election. Halem The follwlng It a Hit of the Republican and Democratic ctndldatei fur nomination for senators and repre sentatives In congress and state ofllceri aa they will appear on tha official pri mary ballot: Republicans; Benator Short term, Fred W. Mulkey, Multnomah county; senators, long term, Jonathan Uourne, Jr., Multnomah county; II. M. Cake, Multnomah county; Stephen A. Low ell, Umatilla county; E. L. Smith, Warco county; E. 8. Wataon, Multno mah county. Representative, First district Willis C. llawley, Marion; Kamuel U. Hous ton, Washington; Walter L. Tooae, Marlon. Htcond district, W. R. Kllis, Umatilla; William J. Lachner, Raker; John I.. Rand, liaker; (ieorge H. Shep herd, Multnomah. Governor Harvey K. Krown, Baker; T. T. (rr Marions C. A. Johns, Rak er; Charlea J. Seblbrede, Coot; Jamet llbycomhe, lienton. Secretary of state Frank W. Benson, Douglas; Claud liatch, Salem; Lot L. Pean-e, Marlon; Frank T. Wrightman, Marion. Treasurer John II. Aitkin, Baker; K. V. Carter. Jackaon; Ralph W. lioyt, Multnomah; Augustus C. Jennings, lne; Thomas F. Ryan, Clackamas; ueorge A. Steel, Cltcksmat. Supreme judge Robert Eakin, Union. Superintendent public inttruction J. II. Ackerman, Multnomah. State printer William J. Clarke Marion; Willie S. Duniway, Multno mah, J. R. Whitney, Linn. . Attorney general M. A. Crawford, Douglas; (ieorge II. Durham, Joseph ine. Commitsioner of labor O. P. HofI, Multnomah. Democrat: Senator long term, John M. liearin, Multnomah. Repreeentative, Fint district P. A. Cochrane, Marlon; Charles V. Gallo way, Yamhill. Second district, Jame Harvey Graham, Baker. Governor George E. Chamberlain, Multnomah. StcreUry of state P. if. Sroat, Ma rion. Treasurer J. D. Matlock, Lane. Supreme Judge T. G. Ilalley, Uma tilla. State printer J. Scott Taylor, Kla math. Attorney general- Itolwit A. Miller, Multnomah. Kac'i one of the above filed the re quired petition with the atcreta'y of tate. The name of Ogleehy Yonng and II B. Nicholas, Democratic candidate for Circuit judge in departments 3 and 4 of Multnomah county, will not appear on the oflicial be) lota. Secretary Dun bar waa obliged to reject their petitions for the resson that they were verified by J..T. Milner, who had not himself signed the petitions. Insure Water for Land. Salem The State I-and board it pre paring to enforce a rule with regard to the sale of lands reclaimed under the Carey act, which will insure the settler ample supply of water for all land pur chased. Until recently contract have been euttred Into for the sale of land be fore the irrigation canals were complet ed or exact supply of water available known. In order that theie may be no question in future, the board wilt insist on knowing how much water is availa ble for each segregation and the number of acres to be sold will in no instance be more than the visible aupply of water will irrigate. . Furnish Ditch It Completed. Pendle.on W. J. Furnish announces that the Furnslh ditch, which it to re i.;n. m mill .ere. of land in the west ern end of this county, it finished. Of this amount of land, lu.uuu acres are rua.lv for water, and there are at least 10,000 more w hich can be brought under the ditch. Thie land la adjoin ing the big Umatilla reclamation pro i..... .l,l,.. H, imvurnment now hat in hand. The Furnish ditch it 30 inilet in length, while the government canal will be 22 miles long and will also sup ply waUr for 20,000 acret. Seea Danger to Sheep Herda. THint rinrk The Cunnlmiham Sheep A Ijind company hat finished shearing. R, A. Kelsay, a meinner oi me nrm, reports an exoellent quality ot wool this season, which ha attributes to the heavy raint, which washed the fleeces unusually clean. Mr. Kelsay appre hends difficulty by the theepmen of Oregou as a result of the division of the summer range, and the Invasion by Washington woolgrowora of Oregon's territory. Storing Wool In Heppner Warehoutet Heppner Wool it beginning to ar rive at the warehouses here, where it will be stored until the tales dayt In the latter part of May and the first of June. A large crop mill be produced in thia county thi year, and very little It being contracted, stockmen prefer ring to hold until the sales dayt, when it will be told to the highest bidder. Cut Timber Illegally. Prlneville -John Dee and A. R Eastwood were arraigned before United States Commissioner M. R. Biggs last week on a charge of cutting timber on government land. They were held in the sum of $50 to appear before the United Statee grand jury. SPEAKERS FOR CHAUTAUQUA. Willamette Valley Director Making Up Program for Year. Oregon City The board of directors of the Willamette Valley Chautauqua association it preparing tha program for th 190(1 assembly to be held at Gladstone next July. Dr. Charlea Ed ward Locke, who waa in Portland 10 yean ago, but it now pastor of one 'of the largest Methodist churches in the United States, at Brooklyn, N. Y., will be one of the speakers. Captain Jack Crawford, the famous poet-scoot, hat been engaged for the coming aetembly, as bat also Rabbi Leou Harrison, of St. Lonit, who will be heard in two lec tures, on "Bhylock" and ' The Glory and Btama of America." Professor Mark B. Beal, of the Occi dental college of oratory, of Los Ange le, will e the elocutionist this '.year. Dr. W. C. Sherman, of Sacramento, who last year bad charge of tha clacs In Bible atudy, baa been retained for another year. Other classes will be conducted a usual in music, domestic science, United State history, elocu tion, English literature, physical cul ture, junior Bible study and a W. C. T. U. institute. 'The Chautauqua management i in communication with a great many other lecturer and entertainer with whom contracts will be entered into if possible. Another meeting of the board of director will be called soon, when the program will tie completed. New Rail Lines for Lane. Eugene Portland, New York and Eu gene capitalists who recently applied to the city council for franchise to con struct a system of street railway! here, announce that they intend to build an electric line between Eugene and Springfield and a eteam railway from there up McKenxie river to the Blue river mining district. Length of the electric line will be four milea. That of the steam road about 45 milea. The Willamette river will be bridged at Eugene, and the line will reach Spring field op the eastern banki of tbe river. Cherry Crop Destroyed. Scappooee Early cherries, with few exceptions, are killed by the early frosts. Royal Annea are completely deetroyed, at well aa eaily pears. Ap ple, prune and plums are apparently all in good condition, having been un injured. Nearly all orchards in this locality are being spryed this season. Fruits from the Scappoose district are not inferior to any in quality, la attest ed by premiums won at the Lewis and Clark (xpoeition. Plan to Supply Court Reports. Albany The County court will prob ably order tbe Supreme court reports 44 volumes for ue of the court and county officials and the Circuit conrt. An effort may be made at the next ses sion of the legislature to secure a meas ure providing that tbe state shall furn ish the Count? court of each county with the Oregon reports as statutes and sessions laws are supplied to county otliciala and justices of the peace. New Mill at Scappoose. Bcappoose The Biace Lumber com pany is building a sawmill on a tract bought of Rev. Mr. Brown. The mill will cut 30,000 feet a day. This makes five mills within a radius of eight milea of Scappooee. The new mill will be in operation in about three weekt. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 6687c; bluestem, 66 68c; red. 6465c; valley, 68c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $27.60; gray, $27 per ton. Barley Feed, $23.!024 per ton; brewing, $2424.6d; rolled, $24.60 25.60. Hiy Eastern Oregon timothy, choice, $1718 per ton; common, $13 (14; valley timothy. $8F; rlover, $7.608; cheat, $67j grain hay, $7 (38; alfalfa. $12. Apples $l.602.75 per box. Vegetables Asparagus, 8c per pound; cabbage. l42c per pound; cauliflower, $2.25 per crate; celery, 7590c per doxen; head lettuce, 36 40cperdoxen; onions, 40c per doxen ; radishes, 20o per doxen; rhubarb, $1 1.2) per box; spinach, $1 per box; parsley, 26c; turnips, $1(81.25 per sack; carrota, G570c per sack; beets, 85c($$l per tack. Onions No. 1, 7090o per sack; No. 2 nominal. Potatoe Fancy graded Burbanke, 6060o per hundred; ordinary, nomi nal; new California. 5 (3 6c per pound; tweet potatoes, 2'.'.40 per pound. Butter Fancy cna uery, 2025c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 16c per doxen. Poultry Average old hens, 13(3 14a per pound; (mixed cbL-kena, ISO 13tc; broileri, 25H0c; yonng roost ers, 1313c; old rotsteri, lll2c; dressed chickens, l6aio; turkeys, live, 16 (S 16Wc; turkeys, dressed, choice, 18(820c; geese, live, 8 8c; geese, dresBed, 10(81 lcj ducks, 17(3 19c. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10(3 10 Si oi prime, 8,' Q Oc; medium, 7(8c: olds. 67o. ' Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 15 20c ; valley, 24a26o per pound; mohair, choice, 2528Hc. Veal Dreaeed, 3 M a per pound Beef Dressed balls, So per pound; cows, 45c; country steers, Mutton Dressed, fancy, 999o per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, with pelt on, lOOllc. Pork Dressed, 68c per pound. SETTLE ALL POINTS. Delegates at Algeclrat Conference Complete Their Work. Algeciraa, April 2. After prelim inary session lasting until 6 o'clock thlt evening, tbe conference on Moroc can reformt registered a complete ac cord and appointed a committee to em body this accord in a formal protocol. The consumation of tb work in tb conference was announced in tbe fol lowing official communication: "The conference ha terminated it labors and accord it established npoo all points. It bat adopted definite text of the remaining article concern ing the state bank and customs. Tbe nal article, regnlating the distribution of police at porta, was adopted from the Russian draft. By it Franca will police fjur porta, Mogador, Saffi, Ma- gaxsn and Rabat, and Spain two, Te- tuao and Laracbe. France and Spain together will police Tangier and Case Blanca, tubject to an inspector of po lice. Tbe Dutch delegate announced that hit government declined to ap point an officer. Tbe conference bat appointed a special committee to revise the text of tbe agreement." Mr. White, the A meiican delegate, it of the opinion that tbe result is satis factory, not only because the immedi ate future of Morocco is secured, but because tbe manner of tbe settlement i satisfactory both to France and Ger many and remove tbe cause for fric tion and restores international relations to normal. Tba principals for wbicb Ueimany insisted, tbe integrity of Mo rocco and equal commercial and eco nomic right there, Mr. White thought were recognized, while the special posi tion claimed by France waa also ac knowledged. MINERS WIN IN PENNSYLVANIA. Great Majority Will Get the Advatce After Brief Shutdown. Pittsburg, April 2. Pitteburg dele gate to the Miners' National conven tion who returned from Indianapolis today were jubilant over tbe adoption by the convention of the Perry resolu tion, wbicb permit the operation of all mine where the wage scale of 1903 is accepted. While thi action prac tically meant the disruption, for a time at leaat, of tbe interstate agree ment between tbe miners of Weetern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois, it also meant that thera will be no strike of importance in this field, and that 23,000 ot the 28,000 miners in the Pittsburg district will continue to work, with possibly a shutdown to work off accumulated stock. Chairman Robbins returned from In dianapolit today. He it pleased over tbe result, and taid the conservative action of tbe miners reflects great ciedit upon tbey in being willing to depart from precedents, which have been against individual settlement in order that a great strike might be averted iir. Bobbin aaid that all tbe mines of tbe Pitteburg district would be in full operation on Tuesday. REFUSES TO BE DISMISSED. Panema Official on Canal Thrown Out by Police. Colon, April 2. Henry Burnett, late assistant manager of the labor and quarters department, today received a letter ligned by Chief Engineer StevenB to R. Bermudex, whom he. wat to su persede as commissariat at Cristobal. Bermudex declined to accept tbe letter, and, on Mr. Burnett's Insisting on his right to take immediate charge, a squad of police waa called in and atopped all deliveries. Nearly the whole staff of the com missariat then quit work in sympathy with Bermudex, but the majority of them returned to their duties later, though Chief Clerk Dalgardo and 11 other employe declinrd to resume work. Tbe taking of stock in the com mitBariat it now going on. It it not known why Bermudex, who ie a Pana man, was superseded. Owing to the continued drouth. Colon 1 threatened with a water famine. Would Abandon Many Posts. Washington, April 2. The abandon ment of a number of army poet in the Weet and Southwest in proposed in a recommendation for the redistribution of troops prepared by Lieutenant Gen eral J. C. Bates, chief of staff. It is the purpose of the general staff to have as many brigade pots as possible. Two or three years would be required to effect the changes. Tbe poet recom mended for evacuation are Forts Lis- cum and Davit, Alaska; Ringgold, Texas; Missoula, Mont.; Xibrara, Neb., and Reno, Okla. Censure Dead Captain. Washington, April 2. Captain John son, who commanded the ill fated steamer Valencia, wrecked on Vancouv er island, it to be severely censured by the government board that conducted the recent investigation at Tacoma Thia board, it it understood, it con vinced that Johnson displayed lack of judgment av5 that thire waa every evidence of poor navigation, in that he made no calculation for wind or tide on tbe night he ran aground. German Colony Mastacred. Berlin, Aorll 2. A report received here late Saturday night itatet that a force of Hottentots surprised a German colony in Southwest Africa and killed 11 and wounded tlx. No particulars a.; available. HILL LINE IN CANADA Parallels Canadian Pacific From Winnipeg to Coast. EXCITING RAIL LAYING CONTEST New Linkt Will Connect Lines Now Now Building Branches to ' Great Northern. St. Panl, April 8. Tbe Pioneer-Preat today say: J. J. iiill i to have a twin transcon tinental road, operation now being nnder way for the construction of coast line between Winnipeg and Van couver. Five hundred mile of th new line i already in process of con struction and tbe plan call for a total of 1.800 mile. Hitherto it ha been surmised that Mr. Hill wa building in com action with tbe Canadian Northern, but thia it not the case, and an exciting rail laying contest toon will ttart between the Great Northern, the Canadian Northern aud the Grand Trunk Pacific. Tbe biggeet stretch of line on which construction it now under way it be tween Vancouver and Princeton. The ronte follows along tbe Eraser river, and, inclining northerly, ttrikea juat north of the Tulamen tlver. Tbe line proceeds along the Similkameen valley in southerly direction, and thence runt to Midway, B. C, from' which point a line hat already been built to Nelson, Grand Forks and Bonner't Fer ry, where connection is made by Kot koonok. From there a line it to be built to Fernie, where there are exten sive coal deporita. - From Fernie tbe line will strike across to Winnipeg. Surveyors are already in the field on thit section of tbe proposed road and construction presumably will commence in a month or more. This will give the Gieat Northern almost as short a line as the Canadian Pacific route. A number of feeder for tbe Canadian transcontinental line are being built from point in the United State. One ia from St. Johns, N. D., to Brandon, Manitoba; another from Neche, N. D.. to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, and the third is irom Hibbing, Minn., to Koochiching, touching the internation al bmndary. PROSPECT BRIGHT IN OHIO. Six Big Companiea Grant Advance and Other Will Follow. Coluxbna, O., April 3. Notwith standing the expressed determination of the majority of the Ohio coal operat ors not to grant an advance in wagea te their miners, tbe prospect of averting a protracted etrike in tbe Ohio fields seems decidedly more hopeful tonight. President (ireen, of tbe Ohio Mine workers, who opposed the Perry resolu tion at the Indianapolis convention au thorising the signing of contracte with any operator who will agree to pay tbe 1903 scale, said today that he would waive hi personal view and conform to the spirit of the Perry resolution. Up to the present time six coal com paniea in Ohio have declared their wil lingness to pay tbe 1903 scale. These companies control an annual output of about 3,000,000 tons, or about one sixth of the total output of the state. ACCEPT HARRIMAN'S OFFER. Red Cross Will Ship Food to Starv ing Japanese. New York, April 3. The latest pri vate advices from Japan show famine conditions in Sendai and tbe northern provinces to severe that the New York State Red Cross l.as determined to raise not only money but food in this coun try for tbe relief of the starving Japan ese. This decision was reached at a meeting of the Japanese famine com mittee held tonight. The committee decided to accept the offer of E. H. Flarriman, president ot tbe union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, to transport 2,000 tons from any of the freight stations on hit sys tem to the Pacific coast and thence by Pacific Mail steamships to the Red Cross of Japan. Russia May Fight China. Moscow, April 3. The Rueskoe 81c vo ha received a eensational telegram from its correspondent at Harbin, Mai churia, saying that hostilities are im minent between the Russian and Chi nese troops. He. intimates that the Chinese, influenced by Japanese, are moving forward; that the situation it so tense that the Russian demobilixa tion of troops ba) been stopped and that General Groidoff, the Russian commander in chief, has issued in structloLt to prepare for any eventuali ties. Must Pay Back Taxes. Washington, April 3. Tbe Supreme court of the United State! today de clared the Michigan railway tax case, involving the taxes of all the railroads for several years, against the railroads. The opinion wai by Justice Brewer. The case involved the validity of a Michigan law fixing the tax value of railroad property on the average value at which other property it assessed At this nearly quadrupled the taxes paid by the railroads, they resitted. Germany Orders Big Battleship. Kiel, Germany, April 3. The gov ernment has placed an order with the Krupp Germania worka for a battleship ol 18,000 tont. HALF MILLION TO STRIKE. Coal Minert of Whole Nation About to Suspend Work. Indianapolis, March 30. The Joint meetings of the bitnminont coal opera tort and minert of the central competi tive district, composed of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois, and of the Southwestern district, composed of Missouri, Kansas, Texaa, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri tory, . laat night reached a final disa greement on the wage icale to go Into effect at the expiration ot tbe present wale on April 1, and the conference! of tbe central district adjourned line die, while tbe joint scale committee of tbe Southwestern district decided to report a disagreement to the joint conference of that district today. It it expected that thil conference will at onoa ad journ line die without an agreement. The action of the two conference will directly canae the suspension of work aftar Saturday by 178,000 minert onlesa (ometbing nnforeseen, like sub mission of the differences to arbitra tion, should intervene, and indirectly will affect 206,600 more miners, not including it effect on 150,000 minert in the anthracite' deld, who were laat night ordered to suspend work Monday. A national convention of the minert will be held today to decide whether miner will be allowed to tign tbe ad vance scale demanded and today re fused by all operators with a few excep tions, and to go to work where the ad vance is offered. Operator employing 25,000 miners in tbe central competi tive field have openly offered to pay the advance during tbe joint conference sessions. The wage scale of all miners, both anthracite and bituminous, will expire Saturday, except those in Tenneeeee and Alabama, where the scale will ex pire in September. One national offi cial of the United Mineworkers said: "It it a foregone conclusion that all the miners whose scales expire Satur day will cease work until officially no tified by the national and district offi cers that new contract arrangement have been made governing their scale. PROGRAM FOR CONGRESS. Pan - American Committee Prepare Subjecta for Action. Washington, March 39. A program of subjects to be considered at the Pan- American congress to be held in Bio Janiero, Bratil, beginning July 21, waa agreed on today by tbe committee of tbe congress baving tbat matter in charge. of which Secretary Root is chairman. In addition to Mr. Root the committee ia made np of the ambassadors from Brazil and Mexico and tbe minister! from Chile, the Argentine Republic, Cuba and Costa Ri a. The snbj eta include raoitary and quarantine regulations, nniformity of patent laws, international recognition of diplomat of practicians of the learned profei lions, queetiont affecting commer cial intercourse and an international rai'road. . It it expected tbat wtiat la commonly krown ai the Drago doctrine, which i Of posed to the forcible collection of pi ivate debts by one nation from anoth er, a do trine adhered to by the United States, will come np for consideration in tome form. IOWA WILL INVESTIGATE. Legislature Order Inquiry Into Vio lation of Insurance Law. ; -" De Moinei, Jowa, March 30. At result of practically unanimous action by both houses ot the Iowa legislature today, an investigation of inturarnce companh t it to be undertaken in thit state during tbe present summer, simi lar to that which wat conducted in New York lact fall. Tbe resolution which awaits the governor'!' s gnature pro vides for the appointment of a commis sion to irq lire into rumored abuse oi Iowa insurance lawa by state and East ern com; a 'lire, to conduct an inquis' torial investigation whenever in the commission's opinion it ia desirable, and report to the legislature of next year what changes should be made in the laws to prevent a recurrence of any abusea tbat may exist. - v Road Tied Up for Two Weeka. Los Angeles, March 30. The local railroad situation resulting from flood in Southern California and vicinity ii even worse than ha yet been described. It is given out from the office of Gener al Manager Wells, of the Salt Lake route, that the washouts between Cali ent e and Las Vegas are so serious tbat the roadbed cannot be repaired short of two weeks to admit the passage of trains. The Southern Pacific also re ports further trouble today. Another wasbont has occurred somewhere in the San Joaquin valley. Germany Hungry for Islands. London, Mirch 30. The .London Timei corn ipondent at Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, states tbat. accord ing to reports from the Fiji island,' a German syndicate, probably backed by tha German government, ii trying to secure the ownership of Fanning island, which will be sold at auction April 17. It ia feared that the transfer of th ownership rcay prove a hindrance to the statioa ot the British Pacific cable on the island. Referendum on Statehood. Washington, March 30 Tbat the senate and house will reacb a compro mise agreement on the statehood bill, which will permit Arixona and New Mexico each to decide for themselvea the qnestlon of their admission a on (tate, aeema a correct tolution Irom pieauut indication.