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THE OREGON -XL. a VOL. XXIII. ST. HKLJiNS, OllEGON, Fit I DAY, APRIL 13, 1906. NO. 18. MIS NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS , Rsum of tha LS Important but Nut Lesa Interastlnsr Events tf tha Past Week. Japan has opened Manchuria to (or. lKn trad. Wilt sgeln threaten to realgn m pri-mlrr "I Kula. lowlsvgely denounce lilt wl'a mit voi Ita will not live wih bet Kill. Many ir(Ka In tb Philippine art sulfnring Iroui malaria caused by lui hu water. Another attack on engineers and oth er iirtlclal ol tin In, France, coal inliimi Im been wed by Iba mlnsr !. Nrarly til countries have Joined with ti United State In asking lor a Utr .Ut th time ol tut aacoml llege luiili.rnirt. Anthracite coal operator y they are willing to arbitral, but have pre rimted nva teiui to tba miners a a hauls li tba arbitration. Iiurtlngtim omelet claim no know 1,-lge td a wreck on Ita road near l.ln n.ln, Nab,, while man alio vara on iba (ruin say tbr a ariark and tbey ,w l Irait two iauna alio war slilid. I uncial of tba Chicago A Alton anil t'hu-ego. llurllngton A gulncjr railroad imi.t aund trial In Kanaaa lor giving rcllra. Tba United Ktal lUalriel uiirt at Kanaaa City baa refuted to grant thern immunity. ll.xi.rvi.lt and Tillman may become rn-ouciled. Urky and otbar Koaalan revolution id will tour Aniartra Tntmen ol Chicago bavo struck lor a ri ol $.1 r montb. There ' many candidate lor Al gol's r4t In Hi tanat. At great mal'Ulty of tha bituminous coat minrra ar at work. The governor of Tver, Kuasia, has Iwrn hluan t by a bomb. The tmorrtlc victory In Rula may lead to th granting of a conatllu. linn. l,iwt'( European convert refits to Utiev lhal tbeir leader ba fallen from grace in .ion City, Bryan will also tour Itusala during bis preterit trip around th world. He ii in India at present. iHiwIa'i anemlea ar bringing mora clmrgi- against him and preparing a hut rerepliott lor tha aged prophet. The street car strike at Winnipeg ha ended, tha car men getting an advance ol 1 out au hour alur asking for S. Expert a ho bav gone over tha and Itur's book of Indiana bava found a shortage of $S0,06H5. Tke shortage cover every year back lo 13. Senator Alger, of Michigan, I not candidal for re-election. Dowi promlsr to perform a miracle when he leacbe Zlou City. Returning marcbant aay Chine ata now baying Amarlraan good. Vesuvine 1 In violent eruption and thousand of people ar fleeing In ter ror. Mora rioting ha taken pie-:. at Win nipeg, Manitoba, on account of tba street car strike. The soft coal mln operator of the Kat have offered to arbltraat uieir difforenco with the minor). All th Independent coal operator of the Pittsburg district bava signed the seal. This will Insure work for about DO, 000 men. The United State Circuit court of appeals of New York ay th patent for daylight loading film cartridge tor photographic, camera I void. A iteamer ha arrived at Philadel phla Irom Bombay. India, with what 1 believed to be bubonic plague among the crow. One hundred nrlntera have been ills- charged f'om tba government printing olll.e a th first tep toward economy In that department. Tha mechanical department will b completely reorgeu lied. Many Uvea wera lost by tha collip ol a hotel In Germany. Hpeaker Cannon admits tha present tariff law should a revised. Tha kaiser abandoned till trip to the Moditerranean for fear ol assassination Tha New Vork chamber of com mere urge congress to pat the VhlV Ipplne tariff bill. Trinca ton Buelow, chancellor ot Germany, fell In a faint while aduret' lug the relchittg. The tenate plans to do away with the oflloe of tunerintondent of Indian af fair In Alaska and turn the work over to tha governor. Tha Bemiblio Oil company, a dum mv of tha Standard, bat withdrawn from N hIiiki ka. Iowa and Indiana. He business will be continued by tba TRADE WITH ISLAND OF CUBA. Imports and Export for 1805 Far Excd Any Previous Yar. Washington, April 10. A reuort I. ued by th department of Commerce and Labor ou tha Cuban trade say: Cuba rank second In Importance In tba trail relations of th United States with other American countries. Tb total trad of th United Htate with tb principal countries of America in th calendar year of 1905 was: Can ada, 1203,000,000; Culm, $125,000, 000; ltrssil, l 11,000,000; Meiico, $02,000,000, Argentina, 130,000,000. Tb value of merchandise Imported In to tba United State from Cuba In the calendar year 1V0S, according to figures prepared by tb department of Com merce and Labor, was $U5,H67,HA6, strains! $ft7,2,2201 In 1V03, 1:11,747, 22U In 1V00 and I10.233.4A0 In 18U7, In which year our Import from Cuba touched tha loweet point In tha last half century, Tha export from the Untied Htalos to Cuba tsgregated 144,- 5flW,(tl2, against 123,604,417 In 1U03, $20,034,624 in 1U00 and 17,200,613 in IHUfl, In which year they were smaller than In any proceeding year lu th last half century, lo both Imports and s porls th figure ol the year 1U0& ar arger than those o! any earlier year lo our trad with Cuba. Hngar aud molasses, to'.cco, cigar and fruit ar tb principal article forming tha Import Into th United Htate fro-n Cuba. Tba value of sonar import In lOOA wss-ovsr (72,000,0001 molasse, 11,007,163; leaf tobaoro, 111 H7U.03H; cigars, 13,8.16,820; ImiU, lt.23A.02H (of which all but 15,803 tt presented the value ol bananas), and Iron ores, 11,637,800. SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVE. About 160 Live and Much Property Lost In South Seat. Han Francisco, Aprll-10. Thestearo- er Mariposa arrived today from Tahiti, bringln additional particular oi ine storm which swept th Hoctety and oth er South Hea Islands last February. According to tha latest animate about 16U live were loat and the prorly damage amount! to ll.&OO.UOt). Among tba Mariposa' passengers were H. Chalee. C. Drown and J. Harris, member of the crew ol the British ship Coonty ot Kngburgh, Captain J. Leelie, which went ashore during the Hurri cane at Tokarva, In tha l'aumolee group of Islands. Out of ber crew of :4, ten live war loat. Other vestelt lost during the storm were the French arhooner Tahtieniie. 53 tons, with Captain IViter and eight of her crew, and the French schooner Touture, 28 ton, with all on board The French schooner tlituiml, l ions, went ashore at Monlhl. Her crew was saved. Th French arhooner Mornrora, 37 ton, went aehora at Tikehou, but th crew U saved. The French schooner F:lroeo, 160 tons, 1 overdue and It I supposed that she la met with all on board on ime- hou. Thirty seven cutter ol 12 to to tons were also lost in the storm. NEW JERSEY FOREST FIRE. State Wa About to Purchata Larg Tract for Heservoir. Km. Harbor City. S. J-i April 10. A forest and swamp fire waa started .... ...t. ,1,1. nwirnlnir and In the course of a few hour assumed threaten ing dimensions. Tha Ore origin is unknown. It started a short distance from the home of Congressman Jonn J. Harriott and did considerable damage. iti..i. -1...1. i.nnnl the flame into rorlng furnace and drove it in a west erly direction towani mo Weymouth and west r.gg nanw m.... i r'.,mninn wa completely encircled and evetl building destroy ed. i -..i, mile aid and over four mile long wa covered by the n Ti...,,..,l. nt seres of valuable nniun. " timber which th state of New Jersey wai about to purchase M a forest re serve were deeiroyeu, mssiuK - 15,000 acres almost wornue. Bold Diamond fhiavet. New Orleant, La., April 10. That a wat robbed of diamond! valued al 5.000 at the mottle of a revolver In a ' . ,.,i-.i .treet it the ttory Store i" v. -- - , . . , ... .... he I.. Moss, a leweler. Him w i" - - . , . m.- ..1,1 that while at work In his ttore, with hundred of pople passing, late last night, two men entered l and asked to look at ome diamond rings andbroocbe. After several tray bad . , ... v mmvm nn. ui win ui.'.. neen pui urn, , , . i . ...i.r in Ills face and the other took the Jewel and eicaped Into the crowded street. Ni-.aa Go On Strike. New Orleant, April 10. A number ol nurse in the Jackson anliarium i nn itr ka liecause a neiiru pttle.it wa admitted to one of the Wtrdl. Hie nurses iiu i" ," .i.., ti.uv tlil not intend to wall ciariug , - - - n...,i oniiesroet. The patient lis... employe on one ui - -,.;.t. .1.. i.n.niti.1 hat a oontraut " a ai.sa savtiariti wvii.i ::, v" ful to report for iiieri. -- --- duty and tna wime - dered to attend ine man. fnr Trial Spin. Wrui.or ..www, - n li.. i Mo Anrii 10. The new cruiser Washington, whion .ae ji i mm com pi ww v . government, arrived there today and m 4t.. ItrAalrwilinr It) i fss tnai iigiiivii inivn ,,c ,,oreu. ..ux". whid. reaitiness iur - - . will take place off thl port during the week The Washington' contract calls ToTa minimum .peed of 82 fcnoli P OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST NOT SO BAD A8 PAINTED. Most Crop In Pendleton Section Ar Turning Out Well. Pendleton Investigation of the con dition of growing wheat in various part of Umatilla county shows the laiuage sustained In the March cold spall was slight. Instead of many thontand acre to reseed, a at first re ported, not more than 3,000 acre lo the entile county have been reteeded. Many farmer secured teed wheat and vltrol, In many instances paying fancy prices for blueetcm, which waa scarce, only to find that their grain was not in ured or only tllghtly. The only sec tion where there was any lo wit the northwestern part, where the toll is light and titer wa comparatively no snowfall. The scare wat due to tb fact that the top of the grain in tome place wa froteo, but tbil la consider ed benefit Instead of an Injury by many, as they tsy that It hat caused he grain to stool out more tban other wise . Tha fruit la also coming out nicely and the damage will not be nearly so treat a wa feared. Tb peache suf fered most, but there will be a partial crop and unless a later frost occurs there will be a full crop of all other va rieties of fruit. TWO CENTS AN ACRE. Estimate for Coming Year by Secre tary of Waterusert' Attociatlon. Klamath Falls Secretary A pplegate, of the Klamath Waterasera' association, n hit tnnual report to the stockhold er' meeting here, April 7, stated tntt the receipts of the association to March 31, 1000, were 11,728.60, while dis bursement were H,H&1.20, leaving a deficit of 1122.64. Principal expense wa filing and recording deeds, etc 11,405.20; salary of attorney, $1,500; alary of secretary, f 1,200, and direct ore' per diem and eapense, 1003.10. He estimate eipcnse for the coming year at $3,000. A there are about 160.000 acres suhecrlbed lo me associa tion, the assessment per acre will only be about 2 cents. There are about 20,- JOO acres of private land under the project as yet unsubscribed. Ftvort Spelling Reform. Kalein State Superintendent Acker- man it a firm believer In the retormed pelting, so much talked about by An- lrew Carnevle. Ha says that there it onlr on way to bring about the refor mation speedily and rneciiveiy, and that wst for tha newspaper ol the country to agree to adopt the new mode nf eoelliiiK. should thit be done, Air Ackerman sayt that the country at large will accept the new form and forget the old Inside of one year. He taid that tha National FMucational association had adopted the new form. May Send Eapart Here. Port'and After consulting with El wood Mead, chief of the drainage and irrigation Investigations of the depart ment ot agriculture, nenaior jonn ot. Uearin hat advised the board of trade that the department will probably dis patch a man to the Willamette valley tliia season to study agiicultural condi tion!. If the appropriation provided for In the agricultural bill it large enough he will begin hit work about July 1. Initiative Printing Bill. 8aletn There ha been much specu lation at to the probable expense en tailed upon the atate by the initiative measures which nave oeen proposeu lor the people's adcptlon at the June elec tion thit year, hence the following fig ure!, obtained from the secretary of ttate, Will he ot interest anowuig me tniount thnt expended' raper, si.- 017; printing, $3,472; binding, $1,- 610; tout, b,uu. Pottpon Booth-Kelley indemnity did. Kalem Governor Chamberlain hat wired Senators Fulton and Uearin to have the tenate postpone action on the Booth-Kelly Lumber company'! indem nity bill, authorising the company to select lands In lieu of ita holdings in the Klamath Indian reservation, nntil a copy of the bill it received and the matter investigated ny ttaie ian i au- thorltlet. . Curry Healthieit County. Weddcrburn Curry couuty Ii one of the healthiest In Oregon. Thil county boaitl only one physician, allowing that it it a desirable place to live, even ii it la off the map of homeaeekere. No epidemic of any kind ever visits this place, and ine pnysician e uu mwu needed. j Discovert Black Diamond. Wedderbnrn Wtil panning In the creek near Langlois, thit county, W. E. Ellott discovered a Diaca uiamonu. ri.. .tnna It at lame as a kernel ol oorn, and has all characteristic of the diamond. It thinet at nigm auu u excellent glass cutter. Money for School Fund. Salem Receipts ol the Btate Land board from tale of pnbllo school lands, deferred payments and Interest on loam amounted to $27,8.66 for March. This turn has been paid lo the state treasurer to be added lo the permanent school fund. REALLOT WENAHA RESERVE. Sheepmen Jubilant Ovar Confirmation of Reconaideratlon. Pendleton There it Joy among sheepmen ol Umatilla county over the news that the Wensha reserve will be redivlded, for It Is understood that the allotment It to be made again. Sev eral dayi ago 3. E. Smith received a letter from Banger J. M. Smltx, Invit ing the Oregon men to meet at Walla Walla April 27 to consult regarding the division of the reserve. It was sup posed that tbe meeting would be mere ly to hear complaint, and that little or no good would result to the Oregon sheepmen. However, Dsn P. Smythe, secretary of the Umatilla county asso ciation, has been Informed that the reserve wat to be redivlded. When the Wenaha reserve was first allotted among stockmen several months ago Oregon men complained bitterly because in making the divis ion tbe Oregon part of the reserve bad been practically given over to Washing ton growers, thus cutting of! many Umatilla county men from their turn mer ranges. There I a general belief that a more equitable division will be made thl time, at the Umatilla county men will be on hand to assert tbeir rights. Perry Gould, president of the Cms tilla countv association, bas called a meeting of that body April 20, at which time a line of action will be agreed upon. Oregon's Boundary Dispute. Salem Attorney Oeneral Crawford and State Engineer Lewis, after visiting Astoria to look np evidence in the boundary line suit pending between Oregon and Washington before tbe United States Supreme court, are more thoroushlv convinced tban ever tual Oregon is in tbe right. Mr. Lewis coo tends that congress must hsve been guided in fixing tbe boundary line by tbe latest government surveys of the mouth of the Columbia river. By stip ulation, oral evidence will be taken be fore a notary. Notifies Attorney General. Salem Tbe Portland Oeneral Elec tric company has notified the attorney general that it ha filed answer to tbe state' amended complaint in tha Cir cuit court of Multnomah county. The state tue to compel an accounting for tbe past 30 yea- of business transact ed. In its answer the company states that the locks and canal at Oregon City have changrd bands twice in that per iod. They also let np that the state's claim tor interest is outlswed. Land and Lot System To Ba Used. Astoria County Assessor Cornelias has decided to use the land and lot sys tem in preparing the 1006 assessment roll in place of segregating the proper ty under the names ol th various own er, as has been tbe custom heretofore. Mr. Cornelius believes the new system will result in a great saving to the county. Governor Would Sign Protest. Salem Governor Chamberlain sayt that he does not think tbe United States quartermaster's otlU-e should be moved from Portland to Seattle, be cause Portland was tbe more central point. The governor expresses willing ness to join in a protest to the secretary of war against the proposed change. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 68c; bluestem, 689 69c; ted, 66c; valley, 68c. Oata No. 1 white .feed, $27.50; gray, $27 per ton. Barley Feed, 23.60524 per ton; brewing, $24924.50; rolled, $24.50(3 25.50. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, choice, $17918 per ton; common, $13 14; valley timothy, $899; clover, $7.5098; cheat, $697; grain hay, $798; alfalfa, $12. Anplej $292.75 per box. Vegetables Asparagus, 8912&C per pound; cabbage, 2. per pound; cauliflower, $2 25 per crate; celery, 75 l)0c per doten; head lettuce, 26o per doaen: onlont. 40c per doten; radiehee, 20925c per doten; rhubarb, $191-25 per bi I ; spinach, $1 per box; panley, 25c turn pa, $191.25 per sack; car rota, 6597 oo per ssck; beets, 85c9tl ner sack. Oniont No. 1, 7090o per sack; No. 2. nominal. Potatoes Fancy graded Bnrbanks, 65o per hundred; ordinary, 50955c; new California. 6c per pound. Butter Fancy oreamery, 20922),c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 16916)0 per doaen. Poultry Average old hens, lS91SVt'c per pound; miaed chickens, 129 13c; broilert, 26auo; young rootiere, is fit 13c: old roosters, 10SC5USc: dress ed chickens, 13914o; turkeys, live, 10 rai7c. turkeys, dressed, choice, 20(4 21c; geese, live, 898 o; geese, dress ed. lOOllc: duck. 17 (HI He. Hops Oregon, 1905, 7910c; oldt, 597o. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 15920o; valley, 24 9 20c per pound; mohair, choice. 25920c. Veal Dressed. 31i per pound. Beef Dretsed bulls, 3o per pound cows, 495o; country steers, 4W95)tfo Mutton Dressed, fancy, 99o per pound; ordinary, 45o; lambs, with pelt on, lOQllo. Pork Dressed, 898 per pound FLEE IN TERROR. Peasants Seek Refuge In Naple from Fiery Vesuvius. Npljs, April 9. Mount Vesuvloi it a colossal cauldron of fire and the town of Boacatrecase, on ita southern declivi ty, has been transformed into a gray is land of ruin by tbe ashes from tbe crat er of tbe volcano. Torrent of liquid fire, resembling In the distance serpents with glittering yellow and black scales, are coursing in all directions, amid rumblings, detonations and earth trem blings, while s pt 11 of sulphurous smoke that hovers over all make breathing difficult. Tb stream of lava are resistless. They soap like pipeatems tbe trunks ol chestnut trees hundreds of years old, snd blight with their torrid breath tbe blooms on th peach treee before tbe trees themselves have be-in reached. The molton streams do not spare tbe homes of the peasants, and when these have been rated they dash into the wells as though seeking to slake tbeir thirst, and, after filling tbem, continue tbeir course down tbe mountainside. Everywhere in tbe vicinity of the volcano pitifnl scene are witnessed women are tearing tbeir hair in their griei and old men are crying aloud at the loss of tbeir beloved homesteads. New crater have opened at different points on tbe mountain, but it it im postible to ascertain tbeir number or where they are tituated. Naples is the mecca of the alarmed country people and tbey have been flocking into the city in great numbers. The lava flow approached tbe out- skirta of tbo village of Clarem and then suddenly ceased advancing. Filty acres of ground about tbe village were over flowed and tbe crops mined. The eruption bas canted a great deal of damage, as tb beating lava streams have withered vegetation, while tbe asbe have settled on everything. NEW RECIPROCITY TREATY. America Getting; Worsted by Present Agreemert With Cuba. Washington, April 9. Acting nnder instructions from tbe State department, Edwin Morgan, minister at Havana, has been in conference with the Cuban Foreign office, with the purpose of framing a new reciprocity treaty. Tbe treaty may be ready for submission be fore tbe adjournment of the the present senate aeetion. Tbe reason for tbe preparation of tbit new treaty it tbat the official! here have become convinced tbat America is getting by far the worst of the bargain nnder tbe present arrangement. Wbile neatly all of tbe exports from Cuba come to our ports, only a little more tban one-third ot tbe imports into Cuba are furnished by the Ameriean farmers and merchants, Europe fur niahing practically tbe balance. The Cuban covernmrnt did not care to make the concessions, bnt it wat confronted with the fact tbat otherwise there would be no treaty at all at the expiration of the present convention and, without the preferential rates ot the treaty it would be impossible to market Cuban sugar and other staples in America at profitable rates, thus threatening ruin to Cuba. HUMPHREY'S USGENT PLEA. He Predictt Disaater if Ship Subsidy Bill Should Fail. Washington, April 9. . Representa tive Humphrey, of Washington, today informed the president that, unless the ship subsidy bill is pasted, Japan will toon control the entire Oriental com merce of the Pacific coast. He hoped so to alarm the president tbat be will actively take np the cause ot the tub- tidy advocates and compel the speaker and house leaders to let this bill past. Mr. Humphrey said tbe Japanese already have an option on six ships ol the Pacific Mail, and can bny them, if tbe subsidy bill is defeated. He also said the Japanese are trying to get the Hill ships on Fuget sound. He went on to say that there is a British-French Uerman shipping trust tbat now fixes rates between Pacific coast ports and Liverpool, having recently doubled the rate on wheat. Unless tbe subsidy law is enacted, Mr. Humphrey says Pacific coast exporters shipping to Liverpool will remain at the mercy ol tbia trust Desperate Express Robbers Foiled Dea Moines, April 9. A desperate attempt to rob the Wells-Fargo offices In tbia city of over $100,000 was thwarted by the prompt action of the police last night. Express Messenger Painter was assaulted by masked men while In charge of tbe company's safe, but tbe robbers were driven off. Thit afternoon four men entered the office and after they left a mask was discov ered on the floor. Fearing a second at tempt at robbery, a detail of police guarded the express company's safe all right. Tidal Wave In Azores. London, April 9. Lloyds at mid night received a dispatch from Berlin which state that the German govern ment has received a rumor that the Aaores islands have been devastated by a tidal wave, and tbat several thousand people have perished. There is no confirmation ot the report at present The report Is amplified as received in Berlin, declaring that some of the out lying islands ot the Axorea group have been submerged. Will Reappoint Judge Moore. Washington, April 9. It was an nounced at the White house today that Judge Alfred 8. Moore would be reap pointed United States 'udge at Nome, Alaska. HUNDREDS KILLED Naples Building Is Crushed by Weight o! Ashes. CROWDED CHURCH COLLAPSES Devastated Section it Covered With Ashes a Foot Deep Stream of Lava Almost Stationary. Naples, April 10. Reports ot fatali ties consequent upon tbe eruption ol Mount Veeuviut are coming lo. Ac cording to information received late to night, probably a many a 600 lives were lost. It is said that more than 200 person perished in tbe district of San Giutep- e, where from the rains of a chnrcb which collapsed owing to tbe weight of asbes on the roof, 49 corpses wera ex tricated, and it is asserted tbat at Sor rento 27 persons were killed by falling bouse. A frizbtfnl disaster bas occurred in the center of this city following tbe eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. Two hundred people, it is estimated, were buried thit morning in tbe mine of tbe market Monte Oliveto, when tbe roof collapsed nnder the weight of cinders from tbe volcano. Tbe exact number of people within the building at tbe moment of the ca tastrepbe is not known, and the list of fatuities it problematical. Cavalry proceeding to tbe succor of the inhabitants of th devastated sec tion have been unable to make any pro gress, tbe rain falling on tbe asbes loot deep having made it imp jeeible lor tbe horses to travel. The ttreama of lava are almost ata- tionary. Troop are er cting barricades in tbe direction ol Pomp-m to prevent further damage in that quarter. ALL ARE CONVINCED. Columbia Jetty Win Easily in House Sub-Committee. Washington, April 9. Tbe rivers and harbors tub-committee of the house devoteiLjnore tban two hours tday to hearing Major La ngfitt in behalf ot Senator Fulton's bill appropriating $400,000 for the jetty at tbe mouth of the Columbia river. Major Langfitt wat subjected to a continuous flow of Questions from the members of the committee and made a strong case in support of the bill. He readily con vinced the nve members ot tbe tub- committee tbat thit proposition it en tirely mentoriout and deserving of im mediate and favorable consideration in tbe house. Tomorrow the sub committee will make a report to the full committee and later in the day, it is understood, the Fulton bill will be reported to the house. As soon as the bill is reported, Senator Fulton will see Speaker Can non and urge him to fix a day for its consideration. It it not anticipated that itt consideration will require much time, uol?se an effort shall be made to attach numerous intendment! providing for other projects. LIMITS HOMESTEAD RIGHTS. Settlers Can Only Have a Farm Unit on Irrigated Land. Washington, April 10. Under an opinion rendered by tbe assistant attor ney general for tbe Interior department and approved by the secretary of the interior, homesteaders who have taken up but not yet acquired title to 160 acres nnder any government irrigation project will be obliged to relinquish to tbe government witbout any compensa tion all of their entry in excess of the farm nmt that is adopted for tbe pro ect under which particular land may lie. It the farm unit be 40 acres, the homesteader must relinquish 120 acres He cannot sell it to another party or turn it over to the Waterusera' associa tion ; if the farm unit be 80 acres, b must relinquish an equal area. Food Needed for 136,000. Washington, April 10. The latest official cable report received by the American National Red Cross from Ja pan states tbat tbe number of peopli who ban to depend upon outside Help is over 300,000. Of this number, mere than 126,000 require a supply of food and tbe rest are given work and are earning their own livlihood. The re lief woik started by tbe government since the latter part ot last year and the liberal contributions coming from the native and foreign peoples have im proved the situation immensely. Cure tor Consumption. London, Aptil 10. A dispatch from Toklo to the Daily Telegraph says that at a meeting of the medical societies of Japan, Or. Ishidami, an eminent bac teriologist, announced tbe result ot yar'a experience with an antitoxin against tuberculosis which he had dis covered, and, wbile, like other toxlnes did not result in a rise in tbe patient temperature. He asserted that the an titoxin had resulted in cjree la an average of one-third of the patients All Have Bubonic Plague. Philadelphia, April 10. Tbe sus picious cases of sickness on the steamer Barresfield, from Bombay, which is in quarantine here, are bubonic plague The four patients, all Lascars, are iso lated. OFFER TO ARBITRATE. Miners Willing to Let Conciliation Board Settle Trouble. New York, April 6. Having failed to come to an agreement themselves. tbe hard coal miners of Pennsylvania, through tbeir representative, today proposed to tbe operators tbat all mat tert in dispute be referred to a board of arbitration for settlement, tbe tribunal to be composed of the board of concili ation which was created by tbe award of the Anthracite Strike commission in 1903, with Judge Gray, of Delaware, or any person he may appoint, as chair man and umpire. If the operators ac cept the propoeition and a convention of mineworkers approves the plsn, tha 160,000 men now idle in tbe antbra- ite fields will return to work at once. Wbile it bad been reported for several days tbat tbe miners might ask tbat tbe difference be arbitrated, tbe prop osition came to them as a great sur prise, a they did not believe tbe onion leaders were ready to leave the contro- ersy to a third party at this time. . That tbe operators will accept the miners' proposal as submitted is not generally believed ; in fact, it is inti mated tbey may flatly refuse the offer. on the ground tbat existing conditions are tbe reenlt of arbitration. Tbe em ployer bave decided to consider the miners' latest move and promise to give President Mitchell and his men an answer on Monday, when another ' meeting of the two sob-committees will be held in this city. Tbe anthracite board of conciliation consists of six . members three repre senting the operators and three the miners. This board held frequent ses sions during tbe last three years, settling local disputes in tbe anthracite region. Tbe award of tbe strike com mission provided that, when it could not agree, a Federal judge in tbe Third Judicial district should appoint an umpire, who should make a decision. Judge George Gray, president of the strike commission, made tbe appoint ment. Dnring the first two year he selected Carroll D. Wright, ex-United States commissioner of labor, as the umpire, but during the last year Charles P. Neill, the present labor commissioner, acted as the arbiter. FURIOUS WITH FOREIGNERS. Chinese Excited by Picture of Magia- . trate Killed by Prieat. Pekit., April 6. The Nanchang affair of February last, during which a Chi nese magistrate met death a the result of a dispute with French Catholic ffiia sionarie which caused a riot and the killing of a number of French and Brit ish missionaries, continues to inflame the Chinese. Tbe native papers in the north of China this week print pictures of tbe magistrate's corpfe, showing his wounds, with sensational articles writ ten in a style which appeals to the lower classes, exhorting the people not to forget the outrages and to prepare to defend themselves against foreign bru talities. The belief that a French priest mur dered tbe magistrate is universal and probably no other incident ever excited such widespread resentment against tha missionaries. In many place the Catholic converts and the other Chinese are living on the basis of armed neu trality, and but for tbe presence ot tha troops stationed near tbe missions by tbe government's orders, the slightest friction would result in manacio. Disturbance in Coal Field. -. Philadelphia, April 0. Tbe situa tion in the coal field remain un changed. Occasional diuturoance are reported from various sections, but tbey are regarded as inconsequential. As a result of tbe attacks made on tbe breakers ot the Fernwood colliery, the Erie, company, which owns tbe land occupied by the mineworkers, ha or dered them to vacate the property. Tbe miners are taid to bave shot out nearly every window in the breaker. A detail of state police today arrested seven Italian laborers at Alocanaqua, near Wilkeebarre, who yesterday pre vented non-union men from operating the West End washery. Tbey were sent to jail. Wants All Railroads Appraised. Waiihington, April 6. By unani mous vnte today the National associa tion of Railway commissioners adopted the resolution of B. H. Meyer, of Wis consin, offered yesterday, declaring it to be the sense ol tbe association tbat the congress of the United States should authorise and direct tbe Interstate Commerce commission, or some other department of the Federal government, to ascertain the inventory value of all railways in tbe United States, and to fix a valuation on tbe railway proparty of each state separately. ; Viotca Has Been Vindicated. Washington, April 6. Charges made against James Viosca, the American vice consul at La Pat, have been inves tigated by tbe State department and the Navy department, and the result is a complete vindication of Mr. Viosca. It was charged by Cliules Pauson, who, until bis death a short time igo. was employed at the United States na val coaling station at Pichiliwqii bay, that Viosca withheld part of the pay of employes at the station. Will Build Island for Fort. Washington, April 6. Tbe creation of an artiflcal island in the middle of tbe entrance to Ch stpeake bay is pro posed by the joint board on coaat de fense, as an absolute essential to tba defense of tbe National capital and lb cities of Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport News and even Richmond. Tbe gov ernment will dump stone on tbe middle ground as foundation for a fort. Standard, hour.