The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, May 25, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 HE OREGON MIST. VOIi XXIU' . HT. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1900. N"0. 24. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form tor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINTNTS A Return of th Important but Nut Lot lnlrlln; Event of th Past Wk. Torrents nf mud from Vesuvius ar ci ol ig death and mu(n. Murium ere being rushed to Panama In avert revolution at Ui tiiut ol 111 (l IHTHl lCliotl, JllllO 20. Th ten! tilll Incorporating the Anhaenloglral Iiietlltil of America llMiD MH by Iioiim. Kxt s uiitlt hav If"" uied for fm turning work on the 1'enanie ant to J ma -It), l .07. Tit UiUl amount I $:n,stn,23l. .S. A. I. ruler, wattled la Portland In eonnevlloii with the Oregon land (rand raaee, lia Un centum! la Ala nimta, a iiiburb ol Han rianclaco. rum more bodle hav been found In the ilrliri l Han Francisco by work nf ii clearing away tiia rain. Tli coroner place th total number of deed at m. IV. II. Htuart, Cnited Hiatal vlrs miKUl at Hatoum, Train Ceureala, liaa l-n killed by unknown aauDaiiia. 1lii-i ilng luveallgated by Am Utrattor klayarr. It I ald th military enurt which bat been InveallgAting Ilia eur render ol rl Arthur and the haul of the He ol Japan hi condemned to death L'o tenant Oeneral HIowmwI and Hear Ad miral Nebugaloft. Henator llejrburn la slightly Im proved, Woman ol England ar working for Itiffragn, Madrid It making great pier-eratloni fur the royal wadding. Veauvlut la pouring a torrent ol mud en th neat by tillage. It it now 11 levari tUal Mr. Jet!r on Davt majr worn, A prompt agreement on tha rat bill It likely by lb two Iioiimm of emigre. It I understood that an Anglo ituaaiao agreement I about to b p.r fisted. It la regard! a practically cat lain that the second llagu peac conference mil meet in May, 1UU7. The dlalrict judge ha eeltod tax ri rorilt and ballot hole at Denver and discovered wholesale fraud. t'nllrd Htate warahlpi hare Wn ordered to watch for flllbuatarliig v tela going to t-aitto iHimlngo. A severe irthqnak In l.uton, P. I., tamed a lake to form where a good Html nmtintaln bad atoud. The na Uvea In tha vicinity ar In a tut ot terror. New York will expend $160,000,000 In adding to th city' water lytlein. .The fan ' Francisco lira destroyed prool ol th cltUenthlp of 100,000 vot er), Wit Ting Fang, ex-Chlneae mlnlater to the United Htate, propose radical reform In Chin. John Mltrball, prrahUnl of th Unit ed Mlnewnrker. will eonn resign to lake up th practlo ol law. llarracki have lienn built In Gulden Cain park. Han Franrlaco, which will accoxmodatt 6,00) peraoua. The Interalale CoiiHiierccominiatlon hat tnrured mor admission ol grail I UK by Pennsylvania railroad officials. Insurance compaulea have already paid alx.ut 1200,000 Ran Franolaco loam and It la expected all undisputed i lain will be itid by June 1. A great loratt lire In Michigan hat burned over an area ol 200 lunar ml lea and laleat acconnla report the Humes ttlll burning. Fourteen towns have been wiped out entirely and tlinuaaiida ol people are homel.' At far at known no live have boen loaf, although tveeral entire fanililr have not been accounted lor and may have pnrlthed. The money Ii it will be tmrinoui. The president haa declared lilmtell In favor ol ahlp aubaldy. . . l'.vldence of rebating hai been found iKalnal tha I'etiunylvaiila railroad. (lovernnr Illanchard, ol Inlalana, hti tent a tpeoial meatKa to the legia litura aiklng for an lmuranoa reform Uw. A court of Inquiry but found General Hlneiael wrong In aurrenderlng Port Arthur and he may be dltgraoed and nt to prlton. Oominlriioner Oarflnld haa prodiined much documentary evidence agalnit the Htanrturd Oil at the InturtUte Com meroe hearing. 1 1 jjf 1 1., f I ' A New York man Juit rolurned Irom Panama iaya that country Ii practically monarchy with the preaidiint at the had. He ir.y the government la con titnted on the plan ol tha W l'nf ance rompaniea the preeldeut'a rela tive all hold Job In the government aurvice aim oonirot an me goou pieim. CunilierUnil Pre.livler Una will 80 to law to prevent II poiaible church union Nallvei at Ouantanamo, Cuba, at lacked United Htate aallora, Klin Ing O ie and wounding 23. WILU ADJOURN EARLY. r wn,rtt cot Likely to Continue In oettlon After June IS, Waihlngton, May 22.-Prtenl Indl. catloni point to an adjourninenl ol eon. Kieataho.it the lolh 0I June. The great debate ol the aetaion hat been brought to a dote, the railroad late bill haa been patted by th aenate, and the way It now clear tor tha regular ap propriation bllla and other Important ieglelation that demand oomlderatlon lu the houae of repretenUtlvna toe work la np to date. All of the big ap propriation bllli, Mcept tha tun.lry civil bill, have been paaeed by that body, and Ihla latt bill will be reported to the bottle Jutt at axon aa the hout ia ready to rexeive it. At th ouuld two weekt I ample to pan thlt bill and two unimportant appropriation bill yet to be considered, the general deficiency and tha diplomatic. In tha venate appropriation bill have lagged behind on account ef the debate on tb rate bill, yet In tplte of thlt protracted dltcuealon the annate baa found opportunity to pane the urgen cy deficiency, petition, fortiflcatloni, army and Indian appropriation bllli, and will make abort work of tlioaa now awaiting contlderatlon, namely, the potofflr, agricultural, legirletiv, Pi- trlct ol Columbia and military academy bill. The annate, In ipita ol It repu tation (or long debate, can diapote ol appropriation billa In remarkably ihort period! wben the tine (or adjournment approach. It alwaya doe. Bo the leglrlalive program, to lar aa tha ap propriation billa ia concerned, may be considered In inch i hap aa to permit adjournment by the middle of June. It la the appropriation bllli that deter mine the length of the aeaelon after all, lor when the laat ol theeebilla Ii agreed to (Titigrr alwaya adjourn, utile it happen! to be in eilra avaalon, called for mm tpwltl purpoa The conference committee having the rata bill In charge ll not likely to re port loaide of two weeki, but In the end the bone will probably accept the eetential aenate amendmenta, Including that ofTered by Henator Allium. Th (act that th president approve tbil amendment will be ample Juetitkatlon (or the houae to give IU ataent, and tli further fact that practically all tha other amendment meet with th ap proval ol th pretident will Imurt their Unal adoption. EXPENSES CUT IN ZION. Salaries of Overaeera Reduced From 300 to tOO Per Month. Chicago, May 22. VV. O. Vollva, the preeent bead ol the Chrlttlan Cath olic Church, atinounced to hie follower n Zion City Huntley that between Jan uary 15 and May 10 he had reduced the etpenaee lu the financial depaitment ol the church Irom 9,800 per month to :(,8.t'J per month. Tula laving, be aid, bad been brought about by a re action ol the working lu c and a cut in the ealariee of thoae retained. In the tame manner, aaid Vollva, a avion had bean made In the eccletiat- tlcal department that would amount to 170.000 annnally. Overier who had been receiving :l00 per month were reduced to 00. The pay ol othen waa cut In proportion. Ill own com pensation under the new adjnttment, 'olive laid, wai $100 per monin. Theee (act, he laid, were tome ol the detail! ol a report which l.e made "it- nrday to a cominiuee apponueu oy It aajlatt-al I ln.hra l.andla to Investigate the condition ol the liiduatriee In 7.lon City. Voliva announced the realgnaiion oi i Krll. from the olllce of gen eral ecflleelaatical wrelary, owing to ack of lympathy wltn aome oi me lortrlnel ol the ciurch. ti.. ,..,,lltlr,n nf John Atriander Howie today wai laid to be practically ncbanged. Wo Gen Cannot Land. Poattla, Waih., May 22. Wo Gen, ........ nr ilia uiioiik rompaiiT, one ol the wealthleat Chine merchant the Northweat, la W do oeiwrieu. fie made a trip to China recenuyw i .L reULtona. and did a great deal toward alleviating conditloni m .... . .a. tl'L.. lia was. caueetl by the uoycoii. n nu turned a few day ago he waa found to iaverachoma, the ureaa rye m...., n.l i nlaced in the quarantine ta- tlon at Port Towmend. Towerlul in fluence have been bronglil w near w illify the order, but wltnotu avail, ki.tu Rlmalorlea To Be Bound. ' - w " O . Tl lie Hague, May 22 rne govern . i ...i....tii.l Villi aakinir the men i naa - - - lecond chamber ol parliament to ap prove a protocol which It wlihe. th ilgnatorioa ol tha convention ol 1899 to i gn on am embllng lor the leoond ptwe ,nlrnca, which declare, that tha nowari ntit rl relented at th. firit con Ierno,but which have been invited men to attend the leconti, inaii, j p,i" a ioeol the inviianon, oeuuiui. . enta to that convenlion. Turk Killing and Plundering. Vienna, May 22.-Tronble In the Balkan! between the Turka anu imigar lam Ii again very lerioui, and the lat- eit report Irom Barita anu i r i dlitrluta r to the effect that continual fighting la in progr. au.. ent In lorce, and are burning and pil laging village!, raviahlng women and murdering men and boya. i " " 11 ' ,. .a....,, i i n. in, ,- .Mi.,,.- . i ,. , ,, ' 1 - 1 - 1 -1 OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST I RE-ELECT OFFICERS. Boya' and Girt' Aid Society of Ore gon in Good Condition. . Portland At the annual meeting of the member of the Boyi' and Girl' Aid Society, J. 0. Aimwortb, W. B. Gilbert and Robert H. Farrell were re circled dine an, and Mitt Helen K. Spalding wai choten to fill the vacancy on tha board cauaed by the reiignalion of Mr. W, A. Buchanan, The annual reporta of the officer bowed the Initttution In a flonrlahing condition, Huparintendent W. T. Gardner' reiwrt gave a thorough re turn of the work accompliihed by the acclety th pait year. Under the lur veillanc of the tulety in Oregon, Washington and Idaho there are 4M8 children. Of theae there are 70 girli who are In reaprctahle hornet in Port land. Aaalataot Huperlntendent Gard ner haa been appointed to look after tha children who have been placed in private lamlliea to ae that they are doing well. In addition to thlt aeaitt ant the eociely now ha county advii ory board to look after the children in tha different countit of the Kate. OREGON STATE FAIR. Preparatinna Under Way at Salem for Greatatt Ever Held. Halem The Htate Fair Board baa be gan preparation! lor tha greatest State hair ever beld In Oregon. A portion ol tha money that would have been ex pended for premium latt yar, wben there waa no Htate Fair, waa uaed to make numerona improvement on the bnildingt and grouoda In preparation lor thla year' lair. All main bond ing have been repainted, itock aheda and race bora barn extended and Im proved and the racetrack hat been re- graded. The board pun-hated a quantity of nark teatt and chair Irom the Lewi and Clark fair, together with exhibit cum, all ot which will be need thi year to make the Htate Fair more at tractive and comfortable. Many atrik Ing piece ol atatuary and Intlde dco rationa have been removed Irom the Lewia and Clark grounda to the State Fair ground, where they have been carefully repaired. Epidemic Attacka School. Aurora A teacher at the public tchool recently discovered that one ol the pupil had What ah thought waa chlckenpot , and aent the boy home with a note to hi parent to quaran tine him. It proved to be chtrkenpox, but the pupil- would not atay quaran tined, and went back to tchool. The rchool director contnlted a pbyaician. The doctor adviaed that the pupil be Mowed to attend acbool, on the ground that he had already Infected the achol- an, end tur enough he bad, and now hall the childern in town are artected. Will Sentence Meldrum. Portland II Judge Wolverton lm- pote the maximum penalty on Henry Meldrum. lormer turveyor general (or Oregon, he will go to fail with a en- tence of 210 year of Imprisonment banging over hie bead. II the court iinpoce the heavieat fine the law al low, Meldrum will owe the govern ment $21,000. Judge Wolverton eet Fridav. June 8. at tha day on which Meldrum will coma before the court (or tenter.ee. A motion for a new trial it pending In the caee. New Ditch Company. tukr nitv Article! ol incorporation ol the MeCary Ditch company have been died with the county clerk. The Incorporatora ol the company are: u. I Wmm. O. C. Johnaon and C. W. Fault. The capital itock ot the com nanv ll l.i. 500 divided Into 350 ibarea nlnnf 110 each. The tiurtioee ol the company ii to handle, lor the purpoee of Irrigation, me water irom Powder river under the right they ave held for a number oi yean. Berry Picker Scarce. Pnrilund Portland employment agenclea are not only besieged by rail road contractors lor laborer!, but call are now coming In Irom Hood river and White Salmon atrawberry fleldi lor picker. Thouiandi ol men and women are wanted lor thla wotk and the cry for help adda to the embarraaament of labor agent who ar already trying with all their mlgiii io leeure laoorere lor railroad and cinatrnctlon caiupa. Ackerman Reiolvea to Retire. Halem J. II. Ackerman. itate luper- l..ian.lui,t nf nolillc instruction, ha! announced hii Intention to retire from politic! at the end of hi next term. Mr. Ackerman ha the distinction ol uin. tha Ramihlican and Democratic nominee, although he only accepted th Republican nomination, ana nil name will annear on th official ballot only ai th Republican candidate. Klamath Land I Reopened. U'..l,l.,linT1iirlnir 19.04 5 1.500.- Dlll-' T. - 000 acre of publlo landi In the .Klam ath region of Oregon ann vamoruie were reserved, pending Inveetigatloni to determine the feaalblllty of reclaim ing under the Klamath Irrigation pro ject. Hall ol thil area ii now restored to entry, tha balance being reeerved a land! reclalmable for reiervoir aiiea or right Qj way. Hop Proapecta Excellent. a tlnwl tlnm In thlt lection ol the valley, th banner hop-railing district of Oregon, are further advanced thi .... than In former season I at this time. There la a large acreage, and all lb yard! ar allowing wen. MAY RETAIN LICENSE. If Solvent, Insurance Companlet Will Not Be Outted by State. Halem Secretary of Htate Dunbar, who la ex-officlo Inauranc commlaiion er ol thla atate, when thown the itate ment that Califonia and Nevada Insur ance commissioner! would drive oat companiea that quibble over tb pay ment of Han Francisco fire loaaea, aaid that so far aa Oregon I concerned ht cannot tike any not ol what th vari ous companiea do In California or any other itate o long aa they comply with the Oregon law which entitle! them to do buiinea In thli itate. There I on deposit with th itate treasurer $3,100,000, in interest-bear-ing securities, which th 60 companiea doing business in thla atate! have put np to secure the payment ol any loei they may auitain and wbicb ha been finally adjudicated againat them. Ftlty-eight companiea have put np r0.000 each and two companiea $100, 000 each. Only on company baa notified tb commissioner that It cannot continue to do buiinea in Oregon on account ol California loaee and that ia th Trad er' Insurance company, ol Chicago. All agent have been notified to ceaae writing Insurance (or that company. The $50,000 on depoait will be beld to pay any loaae sustained by Oregon policyholder! in that company, or until all it policiee have been legally can celed, when the depoait niay b with drawn. Mr. Dunbar said that refusal or Ina bility o( an insurance company doing busineea in thia itate to pay any ol ita California loaae would not be sufficient reason lor him to cancel their Oregon license. All he la authorised to do it to look out lor the interest ol Oregon policy boldera, and il the companies comply with th insurance statute oi tbi itat tbey can continue to do business, a they ar aolvent. II any ol them be came insolvent tbey put thetnaelve out of business without any Interference on the part of the commisaioner of Oregon. Treasure Mine Sold. Eugen A mining deal ol import ance haa been consummated in this city. Charles Harding Park, residing here, hat aold the Treasure mine in lb Blue river district to J. Rowland Rags- dale, ol Manchester, England. Tha purchase price ii not made public, bnt il laid to be the highest ever paid lor a mine in the district. The Treaiure mine haa long been known to be on of the richest properties at Blue river Mr. Park baa spent much money in ita development, and in the erection of a ten-itamp quarts mill on the property Regiatration Short in Baker. Baker City Regiatration at the county clerk i office lias been brisk, and it is believed that namea entered aince the book t were reopened alter the pri maries will exceed 350, including thoae ent in irom country districts. Tim lor registration baa expired. It is esti mated that there are 700 voteri In Ba ker county who have not regiitertd. Home ot these will be aworn in at the polls on election day, but there will be a shortage ol 500 to 6J0. Chen-lee Ripening Rapidly. Aurora Cherries ar ripening fast ami all kimla nf fro ita are ahead of for mer yean. The sever cold map ot two daya in March had no appreciable enect on iruii tree in uormeru uuiuu county. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 73o; blueatem, 749 76c; red, 7lc; valley, 70871c. Oats No. 1 whit feed, $29; gray 128.60 per ton. Parley Feed, $23.60(324 per ton; brewiug, $2424.5Q; rolled, $24,609 25 SO. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $12913 per ton; clover, 7.oU8; cheat, ta 7: srain hay. $7(38; alfalfa, $12. , Fruits Apples, $2.509 3 50 per box; cherries, $1.2591.40 per box! straw berries, California, $1.259 1 40; Ore- gon, 10910c per ponnd; gooseberries, 690c per pound. Vegetable! Asptungus, 75c 9 $1.25 per box; benns, 899c per pound; rub- bitge, $1.7592 per 100; green corn, 00c perdoxen; onions, 10915c per dosen; peni, 395c; radishes, I5o per dosen; rhubarb, 3c pound ; spinach, 90c per box; tnrnlpa, $191.2o per sack; car rot, 65 4760 per ruck; beets, 85c9fl per rack. Onions Bermuda, 4c per pound. Potatoes - Fancy graded Burbnnka, 60366c per hundred; ordinary, nom inal; new California, 2o pel ponnd. Butter Fancy creamery, 17920o per ponnd. Eggs Oregon ranch, 19920c per doien. Poultry Average old hens, 13X9 14a per pound, mixed chickens, 12)9 13c; broilers, 209 22'cj young roos ters, 12Vt 9 13c; eld roosters, 129 12)o; dressed chickens, 15c; turkey, live, 15918c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 20923a; geese, live, 10911c, geeie, dressed, old 10c, young 12c; duck, old 17c, young 20c. Hop Oregon, 1005, 119120. Wool Kintern Oregon average best, 16921o; valley, coarse, 229 23a; fine, 24925c per ponnd; mohair, choice, 28 30c per pound, Veal Dressed, i6o per pound. Peef Dressed bulls, 3c per ponnd; cow, 4X5Hoi country steer. 696c. Mutton Dressed fancy, 798o per ponnd; ordinary, 96c; lambs, with pelt on, 8a. Pork Dressdt799c per pound. MANY SETTLERS MISSING. Michigan Foreat Fir Laya Waate to Hundred Square Milea. Milwaukee, May 21. A dispatch to th Sentinel from Escinaba, Mich., by a staff correspondent says: Four known dead, a score or mora persons missing, hundred of families homeless, several millions of dollar In property burned, four towns wiped oat entirely and a dosen mor partially, five counties de vastated and 100 square miles of terri tory fire-swept. This i the dreadlnl picture that tb Northern Michigan peninsula present today, alter the worst forest fir sine tb Pestigo dis aster in 1871. General Huparintendent W. E. Weill, ot the Escanaba 4 Lake Superior rail road, along whose right of way the greatest loss occurred, returned tonight from a trip of inspection over tbe fire- stricken area, and says that tbe flames havs gone down and for the time being th danger is over, unlets a new gale arises to again fan th embers into flame. Tb following summary briefly tells tbe story : Peter Lafond, a cook, (mothered In a lumber camp near Katoa, body found tonight. Three unknown children dead at Quinneaec, Mich., separated from their parent while tb village waa horning and periibed. Scores of homesteaders and woods men ar missing and man? have prob ably periahed in tha flame. Territory devastated, five counties, Marquette, Menominee, Delta, Alger and Dickinson. Tb territory fire-swept Is 100 miles square. Towns totally burned: Talbot, Mich., 100 population, only a few house left standing. Qolnneeec, Mich., J, 000 population, only one bouae remains. Saunders, 160 population, all wiped out. Niagara, Wis., 500 population, all wiped out. Towna partially destroyed : Northland, Cornell, Antine, Spring Valley, Kingtley, Woodlawn, Foster City, Bala and Metropolitan. KILL CANAL BY DELAY. Purpose of Sea Level Party on Pana ma Enterpriae. Chicago, May 20. Expressing the sentiments ot senator and congress men on th recent act'on ol the senate committee in voting lor a sea level canal, Edward G. Clark, correspondent at Washington for tb Chicago Even ing Poat, aaya: "Suspicion that a systematic effort is being mad in th senate to delay in definitely the digging of the Panama canal baa become a conviction. There il anger among tbe friends nf rapid work on th isthmus acd a well-defined and freely expressed belie! that inter eats ar at work to jeopardize the wbo'.e project. It ia declared freely in Wash ington that, while it was supposed that the hosts ol representatives of certain corporate interest who bad been at tbe capital during the last, few months were her for the purpose of watching rail road rate legislation, in reality most of them were here wUh the intention of using what influence was at their com mand to defeat the attempt to obtain a favorable report for a lock canal. "Senator Piatt, ot New York, voted for a aea level canal. ' It ia stated that Mr. Piatt did not attend one committee meeting at which the matter was dis cussed. Everybody knows why John T. Morgan, of Alabama, voted in favor ol a sea level plan. He is bluntly hon est. He does not want a canal, and he haa the grace to say so. "Tbe movement that began in the senate committee to get a sea level ca nal haa behind it, however, a tremen dous force and it ia the intention of powerful senators to endeavor not only to get tbe sanction of he aenave itself, but to bring every possible pressure to bear on the houae to induce it to recede Irom th position it took in favor ot a lock type. II tha powerful ones suc ceed, the day of canal digging is far in th distance. Tbe people may be obliged to speak on thia matter in no uncertain. way." Thieve Steal Baggage. San Fiancisco, May 20. The work ol Detective O'Dca has resulted in the capture of a gang o.' trunk and luggage thieve who reaped a rich harvest dur ing tb fire, who were planning to dis pose of their valuable plunder In Los Angeles. Three of the men, who admit connection with the gang, are held at the Slanyan-street station. Through them the detective ban learned the nam of the Los Angele "fence," has recovered three trunks and three suit case, and has a line on 32 other pieces ol luggage. Gout Gains on Ptpa. Roma, May 20. Wben Dr. Lnpponi vilited the Pop this morning he fonnd his patient Improved, although the pontiff passed a somewhat restless night as th result ot his attack of gout. Owing to a slight rise in tern peratnre, Dr. Lapponi ordered the pope to remain in bed for several days. Al though the condition of the Pope is not grave, some apprehension Is felt at the frequency of the gout attacks through exposure to fatigue. Di of Heat in New York. New York, May 20. Two deaths and some prostrations from heat were re ported here today. The official ther mometer stood at 85 degree during tbe afternoon, bnt on the itreets the mer cury rose to 95. GRAFT BY RAILROADS Interstate Commerce Commission Sommons Pennsylvania Men. SOFT COAL OPERATORS CRUSHED Independent Promise Worse Revela tions Than Havs Yet Been Made Public at Former Hearings. Philadelphia, May 22. Railrcad cir cles ars agitated by the well-bawd re port that, beginning on Wednesday, when the Interstate Commerce commis sion will resume its sittings in this city, independent soft ccal operators will go upon the stand and tell of tbe buiineei wrongs tbey suffered at the handi of tbe railrcads. A big inde pendent operator who has been subpe naed by the commission raid today: "Worse revelations than have yet been male public are to come out. It will be shown through independent operators how the irnall operator was pressed to the wall by tbe favored coal companies, which used tbe railroads as a weapon. In some cases they were driven out of business. Before we are through, tbe public will know that the acceptance of stock and gifts bv rail road officers was the least of 'this wretched business." William A. Glapgow Jr., counsel for tbe commission, said that be woold not faaxard a gueea as to wben the hearings would be completed. "Tbey will cer tainly continue," be said, "until the railroads have bad every opportunity to explain, if any inch a thing is possi ble, tbe moet astonishing evidence ol graft that has ever been made public. The commission will insist upon ex planations, if any can be made, so that its final report to congress will be based upon not only these reports, but ths railrof d companies' explanation of them." A large number of sutpenaes were issned today, not only for a number of independent cpsrators, but for a eur priaingly large number of high officials of the Pennsylvania railroad. TWO NEW RESERVES. Forest Service Recommends Action in Southern Oregon. Washington, May 22 Senator Ful ton was today notified that the forest service contemplates recommending the creation of two new forest reserves in Southern Oregon, at an early day to be known as the Fremont and Goose Lake reserves. Thev will embrace land withdrawn several years ago nnder the name of the Warner mountain with drawal. The aggregate area, according to preeent plans, will be nearly 3,000 000 acres, about two-thirds of the area being in tbe Fremont reserve. This reserve will lie in the nortben part of Klamath and Lake counties and the southwest corner of Crook county. The Goo?e Lake reserve will embrace the southeast portion of Klamath and the southwest part of Lake counties. Plana showing the outline of tbe pro posed reserves have been submitted to Mr. Fuiton, with a request that he make any suggestions which he mav deem proper. Tbe senator will consult residents of Klamath, Lake and Crook counties and promptly lay their views before the department. If good reasons are produced, showing Khy any land included within tbe proposed reserves should not be reserved it is probable that such land will be eliminated. The irregularity of the outline of theso two reserves, following in many instances quarter section lines, indi cates the tare that has been exen-ised to include only such land as is believed to be adapted to forestry pat pases Large areas of agricultural land have been eliminated and it is the opinion of the department that what remain! is chiefly irrptrtant for Us timber, or be cause it serves to protect the water sup ply o' Southern Oregon. The construc tion of tbe Klamath irrigation project makes it highly important that the wa ter supply of that region should be pro-" tected. The reperve is to be created at this time partially on that account. Must Go To Jail. Washington, May 22. The Supreme court of the United States today ren dered a decision in the case ol United States vs. Senator Ralph Barton, of Kansas. The decision was against Pur ton, affirming the decision of tbe Unit ed State circuit court for the eastern district of Missouri, by which Burton was sentenced to six months imprison ment in tbe jail ot Iron county. Mis souri, required to pay a fin of $2,500, and deprived of the right to hereafter hold office nnder the government. This is the second trial. Report of Chinese Persecution. San Francisco, May 22. Mayor Schmitx has received a cablegram from the American consul at Chefoo inti mating that tbere baa ben an attempt to create a sentiment against Americans by the circulation of (alee repirts alleg ing the maltreatment of the Chinese in San Francisco. The cablergam reads: "Mail statement of Chinese consul on persecution." Mavor Bchmitx handed it to Colonel A. E. Biger, with a request that he reply at once. Declare His Place Vacant. Washington, May 22. "K Senator Burton does not resign at once," as a piominent senator puts it, a resolution will be introduced to declare his seat vacant. DANGER OF QUAKES. On of Chief Reasons for.Committe Favoring Sea Level Canal. Washington, May 18. That th eartbqnake that destroyed Ban Francis co helped determine th vote of tb senate committee on Interoceanlc canal in favor of a sea level type is apparent from the fact that a feature of th ma jority report I a discussion nf th effect earthquake might have on lock and dams. Tbe majority report fa favor of a sea level canal waa submitted today by Senator Kittredge. Tbe report saya that the canal struc tures would be exposed to injury by earthquakes, particularly the locks at Gatun. If tb lock walls should be moved, leakage would resnlt and tb gates would be useless. In caee of fracture ot locks, months or year might be required for repairs, and meanwhile traffic would be interrupted. It is maintained tbat tb dam at Gamboa proposed by the majority ot the board of consulting engineer, I not liable to injary by earthquake, for it will be built on a solid rock founda tion, reinforced with strong walla and buttressed at each end with wall of rock. Nor are th aid slope of tb Culebr cut likely to be disturbed, but an earth dam on an alluvial baa might be cracked, draining th lock and ruining the canal. Tb committee says: "At San Francisco, where tb water pipes were broken, tb disaster wa greatly augmented by this can, for tbe water could not be beld in tb pipes and directed on tb flame. What wonld happen to the aqueduct, eon- dciie, pipes and valves, burled in tb concrete walls, used for filling and emptying tbe locks, cannot be well conjectured." It is stated tbat ship of all class con d be passed through the sea level canal in S hoars less than tb time that would be consumed In passing ship through locks alone. Th coat of annual maintenance is estimated at $1,840 000 for the sea level and $2,- 330.000 for the lock type. A sea level canal free from alt obstacle could pas 100 warships in lees than a day. Naval commanders and commercial shipmas ters oppose locks. The majority argues tbat an enemy could destroy a lock canal much easier than a sea level canal witb explosive. The cost ol a sea level canal ia estimat ed at $250,000,000, while the total coat of the lock canal would be at least $190,000,000, and tha cost of trans forming the latter into a sea level canal wonld be $200,000,000. Tb conclu sion of the majority is "tbat tb aea level canal can be realised in 10 or IS years at a cost not exceeding $60,000, 000 above that required by th con struction of ths muUilock canal pro Foied by the minority." AIDS TO PACIFIC NAVIGATION. Omnibus Bill in Housa for Lightship and Signal Stations. Washington, May 18. Tb hone committee on interstate and foreign commerce today authorized a favorabi report on an omnibns bill carrying be tween 20 and 25 project a "aid to navigation" and authorising an appro priation of something in excess of $1, 300,000. Among the provisions ar: Light station at Makapua Point, Is land of Oabu, Territory ol Hawaii, $60,000. Light station and rang light at Honolulu harbor, $40,000. Fog signal at entrance to harbor at Humboldt, California, $15,000. Lishtkeeper'a dwelling at Cap Men docino, Cal., $5,600. Light acd fog signal station near Point Cabrillo, California, $5,000. Light vessel for use off the month of the Columbia river, Oregon, $130,000. Lightkeeper'a dwelling at Robinson Point, Washington, $5,000. Fog signal at Edis Hook light sta tion, Stated Washington, $10,000. New tender for inspection service ia the 13th lighthouse district, $110,000, in addition to the unexpended balance of $40,000 for tbe repair ot th tender Manianilla to be applied on tb new tender. Rebuilding of Stanford. San Francisco, May 18. Stanford University will be reconstructed at once, and by next September every building necessary to the work of tbe college will be in perfect condition. Tbe work has already commenced, and there is plenty ot money on band to as sure the trustees that the repairs may b accomplished as quickly as tbey de sire. The structures will be rendered earthquake proof. Three experts hare been appointed, and their report will be the basis tor whatever chang ar considered necessary. Make Money by Disaster. Oakland, Cal., May 18. Som Try enrious schemes tor making money have been devised since tb earthquake and fire. Two Stanford student, in tbe early days of tb trouble, secured many views of the rains in San Fran cisco and surrounding country. Tbe they had reproduced on lantern slide, and now they are touring th small towns ol California presenting stereop ticon lecture. From latest report they ar receiving h avy patronage. Withdraw Troops June I. Washington, May 18. General Gree ley has reported to th War Depart ment from San Francisco nnder date ol last night that the reported killing of large number ot people by th army during the San Francisco fir I incor rect. General Greeley adds tbat b baa notified tbe citisens committee and th Red Cross that the troops will be drawn from San Francisco not later than Jun 1.