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4 R U SSIA N S SEEKING TOGO. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST S T R IK E « f f » IN 1 HE MONUMENTAL. D EB TO RS M U S T GIVE U P HALF. New Discovery Made in a Well Known After May 18 One-Half Their Wegee May Be Taken by Creditors. Old Mine. Salem—Oregon merchants will have Gruiiito— A strike has just been made in III« old Monumental mine, near a good reno-dy against many of their Itere,that bids fair to earn«' no little ex- had «iehtors after May 1H, when the «•¡lenient and iirove of great valin* to act of the last legislature r«'garding the the mining interests of Eastern Dra exemption o f wages from execution will gon. It was inadi' in a «vina«' being go into effect. This act amends the sunk from the lower level of tin* mine. tuw hy making one-half the earnings of The win*" in now down 100 fe*-t and for the debtor Hiihje«'t to execution proctMMl- Home time Manager Allen him had a crew drifting from tbu liottoni. The ings if the deilt he for family expenHee. new discovery shows a vein 20 feet Prior to 1003 all the «-arningsof a debt wide. On the hanging-wall aide of the or for 30 days next preceding tbe serv l)-d|(o in two feet of Holid quart*, heav ice of an attachment, execution or garn- ily charged with antimonial ruhy Hil- ishin'-nl were exempt if the «'arnings ver, characteristic of the de|MaiitM of were needed for the sup|K>rt of a fam silver ore formerly found in thin olu mine, while on the o|q>o«ite aide of the ily. Under that law men with consid vein ia a strong Hearn of gold ore carry erable monthly incomes would t-scH|>e ing three ouncea **f Hold |>er ton. The the payment of tlu-ir debts. The h-giH- «liv e r ore runa not h-Nii than BOO ouncea '.ature of 1003 amended the law by lim |M-r ton. Between these two rich iting tin- amount of earnings exempt to sh o o ts the entire vein is of a g'xsl mill- $75, hut leaving the law otherwise tbe iuse grade. Tilia discovery w » h made same. As there are comparatively few at a d e p th of uliout 0 0 0 feet I m - I o w the men working for wages who re«-eive over $75 a month, this law still enable«l ajx-x of the Monumental ledge. For the past four years the projierty men to avoid «lebtH which they should him la-en owned hy tjie Portland Min be coni|>ell«-d to pay, and the legisla in « A Reduction company, of w hich C. ture of 1905 amend««] the section still further hy adding this daiiHe: “ E x J. Allen, of Portland, ia manager. cept when the debt in Incurred tor fam ily ex|>ena>-H furnished within six Logging Engine for Curtiaa Road months of the date .of the service of Albany— An immense logging engine such attachment, execution or garnish- fo r iim c on the new logging road of the rnent, 50 |*-r cent of such earnings Curtis Lain tier company, in the Can- shall be subject to such attachment, end" mountains near M ill City, ha« ar execution or garnishment." rived in Albany, and w ill lie put in As construed hy the courts, the term operation on the road this spring. The “ family exiM-nses" includes such items engine cornea from the Lima locom o as provisions, fuel, rent, furniture, tive works, in Ohio, and is the tlrst of wearing apparel, pianos, organs, jew its six«- and kind to lie put into use in elry, imslical attendance, etc. the lumber business in Oregon. It is of a ty|>e calculated to do very heavy, Oregon Days at the Fair. rather than sin gly, work, and marks Portland— Oregon days, as set apart the Itegiiining of a new e|Kich in the hy the Is-wis arsl Clark fair manage lumbering industry m Linn county. ment are as follows: June 5, Monday — Salem, Dallas; June 8, Tuesday— Will Have Special Car. Independence — The Indejiendence Bak«-r City, Sumpter; June 7, Wednes Improvement league is making arrange day— Pendleton, Heppner; June 8, ments for a spei'ial car to take its mem Thursday — Tbe Dalles, Prineville, bers to Portland to attend the Htate Moro; June 0, Friday— Oregon City, h-ague convention April 26. The Lew- M cM innville; June 10, Saturday — ia and Clark club w ill be asked to dec Astoria, Hiilsi>oro; June 12, Monday— orate the car, and the “ Blue Ribbon" Albany, Corvallis; June 13, Tut'wlay— county w ill l e well represented by en 1-aGrande, Uniou; June 14, Wednes thusiastic memliers of the l«*ague. The day— Ashland, M««lford, Jacksonville; h-ague is taking up the matter of lieau- June 15, Thurs«lay— Grants Pass; June tifying the town, and a large commit 10, Friday — Roseborg; June 17, Sat tee of lioth ladies and gentlemen w ill urday— Eugene, Cottage Grove. tie ap|Miinte«l to look after this work. Specialty o f Fine Chickens. Milton— W. C. Hopson, manager of Rogue River Fruit Unharmed. Medford— The recent light frosts in tbe Milton Fruitgrowers’ union, is rais the Hogue river valley have done com ing chickens on a large scale on his paratively no harm; in fa«-t, have ln-en farm four mih*s up on the Walla a Is-netit by thinning out the fruit Walla riv«'r. He lias four large incu somewhat on overload«*«! tr«-«-s, am! the bators and four brooders. Mr. Hopson is-et apple and |>ear crop ever rais«sl in is making a sp«-cialty of raising fine the valley is now practically assure«l. chickens, k«-cpi»g several, varieties of At present he is W ith the exception of some apple or pure bred fowls. chards which w«-re allow«-«! to overlx-ar hatching Hl-.o«)«- Island Beds and is last year, and in consequence which marketing the tiny chickens at $3 per could not set fruit buds for the present «losen, with a teady market for all he st-ason, the fruit bloom was never bet hatch«-*. A number of other r«-sidents of the vicinity of both Milton and ter hs-aily than now. Freewater are purchasing incubators and engaging in the poultry business. Heading O ff the Standard Oil. Astoria— The city attorney has lie«-n instruct«-*! by the public property com Arranging Clackamas’ School Display Oregon City— Having been assured by mittee to prepare an ordinance for in troduction at the next meeting of the a member of the executive committee council forbidding the storage of crude of the Clackamas county Lewis and oil or other exphisives in iarg«-r quanti Clark exhibit that the m-cessary funds ties than 100 gallons at any one place for installing the educational exhibit inside the city limits. The reason for w ijl be forthcoming, the memliers of pr«-s«-nting this ordinance is the an- the «-durational committee in this nounced Intention of the Standard Oil county met at the courthouse to ar company to erect a large storage tank range and classify this department of This on its property near the hs>t of Sixth the Clackamas county display. feature of the exhibit w ill comprise all street. kinds of papers and drawings, together with some nianuel w«irk, and w ill he Fish Cannot Get O ver Dam. to the credit of the schools. Pendleton — Complaints are «-oining from residents on the Walla Walla Cancel Deeds if Fraudulent. river that trout are unable to g«-t over Salem— In reply to questions sub the North western i ¡as «V Klectric com pany’ s dam across the river and that mitted by Governor Chamberlain, At torney General Crawfortl has rendered aliove the dam there is very little fish an opinion hokling in substance that ing. The dam is seven f«-et high and tbe state land board lias authority to is not fitted with lish ladders. Those cancel all deeds and certificates to who have visited that locality say that fish are constantly s««>n leaping in their ■chool lands wherein fraud apix-ars on record, but that it is not within the emleavor to scale the obstruction. power of the hoard to take arbitrary ac tion in the matter. In other words, Gives Roseburg a Chance. fraud must lie alleged and proven lie- F.ugene— The hs-al directors have de- fore the hoard has authority to cancel cided that the Second Southern Oregon certificates of sales. District fair shall not lx; held in Eu- gene this year and Kosehurg has lx«-n PORTLAND MARKETS. given tiie privilege of giving it there. It was thought that the interest taken Wheat— Club, 86@87c per bushel; in the L««wis and Clark exposition by bluestem, 92@94c; valley, 88c. Oats— No. 1 white, $28@29 per ton; Eugene people would detract from the success of a district fair, so the matter gray, $27@28. of holding it here this year was given H a y — Timothy, $14(3)18 per ton; clover, $11 @12; grain, $11 @12; cheat, up. $ 11 @ 12. Orange Boxes for California. F.ggs— Oregon ranch, 18 *^ @ 1 dc dozen Marshfield— General Manager V b I«- Butter— Fancy creamery, 18@22l^c. gin, of the Coos Bay Furniture factory Potatoes — Oregon fancy, $1@1.10; at North Bend, announces that he has common, 80@90c. Apples— Fancy, $1.75@2.50 per box; mad«' a contract with Southern Cali fornia shippers to mannfai-ture 3,000,- choice, $1@1.25. Hops — Choice 1904, 23)* @25c per 000 orange lioxes, and that tiis factory w ill be kept running-night and day for pound. Wool — Valley, 20@24c per pound; a year. He is installing this week his own sawmill, which w ill cut 50,000 Eastern Oregon, 15 @ 18c; mohair, choice, 31@32)^c per pound. ... feet of spruce lumber daily. Baltic Fleet Joined by Third Squadron o f Fiva Battleships. Paria, April 21. — If the French at¿ thoritiea are to be believed, news of inoinentoua import may be expect««] from the Far Eaat very ao«>n, an, ac cording to Foreign Minister l)«-lcas«Ht, the Russian lb-et under the command of Viere Admiral Rojestvensky sail«al early on Thurstlay from Kamranli bay. Its destination is unknown, but it is believed heie tiiat it will now sail to endeavor to locate the Japanese tl»-«-t and give battle. Naval experts her«; believe that the tiiird Pacific squadron of the Russian navy, which is commanded hy Admiral Neixigatoff, has joinetl Roiestvensky, and that the latter now has eight first- class batlteniiipM, tlire«- Mccond-claHH battleships, thre«- armored cruisers and a number of other vettsels of not «juite so go's] a ty|«*'. He is also believed to have received large quantities of am munition which ha«l been shippe«! to him some time ago, to have fill««] the coal hunkers of his ships, and generally to have plac««l tiis command in condi tion to give a good account of itself. It is tx-lieved here that Admiral Jon- quieres, who is in command o f the French naval force in the waters of French Cochin China, agrtnsl to get a message to the Russian commander to day, and tiiat the departure of the Rus sians followed. Much action has Ixx-n expected, as the French authorities («insider tiiat the protest of Japan against Russia’s using neutral waters to recoal and refill depleted ammuni tion magazines was well founded, and, if Russia has been asked to move by the French commander in the Far East, a difficult situation has been cleared up. C H IN A AGREES T O PA Y UP. Will Make Good Deficit in Indemnity Due to Fall in Silver. New York, April 21. — After two years’ discussion, the powers and China w ill sign an agreement today, accord ing to a Herald «lispatch from Pekin, regarding the payment of the deficit in the indemnity due to the fall in the price of silver, and providing for the future payment of the indemnity in gold. The agraement comprises three para graphs, and briefly stated sets forth that China is to pay 15 days after the signature of the document the sum of $6,000,000 and interest at 4 per cent on this amount from January 1, 1906, which sum is to be accepted in full payments of all deficits due to the change from silver to gold. In the second paragraph China agrees to sign immediately fractional gold Itonds, expressing the amounts due to each country in the coinage of that country. By the third paragraph China under takes in the future to pay the amount due «-ach year in 12 equal monthly in stallments, credited every six months. China w ill be allowed interest at 4 per cent on the monthly payments made in advance of these biennial periods. China w ill pay also in gold bullion, gohl drafts or telegraphic transfer of silver at the average monthly London rates, eacii foreign government select ing the method it prefers. PARDEE NAMES THE DAYS. National Irrigation Congress Will Be Held August 21-24. Sacramento, Cal., April 21.— Gover nor Pardee, as president of the National Irrigation congress, lias issued an an nouncement that tiie next session of the congress w ill in- held in Portland, from August 21 to 24. The session is to follow shortly after the Trans-Missis sippi congress, which takes place from August 16 to 19. Governor Pardee states that he ex pects this meeting to lie one of the most interesting as well as the most important. The United States Re clamation service w ill he one of the subjects of discussion. There is some hope that Presi«lent Roosevelt w ill at tend the s«-ssion for one day, and Presi- dent Diaz, of Mexico, has also lx-en in viti«!. An effort w ill he made to have Ixith dignitaries pr«-sent on the same day. Not Enough Money to Pay Them Washington, April 21.— On account of the shortage of last year’s appropri ation, Commissioner Richards, of the General land otlice, has found it neces sary to dispense temporarily with the services of 17 of the 80 special agents of that bureau. They have lieen merely furloughed, and w ill be restored to the service when the new appropriation bill becomes available on July i next. The suspensions have lx-en made in locations where there were more than one agent. It is Ix-lieve-d the service w ill not Ire materially cripple«!. Stock Transfer Tax Law. Albany, April 21.— Gov. Higgins to night sign««l the stock transfer bill im posing a stamp tax of 2 cents on each $100 of par value of all corporation stock securities sold or transferred. CRUSHED ID DEATH Four Boys Killed and Many In jured by Alarm of Fire. AFTER FREE THEATER TICKETS Hundreds Were Waiting at Indianap olis Masonic Temple When Panic Started. Indianapolis, In«L, April 18.— Fren- zi«xi hy a false alarm of fire, several hundred eager newsboys, struggling to obtain their share of free tickets to a local theater, which were being <lis- tribut««! hy a traveling representative of a patent medicine company, starn- jxsled in a narrow stairway in the Ma sonic Temple tonight, crushing the life out of four Ixiys and seriously injuiing several others. Long before the time approached for the distribution of the tickets, the stairs of the Masonic Temple, at the southwest corner of Washington str««-t and Capitol avenue, were crowded with a pushing, yelling crowd of newsboys, each anxious to be first to receive bis pass. When tbe distribution began, the excitement became more intense, and the efforts of several policemen who had been detailed to prevent trouble were unavailing. It is a!leg««i that one of the boys, in the end««vor to hasten the exit of those who had received their passes, shouted “ F ire!” Irnme«liately those at the top fact«! about and almost with super human strength began to force their way to the bottom of the stairs. BhriekH and physical encounters fol lowed for a few seconds, when from some cause those near the top fell head long on the struggling mass at the bot tom. Immediately policemen from the central station, who responded to a riot call, oegan the work of rescue. Four of the boys were dead whin ex tricated from their position at the bot tom of the stairs. Others, believed to have been fatally crushed, were taken out as fast as they could be disen tangled from their fremied compan ions, who fought and clung to each other in desperation. C A N N O T L IM IT HOURS. W ILL USE HIS T O R P E D O FLEET. T o g o Will Not Risk His Big Vessels Against the Russians. London, April 19.— Baron Hayashi, the Ja[ieneee minister to Great Britain, express«xl the opinion to the Associated Pr«;«« today that Admiral Togo would not give battle to Admiral Roj«xitven- sky with his entire squadron, hut would continue the cautious tactics which has characterize«] his attacks on the Port Arthur squadron, not liecanse he feared defeat, hut owing to his de sire to inflict the greatest amount of damage on the Russians with the least possible loes to himself. W hile confident of his ability to ac complish the total d«;strnction of the Russian squadron in a big battle, there is danger of Togo loeing one or two of his big ships. Therefore, Baron Hay ashi believes, Togo will employ his torjxido boat* and torpedo boat destroy ers, which number more than 100 and are vastly superior to the Russian tor pedo boat flotilla, in harassing the Rus sian» while gradually picking off the Russian warships. He said the coasts of Japan, Corea and Formosa lend themselves to night work with torpedo boats, while the narrow channels w ill make the maneu vering of large war ships difficult and dangerous. BREAKS A L L RECORDS. Steamer Minnesota Crosses Pacific in Very Fast Time. Seattle, April 19. — The steamship Minnesota, of the Great Northern Steamship company’s S««ttle-Oriental fleet, and the largest freighter carrier afloat, reached port last night, on her return voyage from the Orierd, having broken all trans-Pacific records on her trip across. The Minnesota’s time from Yokohama was 13 days, 21 hours and five minutes. Among her passengers were a number of Russian officers and their wives be ing sent home on parole from Shang hai, whither they were taken at the time of the capture of Port Arthur. There were also a number of American army officers coming from Manila, either on leave or under orders to re port at Washington, D. C. Altogether the Minnesota brought 162 passengere, 47 of whom were first-class, and a little more than 7,000 tons of general freight, ol which hemp formed tbe bulk. Supreme Court Declares New York Bakers' Law Unconstitutional. M U S T HAVE T R IB A L TIES. Washington, April 18.— In an opin ion by Justice Peckham, the Supreme court of the United States held to be unconstitutional the New York state law making ten hours a day’ s work and 60 hours a week’s work in bakeries in that state. Justices Harlan, White, Day and Holmes dissented and Justice Harlan declared that no more import ant decision had been rendered in the last century. The opinion was handed down in the case of Lockner vs. the state of New York, and was based on the ground that the law interferes with the free exercise of the rights of contract be tween individuals. The court of Ap peals of the state upheld the law and affirmed the judgment of the trial court, holding Lockner guilty. The law involved in the case is sec tion 110 of the New York state labor law, prescribing the hours of labor in bakeries in the state. Lockner is a baker in the city of Utica and was found guilty of permitting an employe to work in his bakery more than 60 hours in a week, and fined $50. The judgment was affirmed by the New York Appellate courts. What Indian Children Can Have Share in Lands. Senator Thurston is Retained. Sioux City, Ia., April 18.— John M. Thurston, ex-United States senator from "ebraska, has lieen retained to press claims for indemnity on account of the massacre ol several Americans by Yaqui Indians in Sonora, Mex., January 19. The claims w ill aggre gate $450,000, $100,000 each for the four men killed, J. K. McKenzie and Dr. Robert McCoy, of Chicago; Walter Stubinger, of Kewanee, 111., and M. H. Call, of Sioux City, and $25,000 each for the terrible experience of the two survivors. Washington, A pril 19.— Indian Com missioner Leupp today promulgated the order defining what children of Indian parentage are entitled to share in lands and annuities of various Western tribes. Under his instructions all children whose parents are both In dians may share in these benefits, as may all children whose mothers mar ried white men, provided the mother is still a recognized member of the trilies and affiliates with its members. Whenever an Indian woman, after marriage to a white man, has with drawn and is no longer identified with her tribe, her children are not entitled to lands or annuities allowed that tribe. N E U T R A L IT Y IN PH ILIPPINE S. Admiral Train Is Having All Waters Well Patrolled. Manila, April 19.— Admiral Train, determined to maintain the neutrality of the Philippine waters, w ill immed iately dispatch additional vessels to patrol the Basilan straits, as a result of the reports that both Russian and Japanese vessels have been sighted there. Saturday the United States gunboat Quiros was sent to inspect six Russian colliers which are reported to be lying in the gulf of Lingayen. A gunboat is also scouting for Japanese vessels. A report has reached here that 16 Japanese cruisers have been sighted off Sampalok point. The cruisers are said to be scouting in force for stray scouts, ships and colliers of the Russian fleet. Hoodoo Boat May Be Accepted. Washington, April 18.— The report of the naval board which conducted the r«x-ent trial of the Goldsborough in Puget sound has lieen receiv««! at the Navy department. In substance it shows that although the speed is not altogether satisfactory, due probably to the natural deterioration of the ma chinery sin«-e its installation, alxiut five years ago, the vessel is structurally sound and otherwise in good «-ondition. The disp«isition of the naval authorities is to accept her. Judge Upholds the Law. Denver, April 19.— Judge N. Walter Dixon, in the District court today, up held the constitutionality of the law of 1897 relating to building and loan associations, under which President E. M. Johnson and other officers of the defunct Fidelity Savings association have lieen indicted on charges of mak ing false reports. The law was at tack««! by Johnson’ s attorneys on the ground that the legislative records con cerning its passage were incomplete, a leaf apparently having lieen torn from the journa' of the house. American Missionary Slain. Shanghai, April 18.— A native Chris tian who hns arrived here reports that a band of Chunchuses have mtmlered an American missionary named Ken nedy at Kuhongnsien, near Hangchau. He could give no particulars of tbe al leged crime. Fifty Hurt in Strike Riot. Wheeling, W . Va., April 19.— Fifty men were hurt in a fight between 60 nonunion men from Pittsburg and 150 strikers from the Whitaker m ill. Clubs, stones, knives and pistols were used, but the nonunion men finally scored in getting into the m ill.