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CorrcsiKindonts In all the prlnclpnl cities o( tlio United States nnd I'.nroe. Mold dust bolight. Drnlls Issued on Alaska anil Yukon Territory. AI.I'ltKD COOI.IIHIi:, Pres. A. K. McUI.AINK, Vlco Pres. AAIUIN KIMIN, Vice Pres, CIIAH. K. HUlttllKIt, Cashier. I). C. WOODWARD, Asst. Cashier. THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Ool fax Wash. Ommliml, $120,000.00 TrnnnnctH n gonoral banking business. Special facilities for bundling KtiHtcrn Washington nud Idaho itcniH. The FIDELITY TRUST CO. BANK Capital and Surplus, $350,000.00 GENERAL BANKING SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS SAVINGS department: ' r Interwt at the Rate of 3 Per Cent Per Annum, Credited Scmi-Annuatly NO. C AINSWORTH, President JNO. S. BAKER. Vice President P. C. KAUFFMAN, Second Vice President A. G. PRICHARD, Cashier F. P. HASKELL, JR., Ass'stan, Cashier Tho freolzng of tlio Chcanpcnko bny hna cniiBcd nn oyster fnmlno in Boston. IMotH nt Baku, Russia, lmvo caused 1,000 deaths, and twico as many wcro wounded. Railroad strikes havo cut off Poland and all southwestern Russia from tho rest of the world. All talk ot peace is scouted by both Japan and Russia, and both nations are preparing for a declslvo battlo. Following an operation for appendi citis, Sidney Dillon Ripley, tho finan cier, Is critically ill at lila homo in Now York. Tho Btato assembly of Wisconsin has passed a bill prohibiting tho salo of giant firecrackers and other dangerous explosives. Twcuty-ono buildings in tho heart of Capo May Courthouse, tho county scat of Capo May county, N. J., were ile al royed by II to. It seems that the decision of tho North sea commlHslon will let both nations down eiiHlly, not being a de cided report either way. The work of rescuing tho dead from tho Virginia mine, in Alabama, is pro ceeding slowly. Foul gnH greatly hin ders tho work. Tlio fourth day after the explosion 1U bodies had been recovered. Man- DOINGS IN CONGRESS. Friday, February 17. Tho hottso today rejected all changes in tlio original statohood bill by send- (inn K coniorenco wiuiom taking any UD action on it. Tlio senato today passed a bill appro priating $9,040,000 for the DlBtrlctof Columbia, and tho diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill carrying 2, 150,000. Only ono hour was spent today on tho Swayno impeachment trial. Saturday, February IB. After an hour spent as a court of im peachment tho senate today took up the appointment of a conference committee on tho statehood bill. Tho matter was finally postponed until Monday, when tho special order of the day, tho eu logies upon tho character of tho Into Bentaor Quay, was entered upon. Tho house passed tho pension appro priation bill, carrying $138,285,200. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was sent to conference, a bill was passed to prohibit interstate transpor tation of insect pest,earrying with it a fine and imprisonment. Monday, February 20. Tho houso passed tho naval appro priation bill carrying,' a total of $90, 914,359. Tho provision for two battle ships as reported by the cnmmltteo on naval atTairs was retained. Whether tho senate ,. conferees on tho statehood bill shall represent the party that defeated joint statehood for Ari zona and Now Mexico or the party that fought for tho retention ot that provis ion was debated at length today, but no decision was reached. ' Tho Swayno trial wan taken up at 2 o'clock. Two witnesses wero exam ined. After tho provisions of tho Flor ida statutes relating to suits of eject ment or disqualification of judges had been read it was announced that tlio cane of tho houso managers was con cluded. Tho preliminary statement for Swayno was not finished when tho court adjourned for the .day. CASH FOR RIVERS Chairman Burton Sure Appropria tion Bill Will Pass, ITS FATE RESTS WITH SENATE Only Dango.r Is that Load of Amend ments May Sink It In tho Upper Houso. 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THE CONRAD NATIONAL BANK "WHIma" OmpMml mm BmmurHImm, $a$e,BOO.BO W.G. CONRAD President . (. KDWARDH Vice President II, W, D1CKKV Cashier A, N. TO II IE Asst Cashier ALSO KAUSPELL TOWNSITE COMPANY Lmtm Im NailBS)BN, tkm Omtmty Smmt ism Ft Flathomtl OBtmty. A Krent buttle is Impending in chureiti. Senator Mitchell will endeavor to havo hiri trial in April. A life Having station Ih to ho efltiib linhed at Nome, Alauka. Ilenrst will ho nn independent cundl dto for mayor of New York. The funeral of Grand Duko Bergiiifl will ho private for fear of terrorists. The government lias begun "u thor ough Investigation of tho beef trust. King Alfonso, of npnln, Ih to marry PrinceHH Victoria, ot l'niesin, daughter of Kaiser Wllhelm. Japan has a strong fleet in tho Indian ocean awaiting tho arrival of tho litis slau llultic squadron. Kannns will extend the investigation of tho Standard Oil to all tho trusts and other states offer aid. Two trainmen and two women wero seriously hurt in a wreck on tho North ern rucillu near Plains, Mont. Chinese Junkmen have confessed to having murdered a Gorman and a French attache and ono other Kuropcau while they wero attempting to escape from Port Arthur last August. Tho Semite has rntilled the treaty he tween pratically al imtions for tho ex emption of hoHpltal ships in time of war from tho payment of all duties and taxes imposed for the benefit of the same. Fire destroyed two piers nnd two steamers at lloston. Utah will spend $30,000 nt the Lewis and Clark fair. The Cody, Wyoming, bank robbors liavu been caught in Utah. Pennsylvania nil men will build u large refining plant in Kansas. 'All Panama cnnul commissioners took fees as Panama railroad directors. HiiBslan university students havo de manded reforms and suspended study. The president promises a thorough investigation of tlio Standard Oil com pany. Threatening letters sent to the czar have catii-ed martial law to he pro claimed at Tsarskoe-helo, Ilusslan cavalry made n raid around the Hunk and rear, of the Japaneio army and drove in ull small parties, The Indian appropriation bill, as re ported to the senate, will contain no provision or church shcools. Four men were killed and 1-1 others injured by an exploding boiler at the Provident Coal company, St. Glairs ville, Ohio, The Oregon land fraud trials are to bo postoned until June. Attorney Heney expects more indictments when the gramrjury recovenes in April. Nan Patterson is seriously ill with touxilitis. The powers have refuted to allow Greece to annex Crete, Tuosdav. February 21. Tho houso today pauecl, the Philip pine tariff hill, practically as it came from tho committee. Tho river and luvrbor appropriation .bill was then taken up but it was soon1 laid aside and several measures wero pVuwed, tho most Important of which wiurtho authoriza tion given tho secretary of war to return to tho several states the Union and Con federate hattlcllags. Tho sonato commltteo today reported that It would bo impossible to act on the railroad rate bill at ithis session without Ignoring tho nkUirwds. Con- Bhlcrntlbu of thtrlndlitu approprlatoln bill was bcutin. A short tlmo was given to tho defense of Judgo Swayno, and tho senato legan the consideration of tho bill for the government of the Isthmian canal zonr. Wednesday. February 22. Government ownership of railroads was discussed by the senato today in connection witli the purchase of tho Panama railroad, while tho bill for tho government of tho canal zono was under consideration. Consideration of tho bill was not completed when the senate adjourned. A number of witnesses wcro exam ined in behalf of Judge Swayno in the impeachment proceedings against him. After a brief hut spirited debate tho houso today sent hack to conference tho army appropriation hill. All sen ate amendments wero again disagreed to, excepting one appropriating fl)5, 000 for continuing tlio cabin from Vnhlcz to Seward, Alasku. Thursday, February 23. Without a dollar being added or sub tracted the river and harbor appropria tion bill passed tliu houso today, after tho session hud run well Into the even ing. Tlio total amount carried by tho bill is llT.L'Ill.Oo-. It was Impeded by the offering of amendments, hut only those presented by tho committee were adopted. The last testimony in the interest of Judgo Swayno in the impeachment against him was today presented to the senato. Tho bill providing u form of govern ment for the Panama canal zono was passed early In the day. Washington, Feb. 23. Chalrnuin lhirton, of tho rivers nnd harbors com mittee, expressed tho belief today that his hill, consideration of which was begun In tho houso yesterday, will pass both houses and become law before March 4. There has been n growing fear that this bill would bo sidetracked, not only becattso of tho demands of party leaders for economy, but becauso of tho un precedented late date in bringing It up for consideration. Only eight days re main to pass it through both houses and through conference, less tlmo than was ever beforo given any river and harbor hill, lhirton, however, says the shortage oi time is a strong factor in favor of tho passage of the hill. It will induce tho senato to mnko only slight amendments, for fear of losing what is proposed by tho house. Ho says that unless tho senato loads tho bill down with largo amend ments, it will pass without material objection, carrying practically tho ap propriations agreed to by tho house committee. TERMS OF PEACE. HOPE TO BANKRUPT JAPAN Russians Rely on Long Purso for Es capo from Dofont. St. Petersburg, Feb. 2!l. Although tho party which is advocating peace as tlio only egress from tho present situa tion continues to gain strength, noth ing has actually been decided, and no move has yet been made. It is olll chilly maintained that Russia's attitude is unchanged. At tho foreign olllcenot tho slightest encouragement is given to tho peace talk. On the contrary, it is aflirmed as strongly as ever that Japan must proposo terms, while at tho same tlmo it is admitted that it is incon ceivable that Japan can offor coudi tioiiR acccnUbl6to'RriMinVv ' Tho Idea of a comploto Itusslnn vic tory is not harbored, hut it in Insisted that Itusshi is not beaten, and will not bo beaten until General Kuropatkin is decisively worsted by General Oynmii and tho fate of Admiral Jtojestvensky's squadron is determined. Tho main consideration entering Into the calcu lations of tho uncompromising advo cates of a prosecution of tho war Is thut Japan's financial resources must be come exhausted long before Russia's. Thoy Havo Been Practically Agreed Upon by Japan and Russia. St. Petersburg, Feb. 22. Despite tho ofllcial denials, tho Publishers' Press correspondent is in a position to state that tho czar nnd his advisors havo of Into not only discussed tho question of pcaco with Japan, but havo also practically agreed upon certain tonus, which nro accoptablo to tho em peror, nnd, it is alleged, aro almost identical with those which havo been submitted by tho Japancso government to Russia through tho agency of tho German emperor. It Is still denied that such terms wero submitted, hut it is nevertheless true that they havo reached tho hands of tho czar. Tho terms accoptablo to both nations, and practically agreed to by tho czar, plnco Korea under Japancso suzerainty and cede Port Arthur and tho Liao Tung peninsula to Japan. Vladivostok, under tho stipulations, is to bo declared a neutral and open port in placo of Port Arthur, tho neu tralization of which Japan would not agree to. This feature, lit is stated, proved ono of tho most objectionable to Russia, as it was hoped that tho dis armament of Port Arthur and Its trans formation into a puroly commercial port, open to all nations, would end tho vexing Manchurlan question. The Eastern Chinese railway is to bo placed under n neutral international administration, nnd, in order to pro vide soino sort of safeguard for future peace in Manchuria, that country, as fur north as Harbin, is to bo restored a? an integral part of China. Tho main dlfllculty In tho way of bringing about Immediate pcaco seems to he the question of indemnity. It Is known that Japan will insist upon a considerable money payment, and Rus sia is not willing to submit to that con dition. Tlio dltllculty, however, Is by no means Insuperable, but if it should prove to bo a serious obstacle, the czar will perhaps bo willing to risk another battle lu the hope of gaining a victory which may mnko tho Japancso more nmenablo to tho Russian arguments. ' MANY MINERS DEAD Over One Hundred Entombed In Alabama Mine. EXPLOSION OF DUST THE CAUSE Details of Causa of Explosion Wilt Likely Never Bo Known Relief Hurried to Scene. LIFE IN ONLY ONE. HALF THE BODIES ARE FOUND A rejiort from Colon nays that city is now free from yellow fever. Three minor Russian oillcials havo been murdered or assaulted by terror ists. Russian terrorists have threatened the lives of nearly all of tho imperial family. Tho government has just contracted for 60,000 tons of coal to bo delivered at Cavite, Philippine islands. Tho United States Cotton Duck cor- poration in 1004 made a surplus of siuu.ubo, niter paying interest on I bonus. Warships Bombard Rebels, Constantinople, Feb. 24. Kxtremely alarming reports aro current hero con cerning the situation at llatoiim und Poti, It is alleged that some vessels of the Illut-k sea squadron (Russian) havo lomb.irdcd Poti. An Kuglish merchant who Jias just arrived hero says he was obliged to lice from lla toiim, where his life was menaced by strikers and his oflico destroyed, Tills merchant says the authorities of lla toum are powerless. Tho strikers uro all Georgians, und are estimated to number 40,000, Rumors of Great Events. St. Petersburg, Feb. 24, A second day bus passed without dispatches hav ing been given Out from General Kuro patkin, which Is interpreted to support tho rumors that great events are in progress in Manchuria. The wur ofllce, however, steadfastly maintains that there is no important news and that thetu have been no developments since the last dispatches mudo public, in which tho commander-in-chief re ported nil quiet. Only Three Were Roscued Alive, and They Soon Died. ilirmingham, Ala., Feb. 2.'l, At K o'clock this evening 7ft blackened and disfigured bodies had been recovered from the Virginia mine in which tho awful explosion occured on Monday afternoon, entombing more than lot) miners. Tho rescuers aro still heroically at work lu the stn;o,uud as they advance the bodies further in tho mine are found to he worse burned and mutilat ed than those nearer tho exterior, No hope is now hold out that any are alive. Three men wero found yesterday whoso hearts were still beating, hut they ex pliof Immediately. The Ilirmingham district has come promptly forward In relieving the des titute families of tho victims, and mass meetings have been held for that pur pose. I lundreds of dollars have been subscribed, and tho Ilirmingham Com mercial club lias raised more than f II. 000. Alabama District No. 20, United Mineworkers of America, today voted $5,000 to be distributed among the families. Blackened and Mangled Corpses Re moved from Alabama Mine,. Ilirmingham, Ala., Feb. 22. Tho scone at tho Virginia inlno this after noon, whore u terrific afterdamp explo sion' .yeaterdayr aftornooif "Imprlioued lid men 700 feet below tho surface. was the most gruesome and harrowing that has ever been witnessed In tills section of Alabama. Of tho minors who entered the mines yesterday after noon, so far only 50 bodies have been recovered. Tho recovery already of so many dead hod it a precludes the idea that any living men remain among tho unfortunates still in tho mine. Tlio corpses aro frightfully mangled and disfigured and Identification Ih almost impossible. Out of tlio f)0 bodies recovered tin to this tlmo, ono was found about 4 o'clock which was barely alive. Tho body was carefully taken from tho mine and heroic methods resorted to to bring tho man to consciousness. Ho Is still alive, but scant hope Ih held out for his recovery. FAVOR COAST SHIPYARDS. Birmingham, Ala., Fob. 21. By an explosion in tho Virginia mine, about 18 miles southwest of Birmingham, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, between 110 and 135 union miners aro entombed and It is believed the entire number suffered an awful death. Scores of vigorous rescuers aro at work digging into the mine to relievo their friends) and comrades in tho inside. Tho explosion is believed to have been caused by an accumulation ot dust, although tho mine has heretofore been noted for being ontlroly free from dust. It is also bol leveed that, aa the cntlroiquota has probably been killed, tho details of tho causo of tho disaster will never bo known. Tho camp Is almost Isolated from the rest of tho world, there is no telephone station nt Virginia, and tho only wire running to tho placo is a dispatcher's wlro of tho Ilirmingham Mineral rail way, on which Virginia Is located. Details of tho disaster wero slow to coino in. Tho class of minors employed was tho best in tho district, and all be longed to the United Mineworkers of America. Since the strike has been on in tho Birmingham district, many of tho most industrious and thrifty miners of Pratt City and other important min ing points havo removed to tho Vir glnla mines, so that tho mines were being worked to their full capacity by tho most skilled miners in the commu nity. Relief trains with surgeons and workmen wore dispatched from both ilirmingham and Bessemer as soon mm tho news of tho disaster yvas learned. They twgan the work of succor in earn est and at midtilghtiiad not dug half way through the maw of debris. It hs thought it will bo 10 o'clock tomor row beforo tho interior of tho atone la reached. Tho stopes aro well arranged and thoro has never been tho least trouble In tho mines beforo. They are owned by tho Alabama Steel A. Wlro comitanv. but aro leased and operated by Reid &. Co. EXTRA SESSION ON RA1 E LAW. Will Conference on L&nd Frauds, Washington, Feb. 24. District At torney Heney took lunch with tho president today by invitation, Secre tary Hitchcock and Attorney General Moody wero present. Tho object was to havo a conference on the Oregon land fraud matters. Tho president later sent for W. J. Burns, who had worked up the evidence in these cases, thanked him and warmly congratu- I lated him on his successful work. Russian Raiders Violate Neutrality Tientsin, Feb. 23. About 300 Rus slau raiders slightly damuged tho rail way between Hulchengnnd Tatchekiuo on Monduy night and again din regarded the neutrality of the territory west of of the I.luo river. Tlio presence of Chi nese soldiers was not reported. It is evident that the villagers kept the Rus sians well informed as to tlio disposi tion of tlio Jupauese troops. It was ex pected that the raiders wotul repent tho attempt to destroy the Japanese stores at Niuchiatun, but they retired without an eiigugemeut. Oil Refinery for Colorado. Denver, Feb. 23. Representative Clifton II. Wilder's bill appropriating 1125,000 for the establishment of a state oil rellnery was favorably reported to the hotiHo by tho finance committee today. Tho hill also contains pro visions to regulate the price of oil, In dependent oil producers who nro sup porting tlio measure havo offered to Ieao and operate tlio refinery when constructed, and to advance the money for its construction at low rates, Kansas After the Railroads, Topeka, Feb. 23.- The Kunsns sen ato tonight passed a hill for the regu lation of railroads, ft provides that u state railroad board shall make chunges in freight rates upon duo complaint being made. A section giving tho board power to chango rates of its own Initia tive' was included in tho hill us It passed the house. Humphrey Pleads for Differential on Naval Contracts. Washington, Feb. 21. An earnest effoit is being made by coougressmen from tho Pacific coast to have inserted in the naval appropriation hill n pro vision for a 4 per cent differential in favor of shipyards on the West coast In tho contract price for warships con structed in these yards, Representa tive Humphrey, of Washington, today strongly urged tho president to advo cate such a differential. If adopted, tho differential would Increase tho cost to tho governmut of u battleship con- structd on the Pacific, const about flftf), 000. This sum, Humphrey explained, would not bo in tho form of additional profit to the constructing company, us tliu shipment Iroin tho Kast of snry material entering into the would amount to $105,000, litres-vessels Railroads Are Tied Up. St. Petersburg, Feb. 22. Tho rail road strike situation Is reported to bo growing worse in the southwest, and private advices aro to show the exist ence of a reign of terror in Tiflls and the Caucasus generally, Many mur ders by Turtars und Armenians uro re ported. Communication has been al most cut off, even tho telegraphers striking, tho few who nro still at their keys being kept there with pistols ut their heads, Tho situation in Poland along the Austrian border is ulso caus ing great uneasiness, Baltic Fleet at Nossi Be, Port Louis, Mauritius, Feb. 22. Russia's llultic fleet is still making Nossi llo (Great Island), off tho north west coast of Mndagafcur,itH rendezvous. Tho whole fleet and colliers number 70 vessels of all kinds. Only a few col liers remain at Diego Snare, Mada gascar. Tho Russian officers and sail ors uro enjoying themselves greatly. Tho fleet bus been supplied with 50,000 cases of potutoes nnd 10,000 bugs of flour by local merchants, Investigate Texas Oil Also. Houston, Tex,, Feb. 22. A petition is being circulated here usking Con gressman Plckney to request President Roosevelt to Incjude tho Texas oil fields in tho investigation of tho Standard Oil operations in Kansas. Be Called In October. Earlier' Action Being Impossible. Washington, Fob. 21. President Roosevelt, who for weeks has been hopeful that some definite action might bo taken at tho present session of con gress on the railroad rate question, practlally tins roliunulshcd tho idea of securing legislation 011 the subject this winter. It is reasonably certain that ho will not call an extraordinary ses sion of congress to meet in tho spring, hut unless he changes his mind, ho will en 1 1 congress together, probably next October, Representatives Ksch and Townsend, joint authors of the rate bill which paused the house, had a talk with the president today, They outlined tho rate situation and conditions as they found it. Thoy agreed with- hlir. that tho prospect for tho enactment of rate legislation at this session was remote. They indicated that if no action wan taken at this session, tho subject would be considered (thoroughly during the coming summer with the idea of pre senting u measure ut tho next session which, very likely, would contain some additional features, Will Confer on Irrigation. Washington, Feb. 21. A conference of reclamation engineers bus boon culled to meet at Klamath Falls, Arpil 1, to consider plans and estimates for tho Klumatli Irrigation project. At that meeting it is hoped final plans may Im made for buying out owners of tho small canals, including tho rights ot tho Klamath Canal company. Tho government is willing to pay this com pany 1150.000 to get out of tho wav. Tho company demands more, hut it in believed wlll eventually accept this figure, Will Issue Philippine Bonds. Washington, Feb. 21. After consul tntlon by cable with Governor Genoral Wright, ut Manila, Secretary Tuft ban decided to avail himself immediately of tho provision of tlio Cooper bill au thorizing tlio issue of bonds to defray tho cost of public works in tho Philip pines, It is tho purpose to issue 2t 600,000 of these bonds bearing fonr per cent Interest ami they nro to run for 30 years with the option of redemp tion at tliu end of ten years. Can't Compel Judge to Act. Washington, Feb, 21, Tho case of tho Caledonian Coal company vs, Ben jamin F. Baker, judgo of the Supremo court of New Mexico, to compel him to take cognizance of uu action against tho Atchison, Topeka ifc Santa Fo rail road was decided by the Supremo court of the United States today against the company. irfigrl 'J .-'! '' Wvu-rrtV. -"CT v . t - - -.