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fT5wpw5'TSSrW5sS?5S THE MOANING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900. WILL REFORM TOWING OBJBCTS OF ILL T PRBVBNT LOG T9W8 QX THB SKA. Meeiy'g BM to Ceslrn Allotments et Reservation. Lads te Fersean e Mixed Bleed. W'ASHINGrTOX. Fob. 7. The Mtt re eertiv reported to the senate, which is intended to prohibit raft tewing la the Pat 1'ic ocean, te but one phase of & gen era, step that has been taken by the treas ury department to eliminate several hin drances to navigation that are now per-xn-Ued in the waters of the United States. THs specific bill. It te true, permits raft towing within Puget sound and the island waters tributary to the Pacinc ocean, eu h as bays and rivers, provided this is done in conformity with regulations that aTc io be prescribed by the secretary of ill1 treasury. These regulations. It is said, vu provide for raft-towing in such a manner as not to seriously Interfere with commvree on ouch of the bays and rivers as may be navigable. The committee, in making their report, state that in its amended form they beJewe the bill will & convplish &U the purposes intended to be subserved, without preventing neces sary raft-towing between the places where timber te cut and the mills where IV sawing of lumber is done. At the Erne time, the passage of the bill will put a stop to the constantly increasing augers from the breaking up of rafts when towed In the open Pacinc The secretary of the treasury is not on y anxious, however, to remove this raft-lowing obstruction, but to break up a practice which hac gained a strong foothold in the Atlantic waters, although, as i,ct, it has not beoome pronounced in tbf West That is the long-tow nuisance. It is a fact that In many of the important b arbors along the Atlantic coast, and eepe clally In New York harbor, immense tows of barges are made up, stringing out for an a1 most indefinite length, and placed In tow of one tug. This huge line is then carted up the harbor, moving at a snail pace, and It has on numerous occasions been the fact that ocean liners and other vesse s have been compelled to run aground because the channel was ob structed by these long and unwieldy tows. As a matter of fact, such & practice is aTommab'e, and the secretary of the treas ury has the backing of not only the ship ping interests, but of the public general j5 in hi attempt to put an end to the Inng-towpractlce A tow made up of a ri'-ies of barges, fastened together with a hawper several hundred feet between oah barge and a longer stretch from the leading barge to the tug te absolutely be- "nd control, and must prove an obstruc tion to navigation, whether it is so in tended or not And being an obstruction to general commercial Interests, even though it may mean a small saving to some coal corporation, which does not nerl this extra, saving, it should be squelched. An effort is now being made to pass & Mil that will put an end to the long tow, and If It passes the Pacific coast shipping interests may congratulate them se'es that they will never have to under go the experience of bemg delayed and 1 ung up by the abominable long tow that lias proved such a bugbear in Atlantic W lers and harbors Half-Breed Allotment. Representative Moody has Introduced the ff lowing bills relative to the sale of cer tain lands on the Umatilla reservation and the lands of mixed -breeds: All entries of lands or allotments of lrlfi In severalty heretofore made by any m'xed-blood Indian, of whatever de gree, by virtue of any of the laws of 1 ic T nited States, are hereby ratified and r-oni-med, and said mteed-blood Indians hal1 hereafter enter all the rights of Tn4Sans of their reap a stive tribes. All m x.-d-mooa Indians who are one-half or iCi s than one-half of Indian blood, who na ( he retofore taken allotments of land in Ei (Talty, shall at once receive patents in ee for said allotment, and all such mixed !od Indians who shall hereafter take al- tments of land In severalty under any of the laws of the United States shall, upon taking such allotment of land, re ceive from the United States a patent fv the same in fee. and said mixed-blood Indians, upon receiving said patents, shall have the tight to selt, convey or encumber Eatd land, and the same shall be subject to taxation In the same manner and to the eane extent as lands of citizens of tli. T'nited States are taxed. 'That any mixed-blood Indian of more than one-half Indian Mood may apply by r ' i ion to the district court of the United Ftdtos for the district in which the land Is situated for permission to sell and con v c or encumber h s allotment of land: re 1 if upon a hearing had for that pur r to, ald court shall determine that said in'ed-blood Indian has sufficient capacity ' - and is capable of managing his own ifT'. ir said court shalt. upon said peti " n and the evidence submitted in sup I 't thereof, render a "decree accordingly, , i 1 thereupon and thereafter said mixed Vood Indian shall have the right to sell "Til convey or encumber the whole or i r y part of said allotment conveying a ' . simple title thereto; and upon the en-i- of said decree, the whole of raid al !" meit of land shall be subject to taxa t rt m the same manner and to the same tx rt as lands of citlsens of the United S'a'cs are taxed, and upon the Issuance a patent for the allotment of land to i y mixed-blood Indian he shall there of r be discharged from and be no longer s.-l lect to the control of any Indian cp nt " Dmnlllla Land. That aU the tends of the Umatilla res en i Mon not Untuned within the new bsun ' n .; of the reservation, and not allotted t r quired for allotment to the Indians. r J wh ch could not be sold at the public ( Raid lands heretofore held at the o fir which they had been appraised, a upon the conditions provided In an act ' 1 -d 'An act providing for allotment f md In severalty to the Indians resid '' - upon the Umatttta reservation, in the f' i e- o' Oregon, and granting patents there ' - id for other purposes. shall be sold a i r vate sale by the register of the land o"W in the district within which they rr tuated. at not less than the appraised v ii - thereof, and In conformity with the r" viwons of said act. except that each - hperr of said lands shall be entitled tD n -hase one section or any subdivision "v " -f or untttnfeered lands, and 1 acres o- r v aubdlv lslon thereof of timbered "','1 pnd no more: and that residence or f i'l occupation by the rurchacer of the lands purchased shall not be required." HAXSUAIKSKTHR ALLEGED. Chance Ajvalnit n Seattle Doctor for Dentk of Ukmk "Woman. SEATTLE, Feb 11 Dr. J. G. Stewart one of the proprietor of a medical lnstl- tut. In this dt was arrested today on a h rge of manslaughter. The warrant for Ms arrest was sworn out by W. W. FoIin r prosecuting attorney of Jefferson c untv and the compalnt upon which It s bied accuses Dr Stewart of causing e death of Mary A. Huntlngford. a Port Tow i send gfei by means of a criminal ojer aon alleged to have been performed in this dtr January 2t. riWIX "WILL K ABANDONED. Merchants donintc to Go te Nome Charters foe Rallvrajs. TACOMA, Wash . Feb. U. Late Dawson a1leee nay little will be left of the Klon dike metropolis after the Xome ruah in Mv and June. Merchants are closing out he-ir places of bOElneea. and moat of thee art going to Home. Men are working on (reeks for 4S per day rather than take hirher wages, payable after the clean-up n the bedrock, because they want their mon in hand when the ice goes out Manr of ttaae win o down the Yukon ' rcows or canoe. letters received at Skagway state that Henry Bratnober, representing the Roths childs and the London Exploration Com pany, has secured a charter at Ottawa for building the railway from Pyramid harbor to the new copper district of Rainy Hol low. Canadian capitalists are trying to seeure, at Ottawa, a charter fcr an all Canadian railroad from Fort Simpson, near Wrangel, through the Cassiar-Atlin min ing districts to Bennett The distance is about 2W miles. The Canadian government Is expected to subsidize heavily the road with the object of benefiting Vancouver, Victoria, and Canadian commerce generally. WOXT ABANDON TACOMA. President 3Iellcn's"Vord as to North ern Pacific Terminals. TACOMA, Feb. 12. President Mellen and his party reached Tacoma at 12:10 o'clock this morning on its special train. Accompanying the party of Mr. Mellen were "W. G. Pearce, assistant general su perintendent and F. M. Fenwick. of Ta oorrm. Besides the usual number of clerks and stenographer, the party Included Vice-Presidents Kendrick and Hanaford, General Superintendent Klmberly and Chief Engineer McHenry. President Mel len says: "Our acquisition of terminal facilities in other places, notably Seattle and Ev erett will In no way operate to deprive Tacoma of that large share of our busi ness which must necessarily be done here on account of the large investment in terminal facilities already made, and the peculiar advantages Tacoma possesses for the economical handling of our export business. No consideration has been given to the removal of any portion of our basiness from Tacoma, and especially do I wish to deny all of the stories that have been current about the changed ter minus of the Northern Pacific Steamship Company from Tacoma to any other point Such a change is not contemplated. Miners Mny Come to Terms. SANDON. 3. C, Feb. 1L A joint com mittee representing the mine owners and the miners' union have been in session during the past two days In a third at tempt to adjust the differences over the eight-hour law and the wage schedule which has caused the strike In the Slocan during the past eight months. It is be lieved that the result will be an agree ment for the rate of $1 25 for eight hours' work, the union waiving the additional 25 cents formerly demanded, also waiving the demand for 30 days' notice before any change will' be made In wages or hours of work. John.'W. Taylor, Pioneer of 1852. GERVAIS, Or., Feb. 1L John W. Tay lor, an old and respected resident of French prairie, died last night at 6 P. M after a long Illness, from rheumatism and com plications. He was 65 years of age. He came to Oregon from Iowa, In 1S52, with his parents, John and Elizabeth Taylor, who settled on French prairie. In 1S65 Mr. Taylor married Amanda Cook, now de ceased. They had four children three boys and one girl of whom only one son, "Way land A. Taylor, remains. Mr. Taylor was the city marshal of Gervals for many years, and was always known as a leading spirit in affairs in the earlier days. Lumbermen Advance Prices. ' CHEHAUS, "Wash., Feb. 1L The South western Washington Lumber Manufactur ers' Association held Its first meeting since the organization of the association, at Che halis, last night A raise of 50 cents per 100 feet in the price of yard stock and com mon dimensions was made, to take effect March 1, and a new schedule was adopted on timbers 36 feet and longer, making the prices about the same as prices charged by the Puget sound mills. The gentlemen at tending the meeting were the guests of J. W. Venoss, the president of the associa tion, at an oyster supper. Transfer of Catholic Priests. GERVAIS, Or., Feb. It Rev. Arthur Lane, who has been in charge of the St Louis Catholic church for the past three yoars, has been given charge of an Astoria Catholic church, and Rev. Father Chabot of St Francis church, Portland, will, at an early date, take charge of the St Louis parish. Rev. Mr. Lane Is a son of the late Hon. Lafayette Lane, and a grandson of Gen eral Jcceph Lane. He Is one of the few native-born Oregonlans in the priesthood. Pension for n "Woman. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Through the earnest efforts of Representative Moody a pension of $12 a month has been allowed to Mrs. Jennie Beamer, formerly Miss Jennie Jamison, of Sumpter, Or., who served in the United States volunteer medical department Her pension will bo allowed from November 28, 1898. AVnslilng-ton Notes. Spokane Is to send a formal invitation to President McKInley to visit the town in October, when, it is said, he will come to the Pacific coast. North Yakima merchants are not wor ried because a mild winter has left heavy stocks of woolen goods on their hands; the price on woolens has advanced 25 per cent in the past three months. Thursday 100 horses were shipped from Walla Walla to Vancouver, says the Wal la Walla Union. The animals, together with a number of other horses, will be transported to the Philippines for cavalry service. No more horses will be pur chased for the government In Walla Wal te. at the present time. Blanche Dewey, a 15-year-old girl of Snohomish county, made complaint against her father, charging him with criminal assault upon her, and on the wit ness stand swore that the complaint was fa'e and that there was no ground for it Then she was arrested for perjury, and. It is said, will be sent to the reform school. The rubbernecks along Main street were entertained one day this week by H. B. Thrasher and his firstborn, who kept up a running fight that lasted about an hour, says the Wallula correspondent of the Pasco News-Recorder. First one wou'd retreat and then the other. During the entire play the air was black with a fu sillade of rocks, clubs, brass kettles, bro ken crockery, sldewa'k planks and an old ax. No one was seriously injured, but, after an exhaustive sweat the senior thrashed himself into a gallop, and never stopped until he fell on his knees before the poUce judge and called on his maj esty for the protection of the law, and, with a rat-tall file, filed a complaint against the hero of the scrap After milk ing the county cow the judge instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of "not guilty." After the burning of the Royce home, near Dixie. Thursday night, in which the owner had been killed by his grandson. Frank Royce, it was found that three or four rifles, a shotgun and four or five re volvers were found In the ruins so dis posed that It was evident they hod been concealed in the bedrooms of the house. Trouble was constantly on tap about the p'ace. and it is supposed that the occu pants of the bedrooms had provided them selves with weapons In expectation tlhat they might be needed In case of an out break of hostilities that had long been impending. Young Royee's particular an Upathy wa directed to the hired man. Woods, whom the grandfather refused to discharge .at Frank's instance. Frank Royce was found at his own home, near Waltsburg. and arrested. On account of ttte feeling aealnst him there, he was taken to the Wa"a Wilte. Jail for safety. President Will Hear Women. NSW YORK. Feb. 11. President McKIn ley has promised to give an audience to Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, national super Utteadent of legislation for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, tomorrow is talk over the anti-canteen law and its interpretation by Attorney-General Griggs. Mrs. Stevens, national president of the W. C. T. U., and Miss Gordon, vice-pres.dent wltt be present. ROW ENDED BY SHOWING PROBABLY FATAL WOUXD OF 3IEDFOBJD MATi. Result of the Renewal of a Sunday Saloon Quarrel Arrest Was Promptly Made. MBDFORD, Feb. It Ed Armstrong, a bricklayer residing here, was shot and probably fatally injured this evening Dy A. J. Hamlin, a rancher living near town. Four shots were fired, three taking effect two In the right groin, and one In the calf of the left leg. They had been quarreling In Collins' sa loon. Collins put Armstrong out, Hamlin following shortly after, when the quarrel was renewed. Armstrong bears a good reputation, and has a mother dependent on him. Hamlin nas a motner dependent on him. Hamlin t is a brother of Mrs. Carlyle. who was, ., .v. n, ,: ' ,. sent to the penitentiary for nine years from Jacksonville, for having been found guilty of Incendiarism. Hamlin was ar rested and placed in jail here. THAT SCALP BOUNTY FUND. The Counties That Pay and Those That Receive the Benefit. SALEM. Or., Feb. 10. In view of the re fusal of Multnomah county to levy a scalp bounty tax In accordance with the law enacted at the recent session of the legis lature, and the resulting dissatisfaction in other Valley counties, which have few sheep to protect from destructive animals, and which have made, the required levy, figures showing the sections of the state which will reap the benefit of the assess ment are Interesting. The total fund that would ie raised, had all the counties made the levy, would be $30,290; with Multno mah out of the question, It will be only $22,375. Most of this money will, of course, go to protect the sheep of the 10 great stock counties, which, as the assessment summaries show, have within their bor ders 982,476 sheep and goats, valued at $1,386,009. Little will go to the 10 heavily assessed counties, whose wealth does not consist altogether of sheep and goats. The total number they possess of these classes of animals Is only 167,915, valued at $278,453. The 10 stock counties mentioned are: Baker, Crook, Grant, Harney, Lake, Mal heur, Gliliam, Umatilla, "Wallowa and Wheeler. Their total taxable property is valued at $20,231,344. The 10 counties which have, comparatively speaking, but few sheep and goats, are: Clackamas, Doug las, Jackson, Lane, Linn, Marlon, Mult nomah, Polk, Washington and Yamhill. The value of their taxable property Is $76,073,388. A levy of one-fourth of a mill upon their property would net $19,017; with Multnomah out of it, $11,103. The stock counties will contribute $4075, and the re mainder must be raised In all other coun ties which have made the levy. The following table shows the number and value of sheep and goats, the value of taxable property In the several counties and the amount which each, in round fig ures, Is expected to contribute under the scalp bounty lawj County Baker '. Benton Clackamas f Clatsop Columbia Coos Crook Curry Douglas Gilliam Grant Harney Jackson Josephine , Klamath :."... .:...r. .'... Lake Lane Lincoln..,. Linn Malheur Marlon Morrow Multnomah Polk Sherman Tillamook Umatilla Union Wallowa Wasco , Washington Wheeler Yamhill Total BUILDING A NEW DIGESTOR. To Donlile the Snlpliide Pnlp Ontpnt at an Oregon City Mill. OREGON CITY, Feb. 11. The Crown Paper Company has begun the foundation for a new digestor, the machinery for tho plant now being In transit from the East. The machinery for the digestor, which weighs many tons, will be received in three Installments. The completion of the Improvement will double the output of sul phide pulp at the nulla. W. P. Hawley, a stockholder In the company, has been here for several days perfecting plans for the new improvements. He is now super Intending the construction of a large paper mill for the company at Truckee, Cal. His Conscience Pricked. A carpenter came up from Portland yes terday, and returned a saw and monkey wrench stolen over three years ago from the Portland General Electric Company here. The company had never missed tho articles, and probably would have never been aware of the loss, had not the con science of the man been troubled. The man stated that he was in the employ of the Pacific Bridge Company, who had the contract of building tbe electric station, when the tools were taken. His conscience made life a burden, and he concluded to return the stolen articles. Flume Gave Away. The large flume that carries water to tho brick flouring mill from the basin has given away in places on account of decayed woodwork In portions of the struc ture, and cannot be used until repairs shall be made. The flume was built 20 years ago, and runs under the brick pavement of the street The brick pavement of the street caved In on account of the breaking of the flume. HOPMEN ARE OF GOOD CHEER, MnUinpr Lenses and Preparing ng Usual for Season's Worlc. GERVAIS, Or., Feb. 1. Splendid weather prevails, and much wcrk is being accom plished In the hopu.ls in all sections, es pecially In cleaning off the dead vines No sales of hoos worth noting are re ported. Those made range from 5 to 5VJ cents, two lots being delivered in this sec tion the past week at these figures. Hop growers are "not going to retire from the production of this crop, but purpose giving It another trial the coming year. The rent lng of bopyards Is going on as freely as heretofore, and upon the same terms one third to cr.e-fouth to tho owner which really means 8 to 10 cents cost per pound to the producer. WOMAN WORE MAN'S CLOTHING. Truth Came Out After Her Arrest on Charge of Robbery. PALOUSE, Feb. 10. B. M. Deatherage, city marshal of Oakesdale, was In Pa louse last night on the way home from Moscow, where he has been on a peculiar nho;o after what he suDDOsed to be the young thief who is charged with stealing ! last long, however, and the faces of rain S1400 from a woman In Spokane, but who . ers, who were jubilant over the prospact of Droved to be a woman dressed In man a clothing. The woman visited Oakesdale on Thursday evening, and spent the night at a hotel. In appearance and dress she resembled a young man or youth, and her suspicious actions attracted attention. The woman was traveling on horseback, riding astride, and dressed in trousers, sweater and a coat She left Oakesdale early Friday morning and started south. Marshal Deatherage learned of the pecu liar actions of the supposed young man and started in pursuit He traced her to Palouse and thence toward Moscow. She j was overtaken four miles this side of the J latter town and placed under arrest on a ' charge of robbery. She convinced Death erage of her sex and was released. The woman, who was about 35 years old, made no explanation of her strange masquer ade, and when released rode on tavvard Moscow. HORSES MARKET LOOKING UP. ' Operations of Dnjcrs in Eastern Ore gonGood Prices Paid. Heppner Times. Messrs. Kennedy and Fargo, who are in Eastern Oregon and "Washington for the purpose of buying good work horses for service on immense wheat farms of North Dakota, found some animals to suit their fancy In this section last we.k. From V7. H. Humphreys, of Eight-Mhe, they purchased 24 head of good draught "J "" iv. ,-.,.f Tm horss - aYef-angl"S JJ1 f noundh. at JoO per head. They also pur- poundh, at $50 per head. They also pur chased 20 head from parties at Monu ment, paying at the rate of from $35 to $10 per head for the same. Messrs. Frazler and Ralston, the Port land parties who have been authorizcd by the government to purchase 1600 head of good saddle horses in Eastern Oregon and Washington, have also made Morrow county a call, and succeeded in getting about 40 head of as fine animals as can be found anywhere. From Arlington they shipped 150 head last week, which had been purchased in Gilliam county and Western Morrow. Owners-who have strug gled through the past few years with their bands, while all humanity seemed to be arrayed against the faithful horse, can now congratulate themselves upon the fu ture outlook for the horse market and be thankful that they had not sacrificed their animals while things looked so exceedlng-y blue for them. QUARANTINE AGAINST CENTRALIA. Smallpox Scare Is On Term of Coart Postponed in Consequence. CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 11. By order of the board of health of Chehalls, a quar antine has been established against Cen tralla, four miles north of Chehalls. For some time past there has been prevalent In Centralia an infectious complaint, which the doctors called chicken-pox. It is now admitted that there are at least three cases of smallpox in Centralia, and, as many people have been exposed, it is feared the disease will spread. The jury term of the superior court, which was to com mence tomorrow, has been adjourned sub ject to the call of the judge, on account of the scare. There has been but one case of smallpox in Chehalls, and at the present time there Is norie. THE COLVILLE RESERVATION. Move to Do Away "With the SIS Months' Notice of Opening:. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Indian Agent Anderson is confident that the law relative to the opening of the north half of the Colville reservation will be quickly amended, and that within 60 days at least 500,000 acres of first-class ag ricultural land will be open to entry and No. of sheep and goats. 61,766 17,024 9,654 6C8 1,373 10.178 176,924 20,862 25,338 74,375 93,424 51,195 4,796 216 6,090 90,864 21,835 5,832 29,252 86,982 25203 150,160 1,953 25,958 34,823 1.430 157,696 43,319 96,512 116,653 6,555 91.66S 19,261 Total Fund of value of scalp taxable bounty property. tax. $ 2,775.790 $ 694 2.625.272 656 4,367,960 1,092 2,566,lb5 641 1,450,515 362 2,659,171 665 1,715,789 429 562,413 140 4,057,690 1,014 1,005,364 255 991,353 248 2,333,780 583 3,371,766 843 1,149,305 287 1.477,973 369 1,465,617 36G 5,558,940 1,340 761,841 190 6,726.100 1,681 1.188.273 647 7,923,043 1,980 1,269,149 317 31.659.771 7,915 4,400,640 1.1C0 1,333,865 333 1.257,041 314 6,889,038 1,722 3,681,205 905 1.060,663 252 3,143,102 786 3,258,210 822 S45.677 211 4,920,268 1,230 $120,282,879 $30,290 Value. $ 67,799 35,405 12,335 608 1.C73 12,488 2C8.323 S0.787 39,260 93,011 140,446 76,805 6,697 300 9,130 181.12S 38,225 8,778 43,895 109,305 37,814 225,289 2,037 51,940 43.C65 1.603 197.101 49,205 112.5S9 146,760 9,720 137,500 37,540 $2,227,503 1,559,839 settlement. It is now only a matter of expediting the work. The present law provides for a period of six months be tween tho president's proclamation and the date of opening; but It appearing that this Interval of six months was provided for the work of allotting lands to In dians, and the allotmepts being now all but completed, the officials of the land department and the members of the Wash ington delgation agree that there is no fur ther occasion for delay. "With a view, therefore, to speedy opening, a bill will "be Introduced In congress and pushed to speedy enactment, remov ng this six months' interval. If Agent Anderson's es timate Is correct of the extent of the ag ricultural lands that will be open to entry, there will be claims for 3000 homeseekers. A market Is already waiting for the -products of these farming lands. Oregon Notes. George Gross, at Junction City, has a hog that weighs 525 pounds. Three men are on their way to the new town of Granite, each with a plant for a weekly newspaper. C. R. Hunt is about to build a. new barn on his Tillamook dairy ranch, for which 45,000 feet of lumber will be required. A "branch of the miners' union has been formed at Cornucopia. This is noteworthy in that it is the first branch to be es tablished in Oregon. Residents of the Arcadia settlement, In Malheur county, are signing a petition to the Oregon Short Line to establish a railway station there. The Heppner Times reports that H. E. Burchell, a Lexington farmer who has just returned from a visit In the East, has Induced 20 families of Kansas to come to Oregon. The gambling ordinance of the city of Pendleton was amended at the last meet ing of the city council so as to prohibit the operating of nickel-ln-the-slot ma chines. ' The democratic and populist county cen tral committees of Malheur county have designated March 17 for the holding of primaries, and March 30 for the convention of "both parties. s George and John Dunsan, of Wilbur, near Meacham station, are In jail at Pen dleton, charged with the larceny of two saddles from Ed LIsner's barn, and a horse belonging to George Adams, of Pen dleton. The burglars who entered Harriet & Lawrence's grocery, in Salem, Friday night, smashed an old empty cash Grawer in their efforts to find money, but en tirely overlooked the regular till, wh.ch contained $16. Telegraph, telephone and electric light companies have appealed to the authori ties of Pendleton to protect them from the tin-sign tackers, who persist in defacing their property by tacking the'r advertise ments on the poles In the streets. A slight fall of snow covered our streets for a. short time the first of the wek, says the Canyon City News. It did not plenty (of water next summer, became again elongated, and as they have no wcathpr bureau man here to growl at, put in their time klckmg at their hard luck. Women are not permitted to be photog raphers in China. IMPROVEMENT IN BERLIN MONEY IS EASIER AND BUSINESS GENERALLY BETTER. Still Complaint Is Made of Treatment by the Americans Our Italian Treaty Not Favored. BERLIN, Feb. 11. Money on the open market grows easier and the situation better than it was at the corresponding date last year. Nevertheless yesterday s bank statement shows unusual tension for this time of the year, the discounts being 147,C00,ua) marks above the figures of lS9a. Foreign exchanges continue abnormally high and. the bank has abandoned the intention of making a further reduction in the discount rate at present Tha bourse last week was extremely active. Outsiders are again buying briskly, and the transactions in Industrials were enor mous. Prices continued to advance, In many case3 exceeding the highest level of List year. Coalers were In great demand, support ed by Russia's abolkion of the duty on coal imported for railways, by the ex pected general strike in the Saxton coal district and by the growing domestic de mands. The Prussian government will abolish railway differentials on coal and coke for export A report that American coal had been offered at Mediterranean ports at $3 per ton, which Is considerably below European prices, attracted much attention, but did not affect speculation. Western producers axe refusing all export orders, although higher prices are of fered. Sugar prices are advancing upon in creased American purchases. A meeting of refiners and raw producers was held here yesterday to arrange as to price, but without success. The Italian treaty with the United States i Is attracting much Interest, but is Inter preted unfavorably upon the point of view of German Interests. The central bu reau for the preparation of commercial J treaties In Berlin says that the articles upon which the United States government Is making reductions, like toys, aniline dyes, ironwares and cement are specially German export articles, and that the United States is apparently endeavoring to bring Indirect pressure upon Germany In the pending negotiations. The Alsonache cement works are now seeking a suitable place in the United States to erect a branch. His majesty has countermanded the or der for the subscription court bajl, fixed for February 27. According to the Tageblatt, the armored cruiser Fuerst Bismarck will stop at HavTe, when on her way to Asiatic waters, in recognition of the Paris exposition. The courts decided to refuse Herr Stern berg's offer of bail to the amount of 1,000,000 marks, and the 18-fold millionaire, now charged with financial Irregularities, went to jail. Funeral of Russian Nihilist. PARIS, Feb. 11. The funeral of the Russian nihilist, Peter Lavorosia, today was the occasion of a big socialistic dem onstration. Delegates representing asso ciations In all parts of Europe attended and marched in a long tumultuous pro cession from his late residence, on Rue St. Jacques, to the cemetery of Mont Par nesse. The advance of the demonstra tion was marked by unceasing shouts, of "Vive le commune" and "Vive ranarchle,"' and the singing of La Carmagnole and other revolutionary songs. The procession was headed by Gene Vivianle, radical socialist, one of the deputies for the department of the Seine, and a half-dozen other socialist members of the chamber. When the cemetery was reached, a num ber of red flags -were produced and waved. The police tried to seize these, and sev eral free fights ensued. The uproar In creased until M. Vivianle Induced Uie police to return the flags, on condition that they should not be again unfurled. Then followed a score of addresses at the graveside by French deputies, Russian professors and others, several students being among the speakers. Ultimately the assembly dispersed without disorder. Trans-Persian Rallvrny to Be Built. LONDON, Feb. 12. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mall says: The construction of the trans-Persian railway has been absolutely decided upon. The line will be 1300 miles long, and will cost 150,000,000 rubles (Turkestan). The ViedmostI says the route will be from Dshulfa by way of Tabreez, Hama dan, Ispahan and Kerman, to Bander Abbas. Arrived From Abyssinia. MARSEILLES, Feb. 11. Count Leon teiff, governor of the Equatorial provinces of Abyssinia, has arrived here on board the French steamer Ernest Simons. His expedition into the regions of Lake Ru dolph and the river Omo Is now known to have had very satisfactory results, and It Is believed that an Important extension of French commerce in that section will ensue. Disorder nt Elections. FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Mar tinique, Feb. 11. Elections were held today In Fort de France and Fort Craindre, and this evening there are some disorders. Early this morning Incendiary fires were started on plantations In four sections of the commune of Le Francois, and another fire was started at Lorrain. JOHN BARRETT'S IDEAS. He Gives Them mittee o to the Senate Com. a Commerce. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. John Barrett. of Portland, late minister to Slam, who recently appeared before the senate com mittee on commerce, gave to that com mittee some valuable information upon the commercial conditions of China and Japan, especially as relates to the United States. Mr. Barrett appeared when the committee was considering the bill to cre ate a commission to make a report upon the conditions commercially and indus trially In those countries, a commission upon which he is endeavoring- to secure a place. His testimony was, in part, as follows: "In China the foreign trade amounts to $250,000,000 a year for a total population of 300,000,000 or 400,000.000. If you should apply the ratio of trade In Japan to pop ulation, viz., $6 per head, to the ratio of possible trade in China at a conservative estimate of KO.COO.OOO people (and every one familiar with China knows that her natural resources will some day make her the equal of Japan in the possibilities of trade), the amount of China's total com merce would reach $1,500,000,000, while im ports would be $750,000,000 a year, or half of the total; and two-thirds of these Im ports can be supplied by the United States If the United States will enter into active competition with other countries. If any body thinks that the Chinese have not great capacities for trade, the experience of the Yang-tse valley ought to convince them. A few decades ago the total trade of that valley was comprehended by $500, 003 a year, and a fleet consisting of one vessel! Today the trade of that valley is represented by nearly $100,000,000, and one can go from Shanghai to Hankow, a dis tance of 600 miles into the interior, on finer steamers than ply between New York and Albany. "Now consider the cofton mills of the South. Three-fourth of the cotton goods that are manufactured there are- finding a market in Northern China. When I first went to New Chwang, xmly about 15 per cent of the total business was Ameri can, and now our imports amount to nearly 60 per cent of the total, and mostly manufactured cotton. "Next as to the flour business. The ex- J ports of flour from the city of Portland, Or., alone have increased 1600- per cent within the last 19 years. Our consuls were reporting 20 years ago that the Chi nese would not eat American flour. Last year we sold them $6,XX,00 worth, and only a few of the Chinese have yet begun to use it. The great masses in the In terior are not familiar with American flour. I remember once Inducing a govern ment official to let me enter a walled city with a few loaves of bread. He would not accept money, he preferred the bread. "I could also speak of the other fields, Corea and Eastern Siberia, which are going to develop just as our Western countries have developed. I could tell of Slam, a country of 10,000.000 people, which has developed a foreign trade of $36.0O),6O a year, and which bids fair to go on up to $100,000,000 a year, and two-thirds of her imports can be supplied by the United States." Senator Depew Does that total amount apply to exports only? Mr. Barrett It includes both imports and exports. In Corea there is a popula tion of 12,000.060. There are only $12,600,000 of annual trade, and yet Corea has re sources which should enable her to have a trade of $5O,COO,C0O a year, of which the United States should have a considerable share. "There 13 one important point in regard to China which must appeal to every business man In this country. It is a country with a greater area than the United States, a population five times greater than the United States, and at present it has only 350 miles of railroad! The railroads already built are thronged with passengers and have more freight brought to them than they can carry. Now. when China Is grldlroned w'th railroads you can Im agine what is going to come. The trade will be enormous, and the United States ought to have a very material part of It "In discussing this question with men like Mr. Hill, .president of the Great Northern railroad, and with Mr. Hunting ton, president of the Southern Pacific railroad, they have all said that a point of importance to be considered is, first, I whether return cargoes from China to the united States can be secured, so that our ships, by having reairn cargoes, can give cheap enough freight rates to the East to keep up competition "with the steamers from Europe. If they do not have- return cargoes they must put up their freight on the outgoing cargoes, so that they can hardly enter into competition with the European steamers. I would suggest that words be added to the bill something llko this: " 'And alco whether imports from Asia can be developed without competition with our own products for return cargoes on our outgoing steamers." "I would make a suggestion for change of wording in the second paragraph of the bill, "to do the same work In the em pire of Japan, where the Held appears opcm, upon a thorough study and report of the economic and commercial condi tions.' I do net think that the commis sion should be limited to China and Japan. I hold that there should be a clause In the bill providing, If possible, for a study of the markets of Corea, Slam, Eastern Siberia and other Pacific Asiatic lands, so that the third clause should be made to read: " 'To promote the expansion of our com merce in China and Japan and other Pa cific Asiatic countries by such methods as may be properly employed and recom mended by such commission and are con sistent with the time at their disposal.' "If we develop our opportunities, thess countries of the East will buy from us cotton, manufactured and raw, bread stuffs, flour, a great variety of canned goods, butter, tinfber and manufactures of timber, wines, sp rlts and liquors, med icines and chemicals, tobacco, raw and In its manufactured forms; rolling stock, railroad cars, bridges, clocks, bicycles, electrical supplies, paper, and a large lot of "muck and truck," which constitutes such a large portion of the French and German trade today, and which we can get hold of If we only study all the phases of the trade. This commission should be nonpolltlcal and should be sent out with the sole purpose of studying the situation and presenting the facts in such form that our business men and manufacturers may know just exactly what they ought to send out there and the best way of sending It Senator Elklns What freight would our steamers be likely to bring back from China? Mr. Barrett I can make a hasty sum mary of the principal articles tea, silk, hemp, tobacco, matting, straw braid, and copra. There Is also the possfble develop ment of the coffee trade, and large quanti ties of camel's hair, and certain kinds of wools which we do not produce, valuable woods mahogany, ebony, etc.; also spioes, now going by way of Europe. Then there is really a considerable trade In curios and antiques, which are now going to Europe. "Thenthereare gutta-percha, copper, tin, antimony, platinum, and natural products of that kind. There are at least a dozen other important products of China and the far East which have not yet been devel oped, simply because there has been no demand for them. "The people of the Orient want the flour, the timber, and the manufactured food products from the Pacific coast They want the manufactured cotton of the South in China, and they want the raw cotton In Japan. 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Is there money eneogh out m that cima J to pay the difference? Mr. Barrett Yea; thoy win. ami tint te. The tatter la moteatoa by tho atoNtap ments In the Yang-tee -aMay. Sir Baiart Hart, head of the Chiaoso uiula. haa frequently told me that avary tai a Chinese port is opened thara la a mrg development of trade. Senator Elklns Where does their mannj come from? Mr. Barrett-It comes from tho aovol opment of their own trade. As tho porta are opened. Industry, agriculture, and gen eral business are developed, and tho Chi nese sell more of their products. They sell to India, Jove, and Japan, and they are getting a vast amount of money from all these sources. You must remember that there are SWJMkWQ people in China, and there Is a considerable wealthy class there. Every foreteaor doing business In China will toll you that he has lost loss money in China trading with tho ChlnoM than he has lost m trading with foreign ers. Senator Mason WMI we not need xnort ships? 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