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Rooms Single 73c to $1.50 per day Rooms Double $1.00 to 12.03 per day Rooms Family 51.50 to $100 per day J.LDAVIES. Pres. C T. BELCHER, Sec. and Trcas. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. American plan European plan ..$1.23. $1.50. 31.75 .. 50c. 75c. 51.00 New Stock, S or an nn- tr w em tailor - made In Uh Your choice claimed jcnriuents i , " " r.. r ? u friSmorth-herkld c5C tore, Prices inr fm- -f - mg oolcnn, W. JJk Jconurc. YjLt -J Resolution to 'Inform the President That All Business Had Been. Transacted Was Objected to by Mo reran. WASHINGTON, March -S.-'Flnal ad journment of the extra session of -the Senate would have been taken today had the new Senator from Oregon. Mitchell, been present to take the oath of office. He cannot reach "Washington until tomor row, however, and adjournment was post poned until that time. No business of im portance was transacted in open session. Despite the fact that practically noth ing but routine business is to be trans acted by the Senate at the present ses sion, the galleries were packed with Spectators at the opening of the proceed ings. After the transaction of some brief routine business. Lodge moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of ex ecutive business. On that motion Hoa requested the y- v and nays, saying that for a particul eason it was desirable the roll should bt called at least once dur ing tho session. The motion prevailed unanimously, 56 Senators voting in the affirmative. At 12:15 the Senate went into executive session. The "particular rea son" for the roll call, referred to by Hoar, was that the name of Allen should be Included thus officially In the roll of the Senators. Some question was raised as to right of Allen to draw his pay in the new. Congress under his appointment by the Governor of Nebraska. Although Allen did not vote upon the motion, being absent from the chamber, the calling of Ills name settled his status as a Sen ator. At 1:05 P. M. the Senate resumed legis lative business. Hoar offered a resolu tion providing for the appointment of a committee of two Senators to wait upon the President and Inform him that unless he might have some further business for the Senate to transact, the body was ready to adjourn without day. Immedi ate consideration of the resolution was recommended by Hoar, but Morgan said he must object. The Senator from Ore gon, Mitchell, he said, would be here to morrow, and it was due that Senator that the Senate remain in session in order that he might take the oath of office before final adjournment. The resolution went over until tomorrow, and the Senate at 1:10 P. M. adjourned. slon and. ao legislation Is pending. The Senators sala very little, generally taking the position that they were willing to be guided by the experiences of the leaders. Extradition Treaty Ceanaed. WASHINGTON, March. 8. The Senate in executive session today confirmed the extradition, treaty with Great Britain, which has been pending- for some time. The treaty adds to the list of crimes for which a man can be extradited from one country to the other the following: Ob taining money under false pretenses, the destruction or obstruction of railroads and the endangering of human life, and the procuring of abortions. The vote upon ratification was 40 to 16. An effort was made to secure -action upon the sup plemental treaty extending the time for the ratification of the French reciprocity agreement, but it was frustrated by a motion to return to legislative session, made by Aldrich. NO LAND-GRABBING Russia Must Not Try to An iex Manchuria. THE POWERS WILL PREVENT IT Resalt of Failare of Harbor BUI. NEW ORLEANS, March S. The fail ure of the river and harbor bill has made the river situation serious. Colonel Mc Derby. United States Englneer-in-Chief o' the Mississippi River district to the head of the passes, said today that he had no money to continue the usual levee work this year, and only $50,000 to expend in the event of high water. Ke said the! plans of the Mississippi River Commis sion will have to be revised from St. Louis down. The board of officers in charge of the Mississippi River work will meet in Memphis about April 1 for general consultation. Any pnttern In onr im mense stock of IT ssade ilo oitr iJea for tkls iOfitkJ..V.'..': T-. 248 WASHINGTON STREET,' NEAR THIRD AN ECONOMICAL PROPOSITION Have you ever considered the amount of valuable time and the money spent in teaching a pupil to play the piano? To play well, we mean? Figure it up and you will be staggered by the result. The Pianola makes this enormous expenditure un necessary. Just the first cost, and you have an instrument that will allow you to play better than you possibly could with years of practice in the old way. Think it over. Then come and see us. The Helstand Investigation. WASHINGTON, March 8. The Senate committee on military affairs decided upon the appointment of a sub-committee to investigate the charges against Lieutenant-Colonel H. O. S. Helstand, made In the Pettigrew resolution. The sub committee will go into the question very thoroughly, summoning witnesses who are interested and sending for deposi tions of others not in this country. It Is understood that Senator Hawiey will be chairman of the sub-committee to be named. Gravest Crisis Slace the Beginning: of the Ghlnese Troable America and England Stand Side toy Side. LONDON, March 9. A crisis has arisen in far Eastern affairs which, in the opin ion of the British Government, is graver almost than the troubles which originally turned the eyes of the world toward the pends the result of what is understood to be the almost synchronous action of Washington and London. The whole af fair Is truarded with the greatest secrecy. and it was not apparently without mo tive that the dispatch was allowed to proceed from London erroneously an nouncing that the negotiations going on between Mr. Choate and Lord Lansdowne related to the Nicaragua affair. A feeling pervades inner circles here that If Count Lamsdorfs explanation is accepted by the powers Russia would be accorded a free hand to take all she pleases, and the door would be opened to any other power ag gressive enough to step In and annex Chi nese provinces under the pretext of tem porary occupation. The text of the Russo-Chinese conven tion concerning Manchuria has been re ceived here. It confirms the accuracy of the forecast cabled to the London Times by its Pekin correspondent February 27 and cabled to the Associated Press Febru ary 23. "There is much activity in Japanese naval and political circles regarding Rus sia's action in Manchuria." says a dis patch to the Dally Mall from Kobe, dated March 8. "It Is reported that 600 Russian marines with 10 guns have landed at Ma sanpo, Corea." "Emperor Kwang Hsu opposes the Russo-Chinese agreement as to Manchu ria," says the Pekin correspondent of tho MDUSTRY TIED UP Spo.olierAmendmentKiilsthe -Philippine LumberTrade. MANILA MERCHANTS COMPLAIN . 0 NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT. Military, Naval and Civil KomtaB-! t,lB j,, rjf ,aj.ds M. B. WELLS, Northwest Agtnt for the Aeolian Company Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington Street cor. Tark NO THREATENING NOTE. FOR COUNTERVAILING DUTY Progress of the Negotiations for the Purchase of Danish Islands. WASHINGTON, March S. An emphatic denial Is given at the State Department to the statement published in London that the United States has addressed a note "almost threatening in tone" to the Dan ish Government, declaring that it will not permit a transfer of the Danish West Indies to any foreign powers. It is said the United States has never threatened Denmark or attempted In any way to bring pressure to bear upon her, and the negotiations always have been conducted in the most amicable spirit on both sides. Of course, the Danish Government is aware that the Monroe doctrine is cher ished by the Department of State, and the Danish Government is perfectly aware of the disposition of the State Depart ment to acquire the Danish West Indies. It knows also precisely the amount of money which the executive branch of the Government is willing to pay for the Islands, providing the assent of Congress can be obtained. The obstacles which still exist, therefore, are located entirely within Denmark, and when the Danish Cabinet can succeed in securing the ap proval of the Danish people to the aliena tion of this territory, and is willing to accept the price offered, a treaty will be speedily arranged for submission to Con gress at its next session. Sugar Importers "Will Pay the Tax and Appeal the Case. CHICAGO, March i-Mr. Madden, presi dent of the Illinois Association, wired from Washington today, where a committee of the association was given a hearing by Secretary of the Treasury Gage, protest ing against the countervailing duty on Russian sugar. "We feel that the state ments given to the press by the Secre tary tend to mislead the public The con tention of the Manufacturers' Association is that the European government pays no bounty to its sugar manufacturers. The conclusion reached after a careful study of the law Is that the law governing the manufacture of sugar in Russia provides for the payment of an international reve nue tax. In view of the failure of the Secretary of the Treasury to change his decision In the matter of this counter vailing duty, arrangements have been made to pay the bounty on a cargo of sugar just received at New York by Kahn & Co., from which an appeal will be Im mediately taken to the Board of Appraisers." The Searlcs Failure. NEW YORK, March S. Because of the many and diversified Interests in which John E. Searlcs was engaged, the work of examining Into his financial condition involves much time and labor. It was expected that a schedule showing assets and liabilities would be given out today, but Assignee Dwight stated that this was impossible. The general opinion now is that Mr. Searles' liabilities will be under $1,000,000. KNOXVILLE. Tenn., March 8. General Manager H. A. Lafollette, of the Lafol- lette Town Company, denies the report that John E. Searles, president of the com pany, will resign. He expects Mr. Searles, with other members of the company, to visit Lafollette next week. CHAIRMAN OFTHE RIVERS AND HARBORS COMMITTEE The Cabinet Meeting. WASHINGTON, March S. At the Cabi net meeting today some time was devoted to a discussion of the Inhibitions con tained in amendments to the Army ap propriation act as tp .the, granting, of rtin-. HARRISON'S CONDITION. His Closest Friends Are Alarmed. Seriously tlbns Marie. ..-WASHINGTON, March 8. The . Fresl- uexiiruouuy sent me luuowing nominations to the Senate: "Infantry Lieutenant-Colonels to be Colo nels. Stephen F. Jocelyn, Twenty-fifth. Charles J. Kellar.. Twenty-second; W. F. Spurgln, Sixteenth; Charles A. Coolldge, Ninth; Charles A. Dempsey, First; Will iam E. Dougherty, Seventh. Majors, to be Lieutenants-Colonels Will lam V. Richards, Seventh: Theodore F. Forbes. Fifth; David B. Wilson, Twenty fifth; Walter T. Duggen, Tenth; Leon Matlle, Fourteenth; Butler D. Price, Fourth. Cavalry Lieutenant-Colonel William W. Wallace, to be Colonel: Major E. D. Dlm mick. Tenth, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain George L. Scott, Sixth, to be Ma jor. Quartermaster's Department ' Captain John T. French. Jr., to be Quartermaster with rank of Major. Consuls Frank C. Dennis, of Maine, at St. Johns, N. F.; Ernest A. Mann, of Flor ida ,at Breslau Germany; Martin J. Car ter, of Pennsylvania, at Yarmouth, N. S. To be secretary of the Legation to Guatemala and Honduras Robert H. Green, of Kentucky; to be second secre tary of the Legation at Constantinople. Turkey, Philip M. Brown, of Massachu setts. Navy To be members of a board of visi tors to the Naval Observatory St. Clair McKelwain, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Asaph Hall, Jr.. of Ann Arbor. Mich.; William C. Harper, of Chicago; Edward C. Pick ering, of Cambridge. Mass.; Charles A. Young, of Princeton. N. J.; Ormond Steen, of Charlottesville. Va. Marine Corps First Lieutenants to be Captains Philip S. Brown. John F. Mc Gill, Louis M. Gulick, David Porter and A. J. Matthews. Second Lieutenants to be First Lieutenants H. J. Hlrschinger, Henry D. F. Long, Harry R. Lay, Charles S Carpenter, Charles B. Taylor, A S. Williams, Fred M. Eslick, Louis McLIt tle. John Mulr and Frederick M. Wise. The Senate today confirmed all of the nominations sent in by the President to day, except the members of the Board of Visitors to the Navay Observatory and the promotions in the Marine Corps. Ex-Senator Carter, of Montana, has been appointed by the President a member of the United States Commission of the St. Louis exposition. He has accepted the offer. The position pays $a000 a year. etc.. in the Philippine Islands. Affairs In Cuba were also- talked over, the gen eral opinion, based upon official informa tion, being that the situation had im proved of late, and that the conditions imposed by Congress would bo acceded to. The personnel of the Spanish Claims and the St. Louis Exposition Commissions was discussed. MB-sEKsBBlfflF JS5SKSK9S!?sf I Collier on Fire. NORFOLK. Va., March 8. The coal in compartment No. 3 of the Government col lier Ajax has been on fire several weeks and is still burning. The coal was taken on at Port Said and Malta, on the recent voyage from Manila, and has been burn ing since the ship left Gibraltar. The orl. gin of the fire and the damage is not known. THEODORE E. BURTON. "WASHINGTON, March 3. Theodore E. Burton, of Cleveland. Is chairman of, the committee on rivers and harbors, a committee of more Importance iu Ore gon than any other In the House, appropriations, ways and means and all others not excepted. Burton is also a friend of the Columbia. River, and has always been at a 1093 to understand why the "Washington delegation should be opposed to the improvement of that stream, or at least withhold any support for appro priations for the improvement of the river. He has been unalterable in his oppo sition to the big appropriation at Yaqulna, and as long as he Is at the head of T the river and harbor committee it is not likely to be made. Burton has studied I the subject of rivers and harbors very thoroughly, and he knows nearly every- T thing about them throughout the United States. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 8. Ex President Harrison is a very sick man, and his closest friends are alarmed. His condition Is more serious than is general ly believed. However, Dr. Jameson said today that there was no immediate dan ger, and, in fact, he was not alarmed as to the outcome. General Harrison is trou bled with a complication of the grip and , neuralrfa. and there 5s some fear thnt LATOONA. Pa.. March 8.-Two big this will develop into pneumonia. The coal mining combinations were announced I disease itself is not necessarily of an here today. The Patton Coal Company, i alarmlng character, but when the age of the Clearfield & Indiana Coal Company General Harrison Is ten into consider James Kerr & Cc , E. P McCormlck & at, ft tn dlmInutlon of hIs recu-pr- SntComp'ankn? ?&&? &" J "V5 T ? 7i-i ". .i,-i- niiioric hncinc. anxiety. Mr. Harrison suffered much pain . t rov. rvnMr Pnni X- PnVp Hnm. ! yesterday. IU llIC "wv-" v.. - ... Said to "Have Been Brolccn Off. LONDON,' March 9. The Morning Post. and the. Dally Express publish dispatches from Copenhagen declaring that the ne gotiations -for the purchase of the Danish West Indies have been definitely broken off. Coal Mining Combinations. . .. . -m-.- s-,.. jl. pany. xne vinion uu- uuijjtmj- u posed of its interest to theLackawanna Coal & Coke Company for $lo.000, and the Black Lick Land & Improvement Com pany sells its holdings to the same com pany for $325,000. . The Tin Can Trust. PITTSBURG, March 8. An application will be made next week at Trenton, N. J., for a charter for the American Can Company, the combination of- the tin can manufacturing companies of the United States. It will have an authorized capi tal of $78,000,000, equally divided Into pre ferred and common stock. The concern will also have a working- capital of $7,000,000. Ttcv. Mark Trafton. BOSTON. March S. Rev. Mark Trafton, a prominent minister, and formerly a member of Congress from Massachusetts, died today, aged 90. The larger muscles of the chest are affected, and the patient was confined to his bed. An Unsolved Mystery. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 8. The mys tery surrounding C. B. Howland. or Harrl. son, the alleged English Earl who died in the Allegheny General Hospital of typhoid fever yesterday, has not been solved. The claim that he was "Earl of Wargrave" was based on letters found among his ef fects, in which he was addressed as Cecil Sherbrooke Beaumont Howland, Earl of Wargrave. Mlssonrl Pacific Extension. KANSAS CITY, Mq., March S.-George Gould and party returned to this city to night from their trip through Kansas. Mr. Gould said the MIsourl Pacific would begin construction at once of the road from Booneville to Jefferson City, fol lowing the Missouri River, the line to be completed this Summer JOBS FOR EX-SENATORS. McBrldc, Carter and Others Are St. Lonls Fair Commissioners. WASHINGTON. March S. Ex-Senator Carter, of Montana has been appointed by the President a' United States Com missioner of the St. Louis Exposition. He has accepted the offer. The position pays $5000 a year. In addition to ex-Senator Carter, the President has selected for members of. the commission ex-Senators Thurston, of Nebraska; Lindsay, of Kentucky, and George W. McBrlde, of Oregon. No Committee Reorganisation. WASHINGTON, March 8. The Repub lican Senators in conference decided not to reorganize the committees at this ses sion. The conference was without excit ing Incident, although many speeches were made. Two resolutions were considered. and both were voted down. The first was offered by Senator Mason, and provided for the Immediate reorganization of the committees. Senator Foraker presented the second, and it provided for appoint ment of & committee to consider the case of reorganization, to report at the begin ning of the" cession of Congress commenc ing next December. The majority against both propositions was large. The effect of these two negative votes is to defer all action on reorganization until the Decem ber session. The speeches against organ ization at this time were based on the plea that It meant indefinite prolongation of the present special cession. To this ar gument the reply was made that It was better to take the time for this necessary work now, when only one house is in see- SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Congress. Adjournment of the Senato was postponed until today so Mitchell could be sworn In. Page 1. McBrlde, Carter and other ex-Senators were appointed membtrs of the St. Louis Fair Commission. Page 1. Philippines. Manila merchants .say the Spooner amendment KvlU ruin the lumber trade. Page 1. An extra session of Congress may be asked for. Page 1. A squad of Insurgents was captured near Imus. Page 1. China. A crisis has arisen In Oriental affair. Page 1. America, England and Japan will prevent the Russian annexation of Manchuria. Page 1. The French will take part in no more expedi tions from Pekin. Tage 1. Forciffn. Kitchener granted Botha a week's armistice. Page 2. Broderlck explained the proposed British Army reforms in the House of Commons. Page 2. Radicals are in the majority in the Cuban com mittee to which was referred the Piatt amendment. Page 3. Domestic. - The authorities have a strong case against "Wolter, the alleged blackmailer of Senator Kearns. Page 2. The Delaware Legislature adjourned, having failed to elect two Senators. Page 3. The Utah Legislature pledges the aid of Its Congressional delegation to Portland's 1005 fair. Page 4. Northwest Legislatures. The "Washington House defeated a bill to re duce railroad freight rates. Page 5. The "Waahlnrton Senate confirmed the Gover nor's nomination of I. P. Colllson to be State Librarian. Page 5. The Idaho House haj killed the bill for an ex hibit at the Buffalo fair. Page 4. The Idaho Solons are now serving without pay. Page 4. Pacific Const. Edward Mlnchln, of Pacific College, Newberg, Or., won the gold medal In the state inter collegiate oratorical contest at Corvallla. Page 4. Andrew Carnegie ofTers to give Vancouver, B. C, $50,000 for a public library. Page 4. . The new Orecon fishery law gives room for conflict with former acts. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Weekly trade reviews and bank clearings. Page'10. Speculation In "Wall street Is inactive. Page 5. Ship County of Linlithgow narrowly escaped destruction. . Page 10. Klobe makea a. fast run from, the. Orient. Page 10. 'y Shipowners lose heavily by decline In freights. - Page 10. .- , Alaska cannery fleet loading at Portland. Page 10. r Portland and Vicinity. Port of Portland Commission deadlocked on organizing. Page 8. Judge Belllngeradvlsea Columbia Southern lit igants to settle out ot.court. Page 12. County will advertise for supplies under the new law. Page 12. Seattle basketball team defeat Portland Y. M. C. A. Page 8. Death of Mrs. May Cook Sharp at Plnehurst, N. C. Page 7. Orient.' In this crisis secret negotiations Dally Express, "and has instructed Li arc going on between the United States i Hung Chang to refer Russia to the other and Great Britain, with a view to thwart- powers." ing what both governments appear to con- "Liu Kun Yl, the Viceroy of Nankin, sider a determined attempt on the part has appealed to Great Britain, Japan and of Russia to plant herself permanently the United States," says the Shanghai In one of the richest tracts of the uni nese Empire. The conference had Wednesday between United States Ambassador Choate and Lord Lansdowne, the Foreign Secretary, had nothing to do with the Nicaragua Canal. To Quote from a British official, "the British-Nicaragua controversy Is a minor matter compared with the present situation." What Mr. Choate did was to receive from Lord Lansdowne an Impor tant message declaring that Great Britain was not satisfied with the Russian dec laration regarding Manchuria as delivered to Sir Charley Stewart Scott, British Am bassador at St. Petersburg, by Count Lamsdorf. and asking the United States if It was prepared to take joint action of such a decisive nature that Russia would have no alternative but to recede from her position. Almost simultaneously th Associated Press understands the United States Government Instructed the various Ambassadors to take similar steps. The answer of Secretary Hay has ap parently not yet been received In Lon don, although the fact that almost con current Instructions were issued from Washington is taken here to be a self guarantee that Russia's action In Man churia will not be tolerated by the United States. Japan Is relied upon to take a line in harmony with the United States and Great Britain. Germany, in spite of the Anglo-German compact. Is regarded as rather doubtful, owing to Emperor William's friendship for the Czar. ranee, of course, will side with her ally. The significance of the present phase can only be appreciated by those cogni zant of the lethargic attitude of the Brit ish Government hitherto regarding Rus sian action In China. Within the last few days all this has changed. What a week or two ago was pronounced only In line with Russia's usual policy is now termed "a grave and serious state of affairs." Lord Lansdowne is using every effort to bring the powers into line, in oraer iu present to Russia such a menacing; front that, without any ambiguity regarding temporary or other requisition, she may give up all designs upon Manchuria. What prompts the British Foreign Office to take such an alarmist view of circum stances usually looked upon as fatalistic sequences, is the apprehension that Rus sia, having held her own in spite of the protest of the powers to the Chinese Gov ernment, and having put herself on record In the reply to Sir Charles facott as aeter mlned on at least a temporary occupa tion of Manchuria, will refuse to back down. That she must do so. Lord Lans downe considers vital, both for the future of China and for the continued existence of the concert of the powers. Count Lams dorrs reply to Sir Charles Scott Is con sidered as quite unsatisfactory. "If such excuses are accepted by the powers," said a British official last evening to a representative of the Associated Press, "there would be nothing to prevent the immediate partition of China, for with al most exactly the same verbiage any Eu ropean power could justify the occupa tion .of other provinces." Unon the degree of support afforded I the movement by Germany and Japan de- corresnondent of the Express, "to. assist China to resist Russia's designs on Manchuria." THE AMERICAN ATTITUDE. No Threats Made by the State De partment. WASHINGTON, March S. Just to what extent our Government has expressed it self to the other powers regarding tho attitude of Russia In respect to the occu pation of Manchuria, and what, if any thlng. has been received from the Britlsli Foreign Office, would not be divulged by the officials here tonight. Our Govern ment deems It Inexpedient for the Chinese to make any Independent arrangement with any foreign power while the peace negotiations are in progress. The Identi cal note conveying the sentiments has been sent by the United States to each power Interested in the settlement of the troubles growing out of the Boxer troubles. The Chinese Imperial Govern ment also has been made acquainted with the arrangements. The statement is very positively made here tonight that the United Staets Is not In "secret negotia tion" with other powers regarding China. Our practice In dealing with the Chinese situation uniformly has been to make known the attitude of the United States to all the nations interested, and for this purpose identical notes have been sent to them when matters of great import ance were under consideration. At the same time. Intimation Is conveyed that the London dispatches on the subject are overdrawn. German Press Not Fooled. BERLIN, March 8. The German press believes that Russia's assurances regard ing Manchuria to Sir Charles Stewart Scott are Insincere and Intended to blind the world. The National Zeitung frankly asserts that this is their object. OPPOSED TO EXPEDITIONS. The French Unofficially Notify Von "Waldersee. PEKIN, March 8. The French have un officially notified Count von Waldersee that they will send no more expeditions Into the country unless circumstances ab solutely compel, and they will also with draw their outposts beyond Pao Ting Fu. Mr. Rockhlll. at the meeting of the Min isters of the powers, tomorrow, will pro pose that meetings be held hereafter daily In order to carry the business through. LI Hung Chang says that the return of the Temple of Heaven and Agriculture to the Chinese Is absolutely necessary before the dignity of the court will permit it to come back to Pekin. Only n Few Owners of Private Tim ber Lands, They Say, Will Profit by Restriction Development of Islands Retarded. MANILA, March 8. Disappointment among American business men here with the limitations of the Spooner amend ment to the Army bill is Increasing as its provisions become better known. It Is considered to be especially unfortunate in apparently prohibiting the issuing of licenses for the cutting of timber upon public lands. If this Interpretation proves correct, it will be a bonanza for the few owners of private timber lands In these islands, and the beginning of building activity in all towns will be consider ably retarded. An inquiry has been ca bled to Washington asking whether this prohibition on timber cutting is to be construed as Included in the amendment. The forestry department oj the Philip pines hitherto has Issued licenses for tho cutting of timber upon public lands for one year. The question of the sales and apportionments of land and mining rights, although importantly affecting the growth of business and the settle ment of Americans in the Philippines, can wait until the regular session of Congress, but lumber is in such great demand for building purposes that It would be considered most unfortunate should the control of its production be vested in those few men who now own timber land.. There Is some talk here of sending a petition to Washington for an extra session of Congress, but the fear is general, however, among a certain element that this action might not re sult in any material good. Regret is ex pressed here at the fact that Congress does not entrust the timber, mining and land questions to the discretion of the representatives of tho administration here. Timber cutters paid the Govern ment an average of 5 cents per cubic foot for timber cut on Government lands, of which there aro today about 2.000.COO acres available for such cutting. MANILA. March 8. Captain Duncan, of the Fourth Infantry, has captured a squad of Insurgents and 12 rifles near the town of Imus, in Cavlto Province, 12 miles south of Manila, General Lloyd Wheaton, commander of the Department of Northern Luzon, re ports tlit troops of his department to be In excellent health. Less than eight per cent of them are sick. The Manila Board of Health has an nounced that on an estimated population of 300,000 for the City of Manila, the an nual death rate Is 24 per 1000. Unconfirmed Information came from na tive sources, saying that Agulnaldo is In hiding In the Province of Isabela. Amer icans troops are scouting In that section. NOT DENIED A HEARING. Treatment of Agonclllo by the Paris Pence Commission. NEW YORK. March 8. Replying to a letter from L. K. Fuller of Boston, Sec retary of the Philippine 'information So ciety, which questioned the statement that a hearing was not refused to Agon cillo in Paris by the peace commission ers, Whitelaw Reid, of tho commission, sent the following letter to Mr. Fuller: "Your letter referring to my statement about Mr. Agoncillo's reported efforts to get a hearing before the peace commis sioners in Paris, and propounding certain questions, I take pleasure In answering: First Senator Davis on at least two occasions reported to the peace commis sioners the request Mr. Agonclllo had made orally to him for a hearing. Each time Senator Davis was authorized by the commission to request Mr. Agoncillo to present the application In writing, and to assure him that it would have early attention. Senator Davis reported to the committee each time that he had commit ted to Mr. Agonclllo its answer. Perhaps I ought to add that on more than one occasion I brought the subject up in the commission and inquired of Senator Davis whether any such written application had yet come from Mr. Agoncillo. I was told that none had come, and that. Instead, Mr. Agonclllo was reported to be fre quenting the headquarters of the Spanlsli commissioners and the Spanish embassy. "Second In my own case, Mr. Agon cillo's card was received and my card was duly left upon him within 24 hours. "Third As a matter of fact (any Fili pino was so heard), one was heard a considerable length, and more than once. But the hearing was. at his own request, kept secret. He was a man of standing in the community In Luzon. "You may ask the questions in order to furnish Information. It might be well, then, to let it be furnished generally, and I suggest giving it to the Associated Press. I am, therefore, taking the liberty of handing your letter and this reply to Melville E. Stone, the general manager. I shall be out of reach myself, being on a railway train for the next five days. but Mr. Stone will make no use of your letter If you telegraph him direct at the New York office. Very respectfully yours, "WHITELAW REID." The secretary of the Philippine Infor mation Society requested of the Associ ated Press a brief delay of publication of the above, and then sent a long letter from Slxto Lopez. This was telegraphed to Whitelaw Reid in California. He an swered thanking the agent of the Associ ated Press for the courtesy, but said that his own letter was exact, and that he saw no reason for making any additional statement. Iuc'tinp: the Boxers. LONDON, March 9. The Tien Tsin cor respondent of the Standard asserts that pamphlets are secretly circulated vilifying foreigners and inciting the Boxers to make renewed efforts. Good Progress In Recruiting. WASHINGTON. March 8. The Adjutant-General's office reports satisfactory progress in the recruitment of the ttvo new infantry regiments authorized by Congress. Both battalions of the Tenth Infantry, now under orders for service in the Philippines, have been filled to the maximum of 150 men to each company. An order was issued today assigning tho COO unattached recruits at the Presidio to the First Battalion of the Thirteenth Infantry. This assignment practically completes the organization of the First Battalion of the five new regiments of infantry. All these troops are destined to early service in the Philippines. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, March 8. Today's statement of the Treasury balances shows: 1.CV.I.ilU.UlG V.UOU uluvc JU.U.., Gold 56,753,751 V I