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Is Indorsed y musicians because lU rendition of music 1s artlstlc-a fact svbrtantuted treatiw: enthusiasm en account of what' It actually accomplishes or. mr what K enaUcs IU ownerTaccomplUh-and the great, pleasure incident to Its use It sumdles that -which a lifetime of tud and practice will jlcld onlj In part- tech nical I Jll enaWlnir every one to play ever? composition of muil eer written for the Planal e Eudden nes ot expression are, controlled and regulated by the plajer in Se same wlT as if thfnotes werestruck with' the human flngers .There , ta an line Jot the guidance of tha novice or one -unfamiliar with the selection, but this -niaj DO disregarded, and the plaeis personally- cf expression substituted -nt win. M. B. WELLS, Northwest Asent for The Aeolian Company Aeolian Halt. SK- Was iinglon StreoL con Park CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO, "i Bishop McLarren Sajs the Citizens Are to Blame for It. CHICAGO. May 28. "It Is a shameful I thing that the citizens of. Chicago .have permitted so many corrupt men to set Into places of power. The former are more gui.ty than the latter, because a thief Is less a thief than he who can stop the thieving: and will not. It Is shameful because In most cases the motle is the same Breed." , Bishop W. E. McLarren made this state ment today at the 6tth annual convention of the episcopal Diocese of Chicago after he had replied to the criticisms Df some I people that he had devoted his time too j exclusively to ecclesiastical matters. Ig- norlng civic affairs. He said that if he J had been guided by a desire to shine as j a. citizen, he might have adopted n- j other pollcj, but as he had not been, he t had performed, toUho 'best of hls ability",- the duties of the bishop of the diocese. J ...-. a...aaaA.AAAAAAA GREATEST TONIC ' Pepsin Rates, etc, Address A. A. HAFLENGER, Foley Springrs, Or. The Perfection of Wail Plaster of disease as does the commtn value from a sanitary point of view. and Factory: Foot of Fourteenth Street BRST CONSUL CLEAR HAVANA KEY WEST CIGAR . LEADS THEM ALL Blumauer&Hocii, 108-1 10 Fourth St. SOLE DISTRIBUTERS. YUKO N THE GREAT SANITARY -REFRIGERATOR, Wool Filled HONEYMAN, DeHART & CO. 4th and Alder Streets C. TV. .KNOWLES, 3Isr. STREETS, PORTUM, OREGON MANAGEMENT. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day SETTLEMENT BY PERU. Agreement to Pay the Claim of an American Consular Ag;ent. WASHINGTON, May 2S. The State De partment has succeeded in settling satis factorily another claim of an American citizen against the Government of Peru. Minister Dudley, at Lima, has cabled the Department that the claimant In the case of J. H. Hayball vs. Peru Is willing to accept the sum of SOW silver soles ten dered by that government. The Depart ment has authorized the acceptance of the tender and the case is closed. Hay ball vas a United States Consular Agent in Peru In 1SS5. and his claim was based upon the -destruction of his horses and the pillaging of his property by armed and uniformed men of the party of Gen eral Caceres In July of that year. The first claim submitted by the State De partment soon afterwards was ignored and Itrhas required several trong rep reseataUons to effect this settlement. PORTLAND, GRAVE PROBLEM Decisions Bearing on the Philippines. DUTIES SEEM T0 BE ILLEGAL An Extra Sessidaot Congrens May Ha-ie to Be CallcAfto Pass a PhtllpiUneTTarll Law. CEDAR RAPIDS. la . May 28 During vaif inni-nnv nerns? Iowa. President Mc- i Kinley and the members of his Cabin it j spent much of taeir time reading and d.s cusslng the published'reports of the opin ions of the Supreme Court' In the insu lar eases Thev were much Interested in the -way the court divided in the two j cases. The decision in the Dellma case, If fol lowed in the Philippines, as it is also as sumed it will be. might result in the call ing of an extra session of Congress. In the Dellma case the court decided that the duties collected In Porto Rlcan goods before Congress enacted "the Foraker law was illegal and must be refunded. It Is presumed that the court, following the samo lines of reasoning, will decide that the duties collected on goods from the Philippines were also illegal, and that goods" from the Philippines are subject to free entry into the United States until Congress arts, as it has already done in the case of Poro Rico. Such a decision would mean not only the refunding of duties heretofore col lected, but would open the ports of the United States to merchandise and goods of every description from the Philippines until Congress meets in December. It is plain that importers might take advan tage of this to ship goods into the United States through the Philippines, and thus defraud the Government of its revenues. Whether the danger from this source Is great enough to warrant the calling of Congress in extra session Is one which will be decided only after full deliberation. It Is possible, however, that this dan ger may be already obviated in the en actment of the Spooner resolution, dele gating temporarily to the President the power to govern the Philippines This may be considered an act of Congress within the meaning of the Downes case, affirming the constitutionality of the Foraker law. But It Is a delicate ques tion, andjone which th,e President and his advisers- will consider in all Its bearings tfefore coming to a conclusion. The mernhera o the Cabine -decline to discuss the subject for'publicatlonf They 'unlted-ln a message of congratulation o ex-Attorney-Geperal Griggs, who pre pared and presented the Government's case to the Supreme Court. INTENTIONS OF "WAR DEPARTMENT Philippine Tari as Modified by Sec retary Root. WASHINGTON, May 28 Interest In the Supreme Court decision centered at the War Department today, and efforts were made to ascertain the Intention of the department regarding the Philippines, as they are under the department's con trol. Secretary Root would express no opinion, saying that he had not yet The full text of the decision before him, and that it would require careful considera tion before the entire import of the opin ions could be ascertained with a view of goern!ng future executive action. Several Senators and Representatives called on the Secretary today and dis cussed the situation with him. giving their views and Interpretations of the opinions rendered yesterday and the bear ing they would have in the future gov ernment Of the Philippines. Among these -was Senator Lodee. of Massachusetts. chairman of the Philippine Qpmmlttee o the. Senate. He expressed the opinion that the decisions of the court would make Philippine legislation absolutely necessary in the coming session of Con gress. He also was clearly of the opin ion that under the Spooner law the Presi dent had absolute power to provide for a revenue, both customs and internal, for the Philippine Islands in the general scheme of the Philippine government. Another suggestion made hy Senators previous to the time when it was sup posed that a decision in the Philippine cases would be rendered by the court similar to the Dellma case in Porto Rico was that an export duty on goods com ing from the Philippines to the United States could be levied In order to pre vent free trade from the Island to the United States. Any such necessity will be obviated, however, by the determina tion of the Treasury Department to con tinue to collect Dingley rates on Phil ippine products and goods t.omlng from the Islands. Figures were furnished at the War De partment showing the collections from the Philippines. From April II, 1899, to February 28, 1901, there were collected on goods Imported -from the United States into the Philippines Jl.012,925; during the same period there were collected on ex ports from the Philippines to the Uni'ed States $196,149: from April 11 1899, until April 12, 19C0, the date of the passage of the Foraker law, the collections on Im ports from the United States to Porto Rico were 5436.23L It is believed, that the War Department will promulgate a tariff for the Philip pines soon: The Philippine Commission, together with officers in charge of the customs of the Islands, prepared a pro visional draft for a new Philippine tariff, which was published In March. That draft has been undergoing a number of modifications at the War Department, and is still receiving consideration Sec retary Root has been holding Tjack this tariff, awaiting the decision of the Su preme Court In the insular cases, and It is now probable that It will not be pro mulgated until he has had time to ex amine the opinions of the court with care. The following statement Is made con cerning the proposed tariff and what Is being done at the War. Department! "The tariff, as prepared at Manila, was based entirely upon the specific system of duties which levies customs charges ac cording to weight or number of 4he im ported articles rather than according to value. This principle has the approval of Secretary Root, but It Is thought de sirable to apply an' ad valorem limit to certain cases where there Is a wide differ ence between the values ot articles classi fied under the same paragraph. The specific duties will be retained in most of these cases, but it will be provided that the Particles shall pay not less than a certain ad valorem rate. The ad valorem rate on the necessaries of life and ar ticles essential to the development of the OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1901. Islands will not run higher than 15 per cent, but upon articles less necessary it will rise to 20 per cent, and Jn the ease of luxuries to higher proportions. In such cases, the specific duty will first be assessed, the value of the article "will then be estimated and It will be deter mined whether the amount of the specific duty is as much as the ad valorem limit. If the amount of the specific duty fall3 below the ad valorem limit, a sufficient amount will be added to bring the net duties up to the limit. If the specific duty is higher than the ad valorem limit, it will be collected in full without refer ence to such a limit. It is believed that this method of assessing the duties will obviate the objection made by the Phil ippine commission to any ad valorem duties, upon the ground that they would afford temptation to undervaluation, and be difficult to fix in the absence of com petent experts in the custom-house at Manila. The effect of any practicable degree of undervaluation under the sys tem proposed would be trifling upon the ret duties paid and not worth the risk of seeking to defraud the revenue. Ab solute accuracy In valuation -will be Jess important, moreover, than under the American tariff and the proposed system in the nature of the case will tend to equalize differences arising under the sys tem of purely specific duties, even if the equalization is not perfect "The limit of 15 per cent will apply to a great variety of articles under the metal schedule, which it was found Im possible to distribute under specific duties. Tools and Implements, cutlery, needles, pens, miscellaneous manufactures of iron and steel and of zinc, copper and nickel will be required to pay duties of not less than 15 per cent In all these cases the specific duty will be collected, whether it amounts to 15 per cent or more, but where it falls below 15 per cent ad val orem, an estimate of the t-alue of the articles will be made and the amount of duty raised to 15 per cent ad valorem. Plate glass and mirrors will be required to pay not less than 20 per cent, -while the limit In the case of cut glass, watch glass and similar fine products will be fixed at not less than SO per cent. It is probable that the rate on precious stones will be fixed at 15 per cent In order to obviate-the temptation to smuggling. The rate on nickel will probabjy be higher than Jn the provisional tariff prepared at Manila." GEORGIA SENATORS DISPLEASED. Clay and .-Bacon Find Fault With the Decision. ATLANTA, Ga , May 28.-rUnited States Senator Clay had this to say regarding the Supreme Court decision in the Insular cases: "Under this decision, Congress can fix the religious status of the Inhabitants of such territory, deprive the people of the right to a trial by jury, and is without any limitation whatever as to the method to be adopted in legislating for the people occupying such territory . I had never thought that we could acquire and hold territory or a race of people either by conquest or treaty; that we could legislate in any other way than that pointed out by the Constitution of the United States. I had always thought that when we ac quire new territory, either by treaty or conquest, such territory became a part of the United States and subject to the fun damental, laws of the United States But this dBcHJton Tnoi'Js to$thecoVatr$ryyTlis Is our hlghehfc Judicial iriunalJandp becomes the duty of, all gpod citizens to accept the decision, because there Js noth ing else to be done." t "The friling is the essence pf Imperial ism," said Senator Bacon, "and destruct ive of the vital principles of Constitu tional republican government. It Is court made law, without warrant found in the Constitution. The court was organized to construe law, not to make it, least of all to make Constitutional law Such a monstrous doctrine revolutionizes our sys tem of government, and paves the way for the unbridled rule of the unrestrained majority. Too great honor and praise cannot be accorded to the dissenting four Justices, two Democrats and two Repub licans, who stood for our free institutions and constitutional government." LONDONERS CONFUSED. Comment of the British Press on the Supreme Coarfs Decisions. LONDON, May 28. The London news papers have paid scant attention to the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the insular cases. The few com ments made deal principally with "the confusing- nature o the Judgment." It s, however, agreed that the practical re Suit Is obvious that It leayes Congress free to deal with 6he annexed territories as it pleases. The St. James Gazette says: "It is one of those legal fictions which had so much to do with the development of our own institutions. It Is certainly a convenient judgment for President McKlnley's Gov ernment, and will probably clear away many difficulties bequeathed to Ameri can statesmen by the Spanish War." The Dally News, which comments upop the decisions as "perhaps the most mo mentous which this tribunal was ever called upon to make," regards them as a "curious Issue to 120 years of triumphant democracy," and says: "It is not progress, but retrogression; not the advancement of humanity, but that disheartening effect of our time. We venture to think- that the framers of the United States Constitution would have laughed at the possibility of such a de velopment as Incredible. The decision has extricated President McKlnley from an uncommonly awkward position, but it Is lamentable, headlong in the moral scale and turning of the back on all that has been the special glory and distinction of the United States in order to join the bar baric scramble for the waste plains of the earth." Senator Hannn Satisfied. CLEVELAND, May 28 Senator1 M. A, Hanna said today that the Suprenie Court decisions in the Insular cases would great ly help in solving the government of the islands. "Do you think the decision is entirely satisfactory from the standpoint of the Administration?" he was asked "I cannot speak for the Administration only for myself," replied Senator Hanna. "Speaking for myself, I think I am satis fied with the decision, at least so far as I have read it." Little Comment in Germany. BERLIN. May 28 Cabled abstracts of the decisions of the United States Supreme Court involving the relations between the States and their insular possessions were printed in the Berlin papers tonight al most without comment, the Fresslinnlge alone laconically remarking: "That the new acquisitions of the Unit ed States are not to get all the privileges Porto Rico has already found out." No Surprise at Havana. HAVANA. May 28 Havana merchants were not surprised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the in sular cases. Porto Rico Is not looked upon here as a dangerous rival; but there Is fear that the court may give a similar decision with regard to the Philippines. The merchants seem confident that the United States will make a reciprocity treaty with Cuba, . . BY MAJORITY OF ONE Cuban Convention Accepted Piatt Amendment. RADICALS' MADE HARD FIGHT Senor Gomes' Bitter Speech Nearly .Resulted in the Defeat of the Majority Re port. HAVANA, May 28. The Piatt amend ment was accepted by the Cuban Consti tutional Convention today by a vote of 15" to 14. The actual vote was on accept ing the majority report of the committee on relations which- embodied the amend- t SENATOR FAIRBANKS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, i ... J- '. ' 'CHARLES TV. CHICAGO, May 28 Sena tor "Ialrbanlcs'of Indiana, was formally announced today as a candidate for President before the Republican, National Convention of 1004 Harry 8 New, Republican1 National Committeeman .from Indiana, who ar rived In Chicago today, is authority for the statement that Indiana will stand behind Mr. Fairbanks in his race for'' the honor. - "Senator Fairbanks will be supported by a solid delegation from Indiana, eald Mr. New. "The whole state will be back, of him at the next National con vention. He Is the logical candidate of the party, and with his nomination In diana will be assured to the Republicans " -- ment, with explanations or certain clauses The Radicals made a hard fight at the last momeht and Senors Portuondo, Go mez and Tamayo bitterly arraigned the Conservatives. Senor" Tamayo was partic ularly vindictive and declared that every body who voted in favor of the Piatt amendment was a traitor to his country. The pnnvpnHnn eomnelled him to retract this statement. On several occasions per sonal encounters seemea imminent. Senor Gomez spoke for more than an hour, and his speech undoubtedly WOn over Senors Castro. Bobau -anil Mandulejr.. He appealed to the patriotism -of dele- Independence, denouncing as perjurers all who favored tne jfiaitamenaineui on me ground that they had sworn to draw up a constitution for an independent republic. Several Conservatives arose and asked Senor Gomez to retract, but he absolute ly refused. ' The following delegates voted against the majority report: Gomez, Gener, Por tuondo, Lacret, Manduley, Cisneros, Fer or, Fortun, Hobau, E. Tamayo, Silva, Cas tro, Zayas and Aleman. Senors v Rivera and Bravo were absent. The convention will continue its sessions, which will be devoted to discussions upon the election law. Mortgages Extended Four Years. HAVANA, May 28. By a decree to be issued tomorrow, mortgages will be ex tended four years, the debtors paying each years, respectively 10, 15, 35 and 40 per cent of the principal and accrued interest. It is understood that both sides are satis fled with this arrangement. COL. JAMES G. MINER DEAD. Was Assistant Secretary ot the Con federate Navy. CINCINNATI, O., May 23. Colonel James G. Miner, an Assistant Secretary of the Conferate Navy, during the Civil War, died in poverty today at Milford, O., aged 82 years. He was a graduate of Edinburgh University, a native of New England, but a resident of Texas and a friend of General Sam Houston. He served under Taylor In the Mexican TVar. Before the war he was one of the own ers of the" Tredegar Iron Works, of Rich mond, "Va. The Civil TVar swept away his fortune, and since then he has battled unsuccessfully to build up a new for tune. Hf invented; a high pressure en gine, but could pot bring it to a financial success. In a trunk in)this city he had $1,000,000 of Confederate bonds and -money. Three weeks ago his wife, who bravely shared his ill fortune with him, died, aged 80, and a Mrs. Spencer, of Milford, gave her burial and took the brokenheart ed old man to her home Manufacturers here, whose places Colonel Miner loved to visit, have procured a lot in'the ceme tery and will see to his burial. Hevrttt Greea. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 28. Hewitt Green, of this city, who last March was appointed secretary of the United States Legation to Guatemala, died here today. He had never been able to leave for his post. Captain James H. Payne. 1CA.NSAS CITY, Mo., May 23. Captain James -H. Payne, aged 68 years, died at his home here today of paralysis. Cap tain Payne cama to Kansas City when it was a frontier town, and made many trips over the Santa Fe trail and established one of the first livestock -commission firms here. t . TOWNE TO QUIT POLITICS. The ex-Senator Becomes Interested in. Texas Oil Lands. DULUTH. Minn., May 28. Ex-Senator Charles A. Towne is about to quit politics and remove to New York. Mr. Towne and associates have an option upon 300,000 acres of oil lands in Texas, and they are organizing to purchase and operate them. Teller Predicts Tillman's Victory. i DENVER, May "23. United Statea Sena tor Teller who is uvmtr mis summer on his farm at Grand Junction, Colo., U quoted by the Denver Post as having aald. in reply to the strictures placed upon him. by Senator McLaurln, of South Carolina, in a public speech, on Saturday last: "I never said that the negro was as good as the white man. I have said, however, and say now, that he is entitled to the same political rights. So far as the force bill Is concerned. I opposed It, along with Wolcott and other Western Senators." Senator Teller Is quoted as predicting FAIRBANKS. an easy victory for Senator Tillman, and the elimination of McLaurln from Na tional politics. Ble promised to issue a detailed statement in reply to Senator McLaurln eodn. Tillman's Manifesto. COLUMBIA, S. C, May 28 Senator Till man gave out a long statement today, ad dressed to the people of South Carolina, In explanation of his action in resigning. Senator Tillman reviews his political ca reer in South Carolina, goes dver recent political events In -which Senator SIcLan rin has .figured, and declares that Mc Laurln attacked him in Charlotte. Green vlllo and Gaffney. McLaurin, Tillman saya, was making a canvass of the state unopposed, and he stepped In. McLaurin, he declares, Is supplied with unlimited money . He does not think the campaign will be too hard for the benefits to be derived. No Summer Campaign for Him. COLUMBIA", S. C, May 2S. Senator Mc Laurln, In an Interview with a corres pondent of the State, declares emphatical ly that he will not enter a Summer cam paign. His health, he says, will not per mit It. He wants to be In a race with M5. Tillman alone, and is confident of success. E. W. WINTER SICK. Dangerous Illness of the ex-President of the Northern Pacific. ST. PAUL, May 28. E. W. Winter, for merly general manager of the Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, and more recently president of the North ern Pacific system, lies in a Chicago hos pital, dangerously 111. A telegram today telling of his condition, summoned a daughter living in St. Paul. Mr. Winter has been sick some time. During the early Winter his condition was eerlou, although he rallied somewhat, and within the past few week3 there has been a change for the worse. Mr. Winter 13 known to almost every railroad man in the "West, and was exceptionally popular In St. Paul. His services with the North ern Pacific resulted in many Improve ments to the system, and he was univer sally regarded as an efficient railroad manager. When the change of owner ship came -to the Northern Pacific, Mr. Winter retired of his own accord, because It was stated he was not personally friend ly to J. J. Hill, who acquired a controlling Interest In the property. Important to Miners., DENVER. May 28. A decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court at Washington yesterday sustaining the decision of the Supreme Court of Colora do in the case of the Calhoun Gold Min ing Company against the AJax Gold Min ing Company Is regarded In mining cir cles here as of special importance In that it forever settles the question of the own ership of all lodes and veins found within the boundaries of a legally established mining claim. The court holds that a lo cator of a mining claim holds all veins apexing within the boundary of his claim without respect to cross or parallel veins, so that between two conflicting lode loca tions the senior would take all the veins apexing within the conflict PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAY m SGOT FREE Chance for Condemned Mur- derers in Washington DUE TO LEGISLATIVE .BLUNDER Law Changing Place of Execution Not Applicable to Men Now Sen tencedGovernor May Call Lavrnialcerji Together. SEATTLE, May 23. There Is serious danger that every condemned murderer In the State of Washington will soon be released from custody. According- to Prosecuting Attorney Walter S. Fulton, of King County, the last Legislature. In passing a law providing that hereafter condemned?- murderers shall be executed in the penitentiary, instead of in the county jails, committed a serious blunder in not Including a clause providing for the punishment of those condemned at the time the law goes into effect. That the consequences will be most serious to the administration of justice is Mr. Ful ton's fear. Briefly stated, the construc tion placed upon the law by Mr. Fulton is as follows: Tile new law provides that, upon the sentencing of the prisoner, he shall be delivered forthwith to the warden of ho penitentiary and kept by him In "solitary confinement" until the day of his execu tion. It Is said that the "solitary con finement" clause constitutes an additionat punishment than that provided for at tha time of the commission of the crimes of the men now in jail. Therefore, It fa an ex post facto law, and cannot be made applicable to the prisoners now confined. Moreover, the new law, which is valid, insofar as it relates to criminals to be condemned in the future, contains a clause repealing by Implication the- old law, under which criminals have been hanged, and leaves apparently no avenue of escape, from the fact that criminals now condemned must be given their lib erty. Mr. Fulton discovered the annoying technicality today. Early this morning he received notice that the Supreme Court of the United States had denied certahi dilatory motions made in the Nordstrum case, and he believed that nothing stood in the way of fixing the date of execution in that case. In looking- up the new law, however, preparatory to making a mo tion that the date be fixed, he discovered the new law In the way. and without waiting for the point to be discovered by the attorneys for the defense, made pub lic his view of the v. Ha expresses tho hope that some way may be found to surmount the dlflicultq. Mr. Fulton will try to Induce Governor Rogers to 'call a special session of the Legislature" to remedy- the alleged radical defect in tne law. He says- that a law can be drafted which will cover the points desired by the framers of the one passed at the last serolon, and at the same time make provision for the legal execution of the criminals, who, under existing condi tions, must, perforce, be released. Under the law of this state, the execu tion cannot take place within 30 days ot the time of sentencing or re-sentenclng, and as a result there Is not sufficient tlmo to hang- Nordstrom or any other con demned criminal within the state before the new law goes Into effect on June 0. Governor Rogers Is In the city tonight, but neither Mr. Fulton, nor the Oregonlan correspondent were able to locate him. If Mr. Fulton's construction of the law be correct, it applies to JameS Green, the convicted Skamania County murderer, equally with Nordstrom and others. Lieutenant "Ward Assigned. WASHINGTON, May 28. Lieutenant H. H. Ward, who has for several yeara acted as assistant to 'Admiral Crownin shleld In the Navigation Bureau, has been ordered to Inspection duty in con nection with the torpedo-boats Lawrence and MacDonough, with the ultimate pur pose of taking command of the former vessel when she Is commissioned. Chief Hnien Relc:na. SEW YORK. May 23 WllUam. "Pi Ha- zen, chief agent of the United States Secret Service Bureau, with headquarter In this city, has tendered his resigna tion, to take effect June 15 next. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Insulpr Cases. Duties collected on goods from the Philippines may have to be refunded. Page 1. The Fourteen Rings case will not be decided until the October term. Page 2. Porto RIcans are dissatisfied with the Supreme Court decision. Pagre 2 Foreign. The Cuban convention accepted the Piatt amendment. Page 1. 7" China agrees to the amount of the Indemnity. but objects to the interest. Page 3. Another Jack the Ripper case has been dla- covered in London. Page 3. Domestic. The Presbyterian General Assembly adjourned. PageZ The Presidential train will reach Chicago this morning. Page 3. The Confederate Veterans' reunion opened at Memphis Page 5. Pacific Coast. Condemned murderers la Washington may go free. Page 1. Corner-stone of new Federal bunding at Salem will be laid May 31. Page 4. Annual seralon of Oregon Sta-te Grange opened at Albany. Page 4. Investigating committee appointed by deposl-i tors of Gilbert Bros. Bank at Salem, which closed doora recently. Page 4. Telephone clrls may not come under th mw 10-hour-day law for Washington female em ployes. Page 4. Commercial. Portland market quotations. Page 11. Domestic and foreign commercial news and quotations Page 11. New Tork stock market transactions. Page 11. Marine. Danish, ship chartered to load at Portland, Page 10 Another French vessel coming from Kurope in ballast. Page 10. Spring scalers have all returned to Victoria. Page 10. Five coffee steamers arrive at New TTorfc. Page 10. m t Portland and Vicinity. , Sellwood wants City View tract for a. perma nent East Side park. Page 8. Dodson brothers sentenced to three jears Im prisonment for counterfeiting. Page 8. Chamber of Commerce approves John Barrett for Minister to China. Page. 12. Revenue law presents imprinted documents from being canceled away from Washing ton. Page 12. Younff Women's Christian, Association now numbers 501 members Page 7. rS .- i,t