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JQL. XLIIL NO. 13,492. PORTLAND, OREGON, -TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. EET SHUT OUT Russian Ships Cannot Return to Vladivostok. Ntt HAVEN APPEARS IN SIGHT Must Run Gauntlet at Port Ar thur to'MakeThat Port POSITION IS VERY CRITICAL -Humor of a Second Bombardment of "Vladivostok, in Which the Mi kado Lost One or Two Cruisers. LONDON, March 8. The Japanese Le gation here has received no official in formation regarding the bombardment of Vladivostok. It is believed at the Lega tion, however, that the Japanese are now between the Russian cruiser squadron and Vladiybutok, and there is reason to be lieve that the Russian squadron is in the Vicinity of Posslet Bay. Russian official dispatches do not men tion this squadron, and this fact leads color to the belief that the Japanese war ships have shut it out of Vladivostok.' It lsfpointed out at the Legation that if this isfrue, the Russian vessels are in a criti cal? position, since they must run the gauntlet of the Japanese squadron off Vladivostok or the Japanese squadron off Port Arthur, before reaching a Russian port. " ''Sjays Japanese Lost Two Cruisers. In a -dispatch from St. Petersburg a cor respondent of the Standard gives a rumor that the Czar has received a telegram to the effect that the Japanese fleet bom barded Vladivostok all day Monday. Ac cording to this rumor; only trivial dam ago was inflicted to the Russians, but one or two Japanese cruisers were sunk. There is much curiosity here concern ing the resisting power of Vladivostok, which has been long regarded as the Gib raltar of the Far East. Vladivostok is known to. be better equipped as r naval hope, and to have creator docking and yvpalrmifrcsurcaathan Port Arthur, but jjloubts are expressed as to the character of Its defenses. Russia, has been settled there for 40 years, and it is "consequently considered probable that the defenses and guns at this place are of a somewhat ob Bolete character. It is understood that during the past lew years all the available new guns and war material which it was possible to send over the single-line Trans-Siberian Railroad have been used for the strength ening of Port Arthur and points in Man churia, leaving Vladivostok with old-type guns of short range. It is reported that Vladivostok is Ill-supplied with provi sions and necessaries. Dispatches from Tokio published this morning speak .of the sacrifices being made by the Japanese nation. According to the Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Tokio, the Mikado is abandoning all lux uries, the court following his" example, and all are going to live abstemiously until the war is ended. ' The' Kobe correspondent of the Dally .Exnress says the Crown Prince of Japan and Prince Arisugawa are going to the eeat of war. . .Other dispatches say that public and pri- We Are Headquarters for AH Kinds of MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE "CRACK-PROOF," "SNAG-PROOF" RUBBER BOOTS Beware of Imitations. GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY It- H. Pease. President. it FOR THE BEST RESULTS Eastman's IN. C. Films They are NON-CURLING and in all respects superior to all others. Our stock is always fresh. BLUMAUER FRANK DRUG CO. 142-148 Fourth St. SHAW'S PURE KM.U BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 110 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon and Washington. SMITH&WATSON IRON WORKS If you are buy in p. SAW MILL AND POWER TRANS- MISSION MACHINERY OR LOOQ1NQ ENGINES ' CaU'oa us. Perhaps we can Interest you. Estimate furnished on all iron work 3 Office and Works: Front and Hall Street ? PORTLAND. OREGON vate concerns are all curtailing their ex penses In order to aid the government in the prosecution of the war. According to the Chefoo correspondent of the Morning Post, it is expected that the Japanese will reach the left bank of the Lower Yalu about March 10. A large force of Russians is strongly intrenched on the hills In the Antung district adja cent and parallel to the river. Their posi tion is similar to that which the Boers held on the Tugela River. WAR COST NOT A DEAD LOSS. Russia Figures That Most o the Money Will Go to Her People. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. PARIS, March 8. A St. Petersburg dis patch gives -an Interview with M. Kokov zev, to whom has been Intrusted the rais ing of the funds required for the conduct of the war. "Even on the most unfavorable hypothe sis," he says, "the vital forces of the em pire cannot be affected. The expenditure must not be looked upon from a European viewpoint, or compared, for example, with the South African struggle. "Would Rus sia have to spend, for example, 3S0.000.O00 francs for the purchase of horses outside of her domains? Hardly. At the maxi mum she will expend but 10,000.000 francs, and this will be exclusively expended in Russia. 'The cost of the transport of the troops, and supplies, also, will be paid over to. the state r-allway. "In a general way, It can be stated that the money expended from the National Treasury will not be the dead loss that the cost of the Transvaal War was to Great Britain. Most of it will ultimately benefit the Russian merchants and manu facturers. It would be a gross exaggera tion to suppose that the war will entail a gross expenditure on Russia of one-quarter of the total of the cost of the war in South Africa to the British government." In conclusion, M. Kokovzev said Rus sia's most fervent hope tis that all nations will observe a strict attitude of neutrality. JAPANESE ARE TO BE EXILED. No Ships to Carry Refugees.and They Will Be Sent to Siberia. ST. PETERSBURG, March S.-M2onflrma-tion has been received of the posting of a proclamation at Blagovestschensk, the capital of Amur Province, Siberia, stating .that the Japanese now at Vladivostok and Port Arthur, who, previous to the declara tion of war, were promised by Viceroy Aleief absolute protection and Immunity from Injury, should they continue at their regular occupations, are now to be seg regated at a remote point in Siberia under military guard, and be kept close pris oners. The Governor of Amur Province has re ceived a telegram stating that In conse quence of tfre impossibility of sending the Japanese residents of Vladivostok and Port Arthur to Japanese ports, owing to the Jack of transportation, the .Viceroy has Jssued an order that they be removed to districts under 'martial law In the in terior of Siberia, probably near Irkutsk. They are not to be permitted to traverse the railway line, but are to be conveyed overland. STUDENTS OBJECT TO THE WAR Russians Adopt Strong Resolution Condemning Policy of the 'Czar. Special cable to the london times AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. ST. PETERSBURG. March 8. The feel ing against the war on the part of the stu dent bodies and other organizations has grown to such an extent that stern re pressive measures to prevent street dem onstrations have been adopted in all of the large cities of the empire. As. a sample of the feeling, the following is a' transla tion of a resolution adopted by the Insti tute of Mining Engineering of St Peters burg by a vote of 315 to 40: "In view of the fact that the war with Japan has its oilgln in a policy conceived solely In the interests of a small, privi leged minority, which is a detriment to (Concluded on Pajre Sis.) PORTLAND. OREGON. WITH THE KODAK USE America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT ITS SECRET T Woman Tells of Work ings of Mormon Church. MARRIED SINGE MANIFESTO Positive That Brigham Young Performed the Ceremony. TESTIMONY VERY IMPORTANT President Smith Is Excused by the Senate Committee-He Gives the Number of His Children as Forty-Two. WASHINGTON, March 7. After having Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mor mon Church, on the stand for nearly five hours today before the Senate commit tee on privileges and elections, which is Investigating- the right of Reed Smoot to sit as a Senator, both the prosecution and defense announced they -were through with him, and another witness was called. This was Mrs. Clara Mabel Kennedy, who told some secrets of the Mormon Church, which, if not broken down, will prove as important as the statements of President Smith, that he and other officials have been cohabltating persistently with plural wives In violation of the law. . Mra Kennedy testified she was married by Brigham Young, an apostle of the church, to James Francis Johnson, a polygamist, since the manifesto of 1KX, and that she has had two children by her husband. The marriage was performed in Mexico, according to the witness, at the borne of a high official of the church. When the investigation opened Sen ator Dubois put into the record the census figur.es for Utah taken in 1SS0, to show that Instead of only 3 or 4 per cent in polygamy, as Mr. Smith had said in reply, there were about 23 per cent of the Mormon population of an age enabling them to be polygamlsts who were in that state in 1S90. Dubois gave it as his opin ion, that there has been, no material re duction in the number of polygamlsts'? since ion). Machinery of the Church. Mr. Worthlngton conducted an examina tion of Mr. Smith to ascertain the process undergone In cases of excommunication. The witness explained the manner In which the church is divided into wards and states and the machinery of the or ganization through which charges against any person have to be brought and passed upon. He said the apostles have nothing to do with the judicial affairs of the church. They preach the gospel and send missionaries to other fields. The president, the apostles and high councillors, forming what Is known as "the fifteen," meet once a week for prayer and consultation oh matters generally re lating to the church. Tno futile effort by President Brigham Young in 1S75 to have Bishop Jacob W. Weyler removed from the leadership of a ward was related by Mr. Smith to show that the presidency does not exercise power over the wishes of the people and that the members of the church by the freedom of their vote In reality form power of government. Sev eral other like instances were related for the same general purpose. Mr. Worth lngton read the revelation by Joseph Smith, Jr., January 13. 1841, naming Brig ham Young as president, and all the mem bers of the high council and the apostles. In this revelation was a command to ac cept the nominations or to Reject them In general conference. Mr. Smith declared that even In the original revelation nam ing the successor to the first president it was in the powenof the members to accept or reject. Mr. Smith In reply to an in quiry said Reed Smoot became an apostle April 9. 1900. "Right here let me ask you when your last child was born?" asked Mr. Worth lngton. "If you know that the ceremony you are asked to perform will result in good and make the contracting persons happy, then I consider that you have a right to perform it," he concludid. "I don't know whether that has any bearing on the case," said Mr. Smith, "but I believe It was on the day Mr! Smoot became an apostle." "Then there has been none since?" said Mr. Worthlngton. "No, sir." "Then, so far as you and Mr. ' Smoot were concerned, you were in harmony?"' remarked Mr. Burrows. Mr. Worthlngton Inquired whether at any of the joint meetings of the first pres idency and the apostles the question of polygamous cohabitation had been dis cussed. Mr. Smith said It had not In J either advisory talk or in regard to tak ing of the action to prevent the practice. He declared that when Mr. Smoot became an apostle, the status of most of the polygamlsts has been fixed many years before. Smoot Never Advised. . In answer to questions by Mr. Worth lngton and Senator Burrows Mr. Smith said Senator Smoot had never advised for or again continuance of polygamous co habitation. In regard to convictions, Mr. Smith said there had been none since the manifesto of 1890; that all -of the convictions under the Edmunds law were while Utah was a territory. Senator Dubois referred to Mr. Worthlngton as counsel for Mr. Smith. T .protest," said Mr. Worthlngton. "I am not the attorney for the witness. If I were, the examination would have been far different." A list of the judges elected' since Utah was a state showed that the former ter ritorial judges were "chosen without ex ception, and all of them had former ly sent Mormons to prison for polyga mous cohabitation. The purpose of this was to deny the inference that the Mor mon Church dominates the courts. Mr. Worthlngton read the list of Sen ators and Representatives elected from Utah since the manifesto in 1SS0 to show the percentage of Mormons to Gentiles. The witness was asked In regard to each, "Was he a Mormon or a Gentile?" In re gard to Frank J. Cannon, who was elected to, the Senate Mr. Smith said: 1 "He was classed as a Mormon, but he was a poor one." After the beginning- of the afternoon session Mr. Smith said that according to his best understanding Presidents Woodruff and Snow conformed to the former's manifesto and obeyed the law. He said that of the six apostles ap pointed since the manifesto of Presi dent Woodruff, only one, M. F. Cowley, is a polygamist. In regard to Josepn M. Tanner, president of the faculty of the Utah Agricultural College, Mr. Smith said it was "understood that he had more than one wife." He declared so far as he knew no one in the church had been appointed an official in the church because he is a polygamist; that such appointments have been based on merit alone. Referring to the many institutions in which Mr. Smith Is interested, Mr. Worthlngton inquired what companies are controlled by the church. "Only one," said Mr. Smith. "That is the theater, which was started by Brigham Young, and in which the church has always held a majority of the stock." " - Mr. Worthlngton announced ho had finished with the witness, and Mr. Tay ler then asked if four out of seven members of the board of trustees of the Agricultural College are polygamlsts. Mr. Smith said ne believed that to be the case. He answered also that his -election as president was since Mr. Smoot's election as an apostle. Sena tor Foraker asked Mr. Smith If he had had any objection to Mr. Smoot be coming a candidate for Senator, and Mr. Smith said: "I gave my consent to his becoming a candidate." & "Why did you think your consent necessary?" asked Chairman Burrows. Why Consent Was Necessary. "Because it Is a rule that any one of the general authorities of the church desiring; to engage la any business out side of his church duties must get the consent of the first presidency and the 12 apostles before he can do so," said Mr. Smith. The presiding officer of Mr. Smith's ward was named as George R. Emory. Mr. Smith said he is reputed to be a polygamist. Mr. Tayler returned to the testimony in regard to the number of children Mr. Smith had since the manifesto of 1890, and he repeated that there had been 11, to the best of his recollection. "Are you sure of the number?" oske'd air. Tayler. t sure. "Now, I don t wahirtolpe. Imp but is. it not a factfxbdc there" haye been 20?" asked Mr. Tayler. "No, -nothing like It," was the an swer. "Well, how many by your wife named Alice? Please give the names." "By Alice there were Fielding, Jesse and Andrew. The youngest Is about 4 years old," answered the witness. "That Is the one born on the day of Mr. Smoot's accession as an apostle, is It not?" asked Mr. Tayler. The witness answered that it was. and proceeded to give children born to his wife Mary, since the manifesto. "By Mary, the children are Silas, James and Agnes," he said. "Whoso child Is Samuel?" asked Mr. Tayler. "He Is Mary's," he answered. He stated he could not give Samuel's age or the age of his son Calvin, and that by each of his other three wives he had had at least two children since the manifesto. Mr. Tayler pressed the witness for a detailed statement of the "children by the other three wives and the witness pro tested vigorously. "Am I to -understand that I am notto be permitted to have children, by my law ful wife?" he -asked of the chairman. "Unless I am compelled to do so I shall decline to answer any questions In regard to the number of children I have had by my first wife." "What do you mean by lawful wife?" asked Chairman Burrows. "I have a legal wife," answered Mr. Smith. "I mean the woman I married first, the woman I married many years ago. She Is the mother of 11 of my chil dren." "Do you include the number of children you have had by this woman since the manifesto In 1890 In the number of chil dren you have had by" all your wives since that time?" asked Senator Hoar. "I do," was the response. Mr. Tayler again asked for a detailed schedule of Mr. Smith's children born since 1SS0, and over the protest of Mr. Smith, Chairman B.urrows directed that the question be answered. 'List of His Children. Mr. Smith gave a list of children by the wives in the order in which he married them." The list Is" as. follows: By Julia, Edith and Rachel; by Sarah, Asfath and Jennetta; by Mina, Martha and one child which died; by Alice, Fielding,- Jessie and Andrew; by Mary, Silas, Agnes, James and maybe Calvin. He re iterated he did not know the age of the last named. Mr. Tayler questioned the witness in regard to the ages of several of the other children, and Mr. Smith answered: "I am not In the habit of carrying birth records about, with me." Several questions were addressed to the witness in regard to the alleged marriage of Apostle Teasdale to a plural wife since the manifesto of 12K, and Attorney Van cott, for the defense, entered a protest on account of the manner in which the questions were put, and particularly in regard to the assumption on the part of the prosecution that such a marriage had taken place when nothing had been offered directly to prove It. Chairman Burrows directed that the In formation be given, but nothing was elicited which had not been offered pre viously. Both the prosecution -and the de fense announced they were through with Smith for the present, but before he was allowed to leave the stand. Chairman Burrows Inquired: Has Forty-Two Children. "How many children have you now, Mr. Smith?" "Forty-two," was the answer, "21 boys and 21 girls, and I am proud of every one of.them." The witness was asked by Senator Bur rows if Joseph Smith; the founder of the Mormon Church, 'was a polygamist, and, after answering affirmatlvely. he.sald Mr.iSmith "was-married to 'Eliza R. Snow (Concluded -on PageT.). M0BKILLSKE9I Ohio Prisoner Shot to Death in Jail Yard. BODY IS THEN SUSPENDED For Half an Hour 800 Men Riddled It With Bullets. OFFICERS GAVE THE MAN UP Springfield Authorities Fear Throng Will Injure Spectators in' Attempt to Avenge Shooting of a 'Detective. SPRINGFIELD, O., March 7. Rich ard Dixon, a npgro; who fatally shot Policeman Charles Collins yesterday, was taken from the County Jail at this place tonight, by a mob of SOO men and shot to death in the jallyard. Later, the body was hung to a telegraph pole at the corner of Main street and Fountain avenue, and the mob spent half an .hour riddling the body with bullets from sev eral hundred revolvers. Collins was shot by Dixon Sunday morning while the latter was In his room in a hotel here removing his baggage. He had decided to quit the place, and fearing trouble with Anna Corbln, a woman with whom he was acquainted, Dixon asked Collins to go to the hotel with him. While In his room Dixon and Mis3 Corbln quarreled, and Dixon Is said to have shot her in the breast. The po liceman then attempted to arrest Dixon, when the latter fired into the officer's body, inflicting fatal wounds. All afternoon the killing of Collln3 was the sole topic of conversation in town, and both Police Judge Miller and Com mon Pleas Judge Mower were freely cen sured. They had both sentenced Dixon at various times to the jail and the workhouse from two to six months, but he was always released before the ex piration of his sentence. It "was the gen eral feeling that a, trial would onlv re sult In ian insufficient sentence.- and talk , otjjja moo was frequently heard before v Only a Leader Was Wanted.. Nothing was thought of it by the of ficers until as late as :30 tonight, when a mob of boys gathered in front of the Jail. This group was augmented by a few men, and by 8 o'clock 300 men had congregated about the jallyard and steps. It was known that only a leader was wanted to start the assault, but no one assumed the responsibility. At one time the Iron bar at the east entrance was removed, and the door partly opened. The policemen on the- inside promptly opened the door and pulled the two nearest men Inside. This ended all ac tive attempts to break the door until nearly 11 o'clock. Small groups of men, however, could be seen in the-shadow of the Courthouse, two adjacent livery-stables and several dwellings. At 10:45 the police were satis fled that there was nothing more to fear, and they, with other officials and news paper men, passed freely In and out of the jalL Shortly before 11 o'clock a di version was made by a small crowd mov ing from the east around to the south entrance. The police followed, and a bluff was made at jostling them off the steps leading up to the south entrance. The crowd at this point kept growing, while yells of "hold the police," "smash the door," "lynch the nigger," were made, interspersed with revolver shots. Yields to Battering Ram. AH this time a party with a heavy rail road iron was beating at the east door, which yielded to the battering ram, as did the inner lattice Iron doors. The mob then surged through the east door, over powering the Sheriff, turnkey and a hand ful of deputies, and began the assault on the Iron turnstile to the cells. The police men from the south door were called In side to keep the mob from the cells, but m five minutes the south door had shared the fate of the cast one. In an Incredibly .short time the jail was filled by a mad mob of 250 men, with all the entrances and yard gates blocked by fully 1500 men, thus making It Impos sible for the militia to have prevented access to the negro, had the soldiers been on the scene. The heavy iron parti tion leading to- the cells resisted the mob effectually until cold-chisels and sledge hammers arrived, a few minutes later. The padlock to the turnstile was broken, and the mob soon filled the corridors leading to the cells. Authorities Give Negro Up. Seeing that further resistance was use less, and to avoid the killing of the Inno cent persons, the authorities consented to the demand of the mob for the right man. He was dragged from his cell to the jail door, and thence down the steps to a paved court In the Jail-yard. Fearing an attempt on the part of the police to rescue him the leaders formed a hollow square. Some one knocked the negro to the. ground., and those near him fell back four or five feet. Nine shots were fired into his prostate body, and, satisfied that he- was dead, a dozen men grabbed the lifeless body, and with a triumphant cheer the mob surged into. Columbia street and marched' to Fount ain avenue, one of the principal thor oughres of the town. From there they marched south to the intersection of Main street and a rope was tied around. Dixon's neck. Two in en climbed the pole about IS feet above the -street. Then they, descended, and their work, was greeted with a cheer.- The fusillade then began, and for 30 min utes the body was kept swaying back and forth from the force of the rain of bullets which was poured into it. Fre quently the arm. would fly up convulsively when a muscle was struck, and. the mob west fairly wild with delight. Through out it all perfect good humor and gooji order was maintained, and every one seemed in the best of spirits, joking with his nearest neighbor, while reloading his revolver. There have been 11 murders lh Clark County, Ohio, In the last two years, 'and In no Instance has there been a convic tion of first-degree murder, and this fact, more than any other, Is responsible for the lynching the first in the history of the county. There has never been a case of capital punishment In the county. GREAT BAITROAD. CASE CALLED Supreme Court to Say Whether Coal Lines Must Show Contracts. WASHINGTON, March 7. The Supremo Court "of the United States today bega$ the hearing of the caseof the Interstate Commerce Commission V9. David G. Baffg and others. It Is known as the anthracite coal case, and originated in 1S02 In a pro ceeding before the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Delaware & Lack awanna Railroad, Instigated by William, R. Hearst, who charged the company was pooling rates on coal with other roads penetrating the anthracite region, and that those rates were unreasonable and unjust. W. A. Day, assistant ,to the Attorney General, and John G. Carlisle appeared for the Government. The case turns on the right to compel the railroad company to produce contracts' for the purchase of coal. Counsel for the railroads contend that the information sought is irrelevant, while Messrs. Day and Carlisle seek to make It appear it has a direct bearing- on the transportation problem. PARE TO ST. LOUIS FAIR. Passenger Agents Decide to Recom mend "Circuit Rate." CHICAGO, March 7. (Special.) A com mittee of the Transcontinental Passenger Association today decided to recommend to the general meeting of the .association the adoption of "circuit rates" for the St. Louis Exposition from Pacific Coast points. Under this arrangement, the rate from the Coast to St. Louis through Chi cago will be $75, $67.50 direct to St Louis and $72.50 direct to Chicago through St. Louis. The question of stopovers being allowed here was not settled. The com mittee also decided to recommend the adoption of homeseekers' rates, good the first and third Tuesdays in May, June, September and October, to all points. The general meeting of the association- will be held here tomorrow. AKOTHER EL00D IS IEARED. Monongahela and- Allegheny Rivers Are Rising. PITTSBURG, March 7. From present in dications the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers wih again be at a flood stage to morrow morning. Business men and resi dents in the low sections are preparing for a 20-foot stage. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Russo-Japanese War. Position of Russian Vladivostok squadron is critical as Japanese have it shut out from that port and Port Arthur. Page 1. Second bombardment of Vladivostok is reported In which the Japanese lost one or two cruisers. Pace 1. Congress. Woman tells secrets of Mormon Church in Smoot trial. Page 1. Report on Influence exerted by members of Congress to gain increases In postofflce rentals, cleric hire, etc. Involves members .from all but five states, Oregon being one. Page 1. Perry Heath la taken to task In House discus sion of postal Irregularities. Page 3. Senate passes the naval appropriation bill. Page 3. . ' National. Report on affairs of Indian Territory smacks of graft on. part of officials connected with ppeculatlve concerns. Page C Land Commission urges repeal of timber and stone act, and changes In other laws. Page 6. Foreign. Premier Balfour 'turns his batteries on ex- Secretary. Hamilton for- statements about Cabinet rupture. Page 7. Another Britten Cabinet crista Is believed to be at hand. Page 7. Domestic Springfield. O., mob takes negro who shot de tective from Jail, hangs him, and then rid-, dies his body with bullets. Page 1. ' . United Mineworkers leave question of a strike to local unions. Page 4. Sports. Liberal prizes for the bench show to be offered. Page 7. Portland and Vicinity. Mitchell- forces meet to agree upon apportion ment and county convention date. Page 18. Dr. J. Hunter Wells tells of Japanese strong. hold In Core a. Page 11. Professor Eseman begins suit against' St. - David's Episcopal Church for ealary as choirmaster.' Pace 14. Bast Side family reduced to destitution by flret is given a home by neighbors. Page 14. Great mineral collection from Oregon for St- Louis exposition. Page 11. Ministerial Association passes resolution against marrying divorced couples. Page 10. Mystery about change In information against George Noe which secured his release from JalL Page 14. Italian citizen awakes to find his wife has de serted him and taken bis- money; believed to have eloped. Page -11. Secret societies pushing scheme for fraternal building at Lewis and Clark Fair. Page 11. Pacific Coast. Politics warming np In TV'aeco County. Page 4. Company formed to develop power from Shoshone Falls. Page 4-- Political situation in Marlon County. Page 4. Bids opened for construction of Army build ings at Forts Stevens and Columbia Page 4. Milton, Or., minister and one of his congrega tion in a street fight. .Page 6. Canadian forger betrayed at Spokane by his cousin. Page 5. Speculators cornering cascariUa supply on the coast. Page 4. Mayor of Hood River resigns. Page 5. Commercial and Marlnev Japan buying pink salmon. Page 13. . Wheat weak and lower at Chicago. Page-15. Short-lived activity, in stocks at New York. Page 15. San Francisco produce quotations. Page 15. Good i start on flour hipznents . for March. . Paio 7. - , . -. NO "PULT USED Oregon Delegation Not Named in Report P 0 STAL ADVANCES 6NMERIT Washington Men Found to e Favored Constituents miy FIVE STATES ESCAPE Instigation Reveals That Othec Members Exerted Their Influenc to- Secure Increased Salary AU lowance or Higher Rent. OREGONIAN NEWS- BUREAU, Wash ington, March 7. Oregon, does not figure in the sensation that was sprung in the House of Representatives today in the form ot the Briatow report, which is printed elsewhere In full, accusing numer ous Senators and Representatives of Im properly using their influence to secure increased clerk hire allowances for local postofflces, or of exerting their influence to secure favorable leases of postofflce premises. Aside from Oregon, only four states escaped Brlstow's criticism Idaho, Nevada, New Hampshire and Rhode Isl and. No mention is made in the report of any Oregon postofllce or of either of the Oregon Senators or Representatives, from which it Is inferred that the delegation, in securing increased allowances for the postal service in the state; acted wholly within the bounds of propriety. It fur ther means that all increases that have been made in Oregon on the recommenda tion of the delegation have been found to be Justified. Senator Foster and Representative Cush man are shown to have acted jointly In securing 5300 clerk hire for the Carbonado oflice in "Washington, and $40 for the rent, which allowances were afterward cut off. Representative Jones is credited with hav ing secured an allowance of $600 for Day-ton,- which amount, after investigation,, was reduced to 5200: Furthermore, Representative Cushman is accused of having used, his Influence to induce the department to make a lease With the Union Trust Company, of Ever ett, for room for the Everett postofllce at an annual rental of 52100, when up to June 30,- 1900, accommodations for this office were rented for only 5300. The charges made by Bristow against the "Washington men are ridiculous, how ever, for in asking for additional clerk hire, they In each instance showed that the ' respective Postmasters were obliged to pay for this extra service out of their own salaries. Furthermore, each of the three allow ances In "Washington was made after be ing approved by the department, whose inspectors are supposed to have visited the respective offices. In the case .of the Everett office, Cushman showed that larger quarters were necessary when Ev erett became a free delivery oflice. The "Washington men are not disturbed by the accusations of Bristow, feeling it Is rather a testimonial to their ability to do something for their constituents than, a censure for having accomplished some good. Ruling Is Favorable to Alaskans. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, March 7. Postmaster-General Payne today replied to Representative Cushman' recent appeal on behalf of miners In Alaska who were afraid they would be denied the privilege of shipping gold bullion through the mall and there by be forced to make shipments through, express companies, alleged to be charg ing exorbitant rates. The department holds that gold bullion can be shipped In the mail at first-class rates, provided it is shipped in bricks weighing not , more than four pounds each. Any larger ship ments cannot be carried through the mail. Railroad May Sell Lands. OREGfONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 7. The Senate today passed Senator Foster's bill authorizing the Northern PaciflclRailroad Company to sell surplus lands within Its right of way when it has no use for the same, and con firming sales of such lands heretofore made by this company. LAB0E IS SIGHTING HABSISOtf Mayor of Chicago Is Placed on th "Unfair" List. CHICAGO, March 7. Mayor Harrison has been put on the "unfair" list of the Federation of Labor. The fight on the Mayor was brought into the Central Labor organization by John J. Delaney, a member of the Stationary Engineers' Union and an inspector under the City Board of Examining Engineers. The grievance of Delaney and his as sociates against the city's executive was that he had refused to permit the exam ining board to be made an organizing agency for the union. The charge was that unlicensed engineers were working in the office buildings and hotels In the places vacated by the union men who struck January 1 and that the city au thorities refused to prosecute them. Proclaiming an individual as "unfair" when' he is not engaged in any business is-almost unprecedented. It was taken to mean that union men should refuse to support the Mayor at the polls or any where else. Japan Buys Horses in .Hungary, VIENNA, "March 7. Four hundred horses, were bought for Japan today, ia. the market at Sopron, Hungary -