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VOL. XLV. NO. 13,788. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FI6HT0ILTRUST Kansas Decides to Build Refinery. STANDARD LOBBY FAILS Legis! ature Yields to Demands of Producers. APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT tit Is Asked Not to Extend Lease of Oil Land to Monopoly Which Seeks to Crush Opposition House Orders Inquiry. TOPEIvA, Kan., Feb.. 15. A bill pro Tiding for a state oil refinery passed the Kansas House of Representatives today. Governor Hoch will sign it at once. Un der its provisions a refinery will be lo cated at Peru, and another penitentiary will be built there to provide convict la bor for it- An appropriation of $410,000 is made for building and maintaining the refinery and penitentiary. This ends one of the most bitter fights ever before made in the Legislature. The Standard Oil Company and the railroads have maintained strong lobbies here vain ly trying to defeat the bill. Jt is likely that the validity of the bill will be tested in the State Supreme Court Taeforo It goes into effect. The bill calls lor the Issuance of bonds for the amount aecessary to build, the refinery. State lAudltor Wells, It is announced, will re fuse to register the bonds until the Su preme Court says they are valid. Some doubt Is expressed as to the constitution ality of the bill, and it is to remove this lhat the matter will be submitted to the court. It was on account of the supposed unconstitutionality of the idea that most of the opposition was encountered. Sev eral of the House members, in voting for ihe bill today, announced they were doing mo on. account of the expressed wish of their constituents, and not in accordance with their own desires. Seldom has public sentiment been so thoroughly -aroused 'as on thlsoii'ifuestlon. The duty of the Legislature wa made very clear to the members. About 3 convicts will be necessary to do the work in the refinery. Its capacity Is to bo 2000 barrels a day. Appeal to President. The Kansas Oil-Producers' Association today sent the following telegram to President Roosevelt: The undersigned, representing the oil pro ducers of the State of Kansas and speaking for the Intelligent and industrious people of the state, and voicing tbe spirit of Amer ican fair play everywhere, appeal ta you, nd. through your Secretary of the Interior and by you, to the Congress of the United States for help in the undertaking of the legislature of the state to protect the oil Industry of the state from the oppression rf the Standard Oil trust. Because the legislature presumes to ex ercise a natural function of government by legislating for the welfare and protection of Industries within the borders of the state against the oppression of all monopolies; and because the Legislature proposes to try th experiment of a public oil refinery as a mpans of preserving and making profitable the oil industry, the general manager of the Standard OH Company has declared a boy cott upon Kansas oil, and one of his sub ordinates has insulted our people by ex pressing In the public prints a groundless fear that they will destroy the company's property. Should Cancel Oil Lease. We further represent to you that a men are to the crudo oil market is a continued pvrnershlp by the Standard. Oil Company of what Is known as the "Foster lease" of the 0agf -Indian reseration. This reservation Includes 1,500.000 acres of land, which con tains a reservoir of potroloum so rich that if the Standard Oil Company should own and Jelop it, that company will have a supply of oil that will make It independent of prl "va'e production, not only In the West, but nil over the United States. The lcaxe Is nominally held by "straw men," but it really Ik In the- grip of the Standard Oil C""mpan. and the oil produrers appeal to the President, the Secretary of the Interior and the Congress to refuse the application now pending for its extension. It is too much for the Government to gio to the Standard OH Company, or Its agents, an organization which is already so powerful that It presumes to be greater than the people and the Government. The Kansas oil field has been developed on the prom ise of fair play and good prices by the Standard Oil Company, but now that the supply Is sufficient for the needs of the company. It, as it has done In other fields, has reduced the price below a profit, ana the mm who have invested their money will lose it and the field will languish, unless Gov ernment, state and Nation refuse to confer upon the company additional right and fran chlse. and turns in the other direction and legislates for the people a while. Reduce Freight Rate on Oil. Ar, a special order of business the 31ouse, in committee of the whole today. considered the bill previously passed by the- Senate fixing a maximum freight rate for tho transportation of crudo oil, and the bill preventing dlscriminationibctwcen loralltlc3 in selling any commodity in general use. The bill fixing maximum freight rates was recommended to the House and later passed, just as It came from the Sonatc. but tho enemies of the anti-discrimination. measure succeeded, after a hard fight, in" referring the bill to Hie judiciary com mittee. The latter committee is ordeicd to report on tho constitutionality of the measure. Wmlo' it is beliovcd the action of the House on the anti-discrimination bill does not Indicate that the measure will be killed, tho friends of tho bill arc said to be worried over the prospects. The bill is one which tho supporters of tbe state refinery bill consider necessary in con nection with tho refinery, as it would pre vent the Oil Trust, so called, from un derselling the state in any locality, unless the rate there should be made to apply to tho enure state. Alio opposition to fc acti-diKsrlminsLtiaji Jjill cam Irsmjmoa was preached by .Cardinal Gibbons. the members who represent the jobbing and wholesale centers of the state. Senator Fitzpatrick was called to the floor of the House, and said of his maxi mum rate bills "The rates fixed in the bill are those used In Texas, and they work well in that state. "We can ship a carload at the proposed rate and get something for our oil. The difference to us is about 26 cents on every barrel of oiL The present rate is about 51 cents per barrel, and the proposed about 25 cents." GOVERNMENT MAY INVESTIGATE House Passes Resolution Calling Upon Commerce Department to Act. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. The House to day adopted the following resolution pre sented by Representative Campbell, of Kansas: Resolved. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be and he .hereby Is requested to investigate the cause or causes of the low price of crude oil or petroleum in the United States, and especially In the Kansas oil field, and the unusually large margins between the price of crude oil or petroleum and the selling price of refined oil and Its by-products; and whether the said conditions have resulted. In whole or in part, from any contract, combination In the form of a trust or otherwise, or conspiracy nl restraint of trade and commece among the several states and territories or with, foreign countries: also whether the prices have been controlled, in whole or In part, by any corpo ration. Joint stock company, or corporate com bination engaged in commerce amonsr the sev eral states and territories, or with foreign na tions; also whether euch corporation, joint stock company or corporate combination, In purchasing crude oil or petroleum, by any order or practice of discrimination, boycotts, blacklists or in any manner discriminates against any particular oil field; also to investi gate the organization, profits, conduct and management of the business of such corpora tion or corporations, company or companies, and corporate combinations, if any. and to make early report of Its findings, according to law, to they end that such Information may be used by Congress as a basis for legislation or by the Department of Justice as a basis for legal proceedings. Standard Pays a Fat Dividend. NEW YORK. Feb. 15. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey has declared a dividend of 515 per share for the first quarter of 1905, payable March 15. For the same period last year the company paid a JIG dividend. BOODLE IN WEST VIRGINIA. Doctors Accuse Senators of Asking Money to Pass Bill. CHARLESTON, TV. Ta.. Feb. 15. An other Investigation will be opened In the legislature as the result of a special message sent by Governor "White to the State Senate today. He refers to a news paper article accusing the legislators of boodling In connection with liquor and medical legislation and asks for an In vestigation of the charges. The message reads in part as follows: In a communication received by me from rcputablo physician of Parkcrsburg recently, the following statement is made: "The West Virginia Board of Health and the Wett Virginia Medical Society have a hill before the legislature. We hear this has passed, (be House-iuD the quacks &ro-2ioldlng. It up In the Senate ty wring auorneyn xo lobby against it, and, we are told, by the use of boodle. We cannot prove this, but the president of the State Board says that a Sen ator told him thl: 'Get $2000 and we will get your bill through.' This was told openly In the Medical Society last night." I am informed that some statements and more of them have been made in a leading Pittsburg paper. In view of these published statements. It seems to me that the Senate owes It. to itself and the people of the state to investigate these charges. As the communication contained only a portion of the newspaper article in ques tion, the Senate returned the message to Governor "White with instructions to send the entire article with the message. HARLAN IS NAMED FOR MAYOR Unanimous Choice of - Republicans of Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 15. John Maynard Harlan was 'unanimously nominated for Mayor of Chicago by the Republican City Convention today. Mr. Harlan, who is a lawyer, is a "son of John M. Harlan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of tho United States, and a brother of Richard D. Harlan, president of tho Lake Forest University, and of James S. Harlan, ex-Attorney-General of Porto Rico. In 1897 he headed an independent ticket for the Mayoralty, polling 70,030 votes, In 1903 he was a candidate before the Republican Convention for the nomina tion, but was defeated. In 1903, Mr Harlan again tried for the nomination, but was defeated "by Graeme Stewart. Eight-Hour Boodle Inquiry. DENVER, Colo., Feb. 15. The commit tee of five appointed by tho lower House of tho Colorado Legislature to investi gate charges that undue influence was brought to bear on members in the mat ter of eight-hour legislation met today in executive session. No statement of what occurred was given out further than Rep resentatives Welton and Street, who made the charges on the floor of the House yesterday, were before the com mittee. Another meeting will be held to morrow. Colorado Contest Postponed. DENVER, Colo., Feb. 15. Several of the members of the legislative committee ap pointed to hear evidence in tho Pcabody Adams Gubernatorial contest failed to ap pear in the committee-room tonight, and tho beginning of rebuttal evidence on the part of tho contcstor was postponed until 1:30 tomorrow afcrnoon. THE BRITISH PLEET IS COMING Will Visit at Atlantic Ports and Bring King's Greeting to Roosevelt. LONDON. Feb. 15. Tho date of the visit to American waters' of the squad ron of British warships commanded b,y Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Batten berg has been definitely fixed for Oc tober. It will comprise a short stay at Newport,. New York and Annapolis. The Prince's visit to Washington will, it Is understood, be of an official char acter. President Roosevelt will be noti fied through Sir Henry Durand. the British Ambassador, and Prince Louis will convey to the President King Re ward's greeting in a special message. Moeller Made an Archbishop. CINCINNATI, Feb. 1C With tile sim ple and impressive service of the Roman Catholic Church, the full powers of an archbishop were conferred, on Henry Mocllcr, u native of Cincinnati, who. for over ton years, was coadjutor for this archdiocese, at the cathedral here today.-' Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop Glonnon, of St. Louis, and a number of bishops were In attendance. The sor- QQD LIFE ENDED General Lew Wallace Dies at Home. READY FOR ETERNITY His Digestion Was Worn Out . by Much Smoking. DEATH DUE TO STARVATION Famous Soldier, Statesman and Author Passes Away at Ripe Age While Writing His Own Biography. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 15. General Lew Wallace, author of "Ben Hut," one time Minister to Turkey, and a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, died at his home in this city to night, aged 7S years. The health of General 'Wallace had been failing for several years, and for months, despite the efforts of the family to keep the public in ignorance of Itis true condition, it bad been known that his vigorous constitution could not much longer withstand the ravages of a wasting disease. For more than a year he had been un able to properly assimilate food. At no time had he ever confessed his belief that the end was near, and his rugged constitution and remarkable vitality havo been responsible for prolonging ola life several months. The deathbed scene was one of calm ness. Besides his physician, only his wife, his son. Henry Wallace, of In dianapolis, and Mrs. Henry Wallace, were present When told by his physi cian that he was dying. General Wallace was perfectly calm, and his last words were expressions of cheer to his grief stricken family. Bidding them farewell, he said: "I am ready to meet my maker." and lapsed into unconsciousness, from which he did not recover. . ' No" 'definite funeral arrangements "ha.ro been made. Dr. W. B. Ristine, who had been General Wallace's physician for many years, said tonight that the direct causa of the General's death was exhaustion, resulting from starvation. Ho had been an Inveterate smoker, and to this his illness was ascribed primarily. He gave up the habit, however, and lent every aid to the skilled specialists that wero called. He failed, slowly but surely and three months ago his condition be came alarming. He rarely left his home, and the last time ho was on the streets was November 4. Soon after he was con fined to bed and since that time he had sat up only a few hours each day. A week ago It become known he was sink ing rapidly. General Lewis Wallace, soldier and. au thor, was born at Brookville. Franklin County, Ind., April 10, 1KT7. His father. David Wallace, was elected Governor of Indiana, ten years later, and his mother was a daughter of Judge Test, a man who played an important part in the early judicial history of Indiana. Lewis did not take kindly to the restraints of school. His father used to say he had paid Lewis' tuition for 14 years, and he had hardly gone to school one. An attempt to put him through college resulted in a failure. Ho was passionately fond of reading, however, and at an early age showed a talent for painting and drawing, which might have made him an artist, had it been cultivated. He wore in those days an oilcloth cap, and when taken to church against his will was apt to dec orate the crown with faithful likenesses of the preacher and various members of the congregation. After leaving school, ho studied law in his father's office, and after being admitted to the bar, practiced Irregularly for a number of years, but never developed any real liking for the "profession. He took an active part in both the Mex ican and Civil Wars. In the former he attained the rank of Lieutenant, and In tho latter that of Major-Gcneral. In 1S51 he was Adjutant-General of the state, but resigned this offlco for a commission as Colonel of the Eleventh Indiana Infantry. Tho ladies of Indianapolis, upon the de parture of the regiment, presented it with a handsome stand of colors. On receiv ing it, Colonel Wallace raised his hand and cried: "Now remember Bucna Vista, boys, and on our knees let us swear to defend it with tbe last drop of our blood." "Then as he kneeled himself." says a contemporary account, "the whole regi ment, with the same unanimity as when on drill, dropped to their knees as if but one man, with right hand raised, while the Colonel in a solemn voice said. 'Wo pledge ourselves before God nnd these our fellow-countrymen to defend this flag with our lives and, if necessary, to die for it, God being our helper. Amon.' A solemn 'amen came in ono breath from the regiment and a suppressed sob from the majority of the bystanders echoed It." His services in the field were con spicuous and valuable. He led a division at the capture of Fort Donaldson, being the first Federal officer of rank to enter the fort. He also contributed to the victory at Shlioh by his gallant fighting on the second day. Though a great fa vorite among his men. he was a rigid disciplinarian. In illustration of his strictness the following anecdote Is told: While In camp near Pittsburg Landing he one day met four of his men carrying to their tent half an ox which they had appropriated. As a punishment ho ordered each of the men to carry the car cass on his shoulder round a tree for an hour at a time in the broiling sun. The next day he compelled them ta fan It to keep off the flies and the third day to bury it with suitable honors. After the war he served upon the com mission before which the assassins of Lincoln were tried, upon tho returning board in Florida In. 1S7G, .as Governor of New Mexico from 1S7S-S1, and as United States Minister to Turkey. 1SS1-S3. Since his return from Turkey he had made his home at Crawfordsville, Ind, where ho had engaged in literary work. He is author of several works, among them "A Fair God" (1873), a tale of Azteo Mexico, upon which" he worked at irregular intervals for twenty years: "Ben Hur: . A Tale of the Christ" (1SS0), and "The Prince of India" (1S93). "Ben Hur" Is undoubtedly the most popular religious romance in the English" language. Over 300,000 copies were sold within ten years after Its appearance and it has been translated Into several foreign languages. Recently he had been engaged in writ ing his autobiography. OTHER DISTINGUISHED DEAD S. B. Roath, Father of Chicago Stock yards and Millionaire. CHICAGO. Feb. 15. S. B. Roath. who died last night at Norwich, Conn., was a life-long associate of John J.x Ferman, father of the Chicago stockyards. The pioneer announced on August 25, 1903, that he had just settled 51.CO0.000 on a chosen sot of relatives, "Just to see how they would use the money." In giving away his fortune, he made it clear that upon the behavior of the beneficiaries depended the final division of the property. Roath was said to have been attracted by the declared purpose of Andrew Car negie and D. K. Pearsons to die poor. One peculiar feature of his gifts was that practically all went to poor families each receiving an Independent fortune. Mr. Roath was estimated to have an other J1.000.000. Frances Guadalupe Vallejo. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 15. Frances Guadalupe Vallejo, wife of General John B. Frlsble, an old and wealthy American resident here, is dead of pneumonia. Mrs. Frisble was the first white child born in the valley of Sonoma, CaL, and her father was the famous General Vallejo, head of the Mexican military department In California before the annexation of that territory to the United States. S. D. Works, Capitalist. CHICAGO, Feb. 13. S. D. Works, head of the operating, manufacturing and -construction departments of tho National Biscuit Company, died sudden ly on the Twentieth Century train of the Lake Shore road at Elkhart, Ind., today. William Cullen Bryant, Publisher. NEW YORK, Feb. 15. William, Cullen Bryant, the publisher of the Brooklyn Times, and secretary of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, died today at a sanitarium in Plainfleld, JT. J. He had suffered a stroke of apoplexy this morning. Mrs. Abigail Brown. NEW YORK, Feb. 15. A private dis patch from Hong Kong announces the death there of Mrs. Abigail Brown, after a short illness. She was the widow of the Rev. Dr. John W. Brown, who was some years ago rector of churches in Cleveland and Detroit. Luther L. Kellogg, Golfer. NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Luther L. Kel logg. Jr., member of,Jhe Irt All-America golf club which plVysd JW'fT.gL,sh team for International honors; died here today, aged 2$ years. , CANADIAN PACIFIC PURCHASER Ratification of Dominion Parliament Needed for Esquimalt Road. VICTORIA, B. C Feb. 15. The sale of the Esquimalt & Naniamo Railroad to the Canadian Pacific Railway will bo com pleted upon the passage f of a formal act of ratification by the Dominion Parlia ment. The transcontinental corporation will then enter into possession of its new property. Tho proporty Involved In the transfer Includes the railroad from Victoria to Wellington, Including the right of way extending for 100 feet on each side of the line, the necessary appurtenances, such as sheds, stations, etc, and the steam ship system, which comprises the steam ers Joan and City of Nanalmo, the barge Transfer and the tug Czar, both of which are employed in the ferry service between Ladysmith and the mainland. The purchase price is said to bo in the neighborhood of $1,250,000. It is probable that the Canadian Pacific Railway will take active charge of the road about April 1. Only One Man Refused the Oath. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Secretary Hitchcock today Informed the House, in response to its Inquiry, that no member or employe of the Dawes Indian Commis sion had refused to take the oath required by law to the fact that he had no finan cial Interest in connection with matters over which tho commission had jurisdic tion except a Delaware Indian interpre ter, Edward Young, who was employed for two days. GENERAL LEW WALLACE AUTHOR OF "BEN HUB NG FIGHT WON Transport Buford Will Load at Portland. WILL CARRY MORE TROOPS Nineteenth Infantry Will Em bark for Manila. TAKE CARGO OF LUMBER ALSO Quartermaster-General's Dread of Columbia Bar Overcome Once More Buford Arrives About Middle of March. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. D. C, Feb. 15. After lighting all Winter to have a transport sent to Portland to take the Nineteenth Infan try to Manila, Senator Fulton was to day advised by Quartermaster General Humphrey that the transport Buford will be fitted out as soon as possible and go to Portland for this regiment Only a few days ago Senator Fulton se cured the promise of the Department to send the Fourteenth Infantry from Manila to Portland direct, but there was some doubt whether the Nine teenth Infantry could embark at Port land. The War Department was averse to having transports sent to Portland, ar guing that they could not cross the bar and that they might be indefinitely delayed. Senator Fulton Insisted that thero would be no danger or delay to transports and Insisted that Portland be given this recognition. Tho transport Buford will have to be put In condition before she goes to Portland. It will be the middle of March or later before the Nineteenth Infantry can embark. The Buford, In addition to carrying this regiment, will take to Manila 450,000 feet of lumber. which was recently contracted for at Portland. Captain Jesse M- Bakor, Disbursing Quartermaster, yesterday received word that tho transport Buford had been or dered to proceed to Portland from San Francisco in time to load here and get away for Manila by April 1. The Bu ford will carry to the Philippines the Nineteenth Infantry, which is now at Vancouver Barracks. As cargo, the transport will take 430,000 feet of lumber recently bought for the construction of army buildings at Fort William McKIn ley and as much more as space can be found for after provision Is made for the soldiers' baggage and supplies. The Bu- ford's sailing orders specify that she shall leave San Francisco in sufficient time to take aboard her Portland cargo before the regiment Is ready to embark The transport Sheridan, which will bring the Fourteenth Infantry to Vancouver, will leave Manila March 15 and will be due here soon after the Buford sails. ANKENY WINS THE FIRST BRUSH Defeats Foster by Securing Delay in Kingsbury's Confirmation. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, D. C, Feb. 15. There was an other tilt today between Senator Foster and Senator Ankeny, in which the lat ter came off victorious. Foster had been notified that Ankeny had objec tions to the confirmation of E. P. Kingsbury as Surveyor-General of Washington, but, notwithstanding this fact, he went before the Public Lands Committee and asked it to favorably report Kingsbury's nomination, saying there were no charges against him other than political. He referred to the fact that Kingsbury has made an WHO DEED UST NIGHT. efficient officer and is highly indorsed by the Department. But he found that Ankeny had filed with the committee a letter asking that no action be taken on the nomina tion until he can present protests now on their way to Washington. The com mittee decided to give Ankeny a hear ing, and action was postponed until next Wednesday. In all probability Kingsbury will be ultimately confirmed. NO ACTION ON LIEU LAND LAW Senate Committee Recalls Bill for Its Repeal. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 15. The Senate public lands committee today recalled the bill which It recently reported repealing the lieu land law and providing for the purchase of pri vate holdings within forest reserves, or an exchange on the like-for-like basis. The whole subject has been referred to a subcommittee. This action will result In delay and probably means that no bill will pass this session. DREDGE TACOMA WATERWAY Foster Proposes Amendment to River and Harbor Bill. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 15. Senator Foster today of fered an amendment to the river and har bor bill authorizing the dredging of the middle waterway In the Tacoma harbor. His amendment appropriates $115,537, and stipulates that none of this money shall be expended unless the City of Tacoma shall pay to the War Department $33,512, one-fourth of the cost of the improve ment. He also offered amendments au thorizing surveys of Anacortes harbor, Roche harbor and Belllngham Bay. New Northwest Postmasters. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 15. Postmasters appointed: Oregon Barron, Jackson County, James H. Cook, vice Martha A. Barron, resigned. Washington Felida, Clark County, Ray Nash, vice Owen Taylor, resigned; Ho bart. King County, Samuel B. Gjerde, vice William-Sidebotham, resigned. SOUTH WILL JOIN IN" PARADE Governors and Militia to Take Part in Inauguration. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. The interest of the South in the Inauguration of Presi dent Roosevelt was evidenced again to day when word was received from North Carolina that the Wilmington Light In fantry of Wilmington and Light Battery A. both of the North Carolina National Guard, will march In the Inaugural pa rade, headed by the Governor. Governor Blanchard of Louisiana will head a detachment of his militia in th parade: Governor Warfleld of Maryland will lead at least two Marvln.nrf met. ments; Governor Montague of Virginia win ieati a. Dngade irom the Old Domin ion and Brigadier-General Clarke of the Alabama National Guard Is recruiting a provisional regiment to attend the in auguration. No Money for. Sectarian Schools. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Senator Bard introduced an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill that no portion of the fund shall be available for the support of any sectarian or denominational sect. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TODAVS Fair: easterly winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 45 deg.; minimum. 28. Precipitation, none. The War In the Far East. Third division ot Baltic fleet calls for Orient. Page 2. StoesjeI again defends his surrender. Page 2. Heroic defends of company of Japanese against Russian army. Page 3. Japanese will save Russian ships and use them agalast Russians. Page 2. Foreign. Czar hesitates among- several plans fqr Zemsky Sobor, while Liberals and bureaucrats each urge him to decide. Page 2. Dramatic Incident In Countess Montlgnoso's struggle to keep her daughter. Page 3. Britain and Russia narrowly escaped war about contraband. Pago 6. National. President jiends Santo Domingo treaty to Sen ate with emphatic message. Page 3. House debates Navy appropriation bill. Page 0. Elklns predicts deficit of J50.000.000. Page 6. Transport Buford coming to Portland In March. Page 1. President of Venezuela evades settlement with United States, rage 1. Kansas Legislature passes oil refinery bill, and producers appeal to President against Stand ard OH Company. Page 1. Domestic. Death of General Lew Wallace. rage 1. Great advance in wheat due to Gates' corner. Page 1. Charge of boodle la "West Virginia Legislature. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. "Weekly review of local produce and jobbing markets. Page 13. Covering by shorts further advances May wheat at Chicago. Page 13. San Francldco only slightly affected by bulge. Page 13. Cessation of gold exports helps stock prices. Page 13. Transport Buford ordered to Portland. Page 0. Electrical apparatus tested at . Pacific Coast bunkers. Page 0. Paclilc Coast. Forest Grove's Mayor casts deciding vote for ' saloon, where none was ever licensed. Page 12. Chief of Police of San Francisco is suspended for connection with Chinese gambling. Page 3 Pacific Coast Legislature. Insurgents in Oregon Legislature lay out ma-chlne-mada Cascade County. Page 4. Three judicial appointments In Governor Cham berlain's hands. Page -I. Senate passes Astoria charter bill over Gov ernor's veto, rage 5. Railroads have radical amendments for com mission bill. Page 12. Washington House committee Trill favor capital removal. Pace 12: Portland and Vicinity. Council defeats all-night saloon ordinance and Junketing trip. Page H. Orient to have rich exhibit "at Lewis and Ciark Fair. Pace 7. First Congregational Church to burn mortgage tomorrow. Page 8. Money-order business shows increase of $500,- 000. Page 8. Chinese highbinders make murderous assault on young Chinaman, severely wounding In nocent bystander. Page 8. Harriman pyndiuate buy control In Pacific Coast Company, which gives It a terminal footing In Seattle. Page 8. Lebanon banlrrobbrN taken to Albmr to face charges against. thm. Page 9. 'R1GE15JUMPING Gates Sends May Wheat Almost to $1.20. SHORTS ARE CORNERED Will Have to Settle With Him at His Terms. THEY CANNOT DELIVER GOODS Wall Street Speculators Cause Stam pede in Chicago Market and Will Send Price Surely Up to $1.50. CHICAGO, Feb. 15. (Special.) Wheat sold on the Board ot Trade today at the highest point for tho year. - Frightened by the prediction made by John W. Gates that the price would soar In the next 60 days, the shorts fairly tumbled over one another to set their hands on the cereal while It was yet within comparatively easy reach. They bid the May price up to J1.19Ts, whicli beats the record price attained on the great wave of speculative excitement last Fall by more than a cent. In company with other wealthy specu lators who pass most of their time in "Wall street. Gates is credited with hold ing' contracts calling for. the delivery of something like S0,000,000 bushels of wheat next May. The situation is desperate for the shorts. There Is less than 2,000,000 bushels of contract wheat in the public houses of Chicago, and the shorts must deliver or settle at any price dictated by the Gates interests. With Gates in the movement are John Lambert, Isaac EUwood, Corwin. IT. Spen cer, of St. Louis, and one or two big Northwestern wheat men. The shorts are mainly "foreigners, backed by some big seaboard operators and the Northwest and Chicago elevator people. The elevator people, it is believed, will have the wheat to deliver to Gates, they controlling the visible supply. The others, will have to get the wheat some place, or stand for any squeeze. The shorts, at the- outside, cannot deliver more than 10,000.000 bushels of contract wheat by the end of May, according to the Gates crowd, and the other 10,000,000 will cost them what Gates chooses to charge. Predictions of Sl.50 wheat are now heard on all sides, while there are many in the trade who think nothing short of $3 a bushel will bo accepted by Gates and his followers. CASTRO PLAYING P0R DELAY Venezuelan President Insists on Arbi tration Revolution Threatens. LAGUAYRA, Venezuela, Feb. 15. (Cor respondence of the Associated Press.) The negotiations between United States Minister Bowcn and President Castro In the effort to reach an adjustment of the pending disputes between the two coun tries are practically at a standstill. Mr. Bowen's efforts have been blocked by the tactics of Castro, which culminated recently in Castro's abrupt departure from the capital when he was pressed for a frank and definite answer to the propo--sitlon to arbitrate. After his return to Caracas, he declined to submit to arbitration on the ground that the matters are now before the courts of the country. He made a counter-proposition, however, that the United States conclude with him an arbitration treaty to cover future cases which under International law could be considered as diplomatic questions. This Mr. Bowen de clined, but in turn proposed that a tri bunal be selected to determine whether the asphalt case and other pending cases aro diplomatic matters. Again Castro re fused and pressed his demand for a treaty to meet future cases, and here the situa tion rests. The ever-present rumors of a revolu tion against Castro seem at this time to have a possible foundation. The move ment is assuming a more widespread character than for some time, and it is considered in well-informed circles that a revolutionary attempt is not a remote possibility. DDI0ND EIGHTS EXTRADITION California Landgrabbers Appeal Federal Supreme Court. to WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. A brief in be half ot Henry P. DImond. of California, In his habeas corpus casa against United States Marshal Shine, ot that state, was filed in the Supreme Court ot the United States today. Dimond is one ot the men indicted in tho Supreme Court of the Dis trict of Columbia for conspiracy to de fraud the Government in connection with land frauds. Judge De Haven, ot Dlmond's district. Issued a warrant for his removal to this city and denied a petition for a writ ot habeas corpus. Dimond sets tip in his brief that Judge Lacombe of New. York granted a writ to John A. Benson under precisely the same circumstances, and also contends that the "Washington court is without jurisdiction. EARRMAN LINE EQTJIPHENT Will Spend $8,000,000 on Engines, Cars and Electric Signals. CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Extensive plans of the Union Pacific system and the South ern Pacific for new- locomotives, cars and other equipment, and. the installation of GOO miles of automatic electric block sig nals have been announced. It i3 esti mated that an expenditure of $8,000,009 will be necessary to complete the work-. The now equipment will be used pn the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line,yOregon Railway & Navigation and the Southern. 'Pacific and will bo ready this year.