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T i THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1905. SERVE NOTICE ON .EASTERN BREWERS Object of Hopgrowers' Meet ing to Be Held in Port .. land Next Tuesday. BUYERS MUST PAY MORE Producers Will Be Asked to Sign an Agreement to Take Their Stocks off the Market for Sixty Days. SALEM. Or.. April 13. (Special.) To se cure an agreement from hopgrowers to hold their hops for GO days longer is the chief purpose of the meeting to be held at the Portland Hotel next Tuesday. In the movement which resulted in the call ing of This meeting are: Isaac PIncus & Son, of Tacoma, who have 800 bales; Krebs Bros., of .Salem, who have 1800 bales, and M. H. Durst, of California, who is a heavy holder of 1904 hops. The leaders in the movement feel sat isfied that the growers who have not al ready sold are still firm holders, but they want this fact demonstrated in a manner that will be convincing to the brewers. They believe that when the brewers are satisfied that the growers are not to be stampeded they will advance prices un til the holders will sell. At present the short sellers among the dealers are assur ing the brewers that if they wait a while the growers will weaken and there will be a slump in prices. The brewers have believed this assertion and are buying only in small quantities to suit their pres ent needs. "So far as we are concerned," said Con rad Krebs today, "we have no intention of selling before August or September. It won't require any 60-day agreement to keep our hops off the market, and I know that many other growers feel the same as we do. The story has been told and repeat ed by some of the dealers who are trying to bear the market that our hops will soon be sold, and that then there will be a. panic among the growers and a slump in prices. It is probably true that if we should dump 1800 bales on the market the price would go down with a rush. But the stories that have been told are not true, and the fact that we have not sold when It was said we would shows that they were not true. If any of the grow ers are in doubt about our being firm holders, we will convince them at the meeting in Portland Tuesday. "I have information which convinces me that the 1S04 crop has already been oversold and that dealers will not be able to fill all their contracts. I feel certain, too. that the demand for brewing pur poses, before the 1505 crop is harvested, will exceed the supply. The brewers are playing a waiting game because they be lieve the growers will weaken, and they know that If they put the price up a cent or two a pound the growers will only hold the more firmly. But they need the hops and must have them, and it Is only a question of time when they will pay the necessary price. "'I know of one firm that has had a 300 bale order here for several days, and all efforts to get hops to fill the order have failed. ' Another "firm has sold 300 hales of hops tor April delivery, and has not yet been able to buy any of the hops "to fill the contract. The holders are not selling and will not sell at present prices. When we get together in Portland this determination will be made known, and if there are any weak holders they will be strengthened. "The effort to keep up prices now is not merely for the purpose of getting a good price for 1904 hops. "We are looking ahead to the crop of 1905. It is every where admitted that the situation from the growers' standpoint is stronger today than it has been for many years. Now if we let the brewers dictate prices to us under such favorable circumstances, what will we have to hope for on the coming crop if the yield should be large? If we give up when we arc in control of the situation, it will be notice to the brewers that they can always name the price and we will accept it. Every grower should look at the matter in that light The grower who sells now is encouraging the brewers to play a waiting gamewlth the 1905 crop, with assurance that by waiting they can beat down the price. "I think there will be no more hops sold within 60 days unless the price goes above SO cents, and I think the price is pretty sure to reach that figure. There are many who won't sell at 30 cents." CATCH IS OF GOOD SIZE. Salmon at 3Iputlx or the Kiver Dodge the Nets. ASTORIA, Or.. April 19. (Special.) The fishing situation on the lower river con tinues practically unchanged. Gillnetrers drifting near the mouth of the river are making very poor catches, but those working above Tongue Point are faring much better. The reason for this is said to be that the water is so clear the fish in the lower river, where -the water Is deep, -swim close to the bottom and thus escape the nets, whereas above Tongue Point, where the water Is more shallow and the nets drag along the bottom, they are unable to escape. One packer who secures the greater bulk of -his fish from above the Point says his receipts run Irom .six to nine tons per day, and his pack thus far exceeds the amount he had on May 1 of last year. The inside traps at Baker's Bay are also do ing well and are taking more salmon than at the corresponding period of last year. The outside traps,, those located along the edge of the channel, are not meeting with as great .success. The fish taken are of excellent quality, and average from 18 to 23 pounds each, but the proportion of large salmon is said to be Increasing. REGENTS STAND ON RIGHTS. Would Disburse Funds Without .Other Supervision. BOISE, Idaho, April 19. (Special.) A controversy is in prospect between the board of regents of the State University and the State Auditor, over the method of disbursing the moneys appropriated for the maintenance of the university. It has always been alleged by the board that its claims did not have to be passed upon by the board of examiners, but should be dis bursed directly by the regents. All other boards having charge of state institutions are obliged to send in the bills, and these are audited and warrants issued for them y the State. Auditor, but the board of regents alleges it is authorized, as a body corporate, to operate independently of that general provision governing other institutions. Heretofore the board has made requisi tions on the state for iump sums, and these have been disbused without further action by the state authorities. In re sponse to' a request from State Auditor Bragaw for an opinion on the subject. Attorney-General Guheen has held all uni versity illfe.jftUB.tB. submitted i ibApi board of examiners and- paid as in case of all ordinary claims against the state. His opinion says: "I find no law authorizing you to draw warrants upon the Treasurer for moneys in his possession appropriated to the uni versity upon requisition of the board of regents; but, on the other hand, it is ex pressly provided that you shall draw war rants upon all stated funds or appropria tions only upon presentation of proper vouchers or claims in favor of the parties entitled thereto which have been approved by the board of examiners, as provided by law, and claims against the state in curred in the management of the univer sity are not excepted from this mode of procedure." It is not known what the board of re gents will do. At their last meeting they submitted the matter to attorneys for a legal opinion. SALT LAKE MAKES BIG BID. Offers 530,000 Building for Head quarters of the WQodmen. LOS ANGELES, Cal.,-April 19. Todays session of the convention of the Pacific Division of the Order of Woodmen of the World was taken up with routine mat ters. Great interest is being manifested in the election of a successor to Head Consul Foley, which will take place to morrow. So far the fight is between Fo ley and I. I. Boak, of Denver, present head clerk of the order, with A. B. Keith, of Butte, Mont., a likely choice in the event of a deadlock between the support ers of the two leading candidates. Salt Lake City is making the most strenuous effort of any of the cities to secure the location of permanent head quarters of both the Woodmen and the Women of Woodcraft. A telegram was received today from the President of the City Council tf Salt Lake pledging the donation of a $30,000 building to the Wood men for location of their headquarters there, and also a pledge of a $15,000 lot to the co-ordinate women's branch for the location of its headquarters. None of the other cities that are com peting for the location have as yet made any such Inducements. Late tonight It was almost certain that L L Boak, of Denver, will be the next head counsel of the order. In his report at today's meeting Head Clerk Boak stated the increase in mem bership in the jurisdiction for the past term was 762, the total number of orig inal applications received being 32,597, in whiph California leads with 19,899. The head physician rejected 1500 appli cations. The number of death claims paid during the term was 1266, and the amount so paid aggregated 12,397,159, or an average monthly payment of $1,894.27 each. WITH WHISKY AND WEAPON. Oregon City Men Arc Said to Have Broken the L-a-w. OREGON CITY, Or.. April 19. (Special.) District Attorney Harrison Allen today returned informations against Charles Straight and Jacob Wind. The former is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon on Deputy Fish Wardens Smith and Ball, as the result of an altercation as to fishing rights. The charge against Wind is that of selling liquor to a minor. Both men will plead tomorrow. The indictment of Wind is the sequel of the Juvenile court that was held by Judge Ryan Monday, when six young lads of the city, charged with pilfering, dis closed that they had been expending the proceeds of their booty for liquor, which they purchased at one of two saloons or a prominent drugstore In this city. The charge as to the illegal sale of liquor by the other saloonman and the drugstore dealer is being investigated by the author ities. Bodies Charred by Fire. MISSOULA. Mont.. April 19, What was believed to have been a case of murder and suicide, investigation has proven to be a mysterious double murder. At the inquest over the remains of Levi T. Drew, white, and Emma Teal, colored, last night, it developed that the back door lock of the woman's den had been broken off by an Intruder, who, after sending a bullet through the head of each of the drunken and stupefied carousers as they lay on the bed, had set the structure on fire in an effort to conceal the tragedy. The absence of the revolver used In the killing also substantiates the murder theory. The police are working on the idea that the guilty person is an unknown woman, who is alleged to have said that if the Teal woman and her paramour did not pay her $200 they owed, she would kill them both. The bodies of both victims were badly charred and mutilated by fire. The bed clothing evidently had been set on fire. Wanted on Forgery Charge. ABERDEEN, Wash., April 19. (Spe cial.) Sheriff Graham and Police Officer Chrlstensen arrested at South Bay, where he had taken refuge, George Spaulding, of Humboldt County, California, who is wanted by the county officials on the charge of forgery. It is alleged that Spaulding made false oath to many road warrants, he being County Road Super visor, and obtained several thousand dol lars Illegally. When leaving California it is also alleged he eloped with the wife of another man. The woman is said to be in Hoquiam. Spaulding had taken refuge in a hunt ing lodge and was well armed. He was brought through here today and lodged in jail In -Montesano until the authorities in California are communicated with. Gift for Montana University. MISSOULA, Mont., April 19. Word has been received here that W. J. Bryan has named the University -of Montana as one of the 25 institutions to receive a be quest of $400 under the will of Phllo S. Bennett. The Nebraskan is the executor of the will and has selected this state's phlnclpal Institution of learning as the best upon which to bestow the money. The 5400 will be Invested and the Inter est thereon will be devoted to the pur chase of suitable prizes for the student annually preparing the best essay on the "Progress of Good Government." The fact was officially announced at the uni versity tonight. Indictments Not Yet Returned. SALEM. Or., April 19. (Special.) The Marion County grand jury paid a visit of inspection to the state penitentiary today and will visit the asylum tomorrow. As some of the members of the jury have made arrangements to go home Friday. It Is presumed that the Jury has complet ed Its investigation of the state land frauds. No indictments have been returned yet, but several are expected Friday, or per haps Thursday. The Jury may, however, take a recess for a week or two," in order to give the District Attorney time to pre pare the indictments they have ordered. Invalid Burns in House. SPOKANE, April 19. A special from Ritzville, Wash., to the Spokesman Re view, says: Mrs. Eamuel Weller, an invalid, while alone in the house on the Weller home stead, burned to death today. The cause of the fire is not known. Headed Toward Big Bottom. CHBHALIS, Wash.. ,April 19. (Special) The crew of Northern Pacific surveyors, camped on ' Jackson Prairie, has run a preliminary line about six miles, from Jackson Prairie to a point north of Ethel. They are supposed, to be running AMBLES INTHEBAY Drunken Crew of Orient Can not Manage the Vessel. WRECK IS BARELY ESCAPED Captain Saunders Finally Lets Go an Anchor When the Tide Whirls His Craft Over Toward Belvedere. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. April 19. (Special.) The schooner Orient went to sea tonight in tow of the tug Pilot. The Orient was bouridvfor Gray's Har bor, and five of her sailors lay helpless in bunks, sleeping off Vallejo whisky, with which they had fortified them selves before going on board. When the Pilot cast off the Orient and returned to port, the currents took charge of the Orient. They carried her close to Mile Rock and missed scraolnar ther sides on Fort Point by but a few leet. The tide swept the helpless schooner over to Belvedere and Captain Saun ders anchored his vessel. With a sober crew the Orient went to sea again and got clear of the land on a spanking breeze. RESIGNS THE PRESIDENCY. Mr. Brumback Leaves McMlnnvillc to Take Chemistry Professorship. M'MINNVILLE COLLEGE. McMinn villc Or., April 19. (Special.) President Arthur M. Brumback has tendered his resignation as president of McMlnnvIlIe College, to take effect at the close of the present school year. He will occupy the new chair of chemistry at his alma mater, Denlson University, at Granville, O. The chair of chemistry is a new department, and Mr. Brumback will be the first man at its head. When President Brumback came to Mc MlnnvIlIe College in 189S the science de partment was ill-equipped and in a strug gling condition. He Immediately began the work of creating a real and as nearly as possible a modern department. His en ergy seemed never to lag and his determi nation was unwavering. The result of his work is well evidenced by the healthy condition of the college he is just leav ing, and especially the science depart ment. President Brumback is 3S years old. He will leave for his new home early in July. PRUNES FALL FROM TREES'. California Crop Will Be Far Below Average. SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. (Special.) The. prune crop of California, in all the principal districts, will range from only one-quarter to one-half of the California season output. Ten days ago Ihe outlook was good for a record-breaking prune producing season. The trees were bear ing enough small prunes to give basis for high hope in this direction. Suddenly a great change has come. A very large percentage of the prunes have fallen from the trees after the fruit had attained about the size of peas. DEAD GIRL IN CHINESE DIVE. Bruises on Body Indicate That She Was Murdered. HELENA, Mont, April 19. A special to the Record- from Havre says the dead body of Lizzie Booth, an lS-year-old girl, the stepdaughter of George Card, was found in a Chinese bunkhouse, known as a "hop" joint today. The body was cov ered with bruises, and Coroner Gray be lieves she had been killed. Toy. .a Chinese gambler, has been ar rested on suspicion. NORTHWEST DEAD. Mrs. Charles Ewing. MBDFORD, Or., April 19. (Special.) Mrs. Llla Ewing, wife of Charles Ewing, contractor of construction on the M. & C. L. Railroad, died very suddenly last night of heart disease. She was 45 years of age and leaves a- son 4 years old. The remains were shipped to Portland this afternoon for interment. A. R. Borbero. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 19. (Spe cial.) A. R. Borbero, a resident ,of Hock inson, died Monday at his home at that plact. Death was due to his extreme old age. He was one of the moat highly re spected, pioneer? of this section. One son and two daughters survive him. Suit Over Big Parrot. BUTTE, Mont., April 19. A Miner spe cial from Helena states that the hearing on the order to show cause why the in junction that resulted in the shut-down of the Big Parrot copper mine in Butte, should not be made permanent, was be gun before Judge William H. Hunt in the United States Court this morning. The restraining order was granted on the ap plication of the Nipper Consolidated Mining Company, 30-36 of the stock or which is held by F. August Helnze. and who brought an action in the Federal Court to recover $4,166,666.66, the value of ores alleged to have been .extracted by the Parrott Company from veins claimed to apex in the Nipper ground. Pacific to Debate at Seattle. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove, April 19. (Special.) The members of the university debating team, W. B. Rasmussen, '05; R. F. Peters, 05, and H. E. Thomas, '05, will leave for Seattle to morrow morning to meet the Univer sity of Washington representatives Fri day evening. Pacific will support the negative of the question. "Resolved, That the United States should not retain permanent pos session of the Philippine Islands unless they shall ultimately enjoy Statehood." The supporters of the affirmative of this question won In the Yale-Princeton, Whitman-Pullman and Oregon-Washington de bates. Surveyors Running Lines. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Apr 19. In formation comes from Dayton that a large number of surveyors are running prelim inary lines and making Investigations. None of the party will talk, but it Is be lieved that they are making surveys for an electric line to be constructed irom Lewlston through Pomeroy, Dayton, Waltsburg and Walla Walla to Pendle ton. The general Impression is that the proposed raod will connect with the Graves line projected from Spokane to Lewlston. Some believe that it will be a part of the proposed Lewlston-Grange-vllle line. Boone Promises to Cause Trouble. VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 19. (Spe cial.) Captain John J. Brady has left the iE Alcfttru Island Cai-x. la $ICJLsutMjau of 14 general prisoners. Among them was Lieutenant Francis M. Boone, who Is sentenced to a year's confinement at that place. Considerable anxiety . was mani fested by the men In charge of the pris oners, as Lieutenant Boone announced be fore they started that he would give them a good time in taking him 'to the prison. Special precaution is taken by the guard that he does not escape or commit self-destruction. Skull Found in Excavation. ASTORIA, Or., April 19. (Special.) Workmen employed In grading the sits for the new hospital building unearthed the skull and a portion of the skeleton of a human being this morning. The con dition of the bones indicated that they had been burled a great many years. It is known that an Indian burial-ground was located In that vicinity years ago. and when the adjacent street was being im proved, & -couple of years ago, the bones of a number of Indians were dug up. The skull , f ouifthhK morning, however, is .thougfi id have been that of a white man. No Clew to Clairvoyant. SAN JOSE, CaL, April 19. The officers have found no clue to Weber, a clairvoy ant who, according to the story of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Drew, made them In sane by persuading them to inhale some kind of poisonous, fume and then be guiled, them out of $3000. The couple are in a sanitarium and today are fairly ra tional. A letter has been sent to relatives in New Hampshire conveying information as to their misfortune and present condition. Judge Grants One Divorce. OREGON CITY, Or., April 19. (Special.) Judge McBrlde today granted a divorce in the case of Samuel B. Hendee against Isabelle Hendee. The suit of Sarah Marks against Willard Moore and E. C. Herren, being a proceed ing to cancel a lease to a hopyard and recover damages In the sum of 5500 be cause of alleged nonperformance by the defendants of the terms of the agreement, occupied the time of the court. It was submitted to the Jury this evening. Fix It Up With Strikers. BUTTE, Mont, April 19. A Miner spe cial from Livingstone, Mont., says: "Word has been received from Aldridge that an agreement has been reached be tween the Montana Coal & Coke Com pany and Its employes. The men had been on a strike since last August. Mem bers of the union deny that a settlement has been reached, though they admit that the strike will probably be settled within ten days. About 300 men are em ployed. Jurors Are Thinking Hard. BUTTE. Mont. April 19. Though the jury in the case 6f Jerry Slatery, charged with the murder of Patrick Mahoney, has been out since Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, no verdict has been reached and a disagreement Is regarded as very probable. The Jurors refused to retire last night and spent the time deliberating upon the case. This Is Slattery's second trial, the first resulting In a disagreement. Fine Piano for Conservatory PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, April 19. (Special.) The new $1500 con cert piano, secured through the ef forts of Professor Chapman, was In stalled In the conservatory today. It will be used tonight In a public rendition of "Fair Ellen," "Young Lovell's Bride" and the "Hallelujah Chorus." by the choral unlpn. DAILY CITYSTATISTICS. Marriage XJceas. Herbert F. Kerron. 23: Edith A. Colllnson. 23. r James O. Botkln, 20; Edyth R. McGowan. 26. G. P. Llslsnoll, 25: Katie Delflno. C H. I.ambson. 24; Margaret Gatchet. 20. Hans Jarihaw, 35; Lena C. Hansen, 21. Deaths. In Portland. April 8. 1805. Robert Brown. & native of Scotland, aged 69 years. In Portland. April 16. 1005. Geortre Grif fith, a native of Maryland, aged 82. In Portland. April IT. Henry T. Hlldrth. a native of New Hampshire, ased 84 years. In Portland, April 16. Annie Newsorae, a. native of Maryland, aged 61 years. In Portland. April 17. 1003. George Goodon. a native of Scotland, aged 50 years. In Portland. April 17, 1005. Frank P. Sandstrom, a native of Oregon, aged 1 year. Births. In Portland, April 15, 1005, to the wife of Henry Brown, a girl. In Portland. April 18, 1005, to the wife of William T. Patterson, a boy. In Portland, April 15. 1905, to the wife of F. J. Base el. a girl. In Portland, April 15. 1905, to the wife of Ozel Landerholm, a glrL Bulldlnr Permits. E. A. Baldwin, store, Russell, between Mississippi and Delay, $1000. Dr. Holden, dwelling. Spring street, be tween Chapman and Twentieth, $2500. H. H. Prouty. foundation for store. East Morrison, between Third and Union avenue. $300. Mrs. May Mellch. dwelling, Union avenue and Cambridge, $2000. A. E. Whltesldes. dwelling. Qalmby, be tween Twenty-flrst and Twenty-second, $1050. W. C Day, repairs dwelling, Davis, be tween Twenty-first end Twenty-second, $200. Ral Estate Transfers. Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to H. Anderson, lot 5, block 12, Tllton's Addition $ 800 M. E. Bsldlng and husband to Hi bernla Savings Bank, lot 17, block 21, Southern Portland 250 Pacific States Saving, Loan & Build ing Co. to C. H. Korell. 14.48 acres, beginning at southeast corner sec tion 30, township 1 north, range 1 west 1,300 P. McGarren to J. C Cock ran, lot 25, block 16. Point View 100 Portland Trust Co. to F. J. Ely, lots 8. S, block 32. Tremont Place 160 Oregon Real Estate Co. to K. P. Hall, west V lots 3. . block 83. Holla day's AddlUon 2.750 A. Wyxnan and wife to C. Taber. par cel property beginning southeast corner lot 2, 'block 323, city 4,000 C Lumsden and husband to J. G. Mann, parcel property beginning southeast -corner block F. Alblna Homestead 2,250 JL. Schwartz and wife to J. Scbnell, lot 17. block 8, Alblna 1,000 Mrs. P. Hawes and husband to A. J. Staffenson. southeast U south east Vx. section 18. township 1 south, range 4 east 1,200 I. Price to C S. Kelty and wife, north 25 feet of east 75 -feet, lot 4. block 275. city 10 Merchants Investment & Trust Co. to J. W Swank et at. all sub division A, and east 3 feet of sub division P. lot 4. block 4, Portland Homestead 1,400 Sheriff to E. Sarson. lots 41. 42. block 14. Alblna; lots 13, 14, block 10. Central Alblna 24 George W. Joseph and wife to E. E. Shields, lots 33 to 36 Inclusive, block 3, Point View l E. E. Shields and wife to N. H. Sult Ier. trustee, lots 33 to 36 inclusive, block 3. Point View 800 Sunnyslde Land & Improvement Co. to C D. Gabrlelson. lot 19, block 13. Sunnyslde 300 F. A. Helm et aL to H. O. Hender son et at. north 35 feet lot 7; all lot 8, block 2. Mount Scott Park 170 H. C. Stewart et aL to C. W. Owens, lots 5, 6 block 154. Caruthers Ad dition 1,400 P. McDanlel and husband to O. J. Groce. Vt acrp, beginning on east line of Marcus Neff D. L. C, section 29, township 1 north, range 1 east. 1.675 A. M. Hall, administrator, to J. A. Carnahan and wife, lots 3, 4, block 3. Rosedale - - 450 C Taber to V. V. Rand, lots 5. C. 13. 14. block 1. subd. lot M. M. Pat ton Tract 1 L. V. Pates and husband to G. Fab- llnger. lot S. block 88. Sellwood . . . 250 F. R. TVoodmansee and wife to M. G. Broke, lot 4. block 9. Keystone Ad dition 3.000 Bacon I heard Bumpton was confined to his bed, this morning. Egbert Nonsense! I met him down at the Postodce: Oh. well, he wasn't confined more than half an hour. You see. it was a folding bed. and the pesky thing closed, up on. hira. YaaktM THEIR TRADE ME diiiioii ouiumuia Lumuermen Ask Protection. SMALL HOPE OF GETTING IT Eastern Canada's Interest Favors Free Trade in Lumber and Will Oppose Measures Against ". , American Dumpers.. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 19. Taking advantage of the Canadian tariff laws, which permit the .free entry of foreign lumber into the Dominion, lumber manufacturers of the Northwest, and especially of the State of Washington, are flooding the British Co lumbia markets, closing small mills and greatly reducing the profits of the larger mills, according to advices of the State Department. American lumber has wrought such havoc in British Columbia that the lumbermen of that province, through their Legislature, have appealed to the Dominion government to give them a duty on lumber which will save them from damaging competition, if not annihi lation, at the hands of American com petitors. The lumber situation in Canada is very similar to that In the United States. The East, older and more thickly settled, has largely exhausted .Its timber resources and Is compelled to go Into distant mar kets for its supply. Canada imposing no duty on lumber, the Eastern provinces have been buying from-British Columbia and from tne "United States. Our own Eastern States axe buying almost exclu sively from the West, for the tariff of $2 per thousand on foreign lumber prohibits Eastern States from buying In Canada. The Eastern States want this tariff re moved, believing that under free trade they could get Canadian lumber cheaper than they now get American lumber from our own Northwest. The existing duty on lumber imposed by the United States is working great benefjt to Pacific Coast lumber Interests, enabling them not only to supply the home demand and the demand from East ern States, but successfully to enter Cana dian markets and crowd out Canadian mills. A great deal of the surplus product of American mills now finds its way into Canada, and Is able to compete even with the mills of British Columbia, where there is as much and as fine timber as is found In our own Northwestern States. Naturally the lumbermen of British Co lumbia kick. Their small mills have been closed, and the profits of the larger mills have been materially reduced, just on ac count of American encroachment upon their field. That Is why they seek an Import tariff on lumber. But Eastern Canada does not want such a tariff, as it would increase the cost of their lumber, and they think they now pay cnoqgh. when they add to the actual cost the cost of transportation. The East in Can ada, as in the United States, wields the balance of power, and is very apt to pre vent the enactment of a lumber tariff, just as the Eastern States In the Ameri can Congress will be very apt to reduce or remove the lumber tariff if they get the opportunity. The British Columbia situation is fully explained in a recent report to the State Department by American Consul Abra ham E. Smith, of Victoria, In which he says: The Legislative Assembly of British Colum bia met In annual session February 8, 1805, and the lumber question at once came to the front. On February 13 a motion was made by a Liberal member Indorsing the request made by the lumbermen of British Columbia at a meeting held a few days previously that the Dominion government place an Import duty upon foreign lumber brought Into Can ada. During the debate it was stated and reiterated that the purpose was to keep American lumber out of the province; that the mills of the State of Washington had for the past year made a practice of selling their surplus product In British Columbia at rates which compelled several lumber mills to close down, and that only by Imposing an Import duty, preventing the so-called "dumping" of American lumber In the prov ince, could lumber mills be profitably run In British Columbia. The resolution passed by a unanimous viva-voce vote in the assembly, and has already been forwarded to Ottawa. It Is well known that any Import duty on lumber Is strenuously opposed In Manitoba and other prairie countries. Great interest is felt respecting the action to be taken by the Dominion government. Meanwhile the British Columbia Loggers? Association has as unanimously presented a petition to the provincial government asking the removal of the tax on logs cut In British Columbia and sold to American lumber mills. This tax on all logs cut on leased government land In British Columbia, re bated If logs are manufactured or used In British Columbia (described In Dally Con sular Keports for April 13, 1904. No. 1926). ranges from S4 to $7.50 per 1000 feet B. M.. and $1 per cord on cedar, fir or spruce. The argument of the British Columbia loggers Is that under the working of the ,'act the small or Independent loggers are at the mercy of the large mills, being debarred an alternate market. As soon as the "large mills are supplied the small loggers have to find a market In the United States or sell their products at ruinous prices. An effort will be made at the present session of the British Columbia Legislature to remove the restriction complained of. that the timber of the province may be cut and used Instead of being allowed to remain In the forests or destroyed, as millions of feet are by fire annually, because, by the provincial law, the loggers are prevented from disposing of their product In the markets of the United States. Knocks Out Telephone Lines. M'MINNVILLE, Or., April 19. (Special.) During last night's thunder storm a charge of electricity followed a telephone wire Into the central office just as Miss Georgia Morgan was connecting two lines. The shock was heavy enough to stun the young woman. Every long-distance line that runs north and south of this place was rendered useless by the lightning and many of the local lines are out. Fail to Baise the Money. EVERETT, Wash.. April 19. Friends and relatives of George H. Holcomb, ex Clty Treasurer, have notified the surety company on his bond that they are un able to raise funds with which to effect a settlement. As a result. Holcomb, now out on bonds, will probably be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. His short age is $11,136. Prisoner Wanted in Clark County. CHEHAL.IS, Wash., April 19. (Special.) Last night Sheriff H. W. Urquhart ar rested Dick Perklnson at Centralla. He is wanted In Clark County for forgery. Perkins has served two terms In Walla Walla from Lewis County. Passenger Train . Kills Two. LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 19. Charles E. Davie, an employe of the Port Costa Milling Company, and his sister, Miss Helen Davlc. today were run down and killed by a Santa Fe passenger train near Pasadena. Opposed by the Co-Eds. , SEATTLE. Wash.. April 19. (Special.) At the State University today the amend ed constitution for the student-body was defeated. . The co-eda opposed It. THE EILERS CLAIM OF LIBERALITY AGAIN VERIFIED A Caller at Our Store Greatly Impressed With the Splendid Collection of Highest-Grade Instruments, and More Than AH With Our Low Prices. Sale of Exchanged Pianos to Close This Week The Splendid Chlckerlng Upright and Many Others of the Advertised Pianos Sold Two More Uprights Exchanged for Pianola Pianos Yesterday Now Is the Time for Bargains In the Very Best Pianos Some Used Pianolas Included. "You cannot find finer pianos' East or West," declared a gentleman from the East who knows piano business through and through all over the entire country, who called at our store yesterday, "and there is not another establishment that can show a greater variety. When it comes to prices, you beat 'em all. How can you do It when you have to pay freight clear across this big continent?" This Is just another of the many in stances which are continually arising-, which prove our assertion that no mat ter whether, your purchase be a brand new piano of any of our makes, from the most elaborate and costly Chickering. Weber or Kimball to the smaller-priced but good, reliable new pianos, or an ex changed piano, such as purchasers are now securing, it is to your advantage to buy here. As we have explained many times in print, we explained to our caller, our small-price, many-sales policy and the nu merous exclusive devices anc methods which we employ that save many dollars In the cost of handling pianos, and also the advantages which we have in pur chasing in Immense quantities to supply six of the largest piano stores in the AVest. Just think, our contracts with Eastern factories for the present year average a carload of instruments every other day. That is, pianos, organs, pianolas, pianola pianos, orchestrelles and electric pianos, ISO carloads, and over 3000 instruments. Is it any wonder we can afford to sell at a small profit, and our patrons are pleased patrons? DOG-EATERS LAND Dr. Hunt Arrives at Seattle With Igorrotes. TO STOP ON PUGET SOUND Over 300. of the Little Filipinos "Were Keady and Anxious to Visit Lewis and Clark Fair. SEATTLE. Wash., April 19. (Special.) Dr. T. K. Hunt" reached Seattle tonight with a party of 51 Igorrotes for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. One small Negrito boy and three white assistants complete the party. The Igorrotes will be held here for a short time, and may give local ex hibitions. Their village on the Trail will be built when the details are settled with the Exposition offtciuls. A canao. Or native dance, lasting for three days, fouowed the return of Dr. Hunt's party from St. Louis, and when he sought to gather his party for the trip to Portland, over SCO asked to accompany him. Only five persons, including Julio, a native interpreter, are with the Portland as well as the St. Louis parties. One of the natives contracted a severe cold on the trip across the Pacific and is In a local hospital. The others are quar tered In a North Seattle house, rented late tonight. Dr. Hunt, when he left Portland, talked of bringing representatives of Ave villages. The fact that the Igorrotes took in 5202.000 at St. Louis, while other villages barely paid expenses, decided the company in favor of bringing Bontoc Igorrotes alone. OFFICERS OF DAUGHTERS Election is Held by Congress of Women of Patriot Ancestry. WASHINGTON, April 19. The most im portant work heforc the Congress of Daughters of the American Revolution today was the election of officers. Among those placed in nomination for vice-president general, in addition to those nomi nated last night, were; Mrs. Franklin E." Brooks, of Colorado; Mrs. Mary Wood Swift, of California; Mrs. John Leary. or Washington; Mrs. Mary Phelps Mont gomery, of Oregon. Mrs. Sarah T. Kenney, state regent of Connecticut, named Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks as honorary president. Mrs. Fairbanks evidently was taken by sur Want to Then take any new medicines on the market. They - people are relying his old standard preparation Xade by tho J. O. Ayrr Co.. XwU. Xu. Also tnnnftrtnrrri of AYX'8 SATR VIGOR For tfc b&ir. AYMt'8 COBBY fgCTOBAL ?or ctrngSs . But to Return to the Sale It Closes This Week. Among the advertised pianos there still remains a dainty little W eber for 5325; one Kimball for $275; two Hardman pianos, one for 5210 and one for $1S3, and an Ever ett in a rosewood case for 5225. etc. etc Two more upright pianos were accepted by us yesterday in exchange for Pianola Pianos. One Is a very attractive little Hlnzc and the other an excellent Decker & Son upright. These also will be ready to go on sale In a day or two. Used Pianolas. Pianolas which have ben exchanged by us for Pianolas with the Metrostyie at tachment, a couple of discontinued styles and one salesman's sample, all in first class condition. With the exception of Metrostyie Pianolas, you could not find anything more satisfactory! and if you prefer to follow your own taste In the matter of Interpretation, these Pianolas are Just the thing. There Is one in an ebonized case for only 5130; one in ma hogany, price 5146; another cased in a. very dark mahogany, 51o; one discontinued style, walnut case, 5200; another discon tinued style, mahogany case, 5200, and a salesman's sample, in quite a late style. $1S3. All of these prices Include one year's subscription to our circulating library, or $15 worth of music These Pianolas, as well as every piano Included in this sale, arc purchasable by a very moderate cash payment and small monthly installments. Every instrument fully guaranteed and money back, should purchase fall in any way to prove exactly as represented. prise, but she yielded the chair tempor arily to Mrs. Carey, of Indiana. The dele gates rose as a body and gave Mrs. Fair banks an ovation. The nomination was made an election amid enthusiastic ap plause. In resuming the chair, Mrs. Fairbanks said: "This is the last of many honors you have conferred upon your president-general and she thanks you from the bottom of a grateful heart." Other nominations then were made as follows: For chaplain-general, Mrs. T. S. Hamlin, of the District of Columbia; for corresponding secretary-general, Miss Virginia Miller and Mrs. John R. Toung, both of the District of Columbia; for treasurer. Mrs. M. S. Davis,, of the Dis trict of Columbia; for historian-general, Mrs. Jonathan P. Dolllver. of Iowa; for editor of the American Monthly Maga zine, Mrs. E. M. Avery; for business man ager of the magazine, Miss Lillian Lock wood - The rules were suspended and Mrs. Avery and Miss Lockwood. were elected. At the afternoon session the following officers were unanimously elected: Vice-president-general in charge of organiza tion of chapters. Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main, District, of Columbia; chaplain general. Mrs. T. S. Hamlin, District of Columbia; treasurer-general, Mrs. M. B. S. Davis, District of Columbia; historian. Mrs. John Ethan Dolliver. Iowa; assistant historian, Mrs. M. A. Lockwood. District of Columbia; librarian-general. Mrs. Alice A. Solomon. District of Columbia. Mrs. Fairbanks, the retiring president general, gave a reception In honor of the Daughters- at her home tonight. It was said that Mrs. Donald McLean, one of the candidates for the office of president-general, and some of her friends did not at tend the reception. Voting for the candidates for president general and various vice-presidents closed the night. The ballots were then handed over to tellers. Announcement of the re sult will be made tomorrow. Government Iteceives Notice. WASHINGTON. D. C, April 19. Tho following cablegram was received at the State Department today from Vice-Consul-General Davidson, at Shankhal. dated toda: "Kennedy, a Dowic missionary, was attacked by Chinese at Tsungll village, in Hangchow district. Cloud investigating-." Mr. Cloud Is a clerk at the Shanghai Consulate-General. There have been vague rumors of disturbances and growth of anti-foreign feeling similar to that which led to the Boxer uprising of 1900, but no official advices have come to the State Department to verify these. If Mr. Cloud finds that there Is any danger of a general uprising in that quarter, the Chi nese government will be immediately called upon to take steps to protect the missionaries. Grant Iteforms to Restore Peace. VIATKA, European Russia. April 19, The local Zemstvo has passed a res olution, which will be forwarded to the government, to the effect that the only means of quieting tho people is to inaugurate Immediately the prom ised reforms, namely, the convocation of a representative assembly and the granting: of liberty of the press and of meetings, etc try an experiment? one of the hundreds of come, they go, and are soon forgotten. Or want to be cured? Then take a medicine that has been tested and tried, generation after genera tion. A medicine that has been a household remedy for sixty years. ,t Ayer's 1 Sarsaparilla. Intelligent, thoughtful more and more upon ATK'S PXLL-For ee&ttiMtfea. AYSX'S AOiUX CUHS For x&aUria. aad &3A.