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The 1MILLSBR6 Kmu KO. X. lULLSnOUO, OUKUON, TIIUUSDAY, JAN If A It Y II, 1WM. NO. 44. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprhcolv Review of th Imoort nt Happening of th Put Wek, Presented la Condensed Form, Moat Llkely to Provs Interesting to. Our Many Reader. There i a great flood of Alaskan bill in congress. The Ohio legislature baa re-elected Senator llanu. A gang ot Italian robliet 1ms been eanght at Irrigon, Oregon, with much toot. Ex-Governor RttshneU, of Ohio, very tow a tut hi death may occur at any time. Germany ha Informed Britain that he la ready to conclude a comuioricwl treaty with Cauada. t American ship will maintain a close watch and prevent any landing ol Co lombian troop on Panama toil. Ex-Congressman Priggs, of New York, haa been Hned $ 10,000 and given one day iu jail for accpeting a bribe. Premeir Balfour' statement that Britain will carry out iU trade treaty obligation! i deeply resented by Ru aia. The senate engaged in a warm dim us- eion orer a resolution looking to arbi tration of Colombia a claim against Panama. 'v , , The-national Democratic committee, in session at Washington, Indorsed the 1905 fair, The national convention to elect a candidate for president will meet in St. Loul July 0. The Iowa legislature la in leeelon. A new cabinet hat been formed in Chile, -j Three niore war vessel are 'on the way to Panama. Ex-Governor John Young Brown, of Kentucky, t dead. The senate uphold President Roose Telt in hit Panama policy. - Penator Scott made a warm attack on General Wood in the senate. He tertni him a "bloodless soldier." Premier Balfour haa made a state ment which shows Great Britain to be with Japan in case of war. Secretary of Stale Hay. is again at tending to the duties of hi department after sevetal weeks of illness. Chicago councilmen, who have been investigating the theater horror, have turned their attention to the condition of theity' hotels Development in the wreck of the steamer Clallam seem to (how that the captain was largely responsible for the great' loss of life, showing very poor Judgment at the critical time. W. j Bryan has returned from his tour 61 Europe General John B. Gordon, the last of the famous Confederate generals, is dead. ' Iron gate across the exits are discov ered to have played a deadly part in the Chicago theater flie. Ex-Mayor Walbridge, of St. Louis, is being boomed a a Republican candi date tor vice president. An'erdei placed in California for 250,900 worth of food stuffs is be lieved to he for RRuseia. Representative Humphrey want Se attle put on the list of cities where civit tervka examination are held. Senator Smoot denie that he is a polygamist and has answered other charge on file with the senate commit tee."; Jarjan ha sent another note to Rus sia, w'lich is practically an ultimatum. She will not wait long on the csar for an answer. Professor Willis Moore, chief of the United State weather bureau, in his annual report, says Uiere was but 17 per . cent of error '"In the forecast of the past year. China i sure to assist Japan In the event of war , . , Corps may appeal to tho' United States in the event of an Invasion. The house has voted $250,000 for eradiation of Insect affecting cotton. Senator Dietrich, of Nebraksa, has been cleared of the charge of telling an office, Eg-Secretary of the Treasury Charle Foster la dangerously ill at bia borne in Springfield, Ohio. General Chaffee haa been nominated to itteceed General Young as chief of ' the Ataff of the army. $yor Harrison, of Chicago, la being guarfled lor lear oi assassination on ac coun i tot the theater horror. Warships are asscmlblng at Colon, presumably for the purpose of making a hostile demonstration against Colombia.- . bill is before the house providing jrfirc consolidation of third and fourth class mall matter to be admit ted t the raet of one cent for each two ounce. Brigadier General Randall ia likely to be promoted to major general. Great military activity prevail at r.(.fl.na anil flavanllla rVdritnlkta Ex-Congressman Drlgga, of New York, ba been convicted of accepting a bribe. IN JOINT SESSION. National Conventions ot Sheep and Cat tlcnon Mitt ia Harmony. 1'urtland, Jim. 13. The delegate to the National Woolgrowcr and Nation al Livestock conventions met in Joint session yesterday morning and the tw big organisations were heartily wel coined to Oregon ami Portland by rep rescntative men of the stute and city The Livestock association furnm!!; opened it annual meeting and the Woolgrowcr, after a lengthy business session In the afternoon, adjourned sine die. More than a thousand dclcgnt to tne two conventions troin every sec tion of the United Slates thronged the Raker theater from pit to gallery. The house rang with repeated burst of i piause in response to addresses upon question of vital interest to the two organisation. Sheepmen and cattle- raisers met upon common ground, with common interest at heart, and dis cussed way and mean ot securing mutual benefits. The morning session was devoted to a program of entertainment, including music and addresses of welcome and response. In the afternoon the woo! growers met alone and completed .the business of their meeting. Common Interest of the woolgrowers and nianu facturer were discussed. The condition of the mutton sheep market ws thor oughly presented by representatives of the markets. Resolutions were adopted favoring legislation Hist the sheepmen loein to be beneficial to their industry, and officer for the ensuing year wore elected as follows : Penator h.h. r- ten, of Wyoming, president; Jesse M. Smith, Utah, tirst vice president; uonrgo Truesdale, Maryland, second vice president; Mortimer Iverlng, In liana, secretary, the treasurer to be se eded by tho executive committee. The convention decided to meet in conjunction with the livestock men next year at such place as the latter convention should decide upon. Han Jose, California, appear to I in the cad for the next convention of the two rganiuitlon, though Ienver has a strong backing. An effort is being made to have the convention decide upon permanent meeting place, where all succeeding meetings may be held. It i generally conceded that should this motion prevail, Denver ill be selected a permanent head. quarters. The Livestock convention will begin t work proper this morning, and three davs will be devoted to earnest consideration of many question of vital mportauce. READY TO BLOW UP RAILROAD. Japanese Spies All Along the Siberia Lin are Awaiting Development. Liverpool, Jan. 14. An Interesting statement, in conjunction with the stragctie value of tho trans-Siberian railroad was made -today by Fu Kuril Rush, a member of a British mercan tile firm at New t'hwang. Addressing the Liverpool chamber Of commerce, Mr. Bush, after covering the question ( the light construction of the railway and, the probability of the line being blocked if subjected to heavy military raffle, said his own observations, coupled with trustworthy native infor mation, convinced him that at least 200 Japanese military engineers, disguised a Chinese coolies, barbers and other menials, had already been distributed point along the railroad, and it ould not lie a fortnight after the de claration of war liefore the lino would be blown up in a doxen places. WILL SBND ARMY. Colombia Proposed to Fight for Posses- Ion of Panama. Colon, Jan. 14. United States naval authorities here appear to be convinced, from the tenor of the reports which are continually brought in, that Colombia is determined to send an army to at tack Panama. The Fanaman authori ties yesterday received olllclnl confirma tion ot the fact that the Colombian troop at Titumati nujmlier, at .least 4,000 men, under the crrmmand 6f Gen eral Ortix, Urlhe-Uribe, Bustamente and Novo. These troop aro well armed and supplied with ammunition, and have four guns, three (team launches and a large supply of cattle. To Concentrate Troops. Port Arthur, Jan. 14. It is reported here that owing to threatening , hews, received from Corea, 'the- Commanding ofllcer of the Seventh Russiun brigade ha gone to the Yula river to select temporary quarter and effect a concen. tration of troop. Owing to the appre hensions of a daring dash on the part ot the Japanese at Port Arthur, the au thorities here have taken extraordinary precaution in and about the town and along the whole of the Manchurian railroad. Tho whole Russian floet ia now in fighting trim. Oovernment Wins Old Suit. "New York, Jan. 14. A ault begun lh 1876 to recover uncollected duties has just been settled to the advantage of the treasury department. It was the case of the govemment against Merrick Price and other, brought to -recover uncollected dutlca represented by ware-' house bonds. The suit was carried from one court to another. Mr. Price and other interested have died but the govenrment kept at it, and finally has collected 10,000 from hi heir. Movs to Secure Vstsrant Pensions. Clarksburg, W. Va., Jan. 14. The oragnlzation ot teamsters of the Civil war will send a petition to congress ask ing for the passage of a law allowing all teamster on the payroll during the war to receive a pension of not less than $10 monthly. Petition from similar organization throughout the country will also be presented. FAIR IS INDORSED SENATE COMMITTEE ON EXPOSITIONS . COMMENDS UNDERTAKING, Send Mitchell' IOOS Fair Bill to the Senate and Asks Favorable Consid eration Appropriation ol 11,125,000 la Olvsa Full Sanction-Few Changes Were Med la the Measure, Washington, Jan. 3. An event so striking and so romantic In Its charact er, Involving so much oi heroism ami sacrifice on the part of those engaged in It, and resulting In benefits so great and enduring to our country, Is, in the Judgment of your committee, we orthy of commemoration hy this guV' ernment." With these words, and after fully re viewing the purpose and plans of the Iwl and Clark centennial exposition the senate committee on Industrial ex position today unanimously emu mended Senator Mitchell' bill to the favorable consider! Ion of the senate. The committee makes no material amendment In the bill a It wasorlgi nally introduced, and makes no cut whatever In the appropriation, the amount called for remaining at $2,125. 000. The bill was altered in only one es sential feature. Section 0, w hich car ries a lump appropriation of $1,500,000, as direct government aid, is amended to provide that this money shall be ex ended under direction of the national commission ami not under direction of the Lew is and Clark corporation. The committee found that in every instance where the government had aided expo sitions, the government funds were ex pended by the government commission, which was under control of the presi- lent. The exmsdlion corporation is not subject to thi control. Therefore the change. Section 20 was amended to provide that expense incurred by consular, military- and nsvsl otlii-ers in the Ori ent, In the collection of exhibits for the exposition, should be defrayed from Die 1,600,000 appropriation. The only other I'hauite In the bill, side from alteration in phraseology, occur in seetioii 4, which provides for the appointment of a board of arbitra tion to whom all matter of difference arising between the national conimis- on and the exposition company shall be referred. Instead of allow lute the xposition corporation and the state Commission two memliers each on this commission, membership i restricted to one memlier each, making, the total tmr Instead of six. The riuht of Iho ommisslon to designate fifth memler in case of deadlock is also provided. WANTS TO JOIN PANAMA. Island ol Sn Andre Tire of Colom- blan Oppression. Colon, Jan. 13, The schooner Her ald, which arrived here yesterday even ing from Hocus del Toro, brought a commissioner from (he Island of San Andre who will endeavor to obtain the annexation of San Andre to the repub lic of Panama, owing to the dissatis faction of the inhabitants of the island at the recent oppressive action on the part of Colombian authorities. The commissioner will go to Panama and confer with the Junta. He says 400 dombian troops are now In garrison on the islands of San Andre and Provi dence, and that more sold len are ex pected momentarily. The dissatisfac tion, he adds, I general throughout the islands, San Andres doe much buslnes with' the United State In co. ooanuts, about 20,000,000 of those nuts being shipped there annually. Panama is desirou of annexing San Andres and Providence, but It Is be. lie ved that steps In that direction at the present moment, would be , Inop portune. The united State marine encamped t Empire and Its Obispo are kept busy cleaning up the ground around the camps, wbjch are located on a healthy hill close to tho railroad. ! The marine have also -cleaned the canal company' houses, all of which now present a clean and attiart appearance. fisttleihlps Mak Quam. Washington, Jan.' 13, A cablegram today (rom Rear, Admiral Evans, com hianlllng the Asiatic fleet,, announced the arrival of ' the battleships Ken tucky, Oregon 'Mid Wisconsin at Guam from Honolulu on their way to Subig bay. It ia wepected that the cruiser squadron, consiftting of the' New Or leans, Albany, Cincinnati and Rnluigh, will arrive at Guam today or tomorrow, The cruisers left Itonolnln In company with the battleships, but, unlike the latter, stopped. en route at t)ie Midway Island. - , Japan I Qrtatly Alarmed. ,, London, Jan. 13. The Japanese gov ernment Is alarmed ut the report; that the Russian Black lea squadron intends to pas through the Dardanelles. ' At the request "of the Toklo authorities Baron Hayaabl, Japanese minister to Great Brtaln. ha made -.-inquiries on the aubject here, but the British foreign ofllce has not heard that Russia has asked Turkey' permission and la not. Inclined to think Huasia will raise such a question In Europe at present. 1100,000 Fir at, trlnldad. Trinidad, Colo.,' Jan. 13. A fire which originated In the basement of Fowler' furniture store thi afternoon caused $100,000 damage before it could be put under control. ' The Masonic block and the Bloom block were de stroyed . For a time the entire business portion of the city wa In danger and Pueblo was asked for help, Tho .Are was caused by the overturning of a lamp WAR AUAIN StlliMS MJRB. Japan Rtctlvt Sri on J ttrply ol W hkb Is In.stUloUory, Russia Loudon, Jim. 13 The Times' Pekln correspondent, cabling tinder yester day date, say the Chinese miniate! at Toklo, at the reiptest fo the Japanese foreign nlllce, telegraphed the following communication to Prince Cliing; "The second Russian reply to the Japanese proposals hasj-cen received at Toklo, hut it Is uulavoralilu ami cannot Im accepted by Japan, who will, unless Ruslsa recedes, le complied to prompt ly resort to arms, "In view of such an eventuality Japan urges and expects China to main taiu the strictest neutrality, to preserve order throughout the empire, to guard foreigners resident In the interior, nud to take sKH'lal care to ptveerve order In the provinces of Shantung and l unan, lest foreign powers might seise the pre- text of disorder and make aggressive movements therein." I he cnrrcsiHittdeut says that the ' ills patch has deeply impressed the Chinese who now believe war to be inevitable. Wild Rumor ol Wsr, London, Jan. 13. The St. Peter. burg correspondent of the Uindon laily Mail wire that there 1 great excite- ment In the Russian capital, and that many wild rumors are in circulation. One reports that the csar has drafted a declaration of war. Hull another de lares that actual hostilities have al ready broken out. None of these re ports can lie cotilltmed, however, and while not generally credited, the feel ing is increased that war cannot much mger lie averted, This is aignlllcaut n that until the last day or two every thing in St. Petersburg has pointed to ward an amicable settlement of the dis pute. IN NATIONAL CONVENTION. Woolgrowtr and Llvt stock Association Met t In Portland. Portland, Jan. 12. The greut iotiat conventions which are in Port land for their annual meeting com menced wrork yestenlsy under most fav orable circumstances. The sessions of the Woolgrowers' association were uot hie In the hluh tone of the addresses lellvered and the earnestness with which the voting delegates approached the great question to be considered. The Livestis-k convention will not get down to business until thi morning, but the machinery wa set in motion yesterday which assure profitable re sults from the meetings which are to occupy the remaiuiAf days of the week. The visitors continued to pour in all day long, and, by a conservative esti mate, they will nuuiU-r 1,600 when President Springer s gavel fulls on the first session of the Livestock conven tion today. An official welcome to the state and city will bo extended to the (siting stockmen this afternoon by his excellency, Governor George K. Cham berlain, and Mayor George 11. wil Hums, There will tic response on the part of the visitors mt with the an nual address of President John W, Spriuger the great national gathrelng III tw fairly under way. STRIKB AT COAL MINI! tiNDS. Union Leader and Utah Mlncowntr Mk AgrttmsnL Salt Lake, Jan. 13. The labor troubles In the coal Held of Carbon county have been practically nettled as result of a conference between O. W. Kramer, vice president of the Utah fuel company, and Attorney 8, A. King, representing the strikers. By the terms of an agreement satisfactory to both sides, the company agrees , to lease for a period of six month all of the 225 house erected by the miners on tho company's property, paying therefor the lump sum of i7S,O00, the amount to be paid fur each individual lease to lie determined by three apprais er who have already been appointed. If at the expiration of the agreement, the houses have not been 'removed they become the property of the company.' While the agreement Aim not, affect the claims of either ldo In the way of adjustment of grievance, it destroys any apparent reason for the striker to remain - In the district and avoids the possibility 6f serious trouble arising from the eviction ot minors ftom their homes. - .', .. -t Removing Duty on Coal. Washington, Jan. 13. Congressman Jones, of Washington, lias been assured by leading representative of the house that the emergency bill approved by the president on January 15 last, re moving for one year the dujy on coal, will not be continued in effect after next Friday.'. On that date the former duty will bo- restored, and it L the In tention of tho house leaders to grant no further concessiona on coal, or any other commodities, until the time romes when they deem a general revision of the tariff necessary, . General Rey Make Bold. Washington, Jan. 13. The Associat ed Press has been Informed that Gener al Reyes, In hi last note to the state department, threatened to 'publish the correspondence Detween himself and the atate department If the department did not seo tit to send it to the annate or make it public. General Reyes left fur New York at 1 :30 tonight. Ho will sail from New York next Saturday di rect for Colombia on the ateamor Alle gheny.. Russian War Preparation, ,' A. Paris, Jan. 13. A apecial dispatch to the Patrlo from Harbin, a town on the Mani'hiiriitn railroad, describe the Russian war preparations. The Rus sian olllclals declare war 1 Inevitable but add that thoy are ready. Port Arthur, it la further asserted, will be occupied by 100, 00Q men, and in ton days ruiniorcemcnta ot 1UU.UUU can roach Manchuria. HAPPENINGS IDI.H nONI-Y AT WORK. . Stfcool Fund Surplus I Blng Put Out at Intsrtst, Salem The semi-annual report of Slate Treasurer C. S. Moore slums In-avy decrease In the surplus of money tying idle in the common school fund A year ago, the balance iu that fund Was 1724,772.26. On January 1, 1U04 the balance was but S5il2.177.03 Since January I, about 110,000 IBII Ih-i-ii sent out on loans and imi.lioo will he paid out iu a few days on the Port land School District bonds. ; Applications have Is en approved (or loans to the aim unt of over 100,000 mote, so that it appears that the state has now but 1400,0(10 which it can offer to thisie who wish to borrow upon gilt-edged real estate security at 9 per c(ut interest. If the present demand for hsius from the school fund contln ties, the balance wilt be out at Interest within a year. The loaning of this fund, and consequent decrease In the summit of the Idle surplus, means in Increase In the revenues for school pur poses, Tho Interest on this fund is ap portioned among the counties annually according to school population. The reimrt also shows a balance of S5.lUO.fiO In the general fund, from which the ordinary expense of the tte re paid. Slate Trcastiier Moore says that large portion of thi amount will lie used in paying the claims for tile last quarter of 1U8. Jiuring the next three months, however, nearlyJ i-iu.oou.uuo will he received from in surance companies under the law re quiring them to pay a 2 per cent tux on their net receipts, and this sum will be sulllclent to pay the ordinary ex panses of the state until state taxes be gm to come In, about April 1. HP.AR RAILROAD'S PLEA. Timbsrland Assestmtnt In Land Reduced to 12 SO Per Acre. Eugene The county board ha de- Ided to reduce the assessment on the itnhep lands of the Southern Psiille ompsiiy in thi countv from f 3 to 2.80 pr acre, after considering the ar gument of the attorney of that com- ny. The reduction, however, wa not made until the company should agree that there would lie no contest on that figure. The land of the railroad company were assessed the same as all timber lands, but the argument wa made that these land were ! valuable than the lands held by other corporations, for the reason that tho railroad arant con sists of certain section by numbers, re gardless of whether they are valuable or not, w hile the lands of other cor porations and Individuals have been se lected sud it is reasonable to snpxwc valueless claims would not lie acquired. Mk a Oood Showing. Pendleton The annual report of As sistant Postmaster French shows that Pendleton ha one of the few self sus taining oll'H'c In the (late. The total revenue of the year wa 1 13,087.43, while the total epxenso was 15,8(17,77, The total receipts for 1002 were IIS,- 5;10.07. The not Increase of the olllce for 1IHI3 over the previous vear was 14H. . This the olllcinls consider is a good gain, since Pendleton has free lelivery. For a while when the free delivery wn established the recelnts from box rent fell off, but the demand at. the present time for boxes seems to have outgrown the olllce, and (10 more have been asked for. This will make total of 000. Stock ma Fes I Better. Pendleton The cattlemen and sheep men of tho Blue mountain district are rejoicing this winter because ot the ex traordinary open season. W. Up to the present spring like weather, has pre vailed, and only in a few sections has the temperature been bttt little below the freezing point. So far, the aheep to be held over the wilder have not re- luirod feeding, remaining on the past ures, the' grass ot which is bolding out remarkably well,' Considerable rain has fallen during the fall, and so far grass Ima'lieX'n growlpg , Dividend by Prun Association. Salem The Willamette valley prune asRoclutlou hits declared a dividend on tho Petite prune, crop bandied by the association-Ill the Saluiit and Rosoburg district this season. The total amount handled of this variety was (135,000 pounds, Nut prices to the grower, 40s, $0.0305 s 60,' 10.0302 j 00s, $0.0308; 70s, $0.02117 j 80s, $0.0210; 90s, $0.0155 1 100. and over, $0,001)0. These prices gave the grower a nut buaia price of a little less than 8 cents, Oood Winter for Farmer. Salem Captain Hunt, a prominent farmer of the Waldo hill, ays that the season thus far has boon a very fa vorable one for farmer and winter wheat is In excellent condition. Farm er in thia part of the county havo not fed ihoirjlvi'stoi-k a fork full of hay or A measure of grain this winter, and probably will not do' ao. Pasturage has been good and cattle do well with the grass they can get, and the straw that ia stacked for them In the fluids. Coil Vein Struck Near Union. La Grande At a depth of 280 feet a vein of coalehn bceu struck in W. J. Townley'a artesian well near Union. Just what tho depth or the thickness of the layer of coal baa not been ascer tained, Work will be immediately re sumed on thia proposition, and its de velopment la being awaited with keen Interest throughout the county, HERE IN OREGON APPLILS I OU APPORTIONMENT. Pilot Butt Company Want to Begin on 10,000 Acre. Salem A. M. Irake, president of uie niot unite Development company h Rpplled to the state html board for an piortiotiiiiciit of the lien upon some 10,000 acre of the land for the reclumatoln of which bis company has contract. The company has a son tract for the reclamation of 80.000 ox-res ami tho contract price Is $10 tier acre The reclamation company holds lien upon the lund for the cost of con- struction. The lien upon each cre ii not uniform, however, but is to lie p portioned upon each 40-cre tract ac cording to the relative value of the land. Thus one 40-acre tract mv bear alien oiiri n acre, while another, not so valuable, will bear a lien of but $5. An Intending settler is required to pay w me company the amount of the lien, whereupon he"ecelves adeed from the state. PLANT EXHIBIT AT EXPOSITION, Kiais ol lh Airkultursl Collet mac Taken With lb Idea, Corvallis At a recent board meet- ng, the plan for the agricultural colleire to plant and maintain a grow ing ex hibit on the exposition grounds at the iwis and l lark fair was discussed and eferred to the executive committee for Urectioii. The committee is: Weath- erford, chairman : Apwrson. Daly. Keady, and ledy. The sentiment of the board wa nn- vemally favorable to the plan, and the expression general that the occasion offered the college opportunity to do all the people of the state great and en during benefit. Tho growth of forage grasses and plants, the cultivation of vegetable of all kinds, the production of small fruits and many other features were mentioned as among the ncswibill- tie for converting the tract Into a com pact and valuable display ot Oregon production and resources. To Ltaie Hatchery. Salem Negotiation are pending be tween the state board of fish commis sioners and the United Slates fish com missioner with view to a lease of the new slate salmon hatchery at Ontario to tho government. If the lease can lie effected as desired, the excuse of oer- aung me nauiiery will be home by the federal government, the result to the fishing industry will be the same and the stale will save some $0,000 a vear. w hich can lie devoted to the develop ment of the fishing Industry elsewhere in the state. Big Hoi of th Orsnd Rond. I Grande J. W, Stxmcer now holds the honor of having raised the largest hg in the county. lexter Katon has Iways held the championship, the largest Wing 7(10 pound. Mi neigh bor, John McAllister and J. W. Silenc er entered into the hog raising business also and the two latter gentlemen brought two monster hogs In from their ranches near Island City a few davs ago and had them weighed. McAllisters' weighed 775 pounds and Spencers' 870, which bivaks all former record in the weight of Grand Rondo valley hogs. Feeding Cattls In th Valley. Enterprise Owing to the lack of sale tor cattle in the fall many steer are be ing fattened in thi valley for the pring niatket. They are mostly 3- year-old and will bring a good price when delivered In April, There lias been an egg famine in thi city for the asi monin, f-ggs have been 50 cents er doxen since before Thanksgiving and at Christmas time they jumped to (SO cent for a few days, then dropped to the present price of 35 ceuts, PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla. 73c: blue- tern, 7ti(SH0cs valley, 78c. Barley Feed, $20 per ton j brewing, 2020.50; rolled, $21. Flour Valley, $3.75(93.85: bard wheat straights, $3.004.10; clears, $3.55(33.75; hard wheat patents, $4.20 4.60; graham, $3.75; whole wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.604.75. Oats No. 1 white, $1.07s1.10j gray, 11.051,07 per cental. Millstuffs Bran, $17. 50(9 18 per ton; middlings, $20; ehorts, $19(319.50; chop, $18 linseed, dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $10 per ton: clover, $12; grain, $12; cheat. $12. Vegetables Turnips, t)5e per sack; carrots, 75c; bocta, 00c j parsnips, 85c $1; cabbage, KUl.ljc; red cabbage. lKc; parsley, perv doxen, 25c; to matoes, $1,50(92 per orate; cauliflower, 75c$l perdoion; bekns, 12c; celery, 75o per doien; pumpkins, lo per pound. Potatoes Fancy, 7080o per sack; common, 6000; sweets, 2.cinaeka; 2tfc crated;. Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwins and Spitxenbergs, $1.50 per box; cooking, 75c$l; pears, $11.50 per box; grapea, $1.50 per box. Butter Fancy creamery, 27Jtfffi30c per pound; dairy, 20&22e; atore, 12M014C ' Cheeae Full cream, twlna, 1415c; Young America, 15 10c. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1213c; per pound; aprlng, 1213o; hena, 12 i13c; turkeys, live, 17 18c; dressed,20c; ducks, $77.50 per doxen; geeBe, live, 8o per pound. Egga Oregon ranch, 2727Kc; Eastern, 25(92(10. Hops Choice, 2027o per "pound; prime, 2oc; medium, 22c, Wool Valley, 1718cj Eastern Ore gon, 12015c; mohair, 820 35c. LOST IN SVAITS. Flffy-Four Lives Sscrlllced to Storm Be tween Seattle and Victoria, Seattle, Jan. 12. The Seattle-Vi. toria temer Clallam wa lost early thi morning midway between Smith Island and Itungeness suit, at l.-r ft person losing their live In the diss. ter Kvery person who put off in the lifeboat, lowered when it was apparent the steamer could not live out the ter rific gale that was blowing, drowned. Only those who stayed by the ve el, fighting against the sea for posse-. ion of the craft, were saved. The pernun were compel led to fiirhi ately fr their lives, rushing forward alien the vessel turned on her l..m ends, clinging frantically to the rail and finally slipping into the water onto life raft that had been lowered. Subsequently they were picked up by tho tug Sea Lion and Holyok. It ws not the fkult of the command ing ofllcer nor tho men In e),rM ,J tho lifo lx.aU that the passenger who took to the Iwat were lot. When the life boat were lowered land wa within ight, yet the impotent Clallam wa unable even to make headway agttluet the gale. Prudence that the passengers and uch of tho crew needed to navigate the boat be given the opportunity of aving their live by the life boat. That they failed to reach shore was due entirely to the fact that human strength ... but a feeble protest against the fury ot the element. Had all the passenger and crew m. mainedon bard, it is undoubtedly true that most of them would have been osi W hen the boat turned over and nv up the struggle. Other atronger and better able to care for tliamanltta lrowned with the relief tug (tanding y waiting to take them aboard. CAN'T STIR AMfcRICA. Oencral Reyes Realize Hi Mission I a failure and Will Sooa Leave. Washington. Jan. 12. Con'ifin! r the determination of the United State not to retrace a sten on tlu i.ti,,.,,,. ml of the consequent failure of bis mia! ion, General Rafael Reyes, Colombian scial envoy, is ready to leave Wash ington. Indeed, he informed the Aa soclaed Presa t noon todav that would leave for Baltimore at 4 n'clnck to consult specialist, and that his re turn was uncertain. He did not take that train, however, and at a lata h tonight was at his hotel. General Reyes said tomVht Im yet hoping for an answer to his lost re quest that the correspondence be soot to uie senate, and l e,i,l lelimtey when he would lv ngton. lie added that when thi came for going he would ofllcially tiikeX n ave oi me president and other official with whom he had come in contact. in a long cablegram which nnrl Reyes dispatched to General Marroquin he has reviewed the Washington and informed the Bcwota government that after doing everything in hi power to save something from the wreck he bos failed. Reye expects, in view of the high feel ing prevailing in Colombia, that it mill lie very difficult to restrain hi people longer. CANADA ASKED TO JOIN. H.y Move for International SaJmoa Hatchery on Fraser. Washington. Jan. 12. Secretarv nf State Hay has determined to ask the Canadian government to join In a con ference looking to the establishment of international fish hatcheries on the Fraser river, in British Columbia, for the propagation of salmon, The con. ference, if agreed upon, probably will, lie participated in by the United State fish commissioner, the fish commission, er for the state of Washington, and offi clals in charge of the department of flsheriea and marine for the Dominion of Canada, The plan suggested has been urged for more than a year by Senator Foster, of Washington, who haa called the at tention of the state department to the fact that, unless some heroic course ia taken, the salmon supply will be ex hausted. Millions of dollar are in- -vested in salmon canning establish ment in the United States and Canada, which are supplied almost entirely by the spawn from the Fraser river. The method employed by both the United State and Canadian canning cotnpanle have been the subject of disputes be tween the two governments. - ''Armenians Create Terror, . Constantinople, Jan. 12, Advice ; from Erxeroum eay the people of Sou- on are in a state of semipanic, fearing a repitlon of the event of 1894. The local governor and other officials have fled. Tewflk Pasha, with several bat talions of troops and eix guns, hag ar rived at Mush, where the feeling of anxiety is intense. Tetttchments of Kurdish cavalry have been stationed at all of the village along the Russian trontier to prevent the passage of Ais. menian bands. A thousand armed Ar menian are in the district of Souaon. Ex-Secrttary Foster Dead. Springfield, O., Jan. 2. Ex-Governor Charles Foster, who wag secretary of the treasury under President Harri son, died at the residence of General Keifer here today from the effect of cerebral hemorrhages. He -was 73 years old and ia survived by hi wife and a daughter. He was attacked last night while sitting in the library ot General Keler'a home talking and never regained consciousness. No arrange ment for the funeral have been made. China Ratifies the Treaty. lOKin. Jan. 12. ine umnese em . peror nag ratinea tne American- Japanese treaties of coinmerl China.
