1
if THE WEEK
NEW LAND POLIOy.
POULTRY RAISING IN OREGON.
nncnrf Fnrm for One
Busy Kcaaerc.
PENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
Important but
CTl... Interesting EvenU
of tho Pt VOOR
. dnnt has turned to tlio
e WHii'it'"!'
fermany hM reduced tho import
on sugar.
leaderof the Black Hand has been
mid in Now York.
(e(Pnatoriol deadlock in tho Ken
1 legislature continues.
,. Pennsylvania railroad lias Juat
red 60,000 tons of stool rails.
tUle ministers have started nn
t on UKalnst Sunday theaters.
Lernor Ponnypacker has boon jin
E5 n Uio Pennsylvania capltol
w
Leo, tho deposed promlor of Port
I Si arrived in Franco, louring
er but dofondlng his policy,
o KlRln National Watch company
dosed Its factory for an lndofln to
d on account of dullnoss In trado.
ivernmont troops will bo removed
Goldflold March 7, at which tlmo
lovada police will bo ready to tako
ie.
uren Oliver, a mombor of thooloc
; collego which named Lincoln, Is
; Ho was a pioneer of California
i3 years old.
..t.tn Pnlillc Printer Dram han
BVViuv " -
bed contol ol tho govornmon&
ijng olllee. W. 8. Roesitor will
buo tho inquiries Into tho conduct
e office.
Iiman aurffaRlHta are making a
fight in Now York.
Ige Uargla, a lcador of Kentucky
l has been killed by his son.
irida Republicans aro holding Taft
nti-Talt conventions and having
jhU.
at lirltaln lias mid tho bandit
li )200,OUO for Uio release of Sir
Maclean.
! Western Bar Iron association, of
York, will advance tho price of
Ion 1 5 per ton.
t honee comrnittoo on naval affaire
lea (our now battleships and Uio
lent has prcpurod to tight.
rreyhound lias roturnod on foot to
U home at Oakland from Western
ana, a distanco of 1,600 miles.
inco, formor promlor and dictator
rtafta!, has arrivod In Madrid,
as driven from homo by Uio many
le of assassination.
Ian aureemont of trims-A tin title
tihlp companies tho rato war bo
Kuropn and tho United States
mo to an ond.
In? to nnnrwltlrm tn Mm nrvllnn
iatue to tho lato Senator Quay on
pnoi grounda ut iinrrltburg, ra.,
Iropoiod to nut tho (mention to n
ar vote.
Ian declares that Wall streot is
than Monto Carlo.
national convention of tho So
party will bo hold In Chloueo
10.
American torpedo flotilla han
flat Punta Aronae, Straits of
ran.
iich troop in Algeria wero caught
ivere Bnow atorm and at least 28
led.
Japaneao government will in
tho tax on miimr. mVn. nlnnlml.
ind kcroecno.
peonln of Oh In will vnfn nn nn
liVH BMll rfiTnnilurn law ut Mm
her election.
y trace of bubonlo plaguo has
pjumoan franoiaco. Tho cam
Pgslnst ratos will contlnuo.
V hnttln lint
loora, tho Moors lost 10,000 killod
funded and tho French 100,
Sral flromon woro Injured and ono
log :ln Now York whoro a tiro in
oods atoro cauaod a loaa of $200,-
llman Is building a caatlo near
-. in coat nearly $4,uoo,
Ha monthly payroll during tho
reaches $19,000 and work la bo-
Hand murdors oontlnuo in
faUdrttin8 rattny om,ranta
Iw cahlnot opposed to Frnnoo has
IIICO In Pwt.. I
Ptter nimliiBf. i.tnn. mi.i.i
'o haa beon captured.
toatner Ri n..i.t....i t i
lennuf i k, """'""'i wan uurnou
Ptotir 80011,4 and 16 of
IjWior offlcora of tho battleship
S. CnM Snn """U0t b ofll-
lids hnnn am .
of aii0;07 : sy'w
meiiof tho Uuttobank.
0 tnllltarlaf. ..li i. i..
I at n. v u u"uuie ciass is re
Ue lnoreasod talxatlon,
Secretary Garfield Atda Entrymen In
stead of Hindering.
Washington, Fob. 4, It la tho pur
poso of Secretary Garflold to bo conduce
tho Interior dopartmontnnd so Interpret
tho public land laws as to actually aid
ovory bona fldo ontryman who Is en
deavoring to establish n homo on tho
public domain. SecroUry Gurflold
holda that tho land laws woro enacted
(or a purposo, and no long as tho law is
not nbusod, ho Intonda that tho entry
man shall onjoy Its provisions, and ao
long as he acta in good faith, shall havo
tho encouragement and nld of ropro
flontfltivoa of tho department. In other
words, Secretary Garflold la proceeding
on the theory that ovory man Is honest
until proven guilty; ho is human
onough to recognize that honoat mon
may mako errors which do not lay
thum, or should not lay thorn llablo to
tho law. A reading of Mr. Garfloltl'a
annual report, mado public- ycelorday,
will convlnco any man that thoro has
beon r phcnomonal an almost Incom
prohonBlblo chango In tho manner of
conducting tho Interior department.
Under Secretary Hitchcock, Uin on
tiro forco of tho Interior department
and general land odlco, on special in
structfona from tho secretary, preced
ed on tho thoory that tho public land
laws wqro enacted to prevent men ac
quiring public lands; ovory technical
failure to comply with tho law waa re
garded na ground for criminal prosecu
tion; ovory obetaclo waa placed in tho
Eath of tho honest, aa woll as tho dla
oncst ontryman, and Mr. Hitchcock
retired from odlco with tho astounding
record of having actually deprived hun
dreds of honoat) settlors of tiiolr lamfs,
while ho permitted shrewd thieves to
gobble up largo tracts under his very
noflo. The ropcrt of Secretary Garfield
will carry encouragement to every on
tryman who la striving to acquiro pub
lic land for an honoat purpose. It la
a most cheering document.
IMPERIAL VALLEY CONTESTS
Fifty Improved Claims of Non-Real-dents
Are Jumped.
Imperial, Gal., Fob. A, Out of 1,600
land claims in tho Imperial valloy,
about 60 Improved claims belonging to
nonroaldonta havo been Jumped on tho
ground of failtiro to comply with tho
law. A recent decision of the commis
sioner of tho genoral land ofllcoa revers
es tho practice that olilce haa held here
tofore that any person could tako a
number of assignments from claimants
eo long am the total does not exceed 320
acres. It it now held Unit a p rson
can tako but ono assignment.
Many claim, inoluding acoroa of
woll developed farms, aro affxted by
tho rovorwvl, and a number of contests
are filed. Tlio mutual water compan
ies have combined to send representa
Uvea to Washington and lay tho matter
before Secretary Garfield. An appeal
will bo tukon from the decision of Com
missioner Den net on tho ground that
Uio Suprome court holda that an estab
lished ruling of a dopartmontof tho
govornmont cannot be annulled by a re
versal of the ruling.
No apprehension is folt by claimants
as to Uio outcome, but it is considered
necessary to present tho matte: to Sec
retary Garflold.
WOOD CHIEF MATERIAL.
8mall Percentage of Buildings Built
of Coment or Brick.
Washington, Feb. 4. In a report
today regarding building operations
and Uio tlmbor supply tho geological
survey saya Unit tho Increasing prico of
lumbor and a rapidly Increasing ubo of
perfected flro proof aystms cf construc
tion should do much In holding down
tho amount which foresta aro called
upon to ylold oaoh year, but ao far theso
moro substantial materials havo not do
oroaaod tho lumlwr cut of the nation.
Notwithstanding tho Increuaed uao of
comont und other fireproof materials,
tho last roporta of tho building opera
tlonu In 40 of tho loading oltioa of tho
United 8tates for tho year collocted by
tho geological aurvoy, Bhow that 50
por cont woro of woodon construction.
This does not includo tho largo quan
tity of lumbor used for tho conutruotlon
of dwollinga, atores and othor buildings
in tho thousands of Bmall cities and
towns, scattorcd over tho country and
not included in tho 40 cities on which
a reckoning was mado.
"Yellow Peril League."
Denver, Colo., Feb. 4. Sovorai hun
dred representatives of union labor, in
mass meeting this afternoon, formed
tho "Yollow Toril Exclusion League,"
doslgnod to prevent furthor influx of
Asiatic coolie labor into tho United
States. Ono of tho spoakora said that
thousands of Ja panose woro coming Into
tho United SUitoa tjirough tho port of
Kl Pnun iih students. A prominent Jap
anese of San Francisco, ho wild, waa at
tho head of tho ontorprlao ana conduct
ed tho business from a cloUiIng agency
in tho City of Mexico.
Took Drydock to Manila.
Ban Frannisco, Fob. 4. Otto Wor
nor, Charles Bradley, J. H. Van Horn,
rr Mvnra n.wl WllltrT E. Uudolpll. Oil-
glnoors who wore in charge of tho dry-
deck Dowoy on us trip irom mu
lantlo ooast to tho Philippine islands,
rnnfliiul tmrn todav on tho transport
Cook and will proceed Baat tomorrow.
Tho Dewey lolt tno Aiianno uouhu uu
December 28, 1006, and arrivod at
Olongono, Phlllpplno Islands, on July
10, 1000.
Mall From Fleet.
xrw Vnrk. FpI). 4 Tho steamer
Thespls which arrived today from Rio
Janeiro brought 20 Backs of mall from
the American battleships.
DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
Friday, February 7.
Waahlngton, Fob. 7. Uio aoBfllon of
tho house of roprcflontntives today was
dovotod almoMt ontlroly to considera
tion of tho omnibus war claims bill,
which was passed after considerable
dleouHslon. It carries a total appropri
ation of $316,000. A rlpplo ol excite
mont waa caused by Macon, of Arkan
fan, who, In tho courso of tho dobato,
dofondod tho eenato against what ho
said wero aspersions cast upon that
body by Puyno, of Now York, whon ho
prod ic tod that tho' senate would load
tho bill down with a number of untner
itorlous claims.
What will bo known ns '"tho minor
ity currency bill" was Introduced today
by Representative John Sharp Wil
liams, of Mississippi, the Democratic
loudor of tho houso, who drow the
moaauro us u result of a harmonious
conference of Domccratlo mombors of
tho houso committee pn bonking. Tho
bill will corno boforo tho house In tho
slinpo of u minority report from that
committee.
A numbor of private claim bills also
woro paasod and tho houso then ad
journed until Monday.
Thursday, February O.
Washington, Feb. 0. In a speech In
tho nonato today, Senator Culborscn do
clarod that the secretary of tho treas
ury by lila report to the nonato has
raised an imuo of fact on to whether
national banks in Now York used tho
185,000,000 of public monoy deposited
with them for speculative purposes or
whother this money waa used to meet
tho domanda of puteidc bunks for re
serve purposes.
Tho Seattle exposition bill was paus
ed by practically a unanimous vote.
Senator Beveridgo introduced a reso
lution declaring that tho tariff should
provide for maximum and minimum
rates of duty, f
Senator ileyburn today ro-introduccd
his resolution calling upon the presi
dent to investigate and roport to the
senate all matters connected with tho
reorganization of tho Northern Pacific.
Tho Bonato today passed the bill plac
ing Major General Howard on the re
tired list as a lieutenant general.
Washington, Feb 0. Political
speech-making camo to an end in the
houBQ today, and actual consideration
of tho Indian appropriation bill waa
resumed. A bitter fight was waged on
tho proposition to abolish non-reservation
schools, and tho subject was dis
cussed throughout tho afternoon. The
question was raised by the offering of
an amendment by Delegate Smith, of
Arizona, to limit the appropriation tot
collecting and transporting Indian
children at school to Uio state in which
they live. Tho amendment was lost.
Representative Hayes Introduced a
bill authorizing participation by the
United States In tho International ex
position at Toklo, Japan, in 1012, tho
sum expended not tc exceed $360,000.
Wednesday, February 6.
Washington, Feb. 5. Senator Bovor
idgo, of Indiana, today delivered an
appeal to tho sonate to adopt his bill
providing for a non-partisan tariff com
mission, u plan which ho declared con
formed to modern and business Ideas
on this subject. Ho spoko for an hour
and a half, rocelving tho caroful atten
tion of senators and a large audience in
tho galleries. Thoro wero presont
many delegates of commercial bodies
now In session in this city.
Following Bovoridge, eovoral Demo
cratic senators spoko briefly on tho gen
eral subject of tho tariff.
Senator Stono, of Missouri, intro
duced a Joint resolution auUiorizing tho
president to relinquish control of tho
Phlllpplno islands in 1013 upon first
securing u plcdgo from tho nations to
presorvo the neutrality of the islands.
Washington, Feb. 5. Tariff revision
ami Uio president's rocont special mes
aago to congross again wore tho main
topics of discussion In tho houso of rep
resentatives today. As has boon tho
caso for nearly a week, tho Indian ap
propriation bill ostensibly was before
tho house, but in no quarter was any
word spoken in regard to It. Tho Iioubo
npparontly had mado up its mind to
discusB the issues of tho duy at this
time, and no effort was mado to cluck
the flow of general dobate, which will
be continued tomorrow.
A long spoech by Payne, of New
York, Uio majority lcador, was consid
ered important because of his assur
ances that a tariff revision plank would
bo incorporated in tho Republican na
tional convention's platform of this
year. Ho devoted somo attontion to
Mr. Bryan, whom ho credited with go
ing about tho country accusing Presi
dent Roosovolt of grand or petit lurcony
in purloining his ideas.
Representation In Uio houso was in
oreiiaod today whon tho two Phlllpplno
dolcgatos took tholr soata.
Tuesday, February 4
Waahlngton, Fob. 6. Tho sonato to
day passed tho urgent dotlcloncy bill,
carrying an appropriation of over $24,
000,000. Tho largo dofloienoy appro
priation for tho navy brought out oon-
Agree to Recommend Utter.
Washington, Feb. 5. The Idaho sen
ators today formally agrood to recom
mend tho appolntmont of D. A. Uttor,
of Weleer, to bo survoyor general of
Idaho, vlco Mr. Eagloson, resigned.
The formal recommendation will bo
sent to the president Monday. Mr.
Utter was tlio original oholco for this
appolntmont, but tho matter was bub
pondod whon his citizenship waa ques
tioned. This has been satisfactorily ex
plained. ;
aiderablo discission of tho subject of
executive departments making expend
itures not provided for by an appropri
ation. Dotlcloncy appropriations for the
Punama canal gavo riso to Democratic
criticism of tho publication of a paper
by tho Canal commission at Panama,
and incidentally Toiler declared that he
believed the lock canal at Panama
would somo day be declared a failure
and that a sea-lovel canal would take
Ite place.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, introduced
a bill absolutely ropealing the timber
and stono law. He offers no alterna
tive plan of disposing of public timber,
but is in conference with Secretary Gar
flold and is drafting a bill.
Waahlngton, Fob. 4. President
Roosevelt's recent mossage to congress
on tho relations of capital and labor
and of corporations and tho public again
waa tho thomo of dlscasaion in tho
houao today. Bo great was tho demand
for time that geneal dobato on the In
dian appropriation bill, which is the
ponding business, was extended tomor
row for four hours. Interest in today's
proceedings centered in a speech by
John Sharp Williams, Uio minority
loader, who, while lauding tho presi
dent for somo of his sentiments, ex
pressed the belief that others were dan
gerous. Williams Rpoke for nearly two
hours. His remarks on the financial
question prompted a lengthy discussion
of that subject by Hill, of Connecticut,
in which-he opposed the Aldrich bill.
Resolutions of sorrow over Uio assass
ination of King Carlos and the crown
prlnco of Portugal were adopted today.
Monday, February 3.
Washington, Feb. 3. Senator Piles,
of Washington, made a decided hit in
the senate today with his speech in
support of his bill appropriating $700,
0C0 for government exhibits and build
ings at the Seattle exposition.
Senator Fulton secured tho passage
of hia bill eending to the United State
Circuit court for tho Ninth circuit all
claims ql American sealers whose
vessols were seized by government v6s
boIs while in the open seas.
Senator Fulton introduced a resolu
tion directing tho eccretary of war to
survoy tho locks at Oregon City with a
view to purchasing them in conjunction
with Oregon.
Tillman's resolution asking the pres
ident to inform the senate what action
had been taken in regard to violation
of land grant laws in Oregon and Wash
ington by the Southern Pacific was
paesed.
Washington, Feb. 3. Three of the
giants of tho houso of representatives
had 'their Innings today. Technically,
tho Indian appropriation bill was un
der discussion, but legislation was rele
gated to the background while national
politics occupied the stage.
Before the political question cropped
out tho house, with noxt to the largest
attendance of the session and with but
one dissenting voice, passed a general
widow' pension bill granting a flat pen
sion of $12 a month to the widows of
all honorably discharged soldiers of the
United States who have not heretofore
received the boneflta of the pension law
and an increase of $4 a month for those
who havo benefited under Uio act of
June 27, 1890. The law expressly
waives the limitation of property hold
ings. Tho bill involves tho expendi
ture of moro than $12,000,000.
MANY FLYING MACHINE BIDS
Forty-one Persons Willing to Build
for Army.
Washington, Feb. 4. Bids were re
ceived today in the signal office for sup
plying a flying machine of tho heavler-than-air
type, as sot out in the speciafi
cations issued by General Allen, chief
signal officer of tho army, two months
ago. Before acceptance of tho machine,
the inventor must make a trial flight
of at least an hour, remaining continu
ously in tho air without landing. So
far, 41 bids have been received. Gen
eral Allen will open tho bidB and pre
pare a schedule fo them for Uio consid
eration of Uio board of ordnance and
fortifications Thursday.
Rushes Revenue Cutter Bill.
Washington, Fob. 4. -Senator Fulton
today took up with the house members
of tho Oregon delegation his bill appro
priating $260,000 for a rovenuo outter
for Oregon ooast Borvico, which passed
tho senate last evening. Earnest effort
is to bo made to pass Uio bill in the
houso, and tho dolegation bolloves Uiib
will be accomplished.
Debt Increases In January.
Washington, Fob. 4, Tho monthly
statement of the public debt shows at
tho close of buBinosa January 31, 10U8,
the dobt, less cash in tho treasury,
amounted to $302,038,037, which is an
increase (or tho month of $8,007,800.
Tho decrease in tho amount of cash in
tho treasury for tho month wub $3,102,-080.
Confer on Financial Question.
Washington, Fob, 0. Tho Domo
cratlo Bonatprs hold a two-hours' con
ference on the flnunolal question today,
but camo to no conclusion as to Uio
exaot nature of tho substitute bill.
Senator Balloy outlined his bill provid
ing for an emergonoy issue of treasury
notes through deposits in uoslgnated
dopofiltorlos. Ho said he would not bo
avorso to having oortaln amendments
made to it. Democratic senators will
support the Bailey substitute.
Extracts From Oregon Experlmenl
Station Bulletin.
Tho climate of Oregon from a poul
tryman's standpoint is discussed by
James Dryden in Bulletin No. 00 of the
Orogon Experiment station which has
recently been published. Among other
tilings tho writer says:
It is of course worth considering b
tho man looking for a location whether
Western Oregon with its open winters
and freedom from snow and zero tem
peratures does not offer opportunities
for the production of egos and poultry
that are not found in Eastern and Mid
dlo West states. That poultry thrive in
cold sections whore snow and zero
weather prevail ia not to be denied,
but the labor and expense of caring lor
thorn is undoubtedly greater there. To
secure an egg yield in winter where the
climato ia severe entails more expense
for housing and more care in the feed
ing. It is probably true that the smal
lest profits are mado during the winter
months though Uio prices are very
much higher than in spring and Bum
mer, because the egg yield is bo small
from the average fleck aa to leavo little
or no margin of profit. It ia also true
that the egg yield ia quickly aflected by
changes in the weather, especially in
the temperature. A sadden change
from mild to cold weather means a
certain check in the egg production,
and although the weather soon moder
ates it will often take several weeks
before Uio egg yield gets back to where
It was. The only way to prevent this
is to provide housing that will protect
the fowls from too sudden changes in
temperature. This entails more ex
pense in housing and consequently di
minished profits, but what is of more
importance is the highly artificial con
ditions that it necessitates.
It would appear therefore that there
are certain advantages that this state
possesses over sections of the country
where zero weather and snow prevail.
First, a milder climato and less severe
changes in temperature than is charac
teristic of Eastern states. Second, in
Bections of the state with no Bnow fall
the poultry can range over the fields
and find animal food and green food
which are often hard to get where the
snow covers the ground.
The heavy rainfall of Western Oregon
and small percentage of sunshine may
be set down as a disadvantage, but
when tho nature of the rainfall is un
derstood it is doubtful whether it is
very mrch of a detriment. Owing to
the moderating influence of the Pacific
ocean these rains are warm and have
not the chilling effect of the rains in
Eastern states. The temperature of
Western Oregon in the winter months
is usually higher when it rains than
when the sky is cloudless, and the
fowls. will usually be found out in the
rain except when it is very heavy,
which ia net often the case. One poul
tryman in Marion county said to the
writer in November, before the rainy
season set in, that he wished it would
rain, because, he said, his hens laid
better when it rained. The explana
tion of this, if it is true, may not be
in the rain itself, but in the fact that
it brings to the surface many angle
worms, which supply the lack of ani
mal food in the ration.
Turkeys are successfully raised in
Oregon, and turkey are known to be
easily affected by rain, but the fact
that the rains are warm no doubt
largely account- for the success in tur
key raising in this state. Douglas
county in Oregon produces several
times more turkeys than the state of
Rhode Island, noted for turkeys.
Another thing in favor of the mild
climate and freedom from snow is that
the fowls are able to secure practically
the year round all tho green food neces
Bary in the fields. And finally, the
fowls in their search for food in the
fields got the exercise which io neces
sary for it is worthy of mention in this
connection Uiat the largest special
poultry district in Uio United States is
found In Northern California, that has
no snowfall. That district is Bomowhat
similar to that of Western Oregon, with
its open winters, mild and humid cli
mate and nearness to the ocean.
My investigations of the poultry in
dustry of Oregon have been confined to
the western part of the state, the region
west of tho Cascade mountains. This
section at the present time produces
more poultry products than the larger
area of the state east ot the cascades.
As the agriculture of Central and East
ern Oregon becomes developed wo may
expect greater development of poultry-
keeping, and probably in time that
creat agricultural area may produce
more poultry products than the older
section of the ttate In western Oregon
The climatic conditions are different
east of tho mountains, tho heavy rain
fall is absent and Bnow covers tho
ground during part of the winter The
climate there is more characteristic of
tho Rocky mountain region, though no
such severe weather provails as in the
Mlddlo and Northwestern Btates. it it
should prove that a dry climate with
plenty of sunshino but laoklng the se
vere wintor changes of temperature of
the East Is the ideal one for proultry,
wo may expect a great growth of the
poultry industry east of the Cascades
in Oregon, undoubtedly on tno gram
ranches of Central and Eastern Oregon
whore food is oheap there is opportun
ity for great profit in poultry raising.
Dnnlah Macaroni Salad.
i.reak one-fourth pound of macaroni
into 2-lnch ploccs, coyor with a quart
of cold water, salted, and boll briskly
until tender. Whip a half-pint of whip
ping cream, mix with one-half ns much
boiled salad dressing, season and add
vinegar or lemon julco to tnste. Mix
tho macaroni with this heap In ccntor
of round dish and garnish with a bor
der of hot boiled fish, or of overlap-
' ping slices of cold moat
HARD RAP AT HNS
Three Adverse Decisions by 5a-
' preme Court io a Month.
AFFECTS BOYCOTTING PRIVILEGE
Must Not Interfere With Interstate
Commerce or Plaintiff Can Get
Three Times Damages.
Washington. Feb.' 4. Yesterday for
the third timo within a month the Su
premo court of the United States pro
mulgated an opinion construing laws
adversely to the contentions of organized
labor. The first of the decisions was
rendered on January 0, in the case of
somo railway employes who sought to
secure damages under what is known
as the employers' liability act, which
law the court held to be unconstitu
tional. The second important finding
in this line was announced January 23,
when the Erdman arbitration act, for
bidding the discharge of employes be
cause they are members of labor unions
was also declared invalid. The verdict
rendered yesterday was the case of
Loewe versus Lawlor, the latter a
member of the Hatters' union and tho
former a batmaker of Danbury, Conn.
The case involved Uio applicability of
the seventh section of the Sherman
anti-trust law to conspiracies by labor
unions to boycott articles entering into
interstate trade. Under tho terms of
that provision the complaining party
may collect three times the amount of
his loss, if the charge is sustained.
The nnion fought the case on the
ground that the law was inapplicable
to such organizations; bat the court,
whose oolnion was announced by Chief
Justice Fuller, failed to accept this
view, and in effect held that the unions
could not be permitted to interfere by
boycott with the free exchange of com
merce between the states. There was
no dissenting opinion.
DRAWING TO CLOSE.
Evidence in Hall Land Fraud Case la
Nearly All Submitted.
Portland, Feb. 4. Harry E. Northup
laBt night positively identified govern
ment's exhibit No. 7 Putnam'B map
to Hall showing the alleged unlawful
fences of the Butte Creek company in
1900. With this identification Heney
considers that the government's case
againBt John H. Hall haa been strength
ened materially. At last night's ses
sion of court Northup testified that
from 1899 until 1904 he was employed
as clerk in The Dalles land office, and
identified the township map offered in
evidence by the government as the one
he prepared personally for Mr. Putnam
in November, 1899.
Final arguments in the trial of John
H. Hall will probably begin tills after
noon. This morning irancis J. neaey
will complete the Introduction of re
buttal testimony for the government.
Hall may be recalled further to testify
in his own defense, but it is believed
all evidence will be submitted in time
for tho closing argument to begin be
fore court adjourns this afternoon.
SOLEMN WARNING TO CZAR.
Russian Paper Hints He May Share
Carlos' Fate.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 4. Tbo tragic
occurrences at Lisbon have created a
deep irrpression on all sections of soci
ety here, and the newspapers that ap
peared today comment freely on the
events that occurred.
The Rues, in a daring Btyle, draws a
thinly veiled parallel between condi
tions in Portugal and Russia and warns
the government in almost so many
words that there is danger of a similar
event here.
The Novoe Vremya, although attrib
uting the direct execution of the plot, tn
anarchists, to whom nil government is
obnoxious, also connects the crime and
the dictatorship of Franco, which met
with both open and secret resistance
from all political parties.
New Attack on Finland.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 4. The emperor
today read a Bharp rebuke to the Fin
nish diet, which last session passed an
appropriation of 20,000,000 marks as
the grand duchy's contribution to the
military defense of Uio empire in lieu
ot recruits, with a rider declaring that
this was the final payment under the
agreement of 1005 abolishing military
servico in Finland. The emperor an
nounces that the disposition of the mil
itary fumh of Finland are exclusively
hie prerogative and ignoros tho conditions.
Sealers Must Be Careful.
Victoria, B. 0., Feb. 4. -Advices
wero received by tho Empress of India
that in consideration of the raiding of
foreign territory laBt year by Japanese
sealers, official notification has been
issued to tho sealers about to leave
Japan to be careful not to trespass in
foreign water. Notification ia given by
tho Japaneso Communications depart
ment that it has beon decided to install
wireless telegraphy on tho six steamers
of tho Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
Reassurances From Lisbon.
Paris, Feb. 4. A special dispatch to
tho Matin from Lisbon, dated February
3, 11:40 p. m., says: The town is very
quiet, The now cabinet will tepeal all
the, repressive measures of Franco and
act with jreat indulgence toward tha
people.