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iff SJ i ft i. IP Si! i . 'i. 1 j J . t us 1 .'it i r. '4: ,f: f v 1:4 St CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK ROOSEVELT VISITS TOMBS. Wonders at Gjorlcs Will bo Guest of Old Egypt of Kaiser. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. General Resumo of Important Events Presented in Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Pittsburg councilman fainted when asked if he had sold his vote. Ex-President Roosevelt was warmly welcomed at Cairo by the khedive of Egypt. Samuel Gompers is doubtful of Rockefeller's plan to dispose of his great wealth. The senate has amended the corpora tion tax law so as to limit the pub licity of reports. Rivers of molten lava are flowing down the sides of Mount Etna, and sev eral villages are in great danger. Marion Clark, discoverer of the Mar iposa grove of big trees in California, is dead. He will be buried in the big tree grove. Women suffragists are active in France and candidates will be out for the office of deputies in every district in Paris next month. W. H. Buckley, attorney, of Al bany, N. Y., admits he was able to obtain advance information on court decisions in insurance cases. During ante-election troubles in St. Louis a mob tried to lynch the city clerk, but were stood off successfully by a daughter of the chief of police. A Black Hand member instantly killed by a sheriff's posse while remov ing money from a hiding place where his victim had been ordered to leave it. f Berlin, March 26. Emperor Wil" evelt to be his guest at the royal castle promises effectually to frus trate the coc-president's expressed desire to be received in Europe as a plain private citizen. The invita tion is at varianco with all court precedents Heretofore no foreign private cit izen has ever enjoyed hospitality at the royal castle, and tho only person not of princely rank who has been thus honored is Count Zep pelin, whom tho Kaiser has called the greatest man of the centruy. During his stay in the palace, May 12 to 15, Mr. Roosevelt will have the suite occupied by King Ed ward on his recent visit, and will be the center of attraction in a bril hant circle comprising tho Emper- 40 MILES DRAINAGE CANALS. Klamath County Projoct Will Roclaim 19,000 Acres on Wood River. Klamath Falls Work has been resumed on the canal along Wood riv er, for the reclamation of 19.000 acres of tho weed land. The land has a frontago of seven miles on the river. It will be necessary to cut about 40 miles of canals to properly drain and reclaim tho tract. About seven miles were made last year, and it is expected to complete about ten miles this vear. This will form a dyke along the river and around tho north end o tho land that will keep tho water from over flowing the land, and then cross canals are to be run throuch the nroDertv for arainage purposes. Tho Wrw? rivnr vntln ia nnlmrvttil- or's closest official advisers.. j edged one of the best dairy sections in Uregon, and with this bier tract drained and put into timothy and red ton and settled with dairy farmers, it will easily produce a greater revenue than that derived from all other resources in the county at the present time. ihe canal is beinir cut in a fairlv straight line and cuts off all the points and curves of the river, and thus leaves a strip of land of varying width along the west side of the river. As this land is somewhat higher and perfectly dry, there are many choice tracts of an acre or more along the seven miles of water front, suitable for building pur poses. This strip is to be platted and sold for summer homes. It is stated Al A. Al i . . tnai. mere is enougn oi this land to ac commodate about 150 cottages. A definite agreement has been reach ed on the Canada-United States tariff. As the beef packers' investigation proceeds, the prices of beef continue to rise. The American Federation of Labor has filed charges against the steel cor poration. Pinchot has sailed for Europe, and it is believed he intends to meet Roose velt in Naples. Barney Oldfield, driving a Knox auto, made 20 miles in 18 . minutes at Daytona, Florida. Louis R. Glavis has confessed that he worked deceptioa on Cunningham in the Alaska coal cases. Witnesses before the Pittsburg grand jury testified that councilmen were bought as low as $50. Governor Hughes is considered to be the modern Moses of New York state, and Taft wants him to run for a third term. The president of the Paper makers' union was escorted out of the town of Rumford Falls, Maine, by citizens, who intimated that he was not wanted there. The trial of F. August Heinze, for misappropriation of funds of the Mer cantile National bank, of New York, is set for April 2. There are 47 sepa rate counts against him. A boy at Hoquiam, Wash., had his arm broken while plaiyng "snap-the-whip." Colonel Roosevelt was glad to meet many American tourists at Luxor, Egypt. Cook's only white companion in the alleged dash to the Pole says Cook is a martyr. Indictments have been returned against six nightriders at Hopkins- ville, Ky. Twenty persons were injured by a passenger train in North Dakota jump ing the track. Cairo, Egypt, March 25. Up with the sun today, after a restful night at the Mena House, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his party early prepared for a visit to the metropolis of Sak kara, where are tho wonderful tombs of various kings, of Thy and of the Apis bulls. Last night the sphinx was viewed by moonlight, and Colonel Roosevelt said today the weird sight had been thor oughly enjoyed by himself and his family. It was the most interesting thing he had seen during his trip to Africa. Tonight Colonel Roosevelt and his family returned to Cairo, dined with the American consul general, Mr. Id dings, and later attended a banquet tendered him by Sir Eldon Gorst, the British agent and consul ceneral in Egypt. Major F. K. Watson, pasha, aide- de-camp to the khedive, who met Col onel Roosevelt a year ago at Port Said, was an early caller at the Mena house today. He paid the respects of the khedive to the American hunter and tendered him the use of the khe dive's special camel corps for the eight-mile ride across the desert of Sakkara. Such a tender always is a special mark of favor and Colonel Roosevelt accepted it with pleasure, mi . i i i Ti- . ine coionei ana permit eacn rode one of the animals over the dreary waste to the Necropolis, but Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel chose a more comforta ble conveyance. SPEND 835,000 ON CANALS. Irrigation Comnanv Plans to Finish 310,000 Projoct. Bend Tho Arnold Irrigation com pany is spending $35,000 on impiovo ments to tho distributive water sys tem. Tho largest undertaking of tho plans will bo tho building of a new flume Tho flume will bo 12 feet wide and thrco feet deep, and a milo and a quarter long. Tho body of it will be of two-inch lumber, and tho support ing timbors nnd foundation will bo con structed in most substantial manner. Tho intake will bo enlarged and per manent gates installed. Approxi mately three miles of old canal will be widened. It is planned to build from six to eight miles of new canal on tho oast lateral, which runs eastward into tho Arnold section; and also some three or four miles of now work on the north lateral, which will water land lying directly east of and southeast of town. The Arnold systom will water ap proximately 10,000 acres lying cast and southeast of town. It is a mutual company, tho stock of which iH owned by farmers and Bend business men. A large portion of the land lying under this system was originally taken up as homesteads and desert land retries, and the holdings ranged from ICO to 500 acres to each man. Lately these larger tracts have been divided and are being sold to newcomers, who plan to devleop their holdings extensively as soon as the system is finished and water delivered to their lands. EXPLOSIVES ARE SAVED. Blacksmith Rushes into Burning Powder Magazine. Pittsburg, March 26. Reports of serious forest fires are coming in from many sections of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Three miles below. Parkersburg, W. Va., the forests are ablaze and farmers are working fran tically to stop the flames. At Bridgeville, near here, the flames of a stubborn brush fire threatened two powder magazines, in which were stored 400 pounds of powder and a large quantity of dynamite. Men had fought the flames fruitlessly until it seemed nothing could save the maga zines and houses near by. Harry Skiles, a blacksmith, finally rushed to n i one oi tne magazines, smasnea in a door, and with the aid of the firefight ers carried the explosives out of the danger zone. An area three miles long and two miles wide has been devastated in Ken nedy and Stowe townships of second growth timber and the loss thus far is estimated at $50,000. Oil derricks, t?nks of crude oil and about 300,000 feet of timber have been destroyed. Rush Work on Coos Bay Road. That the Harriman interests will rush construction of its proposed road across the state of Oregon from Coos Bay to Vale, by way of Burns, is the latest report in railroad circles on the coast. It is impossible to cret confir mation, but the news emanates from excellent sources, leaving: little room for doubt of its authenticity. According to these reports comple tion of the Coos Bay-Drain branch will be rushed with all possible haste while at the same time large forces will be put to work between Vale and Burns, thus hurrying along the work from both ends of the line. Construction of a line from Burns to Crescent City, near Udell, would complete the line across the state, as it would give con nection with the Natron cut-off from Springfield and Eugene. It is said that to the activity of the Hill interests in Western Orecron mav be attributed the progressiveness of the Harriman people, as they will be compelled to fortify themselves against the Hill invasion of Western Oregon by means of the 'Oregon Electric and the United Railways. Work on the Coos Bay-Drain line was suspended about three years ago, after an expenditure of several hun dred thousand dollars, for no apparent reason except that it was thoue-ht safe to let the work rest for awhile, there being no imminent cause for fear of serious competition at that time. But now that the Hill people are rapidly pushing their way through the Wil lamette valley by means of extenisons of the Oregon Electric, the danger of losing a rich field is apparently dawn ing upon the Harriman people. Block to Cost SI6.000. Eugene Work on a two-storv brick block to be erected by W. T. Campbell and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Idaho F. Campbell, will be begun at once. The structure will be ready for occupancy by June 1. It was the original inten tion of the Campbell heirs to cover the entire lot with a huge block, but the final decision was to erect a building with a frontage of 54 feet on Olive street and extending 100 feet back. It will cost about $15,000. Ten Acres Bring $10,000. Hood River An indication that the $2,000 mark for Hood River orchard land is not far away was shown recent ly when ten acres were sold for $19, 000. The highest price for Hood Riv er orchard property was paid by Felix von Hake Vonegut, a resident of In dianapolis, Ind., who will come here to reside. The orchard, which is eight years old, is situated on tho East side of tho valley and consists of a solid block of Newton and Spitzenherg trees. Ihe tract sold to Mr. Vonne gut has the distinction of being the first piece of orchard at Hood River to sell for $1,000 an acre, which was in 1906. Later it was sold to Mr. Hills for the highest price at that time, $1, 700 an' acre. Again changing hands it still maintains the high mark for orchard realty here at $1,900 per acre COUNCILMEN AT SCO EACH. r, atn fnr Plttaburc Grafters tlOgUIKI I UK" - In Small Donla. ni.i.... March 23 Nino inoro Illiouuif,, .....- former mcmbors of tho councils, bo foro tho district Attorney today, con fn.qsod their guilt in accepting money for tholr votes whllo mombcrs of tho municipal bodies and before Judge R. S. Frascr received the immunity bnth of a suspended sentence. When tho grand jury adjourned for tho dny just hoforo 5 o'clock, It nnd roturncd no Indictments, although it had listened for hours to developments in tho bribery scandal oven more son sntional than thoao brought out yester day. Men admitted selling their honor for from $50 up. John F. Klein was before tho grand . l ..i ,1. A Miwl jury the greater pun ui uw continued his narrative of councilmnnic ft. Klein recounted somo of his experiences in handing out the monoy to the councilmen. "Thnrn was 0110 follow. hO Bald, who was a daisy a regular Shylock fnr Mm iloilirh. Ill t he South hOVOntll nin.nl ImqineRq I handed him $81. Ho looked nt me for a full minute and then yelled like a stuck pig for tho extra 10 cents. You know $S1.10 was the Btundnrd price in that deal. Well, ho got tho 10 cents all right." lit.. COLORADO 1 AJ I ill Tiivnof iffaf inn lm . nlnnAn 1)JI I it.. Coronor'a Jury on Prmoro D, Donvor, March 24. n,... . A UWI S A tUU WVilllJIlIlV in com itmv in al. j a. m vu dU mil iiiiiii riiivti n - ii Holds Banner for Alfalfa Seed. Vale Vale is the banner alfalfa seed point in Malheur county, ship ping nine of the 14 cars of alfalfa seed sent out from Malheur county in 1909. The country in the Vale vicinity is un excelled for the production of the finest quality of alfalfa seed. An average car holds about 30,000 pounds of alfal fa seed, which at 15 cents per pound, the price paid for most of the seed, makes a carload worth about $4,500, or approximately $40,500 for the nine cars. Brick Plant at Lakoview. Lakev.iew A. T. Zeek, who has been engaged in the manufacture of brick about three miles south of town for some time, has purchased five acres of land from Roy Woodworth, on Indian creek. He will abandon the old works and set up a new plant on the new site. The clay which will be used is said to be better suited for brick making, and Mr. Zeek expects to turn out a much better brick than he has been able to before. WITH BEEF PROBE, MEAT PRICE RISES. Chicago, March 23.Simultaneou8ly with tho grand jury's indictment against tho so-called beef trust, cattlo on the hoof at the stockynrds advanced 15 cents per hundred pounds and somo of the dressed meats have given a sur prising exhibition of high jumping. The sharpest advance was for mutton cuts, to the price of which was added 1 to 3i cents a pound. This increase brings mutton racks to 18 cents u pound, legs and joints to 16 cents and cuts for stewing to lOJ cents. The wholesalo prices of hoof, mutton and pork havo increased 20 per cent within the last two wt oka and tho ad vance is to travel on to retail prices in the near future. An average of 2 cents a pound more will be paid by patrons of the butcher shop on all meats and in at loast one instance, sliced ham, the advance will be 5 cents. Mutton is now higher than ior tne just zo years, cents for chops. Belling at 30 TAFT POINTS WAY TO PEACE. PORTLAND MARKETS. It has been discovered that foreign insurance companies out-grafted the Americans in the New York legisla ture. James A. Patten, king of wheat spe culators, can no longer stand the crowd of newspaper men and curiosity seek ers. Ten members of the Maybray gang of fake hght swindlers have been sen tenced to $10,000 fine each and two years in the penitentiary. Five persons narrowly escaped death In quicksand on the beach near Gear hart, Or., when their automobile left the road and overturned. Before the end of the Pinchot-Bal-linger row is reached, F. H. Newell probably will cease to be director of the United States reclamation service. Forty past and present councilmen of Pittsburg are falling over each oth er in a rush to confess their participa tion in bribery deals, hoping thereby to escape punishment. Taft says seven months of the new , tariff law have proved its worth. All questions in dispute between the 27,000 firemen on Western railroads and the railroad managers will be ami cably settled according to an arrange ment reached in Chicago through the nid of United States Commissioner of Labor Neill. A big slide blocked the Southern Pacific near Redding, Cal. Conferences are under way between the Philadelphia streetcar companies and the striking employes. Villagers Homeless by Fire. Charleston, W. Va., March 26 With almost every house in the prosperous village of Mount Hope destroyed by fire today, at least 2,000 homeless per sons are tonight sleeping on the com mons. Conditions which followed the conflagration are much worse than early reports indicated. Upon the ar rival at Mount Hope tonight of the special train bearing the National Guard, tents were distributed and an effort is being made to house as many as possible. Many of the families lost all their household effects. Big Tree Finder is Dead. San Francisco, March 20. Marion Clark, the discoverer of the Mariposa grove of big trees and for 20 years guardian of Yosemite valley, died to night at the home of his daughter, Dr. Elvira Lee, in Oakland. He was 85 years old. The aged guardian of Yosemite will sleep in his beloved val ley in a tomb which he hewed out him self in a giant granite rock, within a stone's throw of Yosemite Falls, where he will bo buried. Pension Bill Passes House. Washington, March 20. Tho pension bill, carrying appropriations of about $150,000,000, was passed by the house today. Nearly the entire session was occupied by a contest made chiefly by Republicans again3t tho provision as reported from the committee on pen sions for abolition of the pension agen cies now in operation throughout the country. New York Warm In March. New York, March 26. The mercury rose to 77 degrees this afternoon, the highest temperature recorded for March in New York for 40 years. Water Pipe Coming. Central Point C. B. Bade, of the Jacobson-Bade company, which has the contract for installing Central Point's water system, has received advices from the East that the pipe had been loaded and started West. Mr. Bade expects the pipe to begin to arrive in from three to five weeks from the time it was shipped. This should bring some of the pipe by April 15. Work will commence immediately upon receipt of the pipe. Build Telephone Line. Medford The Home Telephone com pany is engaged setting poles for the line between Jacksonville and Medford. Thd line will follow the right of way of the Rogue River Valley railway be tween the two towns. Poles and cross arms have been strung along tho pro posed route. Good Roads Meeting For Hood". H6od River The Grance bodies of Hood River are plannig a good roads campaign in the valley. Tho officers of Pine Grove grange have invited Judge Webster, of Portland, and Judge Derby, of Hood River county, to ad dress the citizens on the subject. Coburg to Have Lights. Eugene The little city of Coburcr is soon to have electric street lights, the council having decided to put them in. A small electric light plant has boon in operation there for somo time, but only residences and business houses have heretofore been lighted. Brick House at Bend. Bend The first brick house in Bend is to be built by A. C. Lucas this spring. The brick used will be from tho. yards of the brick company here. The building will be two Btories high nnd contain Beven or eight rooms. Wheat Track prices : Bluestem, $1.07(751.08; club', $1031.01; red Rus sian, 98c; valley, $1.02. Barley Feed and brewing, $28 ton. Corn Whole, $34; cracked, $35. Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil lamette valley, $2021 per ton; East ern Oregon, 52324; alfalfa, $17.50tffi 18.50; grain hay, $1719. Oats No. 1 white, $30.50f??31. Fresh fruits Apples, $1.25(?j3 per box; pears, $1.50(f;jl.75; cranberries. $8(?9 per barrel. Potatoes Carload buvi nc nriffn Oregon, 50(3.60c per hundred; sweet potatoes, 8c per pound. Onions Oregon, $1.501.75 per hundred. Vegetables, Turnips, nominal; ru- tanagas, $ifr1.25; carrots, $1; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $1. uutier uity creamery extras, 3Cc; ittucy uuibiuo creamery, a4C((J36c; store, 2uc. uuiier iat prices average ljc unuur regular nuiicr prices. &ggs t resh Oregon ranch, 2223c Pork Fancy, 13(ffil31c per nound. Veal Fancy, 12(T;)13c. Poultry Hens, 19(S)19Jc; broilers, 25($27c; ducks, 18($20c; geese, 12 13c; turkeys, live, 2225c; dressed, 25(rij29c; squabs, $8 per dozen. Cattle Best steers, $6.25(?J)0.C0; fair to good steers, $5.50(?J)6; strictly good cows, $5(5.50; fair to good cows, $4.75; light calves, $0fj7; heavy calves, $4tfD6; bulls, $3.60(9)4.25; stags, $4tf)5. Hogs Top, $110)11.25; fair to good, $9.50(T(!10. Sheep Best wethers, $702)7.50: fair to good, $5.50056.50; good ewes, $6: niiiiua, $auijv. Hops 1909 crop, 150518c por pound; according to quality; olds, nominal; 1910 contracts, 16c nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon 1620c per pound; valley, 22Q)24c; mohair, choice, 230525c: Cascara bark, 4J085c. Hides Dry hides, 1617c por pound; dry kip, 1617c; dry calfskin, 140216c; salted hides. liffhBe: buMpA calfskins, 14c; green, lc less. I Questions of National Honor Should Be Arbitrated. Ho Says. New York, March 23 The president of the United States spoke in the cause of world peace tonight before such a brilliant assemblage at the Hotel As tor that he described it as "superla tive." He was the honor euest at a banquet of the Peace and Arbitration league and the principal speaker. in tne main, international peace was the keynote of every address, but no speaker advocated the immediate dis armament of nations. It was agreed armies and navies wero necessary until a more Utopian universe shall hav come about. On this point President Taft said: "necauBo wo are in favor of unlvnr. sal peace, and in favor of arbitration to secure it, we arc not in favor of nn. country giving up that which we now use ior tho purpose of securing peace, or the withdrawal of our armament! our army or our navy." Tremendous applause greeted his de claration, and he continued : "I don't want to Beem inconsistent in speaking so emphatically here in fa vor of peace by arbitration and in using every effort I can brine to boar n m. gross to have two more battleships this jrv-ui. i wit nopeiui mat we may con tinue with that policy until the Pana ma canal is constructed, so that then our naval force shall be doubled by the connection between the two const Then we can stop and think whether we wish to go further. "Perhaps by that time there will w uU,Wu u moans ot reducing the armament, and when it comr. r sure we will not be the power to inter- w"" mo gonorai movomont." - i . open dollnnco of the Inu- o, . bor Commissioner E. V. Brake i renort oil tho Primus . . ki in ytiiivii iu miners fw a. i. January 31, calls upon Govern! froth to appoint a commlMon5 T.no An lfiiiia iiM.l t !..". '''9S . . ui.-ljJWO ettn wnuiu i.nu wiuriiuo r ucl & Irnn ortiefl are located. Mr. Brake finds tho following InHiifTlnliinf nnvlnl.li we oi nuiiicicnt umbers it. . . m ' uio camp oi poor construct! check woicrhmon fnr iL ? .. .. Ut,Knjy rn.il LIIII iiijitii iiir M I ia "!, r I .l i :. "if "pot uiunu uunuivn uiHV inO UOlOrfiflO & Iron company emnlovs , .......... ",'uuMng minea I,., 'niiur can be secured nt n nw, ' x.-.ui. i.. " " . wi jmiKimii-Bjivmiing minors." Mr. lirako also scores thn jury which investigated tho Prf uisostor, uccinring that tho Jurr wiiiihoi-u vi VIIIWIUYCS OI lh! nnd roturncd a verdict without examination, exonerating the from blame." Ho etntcn that ho finds children ployed in mines and wanhcni of company In violation of the it uiLC in MAILBAQ WINS LONO cinwr Milieu um oays nmironUS Mut stall Now Dovlce.' r.hlnnnn X r. t. OI Vf ... t.ir." .1 I t , A fffi.v Try r.t Min. n I fif nvnnrlmnntinr. 1 1. " T)-i -m - - J . ment has adopted an automatic ior mo delivery of mall pouches rapidly moving trains. Within a Umo notices will bo served upon i! mo roaus transporting malls thit f .1 A 1 u certain unto tnoy Wl bo re either to stop their trains ii i i . ed by F. II, Burr, of Atlantic, It ' I l WllBH . I . . I Il neari" 100 other doviccs recently e on the Kock Island road. IU i j- . .i i . or service Is snid to havo been pei Moro than 4,000 deliveries were at a Bpced up to 70 miles an SIX ARE LOST WITH SHIP. and have Pins are Weapons at Cnnltni Washington, March 23.-WaHhington women can jab holdups and mashers 1U,,K iwipins an they want ac cording to Maior SI S,1 m mT, WOmen thn nion' said Major SylvoHter in discussing "Such! n i0," Kalnat Ion toplfi buch a predominance of the rentier flex can havo but one result. Numbora a;r ;"; rr 10 ""t the "ikiii. wunout escorts hmbiicu by maraudors, used hatpins with tolllnif ofr.mt Canada-U. S. TarlfF Fixed. New York, March 23.Tho United States and Canada have arrived at a definite agreement on tho tariff ouch" tion, according to an apparently E cntic report tonlcht. thi, 'iv i "f""1. say tomorrow. TM w,u Taft, it is understood. nf. . flrmntion could h ,u " ,,c,,, Si'-nt would be' few dZl 'l0tttiI With- Doath List Roaches 47. Marahalltown, Iowa, March ot Schooner Arthur B. Founder! Fraoor Rlvor. u-li n irnnn inn uriirtnnnr Arcmir & hound from Tncoma for NanaliM i ' - -o" - rtj i oil tho Frnser. river lightanlp night during a storm and Cnptain wiiiMuiiiiii ill iu ii rruw hi iivu utvu r iHhed, TIia A .H.i.H Ir l.itllr at rflii ' 'in.ij,k..,i i (irn ...i m MttnM v. jutyiiouiiu III lOiM UIIU WHO uni ' rVinfmn A I ft ftfiatnJif wlnrl tib fif.1t.wl I- cia I ft mf.rUt Miiuu in ui. iiLiivimiin nun ivi " rt..u nil. - if . I a i .Lr fllfk Irrhlnhln .IP 4 1. I. li'anniiii VIVPT. II h'lflvUl' fin1 inUtln n ifna flnum 'I'd i. Ai.d.111. n win iihm! in t cement ana n aster enrrv ntr irau bin porta. Oabon Exnucla Cook Today. Now York, March 24. Captain I S. Osbon, secretary of tho Arctic cM of America, and one of Cook's staun oat supporters, said tonight that J Axtoll was one of Dr. Cook's close friends and tho letter received byAJ tell undoubtedly was reliable. Capw Usbon believes Cook will be in York tomorrow. Ho aaid tho letter ff fcrrcd to was in reply to one Dr. tell had sent to Mrs. Cook. Cflptw Osbon was unnbIS, however, to p" ny definito information on tho doctor would arrive. which 1 ki i ntiiiriint. niursu uuuguu fc'i'n , i Now York. March 24. At tho Mf in New York it was Bald today tbrt or beforo April 16 tho lenguo will PliiliulnliiM.. n,.atnn HufFalo, W i cuse, Uotroit, Cincinnati, Dnyton JJ Washington. The object of tho leg is to obtain by May 1, 100,000 tW turos to a petition for executive w oney for Charles W. Morse, the banker, now serving a 15-yoar Bonte""1 Horo of Monitor Is Now York. March 24.-Rear l John EntwiBtlo, U, S. N., died today at hie homo at IrflU J., nged 73 years. Admiral Enj"' tnont vrf ill""' WHH In l,n l,n r.nnm nt thO MD',A aurlng tho famoua engage tho Morrimae in tho Civil war,