'.. ...... i ' '. . - : . t, ' 1 .'' . 4 ' ' TonL t ' and y Sunday, .", southerly winds, .... .) VOL. IV. ''NO. - SI" ' :i;Ci-C:fe:d:ntsRe-! spcn4 to Ini Ictmehts I t V LEGAUTYOFIiEND1! p JURY JS AGAIN ASSAILED ' ' Mf ! Defense Insists That Francis J. , Heney Is Not Entitled to Act ' . - as United States. District i '.-'""' -": ' -V" ' ' '' i 5;-;r..,)y;...':;.(1 ' ' ' '"' "''' ' "'-. ',i'. ConcrcMDiaa J.'TrUltainaoA wm r ' imlRiil Jn th fed e Mi ourt this morning - and Iliad demurrer to the-two indlct ' tnents charalns him with complicity- in . Ortcon land frauda. Fleaa in abatemant ' wera ft)d by Dr. Van Geanar and Ma : lion R. SlKKa, williamaon'a eo-deiaca-' ants in ona ot tba lndlotraenta.' Judxo A. B. Bennatt and H. 8. Wilton appearad for alt thraa af .tha defondanta. Mr. Wllaon d fat red to anter a plea 1n abatement in. behalf ot Vr. Geaner and Bltva. befora tha had been rratgned, but to - thle objection "waa 1 made by United Btalea Platrlct Attorney Heney. " After a brief dlaeuaalon the point waa waived by tha dafenae. and tba pleaa : were then filed. In all essential partlcu laxa they were the aame aa tboae .nt4d In behalf of Senator Mitchell 'and other V defendanta, tha legality of tha grand Jury's organisation being attacked, ' aa areUa -ana. right of Mr. Heney to act in the capacity of district attorney. u- j 1. object- to the Bllng aad ' eonaldera tlon of the plea. In abatement," said Mr. . Heney r-upon tba grounda, ' first, that' It' , oemea. too lata, and" second, that it, con-' . tafna . -natters . which ' oontradlct "tha' record, or whlab a.ra. It tru..oivly .rab- able by tha teatlrnony . of the' Jurora or -3 of the United Htataa aUamejii who must be permuted- dieoloa wbat the tarnta of thaar oath or the geoeral rulea :of , law . reo.Hlre. them, ,to Jteep ' aecret, .in order . to contradict tha aama. ' and the affect af which, matter la to- Impeach their verdict; . and .that such matter - cannot be aet -up or considered in a plea "i of Indictment" : "". ?, . The name of Congressman Williamson waa. then' called. :---:' ' ' ' ' "Mr.-Wllliamaon la preeent," aald hla counsel, . Mr. Wilsoni "and we walre ' readfhaT -of the Indictment. ' ,Wa . five notice of the filing -.of a demon-en .to ' each, of tha . two Inclctmenta ; agalaet him." .'. : - " "' - .... I' .1 ' - .There waa a.' brief dteefuealon ' aa if o when arirumenta should be heard upon ' tha demurrera and it waa finally agreed t that they should be aet for Monday, al though some doubt waa expressed aa to the possibility of arguing them then In view - of the fact that tba calendar for that day la already crowded. Congress ' man' Hermann-s to be arraigned next Monday, when argument - alao -will be heard upon. Senator Mitchell's plea in '. abatement - " ' ' -'''.' WlUlamaWnV'aafanaar'" ' The demurrer " to ' Mil '' Indictment charging - Williamson with conspiring with- Senator. Mitchell, .Congressman Btnger Hermann. F. P, Maya. - Willard N. Jones and George Sorenson, to do . fraud tha government of landa In tha - proposed ' Blue mountain : reaarve, ' - la baaed upon tha contention that the i facta alleged are not aufflclent in law; . that : the Indictment does 1 not describe ' with aufflclent certainty tba nature nf tha fraud alleged, and- that tha descrip tion of the. landa la Inadequate. ' : The second Indictment found Febru ary 11 chargea Congressman William son.' Dr. Van Oeaner . and Marlon R. ' Biggs with aubornatlon of perjury. : To this Indictment- the vonaressman de murred upon the ground that the in dlctment ia not direct and certain as to ' tha crime charged, and that it"doea not " set forth tha .nam and .Identity of ,tha " persona whom- the defaodanta .are ' charged with shaving 'conspired to 'au - born, and doaa not describe or lden ' tlfy ,the perjury which la alleged ' lo have- been suborned. Instigated and ' procured, or the land as to which such " ' perjurjrwaa- to ba committed." " ,. "'. ,, ry'a fUty. AMaakad. It la evident that a determined" fight " la to ba made by counsel Tor tha aevera . defendanta-thus-far arraigned to .over throw tha Indictments - on .the ground that the grand Jury waa not legally or ganised, and that Francis J. Heney had no right to aet m tha capacity of United States attorney. The latter; contention la baaed upon aection 1 of an act panned Juno 20, 1174 (Compiled Laws of United States, VoL X, p. CS1X, which' la as fol lower . . j ' ' " ', "That every clerk of the circuit ftr district court of ' tha United Statea. United States marshal or United Statea district attorney ahall reside permanent ly In tha district where hla official du ties are to be performed, and ahall give hla personal attention thereto, and In case any such officer ahall remove from . (Continued on -Page' Two.) PUZZLE: HOWXUCH . IS THIS A KERNEL? W " e Fifty cents for an ear of com. , retailers and paid 'by a. number Of. Portland - famlllM Unr ' morsel of something dainty e tha flrat sweet corn in the mar- e kt. - About five dneen eara ar- f"fvflfe4 inAmm Km . u . " A t - - - - - wj '.iwiiier ' infin e Tlonolnlu and were ao6rt aold by ,' t Front street hmiae to. a larjre e ' ."tall dealer.' a ';'.' "' '" ' ' V' ralnr '. ii.i-'.'u. W X,. V ' .". e:; :';'.,'; yi i t,.-1 I ii a I .. ., , i ' ' j,. . v . ;. s , V Congretanun J. ILAlld LAHIIIM WASTED If? A WEEK Edward Chase Flings Thirty-Rve Thousand Dollars Over Cold- '. field's Barsi- HIS AMBITION TO GET ? " v l r WHOLt;cAMP Drunk . t ,. i r-n. ' fJ.i r ' ; '-r ( . . '.'."I 1 1 1 . .i ; ifc- I " .' . ... ..' .t . -. 'J ' i ' f When His Last Coin Is: Cone fTo$pector Borrows Enough ) to Grubstake Himself. ?; '" titmnml hulil ..!.. I Ooldflelds,.- Ner ; April .15. Twenty years of . hard labor aa a '. prospector rave 'Edward Chase '$3.0 in cash. Six ' days ' oroved , aufflclent for .Chaae to -spend tha money. Dadng thla time ha did not go near a gambling table. His wealth poured In a golden stream over the bare of Ooldflelda during tha early part of last week. Saloons did not lake it faat enough' ta. please Chase, who-on the last of the aix deye threw gold away by', handfuls on til the last coin waa gone. Ha started out Monday afternoon and: waa broke by. Saturday ntgtVL .Monday last lie borrowed-enough money for another prospecting tour nutt left for the mountaina.'? - ,i t Chase la a well-known prospector of Nevada. -For years he met failure after failure. ' ' Recently ha atruck ' claim whleh-netted him and hla partner. $70. 0 in cash.-: Chase Immediately filled hla pockets with gold and endeavored, with fair euoceea,- to keep-every- drink ing man In Ooldflelda 1n a-atate tf In-, toalcatloa for a "week.'- ' "s,".' C i'V . The saloons - aided' hfmr,'. 'charging from 125 . to ' $10- on each order, of drinks. Chase declares that .the- has knowledge -of other ore' deposits' which will bring him In. another' fortune, i CLEARING -THE. CAPITOL: ! OF ITS HORDE OF RATS ?- t i )--";! -.-.ft ' "' .(Janraal apeeial arrlee.)' - Washington. ' D. CX April 15. Under a contract to clear It. of rats,. Edward J. Barclay.' a professional rat-catcher, with five assistants and 24 .ferrets, have had charge of t)ie eapltol for a dosen nights. Only within tha last year hare. rats be come a nuisance In the eapltol. . . Tha destruction of residences On . the. pro posed official building . atte has. driven out. colonics of rata aad all aeam to have ' taken refuge In. tha rapltol. They scamper rthrougn tha marble, corridors at night' - Barolay -will first clear out the rata , in tha house 'wing, . working gradually toward .the senate-, hambera.- MONTANA MAN SHOOTS"-" : ;:.boys WHO ANNOY HIM ; v.a '-" I; , . , (Rpeelal Dlspateh, te The learaaLKi' ' " Butte. Mont- April 1. Becanae sev eral '.boy a - annoyed Mm7 Albert t Cook opened lira .upon them, seriously wound ing l l-y earmold Jonnnle Lcey, who waa) shot through tha . face,, allnterlng. hla )a.w aad knocking out . a number - of teeth. Cook ia under arreat. . Ha Waa very Indignant because the offlcera took hlmi In custody, .but offered, no, resist ance. He loudly exclaimed aa ha was being taken to Jalli v . ' V 'Hasn't a man - tha right to protect hie-own propertyT,V' . ' '' , u ,. i i ii -..j . COURT REDUCES BAIL :"' r- FOR MRS. CHADWICK " 1 :'-.' (foaraal tpwlal fcnW,) f Cincinnati. - April 15 The United Statea" court of appeals thla morning de- clded'that Mra. Chadwlrk ran ba releaaed) rrom Jail for 15,000 bail, pending the hearing of argument for I new trial. The decision refora only to the case on which aha waa convicted and has noth ing to do wljh the pending case against her. -, ,'. , : ; ' ' iassaoo WatrrB nr bo (Joamsl ann-lal Rrrrlre.t . " r cinmiipp Roma," .April HUrnr White, the'Rddle Hanlon and Young Corltett for a new American ambassador to Italy, baa I arrived bare. ' ;; ' ', 1 PCHTLAND. ' CnSCON. . SATURDAY, -EVENING. APRIL N. Williamson. - CHEAPER TO C0UE ' i .t. THAN STAY AT IIO'JE "i . Costs 'I Much Less Than T,wo Hundred Dollars for Round, i Tripr-FforrfrftowYorkr :t ; -.r "fit I . f 1 INCLUDING SIX PAYS ; onion im dadti inn . . . WWnitl fll BBaarvs w Saw " i '. ' F1gurt Show at What Slight Ex pense Easterners May Visit 1 ; V:i tne,; Exposrtion.; The New Torker or dweller, lit other Atlantic coast states, who almply wants to 'sea tha Iwls and Clark, fair and tha country along' the' railroad right ' of way. and who haa no' abnormal thirst lor . outer pleasures,, may autre rrom home with 11(4.50 in hla wallet and got back' there) again without having . tele graphed -ta hla banker. The. trip. Willi have 'consumed' Just 15 days it he -devotes six days to the exposition and a Sunday to one of 'Portland'a churches. - " i . : . Keren Vtal U Cost. . ' ' Tha ' following flgurea j ahow u tha amount4 of' the; round -' trip, fare t from points ' named, under -' . tha '' new a rata granted by eastern passenger associa tions. " and - tha- number . nf . days . re quired for tha railroad trip each way: - ' Cltv.- m'"- - - Iavs. ' Fare, New York 4 -' $75.50 Boston . . ............... 4 v 74.50 Portland,' Me. v..... 4$, 700 Richmond, 'Va. 4 t. '. - T4.50 Atlanta.' Qa. -......,... 4 ' '' 7100 New orieana eana 4tt ''-41.50 i...;s...Vi...... tH ''' tss . ...r.i.:.- IVt 54.60 St Louis Chicago Duluth '. .- ....;........'.. tVi ; 46.00 Burlington, .la. ...... 4. .-. to.25 Minneapolis . .. '. . . ..... St. Paul. Milwaukee I 46.00 I ' 46.00 Z 64.50 auHi.vir : ...... Omaha . .-. li4:.;'' 45.tK) Denver .......... 7l. .... -1 ' ' 40.00 Kl Paso v'..k...V,M.,..i H"!' " 00 Memphis . . .............& ' 67.60 ins, esumate 01 expenses given in the. opening paragraph representa the maximum .amount that .will be required to travel s flrat - clas, .with - Pullman atandard sleeper, leit reasonable amount dally- en -route,' and' to stay In Portland during tha visit In tha Pacific northwest. . - i " '., .. ! The aleepmg car Vara for the round trip from New Torlrand other Atlantlo eoaat.pointa Is $19. and for 13 a day the traveler can satisfy the cravlnga of an ordinary atomach In" tha dining car of an overland .train.'.. Allowing 16 a day for,1 hotel expenaes and admittance to tha- fain 'during tha stay In. Portland, the' ttrtal estimated exponas Of the trip can aafety- be placed at " tha- figures given. . Bleeping car. rates ' from points In Chicago territory, are $5 lees , each way than the rate from New York. Tho dweller1 In Missouri' river territory can deduct 17.50 each way from- tha Bleep ing car fare from New Tork. From New Orleans- to -Portland tha sleeper rata Is f M..60' aacbAay.'i .-.' .' ' . : .' ' There are many .way a In which the traveler can apend money to advantage In 'aeOlnr .the Paclfle northwest. - Vari ous parte of Oregon' are wonderlands to tha average easterner, prater -lake, the Columbia, river, ML Hood, tha wonder ful fruit- sections of tba Rogue river and Hood rrver valleya, the fine stock farma and hop fields xtt tha Inland em pire all theae should ba Been, even by the mere pleasure eeeker. Trips to Se attle. Tacoma. ' Bclitngbam. tha won derful1 copper region arounfl Spokane, the Idaho oountrjsand Yellowstone Park and California ar full 'Of attractlona , Tha flgurea given- represent tha cost of tha trip direct to the Paclfio- north west and return. ' Those who wish " to coma or , return by the southern' route must count on paying til additional for tha round trip railroad ticket except ing, of course,' people who . reside In Texas and tha extreme south, apd who come, and go by that route. . oomaarr to : Xavaxoav , ; ' (Jnarast Hpeelal a-lr.) ' . San Frsnolaco. April It.- Morris yvy of the llsynes Valley club has matched bout to be pulled on la this city in the Utter part of Mar. ',-."","' iliii ' '. ., - i . - . . 'i , i'-i ; . ;, - i" .: -i t i i President v Departs f Into Cclirado Wilds Search- i : H for Big Came. ' . - " .,i (, .. . . camp, sites-covered; ;! ; by deep snow. banks Ladies of New Castle Present Roosevelt With Fancy Hair, v ; and Silver Bridle for :' : V V Daughter Alice. '-rr-', '. ' y " Joaraal Sasdal Berries, t Newcastle. Col., April it. Tha prea tdentlal hunting party arrived here at 7:45 o'clock ' thla ' morning' and waa greeted by a crowd of a thousand people.- The president waa eating break fast when the- train pulled In. He went Me tha -rear-platform-and made a 10- mlnute address to the crowd. The -woman In ' Newcastle presented the' president with a - handsome horse hair, allver-mounted ' bridle ' for hla daughter Alice. After breakfast the party,' accompanied . by guldea, - started for the first hunting curap, It miles sooth of here. a . -..-. , l Tha horaea which the president will ride aire a white and two sorrels, selected for eure-footednes'a rather than beauty. Tba guides are Jake 'Wells, Jake Borah and John Ooff. A doaen. hunter a and mountaineers want with tha president. . . Dr. Lmbert and Philip B. Stewart are aiaowlth the party, t- The JatterwlU have general supervision of the entire excuralon Into the mountains. Tba flrat camp will be located 21 mllea southwest of thla town. . A. foot of anow la now on the sits of the camp. Guides report that plenty, of tracks -of beara are aeon.' and the prospects for sport are flattering. Doga will be ' used to track: tha game. Tha hunters will follow on horseback. ' A crowd of 10,000 persons .welcomed the president at' Colorado Bprlnga last night, where tha president made a' brief speech' at the., depot and - took, dinner with P. B. Stewart at tha latter'a heme. The invitation from the . chamber of commerce .of Xenve 'was accepted by. the preaident and he will visit that city after finishing hla hunt V. , J , ; JOHN LAND. MITCHELL i TO FIGHT IN TAC0MA . (Speeial. Dispatch t Tha .Joareal) ' ' Seattle,, April It. Oaorga Garrett, sportin g 'ad I tor of the Tacoraa - News, announcea today, that ha haa -received the acceptance of John I Sullivan from 8t Louis 1 and Charlie MltcheU from Larkspur Springs to fight In Ta- coma early In May. - . TWO KILLED IN WRECK AT SEDALIA, MISSOURI ' ' v (Joarasl Special Ssrvlea.) '- Sedalla. Mo, April 15. The Missouri Paclfio passenger, ' west-bound, - was wrecked In the yards here early today. Fireman Anderson' of St.. Louis, waa killed and Engineer Rogera of Sedalla, Injured. ' ' . O . '' FIRE CAUSED BY RATS V GNAWING INSULATION " (ieeraar SpeeUl Berrlee.) , ' San Francisco. April 16. Rata gnaw ing the- Insulation from -'the- electric power wire a in 'the five-story building occupied by the Crown Paper company and tha ' Zallerbach Paper ' company caused a Are this morning' whleh re sulted in a loss of $50,000. ,-, - - .' - acovwbb o siaws, ' ";' '''' Uearaal Spectal'aarvwt.l ' t -;. San Francisco, April 15. The - coro- ner'a Jury In tha case of Baggla Vilardo, found the latter earn to hla death from Injuries Inflicted by - Pletro - TortoricL who la charged, with murder. '. : PAJUrWatUi ' TO ' OaTOATS. ' . I .': tJesrsal SaeeUl Service.) London. April 16. Ambassador Choate waa ' given a farewell dinner, by the bench and bar of London laat night.- - ' In every department, la The Sun' ' day Journal.' Happy Hooligan. Foxy Grandpa and all the other comedians of the best comlo sec-v , tlnn . published . amuse tba chil-. dren. ; j.. , .a . , ..'. ? Fashion pages for the women' are provided by the best and most , ' experienced modlatea in tha coun- ' try.; - . - . . - - Tha etory of tha Konluble la told In concise, readable form,.' and makes clear the whole his tory of the light now toarlng tha . : great inauranoe company. . ., Count Leo Tolstot and a dosen others scarcely less distinguished contribute special artioles. . v., The - workers'- magnalne, Chlm- , mle Ksdden, the chimes at Trinity, church and many other exclusive .features sld to the Internet, be sides all the news by the' only special leaned wire In Oregon, -makes Ppttland'a leading paper -: : Sunday Journal Ihitte Lead I . ' -. '. :.-''.' ( i i 15, ; lECl SIXTEEN PACES. Walter ., L." Tooxa. Who May ' Be Chairman of the Oregon 1 Delega tion of WooJmeri. ' HAY DE ASKED FOR District Attorney Manning - Be- ; lieves Seriousness of Cases Before Him Requires One. FRAZER WOULD LEND . ; ;VWILUNG EAR TO PLEA Takes Place-Today as the Pre- . siding (udge of the Cir ' :"V' ; t': J ' cuit Court. 'V f.-' ''' ' ' Ona of tha" first ' lroportapt "acta et .edge!' Fraaer, (. who became presiding Judge of tha circuit court today, may be tha -calling of a' grand jury at .the In stance of District Attorney John Man ning. .It la certain, that if tha district attorney . regjiests , It - presiding judge Frasef will call a ' grand Jury, . and, if called; It will ba In aesslon next month. i District Attorney Manning atated that ha was considering the wisdom or ask ing tha court to call the grand Jury. He regarda tha responsibility of acting in all tha Important- cases now Datura nun for' investigation as very sjreve. . Arthur Luclaa Fraaer today became presiding Judge of tha circuit, court ot Oregon for Multnomah county, auoceed-ing-Melvln Clark George, who baa pre sided the past yea r The presidency of the circuit court In this county is held by -tba four Judgea by rotation in one vesr. term a. Prior to 101 tha bualness of tha court was disposed of by referring sll equity cases to Judge cieiana, crim inal casta to. Judge George, and law cases to Judxes Fraaer and Beara The law of 101 requires tha court to have a presiding Judge, who hears motions and special proceedings and asalgns all cases for trial. .... ' . -. ...,'-":.'.-"..- PREPARE FOR ANNUAL h ENDEAVORERS' MEETING tlearaal Speeial Sernee.) - ' Baltimore, Md., April 15. Members of tha Society of Christian Endeavor will gather In; thla city next. July from all over tha country and Canada, with dele gations from other parts of tha world, in attendance at ' the ltd International convention of tha organ laat ion. Elabor ate arrangements are being made for tha reception and entertainment of the hun dred a or visitors.' -. ' ' The convention will meet tn the Fifth regiment armory, which win seat '11,600 people, and other ifieetlnga will be held at the Lyric theatre, near by, where 1.600 people can be accommodated. The spacious halls will be ablate -with light and bunting. - Tha acheme of decoration will ba red and white, and-yellow-and black, and- each-atate of -the-unlon will be represented by Iter coat-of-arme and colors. Over the platforms wilt be the flags of Great Britain and tha United States, together -with', those ' of other countries. i ' Tha convention -choir- wnl ronnlst of S.000 voices selected from tha Baltimore churches, and a .grand concert will be given In the armory oerore tne rormai opening of the convention. A feature of the convention will b an Internatloaal foatlval ot'th-aiea, which will be conduct ed by .Rev. Carey - Bonner, 'of London, England. A- similar aervlca ln Royal Albert hall, London,' waa pronounced by Dr. Clark, the -father of the Endeavor movement, to be tH most wonderful and inspiring musical service be ever attended.- , . ' " -" v-; .- v , -t - ; STOLEN KISS COSTS 1 C A HUNDRED DOLLARS r , . ." (Joaraal Special Serrlre.t : Cincinnati. C. April IS. Mrs. Bertha Mitts, a beautiful woman of Wllllama town, Ky., . waa given a Judgment -for tlOO damagea- in tha Covington federal court i today for .one kiss stolen from her: by Dr. J. B. Alexander ot McPher son. Kan., who was formerly the Mitts' family physician. Mrs. Mltta aaked for 120,000, but - the' jury- deemed . the smaller amount sufficient Tha doctor testified that In Kansas ha eometlmea kissed from 20 to 10 wo men on-leaving their , home, and that not one thought anything of It He did not Intend to offend Mrs. Mitts, but pnly wished to ahow kindly feelings.. KOW ATT AJTD TASTOM SBAV. ' iJnnrntl 8erlll Berrlce.) , ' Kalamaioo, Mich., April 15, Benny Yanger fonght SO rounds td a draw with Tommy -Mowatt here last evening.' A large crowd witnessed tba affair. , COUNTY GRAND JURY ; 'V. i Greet Scuthrn Will; at Once Degia Ccastrucp tba of New Road, -v 1 V- OBJECTIVE POINT IS GROWING TOWN OF BEND John Hemrich Tells of the Plans of His Line to Tap Wonder- U fully Rich Deschutes Basin Country. rf v J J. . (BetcUl Dispatch The Jsaraal. . Seattle AprU 16. All mystery re garding tha Great Southern railway pro jected south and north from The Dalles la cleared away by John Hemrlch of Portland, who la now in tha city. Thia Is the road which gave to the Washing ton Trust company a deed. to lta rlgnt of way thla week. In consideration of the Utter guaranteeing lta $5,000,000 issue of bonds. --1 ,,--lf :,. Aocordlng to Mr. Hemrlch, Who la nreaident of tha road, the. Great South era plana the Immediate construction ot 45 mllea of tba road southward. - uraa- ing for to mllea has already been com pleted, and Mr. Hemrlch Beys ateel for a greater part of thla distance la on the ground. By July 1, he aaya, the road will ba o Derated for the full 10 miles. This extenalon takea tha road as far aa Dufur, the heart of a rich agricult ural-district. He -estlmatea that after tha Una la tn working order-it will coat tl a ton to move wheat out of the. dis trict and last year there was. a crop of 1.100.000 bushels. '.- -1 f The new Una 'runs ""out "-from. The Dallea weat ot tha Deschutes river-Mr. Hemrlch says the objective point. Bend. haa long been a town that the Columbia Southern desired to reach, but the grades prevented eariLer building. ' ",7 Owing to the " topography of the ground not antll - the Great ' Southern haa reached, a point 75 miles south of Tha Dallea will It become a competitor of the Columbia Southern; From that time , until tha Gseat Southern crosses the Deachutea river, 10 milea further oa. the two llnea will fight for business. after- which .the .Great Southern- will come acain into lta own territory. Neither Mr. Hemrlch nor the local capltellats Interested with him have any fear of a building war on the part of tha Columbia Southern. . The Oregon. Rail road Navigation company, to which It haa applied, haa refused to help It, and It haa remained at Sbaniko, where It will nrobablr stav for years to come. ' Just when tha line will ba extended to Bend. Ill mllea dtatant from The Dallea, Mr. Hemrlch la unable to Bay bat -States that H will ba constructed with aa little delay aa possible. . -- "while our route ilea north rrom The Dallea Into the atate of Washington, said Mr. Hemrlch yesterday, "we have not considered the matter of building In thla atate. We can get a good croasing at Ths Dallea If wa want it. but that la a matter that will be taken up at an other time. We are goiDg to operate 19 miles of tha trsck la time for thla year's crop, aoutb of The- Dallea., Then we will extend la mllea further to a point near Klngaley, and that la aa far aa we can talk ot our plana at tha present time, jother than In tha general atat?- ment that the road will . be . hurried through ta Bend." ..:', , , . ... RICH COUNTRY. ' V land te Ba Tapped Xaa Wealth la Son ';'' ,..'; aad Traaa. ,VV -' Fifteen 1 MUa creek basin, tnclodlng tha area about Dufur, Tygb ridge' and Tygh valley, which are the Immediate termini of tha Una projected by the Great' Southern,' have rare promise as agricultural districts. There, has been comparatively little development of the soil for a short distance from The Dallea,' owing to tha plateau character of the country aad cropping, formation on the south rim of the Columbia chan nel. .But at Dufur the land stretches out In broad valleys and low ridges; the soil is rich and produces oereals with out Irrigation. Beautiful Orchards have been laid out In the lower -land, where Irrigation la possible. V Wheat fields spread from the Deschutes on the esst V the .limber line on tha west Many homes are being built, and aa farmers devote ' themselves to mors' diversified products. It Is- f qund that the region haa rare merlte. '-...., . Tygh Ridge has been one of the most famoua little 'wheat dlatrlct -of tha atate. " All tha, farmer doea there Is -to-sow and reap. .Cropa have been uniformly heavy giving to the land great value. r .,; .,t j . Tery Promldng' Xaad. . :v J As the white pine forest sweeping idown'from tha Cascades has been cut away,- agricultural - work haa crowded farther , to tha west, and yet baa much promising land to reclaim. Most of this district haa been-, hauling wheat 15 to 46 miles.' and no effort haa been made to develop other "cropa en a largo acale.' ' Tygh valley, which will ba Just be yond tha Immediate termlnua at Klnga ley, la an orchard paradise. - It la but two nr three hundred feet higher 'than tha Columbia. Is.wstercd by a strrtng. persistent stream flowing from the ('se ra drs. snd hss sdvsntagea found Iff few Oregon' districts. ' Aa the wagon haul for products haa been. 60 to 66 miles, the valley has never entered the mar ket seriously as a fruit producer, f . t which 'It .Is best adapted. When the railway reaches Ktngnlev, giving a haul by wae-oa nf but 10 to 1r mlir, It It expected that Tyeli' va'' 'V vis become-famou-i f r ft f ' . Rim ..... . . ' . '. ' f ' J. -. .' '.;";" ' , - '''."''"'v,.' ..'.; mms: iicasIyDiscricrsFrci Path cf Ve::; vie . M. WITTE RESIGNS FP.CM qouncil-of l:i?;iste:.c Romanoff Family Pictured in IU ' lustrated Weekly as tand v ing In Coffins Work- men Are Condemned. London, April - It. No report of - the) whereabouts of . tha ' Baltic - fleet haa . reached any of tha Aalatle porta. - Chi nese offlclala at Amoy and Hongkong ssy that It Is certain that tba Russian warships have not entered tha Formosa straits. i .'. . : '.'-..!. -. Well authenticated Peporta state that . Togo's fleet la at Makung harbor la tha . Pescadores "between Formosa and tha Chinese mainland, which tha Japanese have selected aa their naval base for op eratlona against Rojeatvenaky. A number of colliers from Cardiff and Durban arrived at Hongkong thia morn ing awaiting orders. ' It is believed that they carry " coal for Rojeatvenaky aquadroa. . - - ' '. The Russian hospital ship Orel after remaining-36 hours at Balgon, haa left ' for Vladivostok. She carries the alclc of Ko jest venskyV squadron and. a large : Quantity of supplies. ...' - The Russian fleet haa not been sighted " since Tuesday, which- leada to tha belief that the vessels have changed their course to the eastward, confirming, the report that ' the ships are coaling off Cuyoa Island In the Phlllpre . . M. V.TTTE K1ZZ;:2. - rresldani ef Sraaauaai Oeaa.i r .iaa Caafa Pasafiy Piatured U C "taV "'' (Jearaal Special -aarvle.l . St Petersburg, April 16. M. Wltte, preaident. of the council of ministers, haa announced 'hla Intention of resign ing to become president , of the Com mercial bank. ; .; . A prominent ' illustrated weekly' ap peared today., with an ' Illustration de pleting the, imperial family. '.The empreaa la holding tha heir - to ' the. throne. , In tha background are tha shadowy forma - af : practically' all tha living members af the Romanoff family In eofflna. Tba publishers disclaim any responsibility, and say tha picture la tha work of students employed on tba paper. The picture has caused a aenaa-tion.-.' .' .. .-. .. ' .. , . . The court at Abo, Finland, pa 41a- eharged General Scbaumann, charged f with high treason. Schanmann ia tha father of Eugene Schaumann. who killed. General BobrUtoff, governor bf Finland. laat.Juna : Ha waa charged with com plicity In tha crime. Tha landtdagea haa appropriated . 100,000 marks to aid Russia tn tha prosecution of tha war. Three .workmen found guilty of. wounding a policeman In . tha recent labor- troubles have been condemned to death at Warsaw. , . At Lods two men- killed a policeman today. .-'One of them waa arrested. -. SCOUT ships to cost V 1TW0 MILLIONS; EACH f ' (Jearaal Special aervlca f v ' Washington, April 16. Blda were opened at the navy department today for the construction of tha three acout ahlpa which - congress authorised last year. " Considerable interest Is mani fested. ' In the construction af thesa ships, as they are designed to posassa greater apeed than any other vessels In the navy save the little torpedo-boat de stroyers. Tba coat la limited to $1,800,- 000 each. ' '.-- i - -- , HELPERS ARE JOir.ir.3 ; STRIKERS 0 SANTA Fg (Joaraal SpeeUl Serviea) Kanaaa City. Mo.; April 15. Striking Santa ,Fa bollermakere say that II) men are out ' Many helpera and appren tices have atruck. The national organi sation will pay a atrike benefit of 57 m week to married men and 15 to single men. - They - are willing .to arbitrate. but will make a. hard fight . CO Colli ISSIOaT FAXXCZ3. I Utaraal SpseUl Serrlre.) Minneapolis. , Minn.. April 15. Tha ' bankruptcy schedule of the Cos Comm le sion company shows liabilities of UiJ. 41. assets 576.112. 1I,2M la due t tradera ' -""" " -' - WOMAN in fla:.:33 ;;i ESCAPES Sr,IC'J3 V . e Wrapped In funil ' r . jse4 I f e her clothing catching fire fwi a gas rsnge. Mrs. tiara l.rDar, i. of tii Flflh strt. ssvel 1 r j life If I r"l i " erci, i ' t ! V"-. " s r I ! 1 , .''' .. ' -