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WEEKLY.
COR VAIiLIS, ' BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1903.
VOL. XXXX. NO. 15.
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GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO" HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import'
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Mos
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
coal strike has
baa started on
The Fernie, B. I
been settled.
- President Roosevelt
bis western tour.
The ferret service at Washington has
discovered two new counterfeit notes in
circulation.
financiers of- several cations are
ready and willing to help Castro by
lending V enezuela monej .
mi A J-fc A A .ft A A mm
ine 3,uuu,uuu appropriated by con
gress for the relief of the Philippine
government bas been disbursed.
ibe miners new scale bas gon9 into
effect in almost every state. Advance
will; mean about $35,000,000 more
wages this year.
It is probable that the British Colum
Dia legislature, wnicn has just con
vened, will tafie steps to prevent Japan
ese from entering that country
The Pan Joaquin river and tributaries
in California are rising rapidly, bridges
bftve been swept away and great dam
axe is reported from several sections
An agreement has been reached at
Seattle between the street car company
and its etr iking employes, and cars are
again running. The differences will be
settled by arbitration.
G. F. Swift, president of the great
beet packing firm, is dead.
German newspapers reply to Dewey
by criticising the American navy
Eighteen Waterbury, Conn., striker?
have been arrested for deadly assault
Noah Raby, an inmate of the poor-
house of Middlesex county, ftew Jsrsey,
is 131 years old. He was born at Ea-
tontown, N. J., on April 1, 1772
William Beilly, a patient in the
Bellevue hospital, New York, has an
incessant laughing spell, which has
lasted five days, and the doctors cannot
explain it.
When Mrs. S. L. McQuown left a
Effort Being Made by Commissioner to
Settle Long Standing Dispute.
Washington, April 1. Representa
tive Cuehman has been advised by the
commissioner of Indian affairs that
steps are Boon to" be taken looking to
negotiating a final agreement' with the
Indians of the Yakima reservation
whereby they will surrender all claim
to lands lying between the west bound
ary of tbeir reservation and the crest
of the Cascade mountains.
Ever since the treaty of 1855, defin
ing the boundaries of the Yakima res
ervation, mere nas peen a dispute as
to the lands actually belonging to the
Indians. In that treaty their reserva
tion was to extend westward "to the
crest of the Cascade mountains." but
in the subsequent survey marking the
boundaries of the reservation the west
boundary line was laid off a considera
ble distance to the east of the moun
tains. The Indians have all along
maintained that they were erroneously
deprived of the intervening tracts, but
no satisfactory agreement has ever been
made with them. Only last year they
refused an offer o $175,000 for the
lands, saying that was not a sufficient
recompense for their loss.
Renewed efforts are to be made
through a special agent of the depart
ment to procure a mutually satisfactory
agreement this summer, and in that
event congress at the next session will
be asked to appropriate the amount
called for in -euch agreement to quiet
the Indians claim. The department
is thoroughly convinced that the equi
ties of the ca.se are with the Indians.
' HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
WILL WASH OUT GOLD.
TO SELL WRECK OF THE MAINE.
hdajnstxtownthm
from her pocketbook, which hung from
her belt, by two men who had been
waiting for her.
The title to some ancient Irish gold
ornaments is being contested in the
British courts between the crown and
the trustees of the British museum
They were plowed up in the Northwest
of Ireland in 1896, and were sold to the
museum for 600 pounds.
Germans are angry at Dewey's criti
cism of their navy. '
Senator Foster declares Pacific coast
man should be selected for vice presi
dent. Many people have lost their liveB on
account of the last break in the Missis
sippi levee.
The Cuban senate has ratified the re
ciprocity treaty on the promise of an
extra session of congress.
Robbers dynamited the safe in the
postoffice atjLake Mills, Winnebago
county, Iowa, securing several hundred
dollars.
At the invitation of the German gov
ernment, a conference with the object
of founding an international seismic as
sociation will be held at . Strassburg
from July 24 to July 28.
It is said that John W. Gates intends
to retire permanently from active par
ticipation in the stock market, and that
in the future he will devote much of
his time as he will spare to business to
those concerns in which he is heavily
interested.
Privileges to construct a salt lake of
400 acres near Cape May for a seaside
-. resort have been granted to a company,
which proposes to fill 600 acres extend
ing from Madison avenue, Cape May,
to Sewell'a point, and to construct an
inlet to the ocean bo that sea-going
.. yachts may have entrance.
A new system oi searching for min
eral ores by the use of the telephone is
being tried at the Teleacaa lead mine,
iin North Wales.
James McNeil Whistler, the Ameii-
can artist, will receive the degree of
doctor of laws at the forthcoming Glas
gow university graduation ceremonies.
The Mills & -Wright company, of
Boston, one of the oldest printing and
book houses in New England, has made
an assignment. Liabilities $91,279,
with'assets nominally the same.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt has visited
Commissioner Strasbonrger, of New
York, to whom he explained that most
of hia securities were invested in non
taxable properties not liable for per
Bonal assessment. He showed that he
was liable for assessmsntononly $190,
600 but he agreed to an assessment on
$250,000. , '
Judge P. B. Wilfe, of the Seventh
Iowa judicial district, has just rendered
an important decision regarding the
power of assessors to assesss taxes on
property in the hands of a trust ' com
pany as trustee. The court holds such
property is liable to assessment both
for county and city taxes.
Siquro, Mexico, is now the only
plague spot in the Mazatlan district.
Russia is trying to negotiate a loan
of $100,000,000 with a Franco-Belgian I
Cuban Harbor and Coast Will Be Cleared
of Wrecked Battleships.
Washington, April 1. The Cuban
cabinet at a recent meeting dec did to
call for bids by advertisement, both in
Havana and abroad, for the removal
irom Havana harbor of thewretk of the
battleship Maine and the removal of
the wrecks of the several Fpanish war
vessels- lving on the southern ccast tf
the island. Bids will also be invited
for removing the wreck of the Merrimac
from the entrance to Santiago harbor
and the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII,
which is grounded on the north coatt,
near Havana. .
It is ti e expectation of the Cubans
that a nuat sum will be realized by the
transaction, as bidders will not be paid
for the work, but will be required to
that
shall
pass to tham. There are a nuinler of
bidders awaiting the opportunity to
subaiit propo als, among them C.F
W. Neely, notorioubly associated with
the Havana postoffice.
it is reported that the Spanish gov
ernment Eeeks to recover some of the
ships now lying on the southern coast,
but all bids must be made by individ
uals or firms. Offers from the Spanish
government will not be entertained.
"THE GREATEST COUNTRY."
Czar's Tribute to United States in Dis
cussing St. Louis Fair.
St. Petersburg, April 1. The czar
today received Thomas W. Cridler, the
representative of the St. Louis exposi
tion, at the imperial residence at the
Tzarskoe Zelo and expressed his per
sonal interest in, and sympathy with
the objects of, the St. Louis exposi
tion, the scope of which he discussed
with Mr. Cridler for a considerable
length of time. The czar referred to
the friendship existing between Rus
sia and the United States, and said he
hoped to see that friendship more firm
ly cemented. He seemed much im
pressed by the magnitude of the exhi
bition plans and said he wished to con
gratulate America on" its marvelous de
velopment, saying to Mr. Cridler:
You have the greatest country."
The czar promised to carefully examine
a memorandum submitted to him by
Mr. Cridley, showing the economic
reasons for the participation of Russia
in the exhibition.
SIGN AMENDED TREATY.
President Paima Sends Orders to Cuban
Minister at Washington.
Washington, April 1. Ratification
of the Cuban reciprocity treaty will
be exchanged . at the state department
today. Senor Quesada, the. Cuban
minister, called upon Secretary Hay
and officially notified him of the ratifi
cation of the treaty by the Cuban sen
ate, as reported in the news dispatches.
As there is only one copy of the treaty
in Washington, the other being en
route from Havana, " the exchange of
ratifications will be constructive, rather
than actual, Secretary flay accepting
as sufficient the assurance" that the
Cuban treaty has been dispatched to
Washington. . No date bas been set for
the assembling of congresa to take
action on the treaty.
Line Through Colorado Coal Fields.
Guthrie, O. T., April 1. The Colo
rado, Oklahoma & Texas railroad com
pany has been chartered as a feeder to
the Kansaa City,.. Mexico & Orient,
building from Dennison, Tex., to Pu
eblo, Colo., and through Hobart, Chey
enne and Elk City, Okla., tapping the
main line of the Orient at Lone Wolf.
Propositions are now being made to
cities along the proposed route for
bonuses for the construction. The line
passes through the Colorado coal fields.
a. W. Dart, of John Day, Starting Up an
Extensive Work.
Placer mining promises to be an im
portant industry in Grant county dur
ing the coming season. Several miners
have already commenced getting things
in readiness for the summer a ran.
What promises to bo . an excellent
paying proposition is the placer mine
of G. W. Dart, which will be worked
for the first time this season.
Mr. Dart has leased the pipe, giants
and all the mining material belonging
to the Humboldt mining company, and
at present has a force of men laying
this pipe and getting everything in
readiness for the summer' run, which
will commence immediately.-'. .-, '
The mine is situated on the west side
of Canyon creek, between John Day
and Canyon City, and nearly opposite
Long gulch. Water will be used from
the Humboldt ditch. - The ditch will
be in charge of Bert Stone.
It is the intention to operate the
New Warden at' Penitentiary.
C. W. James, who became superin
tendent of the Oregon penitentiary on
April 1, has announced the promotion
of Ed McPher son from the position of
second warden to that of first warden.
McPherson will succeed J. T. Janes,
who has held thet position during the
past four years. Ibe vacancy caused
by the promotion of McPherson wil
be hlied by the appointment of G. F,
Johnson, of Baker City.
ALASKA
QOOD
Woodman Street Carnival.
I he Woodmen's street carnival and
fair, to be held in Dallas June 3, 4,
and 6, promises to be a very successful
affair. The committees are all hard
at work and ares meeting with good
success. :h. ,
, To invoke Referendum.
A number of mining- men around
Grants Pass are giving assistance in the
work of invoking -: the referendum
against the mining corporation tax law
recently passed by the Oregon legis
lature.
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Northern Territory dot New Laws Which
Win Bring Settlers.
Washington, March 31. "Alaska has
been bountifully taken care of in the
past session of congress," said ; J. W.
Iyey, who haa been here all winter urg
ing legislation of one sort or another
for the big territory. "I find that very
lew 8tatea have secured as much in the
way of local legislation, and few mem
bers can go homeaa contented as I will
return to my people. We did not get
everything we wanted, but we did get
the most essential things, and I have
no complaint to make. When I first
came down here at the opening of the
session, senators and representatives
told me I might as well go home, that
in the short session there would be no
time tor considering legislation i They
advised me to come back next session,
when there was more time. But I re
plied that we had been put off , that
way year after year, and did not in
tend to stand it any longer. So I
camped down, and here I have been
ever since.
'In my opinion, the most important
legislation of the session was the Alas
ka homestead bill, permitting the entry
of 320 acres of land, 160 of which may
oe commuted upon, and a like amount
taken by scrip. The bill is not perfect,
but it will do a great deal towards
b-inging in the class of permanent set
tlers that we so much need. Now that
people can acquire title to the land.
and can feel safe against encroachment,
there will be a heavy immigration, and
the fertile valleys will soon begin to
fill with industrious, energetic people.
When we get a larger : population, as
we are now sure to do, we will come
bacK to congress and make known
other wants."
DEATH OF PIONEER
RICH QOLD NUQQETS.
HENRY WINSLOW CORBETT PASSRS
TO THE GREAT BEYOND.
Was One of Portland's Foremost Citizens
Father of the Lewis and Clark Ex.
. position His Life Was Crowded with
Affairs of Business, State and Philan
thropy End Was Peaceful.
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Portland, April 1. Henry Winslow
Corbett, for over half a century a fore.
most citizen of Pocrtland, is dead.
The end came yesterday morning as the
dawn crept over the eastern hilla
vri, ; i it.. ii ti .i ,i
n uo me iigm oi me new day waa
drawing on the life of one of Oregon's
greatest picneers was ebbing away.
bo siowiy did the waning taper of
life go out that they who grieved at the
bedside could scarcely perceive when it
flickered last.. The angel of death
touched Mr. Corbett gently, and he
went as' he had wished to go, easily and
painlessly..
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j.ne ena oi mi. uotbett's life so soon
was quite unexpected. His health had
been failing for three months past, and
that he was on a downward slope
evident. The vital forces were spend
log themselves fast. . Last Saturday
the fami'y saw the first manifestation
oi me approacning end. "i m very
sleepy," taid the patient, but com
plained of no bodily suffering. The
heart which for over 76 years had sup
plied., the aentinels of the brain with
life's fluid was growing feeble and the
sentinels were drowsy.
Montana Collection Will Be a Feature of
.Portland Exposition. '
Helena,- Montana, March 28. W. G.
Conrad, of the banking firm of - ConrAd
Bros., who was named by Governor
Toole as one of the honorary . commis
sioners for" Montana at the Louisiana
Purchase exposition and the Lewis and
Clark exposition, in St. Louis and Port
land, respectively, has made a' most in
teresting announcement that he win
send what 'is supposed to be the laroant
and beBt collection of gold nuggets in
the world Jo St. Louia and Portland for
exhibition during the expositions.
The exhibit is owned by Conrad
Bros., and was formerly the property of
the First National bank in . Helena.
The collection was purchased by the
Conrads from the receiver of . the bank
several years ago, upon the failure of
that institution, and has since been
added to. -
The collection waa gathered bv ex-
Governor HauBer, when president of
the First National bank, and was the
result of many years' effort. Even in
days when placer mining was bein?
done in hundreds of claims throughout
the state, the collection waa regarded
aa magnificent. Amonc the, nnfg
in the collection is one found in Nelson
gulch, above Helena, which is said to
be the largest single nugget ever fennd
in the Northwest.
The present value of the collection in
about $300,000 if melted down, but in
ita natural state, aa coming from the
earth, it ia worth more, a number of
gems being worth several times their
weight value because of their neculiar
formations.
It should prove one of the features of
the exposition. It will be-carefullv
guarded day and night from 'the time
it leaves Montana until its return from
St. Louis and Portland.
RECIPROCITY IDEA IS KILLED.
STRONQHOLD IS TAKEN.
THE LATE HENRY WINSLOW CORBETT.
bine 16 to 18 hours a day, according
as the length of the days permits Two
shuts of men will be employed.
, Prosperous Hood River Valley.
Though the annual precipitation . at
Hood River is about 36 inches, irriga
tion is a very important factor in the
prosperity of the Hood River valley.
Since irrigation came into practice on a
considerable scale five vears ago the
population of the valley has quad
rupled, the price of land has incieased
300 per cent and the entire fruit ehip-,i
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ping Dusiness ot that locality has grown
up. Sixty thousand crates of straw
berries (two dozen boxes toT the crate)
and 100 carloads of apples, of last
year's production, have been shipped
from that station, and large quantities
of fine apples are still going Jorward to
market. ' -
Irrigable Acreage Increased.
The great abundance of snow in the
mountains has resulted in an increase
in the acreage -of irrigable land that
will be placed under cultivation this
season in Baker county. In many in
stances the increase will amount to 50
or 60 per cent over last year,- and tak
ing the entire countv, the increase will
amount to fully 40 per cent this year
over last.
Pilot Rock Postoffice Robbed.
The postoffice at Pilot Rock, a small
village about 15 miles from Pendleton,
was robbed Sunday night and about
100 in money and stamps secured.
. Wheat Fire at Cayuse.
Three warehouses and an elevator,
containing in all about 18,000 bushels
of wheat, were , burned at Cayuse last
Monday. ' The total loss is estimated
at, more than $20,000. - Cayuse is a
small wheat station about . 20 miles
east of Pendleton, and has no water
protection whatever. ,
; Hopes to Find Water.
B. F. Coplen, an expert on forma
tion for artesian water, who sunk , the
artesian wells at Pullman, Wash., and
who . for many years has been making
extensive examinations of the Colum
bia river basin, has been looking over
the situation in the vicinity of Echo for
some time with a view to getting four
or five sections of land and putting in
the necessary machinery for-tboroughly
testing the subject. He says that
there is every indication that artesian
water can be had along the base of the
Echo buttes.
Mills Running Full Time. v
All of the sawmills in Baker City
are running full time and the demand
for lumber both for local use and for
export is in excess of the supply.
Most of the lumber manufactured theie
is sent to Utah, where a great . deal is
used in railroad construction.
v Will Build Dam.
The Sumpter land company will erect
a dam at the junction of Cracker creek
and McCullough's fork.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Demand for New Buildings.
Contractors and buildera are over
crowded with contracts for buildings to
be erected inBaker City .this season.
Most pf the new structures are cottages
and dwellings of some pretensions.
The demand for houses to rent is g eat
er than the supply, all of which goes to
show that Baker City ia steadily grow
ing. Astoria at the Fair. s ,
Astoria will erect a $5,000 building
at tne Lewis and Clark fair.
Sale of Albany Weolen Mills. '
Arrangements have been comnletad
Silver Bought for Philippines. for the sale of the Albanv woolen mills
Washington, April 1. The secretary to the Bannockburn manufacturing
of the treasury today purchased for ac- j company, of Portland. The Btockhold
count of the Philippine coinage, 350,000 era of the Woolen mills company will
ounces of silver at an average of 49.8c j Boon meet and ratify the sale. This ia
an ounce. The silver is to be deliv- one of Albany's leading manufacturing
ered in equal parts to the mints at , concerns, and furnishes employment to
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Wheat Walla . Walla, 72c; blue
Btem, 7778c; valley, J7c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew
ing, $24.
Flour Best grade, $3.954.25 ; grah
am, $3.453.85. -
Millstuffa Bran, $19 per ton;
middlings, $ 24; Bhorts, $19.5020.
chop, $18. -
Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 1.20;
gray, ?1.121.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover,
$89; cheat, $910 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 5060e per
sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental,
growera' prices; Merced sweets, $2
2.25 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12gl3c;
young, llK12c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1516c; dressed, 1820c; ducks,
$77.50per dozen; geese, $78.50.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 16
17Kc; Young America, 17$18)c;
factory prices, llc leaa.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3032)c
ner nonnd: extras. 30c: dairv. 9(va
'22Kc; store, 1518c. '
. Eggs 1415c per dozen.
Hops Choice, 2123c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628o.
Beef Gross, cows, . 33c per
pound; steers, 44c; dressed, 7Mc.
Veal 7$8Jc.
Mutton Gross, 4c per pound;
dressed, 7Mc f '
LambB ' GroBS,. 4c per pound;
dressed, 7c.
Hogs Gross," 8Jc per pound;
Crushing Defeat Inflicted on San Miguel
and His Fort Captured.
Manila, March 31. Two companies
of Ma 'a be be scouts signally defeated
the main body of Pan Miguel's forces
today. It is believed San Miguel was
killed. Lieutenant Reese was serious
ly wounded. The scouts lost three men
killed, and had 11 men wounded.
JThe enemy occtipi d an entrenched
osition between Mariquina ai d Fran
cisco del Norte, and bad erected a stone
fort, which was garrisoned by 200 men.
Lieutenants Ee;se and Nickerson decid
ed after an hour's fighting to surround
the position and charge, after having
divided their commands. The two offi
cers then led a gallant and successful
charge, during which Lieutenant Reese
fell, seriously wounded. -The enemy
tnen broke and ran, Jeavirg 4o men
dead on the field, inclqding a general
officer, who is believed to be San Mig
uel, though his identification is incom
plete. It is hoped this defeat will dis
courage disorder in Rizal province.
The military authorities will direct
the operations of the detachmenta which
are pursuing the bandit bands. Addi
tional troops are to be sent to Suriago
later on.
NORTHWEST AT THE CAPITAL.
nenry w inslow Corbett was born at
Westborough, Mass., Feb. 18; 1827.
and was the youngest son of a family of
eight, six of whom reached maturity
His parents were Elijah and " Melinda
(ForbuBh) Corbett. Mr. Coi bett'g boy
hood waa passed in Washington county,
New York, vhere, until he reached the
age of 13 years he received an ordinary
common school education. At that age
ne began his business ca'eer in a store
at Cambridge, remaining two years as
clerk and a part of the time attending
Cambridge academy. He then went
home, and, after afhortterm at school,
secured a clerkship at Salem, the coun
ty.8eat.
Fate
Other Treaties Will Share Same
' President Gives Up.
Washington, March 28. The an
nouncement in the Jamaican legis
lature regarding the failure of the re
ciprocity treaty with the United States
ia but a forerunner of what may be ex
pected m the caae of all agreements of
a similar character which failfwl in se
cure action by the United States sen
ate. Itwasevidsnt from the attitude
of that-body that the members were op
posed to the reciprocity idea, as out
lined in the reciprocity treaties that
were sent to it by the president, and
all efforts along that line - hava ; hi n
"." j -' uwig ,.io-,.niaji auBvuuueu uy sue aaminisiraiion
Title of Tacoma Building Site Defective
Seattle-Tacoma Mails.
Washington, March 31. The attor
ney general today reported that he had
examined the title to the public build
ing site at Spokane, designated for pur
chase early in the winter, and had
found it clear. A check has been made
out and sent the owners.
There is faulty title to two lots in
cluded in the Tacoma site, the lots
owned by Mrs. Walsh, and before that
Bite can be acquired these two lots will
have to be condemned, thereby ineuring
clear title. The title to the balance
of the site is satisfactory.
Senator Foster today urged the post-
office department to increase the mail
service between Seattle and Tacoma.
He waa told that, if the electric road
would carry such mails aa were offered
it at a resaonable rate, the additional
service would be established. AH in
terurbaan mails are now carried by the
Northern Pacific.
Police Ordered to Fernie.
Victoria, B. C, March 31. In view
of the fact that trouble is expected at
Fernie in the event of non-union men
being imported by the Crow's Nest coal
company, the British Columbia govern
ment has requested the Dominion gov
ernment to send a detachment of North
west mounted police to Fernie, the!
center of the strike, and a squad of 50
men has been ordered to proceed from
Calgary. The coal company has given
the men nntil today to decide whether
they will return to work ; failing a de
cision, outsiders will be brought in.
Take Years to Recover.
San - Francisco, March " 31. Louia
Hirsch, of this city, whose coffee plan
tation in Guatemala was destroyed by
the recent eruption of Santa Maria vol
cano, has lust returned from an inspec
tion of the devastated district. He
says that the accounts of the cost to
Guatemala of Santa Maria's outbreak
were not exaggerated, and "it will take
a couple of years and perhaps longer,
for the coffee industry to recover from
the blow.
Rescued from the Flood.
Natchez", Miss.,. March 31. The
steamer St. John came up from below
this morning with a full load of pas
sengers and etock from the flooded dis
trict. - The officers report a daring res
cue of three men who were found adrift
in Black river. . One of the men was
on a log and the other two in trees.
They had been washed out by the crev
asse at Bougere, and had been without
New Yoik City and secured a clerkship
in tne dry goods store of Williams,
Bradford & Co., serving there seven
years. During this period he firmlv
established himsalf in the confidence of
his employers, so that in October. 1850
il r - i , , . .
wiey lurnisnea nim ine necessary cap
ital to ship a general line of merchan
dise to .Portland, Oregon, by way of
Cape Horn . on the bark Francis and
Louise. He arrived in Portland March
4, 52 years ago (1851). At that time
Portland contained about 400 inhabi
tants and five -small stores.
As soon as Mr. Corbett had gained a
good financial start he began -to take a
prominent part in those enterprises
which he saw were needed to develop
the resources of the country. In num
erous business, public, church and
charitable enterprises Mr. Corbett held
a prominent position. He was a
director of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation company, always casting'his
influence in behalf of liberal manage
ment and to secure the lowest rates of
transportation possible with good and
xuick service. .
He was largeiy instrumental in the
original board of trade, and for several
years was its president, and was 'active
in the chamber of commerce. In ail
the important measures of these bodies
Mr. Corbett was foremost in counsel
and hearty co-operation. Mr. Corbstt
was chairman of the committee of one
hundred, which took a prominent part
in municipal affairs during the hard
times of 1893-95.
The Lewis and Clark centennial ex
position was the last great creation of
Mr. Corbett and was in many respects
his favorite enterprise. Hia heart and
soul were in it, ' and he gave to the
management of ita affairs more time
and attention than to his own private
business. It waa his purpose to make
the success of the exposition the round
ing ont of his long business career, and
he would have succeeded if his life had
been spared. .
Mr. Corbett is justly entitled to the
honor of being the father of the expo
sition. Without his help and influence
the local company could never have
been financed, nor would the state have
been so generous in its treatment of the
undertaking.
Will Be China's Banker.
New York, April 2. Newa haa
reached official headquarters here from
St. Petersburg to the effect that an
agreement either has been or is about
to be arranged between the Russian
and Chinese governments for keeping
all the funds of the latter at the Rosso
Chinese bank in Pekin. If this agree
ment is carried cut, aa the Russo-Chi-nese
bank is in reality a Russian gov
ernment institution, it is, not impossi
ble that a protest will b forthcoming
from British institutions, which have
been keeping most of China's funds.
' Four Tracks AH the Way.
Chicago, April 2. The " management
of the Lake Shore road has decided to
four track the system from Chicago to
Buffalo, thereby establishing a four
track line from Chicago to New York.
Nearly 400 men are already at work on
the improvement, and within a short
time fully 200 more will be employed.
The freight congestion of the last six
months was the determining factor in
influencing the management to order
The rejected treaties, among which is
that with the French republic, are not,
it is autnoritatively stated, to be again
submitted to the senate in December
next, and, because of the attitude of
the senate, the president is discourag
ing the formation of new treaties.
Sugar formed an important item of
recipro2al exchange in some of the treat
ies, noticeably those in the West
Indies, and so far as that article of im-,
port ib concerned the administration ia
estopped from agreeing to any reduc
tion of duty by reason of the terms of
the Cuban reciprocity agreement. This
specifically provides that no sugar pro
duced by any country other than Cuba
shall be admitted into the United
States aa by treaty on convention while
the Cuban treaty is in force, at a lower
rate of duty than is imposed byexiat
ing law.
RIVER IS -STATIONARY.
Swift Current and Favorable Winds Keep
Mississippi Down.
New Orleans, March 28. With the
river practically stationary during the
day, there haa been little change in
Jthe flood conditions. The phenomenal
speed at which the current is flowing
and favorable winds have doubtless re
strained the rising tendency. A vigil
ant eye ia being kept on every foot, of
levee from Red river landing to New
Orleans.
Members of the state board of engin
etriare at various points along the
Mississippi, the Red river and La
Fouchiere. On the latter stream there
are now three crevasses, but planters
not immediately within range of the
breaks have had time in which to con
struct temporary embankments. Much
damage will be done to the oyster
duetry by the present flood.
. To Pay Honolulu Plague Claims.
Washington, March 28. W. F. Mc
Lennon, chief of the warrant division
of the treasury department, today
started for Honolulu, charged with the
duty of disbursing the $1,000,000 ap
propriated by congresa to satisfy in part
the judgments rendered, on account of
the destruction of property in Honolulu
in suppressing the bubonic plague dur
ing the years 1899 and 1900. The Ter
ritory of Hawaii was also authorized by
the same act to issue bonds not to ex
ceed $500,000 in amount, to be used in
paying its share of the judgments.
Japs and Mexicans Unionized.
Los Angeles, March 28. The Los
Angeles county council of labor has
adopted resolutions indorsing the action
of the state organizer in effecting the
unionizing of Japanese and Mexican
laborers at Oxnard. The council adopt
ed a further resolution favoring the
unionizing of all unskilled Asiatic and
other alien laborers in Los Angeles.
Local labor leaders state that this is the
first time a union labor organizer haa
in any way favored Asiatic labor. '
San Francisco Sand baggers.'
San Francisco, March 28. Four
men, 'armed with . sandbags, . secreted
themselves inside the entrance to
Greenwich street wharf No. 1 yesterday
morning and robbed every person who
passed through the gate. : The place
was absolutely dark and before they
ceased their operations the robbera suc-