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CORVALIilS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, JFEXDAY, JANUARY 22, 1904.
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NO. 5.
CORVALMS
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES. .
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in - Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
The Lewis and Clark fair is fast gain
ing mends in congress.
Corea has told Russia she must not
interfere with rioting soldiers.
The Panama canal treaty is eafe, the
Democrats agreeing to vote for it.
Correspondents say the last note of
Japan to Russia is stronger than the
first.
The new Chicago theater ordinance
will close nearly every house in the
city.
The French begun the Panama canal
well and America will not find her task
great.
Maryland's legislature is balloting
for a senator to succeed McComas with
out result.
Senators MacLaurin and Money, of
Mississippi, have been elected to suc
ceed themselves.
Governor Vardman, of Mississippi,
in a message to the legislature, says
education is the curse of the negro.
Gorman, McLean and Murphy have
formed an alliance to fight Hearst as
Democratic nominee for president.
Louisiana primaries show that the
re-election of Foster for senator and
nomination of Blanchard for governor
to be certain.
Bryan says the Kansas City platform
is sound in everyplank.
The czar will not yield to Japan's
demand regarding Manchuria.
Hall Came, the noted novelist, is
suffering from a general breakdown.
Russia fears America more than
Britain in the present Far Eastern
trouble.
The United Mineworkers of America
are iholding their annual convention in
Indianapolis.
A hot fight is on in Ohio between
Hanna and Foraker as to the indorse
ment of Roosevelt.
A new religious sect has sprung up
in Boston. One of its teachings is that
1 " the millennium is to come "in 1916."" "w"
George Francis Train, author and
traveler, is dead. Heart disease follow
ing an attack of acute nephritis was
the cause. He was almost 75 years
old.
The Chicago city council is framing
a new theater ordinance, which is
much more stringent than the present
one and they will see that it is en
forced. Britain has abandoned hopes of peace.
The American guard at Seoul, Corea,
has been increased:
The Illinois medical society will
fight the anti-toxin combine.
A month of debate is ahead on the
Panama affair in the senate.
The Japanese minister at London
says war must come now or later.
Pure food experts find America is be
ing grossly deceived by French wine
makers.
Bryan will issue a daily paper in St.
Louis during the national Democratic
convention.
JameB L. Blair, a prominent St.
Louis attorney indicted for forgery,
has died from woriy.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says
America should wake up in the matter
of breeding fine animals.
The house expects to pass an appro
priation bill a week until all supply
measures are out of the way.
The jury in the case of R. H. Ken
nedy, the Hillsboro, Oregon, minister
on trial for burglary, has returned a
verdict of not guilty.
Ex-Governor Asa S. Bushnell, of
Ohio, is dead.
The Panama canal treaty is sure to
be accepted by the senate committee.
Japan's reply to Russia's latest note
has been given. It is a denial of every
material proposition.
France threatens retaliation unless
the United States removes the export
duty on Manila hemp.
A bill has been introduced in
congress granting pensions to all union
veterans 62 years of age, who served 90
days.
The Corean press is urging the peo
ple to slaughter all foreigners. The
American minister says he will protect
his people.
Havre, Mont., was almost entirely
destroyed by the fire a few days ago.
After it was thought to be under control
it again broke forth . Only one business
house of any consequence is left. The
loss is placed at $350,000 with $145,
000 insurance.
Judge De Haven has ruled that a
Chinese born in this country may be
readmitted on return from abroad.
A gang of Italian robbers has been
caught at Irrigon, Oregon, with much
loot.
- Ex-Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, is
very low and his death' may occur at
any time.
Germany has informed Britain that
she is ready to conclude a commerical
treaty with Canada.
RUSSIA PUT OUT.
Ratlficatian of Chinese Treaty by
: lea Held Undiplomatic.
Amer
London. Jan. 21. The Port Arthur
correspondent of the Daily Mail cables
that he has had an interview with Ad
miral Alexieff, the Russian viceroy in
the Far East, who spoke hopefully of
arranging a modus vivendi with Japan
The viceroy then referred the corre
spondent to his diplomatic agent, M
Flancon, who emphasized the impossi
bility of Russia's evacuation of Man
churia, and said : "
"Orders were given six months ago
to evacuate Niu Chwang and Man
churia, provided the Chinese would
agree to simple terms, but owing to
the intrigues ef the Japanese minister
with the Wai Wu Pu (Chinese foreign
board) these orders were counter
manded." M. Plancon declared that the action
of the United States, in making a com
mercial treaty with China, without
Russia's consent, under existing cir
cumstances, was unfriendly and undip
lomatic. Russia, he said, would not
open or allow consuls at Mukden and
An Tung under the present regime.
If Japan wanted Corea, Russia, M.
Plancon said, would not interfere, pro
vided other powers allowed it, and he
added: "Russia did not ask Japan's
consent to occupy Manchuria ; neither
was it necessary for Japan to seek Rus
sia's permission to establish a prote&
torate in Corea.'"
M. Plancon concluded by saying that
the United States and other nations
were more interested in the situation
than was Russia.
FOR GREAT CREAMERY.
Building Secured in Portland for Largest
Plant in the West.
Portland, Jan. 21. One of the larg
est and most completely equipped
creameries in the world is to be estab
lished in Portland. It is to have a ca
pacity of 20,000 pounds of butter a day,
and special efforts are to be made to
develop the dairy industry of Oregon
It will be zu times as large as any now
in Portland, much larger than any in
Oregon and, in fact, the largest west of
Lincoln, Neb. Cream will be shipped
into the city from a radius of 800 miles
until the dairying industry has been
sufficiently developed to supply the de
mand from this state. Every product
of the creamery will be supplied from
this plant. It is to be established by
the Hazelwood creamery company
which now has plants operating in Spo
kane, Lincoln, Topeka and Sioux Cit;
The plant in Sioux City is the largest
in the world.
The Heywood building, on Fourth
and Oak streets, has been leased by the
company and will be fitted for the local
plant. The lease was closed yesterday
and the work of fitting the building for
the reception of the machinery will
commence at once. It is expected that
the plant will be ready for operation by
Manh 1. It will have a capacity of
20,000 pounds of butter a day at first,
but the machinery will be so installed
that it may be increased to 40,000
pounds at any time that the demand
warrants.
AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING.
Last
Six Months of 1903 Show a Gala
Over Same Period In . 1902.
Washington, Jan. 20. The report of
Commissioner of Navigation Chamber
lain to the secretary of commerce and
labor for the six months ending Decem
ber 31, 1903, shows that during the
last six months of the calendar year
there were built in the United States
and officially numbered 571 sail and
Bteam vessels with an aggregate of 177,-
067 gross tons.
During the corresponding six months
in 1902" there were built and numbered
627 vessels with an aggregate of 171,-
599 gross tons. For the calander year
of 1903 there were built and numbered
1175 vessels of an aggregate tonnage of
381,970, against 1262 of 429,327 tons
in 1902 and 1322 vessels of 376,129 tons
in 1901. The number of vessels built
in 1903 was smaller than in either of
the previous years, while the aggregate
tonnage was smaller than in 1902 but
larger than in 1901.
No Lack of Naval Officers Soon.
Washington, Jan. 21. According to
the testimony of Captain Brownson,
superintendent of the naval academy,
before the house committee on naval
affairs, the United States will have
naval officers in 1907 to man all naval
vessels. There will be an increase in
the classes graduating each year. Cap-,
tain Brownson declared the practice of
hazing in the academy was being elim
inated. He spoke strongly against the
passage of the Lacey bill to restore the
three cadets recently dismissed from
the academy for hazing.
Cuban Congress Is Closed.
Havana, Jan. 21. President Plama
ordered congress to adjourn this after
noon, and the session came to an end
soon after the receipt of the order. The
presidential message said briefly that
as the house had not arrived at an
agreement as to the date of closing the
session, he directed an adjournment un
der the authority of the constitu
tion. No objection was made in either
house to this manner of closing the
session.
Prohibitionists Called to Meet.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 21. The
call for the national Prohibition con
vention, to be held in this city begin
ning June 29, has been issued by Na
tional Chairman Oliver Stewart. The
call names Indianapolis as the conven
tion city. . This settles, , local prohi
bitionists say, all question aa to the
convention city. ' '
REPLIES' TO NOTE
SECRETARY HAY SAYS COLOMBIA
HAS NO CASE.
America Did Not Act Unfriendly as Pana
ma Was Not Recognized Until Inde
pendence Was ' Certain No Other
Policy to Assume Reference of Mat
ter to the Hague Not Considered.
Washington, Jan. . 20. President
Roosevelt has transmitted to the senate
additional correspondence touching the
relations of the United States with Co
lombia and Panama, covering the peri
od from December 23, 1903, to January
6 last. A statement of grievances on
the part of Colombia was presented to
the state, department by General Reyes
on December 23. . General Reyes says
the course of the United States had
worked deep injury to Colombia, and
he cited the treaty of 1846 as showing
that the independence and sovereignty
of Colombia was to be maintained in
tact by the two governments.
Secretary Hay answered this note
under date of January 5. He says the
government has carefully considered the
grave complaints made and - assures
General Reyes of our most , friendly
sentiments for the government and peo
ple of Colombia. The question sub
mitted, he says, can be considered only
in the light of accomplished facts, of
which one is that the republic of Pana
ma has become a member of the family
of nations. ' ;
Under date of January 6, General
Reyes submits another note to Secre
tary Hay, in which he says he has
transmitted Secretary Hay's answer to
his government by cable. The secre
tary's note is construed, he says, as an
intimation that the Colombian forces
will be attacked by the United States
on entering the territory of Panama to
subdue the rebellion, and for that reaa
on it would hold the government of the
United States for all damages to it by
the loss of ' that national territory. A
repitition is made of the position of
the Colombian government under the
treaty of 1846, and it is requested that
the first note of General Reyes be made
public.
Replying to this on January 9, Sec
retary Hay says that he finds almost
all the propositions brought forward
in the second note have been considered
and fully answered in his note of the
5th of January.
Under date of January 11, General
Reyes addressed Secretary Hay, stat
ing that he finds his arguments had not
been-'refuted by the o'thBi'wlse Torcefu
papers which he had received. He
then discusses at some length his prop
osition to refer the matter to The
Hague and. concludes with a regret on
the failure of his mission to the United
States.
Secretary Hay answers this note un
der date of January 13 with the state
ment that there is no leason to recon
sider the attitude of the United States
heretofore set forth.
ROUGH RIDERS ARB WANTED.
English Officers in Sahara May Be Called
From America.
London, Jan. 20. The development
of Jacques Lebaudy'a "Empire of
Sahara," is about to take a turn which
will be of some interest to the United
States. M. Lebaudy has decided to
draw the officers and noncommissioned
officeis for two battalions of Imperial
Life guards from Great Britain and the
United States, and in pursuance of this
idea, he will submit to President Roose
velt an invitation to name any officers' I
of his former Rough Riders whom he
can possibly recommend tor commis
sions.
Colonel George Gouraud, Thomas A.
Edison's representative in England for
many years, who as governor general of
Sahara, is organizing a military estab
lishment for M. Lebaudy, said today to
the Associated Press: -
"The Imperial Life guards will con
sist of two battalions. The first will
be officered exclusively by Americans,
preferably former Rough Riders, and
the Becond by retired officers and non
commissioned officers of the English
army. The troopers will be composed
of Arabs and native baharans, who are
among the finest riders in the world.'
Armament of Fortifications.
Washington, Jan. 20. A supple
mental estimate for an appropriation of
$2,445,000 for "armament of fortifica
tions" was transmitted to the house.
With this appropriation it is proposed
to procure 13 automatic machine guns
for use in seacoast forts, 160 "one
pounder automatic pompom guns ; also
200 guns of a caliber large enough to
fire effective shapnel ;" 700 "high ve
locity six-pounder guns," 95,000 rounds
of ammunition for the pompom guns,
2,000 rounds for the field guns and 50,-
000 rounds for the six-pounders.-
Take Up Expositions.
Washington, Jan. 20. Chairman
Tawney, of the house committee on in
dustrial arts ana expositions, had a
conference with the president today re
garding the Alaska exhibit at the St.
Louis exposition, governor urady is
the fair commissioner for Alaska, but
has been unable yet to do much in the
preparation of the exhibit because of
his executive duties. It is likely that
a deputy commissioner may be appoint
ed to assist him in the work.
Reorganizing Naval Militia. I
Washington, Jan. 20. Bills creating I
naval reserve and reorganizing the
naval militia were introduced today by
Representative H oss, chairman of - the
house committee on naval affairs.
Both bills have the indorsement of the
naval board and the naval militia asso
ciation of the United States. "
REFORM FOR RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
Czar Takes a Step That is Bound
About
With Restrictions.
St. Petersburg, an. 20. Minister of
the Interior Plehve has completed the
draft of. the peasant code, or scheme,
for the peasant reforms ordered in . the
czar's recent manifesto, and ;, it will
probably be sent to the local commit
tees throughout the empire" within a
few days. 5
Members of the. nobility in each
province and district will be allowed to
elect representatives on these commit
tees, but the Zematvos (elective provin
cial assemblies, .composed of landed
proprietors and representatives of the
artisan and peasants) will be appointed
bv the governors, a
The committees "will be allowed free
dom to discuss the'project and propose
any changes therein, except on three
points, which the emperor has reserved
from discussion. dNamely: That, the
peasant class mustremain entirely sep
arate, legally, from the other classes
that the commune is to remain un
touched by legislation, and that the
peasant lands are.' to remain inalien
able. - . i I
These points stamp the forthcoming
legislation as conservative in the main
but the present chaos is bo great and so
much room is left for the arbitrary
conduct of the police and the local rep
resentatives, of the ministry of the in
terior, as well as Of the peasant courts
and administrative ; machinerv and
their commune town meetings that the
liberals declare any f codification would
be in the line of progress.
The ministerial project proposes to
retain the system: of corporal punish
ment, hut the emperor did not include
this among the matters not subject to
change. The emperor regards the
preservation of the peasant class, the
retention of the economic commune and
the inalienability of peasant lands as
necessary for the protection of the peas
ants from exploitation.
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MANCHURIA THE ISSUE.
Japanese Demands Cannot Be Granted
by Russia.
St. . Petersburg, Jan.! 20. The Asso
ciated Press correspondent on high
authority, is able to give the following
as the present statue of negotiations be
tween Russia and Japan :
Russia recognized. Japan 8 predomi
nance in iyorea ana - Japan recognizes
Russia s special position in Manchuria
There are two main .questions still
at issue, the itussian demand lor a
neutral zone upon the Corean side of
the Yalu river, which Japan met 'with
a proposal for a Bimilar neutral strip
rf theManeh'ni'itn -sitie.r- Japan" also
asks for certain guarantees covering
Manchuria, which Russia has thus far
declined to grant. It is pointed out,
however, that the assurance given a few
days ago by Russia regarding open
ports in Manchuria and respect for
treaty rights is a concession on this
point.
That the two countries are not so far
apart may be fairly inferred from the
following statement made by Mr. Kur
ino, the Japanese minister to the Asso
ciated Press correspondent:
"War now would only be. disastrous
to both countries. Owing to the geo
graphical situation, an armed conflict
wou'd result in a great drain on the
men and treasury of both Japan and
Russia, without being decisive. Be
sides, I believe it would not be worth
while to go to war on the questions
still in dispute."
NOT A JUNKETING TRIP.
Senatorial Subcommittee Had Ligbt Ex
penses In Honolulu Inspection.
Washington, Jan. 20. -Accounts ren
dered to the senate by.Senatqr Mitchell
show that the subcommittee which vis
ited Hawaii in the summer of 1902 ex
pended, only $3,039 in . gathering and
formulating data and information for
the benefit of the senate. '
This would scarcely justify the as
sertion that the trip of the subcommit
tee on territories was a "junket," for,
considering the distance . traveled and
the amount of information collected, it
is, without a doubt, one of . the ; cheap
est investigations ever conducted by a
subcommittee from congress.
But of the total amount $540 was
paid out as steamship fare for the mem
bers of the party from San 'Francisco to
Honolulu and return, and $1,026 "was
disposed of in settling the hotel account
at Honolulu.
Mother of Captain Hobson.
Boulder, Colo., Jan. 20. -The moth
er or uaptain Kicnmond tr. uobson
died at the home of Shirley Davis to-
dav after a long illness. Her son was
with her when she died and will leave
with the remains tomorrow for Greens
boro, Ala., where they will be interred.
Sarah Croon Pearson was born at Rich
mond Hill, N. C, February 24, 1843,
and for the past 20 years she had been
a sufferer from dyspepsia. She came
to Boulder last summer and has since
remained here on account of the benefit
to her health.
To Look After Bmlgrants.
Rome, Jan. 20. The United States
continues to be the chief objective
point of Italian emmigration, the num
ber of emigrants going there in 1903
reaching a total of nearly 250,000
The government has entrusted Adolfe
Rossi with a mission to the United
States for the purpose of studying with
the United States industrial commis
sion the best means of directing Ital-
ians to agricultural states and pre vent-
ing their concentration in large towns
Turks Massing Troops.
Salonica, European Turkey, Jan. 20.
An important concentration of Turk
ish troops has begun at Kumanova, on
! the road leading to the . Bulgarian
i frontier. ' ' -.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
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WANT FIRST
Landgrabbers Heretofore Have Had Ad
vantage of Leak.
Salem "Give the state the first tip"
was one request the state land board
made of the department of the interior
through Gifford Pinchot and F. H.
Newell, when they consulted at Port
land a few days ago.
As representatives of the president
Messrs. Pinchot and Newell asked the
members of the state land board to
meet them and express their opinion
regarding local land matters in Oregon.
Among other things the members of
the board explained the manner in
which speculators have gobbled up
state lands in Oregon in advance of the
creation of reserves." The state wants
a chance to keep these lands.
In almost every instance in which
the department of the interior has
withdrawn land from en fry for the pur
pose of making a forest reserve, it ' has
been found that some private capital
ists had in sonSTway secured informa
tion as to what would be done, and then
bought up the state land at $1.25 per
acre. . As soon as a reserve had been
created the land became worth $4 to
$5 an acre as base for the selection of
lieu land.
The members of the board explained
to the representatives of the Federal
government that if a forest reserve is
to be created, the state would like to
be informed as soon as any one else,' so
that the state land could also be with
drawn, and the state profit by whatever
rise there might be m the value of the
land. The state does not ask to be in
formed in advance of every one else as
to what the department intends to do,
but the board wants to receive the first
information that is given out, at the
same time that others receive it.
The conference between the state land
board and Messrs. Pinchot and Newell
was a very pleasant one and resulted in
a better understanding between the rep
resentatives of the state land and fed
eral land departments. The men from
Washington learned more regarding
the needs and wishes of the "State, and
the Oregon authorities gained informa
tion concerning the plans and purposes
of the government.
There were mutual assurances of co
operation in iana matters with a view
to the accomplishment of the best re
suits. ' -
Beet LMds Near Echo.
Echo Three representatives of the
Amalgamated sugar company were here
last week and inspected the land ad
jacent to this place to see if it was
suitable for the culture of sugar beets.
They were more than satisfied with the
prospects, and before leaving town ar
ranged for a mass meeting of farmers
to be held here at 2 - P. M., Saturday
January 23. They will endeavor to
get the farmers each to put in a small
crop, and where satisfactory terms can
be arranged the Company will lease
land to plant to -beets.
Gives Names of State Officers.
Salem Secretary of State Dunbar
has recently compiled and had pub
lished a small pamphlet entitled:
'Official Directory, State of Oregon."
It .contains the . names of all state
officers, members of state boards, com
missioners, officers of state institutions,
and schools, and also a list of all
county officers. Many requests are re
ceived for information such as is given
in this pamphlet and by means of it
the secretary of state can promptly
answer all such requests.
Cougers failing Cattle.
Eugene Farmers in the vicinity of
Lerane are annoyed more than usual
this winter by cougars, and a number
of instances have been reported where
stock has been killed by them. -The
animals are very sly and can rarely be
seen, but frequently they are heaid in
the evening very near the settlements.
Last week Dr. Petrie went out from
Cottage Grove with his hounds and
succeeded in killing one very fine
specimen. .. There have been several
chases without results.
Noticeable Increase in Fees.
Corvallis A considerable increase in
revenue will result from the new law
affecting the fees in the county re
corder's office. The office in Benton
carries a salary of $1,000, and last
year the fees aggregated $1,014. A
mortgage filed the other day cost $3.50
that under the old law would have cost
but $1.70. For another the fee was
$3.25, instead of $1.60. It .is esti
mated that the increase of fees will
make the office pay a net profit of $500
to $1,000 per year.
Excellent Outlook for Wheat.
Pendleton Not in years have the
farmers been as jubilant over existing
conditions for the coming wheat crop.
There are indications that the crop of
1904 will be one of the largest ever pro
duced in this section of the Blue moun
tain country. There has hardly been a
day of weather all this winter that was
injurious to the growth of gram. The
most springlike weather prevails, and
with the occasional rains fall sown
wheat has been growing steadily.
Work n State Printer's Office.
Salem State Printer Whitney has
just completed the task of setting up
and running off 1,500 copies of the gen
eral laws, as enacted by the special
session of the legislature. The book is
composed ' of only 50 pages. He is
now ready to go to work on the special
laws, which will make about 200 pages.
The journals of the two branches of the
session will not be ready for the printer
for about two months.
TIP. I
OWNERSHIP IN DOUB1.
John Day , Propertr Claimed Both
as
Mineral and Timber Land.
John Day F. C. Knapp, a wealthy
lumberman of the firm of Knapp &
Brewer, is in town making an attempt
to settle the question of ownership of
several claims in the Black Butte group
of mines. He has held a conference
with the manager of the mine, Ed C.
Allen, of Portland, but no settlement
has so far beenjreached.
The land ifTquestion is just outside
of the forest reserve lines, 15 miles
north of John Pay, and has been held
partly as quartz and partly as placer
mining ground, for a number of years.
The upper workings of the main lead
were worked out a few years ago, but
the ground was patented. The outside
claims were represented in yearly as
sessment. work by the group system of
development, and as some of them
were neavny timDered, they were
scripped by the Knapp & Brewer com
pany under the direction of Cruiser
Johnson.
iNot withstanding the fact that many
thousands of quartz and placer gold
have been taken from these claims, Mr
Allen says that an affidavit of their
nonmineral character was made when
scrip was placed on the land.
A number of wealthy Pendleton cap
nausea are stockholders in the mining
company, and it is understood that
United States District Attorney Hall is
investigating the matter. Work on
the property will be actively resumed
should the company's title be confirmed
Want a Parcels Post Law.
Oregon City The quarterly meeting
of the Clackamas county Pomona
grange was held at Oswego last week
There was an attendance of 150 mem
bers, and there were 20 initiations
umcers elected ior the ensuing year
were installed, the ceremony being con
ducted by Mrs. Niblin, of Evening Star
grange, of Multnomah county. Resolu
tions addressed to the state's represen
tatives. in congress were adopted asking
for the passage of the parcels post law
and also for the creation of postal
notes.
Poultry Show a Great Success.
Albany The annual poultry show
of the Central Willamette Valley Poul
try association was the most successful
growers. JMiore people attended and
more birds were exhibited than hereto
fore. Many large offers were made for
prize winning birds,, and some were
sold at good figures. These will form
a nucleus for new yards, which will in
turn increase the percentage of blooded
chickens raised in the country.
Big Flour Order.
La Grande A shipment of 10 cars of
flour has just been made from the flour
mills of La Grande and Island City to
Tacoma, from whence they will be sent
to Japan. This is only a small portion
of the order received and before the
order is completed fully 100 "cars will
be shipped. .
Penitentiary Fills Up Fast.
Salem The report of Superintendent
C. ,W. James, of the Oregon peniten
tiary, for the quarter ending December
31, shows an increase in the number of
prisoners from 289 to 311. There were
received during the quarter, 63: dis
charged, 39; transferred to the asy
lum, 2.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7374c; blue-
stem, 7980c; valley, 7880c.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing.
$2020.50; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $3. 753. 85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.904.10;
clears, $3.553.75; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.204.50; graham, $3.75;
whole wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.50
4.75.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.071.10;
gray, si.u&igi.U7 per cental.
Millstuffs Bran, $17.50018 per ton ;
middlings, $26; shorts, $1919.50;
chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; clover,
$13;. grain, $13; cheat, $13.
Vegetables Turnips, 65c per sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 85c
$1; cabbage, llic; red cabbage,
I3c; parsley, per dozen, 25c; toma
toes, $1.502 per crate; cauliflower,
75c$l per dozen; beans, 12c; celery,
75c per dozen; pumpkins, lc per
pound.
Potatoes Fancy, 75 80c per sack;
common, 5060c; sweets, 2)c in
sacks; 24c in crates.
Onions Yellow Danvers, $11.10
per sack; Fannos, $1.101.15.
Honey $33.50 per case.
Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwins and
Spitzenbergs, $1.50 per box; cooking,
75c$l; pears, $11.50 per box;
grapes, $1.50.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2730c;
dairy, 2022)c; store, 12&14e per
pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 1415c;
Young America, 15 16c.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1 1 1 1 i c
per pound; springs, small, 1314c;
hens, 1112; turkeys, live, 1718c;
dressed, 20c; ducks, $7 7.50 per doz
en; geese, live, 8c per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2627c per
dozen; Eastern, 2223c.
Hops Choice, 2627c per pound;
prime, 25; medium, 22c.
. Wool Valley, 17 18c; Eastern Ore
gon, 1215c; mohair, 3235c.
Beef Dressed, 67Jc pet pound. .
Mutton Dressed, 67c; lambs, 7c.
Veal Dressed, 7 9c.
Pork Dressed, 66e.
ON THE SIDE OF FAIR.;.
House Committee Unanimous In Favor of
1905 Exposition.
Washington, Jan. 19. The' hearing
before the house committee on interna
tional expositions today developed the
fact that the committee is in favor of
recognizing the Lewis and Clark expo
sition by government participation,
and an appropriation, which will aid
in commemoriating the wonderful expe
dition of the explorers who made the
wonderful overland journey to the Pa
cific Northwest.
Chairman Tawney of the committee
Baid after the hearing:
"The Lewis and Clark expedition
was of sufficient importance to warrant
a celebration and the participation of
the government of the United States."
The program now is to have the Ore
gon exposition committee, the delega
tion and a subcommittee of the house
committee confer and draft a bill
which will meet the approval of the
house committee and secure a report
upon it at an early day.
It is fully understeod that to secure
favorable action in the house the bill
must conform to the ideas of the com
mittee and though such a bill may not
be all that is wanted, it is desirable to
get a report and action by the house as
soon as possible. Representative
Tawney will consult the state depart
ment regarding the form of the bill in
reference to foreign exhibits. He has
taken hold of the matter in earnest and
at the hearing today Representative
Williamson thanked him for the inter
est he had shown.
The Oregon men feel that substan
tial progress has? been made by the
meeting today. The Portland commit
tee finds it necessary, in view of the
suggestions and deelopments, to remain
in Washington a while longer, in order
to confer with the house subcommittee
upon the draft of another bill. '
RUSSIA CANNOT YIELD.
Reply of Japan Contains Several
Ob-
Jectionable Features.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 19. It is almost
practically certain that Russia will not
accept Japan's last proposal as an en
tirety. Russia is ready to agree to
certain points, but on others, the for
eign office believes Russia .cannot yield.
The officials believe that the way in
open for continuing ; the negotiations,
and there is no indication that - Russia
will seek t ayWanswerTWh'icl( '
probably will be ready, in a few days.
The czar conhtinues to talk peace
and the dowager czarina, in conversa
tion, remarked: "War is a horrible
thing. There will be no war."
In the meantime, Vicerov Alexieff
and Baron de Rosen, as well as the for
eign office, are studying the Japanese
document. Army and navy circles con
tinue pessimistic. The best feature of
the situation is the fact thai the Jap-.
anese reply has in no 6ense the char
acter of an ultimatum. It is couched
in pacific terms, does not fix a time
limit, and the acceptance bv Russia of
certain of the propositions thArein
marks an advance toward a settlement.
HOSPITAL SHIPS-PREPARED.
Red Cross Charters Two Vessels of the
Nippon Line.
Victoria, B. C. Jan. 19. Advices
were brought by the steamer Tosa Mara
that the Red Cross hospital ships Ka
kuai Maru and Kosai Maru, chartered
from the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line,
are now ready for service in the event
of war. Vladivostok harbor has been
frozen over In this connection the
Hochi of Tokio says a telegram has re
ported that four vessels have been
caught in the ice and will hold all
winter.
A Seoul correspondent says the wife
of the Russian minister has become
very influential at the Russian court
and that, owing to this influence, the
Russian minister has been enabled to
make a compact with the Corean em
perorer whereby he may take refuge at
the Russian legation in the event of
war and issue all administrative orders
from the Russian legation.
Run Down bv Farmers.
Paola, Kan., Jan. 19. Two men giv
ing their names as Charles Gorney,
aged 29, of St. Paul, Minn., and
Thomas Rorers, aged 30, of Butte.
Mont., who are suspected of attempting
to rob the bank of Cleveland, Mo., and
of blowing open the 'safe of the Mis
souri, Kansas' & Texas station with
nitroglycerin, wrecking the safe and
the interior of the station of Louisburg
last night, were surrounded and cap
tured here today by a posse of 300 farm
ers and members of the anti-horsethief
association.
Porto Plata Is Captured.
Cape Haytien, Jan. 19. The govern
ment troops which disembarked recent
ly at Sosoua were yesterday ordered to
march on Porto Plata. A brisk attack.
upported by the guns of a Dominican
war vessel, began m the evening.
This morning operations were resumed
and the government troops entered
Porto Plata, causing the flight o f Gen
eral Deschamps, who took refuge in the
United States consulate. The British
cruiser Pallas has landed marines.
Coal-Breaker Burned.
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 19 TheOliphant
breaker and washery of the Delaware
& Hudson company, at Oliphant, was
destroyed by fire today. The loss is
$110,000. .