OREGON LEGISLATIVE PRO
CEEDINGS IN BREVITY
Saturday, February 16.
Salem, Feb. 10 By a practically
unanimous vote the bill requiring old
lino life insurance companies to create
a reserve fund from a certain percent
age of the premiums received for pol
icies passed the house this morning.
The house today passed a bill to en
able t ho husband or wife to transfer
property that was acquired subsequent
to the time the other was committed to
the insane asylum.
The house adopted the senate resolu
tion proposing an amendment to the
constitution by which the number of
justices of the supreme court shall be
increased from three to five. The peo
ple will vote on the proposed amend
ment at the 1908 general election.
The house postponed action on the
bill regulating practice of osteopath
physicians.
The house passed the bill creating
Xesmith County from that part of
Wasco County south of the Deschutes
river and the north part of Crook
founty.
The per diem and mileage allowance
of the members of the house for this
session has been mnde up. The total is
$9, 705. 45. King, of Harney and Mal
heur, receives the greatest amount, $1120
per diem and $149.10 mileage. Rogers
and Reynolds, of Marion, receive the
smallest amounts, each getting $120 per
diem and 30 cents mileage.
Friday, February 15.
Salem, Feb. 15. The senate, by a
vote of 18 to 1 1 , parsed the reappor
tionment bill of Senator Hart.
There will probably lie no banking
legislation this session. One bill was
reported in the senate today, but it is
certain to be killed and most of the
others will die for lack of time.
The senate bill compelling the issu
ance of parses to state officers was
passed by the house today and sent to
the governor.
The irrigation and water code bill
was slain in the house this afternoon.
The senate voted to buy the half
block between the capitol building and
the Southern Pacific to complete the
capitol grounds. An appropriation of
30,()00 is made for the purchase.
The senate indefinitely postponed
Hodsn's bill making the Associated
Press a common carrier.
The house joint resolution favoring
five Supreme court judges as adopted
by the senate.
Both houses passed the juvenile court
bill over the veto of the governor and
the measure is now a law.
The bill creating the Port of Colum
bia for control of pilotage and towage
at the mouth of the Columbia passed
the bouse.
The house passed the Jones bill for
the purclia.se and maintenance of the
Oregon City locks in conjunction with
the Federal government.
The senate today passed 32 bills and
the house 11.
Thursday, February 14
Salem, Feb. 14. The house today
adopted a resolution fixing 12:01 a. m.,
February 24, as t lie time for adjourn
ment of 'the legislature. It was also
vted that no more bills should be re
ceived except by the standing commit
tees. There are 440 bills on the calen
dar and consideration of senate meas
ures lias not yet commenced. The sen
ate is becoming anxious and is discuss
ing means of forcing the house to act
upon senate bills.
The house passed the bill appropri
ating $150,000 to the Agricultural col
lege. . The house bill creating the office of
inspector of mines passed that body
without opposition
Smith's bill to aliolish two of the
four normal schools passed the house
tonight by a vote of 38 to 10, sis ab
sent. Only one slight amendment was
made from the way it passed the sen
ate, changing the time of the meeting
of the new board from the third Wed
nesday in June to the third Wednesday
in May.
A house resolution provides for the
printing of 5,000 copies of the railroad
commission bill for distribution to
those who desire copies.
The house passed seven bills and the
senate nine. Eleven new bills were in
troduced in the house this morning be
fore the resolution checking the flood
appeared.
Wednesday, February 13.
Salem, Feb. 13. With only one
dissenting vote the senate today took
the Chapin railroad commission bill
from the table. It is now ready for
the governor's signature and it is said
lie will sign it. It was also reported
tonight that he and the secretary of
state and state treasurer had already
conferred on the appointment of the
commission. j
Representative Newell proposed a
constitutional amendment providing
the recall of public officials. The idea
is that where an officer is not serving
the people the way he should, a peti
tion containing the names of 25 per
cent of the voters in his district may be
filed asking his resignation. Should
this not be forthcoming, a special elec
tion is called to elect a successor. At
the special election the officer whose
resignation is asked is also a candidate,
and should he not be re-elected he
must vacate the office to the successful
candidate.
Post Habituals' Names.
Grants Pass Grants Tass has solved
the habitual drunkard problem in a
novel wny that is satisfactory to all
concerned. When a man begins to
make a nuisance of himself by drink
ing, the city attorney drafts an ordi
nance enacting that John Jones is a
habitual drunkard, the city council
passes it, and John Jones' name is
forth with posted in all the Baloons,
which are forbidden under penalty of
losing their license to sell him liquor.
Among the other bills passed by the
sonate are: Liquor licenses not to be
granted persons who violate liquor
laws; appropriating $125,000 annually
for the State university; authorizing
railroad bridge across the Willamette
near Oswego.
In the bouse the general appropria
tion bill, carrying $2,207,070, was
passed and the $1 poll tax law was also
repealed.
' The senate passed 35 bills and the
house 16. The larger part of these
were of a loeal nature.
Tuesday, February 12.
Salem, Feb. 12. The senate today
indefinitely postponed Bailey's bibs
changing the primary law. The vote
was so decisive as to make it clear that
the law will remain as it is.
The senate also voted down the con
stitutional amendment to be submitted
to the people granting woman suffrage.
With but one dissenting vote the
house passed the bill compelling the
sale at $2.50 an acre of land granted
the Coos Bay Wagon Road company ac
cording to the terms of the grant.
The senate has cut the allowance for
the Agricultural college to $37,500, a
reduction of $12,500.
The habitual criminal bill passed the
house today. It provides that on sec
ond conviction ot a crime equal to fel
jny the punishment shall be double the
sentence provided by statute.
The senate passed the Bingham rail
road commission bill and tabled Cha
pin s measure. The Bingham bill pro
vides for appointment by the governor.
The house tabled this bill. Pxcept for
the method of choosing members the
two bills are alike.
The house passed the bill providing
for the state buying ground and erect
ing armories for the National Guard in
stead of paying rent as at present.
A bill appropriating $26,000 for the
support of orphans, foundlings and
wayward girls was passed by the house.
Monday, February II.
Salem, Feb. 11. By unamious vote
the Chapin railroad commission bill
passed the house today. At the June
election in 15108 two of the three com
missioners will be elected by the peo
ple. The third will be elected in 1910.
Until then the governor, secretary of
state and state treasurer will appoint
members. It is probable the house
will accept the bill as it came from the
house.
The house passed the bill providing
for a cheese and dairy inspector and a
creamery and dairy commissioner. The
appointees are to receive salaries of
$1,500 each and expense allowances of
$1,000 per year.
The juvenile court bill is now in the
hands of the governor. He may veto
it as he considers too much expense
would be attached to it as a law. Mult
nomah county would be put to an an
nual expense of $10,920.
The house passed a bill to tax timber
land in proportion to the amount of
timber it contains.
The bill providing "no sear, half
fare" was voted down by the house.
The measure giving the state uni
versity $125,000 a year was passed by
the house.
The senate passed a bill providing
$00,000 for extensions to the portage
road.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Butter Fancy creamery, 32g35c
per pound.
Butter Fat First grade cream, 30c
per pound; second grade cream, 2e less
per pound.
F'ggs Oregon ranch, 2325c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 13
14c per pound; mixed chickens, 11
122c; spring, 13L2 14 V8c; old roost
ers, 910c; dressed chickens, 1415c;
turkeys, live, (a)7c; turkeys,
dressed, choice, 200 22c; geese, live,
10(ml2e; ducks, 1018e.
Fruits Apples, common, 5075c per
box; choice, $1(0)2.50.
Vegetables Turnips, $11 25 per
pack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets,
$1 .25(81.50 per sack; horseradish, 7
8c per pound; Bweet potatoes 3l4
3jC per pound; cauliflower, $2.50 per
dozen; celery, $3 3.25 per crate;
onions, 10122C per dozen; sprouts,
tie per pound.
Onions Oregon, $11.35 per hun
dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
$1.4O1.50; common, $l(jbl.25.
Wheat Club, 6970e; bluestem, 71
7-c; valley, 70c; red, 676Sc.
Oats No. 1 white, $29; gray,
$28.50.
Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew
ing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.50.
Rye $1.451.50 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $24.50; cracked,
$22.50 per ton.
Hay Va"ey timothy, No. 1, $14
15 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain
hay, $910; alfalfa, $14.
Veal Dressed, 5-.,fi9c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 2123,,2c per
pound; cows, 4l2' ( 5'2c; country
steres, h(c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89cper
pound; ordinary, 6(7c.
Pork Dressed, 68Bc per pound.
Secretary Loses Perquisites.
Salem One of the perquisites which I
the secretary of state lias enjoyed for
years was cut off by the senate when
that body passed S. B. 19, by Kay.
This measure provides that all fees is
sued for notary public commissions
shall go into the state treasury, instead
of into the junket of the secretary of
state, as heretofore. The proposed law
authorizes a charge of $5 a year for a
commission, or $10 for two years. 1
Formerly the fee was$2. .
MOST LIBERAL IN HISTORY.
River and Harbor Bill Gives Almost
All Northwest Asked.
Washington, Feb. 15. Never before
in the history of rivers and harbors leg,
islation has any congress dealt so liber
ally with the Pacific Northwest as the
present congress will do in the pending
river and harbor bill. Not only is the
aggregate appropriation larger than
ever before, but the appropriations
more nearly appoximate the estimates
of the engineers. This is in a very
large measure due to the remarkably
efficient work of Representative Jones,
of Washington, who is on the river and
harbor committee as repesentative of
his own and neighboring states. Mr.
Jones was in a position to do things,
and his accomplishments epeak for
themselves. Indeed the house has
been so very liberal that the senate has
nothing left to do, unless it be to raise
a few appropriations that fall below
the house figures, and it is doubtful if
many such increases can be secured,
for in eveiy instance where the house
cut the estimates on Oregon and Wash
ington projects it was for some specific
and very good reason.
In his work in committee Mr. Jones
had the active support of Senator Ful
ton, and the Oregon senator did every
thing that a man not a member of the
committee could do to aid in getting
liberal recognition for Oregon and Co
lumbia river projects. There was ab
solute harmony throughout, and the
two men worked together to a common
end.
The effectiveness of Mr. Jones' work
is found in the figures themselves. The
total amount recommended by the en
gineeis for Oregon and Washington
projects was $5,110,244; the total ap
propriation carried by the house bill is
$4,670,244, a difference of $440,000.
The reductions were on the Celilo ca
nal, $150,000 being taken from the
amount recommended and given to the
upper river, for which a new project
was recommended late in December; on
the Willamette and Columbia rivers
below Portland, where $150,000 was
deducted because Portland business
men had assuied the committee that a
new taxation district was to be formed
to raise money to aid in this improve
ment; and the Cascade locks on the
Columbia river, where $105,000 was
recommended for grading and filling in
behind the completed locks. The com
mittee felt that this work was not urg
ent, as the canal lock is itself com
pleted. With these exceptions, the housa bill
provides the amounts recommended by
the engineers, and in the case of Co
quille river the committee appropriates
$00,000 when only $40,000 was asked
by the War department. The $60,000
will complete this project, as shown by
the figures of the local engineers, so the
committee decided to clear up the
whole matter at one time.
The following table gives the various
projects and the amounts appropriated
by the house bill:
Mouth of Columbia river, $2,450,
244; Dalles-Celilo canal, $000,000;
rivers, Portland to sea, $300,000; Co
lumbia lietween Celilo and mouth of
Snake river, $120,000; Upper Colum
bia, between Wenatchee and Bridge
port, $42,000; Upper Columbia and
Snake, $10,000; Coquille river, $60,
000; Coos river, $3,000; dredge, Ore
gon and Washington coast harbors,
$100,000; Tillamook bay, $10,000;
improvement of Upper Willamette,
$00,000; Clatskanie, $500; Cowlitz
and Lewis rivers, $50,000; Willapa
harbor, $25,000; Gray's harbor, $600,
000; Gray's inner harbor, $177,000;
Gray's river, $2,500; Puget sound and
tributaries (dredging) $75,000; Lake
Washington canal, $10,000; Swino
misli slough, $75,000; Okanogan and
Pend d'Oreille, $20,000.
Two Dead, 1,000 Homeless.
Tine Bluff, Arkansas, Feb. 15. Not
withstanding the rumors in regard to
the loss of life as a result of a fire
which last night destroyed 90 cottages
and residences, three hotels, the Carr
memorial church and fully 200 barns
and outhouses, entailing a loss of $200,
000. so far as can be learned only two
persons lost their lives. They were
John Springer, a foreman in the Cotton
Belt railroad yard, and a man named
Reed, who is said to have gone into a
burning building while intoxicated.
Nearly 1,000 people are homeless.
Finds Huge Spot on Sun.
Tittsburg, Feb. 15. Professcr John
M. Brashear, of the Alleghany observa
tory, announces the discovery of one of
the gteatest sunspots ever brought to
the attention of astronomers. He says
as a resut electrical disturbances will
be experienced throughout the country
tomorrow night. The spot can be
seen through smoked glass, but the sci
entist adds that it is one of the most
active of solar spots. Its approximate
length is said to be 150,000 miles and ;
30,000 miles w ide, covering an area of
about 3,500,000 square miles.
Great Flood in Nebraska,
South Omaha, Feb. 15. The liodies
of Dan McCrone, a veterinary surgeon,
his w ife and daughter, ami Miss BH,
who were drowned in the flood at Co
lumbus yesterday, have leen recovered.
Today all the livestock in the Union
Pacific stock yards at Columbus was
destroyed. All trains are held up, tel
ephone and telegraph wire's down. j
Dynamite is lieing used in the Loup
river by the Union Pacific, which is do
ing its utmost to relieve the situation.
Treaty for Prohibition in Africa.
Washington, Feb. 15. The senate
committee on foreign relations todav
authorized a favorable report on a gen-;
oral treaty with the powers looking to
the suppression of the liquor traffic in
Africa by enforcing a prohibitive tariff,
MAKING NEW
FREIGHT RATES
Railroads of Entire Country Are Re
arranging Schedules.
Committees Working on New Tariffs
Which Abolish Commodity Rates
and Make Advance of 3 to IOO
Per Cent Shippers Must Pay for
Improvements.
Chicago, Feb. 14. Railroads of the
entire country are preparing to make
general increases in freight rates which
will bring them several hundred mil
lions added revenue annually.
In Chicago conferences are being held
between the highest traffic men of both
Eastern and Western roads with a view
to eliminating hundreds of rates which
are known as "commodity rates" and
to compel shippers to submit every
thing to classification rates, which are
substantially higher. The preliminary
work is being done by committees rep
resenting both sections of the country
and the real magnitude of the increases
and of the general move for more reve
nue will not be known until these com
mittees make their report, which may
not come before June.
The plan for a general increase in
rates is due to the alarm which is felt
in Wall street and among the stock
holders and directors of all railroads
over the growing difficulty in securing
money with which to make needed im
provements, build extensions and pro
vide equipment and facilities for carry
ing the traffic of the country.
It was stated today that more than
$1,800,000,000 had been appropriated
by the railroads for these purposes, but
that it is impossible to float the securi
ties in any of the markets of the world.
Accordingly the railway presidents and
the men who control the transportation
facilities of the country have come to
the C( nclusion that the only way to
raise the ne -essary money is to increase
the price of what they have to sell,
which is transportation.
In some way it is expectedjthat many
hundred articles which are now trans
ported on "commodity rates" will be
restored to the classification, which will
operate to increase the rates from three
to fifty, and in some cases even 100 per
cent. In connection with the elimina
tion of many commodity rates, it is
stated that all of the lines have agreed
that uniform classification would be a
good thing, as the shippers, desire it.
When this is finally obtained, it may
be found that the classification rates on
many articles have been increased.
At present fully 75 per cent of the
tonnage of the country is carried on
"commmodity rates," which are very
much under the corresponding classifi
cation rates. All of the heavy tonnage,
such as flour, grain, iron, steel, coal,
are moved on the lower rate .
TURNS DOWN LEASING PLAN.
House Committee Proposes a Slight
Change in Coal Land Law.
Washington, Feb. 14. A compro
mise of the coal land bill was finally
agreed upon today by the house com
mittee on public lands and recommend
ed for a favorable report. It falls far
short of the program President Roose
velt outlined for the withdrawal of all
coal land from entry and the leasing of
such land, instead of selling it.
In the bill agreed upon the coal land
is reserved under the same restrictions
as land entered under laws other than
coal land laws, with the exception of
homesteads, the patents for which are
issued without commutation.
To encourage the development of coal
land in the Rocky Mountain states,
the bill largely increases the amount of
coal land which may be taken by one
corporation. It provides that an asso
ciation of four persons may be granted
patents on 2,560 acres of coal land after
having expended $10,000 for improve
ments. The bill permits an association
of four persons to receive patents for
1,280 acres after $5,000 has been ex
pended in improvements. cujl
Concession on Land Order.
Washington, Feb. 14. President
Roosevelt today told Representative '
Stevenson, of Minnesota, that he had j giving two meals a day, and the food
made a mollification of his suspension j is revolting. Passengers will not pat
nr.W rf Tannnrv OS rtl;i t i n to pntries ronize the dining cars unless allowed
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on purine land, wnicn
would except
from the operations of
the order all
homestead proofs on ceded Indian land
where there are deferred payments.
The exceptions made by the president
do not, in the opinion of the represent
atives of the Northwest, go far enough
and they will continue in their effoits
to obtain further concessions.
Bisbee Miners Locked Out.
Bisbee. Ariz.. Feb. 14. Seven bun-
dred miners were laid off in Bisbee to-, that he sold watered stock; that he sold j
day. The reason given was that there ! $3,600,000 worth of stocks and bonds '
was a shortage in fuel and lumber, and , for $1,800,000, and was going to put '
that, in order to make some necessary more on the market. "I think rail
repairs, it was decided to close dow n J roads and owners of railroads are en-;
some of the shafts. There is a general ' titled to all the interest and dividends'
belief that the situation is directly due they can get, provided reasonable rates j
to the attempt being made by organizers
of the western Federation of Miners to
make Bisliee a union camp Otliials of
the company refuse to admit this.
Eifcht-hour Day for Dispatchers.
Jefferson, Citv, Mo., Feb. 14. The
house today passed the bill applying
the eight-hour law to all train dispatch- j
en and telegraphers who handle the
ruining of railroad trains
COLLISION DURING BLIZZARD
Believed 175 Lives Were Lost Many
of Them Froze.
Block Island, R. I., Feb. 13. A ma
rine disaster with appalling loss of life
and entailing suffering almost beyond
the limit of human endurance came to
light today, when a life boat of the Joy
line steamer Larchmont, bound from
Providence to New York, drifted into
Block Island harbor.
In the boat were several bodies of
men who bad died from the effects of
long hours of exposure to a death-dealing
temperature. In the boat also were
11 men whose suffering was so intense
that they seemed oblivious to the fact
that death was in their midst and they
had escaped only by virtue of their
ability to withstand the rigor of zero
weather in an open boat at sea.
The boat brought a tale of disaster
that has rarely been equaled in New
Imgland waters, and it is believed that,
when the final outcome is known, it
will be found that not less than 150
lives were lost. Following closely in
the wake of the solitary lifeboat came
bodies, lifeboats and rafts, cast on the
beach by the angry waves.
Owing to the condition of the sur
vivors it was impossible to get from
them an estimate of the loss of life.
From 150 to 175 persons went to their
death, and at a late hour tonight it was
believed that the latter figures are
nearer correct
The cause of the accident has not
been satisfactorily explained. It oc
curred just off Watch Hill about 11
o'clock last night, when the three
masted schooner Harry Knowlton,
bound from South Amboy for Boston
with a cargo of coal, crashed into the
steamer's port amidships. Captain
McVey, of the Larchmont, declares that
the Knowlton suddenly swerved from
her course, luffed up into the wind and
crashed into his vessel. Captain Haley
of the Knowlton asserts that the steam
er did not give his vessel sufficient sea
room.
ORDERS NEW VENIRE.
Jury Panel in Adams Case Exhausted
Second Day.
Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 13. At the
close of the second day of the trial of
Steve Adams for the murder of Fred
Tyler, 34 talesmen had been examined,
exhausting the panel and the court bad
ordered the summoning of anew venire.
Eleven jurors remained in the jury box
and the defense still retains the right
to four peremptory challenges and the
state one.
When the court ordered a new venire
Attorney E. F. Richardson, counsel for
the defense, made an affidavit that the
sheiiff is biasea, and asked that a spec
ial commission be appointed to summon
the venire. In his affidavit it is alleg
ed that Angus Sutherland, whose term
as sheriff expired last month, was made
sheriff in 1899 during the labor troubles
by the Mine Owners' association, and
that as sheriff he cannot serve two con
secutive terms. .The present sheriff,
William Bailey, was nominated with
the understanding that Sutherland
should still be in complete control un
der the direction of the corporation
hostile to the Western Federation of
Mineis. A session was held laet night
to decide the point.
BOUND FAST BY RED TAPE.
Down Timber Goes to Waste Because
Law Forbids Sale.
Washington, Feb. 13. There's
money going to waste in Klickitat
county owing to departmental methods
and red tape, as well as to the fact of
there being no law under w hich action
can be taken. Last spring a severe
storm passed through this country,
felling an immense number of trees,
practically all the timber in two town
ships lieing razed. This timber is on
the ground, is rapidly bluing and un
less something is done by which it can
be utilized it soon will be worthless for
lumber purposes. There is a sale for
this timber, but the lumber companies
are afraid to touch it, as the home
steaders upon whose land it is lying
have not in all cases commuted their
claims and if they should abandon them
after selling the down timber, the
buyer might be placed in a very em
barrassing position.
Travelers Rebel at Food.
Leavenworth, Wash., Feb. 13. An
other trainloivd of passengers arrived
here today, making about 600 stranded
at this place. Conditions in the day
coaches are terrible. The rairoad is
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to order their dinner in preference to
the meal handed them. The large ice
house at the depot was wrecked today, I
the roof caving in from the weight of
CllV. vtiKtii cv. ii io inn nvi in uiv
debris and sustained a broken arm.
He Sold Watered Stock.
Minneapolis, Feb. 13. President A.
B Sticknev. of the Chicago Great
Western railroad, admitted to the legis- '
lative railroad investigating committee
are charged.
Demurrage Bill Passed.
Pierre, S. D.. Feb. 13. The house
today passed the reciprocal demurrage
bill. The bill to prohibit corporations
to contribute to campaign funds was
passed. Another bill approved by the
house prohibits "treat ing in saloon,
All these measures hsvp pissed the sen
ate and now go to tue governor .
LEGISLATION
IS DEMANDED
No Concession on Schools Without
Exclusion.
San Francisco Delegation Refuses to
Yield on School Question Unless
Assured Japan Will Agree to Ex
clusion of Coolies A Complete
Deadlock is Result.
Washington, Feb. 12. A complete
deadlock has developed in the discus
sion between President Roosevelt and
the educational authorities of the city
of San Francisco relative to the exclu
sion from the public schools of that
city of Japanese children. There is no
present indication that this deadlock
will be broken or a satisfactory solu
tion of the perplexing problem will be
reached.
The blame for present conditions
rests largely on the president. He was
forced to an admission yesterday mac
ho could on no further than to promise
the exercise of his utmost exertions in
negotiating a treaty with Japan for the
exclusion of coolies. ihis was noi
sufficient for the Coast delegation. The
members desired an assurance that
Japan is willing in good faith to enter
upon negotiation of such a treaty, ana
that it will be followed by drastic leg
islation. The president could not give
the assurance requested and bluntly
said that the legislation leature is im
practicable.
At the conclusion of the conference
the president informed the delegation
that he would present the entire matter
under consideration to the cabinet at
its meeting todav and later call the
delegation to the White House again.
LONG ARRAY OF LEGAL TALENT
Able Lawyers Gathered From Far and
Near to Assist in the Case.
Snokane. Feb. 12. The legal battle
for the life of Steve Adams began yes
terday in the mining town of Wallace,
Idaho. On one side are the forces of
the state, seeking Adams' conviction as
the first step toward convicting the
leaders of the Western i-eaeration or
Minprs. who are charged with the as
sassination of ex-Governor Frank Steun
enberg, of Idaho; on the other is the
powerful Federation, with all the re
sources at its command, declaring the
charges are false and an attempt by the
mine owners to break up tne union.
The crime against Steve Adams is the
murder of Fred Tyler, a settler who
disappeared from his timber claim on
Marble creek about August 10, 1904,
and whose body was found later. His
murder remained a mystery till after
the assassination of ex-Governor Steu
nenberg. Harry Orchard's graphic
confession is said not only to have im
plicated Steve Adams an i other Federa
tion men in the governro's murder, but
declared that dams and Jack Simp
kins also killed Tyler. Sinipkins has
never been found.
OREGON APPLES IN LONDON.
Rogue River Newtowns Net Grower
$2 38 F- O. B,
Medford, Or., Feb. 12. The high
character of the yellow Newtown apples
produced in the Rogue river valley ia
illustrated by the returns which are
coming in from the numerous cars con
signed to the London dealers by the
growers of this valley the present sea
son. Fred H. Hopkins received a cable
today from the first car of his product
placed upon the market this year, the
same having been consigned to Dennis
jk Sons, of Coven t Garden, who report
the sale of the carload, consisting of 450
boxes of four-tier and 150 boxes of four
and one-half tier apples, at an average
net figure f. o. b. shipping point, of
$2.38 per box.
The importarce of the apple situation
impresses one the more when it is
known that the Rogue river valley has
no less that 10,000 acres of the yellow
Newtown variety of amies, either now
in bearing or nearing the bearing age.
Traoe Treaty With Germany.
Washington, FVb. 12. S. D.N.
North, the director of the census, who
was a member of the tariff commission
which went to Germany to confer with
a similar commission appointed by the
German government with a view to ar
riving at a basis upon which the tariff
of the two countries might be satisfac
torily arranged, had a conference today
with Secretary Root. While no state
menat on the subject can be had, it is
believed that the draft of a treaty in
process looks toward a correction of
complaints made by Germany.
Inquiries Into Omaha Grain Rate.
Omaha, Feb. 12. The Interstate
Commerce commission here today be
pin an investigation of the recent raise
in grain rates put into effect by the
Union Pacific railroad. The complain
ant charges that the Union Pacific
raised carload rates on grain across the
Missouri river bridge at Omaha from
$2 per car to $S per car. The railroad
in its answer admitted all the claims
except that it is denied that the in
creased rates are exorbitant.
Mexico City is Shivering.
Mexico City, Feb. 12. For the first
time in many years, snow fell upon
the streets of Mexico City today. The
unusual conditions have caused suffer
ing among the or, who habitually g
about clad in light garments and with
bare- feet. The government is provid
ing food and shelter tonight to hundreds.