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Newspaper Page TextNEWSlffMS OF GENERAL INTEREST INVESTIGATE EXPRESS RATES. State Railroad Commission Has Fancy Hgures to Start With. Salem, Or., May 20. An investigation id ncen started by the railroad com t Hussion regarding, express rates en loreed by the Wells, Fargo and tjie i. ui nt express companies in Oregon Nune startling revelations have been Drought to light that will likely de inand the attention of the commission in the near future. Comparisons have been made show ing the relative charges on lines in Or egon and the charges in other states for similar distances and for the same class t goods. 1-rom Portland to Siskiyou, a distance of 385 miles tbp WpIIk. I-argo express company charges a mer chandise rate, of $2.75 for 100 pounds, while for the same distance in Missouri a rate has been established by the Mis sunn i r.mroaa commission, which is now in force, of $2 for 100 pounds. The mercnandise rate in lexas for a sim ilar distance is $2.05. The rates charged by the Pacific ex press company are even more exorbi tant according to the figures given out Jiy the railroad commission. The Pa cific express company operates out of Portland east over the O. K. & N. For HO miles over the O. R. & N., from i inland to Huntington, the general merchandise rate for 100 pounds is $4. For miles, or the same distance for which the Wells-Fargo charges $2.75 in Western Oregon, the Pacific express company in Eastern Oregon charges Compared with similar distances in Missouri and Tex;s, the rates of the Pacific express company are extreme. For 410 miles in Missouri the general merchandise express rate is $2.10 and in Texas it is $2.:J0. In both these states the rates have been fixed by railroad commissions and have been ac cepted iby the express companies and are now in force. The rates given arc for the same classes of goods in every instance. ANNUAL INSURANCE REPORT Secretary of State Shows Growth and Present Status of Business. Salem. Frank Benson, secretary of state, as ex officio insurance commis sioner, has completed his annual re port. It is now being printed and will be available within a few weeks. The report includes a statement of the to tal risks written by all insurance com panies doing business within the state if Oregon, the gross premiums received, premiums returned, losses paid and the net premiums for taxation of all au thorized companies and associations for the year ending December 31. 1907. Besides much other valuable infor mation the report shows the aggregate business transacted within the state since 1S95; the amount of licenses and taxes paid into the state treasury since 1HH7, and gives a list of all the insur ance companies authorized to transact luisiness in Oregon on May 8 1908. A statement of the business of the sev eral uregon mutual fire relief associa tions for the year ending December 31, 1907, is also included. Complete Elgin-Joseph Line. In the Portland mail from the East to General Manager J. P. O'Brien, of the (). K. & N. company, he has received the long-expected instructions from New York to proceed with construction f the Elgin-Joseph branch. About $.".00.0110, the amount necessary to com plete thr line, has been provided. From :um to 400 men will be put on at once. For the last two months the authoriza tion from Mr. Harriman for this work lias been expected daily. As soon as the effects of last year's money strin gency began to wane Mr. O'Brien made application for the necessary funds to complete the road to Joseph. Double the Enrollment. University of Oregon. Eugene. Judging from the applications that are pouring into the Registrar's office, the freshman class of next September will be the largest in the history of the uni versity. More than 200 applications have already been received from grad uates of the different high schools and ;icademks throughout the state, and it is safe to predict that there will be at least 100 more, as many freshmen do not apply for standing until college opens in the fall. Nevada's Governor an Oregonian. Ontario. Den S. Dickerson, who is now Governor of Nevada, vice John Sparks, deceased, is a Malheur Coun ty boy, aged 34 years. His parents reside on a farm five miles west of Vale. He left this section seven years ?Cn for Nevada and joined the Miners Union in White Pine County, and when the union asked recognition on ihe state ticket he was named as lieutenant-governor. Tie served in the Philippine war, enlisting in Portland. Fruit Crop Will be Heavy. Baker City. Unless exceptionally cold weather should overtake this part .f the country there will be a large fruit crop, according to men who are beavilv interested in fruit lands and or chards. In the immediate vicinity of Baker City fruit is necessarily slower on account of the altitude, but over in Pine ami Eagle valleys it is far advanced. Recent cold spells have not damaged the crop materially. Scouring Mills to Reopen. Pendleton. It was announced a few hys ago that the wheels of the Pen dleton scouring mills would be started turning about Tune t. The uncertain condition of the wool market is re stv'ivible for the late start, but it will not shorten the season's run. Sev eral thousand pounds of vool are now on hand and more is arriving daily. Teachers Turn Homesteaders. Ontario. About 30 teachers of the public schools of Malheur county have filed on homesteads under irrigation projects near Vale and will engage in farming. A number of unmarried wo men teachers are in the number. . FROM THE STATE OF OREGON CHEAP FUEL IN SIGHT. If Choppers Can't Sell to Trust They Will to Consumers. Pendleton. After futile efforts to sell their wood to Pendleton nnH "u ;lt rii.. i , . , Walla Walla WOOdyards, ten WOOd- choppers o Kameja have pooled their output ana have placed an agent in this City and Will Sell direct tO the consumer Thev have 5 000 cords in consumer, iney nave s.uuu cords in . uT.."u W,V" n,s, l"mly with cheap wood, they declare. The woodyards have large, supplies on hand, owing to the fact that the mild weather of the past winter restricted the sale, and have refused to buy the Camela pool, which is now being mar keted here. Already several cars have been ordered from the pool and it promises to demoralize the wood market in the inland empire. Keep Salmon Out of Alfalfa. Pendleton. Thousands of salmon fry from sLx to eight inches in length ire now running out into the- canal of the Irrigon irrigation project and';out '"irruption, and not once did the many of them are being stranded on the bars, where they are perishing. Deputy Game and Fish Warden O. F. Turner will take immediate steps to have proper fish screens placed at the dam to prevent this destruction of the young fish. The dam of the Irri gon project is in the Umatilla River two miles east of the town of Uma tilla. Thousands of fine salmon fry are now to be found in the river and every effort will be made to prevent them from running into the irrigation canals. Other canals on the river are properly protected with screens and ladders. Wells-Fareo to Build. Eugene. The Wells-Fargo Express Company has begun the erection of a, fine brick building on the Southern i acme oepor grounds m wnicn to' i i l- Tt. handle its mismrss in this ntv I hp architecture of the new building will be in keeping with that of the new passenger depot, now in course or luiisii uciiuu aiici 10 uc conipieieu ue fore July 1. The Wells-Fargo build ing will be of brick and stone an ! will cost $4,000 to $5,000. It is prob able the downtown office of the com pany will be done away with when the new building is finished, as the location is convenient to the business section of the city. Rare Species of Duck. Klamath Falls. Hunters on the Klamath river near Teters landing report the finding of a pair of red ducks nesting among the tules. The I birds are small and supposed to be cinnamon teal, a species of duck rarely have returned in great numbers this Pvent the passengers from leav spring. The rapid growth of the city ing. ' and the settlement of the hills be- tween Lake Ewauna and the Upper klamatn lake seemed for several years past to have driven the pelicans to other fields. However, they are here in great numbers this year. , I . posses were in pursuit within 20 min- Drain More Klamath Land. , , , , c. ... ,, , , ,'utes after the outlaws had left the Klamath la Is 1 wrlvp hnnnreri acres of swamp land north of Klamath Falls, near Navlor, will be reclaimed , bv the owners, Fred Melhase and John llagelstem. Land adjoining has raised some ot t lie hnest vegetables ever grown in Klamath county, and this and when drained will be cut up into small truck patches. The surveyed line f the Oregon Lastern, running notth from Klamath Falls to Natron, will ross this area of swamp land and the dike will be used in draining it. j Stocked With Fish. Baker City. Thomas II. Parker of 'he state fish commission, received at North Powder the other day 31.000 trout, which have been placed in the; lakes at the head of North Powder river and in other streams near by. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat-Club, 80c per bushel; red Russian. S7c; bluestem, 92c; Valley, SOr. j .??ree,d' $2?-5 Sol t0n; r1Ied' $27.50fa2S.50; brewing, $26. Oats No. 1 wh te. $27.50 ner ton: gray, $''7. Hay Timothy. Willamette Valley, $17 per ton; Willamette Valley, or dinary, $15; Eastern Oregon. $18.50; mixed, $lfi; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12; alfalfa meal. $20. Dressed Meats Hogs, fancy, 8c per pound; ordinary, 7c; large, 6c; veal, extra, 7c; ordinary, 6c; heavy, 5c; mut ton, fancy. 8(roc. Butter Extras. 25c per pound; fancy. 24c; choice. 20c; store, 16c. Eggs Candled. 19tfT20c per dozen; unrandled, isle per dozen. Poultry Mixed chickens, 12(ri3c per pound; fancy hens. 131(7t,14c; roosters, 8c; fryers, 22tf?25c; broilers. 20r?22?c; ducks, old. I6tf?17c: spring. 22?f7r25c: geese. f"??0c: turkeys, alive, 16fns:c for hens, 1416c for gobblers; dressed, l7ff1Sc. Apnles Select. $2 SO per box: fancy. $2; choice. $1.50; ordinary, $1.25. Potatoes Old Oregons, choice. 70 (iTSOc per hundred; sweet, 5?c per potind. Strawberries Oregon, I0(??i7?c per pound. Vegetables Turnips, $1.50 per sack; firrnlt 1 Wf.il hortc 1 or. parsnips. $1.25; cabbaec. $1.75frt2 per cwt.; beans, wax. 7(r?Sc per pound; head lettuce, 12m1.pc per dozen; cel ery, S5c per dozen; asparagus. $1.50 per box; egg plant, 20c per pound; parsley. 25c per dozen; peas. 5(oVAc per pound; peppers, 20c per pound; radishes. 15c per dozen; rhubarb. 3c per pound; spinach, 3c per pound; cauliflower. $2.50 per crate. Hops 1907. prime and choice, 55? 6r per pound; olds, 2i?T3c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, lltfTlSr per pound, accordirg to shrinkage; Valley, lOfn 12c. Mohair Choice. ISlSjc per pound Cascara Bark 3g4c per pound. FLIES WITH OWN WINGS. Frenchman Beats All Records With Aeroplane in Italy. Rome, June 1. Leo de la Grange, the French -acroplanist, made a new experiment with his aeroplane here this morning, which was so successful that it filled the spectators with ad miration. He surpassed his own rec lord by flying for 15 minutes and 30 seconds, only then coming down be- , i . . ; cause he received a sitrnal tn do so I i - - -i Ln,l a1so because the motor of hi, ma. chine cannot hold Bufficient gaSoline t0 0perate it much longer than that. During that snr, of tin,. M Ho In 1 T , i V , , Grange made nine and three-fourths rounds of an established course in the militarv field nampfv f.i Ulnmotors a little over nine and nine-tenths of a mile, at a velocity of (SO kilometers, cjr 37.2 miles an hour. The aeroplane was first pushed for ward by M. de la Grange's associates, and as soon as the motor was put into action the machine rose without dif ficulty, keeping from seven to ten feet above the ground. -It moved smooth ly and .turned easily, the rounds of . the course following each other with . aempiane toucn me ground, n was a ; 'rvelops exhibition, which would nave won ue a nge a prize ot $5000 had it occurred in France. It at least confirms his possession of the Archdeacon cup. ROBBERS GET CASH. Great Northern Passenger Train Held Up at Great Falls. Butte, Mont., June 1. A Miner spe cial from Great Falls, Mont., says: The north bound Great Northern passenger train was neiu up tnis even- inK about one mile and a half from this city by seven masked men at 12:30 o'clock, the train being run onto a sid- - . - ,t-t r..-i '"K uy uie rouuers, who i icu a iu.su- J ' 1 ladt-' f shopts up and down the train ' Win, Dempsey. an Augusta rancher, was shot through the leg in attempt- ing to escape from the train after it had stopped, and Conductor Hayes was compelled by the robbers to pre cede them in passing through the cars he carrying a hat in which the passen- Kers were invited to dump what cash the had about them. Most of them deposited from $1 to $10, and the booty of the desperadoes is not be lieved to be greater than several hun dred dollars. While the passengers were being robbed several of the highwaymen stood guard at the door; of the cars The robbers finally jumped off the coaches. and disappeared in the dark- . . , ,,: , ., , , ncss- Rain ,s fal'inS heavily, and the night is so dark that no trace of he robbers could be found', although ,rain- GOVERNMENT MAY SUE. Great Area in Montana is Stripped Bare of Timber. Dutte, Mont., June 1. A federal sur vey corps is engaged in running sur- vt'' !il,cs ' the mountains near Phil- ipsburg. Mont., to determine the amount of cordwood cut tor the mines of Granite county, and the location -of lbe KroMll(1 frum wi,jch the timber was taken. This wood was cut, it claimed, from land belonging to the government, and it is intimated that suits may be begun to recover for about 700.000 cords of wood cut. ap proximating in value about $1,000,000. 11,1 "m,v l" """" ul "u 10 or 12 ears a. during the boom days of silver, and was used at the Bimetallic and Granite Mountain . . . . , . mines, unntuuv vn.iiie u. mcl.uic and his associates, of St. Louis, to gether with a few Montanans. The area of timber land stripped clean is 10 miles wide and 12 long. Still Vigorous at 128. St. Petersburg, June 1. A veteran soldier, with the record of SO years' military service, and whose age is de clared to be 12S, has been visiting St. Petersburg from the Tver district. This wonderful old man. Michael Bud nikov, traveled to the capital to draw a pric of $2500 in the lottery, and the czar had him at Czarskoe Selo as a feature of the festivities for the Swe dish royal wedding. Budnikov, whose breast is adorned with many medals for bravery and dis tinguished service, joined the Russian army in 1797. Kill Womert and Children. Athens. June 1. A body of panic stricken refugees from Samos. who have arrived here, report that eighty women and children were slain bv Turkish troops during the first day's fighting at Vathv. capital of the island They declare also that the troops fired persistently on the foreign consulates. The refugees are all Greeks, and. as they have inborn hatred of the Turk, their statements are 'accepted here with considerable reserve. Cholera Is Spreading. Manila, June 1. The cholera at Dagnpan. 120 miles from Manila, is worse. Twentv-nine deaths are todav reported, due to eating infected foods The people are loath to clean up their .surroundings, despite strenuous efforts 'on the par of the bureau of health. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Saturday, May 30. Washington, May 30. The demo crats filibustering in the house to the end. and La Follette having led a rec ord filibuster in the senate, the six- . .' 1 V. .1 ' i il . . . . .J. s.e: ; sion ai ii..iij o ciocK lonignt. ineiast t.:n i u.. . ... . uint wtic "kuiu uy uic president De- for 11 o'clock and hoth hntiwc ,n,Vh had with difficulty maintained a quorum, scurried to their homes. Washington, May 30. Amid scenes . e . . ' it i . ii WI cl-ll-",l-"t wen-nigni unparaiiciecr 1 in the senate chamber, the La Follette ' filibuster collapsed a little after 4 oclock this afternoon, and the cur rency bill was passed by a vote of 43 , to 22, four republican senators voting Ill llic nvgauvc, Washington, May 30. Among the bills passed at today's' session of the house'were the following: Providing life-saving apparatus on the Farallon Islands, off California; granting pensions on the surviving officers and enlisted men of the Texas volunteers, and providing for compen sation to government employes for in juries received while in the perform ance of their duties. Several pension bills also were passed. . Friday, May 29. Washington. May 29. It has been a long time since the senate has been tied up by a filibuster with such slen der support as was, in evidence when La rollette undertook to defeat th. conference report on the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill by talking it to death. The report as brought ur and La Follette took the floor. He insisted that a quorum should be maintained at all times, and up to 6 oclock he had demanded 20 roll-calls. The senate was able to obtain more or less relaxation and at the same time keep the supporters of the bill in their seats. The heat was excessive, and many were very restless under this restraint. On the 23d roll-call, at 7:15 P. M., upon motion of Stone, the .absence of a quorum was developed and the ser-geant-at-arms was directed to bring in absentees. At 2 o'clock in the morning La Fol lette let it be known that he intended to speak until 8 or 9 A. M. Republican leaders say they will have a quorum from their own mem bership tomorrow, and that they will not be delayed by one or two men fili bustering, if they have to keep con gress in session indefinitely. Thursdas, May 28. Washington. May 28 The antici pated strenuous opposition to the adop tion of the conference report on the Aldrieh-Vreeland currency bill in the senate, according to the inference to be drawn from' the debate today, probably will not materialize. Aldrich kept the report before the senate until nearly 4 M., when he assented to its being laid aside until 11 o'clock tomorrow, and the remainder of the time todav wits devoted to the passage of unob jected house bills on the calendar. Lverv senator realized that the mean ing of this move was that an under standing had been reached to vote on the bill tomorrow. Inquiry proved the existence of this understanding, al though no positive agreement has been made. Ihe indications are, therefore, that congress will adjourn sine die to morrow or Saturday. Washington, Mav 2S. While the son- ate was wrestling with the currency juestion, the business ot the house today went merrily on. The following meas ures were passed: To establish two or more fish cuUunil stations on Piiirot Sound, Wash.; amending the laws of transportation between Hawaii and th? I nited States by removing the penalty for carrving passengers from Hawaii to this country; providing for the en try of agricultural land in forest re serves; establishing an assay oflice at Salt LakV. Utah: incorporating the Hrotherhood of St. Andrew, and incor- rating the Congressional Club, which is composed of wives and daughters of senators and representatives. Wednesday, May 27. Washington, May 27. An emergency currency law is assured. The currency litestion held its place today as prac tically the only subject of consideration it both ends of the capitol, and when oth houses adjourned the compromise ill, which was drafted by the republie- m contrerees, had received the sanc tion of the house, and had been present- u to the senate, where it was an nounced it would be taken up for con sideration tomorrow and where it will llso be passed when the vote is reached. Washington. May 27. Aside from the currency bill the house today passed the following measures: Requiring greater space and better icconimodat ions on steamships for steerage passengers: authorizing the sale of certain lands at the head of Cor- lova bav. Alaska, and grantine relief to the Alaska Terminal & Navigation nnpany ; autlv t iing a resurvcv ot certain townships in Wyoming; grant ing to the interstate commerce commis sion additional authority in the matter of requiring reports of all accidents on interstate carriers. The conference report on the omnibus lands bill and the senate amendments to the bill granting obsolete ordnance to various intitutions and organiza tions also were agreed to. Insists on Subsidy Clause. Washington. May 27. A partial agreement of the conferees on the postoffice approDriation bill has been laid before th senate bv Mr. Penrose and was agreed to. The sections ap- plying to ocean mail subsidy and the weighing of the mails were not agreed to by the conferees. The senate or dered that this amendment be insisted noon and continued Senators Tenrose Burrows and Clay as conferees. Tuesday, May 26. Washington, May 26. The two floor leaders of the house again today occu pied the center of the stage and per formed their usual feat of charging each other with responsibility for the evil conditions at present existing in that body. It came about through an order presented by Mr. Payne, of New York, granting five days' leave after adjourn- ment in which to print in the Congres- sional Record the remarks that might have been, but were not made upon the tloor. He took occasion to arraign the democrats for their filibuster and said that republicans had no apology to make for their course. The democratic leader, Williams, ac - cused the majority of doing nothing in ihe present session and opposed the or- not lessen tneir determination m tne der because it gave members no oppor- least. tunity to reply to statements which he When the time came for the test, the felt in advance would call for an an-. Florida immediately steamed into her swer. The order was adopted. position. The Arkansas and her tender hollowing this debate business pro- ihcn anchored fore and aft off Thimble ceeded at a rapid gait. Shoal, 300 yards from the Florida with The conference on the military acad- her broadside bearing upon the target emy appropriation bill was agreed to. smP- .1 be Arkansas is in charge of Its consideration was marked by a vig- .Commander Harry M. Denbaugh, who orous speech by Mr. Slayden, of Texas, wlth a detail of officers, took up his against the senate permitting the edu- position on the bridge, cation of -four Filipinos at West Point.' 1 he first sll0t was fired at a screen The bills were passed' as follows: target raised above the main turret of , I the Florida and pierced the exact cen- Refunding stamp taxes on 'foreign ttT without a moment's hesitation, giv bills of exchange and certain duties on "tlg h",men abpard the sh.p to under anthracite coal illegally collected; pro- sta"d they need not think any of the i, i projectiles would so wild. HMII1K 1UI IMC UlJlllMJU aim SCUICIIICUL of portions of the Cheyenne and Stand- iii'T Rock Indian reservations ; promot ing the safety of the employes on rail roads by requiring the equipment of lo comotives with ash cans that can ( be dumped without requiring an employe to crawl under the locomotive; pro moting the safe transportation of ex plosives. Washington, May 26. The omnibus house bill, embracing seven separate measures affecting the navigation laws. 1 l i, . i ate today, but not without resistance, aboard the Florida gave no sign of Senator Newlands tried to amend by being. dlsPleased with their dare-devil inserting his bill creating the Inland "penence, and gave no signal of d.s- Urnrn,Cn '"ittf the main bombardment the Ar- with prompt oppos tion by Mr. .Nelson.'. , . . . ., 1 v vv ' , kansas guns were directed against the big experimental mast which had been Monday, May 25. erected aft upon the Florida. It was ,,, ,. . ' 125 feet high and on it were two tur- Wa.'hington, May 25 An effort to rets in which dummies had been placed annihilate time by dilatory tactics to show the effect on men in the fight without making progress on any legis-: jng tops during an actual engagement, lation except that involved in confer- Dummies also had been placed in the ence reports was the chief occupa-' majn turret 0f the Florida to show the' tion of the senate today under the -effect of the impact of heavy shells leadership of Aldrich. The attempt UpQn them. was so successful that the net result; The big guns made quick impression in the way of accomplishment of the upon the mast target, and if men had day's session was the adoption of the been in the place of the dummies they conference report on the sundry civil would not have lasted more than two appropriation bill. shots. . The "battle" will result in much val- Washington, May 25. Working uu-!uable information which will be used der heavy pressure with a single eye bv the experts of the navy in the plan to adjournment at the earliest possible 1 ning of future men-o'-war. It has the moment, the house today disposed of, double effect of showing the power of a great amount of business. Several : American guns when directed against conference reports were agreed to armor plate as it is actually presented and the following bills passed: 1 jn a fight at sea, and the strength of Amending the navigation laws; re- the armor in withstanding the impact moving the discriminations against cf the 12-inch projectiles in warfare. native omcers or ine rono rcican regiment of infantry; authorizing the sale of unallotted land of the Spokane Indian reservation; encouraging the development of coal deposits in Alaska; and prescribing penalties against the sale of clothing and gov ernment property by soldiers. The omnibus bill relating to disposition of'nese ives was the price paid by daring the public land was sent back to con ference. After an active debate of an hour and a half the project for a reduced hall of representatives was defeated by a large majority. Continues Land Fraud Cases. Washington, May 2S. Arguments supporting the motion of the defense in the Hyde-Benson land fraud case to m- x i viv ianj uauu Last iv quash the indictments against the de- fendants were resumed Tuesday. 1 sistant Attorney-General Fugh, oppos-, mg the motion, charged that the opera- tions ot Hyde and Benson were fraud - ulcnt. and that Joost Schneider, one of the defendants, knew they were illegal. Bills Signed by President. Washington. May 26 President Roosevelt has signed the bills provid-1 ing for the participation of this court-! try in the exposition to be held in Tokio in 1912; the legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill; a bill making Monterey and Port Har ford, Cal., sub-ports of entry, and a bill authorizing the extension of the street railways of this city to the Union Station. Spends Over a Billion. Washington. May 26. Although the figures on the total appropriations for the present session of Congress are incomplete, from careful estimates . . i. , . I- . t -ii J the indications are that th.ev will ex- , , , - , ceed $1,000,000,000. This is' $100,000,- ; between that boat and the steamer Bos 000 in excess of any previous session, ton of the Dominion-Atlantic line off The largest increases over previous 'the Massachusetts coast, years arc found in the postoffice. pen-i The Fame was run down bv the ston, naval and army appropriation hills. Troops Will Stay in Cuba. ferences between President Roosevelt. Secretary Taft and General Bell, it has been decided not to withdrawn troops j from Cuba at the present time. This decision was reactied. it is said, upon the advice cf Governor Magoon, who' deemed it inadvisable to reduce our force in Cuba prior to the re-establish ment of the Cuban republic next fall, when the entire force will return. Annul Grant Lands. Washington. May 2S.-B. D. Town- semi, special attorney in the depart ment of justice, started Monday for Portland. Or., to start legal proceed- ings on behalf of the government to take from the Southern Pacific railroad about .1.000.000 acres of land in West ern Oregon, said to be worth between ?.noo.ooo and $.10.000 .000. Townscn.l will try to secure a decree which will annul the crant and restore the lands to the public domain. F ROOF AGAINST SHELL. Monitor Florida Stands Fire of Navy's Heaviest Guns. Thimble Shoal, in Lower Chesapeake Bay, May 29. Disregarding the danger and apparently anxious to experience open war at sea, Commander John C. Quimby, Lieutenant Taussig and 20 men on the monitor Florida remained on board her today while 12-inch shells were hurled at the great hulk from the great guns of the monitor Arkansas, anchored 300 yards off, with her broad- ; side battery in full play on the target ship. When it was first planned to make the extraordinary test of the power of the guns in warfare, it was not dreamed of keeping any of the men aboard, but the plans for the test were changed suddenly today. Commander Quimby and his men eagerly volunteered to I stay aboard their ship while she was ' submitted to the hammering of the big projectiles. The imminent danger did T. 1 A . Then, - according to the program, the Arkansas began firing heavily upon the Florida and the shells began hammer ing against the plates of the Florida, which stood under the bombardment without even showine signs of being crippled. As far as could be. discerned from the use of the glasses the effect was not noticeable, but the experts on the Arkansas (reported that the shells were having terrific effect upon the Florida. 'i ii : tu:- .-, - v i . v. JurmiiiK una uouiudi umcm iiic men NEW SCHEME UNEARTHED. Orientals Die While Being Expressed Into This Country. Wa ctiincrtnn Tav PQ Twp1v Oli- smugglers to experiment with a new scheme for evasion of the immigration laws. The government has just dis- covered that a dozen Orientals who at tempted to gain entrance to this coun try by having themselves crated and shipped by express from El Paso to New York were dead upon arrival. Acting Commissioner of Immigration t a',,1Pri Emitted' todnv that a mVantie sniupgnnfr plot had been unearthed on ti, tPv Wdpr and that Thinpsp Tn- the lexas Dorucr SpCc'ror Babccck. sleuths in the se one of the keenest cprvirp is now in New vri- t, tnii ( th arrh-nlnttprs Quong Don Yen received the corpses 'of his countrymen from the express cotlipanv and"will be arrested if trace ;of hi m 'can be found bv the detective. A telegram from CJuong Dou i en to his friends at El Paso revealed the ntrt Tnt frnrtpr Tmtict fincr overheard-his countrymen at El Paso reading a message which informed them that tne twelve men in the crates were dead t.non arrjval. Ming informed In- spectors George Harris and r. . Berkshire of the plot and they reported it to the bureau here. It is believed that the smugglers crated the men on the Mexican side of the line, hauled them across the river to El Paso. Texas, where they con signed them by express to New York. Steamer Rams Schooner. Gloucester, Mass.. May 29. Thirteen sailors of the schooner Fame lost their steanier with such suddenness that only- six of the schooner's crew of 19 were saved. Four of them were put in a dorv when the disaster occurred, and of the Fame were on board. Thev were !':nta n lIU crt" vl 1,11 it., .t-- -r .1.. Unveil Memorial Monument. Tokio. May 29 General Baron Nogi was designated Wednesday to be the chief official in the ceremonies incident to the unveiling of the Russian memo- j rial monument erected by the Japanese J people at Port Arthur, in memory of i the famous siege of that city, and the lnt fighting done in its detense Iltl! imi'v III lilt. MH'HS u iii iu .'.ii. so bravely and with such determination aTaint the attack which eventually proed successful. Snow Storm in Montana. TWcman. Mont.. May 29 A heavy snowstorm Tuesday night impaired wire service and .I'd great damage tn trees. The precipitation during this month is the heaviest of any May in 2S years.