NEWSlffMS 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 .
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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.
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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
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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
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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.