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Bohemia Nugget HOWAKI) IIKOWX, rnbt. COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. CVRMTS flE THH 11 A V . - . 'W11UV" - Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening! ot tho Past Week, Preaentcd In Condensed Form, Molt Likely to Prove Interesting. Justice Day la much Improved. A census of China piacea lior popu lation nt 420,447,000. Tho 24th death has occurred at Cor noil university Irom typhoid fever. Tho Porto Rlcan legislature has just adjourned. Many important measures were acted upon, Tho damago by tho high wator In the Mississippi valley will amount to many millions ot dollars. England's cpxensoa nro about tho tamo na thoto of tho United States, but her Income is mucli lees. It is bollovod that the improvement of tho Columbia river will bo author ised this week by Secretary Root. Tho Tblllpplno islands will liave a large exhibit at St. Louis. From tbero it will bo taken to Portland. Ex-Ronrosontativo Mercor, of Ne braska, is talked of as director of the census. Ho is not popular with tho senatorial delegation from his slate. Tho California legislature has passed a bill appropriating (20,000 for a build ine at tho Lewis and Clark fair. The St. Louis exhibit will bo transferred intact. Tho Montana legislature adjoruned without making nn appropriation for the St. Louis and Portland lairs. A movement is on foot to raise (50,000 by popular subscription. The Mississippi flood is still rising and doing great damage. The senate will be able to dispose of the treaty in a week and adjourn. John D. Daly, of Benton county, has been chosen surveyor general ol uregon. Native constabulary continue to run down tho troublesome ladrones in Rlzal province. China is organising a large army. Arms and ammunition are being smug glinged in from Germany. Plans of national irrigation in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona have been adopted. The Chicago limited, westbound on tho Illinois Central, was wrecked at Pomcroy and five passengers were in jured. Two passenger trains on the Nash ville it St. Louis railroad collided head on near Shell Monnd, Tenn., and five of the crew were injured. Bafeblowers cracked the safes of the local offices of the Standaid Oil com pany at Atlanta, Ga., and secured $500 ip money and C-'.UUU m checks. The King of Slam has aiked the New York firm which supplied me loun tain at George Gould'acountry home at Lakewood to make an estimate on tho cost of erecting a similar fountain five times as large in the central courtyard of his palace. Justice Day, of the supreme court, is seriously ill. The president will call an extra ses sion of congress in October. Trainmen on all lallroads west of Chicago will ask for an advance in wages. Eenators have completed arrange ments to ratify both canal and Cuban treaties. Emperoi Francis Joseph has conferred tho cross of officer of tho Francis Joseph order on George Hitchcock, the Ameri can artist. The safe in the state bank at Kasota, Minn., was blown open by men and 1400 in silver taken. The robbers escaped on a handcar. John D. Rockefeller has offered to give $1 to Arcadia college, Wolfville, N. 8., for every dollar up to $100,000 raised by the college before January 1, 1808. Dr. Herbert F. Fieke, principal of the Northwestern academy, Chicago, who was stricken with apoplexy, lias had another stroke, and Is again in a criti cal condition. " Tho Pennsylvania railroad lias added (150,000,000 to its capital stork Glanders is epidemic among horses In Now York City. Energetic meas' urea are being taken to a tamp out the disease, and orders have been issued for tho destruction of all horses that are found to have the glanders. The ladrones in Rizal province have been scattered and tbe leaders captured King Edward and Queen Alexandra have celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary. Missouri Pacific passenger train No 8, the Fast Mall, ran into a landslide near Gasconda, Mo., and the engino was burled in the mud. A big find of hematite iron ore con- ' talnlng a large percentage of metallic iron and little dross lias just been made in tho river hills near Wrights Title, Fa. Henry Roso, tho wealthy Cuban Blunter, who. it is said, gave tbe great er part of his fortune in aid of the Cuban revolution, Is confined in the Bloomingdale asylum for the insane. No more bodies of those drowned in the ferryboat accident at Spier fulls, N. Y., have been recovered. Dr. Dosang, Chinoso doctor and ox alted member of various Chinese secret societies, reputed to be one of tbe wealthiest men of his rare in this coun try, is doad at bis home in Chicago. William Do La Rerre, director ot the Washburn-Pillsury mills, Minneapolis, Is in Magdoburg, buying machinery for the Briquette works that W. D. Wash burn intends to build at Bismarck, N. D. Ex-Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is confined to his bed In Washintgon by an attack qf la grippo. WILL CLAIM EQUAL TREATMENT. Position ol Oermany Regarding Cuban Reciprocity Treaty. Berlin, Mnrch 17. Germany, as won ns tlio reciprocity treaty between Cuba nnd the Unltod States la ratino.i, win ink both tlio Cuban nnJ tlio United 11BK. IM11.II 1IIM VjlilJ States covornmonla for Identical prl lloroa. ItlaaLolnttmateJ that other governments Intend to request tlio same treatment. Whllo annoyed at tho prospect of tho United Statoa' trado having lower tariffs in Cuba than that of Germany, no ono supposes that evon a collective protost on tho part of IIia (vmttnnntjll mnntrtoa would cnuso either the United States or Cuba to recede. Rut Germany's position is to bo dotmed citany, so mat me uimou;Btul Uchnor, of Raker county, ato all tstatoa may noicompiainwiicnucruiiiy gives otnor nations prcierenco in irauo treatmont Tho principle which tho Gormana lay down in entorlng upon correspondence concerning now commercial trcatlos is "give and take." Tho most favored nation theory la really abandoned. Special conventions ato to bo drawn up to fit different situations. This principle seems to bo accepted by Rus sia, Austria and Italy, and the trade policies aro to rest upon tho recipro city Idea. What is the subject of more concern here is that, should the Cuban treaty bo accepted and found to work well, similar treaties may be arranged by tho United States with Mexico, llrasll and Argentina, ultimately resulting in the United Mutes obtaining a mono poly of all tho South and Central Amer ican markets. REYES ON CANAL TREATY. Colombian Vice President Does Not Like Our Control ot Isthmus. Colon, Colombia, March 17. Gene ral Rafael Reyes, vice president of Co lombia, who reached the Isthmus two days ago from Mexico, was interviewed here today by a press representative. With reference to tho Hay-Herran con vention he spoke guardedly and did not appear disposed to discuss its terms or the probability ot its ratification by the Colombian congress. He seemed to havo reaton to believe, however, that the present interpreta tion by tho United States of its obliga tory rights to maintain free transit across the isthmus and its manner of enforcing these rights lias created a very unfavorable impression through out the Colombian republic. He said the politicians who would be called upon to decide the fate of the canal would not bo likely to forget the humil iating incidents which occurred during the recent Insurgent hostitities between iter and Panama. LAND OPEN TO SETTLERS. ast Tract ot 1,000,000 Acres In South ern California. Los Angeles, March 17. The United States, through tho fedeial land office at Los Angeles, will open to settlers within the next 60 days about 1,000, 000 acres of land in California. This land is situated between Needles and ilajave, and borders the Colorado river. Moth of It Is valuable agriculturally Tbe prospective throwing open of its vast tract to settlement is the result of a recent dcislon of the United States supreme court with respect to Uie fam ous grant made to tbe Atlantic s Pacific railroad by net of July, I860 In the territory which embraces this great tract the ' Southern Pacific has selection privilege. An thority for the receiving of entry appll cations for the 1,000,000 acres In ques tion has been received from Washing ton by the officials of the United States land office at Los Angelei. ENGINES BUTT TOO ETHER. Resulting In the Death of One Atan and Injury of Many. Kansas City, March 17. Tlio Goldtn State limited on the Rock Island sya tern, doe in Kansas City this morning, collided head-on just outsldo of Dwight, 30 miles west' of Topeka, at 3 o'clock this morning with westbound passenger No. 3, which left Kansas City last night. Both engines were badly damaged, and the baggage and mail cars and the smoker on the west bound train were telescoped. None ol the other cars on tbe westbound train left the track. None of the cars on the limited were derailed or damaged, and that train continued on its trip east after a few hours' delay. Engl neer Love, of the westbound train, was killed. Three other members of the wostbound crew and three passengers in the'westbound smoker and the engi neer and fireman of the limited were jnjured. Commission on Canal Deal. New York, March 17. New York lawyers believe that if the Panama canal treaty is passed by the United States senate, William Nelson Crom well, of this city, will receive the larg est fee ever given to a lawyer in this country, if not In the world. Tbe re port finds general credence that (2,- 000,000 of the money to bo paid by the government will go directly into Mr. Cromwell's pocket. Mr. Cromwell's arrangement is reported to be on the basis of 6 per cent of tbe amount real ized by tbe sale. Four Killed on Locomotive. Lynchburg, Va March 17. A local engine collided with a froight train in tbe Chesapeake & Ohio yards this morn ing, and four men lost their lives. There were five men aboard the loca engine Yard Conductor Clarence Glass, engineer w. u. Monroe, fireman Pur vis, Urakeman Moon and William Mc Sherry. Fireman Purvis and Brake man Moon were killed instantly und Conductor Glass and William Mc- Sherry died at the hospital. Engineer Monroo was severely Injured, but will recover. Mexico Pays Promptly. Washington, March 17. Tlio state department has received from the Mex ican government (43,000, being the first installment of Interest which is to be paid in perpetuity on account of the ,'lous fund claims under tho arrange ments made by Tha Hague arbitration board in October last. On Julys there will bo due the sum of $1,420,082, representing the interest which lias ac crued since tho date of tho Mexican claims commission. NEWS OF OREGON nTMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP TUB STATE. Session Laws will Soon be Ready for De liveryNew Mining Corporation-Bad Boya Punished Mining Men to Tight New Corporation Tax Law-Pendleton Painter. Oo Into Dullness. 81x Albany boya havo been lined for , atoning a Chinaman. sheriff Drown and IVpntlca Hemplo conuncil at their homes with smallpox Foreman J. E. Godfrey, of tho state nrintlnc office, savs that work Is plo crossing rapidly on tho session las ol 1003, and that If nothing unoxpoctcd happens the laws will bo out by April 1, which is much earlier than usual Fifty men aro working on tho Low! and Clark fair site. Ton of those are survevors who are preparing a contou map. Twonty other men are clearing away fallen trees, logs, ami dead miner' brush, and tho rest aro planting trees and shrubs and doing nursery work. The members of tho Fainter's union of Pendleton, whom the bosses locked out last week, have formed a corpora tlon and will become combined bosses and union painters. Tho bosses re fused to grant any raise in wages and 20 painters become their own managers, The Lucky Boy mining company, a corporation, has been organized under the laws ot tho state, and lias succeed ed to the ownership of tbe mining prop erty in tho Itluo River district hereto fore owned by the private partnership consisting of .L. Zimmerman, Frank and Fred Sharkey and N. R. Sandish Gamo Warden Qulmby is in receipt ot a copy ot a report the commission ers of fish and gamo ot tho state of Malno havo just published, showing the amount of money expended by tlio state for tho preservation of gamo, and also the amount of money brought Into that state bv outsldo sportsmen The local game warden thinks it would be a good thing if Oregon followed a similar plan and appropriated sum cient money for the hiring of deputy wardens to enforce the gamo laws. The mining men of Eastern Oregon have decided to invoke the referendum against the Eddy bill, which was en acted by the last legislature. The law which it is the purpose to repeal im poses a tax on all corporations doing business in this state in proportion to tbe amount of the capital stock. Tho mining men insist that it will retard the growth and the progress of the mln irg industry in this state. Petition are now in course of preparation to bo circulated for signatures. It will re quire over 4.000 names in order to set tbe referendum machinery in motion PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 74T5c; blue stem, 86c; valley, 78S0c, Barley Feed, (23.50 per ton; brew ing, (24. Flour Best grade, (4.1034.00; grab am, (3.453.85. Millstuffs Bran, (19 per ton middlings, ( 24; shorts, (19.6020, chop, (18. Oats No. 1 white, (1.15 0 1.20 gray, (1.12K31.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, (1112; clover, (89; cheat, (910 per ton. Potatoes Best Eurbanks, 0O76cper sack; .ordinary, 4u00c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, (2 2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12313c; young, HK12c; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 1616c; dressed, 1820c; ducks, (7.50per dozen; geese, (7Q8.50, Cheese Full cream, twins, 10K 17Kc; Yonng America, 17K(gl8Kc; factory prices, 114C less, Butter Fancy creamery, 3032Kc per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22J4c; store, 1518c. Eggs 15c per dozen. Hops Choice, 2325c per pound. Wool Valley, 12J416c; Eastern Oregon, 814Kc; mohair, 20 Q 28c. ttaoi Gross, cows, 33Xc per pound; steers, 44c; dressed, Tfic. Veal 7K8tfc Mutton Gross, 4c per pound dressed, 7c Lambs Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 7Jc. Hogs Gross, Bmc per pound dressed,77Kc. Bridges Wrecked by Ice. Lincoln. Neb., March 12. The flood situation in Nebraska tonight is even worse than 24 hours ago. The wreck Ing by an ice gorge of the main line bridge ol the Rock Island across the PJatte river at South Bend and the bridge of the Missouri Pacific near Louisville has still further demoralized railroad traffic. The Rock Island is still running trains between here and Omaha over the Burlington tracks, and tbe Union Pacific utilizes the same line for an outlet from Omaha west ward. Sentries are Fired On. Colorado Springs, March 12. Son tries at three points were fired on this evening by unknown parties. At one point an attempt was made to enter the sentry lines and the sentry on guard came near being lilt. Other sen tries stationed around the three mills were fired upon at midnight. From reports made by tho sentries and the flashes from the guns, the men doing the shooting were located on the hills surrounding the reduction plants. British Plans Not Formed. London, March 11. Replying to a question in the bouse of commons to day, Under Foreign Secretary Cran bourne said he wat unable to give def nite Information regrading tho arrange ment to be made for the British and Irish display at the St. Louis exposi tion. He added that invitations had been Issued to those expected to servo on the British commission, but nothing ould be decided until tbe government had more doflnfle information about I the degree ot support which would bo I forthcoming for Intending exhibitors, RIVER CONTINUES TO RAISU. Flood Situation In Mississippi Valley at Danger Point. Memphis, Twin., March 14. there is ltttlo change In tho river situation tonight, and, although tho rise today has bocn slight, tho situation Is con sidered grave nnd tho stngo of more than 38 (ret Is still expected. Tlio gatigo tonight shows 35.8. Tlio levco two miles south of Caru thersvillo la raving badly, and the greatest danger Is looked for at this point. Tho country for 80 miles around Caruthcravil'o Is Hooded, and railway tralllc is suspended. Another weak spot In the loveo system apparent now Is at Vaucluse, Ark., near Green ville, Miss. A "sand boll" appeared I hero just back of tho levco between the horns ot a bend in tlio river west of 1-nko Chicot. Tho "boll" was prompt ly suppressed, but appearances indicate aa underground fissure that may piovo dangerous. Prlvato dispatches Irom Caruthers viUo say the situation there is practi cally unchanged,'and that tho embank ments will hold n stage three feet great or than nt present. Captain Lucas, In charge ot the First and Second districts, lelt hero today for Holona to personally Investigate conditions in tlio White river district. Supplies and men worn also sent tbero to strengthen tho levee. Supplies and men also havo been tent to Cat island, where the rush of the waters through tho 17 mlio gap in I lie loveo is causing uneasiness, and to Pekan point, where the strengthening work Ij In progress on the embankments. No lions has been received today from tho area in Mississippi county Arkansas, which was reported flooded yesterday by water percolating throng!: tho embankments. The engineers hero say tho crest o the rise probably will reach Memphis Sunday, unless there nre further heavy rains general over this area. They pro- diet a record breaking stago ot water on account of the fact that tho levees nro holding against tho flood. AUTHORITY WITH A STRINQ. Chinese Diplomats Not Allowed to Make Final Bargain. Washington, March 14. The pleni potentiariea of tho powers who are on gaged at Shanghai in negotiating trado treaties with tho Chinese commission era have discovered what they regard as flaws in the credentials ot tho Chinese agents which may mako it impossible for them to bind thoir government to treaty form. The matter already lias been brought to the attontion ol tho state department, and Mr. Conger I asking for advice, ho, too, being en gaged in tbe negotiations. It appears that tho Chineso com mln sioners must memorialize the throne before the treaties will havo force, and the powers object to this lack ot au tbority on tho part of the commission ers. Because Mr. Conger will have to refor any treaty ho may draw up to Ills government here for approval, precise ly as the Chineso commisioners must do on their sido, the United States govornment is not in a position to pro test very etronzlr against the suflicien cy ot the Chineso ccdentlals, so that Mr. Conger will go on with this treaty making, while doing his best to have tbe Chinese credentials onlarged. PRESIDENT'S TRIP WEST. Will Leave Washington About April 1st and Not Return Until June, Washington, March 14. President Rosevelt's contemplated western trip .was a subject of some discussion at tbe white house today, benators Long, of Kansas, and Hopkins, of Illinois, and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Brisow, of Kansas, talked with the president about his tour. The Kansas people are urging the presldontto mako some stops in thoir state after the de dication of the exposition grounds on April 30. Only one stop has thus far been arranged. Tlio president has ac cepted an invitation to attend a meet Ing of the railway branch of the Y. M, C. A., to be held at Topeka May 1. Few other detailo of the itinerary have been worked out. It has been decided with practical definitene'e that only one trip will be made, hile no dato for the beginning of the trip can bo fixed definitely until the senate shall have adjourned, it is expected now that it will not bo far from April 1. After leaving Washing ton the president will not return to Washington until some 'time in Juno It is likely that tho first two or three weeks of the trip will be passed prln cipally in the Yellowstono park. There the president will seek rest and recre ation, but it is understood that ho will do little hunting. Wholesale Mall Robbery. Boston, March 14. The city police. acting with postoffico inspectors, have arrested ,flve young, men who, it is charged, have in the last six months robbed the mails of (50,000. Some of the prisoners, all ot whom were em ployed as mall wagon drivers, have ad mitted to the Inspectors that thoy rip ped open tho mail bags in broad day light In places no lees conspicuous than the North Union and South Terminal railway stations. ITheir plunder con sisted ot gold watches, rings, silver ware, revolvers, knives, books, etc. Oets on U. P. Right of Way. Omaha, March 14. Tho Union Paci fic railroad and the Postal telegraph company havo como to an agreement by which tho Postal will build u line of wires on,tho Union Pacific right of way from Omaha to the Pacific coast. The poles and wires have been stored here for some time, and the work of con atruction will begin at once. The line will carry six wires, and the total cost of construction will bo (1,500,000. The objoct of the now line la to connect the Postal company's system directly with the Pacific cable. Two Men Killed In Snow Slide. Redding. Cal March 14. An 1m- menee snow slide occurred yesterday on the La Grange hydraulic ditch In Trin ity county. Con McLaughlin, a ditch tender, was sw opt down In tho mighty rush of snow and killed,' Today, whllo reecuers were at work looking for tho body, another big slldo camo down and Henrv Gentry was killed. All of tho men have been called off tho ditch, as slides are occurring right along, and there Is great danger. PAY TWICE IN 1904 NEW 0RC00N LAW MAKES TAXES PAYA11LU BY DECEMHER 31. Goes Into Effect Next Year Assessors Begin Work on First Monday In Jan uaryAnnual Levy by County Courts Witt Be Made at September Term Other Changes. Salem, Oregon, March 10. Taxpay ers In Oregon will pay taxes twice In 11)01. They will pay tho taxes levied upon tlio tax roll of 1U03 and also tho taxes levied upon the roll ol 1001. This is due to n change In tlio law by which taxes are to bo paid in tlio fall of tho same year the asxessmsnut Is made. In order to effect this change it was necessary to make tlio taxes pay ablo threo months earlier or nine months later. The collection of taxes Is already threo mouths latur than It should bo, so tho legislature decided to mako the taxoa payable in the pieced lug tall rather than In tho succeeding fall. Under tho present law tho assessment Is mado after tho first Momlay In Mnrch, tho assessment roll being tiled In September, tho levy thereon nmdo the following January and tho taxes collected by the first Monday In April. Thus tho taxes on the assessment of 1002 are not paid until 1003. Tho now law provides that thu assess or shall on tho first Monday ot January procure blank assessment rolls and pro ceed forthwith to mako his assessment, nnd return the toll bv the first Monday In July, showing all tho property owned in his coounty on tho first Mon day in January. Section 3U0 ot tho codo lias been amended so aa to pro vide that tho county board ot cnualiza- tlon shall sit on the first Monday of July, instoad ot on the last Monday of August, as heretofore. Soction 308 was amended so aa to limit tho time for correcting tho assossmsont rolls hy tho board of equalization of the county court to 20 days. Undor tho now law county.cotirta must mako tho annual tax levy in Sep tember following thu assessment. In order that tho county courts may havo information as to tho amount required, it is provided that tho stato board o( apportionment shall mako its estimate of stattoxnses in July, Instead of in January, as at present. Cltios nnd school districts must not!' the county clerks of thoir annual tax levies by the first day of September, Instead of by the first day of February, as under the old law. This gives the county courts full information for tho levying ot taxes at tho September term of court. All taxes nre payablo by the 31st day of. Doromber of the same year, section 3100 of tho code having been nmended so as to mako that provision. All taxes not paid by tho 31st day ot De cember become delinquent on that clay; provided, however, that it one-halt ol the taxes due on any parcel ol land are paid by the 31st of December, the prop erty-owner may have until tho follow ing first .Monday In April, nnd II tho remainder bo not then paid, it becomes delinquent, and, besides tho penalty, inlorest at the rato of 12 per cent will be charged on such remainder from the 31st day ot December. On all delin quent taxes interest Is to bo charged at the rate of 12 per cent' per annum from the date of the delinquency, and if the taxes remain delinquent 30 days, a penalty of 5 per cent will bo added. On all taxes paid on or before tho 31st day of December, a rebate of 2 jor cent will be allowed. Under the present law tho rebate is 3 per cent. On tbe first Monday in February tho sherifl must begin the collection ot delinquent taxs by levying upon personal property, and on tho first Monday in April close the delinquent roll and return it to the county court, County treasurers are required to pay one-half the state taxes by January 15, and tho other half by July 15, but the provisions of this act do not apply to any taxes heretofore levied. Delinquent sales aro to tako place by October 1 The new law shortens the entire time for making nn assessment and collecting the taxes one month. Taxpayers will pay thoir 1003 taxes In March, 1004, and their 1001 taxes In December, 1004. Status of Isle of Plnea. Havana, March 10. Minister Squicrs has returned here Irom a four days visit to tho Isle ot Pines, during which ho mad 5 note of tho reason the Amerl can residents have for urging United States sovereignity over the island He will report ;to Washington on the situation. He found tho .Americans to bo extremely anxious for American sov ereignity, ns they purchased land or stock In the four American laud com panies there in the full belief that the United States would assume sovereign- ity over the Isls of Pines, Chinese Rebels Still dalnlng. Victoria, March 10, The steamer Tosa Maru, which arrived last night, brought news of further engagements between tho Chinoso government forces and the Kwangsi rebels, in which the imperial troops wore defeated with loss, some high olliclals being among tho slain. Tho goveinor of Hunan has tel ographed to the Chineso government to the elfcct that tho rebellion has reached a most dangerous state, and he requests tlio govornment to mobilize troops in otl or provinces as a precaution against emergencies. Drowned In a Mine. Iron Mountain, Mich., March 10. Four men are known to have lost their lives and four otliors are missing today, tho result ot an accident In the Mlllis mine. The mon ,wero drowned by n rush of water which flooded tho north lovel of a cross-cut In tho mine. The Hcciucm was causou uy me men working wireless leiegrapn will no used regu through tho wall of their love into! larly for communicating between Fori another level, which hud been flooded, , Wadsworth, on Staton island, and Fort the water escaping through tho break Hancock, at Sandy Hook, 'across about and overwhelming tho miners. 1 16 miles of tlio low. or bay. WILL BEAT RECORD. Flood In Mississippi Valley Threatens Un told Damage to Property, New Orleans, March ill. It la gen erally admitted by government, stulo and city anthorltlea that tho Missis sippi river will in nil probability hnak all records before the present Mood be gins to recede. The gnugo hero tonight shows thu river to Imi Just ono tool be low tho high water record, and every precaution Is being taken to prevent serious damage and to prepare lor oinor gencles. All tho loveo lines ntu being Inspect- 1Mi ....i .,,. lim.a o( ....... nr i 0rk day and night. Though all the an thorltles admit that a record stage Is probable, they maintain that tho loveo system Is higher and stronger thanoer before, and that tho banks aro pre pared lo wlthMand tho extra strain. l'ho moat uutortiinatu condition at present is tho continuance of the rainy weather. This is having tho effect of softening tho luvees and all Uiulsiana Is praying for n return of suiinhliio. Six hundred men aro at work today at various points sacking weak xilnt and ralslLg the lino of nmlwiikmeiits. Thousands of sacks of sand aro lwing distributed along tho river. The engi neers reKrt thu levees between South Port and Citrrolllon In excellent con dition. Tho United States engineer olliclals have pronibod their co operation with tho authorities In carry ing on the light against tho Hood. All the levco boards of tho statu may lm In contlnuius session and every foot of loveo on the river Is under surveillance of armed guards. OTHER DIIADIIEAT NATIONS. Baltaln May Next Collect Irom (luatcmala and Costa Mica. , Now York, March 13. Ilngllsh In vestors In Spanlsli-Amcrlritu loans nnd enterprises aro now looking for a sequel to tho Venezuelan affair In somo other quarter of tho Western hemisphere, says tho Trlbuun's reprownlatlvo In ljindon. Tho only other countries m hero defaults of Intereit and repudi ation ol financial obligations nro fla grant aro Costa Rica and (iiiatemala. Die external debt of Costa Iti'-n war scaled down to lower rates of interest, but the defaults liuvo occurred on lietli the Interest and ti e sinking (und Guatemala's debt was also rearranged tor at 4 per cent, but the interest has not been paid. These countries aro exposing them selves to fcreign coercion in thelntorot of Euroean creditors. It is not proba ble that England will Join Germany In another naval campahm against either republic, since tho lirltlsh Investors in the two main Veneiuelnn loans com plain that the effect of tho alliance has been to establish preference for inferior German claims and tocreatoa prejudice against tho legitimate claims of bond holders. PLACED IN NAVY'S CARE. Midway Islands Will Be Protected from Roving Japanese Sailors. Washington, Marcli 13. Tho presl dent by executive order has turned the Midway Islands over In the navy de partment. This was liouo at the in stance the Pacific cabloccuipany, which has asked for tha protection ot lis prop erty on thu Islands. Roving Japanese sailors are , in tho hnblt of landing on tho inlands for the plumagn of sen fowl and for guano, it la probable that I lu nar y will establish a small station on tho Islands and American warships will make a practice of touching there much moro frequently than they have done In tho past. The islands are two in number, Sand Island, having 033 acres, and Eastern Island, 215 acres. There Is a harbor atlTordlng nliout 18 feet ol water. Tho Islands are doomed essen tial to tho ojarntion of the Pacific cable, which will touch there on Us western route from Hawaii. Red Tape In the Way. New York, March 13. Tho state ment that the postofllco department Iihs acceded to .Marconi s request for tele graph communication through Fal mouth 'with tho wireless station at I'oldbu Is understood to bo substantial ly truo, says a London dispatch to tho Tribune Tho concession, however, does not improve much tho prospects of an early establishment ot n commercial wireless system U-tween England and America. Marconi has not been able lo persuade tho postmaster general to allow messages destined for transmis sion across tho ocean by wireless system to bo handed in as cablo messagoa at any telegraph ofllco in tho United King dom. Lighthouse on Mile Rock. San Francisco, March 13. Under the direction of Captain Valentino, of tho United Statoa engineer corps, a forco of men has gono to Mile Rock, at tho entrance to tho Golden Gato, and begun the work of preparing fcr tho erection ot a lighthouse on the jagged peak. Blnro the days of tho discovery of this bay Mile rock has bcon regarded as ono of tho most clangorous obstruc tions to navigation on this part ot tho coast. The construction of a lighthouse will not only romovo tlio element of danger, but servo aa a guide. Chamberlain Sick but Hopeful. New York, March 13, Mr. Cham. berluln, who has arrived at Mudorla, U'AH reenlVful tlinrit Willi lllllrlw,tr..timn ' ..wirJinn, tn it J -tVii .... , accenting to the Tribune's Ijndoii cor respondent. He has suffered severely from his old onomy, gout, during tho passago. A Daily Mail representative says that tho colonial secretary Is per sonally satisfied with tho results of his tour. The Capo situation Is at loast as satisfactory as ho oxpoctod, and ho Is still hopeful of tho future, provided thu uutcn promises ol loyalty and concilia tion aro kept. Wireless Telegraph Between Ports. New York, March 13 Preliminary tests of a wireless telegraph system bo- twoon tlio harbor forts were mado today under tho direction of Lieutenant Col onel Dnnwoody, chief signal officer Unltod States army, and In future the FIRE AT PORTLAND NEARLY IIAI.I' A (10ES Ul MILLION DOLLARS IN SM0KU. Very Little Property la Saved, Owing to High Winds and Lack of Water-In veadlary la Suspected- Four I'Lca ili.e Firemen a Hard Day's Work vi. tmi.t Dock m Ruin. Portland, March II, Four . pa-ale Urea In Portland yesterday iiiorki d tho efforts ot thu tolling tinmen ami destroyed proetly to thu value of m ly (600,000. It stHiins reasonably certain that two, and H)sslhly all, ol tho coulliigrnlloiis, were of Incendiary origin, ami that hidden In tho swaying crunda that watched tho leaping Halites n pyre maniac gazed gleefully at tho destruc tion ho had wrought. So certain aro tho local representa tives of tho big Insurance companies that au Incendiary Is deliberately at templing to burn down tho docks which line tlio river front that thoy yesterday Informed tho owners ul tho various wharves that, unlets watchmen wein nt once employed to patrol the pniir ty, thu companies would cancel thoir insurance policies. Tho llrst alarm was turned lu nt 3:110 o'clock yesterday morning. Tho resi dence! of William l'aber, at tho comer of Market and Eleventh streets, was In llauius, and lieloro the llrouien could extinguish the fire, thu building was completely gutted. Before the department had loft 1 1 smoldering emliers ot this handnoi i' homo, an ularui was sounded (or llcirco coutlsgratlou In lner Alblui at tho corner of Mississippi avenue ai Russell street. Hero also the flames, fanned lo n while heat by the driving gale, laughed at thu weak streams Unit dribbled from the unities of tho lire men, and while Chief t'umpliell cursed the Into which bade him draw water to light n raging lire through a tiny water main, tho Urn sent proHrty valued nt 25,000 whirling skywards In smoke. At 10:20 o'clock In tho morning tlio llrellghters, wearied with n night ol facing seething themes and strangling imoke, were called to combat tho fierc est conflagration of them all, a flro at llio Victoria clock, where tlio thri heat on ono side and thu hurrying tm r on the other prevented tho llrei n from occupying any vantage grc I from which they could reach t i' enemy. And hero also tho flro 'l: ' only when tho swirling flnmo could tlnil no further thing on which to prey. Tho Ion is estimated at (378,000. In the cuening at 0:20 o'clock the last alarm of tho eventful day was sounded. A messenger hoy passing tho candy factory of Canning A Wallsco saw a tiny tonguo of llano flicker from a window on tlio second floor. He run In the oliru station near by nnd shout ed "Flro!" Ah quickly ns may Imi thn dashing engines reached the sxt, and the tired llreinen saw a whirlwind ol lire Niforn thorn that sent twisting eddies of Ihimii across the street to lick hungrily nt tho stonework of the oppo site buildings. On either hand of tho candy factory were warehouses II I led with paint and nils, brooms and rattan ware. And thn candy factory was a roarihg furnace. It was a situation that appalled tho early comers lo thn lire, hut the Damns were held in check by thu thick walls, and this morning the gutted walls only of tho candy factory toll a mule story of the strug gle, Imtead of n devastates! block, ns hero might well havo been. Thu losa is about ( 10,000. CAN'T HEAT CUBAN TTI1ATV. Not Enough Opposing Votes Can Be Pound to PreVcnt Ratification. Washington, March 12. If tho Cti ban treaty la defeated It will ho by Democratic votos, and it will tako nearly tho entire Democratic member ship lo accomplish this rcitilt. As llio senate stand, there aro Q7 Kopubllcaiis ami .1.1 wemocrats. fo far as known, , with one exception, (Hard, of Callfc t nla), all tho Republicans are In favor of tho treaty. This makes fill vote four more would Im sufficient to ratift Tho opposition must secure 31 votes In order to dofcat It and this is not bo llovod to bo possible. ! Tho men who wore so antagonistic to tho reciprocity bill that camo over from llio house during tho first session of tho lust congress are not making any opposition, so far as can bo learned. Tho Democratic opposition is tho com I bloatlon of sugar and tobacco Interests, who fenr that a 20 per cent reduction will seriously injure the homo produc tlon of thoso commodities. At tho samo time It Is not bollovod that their opposition is sufficient to control 31 votes. Enormous Cost of War. Now York, March 12.- Mr Ilroderlck wants 34,000,000 pounds for the army next yoar. Tho same amount Is re quired for tho navy by Ixjrd Shel bourno. Tho army estimates havo nevor boforo boon approached except In timo ot war, and the navy estimates, which oxroed the current year's figures by 3,600,000, have broken all records. John Ilrlght onco said that a imvorn. mont which could not rule tho Unltod irt , ... mn . . . . on '"i""".""" pounds a year sriouiii no turned out. Tho army and navy alono now cost almost Hint num. Execution of lloxcrii. Pekln, Mnrch 12. Yuan f-hal, gov ornor of Chi LI provlnco, having 1 n, n Informed that tho lloxer orgnoUdto-o inn resumed activity In tlio'-p- -wo psit ol thu provlnco, dispatched r , w o discovered that members of -o- h.m-Hj, well armed, were drilling nt night in n town 100 miles oaBt of l'ekln. Tlio Roxurs wore dispersed altor n dozen of them and sovorul soldlors had been killed. Yuan filial ordered thojprlson ors to bo beheaded. To Solve Mystery of the Alalne. Madrid, Mnich IS. Foreign Minister Aharziizn will propose at tho next cabinet council that tho Spanish gov eminent tako stops to havo tho wrecked battleship Mnlno re II oa tod In Havana harbor, In ortlor lo dlscovor tho causa of hor sinking.