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Bohemia Nugget llahrml Nunt Pub. Ce. COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Import, ant Happening of the PJt Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Llktly to Prove Interestlnc. Field Marshal von Waldorsoo Is dead. Th Iioubo lias passed the Indian ap propriation bill. Droyfus has won an appeal for n revision of his case. Tho United States will not grant tho Guam-Japan cable concession. riilnll will not accent tho chairman ship of tho National llcpubllcan com mittee. Eastern miners refuse to accept a ,.!,, Minn In KrP and U StrlkO lS probable. Senator Nelson declares American Interests demand slio prevent me uu mcmbcrment of China. Troops have been sent from Vladl vnatnir in meet the Japanese ad- vanco from tho south. PrraMont Smith, of tho Mormon church, says congress Is prying into his domestic affairs witnoui nguu Britain believes tho only diplomatic lancer lies In a continental protest against tho Japaneso-Corcan treaty. Japan has again nddresscd tho pow era In reply to tho nusslan contcn tlon that sho violated rules of war. An earthquake In Now Mexico did much damago to property. Russia welcomes what It terms the change In American sentiment. Aiivfro from Port Arthur say the Japanese are agnln bombarding that place. i'ho hn!v nf n mastodon In a good stato of preservation has been found near Dawson. Japan has completed the landing of a great force in uorea, anu a lurwmu movement is expected soon. President Smith, in tho Smoot trial says Mormons will defend plural mar rlages if an nltacK is maae. Tho Japanese fleet has allowed a number of colliers to proceed to iaui vostok, expecting to seize the fuel and supplies wnon it raK.es inai pun. A bm has been Introduced to allow the Northern Pacific to sell lands along the right of way and quiet title to tracts in Portland and other West ern cities. The Oreat Northern and Northern Pacific railways have agreed to offer homesoekcrs excursion rates during March and April. The rate to the vest and return will be one fare, plus 12.00. The flood situation on tho Ohio river at Toledo Is serious. King Edward is confined to his room on account of Illness. Senator Hale thinks the navy Is ask ing for too many new ships. General Kouropatkin will make Mukden his headquarters. Chief of engineers recomtneends against the extension of the Grays Harbor Jetty. A high Husslan official says the ab andonment of Port Arthur would be disastrous to Russia. . Ex-President Cleveland denies that ho ever had a Negro as his guest at luncheon, as reported. Japancs refuges declare they were treated In a terrible manner by Rus sians at Port Arthur. A maniac ran amuck In the war de partment office, shooting one man ana firing at other clerks. Fearing the approach of a Japa nese fleet. Russslans and noncombat- ants at Yinkow are preparing to re tire. Secretary Shaw has called on the national banks for S30.000.000 of gov. crnmcnt deposits to be applied on tho price of tho Panama canai. Senator Fulton has Introduced a bill strengthening tho present salmon Ashing law so as to further restrict Ashing and extend the closed season. Corea now fears her fate Is sealed, no matter which way the war goes, Japanese staff leaves for Corea, and troous are expected to advance at once. General Charles Dick has been elected to succeed the late Senator Hanna. Premier Balfour effectively used the war as an argument for a greater Brit ish navy. The Frye shipping bill appears sure of modification as requested by Ore gon senators. Tha senate has nassed a bill limit lng carrying of government supplies to American ships. Ambassador Casslnl blames tho sen rational press of America for feeling nganlst this country in Russia. Tho house committee has favorably reported a resolution for Cortelyou to Inquire into the workings of the beef trust. Roprofuntatlve Williamson made a half hojr sneech In the house In tho Interest of a liberal appropriation for tho 1905 fair. Jnnan has renlled to the Russian contention that sho violated laws of neutrality and throws blame for war cntlroly upon the Czar. Secretary of State Hay Is again 111 with tho grip. Port Arthur forts are running short of ammunition. Intorior department officials ser iously object to Roosovolt's new for est reserve order. Russia will consider the granting of cable concessions by America as a breach of neutrality. Contrary to rumors circulating, Ex President Kruger, of the TranBvaal, Is In tho best of health. Claronco Mackay proposes to organ Izo a trust to handle tho companies originated by his father. Tho report of the American com mander nt Chemulpo shows that Rus sian criticism was unwarranted. A bill has been Introduced in con cress to allow tho Philippines to is suo 110.000,000 of non-taxable bonds for public Improvements. An Alabama Negro, who shot two mail clerks, has been run down, and I now In Jail guardod by utato mili tia to provent lynching. 8HELL THE CITY. Japanese Fleet of Seven Vessels Bom bard Vladivostok. Vladivostok, March 8.--A fleet of. five Japanese batllcsiups anu iwu cruisers appeared off this plnco at 1:25 o'clock this afternoon nud bom barded tho town and shore naileries for B5 minutes. Tho fleet approached from tho di rection of Askold Island, nt the east entrance to Ussurl Bay. and nbout 32 miles southeast oi inuivuu. Entering Ussurl uay. me formed a lino of battle, but d d not approach to a closer range man n mllo and one-tnira. im-j ,i.i n.. mrninet tlm shoro batteries and tho town, but no damage resulted. as most of their sou iyuuuu uv fulled to burst. The Russian batteries, cuiuiuumu by Generals Vornotez and Artnmonoff. did not reply, awaiting a closer ap proach of tho enemy. ,,., The Japanese nro m .. r- m.. ana lue enemy rem rooiinn nf Aakold Island. Simultan eously two torpedo-boat destroyers appeared near Askold Island and two more near uape .iinim-i. m- .... anlna WOfP COVOred With ICC. Tho attack resulted In no loss to the Russians, but cost the Japanese 200.000 rubles ($100,000) in ammuni tion. Most or Hie projectiles .nil 19.tnrh Shells. Tho population of Vladivostok wns warned this morning of the presence on the horizon of a hostile fleet and tho prospect of an attack during the day, but It reniaineu tranquil. TO OPEN BIG TRACT. Congress Is Asked to Allow Settlers on Yakima Lands. Wnahlnpinn Mnrch S. Renresentn ilvo .Tnnps today Introduced n bill opening to settlement nbout 1.000 000 acres of unallotted lands of the Yak ima tmllan reservation. Having the of the support of the Inter ior department he hopes o securo the passage of this Dill at me present scs Rlnn. The bill authorizes the secretary of tho Interior to classify, and appraise the unallotted lands of the reserva tion. Irrigable and grazing lands are there to bo thrown open under the homestead law. while timber lands will be sold under sealed bids after due advertisement. Mineral lands vs 111 be disposed of under the mineral laws and arid land under the desert art In addition to complying with the requirement of the land laws, settlers will be required to pay the appraised value of the lands they acquire. Tho Mil reroimizes the claim of the Yak- ima Indians to the disputed tract of 300,000 acres lying west of their pres. ent reservation and east of the sum- mlt of the mountains. The secretary is authorized to make allotments to those Indians on the reservation who have not yet received lands, and is also authorized to set apart tracts of crazing and timber lands for the Den eflt of the tribe. FIRE LOSS GROWS. Oklahoma Now Puts Cost of Prairie laze at $500,000. Oklahoma City, Okla.. March 7. Three persons perished in the prair ie fire and the financial loss by the fire and gale Is estimated at 1500.000. Further reports of property loss by both Bre and wind Indicate that the first estimate was too low. The dam age by wind extends over seven coun ties In the Southwest. The total losses from fire and Btorm can as yet only be estimated, but it Is the gener al opinion that they will reach 150Q 000. Scores of persons are suffering from burns and broken limbs. The area from which reports of damage by wind come cover a hundred miles square and means of communication over the district are meager. This difficulty Is Increased by the fact that po!esare burned and wires blown down. The little town of Francis was des troyed by fire, but no particulars are given. Three residences at Snyder were de molished, and seven persons were In lured, none, it is believed, fatally. At Mount Park, several houses were demolished, and half a dozen persons were Injured, none, seriouBly. A strip six miles wide nnd nine miles long burned 20 miles seuth of Hobart. The loss in the Kiowa country will exceed 1150,008. Czar Will Replace Vessels Lost. Paris. March 8. The Figaro this morning published a St. Petersburg dispatch saying that a member of the committee on the Increase of the navy has declared that 17,500,000 has thus far been subscribed to this end. Count Orloff Davidoff has telegraphed from Rome that he has placed $1,500. 000 at the disposition of tne commit tee. The Czar, the correspondent contin ues, has decided to rebuild tho Rus clan cruiser Varlag and the torpedo gunboat Korlctz, which were destroy ed at Chemulpo, out of his private purse. Force Going to Manchuria Each Day. Paris, March 8. A dispatch to tho Eclalre from St. Petersburg says that trains now run directly from Samara to Mukden and Vladivostok, as a re sult of the completion of the railroad across tho Ice on Lake Baikal. This branch of tho line was. Inaugurated March 2 In the presence of Prince Hhllhoff. After tho celebration of mass, the first train, composed of 25 cars, was sent across tho lake. Each train carries from COO to 800 men. The service Is regular, and between 3000 and 4000 men are sent every day toward Manchuria. Lighthouse Tender Needed. Washington, March 8. Tho Secre tary of commorce and labor today re commended to congress that an ap propriation of 1160,000 bo Immediate ly made for the construction of a new lighthouse tender for the Thirteenth Lighthouse district. Ho states that the Manznnlta, now assigned to that district, Is sultablo only for Alaskan service, and should be permanently stationed in Northern waters. A staunch sea-going vessel Is needed off tho Washington and Oregon coasts. Russia Wants American Apparatus. Now York March 8, A rush order has been placed with an American firm for apparatus used in coaling warships at sea. It Is expected that tho 45 Russian vessels in homo waters will be In position by Juno to proceed, If necessary, to Far Eastern stations, taking with them the Amer ican Invention which will enable the wnr vessels to proceed without run ning afoul of tho regulations at neu tral ports regarding coal. ENTRANCE CLOSED PORT ARTHUR IS NOW BLOCKED TO BIO VESSELS. Battleship It In the Way-Oaly Small Cruisers Can lo Out-Japan I'-oresaw Possibility ot Coal Being Held Con traband ol War and Mat Immense Supply on Hand. London. March 7. Ltttlo chaugo lu tho Far Eastern situation Is reported this morning. It Is apparent that tho Japaneso are busily engaged In trans porting their forces Into Corea, nuu this work is facilitated by tho enforc ed Inactivity ot tho navy. According to the Scbastopool cor respondent of tho Dally Graphic, Ad mlral Skrydloff has learned privately from Port Arthur that tho Russian battleship Retitvan lies In such n po- sltlou as to block effectually the exit of battleships from tho harbor, tho passago being practically only tho cruisers. Tho correspondent adds that Russia's new battleships now building on the Baltic will not bo ready for ac tive commission bcroro uio enu oi u- The Japaneso omcer woo una Limit," nf iniinn' financial aud commercial in terests lu Kngiatid ueciares mm mu government foresaw the possibility of coal being declared contraband of war, and that it had been collecting largo stores of Welsh steam coal tor years, so that today it had a supply sufflcl nnf tnr the navv for years to conn. According to a Toklo correspondent nf tho Standard, the Mikado has sent a personal message to the Emperor of Corea assuring htm that the war was declared solely with tho Ivtw to se curing permanent peace,, and express ing tho sincero wish that the recently concluded Japanese Corean protocol would Increase tho Intimacy ot the two countries. On the strength of a statement made hv n missionary, tho Shanghl corres pondent of tho Dally Chronicle scuds in a doubtful report that 28 Japaneso sailors have landed at Tengchau, west of Cheefoo, saying their vessel had sunk as the result of an engagement with Russian warships, which also down. No Ruslan were saved but 200 Japanese were rescued by rhinnsR lunks. This action Is report ed to have occurred between Port Ar thur and Mlao in momicsnnu cuuu- ael. GO TO PANAMA. Canal Commissioner Called to Wash Ington for Conference. Washington. March 7. Admiral Walker, chairman of tho Isthmian ca- nal commission, had a conference to day with the President relating to canal affairs. At tho conclusion of tho conference Admiral Walker said he had advised the commission by tele graph to come to Washington at their earliest convenience. Ho said he ox- pected the commission would sail for tho Isthmus on March 22. If, however, nil the members could not arrange their affairs so as to leave at that time the commlslon would leave a ween later. It Is said the President adopted an unusual procedure In specifllcally naming In the list of nominations Ad miral Walker as chairman of the commission, as It Is usual to leave the selection ot chairman to the commis alnn. nut there were slight signs ol friction, It is said, which Impelled the President to prevent any contest In the commission by naming tne cnair man himself. Rear-Admiral Rlxey, Surgeon-Gen eral of the Navy, is going to Panama to make an lnsepction of the sanitary conditions on tne Isthmus. No date has been set for his departure, but he will have a conference with Rear-Admiral Walker before working out the details of his trip. The health of marines and of the of ficers and men on the ships on duty in isthmian waters comes under the eharee or Rear-Admiral Rlxey. and he will make a careful Investigation of the sites selected for camps, and on his return probably will draft a report ho may see flt regarding proper quar ters for the men and the making ol whatever sanitary safeguards ho thinks necessary. There are on the Isthmus six sur- geons of the navy already. One of them who has JuBt returned reports that the health of the men is excel' lent. Anxiety for Von Waldersee. Hanover, Prussia, March 7. Tho condition qf Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee is causing anxiety among his friends. He baB been 111 for some days, and Is losing strength. There was no Improvement late tonight, ac cording to dispatches from Hanover, In the condition of Count von Waldcr- bee. Professor Orth of Berlin, and Professor Eppstcln of Gottlngen, have diagnosed the disease ag Intestinal inflammation. The Count Is very weak and the worst Is feared. Emper or William has ordered that full re ports of the Field Marshal's condition be wired him rrequentiy. Learn "Pull' Used by Congressmen, Washington, March 7. An all-day session ot the sub-committee of the house committee on postofilces and post roads today resulted In the draft of a report on tho Hay resolution call ing for certain Information regarding the use of "Influence" by members of the House to securo increase or sal ary, etc., for Postmasters. The report will be submitted to tho full commit teo tomorrow, when It Is reported tho same report will bo referred to tho House. This report contains all tho Information tho committee has ob tained from the Postolflco department. Naval Station a Live Issue. Washington, March 7. Almost the entire time of the senate today was given to consideration of the question of a site for n naval training station on the Great Lakes. The controversy arose over tho appointment or a now commission to select a slto. Tho com mittee amendment was so amended as to mako It annly to all the Great Lakes and not alone to Lake Michigan, but Quarles' amendment calling for a now commission to select a sito was not acted on. Great Earthquake In Peru. Lima. Peru. March 7. A tremend ous earthquake, which did much dam age, occurred hero at 6:20 this morn ing. Nothing comparable with It has been experienced during the last 30 years. Prairie Fre Sweeps Over Oklahoma With Great Damage. Lawton. Okln.. March 5 Driven by a terrific k1o from tho north, which at times reached the velocity ot vu mlKla an hniir. n pmlrlo tiro swept over thousands of acres of Kiowa and Comaiicho counties last night, destroy lug hundreds of farm building" and much llvo stock, made 1000 persons homeless, caused tho death of several persons, threatened a number of towns and swept away scores of build ings In tho outskirts or towns. Tho losses from winu aim uro re ported to date follow: Hobnrt, $4000; Vinson. $8000; Lawton, $10,000; small ountry towns, aggregate, jou.uwu; farm property, $100,000. Tho country was very ury, no rain having fallen for months. Grass and stubble tires set by farmers, iu Is cus tomary nt this season or the year, wero soon driven beyond control by tho gale, which rose suddenly. All estimates of the loss exceou $200,000. At Hobnrt, tho couuty seat of Kiowa county, the Are destroyed numerous outlying buildings, mo o,- 000 acres of Government military and timber nnd Indian reserve near Ho bart were swept with loss of bulldlugs and cattle. In the Homestead district near Law- ton, occurred the loss of lire. Lnto at night the tire began moving southward toward tho city. At w o'clock, midnight. 6000 people of this ilty wero up In battle with tho flames. Tho advance lino or tlio tiro was ruiiy two miles In length nud moved lu n somlclrcular form. Two thousand men turned their or- forts to checking tho grass borders of tho reservation nt the city limits Water from every source, carried In every conceivable way. was distributed along the line aud curieu an annum tha city limits. This served the pur poso ot cheeking the advance Hues of tho lire, but wns ot little avail hi hindering tho continued rolling of the firebrands Into tho streets of the city. In more than a hundred places flames aross from dwellings, burns nnd out houses, but wherever a blnzo grew men wero present to quench It with water. As a result or the cool jikik- ment of tho lighters, the city's loss was only $10,000. Stories nro coming In tonight or how families laid out on the barren prairie through tho freezing night after tho storm had passed with only tho thin clothes on their hacks as re minders of once prosperous homes Hundreds ot people nro destitute and are suffcrlnglng intensely iu tho cold with the excruciating pain caused by their burns. Clothes, medicine and Physicians arc being sent out from nil tho cities and towns ot the district to relieve the suffering. TO RENEW FIRE. Japanese Ships Believed to Be Re plenishing Supplies. St. Petersburg, March 5. The au Ihoritles arc badly puzzled at tho ap parent disappearance of the Japanese squadron whlcn has been investing Port Arthur, and arc Inclined to be lieve that the ships are being coaled and their ammunition supply replcn Ished, In order to renew the bombard ment at an early date. Tho report which is being persls tcntly circulated by tho ' official news agency that tho Japaneso have retire! discouraged at their lack of success In damaging the fortress, and the severe Injury to some of their ships, Is laugh ed at by tho best-posted of tho nava experts here. They point out that tho ships of the Japaneso squadron have used a great deal or ammunition In their several bombardments of the fortress, and declare It was to be ex pected they would have to withdraw to their base in order to load supplies and coal. CEMENT BIDS EXCESSIVE. Government Will Erect Own Plant at Arizona Irrigation Works. Washington, March 5. Tho Interior department today rejected all tho bids submitted several days ago for the supply of some 150,000 to 250,000 bar rels of Portland cement to tho gov ernment for the Salt River Irrigation project In Arizona. Tho action Is the result of the excessive prices submit ted by the cement manufacturers, the department stating that first-class Portland cement can bo manufactured at tho'dam-sito on Salt River from good materials at hand there for loss than $3 a barrel, Including tho entire cost of the plant, fuel, operation, etc Tho department will now consider the question of erecting a plant for tho Government manufacture of the cement, the purchase of tho supply In open market, or readvertlsement of bids. 8teamer Intended for Russia. Tacoma, Wash., March 5. While no confirmation of tho fact is obtainable at this time, tho belief Is gaining ground that the steamers sold by the Northern Pacific Steamship Company to tho Northwestern Siberian Com pany are Intended for tuo Russian government, and will never bo put on tho Alaska run, except to pass Alas ka on their way toKamschatka. The fact tnat John Rosenc, manager of tho purchasing company, recently return ed from St. Petersburg, and tho fur ther fact mat o is owner of valuable- concessions from the Ruslan govern ment, lends odor to lue roport. Egypt Orders Boats to Go. Port Said. Egypt, March 6. As result of a collision between a Rus sian torpedo-boat and an Egyptian revenue cutter at Kantara In tho can al, the cutter was sunk. Thero was no casualties. The Ruslans stood by and saved tho crow. Tho canal will be blocked at least twenty-four hours Three of the four Russian torpedo boats which returned hero yesterday after havlnc sailed ostensibly for AI Eiers. were considerably weather-beat en. They wero refused an additional supply of coal and ordered to leave port- To Prevent Crossing of.Yalu. Seoul, March 5. Tho Ruslan forces at Anju are compelling tho Coreans to supply them with rlco, rodcior and fuel. Tho Russians are roriuying An lung heavily, with the apparent InUm tlon of preventing tho Japanese from crossing tho Yalu. Tho commander of a British gunboat, bringing down res idents of that nationality from Song Chong, reports tho death of Prlnco Yl Chat Sun, a nephew of tho former king and a man who has filled all tho high posts in tho kingdom, Siberian Reserves Anxious to Go. St. Petersburg, March 6. Mall ad vices from Siberia Bay tho army re serves from the rural districts seem to be moro anxious to go to the front than the townsmen. Mnny of the lat ter aro presenting physlcans' certifi cates of Illness. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON AN IRRIGATION SECTION. Echo tho Pivotal Point for Many Enterprises, Echo. In no other iiurt ot Eastern Oregon Is thero as many Irrigation Fchcmca under way as nlong tho Unit- ilia river between here nud Pendleton on tho east and here und Uiimtlllhi on the Columbia river. Kehu Is tho center of this uniuiii activity In Irrigation enterprises. Sonio of the companies wiuen navo been Incorporated, many or wiuen nro lu the midst of extensive Improve ment work, are Maxwell h-rlgatloii Company, lletlhel Ditch Company, M nne in iu Irr cnt on uoinimuy. uiu tun Land & Water Company Three Allln Falls Irrigation Company. Sun- tllla Ditch Company, Oregon Land .t Construct on Company, naiiey uiieii i-iimiKinv. Inland Irrigation Company Mi-iiwne n tcli company, uimiinuia l.nnd & Irrigation Company. Allen others. Thero aro also n number ot others. Theio are also a nuineh of private Irrigation schemes under way by some or uio larmers oi me ur inlltulltic district. Because water hns already been supplied to a largo section of tho land below here, the district Is now known r tiui fiiinniiH Kchn alfalfa mendows Hundreds of tons of ulfaira are raiseu tliero vearlv. Tho irrli-ntlnii nroloct under way this year will bo prove exceptionally taluablo to llie farmers wno are i nterlug tho sugur beet raising in dustrv. 3mo of tho companies have pur chased large tracts of tho district and the property will bo resold in smun plots to tie used for gardening and fruit raising purposes. Tho people urn Irvine tu make this district, which was oneo a land ot desert nud sage brush, n famous fruit belt. HOW CHEMAWA HAS GROWN. Great Indian School Celebrates Birth day With Good Cheer. Chemawa. Tho Chcmnwa Indian School celebrated Its twenty fimrtn .innlverHarv ono day last week. The mmlln ti-r.. lMvc'11 a llulMlollllHV. Ill honor of the day. nnd In the evening iho wholo school nssembled In the uudltorlum and an appropriate pro gramme wns rendered, consisting of addresses and music. Twenty-four yenrs ago wo scnooi was started by Captain Wilkinson, of iho United States Army, at r ureal Grove, and shortly nfter was moved to its present location at unemnwu. Then It had accommodations for 25 niinlli now It can care for tiUU pupus thnn it bail three small framo build ings. nnd a half acro or land, now u hns 37 commodious structures nnd nr. nrriH nf cood land as bo found 'n tho Northwest. From this small beginning It has grown In size and lin nnrtanrn and Is now tho fourth larg hbI in tlm United States, nnd Is rluss- ed as the Industrial School or tlio in dlan Service. Itn numla come from California, Orecon. Washington. Nevada, Idaho, Montana ami Alaska. Will Condense Milk In Coose. Marshfield. Tho establishing of condensed milk plant In this city nt tho terminus of tho Coos nny & floso- burc rollroad Is almost assured. A J. Seely, of Nowberg, Or, Is hero on his second visit with n vjow of start tne tho enterprise. The Mnrshlleld boarjl of trado has offered all tho In ilneements ho could ask. nnd Mnnagci fhnndlcr of tho railroad, has proffered tho site, which Is Ideal, being tho most central point In tho county, from which mlyk can bo received from an loruu lies dallv. The dairy Interests of the ronntv arf extensive and the condens er will start with mnny tons of milk dally. Will Quarry Belgian Blocks. St. Helens The letting of tho con tract for CtO.000 Belgian blocks for ravine the streets of the metropoll will bo a considerable help to the bust tiess nf th s community, as tne diock aro to ho quarried here, necessitating tho employment of a largo number of men whoso wages run from $250 to $8 per day. Two quarles win bo oper ated. Ono on Milton Creek, and tn ntiw.r lietnw town, know ns tho Lis ters' quarry. Tho latter has several foot of loose rock over the quarry and this will be barged to Portland, crush ed nnd ascd on tho city's streets. Lusy Season at Lucky Boy. Eugene. L. Zimmerman president of tho Lucky Boy Mining Company, hns lust romn down from tho mines and reports tho machinery nil In place for the Improvement and addition to the stamn mill. Tho company now nan flftv stamns ready to begin work and Intends nt an early date to mako things ring In tho camp. Tho new electric power plant Is nearly ready for operation, and tho lino Is up for transmission to tho mine. About tho only remaining work of importnnco now Is the Installing of tho transform ers at the mlno. Drop In the Price of Hay. Pendolton. Tho first drop In tho prlrejof hay as tho result of tho open winter, haB occurred. Wheat hay, which for tho greater portion of the winter, has been selling at $13 per ton, now soils at $11. Indications are that tho price will go Bllll lower. Balled timothy Is still selling at $22 per ton. There Is a good supply on hand, becauso a small amount, com pared to other winters, was used dur ing tho season about closed. A drop In tho prlco of timothy Is expected In a short time; Mineral Exhibit for e Fair. Baker City Stato Commissioners Raffety and Williams, of tho Lewis and Clark Commission, aro horo, looking over the exhibit prepared by Superin tendent Fred Mellis for the St. Louis exposition. Thoy found a choice col lection of ores and mlnoral specimens already arranged for tho exhibit nnd a long and exhaustive list of specimens secured from tho various mines, which will soon bo on hand ready for trans portation. It will bo the most com plete collection of minerals ovor plac ed on exhibition from this stato. To Forbid Insurance Trust. Lebanon. In vlow of tho fact thnt tho cost of Insurance is steadily In creasing instead of decreasing, as companies hero asserted that It would, Hon. M. A. Miller Btatcs that at the next session of the stato legislature ho will introduce a bill forbidding in surance companies to combine, as they arc continually doing, FROM CATTLE TO SHEEP. Many Lane County Men Turn to More Profitable Stock. Huge-no Tlio Present Winter, whllo the winter Iihh been iinfortiiiiato- uilld, has set a number ot cuttlemeu lo thinking on questions ot ucouuuiy, mid tho relative profits ot cattle nud Ill-op. Ab u result many will gradual ly work uwuy from cattle nud duvutu heir attention more tu Hheep. Tlieie has been no gloat profit lu range cat lo tor some years, unless they could be kept on lunge that cost nothing, while sheep aro paying hauduome pto fits on any ot tho best farms In the Valley, after charging them with feed, Interest aud all Items of expense. The cuttlemeu aro brought to u reullz iitlou that It costs nearly us much to cep an animal over the winter as It will sell for lu the spring, and lu this they seo no piulll. This winter hay U woith $18 u ton or belter. It takes no less thnn n ton to each uiilmul to winter thum lu decent shape, and very- few ranges could sell out their stock ul $18 per head. For this reason lhe are loo...ng muio to sheep, which sub slst almost entirely on tho range, re qulro little attention, yield an annual levemte In wool that will pay fur keep lng and have the mutton left as piollt. RULING ON LAND LAWS. Opinion on Important Point Given by Attorney.Qeneral, Salem. In response to u quesllou propounded by Clerk ot tho Stutu Lund Hoard G. (1. Brown, Attorney (!cm-i ill t'rawfoid has rendered an opinion In which he held In aubstunco, that It a pcison purchase Indemnity school laud from tlio statv ami divest It or Its tlm her, and thereafter It la found thai the state cannot convey title thereto said purchaser la entitled lo the re payment ot his purchase price paid to tne stale, u ml or avctlous 3310 and 3311 of the code. The Attorney General adds that It such timber Is removed from the laud ami It Is found that Iho title thereto lies In tho United States, the party re moving It Is held accountable fur the same to the Government, hut that the Government cannot hold tho statu II ulilo for such devnstntlun. So far as Is known, there Is only one case of this kind In existence, Iho one n which tlm questlun was raised, anil in tint case, tho timber has all been cut, but re in n I in upon the land, owlni to a lack of faclllltes for bringing It out. Buys Hrotet at Pendleton. Pundelton John Michaels, of North Ynklmn, shlppco u car ot ..raft horses from this point to his Washington ranch last week. Ho paid from $200 to $300 per team. niriliualiiK Iho most of tho horses from 11. K. MeKlroy farmer living nbout llvo miles out from Pendleton. Good draft horses aro held at a high figure In this tils trlct, said Mr. Michaels this morning "I could hnvo purctiasnd horses In Vu Kltna county, but not as readily as could hero. Tho Seattle buyers hiive bought up a largo number of the Wush Ington horses. .. Completing Now Box Factory. Mcdford. Two carloads of innchln ery nrlved tbln week from Chicago nnd Portland for tho Iowa Lumber & Box t-actory, and is now being placed. Is expected that tho engine will be set and work begin about March 10 iho company has recently purchasoi property north of tho pinning mill upon which It will build a largo Plat form for grading lumber as It comes rrom tho sawmills. Work will com menco soon on storage sheds which win bo largo enough to hold 75 car loads of lumber. This will avoid dan gcr of a shut-down In caso of shortage or cars. Oregon Potatoes Shipped East. Milton Tho Blalock Fruit Com pany, of Walla Walla. Is loading on or two cars of potatoes dally at thl station for Minneapolis and Missouri River points. It has already shipped ten cars during tho past few days and expects nbout 15 moro from this vlcln ty. Farmers tcccIvo about 75 cents por sack, making tho Industry quite promauio. mo sou in this vicinity is nigniy nuupied lo fruit and veget ablo raising. Tho majority of th farmers depend entirely upon this In dustry, ' PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 78c; blue- stem, H3c; vulloy, 82c. Barley Feed, $21022 per I rowing, $22; rolled, $23. ton Flour Valley, $3.7503.85 por bar rel; hard wheat, straights, $3,900 i.iu; cicurs, j.iujf j.vo; nurd wneat patents, H.L'lMri.&U; craham. $2.7D wholo wheat, $1.00; rye flour, $1.60 70. Oats No. 1 white, $1.17l4t.20 gray, $1. ion 1.15 per cental Mlllstuffs Bran, $18.50ff19 por ton middlings,, $2C; shorts, $19.50(iP20 chop, $18; linseed, dajry food, $19. Hay Timothy, $1517 per ton clover, $U018; grain, $1213; cheat, $12313. Vegetables Turnips, 80c per sack carrots, 80c; beets, $1; parsnips, $1 cabbago, 2c; lettuce, bead, 25fl)40 per dozen; hothouse, $2 per box; par nicy, per dozen, 25c; tomatoes, $1.50 W2 per crato; cauliflower, 76c(f$100 per dozen; celory, G5275c per dozen squash, IMiC per pound; cucumbers, 31.7502.25 per dozen Onions Yellow Dnnvors, $202.60 per sack, growers' pi Ice. Konoy $303.50 por caso. 1'otatoos Fancy, U0c)$1.3B per cental; common, 75pJ0c;, growers' prlco; sweets, 2c In sacks; 2 crated. Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwins and Spltzcnhcrgs, $1.5002.25 per box choice, $101,60; cooking, '76c. Butter Sweet cream butter, 3VA per pound; fancy croamory. 27'4 30c; cholco creamery, 25c; dairy nml storo, nominal, Butter Fat Sweet cream, 31c, sour cream, 29c. Poultry Chlckonsi mixed, 1214013c per pound; springs, small, H',i015c; hens, 13013c; turkeys, llvo, 160 lOo per pound; dressed, 18 0 20c; ducks, $809 por dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound. Chcoso Full cream, twins, 14o; Young Amorlca, 15c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 20 0 21c. Beef Dressed, 607c per pound. Mutton Dressed, C07'icj lumbs, 8c. Veal Dressed, small, 809c; largo, 01407c. Pork Dressed, 707V4c. Hops Choice, 25020c por pound; prlmo, 240250, Wool Valley, 17018; Eastern Oro gon, 12016c; mohair, 32 035c, NO TROOPS TO QO. Cabinet Decides to Let Marines He- main at Panama, Washington, March II lijiporliuit matters lelullng to tho Panama eiiual wuro under discussion by Piculileiit ItuiiHevelt ami tils cabinet today. At om oy General Knox and oilier oil) - lulu of the department of Justice am under consideration tho title to Iho canal propcity, which Is lo bo passed to this country by tho Puiiuitia Canal Company, but us yet they have euehed no conclusion. It wns said after tho meeting that liu money could ho paid by this gov- rnmeiit until a cleur title to tlio piop- eily waa obtained, but no Intimation wus given as to the length or time which might ellipse lietinu a decision was leached. Tho enllio subject ot (ho canal and Its coiiHtrui'tliiu was dlueiisiieil In ad- lltlou to tho legal phases ot the ques- lon. In this connection II was ilecld; it, us heietofore Indli'titcil might bo ho ease, to coiiutei iniinil tlx) orderii Issued to tho Third United Htntws In fantry lo go to tho Isthmus to itillevo the murines now on giiaid duty there. For some (line the marines will con- luiio to guard tlio iHlhmus. 'IhlH gov ernment Is opposed to establishing two Jurisdictions on tlm Isthmus, und, as the naval vessels mum remain there, It was thought bout to allow the marines to conllmio to do land duty. It In I he earnest wish or tno rresi- lent and tile uiemlierH of tho cabinet that no unnecessary delay occur In be ginning the work on tho cuiial, and It Is their Intention to pivss II witn tno utmust vigor. CHINA CAUGHT IN A TRAP. Russia Knows She Can Never Take Up Siberian Railway as Per Lease. Purls, March 3 Information has been received from lliirhln which Is eitremuly lute routing at the present lime, dealing as It does with the Trans Siberian Railway. A corres pondent of M it rt I ii met M ChnlTnuJou, the noted Prom-h explorer, and tho latter diarusamt the railway, which ho has recently Inspected. Ho de clares Husslit does not own tho laud the road Is constructed on, despite tho gcnurnl opinion to the contrary. Ituv sla merely has u 99 year contract or lease. M. Chaffnujou declares the treaty with Chins stipulates that. If at thn end of 99 years, China desires to en ter Into possession of Iho lino, shn niny do so. after reimbursing thn company for all of Its oxpendlturt'a for the construction nnd mnlntonuiiru of the road. M Chaffaujiin declares It Is dlfllrult to Imagine China refunding to this Itusslau company the millions that would be necessary under tho lease, nnd declares the Flowery Kingdom Is caught In a trap. The terms of the lease, nlso, he de- hires, provides Hint Russia shall have thn right to place nil of tho sol diers necessary In the territory nil tolnlng the line ot road lit order to guard It. and also to build such sta tions ns It desires. RUSSIA IN FEAR. Combination of Yellow Races May Be Formed Against Her. Moscow, March 3. Among thought ful Russians, there Is a constantly deepening impression thnt Russia will yet havo to face thn combined power of the yellow races, tho ciinnlug neu trality proclamations of China nnd Coren to the contrary notwithstand ing. There nro serious traces of des pondency nmong the better class of Russians, and some solid Hussion sue cess Is anxiously awaited and badly needed ns a tonic. The government, knowing this fact, rnused to he circulated a report of u Russian success nt Port Arthur yes terday. In which n Japanese warship wan said to havu been sunk, hut the news wan received with open skepti cism In the ubsenco ot direct olllclnl confirmation. It Is Bcml olTlclally stated Hint thn Jupnncso and Russian ndvnuce nro lu sight of each other, and news of the first land battle Is awnltcil with n do greo of apprehension. News of the activity of thn Chinese troops In tho province of Chi 1.1 Is con firmed from official sources, Generals Yuan Hhl Knl and Ma aro concentrat ing their foreign-drilled forces nt strategic points nnd trouble Is feared. Farmers Form Big Concern. Omaha, Neb., March 3. Twenty stntes wero represented by 260 dele gates to tho National Cooperative Gralngrowers and Stockrnlners' As sociation, when that body convened hero today. It provided that tho nnmn of tho association shall he changed to tho Fnrmers' National Exchange Company. Its object nhnll ho to "buy, icll and deal In grain, livestock nnd nil kinds nf produce on commission and otherwlBo, and for thnt purposo build and equip elevators, warehouses, cold storngn plants, stockynrds and what ever shall ho neeessnry for tho carry ing on of tlio business Transvaal Lacks Funds. Johannesburg, March 3. Ix)rd Mil ncr, British High Commissioner In South Africa, In delivering tlio Presi dential nildrei beforo tho Intercolon ial Council for tho Trnnsvnal and Or ange River Colony, revealed Iho gravo financial condition of tho colony. Ho said a deficit amounting to $5,000 000 wnH duo to tho Bhrlnkngn In railway rccolpts and tho generai paralysis nf Industry, jvhllu nlmost all of tha $160, 000,000 inan had been expended on rnllroadB, tho repatriation of tho Boors nnd tha development nt thn country. Great Attack May Now Be On. London, March 3. No confirmation of tho report published yesterday In tho dally Telegraph that tho Japanoso had bombarded Port Arthur Fobrunry 29 has boon rocolvcd from any point. Tho wlros from tho scono of war hnvo boon practically silent for tho past 21 hours, and In somo quarters this Hl lonco Is supposed to Indicate Hint Jap an's great attack on Port Arthur Is ac tually In progress, nnd consequently tho usa of tho wires has been dlscon tlnueil. Essentially a Military City. Yinkow, Mnrch 3. Lino Yang, Mnn churla, is now ossontlally a mllitnry city, as an nrca comprising thrco and a third squnra miles adjoining thn railroad has bcon Inclosed for a mil itary camp and mngazlna purposes. There Is also a mllitnry camp at Hnl Cheng, Manchuria, 30 miles from Nlu Chwnng, which, with Its defenses, covers over 1000 ncros.