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Bohemia Nugget DohnnU NnjUt at. C. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Onr A Returns of the Lest Important but Not Lets Interesting Events of the Patt Week. Starvation Alaska. threatens Fairbanks, Secretary Tnft will speak at tlic Lewis and Clark (air. Oil roen ot several states have united to fight the Standard Oil company. Northwest senttors have askeil nn in crease in river and harbor appropria tions. Automobiles arc to race from the At nlntic const to Portland for the Lewis and Clark fair. A big ice gorge has carried out a Vnion Pacific railroad bridge on Loup river, at Columbus, Nebraska . St. Louis financiers are intcrestit g capital for the construction of an elec tric road from bt. Louts to Kaansas City. What is believed to have been Paul Jones! body has been found by the searchers In the old St. Louis cemetery in Paris. The secretary of state has received for presentation to President Roosovclt a large photorgaph of the empress dow ager, of Chin. The Japanese have captured a RuS' eian position of importance after an awful battle. The losses of both sides will reach into the thousands, but it is believed the Japanese lost the most men. It is believed that Judge Swayne will be acquitted. John D. Lone says the Monroe doc trine is carried too far. The blockade of Vladivostok is now- complete, but food is not scarce, King Edward favors Irish liberty as a step to Anglo-American affiance The cazr has yielded to the railroad strikers and traffic witl bo resumed Norway threatens to dissolve her union with Sweden and establish a re public. The greatest battle of the war has begun in Manchuria, the Japanese out flanking the Russians. The bill dividing Oregon into two judicial districts has been killed and a similar Washington biff passed Fire broke out In the New York ju venile asylum, but all the 11200 child ren were taken out In 15 minutes and the flames were soon extinguished Dr. Louis Wilcoxson, who was charged with having a United States bond, stolen 20 years ago from the Manhattan bank, has been released on 110,000 bail, and will now seek for 8 W. Millecr, from whom he obtained the bond. The freoizng of the Chesapeake bay has caused an oyster famine in Boston. Riots at Baku, Russia, have caused 1,000 deaths, and twice as many wenj wounded. Railroad strikes have cut off Poland and all southwestern Russia from the rest of the world. Following an operation for append!' citis, Sidney Dillon Ripley, the flnan cier, is critically 111 at his home in New York. The state assembly of Wisconsin has passed a bill prohibiting the sale nf giant firecrackers and other dangerous explosives. Twenty-one buildings in the heart of Cape May Courthouse, the county seat of Cape May county, 2. J., were ue' stroyed by fire. , It seems that the decision of the North sea commission will let both nations down easily, not being a de cided report either way. The work of rescuing the dead from the Virginia mine, in Alabama, is pro ceeding slowly. Foul gas greatly hin ders the work. The fourth day after the explosion 02 bodies had been recov ered. All talk ot peace is scouted by both Japan and Russia, and both nations are preparing for a decisive battle. A great battle is impending in Man churcia. Senator Mitchell will endeavor to have his trial in April. A life saving station is to be estab lished at Nome, Alaska, Tho funeral of Grand Duke Sergius will bo private for fear of terrorists. Hearst will be an independent candl dte for mayor of New York. The government has begun a thor ough investigation of the beef trust. King Alfonso, of Spain, is to marry Princess Victoria, of Prussia, daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm. Japan has a strong fleet In the Indian ocean awaiting the arrival of the Rus sian Baltic squadron. Kansas will extend tho Investigation ot the Standard Oil to all tho trusts and other states offer aid. DOINGS IN CONGRESS. Monday, February SO. The house passed the navnl appro priation bill carrying a total of flH, 1)14,359. The provision for two battle ships as reported by tho committee on navnl affairs was retained. Whether the senato conferees on the statehood bill shall represent the party that defeated joint statehood tor Ari zona and Now Mexico or the party that fought for the retention of that provis ion was debated at length today, but no decision was reached. Tho Swayne trial was taken up nt 2 o'clock. Two witness were exam Ined. After tho provisions of the Flor ida statutes relating to suits of eject ment or disqualification of judges had been read it was announced that the caso of tho house managers wns con cluded. Tho preliminary statement for Swayne was not finished when the court adjourned for the day. Tuesday, February 21, Tho house today passed the Philip pine tarffl bill, practfcatly us ft enmu from tho committee. The river and harbor appropriation bill was then taken up but it was soon laid nstdo and soveral measures were passed, the most important of which was tho authoriza tion given the secretory of war to return to the several states tho Union nnd Con federate hattlotlags. The senate committeo today reported that it would be impossible to act on the railroad rate bill at this session without ignoring the railroads. Con sideration of the Indian nppropriatoin biff was begun. A short time was given to the defense of Judge Swayne, and tho senate began the consideration of the bill for the government of tho isthmian canal zone. Wednesday. February 22. Government ownership of railroads was discussed by tho senate today in connection with the purchase of the Panama railroad, wtitle ttio bill for the government of the canal zone was under consideration. Consideration of tho bill was not completed when the senate adjourned. A number of witnesses were exam ined in behalf ot Judge Swayno in the impeachment proceedings against him. After a brief but spirited debate the house today sent back to conference the army appropriation hill. All sen ate amendments were again disagreed to, excepting one appropriating $U5,- 000 for continuing the cable from Valdcz to Seward, Alaska. Thursday, February 23. Without a dollar being added or sub tracted the river and harbor appropria tion bill passed the house today, after the session had run well into the even ing. The total amount carried by the bill is $17,234,657. It was impeded by the offering of amendments, but only those presented by the committee were adopted. The fast testimony in the interest of Judge Swayne in the impeachment against him was today presented to the senate. The hill providing a form of govern' ment for the Panama canal zone was passed early in the day. Friday, February 24. The time of ttie senate today was divided between the Swayne impeach ment trial and the motion of Bcveridge tcappoint conferees on tho joint state hood bill. It is the expectation that a vote on the Swayne matter will be reached Monday. No agreement was reached in the appointment of state hood conferees. A resolution was introduced in tho house directing the attorney general to proceed against the armor plate trust A number of pension bills from the senate were considered, altogether 125 being passed, lour hours was given to the sundry civil appropriation bill. Saturday, February 25, Tho house today divided its time be tween legislation and patriotic exer cises. An hour and a half was spent In passing minor bills. The same period was devoted to the sundry ap propriation bill, without reaching a conclusion. Legislation then gavo way to speeches by several members honor ing tho memory of Houston and Aus tin: when tho marble ntatuea of each, given by the state ot Texas, were ac cepted. Some sharp criticisms of the presi dent's policy towads Santo Domingo and in enlarging the navy was indulged in today by senators on both sides during the debate on tho naval appropriation bll. A vote on the Swayno impeachment case will bo taken Monday. Warships Bombard Rebels. Constantinople, Feb. 24, Extremely alarming reports are current here con cerning the situation at Ilatoum and Poti. It is ulleged that somo vessels of the Black sea squadron (Russian) have bombarded Poti. An Knglish merchant who has just arrived here says he was obliged to flee from Ila toum, where his lifo was menaced by strikers and his ofilco destroyed. This merchant says the authorities ot Ila toum are powerless. Tho strikers aro all Georgians, and aro estimated to number 40,000. Rumors of Great Events. St. Petersburg, Feb. 24, A second day has passed without dispatches hav ing been given out from General Kuro patkln, which is interpreted to support tho rumors that great events are In progress in Manchuria, Tho war olllco, however, steadfastly maintains that there Is no important news and that tliero have been no developments since tho last dispatches made public, in which the coinmander-ln-chlcf re ported all quiet. ' OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST SHIPS LAST OF THE MUTTON Pendleton Dealer Sendt Cart of Shoep Entt and Wett. Pendleton Rugg lti others have shipped three carloads of sheep to James Wright of Seattle for the Van oouvcr, 11. C, markets. The animals were sheared before shipping, the wool also being bought by Mr, Wright ami shipped to Seattle In separate ear Resides these sheep 10 cars were shir ind to tho Chicago markets. Those were not sheared, tin tho journey east Is through n cold part ot the country, and many would freeze. Tho Ifugg tiroth ers realized fi cents n lxjunil, live weight, tor the Chicago shipment and the same for tho Scuttle shipment. These shipments practically llnlth the mutton shipments from I'mattlln county, as large consignments were made eurly last fall by the numerous sheepmen of the county. HEAVY DAMAGE TO FALL WHEAT Many Farmers Expect to Reteed the Frozen Fields. Pendleton Farmers coming In from tho north and northwestern part of the county believe that tho tall sown wheat will bo n total loss, as tho snow has been blown from tho hills and piled in the hollows and has left the fields bare. Some are so sure ot the freeze that they are In tho city buying drills to roseod ttieir Holds as soon as the weather per mlts. i In the northwestern imrtof the conn tv, west of Adams and north ot Kcho, in tho low lands where the soil is light very little snow fell and ns the ground was exceedingly dry tho freeze will lie more severe. In the vicinity ot Athena and Weston, where the snow was deep er and did not blow off, the wheat is considered safe and will not have to bo reseciloi. Union Exhibit on Display. La Grande The display pavilion (or the exhibition of cereals, fruits, vegeta bles nnd the products of the grist and woolen mills ot Union and Wallowa counties, as well as tor specimens ot the various minerals, stone, marble and brick produced, is now ready, and M. L. Causey, president of the Kastern Oregon Coloniaztlou company, lias on exhibition a beautiful assortment of cereals and grasses grown here, all ar ranged in attractive and artistic man' ner. lie tias also a very tine and elab orate assortment of various fruits in Jars tluit he will place on exhibition. and when others bring their exhibits and they are properly arranged I -a Grande will have a display that will b an honor to the state. Boys With Biggest Lungs. University of Oregon, Eugene Pro' fesaor C. A. Burden, physical Instructor of the university, has collected the following interesting data concerning the averago height, weight, lung cu paclty and age ot the freshman class The height is 5 feet 8' inches; weight 150 pounds; lung capacity 250 cubic inches; age 20 years and two months. Out of tho largo numlier of men in the beginning class but 18 per cent use tobacco. Anottier interesting fact as announced by Profewior Ilurdun is that Eastern Oregon students have an average lung capacity ot 301 cubic inches; the valley men 270; and the Astoria students hut 258 cubic inches. Assessors Approve Plan. Pendleton The action ot the legis lature in introducing a bill to abolish the poll tax for the state and adding it to tho raod tax Is upproved of by the assessors of Eastern Oregon. By this action the labors of tho assessors are lightened, while tho road supervisors have no more to collect, ns it is in one amount. The old way of collecting tax by the assessors, and in Pendleton especially, disfranchising from voting in city elections tlioso who lulled In the payment of the tax will bo im proved upon. Broom Factory to Resume. Roseburg The Roseburg broom fac- tory, destroyed by fire last month, will resume business. R. S. Barker, man ager of the company, has purchased tho old Groat Central Headquarter build ing, and tho factory will bo operated there. Necessary machinery has been ordered and several carloads ot broom corn are already on their way to this city from Oklahoma. As booh as the machinery arrives tho factory will start on a larger scale than before. Pneumonia Among Horses, Pendleton Stockmen ot tho, vicinity ot Pendleton are complaining of tho epidemic of pneumonia fever wh'ch is prevalent among horses. Contrary to usual experience, it is tho hardy horses who have run nn tho range during tho cold weather that aro now nfllictcd. Many young horses wero nfllictcd with the disease, and, after lingering a few days, died, To Start Irrigation Project. Pendleton Word has been recolved from Senator Fulton that Charles Thomas and II. Means, government soil engineers, would bo sent to Umatilla county, to investigate conditions for the establishment of a largo irrigation project. Mr. Means at present Is In California, Two New Judges Named. Salem Governor Chamberlain has appointed L. T, Harris, a Republican, to fill tho now circuit Judgeship In tho Second Judicial district,' and Sam White, Democrat, to fill tho now Judge ship in the Eighth district. MANY GIVE UP CLAIMS. Relinquishments Order of tho Day In Southern Oregon. (I rants Pass Since tho recent Inves tigations and Indictments following the probing ot Oregon land frauds, there has been a general skirmish on the part of many holders of timber claims In Southern Oregon to relinquish their rights and sell Improvements to the government. A numlier who located as homesteader, nnd who feel they are not living up to tho requirements of the law, desire to secure relinquish' montu on homesteads, and Hie on tin claims In tho regular way tor purchase l he relinquishments are far more general in the matter ot homestead on tries than any other. In years past chums were taken up as homesteads by the simple act ot building n pen nnd root for n house and camping tor a few months on the property during the summer, more us an outing than (or any other puriMise. Those looplo now realize that slack methods will not be tolerated In the future, and that tl claims are liable to Iki lost altogether unless they aro either ' hoiuostotulod" In the real sense ot tho word, or Mod on and lioiiglil ns claims. There are a number of cruisers In this section, with hendqunrters in Grants Paso, and these reimrt that the land fraud cases have not put n quietus on the locating business, ns might lie supposed, though the class of men now locating are different entirely from'tlmt of formerly, ns the present locators nre men who desire the claims themselves, anil not (or speculative pimmnm. Homesteaders find no trouble in relin quishing and selling their rights to these. LAKE AT HIDAWAY SPRINGS. Owner will Add 20 Acres of Water to the Attractions. Pendleton William Scott, proprietor of the Hidaway springs, 50 miles south of this plac, is In the city (or n short visit. Mr. fccott enounce that he will not put on the automobile line between his summer resort and this city, as he promised, this year, but will visit the Portland fair, and perhaps find some machine that Is adapted to hill climb ing such as he needs. Vt the springs he is building an artificial lake 20 acres in nreu tor n boating lake. The lake Is formed by damming Hidaway creek and. building levees to prevent an overllow. Tho Hidaway springs accommodate from loo to 200 ieople every summer, and tho addition of a boating lake is n great attraction. Lost Mail Sack Found. Grants Pass After remaining In the mud and water at tho bottom of Wil liams creek for almost a year, a mail pouch that was swept from tho .Grants Pass-Williams valley stage during trip ot the freshet ot 11 months ago, has lieen recovered. The pouch con tained letters and parcels of the first class, and has been forwarded by Post master Harmon, of this city, to the superintendent ot the Pacific const mail service at San Francisco. The pouch was still in good condition when uncovered. Eastern Oregon Farmers' Institute La Grande A tanners' Institute for Eastern Oregon will bo held at Sum mervillc, in the Grand Hondo, IH miles out of La Grande, lieginnlng March and continuing two or three days. It will 1)0 conducted by tho professors of tho Oregon Agricultural college. Lect ures will be delivered on agriculture, horticulture, livestock nnd kindred to Ics. Union county will put forth till efforts for tho entertainment of all Eastern Oregon visitors on this occn sion. Work for the Fair. La Grundo Much interest is being taken hi this section ot tho county in the Lewis and Clark fair to bo held in Portland this summer, and everybody from Grande Hondo and Wallowa conn ties that cuii by hook or crook attend will l) there, ns the people ol this sec tlon ot Oregon have the keenest desire that both Oregon nnd Washington should do their best to advertise their respective Btatos and show outsiders here what lies west of the Rockies. First Rural Route in Josephine. Grants Pus The GrantH I'asH-Jump Off-Jno rural mall route has been open ed. This is the first rural mall route tor Josephine county. Tho routd cov ers n circuitous course, mid Is 25 miles in length, touching all points and mines of tho Jump-Off-Joo and Iiwcr Louso creek district. Tim postofhVc, which bus been maintained at Winoa for several years, is discontinued. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Wulla Walla, 87c; hluo. stem, 04c; valley, 87c per bushel. Oats No. 1 white, (1.35 1.40; gray, si.40Gsl.4o percental. Hay Timothy, 1401" per ton; clover, ll12j grain, 1112; cheat, 1213. Eggs Oregon ranch 1717ic per dozen. Butter Fancy crcamory 27(332)0, Potatoes Oregon fancy, 7685c; common, C0fl5c. Apples 4-tler Baldwins, $1.25; BpltzcnborgM, $1,2502. Hops Choice, 242flo per pound. Wool Valloy, 1020o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1217c; mohair, 250 20c per pound for choice. DOCKS WIPED OUT. Now Orleans Suffer n Flro Lost of Five Million Dollars. New Orleans, FeluS". 1'lro, Invnlv lug millions of dollars' low In pioperly and that strikes u serious blow tcuipor urlly at the Immense export trade ol New Orleans, swept the river front to night and wiped out tie vast (relght terminals of the Illinois Centra), known ns the Stiiyvewint dcks. Nearly n dosvii squares ot modern wharves and freight sheds, two miigiil lli-eut grain elevators, hundred ot loaded ear and vast quantities ol (relght, Including 20,000 bales of rot ton, wore destroyed, together with i large number ol small residences. Tho ocean-going shipping seem to have escaped serious ilnmiige. A num her ol lltomon and employe of tin docks wero Injmod. Actual estimate of the looses are Impomlhlo to ohtnln tonight, though they may exceed $5, 000.000. The Htuyvrsttiit dock extend from UiuUtniia avenue almost to Nauiloon avenue, a distance of 12 squares. The wharvet between lb we two xilnts were covered with miles dt trnekHge. and n steel and Iron shod ran the whole ills tauco. The grain elevator were of tho most modern construction, the upper one having n cnpuclty of 1,000.000 bushels. Thousands of bale of cotton, several hundred thousand imrkngeit of sugar groat quant Itiea uf eoltoii seed nil and oil cakes, lumber and every conceivable variety of freight, filled the warehouses and sheds. Practically all the exHirl hunlne handled by the Illinois Central railway was put aboard ship nt these docks. BUY WAGON-ROAD LANDS. Hermann's Bill Relating to Klamath Reservation Pattet Houte, Washington, Feb. 27. Tho house today (Hissed Representative Hermann' bill directing tho secretary of, the In telor to ascertain the value ot lands heretofore conveyed by the United Mates to Oregon us a iwrt of u grant to aid the Eugene City military road and embraced in the Klamath Indian reser vation. These lands were awarded to the California A Oregon land compniiy. by the supreme, court. The secretary f also directed to as certain what wrt ol those land have been allotted to Indians, the value ol Improvements, and the price nt which the California A Oregon land coiniiaiiy will sell to the I'nlted State or on what terms it will arrange for other lands in the Klamath reservation. Mr. Hermann was not present In the house when his bill was called up and passed. NO CAUSE TO FIRE. North Sea Investigation Commission Decide! Agalnit Rutila, Paris, Feb. 27 The International commission of Inquiry into the attack of tho Russian si com! Pacilic rquadoru uk)ii the Hull fishing licet on the night of October 21, 1U04, has found that there wire no hostile toredo lioat among the fishing boat and that Ad miral Itojestvensky wa not justified In firing on tho trawlers. This is the main )!nt of the findings, which sus tain the British contention through out, thoqgli the blow to Itussla i soft ened by the statement that Admiral Itojestvensky was justified in hiking all precautions against attack and acted according to hi belief by declar ing that his miltlary valor ami human ity are not questioned. The decision says that delay of the Russian transiHirt Kamtchatkii, oil ow ing the breaking down ot her machin ery, was perhaps the cause ot the inci dent. 'The commander nf the Kiimtch atka signaled to Admiral Itojestvensky during tho evening that ho had been attacked by torpedo bouts. The ad miral, therefore, had reason to believe that he was attacked and gave orders for strict vigilance against the possible approach of toriHilo Ixmts. The major ity of the commission considers that Admiral Itojestvensky' order were not excessive in time ot war, particularly under the oircumshiues, and that he had every reason to consider the situa tion very alarming. Wide Again Takes the Lead, St. Petersburg, Feb, 27. Accordlrg to an apparently well groqtidod rcpoit, Minister ot Finance Kokovsoff will soon lenvo the emperor's cabinet and ho sue cceded by M. Itoticntoff, n former assist' ant to President ot the Council U'itlo and n strong supporter of that states man. There are various reports con cernlng the proceeding of tho council of ministers last night, hut in nil of them are Indications that M, Wltto played tho most prominent hurt, us he dill in the previous meeting. Great Ico-Gorgo Breaking, Cincinnati, Feb. 27, Tho lea gorges in tho uiiio river, In this, vicinity, which wero tho heaviest known for many years, began to glvo way during tho night, ' soveral breaks occurring at various! points. Although tho river rose several loot during tho same t mo. tho leu was so heavy that It soon caught cgaln, forming new gorges. Property damage estimated at morothan 75, 000 was caused by these early movements of the Ice, but no loss of lite. Irrigate tho Klamath Basin, Klamath Falls, Feb, 27. Tho Unit- ed States Irrigation committeo met hero today and took steps to Incorporate tho Klamath Basin Water Usors assoola- tion, with a capital stock of f 1,000, 000,; This will probably bo Increusod to 3,000,OCO In tho near future. GOES T0J11S DOOM Prince Vnslltcliykafl Murdered in Warsaw by Terrorist NEXT IN LINE FLEES THE LAND Two Olhor Brulal Ofllclslt Have Been Warned Troopt Flro on Work men, Killing Several. bunion, lYb. aft. The Warsaw cor respondent of the Uuidoii Morning lewder wire that I'rluce Vnslltchykoft ha In 1 1 mrirdctcd. The prince, who has' won for himself great haired be on use ot bis active work a gains I tin students and striker ot Warsaw In liln eupiiclly ol head ol the mlllliiry, wits labeled No. 2 on the list lit iishiimIuii tlou drawn up by the revolutionists, says the correspondent. The dispatch adds: "Count PrhndrlcUkl, the brutal lliismtr olllcer, who was No. 3 on tin list, on receiving hi death warrant (rom the terrorists, boiled the country. "General Nnvosllloff, No. I on tho list, ha drawn the dentil eually on himself by hi recent order for tho ni rest nt the officer who refused to llr on women. "Itnrou Nolkeii, chief ot the Warsaw police, I No. 5 on tho death list, ll revolved word Hint In a day or two ho would find hi pnqwr reliSse In hell." The correKiideiil also reports fur ther disorders in Warsaw Friday alter noon. Tniw, he says, Hied on 40O workmen who were iiImiuI to resume, work at tho Vlstulan railroad work shops, l'lvu ot the workmen wero killed and 20 wounded. PROVISIONS OF CANAL BILL. President to Appoint Governor of the. Zone Commission Not Abolished' Washington, Feb. 25. The hill (or the government ol the Panama canal zone, which has passed the senate, 1 a house hill. It wa amended In several Important respect by the sen ate, notably in eliminating the pro vision abolishing the canal commission. The measure will now go to conference. II the amendments are not accepted by the house. The hill I temporary In character, its provision eiplrlng at the end of tho llrst regular session of the next congress. It vesti In tho president authority to apiKilut n i-erson or crnn to gov ern the canal zone, mid the president Is given further authority to direct tho manner of such control. Annual or more frequent reports from the gover nor of the zone and also from those In charge of the canal are provided for, an are also estimates ot eipendltiire and appropriation for all work on tho canal, and it Is provided that, after tho present fiscal year, no money shall bo exeudeil except by direct appropria tion. All rcntuls and other income (rom tho Panama railroad nre to I hi credited to the canal fund and the pres ident I authorized todeisislt f 1,500,- 000 in an American lunik having n financial agent on the Isthmus of Pan ama for the purisiso ol facilitating bus lines. WILL MODIFY THE TREATY. Santo Domingo Wants Voice In Ap- polntmontt and Ollio- Changot. New York, Feb. 25. One of tho leading muiiihor ot the house of depu ties Is authority, according to n Herald llsiKitch from 1'iicrtii Plata, Santo Do mingo, (or tho statement that the Do minican congress will accept the new agreement with the American govern ment with certain modlllcatlons, Coh ere will iM-glu Its session February 27. it Is desired, the eorrosondcnt stales, that article 2 ot tho treaty shall be so amended as to permit the Do minican government to name tho olll- olals who are to collect duties In the tKirts whoso custom houses are In charge ot tho United States, those olll- cials to lie named with the approval of the American government, and to ho Americans, it d mired, Cltrut Fruit Pool Unlawful. Washington, Feb. 2ft. The Inter state Commerce commission, in an opinion by Commissioner Clements, today rendered Its decision In lint California orange oases brought by tho Southern California Fruit exchange and the Consolidated Forwarding com pany against the Southern Pacific mid Atchison, Topoka A Santa Fo railroad systems, In which It holds that tho defendant carriers nre unlawfully en gaged In Kiollng the. trnfllu In citron fruits originating in Southern Cali fornia, Awful Crlmos Stain Baku, Baku, Feb. 25. Thu town Is now quiet. All tho Armenian shops liavo been cliiHod, but tho banks are doing: businoM under military protection. Order has been restored at llalnkhaiijv hut nt Romany today strikers attacked two faclorloH and lis a result 30 norsonH wore killed or wounded. In Baku iriany terrible murders have been committed. Manager Adamoff, of thu Nuphlhn Re fining works, his wlfo ond' children, wero burned to death, Inquires About Church Schools. Washington, Feb. 25. rim Iiousa toady adopted a resolution calling on the secretary of the Interior for Infor mation ns to whother any impropria tions of Indian funds hud been nxnend- ed for tho support of any sectarian In dian schools.