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Bohemia Nugget Boll it NnfTt Pab. C. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Oor Easy Readers. A Resume of the Let Important buf Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Japan lias Bent a minister to Cuba. It is said tliat Hermann is determin ed to take hie seat in the house. Marshal Field is slowly sinkng and his death is expected at any time. Germany seeks harmony about Mo rocco, but will fight if her honor is at tacked. The Chicago Commercial association will send 15 of its members on a tour of the Western states. Meriwether, the Annapolis cadet who was responsible for the death of Branch, will be tried for hazing. A house to house search in Riga. Rsusia, by the police for bombs has given startling results. Many weapons wre found. The entire Caucasus is in the hands of the revolutionists. The severe meas ures practiced by the authorities in other parts of Russia ate inapplicable there. The bank examiners of Massachu setts have been forced to resign. They were negligent in their duty and f e ril banks failed by the officers loot ing the deposits. Russell A. McKinley, Jr. of Boise, nephew of the late president, has been granted a pension of $100 a niontn. He lost the Eight of both eyes while serving in Cuba. Marshall Field continues very sick.J i France has recalled her envoy from Venezuela, The revolution in Ecuador has been suppressed. The Russian government is gradual ly reconquering Siberia. Morales has sought refuge in the American legation and resigned his office. Mrs. Chadwick is now in the Ohio penitentiary serving her 10-year sen tence. Russia pays an annual interest of t211.500.000 on her national debts of all kinds. Eastern papers have contained sever al severe articles on Representative Hermann. Wall street has been shaken by the discovery of several million dollars' worth of forged stock certificates. The New York Life Insurance com pany has again been admitted to Mis souri for the transaction of business. France may soon resort to force in Bettling her Venezuelan troubles. She will act in full concert with the United States. The body of Thomas Nast, famous for his cartoons during Boss Tweed's time, will be brought to the United States for burial. The kaiser is making great prepara tions to suppress Socialist demonstra tions which are expected throughout Uermany. Two Annapolis hazers have been found guilty cf hazing. France has broken off all diplomatic relations with Venezuela. Southern cotton planters condemn negro labor and want immigration. Russian authorities are preparing for trouble on Red Sunday, January 22. Cleveland declares himself to be in favor of publicity of campaign ex penses. Sir Thomas Lipton is making plans for another challenge in 1907 to race for the Americas yacht cup. The Carnegie steel works at Green ville, Pa., have been destroyed by fire. The loss will reach $600,000. A statement issued by the Russian government shows that the recent war with Japan cost $1,050,000,000,. Of this amount $202,500,000 is yet un paid. Large quantities of dynamite have disappeared from government store houses in Denmark and it is believed to have been stoleu and sent to Russian rebels. The deepest copper mine in the world, at Calumet ,Mich., is on fire. Three men have been burned. The fire is from half to three-quarters of a mile below the earth's surface. Two men were killed by a cave-in at a mine near Eureka, Utah. A great forgery of railway stock has been revealed in New York. Troops are running down Morales. Harvard university has announced a et of revised football rules. A fire at Schenectady, New York, destroyed $100,000 worth of property. Fire destroyed the Wormwood ware house, Boston, entailing a loss of $125, 000. Hermann's trial has been definitely et for the lust week in March. The hearing will be in Washington. BOXER COIN FOR COLLEGES. Senator Piles, of Washington, Will In troduce Such a Bill. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 1.'). United States Senator 8. II. Piles will intro duce in congress a bill appropriating the $20,000,000 paid this country by China as damages in the Boxer upris ing to defray the expenses of Chinese students to bo educated in American colleges. A part of this sum, it is pro posed, shall be expended in schools conducted by Americans in China. A bill prepared under the directum of the faculty of the University of Washington has beeu forwarded to Sen ator Tiles, and the co-operation of wast educational institutions has been asked in the campaign. Out of this move ment. it is believed, will crow some thing satisfactory to China, and result ing in abandoning the boycott against American goods. The measure was agreed uopn at meeting of the faculty of the Universi ty of Washington, with A. W. Bash, promoter of the Canton-Hankow and other Chinese railroads, and an inti mate friend of manv high Chinese otli cials. and Pr. W. A. P. Martin, an ed ucator long employed in t hinese sclwols, wh6 came West to welcome the high commission just landed at San Francisco. Mr. Bash has been official ly designated by President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Root. Mr. Bash started the movement on the coast be cause he has been a lesident here, and because he believes the Pacific Coast states originating the movement would strengthen the fight. For that reason the co-operation of Oregon and Cali fornia educators was asked. Under the plan adopted here, the in demnity money would be spent: First, to invite Chinese students to the Lnit ed States and provide lor their educa tion in this country: second, to aid worth v American colleges already es tablished in China; third, to provide for helping Chinese students at the American consulates in China. COMBINE FOR COLONIZING. Western Railroads Establish Bureau for Handling Business. Chicago, Jan 15. Generalpasseuger scents of Western lines, after three days of almost continuous discussion, have agreed upon a plan for the organi zation ot a general colonization bureau to handle the details of the issuance of certificates and tickets for land and im migration business. Reports from thoee who attended the Western Passenger Association meetings during the debates on this proposition indicate that there were some repre sentatives of railroads in the conference who were in favor of abolishing the privileges the colonization departments have found so valuable in building up communities along the railroads. "We were fearful," said a passenger agent of one Western road, "that the issuance of certificates would be abro gated and that every Western state's development would be materially affect ed by the shutting off of the homeseek ers' colonization certificate provisions." According to one ot the passenger agents, the bureau will handle the col onization business for all the roads in the Western Passenger association, and there will be no diminuation in the volume of business. Shaw to Stay Another Year. Chicago, Jan. 15. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Washington says: At the meeting of the cabinet President Roosevelt asked Secretary Shaw to re main at the head of the Treasury de partment until March 4, 1007, and Mr. Shaw agreed to do so. More than a year age Mr. Shaw let it be known that he "expected to retire from the cabinet in February of this year. The president did not understand that this was the secretary's determination until some unusual reference was made to it a few weeks ago, and then he lost no time in urging the secretary to remain in the cabinet for another year. Russia Gets Help in Paris. St. Petersburg, Jan. 15. Confirma tion has been received of the report that ex-Minister Kokovsoff has been partially successful in his mission to Paris. A credit of $50,000,000 has been obtained from the French bankers, with the assurance of an increase in the amount, thould it prove neceesary to maintain the stability of the rouble. It is explained, however, that the credit is not in the nature of a loan to the Russian government, but is strictly an operation between the State bank of Russia and the French banks. Calhoun Will Make Report. Washington, Jan. 15. Mr. Calhoun, the pesident's special minister to Venezuela, has telegraphed Mr. Root from Chicago that he will submit early this week the report on the asphalt con troversy called for in the department as a basis for the sumption of active negotiations with Venezuela looking to a settlement of the claims. The cable company has reported to the secretary that its lines connecting with Venezu ela are interrupted. Needs of Railway Mail Clerks. Washington, Jan. 15. The annual report of the general superintendent of railway mail service for the fiscal year 1905 shows the total number of miles of service by railroad, electric, cable and steamboat lines to have been 370, 584,037. An urgent plea is made for a retirement and superannuation fund for the benefit of clerks disabled in line of duty or worn out through long and faithful service. j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j CONTAINS MANY DIFFICULTIES Orccon State Primary Law Hard for Candidates to Follow. Salem Another very serious prob lem has arisen in connection with the direct primary law. Tho law requires that candidates for state offices shall file petitions from not less than seven counties, and that at least 10 per cent ot the precincts shall be represented in each of the seven counties. two per cent of the votes cast at the last state election for supreme judge by each par ty must l represented on the petition It lias been the supposition until re cently that so long as the required number of counties and precincts were represented bv the signatures of one or more voters that the bulk of the signn lures on a petition to make up the ! per cent might come from one county, so long as the required number of names was tiled with the secretary of state It is now discovered that there must be 2 per cent of the vote cast by the party represented in each county and precinct represented, as well as throughout the state. The attorney general will probably be asked to render an opinion in regard to the number of signatures required from the counties and precincts. To secure 2 per cent of the voters in seven counties, and 10 per cent of the pre cincts in each of the seven counties, and in addition have 2 per cent of the patty vote in the entire state, will add to the difficulties of securing a petition FORM NEW ORGANIZATION. Independent Telephone Companies of Oregon Unite. Portland In order to fortify them selves and protect their interests, rep resentatives of the independent tele phone lines in Oregon met here last week and formed a permanent orgniza tion. It will be known as the Oregon Independent Telephone association, ar.d is formed after similar orgnizatinns in other states of the Union and affiliated with the national association of inde pendent telephone lines. The objects of the association are to encourage development; loster anil stimulate the growth ; protect the mu tual interests; promote and systema tize uniformity of accounting, opera tion, maintenance and construction of independent (non-Bell) telephone inter ests, and to defend the same from un fair encoracL merits of competition by co-operation and by such other avail able means as may, from time to time, seem advisable. Favor WoolenMills. Albany The business men of the city met and discussed the proposition of securing the new woolen mill for this city. Judge Stewart, of the stock committee, withdrew from the active work of soliciting subscriptions, arid Frank J. Miller was selected to fill the vacancy and the committee will push the work. The purpose of the com mittee is to secure subscriptions to the stock aggregating $15,000 toward the capital of $100,000, when the mill will be built and fitted up. The business men at the meeting were enthusiastic in support of the project, and the spirit manifested was in favor of co-operation among the business interests of the city for the upbuilding of Albany and its industries. Plans an ElectricLine. Forest Grove At the meeting of the Forest Grove city council last week, State Senator E. W. Haines, in behalf of the Forest Grove transportation com pany, & new organization, applied for a 25-year franchise for an electric railway in Forest Grove, to iunjfrom the South ern Pacific depot to the business section of the city, about two miles. Accord ing to the terms of the ordinance, the new line must be begun in 90 days, and completed in eight months. It is to carry the United States mail, express and passengers. Senator Haines furn ishes electric light to Forest Grove from his plant about 12 miles distant, and, it is understood, w ill furnish low er for the new road from his plant. Buys Ranch in Gilliam. Condon A. 8. Hollen lias purchased he 8(i0-acre ranch on Trail fork, Gil Ham county, belonging to J. W. Booth. The transaction, which involves about $15,000, is omi of the most important real estate transfers for sometime here, and gives Mr. Hollen a most valuable farm and stock ranch. In the deal Mr. Booth takes residence property in Con don valued at about $5,000, consisting of several fine dwellings. Mr. Hollen is proprietor of the Condon Flouring mill. He will take possession of the ranch about March 1. Allen Wants Oregon Boys. Corvallis Lieutenant Quintan, com mandant of the cadet regiment at the college, has received instructions to recommend six additional graduates from the Oregon Agricultural college for positions as Third lieutenants in the Philippine constabulary. Three similar recommendations were recently made, and from these one appointment has already been made, that of Lieu tenant Floyd Williams, who baB gone to Manila. Few Hops Left in Josephine. Grants Tass Several saleB of hops have been made here recently at from 9 to 10 cents. About 500 bales have changed hands, and by February 1 but few hops will be held by the growers in Josephine county. There are quite a few baby hops still held and a few old ones, though not to exceed 600 bales in all. AMEND IRRIGATION LAWS, Irrigationists Say Conditions in Id.iho Are Better Than in Oregon. Salem Prominent Irrigators of Ore gon ate considct ing the advisability of unking the next legislaure to amend the irrigation laws in several particulars. At the present time all the contracts with tho state for the reclamation of desert lands under the Carey net are based upon the theory that the owners of the canals and ditches are entitled to collect a perpetual annual rental from the landholders. In Idaho the land holders will eventually own and control the canals, ditches, headgatcs, etc. In the contract with the state of Idaho for the construction of the Twin Falls canal it is provided that a com pany shall be formed among the land owners on the basis of one share of stock for one share of water right, and that within seven years the control of the canals, ditches, dams and headgates shall pais to the corporation formed among the water users. Previous to the formation of thin company and be fore the expiration of the seven years' limit, the construction company is en- itled to collect annually not exceeding 80 cents an acre. The same thecry of owneiship prevails in all government work. All the contracts for the reclamation of arid lands under the Carey act in this state allow the construction com panies the right to collect $1 an acre perpetually, the company agreeing to keep the canals and ditches in repair. Fruit Inspector in Linn. Albany The Linn coanty court has appointed K. C. Armstrong, residing at Marion station, Marion county, to act as fruit inspector for I. inn count v. temporarily, on the recommendation of Horticultural Commissioner C. A. Park, of Salem. Mr. Park wished to secure here a man w ho would be ready to begin war on pests at once. The court will at once select a man for per manent appointment who will be linked to take a short course in training under Professor A. B. Cordley, at the Oregon Agricultural college. Newport as Winter Resort. Albany Many Albany people are spending s portion of the winter at Newport on Yaquina bay, where the weather as a general thing has been de lightful. Only a lew days during the holiday season was the sea rough. Some of the leading people of the 'al ley citiet Salem, Eugene, Albany, In dependence and Corvallis have spent portion of the winter at the seaside, and Newport is gaining a reputation s winter resort. New Railroad for Gilliam. Salem Articles of incorporation have been filed with the scretaryof state for the Oregon Northern Railway company. Jhe incorporators are: William J. Mariner, R. . Kobinson and C. K. Jones. The road runs from Blalock, in Gilliam county, to Hard man, in Morrow county. The capital stock is $25,000, divided into 1,250 shares of $20 each. The principal place of business is Heppntr. Contracts at Interest. Salem The State Land board re ports interest bearing contracts out standing December 31, as follows: School land contracts, $f.li!,5 HI. 30 ; Agricultural college, 28,U3.82; Uni versity, $3,788. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 7lC'$71c; biucstem, 73 (374c; red, MOtMh-; valley, 73c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $27; gray, $2(5.50 per ton. Barley Feed, $23.0023 50 per ton; brewing, $24.0024.50; rolled, $23.50 24.50. Buckwheat $2.50 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $13.5014.50 per ton; valley timothy, $9fr10; clover, $'J(?10; cheat, $8.50(3 9.50; grain hay, $8. Fruits Apples 75c(?$1.50 per box; persimmons, $1.25 per liox; pears, $1 .26(31. AO per box; cranberries, $13 (313 50 per barrel. Vegetables Beans, 20c per pound; cabbage, l(32c per pound; cauliflower, $1 .25 per dozen ; celery, $33.50 per crate; pumpkins, ?4ctle per pound; snrouts, 7c per pound; Fiijnh, 1 lJgC per pound; turnips, 90c(3,$l per sack ; carrots, 65($75c per sack ; beets, 85c($l per sack. Onions Oregon, No. 1, $1(31.25 per sack; No. 2, 75C0c. Potatoes Fancy graded BurbankH, fi575e per sack; ordinary, 50(i0c; Merced sweets, 2c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery,27321c per pound. Kggs Oregon ranch, 2!)30c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 12j 14c per pound; springs, 12(il3c; mixed chickens, VZ($2c broilers, 15($loc; dressed chickens, 1415; tin keys, live, 15c; turkeys dressed, choice, 1720c; geeso, live, 0llc; docks, 1510c. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10(($llc per pound; prime, $ medium, 78c; olds, 5$7c. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1621c per pound; valley, 242(lc; mohair, choice, 30c. Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per pound; cows, 30 4c; country Bteers, 4a4c. Veal Dressed, SrjjSc per pound. Mutton Dressed, fancy otle per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7 Pork Dressed, 67c per pound. RANGE WAR IN WYOMING. Raiders Murder Herders, Slaughter Sheep and Uurn Camp. Denver, Jin. 12. An Fvnnslon, Wyo., special to the Tribune says: Masked and mounted raiders, pre sumed to be cattlemen, lant night at tacked the camps of two Utah llock master near Burnt Folk, close to the Utah-Wyoming line, shot down A. N. (iarsite and Kohcrt Allen, herders, slaughtered the sheep, and h lined the camp wagon and outfits. A camp mover who escaped the bul lets of the raiders witnessed the battle from the brush. The raiders num bered about 20, unit approached the camps at a gallop, thing a fusillade of shots into the wagon. The herders were killed at the first lire. It re quired less than half an hour to club the sheep to death nnd burn the out tits, when the raiders departed. No tices of warning to other tlot kmiisteis were left w ith the bodies of the dead herders. Sheepmen are indignant , thread n to get even, and more trouble is antici pated. The tango on w hich t he out rage was committed has long been in dispute, and the sheepmen have beeu frequently ordered away. BLAMES ALL ON MOROCCO. German Delegate Says Minister Mis understood French Minister. Paris, Jan. 12. With the approach of the Algeciras convention on Moroc can reforms, the newspapers devote greater space to discussion of the ques tion. Public opinion everywhere is that the issue of the conference will be amicable has been pradically decided. The Journal's Madrid correspondent sends an interview with the derma am bassador at Madrid, llerr von Kado w itx.w ho is also the principal German ih h gate to the convention. The am bassador, the coi respondent says, has no doubt of the f IVorttl'le issue of the conference. He believes the whole dis agreement is due to the Moroccan min ister's not understanding or misinter preting the words of the Irench minis tcr to MoriHT ), w ilifully or otherwise, and says if the Miltau's delegates try to prevent an agreement being reached by the powers, as it has been stiggchted they would do, they will find them selves in a mi, ft serious situation. But the ambassador is of the opinion that the Moroccan delegates fully appreciate this and will give no trouble. FORBIDS PRIVATE CARS. Bill Offered Congress by Fruit Job bers' Association. Diiluth. Minn, Jan. 12. President Koosevclt, Attorney General Moody and members of rorigrets and the Inter state Commerce commission, will re ceive this week copies of a bill ad vocated tiy the Western Fruit Jobbers' association, of w hich E. M . Ferguson, of Diiluth, is president, and which has f ir its primaiy purpose the elimination of private freight cars, the correction of refrigerating rates and bringing express companies under the interstate com merce acts and prohibiting the dealing in commodities handled by them. The hill will be introduced in con gress during the present session. It provides that roads must furnish all rolling slock required to handle inter state commerce under penalty of heavy tines. It outlaws "flexible' charges and gives the shipper an open avenue f r relief against unreasonable rates. TRAIN WRECKERS WIPED OUT. Deadly Vengeance on Rebels Who Tore-Up Track. Riga, Livonia, Jan. 12. News lias just reached this city of a daring at tempt of the revolutionists to capture a military train conveying a large sum of money from St. Petersburg to Lilian. A band of revolutionists having ad vance information gathered at Hazcn pot, burned two bridges anil tore up the track. Two compiwiicsof infantry, which were escorting the train, left the cars, and were joined by H detachment of dragoons. This force marched against the revolutionists, who from behind improvised defenses, opened fire on the soldiers. The infantry, after firing two volleys, wheh killed (5 and wounded nearly 100 of the revolutionists, charged with the bayonet, and the dra goons completed the rout by sabering all the revolutionists they overtook. Pipe Line Across Isthmus. Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary Taft has recommended to the president that he sanction the issue of a revoca ble license to the Union .Oil company, of California, to construct and main tain a pipe line across the canal zone. There were six applicants for such a right, but the company named is the only one which specified the price of oil if used by tho government and whose offer was otherwise sufficiently definite and reasonable. It is, howev er, expressly provided that the license shall not be exclusive. Asks for Second Federal Judge. Butte, Mont., Jan. 12. A Mintr special from Helena states that the Montana Bar association this afternoon adopted a resolution indorsing United States Senator Thomas II. Carter's bill providing an additional Federal judge for Montana The association, how ever, takes the ground that the bill should not provide for the division of the state into two Federal court dis tricts, and recommends that change in the proposed measure. Grinding Cane in Mexico, Mexico. City, Jan. 12. Cane grind ing is now well under way on the sugar plantations. The total production is estimated at 225,000 tons. AIR EVERY SCANDAL Senate Coinmlltci) to Invtisllijalii Affairs of Canal. MAY ABOLISH CANAL COMMISSION Latitude. Will Un Given In Taking Tes timony in Hope ot Showing Mismanagement. ' Washington, Jan. I. 'I. While the senate has labored to musk the truth, the fact Is that next Tuesday Theodoie Itoosevelt, William II. Taft, Thcixlore P. Shouts, John F. Stevens and, inci dentally, John F. Wallace, are to be arraigned arid tried before the none ton impartial judges who constitute the senate committee on interoceauic can als. The trial is to be called an investiga tion, but it means simply that every supposed scandal, every petty criti cism, every report of friction between officials, every story of an unearned salary, every tale of a discharged em ploye and every fleeting bit of gossip is to be told in public, and from them all the member of the committee expect to get possibly some of them hope to get the basis for u direct charge of in competence, or it may be of guilt. There is not a soul in Washington who believes that anything will come of tbn '.n vest igntion save tbn knowledgti al ready held that some of the heads of tho enterprise have had their bickerings and their disagreements. ll may Ih that in the course of tho hearings the public may burn the real reason for the resignation of Mr. Wal lace. It may learn whether or not there was any truth in the reports of friction between Mr. Taft and Mr. Sholits. It innv learn whether or not Poiiltney Bigelow drew the long Imiw, but that anything sulistant ial can coui from the investigation no one in Inn heart believes. It is understood that the greatest lat itude will be given ill the matter of at-king ipiest ions, and, if curiosity about personal difTererences between official is to be considered one of the chief things which it is necessary satisfy, the senate and the people may have their (ill of satisfaction. The senate declares that President Koosevclt practically challenged the investigation and that it ha been de cided not to deny him. There was nothing for the president to do, appar ently, in the present condition of af fairs, except to "challenge" an inves tigation. There 1) a find ng in Wash ington that he took the course that ho did to win eventually the right to con duct the canal construction unhamper ed by a commission of seven men. If the result of the in vestigat ioit leads to the statutory abolition of the canal body, it mty be that trouble and rumors of trouble will d!ncar and that the work will go forward, showing that a strong hand is behind it. SEETHING WITH EXCITEMENT. Young China Wants Reform Old Chin.i Adheres to Graft, i Pt-kin, Jan. 13. Reports from the. South and from the YangtMe valley re gion show the ami-foreign sentiment to be very strong. China undoubtedly is in a ferment of politcial excitement, but the movement is directed as lunch sg:iiust the government as against the foreigners. The government is between two fires. The young Chum party ii clamoring because reforms are being executed too slowly, while the conservatives and the officials, the latter having their per quisites threatened, are resisting all efforts nt reform. In spite of the protests in Northern, China, the foreign ministers have not changed their minds for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Chile province, the only exception being the legation gi ards. the ministers believing that the Chinese government is both ablo and determined to protect foreigners in the event of a revolution. Demand a Lower Rate. Juneau, Alaska, Jan. HI. At a meeting attended by '15 Douglas City shippers last night a telegram was or dered to be Bent that no contract would be signed with the two steamship com panies now doing business unless a rate; of 25 per cent less than the present rate be granted. At present only three con tracts have been signed in .luueaii with the two companies. All other shippers were waiting for Hume move by Tacoma or Portland. There is some pgitatiott to get Tacoma to pool the isHiie with Portland. Castro Will Sell Asphalt Lake. " New York, Jan. 13. According to private advices received from Caracas, President ('astro will offer for sale to the higheest bidder the concession for t le asphalt lake (iuanaioco, of whith the New York h Bermudes company was deprived about a year and a half ago. The asphalt property, which it in the state of Bermudei!, is now being operated by Ambrose Howard Carner, as a receiver under appointment by the High Federal court. More Jamaicans for Canal. Kingston, Jan. 13. Four hundred men sailed from Kingston this after noon on the steamer Tagus for Colon to seek employment in the canal one. Fach man dejxisited $11.25 with tho treasury under the immigrants protec tion law.