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, Bohemia Nugget tbohvaita Nainrct Pub. Co. COTTAGE GROVE . . OKEGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Roosevelt favor? the ship subsidy bill. All parties in Russia are attacking Witte's cabinet. Forty peisous were luut in a street car wreck in Pittsburg. The rate bill will pass the senate without the court review amendment. Failure of the Moroccan conference is now expected, but war is not looked for. Tl e Philippine tariff bill passed by the house will soon come up in the senate. The Panama canal commission will likely be reduced from seveu members to three. West Virginia's governor lias appeal ed for aid to down the railroad trust in that state. Coal operators have offered a com promise to the miners and a strike uisy be averted. Russia is negotiating a ce-.v loan in France of $240,000,000. The interest will be 6 per cent. V. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., was mobbed and arrested in Italy for running down a boy with bis avUo. Three boys were burned to death and nine injured ion a tire at Kenyon Mili tary academy, Gambler, Ohio. Witte's cabinet is falling to pieces. Japanese are said to be oppressing Coreans. Johann Hoch, the modern biueheard, has been hanged. Minister P.ockhill says be fears no trouble in China at present. Attorneys ior me reuera ion in.iin; , have secured habeas corpus writs at Boise. The drydock Dewey has had to put in at Las" Palmas, Canary islands, for repairs. Wilson Mizner, the youthful husband of Mrs. Yerkes-Mizner, has agreed to a 'Beparation for f20,000. The State department has taken up with the Russian government the al leged holding up of pos.al orders isued by the United States. - Congreeemanen are receivinz many protests against the Hepburn-Dolliver bill now pending. This measure is practically a Federal recognition of prohibition. Philippine officials say the tariff re duction on sugar will not make any difference with the producers of the United States, as the pro-met of the islands will go to China anyway. Taft made three speeches on Wash ington's birthday. The Longworth's received a warm welcome in Cuba. Democrats control the senate com mittee on the rad bill. One of New Orleans' largeec whole sale grocery firms has suffered a tire loss of $130,000. The German reiehetag has extended the most favored nation tariff to the United States for one year. The Canadian government has raised $25,000 worth of flour which will be Eent to the famine sufferers of Japan. G. A. R. national officers are pre paring for a big time when the national encampment meets in Minneapolis Au gustlS. The various foreign legations at Pe kin are beginning to fear an outbreak and the sentries on duty have been doubled. John D. Rockefeller is said to have been discovered in his own oflice trans acting business as usual. Some of the best detectives have been trying to lo cate him. Garfield denies he promised the beef packers immunity. The New York leg'elative committee lias made its report. The management of the big insurance companies is se verely criticized. Immediately follow ing the report eight bills were intro duced in the legislature radically changing insurance laws. Mrs. Julia Ward How is seriously ill. Susan fi. Anthony is stricken with paralysis. George W, Guthrie, reform candi date, has been elected mayor of Pitts fcurg. Russia is renewing her encroach ments in Mongolia. Turkey has given Germany a naval base in the Mediterranean, though other powers protested. Detective McParland says the Feder ation officials are responsible for 30 murders that he knows of. The congress cn uniform divorce laws asks a Federal law be passed against "tramp" divorces. IRRIGATION BILLS KILLED. No Leave of Absence or Condemn. ti on of Private Land. Washington, Feb. 2b. The senate irrigation committee t.o.hiy adversely reported Senator lley'ourn bill per (nutting homcsteado.s undi r govern I ment irrigation project to obi a n leave ofaheei-.to fr ill their entries lor six i month of each year up to t he t .mo ! water is turned into the iriiiin canal ou land to be irrigated. The Interior de partment opposed the bill. The committee voted to table Senator Fulton' bill authot ii-.ing the condem nation of land in private ownership when required as part of any irrigation pt"ject. This bill was intended to permit the aopisition of thowng'ti road laud under the Malheur proj ct, but the committee doubts Hie const. tu tiotiaity of the bill and is furthermore deterged by the fact that the Owyhre High I.:ne Canal company, of IVoise, now proposes to reclaim even mote land than was emhrec'd in the govern ment Malheur project. If it be shown that this company means business the government will abandon the Malheur project. BULLETS FOR CHINESE. British Government Sends Munitions to Fleet. Ixondon, Feb. 2d. The P.ritish gov ernment takes a rather gloomy view of the Chinese situation and is preparing for any eventuality there. Warships are being loaded with munitions on the Chiua station and heavy shipments are being made to the commander of the Frii-h fleet in Chinese waters, so that he w ill be ab"e to protect British inter ests f-houl 1 there be any serious u ris- l n gs . The missionary societies alo have been warned to have their followers re main in touch with the various British consulates, so that they can take refuge there, shouM it become neo-siiry. Commercial bodies dealing with Chi nese trade believe a general uprising in China is imminent. On the other hand, the Chinese lega tion here declares there is not tie slightest danger of any uprising and states that the disturbances in South China have been due entirely to the efforts of certain discredited lenders to organize a revi'lution to take over the throne from the present emperor. WANT EIGHT HOURS ON CANAL. Labor Leaders Ask President to Veto Deficiency Bill. Chicago. Feb. 2'i. Labor organiza tions of this city have appealed to President R osevelt to veto the urgent deficiency bill, paeed by congress, which abolishes the eight-hour work day on the Panama canal. The names of President John Fitzpatrick and K. N. No.-kels, of the Chicago Federation of Labr, were signed to a telegram sent to Washington as follows: "Oganized labor is unanimously protesting against the urgent deficiency bill so long as it containj the provision repealing the eight-hour law or any part of it, and must respectfully re quests a veto." The action of the local unions follow ed instructions from Pre-ideiit Gompers cf the American Federation of La!or. In a statement Mr. Gompers. averted that the law wa intended as the be ginning of an at'ack upon the eight hour statute cs applied to all govern ment eervice. THREATS FROM FOREIGNERS. Exclusion From Elack Hills Mines Causes Bad Feeling. Lead, S. I'., Feb. 2'i. As a sequel to the e plosion at the home of a mine foreman, letters have been received by Superintendent Grier, of the Home stake mii'C, anil some of the mine fore men, threatening bodily harm unless certain changes are made in the man agement. The governor has been asked to offer a reward for the apprehension of the writers. It is thought the letters result from an order prohibiting the employment of men who could not speak or under stand English It h considered that the safetv of the other miners was en dangered by the employment of work men unable to understand the signals. May Show Up Witte's Tricks. Saratoff, Russia, Feb. 2. Matu shensky, the absconding assistant of Father Gapon, was arretted here today. He was located by a committee of Sr. Petersburg workmen, but refused to deliver up the $12,000 belonging to the funds of the workmen's organization, which he is alleged to have embezzled. Matushensky will he taken to St. Petersburg for trial. The preceding against the prisoner are expfcted to be sensational on account of his connec tion w ith Premier Witte, ex-Comnieri e Minister Timiriazeff and ott.ers. Ma Postpone Meeting at Hague. Washington, Feb. 21. Secretary Root has is-ned a call f..r a meeting in Washington thin week of the American delegates to the approaching Hague conference. Messrs. Choa'e, Porter and Hose, feir the purpose of considering the program of the conference and mak ing the necessary arrangements for the trip. It will be impossible for the con ference to meet before, next fall at the earliest, arid a further postponement is probable. Wealth Limit of $10,000,000. Washington, Feb. 20. Representa tive Lloyd, cf Missouri, by a resolution in the house today, proposed an amend ment to the constitution, so as to limit private fortunes to $10,0(10,000. When ever the limit is exi-eeded the excess shall be deemed a "public nuisance, folly or peril," and he forfeited to the United States. f OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST i! 1 LAW WILL NOT STAND. I MANY CLAIM WATblt. Bill to Restrict Giving, ol Free Rides by R.illw.i) Not Properly Ur.iwn. Salem The ant i-pass law initialed by the People's Power Icr.guc is. ni'liii" an enacting t la i.n, and is therefore void. The constitution expressly provides that all laws initialed by the people shall contain the ciuctii g clause, "lie it diacted by the people of the Mate of Oregon." The copy of the bill ti led with the secretary of state has no such clause. The discovery was made when Secre tary Dunbar sent the bill to the state printer, preparatory to having 100,000 copies printed for distt ihution aiuot g the voters of the state. Attorney General Crawford says the secretary of state cannot permit any one to cortrct this defect, because each of the S.000 or more petitioners signed the bill in its present form. He rules that the secretary has no authority to change it or to allow any one else to amend it, but that he must submit it as it came to him from the petitioners. The supreme court has held in the case of the state vs. Wright, 14th Ore gon, page 37", that the deliberate omis sion id an enacting clane is a fatal de fect. The discovry of this error brought to light the fact that there is no enact ing clause or formal declarati on of any kind on any of the bill for amend ments to the state constitution, for which pe it ion are on tile. This ap plies to the woman's suffrage amend ment, as well as to the amendment submitted by the People's Power league. It has not been determined whe'her this omission makes the amendment void or not. The oilieials are looking up nu'ho-i. ties. No authority has been found to allow the secretary of stale to refuse to submit a measure ti a o e of tl e pio pie, even though it may contain defect which make it void on its face, provid ed the bill or amendment comes t o him with the proper number of signatures. Land for Reservoir Site. Washington The secretary of the in terior has finally withdrawn land for the Cold Spring reservoir site in con nection with the Umatilla irrigation project in Kastern Oregon, the land ly ing in townships 4 and 5 north, range 2'i and 30 east. Persons who have made entry of any land embraced in this reservoir site prior to the prelim inary withdrawal, August Id last, and have not acquired vested rights, will lose their land through the cancellation of their entries. The government, however, will pay for any improve ments they may have ma le. Will Show How Alfalfa Grows. McMir.nville II. F. I.our.s'.ury, travelinif freight agent of the Southern I Pacific company, has purchased for the company five acres near MeMin.ivi'.le, to be used as an experiment for growing al'alfa, with the hope of promoting dairying interests. Numerous other tracts of land throughout the valley have been purchased by the Southern Pacific (or the same, purpose. The company will furnish the seed together with a supply of land plater and inoc ulated soil from successful alafifa fields in other parts of the state. Will Start in 60 Days. F.ugene The deeds trarisft-ring the Kngerie Woolen millr from Wilbur A Wright, of Union, Or., to the Salem company, headed by T. 15. Kay, which recently acquired the property, have been signed in Salern and F.mil Koppe, who is to be the resident manager of the plant, ha arrived. Manager Kopne has. already begun to make improve ment at the mill, ami expects to have it in operation in fit) days. A new brick and concrete picker house will be constructed immediately . Cost for Month $664. Portland It cost $oo4.2! to conduct the Beys' and Girls' Aid society in January, and the bills were ordered, paid at the February meeting of the board of trustees. Superintendent Gardner reported that 0 children were received and Xi disposed of during the month. The number of children in the society's care renrnary i whs in. umh family living in Tillamook county took three children, brothers and sister. The family is well to do. To Develop Coal Mines. Fugejie The Spencer I.utfe Cool A Petroleum company has been incorpor ated here, with $100.00') capital. The incorporators are: J. W. Zimmerman, C. F. Mitchell. W. J. Williams and S. K. Stevens, of Kugene, and I. W. Iive, of Portland, The company has a coal prospect ten miles south west ot Fiugene, which it will at oifce begin to develop on an extensive scale. Later on oil prospects will bo bored. Appropriations for Chemawa. Washington The Indian appropria tion bill about to be reported w ill carry $110,200 for the Chemawa Indian school, including $4 000 for a new bakery ami $10,000 for a viaduct to cross the railroad tracks, which run through the school grounds. The lat ter improvement is intended to insure the safety of pupils in passing the rail- i load. Numerous filings on Oreg.on Streams Recorded nt Salem. Salem The luimeron tilitu"1 tint 1 ave been made on I be w alci of rivers ami mountain stream for power pur pose in this state during the past year, have au likened interest in the iUes tieiiofthe eleiliienl possibi I o ic of I rcgon . Many of the pnw er project have good liuaueiiil backing. The majority of the recent filing, indeed, are said to eman ate irom the same soime. The bo trine of beneticial uo which it is desired to apply to ttn watet in all stream of Oregon i responsible for much id the activity displaced of late As the law stands, any one can til on water for power purpo-es, and by doing a small amount of work each year can prevent any one else from appropriat ing or using the watt r. This rule ap plies to iirigation and a movement i on foot to change the law ro that no man can appropriate more watc' for ir rigation purooe than h can put to gtood use. State regulation of the lhw and distribution of all water is fast be coming a principle of law in all the arid land state. To regulate abuse and prevent their repitition, the leading waterusers are preparing to urge numer ous) change in the law, so that the ownership of the waieis in all stream mid lake shall vest in the H'ate, for the use and benefit of the (H-ople. If thi is done, it will be iieeeary to make careful survejn and meiiure the tl ow of all stream that the water may be equitably distributed. Ask for Pool in Wool. McMinnville The Yamhill live stock association hn e ected the follow in ollieer: president, William I'il erst ; vice president, John Kcdiuiind; secretary, M. It. Ilendrnk; treaurer, W.S. Link: directors, William liun ning, J.ilin liboall, IC. O. Juries, Amos Nelson and I". A. Wal:er. At the last meeting id the n-sociiitioti a resolution was pa-sed rccumniendnig that tie trustees set April 7 as the date f r scii- ing the nr. hair p. 1 1 w as u o re for mcd 'iiiionded that a wool pool be t:.e Yamhill growers. Eig Crops in Umatilla, PeiiiUetnii I'niiitiili county firmer are bs king forward to an cioisuilly good yield of win at thi year. It i re ported Irom the country near Helix that the indications in that country c in Id scarcely be very much better. The grain is i.i better fchape now than for several year at thi mason. The ground has plenty of moisture, and a frost would not do any great amount i f damage should the temperature take another drop. Indians Want Linds. Pendleton About 2r Indians, mem bers of the C diltnbia river tribi-, have made formal application to join the I'matilhis and share in the a 1 loi m -t'ts of the reierBtion. claiming that they areof the same tribe ai d f aile I to once in with them when the alio' men were made several year ng ., preerr'ig to stay with the Columbia river tribe. Much Freight From Dallas. I 'alias TwerOv ears of lumber were billed out of 1'il'as in a irg;e day re cently, bcides several cars of spurn and piling. T o- n iiis here and at ball City have a combined output of from 10 to 20 curs daily. The fie'ght serv.ee on alt male daj s w ill soon give way, as the Southern Pacific has promised a daily freight train. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, !': ; bliiestem, 70c; red, Kic ; val ley. 72c. (la's No. 1 white, feed, 2t'l') ; grav, $27 roOrx2S fit) per ton. liar ley Feed, f 2'i o'K 2 per tori; brewing $2 r 2 .'.( : rolled, $21(25. P.uck wheat $2 2') per cental. Hay Kautern iregon timothy. ' (314 per ton; valley timothv, $:!): clover. $7 fU'S; cheat, $i(o;7; grain hay, $7tttB. Fruits App'es, $102 50 per box cranberrie, $ 1 2.000 14 f.O per hmrel. Vegetables Cabbag", l1.j'02,4; per pound; cauliflower, $I.!)II02 per crate: celery, $4 per crate; sp'outs. i-l.j"t7-per pound', sqnab, l'OlU.c per pound; turnips, !i0eO$ a sack; (Hr rots, f;"075c per sack ; beets, H."eo$l per sack. Onioi.p Oregon, No, 1, 050 70c a sack ; No. 2, rn initial. pofatotes Fancy graded I'.urbanks, OOO'iic per hundred; ordinary, nom inal; sweet potatoes, 2'a'02Jc per pound. B itter Fancy creamery, 27hjO30c per pound. Kggs Oregon ranch, N)3I7c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, KlOl lc per pound; mixed chickens, 12012'ic; broilers, 10020c; young looster. J 2c ; old roosters, 10 O 10Jc; dressed chickens, 14015c; tuikys, live, IdO; 17c; t irkeys, dressed, choice. lSO20c; geese, live, 0c; geese, dressed, 120.14c; ducks. 10018c. II, ps Oregon, lfi05, choice, 10O 104c; prime, 8()c; medium, 78c; old, (507c. Wool Kastern Oregon avcyage best, l021c; valley, 240.2.ii! per pound; mohair, choice, 80c per pound. J5eef Dressed bulls, 2JiOHc pound; cows, 3h;04c per pound; country steers, 4 05. Mut'on Pressed, fancy, 8J(i?e per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 8 Veal Dressed, SCiSc per pound. Pork Dressed, 08c per pound. SLAL6US MAY SUh UNC.l.L SAM. Hill Allowing Oouil i to Aili'.( Claims lor Coiuen..ilioo. Washington, l ei.. 2:1. A livoiabh repoit wiih niii'le today on Senator ImiI ton' bill hieh pciu.it owneis ol sealing vessel scUod b.r pelagic el mg in r.ehtiig sea to go inlo I lie Circuit court foi li.e Ninth cm nit t tceovi r from the goveiuiiierl an amount equal to (he lot th-v si.itaincd through I he rci.ui e of their Vessel. Year ago, when 1'ehriMg ml w a held to be a closed Sea, ti e l ulled S'ates claimed jui i 'dii t mil o.cr the e.i-t half and K.nsia over the .enitinr der, and sealing whs prohibited. Munv Healing Vessel were caplured by the two government. The Supreme omit sut.pcqilcnllv held I'.chllitg a to be an open He a and denied the j ui i l let ion of tin government beyond the three ma rine league limit . Following this, llriti-i. sealer whose vessel were taken by Amelienu reve nue cutter sued and recovered Horn the foiled States, and owner of Amer ican ship taken by Iti'ssian lecveteil from that government. Hut thi gov ernment ha never paid the claim 'f American sealer whose veel weie illegibly sei.f.l by the American gov ernment. It i t" pay these claim that the bi'l i pressed. Ill the aggre gate It i not believed (he claim will exceed $1,000,000. TWIXT HOPE AND FEAR. Morocco Delegates Doubtful of Suc cess of Conference. Algecirn. Feb. 21. Although the Franco-lie rman leadloi k remain un broken, the opinion of the delegate to the Moroccan colilerelli e lln t lute H to ll e n suits, the view today being rather more hopeful that some solution is possible. Thi i due l.ug'dy to the Oermiin attitude that an adjust men', eventually Will be learhe.l. The melicillt deb gati s also cult n. tie-confident, despite the I rcnih illid I'r.tish pesSI!lli!ll. S 1 1 ii of I he il'!egati 1 e j.les the view that n i e . o i c d I at i y lie .v client will be male il'i.itiy f'.iiii P.. rlin. At the af'ernoori m imii thecon ferTiee si fled a few in;l.r points on the hack j u.-st i. 1 1 , inchi ling the u lop 1 1 in o! a gold I a:-. I he Italian delegate are . 1 . n II sir.g the po-si hi 1 1 1 y of tin l ppul III lliclil ol a number of the conferee a arbitra tor for the settlement of thecontrn Versial oint of lt. French and liei mail pr j ct, should Kgreement rela tive to the maji.Mty of the detail be attained. Ambassador While pcrsh in hi opt imistic view ( f the ultimate result of the conference. RUSSIA WILL BRAND COWARDS. Officers Who Surrendered Without Cause To Be Disgraced. St. Petersburg, Feb. 2). I'lilirece- dented r guhif ions to purge tbw army of llirer accu-el of cowardice and sur-n-riderin ' during the war fr no reason able can "i w re announced today by the mihtary organ, t.e Ihi-sky Invalid. Oap'ive ofheer reluming from Japan Will, Ul.le-M they Were Wolllde.l wllell eilpf lired, be tried hi toll coipts of honor, mil iiii'ish reinstated lythe ii nar, I inoiis c!e isi..n of lln ir fellow otlner, wiil be di-oiii'.Hcd in disgrace. "I 'out usio ,, " a I reijUcnt excuse b.r surrender, will not be I'ccepted . The higher i. tlieeri) who were respon sible h.r the surr -nder nt 'hi ir i rga'u :zilioriH must secure a v i r.d nj i n from a court of honor and I he min inter ol war. Such case w ill be Hil bin it ted to the emperor individually. The tns.pH which Compcsid the gar rison at Port Arthur are exempt from thiHi prov iioii , the respond I.i I it y for the surrender of that fort ress falling upon (ieneral St..e".cl. Men Won't Let Women Talk. Washington, Fi-b. 2 i. I oo.r. in the : ngress for uniform divorce law be ciirne so great tfii i.ftr ruoon that Mis Fannie la-ake Cuiiiniii gs, the sole rep-le-er.tHt i ve f Washington state, witii dre and left 'or hi r home. Her reas on was "the men won't let the women talk." Ol these offenders., she said, ministers were the wort. It was earl ier in tin day. wh;le she was making a speech on the "Ileal Causes of Divorc es." that C. Larue Muiihou, of Phila delphia, asked her to ci aue, because he considered her lemaikH "nauseating." Drydock Dewey Adrift. New York, Feb. 2:! According to a dispatch to the Herald from Las Pal in is, Canary islands, the dry.hek Dewey broke adrift time linns mid was picked up with difliciilfy by the fl et w hich i towing it. This is re p'.rte I, the dispatch says, by the tug Po oiiuic, which liccl liy reached Las Palmas. The Jleet and drydock are n 480 miles w st of the Canaries, the dispatch says, and everything is going well. Condemns Export Tax on Coal. London, Feb. 2U. The Pritish en port tax on coal apparently is shite 1 for removal in the forthcoming budget of Chancellor of the Fxi hopier Asijuith. Mr. Asiti!th informed a deputation today that, while he declined to make any declaration in regard to the taxa tion until he presented the budget, ho considers the coal tax vicious and un necessarily injurious: to an important industry He said thet the members of the deputation would find him anx ious to lemove it. WARNING IS ISSUED Stiitc l)i:i;.r!iM:nt Tells Mission aries of l!ii!iir In tlilnii. Hill lilVt I VI KY rHDIICIIDN Sayt I bey Sboold l eave Intel ior AiMSlant Sei I etai y Dai o Ad niitn thiuue for Anirty. Cincinnati, leb. 21. -- In answer t. a letter from F. M. bain, correspond ing , r.taiy 'or the foreign Christian Mnsionary society, b the Slate depait incut at Washington regarding I be eltu atioti in China, Acting Seentaiy ol State Unbelt II. icon sent the following let tot t i Mr. lutin : "The condition of affair in China in causing tin government much anilely, and, while in thing i known hero whn.li would justify the I mine I into withdrawal ol uiissonane from lino inti tinr, it would app ' pru.lent l. the di paitmenl for the head of Ihn iniion to warn all outlying station of the apprehi tision cailod by their eipi.se. I coiid'tioll and to a I V ise 1 1 em to take early step to remove I.i place i f safciv at the first oius.i (,f alarm, even if it should appear in;gnilh ant and the danger not imminent. "'This government i disposed to uff nid every protect ion in it power to it citizen in China, but in ca-e of an outbreak sin h prnto tmu Would be much f.u ihtn'ed il Am m an iit.-.-n weie o.iigrcgati d hi acccsi bin .li t le ." COMMEI.'Ct SI ILL INCH! AStS. Lary,. Advani " m i pott ami bo- .1 t i Inl f IM ,ll Y r .1 1 . Wa-bihgt .ii, I -'.. 21. --Toe f n -ign I'.illlln. ree .f the I'l.l'e.l Mate li ning the li r-t S.IM I I le ... 1 1 s i ' the I; -I I y i a I I I 'mi. arm . note lb. 1 1 .7..." I'J I.I H. a. -! on. ting I, a bullet in i-a. d by tin .1. -I par !: i.t if (Vm i.er. ai.. l..l...r. j Tins shows a Col. Hi ler.lble ill. lease 111 I I . .t ! i I iii pot t and i p r 1 , but nen peeiallv in i port over thro cor I ispi Hid ing mout h of 1 ''ll ' . In l lot seven months ending with January, import have increased f7tl, (IDO.IIOO, and exp.it have increased 1 1 .Vi.OiiO.IIOO. Import during thi . veil month ended with .laiiuaiy, foot;, were '. T ..'.i'.ii, and eport wen $ I ,l'.'.i.,i. 7'. I. The ini iea-e in iinporlat ion n cur li it- ll y in manu facturers' materia.! and ti u i ln-l inanu futures, while tin i lie r eae ill exports, occur chnfly inagricnltur.il ptoilin Ih and mamifai t nr. . WANTS 11) IIIUIGA1E tGYIT. Aoierh an' Claim to Slii e of Desert Held Up. Washington, l i b 21. The S'ate de partment !ia been informed, through Consul ieiieial (iittingn, at Cairo, with regard to the claim of Cope White house to a vast tract of land in the. Kgyptiau desert, that t he application, tiled by Whitehoitse was regular. Wbitehouse l a made extensive ex plorations in Africa and Kgypt. llo discovered w l.ai he believed to be the site of an ancient city in the F.gvptian desert, and took Steps to HeC'lle title to a large area of land inclu Ijng t bin place. Hi purpose was to reclaim and develop the H'id land by mean id irrigation. lie has not yet been able to take possession of the laud and ho allege that hi claim ha been held up in the F.gvptian foreign ollii e on tech nical grounds without any right. Power From the Colorado. I. oh Angeles, Cal., leb. 21. Accord ing to the Times, the energy of (!,,, Col onel i river i to l.n transmitted to l.osj Angi le, aeon-ding to plan now' being mutimd by local and Philadelphia cap italist. I'iist the power is t.) bo dis tributed among t ho mining 'camps on the Nevada and Arizona border and ul timately brought here. Il is said that between the (irand canyon m the Colo rado and (he itlack canyon it is possiblo to take advantage of certa"n sites an. I develop electrical energy oiial to Mil), (lilt) horn, power. Local Option In Ohio. C .liiiiibiiH, (., leb. 21. -The house, tins afternoon by a vote of til to Hi, i asst d the .Ioiich bill, bucked by H o Ohio Anti-Saloo:i league, which pro vides for municipal local option by pe tition instead hi by election, leaving the init iative exclusively in tlui hand of the temperance people, and it is) claimed by the Anti-Huloon league that it will enable the people to drive, saloons from all the residence districts of the cities of Ohio. Investigate Rates On Oil. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 24 . John T. Marchlund, of Washington, secret agent of the Interstate, Commerce commis sion, nnived hero today to investigate illegal rales on oil. The resolution under which Mr. Marchlund is winking was introduced in congress Monday by CongriniHinaii Uainj .,.. v. Kansas. CI