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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.
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