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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1906)
Bohemia Nugget COTTAGE GROVE OFEGON. news ofthe WEEK Iq a Condensed Form Icr Ocr Easy Beadca A Rsume of the Lss Import! bwt Not LSS Interesting Events Of the Psst Week. J. P. Morgan fied Italy in fear ol aaei nation. Carnegie favors reform in tb pell lig of tLt English language. Tbe rul i said to be paving r for a cotitationel monarchy. Representative Land!, of Indiana, tu ft plan for reform In gover d toent printing. Betiii he peoly declared for Franco fa the Moroccan dupoU and Germany Lai raised a proteet. II eery wind storm along tb Atlanta k Lara duiged shipping and lessened tb chance of raring vessel which went ashore daring recent storms. C. E. Grunsky, coososlting engineer of too IWlarnation service, ha mad an adverse report on the Paloos irri gation project, esying the cost ia to ei ceaaive. John D. Rockefeller haa given II to New Jeraejr hospital in the nam of bia grandajn. The tame mail contain ed a gift from Mft. Maraball Field, Jr., for 1100. Capitalist hare purchased the ite and boilding of the Lewi and Clark fair andjwill aave the building from farther deetructionh for use in homing large manufacturing plant. Governor rattlson, of Ohio, ii im proving. An alliance of Britain, France and Kussia it proposed. The famine in Japan grow worse and disease follow hangar. Anthracite coal operator bare split on the wane ecale to be paid miner. ifeney say Pristol charge are base lee and Bristol will reUin hi office. Twenty-six miner pribei in the Century coal roina disaster in Weet Virginia. The Iotertat Commerce commission ia investigating onderbilling fraad by hipper. It ia claimed that only the detail of the Algeciraa conference remain to be settled. Roosevelt i credited with aolf ing the problem. The government ha given Hermann bill of particular concerning the let ter book destroyed, hot hi lawyer continue to delay the trial. Attorney General Hadley, of Mis souri, ba called a trace on Rockefeller while the latter may vitit hi new grandson. Hadley say he can get all the evidence he need without John D. anyway. The German army ia reported ready for war. Russia i on the eve of another rebel outbreak. The condition of Governor Pattison, of Ohio, i grave. A nowlide killed (iz miner near Granite, Colorado. Roosevelt haa proposed a comprornlee in the Moroccan question which doe not please France. James A. Fee may appointed United Htate district attorney for Ore gon if i'rintol loses out. The conference between miner and operator of the anthracite coal district haa failed to reach a wag" agreement. It i now generally admitted that be tween 4') and 60 person lout their live in the recent Denver & Rio Grand wreck in Colorado. The sidewheel steamer Olympian, which was being towed from Han Fran cisco to New York, was wrecked in the Htraita of Magellan. Latent report! ay nearly 2,000 were killed and 6,600 Injured by the earth quake in Formosa. All aurvirovr are in a atate of extreme destitution. An ezploaion in a coal mine near Fairmont, W. Va., ia known to have killed 16 miner and injured 25 other. From 26 to 76 are iniaalng and their fate i unknown. Kx-Chief Engineer Wallace favor a aealeve) canal. Nineteen liveslwere loat in a storm on the Gulf of Mexico. A comprornlia at the Moroccan con ference i now promised. Daring robber have taken $432,600 from a Moscow, Russia, bank. Jerome say giving insurance money to campaign committee 1 not larceny, The price of bottle ia to be Increased 6 per cent by the manufacturer. Heyeral shipwreck have resulted from the recent atorin on the Atlantic coast. Total collection in the United Btate from all sources for the relief of starv ing Japanese now leache f 120,000. Objection to the appointment of W. 15. lloggatt as governor of Alaska may result in the selection of acme one else. Attending physician now believe John D. fpreckle hit ft chance of recovering. ROGERS ANSWERS QUERIES. Admits Standard 0ersp of Sup posed Indepee-dsnt Colter. New York. Msrtb 24. H. H. Rers Pilar!? 8ered tb qieti-n rot to bin by Attorney Geoerml Halley, of Mieaouri, in the proceedieg to oo.t the Hsodard Oil comr-aoy, the Waters Pierre Oil company, an I the Republic Oil corr, pen v from Mis"oari, anJ the Maodard Oil la ever admitted that the !taodar 1 ens a txajority of the stock cf the other two companies. Tio Mr. Hadley La overcome bis axml recalci trant witnees and ha proved the ttain prmt of bi cootentioB. Tlay he will go farther and prove by doramentary and oher evidence that the thre com paaie are all bumkJ by lb hUnda d off-cial at 28 Broedway. Ttere waa a decided charge fa Mr. Roger' manner onder exemicatioa. bt be till pUdel lap of memory or ignorance oa several important point. W. G. Rickefeller aleo UetiSed and bi memory failed on several qaeetioo. Mr. Roger admitted that be waa a stockholder ia tbe Standard Oil com pany of Indian, bat tid be did not know in detail of the condition of tbe ale of oil ia Mtseoori. nor did be know atnt iha diviaioa of that taU between the Watera-Pierce and Republic Oil companiee. PORTLAND MAY GET TIME BALL Navy Department Favorably Conaidera Board of Trade' Requeat. Washington, March 26. Fenator Fa 1 ton waa aared today by tbe secre tary of the navy that tbe Fjuipment bareaa bad been niveetigating the ne- ceetity of initalling at Portland the time ball system lor the aid ol man ner. Mr. Folton bad presented the requeet of tB Portland board of trade, with an argent appeal that thi usnal feature of maritime citiee be part of the government equipment of Portland. The matter seem to have the favor of the brad of the department, and, no- lese anforeeeen d:f5icaltie intervene, order for the work are expected to le iseaed in the near future. In presenting the req'it of Port land' mariners and merchant, the board of trade emphaj;arl the trouble now experienced by captain in check ing the variations of their chronome ters, and brought to trie attention of the senator the large number of venels visiting Portland annually. These fact have been placed before the de partment. FALLS INTO REBEL TRAP. Governor Curry, of Simar, May Be Captive of Pulajane. Manila. March 28. In the recent recent fight at Magtaon in tbe enter of Bamar between the constabulary and a ir.rrm e.f Pn la lane two constabulary officer and aeveral private were wounded. Tbe loee ol tbe ruiajanea i unknown. Governor Curry ia miee ing. Governor Curry, Judge Lobiner and Superintendent of Kcbooia Hoover pro ceeded to a town expecting to receive in eurrender a large band of Pulajanee. It is now Buspected that the offer by tbe Palajane to surrender wa a treacherous raw. Reinforcement of constabulary have been ordered to proceed to the district and Provincial Treasurer Whittier, of Harnar, has recommended that Federal troop be held in readinee. BARS JAPANESE FISHERMEN. Fulton's Alaska Bill Will Pass House Without Difficulty. Washington, March 26. Japanese encroachment in the fishing water of Alaska will be brought to a cloee this year. Kenator Fulton' bill prohibit ing alien from taking fish in the wa ter of that district is on the bouse calendar and is assured of final enact ment there. For some time, especially last year, the Japanese have been press ing their fishing operation further and further on tbe American side of Uer ing sea and the North Pacific ocean. United States vessels found them last year far in the Alaska fisheries catching salmon in large rjnantities and pickling fish for return f Japan. No seizure were made, but most of the Japanese vessels took to flight when observed. Fortune in a New Carnation. New lied ford, Mass., March 2tt. H. A. John, a local florist, ha uccefded in developing a white carnation which promise to surpass every famou pink heretofore raised and for which he ha refused an offer of 18,000. It ia a carnation which, according to florist fill a long felt want in that it I a per fect white flower of extraordinary sire, with a item of great length, and a ca lyx which wilt not bunt. Added to these, it ba another essential of the successful carnation exquisite frag ranee. Rival of Standard Oil. Loa Angeles, March 26. The Time ay this morning: With the comple tion of the pipeline across the Isthmus of Panama through the canal rone, up on which work la now being rushed, it Is practically settled that the Union Oil company will establish, on the Atlantic coast south of New York, an immense refinery plant, and that a bid will be made by the united interest to control the asphalt market of the Kust and fight the HUndard. Must Not Buy Convict-Made Goods. Washington, March 2i Represent ative Kibley Iihs introduced u bill pre venting officers or agents of (he govern ment from buying goods intuit) by con vict lubortrs. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST COMPLAIN OF GRAZING RULE. Oregon Stockmen's GHerancts Are Taken Up by Senator Fulton. Waahingtoo eoatot Fulton ba re ceived many letter of complaint from sVjrkmen of Oregon, who expree dis satisfaction with tb manner ia which the forest service is managing tb sum mer range ia forest reeerve. The sheepmen of Umatilla county feel that tbey bare been anfairly t reeled in tbe distribution of range ia tbe Weoaba re serve, and the abeep and cattlemen whose tockl permitted to grase in tbe Cascade reserve feel that they are paying too moch for tbe privilege. Ho tar a tbe Cascade reserve I concerned, tbe i beep id en object to paying 6 cents a bead for tbe grating privilege when beep are permitted ia other reeervee at 4 and 6 rents each. Tbe forest service explain that tbe g rasing aeaaoo ia the Cascade reeerve I longer than in tbe reserve where the fee is smaller. fs far a tb Wenaha reeerve it concerned, tbe range ba beea apportioned for the coming sea son, and it ia too late to bring about a readjustment. To ascertain all the facts, with tbe view to laying tbe mat ter before the forest service in it true light, Mr. Fulton haa reqoeeted the slock men of Oregon to famish bim with accurate data, that be may aJjust these matter beforo another grazing season open. The Dalles to Portage. The Dalles A company of local cap italists, under tbe name of the Colom bia Transportation company, has bought the steamer George W. Fimojs from the D- P. A B. S. Co. It will be operated between Cascade Lock and the lower terminus of the state ports road. The boat will leave Cascade Locx at 6 o'clock in the morning and reach The I at 10. making all way landings. It will lie here an hour, then run to the lower terminus of tbe porta, and returning will leave for Cascade Lock at 2 o'clock. It i the purpose of the company in buying and operating the boat to afford people along the Columbia opportunity to make The Dalles their trading point. ' Many Buy Wallowa Timber. Wallowa Locator have been doing much business the past three months on account of a wild rush by local men and outsider to secure claim ia the pine, fir and tamarack foreet of Wal lowa county. Bections which sold at 11.25 an acre were bought first, and only tboee claims remsin which are in the 12.50 section. There are but a few more claim open f-r location, ami it ia expected the locating eason will be closed witbin 30 day. Capitalist are buying much of thi timber, and from individual bolder claim pur chased for lee than $500 are selling at from $1,000 to J1.600 each. These carry from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 feet to the quarter section. Enterprise Still Capital. Wallowa The Wallowa connty com missioners, at their lat mee'ing, ac cepted the offer of F. D. McCullv, L. Knapper and Aaron Wade, to build a wooden structure in Fnterprise large enough to meet the county' require ments for a courthouse, and to lease the same to the county for five years at an annual rental of $W0. The building is to be completed by August 1. It will be of wood, but compa'a tively eafe, a it will be equipped with a flr.r.rr-.f vault. The hoa rd thus settled further controversy for five year regarding the permanent loca tion of the county seat. Fight for a County Seat. Canyon City The fight for the conn tv seat now being waged between Can yon City, the present capital, and Prairie City, long aspirant lor Uie honor, is waxing red hot. The laws of Oreiron orovide that a vote must be ordered by the county court if a peti tion, signed by not less than three fifths of the registered voters, is pre sented. The promoter of the removal have organized en improvement asso ciation, and among other things have secured subscription amounting to $20,000 for a new courthouse. Great Loss in Malheur County. Baker City (Sheepmen and stockmen of Malheur county are offering $80 a ton for hay, according to report, and the price ia rapidly advancing, as very little feed could be bought even at this fabulous price. It is estimated that the storm which has swept over the country during the past week will re suit in the loss of at least 25 per cent of the livestock of Malheur county, a many sheep and cattle were upon the range when it struck. Lane Fruit is Unharmed. Eugene Dr. H. F. McCormlck, Lane county fruit inspector, aays it is hi opinion that the freezing weather of the past few day haa done no material damage to the fruit in thi vicinity. Each thaw ha been accompanied by cloudy weather. Jlad the sun shone warm and bright each morning the crop would have been ruined. Hop Sale at Woodburn. Aurora Kd Herron, the hopbuyer, this week bought the Joe Kennedy bop crop of 72 bales at ' Woodburn, paying better than 1) cents. The hops were shipped direct to London. M. H.Gil bertHon, IJltiii.an liros.' agent here, went to North Yakima a few days Hgo to look after several big lota of hop there. CREATED AT LAST. President Sets Ad Blue Mountains ior Timber Purpots. WssLir gVn President Roevell, on i recommendation of the .'orest service, j has signed s proclamation treating tb Plos moanlaia forest reserve in Ksstern Oregn, to embrace 2.627,270 acres. Tbe reserve as created f jliows tbe gen eral liaes of the temporary withdraw.! made three year ar. itb the eicep tioo of 200. OvW acres to tbe valley of the Silviee rivsr, which has been slim inatsJ because of tbe agricultoral na tore of tbe land. Around tbe edge of tbe withdrawal small tracts of agrical tare. and school land have been elim inated and tbe boundaries are so drawn as to exclude all land lying along the border wbicb has passed Into private ownership onder any pabiic land laws. Tbe original Bios mountain with drawal embraced more tbaa 3,000,000 acre. A bo at 600,000 acres have been left oat, so as to make the reeerve a compact body of foreet land. Long Winter in Wallowa. Wallowa f-now cover the entire Wallowa valley and county, varying in depth from five iocbee on tbe Imnaha and Grand Roods river bottom, to 17 inches on the foothill of the Joseph mountain. Stockmen are somewhat ansiou concerning feed. The unusual loog season will necessitate using much iore bay than is customary in average winters. Though thi I a hay produc ing coonty, and though jrcat crop of bay were put away lal season, and much old bay wa left over, it is ex pected that there will be no surplus. Horgrowers Elect Officers. Salem About 75 bopgrower have become memlers of tbe Oregon llop growe' Miiciation, recently organised n thia city, ami permanent organisa tion ha been effected by the ebction d tbe following officers: President, J. K. Fears, McCoy; vice president. II. C Fletcher, Salem; secretary, J. R. Coleman, Salem; director. J. T. Wood, Salem; I.nis Ames, Silverton; C. W. Reckett, Salem; W. ii. F:gan, Gervaia; Francis Hbafer, Salem. Columbia County Breaks Record. Kalem Columbia connty break tbe record in the matter of payment of state taxe thi year. State Treaaurer Moore received a draft last week for 6,3H0, the amount of general state and school tax, and $265, the amount due for the support of the Agricultural college, from Columbia coonty, for the year 1906. Only half of this amount was due. The rest n ed not have been paid until December 31. Luckiamute Mohair Pool. Independence Tbe Luckiamute mo hair tool ha been organized at Arlie and has the following officers: Presi dent, A. C. Staats; secretary, Maurice Fowle; I. M. Simpson, A. C. Staats and Maurice Fowle were elected a board of manager. The new associ ation already has a membership of 35, representing 3,013 fleeces. It is prob able 15 more name are to le added to rbe membership soon. Cattle Bring Higher Price. Pendleton Three car of rattle were shipped to Seattle from Pendleton a few days ago, bringing $4.50 per hun dred pounds. This is about 1 cent a pound higher than the last shipment made. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, (; bluestem, C!c; red, 66c; valley, 6!c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $27.60; gray, $27 per ton. Uarley Feed. $23.50$24 per ton; brewing, $2124.50; rolled, $24.60 25.60. Buckwheat $2.25 percental. Hay Kastern Oregon timothy, $178 18 per ton; valley timothy, $HQ!; clover, $7 60; cheat, $67; grain hay, $7CH. Applos $1 602.75 per box. Vegetables Asparagus. 8J9c per pound; cabbage, lQl'c per pound; cauliflower, $22.25 per crate; celery, 76090c per dozen; rhubarb, $1.60 per box; eprouts, 810c per pound; turnips, $11 25 per tack; carrots. 6576c per sack; beets, 85c$l per ack. Onion No. 1, 75 90c per sack ; No. 2, nominal. Potatoes Pancy graded uurDanx, 60 55c per hundred; ordinary, nomi nal; iweet potatoes, 2VA($2c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 27)1'30c per pound, fty-gg Oregon ranch, 16c per dozen Poultry Average old bens, 1414 per pound; mixed chickens, 13!3)c; broilers, 2829c; young rooster, 13 13Vc; old rooster, 11c; dressed chlckenK, 1516c; turkeys, live, 16 17c; turkey, dressed, choice, 1820c; geee, live, 8C9c; geese, dressed, 10llc; duck, 1618c. Hops Oregon, 1005, choice, 10 & lOfto per pound; prime, 8Uc; medium, 78c; olds, 67c. Wool Fastern Oregon average best, 16021c per pound; valley, 24320c; mohair, choice, 25328c. Veal Dressed, 38o per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 23c per pound! cows, S & 4c; country steers, 45c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 80o per pound; ordinary, .4 5c; lumbs, 8Q Pork Dressed. fiQOc per pound. ADVERTISE NORTHWEST. School Teachers Akd 10 tntsr Com petitive Slory Contest. To the teachers of Anierlce: To evi dence its appreciation of tbe National KJicational aaoclation's selection ol the Pacific coait as the scene of Its nest annual convention at San Francisco, California, July 1'th to 1 3th Inclusive, and to encourage dalegale to include Portland and Oregon In their Itinerary, the Portland Commercial club offers KIVK. THOUSAND I M H.I.A KH In prise for article on Portland. Oregon, and thi section of the United Stales, as follows: First prise, $1,000; second prise, $'.00; third prise, $:-0; fourth prise, $20; fifth priss, $175; lith prise, lino; seventh prise. $125; eighth prise, $110; niuth prise, $100; tenth prise, $;i0; trn prises of $76 each, $750; ten prises of $10 each, $'.00; ten prises of $25 each. $250; twenty prises of $15 each. $300; twenty prise of $10 each, $200; Judge, to be acceptable to the officer of the National Fducational euiitioo, $300; grand total, $6,000. In order l? be eligible for competlton these article most appear in a regular edition of oni newspaper or other publication printed oulald of the date of Oregon and Washington, said publi cation complete to le in the hands of tbe judge not later than October 1, lWMi. Theee articles must le n-aled and addressed to: Teasber' Contest, rare Portland Commercial club, Port land, Oregon. They will )e opened by the judge Prises will be awarded strictly on the merit of tbe article. Conteetarit can treat any phse of the subject that ap peals to them natural resources, scenery, irrigation, agriculture and horticulture, history, educational and religious advantages, climatic or social conditions, etc. or in a more compre hensive vein. The judges mill tie abso lutely untrammeled in making their decisions. This offrr is made, not so rion-'i with a view of bat ing tbe country "Imomed" in a common acceptation of that term, as to have the teacher of the country l-come more familiar with this p-irti'iii of the United State aril give espr.n sion to their views in stub articles a will ! acceptable to apers throughout tbe entire Union. CANNOT EXPEL SMOOT. Two-Thirds Majority of Senate is Re quired, and is impossible. Washington, March 23. It seems certain, in the light of recent develop ments, that the campaign against Hen ator Keed Hmoot, of Utah, will fail. Mr. Hrnoot'a enemies have been hoping to oust him by a rnaiority vote of the senate, but senators who have given at tention to his case find that the consti. lotion stipulates thst no senator shall be deprived of bis seat except by a two third "ote of the senate. The anti-Srnoot senator have been taking the position that the protests were filed against Mr. Hmoot before he took bis seat, and, inasmuch as he was seated under protect, the majority vote can m applied, since it lakes only a majority to esclude a senator-elect. Hut this view is not generally concur red in by senators. Mr. Hmoot was seated, and, having been permitted to take his seat, ttie only way to get bim out is to expel him, and this requires a two-thirds vote. It aeema absolutely certain that two thirds of the senate is not in favor of unseating the Mormon senator, prob ably not a majority, and for this reason it is believed the much discuHsed case will fall flat. Iowa May Oust Standard. Des Moines, March 23. The house, by a vote of 4S to 12, today passed the anti-discrimination hill, which is in tended to oust the FtMi'lard Oil from Iowa or compel a revision of its busi ness methods. The bill prohibits dis criminating rates for oil arid is pattern ed after the Missouri law. It provides a fine of $5,000 .and imprisonment for violation. Kepresentuti ve Cummings, tbe author, in presenting the bill, as serted that tiie Standard Oil com puny had made a price of 4 cents a gallon for oil in his Iioiiih town recently, in order to drive out competition. Italian Island Quaking. New York, March 23. A cable dis patch to the Herald from Palermo says : There have been 21 earthquak shocks on the island of Ustica during the last three day. The population lives in constant terror. A great valley ba been formed in the center of the island and all the bouses have been demol ished. The shocks were vertical, not undulstory, and were accompanied by loud subterranean rumbling. The last hocks, which occured yesterday, fin ished the work of destruction. Panic seized upon the 2,000 inhabitants. Millions of Sockeye Fry. Vancouver, B. C, March 23. Twenty-nine million sockeye salmon fry will be turned out of the Dominion uoverriinent hatchery at Harrison lake next week and started toward the sea. The flxh are about three inches long. The operations at the Harrison lake hatchery last fall and winter were at tended with great success. The flsh at th Heton lake hfi.tbeiy, which ia a n'oviri-iitl i ir-t i tut ion, will also shortly be released. New Drdock for Poget Sound. Washington, March 23. Secretary HnimiinrtH annosred before the house committee on naval affairs today and diseusHed naval appropriations. He urged an appropriation for a stationary drydock on Paget sound. , GIFTS ARE ILLEGAL Opinion of Judge In New York Insurance Investigation. JEROME ASKS FOR WARRANTS If Inlont WS to Dsfraud. Psrkins Committed Larceny, Says the District Attorney. New York, March 21. If the grand jary which is investigating some of the conditions devtoed by the recent legislative investigation reaches the conclusion that contributions of In suranre company funds to political campaign committee wsre made with intent to defraud tbe true owner of this proerty, It must find that larceny has been committed. This opinion wa eipreesed today ,by Justice O'Hul livsn in the Court of tieneral Hessions, in ariswer to a prtseutment on the sub ject submitted to him by the grand jury. Judge O'Hullivan added that it is not within the province ol the court to say whether or not there was such intent. That ia a question which the Jurors must determine for theinaelvea from all the facts and circumstances in tbe case. He charged the jury to make a thorough Investigation into all the fact and to place ti e reoiisibility for such crimes, if theyfind that crimes were romniitted. Mr. Jerome was in c-urt today and. W ben Jui'ge O'Hullivan had delivered his opinion, tbe ditrict st'ornet ake. I the j n r v to retrain, a be d-mred to ad- ilrees It Upon the subject In qilentlnii. lie declared that Judge O'Hullivan bad tnl'i tnceived tbe subject which be bad conxidcred, and that, if the court bi l l til it opinion, it would be the duty of tbe grand jury to relurn liidiclnienta agaimt Oeore W. I'erkine, ri-vico president of tbe New York I. if" Insur ance company, fur larceny, and against lieorge It. Cirtelyoii, chairman, and Cornelius N. 1S11, treasurer, of tbe Republican National committee, as re ceivers of stolen good. GOVERNMENT MAY APPEAL. Wants to Punish Officers of the Beef Trust with Corporations. Washington, March 24. President Kooeevelt held an eitended conference today with Attorney Oeneral Moody, Secretary Taft and James It (iarfleld, commissioner of corporations, concern ing the adverse decision rendered in Chicago by Judge Humphrey in the lee( packers' case. No detail of the conference were obtainable at tbe white bo'ie, but it is rerlain the at torney general proposes to bok care fully into the law (tearing upon the matter, with a view of ascertaining whether an appeal from tbe decision of Julgu Humphrey by the government will lie. Despite the decision relieving the individual o Hirer 8 ol the pack ing ror Hirations prosecution will continue, of course, but it wa the desire of the government to place responsibility (or tbe violation of the law upon otli cials of the corporations where tbey are found to be guilty of such viola tions. In such efforts as may be made by the attorney general and other offi cials of tbe department of Justice to secure an appeal from the decision of Judge Humphrey, this point will be kept to the front. It could riot be de cided at the conference today w hether an appeal from the decision would lie, hut Unit question will be gone over carefully, and if, in the opinion of the, law olliceis of the government, a foun dation for an appeal can be made, it will be taken. States Should Interfere. Chicago, March 24. The committee appointed in Chicago last February at the conference of governors, attorney generals and Insurance commissioners, with instructions to prepare a form of laws for better regulation of life Insur ance companies, with a view to their ultimate adoption in several states, concluded it deliberations tonight anil adjourned after declaring itself in favor of interference by the states in tbe in ternal affairs of the insurance com panies and in favor of a standard form of policy. Bank Robbers Offered Receipt. Moscow, March 24. The Credit Mutual bank today issued a notice to the effect that the robbery of $432,000' from Its vaults March 20 will not affect its solvency. The employe deny giv ing the key of the vault to the robbers, dclaring that the leader of the band had a key of bia own. The leader of the hand grimly offered to give a re ceipt for the money in the name of the revolutionary committee, but this was declined. Test ot Battleship New Jersey. Quincy, Mass., March 24. The bat tleship New Jersey, constructed for the government by the Fore River Ship building company, left today for an iinoflicial test of her engine. The official trip will bo held on March 2H or 20, when she will be required to make 10 knots an hour,