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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1907)
t PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE PASSED IMPORTANT UILI.8. Win! thn Legislature Accomplished During t he Settlor). Salem Many important hills passed both IlliUHi'M of the Oregon legislature nun- wMK.iii iiKiniiu me m just ended, und a consld - MT Were defeated. Till. Hp- lit I In1 session just viable till 1 1 1 i- i ml ions nr very In r i amount ing to Nome $.1, Mill, 000 lli (Ml I I 1 1 M pilHCi ' raisiiiif any i h i l i n I j 1 1 amount nf res -J 'iiui hy iicw mi'l )n mh . Several bill fur im'W revenue were defeated. Among tin-Ill was tlitlt i f I I-f r-M-ntji1 Ive I I h to lax 1 1 11 il r I I I 1 1 1 (III llll blUIIM of cruising null-; milled Id inscesnrii liy their owners. I AiMillii't was that prepared by I In- lull tux commission ami i 1 1 1 r k 1 1 ii 1 I iy 1 1 -1 -resent at l-. c Freeman lining public kit-J vice i r 1 1 1 1 ion mi Ilii'ir capitalized iii'l earnings. A third was I luit uf Rep-' IIHI'lllllt I ! Sl'l I ll'lllil'T fdt Cullll'l illll of j luxes on liuiil tlml luiil escaped ta'iil ion in lli' In-! t-ix years, One of lln' ili'fi'aN'il measures uf 1 it ri I I I 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 huh tlml uf (In- I ' r I lit ni I board of tni'li', fui I'diilriil uf tin' water iw- it uf I In' state. Another was tlml fur ii $iii),niMi iip,iui nit urn fur extension; uf tln portage run 1 1 lu Tin" I'hIIi'm. I lt-l uf till till' I HK'1 1 in-ti t f mum tlml fur a railroad commission. The hill 1 fut IIiih law was i ii I r 1 1 1 'i' I by J I 'i i r ! -M'tlllll I vc 'I in il II ii in I I lit-1 hrcc CUM I II i is Hiutii'iw ii In ii-1 v 1 1 1 1 v t Ix't'ii ti ii n t iil T. k . Campbell, C. H. Aiii'limuii iiinl SWIlld WlS.1. Ki'j in-Hi-ii tul i vi Junes, uf Folk, fnllier uf ii su.-ces-.fu I lull Hiirupi iating flint), will f,,r free lock at Willamette f. ill, Colli illgl lit oil till- till t II l III I (.'Ml- iTtiiiiiiit ' appropriating mi iu l I it i ii iu I huiii sulliciciit lo provide t he hicks mul iiinintii in I hem . Ki-irvM-nliit i vr Futon, of I.imi', has llierte'lil uf having secured enactment uf n lull grunting lii 1 1 1 Slate ii ii i vi-rn i -t v mi r i ti nit I t-l mi' 1 1 n; uppruprint inn uf I I 2r.IMIO. licprescntat I ve Jackson , uf Iiotiglas, itit ri 1 1 ! I it fiiii'eoNf 'il dill iippupriitl ing f I imi.im Ml fur Niiliuiml Ouard ann um. Kcprcsc ntat i c Perkins, uf Jackson, tin tin-rreil.t uf hii'iirinx fur fruitineii ii law lu pri'eiil false labeling ami branding uf nii-kei fruit, an. I uf anoth er law tu prevent false marking uf nur mtv slock A tlur'l lull of hi permit uii-liiit'li-t" tu kill bird tlml destroy iT' pM, hut this lull in in i ii 1 1 k' r of a veto. lie presentoit i vi" S I u-Iiit in father of a tlivcKful liill crent mg n sheep coiiiluis ni"ti anil a sheep iu-pcctor, and nut ! r i. iihj i tih j ft i irs uf I In- I n i rrtiu uf an i i mi I ilnlilhlry lu exereine jHiliee uwerM in till' Htnti fur era'l lent iu uf flieep M'lili. Kepre.-etit :it ive Sel t Ii-iiiht'n lull nihiH 'i Itutll lluuneH Id llppluprillti' $1110,000 fur tin Seattle I'XputMtiull ill llMI'.l. Kejintieiitiiiivi' I'Munriln ni pro moter uf an iiuiHirtmit eiinrtineiit tu raiMc t Ik per I'npitn tax uf m-hunl I ih Irieti' lu $7. Kepri-Meiitntivi' Yuwtrr of .laeksuti liil'l It I'ill Hl.teil tu erenle uhe Ixmnl of liVi-lil fur nil the tl rin:t Ih, iiIhii tu iip ptoprinle flO.tHMI fur the Ahhliin-I ti'T lnal. Kcpren'iititt ie l'..'irret t of I'lnn llllil ill. I the fiune fui the Wehl'.n liur liilll, ill the hiiiii of $ .'iTi.tlOO. Senator l.ollv;lmry Heeiireil enili'tinelit of lii.- hill iruviilitifc- t.'!i!,ooo for M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ii mul Ili'presentat ive InekHun put a nucveHMful riiler on it appropriat int (1!7,(NN) for I 'rain. liepreKeiitat ive Curler of I!en tun Hceureil paHlie of a $1 1T,(M)0 ap prupriatidii fur new hiiilitmH at the JtaN A jriiMi 1 1 urn 1 collepi, mul Senator JohiiHuii of a $7.r,(l(Ui ajipruprial inn fur iiiiiinteiiaiii'e. Kepreneiit.'it ive ItenlH if ant hoi of an 4'imi'tment creating (ho otlice of cheese, ilniry ami creamery iin-pei'tor, art dep uty to the plate ilnity cinniiiiHsluni r. ItepreceiitHl ive I rim,il I intruilueed Iheliill fur I he act crent iti(i the Port of 'i 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 PiHltict of Mulliiuiiiah, Co- luiiihiii and t'latrtup count ieH, for n-trn- latiun of towiiL'ti and pilotagi at the mouth of the Columbia river. Senator M. A. Miller, of Linn, ban to bin credit a compulHory education law, which piumisci to he the moft ffiftlvo inetiHiire of the kind ever pro poned In ( Ircgnn. Among the most important Honute MHh enacted wan the 1 laineM Umking bill, w hich, though acknowledged to he imperfect, iH believed to be a wimo leiiHiire for thn reiiHon that it in the beginning of utato HiiperviHioii of hunk- lug. I Senator M. (J. Miller, of Linn, wiih (ho author of a hill that Iiiik pansed bolh liuusrH providing for thn loiinini of HiirpltiH fun lrt in tlu i-tnte t rrii.sury to hunks giving Hectirity and juiying in- tcreKt on daily balances. Setiator F. J. Miller, of 1. inn-Marion Hivurei I t he passage of bills for thoi'H- tahliHhmcnt of mi institution for the feelile-iniiided, an institution for whicb t hero lias been general deinund lu or- ler to plaeo under control a class of jieople not lit for tbe nsylutn but who ought not to ho at large Senator Sichel fnthereil two bills that will have considerable, effect. One provides for tbo working of husbands who fail to support their families, and 1 ho payment of $1.50 a day to the fam ily for their bujiport. The other pro vides a uniform insurance policy Senator CohIiow will lie remembered Board Flxet Termt. Salem The state land board lias made an order permitting a number of holders of school laud certitlcatcs pur chased from A.T. Kelliher to secure title to the lnnd by surrendering their cert ideates and making new purchases. In doing so they must make tillidavit t hat they dont nl ready own 320 acres of land of that character. This in a measure enforces the legal requirement that only 320 acres of school land shall bo sold to one person. kindly liy nil jurors lnnn fli r, fur he sii'ined I In-i iiiii'l un til uf n law nimin the fri'H uf jurors frum $2 lu $.1 ii ilny. Senator I larl of linker was mil hor of llit'liill which 1 1 1 iu 'H restrict ions upon tin1 pasturing uf foreign sheep in Orc- gull, Mo HH lo irlll'1 I ri' 1 Si-imlor Mitlnrkcy In) ( inrliMiiri'H which will In- i K i M" ,,H " proln-t Oregon h) ii'i -1 i r ii i . ru'lili'i'il I litre f rutiMiilernlil illipuitalH'e. One limits the houtp i Inhur uf ttainiiii'ii, iiiiulher iniiki-M tin liUMliillid'M eulirleMy the Hiilne iih a ttifi duwer, and the third pruviilef lor tin Inill'lintf uf a hride iiciomm the Williilii etle at (Ihwi-u, IIuih nffurdiiiK tin ineniiH uf tu klnj; the traiim off l-oiirlh Hlr'-i l in I'm t html . i elialor .Mulil ol .Iiu khuii reiin in In-red the willows and urpluini hy mi eiiriiiK the I'lini'l meiil of a law wh.r raiHeM from f.l.iioo to t'.Uuuo tin miidiinl 1 1 nt t mnj he leeuvered fur net eiiiiMiui; deal h. Senator ( 'nke framed t he hill whirl Iiiih piis-ed providing fur tin- nppuinl Iiient ol two Mipreiin1 1'ourl euiiiiniMHluii I tM hi It-finl the I'ulirt in rat'dlillK IIJ with Its wuik . Senator Kay ph-a-ed Ihe iiierehanl evetvhere I iv HM'iirilii? Ihe einu-l inetit of a law which ptovldrn for I he piriiinh Itient of uav'rH of puhlic empluvi-H Such emiiloveH are very often jud.Miieti prmif wilhuut Hiirh a law. Senator N'hulield fiithered it niniihe or 1 1 h 1 1 1 i iniVM. anil Iiiih hint the cciimum law auiended ho that it in now united t modern cundil iutm. Srlintol Nut t inpllHIli Inleri'Mted lllltl fidf in the impidvement uf iiihlic moralH M tintin I , and s.fiircd tin- I'Mhi'I mint f II law fui the pun inhllielit of petHoliH guilty uf ciit icititf away children tind 1H yearw fur iiniiiural purpuseM. Senatur limtdiitm wan fatlier of a new f inert I lire law, thn ellieieiicy of whicl hai vet td he mIiowii. Il reiiuiicH the huriiinif of I he d.-hriM of lia'i;iiiK opera I ioini, and there wi-re cuntlirt ini; opin iutii at to the practical working of tin ineiiNiire. Other noteworthy hotlHe hillrt enacted were the follow jijj; : II. Ii. .'lii, P.iirn I'ur pure fixxlrt and reu lat In hrnn-lihi.' of Hititie. II. II. -ri.'I, lievlHion of Iiiwm coiiiinit i i' or rccuriiini: cumiiiionai hiiich of iimi'hinety. it. i. 0i, lien in Itch ior curxni tlulii ciipitali.ed fur inure than f 1, 000,- (100. II. I!. IU, Joticp of I. inc., In and I'ulk l'or convention of district r-chool IninN. II. 7.r, Mc( "it, I'rovldini; clerk of imihler lihh warden. I II. I. K I , Freeman Authorizing di ttuMtt ion of olate a" diri-cted hy will Withi'ilt order of I'rohate cuiilt. II. I!. h.r), Freeman AHHtHinir lank block . II. I!. Hi!, I'reeman I Mining jxiwern uf county h'-ar ls of eiiiiiliatiutt II. I!. S, Freeinan I'vy and collec tion uf taxeH. II I'.. S'.l, l'leemari Muu ellicielit Hyi-tetn for ifKocrneiit and taxation. II. It. !)7, Steen For diHplav of 1'iiiled StutcK Haw' on Mi-houl huildini. II. Ii. Ml, McCiu Appropriat in! f t.itiio for p.ittdl hunts fur muster lish warden. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 7(k'; bluestein, "i'lc; valley, 70c; red, CiHc Oa'tK No. 1 white, ".".; k'riiy, iL'K.f.O. liar ley Feed, fL'l'.'ill (HTton; brew ing, rolled, f':i..riO(.. L'-l JtO. live t.V0 1.50 per ,-wt. Corn Whole, $-.'-l.,r)0; iraeked, t'J'J .'tO per tun. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, f 4f. lr per ton; Fustcrn Oregon timothy, 17(iflH; clover, f'.l; cheat, $1); grain hay, $.)(.i 1(1; alfalfa, $14. Kutler Fancy cremnery, 32ll!(n.'!5c per pound. ltulter fat First irrade rreum, ;53lc perpdiinil; feconil rado rrimin, lr Iohm l r pound. Km Oregon ranch, lSltli' ix'r dozen. Poultry Average, old hotiH, 14oi l.r)i' per Kmnd; mixed chickeiiK, H(,is HV'I npring,i:i'e(iiH4i'; old rooHterK, U (njllte; drcKrted ehickeiiH, 14(r)lni'; tur I kovH, live, l(!r; tnrkovH, dr,-Med, choice, lK(ift2(lc; ueoHi' live, IttWlOc: ibickH, !(!(() ISc;. Apples Common, 7.r)c $1.25 per 1kx ; ehoico, $1 .50(ii''2.fi0. VegetahleH Turnip, $lvjtil.2." per Hack ; cnrrotK, $l(iU.25 per Hack; beetn, $ 1 . 2i"(.i, 1 .50 per Hack; hursenidish, So jier unuid; Hweet pobitoof, ;i'si; per pound; caiilitlower, $2.50 er dor. en ; celery, f .'t.5(i(ift.'t. 75 crate; pproutH, !tc; rhubatb, 1 In per pound ; Hs'imtaguH, 17c per pound. Onioim Oregon, $11. 15 per hun- tired. PotatooH Oregon Hut hanks, fancy, $1 .4(1; common, 75c(ii$l . Veal Pressed, 6,ltt(l?tle jier jxnind. Iteef IresHed bulls, 2,Jf33,v!c per pound; cows, 4 la 6,l8o; country steers, 5 'gi'djigc Mutton Pressed, fancv, 8 'tt0c tier pound; ordinary, Hot. Pork Pressed, lint lie per pound. Hops 8 '(,'$ 10 le per pound, accord ing to quality. Wool Fastern Oregon average, best, 1!1()1Hi!, according to shrinkage; val ley, 20 2 He, according to llneness; mohair, choice, 27(a:iOc per pound. Goes to Naval Academy. Portland Clarence V. Walls, lias rccoived an appointment from Senator Mulkcy to llll a vacancy at the I'nited States Naval academy at Annapolis, Md. Mr. Walls is a native Oregon inn, having been born at Prinevillo 18 years ago. His friends ate confident that he will have no trouble in passing the entrance examination. This is to be held in this city April 10 next by the United States Civil Service commission.. PLAN TO 8TOP SACK GRAFT. Paloute Farmnn Will Carry Thuir Whunt to tlfvutori. Wavt-rly, Win h., I t b. L'ti. 'I ht; farun-rH and w heiilgruwrrH if this dis Iricl liiivn dii'idr, i do away with the "siu-k proit," ami ,'lcvntotn for hiirid lilig w Inn I In hulk will he he built all n lung t he Spukane Inland l lii-lric run. I. A very enl liusiiiMt ic inn-ling was held here rifetitly and the mailer Ihur niigh ly dlscu-sed hylhe fanm-rs. The meeting wiim addn-MMi'd by a rrjireHenta live uf the elevator comiiany, who ex plained tint advantages to In; derived from Ihe farmers handling loust; instead of nu ked grain. The company will In; organized turn able thn w hentgrowef td handle his grain in the most cronotiiiral matinrr, ami I heiehy Have Ihe price of Hacks, which sell fur from 10 Id 11 cents each. The farmers fcH that they have Is-cn Imposed upon by Ihe "slick grafliTH" lung enough, ami they have to derided to stop buying Hacks and handle their wheat, in hii k . Wagon (sixes that will hold lOO bushels of wheal to haul td tin eleva tors w in cost, iiie uirmers inn f i; itu-n it f i I I liese Itoxes can lie use.i iium yer lu year. All elevators will Is- eipiipju-d with Ihe indst ni'slern miichinirv fur I he handling and cleaning of grain in 1 1n muti economical manner. Wheat can tie Jmnillcl fully a cent a Ini-ln-l ituper than through the w ItrrhdUSCH in sucks. iigm iluinps mi'l shipping scales will Is- provided at every eleva tor. These elevators will probably In Inn It all through the Pnlouse country this season, as farmers all over Faslern Washington are anxious to do awav with sacks. TRUST IS REALITY. Farmert Holdirg Back Produce for Better Pricea. Chicago, Feb. 2'i. The farmers' trust, has arrived. It has stretched its iig, strong hands over the states of In diana, Illinois, Iuwa, Kentucky, Wis cuiisin, Kansas, .Nclirstka, OKlahuina M issuiiri and I ex as. Its knotted lin gers have piled t: millions of husln of grain nnd fruit and thousands of hales of cotton into a mountain heap and the trust lias said to the dealers of tin- world: "You can't have any of this until you pay us what we think is coming to us. Now do your worst." liver since early hist full, Isiard of trade men and shippers of grain have Is'en talking about the scarcity of cars I'd that scarcity they have attributed almost entirely the fact that com. wheat and other farm pnslucts do not move to t he market centers with more haste. The dearth of cars is an everv- lay theme in the speculative ami com rcial gsip. That there is a great I. al in it nobody disputes, but a still more signilicunt phenomenon ot the day is that grain is being held back be- nuse the farmers are determine! thev hall get the price thev have set on their own property. RATES ON DECLINE. Senator Elkins Filet Loner Litt of Railroad Statistics. Washington, Feb. 2(5. Senator F.l- kins, of West Virginia, has just com pleted and tiled in the scimto is minor ity report on the railroad rate law. It ncsehts a comprehensive history of the economic development ot American railroads, together with exhaustive tables which tend to show a constantly lecreasing freight and passenger rute, and the relation between such rates and the price of commodities and cost of lalxr. "The average passenger rate," says the report, "advanced siightlv from 1S70 to 1HK0. During the next 24 years there was a dtvline eipial to 17.S." per flit of the average for 1SS0. The net lecline from 1S70 to 1HSI0 averaged ltl. 14 per cent. The dtvline In the av erage rate per mile per ton of freight was 5S 71 per cent during the years from 1870 to l!04, the rate for the arlier year lieing about two and one- half times that of the latter, and the net saving to the shippers averaged 11. Oil mills per ton per mile." The. report says that the cost of tiansportation in 1(104 was nearly $2, 000,000,000 less than it would have teen had the rates for 1870 still pre vailed. Dry Farming in Malheur. Vale, Or., Feb. 2rt. Persons here from Pendleton and Walla Walla state that they will take up some of the bench land just west of ale and use dry farm ing methods. They feel certain that the soil is similar and better than that around Pendleton, on which such excel- ent returns are being made. No dry farming has ever been tried in this sec- ion of the county, und the outcome is being prophesied as a failure bv some of the old settlers, but those who are studying the situation state there bo no doubt na to success. can To Enlarge Irrigation Project. Pendleton, Feb. 2(1.--More than $(, 000 will be expended this spring on the work of extending the llinkle ditch, one of the small piivnte nvlanittt ion projects in the vicinity of the govern ment's Fast Umatilla project at llcrm iston. The announcement was made by Attorney J. T, llinkle, of this city, who Is at the head of the company. The contract 1ms been let to the New port Land & Construction company, and the work will be starlet! at once. Forty of Crew Perished. Canea, Island of Crete, Feb. 20. All the passengers on lioard the Aus trian steamer Imperiatrix, which ran on a rock F'riday evening near Cape Kluphoniso, were saved. Forty mem bers of the crew, of whom 32 were Aus trlans and eight Indiana, perished. CHANGE ALL AROUND President Reorganizing Head ol Canal Hoard. CAN FIND NO PLACE FOR OLLIVER Slevent Will Retire Early Next April After bucceator it Thoroughly Broken In. Washington, Feb. 2S. The president cunf-rred at the White Jfuu-i; today w it h Secretaries Tuft and Knot regard ing the details of the reorganization fcheme for Ihe Panama canal work. It is iinderst'ssl Hint Colonel Haines and lieiijiimiti Ilarrod, civil engineers, Isith membrrs uf the prcent commission, willtetire. Admiral F.ndicott, the on ly remaining inrmlit-r of the old rom-mi-sioii, w ill be retained, if the law re iiires that tine naval civil engineer shall be iiirluded in it.- mcmls'rship. Majors 'iiM'thal-, Oaillard and Sie brrt, whd were riarrntl as mcmlicrs of the commis-ion, will receive salaries considerably in excess of those they rmw receive, namely, 1,000 a year. It i- the intention to divide among them the salaries now paid to Messrs. Shouts ami Stevens, aggregating f'iO.OOO per annum, as long as they are engaged in canal work. It is Mated that Chief Engineer Stev ens n-signed with tin- statement that he would remain in charge of the isthmus until his sui-ecs-or arrived and was thoroughly initiated into the new duties and prepared to take them over. It is probable the transfer tan be effected early in April. It will Is- necessary fur the army en gineer to make a personal inspection ol everv pari of the canal construction work hefdre any determination can be made as to the method of conducting work in the future. The president's letter yesterday indicated that there might be a recurrence to the contract plan, but even if that should lie the case, t lie oiticers will timl themselves able to manage the work in a supervis- ry capacity, jut as they now do seve ral or the large river and hai uor protects in execution in this country. Telegrams were received at the White House tslny from the South, asking the president to name W. J. 01- liver, whose bid for the construction of the canal was rejected, as a member of the I-thmiari Canal commission. Mr. Taft said tonight that he did not Is-lieve the president was considering such ap pointment. Mr. Olliver said he would not accept the place if it were tendered nun. VMien tie lias t'een otticial ly no tified that the bid of the Panama Canal Construction eonmpanv has been reject ed, Mr. Olliver w ill give out a statement for publication. HERMANN SCOKES. Not Friendly With Benson; Only Did as O her Commissioners Washington, Feb. 28. Two import ant pi lints for the defense developed to- lay in the trial of Keprfsentative Her mann. One was that Hermann was not on friendly terms with John A. I'.enson, the San Fraie-isco real estate dealer now under indictment for alleged land frauds, the other that Hennann's predecessors in the land otlice had all, with one ex ception, removed their private letter press copy books from the otlice when thev retired. Mr. Worthington for the 'defense scored his two points in the cross-exam ination of Klliott P. Hough, former pri vate secretary to Hermann. In answer to ipicstions, Mr. Hough said that upon one occasion Benson came to see Her- mannat the land otlice and complained utterly at the action of the land otlice in not allow ing his claim for a survey made in California. The survey was under a $50,000 contract. The land otlice held that the claim was fraudu- ent in that the alleged survey had nev- r been made. I'ensun was very angry, and Hermann, during the interview. became incensed. Votes Down d!m Crow Car. iiithrie, Okla., Feb. 28. The con- stitution of the purposed new state of . Ukiaiioma win not contain a plank pro-tnl report on conditions existing in the viding for separate coaches and waiting I Pacific Northwest, as regards their rooms for the two races. By a vote of j countrymen. The result of the com 4(1 to 31 the convention this morning ; mittee's investigations will lie sent to laid on the table the committee report . urging the "Jim trow' measure. While the minority of the delc-lltes I wore elected on platforms endorsing the ! separate coach law, the result was due to the alleged attitude of the president on the question und the terms of the enabling act. Only One Dredge for Coast Harbors. Washington, Feb. 28. All Oregon am! Washington items in the river and harbor bill were agreed to by the con femce committee, with the exception of 'the senate amendment authorizing the construction of a dredge for exclusive use in harbors along the Oregon coast. The chief engineers stated that one dredge would be ample for the harbors of both the states and on his recom mendation the senate amendment was knocked out. Fever Prostrates Crew. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 28. The battle ship Connecticut, proceeding from the passage through the senate this Southern waters to New York with an session of Senator Ankeny's bill appro epidemic) of typhoid fever among her priating $700,000 for the Seattle expo- crew, was in communication with Nor- folk by wireless telegraph tonight when , off the Virginia capital. A message from the Connecticut says 15 of the men stricken w ith typhoid are lu a critical condition. SUB-TREASURY ROBBED. Two Hundred Thouttnd Dolltr Theft Uncovered In Chicago. Chicago, P eh. 2.'5. Thn Tribune, to - '''"-: one ill tin; largest if nut thn largest thefts from tho I'nited States treas ury has Is-eri tirienrt Insl in Chicago. Somewhere Ix-tween $175,000 and -""."" was ,toi,.n from th iai ..b. treasury last week. J lift money bafl disappeared as completely nfl if it had vanished from the earth. The authorities here and in Wash ington have been working night and day on the rubbery since it was discov ered. Chief Wilkie, of the United States Secret service, has U-en keeping inform ed Py telephone and telegraph of every development, and, wcordirig to tele graphic advices, be will have Washing ton today to take sTsonal ehargeofthe investigation. Secretary Shaw, of the Treasury de partment, was ttld of the big theft when in Chicago last week, and was in conference with Sub-Treasurer William IVildenwick and secret service ollieinls. I The money was sUtleu either a week ago Saturday, the next day or Monday. The chances ore it was abstracted on Monday. The loss waa discovered Tuesday. All the money taken was in large hills bills of the denomination of $1,000, $5,000 and 110,000. Just who discovered the loss the sub-treasury offi cials would not admit last night. Neither would they tell from what de partment the money was taken, nor how the loss was discovered. DANGER TO HARBOR BILL. May Be Killed Entirely to Avert Big Treasury Deficit. Washington, Feb. 25. Since Chair man Tawney, of the appropriations committee, called attention to the prob ability of a deficit of $100,000,000, in consequence ofjjthe large appropriations made this session, there has been con siderable talk around the capitol alsout defeating the river anil harbor bill, thus removing the possibility of Buch deficit. The river and harltor bill as tossed by the house carries! $83,000,000. As amended by the seriate, it carries $02, 000,000, and the prospects are that, if the conference committee agrees, it will report a bill carrying in the neighbor hood of $90,000,000, or approximately the amount of the deficit predicted by Mr. Tawney. Friends of, the river and harlxr bill, since the rumor started, have become active in urging prompt agreement on the bill in conference, so that it will not run the chance of being talked to death in the last day or two of the ses sion. If the report is delayed until the middle of the week, and a few senators determine to kill it, they will have the bill entirely within their power. STOP FOREST RESERVES. Fulton Would Give Congress Author ity to Create. Washington, Feb. 25. Senator Ful ton has offered his amendment to the agricultural apropriation bill, prohib iting the creution of further forest re serves in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado, except by au- thoriv of congress. Senator Lodge, who threatened to raise a point of order against the amendment, withdrew his objection, and it was generally agreed that the amendment would be permitted to go in the bill if it was not debated. This is satisfactory to Mr. Fulton, and he expects to have the amendment ac cepted by the senate when the bill is taken up. Western men in congress are thor oughly aroused at the Forest service for its attempt not only to regulate all gov ernment timber land but public range land as well, and in consequence legis lation reconi mended by the president, looking to the leasing of the public range and the reservation of all public , timlier land now in reserves, w ill be tabled. Japanese Will Investigate. Seattle, Feb. 25. The Japanese asso ciation of Seattle has appointed a com- mittee of five to make a full and impar the government at Tokio, through the Japanese ambassador at Washington. A - I hit tori, nreshlent- of th nssi-not-inn declared that the meeting was not called as a government function, but merely through a sense of national pride to in vestigate conditions. Alaska Loses by Much Wrangling. Washington, Feb. 25. All import ant Alaska legislation now pending before congress will fail because of dis agreement among the Alaskans now here. The most Alaska can expect is the passage of the bill creating land otlices at Nome and Fairbanks, a new I game law, a bill requiring the record ing of assessment work on mining claims and the bill relieving the Tan ana Mines Railroad company from the payment of taxes. No Hope for Seattle Fair Bill. Washington, Feb. 25. Senator Tiles has about abandoned hope of securing sition. Senator Hale refuses to with draw his objection. As the bill cannot pass the house this session, the whole . matter will go over to the next eon 1 Kress, when It stands a fair chance of i ' passing. I TRIAL TO CONTINUE ( Judge Stafford Refases to Dls miss Hermann Case. LETTERS TELL OF CONSPIRACY Prosecution Hat Two That Hermann Wrote to ex-Regitter of Rote burg Land Office. Washington, Fell. 2?. -Just ice Staf ford t'slay overruled the motion of the defense in the trial of Representative liing'-r Hermann to take the case from the jury and dismiss the charge fin the ground of fatal variance Is-tween the indictment and the evidence Itefore the grand jury. Hearings were resumed. The trial was halted last Thursday, when Mr. Worthington for the defense made a motion on the evidence submit ted by Hermann's former secretary. lio igh, as to his testimony before tiie grand jury, Mr. Worthington also argued that the prosecution could not adduce evidence of conspiracy on the lrt of Mr. Hermann with others to defraud the government out of public land in order to show a motive for the destruction of records, as alleged by the prosecution, on the ground that Her mann was not on trial for conspiracy. After hearing the argument on Thurs day, Justice Stafford ad journed the trial until today, in order to consider the points made by the defense. i J. T. Bridges, ex-register of the land otlice at Roseburg, testified that he had received many letters from Hermann of a private character that he had destroy ed. Two were found in his desk when the desk was broken open at the time he was suspended in 1905. One of these mentions the name of Agee, who is identified by the government with what has lieen designated a9 the "Agee conspiracy." It was identified by Mr. Bridges, District Attorney Baker stat ing that he desired to show the inti mately friendly relations existing be tween them. He further said that this transaction in which Agee was involved took place while Hermann was at the head of the land office, and that he should have knowledge of it. WATCH SEVERAL SUSPECTS. Secret Service Men Have No Clew to Identity of Thief. Chicago, Feb. 26. Although a score of detectives are at work on the case, the theft of $17.3.000 from the sub treasury in this city last Wednesday seems as far from solution as the day on which the robbery was committed. The general impression prevails that the thief must have been a government employe, and several of these men are being closely watched, but, as far as known tonight, no tangible evdience has bern discovered. Among those under surveillance is George W. Fitzgerald, who was In charge of the teller 'e cage from which the money was abstracted, but he in sists that he has no knowledge of how the money disappeared. MAY STOP FIGHTING. United States or Mexico Threaten to Intervene in War, Washington, Feb. 0. Unless Nica ragua and Honduras speedily agree to arbitrate their ditiieulCesin response to the suggestion of the United States and Mexico, it is not improbable that inter vention will be resorted to in order to bring an end to the present hostilities. It became known today that within the last day or two a second note was sent to the presidents of Nicaragua and Hon duras, in effect conveying this threat. No replies have been received and, while in otlicial circles the hope is ex pressed that further bloodshed may be averted, there is an underlying belief that it w ill be necessary for either the United States or Mexico to step in and force an arbitration. Steamer Empire at Old Game. Washington, Feb. 26. Advices re ceived by the State department today through Minister Coiea of Nicaragua are to the effect that the small steamer Empire, which in the past has figured conspicuously in filibustering expedi tions, is being utilized for the trans portation of munitions of war from Salvador to Honduras. Minister Corea will request this government to have the tteainer Newport intercepted by the cruiser Chicago, believing that she car ries supplies ultimately intended for Honduras. Big Air Ship Ready to Fly. San Francisco, Feb. 20. The Exam iner says a new Hying machine, ar ranged to carry 15 persons, is now ready at Plensanton to start on its ini tial voyage. This machine measures 225 feet in length, and has a diameter cf 40 feet. The frame of the structure is built of 18,000 feet of aluminum. The six propellers are moveable and adjustable. The engines located within the ship drive the propellers, which are eight feet in diameter. Bandits Get Big Plunder. F.l Paso, Tex., Feb. 20. Bandita raided the hacienda of Jeus Urangan Salenz in the village of Durango, Mexi co, Sunday night. After making pris oners of Salenz and his servants, the bandits robbed his safe of $7,000 in gold and gathered up many thousands of itollats' worth of jewelry and plate, destroying all they could not carry off . Otlicers are search! in- the mountains for I the robbers. !