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 -
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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
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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.
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