PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
'I'lin following nn sonic of tlx' more
1 1 n ii i r ji 1 1 1. measures niHHt'i I iy both
In MiMff of (lie legislature lit lint mi'miIiiii
just ended :
II. It. in'J, McCuc lie. poring sch'sil
districts In ri'inrt. to ntjit.it superintend-
-1 1 1. within Ki days it ft it aniiiial Hi'li'iul
ii I lux mnl to linlil lit least Inur
IIIUlltllK (if M'lllMll t llll I'll! illl'll t Hllliri!
of iiiini't iuliinciit.
II. II. IL'.'I, JilllCS llf ClacklllliaS Ex
tending provisions of hit It lul l vn and
referendum to cities, count ics mnl dis
trict. II. II 1 11!, Gray Creating commis
sion fur A. IC. IliirUuik trust fuml fur
mi orphans' home.
II. It. 1 -in. Gray Extending closed
HMlMoll fop CIlilll'HI' phcaHIIIlt.
II. It. I'i'l, McCuc To license salmon
raiiiicrymcn.
II. It. llll, Newell Increasing np
iriiriitt ion state l.ihraiy commission
to $il,(lilO pi r jit i ii i in .
II. It. U17, Itcvcridgo Allowing
county del ks to register electors other
.1 :.. I i.. ..n: I I...I if ..I I...B ...... I
lllllll ill llin mine iiiiii p ii or 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 ik iui'i
system fur reg IkIjt.
II. It. I7tt, Harrclt. nf Washington
Allowing attorney ti'ii (lily in which
tl till' I'll 1m of CX'l'lt loin.
II It. t M I . r.urn t of t'niiitillii Per
in it tin).' sale ill lirvui in" mnl iimiuuni
t ion to I ml iiiiin.
II It. IhU, Itrown Invalidating
w Ills of unmarried persons riilmiMiicnt
to t lii'ir 1 1 in r r ii tr.
II. I. IIMi, Hurrett of Washington
Providing for const rnrt ion of roiinty
road on county division lini'H.
II. It. L'iih, Campbell Providing an
eight hour il iv fur employes at slate
ciiitctil lary and lalsircrs ii 1 1 1 mechan
ics employed liy date mnl county.
II. It 117, Earrcll Itcgulat ing
sin Idling of wires over niilroail right
if av
. It. , lUrr.tlof WiiHliiiik'ton To
prevent cmploycis requiring employes
to In nr I and trade at ss'cilic places.
II. It. "1T1, Freeman Requiring judg
lili'iit ili'litori to make until as to posses
sion of prnpiTty they rluiin.
II. It. INH, Washburnc Authorizing
tin- transfer liy a wini' tpoiifw of irncr
ty ariiiiriit ilnriiiK disability of insane
SKIUSC.
II. It. nil, Freeman Compulsory
pas law.
II. It. .'ii't, Vawtcr Deputy fish war
den for Hoot In-ill Oregon 1 ,0(M) j.cr
Ulllllllll .
II. t. :ill.t. Payer To prevent solici
tut urn l.y attorneys of dumagc suit lnr
MTHoiial i ii jtirii-M .
II. It. :t:t7, ways and means commit
I,.,. Appropriating f 'Jii.tniO fur payment
of intercut on rrrt illnitrM issued I y state.
II. It. :imu, Ihililiin l or ani-1-KMin nt
of tranicnt livestock Mini ilivi-iuii of
tax Ih-1 wi'oli interested roiint ic-
II. It. :IHL', Reynold Piuiiibiting
Halo of liquor w illiin two m i Ii m ot an
Indian schisd.
II. It. :ts I , Knnwlcs Permitting
county courts to levy tu for scalp
Ixmiit il'H .
II. H. :iH.ri, IturiiH Ki-Kulatim? inaiiu
fai turf ami Hair of (hmh ntnl ilrinku.
II. It. :tH'., IturiiH ICfitiiiliiK Htatit
too I ami iluiry ronnnij'i'ionrr to puliliHli
1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 y Inillitiii.
II. It. :t'i4, N'ortliup Ki'iilnt ink' life
inniirain1 iMinpatiii'H.
. It. -4 1 t:t Cainplifll Iihti-iihIhk
ciliary of In 1k r coiiiniii-Hionfi to fL'.tK)!)
piT anniiin.
II. It. 41'J, .lai'kMoii an.l I'iko Mak
ing il yi-ar'H ri'riili iu-i' in ntatu invrHnry
to inltiiiHriiiii to SoUlicr.-' lumit tit Uomi'
linrn. II. H. 411, coniinitti'i' on Solilierf'
,,, me IncrfiiHiiiK apprmiriation to
91. Vint).
II. It. 41.r, Solilioin.' Iioino oiiiiiiiiittt'f
Incri'iisiii Hillary of oiiiiiiiundaiit ut
lioini' to l,()tt jM-r nnniiin.
11. It. 4,.'0P wiijH mnl iiii'iiim cotninit
A piiropriiit inn fL'Ci.OtlO for new
litiililliiKH at Stat Fuir k-roumlH.
II. It. S4.r, eiuipin littquirinn rt
ii! rnhipn to ri'vcul jmrtli'H in intiTi-nt.
II. It. L'4!), !' Authorizing j'Htah
liHluiHMit of liiuli m-IiooI iliHtrictubycon
tik'iioiiH wliool ilixtrictH.
II. It. 250, lhivey Provlilitin foi
IHTinaiu'iit ri-conl of elect ion ieturnn in
ich enmity.
II. It. 2M, Pavey Allowing vacation
if ntreet or iilley in unincorporated
tnwim on petition of owneru of abutting
property only.
II. It. 254, Davej VlacliiK Btato
printer on Hut milaiy of $4,000 per an
num lii'k'iii"ii)k' i 11)1 1 .
II. It. 270, Vnwter Incrensinn fees
for inlmiNsion to t ho luir.
II. It. 271, Freeman Mukinj; doga
perHonul property.
II. It. 271), Itiirrett of Umatilla Ap
propriating 111), 0(H) for opeiution of
purtajre road at Tlio DhI'i-h.
II. It. 207, Farroll Kxtendinn limit
in female labor to mercantile Iiouhch.
II. 11. 302, Freeamn AboliHbinjr fees
paid dictrict attorneya in divorce caaoH.
ll.lt. 1104, DMibin Ureatinj; Tenth
judicial district.
II. It. :il7, I'iko Creating Twelfth
judicial diHtrict.
II. II .'124, Connell lfovininn and
compiling ntjite land laws.
H It. 1125, Newell Abolishing 1
road poll tux.
II. Jt. M l, Reynolds; IncroaHinj? ral
urieri of Hupcrintendcnt and aHH'mtant
iliyHlcianH at rtuta iiiHane aiHluin.
Surveying in Harney.
IturnH The Oregon Short Line lias
livo surveying parties in the Held in
1 his county locating the route of the
Oregon Kastera, from Ontario to Na
tron. The road is mostly located up
Malheur river to Crane Crook gap, and
there Is one party looking up a routfl
through the Malheur puss and around
the south side of Malheur lake. There
is not much saved in mileage by going
on the south side of the lake, but it is
du inied that u better grade can be had.
II. M. .'l.'IH, I riotiuiii AuthorllxiiK
nlnTlffM to ri'plai'i' 1'iHl tax deiilc.
II. It. .'till, I'rlkitm MIowIiik coun-
ty fruit liiHpci turn iu t mil InivfluiK ex-
I'l'iipin.
Aiiioiik the more Impoilaiit liilln
which were vetoed by the governor me;
The npppriiit inn hill for liruin and
Monmouth hi'IiuoIm. 'I'Iiih artiuii uiih
taken mi I he ground that I'Iii h Mrhool
should have been iroviiled for by an
iii(lcH'lnlriit bill, and the (overiiur iiIho
ciiiiti'tidH that the people do not want
four minimi".
Senator KaV bill providing for gar.
liiHliiui'lit of Magi'M of public cinploycH-
.loluifon'M road bill.
KepreHi'litut Ive I'erkiliH' bill ieilnit
t ing orrhlildiMtM to kill birdit whirh lc
Ht loy cropH.
Tlin iiuiiture by Itciich providing for
vol ing inachiueM.
Ity IIihIhoii, chungiiig irrigation law.
Creating (lie ollicn of checne, dairy
and cieiiinery innpector.
.lie loi in 'm bill changing llhhing lawn.
JnhiiHiiii'ii bill regarding iimjtection
(if flock f'HHl.
('hapin'H bill prohibiting juirt riT
ithipM iiiul' l iiHHiimed liainei.
All bil In cp-ating new district ngri-
-iillilrul kru ii.l ii.u nr i I iffi'll M i 1 1 if II ! it ifll.
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priiiiioiiN iur i. urn.
GAT HERtNQ DATA ON CARS.
Commlloner Ctmpbell to Ak Ship
pert for Many Details.
Salem One of the important under
tJikiiigaof the Oregon Itallroad coinmiH
Hioii in the col h-ct ion ot accurate infor
mation regarding the Hhipmctit of pro
duce in carload lute. ComiiiiHuioner
('iiiiiiiIh-11 Im now iirruiiging with the
lumber cnuipiuiicM to have them rejxirt
I to the couimiMMioii every up plication f. -r
li-HHr, the nuiidx-r and kiml, the date of
applicat ion, and fie date the carii were
' furnlfhed ; the date loaded, etarted
J from the chipping Kiint ami I he dent i
imtioii. The ronuniHfion will alno ar-raiik-e
to Irani when the earn n-ach the
coiinigneeH and when t hey ant unloaded .
( Information will U-gat hcred also con
cerning HlilpmciHH or oilier piouucm
than lumber. The purpose in to place
in the haiidH of tl ominisMiou flu'urcH
whiidi will enabW it to net intelligently
iihiii eont toveiMief that lire likely to
arine in the future. 'I he rcportH will
nhow t what extent the cur shortage
in due to M-arvily of eiuipment, delay
in I m i 1 1 r i k' , delay in Hhiiiing and de
lay in unloading.
Stockholders Must Par Up.
Medfonl Stockholder in the Miil-
fonl iV t'ruter Iike niilwuy will U
served with legal rmtieeH to pay fur or
rclini0itdi x -cNidon of large bloekH of
Ht-k held by them for which the hooka
nhoW thev have lmid nothing. The
demand him created n eel B ition, ih a
number of wealthy eitir.eriH who have
figured In the directorate of the defi rvt
eomjiauy will have to pay up or lehiifO
their Hlock to the rf eiver. The de
maud barf Iwen liuide by thertcelvei,
who in endeavoring to Hiiiecze the water
nut of the "controlling ii.t'tcnt" nbick.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 7t)c; bluestetn, 72c;
vallev, 70c, red, (iHc.
)Ih No. 1 white. $2!); gray, $2S.50.
Itarlev Feed, J2.50 per ton ; btew
ing, 2:i; rolled, 2:t.50(.r24 .51).
Ky, $1.4. 1.1.50 per cwt.
(join Whole, $24.50; cracked,
$22.50 per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14(7i 15
icrtoii; Flint ern Oregon timothy, $17
(M8; clover, $!); cheat, $0; grain hay,
$;(.( 10; alfalfa, $14.
I'.utter Fancy creamery, ,'121b 0?-55c
per pound.
Itutter Fat First grade cream, 3.1 Sni
per x)imd; Htcond grade cream, 2c lean
jx'r pound.
Kgg Oregon ranch, 17(iiM7lsc per
dozen
TouUry Average old hens, 14(i.l5c
per pound; mixed chickena, 13
spring, frj ere and broilers, 20(ii)22 Vc;
oll roosterrt, I) 10c; dreHced chickeiiH,
15(ii)l(jcj turkeys, live, 13(ii;15cj tur
keys, dressed, choice, 18S4(ii,20c; geese,
livo, 8c; ducks, lfi18o.
Apples Common, 75c(-f$1.25 por
Imx; choice, $1.50.2.50.
Vegetables Turnips, $1('T1,1 25 per
sack; carmtrt, $1(701.25 per auk; beets,
$1.21(1.50 per sack; horseradish, 7(rt
8i per pound; sweet iotuUe, 3,8'c Mr
pound; cauliflower, $2.50 per dozen;
celery, $3.i5 jxr crate; Fprouts, Dc per
pound; rhubarb, llo per pound; aspar
agus, 2l(" 15n ier pound.
( )n ii ms ( )regun,IH)c(iO $ 1 w r hundred .
rotatm' Oregon lturbanks, fancy,
$1.35; No. 1 choice, $1)1.25; com
mon, 75cP$l .
Veal Pressed, 5 "fle per pound.
lteef Dressed bulls, St'S 's'c per
jiound; chws, 4 l1(5,1lcj country steers.
5tf()lic.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8"'c jx'r
pound; ordinary, i(?7e.
Turk Dressed, (l(ii 0c per pound.
Hups 8(a,Hc per pound, accord
ing bi quality.
Wool Katern Oremrn nverace best,
13(al8o, accoriUngtovhrinkagoj valley,
20231, according to llneueHs; mohair,
choice, 270430c per pound.
May Invoke Referendum on U of O
Salem That a movement is on foot
looking to invoking the referendum on
the appropriation of $250,000 for the
State university's improvement is evi
denced by the adoption of a resolution
by the Linn County Itusiness Council
of the l'litronB of Husbandry, received
by the governor, which reflects the
attitude of the State grange in that di
rection. The resolution has as its in
spiration that the manner of expendi
ture is not sufliciently outlined.
BIO AID TO TIMBER BAHONP.
President's Proclamation Bonanza for
Weyerhaeuser Syndicate.
Sent tie, Wash., March . In the
belief that to ciejitj- morn forest re
serves in the stale of Washington would
he to prevent timber on the public do
main from falling into the hands of the
timber and lumber Uirnns of t he coun
try, President Koosevelt signed a pro
clamation adding 4,2!ll,000 acres of
timber html to the reserves already cre
ated In the state. !y mo doing, how
ever, the president gave to the Weyer
haeuser Timber couitihy and to other
rich enrjmrat ions absolutely uudisputj'd
sovereignly over some of the richest
and most valuable lands In t he state.
That the president was uninformed
when he made what In undoubtedly one
of his moid reiuarknble orders is shown
by the fact that he has placed in the
builds of the timber Ixirons a jsiwer
they never dreamed of having.
The Weyerhaeuser and other big tim
ber land owning corsinitions j'ither
now have the ownership of all the lands
surrounding the reserves just crnited,
or will soon have them. t'tnler such
circumstances, t hu t imls-r bnron could
log off up to the reserves, constructing
railroads w hich would 1st paid (or out
of the profits of the lower country.
t'nder the forest reserve act the gov
ernment can sell t imlicr to t hose w ho
w ish to buy and who have the price.
The small logger, owning no tirnlx r
lands reaching to the reserves mid w ith
out mentis of traiiHortation of any
kind, will lie absolutdy imd effectually
barred from bidding for the govern
ment timber. Only the timber Uiron
and the lugging magnate could apply to
purchase.
LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS.
Senators Defend Hermann Fulton and
Meldrum Testify.
Washington, .March . It developed
in the trial of ISmger Hermann yes
terday that government ollicials make
a practice of keeping prvate letter pres
copylssik and that they have all used
their discretion as to w hat should and
w hat should not go into their private
Ixsiks. It was shown that it has like
wise been discrct innary with nlticials to
take their private Isioks with them
ulsui retirement or leave them behind,
as they saw lit. Senator Teller, of Col
orado, who was secretary of the interior
under President Arthur, testified that
he copied in his private letter lssks
many letters relating to matters lie
fore his department, and, when he re
tired, he took the Isioks with him and
no iiiestlou was ever ruiscd as to the
propriety of his action
Senator Carter, of Montana, who was
land cuminis-doncr in President Harri
son's time, had more rigid ideas on the
subject, and left ladiind him all his
private letter lssiks that cisuitnined let
ters relating to t he business of his otlice.
CORRECT TO THE DOLLAR.
Experts' Count of Money Fails to Ac
count for Missing $173,000.
Chicago, March (5. Any possibility
that the missing $173,000 from the
liM-al subtreasury might have been mis
laid w ith the currency on hand was
eliminated today, when the four ex
perts from the I'nited States treasury
at Washington counted the last of the
paper money in the vault.
"It came out to the dollar," said
Subtreasurer ltoldenwick. Tomorrow
a count of the gold and silver in the
vault will le liegun.
One of the theories uponvhich the
government authorities have worked in
dustriously is the one that the money
was taken from Fitzgerald's cage by
some ill-advised practical joker among
the eight or nine persons who had ac
cess to the department and who is now
afraid to confess. It has been learned
that on several previous occasions
money was taken from Fitzgerald's cage
as a jest and returned later, after Fitz
gerald had worried sutliciently to satis
fy the practical joker.
Honduras Wins Victory.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 0.
The army of Honduras is mobilizing
upon the frontier tinder the personal
command of President Ronilla, whose
arrival at the front has inspired the
troops with enthusiasm for a series of
operations ngainst Nicaragua. The
first fighting since February 18 occurred
the evening of March 3, when General
Chamorro, a Niearaguan leader, who is
serving with the llondurans, attacked
and defeated 400 Niearaguan troops and
captured 50 prisoners. The llondurans
loss wtis small.
Atks Cztr to Build Ships in America
St. Petersburg, March t. tieneral
llntyanoff, formerly an otlicer in the
navy, is trying to persuade the emperor
that liussia should have a squadron in
Far Fastcm waters nt the earliest pos
sible moment, and is recommending
that the projeited warships be built in
the United Stutes and not in Kurope.
The general declares that the American
shipbuilding yards could turn out in
two years as many ships as European
yards could in five.
People Flee from Moving; Moutraln.
Naples, March tl. The inouiit"in in
tl province of Polenz, alsn-e Monti
murro, which for two nays pust has
been slipping down into the valley,
seems to be moving much more slowly.
The (light of the inhabitants, howevei,
continues, fearing a repetition of the
terrible earthquake of 1857, in which
300 persons lot their lives.
Sulphur Yellow Is Proper Shade.
London, March fl. Airording to
Draper's Kecord, Bulphur yellow, which
already has a vonue in Paris, w ill be
the popular shade this year for both
women's frocks and household decorations.
ARCHIE HOLDS OWN1
Physicians Hopeful lor Recovery
ol President's Son.
REASSURING BULLETINS ISSUED
Notwithstanding Condition of His Son,
Roosevelt Attends to Busi
ness as Usual.
Washington, March U.Ar diie llisise
velt rested well lant night, and the at
tenibn physicians are hopeful of his
recovery. Dr. Ahuxnder IjimlsTt, who
was summoned from New York to take
charge of the ease, has informed the
(resident that while the patient's con
dition ii- t n 'oiiraging, he is not yet out
of danger.
A consultation was held nt the White
House. It was attended by Dr. Ijuii
bcrt. Surgeon tieneral Kixey and As
sistant Surgiois Kirby, Ilmistcd ami J.
('. Pryoi, of the navy. At 10:30 Dr.
f ji n, b rt gae out this bulletin:
"Tim imticnt is resting comfortably.
No complication lias developed since
Thursday, and his condition is hs gissl
ii h could be expected at this stage of the
disease. "
An earlier bulletin issued by Secre
tary I.oebalso was of a reassuring na
ture. It va4 stated at the White House
that Dr. IjunlsTt will not lejive Wash
ington until he is sntislied that Archie,
is out of danger.
Notwithstanding the serious condi
tion of his io l the president was in his
ullice transacting business at the usual
hour yesterday morning, and the usual
Friday cabinet meeting was held.
HARRIMAN TO HELP HILL.
Suggestion of Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Lane.
Washington, Man-h 0. Lumbermen
in the Puget Sound region have com
plained to the Interstate Commerce
commission that they have been un
able since January L'O to obtain trans
portation of their products to hustern
siints because of the i-tated inability of
the tireat Northern and Northern Pa-
cil'c railionds to handle the trattic.
Commissioner Lane, of the Interstate
Commen-e commission, lias received
letters from lumbermen west of the
Ca-cade mountains, saying that it is
imjKissible for them to get their pro
ducts to Missouii river points and ask
ing whether the commission cannot
afford some relief.
Mr. Iine has suggested that they
can make a formal complaint to the
commission, requesting it to grant
them a through route from the Puget
Sound region via Portland, Or., over
the Northern Pacific railroad and
thence via the Oregon Short Line and
the Union Pacific to Missouri river
points.
The Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific admit that they cannot car
ry more than one-third of the lumlier
that is offered, but heretofore they have
refused to permit t lie Oregon Short
Line or the Union Pacific to nwke a
through route or a joint rate with
them. It is expected that the lumber
men w ill act on the suggestion of Mr.
Ijine.
WILL RAISE COMMODITY RATES.
Western Railroad Men to Agree on
General Advance.
Chicago, March 0. Following the
example of Eastern nilroads, Western
lines are preparing to make increases
in freight rates by changes in the com
modities. A call has been issued for a
special meeting of the Western trunk
line committee, to be held Monday,
and it is said the purpose is to consider
the advisability of changing commodity
rates.
There is declared to be no doubt that
the tratlic men are preparing to make
over the commodity rates wherever it
is thought possible to do so. As these
tire always much lower than the class
rules, and are created for the purpose
of granting concessions, their abolition
necessarily raises the tariffs.
Confirms Bribery Story.
Honolulu, March i). The opinion of
Attorney General Bonaparte to the
effect that assisted immigration is ille
gal has caused the greatest consterna
tion here. It is fen red that it will
cause the loss of hundreds of thousands
of dollars involved in the charters of
the steamers Heliopolis and Knmeric,
besides defeating the effort to introduce
European immigration into Hawaii. 'A
special meeting of the Territorial Heard
of Immigration will be called to con
sider the subject and w ill w ill cable its
views to President Koosevelt.
Consternation in Hawaii.
London, March t. The Madrid cor
respondent of the Telegraph says that,
as the result of much inquiry, he can
confirm all the accounts given by the
Havana Diario de la Marina of the al
leged bribery of the United States sen
ate to declare war on Spain. He asserts
that official proofs of the story are now
in the national archives at Havana,
and he mys further that the amounts
paid to the intermediaries in the plot
was at leaet $0,000,000.
Raise Freight Rates on Coat.
Chicago, March 0. The coal carry
ing roads of Hinois have decided to in
crease the rates 10 cents a ton on all
coal mined in this state and in Indiana
and brought to Chicago for use. The
Increased rates will take effect April 1.
RAILWAYS GIVE AID.
Colonist Rates Promote the Upbuild
ing of Northwestern States.
Low one-way colonist raten to the
Northwest nrehelping largely In set
tling up the tates of Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho. Tlurse red i red fares
are jierhnps the greatest factor In in
ducing Immigration outside of the pub-
licity work of the various chamber, of
commerce of these states. 1 he rail
roads aro working hand in band with
the commercial Isslieo everywhere In
the Pacific Northwest to swell the niirn-
ber of settlers in thin territory
Odoniat raU-s are not new in Western
railroading, but at no time previously
hae th-y leen bo effective in diverting
travrd this ay as at present and the
biggest colonist movement in the his
tory of the Pacific North w eat is predict
ed for the four spring and fall months
of l!r)7 when the reduced one-way fares
are in effi-t.
The growth of the westward move
ment ii due to the better advertising
and exploitation methods of commercial
Isslies and railroads and to the growing
density of population in the East, where
many are able to find
more congenial
surroundings by moving away to a part
of the country where there is more el
bow room, where climate is more equa
ble the year around and where land is
cheaper ami less worn by repeated crop
ping for years.
These conditions contribute to the
constant "trek" westward which is a
significant movement in the history of
the American continent and which,
dates from the days of the California
argonauts of '49. liy prairie schooner
and by ship the pioneers came to settle
a vast wilderness. Since the transcon
tinental railroads have been built, the
second generation has found an easier
mode of seeking out the great West but
the movement Iiaa by no means ended
and is on in greater volume tlian ever
before.
HITS ROCK OFF. EUREKA.
Steamer Oakland Another Victim to
Humboldt Bar.
Eureka, Cal., March 5. Humboldt
liar claimed another victim today when
the steamer Oakland, in an attempt to
reach the inside entrance, ran on the
rocks of the south jetty. For almost
an hour the Oakland remained on the
rocks, and the bar tug Ranger was call
ed to her assistnace by the lifesaving
crew.
When the tug reached the Oakland,
Captain Krager, of the Oakland, re
fused aid. A big wave washed the
Oakland from her perilous position,
but also tore off her rudder. For sev
eral hours she drifted helplessly and
periously near the rocks. The lifeboat,
commanded by Captain Ilennig, put
out.
At this time the Oakland displayed
distress signals and once more the tug
Ranger went to her assistance, towing
her this time into the bay, where she
was beached in a badly leaking condi
tion. There are several large holes in
her stern.
The Oakland went on the rocks
about 1,000 feet from the wrecked Co
rona. Several attempts have leen
made to reach the Corona by the Hum
lioldt bay lifesaving station, but all
were futile. One trip the lifeboat
barely escaped destruction on the
rocks on the north jetty.
DAKOTA ON ROCKS.
Big
Hill Liner Strikes in Bay of Tokio
and May be Lost.
Yokohoma, March 5. The Great
Northern steamship Dakota went
ashore in the bay of Tokio last night.
AH passengers are safe and the agents
of the vessel are hopeful of saving her.
The Dakota struck on a rock off Sbi
rahama, a village between Mojima and
Sunosakl, shortly after 6 o'clock. It
is thought that the Sunosaki light was
mistaken for the Jogaehima light. The
vessel sustained much damage and
sprung a heavy leak.
Agents Of the Steamship, who were
sent to Omlmaru to arrange for the
salvage, are returning this afternoon
with passengers and mails and details
of the accident.
The steamer Dakota is making water
freely and it is feared that the floating
will be difficult.
Seattle Striving for It.
Washington, March 5. Seattle is
making a hard fight to secure the gov
ernment pure food laboratory soon to
be established in the Northwest by the
Agricultural department. Senator Piles
has been appealed to by the chamber
of commerce and Is exerting his efforts
in behalf of his home city. Meanw hile
Senator Bourne, supported by the
Portland chamber of comnietce, is in
sisting that the laboratory be located
in Portland. It is probable the con
test w ill not be closed for some little
time.
Over 5,000 Are Homeless.
Naples, March 5. The mountain in
the province of Potenza, near Monte-
ley, began again this morning to move,
after having remained quiet since Sat -
urdav night. The roaring of the aval-
a tic lies was beard for a considerable
distance. Trees were uprooted and the
whole country was devastated. Five
thousand persons are homeless. It is
feared that the whole village will be
covered over.
On Sands in Dove- Strait.
London, March S. The Red Star line
steamer Vaderland, Captain Ehoff,
which sailed from Antwerp, on Satur
day for New York, is ashore on Good
win sands.
LAND MOSTLY TAKEN
Mermen Declare Forest With
drawals Come Too Late.
DOOR LOCKED ON EMPTY STABLE
Others Defend President's Policy and
Say Action Will Stop Further
Timber Speculation.
Portland, March 7. Opinions vary
as to the probable effect on the tlmlier
and lumber industry of the Stat that
will result from the wholesale with
drawal from public entry of the addi
tional 4,051,000 acres that have lieen
ad'led to existing forest reserves by the
direction of President Roosevelt. log
gers, timU-rmen and lumber mill oper
ators, however, are very generally
agreed on one important fact, and that
i" that any proceedings that may now
be taken towa'ds protecting the timber
lands of the state from further depreda
tions of speculators and land thieves
will lie just about as effective as to
place the lock on the stab.e door after
the mare has been stolen, insofar as
lurnishing protection
to the present
timber growth of the sUite is concerned.
" "Practically every acre of merchanta-
ble timber land not already included
within the forest reserves previous to
the president's wholesale order was ac
quired by timber land speculators or
private inidviduals as long as two years
ago," said a local timber land dealer.
There is no prospect that the logging;
and lumbering industries will suffer
any serious setback on account of the
enlarged forest reserves. Mr. Mann,
of the firm of Mann & Montgomery,
however, fetrs that one evil will result
to the logging industry. He says it is
true individuals are placed on an equal
footing with corporations and larger in
terests in purchasing from the govern
ment timber that is located on lands
within the reserves, but he says the
difficulty will be experienced by the
smaller dealer in getting the timber bo
purchased off of the government land
and to market.
"I believe President Roosevelt did
exactly right in withdrawing these
lands and in doing anything else that
will tend to protect the timber inter
ests of the state," said Mr. Poulsen, of
the Inman-Poulsen company. "Too
much of these lands has already been
gobbled up by timber land speculators,
and it is time that further speculation
alona this line was stopped."
"The withdrawal of these timber
lands," said John Pearson, of the
Western Tinilier company, "will only
hurt the timber speculator, who will
be practically put out of business."
WHAT NATION DOES.
Puts Stop to Many Evils States Can
not Control.
New York, March 7. Senator Bev
eridge, addressing the Indiana associa
tion at a banquet here tonight, made a
vigorous defense of a central govern
ment as against the doctrine of states
lights.
"The states," he said, "could not
make internal improvements, so the
nation made them; the states could
not prevent the scattering of obscene
literature, so the nation did it; the
states could not suppress lotteries, so
the United States did it; the states
could not end the poisoning of th
people by adulterated food, so the
nation is ending it; the states could
not compel the sanitation of packing
houses, the inspection of meats, so the
nation is compelling it; the stales
could not preserve the country's for
ests, so the nation is preserving them.
"The constitution is our 'ordinance
of national life," and not the articles of
our national death. It was meant to
free the hands of the American people
and not to shackle them. Marshall so
interpreted it in the courts; Lincoln so
-ad it in the council chamber-
interp. .
' Grant so interpreted it in the battle
field. And today Roosevelt is follow
ing in their footsteps and thus obeying
the will of the American people."
Mayor Schmitz is Home,
San Francisco, March 7. Mayor
Schmitz arrived in the city at 2:15 this
afternoon on the belated Coast Limited
train at Los Angeles. With him were
the members of the board of education,
who accompanied him to Washington.
Schmitz declined to talk to any of the
newspaper reporters, saying he would
issue a statement on the w hole Japanese
situation. In response to a question as
to whether he would be a candidate to
succeed himself, he declared that he
"would stand by his guns," and that
he would not be driven out.
Salton Sea Damages Track.
Los Angeles, March 7. Advices at
the Southern Tacific's general offices
here from the vicinity of the Salton sea
state that yesterday's storm produced
' high waves on the inland sea, causing a
1 portion of the railroad company's tracks
to be submerged and entailing some
damage. Trains were delayed yesttr
day, but were moving again today and
the damage had been repaired. The
storm had entirely subsided and the sea,
is quiet again.
Light-hour Day for Employes,
Sacramento, March 7. The assembly
this afternoon passed and sent to the
governor a bill providing an eight-hour
day for conductors and motor men and
other employes on street and lnterurbao,
railways.