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TES FAIR AID iise Passes Bill Carrying Ap propriation of $475,000. 0 VOTE EVEN Ifcrcnce With UNNECESSARY Senate Committee la ext Step—Appropriation Can Be In creased but Not Reduced. ’ ashington, April 9.— The house of resentatives, without a rollcall, or i so much as a rising Vote, yester- afternoon passed the Lewis and rk exposition bill carrying an ag ate appropriation of $475,000. b ill was passed 38 minutes after scial rule providing for its consid- ion was laid before the house, reby breaking the record of the class egielation that always leads to pro ved discussion. he bill passed in the same form as orted by l'awney’s committee on rch 28. In addition to appropriat ing $475,000, it authorizes the coin- Cjing of 250,000 souvenir gold dollars, 1 I which virtually amounts to a total ap- priation of $725,000. In reality, gress is aiding Portland far more i appears from these figures, irman Tawney, speaking on this |nt, said: The $475,000 alloted for govern- it buildings and exhibits is equiva |t, under other circumstances, to an ropriation of between $000,000 and 10,000 for the Portland exposition, ruse the government exhibit has al ready been assembled at 8t. Louis, and silwUl only require transportation to 'Pfhtland, thereby saving that city the «oat of assembling a new government «x b ¡b it." ^ H 'h e passage of the bill removes the doubt as to the fate of the Lewis I Clark appropriation. The bill uitha' is finally agreed upon and signed by the president w ill carry at least the t am unt contained in the bill passed by the house, and may possibly be in- : •'!. There can be no decrease. Any change must be in the nature of a ¡ H .promise between the senate and house bills. NSURES EARLY ADJOURNMENT. iise Makes Swayne Case a Order In December. Special Washington, April 11.— The Swayne each men t proceeding, which has looked upon as the only possible check to an early adjournment, was <Jis] Ht*<l of in five minutes by the house t(xlay by the adoption of a reso lution making the case a special order for Decemoer 13 next. In the mean tim e the judiciary committee is to tekic additonl testimony in the case. After disposing of a conference report on Ithe army appropriation bill the house took up the b ill extending the coastwise laws to the Philippines, and by a vote of 122 to 100 adopted a spec- U l r ule to vote on this bill after a de bate of two hours. This debate was ex- h*dst«Hl, save five minutes, when the houp> adjourned at 5:30 p. m. An amendment to the bill postponing the oper.ition of the law until July 1, 1906, instead of 1905 will be proposed. The partial conference on the army appropriat on hill was agreed to. Four senate amendments were still in dis agreement. I SSI OFFICE SECRETS OUT. Stenographer Gives Alleged Methods of Land Buyers. San Francisco, April 9.— Sensational testimony was given today in the hear ing befoie United States Commissioner Heacock in the Hyde and Dimond land conspiracy case. Mrs. Belle A. Curtis, who was a stenographer for Hyde from October, 1897, to November, 1899, was the chief witness, and her evidence went to show that affidavits were man ufactured by wholesale in the otfiec; also that Hyde and John A . Benson were partners in the alleged conspiracy to defraud the government. She de clared Hyde and Benson employed “ dummies” to make out applications for school lands, and that the colored janitor was frequnetly instructed to bring in his friends to apply for school lands for their own use, and were then piloted to a neighboring notary to make affidavits. She said that assign ments of these claims to Hyde and Ben son were often made at the same time. She said the plan of Hyde and Ben son was to have these school lands in Oregon and California transferred to forest reserves, with the assistance of corrupt goverrment officials. When the lands were so transferred, the as signees of the school land scrip had the privilege of exchanging their holdings for more valuable lands outside of the reservation. Thomas McCusker, freight agent of the Southern Pacific, at Portland, Or., testified that he had secured many ap plications of school lands in Oregon for John H Schneider, who was Hyde’s agent. Mr.McCusker said he received pay for his services, but he did not know that he was engaged in an illegal business. Miss Marian Doyle, who succeeded Miss Curtis as Hyde’s stenographer, will testify at the next hearing. TO PRISON FOR LIFE. Mrs. Botkin Found Oullty of Murder In the First Degree. San Fiancisco, April 9.— Mrs. Cor delia Botkin, accused of killing Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dover, Del., by sending her poisoned candy through the mails, was tonight convicted of murder in the first degree, with the penalty fixed at life imprisonment. The jury was charged late this af ternoon, and at 4:30 o’clock retired to deliberate. Later they were taken out for dinner and upon returning aeked to have some testimony read to them. At 11:15 o’clock the the jury reported that an agreement had been reached. The ominousness of the announce ment was apparent in the attitude of the defendant, who buried her face in her hands and remained in that po sition until the foreman of the jury had finished speaking. The court in quired if a verdict had been ai rived at, and the foreman handed him a slip ot paper upon w hich was w ritten: “ We, the jury, find the defendant, Cordelia Botkin, guilty of murder in the first degree, and fix the punishment at imprisonment for life .” Mrs. Botkin looked up as the court was thanking the jurors for their close attention to the case, and presented a woe-stricken countenance to her coun sel, who spoke some comforting wards to'her. The court named April 16 foi formal ly pronouncing sentence. COREA TO PROTECT MINES. ---------- BELIEVES TOOO W IL L BLOCK IT. American and British Ministers Formal Requests. Make jppoul, April 11.— J. N. Jordan and H . N. Allen, respectively the ministers to ICorea of Great Britain and the Unlied States, have requested the Con government to give protection to Ithe British and American mines in t h » country. Tliis request is a mere formality as the Japansee authorities have given assorances of the safety from local up risings. Mr. Jordan says the Japanese hiv< been extremely considerate to ward the British mines. They have shov n no desire to hamper mining op erations, have promised not to make heavy levies of food upon the farmers •of ¡the surrounding country, and have agrev I to facilitate the passage of specie for the payment of wages, and even to «apply specie for the purpose. Military Expert Predicts Success Move on Port Arthur. ol London, April 8.— The naval expert of the London Times, in an extended review of the aspect of the present situ ation, expresses the belief that Ad miral Togo w ill succeed eventually in attaining his object in blocking the entrance to Port Arthur harbor. “ If he does succeed,” says the cones- pondent, “ the Russian fleet cannot pre vent the landing of Japanese troops in Manchuiia, or anywhere else, while the Japanese fleet will he freed from the trying work of holding the harbor entrance, and w ill be available for service elsewhere. It can then return to its original base, and after refitting, proceed in the search for the Vladivo stok fleet.” Strict Censorship Prevails. Desert Land Law Wins. iSVashington, April 11.— By a vote of 8 to 3 the house committee on irriga tion of arid lands today defeated the hill to repeal the desert land law. Th< voting agninst the hill were: Chairman Mondell, of Wyoming, and Representatives T errill, Massachu- •ett Dwight, New Y ork ; Marshal, North Dakota; Williamson Oregon; Cooper, Pennsylvania; Hitchcock, Ne braska, and Bell, California. Those ¡ • favor of the repeal were Represen ta- thtes Reeder, Kansas; Van Duser, Neva da, and Underwood, of Alabama. London, April 9.— The brief dis patches from the seat of wa^in the Far East appearing in the London news papers dining the last few days have all been of a curiously stereotyped char acter, indicating thatl an active censor ship is prevailing there, and adding nothing to the information contained in the dispatches of the Associated Press. This applies particularly to points under Japanese control, but from the Russian side also it is evi dent that care is being exercised to prevent news of operations leaking out. China on Verge ol Joining Japan. Ians Can Soon Assume Offensive. srlin April 11.— The Tageblatt’s correspondent. Major Dajke. writ- H "n a train while nearing Harbin, ‘Only six traians daily pass east ^ H t h e lailroad to Manchuria, and only foo thence to Harbin, but they consist ^ ^ k s many as 38 cars. The railroad is ^^fcarentlv able to meet the m ilitary ^ H ia n d s ." The correspondent adds ^ H t the Russians will be ready to take offensive about the middle of this New York, Ap ril 9.— Reports are said to have reached an ambassador, says a Herald dispatch from Berlin, to the effect that China is on the verge of throwing in her lot with Japan. The first defeat on land for Russia w ill, it is asserted, be the signal for a forward movement on the part of the Celestial empire. Japan, the correspondent adds, shows no anxiety for help, rea lizing that China’s intervention may cause more embarrassment than profit. ^Lth. Japan (Had Russian. Bought It. Russia Declines a Berlin, April 9.— Mr. Inouye, the April 11. — According to private Japanese minister here, does not share recei >-ed from St. Peters- the view that the sale of the Ham- g, tne Russian government refused, bnrg-American line steamship Fnerst .11 events for the present, an offer Bismark is a breach of neutrality. • fa . I'tan coming from French quarters, “ From one viewpoint,” said the minis • » t declined also a large number of ter, “ we are glad to see the Russians ^ ^ p o s a ls for war supplies made by buy good ships. The Russians buy ^ ■ » lin e r s . them and we capture them.” S HE MUSTDOTIME Senator Burton of Kansas Given Six Months in Jail. A FINE OF $2.500 IS ALSO IMPOSED SURE IT IS SAFE. Oregonians Expect 1905 Bill to Pass the House Soon. Washington, April 7.— There is a ' prospect that the Lewis and Clark ex- j position bill w ill be passed by the house the latter part of the present w eek, after being considered under spec ial rule. Chairman Tawney today in troduced a resolution authorizing con sideration of the b ill at any time dur ing the remainder of the session, and had his resolution referred to the com mittee on rules. There is every assur ance that this committee w ill favorably report the resolution at its next meet ing, notwithstanding the fact that three members of the committee voted against the Portland bill. The strong showing on both rollcalls establishes beyond question the fact that the b ill is favored by a large ma jority of the members of the house, and it ia believed by those in touch with the situation that the committee on rules w ill recognize the wish of the majority, and consent to consideration of the bill. I f Tawney’a resolution is reported as expected, it w ill be equiva lent to a special rule, and w ill give am pie opportunity for debate on the bill and permit its passage by a majority vote. It is now regarded as certain by Ore- genians here that the b ill w ill he passed by the house and that the meas ure signed by the president w ill appro priate at least the amount carried by the house b ill, namely, $475,000. The strength ol the b ill, demon strated by the votes on Monday, testi fies to the effectiveness of the efforts of friends of that measure in working up sentiment in its behalf. ung, who for year* waa a butcher In the stock yards. “ I hare known," be says, “ o f turkeys being kept In cold Court Holds It la Evident He Accepted a storage for tw elve years and chicken* Bribe—The Caee WUI Be Appealed for eight or ten year*. Chickens and to the Highest Tribunal. turkeys hatched the year o f the World's Fair are yet In cold storage at C heap P o u lt r y H ouse. The Illustration will show that even the yards. Eggs of the vintage of 8t. Louis, April 8.— Senator Burton, piano boxes may be utilized for a poul 1896 and 1897 are also there." ol Kansas, was today denied a new try house where only a limited num trial and sentenced to six months in V a lu e o f D u al P u rp o s e C ow . ber o f fowls or chicks are to be ac the Iron county jail and to pay a fine I f a man has no use for the calf, or commodated; or with a number of of $2,500. has use for the calf and none for the houses thus built. It may be possible Senator Burton, accompanied by his milk he has no use for the dual pur to furnish comfortable quarters for leading attorney, Judge Chester H. pose cow. the usual number o f birds kept on an Krum, came into couit at 12:30. A In the former case he needs the Jer average farm. V. R. FTahel of Indiana case was being tried, and Judge Adams sey or Ayeshlre, In the latter Polled granted a recess to take up the Burton tell« Poultry News of his twenty col ADgus or Hereford. Here we need the case. Judge Adams summoned Senator ony house constructed o f plauo boxes. calves to condense feed and thus help Burton to stand up, and then spoke of He says; get It to market by condensing the the motions that had been filed for a “ We take two upright piano boxes freight on 1L A dual purpose cow is new trial and for airest of judgment. and four pieces of timber 2x4 and 10 one that with a paying quantity of The court, after briefly reviewing the feet long; we take the piano boxes milk and a calf that will about top the motions, overruled them both. The apart— keeping the fronts, backs, ends market when fed ou t It la not possi court then said to the defendant: and bottoms all together. We place ble to get the beet dairying qualities “ Have yon anything to say as to three o f the 2x4e on the ground and and best beef qualities In the same why sentence should not be passed up lay on these 2x4g. nailing them aolld, bide, hut It la possible to get more on you?” Trembling and evidently making the bottom of the bouse (some money out o f a dual purpose cow than suppressing his emotions with a strong will have to be sawed off of the 2x4a|. can be done with a special purpose effort, Senator Burton stood leaning The four end« of the two boxes will cow. 1. e., milk or beef. with both hands on a chair back as he make the entire back o f the house, There is no breed o f dual purpose said: cattle, but there la a type o f dual pur “ Your Honor w ill please allow me pose cows common to all breeds. The respectfully to decline to say anything.” Herefords and Polled Angus breeds The courtroom was almost empty have a few dual purpose cows, but and the silence was almost oppressive the Short Horns have a larger number as Judge Adams, in low, modulated than any other breed. Whenever beef- tones, began delivering the sentence to bred cows have been milked for some he imposed. time they are on dual purpose quali A t the conclusion of the sentence, PANAMA STRIKE GROWS SERIOUS. ties. The Short Horns, originally a Senator Burton, who had not taken his beef breed, have been used as milkers eyes from the court, and who had America W arns Marines and Seamen for years, and this la why there are scarcely moved as he supported him to Take No Sides. more dual purpose cows In this breed self by the chair back, turned and sat Washington, Ap ril 7.— The labor down, with his head bowed and hia while the fronts will make each end than other breeds. I f starting a herd troubles on the Isthmus of Panama eyes on the floor. of the house and the remaining lum of dual purpose dairy cows, I would growing out of the stiike of the em Attorney Judge Krum immediately ber will be used In the front o f the buy yearling heifers and use a bull ployes of the Panama railroad company filed a b ill of exceptions in the case from dual purpose »tack. When these have taken a serious turn, and the facts house. The three remaining pieces of and offeied a bond of $10,000 which heifers have their first calves they have been reported to the state depart 2x4 are used as rafters to nail roofing wae accepted, and court took a recess ment by the United States charge at to. New ship lap lumber will have would feed strong, and would then get until 2 o’clock to resume the previous Panama. The matter was deemed of to be bought for the roof, after which rid o f those that fattened and keep case. Senator Burton and Judge Krum sufficient importance to warrant consid the same Is covered with Neponset those that Increased in flow o f milk, then hurriedly departed from the court erable discussion at the cabinet meet Red Rope roofing paper. Tw o pairs but must not forget that to produce room. ing, and the unanimous opinion was of 5-lnch strap hinges, one hasp and a milk, a cow should be fed a balanced The case w ill now he appealed to the that everything should he done to avoid piece o f 1-lnch netting to cover opening ration. United States district court of ap p als, an entanglement of the United States ! of door above window and one pane H om em ade T read P o w e r. the highest tribunal in the matter. A light tread power for churning, with any labor controversy. But it of 8x10 light sash completes your I t is a coincidence that the amount was determined that the government building, making a poultry house 8x10 turning grindstone, etc., la made by of the fine $2500 imposed upon Oenator would not withhold in any degree the feet, all complete, for the low price mounting a disk wheel nearly horizon Burton is identical with the amount protection of the Panama railroad, of $7. I f -you can do the carpenter tally, the axle being inclined so one which according to the evidence he re which it has assumed by treaty, and it work yourself the house will not cost portion will be higher than the other. ceived from the Rialto Grain & Securi was directed that the railroad property, ; you over $8.". This house will accom- The dog, sheep or calf used for motive ties company. The Iron county jail to rolling stock, track ami terminals 1 modate fifty growing chicks, or fifteen power Is tied at one side, beaded to which Senator Burton was sentenced should l>e protected by forces from the ' to twenty capons, and the claim la for six months, is located in the county United States warships at the isthmus made that no bird kept In It and prop seat at Ironton Mo., on the Iron Moun erly taken care of, ever had its comb if that became necessary. tain railroad. The ja il is a two-story There w ill, however, be no compul j frozen In the coldest weuther. One brick structure and in a poition of it sion exercised against the strikers to great advantage of such a small house Sheriff Polk makes his home with his compel them to return to work. I f is that It can be placed on runners or fam ily. the railroad management can secure a on a mud sleigh and moved wherever According to the rule of the jail sufficient force of men to operate the It may be wanted on the farm. It which shortens each year’s sentence of road they w ill be upheld in such an at Is useful as a general purpose fowl a prisoner by three months for good be TH F.A D PO W K H A N D C H U R N . tempt. This w ill he done with the house, for hens with chicks, etc. havior, Senator Burton’ s period of in- full consent of the Panama government, ward the higher part. As the animal carceiation there may be reduced to H e lp s f o r B u t c h e r in g T im e . though under broad treaty provisions four and one-half months. There is more or leas work in the walks, the wheel turns because of the this is not absolutely necessary. animal's weight, and communicates Secretary Moody was charged with killing o f small animnla during the motion to the pulley or Binall friction FOR PURE FOOD. the duty of carrying out this decision winter on many farms, and always the wheel beneath. There are no belts, no and with instructing Admirals Glass annual butchering; although It is get cogs. The weight o f the animal hears ting to be quite the fashion in the Heyburn, of Idaho, Urges Senate to Take and Sigsbee as to the course they shall the part of the large Inclined wheel pursue. There is ample force on the more thickly settled portions of the upon the smaller wheel beneath and Some Action. country to sell the bogs In the fall and isthmus for any emergency. Washington, April 8.— After waiting buy the meat back from the town causes It to revolve. A discarded wagon wheel might be with much patience for many days, butcher at double price during the BOLD DASH FOR LIBERTY. Heyburn of Idaho today found oppor winter. Where there la more or leas used as the framework o f the large wheel, nailing hoards on the upper tunity to speak to the senate on the butchering to be done one should have subject of pure food. Technically, the Missouri Convicts Hold Up Ouard, but for ready use a large boiler of some surface for the animal to walk on, or Are Soon Overpowered. a frame la easily made, and If some speech was in support of a resolution kind so that a quantity of water may calling on the secretaty of agriculture Jefferson City, Mo., April 7.— Four be heated at one time; tools such as what larger than a wagon wheel— say to send to the senate the results of the convicts at the penitentiary today at knives, saws and other things used 6 feet or 7 feet in diameter— the circle investigations made by his department tempted to escape by holding up th« should be kept In proper shape and ev will be larger and the animal will find into adulterated foods, but in reality it guard with revolvers. They were erything be In readiness so that the the walking more direct. The under was in support of the pure-food bill. forced to surrender, and when searched hard and disagreeable work may be wheel may be 6 or 8 laches in diame Heyburn contended that a very large several sticks of dynamite were found ter. The power Is Increased by giving over with as soon as possible. proportion of foods, drugs and liquors in their possession. the large wheel more pitch, anil dimin The Illustration shows a rack for were adulterated, and many drugs were They had succeeded in catting their hanging the carcass of an animal, ished by setting It more nearly level. absolutely poisonous. — E. ti. Bennett, in SL Louis Repub way out of their cells, and when Guard The greater part of the remainder of John Williams, in making his lounds, lic. the day was devoted to Quarles’ amend came upon them in the corridor, they H o w M a n x Heed to a P o u n d ? ment for grading the salaries of rural called upon him to halt. Williams Number of farm seeds In a pound free delivery carriers. Finally it was (led and gave the alarm, and a corps of varies greatly with even the leading declared out of order. The committee guards responded and soon overpowered farm crops. Red top 003.000, reed amendment hearing on the salaries of the convictB and placed them in other canary grass 000,000, smooth-stalked carriers and regulating their service for cells. The convicts assert that they meadow grass 2,400,000, rough-stalked private individuals was accepted. secured the revolvers and dynamite by meadow grass, 3,000,000, sheep s fes The postoffice appropriation bill was express, but the prison authorities be cue, 080.000, varlous-leafed fesctls 400,- still before the senate when it ad lieve the weapons and explosives were 000, creeping fescue 000, awn less journed.- smuggled to them by friends. brome grass 137,000, perennial rye grass 336,800, Italian rye grass 285,- Russia W ill Appeal the Casea. Canal Deal Soon to Be Cloaed. 000, orchard grass 579,500, meadow St. Petersburg, April 7.— Russia has Paris, April 8.— After a conference fescue 318,200, meadow oat gross 159,- between Ambassador Porter and W. A. completed arrangements through the 000, yellow oat grass 2.045,000, velvet Day and Charles W . Russell, the assis French minister at Tokio to appeal the grass 1,304,000, timothy, 1,170,500, tant attorney generals, who came from cases of the Russian merchantmen now which should be on every farm where meadow foxtail 907,000, vernal grass Washington to assist in the transfer of before the Japanese prize courts. butchering Is done. It needs hut little 924.000, crested dog's tall 1,127,000, the Panama canal property, it has lieen Three Japanese lawyers have l>een en description. A post eight or ten Inches alslke clover 707,000, snlnfoln 22,500, arranged that the signing of th« con gaged to present the cases. Appeals through and five or six feet high la set red clover 279.000, white clover 740,000, tract whereby the United States will w ill be made on various gronnds. firmly In the ground, and cross-plecea, common kidney vetch 154.000, alfalfa acquire the ownership of the Panama Most of the ships were taken before the two Inches or more thick and eight feet or lucern 200.500, trefoil 328,000, bird’s canal shall take place at the United actual declaration of war, several of long spiked to ths pole. In the positions foot trefoil 375,000, official goat's rue States embassy, which ia now nominally them were captured on the high seas, shown, so that they will project three 62.000. American soil. The date of the sign having left port before the outbreak of feet on either side. They are notched H o ra e N o te a t o R e m e m b e r. ing is not yet fixed, but probably it hostilities, while others were in neu near the ends ns shown and braced un A horse that Is well trained Is worth tral ports. w ill be about Ap ril 25. derneath. These racks will save one much strength, for when the bogs are half a dozen that are but half broken and are therefore unsafe and undesir Kouropatkln Has a Surprise. hung on them they are easily cut. Miners W ill (Jo on Strike. able. Paris, April 7.— A 8t. Petersburg dis Louisville, April 8.— The conference N o S a le Teams that have been partially Idle between the delegates representing the patch declares General Konropatkin The atory la being told again o f a Kentucky coal Operators and miners to has been notified by the commander of Kansas farmer who decided to sell bis for some time should come Into work which John Mitchell, of the United the Coesack division that the Russian property and Hated It with a real es again gradually, and their shoulder* Mineworkers of America, was a party, cavalry w ill not he heard of again for tate agent who wrote a very good de should he washed and bathed In salt and water. ended today in a disagreement, and a some time, and when it is again scription of the place. When the agent Never buy * horse with a narrow or strike seems inevitable. The delegates brought to notice, it w ill be through an read It over to the farmer for bis ap sallow cheat, or whoae forelegs are were in conference nearly all day, but exploit that w ill both please and as proval the old man «aid: “ Read that very cloee together. He has not suffi despite the effort« of President Mitchell tonish Rnssians. Another St. Peters again.” A fter the second reading the cient room for a set o f strong lungs, to bring them together each side-held burg dispatch state« that the Runsiana farmer sat for several minutes In a and will not be long winded. to its original terms, the miners de have sunk a large number of mine« and thoughtful mood, then said: “ I don’t torpedoes at the mouth of the Yaln. manding the full Indianapolis scale. In th* treatment o f distemper an believe I want to aell. I have been English veterinary advises the benefi looking for that kind o f a place all my Battleship V lrgl«la .Slides lato Action. Last of Russian Troops to Oo Soon. cial effect o f blnlodlde o f mercury ss life, and It never occurred to me that an antiseptic. It« good effects are due Newport News. Va., April 7.— With 8t. Petersburg, April 8.— It is stated I had It until you described It to m«. more to Its absorption than to Its blis that the manager of the Trans-Siberian bands playing “ The Star Spangled Ban No, I don't want to tell o n t” — Kansas tering action, as It la the most power railway has been personally thanked ner” and “ Dixie” and 30,000 people City Star. ful o f all antiseptics (microbe killers). by the esar for the rapid work of trans cheering Godspeed, the battleship V ir T u r k e y s In C old R to r a g e 12 T e a r s . I t was used aucceasfnlly In scores of porting the Russian troops to the Far ginia waa launched today at the yards Poultry and eggs aa old aa eight to cases as a blister applied to the swell East. It is stated that within a fort of the Newport News shipbuilding com night all of the men destined for ser pany. Mies Milday Gay Montagne, ten year« are being sold for consump ing under the Jaws. Distemper Is an vice w ill be on their way to Man daughter of Governor Montague, was tion by the packers of Chicago. The infective disease which naually confers sponsor. statement la made by Alderman Wend- snbasqnsnt Immunity on the patient. churia.