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Hillsboro Independent bH4 TrMay f Cach Wub IflLLSBORO OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK la a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers, A Return of the Less Important but Not La Interesting Event of the Past Week. Tin; Russian government ha doctored It' ele -lion news. A deadlock exists in the New Jersey tenutoriul election. A revolt has broken out in the lalan of Juvb, Dutch East Indies. During the present year Japan will comp cte Seven Dew warships. An explosion of dust in a mine near F..ytteville, V. Va., killed 80 miners Swcttchhaiii has recalled his letter to Iti-. luit Jamaica mill demand hi rec.lll. Aa Irish audience at Dublin howled noun a play which plundered Irisl cliarni t.-r. due of Senator Bailey's witnesses i tint Tt x,i legislative Investigation has c ufi ft. d jK-r jury. tii .ii til ha made peace witli lhirri man and will not complete the West eru l'.icillc to the const. (iencrul William liooth, the aged founder and head of the Salvation tiny, will tour the world Many protests are being tent to Wii.im.'ton amtinst if i vinif the canal ion 1 1 in-1 to Olliver and assiK-iates. Citizens of New Kockford, N. D. Imve threatened to burn railroad prop, erty for fuel unless coal is ient them. Disorders are trow inn more serious throughout Russia. For several mouths tii iiijn liave been comiaratively quiet (overnor Swettenham baa accepted aid from America. Hdght earthquake shock continue throughout Jamaica. A plot to kill the Crown Prince of POWERFUL CENSORSHIP. Servia has been unearthed. be Tiie pope has a scheme whereby hopes to continuo worship in France. Tlio jury which will hear the evl Ien. in the Thaw case is not yet com plete. Naval authorities declare the coast of Sunt hern California should be pro tected. The- revenue to canneries and fisher men of Alaska fur l'JOU reached nearly lMI7)(. An ice mnohino at Chicago exploded an. I the nnunonia fumes killed four persons and seriously injured sixteen. Oliver has notified Secretary Taft tluit lie will comply with the conditions regarding the I'anama Canal contract. Tim Phelps Publishing Compnny"s pliint nt Springfield, Muss., has been destroyed. The loss is placed at $1,-0110,0110. Leading fnttlomen of Dakota and Minnesota declare that the loss to live stock by tho recent storms will reach more than $ 1, 000,000 in tho states along our northern boundary. Hill gays he has not watered his rail way stock. F.x-Ciovernor Higgins, of New York, I" "'Krhtly improved. Twe ity miners were killed by an ex plosion in a West Virginia mlno. I'ue Northwestern railroad is chang ing its hxx m tives to oil burners. Tho powers are already divided on tho question of disarmament at the Hague conference. The Oklahoma constitution provides that 15 jer cent of the voters are re quired to bring an amendment before the people. President Castio, of Venezuela, has sent a message from his sick bed de claring lie will survive this illness and also that he has no Intention of becom ing dictator. George A. Purnham, Jr., lias been petit to Sing Sing for two years for grand larceny from the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company. He was counsel and vice president of the com pany and his) conviction is tiie result of the went investigations. The I'anama canal contract will like ly Ih given to Olliver, one of the recent bidders. Russia has announced her intention of withdrawing all troops from Man churi.1 except a railway guatd. At a meeting of tariff revisionists at Chicago a special session jf congress to revise, the tariff laws was advocated. Attorney General Bonaparte has been asked to bring suit to prevent the form ation of gigantic coper trust extend ing Into Europe. Eastern Republicans would grant hip subsidy to South American linea only. Tho Alaska delegate In congress op. pose land grants to the companies pro posing to build new railroad. He suvs the trusts have ample capital to do the work w lUiout Federal assistance. San Francisco relief work for January Is estimated at $445,470, which amount ha leen forwarded by the National Red Cross society. At the Interstate Commerce inquiry at Washington into the coal monopoly it was shown ttiat only favorites were able to obtain cars. The North Iakt blixmrd continues with unstated fury. The tempertnure r.ingi from 5 to 4 lelow n-m and all railroad tratlic is at a standstill. Swi-ttenhma still obstructs relief work at Kingston. A report In tendon that lie Ins preacntd his resignation will lie neither denied or affirmed by officials The attorney general of Minnesota Ivis begun suit to cancel iho charter of the St. Paul, Minneapolis A Manitoba Riilr.d company, fhis Is really the parent company of the Great Northern itiil'im-l eomtsiny and the Great North e. ii is joined in Uie suit. ProDosad to Give Postal Authoritie Control of Newspapers. iv-. i, ;.,,,.. Tan 90 The bill of the Joint Postal com mission, just com pleted, if enacted into law, would cre st a press censorship in the hand of government employes to determine what information ' Uie reeling public wants, and extend a paternalistic guardianship over the Oounting room by limiting the amouut of advertising and specifying just bow it shall be printed in the pages of daily newspa pers. The joint commission started work on the hypothesis that second class 1 nt a loss to the government, and does not tay its pro- uliuru in revenue. One of the main rresults of Its pondering is the discovery that the iiewsimiier, peciiilly the Sumlay edition, bus ex nanded too much in the direction of the mnirazine. The memls-nt of the coin mission avow that Uie miscellaneous matter contained in Uie Sumlay issue of a newspatier lacks the "quality v make it socially and educationally liable." They would refoim every tliin bv als.liHhiuif the Sunday supple- " ' . " . 1...4 nient or e hte make it so niocuous mm nolui.lv would cum to read it. A glance at the above provisions u. tl,u Kin ul II fullv convince any one ol the railical nature of the law the com . 11 II. ..14 tituui.iil liPi.lvaU'U. 1L WOI1IU lllllll loc amount of advertising; it would elimi nui all l.'L'itimate advertising matter from supplements, and it wnuiu pre vent the publication in the supple ments of all fiction, of all matter of general and useful Information regard ing the affairs of the world, and make the supplement merely an overllow for Uie news of the main sheet. CROPS CAUSED SHORTAGE. Railroads Had So Much Traffic They Could Not Carry Coat. Washington, Jan. 29. Representa tive Marvhal, of North Dakota, in an nterview tonight declared that while there is a shortage of fuel at some points in North Dakota and danger of hortage at other points, growing prl marily out of the so-called car shortage, and later of an unusual enow storm, North Dakota is In no need of financial assistance. 'The shortage of cars," he said, 'grew out largely of the enormous crops raised throughout the state and througn the expansion of business far beyond 11 ordinary limits, which literally swamped the railroads, not only with roduct going out of the state, but also ith merchandise and materials cooi ng in. In an attempt to handle this remendous volume of tratlic, the rail- ay comixinic were grossly negligent relation to the fuel supply, so our great prosperity is the real cause oj our mporary emliarrassed condition. It not a financial shortage, but a rail road shortage w hich embarrasses the people of tho state at this time." IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS BLEEDING NORTH DAKOTA NOW Tuesday, January 29. w-shlnLrtxni. Jan. T. The agrlcu tural appropriation bill occupies hih of the .lav in the house, and, as usua ilia amendment striking out tli i,. .lUtribution of seeds was reported the members from the farming districts outvoted those from the cities, revers- i.. - ...lino of the chair ry a vote oi 136 to 8.'), and restored the paragraph as has been the law for years. Th woinmeiidations ol Uie commit ii nn HiTicu lure oj i" i aries of Chief Forester Pinch. t and the hlefofthe bureau of clieimsir) , it. Wiley, from 3,B0O to il.ouu, went out on points of order. Waui.in.rton. Jan. 20. The senate seai-ion today began with ft lecture from Hale, who contendea tnai ioo mucn talking and not enough work was being lone. He had particular reieremc w his inability to secure the passage o ii.a riininniHtic. and consular ami nrii " ' ... i. in.. .. i.i..i. ticatioiis appropriation inns, i"oi I'ufse Jin Him pa endaf. lie fore the Bes- ioti ended, the two measures had been ii.m.ui .f ll4vi-ridio concluded nis tiiMJAiliiv sneoch on his child-labor bill w ' . . . 1 4- His argument today was aevoieo mi vne constitutional powers of congress to pro- ;i. t inti.piiite commerce in ciuiu made gsds. LAGUNA DAM ENDANGERED. Monday, January 28. Washington, Monday, Jan. 8 The Interstate Commerce Commission sent to Congress a report or tlio investigations made by it under tiie i nitiian i.inespm resolution concerning the relations of common carriers by rail to the produc tion and distribution of oil. The report ovsrs the distribution of petroleum and t nroi nets east Of tiie .Mississippi Hiver, and, incidentally, the Kansas and Texas fields. The report points otil nerally the methods by which the Standard Oil Company "has built up nn. I nernetuated its monopoly." It asserted that "the ruin of its com petitors lias Ueen a uisunci pari ui mu policy or tne manunru wn wompnuy i" he past, systematically ami persistent ly pursued." Washington, Monday, Jan. 2S J. J Hill. K. II. Harriman and the Hepubli can policy of protection are assailed in the minority adverse report on the Lit tauer compromise ship subsidy biUj which was filed in the House today by Spight of Mississippi. The report is signed by Hpight and other members of the committee on merchnnt marine and fisheries Ooulden, Sherley and Patterson. Rio Colorado Threatening; to Destroy Irrigation Project. Los Angeles, Jan. 29. The Times this morning says: If the Rio Colo rado should not be forced to return to its old channel anil remain there, the Laguna dam, constructed by the United States Reclamation service across the river 12 miles alsive Yuma, will be de stroyed ami the irrigation of hundreds of thousands of acres in Arizona, Califor nia and Mexico will be Impossible,. The Laguna dam Is unique in that the danger threatening its existence lurks lielow instead of above the sur face. During the past three years, the Colorado, instead of repairing its breaks by salt deposits, has cut them wider and deeper, and it has formed a gorge 00 feet deep and 1 ,500 feet wide through the cultivatted lands of the Imperial valley. During the perhxl of the highest flood it cut back at the rate of a third of a mile a day. The Laguna dam is said to have coet about $2,000, 000. Sent Many Good to Cuba. Washington, Jan. 29. Never liefore in the hist4ry of United States com merce with C'ulia was" the export trade of this country to that Island so great as during the past calendar year. American importations from that re public are considerably below that for tho preceding year. The total exports from this country to Cuba were valued at 146.41)1,944. which is more than $2, OOO.aoO over the exportation for 1905. The importations from Cuba were val ued at 185.055,295. showing a falling off of about IIO.OOO.OOO. Vary Few Sheep Are Lost. Helena, Mont., Jan. 29. Sheepmen and cattlemen declare all reports sent out recently detailing big losses in the eastern and northern parts of the state are utterly untrue, and that while losses will probably lie somewhat alwive the av erage, It is still to early to approxi mate, as the heaviest losses usually oc cur during February. Sheepmen were better preiwred to stand a severe winter than cattlemen, and in many plae have kept the losses down by using ro try snow plows with which they bared the ground, allowing the sheep to feed. Contract Goes to Olliver. Washington, Jan. 29. r- Following a conference at the White House it was ollicia'ly announced that the contract for building the Tsnama canal would bf awarded to William I). Olliver, who, with Anson M. Pangs, was the lowest bidder in the recent comisni tion. provided that within the next ten days he and bis associates, with at least two Independent contractors shall cover the entire field of the work to be performed under the contract. Saturday, January 26. Washington, Jan. 26. The senate was In session today only lor a utile more Uuin an hour, the early adjourn ment being taken to ix-nnit attendance at the funeral of the lute Senator Alger. A few bills of minor importance were passed, but most of the time the sitting was devoted to the further discussion of Hale's resolution providing for an in quiry Into the personal interest mani fested by naval ollicers In the navy per sonnel bill. The resolution was ulti mately refererd to the committee on naval affaiis. Washington, Jan. 2fl. The house spent the greater part of tho day de buting the agricultural appropriation bill, and it was dill under considera tion when adjournment was taken. The question of the free distribution of garden seeds continued to hold the most prominent place with the p-peech ma le ers, although action on this provision of the bill, by a vote of 71 to 69, was postponed until Monday. The senate bill lncortioratlrig the International Sunday Hchool associattlon of America was passed. Friday, January 25. Washington, Jan. 25. Resolutions to check naval officers from "lighting a fire under senators and representatives to compel the enactment of the naval personnel bill at this session" were pre sented in the senate today by Hale, and, after causing a snappy debate of short duration, went over for future consider ation. Hale's resolution cites the nr.w- Ident's order forbidding government employes to "lobby," and directs an in quiry ny tne secretary of the navy to ascertain whether the order is beinn violated. The urgent deficiency appropriation mu, carrying f 279,000 as it came from Uie house and authorizing bv a somite amendment a loan of $1,000,000 to Uie Jamestown Exposition company, was pasfed. The latter part of the dv .1 4 -14 .1 ... - uevoieu 10 uie opposition of pension U111S. Washington, Jan. 25. The house to- day passed a numl . . i.nis of a local nature, including I(r;vte pension bills. The agrifnii,, 'i .nroprition bill was then tak ..7. while It was under consider.,-'' vahn. of Ca' ifornla, addressed noUM) on fire in surance companii, .. ti.eir relation to Uie city of San r...'.: liefore and after the earthou,i, .i fire. The question of the free diiiributlon of gar den seeds occupied tk. of the day There was a getier&1 debate on the committee pruviitIl appropriating $238,000 for the pur,.,... d testing of new, rare an.) ,..k.,mon seeds, bulbs, trees, shrul,. ,i vines, ami omitting the usual -iutum for the purchase of ordinary ii..or and .garden Capture Desperate Cuban Bandit. Havana, Jan. .'!. r.nrique Mesa, a bandit of the province of Santiago, who for more than two years bad terrorized I Astern Culm ami defied the niral guards, and who was wanted for al leged murder, was captured here last night by the secret police. seed for distribution. Thurday, J,nu,ry 24. Washington, Jun y. The session of the senate todny waJj held entirely wiui reference to the death ol Jir Alger. Dr. Kdwani Fverett Hal le' livered a Hpedul nn,...,. .nj ufu-r the reading of the journal vesterdny was I..4...I U 4 . ' 4.1 i-unijiui.t.-u rfiinmr Borrow prescnieu resolutions expresin -4,..t and sorrow at the sudden death and providing for a sjH'ciul committee nr v senators to represent me senau at the funeral in this city and atten.i ihn body to IK troit. The resolution,, pre agreed to, and on motion of Senator Burrows the senate at 12:17 adjourned as a further mam oi respect. Washington, Jan. ii The house toduy voted to abolish all the pension agencies Uirotighout tl. country. 18 in nuniner, and centralize the payment of pensions in uie City cf Washington This action was taken on the pension appropriation Dill after spirited oprxl tion on uie part of those having pen sion agencies in their states. 1 lie pension apjinmriHtion bill, car rying $138,000,000 in round numbers, was passed. Wedneday, dsnuary 23 Washington, Jan. 22. The senate today accepted the propositiion of the house of representatives to increase the salaries of senators, representatives and territorial delegates to 17.500 annually and those of the vice president, the speaker of the house and members of the president's cabinet to $12,000. This action was taken bv a vote of 63 to 21 and followed a discussion of near ly three hours. Senator Albert J. Beveridge. of Indi ana, addressing Uie senate today on his phi 10 prom Pit the transportation in interstate commerce of the products of mid moor, declared that the census shows that nearly 2.(KX).0l0 child bread winners under 15 years of age are now at work. Washington, Jan. i'3. The river and harbor appropriation bill, which was reported to the , house today by the committee on rivers and harliors, car ries an appropriation aggregating $83,. 460,188. Of this sum $34,601,612 Is appropriated in cash, to lie available between July 1, 1907, and July 1, 1908, and $48,834,250 is auth 4ized for con tinuing contracts, no tnVi Hm' being fixed as to when it shall Ve expended. The bill w ill probably not 1 consid ered by the house until next Monday. This bill is a. record breaker In size, exceeding by many millions the amount allowed for liver and harbor improve ments in any previous ongress. Fertilizer from the Air. Washington, Jan". !4. The house committee on ways and means decided today to report favorablra bill designed to enable small manufacturers toengage in making denatured a'cohol. It pro vides for the locked still and tank sys tem In plants not making more than 100 gallons a day, and alo provides that denatured alcohol a to I exempt ed from internal revenue fax when used in chloroform, either where the alcohol Is chemically changed or otherwise. Abolish Free Seed Graft. Washington, Jan. 23. The house committee on agriculture today decided to recommend the discontinuance of free seed distribution by coup-ess. Instead of appropriating the customary $250, 000 for this purpose, the committee w ill advise in the report upon tne agri cultural bill, which it i now prepar ing, that this sum of money be used for the purchase of rare aeeds to be dis tributed by the department of Agriculture. Little Help to Settler. Washington, Jan. 29. President Roosevelt's order of Saturday modify, ing his order requiring Inspection by a sticelal agent of all land entries before patent issues will afford little relief to homesteaders. The excepts! cases are largely those now pending, and are not the general run of public land entries. Homesteader who have not yet receiv ed patent, anil those who hereafter in itiate homesteads, must wait until their entries are examined liefore they can obtain patent; the same with tin'. ls?r entry men, MeCakln to Be Major General. Washington, Jan. 23. It 1 semi, officially announced that Brigadier Gen ral ttilllam MeCs.kin, commanding the department of Texas, will be pro moted to the grade of major general on the statutory retirement April 14 next of Major Oeneral James F. Wad. The l , , """'""Hn.iing is that Colonel Charles B. Hall. Thirteenth infantry In command of the infantry and cavalry school at Fort Ieavenworth, Kas., will h. appointed to the vacancy in the list of brigadier generals, which will o,-cur eariy in .March. Much Gold In Am.rica. Washington, Jan. 29. The United States is fast absorbing the gold of the world. Our stock of p.y lM increased $8.6,000,000 in the laM 10 years. Of this amount $724,000,000 came from our own mines, but we drew from the rest of the world $152,000,000 of it gold. In the same 10 yMrg our excess of exports over nur Imports amounted K fi,MN,Z45,000. ivi Iaid for all thi Had the world S excess nrt.ruirtn with- out any return, the world, outside of the I nited States, would have been niadd bankrupt. FIRM for Pen,ion A.encle. ..Washington, J- 23Representa 've IJjlU. f Pennsylv.pia, stated gamst the abolition of of the 18 pension agencies of m, 1. ...1 ci..io. ti , - - Willed riw".. ' the member of the th ail(,H n a I1.1..11 T"'ind of economy. Ialll sy it would t f" mnr(. eco nomical to n .11 "it Tn ... . present .ffpncies, and "nmittee defend oi-cur lngton. an the present Navy May R.liev Famine. Washington. Jan. 2ft.-Reprein.nta. five Humphrey t.sy lHi1 .for t, avy department a novel pl8n for re heving the fuel famine Urn the North west, particularly in Washington. He onndth the navy has at it, coalings..! t on. large quantities of co for ,,li(.h t has no immediate use, and other de liveri 1 are Wing reg,,tt,y made under x..,i. m. 1. ,m siii?L'f1a i, .11 ... pay all pension- from W 7HI take the stand that all ageneie shouH go. Wash ine PPal for Ft& ral Aid. oiis th .. 4 . . oecome so w-i -today wl.hT nn"f"nnh conferre.1 erml' tto'see If Fed- re 1 let were Ik! 1 1 , pi,'-"'", 1 f. , " lB'd iefore th Interstate I the then,,,; n;. ,oun,, relie.ve nefwelri.i,T&rri'i-1f'! com v Ti..: 'iH,n,H,n. 1 n.i .1.1 .1" : called th. . .41"" - "imissioner. nave , lpected. 1- and renei Northern State, Hungry and Cold, Wrest Title From Kansas. Washington. Jan. 28. Conditions arising from a shortage of fuel and of ftxsl supplies continuo to be fsul In por tions of Nortth IHikot. according to dispatches received at the Interstate Commerce commission. At the same time other dispatches show the rail roads are making effort to reach the places suffering from the want of these necessities of We. Mayor James j Dougherty, at Park River, S. D., com plains that the tireat Northern railroad is not making any effort to move trains over the lines reaching there. The city is entirely out of coal. There has been no mail for six days. The weather is fine-. Piompt action, the mayor urges, should be taken to compel the delivery of fuel and mail. A dispatch from Sherwood, N. 1)., dated January 20, says the place is en tirelv without fuel of any kind. Three cars of coal for Sherwood, it Is assert ed, were confiscated at Mohalt. There has been no train for a week. As pro. visions are low, the situation is report ed alarming. Under yesterday's date a dispatch from Milton, X. !., says that two curs of soft coal have arrived, but no nmil train as yet. From President Hill, of the (ireat Northern, a dispatch was re ceived from St. Paul, dated January 20, saying that two freight trains with 17 cars of coal got through Thursday on the line retu'hing Hannah, one of the places suffering from a luck of Coal. MESSAGE ON CARS. President "Will'Urge Passage of Law to Cur Shortage. Washington, Jan. 28. The car short age question was considered at the White House totlay during a conference participated in by Uie president, Seere' tary Itmit, Secretary Tuft, Postmaster General C-ortelyou, Assistant Secretary Bacon, Chairman Knapp, of the Inter state Commerce commission, and Coin m ism loner of Corporations Garfield. The president bus announced his intention of sending to congress a special mes sage urging legislation of a remedial character to meet car shortage emergen cies like those existing. The Interstate Commerce commission has submitted certain principles which the mcmbcts think should form the basis of any legislation to be recom mended on that subject to congress, and if these meet the views of the president, they will be submitted to Uiat body. The president's decision is one of the results of the recent Chicago reciprocal demurrage convention, and of the very general complaint which has been made to the Interstate. Com merce commission of a t hortage in the car carrying equipment of the country. HAVE TO BRIBE SWITCHMEN. San Francisco Shippers Pay to Get Freight Car. San Francisco. Jan. 28. The Bulle tin today publishes a story to the effect that when Interstate Commerce Com missioner Lane arrives here this week to investigate the relations between the railroads and shippers; he will find conditions very similar to those at So attlo with respect to the "tipping" system, resorted to by shippers ami warehouse men, in order to get their curs. According to the Bulletin's Informa tion, the practice has been followed at the Oakland yards for some time, and merchants have found that, in order to get their cars to the warehouses they have to "tip" the switchmen in the yards. At the office of General Manager Cal vin, of the Southern Pacific company, today, it was admitted that this is Iss- ing done, but it was stated that the fault lay with the merchants them- selves, who, of their own volition, re sort to thts practice in order to get speedy delivery. It was with the ap proval of the company. Hear Japanese Case March 7. Pan Francisco, Jan. 28. The first hearing of the case by which the gov ernment will test the right of the local txstrd of education to exclude Japanese from the public schools will be held in the Circuit court on March 7. This date was fixed this morning when mem bers of the lioard of education, with all the principals of all the schools in the city, were served with summons to ap pear in court on that date and answer the suit filed on behalf of the Japanese boy, Keikichl Aoki, who has been de barred from the white schools. Not After Governor' Scalp. Washington, Jan. 28. No advices have been received at the State depart ment confirming the report that Gov ernor Swettenham of Jamaica will re sign because of his clash with Rear Admiral Davis. It was stated posi. tively today that no representations have laen made by this government to Great Britain asking for the resignation of Uie governor. In fact, a high official said that the resignation of Uie governor would lie regretted, as many people might think that he had tieen forced out through the effort of the United States. Veiled Request From Japan. St. Petersburg, Jan. 28 The Asso- ciated Press learns that the decision of the Russian government to withdraw ts troops from Manchuria immediately nstead of waiting nntil April 15, the late fixed for this step in the Rnsso- Japanesh Portsmouth treaty, was made at a veiled request from the Japanese government, which apparently forsees rouble in the matter of internal tu- ministration of certain provinces of China. PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Tuesday, January 29. Salem, Jan. 20. A bill has been presented in the house providing for the branding of j nicked fruit with the name of the packer, the grower and the locality where grown. According to a house bill presented last week nio'lgagc are to be taxed by the holder theie d. This provision was not discovered until today. A bill has been introduced in tho house exempting from the state corpor ation tax all farmers' ditch companies of which there are many in the seiui arid districts of the state. Committees hve U-en appointed in Uith houses to investigate Uie state in stitutions. This session, however, they will not be allowed any clerks or mile age. Much oppisition is being develojied to the new water code as drawn by the Portland board id trade. To place the printer on a flat salaiy of $3,000 per year and appropriate $20,000 for a building and plant Is the object of a bill by Seaker lHivey. The general appropriation bill, pre pared by the ways and means commit tee, carries a total of $1,244,170. Z Most of the new bills in the two houses tod.iy were of a minor character. Among them, however, was one cre ating tho new county of Cascade, in creasing appropriation for Agricultural college from $-'5,000 to $50,000, abol ishing the death penalty and appro priating $10,000 for the portage road and authorizing iis extension to The Dalles. The house pasged eight of its bills to day. All were of a I'x-al character. The senate passed three and killed two of its measures. Monday, January 28. Salem, Monday, January 28 A me morial has been presented in the Senate asking Congress to compel railroads to ell their land grants. The sentiment of the Legislature is that the remedy lies with Congress. There is a wide difference between the valuation placed on the Oregon City locks by the owners and Federal otli cials. The former estimate the value at about $1,500,000 and the latter at about $310,000. Should the Legislature decide to acquire this property, it is probable the matter will have to be settled in the courts. Among the new House bills today were: Kstaldishing union high school dis tricts from two or more contiguous districts. Appropriating $100000 for veterans of Indian War, 1855-50, and members of Ninth Regiment, Oregon militia, while actually in serviee, for uso and risk of their horses, at per diem of $2, and appraised value of every animal that was killed or rendered unfit for service. Authorizing Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer, composing lioard of Public Ituilding Commission ers, to procure site by purchase or con demnation, and construct building for state printing plant, and appropriating $20,000 therefor. Placing State Printer on flat salary of $3,000 per annum, appropriating funds for purchase of supplies and equipment of ofiice. Appropriating foO.IMKI for deepening n ii. 1 iiiifiru v 1 nj finriuir null I'liniiui-i jii Tillamook Pay, and authorizing Gov ernor to appoint commission of five per sons to supervise its expenditure. J-or relocation or Utate Dear Mute School, and appropriating $14,000. Creating Crook County into the rirst Central Oregon Agricultural District, authorizing holding of an annual dis trict fair at Prinevilln, and appropriat ing $1,000 and printing to amouut of $200 therefor. Appropriating $27,000 for mainte nance and support of Central Oregon State Normal School. j lending in Ixith houses an unusually large niiinU r of lien bills and in a ma jority of cases the advantages that w ill follow their enactment are conferred upon the lairing man who performs work and who, under the ptesent stat ute,' In many instances experiences no end of trouble in getting wliat is hi due, w hen he does not lose out alto gether. It has len discovered that all line officers of the O. N.G. have been chosen in violation to the state con stitution. Representative Jackson has prerod a bill to remedy the defect. The bill providing that jurors may I s3 kept together in civil actions has the honor of Isjing the first to pass the house. The senate passed the bill agreed upon by Ivine and Linn fixing the Uiundary Ix-tween those counties. Governor Chamberlain sent a mes sage to both houses today asking more money for the Jamestown exposition. A total of 1U bills have lecn intro duced relating to roods. and highways. Johnson's measiiro providing for joint improvement by county and state is the most iiiijMirtant. Twenty-four new measures were read for the first time in the house today. This makes a total of 237. Among the 10 bills in tne senate were two by Pulley amending the di rect primary law. One provides for party conventions In-fore the primary election and the other makes statement No. 1 pledge apply to jwrty candidates only. The election of Mulkey and Rourne as United States senators was confirmed today In joint session of Uie two houses as the law requires. The journal of yesterday's election in the two honses was read and President Haines there upon declared them elected. Mulkey serves until March 4, 11)07, and Rourne six years from that date. ' Big Timber Deal Mide Public. Alliany An agreement made in 10(11, ; whereby the Oregon & California rail road is to sell about 10,000 acres of Linn county tlinlicr land to Jennings Pros., of Detroit, Mich., has just bin record ed here. The contract calls for the sale jof 15,729.44 acres lying in townships 10 'and 11, south, range 2 east, at $11.50 I per acre, payments to be made a fol I lows: November 15, 11)01, $18,080.38; every year thereafter a payment of '$18,088.80. The land embraced In this deal Is a part of the railroad grants and is covered by splendid timber. Mild Winter in Hirney. Hums The winter of liKMJ-7 will long bo remembered us the most favor able w inter so fur, at least, to stock men and farmers, ever known In Har ney county. Up to the ptesent there has IsH'ti very little snowfall, excepting during the blizzard In Novemlie'r, i which cold snap visited every section in the United Suites. In iecenilsr several heavy rainstorms visited this section, which put the ground in fine condition for plowing and wus taken advantage of by the farmers. PORTLAND MARKETS. Nine Men Blown to Bit. Ttichmond. Va.. Jan. 28. Vinn mon all forpltners. were blown tsi nl.wsi v a dynamite explosion today on the Tidewater railroad, near Pearisburg, Vs. The Inhorer were sr. ill n nor nn.l a quantity of the explosive, which was rjcing inaweo iswiue a nre, blew up. No American Were Killed. Washington, Jan. 28. Th Ameri can vice consul at Kingston, Jamaica, advised the State department today that no American dead have been re ported so far In Jamaica. The situa tion is improving, and the earthquake hock have ceased. Thursday, January 24. Salem, Jan. 24. I loth houses this aftermxin adjourned until Monday. This is largely due to the state printer being unable to secure enough composi tors to turn out the work on time and will allow him time to catch up. The two houses this morning met In joint assembly and listened to an ad dress by Mr Pryan. A bill was introduced in the senate permitting capital punishment for 10b- ls?rs who are captured armed with dan gerous weapons. Pills were aiso Introduced in the senate creating the county of North Grant and create a railroad commission I to be appointed by the governor. I In the house new measures included Uie appointment of a commission to in vestigate the fire insurance business and one providing tliet each county' shall be a judicial district and provid ing for a prueecuting attorney for each county. The bill providing for publication of notice of all estrays was passed by the : house. The senate bill fixing Uie Linn- Lane boundary was also passed by the house. Four bills were passed by the senate. ' They provide: For holding meetings of state textbook commission In May Instead of July; raising feea of jurors from $2 to $.1 per day; fixing salaries in Douglas county; to turn unexpended I school funds back Into the county 1 school fund instead of the general fund. Wednesday, Jantary 23 Salem, Or., Jan. 23. There are Fruits Apples, common to choice, 60(Ti)75c per box; choice to fancy i $1 2.50; pears, $l(Vt)1.50. Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per sack; carrots, $lfj1.25 per sack; beets, $1 .251 .60 per sack ; horseradish, 7 J(") 8c per pound; sweet potatoes, 3Cs?r pound; cablwge, 2,0 per pound; cauli flower, $2.60 per dozen j celery, $3.60 4 per crate; pumpkins, 2c per pound; squash, 2c per pound; sprouts, 8c p r pound. Onions Oregon, $11.35 per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burlsinks, fancy, $1.401.60; common, $1.25. Wheat Club, 68c ; bluostem, 70c; valley, 6(S 67c; red, Cftc. Oats No. 1 white, $28; gray, $27. Parley Feed, $22 per ton; brewing, $23; rolled, $2424.50. Rye $1.401.45 per cwt. Corn Whole, $26 j cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14 15 per ton; F-astem Oregon timothy, $1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $!)10; alfalfa, $14. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 3fic per pound ; second grade cream. 2c less per pound. Eggti Oregon ranch, 3335o per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 1314o per pound; mixed chickens, 12(t)13c; spring, 1414K; old roosters, 1 0(1 lc; dressed chickens, 1617c; turkeys, live, 17 17ic; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022c; geese, live, I012c; ducks, 141 5c. Val Dressed, 59 per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 23c per pound ; cows. 45c; country steers, 6r)6c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, SfSS'c per pound; ordinary, Brit7c. Pork Dressed, (V8c per pound Buy Horse for O, N. Q. Oregon City Dr. W. E. Carll, of this place, who Is captain and assistant surgeon of Oregon National guard, and who Is also attached to the battery of the Light Artillery, expects to have a resolution introduced at the present session of the legislature asking for an appropriation of $5,000 with which to purchase 50 horses for the use of the Iwttery of the Light Artillery in its an nual summer march. Adjutant Finzer, of the National Guard, in his annual report, has recommended the pun base of the animals. Dairymen to Co-Operato. Arago The large creamery, the prop- r,v "l mum lyrren, at this place, has Iiecn leased to 12 dairymen of this ne'ghliorhood. They will run it on the co-operative plan. Officers were elected as follows: .Manager, R. S. Tyrrell; secretary and treasurer, Clar ence Schroedcr. Other officers will lie elected later. This large creamery Is In a rich dairying district, but has been prartloally Idle the past two years. Milk from 3(H) cows has liecn promised for the coming w-ason, and more is in sight. Saving Bank for Albany. Allny Albany Is to have another liank. According to articles of Incor toratlon filed with the county clerk here, Uie Linn County Savings bank will be opened here as soon as a loca tion can be secured. The Incorporators of the new bank are II. 8. Myers. F. N. Myers, and M. 8. Myers, all of San Francisco, who will start the Instltu-J tion with a capital stock of $5,000. Albany now has two hnnka nt Ik!. will be its first savings bank. I Will Plan Reapportionment. Salem Aa a solution to the problem of rearranging the legislative represent ation of the counties of the state, Rep rosentatlve Jewell today Introduced In the house a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of seven to ,rfc u uie noose a reapportionment bill. Representative Washbume, of Lane county, has already Introduced a bill covering this 1 i n apportionment on the last state cen- l.