Hillsboro Independent
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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-
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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
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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
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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.