Hillsboro Independent
h.4 UUmt t lack Wk
HILLSBORO OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
la a Condensed Fcrm lor Our
Easy Readers.
A Return of the Less Important but
Not LsS lntarstir( Events
of the Past Wsek.
The temperature is 6 lielow xero at
Kan.m.i City.
The Thaw trial is now fairly la-gun
Iiihu.ii ty in the plea of the defense.
New Jersey Republican have noinin
Mtp.1 Frank O. Briv'ir as United States
Senator.
Mmiv rers.rts are !inB received of
tieonle Is-im frown to death in North
bikota.
Snow and slides have blocked all
tr.iii.M on the Northern Pacific so that
n Katcm inuil tan reach Tiicoma
The raise granted jxistal clerks will
a l l IHH.OOO to the salaries of those in
Oregon ami 1100.000 to thisoe of
Washington.
The . It. A X. between Portland and
Tim 1 hi lies is in worse sham than for
yearn. Several work train are hem
iin-il in on both sides.
During the January just passed twice
a much excavation was done on the
riiiiuina canal an in any January when
the woik was under French control.
Southern Pacific trains, while still
running, are all U-hind time and have
to proceed carefully on account of soft
track; and uncertain bridges ana em
biuiktuents.
Besides flirhtinir for territory in the
Noi-tlmest. the lliirriman and Hill
managements have entered lntoa wordy
war regarding the merit of the met h'
ods employed by each, which does not
ntx-iir to furnish more cars to the
liiprier than tha territory fight.
The king of Siuin is to visit the Unit
ed States.
An explosion of gasoline started a
$100,000 fire In Chicago.
China is to resuscitate Its navy. Ten
million dollars is to be piovided yearly
for the woik.
Fruit men of Southern California are
b-lling their troubles to the interstate
Commerce commission.
A snow-slide at Monarch mountain,
Colo., buried three houses. At least a
doeii lives were lost in the slide.
In Xorthern Montana the tempera
ture is rejiortetl 60 lielow zero, the cold
est in 27 years. All railroad traffic is
at a standstill.
Seven miners met death in a wreck
of a coal train on the Chicago & North
western near the corporation limits of
Dea Moines, Iowa.
Hcven perform were Injured, some of
tlieni perhaps fatally, by a tire in a
New York run br. Tha pfi wr
mil - kmmi '' Ore broke out.
The Willamette and Columbia river
valleys are experiencing the highest
water In several years. The C). H. &
N. railway is having much trouble with
lis tracks.
The third explosion in West Virginia
minis in two weeks has just occurred.
In the last disaster between 25 and 35
men were entombed and rescue is
doubtful on account id gas.
Senator Culloin says "war talk Is
bush."
The president 1ms given 1100 to the
Chinese famine fund.
(Illiver has formed a strong syndicate
to dig the Panama canal.
Heavy losses will be sustained by
Montana stockmen, as feed Is scarce.
California Japanese oppose exclusion
and have sent a lawyer to Washington.
The United States mint at New Or
leam is coining $1,000,000 for the Mex
ican government.
Hundreds of cattlo are dying from
exhsustion and odd In the Salmon rlv
er, Idaho, country.
Chicago ia experiencing a little of
the winter weather that , has been
sweeping the states farther west.
Governor Hughes, of New York, is
keeping Ills campaign pledge and is
having nothing to do with the Isism'S
A tralnload of Omaha manufacturer
and j obbers will visit the Pacific North
wt-t early in the spring in an effort to
sccuie trade.
The Xavy department has figures
showing that a first-class battleship can
lie built cheaper by a private company
than In the government yards. The
difference is atsiut $350,000.
The Thaw jury it now complete.
I.itiht earthquake shock continue to
be felt at Kingston.
Knssia will borrow $25,000,000 to
feed her famine sufferers.
Another terrible blixzard is sweeping
Montana and Isritish Columbia.
The governor of Caracas baa been
murdered by adherent of President
Gomes.
A 2 -cent passenger fare bill has been
favorably reported in the Missouri leg'
islaturo.
Th entire appearance of the Solomon
islands in the South sea lias been
rh.mged by an earthquake.
The president and Admiral Fvans
have approved the action of lavis in
the Kingston affair.
A bill has Uon intrluced in the
Illinois legislature providing the death
p:ilty for burglars and highway rob
l-r.
The Periodical Publishers' aseoeia
tion of America has determined to nVht
the proiKwcd change in second class
mail regulations.
Kitevelt say
state will not al
nal on must
that if the several
dish child labor the
TO PROTECT SALMON.
Or.... and Wa.hington Legislative
Committe.s Rch Agreement
i r-K k R agreement be-
.. iu.,.,utr of Oregon and
w-i.i.,.r, r.. hed at a concurrent
....... ...;n..u mnforvnee held in Uii city
bills will be introduced within a few
,1... in the Oregon and Washington
legislatures recommending that no sal
-!;,,., l-.Mowed on the lolum
i.;. .1. i-tmwn 6 o'clock p. m. Sat
.r.l A n. m. Sunday, during the
winner open season, which it is plan
uiil etend from Al'tA 20 to
,.- !! Th tiills will shorten
th
present ojieri season five days
u .1 M..a .Lva In Alltfllst.
Apri
ti. bills will make th
closed season from March 15 to April
20 and from August 20 to September
10. The present law makes the closed
season, from March 15 to April 15 and
fnn Auimst 25 to SeptemU-r 10.
tv, !.. 1,-t, in of the closed season
.v.iiMi.ir... Uiin.liiv hVhinii are the
principal features of the measure agreed
upon by the members of the concurrent
nrm,miiiiw from the Oregon and Wai-n
ii.gton legislatures, appointed to frame
a bill to be parsed by the lawmakers of
the two states for the protection of
.lim.!.i river salmon.
tine of the principal object of a later
committee which this commiiu re
commended will lie the attempt to de
vise a nlan to make a fish way around
Colilo falls, so that the salmon can
easily get into the upper Columbia.
8 HOWS PROSPEROUS YEAR.
Internal Commerca for 1906
All Previous Records.
Broka
Washington, Feb. 5. The movement
of internal commerce during tne pasi
year exceeded that for any previous one
in the history oi tne country, -ui
fn n tement list issued oy uie uureau
of statistics of the department oi wm
w - . m ft
merce and Ijiixir.
Livestock receipts at the seven pri
mary markets aggregaicu iu,ii,
head, exceeding those of the previous
vear bv more than 150.0O0. Shipments
..fnnekinir house products from Chi
cago, except canned meats and dressed
hogs, show gains as compared with
those of either of the two immediate
preceding years. Of these products
ihirinif the vear. the aggregate snip
meids were 67.775.HUO pounds; canned
meats, 117,688,650 pounds; cured
meats. 304.642.049 pounds; dressed
txef, 1,308,072,285; dressed hogs, 13,
170.300 pounds: hides, 75,175,520
pounds; lard, 421,914,529 pounds, and
pork, 30,681,200 pounds, making a
total of 2,768,016,443 puunds, being
over 100,000,000 pounds in excess of
the previous year.
The total grain receipts at 15 inter
ior primary markets were 798,621,
685 bushess, an increase of 250 000
ovre 1905. The tota' movement em
braced: Wheat, 243,735,058 bushels;
corn, 242,722,716 bushels; oats, 233,
300,339 bushels; barley, 69,409,290
bushels, and rye, 9,294,282 bushels.
The receipts of grain at six Atlantic
and Gulf porta aggregate 214,840,998
bushels, an increase of 14,000,000 bush
els. Shipment of anthracite coal from
Kastern producing districts aggregated
65,047,290 tons, a preemptible decree.
ON WAR FOOTING.
Hurry Orders Sent Out from Wash
ington to Militia.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 6. Recruits
are wanted iin a hurry for the Illinois
National guard and within a week or
ten days the rosters of nearly every
company in the state infantry, artillery,
cavalry and signal corps alike, will be
thrown open for emergency enlistments,
ollicers and privates meanwhile carry-
ng on a still hunt for embryonic sol
diers.
This stir in the state soldiery Is the
result of a geneial order from the War
department at Washington. Whether
the order Is'ars greater significance
than its face shows has not been dis
closed by the Washington authorities,
our, uie militia ana assemblymen are
quick tn connect the order at this time
with the sgiutinn over the Japanese
question and its possibilities.
ine readjustment applies to every
state liiat lias a National Guard.
Smuggling in Chinese.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. IS. Returning
irom a trip of investigation at Mexican
ports and along the tiordcr lietween the
United States and Mexico, Marcus
Ilraun stated tmlay that he had found
extensive, thoroughly organized and
wholesale schemes for smuggling Chi
nese into the United States. The in
vestigation was taken for the personal
information of President Roosevelt.
Mr. Praun declined to give details as
to his conclusions and discoveries. He
did state, however, that one remedy
would be to nave mounted line riders
Track Is Washed Away.
Ogden, Itah, Feb. 6. One hundred
feet of track and a bridge on the main
line oi uie t-nion racinc railroad were
washed away by a rush of water
tbrough Velr canyon, 20 miles east
of here, this afternoon. The flood was
caused by the recent heavy rains in this
sw-tlon. All traffic will be delayed for
24 hours. The overland and Lo An
1 t 1 A
geies nmiictt trains eastbound, are
lsing diverted! over the Oregon Short
Line. Westbound trains, except the
Atlantic express, are being held east of
the break. The track is lieing repaired
May Excavat Herculanaum.
Rome, Feb. ft. E. II. Gerton, the
British amlsissador, has interestl the
Italian government in favor of the plan
of CI larlea Waldstein, professor of fine
arts. King's college, Cambridge, for the
excavation ol the ancient city of Her
i. . .
cnianenm, ami nas received assurances
that the application and plan of Pro-
fisor Waldstein are being studied
King ictor Fmannel has accepted the
Honorary presidency of the committee
on excavations.
Scvera Storm In Kansas.
Kansas t lty, teh. 3. The severest
st. Tin of the winter is raging throng!)
Kansas and Western Missouri, with
the temperature at or near rem, six
indies of snow on the ground and
snow still falling, driven by a bitter
wind. All trains are marked late.
from 45 minutes to six hour.
IN THE NATIONAL
Tuesday. Fsbruary 6.
w.ai.inirtLn. Feb. 6. The senate
spent the entire day in considering the
i...n-n .nnrontiation bill, but without
concluding the question of amendment
tl- .rmv annroririation bill was
.ml mill be taken up a soon
the Indian appropriation bill baa been
deposed of. The bill carries am, mm
1 11 ML
The principal items In the increase
in the military bin are; .u.
i-u nubiu iltiO.OOO: siktnal service
in Cuban pacification, $50,000; con
tract surgeons. $60,000; regular sup
plies. $590,643; barracks and quarters,
$1,372,227; transportation, $702,904
increase incident to uie prButD w .
bill extending and promoting the etli
ciencyofthe artillery corps, $0,221,
100.
Whim?ton. Feb. 5. Several test
vote were taken by the bouse comiiiit
... nblln lands to determine the
.ttitu.le of the committee towards Pres
ident KismevelCs iolicy of leasing gov
ernment coal lands. inecoiiiuiuv.ee
voted against the general leasing sjs-
fur fniil lands, but by a vote of 5
... a ..i-..r. a tn ii to ease sucu iuuub
bU 14. . V . . - - - -
in limited areas.
Anothrr vote showed that the Com
mittee favors the renting instead of the
present system of selling land, but wnn
iiHslincations in me prem-im
which will make fraud more dilhcult,
Monday, February 4.
Washington. Feb. 4. Thf senate oc-
mini! the first two hour of it session
today in perfecting the house bill per
mitting the government to lane an u-
nl on noints of law In certain crim
inal cases. The bill is intended to
reach cases similar to that against the
meat packer! .
- alt 1 1. f A
The bill was JaiU aside to permit
further discussion of . Carter's resolu
tion aimed at the recent order oi trie
secretary of the interior preventing the
issuance of land patents to entrymen
until after an examination on the
irround bv a special agent. Hcyburn
continued the remarks lie began several
lay ago and New lands followed in de
fense of the secretary.
lSacon made a brief statement in
tended to show that Ileveridge bad been
in error regarding the operation of the
child labor law in Geoigia.
Washington. Feb. 4. The bouse
passed a number of important bills to
day, including the McCumber service
pension bill, the omnibus lighthouse
bill and the omnibus revenue cutter
bill. The omnibus lighthouse bill car
ries a total apropriation of $1,598,500
for the lighthouse establishment and an
additional sum of $195,000 for addi
tional light keepers.
The house, by a vote of 10 to 65, con
curred In the senate amendments to the
urgent deficiency bill, loaning the
amestown exposition $1,000,000 and
safeguarding the loan by a lien on the
grosa receipts. i
Pills providing for the protection of
gnme in Ainsaa ami aiiinoriamiw re
fund of certain taxes continued under
the revenue act of 1898 were also passed.
Saturday, February 2.
Washington, Feb. 2. Two hours
were spent today by the house on the
rivers and harbors appropriation bill,
speeches against the measure being
made by Hepburn, Clark of Missouri
and Kiefer. Impressive eulogies were
delivered on the late Senaator Gorman
of Maryland. Out of respect to the
memory of the late Representative
Flack, whose death was announced, the
house at 4:05 adjourned until Monday.
Washington, Feb. 2. The senate de
voted most of the day to the reading of
the Indian appropriation bill for the
adoption of committee amendments.
Several bills authorizing the construc
tion of bridges and one exending the
terms of leases in the Yellowstone Na
tional Park were passed. After a brief
executive session the senate adjourned
at 3:30 o'clis k out of respect to the
memory of the late Representative
flack, of ork.
Friday, February I.
Washington, Feb. 1. Senators paid
tribute today to the memory of the late
senator Arthur Pue Gorman, of Mary
land. All business for the day was
suspended at 2:30 o'clock, according to
a special order, and eulogies were de
livered expressing the profound Borrow
and regret of the senate at the death of
the Maryland senator.
Previous to this order many bills of
minor importance were passed, inelud
Second Judge for Oregon.
Washington, Feb. 5. Senator Ful
ton today appeared liefore the judiciary
committee in l?half of his bill dividing
Oregon into two judicial districts. Ful
ton's bill will come up for final action
at a meeting of the judiciary commit
tee next week and it is understood that
after being amended to provide only
for an additional district judge, it will
1 favorably reported and be passed by
the Senate. The committee is willing
to authorise another judge to relieve
the congestion, but not another full
complement of court officials.
Oregon's Fata Is In Doubt.
Washington, Jan. 30. Repairs to
the battleship Oregon are held np be
cause of shortsge of money. The bouse
naval committee has agreed to report a
special bill appropriating 11,000,000
to put the new turret on the Oregon and
Massachusetts and make other import
ant alterations which will modernise
both ships. If this bill passes, the de
partment will ntilixe part of lis general
fund to complete repairs to the Oregon.
The bital ct will 1 aliont l,230,(iio.
There ia some opposition to this
Course.
Mulksy at Washington.
Washington, Jan. 30. When the
senate meet at noon tomorrow, Senator
Fulton will present the credentials of
Senators Bourne and Bourne, and w ill
ak that the oath be sdminstered to Mr
Mulkey. If Mr. Mulkey's credentials
are approve,!, he will be sworn in, and
at once enter upon bis duties. Mr
Bourne will not take the oath nntii
March 4. Mr. Mulkey arrived ton ,t
Unlay to be sworn in, and did not bo to
the senate at all.
HALLS OF CONGRESS
ing one fixing
..:t mail
salarltv- ui,.r.
. .1 v.. j -
tatnrii. luutir, . .i ..
$.100. w ith . Ul Ti. of $100
bas
been reached. ...,' h,ll P"
sited in
war
survivor fr,.,n ...... r uioutri
ti " to liv r .
There are n., . T of Uie
g - - o.uuo urv"-
Washington, FcbTI-.irPr,,I,ri''ti,.n!
for river and h.rb'nr- i 0 itT
speeches aiisin , i. , . with tne
piouimea l-Html f(( t-J,nir"
Louis and the d.m.11inoltb
to St.
Missis-
the Gulf
ipp river rrm Kt jto
Clark, of Missouri, deli
aeteristic sech , u,0f the Mis
sissippi river p" othert who dis
cussed the bill LI'. KuJenborg, of
char-
Pennsylvania and (iarreit, of Tennessee.
Bills wer ,1 tli ta.unda.
riMoflandadTZn"&r.Ar-
reservation i i,la -ndcr"" l7
additional land dl.ivL. in ! lo"
catod at Nome aiu Falrban'11'
Thursday, janury 3l .
Wasbinifton t o, Tbs river and
barls.r appropriation bi'll'c,,Pit'd PT
tullyall of the timed the house to-
day. After a short milMy over. Ul.e
ahort colloquy
division of tinm u,i the paternal ad-
vice of the speaker to alio lie c,!alf-
man of the commit i of the h'
(Currier, of New Hamph'fe to con"
trol the general debate, the debate was
begun by Burton, of Ohio, chairman of
the rivers an. I i..i..i committee.
Speeches were made by Eartholdt, of
Missouri, and others.
In providing for the comPlu"" y1
new projects, a r,lieal departure
made in the bill from former methods.
'It ha been thought best," Burton re
marked, "to undertake no "ew im
provement unless the whole amount re
quired for its comnletioD U appropri
ated or authorized."
Washington, Jan. 31. Ryner's ad
dress on the expansion o' eeutive
prerogatives, Senator Lodge'1 brief re-
Dlvandau ex-ten,!.! ,!iiimilon oi tne
administration of public land laws by
Heyburn constituted the process
ings in the senate.
Heyburn continued his criticism oi
the special order of the tecretary ot
the interior which forbidi the issuance
of patents to land until after n exam
ination of the ground by special
gent. Heyburn asserted that the
creation of forest reserve had raised
Uie price of wood for fuel in h,B 8tate
5 per cent and the rr oe oi lumoer
generally from 2 to $5 s thousand feet.
He said 18,(XHI,0IO acr oi mnu in
Maho bad lieen converteJ into forest
reserves, lie could ma no explana
tion of the policy being pursued unless
it was "greed of power.
Wednesday, JLuary 30.
Waahinirton. Jun. V. Besides fix
ing Fberuary 20 as Bulla? to vote on
the declaiation tht'rnator Reed
Smoot, of Utah, is not en it led to his
seat, passing a bill appropriating t-,-000,000
to confine the Cdorado river
to its liunka and another placing the
management of the Panama railway
under the Isthmian Canal Commission,
the senate today listened to an extended
speech by Carter, ol Montana, In criti
cism of the secretaryof t lie Interior and
another by Heyburn to the same end.
The recent order of the secretary pre
venting the issuance of patents to pub
lic land until after tn examination on
the ground by a special arent, was the
subject of the criticitm and many sen
ators from Western itiitee by casual In
terruptions showed their approval of
the sentiment expressed.
Washington, Jan. 30. The house
today completed the agricultural appro
priation bill after adopting sundry
amendments. The feature was a speech
made with a view to justification of the
meat Inspection law by Wads worth, of
New York, who retired from congress
at the close of the amnion. He took
the president seriously to task for his
letter of last summer in severe criticism
oi me bin
The diplomatic ami consular appro
priation bill was sent to conference, the
managers on the part of the house lieing
YousiiiB, lowa, C. K. Lnndift, of In
diana, and Howard, ot Georgia. The
river and harbor appropriation bill,
carrying 184,000,000 in round numlrs,
was tatken up, no time ling agreed
upon for the close of the general debate.
Tariff Reviiion Sh ved.
Washngton, Feb. 5. Twice during
this session of congress efforts have
been made to secre a e,lciw of the Re
publicans of the lions,, to consider a
plan of revising the tariff Both at
tempts ended in dismal failure. The
original attempt wag mle by men
from Xew Kngland. The second at
tempt was i,ia.B (,y preventatives
fr .m the Middle West, Minnesota and
Wisconsin. In view of these failures,
! n,By...,r " ,Ionfor a m't that
there will be no special seion of con
gress in the spring to nr,ngt,W tariff.
Alaska Camp Out of Food.
ihitMt' Ja"-30-On January 12,
he Rush received a telegr., from Act-
lilt zzno, riHtin' f a,' w,5rin
r. t r,."Y1,t,on.f the little mining
The Rush immediately put mlt wilh '
-u.f p.y r'-ion sufficient to last the
v age for ,t least five ZnL. She
n a heavy e. Th ,
InVtHlTh "I children
t irRh'r1,0' thpir I rovision.. and
I. ,. 'h.H n"t come, starvation
was inevitable.
Idaho Law Uphed.
Washmt,,,,, F,.,( 5 p.eme
C v.11- ' ,rrn-'y arainst F.nos
thesIo i'n ,r'rm'"' thed.-isionof
in?! m I?, T. 1210
i"g it unlawf ,I OS,sU '" nl!k
o leep "! th -r or herder
hetTn 7 r i1'" ' oth persons or
ling borW'thinU',f"io7s dwel-
l i no s, Raineyl0flniMois,C'upa ,
of Indiana, Ma.ld ci Illinoi".. t'ratt,
of Illinois, ShnSi, MOUtl;
Chandler, of Jrl ' ' Mahon, of
DAKOTA FARMERS FREEZE.
Bliixard Aggravates Sufferlrg Train
Sarvica Cripplsd.
Fargo, X. D., Feb. 4 Wliat ia by
far the worst storm of the w inter is just
subsiding, after having wrought havoc
with the train service and occasioned
much suffering and death among isolat
ed homesteaders. IVgiuniiig Friday
afternoon, the bliixard raged with una
bated fury until this evening. Sweep
ing across the plains, driving quantities
of snow 1 fore it and piling it in deep
drifts in every cut, it lias put an end to
all traffic, not only in North iHikota.
but In Western Minnesota as well, and
resulted in a complete lieup of all rail
roads In this part of the country.
From 2 o'clock this morning until 7
o'clock this evening not a train arrived
in Farg) from the Fast or West.
Trains leaving St. Paul yesterday ar
rived tonight, from 12 to Id hours late.
No trains are running north or wet of
Fargo tonight. Fust bound Coast trains
on the Northern Pacific were held all
day at Maila, Bismarck, Media and
Jamestown. Two passenger trains
which left Fargo early last evening were
caught in a snowdrift 13 miles east of
here and it was found necessary to send
75 men with shovels to dig them out.
They were not released until this even
ing. That the present storm has carried
great suffering and death in its trail
there can lie little doubt. Many were
short of fuel and the blixzard aggravated
this condition, but it is among the
homesteaders that the greatest suffering
exists and scores of those have undoubt
edly perished.
T. M. Kruger, a homesteader residing
21 miles northwest of Williston, N. I.,
who readied here today, stated that
within eight miles of his home seven
men bad frozen to death on their
claims.
TO CALL EXTRA SESSION,
Prssldent Anxious to Hasten Settle
ment With Japan.
Washington, Feb. 4. It is the pres.
ent intention of the president to call an
extra session of the senate after March
4 to consider and tatify the Santo Do
mingo treaty and the treaty with Japan
now in process of negotiation. Under
this treaty Japan will agree that her
coolies shall be excluded from the
United States.
March 4 there will be 61 Republican
senators, one more than enough to rat
ify the treaties, and the president is
now in consultation with the senate
leaders to ascertain whether the Repub
lican membership will act as a unit.
It is his desire to have both treaties,
Carticularly that with Japan, ratified
y Republican votes.
It is authoritatively stated that Japan
w ill not give her assent to a treaty ex
cluding her coolies from the 'United
States until San Francisco admit Jap
anese children now in that city to her
public schools.
Every senator and representative Irom
the Pacific coast is heartily in favor of
the compromise propped by the presi-
lent. Their opinion Is that it accom
plishes what is sought by that entire
section and San Francisco, In holding
out on the school question, ia arraying
itself against the rest of the coast.
NO LAND REVISION.
Homesteaders Find Only Blue Out
look From Present Congress.
Washington, Feb. 4. There will be
no revision of land laws this session,
neither will congress piss Senator Car
ter's resolution overturning President
Roosevelt's order suspending all public
land entries until they can be examined
on the ground by rjiecial agents. At
the same time the senate will refuse to
increase the appropriations for sjiei-ial
agents to facilitate these entries. The
consequence is that there will be un
precedented congestion In the general
land office and Interior department and
entries pending may not lie patented for
years, .unless some relief is offered by
the next congress.
The president's order was intended
to force congress to so modify the land
laws as to minimize chances lor fraud
but the bouse public lands committee
is packed against this proposition, mak
ing legislation impossible. The settlers
will suffer in Consequence of this dead
lock. Refuse to Honor the Flag.
Denver, Colo., Feb. 4. "We no like
American flag; nothing to do with
him." Two Japanese nearly 20 years
old and pupils of the Corona school for
more than a vear, threw down their
American flags before the school flag
drill at the school today and bolted
from the room, refusing to take part
in the drill or even to accept presents
of flags from teachers. For more tlian
an hour, while the other children of
the wh ml drilled and waved their flags
in the corridors of the school, the two
Japanese stood sullenly in the yard.
Rebuild th Oregon.
Washington, Feb. 4. The famous
battleship Oregon Is to be modernised,
and Secretary Mctcnlf announced today
that he had authorized the expenditure
of 11,000,000 of the naval repair fund
for that purpose. Of the liest type of
warships when she was launched, the
Oregon is already almost obsolete, and
to ma'ke her equal to modern men of
war she must be extensively over
hauled. The changes will be similar
to those ordered for her sister ship,
the Indiana. The alterations will take
a year.
Offers Army of Laborers.
Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 4. Signor
Oiismini, a contractor of Milan, Italy,
left here yesterday for Colon on the
steamer Prini F.itel Friederich. Signor
Ousmini said he bad arranged contracts
with 30,000 Italian and Spanish la
borers to work on the isthmian canal at
reasonable wag-s, and that he was pre
pnred to land them on the isthmus
within six months. He believes that
the nndertaking can be completed with
the labor at bis disposal.
To Look Into Cosl Shor'sgs.
Butte, Feb. 4. Representative Alex
McAnley, of Silver Bow county, has
introduced a resolution in the legisla
ture, calling for an investigation into
the coal shortage in Montana. Hie
resolution recites that the prices of coal
to domestic consumers in this state
bays been raised 25 to 50 per cent. -
PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
Tuesday. Februsry 6.
Salem, Feb. 5. Another bill has
l,een introduced to win 11 holders of
land grant from the government toseJI
the land at 50 js-r acre and its trait
not exceeding IttO acres. ......
The bouse lan-sod a bill inhibiting
the granting of a Insuur license to any
one who has been wnvicted.of selling
liquor to minors. '
i -..ii.... I, bill oassed prohibit
any but members from wearing badge
of secret orders.
A now bill In the senate manes me
Asss iated Press a common currier.
A new house bill provides that offi-
..a t I,.. .9
eers must not wina v vnii
state laws and provides for punishment
of such officers.
A gavel presented to Siieaker navey
i.j... ......i.,.1 Hv kinds of wood:
Oregon grape, the state flower; apple,
from a seedling plained ai iwi
in 1825; cherry, from a seedling start
ed in Iowa in 1845 and transplanted to
Oregon in 1847; service berry, from
near Oregon City, the first territorial
Chamooeg. the lite
of the first American civil government
on the Paciflo Uoast.
The bill for the transportation of
convicts by prison guards instead of
sheriffs was defeated in the senate.
Twenty-ono new bills were Intro
duivd in the house today and eight in
the senate.
Monday, February 4.
Kaiom v.h .4 Bv a vote of 24 to 1
the senate adopted Uie house joint
memorial asking congress vo Bumm w
a vote of the people a proposition to
elect senators by direct vote.
Two constitntioonal amendments
were adopted by the house today. Orig
inally they were those of the ttate tax
commssion providing for taxation of
property by classes of subject.
Tim unab ntoiHml the house fertilizer
inspection bill over the veto of the gov
ernor. This is one of the bills vetoed
at the cloe of the 1005 session and has
already passed the house.
A bill to repeal the anti-scalping law
was defeated in the house by a vote of
28 to 20, six memliers being absent.
Two bills were killed in the senate
by indefinite postponement. They
aura ' fliviriir fiWfc to unrecorded
deeds, and creating Clark county.
1 tie senate passed a joint memorial
demanding that granted lands be sold
for not more than 2.60 per acre.
tIia mnuiA anutainatl tha irovprnor in
his veto of the board of control bill of
the 1905 session. All the otber vetoed
senate bills were indefinitely post
poned. '
Friday, February I.
Salem. Feb. 1. War on normal
schools has broken out again in the leg
islature, and the forces demanding abo
lition of two of the four Institutions are
considerably stronger tlmn ever before.
Representatives of the Oregon State
Grange are fighting the bills enlarging
the powers of eminent domain for cer
tain corporations.
Both houses have passed the bill re
quiring fruit box labels to show the
name and address of the grower and
the packer.
Eight bills were introduced in the
house, among them one to appropriate
$75,000 for the purchase of additional
grounds for the Agricultural college
Seven new measures were presented to
the senate.
Thursday, January 31.
Salem, Jan. 31. Speaker Davey has
a proposed constitutional amendment.
His plan is for the people to elect the
presiding offices of the legislature the
same as any other oflicer.
Representative Jackson's bill taxing
mortgages was indefinitely postponed.
Double taxation was feared by the op
position. There is some danger of the bill giv
ing osteopaths an Independent examin
ing board tsdng shelved in the senate.
Among the 23 new measures in the
house today was one to annex a part of
Grant county to Baker county; creating
the Twelfth judicial district; to pro
hibit "treating" In saloons and to re
peal the poll tax law.
One of the most sweeping bills of its
character to make its appeanin-e in
the scate legislature is that of Repre
sentative Brlx, introduced, yesterday
and providing for appropriation and use
of the streams of the state by corpora
tions or persons. The bill declares that
all streams, sloughs and waters of the
state which have not ' sufficient water
cajwity of serving the uses of com
merce or of profitably floating, during
any part of the year, upon natural
water or freshet, logs, ties, shingle
bolts' or otber products of the forest,
hall be declared public highways.
There Is a proposition on fot to raise
the salaries of members of the legisla
ture from 120 to 500 for the session.
Wednesday, January 30.
Salem, Jan. 30. Plans for free locks
at Willamette Falls have turned from a
state appropriation of $400, (MX) for
building new locks, or buying locks
now existing, to an appropriation of
$300,000, contingent on an additional
appropriation from congress sufficient
for building new locks, or the purchase
Demands a Commission.
Tendleton, Jan. 30. Much feeling
was manifested at the meeting of the
Pendleton Commercial association, held
tonight for the purpose of discussing
the Chapin Railroad Commission bill,
now before the legislature. A resolu
tion indorsing the bill was unanimous
ly adopted and forwarded to the speaker
of the house and president of the sen
ate, as well as to the Umatilla county
delegation. Strong speeches in explan
ation and In favor of the bill were
made by Judge Lowell, T. C. Taylor,
W. L. Thompson and others.
Curbs Land Barons.
Salem, Jan. 30. Curbing of Coos ly
land barons, who hold lands granted by
congress in 1809 for the Coos bay wag
on pskI on condition that the grantees
or their assigns would sell it at not
more than $2.50 an acre ami in not
larger than 160-acre tracts snd only to
actual settlers, is the purpose of a bill
introduced today by Senator Malarkey,
It would compel the !rons to deed to
any liona fide purchaser who shall offer
the $2.50 an acre stipulated in the grant.
of the old ones by the national govern
ment. Such was Uie outcome Uslay of
a tussle In the house over the bill ap
propriating 400,000 for building new
But for a defect a bill would psobab
ly have been passed by the house re
quiring jmssengers on cars who are un
able to obtain seats to pay but half faro.
It will be corrected.
The compulsory edition bill pre
pared by Superintendent Ackerman
ss.h1 the senate. It requir teachers
to compare their registers very two
months with the census of the district
and report to the county or city super
intendent tbce cbildren not aueinung.
The, senate indefinitely postponed the
bill appropriating $05,000 for the
Jamestown exposition. Tie reason
was the large a) propriations needed for
other purposes.
The house passed the bill increasing
the appropriation of the Oregon Library
commission from $2,000 to $0,000 per
annum.
Twenty-five new measun-s were add
ed in tha- house tislay, bringing the
total up to 310. The senate added the
unlucky numler of 13 to their 153.
There was very strong optmeit ion to
the new quarantine law prosed by
the bill of Senator Smith, of Umatilla,
giving the state board of health quaran
tine powers In towns and on trains, bet
it passed the senate by a good majority.
Miners of the state are interested in
a bill by Representative Moore, of Bak
er wunty, creating the office of inspect
or of mines, providing for the appoint
ment of deputies, defining the duties
and fixing the salaries of isitli.
Free posses for public officers of the
state and of districts and counties must
be furnished by any railroad exercising
the power of eminent domain, according
to a bill intnsluced by Representative-
I Freeman, of Multnomah, prepared by
John F. Logan, of Portland. This free
transportation is Intended to compen
sate the public for the privilege of emi
nent domain, and w ill save the taxpay
ers considerable money.
Work of Land Thieves.
Salem Because of the recent land
fraud investigation and other pressing
reasons. State IjuhI Agent Oswald West,
in bis regular biennial report to the
governor, lias recommended several
changes in the land laws and in the
regulations of the land commission.
The repoi t shows that about 600,001
acres had been obtained by fraudulent
methods. II. II. Turner, of Salem,
executed a large portion of the certifi
cates and sold them to A. T. Kelliher.
Both were indicted by a Marlon county
grand jury, but Turner turned state's
evidence and Kelliher, who was con
victed and sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary, appealed, and his case is
still pending in the Supreme court.
Ratifies Locations ss Made.
Salem Senator F. J. Miller, of Linn-
! Marion, lias introduced a resolution
I proposing a constitutional amendment
ratifying thfl location of sfafe iiiHtitn
tions wliiih have been heretofore estab
lished away from the capital. Other
resolutions that have been introduced
provide for the future location of Insti
tutions away from the capital, but the
1, mi. - r...!.. .i....- ... .... f..w
l IMllier resolution uorr nut K'. ""J
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Fruits Apples, common to choice,
50Yi)75c imt box; choice to fancy, $1(W
2.60; pears, $1(1.50.
Vegetables Turnips, $1(5.1.25 per
stick; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets,
$1.25(2)1 .50 per sack; horseradish, 7(Vi
8c per pound; sweet potatoes, S'c per
pound; eab!ige, 2,c. per pound; cauli
flower, $2.50 per dozen ; celery, $3.50
4 per crate; pumpkins, 2n per pound;
squash, 2c per pound ; sprouts, 8c p r
pound.
Onions Oregon, $1,1.35 per hun
dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
$1.40,1.50; common, $Ki)1.25.
Wheat Club, 68c; bluestem, 70e;
valley, COCi 07c; rod, GOc.
Oats No. 1 whit, $29; gray, $28.
Barley Feed, $22 per ton; brewing,
$23; rolled, $24(,24.50.
Rve $1.40(31.45 per cw t.
Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per
ton.
Hay Vall-y timothy, No. 1, $14(3
15 per ton j Kastern Oregon timothy,
$17(W18; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain
hay, $9(310; alfalfa, $14.
Butter Fancy creamery, 328(335c
per pound.
Butter Fat First grade cream, 3fc
per pound ; second grade cream, 2c less
per pound.
Kgg Oregon ranch, SOJj'c per
dozen .
Poultry Average old hens, 12(?.13o
per pound; mixed chickens, (i,2e;
spring, 13(314; old roosters, U(310c;
dressed chickens, 14(316c; turkeys,
live, 17 (3 17cj turkeys, dressed,
choice, 2021c; geese, live, 1012c;
ducks, 16(31 8c.
Vsl Dressed, 6)fl per ponnd.
Beef Dressed bulls, 2(33c pur pound ;
cows, 4(35c; wiintry steers, 6(35 c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8(38 c per
ponnd; ordinary, 6(3 ,7c.
Pork Dressed, 6(38 c per pound.
Two Normals to Gat Money.
Salem, Jan. 30. The senate today
orseres the ways and means committee
not to report appropriations for more
than two normal school. It was adopt,
ed without an aye and nay vote, but it
was apparent that the senate strongly
favors the idea and it is practically
certain that not more thrfh two nor
mals will be provided for by this
legislature. The resolution does not
specify which of the normals shall Is?
povided for. but leaves that In the
hands of Uie ways and means commit-,
tee.
State Aid tor Tillamook.
Salem, Jan. 30. Representative
Prt-ala, of Tillamook and Yamhill, in a
bill introduced yesterday, asks an ap
propriation from the state of $50,000 to
lie expended in deepening and improv
ing the harlsir in Tillamook bay.' The
bill authorizes the appointment by the
governor of a commission of five per
sons, reliable resi-lents of Tillamook
county, w ho shall have charge of the
work Incidental to the expenditure ot
the appropriation asked.