Hillsboro Independent
a rndmr W tack Waal
1CLLSUQRO .
.ORJBGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Iq a Condensed form for Oar
Easy Headers.
A Return of the, Lets Important but
Hot Lest Interesting Eventt
of the Past Weak.
The improvement in Archie Roose
velt's condition continues
I'jT manufacturers throughout the
country will advance the price ol their
pnslm u soon
Roosevelt has told Governor Gillette
tli it legislation by California wilt pre
vent J .1 1 mil two exclusion.
I he strike of Portland ml 1 1 men may
el i-e down aotne business houses that
have need for many boxes.
Stuvvestant Fish, who was thrown
nut of the Illinois Central presidency
GRAFT IN IRRIGATION.
Official
in Idaho
and Contractors
Work Suapected
n..ia. firh 13. Evidences of graft
:n .. .ri.l luml rwlniiuition service of
the government has been discovered
and id DuW in possession of the depart
ment of the Interior at Washington.
Action look inn toward a number of in
dictment ia anticipated. The princi
pal evidence, o far aa disclosed here,
relaU-s to graft in Idaho, but it ia
mid that similar conditions exist
throughout the service and that omVial
in nearly all the Western states where
irrigation work in in progress will have
to answer.
The Federal Brand jury, now in eeu-
aion heie, will probably take the mut
ter up, so far a this state is affected,
if tiie new secretary of the interior,
James It. Garfield, says the word, ana
.1. tn furnish evidence now in his
possession. Agents of the deputrinent
have been conducting an investigation
for pome time. Their discoveries in
Idaho are said to U oify conditions in
other places, and a reorganization ol
the department ia said to be in pros
I""1' ....
TLe cfiarges in genrai are mai en-
. ... I . - M . I - J .
gineers and oilier owciais oi uie ue
partment are "standing in" w ith fa
vored contractor in some Instances,
ami in other instances have thrown out
bills in order to make commissions on
PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
FOREIGN WARSHIPS COMING.
more
both!
sees ton 1
GATHERING DATA ON CARS.
The following are some of the
imnortant men u re. passeu uy
... nt iha leeislaturi at the
just ended:
It. 11. nayer iu t"r"-
tation by attorneys of damage suna mr
personal injuries.
II. B. 33, ways aim m.-..
; in.;rVHtonceK.ti.-at.iHHue,lbyatate.lu r.oad 1U. tWl",r
Commissioner Campb,8 to Ak Sh,P"
pars for My 0,til.
Slem-)ne of tie ilIipi)rtaii under
takings of the OreRn oirtisd couimls-
com nili-
urn is the collection ... ..vurata lufor-
tJZ Annropriatinte 120,000 for payment n't "warding the si.ipo.ent of pro
"TT: ': laufe n carload
in i4 rent on ct'rviii i"n" j ""' in . v-
I B 380. IMbbin-For ftssessment Campbell is ,, unmWi with the
of transient livestock and division of -""I''ies to have IW" ."r
Ux between Interested counties.
II. B. 382, Keynouw riouiomng
sale of liquor w ithin two miles
Enrope and South America Will be
at Jamestown Exposition.
Washington, March 13. In addition
to the great ironclads of the Atlantic
fleet, commanded by Admiral Evans,
the naval display at the Jamestown ex
position will include sot no of the finest
vessels in the foreign navies. These
are mostly of the emitter class), but as
the armored vessel of this tytie are
equal to battleships In sice and scarcely
less formidable in apiearaiae. thev
will make au attractive showing.
Tlie Navy detriment has leen ad
vised up to date of the coming of the
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
by Ibirriman, has ne to llould
Fifteen paifHengera on a I-os Angeles the purchase of machinery by (he go
trollv car were badly injured by a eminent and to profit in oinei ways
l'acilic engine striking the
K niihi-ni
car.
A t'hlcagn grand jury is after the o
c.illl church ainl school furniture
Iru-t. The inilictuiuntrt charge the
tr.ist with controlling 80 perctntof
the tus:ness of the country,
In Idaho the ISoiHe-Pavette irrigHlion
project has been under siiecial scrutiny
hvideiice has been secured itearing
on the rleatlons of the contracting firm
of Hublwrd & Carlson, having head
quarters at lioise, with certain depart
inent officials. It is charged in alh
duvlts now on file thut this firm hus re
One if the Japanese warships coming Iceived many sptx.ial favors and exphi'
to J.iiiieHtow n w ill have great attractions
for liaviil men. It has a sm-ud letter
ihun any of ours and was finished in
lea tlmn two years after the keel was
Iniil, which is letter time than is made
In American yards. The vessel was
built hy the Japanese.
The people of Oklahoma are to vote
on prohibition.
M. IVtkofJ, the Unitarian premier,
ha. Ixfii assaNHinaUHl.
Nicaragua cs accused of spying on
the American mmiHter,
nation hus Ikmti asked of
this
the reason for
EXPLOSION ON WARSHIP.
All
Premier Stolypin promises not to dis
solve the Kutujian douiua.
Mi aragua is said to be prepacring a
force with whichto attack Honduras by
sua.
The Kansas house . has passed the
senate bill providing for 2-cent passen
ger fare.
Itus-ia and Germany will both op
po-e dixurinameiit at The Hugue peace
conierenre.
Knoxville, Term., by a majority of
nearly 2,000, hus voted to have no sa
loon in the city.
Urintnl bus received a iecess appoint
ment fiom the president as district at
torney fur Oregon.
It h charged that Hermann's attor
neys have attempted to have witnesses
fur tho government tell a story that
w'U hetp the defendant.
A Texas man him Just been arrested
for a crime for which he allowed bis
tath. r to hang In 1874. The deathbed
rotifcNi-ionof a witness causinl the arrest,
JlisHourl valley lumbermen favors
joint rate.
Itii'-sian reactionaries plan to dissolve
uie diiuma
may unite to
Britain and Ituasia
keep order in Persia.
wr between unions may close the
ioiinciii, Nevada, mines
Jeri'tne is confident of ling able to
uesir y the thaw defense.
inrncin and JSnllmgei are to tour
Uie .t in the interest of land reform
rocrctary Straus has Harted a radical
rei.itm or the steamljoat insptvtlon ser
vice. , .
i
I aris electricians have won
strike and the big city aKain has
and power.
i-.ieven or Portland's sawmills and
'.noil men are idle as a mult .of the
miH.r truuliles in that city.
M;,.i,:,..n
'i"M "'ht companies are
pii'.i.iii.K with the governor to allow
mem n. form a triint so aa to smvesf -
mm- nctit their nvals.
ni Mcaraguan government ban in-
a i t ...I 1 1. .. t . 1 .
- o i .wiiiTican nag and ansaiVted
niiiiisier .Merry, who hint cloeed the
leg.tinm an. I gone to IWa Itica.
v.
t. n ils have electel ofl'icers of the
i.u-s an iiouma.
their
light
to recall Mrs
Jcio ne has decided
Thaw to the stnd.
He tr-t has won another division in
the N. w York mayoralty contest.
i ne nigar trust has been sued in a
iew i on court by a crushed rival.
u.sweveit is p'psTing to close the
gnies against Japanese immigration.
North Ifekota solons passe. 1 a law
providing a 2V, cent passeiiger fare.
The
U k.-l
ment.
woman uffragist bill has been
to death in the Uritish parlia-
An electricians strike In Paris put
the cdy In darkncN and dernorslised
the I eASpaoM.
The Spanish minister to the Untied
81 d-s ays the battle of Manila bay
' vk-tory of lion over wood.
I-inilas Preston, a Texas million
a re, committed suicide by taking p.i
son. Physicians found enough of the
deadly hydrocyanic poison in bis sto
nucli to kill six men.
Th Ksnsa legislature
lin.mio for the S. attls fair
has voted
President Itonilla, of
fl:nn a victory over
tnt.,
There Is a promise of harmony be
tw.vir the cnr and the douma.
A 'ii h copper
in N nsda not a
Tonoiwh.
H.trrinian offers to co-operate with
the government in settling the railroad
111 nnersy.
Tlow s lawyers announce that the
def'n-e is through. Jerome will tend
the caae to the jury.
Honduras,
Nicaraguan
strike has lecn m.
great distance from
France Appalled at Disaster on
New Battleship.
Toulon, March 13. The powder
magazines on board the French battle'
ship Jena blew up at I ia o clix-k yes
terday afternoon, anil as a result Cap
tain Adigard, commander of the battle'
ship; Captain Vertier, chief cf staff of
the Mediterranean squadron, and from
70 to 80 bluejackets are dead, while
I ear Admiral Manceron and hundreds
of men are suffering from injuries.
Naval circles are aghast and the public
is stunned by theappallingcatastrophe,
coming so soon after the loes cf the
French submarine boat Lutin, in which
16 men met death.
The entire after part of the Jena was
blow n to pieces. The bodies of the vic
tims were hurled through the air by a
succession of explosions and panic
stricken workmen at the arsenal fled
for their lives from the vicinity of the
drydock. Scores on board the Jena
jumped ovet hoard on the stone quays
and sustained serious injuries.
The primary cause of the accident
was the premature exphwion of a tor
pedo. What caused the explosion is
not known, but the powder magazines
of the Jena were set on fire and the re
sulting explosions practically destroyed
wimt was consideied one of the best
vessels of the French navy. The Jena
had just undergone the final construe.
tion of her hull and machinery, the
I.. . . ar
latter port having been partly over
hauled preparatoiy to joining the
squadron to lay.
DAKOTA'S CREW PAID OFF.
Sailors of Wrecked Steamship to be
Sent Home.
lokoham, Man h 12. The crew of
the w recKeo. steamer lnkota has been
discharged The Kuropeuns will be
sent to America on the American
steamer Tremont. The Asiatics will
be sent to Hongkong. The majority of
the passengers left here will take the
steamer Silieria. Their hotel and other
expenses were paid by the Gcreat
Northern Steamship company, owners
or the Dakota.
me American consul has sent $150
to the governor of Chibu prefecture for
iiiHinouiion among the fishermen who
assisted in the remie of the American
pn.mengers. No salvage measures have
yet, lieen taken.
An omcial inquiry has lieen arranged,
ieps naving leen taken for the prefer
vat ion oi evidence. Captain Francke,
oi me i-iiKota, is still at the scene of
the wreck, awaiting the division of the
unuerwriters.
Expect Return of Cash.
Chicago, March 1.1 .A new field in
the investigation of the suhtreasury
robliery is being explored br the Fed
eral authorities. It Is suggested that
some banking institution of Chicago
needed a large sum to tide over tem
porary difficulties, and is responsible
r the disappearance of the 173,000.
The secret service operatives are work
in on the theory that the money that
disappeared was borrowed for a day
or two at the Instance of a tottering in-
...u.... uy iH,me employe who
fears to restore it.
now
Uncle Sam to Make Torpedoes.
Washington Man-h 13Admlral
Mason, chief of the n.v.i
ordnance, has completed plans for the
con.tr.ict ion of a torpedo factory .t the
Newport naval station, and expect, to
-Tn V Ji - r"r rror""l- This
will be the first time the government
has undertaken to make Its own torpe
does on a large scale. The new factory
will give emploment tn . i.u.
skilled workmen. It i. .
make every part of tha
Fatal Fall
Eureka, Cal.,
i pmall, lxtswin
Prom Basket.
March 13. Martin
of the iIKfata.1
steamer ( orons, was kille.1 today while
ri ling ,n . tram basket fM.n the wr.k
o the shore. The steel hook holding
the cable to its anchor m,. .i. ... "
napped. Upm.ll stnn k ainst l e
side of the v.l t.-.- .. p
leschedhim. " r""ue'
ot an
Indian scliool
H. B. 384, Kirowh t'ermiumg
county court to levy lax tot scaip
Kinntiee.
II. K. 35, Burns Regulating manu
fax-lure and sale of foods and drinks.
if h. 3H9. Burns Keuiiiring state
fixxl and dairy commissioner to publish
monthly bulletin
H. B. 394, Nerthup Regulating life
insurane comiianies
II. B. 403 Campbell Increasing
salary of labor commissioner to f 2,000
per annum.
H. B. 412, Jacltson ann i me .
inir a year's residence In State necessary
Ui admission to Soldiers' home at Itose-
burir.
11. B. 414, committee on Soldiers'
home Increasing appropriation to
115.000.
H. B. 415, Soldiers' home committee
Increasing salary of commandant at
home to 11,000 per annum.
II. B. 420, ways and means co'mruit-
tee Appropriating $20,000 for new
buildings at State Fair grounds.
H. B. 245, Chapin Kequiring part
nerships to reveal parties in interest.
II. B. 249, Dye Authorizing estab
lishment of high school districts by con
tiguous school districts.
II. B. 250, Havey Providing for
permanent record of election returns in
each county.
II. B. 251, Pavey Allowing vacation
of street or alley in unincorporated
towns on petition of ow ners of abutting
property only
11. U. 254, Pavey Placing state
printer on flat salary of $4,000 per an
num beginning in lall.
II. B. 270, Vawter Increasing fees
for admission to the bar.
II. B. 271, Freeman Making dogs
personal property.
II. B. 279, Barrett of Umatilla Ap
propriating 110,000 for operation of
portage road at The Pulles.
II. B. 297. Fan-ell Extending limit
on female labor to mercantile houses.
II. B. 302, Freeamn Abolishing fees
paid district attorneys in divorce cases.
II. B. 304, Pobbin Creating Tenth
judicial district.
II. B. 317, Pike Creating Twelfth
judicial district.
II. B 324, Connell Revising and
compiling state land laws.
II B. 325, Newell Abolishing $1
road poll tax.
H. B. 334, Reynolds Increasing sal
aries of superintendent and assistant
physicians at state insane aaslum.
II. B. 338, Freeman Authoriizmr
sheriffs to replace lost tax deeds.
II. B. 3444, Perkins Allowing coun
ty fruit inspectors actual traveling ex
penses.
Among the more important bills
which were vetoed by the governor are:
The apppriation bill for Prain and
Monmouth schools. This action was
taken on the ground that each school
should have been . provided for by an
independent bill, and the governor also
contends that the people do not want
four normals.
Senator Kays' bill providing for gar.
nlshment of wages of public employes
Johnson's road bill.
Representative Perkins' bill permit
ting orchardists to kill birds which de
stroy crops.
The measure by Beach providing for
voting machines.
By Hodson, changing irrigation law.
Creating the office of cheese, dairy
and creamery inspector.
Jackson's bill changing fishing laws.
Johnson's bill regarding insncction
of stock food.
Chapin's bill prohibiting oartner-
ships under assumed names.
All bills creating new district am-i.
cultural societies or increasing appro
priations for fairs.
DECLINE TO MkET PINCHOT.
Fulton and Heyburn Unwillirg to Sup
port Charges.
...I. t A ft. . .
sojngion, .nan-fi j;t. In a report
iiiu'ie io me nouse, Kepreserittake Lit
tletleld, of Maine, el airman of the com
mittee on expenditures in the depart
ineiibiii ngncuiiure, defends the l ures
try bureau of that iletstrtment.
The recent attacks made upon Clifford
rincnoi, ctnet forester, by Senators
Hilton, of. Oregon, and Ilevburn.
ILL. il . .1 ... ' '
tuano, on me noor of the senate
to the commission ii,tlon for
casr, Uie number a..,i ,.-...7 the date of following foreign ships:
application, and the date the cM wr "t Britain The armored cruisers
furnished; the iUt. t.-.ul. started iood Hope, flagship Argyle, Mapstead
from the shipping um ,nd the desti- and Roxburgh under command of Rear ltdd to be disproved by Mr 1 itt lefi..
, comniiai,)n lr" "
range to learn when the cri reach the France Armored cruisers Kh ber
consignees and when they sreunloadtd. and Victor ilego and another cruiser
Information will be gathered ' eim" to take tlie P,uc ' 1,16 J1"" Frt, re-
cerning shipments of other products eently wrockeil off the African const,
than lumber. Ti e purpose is to place commanded by Rear Admiral Thierry,
in the hands of the co,!iujtfioii figures Jajian The cruisers Tsuguka and
which will enable it to act intelligently Chitose, under command of Vice Ad-
upon (ontroveisive thut ire likely to I mlral Ijuln.
tr iu i : p,...-.i
miDo ii vni7 juiure. The rcoris wmi w i n(oi
show U what ext..i, f shortage Pon Carlos.
is due to scarcity of ....onmerit. delay Austria The armored cruiser Char-
in loading, delay in shipping de- les II and another cruiser.
UJ ... UllllJIKJJIlK,
are
Id
slier an examination of Mr. Pita-hot
under oath. Senator Fulton char -ed
that the Forestry bureau was the "worst
oiganized depurtment of the govern
menr, and blamed it for the land
frauds in the rar West. Upon exam
ination, Mr. Littletield f. mm only one
tluw in the entire organization of the
Portn..ln ... un. ,i. ' minor in cnar
fn r-rtol "" pruuu.y uie acter, and Immwiiutely remedied on his
He showed that
Stockholders Mutt Pr UP
Medford Stock hnl,!..,. in the Med-
ford & Cruter IjiL -.Muav will be
served with legal noti(.B topsy for "
relinquish possession ,,t i.rtfe blocks of
stock held by them f,,r i,w h tlie Isxiks
show they have pBj( nothing. The
demand has created . tuition, as ft
number of wealthy citizens who have
figured in the directorate of the defunct
company w ill have to pay up or reload
nirir oiis-a 10 me r-eiver. ineoe
mand has been made l.tr the receivei.
and one
not yet
warships, not
Italy One armored cruiser
protected cruiser.
Swollen One warship,
named.
Brazil One to three
yet named.
Argentina One to three warships,
not yet named.
Chile The cruiser Senteno.
Belgium Will send a military dele-
gation and China a military and naval
delegation.
GRAND JURY AT BOISE.
U-llft ifl itliilautmvlL a. L.. ...... I
.t:; ..:: "." i,,wv.. . . Much speculation a. to th cu.. 0r
" VUIIinilllllii i, tillHI BlU'll. I J-.-H! - r r . .
- ..... - , waiiinz or SDeciai Siinnn.
Itolse, Idaho, Man-h 12. Rumors
suggestion, lie showed that the land
trauds of w hich Senator Fulton com
piainea were all perpetrated la-fore the
bureau of forestry whs established and
when that branch of the government
was under tlie control of the Interior
depurtment
Senator Fulton declined an invitation
to appear liefore Mr. Liu Ictit Id's com
mittee and cross examine Mr. Pinchot,
as did Mr. He-yburn, whoclmrged that
at a meeting of the adoeate of forestry
at Boise. Idaho, lact summer he had
been howled down and openlv insulted
by employee of Mr. Pinchot's bureau.
Mr. Littlefield himself was present at
this meeting, arid stated that there
were not to exceed twenty foresters in
an audience of 1,600 at thut meeitng,
and Senator Heyhurn had never men
tinned the matter to him.
Grain Bags at Nme Cents.
are rife tonight that there will be some REFORM IN POSTAL SERVICE.
uuve committee of II... r.ruirurrowers'
association in this city. The name of
the firm of imjoiters or manufacturers
and ttie price paid has not been given
out, but it is thought tliat Uie sacks
are maue in rortlaml and they will
not be more than 9 cents spiece deliv
ered In this city. Tl, nmtracts for
i , . .. . ' - '
....... v.w.. uniur rortne ouicnaro ...i., .... .1 ,. .,
. .ui nnn . . l . .i iionuuiu ni uie result oi Uie
. :60.O,00 9 Wttr " ,l,e niV: -itting of tle United States grand iurv
beginning yesterday. What these mat
ters are is not known, but there are
many snrmifes. llinUtare given that
some people high up in the scale will
l involved. There are cawes pending
in which persons are under indictment
foi alleged timlier land fraud cases in
120.000 of thea iiii.Lii "s V.Uv7; uut .i seems prop-
by Morrow county grower,, who asked Co,onol a. U. Oreene, spec a 1 agen
In 7,e:erg,Vetn,rrmi,,,i0n ,t0 Cme of ,he lnieri0T Prtment, has C
in with the Umatilla county farmers. here U,r mm weej .nJ
that the sensations promised ntmr.
Crop Outlook In Htmey. tially the rult of his work. It is
Burns The winter in Ifurnev county known that he has been investigation
is over and the snow in the valley has some complaints made by contractors
gone off with a warm tain. There Is on reclamation works, but the under
standing has been that it was simply
an Interior department matter, the
contractors complaining they have not
lieen treated fairly.
One of the ninu given out Is in rela
tion to the section line surveys for the
government. Another is that some
land matters in tlie vicinity of Sho-
plenty of snow in the mountains to
keep the high water over the swamp
land and make good cmps of bay.
Stockmen have turned their herds out
on the range, which ig letter than has
ever been known for t i time in the
year. farmers are preparing their
ground for spring crops md everything
Clean Up Orchards.
Albany A revolution in fruit
in Linn county ha liegun. In the pni-t
mo inom ns i.uou acres of fruit ir...
have been sprayed, twice as larire nn
acreage has len pruned, and about "on
acres of old, diseased trees have !een
cut down. The spirit of on-h..rd im
provement is rampant and with the n..
age in fruit growing has come the as
surance that Linn county will have two
oig canneries in operation this summer
one at Albany and ti.a ti,.
Brownsville.
The total smonnt of vrnnn.l .iQ.i
to fruit growing in this countj Is about
8,000 acres. For years bv Ur ti,J
greater part of these orchards has lieen
neglected and no effort haa m.i.
to make farm orchards profit earning.
t)nly in the few large eommerrial on-h-ards
has any care been taken of trees
and in most of these, last summer wiu
neased the first systematic .
ombat tn diseases.
points to a successful ytau the farm
ers of Harney county. I
PORTLAND MAhXTS.
Nine
Wheat Club, 7071c; Inestcm, 72
73c; valley, 70(1, 71c; redS.SCtiilc
Oats No. 1 white, $29; py, $28.50.
Barley Feed, 22r"-L'2.5( per ton;
brewing, 23; rolled, 23.K324.50.
Rye $1.4.V31.60 per est.
Corn Whole, 124.5; crackixl,
122.60 per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, j. 1, 14
15 per ton; Eastern Orepn timothy,
tl718; clover. 19: cheat 19: grain
hay, !(,; 10; alfalfa, 14.
Butter rancy creamen, 32)v(ii35c
per pound.
Butter F'at First grade (ream, S3Kc
ml rnn.l. J ).. 1..... I '
fuir tvtnnrl I B
' 1 JAFUIIUl
Poultry Average old hens, 14015c
per pound; mixed chickem. 14c;
spring, fryers and bmilcn, 2iK221c;
old nsU;i8. ((10c: dt.. chickens.
15lGc; turkeys, live, iyil5c; tur
keys, dresfed, choice, 18 i20c; geese,
live, 8c; ducks, lt( !
Kggs Oregon ranch. iMHWc per
doren.
Apples Common ?vtl.25 rer
box; choice, tl.50(i2.5d.
Vegetables Turn ins lift 1 .25 per
sack; carrots, lfe 1.25 per n-k; beets,
$1.2o(n 1.50 per sack; hor''iifh, 7(i
He pr pound; cauliflower, 12.50 per
u.Ki-n; ceiery, 1.1.253.60 per crate;
sprouts, lie; radishes, 30c per dozen;
asparagus, 10(12Vir pound; ihu
bsrb, $2.75 p,-r box. F
dre,'"'011" UreK,,n. per hun-
,'ota,'g OrpBon Borlsnks, fancy,
1.35; No. 1 choice, tl(S1.25; com
mon, 75ea$l. T v-
Veal Pressed, o.rS.ijp psr pound.
"7 I'resmd bulla 3:3S
pound; cows. 5 a i. country
steers, Go) 7c. '
Mutton Preaii i . iffi,9c:
"" l"J "
l ork Pressed, 6( pound.
IIopsog,i2e per pound, according
to quality.
ii"l,"F",,PI'n 0rWn tverage 1-est,
l.tfT.lSc per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, aow.j.-v, fn fine-
"lair, choice J7(?'.or
shone Falls are to lie Investigated.
There is a crooked section line there
w hich throws the falls Into another sec
tion from that in which it should be
embraced. There are other rumors In
volving names of prominent persons,
tut nothing definite has yet leaked out.
Commission to Suggest Improvements
for Meyer to Execute.
Washington, Manh 6. President
Roosevelt toiluy bad a conference w ith
Postmaster General Meyer, and mem-U-rs
of the postal commission, includ
ing Senators Penrose and Carter and
Representatives Overstreet and Gard
ner of New Jersey The commission la
to make a thorough Investigation of the
methods of the administration em
ployed in the postal service, with the
view to suggesting reforms and im-
provcmeiitte that may lie for the better
merit of the service. There was a gen
eral excfiailge Of ideas lietween tlia
president and his callers regarding the
wora ,
Mr. Meyer believe that the most
improved business methods should be
adopted in all branches of the postal
service, with a view to its being en
tirely self-supporting, and that reforms
should be put into effect wherever
tfiero is any evidence of a want of sys
tem or laxity of methods.
NO ACTION ON CHINESE LABOR
Government Releases Bidders Frorrv
Obligations Under Bids.
Washington, March 8. Frederick
Morse, of the American-China coin
ny, and Julian Rubens, who !ave
submitted propoeals to the Isthmian
Canal commission to supply Chinese
laborers for the canal work, have ad
dressed an inquiry to Secretary Tuft as
to the decision of tho department upon
their bids, which have been i-ending
since last fall.
Action has been deferred on these
bids bctuuse the administration was
not certain that the work would be
done by contract or continue under gov
ernment management. Meanwhile the
bidders have become iniatieiit and Mr.
Morse called on Mr. Taft today, with
the result that they went to the White
Mouse and discussed the matter with
the president. Later the following
statement was given out at the War
depart mnet:
"In view of tlie changes which have
taken place in the management on the
Isthmus, the persons making bids for
Chinese labor, which have long been
pending, have been notified that no-
action w ill be taken in respect to them;
that they are released fiom any obliga
tions under their bids, and that, if oc
casion should arise for a renewal of
bidt for Chinese labor, they would be
notified."
STUDY COAST DEFENSE.
HEAVY SNOW IN EAST.
Inches at Atlantic City Drifting
and Delaying Trains.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 12. 'A
heavy snowstorm, which seems to have
centered along the New Jersey coast
and I Eastern Pennsylvania, visited this
section today. Snow fell continuously
for 15 hours, to a depth of seven inches.
Reports from Atlantic City show that
the fall of snow there was nine inches,
a fall at other const
points.
Throughout Pennsylvania the storm
was almost as severe. At Pottspville a
fall of eight inches is reported, and at
Lock haven there was s fall of ten inch
es. At Wilkesliarre, Scranton, Allen
town, Harrisburg and other points in
the eastern end of the state, a similar
fall is reported, and in many sections
the public roads are closed to t radio.
The storm was accompanied by a
high wind, which caused drifting, and
traffcon the railways, particularly in
the mountainous sections, was retarded.
Northwest Postal Affairs.
Washington, Man-h 0. Washington
rural routes ordered etB.tdl)i,-il Mm.
18: Ilatline, Pouglas county, route 1,
population 340, families 85; Walla
Walla, Walla Walla county, route 6,
population not given, families 120.
Maurice W. Staples bus been ap
piinted regular, John S. Gates substi
tute, rural carrier, route 1, at Endicotl.
Wash.
Oregon poetnuuders appointed: Cor
net, Newell P. Gleason, vice W. II.
Reed, removed; Leland, Terry O
Mima, vice II. C. Ball, resigned; Ma-
pleton, Finest A. Tabor, vice F. C
Bean, resigned; Wren, George W
Hovey, vice Richard Wilde, resigned.
Wins After Twenty Years.
Washington, March 13. The United
States Supreme court today affirmed
the decision of the Supreme court of
Washington in tlie case of the North
ern Pacific Iiailway company against
James Slanght. The decision confirms
the title of the defendant in error to
right, of way at Pa louse, Wash., claim
ed by him after twenty years' undis
puted possession and claimed by the
railroad under the grant of 1876 to tho
Spokane A Pu louse railway. The de
cision knocks out the Northern Pacific
and affirms Slaught's title.
Abtencs of Many Regulars Prevents.
Usual Encampments.
Washington, March 7. Assistant
Secretary Oliver has notified the zovern.
ois of the various states and territories-
hich have an organized militia force
that it has been found necessary to omib
for this year the contemplated annual
brigade and division encampments for
the instruction of the infantry, cavalry
and field artillery of the regular tinny,
as many posts will be depleted by reas
on of the almence of alout 6,000 tnxps
in Cuba, a considerable number at the
Jamestown exposition and the move
ment of a large portion of the army to
the Philippines.
In lieu thereof camps of instruction
for the coast artillery will be establish-
ed'during the season of 1907, and the
.national Guard of the various state
contiguous thereto will be invited to
take part in the development of the
probleL.s involved in the defense of the
sea coast. Invitations will shortly be
issued to the governors of the seaboard
states interested, specifying in detail
the fon-es desired to carry out the pro
posed problems. The camjis proliahly
will be held in July and lust from one
week to 10 days.
Imports Show Increase.
Washington, March 12. A state
ment issued today by the bureau of
Statistics shows that the importations
of manufacturers' materials continue to
increase. The value of the imports of
raw materials for use in manufactures
In the seven months ending with Jan
uary, 1907, was 2fi2,000,OO0, against
223,000.000 in the same months of
last year, while materials imported fur
further use in manufacture amounted
to $158,000,000, against 1123,000,000
in the corresponding period of last
year. Cement imports, $47,000,000.
ness :
pound
Threaten Referendum on Passes.
Allny To invoke ti, i- '
on the compulsory law enacted ty the
recent session of the state legislature U
t-he purple of members of the grange
jn tins county. Preparations s no
being made fo, the circulation of
Hons for a referendum ,r,t. J.V.
1 lie l.inn r-.,t
Pstrons of Iluai.", "T:7.ro,,np,,
""o. , , -.(mio annual
con.
insane
a referendum
too. Petitions
Conrattmen Arrive at r!i
Colon, March 13.-The st.m-
ama arrived td. ...i. .
. : -"" congress-
mm ara aeaipnu. i ..
the wcrk on the canal TI
Burns
gne on record favoring
....... .t .
o.c ,i i ma measure
re yet to be prepared.
Surveying Harney.
Tim Ire. .a L'l .
five snrveri.. '. J . r"or '-'"has
i'k rues m tlie field in
. ine mad is moat y lnr.t,i
Malheur river to Crane rfi, p
tJer Is one r. , M C k P.
thmmrh tK ' nP
asylum ! ..I... .Ith the
poblem "Htisfaetorrv adiu-tment of
thewlariesoftheeDtpLeiofthst in
st. ution and an -.jniuhf. distribution
the $25,000 aripmpriat made by
' legislature for .1 Lnse of the
nie. A mi-understanding h"8 "risen
between the board amj recent
stives of attendt. ' .. . ..ti..n
in' pr r . - . .. .... i.
SUndard Oil Not Scared
Chicago, March 12.--J. A. Moffett,
president of the Standard Oil company,
of Indiana, now on trial in the Fede
ral court here on a charge of having re-
per celved rebates, denied that representa- received by Secretary Taft, which savs-
I I i un. . . t f 1, A i I ivmnn nw lia.1 ma.t. . I III. no L i . . ' '
....ov,. ...v-..... hh'io in A.i nursing oays in reliruary ex
suggestion to the Federal authorities lea vat ion in the Culebra rut. ... nja
that the company might I willing to 644 jards. On the same basis a Vii
s
Bellinger Takes Office.
Washington, March A. Judge Rich
ard A. Bellinger, of Washington. v.
terday succeeileil Governor William A.
Richards of Wyoming as commissioner
of the general land office. After lieing
sworn in, Mr. Ballinger bad an infor
mal conference with the bureau and HI.
vision chiefs. Judge Ballinger enters
upon nis dntirs as commissioner co-
incidentally with the entrance of James
R. Garfield as secretary of the interior.
Secretary Garfield and Judge Ballinger
were classmates at college. J. H. Bal
linger, of Seattle, Is his secretary.
Stevens Making Good Record.
Washington, March 6. Chief Engi
neer Stevens is trying to make a record
liefore he turns the Panama work over
to bis successor, Colonel Goethals as
is evidenced r.y a cablegram from Kim
Will Transfer Inspectors.
Washington, March 12. Secretary
Straus, of the department of Commerce
am! Labor, is greatly dissatisfied with
the prtwunt methods of steamboat in
spection, rtlld Uxly BtillouiK-tMl that,
marked reform Is to lie Immediately
inaugurated with a view to increased
efficiency of service and reducing the
chances of disaster. He hus directed a.
change in the station of all inspectors
of hulls and boilers throughout the
I'nited States and will ask congres
next w inter to authorize him to keep
inspectors continually on the move.
Reopen Much Coal Land.
Washington, March 13. President
Roosevelt w ill sign an order restoring
to the public domain practically 30,
000,000 acres of land recently " with
drawn as coal land. The land was part
of a withdrawal aggregating 64,OiiO,O0()
acres. Since the w ithdrawal experts of
the Geological survey have lieen engag
ed in ascertaining the coal liearing val
ue or the withrawn land and. while
the land to lie restored to entry is still
classified as coal land, it is understood
its value as such does not warrant ex
clusion from public entry.
New Rules for Private Postcsrds.
Washington, March 6. An order
has lieen issued providing new regula
tions governing private postcards. Such-
cards must l)e made of an unfolded
piece of cardlioard. not exceedinir 3 H-l.
by 6 tt-16 inches, nor less than 21 bv
inches. They must In form and in
quality and weight of pn per lie sub- '
tdantiarfy like the government post-.'
cards. They may 1 of any rolor. not
Interfering with a legible address and
postmark. Very thin sheets of lis tier
may oe auacneil to tfiem if they com
pletely adhere to the card.
Will Not Draw Color Line.
Washington, March 13. The post
office department does not intend to
draw the color line in the matter of
white and negro railway mail clerks.
Although an intimation lias lieen given
that white clerks in the Middle West
are preparing request to the depart
ment to effect a change so as to pnt the
negroes on runs which will not bring
them in proximify to the whites, it
was stated today that no such discrim
ination could or would te made.
WK. I-.. .. .
nii nn puitr I , , .7. ' .l i . . jiu. vu h.b n uie oasis a fn
Salem The Imard of trustees of the P'1'1 K,,,ltv lo ,he indictments against month would have been 722,000 yard
ana . ..i it .lit "anv inrn latomnnr iss hAnt u,.a..i. .kA..i i , . .
go considerably over
salar-
'eials, tni-h loiUeets-r.
led" Biib-ofT;
. -....m j man cook, snpp.r. eng.n
., re to be hded in the ra:se.
'ng to Invoking -ndum on
he appropriate L the
bv .T r ,he -'"I tlon of a res-lution
. he Linn Count. l..L-. Coum-il
IHIPIll
it. "Any such statement Is without
any trutn ir nesis ot fact whatever,"
.aid Mr. Molliet. "The Standard Oil
company is not irigriteneu by any pros-
pect of conviction."
Raises Wages In Navy Yard.
v asiiington, .Marcn iz. the secre
tary of the navy has approved the re--ommendiition
of the naval wage Isiaid
in the ra-e of the Mare Island navy
k-ard at San Francisco and the Puget
iound naval station. The result is a
considerable increase of the rate of pay
of the merhanica and lalrer; baseil
on the fact that the vast amount of re
ionst ruction work at San Francisco in
cident to the rebuilding of that city has
caused ft considerable increase of wages.
March should
800,000 yards."
Send British Sh'p ftouth.
Victoria, B.C., March 12. II. M. f.
impi
' .V " In mile b ''iie or the State
n the south aide r,f ik. V.?"? fn,n tion. Th. .1!.? .
Wt. better grade cn be h J fP1."- th.t th''" expend!- d.ngere-l by tbs war
u oe naj. ture a n - '"iner i.unvur.i,ninJ
- -iciitiToutiiDfa
May Graduate to Consulate.
Washington, March 6. At the joint
request of Senator Fulton and John
Barrett, the president has designated
Isaac A. Manning, of Portland, for ex
amination with a view to appointment
to a consnlar position In South Amer
left. Under the new law only persons
designated by the president n,. i.l.
tlie Plnmlnil irn a .wl ,t - . .
,. . nisKing a
higher mars, are appointed to existing
ir. ,i .nr. .Manning makes a
good showing, bis appointment to
some South Amerii-an p.sit is probable.
Henri Post for Governor
Washington, March 6 Mr Henri
Pt, of Bajport, L. I., and a former
apemoiyman ior mat district, has been
seiccieii
Forest Rangers for Idaho,
Washington, Man-h . The follow
ing forest rangers have lieen sppnii.tcd
In Idaho: VV. A. Wickersharn, J. W
Hill, H. A. Bcigb, C. T. Grav, J. I
Wooilen, C. K. Hoyt, of fl,,ise; G W
Ilndnnicntt, ledger; C. II. Huff. Vrny'x
River: H. O. R0-e, Weston; J. H Mc
Call, Lirdo; (J. F. Johnson. Mem-him,
'; - .. Herrich,
W. M. Carrliell, Welser.
Alpbi;
as governor of P. t: t
ci. .. i. l.. i;-.. . ... I .....i l.i . . '" uy
w. j ..... Ki (vp.nA. . . . ufl. it i ,-,iirar miri in ijniiiiK ri.ii r-n 1111 uriffi n d iircampnt ui iiiiwa.1 i ..
'-not M my , ' nere .tti1(,e of f h. ; n,cn , rr. E ,m.,t f(tr . trip to tl' who , "r m-
At IK .n.rLtft ta ritXilAVit l'Siriattl ntAMala I at.H . t I ft - "
ha as it" 1 .-'-. I--"" -irjr i win treasury. Mr, p,wt j.
.langereii oy ma irogress oe-inow secretary or the insular govern
tween Nicaragua and Honduras. 'ment, and is about 43 Tears of a!L
Appoints Wickersharn Aa-ain.
Washington, Manh 6. The presi
dent today signe. a re-ess apifiintment
for Pistrict Judge James Wickersharn,
of Alaska. The Judge j. now Txi'
his second term on the bench, but his
nomination for that term baa not been
confirmed by the senate. Charges
sga.nst him are being Investigated by
the department of just ice.
Hospital for Bremerton Yard.
Washington. Mm,. I. to ti . -
department a nr,....;. . 7
iliin ism V l"ns ior ft
150,000 hospital at the lnf u.....i
nvy yard to accomodate 100 r-atienta.