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T" "' -ir-yw" 1 ALL OF ONE House Committee Unanimously Favors Jetty Bill. ITS PASSAGE IS NOW ASSURED Statements of Langfitt Remove Doubts Amendment Will Bo Shut Out by Rules. All Washington, April 14. The house committee on livers and harbor today voted unanimously to favorably report the bill appropriating 1400.000 for con tinuing the construction of tbe jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river, Rep resentative Jones was directed to make the report. This action was taken after Major Lansfitt had submitted to the commit tee bis charts and drawings explained in these dispatches yesterday. The show in made was so strong as to con vince every member of the committee of the advisability of immedlatly mak ing this appropriation. The committee reported the Jones bill, which is iden tical in every respect with Senator Fulton's bill that passed the senate several weeks ago, because several members believed appropriation bills should originate in the house. Once the house panes the Jones bill, the senate will readily pass it, inasmuch as it is identical with the Fultoa bill pre viously pawed by that body. There is every reason to believe this bill will soon pass the house. Tbe re port will be printed immediately, and come time today Mr. Fulton and Mr. Jones will call on tbe speaker to set him to agree to let the bill be called up for consideration and vote. Mr. Jones believes he will be allowed to call tbe bill up under suspension of tbe rales on Monday. If be can do this he will successfully shut off all amend ments and probably secure prompt passage of tbe bill. It the bill is not brought up Monday, Mr. Jones will ask unanimous consent frr its consider ation at an early date. la that event the bill will not be tulject to amend xnents. THREE AGAINST ONE. Great Britain, France and Russia Unite Against Germany. Et. Petersburg, AprIl -14. Great Britain has begun vigorously to press negotiations for an Anglo-Russian en tente, with tbe purpose of completing tbe triple alliance of Great HriUln, Frisco and Raciia against Germany, which has long been the aim of British policy. Tbe development at the Alge ciras conference, where Great Britain, Fiasco ami Ratal acted in unison, and the participation of English bankers in the big Russian loan furnish a practi cal and favorable moment, and Great Britain is striking while tbe iron is Lot. Besides, the British government has recently given Russia proo! of her de sire to settle, outstanding difficulties by inducing English bankers not to take the Persian loan, on tbe ground that it might bs retarded as prejudicial to Itutsiaa interest!. BOTH MEN ARE CONVICTED. Gaynor and Greene May Get Sentence of 17 Years. Savannah, Ga., April 14. -Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor were found guilty of conspiracy against tbe government for presenting false claims and embezxleraeat in the Federal court for tbe Southern Jurisdiction of Georgia yesterday and Judge Emery Bpeer will pass sentenee upon them. Tbe defendants were found guilty, with bo recotnmsndation, on eaeh of the indictments. The verdict was re turned a few minutes before 2 o'clock after the Jury had been out thiee and a half hours. The maximum sentence that the court may impose Is an aggregate term of 17 years in the penitentiary and a fine of 1575.000, the amount of the al leged embczslement. Plot to Dethrone Peter. London. April 14. The correspond ent at Vienna of the Morning Post sends tbe following: "Belgrade tele grams give cfllcial denial to tbe state ment that King Peter Intends to abdi cate. The denial does not counteract the general belief that a serious Ser vian criiis is brewing. April 20 is named as the date on which the King will be dethroned and expelled unlets he abdicate beforehand. A strong party is reported to have been formed against King Fetor and in favor of bis cousin." Troops Leaving Pekln. Tientsin, April 14. Three hundred Russian troons arrived from Pekiu this morning and 1,100 Japanese troops are! expected April 10. The remainder of I the German troops will embark today. I LAVA COOLS AND ASHES FALL. Naples Recovers From Panic and Is Cheered by King and Queon. Naples, April 13. Frequent deton ations are still heard on Mount Veu vlus, but faintly. The main ctater in craduallv enlarging. The most con soling news is that the lava is cooling on all sides. Ashes are falling everywhere, houses are collapsing and burying their occu pants. Roads near tho volcano are no sooner opened than they are closed again. The heaviest fall la now over Somma, Santa Anastasla, Pontlcelll and other villages in a section opposite ami distant from tho city. Tho people havo recovered from the panic of vesterday, are less eulWn and downhearted. It is largely due to the presence of the king and queen. They are mingling freely with tho populace, doing everything In their power to alle viate tho condition of the injured and mingling their teats with thoso who have lost friends or relatives. The inhabitants of this city are en during the yollow gray atmosphere of yesterday, which is even more oppres sive than before. The popular costume of those who can afford it consists of an automobile cuat, cap and goggles, which enables the wearer to maintain a semb lance of cleanliness, but the people generally have to be contented with paper masks and raised umbrellas. The drivers of trolley cars are wearing masks of some transparent material under the visors of their caps. More shops were opened today aud the city is slowly resuming its normal life. The 'latest reports say that 243 houses bave been damaged at Portiei, 195 at San Giovanni and Teducclo, 432 at Kesina and 1,000 at Torre del Greco. It is impossible to determine the ex act number of buildings demolished at Torre Annnnxlata. It is eetiina'cd that about 5,000 bouses in all have been partly or entirely destroyed. In villages on the Uitalano side of the mountain all tbe houses are dam aged. At Kola denotation reigns, the place having been almost entirely abandoned. A committee has been formed to col lect funds and organize assistance for sufferers. It is presided over by tbe Duke of Aosta. Tbe government heads the subscription list with $100,000. The amount collected up to tbe present time is 1300.000. Firemen have been sent from Paler mo, Sicily, and other place to the vil lages in this vicinity which have suf fered the most from the fall of ashes to assist In removing tbe ashes from tbe roofs and relieve the exhausted soldiers. Camp kitchens bave been established and free meals are being served. COAL TRAFFIC IS POOLED. Eastern Roads Admit They Have an Agreement as to Rates. Philadelphia, April 13. That rates are fixed by the Traffic association com posed of varions coal carrying roads was the admission drawn from railroad ofti cials at the final hearing o' the Inter state Commerce commission investiga tion into tbe affairs and abues of the coal trade. Through Joseph G. Searles, coal traffic manager of tbe Pennsylva nia railroad company, who Is also chairman of tbe All-Hail Traffic asso ciation, it was learned that this organi zation not only fixes the percentage of 'Oinaso alloted to each rsad, but also establishes tbe rates. Counsel for the commission produced the minutes of the meeting of the Tide water Biturainus Steam Coal Traffic as sociation, held on September 19, 100 The records showed that a resolution offered by the Norfolk & Western com pany permitting that company and the Chesapeake A Ohio railroad to carry tidewater coal at tbe rate of $1.25 a ton was voted down and that tbe rvate was fixed at $1.40 a ton. Mr. Searles ad mitted that there had been an agree ment as to the tonnage to be allowed each road, and that, if one road ship ped more and another lets, a 'ettlement was made. He adds that there had been no settlement since 1891. Mr. Searles denied that there was an under standing to maintain rates Letween al rail and all water associations for the purpose of preventing competition. Eat Fat German Trader. Victoria, B. C, April 13. The steamer Moana, from Australia, brought news of the ghastly murder of Ilerr Schleban, a German trader, who was hacked to pieces with tomahawks by man eating natives of tbe Admiralty group, u he tracer resided on Ht. Uao riel ia'and, where he had a plantation. Tbe German warship Condor went to hunt the murderers and burned the vil lage, from which the natives fled. What became of the body was not as certained, but it is believed to have been eatea. Castro Quits Temporarily, New Yoik, April 13 General Oipri ano Castro has retired temporarily from the presidency of Venezuela. General Juan Vicente Gomez, first vice presi dent of the republic, is the present ex ecutive. This information was con tained in an official cable dispatch re ceived today from Caracas by Carlos Benito Figuerdo, vice consul general in this city. flREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTErST NOT SO BAD AS PAINTED. Most Crops in Pendloton Section Arc Turning Out Well. Pendleton Investigation of tho con dition of growing wheat in various parts of Umatilla county shows tho damage sustained in tho March cold spell wax slight. Instead of many thousand acres to reseed, as at first re ported, not more than 2,000 acres In the entlte county have been tteeedeO. Many farmers secured seed whrat and vitrol, in many instances paying fancy price-) for btuestem, which was scarce, only to find that their grain was not In jured or only slightly. The only sec tion where there was any loss was the northwestern part, where tho soil is light and there was comparatively no snowfall. Tho scare was duo to tho fact that the tops of the grain in some places was frozen, but this is consider ed a benefit Instead of an injury by many, as they say that It has caused the gtain to stool out more than other wise. The (ruit la also ccinlng out nicely and the damsge will not be nearly to great as was feared. The peaches suf fered most, but there will be a partial crop and unless a later frost occurs there will be a full crop of all other va rieties of fruit. TWO CENTS AN ACRE. Estimate for Coming Year by Secre tary of Waterusers' Association. Klamath Kails Secretary Applegate, of the Klamath Waterusers' association, in his annual report to the stockhold ers' meeting here, April 7, stated that tbe receipts of the a-jocUtlon to March 31, 1900, were $6,728.00, while dis bursements were $0,851.20, teavlng a deficit of $122.64. Principal expense was filing and recording deeds, etc., $1,405 20; salary of attorney. $1,500; salary of secretary, $1,200, and direct or' per diem and expense, $003.10. He estimates expenses for theccmlng year at $3,000. As there are about ISO, 000 acres subscribed to the associa tion, the assessment per acre will only be about 2 cents. Thvro are about 20, C00 acres of private land nnder tho project as yet unsubscribed. Favors Spelling Reform. Salem State Superintendent Acker man is a firm believer in tbe reformed spelling, so much talked about by An drew Carnegie, lie says that there is only one way to bring about the refor mation speedily and effectively, and that was for the newspapers of the country to agree to adoot the new mode of spelling. Should this be done, Mr. Ackerman says that the country at laige will accept the new form and forget the old inside of one year, lie said that the National Educational association bad adopted the new form. Initiative Printing Bill. Salem There has been much specu lation as to the probable expense en tailed upon the state by the initiative measures which have been proposed for the people's adoption at the June elec tion tha year, heme the following fig ures, obtained from the secretary of state, will be of interest thowiHg the amount thus expended- Paper, $1, 017; ,'printlng, $3,472; binding, $1, 610; total, $0,090. Postpone Booth-KeUey Indemnity Bill. Salem Governor Chamberlain has wired Senators Fulton and Gearin to have tbe senate postpone action nn the Booth-Kelly Lumber company's indem nity bill, authorizing the company to select lands in lieu of Its boldiijgs in the Klamath Indian reservation, until a copy of the bill is received and the taatter investigated by state lanl au thorities. Curry Healthiest County. Wed4erlH.ru Curry county is one of the healthiest In Oregon. This ec-unty boasts only one pbyiiolnn, showing that it is a desirable place to live, even if It is off tho map of homeeeekers. No epidemic of any kind ever visits this place, and the physician is not often needed. Discovers Black Diamond. Wedderbtirn WLile panning in the creek ne-.r Langlois, thin county, W. E Eliott discovered a black diamond. The stone it as large as a kernel of onrn, and has all characteristics of the diamond. It shines at night and is an excellent glass cutter. Money for School Fund. Salem Receipts of the State Land board from sale of public school lands, deferred payments and interest on loans amounted to $27,030 05 for March. This sum has been paid io the state treasurer to be added to the permanent school fund. REALLOT WENAHA RESERVE. Sheepmen Jubilant Ovor Confirmation of Reconsideration. Pendleton There is Joy among sheepmen of Umatilla county over the news that tho Wcitalm rerve will be redlvldod, for it is understood that the allotment is to be made again. Sv eral days ago J. K. Smith received a letter from Ranger J. M. Smlta, Invlt lug the Oregon men to meet at Walla Walla April 27 to consult regarding tho division of tho reserve. It was sup posed that tho meeting would he mere ly to hear complaints, and that little or no good would result to the Oregon sheepmen. However, 1)4 u P. Stnythe, secretary of the Umatilla county asso ciation, has been informed that tho reserve was to bo redlvidcd. When tho Wenaha roscrvo was first allotted among stockmen several months ago Oregon men complained bitterly Ixcause In making the dlvls Ion th Oregon part of tin reserve had been practically given ovor to Washing, ton growers, thus cutting off many Umatilla county men from their sum mer ranges. There Is a general belief that a more equitable division will ba made tlili time, as tho Umatilla county men will be on hand to asrt their rights. Perry Gould, president of lhe Uma tilla county association, has called a meeting of that body April 20, at which time a line of action will be agreed upon. Oregon's Boundary Dispute. Salem Attorney General Crawford and State Engineer Lew is, after visiting Astoria to loik up evidence in the boundary line suit pending lictwecn Oregon and Washington before the United Sats Supreme court, aro more thoroughly convinced than ever that .Oregon is in the right. Mr Lewis con tends that congress must have Ix-en guided in fixing the boundary lino by tho latest government surveys of the mouth of the Columbia river. By stlp illation, oral evidence will be taken be fore a notary. Land and Lot System To Bo Used. Astoria County Assessor Cornelius has decided to use the land ami lot sys tem in preparing the 1900 assessment roll in place of segregating the proper ty under the names of the various own ers, as has been the custom heretofore. Mr. Cornelius believes tho new system will result In a great saving to the county. Governor Would Sign Pretest. Halem Governor Chamberlain says that he does not think the United Slates quartermaster's oilier should be moved from Portland to Seattle, be cause Portland was the mora central point. The governor expresses willing ness to Join in a protest to the secretary of war against the proposed change. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club. ASe; hluestcm, 08 9c; red, 86c; valley, 8. O.I Is No. 1 white feed, $27.60; gray, $27 per ton. Barley Feed. tSr3.5fll8l per ton; brewing, $24624.60; relied, $24 50 36 60. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, choice, $174118 per ton; common, $13 14? valley timothy, $8$J0; clover, $7.6098; cheat. $07; grain hay, $7r8; alfalfa, $12. Appier $22.7fi per box. Vegetables Asparagus, 8312)c per pound; cahbage, 2 Ale per ound: cauliflower, $2 2 per crate; celery, 75 S3 90c per dozen; head lettuce, 25c per dozen; onions, 40c per dozen; radishes, 20 25c per dozen; rhubarb, f 181.2a per box: spinach, $1 per box; parsley, 26c; turnips, $1(81.26 per tack; car rots, 06676c per sack; beets, 86of$l per sack. Onions No. 1, 70G0e per sack; No. 2, n mlnal. Potatoes Fancy graded Hurlwnks, 66c per hundred; ordinary, 6066e; new California, 5c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 20(8 22,4 c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 10glGjc per dozen. Poultry A vcrago old hens, 1 30 1 3 VJc per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c; broilers, 2630c; young roosters, 12 013c; old rooiters, 10)vllc: dress ed chickens, 1314c; turkeys, live, 10 !7c, turkeys, dressed, choice, 20(9 21c; geese, live, 8Bc; geete, dress ed. lOQllc; duck, 17 10c Hops Oregon, 1005, 7010c; olds, Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 15&r20c; valley, 2426c per pound; mohair, choice, 35&20C Veal Dressed. 3W37c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; oows, 4g5c; country steeis, 4j35c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, OQUJo per pound; ordinary, 435c; lambs, with psll on, 10011c. Pork Dressed, 688Kc per pound. POURINQ DOWN ON POMPEII. Lava Stream Changes Cotirso and May Again Uury Ruins. Naples, April 11. Tho volcano Is re suming great activity, especially 1 (Vrlcola. TlioitrM.il of lava which stinted In a new dlriclion toward Torro Alliums lata - reached tho reme lory of that town ami then turned to ward Pompeii. Tho troops aro convoying provisions, suiglcal Instruments mid other matotlal for tho relief of tho Injured near Ot taj.ino. A violent storm of sulphurous rain occured today at San (lulsoppe, Vcsuv lana aud Havlanu. hrupt'on Grows Worse. Naples, April 11. A great eiuptlon of sand Is observed on the. east sldo of tho main ctater. This Is worse than ashes, as it Is heavier. The ejection of ashes rec.iis to have diminished, Fresh shecks of earthquake, aro being felt, especially In the direction of Ot tajano, Somma and Nola. Fortunately the great amount of Miheson tho ground seems to have counteracted tho telluric action of tho shocks. Another part of tho main roue of the volcano lias fallen In, causing a great discharge. o( red hot stones, llamo aud smoke. Blinded With tho Ashes. Naples, April 11. There has Intel a considerable diminution In tho fall of red volcanic sand since last night. Tho newspaper Pungolo today graph ically described a visit of a member of its staff to Ottojnno San Oulslppo and Vesuviana. Oltajano was enveloped in black smoko. The troops aro clearing the ruins, demolishing tottering build ings and re-establishing communica tion. Entire families perished in the tea ii ami the terrible kmim occurred when refugees returned In search of missing relatives, wIwho tmdle are un recognizable. The Hshrs and chHtda which fill the air bio causing mitew etc trouble), many persona In tho worst affected districts bring threatened rflth blindness. RAILROADS AID MONOPOLY. Private Car System Drives Out tha Smalt Coal Operators. Philadelphia, April 11. That the bituminous coal tratlle Is divided among x railroad companies was divrloped today al the first hearing of the Inter, state Commerce commission hetd here for tho purxo of determining, whether tho railroad companies are Interested directly or Indirectly in tho oil' or coal which Is tranr-)rted over their lines. Tho commission also brought out tho fact that by means of the private) oar system large mining companies aro able to enter into contracts for delivery cf eeal at stated places, while small com panies which own no such cars aro una. Iilo to guraanlce tho exact time when tholr eoal will m delivered. The Pennsylvania road, It was learn ed, declines to handle private cars un less the owner guarantee to have at least 600 cars, the oeeslii of which would Involve an outlay ol $6.0,000. AVO DS ZION CITY. Dowie Reaches Chicago but Will Go No Further at Present. Chicago, April II. Dr. John Alex ander Dowlo will not advance on tho "host of .ion" as suddenly as lie ex pec ted. Tonight, after a long consul tatlon with hi legal adviser, Kind J. Wlttel, Djwle gave out tho statement that It might be several da) a before? he saw tit to outer the city which ho had founded, The First Apostle" arrived In tho city of Chlcatro this morning shortly before 0 o'clock, completing the firs stage of his lm-g Journey from Mexico to the City of ion, where he U to face his accusers. An Immense crowd was at the station to greet the self-styled Klijah III. After a sliort rest Dowie summoned his legal advirera and then ensued a conference which lasted the greater part o' the evening. Just what proceeding will bo laknn to reinstate the "First Apostle" In Zion Ci ly were not definitely stated, but Dowlo did state most emphatically that there would bo no comprrm'se with Voliva and that John A. Diwie miif't be the Wader of 'Aim or nothing at all. Many Went to Klamath Falls. San Pranclroo, April 11 It 1 esti mated that at least 12,000 people out of tho 25,000 that raino to this coast on tho colonist rate this spring havo settled in California and Southern Ore gon, This rate went into effect on February 15 and closed April 7, and was In existence for 62 days, sa against 70 days the previous year, Those 12. 000 people who havo remained are pretty well distributed. They have gone into the Sacramento and San Joa quin valleys, and hundreds have gone as far north as Klamath county, Ore. Great Output of Transvaal Mines. Ixjndon, April 11 Tho output of tho Tranvaal gold mines for March wa 343,723 ounces, valued at 10,043, 075, Tthloli constitutes a now record, b' lug 12,120 ounces over the previous Irg'mt monthly output. WORST SEEMS OVER Ashes I'rnm Mount Vesuvius Arc Much Finer, COUNTRY LIKE SAHARA DESERT Distress Anions; Tens of Thousands of Fufiltlvos Appalling Help Badly Needed. Naples, April 12. Tho whole ot tlie, Vesuvius district, as far as Naples, ('a. serta and Castollamaro, Is ono vast Pa. Iinrrui desert, itcport tonight from all sides state that the fall ol ashes Is not so heavy as It has been fur the. last few days, ami tho mhei aro much tlnr, ami from this It Is argued that the prospects aro much brighter. The blockade of local Unfile contin ues, but service, on tho main lines ol railway has been re-established, al though giratly disarranged by the In. descrlbaliln confusion In the stations where foreigners, not fully understand. Ing the situation, Inveigh against the delays and discomforts to which they havo la-en subjected, This ha been a ilistiletliig day In Naple. Tho peiplr, alarmed by what ha happened, havo deserted their shop, ami tho manufactories aro nearly all cioseu . I no ciowus are in a tem per for any rxr. It would only rs- ipilrr a spark to start a conHsgrstwn. The distress among tlie tons ol tlimi. minis of refugee I appalling. Tim govommsnt has forwarded spple ol food and money, several of the Italun cllle havo done tho Mine, ami private citizen are contributing money for tl aitanc of tho suflsrejs. More help I HCtxItxl. REVISE EXCLUSION LAW. New Bill Intended to Remove Grlsv ance of Chlnase. Washington, Atrll 12 HeirenU- tlvn Druby, of Michigan, iMtrodiired a bill todiy, making extensive rrvlston of the Chinese exclusion aet. It ex tend '.be oMtratlon of this action years and lnrororate tho receinmsndatien of Com in Is Ion or General Nargent fr American lnrctnr In China under tho supervision of the Immigration ser vice ami for thn re-registration of Chi nese now In this country, Tho bill I not Intended to m'difr the basic principle policy ol rxrlotllat Chinese laborers, bnt according to Mr, Den by is an attempt to find a compro mise which shall harmonise dilferrnee with China. It permit ChlHosn residents of tlti country to go and ronto under proper regulation In regard t return rertiA rates, etc. It repeal the provision of existing law permitting Chinese Ute er to leave tho United Pilate and ittb eminently return only In rasa they bars wives or families or dbt due to litem in the United State, ami which hams their right of return to ono year. It admit Chinese applicants for the writ of habeas corpus to (tall, a privi lege now denied. It provides that any Chinaman resident In the I'ntWd States, may receive a rc4nrn certlflcato on exhibition of hi Mitlrlrato of rrtif tration or original certiUcate of entry and pro if of hi Identity. It reteals tho provision of the exist ing law pUelRg tho burden of prf himmi a Chinese arrested for being un lawfully in tho United Stale t- show hi right to ho hero. It repeals specifically tho pmvision In the law ol 1802, already held oonsiliutloiial, that Chinese found an lawfully In the United Slate shall l Imprisoned at hard labor for one year ami thou deported. It enlarge the exempt class beyond thoo mentioned in tho treaty of lf0 to include accountant, l . I keepers, banket, member of the learned P" fetslons, editor or member ol other claiwe not falling within the etf'y of laborers, but It aim provide that it snail bo unlawful for any Chinese per iod enter ni: the United State a member ol an oxompt olnss to work (or gain as a laborer. Ralls Blown From Under Train. Pittsburg, Kan., April 12. An un successful attempt to wreck tho ruwi hound St. Inils A San Francisco psi songer train, known as tho "Meteor," was made last night at a point Mwren Turk and Scaminon, south ol Pittsburg. Dynamite had been placed on the tries. Tho train, running nearly 00 mile n hour, ttruok tho explosive and caused an explosion that tore out three feet of tho track, Tho high rate of spew which tho train was moving cartled . over tho break without damage to tlie rata or injury to anyone. Traveling Will Be Expensive Chicago, April 12 Tho Central T"' senger association has decided to In crearo tho summor tgiirlst rates wb"" prevail every season to tho Atlantic''" coast resorts. On an averaee the l j will be railed about 16 per cent, s N