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Newspaper Page Texth ! !l I A BITTER EDITORIAL Kingston Paper Says Jamaica Is Ashamed of Governor, PAY FOR CARS. FOREIGN AID WAS VERY WELCOME Archbishop of Jamaica Alio Disap proves Action of Swettenham Relief Work Is Progressing. Kingston, Jim. 24. Most Rev. F.nos Nuttnll, lord archbishop of tlio West Indies, having heard hero today tltnt King Kdward had cabled deprecating the film thnt the people of Jamaica should accept foreign a-istnncc, fa id ho trusted his majesty liad not given utter ance to this sentiment and thnt it he had, h', the archbishop, did not ap prove of it. The archbishop raid also that ho believed a great mistake had been made when Governor Swettenhain i ejected the offers of American aid. Tlio relief committee, is actively en gaged In sending refugees into the coun try and distributing food and money to Uioo who aro unable to leave the city. ltishop Hendricks, of Colon, arrived hero this morning on board the steamer advance, which brought from Colon 100 tons of food and f 800 contributed to the Jamaican sufferers by the oliicials of the canal and merchants of Panama. Governor bwettenlinm consented to ac cept theso supplies, waiving the custom duties. Tho "Daily Telegraph, in n scathing editorial article, arraigns Governor Swettenhain as follows: "We would be unfaitful to our duties as exponents of public opinion if wo failed to call attention to the extraordi nary conduct of his excellency in the present crisis. His general behavior at n moment of great peril and difficulty was unworthy of tlio responsible Hritish official and even a cultured English gentleman. Ills letter to Rear Ad miral Davis was a production of which ho ought to be naliamcd and of which tho Jamaicans aro ashamed. The United States is a friendly nation; their bono is British bono, their tlesh is British tlesh and no one but a blind ed bigot would liavo refused to admit American landing parties." Washington Lumbermen Give Money to Have Thnm Spotted. Seattle, Jan. 23 Evidence Indicating that lumbormcn have. boon paying money to railroad employes to havo cars "spotted" on their tracks was In troducodbeforo Intcrstato Comuwco Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, at tho hearing yesterday afternoon Into tho car nhortaso ouestlon. Charles K. Patton, president of the Reliance Lumber Company and vice president and secretary of tho Atlas Lumber and Sntngio company, mauo tho statement during tho course of his examination. To say that tho evi dence of Mr. ration was a sensation would bo putting it mildly. Mr. Pat- ton had been giving somo facts ami figures showing that there was an ap- narunt discrimination In tho distribu tion of cars at Tacania among tho mills. A multitude of witnesses testified be fore Commissioner Lane yesterday about tho car shortage and the crip pling effeot It has had upon tho Indus tries of the state. Not only were lum bermen put on the stand, bat Senator Paulhamus told of tho sufferings of tho Puyallup berry growers, and tho troubles of the wheat farmers of East- em Washlnjrton were gono Into. The lumber men contended that while tho car shortage was particular ly acute at tho present, there had never been a time for years when they got all the cars t(at they wanted. The rale at which cars moved was gone Into and It was shown that this has stead ily decreased from an average move ment per car of 91 Hi miles In 1903 to 36 miles in 1906. No attempt was miulo to dispute the car shortage by the railroad attorneys. They sought to show, however, that the present paralysis of traffic was the result of the floods In November. PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Thursday, January 24. led n memorial asking, congress, to re- Salem, Jan. 84. ltoth houses this 'move nil tariffs on row Juto or Juto afternoon adjourned until Monday. ligs. This iuoo will quite likely tend This Is largely duo to tlio state printer to defeat any effort to establish u juto Mug nimble to secure enough eotiiosl- mill nt tho state potiltoutiiiry tors to turn out the work on time and will allow lilni time to catch up. llio two houses this morning mot In joint assembly and listened to an ad dress by Mr llryan. A bill was introduced in the senate permitting capital punishment for iob tiers who aro captured armed with dan gerous weapon. Hills wore niso Introduced in tho senate creating tho county of North Grant and create a railroad commission to bo appointed by tho governor. In the house new measures included the apx)intmeut of a commission to In vestigate tlio tiro insurance business ami one providing thnt each county shall bo a judicial district and provid ing for u prosecuting attorney tor each county. Tho bill providing for publication of notice of nil est rays was m.-sod by tho house. Tho teimto bill fixing the l.inn Iiino boundary was also tusscd by the house. Four bills were passed by tho senate. They provide: For holding meetings of state textbook commission In May instead of July; raising fees of Jurori from 2 to 3 per day; tlxing snlarioi in IVwglas county; to turn uucxixuided senool mints buck into tlio county scIhm! fund instead of the general fund. MUST APOLOGISE OR RETIRE SHONTS TO RESIGN. Will Take Charge of New York's Rapid Transit, Washington, Jan. 24. Tho resigna tion of Theodore P. Shonts as clinir- man of tho Isthmian Canal commission was announced nt the White IIouso to day. It will tako effect not later than March 4, Mr. Shonts having been elected today presidont of tho Inter-borough-Met ropoliUn company, which controls tho rapid transit and many eurfneo lines in New York. No announcement was made as to who will succeed Mr. Shonts na chair man of tho commission, but it was learned authoritatively that headquar ters will bo removed from Washington to tho isthmus and thnt a high whirled chairman to sono in tltnt capacity alono will not bo named. This being admitted, Jt follows tliat John F. Stev ens, tho engineer in cliargo of the con struction of tho canal, would not be made subordinate to another glllclul. MINERS ARE ENTOMBED. Fate of Swettenham Unless He Can Give Good Excuse. London, Jan. 23. The Incident aris ing from the exchange of letters at Kingston between Governor Swetten ham and Rear Admiral Davis now ap pears to be entering the waiting stage. as the government, alter doing all possible in the absence of advices from the Governor of Jamlaca, Is obliged to defer further action until he reports. In the meantime the trend of official sentiment Is toward having Governor Swettenham apologlxo or retire, but this Is based on the press accounts of tho Incident and on letters, and it may bo modified by Governor Swetton ham's version, giving extenuating cir cumstances. In the absenco of a report from the Governor to his government, bis ills patch to Secretary Root, which has been reproduced here, tonds further to mystify trio mind or tho public, which finds It difficult to reconclto the Gov ernor's present recognition of tho as sistance rendered by tho Amorlcan squadron wit htbo terms of tho pre vious letter. Wednesday, January 23 Salom, Or., Jan. 23. There aro j ponding in totli houses an unusually large numWr or lien billt ami in a ma jority ef cases tho advantages that will follow their enactment are conferred upon tho laboring man who perforins work and vvlto, under tho present stat ute, In many instances exjwrieneea no end of trouble in getting what is his due, when he does not lose out alto irother. i It has boon discovered that nil line officers of tho O. N. CJ. havo Iwn Itv combining two resolution the senate sought to cllmiimto one junket ing trip, Resolutions Imd been Intro duced for the npiMiltitiiiciit of tv com mittee to confer with a committee from Washington on the subject of llsherles and another coiiiiiiiltco to cotifct on pilotage. The senate committee on resolutions provided that one commit too should Ih) provided for tho two pin- JHMCS. Monday, January 21, Salem, Jan. 21. Standing commit tees of the Oregon legislature were an nounced this alteriioou by Prwrldonl Haines of the senate mid Siieukcr ihtvey of the houso. In each case the best places wotosociirod by thesupsrt era of Haines ami Iney for leadership. Tho hunters' license law, it Is safe to say, will bo changed this session. Two bills relating t tlio subject have already npHtirel In the hniiso. , The normal school question Isulroady a live one in tills session. Ijud. week a bill to cut off Drain mid Ashland was Introduced. Today a bill wan Intro- duecd to close the Drain and Monmouth schools. Tho house unanimously pass! over tho veto of tho governor tlio bill to regulate the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers. This whs one J of the seven house bills of tho 11H)6 session vetoed by tho governor. Altogether 77 bills were rend for tho first tints In the boose tly. In the sounto 18 new measures HpxHrtxl. KeorgMUlntion of tint Judicial system of Oregon is proifwed In a senate bill. Among the house bills were: To col lect inheritance tax on estates of Ift.lHK) and up, instead of $ 10,000 hshI prvw ent; bounties ranging from f 6 to $20 for seal of wild animals, two-thirds to U mhI by tho county and one-third by the state; creating the ollav of In. siector of mines, and several covering stitutlon. Kepresentutlvo Jackson lias ?,! ., i., i"" T"1 ' l,,,P prepare! a bill to remedy the defect. , ".'"'?, '? ,7 "" '? " ' ''r ,?l'h ""J U'1, The bill providing that jurors mft-:' ''-' -'M on of the re,H,rt. I L-i.nl (,tl,P In nivn..Min..ui....' '.' '" "cimio mo now measure in the honor of being the tint to pass tho The senate rmsed tho bill nirrml toT '""'Wl'diotl of uinvicts by prison urxVnT Und L.'nn "flx.ng'lhe TS& OU"! . "',,"1!"f boundary between tlioso counties. lriVA .ViV- 7 ,.- Li . ' Governor Chamberlain sent a mes- " L"I '." L '. ? J'?. V0rkin wull,)r l,rl- XAL'O to Intll ho.. tn,!..v n.Vtn.r ,r . "" "" l,UU,,U '". elniliil: For reclpriHTil demurnigo and prohibiting relates and discriiiiluation; PMO0E HAHHIMAN SYHTtM Interstate Coiiunrrco Oonunlsslon Meets In Purtland Portland, Jnn. itt. Tralllr i-omlltlons in this Hliito were lncsllKltil jester day lKfoie Fraiikllu K. Uus, iiioiiiUt of the Iiitetslalo t'oininetiv coimnls slon, tlio objint Indng lo drtermlno the Ityullly o( the HarrliiHiu nurjcr of railroads. The ipiestlons of Attorney Heveronce for tho coiuiiiisnIoii were III UmM to driiw out shippers and rail road men as In r lietherwiiiiMdltlou litis lheii slllleil by tho merirsr Hiid al ternate routes for trarlk' clownl. Tho testimony of slilpiiers vss tlwit then' has Kon no OoinK'tltlon Isdweon tho I'lilon Paeirlc ntsl HiHithem 1'HOlHe worthy o( the name since the oimioII datlon under one mniiMKotucut In 1MU . It wss further brought out by the teslliiiotiy of lltomss McCusker, a lot mrr employe of the HsrrlmMit system, tlsit Ogilen gutewMy la the HMCrainciito nuito was clone. I n ton the HdMiiipHsh ment of tho uirrger, and shipment from th s territory ia HHcrHtueiito to the I'tast was stnpMd Orders were, ho said, to send tr.illk over the O. It A N. and I'liiou l'sclrlc to the Kat. 'IliU change nave a more direct nsito ami re- I loved the HarriiiMiii Hues of hauling fndiiht over tho SlskiyiHis. It is the of the rallnwd interests that iiuttiy nudes are oK'ii lo the shlpsr; that none have Uvn clomxl ami tlmt the sole lostanci'S where slilHiHtis liavo I Htm ndvlxsl by way of the UiiUhi I'a- clllo lo the exclusion nl other nMiie lmve vn Itocaus of tlte look i4 ears on other lines.. MERGER IS PIU Interstate Coinmcrcc Connnlsslon Ends I'orllniul Inquiry. COMPETITION WAS KILLED IN 1001 Attorney for Commliilon 0cUr All Ihat Wss Sought To 11 a hiwt). Ilshed Has Unoo I'roveo SENATOR ALQER DEAD. SEIZE FOOD SUPPLIES Probably All Lose Lives by Explosion and Stopping of Ventilator. Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 24. Twenty miners, according to tho authentic in formation available, lost their lives as a result of uti explosion which occurred nt 3 o'clock this morning in the Colo rado Fuel & Iron company's coal mine near I'rimero, 20 miles west of this city. Twenty cotllns havo been ordered by tho company from a local under taking establishment. Tho explosion stopped tho air fan, which was not repaired until lato to day, and there is littlo chunco that any of tho men in tho mino at tho time of tho explosion are still alivo. District Superintendent Itobort O'Neill Is per sonally directing tho work of rescue. Thaw Trial Begins. New York, Jan. 23. Tho long-awaited trinl of Harry K. Thaw or tho mur der of Stanford White began horo today beforo Justico Fitzgerald. Two jurors woro secured us a result of tho day's work. Out of tho 200 talesmen 10 woro examined. Three successfully passed tho rapld-flro questions of tho opposing counsel, but ono was nftorward excused by tho court after making somo private representations concerning his business. At 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning the court will resurno tho work of choosing a jury wthlch sliall pass on tho caso. Two More Awful Shocks. Kingston, Jan. 21. Two earthquake shocks, the hoavlcut slnco tho destruct ive ones of January 14, woo felt here nt 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Sover al buildings woro thrown down, and thore wosgrcat ahlrm -among tho peo ple. No ono was injured. Mayor of Cincinnati Orders Police to Slop Extortion. Cincinnati, Jan. S3. Mayor Demn- sey yesterday afternoon Issued orders to the police to confiscate food and fuol where noeded for relief of fluod sufferers and where dealers attempted to oxtort unreasonable prices. This action was taken because of numorous reports of extortion In charges for transportation and for relief supplies. Those attempting extortion will be or rested. Tho high water In tho Ohio river Is slowly but steadily rscedlncr tnnleht. The railroads have bogun preparations to resurno rouiar traffic, althnni-h it will be several days before the tracks arc safe. Itellef work continues actively. Sir school buildings have boon turned over as temporary homos for th siirrrrs The city council tonight appropriated u num jot a rener rumi whirl, u ho. Ing augmented by nrlvato ohr.rir. tlons. Appeals for aid havo been rnooiviui from many Kentucky towns. Mayor of Kingston Appeals. New York, Jan. 23, Mayor Talt, of Kingston, Jamaica, In his official ca pacity, has appealed to the generosity of tho American peoplo on behalf of tho earthquako sufferors, saying: "On behalf of tho stricken peoplo, I ap peal through you to tho generosity of tho American peoplo for help. Money, lumbor and building matorlal most ur gontly needed." Acting upon tho sug gestion of Mayor Talt, Mayer McClel Ian last night announced that ho would bo glad to recelvo contributions, which would be forwarded to tho propor Kingston authorities. Epidemic Grows Worse, Chicago, Jan. 23. Local health de partment records for tho number of SAntnltlla illnnaa. . . . a luuuisiuuq uidvudu caBua reported in a money for the Jamestown exposition A total of 10 bills havo Ut'ii intro duced relating to roads and highways. Johnson's measure providing for Joint improvement by county and state is tho moot important. Twonty-four new measures woro rend for the first time in the house today. This makes a total of 237. Among the 10 bills in the sounto were two by Kalley amending the di rect primary law. Om ix-ovldes for jmrty convent loim before the primary election ami the other makes statement No. 1 pledge apply to party candidate only. Tho election of Mulkcynnd Ikurno as United States senators was confirmed today In joint session of the two lionet us tho law requires. Tho journal of yesterday's elect ion in tho two houses was read and I'rosidunt Hainos thore- iiioii declared thorn elect!. Mulkey turves until March 4, 1007, ami lSourtio six years from that date. Tuesday, January 22, Salom, Jan. 22. ltoth houses of tho logisluturu in sopuruto session today elected Jonathan Itourno, Jr., United Suites Funator for tho long term and Fred V. Mulkey for the shoit term. Rush for Timber Lard. Corvallis A now rush for timber land Is on liere. It is nut so gn-at ns was the one a ew years ago, but bo- tucou fit) and (10 claims havo been lo- 'cntcd within the past few weeks. T timlsT lies 40 to l() miles southwest of I Corvallis in wlwt is known as the Five Rivers country. locators coukh to (Vr , vallis by roil arid lake private convey ances for the rest of tlio journey. A carriage to the foot of Almi mountain ami h saddle horse from then hi is the usual tneans of traveling. Women am among the locators, three from Portland iinviug imuio wie trip to me wtxxis a few days ago. The t fnilier is not old fir. It Is sec ond growth that has sprung up since the great tire that swept tho coast mngu west and HMithwosl of Corvallis 06 or 00 years ago. PORTLAND MARKETS. FrullH Apples, common to choice, 60(Ti76c er lxix; uholcu to fancy, 1 2.60: sni, flCol.60. Vegetables TurniH, OOWIl jnir sack; carrots, 00cy,fl psr sack; licets, l,26Cii.60 jwrsufk; horseradish, VQt) iuc per K)Uiui; hwih'I KiUiwsm, ;to jsir Tho vote on Mulkey wus unanimous noiirid; cubUtce. 2Vio nor isuind: (null in the house and till mmnlHirri of the (lower, 1 2.60 per dozen; celery, t3.60 senate present voted for him. Thrco per cnito; pumpkins, 2o jsir siund; represontatives, Reynolds, Itodgers ami squash, 2c per isaiiul; sprouts, 8cp r nuiiieiinur, oi Jiarion, rciusco to sup- jKJiinil jsirt llourno. These moil oxplalned that they did not pledge themselves and also that their constituents guvo a plurality ugalnst lilni. Four honatois, llooth of Ijino, liiycock of Grant, Mil ler of Linn. Marlon and Whealdon of Wasco, voted against llourno. Tlio tenators gave much tho samo reason ns tho lopresontativctt for not favoring Itourno. The voto stood: Mulkoy IIouso, CO; senate, 27. Uourno House, 67; (ermtfl, 23. No progress has so far been made in either houso on tho railroads bills that provide for a commission, reclnrnoil demurrage, maximum rates, taxation of gross receipts, etc. Theso sublecls imvo nanny been heard of yet in tho tl1.16 sir linn- fancy, 00c; Onions Oregon. dred. rotntocM Oregon Ilurlniuks, f 11.30; common, 7606u. Whciit Club, 07c; bluestem, valley, 07c; red, Cflc. Oats No. 1 white, 27; gray, U'0. Ilarloy Feed, 21.6022 jsir ton; browing, 122.60; rolled, I23.602I.60. Rye fl.401.46 per uvvt. Corn Whole, $20; cracked, 27 per ton. " Hay Vnll-y timothy, No. 1, 111 16 per ton; Kastorn Oregon timothy, 1718; clover, $0; cheat, 0;' grain nay, suooiu; alhilta, 14. Iluttor Fancy croainery, 3036o por pound Iluttor 1-ut Urst grado crcaiu, 33Jc Was Attending to Business as Usual Almost to tint tnd. Washington, Jan. St. United States Heimtor Itiswwll A. Alger, oi Mieliiiptn, tlle.1 smUleiily at his resl- dtHHV In this city at H 46 o'clock this morning, following no acute alUck of oetleiiwi of tho lutiKS, with which he whs stricken shortly after H n'rlock. Allltoogh Mr. Alger hud not lioeti In goisl lienltli for Mime time, his drath was iwrtl unexxi'ted. The senator last night whs momently In Ids us mil hesilth. DurliiK tho day he transacted considerable Imslncwi, ami was at the War dcimtmciit up to n late hour yea ten I ii y nfleriKsm, At thr lsstsido when he pussdl away were Mm. Alger, and their son, Captain F. M. Alger, ami his wife. On Tuesday night Mr. Alger, when about to leave the houso to attend a dinner given in honor nl Senator-ulect William A Men Smith by the Michigan delegation, suffered tin nttack of heart fiillnre, lait it was only with dlllUtilly thnt lie was iMrsimdtl to ruumii at liome. Ho attended the seiwtlon of tile seimle Tneslay afternoon iuhI ajqsmred as well ss osiml. Vhe I'rrsident FnlrlwuikH whs the tint lo rail at the Alger residence to day ti espresrt syuiiHtliy. The fuuotHl iwrvkvs will 1st held at 2 p. m. Saturday at ths laiolly resldeneo In this oily. The Usly will bo to Detroit for burial. taken Portland, Jan. Sfrt. - After rlnsmi eom'lttslvely I list eoiiiMdllon wsx W. sltnied by the men)erof Hh llsrriumit IIihw In till" slate, A. rVvirnni an. mouihhmI nt tits elose of Him Iiiiii.ii t'omiHerce eommlsnloii InveHiUstiftii )ilenUy sfteriHHHi that he wisild mil no iiHire witnesses lisle, us the (h' U CM IUC tO SlHIW MM OHHI Hllllllll-. V the testluiony of railroad olMsl ('oiutiilslHier I'rsnkllu K. lone ihtu inljiHiriiol tli SMwhiMi to hurl In Huti UsisplMto neil lunsmy, vvlu-re It r. Sdiuerln, sHnrl itmtumt'r of the !' eilte MnII HteHiililp eompsny, sis I other llHtrlHWH ullkial will U plso.1 (HI tits sIhihI. Hy the slnteitiKHt of Mr Kvwmnc to ('ominiaoioiier Ij4Iio, the -i4sm In INiiththd have Issvu eminently nUU factory lo the eomiiilmloo' attriiy. WltnnTn eMWilwl )tlcids) i'l. fll tlmt I Imp year ItMll was an iihfrli Ksletme foi OrxiPMi. 'I'hen It that the O. It. A N. sod Southern I'miDo wer mnimt timler otie IHMIiSKnovot mimI the i-ftvlce offer! on U okmU was lmMlnl. OrnVluls st Hie lotnl of th system lisd sn eye single In big ettrnlnitM slid a minimum of ej-nll. tort. Tlte srrvlcv suflorwl, allrriialltn rtmttw (-slilio wsre denieil. sad the MMil In inshsi of Ih t-rrit.y were siiienaUle t none for lnln Hhlpxrs sakl Udh rail slid wsler liinw luve depreclstol sIikvIIh-uoncr. lliere lots not iteen it HWMUimi t" - teml IiiUi new territory iohI tlw tiilire (Vnlrst Orr)HHi region I his Ihihi effectu ally Uttlel up. Itailnnd oliicials wIhi serve as ths head of allied nwds ami wIh there iiMlutulii them Is coiiiHlltliiu Mwt-ou them, when, as a matter of fact Ihry work tog"llior as two puitiirrn In one biMluess, were grlllel jmloidny by At torney Severance. Wltnejww maintained that rate showing rank discrimination lmve In-cii put Into effect on ties to (California, wIhmo object Is to huruss the Ooiild sys tem. Otliers Nild the MssHiger service U'lween Cortland ami Omaha is slsim limbic, n ml Is due lo the merger of for merly oonietiig lines, w Idle the stoaiu it service to Callfrnia of ol the Hsrrl iiihii eomiMiiles U wonte tlwn It has been for 20 year. While Attorney Cotton wms st his ImI In sU-ioinlng the ttd of mlven-e testlnsiMiy ami never showtsl Ills slrdt m so to Iwtler ndvHOlHK, the (sets liriMisht isut wore struugly against tlw lliirriiimn interests. STILL ENCASED IN ICE. Europe Hung With Icicles and Choked With 8now. Iuidon, Jan. IMS. Arctic weather condiliniM continue to prevail in tin whole of KuroM), while, uirlitusly etiougli, the actiinl Arctic regions, Nortiieru Norway and I coin ml, reHirt the prveolituce of mild ami rainy weather. All the vessels reaching llritlsh Krts aro covered with long loicles iiihI have smUv on their decks. TelHgrsms retvlvisl from all (sirts of the continent give aliniwl incredible re ports of the extreme rigor of. the wealher and consequent suffering. Many ilisdhs are roiHirtod. In Aus tria two sentinels were found dead nt their txwts as a result of the cold. Tho heavy snow continues In Russia and Turkey, and the Datiuls) Is froreu over 111 several places In Itoiimanla. Slight earthquak(s are nix)rtNl from IlaUium, Tho blizzard continues at Constuntinnnle, where the snow Is said to Ihi soverai feet deep. Navigation on the ItoMpIinru and the Illack sm has Im'oii pnictidilly susonilcd. UUILD QREAT UATTLESHIP. singio any were broken todav. whnn smmin nn.i i,. ,. i.m i,. . , .".., r,.. 214 case, worn rnrnr,ii .7 .t. ;" ."" ' VI... "".V " "j'1-v"! . r imwii. , mx-onu gniuo cream, so loss bill or Senator nan. ur tneso lib wore of scarlet rover ana w or diphtiieTia. The pre valence of theso diseases, railroad of ficials report, has caused a marked In crease In passenger traffic to winter resorts. Fever Among the Refugees, Aurora, 111.. Jan. 23. Thoueh tho rlvor has fallen four Inches since Mon- day, tho conditions are desperate Clt Izons aro huddled In camps on tho higher grounds or crowdod Into school Johnson, of lien Ion. providing for reciprocal demurrago and iironioiiing rebates and discrimination, but omitting tho commission. In tho houso, however, a number of bills havo been Introduced. A Joint memorial was introduced In the senato this morning hy Senutor Mulit asking congress to compel tho owners of tho Oregon A California Railroad company to mil Its grant lands housos, opera houses and city hall. at, l,, I,r,co "tipuhdod in tho grant. Hearjor, revor has broken out among 1" resolution was referred to tho com- tho refugees from the lower part of .niittoo on resolutions. tho city. j I)y unanimous voto Uio Bonato adopt- per pound. Kggs Oregon ranch, 3233o por dozen, Poultry Avcrago old hens, 1314o Mir pound; mixed chlckons, 1213o; spring, 1414H; old rooters,10llo; dressed chlckons, 1017o; turkeys, live, 17 17J$c; turkeys, dressed, cholco, 20022c; goeso, livo, 1012o; ducks, 17lHo, Val Dressed, 6t0Je por pound. Beof DnHod bulls, 23o wr pound ; i isuv, coimiry steers, DlD'Qc, Mutton Drossod, fancy, 80o por pound; ordinary, 07o. Tork Dressed, 00o per pound. No Exception to the Rules. Washington, Jan. 26. Speaking of a dlHisitch from Kansas City concern ing the new order for imultlim neuro soldiers, Major-Oeneral AliiHworth, the military secretary, twlny wild that no significance should attach to tho orders given for tho enlistment of negroes for service In the I'hllplplnos. Tho orders wero nrt confined to Kansas Cltyiilone, but were sent to other recruiting points It Is said to Im tho Invariable custom or tlio department so far as pos sible to recruit up to their full strength all regiments. Relieve Idaho Settlers. Mlnnuis)llH, Jiio. 26. Tlio North Dakota fuel shortage again Is becoinlmr serious, according to ronorts 'received huru, Inability of the railroads to keep freight trains moving lsrosK)nslblo, in a largo degree, for this condition. Naval (lilt Allows for Second Dread naught and More Sailors, Wellington, Jan. 2H An appropri ation of alsHit wft,Usj,lX)0 Is H-uvidcd for In the naval approprlathn lull ajdtiil iijmmi liilay by the house miiii inltleeon imval affairs. Tie bill pro vides for an additional battleship of the tjni iigre-tl iimiii In the mival ap propriathm bill of Isst year. It also makes provisliHi for two torpedo Ismt diwlroyers and apiroiiriates 12 OOO.tsiO for HiilniHirlnes. This 12,01X1,000 Is ad ditional tu tho H.ooo.OOO for subma rines provided In the bill of lust ycttr, willed has not yet been exiendil. Pro vision Is made for hImhiI .'1,000 addi tional sailors and 000 marines. The new luttloslilp provided for III the bill Is to Ihi a sister ship of the monster authorized by congress last your, which, the bill required, should Ui a "llrst-chisri Isittleshlp currying as heavy armor mid as jHiwerful ariiiumeiit as any known vowel of Its class, lo have the liigliest prauticnblo sccd and greatest pruiilcitlilo riulius of action." Modify School Land Rules. Washington, Jan, 2(1, An offott is lioliig iiiiule hy the governor of Idaho to secure tho co-operation of Western senators mid representatives in having tho Interior department modify tho regulations under which school land is granted puhliu laud stall's. The at tention of Congressman Jones was culled to tho matter by (lovornor Mead iiml lie has taken It up with (ho secre tary, Under present regulations, tie cording (o Governor Gooding, It Is ex tremely dlclllult to make any selection tlmt will meet approval, Keystone State Liberal. Hnrrlsburg, l'u., Jim. 26. A bill providing for an appropriation of 76, 000 to arrange for a Pennsylvania ex hibit at tho Seattle exposition In 1(K)I was IntKsluced In tho lower house of the legislature todav. Tho bill l' provldos for a coiiiinlBnlon of 20, head ed by tho governor.