TBS OFFICIAL AND LEADING FAFE1 OF GILLIAM COUNTY, cr axt prra lit t c . ADVIKTIIIKa BAT1 rvsusMsa tvsav ms.o.v sv ... A. PATTIION..M Editor kBd Proprietor. (& tiltr ... C-qi( OOifflillU.., in t C : - SB . I I (J t-J i. f ' . M SieSaaiS iM Will fcoai Mis tisa macmrTioN katmi lUHNNHHIMt l I nut tld In 4'.. 4 M l nonllit.. I W h f RlUn UtlHfMHIlHWNNtMlHMMmHUM4N4 W w J'3 iawrtJaa fts 1 ee! fit li mm. Legal t&mHtmimm mM ta 3 mm b ;ars to the party erUriBt tins. M ImtU VOL. X. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OHEGON, TIIIIIISDAY, .MARCH 7, 190!. NO. 52. CONDON I , .i -- ....... GLOBE KB OF I Iff RECORD OF OREGONLEGISLATURE. 511 11 It DEWET HAS ESCAPED. II rnmd Wom mnUtr, I 1W, DARL1N0) Attorney at Uw, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Coadea, Or, ColLfltloniend Insurance, Terms reasonable Oflio In rear til u.twflic building, at eln iKHt s. A. PATT1SOS B0TAE7 PUBLIO. Ollle in Glob Building. CO VON, . . :. ... OHKOOH. I) ,;. W. VOtiKL - '".A. Specialist for R-fractton tod D ficts ol the Eye. Will Vtll Couilon Kery Thre Months. Welch Local Column lor Pete, gAM B. VAN VACTOt ITTOBHET-AT-UW. OBoe corner Spring etreet end Orf oa eveeue COMBO. ORKOOH. The Regulator Line. Tba Dalle, Portland I Astoria NAVIGATION CO. THROUGH FREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE.... Dc.ll Una of Steama Betswta Prt!a4 Vancouver, Cascade Locks, Mood Rivci rvt mtl Pninl. nn tin WihlnMin tide Tli eiearner Palt.e ruy ana R nfor ltwk Porllftud cv.rjr imrntn (vu'epl Mint ) t tnd Tli I'.llM l R I, m., rrlviKK at d.tina Uon la mpl urni tor uulnolug trin, frtlfUt KtM OrrHf Keduwd. ' W. C. ALI.AWAT. Un. Agt., toot ol Court ItrMt, Tbt IiIm, Or. OREGON SliOIT Lint: and union Pacific O, i 0 Chimin Unit l.k, Ix-iiver,' 1105. m. Purtlmid Kt. Wortli.OniKliK. Hjvftl KmiM. City, Ht. m, I.oiil,('lilcnoHnil Tl Hunt- Kl. Jfi-lSh- : ; ; AtUnllo Cult ihlc DctiVfr, 3:41a.m. Epr. Ft. Worth. Onmhn, 8: it K. in. Kti City, Ml. l Hunt- lxiUl,('llll'gllM(l lngton Kat. flt.Pi.nl WtllaWtlla UwU. 1.40 .m. Faat Mull ton.8pnkn.MIu 11:17 n.m. iim)lli, St. ill, Y Duliitli, Mllwr.it- 8oktu ke,i:lilcKoAKt OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE FHOM rORTLAMO. .-00p.m. All nailing datca 4:00 p.m. . iiilut to chkitge :.' j ) For Pun rraticlwo ; ' '. . bull every ft ilnyi. Dally Columltla River 4:00 p.m. Ex.Hnnilar Iteemert. K. Hundr H:(kid. m. Hmitdny To Attorlaand Way 10;U0 p. in. , ludliigt. ' :0K.m. Wlllimelte River, 4:80 p.m. lu. Sunday ... Kx. Sunday i . i i Oregon City, New- . ; ' I I ,. berg, galein, imie- ', ') pfiidenoo dk Way t i''"ln. ', 7:00 a. in, Willamette and Vm. 8: TO p.m. Tnel., Tliur. hill Riven. Mon., Wed. and 8al. ' ami Frt. Oregon City,, Day- ion, A Way Land ing. :00a. m. ' Willamette River. 4:80 p.m. fuel., Tbnr Mon.. Wed. and Bat. ' Portland to Cbrval. and Frl. Hi A Way Laud- ' lng. -j . . . ; v -v -v I.y, Klparla Inake River. ' LY.I.ewltton t:Ui.m. ' Dally Dal j Klparla to tewleton ti.ni. A. L. CRAIG, Oeneral Pateenger Agent, Portland, Or, . From All Puis of (he New World end the Old, OP INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehtrulve Rivkw of th tmoertanl tUp panlftji of tHe Part Wi In a Condtnacd Form. The Doeri hava croaaed tba Orans river. Outlook la good for Orejoo prune and hop crop. Volunteers defeated a band of rtfbola in Leyte. ., Dewft and the bulk of his commando have eluded the British. Urltlah offlrlala do not believe the Boer war la near an end. It la rumored In Berlin that Am baaaador White will retire. Judge Elbrldge Ifanecjr waa Domi nated for mayor of Chicago by repub licans. Provincial governments will be ea- tabllahed in aoutbern Philippine lalanda. 'Spokane capltallata will build t $60,000 brewery and ice plant at Baker City, Or. American preparatlona for depart ure from China are practically completed. Cuban conaervatlvea want to die- cuaa the aenate amendments with Americana. The La Grande, Or., augar factory will buy landa and engage In the raining of beets. Great Britain Is anxious about the report that France Inteuda to station a force at Hankow, China. Count von Walderaee haa laaued re newed orders to allied force to be ready for a possible expedition. All the appropriation meaaurea save the river and harbor and sundry civil bills have been acted upon by con gress. . The river and harbor bill, as agreed upon In conference, carries $70,000 for the Improvement of the Willam ette and Yamhill rivers above Port land. A Ladrono rendezvous was raided In I'olhlo island. A Dutch laager at Wlllowmore was captured by the British. Thorneyeroft's column is closely fol lowing Dewet's retreat. The envoys at Pekin have taken np the question of iudemnity. It is believed in London that the Boer war is uearing an end. Several tiadiea were taken from the Dlanioudvilte, Wyo., miue. The crulier New York will sail from Hampton Roads for Manila. Aguiualdo'a uncle was appointed governor of Bulacao province. Buffalo Bitl will part Sol pt In tha inaugural ceremonies at Washington. l'wo men were killed by an explo sion of firedamp in the Blue Canyon mine. ", ' ' "." . ' ' "" '. The Cuban convention approved the scheme of relations with the United States. Marine engineers on the great lakes struck (or additional help in engine rooms. Fire destroyed the warehouse of the Phillips Oil Company in Philadelphia. Loss, f 100,000. The attlo and a laree coi tion of the roof of the Criminal Court building in New Yorlc waa burned. ! Rev. Charles Bliss, aaed 73. former ly engnged in educational work in Utah, died at Long Meadow, SI ass. A case is before the courts of Baker county, Oregon, involving ownership of a quarts mill wblon was looated on government property. A bill was rushed thiough the Kan sns legislature prohibiting prise fight ing. A penalty ot one year in the county jail is provided. At Grice, Tex., 12 women with hatchets, axes and rocks went to the oostoflice and stoie run by J. J. Grloe, in which bitters are sold, and taking the bottles outside, broke thein all. The bodies of Louis Btirch and Addie Taylor, both 18 years of age, were fonud in a deserted noutM m is, junta, Colo. A revolver lying between them told the story. Young Buroh's father forbade , their marriage, and this waa the cause of the double suioide. American maohinory is being shipped to eveiy part of the world. Railway track elevation in Chicago has cost the companies over 917,000, 000. . ;':v- V : Foreign diplomats expect the United States to establish a protectorate over Cuba in regurd to foreign affairs. Troops in Pekin looted the roof of a Buddhifit temple in tne belief that tba tiles were of gold, but they were only gold plated, BILLS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES. IT. B. 1, amending mining laws. 11. B. 0, times and places of court, Second district. 11, B. 19, relating to electric wires on hlgways. II. B. 20, validating certain msrriKgea. II. B. 81, penalties for injuring or destroying records on public lands. II. B. 14, amending law lor relief of inldgent soldiers. II. B. 28, reorganisation of Oregon National Guard. II. B. 17, oniforui system of tuiue hell signals. II. B. 88, appropriation 11.000 for Soda springs. II. B. 89, relative to taxation of personal propetty. II. B. 44, to aid Oreyon UiHtorical fcociety. 11. B. 64, amending Bancroft bonding act. II. B. 69, punishment for poisoning domestio auimals. 11. B. 68, consolidating oflicea in .Multnomah county. II. B. 63, providing for building bicycle paths. II. B. 65, providing extra clerical aid for state tieaaurer. 11. B. 66, fixing witness'-fees in, Multnomah county .coroner cases. II. B. 71, regulating surety companies. 'L; v,..,,: ',..... II. B. 76, providing for election of road supervisors, ' ' H, B. 88, regulating purchase of publio supplies. II. B 97. pobiio bidding for count)' supplies. II. B. 100, protection of labels and trademarks. II. fi. 102, to prevent coercion and initmldation ol voters, II. B. 108, fur collection of road poll (ax and manner working roads. II. B. 110, protection of forests, game and wild fowl. II. B. 118, dotr of surveyors in establishing boundary lines. II. B. 121, duties of state superintendent of publio instruction, II. B. 132, ameuding trespass law. II. B. 126, amending law In relation to kidnaping. . II. B. 128, amending law authorizing furuUbiou of pnblio records. II. B. 144, protecting copyrighted plays. II. B. 146, relating to mining claim locations. II. B. 149, providing punishment for desecration of American flag. II. B. 171, appropriation for . euerat expenses of state. II. B. 173, providing for domestic irrigation. II. B. 177, reserving oyster beds in Netarts bay. II. B. 178, regulating disbarment proceedings. II. B. 179, rejrnlating fishing on Alsea river and bay. II. B. 188, regulating recording of chattel mortgages. If. fi. 187, relative to service ol citation. II. B. 188, primary election law for Moltnomah county. II. B. 189, abolishing separate botrd of commissioners for Multnomah county. 11. B. 200, Increasing salary of deputy clerk of Malheur. II. B. 205, providing for collection of road poll taxes. II. B. 208, declaring certain thoroughfares to be connty roads. II. B. 217, protection of oysteia and lobsters. II. B. 219, propagation and protection of salmon. II. B. 225, relating to final accounts ot administrators. II. B. 2211, providing for standard weights of produce. - ' H. B. 287, fixing Multnomah-Columbia boundary Ijne. : II. B. 249. fixing salary of certain county treasurers. - II. B. 900, appropriation for stale departments. H B. 862, providing manner of selling state lands. II. B. 274, relative to Eastern Oregon District Agricultural Societies. II. B. 275, relative to Konthern Oregon District Agricultural Societies. 11. B 280, annexing panhandle to Baker county. II. B. 886, compensation of Lane county officers. II. B. 292, exteuding time for construction of Kinslaw & Eastern Railway Navigation Companv line. H B. 394, making Vancouver avenue a county road. H. B. 295, punishment for mutilation of bides of cattle. II. B. 296, fixing compensation clerk of supreme court. II B. 811, increasing salary judge of Malheur county. II. B. 818, increasing salary jndgeltaker county. 11. B. 846, defining duties of attorney-general. II . B. 848, appropiration for payment of claims against the state, II. It. 847, general appropriation bill. II. B. 849, aothorutog oity of Portland to levy tax for Oriental fair. fi B. 1, providing for expression of choice in selection ot United Statei enatois by the people. fi. B. 10, relating to drawing of jnrlo?. 8. B. IS, taxation of goo. Is, merchandise, etc., in cities and towns. U. B. 33, increasing efficiency of public schools. 8. B. 29, authorizing Portland to dispose of market block. , 8. B. 37, tor publication of revised code. 8. B. 88. fixing tees county o dicers in Multnomah county. 8. B. 44, sessions of circuit court in Seventh district. 8. B. 56, declaring unuavigab streams highways. 8. B. 81, selection and sale ol state lands 8. B. 63, relative to meeting by state university regents. 8. B. 63, food and dairy commissioner act. 8. B. 64, amending code relative to Multnomah judges. 8. B. 72, relating to actions in justice courts. 8. B. 75, providing vestibules for street cars. 8. B. 79, amending act creating Wheeler county. 6. B. 64, monument fund tor Second Oregon volunteers. (Houses disa gree over amendments. Bill fails.) 8. B. 86, creating office of state hacterioloigst. 1 S. B. 88, preventing unlawful interference with te'egraph or telephone wires. S. B. 97, appropriating $3,000 for state fair premiums. 8. B. raising salary ol supreme court reporter. P. B. 198, authorizing district and high schools. 8. B. 103, providing for soalp bounties. 8. B. 113, providing bounties for destruction of fish destroying animals. 8. B. 114, relative to directors in corporations. , 8. B. 116, relating to school lands. 8. B. 126. auditing cluims against the state. .8. B. 130, providing for oa re of orphans and foundlings. 8. B. 137, creatiug office of auditor of Multnomah county. 8. B. 188, defining liability of owners of vessels for damage. 8. B. 142, requiring deposit of canoelled warrants with secretary of state. 8. B. 140, lelating to looation of mining claims, 8. B. 162, providing additional compensation for governor. 8. B. 171, inoorporatina port of Portland. 8. B. 173, enacting Torrens law system of title registration. S. B. 174, providing for fish hatcheries. 8. B. 179, limiting printing of biennial reports state officers. S. B. 180, amen ling Australian ballot law. 8. B. 189, relating to filing of reports by stnte officers. S. B. 190, relative to Oregon Soldiers' Home. , 8. B. 191. primary law for Multnomah county, 8. B. 196, fixing salary of superintendent of schools in Wheeler connty. 8. B. 197, mending law regarding to transfers of stocks of goods. . . 8. B. 201, uniform system for taxation of property. . 8. B. 202, acceptance by state of curtain lauds. ; 8. B. 206, incorporating city of Portland. 8. B. 209, prohibiting saloons within 300 feet of school buildings. P. B. 810, regulating sale of liquors near mines. 8. B. 216, amending law relating to prosecuting attorneys. 8. B. 220, fixing salaries of certain otficera in Baker, Malheur and Clat sop oonnties. - 8. B. 221, charter commission for Portland. - ; 8. B. 237, providing water for state institutions; 8. B. 28, method of building branch railroid Hues. 8. B. 234, fixing salary certain county treasurers. 8. B. 238, appropriating $35,000 for Pan-American exposition. a; CHARTER BILLS. Enterprise, Myrtle Point, Medford, St. Paul, Tillamok City" Coqnille. Salem, Bntteville, Antelope, D.tllas, Glendale, Alkali, Oalkand. Burns, Stay ton, Cottage Grove, Granite, Bonanza, Lebanon, Prairie City, Whitney, Neha- lam Vaptinrtf it TaHh fiir T.nnA T?rnlr Panrt latvtii Vola i!itr9 PnmlnH OUI VJI UV') WUIIUJ Vfl J mMUmv vuna Joseph, Ashland, New burg, Philomath, : Silverton, Snmmerville, Elgin, Sumpter, Mucnau, ratia uny, Ainany, . eppner.. warren!on,:txooq stiver, uorneiins, Wasco, Grass Valley, Sheridan, Milton, North Yamhill, Independence, Sea side, Astoria, Port loud. ' SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. II. B. 2, establishment and maintenance of school libraries. ,11. B. 4, appropriating $45,000 for Oreon Agricultural colloge. H. B. 1 1, relative to property bidding for taxes. II. B. 16, ameuding act relating to county courts. H. B. 18, Time of holding courts in First judicial district. H. B. 25, appropriating $47,000 to Oregon State university. H. B. 52, to amend code relating to appeals. JI. B. HI, to reimburse Orecon volunteors for clothiug money. 11. B. 178, to regulate disbarment proceedings. H. B. 180, for payment of soalp bounty warrants." i II, B. 203, appropriating money for legislative expenses and defioienoies, 11, B, 838, establishment experiment station at Union. UUVIIU bWM, I SilO A-J VJ A tlj t VUUUUU Canyon ville,.. Baker .pity, Roseburg, Sheridan, .Grant's 4 Pass, Youoalla. Penitentiary at Lincoln, Nebraska, Burning. THE CONVICTS WERE SAfELY REMOVED Local Militia Ordered Out as Meeturc of Pre. csutloa At s Late Hour the fir Was Not Under ControL Lincoln. Neb., March 2. Fire which started in the satte penitentiary last nigbt seems certain to destroy the est tire main build lug, together with the ceilbonse and other buildings. Just after 3 o'clock this morning a telephone metsage came, Saying the room In Which the telephone instrument was located was in flames, and most be vacated. This cuts off the only means of immediate communication with the prison, which is nearly,, four miles from the business district of the city. Between 1 and 3 o'clock, however, a member of tbe Lincoln fire department telephoned that the penitentiary proper was doomed and that the fire was spreading. Before the flames had gained great headway, Warden Daivs gave orders to release the convicts from tbe cells and march them to tbe prison yard under double guard. The removal was accomplished without dis order. ' - The origin of tbe fire is unknown. When first discovered, tbe officers of tbe institution alt set to work with tbe small fire-fighting apparatus of the prison. Water waa used in abundance, but assistance from the city fire de partment was called for. A short time after midnight Waiden Davis said he did not have the fire under control, but he could not tell how bad ft was burn ing in the npper story, and at the front ot the building ; its spread was slow. Later the report came that the fire was a very bad one. ' . At 1:40 A. M. the city fire depart ment arrived, and began throwing water on the walls. The fiamea had gained too great heaaway, however, and the firemen directed their efforts to aaving of tbe remote buildings. By request of the warden. Chief of Police Hoagland sent all available po licemen to aid in preserving order. Later, as an additional measure of safe ty, Lieutenant-Governor Savage order ed out the local company of state mili tia. Captain Ringer, with a majority of tbe members, is at the armory, and a Burlington engine and coach will start with there a 3 clock. SURRENDER OF BOTHA. No Confirmation of the Rumors Current ht England. London, March 2. .The Daily News says: ' - "We learn that Commandant-Gen eral Botha offered to surrender on cer tain conditions and that pour parleurs are still in progress, it is believed that Mrs. Botha brought proposals from her hnsband to Lord Kitchener. The Sun says it is officially an nounced that Botha has surrendered to General Kitchener. ;The Pall Mall Gazette credits the news ot Botha's surrender, but a representative of the press learns that tieithei the war. lor eign or colonial office has any infor mation confirming the report. Tha war secretary, Mr. Broderick, an nounced in the house ot commons this afternoon that he had no official in for nation of the surrender. Manchester, En land, March 8.' The Evening Mail says General Botha formally surrendered to General Kitch ener shortly before 10 o'clock this morning. HN.I.P.MIIM-.I Hi TOO EARLY FOR WITHDRAWAL The Cubans Are Not Able to Form a Stable 1 Government : New York, March 3. Several of the passengers on the steamer Havana, which bas iust arrived from Havana, express the opinion tbat Cuba is not in a political condition to receive her in dependence. Dr. W. C. Phelps, of Buffalo, said: "Uncle Sam must stay in Cnba. Everybody with whom I conversed in Cuba wants the United States to stay there.. It is only the rabble, or ne groea, consisting of about 80 per cent of tbe entire population ol Cuba, who yell for "free Cuba.' and these shiftless people are 'fire eaters.' If they got their freedom some other nation would step in and take the island way from them for debt. 1 must say tbat the streets of Havana are clean, and that the general health is remarkably good The great trouble in Cuba is tbat there is nothing fit to eat J Joseph Howard, the journalist, says "If the United States tries to leave Cnba next June, as is talked of, sold iers will have to get back there pretty quick to avert a state of anarchy which would undoubtedly follow their withdrawal. Capital is apprehensive. There is no trade. All are waiting. Americans' and the capitalists want the retention of the United States troops.". Trouble Amont; Recruits. San Antonio, Tex., March 2. Gen eral McKibben, commanding ihe de partment of Texas, was advised late todav of trouble among toe roornits en route for San Frauoisco. He at once ordered a detachment of 20 men under command of Captain Beall, Third in fantry. and Lieutenant Perry, Seventh infantry, to go to Ennis, Tex., to meet the train bearing the recruits and deal with the situation as found. No par tioulars are known nere. Crossed Orange River With Bulk of His Commando. LONDON, March 6. General Dewet lost heavily in men and stores by his incursion into Cape Colony, but he seems to have made a clever escape with the bulk of his commando. Ap parently Commandant Ilertzog crossed the Orange river with him. General Hamilton, who was pursu ing, heard that General Dewet was surrounded at Philllpstown, northwest of Colesburg. On arriving there he found the Boers had sot been at Phlllipetown at all, but had doubled back and were struggling across the river at Colesburg. Apparently this la another instance of defective Intel ligence regarding the doings of the Boers. ' , --.j;;- - The Dally Telegraph has a dispatch from Colesburg dated yesterday, which ay: "Numerous columns are still hunt ing for Dewet. This place is in a hubbub, and the troops are marching off in various trains to press the pursuit further." CARRIED OUT ON LAKE ERIE. Twenty-one Men on Floating lee- Seventeen Rescued. SILVER CREEK. N. March 5. Twenty-one fishermen were carried out on Lake Erie, off Silver Creek, to night on floating ice, but 17 of them were rescued. The last seen of the four men they were still on the ice, bat a high wind was blowing np a big sea, and the ice was fast breaking up. They were about four miles out, and there was a mile of open water between them and the shore. When it was found that the men were cut off from shore this morning a message was sent to Dunkirk by the mayor asking for assistance. A special train was made np, and a party of rescuers brought a boat on a flat car. They worked heroically all day. The 17 who were rescued were taken off the floating ice with great difficulty. They said that their comrades probably perished, as they were In perilous positions. BUFFALO GETS THE MEET. Wheelmen Will Gather In the Pan handle City. At the annual meeting of the Na tional Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen held recently In Philadelphia, the Invitation of Mayor Diehl to hold the annual summer meet of the league in Buffalo was accepted unanimously. This action meets the hearty ap proval of the entire membership of that organization. For this reason the biggest meet In the history of the league will be that held in Buffalo during the week commencing August 12. Fruit Man Alarmed Over Weather. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 4. Clark county fruit men are apprehen sive lest the present warm weather continues long enough to endanger the fruit crop. There la some danger of the trees budaing out under the Influence of continued warm weather to such an extent that a freeze or a continued cold rain a month later would prove disastrous. Up to this time the winter has been most faovr- able for the orchards, and the pros pects for a big crop the coming season were never better. California Town Threatened. Sacramento, Cal., March 5. The levee above the town of Washington, Yolo county, is in danger of breaking, owing to the wash caused by the high winds, and a large force of men Is working to save it If the levee breaks the town of Washington will be flooded and the railroad grade between this city and Davisville will be nearly submerged. Boers Cross the Orange River. Colesburg, Cape Colony, Tuesday, March 5. Fifteen hundred Boers, with whom, it has been alleged, were General Dewet and former President Steyn, found a spot at Lllliefonteln, near Colesburg bridge, where the Orange river widens, and the current Is slow, and they crossed, both men and horses swimming. Mayas Defeated by Mexicans. MEXICO CITY. March 4. There has been another battle between the rebel Indians and the Federal troops near Tabi. The Mayas were found well entrenched, but the Mexican troops . rushed their position and the Indians fled in panic. Declared a Dividend. The Standard Oil Company has de clared another $20,000,000 dividend. DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION. Will Hold Next Congress In Buffalo )"'! ' June 14. - The next continental congress of the Daughters of the American Rev olution will be held in Buffalo June 14. The Invitation was extended by Mrs. John Miller Horton at the meet ing of the D. A. R. in Washington, D. C, recently, and was accepted by a rising vote- ' - , House Committee on Rivers and Harbors. JUNE THE TIME SET FOR THE TRi? AS the Important Rivers end Harbors of tha West Art te Be Inspttltd Moune Military Committee plans Like Journey. WASHINGTON, March 4. The river and harbor committee ot the house has informally decided on a Junket to the Pacific Coast next Jun( with a view of Inspecting the more Important rivers and harbors of the West It Is proposed to first stop at Galveston, then proceed to Southern California, and up the entire Pacific Coast, Invitations have already been received from various chambers of commerce In California and Washing ton to have the committee visit ports in those states, and the Oregon dele gation will - unite in an invitation to the committee to visit Portland, the mouth of the Columbia river, and other important points in Oregon. Representative Tongue expressed this desire to the committee, and Mr. Moody will make a special request that the Upper Columbia be visited, so that the committee may realize the Importance of overcoming the obstructions at The Dalles and Celilo. The delegation hopes that its in vitation may be supplimented by others from chambers of commerce and similar bodies of Portland and other Oregon cities. The house military committee has also planned a Pacific Coast trip. They expect to visit the Important points and army posts on the coast, with a view of gathering information as to the harbor, transport and skip ping facilities, and the capacity and condition of the barracks. Portland and Vancouver barracks are among the points to be visited. AMERICAN FORCE IN CHINA. Chaffee Has Orders Further to Re duce It WASHINGTON March 4. Carrying out the policy inaugurated .by the state department when It changed It military force in China into a'legoi tion guard, the war department has sent orders to General Chaffee to re duce still further his force. Tha general has now under his command about 1,800 men, composed of Troops I, K, L and M, Sixth Cavalry; Battery F, Fifth Artillery, and the Ninth In fantry. Although nominally a lega tion guard, General Chaffee's force is rather a formidable offensive quantity, and not desirous of retain ing an unnecessary menace to the Chinese court and in order to hold out Inducements for Its early return to Pekin, the United States govern ment sometime ago determined upon a further reduction of the American force, and the orders went forward. Considerable discression was loft to General Chaffee in the selection of the troops to remain, and it is assumed at the departmnt that the Pekin dispatches announcing that ... . Anwnnw,nn ... .V r. WCOC VUlUMOk Vlt fc,. WUlyWUB, JX WAV Ninth Infantry, under Major Robert son, is correct If the other powers represented at Pekin can be induced to follow this policy, it 13 hoped that a long step will have been effected toward the restoration of normal con ditions at Pekin. Great Telephone Combination. YORK, Pa., March 4. A movement nas been inaugurated in this city aving In view the organization under one management ot all the Independ ent telephone lines in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West 'Vir ginia. A committee of officials from the various lines In this state has been appointed to work out the basis on which the different companies will be admitted to the new organization. The new company will be capitalized at $27,000,000, and Its promoters con template that It will ultimately em-, brace under one management all tht lines in the United States. Million-Dollar Mining Deal. Spokane, Wash., March 2. The Chroniole states today that the trans fer ot a $1,000,000 Interest in the Palmer Mountain Tunnel Company is now being completed in London by Manager John Boyd. A stamp mill and concentrator costing $400,000 will be erected on the company's propetty in Okanogan county. The tnnnel is now in 9,000 feet, and hag cot 23 veins of ore. The interest now being sold is treasury stock, and the $1,000,000 ia to be used in further development. $2,500 Fire at Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 4. A fire occurred in a house belong ing to H. V. Fuller at Nowell and , Clinton streets, tonight, damaging it to the extent of 11,500, and destroy ing $1,000 worth of furniture. Tba property ia fully Insured. The caucj of the blaze is unknown.