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CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OHEGON, TIIIIIISDAY, .MARCH 7, 190!.
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RECORD OF OREGONLEGISLATURE.
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Dally Columltla River 4:00 p.m.
Ex.Hnnilar Iteemert. K. Hundr
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Hmitdny To Attorlaand Way
10;U0 p. in. , ludliigt. '
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and 8al. ' ami Frt.
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ing. :00a. m. ' Willamette River. 4:80 p.m.
fuel., Tbnr Mon.. Wed.
and Bat. ' Portland to Cbrval. and Frl.
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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
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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.