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f J J V' r7 si-' i TT.8 OFFICIAL AND LEADINO PAPE OP C1LUAM COUNTY. HAS TE2I2 TT.U3 TK3 CCllATTC.I CP ANY PAPE2 IS T1I2 COUNTY. CONDON rubltihad Ir Thursday by S. A. Pattloon Kdttor tod Proprietor. ADTEKTISIRO SITU. Profaarional card ... tot pt wast One square I S per moat On-juart olama t. per aaU Ona-hall solum a. ; f 00 pt seal On aoltnna lO.ot per numta Bujdm. loeaJi wlU b. ehrifl at 10 ea ta ir line for flrat litmrUua and win Mr ua Legal advarUasaeata H1 In all Mt V ebarsad b jiarty ordering thm, at lrl rsua, and paid for Uiora aitidaTll la iurnia&wi. IVMOKirTIOM BATE!. Out year (1b advance)., tUtt II Ml paid la adaaos la months...,. t oo Tar, month..,. Regit soptss., ...... ............. ............ .OS VOL. XIV. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OIIEGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1904. NO. 5. GLOBE. r.ntartd at ths twatoAtM at Cendoa, Orsgoa. m SMoud-alaia nail metier. I. ATTORNEY-AT'LAW. will praeilaa In all lha Courts of Oregon, Do on door north of liuoa Bros. kHore, Of CONDOK, 0XB00N. L W. DARLING. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Notary Public and CoBvtjaocer. COIf DON, ORIQON a A. PATT180N. NOTARY PUBLIC. Office In Olobe Building. CONDON, 0RX00N J F. WOOD, M. 0. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Pay and Might Call Promptly Aaiwsrsd. Offlra Second floor Barker Building, eornar Main and Spring (treats CONDON, ORKOON D R. 8. K. LUNA, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Day and MgM Calli Promptly Attended. CONDON, ORXUON 1 L. NICK UN. DENTIST. one Ovst Wilson Pharmacy. CONDON, OREGON C. S. PALMER. Artistic Barber .SLEEK SHAVES and HAIR-CUTS Razor Honed and Re-Ground CONDON, OREQON. OREGON SllOJrLlNE mo Union Pacihc 3 TRAINS EAST DAILY Through Pullman standard and tour ist sleeping cars dally to Omaha, Chi cago, Spokane; tourist sleeping car dally to Kansas city ; through Pullman tourist sleeping cars (personalis conducted) weedy to Chicago, reclining chair cars (seats ireoj to the bast daily. Ocean steamers between Portland and Ban Francisco every five days. LOW RATES! Tickets to and from all parts of the united States, Canada and Jiurope. Far particulars call on or auarsss D. TIERNEY, Agent Arlington, Oregon O.R. IN. TIMETABLE Trains Depart from Arlington ; EAST BOUND Kr. 2 Ohlcacro Special........ 8:80 PM No. 6 Mail dc Expreas 1 -.42 A M .WESTBOUND No. 1 Portland 8pedai:...;..lM2P M (i3 z n o.nc a t ine young- buuiuui iu jvui. .u- 1' I M0J.MS?im- '-"-a M A SperKcioamed...Thoms.. E.stbell with No. 5 Mall & Expreas 8.60 AM nnooM..r- vloience: "youlhut'uif atoat D. TIERNEY, Agent. Arlington, Or, S Second Cousin arah at me avthoh or -ahum jvdsb, annsTKK" "uttlm matb umar." arc, arc. WV4 CHAITEO XX.-Conll8oadJ What did It all meanT If Mary Hol land wra not to tt truntnl, If this I rang girl had for years decelrvd him, If hi mother's warulng wr after all ft- rect what was to b dons st the !ot- enth hour, when be was In great trouble T 1 he door opened, and Mary Holland cams Into tht room. "You sent for tnV she said. "Yes," be said, "in misery and fear I sunt for you. Bit down, please," be said; "I am anxious to ask you many ques tions." The old pallor whloh Barak Easttwll had perceived stole to Mary's face as Reuben spoke, but she took the chair which he bad Indicated, and which was at a little dletancs from the couch, and sat down facing bun. "Though ws have not seen a great ual of each other In our Uvea, Mary," he be gan, kindly and earnestly, "still It Is through you that great changes bars (re curred that I have lost my father's love, snd borne, and fortune." "Yes," said Mary sadly, "that is tru." "I loat the three without loalng confi dence In you. As I learned to reepect ion. so I began to think of ths poaalbll- Ity of many past mistakes, on my side and my mother s. Of late days I have cod aldered you the frleud of all In this bouae." "I have done my beat to be ths friend," the answered. "Last night, and for ths drat time in my life, a auaplclon seised me. I hardly know what It waa. It would have pass ed swsy, but that It cams again to-day, trengtliened by new doubts. You ecs this k tlorj Are you aware of Its pur port r "No, save tbst It wss written In my presence by Captain Peterson. Dare he doea he refer to we In that?" shs cried, with the color mounting to ber choeks for a moment, and then dying away Into the old gray tint Not by word. Us la as silent rvapect- lug ths past relations between you as you have alwsys been," "You know, thonT" sns said, in dis may. I know that you and be were cottrVr- rlng together In ths garden last night; that there Is a secret between you which 1 do not ah are. and which you have made no effort to reveal; and I believe that man knows where Surah Eaathell is, and la in all respects a villain. Tell me what you know of him, and when you knew blm flret" "I cannot," she said In a low voice. "lis Is at the bottom of a terrible mys tery; be hss brought grief to me; he Is linked with Thomss Eaathell sgainst the peace of this bouae; and you will not give me one clew to bis lire." "I know but little of blm, Reubon," be answered, "and that I cannot divulge now. It Is more tbsn my life's worth to attempt It I could not explain to Sarah Eaathell; I cannot explain to you at this time. I can only aay that I am a woman grlevoualy mlaunderstood." . "Mies Holland," said Reuben, "I am sorry, out I cannot trust you any more in this house." 8hs did not speak again. She looked st him steadily for a few moments, and then went away, and up the stairs to her own room, at ths end of the corridor, snd It waa aoms hours before she was seen again in that houae. It was nearly mid day When, dreaaed as for a journey, shs reappeared in the corridor and faced Hartley, still st her old post, a woman forever on guard. "You are a trusty eervant, Hartley," the aald, aa she advanced; "but you must be extra vigilant, extra strong, and clever, and cunning, while I am swsy." "Are you going st this time, Mlas Holland ?" exclaimed Hartley, in' sur prise. "Yes for a littls while. I will write to Miss Sarah by next post." "To Miss Eaathell!" exclaimed Hart ley. "Meanwhile listen at this door you are good at listening, I believe." "Oh, madam I I what makes you aoy that?" All Is mystery In this house, and I sot you on the watch for all of us If I bavs seemed part of the mystery, too, It was your place to warn ons who will soon be rightful master here. But listen now for me." "I do not understand, madam." "On the brink of many strange confes sions, that poor woman has slept in much security. It has been our mission more than once to keep ths truth from killing her, and heaven will pardon the fiction we have woven round her life, as I pray .that heaven will pardon me." Mary went swiftly down the stairs, nnd out of the house wherein she had spent nearly six years of her life, winning no man's lore, Or woman's gratitude CHAPTER XXI. Sedge Hill was more desolate after Mary Hollhnd had departed. Thonghl Miss uouana anew it not, she had been the ruling agent of that house, for good or evil, for a longer period than that from which the opening of our story dates. A forlorn little woman, set forever under suspicion by an adverse fate beyond her power to resist, sue was still to be niinsed when she had passed from the homo Into which Simon Oul wick's charity had in stalled her. The news reached Thomas Eustbell when Wills had brought him" his lunch Into the picture gallery after he had rung for It, not before. It was strange what a small amount or respect ne una gatnea from the servants during his stay, and with what distrust he wss regarded In response to one or two questions, the news waa elicited from the man servant that Miss Holland had left Sedge Hill for sood. "And a good Job, too," satd Thomas Eastbell frankly and Inelegantly; "what did the old gal want with her about the nlace? It's full enough now or people them.eiyei here, aitnougn tney re scarce by degrees, iVVhere's that Cuiwicitrv s I !e unnecessary violence; "you shut Uif tfbourt the young master,' or you'll go next, II I have anything to do with this house which I msy have which I ahall have, mind you though everybody treat me bad bfre." Thomas Eastbell consumed his lunch with difficulty. He had no appetite, hat It wss necessary to keep himself up, the captain bsd said, and all his life hs hsd believed In Captain Peterson. He fell asleep after bis mesl, aud when bs woks Up bs stsred vacantly round, and fought hard to recollect whers hs wss, and bow long hs bsd sat huddled In the armchair, an angular distortion In bis comfortless slumber. It wss night and the bugs room was full of darknesa, which bad crept upon Sedge Hill before Its time, or be had slept long and late, and all In that unsettled house bsd forgotteu bis existence, were his first Ideas when be began to remem ber that hs was In the picture gallery which Simon Culwick had built. What a heavy sleep bis must bsvs been, to be sure! He stood up, and tried to pierce through the darkneas, and a sudden cbill slsed upon bis veins, and turned hltn sick ss be fsncled tbst hs might hsve woke up blind like his grandmother! Why not? It was lu ths family and all before him was awfully black and thick and Im penetrable. It was raining outside, too that accounted for the biasing m his ears which hs hsd awakened with, and which bs had thought was bis brain. Finally be groped his wsy toward the door, koeplng bis hand on the wall, or on the varnished surfaces of the paintings with which the wall was hung. He had made up his mind, be would seek Grand mother Eastbell, and tell her the truth, snd more than the truth If It were requi site. Hs wss being Imposed upon. Peo ple of no principle bsd taken advantage of bis slumbers, and were setting his nesr- est and dearest relation against him. Reu ben Culwick wss at the bead of affairs, and poisoning the public mind. Even the servants hsd turned upon him, and brought him no dinner, and left him In ths dsrk. He came to a full atop, and ftll agslnst the pictures, scrstching them with his trembling handa, In his alarm; for the door behind him in the distance the aide door leading swsy from the corridor bad opened suddenly snd sharply, and waa shut again as he glanc ed towarda a fitful gleam of light which narrowed snd then passed away. In that fleeting moment he had seen enough to scare a stronger nerve than his for a white figure had glided Into the chamber, and was sdvsnclng toward him, he wss sure! He remained silent and trembling till the rustling of garments assured him thst something wss approaching blm with noiseless steps,' that reminded htm of the ghoat In the "Castle Spectr," which he had seen once from the gallery of a theater. He made a swift plunge for the door In bis horror. It wss his sister's spirit be wss sure- she bed been murdered by those from whose clutches he hsd made no effort to save her and shs bsd come for him! His last hour had arrived, and it was all over with his dreams of glory. "Tom Eastbell," said a sharp voice In kls ears, "are you here? Why don't you speak to ms?" "Grandmother," be ejaculated, "Is It you then?" "Come here snd sit down we csn talk best In the dark, and I want to talk to you." "I'd rather have a light thank rou," ssld Tom, who still hsd his suspicions that all waa not right Hs found his wsy to the principal door, and opened It let ting In a atream of light from the corri dor without He looked back at his grandmother, who waa atandlng by the chair which be had quitted, a strange phantom enough in her white night dress, and with a counterpane wrapped round her toga-fashion, and trailing on the ground behiud her. What s the matter?" said Tom Irres olutely "ain't you well? What have you come downstairs for, such a night aa this?" I can't rest There's something wrong, xom. i m unnappy. They're on yon with the rest ot 'em keeping something from me. Where s Sarah? oh! where'a my Sally? tell me." "Walt a moment 1 11 tell you every thing." An Idea had seised him at last The opportunity which he thought that he missed had corne to him In this manner. There was no time to lose. "Sally's run away," he said. "Eh what?" shrieked Mrs. Eastbjll; run away from me?" "Yes that's it!" asseverated Tom, he- coming bolder ' in his ststement as his grandmother put Implicit faith in every word he uttered. "Run away forever, do you mean?" exclaimed Mrs. Eastbell, In her highest key. "Yes, forever." "Ah! don't say any more," said the old woman, plteoualy; "I'll try and die now, Tom. I don't want to live an hour long er. I was always so fond of Sally, Tom." Yes so was I," he exclaimed; "but if she don't deserve our love, what's the odds? I've been cut up all day, but I'm getting more composed like. Don't die that's what she wants what she expects, ti runs can't rou see it all?" The hands that were muffled In the counterpane were brought down with their coveriug from the face, which seem' ed harder and sterner now, and looked so like her brother Simon's that any one acquainted with the late owner might have thought that he had come back in the flesh. "Ah, yes; I m beginning to find out what a wicked and ungrateful world it la, Tom," she said. . "That's right- Cheer up, and look about you." "She and that Reuben planned this, then? They have gone away together, ain't they gone without a word?" Thomas Eastbell hesitated In his reply, He would have been extremely glad to offer that as a solution to the mystery, and turn the tables agslnst Reuben Oul wick and his sister, but Reuben might come back at any moment and defeat his machinations. "No, they ain't gone," he replied; "it's Sail; and the Captain." "What!" and Mrs. Eastbell's high note rang out again with startling shrillness, and vibrated through the room. '"They, planned to go away. Sally was to get you to maks a will In her favor, but to pretend to be fond of Reuben Cul wick all the while, jnd then shs wss to stesl off, snd ths Captain was to get away In ths morning, ss he did, leaving a line or two to me, which I found on the table In my room." "It matters a great deal to us snd my prospects that's all." "Yes yes; but I shan't forget you. Why, I can make another will at once, If' you will help me." ''I'm not a good band at writing, but I don't mind trying," said her willing grandson. "Yes yes; but there's Reuben, too. lie hss been served terrible bad. Where is ber "He's looking for ber. He don't know yet of the Captain's letter to me. He hasn't been home all day. Hs thinks something's happened to Bally." "I'll wait till bs comes back. Tom. He writes a will like sny Iswyer." "Hs ssld be left word tbst bs wasn't sure of coming back at alL If you could let ms write out a few lines. I bsvs got a form hers bandy, too, and that's sin gular, Isn't ur "Very." "Very singler, as I ssy, too a merciful dispensation like; why not a fsw lines now, If you've left everything to Sally?" "Very welL Write me out a line or two, and then call in witnesses as Ren ben did. Half to Reuben Culwick noth ing to thst ungrateful girl, to begin with and half to yourself; you mustn't forget yourself, Tom." Thsnkee, I won't" ssld Tom, ap presetting ths table. He took a printed form from his pock et and began writing In great haste, blot ting and smearing as be went being clumsy with bis pen, and unsteady of hand that day. He and the Captain, pre pared for business, hsd brought down a form of wiU, praying for a chance like this, and, lo! it had come In an hour of depression snd Incertitude. It didn't look a nice will; but It would stand Its ground, be hoped, being a nstural sort of testa ment in its way, and leaving all things fslr and square. The old woman was standing by his side, with two cold hands pressing heav ily upon his shoulder, and great heav en! the gray eyes were unsesled and stsrlng at blm! "Don't go on with It" she whisper ed. "Sally wouldn't wouldn't go away for good." "I tell you " "I tell you that you lie r She turned, as If to totter feebly to her chair again, and he sprang up with a shout of horror as she fell bsck heavily. "Grandmother!" he cried. "Tell my dear Sally that I " It was all over, and tragedy took a deeper shsde unto itself from that hour. Grandmother Eastbell was dead! (To be continued.) CROWS LEARN TO FISH. Taaght by Onlla, They Hare Mew Be cone Experts. "See those crows flying low over the water out there r aald a Santa Fe railroad conductor the other day, aa his raln was speeding along near the Desplalnes river, below Jollet "They are the smartest birds you ever saw. I've been watching them for a year, and all others will have to take a lower perch when they are around. "Marbe you think those crows are Just flying about for the fun of it Fact is, they are very busy. They're fishing, and they hare the petrels, gulls, and hawks beat at their own game. Never heard of crows that fish? We can't stop' and watch 'em, but If we could you'd sea I am right "It's a new. Industry, so to speak. with them. Two years ago a crow didn't know a thing about the pisca torial art, But when the drainage canal was opened the gulls followed it from Lake Michigan, and they have taught the crows bow to catch a nice shiner. Now the river along here Is almost black wrth crows, aa you can see for yourself. "When the gulls first appeared here abouts and flew over the water look ing for fish the crows sat on the trees and waited until the lake fowl had made a catch. Then the crow would swoop down from the tree and chaae the gull until It dropped the fish. Very often the gull would" get away, and the crow would have to fly back hungry. They are wiser now, and not only do their own fishing, but .they have driven most of the gulls away. "I've seen crows by the dozen Bitting in these low trees watching the gulls skim slowly down the river. Every time a gull would dip Into the water the crows would strike after It and rob It of the prey. ' "When tne gulls left the valley the crows began fishing for themselves. The only trouble with them was they couldn't fly slow enough, and they didn't seem to want to take to the water when they saw a fish. They have got bravely over that now. They sit on floating boards or Ice and keep an eye on the water, and will catch two fish while a gull is catching one. "Some people say that a bird learns only by Instinct to do a thing like this, but this Is a case where the crows have been taught by other birds. They are the champion fishers of the Des plalnes valley, and I wouldn't be sur prised if they would teach all the other crows until -they will become known as water fowl. It'll be pretty hard to teach 'em to swim but they've got the fighting art down to a flnr point" Chicago Inter-Ocean. Roasting Coffee.' In Norway, where superb coffee is made, a bit of butter Is added to the beans while they are roasting In the covered shovel used there for that pur pose. In France, as well, a piece of butter the else of a walnut la put with three pounds of coffee beans, and also a dessertspoonful of powdered sugar, This brings out both flavor and scent, and, moreover, gives the slight caramel taste which will he remembered aa a pleasing part of French coffee. If you have a bad headache rub slices of lemon along the temple. The pain will not be long In disappearing, or at least In growing easier to bear. EVENTS OF THE DAY OATHERED FROM Aa PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. CewprebeaaNe Review of the Import art Happenings of the Put Week, Presented la Condensed Form, Most Likely to prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. The Anglo-French colonial treaty baa been signed in London. Ex-Oueen Isabella, of Brain, grand mother of Alpbonso, is dead. Three persons were killed and nine. injured in a tornado la Texas. Makaroff has engaged tbe Japanese fleet off Port Arthur, No details are obtainable. Ibe University of Washington de feated the Unitersity of Oregon in de bate at Seattle. Japan baa almost completed arrange ments for landing troops in the vicin ity of Port Arthur. Deported Colorado miners returned to Telluride, but were met bj the mi litia and made to go again. Patterson, of Colorado, holds that all Chinese exclusion laws will expire De cember 7, and urges the senate to st. Nearly $2,000,000 is now available for tbe Lewis and Clark fair. Many states have provided exhibits and oth ers will. A military expert, in reviewing the war situation, says Japan is greatly strengthening her hand by delaying a general attack. Rnssia will endeavor to join its fleets and attack Togo. The Japanese have crossed the Yalu and occupy several important posi tions. Kouropatkin has now massed the force he desired before beginning active operations. According to tbe census bureau but 22 states now have leas than a million inhabitants and 14 exceed two millions. John W. Kalua, United States judge of the Second circuit, at Honolulu, has been removed from office by the presi dent. Gronnd has been broken at the Lewis and Clark exposition site for the first building of importance, tne states building. " A special car bearing 63 Indians en route to see Roosevelt collided witn a mail train in Illinois and three braves were killed and 20 injured. The census bureau has issued a bul letin which gives the estimated popula tion of the United States for 1903, ex clusive of Alaska and the insular pos sessions, at 79,900,389. Of the cities of the Northwest, Portland is given 98.655; Seattle, 92,020; Tacoma, 45, 102; Spokane, 41,927; Butte, 38,127. Russians will not allow Servians to enter her army. Republicans elected mayor of Kan sas City, Mo, and will control the coun cil. At Miwlaukee the Democrats elected their mayor and 24 out of 46 council men. The Labor Union tickets carried in the towns of Colorado where elections were held. In Nebraska the Rebuplican has 600 to 1,100 majorities. ticket High license carried in most cities. Neither fleet is to be seen at Port Arthur and the only indication of war is the ever active searchlight. Republicans carried Topeka, Law rence and Wichita, Kansas, and elected a majority of candidates at Kansas Qity and Leavenworth. France and Britain have reached an agreement regarding Newfoundland, Egypt and Morocco. .Newfoundland is to be given up by trance. Benubicans elected 18 aldermen and Democrats 16 in the Chicago city elec tions. Municipal ownership of street railways was favored by a large ma jority. The Poit Arthur channel is not so well closed as Admual Togo reports. The Prohibitionists are likely to Miles for nominate Gneeral Nelson A. president. The house committee has decided on a lump appropriation of $3,000,000 for livers and harbors. The opening of the Cuban congress was attended by wild scenes ol disorder. Fights were quite numerous. , Russians will only harass Japanese force in Corea, playing the waiting game decided upon by Kouropatkin. Secretary Hay will intervene for the release of two American newspaper cor respondents held by the Russians at Niu Chwang. A - . Senator Gibson, of Montana, declares the hue and cry about a land lobby urging the repeal of several laws to be largely baseless. x The house has been asked to see that Jews get better treatment in Russia. Satisfactory negotiations are proceed ing rapidly for a settlement of the strike in Colorado and it is believed the trouble will soon be over. Japan will face big odds on the Yalu river as the Russian force is the larg est. Russians believe that the Chinese of Manchuria are secretly aiding the Jap anese. OFFICB SECRETS OUT. SUaograpbtr Gives Allvgtd Methods of Land Bayers. San Francisco, April 9. Sensational testimony was given today in the hear ing befoie United States Commissioner Heacock in the Hyde and Dimond land conspiracy case. Mrs. Belle A. Curtis, who was a stenographer for Hyde from October, 1897, to November, 1809, was tbe chief witness, and her evidence went to show that affidavits were man ufactured by wholesale in the ofiiec; also that Hyde and John A. Benson were partners in the alleged conspiracy to defraud the government. She de clared Hyde and Benson employed "dummies" to make out applications for school lands, and that the colored janitor was freqnnetly inetructed to bring in his friends to apply tjr school lands for their own nse, and were then piloted to a neighboring notary to make affidavits. She said that assign ments of these claims to Hyde and Ben son were often made at the same time. She said the plan of Hyde and Ben son was to have these school lands in Oregon and California transferred to forest reserves, with the assistance of corrupt goverrment officials. When the lands were so transferred, tbe as signees of the school land scrip had the privilege of exchanging their holdings for more valuable lands outside of the reservation. Thomas McCusker, freight agent of the Southern Pacific, at Portland, Or., testified that he bad secured many ap plications of school lands in Oregon for John H Schneider, who was Hyde's agent. Mr.McCuaker said he received pay for his services, but he did not know that he was engaged in an illegal j business. Mies Marian Doyle, who succeeded Miss Curtis as Hyde's stenographer, will testify at the next hearing. TO PRISON FOR LIFE. Mrs. Botkln Found OuUty of Murder in tbe First Degree. San Francisco, April 9. Mrs. Cor delia Botkin, accused of killing Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dovei, Del., by sending her poisoned candy through the mails, was tonight convicted of murder in the first degree, with the penalty fixed at life imprisonment. . The jury was charged late this af ternoon, and at 4 :3G o'clock retired to deliberate. Later they were taken out for dinner and upon returning asked to have some testimony read to them. At 11:15 o'clock the the jury reported that an agreement had been reached The ommousness of tne announce ment was apparent in the attitude of the defendant, who buried her face in her hands and remained in that po sition until the foreman of the jury had finished speaking. The court in quired if a verdict had been ai rived at, and the foreman handed him a slip of paper upon which was written : . "We, the jury, find the defendant, Cordelia Botkin, guilty of murder in the first degree, and fix the punishment at imprisonment for life." Mrs. Botkin looked up as the court was thanking the ju'ors for their close attention to the case, and presented a woe-stricken countenance to her coun sel, who spoke some comforting words to her. The court named April 16 foi formal ly pronouncing sentence. BELIEVES TOQO WILL BLOCK IT. Military Expert Predicts Success of Move on Port Arthur. London, April 8. The naval expert of the London Times, in an extended review of the aspect of the present situ ation, expresses the belief that Ad miral Togo will succeed eventually in attaining his object in blocking the entrance to Port Arthur harbor. "If he does succeed," says the corres pondent, "tbe Russian fleet cannot pre vent the landing of Japanese troops in Manchuiia. or anywhere else, while the Japanese fleet will be freed from the trying work of holding the harbor entrance, and will be available for service elsewhere. It can then return to its original base, and after refitting, proceed in the search for the Vladivo stok fleet." Strict Censorship Prevails. London, April 9. The brief dis patches from the seat of war in the Far East appearing in the London news papers duiing the last few days have all been of a curiously stereotyped char acter, indicating thatl an active censor ship is prevailing there, and adding nothing to the information contained in the dispatches of the Associated PreBS. This applies particularly to points under Japanese control, but from the Russian side also it is evi dent that care is being exercised to prevent news of operations leaking out China on Verge of Joining Japan. New York, April 9. Reports are said to have reached an ambassador, says a Herald dispatch from Berlin, to the effect that China is on the verge ot throwing in her lot with Japan. The first defeat on land for Russia will, it is asserted, be the signal for a forward movement on the part of the Celestial empire, japan, tne correspondent adds, shows no anxiety lor help, rea lizing that China's intervention may cause more embairassment than profit. Japan Olad Russians Bought It. Berlin, April 9. Mr. Inouye, the Japanese minister here, does not share the view that tne sale ot the nam bunt-American line steamship Fuerst Bismark is a breach of neutrality. "From one viewpoint." said the minis ter, "we are glad to see the Russians buy good ships. The Russians buy them and we capture them." FAIR BILL PASSES LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION MONEY NOW SAFE. Majority fa Large, Rising Vote Evea la Net Accessary Cosfsrawe Is Kext Step Appropriation Caa be Increased bat Net Reduced Carries aa Appro priatlon of $475,000. Washington, April 9. The house of representatives, without a rollcall, or even so much as a rising vote, yester day afternoon parsed the Lewis and Clark exposition bill carrying an ag gregate appropriation of $475,000, the bill waa paseed 33 minutes after a special rule providing for its consid eration waa laid before the house, thereby breaking the record of the class of legislation that always leads to pro tracted discussion. The bill passed in the same form aa reported by Tawney's committee on March 28, In addition to appropriat ing $475,000, it authorizes the coin ing of 250,000 souvenir gold dollars, which virtually amounts to a total ap propriation of $725,000. In reality, congress is aiding Portland far more than appears from these figures. Chairman Tawney, speaking on this point, said: "The $475,000 alloted for govern ment buildings and exhibits is equiva lent, nnder other circumstances, to an appropriation of between $600,000 and $700,000 for the Portland exposition, because the government exhibit has al ready been assembled at St. Louis, and will only require transportation to Portland, thereby saving that city the cost of assembling a new government exhibit ' The passage of the bill removes the last doubt as to the fate of the Lewis and Clark appropriation. The bill that is finally agreed upon and signed by the president will carry at least the amount contained, in the bill passed by the house, and may possibly be in creased. There can be no decrease. Any change must be in the nature of a compromise between the senate and the house bills.. INSURES EARLY ADJOURNMENT. House Makes Sways Case a Special Order hi December. Washington, April 11. The Swayne impeachment proceeding, which has been looked upon aa the only possible check to an early adjournment, was disposed of in five minutes by the house today by the adoption of a reso lution making the case a special order for December 13 next. In the mean time the judiciary committee is to take additonl testimony in the case. After disposing of a conference report on the army appropriation bill the house took np the bill extending the coastwise laws to the Philippines, and by a vote of 122 to 100 adopted a spec ial rule to vote on this bill aftet a de bate of two hours. This debate was ex hausted, save five minutes, when the house adjourned at 5:30 p. m. An amendment to the bill postponing the operation of the law until July 1, 1906, instead of 1905 will be proposed. The partial conference on the army appropriat on bill was agreed to. Four senate amendments were still in dis agreement. COREA TO PROTECT MINES. American and British Ministers Make Formal Requests. Seoul, April 11. J. N. Jordan and H. N. Allen, respectively the ministers to Corea of Great Britain and the United States, have requested the Corean government to give protection to the Biitish and American mines in the country. This request is a mere formality as the Japansee authorities have given assurances of the Bafety from local up risings. Mr. Jordan says the Japanese have been extremely considerate to ward the British mines. They have shown no desire to hamper mining op erations, have promised not to make heavy levies of food upon the farmers of .the surrounding country, and have agreed to facilitate the passage of specie for the payment of wages, and even to supply specie for the purpose. Desert Land Law Wins. Washington, April 11. Py a vote ot 8 to 3 the house committed on irriga tion of arid lands today defeated the bill to repeal the desert land laws. Those voting against the bill were: Chairman Mondell, of Wyoming, and Representatives Terrill, Massachu setts, Dwight, New York; Marshal, North Dakota? Williamson Oregon ; Cooper, Pennsylvania ; Hitchcock, Ne braska, and Bell, California. Those in favor of the repeal were Representa tives Reeder, Kansas; Van Duser, Neva da, and Underwood, of Alabama. , Russians Can Soon Assume Offensive. Berlin April 11. The Tageblatt's war correspondent, Major Dajke, writ ing on a tram while nearing Harbin, says: Unly six traians daily pass east op the iailroad to Manchuria, and only four thence to Harbin, but they consist of as many as 33 cars. The railroad is apparently able to meet the military demands." - The correspondent adds that the Russians will be ready to take the offensive about tbe middle of this month. Russia Declines a Loan. Paris, April 11. According to private information recei red from St. Peters burg, tne Russian government refused, at all events for the present, an offer of a loan coming from French quarters, and declined .also a large number of proposals for war supplies made, by foreigners.