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CONDON OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
la a Condensed Form for Our
Easy Readers.
A Resume of the Lest Important but
Mot Last Interesting Evanta
of tha Past Week.
The Nebraska legislature has passed
an anti-pstss bill.
The British premier favors act on on
disarmament at The Hague.
Reform nf land laws will go over to
the next session of congress.
Russian terrorists have planned a
wholesale massacre of officers.
The president may create many for
est reserves before the new law takes
effect.
Forty-two Greek laborers were in
jured in a smashup of a construction
train on the Salt Lake road at Leith,
Key.
Railroads affected by the 2-cent pas
senger rate laws passed in several
states will combine to carry the fight
into the courts.
Fighting between Nicaragua ami
Honduras is now general. The former
eeenis to have the advantage, though
Salvador is helping Honduras.
Sylvester R. Rush, of Nebraska, has
been appointed cpecial assistant to tha
attorney general. He is to have charge
of the land fraud instigations in the
Northwest. He has had much success
in convicting land thieves in Nebraska.
Chinese famine sufferers are dying
by thousands.
Hill has purchased the Astoria A
Columbia River railroad.
A number of senators and representa
tives will isit Hawaii this summer.
General Koslevsky was assassinated
after joking about threats made to kill
him. ,
The National Arbitration an i Peace
congress will meet in New York April
14 to 17.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Boot have been asked to urge the peo
ple to help the Russian famine suffer
ers. A Baltimore & Ohio express train
was wrecked near Connellsville, Pa.,
:.nd two persons killed and eight In
jured. The Iowa legislature has adopted a
resolution calling on congress to call a
convention to amend the constitution
so that United States senators may be
elected by direct vote of the people.
The San Francisco water board has
Tevoked the franchise supplying the
city with water on the ground that the
company has been collecting excessive
rates. The property is estimated to be
worth $5,300,000.
The French accne the church of hav
ing meddled in politics.
The St. Paul railroad has stopped all '
improvements till popular wrath cools.
Sixteen children and their teacher
were burned to' death in a Montreal
school.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia nar
rowly escaped being blown up by a ter
rorist bomb. ...
Stoessel is called a coward by Smir
noff, one of the generals at Port Arthur
during the siege.
Fire at Los Angeles destroyed proper
ty valued at $200,000. Firemen rescu
ed 12 people from the flames.
A British naval paymaster at Vic
toria, B. C, is to be court martialed
because his carelessness caused a loss of
1,550.
The English parliament will arrange
a loan of $5,000,000 for Kingston, the
money to be used to rebuild the busi
ness portion of the city.
George Von L. Meyer, former Ameri
can ambassador to Russia, has returned
to tne United States to beccme post
maste general in President Roosevelt's
cabinet.
The Texas senate has voted to exon
erate Senator Bailey.
A Denver man has confessed to kill
ing his wife that he might marry an
other woman.
The senate has approved of another
Federal judge for the Northern district
of California.
The senate has refused to consider a
measure to reduce tariff on sugar, to
bacco and rice from the Philippines.
Secretary Shaw will leave the cabinet
March 4 to become president of the
Carnegie Trust company, of New York
Pittsburg has just had a fire in the
heart of the business district, the loss
Amounting to several hundred thousand
dollars.
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MUST NOT OWN PROPERTY.
Cilifornia Legislature Passes a Bill
Against Orientals.
Sacramento, Cal., Mar. 1. The low
er house of the legislature today passed
a sweeping anti-Japanese and anti
Chinese measure, introduced by Assem
blyman Drew, of Fresno. The bill is
knhwn as the "anti-alien property
holding bill." It is aimed at the
Japanese and Chinese property owners
in tills state and la intended to prevent
them ftom acquiring and owning prop
erty for a longer period than five year.
In urging the passage of the bill
Drew stated that since January I of
tills year one-third of the property
transfers in Fresno had been to Japan
ese. The bill provides that any alien who
does not become a citisen of the United
States shall acquire and hold title to
land In this state for not more than
five vears. If within that time the
alien docs not become a citisen, the
district attorney shall compel the sale
of his land or houses. Japanese and
Chinese are not specifically named, but,
as they cannot become citiaens, the
bill is aimed directly at them and pre
cludes them from owning property for
more than five years. The measure
also provides that no contract, agree
ment or lease of real estate lor a long
er period than one year shall be made
to any alien and any lease, agreement
or devise of real estate made to any
alien for a longer period alia II be null
and void. f
The impression is given out that if
the bill reaches the govenor he will
sign it.
LABORATORY FOR NORTHWEST.
Agricultural Department Will Estab
lish One Soon.
Washington, March 1. In the near
future the department of Agricultuie
will locate a pure food laboratory in
some Northwestern eity and make it
headquarters for the examination of all
food products imported Into that section
from abroad. Investigations are now
being made to determine whether it
shall be located at Portland or Seattle.
Senator Bourne is urging the depart
ment to locate the laboratory in Port
land, but befoie this can be done , Port
land must convince the department
that its food imports exceed thoi"e of
Seattle, or else offer adantages in the
way of quarters that cannot be obtained
at Seattle. The department desires to
loci te the laboratory in a public build
ing. It is of the greatest importance to
Portlai d to make a creditable showing,
for if the laboratory is located there
rather than at Seattle, it will have a
tendency to increase importations of
food products at that port, where they
can be properly examined, rather than
at other ports where there would neces
sarily be delay.
Mr. Bourne is looking to thcchnmlier
of commerce to support him in his
efforts.
STICKS TO HERMANN.
Former Private Secretary Says Good
Things for Defendant.
Washington, March 1 .The prosecu
tion in the trial of Representativ Her
mann consumed tolay in a futile at
tempt to break down the evidence given
yesterday by Elliott P. Hough, former
private secretary to the defendant,
which was most favoiable to Hermann.
Hough had been put on the stand by
the prosecution with the expectation
that his testimony would be damaging
to the defendant, and District Attorney
Baker was incensed that he should give
evidence so much in Hermann's favor
as his statements yesterday that Her
mann and John A. Benson, who is un
der indictment for alleged land frauds,
were not gotd friends; that, if official
letters got into Hermann's private
books it was through his fault; and
that it had been the custom of all out
going commissioners previous to Her
mann's time to take their private let
terpress convbooks with .them.
ChristTian H. Muller and Alexander
E. Foster, who had been messengers in
the land office under Hermann and who
destroyed the letter press copybooks by
his ireciton, testified to the part they
had played. Mr. Muller received an
order from Hermann three weeks be
fore the latter retired to take the letter
books, about 85 in number, from Her
mann s private room.
Beatty to Continue Duties.
Boise, Idaho, March 1. "In answer
to a telegram received from the attor
ney general asking me to withhold my
resignation for a time," said Judge J.
H. Beatty, of the United States District
court, today, "I sent a telegram stat
ing that I would willingly continue the
duties of my office until after the March
term. If by that time my . successor
has not been named, I shall probably
urge the people in Washington to push
matters. " . The telegram to Judge Beat
ty arrived some days after his resigna
tion bad started for Washington.
. , Favors Philippine Bank Bill.
Washington, March 1. The house
committee on insular affairs today de
cided to make a favorable report on the
Philippine agricultural bank bill as
passed by the senate.
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PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
Saturday, February 93.
Salem, Feb. S3. The legislature
which adjourned today went down in
history aa the most lavish Oregon has
ever had. A grand total of $3,500,000
has been appropriated.
The senate refused to adopt the house
bill changing the btuah tiro law.
The house reeonaidered a vote of yes
terday and passed two bills giving farm
laborers and threshermeu liens on
crop for money due them.
Indorsed by nearly every assessor In
the state, the bill providing for an
equitable system of awesslng the tim
ber lands of the state went down to de
feat in the senate.
The house finished up its business at
11:30 but it was i o'clock before the
senate was through, and It was neces
sary for the house to continue in session
until that time.
It was announced to the members of
the legislature that It would be more
convenient to buy tickets at tha depot
than to pay fares on the train. Passes
would not do, as the new anti-pass law
is in effect.
PASSED IMPORTANT BILLS.
What the Legislature Accomplished
During the Session.
Salem Many important bills passed
both houses of the Oregon legislature
at the session just ended, and a eousld
eisble number were defeated. The ap
propriations are very large amounting
to some $3,000,000 and no bills passed
raising any considerable amount of rev-
eiiue by r.cvr ciethods.
Several bills for new revenue were
ilefeated. Among them was that of
Representative Heals to tax timber
holdings on the basis ol cruising bud
milted to assessors by their owners.
Another was that prepared by the late
tax commission and introduced by Rep
resentative Freeman taxing public ser
vice corporations on their capitalised
net earnings. A third was that of Rep
resentative Settlemicr for collection of
taxes on land that had escaped taxation
in the last six years.
One of the defeated measures or large
moment was that of the Portland board
of trade, for control of the water pow
ers of the state. Another was that lor
a $00,000 appropriation for extension
of the portage road to llie Dance.
First of all the enactments was that
for a railroad commission. The bill
for this law was introduced by Repre
sentative Chapln and the three commis
sioners already have been appointed
T. K. Campbell, C B. Aitchison and
Oswald West.
Representative Jones, of Polk, Is
father of a successful bill appropiiating
$300,000 for free locks at Willamette
falls, contingent on the national gov
ernment's appropriating an additional
sum sullicient to provide the lucks and
maintain them. ,
Representative Ealon, of Lane, has
the credit of having secured enactment
of a bill iimnting to the State universi
ty an annual standing appropriation of
$125,000.
Representative Jackson, of IHmgla
introduced a successful bill appopriat-
ing $100,000 for National Uuard arm
ones.
Representative Perkins, of Jackson,
has the credit of securing for fruitmen
a law to prevent false lalmling and
branding of packed fruit, and of anoth
er law to prevent false marking of nur
sery stock A third bill of his permit
oichardists to kill birds that destroy
crops, but this bill is in danger of
veto.
Representative Slusher is father of a
successful bill creating a stieep commis
sion and a sheep inspector, and author
izing inspectors of the bureau of animal
industry to exercise police powers in
the state for eradication of sheep scat).
Representative Settlemier'e bill pass
ed both houses to appropriate $100,000
for the Seattle exposition in 1009.
Representative tdwards was pro
moter of an important enactment to
raise the per capita tax ol school dis
trict to $7.
Representative Vawter of Jackson
had a bill passed to create one board of
regents for all the normals, also to ap
propriate $40,000 for the Ashland nor
mal. Representative Barrett of Uma
tilla did the same for the Weston nor
mal, in the sum of $35,000. Senator
Loughary secured enactment of his bill
providing $38,000 for Monmoulh and
Representative Jackson put a. successful
rider on it appropriating $27,000 for
Drain. Representative Carter of Ben
ton secured passage of a $125,000 ap
propriation for new buildings at the
State Agricultural college, and Senator
Johnson of a $75,000 appropriation for
maintenance.
Representative Beals is author of an
enactment creating the office of cheese,
dairy and creamery inspector, as dep
uty to the state dairy commissioner.
Representative Driscoll introduced
the bill for the act creating the Port of
Columbia District of Multnomah, Co
lumbia and Clatsop counties, for regu
lation of towage and pilotage at the
mouth of the Columbia river.
Senator M. A. Miller, of Linn, has
to his credit a Compulsory education
law, which promises to be the most
effective measure of the kind ever pro
posed in Oregon. "
Among the most ' Important senate
bills enacted was the Haines Unking
bill, which, though acknowledged to be
Imperfect, 1 Mleved to le a wise
"lotumre for the reason that It Is the
hegluulng of state supervision of bunk
ing.
Senator M. 0. Miller, of Linn, was
the author of bill that has passed
both houses providing for the loaning
of surplus funds In the state treasury to
banks giving security and paying in
terest on dally balances.
Senator F. J. Miller, of I.tun-Matlon
secured the passage of hills tor ' the es
tablishment ol an institution lor the
feeble-minded, an institution for which
there has been general demand In or
der to place under control a class of
ieople not fit for the asylum but who
ought not to le at large.
Senator Sk-hel fat In-red two bills
that will have considerable effect. One
provides for the working of husbands
who fail to supHrt their families, and
the paymelit of $1.60 a day to the fam
ily for their support. The other pro
vides a uniform Insurance policy,
Senator C'how will be rememired
kindly by all jurors hereafter, for he
secured the enactment of a law raising
the fees of jurors from $2 to $3 day.
Senator Hart of Baker was author of
the bill which place restrictions upon
the pasturing of foreign sheep in Ore
gon, so as to protect Oregon sheepmen.
Senator Malarkey Introduced three
measures which will be of considerable
importance. One limits the hours of
labor of trainmen, another makes the
husband's courtesy the same as a wife's
d-.w;r, end M tMnl pmvidus lor the
building of a bridge across the Willam
ette at Oswego, thus affording the
moons of taking the trains off fourth
street in Portland.
Senator Mulit of Jackson remem
bered the widows and orphans by se
curing the enactment of a law which
raises from $3,000 to $7,5000 the
amount tliat mat be tecovered for acts
causing death.
Senator Cake framed the bill which
has ssed providing for the appoint
mcnt of two Supreme court commission
ers te assist the court in catching up
with its woik.
Senator Kay pleased tho merchants
everywhere by securing the enactment
of a law which provides for the garnish
ment of wages of public employes.
Such employes are very often judgment
proof without such a law.
Senator Schofield fathered s nuinlwr
of fUhery laws, and has had the census
law amended so that it Is now suited
to modern conditions. -Senator
Nottingham Interested him
self in tho improvement of public morals
as usual, and secured the enact nient of
a law for the punishment of poisons
guilty of enticing away children under
18 years for immoral purposes.
Senator Bingham was father of a new
forest fire law, the efficiency of which
has yet to bo shown. It requites the
burning of tho debris of logging opcrn
tions, and there were conflicting opin
ions as to the practical working of the
measure.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 70c; bluostem, 72c;
valley, 70c ; red, 68c
Oats No. 1 white, $20; gray, $28.50.
Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brow
ing, $23; rolled, $23.5(Xa24.60.
Kye $1.45()1.60 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $24.50; cracked,
$22.50 per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14
15 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$17 18; clover, $0; cheat, $0; grain
hiv slirAlO: alfalfa. 114.
Butter Fancy creamery, 8235c
per pound.
Butter fat First grade cream, 83c
per pound ; second grade cream, 2c less
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 1819c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 14
15c tier nound: mixed chickens. 14(a)
4c; spring,13i14c; old roosters, 9
10c; dressed chickens, 14(H&c; tur
kevs. live, lflc; turkeys, dressed,
choiee, 1820c; geese, live, 10c;
ducks, 1018c;.
Apples Common, 75c $1.25 per
box; choice, $1.602.50.
Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per
sunk; carrot. IKffil. 26 rjer sack: beets.
$1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 7
8c per pound; sweet . potatoes, a$c
rier nound: cauliflower, $2.50 per dos
on- fnlarv. 13.mifal3.7fi crate: snrouts.
9c; rhubatb, lie per pound; asparagus,
17c per pound.
Onions Oregon, $11. 15 per hun
dred.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanka, fancy,
$1.40; common, 75c$l.
Ven.1 Dressed. 6 k, (2,9c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 2Zs per
nound: cows, 4 6c; country
dears. RlfflflUc.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, ,c per
pound; ordinary, oc. -
Pork Dressed. 6lat9c tier nound.
Hops 8,(310)0 per pound, accord
ing to quality.
, Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1318c, according to shrinkage; val
ley, 20 23c, according to fineness;
mohair, choice, 2730c per pound.
LET NO CONTRAOT.
President Decides to Let Army In
glnesrs Dig Canal.
, Washington, Feb. 3 . My an order
addressed to Chairman Shouts of the
Isthmian Canal commission loilay,
President Roosevelt, as far as lay in
his power under existing law, trans
ferred to the engineer branch ol the
army the responsibility fur the further
construction of the Panama canal. He
also formally recorded the abandon
ment, for the present at least, of the
project of having the canal work done
by contract on the percentage system.
Another feature was the announce
ment of the resignation of John V.
Stevens as engineer in chief of canal
construction. Mr. Shouts Is In New
York, where he will tomorrow preside
at a meeting of the director of the
Panama Railroad company, of which
he is president, and will formally re
sign thai olllce
The president Intends that there
shall I an entire reorganisation of the
commission with three army oillcers of
the engineer corps as Its leading mem
bers, who are to have charge of the en
gineering features of the canal work.
The chain nan and engineer in chief of
the .commission will be Major (!. W.
(ioethsls. His associates will he Major
Doll, (iaillard and Major William L.
Siebert, to rank In the order named.
These olllccrs are all comparatively
young, ambitious and energetic.
benator Joseph 8. C. Blackbutu, of
Kentucky, who will retire from the
United Stales senate on March 4, is to
he made a member of the reorganised
commission.
HELPED LAND THIEVE8.
Informer About Frauds Betrayed by
Hermann.
Washington, Feb. 27. Interest In
the trial of Representative Hermann
was revived ulay by the Introduction
in evidence of letters written hi in In
1901 by Benjamin T. May of U
(imnile, calling bis attention to specific
land frauds in Oregon and a later letter
criticising Hermann for omitting to
make an investigation of the aliened
frauds, and also for having made known
to interested parties the name of the
Informer.
After their Identification by May,
tho letters were rend to the Jury. The
first was from May to Hermann and In
formed him tluit sawmill owners were
securing title to public laud In the
nine mountains by fraud, llieirplim
was to get an employe to file on a cer
tain tract and, when the claim was
provod up, the employe was to deed the
property ovel to them and rcvelve W
(or his work. One firm kept a mnn
employed to look out for the best tim
ber land and to secure it In this man
ner for his firm. In the year preceding
the writing of this letter May charged
that this firm had placed on record
nlmut 00 deeds secured In this manner.
May concluded his letter with the state
ment that he was a poor luliorer anA
had no ax to grind and only desired to
keep out land grabbers.
HARRIMAN EXPLAINS.
Tells Interstate Commerce Commis
sion a Few Things.
Now York, Feb. 27. An assertion by
K. II. Ilnrrimiin that Htuyvemnt Fish
was deposed from the presidency of the
Illinois Central because of misconduct
ns to the funds of the company was a
leading feature of today s session of tho
Interstate Commerce commission. Mr.
Ilurriman was the only witness of the
lay, the events brought out by his tes
timony making tho hearing a memor
able one.
Other features of Mr. Iliirriman's
testimony follow:
A continued refusal to answer ques
tions relating to individual stock trans
action. Explanations of the transfer of 300,
000 shares of Southern Pacific stock to
William O. Rockefeller during the at
tempt of James R. Keene to secure con
trol of the road, and of the delayed aiw
nnuncement of the dividends on Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific.
Attempts of the government to show
that the Union Pacific charges unfair
rates, stifles competition in the vast
territory traversed by Its lines and its
dividend of 10 per cent and its expend
iture of $240,000,000 on betterments
came from an unfair toll' on its patrons.
Miners Vote for Advance.
Butte, Mont., Feb. 27. The vote of
the Miners' union on the increase of
wage scale resulted 2,349 in favot and
1,068 against, the new stale of $4 to
hike effect May 1 . Many miners did
not vote. The mines of Butte will con
tinue in operation, notwithstanding the
demand, but development work in all
of the Amalgamated properties will
cease. Officers of the union are em
phatic, however, that there will be no
strike. Companies will devote all time
and energy to taking out ore and mak
ing copper. . .
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Two-csnt Fsre Is Law In Indiana.
Indianapolis, Feb. 27. The governor
today signed the 2-cent railroad fare
act. It has no emergency clause, and
goes Into effort with the publication of
the new laws about May or June.