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LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD S. A. TTtOUAS, PuMlahar LEXINCTON OREGON NEWS OF TI VEQ In a Ms:s2l km fcr to Paww !! A Resume of tha Last Impartant but Net Lm IntorMtb Bveots f the Put WmJc. The Panama canal contract will like' ly be given to Olliver, one of the recent bidders. Russia has announced her intention of withdrawing all troops from Man churia except a railway guaid. At a meeting of tariff revisionists at Chicago a special session jf congress to revise the tariff laws was advocated. Attorney General Bonaparte has been v asked to bring suit to prevent the form ation of a gigantic copper trust extend ing into Europe. San Francisco relief work for January is estimated at $445,470, which amount has been forwarded by the National Eed Cross society. At the interstate commerce inquiry at Washington into the coal monopoly it was snown that only favorites were able to obtain cars. The North Dakota blizzard continues with unabated fury. The tempertaure ranges from 5 to 45 below zero and all railroad traffic is at a standstill. Swettenhma still obstructs relief work at Kingston. A report in London that he has presented his resignation will be neither denied or affirmed by officials. The attorney general , of Minnesota has begun suit to cancel the charter of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad company. This is really the parent company of the Great Northern Eailroad company and the Great North ern is joined in the suit. Another blizzard has blocked Dakota railroads. Shonts denies that friction caused him to resign. More charges are being made against Senatur Bailey, of Texas.' Another bloody battle has occurred be tween Mexicans and Yaquis. The British cabinet admits that Swettenham will be recalled. Chicago has traced much of the scar let fever epidemic to sweat shops. The blizzard in Europe has been he cause of many people freezing to death. Eastern Eepublicans would grant ship subsidy to South American lines only. The naval appropriation bill carries $253,000 for the Puget sound navy yard. Bristol will retain his office as United States attorney for Oregon until the land fraud trials are finished. The census bureau has just issued a bulletin which shows that 1,750,000 childrenl between the ages of 10 and 15 years are employed as breadwinners. Governor Swettenham, of Jamaica, threatens to dissolve the Kingston coun cil for taking sides against him. There is a great need of lumber, but the gov ernor refuses to receive it. The flood of the Ohio river is receding Blightly. Jamaicans denounce Swettenham and ask his recall. A rate discrimination inquiry is in progress in Denver. The Colorado legislature has passed an anti-cartoon law. The Nevada legislature is considering a railroad commission bill. J. P. Dolliver will be 'again elected . United States senator from Iowa. Oil in great quantities has been found on land owned by W. E. Hearst in Mexico. A revised list of the dead and Injured of the Terre Haute train wreck shows 29 killed and 23 injured. The senate subcommittee lias report ed against Bristol's confirmation as dis trict attorney for Oregon. The mayoralty contest will cost the gpeople of New York about $400,000, whether Hearst or McClellan wins out. The British government has disavow ed Swettenham's action in the Jamaican affair and has called on him for an ex planation. Extensive preparations are being made for the meeting of the American National Livestock association at Den ver. Four thousand stockmen are ex pected to be in attendance. The flood in the Ohio valley is th worst since 1884. Chicago hopes for a cold wave to stop the epidemic of disease. Senator Fulton will work for a law to save Columbia river salmon. PROBE HARRIMAN SYSTEM. Interstate Commerce Commitiion Meets in Portland Portland, Jan. 25. Traffic conditions in this state were investigated yester day before Franklin K, Lane, member of the Interstate Commerce commis sion, the object being to determine the legality of the llarriman merger of railroads. The questions of Attorney Severance for the commission were in tended to draw out shippers and rail road men as to v, hether competition has been stifled by the merger and al ternate routes for traffic closed. The testimony of shippers was that there has been no competition between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific worthy of the name since the consoli dation under one management in 1901. It was further brought out by the testimony of Thomas McCusker, a for mer employe of the llarriman system, that Ogden gateway via the Sacramento route was closed upon the accomplish ment of the merger, and shipment from this territory via Sacramento to the East was stopped. Orders were. he said, to send traffic over the O. E. & N. and Union Pacific to the East. This change gave a more direct route and re lieved the llarriman lines of hauling freight over the Siskiyous. It is the of the railroad interests that many routes are open to the shipper that none have been clossd and that the sole instances where shipmens have Deen advised by way of the Union Pa cific to the exclusion of other route: have been because of the lack of cars on other lines SENATOR ALGER DEAD. Was Attending to Business as Usual Almost to the End. Washington, Jan. 24. United States Senator Eussell A. Alger, of Michigan, died suddenly at his resi dence in this city at 8:45 o'clock this morning, following an acute attack of oedema of the lunijs, with which he was stricken shortly after 8 o'clock iiiuiougu mr. Aiger naa not been in 1J.1. i nr i ii ii good health for some time, his death was most unexpected. The senator last night was apparently in his usual health. During the day he transacted considerable business, and was at the War department up to a late hour yes terday afternoon. At the bedside when ho passed away were Mrs. Alger, and their son, Captain F. M . Alger, and his wife. On Tuesday night Mr. Alcer. when about to leave the house to attend dinner given in honor of Senator-elect William Alden Smith by the Michigan delegation, suffered an attack of heart allure, but it was only with difficulty that he was persuaded to reman at home. He attended the session of the senate Tuesday afternoon and appeared as wen as usuaf. ice President Fairbanks was the first to call at the Alcer residence to. day to express sympathy. itie tuneraf services will be held at 2 m. Saturday at the family residence in this city. The body will be taken to Detroit for burial. STILL ENCASED IN ICE. Europe Hung With Icicles and Choked With Snow. London, Jan. 25. Arctic weather conditions continue to prevail in the whole of Europe, while, curiously enougn, tne actual Arctic regions Wortnern Norway and Iceland, report the prvealence of mild and rainy weather. All the vessels reaching British ports are covered . with long icicles and have snow on their decks. Telegrams received from all parts of the continent give almost incredible re ports of the extreme rigor of the weather and consequent suffering. Many deaths are reported. In Aus tria two sentinels were found dead at their posts as a result of the cold. The heavy snow continues in Eussia and Turkey, and the Danube is frozen over in several places in Eoumania. Slight earthquakes are reported from Batoum. . The blizzard continues at Constantinople, where the snow is said to be several feet deep. Navigation on the Bosphorus and the Black sea has been practically suspended. No Exception to the Rules. Washington, Jan. 25. Speaking of dispatch from Kansas City concern ing the new order for recruiting neuro soldiers, Major-General Ainsworth, the military secretary, today said that no significance should attach to the orders given for the enlistment of negroes for service in the Philpipines. The orders were not confined to Kansas City alone, but were sent to other recruiting points. It Is said to be the invariable custom of the department so far as pos sible to recruit up to their full strength all regiments. Relieve Idaho Settlers Minneapolis, Jan. 25. The North Dakota fuel shortage again is becoming serious, according to reports received here. Inability of the railroads to keep freight trains moving is responsible, in a large degree, for this condition. PROCEEDINGS OF Thursday, January 24. Salem, Jan. 24. Both houses this afternoon adjourned until Monday, This is largely due to the state printer oemg unable to secure enough composi- tors to turn out the work on time and will allow him time to cateh up. lhe two houses this morning met in joint assembly and listened to an ad- dress by Mr Bryan. A bill was introduced in the senate permitting capital punishment for 10b- tiers who are captured armed with dan- gerous weapons. Bills were aiso introduced in the uemue creating trie county or .North Grant and create a railroad commission to be. appointed by the governor-. in the house new measures included the appointment of a commission to in vestigate the fire insurance business and one providing that each county shall be a judicial district and provid ing for a prosecuting attorney for each county. The bill providing for publication of notice of all estrays was passed by the house. The senate bill fixiniz the Linn- Lane boundary was also passed by the house. Four bills were passed by the senate. They provide: For holding meetings of state textbook commission In May instead of July ; raising foes of jurors from $2 to $3 per day; fixing salaries in Douglas county; to turn unexpended school funds back into the county school fund instead of the general fund. Wednesday, January 23 Salem, Or., Jan. 23. There are pending in both houses an unusually large number of lien bills and in a ma jority of cases the advantages that will follow their enactment are conferred upon the laboring man who performs work and who, under the present stat ute, in many instances experiences no end of trouble in getting what is his due, when he does not lose out alto gether. It has been discovered that all line officers of the O. N. G. have been chosen in violation to the state con stitution. Eepresentative Jackson has prepared a bill to remedy the defect ine Din providing tnat jurors may be kept together in civil actions has the honor of being the first to pass the house. The senate passed the bill agreed upon by Lane and Linn fixing the boundary between those counties. Governor Chamberlain sent a mes sage to both houses today asking more money for the Jamestown exposition. A total of 10 bills have been intro duced relating to roads and highways. Johnson's measure providing for ioint improvement by county and state is the most important. Twenty-four new measures were read for the first time in the house today This makes a total of 237. Among the 19 bills in the senate were two by Bailey amending the di rect primary law. One Drovides for party conventions before the primary election and the other makes statement No. 1 pledge apply to party candidates only. The election of Mulkey and Bourne as United States senators was confirmed today in joint session of the two houses as the law requires. The journal of yesterday's election in the two houses was read and President Haines there' upon declared them elected. Mulkey serves until March 4, 1907, and Bourne six years from that date. Tuesday, January 22. Salem, Jan. 22. Both houses of the legislature in separate session today elected Jonathan Bourne. Jr.. United States senator for the long term and Fred W. Mulkey for the shoitterm. The vote on Mulkey was unanimous in the house and all members of the senate present voted for him. Three representatives, Eeynolds, Eodgers and fcettlenuer, of Marion, refused to sup port Bourne. These men explained that they did not pledge themselves and also that their constituents eave a plurality against - him. Four senators, Booth of Lane, Laycock of Grant, Mil ler of Linn-Marion and Whealdon of Wasco, voted against Bourne. The senators gave much the same reason as the representatives for not favorine Bourne. The vote stood: Mulkey House. 60; senate, 27. Bourne House, 57; senate, 23. No progress has so far been made in either house on the railroads bills that provide for a commission, reciprocal demurrage, maximum rates, taxation of gross receipts, etc. These subjects have hardly been heard of yet in the senate, and only one bill has appeared there relating to them. This is the bill of Senator Johnson, of Benton, providing for reciprocal demurrage and prohibiting rebates and discrimination, but omitting the commission. In the house, however, a number of bills have been introduced. A joint memorial was introduced in the senate this morning bv Senator Mulit asking congress to compel the owners of the Oreiron & California Eailroad company to soil its crant lands at the price stipulated in the grant. The resolution was referred to the com mittee on resolutions. By unanimous vote the senate adopt- OREGON LEGISLATURE ed a memorial asking congress to re- ' move all tariffs on raw jute or jute bags. This move will auite likely tend to defeat any effort to establish a jute mm at tno Btato penitentiary. By combining two resolutions the senate sought to eliminate one jtinket- i"g trip. Resolutions had boon intro- duced for the appointment of a com , inittee to confer with a conmiittee from Washington on the Bubject of fisheries and ' another committee to confer on pilotage. The senate committee on I resolutions providod that one commit tee should be provided for the two mir- poses Monday, January 21. balem, Jan. 21. Standing commit tees of the Oregon legislature were an nounced this afternoon by Prusidont Haines of the senate and Speaker j-'avey oi the house. In each caso the best places were secured by the support ers or names ami imvey for leadership The hunters' license law, it is safe to say, will be changed this session Two bills relating to the subject have already appeared in the house. The normal school question is already a live ono in this session. Last week a bill to cut off Drain and Ashland was introduced. Today a bill was intro duced to close the Drain and Monmouth schools. The house unanimously passed over the veto of the governor the 'bill to regulate the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers. This was one of the seven house bills of the 1905 session vetoed by the governor. Altogether 77 bills were read for the first time in the house today. In the senate 18 new measures appeared. Eeorganization of the judicial system of Oregon is proposed in a senate bill. Among the house bills were: To col lect inheritance tax on estates of $5,000 and up, instead of $10,000 as at pres ent; bounties ranging from $5 to $20 for scalps of wild animals, two-thirds to ba paid by the county and one-third by the state; creating the office of in spector of mines, and several covering the several sections of the report of the state tax commission, in each case ad vocating the adoption of the report. In the senate the new measures in cluded: For reciprocal demurrage and prohibiting rebates and discrimination; for transportation of convicts by prison employes; to purchase land adjoining the capitol grounds on the east side, and to provide for working county pris oners on public highways. Rush for Timber Land. Corvallis A new rush for timber land is on here. It is not so great as was the one a few years ago, but be tween 50 and 60 claims have been lo cated within the past few weeks. The timber lies 40 to 60 miles southwest of Corvallis in what is known as the Five Eivers country. Locators come to Cor vallis by rail and take private convey ances for the rest of the journey. A carriage to the foot of Alsea mountain and a saddle horse from then on is the usual means of traveling. Women are among the locators, three from Portland having made the trip to the woods a few days ago. The timber is not old fir. It is sec- ona growtn tnat has sprung up since the great fire that swept the coast range west and southwest of Corvallis 05 or 60 years ago. PORTLAND MARKETS. Fruits Apples, common to choice. 5075c per box; choice to fancy, $1 z.&u: pears, $11.50. vegetaoies Turnips, ucr?l per sacK; carrots, yuctrfisi per sack: beets. $1.2o1.50 per sack; horseradish, 9 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 3c per pound; cabbage, iic per pound; cauh' flower, $2.50 per dozen; celery, $3.50 per crate; pumpkins, 2c per pound; squash, 2c per pound; sprouts, 8c p r pound. Onions Oregon, $11.15 per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy. $11.30; common, 7595c. Wheat Club, 67c; bluestem, 69c; valley, 67c; red, 65c. Oats No. 1 white, $27; gray, $26. Barley Feed, $21.50(9,22 per ton: brewing, $22.50; rolled, $23.5024.50. Kye $1.401.45 per cwt. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay ValW timothy, No. 1, $14 15 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $14. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 33 c per pound ; second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 3233c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens,' 1314c per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c; spring, 1414; old rooters,10llc; dressed chickens, 1617c; turkeys, live, 17 17c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022cj geese, live., 1012c; ducks, 1718c. Vtal Dressed, 59o per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 2 3c per pound ; cows, 45c; country steers, 55c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89c per pound; ordinary, 67c. Pork Dressed, 69c per pound. , PAY FOR CAR6. Washington Lumbermen Give Money to Have Thnm Spotted Seattle, Jan. 23 Evidence Indicating that lumbermen have been paying money to railroad employes to have cars "spotted" on their tracks was iu- troducnd before Interstate fi Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, at the hearing yesterday afternoon Into the car shortage question. Charles 13. I'atton, president of rho Reliance Lumber Company and vice president and secretary of the Atlas Lumber and Shingle Company, made the statement during the course of his examination. To say that tho evi dence of Mr." Patton was a sensation would be putting It mildly. Mr. I'at ton had been giving some facts and figures showing that there was an ap parent discrimination In the distribu tion of cars at Tacunia among the mills. ' . , -' . A multitude of witnesses testified be fore Commissioner Lane yesterday about the car shortage and the crip pling effect It has had upon the Indus tries of the state. Not only were lum bermen put on the stand, b,tt Senator Paulhamus told of the sufferings of the Puyallup berry growers, and the troubles of the wheat farmers of East ern Washington were gone Into. The lumber men contended that while the car shortage was particular ly acute at the present, there had never been a time for years when they cot all the cars tat they wanted. The rate at which cars moved was gone Into and It was shown that this has stead ily decreased from an average move ment per car of 94Va miles In 1903 to 36 miles in 1906. No attempt was made to dispute the car shortage by the railroad attorneys. They sought to show, however, that the present paralysis of traffic was tho result of the floods In November. MUST APOLOGISE. OR RETIRE Fate of Swettenham Unless He Can Give Good Excuse. London, Jan. 23. The Incident aris ing from the exchange of letters at Kingston between Governor Swetten ham and Rear Admiral Davis now ap pears to be entering the waiting stage as the government, after doing all possible In the absence of advices from the Governor of Jamiaca, is obliged to defer further action until he reports. In the meantime the trend of official sentiment is toward having Governor Swettenham apologize or retire, but this is based on the press accounts ot the Incident and on letters, and it may be modified by Governor Swetten ham's version, giving extenuating cir cumstances. In the absence tf a report from the Governor to his government, his dis patch to Secretary Root, which has been reproduced here, tends further to mystify the mind of the public, which finds It difficult to reconcile the Gov ernor's present recognition of the as sistance rendered by the American squadron wit hthe terms of the pre vious letter. SEIZE FOOD SUPPLIES Mayor of Cincinnati Orders Police to Stop Extortion. Cincinnati, Jan. 23. Mayor Demp sey yesterday afternoon issued orders to the police to confiscate food and fuel where needed for relief of flood sufferers and where dealers attempted to extort unreasonable prices. This action was taken because of numerous reports of extortion in charges for transportation and for relief sunnlies. Those attempting extortion will be ar rested. The high water In the Ohio river is slowly but steadily receding tonight. The railroads have begun preparations to resume regular traffic, although it will be several days before the tracks are safe. Relief work continues actively. Six school buildings have been turned over as temporary homes for the sufferers. The city council tonight appropriated a sum for a relief fund which is be ing augmented by private subscrip tions. Appeals for aid have been received from many Kentucky towns. Mayor of Kingston Appeals. New York, Jan. 23 Mayor Tait, of Kingston, Jamaica, in his official ca pacity, has appealed to the generosity of the American people on behalf of the earthquake sufferers, saying: "On behalf of the stricken people, I ap peal through you to the generosity of the American people for help. Money, lumber and building material most ur gently needed." Acting upon the sug gestion of Mayor Tait. Mavnr Mprioi. Ian last night announced that he would do giaa to receive contributions, which would be forwarded to the proper Kingston authorities. Epidemic Grows Worse, Chicago, Jan. 23. Local heaHh do. partment records for the number of contagious disease cases rpnnrto in a single day were broken today, when 214 cases were recorded qt tha .it hall. Of these 145 were nf nnnrio fever and 40 of diphtheria. The pre valence of these diseases, railroad of ficials report, has caused a marked in crease in passenger traffln tn resorts. Fever Among the Refugees. Aurora, 111.. Jan. 23. Thnmrh , river has fallen four inches since Mon day, the conditions are desperate. Cit izens are huddled In camps on the higher grounds or crowded into school houses, opera houses and city hall.' Scarlet fever has broken out among the refugees from the lower part of the city.