TREASURER IS SHORT FIVE CERFS only to the concerts on the famous l.unetta in Manilla. ’’From sunset to sunrise,” the order prescribes, "tightIng men arc not re­ quired to salute officers. but no en­ listed man will throw confetti in the face of an officer of the army, navy, murine corps or conslabnlaiy, or in the face of a lady escorted hv him.” ————————————————t jr,Q or 11 oo |,vr acre. King George, Assassinated Alar, IS ~ ** For n time wirj •••“ ",,m‘ h'*h nt present such Hilles nro i FRENCH BARK IS OESFROYEO but rar«. Many of th« private onterprh'«*-« have ■ become bankrupt ot* are practically insolvent, largely because tho lands tiro not being utilised for the produc­ tion of crops to an extent sufilclent to < liable th«* owners to pay tor the I GRIMSBY, ALBANY. March 25.—During the works. In the meantime the interest . rhe French I Maria, from Hull ♦ Vk years he has served a.t county «hurges ami cost of miilntoniinee nml FtalK'Isco to I Elks io Dance treasurer, W. W. Francis has handled «peratiou have eaten up not only tho I long voyage, Local Elks and their wives dlnust >r and «!*•- $1,839,651.22, and is snort 5 cents I lOHfiective profits, but the Investment I >. 11 Uctloil hel'e. in his accounts. That is the report of «lan e Friday evening. March 28. The Itself. <■ tseuty four men were saved by the F. M. Redfield, who lias Just complet­ affair was to have been held a week There Is always considerable risk In 1 i raw ler Amer. ed the work of experting the treasur­ ago. but was postponed because of the pioneering, and oven though lands er’s books, and who has tiled a report death of Mrs. Don Lytle. I'he Marie »«til ashore before day­ ■ may be irrigated and successfully light at Hal «borough. In the North with the county court certifying to the cropped for a time, there has resulted iSea, during u biisxard, unJ was quick­ Mrs. Richard Shore Smith of Eu­ accuracy of Francis’ accounts and (from excessive use of water tho de­ ly pouuded to pieces by terrific sens complimenting him on the manner in gene will arrive in the city this even­ struction by Hwamplng or alkali of The crew was In a desperate plight ing on a visit to Mrs. Don J. Zumwalt. which they have been kept. from 15 to 30 per cent of the lands ami had lost hope when the Amer Mr, Itedtield not only checked the She is en route home after a visit to which at first were highly productive. « alile up, launched u llfobo.it . nd took books fully to see if Francis had ac­ San Francisco. In Hhort, there are certain damages off the crew, making several perilous counted to the county for all moneys connected with farming under Irriga­ trips. W. P. Johnson, sales manager of received, but he also checked over tion, as in any new business, which the treasurer's special accounts with 'the Klamath Development company, I'he captain and mate of tho Mario «<■. ». (are not always taken Into account by the various school districts aud cities i arrived in the city Tuesday on a refused to leave tho ship until every ¡brief visit. ¡investor« who nro not thoroughly fa- of the county, and found every one man had been saved The Amor’s life miliur with tho risks Involved absolutely correct. boat was too much batl«l«d by Jho Under these conditions. It Is being storm to return for them, and tho re«ognised that further agricultural Many queries have been received stewurd of the Frouch nark dived development in the far West must bo by legislators concerning the provi­ (Continued from Page I) from the Amer with a life lino and ; «lone. If at all. largely through con­ sions of the widow's pension bill, swam to the wreck llo md tho cap­ struction by the government, because which will be come a law in Oregon in rect communication with Peru, said of the fact that the government with tain ami mute were ultimately drag- June. ; this afternoon: its present system, can, and Is. build­ ge«l through the sea to the rescuing The inquiries are for the most part Vessel. “I have positive assurance from ing thes«« works more eeononiicnlly M answered by a summary of the act, (Peru at 1 o'clock this afternoon that than private c ipltal, as it Is not re­ though in many cases the question of mi \ICANN io: tin quired to pay the high rntc of Inter-( relief will be a matter of judgment I 300 people are dead there as a result Kill BIG BATTLE est, nor does It consider the profits of resting with the county courts, as (of the floods.” the works, Tile cost of the work« • -------------- there may be some difficu'ty in apply­ I Dol GLAS. Arlx . March 25. Gen­ built by tho government has ranged ing the law to specific cases that will SIDNEY, O.. March 26.—From 100 oral Obregon and 1,000 <'<>t>stiHonnl- from $2 2 per acre up to $93 par acre, be presented. to 500 people were drowned in Piqua, (Copyright by I nderwood & Underwood) and has averaged something under Ists are encamped within striking dis­ tance of t'ananca Tho armistice sX- Section 1 of the act states generally according to unconfirmed dispatches $45 per acre. pired at u«>uu today. those who are entitled to relief, It from there. The streets have been as rapidly as they are received. converted into raging torrents. At the American consulate twenty- says: Communication Established five American women and children "Every woman who has one SELL [are being guarded. CINCINNATI, O„ March 26.—Al­ ABSENCE OF FEDERAL ATTOR­ COLUMBUS, O., March 26,—John more children under the age of NEY CAUSEN A POsUPONEMENT hT« resumption of hostilities Is sx- years and whose husband is either , Bell, wire chief at Dayton, telephoned though communication with Dayton. PORTLAND, March 26. Railroad OF OREGON A CALIFORNIA I pet ted momentarily. dead or is an inmate of some Oregon Ito Governor Cox at 1 o'clock this af­ Middletown and Hamilton has been ties at $12 a thousand, and iho mills RAILROAD CASE — institution, or by reason of physical ternoon as follows: not eager ut ull to sell, Is the report indirectly opened, it is impossible to NNil.I.ll RIT< IIIE ’’The Russel apartments at West or mental disease is wholly unable made by the purchasing agent of one PORTLAND, March 26 Argument FIGHT'S JI I.Y 4 to work, and whose support and the Third street and the Boulevard are accurately estimate the fatalities as of the transcontinental railways who before Federal Judge Wolverton in support of whose children is depend­ on fire. People are jumping from the yet has been canvassing the local market. I • SAN Fit ANt'IHt'O, Marek 25.— ent wholly or partly upon her labor, (burning building into the water. Reporters for the Cincinnati Post, the Oregon & California Railroad lie entered the market here for ; Writing from Milwaukee, Willi« shall be entitled to the assistance as About 200 people are dead in River­ who have been in Dayton, telephoned company land grant forfeiture suit 1,000,000 ties for his line, aud was I Ritchie says be will deL-nd his title provided for in this act, for the sup­ dale and North Dayton, Tho fatal- from Lebanon that Dayton officials re­ has been postponed from April 8 to .much surprised to encounter (lie stiff either in this city or In Los Angeles April 28th, at the instance of B. I), ities are growing, and may reach port of her child or children. (prices aski-d, which Indicates the stiff i July 4th. Ills opponent will prob- gard an estimate of 500 dead as con- Townsend, special district attorney, ,ably be the winner of tho CroM-Itlv- i 1,000." tone of the lumber market. This makes it clear that the appli­ Townsend is also attorney for the ers battle In New York — I servative. The purchasing agent first went to cant must have one or more children Many parts of the stricken city can government in the Alaska coul cases (■rays Harbor, where it was under­ 26. — Near- COLUMBUS, O., March under 16 years of age as a first con­ not be reached, and hundreds of peo- being pressed before the criminal stood the mills were not rushed. The dition. These children must be de­ ly all of the wires out of this cRy are pie are missing. courts in Chicago, and cannot reach very best «41 e could do there was $12 down. Estimates of the dead vary pendent wholly or partly upon her I Portland by the date at first set for I a thousand, lie came back and tried labor. If not a widow, she must from 50 to 5,000. COLUMBUS, O., March 26.—Gov­ taking up argument here. Governor Cox estimates that there to gi t a bld from the Lewis River Tie show that the father is physically or ernor Cox has been informed that All testimony is in, and with the Association, and found that the mills are 250,000 homeless people in the Notice of Sheriff's Male mentally unfitted to work, or has Dayton is on tire, and that people are taking up of argument next month, 'state. The damage is incomputable. By virtue of an execution In fore­ ot this concern were booked for u year been committed to some of the state final stages of the trial on merit are ahead, and would not figure on any­ closure duly Issuod by the clerk of In Dayton. Piqua, Sidney, Middle­ burning to death there. institutions. : At 3 o’clock this afternoon the gov- being reached. While tho evidence is thing at all sooner. He next skirted the circuit court of th« county of If a man is blind, and his wife is town and Tippacanoe City the great­ est damage was done. It is reported ernor announced his determination of voluminous, it is not believed that uround all the big mills of Portland Klamath, State of Oregon, dale«! the working to support the children, it 500 people were killed in Piqua alone, (reaching the stricken city with troops ! the argument will consume much and along the Columbia, but could 22