PRIDE STANDS
IN THE WAY
ONLY GROUNDS TOE OPPOSITION
TO PEACEFUL! SETTXjEMENT .,
OF THE EASTEEN CONTROVERSY
n
So Tar as Corea Is Concerned Rus
sians Are Agreed With
Japan. ,
But Russia Maintains That Manchuria
Must Remain Amenable to Russian
Influence Concessions to Be of a
Commercial Character Only Riots
Are Reported in Corea.
NT. PETKR8BURG, Jan. 21. The
foreign office docs not offer any indi
cation when the Russian reply to Japan
wijl be ready. .Some of the strongest
men in the Empire are working to se
cure a successful termination of the dif
ficulty. They aremcetin- with oppo
sition on the ground that the proposi
tions which are acceptable to Japan do
not preserve Russian pride.. .
Is Only One Question.
Tjoiidon, Jan. 22. A statement pub
lished in London this morning with an
Mir nf r.iithnritv f h ffT fft tVi-it tha
question of the neutral zone has dis- !
appeared from the Russo-Japanese nego-
tuitions. Although it is impossible to
confirm , this statement, it agrees with
other inspired statements that Russia
has acquiesced to Japan's views regard
ing the integrity of Corea and that the
only trouble now remaining relates to
.Mam-hiria.
And That as Manchuria. I
.London, Jan. 22. Special dispatches
from Ht. Petersburg to the Daily Tele
graph and the Daily -Mail assert th&it
Rusnia's reply to the latest Japanese
note was drawn' up yesterday at the
' ministerial council, at which tho Czar
presided. The tenor of this reply is
courteous, tmt firm, according to M.
Witte, the president of tho council of
ministers. That Russia understood that
Russia maintains that Manchuria must
remain amenable, politically and stra
tegically, to Rusian-im.uenee,thc con
cessions made being only of a com
mercial character.
? ' Plea" for Arbitration.
' Londoti Jan. 21. Two identical
cable 'dispatches, originating with W.
T.Ktead and W. R. Cremer, M. P., were
sent tonight to the Czar of Russia and
the Mikado of Japan, urging these po
tentates, if diplomacy failed, to submit
the far Eastern dispute to The Hague
tribunal. -
Looks Bad in New Chwang.
London, Jan. 22. It is ' announced
that Premier K.itsura is convalescent
and jilxuit to resrhroe his duties. From
New Cfiwang, the correspondent of the
Iaily Mail reports that all the -British
nil American enipoyes "f the Russian
firms are leaving Fori Arthur and that
- the Yokohama Specie Bank has closed
ifs oftloit at Ynnr f'turanrr VnrintlS nnr.
respondents rejort riots in Corea.
Found Them Negligent.
London, Jan. 22. The Daily Mail's
orrespnndent at Chefoo Cables to con
firm the; report s that Viceroy Alexieff
lad disrrissed in"ny officers at " Port
Arthur on discovering that, instead of
laving on lmardi provisions for an army
ef two hundred thousand men for two
years, as had lwen supposed, thero are
enly sufficient stores of an Inferior
quality for six m nths. '
Russia's Great Army.
London, Jan. 22. The Pekin corrc-
pondent of the -Times cabled a. eorrcet
" ed list and minutely detailed list of all
the Russian military lorees in tho far
East, cast of Lake'ltaikal, ia Eastern
Hiberia and including the frontier, rail
way guards, which shows a total of
31 15 -officers, 1T,47J men and 261 gun?.
LAW MEETS APPROVAL. ,"'r
Residents of Grant Pas Are Pleased
With Ordinance Closing Sa
loons on Sunday.
G R A XT S VAPSV Of.V Jam. 2 l-Tb
firm tdand takeir by Mayor II. I. Gil
key and the new city oneil in the
.matter o( cloning sll - rambling games
in this city, and requiring' the saloons
to keep their tioors shut on Sunday as
well as the expulsion of slot machines,
is meeting the berty approval of the
majority of the citizens.; It probably
worka a slight hardsnip on some of the
saloons that depended ,m slot machines
and gambling for much -of their rev-
' enue, and the city is not as boisterous
and lively in some sections as formerly,
' but the general ptibjie feels tnat the
town as a whole is benefitted by the
change.
Manv of the saloon men themselves
favor the movement, and all have sub
mitted willinglv to tho new order of
things. Tho one place that ryt open
for h few tours Sunday, now joins with
the others in submitting to the law
and there will be no tiouble on account
of infringements. 1 '
TO TEST" THE LAW.
James Dunsmuir Will Fight Act Do
manding Royalty From Amer-
i lean Timber Buyers.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 21.
James Dunsmuir has decided to test the
constitutionality.of no- new land? act
which prevents. iKe exportation of rough
' logs to the LTited States. He has al
ways claims that his Vancouver island
railway land is exempt from taxation
However, the government has insisted
pn royalty being paid by the American
firm which recently i bought - $150,000
worth of the Dunsmuir timber. More
over, any Americans who buy will have
to pay $1 on timber exported as logs.
Dunsmuir .; says he will, if necessary,
take the matter to ithe- British -privy
conneil, the last court of appeals.
..TOOK SUPPLY OF CLOTHING.
Burglars Enter Store at Woodburn and
i Get Away With a Big
" ! , : -. Haul. ,
i WOODBURN; Or Jan, 21. Austin
& Flnzer's store in this city was robbed
last night or several overeoats, six pairs
of shoes, several pairs of trousers, a lot
of sweaters and four suits of elothes,
suspenders, socks and other goods, in
all, about $lln- worth. Entrance was
gained through a back door and then
through a. transom.1 - r j;
The burglars were evidently familiar
with the premises, as they cut through
the rear, door and inserted a. hand
through the aparture made at the exact
spot where the bolt could be easily
reached and drawn back. j
HE IS PEACEABLE
THEREFORE CONGRESSMAN EAK-
! ER IS OPPOSED TO THE NEW
l1 ARMY BILL
Matter Was Up Before the Home
in
Committee of the Whole For Discis
sion Williams, Leader of Democrats
Says Tariff Should Be Revised
Tribute to the Army.
Washington, Jan. 21. The :.rmy
propriation was under consideration in
the committee of the whole in the
IIouw today for five hours, ihe itcst bf
which was devoted to a jjenoral dicis
sion of the tariff question. Mr. Jldll,
or lowa, cnairman ot tne committeo on
military affairs,, explained the trovs-1
ions of the army -bill, and Parker, of
New Jersey, Republican, and Prince, of
Illinois, Republican, paid a tribute Ito
the army as now organized.
; wiuiams, tne minority leaner, takirg
the phrase "stand pj.t" for Lis text,
made a general arraignment of hext
publican policies, and declared tnat
tho. Republican party had become one
of nogation. Replying to a question 'ty
Watson, of Indiana, he- said the tariff
should bo revised. The only opposition
to the army, bill was made by Baker, if
New;-York, Democrat, who said he k
nnanil weir 1
WILIk-BE HELD TONIGHT.
Young Men of Brooks Will Meet
Organize a Republican
Club.
to
In the article of the Statesman
cf
yesterday, concerning the organization
of a Young Men's Republican Club at
I'ratum it- was stated that a similar
club .would be organized at Brook on
Monday evening. This was a mistake
on the part of the Statesman's inform
ant, as the meeting in Brooks, to organ
ize a Young- Men's Republican Club,
will bo held tonight (Friday) and a
rousing big meeting is anticipated. A
number of young men from this city
a- going down to assist with the vcrk
of organizing.
WATER SYSTEM DOING WELL.
f PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 21-The re
Hrt of the city water commission for
19)3, completel last evening, shows the
system, both in construction and finan
eiaHy to be in an exceUent condition.
Tho clear profits derived by the city
from the system was $7061.63, gieatly
exceeding the profits of the last two
VMM. i The entire plant, according to
tho report, is valued at 80,000. There
is a bonded indebtedness of $45,000
against the plant, while the commis
sion has $379 cash on h.and.
i Mr. and Mrs. Geo. tJ. Bingham were
Portland visitors yesterday.; . f ,
WAS DAMAGING
: -"k !j " " ;h
OFFER OF TRANSCRIPT OF MA-
CHEN'S DEALINGS WITH BANK
CREATES FURoRE.
Transcript Was Submitted by Assistant
District Attorney, But Objected to y
Machen's Counsel tobowed That
Upon Salary of $3500 Per Year Ma
chen Had Saved5 20,000 Pes Year.
WASHINGTON, 'Jan. 21. At the
trial of Machen, the Grolf Brothers and
tbo Lorenzes on the inuictmeni) cnarg
ing conspiracy to dciraud the govern
ment in connection with the sale of
letter box fasteners, just before ad
journment, Mr. Taggert, the assistant
district attornev, offered aa evidence a
transcript of Machen's entire dealings
with the Union National Bank of. West
minster, Maryland. - -.
To the admission of this transcript
Coarle A.-Douglas oojected. Taking
up the document holmes Conrad, pe
ciai counsel for tne government, eon
tended it was admissible and remarked
that in looking it over it appeared that
bv trict economy Machen, on a, salary
of $3300 a year, bad managed to make
20,000'a year. : t"-V
This bright forth a storni of pro
test from the counsel for the defense,
who appealed to the court to let Ma
chen be tried only on one charge at a
time. In the midst of the argument
adjournment was taken until tomorrow.
ARMSTRONG
IS DOOMED
UNLESS UNITED STATES COURT"
. SEES FIT TO INTERCEDE
HE WILL BE HANGED ' TODAY
For - tho Murder of Miss ' Minnie
Ensmtager, Year Ago Last
Christmas.
Supreme Court Holds That Procedure
of Lower Court Was Proper, the Old
Warrant Still in Effect and That a
New Day Must Be Set in Case First
Day Passes.
"We are of the opinion that the
proper procedure was had in the court
below- by fixing another day for the
execution of the judgment against the
defendant . ant . that such execution
may properly take place under the war
rant issued prvnr to the appeal. The
judgment of the eircuit court was the
only one upon which the defendant
could be executed, and it was not nec
essary for him to be resentenced after
the affirmance of the ease on appeal.
Nor for any further proceedings to be
had thereon, except to fix a new day
for the execution. The warrant direct-'
ing the execution of the defendant;
was, therefore issued prior to the tak
ing effect of the act of 1903, and it is
excepted from its operation.'
The above is the substance of the
opinion -handed down by the supreme
court, Justice R. S. Bean, yesterday, in
the case of the State vs. Pleasant Arm
strong, in which the judgment of the
lower court Is affirmed and it is, there
fore, decreed that the defendant, un
less the United States circuit eonrt of
appeals decides to interfere in the
case and grants a stay of execution
upon the appeal of the defendant from
the action of Judge Bellinger, of the
United States district court, in refus
ing to grant the petition of the defend
ant for a writ of habeas corpus, must
hang at Baker City this morning.
The court, in its opinion, says:
"Under the statutes, the time for the
execution of a judgment of death is no
part of the judgment and is not Re
quired to be stated therein. When the
judgment is' pronounced,, a warrant
signed by the judge and attest 3d by
the clerk, stating -the conviction and
judgment and appointing a day . pon
which the judgment is to te executed,
must be delivered to the sheriff of the
county. After it has been executed,
the sheriff or of&eer executing it must
return it to thclerk, with a statement
of his doingaendorsed thereon. If
after the warrant has been issued an
appeal is taken; its execution, is stayed
or suspended upon filing with the no
tice of appeal a certificate of the trial
judge or a justice of the court that in
his opinion there is a probable cause
for appeal. I And the sheriff or other
officer having the defendant in his cus
tody upon being served with a copy of
such certificate must keep' him without
executing the warrant and detain him
to abide the judgment on appeal.
"A judgment may bp reversed,
affirmed or modified by the appellate '
court, and a new trial ordered, if neces
sary. When a new trial is ordered it
must be directed to be had in' the court
below. From the ' entry of the jndg
ment in that eojirt tho cause is to be
deemed pending and for trial therein.
"There is no special provision as to
the procehire in ease of an affirmance
of the judgments except that when the
judgment on appeal is given ittir.nst be
entered In tho journal of th appellate
court and certified copy of the entry
forthwith remitted o the clerk of the
court below. Upon its receipt the elWk
mvst enter the same in the journal srad
thereafter the judgment must be en
forced without an,y further proceed
ings, unleM the appellate ourt so di
rect, as a judgment of .the court below.
Judgment : Not Vacated.
''Erom these rovisions of -the iati
ute it is clear that aa appeal in crimi
nal actions does not vacate th judg
ment or the warrant issued thereon,'
no'rdoes it suspend .the execution
thereof, unless a. certificate of probablfl
cause is hied with the notice t appeal.
If such a certificate is filed,, it op-jrntes
to suspend; or hold in " abeyance the
execution of tte Judgment, and the
siieriffjor officer having the ently of
the defendant is required to keep, him"
and abide tHo judgment on appe.il.
'Any .further proceedings under rho
warrant or, judgment are by the a.ppea$
and certificate of prolyrble cause sus?
pended;unUl the appeal is disposed of,
but thralidity s of the jndgnrent of
the warrant is. not affect ed by the :vp
pealv unless the ease is reversed. ..The
affirmance of judgment is' a ': finding
that tbereis no rror therein and th
cause stands in the court lelow Pftet
the certified copy of the order of
affirmance has fcfen entered in r, the
journal by the clerk thereof, so far es
the execution is eoacerned, the same as
if no appeal had been taken and for
some other reason the warrant had not
Wen -execut! ; n the day appointed.
The warrant has not expired by limita
tion and its commands have not been
stayed. Further J proceedings -hereon
were suspended pendinar the appeal, Nil
the defendant was held and is In,rs
toly under the original warrant dilut
ing the execution.. The officer cannot
execute the warrant, it is true, not be
cause it has expired, but because th
day fixed by th court las pas3d.; the
same as if the prisoner, had escape or
for some other reason isot affecting the
.raliditv of tbef judgment .the day rp-
pointed had been allowed to pass with
out the execution of the judgment.
' In such' eases 'the authorities are
agreed, that it is the duty of the court
or officer vested by law with the power
of fixing the. day for the execution- of
the sentence to assign a new 'day and
the resentencing of the defendant or
the issuance of a new warrant are not
required. "
"Where, as ondcr our statute, the
time for the execution of the sentence
in. a capital case it po part of a judg
ment, but is to be fixed by some officer
or authority independent of the judg
ment, it is generally regarded as m
mere ministerial . act in pursuance
thereof, 'and the judgment or warrrrnt
is not endetcd invalid by the prisoners
escape or other occurrence which meie
ly prevent ori delays the execution." '
In ease the sheriff allows the time
fixed for the: execution of a ronv;ct to
pass without executing the senteice
under the mistaken belief that the ap
peal operated as a supereedeas, the
court holds, that- it would be the
"duty of the court to assign if there
had been no other disposition of the
case, a new time for the execution."
UP FOR BIGAMY
A DALLES BABBEB HAS HANDS
FULL TRYING w PROVE HIS
INNOCENCE.
Father-in-Law Brings Serious Charge
Against Harry Mason Married a
Young Girl at The Dalles and Is
Charged With Having Another Wge
in Centralia, Washington.
THE DALLES, Or., Jan. 21. G;- W.
Bonn, of this city, has caused the ar
rest of Harry Mason on a charge of
bigamy. Mason was married to Bunn's
daughter, Barbara, about a month ago,
and the couple- left on a wedding trip.
After their return, Mason secured work
on Andrew Urquhart's farm, about four
miles from this eity, where he nas oeen
staying with his bride. The father of
the girl, however, began to hear rumors
of a former wife, wnieh Mason left in
Centralia, Washington, and upon inves
tigation caused' the arrest of his son-in-law.
Mason ' is now in the county
jail, while the district attornev is 'inves
tigating the-jcase.
. The accused came to this city about
six weeks ago, an before his marriage
wa employed, in a barber shop. lie
formerly resided here, three years ago,
however, and was at one time an un
dertaker. His wife professes to believe
in his innocence.
L.It has been ascertained that Mason
formerly lived in Oentralia, Washing
ton, with a woman whom he claimed as
his wife. After his marriage to Bar
bara Bunn, information of this came
through a friend, Jesse James, but Ma
son claimed that the woman in Cen
tralia was not his wife. After his ar
rest, however, he told his attorney, A.
S. Bennett, that he had a .divorce from
his former wife, but coubk not tell
where the decree was obtained. '
Barbara Bunn had known Mason but
three weeks at the time of their mar
riage. She was only 19 years of age,
and her father and friends tried to dis
suade her from the marriage, but Mason
went to Portland shortly before Christ
mas and obtained a license. Bunn then
gave in and said 'if .his daughter was
determined they should ,; be married
here. After the marriage Mason Tan
hills. on Jiis .father-in-law 's .credit and
also disposed of his wife's gold watch.
He is traveling under an assumed name,
but his real name is unknown. James
is pow in Seattle, looking up the former
wife. y
.
LIFE CRUSHED OUT.
W. C. Latham Instantly Killed in
, Logging Camp Near Mc-
, Evren, uregon. - f
. "f
BAKER CITY, Or., Jan. 21 W. 7
I Latham. 20,years of age; was in-
stantl.v killed at a logging camp
near McEwen today. A log rolled
down hill and erushed him. His
parents live-at Grant's Pass, Ore-
.a. -. - -
ALL ALONG LINE
GREAT CHANGES WILL TAKE
PLACE IN. THE ARMY WITH
IN A IXW DAYS.
Retirement of Lieutenant General
Young and Promotion of General
Chaffee to Lieutenant-General Will
Result in the Promotion of Scores f
Other Officers Throughout Army.
WAS11IXGTONY Jan.: 20.-Many im
nortuit rkanffM will ocrar in the araxv
during the next few days,- resulting
f torn the retirement of Lieutenant-Gen
eral oung and the promotion f Gen
eral t'haffee to be Lieutenant-General.
Generals Kobbe and Mordecai were
retired today and - Generals Sanger,
es, Haskell, Hathaway and I Coxe
will follow" them i Friday. General
Dolge -will betnne paymaster general
Saturday, General Randolph .will retira
and Genera! Gilespie become perman
ent . ma jor-general and assistant ehiijf
of the general staff, while General Mae
kenzie will become chief of engineerf .
General Storey will succeed General
Randolph as chief of the artillery,
t'olooels -Taylor, Butler, Kline, Dough
erty Allen, Tra "and the deputy quartermaster-general
will be made Briga
dier Generals and be retired at once, j
PASS THEM DP
-
TO CONGRESS
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADI
ADOPTS SET OF RESOLUTIONS
THEY DEMAND THE REPEAL
Of Timber and Stone Act and Commu
tation Clause of Homestead
: Act. ; : V "A .
Also That All Agricultural and Irriga
ble Land Be Reserved Exclusively
For p Actual ; Settlers Under Home
stead Act and Government Shrald
Reserve Title to Forest Lands.
''WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The Na
tional j Board of Trade tday adopted
resolutions declaring ''the timber i nd
stoqe act, desert land act and the com
mutation clause' of the homestead net
should be forthwith repealed nnd ia
future all agricultural and irrigable
land be reserved exclusively for actual
settlers under the homestead act, and
that in future the government j should
reserve title to forest linls selling
only the ihmjsge of natared, timler,
and also ihat the forestry yrork of the
government shmld be .onslHated in
the Bureau of Forestry of the Depart
ment bf Agriculture."- i
'That the great irrigation wcrk
necessary to save from wa'ste and
utilize for irrigation the waters' of our
large Western rivers should he" built as
rapidly as lands are taken and utilized
by the farmers in farms of 160 acres
or less in area and the entire 1 cost of
construction be repaid to the govern
ment through a charge impos-M on the
lands reclaimeiL" '
- Resolutions were adopted favoring
the establishment anl maintenance of
judicious reciprocal relations .with the
chief ; foreign markets of the world,
especially with the Dominion of Canada
and othr contiguous countries. ;
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, BITS FOR BREAKFAST.
It jrould pay the people of Salem who
must buy wood to give a subsidy large
enough to assure the construction of a
railroad to the Polk county towns. This
would bring down the prices of wood.
And for those who must buy this is be
coming an . important matter.
The latest news is that there, will be
no war. On second thought, It is con
cluded' that war costs money, and be
sides somebody is bound to et licked
or badly disfigured.
The art exhibit for the benefit of the
Salens Publi Schools is a- success. This
is encouraging, or the object of it is
certainly higuiy commendable. -
The big Sunday statesman will have
somejinteresting features.. If you want
an announcement in it please do not
put the matter off until late Saturday
night, when the rush is on in the me
chanical department.
r. , : " i .
The writer is assured that there is
no qiiertion but Mr. Eugene Bosse, the
flax expert, has ample, capital enlisted
for the building ui a linen mill in Sa
le iji. The only question is, will the
farmers grow enough uax to justify the
construction and equipment of the mill.
It will cost a large sura of money, and
a big force of wage earners Will have
to-be employed, and consequently a big
lot of raw material V furnished to! be
worked bp, in order lo make the profits
pay the interest on the outlay. It ia
up to the farmers of the Willamette
valley. It is an opportunity which they
cannot afford to raisa, for it meatts the
development of a '. wigger thing here
than; the hop industry. The natural
conditions are right. for lwth the growth
of the fiber and its manufacture into
commercial t prolBts; combination
that j will some day be highly appre
ciated and on that w bring immense
returns; to this section of the eountry.
This? time can be hastened; in fact, it
can be brought right down to the pres
ent, sit only the farmers o the central
valley will come to the ront and as
sure 'Mr. Bosse that he can have all the
fiber be needs for a mill large enough
to be a-paying ae. ..''. L :)
f !'; ' ViS r : i
Robbers stole a af e out of an ex
press car in California.,' yesterday, i Only
a few .laps lehind .the man who stele
the red hot etove. : j A P
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PEDDLERS EXPECT ' FAIR DEAL.
fePOKANK, V, Jan. 21. The pe-1-dlers
of this city, after winning out
in the superior court, have dec idel net
to fight their ease agaihst the city in
the supreme court. - Wome time ago the
city paesed an ordinance f prohibiting
peldlrng within the ure limits Thomas
Camp was arrested en the charjge of
Violating thi ordinance, and waa eon
victel and be immediately liled a. peti
tiott for a wriV of habeas corpus en tho
ground that the ordinance was uncon
stttntionaL On the hearing : Judge
Richardson granted the writ anl dis
charged Camp, holding that tie eity
could net prohibit; peddling ea any of
the! streets, either- within or wit boat
the fire limits. The city; has signified
its intention of carrying the case to
the supreme court nnd now the peddlers
have made up their minds not to con
test the law further, claiming that al
though they expect to win out: in the
higher court, they would not get jus
tice anyway under tne present admin
istration. M' J'
Legal blanks at Statesman Job OEce
A GOOD INDUSTRY.
Large Box Factory Soonv to Be Opened
in tha City of j -' j
. Medford. . . i
Med ford, Oregon, will on have ne
of the largest box factories in the state,
which, when complete, wiil n:p!oy ov.er
one hundred hands. Wok is progress
ing rapidly on the building and store
rooms. and the company expects to be
able to install the necessary machinery
within the next few weeks. Medford,
which is situate, in one of the most
extensive' fruit-growing sections of Ore
gon, has i long needed just such . an en
terprise, and no doubt it will be a pay
ing investment to - the Iowa Lumber
Company, - which is building it. The
city of Medford gave a" bonus of 3000
to secure the f aetory. .: j .
M. W. Smith, of LMli, Califjrtliau is
in the city. Mr. Smith was at ne time
superintendent ef the Oregon 8tate Re
form School. He is now traveling in
California for a publishing house, nnd
he comes to Salem to look after some
real estate he still "holds near here.
His Polk county prune orchard he sell
some years ago. j -
LIVELY MARKET
CROP OF OATS THIS YEAR WAS
EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE AND
DEMAND jMAXL. 1
Local Wheat Market Is Not Affected
by the Excitement in Chicago Bar
ley Is Scarce, in iSalem and Better
Prices May Results-Hay Not in De
mand for Feed.
With the usual excitement existing
in the Chicago wheat' market during
the past few days, ending with quota
tions of 92 cents yesterday and predic
tions of "dollar wheat" sure to fol
low, it would seem that the local wheat
market might be somewhat- stronger
than it is, but as a matter of fact,
coast markets are in no wise affected
by prices at Chicago and New York,
unless the advance ts so great as to
overcome the 36 cents cost of trans
forting the - grain to those markets.
For exjiorting purposes, either in its
original condition or as flour, wheat is
now vorth 70 cents per bushel in the
local market, , while feed stores 'and
custom mills are now able to pay 75
cents per bushel for limited quantities.
Very little trading is being done, be
cause farmers are i.oiumg off in the
expectation of (selling dollar wheat af
ter the war breaks out bet we. ,n Russia
and Japan. Bat this event now seems
very improbable of happening, and the
farmers with lofty ideas-of values are
likely to experience, a set-back. Valley
wheat is not jwanted' at the present
time for export, because of its limited
quantity, but it will all be used by local
mills and shipped to the Orient in the
form of flour.
The Commercial Review,: of Portland,
Oregon, comments aS follows on the
wheat marketJ in its issue ol January
21: ": ! " ' '.
" It is rather difficult ;f o write any
thing new about the wheat markets
here, as weekj after week -the same
story has to be told nothing doing
sellers holding on for higher prices, and
buyers out of the market at prices
above an exHrt value. Vhe present
situation is about as we have described
above: ; Buyf rs wilt only . purchase
wheat at present quotations and these
are higher than the cargo market would
justify based" on freight rates of 20
shillings. Thej export interests have no
wants at prpsent, as all the vessels
chartered have Wen loaded and the
few chart erej prior to arrival have
their wheat traiting for them on dock
here. From pow on the market will le
of a dragging .character. Very few
ships will be) dispatched unless holders
of wheat come down from their elevated
ideas as to the value of wheat. There
is plenty ot wheat in the country to
load quite a number of cargoes yet this
season, if the same coub be purchased
on aln export value. Cargoes since our
last review have declined 6d, although
exporters have not reduced their lim
its for wheat Wheat today is not worth
over 71 cent per bushel for export, to
allow-the shipper a very small margin
of pitofit. Millers are not alter wheat
very heavy at present, as the mills that
have export orders have pienty of the
same on band, .nfter the middle of
February ml list all over the eountry
hern will be compelled to vetosf down
f of lack of orders. Freight rates to the
Orient have advanced and demand has
let up The Orient has plenty of floor
to last t bent aix month. Later on the
wise holders will be willing lo sell at
present priees and exporters will have
trouble in securing teanage ' to carry
same abroad and will have to 'lower
prices. If holders are wise they would
take advantage ot prices ana let go.
Quotations I at present .for club wheat
are 72 to i73 eenta per bushel; blue
stem. 78 te 79 cents, and valley,. 79
cents per bushel." . ,
Oats Are IlentifuL
The oat I market is la rather a pe
culiar condition at the present time.
Locaflv the quotations are about 32
cents rr bushel, but all dealers com
rdain that they cannot bny what they
want at this figure, and there is being
absolutely none shipper at present. This
is the higlient price that can te pmd
for this cereal with the market in its
present rendition, and prices and ; de
mand at tidewater do not even-warrant
this price,' while on the other hand,
farmers. will net listen to. offers, being
firm believers in the lossridllty of sell
ing for 4Q cents - next spring j
It, was believe.1 that, when ' the pv
ernment let tho epntraet to l'ortland
dealers for- tons of oats, that; the
price would snrely alvance, but with
(Contiaued on page 8.)
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OF robbd:.
ROB S. P, PASSENGES THAKf C
. ING THEOUQH TUinrTL.
BREAlt INTO CAT,
And Throw Safe Containing Large s
7 of Money Out cf Side
Door.
Express Messenger Was in Another" Car
and Returned to Find the Treasuro
Box Missing Broken Safe- Was
Found Near Tunnel With Most cf
Valuables Gone Suspect Arrested.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21. Whil i
the Southern Pacific Company 'a.Sunet
Limited train waa climbing the moun
tains between-San Luis Obispo and Pan
Ardo last night, the Wells-Fargo Com
pany's treasure-box was mysteriously
stolen-out of the exprest car by some
unknown person or persons. Timothy
Sullivan, the messenger, was in another
car and when he returned he found tho
side door of the express car open and
the safe missing.
The robber or robbers grjincd ca
t ranee to the car thrngh the end door,
the lock of which had been forced. A?ul-,
iivan "at once notified the railway ofii
cials of the roblery and a search for
the missing safe resulted in finding it
near tunnel No. 2. It had been broken
into .and the contents taken with the
exception of a valuable diamond? somo
checks and other valuable papers.
The amount of h treasure carried
in the safe has not been determined.
The expreso officials state that it was
only a few hundred dollars, but that
anm. jn 1 Vllflh Till TfT. Tt I-
UV.V w.v v. ... . ...... I I
place the amount as high as eighty.
thousand, but it is thought this" esti
mate is greatlv exaggerated. One man
is under arrest at an i.uis vompo ou
suspicion of bing on of the robbers,
the evidence against him being only
circumstantial. The slow progress of
the train would permit the robbers en
tering the express car, throwing out
the safe and jumping out after it with
out danger. . - ,
- VAN WYCK'S OPINION.
' "The one sure roadi to Democratin
victory leads to the nomination of
G rover Cleveland," said lion. Robert
Van Wyck, ex-mayor of .New York,
at the Shorehain.
4 There, is no sort of doubt th-U Mr.
Cleveland" himself is sincere in his dis
inclination to again become a eondi
date. He ' desire intensely to rcmalis
in private life. He has had all tho
honors his country can bestiw. Xo or
dinary pressure could be potent to
indue'e liim.to again enter the oliti-al
arena. Dut in the approaching crisis
of our national affairs, it is more than
probable that such art overwhelming
demand will erise for him to once mro
lead his party. to victory that it will
be impossible for Mr,. .-Cleveland' to
ignore the call. '''.""
44 Conservative men of all parties rro
turning to him, believing that the
nation is in need of such, a man ai
chief executive. Other men that have
brpp '.named mighti achieve a -.'letory
nest fall. Grover ' Cleveland is tho
only one alnmt whose ; triumph thero
can be no doubt, dlis success in w
York, New Jersey and Connec;icufc
would le assured from the outset, llo
would sweep the country as he did in
ly2. only wjth -greater force. Hi
great strength is admitted by nil can
did men.' and I lelieve that when ihe
representatives of Iemocracy ossein td
in national convention, in St. Tjouis,
next July, they, will, on calm delibera-,
tioiL-decido that his nomination is not
on h a wise and expedient act, but .Hint
it is imperatively necessary." Wash
ington Post.
J. G. Graham Went to Portland ycs
terday. on business with the Po.'tland
office of his company, and will uti.iu
this evening, i
IN THE DETAILS
MORE WITNESSES TESTIFY 111
THE INVESTIGATION OF TIIS
CLALLAiI DISASTER. -
Purser Ffardc Treer, of the m rate I
Vessel, Among Those Who Ycro
the Lart to Leave the Elnkj ;
Steamer, Tells of His Exp eric:;: j
From Beginning to the EnEd.
SEATTLE, Wn, Jan. 20.-Cp.-ui
Charles C. Manter, master of no of
the rescue tugs, and Frank Treer, i r
Ser of the lost vessel, were the prinen I
witnesses in the Clallam disaster invt :
tigation today.
Captain Manter outlined cdra.h'
part he asd his vessel "had pi n
the rescue of the passengers an I i
of the Clallam immelilrlp ofir.
steamer foundered. (
Tfeer. calmly described the
prior to the sinking of thp vcs-. f. f
the time he began issuing Hi,
servers up to until a few ini.tr.
fore the Clallam went down. ; .
one of the narrowt-st eicaT.-.-3.
Captain Roberts asd' -others v ,'
cued from a raft and t;ik-n a!
tug-Rj-hard IlolyokV wLitli v,
ing the Clallam. -
CLEVER VOI