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PRESIDENT ASSSEUSSIA.
. JAPAN TO END WAS.
AND
UE0E3 DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS.
Roosevelt Addresses Detter, to Govern
ments of St. Petersburg and
Tokio.
Proposes - that Two Monarch Appoint
' Plenipotentiaries ' Who Shall Meet
.and Arrange Terms of Honorable
Peace Offers Bis Kind Ofiees. :
v 4 WASHINGTON, Jnne 9. The White
I. House tonight gave out a statement
L containing the dispatch sent by the
president to the- Japanese and Russian
governments urging them, not only for
their own. sakes, .but in the interest of
the whole civilized world,, to open ne
gotiations for peace with one another.
The following is the text of the dis
" -rtateh given oat: -
On Jnne 8 the following dispatch
was sent by the president through the
diplomatic channels of the Japanese
and Bosnian governments: "The pres
ident feels that the time has come
when, in the interest of all mankind,
be most, endeavor to see if it is pos
sible to bring an end to the terrible
and lamentable conflict now being
.waged. With both Bussia and Japan,
the United States has inherited ties
" -oL friendship and good will. It hopes
for the prosperity and welfare of each
& and it feels that the progress of the
world is set back by the war between
these two great nations. The presi
dent accordingly urges the Russian
and Japanese governments, not only
for their own sakes, but in the interest
of the whole civilized world, to open
i direct negotiations for peace with one
3 another. The president suggests that
peace negotiations be conducted di
rectly and exclusively between the bel
ligerents, in other words, that there
- may be a meeting of the Russian and
' Japanese plenipptentiaries or delegates
without any intermediary, in order to
see if it is not possible for these rep-
resentatives of the two powers to agree
. as to the terms of peace. The presi
dent earnestly asks that the Russian
and Japanese governments do now
agree to such a meeting and is ask
ing the Japanese and Russian govern
ments to agree likewise. While the
president does not feel that any inter
mediary should bo called with respect
to the peace negotiations themselves,
he is entirely willing to do what he
properly can, if the powers concerned
feel that his services will bo or. effect
in arranging the preliminaries as to
the time and place of the meeting. Hut
'if even- these preliminaries can bo ar
. ranged directly between the two pow
ers, or in any other way, the president
will be glad, as bis sole purpose is to
bring about a meeting which the whole
civilized world will pray may result in
peace."
The foregoing 'note was forwarded
to the Russian and Japanese govern
ments yesterday. It is rendered es
pecially significant by the fact that it
,;was prepared and sent only after as
A War Map Free
. We will give you a finely colored map of the Orient, showing where
the present war is being fought, with all the names of the towns of
which we are reading every day, and also a complete map of Asia, free
to each of our subscribers who will get us one new subscriber for three
months, remitting us 25 cents. Here is a chance for the children to
get this map with little effort. The map is 12x18 inches. Do this at
once as we hare only a limited number of them.
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Enclosed please find 10 cents for a three month's trial sub-i
; ' seription to the Northwest Poultry Journal. If I do not stop it at
that time you may continue to send it and I will pay 50 cents with
in six months for a year's subscription. If not paid till the end
'' of the year the price will be 60 cents.
Name.
City.
State.
Ben Bolt
These two fine imported stallions will make the 'season of 1905 begin
nlnji April 1. as follows: y K j ;:' !,' "---r,
Mondays, St. Paul; Tuesdays. Woodbiirn; Wednesdays, nervals; :
Thursdays and Fridays, Club Stable, Salem; Saturdays and .Hun
days at home on Aral farm, at Junction of Fairfield ami Champoeg
" roads, four ruilea.wcsi of Oervals. ?
- . -v i . - .j.,-. ;,- - . - .. .. ' .;
DEFY DOLT Is a shire stallion, blaek, imported from England in Aug
nat, 1904. Hi registry number is 7709 (I760). Weigh; 21 10.
MICA Is a black Perchemn, pure bred, registry number 63345.
stands 19 hands high. Weight, a Un. ; ' '
TERMSj 25 to Insure;' f 15 season; $10 single leap.
Tfwi farmers of this section are invited to see these fine stallions.
V AmO Br;
Owrtcrs nd in ChoLrrJo of tho? Horses.
and 8t. Petersburg that such a propo
sition would be welcomed. Aware of
the preference of Japan to communi
cate her peace terms to Russia direct
ly, the president, in the last few das,
has been active in counseling modera
tion to Japan rather than, in endeavor
ing: to draw, from Tokio some state
ment of its probable terms,
, When President Roosevelt left Wash
48ton today on a two days' trip to
Virginia, he was confident that the re
sult - of the international negotiations
for ; peace bad been successful and
that the Unal blow in the Russian
Japanese war had been struck- While
extreme reticence is - manifested in
every official and diplomatic quarter,
it is known authoritatively that the ex
changes, which have been in progress
lor the last ten days between the
Washington government and the pow
ers of the world, including the belli?.
erents, have been successful to an un
expected degree.
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Any paper published mar be secured
at reduced rates In a clubbing combina
tion with tHe Twice-a-Week Statesman.
i
NEEDS BIO SHIPS AT HOME.
:
Destruction of Russian Sea Power Be-
mores Menace to England and
I Orient.
j LONDON, Jnne iO.-jThe decision of
the government which has been an
nouneed'in telegrams from Hong Kong
to f send home the battleships from
cnina. the ttntish China squadron
henceforth to consist entirely of cruis
ers, is interpreted as the outcome of
the destruction of the Russian fleet,
and eauses much dissatisfaction, as it
will permit Ureat Britain to follow the
example of Germany and concentrate
her naval strength to a greater exffnt
In home waters. This chanVe eives
the admiralty seven additional battle
ships for European waters. The gov
ernor of Hong Kong, according to dis
patches received, has announced that
his proclamation against the exports
tlon of coal will not be enforced uITtiJ
further notice.
Does your friend take the Twice-a-Week
Statesman? If not show him
our great club ofter.
MOROCCO SITUATION DISCUSSED
Oerman Ambassador and Premier Ron
! Tier Hare Lengthy and Pleas
' - ant Conference.
' PARIS, June 11. Prince Radolin,
the German ambassador to France, met
Premier Bouvier yesterday, with a
view to conducting the Moroccan cri
sis into more concilia torv channels.
The discussion was not entirely of an
official character. and was continued in
an agreeable spirit when the premier
and the ambassador met again at a re
ception at the Austrian embassy last
night. The government's decision, un
der the German note with reference to
a conference with the powers, will be
reserved until France has had an op
portunity to canvass the eentiment of
the other capital. (Meantime Premier
Bouvier is seeking a direct adjustment
with Germany, without recourse to a
conference of the powers, but the offi
cial recognize the extreme difficulties
of the task, as the French and German
theories regarding Morocco are at com
idete variance.
Legal Blanks, Statesman Job Office.
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PAUL LIORTON
ACCEPTS POST
ASSUMES CHAIRMANSHIP OF DI
RECTORS OF EQUITABLE.
EE IS TO HAVE FREE HAND.
Jimmy V Hyde and President Alex
ander Step Down and Out of ..
Office on His Coming.
Hyde Interests Are Disposed of to
Stockholders Represented by John F.
Ryan Price Paid Said to : Be Be
tween Three and Fire Millions.
NEW YOBK, Jnne 9. Paul Morton
has accepted the position of chairman
of the board of directors of the Equit
able. Immediately following the se
eeptanee of, Morton, the resignations
were tendered of President Alexander,
First Viee-President - Hyde, '-. Seeond
Vice-President Tarbell, Third Vice
President' Wilson arid Fourth Vice
President Mclntyre. The resignations
were tendered, to Morton, who accept
ed the . position of chairman on the
condition that he should have free
hand as to measures and men. Hyde
has agreed,! it is said, to divest him
self of bis stock i in the manner out
lined by the superintendent of insur
ance, namely, that the poliey holders
hsve a representation of twenty-eight
directors against twenty-four directors
lor the stockholders. Hyde has agreed
to dispose of the majority of his stock
to the poliey holders represented by
Thomas F. Ryan. 1
All of the resignations were sub
mitted to the meeting subject to the
pleasure of Chairman Morton. None
has yet been accepted. Just what ac
tion Morton will take as to these res
ignations has not been disclosed, but
it is strongly intimated that President
Alexander and "Vice-Presidents Tarbell,
Wilson and Mclntyre believe their ex
ecutive relations with the Equitable
The interests to which Hyde has dis
posed his stock number some two score
individuals, led by Thomas F. Byan.
vice-"president of the Morton Trust
Company, which has close relations
with the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, one of the Equitable 'Society's
Erincipal rivals. Byan is said to be
cavily insured in the Equitable, as
are, according to reports, many of the
others who have aeted with him in the
purchase of the Hyde holdings. The
price paid for the Hyde -estate stock,
which is to be trusteed practically in
perpetuity, has not been disclosed, but
the estimates vary from $3,500,000 to
$5,000,000. i . i
GOOD MR. GOODE
LISTENS 1 PATTENTLT TO 8AME
OLD STORY DAT IN AND DAY
OUT AT FAIR.
Delivers From One to Four Talks
Daily and Now Sitting Up Nights in
Quest of Originality Week at Fair
Was Wet and Few People Out.
PORTLAND, June 10. (Special
'orresfKnlence of The Statesman.)
This week at the fair has been any
thing but cheerful. The sun has stuck
his head out from under his covering
of clouds iust" long enough to grin
f It i . I, Ik.. n 'imm n . t
nu o, "lJt n'jt " vv J1
and then ees back to sleep again
Conseqpcntly the people of Portland
have kept close in by their own firc
s.ies and the only sightseers found at
the fair eronnds were those wearing
badges and an air of I H enjoy myself
if ' it kills me; jKor, unhappy visitors
from other towns or counties or states
who were in the city but for a day or
two, and so bad to "do" the fair as
sort of religious duty. Even they
sneaked home by nightfall,, so probably
a first-class, graveyard by moonlight
was cheerfulness itself compared to the
fair grounds in the , evenings, with its
lights snd music ana solitude. r.ven
the Tfsil,. where one naturally looked
for gaiety, wore a deserted, forlorn ap
pearance. In fact, the ; Trail was the
saddest place on the grounds, by con
trast, of what should have been and
whst was. This was true of every
evening this week, with one or two
exceptions. I
We are hoping for better things next
week when our Salem visitors arrive
If it isn't impolite to say it," we've
been wondering what the Salem delega
tion is going to give Sway. So far
every town or county or society that
has had a "day" at the fair has
thrust souvenirs of some kind upon us
and we, who - were brave enough ana
ventured out in spite of the rain, have
-eturned laden with spoils. Some times
it has been flowers, sometimes fruit,
s metimes picture cards and sometimes
e en important little placards saying.
Vatch Tacoma Grow," and similsr
mi takes. This isn't meant as a hint
to l alem. We were merely wondering.
Ti change the subject;. it is said by
those who know that President Goode
is sitting up nights looking for new
i - . t i . T i mi J .
woras in me aiciionarj. me poor mmn
has been compelled to deliver an ad
dress of welcome every day since the
f sir opened, - to somebody, something
or other, with the pleasant prospect of
delivering one, or two per day, till
next October, and he is said to be on
the ' Verge of a collapse in an effort
to say something original. Not only
has he had to deliver his addresses, but
he has had. to listen to from one . to
twenty speeches a day in reply,, all
written and delivered with the sole
and commendable purpose of pointing
out to Mr. Uoode and the community
what the .Lewis and Clark exposition
typifies. ! One and all, from the : vice
president down, have carefully and
painstakingly followed the footsteps' of
tee explorers across the continent
Bever failing to pay tribute to their In
dian woman guide, and to see in' their
journey an opportunity " for brilliant
flights of orstory in which they paid
glowing tribute to the west, and fin
ished mightily pleased with themselves
and their originality. ' One and all,
they have , said the same thing
' ' Westward the star of empire takes
its course,'' has oeen their inspiration, i
and, boiled down, that well worn motto
about says all that y they have - said.
They have told us of the trials and
tribulations of our pioneers, described
the country as they found it, compared
it to what we have today, praised
Captains Lewis and Clark, praised the
west and westerners and western pro
ducts, praised the exposition and the
exposition officials and the eity - of
Portland and finished with a superb
effort in predicting 'what glorious
things are yet to be ours. It was
rather ; nice at first, .for we all like
praise, but after we had heard a dozen
or so we wearied, and now, leave it to
President Goode to listen to. And
we"re wondering how long be will
stand it.- " "
Doubtless all our readers have read
a lengthy description of the fair, and
the buildings, so we will only say in
dosing that all agree in saying that
onr little fair has by far the most
beautiful situation of all the fairs
big or little ever held, and for that
alone it is worth a trip to see. And it's
well worth seeing inside and out when
the sun shines. Your prayers that tt
may shine next Wednesday.
J m. n.
THREE DROWNED
AUTOMOBILE DASHES INTO OPEN
DBA W, CAKBYTNCr OCCUPANTS
INTO BXVEB,
Was Raring . Another Car And Buna
Into Bush Street Bridge At Such
High Speed It I Lnpossible to Stop
When Danger Is Seen.
CHICAGO, "June . 10. Three people
were drowned, and two others narrow
ly escaped a like fate tonight, when an
automobile, in which' five were riding
plunged into the open draw of the
Rush street bridge crossing the Chica
go river. Those drowned were Jerome
G. Kurtzman, Chicago manager of the
Liquozone Co.;. Mrs. Kurtzman and W.
U. Hartley, manager for a local auto
mobile establishment. The rescued
were : W. H. Hoops, Jr., local manager
for an automobile company, and Mrs.
Jeremiah Bunyon, of New York eity.
Both were uneonecious for a half hour
after being taken from the water, but
are expected to reeover.
The accident occurred at the north
end of the bridge, where there is an
upward slope, 200 feet before-the end
of the bridge or the end of the draw is
reached. The occupants of the auto
mobile which dashed into the river
were coming south on Bush street close
behind another machine, the chauffeur
of which, seeing the drsw .open, slack
ened his speed and coming to a stop
about fifty feet from the edge of the
draw, when Hoops, who was driving
the rear machine, (thinking to pass
ahead, pulled to one side and, putting
on extra power, snot toward tne open
draw at the rate of twenty miles an
hour. When close upon the open draw
he realized the danger, and, throwing
all his weight upon the steering wheel
attempted to turn the machine to the
left and, by running along the edge of
the draw, to make a antes: torn ana
regain the roadway. -The machine was
too close to the draw to permit oi tnis,
however. The machine turned slightly
ami fnr fraction of a second hung on
the brink. The tire of the front wheel
was ripped off, the hub broke, and the
machine, after sliding along the edge a
few feet, dropped into the river thirty
feet below. As it supped along the
edflre of the draw, the women in the
automobile screamed in fear, and all
. J . . A A
tne occupants rose io ineir ieei, mit
had no time in which to make another
move before being thrown into the
river, and after them plunged the
heavv machine.
Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Kurtzman rose
to the surface; and it is thought they
were pinned beneath the machine. Up
to a late hour the bodies of the three
drowned persons had not been recov
ered. It is blieved that the eurrent
carried them further down the stream.
Cloudy and warmer.
The automobile line between Salem
and Independence has all it can do. If
the business keeps up two raacbines
will soon be needed on the run.
The committee wants half a ton of
nice eating cherries to tske to the
Lewis and. Clark ?fair on Salem Day.
If you have any take them to II. 8.
Gile Si Co. by noon today. If you can
donate them do so. If. you cannot af
ford to do this you will be paid for
them.
John Fechter, Jr has returned from
Niagara Falls, where he attended the
annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
sociations of the United States and of
the world. Mr. Fechter says the meet
lag just held marked an epoch in- the
history of these sessions, ; ss all the
principal addresses were made by men
on the outside who had been invited to
point out the faults and weaknesses of
the association work. The " delegates
indulged only in discussions of the dif
ferent leading addresses. In this way
the delegates found out what the out
side public thinks of the Y. M. C. A-
and some very valuable information
was thus imparted, which in many
cases will be aeted upon for the gcol
of the local branches aad the general
work. Fred B. Smith, the internation
al secretary having especial charge of
the evangelistic work, who la known
in Salem, -was present, having just re
turned from a trip around the world,
wing greeted by great throngs ia Eng
land. Australia, India- and elsewhere.
Mr. Smith said he was glad to get back
to America, the home of the free and
the eountry on the progressive. But
after expressing his gratitude very
strongly and ia, the most complimen
tary manner, tending to make the
Americans proud of their eountry, be
said that he was struck by one thing,
and that was the fact that the jTmeri
eais arc the foulest mouthed pec pie
ia all the world. That is, there it
more swearing aad vulgarity among
the men of America than elsewhere, on
the round earth. . Mr. Smith declared
that he scarcely heard an oath in his
foreign travels, ' bo t as soon as he ar
rived ia . San Franelseo the air was
full of oaths, on the wharves, ia the i
streets, around the hotels, at the res- j
taurants everyhere.
IT T7ILL FIGHT
IF NECESSARY
NOBWAY DOES NOT TEES "WAjl
WITH SWEDBN.
SAYS XT WILL NOT RECEDE
Norwegians Declare. They Hart
Been Whipped and That
They Never Will Be.
No
However, Tney Are Not Shaking Bed
f Flag In lace of Bull . and "Would
Bather Not Insult Aged Xing Oscar
for Whom luey Hare Great Bespect
CUBISTTANA, June 10.A remark
able calm, accompanied by a stern de
termination, pervades Norway. Be
yond the display of the Norwegian flag
from the buildings in Christiana and
the port raits, of the provisional govern
ors in tae shop windowsfwhich attract
great crowds, there are no visible signs
here that Norway is in the throes of
a revolution. Norwegian and Swedish
merchants continue business uninter
ruptedly. -
While determination is evident ev
erywhere, intense anxiety is apparent
and the members of the cabinet are
extremely busy in organizing a new
government and providing eventuali
ties. .The lack of demonstration is de
liberate and is intended to alleviate
the harshness of the act of separation
and to avoid a show of offense toward
King Oscar or the Swedes, but every
Norwegian is apparently ready to an
swer a call to arms should the situa
tion warrant it. 'A member of the
cabinet said tooay that the Norwegians
will never recede trom their present at
titude. It was not expected that Swe
den would declare war, but In that
event Norway will be' prepared.) While
the Swedish army and navy, he contin
ued, is larger than the Norwegian, army
and navy, there is no reason for fear.
The Norwegians have never been con
quered and never will be.
FEATS OP FAMOUS HORSEMEN.
It appears that the Cossacks have
done more than the artillery to keep
op the reputation of the Bussian army
as to its power of endurance under
adverse circumstsnces. The Cossack is
really to the eastern world what Cus
ter's men,' Morgan's, Kilpatrick's and
Roosevelt's have been to the western
armies the men who could sit the
saddle, saber and shoot, starve and
swim, be all or nothing for the glory
of quick action in time of trouble. As
to proof of this here is the story of
Dmetreo Pjesbkoff, a Siberian Cossack,
who rode from Blagovejechensk, east
ern Siberia, to Ht.' Petersburg. He
surpassed Burnaby, who rode to Khiva,
and Asayeff, who made the hard ride
from Lubeen, Poland, to Paris.
Blagovejechensk is a Cossaek station
on the Amur, in latitude 50 degrees
north, longitude 127 degrees, east, and
the distance to be covered to the Bus
sian capital 8,000 versfs, or 5,400 Eng
lish miles. In 113 dsys out from his
starting point Pjeshkoff was at Omsk,
having accomplished 4,900 versts or
nearly 3,300 miles, of his journey. In
171 days he wss in St. Petersburg,
having made as average of thirty miles
a day, in the saddle,-from the start.
An average of this character requires
remarkable physical and nerve en
durance. It also requires fine judg
ment as to forage for beasts and sus
tenance "for the rider calculations as
to weather, temperature changes, wat
er supply and kindred things that go
in with a steady and a long ride.
The hero of this remarkable feat, a
man of some education, was command
er of a hundred in one of the Cossack
regiments, stationed on the Amur, and
had to obtain leave of absence to, show
what he could do on a long-distance
ride with a horse. But the feat be
came more remarkable because the
Cossack made his journey with one
horse the same horse he started with
ending the journey. The horse, like
its rider, wss of the ordinary Cossaek
breed. It was foaled in Siberia; and
was purchased for 150 rubles, or about
$60 in our money. It was thirteen years
old, snd or a light gray color. In
height and weight it corresponded with
a fair-sized American "cayuse" of the
western plains. It had the "cayuse"
capacity for , short feeds and minimum
water supply. The animal was fed
only on oats and hay. . It carried, in
cluding its" rider, saddle, blankets and
harness, a total of about 172 pounds.
The appetite of the beast increased
with the distsnce traveled. At the
start it required eight pounds of oats
aad fourteen pounds of hay a day to
keep it up, and for water it took the
snow along the road, as well or spring
water was not obtainable. When two
thirds of the journey was completed
the horse was eating thirty pounds of
oats and -fourteen pounds of hay each
day. An English or an American.
norse, aside from the plains' breed of
the latter country, would have sur
rendered- quickly. The western Amer
ican horse has made some wonderful
long-distance journeys in quick time.
During Custer's campaign, of 1870.
which ended ia the massacre on the
Rosebud, some of the scouts for the
army covered 180 to 280 miles in
forty-eight hours on three feeds an
three enanees to , water for their
horses. In Grierson's wild ride dur
ing the Civil wsr to cut the confed
erate lines, the ride which eventually
gave birth to Sherman's march to the
sea, one Chicago cavalryman was in
the saddle for 170 miles aad that
wunoui aiamoonung. lie lives now
as -a mail carrier for the postoffice.
One November day ia the Goose riv
er eountryof Dakota a cowboy named
Iverson was called to a ranch house
snd told a doctor must be secured for
his employer's daughter, who had been
taken suddenly ill with croup. The
nearest doctor wss thirty-eight miles
away, the temperature wss, 18 degrees
below, the wind was scurrying the snow
of the prairies ia every direction. , On
the trail there were only two stopping
l. U 1 . 1 i . "
, . iicib nvran nueni oe
secured. Iverson made the round trip
in i en noura, nuuing iwo Dorses, anI
during the last five miles homeward
bound carrying the doctor on his own
weary beast. The child's life was
saved by his promptness.
I Ia the last Custer campaign in ,Vir
ginia, just before the surrender of Lee,
a courier of the union forces carrying
information as to where Custer might
earliest strike the confederate wagon
supplies "made a complete circuit of
Lee's army and reached his superior
officer ia time to have the information
prove of value. With two horses be
rode 165 miles in eleven hours. This
is a fair average to place against the
Cossack's journey from the Orient to
St. Petersburg. It is said in French
dispatches thst the courier, who car
ried from Port Arthur the final news
of coming surrender to General Kuro
patkin at Mukden walked, crept, swam
and rode in the saddle 350 miles in
sixty hoars. This is -not impossible.
When it comes to riding almost every
thing depends upon the horse; a little
on the man, li ne do a man.
Method la It. '
Financier I have never failed to
sneeeed.
Friend Geet I thought that's what
you always failed fori
NO
SUCH OFFICE
ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN FIND
NO LAW WHICH CREATES
STATE LAND AGENT.
Says Governor Dj State Land Agent In
" Fact, And That Latter Official, So
Called, Dj Merely An Agent of the
Land Commissioner, to Assist Him.
Attorney General Crawford rendered
an opinion yesterday morning, in
which be decides the question raised
by Commissioner General Richards, of
the ueenral Land Office holding that
the governor is the State Land Com
missioner, and that he alone is quali
fied and authorized to approve and af-
land selection lists. The attorney gen
eral also takes occasion to go a little
deeper into the laws governing the of
fice of state land agent, whicn nave
been raised rd often but hitherto un
settled, in which he holds that he Can
find no act upon ihe statutes which cre
ates the office of state land agent ex
cept by mere mention, and that there
is no such official unless it be the gov
ernor himself, snd that the so-called
state land agent is merely an' author
ized agent of the land commissioner to
assist him with his duties.
The question raised by the commis
sioner of the general land office was
whether the governor was still land
commissioner of the state, or whether
that title was not transferred to the
state land agent by virtue of the act
of the legislature of 1903, which em
powers and authorizes him to make the
indemnity school land selections. If
the' attorney geenral bad held in ac
cordance with the views of the com
missioner of the genersl land office, it
would serve to invalidate a great num
ber of lieu land selections at present
pending before the department at
Washington, aggregating a total of
over 12,000 acres of indemnity school
land selections, and the lists would
have to be returned here for revision
and correction. As it now stands, no
corrections will have to be made, and
the Washington land, department will
be so notified. '' ' .
As to the question of the existence
of the office of the state land agent,
this has been up fpr discussion, upon
numerous occasions,, but it has never
been raised directly in snv esse in such
a way that the courts felt impelled to
decide 'it. The sttorney general holds
that there is no law in existence which
creates this office, the only one making
sny mention of it being thst which de
scribes the duties , of that ' official, apd
he concludes that the duties described
devolve uponT the governor as land
eommissioner,snd that the so-cslled
state land agent is merely appointed sn
agent of the governor to assist him in
the performance, of his duties. ' .
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Green Aphis Kills Roses
formaldehyde Soap
Kills til Apbls
f. G, Bats sells It. 96 Ceart Street
WELL DRILLING
William Swisher, with an experi
ence of twenty years, is prepared
to drill wells in eity or eountry.
Also have windmills, pumps, pipes,
tanks m and complete equipment.
Latest' up-to-date - machinery. Ad
dress or call on -
Wm. SwisKer
Sixteenth and Nebraska streets,
Englewood sddition, B.T. D. No.. 7,
Salem, Oregon.
HOP STOVE
FRUIT TOVE
Order them now. We make the
best. ', - .
New iron work.
Jlepairwork. ' .
We make the "Salem Iron
Works" elevstor.
We make anything ia iron work,
work. .
Salem Iron Works
NANDO NAReC(,PrSS.
Front and Htate. Phone 2343 Black
SALEM, WMEOON
SEMISOLIDS
Boat Star A. Star Shinties)
S1.85 per 1000
Screen Doors S1.25, in-
cludlng htxrdvvtxrc.
Walter Morley
' 60 Court SU Salem .
RECOGNITION
IS DECLINED
BUSSIA AND GERMANY REFUSE
TO RATIFY NORWAY'S ACT.
OTHER POWERS MAY ALSO DENY
Norwegians Are Planning for Conven
tion for Purpose of Organis
ing a Republic
King Oscar and Danish . Government
Have Positively Refused to Permit a
' Son of Either Royal Family to Ac
cept Offer'of Crown From Norway.
COPENHAGEN, June 9.-A11 hope
that King Oscar or Crown Prince Gus
tavo will yield to the request of the
Norwegian storthing to place a prince
of the house of llcrnadotte on the
throne of Norway has disappeared. Ac.
cording to a high authority the Danish
royal family has also set its stamp of
disapproval on the acceptance of the
throne by a Danish prince. It is un
derstood that arrangements are actual
ly being made for a national conven
tion and this will inevitably result in
a declaration for a republic.
According to well informed persona
here, Bussia and 'Germany will refuse
to recognize the Norwegian govern
ment until King Oscar consents to the
disruption 'of the union. Strong efforts
are being made to secure similar action
by other governments, including that
of Denmark, and these efforts are salO
to' be meeting with encouragement.
Christiania. Norway, June 9. Tho
substitution of the Norwegian tri-col
or for the union flag " has occurred
throughout the country. In statements
made by Dr. Ilagerup, the former pre
mier; Mr. Burner, president of the
Storthing; Loveland, the new foreign
minister, and other prominent Norwe
gian politicians, they all disavow any
idea of war with Sweden or" of compli
cations with foreign powers. Premier
Berner declares that Norway will con
tinue to preserve the' strictest neufhif
ity, keeping outside of sll combina
tions with other nations, only endeav
oring to discuss with Sweden snd Den
mark the best means of acting to
gether for tbe common good.
CONCERNS INCORPORATE.
The Hop Growers' Fire Relief Asso
ciation and the Farmers' Fire Belief
Association filed artfMvs of incorpora
tion in the office of the Marian counts
clerk yesterday. The capital tock of
the former is given at S.XSOO and .that
of the latter at H00, and both con
cerns hsve their headquarters at Butte,
ville. The incorporators of the Hop
Growers' Brief Association are John
Murray, W. R. McKav, Charles Kun
sting, C. F. Barrett and W. F. Barrett;
and those of the Farmers' Relief Am
ciation are J. H. Vanghan, Francis Fel
ler. W. B. McKay, Charles F. Barrett,
W.. T. Coleman, Henry L. Brents ax
John Murray.
The last named corporation is taut
to have' 207 1 members.
'WILL TRAVEL IN STYLE.
Dan Patch, the fastest pacing thorns
in the world, will travel in style the
coming season while making the racing
circuit. A new ear is beiryj const ritcted
for him ana it .will be much better than
the one he toured in last year. The
sides of the new esr will be upholster
ed and finished with blue jdush. A
neat lavatory in the center of the r.ir,
swinging bed and hinged tables - are
some of the comforts for his earclaTters.
Or. Stone's Drug Store
Does a strictly cash business; owes
so one, and no one owes it; carries a
largo stock; iU shelves, counters and
show eases are loaded with drugs, me),
eines, notions, toilet articles. Wines snd
liquors of all kinds for medical pur
poses. Dr. Stone is a regular gradual
in medicine and has) had many rears of
experience ia the practice. Consulta
tions are free. Prescriptions are free,
and only regular" prices for medietas.
Dr. Stone can be found at bis drug
store, Salem, Oregon, from s'x in tbs
morning until nine at night.
G. A.. Waggoner's Book,
Stories of Old Oregon,
Which is declared by competent
judges to be the moat in erestiug
sketch book that has ever appeared
in the west, is now being sold by
subscription, but it has alio been
placed with O. W. Pu'tman, druggist,
133 North Commercial street, who
will be pleased to how It to all who
desire to see the work
Price in Cloth, $1.50
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