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MALTIEUlt ENTEHP1USE. EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Lett Important but Not Lett Inter etting Happening! from Points Outside the State. THE BUSINESS SIDE OF FARMING France plans to have an army air ship fleet ready by 1911. A mm (nntr avi1i.1w1 at TTamhnrff. . nn I LI 11 il V"J''"Vt w . - (- killing ton men, and 17 more are miss ing. Francis J. llency has sued a rich San Francisco banker for $250,000 for libel. .President Taft, in his message, to congress, warns atrainst a deficit and urges economy. Secretary of Treasury MacVeagh, in his annual report, blames politics for customs service frauds. ' Manv deaths and untold sutiering are occurring in Chicago as the result of an unexpected cold wave. A federal grand jury has taken up the investigation ot the 1'noenix insur nee scandal in New York, A special train ran from Chicago to New l'ork in 17 hours, 46 minutes. breaking all previous records. Tammany lost the recent New York election, but has schemes to tie up about $100,000,000 in city contracts. An organized gang of burglars was discovered among school boys at Ne vada City, Cal. All were armed with revolvers. ""Russian Grand Duke Nicholas JNicn- olaievitch has been given full charge in Finland, and affairs there are ex pected soon to reach a crisis. Economy will be the watchword of the present congress. Commissioner of Corporations Smith condemns dealing iu futures on the cotton exchange. Canada will rebuild the Welland canal, reducing the number of locks from 25 to seven. Glenn II. Curtiss and seven other aviators are to fly at the aviation meet at Los Angeles. Central American diplomats meet daily in a Washington cafe to discuss the Xicaraguan situation. The president has ordered strict ex aminations of ambassadors' secretaries, to determine fitness and govern pro motion. Tugs have failed to pull the cruiser Prairie off the mud flats in the Dela ware river, and her cargo of arms and ammunition will be transferred. The Chicago Federation of Labor has pledged its moral and financial support to the striking switchmen, and affiliated unious may join in a sym pathetic strike. A radical change in the administra tion nr in, linn nnnirs is to De in augurated, and the Indians taught to be more economical in the use of gov ernment supplies. During a fire in a menagerie at Col orado Springs a lioness was liberated to save her from the flames, but on ' hearing the cries of her dying cubs she rushed back and diea with them. Princess Waldemar of Denmark is dead. A woman is walking from Shoshone to Denver on a wager. Ballinger is planning a complete change in the reclamation service. ' Railroads have stopped employing strikebreakers and declare conditions are normal. ine cny marsuai or iane Ariuur, La., has resigned, declaring he has William Calhoun, a Chicago lawyer, is mentioned as a possibility for min ister to China. 1 Bridgeport. Ohio, is under martial law, owing to a strike of 2,000 tin plate workers. The United States army is very much put out because only marines have so far been sent to Nicaragua. One of the first moves in the com ing congress will be to fiad out its exact feelings toward Taft. Zelaya asks a commission to inves tigate Xicaraguan affairs and promises to resign if they are not found satis factory. It is believed that the downfall of Zelaya will be the signal for a general uprising of the revolutionary party in Honduras. Land Commissioner Dennett declares that the proper use of national re sources is as important as mere con servation of them. Andrew Carnegie was arrested and fined $20 for exceeding the speed limit in Pittsburg. lie had but 87 cents in his possession and pledged his Fast Side home, worth several millions. British bark Mattehorn founders off Cape Flattery and six men are lost. Government inspector says sugar scales in custom bouse were doctored. It is said that quails are becoming a pest to suburban residents of Seattle. British parliament ends and taxes can be collected only by consent of the powers. Secretary of Navy Meyer Lp his an nual report asks two more heavy battleships. Xicaraguan minister tod associates' in Washington indulge in drunken carousal. Northwestern rosdi say they hare plenty of switchmen sud deny talk of settlement. Zelaya ignores government's ultimat um and sends agents to Washington to work fur its withdrawal. All effort to bring peace to warring fhinete tung in Hun Francisco bsvs fulled and mure bl'Jod will How. It is Ix-lirved that J. P. Morgan is try iii j to bring about sa insurance torn Line witli capital of l,Too,Ooi,000. inrf linn herti release.) flow Jul I on 1 HMrfiO prnl ng a septal I'lrxdi'Ll riots .!an Iti frt.jH. lag ! tuti I b u Lilian la (La's 'lis J.Hy l' by Us r.-.i.l kt.iriiil in Mr ftklUwilt M nat.iteWd t .', I iivy u, J Professor Bexell Gives Some Valuable and Interesting Pointers. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis, Dec. 6. The Oregon Agricultural college has just issued a bulletin for free distribution emphasizing better business methods on the farm. Professor Bexell; the author of the bulletin, says in his introduction: It is a truism to say that the finan cial side, of farming is of the utmost importance. But the act remains that this side of the world's greatest indus try is almost entirely neglected by both the farmer and the schools. Professor Bailey says on this subject: 'In visit ing practically every farm in one of the counties of the state (New York) we did not find one man who knew how much it cost him to produce milk or to raise any of his crops.' 'The secretary of agriculture, in re cent year books, points out the remark able prosperity of the farmer; that the export of farm products is vastly in excess of all other exports combined; that a million agricultural debtors have been transformed during the last ten years into the same number of sur plus depositors; that 'contrary to his reputation, the farmer is a great or ganizer, and he has achieved remarka ble and enormous successes in many lines of economic co-operation in which the people of other occupations have either made no beginning at all or have nearly if not completely failed.' He points out that most farmers live bet ter than the average merchant or me chanic. "The business of farming assumes two distinct phases: the productive phase and the exchange phase. The one aims to extract the treasures from the soil; the other to place them in the hands of the consumer. It is im portant not only to raise abundant crops, but also to sell the products to advantage. "The importance of the exchango phase is often lost sight of. A farm may be forced to yield to its maximum capacity, labor may be managed prop erly and waste reduced to a minimum; and yet the net result may b'e a loss at the end of the year. As a general economic proposition, it might be said that large crops often result in serious loss to society as a whole. If the net value to the consumer is less than the Jubor and capital expended on the crop, society is the loser by the difference. Hence the importance of a thorough understanding by the farmer as well as by the merchant and manufacturer of the laws and methods of exchange or commerce. "That farming is a science has been emphasized so much that the fact that it is also a business is often lost sight of. It is a real business, and one which pays the United States clase to eight billion dollars annually. It has been demonstrated repeatedly that no legit imate business pays better than farm ing. It may be a little more up-hill work at the start, since most farmers begin business with small capital, but it is incomparably safer in the long run, and will insure a compoVnce for old age with greater certainty than any other occupation. But let it ever be borne in mind that the condition for success is that farming must bo con ducted on business principles. "Not many generations ago it was considered sufficient for the average manufacturer merely to record his cash receipts and expenditures and to keep a tolerably accurate check on the cash balance. In many instances the left trouser pocket served as the debit side and the right as the credit side of the 'ledger.' Modern business methods and sharp competition have changed these notions until today it is necessary to know the cost of ' production in ad vance to the smallest detail. Ancient business methods prevail yet, very gen erally, on the farm. The wonderful progress of the American farmer is due to marvelous natural resources, labor snving inventions, and natural inge nuity, rather than to wise and prudent management. "In certain respects a farmer must combine the methods of the manufac turer and the merchant. He must learn not only how to increase production, but also how to facilitate the profitable exchange of his products. He must re duce the cost of production to the min imum by increasing the quality and the quantity of his products, and by getting full value out of labor. He must manage so that his working force, farm hands, children, horses, all are constantly employed. This requires most skillful management in the rota tion of crops, in the division of laoor, in selecting seeds, fertilizers and stock, and, above all, it requires general pru dence in purchasing equipment and supplies, and in marketing products. This class of farmers require a variety of records to assist in the proper man agement of their business. A first class set of books is just as indis pensible to them as to the banker or to the manufacturer." The bulletin is illustrated with 20 full-page engravings. It will be sent free on request. Address Professor J. A. Bexell, Corvallis, Ore. Missing Rosenjack Seen. Cherry, 111., Dec, 6. Admission late today by Fred II. Buck, elerk in the office of the St. Paul Mining company, that he had seen and talked with Alex ander Rosenjack, the missing witness who, it is believed, can clear up the cause of the recent mine disaster, came as a climax to a day of interesting developments in the investigations by the coroner and the state investigat ing committee. Buck told the jury that he had seen Rosenjack in Cherry last night, and made no effort to ad vise the authorities of his whereabouts. proceedings of congress in brief Strikers Fire on Guards. Bridgeport, O., Dee. 6. Martial law tonight holds sway here, where 2,000 striking employes of the Aetna-Standard plant of the Sheet and Tin Plate company, subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation, Lave been rioting since midnight Friday. A reg iment of infantry, one squadron of cav airy and over 150 deputy sheriffs sad police from the eity guarded the mills. Five men have been shot and more or less seriously wounded within 24 bouri. A federal court injunction bat been asked to restrain strikers from injur ing the plant. Citlienshlp In Balance. Denver, Colo., Dec. 6. HunJreJs of rions In Colorado, New Mesico, Wyo tiling tod I'tsh may lose their tltiien slip rights si tie result of orders re reivej it Denver today by Theodore Hrbmurker, chief of I he tiStursl.tlo ttreeu lirrs. Iks vict.u.s ttlil Inrlule 11 mlii Lavs leeelved Ineir BueJ err tinrtiM ilia I') days of e geserel lilli sf a lisl sslure, s"l ku void on It. etieng'e vf Us vf II H8 .( Tuesday, December 7. Washington, Dec. 7. President Taft today sent to the senate a list of about 1,200 nominations to federal offices. Practically all are recess appointments announced from time to time as made and the greater part of the list is made up of postmasters in the smaller cities and census supervisors. One of the important new announce ments is that of the reappointment of Franklin K. Lane as "a member of the interstate commerce commission. San ford B. Dole, ex-governor of the Ha waiin Islands, is named as United States judge for the territory of Hawaii. Washington, Dec. 7. The president today sent to the senate the following nominations, among them several recess appointments: Census supervisors: Oregon Robert J. Hendricks, first district; Seneca C. Beach, second dis trict. Washington Robert W. Hill, first district; Gay S. Kelly, second district; Arthur M. Sterch, third district. Idaho Joseph Perrault, Jr. Land officers Charles B. Merrick, register,, Portland; B. F. Jones, regis ter, Roseburg. Washington, Dec. 7. Senator Jones today introduced a bill transferring to Whitman collego the entire military reservation at Walla Walla, Wash., it being the desire of the war department to dispense with that army post. There are ItiO acres in the reservation, for which the government will have no fur ther use after the post is abandoned, and representatives of tho college are anxious to secure it for their institu tion. . Monday, December 6. Washington, Dec. 6. When the sen ate was called to order 81 members responded. Practically no business was transacted by either house, and as a mark of respect to the late Senator Martin Johnson; of North Dakota, the upper house adjourned after being in session only 13 minutes. Brief as was the senate's 13 minute session, it was enlivened by an unsuc cessful attempt on tho part of Mr. Bailey, to defeat the passage of the usual resolution that the daily sessions begin at noon, suggesting that the senate should convene instead at 2 o'clock. Mr. Bailey said ho would like to see the senate hold night ses sions that senators might devote the dav to individual business. The house session continued 40 min utes, in which W. W. McCredie, new representative from the Second Wash ington district, who succeeds the late Francis ' W. Cushman, was sworn in. Although only 341 members responded to their names, almost a full member ship appeared on the house floor. The following bills were introduced: Garner, Pa., to investigate entire cus toms service, particularly in regard to the sugar frauds; Hitchcock, Nebras ka, for the establishment of postal savings banks; Mann, Illinois, for fed eral regulation of the "white slave trade," another by Mr. Mann for free admission of wood pulp; Hamilton, Michigan, to grant statehood to Xew Mexico and Arizona. Resolutions of respect for the mem ory of Senator Johnson, of North Da kota, and of Representatives De Ar mond and Lassiter, who died in the recess, were adopted, and as a further mark of respect the two houses ad journed until noon tomorrow. Favors One-Man Power. Washington, Dec. 3. It is understood that the house committee that has been investigating the construction work on the Pnnama canal will present to con gress several definite projects. Among the most important, probably, will be a proposal to abolish the present canal commission and substitute a chief engi neer, director and civil governor to direct the work under the existing or ganization. The members of tho com mittee are convinced, it is reported, that the construction work on tho canal would be expedited should Chief Kngi neer Goethals be permitted to proceed with his work fee from hindrance by the governmental red tape with which he is now surrounded. MAJOR ROWAN RETIRED. Data on Irrigation Asked. Washington, Dec. 8. Sonator Hey burn has introduced a bill authorizing the collection of full and complete data with reference to irrigation develop ment in the west, as a part of the thir teenth census, to bo taken next year. The bill authorizing the taking of the next census failed to call for data on irrigation wftich was so prominent in tho twelfth census. In view of the fact that great development of irriga tion has occured during the past de cade, Senator Heyburn insists that irri gation data is more valuable now than ever before. Probe of Customs Asked. Washington, Dec. 8. Three resolu tions bearing upon investigation of the customs service, introduced intbe bouse yesterday, were referred to the com mittee on rules. Representative Camp bell of Kansas, author of one resolu tion, called at the department of jus tice today to ascertain the attitude of the department towards his measure. Attorney-General Wickersham empha sized to bim the desire of the president that congress should keep bauds off at present. Stay of Gompen Mandate. Washington, Dec. 3. Indefinite stay of mandate in the cases of President Gompers, Second Vice-President Mitch ell and Secretary Morrison, of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, was granted yesterday by the District of Columbia court of appeals on account of an ap plication for a writ of certiorari. The labor leaden are unde jaif sentence for contempt of court in violating- an injunction. Their ease bus been ap pealed to the supreme court of the United States. Secretary of War Submits Report. Washington, Dec, 4. Secretary of War Dickinson in bis annual report made public yesterday recommends a complete readjustment of United States t loops snJ a comprehensive reorgani sation of th army eatebliabmetit. IU sys there is also t shortage of mlitia organizations, and a radical change in I Ik syatera of shclterlsg tb army li i sdvlaed. Te Define New Orleans Wulaaeei. Watlng.B, Dee. f Tie lies au I limitations plaeed ui'on tt nam "Nr Oilii Ui'lw" Vf tb tern. of tl.a uw Jul fid Uar, tl. s,lJi,i tf g-ci.tr! ImIipv t'cUy bfi 1 1. I 4lf f-JU'l Ski d'Utf tb.lUsl frf (ll )'' lu-tfel fcf flUoitwIf. Complete Continuous Service of Over Thirty-Two Years. Washington, Dec. 4. The United States army lost one of its bravest and most conspicuous officers today when Major Andrew S. Rowan, who lately has been on duty at Fort Douglas, Utah, was placed on the retired list after more than 32 years' service. Major Rowan is known popularly all over the land as the ','man who took the message to Garcia." He was a first lieutenant in the Nineteenth in fantry when his great opportunity came during tho war with Spain. Ne cessity arising for the dispatching of a trustworthy messenger to Genera Calixto Garcia to ascertain whether the Cuban army could co-operate with the army of the United States, Lieu tenant Rowan was selected by Gen eial Miles. Garcia was somewhere in the interior of Cuba, surrounded on all sides by the Spanish forces, and the trip consequently was one fraught with great danger. Rowan made his way to Kingston, .Tamaicn, thence overland to the north coast of that island, where he slipped away in a sail boat for the south shore of Cubn, landing between Guantanamo and Santiago. He made his way to the interior of the island and found Gen eral Garcia in tho neighborhood of Manzanillo. Part of the time Rowan hnd passed as a Spaniard and part of the time as a Cuban. Delivering his message, he started to return, well aware that if he had been captured he would have been hanged like Nathan Hale and Major Andre. WHITE PLAGUE GETS BLOW. SECRETARY KNOX GIVES OPINION San Francisco Health Board Wins Fight on Disease. San Francisco, Dee. 3. An ordinance framed by the board of health, imposing regulations upon persons afflicted with tuberculosis, was passed by the board of supervisors yesterday. Under it physicians are required to report within 24 hours every person coming under their notice who shows symptoms of tuberculosis. A complete record of every case will be kept by the health department. When a case is reported, it is made the duty of the physician to make im mediate report if the patient vacates the quarters he. was then occupying, or if there is no physician, then the duty devolves on the landlord. The apart ments must be disinfected and renovated before they can again bo occupied. The cleaning or renovating must be done at the expense of the landlord, and if it is not done to the satisfaction of the health authorities, then the following notice will be posted at tho door of the room: "Tuberculosis is a communicable dis ease. These apartments have been oc cupied by a consumptive, and may be infected. They must not be occupied until the order of the health officer, directing tho disinfection and renovn tion, has been complied with." The most radical feature of the new law is that which gives tho health au thorities power to removo a v'ctim from his own home by force, if it is believed that his presence there menaces his children or the other members of his family. The heall h officer becomes clothed with unlimited power in his campaign against the disense, and there is no appeal from his ordor. Another section burs children showing symptoms of the disease from the private and public schools. START FOR NICARAGUA. Says Groce and Cannon Committed No Serious Offense. Washington, Dec. 2. Secretary Knox called on the President today aud dis cussed with him the increasing import ance of the struggle with Nicaragua. Xekher he nor the President made any comment for publication on tho devel opments up to date The gist of the controversy is that neither Groco nor Cannon committed any grave crime cognizablo by tho laws of warfare, and therefore they wero ex ecuted illegally and savagely. Thomas Jefferson, when secretary of state, laid down this principle: "Xo citizen has a right to go to war on his own authority; and for what he, does without right he ought to be punished." This, too, is considered good law by the state department, but how he is to bo punished is provided for as above. That is to say, that there must be no executions without the commission of a grave crime. If Groce ond Cannon, as prisoners of war, conspired to escape, or if they were spies, they could have been shot summarily and the United States could not interfere. Tho preseut case is, from all the legal points of view, one jus tifying the intervention on which the United Stntes government is now en gaged by President Taft and Secretary Knox. Conservation Expects Opposition. Washington. Dec. 7. The friends of the policy of conservation of natural re sources realize today that their fight in the congress which convenod Monday will be contered in the house commit tee on lands. It is said that the con servation measures are apt to slumber in the committee pigeon hole, unless the Fitzgerald amendment to the houso rules can be operated to force, the meas ures out. Speaker Cannon and Repre sentative Mondcll, of Wyoming, who is chairman of the lands committee, are said to have an .understanding. Mondell owns a great n mount of land in Wyo ming. It. will be asserted that Secre tary Ballinger 's recommendations for conservation legislation are for the most part unconstitutional. Old Gunboat to Go to Nicaragua Coast, Xavy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash., Dec. 2. Anticipating orders from Washing Ion directing that the gunboat Wheel ing be placed in commission to hurry to the Xicaraguan coast, that ship, which has been out of commission he-e for several years, is now alongside of pier Xo. 7, and workmen have begun over hauling her guns and engine. The Wheeling carries the same armament as the Princeton. It is believed that in case of trouble in Nicaragua the Wheel ing will lio dispatched to join the fleet in Central American waters. Zelaya Is Surrounded. Washington, Dec. 2. Minister Cns trillo, diplomatic reprosentati ve of the provisional government of Nicaragua, today received a cable message from Provisional President Ftrala, saying be had received proposals of surrender from Senor Calderon, representing Pres ident Zelaya. The proposal was re jected by Fstradit. The mesHage states that Zelaya 'a army has been encircled by the Kstrada forces, nnd loaves the inference that nothing but an uncon ditional surrender would be considered. "Jackies" Giving Up the Weed. Washington, Dec. 2. Foes of "My Ixidy Nicotine" will be glad to learn that, while cigarette-smoking is on the increase omong the boys of Uncle Ham's navy, the habit of tobacco chewing at least is on the decline. Bids for the purchase of 70,000 pounds of chewing tobacco were opened at the navy de partment today. This amount repre sents a years' supply for the bjuejacketn and marines, and is a decline of about two tbiril in the amounts used iu pre vious years. t McIIirg's Successor in Office. Washington, Dee. 3. Benjamin 8. Ca ble yesterday took the oath of office at sumtitunt secretary of commerce and labor. He succeed former Aitnt Secretary Oriimby Mellarg, whose re ignation wm a result of tb Pinchot Bttlliiiger cuntroveny. Marines Gather on Both Coasts, With Flag Officer in Command, Washington, Dec, 2. Naval fories ot the United States are being move I for ward tonight to both coasts of Cintral America to protect American life and property in Xicnrngua, by forco of arms if necessary. With the departure this afternoon from Philadelphia of troopship Prairie, with 700 marines aboard, for the isth mus of Pannma, nnd, if it bo so de creed, Xicaragua, and with tho sailing from Magdnlona bay of the protected cruiser Albany, and tho gunboat York town, for Corinto, on the Pacific const, activity of the navy department wns becoming manifest on both oceans that wash the Nicarnguan ehoros. Besides, the cruisers Des Moines and Tacoma and the gunboat Marietta are lying off Port Limon, Costa Rica, readv for any call upon them, and guns of the little gunboat Vicksburg nro- pointod toward the custom house and town of Corinto. The gunboat Princeton is also endeavoring to make her way from tho Bremerton navy-yard, Washington, to Corinto. With the probability of many delicate questions arising in Nicaragua, the navy department decided to send a Hag ofiicer to Nicaragua to take com mand of the American naval forces. Hear-Admiral William W. Kimball was chosen. Ho sailed for Colon today on tho Prairie. Ho will mnko his way froig there to Corinto. Admiral Kim ball is a member of the naval board of examinations and retirements and the bureau of "construction. INSURANCE COMBINE Morgan Believed to Be Planning Giant Combine. Old Favorites CAPITALIZED AT $1,700,000,000 Saving in Present Scattered Control Would Result Question of Pol icies Not Quite Clear. Xew York, Dec. 4. The amalgama tion of the "big three" life insurance companies the Kquitable Life, New York Life and Mutual Life is possible as the .result of the purchase of con trol ot tne Equitable by J. 1'ierpont Morgan & Co. Such a consolidation was seriously considered several years ngo, before the upheaval iu the Equitable which made so many radical changes iu the insur ance business. These changes have greatly increased the probability of an amalgamation and have removed many of the conditions which then made it impossible. The advantages are said to be many aud important and the ob jections are not insurmountable. I rom a financial standpoint the con solidation would be highly desirable for thoso in control, as it would put assets of $1,700,000,000 undor the direction ot a single group of financiers and would result in a material saving in the pres ent distributed control. Mr. Morgan, if he were to dominate the consolidated companies, would have the handling and investment of an an nual income of $275,000,000. The aver age cash in bank of the three compa nies is now $25,000,000. There are eoveral groat railroad sys tems in which the combined holdings of the three companies would bo $50, 000,000 and over, with all that it im plies in influence. Of New York Cen tral bonds alone the three hold $45, 000,000, to say nothing of other liues that are part of the Now York Cen tral system. In Pennsylvania bonds tho throe hold $38,000,000. Even Mr. Morgan's steel trust is dwarfed by the possibilities of this combine. GALE SINKS FREIGHT SHIP. 300,000 DEMAND MORE PAY. Eastern Railroad Men Will Ask Ton Per Cent Raise. Xew York, Dec. 3. Representatives of trainmen on all tho eastern railroads of tho country, comprising 300,000 em ployes, issued a statement today declar ing they would soon present a demand to the railroads for a 10 per cent in cronso in wages. The statement rends in purt as follows: "Tho votes in thn various districts have' all been taken by members of tho Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and soon will 1jo presented to nil eastern railway companies. Everything pos sible will bo done to avoid a strike. Though the Switchmen's union of North America believes in radical meas ures, tho Brotherhood of Railway Train men does not. The agreements with tho eastern railroads stipulate that they may be terminated upon 30 days' no tice by either party. No such notice has as yet been given." Duluth Men Will Go Back. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 3. As a result of a meeting of the Brotherhood of Railwny Trainmen this afternoon, h0 per cent of tho striking trainmen here will return to work tomorrow, most of them for the Northern Pacific. It was decided that the order to switchmen to strike was unconstitutional, and all were advised to hold out no longer. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha announced tonight that they are ready to receive freight. One hundred strikebreakers will Ixi here in the morn ing to enuble them to conduct the busi ness. Alleged Leper Arrested. Wanhington, Dec. 4. John It. F.srly, t tt "uilTier, sl'rgtd by tome author , i tie to be a I'l'i-r, tppesred in .iti lugton Uat aigtt and todar circulated i fr!y sU-ut the city. This afternoon l.e nrrxtel a lulling to piiblls Wheat in Fine Condition. Chicago, Doc. 3. B. W. Snow's crop report for December 1 estimates the winter wheat acreage seeded at that date at 20,914,000 acres, against a har vested area this year of 27,.r.3l,000 acres, with weeding not yet completed on the Pacific, coast, and some yet in progress in Kansas. The seed bed whs in excellent shape. Full weather has been highly favorable, germination full and prompt and early growth strong, and the December 1 condition is report ed at l"l.2, against 73.U at this date a year ago. I tjuiujm nuuiu nuu w 4ry. I Panama, Dec. 3. The Niraragunn j conMiil general here U negotiating for the piirchiiftfl of a schooner named Her ld for the use of the government of ! Nicaragua. It is lihinned to equip the vi-Mi-l with rapid (Ire guim obtained j from the government of Panama, The ideal is hardly poiwibln of completion, inn tlin llcruld is Ancrien owned, and the republic of Panama U not likely In i furumli artillery to a country Hint W not on friendly terms with the Cuite.l , Sttbl. A Bobs. Thr la ever a sons; somewhere, my dear; There Is ever somethlns; sings alwar; There's the sons; of the lark when the kles are clear, And the sons; of the thrush when the skies are gray. The sunshine showers serosa the rraln. And the bluebird trills In the orchard tree; And In and out, when the eaves drip, rain, The swsllows are twittering cease lessly. There Is ever a song somewhere, my dear. Be the skies above or dark or fair. There la ever a song that our hearts may hear. There Is ever a song somewhere, my dear There Is ever a song somewhere! There Is ever a song somewhere, ma dear, In the midnight black, or the midday blue The robin pipes when the sun Is here. And the cricket chirrups the whole night through. The buds may blow and the fruit may grow, And the autumn leaves drop crisp and sere; But whether the sun, or the rain, or the snow, There Is ever a song somewhere, my dear. James Whltcomb Riley. Old Roila the Bow, I've travel'd the wide world over. And now to another I'll go; I know that good quarters are waiting To welcome old Rosin the Bow; To welcome old Rosin the Bow- To welcome old Rob in the Bow; I know that good quarters are waltlnai To welcome old Rosin the Bow. I feel the grim tyrant approaching. That cruel Implacable foe, . Who spares neither HKe nor condition. Nor even old Kosln the Bow; Nor even old Rosin the Bow Nor even old Roslu the Bow; Who spares neither age nor condition. Nor even old Rosin the Bow. When I am dead, If you wish it. Old friends, you wilt want to. I know. Come stand by the side of my coffin. And look at old Rosin the Bow, And look at old Rosin the Bow. And look at old Rosin the Bow. Come stand by the side of my cofftiv And look at old Rosin the Bow. Then get a couple of tombstones, That all who pass by, as they go. May read In the letters you put there Trie name of old Rosin the Bow, The name of old Rosin the Bow. The name of old Rosin the Bow, May read In the letters you put there,. The name of old Rosin the Bow.. DEER KNEW ITS FRIENDS Wild Do That Helped Woman Take Car of Woaaded Pawa. An incident In animal life which' possibly may never be duplicated oc curred a few weeks ago on the estate of George W. Watson at Eastern Point. Soon after Mr, Watson arrived at his Eastern Point residence a fawn Six Men Go Down With British BarK Off Cape Flattery. Portland, Dec. 4. Six lives were claimed for toll by the rock-bound shores of Cape Plattery when the British bark Mattorhorn fouudered in if heavy sea, 70 miles off Umatilla reef lightship, November 27. Leaving the vessel during the heavy galo that prevailed, the first ollicer's boat was dashed to pieces, and the mute, steward and four of the sailors were drowned. Captain Salter and second mate and il! of the crew luunched a large life boat, and after battling with tho storm tor ill hours, and enduring groat hard ships, succeeded in reuciiiug Umatilla llglllSllip. Crazed by exposure, one sailor jumped overboard when approaching tne Jiglitslnp, and was rescued with uilliculty by his comrades. On Saturday, Novomber 27, the day on which the mat terliorn foundered, one of the fiercest storms which has beon experienced in years swept the entire I'acitic coast between .Northern California and Alaska. At North Head tho wind registered as high us 81 miles an hour, and it blew with even frrttuter vfiltwtitir u TutAnnl, Island. Vessels a day behind tho Mat- w"" Dorn ln the rtt88 lHnd round th" terhorn nnd Ilnwnr.l 1) T ' reflldence. the New London (Conn. bar-bound at Astoria for several days, I Day says. During the winter, of fl lljl ITAUUIlIu mituiil.l ' ...... wt,r,,iu IIUVITKTII UIIMimi I, II O lightship, unable to get in. During tho siime galo which wrecKed the Mutterhorn, tho steamer Argo went ashore off Tillamook bar, November 20, wnen live lives were lost. course, there was nothing to disturb the deer, and they wandered at will around the estate. When It was time to cut the grass a mowing machine was put to work, and the eharp knife- In cliargo of Captain Suiter the Mat- of the mower found the little fawn terhorn crossed out over tho Columbia while It was cuddled up ln the hern Hiver bar at 10:20 a. m. November 20. ' ag9, one leg was cut badly so badly Sho was in company with the British ,h-, ,h(l babv deer was unable to t ship Howard 1). Troop, and at that time tho Portland waterfront figured out a nine between tho two vessels on tho voyngo around tho Horn. Tho Mat terhorn curried 10.'i,021 bushels of bar ley and was bound for Ipswich, direct. The cargo was dispatched by Balfour, Outline & Co. She carried u master, two mates and 20 men. The Mutterhorn was a four masted iron bark and was built at Greenock in 1HH2, and wus owned by C. K. Do Wolf & Co. .She was classed iu Lloyds us 100 A 1. t'Uiife la Nvjf Uisdual. Wl.liiM", I" S - VYL l the Mr f !M I t tl.e fi.t'itial.uu '-f Lit Unu.t tffullte to In jr. li y of li s I. v !) i't ! .'l fo miiiiI Bk 'ike I'sfct.l.ke te (ilJ tu-miii Plot to Kidnap Three Foiled. St. Louis, Dec. 4. Four men were urrnsted in Collinsville, III., today charged with participating in a plot to kidnap the three young children of L. P. Lumaghi, an ex mayor of the town. They are held tinder bonds of 1,000. Lumuglii received "black hand" letters demanding 0,000 on pain of losirtg his children. Under ad vice of tho police he put this amount in ntagn money in the designated place and early today an Italian was caught at the spot. lie confessed and impli cated four others, three of whom were apprehended, Foote, I. W. W., Gets Jail. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 4. K. J. rooto of Portlund, Ore., tried on tho charge of conspiracy, was found guilty us charged today and sentenced to six months in the county jail. Foote is one of thn lenders of the Socialist I. W. W. movement to violate the street speaking ordiuanco in Spokuuc. lie has been connected with the publica tion of the Industrial Worker, pub lished by the local organization, mil is accused of being one of the ten or more leaders who incited and encour uged mobs to violate the ordinance. Two Girls Ride Under Train. Milwaukee, Wis., IW. 4. Two little girls, Agues Smith and Annie Luecka, both 13 years old, who encuped from the imliiKt riul school here on the night of November 20, made s -ti-ruila trip to .Icf fcrnon Junction rl ngiug to the rod underneath a puakenger roach, and then walked ten mile aeroa the coun try in an attempt to outwit oltirers they knew would be seeking lln in. lloth sre kirk from their htturdou eicspude, and lbs Hui i tli girl it not eipected to i lite, Queen Ml Ails Orphans. Honolulu, I'ec, I Former Ouis lilisokoUiil, tl lbs J I r al ia it ll'W, it simoiiiired loiley, hse eiocole I a d i I i,l l i. I to W. Hinila sa l I F i.nuk.e, l.ftly a "! "f .i f e.Ule, Ln b ! valued si '.'oo.lioO, kfi.f L.r rl..lli UU M'i !" I ', Jp il i (,se Ut H, . n.n. I pf Milsu lim fu U Rattle Follows Hirtke. ! Wheeling, W. Va , le. 3 - Phots 1 were eichsiiged to ly l,e(eiii sir kin Slid the li.ru alio y1-.lcr.l4y volutiUrlly lttifi.l to work U I l.e mills of the Aiiierlcsu ruet 4 'J ibpUl emupany, a B'll.el I y of tl.e I'n lcd hinln hteil eorpoi at .on. fine li.wii tiuploed Is s (.i a Ijotnli.g He unlit am ellg-Miy uvu I. I I lilt n, . ii.h.i iF mium ;iim rvr 1 j ... kfcj )i lie-1"" tHI'e, away. It was taken care of by Mr. Watson and the Injured leg treated. The little chap seemed to under stand that It waa In good hands an&. reaponded to the treatment. It was left where found, and each day th mother doe came along and attendee to the provision of food, the young ster gaining health and strength dally. Now the little chap has fully recover ed and la able to fight IU own Ufa battle. Mr. and Mrs. Watson are well pleased to know that the fawn they eared for Is able to follow Its mother and enjoy the freedom of Qrotoa woods. It has been accorded to very few. even those wno ipena mum time in the wilds, to see baby deer nurtured aa Mr. and Mrs. Watson saw their little pet. STYLE IN A CAVE. Novel Heat of a llleh Avkaasa firatf al afoaatala'a T. II. 8. Mobley, one of the most prom inent and successful farniere near Prairie Grove, Ark., an actlte member of the National Farmers' Union, baa lived for years In a cave at the top of a mountain 1,700 feet high. The Milwaukee Wisconsin says tt Is prob ably the most palatial cave In the world, with all modern conveniences. Includ ing hot and cold water, eleotrlo fane, electric lights and steam heat. The cave Is seventy eight rest long by twenty five feet wide and thirty le foot high. The walls are of beautiful granite, which haa been handsomely polished. The celling la forty feet thick. The front of the cave le ol glass and the floors are of hardwood. The flues of the cooking range paea out through the mouth of the cava and eitend outward a dlatanre of near ly forty feet. Movable acreene permit the Increase and reductions of rooms at the pleasure of the occupeote. A fine spring at the top of the moun tain furnishes ster through a private system of waterworks Tbls novel dwelling le reached If a beautiful road as ending the crest of the moun tain by easy stsgra and the ground, about lb cave ate kept la perfec t con dition. The occupants dwUie that It is (he cooleet deelllug la summer sn l Ibe must winfui table It Inter, att they Lave bu fear of eylvaee, vllili ate fie4ueii Iu that region. Neither lisal fur col4 fisustieies the ol1J I'aalie H twos Iu en.e fiiiililee for It IU t Mbftfttvbet sweiiUf