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WEEKLY. SSM&ir&M.! Consolidated Feb., 1899. CORVAILIS, BENTOH COUNTY,- OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1903. VOL. XXXX. NO. 3. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented in Condensed Form, Mos Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. David Ulm commits suicide at Al bany. Cuban reciprocity treaty sure to be ratified. Oklahoma statehood bill in danger of defeat. Democrat says "women dictate army appointments. Senate discusses bill to relieve shortage of fuel. Signor Sagasta, ex-Premier of Spain, dies suddenly. Pretender of Morocco retreats and Sultan is out of danger. Federal Supreme Court declares California margin law valid. Railroad trainmen of , the West confer on advance in wages. Governors inaugurated and legisla tures convene in many states. Governor Taft will succeed Judge Shiras on Federal Supreme bench. Crown Prince of Saxony is sued for separation, but will sue for divorce. Senators Depew and McComas have declared themselves for an anti-trust bill. Postmistress of Indianola leaves Mississippi denying she yielded to threats. The supreme court has declarSd valid the Federal license system in Alaska. m Floods in White River Valley have done $100,0,00 damage in King Coun ty, Washington. Financial panic in Venezuela end ed; Castro defeats rebels; Germany wants more vigorous war. The Secretary of War has asked for an appropriation for the construction of a cable from Fort Lawton to Alaska. - Alaska delegates condemn the pol icy of the Lighthouse Board in erect ing expensive lighthouses on the Alas kan coast. . . .: - .-,-..-.'.- Opposition to the confirmation of Armstrong's appointment as Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury has de veloped. It is alleged , that he is too young. - ...... v Democrats in the House are,grow ing restive under the leadership of Richardson, who is said to be unequal to the occasion. He will be displaced In the ne,xt congress. - Plans are being formed to defeat the Oklahoma-Indian Territory state hood bill, to which the President is said to be opposed. He favors admit ting Oklahoma alone. Castro laughs at the idea of his ab dicationr No direct bag ships from Calcutta this year. Oriental liner Indrapura arrives with a big cargo.5 Puget Sound country has greatest flood in 25 years. German papers speak lightly of the Monroe Doctrine. Colorado legislature promises a hot time over election of senator. Pies Armstrong slys he did not in tend to shoot Miss Ensminger. Albany Methodists celebrate the 60th anniversary of their church. French senatorial elections result ed in gain for the present ministry. Irish land report is made that both Ireland and England appear to favor. Loaded ship has narrow escape from Clatsop beach during thick fog. Spokane legislative delegation splits wide open on senatorial ques tion. Report of Governor Taft speaks of difficulties and encouragements in the Philippines. - Congress reassambled after holiday recess and senate takes up omnibus statehood bill. Washington County farmers at Gas ton Indorse $500,000 appropriation for Lewis and Clark Fair. Sultan of Morocco has discredited the pretender by effecting a reconcil iation with his brother. Toroedo-boat destroyer MacDon- ough, on trial exceeded her contract requirement of 28 knots. Castro sends an army to fight the rebels. . New diamond field discovered In the Transvaal. Washington legislature has no cap- itol for its meeting. Pension Bureau hurries action on Indian' War pensions. A new anti-trust bill to be intro duced by iSenator Hoar. Y". Sultan of Morocco sends his broth er to fight the pretender. The local marine engineers' strike on ocean steamers is ended. Science association elects Carroll D. Wright president. Pacific cable completed to Honolulu and first message received. Democratic leaders choose the tar iff as issue of the next campaign. v Moorish rebels march on Fez, and the Sultan goes out to fight them. Bloodshed is expected among the claim-locators in Wyoming oil fields. King Edward proclaimed Emperor pf India with great pomp, at Delhi. PROFITS OF STEEL TRUST. Nearly $34,000,000 Annually Employes Eager to Take Stock. New York, Jan. 8. The United States Steel Corporation declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, on the common and 1 per cent on the preferred stock. A financial statement was issued showing net earnings for the calendar year, with December estimated, of $132,662,000. The net earnings for the quarter ended December 31 were $31,339,613, an increase of $1,579,700, as compared with the same period of 1901. From the net earnings for the year, deductions are made of $24,528,183 for sinking runas, depreciation and re serve funds and for a special fund set aside for depreciation and Improve ments; of $15,200,000 for interest on bonds; of $3,040,000 in sinking funds for bonds, and of $56,052,869 for in terest on the stocks. These deduc tions leave undivided profits amount ing to $33,841,565 for the year, appli cable to increase, depreciation and re serve fund accounts for new construc tion and surplus. The cash on hand is $54,724,106. ' The board approved the plan report ed by the finance committee for profit-sharing and subscription to stock by the employes. It was reported to the board that the plan for stock sub scription was being well received by the employes, and that within three days after the opportunity to sub scribe was given, more than 16,000 shares had been subscribed for. J. Pierpont Morgan was present at the meeting, although it is not his cus tom to attend meetings of corpora tions when they are not held in his office. PROMOTION FOR TAFT. Will Be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Wright to Succeed Him. Washington, Jan. 8. If existing plans carry, some time next month the President will send to the Senate the nomination of Governor Taft to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, to succeed Jus tice Shires, who is expected to retire during that month. Governor Taft Will be succeeded as Civil Governor of the Philippines by General Lake E . Wright, at present vice-governor, and the latter place will be filled by the appointment of W. W. Rockhill, the present director of the Bureau of American Republics. - There are al ready many aspirants for the place which will be vacated by Mr. Rockhill, but so far the President'has made no choice. , It appears that Governor Taft was offered a place on the Supreme bench on the retirement of Justice Gray, but he felt that affairs in the Philip pines were in such a state as to re- qttrr eMgf wBsrpfer attsndatiee'; and -he sacrificed his chance. - The President has not forgotten his useful ness, and feels that the work in the archipelago will be in shape by Febru ary, so it may well be taken over by General right. . MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Rode 100 Feet Under Pilot of Locomotive and Had No Bones Broken. New York. Jan. 8. To- be jammed under the pilot of a hog locomotive, as the ones Cornelius Vanderbilt in vented are called, to have his legs curled over the axle of the. coney wheels under the pilot and be carried along for 100 feet and yet to escape without a broken bone has been the experience of Louis Huysler, an elec trician of Mbunt Vernon. Huysler .was found with his - legs curled around the axle of the coney wheels. His head was jammed back under the pilot itself. He was in a position that .made is impossible to extricate him without lifting the loco motive from the rails. When he was finally removed Huysler's left knee was found to be dislocated, the right knee bruised and the leg cut. He also had some cuts on the face and body, but not a bone was broken. SAGASTA IS DEAD. Heart Failure Takes Away Aged Spanish Statesman and ex-Premier. Madrid. Jan. 7. Ex-Premier. Prax- edes Mateo Sagasta died at 11 o'clock tonight in his 76th year. At 6:30 he had an attack of heart failure and it was then thought he was dead; he rallied, however, and lived for four and a half hours. Senor Sagasta's death was due to bronchitis and gastric trouble. His family was at the deathbed, and for mer" Liberal members of the cabinet were near their old leader. A bishop administred the last sacrament this afternoon. - - "The news of the ex-Premier's, death created a painful impression through out" Madrid. King Alfonso expressed profound regret. Senor Sagasta's intellect was unim paired until his last hours. He talked to his daughters, the presidents of the senate and of congress, and to the archbishop of Toledo. King Alfonso has written a letter of sympathy to Senor Sagasta's fam ily. During the ex-Premier's illness, the Queen mother and other members of the royal' family frequently sent of ficials to inquire as to his progress. Monterey Strikers Are Firm. Laredo, Tex., Jan. 7. A Monterey, Mexico, special, says: The strike situation here remains nrnptirallv nnchaneed. The manaee ment of smelter No. 3 has offered to permit the men to return to work un der old conditions, that is, the com nanv to continue the navment of a premium lor 21 days! consecutive work. The strikers, however, refuse to return to work unless granted the increase asked for. West Indian Failure a Big One. London, Jan. 8. The accounts filed of the failure in May last of Park, Me Fadden & Park, west Indian men chants, who had a branch house . In New York, represented by Park, Son & Co., show gross debts amounting to $1,295,000, and $665,000 assets. " NEWS OF OREGON ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. Move to Tax Corporations Holding Valu able Franchises Horsethleves Still at Work on the Ranges Mining- Prop erty Bonded Creamery Men Object to Pure Food Laws. The First M. E. church of Albany celebrated its 50th anniversary. The Marion County Bar Associa tion has prepared a bill for the com ing legislature taxing telephone, tel egraph, express and oil companies, and other corporations holding val uable franchises. George McKimmen,. the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George McKim men, who reside just north of Grant's Pass, died as a result of the severe burns he received by falling into a tub of boiling water. Horses continue to disappear from ranches about Grants Pass, in many cases saddles and bridles being taken also: So far the officers have been unable to obtain any clue as to the Identity of the thieves or their where abouts. ' The Gold King group of , quartz claims, situated on Josephine Creek, in Western Josephine County," has been bonded by M. Marks, of Seattle, for $10,000. The claims are not de veloped to any great extent, but pre sent a rich and vast body pf ore. The Brownsville-Sweet Home stage met with a mishap recently after leaving Crawfordsville for Browns ville. It -was very dark and the driver ran into a stump which upset the hack throwing the occupants out in the mud. There were several pas sengers, but all escaped with nothing more than a few scratches and a shaking up. ' R. W. Hathaway, a creamery man from Corning, la., has located at Med- ford and has. as the result of a con ference with , a number of dairymen of this section, decided to put in. a creamery, and expects to have it in operation by March 1. No difficulty is expected in securing sufficient cream, as there are now 22 dairymen shipping cream from this place to the Roseburg creamery. A bill has been prepared and will be submitted to the Marion County Bar Association, the purpose of which is to reorganize the State Land Board and define the manner in which it shall : conduct the work of selecting lfeu lands. The bill proposes to con tinue the power of the Governor to appoint a state land agent, so that the ' democratic governor will not be deprived of this patronage, but the state land agent is made subject to the orders of the whole board. The two land departments are to work in harmony, and, In fact, to constitute but one department, so that hence forth, if this bill should become a law, there could not recur any such conflicts as have recently caused so much trouble. - Creamerymen don't like the law which prohibits them from remolding tub butter" into squares and selling it as "creamery butter. Much tub butter they say is just as good as the standard creamery, and some of it is better in fact, butter stored in tubs keeps better than in squares. Food and Dairy Commissioner Bailey says that he does not care how much tub butter is remolded but he insists that the butter shall be sold for just what it is and nothing else. "If tub butter is just as good as creamery in squares," said Mr. Bailey yester day, "the people will soon find it out; All I insist upon is that things shall be as they are represented when sold. The creamerymen say that the brand tub butter' condemns their ' product. But why does it? If tub butter is just as good as the regular product in squares, I ask why the brand con demns it? I do not doubt that some tub butter is just as good as any. All I contend is that whatever a man sells, he sells for just what it is, whether it be a threshing machine, a steam engine, a paper of tcks or a roll of butter." PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 70c; blue- stem 78c j valley, 75c. Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, $24.00. Flour Best grade, 3. 904. 40; grah am, $3.203.60. Millstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton; middlings, $23.50; .shorts, $19.50; chop, $18. - - Oats No. 1 white,' $1.151.176 : gray, $1.12K115 per cental. Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $89.00; cheat, $89 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 50$60 per sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2 00 $2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10lJc; young, 10c; hens, lllljc; turkeys, live, 15 16c; dressed, 1820; ducks, $77.50 per dozen; geese, $8 8.60. " Cheese Full cream, twins, 16 17c; Young America, VJ1 factory prices, ll)c less. . : ' Butter Fancy creamery, per pound; extras,- 30c; 22c; store, 1518. 27$30 dairy, 20 Eggs 25 35c per dozen. Hops--New crop, 2326c per pound. Wool Valley, 12J15c; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628e. Beef Gross, cows, 33c pe? pound; steer h, 4c; dressed, 67c. Veal 7K8Xc. Mutton Gross, 3c per pound; dressed, 6c. . Lambs Gross, 3Xc per pound; dressed, oe. Hogs Gross, 6J6Je per pound; dressed, 707 , ... CRISIS IS PAST. Washington Floods Have Ceased to Rise, but Recede Very Slowly. Seattle, Jan. 7. The flood situation south of Seattle does not seem to be greatly improved. " Only the most meager particulars from the various points have been received. The first casualties as a result of, the rising of the water are reported from O'Brien, on the Northern Pacific between Se attle and Tacoma. .There the water is six or eight feet f high, and last night it was rushing , past the houses with the swiftness of a mountain cur rent. Two men, Martin Cummings and F. Shaughnessy ?. were in a boat rescuing people from second-story windows, and on one; of the trips the boat capsized and 'Cummings and Shaughnessy were both drowned. From Orillia comes the news that the water has receded about six inches, but that hdVof the town is still indoors or compelled to go about m Doats. Many head of cattle are Im prisoned in barns standing in two and tnree reet of water, v wo trains are running through the flooded districts, the Northern Pa cific making no effort to resume oper ations between this city and Tacoma. The wagon and railroad bridge across i esquany uv.er were In dan gerous condition, but.it is thought they will be saved, as the flood is sub siding. No train has reached Olymnia irom Portland since .Friday. Deschutes River is- raging and the highest volume of water is pouring over tne rails Known in years. The greatest loss by the flood has beeta the bottling works belonging to the Olympia -Brewing Company, wrecked Friday night, and damaged to the extent of $20,0Q0. Fine weather today will probably avert any further calamities.- t - A- lake of water 20 miles long, and from one to five miles wide, and vary ing in depth from three to 20 feet, covers the entire White River Valley between Seattle and! Kent. The like was never known before in all the history of King County. W. H. Al- vord, a farmer living near Kent, who settled here over 40-years ago, said tonight that never in his experience was there such a flood as prevails today. The damage done by the waters in King County alone will reach at least $100,000, and in all 1 likelihood when all the facts are known it will reach double this sum. At least 300. fami lies in the valley have been, rendered practically homeless- by the floods, and their household goods have been well-night destroyed. Hundreds of head of sheep and hogs have been drowned, while - other livestock has suffered. " . . , CASTRO'S ARMY DEFEATED. Rebels Won -a Decisive Victory Only Eight -.. MUea rora.tb-spital. . . . ' New " York, Jan.' 7'.--According to the Herald's correspondent in" W1I lemstad, the revolutionists are ad vancing in three columns on General Castro's army. A desperate fight, oc curred within eight miles of the City of Caracas, resulting favorably to the revolutionists. They are cutting all the telegraph lines,' tearing up the railroad tracks and are hourly expect ed in the immediate neighborhood of the city. - A condition of extreme pan ic prevails among those rho have heretofore believed that Castro was invincible. . . A committee of the most prominent citizens " has gone to President Castro and. made representations of how hopelessly untenable is his posi tion. But he insists on holding on un til his forces are defeated in a decis sive battle. It seems that this cannot be far distant. President Castro is already planning what he shall do when the inevitable comes, but he will make a desperate fight before quitting, as he has no chance to es cape. The only alternate is imprison ment. - The correspondent add that no at tempt is now being made by the allies to conceal the fact that they are af fording assistance . to the revolu tionists. Washington, Jan. 7. The response of the allied powers to Castro's last proposition to submit Venezuela's case to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal have not yet been received, 1 but it is believed that the answers will not be much longer delayed, as a continuance of the present 6tate of affairs on the Venezuela case, is not viewed with satisfaction. The block ade is believed to be working injury to American interests, therefore the de sire is strong to see the protocol, which will include a provision for the ter mination of the blockade, speedily agreed upon. " ' . Mr. Bowen's advices from Caracas show that conditions there are very much disturbed; that internal revolu tionary troubles have intensified and that President Castro is sarely beset. " Blockade Still in Force. -. - Berlin, Jan. 7. Great Britain and Germany came to an understanding four days ago to enforce the blockade of the Venezuelan coast precisely as though the negotiations for arbitra tion were not going on. It was doubt less in consequence or this under standing that , the vessels at Porto Cabello were taken, though both the foreign office and the navy depart ment are yet without advices show ing that vessels were taken or ma rines landed.! Commodore Scheder telegraphs that the Germans on Saturday seized a number of large Venezuelan sailing vessels at Porto Cabello. The prizes were towed to ; Los Reques, where they remain under guard. Otherwise, there have been no developments at Porto Cabello, CITY IN THE COAL BUSINESS. r Detroit Will Supply Its Population With Fuel at Cost Price. Detroit Jan. 7. The City of Detroit is going into the coal business and will supply the people with coal at cost prices. The Common- Council ap propriated $50,000 for the purchase, of coal to be sold by the municipality, and Mayor Maybury approved the res olution today. Advertisements will be printed this afternoon calling for bids. ONLY TWO SAVED NORWEGIAN BARK GOING TO PIECES ON WASHINGTON COAST. Eighteen Lost Out of a Crew of Twenty Indians Rescued the Two Survivors by Forming Human Chain Through Surf Captain Mistook Umatilla Lightship for Cape Flattery Lighthouse. Port Townsend, Jan. 8. With 18 out of her crew of 20 drowned, the Norwegian -ark, Prince Arthur, lies a total wreck on the treacherous rocks two miles south of Ozette, 29 miles south or cape Flattery. The accident which resulted so dis astrously occurred on the night of January 2, but the news was not re ceived until today, owing to the iso lated location. A private letter reach ing here this afternoon with the sad news was carried 25 miles through the wilderness by an Indian courier before being mailed. - The particulars contained are meag er in the extreme, telling simply that the vessel is a total wreck in the breakers, while but two men of hei crew of 20 survived. These were res cued from the surf by a human line made up of the frontiersmen living in the vicinity, assisted by the natives, and were too exhausted at the time the. courier left to give any particulars of the terrible calamity. The impression prevails that mis taking Umatilla Reef lightship for the beacon on Cape Flattery led Cap tain Markussen to his doonT among the .breakers in one. of the most dan gerous and exposed positions on the entire northern coast. The scene of the wreck is where many vessels be fore have piled their bones, the reef extending far out into the sea, making the approach of assistance Impossi ble. When the settlers first saw the op- proaching vessel, she was heading due west, which confirms the belief that Captain Markussen supposed he had passed Fattery .and 'was shaping the proper course to enter the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The vessel is report ed to be in identically, the same place as was the German ship Flottbek two years ago, from which in daylight and a calm sea the three powerful towing vessels on the Sound had great dif ficulty in rescuing her. The identity of the dead survivors could jaot be ascertained, the hardy woodsmen having no means of iden tifying the badly battered corpses which are washing ashore at irregular Intervals. Tbe rescuers consequently contented themselves with giving the unfortunates Christian burial near the scene of their tragic death..' AGAIN IN SESSION. Anthracite Strike Commission .Resumes Its Work at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 8. After a re cess over the holidays, the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission resumed . its work today, hearing the nonunion men's side of the controversy in the great Industrial war in the anthracite coal regions during the past year: It is expected that nearly a- month will be occupied in taking, the testimony of the nonunion men, the coal operators and the mineworkers in rebuttal. The session began at 11 o'clock. The courtroom was well filled when the Commissioners filed in and took their seats. All the prominent attor neys were present, excepting C. S. Darrow, leading counsel for the min ers, who was delayed in the West. The first business brought up was the presentation by their counsel of the wage statements of several of the, small independent coal companies in the Hazleton region. John J. Walliams, a mining engi neer, employed by the Lehigh & LWilkesbarre Coal Company, was the first witness, lie torn now ne was bbi upon and beaten while on his way to work, but he could not swear that the strikers conynitted the assault. Sheriff Schadt, of Lackawanna County, gave in detail his eperiences during the strikes, and .finally his call upon Governor Stone for assistance. The sheriff said that President Mitch- ell had several times assisted him in preventing trouble. CLARK MAY COME TOO. Famous' Commander of the Oregon Likely to Accompany Roosevelt. Washington, Jan. It is quite nrobable that Admiral Clark, whe commanded the Battleship Oregon at Santiago, may accompany President Roosevelt on his trip through Oregon next spring, although definite plans Lave not been arranged. It is the present intention of the President to visit Oregon sometime in May and the Riieerestion -has been made tnat during his visit to the State the sword nresentation to the Admiral snouia take nlace. It is said at the wnite House tnat if Admiral Clark desires to accompany the President on this occasion, he will be gladly welcomed by Mr." Roosevelt. The possibility of an extra session, however; makes it impossible for the President to definitely arrange for this Western tour. No definite plans will be made until Congress adjourns, Boers Win Participate.. Pretoria, Transvaal, Jan. 8. All doubts as to whether the Boers would participate in the entertainments given in honor of Colonial Secretary Cham berlam and Mrs. Chamberlain, were dissipated by the appearance of Gen erals Botha, Delarey. Cronje and Smuts at the garden party given by the governor yesterday. The attend ance of the town Boers, however, was not large. Mrs. Chamberlain is tact fully aiding the Secretary in his pa cificatory mission Pretender Retreating. Madrid, Jan. 7. Premier Silvela has presented to King Alfonso official dispatches confirming " the report of the retreat of the Pretender to the Moroccan throne, thus allowing the Sultan to reorganize the army stamp out the insurrection. anr FLOODS IN WASHINGTON. Miles of Railroads Washed Out or Burled Immense Property Loss. Seattle, Jan. 5. White Hirer over flowed its banks near O'Brien Sta tion, four miles below Seattle, at 3 o'clock this morning. The people of the town, not fearing disaster, had re tired last night, but were-awakened by the water, in many cases creeping into their beds. Orillia, a town the White River, two miles above O'Brien, was also flooded, but the peo ple were warned and many of them left their homes and secured places of safety before the rushing waters had surrounded their homes. At O'Brien, however, little, children, wo- en and men were imprisoned in their houses with eight and 10 feet of water about them. A relief train was ordered from Se attle, and on arriving with boats, the rescuing party found several families the women and children of which were huddled on chairs and tables in order to keep from the water that was more than two feet deep on the floors. All persons were taken to places of safety. No lives are reported lost, but much household belongings, fences and some buildings have been ruined or lost. Tacoma, Jan. 5. There was noth ing doing on the Northern Pacific to day, not a train leaving the city and the railroad officials are unable to make any definite statement as to the future. The Chinook still prevails, and water is pouring aown the Cas cades in torrents. At Martin, -on the east side, of the tunnel, there is a washout of nearly 300 feet, while sev eral places between the tunnel and Ellensburg are under water, or the tracks are covered deep in mud. Castle Rock, Wash., Jan. 5. The situation here is somewhat improved. The flood reached its highest point at 11 p. m. Saturday, and "has since receded - about 20 inches. The rain has ceased. It is estimated that about 12,000 cords of shingle bolts have gone down the river. -The center span of the Toledo wagon bridge is gone and many smaller bridges also, but communication with the country dis tricts is almost impossible, and full details cannot be learned. The Wright mill boom gave way today, letting out several hundred cords of bolts. All the piling recently driven for a bridge across the Cowlitz at this point is also gone. -.Everett, Wash., Jan; 5. Traffic con ditions on tne . Great Northern and Northern Pacific are worse than yes terdays BrW8q59?r.ndJ-fta1.jDn: iue Vireat nonueru, near maaisou, are out, owing to slides.- No trains have come from the East since Fri day, but the Great Northern expects to bring a train in Tuesday. The Stil laguamish River is covering the town of Silvans, and is higher than for 25 years. Plank and skid roads : are washed out. The Great Northern Coast trains from that point come over the Nortnern Pacific tracks. The Snohomish River is still booming. Great Northern bridges at Sultan and Lowell are washed somewhat out of line. CASTRO WON'T ABDICATE. Says Revolution Would Soon End Without Aid of Foreign Powers. Caracas, Jan. 6. The report that President Castro proposes to abdicate or resign tne residency is untrue. The correspondent of the Associated Press saw the President with regard to this matter today. The President laughed when questioned and then said thoughtfully: 'You are at liberty to say that I have fought during two years to re tain the supreme power which was in vested in me by the people of Vene zuela. I will no more abdicate than will resign. The Matos revolution without assistance from foreign pow ers will soon be past history." The course pursued by the allied powers in maintaining the blockade of La Guayra has caused astonish ment among the foreign residents of this city. When the Dutch steamer Prinz Wilhelm I arrived off La Guay ra to take on board the European mails the authorities at La Gayra sent the mail out in a small boat. This boat was stopped by the British cruiser on blockade and the mail bags were taken on board the warship. The postal clerks who were in the small boats, say the mail bags, not withstanding: their protests, were opened on board the cruiser. Drink Made a Murderer. Missoula. Mont., Jan. 6 Crazed with liquor and opiates, Louis H, Mott emptied the' contents or a. re volver into his wife this afternoon. She died at the hospital five hours later. Mott was arrested. Mott's laundry was sold some week's ago because of his drunken habits. Since then Mbtt has been drinking heavily and abusing his wife. . The couple had words In the parlor. Mrs. Mott, fearing violence, went to the kitchen and then outside. He fol lowed and shot her. Indians Killed a Witch. " Seattle Jan. 6. United States Mar shal Shoup - arrived from Juneau to day with three Hoonah Alaska In: dians sentenced "each to four years' improsonment in the United States Penitentiary on McNeil's Island for causing the death of Indian Isaac, whom they claimed to be a U witch. They kept Isaac tied to a tree for eight days, the exposure arid hunger resulting In his death. Mexican Smelter Strike. Laredo, Tex., Jan. 6. At Monterey, Mexico, 250 of the employes of the lars-p. Gueeenheim smelter have gone out on strike because of dissatisfac- tion- with a new system of pay. About j 600 otherg are affected. - OPPOSE NEW STATE PROBABLE RESULT OF PLANS BEING LAID BY SENATORS. Roosevelt Would Admit Oklahoma Only', but L Against Indian Territory Sen ' ators Will Endeavor to Sidetrack the Measure by Talking on Trust Legls , latlon Throughout the Session. Washington, Jan. 7. The resump tion of the debate on the statehood bill yesterday gives rise to a number of rumors as to methods which may bring about its defeat. It is reported that President Roosevelt would veto the one-state bill which the majority of the committee favor, coupling Okla homa and Indian Territory toeether. and that the President favors a single ' state out of Oklahoma alone,' without either New Mexico or Arizona being aumiitea wun it, or Indian Territory made part of it. If such a bill had passed the Houbp t the last session, it would no doubt have become a law, as it is recog nized that Oklahoma is entitled to statehood. Another suggestion is made that the. statehood bill wilf be - sidetracked by bringing forward anti trust legislation, the Hoar anti-trust bill or some similar measure to be re ported to the Senate, when it will be taken up for discussion, but without any Idea of passing it. , it is believed that a motion to take up an anti-trust bill would command democratic votes, even against the omnibus statehood measure, and thus the omnibus bill, which holds its place because a majority seems to favor. It, would be pushed aside. FAVOR A TRUST BILL. Senators Depew and McComas Declare Themselves on This Question. Washington. Jan. 7. Two spnaMra on the republican side, who are sup posed to be very friendly towards trust legislation, have declared them selves in favor of any measure that seems practicable. They are Senators Depew and McComas. The sentiment in Maryland has no doubt had deal to do with influencing McComas, for there is a great demand there that something shall be done to rnrh the trusts. - Senator Depew announces that ht ia in favor of publicity as a means of reaching the trusts and says .the best example of the soundness and benefit of publicity in the affairs of great cor porations is found in insurance com panies,' which are under the careful supervision of state authorities. oenator Mcuomas says that he be lieves .in Government supervision and- tharnocdrporatronsTrouiarbe -AfraTdT"- of Government supervision. . Both of the Senators are members of the judiciary committee and will vote to report a bill, if a satisfactory measure can -be prepared in time. NEW ELECTRIC LINE. Extensive Road to Be Built in the Wash- ington Wheat Country. Spokane, Jan. 7.-Surveyors are ex pected to. begin -work this week lay ing out a route for an electric railway to run from Washtucna, th the O. R. ' & N., through Ritzvllle, on the North ern Pacific and Odessa on the Great Northern. The proposed line will be about 45 miles long, passing through a fine wheat country and reaching three railways". The enterprise is backed by resi dents of Ritzville, C. Lunchford be ing president; P. R. Clark, secretary; O. R. Holcomb, lately democratic nominee for congress, being vice president. Y They propose to secure power from Hooper Falls, of the Pa- louse River, and may also sell light and power. Y vj The cost of the enterprise is esti mated at $1,500,000. Ritzville is now said to be the largest initial shipping point for wheat in the world, and it is thought such a road would increase its shipments. . ." POISONED NEW YEAR GIFT. A Colorado Coachman and His Wife Drink Strychnine In Whiskey. Colorado Springs, Colo., JanV 7. James E. Bailey, a coachman, died un der mysterious circumstances1 last night, and indications are that he was poisoned from drinking from ap small t vial of whiskey , which contained a ' white sediment. ; On the. bottle, was a label completely hiding the contents and bearing the inscription, "Happy New Year. Have a drink with me." According to Mrs. Bailey, her .hus band came home at 11 o'clock and af ter bathing remarked that he guessed he would take a drink from his New Year's gift. He drank about half an ounce and shortly after retiring he complained of cramps and reiharked that he believed he had been ; pois oned. Mrs. Bailey aroused thejoieigh bors, but by the time assistance ar rived her husband was dead. f Y Mrs. Bailey states that when her husband returned home from ?f barn where he was employed he brought the bottle with him, but did "npt tell her where he got it. : : Dynamiting an Ice Jam New York, Jan. 7. A greaicrowd of spectators gathered on the. banks of the Connecticut River Sunday to watch the process of dynamittttg the ice jam to save the great temporary bridge, says a Times dispatefc; from Hartford. - At 10 o'colck a ptece of ice was blown high in the a3r and, falling 200 feet away, struckFrank Stavalo, aged 11, on the heajS, frac turing his skull. He is now in4he hos pital, where it is said he canJye but. a short time. He has not tfegalnd consciousness. : 'jjf ( - Suspected of Robbery Des Moines, la.; Jan. 7. A T&iah who gives his' name as Jim Borden has been arrested at Eddysville.imispect ed of being one of the men jrho rob bed P. Sullivan of $1800 nearllamil ton, Friday night. The robbr who was wounaeu Dy suinvan, 'is, - stiu alive but his condition is critical.