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WEEKLY. 7.' .1 Consolidated Feb., 1899. COEVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FEIDAX, DECEMBER 25, 1903. VOL. XXXXI. NO. 1. 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, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. ' Scenes at Washington resemble those preceding the Spanish-American war. The strike o: Chicago , hearsedrivers continues to seriously interfere with funerals. Revision of the Dreyfus case and his restoration to grade in the army seems assured. Britain and France have redoubled efforts to prevent war between Japan j t : ; ;:" It hasb een practically admitted that the war department will abandon Fort waua vvaua. ; Enough constituents 01 uemocratic senators will demand the passage of the canal treaty to mke it safe. The powers will 'try to dissuade Co lombia from going to war. They have notified her that she must expect no help. -V,- - '-' MartinC oleman, a noted New York Afire fighter, . and another fireman per- snea jn names wmcn caused a lusa ox " Reports from Hayti and Santo Do mingo show great unrest. The United States will allow Colom bia to take the initiative for war. Secretary Root says ; that General Wood's promotion is in the regular or der of senority. A Portland firm has received the con tract to install water systems at Forts Worden and Casey.' The strike of hearse drivers in Chi cago has compelled the people to use cars and wagons at funerals. An assassin fired at Max Nordeau, the noted Zionist and litterateur, in a Paris ballroom, but a friend saved him. Chief Newell has given irrigation committees to understand that Oregon will not get any money for a year at least.- . - . A vigilance committee has been named atChi- ago to clear the city of thugs, who have become bolder Bince -G nnliivatiAn rvf - - - - - " Chicago hearse drivers have gone on a strike and many funerals have been postponed. ; ; ' The senate has ratified the treaty with China. Russia is not at all pleased by it. ; , Women have been selected to act as jurors in a Chicago trial, for the first time in the history of the nation. ' John R. Benson, a San Francisco tim ber operator, has been arrested on a charge of bribing a government official. Sir Thomas Lipton, in accepting the silver Bervice presented him by Ameri ca, says he will try once more for the cup. , , , , , , ' .'. Senator Fulton, before the senate, stated the aims of the 1905 fair and made an eloquent plea for federal aid. It was his maiden speech. r The search for the wealth of Pope Leo has been ended by Cardinal Gotti fuming over $90,00,000 and an electric ian accidentally discovering $1,850,000. The late pope asked Cardinal Gotti to keep the money four months in' order that the new pope might learn how difficult it is to rule without money. ' , Senator Hoar severely criticises the Panama poilcy of Roosevelt. The house has passed the pension ap propriation bill carrying $138,150,100. The Nebraska grand - jury has re turned an additional indictment against Senator Dietrich. , - The kaiser's sister is found to be suffering from a cancer and the news created a sensation in Berlin. 4 American troops who have been landed have discovered a force of Co lombians which is probably building a road toward Panama. , . Colombia has ordered the American cruiser Atlanta to quit the gulf of Dar ien, but the order has not been heeded. The Atlanta has discovered a detach ment of nearly 2,000 Colombian troops on the western side of the gulf. She also came upon a schooner carrying armed men. Japan will reject the answer of Rus sia to her far eastern demands. The Lewis and Clark exposition is rapidly gaining friends in the senate. The senate - committee will recom mend the promotion of General Wood. ; Tammany will put up Bomke Cock ran to succeed Mayor-elect McClellan in congress. President Roosevelt has refused to al low a lodge tf Orangemen to use his photograph on a banner. Perry Heath and other ex-officials are seriously involved in the Conrad Boneparte report on postal irregulari ties. - - The friars are to get $7,250,000 for their lands in the Philippines. They originally asked $13,000,000 and Gov ernor Taft offered them $4,000,000. W. A. McKowan, secretary of the board of regnets, robbed the univeristy of California of $40,000 and spent it on races. QUICK TO GET TO WORK. Both Houses Transact Business With Dispatch. Salem, Dec. 22. Both houses of the Oreeon legislature organized at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by electing all the officers who served at the reguT lar session of 1903. , This organization Ac not include the election of commit tee clerks, and unless the session should be prolonged more than three days no clerks other than a few stenographers will be employed. There was nearly a full attendance in each branch of the legislature. In fht Vinnsfi Representative Davev. of Marion, is the only absentee. In the senate, Daly of Benton, and McGinn of Multnomah, are absent and excused. No one was elected to fill the vacancy nminpd bv the election of Senator Wil liamson to congress and that seat is va cant. Though the session yesterday Was short the legislature accomplished more than was expected, it naa Deen anticipated that the two houses would organize and then as a token of respect to the late Representative Murphy ad journ until today, wnen tne governor s message would be received. T?oth houses were called to order promptly, rushed, the organisation pro ceedings, and at II o'clock met in joint convention to hear the message. This communication was short and was read by the governor in 15 minutes, lhe apnatA took the lead in the transaction of business by adopting a joint mem orial introduced by President Brownell n rcrincr the claim of Oreeon upon the federal government for aid to the Lewis and Uiark: lair and asKing congress io enact the appropriation bill for that purpose. The memorial was passed without a dissenting vote. The chief event of interest on the opening day of the legislature was the introduction ot two resolutions Dy Democratic members of the house, the purpose of which was to precipitate the short session issue. Jiiiiyeu, oi linn, presented a resolution declaring that legislation at the special session should be confined to tax legislation. Bur- of TTnion and Wallowa, presented a resolution declaring for adjornment on Wednesday evening. After a sharp debate both resolutions were reierred to the committee on resolutions. At 11:30 both houses adjourned out of re spect to the late Representatvie Mur nhv. formal resolutions on the death of his colleague being offered in the house by Representative Burleigh ana adopted by that body. Ex-Congressman M. A. Moody, oi The Dalles, is here conferring with members from his section of the state resardins leaislation on the . portage railway and government canal. FAILS TO FLAG TRAIN. Brakeman Is Responsible for a Bad Wreck on Kansas Road. , Kansas City, Dec. 24. In a wreck today at Godfrey, Kan., of the "Mete or," the St. Louis & San Francisco rail way fast train from the south, nine persons were killed and 32 others in jured. Of the injured, five probably will die and 14 were seriously hurt. The responsibility for the wrecK is laid at the door of a brakeman of the freight crew, who failed to flag the train. He has disappeared. The engine on the freight had become dead, and tne crew was ordered to remain on the main track and turn the switch for , the pas senger, then about due, the brakeman beine ordered to flag the "Meteor." This he neglected to do. In the crash the baggage car tele scoped the engine landed in a corn field, while the smoker and the two chair cars were piled in a mass on top of the engine. Most of the injured were in the chair cars, which took fire soon after the wreck occurred. Navy Will Control Matters. Washington, Dec. 24. Under the impression that war is surely to occur between the United States and " Colom bia, the quartermaster-general of the army has been besieged by railroad and shipping men desirous of transporting troops. It was pointed out today that while the landing of marines on foreign soil occasioned but little comment and is only an evidence of a disturbed con dition of affairs, the ' embarking of troops puts a different aspect on the situation. For this reason the navy will be permitted to control affairs in isthmian waters. ' Seven Great Boilers Explode. St. Louis,' Dec. ,. 24. A battery of seven boilers in the power house of the St. Louis transit company, at Jefferson and Geyser avenues exploded tonight, killing three employes, injuring six and wrecking the building. Without premonition the boilers exploded, the brick walls fell outward and the heavy truss roof dropped, covering the debris in which almost 20 employes were im prisoned. Instantly all the electric lights went out and the darkness pre vented prompt work in res. uing. " Colombians Invade Land. Colon, Dec. 24. Information has been received here that about 100 Co lombian troops have landed at the Is land of Pines, northwest of Cape Tibur on, which is situated at the western en trance of the Gulf of Darien. The Island of Pines is in the Panama terri tory and is the only island along that coast which is wooded, peaked with mountains and also well watered, thus offering every facility for camping and being used as a base of observation. Cattle Allowed on Reserves. Washington, Dec: 24. Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock today author ized the grazing of 97,000 sheep and 4,250 cattle and horses on the northern division of the Cascade forest reserve from June 10 to October ' next; also 20,000 sheep in the eastern division of the Washington forest reserve. STOLE BY THE CAR SEATTLE RING OF FREIGHT THIEVES HAS BEEN UNEARTHED. Amounts Will Kcach Far Into the Thous andsNorthern Pacific and Great Northern Both Heavy Losers Many Employes Implicated Goods Sent to Various Points and Sold for Song. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 23. In the ar rest of Herman Rheinhart, manager of tlie Arlington dock; James C. Graves, yardmaster of the Great Northern rail way, and P. J. Flynn, foreman of the Great Northern freighthouse, the offic ials of the two transcontinnetal lines believe they have unearthed one of the greatest conspiracies to defraud that has ever been brought to light in the West. , The investigation has been but started, and while none of the high officials will talk regarding the matter, it is well known that the operations of a thieving ring, with headquarters in Seattle, extend over a period of at least four years and it may be five. During that time freight cars have been robbed of their contents, and the goods consigned to one merchant sold to another in the same line of business in the same city. Again, wohle freight car loads of goods have been taken and reshipped to other points where the ring is alleged to have had fences for the disposal of the stuff. . Tons upon tons of merchandise, it is charged, have been sent to Alaska, to California, to Oregon, and interior Western states, sold for what it would bring and the money divided between those implicated. The work of the detectives shows that trainmen, station agents, foremen, yardmen, engineers, and, in fact, al most every class of employes on the lines of the railroads, have been impli cated. All have not been concerned in the same shipments, but at some time or other have reaped a harvest from a part of the stolen property. The Northern Pacific railroad, it is said, is the heaviest loser in freight shipments, and the sums paid by the company for "lost goods" runs far into the thousands. The Great Northern, while it has been a sufferer from the same depredations, ha not suffered to the same extent as the Northern Pacific in lost freight. HITCHCOCK COVERS HIS HAND. More Development In Land Fraul Cases Due at : Any Time. Washington, Dec. 23. More import ant developments in the big land fraud scheme, for alleged complicity in which John A. Benson, of San Francisco, was arrested yesterday, are expected short ly, but the utmost secrecy guards the proceedings. Woodford Harlan, the former chief of division, and at present a clerk in the general land office, who is accused of taking bribes from Ben son, was not at his desk today, it being explained he was away on leave of ab sence for two or three days. Secretary Hitchcock today declined to discuss the expected further arrests or to say what action as to Harlan's case is in contem plation, and when asked why Harlan had been retained so long after the dis covery of the alleged offenses refused to answer the question. Benson has gone to New York. FRIARS WILL LEAVB ISLAND. They Have No Money to Buy Back Lands in Philippines. , Rome, Dec. 23. The settlement of the friar lands question in the Philip pines also practically settles, it is con sidered here, the question of the friars themselves. The Franciscans, it is be lieved, will abandon the islands alto gether, since they have no money to purchase lands,' and have no other means of support. A few of the Recol lects will remain, as they still have some property left. " The - Dominicans will be looked after by their university and the Augustinians will reoccupy the building erected at Ho Ilo, which is now used by the Americans as a bar racks, and will claim an indemnity from the government. The Augustin ians will use the building as a school. Money Order System for Banks. New York, Dec. 23.- After a three days' session here, the American bank ers' association, representing ' 7,000 banks, has agreed upon a plan for a money order system whereby sums not to exceed $100 can be sent by mail and the orders cashed by any bank be longing to the association. The scheme will, of course, come into direct compe tition with the money order division of the postoffice department, and it is expected cut largely into the. govern ment revenues. It will be operated the same as the exchange system. - Troops to Leave Mines. Denver, Dec. 23. At a conference between Governor Peabody and Ad jutant General Sherman M. Bell, it was decided- to withdraw the troops gradually from both the Cripple Creek districts and the Telluride mining dis trict. Orders have been issued to re duce the Cripple Creek force from 375 to 300 men, and to relieve 115 men at Telluride, - thus cutting the force in that district to 325 men. At the first of the year another cut is to be made. - xi Turkey Orders an Apology. Washington, Dec. 23. The state de partment has received a cablegram from Minister Leishman giving the details of the settlement of the trouble. He states that the Turkish government has instructed the governor of Alexandretta to apologize to the consul on his return there. CLOSE WATCH ON COLOMBIA. American Outposts are Keeping Admiral Glass Well Informed. Panama, Dec. 23. By means of the gun boats, Rear Admiral Glass is keep ing in almost dailycommunication with the two American outposts at San Mig uel. One of these, composed of 100 marines and four field pieces, is well and comfortably located at Yaviza and the other, numbering 100 men, com posed of marines and bluejackets, and which also has fieli pieces, is stationed at Real Santa Maria, 10 miles from Yaviza. Both of the outposts are en camped on the Tuira river. A dis tance of 60 miles, Jpartly an estuary of the gulf and partly river, separates them from the anoorage of the Ameri-r can war vessels, where the Wisconsin and Bosotn are now lying. The Con cord is going back and forth with dis patches, , while the , Marblehead, with Admiral Glass aboard, remains at Pan ama. ' ': The outposts are all kept well sup plied with all nescessities, and in case of trouble could quickly communicate with the war vessels. There are also at Yaviza and Real Santa Maria about 100 Panamans. These men' have been scouting toward the Colombian fron tier, but according to the latest infor mation brought to Admiral Glass there is no sign of Colombian soldiers on Panama territory. 1 Naval authorities do not believe Colombia will ' invade Panama's territory. 5 JAPAN WANTS GOLD STANDARD. Suggests That Ratio of 32 to 1 be Adopt ed for All Silver Countries.' Washintgpn, Dec I 23. The commis sion on international exchange- has re ceived from Professor Jenks the con clusions of the monetary commission of Japan regarding the proposals of the American commission for a uniform coinage system, based upon the gold exchange standard for China. The resolutions declare that the cha otic condition of the currency as it now exists in China is disadvantageous not to China alone, but to those countries that have commercial 'relations with her, and that a definite and uniform currency system should be speedily in stituted and put into Operation through out the whole empire, or at least, in those parts of it that are of commercial importance. " ) , If possible it is : desirable that this system should be jon the single gold standard.. . Inasmuch,, 3 ; the currency reform cannot be started on a perfect system," it is regarded as advisable to adopt the . recommendations of the American commission. It suggests al so that the ratio for China of 32 to 1 between gold and silver coins should bo adopted for other silver using coun tries which may., hereafter adopt the gold standard.; . j: , ! ! PREPARES FOR WAR. Japan Gives Rush Orders to Both Army and Navy. Paris, Dec. 23. A private letter re ceived here from a leading American diplomatic official in Japan says that while there are continued hopes of peace, the government is making final preparations for the eventuality of war. Preparations in the various branches of thq army and navy are proceeding with the utmost energy. The whole mili tary establishment is being placed in readiness for an aggressive campaign from the outset. , The Russian embassy here takes an optimistic view of the Far Eastern situ ation and considers the last dispatches exaggerated. A member of : the em bassy tonight said: , .; i "The negotiations between Russia and Japan have assuredly encountered many obstacles, but they will continue, and it will not be Russia who-will first break them off. The condition of the Russian naval forces is such as will guard them against all surprise." j The Jaapnese legation here . author izes the statement that ,it retains a hope of a pacific solution of the troubles. No alarming news has reached the legation from Tokio, and the rumored recall of its military at taches to Japan, it says, is an invention. Schooners Driven Ashore. St. John's, N. F., Dec. 23. During a fierce blizzard yesterday the schooner Susan was driven ashore off ' St. Johns. Her crew, after 12 hours in an open boat, made port ' this ' morning badly frostbitten. The schooner Mary Ellen went ashore at Trepassy. , The crew clung to the rocks all night and suffered terribly from exposure The schooner Fashoda went ashore at Greens , island. The crew escaped. It is ' feared that the schooner Dictator has foun dered in the storm with" her crew of seven men. , Turkish Cruiser a Success. - Philadelphia, Dec. 23. The" cruiser Medjidia, built for the Turkish govern ment by the Cramp ship building com pany, returned here tonight from her trial trip, which proved to be a success in every way to her builders. Over a one mile course the cruiser sustained 22.28 knots an hour. Her contract is for 22 knots. The new war ship made a good speed of 22.4 knots in a one hour trial and in a run of six hours main tained a speed of 20 knots flat. Four Thousand to Be Laid Off. Chicago, Dec. 23. Four thousand men employed by the Illinois ; Steel compbany, in south Chicago, e will be laid off for an indefinite period on Thursday, the day before Christmas, according to a notice sent out by the officials of the company today. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON YIELDS GOOD MONEV. The Eddy Law Yearly Income Will Run to $150,000. Salem When the Eddy, corporation tax" law was passed it was estimated that it would produce a revenue of $100,000 a year. The act has been in force scarcely more than six months and there has been paid into the state treasury $90 868. F. T. Wrightman, corporation clerk in the office of the secretary of state, estimates that the annual revenue will aggregate $125,000 to . $150,000, with the latter sum not improbable. As a revenue measure, it is evident that the Eddy law will not be a disappointment. It has been frequently charged by promoters of wildcat mining companies that the Eddy law would keep out for eign corporations and prevent the orga nization of new concerns. . It is true that the law has put a very noticeable check upon the organization of corpora tions with enormous capital stock, but without any considerable assets. Cor porations are now formed upon a more businesslike basis. ' ' The . assertions of the mining stock promoters served to cause some doubt as to the success of the Eddy law, but the facts gleaned from the records in the office of the secretary of state prove the error of those assertions. The cor poration tax law has not kept away any corporation that desired to do a legiti mate, business in this state. . The records show that since May 21, when the new law went into effect, 171 corporations organized in other states have filed their articles in this state and paid $50 each for the privilege of so doing. The total revenue from that source in less than seven months was $8,550. - ; These 171 foreign corporations also paid the proportion of the annual license fee due for the unexpired frac tion of the year, which fee varied ac cording to the capital stock. The rev enue from this source was $17,359.79, making a total of $26,909.79 which for eign corporations have contributed to the support of this state in a period of less than seven months. ' " ' ' - ' . During this same time 226 new con cerns have been organized in this state, paying organization fees which varied according to the amount of the captial stock, and aggregating $9,892.97. These 226 new companies, in a per iod of less than seven months, means ah average of more thah"32 'per month, which does not seem to indicate that the Eddy law has prevented the organ ization of corporations or forced them to go to other states to secure corporate authority. The total fees collected by the secretary of state from both foreign and domestic corporations are $36,802. 76." ;.v-; :.' ... , ,;. Coming Events. Northwest fruitgrowers' association, Portland, January 11-13. i National livestock convention, Port land, January 12-15. National woolgrowers' association, Portland, January 12-15. Poultry ! show, Albany, January 12-15. Angora goat show, Dallas, January 14-15. ., , . . ,;V Whitman-Oregon debate, Eugene, January 15. ' ' . " s ' Oregon Christian Endeavor conven tion, Pendleton, February 19-22. . Athena Farmers Hold Grain. ; . Athena It is estimated by the wheat buyers of this place that there are about 75,000 bushels of wheat in this district that have not been sold.' John Bell & Sons have just disposed of 28,000" bush els at about 62 cents per bushel. Mr. Bell raised about 30,000 bushels this year, . this being among the largest yields for one ranch. It has been learned f rdm some of the bankers of the district that the depoists in the institu tions this season are not as large as had been expected, because the farmers are not selling their wheat. ' Feeding a Thousand Hogs. Athena Hog raising is now an ex tensive industry of the farmers of this district. ' It is estimated ' that fully 1,000 hogs are being fed in this im mediate vicinity at present. John Bell, who is an extensive hog raiser, says: "We are feeding 200 hogs . this winter.. Nearly every farmer of the district has increased his stock this season and they are taking a deep in terest in the industry. We find a ready market for our hogs." Plenty of Feed in the Grand Ronde. La Grande Prospects for hay feed this winter were never better. Up to this time the stock in the Grand Ronde valley have had to have very little feed ing, although there is plenty of forage. The range along the foothills , is very good and should there be little snowfall the cattlemen- will pull through the winter in fine shape. Cattle and sheep are commanding fair prices. Cotton Is Agricultural Regent. Salem Governor Chamberlain has appointed W. W. Cotton! of Portland, to succeed Benton Killin, whose term has expired, as a member of the board of regents of the Oregon agricultural college. John D. dwell, of Jackson county,, and J. M. Church, of Union county, were reappointed to succeed themselves on the same board. 1 . Douglas Has Clean BiU of Health. Roseburg The s local health officer, Dr. E. Du Gas, reports that not a single case of quarantine for contagious diseases now exists in Douglas county. This is the first time in several months that he has been able to report an abso lutely clean bill of health, although no epidemic has existed at any time. WALLOWA COUNTY STOCK. Stands Third In the List of Heavy Sheep Producers. Enterprise The county assessor has just completed his statement of the number of sheep and cattle in Wallowa county for 1903. He shows the num ber of sheep to be 180,000. Thus Wal lowa stands third on the list among the counties of eastern Oregon. It is lead only by Morrow and Umatilla. ; The sheep in each of those counties num bered about 183,000. The average price of sheep tLis fall is placed at $2.30. This makes the value of the sheep of . Wallowa county $414,000. There is little increase ; this year over the number raised in 1902. The number of cattle is placed at 16,936, which is about the same as was raised last year. Wallowa county is well down the list in the number of cattle, outclassing only Morrow county. The average price of cattle this year is placed by the buyers at $25 each. This would make the total value of the cat tle $423,400. The value of the cattle and sheep combined would be $1,037,400. The value of the sheep and cattle of Uma tilla, Baker, Harney, Grant,-Union and Morrow amounts to $6,187,447. Thus the value of the cattle and the sheep of eastern Oregon is $7,224,847. WILL DIG DEEP FOR WATER. Grand Ronde Artesian Well Company Or ganized and Officers Elected. ' La Grande A . meeting was held ' at Alicel last week by the Grande Ronde citizens for the purpose of organizing a company to test thoroughly the digging of the artesian well. The meeting was largely attended. J.' M. Church was elected ehairman of the meeting and J. D. Smutz secretary. It was decided to organize a capital stock of $4,000, divided into shares oi $10 each, to' be known as the Grand Ronde Valley Artesian Well company. On adjournment of the general meet ing the directors met and elected F. S. Bramwell president, S. I. Brooks vice president, Peter McDonald secretary and J. M. Church treasurer. A well will be dug a depth of at least 2,000 feet unless water is struck before digging this far, and the experiment wili be madeQnh&an.didgc ;near Alicel.:"- ; v Rushing to the Coal Fields. -. Prairie City There is a big rush through this place to the John Day coal fields, which have recently been discovered. Men are coming into the country to investigate, and much of the untaken .land -is being located. The coal is said to be superior to that pro duced by the Heppner coal fields, and there are indications that large depos its will be opened. Croppings have been discovered 'in' many places.' Sev eral thousand, nacres , of the supposed coal lants have been secured by pro moters, who are trying to get more. Rich Ledge In the Santiam. ! - ' Albany What promises to be a very rich mining ledge has been reported from the South Santiam country, near Foster. The discoveries are about two miles from the Whitcomb postoffice, in the mountains, and are 40 miles from the Southern Pacific by wagon road lhe prospect has been known to a few for some time, but the matter has been kept quiet until a test could be made. An assay shows $'2i copper, $2.40 sil ver and $1.85 gold . t , t,p PORTLAND MARKETS. . Wheat Walla Walla. 7172c; blue stem, 77c; valley, 78c. ' . Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $20,a 20.50; rolled, $21. . Flour -Valley, $3.753.'85 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $39.04. 10; clears, $3.55(83.75; hard wheat pat ents, ?4.2U4.ou; graham, $3.75; whole' wheat, $5 ; rye flour, $4.50 47.5. Oats No. 1 white, $1.07fc 1.10; gray, $1.05 per cental. , Millstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $23;. shorts, $19; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19. ' Hay Timothy, $16 per ton ; clover, $12; grain, $12; cheat, $12. ' Vegetables Turnips, 65 per sack ; carrots, 75c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 75 90c cabbage, llc per pound; pars ley, per dozen, 25c; tomatoes, $11.50 per crate; cauliflower, 75c$l per doz en; celery, ,75c: pumDkins. lc ner pound: onions, Yellow Danversj 80c $1 per sack, growers' prices, . , Honey $33.50 per case. ' " Potatoes Oregon, choice and fancy, 65 75c per sack; common, 5060c; sweet potatoes, sacks, 2c; boxes, 2c per pound. Fruits Apples, 75c $2 per box; pears, $11.50 per box. ' Butter Fancy creamery, 2730c per pound; dairy, 2.022c; store, 1515c. ... . . Cheese Full cream, twins 1415c; Young America, 1516c. , Poultry Chickens, mixed, 9c per pound; spring, 9c; hens, 9c; turkeys, live, 16c; dressed, 7 c; ducks, $67 per dozen; geese, 8c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 32 c; Eastern, 2530. ; : Hops Choice," "24c per pound; prime 22c; medium, 19ep common; 15c. WooWValley, 17 18c; Eastern Oregon, 1215c; mohair, 32 35c. .. Beef Dressed, 56c per pound. Veal Dressed, small, 88$c; large, 5 (36c per pound. " Mutton Dressed, 56cc; Iambs, dressed. 6c per pound. Pork Dressed, 66Kc per pound. RUSSIA MUST BOW. Oreat Britain Believes That Otherwise Japan Will Oo to War. London, Dec. 22. Official England tonight almost to aWt is convinced there is but one way to avert war be tween Japan and Russia, and that is for the latter to accept the demands of the mikado, made on the advice of his mianistry. There has been' consider able communicatiaon during the past 12 hours between the British foreign office and the Japanese legation in Lon don, and the presumption almost ack nowledged as a fact in official circles, 18 th4 the British government has asked the Japanese minister for his ad vices as to Japan's position in th mv.. hent state of the neeotiationa w.n that nation and Russia. ! -From the reports current tonight it is assumed that the Japanese minister has been advised that the relations be tween his government and Russia have reached the breaking point. The be lief has become general that the spark which may strike fire into the inflam- maDinty oi Japanese sentiment is an eventuality to be expected now almost any time. The most that can be learned" from the Japanese capital is the acknowledge ment that the situation is now more menacing than at any previous stage of the negotiations between Japan and Russia. The dispatches from St. Petersburg are practically being subjected to a cen sorship. .They are meagre in extreme, and merely announce, that in spite of public opinion and alarming newspaper reports, the Russian officials believe a peaceable outcome of the far Eastern situation is still possible; ' FRIARS TO GET LITTLE MONEY. Syndicate, Is the Real Owner of the Philippine Lands. Rome, Dec. 22. Considerable ex citement prevailed in the mother houses of the Dominicans, AugustiniansFran ciscans and the Recollects over the fri ars lands ' question in the Philippines. The friars were glad the negotiations had been concluded, but think the ord ers got little for the lands, sinpfi thA j price they originally asked, $13,000,000 was, they declare, under the estimated value of the lands, the value of which has much increased, especially . since the Ameican occupation and the re establishment of order in the archipel ago. The friars say the money they will receive ia scarcely enough to pay . what they borrowed when they were deprived of everything by the revolution. Be-Bides-they-pointeottha-oitlypart of v the money will go to the friars, as the lands were, really transferred to a com pany formed in Madrid by the Marquis Di Comillias, the head of the Spanish Trans-Atlantic navigation company. The Dominicans succeeded in so thor oughly concealing their ownership of lands that the Vatican itself threatened to punish them severely for having tried to deceive even the ecclesiastical authorities. GREAT' PANIC AT FIRE. Students at Tennessee College Leap From Windows in Droves. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 22. Five per sons are known to have been killed and perhaps 30j injured, 19 of them fatally, in a fire here tonight, which consumed the Central Tennessee college for young negro women, a department of Walden university. It is possible the ruins mayc ontain the remains of other vict ims. ; The property loss is estimated at $25,000. .,. , The fire broke out about 11 o'clock in the top of the building, which was four stories high and without fire es capes. It was occupied by about 60 students, who were asleep when the alarm was given. ' The wildest panic ensued, wo men and girls rushing to the windows from which they jumped in droves, the dead and injured lying in heaps where they fell to be fallen, upon by those following them from the flaming win dows. Every ambulance in the city was soon on the scene,- and the injured were hurried to the hospitals. When the flames were first discovered they seemed to entirely envelop the building and it is considered almost certain that some of the terrorized oc cupants were overcome by smoke before reaching the windows.' Steals $200 per Day for Months. Chicago, Dec.; 22. While working on a salary of $9 a week, Gus A. Grigs by has robbed his employers at the rate of $200 per day, according to Manager David L. Rose, of M. L. Barrett & Co. When arrested $250 worth of costly va nila beans were found concealed in Grigsby's clothing. In the few months that his meager salary has kept him attached to the firm it is believed he has stolen between $12,000 and $15,000 worth of Btock. Grixsby held the position of chemist's helper. . He says he needed the money. - ' Cabinet Finds No Cause for Alarm. - Washington, Dec. 22.--At the cab inet meeting today the situaiton in Panama and the situation in Washing ton, relating to Panama, formed the principal topics of discussion. At the conclusion of the meeting Secretary Moody said official advices from Pana ma corresponded in salient features with the news dispatches from the isth mus. Assurance is given that there, has been no important developments to aroues concerns Bloodhounds Unable to Trail Men. Newcastle, Colo., Dec. 22. Blood hounds were unable to follow far the trail of the men who blew up five buildings here , occupied by striking union coal miners and their families, and no clew to the perpetrators of the crime has been found.