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,., , it-it, V ,-v-V-rtS," ",,.! Hcppncr Gazette Usucd Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER .OREGON WAR ON MINERS UNION. RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Bus Readers National, Political, His torical and Commercial. A six-day bicycle race is on in New York. Mrs. Louisa Taft, mother of Secre tary Taft, ia dead. , Gustav V, son of the dead monarch, is now king of Sweden. Railroads will no.t grant reduced rates to national conventions. American laborers are to replace Jfor eigners in the Pittsburg coke works. 300 U. S. Regulars Now in Camp at Golafield, Nevada. Goldfield, Doc. 9. Encouraged, doubtless, by the presence of federal troops in Goldfield, the Goldfield Mlneownors' Association held a meet ing yesterday afternoon, and hist night gave out a statement in which it is openly said that the members of the association have decided to make a determined struggle to free Gold field of union domination and make this an open camp. The statement of the purpose of the mlneowners is direct and unequivo cal, and throws down the gauntlet to the Western Federation of Miners. Officers of the association refused to say if any steps have already been taken toward importing non-union miners in sufficient numbers to re- ,open the mines, which are now idle and rapidly filling with water, but stated that many telegrams are being (received hourly, offering, men, and that within 4 8 hours the mines could be opened with the same number of men as were formerly at work in them. One concern in San Francisco it is said, offered to send 1,000 men on an Hour s notice. The officers of the association say, however, that in their belief there are enough men in the camp who will leave the union now to make NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON RAILROADS REPLY. PREHISTORIC MONEY. It is definietly known that the dead in the Monongah mine exloeion will the importation of men unnecessary, and they are looking for these men to make application early in the reach 550 The Min'eowners' association of Gold field, Nevada, is determined to have an open camp. Oregon national banks have cash re serves on hand far in excess of the legal requirements. The call for the Republican Nnation al convention has been issued, to meet in Chicago on June 16, 190S. The tramp steamer Sotoyome, en route from Coquille river to San Fran cisco with lumber, was burned at sea. The crew all escaped. J. Dalzell Brown, general manager of a defunct San Francisco trust com pany, is under arrest for felonious em bezzlement, and officers are after an other orbcial of the same company. Taftl is on has way to the United States. Taft'a mother is much worse and all hope of her recovery has been given up. Japan has thanked Roosevelt for the stand he takes on the Japanese exposi tion. Harry S. New has been elected chair man of the National Republican com mittee. Large amounts of gold continue to come to this country from London and Paris. The Fort Pitt National bank of Pitts burg has closed. The bank was organ ized in 1859. Secretary Cortelyou has sold but half of the Panama bonds. The others wili be held until the money is needed. week. It is impossible, the operators say, for them to get enough men ia ! the mines at present to operate the pumps and keep them clear of water. Cave-ins are constantly taking place, and other damage is being wrought I by reason of the inactivity. I No unusual excitement was caused by the arrival of the first detachment I of troops and the crowds that gath ered at the depot quickly dispersed after the troops had marched to the mess, in the northwestern part of the city, where they have gone into tern; porary encampment. Goldfield is quiet and there are no indications of impending trouble. The Nevada Workman, organ of the mine workers in Goldfield con tains a statement by Charles K. Mac kinnon, president of the Goldfield Miners' Union, in which he says: "There is no sane man in the dis trict who will say that there was any need for the federal troops in Gold- field." The paper says editorially: "It is evident that the Mineown ers' Association intends to re-enact the tragic scenes of Colorado. The coming of the troops means nothing short of that. Violence and disorder will ensue upon the arrival of the troops and it is apparent that the gloomy history of Colorado is to be rewritten." A statement to the public by the Goldfield Mine Operators Associa tion states in the beginning that "re peated outrages against individual rights and banishment from the camp of men desirous of investing in the mines, open looting of every Confederate Bills and Old State Bank Paper in Circulation. Pendleton The flood of counterfeit money in the shape of Confederate bills, old bank bills and paper money issued before the war, which ia now being circulated in Eastern Oregon ia causing the officials io begin a deter mined war upon this form of fraud. Every Eastern Oregon $ town is being imposed upon by this form of money. Many new, crisp clean Confederate government bills of all the small de nominations are being largely circulat ed in Pendleton, La Grande and Baker City, and lawyers differ as to the possi bility of conviction, as the money is not really counterfeit in a strict con struction of the law. District Attorney Ivanhoe, of La Grande, has filed three informations against a man caught in the act of pas sing Confederate money, to-wit: For passing counterfeit money, for obtain ing goods under false pretenses, and for cross fraud. He believes that he will f5e able to convict under one of the three charges. A concerted effort will be made by Eastern Oregon district attorneys to convict those passing this form of money. LARGER THAN LAST YEAR. RUSH RAILROAD WORK. Oregon's Prune Shipments Will Reach 24,00,000 Pounds. Albany According to figures com piled by C. A. Malboeuf, district freight agent of the Southern Pacitic, Oregon's total prune shipment for 1907 will exceed that of last year by 7,000, 000 pounds, or 175 cars. The total ehipment of dried prunes from this state this year will aggregate 600 car loads, a total of 24,000,000 pounds. Last year the total shipment consist ed of 425 carloads, consisting of 17, 000,000 pounds. This year's ship ment, it is estimated, will bring $1, 680,000 into the state. Laselle Broth ers, of this city, are the chief prune shippers of Oregon, and they alone will ship 7,0C0 000 pounds of prunes from this city. Of this colossal ship ment, which is the largest ever sent out irom one city in the Pacific North west, fi, 000,000 pounds have already been eent. Apples Bring Good Money. Medford J. A. Perry, president of the Rogue River Fruitgrowers' union, stales that financial conditions have bad little bearing upon the fruit shipping mine industry of the union. He savs: We carrying high grade ore and deeds of violence have become so unbear able that the owners must either A mummy has just been brought to dose the mines, hand them over to New York which is said to be that of a tne union, or make a desperate effort woman who lived about 4,000 years ago. to gain the right to work them as we please. We have chosen the latter alternative, and propose to make one A strong movement has developed final struggle for the right to man- in Japan that may force the govern ment to stop all emmigration of labor ' ers to the United States and Canada. The National Rivers and Harbors congress has petitioned congress to ap propriate $50,000,000 annually for the systematic and uninterrupted improve ment of the national waterways. Managers of New York theaters have decided to give no Sunday shows. Troops have been sent to Goldfield, Nevada, to prevent a miners' riot. Harriman has ordered construction work to proceed on his entire system, j Hungarians returning home from America are causing riots on the fron tier. Senator Borah has left Washington for Boise to take part in the Pettibone trial. King Oscar, of Sweden, is very low. The crown prince has been appointed regent,. All : the bodies of the miners who. lost their lives at Fayette City, Pa., have been recovered. The German reichtstag has succeeded in reducing the power of the cabinet, scoring a victory over Chancellor von Buelow. Governor Chamberlain eays Decem ber 14 will end the legal holidays for Oregon unless some unforeseen circum etane comee up. An insane man' succeeded in reach ing the office of Governor Guild, of Massachusetts, and fired (three shots. The governor escaped but two other men were hit, one probably fatally. Sunday theaters in New York may be closed. Roosevelt has ordered the land fraud cases pushed. Tbe dry party shows great gains in Massachusetts cities. operated. i Secretary Taft was given a great re ception at St. Petersburg. Moorih rebels have captured the harems of the sultan and his ministers. There are more women and girls in New York seeking positions than there are places for. Ambassador Aoki states that his re call is for the purpose of making a verbal report to the Japanese emperor. The Supreme ceurt of Colorado has decided that the Torrens act for the reg istration of real estate with the county recorder without the formality of ab stract transfers, is legal. The monthly report of the Philadel phia & Reading railroad shows an ir crease in earnings for October of $152, 465 over the same moath last year, not' withstanding the two-cent rate law. age our own property." KING OSCAR IS DEAD. have shipped to date all varieties of ap pies which we have handled at a date corresponding to this in previous years. We have received good prices for all fruit shipped, and we now have in transit to London and other markets, for which we shall also receive good prices, as I think the English market will not be subjected to financial condi tions as in the United States." Beloved Ruler of Sweden Sinks Pain lessly to the End. Stockholm, Dec. 8. King Oscar is dead. Stockholm, Dec. 8. Although the theaters and other places of amuse ment were open as usual last even ing, the crowd, numbering thou sands, patiently waiting in a pouring rain in front of the palace, testified to the popular sympathy for the aged monarch, whose life was slowly ebb-ing. Within the palace, members of the .aiamiiy mg eewsiasncs, ne Appeals to Commissioner Premier and the Minister of Foreien . .... Affairs had been assembled for sev- . J,U,M7A? aPpeal w tfte commis eral hours in the Kins' shiriv. tn ' sioner of the general land office has which room His Majesty had been re-j jllst Deen fi,e(1 in the Burns land office moved in . bed at noon, when still from the decision of the register and unconscious. This measure was taken 1 receiver in the important contest of the to' enable all the family and the offi-1 Pacific Livestock company, protestant cials to be present at the last mo-. mrninat' th stufo Save Fruit from Frost, Portland At the suggestion of J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the 0. R. & N; company, a rule has been promul gated by which apple shippers can ship their products in car lots whether in refrigerator cars or in ordinary freight cars, ine railroad will permit a care taker to accompany each carload of apples crossing the mountains, and if necessary, to the Eastern markets. The caretaker will be furnished with return transportation. He will keep sufficient fire burning in the car to prevent dam age to the fruit by frost. Southern Pacific Anxious to Reach Klamath Falls. Klamath Falls The Southern Pacific company seems bent on extending the California Northeastern railway into the Klamath basin at an early date, as there has been no cessation of work since the financial flurry made its ap pearance. There have, of course, been rumors that work is to be discontin ued,.but the methods being pursued by the contractors indicate that the work is to be rushed rather than delayed Erlcksim & Peterson, the contractors jvno are now building roadbed near Mount Hebron, in the south end Butte creek valley, are increasing thei forces, and Archie Mason, who has the contract for building the dike across Klamath marsh, just below this city has also increased his force and has an other large dredge en route to be used on the work. Little can be learned as to the plans of the Southern Pacific and the engin eers in charge of the California North eastern extension make no furthe statement than that they have orders to construct the road in the least poB sible time. The distance from Biay, the present terminus, to Klamath Falls is about 37 miles. Nineteen miles of this, the distance across Butte creek valley, is a level sagebrush plain and construction of a road across it will require but a short time. Persimmons Grow in Oregon. Albany The versatility of produc tion oi Willamette valley soil is again illustrated by the fact that in the or chard of George W. Wright, a local at torney, persimmons, figs, almonds, fil berts and walnuts are growing beside all common varieties of Oregon fruit. The persimmon tree, which is probably the greatest rarity was planted six years ago. and began bearing the third year. This year it is loaded with fruit, which will be a delicacy when it at tains full flavor. The tree is of the variety native to Missouri. Pack Short of Last Year. Astoria Reports from the canneries on the Oregon coast streams for the season ending on November 20 are com ing in slowly, and it will be some time before all the plants are heard from Advices tnus lar are tnat tne pacfc is short of that of last year. The Klye cannery and cold storage plant on the Siuslaw put up 12000 cases of canned fish and 180 tierces of pickled salmon On the Coquille river the Prosper Can ning company put up 9,000 cases and Cross Timmons packed 5,000 cases. Harney Valley Improvement company, claimants, involving the rights of the latter company to draw water from the Silvies river for the irrigation of about 70,000 acres of land. ments without undue crowding. The physicians in attendance ad ministered stimulants, consisting of saline solution, camphor and digi talis, which were injected at inter vals, and they relieved also as far as possible the vesical trouble from which the King had suffered severe- Klamath Conditions Better. ly all through the Illness ' Klamath Falls It is hoped here that the present cost of labor will reduce Curtail Copper Output. the estimated cost of water on the Kla- New York, Dec. 9. The directors math project. The original estimate of of the Amalgamated Copper Com- 18 Per acre was ma'Ie at a ,ime whpn pany today voted to continue cur- labor was cheap and plentiful, but la tailing the output of copper from the DOr conditions changed and the esti mines of the company as nearly as mate was made higher. Now that con. possible on a parity with the present iditions have again changed it is thought oasis oi consumption. It was also de- the original estimates will be cided to authorize the operating of- mated. nces to close each or continue in operation such mines and smelters as Astoria Plants Cut Wages, they deem best. This latter action! t- t . , DiAuia vii auujuin ui nit? UialuruHCl condition of the lumber market and in approxi- was taken with a view of concentrat ing the Olltnilt at inch minuo anil smelters as can be most economically !orc,er to guard against a shutdown of ineir pianis, me Clatsop nun company and the Astoria Box company have made a cut in the wages of their em ployes of 25 cents per day on each man. The new scale became effective Decem ber 2. The Tongue Point Lumber com pany is also said to have made a cut Indict ll Sunday Acrors- Kansas City, Dec. 9. Drastic (measures were taken here yesterday to enforce the Sunday closing law as .a result of the resent campaign be gun by Judge William II. Wallace, of wages amounting to about 15 per cent iuc v,iiiiiniai i ne county grand jury indicted 22S traveling ac tors and actressps and employes of local theaters, charged with violatinz in Mulkey Not a Candidate. Salem While in Salem President B a li a ii . . the Missouri law frri,?,i;r, , r- ""'Key, oi Asniana normal, said Sunday. Of this number 41 wo r. ,hat under no circumstances will he be rested and gave bond for $200 each. ; g. candidate for Superintendent of pub while the others evaded the officers' "c instruction, with which aspirations he is credited. i Lid On in Kalamrz'O. Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 9. Mayor Thompson issued an order that all of ,the theaters here close during Sun Jday. The order prohibits "entertain- Pilot Rock Getting Ready. Fendleton It is announced that train service over the Pilot Rock branch of the O. R. & N. will be inaugurated De cember 15. Arrangements for a dem onstration in Pilot Rock that day are being made and it is expected that sev eral hundred people will go out over the new line from this city on the first train. The regular service on this line will consist of a combination train one way each day, leaving Pendleton in the morning and returning in the afternoon. Likes the Ashland Normal. Ashland Hon. Milt A. Miller, of Linn county, is a member of the state textbook commission, a regent of the state university and deeply interest ed in the educational system of the state. He addressed the normal stu dents in chapel briefly and after visit ng the different department and look ing over the buildings and grounds, expressed himself 1 as being impressed with the school and its work and pleased with the beautiful grounds PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 83c; bluestem, 85c; valley, 83c; red, 81c Oats No. 1 white, $29; gray, $29 Barley Feed, $8.50 per ton; brew ing, $30; rolled, $30(a31. Corn Cracked, $33; whole, $32. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $23; clover, $15; cheat. $15; grain hay, $15I; alfalfa, $14; veteh, $14 Butter Fancy creamery, 3032)c per pound. Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 88c; 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 56J'aC Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6Jc; packers, 6c. Poultry Average old hens, 12c per pound; mixed chickens, 11 UJc;. spring chickens, 10llc; roosters, 8c; dressed chickens, 1213c; turkeys, live, 14(S)15c; geese, live, 9 10c; ducks, 212)c; pigeons, $1 1.50; squabs, $2(3)3. Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 37) 40c per dozen. Fruits Apples, 75c$2 per box; peaches, 75c$l per crate; pears, $1 25 1.75 per box; quinces, 5000c per box; cranberries, $9.5012 per barrel. vegetables Turnips, $1.2o per sack Say New Lumber Rate Is Not Exces sive as Is Charged. Washington, Dec. 6. The Inter state Commerce commission tcday re ceived the answers of the Harriman roads, tbe Astoria & Columbia River and the Bellinghain Bay & British Co lumbia roads to the complaint recently filed by the lumbermeu of Oregon and Washington against the new rates on lumber from the Pacific coast to inter ior points. The answers are along similar lines Each road denies that there was any unlawful agreement in fixing the new rates, and as specifically denies that there is any agreement between the Hill and Harriman systems under which the Noithwest is parceled out Mr. Hill to control Washington and Mr. Harriman Oregon. In defense of the recent increase they allege that the old lumber rate was extremely low and non-compenBa tory. made at a time when the Pacific Northwest was undeveloped and lum bermen needed a low rate in order to reach out into competitive territory. Since then, they allege, the lumber business has assumed enormous propor tions, yielding a handsome income to those engaged in it, and the cost of transportation has correspondingly in creased, rendering it necessary for rail roads to get a higher rate for handling lumber. PETITION CONGRESS. Rivers and Harbors Convention Wants Canals Constructed. Washington. Dec. 6. A committee of 50 of the delegates to the recent con vention at Memphis of the Lakcs-to- the-Gulf Deep Waterways association, led by President W. K. Kavanaugh, called on Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon at the capitol jester day and presented to each a memorial adopted by the convention praying the support of congress to the project for a ship canal from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and another through the Atlantic Coast states and recom mendintf an annual appropriation of $50,000,000 for harbors and waterways improvements, as proposed by the Rivera and Harbors congress. In receiving the memorial, the vice president said be would take great pleasure in presenting it to the senate and in referring it to the proper com mittee at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Cannon greeted the committee cordially and at once went to the point by asking whether the memorial re commended a bond issue for the pro posed expense. Mr. Malone of the committee replied that, while some of the delegates to the convention expect ed such a recommendation to be made, t bad been omitted. UNITING AGAINST JAPAN. European Bankers Anxious to Secure Lion's Share of Loan. Pekin, Dec. 6. Several foreign bank ing firms are in active competition for the Chinese loan which it was planned make to secure money to meet the expenses of the Chinese administration of Manchuria. This money was to be pent, among other things, for the con duction of modern government build- ngs and to raise the nucleus of a mod ern army in Manchuria, to consist ulti mately of one army corps. Tbe viceroy roposed recently that this loan be raised. The attitude taken by Japan in the matter of loans and concessions in Manchuria, namely, that she must be partner in anything that is done, has resulted in a coalition oi the European money lenders against her. These firms make special objection to the fact that Japan should be both a bor rower from and a lender to China. SESSION OPENS WITH GOOD FIGHT Democrats Denounce Autocratic Rules Adopted by House. Give Speaker Too Much Power, but Cannon is Re-Elected and Car ries His Point Great Social Out pouring to Sea Sixtieth Congress Organize. Plague Nearly Beaten. San Francisco, Dec'. 6. The sanitary campaign that is being prosecuted by the Federal authorities in co-operation with the local health board for the eradication of the plague in San Fran cisco is proving enective. mere nas been a most decided improvement in the situation. Only one death from plague has occurred in the past eight days, while the average number of (ii i i cases reported weetiy nas uecreasea over 75 per cefft as a result oi the cam Daicn of sanitation inaugurated by the United States marine hcppital corps. Roosevelt Orders Trocps. Washington, Dec. 6. President Roosevelt last night instructed General Funston to dispatch a sufficient force of regulars to Goldfield, Nev., to con trol the situation there. This action was taken upon receipt of a telegraphic request from the governor of Nevada The troops will proceed from San Fran cisco and the strength of the expedition is left to the judgment of General Fun ston. Goldfield is abont 14 hours by rail from San Francisco. Washington, Dec. 3. A brilliant scene characterized the meeting of the Sixtieth congress yesterday. In the senate and house of representatives there were notable gatherings in the galleries of representatives of the ofli- cial society of tbe capital. The striking scenes of the day were in the house of representatives, where the formal selection of Joseph G. Can non again to be speaker and the desig nation by the Democrats of John Sharp Williams as their leuder, were occa sions for ovations for those gentlemen. The speaker was given as waim a recep tion from the minoiity as from his own party. The appearance of William J. Bryan on the floor of the house also was the occasion for enthusiastic cheering. When the adept ion of the rules Ifor the government of the house during th Sixtieth congress came up, the rules of the last congress were opposed by Wil liams and be was joined in the opposi tion by Democrats and by a single Re publican, Cooper of Wisconsin. The old rules were declared to be too auto cratic, placing too much power in the bands of the speaker, but after a some what acrimonious di-castion they were adopted by a party vote. Committees were appointed by ioth bousea to inform the president that congress bad met and was ready to re ceive any message he might wish to communicate. New senators and all the representatives were sworn in and both houses adjourned out of respect to the memory of members who have died durirg recess of congress. Promptly at 12 o'clock Clerk Mc Dowell entered the chamber of repre7 sentatives accompanied by the veteran assistant Eergeant-at-arms, Colonel E. Pierce, bearing the mace, the em blem of order in executive bodies. The hum of conversation suddenly ceased and Mr. McDowell declared the body duly in session. Chaplain Couden immediately offered prayer, after which the roll was calleo. The roll call occupied 20 minutes, and showed 365 members piesent. The senate convened promptly at noon. After V ice I'resident rairbanka sounded the gavel the proceedings were- pened with prayer by the Rev. Ed ward Everett Hale, chaplain. La Follette was the first senator rec ognized, and presented the credentials of Isaaq.Stevenson, of Wisconsin. The vice president ordered that t lie- roll of senators-elect be called alpha betically, and they were sworn in and escorted to their desks. All of the senators-elect were present except Bank head, of Alabama, who is ill. Under the form observed by the sen ate neither Bankhead nor Johnson will be sworn in until the deaths of Morgan, and Pettus have been acknowledged. Robert L. Owen and Thomas P. Gore,, of Oklahoma, not having been elected to the senate by their legislature, neie not received by the senate and their credential will not be accepted until after their election December 10. The roll call showed 85 senators present. Allison and Teller, were des ignated a committee to inform the pres ident that congress had assembled and is ready to receive any communications. Teller offered resolutions of respect to the memory of Morgan and Pettus, of Alabama, and they were adopted and the senate adjourned at 12:30 p. m.. Canal Diggers Beat Record Washington, Dec. 6. Co'onel Goe thals, chief engineer cf the Panama canal, cabled the canal officers in this carrots. $1.25 prsack; beets. $1.25 ner K'tJ t1,,ay t,iat a,) records were again sack: leanf. 7fo "Oi nerrjoiind: cahhai?P. broken for the month Cash for Government Checks. Astoria Arrangements have been made through the local banks by which all government checks will be paid in mpnts oj any other form of amuse- rash in the future, as money baa been mcnt-" . received by the banks for that purpose. lc per pound; cauliflower, 6(Xy90c doz; parsley, 20c doz; peppers, 8-il7c per pound; radiphes, 20c doz; spinach, fic pound; sprouts, 8c per pound; squash, ll'ic pound; tomatoes, fl.251.35 per box. Onions $1.502 per sack. Potatoes Delivered Portland, 50 5c per hundred; sweet potatoes, per pound ol Novemter in the matter of excavation on the isth mus. The total amount of earth re moved during that month was 1,839, 480 cubic yards as against 389,407 cubic yards in November, 1906. Hops 1907, 57?4C per pound; Two States Exclude Provident. New York, Dec. fi. It was officially announced last night that word had been sent by E. E. Rittenhouse, com missioner of insurance lor the state or olds. 2(a3c per pound. Colorado, and Otto Kelsey, New York Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, I state superintendent of insurance, to 13(20c per pound, according to shrink-1 the Provident Savings Life Assurance age; valley, logoc, accorung to nne-lsociety to cease the transaction and so- ness; mohair, choice, 2930c per ' liritat inn of any new business in these pound. two states. , No Right to Buy Car Line. San Francisco, Dec. 3. Judge Sturte- vant, of the Superior court, yesterday decided that the board of supervisors had no right to appropriate $750,000 from the tax fund for the purchase of the Geary street railway. The board of supervisors instituted suit to have the ordinance declared invalid on the. ground that the city's charter provides for municipal operation of public utili ties only by direct vote of the people, or when the city's unexpended revenues will permit of such investments, and, neither provision prevails. Race Under Lipton's Rules. New York, Dec. 3. Sir Thomas Lip ton and other famous foreign yachts men will be invited to come to Amer ica next year to sail for a cup to be presented by certain members of the Brooklyn Yacht club. The race will be for boats similar to those suggested by Sir Thomas in his challenge for the America's cup, which challenge was de clined by the New York Yacht club. A number of prominent yacht clubs in Europe will be invited to compete. Insurance Company Fails. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 3. Attorney General Thompson yesterday prepared a petition asking for a receiver for the National Mutual Fire Insurance com pany, of Omaha. The attorney general alleges that the liabilities of the com pany are $253,653 and the assets $116, 779. T. M. Coffin is president of the company and J. L. Abbie secretary. Japan Recalls Her Envoy. Washington, Dec. 3.-r-It was report ed here early this morning that Vis count Aoki, the Japanese ambassador, called on the president and Secretary of State Root yesterday and presented his letters of recall.