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LINE AND STAFF IN DEEP FEUD tach Wants to Be Supreme In Re gard to Hospital Ships. Rear Admiral Brownson, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Resigns Be cause Surgeon General Rixey Wins Decision May Result in Radical Change In System. Washington, Deo. 26. Harmony within the United States navy bureau cracy seems to be in for a severe jolt. Open war already has been declared between the bureau of navigation and t the bureau of medicine and surgery, the initial result of which has been the resignation of Rear Admiral Brownson from his position as chief of the former bureau, and, coming just at a time when severe criticism is being aimed at the administration of the Navy depart ment, the charges involving the bureau system in particular, the ruction may culminate in some radical changes. eurgeon uenerai tfixey, whose re commendation in favor of putting a medical officer in absolute command of a hospital ship was approved by Fresi dent Koosevelt against the view of Ad miral Brownson, throws down the gauntlet to the bureau of navigation in a formal statement issued last night. The surgeon general charges that the bureau of navigation has interfered in an unwarranted manner with the bu reau of medicine and surgery, and to the extent of crippling its usefulness comparatively trivial events some tines lead to sweeping reforms, and, if there be defects in management, in naval construction and in methods of administration, the Rooeevelt-Brown-aon-Rixey imbroglio is likely to be the means of bringing matters to a focus and causing remedies to be applied where needed. It should not be forgotten that the president is as staunch a friend of the navy as the navy has, in considering the present controversy, which so ma terially involves himself. Popular sen timent naturally would incline the in expert observer to side with the line oflicers in the conflict with the staff, because the line is the fighting conting ent from which heroes most frequently are developed in days of war. In sid ing against the line officers in the pres ent case, the president may or may not be aiming his spear at the bureau sys tem. Me has taken a ground he thinks is for the best interests of the service. OPEN HEARTS AND PURSES. With FLOUR OUTPUT SMALLER. Minneapolis Statistics Show Effect of Financial Stringency. Minneapolis, Dec. 26. Flour ship ments from Minneapolis for 1907 will fall short of the total shipped during 1906 by nearly a million barrels. This decrease has been apparently due to the financial flurry, as the figures for each month ehow that only in three months of the entire year have the shipments for 1907 exceeded those for the same month in 1906. The number of barrels of flour sent out from Minneapolis by the various mills so'far this year has been 13,825, 375, while for the corres ponding period in 1906 there were 14 573,123 barrels shipped, a deficit of 747, 7s8 barrels. Despite the recent financial stringen cy, the siles of flour for use in the coun try or for export did not suffer so much as wits generally expected. The ship ments for October this year were 1,449, 802 barrels, against 1,593,097 last year. In November of this year the greatest falling off is shown with shipments of 1,067,970 barrels, against 1,318,648 a year ago. For the trading days in De cemlier npjto the present, 679,271 bar rels have been sent out as against 979, 494 for the corresponding days last year. San Francisco Banks Generous Overworked Clerks Ban Francisco, Dec. 25. Elated at the calm course of business which marked the discontinuance of the holi days, the local bankers opened their hearts and purses and their clerks and other employes were richer by than they were yesterday. every bank in the city rewarded its men for the long hours of toil during the recent trying days. The Crocker National bank led of yesterday morning, when a yellow en velope was placed on the desk of every employe. It contained an amount equivalent to one month's salary. The amount thus distributed exceeded $10, 000. The Crocker interests are very large and they rewarded in a similar fashion their employes in other lines. Other banks have generously treated their men. Some added turkeys to the presents of gold. Others added boxes of fruit. The Merchants Exchange gave every one of its employes a big, fat turkey. It employes 100 people. One mercan tile firm provided every one of its em ployes with all the things that go make up a Christmas dinner turkeys vegetables, fruit and pies. The Standard Oli company distrib uted a large sum among its local em pioyes. The usual Christmas dinners to the poor, the orphans, cripples and others began Sunday and will continue on greater scale than ever until after Christmas. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS STUDY FORESTRY. SPECIAL SESSION PROBABLE. As- Governor of Utah Wants Peace sured at Golafield Goldfield, Nev., Dec. 25. "It is pos sible that the governor will call a spe cial session of the legislature," said Captain Cox, "if by so doing any im mediate reslults which will better the situation can be obtained." The rumor has been current here that a company of rangers is contem plated, and, as this could not be done without action by the legislature, the statement of Captain Cox is taken to mean that, such a plan is decided upon, the legislature will be convened. A suit against the Western Federa tion of Miners is to be brought by the Goldfield Mineowners' association in the Federal court. An injunction- will be asked for restraining the members ot tne local miners union, which is affiliated with the Weetern Federation, from interfering in any way with the operation of the mines in Goldfield. This suit will be filed December 26. It has been definitely decided that after December 30 each individual mine owner or each company operating a mine or lease, shall take care of his own property, independent of the asso ciation. This will necessitate the put ting on of many more guards. Acting President Ma honey has made nc attempt yet to appear before the mineowners and present any proposi- ion looking to a solution of the dithcul ies. if he has prepared any such propo sition, which he denies. Saturday, December 21. Washington, Dec. 21. The senate $30,000 ' today passed a bill suspending during Almost , the year 1907 the requirement that miners shall do at least $100 worth of work annually during the period in which their claims are being perfected Cullom introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constl tution limiting the terms of the presi dent and vice president to six years and prohibiting re-eletion for a second term. ; A number of other bills and resolu tions were introduced. After being in session 45 minutes, the senate today adjourned until January 6. A bill providing security to deposit ors of banks and far the prevention of hoarding of currency, was introduced today by Senator Owen, of Oklahoma It fixes a tax upon all deposits and from the fund thus created provides for the payment in full of all depositors when a bank is declared insolvent. The secretary of the treasury is directed to maintain a fund of $100,000,000 in treasury notes, which may be loaned on bonds to 90 per cent of their value The bill provides that advances from it shall be charged for at the rate of per cent for the first four months and thereafter at the rate of 8 per cent. Senator Burkett reintroduced his grazing bill of last session. It provides for the leasing of the public domain to cattle owners for the maintenance of their stock, giving, however, settlers the right to enter and to locate upon land at any time. FLEET AT TRINIDAD. Wheels Turn Again. Pittsburg, Dec. 26. Christmas In Pittubnrg and vicinity was made doubly joyous by the announcement that by January 6 all of the thousands of wheels of indnstry in the mills of MrKeesport, Glasspot, Duquesne and allied plants in the Monongahela valley would be in operation Over forty thousand Battleships Complete First Stage of Long Voyage. New York, Dec. 25. Special dia patches from Port of Spain, island of Trinidad, announce the arrival there of the Atlantic fleet on its way to the Pa cine. The fleet is said to have passed into the Gulf of Para and anchored there in four columns five miles off the town . According to the dippatches, the only mishap on the trip v-om Hampton Roads to Port of Spain wa temporary derangement of the Kentuc. rteering gear. J hey also say that U. entire fleet etopped engines for nine l inutes Sunday and half musted flags while Or dinary Seaman G. E. Piper, who died of meningitis aboard the Alabama, was buried. The harbor of Port of Spain, while well protected, is shallow for a long distance out from the beach and ves sels of great draft like the battleships ancnor a long way cut. The fleet will remain in the harbor for several days and will coal there. Supplies will also be taken on board of the supply ship Uulgoa and the refrigerator ship Glacier Washington, Dec. 21. After being in session about 20 minutes, the house of representatives today adjourned until January 6. The proceedings were en livened by a brief but fierce speech by Gaines of Tennessee, who criticised the house for its inaction and for taking such a long recess at a time "when we should have gone to Wall street and throttled the thieves and turned back to the honest people their hard earnings." Gaines was preceded by Hepburn of Iowa, who protested against what he said was the indiscriminate way in which committees were given authority to sit during the session of the house, thereby causing members to be im mune from errest in case it became necessary to secure a quorum. Jiotn Williams ana JJe Armond were upon the floor, but took no notice of each other. DECIDES AGAINST OREGON. Commission Finds Denatured Alcohol Rates Not Too High. Washington, Dec. 24. In an opinion rendered by Commissioner Clark for the Interstate Commerce commission in the case of the Railroad com nisHion of Oregon against the O. R. & N. atd other railroads, important action was taken respecting shipments of denatur ed alcohol. The complaint asks for a reduction in the rates on denatured al cohol to Oregon points. The record shows that denatured alcohol is manu factured in California and is sold in the North Pacific cities at a price which could be met by the Eastern product only by reducing the transportation charges to nothing. An effort to place denatured alcohol on a parity with spirits would lead either to a large increase in the charges on the proof spirits or a practical wip ing out of the charges on the denatured article. Such increase in the charges on the proof spirits, in the opinion of the commission, probably would reader futile all effort to compete with the California product. The rates com plained of were not shown to be unrea sonable, unduly discriminatory or un- jusuy prejudicial. The commission therefore dismissed the petition. RIXEY TELLS ALL ABOUT IT. who have been idle for several weeks will return to work. It is also paid that other mills in te district will also resume, praitirally doubling the num ber'of workmen employed within fifty miles of Pittsburg. Will Sing After Death. Paris, Dec. 26. There was a unique ceremony this afternoon in the subter ranean passages of the opera house. It constated of depositing in a specially prepared vault a talking machine and a number of discs bearing records of the voices of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Tamagnc, Caruso, Scotti, Plancon, Patti, Melba, Calve and oth ers are represented in the selection. At the end of a hundred yea1 they will be opened and played. Reduce Entire Force Sacramento, Dec. 25. That there is to be a great reduction of the force em ployed in the local railroad shops after the first of the year was admitted yes terday by officials of the company, who say that the retrenchment is to be gen ll . It. a men erai on me uarriman system, in an lmerview, an omciai saia: "ine or ders for the general layoff Christmas week came from New York, not San Francisco, and spply to the entire sys tem, not Sacramento alone. It is pure ly an economical measure, paving the way for a reduction of force." Great Tinplata Mill to Resume. Newcastle, Pa., Dec. 26. Ten of the 30 pot mills of the Shenango tin mills here will resume operations January 6 next. Ten additional mills will resume shortly after, and it is expected that the entire plant will be running full force before the end of January. The mill, said to be the largest tin plant in the world, has been idle since July 31. Fully a thousand men are affected. Largest In Navy Troy, N. Y., Deer 25. Orders have been received at Watervliet arsenal for two of the new type 14-inch coast guns. The work will be commenced January 1. The guns will be the first of this type ever made in this country. The 14-inch weapon is about 40 feet long and weighs about 50 tons. It throws a heavier projectile than the 12-inch gun to a greater distance. The 14-inch tube will in time supplant the 12-inch rifle on the sea coast. Denver Begins to Pay. Denver, Dec. 25. The first install ment ($25,000) of the $100,000 fund pledged to the Democratic National committee by the Denver Convention league was forwarded yesterday to Chairman Thomas Taggart, at French Lick, Ind. The remainder will be paid In eqnal Installments on January 22. February 22, and March 22. Brownson Claimed Authority Over Hospital Ships. Washington, Dec. 27. That a eeri ous breach exists between the bureau of navigation and the bureau of medi cine of the navy, involving the ques tion of the responsibility of the latter bureau, was made apparent in a state ment issued by Surgeon General Pres ley M. Rixey, of the navy, in which he touches upon the circumstances lead- ng up to the probable selection by the president of a medical officer to com mand the hospital ship Relief over the proteet of Rear Admiral Brownson, chief of the bureau of navigation, who has sent his resignation to the presi dent. While disclaiming exact know ledge as to the cause of Admiral Brown- son's resignation, the surgeon general's statement leaves little room for doubt that the controversy he reviews potent factor. was a Oregon Men Appointed. Washington, Dec. 27. The president sent the senate the following Oregon nominations just before the holiday re cess: Land office receivers Albert A. Roberta, La Grande; Fred P. Crone- miller, Lakeview; Frank Davey, Burns. Land office registers Frank C. Bratn well, La Grande; John N. Watson, Lakeview. Consuls Maxwell Blake, of Missouri, at Dunftriine, Scotland; George B. Killmaster, of Michigan, at Newcastle, New South Wales; John II. MOunn. of Wiscconsin, at Glasgow, Scotland; Maxwell K. Moorhead, of Pennsylvania, at Acapulco, Mexico. Open Land of Spokanes. Washington, Dec. 26. To facilitate the opening of the unallotted portion of the Spokane Indian reservation. Repesentative Jones and Senator Piles have asked the Indian office to send an inspector to Washington to conclude negotiations with the Spokane Indians under which congress can authorize the dispofition of all land remaining when allotments are completed. It is hoped that an agreement can be sneedilv reached so that legislation opening the reservation to entry can be passed this season. General to Retire. Washington. Dec. 27. Brigadier General Charles S. Smtih, on special duty at the proving grounds at Sandy Hook, N. J., has been placed on the re tired list of the army by operation of the law on account of age. General Smith is the junior brigadier, having only been appoined to that grade in Oc tober last. He is a native of Vermont. but was appointed to the military acad emy in July, 1862, from Illinois. At the time of his promotion to the grade of brigadier general he was in command of the Sandy Hook proving grounds, with which station be had been identi fied for many years. 8end Sympathy to Taft. Washington, Dec. 26. -One of the first dispatches laid before Secretary Taft on his return to the War depart ment was from Manilia, P. I., telling of the organization under a new charter of the Banco Espanol Filipino and the election of directors. The dispatch added: "Deem it first duty to express our deep sympathy with you in your bereavement and assure you of our gratitude for your earnest and success ful support. We shall use our best efforts toward realization of your policy for advancement of our country," Fight Smelter Nuisance. Washington, Dec. 24. The fight of the Salt Lake valley farmers against the alleged nuisance ef the smelting of ore by big furnaces controlled by the Utah Consolidated company in the Bingham canyon reached the United States Supreme court today. Senator Sutherland asked the high tribunal to review the judgment of the lower court granting an injunction against the operation of the smelters. The farmers declare thai the fumes from the smelt ers render agricultural land valueless. Greene and Gaynor Lose. Washington, Dec. 26. The Supreme court ot the United States has denied the petition for wiits of certiorari bringing to that court the cases of Ben jamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, who ere under sentence to pay a fine of $575,749 and to undergo terms of im prisonment of four years each on the charges of embezzlement and conpiracy in connection with Captain Oberlin M. Carter's scheme to defraud the United States in connection with harbor im provements at Savannah, Ga. Students at Oregon Agricultural Col lege Gathering Tree Seeds, By E. A. Lake, Oregon Agricultural College. The students in forettry at the Agri cultural college are making their first collection of seeds of native trees and shrubs for use in the establishment of a forest tree nursery and arboretum. The purpose in view is not only that the work shall be instructive to the student n the study of seeds and seed age, silviculture and dendrology, but that the plant shall be a source of data to the whole state upon the growth, habit, resistance, and general character of the trees and shrubs of Oregon, so far as is possible to grow them upon the same site and similar conditions. Not only are local seeds being col lected hut seeds from the home dis tricts are coming in from friends of students and the institution. This kindness on the part of those residing in the more distant and mountainous parts of the state is highly appreciated, as it enables the class to obtain a much greater variety than otherwise would be possible with the time and means at the command of either students or in stitution. Owing to the fact that the course is but one year old, only the general and preliminary phases of the subject have been considered by the students in the work. The O. A. C. Forest club, an organization of those interested in the forests of the state, is cow discussing forest fire laws, their enforcement, effi ciency and improvement. Each stu dent is assigned a phase of the topic in hand and in due time reports his find ings to the club. Prominent timber, mill and lumbermen upon invitation discuss various topics before the club, as transportation, timber preservation, forest conservation, re-forestation, im proved methods of lumbering, U. 8. forest service work and similar topics. Later the advanced students will take up work looking to the solution of some of the very practical problems new be fore the wood users of the couatry. The great problem of what to do with the waste, including the standing timber that is injured by insect and fungus foes, will be one of the first to be investigated as soon as the equip ment of the department will permit. The statement is made upon good authority that fifteen per cent of the mature timber on the western Elope of the central region of the Cascade is wholly lost through fungous diseases, and that another fifteen per cent is graded as cull. Beetles, borers and minor foes do considerable further damage, and it is safe to say that the sum total of these losses must amount to millions of dollars. It is reasonable to suppose, in the face of recent results in agricultural practices in our own country, to Bay nothing of the modern forestry practices of Europe, that the major pait of this loss could be turned to gain through the intelligent investi gation of the troubles and the applica tion of modern measures for combatting these foes of the foreet. Other great problems are those relat ing to taxation, re-forestation, utiliz ing mill waste, improved methods of harvesting the crops, disposing of the debris and weed trees, timber technol ogy and the preservation of lumber. These problems together with many more it is the purpose of the college to help solve through the department of forestry, as well as train men to take hold of the practical work and prob lems of our forests and thus insure the best possible use of the tree crop. OWNED BY CORPORATIONS Ex-Senator Pettlgrew Makes Start ling Attack on Congress. Speaker Cannon as Bad as the Rest He and Allison Aided Railroads in Stealing Rich Public Lands in Western States Both Houses of Congress Affected. Washington, Dec. 24. Ex-Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, whose de feat for re-election was one of the things that most gratified the late Mark Hanna, has come out with a fierce de nunciation of congress as a body, in which he personally attacks Speaker Cannon. He declares that Mr. Cannon aided the railroads to steal public lands in the West. When the charges were brought to Mr. Cannon's attention, he said: "When I am attacked by a man of reputation and character I will de fend myself." "Congress is owned, body and soul, by the corporations," is Pettigrew's opening shot. Continuing, he says: "I was a member of the senate for 12 years, and I do not hesitate to say that the railroads control a majority of the members of the senate and they own the house. "It was in 1898 that 1 endeavored to have a law passed that would pre vent the railroads from stealing the public lands. Finally I seemed an amendment to (he sundry civil bill which would have operated effectually to prevent the railroads from entering public lands, but Allison and Cannon were both onto their jobs. "The bill was reported back to the senate about 5 o'clock in the morning the last day of the session and it was passed. I did not know until after ward that Allison and Cannon had in terpolated a phrase of a few words, whic virtually made nugatory the in tents and purposes of my amendment. "This phrase was 'or any other claimant or pantentee.' Under this wording the railroads were enabled to enter the choice lands of the West and : they lost no time in doing it. "It was the same way with the Union Pacific railroad bills. Hunting ton jammed through the house a bill to have the gcvernment give up its second mortgage, which would have given the read millions of dollars. He had a clear majority In the senate and the bill would have passed that body had not some senators talked it to death. "It was the same way with the rail road pooling bill. It passed the house and would have gone through the sen ate had it not been talked to death. The senators opposing these bills could have had $100,000 apiece to quit talk ing, and would have been allowed to vote any way they chose, because the railroads had enough votes to pass the measure without us." RETURN VIA SUEZ. Trainmen Are Not Guilty. Washington, Dec. 26. A verdict of Publications for Farmers. The following publications of interest to farmers and others have been issued by the Agricultural rlepartment of the Federal government and will be fur nished free, so long as they are avail able, except where otherwise noted, upon application to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C: Farmers' Bulletin No. 116. Irriga tion in Fruit' Growing By E. J. Wickscn, M. A., proft-ssor of agricul tural practice, University of California, not guilty was returned by the jury in ; antl horticulturist of the California ex the case of Engineer Hildebrand. Con- periment station. Pp. 48, figs. 8. A ductor II offmeyer, Fireman McClellan and Brakeman Rudder, the trainmen who were indicted for manslaughter in connection with the wreck at Terra Cotta, D. C, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad on December 30, 1906, when 43 person were killed and upwards of three score injured. The trial had been in progress for three weeks. How to Make Travel Safe. Washington, Dec. 25. Every citizen of the United States is more or less in terested in the question of safe opera- ion of railway trains, and that the ma jority of people believe that the rail roads are not doing all they could do to reduce the fearful toll of life which the operation of American railways exacts annually is evident from the fact that there has been an insistent public de mand for the Interstate Commerce com mission to take up the question. Close Alaskan River Fishing. Washington, Dec. 24. President Roosevelt indicated that he would set aside Wood river, in Alaska, for sal mon propagation. The order will pro hibit salmon fishing in this river. This arrangement was taken on recommend ation to the president by a delegation of fishermen presented by Senator Ful ton, of Oregon, and Delegate Cale, of Alaska. New Presidential PostotTices. Washington, Dec. 26. Following are among the postoffices which will be come presidential January 1: Oregon Bandon, CJatskanie, Echo, Gresham, 1,100 each; Lents, 1,000: Vale, 1,300. Washington Burlington, Chelan, Mabton, Rockford, 1,100 each; Ray mond, 1,400; Friday Harbor, 1,000. Idaho Malad City and Parma, 1,000 each. Medals for Panama Service. Washington, Dec., ..6. Medals of a suitable character are to be given to all citizens of the United States who have served the government on the Isthmus of Panama for two years and who dur ing that period have rendered satisfac tory service. New Money Order Offices. Washington, Dec. 26. On January 1 the following postoffices will become domestic money order offices: Oregon Beaver, De Moss Springs, Eddy vi He, Murphy, Norway, Wren. Washington Stratford. Idaho Cherrv Creek. Hawaiian Officials Confirmed. Wahington, Dec. 24. The senate has confirmed the nomination of Wal ter F. Frear to lie governor of Hawaii and cf Fred S. Hartwell and S. M. Ballon to be chief justice and associate justice respectively of that territory. statement of the relations of irrigation ! to fruit production, and of irrigation methods as they have been demonstrat ed by Pacific coast experience. Farmers Bulletin No. 138. Irriga tion in Field and Garden. By E. J. Wickson, M. A. Tp. 40, figs. 18. This bulletin discusses the subject from the standpoint of the individual farmer, and contains instructions on the deter mination of ditch levels, the measure ment of small streams, sources of water supply and their use, the distiibution of irrigation water, methods of apply ing water, the choice of an irrigation method, and the time for the applica tion of water. Bulletin No. 147. Report on Drain age Investigations in ly03. By C. G. Elliott, drainage expert, irrigation in vestigations, office of expei iment sta tions. Pp. 62, pis. 5, figs. 12. Price 10 cents. This is a report of the work done by Mr. Elliott during the year 1903. It includes discussions of plans for drainage near Fresno, Cal., in the Yakima and Ahtanum valleys, Wash ington, in the Grey Bull valley, Wy oming, in the Missouri valley and in Hancock countzy, Iowa, and of drainage as a preventive of hillside erosion in Georgia. Pick of Evans' Ships to Make Long Ocean Trip. Washington, Dec. 24. "The pro gram of the return of the battleship fleet is a matter that has been discussed among the officials of the Navy depart ment, but as yet no decision has been reached, and will not be for some time to come," says Secretary of the Navy Metcalf. The secretary's remark was called out by a wireless message from the flagship Connecticut, stating that Admiral Evans had authorized the As sociated Press to say it is his personal belief that the Navy department's pres ent intention to have the battleship fleet return by way of the Sues canal next summer or tall. As the presi dent, through Secretary Loeb, previ ously had spoken to thG same effect, it seems clear that Admiral Evans' state ment was not suggested by any definite move so far determined upon by those supreme in authority. In naval circles the opinion prevails that at most only a squadron comp sed of such vessels as the voyage to the Pacific shall have demonstrated to be "the pick of the fleet," will be sent through the Sues canal, while the remainder will take the shorter route around the Horn. Apple nance. Wash and wipe firm tart apples and cut. without peeling, into pieces. Put over the firv with as little water ns possible to prevent their scorching, and simmer gently until reduced to a soft ni:iss. Hub through a culaiider, re turn to the fire, add a lump of butter, ugar,to taste aud a tash of cinnamon. As soon as the sugar 1 dissolved stir Makes New World Record. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 24. A. Toepperwein today completed a ten days' shooting series during which he shot at 72,500 targets and missed nine. This breaks the world's record both as to number of targets shot at and the number missed. Mr. Toepperwein closed the exhibition in whirlwind fashion, shooting at the final 6,500 targets and missing only one. Toepper wein used a 22-ealiber automatic rifle and the blocks were two and a half inches thick and were thrown at a dis tance of 20 feet from the marksman. Fruits of Grand Jury. Helena, Mont., Dec. 24 Among the 27 persons indicted by the Federal grand jury yesterday, two were made public today with the arrest of O. C. Dallas, chief clerk, and J. D. McLeod, at the htad of the survey department in the office of the United States sur veyor general in this city. The indict ment alleges forgery and conspiracy to defraud the government of the United States. Both are well known citizens of Helena. In the juice of the tire. a Icidou aud take from Senator Mallory Dead. Penacola, Fla., Dec. 24 United States Senator Stephen R. Mallory died at 2:5S yesterday morning, after an ill ness caused by a general breakdown on November 20, with paralysis of the left aide.