THE
OREGON
VOL. XX.
ST. HELENS, OltEGON, Fill DAY, DECEMBER 20, 1902.
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GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import-
nt Happenings of the Past Week
Presented In Condensed Form. Most
Likely to Prove Intonating to Our
Many Readers.
Right hour bill
to tho Senatw.
reported favorably
o Tri? K,r"on kllll In wreck on the
ouuiiiinn 1'UCinC,
Gorman HoHulUts
bitter election fight.
preparing for
-iMirwn wiw 10 knorl, out llutte
uinirr in lour rounds,
Portland labor loader plan to form
If..-. ..... ..
(uuiperia, 1 11.1 great French swin
dler, captured lit Madrid.
Funeral service of Mra. Grant ut
naxiiuiKion and .New York
nonator Moritan warns Congress
tnHi iHim ismnunn canal routes may
u, t.
Hill to open th aotith half of the
Colvllln ro4ivntlon Introduced In
congress.
liliixard In Rocky Mountain and
pralrin stale blo ksde railroads and
Klllt livestock.
Washington lwl and Clark Com
mission recommends state appro-
pi union or iivu.uuu,
Holiday trade tho most active on
record.
Kaiser Wllhtilm
sailor Tower,
welcome Ambas-
Anarchist kill sister anarchist who
rejoetofl lil love.
General lnm-ase In railroad rate
to l made at Now York.
Terrible blizzard blocks railroad
In Wyoming and Colorado.
The House passed the pure-food
bill with IlitU) opimaltlon.
House committee report fuvorably
on iwpartmciit of Commerce bill.
Woodmen of the World hold IU0-'
ressful "log rolling" al Dulls.
Nrw light Htntlon at Iiesdemou
Bands anon to be Inaugurated.
Governor of Michigan forbid Cor
IwltMcXiovtirn fight In Detroit.
Hunter tell how he killed Kin
gorald, but hi victim's father any
It I false.
Cuban trenty makes great conce
slim to tlm 1'nlted States, and will
soon be ratified.
ttallronda carry foreign good from
the seaboard at lower rates than for
do xtlc freight over the samr
routes.
All the allies agree to let Bowen r
blinite, but wlih reservations; th
blockade takes effeet. Kubol march
tust on Carinas.
Secretary Hoot, finally awarded
transport contract to ttenltln Com
pany, but Portland and San Francis
co will each net a share.
An earthquake In Central Aals
caused great loss of life and property
President Roosevelt gavu his flrst
dinner party In the renovated white
house. Non union miners testify to vlo
letico nnd boycotting during the coal
strike.
New England senators oppose rati
flcatlon of tho treaty with Newfound
hind regarding coast fisheries;.
An association has been formed by
160 leading pottery manufacturers.
United States wilt recognise th
war blockade.
Congress has ordered favorable re
ports on the eight hour bill, tho army
staff bill and tho new Philippine cur
rency bill.
Tho House has passed tho bill re
ducing tho tariff on Imports from the
Philippines to 25 per cent, of th
Dlngley rates.
Herman warship captured a Vono
tuelan schooner, cut down her main
mast, and then abandoned her In I
(Msabled condition.
The new monitor Nevada was glvoe
her trial trip at Rockport, Mass,, and
showed speed of 12 r, knots, e
reeding her contract speed by 1.4D
knots.
President Caidro stntes that Von
eiunlnn rebels are helping the 1H
powers; allies want United State to
guarantee payment of claims against
Castro, but Secretary Hay refuses:
Franco and Hollnnd send ahlps to the
aceno ot blockade.
A negro charged with thn murder
of a white man was lynched in Ala
bama. A cousin of King Alfonso of Spain
was arrested In an illegal gnmbllng
house.
Tho Imperial Council Order of
ITnlted Friends, Is found to bo hope
lessly bankrupt.
A beggar who died In a New York
hospital was found to havo over 1100,
000 In his possession,
Conflicting political Interests In
Congress threaten to prevent the an
mission of any now states at nil this
session.
Minors continue to spring damaging
testimony against tho coal operators.
Germany will demand some sort of
apology from vonesuoia in aui...
to payment of her claims.
The United Stntea Steel Corpora
tlon, by a recent purchase of two i Im
mense plants, acquires a practical
monopoly of Us Hiu.
Venezuela has given Minister now
en, United States Minister, full pow
er to effect a settlement with ES
land, dormany and Italy.
DEATH IN COLLISION.
Tsn Killed and TwentySsvsn Mora Badly
injured on the Southern Pacific.
Hyron, Cul Dec. 23. Ten porsons
were killed and 27 Injured In a col
llslon last night between the south
bound Log Angeles "owl" train and
tho Stockton flyer. It was a rear-end
collision, the engine of tho local
plowing Its WHy through the last
coach on the owl, which was filled
with Fresno people, Tho passengers
wno escaped Instant death wore burl
od to the fore part of the coach.
crushed between the mass of debris,
their sufferings and danger Intensi
fied a hundredfold by tho clouds of
scalding steam poured out on them
from the shattered boiler of the
Stockton englno.
Tho "owl" left the Onklnnd Mole
about 6 o'clock, ami on the way to
this point It was noted that there was
a leak In the flue of tho engine. This
Im-rcused to such an extent that It
was doomed advisable to stoo hore
ni iiiko up a freight englno for re
lief. The train officials knew that
No. 84, the Stockton local, was fol
lowing a half hour behind and a flag
man was sent back down the track to
give warning of the presence of the
owl," It la said that the Stockton
train In charge of Knglneer MaOuire
and Fireman Joyce, got the warning
signal In due time and gave the us
unl response with whistle blasts.
Why the Incoming train was not
hocked, however, has not been thus
far explained, the men who could give
the facts being numbered among the
badly Injured.
CANAL PKOJIXT MAY FAIL.
Senator Morgan Says Till to Panama
Rout Is Insecurv.
Washington, Dec. 23. There were
if) senators In their seats when the
Senate was called to order for tht
mil session before tho Christmas
holidays. They heard a vigorous ad-
ress by Morgan on tho Isthmian
anal negotiations.
Morgan conteuded for the making
tood of contracts entered Into by
resident Mi Klnlcy with Costa Rica
nd Nicaragua. The negotiation of
these agreements ho characterized as
masterful net, and said they were
bout to b trodden under foot. Why
his was true was not a question for
Democrat to solve, but he could, at
any rate, say he did not agree with
ho mind readers and spirit medium"
ho had since declared that Mr. Mc-
Klnley did not mean what be said Id
ibe contracta.
Jin then went on to express appre
hension that If the United States did
ot avail Itself of the opportunity to
ulld a canal by tho Nlcaraguan
onto, none would be built, and he
Blc! the appropriation of $180,000,000
for tho construction of the canal could
e covered Into the Treasury about
une 2S, l'JOt, If not used before that
me.
Attention was called to tho fact
tbnt under tho Colombian law, only
the Congress of that country can rat
ify a tieuty. There had been no Con
trees there since lN'.iy. and there was
not likely to bo any unless tho Pana
ma Canal Company should pay its ex
penses out of the 13,000,000 on hand
r tho lto.000.000 promised by the
United Stales. He therefore ex
pressed apprehension that a treaty
hat might be accepted by this gov-
rnmcnt would fall of action In Co
lombia,
After quoting from the concession
granted to the liquidations of the old
annum Canal Company, which Mr.
Morgan said was also made a law of
'olomhla, ho said:
It is a surprise to jurists and lay
men alike in our country that th At-
orney General, In his opinion given
to the President on the right and
power of the new Panama Canal
umnany to revoke a title to me
United States of Its property In Pan
ama, omitted to notice tho prohibl
tlon in the concessions and In the
laws of Colombia, through which it
lerlved all Its property rights in Co
lombia,"
CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES.
Three Americans Arretted for Smuggling
Lkuor Into Porto Rico.
Snn Juan, P. R., Dee. 24. Super
visor of ICIectlons Benjamin Hotter,
Cnptiitn fl. W. Monti, United States
Murine Corps and James urenna, an
employe of tho Country Club, have
been arrested on Information received
by the customs authorities for smug
gling two lots of wines and liquors
from St. Thonins. brought hero on
the United Stntea ship Uncus and
lighthouse tender Laurel, in all 64
Tho nrlsoners wore bound
ever until Mondny nnd Tuesday under
$2000 ball, when tho preliminary ex
nlnallon will bo held before United
Stntes Commissioner Anderson.
It Is alleged that supplies for the
Country Club, which the Elite bought
In St. Thomas, were smuggled In
through the navy nnd army. Butler
Is managing officer of tho club and
Uronnan la tho steward. The
rrest of tho other prominent persons
will be made today, and It la said that
large number more will follow, as
tho smuggling has continued for a
long period and goods aro being se
cretly landed throughout tho naval
station,
To Create flame Preserves.
Washington, Doo. 24. Senator Per
kins of California, today Introduced
x bill authorising tho President to set
nsldo areas within forest reserves to
bo preserved as breeding places for
wild animals, birds and fish. Within
these areas all hunting, fishing nnd
killing of game 1 to bo prohibited at
nil times. The Bonator has drawn his
bill along lines recommended by the
President, and with a further view
largely to doing away with state pro
tection of game within reserves.
Successful Trial Trip.
Rockport. Mass., Dec, 23. The trial
of the Monitor Novadn was held off
Capo Ann today. As timed from the
jhore, tho Nevada covered 28 miles in
3 hours, 9 mluutea and 30 seconds, or
at tho rate of 13 knots an hour, allow
'ng nine minutes for turning. Her
contract called for 11V4 knots.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITEMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
extensive Apple Canning Industry-Drlv.
Ing Logs Down Rogue River- Marlon
County's Prosperity-Oregon an Idesl
Dairy Country Salem drawing Lots
of Wood for Insane Asylum.
tsaiom Is making preparations to
enlarge her city limits.
The superintendent of tho Tunnel
ton mines, in the Oold Creek district,
has gone to Denver to purchase
milling plant for the development of
the properties.
Marion County's delinquent tax
roll for last year It only $3,000, the
smallest In tho history of the county.
The original tax roll was for $221,000
of tax money.
A Joint "log-rolling" given by Ash
land and Phoenix Camps, Woodmen
of the World, was largely attended by
delegations from Southern Oregon
ana Northern California, and was a
grand success.
Burning of a heavy growth of tulles
on the shores of tho Lower Klamath
I ike attracted considerable attention
from the neighborhood of Ashland, 70
miles distant. The reflection on the
clouds was very brilliant. The fires
were started to clear off the wild hay
lands, while Ice and snow would pro
vent spreading.
Prof. Q. L. McKay, bead of the
dairy department of the State Agri
cultural College of Iowa, says:
"There Is no question in my mind
but that uHiry products and bacon
pork can be produced cheaper In
Oregon than In any other country In
tho world." Prof. McKay has visited
Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Ger
many, and Eengand. and bis Investi
gations on this subject make him an
authority unsurpassed.
Candidates for U. 8. senator aro ex
ceedingly numerous.
I.lnn county jail Is full to overflow
ing, the flrst time In several years.
Tho city elections at Monmouth were
vary quiet, there being only one ticket
in the field.
A bobo was sentenced lo one year In
the penitentiary for steeling a jar of
Jam. It was bis second offence.
W. C. Russell, an actor, was ar
rested at Helix on the charge of having
played a copyrighted plsy without per
mission.
Registration in Astoria previous to
the recent elections showed more
foreign-born voters tbsn native Amer
icana there.
Tho O. R. & N. contemplates putting
a dining car on Its tbrongh trains and
cutting ont the stop at the famous Io
Cabin eating house at Meachsm for
meals.
About 30 members ol the Marion
County Bar association will try to have
a continual session of tho criminal de
partment of the state circuit court in
augurated at the coding session of the
legislature.
A drive of 100,000 feet of pine logs
is on its way down tho Rogue river.
If the drive is successful many more
will follow, as there is a vaBt quantity
of fine sugar pine in the Upper Rogue
river country.
An extensive and profitable apple-
canning industry has been started up at
Linnton. There is an almost unlim
ited supply of the fruit good for cook
ing, but tor which there is no market
in its natural state.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat WallaWalla, 7071c; blue
stem 78 79o; valley, 767flo.
Barley Feed, $23.60 per ton; brew
ing, $24.00.
Floor Best grade, 8.80(94 10; grah
am, $3.20(93.60.
MUlstoffs Bran, $10.00 per ton;
middlings, $23.50; shorts, $18.60:
chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.1531. 17X
gray, $1.11X91.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $10(911; clover
$0.00; cheat, $8 9 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6070
per sack; ordinary, BOQKOc per cental,
growers' prices ; Meroed sweets, $1.75(3
$8 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, lie;
young, 10c; hens, UQllHc; turkeys,
live, IS no; dressed, to9i7H;
ducks, 68 per dozen; geese, $0.61
7.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 16K(?
'7Ko; Tonng America, 17(918
factory prices, lODio less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27)t30
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, St
22Ke; store, 15018.
Eggs 25gS5o per dosen.
Bops Mew crop, 2326o per pound
Wool Valley, 12X(315c; Fasten
Oregon, 814)ic; mohair, 36fJ28o.
Beef Gross, cows, 8(5 3 Me P'
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 697c.
Veal 7X(98r.
Mutton Gross, 8o per pound
dressed, 6c.
Lambs Gross, SXo per ponnd
dressed, 6 Ho.
Hogs Gross, oKOCXo per ponnd
tressed, 77 Ko.
PURE POOD BILL.
Congress Passes Messure with Little Op
position Text of the Law.
Washington, Dec. 23. The House
has passed the pure-food bill by
vote of 72 to 21 There wag not
quorum present, but tho point was
not raised by the opponents of tho
measure. The speakers were Rich
ardson of Alabama, Hepburn of Iowa
Qalnes of Tennessee and Schirm of
Maryland, for the measure, and Chan
dler of Mississippi against It.
A bill was passed to donate a piece
of ground to Clallam, Wash.
At 3:30 the House adjourned.
What the BUI Includes.
Tho pure-food bill Inhibits the In
troduction into any state or territory,
or tho District of Columbia, from any
other state or territory, or from any
foreign country, or the .shipment to
any foreign country, of any article of
food or drug which is adulterated or
mlsbranded. Tho above Inhibition Is
made to apply to any (me shinning:
delivering or receiving, within the re
gions named only, such food adulter
ated. Adulterations In the bill are de
nned as follows:
In the case of drugs, If sold under
name recognized in the United
States Pharmacopeia, and the drug
differs from tho standards of
strength, quality and purity as deter
mined by the test laid down In such
pharmacopeia, at the time of the In
vestigation, ao that its strength or
purity falls below the professed stand
ard under which it is sold: if it be an
Imitation of or ottered for sale under
the name of another article; and, In
the case of a confectionery. If It con
tain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome
yellow or other mineral substances,
or poisonous colors or flavors.
In the caoe of foods, when any sub
stance U mixed with it so as to lower
or injuriously effect Its Quality or
trength, so that such product, when
ottered for sale, shall tend to deceive
the purchaser.
If any substance or substances hsve
been substituted so that the product
when sold shall tend to deceive the
purchaser.
If any valuable constituent of an
article has been wholly or In part ab
stracted. If It be an Imitation of or offered
for sale under the distinct name of
another article.
If it be mixed, colored, powdered or
stained in a manner whereby dam
age or Inferiority Is conceded.
If It contain any added or poisonous
ngredlent which may render such ar
ticle Injurious to health.
If it is falsely labeled as a foreign
product or Imitation of another sub
stance - of a previously established
name, or which has been trade
marked or -patented.
If it consists. In whole or In part,
of a filthy, decomposed or putrid an
imal or vegetable substance, or any
portion of animal unfit for food, or
if it Is the product of a diseased anl
mal or one that has died otherwise
than by slaughter.
The Inst section of the bill pro
vides that any article of food or drug
that Is adulterated or mlsbranded
within the meaning of this bill, and
Is transported, or being transported,
from one state to another for sale, or
If It be sold In the District of Colum
bia or the territories, or if It be im
ported from a foreign country, shall
be liable to confiscation by a process
ot libel for condemnation in the
United States courts. Such goods, It
It also provided, shall not be sold in
any state contrary to the laws
thereof.
BLOCKADE IS ON.
All Venezuelan Ports are Closed Orace
Allowed Ships En Route.
Port of Spain, Trinidad. Dec. 23.
Admiral Douglas, of the British fleet,
has ordered the blockade of La Ouay
ra, Carenero, Guanta, Cumana, Caru
pano and the mountha of the Orinoco
River. This blockade Is now in ef
fect. Days of grace are allowed as
follows:
To vessels sailing prior to the date
of the decree of blockade from the
West Indian ports and from the east
coast of the continent of America
Steamers, 10 days; sailing vessels, 26
days.
From other ports Steamers, 20
days; sailing vessels, 40 days.
Vessels in the blockaded ports will
be allowed 15 days to obtain clear
ances. Violaters of the blockade will
be liable under the law.
It is Intimated here that tho block
ade probably will not last longer than
SO days.
Germans Hurried Them.
Caracas, Dec. 23. When the Ger
man cruiser Falke captured the Ven
ezuelan schoouer Victoria In the Gulf
of Maracnlbo, the captain of the ves
sel was given 10 minutes to leave hie
ship. A heavy sea was running at the
time, and the small boat In which the
Venezuelans disembarked was nearly
capsized. As It was, one of the
schooner's crew was drowned, tt
has been learned that the captain of
the Victoria wns not aware of Ven
ezuela s difficulties with Germany ond
Great Britain.
MARCHINO ON CARACAS.
Rebel Army of 10,000 Said to Be Coming
Towards the Capital.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 23.
It Is reported here that tho Venezu
elan revolutionary Generals Penalozn.
Rolando, Rlera and Solague, with s
force said to number 10,000 men, are
marching on Caracas, and are be
lieved now to be near that city. Cable
messages coming from Venezuela to
this port are subjected to censorship.
Chinamen Sent Bsck Home. '
New York, Dec. 23. United States
Commissioner Benedict has ordered
he deportation of 12 Chinamen who
Ivad not been registered under the
ixcluslon act and could not show that
hey arrived in the United States be
,'ore the passage of the act.
WIRES OUT OF DATE
WIRELESS MESSAGES EXCHANGED BE
TWEEN CANADA AND EUROPE.
King of Qrest Britain and Qoveroor Oen-
eral of Canada Exchange Orectlngi
Experiment was Entirely Successful-
Practical Utility of areet Invention
Fully Established.
New York, Dec. 24. The following
dlBpatch from Marconi, dated Glace
Bay, N. 8 December 24. has been re
ceived by the Associated Press:
'T beer to Inform von tn flrmiln.
tion, that I have established wireless
telegraph communication between
Cape Breton, Canada, and Cornwall.
England, with comnlclo mirrr.uo In.
augatory messages, Including one
irom me uovernor-ueneral of Canada
to King Edward VII, have already
been transmitted and forwarded to
the Kings of England and Italy. A
messaee to the lmrtnn Time. h.
also been transmitted in the presence
of Its special correspondent, D. Par-
am, oi.tr.
"G. MARCONI."
Text of the Messages
London, Dec. 24. The London
Times confirms the receipt of a mes
sage by wireless telegraphy from Mar
coni at Cape Breton, N. 8. The text
of the wireiess message from the
Times correspondent, which was
transmitted from Glace Bay, N. 8., to
Polhu, Cornwall, Is as follows:
Being present at its transmission
in Signor Marconi's Canadian station,
I have the honor to send, through the
Times, the inventor's flrst wireless
trans-Atlantic message of greeting to
England and Italy."
Exchanged Compliments.
Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 24. The follow
ing message, received by Lord Minto.
Governor-General of Canada, from
Marconi today, shows that wireless
trans-Atlantic telegraphy is a suc
cess:
"Grace Bay, N. S.. Dec. 24. 1902.
His Excellency, the Governor-General.
Government House, Ottawa: Have
the honor to inform Your Excellency
mat your message has been transmit
ted by me from Cape Breton to Corn
wall by wireless telegraphy, and has
been forwarded to destination.
"MARCONI."
Lord Mlnto telegraphed Marconi as
follows:
"Delighted at your message. Just
received. Warmest congratulations
on your splendid success.
"MINTO."
Hon. Vf. S. Fielding sent a telegram
of congratulation to Marconi tonight,
and Sir Richard Cartwright, Acting
rrcmier, nas cabled to England, con
gratulating the British people on the
new method of communication be
tween two countries.
WARSHIPS' FURNITURE.
American Navy to Be Fitted Throughout
with Fireproof Furnishings.
New York, Dec. 24. Steel furni
ture, made in the Brooklyn Navy
yard, will be used on the new chuls-
er Baltimore. The furniture of the
state rooms, crews" quarters, the
commander's office, and even of the
show-room, will be of steel. Several
months of experimenting on the part
of Naval Constructor Capps and his
assistant. Constructor Nutting, has
developed the fact that almost all the
essential furniture of a man-of-war
can be made of steel.
Serious damage was done during
the war with Spain by furniture on
the ships taking fire. The Baltimore
in the battle of Manila Bay was ser
iously damaged by such a Are.
The equipment of the Baltimore
with the new furniture will cost $30,-
000. The old wooden furniture, hand
some and elaborate In design and fin
ish, did not cost .more than one-third
of that amount All the ships of the
navy are to be fitted with the steel
furniture as fast as the plant can turn
our the articles. The United States
Navy is the first to adopt the fire
proof interior furnishing plan.
TRANSPORT CONTRACTS.
Portland Oets a Share, but Bulk of Bus
iness Qoes to Seattle;
Washington, Dec. 23. The fight
aver Government transportation bus
iness to and from the Philippines is
closed. President Wlnsor, of the
Boston Steamship Company, waived
the condition in his bid that his line
should receive three-fourths of the
Government business, and agreed to
take such shipments at his contract
ate as the department sees nt to di
vert to Seattle and Tacoma. Secre
tary Root, under these circumstances
accepts the Puget Sound bid, nnd
from now until June 30 next all ship
ments of troops and supplies made
from Seattle or Tiicania will go by
the Boston Steamship line. Under
the adjustment made today, Port
land's status is unchanged. Whenev
er hay, oats, lumber or other supplies
ire purchased tributary to Portland.
they will be shipped from that port
in vessels chartered for the trip, as
heretofore. Portland trade will not
bo monopolized by the Sound, but will
lepend altogether upon the relative
bids at Portland, the Sound and San
Francisco.
Citizens Kill Highwayman.
Ardmore, I, T., Dec. 24. Two high
waymen, heavily armed, wero at
tacked by a posse of citizens as they
rode into the town of Provence, In
the Chickasaw Nation last night, and
an exchange of shots followed. The
horse was shot from under one of the
men, George Slocum, and finally he
was shot and captured. The second
man escaped. Slocum died later. The
men are supposed to have engaged In
n bank robbery near Provence yes
terday. ,
PRESIDENT COMINQ WEST.
Secretary Now at Work on Itinerary -A
Word to Entertainment Committees,
Washington, Dec. 20. President
Roosevelt Is already giving his atten
tlon to the Western trip which he
plans to take In the Spring. Secre
tary Cortelyou Is at work on the
itinerary, or, rather, the Itinearies,
for he is making several. At least
three trips will be laid out, and cir
cumstances will determine which
shall be chosen. If state affairs are
urgent it will be tho shorter one,
while if affairs aro going smoothly,
the President will be away six weeks
or more.
Chicago will be visited early in the
trip, as it Is the plan to carry out the
programme which was Interrupted by
the operation on the Presidents leg.
Then he will go to Milwaukee, through
Wisconsin, to St. Paul and Minneapo
lis and westward to the Yellowstone
Park, and on to the Coast, stopping
at Puget Sound cities, Portland and
San Francisco, The President has In
vitations from every state in the Un
ion west of the Mississippi River.
Ixwal committees making plans
will do well to have regard to the
President's desire that Secretary Cor
telyou be Included n all plans for en
tertaining the President. This remln
dermgbtseem superfluous, but exper
ence has shown that it Is not There
are 19 reasons, any of which Is good
and sufficient why the President
wants his secretary to be at his elbow
day and night, in carriages, at din
ners, at private residences where he
may be . entertained, and at public
functions. Any plans which are not
to this effect will have to be altered.
NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Santa Maria Still Active Price of Neces
sities So High Few Ceo Bay Them. .
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Dec.
20. It is probably due to some gov
ernment instructions that the papers
here have not said anything with ref
erence to the eruption of the Santa
Maria volcano, which can be consider
ed, because of Its magnitude as a
national calamity. The losses suffer
ed by German capital are not less
than $6,500,000, consisting of houses
and machinery destroyed, and the
destruction of the present coffee crop.
If the total destruction of many other
properties belonging to other foreign
ers, as well as to natives, is added to
this amount, the actual losses ascend
to a fantastic sum.
The volcano Is still in activity and
a new eruption is feared at any time
Suffering is indescribable, for, beside
the loss of coffee, which is estimated
at about 300,000 quintals; the corn
and wheat fields are ruined.
Owing to the unusually high rate
of exchange, business Is entirely par
alyzed, for all imported articles have
reached such prices that very few
persons can a fiord to buy them, and
most of the merchants sell just
enough to cover their expenses.
The worst part of the present had
condition is that no one knows how
or when it will change, and it is al
most unenduable just now. Articles
of first necessity have reached inac
cessible prices, and the poor class of
people are suffering therefrom.
REMODELED A CLUB FOOT.
Surgeon Lorcnz First Crushed It, Thes
Formed It as Nature Should.
New York, Dec. 20. Dr. Lorenz has
for the first time since he arrived in
New York operated on a club foot.
The patient was a 4-year-old girl. Dr
Lorenz kneeded and twisted the crip
pled foot until it was as soft and pli
able as a piece of putty. Then he
deftly molded it into its proper form,
and announced that the operation was
completed and a plaster cast was fit
ted to the foot. The doctor said that
the child should be allowed to use her
foot as much as she could after four
or five days, and that it would be
necessary to keep the cast on for six
or seven months, after which she
could walk.
Four operations for congenital dis
locations were performed and at their
close Dr. Lorenz showed that he was
a tired man.
THIS IS SANTA'S BUSIEST YEAR.
Prosperity Has Enabled Him to Break AO
Previous Records la Liberality.
New York, Dec. 20. Mail money
order records have been broken in the
Central postofflce, Wednesday's trans
actions amounting to $1,168,741. This
included money orders issued, both
domestic and foreign, the certificates
of deposit issued to out-of-town post
masters, money orders paid and
money order drafts. European ad
vices brought the information that
the Incoming Christmas mail would
be much larger this year than ever
before. The Cymric, bound for New
York, is said to have on board 2600
bags of mail. The Etruria is also
coming with 1805, the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse with 660 and the St Louis
with 300, a total ot 5365.
'Warning to Westerners.
Washington, Dec. 20. The Secre
tary of the Treasury went to the Har
lem dinner in a Tuxedo coat That
was a sin a violation of the law of
etiquette almost inexcusable. For
the President of the United States
was there, and where the President
of the United States is, it Is a full
Iress function. This might be a good
thing to remember when the Presl
lent is on his visitation. Of the West
next Spring. If you have a long-tailed
coat get it out.
Fodnd $100,000 on a Beggar.
Toronto, Dec. 20. Ely Hyman, a
lew, who begged for admision to the
general hospital here on Saturday, is
lead. An examination of his cloth
ing resulted In finding script worth
$31,000. Other papers showed him to
be worth probably $100,000. For
twenty years he has slept in shedB
and stables. He sold papers ana oeg-
ed. His heirs are his wife and
laughter, living, it is thought, In San
Francisco.
READY TO SETTLE
CASTRO EMPOWERS UNITED STATES
MINISTER TO MAKE PEACE.
Makes No Restrictions Whatever, Fully
Kcaiizing That His Nation WoaM Be
Powerless In Actual War-VenezMlasj
Rebel Active - Evidence That They
Are Working with the Powers.
Washington. Dec. 22. Tho .mi
ment of the Venezuelan difficulty now
rests with United States Minister
Bowen, to whom President Catr h..
entrusted full power to neeotl.t.
terms with the allies.
Castro HealrA th. .k- ...
--- ma ijvbcb con
ference be held in Washington and
to that end hna un,A n
wwu w KU
there.
Caatre had changed hi
ward the alllna iiinsin. .v.
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man Minister to land and talk by tel
ephone to his sick wife, and allowing
the British ships to send men ashore
for provisions. .
The rebels are becoming more ac
tive In the interior, and Castro Is
said to have evidence that th.. ,...
co-operated with tho allies, and that
rum ana ammunition have been fur
nished them.
Caracas, nee 99 r nA r
Venezuela Minister of Foreign At
fairs, has transmitted to United States
Minister Bowen a document signed
by President Castro as constitutional
President of the republic, and coun
tersigned by himself as Minister of
Foreign Affairs, in which Mr. Bowen
is recognized as the only representa
tive of Venezuela In the matter of ef
fecting a settlement of the difficulty
with the European powers.
According to the terms of this
document, Mr. Bowen may act with
out restriction, and he la to nse all
means possible to protect the Inter
ests of Venezuela. The State Depart
ment at Washington has been noti
fied of the transmission of this instru
ment to Mr. Bowen. -- - , - .
Events hern
the receipt, through tho State De
partment, or the answers of the gov
ernments of Great Britain, Germany
and Italy to the nmmui r .mi:
tlon advanced by Venezuela. These
answers are expected tomorrow.
Should they be favorable, the Venezu
elan government strongly desires that
a conference of the Ambassadors of
Great Britain, Germany and Italy to
the United States be held In Wash
ington, and that Mr Rn VP, Im wm t m
Guayra December 23 for the United
states on ooara we steamer Caracas,
which is due to reach New York De
cember 29.
Mr Bowen will niuf tha imha.-
dors In Washington. No meeting to
discuss terms of settlement is to be
held on Venezuelan toil.
"EI Mocho" Hernandez, the re.
leased revolutionary leader, called at
the American Legation this morning
for the nurnose of navtn him naiuvti
to Minister Bowen. This afternoon
President Castro, accompanied by his
who, bibo cauea at tne Legation,
where he staved for three-aiiartnra nt
an hour.-
Leiutenant Van Tnixen nt tfc ran.
boat Marietta, has been sent here
from La Guayra to act as secretary to
Mr. Bowen.
Merchants of all nationality hm
hope that the arbitration proposal
will be accented, enri that voanit
of the present efforts to reach a pa-
cine settlement, tne proposed block
ade of La Guayra, Puerto Cabello,
MaracAlho Pnm ramninn mnA
celona, announced for December 20,
win not oecome enecuve.
firm navins- riallv vfalta n vr
Island. Pearl-fishing boats from Mar
garita report tne presence ot uiree
men-oi-war near juan uriego.
Allied Powers Helping Rebels,
Caracas, Dec. 22. Documents and
letters which have been secured by
the Venezuelan authorities are said
to prove the connection of the Matos
revolutionists with the recent demon
stration of the allies against , Vene
zuela. It is reported that, since the cap
ture of the Venezuelan fleet, muni
tions of war have been shipped open
ly from Willemstad to ports on the
Venezuelan coast, and steamers are
said to have sailed from Port of
Spain, Trinidad, with the knowledge,
tt Is alleged, of the British authorities
there, bearing arms and ammunition
to the Venezuelan revolutionists at
Ciudad Baliver, on the Orinoco River.
Inquiry Into Fitzgerald Killing. .
Washington, Dec. 22. The foreign
affairs committee of the House gave
consideration today to the resolution
introduced by William A. Smith, of
Michigan, calling upon the State De
partment for information concerning
the circumstances of the shooting of
William Fitzgerald, an American citi
zen, in Guatemala, together with such
reports and correspondence as may
be on record in the department In
the absence ot Mr. Smith, action on
the resolution was deferred until he
could be heard.
Another Industry for Washington. '
Chehalls, Wash., Dec, 22. John W.
Reynolds and Murphy A Stuchell
have completed arrangements for put
ting in a new factory at Chehalls.
The new plant will manufacture bed
springs and mattresses, make mold
ings and do upholstering as well aa
doing a general planlng-mill business.
The site chosen adjoins the railway
a hundred yards north of the stock
yards. This is the fourth factory es
tablished in Chehalls within a year.
Earthquake la Costa Rica.
San Jose, Costa Rica. Dec. 22.
Two violent earthquakes were ex
perienced here at 4 o'clock this morn
ing. The people were greatly alarm
ed, but there were no casualties.
Several other shocks followed at In
tervals. These, however, were of di
minishing severity.