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Newspaper Page Textnn OREGON MIST. VOL. XX. '".. only 14 . r. v-k.r Jour,,,, 'J . tm I ....... Peal.lfl. I" i (,a " ' vmr Ti.. nin ii B.r J. B. GODFREY, nroitM i -.fir. r-r,K sr5 real Lsiaic aci nmoer Lanns sola A IIWTIt AOTH MAIlICi FT. HELENS. OREGON mtasi isiine Mat. ST. HELENS, OltEUON, FItlDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1903. EVENTS OF THE DAY S. 11. GRUBKK JOHN A. HECK !AM I ATTonxEY-JT-Luw Watches, Diamonds, Silrenare. "..utnti.ni,,,, to'iwlring a Speoiultj. !f, HKI.KNI, i ! OMlliON, W!lll kal p.rat,nsl ao.lKlon I. .11 l.r.t P .m. ,a .,it...,a I in tiiaciii. is .a . klal. .ml I Kil.'l ham I .una. ii)it.ii,i 4 ruu rorrumt v. ii. rowi-i.i., I)HTV lll.imir AriORka?. IT . UttlRNt, I t-kKuor lr. Kihvin Hsn, Physician and Surgeon. T. Ilr I l.Mi, OKK'iOJi. JOI PORTLAND DAILY Steamer Iralda I I. ttfktrt. Mt,r. RAILROAD TIM It. .LV.fA"'""' ',cl ')t fort .!. at A u .,,.Mla tm kt Hal.ui al I Dr. II. 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K fim ill th aorlj W.ll arlli.D, oriinit tori.. A n- a.ri lo qii.rir. Arlirlo. Health, th I loin., N Btwki, n.lonWoik About lb ru oil lUritcn. ,a Kl. lLlnni .... 10 A M Arnv. it P.ril.uil 10 W A M l.ar.Porll.ud IHPM Arrtv it Hi. H.l.ei .W r M Will Carry Kolliln kut Paaa.n- .ri And rati rr.ttil. JAMBS MOB, Ma.Mr. 14 OATHKKKD FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprchcnalvt H.vlcw of the Import. nt HaprwrtlnK of the a.t Week, I'r.Kntcd In Corwltnacd rorm. Moat l.lkely to Prove IntcreatlnK to Our Many Htader. Klnij KtJwaril, of EhkIhihI, Iiiu cl- 'iiniK-u hi .Ixtym-toiKl blnhilav. - I'ri-nlil.Tit Ilw.-volt Iiiih formally mki'd Hrnutor llaiina to inanaKit hi raj;iilKn. bill aHkliiK hIhU'Iuhk for Nt;w M'xl (a No. 1 on the calendar In th h tin u At Th Italian nilnlxtvr of finance ronH millctl niilrldu bncauao lit; wa ac u(l of forriiiillon. I'opit IMur X haa held tila nmt con nlatory and nami-d two cardinal, hut neither of thi-m are from Amurlca. Empirur William, of Germany, un-dfrwt-nt a hihtchh'iiI operation for the removal of a tumor from lilu throat. A (llplomntlc aueiit of the new I'aii itna republic ha written Senator Morgan enllHtlna; lilu uupport for the I'anuma cannl. John Mlt hell, prenldent of the Mlimworkera' union, la Raid to be nlaied for a cabinet position. He de nli'K the report. Colorado miiiera have gone on a Itrjfce. The United State battlcablp Maine ha been aent to Colon. . Rurho Japnneite conflict I growing more and more remote. 8t. I-oula Jury In the bribery rase of State Heuator Karri, ig unable to agree. The Weekly Inter Ocean Io a nif mbr of tli AMoclitrd l'r.a, th only Wtntern Nowt lper receiving lb antir tele graphic new vervic l Ih New York Hub aail pecial rabl. of lb New York Worlddaily r Mirta (run ovr 2,000 opecial corraipond.nl throughout lb oouutry. SO VBAIir . txpimeNci kk. A Tai Ml 'ttllH OoevaiaHT Ao. A.raa.aMiAlii. aakMraaaddaMiMlanaar auUKir a.o.ri.ln ran oainioa ft wbataar aa In.ti. n HVnir aalaaiakla. l .,..inl tiau. .IriatS .M3anSJ. rtanAlxio oa 1'at.at a.,,l fW iTIAul aaaa.r '"f atwailn aal.ni. r.uaia uaaa tarsaalt a noln an.tal naltM, ll,aill .bar. yearo N E dollar Scientific flmcrlcan. MHaaa. V taata(aMM . ...m--i. Illnavtr. avd Mk1r. I lrWMt Ol A tft)ir tllattrttj Mkir. I irtMt elf l vrti,), $3 m.t ti tr-taMlltA lAVrila.. co new Tom U.k CaaV ( V , Waaalat.e. D.I How About Your Title? 4 RFC TOtl It'ltf II ! H rlfhlT B.m.nib.r Ih.UI t "mrnlllih.i aovnrin. II ur buala.M I. March In. .ml .hnw xhal Ih.r i-.ul.ln I" r.lall.n to io l)Rlfinpi'T ' - - - tltlti. If you nny oh rtl ' ' . . , . I ... aa, b..A . iia M.i rtir I. ho no mm warn, mi inn-i -.. UiV.!ril..I.h.ll.. A d.a.l Inil.i oa bat In i kooka la lli.i-.anlr. Allwii gtiaraulaail. aiauta lor lb kaf . eropaxy W. hkv. lb. ork an ul a.t ol ak.lr.ul plly .in-iil.il and all.'At'Uo II ;oii ka proprrlf Io laaur I lv u i. " tr.lliur.iir.i'iiinlMl lk i. lor i.l. H.l II wllk ui and "III Hid kn. . ar. vo E. E. QUICK & CO., a. , a. a r. A-fiMi, -( 1 X . Greatest Clubbing Combina tion TWO WEKKLY rATERS FOU T1IK OF ONE-OnEATEST BABQAIM IN OOOD READING. Bf . ipTUl arrangement bl. t furni.h T Om-o II.W .nVTHB MEEKLY CAI'ITAL JOURNAL. t th. WlowLg Jub- blog rlo for both p.peri : t.r on. War In A4ane..l. r.ri. Hloiitli. la Aaance, t Tb. WMbly Journ . o, ZL. Ore., print, i.o.t in.lU. ... M a:.UU i;.mB,e;t .nd th. full li.ty.u-..l (or tb. coming .."ion. Th. Jonrn.i w tgki 9H MP' ' vpuic thyJ10 fit ..jlur.l.U .r.. upou Inquiry .t tblf Dcriioi rntH have aelected John 8. William, f MlHRliiiilppI, a their leader. The republican house caucin linn iinanlmounly aekx ted Joseph 0. Can ion a apeaker. Great llrltuln waa Rurprlaed at the quick nvoitnltlon (civen the Colombian revolution!! by the I'ulted State. Colomblnn troopa will march on Colon and i'annma despite the recog nltlon of the new republic by the Cnlted Slate. Howard Hitynle. convicted of hlKh ay robbery by a Seattle court, has Seen Roiitem ed to lx yean In the Walla Walla penitentiary. Governor Chamberlain will call a ilieclal Reunion of the Oregon legisla ture If a majority of the members will pledge themselves to enact no law ither than remedial to tat levy. The Maryland democratic plurality lc 12.375. Representative llermaan la work ing for a place on the river and har iMir committee. It is Raid King Peter, of Servla. has innounced his intention of abdicating n favor of his gon. All European powers have indorsed he attitude of the United States In ho Colomblnn matter. Colombia say she will be able to mt down the revolution If the I'ulted 'tatcs keeps her hands off. Semite and house leaders can't igrce as to the method of putting th Cuban reciprocity treaty into effect. There are 2.00D.OO0 sheep on the Oregon ranges. The worth of this rear's wool output Is placed at fS.550, .100. Governor Chamberlain has not yet leclded whether or not he will call in extra session of the legislature to emcdy the defects In the Oregon tax law. Z. F. Clark, a Portland man who has nvented a steel hardening process .hat will make armor pluto bullet iroof, haa been offered 1100.000 Tor lit intent by New York capitalists. The Dreyfus case Is to be again re vived. Two more Americana linve been as taasinated on the streets of London. Senate and house leaders are bound o crash over Cuban reciprocity programme. After an Interval of a month the Venexuelan aiblrallon case haa been resumed. Cable cars at Kansas City, Kan., col 'I clod In a fog. Ono person waa killed uid 61 Injured. The aennte committee will stand by SSmoot, the Vtuh senator, despite mi llennia protests. The Sun Fiancisco street railway ar iltrators have rendered a decision trnntlng an Increase In wages. Hit men were killed and ten Injured v ii n oinloalon at the United States naval arsenal at lona Island, N. Y. Authorities In Wyoming may clash iver the Indian trouble. The Indian igenta want those under arrest re cased, but the governor refuses to do so. The eDldemlc of yellow fever Id fexaa continues to spread. Alexander J. Dowle. the Zionist lender, indorses Roosoveit. During October there waa coined at he varloiiB mints of the United States ,3,672,120. t A Wood, of Portland, has been llscharged from practice before the pension bureau. Cnnirressman Jonea, of Washington, will Introduce a bill giving Alaska a temporary government. The case of W. H. Machen, charged with postal fraud, has been set for No vcmber 23. CAN BB NO WAR America Propose to Protect New Ue publlc of Panama. Washington, Nov. 11. When Amer ican war vessels were recently order ed to Isthmian water to protect American and other Interests in Tan ama, specific Instructions were given, by direction of the president, that the American naval force should main lain peace and prevent bloodshed on the iHthmiiH. These instruction were issued in iiieir broad sense, for It was the original, and Ih the present, in tention of this government to pre vent any conflict between the govern- Jjnent of Colombia and the newly es- taiiiiHiied republic of I'anama. The administration, In carrying out this policy, will prevent the landing nt Colon, a well as at Panama, of any Colombian troop that may be sent by the latter government to subdue the Lf'anama republic. Having once recog- nixeii tne new republic before the world, the United States Intends to htand by and prevent encroachments by Colombia as well as by other na tions. Assistant Secretary of State foom- Is, Si-cretary Moody and Admiral Taylor, after a conference this even ing, sent instructions to the com manders of American ships In Pana )lSii.i wni,-,H nun uijk llieili lu l.lie evKlil 7 the Colomblnn government attempted ii, t-iiiuain. irmi ni any tI HH port. with a view to making an attack upon the New Panama republic, that the American forces should prevent such embarkation. secretaries Hoot and Hay had a conference today, presumably In re ran! to the latest development In the Uthmlan affair. Aa he was re turning to his home Secretary Root was asked the direct question as to whether United States troops would ho ordered to the Isthmus of Panama. tli replied that while such a thing was possible. It was extremely Im probable. He added he had made that answer to a similar question In New York when he really knew very little about the situation, and he made it now for the reason that he knew nothing more of an intention to em ploy troops on the iBthmua. Wf- MM. .M HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON CUTTINQ DOWN QREAT TREES. Ooverament Urged to Buy Land From California Owner. Washington. Nov. 11. In his an nual report Captain Charles Young, acting superintendent of the Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks, of California, in which many giant trees are located, urges the acquisition by the government of the land in those parks, now owned by private individ uals. In Sequoia Park there are many large tracts thus owned, and after waiting In vain for years for the government to purchase their proper ty the owners are beginning to sell off the large timber. Captain Young says: "The owners have cut them by the wholesale, and put the lumber upon (he market, and where once was a fine forest of magnificent giants, there- now Is but devastation and ruin in the Bhape of stumps and sawdust plies. It is but Just to the owners and for the best interest of the govern ment that the purchase of these pat ented lands witbin the parka be au thorited by congress if the parks are to be continued." He says the lands can be secured for reasonable prices. Captain Young says game is increasing. HOLD ON TO YOUR PRUNES. Advlc Olven to Grower by cx-Commi. loner Reynold. Salem "Prunegrower who have not already sold their fruit should hold It for a price that will give them a fair profit," gays Lloyd T. Reynolds, for merly horticultural commissioner for the second district. "Dealers are around offering to pay a basis price of 1 cent. Probably a majority of the prune crop this year will average In the 50-60 lo-the-pound size, and at this basis growers would get only 3 cents a pound for their fruit Since the cost of labor and fuel has advanced, 3 cents a pound Is about th. actual cost of production. Growers are cutting their own throats when tbey sell at such figures. "The condition of the fruit market does not warrant such low prices, France had a very short crop and buying prunes heavily In this country, The dispatches from New York tell u that the packing houses In this country have had difficulty In filling the orders as fast as tbey are received. The apple crop of the United States is 1,000 000 barrels short and prices for that fruit will be high. Canned goods have advanced very materially. In every view of the situation I can see no rea on why prunegrowers should not re ceive a fair price, If they will ask for It "It seems to me to be certain that all the prunes will be wanted and the proper course for the growers is to wait until a living price Is offered. do not advise holding for speculative prices, but for a living price. Oregon prunes this year are of first-class quail- ty and they give satisfaction wherever sola. WILL MANUFACTURE STAVES. TIED UP BY STRIKE. Coal Mines ol Southern Colorado Out of Working Force. Denver, Nov. 11. More than 10,000 coal miners in Colorado went on strike today for an eight-hour day, In crease In wages and other conces sions. The strike was ordered by the National executive officers of the United Mineworkers of America, af ter the coal companies refused to con fer with union representatives con cerning the demands of the men. Of the Idle men, COOO are In the south ern coal fields, 2000 in the northern coal fields and 1800, in Fremont coun ty. One bundled mines have been closed down. A few Independent properties In the northern coal fields and elsewhere will not stop work, since the operat ors have agreed to concede the eight- hour day and also increased wages. Less than 1000 miners will remain at work according to reports from the effected districts. The announcement comes that 600 have gone out in Col fax county, N. M. The others in that territory are now negotiating with the mlneowners. LIEU LAND REJECTIONS LARQB Laad Agent Welt Pat Records In Order and (lather Figure. Salem State Land Agent Oswald West has Just completed the classlfl cation and filing of the correspond ence and papers relating to state lieu land selections In Oregon. Hereto fore the records have been In confus ion and one seeking information re garding any particular selection. would have difficulty In finding it. Now the records are arranged so that any desired Information may be had at a moment's notice. The list shows that the lieu land selections upon min eral base, which have been passed upon by the Federal Land Depart ment within the past year or two ag gregate 74.000 acres, of which about ,.000 acres have been clear listed and about 70.000 has either been rejected or is Btill pending with the outlook poor for its approval. Pendleton Owns Its First Park. Pendleton Pendleton is now the owner of a city park. For years such a move has been agitated, but nothing was done until a week or so ago, when the council bargained for the property In the east part of the city, where the water supply is Secured. The money has been paid over and the deeds filed. The land was purchased from Jessie S. Vert, consisting of one en tire block, and for which she received 1 1 BOO, and four lots from V. Stroble. The city purchased this property to prevent buildings from being erected there. To Guard Oermn Interest. New York, Nov. 11. Upon the re port of the mall steamer Athen. which has reached here from Santo Domingo, says a Herald dispatch from St. Thomas, T. W. I., Commo dore Sheder, of the German squadron nt this port, has Bent two ships, the Gazelle and the Panther, to Santo Domingo to safeguard German inter CBts. In consequence of this action, the Athen returned to Santo Domingo to discharge her cargo at ports Bhe had been prevented from entering by Dominican gunboats. It Is said the German commander has determined to Ignore the blockade. Truth Not Half Told. Laredo, Texas, Nov. 11. Dr. D. B. Murray, the international yellow fev er expert. Just returned from a trip as far as Saitlllo, said tonight that conditions in Monterey, If Judged by other cities where yellow fever has been epidemic, indicated no less than 25,000 cases there this year, with the mortality rate placed at 5 per cent. The deaths have been greatly In ex cess of the number reported In the of ficial bulletins issued in this city and fully BOO cases exist at the present time. Contentlan of America. The Hague. Nov. 11. In the Ven ezuelan arbitration case today. Judge Penfleld, In behalf of the United States, said the United States was In ilfferent to the question of the justice of the war, but the United States maintains that the protocol should not establish any preference In favor ot' the plockadlng powers. Release of 171 Mortgages. Pendleton The Pendleton savings bank has filed with the county record er releases of 171 mortgages. This is the biggest bunch of mortgages that has ever been paid off at one time for number of years. The banking com pany held thee mortgages, principal ly against farmers, sheep and cattle men. The amount of some of the mortgages was S3 high as $16,000. white some of them were as low as $50. They averaged $1S00. making the total amount paid $256,500. Put Up Much Fruit. Ashland The Ashland Preserving Company, which has been operating an extensive cannery in this city the present season, will close operations for the year this week. The season has been longer than usual and there have been more people employd than ever before, the average number of operatives being between 40 and 60. Manager Charles Plerc. reports that during the four months' run the plant has canned 15 tons of Partlett pears. 21 tons of peaches, 10 tons of string beans and seven tons of blackberries. Wood $7 a Cord. Pendleton There is a scarcity of wood In Pendleton. This ii due to the lack of cars to bring it from the Blue Mountains, from where Pendleton gets her supply. There seems to be plenty of wood at the belt. Prices are excep tionally high. Fir is selling at $7 per cord and pine at $6.50. This price is nearly $1 higher than last year. Coal l Belling at $$ per ton. Houltoa Will Hava a Plant That Will Em- ploy IOO Men. St. Helens It Is now a settled fact that the Western Cooperage Company omposed of Kentucky capitalists, will build a large stave factory at Houlton, on the Northern Pacific rail road, Just on the outer edge of the cor porate limits of St. Helens,. A dozen men are already at work getting camps ready in the woods, where the bolts for the staves will be cut up ana spue into the usual size. A factory site has been purchased from W. H. Dolman, at Moulton, which has ample space for switches and side tracks, options have been secured on several tracts of timber land, and contract has been entered into with the Oregon Wood Company to float aown noo.ooo cords of stave bolts an nually. Construction work will begin on me raciory at once, and the man agement state that fully one hundred men will be employed in the mill and rim Mr. This company owns factories Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia and Seattle and Aberdeen, Wash. fllLL IN SOTTHERN OREOON. Pennsylvania Capitalists Preparing for a Heavy Cut of Vlmber. Roseburg The Kelleber-Skelley iumoer company has Just been in corporated here hv W .1 Kallchor John K. Skelley and W. H. Sykes with a paw up capital of 150.000. The com. pany has already acquired about 6000 acres of fine timber land on Billv Creek, a few miles west of Yoncalla, la this county. A sawmill building has already been erected and part of the machinery Is now in place. The plant will have a daily capacity of 50,000 feet of lum ber to begin with, and will be ready for operation within 30 days. A flume will be put in from the mill to the product direct to the Southern Pa. dflc railroad track at Drain, where a lumber yard will also be established. Looking for Reservoir Rite. Ashland H. E. Green and X K Reese, of the hydrocranhic branch of the United States Geological Survey, arrived in Ashland last night from San Francisco. They are in the re clamation service and will cross the mountains eastward from here on an extended exploration and investigat ing trip to locate possible sites for res ervoirs for the storage of waters for Irrigation purposes. They go to Pel ican Bay. Fort Klamath. The A eencv Sprague River Valley. Bly and Bonan za, and their itinerary will take in all the Modoc lava beds and the Honey Lake district la th. Sugar Beet Fields. La Grande The sugar beet factory here has already this season received 10.000 tons of beets, and has worked over 7000 tons, which means 16.000 sacks of sugar. It is expected that about 1000 tons more of beets will be received by the factory this season. and that the run will continue until about November 10. So far the beet harvest has proved a success. Al though there was a shortage in the crop, the sugar material in the beet was heavier than last year. October Asylum Report. Salem The report of Superintend ent J. F. Calbreath, of the State ln sane Asylum, for the month of Octo ber shows that the general health of tne patients is good. The total cost or articles consumed was $7163.99 and the expenditures for salaries iaa99.10, or a total of $13,163.09. The average dally enrollment was 1330 making the cost per capita per month $9.89, and per capita per day 32 cents. CHINESE ENRAOCD AT RUSSIA Soni. Members Urge War for Raoccupa tlon of Mukden. Pekin, Nov. 9. Yuan Kai Shai, viceroy of Chi LI province, who, as cabled to the Associated Press yes terday, was dispatched to Mukden by the Dowager Empress with Instruc tions to investigate affairs there and if possible to arrange a settlement with the Russians, did not go any fur ther than Tien Tsin, which be reached yesterday evening. It Is now consid ered doubtful whether be will go to Mukden at all. The Chinese are more enraged at the Russan proceedings at Mukden than they have been by any eventa since the capture of Pekin. Some of the hot-headed members of the Coun cil have advised the Dowager Empresa to declare war on Russia, and tend troopg to release the Tartar General whose detention at Mukden, growing out of the decapitation of the Chines bandit, who had enlisted In the Rus sian service, but who fell into tb hands of the Chinesa after the Rus sians had evacuated Mukden, wounds Chinese susceptibilities, since It la considered to be not only an Insult to a high official, but as insulting to tha Chinese government Itself. Better-informed officials, however. realize tha helplessness of China, and the madness of going; to war wltb Russia. Their counsel has nlthert prevailed, although there Is much baseless war talk In the native press and among the younger Chinese offic ials. WONT PROTECT AMERICANS. Cuban Alcalde Disposed to Quibble Over Term of Treaty. Havana. Nov. 9. There seem to be onsiderable disposition on the part 3f a number of Cuban government ef- acars to cause trouble to American In terests In the Isle of Pines Archipela go. Several natives said to have been inspired by Cubans, some of whom ire believed to be In the government mploy, are endeavoring to Institute suits to question titles to realty in the Isle of Pines Archipelago, acquired by Americans prior to the signing of the Squires-Palma treaty, which provided for the cession of the Isle of Pines proper to Cuba, as a quid pro quo for coaling stations at Babia Honda and Guantanamo. The Cuban alcalde, or sub-governor of the Isle of Pines, has refused to end police protection asked by Amer caa settlers In several of the small keys adjacent to the Isle of Pines, on the ground that, according to a strict nterpretation of the treaty, these ieys were no ceded to Cuba, and henpe are not entitled to the police protection asked from the Cuban gov ernment I ROES ALASKAN CABLB. Malbcur County Clean-Up. Baker City General Manaeer O. C. Johnson brought in the clean-up of a 60-day run from the Rich Creek placer mine of the Eldorado Mine & Ditch Company, of Malheur county, today The clean-up amounted to about 800 ounces valued at about $16,000. R. E. Corburn, of Carroll. Ia., is principal owner of the diggings. the Sal ot Oreat Timber Tract. Astoria A deed has been filed for record whereby the Oregon & Mon tnna Lumber Company, of Helena, Mont, sells to Samuel MoClure, of Stillwater, Wash.. 1566.29 acres of timber land in the Lewis and Clark district. The consideration named is $1000. but It is supposed a much high er price was paid. Vacancies In Legislature. Salem Not only will a special ses sion of the legislature be necessary to cure the defect in the taxation law, but a special election will be neces sary to fill several vacancies In the legislature. The vacancies must be SUed before the session Is held, ac cording to the language of the constitution PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 75c: blue- stem, 7tc; valley, 78e. Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewincr. $?2; rolled, $21. Floui" Valley, $3.75(93.85 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $3.76(4.10; hard wheat patents, $4.20(34.60: era- ham, $3.353.75; whole wheat, $3.5JS 4; rye wheat, $4.60. Oats No. 1 white, $1,073,; rrav. $1.05 per cental. Millstuffs Bran, $20 per ton; mid dlings 24; Bhorts, $20; chop, $18; linseed dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $16 per ton; clover, $13; grain, $11; cheat, $11. Buttei- Fancy creamery, S730c per pound; dairy, laX&aOc; store, 16c. Cheese Full cream, twins, 15c; Yonng America, 15 16c; factory prices, M&lXc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1010)c per pound; gpring.llKc; hens, ll(S12c; broilers, $2.60 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1415c per pound; dressed, lC18c; ducks, $67 per dosen; geese, $7010. Eggs Oregon ranch, 30c; Eastern, fresh, 2420Wc. Potatoes Oregon, 50(1 65c per sack sweet potatoes, ZQiiC Hops 1903 crop, 12 22c per pound, according to quality. Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Ore gon, 1215o; mohair, 35(937 Beef Dressed, 69.6 s per pound. Veal Small, 74t8c; large, SX6c der pound. Mutton Dressed, 4 6c; lambs, dressed, 6c. Fork Dressed, 66t, General Qreejy Recommends a Lin Froas Valse to Sitka. - Washington, Nov. 10. Based upon recommendation contained in the innual report of General A. W. Greely. hlef signal officer of the army ,an at- empt will be made at the coming see ilon of congress to secure an appropri- Uion for a submarine telegraph cable ro run from Valdes to Sitka, Alaska, General Greely urges the appropri ation of $321,580 for the construction uf this cable, and gives as a reason for the expenditure the fact that this last link in the government telegraph sys tem of Alaska is needed to give an all American line connecting with every part of Alaska In order to do away with the necessity of utilizing Can adian lines. Secretary Root, In his an nual report and estimates. Is expected to indorse General Oreely'g recommendation. Diplomatic Agent Named. Panama, Nov. 10. M. Philippe Bunau-Varilla has been appointed di plomatic agent of the Republic of Panama at Washington. He is one of the financial agents of the Panama Canal Company. His first official act was to officially notify the Junta that the United States has recognized the !e racto government of Panama. The News has caused great rejoicing here, and was telegraphed throughout the country. Preparations are being made to celebrate the event with great enthusiasm. M. Philippe Bunau- Varllla is now in New York. May Use Force With Porta- Constantinople, Nov. 10. In conse quence of the Porte's reply, pleading the superfluity of the new reform scheme for Macedonia, on the ground tnat Turkey is carrying out the pro posals previously agreed to, ft Is be lieved that Austria and Russia will send an ultimatum giving the Turkish government a fixed term within which to accept the proposals, and that in the event of another refusal, the two powers win take steps to compel Turkish action. ' Blockade Is Raised Washington, Nov. 10. Captain Briggs, of the cruiser Baltimore, ca bled the navy department today from Puerto Plata, on the north coast of Santo Domingo, announcing his ar rival, and stating that the Cheroke was discharging her cargo. This indi cates that the blockade haa bee. raised.