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ST. HELENS,
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprchcnalv. Rovicw of th. Imports
nt Happening, ol th. Pat Week,
Prcaentad In Condcnacd Form, Moat
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Ueailor.
Report! froin lU'ytl mid Kanto Do
mingn ahow (root uiirt.
Wirited-fltatwi allow Co lorn
bia to tiiko tliu initiative for war.
Kwn.'tury Hoot y that General
WiHxl'a proniiitiun is in the regular or
ilitr ol aunority.
A I'ortlancl firm baa received tho con
tract to litNtttll water ayHtvin. at Fort
Wonleii and Casey .
The atrike o( benrae driver. In Chi
cago linn coinpelled tlio ople to uae
iH i and wagon, at funeral.
An amaAiin llrwl at Mux Nurdtntu
the iimIi1 .iiMiiat and litterateur, in
Pari, ballroom, but A friend aavtnl him
Chief Newell haa given Irrigation
committee to iinderntaiid that Oregon
will not get any money lor a year at
leant.
A vigilance committee baa been
named at Chh ago to ch ar the city of
thug, who have become bolder tiucc
the II rut declaration of war.
I'hlcago hearae Urivera have gone on
a .Hike and many funeral have been
potHmel.
The aenate haa raliflod the treaty
with China, liusma la not at all
pleaiw-d by il.
omen have iwn aeleettHi to act a
juror. In Chicago trial, for the first
time in the history of the nation.
John It. Benson, a San Krancisco tini
lier om-rntor, has Ix-en arrested on a
charge of bribing a government olliciul
Sir Thomas Upton, in aix-cpting the
silver acrvico pn-seiited him by Ameri
ca, aav. he will try once more for the
cup.
Kenattir 1'ullon, before the senate,
etated the aims of the 1905 fair and
made an eloquent plea lor federal aid
It his maiden speech.
. The search for the wealth of Po(e
Leo has Iwn ended by Cardinal (iotti
turning over f X,00,OUO and an electric-
in. i ace iduutnliy diwovering 1,S50,000
The J.U pupe asked fardinal Gotti to
keen the money four months in order
Ihnt the new pope might learn bow
dillicult it is to rule without money.
8enator Hoar severely criticise, the
Panama policy of Roosevelt.
Japan will reject the answer of Rub
iu to her far eastern demands.
The bouse haa passed the pension ap
propriation bill carrying flJ8,loU,li
The ehraska grand Jury lias re
turned an additional iudictinent against
tH'iuttor Dietrich.
The kaiser', sister is found to be
suffering from a cancer and tho news
created a sonsation in Berlin.
American troops who have been
landed have discovered a force of Civ
loinbiaiis which is probably building a
road toward Panama.
Colombia has ordered tho American
cruiser Atlanta to q.uit the gulf of Dar
ien, but the order has not been heeded.
The Atlanta has discovered a detach
ment of nearly 2,000 Colombia troops
on the western side of tbe gulf. She
alto came upon a schooner carrying
armed men.
Tbe Lewis and Clark exposition is
rapidly gaining friends in tho senate.
Tho senate committee will recom
mend the promotion of General Wood.
Tammany will put up Ilomke Cock-
ran to auceeed Mayor-elect aicvioiian
in congress.
President Roosevelt has refused to al
low a lodge if Orangemen to use his
photograph on a banner.
Perry Heath and other ex-ofllcials
are seriously involved In the Conrad-
Uoneparto report on postal irregulari
ties.
The friars are to got $7,250,000 for
their lands in the Philippines. They
origimtUv asked 118,000,000 and Gov
ernor Ta'ft offered them $4,000,000.
W. A. McKowan, secretary of the
board of rcgnota, robbed the univeristy
of California of $40,000 and spent it on
races.
A Panto Dominican plot to kill Min
ister Powell ba. been unearthed.
Southern friends of Hanna still have
hopes that he will run for president.
Mayor Collins, Democrat, ha. been
re-elected mayor of Boston by a large
plurality,, j
J. Henry Booth, weiverof the Rose
burg, Oregon, land olUee will not be
reappointed.
Chicago citizen,
nut an end to the
have organised to
lawlessness which
reigns there.
A Connecticut bank cashior, whose
accounts are short, on being surprised
by tho bank examiner, committed sui
cide.
President Loubot, of France, will
visit Rome in April.
The remains of Horbert fiponeer, the
philosopher, were cremated.
Marines from the cruiser Tralrie
have been landed at Colon and sent to
Panama.
CLOSH WATCH ON COLOMBIA.
American Outposts are Keeping Admiral
Ulna Well Informed.
ranama, Dec. 23. By means of the
gun boats, Rear Admiral Glass is keep.
ing in almost daily communication with
the two American outposts at San Mig
uel. One of these, composed of 100
murines and four Held pieces, is well
and comfortably located at Yaviza and
the other, numbering 100 men, com
posed of marines and bluejackets, and
which also has field pieces, is stationed
ut Real Hanta Maria, 10 miles from
Vaviza, Both of the outpost, are en.
cumped on the Tuira riv. A dis
tance of 00 miles, partly an estuary of
the gulf and partly river, separates
them from the ancorage of the Amen
can war vessels, where the Wisconsin
and Bosotn are now lying. The Con.
cord is going back and forth with dis
patches, while the Marhlebead, with
Admiral Glass abourd, remains at Pan
ami.
Tho outposts are all kept well sup
plied with all ncscesHities, and in caae
of trouble could quickly communicate
with the war vessels. There are also
at Yuvi.a and Real rianta Maria about
100 Panaitians. These men have been
scouting toward the Colombian fron
tier, but according to the latest in for
rnation brought to Admiral Glass there
is no sign of Colombian soldier, on
Panama territory. Naval authorities
do not lielieve Colombia will invade
Panama's territory.
JAPAN WANTS OOLD STANDARD.
Suggceta That Ratio of 32 to I be Adopt
ed for All SUrcr Countries.
Washintgon, Dec. 23. The commis
sion on international exchange has re
ceived from Professor Jenks tbe con.
elusions of the monetary commission of
Japan regarding the proposals of the
American commission for a uniform
coinage system, based upon the gold
exchange standard for China.
The resolution, declare that the cha
otic condition of the currency a. it now
exists in China is disadvantageous not
to China alone, but to those countries
that have commercial relations with
her, and that a definite and uniform
currency system should be speedily in
stituted and put into operation through.
out the whole empire, or at least, in
those parts of it that are of commercial
ui.piirtance.
If possible it is desirable that this
system "should lie on tbe single gold
-taudani. Inasmuch ae the currency
reform cannot be started on a perfect
system, it is regarded as advisable to
adopt the recommendations of the
American commission. It suggests al
so that the ratio for China of 32 to 1
between gold and silver coins should
be adopted for other silver using coun
tries which may hereafter adopt the
gold standard.
PREPARES FOR WAR.
Japan Qlve. Rush Order, to Both Army
and Navy.
raris, Dec. 23. A private letter re
ceived here from a leading American
diplomatic olliciul in Japan says that
while there are continued hopes of
peace, the government is making final
preparations for the eventuality of war.
Preimrations in the various branches of
the army and navy are proceeding with
the utmost energy. The whole mili
tary establishment is being placed in
readiness for an aggressive campaign
from tbe outset.
The Russian embassy here' takes an
optimistic view of the Far Eastern situ
ation and consider, the last dispatches
xaggerated. A member of the em
bassy tonight said:
'Tho negotiations between Russia
and Japan have assuredly encountered
mnnv obstacles, but they will continue,
and it will not be Russia who will first
break them off. The condition of the
Russian naval forces is such as will
guard them against all surprise."
The Jaapneso legation here autnor-
zes the statement that it retains a
hope of a pacific solution of the
troubles. No alarming new. has
reached the legation from Tokio, and
tho rumored recall of its military at
taches to Japan, it says, is an invent ion.
Schooner. Driven Ashore.
Bt. John's, N. F., Dec. 23. During
Hr.no lilizunnl vesterdav the schooner
Susan was driven ashore off St. Johns.
Her crew, alter 12 hour, in an open
boat, made, port this morning badly
frostbitten. Tho schooner Mary Ellen
vent ashore at Trepassy. Tbe crew
lung to the rocks all night and suffered
irribly from exposure, rho schooner
'ashoda went ashore at Greens island.
Th
ie crew escaped. It is feared
that the schooner Dictator has foun
dered in the storm with her crew of
en men.
Turkish Cruiser Success.
Philadelphia, Deo. 23. The cruiser
Mediidia, built for tho Turkish govern
ment by tbe Crump Bhip building com
pany, returned here tonight from her
trial trip, which proved to.be a success
in every way to her builders. Over a
ono mile course the cruiser sustained
22.28 knots an hour. Her contract is
for 22 knots. The new war ship mad.
a good speed of 22.4 knots in a one hour
trial and in a run ot six hours niain-
uined a speed of 20 knots flat.
Four Thousand to Be Laid Off.
Chicago, Dec. 23, Four thousand
men employed by the Illinois Stool
compbany, in south Chicago, will be
laiTl off for an indefinite poTiotl on
Thursday, the day before Christmas,
according to a notice sent out Dy tue
olticinls of the company today.
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STOLE BY THE CAR
SEATTLE R1N0 OP FREIGHT THIEVES
HAS BEEN UNEARTHED.
Amount. Will Reach Far Into th. Thous
ands Northern Pacific and Orcat
Northers Both Heavy Losera Many
Employe. Implicated Oood. Sent to
Varlou. Polots and Sold lor Song.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 23. In the ar
rest of Herman Rheinhart, manager of
t'.ie Arlington dock; James C. Jljraves,
yardmaster of tbe Great Northern rail
way, and P. J. Flynn, foreman of tiie
Great Northern freightbouse, tbe offic
ial, of the two transcontinnetal lines
believe they have unearthed one of tbe
greatest conspiracies to defraud that
ha. ever been brought to light in the
West.
The investigation has been but
started, and while none of the high
officials will talk regarding the matter,
It is well known that the operations of
a thieving ring, with headquarters in
Seattle, extend over a period of at least
four years and it may be five.
During that time freight cars have
been robbed of their contents, and the
good, consigned to one merchant sold
to another in the same line of . business
in the same city. Again, wohle freight
car loads of goods have been taken and
rcebipiwd to other point, where the
ring is alleged to have had fences for
tbe disposal of the stuff.
Tons upon tons of merchandise, it is
charged, have been sent to Alaska, to
California, to Oregon, and interior
Western states, wild for what it would
bring and the money divided between
those implicated.
The work of the detectives shows that
trainmen, station agents, foremen,
yardmen, engineers, and, in fact, al
most every class of employes on the
lines ol the railroads, have been impi
cated. All have not been concerned in
the same shipments, but at some time
or other have reaped a harvest from a
part of the stolen property.
ihe Kortnern 1'acinc railroad, it is
said, is tbe heaviest loser in freight
shipments, and the sums paid by the
company for "lost goods" run. far into
the thousands. The Great Northern,
while it has been a sufferer from the
same depredations, has not buffered to
the same extent as the Northern Pacific
in lost freight.
HITCHCOCK COVERS HIS HAND.
Mora Development la Land Frail Com.
Due at Any Time.
Washington, Dec. 23. More import.
ant developments in the big land fraud
scheme, for alleged complicity in which
John A. Benson, of San Francisco, was
arrested yesterday, are expected short
ly, but the utmost secrecy guards the
proceeding's. AVoodford Harlan, the
former chief of division, and at present
a clerk in the general land office, who
is accused of taking bribes from Ben
son, was not at his desk today, it being
explained he was away on leave of ab
sence for two or three davs. Secretary
Hitchcock today declined to discuss the
expected further arrests or to say what
aition as to Harlan s case is in contem
plation, and when asked why Harlan
had been retained so long after the dis
covery of the alleged offenses refused to
answer the question. Benson has gone
to Jew York. .
FRIARS WILL LEAVE ISLAND.
They
Have No Money to Buy Back
Lands In Philippines.
Rome, Dec. 23. The settlement of
the friar lands question in the Philip
pines also practically settles, it is con
sidered here, the question of the friars
themselves. The Franciscans, it is be
lieved, will abandon the islands alto
gether, since they have no money to
purchase lands, and have no other
means of support. A few of the Recob
lects will remain, as they still have
some property left. The Dominicans
II be looked after by their university
and the Augustinians will reoecupy the
building erected at Ho Ho, which is
now used by tbe Americans as a bar
racks, and will claim an indemnity
from the government. The Augustin.
lans will use the building as a school
Money Or 'stem lor Banks.
New York, Dec.!i23. After a three
days' session here, the American bank-
era association, representing r,uuu
banks, has agreed upon a plan for a
money order system whereby sums not
to exceed $100 can be sent by mail
and the orders cashed by auy bank be
longing to the association. The scheme
will, of course, come into direct compe
tition with the money order division
nf the postolllce department, and it is
expected cut largely into the govern
ment revenues. It will be operated
the same as the exchange system.
Troops to Leave Mine.
Denver, Dec. 23. At a conference
between Governor Feabody and Ad
jutant General Sherman M. Bell, it
was decided to withdraw the troops
gradually from- both the Cripple Creek
Ustncts and the Telluride mining dis
trict. Orders have been issued to re
duce the Cripple Creek force from 375
to 300 men, and to relieve 110 men at
Telluride, thus cutting tbe force in
that district to 325 men. At the first
of the year another cut is to be made.
Turkey Orders an Apology.
Washington, Dec. 23. The state de
partment has received a cablegram from
Minister Irishman giving tbe details of
the settlement of the trouble. He
states that the Turkish government has
instructed the governor of Alexandretta
to apologize to the consul on his return
there.
RUSSIA MUST BOW.
Ortet Britain Believe. That Otherwise
Japan Will Oo to War.
London, Dec. 22. Official England
tonight almost to a unit is convinced
there is but one way to avert war be
tween Japan and Russia, and that is
for the latter to accept the demands of
the mikado, made on tbe advice of his
mianistry. There has been consider
able communicatiaon during the past
12 hours between the British foreign
office and the Japanese legation in Lon
don, and the presumption almost ack
nowledged as a fact in official circles,
is that the British government ba.
asked the Japanese minister for his ad
vice. B J-fian . poeuiutt w the prea- aenau to consider the Lewis and Clark
ent state of thtt negotiations between n. . if -,. . .
that nation and Russia. Centennial Exposition bill," said 6tm-
From the reports current tonight it ator Mitchell, as he rose and was recog
is assumed that the Japanese minister nized by tbe president pro tem of th.
has been advised that the relations be- senate, at the termination of a heated
rlVw VL t TD . ' v
reached the breaking point. The be-
lief has become general that the spark
which may strike fire into the infhim-
inability of Japanese sentiment is an
arime t? ,0 XPeC,e1 almoeti
anThe"most that can. be learned from
the Japanese capital is the acknowledge-
ment that the situation is now more
menacing than at any previous stage of
Russia?0"810"" bltWeen Japan
The dispatches from St. Petersburg
aro practically being subjected to a cc-n-
sorship. They are meagre in extreme,
and merely announce that in spite of
rK"r
peaceable outcome of the far Eastern
situation is still possible.
FRIARS TO OET LITTLB MONEY.
Svndlcat. I. the Real Owner of th.
Philippine Lands.
IPltome. TW. 25. TTinBtfforahla sr.
citement prevailed in the mother house.
of the Dominicans, Augustinians, Fran-
ciscans and the Recollect, over the fri-
ars lands question in the Philippines.
The friars were glad the negotiations
had been concluded, but think the ord-
era got little for the lands, since the
price they originally asked, $13,000,000
was, tney aeciare. unaer the estimated
value of the lands, the value of which
has much increased, especially since
the Ameican occupation and the re
establishment of order in the archipel
ago. The friars say the money they will
receive is scarcely enough to pay what
they borrowed when they were deprived
of everything by the revolution. Be-
sides, they point out that only part of ing this evening, followihg hi. cob
the money will go to the friars, as the league, but; owing to the latenesi of
land were really transferred to a com- the hour, he gave notice he would ad
pany formed in Madrid by the Marquis . , , . , ,
Di Comillias, the head of the Spanish dreBS the senate for 20 mtes or half
Trans-Atlantic navigation company. ap "hour at the conclusion of the morn-
The Dominicans succeeded in so thor- ing business tomorrow.
OUghly concealing their ownership of! gen-w Mitcllell. in Winnino- hia
lands that the Vatican iteelf threatened t
to punish them severely for having
tried to deceive even the ecclesiastical
authorities.
QREAT PANIC AT FIRE.
Student, at Tennessee College
Leap
From Window, la Drove..
Nashville. Tenn.. Dec. 22. Five per -
sons are known to have been killed and
perhaps 80 injured, 19 of them fatajly,
m a hre here tomght, which consumed
the Central Tennessee college for young .. ... . .....
negro women, a department of Walden I 8Ialng o! the event which the ex
university. It is possible the ruins position is intended to commemorate,
mavc ontain the remains of other vict -
ims. 1 he property loss is estimated at
$25,000. "
The fire broke out about 11 o clock
in the top of the building, which was
four stories high and without fire es
capes.
It was occupied by about 60 students, ;
who were asleep w hen the alarm was;m"ltary expedition across the then
given. The wildest panic ensued, wo-! trackless American contnient by Cap
men and girls rushing to the windows tain8 Meriwether Lewis and William
from which they jumped in droves, the
dead and injured lying in heaps where
they fell to be fallen upon by those
following them from the flaming win
dows. Every ambulance in the city
was soon on the scene, and the injured
were hurried to the hospitals.
ihen the names were first discovered
they seemed to entirely envelop the
building and it is considered almost
certain that some of the terrorized oc
cupants were overcome by smoke before
reaching the windows.
Steal. $200 per Day for Months.
Chicago, Dec. 22. While working
on a salary of $9 a week, Gus A. Grigs-
by has robbed his employers at the rate
of $200 per day, according to Manager
David L. Rose, of M. L. Barrett s Co.
When arrested $250 worth of costly va-
nila beans were found concealed in
Grigsby's clothing. In the few months
that his meager salary has kept him
attached to the firm it is believed he
has stolen between $12,000 and $15,000
worth of stock. Grixsby held the
position of chemist's helper. He says
he needed the mouey.
Cabinet Find. No Cause for Alarm.
Washington, Dec. 22. At the cab
inet meeting today the situation in
Panama and the situation in Washing
ton, relating to Panama, formed the
principal topics of discussion. At the
conclusion of the meeting Secretaiy
Moody said official advices from Pana
ma corresponded in Balient features
with the news dispatches from the isth
mus. Assurance is given that there
has been no important developments to
a roues concern.
Bloodhounds Unable to Trail Men.
Newcastle, Colo., Dec. 22. Blood-
bounds were unable to follow far the
trail of the men who blew up five
buildings here occupied by striking
union coal miners and their families,
and no clew to the perpetrators of the
crime has been found.
FOR THE 1905 FAIR
MITCHELL MAKES ELOQUENT
IN THE SENATE.
PLEA
Sets Forth Fact. Showing That "Orcgoa
Country" WeO Deecrvee Aid ol tho
Government Holds tho Rapt Aitea
tloa ol All by Hie Powerful Argaaaeat
for tho Lewi, and Clark imposition.
Washington, Dec. 19 "At the con-
elusion ol this Political battle I uk tha
Pnam debate that had engaged th.
. , .... . , .....
lesderi of 1)0111 8ldes ' the chamber
during the fore part of yesterday after
noon. "
Commencing at 3 o'clock, Senator
iteheU 18poke uoa.lj for more
tnan two "", Senator Fulton preaid-
Mg over the senate,
During th. impressive delivery of hi.
elaborate fP1 for M.
SeMtor Mitchell held the rapt atten-
!n ' the senators present, runung
them being Senators Aldrich, Lodge,
Hoar, Forakel-, Gorman, Ankeny, Fo
ter' He'bu'n' Iubois,Cullm, Warren,
Falrbuks, Clapp, Daniel, Scott, Bacon,
Gallinger, New lands and others, while
every Oregonian now in Washington in
behalf of the fair occupied a seat in th.
gallery.
Senator Mitchell's speech will form
the main argument on wihch the Ore-
8on delegation will base it. plea for a
liberal federal appropriation. Care-
fully prepared as to fact, and detail.,
it formg , convincing argument, not
, . . . , , . ' ,
only ehowln8 tha "e government is
in many way indebted to tbe Oregon
country, but the event whose 100th an-
n mr. it n,nn
to commemo
rate is of such importance as to warrant
federal recognition, especially in view
of the government aid heretofore given
to expositions held in various cities of
the United State, as well as for exhib
its abroad.
Senator Fulton had intended speak-
speech, said that almost half a million
dollars had been raised by the sale of
stock in the Exposition company, and
over $700,000 had been subscribed by
different states for the purpose of mak
ing exhibits, making a total of $1,086,
907 of available money for the enter-
1 P"86- tle sala magnincent site ol
; over 400 acres had been secured on the
Willamette river, which had already.
w ,,i,i ,i ni.ii .i,nivs.n
! Mr. Mitchell said:
"No other historical event in our no
tional existence of an individual nature
has done so much toward the develop
ment of American occupation and set
tlement, American commerce, domestic
and foreign, and American civilization,
as has the geographical scientific &nd
i larx, iuu year. ago.
Mr. Mitchell made a careful estimate
to show that the contributions of the
"Oregon country" to the national
treasury exceeded the amount expended
there to the extent of $37,000,000. He
said that if tbe United States could
afford to contribute over $6,000,000 to
the St. Louis exposition, it could afford
to give one third of that amount to the
Portland exposition.
Arizona Fugitives Caught.
Tombstone, Aria., Dec. 21. Of the
19 prisoners who escaped from the
county jail Tuesday night, two were
captured today. John James, indicted
for murder, and. Pedro Sandoval, sen
tenced to the penitentiary for two years
for smuggling. James was captured
without resistance. He told the offi
cers his comrade, had separated and
are now trying to get across the Mexi
can line. The Mexican officials appre
hended Sandoval. Mexican rurale!
have six of the fguitives surounded in
the San Jose mountains.
Noted Baak Robber Again Free
Chicago, Dec. 21. James Dunlap, a
notorious bank robber, is again at
large, through the clemency of the par
don board. Dunlap was serving time
for a bank robbery at Monmouth, 111.,
which occurred two year. ago. Hi.
criminal record extends back a score of
years or more Among hi. most dar
ing exploits was the robbery of the
Manhattan bank in New York, where
his booty is said to have amounted to
nearly $1,000,000.
Russia to Mak. (treat Exhibit.
St. Louis, Dec. 21. According toad
vices received at the World'. Fair
headquarters Russia will have the most
extensive exhibit which that country
has ever made at a foreign exposition.
The exhibit space will cover more than
750,000 square feet, which will be oc
eupied by more than 2,500 individual
exhibitor..