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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1904)
nn it o lilt. OREGON MIST XOh. XXI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY '1. 5, 1904, N"C. 5. PROFESSIONAL. luTAhT PVIUO. CONVITAIICIN) ' J. B. QODfREY. A TTORNE F- AT- LA W. Heal Estate aoi Timber Lands Soil A1IHT1UOT8 MAT)tCi FT HELENS, . OREGON S. 11. GRUBEK, ATTORN E Y-AT- LA W, om. wiik a. i. Quia, HT. mi KNi, I I OKK10N. Wllllvt bl Mraooel attention M ill l.f.l ynaitrra tnliuattil lo we. Will iiuUi I all III Rlalt Mill l-UIIM HUH COUHt. W. II. POWELL, " ATTORNEY-AT-Li W. DirVTV UISTK10T ATT01IIKT. IT. UKI.ENI, I I OKKOON. Dr. Edwin Ross, Physician and Surgeon ST. HELENS, OREGON. Dr. II. It. CliflT, Physician and Surgeon ST, HELENS, OREGON. Watts & Price, DKAl.RMs IN- Floor and Feed Choice Groceries Staple Dry Goods Best Quality Shoes Hardware and Notions ScHppoose, Oregon. Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG Leaf remand mi Ta.xUv, ThurwUy ead aa r..y at 1 a. a. lor . St. Hthm, talama, Camirt faint, Rami; ant X,l. . Arrlrllitat Portland Miuid.y, e nwj.) u4 MiJ.i at I p. at. 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I'nl.o d.nol. .1 Aaiorla with I .IH a Iwal ami rail lino an4 MlMtn.1 f ) 1'iiil.r i and tram Ilwaco and honk naara oiBt raaa.n(.nfnr Alton, or w.t alata atuMla, ir.ina ai nauituB. nam. win .lop u l.l m. .ii,.i. rT .1 lluu'Uin mhrm rawin (roa polna nn i uvni ... irmmjWi lit: Tau. Ai.. Aaiarla, Or -TIAMIr- "America" i Willamett Slongh Route Leave 6t. Ilelene. . .. :N A M Arrive at Portland. .10 BO A M Uava Portland I HPM Arrive at St. Helena. t:M T M WAM CaitTS. Will Carry Nothlna kilt Faaaaav gare aad faal Frelgbt. .....0,-..t.r.ll BO YEARS EXPINIBNCC Af nthli &ntl HUt1 Milt fr4V lIMeMl M uMif tor tmtmnps Miut. ratria uueNI scietiurte tuencaite A ho(UomttT llhi-tftfj wwMr. 1 4iriraMl Mta famri (our munitu, $L M4yn MwnlMlmi MMH Co New York sr. neuN$, omooH S , . irr-T-rTrTrri1 AtaF a Tnaai Manks Ml Mt4lM A tel. Mtf JlMaWlVtlMI mf Inn I trtiAMr lUMUklt, (inlAaV EVENTS OF THE DAY OATHCRCD FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Coatprchenalve Hevlew of the Import ant Happening! of the Paat Week. P-rcaonted la Condcnaed Form, Moet Likely to Prove Intereetlng to Our Many Readere. The Iowa It'glnlatura la in acaaion A new calilnut hat bwn formed In Chile. , Tlirue more war vetmilt are on the way to Panama.. Ex-Oovernor John Young Ilrown, of Kentucky, ia dead. The aenaU) upholda Preaident Room. velt In hia Panama policy. rtanator Scott made a warm attack on dentin. I Wood in tha annate, lit) term III in "hloodleaa aoldier." Premier Balfour ha made ttate- meiit which ahowi Great ilrltain to 1 with Japan in caae of war. Secretary of htate Hay la aieain at tomling to the dutiea of hia department after aevetal weeka of illnet.i. Chicavo cooiu'llnien, who have tieen inveatiKatiiig the ttieater horror, have turned their attention to the condition of the city' hotel. Itavclopmeut in the wreck of the ateauier Clallam eeem to ahow that the captain waa largely reHnaihle for the great iue of Hie, allow ing very jxxir JiiuKment at the critical tune. W. J. Bryan haa returned from hit tour of r.urotie. . Ueneral Johu B. Gordon, the lut of the (hiikiuk Confederate geuerala, ia dead. Iron gate acrorn the exita are iliacov erel to have played a deadly art in the Chicago theater Hie. El-Mayor Walhridife, of St. Iiuie. ia being iKN.mod aa a Rupubltcan candi date for vice preeident. An ordei placed In California for t2o0,000 worth of food stuff is be lieved to be tor RRnaaia. Repreaentattve lltimplirev wants Se attle put on the litt of cities where civil service examinations are held. Kriialor Kinoot denie that tie ia iKilvumnirt and haa answered other charge on file with the senate commit tee. Japan has sent another note to Rut tia, w'lich is practically an ultimatum She will not wait long on the cur for an answer. . . Professor Willi Moore, chief of the United States weather bureau, in his annual reimrt, says there was but 17 tier cent of error In the forecasts of the past year. China is ture to assist Japan in the event of.war.. Cores may appeal to" the United State in the event of an invasion. The house ha voted $250,000 for eradication ol insect affecting cotton Senator Dietrich, ol Nebraksa, haa been cleared of the charge of selling an omce. Ex-SecreUry of the Treasury Charles Foster la dangerously ill at hi home in Springfield, Ohio, General Chaffee ha been nominated to euceeed General Young a chief of the alaff of the rmy. ... Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, ia being guarded for fear of assassination on ac couo tot the theater horror. Warship are assemlbing at Colon, presumably for the purpose of making a hostile demonstration against Coloni bial A bill ia before the house providihg for the consolidation of third and fourth clans mail matter to ha admit ted at the raet of one cent for each two ounces. Brigadier General Randall ia likoly to be promoted to major general. Great military activity prevail at Cartagone and Savanllla, Colombia. Ex-Congressman Drigga, of New ork, ha been convicted of accepting a bribe. Mis Ruth Cleveland, eldest daughter of ex-President Cleveland, ia dead from diphtheria. ' The senate committee haa favorably reported the bill giving Tillamook life-saving station. . The Colorado militia propose to drive out all striking miner at Cripple Creek who will not work. The senate committee on expositions, after hearing Oregon men, unanimously decided in favor of the 1005 fair bill. Secretary Hitchcock ha requested the Oregon senator to name a man to succeed Asa B. Thompson aa receiver at La Grande. Governor Taft, of the Philippines, ha assured the mikado that the policy of the United State will be one of friendly neutrality. The enitre East 1 experiencing bit- ter cold. Tlie Ontario, Oregon, fish hatchery may be taken in charge by the govern ment. Two-thirds of the Chicago theater now closed will probably never be able to reopen. Two "Holy Roller" apoatk were given a coat of tar and feather by cltl tens of Corvallis. . WAR AGAIN SEEMS SUKB. Japan Receive Second Reply of Ruial Which I Unsatisfactory, London, Jan. 13.--Tlie Times' Pekin correspondent, cabling under yelr day's date, suy the Chinese minister at Tokio, at the request fo the Japanese foreign ollice, telegraphed the following communication to Prince Chirig "The second Hucsian reply to the Jupanese mjonals hasl een received at Tokio, but it i unfavorable and cannot be ai't-cptod by Japan, who will, unless Itusisa recedes, be compelled to prompt ly resort to arms. ; jf "In view of such an eventuality Japan urges and expects China to main tain the strictest neutrality, to preserve order throughout the empire, to guard foreigners resilient in the interior, ' and Is. t.L. ...A.lal ..... aV. hhuunrA nnlu the province of Shantung and Yunan lest foreign powers might seize the pre. '" 7c . ' .j,-. 'TiUd JWhjoJ lAiatrictboBd. text of disorder and make aggressive movements therein. The correspondent says that the dis patch has deeply impressed the Chinese who now believe war to lie inevitable. Wild Ramon el War, London, Jan. 13. The St. Peter--burg correspondent of the London Daily Mail wires that there is great excite ment in the Russian capital,' and that many wild rumor are in circulation. One reports that the czar ha drafted a declaration of war. Still another de clares that actual hostilities have al ready broken out. None of these re ports- can be confirmed, however, and while not generally credited, tbe feel ing is increased that war cannot much longer be averted. This is significant in that until the last day or two every thing in St. Petersburg ha pointed to ward an amicable settlement of the dis pute. . IN NATIONAL CONVENTION. Woolgrowar and Livestock Association .Meet In Portland. Portland,- Jan. 12. The great na tional conventions which are in Port land for their annual meetings com menced work yesterday under most fav. orable circumstances. The sessions' of the Woolgrowers' association were not ble in the high tone of the addresses lehvercd and the earnestness with which the voting delegates approached the great miestions to be considered The Livestock convention will not get down to business until this morning, but the machinery was set in motion yesterday which assure profitable re- suit from the meetings which are to occupy the remaining days of the week. The visitors continued to pour in all day long, and, by a conservative eeti mate, they will number 1,500 when President Springer a gavel falls on the first session of the Livestock conven tion today. An official welcome to the state and city will be extended to the visiting stockmen this afternoon by hia excellency, Governor George E. Cham berlain, and Mayor George II. Wil liam. There will be respone-s on the part of the visitors and with the an nual address of President John W. Springer the great national gathreing will be fairly under way. STRIKE AT COAL M1NB ENDS. Union Leader aad Utah Mtoeowncr Make Agreement. Salt Lake, Jan. 13. The labor troubles in the coal fields of Carbon county have been practically settled as a result of a conference between G. W. Kramer, .vice president of the Utah fuel company, , and Attorney S. A, King, representing the strikers. By the- terms of an agreement satisfactory to both aides, the company agrees to lease for a period of six months all of the 225 bouses erected by the miners on the company s property, paying therefor the lump auut-of 175,000, the amount to be paid for each individual lease to be determined by three apprais er who have already been appointed. If at tbe expiraUon of the agreement, the houses have not been removed they become the property of the company. bile the agreement does not affect the claim of either side in the way of adjustment of grievances, it destroys any apparent reason for the strikers to remain in the district and avoids the possibility of serious trouble arising fiom the eviction of minora horn their home. Removing Duty on Coal. Washington, Jan. 13. Congressman ones, ol Washington, has been assured by leading representatives of the house that the emergency bill approved by the president on January 15 last, re moving for one year the duty on coal, will not be continued in effect after next Friday, On that date the former duty will lie restored, and it ia the in tention of the house leaders to grant no further concessions on coal, or any other commodities, until the time tomes when they deem a general revision of the tariff necessary. fJentral Reycl Makes Bold. Washington, Jan. 13. The Associat ed Press bus been informed that Gener- I Reyes, iu hia last note to the state department, threatened to, publish the correspondence Detween himself and the state department if the, department did hot see fit to send it to the senate or make it public. General Reyes left for New York at 1 :30 tonight. He will sail from New York next Saturday di rect for Colombia on the steamer Alle gheny. Russian War Preparation. Paris, Jan. 13. A special dispatch to the Patrio from Harbin, a town on the Mauchurian railroad, describes the Russian war preparations. -The :!RiA sian officials declare war is inevitable, but add that they are ready. ' Port Arthur, It is further asserted, will be occupied by 100,000 men, and in ten lay reinforcement of 100,000 can reach Manchuria. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON IDLE fTONEV AT WORK.' School Fund Surplus la Being Put Out at Intareat. Salem The semi-annual report of State Treasurer C. 8. Moore show heavy decrease in tbe surplus of money lying idle in the common school fund, A year ago, the balance in that fund was $724,772.25. On January lr WU4, the balance waa but $562,177.53 Since January 1; about $10,000 has been aent out on loans and $00,000 will V. r... I.I ln . f... .1...,- V.n P,.- 1ml. T. i . J. Application have been approved for loans to the amount of over $00,000 more, so that it appear that the state has now but $400,000 which it can offer to those who wish to borrow upon gilt-edged real estate security at o per cent interest. If the present demand for loan from the school fund conlin ues, the balance will be out at interest within a year. The loaning of this fund, and consequent decrease in the amount of ' the idle surplus, means an increase in the revenue lor school pur poses. The interest on this fund is ap portioned among the connties annually according to school population. The report also shows a balance of $H5,040.50 in the general fund, from which the ordinary expense of the state are paid. State Treasurer Moore says that a large portion of this amount ill be used in paying the claims for tbe last quarter of 1U03. During tbe next three months, however, nearly 40,000,000 will be received from in surance companies under the law re quiring them to pay a 2 per cent tax on their net receipts, and this sum will be sufficient to pay the ordinary ex pense of the state until state taxes be gin to come in, about April 1. HEAR RAILROAD'S PLEA. Tlmberland Assessment In Land Reduced to $2 SO Per Acre. Eugene The county board has de cided to reduce the assessment on the timber binds of the Southern Pacific company in this countv Irom $3 to $2.50 per acre, after considering the ar gument of tbe attorney of that com pany, liie reduction, however, was not made until the company Bhould agree that there would be no contest on that figure. Tbe lands of tbe railroad company were assessed tbe same: as all timber land, but the argument waa made that these lands were less valuable than the lands held by other corporations, for the reason that the railroad grant con aists of certain sections by numbers, re gardless of whether they are valuable or not, while the lands of other cor porations and individuals have been i lected and it, i reasonable to suppose valueless claims would not be acquired. Makes a Oood Showing. rendleton The aunual report of As sistant Postmaster French show that Pendleton has one of the few self sus taining office in the' state. The total revenue of the year wag $13,687.43, while tbe total epxense was $5,867.77. The total receipt for 102 were $13, 530.07. The net increase ot the office for 1903 over the previous year was $143. This the officials consider is a good gain, sinco Pendleton has a free delivery. For a while when the free delivery wa established the receints from box rent fell off, bat the demand at the present time for boxes seems to have outgrown the office, and 60 more have been a?ked for. This will make a total of 600. Stockmen Feci Better. .. Pendleton The cattlemen and sheep men of the Blue mountain district are rejoicing this winter because of the ex traordinary open season. Up to the present spring like weather has pre vailed, and' only in a few sections has the temperature been but little below the freezing point. So far, the sheep to be held over the winter have not re quired feeding, remaining on the past ures, the grass of which is holding out remarkably welt. Considerable rain has fallen during the fall, and so far grass ha been growing. Dividend by Prune Association. Salem The Willamette valley prune association has declared a dividend on the Petite prune crop handled by the association in the Salem and Roseburg districts this season. The total amount handled of this variety was 635,000 pounds. Net prices to the grower, 40e, $0.0305: 60s, $0.0362; 60s, $0.0308; 70s, $0.0267; 80s, $0.0210; 90s, $0.0155; 100a. and over, $0.0099. These prices gave the growers a net basis price of a little less than 2,1. cents. Oood Winter lor Farmer. Salem Captain Hunt, a prominent farmer of tbe Waldo hill, say that tbe season thus far has been a very fa vorable one for farmers and winter wheat is in excellent condition. Farm ers in this pact of the county have not fed their livestock a fork full of hay or a measure of grain this winter, and probably will not do so. Pasturage has been good and cattle do well with the grass they can get,, and the straw that is stacked for thorn in the fields. Coal Vela Struck Near Union. La Grande At a depth of 280 feet a vein of coal ha been struck In W. J. Townley't artesian wpll, near fjnion. Just what the depth or the thickness of the layer of ' coal has not been ascer tained. Work will be immediately re sumed on this proposition, and its de velopment la being awaited with keen interest throughout the county. APPLIES FOR APPORTIONMENT. Pilot Butte Company Want to Begin on 10,000 Acre. Salem A. M. Drake, president of the Pilot Butte Development company has applied to the state land board for an aptmrtionment of the lien upon some 10,000 acres of the land for the reclamatoin of which his company has a contract. The Vompany has a con tract for the reclamation of 8i,OO0 acres and tbe con trait price is $10. per acre. The reclamation company holds i lien upon the land for the cost of con struction. The lien upon each acre is not uniform, however, but is to be ap portioned upon each 40-acre tract ac cording to the relative value of the land. Thus one 40-acre tract may bear a lien of $16 an acre, while another, not so valuable, will bear n lien of but $5. An intending settler ia required to prfy to the company tbe amount of the lien, whereupon he receives a deed from the state. PLANT EXHIBIT AT EXPOSITION. Regent ol tno Agrlcaltaral College , Mack Takca With tha Idea. Corvallis At a recent board meet ing, the plan for tbe agricultural college to piant and maintain a growing ex hibit on the exposition grounds at the Lewis and Clark fair was discussed and referred to the executive committee for direction. The committee is: Weath er ford, chairman; Apperson, Daly, Keady, and Leedy. the sentiment of the board was un iversally favorable to the plan, and the expression general that tbe occasion offered the college opportunity to do all the people of the state great and en during benefit. The growth of forage grasses and plants, the cultivation ol vegetables of all kinds, the production of small fruit and many other feature were mentioned as among tbe possibili ties for converting the tract into a com pact and valuable display of Oregon production and resource. To- Leaae Hatchery. Salem Negotiations are pending be tween the state board of fish commis sioners and tbe United States fish com missioner with a view to a lease of the new state salmon hatchery at Ontario to the government. If the lease can be effected as desired, tbe expense of oper ating tbe hatchery will be borne by the federal government, the result to the fishing industry will be the tame and the state will save some $6,000 a year, which can be devoted to tbe develop ment of the fishing industry elsewhere in the state. Big Hog of tbe Orand Rood. La Grande J. W. Spencer now holds the honor ol having raised the largest hi g in the county. Dexter Eaton has always held the championship, the largest being 760 pounds. Hi neigh bors, John McAllister and J. W. Spenc er entered into the hog raising business also and the two latter gentlemen brought two monster hogs in from their ranches near Island City a few days ago and bad them weighed. McAllister weight 775 pounds and Spencer' 870, which breaks all former record in the weight of Grand Ronde valley hogs. Feeding Cattle in tha Valley. Enterprise Owing to the lack of sale for cattle in tbe fall many steer are be ing fattened in this valley for the spring market. They are mostly 3- year-olds and will bring a good price when delivered in April. There has been an egg famine in this city for tbe past month. Egg have been 50 cent per dozen since before Thanksgiving and at Christmas time they jumped to 00 cent for a few days, then dropped to the present price of 35 cent. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 73c; blue- stem, 7980c; valley, 78c. Barlev Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $20(420.50; rolled, $21. Flour Valley, $3.75(83.85; hard wheat straights, $3.904.10; clears, $3.553.75; hard wheat patents, $4.20 (34.50; graham, $3.75; whole wheat, $4; rye Hour, $4.50(34.75. Oats No. 1 white, $1.07(81.10; gray, si.Uo ai.ui percental. MilUtuffs Bran. $ 17.60c 18 per ton; middlings, $26; shorts, $19 19.50; chop, $18 linseed, dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $16 per ton: clover, $12; grain, $12; cheat, $12. vegetables Turnips, 65c per sack; carrots, 75c; beets, 00c; parsnips, 85c $1; cabbage, lOl'c; red cabbage, lc; 'parsley, per dozen, 25c; ttj matoes, $1.50 2 per crate; cauliflower, 75c(?$l per dozen; bean, 12c; celery, 75c per doten; pumpkins, lc per pound. Potatoes Fancy, 70(3 80c per Back; common, 5060; sweets, 2c in sacks; 2Kc crated;. - Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwin and Spitzenbergs, $1.50 per box; cooking, 75c(g$l; pears, $11.50 per box; grape, $1.50 per box. Butter Fancy creamery, 27)'30c per pound; dairy, 2022)ic; store, 12H'814c. Cheese Full cream, twins, 1415c; Y'oung America, 15'a 16c. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1213c; per pound; spring, 12 13c; hens, 12 )i13c; turkeys, live, 17 0 18c; dressed, 20c; ducks, $7(37,60 per dozen; geese, live, 8o per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 27J27l'c; Eastern, 25$ 26c. Hops Choice, 2627c per pound; prime, 25c; medium, 22c. Wool Valley, 17 18c; Eastern Ore gon, 12015c; mohair, 3235c. LOST IN STRAITS. Fifty-Four Lives Sacrificed to Storm B tween Seattle and Victoria, Seattle, Jan. 12 The Seattle-Vla-toria steamer Clallam was lost early this morning midway between Smith island and Dungeness spit, at least 64 persons losing their live in the disas ter. Every person who put off in th lifeboat, lowered when it was apparent the steamer could not live out the ter rific gale that was blowing, drowned. Only those who stayed by the vea el, fighting against the sea for posses sion of the craft, were saved. These persons were compelled to fight desper ately for their lives, rushing forward . when the vessel turned on her beam ends, clinging frantically to the rail and finally lippinginto the water onto a life raft that had been lowered. Subsequently they were picked up by the tugs Sea Lion and Holyok. It wa not the fault of th command ing officer nor the men in charge of the life boat that the passenger who took to tbe boats were lost. When the life boat were lowered land waa within ight, yet the impotent Clallam wa unable even to make headway against the gale. Prudence dictated that the passenger and such of the crew needed to navigate the boat be given the opportunity of saving their uves oy me me Doat. That they failed to reach shore was due entirely to the fact that human strength wa but a feeble protest against the furv of the element. Had all the passengers and crew re mained on board, it ia undoubtedly true that most ol them would have bees lost when the boat turnedover and gave up the Btruggle. Other "stronger and better able to care for themselve drowned with the relief tug standing by waiting to take them aboard. CAfJ'T STIR AMERICA. Oaneral Reye Realize Hia Mlatkra Ua Failure and WiU Soon Leave, Washington, Jan. 12 Convinced ol the determination of the United State not to retrace a step on the isthmus. and of the consequent failure of his mis sion, General Rafael Reyes. Colombian special envoy, is ready to leave Wash ington. Indeed, he informed the As- aociaed Press at noon today that he would leave for Baltimore at 4 o'clock to consult a specialist, and that hi re turn was uncertain. He did not take that train, however, and at a late hour tonight was at his hotel. General Reye said tonight be wa yet hoping for an answer to his last re quest that the correspondence be sent to the senate 'and be cond not sav ., definitey when he would leave Wash ington. He added that when the time came for going he would officially take leave of the preeident and other official with whom be had come in contact. In a long cablegram which General Reye dispatched to General Marroauin he ha reviewed the negotiation at Washington and informed the Bogota government that after doing everything in hia power to save something from the wreck. he has-.failed. - General Reye expect, in view ol the high feel ing prevailing In Colombia, that it will be very difficult to restrain hi people longer. CANADA ASKED TO JOIN. Hay Mora lor International Hatchery on Fraaer. Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary of State Hay has determined .to ask th Canadian government to join in a con ference looking to the establishment of international fish hatcheries on the Fraser river, in British 'Columbia, for the propagation of salmon. Tbe con ference, if agreed upon, - probably will be participated in. by tbe United State fish commissioner, the, fish commission er for the state of Washington, and offi cials in charge of the department of fisheries and marine for the Dominion of Canada. The plan suggested ha been urged for more than a year by Senator Foster, of Washington, who bag called the at tention of the state department to the fact that, unless seme heroio course il taken, the salmon supply will be ex hausted. Million of dollar are in vested in salmon canning establish ments in the United States and Canada, which are supplied almost entirely by the spawn from the Fraser river. The method employed by both the United State and Canadian canning companies have been the subject of - disputes be tween the two government. Armenians Create 'terror. Constantinople, Jan. 12. Advice from Erzeroum say the people of Son ion are in a state of semibanic, fearing a repitiou of tbe events of "1894. The local governor and other official have fled. Tewflk Pasha, with several bat talion of troops and sir gun, ha ar rived at Mush, where the feeling of anxiety is intense. Detachments of Kurdish cavalry have been stationed at all of the villages' along the Russian frontier to prevent the passage of Ar menian bands. A thousand armed Ar menian are in the district of Souaon. Ex-Secretary Foster Dead. Springfield, O.V Jan. 2. Ex-Governor Charles Foster, who wa secretary of the treasury under President Harri son, died at the residence of General Keifer here today from the effect of cerebral hemorrhages. He wa 73. years old and ia survived by hi wifs and a daughter. He was attacked last night while sitting in the library of General Keier'a home talking and never regained consciousness. No arrange ment for the funeral have been mad").' ... China Ratifies th Treaty. 'j Pekin, Jan. 12. The Chinese m- peror has ratified the American and! Jaoanese treaties of com mere with S China.- . ,. y -- I