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NO. 4.
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form fcr Oar
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Return of thi L Important but
Not La lntrtlng Event
of th. PmI Week. f
Panama It preparing (or a general
lection.
Over 9,000 attended the president'
New Year reception.
The bin drydock being towed Iron
New York to Manila bat encountered
itorm. .
A tink In th tunnel connecting New
York and Brooklyn hat flopped tralnt
temporarily.
Printer are on ttrlka In many cltlee
thronKbont the United State tor an
eight. hour workday. '
It It feared that Governor Teabod
and Ueneral Bell, ol Colorado, will
meet tha aauia lata tt tha ex-governor
ot Idaho.-
Tha New York legislative committee
on inturanc ha decided on a measure
to regulate com pan lr doing uslu In
that siats
Tha Russian government announcet
that the revolt at Moacow hat been at
down. Thoaeandt bar been killed la
the lighting.
A Great Northern passenger train
ran into a stalled freight near Helena
8veral person ware Injured and tha
caboose and loor freight cart burned.
The chemist ol tha Kauajs Agilent
tural college baa loand that ol 20 cam
ples ol manufactured food specimen
tent to bltn, ball contain preservative,
adulteration and coloring.
Tha RiiMian government claim t to
bare cruthed the Moacow revolt.
Roosevelt la now accuatd of taking
tidet in the British (lection. .."
A nuniber ol Burlington official!
hate been indicted lor rebating.
Ir a tpeech at Halt Laka City Senator
8 moot de6d tha W. C. T. lT. to unseat
him.
Twelve hundred Russian refugee,
700 ol them Jewt, bava Jutt arrived In
New York. " '
The Ruck Itland railroad la bavlng
difficulty in getting it tralnt through
Tezat on account ol mow.
A meeting it to be held at Baltimore
lor the purpose ol uniting tha different
oraochee ol tha Metboditt church in
tha missionary work In Japan.
One dead, two badl burned and IS
or more injured or overcome by amok,
it tha reaolt of a fire in a Mlnneapoli
tenement. Twenty-seven fauiliee vara
rescued from their bedt.
For the second time within three
montht and tha teventh time within
three yeara, tha Jewelry ttora ol
Schwarta Bro., New York, . ha been
robbed. Tba laat occaalon wia In day
light and 14.000 worth ol diamond t
were secured. -
For tba up posed porpoaa ol evading
tha tax on bank depotita levied on De
cember 31, Honolulu banker ahlpped
(760,000 In gold to Ran Francieco and
will brink- it back thortly after New
Year'. Tbty thereby aava 17,000 after
dedoctiog eipente. J.
Three Memphis banka bava (ailed.
Heartt tayt ba wilt not ran lor
congrcat again.
4 cae ot yellow fever hat bn dlt
coveradln Ttxat.
Bnow in Kanaaa it interfering greatly
with railroad traffic.
Tba United Btatea Army it to adopt
a naw model revolver toon.
Franca will aand a wartblp to the
Baltic to protect ber lntareat.
Tba ttatue ol tba davit, erected by a
Detroit, Mich., man, baa been aeiaed
lor a labor lien.
Tba Mutual Lite Inioranca company
will abolith commiaalont and put all
agenta on talariea.
A Cincinnati grand jury hat indicted
the leading coal companiea doing buai
net in that rity for combining to boott
the price of their product.
Chairman BhonU and Cbiel Engineer
Btevant, ol the Panama Canal commit
lion, have returned to Watbiogton.
Mr. Btevant favort lock catitt. f ; -t
i f
John W. Gatea haa'; formed a new
tteel trait ont of all tba larger inde
pendent corn pan la. . Tba Daw concern
will have a capital ol $160,000,000.
v . 'J
Dee perate fighting lit Moacow con
tinue!, another regiment joining the
rebels. The government it tappreet
ing at far at poatlbla detalla ot tbe
borrort being enacted.
Nina Mexican political leadere at
Torreon were poleoned with ttrycbnlne
by opponentt.
Commander Eva Booth, of tba Salva
tion army, wat robbed io a cratb at tba
New York tubway.
Tba Ruatltn minitter of finance hat
authorized tha lemunce of bonda to the
extent of $800,000,000.
A new high-priced record for teat
In the New York ttock exchange bat
bee reached by the purcbate of a teat
for $96,000.
DO QRtAT WRONG TO ARIZQNA,.
Joint Starahood With Naw Mexlce
Condemned by Pretldent, : i
. Naw York, Jan, 1. Jamaa Douglai,
who la the executive bead of tha mlB
ing enterprltea In Arlauna, grouped a
tha Phelpe, Dodge A Ce. Interatta, li
quoted today regarding hit vlewt upon
the propoaed Joint itatehood ol Arl
tonaaiidNaw Mexclo. Mr. Douglaj
ayt, a uimig other thing:; f, ,
"To force Arltona Into onion with
Naw Mexico la to do a great wrong to
the people it the former territory, who,
in racial antecedanta, fvllglona nral
ancea and Indutlrlal f Interatta, ' are
wholly unlike tha Inhabltante ol New
Mexico. New Mexico hat a population
tuftUilent to Juttlly her aduileaioa aa a
tingle ttet, and tha people of Arltona,
among whom I have apent more than
25 yeart ol my tile, would rather wait
SO yeara lor atatehood than be joined
to New Mexico. '
"In the event of joint atatehood, tbe
vaat intereatl In Arltona Won Id be out
voted and to controlled In the matter ol
taxation by tbe greater population ol
the preeent territory ol New Mexico,
which la vatlly leea Impo'lant In the
value of lie taxable property.
"I can well underttand that It may
teem dvtlrabla to tubetltute a elate
government lor the territorial form
whenever it can lie wiaely acoom
pllthed, and ran a to appreciate the
political contlderationt that aia In
volved la the contention lor joint ttata.
bowl, but neither thou Id ontw jigh the
iojuetke that would be Involved In
auch an unfit alliance aa that ol Art
mna and New Mexico."
,
WANTS RESfcftVE 0 60,000 MEN
ChafTee Propotet to Ute Men Already
Trained In Army,
New York, Jan. 8. Lieutenant Gen
eral Adoa R. Chaffee, cbiel ol el a ft ol
the army, today es pretend himtell' at
In hearty accord with tba provitiont of
tha army bill evolved by tbe general
tuff, and now in tbe handa ot tha tc-
rvtary ol war.
"Matter military in thie eoontry,"
tald tha general, "naturally mean tbe
outlay ol money, but 1 believe it will
be worth all It coett to ttiengthen tbe
military arm ol tbe govemmerit by
creating, at contemplated In tbe bill,
a reeerve ol 80.000 men. By creating
thia force of the men who have eerved
one term ot three Tear and bava been
bonoiably diicharged, we thai! have
tbe benefit of the instruction they bav
received, the proficiency that bava at
tained in markiaanthlp and their re
gent for discipline.
"It will be poetibie, witn men a re
eerve, to put tbe army on a war footing
with aeatoned troope. The reee'viita
would be an lifted lor five yeara, during
which they would be node pay and el-
wayt tubjeet to a call for eervtee, hut
la lime of peace permitted to follow the
vocationa of their choice."
Ueneral Chaffee return t to Washing
ton tomorrow.
ANOTHER HOPE FOR MALHEUR.
Senatora Propoaa Irrigation, Exclud
ing Wagon Road Landt.
Washington, Jan. 2. Senatora Ful
ton and Cearln today called on tba di
rector of tha geological turvry to tee if
it be possible to revive the Malheur ir
rigation project, now practically dead.
The hop tbe government will do
something5 that' will benefit aettlert
owning land in that vicinity and sug
gested that tbe original project might
be reduced in tiae by eliminating the
wagon road land and land included in
tbe railroad right of way. which proved
eerlout obstacle In tbe way of the drat
project. t. f-; s-!1! ' f r
Director Wolcott promised io give
Immediate attention to thie request,
and in few dayt wilt ad viae the ten
atort whihr or not It will be prac
ticable to remodel the project a they
have auKgeeted. II auch a plan It feas
ible, there la soma bepe that a modified
Malbaur project may ultimately be
built.
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j Clean Up Nebraska Now. ! ;
Omaha. Jun. 2. J. 0. Petti John,
who . waa . recently removed from th
ofllce of receiver of the Valentine land
office, wat arretted today npon a com
plaint filed by Special United BUtet
Attorney Ruth by direction ol tha at
torney general'! ofllce. - Pettijohn it
charged with tubornation of perjury,
conspiracy in securing fraudulent land
entriee and unlawfully enclosing gov-
ernmant land. Attorney Tucker, Of
Valentine, was alto arretted for alleged
complicity Ih the land fraud. : Other
arrest will follow. - " ' "
Want Open Debate on Treaty -
Washington, Jan. 2. -Deiuocral in
congrot want tha. policy of ttiit govern
ment toward! tbe repnblloi of Central
and Bouth America to be discussed
openly in both breaches. Should the
contention of tome senators that the
treaty with Banto Domingo I of such
widespread Importance that it mould
be made in the form of a joint resolu
tion and aubtnltted to both bouse of
congress, prevail, tbe debate, it i be
lieved, will be protracted and bitter.
Bomb KIM and Mangle Many, '
Dvinik, Wett Russia, Jan. 2. A
ttrike wat declared here today. Martial
law baa been proclaimed. By tha ac
cidental explosion of a bomb at a meet
ing of workingmen last night eight per-
on were killed and 28 wounded,
STATE r ITEMS OF INTEREST
aMbaaaMuai
ONTARIO BOOMS.
Value Rala When , Short t-lna Pur
chaae Tan-Acre Tarrnlnala. i ,
Ontario The boom' In Ontario real
estate,' on ' account . of th announce
ment and prediction In rallorad . cir
cle in tba paat tew nioiilht, it here.
Tha clluiax eame with the annonnoe
meut of' purchaae by the Oregon Mhort
Line tf terminal ground hr ten ree
In extent.
There It only on meaning (or nu ll
a purchaae, in tha opinion of almoet
everyone who bear ol It, mid that I
that Ontario 1 now irrevocably deatded
on a the Junction point of tbe proposed
eaat and wtt line acioss Oregon with
the Oregon Bhort Line and the llarrl
man transcontinental system.
Tbe result of tbe announcement of
the purchaae wa electrifying. Real
estate price at once want aoaiing. - In
son- instance, It I staled, land has
doubted in value In a tew dayt. and
there teem to be uo let up in the ad
vance a yet. High a the price are,
compared with thoee of a few months
airo, there I allll plenty . of demand.
New men are arriving on every train
Kach eeemt to hav some money, and
each ia apparently auxiout to gt It In
vested a speedily aa peetibte.
COUNTY REPORTS SLOW. '
Secretary of Slate Will Atk tegltle
! 'lure to Provide Penally.1
Batew The summary ot th tas val
uation ot Clackamas county just receiv
ed at the office ol the secretary of slate,
shoo a total valuation ot $,flOH,04l
(or the yrsr 10 asagsioat $9,a4,000
lor the yosr 1W14. j , i ;,
All the counties except Lane, Mal
heur, Urant and Curry have filed their
reports with the secretary ol ttat lor
ttilt year. According t tbe law all
tha rriKirtl ol the teveial coo nl ie
should have been filed not later than
November 1, but at there It no penalty
fur falling to comply with the law, tbe
secretary cannot compel the county
court or the county clerks to aend In
their rr porta until they get ready.
It it the Intention to atk the next
legislature to provide a penalty to be
asteeeed against the ronntlr fur neglect
In I lit regard.
Priaon Coat SI 2,000,
"Hatem Secretary (latent, ot the
State Prison board, bat completed hit
report, t hoeing the amount expended
during the year for improvement! at
the penitentiary a I1Z,18S.H3. (If
title) $4,(103 12 rims from the "revolv
ing fund" and $6,623.70 from the gen
eral maintenance lund. What It term
ed tbe "revolving lund" It made op of
the annual rental of the foundry $2,400.
Thia amount la uaed to keep the found
ry and machine thope In repair. The
foundiy and machine abop were entire
ly remodeled during tbe summer.
Paint Factory for Satsm.
Palem ,Al a special meeting ol the
Greater Salem Commercial club, D. II.
Wyatt, who own paint mine near
Walker, presented a proposition to es
tablish a paint factory In Belem. Mr.
Wvatt claim to own a mine from
which first claes paint material can be
botalned. After the proposition bad
been heard a committee waa appointed
as follow, to Investigate the mattrr:
11.8. (Hie, Professor Hlaley, Gideon
Btolx and J. J. Graham.
Corporation Must Pav Fs.
Balem Attorney Genera! Craw for J,
In reeponse to a query from Secretary
Dunbar, bold that alt corporation
most iy the annnal license fee from
and alter tha dale of tiling tbeir Incor
poration paper with the secretary of
tate. A nnmlwr of corporations have
not organised for tha transaction 'ol
bualnee after filing tbeir article, and
they claim exemption from the annual
llcenae fee until such time a they shall
organ lie (or business.
: Mutt Keep Road Opan.
Weston Unit people residing on
tbe line of a rural potofTlce delivery
tyttem keep tbe road leading to their
place In passable condition tney are
likely to lose their eervice. I lie con
dition of the mountain road out of
Weston has at time been so bad that
It waa difficult tor Carrier B. F. Homer
villa to make his trios, and a rcnort of
the matter to the authorities at Wash
ington ha brought that ultimatum to
Postmaster Bake at this place. : J
'I fi ' Giant 8pru Log Cvt.r ' ,,.
Z Astoria One of tha largest and fin
est tree ever cut In the Lower Colnm
bia rlvar-district waa? placed In the
water a few day ago- y the, ! 0ray'
Bay Logtflnii compaiiy f It wal sprue
measuring 106 Inehn In dlameier at
the butt and M0 Incite at th first limb,
ing feat an. Th tr wa '.cot into
five log, which' contained ' 0,9t feet
of perfectly clear lumber.
;' Montr Vtgelablea From Coo.
.Coaollle The fertility ol Coot com .
ty soil I proved by a turnip and radish
oo exhibition In thit city. The radial)
came from the garden of J. II. Jame
and weighed 101 pound. Tha tnrnlp
came from Fat Klk and wa grown by
Charles Pendleton. It tipped the
acalea at 10 pound. Neither of the
moneteri had any more than the ordi
nary cultivation. . t , . ;
Diphtheria at Wettcn,
VVratnn Dlnhtheria hat made itt
appearance In Werton. Jame Klllgor
and a boy In hi family are attacked
and Mr. Killgore't condition la report
ed a serious. A strict quarantine hat
boon tabilud by tne city council .
ia il in -rn nn
MANY HUNTERS IN OREGON.
Report of Qam Warden Baker Give
, Soma intaretiirg Statiatica.
' Balem Oame Warden J. W. Baker's
annual report show that 17,000 ol the
inhabitant of Oregon are hunter, not
taking Into consideration th tanner
who hunt over their own land, and
are, thernlore, not required to pay tbe
yearly tax ol $1.
Fee received amounted to $17,421;
eoine ot which came from ' nonresident
buntert, who paid $10 lor the privilege
ot killing wild game In the date;
Itt0.au wa collected aa lint fur hunt
ing without a license.
The gam warden eip'nded $7,2(12,26,
leaving a balance ol $10,326.16... Till
will lie available at onco lor deputise aa
non nereary. From the general
appropriation fund, tne warden receiv
ed $1, mix ; tor salary and traveling
expenses and $2 4UU.HH ws need lor
salaries and aipenae ol deputy war
den, making a total expenditure lor
lb year ol $11,412 ill for tbe protec
tion and propagation ol game.
Violations nf the law have been leaa
frqilvnt thia year than for aome lime,
but natlce nf the pear are not Inclin
ed to Inipoae Severn penalties.
Kighly-tour persons wei . eotivlclsd
and finei (or violation of tha game
laws, the fine aveiaglug $10. ., ' A r
' ' Thit Womtrt May Vole.' 1 "
Balem (loverrtor CliamberIa haa
Itaued a proclamation notifying tbe
legal voter of this stste that sn Initia
tive petitlut hat been tiled in the office
of the socrt y nf stale proposing aa
equal suSrave amendment to tbe con
stitution. , The proclamation recite
that th petition contains U,IH4 signa
tures, properly certified, and that 'his
number being sumolent, the proposed
amendment will lie uhuiltled to a vol
ot the people at the general election on
June 4, I WOO.
Irrigation Promise Much.
Kcho The announcement that th
government aouM complete the Irrlga
tlm system here has stimulated busi
ness. Work is being rushed on tbe big
Furnish tHU h, which Is to be taken
over ty the government when complet
ed. Over 100 men are uow employed
and nearly as many teams. There are
now 10 new buildings under construe
Hon, but progress I retarded by the In
ability of the two Inmber companies to
furnish material a fast as needed.
Feed Stock In Wallowa.
Wallow Th winter I quit far ad
vanced and stock feeding is ntressary.
lor snow roveit moat ol th ouliide
range. The winter range on lb Iin
lialia and other biekna a been taken
op for some time, while the men who
were leee fortunate most ) feed their
slock for th next few months. A Is rue
number of splendid winter beef animals
In the valley are heli.g fed for earl)
apring market. The weather la not
severe enough to make feeding diltlcult,
nd hundreds of choir tteert r now
scattered through th valley.
Weston Farmsr 811 Wheat.
Wnslon The lollowinti lot ol wheat
were rewntly sold to buyer represent
ing the Pacific Coast Elevator company
and the Kerr G fiord company: (J.
Detiraw, 7,?:i2 bushels: Bent Winn,
4,000 tmahult; Robert Jaintnron. 1,600
bushels; Iley Winn, l,7:)D bushels;
O. M. Richmond, 6 1116 bush. N; (1.
W. Huns, 4,MH6 bushels I T. M.
Bride, 4.128 bushels. Competitive bid
ding forced up the price from 00 cents
to U2 cenU a bushel.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 70f 71c; bluestem, 72
873c; red, o7tHB:; valley, 73c per
bushel.
Oats No. 1 while feed, $27; . gray,
$28.60 per ton.
Barley Feed, $12 602,1 per ton;
brewing, $24: rolled, $24.
Rye $1.60 per cental.
Hay Kastern Oregon timothy,
$14 60(316.80 per ton; valley timothy,
$11012; clover, $; cheat, $8,600
0.60; grain hay, $H($.
Fruit Apple, $1(92.60 per box;
pear, $1.26($1.60 per box.
Vegotablei Ueani, wa i , 1 0(9 1 2 U c tier
pound, cabbairn, l($2a per pound;
cauliflower, $1.26 per doxen; celery,
$3.60 per crate; cucumbers, 60GH()c
per doxen ; peppers, 0c per pound ;
pumpkin, Ji$le per pound; tpronlt,
7o per pound; mash, Cd leper pound;
turnip, WOc(Sll per tnck, carrot, rln
(876c per (nek; beet, H6c.(9$l per sack.
Onions Oregon, $101.26 erack.
Potatoes Fancy graded lluriiatik,
66rjt76o per tack ; ordinary, 60(HOc per
sack; Merced (weeta, aackt, $1.00;
crate, $2.16. .
Butter Fancy creamery, 27 (8 30c
per pound.
: Kgga Oregon much, 30c per doten,
Poultry Average old hem, 11012c
per ponnd; yonng rooster, 10c; springs,
ll312c; broilers, 12(9 13c; dressed
chicken, 12(81201 turkey, live, 17
(H18c tnrkeyi, dressed, choice, 210
23c; geese, live, 08,i; duck, 16c.
Hop Oregon. 1U06, choice, 100
11,4; prime, 8tfB95tc; medium. So;
olds, 807c. . i ,
Wool Eastern Oregon, average best,
lO021e; valley, 240200; tnohalr,
choice, 80o per pound. . ,
Beet Dressed bulla, 102o pel
pound; cows, 304o; country, (teen,
404a'o.' i ': - .-!"
' Veal Dretseil, 808o per pound. ' ,
Mutton Dreasexl, fancy, r)0Nu pet
pound; ordinary, 406c; lamb, 70
7X0.
Pork Dressed, 607o per pound
VIRKES IS'DIAD,
Complication of Oltsaass Carrie Off
.. Builder of Street Railway.
New York, Deo. 30. Charles T.
Yerkea, the noted railwsy financier ol
Cl'luago and London, died last night In
hi apartmeiita at lb Waldorf-Astoria
hotel, where he had been ill for more
than ill weeks. Mr. Yerket tuflered
from a complication ol diseases, grow
ing out of a severe cold which he con
tracted In London early iu tha fall.
Ill condition hid been critical lor ten
day past, and the attending physicians
gave up all hop several day ago, al
though member of the family clung
tenaciously to tbe belief that the re
markable vitality ot Mr. Yerkea wonld
eventually pull him through. Since
early yesterday morning the patient
nad been kept alive by strong timu
lent. Charles Tyson Yerket wa born at
Philadelphia, Pa., June 26, IH37. Th
Yerke family 1 of Dutch origin, th
first art lie re ol th name coming to
America a few yeara before th arrival
of the Quaker colony under William
Pen n. C, T. Yerke wa educated at
tha Frlenda' school and Central High
school, of hi native city, and began
hi business Ills aa a clerk In the flour
and grain commission and forwarding
house of James P. Psiot A tiro., being
presented with a salary of $60 at tha
end ol liia first year,
His latest exploit waa to revolution
ise tbe rapid tiantlt tyatera ol London.
Ha built a system ol underground elec
tric linee, which shine by contrast
with the bid Metropolitan (under
ground) railway in every panicnlar,
having pure air, clean station, e'.ean
and comfortable care, II then secured
control ol the Metropolitan, after a con
test before a commission of parliament,
againat J, P. Morgan, and baa been en
gaged lor seveial year in transforming
il Into an electric system.
SAVES HALF DAY.
Reduction In Schedule of Transconti
nental Made. . ,, ,
Washington Jan. 1. The poet roaster
general haa anuouueed what, from a
postal ataiidolut, Is regarded aa one of
the moat Important change In rail
way wall schedules that have occurred
in many years, affecting all points In
the Kaal bavlng bualnee with points
west ol the Mississippi river. It be
comes effective lieeembrr 31,
. A change rl the schedule on the
L'ulon Pacific railway between Omaha
and Ogden, Utah, and on the Southern
Pacific between Ogdrn and Ban Fran
cisco, with supplemental changes on
the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy and
Chicago A "Northwestern railroads be
tween Chicago and Omaha, reduces the
time of mail In transit between New
York end Ban Francisco weal bound,
and between the same polata east
bouud, practically 24 hours. A busi
ness day is saved each way.
Direct connection Is made at Ogden
with a tram Irom Green River, via Po
eatello, Idaho, and Huntington, Or., to
Portland, expediting mail for Oregon,
Washington and Idaho 12 hour.
REBELS WRECKING BRIOGES.
Still Active In Moscow, Though Thalr
' Leader are Captured.
Moscow, Jan. 1. The relwla are ttill
artive bre, despite all reports to -the
contrary, as developments of tba past
few hours have plainly shown. In
order to cut off Ingress to the city by
rail from Tver, the insurants today
placed bombe under the bridge between
that place and Moscow, literally wreck
ing the bridge.
A mob of armed men made an attack
on the police barracka and wat defeated
with great lost ot life. The police lo
cated the meeting place of tbe Hncial
Revolutionary committee and arreeled
all the luumliera. A quantity of bomb
waa alto seised, huraged at tbe arrest
ol the committee, a mob destroyed 200
wagona loaded with piovislon for sol
dier. Following this tbe prefect ot
police ordered the soldiers to shoot any
one louod interfering with either pro
vision wagons, telegraph or telephone
poles.
The streets ot the city present a
ghastly appearance. ' The bodies ot un
identified dead are found lying every
where. It I said that when the police
arrested the revolutionary committee
the workmen were discussing a termin
ation of th strike.
Orsst Raid on Swindler.
New York. Jan 1 . Conaiilerahla ex-
ottument was canted thit afternoon by
a ipoclaotilar raid by detective on the
headquarter of a gang ot alleged wire
tapper (windier in a double tarlor
apartment of a hotel in Bn ad way, near
Twenty-seventh street. The raiding
party took Io prisoners and sefxed a
qnnntity nf rac'ng paraphernalia, a tel
ephone with a dry battery connection
and card annithclng the New Orleans
racing entries. H was the biggest
round up ot alleged fake wire-tapper
made In aeveral year. ... ,
' Socialists Urge Pole to Strlk.
. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Jan. 1.
Band ol Boclnliati are parading the
treat here, trying to enfoie the orders
for general strike. .They compelled
the newspaper and Insurance ofllce to
close and sent out gang qt youth to
nmsh the window of shops whose
owner refused to close their establish
ments. Tralllo I much Impeded on tbe
Vienna railroad... Military .i.ngtnetr
are maintaining I radio on the M lava
branch of Ua Viatola line.
Drydoek Out In Atlantic
; Norfolk, Va Jan. I. The mammoth
drydoek ltawey which left Hiilomnn's
Island ycsitr Iny on its long trip to the
Philippines hy way of th Fuel canal,
passe I nut of the Virginia cape at
10:40 tonl.ht. s . , , ,
DARE -NOT - REVOLT
Little Danger of Break Between
Congress and President. ,
HEAR VOICE OF THE NATION
. !;-: .: !,.!.;
Many 8natort Soon To Be Elected
and Opposition to Roosavelt
Means Political Death.
Washington, Jan. 2. Two-third of
th United Bute senate will come up
lor re-election within the next three
yean, and ol thi total iit are Republi
cans. This taut ia likely io have con
siderable Influence upon the ultimate
laud taken thi winter by tbe senate
on measures advocated hy the president
and endorsed by the people. It does
not necessarily mean that the senate
will fall In line and follow the lead of
tha president, but It Miint to such ac
tion, and the wise observers, after
studying the situation, think they can
see the senate supporting the president
on the large ietue uow up tor consid
sration. During th first week ot the reeaion
It looked very much at it th senate
wonld take issue with the president
on many important questions ol legis
lation. There were unpleasant words
regarding lbs Panama canal; there
were murmuring about the presi
dent's course regarding Kanto Domin
go; and behind it all C insider able
private comment upou the president's
railroad rate policy as outlined in bit
message. Many senators have reached
lbs conclusion that the president is
recklessly usurping the powers ol con
gress to some extent, and they have dis
played evidence ol ugliness on thai ac
count. : For a time it looked a it-there
would be revolt.
But will there be? Rather, will not
th sens I e (all in line and follow the
lead ol the president? It Is a serious
thing lor the parly in power to break
with It president, and tucb a move I
more apt to injure those senatora and
representative ol th Insurgent class
than it ia to injure the president.
What ia more, the party in power inurt
suffer trom any such revolt. These
things are being carefully weighed, and
there are those who now predict that
there will be no break lietween congress
and the president, unless il may be on
the mil road rate Issue, and even ou
that Issue a compromise is more likely
than an open rupture.
KILLED BY BOMB.
Ex Qovernor Steunenberg, of Idaho,
Victim ot Dastardly Outrage.
R'llse, Jan. 2. Frank Bteunenherg,
ex governor of the state, waa killed
Saturday evening at hi home in the
suburbs of Caldwell. A dynamite bomb
had been placed at bit front gate with
some contrivance by which il exploded
aa be entered.' llotb legs vera blown
off and he lived but 20 minute.
There I no known reason tor the
outrage, but it is charged to some
member of the lamous inner circle ol
the Coeur d'Alene dynamiters, whom
he prosecuted so relentlessly in lMUt),
while he waa governor. Governor
Unnding i In communication with the
authorities of that county and i pre
pared to put the full support ol the
state behind the oRlclals there in run
ning down the perpolratoia ol the
crime.
It is thought probable that the lead
ing detective agencv of the country
will be asked to send some of their
best men to the scene and the state
will offer a great a reward a tbe gov
ernor may find he hat power to pro
pose. Htennenlixrg was governor ot the
state frvom 1 897 to 1(101, having been
twice elected. Ha waa horn in Iowa
44 year ago and had been in Idaho
inc 1 88 7. He left a wife and three
children. ,
Anarchy on Siberian Road,
8t. Petersburg, Jan. 2. Warning
newa lit I wen received from Siberia.
It il reported authoratively that the
Siberian railroad I disorganit-d a far
a Chellabinek, Railway station have
been pillaged by soldier and sailor.
General anarchy prevails along the
litis, and train are being run with
great delay and uncertainty. At Ir
kutsk there ha been a general bead-Ing-np
of tbe linn, and robbery and
pillage have made the plscn almost
untenable. Disaster of the woret
kind are feared along the whole line.
Morale Land Force.
Cape llavtien, llaytl, Jan. 2. Con
firmation ha been received of the re
port that Morales' cruiser Imli penib-n-cla
yesterday . lauded 260 men near
Puerto Plata and In the name-of Presi
dent Morale notified the governor of
Piierto' Plata that tha cruiser would
attack the port hy, sea and bv land if
it did not surrender within 24 hours.
Tha American warship off Puerto Plata
will not interfere with the operation
nf the Independoncia.
.1 Fmoot Confident of Result.
. WaahinK'on, Jen 2. Senator Hinoot,
of Utah, believed that when a vote I
taken in the senate upon tha question
ot till right tr retain liia sent, he will
ooiiih out vlemrlnns. Ha expressed
liiinreltas i xlous that the let be
peedily made, ' The 'Call issued ly
Ohalruisii Hurrows of the com in 1 1 tee
on privileges and elect ii n for a mett
ing Hittuiday, ha brought up public
Jntret.; t,,.i'. y. ..! -,
AFTER THE OIL BARONS.
' '
Mh) totiri Summont W. G. Rockefeller
i , and. Six Olhr, ,,y l(
New York,., Dec. 20. William O.
Rockefeller, ton of William Rockefeller,
waa, It wa learned yettorday, served
Christmas evening with a tubpoena to
appear at a bearing In thi cat of tbe
state of Missouri against the Sta- dard
Oil company at tbe office of Henry
Wollman, here January 5, Chriitm
day 1 a legal service day, tbougb mot
holiday are not a proper service time
for tubpoena. The service wa mad
a Mr. Rockefeller wa stepping into
hi automobile In front of bis residence.
Kdward T. Bedford, also one ol thi
director ol tbe Htandard Oil company,
wa eerved with a subpoena in the
tame proceeding!.
Henry Wollman, New York eoonael
for the date ol Missouri in th proceed
ings, id yesterday that ba thought
mine ol the Htandard Oil men were at
tempting to evade terv'ce.
"They are miking it very difficult
lor us," be (aid, "but we are succeed
ing steadily. We bava already eerved
even. The hearing will begin Jano
ary A and Attorney Ueneral Iladley and
I will take the testimony ol all th wit
nesses w get by that time, and then
we will adjourn from time to time to
get all of them. It is probable tbat we
will give notice to take deposition In
some of the neighboring dates, where
some of them are now residing temporarily."
BOYCOTT IN ALL PROVINCES.
Will Be Continued Until Exclusion
Law ia Relaxed.
New York, Dec. 2. Dr. F. F. Tone;,
tbe representative of tbe Chinese gov
ernment, who l here to create a public
sentiment against tbe exclusion taw, '
at administered, declared yesterday
that there would be no abatement of
the boycott in China against American
goods jntil the desired change wa
made.
' He said tbat bia most ncent advicee
indicate that the movement of retalia
tion bad spread to every province of
the empire. Everywhere merchant
and their customer are working to
gether to hut out goods msde io tha
United titates. At Tien Tain, Dr. Tong
asserted, mill lor th production of
cotton and woolen gncdi have been
started, and a floor mill is in operation.
Women are heart and soul with tba
men in the fight aaginst American .
good. In purchasing powder lor tbeir
face the first question they ask U:
"Wa it'made in America?'5 II the
answer 1 affirmative, they refuse to
boy.
"What we are seeking to accom
plish," said Dr. Tong, "i an adjust
ment ol tbe law and it adminittratioo
that will put a stop to the injustice to
which Chinese in this country are con
stantly subjected."
CLAIM FOR STEAMERS.
Heir of Rebel Commodore Revive '
Civil War Incident.
Washington, De 29. Secretary
Shaw and 'be United State treasurer
are defendant in a suit instituted to
day in th Federal court here to recover
from the government the value of 28
steamboat alleged to have been taken
from Jame E. Montgomery during tbe
Civil war by men representing them
selves to be military ollloer of the
United Btatea. -
Mr. Montgomery, who ia now dead,
wa a prominent eteamboat owner, and .
lived in St. Loni. The suit is brought
by the trustee of the Montgomery ee-
tate, who seeka to recover 1250,000 for'
the heir. The petition state that
Mr. Montgomery opposed secession, '
but wa compelled to cast hi lot with
the Confederacy, a hi property inter-
est were ohiefly in Mississippi. He .
became a commodocre in tba Omfeder
le ntvy, but waa the first Confederate
oflicer to take the oatb of allegiance to
the United Ststee after the war. Hi ' '
took the oath In the presence ot Gener
al U. 8, Orant, bia neighbor, who wa !
tha first Federal officer to congratulate '
him on hi return to the support ol tbi '
Union.
Warship to Santo Domingo ,
Washington, Deo. 29. Thi gunboat .
Paducah left Norfolk today for Mont
Ciisti. The Navy department has ad
vised Rear Admiral Rradford of her de- ;
parture. and that ; ah t will be at bia
disposal aa coon a ha arrive in Do-
mlnlcan water. The Paducah ia a ,
sister ship to the Dubuque, and will
be attached to the squadron ( guarding
American interests In the .West In
die. A soon a she can be commis
sioned, the cruiser Dixie will be or
dered to the West Indies, carrying a
strong marine guarr,
Purchaae Oregon City Locka
Washington, Dec. 29. When con-,
gresa reconvene after the holidays,
Senator Fulton will lntroao.ee a bill an- ,
thoriting the secretary of war to pur
chaee the canal and lock at Oregon
Citv, provided they can be had for
$(100,000. If a higher price i asked,
liia bill authorises their acquisition by '
condemnation. There haa been load
clamor for free nsvigstion on tba Wil
lamette, and thi bill 1 intended to do
away with the toll.
i
Moralea Severely Wounded.
Washington, Deo. 29. The Navy de
partment haa received a cablegram
from Commander Chamber, of tbi
gunboat Nashville, dated Puerto Plata
last night, stating that hi bad been
Informed from a- government souse
that President Moralea had been ahot
tad aerlouslT wounded. :
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