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EVENTS OF THE DAYi
Kenj tena torn AU
Parts of tfte World. "
UM Important but Not Laae nter
anting Happaninga (rffl Pont
i
lPr
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Cans Spreckles left an estate i
. itn .ul (inl
at aoom ...
The American battleship
fleet nit
entered the Red iea. , . .
ki imoroved so much
that he has seen several caller.
A movement has been started in Ok
lahoma to disfranchise negroes
The county treasurer at Woon
socket, S. D, was robbed of S,000.
The Vaqui Indians and'the Mexican
government hive arranged terms ot
Pce- . .
...vi..s scientist Geneves me
ereater Dirt ot Sicily wiU sink beneath : .
he sea.
a mr.rrl in EnnUnd has tied up
railroad traiiic. Several persons have
frxien to death.
A storm m the KocKy ,.nouJ"f"" ..
alone the line cf the Canadian Pacific
has tied up trafnc.
There remains little doubt but that
the American consul at Messina and
nis wite w ere killed.
CaWornia shippers may appeal to
the government to aid thera in light
ing increases in freight rates.
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr.. is not on g jod
terms with his father because he has
,tone to work in a carpet weaving es
tablishment. The trial of the Pittsburg grafters
is to be hastened.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt has made her
defcmi in Washington society.
Germany w-iI be the first to ask
the, benefit of a minimum tariff.
Robbers secured $00,000 worth of
jeweiry and $S.uK cash from a New
York jewe:ry store.
Yeterans of the civil war will be
come extinct in 1950, according to
Paw Commander G. F. Bassett.
The Indian congress has approved
Lord Mcrley's reforms in government
and condemns the present agitation.
Dr. Wiley, head of the pure food
department. U said to have angered
the president to such an extent that
he will be removed.
St. Petersburg still continues to suf
fer from Asiatic cholera. New cases
and deaths are reported daily, though
not in large numbers.
Two men were seriously injured and
the lives of a score of men, women
and children endangered by a fire in
a New York tenement.
The torpedo boat destroyer Fox is
on the way to Mare Island navy yard
to go out of commission- The crew
will be transferred to the Rowan, an
other destroyer.
Many political exile of TeaezBtla
ar returning t their homes.
Booaevelt uy the only thing about
kia African trip he fear ia the fever.
It ia beiiered American Ambueado
6naeom will resign hia post at Hume.
Henry W. Poor, a leading Wail itreet
broker, has assigned. His Liabilities
will reach t5,mQQQ.
Castro has witnessed what to him is
a aniqaa spectacle a snowstorm and
skating on natural ice.
Governor Hogae has appointed t
eommissioa to investigate tn .ve
York produce and eotton exchange, j
Chicago contractors who have beea
ia the habit of giving present to ity
officials at Christmas time this year:
had their gift returned. j
Gomes' pow?r as ruler of Yeaeiuel
ia finally established. Many suits ksv
been eomraMieed a;n Castro snd h
will lose 2W0,JO by the torn ef ai j
fair. !
Plan are ail complete for the arrest
of about 40 more Pittsburg grafters.'
The railroa'is are aiding the movement,
as it is eheaper to oast them than to
pay their pries.
The bank at Monrovia, Ca' has
lost $23,000, which my:erkms':y dis
appeared. One man was killed and three per
sons iniured in an automobile wreck
in California.
Christmas was celebrated all over
the L'n.ted States by lavish gifts and
feasts to poor.
The bribery of Pittsburg council
men by barkers has been taken op by
the government.
A crazy French Roya!ist tried to
pull President Fallieres' beard, and
was prompt.y arrested.
An appeal may be made to Taft to
pardon Gompers, M-.tchell and Morri
son in case their appeal fai's.
Clans Spreckels, the sugar king, is
critically ill at his home in San Fran
cisco, and it is feared he canuot sur
vive. The Chicago saloon question may
be put to a referendum vote next
April. The anti-saloon element is
gaining in streng-h.
Oklahoma prisoners, who are con
fined in the Kansas penitentiary, com
plain of cruel treatment and an inves
tigation is to be made.
A bov of 15 is under arrett f Vnnni
Clement, Mich charged with stealing
ai least iu,iji) trom p.jstotiice boxes
He i caught while cashinz a check
Express companies were swamped
: . i c, '
wiin vunsinsas ousmess
Cosgrove has so far recovered that
Be is able to walk a little.
Count Eoni de Castellane lost hi
sou tor possession of bi children.
Mamman ha been reported ill,
but hi physician says it wa only a
"a"i univis aiiacic.
The monitor Wyoming, now at
Mare Island navy yard, will be
ensned to trie Cheyenne.
Fire in Brooklyn drove h
into the treet, destroying an entire
Dioca oi property, valued at 1 1,000,-
vo.
NEW LIGHT ON HISTORY.
Stanford Wo.Va.or Find Kty to An-
r- rUnt Wrttint m . ;A t
Staaford rlwtV, Oat, Dee- SMI'1
. kT whiek tares the .aret H" 5b
Tk. V
.. - 1... Ust breB dlf
Italic uu-ni-ii
covered by Professor Oeorgs Hempl.
the holder of the philological thair t
Stanford ontversity, snd the manners,
custom and history or a people iosiav
j fBmllf-iw",".r " rP'1 "
lth future ar ia a bk.
Kxperirneed ia bis investigations of
.VI lr,.n inscription and, rule.
- afctevr Hempl wa bl ,0 eni
AlUa ia single "itfUt the feat uader-
I taken by science ago ud nave
before pushed to a successful eoaciu
IJluo. .c-u.-'- v. .
wtur. of Dr. Hamrt b
p.x .
Ifors the Stanford Poililcgieal assoeia
tioa todsv declared that th discovery
. . w ...4 avilt klta
is a rentaDie inumu
result. It wiU
... . ,sitinir of ancient Roman hia-
;rv and it will throw a fiod of l'Bhl
on "many difuti-d faota of Latin gma
It hat bea the gaerally aeepteii
ir amoBj! h'.-Knn that ae Ltru
eacs were an element entirely forpiifn
xa Jh1,r neighbor, the Komat
. . ,,,..!-. -...t .sinelusivelv
1 uia
over-
-. p-.f, Hempl.
,ti An nrtr a sral aiauUrity
twtweea the Kwmaa ami Kuyn 1
Vage, ad make pibl oaly oat con-
e:unn that the Ktruscans and Roman i
utmf from
race, which, nuww
tM o!d i.B.l. waadere.1 to Italy
irxm Troy after the fail of that great
e:tr. Thus Vircii t.wid i nOrn
tia'ted by scientirie prauf. Pr. Hempl's
diseoverv is yet in its infancy. Out of
5,'X0 inscriptions he ha read but 50,
vet tie little work he has done has
been sctr.eu-nt to eoavine h'm that tke
ni idea ot distinet race i entirely
erroneous.
QUICKSAND IN FOUNDATION.
Unstable Soil Add S500.000 toICot
of Northwestern Depot.
CVieajj. Dee. 2S A stratum of
treacherous quicksand underlying the
at. of the new r.u.uw.wu siaiion ot
the Cai'o Northwestern raalroa.1,
now under eon: ruction, will add about
$5JO.tA0 to the (- of the structure,
owini to the increased difficulty of
sinking the f-adatiua pillars. This
information has Deea given to vac
railroad eviaipany by tae txeorge A.
Fuller company, which has in turn been
u.ld t ahead with the eonsrtructicin
of the building at any cost.
Interesting paeumatie processes are
sow te;n used to overcome the diSi
calties presented l-y the unstable soil.
Engineers say that Chicago anil is aiive
w-.th qrii-ksand ia the terriwry about
the river tasks. Two engineering ex
pert who handled the situation in New
York at the laying of two big nver
usnei tit tise subway, when qnieksand
-i,,,. fn-the irravtwt enirtaeerinz
problem of" the kind in the history of
America, were called hy telegraph and
: are t worn oivg ine preuicm
sented.
RtiSlia Approve Deal.
St. Petersburg. Dee. F-weign
Minister Iswulsky me: with a favora
vi. ........ m . k, jRma t.aiav when
ICVrL'HU M . " j -
he presented tae annual statement or.Ju.e uxes of lw9 by multiplying
Ruasia foreign poliey. H referred i 2-. bv Jf j ra.j0 The ratios
with warm approval to tae Japanese-1
Aamcan agreement, wtiiea te sa.ui
. . 1 , . . AKn A.T in th V. r I
garjjiiTr-j vt- .-
ilast an-1 tiie integrity of Lmna, ana
the term of which were eomnronieated
to Russia before it waa signed. The
rest of M. Iswolsky's speech shed no
light on -j.K.te.1 qaesuots, nor gave
anv substance cf the Bussiia prorxsa
rezsrdX2 the annexation of Bosnia i'l
Utrrieg'jvica by Austria.
New Geyser May Reuit-
Virzinia City, M int., Dee. Si. Thirty
eanh-juakes have le-a felt in this see ;
tion since last Sanday aft-raoon, toe
last tremor b-isg reeirded at 4:10 yes-;
terdar morning. The ground ha treta-;
ble-1 very perceptibly, with the earth- J
wave apparently coming from the ;
south, which has" lent color to the the- j
orv that a big new jt?yer is about to
burst f-vrta ja tne eaowsxo P"r ,
hiea lies 75 miles southeast ef I
ifinia City. No damage has realte"l
ijtner than eoci.ierab.e p-vster navmg
t"en thrown down.
Congressman Daved Dead.
Kew Orleans, Dc. Representa
tive E'Aert C. Davey, of the seeond
nirr.-ssiosai district 01 to-aisiaa.
dil Satar lay of aj .f iy.- He had
served continuously at Washington
slice the fftv third eotgras, with toe
exception of one term, when he de-
lined the nomination. iavey was
bora in New Oriam in 13, srve-i
several vear in the state sttate of
Luiiara. was e!"rtH a jo'ige ia lw
and in l-s was defeite.1 for mayor ot
Xew Orleans. He was re elected to the
sixty -first congress.
Picked Guard for Regent,
Pekin, Dee. 2. An imperial edict j
issued today or :-t' 1 Princ Taj Tao
an-1 Yu Iang and Grand Couneillir
Tit-h Liang to form an imperial guard
f pieked rr..-n from the Maaeho regi
ments for the use of Pnaee '.nun, the
K.:u-iit of t.hi&a. Prme.fi Tsaa Tao
and Yu Lang an-1 Grand Counemor
Tifh Liasg were reeeatly iatntated with
he Uk of guarding toe paiaee gate
leaiiing article pufitn ywtenay
th newpaf-r controlled by loan
Sn i Kai. the grand councillor, advise
the rg-ut to remain in the pa. ace.
Clau Spreckle Tend.
San Fraceisco, Dee. 2. After as
u.n-s ot le man a weex nitration,
Clau Spreeklea, widely known a the
'Muir Kir.g of the Pacifie Coast,"
ie-1 at hi home in this eity hwtnrday.
Mr. S; re.-kles was aO year of age, and
was taken ill with a severe cold early
his week. This developed into pneu
monia, nt during tae iat two aayi
the veteran ngar reiner ank rapidly,
his deata oeeurnng at 4:30 e'eloek Sat-
unlay morning.
Through From Chicago.
St Paul Dec. 29 The Northern
Pacific and Great Northern roads,
through the Burlington, will establish
through service from Chicago to Se
attle. Tacoma and Portland before the
opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Expos tion. Thit was made known at
the offices of the two Western linei
yesterday. The official announcement
of the arrangement will be made in s
few day.
I liRFfinN JffMlTrlS-ORiNTERESTil
S TATE TAX LEVY.
Rtvanu to B Raittd for 1009 E-
CMd TKat of I0O8,
Salera One miltiou i h(lt4
iad . ev.tn:ftv t JLb!nsLjli3!.!.ar ..it.
:he totat approximate amount of rev-
ena to b raHed for state purple
for t0 ' Fof hundred thousand dol
lar of the sum win be; den-d from
indirect source, leaving lt.?TsfHW to
be apportioned among the several
counties.
This amount' is $U5.0O0 greiter
than the levy last year and iiJO.OOO
sre.ter than the levy two year ago
The increase this year is due tn pan
to the holding up of the Univetsity
of Oregon appropriation bill last
year, by reason of which the levy (or
1'jos was at the rate of l7,W0 per
.. . . n.-ivi.t J hv laws then in ex
isten'ce. Since the appropriation bill
has (tone into effect, carrying an p
propriati"',n daring
back to January
I'M- it will be necessary, in
m the iMia kevv tv include a tniver
sitv oi Uregoa dehcit oi about IISV
ixxi The 1 levy will include 1100.
mw for the purchase of the Oregon
Should the lesisliture re
peal the locks appropriation bill, this
tlO0 ooq will be in the treasury ub-
ie,ct tLi atsnroDrtauon k-
DOses One installment
already bcn lcvitvl.
fbe levy win not ie
early in January. l!0, but the total
amount cere uiuicatca. t...j,wu,
ck.se enough to the actual amount,
that will be levied so that county
courts may act upon it in computing
their share of state taxes. Already a
number of counties have been ana
luusiv mnutring what the state levy
ill be. Cnder existing laws, the ap
portionment among the counties wn!
be made at a fixed ratio which has
been m force a number of years,
la making the apportionment tor
the state board will be con-
frentcd with the problem ot mating
in apportionment between
kiver and Wasco counties
Hood
vithout
any law prescribing how the appor
tionment shall be made The act
creating Hood Kiver county con
tained no provision upon this suoject
The state board passed the question
up to the attorney general and that
official has advised the board to di
vide the Wasco county ratio between
Wasco and Hood Kiver in proportion
to aessed valuations
Thus the law prescribing the ratio
f apportionment ot state taxes re
quire that Wasco county pay .0234
ot the whole amount. But since then
Hood River cuntv has been carved
out of Wasco The assessed valua
tion of Wasco county t now $3,
42:..343 and that of H(d River
j;0 20 Dividing the apportionment
jaccor iins'y, W ave
be 015 and th-.
Wasco s new ratio wn.
of Hood K:ver
mi'A Ifcnnert tnere 15 no
pres!y authorizing such an appor
tionment, the attorney general ex
ree the opinion that this is equita
h and should be adopted. The board
I will fvllow his advice.
Each county can ascertain approx-
t77.
itelv the amount ot its snare ot me
. . ,everaj counties are as follows.
County
Pet
.023 1
,'p,l.,r
j."-'
, fnton
jUackama
. J:"tK'P "
, Co.nmDia
Loos
.02-12
,0-ili
.0212
.01X5
.0203
01J0
,(40
.034 0
.utihT
0140
.00T6
.0314
.OOftO
.OKJ
.0107
.042
.00 S3
.032
.00
.06 1J
.'JOT 3
.3123
.0307
.07
.007
.04 SO
Curry
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
ifirnrv
.1..4 R;er
j3l.io
jotephine
jjti, ...
jJjie ......
j3ne;
j jncoln" ! ' " .
Lina
M alhenr
1MOri
Morrow ...
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman . .
Tillamook .
Umatilla . -Union
....
Wallowa . .
.0221
' .0073
.013?
.0301
j Wasco . . . .
.Washington
Whee;er
.0
Yamhill
0V1
Total l.QQQO
Banks Giva Out Figures
Salem. State Bank Examiner
tm-i Stre! his completed
his c-.mp'eted a state
I The condition of the 132 state
and private banks in Oregon at the
date of the last call. November 27.
19jg The statement show total re
,.nrees 1 33 .402 213 1$. 'A which V
ti :rt ri is cash on hand, and M 39.-
3227 due from banks arid bankers, j
The deoosits subject to check amount
to I :.674.34-s2; the on and di -
counts aggregate 121 93.243 4. The
statistics do not admit of comparison
w.th the last report, for some banks
have been nationalized and new one
formed tmce the last report wa made
Filtering Plant it Enlarged.
Oregon City The filtration plant
of Oregon City now has a capacity of
I.S00.0OO gallons per day. An ad
dition to the plant has just been com
pleted that increases the capacity one
third The addition is 36'aO feet and
contams two tanks of 40,00 gallons
capacity. The pumping station will
. be moved from the west side of
Main street to a site adjoining the
filtering plant, as this new site is city
property, and be present location of
the pumps will be ut.nzen oy
Hawley Pulp 4 Paper company.
the
Umatilla Lobby Namod.
Pendleton A legislative erymmittee
of 14 member from the county has
been appointed by the Commercial as
sociation to work in harmony with the
Umatilla county delegation in an ef-'
fort to secure from the legi!atre
measure which are particularly de
sired. Chief among these are the ex
periment farm for the Umatilla pro
ject, an increased appropriation for
the W(Hi normal, a branch atylum
and an amendment to the good roadt
I law.
SalamftS Ctierrv 'CTlff
Salem -' Salem, the Cherry City of
the World " i the title of the newest
book gotten out under the 'commu-
nitv W'"'" ot tlie, ouincru i"m
id WUiMniii' the Sairtd ibnarj
of trade It comprises about tH pagei
onijixTio'm'e'pIu.toitraphs and iUf-
estimi descriptive articles ot tuc v at-
ital t,itv ire troiiupi'i r i "
l,i.intiftil view of the Willattt-
nvrr nhawitiii three hiiire Hr and
grav
a Hue to the river i ne
cherry picture
no are opcoaiiy
ood.'a'nrl the tatitics of how inncli
n.rtt ires will nrodiK'e omr ft
them yield MHI pirttlids a yef lihosild
make ovd reading matter lor eatrrn
horticulturists Apple. tr.iiwrrir,
.hrrn.- iirinies. iilums and peache
pears, rasphemes and walnut are an
dtM-ribed a being tound .U their hrsl
in the Willamette valley nc ir .licu
Uairymg live-tock. poultry, t!a, iuui
ber jnd hop are alo diM Hed in l
The booklet i to
).. in ihc P.Ti-if.c Northwest lit
A the O K i N. and
Southern Tacit'ic.
Ran Stock in Fin Shape
Mitchell. Weather conditions have
such in this locality that ranc
t,n for this time
trw atoek men b.ye
. tu ,t
r as yet. The past
ato.'k is in hue eon.
vesr. and verv
commenced f.t-iing as yet. The past
.,n ilrv that fall urns was a
,iuppointment and many growers oM
their surplus t'x-k on aeenunt of j
short hav crop. Meep men M-port th:itj
n.H-ks are all in the W ioibie .
. - ..namon. -v iaouKu ... -j-..-y ----,
mmencl femg, very xew
their t.ee, uimer .uo '
diet
Tt& JrV'centa U U KTX"
ill ij through
Th Iradiuie stock uieu
01
Wheeler and Crook counties have jut
returnej from Prinevi'.le, where tliey
eaie re-eentlv seeured leae for their
summer range-, from the forert reserve
surxrviir. Among them were K. H.
Ivm. K. N. Donnelly, rr.il M'f,
I Marion (Hlorn,
Alex 'jvonnelly, L. I
Jones, K. K. Sritfht. i
K. K. I-viifihiin. tavin Kofens. vouu
Proffitt, Henrv Reyes. R. Tate. K. K.w
enbaum, W. B. Cnwae and tieorge ig
frit. Plant for Jetty Work.
Pneene I H Cuhman, .! .Wme,
hi received w-fd trtm toiigressmau
w- .- H ,.W Tii o the chart t engi-
neers -f the. 'I'mted States anr.y hast
.'"Z m.7h,r,;;'y ' i' contempt of
:,1W J( ii-,c m..U:h of the Co.Su'i! 'court in vi..bimg an order enjoining
1"' .... K,!,l.. j ,o" a irttv it'tl'em irom Ucina on the iiillair or
inn. i"i ..m....-- p. . - - . j
-u. .v. iSe Siu L river. ml
t il,ii-e time no the Lane
..itniv e.mrt made atttication tor the i
soati
belt';
'CttV
,f tile p.ani. tne utiaertanon
that the work ot binding the
to be paid "f by b.idintf
i.initv .f the neceay atoi.unt
B r Klamath Land Sals.
Klana;
Fails V tract ot land ag
egating 3au0 acres has been ..d.
withm eight nine ot mis tuy. ."-i
eluded m the purchase it the towositc ;
if Midland. ti;c ttrst station soutu oi ,
Klamath Fail on the California & j
Northeastern r-o. ' 1 :.c vurcti,(c
price was Dctween .a.w aim "'"
It i
the large,, sale ever made m
section The
V ., .m. l.iin coiunanv.
(".liiforma c
.wo. .ration, made the sale
fc, ic. fceauie a4 i- t. ca"Hwo,
f this ci'y
Wag War on Coyote.
Pendleton Ten thousand coyotes
are to be killed in Oregon during the
month ot January by t.-.e stocumcn.
who are losing I each year
from the devastation of the an-tnah
Last January the first effort at or-
ganized warfare against coyotes was ;
made and it was reported to tne ooaru
of sheep commissioners that fullv
I ii.Otio animals were slaughtered. The
plan, on an -ntarged scale, is i be
put in operation again next month.
Snow in Umatilla County.
Pendleton Umatilla county wheat
fields are covered with a mantle of
snow No? very much his fallen yet.
but indications are that much more
will come before morning. Farmers
have been wanting snow for Sonic
time, and are there t'ore happy
Object to Advanced Rates.
Portland The implement jobbers
of this city are protesting against in
creases in freight rates.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
flirlev- Feed. 3-7 per ton, brewing.
Wheat-BiucMem. 07c; club. VWa
iU: fiic. Hit. red Russian. 40
fold, VJc; valley, 9tc
Oats N- 1 white. :1 -Hi per ton
Hay Timothy. Willamette valley,
t!').) per ton; eastern Oregon. 116 30
'ol7; clover, 12. alfalfa. $12oi,lH.
grain hay. 121i 13
Fruit Apple. 73c"i2 7S per bov;
near. liStl74 per box: ounires. ft'o
per o -x; cranrerrirv
lit SO'a 13
per barrel, persimmons. I! '- I 2'i
potatoes o.1i'Xsc per cwt ; sweet
ootaroc. 2'rt2ic per pound.
OnionsIf" 1 23 per l"0 pound
j Vc(tct:-ics Turnips, II 23 per sack;
j carrots, fl. parsnip. 1123, beets,
ju .yj,-. horradih. ''i l per p mud;
a,r;i-.hke. It'o 1 25 per dozen; beans,
j. j.r pound. c.blaie. li'.r I ic per
: p,mf,d; cauliflower. 1123 per dozen.
celery. It :,0 per crate; cucumbers, tin
2 Ki ter b-i : egg plant. 1 Ic per pound;
lettuce, TSc'flll per box; parsley, 30c
per do7en. peas. 13c pound; pepper.
I ; ;iv per pound; pumpkins, folic
per pound; radishes. 30c per dozen;
spinach, ic per pound; sprout. 10c,
per pound, sn'iash, I ft. lie per pound;
t-jmaroe. II V'ii2.
Butter City creamery, extra. W
37c; fnncy outside creamery. 12i't.ii:
per pound; store, l"i'';i ioc.
Fgsi -Oregon ranch. 4c; easterns.
3H'o 3,',c per d 'ten
Poultry Hens. t2c per pound;
spring, large. Ilftr.l3c; mall. H'n,
lic; mixed. 1 lie; ducks, Wn 17c;
geese. 11c; turkey. ra.Vc ; dressed
turkeys, 2V?i23c.
Vea' I utra. ft'Ssie per pound; or
dinary. 7(?t ac; heavy. 3c.
Pork Fancy, Tiftc per pound;
large, eic.
Mutton rj'3 7c per ponnd; lambs,
h(a t ic.
Hops l'jm. choice. 7ia.7ic per
pound; good prime, i'iiejjc; fait prime,
'.i'Soc: medium, S'aSic; ItWT, 2fi.2ic;
l'jcs? f3jic.
Wool Pastern Oregon, average
best, KVS.14C per pound, according to
shrinkage: vtfley. 14orlc.
Moha.r-Chcdce, 119 per pound.'Tier, ,mbled 131,000.
ASKS FOR FRIINDSHIP.
Eit Months' .Hupturt With Vsnt
V,' aus I Dew to Clot.
VV'TiiitoiYec. i'Vjr? After eight
path, the Vil'ted Stjties has re-
vUcdtau'y,EJiits with Yen.-
iuel.i. and William I. ltucnanail na
left on the cruiser North Carolina to
viit that country, look into the itoa-
tU.ii and make a report to the state
.tmartmettt. This will decide whether
WHhrtTTtJ-Sram-wrrt irrrwtf ityrtwtt
rc.ogiiition to the government.
It ha not yet been fully estao-
lislicd that the, Oomrt government
will retain its i'Wcf without trouble.
s there are many adherents of 1 res-
!..., rxiro in the country. Indeed,
the possibility that disorder may
arie i indicated in a request for
Mnericin ship I t'Uayra.
to
wjiich thi government has promptly
nt-ponded- . ' .
Jl he general opinion that ttie
w order of tlun w. ail open the way
t. the pacitK settlement of cne-
ailela S dlJg
.... IL.It.n.f
The refnil in March lat of .'
Castro ailmiiusiratioil to consider
trtur.it cly ihc iivuc with the Ly mtcU
States nude it plain that diplomacy
tl,u!d .ucouipli.il notluiitf mime,
tinvaril their settlement.
In 1M1 t lie VcneiueUU govern
mrut. having U. U :t to a ,1) vlaiii.
Umat.. H It va r,nmt P" w.f , "
l.ttta it. (ici ni.iiiy and I'ai.v, UU)v n
f"a i. . h
. i. ..i w1 oirK 6f th.it cnnntry wun
tint vie. M tli foreclntmlleitHin l
tlic -debt' " 1 . ,, , ,,,
eliCt1i:l.v .ippoitited , Hcibc'l W
t!,ivr,r ttieti Aniefkan minisirr to
Vtnic,. u- a rirnitiliter' to take
th, .,s!h her if lewis gov
cMr.-it'.n v.sin-rrifl-T.iriems 'iv--
. .
:s und- ic sigucd piotucs.1
wiu i, ,IU,tj i rtW
tt et .IMlif . Hi sjll'ljr lit. v -
b' A.olitii 'power wet Tfijue pre
tit'ed 'crefliror.
i- ! . .t .
LABOR LEADtHS SENTENCED
Pnton , for Gompers, Mitchsll and
Morrison, Who Appssl.
Walnntoii. Dec. 24. Twelve
month in jail for Samuel tiouipers,
prulent; ne months lor John
Mitchell, one of the vice president.
land six mouths tor 1 rank jaorrisou.
l,ejre!ary, a I ot trte .Mticncan iee.-
latton ot i-ai.tor. was sue "'"-
! nowJ hv ttniife WriEht. ot the tt-
n,r tr, u ttu; Jjntrict of Co-
'We d.-n t patronue
list the ISutk
! Stov e Sc Range company, of M
Louis
AI! of the defendants were in court
lien entence was tiroiiounced and
notice ot an appeal to the District ol
Louinioa appellate court was lieu
4.,imi.rr hr.nr released on 13.000
t.nd. Mitchell on jl.ooo and Morn
n on $3 two.
Juile tight decision, which coil
Mjrnct! tw.j hours and twenty mm
n;e in readtiiis, W4 a cat!iiiig ar
r..iirtin:ctit "I-vervwlirre," the court
sjid. "ail over, within the court anl
uut raintun;. ino:ent dctialitc IS her
alded and proclaimed, unrefined in
nlt, affront, vulvar indignity, meat
.'i ,, v 1 L.V, K,, elii.e . U
, . . ; i
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,P'nd.
OUSTS OIL TRUST.
Mutouri Supreme Court Land Body
Blow to Rockefeller,
Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 23 The
state supreme curl yesterday handed
down a ijeeisii-n winch uu.tt the
Standard Oil company oi Indiana, and
the Republic Oil company, perpetu
ally trt.m trie utc
1 he decision also dissolves the
Waters Pierce Oil company of M
Louis In addition to the other fea
tures of the decision, each voinpany
is lined IV).o.
1 he riiiht on the Standard in this
state has been waged for a number
of years Attorney General Hadley,
the governor elect, was the prime
mover in the tight on the Rockefeller
interests. He caused a b g sensation
.eicr.il year ago by going to New
York to take testimony and pntting
the high financier of the Msndurd
thrnigh one of the most trying ev
animation they ever wi'hstood
The Waters Pierce Oil company
t'...r many -years was the represents
me of the Standard in Missouri lis
connection with the Standard was de
nied steadfastly for years, but proof
that il is 1 subsidiary hut been de
veloped in both the state case and
the federal uit The Krpitblic Oil
company i a similar concern.
The order V rlis.olve the w.iter
company is effective January 13 To
day's decision was the result of a
suit started in I'aOS. Seven judges
concurred. Judge Lamm in his in
dividual decision declare the trust
ought to be lined l nO'l.ooo Judge
Grave in his opinion say the evi-
Idence show that the water comtianv
wl, taken over by the trust over the
potest of the minority stockholders
Mail Pouch It Stolen.
Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 2t A mail
porj.-h ront .iriing U) pound of regis
tered ("hrit:ins p-ickage was stolen
from the biggige room of the
Two-nty-seeot il street and (irmd ave.
tine depot of the Bent Line railroad
today Although the pot,-f ficr. au
thoritie refue ro make any statement
it is believed to have contained much
valuable merchandise The pouch was
mide nr in the Kansas City post
office too late to catch the Atchison,
T'opeka Ar Santa I e train at the Union
depot, and it s.i therefore dispatched
to the Grand hi enne station,
New Chief toy Bay City.
San Francisco, Uec 23 Sergeant
Jce 11 Cook, who for more than a
year has been property clerk in the
police department, with the brevet
rang ot captain, w utt nignt ap
pointed chief of police by the board
of police commissioner, to succeed
the late Chief W. J R ggy. who was
drowned on the night of November
30, while crossing the bay in the po
lice launch patrol. Cook hat been on
the police force of tan City since Feb
ruary H, 110. ' - .
' Bank Clark Get Five Yean.
Pittsburg. Dec. S3. Herbert W
Tiers, f'Wmerly a diteount cetk In
the rirtt r annual bank,
inal bank, ws ten
traced to terve five yean in the p.n
itentiary yeilerdiy: Party In too
DEATH LIST GROWS'
Victims 8 tarttijaake Estimated
aTOne TlofiJreff Boosanit
VHOli PROVINCES LAID WASTE
Almeit Enllr Populsflon of RI0
ji ttirmlnatd Sicilian Hotala
I Fllisd VVir TturUl. ;
If.,,,,,,. ir,- hi t )ne iiiiinlreil llioir
icld ili'i'l; Meina. on the Island o
t u'm": ..." n 'I u ; ..v;,;hcime.i;
IT'... , .1 region hud w.le
' """ . i .. . i ...
.i... .1... e .Hlioii ike reconl so tar
. . i
,Viit iteent kii..ww,11'B'iwl".'A.leti. ! tiwit In tloailug
lUJILIIve tei.'lll l'.i .MKi-r i,-w.-y -;-' '
kii..ww.,1"B'lt'Aleti. vN'aVM ut
piiinu l"wly iio
to Koinr o(i-iv" H.'Dih Aiiwa'an rivi-rs oti rnrt
,1,-,ev,H.se,4..m..lJ ',i.,,,vh Tisi otn for rnre
'''l.lX.'-'Iialmrwii fcinli.-K.y hang from tn
the imM toiii
i. a.. . .i ,.1 i.iiiiiuiiii .in
I'T" '. .,!.. VVI X 'M
p;lux'
','he death ' 1 i MfAM.m
fi
,th itli it-. adi.ut Msii.wvniu .
h.iro.l aV Ml nei'llle. Illi IllOe. ai
"v'
"t
ili. riilire noloil.itioll . ai-iaiu i"""
ri'ift-'d dead, ul t'a.im. H'. at
lt..eiia, S.Hi, aim ". . "
..4N'.gn. " i ' :.
k hit'-' iliiii'if I. ' Movaniii. Ji ".
Iltl iro and t .mnitello and all other
e.iitmiiic. a"t (v)IJf0-s oii-wi f'"
n ruin
Winn and iiiee.i .d Italy are now
t. .. . I. .. ..... . ..!.l
li.ivtnit naiirn
ugl.t irom NrplV "'I'VlIS'J.T 'l
u. iituriAiiiiiiiiiiiHI IC
L. loan l it Mtcatrst illsucs. ai me
tut v ,nid he luj"t,cll wa. the lit it I
wont j r - .i"ii..."' .
J.iJIibui in thf rri-.el ol the alt.i. te.l
Hr ittearlrtntJr'33i ioiaan -warsmpe
ne steaming toward the south, aiol
a! r .smiww' ' '"
IJrilain and Kossu Iiavr perloriiir.i I'c
seivi.e in the woiK ol rescue
h
I ntle is
l....... ..4 Its t ,lr
;e ,r,se,,,a..ve.TwVni-M:-0)sf'I.M. t.le4 at HA
the iliiMiniialic
powers stationed at
these iiosts, jl
ih. ei, rts ilKtl'."
g. r-si s i
i.ioa 'eArff e!NV IN're
rVvVriie MJ-T
ictv le't .oi tins as.oiiiii
Ilnr- is the gravest danger that-
i. si.lenie will follow the desifii. lion
,,f the towns I In iti lisritlC WU 'if
ll.i..- wt.illiiht. Ixidir will lie in.
hiitwil 1 N divsi
Slid week I hose
badly inj(l'e.i. arc lu.ikmg their l)
hv the ttn iM.oi.l tr1hc nraiest place
i ij-iuge Their siillcriog esen now
nio-t be intense, as thry are without
..r iothing
Mmmcd ai the magnitude of the va
;.anutv which his i.erjkeii lel.w
countrymen, all Italy nioiiri! onight
or the striiLin province oi t aUliria
and the Island ... Soi'y Anus
iotne.l (or centuries .i ear'-hmuke..
Italy st jn ls rut til dread, but none
isas prepared hi the disaster which m
the t; tt so ii ot a minute yesterday de
,.,st .ted cities and lowiu .ooi caused
lor death o thousand
San Francisco Rsmsmbsr I0CC.
Stn Irantisc.i, Dec .in Mayor
Tailor issued a proclamation yfster
.lay afternoon atafv .Ht ft
spouse for aid f"f the siiltetiiig people
..I Italy will dotiltte be ifuisk and
gmefi u(. in tins fit y, iul ti-'fsling
ih. it all'citibiiti6ns be int H, Alili
Knight, treasurer ol the California
brain h of hc Aiurrisait National Red
Cross, tot California ttteet, vS.m I ran
ii. co ('ontriliutioiis will ilso be re
ceive t . by lienjaoiin I. 1b Wheelre
;iie.dcwt o th.- l.ilifof ma branch f.j
the ked t'ros.. .it lietk. ley
Tidal Wa DettruCtiv.
Koine, lire ,m- Malty hundreds ul
Uvinrf-'pertAru ar? std! heticitrt the
rums in I'a'ahrian towns, but it i
iiiOe initx'ssible tn relieve them At
KipOstn the tidal wave was terrific
t first fbe ea rete.t.i for a great
.lis'ance front ih sh m! then it
swept ff.rwii!rl wjfh tremeiiilAus ie.
1 in re "I he water, advancing ill a huge
wave, wept before it every house and
building or a thousand fas-t from the
shoie ime lhe waters rushed fht-oigh
ihc strvcli oi hiposti, i.. a depth of
Stoltl 10 to '."I feet
Red Cross Will Ittus Call.
i-;V,f,.y'Ca! , Dec, 3n,- Itesident
i;e i.rf.if )4r Heeler, of jir uni.rt
oty of l.aliloiina. who is tresi
cut of the (. aiijorina branch of
tile IOd I tos society, h.i Issued a
.ail for a meeting oj lh s-.cn-t y " I he
sieiy will maice rTmgenients f..f
i nnmcdi.ite org iiiucd api.eal for
lunds ..r the Italian r ai t li.jti.ils- sot
lerrrs," he sjid "f ottittutti e will be
aiipo.iited to undertake the sunk ill a
systematic fashion, and (he funds will
In- forwarded to th,- National Red
(,'r .ss smiety at Washington, to be
u-nl to Italy '
Optra Company to Give Benefit,
l.o Angeles, Dec M Arrange
mem are being made by the manage.
itient of ihc Latnbardi grand opera
company, which is filling jn engage
ment here, to give a series of perform
imev f..r t,r lienefn of i)r Italian
eartli.iiake siilfeteis Several nielli
the l.amliaidi coiiioanv f,.e
Coiiioanv ,,e
metly lived in the devastated district
I oral Italian, have already started a
relief fund f..r (he aid i.( tlicir suffer
Roosevelt Sandt Mtag.
Washing!. ,n, Dec. 11(1 President
Roosevelt sent a cable mrs,igc ol
''"' " Mug Victor I tiiniaiitirl
yrst. rd.iy exp;rmg the sympathy of
the American people in the misfor
tune thai h.i, lirliillen lt4!y H,f
.resident .aid 1 1 American National
Ked (.. oeir-ly would lsue an up
peal for conlnliuiions, and w.nli enni
niniii, ale wi'l, te .im( (,,,) fr,
Nw York Pln Aid.
New York. Dec. .1o .-Benefit, per
lorui.uices ii.r the earlli(iiakr viclim,
and survivor were planned today lor
early daletsjrj !JU' Melropolilas opera
company. Sn M'Y of wlio.c iitiber
ire from the d.tv astated regions. Sig.
iior Caruso relief ite, In, intention of
'lonaiiiig in, week salary of :;WD
me liliul Other o(
scribed K''tlcroiily.
, ul'
Franca Goat to Rsfcua.
r- Mec 30 .r,,,,.. ,... s.
- tA.,.a .i.. ....i..i.. " .
- Verit t logethe w ith XJh .. m
I draught i,, aid i" ' 7.?, ?
n
OKcnis iittuiD ro tso.ooo.
t iba Matt rlr rtwswwr.
Nt I'm n w't'! iht
liwir Hint I" In
U iidoti l''" M xld fur
f.tft,t. To ni"t peof' nu
.inly liiipridmbla but ul tarty Inipoasltils
that otis Hllla pll tlioiihl b worth a
until furluiia, nK,r
I.hiIsIiIiik f- Hl '" flr,u "f
rliirlKta whb li told H fl" 4 l'T
tli slinw millior plstif i wbU1 they
CSfTlrtt tW1" rnatlrflfTr',-- -
Ulmt iimkus urilihls ao frlglUfullj
;,ii..iiive l tit riHi'rtiiout minnniMt
I, .mMr t tb rato 4MK-i,
the. viiiHI UHwr'rff''') r Hint .
Ims in llO lUh! of tl't i' ttl dlt. it
.iiltli attfiidlii Ttirtr"imii.ii.
Many Uvea ara U-l lu tU cullucilmi of
ori lilds. Hwatnpy Jungles tnd n-plll
liifrsliHt fort-sis r I''" hmeo f the
um f
son,., ami llml mraiia. 4 :mrw... tlt
damer lloa.i'il T'-rr w " n.
..I il., . i
.... alila
" !
.iw it vwm iikww.w i.. a'i rig ot tun
ntei-t nmny nflrti'i ery ilangimn,
list Invest (hrf'urifiM ami Hie
,,,,,,, f M(x ,(rl ,y r,.l'liirn
. .iil.le awl i-.rt.Ta. bate i.crl.lil
. cult of till, mania for tM nr.
rnius wn - "--
r lining rl.-h tily a few year
a -lcytVi ''V ?
'Itoilth Anwrlra. Il evinlmplated -
,, ,,,, m
- - . "
.'Mfct fr.Sll,iMVl'ly bar.
aairL!! ..LtW:Iliai.t. fc...
in ws-il umoiri . -.
frolwbly the tilh..t prtvd t.-. '
itwtia r nri'iiiii-w'wsiis'sii" f
vf . Blr .Trets'f XrTVVs. PH"".",rm. " :
ttl ftnyrt tint If ntturaf . r 4sfi-
t'tt'yJLJIt.l:a. hvrV!,H ...
hi plants, a lie ha t"o nnnln b'vs
them. Huron K-hrilrr has a wimilrr.
. .. .; a I 1 a..:..a.,.aai..
-
I I Ills) llttiiliat
liuiismp. '" m..-.-- '.-
, deits-t jt.nr' !.-tWi-s,
fl Vul-wir Bi'm'Af .irrlild tsesW-r
'gttrnh"
4 wart V lib'
eJMK il "ear ta4idH) hsd a ry
siran" ip-rii-a. i.
;ifhj(.rtjl acrrl;!,), .wealthy lrm
mrrvhsnt for l.. amt n mnwrj m
ro ha u-h a atiUndid -l'eB IhM It
was sctusily dlkVvl Ant tr laris hy
Its nwtter. eight ,of wlil'-h ralltsj !
toavther Il","l' rn tienting W this
the firm which sold tha nrrtald In the
(lrt iilai-w demimt l boy back por
tion t the plant, but bad to y f.Vl
for on- ainail plant.
Oil! Of Hi SR UAH'S irKECUti
n.w.arhbu aissallrMr r
Bltla ! atwtesiw.aa'a
la a atusly ul (ID Ut John Phefmab,
contributed to tb tibto Htat Arch
hghwl ami Hltrls-al lety public-
tliatas, srce V. Itarn Hat Ukm fhs
trouhle to dltaw.1 S- Vflrrd hf
Vlr Nherman at 7atsstll In May,
I tuft, to thow 1trt l"pll1ty of nm.
truclrm'urd by thla atatewmao In lilt
public uttermw--, -o when b tt
dlaniatwltig t nj.t tfSrr and ; In
trl'Ute aubjeet,' lay tb Nsrw l".
Hun, The tddrrssa waa hor. enraslst'
Ug .f about 1,030 .wcarita. aSloitnatltn
pn.-r rwuns anil figure If Itia-lur5il
t retrap-t of tbe history of tla 11"-pul.lb-an
partJ' if! defliilttotaa uf It
sttttihlo on the tariff atul nurtiry Imu-
Mr. Klw-rman ul tsa all Ml diflV-r-
ent wtinla M rfss tlian a tnasimarul nf
ilw UUU wurda siaokco by blm "f
m.m.wjl!abr and over Va were .ia
sjllsbi-w. Ths article "the" ws .!
143 tlnHt, the prriltton "of" lS
tlmra, lh sn)iiiistioa atul" prtj alnaVT
tlnwa rieventy two srol. (Wnting
with the b'tter "p" wr I
time. Tb proprr omna rtnployed
wt-rr !
"Atlantic. American ttwll, Aus
!'!!, lu-m. rat, Purot. tlrant
(twli, north, Ohio 'fsls tltnesi. P'
illlts, li.-puliltmo Iswsrntrrn tlinrwl.
Sherumu itwUsM. Hli-rldti. Hotlth,
I'tilon. t nlte.1 Hlatea, Wlldrrw-ss"
' The flgurwn ua4 wrrs. X"X 17.1,
1hi2 and ."i4i.ii,iiti. ahbh Mr Hunt
culls ! words Ten times Mr Kbe
matj uaed the first i"-ron sintular pr
iioiirt, but mil nrw gotlsilcally.'"
this fiident of bt a oid. Mr. Ilasrn
ja In bl ti-t thtit nst on Word be
ginning with "J" "b- r ""'I
by the siwakrr. but lu tin iBbntar
analysts of the eddn we fiml llilrtiwn
word uel (Ifty-ona lime, all tutlrf
nltig with "h Obvl..n.ly, only siiplled
effort eeitild afold tli f "b"1."
ahbli Mr. hrwn employed llflllim
while 'tjotior- ttwl "honesty." "htm"
snd "banlhli" must appear In every
political ouiguing ; ii
aikr Uwlf .
(iaorge lluatrd. th- N- Knnltd
golfer, wa pUsjl"- ' nioiith l New
liot. Ji. II. tllO WHO '
long drive tent bit boll elrn ten
'brook Into t frtK?.! vala. A III '
L ... .... r...u-.. Mr IIu-tl ssld!
-What la that ultc. hoy!"
"Tba euei-ry, air," wt tha rrp'r
"Ah. I tee," aakl Mr. Hualeil -Mllt
't lol
Oaabl to
"Jiiniss list a great fbem tbnt mifht
lo mak hire rl h aoma dny."
"Wbtt la ur
"Ho Is going to orsiiiiln- t nM(iS
eoinpany to reaH.vrr btlloon" n"'1
Iw-nltig tpiiratut Hint dnn "il
cen."lMr.i Pre- Prewa.
na OmIiih.
"(loin down to tho J Inl ilebtt"
Wlio1 deballn'.-
Two libmiygrtfts." - nirmlnghM
Agwllerahl '
Vm h.v. fl.iallT IwirnrsJ llml w"'
road train uover lenv U-Um Hit 9'
polll time, but tilll ttium ' -
, procession may jxiwli'7 "i,i-
oerora noon.
' . ... i ., i - ... ..
. Yhat a nit niatiag.-r ot no ' " '
LTZlU l tl