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The Best Newspaper I the on thai git e the nott and fret beat Dtwi. Com par tb W3T 9IDE with any papar to Polk county. An Advertisement Which briUK" return la proof bt (I ia in tb riglt plac. The WEST bIDE bring n wer. 5F t, - ' 1 ST V4" VOL, -'XVIII. iffi or i m From All Parts of (he New World and the Old. . OP INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehcnsivt Rtvkw of the Important Hap pening of tha Past Weak In a Condensed Form. German are ttill excited over the Kruser iucldent. "hie Orou school fuud ehool loa aee an a frj:;. ri 40,000 a year. 11m r;wr and harbor committee I cn;uiig i;vwn all stlmatea.'" iiarad a, t,aB lor tue ii.u ta. - The dwewtion of Yo lllen la cer t.1,11 Hr'ver envoys ttemaud it. 'Ihu C' " quest ioD ia again aald to be apptoaohintt a settlement. Fifty-two Filipino priaouer have been taken by A mericau troops. Euloclea were pronouueed in the house oil the lute Representative liar nun. " Russia v all credit for secitriug existiug entente" belong to United State. Johannesburg will be feuced around with barb wire to cut off Boera' tood apply. United Stiitea Consul Goodnow, at Shanghai, will return home ou leave of absence. Netherlands disavows respousihllit) for sympathetic letter of minuter to Kroger. Senate will devote tbe present week to Hay-Pauucefote treaty aud ahip subsidy bill. The naval appropiratiou ' bill will provide for two more battleships and two cruiser. Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, strong ly opposes importation of negro labor into the islands. Envoya take removHl of General Tung Fn H slang to mean that govern ment desires pence. Establishment of ship subsidy bill as regular order will displace Nicara gua canal measure. Bills for the reduction of war rave- nue tax and legislative appropriation j jury. The indictment wa found on will likely pas the house thi week, j 51 counts charging Alvord with (unify-el.-., w " ivit ir...ii-. Am.Un the accounts of th bank and on- iWUOi i v HWA "" .;gata-lect.ta,jraBgrtt Knn Franc?:-!, tnirouto to WahiiiittOU. Krnger waa oOlcially received ,y ' Queeu Wilb.Imina. The ineoa ha;U j.roratod to nhow her friendship when tha proo-e :;i.,-iui'ut ... J ft A railway liidse collapsed in Uur. j !'ian, lettifg an exprea twin plunge '. K into the Kreaui b, !ow . Hvo jwrsims The mini.'-ters at Pekio have reached an agreement. The new war revenue bill will reduce taxation $40,000,348. The pension roll for the coming year will call for $142,0,(0,000. Tbe governor of Shanghai publicly executed 80 Boxer leaders. - Secretary Gage's estimate for govern ment expense is $U20,?41.TG'.'. Georue von L. Mever, of tiontou, will j be appointed ambassador to Italy. j 'Charles A. Towne accepted the ap-j pointment of senator from Minnesota, j McCall made a ensattouai speech in j the house against holding the 1 hihp-, pines A small American force band of rebels at Santo looted a Domingo, Luzon. Contract for erection of Salem, Dostoflice has been awarded to a Or., Chi- cago firm. In a street duel in a West Virgiuia town a minister was killed by a prom inent lawyer. It is estimated that taxable valuation of Oregon for 1900 will be about $2, 000,000 less than in 1890. Fire in the Cambridge, Ohio, work of the American llnplate Company, , 0, between 1175,000 and $200,OJO. Tinplate Company, John Luke Helv-Hutchinson, fifth earl of Donoghmore," t one time assist ant commissioner in Eastern Kou mania, died of paralysis, in Loudon. Robbers raided the office of the West ern Lumber Company iu Portland, Or., just before the employes were ready to receive their November wages in coin, and secured $4,700. -."" At New Yarkv-trc-Pirslg-Tipton Com pany closed the most successful auction sale of trotting and pacing borsea iu its" lung auu pacing uorses iu us , 7- ;r,,e7,eed8 ' "ale T, Fie d IT natCoun von Wahlerae. $352,180 for 702 horses, an average of:"'"'" M . mmn,ll(.Htiff wi.h about $500 a head. A serious cave-in occurred at th P.ay Aug. mine, near Dunore, Pa. Fifty-one men were entombed. The rescuing party, alter nearly three hours' hard work, succeeded in digging into tnn chamber in which the men were enrombbd All were rescued, not on bcii, seriously injured. Five editors were ohosen to ait In iini.Nebraska legislature at the recent election. Joseph Manley has resigned a chair man of the Kepublican execuitve com mittee of Maine after a service of 18 years. ' Electric coal-cutting machinery is rapidly displacing hand work and other varieties of mechanical mining appli ances in the collieries of Gieat Britain nd the United States. r . Missouri will have the largest Demo cratio delegation iu the next congress of the United States. Tbe city of Downs, Kansas, has more than 1,000 inhabitants, among whom there ia not a single lawyer. The fourth census of the Dominion of Canada is to be taken next year, be ginning the first week in April. When the newly elected governor of the state have been all inaugurated there will be 26 Republican, 18 Demo cratic and one Silver ite, the laet being Reinbold Sadler, of Neavda. $1.50 PES YEAR. LATER NEWS. Affatra at Gaam are In hatter hap. Lotd Roberta has left tha Cape for Eulgaud. Holland refuse to lutervena in tha Hoar war. Senator Clay ipok against tha hlp subsidy bill. Freuoh troop have ceased lootlug Chinese observatories. M Uns- Chang claim to have abso lute power to negotiate. Cnaffe protested to Von Welders against Geruiau looting. The debate on the war tai roduo llon bill began in the boose. The house of commout voted 10, 000,000 to carry ou the Doer war. The lUy-reuuoelot treaty wa again considered in executive aesaton. A eonarreaalnnal cominitte waa ap JjJrnm!CttUbt.mm hssami Tha Philippine coiniulislon gave merchants a hearing on tha traiff bill. A 50,000 irrigation ditch will be constrnoted at ouca in Moxea valley, Washington. Oregon delegation de'oldo upon con tiuuiug contract for Columbia river improvement. State Superintendent Ackermau re coinmeuda that Oregon school observe Johu Marshall day. The matter of developing Lower Nehalcm coal i said to have been con sidered in New York. In hie annual report, Fish Commis sioner Held say value of Hsu output for Oregon ia over $3,000,000. A number of person inspected, of ptotiug to murder Lord Hubert during hi visit to Cape Colony recently, aban doned their scheme on learning that they were shadowed. Outlawry in Kwang Si and Kwang Tunng ia increasing. Tbe oflloiala appear to be losing their hold of the situation and are powerless to restore order. Pirating on the West river ia iucreatdiig. Owing to a lack of proper facilities In the way of telegraph, caused by the strike, a serion collision occurred on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fa, in which several peraoui were probably fatally iujured. Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., ex-nnte tel ler uf the Flnt National bank of New York, accused uf bavlug emlwzxled ftlDO.OOO from that Institution, was inilicted by the United Statea grand . . lM '-". ppiopristiug to his own nse ,000 of the bank money. Ur may resign if the canal treaty a'armled. i,or1 i;,.bert was given an ovation 0'pw Trien. "v "" tic iiv ted States want Chiriqni for . , jiing station, TJl, .,; . , ,utle chan,9 ln the SauU Charles A. Towne wa worn in a senator from Minnesota. The bouse passed the legislative, ex ecutive and judicial bill. The tension between Holland and Puitugal ia increasing. Benjamin Wise wa held at Salem, Or., for arson at Silverton. A hone Kepublican caucus decided to stand by the war-tax bill. ti, a,.in nl Turlrn rtliiful nfnonrs of buttlo.HMp Kentucky. Von P.alovv explained why Emperor ymilln would not receive Kruger. K tto of gnd wlr91) for an. lighling aJtimn began in Salem, Or. Four jnen. were killed by an explo sion in tbe Union Paoiflo tunnel at Aspen. Altacka on Sallabnry and Chamber lain were made in tbe British bouse of commons. Only $000,000 can be obtained from this session of congress for the Colum bia Jetty. The Oregon supreme court uphold the street improvement section of the Portland city charter. Case of smallpox have been tound , tly in , Fer , ,nd th e pub- iclsi alar.aed, fearin a pread of the ji. The Idaho supreme court decide that patented mining property i to be regarded the same a other realty for purposes of taxation. The Austrian corvette Douan has ar- 'rived at Lima, Peru, briuging Bela Bakoweghy, commissioner of the Aus trian government, who ia visiting the consulates of South America. 'Tspeoial irolirrhXnghaiaunounceii that Li Hung Chang' Manohu ecre- - . . " . " u. , nrA on the charge of the Boxers. The third annual cowboy and Indian carnival opened in Phoenix, Arizona, with a great parade of vaqueros, red men and Chinese. After the parade, in a wild dash through the streets, an Indian waa thrown from his horse and fatally trampled nuder foot. Prairie chickens are said to be more anuudant in western Kansas than for years. During the past five years the state of Pennsylvania has purchased more than 100,000 acres of laud to be issued as a forestry reservation. Former Ambaiador to Italy W. F, Draper has been decoiated with the order of SS. Maurice and Cazal by the. king of Italy, for services during his embassy to Borne A wide awake Amnrlcan has erected strain pumps on the Jordan and is sup plying churches all over Europe with genuine Jordan water. The boundary line between the Unit ed States and Mexico has 'recently been resnrveyed and marked by stone monument in tbe form ef obelisk about five mile apart. There are 22 oountle in Montana, three of which, Cbotau and Dawson, on tbe Canadian border, and Custer county, on the North Dakota borier, make np one-balf ol the area of the itate, INDEPENDENCE POLK COUNTV,' OIUjOON. OTTntPOiniin Strained Relations Between Hoi Lnd and Portugal . THEY HAVE RECALLED THEIR MINISTERS Th Troubl Wu Cauicd by Withdrawal af Ih Exsquatur of th Dutch Con sul at Lourtnce Mirquu. T UIumi nn in 'l'lin mliilMta nt the Notherlaud to Portugal and the .......,..... ...I.,U.... II,. ,,,n have left their resiiectlv post, it H believed that a cliff erence ha ariaro tha labject of the i'equatirr to . Hutch coiikuI at Loureuoo WiWM'n. rami ireritWi'MffiiTftiw government b. wltlulrawn. Tlio tension betweeu Jortngtl end tlulland appear to have been eiviptu stsed, perhaps not altogether nuiuten lionally, by tha peculiar warmth of King Charles toast to (Jueun Victoria at the bauquet given yesterday evening at the Hoyal Palace to Vice-Admiral Sir Many Noldaworth Hawsou, and tho otllcertof tha Btitinh limit, now in the Itlvar Tagua, and by tho telegram which tho king afterward dlspat.-l.ed to Ouceu icturla, thanking bar ma jesty for sending the fleet, and lor the friendship tiiua demonstrated. "I beg to record," telegraphed the king, "my great satisfaction at the (rank aud IovmI alliance uniting Eug- lllllft Httll llf lllltll lf In the course of his speech, when he toasted (jueen Victoria, tlio king said among oilier things; "Eugtaud baa often shared the efforts aud glories of Portugal. Our mutual friendship mid closo allisnoe are strengthened by hUtory slid the blood shed together in cauei which have always been just.' Admiral liawsou leplied that the words of the kiiitf hsrinoulted with the thoughts of the government aud people of Great Britain. Portujucu Minbttr Will Explain. The Hague, D;c. 10.-While it i not ('enied that the minister of tho Netherlands at LisUm and the minis ter of Portngiil here are temporarily leaving their posts, it Is seml-ofHclally declared that1 there i no qno.tion of the inhibitor being recalled. It is ex plained that Count Da Sttllr, the Portu guese minister ia proceeding to Lisbon on a lew days' visit to explaiu verbally the dlllicultle which lmvo arisen in cotmcetiou with t tin Netlmrliiuds con sul, llerr Putt, at Loureuuo .Marque. . Spaniards Accuic England. Madrid, Duo. 10. The imparetal :iys it consider the rupture of rela tions betvnen lltillnrnt Him Purtugi! be very serious. It adds that it wa duo tu tbe Intrigues of f.r.mt Britain, further asserting that Portugal is now miller the tutelage of Lord Salisbury, Observer think that the speech and' telegram constitute an intimation to the world thut Portugal can count on strong support if necessary, THE COR6NERSVERDICT. Holds No One Responiible for Sen r-nrUce'i Thank-giving Day Accident San Francisco, Doo. 10. The coron er's Jury, iuiHiirim; Into the causes of the Th"iinksi:ivlug day di-astor, in which 22 lives '.veto lust by the col I bipMi of the r-iin Fruiioisco A Pucidc Glass Works during the progress; of the I ritanford-Berkel'iy fisithull giimo, ha 'returned the following verdict in the I case of each victim ol the accident: "That the accident was caused by the breaking of the ventilator of the roof over the furnace iu the house of the- ran Francisco & Pncilto Gins Works at the corner of Fifteenth aud Folsom streets on tho afteruoou ol No vember 29; further, tbiit he had no business there and was thcro against the orders mid temporary usistnuce on the part of the superintendent ol mid works, and further, that no one can be bold responsible for his death other than himself and that deatn was acci dental." Territory for the Canal. Chicago, Dai", 10. A special to tha Record from Washington says: Nica ragua and Cnstn lilea lmvo announced their willinuuess to grunt a louse to the United States for a prciod of 200 years pf the torritory necessary for the con struction of the projected Nicaragua canal. The terms are regarded a moderate It is nndurhtood that .Nioa - ragua and Costa Rica will accept "nn the value of those to be nc::npn d Ly the former government to bo les t'.un ! $0,000,000 aud by the latter tu bo j than 1 1,500. QUO." ' , j Pleased With Americans. j Pekln, Dec. 10. LI Hung dhaii,: hut , informed Genoral Chaffno tlmt bo an.l all the people of the province of Chi Li are extremely pleitsrd and grattjied at the behavior of the American troop toward the Chinese. This is considered no light matter. From all soctlons of the portion of the city under American r pel vision oome words ol praise, thankfulness and commendation regard ing the behavior of the Americana. OxnajvdMarrled a Maid. New York, Dos. 10,-Tho World says: "On the Deutschland, which arrived hero yesterday, were llonry T. Oxuaril, of San Francisco, president of the two American- beet-sugar associa tions, and his bride, formerly Mile. Marie l'ichoii, maid of Mr. Oxiuird' siiter-iii-law, Mrs. Robert Oxnurd. They were married in Paris November 15, bnt tho marriage was not announced until the Dautsohlaud's arrival.'" Cruelty of the Boera. Heidelberg, Transvaal Colony, Deo, 10. The, Jloera are driving the Boer womon aud children from their homes because their kinsmen refuse to fight any longer. Forty women and chil dren, ill-clad and hiiugry, wero brought in by the British today. Population of Berlin. Berlin, Dec. 10. Tho oensni re turns show Berlin has a population of 1,884.815, compared with 1,077,804 in 1895, WOULD NOT HONOR IT. Rtquliltloa. Tor an ladlan Han Turntd Dewa By th Govtrnor of Colorsdo. lndianapoli. Deo. U.-Governof I Mount today received word that Gov ernor Thoma. of Colorado, lia ramaea to honor a Mnulsltlou from Indiana for tha return of Clifton Oxman, of Prince ton, lud., accused of defrauding, to a real estate deal, J. Mayer Greene, of Chicago. A special from Denver aay the Indiana slier Iff had Attorney Geu eral Campbell, of Colorado, lueot tha paper and they wero declared legal. Afterward, It U atated, f.overuor Thoma had a consultation with Mr. Campbell) and then announced that the naneri were, not made out In tech nloal form, and this, taken In. jpojjneq; .id. (itirAn in flfiunnu- (;yv..:i.ur tiOU WUU tm UIUIU1M' Ul Mount, of Indluna, in rcldsing la hon-ir lowuur khsm a reqniFlUou tha return to Kaiitncky ul V. . Ty iic. mini is. now mim-. la Ifl!"Ur a in o w wltiei kTJeiii- h. I,..;,! tyuiid iniiiKi hkm to iln the re cjuisltiou. (oivemor Thonias, It U rttitd, at the same time, aald that auveral tW tiovcjrnore bad, he. . ;, lleved, decided to take similar step re garding Governor Mount. The matter ha created considerable comment. Governor Mount, when told tonight of Governor Thomas' action, laid ha wai surprised at it. "There may be something political in this matter," be M. "l,u I am surprised that Gov eruor Thoma resott to any to-called precedent in hi action on the requisi tion. Ha cites my action In tha Ken tucky case a a precedent, which ha nys ha ia Inclined to follow. 1 con sidered no precedent when 1 refused , the Kentucky requisition. 1 did so be ' cause 1 did not believe the men could get a fair trial lu their own state. t Governor do not a a rule resort to pecedeut in acting on such queatlou. Each stand on it own merits." EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED. Irea Or Barjt Went to th Bottom During, a Storm on Ukt Erk. Kri. Pa., Deo. 12.-In the midst of one of the most bitter gale that ever tarept Lake Erie tha Iron ore barge 8. II. Foster, in tow of the Iron Duke, wmt to the bottom at 4 o'clock thi morning 10 mile off Erie, and eight persons weie drowned. The Foster wa one of the fleet of James Corrtgan, of Clevelaud, aud for two months ha been running (loin Du luth to Erie with iron one. Iter cargo consisted of 1,500 tons of ore. Captain Ashley, of the Iron Duke, mad Erie ln safety. Government Cotton Crop. New York, Deo. 12. A torro th effect tba the g vm in i ,nt . '10U Wsif. . i.ili wilt b madn publii: u mirii, lib !i e offered to certain enrton brx.1 ', in this city in atlvanw't, rfflfiveA ft-rjt in . t - ' ' ' it"! f . oottou .'Isstnn botthC, si!,' t..r.:(.ist ;i,i n iuforniatloii w.is urieri, to haturnay, n no mediately umiiiad President Hublatrd, ! of the cotton exciiaiige, i'ue lvUr asked for a detailed itatemout, which was given, aud this is to be used as a basts (or federal investigation. Presi dent Hubbard said tonight that be would go to Washington without delay and place the entire matter before the proper authoritlee, To Amend Laws. Washlntgon, Deo. 12. Representa tive Jones, of Washington, is seeking to amend the pension law by lifting from tbe soldier the necessity ol prov ing that tbe disability for which they seek peusions did not exist prior to their enlistment. His bill ou thla sub ject provides that in all case where the servioe of a soldier were accepted. gud he wa mnsterod into the hi my, no further question should be asked con cerning bis physical condition prior to enliatmeut. In many cases the aoldler of the Civil war ba been prevented from securing it pension because of his inability to prove that hi disability did not exist prior to hi enlistment. Hoipltal for Lumbermen. Eugene, Or., Deo. 12. Arrange ments have been made whereby the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company will provide a hospital in Eugene for the benefit of tho workmen who may .At any time bo taken tick or injured. The employe will pay monthly does for the support of the institution, and when any of them requires medical or mrgioal tteatment he will receive It without further cost. A contract ha been made with Dr. Paine and Kuy kendall for professional servioe and medicine for a year. They will seleot ; - .nUiible building and have the bos- pita) roady to icceive first of January, puUunti by the All Credit Due America. St. Petersburg, Deo. 12. TlieiS6Voe!vJ,,.tvr'" epteadtrig 'a ' report. Yuuiiva. iu an article evidently in apirod, referring to the m-ent uls patches from Dr. Morrisun, in I'ektn, to the LouJoa-1'in.es, uiug U. - the J credit lor seouring soiteuea terms is given by the Chinese to the Russians, remarks: "The credit for the existing entente really belong to America. England begrudges Presldeut MoKinley hi just prestige because he has emphnsled America's friendship for Russlu." Fire tt Silverton, Or. Silverton caused a lot ol Fire at 1)12,000. Incendiarism ia suspected, two men being nuder arrost. engine wa sent from Portland relief of the town. A fire to th v Th British Uncencerned. The British show little interest In Nicaragua affair. Argument in the Neely case wai be gun before the United Bute supreme court. National Irrigation Movement The holding of the national Irriga tion Congress in the East, a it turned out, was, a wise move. The Western delegates went home with the feeling that they have the hearty bpport of eastern interest ln securing action whioh will open to settleraejut land capable of supporting bfty million peo ple. They oannot but feel that thi mpport is growing; that it is flevolou ing into a great movement; that many people are realizing that natlo ml ac tion would meet inch a Westen devel opment would inorease tbe r Uional wealth beyond measure, . FRIDAY, DEC IT !) INI CHI1 Passed by the douse in Record Time. TEN MINUTES Of DEBATE Ivt, Executive sad Judicial ApproprU- Bill. Carrvla Ovr S2a.000.000. 1 Want Through Uiwhalkagtd WAhlngton, Deo. 12. Tha first ol ivii piii'uit ,Jjl.T,,PP!Z..PMJ.!klba.MI.ijlyai PVtlv inl lull :la! apit'prltlon ' i; . -i.i i t 1h umi rti reoora wm,'( .it cm si.rrr .T'j''I,4UH,iwb, HIV WAS t NOT UAL CI page, but that w ) ' Classes. , . -.Urn' ( tfoa it." II , taa, nattng 4a tU4 thU atmut thi in jrs for tba morning by Kbjhard Scott, of Mllwau read tbe bill. No other l ed ! kia. Other present at tha time wert -'ira. l. i Mur-i 1-tnsactod. j u y t.(.ler the rn'e le.'igd to W. V .OT'.'.L.W. - VfUWIubU- UMMiimie, but, owing to the detirt of tlie leaden to tinxeed with the annroiirlatlou bill. ' dislritt day waa nostnouad until a week from Vmionrow. Bingham (Hep. Pa.), ! who 4wa in charge of the measure, mads a preliminary statement uf iti contents. Both parties in the recent cani'slgn, Bingham aald, pledged them olv to economy aud retrenchment. Thjiendltig bill the first of the btg uiouiy bills waa a step In that direc tion I! blnson (Dom. Ind.) expressed tha opii Kin that If retrenchment were de sire , provision be inserted lu the bill i) out off tha 80 days' tick leave lu a ditlou to the 80 days' leav now alio id to clerks in the exeotutlve da part tent. Bl ghaut explained that such legisla tion llld not come within the purview of tljs pending bill. The law left the tieiun of leav within tha dlsoretiou of tils various bead of depai tmeut. lhl.du.cn protested that clerk in tha government service ootaidu of Washington did not receive tbe same leave privileges received by those hare, i ml be thought the unjust discrimina tion against the former should cease. An amendment providing (or 12 ad lltoUi,l temporary clerk to dispose of , he aii-uiiinlaU'd business In the office if thi controller uf tbe treasury wa tdopMd. At the conclusion of tbe read ing of the bill, Bingham thanked tha louse; for the coulidence shown In the appropriation committee in allowing iho ItTPto go through unchallenged, mid the bll was thou passed. ChlRIQuTcOALINO STATION. Unllti! ,l ate May Perth the port from C'rfcmSi. ligfit), lr- ;. Tho gtmlKiut .H.-j $,tay. It 14 i.nil.'ut.K.d that iur ui...' o Is to lock iuo the ndrant- ; ffted by the port of t lurlui as i ci'iii'Ug .tutlon. tho liMrbor Is uup ult) wa uxiUi duet ul a ux . Ion, aud the water Is deep enough for the heaviest battle-ship Approaches aere imade to the Coloi (dau govern .iietit, with a view to loaruiug whether it ww Id entertain a propiitlon to grautjl'hirlqul a a coaling station. At tlat time, Colombia wa uot in a position to make a definite answer, a the tirrltory, including this harbor. had Ueu lu dispute between Colombia, and UojiU Rica. The answer, there- tore, ihb to the effect that the grant; ot be untile whtlti the nuestinu , elguty remained 0ien between nouulriee. Siuue then, hew- olombla and Costa Rica have ar te arbitrate the differences, and s a proitiect of an early settle- f lovoreiguty,' With this point d, it i believed that thtjre will i rloti objection from Colombia or Cdta Rtoa to granting a coaling sta tion. L0SI0N IN A TUNNEL Four n Loit Their Uvea at Aspen, Wye. cumulation of Gal tht Came. AHj'n, Wyo., Doo. 12. A dlsastrou gin fix plosion occurred today lu tne uew "ailroad tunnel by which fonr men lost ibelr lives and several others were lujural. The tunnel is being built on tld cut-off of the Union Pacific rail- road I between Aspen and Hilllard.i The explosion was caused by the ac cumulation ot gas. The coroner's verldot la "unavoidable acohjmt." Twenty ot the men were at work at the time of the explosion. It is not known what Ignited the ga. nnCT.Ti'Shts are-nwt throughout the tunnel No Hopt for Kruger. I ad i, ' Deo. 12' 'Dr. Leyds aud ta it) A m stir nun correspondent ot th 1 ly Mall, "that Queen Wtlbel- tut'', v 111 Intervene aftei hor marriage. JJJ meant to blind tbe public to th. warrants, whT8ffTrretrra't,Trre wroi personally to every European ruler on Mr. Kruger'a arrival in Eu rope! nud from two countries at least, Frai'ce and Russia, received conditional proiiisei of help in tbe direction of iu terwutiou, but the plan failed ln Bor- liu. Steel Company Resumes Work. Lualn, O., Dec. 12. The Lorain KtHM (taninnnv roHiinind wnrlr tod at nt , its (luoininu. converting finishing and nittlii with mnrii than R flHll mmi employed ln the entire plant. aIi I Crashed Into a Handcar, engine on the Grand Trunk road, neai luglewood Junction, Ont., crashed into a handcar on which were five sec tion. mn going to work. All five were killed Instantly. Major Henry Sweeney Dead. San Diego, Cal., Deo. 12. Major Henry Sweeny, united State army, leti'dd, Is d lid ln this city, aged 09 ves. lie ciitored the army in New York in lfcu4 Las year he wa chan- eel lor of tho 'California Commandery of the Loyal Legion. i Shlntlt y a, Deb. 1 Shingle Mill Bumtd. homa, Dec. 12. A ihlnlge mill DW t lit by th western Manufacturing Co t Jiany was Lurned tonight. Loss, $ 1 500. COUldll kit J the t ever, 1 ratigeJ thurel maul j rouioJ bo no EM HE H 14, 11KJO. a aaiaMAMU aa I St a. a AHffA f It It Csllid tht Ortjoa Si It It Csllid tht Ortjoa Stock-Brudtrs' Am. elation - Permanent Officer Eltcttd. Portland, Dee. IS. Tht Oregon Stockbreeders' Association wa per manently organised thla morning ln tha Hamilton block by the election ol the following o Ulcers: lilchard Scott, president; George Chandler, vlce-presi-deut; Chart Cleveland, treaorr, aud M. D. Wisdom, ssoretarv. A committee consisting of Messrs. Cleve land, Wisdom aud Early were appoint ed to arrange by-law and a constitu tion, and report back to tbe S o'clock sew Ion this afternoon. It la the purpose of tha orgntsatlon to include under tba ona bead all thi different breed of livestock, In ordei to make tha state organisation a pow erful factor in forwarding the interesti of llveetook nan and breeder In all George Chandler, of Baker City; II. West, of Scapioose; J. u. Early, ol sa lain; Charle Cleveland, of Greshamj'of J. W. Bailey, ol Portland; 11. Starr, of Davton; M. D. Wisdom, of Port laud: A. D. Gribble, of MacJcsuurg; W, W, J. MoCord, of Oregon City, and F. J. Paluter. of Clackama. Mr. Boot! wa alaotnd tetnnorarv chairman and Mr. Wisdom temporary ecretary. Ai briefly at possible, Mr, Boott stated the object of the meeting, ai already out lined. The temporary ofHoeri went then mad permanent, and the other necessary o Ulcers elected. It 1 hardly probable that all tb buslneu will be Untitled thi afternoon, a it will take some time to read over the constitution and by-law before adopting them. CHAFFEE WAS MAD. Called Field Martha! Von WshJtmt for German Looting. Washington. Dec. 18. Tbe Dew war department bat received a report from Oeneral Chaffee of tb incident that occurred in Pekiu in connection with hit representation to Field Mrlial Von Walderaee. It appear thatySn eral Chaffee did use torn pritty vigor ous language In protesting against th thieving and looting ol the foreign troops. What particularly hurt th feeling of Walderami was a pointed reference by General Cbaffee to the fact that thla disgraceful and uuniill tary practice of looting wa being in dulged in, not by the men who did the fighting an.l opened the way to Pekln, but by the latecomer, who bad born none of th brunt of oonfhot and hardship. Walderaee himself did ! not reach Pekln until long after the ' expeditionary force Had occupied tb , town, j It is re.guial hf officially that l..m. ir, I fni""n hurt 1 OVOCatlOn .'fir ,m r!;,L I l" tmeift.il on in i.ddresatng te his used tl) ton Ibid nmrahal. J! t Ignllicantl) r-,intod out l. ra th.u trhan It ws hot incumbent upon iim'?al Chaffee 'tc. .iuaku any rt.'yre,aiilUvD- whatever on thi subject to the ' field marshal, a there t no longer any official tie be tween them. When the United Statea government changed the character of it military force. In Pekln from an expeditionary force to a mere legation guard, of course that gnard no longer came under the control of the com-niander-in-uhlef at Pekln, but wa simply a part of Mlulster Conger' 0(11 clal household. . Bon of Prehistoric Animal. Oregon City, Deo. 13. An employe of the Willamette paper mill found a femur bone, elvdeutly belonging to tome preblstorlo animal, that i now on exhibition In the ollice of tbe com pany. The bone waa discovered in a timbered gulob' about 15 mile from here, on the wet tide of the Wil lamette river, partially embedded in the dirt. Tha bone ia 2 feet 10 incho in length, and about 82 inches in cir cumference where the femur i the thickest. The relic 1 In a good state of preservation, although parts are worn off by abrasion and probable ex posure to the air. Search is being made for the remainder of the bones ol the supposed extinct animal. DlMatroua Collision In Kansas. Kansas City, Deo. 18. A special to the Star from Olathe, Kan., says that northbound passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa 'Fe railway crashed into the rear end of a north bound freight train, at Clare, three miles south of thi oity, at 6 o'clock this morning. Noble Thomas, aged 10 years, of Emporia, Kan., was burned trii.ainn-hrnnrrn'3Prn-"w r father wa badly mangled. The n ;i ueer and hramau of the passoui t train were seriously iujured, and ba'; n dotu-'i, passiuigura in the ct were aiightly hurt. , To Operate Cannery In Alaska. ' Asloria Deo. 13. Tho American I JPa.,klng & Canning Company has beou . -r- - .-il. a ....hn.l.n,!' lor men in tni oiiy wim ou authorized cinnltal of $75,000. and a large portion of this ha already been aubsorlbed for. The object of the company u to op erate a salmon oannery at some point in Alaska, but exaotly where it 1 kept secret for the present North Dakota's Vote. Bismarck, N. D Deo. 18.-The itate canvassing board today annonced tha vote on presidential electors as fol lows: McKinley, 85,891; Bryan, 20, 619 Woolloy, 781J Debs, 618; Barker, 10. 1 For Ambassador to Italy. iu.kiniMi rw is. The Dresi' dent today sent to the senate the nam J . i of fiaoroe von L. Mever. ot wassaouu setts, to be ambassador of the United States to Italy. , Two Mlntn Frozen to Death. Viotoria, B. 0., Deo. 18.-New 1 biought by the steamer Danube of win ter tragedies of the northern trails. The last victims of the stampedes in search of gold at the Rainbow' top are Harry Ganb and another Dawson miner, who left the Klondike capital bnt a abort time ago to join in tn rnsn to tbe recently found digging ln the Tanan country. The two miner ! , .1 j...u .ho t.u h-. Wei iruauu W UM1U - r..i. ntf Tann. Th. new come in a disuatoh from Dawson ItTDTJU UliVtV VU UV - ander data of November 80. r Fiva Cents Per llir llfT IIAkMl LMt I'lirilltlATAM HH'f lining n; n 111 I1FI IIVI t VVIlb If IWIIMIWIVII asasassr Krujer Gets No Consolation From The Netherlands. HOLLAND WILL NOT INTERVENE EITHER Th Dutch rerslfn Minuter Ttlli tht Ex Pr Ideal That tht Rett of His Govern meat Must Bt Paiilv. Tba Hague, Deo. 18. lba Dutch government today finally aud definite ly refused to take tbe initiative in behalf of arbitration between tb Transvaal and Great Britain. Tb decision waa communicated in an lntasviewr between Mr. Krvger aatn Dr. Leyds on ona side and the Dotb foreign minister and Minister of Fi nance N. B. 1'lerson, on tbe other. Mr. Kroner explained that tbe object bis journey wa to disseminata tb idea of arbitration, and the JJnton tnitilatar replied that tbe role of the Netberland must be passive. Tbe In itiative belonged to the great powers, he added. When the powers bad reached a decision, the Dutch guvern meut might e what it could do. No Snub Ytt Prom Cur. Tb Hague, Deo. 18. The Transvaal legation says It is authorised to con tradict the report that Emperor Nich- ola ha telegraphed to Mr. Kroger an Intimation that he will hot receive bint, DECIDE ON COURSE. How tht Oregon Delegation Would Improve tht Columbia. Washington, Dec. 18. Tbe three member ol tha Oregon delegation, at an Informal meeting today, decided to concentrate their efforts to have the Improvement of th mouth of the Co lombia mad a continuing contract rather than truit to the future to se nnm niraessiva aDiironriatiou to be mended a needed. By thi method, which teem to be the best under the circumstances, the final completion of th projeot it insured, aud work may b oouduuted without unnecessary de lay. The river and harbor committee) has not yet finally decided on what, pro vision will be road for thi projeot, bot $000,000, recommended by'the en gineer, 1 the outside limit. OFFICERS WERE LAX. Piitni" 0 A.lv Arou end Walked Out f tht Cuit! m. . FnUm, lxo. Ill: bile Judge iMan'vi wm . d ' jireltminary no - ...' Fdvurd l. o ii, charged lUi cooniorittiung, Tins aneruwn mo L.,r miliar rinli't! ttinsH uii ti asked out ot the courtroom. owing to tne small .courtroom being crowded, the eaoape was not noticed until the judge turned to annonnce that the prisoner would be held to a higher court. Offi cer started ln pursuit of Hanson, who was treklng for the river. A few shots from revolver and be gave himself up. The escape wa the boldest ever known in the city. Hanson is one ot a trio recently arrested with bogus money in their possession. Search ot their cabin resulted in finding ot molds and other tools. Credentials Refused. Washington, Dec. 18. The senate ba refused the credentials of W. A. Clark and Maginuls, contesting sen ator from the state of Montana, to the committee on privileges and elections. A debate, reopening the Clark case, occurred upon the motion of Senator Chandler to recommit the resolution declaring the seat from Montana va cant. After a short but interesting debate, the matter of recommittal, by consent, went over until Thursday. Counterfeiter Captured. Spokane, Wash., Doo. 18. Edmund Hansen, alias H. Larkee, believed to be the leador rf the gang of counter feiter operating here, ha been cap tured. Hansen was a bridge watun man for the Great Northern, ln mi ... , I, i shack were found counterfeiter i imoldi,. and letter ordering gold and Bluet , bullion. Near by in a cache in tbe rocks many stolen articles were found, Hansen protests complete ignorance. i 1 Saloons Wert Open Sunday. ' Chnlmlis. Wash.. Deo. 18. Foul rJiohali wloonkeepers pleaded guUtjlJiMUL3! '.u !.he eopei-: r i-iurt li the n:inif; tocplug tho.- (daces opon Snuday. Tv -. j"1' alia Mioa have benu convicted. V! n.w tli ed $80 apiece, and nil other ,.,r,' 4C- tha wh"' nr i.millno . kv&st tuora wore dropped. ( Passed Raised Bills. Vanoouver, B. Or, uetmwr Japanese Hanay 6ato and Mantoka Hamaguohi. were arrested this morn ing, charged with, uttering raised bills. A number of raised bill have been in circulation here, in each oase tbe nt terer, a " Japanese, claiming that he wai the innooent recipient of the raised notes from a fellow-oountryman. Dtwtt tnd Knox Still Fighting. , London, Deo. 18. The Evening Standard says that tha battle between General Knox and General Dewet con tinues, and that the force exchanged around incessantly. Lack of definite information ia sard to be due to the ab wlth thoBoene of action. While the i J.J war office ia most reticent on the ub- ,kAA bm I,iltnat1nntt that thft aHi. iect. there are indication tnat tne onv clal have received newa suggesting considerable Britisn suocess. Fatal Cave-In. Marvsvlle, Gal., Deo. 18. . One man, A l Deri uornenus, was aiuou auu three injured as the result o! a cave-in on the 1500-foot level of the Pennsyl vania mine today. The injured are: : . . . i , i ., 1 1 .3 j 'John Barrett, Nelson Houck and UOUrgO iJ Uliunuui iaior jtme Convent Dud. ... ' Ta 18 Maior AUlarne. Tan.. 18- James Converse. widely known .i,.. . iil 1 throunhout the Southwest, d.ed today, I ww I .ia. Hebniltthe Southern aged 71 year, I Pacflo railroad through Texa. - NO. 941. Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of tht Growth tad Improve. ments of tht Many Industrie Through. ut Our Thriving Commonwealth. A metres factory will be established at Central!. Aberdeen hope soon to lecur free mail delivery. Lillian Lewis. IS year of age, wa yatt4 reform school from Port Townsend. Tb tteamer Charle D. Love loaded 1.600,000 feet of lomebr at Fairbavan for South America. North Taklma will increase the effi ceucy of' its polio fore to cope with tbe tramp clement. Tb Dayton Electric Light tc Power Company it iustallina a new 200-borte power engine and boilers. Tbe town election in Hamilton re sulted In tb election of the nominee of th Citizen' ticket from top to bot tom. " r.. :r ' Nearly a thousand tack of oyster were shipped from Oyster Bay last week, wblcb meant about $3,500 net to tbe bay ovstermen. The total vain ot Seattle real estat trausfeired during November,. 1900, ac cording to the reoorda of tbe county auditor, wa $1,411,956 Palouse 1 making ttrenuont effort to secure tb straw bos rd factory which official of th Northern Paclflo rail road will locate ln on of tbe towns long iu line. Leonard Howarth, of Tacoma. baa told to the Weyerbausar Timber Com pany 160 acre in aection 18. township 18 nortb, rang 4 west, Thurston county, for $2,100. J. B. Maokay, tberiff-elect of Whit man county, baa announced tbe ap pointment of James Green, of Thorn ton, a office and chief depnty In tb herlff't office. Tb tcbooner F. M. Blade waa launched from Cousin' ibip yard, at Everett. She waa built for the Slada & West Company and will be nsed in tbe lumber trad. The vessel is 200 feet over all, 80 feet beam and 14 feet depth. She will cost, wbeu completed $45,000. The body of an unknown suicide was found banged y -Hothrr'lTWTi" m" the transom e! a half-furtnahe ! hi use at Everett, j, The uppointku is tnat the deed wa . .i -iu iiraoie'1 apree. The r" t vigilant i ot the authorities h as yet, disclosed no clew as to thi nsan's identity. Rosalia, in the extreme northern part of Whitman county. 1 viaibly ex cited over the prospects of becoming a mining town Citiaens of Rosalia are heavily interested in many prospec ts ou the reservation and the discovery of gas near there ba added to the excite ment and a boom ia threatened. John J. Miller, a stockman of the Snake river district, baa just sold to E. II. King, of Spokane, 617 sheep for $4.70 per head. Tbe sheep are all two-year-old wethers, and are an ex ceptionally fine lot. They will be shipped to market in Seattle and Spokane. This it one of the best aalet of the season. One of tbe important oases decided by Judge John B. Davidson, of the tuperioi court at North Yakima, was tha granting of a divorce to Mary Grindrod from her husband, Edward Griudrod. Tbe plaintiff is in tbe last stages of consumption and cannot re cover. She asked for a divorce and alimony temporary. Tbe court granted her money with which to prosecute the case and an allowance of $35 per month to be paid by her husband A dispatch from Bolster say that the assay establishment of E. R. Rob inson waa entirely destroyed by fire. The building was a large wooden affair" and wa in the center of the business 11(11 b Ul kiJv u tt u ttuu an tt ssa vuij uj wnn work that "the part of the town, and it was only by town was saved. The loss is heavy and no Insurance. The people will rebuild immediately. There ia no fire protec tion in the town and tbe fire was sub dued by a hastily organized bucket brigade. -wn"t'" Cop. lO'i) aaier) ii ' ue lact tnat le coun ty bas at the prusent time a population of 18,680 et titles them to advance ment into a higher class they menu to rlArtva thrt bewHti, ac(:ruua.thBTeft)r - . . , and to have their salaries udavneed Ac cordingly. To this end County Asses sor Walter L. Cadman ha .baaAQ tiuu bafu' thtrtTjaro ol county com niissioner for increased taniry 6lnc the completion of the census, which, II received, win amount w auuut While the other officer aie remaining silent in regard to the mat er, it is un derstood they are behind Mr. Cadman aud that hi is being mad test ease from whioh all vy 111 profit. The Paoiflo States Telephone and Telegraph Company ha begun the construction of a telephone line from Medical Lake to Ed wall. ; James Dolittle, a son of ex-Congress-aman W. H. Doolittle, while unload ing coal oara at the Northern Paoiflo i.n..bor at Tacoma. fell through the tripinthe Vrttom of the car into the ol 40 feet. He OOai CnUK), uurauvo u nicked no unoonsolous His right side i badly orushed, but the physician say he will, recover. O. W. Maynard, state treasurer elect, has chosen H. F. Nichols, of Wallula, Walla Walla county, a his deputy. Heexpeota to use but one assistant In the office. J. D. MoGowan, of the Cosmopoli tan fish oannery, reports a light year' business only about 8,000 oases hav ing been put up. Hia company 1 fig uring on pnting ln some newly-invented maohlnery before another -season that will revolutionise the method in m. in thai various canneries. , It i th intention to employ white la- ! ijor exolwively a qnlckly u possinw. 1 X f'l