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I I .' An Advertisement o Whtoh bring return U proof that H ia ia th rgl t pW Tt WES? BIDJB bring m were. The Best Newspaper In tb on that give tbe moat and freabeat dwi. Compare the WEST SIDE frith any paper in folk county. INDKMCNDKNCE, POLK COUNTY,) OUUttCX, FIJjlDAV, DKCKMllBIt SI, HUK). VOL. XVIII. $1.50 PER TEAR. Flv Centf Per Copy. NO. 942. ii inn i r inn I m or i nil From All Parts of (he New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Rtvkw of Dm Important (tap. penlngt ol th Put Wck In Condenitd Form. Tb war le venue bill bus beeu passed by the house. Railway telegrapher threaten to boycott the Santa Fa. Lord Kitchener has called (or all available Eugllsh troop. rnifi. d h. awakened to the new enouCi in mitti Africa. J CV.onel "liilKtlrt expedntonTaifSV to fini Ui Chine treasue. . At Rookyorf, hid., two negroo, who bed murdered white nun wer lynched. The German training ihip Guelscnan (onndered nwr liibraltar and 100 were drowned. A Urge Boxer force is ald to be approaching Pekiug with the intention ot attacking it. The senate cannot considered the army and appropriation bills until after the holidays. John Addison Torter, McKlnley's former private secretary, died at his borne in Putnam, Coun. The British admiralty is arranging to test various inventions for steering torpedoes and submarine boats. The Oregon Historical Society pro pose to hold a great fair in 1905, in commemoration of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific coast 100 years ago. As result of a mysterious poisoning ease at the Forsyth ' mines, near Mar ietta, Ohio, four persons are dead, four dying and two other serirously ill. Five unknown men who asked the marshal of Brighton, 111., for shelter, In the calaboose, locked him up anp then broke into a bank and two tore. Telephoning without wires was sue cesafully accomplished by transmit ting the voice across the Mississippi river, at Minneapolis, a distauce.of over 1,000 feet. Advices from Ho Ilo report that the American troop have beeu northward and westward for several days and that detachments of Hie""Pifri," TT$T) toeuth u I Twmty-tixth tegmenta ! have been active uear their stivioua. j llie insurgents losses cl nriu if tho bvtj 10 'lays tli' ia h.-tve 'en ..ve killed. ' (even woitii'"'"' '' tnkea primmer, j Th. -...ii-i and iii-e wounded. The powers have agreed to the joint J-t.U,. - - I The Japanese gave Admiral Beards f lee a reception. Chicago police will prevent the Gans McGovern fight. Santa Fe strikeis wish their differ ences arbitrated. Five persons were killed in a train wreck in Montana. Fire in Pekln destroyed the quar of a number of oflicers. Kitchener rpeorts a ruuni'K fight be tween Dewtt and Knox. Gompers will be -elected president Of the Federatior of Labor. , The Sanr 'e repudiates its relation ith re telegraphers onion. The American fleet in North China waters is rednced to two vessels. The Irish Nationalist convention de clared for the abolition of landlordism. Fnll particulars have been received ot the tyboon which recently swept the coast of China, causing a heavy loss to life and shipping. There are more than 40 cases of mallpoz in St. George's hospital, Kan- City. Only one death from the disease has occurred. The city election at Astoila, resulted in a sweeping victory for the Citizens' ticket, every candidate being elected by large majorities. Jospepb Benoit, a stage carpenter at the Grand Opeia house, Salem, Or , fell from a scaffold, breaking several ribs and bruising his face and body badly. The accident was caused by the breaking of a board upon which h was standing. The Lakeview and Ager stuge was robbed about two miles from Lake view, Or. A lone highwayman accom plished the Job. No passengers were arxwrd of tba ctag. U'wo mail sacks' were rifled and a considerable amount of registered mail taken. Officers are now workng on the case. The will of the late Senator Davis, -wbo died November 27, was filed for' probate by Mrs. Anna M. Davis, the j widow. The will, made during the1 senator's last illness, leaves all hi state to Mrs. Davis. The estate i trained at $25,000 in personal and 940,000 in real property. Twenty-five terra cotta statues in the Boston museum of fine arts prove to be bogus. I To the naked eye not more than 6,000 stars are ordinarily ivsihle. A owerful telescope will reveal 6,000,00 tars at once. i In China anyone who writes an im moral book is punished with 100 blows of the heavy bamboo and banishment for life. Anyone who rear's it is also punished. I There are 40 islands in the Scilly isles, with a total area of 65 square miles. Finnish immigration, which reached a high-water mark last year, is likely to show a great falling off this year. The funnels of the steamer Oceanic :are of snob gigantic proportions that two tram cars could pas through .them, side by side. , Miss Antoinette Finck, a New York Sheiress, broke her engagement to wed Baron von Stecbow, because be would jot live in America, LATER NEWS. In Panay, SI ,000 persons have sworn Uegauce. ( Morooco pay the American indem nity claim. Ashland, Or., voted against licens ing saloons. The Boer raided Cape Colony at two separate pcliits. The misunderstanding at Pekln wa due to a cable error. Only 85 Uvea wtre lost in the found ering ot the GnoUenau, The French chamber of deputies adopted the amenity bill. The return of volunteer all cans renewed iusurgeut activity. t Colorado capitalist have bonded thu old Gem mine, iu Eastern Oregou, reapportionment bill reported give Washington no extra congressman. Railway brotherhood will k tb (JantaFe to w-employ It Ofierfjaia ra..,AtinnralK-TS;,l gieud (our , ; ; award tor warship con structlon. Superintendent Calbreth, of Ongou Insane asylum, baa submitted his an uual report. Farmers' institute was held at Staf ford under auspice of the Oregou agri cultural college. WasbiuKtou county, Oregon, has offered $500 reward for the arrest ol the innrdeicr ot Andrew Dahlberg. Two trausporta will start iu a few days from Manila for Han Francisco with 1,000 sick aud wounded soldiers, 1 Thu nohiuinnr Pinnrntr. luinVair-luilen for San Fraucisco, went ashore ou the Nestuccs beach dortng the recent ltonili Associate Supreme Court Justice George O. Ludlow, ex-governor of ew Jersey, died at his residence In New Brunswick, N. J. The stranded bark Poltalloch, on Willipa harbor, withstood the receul gale good. In fact she it in better po sition th.u l.efore. Fire in F.ast Providence, R. 1 de stroyed a wharf on which there v.a 2,000 tons of coal. The loss Is esti mated at $'.'00,000. Two highwaymen who ttoped a buggy uear Portland, npon discover ing that it contained two ladies, apolo gised and allowed them to dilve ou. United States Senator W. V. Sulli van, of Mississippi, and Mrs. Mary Newman Atkins, of Washington, were married at the parsonage of St. Stephen's church. Loot sent to France will be embar--jw-it:--- -' t .,u what vititiU sliowt a de- e doctriuo may he applied to e,;ro v,u lbiibcil iij 1 i.v fKiri, til'l., inob. IU Ul iiukil of the Oui i-enao. 1 Kf persona were drow ned. There is no prospect of passing the subsidy bill this session. The reamer Alpha was wrecitud on the Vncouver island coast. tfajor-General John O, Parke died at bis borne in Washington. . The Porto Bico case Is before the United States supreme court. Congressman Bontelle was placed on the retired list of the navy. The military commission begins its investigation in the Boos hazing. Frenh instructions sent to Conger will clear the way ol all obstacles. A cure for strikes was discussed by the arbitration coufereneo at Chicago. Preparations are being made for de velopment of natural gas near llosalia, Was. A Washington county farmer was murdered by a shot tired through his window. The official report of the finances of the Paris exposition, shows a loss of 2,000,000 francs. The Oregon supreme court decided that the Portland vehicle license ordi nance was invalid. Five cases of what is believed to be bubonic plague have developed in Tucu man, in the Argentine Bepublio. A resolution was introduced in the United States senate for an iuvestiga tion of the conduct of Judge Noyes in Alaska. The officials of the Santa Fe and the officers of he different trainmen' organizations will bold a conference In Chicago. Seven hundred Boers have crossed i-ltnm.fjmnin 1(1 unr f nl""V Jntd ..CBJII uoiony near AUwai jNortn, and liuvi reached Kaapdal. President McKinley expects to ar range his Western trip so as to be in San i'ranoisco to witness the launch ing of the batllethip Ohio. Fire in Cleveland, Ohio, destroyed Ave out of seven buildings of a machine company, causing a property loss of over $500,000, and throwing 1,100 men out of employment. - The agricultural departmment h:u MitaWlnhed at Washington a laboratory 'or totting all torts of road materials The immigration bureau has al lowed contract laborers from Porto Hicotiliind in the United States as citizens. The cost of the public schools of Greater New York for the year 1901 will be $17,700,' 78. The number of pupils in the schools is estimated at 408,112. The crjffee-growlng industry In tron- leal Adica is developing tremeudously. A Pittsburg firm has contracted to ship 450,000 tons of coal to Nantes, France. St. Paul's Lutheran church at Schwenksville, Pa., has been celebrat- irg the 150th anniversary of its found-' ation. Snrveys are being made for a rail road from Port Valdez, Alaska, to Eagle City, making an ail-American Una from the ocean to the Yukon rivei, ira on a if I. t The Famous Steamer Alpha. NINE PERSONS WERE LOST WITH HER Tht Vciitl Struck a Rock t th Ealrsnc te Union Bay, en th Cast Com! f VsiKouvir liUnd. Vancouver B. C, Deo. 19. New of the worst marine disaster of. th season lu British Columbia wa brought here loulght by the steamer Csar, from Uulou bay. on the east able of Vaucou Ver island. The steamer Alpha wa (Wrecked on reef near th entrance Union bay and uot vestige oi we . r-w . etneers, two me iHMtiea seamen ana a cineers stowaway were drowned, and the rest of the crew of 84 were saved by the pluck of an uukotvn member ol the ship's crew, who swam in a raging sea from the wreck to a lighthouse with a line around his waist. The Alpha was valued at $45,000. iler cargo compr sod T50 tons of salt salmon aud 850 ton of coal, con issued to Yokohama, and valued at $80,000. The total insurance ou the ship a'ld cargo was $)15,000. It is two weeks since the Alpha first tarted ttom Vancouver for Japan. After she had been fonr days out she returned to Victor! partly disabled, ud acousutions of tampering with her snglue were made. Some of the crew and several of th ollloers lo ft the 1 steamer declaring that alio had been j,pro,H,ry loaded , and one of the olll- ,. WMg lr),j an4j mmoed to si weeks' imprtsoiiment tor desertion. Ust Saturday the Alpha left Vic toria tor Union to replenish her coal supply. A ten Ittc gale was raging and late Saturday night the steamer ran on a rock at Bayues sound, at the en trains to Union hav. She was quickly dashed to pieces, and all would have perished had not one of the crew mane the desperate aud successful effort to swim witn a line to tho lighthouse on Yellow lla nd. In the raging sea only part ef those on the ill-fated ship niauaged t reach safety, the olllcers and owner remaining on board last and failing to retch thu rock. The 95 sur vivors remained on Yellow island, which is a rock 200 yards wide, until Sunday night, when the sea modulated somewhat and a sloop was able to call a ii' I take them to Union. But the storm which had wrecked bo ship had also prostrated the wires, and so no -tiding. cf tliu shipwreck I renched the onuide world until the little steamer t'rar brought tb story to Vancouver toui-ht. Si',! l !- . 1 'i'T.I'k:!, f t' U"triiei ''mint, and, it :i ;( the in I, tr -Awry di't i'nirnt thu t.dvi "I the lirltii'u cm- tia-;.' at VVik-hiiuU.il a wail. She wa chased on her return trip from Nome by a United States revenue cutter, but managed to show her pursuer a clean pair of heels. TROUBLE FOR FRANCE. Tht United Statu Miy Have Occasion to En force tne Monroe Doctrine. New Yoik, Deo. 10. A special to the Times from WashingUiu says: The territory until recently In dispute be tween Brazil and France, aud which has beeu decreed to belong to Brazil, inty shortly become the object of a dis pute between France and the United Sates, should the Monroe doctrine be violated. The territory lying south of French Guiana in the state of Para, and containing 100,000 square miles, was claimed by Brazil and France, and Switzerland was made arbitrator. Iler decision was in favor of Brazil. It is now reportetd that some French finan ciers, anticipating that the decision would be favorable to France, ha- already invested their capital in thin teriitory. They are now, it is said, trying to engineer a deal by wbloli tne Fronch government will buy this bind from Brazil. Last of The state department has absolutely former boing quite severe -iH the !at no knowledge on the subject. - Its at-, tor scarcely perceptible. 'I no club tention, however, has been called to rooms became scenes of liaxr com the matter, and the attempt of the motion, Several people : 1 into French capitalists to secure government aid in getting their money baok will be watched with intorost. There Is hard ly any question, it is said at the de partment, that sucb action would be a violation of the Monroe doctrine, .and would call forth a protest from , the United States. As long as the claim was In its orig inal form, France might have mala teiasA thntj shewa her boundaries, and simply rectifying that the United States cannot object to that. Even in that case a rectification of boundaries which involved an area of 100,000 square miles would be closely scrutln- ized. France has, however, forfeited the right to make that claim by sub- mittiiig the matter to aribtratlon by Switzerland. The territory has been offloially decreed by the Swiss tribu- nal to be outside of French Guiuna, Woman Suffrage In Porto Rico. San Juun, Porto Rico, Deo. 19. Ta ' the house of delegates today, Desoarti introduced a bill granting unrestricted suffrage to women on the same term as met.. jionii. in Druun v,uiumDia. 1 Vancouver, B. C, Deo. 19. Storm of unusual severity have destroyed a portion of the diking in the delta dis- trict of British Columbia. The dam- age to property is considerable. To Suppress Train Robbery. Washington, Deo. 19. Representa tive Bay, of New York, in the house, and Senator Hoar, in the senate, today introduced mils "lor the suppressing of train robbery in the territories of the the United Statos and elsewhere." It provides the death penalty for those ! guilty of a "hold-up," in case the' A uuaet wine .no m f um. death of any person on the train re-1 London, Deo. 19. ) ,-$mrmi for suits. In case no one is killed, the 4250 was entered in the Ofim.nV Pencil penslty is made hard labor from 20 to oonrl today against the Diflw of Muu 40 year. Flynn, of Oklahoma, litre obester for .wine and c gunr supplied dnoed a bill providing for a surpome by a oity merchant, l ie olaini was court for Oklahoma. not oontested. LYNCHED BY A MOB. Vtnjunc Dealt Two Ntgreu In IndUi Authorities win Ovtrcom. Bookport. Ind., Deo. 19. Two gross, Jim Henderson snd Bud Kov lauds, who wavlaid, murdered and rob bed llollls Flinons. a white bariie! early this morning, were bucbed t night In the jail yard by a mob 1,000. The negioe wer arrustetl tool' after tb murder ouvurred, aud at though Kowlaud1 clothing had llmj jtalut on it they claimed they were iul noceut. In the meantime Hhartrl Clement, of Uulou county, KeiAuUvj arrived with a trained bliaxlliogort. When th dog wa placed on th4 trail be followed it to the house where How land lived, tli block from the neu of th murder, and went baying, to the 't Jit'.er, tulorms the slat depart bed th negro bad occuplad. j This ji' tU hat tn Moorish government had was enough for the excited cltifu-. ,! ji the ulalm ol the United States witiiiu a lew minotes mou oi a bom. and howling, bloodthirsty men w f iiadd banime, f and gnu aiatl. pnnriii Anaerson ami nis iwo Mfi- tie made stand and attempted u, t chat be ws naturalised and an proteot the prisoners, Tha omo.-nt U.i,lW c tln relieved th French wer setaed by the leaders of the I mob .umeut from me necessity ol Join md disarmed. The therlff, although iut lu the demand d Indemnity. The looked tn a room and placed under Marrlsh cov.mment tdeaded a a guard, stoutly refused to give up the keys or tell where the prisoners were biding. j The mob made a determined but un successful attempt to break in the jail door. Finally they secured a telegraph tit Moorish government to make any that all the British wounded in the en polo, and nsiog It as a battering ram etnrt to arrest or punish the urepetra- gagement at Nooltgedacht have arrived caved tn the side wall of the Jail. The door of liowlauds' cell was then quick ly broken iu with sledge hammers and he was dragged from the jail to the east side of the court yard, whore a noose was placed alaiut his ueck. lie was given time to make a statement, I lu which he implicated Jim Henderson aud another negro. liowlands then beuifod pltoously or mercy, but th uioli quickly swung the Confessed mur derer to a tree aud riddled his body with bullets. Leaving the dangling body of Bow- lauds, the mob rushed back to the Jail and burst open the cell occupied by Henderson. Before the bars yielded to the blows oi the sledge tome cms lu the crowd fired uH)n tho terrllled ncn he crouched lu the far tmruer. ,U hk but a few moiuenu to gel at iieB'!i ton, aud the negro, more diiad than alive, wa dragged at the rop-f end to the court House yard aim swui).' to fiie tree beside the bod. ( KowlaiMt i Jr Ing a parting volley at the g'vingiug bodies, tht mob, eager for another vic tim, hurried away to catch tho other uegro Implicated by ltowlaiids. 11 was found at a hotel where be was em ployed as a porter. The uegro tcaiwtfd to the roof of the building, and M la ger De llrulsr succeeded in convinnng the mob that the porter had iioti ig to du with ihsuorlme. The mpb th.ui i ,ii.tl-r.,,i mmareiitlv eatutlnd iHi. w, ,i((( vrrgeiuir. I I j,UJi,,, m ordered j , t ,.- t.wt a nt-wit ,1 4t '-- t 3 o'clock tbl 1., t-i. d the i h.ts of the dsy'sj w Iar oi wit'.- ii the negroes trl I'ht'V ai' i"sd hi'u trnm beb'.i. ing blni oveFthe""hnnrtwitb a m-v yy club into which a large iial1 bad Men driven. Although terribly i bont'iu, Simons made a desperate tlgljt. ilis cries attraotod two boys. Thy m t drove them away aud acooin'.j'uhwl their original deaign, securing a bag containing something over their victim, and made their 4f. from osoitpu. is dead. When others arrived Simons W His skull was crushed in and jhls hoed and lace beaten to a pulp. T,lio P'k on the club' bad punctured the skull iu four places and penetrated blsj t rain. Walter Evans, one of the yijuiig r. n wbo attempted to rescue 8!-i ' " ' who afterward witnessed tn 1 'i lug, has become a raving manlf - The dead mau's wife Is protiteu, and it is believed sho will die from the shock. ' Earthquake In Cub. 'Santiago do Cuba, Deo. 1( earthquake shock was felt -A sharp .0 about midnight last night. It wv the most severe that nat been pr.wnrea in several years, aud created a panic at the San Carlos club, where "n giand ball was in progress. The sUkkwiu preceded by a dull sound '.i'..t n, .nine explosion. Two shocks fc'lmved, tho the streets. At Morro Cast a lilnrty ball was In progress1, Amu '-an ladles present expressed groat inievast lu the earthquake, which v the Hrst they had experienced, bu. dinplayed no fear. righting In Colombl 'Kingston, Jamaica, De . 19. Ad vice from Colon, ..Colon' Ma, todays regaidlng the fighting betw .in the gov "ernuierit ttwMsana:u . -jus-uviiit Tumsco, say that the witl Srswiii lo- sorgeut foroe wa not flis -i rued. Ou the contrary, fear are entei tulued that this bodv of rebels will eff e t a jnnc- tion with the foroe opera t.ng around Beuna Ventura. Both side i lof-t heav- lly In the battle of Tuma . Wbeu the government forces d strayed the rebel steamer Giiitan the, ilso do- stroyed a large lot of amin in'ilon. . ," "" - Hillshoro, Oregon, Dec. 10. Mi - drew Bah 1 berg, fin innffonMvn residing near Reedville, wh todiiyj found dead in his cabin. IK- III II I th i fore. ., man had a bad contusion on he(i. lie had recently so . i fumi oro duce and was supposed to hn .onsid erable money in the house. It in nen era lly beleved that he w i I'i'iod for his money. The coroner inquest in the morning. i.'i bold nn Kruger Undecided About V Itm; l'$. The Hague, Deo. 10. 'n r ,i,ly to a dispatch from Grand Iti ptds, Mb hi gun, inviting him to the TJnitad Status Mr. Kroger nas wireo in.ir, nn juh nut arrived at any deoision w vi regard to visiting America. J . Z" 77, " "' ll'E IliiUS B ; i ! fay Eszai ui Indemnity 'laim of $5,000. e remt or A s R0N0 PRESSURE ftowtvtr. Rtfuii te Afrtt te th iy f t'siiidiSUtettad Ad. &..-Jli 0ffkil Clv Up. TFlfdilnwtiin, Deo, 80. A message hiu Unitad Htste Consul Uummerl. 1 jf Li.ouo iudnmnitv ou account ui b 'iurlerol M-iroua Kasagui, a nat "jl'' - ' A",, Wu 1 oitiaeu. ia Morocco i t.Ukui srtk ui r'renoh birth, but the 1 for its first declination to nay the fa that the man was killed, not by Morlah olllcers, but lu a fight with tlii rabble. The claim for Indemnity. hwever, was based on the failure of ft of the murder. The navy depart- itrnt. at the Instance of the state da- rlmeiit, was making airaugements to S! nd a naval vessel to Morocco to give ritjral upHirt to the demands of the Aii it lea ti consul for a settlement, the president today appointed John O. i. Leinhman, now minister to Swit erlind, to be miulster to Turkey, It Is recalled that when Miulster Strauss caiikt hack to the United States and rescued in dlsunst at his inability to cIom op the Turkish claims, the tin- predion was tenii olllclally given that no lyiuUtcr would bo named to succeed hint until the Turkish government bad met our demand. After waiting a lo'ir; t(oie, tht Turkish government obi i,4d to take notice ot the J-tiruratln iinutfestatlon o th dl- p! nre ni the United States, evl- dem-v l -y t.'m tbseuco of Mr. Strau fi mr 3oi..t,iiitiiople. Therefore, It tftn', A t!o iinndiiuoumeut to be made t .Kt l hint lit, tiilnul.wl (Im liiliilulnrlul oiDc of Alt Feiyouh Bey, the minister noii' 'it Iihm. ! Hut tii irvnt tlm isti (nun iJi.n.inu ,ki .mii it mt thn Mine timi named Sheklb Bey as mfni erto Wanhiiuton. But Sheklb tt'ii. f ie lino riAt l..(t t ',..,..il..l..,U and tit iWrmmi, ii... r...ain. n M'ar.uiiytmi, although, as he frankly Mtats la mnthir,!.' mrr t .?! ' mothlrii; nsrr uhar 1 : for the lli'inlOt.t. It auslmktb Bty iiow will "i. i "k-ton, or tbst the lur- ler mti ili . V recounnUsionei, case might Ir takuu V ' ! -', ,,,!jt lv.ll mifi. i oi. i ! it wur.dilp, cr in miui Iiiinmier. the i'ua oth-ri va i mm will Not ray. " f York, I Deo. 20. A special to Nfw Hi tlcrald frurt Washington says: IVymeiit off tho missionary claims . pcmiuig agaiii-it Turkey is no longer eI t,;ied by the administration. Al though the sultan entertained the olll corn ol the Kentucky in truly royal !' ho did nut let the presence ot the bitt.Siiil; )me uny effect upon his pelr tlnn-li. aud still holds the $1)0,000 vhk;i' An I" li an missionaries assert Is fit , jalne cf personal aud missionary j riiB' rty df-m.yed six years ago. The Ui.u f td i i, administration Is that Tiuju v U Ul nut settle the claims aris 1' " of the reported purposo of ... lu to pi ess the missionary ; i I-.; ?" 1 tr subjects against the sub l i iupcrt i. It is stated that it an 0' ic at a begin to press its olttims. ti;. t. tun wtll probably decline to sot s ' the United States. Pro a HIGHWAYMEN KILLED. kfixkan Miner Thereby Saves $3,000 In Currrr y While Goinj to Hit Mint. I hicwi, Deo. 20. A special to the K, :rd, fro in Parrull, Mex., says: O. 1 ' ' KU'Tllf I was unina (Hit tn hia mlnn 2 mile bom Parrall, F'riduy, to pay of,' In employes, lie had about $8,000 ib, Mexican' ourrouoy, which he had ti.1 firmly to the bottom of hi wagon, P it bis pi Hoi in his coat sleeve and at jrtod out sjVlien he, had gone about halfway t'uMexIci.hs suddenly confronted him , ;t ordtie Ii him to get out of the wag Ho hbeyed and the bandits s jrohed Ids person with no result. (;)wtcst he must have some money t ,i proce. ad to search his baggage a.Hjiner Sfecta. 'While they were at tls; tak teornay ! drew his revolver Iv 'i his coat sleeve and flmd HI. " " ' ?. J ,ua b0IX er" m stuimiy killod. , f ,j :i , r ' "w.to. :-... u N.u.it. - i Wt'ihiw'tor, Deo. 19. Heptesenta tlvo ; tew lands today introduced a bill fiir tbrt con jtruotiou of reservoirs for tan a'orugo of wator on tho Humboldt liver, in Nevada, and for the disposi tion and oHtlement of publio lauds within reac9 of the stored waters. No Duty on Chrlitmat Presents, WiiBhingtAn, Deo. 20. The war de Viistmeut hojS issued an order providing No Duty on Christmas Present. ' Wiishu,ElAn. Deo. 20.-The ward. 1 -nVi-tmout liks issued an order providing 1 (for tho admission iuto Cuba and the l ,iiJ1,)pIJ0H(,1.(je of dnt Q. liaukaBei ,i vuu auiuwaiuu iuio uuua and tne j Jiud artioleiiicleaily intended as Christ- oh presents lor the oflicers and en- v'ui j meu ioi tne army and navy and 4.1, . .... . .1 . 1 111 . oiner employes ot tins government Jj'w ervini in these islands. The pro-, jJiilon will terminate as to Cuba Feb-' U4T is, unci as to tne Pmlippines M i oh 13 next. t nnhed In Coal Mint. 'ars'irm, iDeo. 19. A telephone mes- if . i fro.-a Carbonado says: Andrew Ilijl i Joliiiion, a Swedish . miner, wa foiiiii dfihiij Sunday morning, buried in cwil at tho-bottom of one of the chutes 1 of ; the Northwostorn Coal Mining ' ttofiipa-iy. J Johnson must have fallen in ,' thu chute Saturday night, while aV i'ork. His bodv was badly bruised ar. ' nrtisii id. ; . ' ho Sbiitte has ra tified aeveral small treaties. ! 1 V RAID ON CAPE COLONY. Th Bosrt Mtv Crotttd th Bordtr tt Tw Stpsrst Polntt. Ijondon, Duo. 20. "The floet hav tabled Cap Colony at two separate points 100 miles dtstaut," say the Cape Town onrrasHiudeut of the Dally Mail. "One commando advanced upon Phllllpatown, between Colosberg aud Klmberiey. 1 he other, supposed w ue Hersog commando, crossed tne Orauge river between Odeudaalstroom and Jletliulie, northwest ot Burghers dorp, its objective apparently being t'raddoclc. General MaoDouald is en gaging the Invaders, wbo have no guns, 80 miles west ol llurgheredorp. The latest news I that they are being slow ly farced bang to the urange river, where a warm reception I being pre pared for thum," The contemplated thanksgiving serv ice In Ht. Paul' cathedral, to connec tion with tho return ot Lord Hubert from .South A 'rkavhaa been fihn- i mtinmmw: t.M',.,Knri:' nounoes, "to it being considered de sirable to defer general thanksglvlu nntll the close of the operations lu South Africa." The programme now is for Lord Itobert to debark In the Solent to visit the queen at Oslwrue January 8. to re-embark aud finally to laud at Southampton, com- from that point to London. ' Lord Kitchener, In a dispatch from Pretoria, dated December 17, reports thore and are doing well. MUTINY IN JAMAICA. Tht Chief Rlottrt Wert Stvtrtl flundrtd of tht Brlllih Wot Indict Regiment. New York, Deo. 80. A dispatch to the Herald from Kingston, Jamaica, tays: Sellout riots growing out ot the race feeling took place lu the streets of this city last night. The chief rioters were several hundred neuro soldiers of the British West Indies reglmeut, who were supported by natives of their own color. They attacked civilians iu the street and maltreated many so badly that they were taken to the hospital aud are under treatment for severe Injuries. Lleutenant-Coloiiul Allen, who is in oommand of the rol meut, eudeavored to control his men, but was unable to do so by persuasion. He then otgauiaed the police aud swore In oitiacti to aid in keeping the peace. The soldiers and jn.tty olllcers bavs re- tUSed to surrender to the police aim defy their olllcers. Most ot them are In the military camp, and the ttreett re guarded t.y a lon-e oi ponce an. Volunteer UUder Liieuicuaui-uoionui Allen. Severe measures will betaken H'liuat tho mutiuou blacks There Is irreat unrest in the oity ami vicinity, and r.i f - uu high. I foar'-d tt'iii aoMething w! Ut.t nits like the formal bmaki. Meeting in tho thu military baniieU b d tud -i .() or d.- trc-m ,' !;., I,. I ti.i t'H liiu:i . warned to remain itid'Vr trim bio U ovr. u i. it : : ip:- Ut- ynt mti- rf...-i'niil-- l-';Wi the -THfc'rtEW WARSHIPS. Tht Ntvtl Construction Board Four Awardi. Dtcldti os Washington, Deo. 20. The board ot naval construction, considering the bids fur the' construction of battleships and cruisers, lias settled on these points: One of the big armored ornlsers shall go to the Cramps, one to Newport Newt, and one to the Union Iron Works, in California. One battleship will go to tho Fore River Engine Works, at Quulcy, Mass. This leaves seven ships to be dis posed of, and while in view of the fact that another meeting of the board is to be held it is not possible to make the prediction with absolute accuracy, the iudcatlons are that these will be distributed as follows: One oruiser and one Imttloshlp to the Cramps, mak ing throe for them; one cruiser and one battleship to Newport News, mak ing three for them; one oruiser aud one battleship to the Union Iron Works, making three for them, and one battleship to the "Bath Iron Works. There is still a possibility that Moran Bros., of Seattle, may get the battle- ,hl ll,te(' or ne Rt tor the Union Iron Works Bath Iron Works. WILL HELP THE CANAL. Colombia It Willing to Do Everything Within Itt Powtr to Hasten Construction. ' New Yoik, Deo. 30 A dispatch to the Herald from Panama says: Senor Martinez Sllvela, the Colombian miar lster of foreign affairs, cables from Bogotha this statement of Colombia's attitude on the construction of an Isthmian canals 's , , . ,i l l . ..j. ...Ml J 1 -iavai t.. p..am ... .Lth.. if. in tin AI.A Dhhahiu ' ah 4 a mUa-Kna 1 1- i .' "ZriLT L" ' vj iiii-f i niiiiiiiii tu'uiv trurjiuoi tu id t efteoteil the ftottml company holding VT w., v.r. rr,, the concession which expire iu 1906, 'or by whomsoever niny represent their rights. ' "The government will make reserva tions only to preserve national society, and to give assiiranie that free truunit by way of tho canal for all nations shall be fully guaruntoed. ,,.. . .,.., Eldorado, Kan., Deo. 20. Judge Shinn today agreed to admit Jossie Morrison to bail in th sum of $5,000, pending hor second trial for the murder of Mrs. OUn Castle. The prisoner s iainer expresses nope mai na win ue ante to secure tmuciBinen witoiu a iew days. Miss Morrison's release will probably end the case, it is said she win go to nor old nome in west vir- gtnta, wnon released. Chicago, Due. 30. A special from Washington says the oruiser Dorothea has beeu donated by Secretary ot the Navy Long to the Chicago militia for use as a naval traiuing ship. It is also stated that in oder to escape the nrnvlalnna nf fVia IhodIm n.n-U -! d - j...i ui.ui i ' . , ZZ'IZ T" T .V. I Into the great lanes the navv depart ment is considering the advisibility of dismantling the Dorothea, which ia now at the League Island navy yard, and again equipipng the vessel with gun for practice on her arrival at the Chioago port, I 111! Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND riNANCIALf APPENINGS A Brief Rcvltw ef tht Growth and Improve ment of tht Many Induitrkt Tnrouh out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Elmir htt a football team. John Day has three smallpox case. A telephone line from Huntington to Burns 1 projected, ' The sheriff of Grant connty collected 10,418.40 In November. Ji i. ,rntnmmtar -- - w the Gold Hill school bouse. I The Coivalli creamery i paying 25 cent per pound (or butter fat. J. J. Fitzgerald, of Sbelbume, ha contract or 20.U00 fence rail. The McDonald & Fisher sawmill at Suimiiervllle Is in running order. Ilepairs to the Blanchard bridge east of Aurora were t'ulshed last week. The Cleiks' nnlon, of Pendleton, has organized with nearly 100 members. The Enterprise council has passed acts against bawdy houses aud va grancy. A breakwater is being built at En gene at the east side ot the bridge over the Willamette, Malheur county has accepted the new bridge across Succor creek below Barney Malloy's place. . Lincoln county has allowed M. D. Welton $500 on his claim for damages sustained from the collapse of Little Elk bridge. The laidy of yonng Hays, who was drowned November 9, eight Jbiles above Dallas, at the Hood dam, has been re covered one mile below that city. Captain 11. P. Walnwright, of the United State Army, purchased 85 horses for the government at Hunting ton. The price paid averaged about $00 a head. Tillamook county commissioners have leand the connty sawmill to County Judge O. W. Sappington nntil April 1, wbo will furnish road plank ing at $1 per 1,000 feet. Frank Hatch was arrested at Eugene on a charge of forgery. His offeme 1 that of eudorsiug the name of a man named Davit to a check given by the Acme Commercial Company, amount ing to $v.5J, . I While retcunlna Irum tho Umatilla hmiM to bit twin in thtj Chapman building. Tho DUes, Fred Stewart, a vwir-i' -.raveling ita repiPaefltina the it; art, :, tteid up t o tli-sgs utd Mhbtd of 1 15. The Homes take mine, locateoTon Hie North Fork of John day river, seven miles from Lawton, has been bonded to Eastern capitalists by the owners, Messrs. Tom Johnson and Joseph Bold son, for the sum of $35,000 on a year' time. Further condition of the bond are that the person holding it are to take immediate possession and prose cute the work of development with a large force ot men divided into three eight-hour shifts, says the Lawton Standard, Petitions have been circulated for three different free rural deliveries out of Albany, nearly covering the entire field in all directions around the city, and there are hopes of the same being established, but it Is not known whether they will reaah the depart ment iu time for the agent now estab lishing routes in the state to act npon them before bis departure. The route out ot Shedd has given such general satisfaction that there is a general de sire to have the system extended here. The Wallowa marshal ran in a man for peddling without a license, who de fied the city authorities and would not even listen to the reading of the com plaint by the recorder. He was incar cerated iu the city prison for contempt of court whore he languished foi two or three days or until some people around town put up $8 for a jury trial. The jury thought upon the evidence offered that the man was entitled to a discharge, aud so rendered its verdict. The man is a foreigner, presumably an Italian. He threatened to sue the city for damages From private letters received by M. O. Hope, of Vale, it ia learned that the Ocean Wave mine is making a splendid showing., I. N. Clark, a miuing expert, has the development t4 tli a nilns in n liama a n1 In ta TTVJ va tjiiv llltuv M V" t-nvaj m m Jettw tfaat wa MCeived Irom him he -hav been 1keu out lately. Iu a lorme UVJU WHtlU UUV tOTOIJ lO m IUI lat Vr V" cr M stated that th gold is not con fl . t th , h , th t j . . . , lowed,) but that small particles of it may be seen in the dirt over the entire face and walls of the tunnel. It is his opinion that it would pay to mill the whole hill on which he is working. This mine is an extension of the Golden Eagle, which is owned by Portland capitalists. The Lnkoview .Rustler savs that Jo,n Green, of the West side; who has been drilling for artesian water, has succeeded in getting the water to rise within five feet of the top of the ground, at a depth of 101 feet. A. Nelson, of Cottage Grove, sold hia undivided one-half interest in the Peek-a-Boo mining claim to G. Meadow and D. G. MoFarland. This claim is located in the Bohemia district about one mile south of the Muskk mine. The consideration was Richard Lester, a young man who has been workiug in a Coos couuty log' ging camp, is in jail at Roseburg, charged with grand larceny. He was arrested at Olulla aa he was on his way Iwim fvvfla Pnlnfe . The case of Casey vs. Crook county. involving the validity of the connty road which the county court establish ed about a year ago through the land of Casey, near Powell Butte, has been decided by the cironit court against the county. The court decided that in establishing the road the oounty court acted without )u risdictioq, BETTER TRADE CONDITIONS. Holiday Preparation Dominant In Retail Bntl aett Throujhout the fait. Bradttreet's asys: Favorable condi tions rule generally in all lines of sea. onabl trade. Holiday preparation re, ot course, dominant iu letail busi ness, aud, where tbl ha hitherto lagged, It ha been stimulated by more seasonable weather. Wholesale dis tribution is lifted, and is now natural at this period, but western Jobber are in receipt of a fair re-order business. So far. the best reports aa to retail trade come from the West and Sooth. In leading Industrial the best report I (till that mad by finished product of the iron and tteel industry, but other favorably situated lines are boot and shoes and lumber. New business In the former la rather light at whole sale, but manufacturers generally are busily employed, and leatehr is firm In sympathy. A good eiport demand ..tor tax tatter ttiot4r ' ." The cereal are lower In prloe, due to profit taking on the late npward move, the larger movement of supplies, particularly of corn, which is favored by the weather, and to less interest ot the present- foreign buyers. While business in iron and steel as a whole I quieter than of late there i no apparent diminution in strength and actual tramaotious in rails and plates compare well with the best recorded. Pig iron is dull except for some busi ness at Chicago and 25 cents per ton has been conceded on Bessemer at Pittabarg. . Wheat including flour shipments for the week aggregate 4,785,677 bushel a aglnst 8,433,189 last week. Business failures for the week in the United States number 247 aa agianst 234 last week.' Canadian failure for the week num ber 18 against 37 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market. Onions, new yellow, 32o. Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate. Potatoes, new, $16, Beets, per sack, 85c $1, Turnips, per sack, $1.00. Squash lo. Carrots, per sack, 60c Parsnip, per sack, $1.00 1.39. ' Cucumbers 40 (350c. Cabbage, native and California, io per pounds. Butter Creamery, 80c; dairy. 189 33o; ranch, 16c lBo pound. Cheese 14o. Eggs Ranch, 40c; Eastern 35c, Poultry 12c; dressed, 14o; spring, 18 15c turkey, 18c Hay Puget Sound timothy, $14.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $10.00. Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $25; feed meal, $35. I Bnrloy Kolled or gronnd, per ton. $20- . j , w , s-2-" Flou-Patont, per-: mn. ;.., hM tn.es :WH W bin S ' i .. , "t "'2k ' , ' wnJ turn, rer liirrel. HI SS: wfola wheat Millstuffs Bran, "per ton,"ll4.b0; horta, per ton, $14.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choioe dressed beef steers, price 7 Ho; cows, 7c; mutton 7?ai pork, 7?c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9 13c. Ham Large, 13c; small, 1S,V; breakfast bacon, 13c; dry salt sides, 8Ho. Portland Market Wheat-Walla Walla. 6454Kc; Valley, nominal; Bluestem, 66go per bushel. Flour Beet grades, $3.40; graham, $3.60. Oats Choice white, 45o; choioe gray, 43o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew ing, $16.60 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $15.50 ton; mid dlings, $31; shorts, $17; chop, $16 per ton. Hay Timothy,$12 13.50; clover,$7 9.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 6055oj store, 82sc Eggs 80o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13 Mc; Young America, 14o; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.75 8.50 per docen; hens, $4.00;' springs, $2.003.50; geese, $6. 00 8. 00 doz; ducks, $3.505.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1 lo per pound. Potatoes 60 65o per eaok; sweets, 1 o per pouna. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75o; Eer sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab age, lKo per pound; parsnips, 85o; onions, $1.75; carrots, 75o. Hops New crop, 1214o per pound. ' s- w " Wool Vallsy, 1814o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 13o; mohair, 25 j per pound, ... ' , ' ' "', MuttonGross, be8t Bheep, 'wethers and ewes, 8Xo; dmsed mutton, ' To per pound. ' Hogs Gross, choioe - heavy, ' $5,75; light and feeders, $5.00; dressed, $5.006.35 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.504.00; cows, $3.003.60; dressed beef, 6 7o per pound. Veal Large, 66o; small, 7 lo per pound. San Francisco Market. . Wool Spring Nevada, ll18o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val ley, 1517o; Northern, 910o. Heaps Crop, 1900, 1817o. Butter Fancy creamery 26 36o; do seconds, 25o; fancy dairy, 22 J3o; do seconds, 21o per pound. Eggs Store, 40o; fancy ranch, Oo. Millstuffs Middlings, $16.50 19.50; bran, $13.0013.50. Hay Wheat $913M; wheat and oat $9.0012.50; best barley $9.50 alfalfa, $7.00 10.00 per ton; straw, 8547)tio per bale. Potatoes OregonBurbanks,45o$l; Salinas Burbanks, 90o$1.15; river ' Burbanks, 8075o; sweets, 50 80c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.75(98.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75c$1.60; do choice $1.753.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 9.50 per bunoh; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66io per yonad.. V J