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. , i i i Vol. XV.--No. 44. CORVAIXIS, OREGON, t DECEMBER 20, 1902. B. F. IRVINE, Editor and Proprietor. if - .c;.; Vvrti; "Brings forcibly to our whom we like Our; purchases this 9 , riechanical Toys t ,U Cast. Iron Toys, -Rubber Goods, : ; ;g v Cel luloid Goods, Books, Dolls," : Watches, Clocks, Je'welry,Etc.y-EtcC, vj. See O-ULr ZDIspis37V SSlF YOU ARE LOOKING- FOR SOME REAL - g0(l bargains in stock, grain, fruit and poultry - Ranches, write for my special list ..oreoine and XU,V , - J. DJ-1UA1 UCtJA-Vy laOUXU XIX glTXUg J VU CXX tS the reliable information you wish,- also showing f you over the country. -.-X-JAJ- ------ HENRY AMBLER; fji v Real Estate, S3 ' Y. ; 1 . , Philomath, Oregon. . . . " ' -; -Y V.&7 : i'i r ' " ' : L ; .,o;;-.n ;.:.-, jo sail 'iu., ... minds thoughts of those '. to remember." ';-; ):-: year include-all the: v -v V oil Loan, .and Insurance, Christmas will soon ba here- and your tboughta will be troubled byivisions -oi presents that you must get for your many friends and relations. What could be a more desirable present than one of Pratt's Solid Plain Gold. Bands, Chased, or Set Rings? Rings ofall sizes, styles and kinds gents' ; ladies' and children's. ' Call aad sea them . ,. J ATi PRATPSi''-'- X - The Jeweler and Optician, TheBiccesx Christmas ; Cornucopia- Ever manufactured wouldn't begin ' to hold the many fine things we,: have to offer in the way- of fancy lamps, cut glass dinner sets, ice cream sets and oth ertable.and buffet ware." There's some thing here to suit every taste and every pocket book. . ; ' - y - P. Hi ZIEROLF BRITISH SANK THEM FIRED SHOTS THAT . SENT .VENE ZUELAN VESSELS TO OCEAN'S ' - : ' T BOTTOM . Admiral'DewBy'B Fleet Has Ord er8 to Go to" Scene If Emergen' " cy Sboald AriseEDgland .': Hesitates About Arbi- " ' z1 tratioD Other - .-; 'News. ' : '- Uaracas, xec. lb. ihe eovemor of Margarita Island reports ; that British and German . warships are off that island. - .-"-i - - Minister Bowen yesterday polite-. ly refused to have a monster patri otic parade pass before the United States legation;'' Every one here hopes that the arbitration proposed by Venezuela through Mr. Bowen and Washington wil 1 be granted , " i When the combined fleet eeized the Venezuelan Bhips at La Gaayra the German commander delivered to the Venezuelan captains the fol lowing document: q-; ) rjJ '"By order of my sovereign and at tire command of the commodore of the German squadron in West ' in dia waters, I, the commander of the Panther, request you to lower your ship's flag immediately and leave, your ship with your cr6W within 10 minute?. This is not a measure of war on the part of Germany, but Only. with the object1" of making a provisional eeizore of your ship in prdjBr to oblige the Venezuelan gov ernment to recognize our justde mands. In case you disobey-'and wish to defend your ship Ishall be obliged to prevent you from so do ing by the discharge of arms, r s r I "'December 1. -: .: "ECKERMAN, Com. Further details of the sinking of toe Venezuelan snips have been cb tained from.an entry .made in the book of the signal men of the for tress of La Guayra." It is as fol lows: f '" ''" . " "Tuesday, Dec 9, 1:30 night. -''The adjutant called me to see if I knew the steamer Retribution of the English navy was; towing the steamers Crespo and Tortune, of the national navy, three or four miles north. 1 had heard four can non shots and saw the twn steam ers had disappeared and understood they had been sunk by-the Vineta and Retribution. At the end of an hoar the Retribution returned to the harbor alone. -1 "Signal Commander of the Forts." The fact that the Retribution re turned to La Guayra ; alone -two hours after leaving with the cap tured vessels was confirmed by En glish residents of La Guayra. Con sequently she did not have time to conduct the Venezuelan ships ,. to Caracoa or Trinidad. ' , Washington, Dec; 16. Disposi tion of the men-of-war of Admiral Dewey's fleet during the holidays is to be made under the direction oi m? secretary . or the Davy, irr( view of the increasing complications arising in connection with .Venezu ela, and the wishes -of this govern ment not -to .arouse suspicion un necessarily by dispatching a large naval force to . Venezuelan waters. Admiral Dewey cabled the depart ment yesterday in regard to the orders .for ' his "-. fleet . during. . the Christmas holidaysthough Secreta ry Moody .did not announce the re ceipt of the dispatch until today. Orders are now in - preparation for the various vessels, and will be for warded to the admiral in the , next day or two. . ... No reflection upon Admiral Dew ey is intended by the navy depart ment in. deciding te give him the orders for his ship?, instead of giv-: ing him a free hand in the - matter, as it was expected .would be done. That there may be a thorough co operation of the navy with the state department in the handling, of the Venezuelan situation! - however, it seemed that the question could be more satisfactorily settled here, as the navy depaitment is in posses sion of all the facts regardiog the action of the allied ; powers, and danger ofxonflicting with the ooli cy of the-state department will be averted.' ; :.:.c -: . It is unlikely that men-ol-war will be eent to La Guayra, the feel ing being that the presence of : A merican ; men-of-war ' at ; this- time might caee uneasiness among the allied powers, as-well-s- offer-7 en- couragement .to President Castro to maintain his defiant attitude, On the other hand, the situation has grown so acute within the past few days that both state and navy de partment officials are agreed that it wilt Hot be unwise to rendezvous the fleet in porta within easy range of the Venezuelan coast. ? . -' London. Dec. 16 At the foreien office this evening it was said that no decision had yet been arrived at in regard to rVenezuelan arbitra tions, Many differences have arisen in the way of arriving at a basis of what can be arbitrated and -what can be otherwise settled. The out look for a pacific settlement of the dispute isr not-particularly bright. I J adzing by statements eivenouti by the foreigh office, the Venezue - Ian iituatinn tnniirht doM'nnl n.' pear" to be any nearer a settlement . 0. v Up to a late hour tonight no sug gestion had been made that Great Britain could eventually see its way to submitting its claims to arbitra tion, and the foreign office pointB out that 'Venezuela's offer to arbi trators extremely ..vague. Presi dent Castro in the cemmunication in which he expresses- his willibg ness to resort to arbitration, provides-no guarantee that the rights of British subjects in Venezuela will be respected pending the awards. 1 The foreign omce-: declares ' that gome matters are impossible to ar bitrate, instancing I the disrespect-- ul ! treatment of Mr; Haggard, Brit ish njinister to Venezuela. :To ar bitrate tlie financial f claims will ! meetwifh no opposition in official; circles in ijonaoD, nor is tnere any desire to stir up opposition by con tinuing: unnecessarily the present armed compact with Germany:'. but. quoting from the foreign office, "at the same time there -js not the slightest inclination to let Venezu ela go unpunished for Tier .repeated insults and injuries. f: The pffer to arbitrate comes very late in the day. We are not seeking a quarrel, but we must insure ourselves a- gamst a - recurrence of the .acts wbica Jed to the present-situation.'' The foreign office appears to be without official cognizance of the attitude of the Washington govern ment, although it is convinced un officially that Washington is anx ious that further hostilities be r a voided; "It is known that the for eign office has made inquiries as to whether the United States would be willine to guarantee the fulfillincr nf Venezuela's pledges,- either at the immediate cessation of present Eu ropean action or pending the award oi arbitrators. This inquiry result ed in. a direct negative from the U nited States. ' . - :. With the guarantee of the United States, the foreign office says, arbi tration in the Venezuelan matter would be an immediate probability, 1 . i . . . - - - dui witn onty the word oi a govern-1 ment, hitherto unreliable., arbitra tion is difficult of - accepting, , even apon the points where internation al relations admit of such a method of settlement. ; - Secretary Hay has cabled to Am bassador Tower, at Berlin, says the World's correspondent at Washing ton, to ask the German government to dehne lor , this country exactly what is meant by a "peaceful block ade." 5-4:V;- :;. The didpatch was. couched in the suavest of diplomatic language, oui. ii. w4 lnsisient tnat uermany should reply. This inquiry was de-; cided upon at the cabinet meeting where it was discussed fully. ; Although it has not been put in to public expression, - this govern ment contends that there is no'such thing as a ."peaceful blockade."1 Jf a state of war does- not exiet "this government will contend, at the proper time, that United States ships must be allowed to pass! . The test will come when the Red D Line steamer Caracas arrives at I La Guayra, probably, nextj Satur days it tbat ship goes through as it ib expected it; - will, - other ships from-other nrtions, will also de mand to -go through, and the "peaceful Ijlockade" will become a farce. I - - - If Germany insists on its rigbt ta blockade peaceably and refuses to let American ships through, then admiral Dewey's fleet will be sent to Venezuela to convey the Ameri can ships through the German and English ' Lines. Admiral Dewey has been told to keep his fleet te gether. .. The reason this govern ment makes this demand of Germa ny is because it " has in writing in black and white, the fullest state- :tQpnijIudea', "Fourth Page. CHILD TOILERS LITTLE GIRLS, : ELEVEN, THAT . NIGHT IN SOME AGED WORK ALL MILLS, - Three Cents an - Hours Waes Told Their Stories to Commis sion Stole Jar of Fruit . and Sent to Prison Portland . Judge Druuk Other " News. v "; ' '' " a t. t . ,,. - ?f! :r." ...." . " """f ?" mi W mi l a f-Aatlflorl hnfus strike I commission today.. The first girl wasoniy 11 years or age, and she had to go to work because her father had beeh hurt in the mines, r She said she worked from seven a m'to six p m for two dollars per week. ' ' Anna Denks, aged 13 said she worked at night from 6.3o o'clock to 6. 3o in the morning. She had to stand up " all night during her work, and received 65 cents anight. When the girl said she was em ployed at night every - member of the commission seemed shocked. Judge Gray appeared especially in dignant. He asked her where " her father worked, and she told him in the mines. - -- A small Slavonia n girl aged 12, who also worked all night, gave her testimony through a 13 year old interpreter. She worked 12 hours each night and received, three cents an hour. ' ' - i Another 13-year-old girl said she worked at night in a sil.k mill at Dunmore for66 cents a night. After hearing all the girl witnesses, ;the miners put a breaker boy on the stand. He is 14 years of age, and has a io year old brother working in the breaker of the R - R Ash Company at Mount Carmel. The father of the boy was killed in the mines, and -ther 14-year-old ' boy wrote the : note to the company which was signed by the - mother, saying that the younger brother was of legal age. " - Albany, Or., Dec. 16. Judge R P Uoise convened department-No 2 of the Circuit Court in the Linn County Court-house yesterday after noon. R M Harris a young hobo who was recently caught while stealing a jar or iruit irom a resi dence in this city, pleaded guilty to larceny, and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Harris theft was a small one, but - as he confessed it was his second offence, not in Oregon but elsewhere, the court thought best to give him a one-i-year sentence. He entered aAlbany residence a few day s. ago, and was seen while leaving the house with - a jar of fruit. . After a hot 'race of three blocks the thief was Captured 3 and given into the custody of the local police. He waived examination when arraigned before a Justice of the Peace, and was held for the Circuit. Court. ";;He made bo de fence when examined, merely say ing-he was led to the theft by hun ger' So,, for a very : trivial offence, Harris will spend, one long year in Oregon's state prison. The prisoner lis a young man only 19 years old", and. he said he bad not been tramp-' ing long " - Portland, Dec. 17. Sensations are following each other in quick succession over the gambling-houses in this city. The move of the chief of police in putting a policeman in each of the gambling houses to see that no"games were played, made a stir not only among the profession but with all classes ; of citizens. Following close upon it came a statement from Municipal Judge Hogue to the effect that he had vis ited the gaming houses, and with his statement was given the "names of various persons whom he had seen engaged in , gambling there. Among the names given- out bv Judge Hogue was tbat of Dr "E D Johnson, whom the judge said was gambling. a development ; now that casts all former ' surprises in the shade is the reply of Dr .John son printed in "the Oregonian to day. ;'In his, reply . Dr Johnson says: ' While being averse to enter ing r into newspaper . publicity I feel J it my d uty to state my position in regard to the recent charge made by Jjudge Hogug Jhat'l-wasTgamb ling on the night that he passed, through ; the . Portland Club. I never have played a game of cards in my life or games of chance, - and was not gambling at that time, bnt -was there purely on a matter of- business to collect that was ; owing to me from a patient. 1 will state emphatically that Judge Hogne was -under the influence of liquor and in a maudlin condition when he slap7 ped me on the back and threw" his . arm around my ' neck to .steady himself from reeling. I do not be r lieve that he was able to differenti ate between a roulette wheel and red wagon." Washington, Dec. 17. Mr Bart- let, a - Georgia Democrat, during consideration of the legislation - ap- ; propriation bill in the House today. unexpectedly and without warning sprang on ammendment to appro-. priate $250,000 to enforce the Sher- . man Anti-trust law and ; ta direct the Attorney-General to proceed - to the prosicution of all violators of: the law. Although,, such a pro- vision was plainly amenable to a point of order, not. a member on either side of the House .raised . objection. Both sides wheeled into line, and all agreed that some such action was advisable. Some of the Republicans raised objection to the looseness of the " language of - the . amendment, and Hepburn (la) of fered as a substitute the language of the bill he introduced on the , opening day of the session to ap propriate $5oo,ooo for the enforce ment of the law." This wa9. further strengthened to make the appropri ation immediately available, and, as amended the substitute was ag reed to, without division. The leg islative bill was passed practically as it came from the committee ex cept the amendment: The langu age of the Hepbnrn amendment as ; adopted is as follows: ' "That for the enforcement of the. provisions of the act of -July.2, 1899, the sum of $5oo,ooois hereby appropriated out of any money ; in the Treasury not heretofore appro priated, toie expended under . the directions of the Attorney-General in the employment of special coun sel and agents to. the Department of Juetice to couduct proceedings, suits and prosecutions under said act in the courts of the United States; provided, that no person shall be prosecuted or be subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or -on accounted any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence documentary or otherwise, in any proceeding, suit or prosecution un der said act; provided further, that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punish ment for perjury committed in so testifying. . This appropriation shall be immediately available. In offering his substitute Hep- . burn said the whole country was agitated over this subject. Bartlett wanted Hepburn to incorpirate in his amendment a provision direct ing the Attorney-General V to pro ceed with prosecutions, but to this Hepburn objected, because it con: tained a reflection on the Attorney General. Bartlett said the Attorney General should be criticised because he had not enforced the anti-trust laws. He said there had been no -representative of the peopte's inter est in ihe White House Cabinet or on the Federal bench in the fight againet trurts. . . , . I. New York, Dec. 16. The Board of Aldermen today voted ' $250,000 ' to buy coal for the poor of the city. The resolution passed last week voting $100,000 for this purpose was recalled; THE OLD RELIABLE w a Absolutely PurO T THFREJS-NO SUBSTITUTE,, ;.s '- -,