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OHCQON..H
LADD TILTOIM, BANKERS
EiUbllihad la 1SS0.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
Interest allowed on tlmn deposits.
Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Letters of credit issued
twallablo in Europo nrnl the Eastern states.
Sight exchange unil Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Washington,
'Chicago, St. Louie, Denver, Omaha, San Francisco and various points in Ore-
gon, Washington, Iduho, Montana and British Columbia.
Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong.
BANK OF
COMMERCE,
BOISE, IDAHO.
LIMITED.
OiM'iCKltSi II. V. 0M1KN, rcalileiitt M.AI.KXANIKIl, Vlco President! II. N. COF.
FIN, CuMilcr: ! M. IIAIN1N. Aslnlnnt Cftxhlrr.
IHHKUIOHSt Holit. Noble, Tlio. IMvli, II. F. Olden, J. M. Unities, J. K. Yntca, J. II.
Murrow, T IteKRti, M Ah'xnmlor, F. it. Collin.
Aocountm of Bnnkm. Flrmm, Corporation mntl Indlvldunlm Raaalvad on
I ho Moml Liberal Tar mm Conulmtont With Sound Bnnklno.
FIRST NATIONAL, BANK
Wallft Wnlla, Wmdilrujton. (First National Ilnnlc In tlia Stiitc.)
Transacts a General Banking Business.
CAPITAL $100,001. BUIU'LUS IIOO.IWO.
I.KVI ANKKNY, I'realdont. A. II. UUYKOLDS. Vlco President. A. It. IIUIIKOIII), Cashier
CEO. D. ELLIS, Prom
J. O. PEMOE, Viae Pro:
II. E. MEAL, Ommhlof
FAY D. YOUNO, AmatOamh'r
CAPITAL STATE BANK OF IDAHO
BOISE,
Limited
Banking In all its branches. Your business solicited.
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IDAHO
THE PUGLT SOUND NATIONAL BANK
SEATTLE
JAC0I1 FUUTH, I'rcnldoilt. J. 8. OOI.IWMITH, Vlco PrcMdont. It. V. ANKF.NY. Ciuhtor.
Capital Paid Up, $30O-,000.
FIFTEEN REASONS WHY YOU
SHOULD STOP AT THE
WASHINGTON.
Corruwitn1ciilR In nil tlio principal cltlcn of tho t'nltod Htntos nnd Kuropo,
: unMKiit. unit it imiiou on AlnnWn nnd Yukon Territory.
Hold dust I
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
It. V. BCIIJIKKlt, Cashier
OF PORTLAND. OREGON,
J. C. AINBWOItTlt, I'rofldcnt. W. II. AYKIt, Vloo-Prosldcnt.
A. M. WltKllIT, AsslMnnl Cashlor.
Tnuiarti n Kcnornl hntikltur business. Drafts Issued, nvnllnblo In nil cltlon o( tho Unltod
titntoi nnd i:uroH), Hoiik Kong unit Moulin. Collections inndo on (nvornl)lo terms.
NORTHWEST CORNER THIRD AMD OAK STREETS.
Fidelity Trust Company Bank
raid Up Capltnl Jjoo.oio. Doc Ornerat Hanking !!ulnct. Barlngi Department, lutcrnt
Credited tieml-Amuially.
JOHN C. AINSWOKTII, Prmldciit A. O. I'KICIUKI), Cashlfr
OIIN H. 1IAKKK. Vice President 1'. I'. HASKItl.I.. IK., Asit. Cashier
'. C. KAUI'FMAN, ad Vice President OUOKOK IIUOWNK, Secretary
DIRHCTOKS Jolm C. Alnswortli.T. II Wsllace, John S, Baker, Henry Hewitt, P. C. KaufTman
and Georjje llrowuc.
First National Bank of
Seattle
SKATTI.K AND
SrKCIAL ATTKNTION GIVKN TO COI.I.KCTIONS ON
POINTS IN l'ACIl'IC NOKTHWI5ST
LItATKK TltKNHK, Prrsldrnt . CIIA8. V. M8THRSON. Cashier
M Mc.MICKKN, Vice President ", R. P. PAKKIIUKbT, At. Cu.liler
DIRECTORS-Letter Turner, M. McMltc'en. fl. G. Slmpsou, W. D. Iloflui, J. II. McGraw,
.iiaii, r.Hiniwii
MkM
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Atlc Your Dculur for
OOODYEAR'S RUBBER GOODS
thu lUHt that cun ho nuiilu of rubbor
Goodyear Rubber Company
P. II. I'UASli. President. 61 63 65 67 I'ourlh Street. I'ORTl.A.SU, OKI200N.
1st It is tho best hotel on tho
Coast.
2d It costs no moro than poorer
hotels, its shown by rates below.
3d- Now hotel, now furniture.
4th Excellent Bcrvlcc.
Cth Tho Washington, while rlb
In tho center of tho city, Is on nn eic
vatlon of 200 feet, which lifts you
nljovo tho hoIbo, dust nnd smoko of
tho street hotels.
Cth Tho hotel Is situnted In tho
center of 4& ncrcs of bcnutlful
grounds, with thousnnds of roses nnd
othor fragrant flowers to benutlfy tho
surroundings.
7th Eight hundred feet of wldo vor
niidns surround tho hotel, giving to
tho guest opportunities for rest and
promenndo not found elsewhere.
Sth Tho vlow from theso spnclous
vernndas ennnot bo described. Moun
tains, lakes, tho Sound nnd tho city
itself form ono mngnlflcont pnnnrnma
not found anywhero clso on earth.
9th Tho hotel lohby, parlors, Turk
ish room, etc., nro exquisite, and form
a continuation of comfort nnu luxury
not often found in hotels.
10th A Dutch grill has recently
hcon added, whero sorvlco may bo
had nt all hours.
11th Tho dining room cannot bo
excelled, lircalcfast anil lunclt nro
served a la carte, at most reasonable
prices, nnd n tnblo d hoto dinner for
$1.00 is pronounced by till to bo nbovo
criticism.
12th Rates Extremely reasonable.
European plan
'Room, without bath, $1.00 per day
and upward.
Room, with bnth, $2.00 per day nnd
upward.
'Hits service to nnd from till trains
and boats, 2G cents.
Trunks, each way, 25 conts.
Carringo fnro (prlvnto), CO cents,
Spoclal rates inado to parties for
ono month or moro.
13th Being nhovo tho street nnd
nway from tho nolso, you will enjoy
a night's rest better nt tho Washing
ton than any othor hotel In tho city.
lith Go to tho Washington and If
you nro not sntlsflcd that It surpasses
all other hotoln on tho Paclfla Coast
for excellent sorvlco nnd rcnsonnblo
prices, your bill will bo nothing.
15th Do not bo dccolvcd by bailor
Ing that no mo other hotel In tho city
Is as good as tho Washington, for such
In not tho case. Tho Washington
stands nlono ns tho most charming
and nttractivo hotel west of Now
York.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed; Form for
Busy Readers.
Our
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resumo of trio Loss Important but
Not Loss Interesting; Events
ft
of tho Past Wook.
BLUFF IS CALLED.
.STAIII,Islli:i IH.11.
I.NUOUPOUATUIl IHU7.
ALJLEIN 4& LEWIS.
Shipping: Sz Commission Merchants
WHOLESALE (1ROCURS.
To save time nddrv nil coiiimuntintloin to tho company.
No. 46 to 54 1'roni St. North, I'OKIl.ANI), OktiflON.
W. V. KMTTK.NIIACII, I'lealileut J. ALIJXANOKR, Vice I'rea. CIIArt. II. KISSTUR, Caihler
LEWISTON NATIONAL BANK
Capital atid Surplus, 135,000 LEWISTON, IDAHO
'rjIRUCTORS-W. l. Kettenbach. Grace U. FTamin. R. C. neach, J. Alexander, C. C. Ihinncll,
ja uim uiw, nl(l)
Send Your Washington, Idaho and
Montana Business to the
OLD NATIONAL, BANK
Spokane Washington
WALLACE E. CHASE. Vlco Prcmldmnl
A. S CHASE, A mil. Qauhler
J. S. ALMAS, Pemlnmnt
ROBERT T.F. SMITH, Ommhlor
THE SECURITY STATE BANK
Of Havre, Montana
Wo lollrlt your account and extend accommudatlont to our cuatomem In keoplng with
heir balance.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
BISMARK, MORTH DAKOTA
Eotmbllthod In 187B. Capital, 9100,000. Intaremt Paid on Tim a OmpomMm
C. 11.I.ITTI.K. I'realiient. K. H. KlISIHtKK, Ice I'reildeut.
S. M. I'YK, C'aahler. J. I . IIKI.I., Ami. ( aahler.
GENERAL BAKKIKB BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
Tho following peoplo havo stopped
at tho Washington during tho past
year i.nd havo given unstinted nrnlao
and declared that In many rospects It
oxcols any othor hotol on tho conti
nents - "..-
President Theodoro Roosovelt, Wm.
II. Moody, Socrctnry of tho Navy;
Gov. Odoll, of Now York: IJaron
Rothschild. Mr. Smith, of tho DoDcors
Diamond Minos. South Africa: Hon.
Cornelius N. Ullss, Ex-Secrotnry of
Intorior: Hon. C. 8. Mellon, President
N. Y. & II. R. Ry.; "Mrs. J. J. Hill,
Louis Hill nnd J. N. Hill, or tho Croat
Northern Ry.: Hon. Howard Elliott
President N. P. Ry.; Atlollnn Pnttl. E.
II. Sothorn, Gov. llrntly, of Alaska;
Mmo. Nordlcn, Maud Adams, Nat
Goodwin, Mrs. Flslo, nil Raymond &
Whltcomh tourists, Richard Monstlold
nnd other colcbrltles of tho commor
clnl and profcsBlounl world,
CHEAP SUNDAY RATES,
lletwcon Portland nnd Wlllnmotto
Vnlloy points. Low round-trip rntos
hnvo heon placed In offect botweon
Portland and Wlllametto Valley
points in cither direction. Tickets
will bo sold Saturdays and Sundays
and limited to return on or beforo tho
following Monday. Call on Southorn
Pacific Company's agent for partic
Nino miners were smothered in n
coal mine at Oiirihjlt), Pa.
Many JapimeHU m'ldlors commit sui
cide when defeat seoins at hand.
Chlnuxo havo i-epqrted to Kurojmtkln
that the Jamnesu havo lo.it 120.')-Muter
hill, but tho latter cliaiu not.
It is ullii'lnliy reported in Paris that
the attorney general has recommended
a retrial of thu Dreyfus rano.
The Japanese nro( reported to havo
captured another fort at' Port Arthur,
willt heavy Iocs to the Russians.
ft
A gang of belli, boys, organized to
fteal tliu property of gucntH lias been
dlneoveied lit tlioChicago downtown
lioteli by tho policejii
Four Denver tnciiThavo been found
guilty of repenting? nt tho November
el'Ttiou and sentenced to six months in
jail and to pay a $100 line.
Robert S. MoCormlok, American am
hiVHfador to RitHsIa, jvlio has been on a
two montliH' vacation in tho United
Stilton, has retiirnetlito his (Writ.
,
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Red River Valley National Bank:
PARQO, NORTH DAKOTA.
R. S. LEWIS, I're.ldent. JOHN S. WATSON Vice Prea'dent.
J. W, VON MGIM, Caihler FKEU A IRISH, A.iUnt Caabler.
-Capital and Surplus
41100,000
THE JAMES RIVER NATIONAL BANK
Of JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA.
The Oldest and Largest Banking House in Central North Dakota
Collections nude on all points In North Dakota. Foreign and domestic exchange bought
and sold. Telegraph transfers to all parts of America.
IF YOU ARE NOT PARTICULAR
don't travel over tho Illinois Contrnl,
as any old road will do you and wo
don't want your patronago; but If you
aro particular and want tho hest nnd
moan to hnvo It, nsk tho ticket ngont
to routo you via tho Illinois Central,
tho toad that runs through solid ves
tlhulo trains botweon St. Paul, Oma
ha, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and
Now Orleans.
No additional chnrgo is mndo for n
scat In our reclining chair enrs which
nro fitted with lavatories und smoking
rooms, and havo n porter in attorn!-
unco.
Rates via tho Illinois Contrnl nro
tho lowest and wo will bo glad to
quote thorn in connection with any
transcontinental lino.
II. II. TRUMBULL,
Commercial Agent, 142 Third Street,
Portland. Oregon.
J. C. LINDSEY.
T. F. and P. A., 142 Third Street,
Portland. Oregon.
PAUL R. THOMPSON,
Frt. and Pass. Agent, Colman Rldg.,
Seattle, Wash.
8UMMON8.
of
THE FIRST INATIOINAL, BANK
OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.
CAPITAL, $BOO.OOO
SUIil'LUS 73H.OOO
Um S. Government Depositary.
THE CONRAD NATIONAL BANK
Capital and Securltlm, $250,000.00
ii, w
"W. G. CONRAD
i'reildeut
j, ii. F.nwAitns
Vice 1'reildent
, DICKF.V
Caihler
Ol KALISI ELL
MONTANA
A..N.TOWK
Ant Caihler
ALSO
KALISPELL TOWNSITE COMPANY
Omotoa Lotm In KaJtottall, the Oounty Seat ol the Famoum
Flathead Oounty.
In tho Circuit Court of tho Stato
Oregon for Multnomah County.
Edward Schmeer, Plaintiff.
vs.
Maud Schmeer. Defendant.
To Maud Schmeer, tho abovo namod
defendant:
In tho nama of tho Stato of Oregon:
You aro heroby requlrod to nppear
nnd nnswor tho complaint filed against
you in tho abovo entitled Court nnd
suit within six weeks from tho dato of
tho first publication of this summons,
and if you fall to so appear nnd answer
said complain tho abovo named
plaintiff will apply to tho Court for
tho relief demanded therein, to-wit:
For a decree forovor dissolving tho
bonds of matrimony now existing bo
tweon said plaintiff and you, This
summons Is published In pursuance of
an order of Hon, M. C. Georgo, Judgo
of said Court, made on tho 17th of
November, 1904. Tho tlmo prescribed
in said ordor for tho publication of
this summons is six consecutive
weeks, and tho dato of tho first pub
lication thereof is tho 10th dny of No
vember, 1904,
CHA8. F. LORD.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Two of the largestjplautH of the I
noil Steel compnuy'in South Chicago
aro to resumo operations tho first of
tho year. Their ripening will mean
employment to at IcunI 11,000 men.
The Miltiui of MorQeeo has issued an
order expelling all Jnruign nilwdnnH,
dolopitcH and employes at present at
tached to Ills court -"at Fez. lie is
afraid Ills brother will he mndo sultan.
It is probable thaitt virt ' tbo new
RtiHslan loan will boVplnced in Nuw
York. jj?
Tho present war in tho Far Hast has
proved interesting relative to tho value
of thu balloon In tliiio of war.
All erak in thoJ'iijjflo coast Btigar
pool is looked fo"r7!jthc5largii' flrniH of
San FrauclFcn havu withdrawn.
Tho cotton mauufa'ettirerH of Fall
River, Mans., havo refused thu offer of
thu union to arbitrate the difTcictu'cs
between tho two organizations.
Tho poHtmaHtor general him removed
two rural mail curriers charged witli
efforts to iulliu'iuu legislation. Ono
uas from Colonuloaud tho other Ohio.
Rut one bid on thu govreumeut eon
tract for moio than L',000,000 feet nf
lumber to be lined at Manila, was
found when the hid wore opened at
Tacouia. It was fiom a Tacouia firm.
Tho lt)0.r) fair will contain 2,nt)0 in
dividual exhibits. There will bo '.T
exhibit buildings. Thu fair silo covers
182 acres of laud and L'L'O aeies of
uater. Thu project of the exposition
will involve an outlay of about $!),
000,000.
Dispatches from Western Pennsyl
vania aro to thu effect that iiidiiHtrial
activity in many centers is threatened
on account of thu protracted drouth.
Unless condition change soon it is pos
siblo thousands of men may bo thrown
out of employment in tho mills, mines
and coke fields.
Claims against the Russian govern
ment on account of tho North sea affair
aggregate $000,000.
Tho Minnesota statu board of pardons
lias rcloixcd the brother of ex-Mayor
Ames of Minneapolis,
Governor Rates, of .MasHitchuHetts,
lias tendered ins good outceis ami uigcs
n termination of the Fall River stiiku.
Ono of tho-o lUTuned of Illegal voting
nt tho recent elccitoii in Denver was a
girl who is said not to have been of agu.
Mukden lias recovered from from its
panic caused by thu letreiUof the Rus
sian army and thu Maueliuriaii town
iias resumed its wonted uspcut.
Many witnesses wanted in tho Smoot
investigation hnvo lied to Canada and
cannot ho reached. Those who havo
testified my that polygamy is openly
practiced by the Mormons and many
jilural marriages havo occurred since
thu manifesto was issued,
Thu Chicago university has just re
calved gifst amounting to H')7,:J"0.
Eight persons were killed in the
wreck of tho Crocker hotel in Minne
apolis. Tlio sultan of Morocco has removed
foreigners and will tako charge of his
own army.
There has been a great increase in
tho number of accidents on luilroads
during thu past year.
Tho Federal grand jury is now in ses
siou nt Portland behind closed doois,
investigating various land frauds.
Tho Smoot investigation continues
beforo thu senate committee on privil
eges and elections, but nothing new is
being developed.
Many hundred Chinese youths ar in
Japan taking instructions in thu art of
war. .Many are also at the front whore
a practical view can bo had.
It is probable that tho North sea in
cident will h put down us an unfortu
nate blunder, whereby tho Russian
coininundtr 'Mistook two of his own
vessels for an unumy.
England Can Havo War Quickly, Says
Kaiser Wllholm.
llerlin, Dee. 24. Sensational corre
spondence has passed between tho Ger
man nnd British governments during
tho last four weeks with referenco to
tho warlike and provacativo attitude
adopted toward Germany by tho seini
olllcial Rritisli press, especially tho
Army and Navy Gazette. Tho kaiser
took a hand in the negotiations and
made his vigorous peisotiallly felt in a
positive way. llo instructed that tho
British cabinet should be informed in
effect that if Knglaud wanted war it
could have It immediately, if it was
not desirous of such an event thu talk
which Germany conslileied an affront
must stop.
Roth fount Wolff-Motternleh, Ger
man ambassador in London, and Sir F.
0. LiiHenlleH, Itritlsh ambassador at
llerlin, weru called homo by their re
spective governments to discuss the
situation.
Thu publications which induced the
Gorman government to assumu Its
strong attitude were a series of articles
in tho Army and Navy Gazette, culmi
nating In thu declaration that tho kais
er's navy was so lapidly becoming a
inenaco to Gicat Rrltain thai war
would better lie declared now in order
that thu Gorman licet might hu de
stroyed beforo it should become a still
greater danger.
Ilotli Premier Italiotiruml Lord 1-uiih-
dowiio havo been told that Germany is
impatient of tills distrust of its naval
policy, which it accuses -the National
Review, thu Army and Navy Gazette
and other papers of generating among
thu British people. Tho Fatherland
wishes Britain to understand oucu for
all that it has not tho slightest Inten
tion of abandoning the development of
its navy and its merchant murine at
British holiest, no matter how muci
of a bogey they constitute.
ENVELOPED IN A FOG
Business Is Very Generally Sus
pended In England,
THAMES IS JAMMED WITH SHIPS
Link Boys .With Torchos Furnish tho
Only Useful Lights In London
No Sign of Pall Lifting.
MOROS AT PEACE.
LONDON IN A BLACK FOQ.
Traffic Almost at Standstill Through
out tho Motropolis.
Loudon, Dec. 21. Imdon was en
veloped today in a black fog, mmo
dense than anything witnessed during
the last two ycais. in many places
tho tralllc was almost completely stop
ped, ami the greatest cam was neces
sary to avoid accidents, a number of
which liavu already been reported.
As night closed down ami thu density
increased, veWclu tralllc in the most
crowded sections of the center of Lou
don was completely suspended. Somu
of thu scenes witnessed weru pitiful,
some weru ridiculous, and tho whole
was extiemley weird. There weru In
stances in which women became hys
terical, ami even tho police lost their
sense of diiection, and omnibus driveis
becamu confused and diovu on the side
walks, until finally all tralllu was held
up.
At tho main crossings and on thu
sheets leading thereto, long shadowy
lines of ouiuihiiHHos, cabs and wagons
loaded witli Chiistmas packages Hlood
motionlses. The most brilliant elec
tric lights only served to make the
darkness visible. Toichboys weiu very
busy.
BRITISH DOCKING CHEAPER.
London, Dec 2(1. There is as yet no
sign of tho lifting of thu fog which
envelop'! tho kingdom. Tho ubxonco of
wind throughout Gieat Britain is al
most unprecedented, and meteorologists
do not expect any change in thu con
ditions for another 21 hours. Consid
ering thu almost insupurablo dillicul-
Jles attending locomotion of any form,
thu number of fatal accidents has been
remarkably small.
Thu congestion and suspension of
business aro very general. So far as
London is concurned, thu tubo railways
nro thu only concerns benefitted, and
their dally tralllu Is reaching record
figures.
A condition resembling chaoq
vails In thu postal service, All
way trains aru many hours latu
many trains between Iomlnu and
suburbs occupy a couple of hours
making tho distance of eight miles.
Mall boats lit all directions aro sim
ilarly disorganized. Only two vessels
entered thu port of London yesterday,
a condition of affairs such as lias not
occurred for 00 years. Tho mouth of
tho river is jammed with vessels loaded
with perishable foodstuffs of all de
scription. Thu streets of lmdon present re
markable scenes. Nothing is visible
except link Isiys' torches and thu occa
sional llaru of big creosote lights which
thu authorities aru beginning to employ
to assist tralllo.
pro-rail-ami
thu
In
HEADS OFF LANDQnABBERS.
Attention or Prosldont Cnllod to Con
ditions at Bremerton.
Washington, Dee. 24. President
Rooiovelt's attention was Invited today
by Representative Humphrey, of
Washington, to a telegram received
by Mr. Ilumphiey from somu of Ids
constituents, protesting against what
is declared to hu exorbitant tonnage
rates charged at thollrciucitnu naval
station for thu docking and icpuir of
vessels, Thu telegram calls attention
to a chnrgo of 10 cents a ton for tho
docking of thu steamer Shawmiit, thu
owners declaring that they could liavu
the work done at tho British dock at
Ksiiuimalt for .'I cents at ton. The
charges at thu American station result,
Mr. Ilumpliiey says, in a huge amount
of such work going to thu British sta
tion, to the detriment of the Ameri
cans. This matter will be considered
by thu officials of the Navy department.
Examination of tlio Nlgretta,
Tokio, Dee, 2 L Tlio examination of
tliu cargo, passengers and crew of tlio
Britisli steamer Nlgretta, which was
seized by tho .lapaucsu cruiser Tsu
shima is progressing at S.iseho. Seem
ingly it is uniloteriunied whether parole-breaking
Russian officers aru on
board the Nlgretta, Tho Japanese aro
investigating this feature of tliu case
because of the itiestiou of thu ability
of tlio Chinese olllcials properly to con
duct thu internment of Russians who
seek refuge at ports in China. It is
considered vitally important.
Treatment of tho Wounded,
.Mukden, Dee, 21, A reoprt on thu
woik of thu Red Cross in thu north
eastern dlsti let has been submitted by
Prince Vassilitchkoff. During October
10,(101 sick weru treated. Of these
K0.0H per cunt weru only slightly III,
and 10.02 seriously sick. A little over
5U per cent of tho sick recovered under
treatment. 'I ho others weru invalided
or trausforicd to other hospitals I -own
than 1 per cent died. Thu figures re
lating to thu wounded aru conliictiug.
' Philippine Tariff Bill Ready.
Washington, Dee, 21 Sceretary Tuft
and Colonel Edwards, chief of thu in
sular bureau of tho War department,
today practically complete
Prosldont Hays Has Cold Wator for
.n.ujb o Port. Simpson,
Vancouver, B. 0., Dec. 2(1. AVith
tliu idea of preventing any rush to
Port Simpson or ICulen island, 0. M.
Hays, president of tho Grand Trunk
Pacific railway, lias puliliclyanuouiiced
that thu mere filing of plans witli tliu
railway department at Ottawa does not
signify that either of those (daces will
hu selected as thu terminus of the lino.
Said ho: "It simply supplies thu gov
ernment witji information regarding
what thu company may ultimately re
ipiire." Mr. Hays has uguin declined
that it may hu somu time before defi
nite announcement can bo made as to
where thu British Columbia end of the
new transcontinental lino will hu situ
ated. Hu said in an Interview:
"We havo not definitely determined
tho Western terminus. Wo always say
t'ort niiupHou, mil wnun wu inaku tisu
of that uxpiessiou wu mean any point
within r0 miles of thu place. There
aru three or four inlets, all of about
equal merit, that wu might use, but
before wu reach a decision ipiitua num
ber of hydrogruphlu surveys must first
bo Hindu. Nothing has been done along
that lino on thu Pacific coast for a
number of years."
Ah for thu prairie section of tliu Hue,
preparations aru well under way for
commencing construction at Winnipeg,
both east and west, as soon as tlio
snow goes in tliu spring. Mr. Hays
has stated that tlio financial ai range
incuts necessary to thu successful nota
tion of thu scheme havo all been iniule,
and thu outlook for thu satisfactory in
angulation of thu big work is very
bright.
Slavo Trado in Phlllpplnos Put Down
by General Wood.
Washington, Dec. 22. General
Wood, commanding tho department of
Mindanao, Philippine division, in his
minimi report to tlio War department,
said that tliu troops of tlio department
have been in tlio field n greater portion
of tlio year, quelling armed uprisings
and preventing slavo trado and kindred
abuses. IIu says that in nlmost every
Instance actual lighting was initiated
by tliu Moros.
"Conditions nmong tlio Moron
throughout tho department aro gener
ally peaceful," says Genrcal Wood,
who adds:
"Thu establishment of civil govern
ment and tlio extension over them of
certain laws and regulations lias caused
some excitement and at times serious
resistance, especially tho law prohibit
ing slavery. In. somu sections nctivo
hostility lias been engendered by our
presence, especially In tlio liko Lanno
region, where almost constant murder
ous attacks on worklugiuen and soldiers
were tho rulu until thu effects of tho
recent expeditions to thu Tarca sldo of
tho lake, combined with expeditions to
other sections of tho Lanno, woro folt
by tliu Moros."
Tlio power of tho Moros of that sec
tion, lie says, has heon completely
broken. Continuing, tho report says:
"In .Tolo affairs aro quiet. Tho
prompt crushing of tlio Hassans upris
ing has inado n deep' impression on tho
people, and tlio abrogation of thu Bates
agreement tins duno much to bring to
nit end tliu unfortunate conditions
which existed under it."
Dato Alls' party, tliu report adds, Is ,
tlio only baud of Moros now openly
hostile, mid It is small ami is being
followed by troops anil scouts. Guttural
Wood says it is hctluvcd there will not
bo any vury serlnim resistance of au
thority by tliu Morns In tho future,
but there will hu constant police work.
FAVOR MUNICIPAL CONTROL, i
Now York Citizens' Union Commlttos
Adopts Resolutions.
Shanghai, Deo. 22. A report ban
readied hero that the captain of tho
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Grozo
vol, which was dismantled at Shanghai,
August 2(1, hist, lias been discovered on
board tho IJrltish steamur Nlgrotta,
which was seized by tlio Japanosu pro
tected cruiser Tsushima off (Jinan, Co
reit. Charts and documents which
would havo been nf lncalculalilu value
to thu KusslutiH are said to hnvo la-en
found on thu captain's person.
Tliu report, which Is generally cred
ited here, somewhat conflicts with that
contained in an earlier dispatch, in
which It was stated that Captain Reit-
zcustclu, of tliu cruiser Askold, also
disarmed in August at Shanghai, was
thu olllcer who hud attempted to reach
Vladivostok on tho Nlgretta. In either
casu it Is believed tlio Japanese will
hold thu Chinese authorities strictly
responsible for thu escape of thu olllcer
from Shanghai.
Gieat Britain is also likely to bo re
quired to clear herself in tliu matter
unless the rumor circulated here is cor
lect that thu captain disguised himself
as a Flench olllior and in that manner
secuied passage on thu Nlgretta.
CAPTURED AT SEA.
Weakened nnd May Bu Dlssolvod.
San Fiuueisco, Dee, 2(1, Purchases
of the four sugar Jobbing firms which
liavu seceded from the Paoitlo Tralllo
mid Commeicial association, aggregated
approximately 40 per cent of tlio sugar
bought by thu asosclatlon from thu ru
fineries, and thu dissolution of that
organization seems piesaged. Thu four
films aru Haas Bros., Tilliuaii A Bon
del, Siissmnn, Wormser oc Co. ami tlio
Jowin-.Meyor company. Whether or
not thu association Is able to carry on,
it will bo considerably weakened by
tho loss of these firms.
Big Strike In tho Kootunays.
Vancouver, B. C, Dee. 20. A 100
foot ore chute, thii-o feet wido and giv
ing values ranging from 100 to 210
ounces of silver, and from f 10 to 00 a
ton gold, with three per cent copper,
is tlio mining sensation of thu mouth
in tho Kootenays. Thu big strike was
made on thu I ji Franco gioup, Jji
Prance creek, live miles cist of Kooto.
liny lake. Americans own thu prop
i rty, tliu claims belonging to Chicago
capitalists.
Torpedo Boat Sighted.
St. Petersburg, Dee. 2(1, According
to a local paper it number of English
fishermen havo appeared before thu
Russian consul in Loudon und havo de
posed to havu seen foreign torpedo boats
among tliu Hull fishing licet. Their
depositions, it is added, will lio sub-
thu International coiuuils-
Russian Officer was Carrying Valuable
Papers to Vladivostok.
New York, Dee. 22. Tliu city com
mittee of thu Citizens' union lias adopt
ed resolutions favoring an extension of
municipal control of public utilities, u
municipal lighting plant, purchase of
electrical conduits and tlio giant of
power by tliu legislature to tliu city to
build mid operate lighting plants, gas
and electric.
Tho committee adopted tlio report of
tliu committee on franchises, which
favors presenting to tliu legislature thu
constitutional amendment proposed by
tliu "Tihlcu commission" of lH7o,
which was that thu legislature shall
have no power to pass any law "for thu
opening, making, paving, lighting or
otherwise linpioviug or maintaining
streets, avenues, parks or placet), docks,
w inn ves, or for any othor Ineal work or
improvements in or for such purposes
shall be, by law, conferred on tliu city
government."
Potatoes for the Starving.
Greeley, Colo., Dee. 22. Mayor II.
0. Watson issued n call today for a
mass meeting Saturday next to consider
a proposition to donate a large quanti
ty of potatoes to thu starving poor of
Irloand. Similar meetings will ho
hehi at Fort Collins. It is believed
the farmers nf northern Colorado will
contribute several bunded carloads of
potatoes if thu transportation were ar
ranged for. Tlio government will bu
asked to furnish a transport to carry
tho potatoes fiom Galveston to Ire-laud,
Admissions to the Fair.
St. Louis, Deo. 22. Tliu olllclal re
port of thu dlicctor of eoncessloiH und
admlssioiiH of thu World's fair shows
that tho total recoidcd adiiilssoius for
tlio period of thu exposition from April
,'10 to December 1 Inclusive was 10,
(101,855, of which 12,801,010 weru
paid and 0,800,2:11) weru freu. Tho
free admissions included from 20,000
to HO, 01)0 woikiuen, who weie admitted
to complete the work of construction of
buildings mid installations of exhibits.
To Meet Baltic Fleet.
London, Deo. 22. Tlio Dally MuII'h
correspondent at Hong Kong says ho
has, learned on trustworthy authority
that a powerful Japanese squadron of
battleships and armored cruisers is
it mo worK
of putting tliu proposed revision of tliu ' nutted to
l'iillippluo tariff in shape for prcsenta- Hloii, now in Paris, thu circtiinstuncso , nroceediim south, iiccoinnauied hv 15
tion to congress In tho form of a pro- f under which they weru dtained being colliers and transports, to attack thu
pared draft of a bill. I explained. Rmshin Baltio squadron.
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