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THE HORDING OfeE&bffTAy, SATURDAY, ffOYEMBER 26, 190f. SETTLES UNION WAR Federation Decides Against , Brewery Workers, ONLY A MINOR POIJNTvISMADE Convention Agrejt6 Allow the En gineers, Firemen and Teamsters Now In'jOrganlzatlon to Elect Whtrror' They Secede. SAN r FRANCISCO. Nov. . 25. After spendlng'almost the enUre day in a bit ter debate, the differences between tho Brewery Workers' Union "and the Inter national' Brotherhood of Ehgineers, Fire men and Teamsters was settled by tho American Federation of Labor. The vote on every point at issuewlth one minor ex ception, was against the Brewery Work ers' Union. The Brewery Workers Union held that all firemen, engineers and teamsters employed about the premises should Join and come under the Jurisdic tion of the Brewery Workers Union. Tho Brotherhood of Engineers. Firemen and Teamsters objected to this, and Intro duced a resolution to the effect that all workers in breweries be organized accord ing, to their respective crafts, and asked the convention to vote that all engineers, firemen and teamsters now in the Brew cry Workers Union shall leave the same and Join organizations of their respective crafts. For an hour a debate was in dulged in on a proposition to substitute the word "may" for the word "shall." and the convention finally voted for the change. This permits the engineers, firemen and teamsters to elect whether they shall se cede from the Brewery Workers Union. It was charged during the debate that the Brewery Workers Union had filled the places of engineers and firemen on strike in St. Louis and Belleville, 111., with non union men and thereupon organized the latter. It was requested that the Ameri can Federation of Labor compel th -strikers to be reinstated, and the convention fo voted. It likewise voted that all in junctions pending or obtained, by the Brewery Workers Union against other organizations be withdrawn or dissolved.. Santiago Iglesias, representative from Porto Rico, addressed the delegates, and said the condition of the workmen in his native land was worse under tho present regime than under that when Spain was in power. He averred that 600 Porto RIc ans died each month from starvation. The proposition to amalgamate the three central bodies of San Francisco-was found to be an Impossible task at the present time, as was the attempt to adjust the differences between the Brotherhood of Carpenters and the Association of Wood workers. The delegates unanimously voted to use every effort to make more effective the union label, as it was avowed that the enemies to organized labor were endavor ing to destroy the label's meaning. A resolution to do away with the Wash ington lobbj- committee was voted down after the Socialist delegates had made speeches In favor of its passage. The So . cialists were opposed on the floor by President Gompers. The latter bitterly denounced the Socialists for what he termed their sneering tirades. As an aftermath of tho fight between the Chicago Federation of Labor and the American Federation of Labor, a constitutional amendment was adopted at tonight's session providing that any organization or person seceding, or be ing under suspension by tlte American Federation of Labor, shall be denied a seat in the annual convention of the Nationals body. This was especially framed to cover such cases as that pre sented in the case of Delegate Mangan. of Chicago. The amendment consisted in the addition of the words "or per son." An amendment, similar in character, also provided that a central labor body might demur to the seating of an ob jectionable delegate of a local onion affiliated with an international union, joined to the American Federation of Labor, but not. deny the whole local union representation In the central la bor body, was presented. This covered cases similar to that presented in the question of the seating of William Schardt, president of the Chicago Fed eration of Labor- Tho amendment was carried. The convention will elect officers to morrow afternoon. General Strike Is Threatened. NEW YORK. Nov. 23. There la now talk of a general strike of workmen, ac cording to a Herald dispatch from Buenos Ayres. The employes of the largest elec trical concerns in Buenos Ayres have quit work. The government placed at the dis posal of tho company electricians of the navy for regular work that is necessary for all residents. There have been several collisions be tween the striking cabdrivers and the po lice. The situation in Rosario, the second city of Argentina, is serious. There was a collision there Wednesday, in which two persons were killed and several wounded. Valentine to Have Hearing Monday. CINCINNATI, Nov. 25. Joseph T. Val entine, president of the Ironmolders' Union of North America, was In the police court today to answer to the charge of aiding and abetting the malicious de struction of property. The hearing of Mr. Valentine was set for Monday next The case of Thomas- Bracken charged with complicity 4n -the murder" of Weakly, a nonunion molder. was set for tomorrow. ETJSSIAlIS'TEEPAilE.TO WINTER Construction of Dugouts an Indica tion They Expect to Camp. MUKDEN., Nov. 25. Last night passed qujetly, though during Thursday a few scattering ctls were tieard along the front, particularly in the southeasterly direction. "There are large bands of 'Chinese ban dits in the neighborhood of Tie Pass, though no Japanese officers iiave been noticed among them. The army around Mukden is making dugouts which are warm And comfortable, and this is re garded, as evidence of an. intention to pass the-. Winter in the present location. Skirmishing continues to the southward, "ant there has been no serious' engage ment, Kurcki's Corpse, at Yukon. BERLIN, Nov. -5. The Lokal An selger's Mukden correspondent tele graphs as follows: "According to a- report brought by Chinese to Russian, headquarters, the corpse of General Kuroki has arrived at 3Tinkow. .'The concentration of strong Japan ese forces at Saimatsije, northwest of Fens Wang Cheng, which at first was thought to Indicate the formation of a new offensive army, now appears to have been intended only for covering the Fens' Wang Cheng communication. Reinstated for Heroism. CRONSTADT, Nov. 25. Lieutenant Bondy has Just been reinstated to his rank in the navy for heroism in the de fense of Port Arthur. Several years.ago Bondy -fcgij; exUedro! .the agryice for' & grave misdemeanor. When the war broke out he volunteered as an ordinary seaman in the Pacific fleet, and distin guished himself by his bravery at Port Arthur. For this reason the Emperor has restored him to his former rank of Lieutenant. Hun and Taltz Rivers Frozen Over. ST. PETERSBURG. Now 25. A dls patch from. Mukden says that the Hun and Taltz Rivers have been frozen over. The low stage of water in tho LIuo River, the dispatch says, impedes the transport or Japanese stores from lln- kow and the forwarding of ammunition Is delayed by the scarcity of wagons. The-removal 'of the wounded from Liao yar.g to .uainy is executed with diffi culty for the same reason. Britain Not Officially Advised. LONDON, -Nov. 25. Foreign Secretary Lansdowno received the first information of the signing of the Anglo-Russian con vention from the Associated Press. Up to 6 P. M. no official information cf the signing of the document had been re ceived at the Foreign Office in London. Russian Horses Dying Fast. MUKDENNov. 25. Seventy or eighty itussian norses are dying dally. All Jap anese supplies of fSrage, food and clothes aro.obtalned locally, thus .freeing the railway for transportation of. troops and munitions of war. Japanese Propose to Attack. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 25. A Rus sian correspondent telegraphs: "There are evidences that the Japanese are not going to leave us alone, but are going to make a determined effort to double on pur llanK. Japan Addresses Britain. LONDON, Nov. 25 Japan, iri friendly spirit, has drawn tho attention o Great Britain to the supply of coal rurnished by British vessels to the Rus sian fleet. APPROVES PEACE CONGRESS. Germany Accepts in Principle Roose velt's Suggestion. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Secretary. .Hay nas received from the German government a cordial -note accepting in principle President Roosevelt's sug gestion for another conference at The Hague. As the President's suggestion made no reference to tho time for the sec ond meeting: at The Hague, tho German government does not commit itself on this point and awaits tho measure of tho other powers. It is probable that. tho replies from all the powers will be received within a short time.' Enough already have come .to assure becretary Hay of the hearty recep tion vwhich the President's invitation has received generally. When all me acceptances are received it will then be determined what steps shall bo taken toward fixing a date for the court to meet TORPEDO-BOAT IS FIRED QTX. Paraguayan Forts at San Antonio Di rect Four Shots at Her." BUENOS AYRES. Nov. 25. The Ar gentine Minister to Parairuav has in formed the Foreign Office that an Ar gentina torpedo-boat, proceeding to Formosa, Argentina, received four can non shots fired from Paraguayan forts at San Antonio. The Minister visited the Paramiavan President and protested energetically, stating that that was not tho first occa sion or sucn an occurrence, and de manded a satisfactory exnlanatlon. Th Paraguayan government offered ample satisfaction. Instructions subsequently were wired to the commanders of the Argentine warships off Asuncion to adopt strict measures and to tell the Argentine Minister to withdraw in the event of tho repetition of such proceed ings. SOBBED IN SALOON. S. Freeman Is Relieved of Ninety-Five Dollars by Women. By the arrest, of S. Freeman at 2 o'clock this morning one of the largest robberies of recent weeks was brought to light. He asserts he was forcibly relieved of $95 in one of the saloons on North Fourth street by women. Freeman was picked up in a drunken condition by Policeman Jones and brought to the central station. He was booked on a charge of drunkenness, and will be ar raigned before Municipal Judge Hogue on the charge this morning. When being booked Freeman told Ser geant Carpenter and Policeman Jones of the robbery. It Is thought that when he is thoroughly sober he will be ablo to point out the saloon In which ho was robbed, and possibly the guilty persons. WOMEN IN A -FIGHT. They Quarrel Over a Man, and One Is Badly Punished. In a fierce fight In tho middle of First street, near Clay, at 2 o'clock this morn ing. Nellie Roy was badly trounced by Lillian Harper. The trouble arose over a man, whose name the police did not learn. Special 'Policeman McAtee attempted to place both women under arrest, but. Miss Harper ran and made her escape. In a patrol' wagon tho conquered Nellie Roy was carted away to the central station, where she was booked. She was in a sorry plight. Both , eyes were blackened, her checks cut and her hair disheveled. Other arrests may be made later today. BANK, TAILS. TO OPEN. Cashier and President of Nebraska In stitution Are Missing. ONEILL, Neb.. Nov. 25. The Elkhorn Valley Bank failed to open for business today and Its president and cashier could not be""found inTho city. The af fairs of the bank, according to a state ment given to the press by the wife of Bernard McGreevy, president of the bank, are in a bad condition. Soon to Make Treaty With Britain. WASHINGTON, .Nov. 25. Tho State Department today made the announce ment that this Government hopes soon to. conclude with Great Britain an ar bitration treaty identical with those recontly signed with France, Germany and other powers. Tho treaty will be signed by Secretary Hay and Sir Mor-. timer Durand, the British ambassador. National Bank for Prosser. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. 25. The Controller of the Currency has authorized the First Na tional Bank of Prosser, Wash., to begin business with a capital of $25,001 Nelson Rich is president, J. W. Carey vice-president, and H. B. Harris cashier. Brazil and Peru Sign Treaty. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. News has reached here of the signing of a treaty between Peru and Brazil looking to the peaceful settlement of the boundary dis putes between the two nations and the adjustment of claims arising out of the boundary line disputes. $100,000 Church Burned. ' BRANTFORD, Conn., Nov. 25. St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, recently eompetfi' buried, this jeQja&Eg. lm, FOR GREATER POST Chaffee Urges More Land Be Purchased at Vancouver. ESTIMATE $30,000 IS NEEDED Chief of Staff Says Little General Legislation"! -Required at This Time Many Generals Favor Restoration of Canteen. WASHINGTON. Nov; 23. Lleutenant General Chaffee, Chlefof Staff of the United States Army, ln,his annual report says, in his opinion, liFle new general legislation Is needed atMhls time. He says sufficient time has not elapsed since the reorganization of the Army to deter mine wisely what legislation la necessary. IN TOMORROWS OREGONIAN THE BOOK COMMENDED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Two sermons tomorrow from "The Simple Life,' by Rev. Charles Wagner, whom the President introduced to a Washington audience last Tuesday .evening. Their titles are: "The 8pirit of Sim plicity," and "Simple Thought" Each chapter is a complete sermon in itself. PROM THE CAMERA CLUB'S EXHIBIT. - A page of choice photographs shown this week at the annual exhibition arQ.reproduced.- ISRAEL ZANGrWILL TALKS OP A JEWISH STATE. Well-known author, dramatist and reformer teljs how the Zionists hope to acquire Palestine from the Sultan. THE SUB-TACKLE, BY, HUGH HERDMAN. A timely football story from the viewpoint of the man in the game with a love episode interwoven. TODAY'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WOMEN. Miss Sidona V. Johnson speaks of stenography as the doorway to a business career open to every bright, well-educated and self confident young woman. RIDER HAGGARD TALKS OP THE SPIRIT WORLD. Famous author of "She," "King Solomon's Mines," etc., is mak ing a study of soul life and gives his views; illustrated by portrait of Haggard, the first ever published. MR, DOOLEY ON THE PORT ARTHUR SIEGE. This is Finley Peter Dunne's topic for the day and he takes occasion to make sundry remarks on sieges in general with a keen satire on affairs at Pekin during the Boxers' War. SIR HIRAM MAXIM ARRAIGNS CHRISTIAN NATIONS. Noted Englishman holds them responsible for the outrageous op pression of China and scores the missionaries. MODERN RAILROADING IN ENGLAND. .A growling, wide-awake Yankee contrasts slow methods employed on the British Isles with up-to-date' conduct 'of passenger traffio in the United States. . THE "GREAT GAME" BETWEEN TWO EMPIRES. Moves and countermoves by Russia and Great Britain-in the Afghan country. PECK'S BAD BOY ABROAD. ' . He and Dad get ready for an ocean trip and Hennery labels the old man's suitcase. QUAINT SCHOOL WHERE BOYS ARE TAUGHT TO PISH. Ostend's "Academy," established by a Belgian. priest-to preserve one of hid country's important industries. JOTTINGS OP OLD UM JUOKLTN. Opie Read's philosopher discourses in f amiliar-vein on the useless- ness of lawyers. ALL THE NEWS AND THE CUSTOMARY DEPARTMENTS. General Chaffee recommends the en largement of the following military res ervations, the sums stated being the es timated cost of additional land: Fort Baker and Point Bonlta. Val-.JKS.OOO Vancouver Barracks 30,000 Tokeka Point, wash 2.500 Fort Bayard, N. M 30,000 It is stated that it seems necessary to secure control of the source of the water which supplies the valley adjoining Fort Bayard or else abandon the pul monary hospital there. General Chaffee suggests the enactment of state laws dis franchising deserters from the Army. The General says that inquiry of men In guardhouses on his tour ot inspection elicited no special reason for desertion, the general reply, being that Army life was not what had been anticipated. Gen eral Chaffee believes the adoption of his suggestion would relieve military prisons of two-thirds of their occupants. Rela tive to the general staff corps, he says: Abundant proof of the wisdom of Con gress in establishing the new corps and prescribing its duties is found in the record of its first year's work; which war rants the confident . expectation that in due time the highly important objects' of the law will be fully accomplished." The Signal Corps is highly commended for the installment of the Alaska tele graph system. At present there are something over 1700 prisoners at Army posts and the Dost guardhouses are sirnnly-crbwded to an un sanitary ilmit. A number of extracts, from the reports of Generals favoring the restoration of the canteen are given. General Chaffee says that the number of men and officers In the. artillery corps is insumcient ana tneir organization is not the best. The pay allowed is said io be inadequate to obtain the men desired for the artillery. The report, adds that the Chief -of Ar tillery says that ia the absence of ap proved .range .and position, finding eauln- raent and other accessories, tho coast-de- rense guns are deprived of two-thirds of weir value oy day. and all. or nriv all of their value by night All the-deficiencies "cited, it is stated, can be rem edied only after legislative action by Con gress. It is. added that conditions., do not seem to be so" critical as to warrant hasty I.UUUt TO AID .SHIPPING. Naval and Postal Official Give Their View. "WASHINGTON. Nov. 36. Tha Vprr.nf- Marine Commission resumed its session today. Senator Gallinrer. th phinir. announced that the hearings were abowt concluded, but the commission nd thought it proper at this tlm ta !nvW Naval anePeetoflce. Deportment -officials; to be$feMttottexjtEe former to'uWlt their opinio of te deeiraMHty- of a mer chant marine as auxiliary to the Navy. and the latter to seealc for the benefits to accrue to the postal service as & result of an improved merchant marine.' Sec retary Metcalf, of' the Department of Commerce and Labor., also was invited to attend the hearings Secretary Morton's view of the relation of the Government to the merchant ma rine in the foreign trade was that it was simply a question of .competition. He said that in order to build up a large Ameri can .shipping Interest in this country It will have to meet the competition of other nations. It will further be neces sary, he declared, to recognize in some way the mail contracts, the subsidies, the bonuses and tho premiums of Germany, England and other countries. The Ameri can owner of seagoing craft and the American sailor, he said, must be given equality in all respects. If they are not to be handicapped by foreign competition. It was his idea that all ships built In this country should be constructed in ac cordance with plans approved by the Navy Department, so that in caso of war the Department could make good and efficient use of them. He added he was not sure but that the seamen also should have a naval training. Rear-Admiral Luce read a letter re cently submitted by him to Secretary Morton to be laid before the commission. in which he referred to the mutual de pendence of the merchant marine and the Navy. He asserted that tho money paid to foreign carriers of products of X this country went to enrich countries with which the United States might some day be at war, thereby Indirectly aiding the navies of those countries arid their naval reserves at the expense of our own. He favored subsidies as a means of building up the merchant marine, de claring that it was through nursing a particular British industry, the carrying trade, that England owed her supremacy on the seas today. Captain ilahan said that American shipping should he encouraged to come into existence and to compete with the carrying trade of the world. Rear;Admlral Harrington favored the building of steel ships, and said the laws of the United States should be changed so as to permit the merchants of this country to- run American ships as cheap ly as foreign powers can run them. He declared the merchant officers of the United States were all that could be de sired' as to competence, but as regarded education and training they did not com pare favorably with foreign merchant officers. Captain Usher, speaking for the Bureau of :Navigat!cn.of theNavy, said the Navy Department was- riot disposed to suggest any. .plan which looked to the encour agement of the erchant marine through subsidies for speed, mileage or mall-carrying vessels, but was disposed to favor naval premiums on ships to. be built and which, fulfilled certain naval require ments. Eugene Chamberlain,. Commissioner ot Navigation, submitted & series of tables bearing on the commerce of the world. From these she. showed that the exports of the United States largely exceeded the imports, and. said the Imposition of dis criminating duties would be likely to re sult disastrously to the trade of this country through retaliatory action "by the countries affected. Replying to' Senator Gallinger, Mr. Chamberlain said he favored -the grant ing of subsidies as a means of National defense. General Shallenberger's testimony con cluded the hearing. He did riot believe, he said, a -Hiail service act alone would benefit more than a limited portion of American shipping. There must be some legislative act which '.would give to this country the selection of at least one line of steamers to each of the principal porta of the world.'" .The commission went into; executive session. No further witnesses will be Heard. Final Hearing ef Hearst Case. WASHINGTON, Nov. 35. The final hearing before the Interstate Com merce Commission of the complaint of WHllaa X. Hearst against, the coal carrying roads will take yfece In this city os November 29. - American Squadron Slk for Bxhia. RIO JAXXnt...Xer. MLHms Vmifi i X&m$; sailed for, . today.' - - L18S LAND FILED ON Remarkable Decline in Timber Entries in Oregon. DUE TO SUSPENSION ORDER Roseburg District the Scene of the Greatest Activity During the'Past Year Dalles Section-Secured . Most Actual Settlers. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Nov. 25. The annual report of Commissioner Richards, of the General Land Office, Just issued, contains a series of elaborate tables showing the extent and character of business trans acted at the various local Land Offi ces during the past fiscal year. Among other things brought out by these ta bles is the remarkable decline In the number and extent of timber entries made last year, as compared with the year previous. As heretofore intimated in these dispatches, the falling off in the Pacific Coast States is largely at tributed to the enforcement of Secre tary Hitchcock's order suspending tim her and stone entries in Oregon, Wash, ington and California, This order con tinued in effect up to December last, at which time it was set aside by the President. It appears from the Commissioner's report that the aggregate receipts from the disposal of public lands in Oregon during the 12 months which ended June 30, 1303. amounted to $2. 015,526. This was high-water mark, not only for Oregon, hut for all states. Never before, and probably never again, will the revenue from public lands In any. one state reach this total in a single year. The total receipts from Oregon lands in the year which ended June 30 last amounted to only $1,442, 576, a drop of more than $500,000. Yet in spite of this decline, Oregon still retains its place at the head of the list of. public land states, and by reason of Its excesslvo receipts is credited with having contributed more than any other state to the reclamation fund. Practically 90 per cent of the total re ceipts finds its way into this fund. The following table, taken from the report, shows the number of timber sales and the amounts received there from In the various land districts in Oregon during the past fiscal year: 1903 ' Receipts. $4,122 310.750 358,631,. 109.558 653.876 117.000 1004 No. Receipts. 20 $8,383 704 259,927 717 284.584 207 72.042 1,173 423.595 430 172.813 District. No. Burna 16 La Grande.. 815 Lakevlew .. 015 Oregon City. 307 Roseburg- ...1,700 Tho Dalles.. 455 Totals $1,553,033 $1,224,334 From the foregoing statement it is apparent that the Roseburg district is the scene of greatest activity among timber entrymen. During the past 12 months 171,437 acres of timber lands were purchased in that district, a much greater area than was bought else where in the state. The nearest ap proach was in Lakevlew, where 113,825 acres were purchased. La Grande was the third Important district In point of timber business. The total receipts from Oregon tim ber land sales alone show a falling off of $329,604 in the one year, or more than 60"per cent of the total decline in gross 'receipts of the state: for the year recently closed. In the report returns are made of homesteads and all other forms of en tries, showing not only thcr numbers of entries, but the acres involved. More actual homeseekers located In Tho Dalles district than elsewhere in the state. In that district alone there were 848 original and 222 final homestead entries recorded lost year, embodying 126,026 and 34,657 acres, respectively. Next in line stands the Roseburg dis trict, with 768 original and 178 final homesteads, embracing 135.000 -acres in alL The other districts show home steads as follows: Burns, 195 original and 50 final, embracing 40,000 acres: La Grande, 593 original and 169 final, embracing 114.000 acres; Lakevlew. 149 original and 35 final, embracing 28,000 acres, and Oregon City. 487 original and 90 final, embracing 80,000 acres all told. In addition to these entries were large numbers of commuted homesteads, especially in Tho Dalles and Roseburg districts. From the commutation of homesteads alone the Land Offices received upwards of $80, 000 in fees and payments. The following table shows, by dis tricts, the total number ot entries and sales in each district during the year 1904, the area of lands embraced thereby, and the total receipts of each Land Office, from all sources: District. No. Acres. Receipt. Bums C57 61.054 $ 21.073 La Granfle 2.477 202.200 311.041 Lakevlew 1,800 164.901 300.590 Oregon City l.urs yts.vs ss.dst Roseburtr 4.151 368.S23 480.281 The Dalles.... .....2,729 270,201 231,421 Washington Land Business. The Seattle land district leads all others in Washington In Its receipts from dis posal of public lands, though there were more entries actually made in the Spo kane and Watervllle districts than in the Puget Sound region. The excessive re ceipts are duo to the fact that there were more timber and stone entries made in the Seattle district than elsewhere in Washington. In this connection it is Interesting to note the decline In the number of timber entries in those districts where timber lands are especially plentiful. The follow ing table shows a falling off in timber and stone entries in all but two districts: 1903 1904 District. Entries. Receipts. Entries. Receipts. Seattle .....1.026 $375,244 517 155 $178,970 Olympla .... 226 77,306 57,634 45,650 161.778 1.C00 18,210 X. Yauima.. J$ 76 120 7 142 26,831 36,673 104.36!) 1,700 49,102 Bookane .... 150 Vancouver. . . 454. Walla Walla 5 Watervilla .. 59 It is aPDarcai from this statement that Washington was a jmuch lighter contri butor to' the reclamation fund last 'year than it was in 1S03. In fact, the total re ceipts of the state fell from $1,194,716 in 1903. to $762,833 In 1504. There were more lands disposed of un der various land laws in the North Yak ima district than elsewhere in Washing ton. That district reported 1517 entries of all sorts, embodying 206,684 acres. The cash receipts amounted to $49,6e& The large totals were made by 957 state selec tions, which embraced more than half the lanus disposed of by the Government. In the Olympla district there were 551 entries, embracing 41626 acres; the cash receipts amounted to $9,7SS. Timber-cases constituted the bulk of business at the' Olympla office. The Seattle Land Office reports a total of 169S entries and filings for the year, and shows 130,195 acres disposed of, while the cash receipts of the offlcs amounted to $?20.S62. The bulk of this business was in relation to" timber lands; most of the bal ance represented homesteads. There were 1SS3 entries asd filings in. the Spokane district, embodying 168,441 acres, and. bringing In in receipts & total of $113,379. The Vancouver office reports 1171 ea tries and filings, embracing 114.744 acres: cash receipts, $122,436, From Walla Walla comes tbe resort of 1240 entries, covering 111.14 acres; cash re ceipts $79,414. -.watervllle. revert VX ee- tries embraciBC XTTJK acres; cask re ceipts. $117,231- In adcitlofi i th regTtlar rtbunf froga WafervlllBi there were 2S entries and sales of Colvllle Indian lands. 2244 acres lit all: the receipts from these soles amounted to $3762. Confident Tariff Will Be Amended. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. The Sun's Wash ington correspondent says: "No doubt remains in the minds of the Republican leaders, even those who are opposed to any. tariff changes, that the Dingley schedules will be amended by the Fifty-ninth Congress. President Roose velt, however, still adheres to his policy of not committing himself one way or the other as. to what he will recommend. LITTLE PETE. Carrier Pigeon That Traveled 8000 Miles to Reach Home. Ross B. Franklin in St. Nicholas. i"i -fviM.-H.iimu, iicw z-eaiana, io oe usea In carrying communications between Auckland and Great Barrier Island; and among tne little leathered messengers WAS n Mril narnnrt Ptm -raVi'rli )ulnnp.1 r w.v, M-v.wMovw. .vr me. PftA WQ5 fllTPnva Irnrntm no a -rtIqa fellow, his intelligence at times causing peopie io marvei. nut Jfete was a tramp; that is. he could not be depended upon if sent on a long trip, often loitering on the way to hunt food or to play, perhaps stay- Iner nllf hnnro Tirhan Via otinnl, Via... absent only minutes. So Pete was shipped away to be used as a loft bird one which auija ai wie nome loit to attract return ing messengers. Well, he went this time because he couldn't help It: but his cun ning played a fine trick on his new own ers. This bird was taken 2000 miles by land to San Francisco, 20S3 miles by water to Hawaii; thence 2240 miles by water to tne ssamoan islands; thence 1600 miles by water to Auckland in all nearly SOW miles, and now Pete Is at home again I The home-coming of this bird is little short of marvelous, and this is how, he ac complished it. -WntrViint- arnfnllv' tnv art opportunity to escape, after landing at .t.ui;.muu, x-eie iook xo nis wings, ana finding in the harbor the vessel which had carried him so far from home, he ra diated from its masts In every direction, searching for a familiar scene or object, which, of course, he could not find so many thousand miles away from his American dove-cote. However, he stayed near the ship, perhaps thinking It would return to Ampr!- ht TOhon tVia fnooal finally steamed out, headed for Australia luaieaa oi ine unuea states, .rete deserted his perch and struck out straight toward his home land. So it happened that the Lucy Belle, an old-fashioned sailing vessel laden with lumber from the Sa moan Isles, when three days from Christ mas Island, was boarded by an almost exhausted stranger: and the stranger was nobody In the world but Mr. Pete. As the old sailor is a very superstitious be ing, Pete was welcomed amid cries of wonder at encountering a homing pigeon in the mlddlu of the Pacific Ocean, and was allowed to ride wherever he chose on shipboard. The bird was kindly treated and fed, and one day, during a storm which frightened him and drove the little tramp to shelter on deck, it was discov ered that he carried a small tag on ono leg, bearing a number and his name. He was placed In a box with' slats for bars, and In this condition came into San Fran cisco Bay with -the Lucy Belle, Just as happy at sight of land as auy member of the crew, who considered him a mascot. The story of the Lucy Belle's mascot soon spread among the shlpfolk along the wharves and in a few hours Pete was Identified as having been shipped some weeks before for Auckland. Then it was that the people understood that the crafty fellow was homeward bound.' All tills is wonderful enough; but the fact that Pete reached home unaided over 2000 miles of land route is, perhaps, only less wonderful. But he did. It was argued on the Lucy Belle that a bird possessing a brauv.wise enough, to figure out an ocean voyage could reach his home on land, and after some debate the sailors securely fastened a little story to Pete's leg, reciting his adventures so far as known to them, and turned him loose. How the dear little wanderer found his way home he alone can telL It took Pete nine days to travel the 2000 miles. In covering which, of course, he must have stopped often: lor, if he could have gone straight home, the dis tance would have been made in 30 or 40 hours. We who had sent him off to Aus tralia bad not the slightest idea that he was this side of the equator, or of the world, when, one morning, not long ago, Mr. Pete quietly hopped down from the homo loft, and, without any fuss what ever. Joined his mates at a breakfast of corn, wheat and crumbs! TO SEAECHEES P0E TEOTJBLE Poisonous Substances In Wall Paper and Dress Fabrics. Philadelphia'Ledger. Danger to health and life from poisonous substances in papers and dress fabrics Is no Imaginary one, as shown by numberless instances in medical annals and by the laws of many countries regulating the amount of poison to be allowed in coloring such materials. America has no gen eral statute on the subject, and Massa chusetts is the only state which has legislated in restraint of the use of arsenic. The Massachusetts act, which may be regarded as the standard in this country, fixes the safe limit, be yond which manufacturers may not go without incurring penalty, one tenth grain per square yard of wall paper and one-hundredth grain in dress goods. Two of the experts of the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture have lately made an exhaustive inquiry as to the extent of the evil here, and their conclusions show the limit set by the Massachusetts law i3 not sufficiently strict. An exhaustive examination of wall paper indicated that few samples contained more arsenic than 0.1 grain per square yard, but that it was very doubtful whether that proportion of the poison was entirely harmless. While it was urged that there is no reason why papers cannot be made that contain no arsenic at all, it was recom mended that the limit be made 0.05 j grain per square yard. As to dress i fabrics, carpets, furs and fur rugs, the results were less satisfactory, excess ive amounts of arsenic being found, varying- from 5 to 170 times as. much as should be allowed in the case of furs for dress purposes. Dress goods havs improved in recent years-in re spect to their arsenical Ingredient, but the evil Is still oNsufflcIent proportions to justify the flxiog1 of a legal limit of not exceeding 0.05 grain per square' yard. Denies Priest Has Won. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Archbishop Ireland tonight denied the statement sent -out from St. Paul last iigt that Father Harrison, former pas.tor of St, Joseph's parish, had won his. appeal to the holy see at Rome. Chamberlains Back In London. LONDON, Nov. 25. Joseph Chamber lain and Mr?. Chamberlain are back In London, having returned from Italy un announced and quietly several days earlier than they were expected. Once He Drove the Wagon. Frank Smithson. -who drove the patrol wage-n for three years during the Pen- never administration, was arrested last eveitMf os a charge of vagrancy by Offi cer Carlca. Strike Situation UnehangW. BtnnC ATRSB, Nor. 2S.-There have fcR no iievelepneak In the strttc ltua ttaC and there is. n change la the cedi ttott or Otoiffs fere nag $ Rojajjay DIES -WHILE AT. SEA Jimmy Michael, Noted Bicycle Rider, Is No More, BOUND FOR AMERICA tTO RACE He lecomee Delirious in Night, rand Passes Away Jn Mernlng Doctor Pronounces Congestion of the Brain Cause ef Death. NEW YORK. Nov. 2S.-JImmy MIcteel. the noted Welsh middle-distance bicycle rider, died suddenly last" Monday morn ing on board "the French liner La Savoie. of congestion of the brain. Michaels was coming to the United States to race again, and was accompanied by a number of leading distance riders who are to enter the six-day contest to be held here In De cember. Michael complained of being ill on Sun day, saying to the ship's doctor that h. was suffering from a severe headache and nausea. He told Dr. Malre that his illness was due, he thought, to the after effects' of a severe fall he had received In Berlin two years ago. - "Since then," continued MlchaeL "I have had partial paralysis of the left side of my face and am" frequently subject to lapses of memory. I do not feel at all my self. Do what you can to relieve me of this awful pain." Dr. Malre attended the bicycle rider faithfully during the remainder of that day, and by night had succeeded in re lieving his pain. Michael retired early and did not com plain of feeling ill. About 3 o'clock Mon day morning his companion heard Michael struggling violently in his stateroom. Dr. Malre, who was at once called, pro nounced his .condition dangerous. He was in a violent delirium until 10 o'clock in the morning, and an hour later died. Dr. Malre said death was caused by conges tion of the brain. The body will be sent to Wales on the first available steamer. , KAISER AND GOWNS, Incident Which Visitor Might Haye Misunderstood. New York Mall. If there had been a philosophical trav eler from China in the corridors of the opera-house at Berlin on Thursday even ing, he must have had some strange, not to say puzzled. Oriental thoughts. lit, would have seen the floor littered with fragments of the bodices of women's gowns, which the wearers hid cut out with scissors, exposing their necks there by, in order to secure admlsstoa under the orders of the Kaiser, who was pres ent. For the Imperial command had gone forth that no woman should enter unless she was Tn a low-necked dress, and many had come In high necks. This must have been the observant Ori ental's conclusions: "On ordinary occa sions women may go to the opera in mod est dresses. When the Emperor is pres ent they may not. He exacts from every one of them this strange humiliation of the sex which they call the 'decollete.' It Is, therefore, evident for what purpose this great Emperor goeth to the opera." His Oriental conclusion, would have been Incorrect. Indeed, it would" nave foully libeled the Kaiser, who Is well nigh Pu ritanicalfor a German in his views. There, of course, would have been the testimony of the littered fragments of ths mangled gowns lying all about. Yet it was not exposure which the Emperor de sired, but conformity to the ceremonial mode. The same requirement was often' made by that other royal Puritan, Queen Victoria. Butthe incident is, indeed, a strange commentary on our modes. Perhaps It will assist the decline ot this particular mode. There are many women, and more men, who think It ought to. Oldest Actress In the Country. PHILADELPHIA, NTov. 25,-Mrs. Maria B. Wilkes, the oldest actress In the coun try, died today, aged S8. Mrs. Wilkes was the original "Widow Melnotte," with Edwin Forrest, and was a member of thr companies of most of the famous actors of her time. 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