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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, JANUARY 13. ID08. 3 PRESIDENT WILL RECALL TROOPS Tells Governor Sparks Nevada Shall Not Shirk the Responsibility. PLOT OF THE MINEOWNERS Federal Soldiers Called in, Then Kcduelion of Wages Is An nounced State Authorities Are Able to Handle Situation. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-President Kootevolt has determined to withdraw the Federal troops from Goldfteld, Nev., FliorUy after the legislature begins its special session, Tuesday. This intention was made known at the White House to day, when the report of the special in vestigation commission was made public, together with a letter from the President to Governor Spark?, dated January 4. The President says he shall be governed by the recommendations in the report unless the Governor can show that the state ments of the report are not in accord ance with the facts. - The report says: "The conditions did. not support the general allegations in the Governor's re quest for troops, nor were his specific statements established to any such extent us to Justify his use of these statements for the purpose - of getting Federal troops." It concludes with this recommendation: "But we must llrmly believe that upon the assembling of the legislature, or within a few .days thereafter, the troops should be removed, regardless of any re quest for their retention that may be made by cither the Legislature or the Governor of Nevada, It being essential that the State of Nevada shall understand this situation completely shall recognize 4 he fact that there will, at that date, be thrown upon it, and it alone, the primary responsibility of keeping order, and that, recognizing this responsibility, it may take such action as is the duty of the state and as will be sufficient In the premises. , In his letter to Governor Sparks, after reviewing the steps so far take) in the Gold field mining trouble, the President continues: T roo p s Wc re ot Xeede d . 1 have just recojved the report of these three gentlemen (Murray, Smith and Nelll), widen sets forth in the most emphatic lan guage their belief, after a careful investiga tion on the ground, that there was no war rant whatever for calling on the President for troops, and that 'the troops should not be kept Indefinitely tn Goldtield. The re port further states that there . was no In surrection against the power ot the state at the time the troops were called for; that nobody supposed that there was such an Insurrection, and that none of the conditions described In sections aO7-8-0 of the Revised (Statutes as warranting Interference by the Federal Government existed, and that the effort was and is. plainly an effort by the state of Nevada to secure the per formance by the United States of the or dinary police duties which should as a mat ter of course be- performed by Nevada her- ' self. The report further says: ' There is absolutely no question that if the tte of Nevada and the county of Esmeralda exercise the powers at their disposal they con maintain satisfactory or dr in Goldfteld; that so far these authori ties have done nothing but rely on Federal aid and, their attitude now la expressed by that of refusing to do anything and desiring to throw their own burdens on the Federal Government for the maintenance of 'these elementary conditions of order for which thry. and they ony, are responsible. The signers of the report express their conviction that the troops shpnld remain In Nevada until the assembling of the Leg is la -sure, no as to preserve the status quo in order that the Legislature may deal with the situation as It exists, but that shortly thereafter the troops should be removed. President Must Be "Shown." 1 agree with the recommendations of this report, of which 1 enclose a copy, and shall nnd accordingly. In less It can be shown that the statements of the report are not In accordance with the facts. It will be Incum bent upon the Legislature of Nevada, when It convenes, itself to provide for enforce ment of the laws of the state. The state of Nevada must itself make a resolute effort In good faith to perrorm the police du ties Incident to the existence of a state. As the Operators' Association had insti gated the call far Federal aid, the commis sion on reaching Goldtield allowed Its coun sel to present the operators' side of the case fully. This occupied five days: At the end of these hearings the report says: "Inasmuch as we were by this time sat isfied that the mine operators had not in any particular established a case justifying either the bringing or the retention of the troops, we did not deem It necessary to take' any extensive evidence on the other, and the hearing was substantially closed with a orief formal Interview with the committee from the Miners T'nion." Reviewing - the conditions leading up to the present strike and since the strike be pan. November 27 last, the report draws this conclusion: Scheme of Mineowners. The action of the mine operator war rants the belief that they had determined upon a reduction in wages and the refunal r employment to members of the Western Federation of Miners, but that they feared to take this course of action unless they hnd the protection of Federal troops, and that they accordingly laid a plan to secure such troops and then put their programme Into effect. When the troops arrived the mine ope rators Issued a statement in which they Indicated a reduction In miners wages from S to $4 a day, also their intention not to employ miners who belonged to the union. The report adds: "While this cut In. wages and refusal to employ members. of the Western Federation of Miners wm hot announced until after the arrival of the troops, ever" indication confirms the belief that such action was in contemplation before the arrival of the trvps, was part of the general belief f th Mine Operators to establish their inde pendence of the union, and that the com ing of t he troops was expected and urged I'V them to make such a plan feasible." renditions at Goldfteld, the report asserts, did not Justify railing for the troops. The single chc of the unlawful use of dynamite, which failed to accomplish any damage, wan surrounded by such circumstances, the. report says, as to raise a reasonable doubt as to tbv senuinencKK of the charges that the members of the union were responsible. The ai- 'at bulk of the, tej.tlm.ony of the-opet-ators tended to -how, according to the report, not the existence of past or present disorder, but the possibility of future dis turbances should the trooas be withdrawn. This view was held by many men of almost all clae-, but w as based on the chang-Kl conditions since the troops had arrived, namely, the declaration of the operators reducing wage and refusing to employ union men. A to the refusal of the o pu lsions to employ union men! the report 5ts forth a statute of the state prohibiting Mich discrimination. The commission ex presses itself as satisfied that out of- the rntire membership in the miners' union there are .not over a few hundred men of dan gerous type, while the great majority, prob ably three-fourths of the membership of the union, were conceded to be . men of law abiding tendencies. The report adds: Slate Shirks Duty. "B permitting their organization to' be managed and controlled by men of violent tendencies, th union as a body has thus laid Itself open to the reproach of being a vicious organization. "In view of the foregoing facts we be lieve there is considerable danger that se rious disorders will be attempted if the troops ae withdrawn and the mine oper ators Insist on carrying out their publicly announced policy. But if a handful of men have controlled the Goldtield Miners f'nion and committed the organization to inde fensible policies and practices, it Is no rea son why the county of Esmeralda and the State of Nevada should tamely submit to the domination of' this same group and should not assert their authority and power and enforce respect for law and order with out' support of Federal troopp.'V LAWMAKERS ARE GATHERING Members of Nevada Legislature Convening at Carson. CARSON Nev. Jan. 12. Many members of thfe State Legislature which, has been called by Governor Sparks to meet in i special session next Tuesday for the pur pose of -providing means to preserve order, at Goldtield have already arrived. Governor Sparks stated today that he hoped the Legislature would finish its business in two weeks. There will be a caucus of the members tomorrow on or ganization. It is believed that the old at taches will occupy the positions held at the session of last Winter. Lieutenant-Governor Dickerson said to day that he is ln favor of any legislation that will promote the interests of the state. As he has been opposing Gov ernor Sparks' policies, this statement has produced a better feeling. Congressman Bartlett, who is in accord with Governor Sparks, "has arrived arid will remain throughout the session. - The Goldfteld Miners' Union ami the Mineowners Association will both be lepresented. by prominent members. Governor ' Sparks was unwilling tonight to outline his message to the Legisla ture, saying that he did not care to dis cuss it in advance of Its transmittal to the Legislature Tuesday. A lively session is looked, for, as there are many radical labor sympathizers among the members who will fight lustily any measure creating state militia similar to the Pennsylvania Constabulary force It Is said by those who. are working for a militia or. constabulary force that if the plan is blocked the Legislature will be asked, to memorialize Congress to enact a law establishing a permanent military organization in Nevada, EAST IN GRIP OF STORM WET -SXOW BREAKS DOWN WIRES Ot-T OF CHICAGO. Windy City Isolated . for Hours. Streetcar Traffic Blocked. Blizzard in Wisconsin. CHICAGO, Jan. 12. Chicago and its en virons were cut otf for several . hours today from wire communications from other points by a snow and wind storm which began before dawn and raged -without a break all day. Snow continues to fall tonight. A northeast gale drove blinding masses of wet snow before it. The warmth of the atmosphere caused' the heavy flakes partly to melt and stick to whatever they touched. As a consequence overburdened wires and poles were put out of commis sion in all directions and wire communi cation was at a standstill for hours. Electric carlines to suburbs were blocked and even in the downtown' quarters trans portation was slow and uncertain. HAVAXA FLOODED BY 6EA Fierce Gale Drives Ocean Ovej; the M'alecon Sea Wall. HAVANA, Jan. 12. A heavy northwest gale today drove high seas against, the ocean front, sweeping over the lalecon sea wall and inundating the lower part of the Prado and adjacent streets to the depth of several feet. The lower section of Vedado, a suburb, was also Inundated. Scores of residences- on Gulf avenue were badly damaged. Entrance to or exit from the harbor was impossible during the gale. Great waves striking Moro, hurled the spray 60 feet over the lantern of the lighthouse. The storm is subsiding tonight. Detroit People Shiver. DETROIT, Mich., Jan.' ' 12. Trolley, train and telegraph service was seriously interrupted today by a blizzard that sw.ept a large portion of Michigan. At Bay City 18 inches of snow was reported and all the churches abandoned. COPPER FROM IDAHO MINES Production of Blister In 1006 Shows Gain Over 1905. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. ,. The production of blister, copper from Idaho in 1906 was 8.578.046 pounds, .a gain of about l,35O,0tX pounds over the output of ISH'5. The mine pro duction amounts to 9.55S.913 pounds. The difference between the mine, and the smelter production in 1906 is due to the fact that a very large quantity of Idaho ore was held in storage at Canadian and Pacific Coast reduction works at the end of the year. Much of the product came from the Snowstorm mine, in the Coeur d'Alene district, and from' the White Knob . mine, at Mackay, Custer County. The ore of the Snowstorm mine aver ages about 4 per cent copper, 6 ounces of silver and 0.1 ounce of gold. It carries very high silica, in consequence of which many smelting companies give it a fav orable reduction charge, since it may be used as converter lining. The ore of the White Knob mine is ox idized down to a depth of 600 feet, and is of a moderate grade in copper, gold and silver. Sulphide ore from Bingham, Utah, was brought to Mackay and smelted with the oxidized ore and the matte pro duced was returned to the Salt Lake Val ley for conversion. Other copper producers in the state are located in Washington. Iemhi.. and Fre mont Counties. A small amount of cop per was recovered as matte in lead fur naces and was turned into blister in the Est. ' LAST BLAST IN TUNNELS Pennsylvania Railroad Completes Manhattan Subway. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. After three years of continuous work day-andni&ht, the Pennsylvania Railroad's . tunnels under Manhattan have been completed. The final blast was fired at 5 P. M. Saturday. 60 feet under Sixth avenue and Thirty-second streets. It cleaned the last obstacle in the Thirty-second-street tube. Much work ' remains to be done In the tunnels under the East River,- in the Long Island city yardfl and approaches and on the Jersey ap proaches to the Hudson tubes. Light's Mechanical Equivalent. Technical Literature. Experiments recently carried out by Dr. C. V. Drysdale and A. C. Jolley, and reported tothe Royal Society, lead to the conclusion that an ideal source of white light should yield about 10 candle-power per watt, and a mono chromatic yellow-green source about 17 candle-power per watt. TRY TO IMPEACH THEIR GOVERNOR Dunsmuir of British Columbia Disliked for Attitude on Japanese Question. SOCIALISTS AID MOVEMENT Alleged That lie Desires Japanese Labor' for -His Coal Mines and so Docs Not Sign Exclusion Law Passed by Parliament. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 12. The im peachment of Governor Dunsmuir '. of British Columbia for the attitude he has taken on the Japanese question is said to be the first thing on the programme of the Provincial Parliament, which is to convene on Thursday of this week. Socialist members, assisted by avowed enemies of the Governor in Parliament, are said to be looking for the scalp of the millionaire legislator. J. H. Hawthornthwaite, who represents the white coalminers of Nanaimo, hear which the Dunsmuir mines are located, proposes to impeach Dunsmuir before the bar o the House as the first action'of the Provincial Parliament. . Always unpopular with the labor party, Dunsmuir especially offended last year when he declined to sign' ah act exclud ing Japanese labor,, passed unanimously by the Legislature. Four months later Dunsmuir, on behalf of the Wellington Colliery Company, of. which he is presi dent, signed a Contract with one Gotoh, a Japanese employment agent, agreeing to employ 150 miners and several hundred laborers to be brought from Japan by Gotoh. ' The labor people charge that the Gov ernor declined to sign the bill because it would prohibt his employing cheap Jap anese labor. The Asiatic -exclusion leagues and various political organizations have called on the federal government at Ot tawa officially to decapitate Dunsmuir. but so far no action along that line has been taken. Hawthornthwait says that he will ask for a suspension 0 the rules-to take up the impeachment matter immediately at the opening of the Legislature. NEWS REPORTS ' ARE BIASED Japanese Papers Exaggerate Facts for Political Reasons. ".. TOKIO, Jan. 13. It is officially an nounced that the. reported resignation of Isaburo Yamagata, Minister of Com munications, is incorrect. In an inters view, M. Yamagata said that the dif ferences in the Cabinet concerning the railroad appropriation had been amica bly settled. In view of the approach ing elections, the opposition is endeav oring to create a strong1 sentiment against the Cabinet by means of a newspaper -campaign resulting in' in numerable reports of differences among the Cabinet officers. Almost invaria bly, the investigation of the Associated Press proves that the repprts are un founded. The government policies of increas ing taxation and limiting emigration are the main weapons of offense. . In view of the circumstances, ' the outside world should be careful not to accept as ' a fact much that is now cabled and written concerning1 the pol icy of the Japanese government and the attitude of the Japanese people, be cause a majority of tfie matter pub lished in the Japanese newspapers and circulated by local news agencies is merely campaign literature. JAPANESE LEADERS UNEASY Surprised at Desire in America for Exclusion Act. TOKIO. Jan. 12. Incoming cable grams, indicating - an overwhelming sentiment in America in favor of' an exclusion bill, are causing much uneasi ness among leaders "of all shades of politics, who have repeatedly expressed the conviction that the Americans did not desire to discriminate against Japa nese, and would accept the attitude of the Japanese government as evidence of its sincere desire not to embarrass the American Government, and at -the same time save the amour propre of the Japanese. Uneasiness has been intensified by the delay of a reply from Washington to the Japanese note of December 31. JAPANESE SENDS IN A BID Secret Effort to Get Contract for Pearl Harbor Work. HONOLULU, Jan. 12. The award of bids for material for the construction of improvements for Pearl Harbor has been held up, because the lowest bid der is a dummy for some Japanese con tractor. . It is probable tha all bids will be rejected. CONFIDENCE IS 'RESTORED HOARDED MONEY COMES OUT INTO CIRCULATION. Last Week's Reports Show Bank Conditions Again Normal Secur ities Market Good. XBW YORK, Jan. 12. The rapid clear ing up of the banking situation and the release of large supplies of credits to the money 'markets were the important feat ures of last week's events in the financial world. The New York bank statement of the previous week gave the first decisive out line of the turn in the situation. The statement on Saturday, showing a J6.000.000 surplus, has brilliantly confirmed the week's impressions. The effect has spread throughout the money markets of the world and has sent suoDlles back into the ! loan market with something like a rush. It was obvious that funds which had been withheld throughout a spirit of lin gering distrust of the banks' position or as a precaution against possible extra de mands, were returning freely to . central reserve points. The basis of credits is greatly expanded by this process.- Cause of the Crisis. " The surrender of the privilege of deposit of part of their cash in the reserve and central reserve cities and its -recall home in the panic .was the central factor in producing the banking crisis.. and the re tention of tills cash was the cause of tne prolongation of .the crisis and the main tenance of the premium on currency. The anxiety caused by that prolongation up to the end of the year may be seen to be now completely dissipated so far as ac commodation to solvent business is con cerned. "' New York has ceased to draw gold from. London and rapid recuperation of the Bank of England bullion holdings has fol lowed. The Bank of France mar-ed down Its official discount rate from 4 to 314 per cent and market rates of discount receded In all the foreign markets. In New York the most important effect of the new developments was the spring ing up of an active demand for commer cial paper,, which effectively relieved the deadlock in that department and quired the fearsof widespread embarrassments in the mercantile world from inability to- secure extension of large maturing obli gations. - In the s ities market the effect of this Increase of facilities for conducting speculative operations showed increasing animation and was stimulated by various professional devices and by the dissemina tion of rumors of important developments. The' need of large uncovered -hort inter ests was an important contributing factor to the rapia advance which developed, and furnished the material for jrnich of the demand forced by tne bidding up of prices by the-organized bull party in, the market. COLORADO MEN PROTEST OBJECT TO METHODS OF LAND- FRAUD PROSECUTION. Uphold Judge Lewis' Action in Quashing 30 Indictments on Grounds of Lack of Evidence. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. In a per sonal letter which he has addressed to the President ' and Vice-President, Speaker Cannon and all members of Congress, the Justices of the Supreme Court, members of the President's Cab inet and the Washington newspaper correspondents, -George W. Cook, Re publican Congressman-at-large from Colorado, severely arraigns the adminis tration for its course in prosecuting al leged infractions of the public land laws in Colorado. ' , ' Congressman Cook insists that great Injustice has been done to a number of Colorado's most honorable, upright and law-abiding businessmen in that they have- been unnecessarily branded as criminals, through ever-zealousness of the Government in ordering indict ments without furnishing proper evi dence He' cites the recent decision of Federal Judge Robert E. Lewis at -Denver, in which he quashed indictments against some 30 citizens, to show that Government prosecutors were over active in their efforts to punish land frauds. Congressman Cook says in his letter:. I most earnestly protest against the continued high-handed, pernicious po litical persecution made by certain of the department bureaus of the Govern ment in this city, branding many of our most honorable, upright and law abiding businessmen of- Colorado as criminals. Their only information and authority for such malicious statements are re ports made to them by. non-resident special agents and prosecutors sent to Colorado, whose accusations against innocent men are for the sole purpose of securing personal promotion in Washington. Judge Lewis' decision gives universal satisfaction to all ot our people in Colorado, regardless of their present affiliations, and is indorsed by our press; in fact, every newspaper in the state most heartily commends Judge Lewis' action. The unprecedented and dictatorial encroachment of the executive legis lative and judicial departments of the Government is-.almost a daily threat to the peace and prosperity of the re public and should be knocked on the head by the constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. PAID FOR GOING TO JAIL Street-Speaking Socialist Not so Much a Martyr.; SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 12. (Special.) The persistency of Tom Sladden, Portland Socialist, in getting into jail has been ex plained. . He gets .paid for it. '' Sladden came North several weeks ago and joined the Seattle street-speaking brigade He said he would go to Jail 'every night if necessary. , As a result he has been jailed 24 times. The report of the Socialist secretary made last night shows he has been paid $31. Combined with this ' he has had 25 free lodgings. He says he can stand the racket all Summer. DIES FROM VICIOUS HORSE BITE Animal Seizes Farmer by Throat, - Severing Windpipe. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan: 12. (Special.) Bitten in the throat by a vicious young horse, J. H.' Adams, -a farmer, bled to death within two hours after the attack. The tragedy happened on Adams' ranch near Novelty, 11 miles from Kirkland, yesterday afternoon. Adams, who is. 42 years old, was har nessing a team of young horses Satur day afternoon, one of which was lUiown to be vicious. He proceeded very cau tiously, but while fastening, the bridle the animal jerked his head away and grabbed the farmer by the throat. A physician was summoned, but found that his windpipe had been punctured and sev eral large veins in the neck-ruptured. He is survived by a wife. INVESTIGATE HIS CITIZENSHIP Senators Looking Up Residence of New Surveyor-General. ROISE. Idaho, Jan. 12. (Special.) D. A. Utter, who is said to' be lately named as Surveyor-General for this state to succeed K. G. Eagleson. is a civil engineer who has long' been located at Weteer. H,e is chairman of the Republican Committee of Washington County. Last year he moved, as was understood, to Coos Bay, Or., and it was not generally known that he was still a citizen of Idaho until his name came up for this position. . " . It appears a protest has been made against him on the grounds that he has lost his citizenship here, and the Senators are looking it up. President Roosevelt made it a condition that' the new man should be an engineer. This materially cut down the list of available, men. THOUGHT KILLED BY TRAMP Young: Boy's Body Found With Head Crushed In. SPOKANE, Wash.,Man 12. With the back of his head crushed, the body of Keevil Alb-ring, son of A. Peone, a prairie farmer, was found 50 yards off a country road near Spokane yesterday. A tramp who had been in his father's employ and who had started to town With young Albrinj? the day before Christmas, is suspected of having per petrated the deed. TOO ILL TO MOVE BURNS TO DEATH Just Passes Crisis in Pneu monia. When Fire De stroys House. OTHERS SEVERELY BURNED Nurse Awakes to Find Room in -Flames Cannot Get to Sick Boy. All In House Barely Escape - ' With Their Lives. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe cial.) As he lay exhausted only a few hours after passing the crisis in a severe attack of pneumonia, Harry Kelley, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.' Joseph Kelley, farmers living eight miles soutli of town, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the home and all its contents at an early, hour this morning. The other 15 occupants of the home barely escaped with their lives. Joseph Kelley and Bert Kelley, father and brother of the dead boy, who were also recovering from severe attacks of pneumonia, and -Were under the care of nurses, htfd narrow escapes, and Buffered exposure which may prove fatal. . Wil liam Kelley, brother of Joseph Kelley, received burns about his face and hands which necessitated .his removal to St Mary's Hospital . for treatment'. The wounds are -.not fatal. The first warning was sounded by Miss Ida Smith, a nurse, who was awakened by a glare of light. Before she could rush to .the rescue of Harry, who lay in the same room, flames were all about her. She -made a futile attempt to reach the boy, receiving. serious burns about her . hands. The screams awakened the father and brother, who occupied adjoining rooms, and who were sufficiently recovered from their illness to make their escape. The other occupants of the house had little difficulty in getting out, but several of them were severely burned, r ' Wrapped in old burlap, the invalids and other members of the family, clothed "only in their night-clothes, were taken to a neighbor's home. Nothing was saved from the house. ! The loss is estimated at $4000. ' RUSH TO NEW ELDORADO RICH STRIKE REPORTED EAST OF MANVEL, NEV. Prospectors Stampede for New Dig gings In San Bernardino County,' Near Stater Line. SEARCHLIGHT, Nev.. Jan. 12. Hun dreds of miners are flocking to the scene of a reported new strike four miles east of .Manvel, and three miles south of the Santa Fe tracks." The new strike is in San' Bernardino County, near the Nevada state line. Every kind ' of vehicle has been pressed into service, from auto mobiles to broken-down freight wagons, transporting people from Searchlight, Manvel, Crescent and other points. Tents are springing up over night and a townsite has been laid out with a water supply close to the. railroad. WANTS MARRIAGE REVOKED Italian Prince in. Clash With Car dinals Over Decision. ROME, Jan.' 12. Prince Joseph Rospi gliosi has asked for a revision of the case, which already has been decided ad versely to his interests, involving the an nulment of the first marriage of his wife; who was Mary Jennings Reid, of Wash ington, with Colonel E. H. " Park hurst, of Bangor, Me. Efforts have, been niade to ' have the marriage of Prince Rospigliosi and Mrs. Parkhust recognized by the church on the ground that there had not been a proper dispensation for. her former marriage with - Colonel Park . hurst, who was a Protestant.. The matter came before the Propaganda and it was decided that the first mar riage was without a flaw-. It has become known that when the Propaganda took its ttrst decision in the matter five of the Cardinals, including Martinelli and Satolli, were favorable to annulment of the first marriage; and that three abstained from voting, and three voted against the an nulment. Among those opposing the an nulment was Cardinal Gotti, who as Pre fect of the Congregation of the Propa ganda, brought the case before the Pope. The Pontiff decided against' annulment, thereby hurting the feelings of the live Cardinals who formed the majority and establishing a ground upon which the contest for annulment has been waged since. DOUBT. AS TO DR. HANNA Congregation of Propaganda May Not Name Him. ROME, Jan. 12. Dn the eve of the meeting of the Congregation of the Pro paganda, which will take up the nomina tion of the coadjutor archbishop of San Francisco, there is much uncertainty as to whether Rev. Edward J. Hanna will be named. Those who oppose his nomi nation have been working energetically and have succeeded In placing their ar guments before Cardinal Gotti, prefect of the propaganda, as well as before Car dinal Martinelli. Just how the majority of the cardinals - stand on the question of Dr. Hanna' s nomination cannot -be as certained, but the pope recently an noiinced that should their decision be favorable to Dr. Hanna, he would ratify the nomination. A NEW DEPARTURE. The cost of interments has been srrearlv reduced by the Hoiman Undertaking Company. Heretofore it has been the custom of funeral directors 10 maw cnarges for ail Incidentals connected with a funeral. The Edward Hoiman- Undertaking Company, tho leading funeral directors of Portland, have departed from that custom. When casket is furnished by us we make no extra charges for embalming, hearse to cemetery, outside box or any services that may be required of us, except clothing, cemetery and carriages, thus effecting a saving of J25 to $75 on each funeral. -THE EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAK ING CO., 220 Third st. cor. Salmon. The Peking Electric Company is to con struct street railways in th Chinese em pire. The capital or 1,000,000 tacls haa been subscribed by CMnese. Xipman-WolfeV January Clearance PLAGUE CfiSES HUMEBDU5 SIXTY DEATHS IN BAY CITY IP TO NOVEMBER 19. Surgeon-General AVyman . Reports . Conditions to Congress His Recommendations. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. A feature of the annual report of Surgeon-General Wyman, of the Public Health and Ma rine Hospital Service, transmitted to Con gress during the past week; is a review of the bubonic plague situation at San Francisco. Up to November 19 there had been 96 case? of this dread disease and 60 deaths. The Surgeon -General states .that it has bjen impossible to discover the ori gin of tha plague outbreak.- While the Surgeon-General states that the disease is reported as diminishing, he asserts that it will of necessity require a long time for complete eradication. The Surgeon-General calls particular attention to typhoid fever and the neces sity of a regulation -under the interstate clause of the quarantine act of 1893 pro viding for the examination of the water and food supply on railway passenger trains. . - In order to meet. the growing demand for increased Federal activity in matters of public health, Mr. Wyman aeks au thority to convey information through bulletins and pamphlets. As a further aid he asks for special authority" and ap propriations for the preparation and dis tribution of short treatises on tubercu losis, particularly relating to. transmission and prevention. As a further means to secure .co-operation with state and mu nicipal health authorities, a recommenda tion is made for the establishment of a school of hygiene connected with the hy gienic laboratory of the service, to which accredited state and municipal health offi cers may be assigned by the proper state authority for courses of research and spe cial instruction. Says He Is . Embezzler. ABERDEEN Wash., Jan. 12. (Special.) William Johnson gave himself up to the police today saying he had embezzled $750 of the C E. Burrows Companyls funds and ?78 of money belonging to a brother who lives in Ocosta. Jonhson is held awaiting inquiry as to the truth of his statements or his sanity. AT THE HOTELS. The Portland G. H. Hermann. San Francisco; J. T. Heisey. Chicago Mrs. Frank Cummins". Pasadena: F. W. Parsons,. Duluth; G. A. Brisler, Jr., Philadelphia; B. K. McCarthy. Nashville; L. W. Bassets, Ontaha; P. E. Bush, San Francisco; Miss Avis Lobdell, Los Angeles: R.- C. Read, Aulebln. Mass: W. 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F.au Clair; One Ask your doctor io frankly, just what Cherry Pectoral. Ayer s Cherry Pectoral REVISED FORMULA Often a single dose of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral at bedtime will completely control the night coughs of . children. It is a strong medicine a doctor's medicine, entirely free from alcohol. Made only for diseases of the throat, bronchial tubes, and lungs. Full formula on each label. , We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemist, Lowell, Masi. Goods Reduced In Every Dept. C. B.- Chadwick, Chadwlck; W. A. Semax. Seattle; F. A. Oueton. Frankton, S. D. ; Avis LabdeTl. Los Angeles;, H. B. Berdoe. H. J. Hutchinson. Lewiston; J. J. Mahon, Burns; K. W. White, Washington. D. C: J. T. Bridges and wife. Myrtle Point: Taul Brume), ipndon; W. E. Simmons. Heppner; J. Epplng, Hood River; M. D. Mills, Lewis ton; C. A. Stratton, Heppner; J. A. Dun can. Seattle; James Calburne. Tacoma: C. A. Graneff, Watervllle; R. W. 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