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VOL. XXV11
PENDLETON. UMATILLA CO.. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY? 1903
NO. 10
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PRESIDENT ROOSÉVELT AND
GEN. WOOD BOTH ADEPTS.
111«»
nrninnnniTV ed * * a Kesult
HEblrHUblll
• »«*•• • IIWW
«
Both Considerably Scarred and Bruis-
of very Strenuous
x .- a
. sleet storm kept almost all the resi-
I dents indoors this morning, but the
i president and his wife went horse-
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Sugar
Interests Against
Cuban j I ident
l*lkt ridi
‘* for t*okou7’ Th*
b
~
and General Wood are consid
Treaty and Reduction of erably scarred and bruised as a re
sult of an extremely strenuous battle
with singlesticks, in the use of which
Philippine Tariff.
Loth are adept*. They fought a duel
last night and claim a draw
MORE REBELS THREATEN
TO ATTACK CITY OF FEZ.
ARE ENL'STING TOBACCO
. GROWERS IN MOVEMENT.
Claim That if Philippines Are Placed
on an
Equal
Footing
With
the
United State* ths Protected Inter
ests Would Be Seriously Disturbed.
«
Washington, Dec. 2».—Beet sugar
interests are not only fighting the
Cuban reciprocity treaty, but have
taken a hand against the reduction ot
Philippine duties. It is a great claim
of certain suger-beet men tuat an un
iterstanding was reached, when the
peace treaty with Spain was ret.fled,
that domestic interests (meaning su
gar) should not be Injured by any
tarifl concessions to any of the islands
over which the United States gained
control by that treaty. Some of these
men are now seeking to enforce the
implied promise.
Opposition is springing up to the
bill which passed the house before the
holiday recess, making the rate on
Philippine goods 25 per cent of the
present Dingiey rates.
The bee i
sugar men have been trying to enlist
tobacco growers and manufacturers
in this movement, and with show ot
success. It is being pointed out that
Thomas B. Reed and other protection
ists ot his kind oposed the treaty with
Spain on the ground that it was the
opening wedge which would destroy
protection in the United States They
claimed that, as soon as the Philip
pines were placed on an equal footing
with this government in the matter
of tariff rates the protected interests
would be seriously disturbed
English Women Leave the Interior
for Coast—Many American* Said
to Be in the Rebelliou* Territory.
Tangier. Dec. 29.—A Morocco dis-
¡>atch says that the English women
missionaries of Fez and Tetuan have
left for the coast The rebels this
afternoon are threatening to attack
Fez. No reference is made to the
American missionaries, a number o>
whom are in the dangerous territory.
MURDERED AT PORTLAND.
Saloon Keeper Stabbed to Death by
Assassin Who Makes His Escape.
Portland, Dec. 26.—Joseph Guglie
lmo, a well-know u and well-to-do mem
her ul the Italian colony ol Portland,
was stabbed to death iu his saloon at
1 o'clock Wednesday night Thu iuur-
uerei is Joseph Nicastro, nickuatucd
amoug many ol ins Italian acquaint
ances as “Brucia Paglione." Nic-aalio
tan away alter the tatal assault, paid
a hurried visit to his lodgings in
•darquaui Guk-u, ai d tiieti disappeai-
ed. Guglielmo was stabbed three
times by the w¡elder of the suiieliu,
and died within .’V minutes. His sou
Frank was by his side at Che time, in
vaiu did young Guglielmo nug up phy
sicians on the telephone. Some could
not be raised, Some said they would
come within a tew momenta, but none
came in time. The young mau, who
assisted his lather in tending bar,
said that in the excitement of the
affair he had forgotten what doctors
he had called.
The city physician, James C. Zau,
arrived at First and Market streets
alter the body of the murdered l man
had been removed to the morgue, He
got out of bed as soon as aroused, , gut
a hack and went to the scene, but
Guglielmo was dead.
Teachers of Lone Star State.
Austin.
Texus, Dec. 29— Public
school teachers of Texas took pus
session of the state capita; tix ay ann
n ill con tin ve to exercise control un
til Thursday
The attendance already
i asses the high water mark of the
l-revious years. In addition to thi
teachers' -organization, the superin
undents' and trustees’ associations
ere in session.
Cry of Cheap Labor.
The cry is now raised that working
men throughout the country will be
seriously damaged by the cheap labor
of the Philippines entering into com
petition with them, not only upon su
gar and tobacco, but upon other man
ufactured products, which can be
produced in the islands. The repub
lican leaders furnished ammunition
tor thi» cry when the Porto Rican bill
was uncertain and they insisted that
Amenc an labor would be damaged
by nee trade with Porto Rico. It
wa* well known that at that time they
wanted to establish the precedent
that the United States had a right to
impose- any tariff it saw fit upon pro
coming from the islands ac-
duct?
quire.. ,om Spain. That was a part
Of the , >an to make good the pledges
Philippines should never be
that
allo« . to interfere with the sugar
interests of the United States.
It may be posibie in the senate to
defeat the house bill relating to the
Philippines, notwithstanding the de
mand from the great majority In this
country, and the earnest plea of Gov
ernor Taft and other members of the
Philippine commission. It will be a
very strange thing to defeat such a
MR. which received the unanimous
vote of the republicans of the house,
and which only incurred the opposi-
tion of the democrats who wanted to
eatablish absolute free trade between
the Philippines and this country. It
the tobacco interests are aroused it
may secure opposition from the to
bacco-groping states, but the sena
tors representing these states, mostly
democrats, would be obliged to place
themselves In opposition to their par
ty in the bouse as well as their olten-
repeated declaration in favor ot lower
tariff duties. But it makes little dif
ference what the democrats do, the
responsibility rests with the republi
cans, and the defeat of the Philip
pines tariff bill, if brought about, will
be through the influence of the ultr-
protection senators who are in con-
trol in the senate.
Cuban Treaty Opposed.
The opponents of Cuban recoproci-
ty are finding a number of reasons
why that measure should not be rati
fied in regard to the admission ot
products into Cuba has been drawn
on protective lines and say that raw
materials will be admitted at a very
low rate of duty, while protected ar
ticles will pay a high rate. Several
instances of this kind are being point
ed out and the claim made that var
ious enterprises recently started in
Cuba will be benefited, while the man
ufacturer in this country will receive
little or no benefit This is another
blow in the direction ot arousing the
protected interests in this country to
oppose the Cuban treaty. But unless
there is a great change in the senti
ment of the senate since the qflestion
was a vital issue last summer, the
treaty can be ratified.
A movement is on foot to consoli
date the opposition to the Cuban
treaty, the Philippine tariff, the
treaty, the Newfoundland
French
treaty and the other reciprocity
treaties pending in the senate, and to
prevent anything being done by the
senate on any treaty which will dis
turb existing tariff conditions.
BOTH PARTIES FALSE
LEADERS OF BOTH
GUILTY OF HYPOCRISY.
Neither Party Apparently Being More
Desirous Than the Other of Find
ing and Applying a Cure—Fears
the American People Will Have to
Be Chastised.
Washington. Dec. 29.—Senator Mor
gana of Alabama, say* there is no
great difference between the leaders
ot the democratic and republican
parties on the question of trusts,
"The party out of power cries out
against the octopus; the party in
power hugs the octopus to its breast,
says he.
He declares the leaders of both the
republican and
democratic parties
are guilty of hypocrisy and deceit,
neither party apparently being more
desirous tnan the other oi finding and
applying a cure. That a cure will be
iound, however, and that it will be
applied effectively, he does not doubt,
but before that devoutly-to-be-wisbed-
for consummation, he fears the chas
tising rod will be laid heavily on the
American people.
Out of this chastising, ne thinkB.
will come an awakening and a pollt-
k al (evolution that will sweep out ol
existence both of the great political
parties as they are no worgamzed,
and result in the formation of two
new ones of which one may be the
socialist party.
Senator Morgan thinks the trust
question is the greatest that has ever
arisen in our economic development
The republican party may sol\e it.
the democratic party may solve it, or
its solution may be found by a new
¡rarty arising on the ruins of the old
ones
He rays corporate strength in
this country is today greater than
the st.ength of congress or of the
president. It is feared by leaders ot
both political parties. A reduction of
tariff schedules might afford some re
lief but would not cure the trust evil.
In. his .opinion the trusts must be
reached through the exercise of con
gress of its constitutional power of
taxation. The Alabama senator sug-
gests a graduated tax on capital
stocks of corporations, with a provis-
ion inserted that any corporation
showing that it is not a monopoly
or an unlawful combination in re
straint of trade be wholly relieved of
thia tax. thereby relieving the govern
ment of the burden of proof.
Senator Morgan says while trusts
will be discussed in the next campaign
both parties will go on record against
them, and the trust question cannot
become a teal issue. The campaign
will, on the contrary, be fought on
the tarifT question, with a line-up sim
ilar to that in 1884.
CLAIM TO BE AMERICANS.
Two Russians Arrested in London,
Have Letters of Credit for $25.000.
Ixmdon. Dec. 29.—Two Russians,
Green and Pinevifz. claiming Ameri
can citizenship, were charged in the
Bow street station today with having
unlawful jmssession of a letter of
credit for $25,000 to London and
American banks. They were attested
when they arrived this morning on
telegraphic advices from Paris.
Green's alias is Greenbaum. He had
a card in his pocket which bore the
address of the Hurst Club, of San
Francisco. Pipkevez said the letter
of credit belonged to a man in Amer
ica, whither they were going to de
liver it. Two opals, a gold seal and
a quantity of furs were also found in
the men’s poBSission.
BATTLESHIP MAINE.
The New Ship Goes to the Navy Yard
to Be Placed in Corrimisaion.
Philadelphia, Dec. 29.—The new
battleship Maine left Cramp’s ship
yard at 11 o’clock this morning, des
tined for League Island navy yard,
where it will be formally placed 1*
commission.
To Join Dewey.
It was put in command of Captan
Luetz and a picked crew, said to be
one of the finest in the navy, She
will go immediately to the West in-
dies to join Dewey’s fleet.
NO CREDENCE TO REPORT.
State Department Doe* Not Believe
British Marines .Have Been Landea
at La Guayra.
Washington. Dec. 29.—The state
department gives no credence to the
report '-hat British marines have been
landed at La Guayra. Minister Bow
en has not been heard from since Sat
urday, when a dispatch was received
stating the terms on which the allies
were willing to submit to arbitration
’at The Hague.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
KILLED A MERCHANT
AND SET FIRE TO STORE
WRECK ON THE
GRIND TRUNK
England Has Formally Accept Head-End Collision Occurs
ed President Roosevelt’s Between the Pacific Express
Proposition.
and a Fast Freight.
QUEEN GIVES DINNER TO SOL-
DIERS* WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
London. Dec. 27. The queen this
afternoon gave a umner to 2ow wid-
cws and orphans ol the vtetims oí the
Boer war.
The ramins of the Arch Bishop of
Canterbury were buried today in the
cloisters adjoining the cathedral.
England tia*
formally accepted
President Roosevelt's pr. ,-osaJ to re
fer the Venezuelan affair to The
Hague arbitration, thi* atternoon.
It is officially stated that Balfour
is convalescent.
Germany Acxapt*.
Berlin. Dec
27.—Germany
has
agreed to accept The Hague a* arbi-
ttator in the Venezuelan affair
Man Calls Merchant Gay From Hix
Home on Christmas to Open His
Store—Compels Him to Open Sate
From Which He Took »12,000.
Atlanta. Dec. 26.— A special iroui
Matthews, Ga.. says:
An uuknuwn
mau called Merchant Gay from bis
Home Christmas evening and induced
him on some pretext, to open his
store. The wife, alarmed at his con
GRATEFUL TO ROOSEVELT.
tinued absence, discovered the store
in flames, in the ruins of the store
Gay was discovered with bis »kuli French Paper Thinks That ths Pres
crushed, dead. It is believed the rob-
■ dent's Name Will Be Handed Down
uer lorced Gay to open the sale I turn
to History for Compelling the Na
which he took $12.000. then murdered
tion* lo Arbitrate Tneir Differences.
him aiKi tired the building
Paris, Dec. 27.—The Journal De*
Debate, commenting on the Venezue
DECLINED IN SPIRIT.
lan afla.i*. *ay* tuat Europe owe*
President Roosevelt a debt of grati
This Country Will Not Participate in tude for insisting upon The Hague
Any Way With Settlement of Vene- arbitrauon.
11 tne tribunal in the future be-
zuelan Affaire.
state <umes of real worth Roosevelt will be
Washington. Dec. 27.—The
department positively denies that uanued down in history as the one
this country is participating in tbe who compelled the world to take it
termuiation oi the preliminary proto seriously.
col providing for arbitration between
»3Û0.00Û ALREADY EXPENDED
the allied powers and Venezuela
They also state that Roosevelt in
FOR AN ARMY OF HELP.
declining to arbitrate, declined in
spirit as well as letter. Whether the Hepourn, of Iowa, Cnsrges the Com
blockade will continue during the ar
missioners of Making Places for tns
I itration has yet to be learned here
Sons of Officers Hign in Rank, Pay
ing Enormous Salaries.
MURDERED HER MOTHER.
Washington, Dec. 7.6.—A resolution
Massachusetts Girl Uses Poison to uff’.reu in tne huu-ze by Hepburn, oi
low a, promises to develop a canal
Secure an Inheritance of $20.000.
•caudal. Hepburn ashed tor an in
Chelsea. .Mass. Dec. 26.—Catherine quiry mUi the expenditure» of ule
Ricbardsan. a young woman aged 20. loiumian canal commission under an
was arraigned this morning on the act authorizing the creation of the
charge of poisoning her mouier to se commission and tor winch 31.ouu.ouu
cure $20.000 inheritance.
She gave »as set aside lor expenses.
Il is
bonds for $10.000 and the case was openly staled here that $5uu.U00 ha*
continued 10 days.
aireauy been expended in sa-aries tor
tee couuiu»siuuer* ana an army ot
Kelp. Hepburn’s charge is that it has
Sent to Penitentiary.
oeeu tee practice ot the commission-
San Francisco. Dec 26.—Steamer era to maae places lor the sons ot
advices from Honolulu say that Pedro army and navy officers high in rana
Rodriguex, who robbed General Miles and influence, also for the sons ot
of a gold watch during his recent prominent senators and congressmen
visit there, has been sentenced to the pay ing teem tar more than under any
penitentiary for three years
circumstances
their services are
worth. There never has been any
publication of the list ot employes or
expenses thus tar Incurred althuugb
many members ot congress have re
peatedly enuc-avored to obtain some
iniormalioa.
NEW 8CALE OF WAGES
HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
Living
Expenses
Advancing—Self
Protection Forces Workingmen to
Ask an Increase of Salary—Pros
perity of Railroads Will Justify an
Advance.
Portland, Dec. 27.—The members of
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers,
system division No. 80, of the O. R. &
N., are on the verge of declaring war
against their employer. The order is
comprised of operators and station
agents from Portland to Spokane and
Huntington and unless the new arti
cles of agreement which have been
I repared are signed by January 15.
the probabilities are that either a
strike or boycott will be declared
against the big corporation immedi
ately after that date.
For the past month a committee
representing the telegraphers and
composed of W. J« Bohon. of Hunting
ton; C. W. Dority, of I* Crosse,
Wash . and J. Swart, of Athena. Or.,
has been conferring with O. R.‘ & N.
officials relative to the new scale of
wages adopted by the organization,
but further than an offer to compro
mise. which was rejected, no results
have been obtained.
The qew scale as arranged means
an increase of about 20 per cent in
wages over that of the one now In ef-
feet.
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The organization has about
I
members, and the present t scale of
wages runs from $57.50 to ■ $125 per
month. They aek that the minimum
rete be $62.50 per month and the
maximum $135.
-“We are merely asking for the
wage scale to be replaced where it
was prior to the panic In 1893,' ,*’ says
J Swart, operator at Athena, "when
it was reduced to its present form.
Times are now as good as they were
before the panic, but the members of
our organization are not faring nearly
so wen as we did then. Our wages
are lower and rents and cost of liv
ing are much higher. With the way
prices are advancing all along the
line, we thought it high time that we
were doing something for self protec
tion.
"The agents and operators along
the Northern Pacific and Great North-
ern will present a similar agreement
to ours on January 19.”
Powder House at Shamokin Contain
ing 500 Pounds, Blown Up—No One
Hurt.
Shamokin, Pa., Dec. 29.—Five hund
red pounds of dynamite exploded in
The Largest of its Kind.
the Bayside powder house this morn
A tortoise whose estimated age is
ing. None were injured, but the win 400 years and known weight is 600
dows were shattered in a large radi pounds, making it the largest one
us and some walls were cracked
ever reported, has crossed the United
States on a limited train en route
Home *or Drunkards’ Wives.
from the Galapagos islands to the
Anothsr Earthquake.
Kansas City, Dec. 29.—Carrie Nx private zoological garden of the Hon.
St. Petersburg. Dec
29.—Another t;on is negotiating for a $7500 resi Walter Rothchlld
In
London.
In
violent earthquake
occurred last dence in Manner, Kan., and will pro civilization cabbages are given him in
night at Anljan. in Central Asia
vide a borne for drunkards' wives.
lieu of the cacti of his native heath.
MANY THOUSANDS STOLEN
BY TRANSPORT COMBINE.
It Is Generally Understood That the
Roads Entering Chicago Have Coal
Enough in the Yarde to Supply That
City the Remainder of Winter—
Holding for Higher Prices.
Springfield, HL. Dec. 27.—Actin*
Governor Nuitbcoit today
otfidailj
directed the attorney-general ot Illi
Hols to investigate the charges made
**aiu*l the railroad* entering Ulrica
go ol bolding coal in their yards, al
though the city was suffering from
a fuel famine. It is generally under
stood that the ruaus have anal enuugi
in the yards to supply the city Uve
remainder of the winter season, but
are holding it to compel uigfier prices.
MANY OF THE INJURED
WERE EXPOSED THREE HOURS
Remains of the Arch Bishop of Can Ten Bodies Removed From the Debris
terbury Buried in the Cloisters of
Were so Badly Mangled That They
Cathedral—Officially Stated That
Identified—Blunder
Could Not Be
Balfour is Better.
PROPOSES TO SUPPLY
THE ENTIRE NORTHWEST.
of
Operator
Caused
Collision
HUMANE SOCIETY TAKING
MATTER 'IN
HAND.
Stock Snowed In on High Range*
Cannot Be Reached— Water Frozen
Up—Owner* Powerless to Relieve
Situation.
Denver, Dec. 26.—Tbousauds ul cat
tle are reported lo be starving on the
range la Northwestern Colorado. The
Humane Society appealed to tee own
ers to rescue tul* stock, and they have
replied that they are poweriew to do
so. The cattle are snowed in on the
high range in Routt and Riu Bianco
counties, without pasture and with
out waler, it is impossible to get
lead lo them axul equaitj imposnble
to drive them into suitable »inter
quarter».
Has Secured an Option on Several
Millions of Acres of Coal Lands in
Montana and Alberta—Will C#m-
pete With Cr.icago Markets.
Chicago, Dec. 2L. -J. J. 1DU, of tew
Great Northern, uaa secured an opuon
uu seveiai millions of acres of com
¡and* iu Muntaua aud Alberta, aud
, I opuses to supply tee enure Norm
test. it is Ueiieveu he aiso will com
pete with me Chicago mantels iu
uaunug coal rast aa BM/W
when me recently ueclded Seatuu-
..lamia cuulracla become operative
Thief Entered Quant’s Store
at Alba by Breaking the
Window ot a Rear Door.
ROBBERS SLGUKLD $15JX j O.
/suit of Bank at Unioa, Me, Blown MADE HIS ESCAPE WITH
Open—Citizens Terrorized by Fu-
STAMP MONEY
siiads.
Union, Mo., Dec. 27—A gang of
iCibber* last night blew open the
i suite ot the iHU.k at Union and se
cured $15,uuo. It required four ex
• recking the
plosions, cumpietelj
num oi tne unaa. dovei al etuzens
The robber*
witnessed the deed.
sept up a lusllade on Uie streSU and
terrorized tue inirebuant*.
laindon, OnL, Dec. 27.—A head-on
collision occurred last night at Warn
klead, 40 miles west of thi* city, be
Lana Frauds Nippea
tween the Pacific Express and a last
Oregon City. Dec. •€.—The Lmtecl
• astbound freight train on the Sar
a .ales laua other al tela peace has
nla division of the Grand Trunk rail-
aused lue onceltetlos <4 umber en
road.
tt.es m liliamuok county amounung
From meager reports at hand it I*
U. S v . wj acres, on the ground of lrauo
learned that five persons were killed
aud collusion oetvieei. «ciumiu anu
and 15 or 1* injured. The engineer
,*.lm xLu bad artaugee io uuy tee
of’ the freight and the fireman of the
land* uu title being secured Charles
express train are axuong the killed.
k. Hays WS* tee punc-pai <_ unlewlax.'.
The other three dead were passenger*
COAL WANTED.
and Robert Sturgeon ,tbe principal
on the passenger train. A special
cun les tee
On eturgeuL * .a*e the
train left here at midnight with 15
doctors for the scene of the accident Psnnsylvani* Railroads Ask to Mint 1st« Ol about loo Other« depend*
Rates on Coal for the Blizzard [
Another Report
Swept Northwest.
Buffalo. N. Y., Dec 27 —A special
Cleveland, O-. Dec. 26.—The rai.-
to the Enquirer *a>* thxt the deaths
in last night s wreck on the Grand • ays from Pennsylvania will be a»k-
Trunk railway have been increased rd to make the rates oh l^c j.ouu tun»
to 24 and that 18 were Injured. The u. coal to the wind swept ¡.union* ol
doctors say the dewth iut will reach the Northwest The lake ..avigation
having closed, thousand* ol lives arc WONDERFUL COUNTRy OF
30.
imperiled by the shcrta*e of tuc-1
THE TROPIC CLIME.
Bodies Badly Mangle«.
Ten bodies removed from the de
bris were *o badly mangled that iden
tification was almost impuasibM. 8u-
penntendenl McGuigan, ot the Grand
Trunk, says tne operator whose blun
der caused the collision was one ot
tne most trusted men ever employed
by the road. He has been with the
company 25 years. Many oi the injur
ed tn the hospitals will probably die
oi the exposure which followed the
wreck. They were exposed tor three
hours in zero weather.
Later—38 Dead.
The death list in the Grand Trunk
disaster is now 38. Tost many bodies
have been removed
PRESENTS CREDENTIALS.
Story of the Orinoco and Its 1000
Tributaries — Matcnlesa Forests —
Short History of tne People and
Country—Small Area of Farm nano
Cultivate«.
i be people of \ eneuweiA axe m the
l. —-n descended trum the Spaniard*.
A good deal of Indten blood ua* been
m. ng.ed with the Spannt.
strain.
1 hey are a thJeutrd and cuurteou*
people who beat the reputation ot Ur
mg nne fighters A couaiderauie pari
oi *
t* suù ptacUcaliy unea-
piured and 1* mhau.ted b> aborigi-
niea.
The republic is divided into
nine stale«, a ledern: district and five
U-derai territories
There are 39uu
mi.es ul telegraph wire. Five *leam-
thip line* ply alun# the Venezuelan
cenat-i and through the river* There
are 234 miles ot railroad*. The mon-
< tary unit of the country is tae bon
i ar, equal tà 1»\» cents American
money.
New Embassador to America Official
ly Recognized by the President.
Way .lingtor.. Dec 27.'—Von Heuger
rar of Austria Hungary, has been el
evated from the rank of minister u
that ot ambassador to America, He
«as officially recognized in that ca
pacity by President Rooeevelt this
morning
Secretary Hay
a<cotr.ta
nied him to the White House, where
hi* credentials were presented
OFFICES CLOSED.
Barely Enough Coal to Warm tne
Prisoners of th« Lake City.
WRECK IN KENTUCKY.
Cleveland. O, Dec. 27—All the
county rmd city office» are closed to
Fast Passenger of Illinois Central Ran day owing to the lack of coal There
Into a Work Train—Three Men In is barely enough to supply the pris
stantly Killed and Two Seriously ' one.
Injured.
«
one K illed , two injured .
LouisvUle. Ky . Dec. 27.—The fast
¡«•senger tram ot the ULuors Central Patrol Wagcn snd Trolley Car Collide
crashed into a work tram. »4 miles
With Fatal Results.
Three
south of here this moruing
Philadelphia. Dec 27—One police
men were instantly kited and two
was man was killed and two were serious
senously injured. The wreck
iy injured in a collision between a
caused by a mistake la orders.
ratrol wagon and trolley
car thi*
morning
THE ILL-FATED OWL
1
Chief City.
The chief city of Venezuela is the
capital. Caracas, it has a pupuiauon
OU0 person*
The other cluei
cities are Valencia, 4u.uuv population.
Maracaibo. 35.UW; Barquuumeto. 32.-
vW, and Ciudad Bolivar, 12.UU0.
Iu one ot the fine public squares of
Caracas Is a large statue ot JSrorge
Washington.
Jersey Lilly Returns.
Second Accident to the Finest Train'
New York. Dec 26—Langtry
on tne Soutnern Pacific Line«
returned to America arriving or.
Los Angeles. Dec. 27.—A second ac Celtic this morning.
cident to the owl train occurred thia
morning at Tropico. where the Coast
limned ran into the owl on a siding.!
smashing two care. The engineers'
both jumped, and the passengers were!
shocked only.
ARRIVES AT HONOLULU.
REVENUE STAMPS ARE
USED TO WARM OFFICIALS
Cable Ship Silverton Reaches Hono
lulu
This
Morning
—
Land
End
of
Advices Received From Manila Tell
Furnaces of th« Bureau of Printing
Cable Will Bo Finished Tomorrow.
of a Colossal Scheme of Smuggling
and Engraving Fed With Costly Ma
San Francisco, Dec. 26.—A cable
Goods From the Islands to the
terial
gram from the ship Silverton says
A —$7)000.000 Worth of Cancel-
Umtsd Sta t e« No Hope for Cur that the vessel arrived tn sight of
led Stamps burned in Two Month*.
rency Legislation.
Honolulu this morning, bavin# laid
Stamps that cost the United States
$1.9<*'.000
have been
Wasbnigton,
Dec.
26.—Advices 2238 miles of cable. The land end of government
From Manila say that the customs the cable is now being laid, it will turned for fuel in the furnaces of the
department of the archipelago has un be finished tomorrow when Governor Bureau of «»graving and printing, at
For nearly a
earthed a colossal system ot smuggl Dole will send a message to Presi Washington. D. C.
ing that has cost the government dent Roosevelt Honolulu citizens are month the firemen at the bureau have
been shoveling into the lurnaccs doc-
many thousands.
Deputy Collector celebrating the occasion.
i mentary revenue st ami-* at the rate
McCoy charges many officers and
COLD IN FLORIDA.
of $40.000 daily
The stamps were
men on the transports with being in
the combine. Secretary Shaw this
burned with coal with satisfactory re
morning said that after Interviews Considerable Fruit Damaged—Eight sult*.
it has been eat.mated that- they
with many senators and represents-
Degrees Below the Freezing Point
hare fureished fuel equivalent to a
lives he had no hope that any cur
st Jacksonville Last Night
ton of coal a day and by using them
rency legislation would be attempted
JacksonvlUe.X Fla.. Dec. 27.—The
for fuel the government has saved
in the bouse this session.
thermometer was 8 below the freez- $150 These stain ns were returned to
.ng point last night it is feared that the treasury upon the repeal of the
CONGRESS FAILED TO
the young orange trees are seriously
MAKE AN APPROPRIATION. hurt as the previous warm weather w ar taxes
They were dumped into the troas
kept the sap in the limbs, Consider- t ry by the ton. The fact that many
Governor of Guam Reports a Serious able fruit was also damaged.
of them were either printed or. or af
Financial
Embarrassment — No
fixed to bank checks, which also were
STOCK
CONVENTION.
LIVE
Money to Expend for Proper Care
turned in. increased the mass, which
was carefully stored in the basement
of Island.
A Strong Delegation From Oregon of the treasury.
Washington, Dec. 26.—The annual
Will Result in Securing Next Meet-
The law requires that all stamps
report ol the governor of the island
that nave teen redeemed be burned
ing.
ol Guam indicates a serious financial
The National Livestock convention ai d these would have been destroyed
embarrassment owing to the failure of
congress to appropriate the sum ask which meets in Kansas City on Jan- Ir the usual way had not the chief of
ed for last year. The Inhabitants are uary 13-16, is attracting wide atten tl.e printing bureau ot engraving and
discontented because they have been tion In the VJ’est just now. At the printing suggested that they be used
compelled to pay for all the road last convention Portland was second lor fuel. The chief attributes his In
building improvements out of private choice for the 1903 meeting and with spiration to the coal famine which
purses, the government having no an active delegation in Kansas City, l as put the heads of all the govern
money to expend for the proper care the 1904 convention can be easily se ment departments to their wits' end
to keep their furnaces supplied with
of the island.
cured for that city.
"Oregon should go armed for the fuel.
An experiment showed that the
plum.** said an East Oregonian stock-
SAN PEDRO BURNED OUT.
man to the East Oregonian today. . stamps and checks with coal could be
"We need that convention to com- burned to the economy of the fuel
Fire Still Raging in the California
plate
the stock situation here. We supply and then every box and bale
Town—Three Men Burned to Death
are already organized thoroughly, was dumped into the engine room of
—Log# Over $1,000,000.
and lack but the presence of thd rep thu bureau of printing and engraving
An official of the treasury who us
Los Angeles. Dec. 27.—The Ore sen tat Ives and officers of this great
which started last night at San Pedro body of stockmen in Oregon to give ually is detailed to take charge of
is still flercly raging at noon. The a little more courage to our local or the destruction of defective stamps,
town will be almost wiped out at a ganizations. Western stockmen are in kept tab' on every consignment, and
loss of over $1,000,000.
need of the strong support of the saw that its cottents were destroyed
The following have been burned to National Association, in their efforts Defective stamps and those returned
death:
to build up the Industry and one for redemption usually are burned in
Joseph Swift, of Ixis Angeles
meeting of the body in this state will a furnace built especially for that pur
pose in the treasury basement.
Vic Silver, of Wllmtngton.
result In great good to the stock in-
In 1898. following the abolishment
James Endolsen, captain of the terests."
of the newspaper and periodical
steamer Caspar.
stamps, those outstanding were call
Protection Against the Band,
ed In and there was a Orc In the
Prlma Donna to Marry.
Nightcaps and cotton Mr wads are
Lnicoln, Dec. 26—Zelle Deiussan. provided by the proprietor of a hotel basement of the treasury every day
the famous prim» donna, today an at Vytla. Hungary, for those of his for months.
The face value of the stamps de-
nounced her engagement and early guests who retire early and do not
marriage to Henrico Rodolo. The wish to be kept awake by a Gypsy stroyed was about $10.000.000.
Last winter the remainder of the
latter is an American. Their home band which plays nightly at the hotel.
beautiful Pan-American stamps were
will be in New York.
turned, the department unfortunate
Three prisoners escaped from the ly, giving its pledge that all stamps
Mlles In Pekin.
Portland city jail Christmas morning. remaining on hand after October 30
Pekin, Dec. 26.—General Mlles ar They were Frank Miller and Frank woeld be destroyed Two months were
rived today. He will visit the Impe Ward, held for robbing an O. R ft N. occupied in burning these stamps.
rial family and view ths Chinese freight car. and Clarenc* Smith, for Their actual face value was about
troops tomorrow.
vagrancy.
$7,000,000
Histsry.
Venezuela remained under Spanish
rule until 1811. when Simon Bolivar
proclaimed tier independent, The in-
dependence of Venezuela was recog
nized by Spain in 1845. In 1846 a
series of civil ware began and did not
iea*e until 1870. All slaves were
emancipated iu 1854 In 1864 a ted er
al constitution was drawn up. Guz
:i.an Bianco became dictator tn 187u
«hen he was elected president.
The weather bureau ot the United
States issued a bulletin in
from
which one may learn that the number
of lit bating strokes m lkv» causing
uaniAge in the United States was
5627; value at property destroyed.
33,016.5311; cumber ot deaths. 563.
¡croons injured. 830; number of live
Wonderful Forests.
Of forest woods alone there were stock Killed m fields. 4251. value
145 varieties, including a fine speci 3129.166.
men ot the algarrobo, a beautiful
Nsot of Kittens
wood of dark yeUowisb color, streak
ed with green veins. There were be
It is remarkable bow harmonio«*
sides many specimens ot prepared the lawyer» can be »hen they are aot
products, chemical and pharmaceuti fighting over some clisnL or paid te
cal and ol manufactures, not lo-speak abuse some one. Th* s ee » ion* of th*
of a collection ol pain tings by Vene Marios County Bar Association re
zuelan artists and oi many books and mind one ol a nest of purring kit
newspapers.
tens - Salem Journal
Only Two Seasons.
There are but two seasons In Vene
zuela. the wet and the dry. When
the sun reaches the Tropic of Capri
corn the rains begir. and they do not
stop until the sun baa entered the
Tropic of Cancer. Thu* it is rainy
and hot from April to October, and
the rest of the year It is dry and cool
er imring the summer the prevailing
wind* are from the northeast. There
are heavy rain storm*, called "north
ers.’' usually in November and De
eember.
Minnie Ensmfnger. a school teach
er of Haines. Baker county, was shot
tn the berk and fatally wounded by
Plex Armstrong, on Christmas more
leg
Jealousy was the cause
Arm
strong shot himself after committing
the dastardly act. but only infli ted a
slight flesh wound on his temple.
I
I
One Thousand Rivers.
There are over 1000 rivers and
brooks in Venezuela, of • which over
4(9) are affluents of the Orinoco. The
Orinoco is navigable 850 miles from
the ocean, and taps the fertile regions
in the interior of the Colombian re
public. Some of the navigable tribu
taries of the Orinoco run south and
join the Amazon or its tributaries,
thus O|>ening a double route to the
sea. Besides this network of rivers,
there are two large inland lakes, one
ot which. Lake Maracaibo, is a* large
as the Great Salt lzvke in Utah, with
an area of 21W square miles
other. l.ake Valencia, is
above the rea level.
Small Area Cultivated.
There are 13.600 square miles of ag
ricultural land, of which only 300
square miles are under cultivation.
The Orinoco sweeps over the arc of
an immense circle, entering on the
east coast and emerging from the
country on the southwest border,
There are over 70 islands < on the
coast, the largest Margarita. being
441 square miles in area. There are
over 1800 miles of coast, scattered
along which are 32 harbors and 60
bays. Like the great lakes of the
United States, the two great inland
lakes of Venezuela have their own
ports. There are five gulls on the
ocean coast, the largest of which is
the Gulf of Maracaibo, 1600 square
miles in extent.
A fisherman's war is now threaten
ed. on lower Rogue River. R
D.
Hume succeeded iu securing legisla
tion tn 1899. which gave him control
of fishing on the lower river and now
rival fisheries seek to set aside his
rights
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