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Boston has a municipal
, I, repotted tl.at Senator Smool
. IVJ ic-olootlon.
in tho loino win rovou
rhboll, of the Standard Oil, do-
the German chancellor dcoluros the
0icol the kalacr la one of peace.
ii l ipnorled time nn aiiempi, won
1. 1. l.lnttf nn Tnft's train In Huma.
Foraker lias announced IiIb candidacy
t.
MoaDt Vesuvius lfl slightly ' mmvo.
-V.i.. viiiiiffd! BurroundiiiK it aro not
11 MW
aflering.
CcnurMsmcn who hnvo Just roturncd
wm pnama iy tho canal may bo
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson ays
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. ..uiiir vpnr Hill, lAWII ...W aw
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tetory.
Anarchy reigns supremo In Armenia.
Beren men wcro killed by a gas ox.
lotion In Kansas City.
Tbo government has Jncroaaed ita
Ko more treasury certificates will bo
ii l- f 'nrrilvAH
Ill Ul UllitVM"! w -
I 1 1 . jwiAlrinnf n ultlfrn
if HOW paiBUU lliu imiHiiviiMi "isi
Exravation of dirt on tho Panama
ml .hatred a bit! Increase for Octo-
Conjrrrts will bo naked to Fauthorl)
mit to recover Sotithorn Pnclfio land
Evidence lias been Hccurctl of a con
pfi&c; to murder I'rcaidcnt Diaz, of
nim.
Two tteel works nt Greenvillo, Fa.,
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th ei mi iiiiwii. Liirii wiiiu ururiv i .muli
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Arclibishop Clirlatio, of Oregon, who
sdeiweut aii operation at Chicago re-
it tit
inn Jvditli Hoot, daughter of Score
irr Root, and Lieutenant U. B. Grant.
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Ao indicted Hrooklyn banker lias
nmiimi mi rum
New York banks are preparing to ro-
!
"ill and Harrlrnan nro again report-
if llflVA tttftlln nAiinn
The Haiaian douina has refused to
In file Inn rrnr nu nn niitswixit
w - - - ' HHiVWtUlt
Rootevolt will not apeak on a third
Officers of tho Jenkina Tntit com-
rho minora of Koanlanrf. II. fi.. will
iept a rwluction in wngca and tho
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QHEATER SAN FRAN0I80O.
Charter Amendment to Provide for
Immense Bond Issue.
Ban Kranoleco, Nov. 20.Uy tho epo
olal eonnlon of tho leglnlnturo, tho city
of Ban I'mtioUoo him been onablod to
takotho iioceawiry ateps for rehabilita
tion on n blgtcnlo. Tho logleluturo
linn ratified atriondmonts to tho loail
charter which vrero adopted by tho
votera at tho laat election. Tho most
Important of tho nrnondmcnta to tho
city -at tho present time in that which
admits of tho aalo of bonds hoaring 5
por oonv interest, unilor tho charter
the olty was ompowoiod to iesuo bonds
carrying Interest not In oxecaa of 4 por
cent. Tho local law provides that tho
bonds may not bo sold below pnr. It
was Impossible to aoll 4 per cent
bonds, but now tho olty will bo ablo to
go ahead with C por cent securities.
Of courso 11 is not expected that they
can be floated under preaont flnnnclal
conditions,, but by tho tlmo tho ques
tion haa boon submitted to tho voters
and the bonds prepared, it in bollovod
that tho flurry will hnvo passed.
It is proposed to Issue C por cent
bonds to tho oxfont of $28,000,000 for
public Improvements. Of this sum
10,000.000 will be dovotcd to tho re
construction of tho city hall. One mil
lion dollars will be devoted to tiic re
construction of tho shatterod hull of
Justice It was complotoly wrecked by
tho ft i and during tho rkhmitt admin
istration no effort was inndo to reatoro
It. Om million dollars is to (bo spont
for a now county hospital. Another
million will bo uaod for a publlo libra
ry. Bovcral million (tho amount has
not yet bocn accurately estimated) will
be dovotcd to tbo erection of now fohool
houses; several hundred thousand will
be used for tho purchase of lands fcr
park purposes; $5,000,000 will bo em
ployed for tho reconstruction of sowers
and street', and f 0,000,000 will bo do
votcd to tho purposes of an auxiliary
w.i tor system from tho ocean for the
fighting.
FORCING LID ON CHICAGO.
Law and Order Leaguers Gathering
Evidence for Grand Jury.
Chicago, Nov. 20. Bomo two hun
dred volunteer detectives from tho sub
sidiary organizations of tho Chicago
Law and Ordor hmguo visited saloons
In Chicago Sunday in an endeavor to
obtain evidence that tho Bunday clos
ing law of Illinois was being violated.
Tho action is In furtherance of a cam-
pa Ian InaugurnUl by tho lenguo after
tho successful election strugglo for local
option waged in 17 countioe of thostat
earlier In tho month.
Tho ovidouco collected, it is an
nounced, will bo presented to tho
grand Jury of Cook county. Lendern in
the movement for a "dry bunday" in
Chicago hope that tho inquisitorial
body will find tho facts aulliciont for
tho voting of truo bills against numer
ous saloon keopers lu each of tho 35
wards of tho olty under tho atato law
which carries penalties of a $200 flno
and a jail eontenco for each proven violation.
Mayor Uumo lias thus far refused to
hcod tho pleadings of the organizations
that tho saloons bo closed and In this
attitudo he has been upheld by tbo
Saloonkeepers' association, tho Kestau-
rantkeopora' association and tho United
Societies for Bolf Government.
WOMEN STARTED MUTINY.
Induce Russian Sailors to Seize Ship
and Revolt.
Victoria, H. O., Nov. 2(1. The
steamer Kumurle brought advices that
tho recent mutinies nt Vladivostok were
causrd by four girls, who wont on
board Uio destroyer Bukurnl, and Insti
gated tho bluejackets of tho destroyer
to nelao tho oflicera of tho 'vessel and
otcapo to Japan.
They agreed, but docluod to shell tho
olty from tho roadstead' before leaving.
A rod flag was hoisted und the destroy
er oponed fire on the admirallty ofllco
and tho governor's residence, and then
oxolianged shots with tho cruiser Mand-
Jur. Tho ongineroom of tho dostroyer
was struck by a aboil from the lorta,
and the voeeol was run nshoro to pro
vent sinking. The four girls who inati
gaUd the mutiny were all killed, as
woll as a number of tho bluojnokots,
tho romalndor being arrcatod.
Postpone Thaw Trial.
Nw York, Nov. 20. Tho second
trial of Hurry Kendall Thaw, sot for
Monday, will again bo poatponod, and
thero Is llttlo chanco that it will bo
called until somo duto woll along In
January. Tho decision to ask for a
postponement hna boon agreed to by
both sides. It la duo partly to tho fact
that tho taak o( scouring a jury would
bo made doubly hard by tho nppronoh
of tho holidays and tho prospect of tho
taleamon of npondlng both Ohilstmus
and Now Years day looked undor tho
caro of court bit litis.
Cleveland Very 8lck Man.
Now York, Nov. 20. According to a
report recolved tonight ox I'rcaidcnt
Graver Clovoland la again eorlouHly ill
at his home In rrlncoton. Ho is Bald
to have Buff erod a rolnpso of tho old In
testinal troublo which nffocted him last
June. The present attack, It is paid,
doveloped on Thursday last, and al
though severe, It la said, Mr, Clovoland
showed considerable Improvement on
Friday. Details of his oondition oould
not be learned at his home tonight.
ring Suit Against Japan.
Victoria, B. 0 Nov. 28. News wss
received from Toklo that John Hartley,
a D Itlsher who went to Japan In 1804.
ha broaght salt aalnst the Japanese
government for 1,000,000 yen damages
for having Impounded opium Imported
by hlra la 1878, while allowing Duteh
ftrraa and ether foreigners to lmpor
the drag.
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
STANDS UP FOR THE NAVY.
Asilstapt Secretary of 8tate 8ays No
Better One Exists.
Washington, Nov. 28. From tlmo to
time during tho last low months thero
bavo uppeurcd in various publications
comments concerning allegod defects fn
vcssoln of tho novy, particularly in bat
tleshlpe and arrnorod cruisers.
Tounswer these. Itenr Admiral Cn
chief of tho bureau of construction and
ropair, has oommonted in his annual
report to tho secretary of tho navy.
Admiral Cappa covets responsibility o
tho designs, luoh an they arc, and payd
tho highest tribute to his predecessors
In oflloe. Ho declares our battleship
Hoot is fully equal in all icscts to
that of any equal numbor of shins In
any othor nuvy, doslgnod during tho
same poriod. Ho further quotes one of
tho moit distlnguishoJ foreign authori
ties, m fellows:
"Extraordinary high figures for
United States shins afford food for
thought, for both in ships and high
power guns imnorvious to vital Iniury
at long range, tbo United States fleet is
stiporior to any other In tho world."
Hoourilng to tho criticisms o! the bat
tleships, Admiral Cappa says:
"Hie clilol constructor hones that ho
has demonstiated fully and cleurly that
such corlouH faults as exist in any bat
thahips and cruiscra woro not duo tj
tho arbitrary methods of the board of
construction or to tho bureau of con
struction and repair, but woro almost
wholly duo to dovelopmonts in mater
ial and tho insistence of seagoing ofll
cors that certain military features
should bo embodied in tho original de
sign or, subsequently, that changes
covering tho eamo should be mado un
der thoeo last conditions. Tho changes
obviously involved a very considerable
coat.
Estimates for tho noxt flBcal year for
construction and repair on ships shows
an increase of $850,000 over the appro
priations for tho present year.
Keeping It 8ecret.
Washington. Nov. 30. Thero was
another lund grant conferenco in tho
ofllco of tho attorney general today, but
nothing has been mado public as yet.
Bo far, it Is known that theso confer
ences hnvo been purely deliberative,
and no conclusions bavo been reached.
Even whoti it is decided what courso
shall bo pureued, either to compel tho
railroads to comply with tho terms of
their grants or to forfeit their lands, it
la probablo no announcement will bo
made, as the department dcorns it im
prudent to bIiow its hand to tho rail
road companies in advanco of the insti
tution of legal proceedings. It is learn
ed that before a.dcfinito policy in agreed
upon all mombora of tho Oregon con
gressional delegation will bo called in
to conference, and will bo consulted as
to the policy to bo adopted.
Some of Utes Go To Work.
Washington, Nov. 28. Tho com
missioner of Indian affairs has been
advised of the arrival of 130 of tho
disnffecUHl Uto Indians nt Rapid City,
S. 1)., wheic they havo argeed to ac
cept work on a railroad. The inform
ation comes from Superintendent of
Indian Employment Dagnntt, who has
provailcd upon tho Indians to work by
informing them of the attitudo of the
government, which Is opposed to in
dulgence to them so long as they re
main in idleness. There are 240 of tho
inn Icon U-nta who havo not yielded.
Amorlcan Trade With Cuba.
Washington, Nov. 28. In tho nlno
montha ending with Septombor, 1007,
tho lnteat poriod for which figures havo
been received by tho bureau of statis
tics of tho department of Commerco
and Labor, the total value of the ex
ports from tho United Statea to Cuba
is, in round terms, $40,000,000, against
a little less than $35,000,000 In the
samo months of last year, and tho total
imports from tho island, $84,000,000,
against $75,000,000 last year.
daps to Prevent Trouble,
Wnnhlncton. Nov. 20. Evident
ly desiring a moro conservative courso
on tho Japanese question, Japan an
nounces tho transfer of Consul Uyono
from Sun Francisco to Svdiiov. Austral
ia. Ohozo Kollk, a distinguished dip
lomat and consul goncral at Now York,
goos to San Franoisoo, on December 2,
to ho consul general, tho post being
raisod from a consulate
Proposes Large Homesteads.
WnMnnlnn. Nov. 27. Soon after i
oongress convenes Senator Fulton will
introduco a bill authorizing U4Uaoro
lirttnnatniiila In llinnn nnrt.H nf pjlfltftrn
..W. VW hV...u ... J - - -
Oregon whoro small acreago will not
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Bustain lamiuoa. ms pmu nan oven
successfully trlod in Nobraska, partlc-
. ... ii ...i.i-i. i n
many in sooiians which imvu uui in
tlo rainfall and whoro Irrigation Is not
posaiblo.
End of the Old Saratoga,
Washington, Nov. 20 Tho old sloop
of war Saratoga, famous In history for
her performance under command of Ad
miral irnrraaut as well as undor Com-
modoro Perry, Is to go on tho Junk pllo.
Thomas Butter & Co., of Boston, who
bought the ship for $3,210, Intond to
demolish her for the Bako of any old
metal and bo rap in the hull.
New Railway Mall Clerks.
Washington, Nov. SO. L. O. Osier
and F.H.Twohey, of Portland; Charlee
A. Crooker, Cornelius Rosooe, B.Steeta,
Independence, and Guy N. Howell.
Salem, have beea appointed railway
wall clerks.
8AYS KATES WERE EXCESSIVE
Lumber Firm Complains to Commla
sion Against Harrlrnan.
Washington, Nov. 20. A complaint
was tiled today with the Interstate
Commorce commission by tho E. H.
Lowis Lumber company, operating in
Oregon and Washington, alleging that
tbo Harrlrnan roads in tho Northwest
in 14 different cases exacted freight
charges on cars of lumber shipped from
Oregon and Washington to tho East in
excess of tho legal rates published by
tho roads.
All tho excess charges were mado
Bubsoquent to tbo tlmo the now rato
went into effect, and on this ground
complainant asks the commission to
require tho roads to rofund tho amount
of tho excess and hereafter to conform
to their publlehod rates.
Indorse Plan of Altchlson
Washington, Nov. 29. Tho Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana senat
ors who aro horo mot today and adopt
ed a resolution favoring an amendment
yo tho in terete to commerce law in ac
cordance with tho terms of tho resolu
tion Introduced by Commissioner Altch
lson, cf Oregon, at the recent state rail
way commissioners' convention hero,
providing that no increase shall bo
mado in any rato when shippers object
until tho road can show the rate is reas
onable Today's action was taken in
compliance with tho wishes of tho Fa
cicfl Northwest lumbermen, who aro
now before tho Interstate Commerce
commission here with several cases in
volving proposed increase in rates on
coast lines.
Nothing At Yet Results.
Washington, Nov. 20. E. D. Town
Bend, assistant United States district
attorney for North Dakota, having un
der Investigation the Oregon and Cali
fornia land grant coses, bad a confer
enco today at tho department of justico
with A. McDonald McBlalr, who was
tho assistant of Mr. Townsend in the
investigation and Tracy O. Becker,
who was appointed by the attorney gen
eral to go over tho report of Mr. Town
eend, with tho view of recommending
what action, if any, should be taken.
No determination has yet been reached,
and it 1b not likely the conference will
result in a report to tho department of
justice.
Let Bourne Get Mandate.
Washington, Nov. 28. The Wash
ington Post today recommends a plan
to Senator Bourno to compel President
Roosevelt to servo another term. Tho
plan is to bring a mandamus suit in
the Supremo court requiring Roosevelt
to obey the will of the people. The
Post says: "Bourne yearns for Roose
velt as a hart yearns for tho water brook.
Not only la ho deaf to tho dissuading
tongue, but thero is a menacing note in
bis'ovorturea that Is nothing short of
blood curdling. If Roosevelt withstands
him there will bo tragedy."
Notaries to Take Evidence.
Washington, Nov. 27. The Inter
state Commerco commission todny ap
pointed O. II. Sholes, of Portland, and
N. W. Bolster, of Seattlo, as notaries,
to begin November 30 tho taking of
depositions in the northwest lumber
rate caseB. It is said there will bo a
largo numbor of witnesses whose tes
timony will bo taken on tho Coast, and
it will beccmo a part of tho record in
tho lumber caBcs hero when tho hear
ings begin, December 11.
Should Pay the West.
Wathington, Nov. 28. Senator Kitt
ridge, of South Dakota, diBcucsing tho
financial situation today, said: "If
tho East pays tho West what it owes
thero will bo no troublo. Tho East
lias our crops and live stock and will
not givo us u cent. What wo really
need is a moro elastic currency."
Cannot Work Government.
Washington, Nov. 27. Tho pro
nounced success of tho 3 por cent cer
tificates enables Secretary Cortelyou to
dofoat plana for the purchase of tho cer
tificates for speculative purposes. Only
individuals Bhowitig that tho purchase
prico has not boon withdrawn from the
banks will bo favored.
Best Constitution Made.
Washington, Nov. 20. William J.
Bryan, in an address before students
and otlioro at tho Goorgo Washington
university last night, oharactorired the
now Oklahoma constitution as the best
constitution extant, and ho added "and
I don't exclude tho constitution of tho
Unltod States."
No Tariff Revision.
Washington, Nov. 27. "There will
bo no tariff revision at the coming bos
sion," said Representative Payne, of
New York, chairman of tho ways and
means committee of tho houso of repre
sentatives, after a conferonoo with tho
prosldont today on tariff and currency
legislation.
Navy Need Man.
Washington, Nov. 27. Tho navy de
partment announced that it wants from
2,000 to 3,000 additional workmen for
the Bremerton and Mare Island navy
yardB to prepare for Rear Admiral
Evans' battleships when they arrive at
those places.
Northwest Rural Oarrlara.
Washington, Nov. 28. Obarlee
Houtz has been appointed regular, Em
ma Honts, substitute rural carrier,
route No. 1 at Krapp, Wash.
NEW BOXER OUTBREAK.
Aged Chinese Empress Alone Holds
Back Fanatic Hordes.
San Francisco, Nov. 25. Anothor
Boxer outbreak of tho sort which oc
curred in China in 1800, when many
livos woro lost, is threatened for the
near future, according to advices re
colved hero on the auxiliary collier
Justin, arriving from Manila and
Guam, and tho Unitod States is pro
paring to rush troops to China at a
moment's notice. A steamer fully
loaded with provisions and ammunition
is lying in tho harbor at Manila and,
should a report be received from China
to tho effect that tho Boxers are again
dn the rampage, troopa from the Phil
ippines will be immediately hurried to
tho accne of tho outbreak.
Those arriving on the Jnstin state
that from reports received from China,
it is pointed out that this trouble Is
likely to occur In tho vicinity of Pekin,
where tho former fighting resulted
from an attack upon tho missionaries.
It is stated that troublo would have
resulted long before now, except for the
interforonco of tho dowager empress.
To her alono, it is stated by men arriv
ing on tho colllor, it due the fact that
the Boxers have remained quiet for the
past many months. At the present
tlmo tho empress is seriously ill, and it
is said that her death is expected in
tho near future.
Onco the empress has passed away,
the Boxers will lone little time in re
newing their attacks upon the mission
aries, and it Is known that thoy have
made up their minds to drive the
teachers of religion out of China for all
time.
JURY DI8AGREES.
Unable to Reach Conclusion In Adams
Murder Trial.
Spokane, Nov. 25. A special from
Rathdrum, Idaho, to the Spokesman
Review says:
The jury In the Steve Adams murder
case was discharged at 5:45 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, being unable to agree
on a vnrdict, after being out since 8:30
o'clock Saturday night.
The jury stoodeight for acquitaland
four for conviction. Jurymen J. F.
Houso, Charles Dittemore, ,D. W. Gar
wood and S. A. Varnum were the four
men who believed Steve Adams guilty
of the murder of Fred Tyler in the
Marble creek district of Shoshone coun
ty, Idaho, in August, 1004.
Five ballots were taken, all with the
same result. The jury was ready to
report at 3 o'clock, but the court con
ferred with attorneys for both sides and
it was agreed to keep the jury out a
little longer.
Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for
Adams, tried to obtain concessions of
ball for Adams and of immunity from
arrest by Colorado authorities until the
Tyler case Is disposed of. No promise
waa given him. Sheriff Bailey, of
Shoshone county, is here with a war
rant for the arrest of Adams on the
charge of murdering Ed Boule, near
the same place and at about the same
timo the Tyler murder occurred.
MIGHT 8POIL YOSEMITE.
Mulr and Keith Oppose New Water
Supply Source.
San Francisco, Nov. 25. John Muir,
the famous naturalist, and William
Keith, the noted landscape painter,
havo protested to President Roosevelt
againit the plans of the city of San
Francirco to establish reservoirs in the
Hotch-Hetchy valley, in the Yosemite
reservation, for the purposes of a mu
nicipal water supply. They base their
protest on aesthetic grounds, saying
that the projected reservoirs would dis
figure the landscape.
It is feared that this opposition will
havo great weight with tho president,
as he specially commissioned Mr. Mnir
to make an investigation and report to
him. When the president requested
Mr. Muir to investigate, he expected to
get oxport knowledge on water sources
and purity, not thinking of the aes
thetic side of the matter. Mr. Muir,
however, got his friend, Mr. Keith, to
accompany him into the reservation,
and the two decided that hugo reser
voirs would mar the natural wonders.
San Francisco engineers ridicule the
idea that the reservoirs' would Bpoil the
landscape.
i Act Held Constitutional.
Heleno, Mont., Nov. 25. The Su-
promo court today affirmed the consti
tutionality of tho follow eervant act.
S. L. Lewis sued the Northern Pacific
and ono of ita engineers for heavy dam
ages for tho loss of his left hand, while
in tho employ of tho railroad company,
and a jury gave him judgment for $17,-
400. This amount was reduced by tho
District court to $10,000 on the ground
that it was oxcoeslve. The lailroad ap
pealed, attacking the constitutionality
of tho follow servant act, under which
tho action had been brought.
Kaiser to Undergo Operation.
New York, Nov. 25.r-A London
dispatch to tho Sun states tho real
causo of the kalsor's remaining in Eng
land aftor the termination of his state
visit lo tho British court, Is to prepare
for an operation which will take place
within a few days. According to tho
dispatch, the operation will bo through
the ear, atTectlng the throat. It touohea
tho kaiser's original trouble there which
Is referred to as hereditary, but It la
added, the operation Is not serious.
Hearing Claims of Cities.
French Llok, Ind., Nov. 25. The
National Democratic committee today
heard committees from various oltiea
sent to Bcute the 1008 convention It
oeaible. Denver Is after the conven-
lon. Most of the committeemen here
teem to fevor Cbleo.
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TURN DOWN HENEY
Oregon Land Fraud Trials Cannot
Walt Longer.
BRISTOL TO GO ON WITH CASES
Department of Justice Has Been at
Last Goaded to Action by Com
plaints and Criticisms.
Washington, Nov. 26. Further post
ponement of the trial of the Oregon
land fraud cases is not to bo tolerated.
Because of complaints and criticisms
the department of Justice has decided
to take radical steps, which will forco
trials at an early date, and it is expect
ed that DiBtrict Attorney Bristol will
soon receive instructions to proceed.
Only recently John Hall, under In
dictment, wrcte the president, asking
for trial. His request was transmitted
to tho attorney goncral and thence to
Mr. Bristol, who replied that he could
not proceed, as that was one of F. J.
Honey's cases.
The department says that, if Mr.
Heney cannot get away from San Fran
cisco long enough to prosecute Hall and
Binger Hermann, some one else will bo
found who can take up this work. In
fairness to those .under indictment, the
department believes these long delayed
cases should be tried. It is probable
that Mr. Bristol will be Instructed to
prosecute Hall and Hermann, as well
as all others under indictment for land
frauds.
BURNED IN REVENGE.
Thirteen Persons Roasted in New
York to Gratify Malice.
New York, Nov. 26. Thirteen per
sons lost their lives and several others
were injured early today in a tenement
house fire at 109 Eighth street and Sec
ond avenue. All the dead were Italians.
Six of the 13 were children. The bodies
were huddled together in rooms on the
top floor of the four-story building,
where the terror-Btricken people had
been driven by the flames, which rush
ed up from the lower flours. Some bad
been enveloped in the flames andburn
ed alive. Others, overcome by smoke,
were spared the agonies of death by the
flames.
That the fatal fire was the work of
incendiaries who sought revenge is the
opinion of the police and firemen, who
made the first hasty examination.
Three weeks ago three Italians were
caught in the act of trying to rob a safe
in the saloon of Guiseppe Cudano, on
the ground floor. The safe contained
more than $2,000 which the ealoonist's
friends had withdrawn from the banks
during the money panic The would
be robbers were arrested and are now
awaiting trial.
The fire of today started in Cudano'a
saloon, and the police believe it mny
have been the work of friends of the
prisoners, who take this means of equar
ing accounts with the Baloonist.
OPEN MORE LAND.
Nearly Million and a Half Acres in
Montana to Be Sold.
Helena, Mont., Nov. 26. The mem
bers of the commission recenOtly ap
pointed to appraise the remaining gov
ernment land on the Flathead Indian
reservation havo perfected an organiza
tion. Orders from Washington aro to
go into the field at once and begin work.
The reservation contains approximately
1,425,000 acres, of which 175,000 acres
havo been allotted to the Indians, leav
ing 1,250,000 acres to be inspected,
classified and apraised. The land will
be divided into agricultural land of the
first class, agricultural land of the sec
ond class, timber land, mineral land
and grazing land.
Settlers under the homestead law,
who shall reside upon and cultivate the
land for five years, shall pay one-third
of the appraised value in cash, at the
time of entry, and the remainder In
five equal installments, one, two, three,
four and five years, respectively, with
the usual homestead fees.
To Free Philippines,
Boston, Nov. 26. Historic Faneail
hill was last night the scene of a not
able meeting in support of a plan for a
pledge of independence to the Philip
pine Islands accompanied by neutraliz
ation of the territory. Among those
who addreesod tho meoting were Con
gressman James L. Slayden, of Texas,
James H. Blount, fomierly judge of
tho first instance in the Philippines.
and Congressman Samuel W. McCall,
of Massachusetts, tho mover of the res
olution in congress embodying tho plan
for Philippine independence.
A New Source of Heat.
Virginia City, Nev. Nov. 26. Some
engineers of Virginia Olty, reflecting
on tho ecaroity of fuel overy winter In
that rigorous climate, havo hit upon an
odd idea for mitigating tho tempera
ture and warming the buildings of that
town. One of them has undertaken to
struggle with the difficulty by utilizing
the superfluous heat of the adjacent
mines, which he proposes to tap with
an iron tube, and so ventilate the
mines while heating the houses.
Government Checks Plague.
San Francisco, Nov. 26. The plague
report Issued by the board of health
was as follows: One new suspect; none
verified; 101 verified to date; 63
deathar" 30 discharged as cured; 8 re
maining. The Federal authorities bavo
decided to take over the work of aanlta-tloa.