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!ge who borrowed a minora money.
Aa explosion of firedamp In a Hun-
uncoal mine entombed 240 men.
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FATAL MINE EXPLOSION.
Twonty Ppup Dead In Cellar's Fnm
out Illinois OollleryV
Zolglor, III,, Jan. 12, Tho sorlca of
mlshnpfl Jn Joo Lei tor's famous Si,
000,000 colliery hero during tho last
low yearn reached n climax shortlv
after 1 o'clock this morning, when a
mVntoriOUB OXn 0lnn kltlnrl OA mnH
Nineteen dead have boon
flvo nro missing and are undoubtedly
uuiiu, uiiu two uro injuroa crittcnlly.
This is tho second serious disaster In
tno oigicr Lonl company's proporty,
which has been tho scene of several
uiinur iuuwmefl and Whom fnr mnn
than two yenrs n despernto labor war
wau wagon as tno result of a strike.
An explosion in iuoo killed 8G men at
work in tho m no.
Joseph Loiter and hlu brido of half a
your woro noro wiien tho explosion
happened. Loiter enmo to town sev
ernl weeks ngo to direct tho fight on n
firo In tho workings, which, after a
month's battlo, was trot under control
Fridny night. Loiter himself conduct
ed tho first roll of nartv Into ilm mtnn
lllO first Coal holstod nut. nf ftm ul.nff
in more than Six Weeks wnn lirnn rrht nn
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yeoiorony unu ft was expected to put
uie iuu lorco oi men nt work during
tho next few days.
Tho explosion was remarkable In
that oxcont for the mnnv riciul It loft
Bcnrcely n trace and tho interior of tho
nunc tonight shown no oign of damage
ONE-MAN RULE WEARIED.
Venezuela Grew Tired of Government
of Castro.
Paris, Jan. 12. Joso do J. Paul.
special envoy of Venezuela, arrived
horo thin evening from Bordeaux and
was warmly greeted by n scoro of Ven
ezuelans.
M. Paul declared Castro's downfall
tvns tho result of n conflict between
tho country's ambition to enrry on
peaceful internal and foreign policies
and tho policies of Castro, which wero
rapidly Jeopardizing Venezuelan Independence.
"What was tho real cnuao of Cas
tro's full?" M. Paul was asked.
"It was brought about," replied tho
envoy, "by tho necessity of averting a
revolution. It must bo remembered
that Hollancd practially abrogated tho
protocol of 1804, whereby she hod un
dertaken to prohibit traffic in arms und
prevent filibustering expeditions and
revolutionary outbreaks. Having thus
nbroguted tho treaty, tho presence of
Holland's warshipB would have render
ed us impotent to stop filibustering."
"Castro s present Btnnding in Vene
zuela," M. Paul said, "is that of a
man opposed to his country's aspira
tions. Venezuelans are weary of ono
mnn'fl domination."
M. Paul expects to open negotiations
with tho French government within a
fow doyB.
WILL BE NO PLAGUE.
Stringent Sanitary Measures Taken
nt Messina.
Mcssinn, Jon. 12. Genornl Mazza
has adopted strlgent measures to pro
tcct peoplo and property. In addition
to establishing a police service around
tho city, he has issued orders that any
person found ccxavnting without a per
mit shall bo shot.
General Mazza declared that under
tho guiso of rescuers, many thioves
woro committing robberies.
Sanitary conditions have greatly im
proved and It is now believed that
there la llttlo danger of tho spread of
disease.
Tho American relief ship Boyern,
flying tho Red Cross flag, arrived Fri
dny. A small amount of clothing was
sent to tho American consulate and the
remainder of tho stores aro boing dis
tributed to porta along tho Bouth coast.
Tho United States Bupply ship Uui-
gca, which arrived from Port Said Fri
day, carried 130 tons of provisions and
waa well Btocked with uianKots ana
wenrlng apparel. Tho stores wero
sent ashore and distributed.
The livinc nro still boing taken from
thu ruins. Ten ilnys aco It was thought
that all buried under tho wreckngo
must havo perished, but several per
sons taken out Saturday wero found to
bo in extraordinary good condition.
Work for Amorlcan Ships.
Tlom. Jnn. 12. Tho nrrival of tho
Amorlctm snuadron undor Rear Admiral
Sporry has been unxiously awaited
Tho prefect of Naples has ueen oruerca
to notify tho king when tho squadron
nnrh!H nort. as his mnicstv is anxious
to meot tho American admiral, Ambas
sador Griscom having already arranged
an audienco. It Is oxpoctcd that the
king will proceed nt onco to Noplea,-
na ho wishes to pnrticipaio perBoiiuny
In any arrangements which may bo
mndo for tho recoptlon of tho Amoricnn
warships.
Chinese Can't Compota.
Vlctoriu. 13. C Jan. 12. Mexio Iiub
proved nn unfavorable flold for Chlneso
immigrants, according to advices ro
coivod from tho Orient. Tho vicoroy
of Canton haB forbidden further emi
gration and tho newly established Chl
neso lino will Buffer Bcrious loss.
Ilontrkonir nanera claim that Moxlco
is too poor a country oven for tho Chi
nese, and that tho coolies cannot com
pota with tho ill-paid, half-starved
peons.
Night Rldnrs Hold in Jail.
.TnMtnnn. Tonn.. Jnn. 12.-TllO flix
Night Hldera Bontcnced to death nt
Union City and two othors sentenced
to 20 ycara In the atato penitentiary,
havo boon pluced in jail horo and will
bo hold in closo conllnoment to awutc
tho notion of tho Sunromo court, which
I will moot In this city noxt April.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF
Friday, January 16.
Washington, Jan. 15. An amend
ment in tho legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill increasing
the Bnlary of the president to $1 00.000.
of the vice president and speaker of
tno house or representatives to 520.
000, with $G,000 additional nllowanco
for carriages and coachmen for tho
vice president and speaker, and in
crcnncB for tho judiciary aggregating
$828,1)00, precipitated a lively di'scus-
flion in tho Bonato today.
Washington, Jan. IB. Private bills
hod their inning in tho house of rcpre
Bontntivca today, almost tho wholo ses
sion boing given up to thoir Consider-
tion. Many wero passed.
Tho bill of Representative Hawlev.
of Oregon, to pay surviving Volunteers
of tho Cayuso Indian war of 1847 and
1848 SI. CO a day lor their services aa
shown by tho muster rollB, passed the
house today. Tho bcnoficinrios aro
John Minto, Charles Iiolds, Ellen E.
llacKott, M. A. Cornelius, Mary J.
Kcizur, Amada Reese, Mary Carnnhan,
Polly C. Rutler and Sarah E. Schautz.
President Roofcvolt today sent to
tho house of representatives a special
message vetoing the bill authorizing
William 11. StandiBh to construct a
dam across the James river, in Stone
county, M ssoun, to divert a portion
of tho waters of that atream through a
tunnel, to create electrical power.
The president holds that tho bill guar
antees valuable monopolsitic privileges
and docs not provide for conditions es
sential to protect the public interests.
Ho refcra to former communications
showing a tendency to monopolistic
encroachments upon natural resources.
Thursday, January 14.
Washington. Jan. 14. The Ananias
club was discussed in the senate today
by Tillman, who declared that state
ments made by Attorney General Bona
parte and Postmaster General Meyer
in reply to his reply to charges made
against him by the president In rela-
t'on to his contemplated purchase of
Oregon timber land made thorn eligible
to membership in that organization.
Tillman wanted to know what degree
of fulsehood was to be charged to the
two cabinet officers "or head clerks or
bootlicks and whatever tho proa dent
hae around him." He suggested that
there should bo a meoting of the exec
utive committee of tho Ananias club to
determino what degree should bo con
ferred upon "Charles J. Bonaparte and
this man Meyer."
Washington, Jan. 14. For a time
today in the house it looked as though
that body would further resent the
president's statement affecting mem
bers of congress and the secret service
by ordering tno printing of 2,000,000
copies of tho proceedings of last Fri
day, tabling his remarks.- A resolution
to that end was presented by Landis,
of Indiunu. but bo strong was the sen
timent against it that it was tabled.
Wednesday, January 13.
Washington, Jan. 13. Senator Ba
con today introduced a resolution as
serting tho right of congress to call on
the executive departments for all pa
pers and information in their posses
sion.
An appropriation of $101,018,000 for
pensions waa agreed to today by the
committee on pensions in drafting the
annual pensions bill. This amount is.
over $2,000,000 less than tho appropri
ation last year, which was $163,053,
000. In tho report to tho house it will
bo shown that the republic has expend
ed cinco its beginning $3,751,108,809
in pensions. The committee inserted
in tho bill n provision that tho 18 pen
sion agencies throughout the country
be reduced to one, to bo located in
Washington. Congress has failed to
agree to such a proposal heretofore.
Washington, Jan. 13. Working
with only a small quota of members,
the house .of representatives devoted
its entire time todny to consideration
of tho District of Columbia appropria
tion bill. Mann, of Illinois, furnished
a little diversion for an otherwise dull
day by dofending the house rules, and
this led him into several sharp brushes
with Gardner, of Massachusetts, ono of
tho so-called insurgents.
Tuosday, January 12.
Washington, Jnn. -12. A spirited
speech by,JFornker, of Ohio, on tho use
of privnto detectives in investigating
tho Brownsville altalr was tho icaturo
in tho senato today. Foraker laid aside
iiis manuscript sovoral times during
his address to inject remarks that
wero pointedly aimed nt tho president,
although lt refrained from tho mon-;
tion of Mr. Roosovelt'a nnme. Evi
dently referring to tho president, ho
declared that men who mndo charges
and insinuations would soma timo "bo
whero they can bo called to account."
Lodge replied to Foraker 'a remarks.
declnring that tho use of tho $3,000,000
fund appropriated in 1899 as an emer
gency war fund for tho president dur
ing tho Spanish war in tho employment
of dotoctivea on tho Brownavillo case
was not in violntion of tho law.
$430,000 for Bremerton.
Washington, Jan. 14. Among tho
appropriations to bo made for the Pug
ot Sound navy yard in tho naval appro
priation bill nro tho following item's:
Continuing construction pf tho now
drydock, $400,000; railroad extension,
$10,000; sower extension, $8,000; im
provement of construction plant, $20,
000. Representative Jonos has been
requcated by tho peoplo of Spokane to
socurfl an apprporiation to aid tho Na
tional Irrigation congress.
The annate adopted Foraker'a reso
lution collintt on tho secretary of the
treasury for an itemized statement of
tho expenditure ol tho ?3,oou,uuu ap
propriated by act of March 3, 1899, to
bo expended nt tho direction of tho
president aa on emergency tuna.
The bill crantlncr permission to the
city and .county of San Francisco to
uso tho Hetch-Hetchy and loko Elea
nor valleys of the Yosemite National
park for a reservoir waa again under
consideration at a public hearing of
tho house committee on public lands to
day. No action waa taken by the com
mittee pending the hearing of further
evidence.
An nrnendment to tho executivo and
judicial pppropriation bill waa offered
by Senator Knox today providing for
the creation for nri under secretary of
state at a salary of $10,000 and a
fourth assistant secretary of atato at
$4,500 a year.
Monday, January II.
Washington, Jan. 11. For acquiring
all private holdings in J;ho Sequoia and
General Grant National parks, Califor
nia, In which aro located tho big trees
and other wonders, the senate today
passed a bill appropriating $90,000.
The senate spent the greater part of
the day listening to Tillman in an at
tack on the president in connection
with tho secret service. Tho presi
dent has intimated that the senator
was implicated in Oregon land frauds
and this is denied by Tillman.
Washington, Jan. 11. Representa
tive Englebright, of California, today
introduced a bill requiring the secre
tary of the interior to procure the ap
provnlij of congress before ho expends
any money after July 1, 1909, for irri
gation works for the storage, diversion
or development of water supply for re
clamation of arid and semi-arid lands.
Another bill by Mr. Englebright re
quires like approval before he a.i cre
ate or add to any national forest with
in the state of California,
An amendment to the legislative,
executivo and judicial appropriation
bill, increasing the salary of the pres
ident to $100,000 and tho salaries of
the vice president and speaker of the
house to $20,000, was today reported.
It waa then referred to the committee
on appropriation8.
Saturday, January 0.
Washington, Jan. 9. The senate to
day paid tribute to the memory of the
late Kcdficld Proctor, who waa a mem
ber of the upper house for 17 years.
Splendid eulogies of the lifo and ca
reer of the Vermont statesman were
ofFered by members fon both sides of
tho political aisle. At tho conclusion
of the ceremonies the senate, as a fur
ther mark of respect, adjourned.
Washington, Jan. 9. The house to
day passed a bill authorizing the lease
of San CIcmente island, 60 miles off
the California coast, to the San Clem-
ente Wool company, at an annual rent
al of $1,500, on condition that the com
pany expend $25,000 in improvements.
The bill was reported by McLachlan,
of California.
Soil Surveys Failure.
Washington. Jan. 12. Asoriousblnw
was given to the plan for the continua
tion of soil surveys by the Department
of Agriculture when the executive com
mittee of tho Association of American
Agricultural collegea and experiment
stations appeared today before the
house committee on agriculture and
testified that the work a3 now carried
onw aa of little value to tho farmer.
Members of tho executivo enmmiftPA
who criticized the present work of the
Durcau ot soils included Dr. W. K.
Jordan, directdr of the New York Ag
ricultural Experiment station nnd four
others..
Let Nation Be Judge.
Washington. Jan. 12. PresiriVnt
Roosevelt intimated today that ho
would tako no public notico of the re
buke administered him bv confrrona.
To congressmen who called on him to-
aay no stated jhat he wa3 willing to
leave the whole controversy growing
out of his alleced insult to
and his action in connection with tho
absorption of the Tennessee Coal &
Iron co.mpany by tho United States
Steel corporation to tho iudement of
the peoplo. He added that hp boro no
malice toward any of tho congressmen
or senators Who .voted in favor of the
rebuke.
Employes Carried Free.
Washington, Jan, 13. Tho Inter
state Commorco commission haB insti
tuted an inquiry into tho matter of
transportation by interstnto carriers
of employes and proporty of ex-eraploy-e8
free of charge.. It has developed
that, through contracts made by ox
preaa compnnies. with tho carriers, n
considerable amount of property and a
largo numbers of persons aro transport
ed free by tho carriers. Tho commis
sion will investigate these contrcts.
Roosevelt to Hear Gompers,
Washington, Jan. 14. President
Roosovelt will have a conference with
President Gompera nnd other officidla
of the American Federation of Labor at
tho Whito Houao today. Tho confer
ence is at tho request of Mr. Gompera.
New Postmasters Appointed.
Washington, Jnn. 14. The following
Oregon postmasters were appointed by
the president today f Wilbur W. Mc
Bldownoy, FofeBt Grove; Charlos W,
Parka, Roseburg.
HESITATE TO ANGER CHINA.
Why Powers Decided Not to Protest
Against Yuan's Dismissal.
Washington, Jam 11. Tho predom
inating reason that has influenced tho
American and Britian miniBtera ac re
Hn in nhnnrfnntnc thnir nrolcct for (
protest by tho powers against any dla
turbanco of tho present policy of the
Chinese government is nonevea iiero w
ho InrcroW ihn ilfllleaCV which this EOV'
eminent haa felt in approaching the
Chinese government on this subject.
difficult to anticipate how any
representations along this line might
bo received, for it la realized tnat tne
f!hin?n nro flonsltive on any intima
tions which convev the impression that
they aro not capable of manging their
own affairs. There was a question
also whether these would have been
excusable, notwithstanding the great
interests the governments, particularly
that nf tho United States, havo in tho
nroBorvation of neace in China and the
maintenance of ita progressive policy
in view oi the lact tnat mere nave
been no serious results following
Yuan's dismissal and no reactionary
tendencies have marked tho administra'
tlon of tha Chinosc crovernment.
Great reliance is nlaced bv the State
department in the appointment of Liang
to the miniatry ot loreign auairs, ana
it ia hoped that the influence that he
mnv he able to exert mav co far in
preventing any decidedly backward
Steps, at least bo far aa the foreign
policy of Chinia is concerned.
MAY NOT SEND BELL WEST.
Philadelphia Reluctant to Lend Relic
Lest It Break.
Philadelphia, Jan. 11. The efforta
to have the Liberty Bell taken to the
Pacific coast to become a feature in the
varioua celebrationa may not be suc
cessful. The old bell haa been taken
to at least four expositions and to oth
er celebrations outside thia city in the
laat 25 years, and every time it ia
brought back a movement is started to
prevent the historic bell ' from again
leaving Philadelphia. Notwithstand
ing this acritation. city councils, which
have the power to authorize the bell's
being taken from the city, have nearly
always granted the requests, aa coun
cila do not like to place the city in the
position of being discourteous or indif
ferent to the requests. Requests have
already been made here to have the bell
go to the Northwest, but nothing offi
cial has been done.
One of the reasons against taking the
bell West is because of the great dis
tance to be traveled and the liability of
the bell's breaking. The old relic ia
in a glass case on the ground floor of
Independence hall, and ia under con
stant guard day and night.
BUOY CROSSES NORTH POLE;
Takes Eight Years to Float From
Canada to Norway.
Chriatiana, Nor., Jan. 11. The me
teorological institute ha3 received a
letter from Soroe, Denmark, stating
that a buoy driven ashore November 3
contained a notice that the buoy was
set adrift on July 24, 1900, near Cape
Bathurst, and waa 400 kilometers north
east of the Mackenzie river. Capo
Bathurst ia in British America on the
Arctic ocean, lying in latitude 70:137
N., longitude 127:30 W.
It is believed here that the buoy
which thus drifted more than eight
years, "was carried through the polar
seaa between Greenland and Spitsber
gen,' If thia ia so, it would seem to
support the conclusion on which Cap
tain Ronald Amundsen has based bis
future expedition on the Framm.
Captain Amundsen's expedition of
tho Framm will start from San Fran
cisco early in 1910. He planB a drift
ing voyage aimilar to that undertaken
by Nansen. He intends to fasten hia
Bhip to the ice northwest of Point Bar
row, Alaska, and hopes to drift across
the polo.
Red Tape Slew Thousands.
Rome, Jan. 11. Red tape is declar
ed to be responsible for thousands of
deaths among the survivors of the
earthquake. It ia learned today that
charges to that effect have been made
against officials of the government.
The matter was brought officially be
fore the chamber of deputies when that
body convened Friday, but the more in
fluential members persuaded those who
made the charges involving the govern
ment to delay action Until after the
public temper becomes more calm.-
Want No Oregon Lumber.
Wellington, N. Z., Jan. 11. A great
conference of the timber trade was
held at Palmerston North today to dia
cuss the question of the importation of
Oregon pine. The press waa excluded,
but several of tho delegatea asserted
aftor the conference that owing to the
recent wholesale importation ofpino
fully 50 sawmillB would close down in
definitely. Tho mill owners demand
the imposition of a duty on all import
ed timber in bulk. ,
Fines Harvester Trust.
Topeka, Kan., Jnn. M. Tho Kansas
Supremo court, in a decision handed
down today affirmed the verdict and
fino of tho District court of Shawnee
county against tho International Har
vester company. Tho company must
pay a fino of $12,600 on 42 counts,
each count being a violation of tho
criminal section of tho Kansas anti
truBt laws.
Three Young Glrla Burn.
Dickinson, N. D., Jan. 11. Firo yea
torday destroyed tho homo of Joseph
Kohl, a homesteader, 12 mllea from
hero. Thrco young girls alono in the
houBo wero burned to death and a
fourth fatally burned,"
WOOLMENFORTARIFF
Question ol kmm Nay but
Some Sharp Debates. -
WAREHOUSE PLAN MEETS FAVOR
National Association Has Many Vital
" Subjects to Consider at Its
, Pocatello Meoting.
Pocatello, Idaho, Jan. 14. Questions
of great concern to the sheepraisers of
tho United States and especially of tho
Western range states will arise nt tho
three days' convention of the National
Woolgrowers' convention, which will
begin here today.
Tho storage warehouse plan, which
is, in brief, to place the bulk of tha
wool crop in the hands of a co-opera
tive selling agency, to hold for what
ia considered a fair price, meanwhile
borrowing money on the stored pro
duct, will be the principal subject at
issue. A committee has been busy for
several months securing pledges of
wool and arrangements have been
made to lease a warehouse in Chicago
or some other center aa soon aa the re
quired 25,000,000 pounds of wool is
guaranteed.
It ia not thought that much opposi
tion will develop, but the details of
the plan may be criticised and its feas
ibility questioned.
Government regulations in relation
to grazing on forest reserves will un
doubtedly be attacked. It was tho
known attitude of the association on
this point that prompted the chief for
ester, Gifford Pinchot, to decline an in
vitation to the meeting in a sharp note
which further strained the relations
between the Forestry department and
the woolmen.
In his letter Mr. Pinchot advised tho
secretary of the association that he did
not care to attend the convention until
it should show by its action that it waa
prepared to view the grazing question
in a more liberal spirit.
While all the delegates will be in
favor of a tariff on wool, there may bo
a debate as to whether the present
duty is sufficiaent. Utah woolgrowers,
and perhaps others, have adopted reso
lutions asking that the present duty be
increased. In other quarters the pre
vailing tariff is regarded as .ample for
the needs of the industry.
SAIL WITH FLEET.
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Son of Turkish Ruler Will Probably
Return Vith Battleships.
Constantinople, Turkey, Jan. 14.
Great excitement prevails among Turks
on account of the visit of the American
fleet to Turkish waters. Four battle
ships are now at Smyrna, . and four
more are coming to remain until Janu
ary 24. Admiral Schroeder, second in
command, is coming to Constantinople
in the battleship Louisiana. One of
the sultan's sons probably will go with
the squadron to America, and it is re
garded as certain that 30 Turkish offi
cers will go.
The grand vizier, naval minister and
naval circles generally are intensely
interested in the visit of the fleet, as.
this will be the first occasion since tho
revolution when warships of a great
power have entered the Ottoman ports.
Authorities are anxious to impress the
visitors with the fact that they are
thoroughly civilized now, and that
Turkey ia on the road to become one of
the great naval powers of the world.
The American vessels will carry tho
Turkish officers as guests, two officers
going on each battleship.
New Shocks Cause Panic.
Rome. Jan. 14. A slieht earthauake
shock was experienced at an earlv hour
thi3 morning throughout Lombardy,
enetia and Tuscany. No damage was
done, and no one was injured, but ow
ing to the general uneasiness resulting
from the recent visitations in Calnhria
and Sicily, the people for a moment
were thrown into a condition bordering
on a panic. According to the records
of the observatorie3, and especially the .
establishment maintained at 'Florence
by the Jesuit Fathers, tho center of
the disturbance was near Lembach.
Take Evidence In East.
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used in five United States land casea
now nendinc in Oreo-on will hn tnVon
hero tomorrow before United States
Commissioner William T. Lindsey
Considerable soerecv in mnlntnimui
garding tho cases, but it is known that
five expert chemists, members of the
qarnegio Technical school, have been
summoned aa witnesses and it la said a
number of prominent Pittsburgh will
also bo called.
Russia to Borrow Again.
St. Petersburg, Jan, 14. The Rus
sian finance ministry has closed an ar
rangement with a syndicate, including
tho principal banking houses of Paris,
for a loan of 1,200,000,000 franca
($240,000,000) at 4 per cent, A
part of tho loan will probably go to
other continental countries, but t doea
not appear that the United States sub
scribed for any part oMt,