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Prtiwing for the free SuiU ami
Overvouli take liu' Janunry
Wo Imvo sold over 10 M.n'.t
Suits iiml Ovi rcout.-t mid nearly
;;o It.ivx' Suits ami (vriimt
tluriiij! lite lii-t ft-w days.
IioJm- Mill will !' "lie df the
lllt'k V olH'S.
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OKE.
LYNCII1NGS IN
UNITED STATES
Kalian Senate Considers Question
ol Securing Justice From
United States.
WILL CONTINUE TO PROTEST
fulled Males Admitted Italian
('btlPM.Wrrff Well Founds
muI Promise Careful
(oiiltf nttlon.
HOME, Dec. jo -In lh acnat today
llaron Java, formerly Italian ambas
a.hir at Washington, reined the ques
tion of lynching In the United Males
In which there hud been a repetition of
grave events, he said, and where guilty
persona hn1 nut hwn llcovered.
H. pl) In l'i Hurtm Kuva. Slg
nir l'rlni'tll, mlrilmiT of fun If n uf
fulm. il.ilnnJ Unit iHtlKr the Iial
luii K'lMTniin lit ii' t Italian ill.liimti
tti'ir guilty uf ' in-Kll-' ni r In tl.i-lr
i n.irlii to m ui it lrltim.h uf Jun'.lro,
I. lit IIIIK In I III- rilli'llii. "f HllllPHK-a
II liu. I Ik-..i iiti r-i.ltIv tv lijitulfy Ihr
illiril unl tin- Cfalll Jjiy haJ J
. luri . I, ui oii lliiK to 111" null 1 1 f'Tinulu,
Ihut th- IJii'hlUK In iii ml . it ha t ik--nini-t
hy ' Thi' will i.f i.i. " Thin
BiKiiiiiriil frmn HIkii'H' 1 'rl rx-t 1 1 raunrd
a K.ii kii I !'). i 'ulillnuliiK, ill'- f.ip'lKH
inlnlnirr mill t hit I Hit Italian ,'.i-rn-mini
wouM cml I nil" to uotrnt In the
lii' uf iibtiiliiliiK mitlKfui thin uKalnut
liitiiiiatliiiial limlW. Tho nuwrn
unlit Iiml ri'irrai-iitvl what a m-rluua
thiiiK It . aulil Sun.ir l'rltx-lti. that
ihr K'lM'' nmi nt of thi t'nlti'd ftali'i
h. ml. 1 il.-.ian- Itm-lf uiiahlf tu fuimt
Its f nRatfi in. nm In uniformity with
iiiii'iiwitiimitl tn-allfii To thl rrpro
mMilatluii ihi Ainrrlrun K.ivcrninrnt
hail nut rifllij In rltlnif hut It hud
itiliiilltnl that ItaJInn claim re well
fnuml'-.l ami hail .nniilin-l tarvfully
( rimmdiT Ihr qumtlon
l ho Hint I and rolimlt. Ixth P-mark
mi til nhrwurlty of tho Information
vnui'haaM by tho AmnlKamatO'l Coi-
mt i'orii.any. but conllr tho prwuil
(lutlook to be mora favorablo to con
aumrr than produror of metal. The
Pally Telr-araph derlarea thai bWore
ronftdr-nro ran t reatnred tho Amal-
amatr-d Company muat Uauo a plain
atatrmont of l(a atorka on hand and of
Ita proaont monthly output. If It (a
true that the Amalgamated Company
haa reduced Ita production to tho
tent of throwing tan men In Montana
out of amDloymont, T that po-per,
a rery unpleaaaot alt union la dlacUmi
and om which la likely ta aeealotita
leglaUtlon compolllnc American trtuu
to gtva ralf pubHtitr to ttaalr af.
fair.
BOOK VtSLiKt.
Argentine WU Prolong Irritating Bit
uatlon With CbUo.
NEW TORK. tV. to.-tha pldlo
la gaining ground In Valparalao, aay
a dlapatrh from that city to tho Lon
don Time and New York Time, that
the Argentine republic will prolong the
Irritating altuatlun by declining to
ronre.le entlnfactory aaaurance In re
gard to the Instruction of Argentine
jmllre In :he illi.utel terrltcry.
Chile ileiiln- a thnruuKh lnvctlga-
:il"ti of her claim to the dlatrkt arTect
'ed by the rontroverny and woulj wil-
i niiie fJn-at Drltaln a good otflcr-a to
'iMiile th- mutter ami to reatrain all
fiirilur ralnlnif of boun lary aKltutlun.
j
, NHW MAIL ItOfVB
jlirliliih Authnritltl.. Have Ix-cliitil
I.! I'im- Aim-rli-an Rouio to
Auitralla.
! NHW ynUK. IV. ID-There lit. It
' nrKam, .iine truth In the Morlca
tthli h have been current uf lute that
the Ilrltli.h pimtal authorllle had dt-
cliliil to change the mall route to Au
stralia, rnhle the Iindon reirerwnta
. live of the Tribune. An Influential of
i tidal of the gvneral otofflc la au-
thnrlty for the Matement that the
I itii.tlon of trying the American route
; ha been undoubtedly undt-r conalder
iOtlon by the authorltle. Nothing how-i.vi-r
will te done fh the matter, for
ithr--e year, the -xltlng eontracta hav
ing thut jktIikI to run.
CIUITI.K MUAT INDl'PTHV.
llcontlnuance uf Inei-tliin Would
Kniull Ii of J.'n.onrt.wO.
WASIIl.NflToN. Iec. M. -Secretary
Wllnm today atated that the illncoii
lliiuntni of the airoprlatlon for ln
rped Ion nf meat K'nt abroad would
man the entire Biinpt'iialnn of export
and the Inn to the t'nlted Stiite of
f'.n.uno.oiio worth of meat annually old
In liermany. Ijnrk of fund, he ex
plained, n due to the Increased work
of the pan year and two week' leave
of ahaence granted each employe of the
bureau outitlde of thl tlty, which
neceailtated the employment of addi
tional men. Secretary Wllpon aald ho
ha aked rongreu to make part of
tho appropriation for the coming year
Immediately available.
HikH) Hi U.TDA Y TRAHE.
I All Section of the Country Report Ex-
ccptlonal Dlalrlbutlon.
NKAV Y.iItK. ivc. ;. Dun &
i'o ' Weekly Rvvlew of Trade tomor
n w will ny:
llolldav trade reuched It niailinnni
thl week, neurly all ectlon of the
fiuntry reiHirtlng exivptlonal dlatrlb
utlon. Fallur.' for the week number
ed ;65 In the I'nlted Plate, n agalnt
Iat year, and 19 In Canada, aa
attultiKt li lnt year.
OARDKRU HKAT3 CARTER.
In a Content for Middleweight Cham
pion of tho World.
SAN FRANOrflOOi Dee. t.-Oeorr
Gardner, of Lowell, Vaaa.. and "Kid"
farter, of Brooklyn, N. T.. met to
night at Mechanlra Pavilion In what
waa announced aa a cemtrot for the
middleweight championship of tho
world. Oardner clearly etrwhllnhed
hi tiaht to tho title by knocking out
Carter In the eighth round. The men
hhd met twice before under lmllar
condition and on each occasion tho
Imwell lnd wntt returned tho winner.
! ciirNrxn Amnrv
Vlll Ho Trained by OmVem Fronk Jap
j anew Army.
I '
i'KKIN. IVc; !0.-Yuan Phi Knl. new
viceroy of Chi 1,1, ha en,rBffed 'Japa-
n' ofllcer to train the Chlnee army."
Tlie government of Jnpnn has offered
til detail a Jupnniuit' Bnral to ro-
irK'anlxe the Chlnoso army. Accord-
ln to advice from fhnnghnl dated
liri'i nitier Id, Yiiuii Shi Knl Injeiul
in finjilny HiIiIhIi nnd Anicrviin otllcei
to riwitsiiiilie the chlneac navy.
VUTIMS OF WRECK,
Piath Ut of Wreck on Southern Pa
cific Now Number Six,
AA.N FKANCIStCO, Dec. M.-The
death Hat of the wreck on the coast
division of tho Southern Paclfle at
I'planda haa reached six. All the In
jured are expected to recover. Two
Italian. John Cordona and Francisco
.tavanla died today ' at tho Southern
Pacific hospital. Two charred bodies
were dlaentombed from the wreckage
at Vpland. It Is supposed they are
th bodies of tramps who were riding
on th brakebeama
ORGANIZER OF VICTORY
KlTCHKMtU'S 81 TKSS KX-
((U KAc.i:s niiiTisii.
OlUIKlllfll TO PAWMt,
I'nlted Stale CriilMer rhlliuLdphlu Po-
pnil oil Shqrt 'Notice.
SAM FRANCISCO, Poc. C'l.-I'rdcr
liiitriii-llnn from the nnvy depurtment
In make all Hiieed fur Fnniinm the
I'nlted Stale crultier Phlbiilelphln
Klemncrt out of the hnrbor this nfter-nnnn.
Has, CoHoa'UmI . Svttltrl Kuw
Material in South .Virion
iiVSi1'ii(lj Army. '
NEW YORK, IX'c. 20. -Satisfaction
with the prvRress of events In South
Africa In now general nnd there Is a
niiiikcil rivlval of puMlc opinion In
' support of IaiiM Kitchener ns ronimun-
der In cheif, nays the Ti Id juc s London
eoirespondi'iit. Only a few weeks ago
the mllll.iry cxpreased much adverse
criticism of Kitchen r s generalship.
Now, however, he is called the organ
izer of victory and the people talk of
his abilities with unw.iveiinjr energy.
Full credit I given him for collecting
all the scattered raw material In South
Africa and the re-enforcements dally
arriving fivm all parts of the Urttlsh
Empire Into n fighting machine.
EFFECT An ROAD.
rosltlon of American Copper Greatly
Exercises English Market.
IlNDON, Dec. SO.-The position of
American copper greatly exercises the
Flrlilsh market. The financial weekliea,
col. mnton Pi-VD.
LtXlxN, Pee. 20. Colonel Josiali
Illnton, well known ns a co-worker
with John Brown, who served In the
I'nlon nrmy In 1S60-65 and later edit
ed various newspapers In Washington,
New York and Snn Franolsco, died In
London today. He was born In London
In 1830.
FREIGHT TRAINS
COME TOGETHER
Two Engines and Ten Cars Com
pletely Demolished on the
Northern Pacific.
ONE ENGINEER IS MISSINQ
Both Traloa Were Extra and
Cm of the Wreck Is
Xot Yet Ieter-mined.
feeling herself compelled to guard her-
elf against threatened trouble between
the South American countries.
ENGINEER FORGETS tflTOH.
OUR PRESENCE IN
THE PHILIPPINES
TACOMA. Dec. .-Extra Ko. 154.
a west-bound freight train on tbe
Northern Pacific collided with extra
No. 131, ent-bound .about one mile
west of Wciton about 5:30 p. m. Both
engine were damaged .ten cars tferalS
ed and the trask will be blocked sev
eral hour. Wrcikmg 'utflta from
Taioma and Ulenahurg Arere sent to
i b-ur the trai k.
The ram ilnmiigrd w-t- moittly load
ed with coal. Conductor C. A. Flk
on the i-xtra eaat-boun I was slightly
Injured. Knicln-er Kelly, of the extra,
west bound, haji not yet been fouiid
and there Is a possibility he may be
under the wreck.
STATEMENT r.NTOl'NOED.
Roobeiy's Arcupatlons Aalnst Bocri
Denied by Leyls.
NEW YORK, Ic. 20-Ir Leyda In
an Interview, gays the Bruel corre
spondent of the London Times and
New York Times call the accusation
made airalnst the Boer by Lord Rose
bcry In his ieech at Chesterfield "al
ir.ost nilnlMerial reckl-ssn vs."'
Lord Rosebery's statemi-nt that a
peace emissary was flogged and mur
dered I declared by Or Leyds to be
"wholly unwarranted."
He says every authorized pence en
voy sent by the Btltlsh has heen kind
ly treated.
Dr. Iyils declares that Morgendaal,
who was flogged, court martialed and
shot, wa not a peace envoy but en
tered a Boer rnmp In order to Induce
the men to desert.
Assumes Blame for Disastrous Wreck
on Southern Pacific.
8 AN TRANACIflCO, Dee. JO.-John
Coffey, the engineer of the north
bound Southern Pacific train, whose
failure to stop at the Uplands switch
yesterday morning caused the collis
ion In which two men were killed and
more than to persons were Injured, la
sutTerlng from a shock of his pine sus
tained when he Jnmp.-d from his ei glne.
He has not denied his responsibility
for the disaster. In an Interview be
aid:
"I admit that I had received my or.
ders. I knew I was to itop at the
s-tteh to let No. 10, eouth-!ionnd, bike.
the gldjn. No. the Arut wer, D0i
misunderstood. Both I and the fire
man read them. After leaving San
Ardo we compared watches. It was
a dark night. At the awltch there are
no house, no landmarks of any kind,
only the awltch light in a plowed field.
I did not notice It until we were
abreast of It. I had been great ly wor
ried over the action of the engine. It
Is a new one and very powerful. The
machine did not behave properly. I
can't be more explicit about the trou
ble with the engine; that Is between
me and the railway officials. Hut the
I fireman and I were both buy Inside
j and we forgot the switch. I have no
l excuse, only that I forgot. I saw the
switch light race by. Th-n the conduc
tor fulled the mj-e which operates the,
little signal whistle In the cab. In
stantly I reversed. With almost the
same moment I put on the emergency
air brakes.
We were rounding a sharp curve.
I could not see any light ahead but I
knew that No. to va due. I had a
heavy train. We were pounding along
nearly JO miles an hour. I Jumped
down to the cab steps and looked out.
There was the light of No. 10 swing
ing around the curve ahead. I knew
it waa all up. I don't know writ be
came of the fireman. I wilted until
we were past the si ling. To have Jump
ed there would mean datn. I jumped.
A car length beyond the engines crash
ed together."
Although only two mon are. positive
ly known to have been kll' ii. tlif ood
Its of two others are said to lie
under the wreckage.
Will Have a Potential Effect on
Asia Is Stepping Stone to
Commanding Position.
NECESSARY TO EXPANSION
And Base From Whleh Amer
ican Interests Can Et er be
Protected, sajr Gen.
AfthMf J-Arthur,
UNEXPECTED ORDERS.
I'. S Gunboat Marietta Is Ordered to
Nombre de Dlos.
tVUjON. rvc. 20 The I'nlted States
gunboat Marietta received unexpected
order today to proceed to Nombre de
Dlos, doubtless to protect the property
of the Manganese Mining Company, an
American concern. The Columbian
gunboat General Plnxon will sail for
Savanllla thl afternoon. She will take
a few troops to Nombre de Dlos.
KANSAS CITT. Mo., Dec. 20. Mlnia-
tor Wo Ting Fang responding to th
, toast, "Trade Relation with China,"
at the annual John Jay banquet given
hy the Kansas City Commercial Club
, In thi city last night argnd against
' the Cl.lnese Exclusion Law which he
. said deprives the United States of the
proportion of commercial benefits from
China which the resource of this
country should Insure and he asserted
that our trade relations with China
' will never be bettered much while
Chinese merchants and the better class
of Chinese shall be excluded from
', America.
I General Arthur MacArthur respond
H to the toast "The United States
Army. Referring to the Philippine
Islands, he said:
j ' The power that holds the Philippine
archipelago will have a potential ef
fect on Asia. It Is a stepping stone
'to a commanding posi'lon rnd a btse
, from where American Interests can
' ever be protected. Their possefslon Is
! necessary to natural expansion."
New
EMBEZZLER ARRESTED.
Tork Official Charged With
Theft of 30.000.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-Charles P.
Chlpp. formerly a book president In the
MY6TERY E3CPLAJNBD.
PARSONS. Kaa.. Dec. W.-The mys
tery surrounding the death of Colonel
John B, Bull and wife, whose dead
bodies were found In their home last
night was cleared today at the coro
ner's Inquest, evidence being given to
show that the couple had been asphyx
iated by natural gas.
VISITED GOV. TATf.
Members of Federal Party In Manila
Pay Him Farewell Call.
MANILA. Dec. 20. Over 4'X0 mem
bers of the federal party called on
Gov. Taft today to bid him farewell
and to wish him a safe return. The
governor, reclining on a lounge, ad
dressed 150 of the most prominent of
his visitors, saying that he was touch
ed and honored by their presence. That
organixatlon. he added, had done so
much toward bringing about peace and
giving the country a stable party that
it argued more for the success of Amer
ican labors than anything else during
the recent critical times.
Reports circulated In the United
States, founded on Incidents connected
with the war In Batangas province and
Island of Samar, the governor, said,
tend to convey a wrong Impression of
the situation, which is really hope
ful. Governor Taft said ho would return
here.
: office of the Collector of Assessments
' and Arrears, a branch of the control
ler s office, has been arrested, charged
j with larceny of 1271.75. This Is the
! specific charge but alleged peculations
i by Chlpp aggregate W.ViO, It is said,
' and possibly much more. The arrest
j was made at the instance of the dls
' trict attorney's office.
"DEATH TO CHILEANS"
T1IK CKY OS STKEKTS OF
1 . lU'KXOS AYKKS.
ThntiMiimW of IVtiplc Slumtln,
, ."Let us II me War Sooner
Tlian Tliat !"
HUEXOS AT RES. Dec. 20. In order
to commemornteJhe formation of a
league of patriots here, tens of thou
sands of young men paraded the streets
last evening, cheering for Argentine,
the Argentine nrmy. President Roca
and er-Presldent Mitre, now president
of the committee to settle the fron
tier dispute with Chile. Thousand of
manlfestants. estimated to have nnnr
bered ns ninny as 6'.000 persons, stop
ped and cheered before the offices of
the various newspapers where fiery ad
dresses were made. The crowds en
gaged In the patriotle demonstration
marched past the president's residence
shouting "No more diplomatic notes."
1-et us have war sooner than that."
There were also some cries oi "death
to the Chileans."
It 'is reported that Rraxil contem
plates appropriating 5,O00.0O to 10,
000,000 for the purchase of new war
ships, showing. It Is said, that Braxll.
which up to the present has succeeded
in confining herself to a state of arm
ed peace, Is flnaly getting mixed up
In the diplomatic complications and Is
CAN NOT LAND.
Alien Afflicted With Consumption Can
Not Enter United States.
SAN FRANCTSCO, Dee. . In ans
wer to a hypothetical question pro
pounded by the Oceanic Steamship Co.
whether or not an alien afflicted with
consumption, traveling flrst-closs and
of ample means, might be allowed to
land In this country, Commissioner
of Immigration North has decided that
such Immigrant Is not to be allowed
admission' Into this' country.
SUFFERING IN OKLAHOMA.
GUTHRIE. O. T., Dec. 20. Every
road leading Into the new country la
still lined with prospective settlers.
Without food and generally without
money and In a country sparsely set
tled, they have starved and froxen. In
many cases, death resulting among the
children.
TO CATCH SEALS.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 20. The an
nual meeting of the Victoria Sealing
Company was held today. It was de
cided that about 30 schooners would
be sent out, seven for the Japanese
coast and the others on the California
and British Columbia coast
COLONISTS RATES YTXETX
CHICAGO, Deo. S0.-iAt a meeting to
day of the general passenger agentu
of the roads west of Chicago, colonist
rates for the rest of the winter were
agreed to. They wrll be 3 from Chi
cago to California one way, and $30 to
Montana points, ''
WHEAT WARKFT.
CHICAGO. Dec. . 50. Wheat, May,
opening, 79Sff;' closing. M.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. W. Wheat,
cash, 1024.
TACOMA. Dec. 30. Wheat, bluestem,
60; club, 69. , . ,
PORTLAND, Dec. 20,-Wheat, Walla
Walla. 5'Hfr0: Valley. 60: bluestem.
' Leading
Chefs k
Pastry
Cooks use
Royal
Baking
Powder
Absolutely Pate
Makes the finest flavored, most delicious food
ROYAL BAKINQ POWDI. CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NE YORK.
L. M