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Alaskan Affairs
Says Honey for Lighthouses Has
Gone fn Some Strange Way
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(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec It. It Is
.. possible that a Congressional investiga
tion ef expenditures In Alaska may be
ordered at the present session of Con
. gress. ,
J. W. Ivey, who was collector of d
toms at Sitka for some years, and wlp
' attracted a great deal of attention soifte
time ago by his criticisms of the gov
ernment for allowing the Canadians to
assume sovereignty over certain terrl
. tory la Alaska, which he claimed be
- longed to the United States, is here, sent
by the cltlsens of that territory assem-
bled in mass meetings. '
He says there is need for some inves
tigation as to the disposition that has
been made of money that has been ap
propriated by Congress for specific pur
: poses in Alaska.
AN INSTANCE.
Some time ago Congress appropriated
17,600 for a custom house on Mary Is
' land and $10,000 for another on one of
the Aleutian Islands. Recently it was
discovered that these customs houses
were located at the wrong places, anu
the buildings erected have been aban
doned to the bats and owls,
f'For years." says Mr. Ivey, "our peo
ple bare been asking for a few cheap
. light houses for the protection of life
and property. Congress appropriated
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, purpose, but tne lignt nouna poara says
it cannot build them for Tack of funds.
. The board proposes to build light houses
at post of from $40,000 to $125,000
acta. ' So we have to go without light
houses indefinitely. Light houses cost-
. leg from $7,000 to $10,000 each is all we
have been asking for. We will agree to
take $100,000 of the $427,000 appro-
priated and build all the light houses we
need. There is a very ugly look to this
. light house business, 'especially when. In
all probability, it will be found that
: these high priced light houses were built
In the wrong places. Just as the custom
houses were. The light house board dis
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claims responsibility both for the esti
mates of cost upon which Congress ap
propriated and for the location of the
lights, and lays It all lipon the shoulders
of their representative at Seattle. It
Is my belief that that man ought to be
Investigated and I shall try to have it
done while I am here.
DELEGATE NEEDED.
"The fact la that Alaska needs a dele
gate In Congress who knows what the
need of that big country ' are. There
is a terrible amount of ignorance in the
Bast about Alaska and It Is time the rest
of the Inlted States awoke to the fact
that there la in that territory an empire
second only In Importance to the great
Louisiana' purchase, containing 600,000
square miles, 100,000 population, and a
climate that produces as diversified
crops as are raised In any of the states
except in the far South.
"Mining will always be our greatest
source of wealth. The country is rich
in gold, copper, silver, tin. marble, oil,
coal, iron, timber, furs, and fisheries.
The product of the fisheries alone for
the past yearnifwfjH5td at -a. value of
about $7,000,000, which is equal to the
amount we paid Russia for the whole of
Alaska.
THE PEOPLE.
"The people are law abiding and pat
riotic. They are now more numerous
than in any Western territory, when it
became a stateT and yet they have not
even a Delegate to represent them here.
"I believe that this condition will be
remedied at the present session of Con
gress and that the Mil authorizing an
Aluskan Delegate to sit in the next Con
gress will be passed."
" ALASKAN LANDS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Today the
Senate land committee decided to give
Alaskan settlers titles to 820 acres of
land at the conclusion of a five-year
residence.
PARTNERS FALL QUI.
Judge Sears will hear more evidence
this afternoon In the case of W. A. Bel
llou agahnrt , R, Peterson and Gustave
Streed. The three men are partners In
the Vancouver Milling Company, and
have agreed to disagree.
Two weeks ago. It seems, Belllou was
served with a notice of "dissolution of
partnership. Peterson and Btreed want a
receiver appointed, but Belllou contends
it Is unnecessary.
During the hearing of the case yes
terday afternoon Judge Sears remarked
that the partners ought to arrange a set.
tlemrat afr oort,r but that wmB Im
probable. -----
HIS LIFE PROLONGED.
Georgo Smith, the colored murderer, will
not expiate his crime on the' gallows on
the day set, as Judge George 1iaa signed
an order staying the execution pending
the appeal of the case to the State Su
preme Court.
Smith, who is convicted of murdering
his wife, was to have been hanged Fri
day, but the order of the court gives
an Indefinite respite.
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Hi! you fellows come this way;
Make yourself right handy,'
Polly's got a lovely, box
Of Carroll's bestest candy.
Say, but she's a daisy girl,
Awful nice and jollyi
Ain't a girl in all the school
In the game with Polly.
Never knew her much before,
Sort of shy . and scary.
All us fellows hung around
Isabel and Marys
They aintievenTn it how-
Polly is the dandy.
Polly's got a lovely box
Of Carroll's bestest candy.
THE OREGON DAILT JOURS AX
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Oregon Historical Society
on December 20.
Judge McBride of Spokane Will
Tell of Old.Timcs fa
Oregon,
The Oregon Historical Society will hold
its fourth annual meeting next Saturday,
December 20, in the lobby of the Cltjr
Hall, on the third floor from the Fifth
street entrance. After the annual busi
ness Is transacted. Judge John R. Mc-
i Bride of Spokane, Wash., member of Con
gress from Oregon in 1862-64, will give
an historical address on the "Constitu
tional Convention of Oregdn." This was
held in Salem In August and September.
1867. Judge McBride was the youngest
member of that body. Besides him there
are eight survivors of that historic body,
as follows: Judge James K. Kelly, Wash
ington, V. C; H. B. Nichols, Monroe,
Benton County; W. H. Packwood, Baker
City, Baker County: W. A. Starkweather,
Clackamas County; Judge B, P. Boise,
Salem, Marlon County; Hon. I F. Orov
er. Mayor George PI. Williams and R. V.
Short, of this city. It is hoped that all
now living In Oregon will be present at
the meeting. j
' CALIFORNIA BEEKEEPERS.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 18. Mem
bers of the California State Beekeeper's
Association commenced a three, days'
convention today in the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce. Leading aplcul
turtsts of the state are In attendance
andthe meeting promises, to be.,?ne of
mofe'tfiair ordinary interest to those en
gaged in bee culture. It is probable
that considerable attention 'Will - be de
voted by the convention to, ways and
means of preventing the Introduction
Into this state of "foul brood,'; which
Is devastating the apiaries of a large
part of the West and Northwest.
This so-called "fouj brood" disease
threatens to wipe out the bee kingdom,
according to members of the association.
It swoops down upon the queens, the
drones and the busy little workers
alike. The aplculturists compare the
disease to Asiatic cholera and ,tbe foot
and mouth disease.
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Guns and Razors Handy
iriliberia
It Was Cut and Shoot From the
Word , Go Department
;Jnvcstigating:.
WASHINGTON, Dec 16-There are
several "niggers In the woodpile" in Mon
rovia, Liberia, and the State Department
s at present most busily engaged in at'
tempting to dislodge thorn and bring
them out within sight of the light of
day. The American legation there seems
to have been well supplied with factions,
each of which was at war against the
others. It will be some time before the
-sensational tangle can be adjusted and
matters straightened to the satisfaction
of Secretary of State Hay.
The report of the shooting of T. J. R.
Faulkner by United States Minister J.
R. A. Crossland first brought the atten
tion of the department to an unsatisfac
tory state of affairs being In existence.
Now that the Investigation has started,
it will be continued until the disgraceful
mystery has been probed to the bottom.
WEAPONS HANDY.
From all account in the possession of
the State Department, the legation roof
sheltered a number of warring factions
and. for all the department knows, they
may be there yet.
All those concerned are American ne
groes. Dr. Crossland auid in his report
of the shooting of Faulkner that the lat
ter tried to cut him with a raior. Faulk
ner charged the Minister with attempts
to assassinate him.
Secretary Spurgeon, In his account of
the matter, remarked incidentally that
n ioadeil revotver -on- his dj-sk fn the lega
tion office. The Minister, he 'said, also
kept a revolver In his own desk. He ex
pressed the opinion that Dr. Crossland
is mentally unbalanced.
It is evident that the trouble began
through an arrangement concerning the
renting of the legation building at Mon
rovia. When Minister Crossland got
there, about nine or ten months ago, he
rented rooms in a residence buildjng, of
which Faulkner was the lessee.
BECAUSE QF LEASE
Faulkner lived thre with his bride.
After a white the owner of the building
agreed to transfer the lease to the Min
ister, and the latter sublet part of it to
the faulknera, who continued to live
thei.
In his' official report of the shooting,
Minister Crossland said that the transfer
of the lease angered Faulkner, who be
came his enemy. The shooting, he con
tinued, was done in self-defense. Faulk
ner, according to the Minister's account,
"did attack him with adeadyeapon,,
To "nc ; tt-vriffe$rraTfid crfd- cufhlm anft cut
at him."' 'Then the-Minister "Shot FtftffiC-""
hit, who did not die.
In one of the letters received at the
State Department frm Monrovia, it la
.'li urged that the shooting was the out
come of too close attentions paid by the
Minister to Mrs. Faulkner.
While the Minister and Faulkner were
living under the same roof and carrying
around razors and pistols with deadly In
tent on each other. Secretary Spurgeon
was having trouble with the Minister.
ANOTHER WAR.
Crossland took. El lis with him to Mon
rovia with the Intention .of having him
appointed secretary of the legation. Nat
urally Spurgeon did not like this, as Ellis'
appointment meant that he would lose
his place. But the appointment was vest
ed In the President of the United States
and Mr. Roosevelt and Secretary Hay
saw no occasion for ousting Spurgeon.
While they were obliged to conduct of
ficial bUHlneaa together, Crossland and
Spurgeon were personal enemies and
neither made any bones of telling the
other that he did not like him. Spur
geon, in a letter of complaint to the State
Department of his treatment at the hands
of the Minister, told of an Interesting in
cident. .
He said that one day Minister Cross
land sent for him and on going to the
Minister's office he found with Crossland
n man who was an enemy of Spurgeon's.
They wre sitting theijhitr'a desk
TnS l)efW!eritliemtwere two cocked re
'volve'tis Spurgeon left" the room -in
hurry. After that he kept a revolver on
his own desk. He said in the letter that
whenever the Minister passed through
his (Spurgeon's) office he always wanted
to know why his secretary "had that
thing On his desk." '
. ELLIS WAS IN IT, j,
Ellis seems to have had a grievance.
He got Bhort of funds at Monrovia while
waiting to be appointed to Spurgeon's
place, and wrote some letters to the State
Department. Ih which he said that Min
ister CrosslandXhad induced him to go
to Liberia on theN promise of having him
appointed secretary of legation. After
the reports of the shooting reached the
department and it was evident tjiat
Crossland and Spurgeon could not get
along together, It was determined to ap
point EUU In Spurgeon's place. Still an
other member of the legation household
has been writing to the department. He
is a negro boy, who holds the place of
""rurihef," which jrobably' meaim messen
ger in the legation. He wrote q Secre
tary Hay, charging that Minister Cross
land had spanked him. ,
The State Department officials fc&Ve de
termined not to take any action Injhe
case until a full report of the shooting
affray has been received from Minister
Crossland. Secretary Hay has telegraph- I
ea mm to sena a truthful account, and
It Is expected that this will come by mail.
So far as the State Department knows,
no legal measures have been Instituted
against Crossland. " -
The Liberian government has hot com
plained of his conduct.- -
'beef trust case.
CHICAGO, Dec II. The famous
"beef trust" case came up for argument
today before Judge Grosscup in the
United States Circuit Court. ?- The point
at. issue is the granting of the Injunc
tion applied for by the government to
enjoin the packers from , carrying on
business In restraint of trade. The de
fendants in the case are Swift & Co,
the Cudahy Packing Company, -the Ham
mond Packing Company, Schwarschild &
Btfltbergerr Nelson -Morris : Co.. and
the officers and agents of these concerns.
They are charged with having violated
the anti-trust and interstate commerce
laws, and an injunction is asked for the
purpose of checking such alleged Viola
tions . ; ' ' '
Toy Trmixsl Toy Trunkal'
Hwgruiu ce Morrison, near SecQpa.
EVENING, DECEMBER
Police Blockade Is Still
Effective.
Situation From Standpoint of All
Who Have a Hand In
the Deal 7 -
In the past 24 hours no new develop
ments have developed In the gambling
controversy. The blue-coated guardians
of the law still hoM sway at the vari
ous clubs, and for the first time in many
months there Is absolutely nothing do
ing in these places. Of course?, the poker
games are In operation at cigar stores,
but the larger games are- effectively
blockaded.. Some of the gamblers are
getting uneasy, and Grant & Dale state
that they Will ship their devices to some
other1 place. Others of - the king sports
are laboring under the impression that
the restriction is only a temporary one,
and as In the past, the spasm of morality
will only ' last for a few weeks. They
state that It is not reasonable that the
city can afford to pay men to watch the
various houses to prevent gambling,
when there Is nothing to be gained by it.
The city, they claim, is now bankrupt
and the adding of the additional expense
on a proposition of. this sort is foolish.
They say to stop gambling the city would
have to detail about 100 men to watch
about that many persons who are In
the habit of -speculating with their money
and are doiiig so at present among them
selves. CHAMBERLAIN'S POSITION.
The indictments made by the District
Attorney's office, upon the Information
furnished, by Judge Hogue and B. B.
Beekman, in reference to the violators of
rfitfW "ia.w, " wfrf t4 Isrortfusiy acted
upon. -The course to be put-sued is -the
same as that in any ordinary case. Dis
trict Attorney Chamberlain being out of
the city, the only information that could
be gleaned from his deputies was that
they Intended to issue warrants for the
arrests of the offenders, and that the
cases would be tried In the Circuit Court
for violations of the state law." They
claim that the activity in the prosecu
tion of the case Is Bimply a desire to
perform their duty, a good opportunity
having been presented y the observa
tion of Judge Hogue. ' When asked if it
was not at all times possible for the
office to secure names upon which in
dictments could be Issued, as gambling
had been open for months, it was stated
that this was the first time it had come
to the knowledge of the office in a tangi
ble manner.
NOTHING TO -IT.- .
T. B. McDevltt, one of the parties in
dicted, denies that he was shooting craps
In the Gem. He was simply standing at
on ep th. tester-itikiRS'3cis3si':
Fred Merrill has emphatically denied that
fie-"Wo fclBytttg, cd Ms statement is
borne out by a number of persons wtro
were present at the time when the al
leged gambling took place. He was sim
ply showing Judge Hogue how to play
the tame and bet no money. Paul Deady
and George Streeter also contradict the
charge for which they are Indicted. They
all admit having been In the gambling
house, but have no hesitancy in declar
ing that they were not gambling, and
state that they Lave plenty of witnesses
to bear them out when the case comes
to trial.
JUDGE HOGUE'S POSITION.
Municipal Judge Hogue says he is sorry
that the aftermath of his visit to the
gambling houses has created such a
tempest. He says he has nothing to be
sorry for. He visited the gambling
houses not as a spy, or an oulcial, but as
an Individual. Heslmply desired to sat
isfy his curiosity as to whether the re
peated assertions of the police, to the
effect that It was almost impossible to
gain entrance to a gambling house, were
trie. After the matter leaked out ha fas
brought before the District Attorney and
under oath forced to divulge the fruits
of his observation. He claims that the
statements of the gamblers about his be
ing intoxicated are overdrawn, and made
to get jeven." . -
CHIEF-McLAUPHLAN. '
The clcs-ina of tho Eambllnar. at the
reefnlied gambling -places,- is 'ntnw" com
plete. Just how long the blockade will
cam on the present lines is hard to
say. The city will probably take some
awtion on the matter which will bring
the issue to a settlement. The present
method of closing can not very well be
continued for any great length of time,
as the gamblers will move to other quar
ters, and it will in time take more men
than there are in the department to
continue this line of warfare. The sit
uation will remain as it Is for a num
ber of days. The most drastic measures
within the power of the law will be re
sorted to if " the sports show any inclina
tion to go ahead In the face of the ef
forts now put forth for their suppres
sion." So -say Chief -of JPollce Mo
Lauchlan.
Henry McGinn, attorney for the sev
eral gamblers who were spoken of by
Municipals J uge Hogue when he was
called before the District Attorney, will
appear in the State Circuit Court to
morrow morning and enter their pleas.
Attorney ' jucuinn appeared in judge
Fraslers department this morning and
so stated. It Is probable they will ap
pear at the opening of court, and con
siderable interest haa been aroused as
to whether or not they will plead guilty.
TRAPPED ROBBERS
Bank Hold-Ups Walked Into an
Armed Force,
FORT WORTH, Tex.. Dec. !. One
robber dead, one dangerously wounded
and another in custody is the ending of
a desperate attempt made to rob the
First National Bank of Alvord, in this
state. The bank officers had been warned
that robbers were coming and a warm
reception was planned. The . trap was
worked out as arranged and not one of
the highwaymen escaped. . In a carriage
the men drove up to the bank. - Two went
inside-and demanded money, and -when
the concealed officers sprang toward
them one attempted to Ore. Instantly
ba was j snot dead. His companion sur
rendered. The one in tne carriage whip
ped up the horses, but a lucky shot
tumbled him off the driver's box and
he, too, 'was taken into custody. All
three of the robbers are well known.
Frank Martin, who, was killed, was a
farm hand. ' Claude -Golden Is the man
who surrendered. Martin McFall Is venr
WJgUSlusly wounded and . ma, dle.
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can be reached uy glasses we give many people very food and"
one normal vision who were almost blind, - ' -
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POLITICAL FIGHT
Denver Is the Scene of Big Elec
tion Contests.
DENVER, Dec 16. Wholesale election
contests were filed here yesterday- when
the Democrats decided to make a fight
against the 11 , Republican delegates al
leged to have been chosen at the recent
election. The point is a strange one, and
it is claimed by politicians to be simply
a plan to retaliate. -Fraud. Is charged.
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WILL CONDUCT FAIRS.
Articles of "Incorporation of the Mult
nomah Fair Association have been filed
with the' county clerk by Q. Rosenblatt
and D. Wacom. The capital stock of
the association Is to be 126.000.
The new fair association will be organ
lied for the purpose of conducting agri
cultural fairs, - races and- the like. The
grounds -of theassociation will be In
Portland. , "
MEXICAN COTTON MILLS,,
MEXICO. CITY. Dec 16. At a meet
ing " - held .rtoday - at Monterey ar
rangements were practically completed
for the merger of all the cotton mills In
Northern Mexico, with the exception of
two, .-- Mora than 43,000,000 of capital is
represented by the firms that have joined
the amalgamated -company. '
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