CORVALLIS WEEKLY. Sxr5:i.b,:,i,el?7.iCoiisoMatC(I Feb., 1899. CORVALIilS, BENTOH COUNTr, OREGON, FKEDAX, OCTOBER 31, 1902. VOL. XXXIX. NO. 45. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented in Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. Negotiations for Cuban reciprocity will be renewed by Secretary Hay. Governor Yates, of Illinois, is suffer ing from an attack of typhoid fever. Two of the largest anthracite coal companies in Pennsylvania are to con solidate. The Alaska salmon Dack ehows on increase of 400,000 cases over that of last year. As far as in, the evidence in the Molineux case looks very bad for the defendant. Another man has been arrested for holding np the Northern Pacific train in Montana. W-. J. Bryan's special train collided with a fieight in Colorado, and three people were injured. The cholera death rate in the Philip pines is constantly going higher. At present 75 per cent of the cases prove fatal. Colombia's delay in presenting canal note is probably due to its being vexed over American activity at Panama. The business man who is contented with his business has stopped growing. The man who eaya he has business enough, therefore has no need to adver tise, has reached the full flood of the tide. But after the flood ia the ebb always. It is a law of nature that nothing shall remain in a state of rest. Everything grows, or it decays. No business can remain at a standstill for any considerable time. Printers Ink. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to the United States, has been lecalled. A riot over nonunion labor at Chi cago resulted in injuries to seven men. A wealthy Quincy, Illinois, farmer has been arrested for the murder of his daughter's suitor. The chief of the naval ordance bureau reports in favor of sacrificing speed for armament in the construction of bat tleships. President Hill, of the Great Northen, in a speech tc Montana farmers, said bis road would make another cut in freight rates soon. A Northen Pacific special agent has expressed his doubt of the man ar rested for holding up a train in Mon tana a few days ago being the right one. President Roosevelt celebrated his 44th birthday October 27. He spent the day attending to his customary du ties. Many messages of congratulation were received. A Louisiana train was wrecked by running into a drove of cattle. The engineer and a tramp were killed and the fireman fatally injured. "None of the passengers were hurt. A Wyoming woman has been arrest d for having four husbands. The fire relief fund raised in Wash ington amounts to a little over $5,000. Minister Henry L. Wilson declines to be transferred from Chile to Greece. Dr. Woodrow Wilson has been form ally installed as president of Princeton university. A Dunsmuir, Cel., constable was slain by thugs because he had run them out of town. frank Norris, a well known novelist, died at San Francisco from the effects of an operation. Senator Hanna says his purpose in politics is to establish better relations between labor and capital. Major Generals Corbin and Young are home from Europe, where they have been inspecting foreign armies. England is becoming alarmed at the condition prevailing among the Irish. Shipments of arms to the island have been prohibited. Three persons were seriously and a great many others slightly injured as the result of an explosion in the rapid transit subway of New York. Roosevelt has issued the order to re duce the army to its minimum strength. The cruiser Olympla is being de tained at the New York navy yard for lack of a supply of coal. Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, has issued a general order withdrawing the troops from the coal fields. The coal strike arbitration commis sion baa perfected an organisation. Judge Gray was chosen chairman. It has been announced that H. R. Nickerson, vice president and general manager of the Mexican Central rail road, has been offered the presidency of the Southern Pacific. All members of the New York build ing trades threaten to go on strike. Seventy-five thousand men are involved. Orders are to be placed at once for the manufacture of the new three-inch suns to supply the field artillery. It will require 180. One of the worst storms that ever raged in the Behring sea raked the Nome coast from October 11 to 14, Three lives were lost In the fiome sea and a large amount of damage was done to bandings along the water front. FOUND RUSSIAN SURVEYS. Old Monuments Located as Indicated by Anglo-Russian Treaty. Seattle, Oct. 30. Advices were re ceived frcm Juneau on the steamer Dol phin, which arrived today, that the missing Russian boundary monuments which have been so energetically searched for by Lieutenant Emmons for the past two seasons, have been discov ered by a prospector of the Porcupine district named James H. de Blondeau. He is a native of Marseilles, France, but he has been interested in the Por cupine district and the modus vivendi strip for several years. Throuh hie friendship with the Chilkat Indians he gained information which gave him a clew to the position of the first monu ment. From this start he followed along and discovered several more of the old landmarks put up years ago by the czar's followers. The line marked by these monuments is about five min utes inland from Pleasant camp, which is 17 miles from Klukwon. The latter is five miles from tidewater, on the Chilkat river. This makes the Russian suivey line approximately 27 miles in land to the Summit less than 10 ma rine leagues, and just where it would be expected to be from the language used in the Anglo-Russian treaty of 1825. The Rainy Hollow district is within American territory. . LITTLE HOPE FOR CHINA. Southern Portion Reported in a Terrible State of Lawlessness. Tacoma, Oct. 30. "It will take 100 years or more of hard work and the ex penditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars to civilize Southern China." This statement is made by Henry W. Huntzell, a Methodist Episcopal mis sionary, sent out by the Chinese mis sion two years ago to the Chosong sta tion in Southern China. He is now on his way back to Chicago on account of ill health. "In Southern China murder is as frequent as meals, and it is called cus tom instead of crime. Natives have little or no moral laws. There is mar riage law, but it is only for protection of male inhabitants. A Southern Chi nese woman, once married to a man, can never desert him. A man can have as many wives as be likes. Slave traffic is rampant in all parts of the southern provinces. Fathers dispose of their daughters and wives in the same manner as in this country we dispose of livestock. Notwithstanding conditions, within three years since our mission waB opened we have . made 260 converts. We have established two schools, and our meetings are well at tended." BANK SAFE BLOWN OPEN. The Robbers Take Their Time, While Pals Keep Off Intruders. Des Moines, la., Oct. 30. At Prairie City, early this morning, robbers dyna mited the sa fe of the Iowa State bank and secured an amount approximating $4,000. They exchanged a fusillade of shots with local officers and escaped. Night Watchman Erekine discovered four men approaching the bank at 1 o'clock. One of the men cornered him and kept him covered with a rifle for three hour, while another broke open the bank door and worked on the cafes. The other two men patrolled the street, and by a system of signals were able to hold at bay several citizens attracted to the scene. Five dynamite shots were fired by the man in the bank be fore he succeeded in getting at the cash box. At 4 o'clock the men escaped, after firing a number of shots rto terrify the citizens and shooting through a door at Erskine, who had opened fire. A posse was quickly formed and is now on the trail. PLANS FOR CRUISER OUT. Tennessee Will be a Powerful, Instead of a Fast Boat. Washington, Oct. 30. Acting Secre tary Darling has settled the question which has divided the naval construc tion board relative to the proposed armored cruiser Tennessee,' by accept ing the lecommendation of the majori ty of the board, which jis in favor of power instead of high speed. The de cision was influenced, perhaps, by Ad miral Melville himself , who assured the acting secretary that the majoiity plans, though short in speed, would give the government a most formidable and desirable warship. Therefore, by direction of Mr. Darling, 'Judge Advo cate General Lemly today sent out ad vertisements calling for proposals for the construction of two armoredjeruisers of the Tennessee class of about 14,500 tons displacement, the bids to be open ed January 6, 1903. The construction board now will penect the plans for two small gunboats to be advertised For Chinese Trade. Chicago, Oct. 30. The Record-Herald tomorrow will say: The manage ment of the Harriman lines is prepar ing to make a vigorous campaign for increased Oriental traffic. With this end in view, orders will be given for the construction of four mammoth ocean going steamers to ply between Portland and Asiatic ports. The cost of the steamers will be between $2, 000,000 and $3,000,000 each, and con struction will begin at once. Got the Wrong Man. Butte, Mont , Oct. 30. A special to the Miner from Missoula says that Van hazendoct, who was held on suspicion of being the lone bandit who held np the North Coast Limited on the North ern Pacific at Bearmonth last week, has been released by the authorities. Trainmen who confronted the prisoner today were nnable to identify him as the robber. (NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. Commercial and Financial Happenings of the Past Week Brief Review of tn Growth and Development of Various Industries Throughout Our Common wealthLatest Market Report. Governor Geer is making a tonr of the eastern part of the state. Judge Gray, a prominent citizen of Astoria, ana a native of Oregon, is dead. He was 63 years lod. The merchantable lumber of the Cascade forest reserve is estimated at 50,000,000,000 feet, board measure. The assessment valuation of Marion county has increased 4 per cent during the past year, according to the assessor, Senator Mitchell, has departed for Washington, where he will take up his labors prior to the opening of congress The Willamette river ia "chanpinfir its course at balem and threatens to leave that city high and drv unless steps are taken to stop it." Men under governmental supervision have been doing considerable dynamit ing in the Willamette near Independ ence the past week. Several large snags and boulders were dislodged, making the upper river transportation much safer than last winter, when two or three steamers were sunk by running into submerged snags. Tke Willamette Valley Prune asso ciation, of Salem, is shipping three carloads of prunes a day and is operat ing its packing house day and night. All prunes are shipped in boxes bearing th association brand. Sales are being made on the basis price of 2 cents for the four sizes in bags and a half cent more for fruit in 25-pound boxes. Judge Burnett has rendered a de cision which seems to be very sweeping in its effect and which will prevent hopbuyers .from recovering possession of hops covered by the ordinary con tract. The decision is to the effect that the contract is a mortgage and that the grower can discharge it by paying the money advanced to him, with interest. Hops have reached 25 cents at Salem and a good many sales are now looked for. Three hundred goats were shipped to Montana from Monmouth a few days ago. Two new steamers, one for tbe Columbia river and one lor Puget sound are being built in Portland. Work is progressing rapidly on the new Booth-Kelly sawmill at Spring field. The company hopes to have the mill in operation by the first of tbe year. It will have a capacity of 250, 000 feet of lumber per day. Oregon has a most promising copper district in a section little known. This is the Imnaha, on the Snake river, not far from where the Seven Devils is located on the opposite side. As yet litle development has been done. The recent rains throughout the Wil lamette valley have enabled the farm ers to push the work of fall seeding. All fruit is picked and other fall work over and a few days more of good weather will enable the farmers to fin ish seeding. Printers of Oregon City have formed a union. The Necanicum spruce lumber com pany, of Seaside, is making some ex tensive improvements to its plant. A majority of the Lewis and Clark fair directors favor a special session of the legislature to make an appropria tion for the exposition. They believe this nhould be done at once in order to let the other states have an opportunity to see what we have done in the matter and allow them to act accordingly. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat WallaWalla, 6768c: blue- jstem 7374c; valley, 67c. Barley Feed, $21.00 per ton; brew ing, $22.00. Flour Best grade, 3.203.50; grah am, $2.903.20. Millstcffs Bran, $19.00 per ton; middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50; chop, $17. Oats No. 1 white, $1.051.07S ; gray, $1.02K1.05 per cental. Hay Timothy, $1011; clover, $7.50; cheat, $8 per ton: Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6070c per sack; ordinary, 5055c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.75 2 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 4.25 ; per pourd, 10c; hens, $44."50 per dozen; per pound, 11c; springs, $3.00 3.50 per dozen; fryers, $2.503.00; broilers, $2.002.50; ducks, $4.50 6.00 per dozen; turkeys, young, 12 13c; geese, $6.006.50 per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 14 15c; Young America, 15 17j factory prices, lljc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 2730c per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 18 20c; store, 12&15. Eggs 2530c per dozen. Hops New crop, 2225c per pound. Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 26 28c. Beef Gross, cows, 33c per pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c. Veal 78Kc. Mutton Gross, Sc per pound; dressed, 6c. Lambs Gross,. 3c per pound; dressed. 6Kc Hoga Gross, 6J6c per pound; dressed, 77Xc PEACE BOARD MEETS. Anthracite Coal Strike Commission Holds Short Session Work Outlined. Washington, Oct.' 28. The anthra cite coal strike commission yesterday in the hearing room of the interstate com merce commission held its first confer ence with parties to the controversy in the. anthracite regions. There was a full representation of both operators and' miners and members of the press, and a number of other interested parties were present. The commission ocu pied the elevated seats generally filled by members of the interstate commerce commission, Judge Gray, as president, occupying the center. President Baer tendered the commission a special train which, was declined, the members de ciding to ask or accept no favors. The commission met at 2 P. M. Mr, Mitchell, president of the United Mine workers, Walter Edward Wehl and Dis trict President Fahay appeared for the miners, and the co&l carrying roads were represented as follows : President Biter, of the Philadelphia & Reading; E. B. Thomas, chairman of the board of the Pennsylvania coal company and Hillsdale coal and iron company; Al fred Walter, president of the Lehigh Valley; W. H. Truesdale, president of the Delaware, Lackawana & Western; David Wilcox, vice president of the Delaware & Hudson; John B. Herr, vice president of the Scran ton coal company and Elkbiil coal and iron compiany ; J. H. Torrey, attorney for the Lehigh valley company. The proceedings covered about two hours' time, and were given up en tirely to a discussion of the time and method of proceeding with the pro posed investigation. . The commission decided to begin its work next Thurs day morning at 9 o'clock, the first days of the investigation to be devoted to a physical examination of the miners and the homes of the miners, starting in the vicinity of Scranton. The entire anthracite field will be covered. There was much discussion over a proposition made by the commission to have expert accountants appointed to audit the statements of wages and classification of miners to be made by the operators for use of the commission, but no de cision was reached on this point beyond tbe announcement by the chairman of the commission's intention to appoint such an accountant in case his services should be found necessary. Judge Gray, the president of the commission, lead the order of th pres ident creating the commission, and in a general way outlined the procedure to ue followed from the presentation of the issues. He stated that in accord ance with the immemorial practice among English speaking peoples, the commission would first receive the statement or deaands of the miners, who were to be regarded for the pur poses of this case as tbe prosecutors. The reply of the other side would then be heard, Judge Gray said, in order that the commission might have before it a definite issue. CHICAGO SWITCHMEN AGAIN. Demand an Advance of 5 Cents an Hour or a Strike Will be Ordered. Chicago, Oct. 29. Grand Master Morrissey, of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, and Vice Grand Master W. G. Lee, have arrived at Chicago to look after the interests of the 7,000 yardmen employed in the Chicago dis trict, who have presented a demand to the railroads for an increase of 5 cents an hour. The railroads have been not ified that an answer is expected Dy next Friday. The action taken by the Chicago yardmen is said to be the first step in the movement which started in Kansas City last June, when the chairmen on the scale committe of all systems, rep resenting both the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Older of Railroad Conductors, met in joint ses sion and decided to demand a general increase in wages for all members of both organizations. The question was submitted to a referendum vote of the membership of both organizations, and this vote is not all in yet. About three-fourths cf the entire vote is now in the hands of the executive officers of both organizations, and the remainder is expected before November 1. The Chicago district of the switchmen is, however, separate, and the vqte was almost unanimous in favor of demand ing the increase. NO MORE AID NECESSARY. Miners are Now at Work, and Can Take Care of Themselves. New York, Oct. 29. Daniel S. Ja cobs, chairman of the miners' defense fund committee of the Central Federat ed union, said, at a meeting of thai body today, that as the strike of the anthracite miners had been declared off the committee did not think it neces sary to levy any further contributions for the miners. For Puget Sound Navy Yard. Washington, Oct. 29. In his annual report the chief of ordnance recom mends that an appropriation be made for erecting an ordance workshop at the Puget sound navy yard, also a storehouse for guns. Fifty thousand dollars appropriated last session for ordnance machinery is asked for imme diate use in commencing work on the workshop. Negotiations are in pro gress looking to acquisition of a site on Dye's inlet for a naval magazine. Sharp Naval Battle Promised. Colon, Oct. 29. The safe arrival of the Colombian cruiser Bogota at Pana ma promises a sharp naval engagement in isthmian waters very shortly, as American gunners are pn . board both fleets. The government's hopes are now centered in the career of the Bogota. VESSEL GOES DOWN STEAMERS CAPITAL CITY AND TRADER COLLIDE ON. PUGET SOUND. An Immense Hole was Torn In the Hull of the Former and She Sank Twenty Passengers Aboard, but An Escaped Court of Inquiry Will be Necessary to Place the Blame. Tacoma, Oct. 30. The well known stern wheel steamer Capital City, Cap tain lid wards, operating between Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle, and the small Canadian freighter Trader, Cap tain H. Parsens, which was en route from Steveston, B. C, to Tacoma with a cargo of canned dog-fish salmon for export on the steamer Tremont, collid ed about 6 :30 last evening off Dash point, three-quarters of a mile past Brown's point, towards Robinson's point. The Capital City was sunk. No one was seriously injured, although the Capital City had about 20 pas sengers aboard. . An immense hole was torn ' in the sternwheeler's hull, on the port side, just abaft of the forward companion- way, bhe filled rapidly, and had bare ly time to run for the beach, where she sank. It was within a couple of hours of low tide when the mishap oc curred, and the after top of the Capital City's house aft was barely out of water, her paddle wheel entirely out of eight. Forward the main deck was clear. At high tide only the Texas was out of water. The Trader's stem was torn off and. a hole gouged in her bow above the water line. She made port in safety. A court of inuuiry will be necessary to determine blame for the accident. fhe captain of the Trader claims that he signaled twice to pass the Capital City on the starboard side. The first whistle was not answered, but the second was responded to with the star board signal. Tbe next thing he knew the Capital City attempted to cross his bows. The captain of the Capital City says he did not see the trader. The night was perfectly clear. CONTRABAND OPIUM SEIZED. Chinese Steward on Government Vessel Charged with Smuggling. Seattle, Oct. 30. Eighty pounds of epium, which a Chinese steward on the coast survey steamer Gedney will be charged with attempting to smuggle from Victoria to Seattle, was seized aboard the cutter by customs inspectors today. Eight parcels, worth m the ag gregate $1,024, were found in the steward's department. Gong Gee, the steward, is in tbe county jail awaiting trial for attempting to smuggle a coun tryman between the same points on the same voyage. A strange feature is the smuggler's cool nerve in selecting a government vessel for a vehicle with which to carry on his illegal practice. Secretary Shaw's son, a guest on the Gedney, was induced by some represen tative of the Celestial te say that Gong Gee wanted his effects thrown over board. This gave the officers a cue to search for opium. SMUGGLING. WORK EXPOSED. Many Contraband Chinamen Have Been Conveyed from Mexico. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 30. What ap pears to be a gigantic smuggling con spiracy for conveying contraband China men from Mexico to California has just come to light here. For the past six months a half dozen United States marshals and secret service men have been working on the case, but the facts only became public today. It seems that the Chinamen have been stowed away in box cars of outgoing freight trains and carried as far West as the California line. For these services the Chinese agent is said to have paid $100 for each man smuggled to Tucson and $150 for each one carried 1o Yuma. It was reported today that certain trainmen had been discharged for participation in the con spiracy, but this report has not been verified. JURIST VENTS HIS SPITE. America Now Understands How and Why It Lost the Samoan Case. Washington, Oct. 30. The officials here find an ample explanation of the adverse decision of King Oscar in the matter of the Samoan claims in the statement that comes from Stockholm to the effect that the king's decision was influenced by three jurists, one of whom was M. Cedarkranz, at one time chief justice of Samoa. It is stated that while filling that important post, M. Cedarkranz came into frequent col lision with Judge Chambers, the Amer ican land commissioner, who afterwards succeeded Cedarkranz as chief justice, and it is believed that the personal ill feeling that followed undoubtedly in fluenced the character of the advice given to King Oscar. Korea Breaks Pacific Record. San Francisco, Oct. 30. The Pacific mail company's new steamer Korea ar rived at noon today from Yokohama, breaking the record across the Pacific. The steamer made no stop between the coast of Japan and her home port, and came flying through the water at the average of nearly 500 miles a day. Yokohama, in a direct line to San Francisco, is 4,700 miles, The Korea made the passage in 10 dayn, averaging 470 miles a day. Entire Freight Train Burned. La Porte, Tex., Oct. 30. An engine spaik today started a small prairie fire. IIUIUH "." -- blaze and cotton on a flat car was ignit- ed. The entire train was burned. TITLE IS VALID. Report of Attorney General Knox Panama Canal May be Sold. Says Washington. Oct. 28. "The title to the Panama canal is valid," is the gist of the report to President Roosevelt by Attorney General Knox on his investi gation of the offer of the Panama com pany. The next step, on the part of the United States, will be to negotiate and ratify a treaty giving to it the rights demanded under the canal legis lation of last session. President Roose velt will do everything in his power to secure the completion of such a treaty in time for presentation to congress at the coming short session, as he believes ample time intervenes for accomplish ing this object. Should the Colombian government delay or decline to accede to the conditions laid down by congress, thereby causing a postponement until the first session of the Fifty-eigth con gress, there is a possibility that the president will again take under consid eration the construction of the canal over the Nicaraguan route. The opin ion prevails here, however, that a treaty of satisfactory character will be negotiated, and that the first steps looking to the construction of a canal will be undertaken early next year. BOLD BANDIT TAKEN. Mtin Who Is Believed to Have Held Up the Train in Montana is Captured. Missoula, Mont., Oct. 28. Deputy Sheriff W. W. McCormick arrested near Bonita today a man believed to be the individual who, single-handed, hi Id up the North Coast Limited1 passenger train and murdered Engineer O'Neill near Bearmouth. The man's size and general description answer to that of the robber. He gives the name of Alfred Vanhazendoct, and at times tries to talk with German accent and again uses plain English. He is of medium statue, has heavy shoulders and is in clined to stoop, and wore when arrested a gray suit of clothes and a peculiar lit tle cap of blue color, and had two 45- caliber Colt's revolvers strapped to his body. He acknowledges he was" at Gold Creek the night previous to the hold up, and says he is a tie maker looking for'employment and "that he was en route to Missoula when he nassed through Gold Creek. He explains his slowness in getting over the ground and his not being seen all day yesterday along the road from Gold Creek to Missoula by stating that he missed his road shortly after leaving Gold Creek and had to retrace his steps. The officers discredit the man's story. JAPANESE BARRED. Washington Court Decides They Cannot Become American Citizens. Olympia, Oct. 28. The supreme court, in a decision handed down today, decides that a Japanese cannot become a citizen of the United States. The point came up directly in the matter of the admission of a young Japanese lawyer to the bar of this state. Takuji Yamashita, of Seattle, passed a very creditable examination for admission to the bar in the examinations last May, but the law making citizenship a qual ification for admission to the bar of this state is very plain and is undis puted. The main point in the case which was presented to the supreme court in the form of briefs was whether a native of Japan could become a citi zen of the United States, and whether the superior court of Pierce county act ed within its jurisdiction in granting naturalization papers to Yamashta. Tbe decision on this point covers a matter on which it is said there is no recent decision by any court, and it therefore becomes a matter of wide in terest. WRIGHT GIVEN A VOTE. Recorder Is Added to Coal Strike Peace Commission Both Sides Agree. Washington, Oct. 28. At the request of the members of the anthracite coal strike commission, and with the assent of both the operators and miners, Pres ident Roosevelt haa appointed Carroll D. Wright, recorder of the commis sion, a member of that body. Mr. Wright has accepted the appointment. Mr. Wright, as recorder of the com mission, has received replies from most of the coal mine owners who are parties to the controversy, indicating their ac ceptance of the invitation of the com mission to attend the conference to be held for the purpose of agreeing upon plans for the hearings to be given by the commission, and also a reply from Mr. Mitchell, saying he would be rep resented at the meeting. Cubans Up In Arms. Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 28. The International Brotherhood league sent to New York by the steamer Orizaba today 20 children, whose destination is the league school at San Diego, Cal. The representatives of the league offer to educate free an unlimited number of intelligent children. Their operations are being opposed by the Cuban press, the Catholic church and Protestant missionaries, who declare the league is making proselytes to Buddhism. New Torpedo Boat to be Tested. San Francisco, Oct. 28.- The sub marine torpedo boat Grampus, recently built at the Union iron works, is in drydock here being made ready for her official trial on the bay. This will in clude not only the submarine trip, but a cruise of some distance, with perhaps . 7 r X J a test of her efficiency in approaching a j vessel unawares. CANAL IS DELAYED COLOMBIA PUTS UP THE PRICE ON THE PANAMA ROUTE. United States is Now Asked to Pay $10, 000,000 The Old Figure $7,000,000 Wants Yearly Payment of $600,000 to Begin at Once, Instead of Waiting 14 Years Negotiations Not Closed. Washington, Oct. 29. The long ex pected response of the Colombian gov ernment to the proposition made by the state department for the negotiation for a canal treaty on the lines of the Spooner act has reached Washington, and was presented to the state depart ment by Mr. Herran, secretary of the Colombian legation. It is difficult to learn the exact nature of this commun ication, but it is known that it is not altogether an unqualified acceptance of the state department's proposition. It is. However, friendly and dignified in tone, and does not close the negotia tions by any means, though it unques tionably sets back the date of final agreement by opening up new topics lor argument. For one thing, the Colombian govern ment is now entirely diseatisfied with the small amount of the payment to be made to it by the United States under the terms of the protocol, which it is proposed to use as the basis for the treaty. This sum is $7,000,000. Colombia wants at least $10,000,000. Moreover, the original proposal looked to await 14 years before' beginning the payment of annual rental, the . amount of which was to be fixed then Dy mut ual agreement. Colombia now asks the United States to agree at :nce upon a lump yearly payment of $600,000, which will largely increase the imme diate cost of the enterprise. The Colombian government clings to its contention that it has no constitutional authority to alienate any Colombian territory, and reiterates that the best it can do to meet the language of the Spooner act, which looks to perpetual control by the United States over the canal strip, is to make a 100- year lease, with a distinct stipulation that the same shall be renewable by the United States at the expiration of the first century. TRUE VALUE OF TEXAS OIL; Geological Survey Says the Field Equals Russian District in Size. Washington, Oct. 29. The Texas- Louisiana oil field is discussed exhaust ively in a report of the United States geological survey. The existence of petroleum in the Gulf Coast Plain, which extends inland for 100 miles, ' has been known as far back as 1860. The report says the extreme porosity of Spindle-Top oil rock favcrs the storage of a very large volume of oil and a very rapid yield when the reser voir ie tapped. But it also favors the early exhaustion of the oil in the pool, and its rapid replacement by the under lying salt water. Beds of sulphur bearing sand are reported fiom some of the wells on Spindle-Top, and beds of gypsum and of salt from others. The conclusion is reached with regard to the Spindle-Top field that the rock contains about one-fourth of its volume of oil. Even if the estimate is one barrel ob tained for every 26 cubic feet for Spindle Top, and a little less for other fields, there should be a yield equal to the Baku fields in Russia, and a much greater output than that for all of the other American fields. The report savs that the apparent concensus of opinion among chemists who have examined the field is that the gulf petroleum is unsuited for the pro duction of illuminating oil, and that it is doubtful if it can be made to yield a good lubricating oil on a commercial basis. Its value as a source of asphalt and as a gas oil are as yet undeter mined. The experiments seem to establish both its availability and its economy as a generator of steam. Whether the Beaumont petroleum may be successfully used in metallurgical processes is not yet settled. CUBA TURNS IT DOWN. Rejects Treaty Offered by United States, and Makes Counter Proposal. Havana, Oct. 29. The represent ative here of the Associated Press has learned from official sources that the proposed treaty between the United States and Cuba was returned to Wash ington bv mail last Saturday. With the treaty was sent a counter proposi tion by the government of Cuba to that of the United States, the nature of which is not known, but it is under stood that President Palma, in a letter sent with the treaty, says the accept ance of tbe propositions made by the United States would be ruinous to Cuba, as it would result in a large re duction of the customs revenue of the island. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanton Dead. New York, Oct. 29. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the well known woman suf fragist, died today at her home in West Ninety-fourth street, in this city. Old age was given as the cause of death. She was conscious almost to the last. About a week ago Mrs. Stanton began to fail rapidly. This became more noticeable last week, and then it was known to the family that her death was only a question of days or hours. She was born in 1815. Explosion of 600 Kegs of Powder. Fairmount, W. Va., Oct. 29. The Fairmount powder works, located 18 miles from this city, was damaged to the extent of $30,000 by the explosion of 600 kegs of powder. No one was in jured. The machinery was completely wrecked and iron was thrown for miles around. -