WEEKLY.
UNION, Estab. .July, 1897.
UAZEITK, Iiuli. Dec, 1868.
Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COR VALLiIS, BEXTOH COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1902.
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 51.
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.
The senate rejected the r ror osal to
admit Chinese to Hawaii.
Vice Governor Wright wants a lower
tariS for the Philippines.
Senator Hanna fays he does not want
the presidency and will not ran for it.
It is thought likely that Governor
Taft will succeed Judge Sbiras on the
Eupreme bench.
Charles T.Yerkes, the capitalist, is a
etrong advocate ol the labor union as
organized in the United States.
There is much piracy being practiced
in the waters adjacent to the Philip-
pines. The small craft only are preyed
on.
The Indian appropriation bill before
the house carries more than $1,000,000
less than the appropriation for the
present fiscal year. .
lhirteen anarchists were arrested in
Rome after a desperate struggle. The
police surprised them at a meeting
while they were in the act of taking sn
oath with poniards to assassinate King
Victor Emmanueh
A civil war is in progress in Morocco,
China will increase its' standing
army.
Secretary Shaw proposes to remit the
duty on tea in bond.
It is the plan of the trusts to defeat
r7?rkwAiralt f nf rannmlnahnn:
Secretary Root haB recommended the
laying cf an all-American cable to
Alaska.
The crown prince of Germany will
probably visit the United States at the
fcimn nf the St. I on is fair.
Hops still continue to raise in price,
but big consumers are holding their
orders in hopes of a decline.
Great Britain will ship 200.000
mules and horses from the United
States to restock the farms in the
Transvaal.
The largest department store in
Omaha has failed. The liabilities of
the company are about $447,000, with
assets which will more than cover that,
amount when realized on.
The new Spanish minister of marine
proposes to increate the naval estimates
by $5,000,000 and artei ward to gradu
ally increase them until the annual
expenditure reaches $L'0,000,000. In
this manner a modern navy will be
secured.
President Roosevelt has announced
that he will send Barrett to Japan.
. A riot in the French chamber of
deputies had to be suppressed by
soldiers.
The postoffioe department has begun
issuing the 8-cent stamps bearing the
Martha Washington face.
Italy also has claims against Vene
zuela and has ordered two cruisers to
that country to enforce her demands.
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A vioiem siorm which uw
coast ol Nova Scotia caused many
marine disasters and some loss of life.
A Mexican scout was raptured by
Yaqui Indians, his feet cut oft and then
compelled to walk. He fell dead after
100 yards.
The anthracite miners claim that the
coal companies keep tnem continually
in debt and are thus able to enforce all
demands.
Justice Holmes, the new member of
the United States supreme court, has
taken the oath of office and entered into
his new duties.
There is much suffering in London
on account of the severe cold weather.
Fully half a million are without em
ployment in the United Kingdom and
many of them have no food or protec
tion from the cold.
King Edward will visit Ireland next
year.
Another St. Louis boodler has been
convicted.
Ex-Speaker Reed's condition re
mains unchanged.
Two German warships have arrived
in Venezuelan waters.
Fresident Roosevelt will visit the
Northwest next May.
A general exchange of troops in the
Philippines has been ordered.
King Alfonso is having a great deal
oi trouble in securing a cabiuet.
Blacklisted miners told the strike
commission their side of the trouble.
The anthracite coal trust is negotiat
ing for the purchase of the independent
companies.
Fire in Cleveland, Ohio, resulted in
the death of three firemen and a heavy
property loss.
At least 25,000 took advanage of the
low passenger rates from the Last and
located in California during September
and October.
Emperor William, in an address to
workmen, denounced socialism and
warned them to have nothing to do
with its doctrines.
Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Keed is criti
cally ill.
The Cuban reciprocity treaty is sure
fo being ratified by the senate.
BLOW IS STRUCK.
Powers Seize .Venezuelan Warships Ulti
matum Sent to Castro.
Caracas, JJee. 11. At 4 o clock: yes
terday afternoon the combined German
and British fleet seized and towed out
side the harbor of La Gnayara all the
vessels which were then there. These
were the warships General Crespo,
Tolumo, Ossutn and Margaiita. The
ships were manned by 390 men. .
The news of the capture of the war
vessels is not yet generally known in
the capital. Great excitement will
undoubtedly prevail when it is an
nounced.
Ultimatum Sent by Courier.
Caracas, Dec. 11. It is said on good
authority that the captain of the Brit
ish cruiser Retribution yesterday after
noon Eent a special courier from La
Guayra to Caracas with an ultimatum
for compliance with the note deposited
by the British and German ministers
at the home of the foreign minister be
fore their departure for Caracas. It is
said that the note gives a maximum of
48 hours in which Venezuela is to ac
cede.
The note, it is said, requests the
immediate cash payment of $34,000
each to Great Britain and Germany
for the settlement of claims arising
from past revolutions, by a mixed
tribunal, the same as the last agree
ment made with France.
FOR ALASKA CABLE.
Secretary Root Recommends an All-
American Line.
Washintgon, Dec. 11. "I wish to
call attention to the importance of a
cable between the nortu western coast
of the state of Washington and the
southern point of our Alaskan terri
tory, so as to connect the telegraph
system of the United States with the
telegraph system in Alaska.
'The government of the United States
is maintaining troops in Alaska at
various points. It is responsible for
the maintenance of order. Disturb
ances are always liable to occur in new
mining camps, and there is always a
possibility of their occurring along a
lrontier line. Onr only present means
of communicating by telegraph with
our officers, or with anyone concerned
in the government of Alaska, is over
the Canadian land lines."
So says Secretary Root in his annual
report to the president. And be it
remembered, Secretary Root generally
gets what he goes after. The necessity
for an all-American telegraph line to
Alaska is recognized by many men in
congress, and its importance, in view
of the recent completion of an extensive
military system in Alaska, is all the
more apparent at this time. It is
doubtful whether an appropriation will
be made at the present session for a
cable such as the secretary advocates,
although, if proper estimates are sub
mitted later, an appropriation may be
provided in one of the regular supply
bills.
HEAD TAX IS RAISED.
Senate Making Good Progress With Im
migration Bill.
Washington, Dec. 11. The senate
committee yesterday adopted all the
committee amendments to the immi
gration bill, with the exception of one
prescribing an educational test, and
also the action of the committee in
striking out section 30 of the bill pro
hibiting the sale of intoxicants within
the Capitol building, and then laid
aside the bill until today to pass a
number of unobjected pension bills.
The amendment fixing a $3 head tax
on eat-n immigrant coming into tne
United States furnished the principal
vopic for debate. It was discussed at
length by Galling e1-. Hoar, Fairbanks,
Penrose, Lodge ard Foraker, and final
ly was agreed to. The committee
amendment making the tax a lien on
the property of the transportation lines
bringing aliens to the United States
was disagreed to.
An amendment by Lodge was adopted,
providing that the head tax shall not
be levied on aliens in transit through
the United States, or to aliens once ad
mitted to have paid the tax.
Section 3, prescribing an educational
test, was passed over temporarily.
Section 36 of the bill, prohibiting
the sale of intoxicants within the limits
of the Capitol building, which was
stricken out by the senate committee,
was passed over temporarily.
WRECK IN MISSOURI.
Passenger Train Derailed at Open Switch
Two Lives Lost.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 11. The
west bound limited passenger train on
the Santa Fe was wrecked at Rothville,
Mo., shortly after noon today, causing
the death ofengineer Samuel Wise, of
Argentine, Kas., and his fitetnan,
Alexander Havelin, of Topeka, Kan.,
and great damage to the engine and
coaches. One passenger was slightly
injured. A colored waiter had his
arm broken and two other waiters were
injured. The wreck was caused by tie
coaches being derailed on an open
switch, which the engine passed safely
when the train was going at a high rate
of speed. The train was almost de
molished. Tannery Fire, Loss $375,000.
Ridgway, Pa., Dec. 11. The Eagle
Valley tannery was destroyed by fire
today. The loss on the building is es
timated at $75,000, and that on the
stock of leather and hides $250,000 to
$300,000. Insurance ample. This
tannery is in the Elk Tanning com
pany's district, which is identified
with the United States leather com
pany. A large number of employes
will be thrown out of employment. Re
building will commence soon.
NEWS OF OREGON
UFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
High Water Damages Eugene Woolen
Mill Minnesota Colony to Locate in
Lane County Ingram Wants Legis
lature to Aid Him Oregon Odd Fel
lows Celebrate 50th Anniversary.
Albany is making Improvements in
its fire, fighting system.
Elks throughout the state Sunday
held memorial services.
A slight earthquake shock 'was felt
at Grants Pass last Saturday.
Local meat dealers of La Grande
will establish a first-class packing
house.
A colony of Minnesota farmers are
negotiating for 30,000 acres of land in
Lane county.
The warm and heavy rains of last
week have raised the Rogue river to
the highet stage it has known for years
a two days larmers institute was
held at Lewisville, Polk county, this
week. A good attendance was out and
deep interest manifested.
Fire destroyed the planing mill of
VV. D. Pine, at Rainier. Loss on
building and contents, $28,000, par
tially covered by insurance.
Governor-elect vChamberlain is at
work on bis inaugmal address. It will
not be a long document, but will make
a general survey of state affairs. . He
favors protection for: public lands, flat
salaries and a liberal appropriation for
the Lewis and Clark exposition.
The 50th anniversary of the organiza
tion of the first Odd Fellow lodge in
Oregon was held in Salem. December 6.
There was a large number of members
from all parts of the state present.
The exercises were presided over by
Silas J. Day, past grand master, 1868.
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The high water caused considerable
damage to the woclen mill in Eugene,
and was sufficient to scare the propriet
ors regarding the prospect of what
might happen if the water should go
four feet higher, as it sometimes does.
The machinery hag been thrown pretty
badly out of true. -
Frank S. Ingram who was shot while
Tiaey and Merrill were making their
escape from the penitentiary, and who
lost his leg as a result, and has since
been pardoned by the governor, is cir
culating a petition asking aid from the
legislature to establish him in a small
business whereby he may be able to
make for himself a living.
A poultry show will be held in Al
bany December 22, 23 and 24.
A masked man held up the post-
office at Sprinewater. Clackamas
county, but secured only 60 cents.
The Northern minings and milling
company has been organized at Oregon
City with a capital stock of $1,000,000.
The board of trustees of the Oregon
insane asylum have added Dr. A. E.
Tamiessie as a physician to the medical
staff at the asylum.
The suspension of timber land entries
until they can be investigated is much
broader than at first account given out.
It embraces all of the offices in Oregon,
Washington and California.
Notice has been received at Albany
from the postoffice department that the
site for the Albany postoffice has been
leased for 10 years. The building will
be enlarged and remodeled throughout.
A scheme has been foiled at Hunting
ton to secure several large tracts of
public lands by fraud. The officers
were watching the case, and at the
appointed time of .hearing - the prin
cipals failed to show up, having re
ceived notice that they were being
watched.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 71 72c:
blue-
stem 7P80c; valley, 74c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew
ing, $24.00. ,
Flour Best grade, 3.603.90; grah
am. $3.2033.60.
Millstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton:
middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50;
chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white. il.15rai.17 1J :
gray, $1.1261.15 per cental.
Hay limotny, 310(311: clover.
$9.00; cheat, $89 per ton.
Potatoes Best Bnrbanks, 6080c
per sack; ordinary, 5055c per cental,
growers prices; Merced sweets, $1.75
$2 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.25 : per pourd. 10c : hens. 14(24.50 ner
dozen; per pound, 10c; springs, $3.00
03.50 per dozen; fryers. S2.50Oi3.00-.
broilers, $2.002.50; ducks, $5.00
6.00 per dozen: turkevs. live. 13c.
dressed, 15c; geese, $6.006.50.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 15
16s'c; Young America, 16)17;
factory prices, ll)c less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3032c
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20
22c; store, 1518.
Egga 2530c per dozen.
Hops New crop, 23 26c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern
Oregon, 814)c; mohair, 2628c
Beef Gross, cows, 33c per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c
Veal 7XSHc.
Mutton Gross, 3c per pound;
dressed, 6c.
Lambs Gross, 3c per pound;
dressed, 6c.
Hoga Gross, 6J6Kc per pound;
dressed, 77Xt.
ZERO WEATHER AND BELOW.
Whole Middle West and South Is Suffer
ing Coal Unobtainable.
Milwaukee, Dec.; 10. The severe
cold is causing distress in Milwaukee.
The Hard coal merchants of the city
were besieged by well-to-do people
throughout tne city who have money to
purchase fuel and other supplies, but
who are absolutely unable to purchase
hard coal at any price.
Every applicant received the state
ment that there was no coal to be had
and that ihe very small supply in the
bins was destined for the people who
had ordered coal last spring, and who
can get it only in small lots. .
One large coal company has closed
it offices for one week, and the others
are dealing out their visible anthracite
quantities as small as possible to
their old cutosmers, that each may
have a little. '
The temperature throughout the
state ranges from 10 above to 5 degrees
below zero tonight.
Destitution in Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 10.-- The cold wave
that bore down upon this city yesterday
reached its climax today, with a tem
perature at the zero mark. , Today and
romgnt tne mercuiy remained near
that point.
Five fatalities from causes directly
attributable to the weather have been
reported to the authorities and numer
ous cases of destitution incident to the
sudden drop in ' temperature were
afforded relief during the night and
today. . '
Missouri Is Frost Bitten.
St. Louis, Dec. 10. A veritable cold
wave has struck St. Louis and vicinity.
At 7 A. M. the weather bureau record
was 15 degrees above zero. The sky is
clear. Today is the coldest of the sea
son in this part of the Southwest, - the
temperature being close to - the zero
mark. At Kansas City the Missouri is
filled with floating ice, the first this
year.
Ail Through the Southwest.
Louisville, Dec'. 10. Freezing tem
perature overspreads the country south
of the Ohio river to a line touching
Alabama, Mississippi and North Texas,
the thermometer in many places re
cording the coldest weather of the
winter. Bain falls in Southern Texas
and much snow is rep6rted from var
ious points in North Taxas and Okla
homa. :i -
STILL ANOTHERVVEEK.
More Time Taken by Mineworkers to Pre
sent Their Evidence.
Scranton, Pa., Dec 10. It is ex
pected that the mineworkers will con
sume all of the present week in pre
senting to the Anthracite Coal Strike
commission their side of the contro
versy with the the coal operators. It
is estimated the employers will take
about 10 days to submit information
they desire the commission to have.
The commission tomorrow will ask the
attorneys for both sides to present what
figures they have already prepared, so
that the arbitrators may study them,
and those who are not yet ready to
present their figures will be required to
make an extra effort to expedite the
work. The commission has no desire
to unnecessarily hurry anyone, but
feels that all interested should work as
rapidly as possible. The arbitrators
are daily receiving letters of advice
from persons in all parts cf the coun
try. A majority of the letters make
pleaafor the protection of the non
union men.
President Mitchell, who is a member
of the Civic Federation, left here late
tonight for New York, where he will
attend the meeting of the'Federation,
which will begin tcmoirow.
BIDS FOR TRANSPORT SERVICE.
Seattle Firm Names Lower Rates Than
Portland Company.
Washington, Dec. 10. In response
to the advertisement of of the war de
partment, the Boston steamship com
pany, of Seattle, offered to supplant
the army transport service at the fol
lowing rates from Seattle to Manua:
Officers, first class, $100; troops,
per man, without subsistence, $25;
troops, with subsistence, $35; freight,
per ton, $4.25; lumber, per 1,000 feet,
10.50.
Laidlaw & Co., of Portland, submit
ted no bid for officers or troops, but
offered to carry freight, "Portland to
Manila, at $4.50 per ton, and lumber
at $11.50 per 1,000 feet.
The figures given apply to the return
trip from . Manila, as well as to the
trip to the Orient.
In order to meet the emergency at
Seattle, and to provide quarters for
troops departing and arriving, .the
Boston steamship company offers to
allow its steamer Garonne to anchor
permanently in the harbor as a tem
porary barracks of 700 capacity.
Russia Is Dissatisfied.
London, Dec. 10. A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to the Morning Post
says the Russian government is by no
means satisfied with the Behring sea
award which the Dutch jurist, Professor
Asser, gave in favor of the' United
States on November 29. It deos not
object to paying the stipulated sum,
but it objects entirely to the principle
of the award whereby Russia is not al
lowed to chase trespassers beyond the
limit of her territorial waters.
Proposed Holiday Adjournment.
Washington, Dec. 9. Representative
Payne, leader of the majority, today
introduced a resolution in the house
for a holiday adjournment from Decem
ber 20 to January S.
TALES OF WRONGS
.MINERS GIVE COMMISSION EVIDENCE
AGAINST MARKLE CO.
Mother and Two Boys Struggle Thirteen
Years to Pay Debt of $396 Testi
mony at Times Was Pathetic, and
Surprising to the Commission Mine
Owners Have Little to Say. '. ' j
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 11. -Tales of
eviction from houses owned by C. B.
Markle & Co., the narration of the
death of a wife as a result of an en
force removal from her home, and the
story of a mother whose husband was
killed iil the Markle mines, and of how
she and her two boys struggled for
years to pay the Marklea the back rent
and coal bill she owed them, were the
principal features of yesterday's ses
sions of. the coal strika commission
The testimony, as presented by some cf
the witnesses whose lives are given up
to the coal mining industry, was at
times pathetic, and surprising to the
commissioners, who listened to it with
undivided attention..
'. The miners this afternoon - concluded
the calling of witnesses against the
Markle company, - which concern and
the .conditions surrounding it have
been prominently before the commis
sioners since last Saturday. ' In the
absence of Samuel Dicarnson, of Phila
delphia, and George R. Bedfoid, of
WilKesbarre, attorneys for the Markle
company, who are reported to be un
avoidably absent, ' only a perfunctory
cross-examination has been carried on
by J. H. Torrey, of Scranton, who is
lepresenting another company before
the commission, and who had been
asked to take care of the interests of U.
B. Markle & Co. as best he could.
Much surprise has been expressed that
the company has not made greater
efforts to refute some of the seemingly
damaging testimony that has been pre
sented. It is expected, however, "that
the company will do so later.
The attorneys for the large coal com
pany have nothing to say regarding
the character of the testimony being
presented, but those representing the
miners are well pleased.
Mrs. Kate Burns, of Jeddo, was one
of the witnesses called to the stand,
and told how she and her two boys
worked 13 years to pay off an accumu
lated house rent and coal bill due to
the Markle company. She was ex
amined by Lawyer Darrow, and in
answer to his questions said her hus
band was an engineer inside the Mar
kle mines. The husband was killed
under ground, leaving her with four
children, the eldest of whom was a boy
of eight years. The company never
offered her a penny, but the employes
gave her' about $180 to defray the
funeral expenses. After her husband
had been killed she moved from her
four room house into one containing
only two rooms, one room above the
other, and for the next six years she
struggled as best she could to get along.
She took in washing, ' scrubbed for
the neighbors, and once in a while she
was given the cleaning of the offices of
the Markle company. During these
six years, she said, she kept her chil
dren at Echool, and when the eldest
child was 14 years old she eent him to
the mines to help earn the daily bread.
At the end of the first month the lad
brought home his wage statement,
showing that the mother owed $396 for
back rent. The boy's wages for the
month had been taken off the bill and
became home empty handed- She
submitted to this and in the course of
time her next boy was old enough to
help earn a living and he, too, was
sent to the co'liery. Like the older
brother, the second boy received no j
pay, his earnings being deducted for
rent. The tears of the mother on the
witness stand were by this time well
ing up and when she added that the
money she earned for cleaning the
Markle offices was never given her, but
was kept by the company for rent,, the
commissioners looked at one another
in. surprise. She said it took the three
of them 13 years to make up the debt,
the mother's earnings from neighbors
being the principal contribution toward
the maintenance of the family. The
debt was cleared last August. During
the six years from the time her hus
band was killed until the time when
the first boy went to work the company
never asked her for rent.
Barrett Not the Man.
Washington, Dec. 11. During a call
on Secretary Hay the Japanese minis
ter, Kogoro Takahira, diplomatically
but firmly intimated that the appoint
ment of John Barrett as minister to
Japan wonld not be as pleasing to the
imperial government at Tokio as that
of some other man. No formal protest
was filed against Barrett's appointment,
but the statements of the Japanese
minister were such as to leave no room
for doubt as to his meaning.
Fatal Wreck on the Santa Fe.
Los Anglees, Dec. 11. Peter Peter
son, a Santa Fe engineer, was instantly
killed and two firemen were seriously
injured in a heal-on freight collision
on the Santa Fe near Peach Springs,
Ariz., yesterday. Both engines were
wrecked and several freight cars were
m ashed. Only meager details of the
wreck are obtainable.
To Pay Cost of Bubonic Plague.
Washington, Dec. 11. Delegate
Wilcox, of Hawaii, has introduced a
bill in the house to pay the judgment
rendered by the Hawaiian legislature
for property - destroyed in suppressing
the bubonic plague.
THOMAS B. REED DEAD.
Oreat Leader of Congress Passed Away
Peacefully at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 8. Thomas Brack
ett Reed, ex-speaser of the House of
representatives, and for many years
prominent in public life, died here
Saturday night at 12:10 o'clock in his
apartmenia in the Arlington. -. The im
mediate cause of death was uraemia.
A change for the worse was noted-in
Mr. Reed's condition early in the
morning.. At 9:30 he was given a sub
cutaneous saline transfusion in order to
stimulate "the kidneys, ' which were
failing to perform , their proper func
tions. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the
saline solution was again administered.
about three quarts of fluid being used.
The heart became weaker and weaker.
but the patient regained consciousness
until 11 o'clock in the evening, when a
complete coma came on.
At the bedside when he died were
Mrs. Reed and Miss Katherine Reed,
D.-s. Gardner, McDonald, Bishop and
Goodnow and the nurses. ; Drl Good
now, who had been in consultation
with the local physicians, was again
summoned from Philadelphia.
Mr. Reed's mind was id such a state
during the day that he did not realize
the seriousness of his condition. He
was cheerful and conversed with thoee
about his bedside. When it became
apparent that he would not survive his
illness, the wife and "daughter were
notified,' and they remained constantly
at his bedside until the distinguished
patient breathed his last. With only
faint hope of saving his life, -oxygen
was administered throughout the day.
Mr. Reed passed away peacefully and
without pain. He was born October 1,
1839. The body was taken to his old
home at Portland, Me., today, where
the funeral will occpr tomorrow.
CASH FOR PENSIONS.
House Appropriates Nearly $140,000 for
Old Soldiers.
Washington, Dec. 8. The house Sat
urday passed the pension appropriation
bill carrying $139,000,000 without a
word of debate, and devoted the re
mainder of the day to the passage of
bills on the calendar, quite a number of
which were passed. To prevent the
passage of a bill to prohibit the mili
tary bands from engaging in competi
tion with private bands, W. A. Smith,
of Michigan, made the point of no quo
rum, and the house thereupon ad
journed. It was agreed that the Lon
don dock charge bill should be consid
ered and voted upon today.
Ob the call of committees bills were
passed to readjust the time for holding
couit in the Western judicial district of
Texas; to confer jurisdiction upon the
circuit court and district courts of South
Dakota in certain Indian cases; to
create a new division of the Western
judicial district of Missouri; to incor
porate the society of military surgeons;
to increase the maximum period in
which livestock can be confined in cars
without unloading from 28 to 40 hours;
to grant right ol way for telegraph and
telephone lines in Alaska from 80 to
320 acres ; to set aside lands in South
Dakota as a public paik, to be known
as Wind Cave national park; for the
relief of certain settlers upon the Wis
consin Central railroad and The Dalles
military road grants; to incorporate
the general educational board; defining
what shall constitute and provid ng for
assessments on oil mining claims, and
fixing the punishment for the larceny
of horses, cattle and other livestock in
Indian Territory.
FOR BENEFIT OF IDAHO.
BUI for Sale of Fort Hall Land Proposed
' Irrigation Surveys.
Washington, Dec. 9. Senators Du
bois and Heitfeld cailed on the secre
tary of the. interior today and urged
that the department draft a bill which
can be introdued in the present session
looking to a disposal of the remainder
of the Fort Hall lands within the five
mile limit of Pocatello which were not
sold last summer because they were
held at $10 an acre. The secretary prom
ises to have a new bill drafted which
will permit of their ?aleat a more reas
onable figure, poasibly leaving the price
to a department representative who
will conduct the sales.
The Idaho senators today called on
Hydrographer Newell, of the geograph
ical survey, to urge the early undertak
ing of government irrigation in their
state. While they made no specific
recommendations, they expressed a
preference for the Goose creek project
in Cassia county, and the Mountain
home project in Elmore county, Mr.
Newell assured them that early investi
gations would be made of the irrigable
land in the state, as well as of the
available water supply.
Americans Would Have to Pay.
New York, Dec. 9. Experts familiar
with the trade of Venezuela, under
normal conditions, assert, Bays a Trib
une dispatch from London, that the
customs revenues are derived chiefly
from imports of flour from the United
States and Canada, and exports of coffee
to the eame markets, and that the seiz
ure of the customs for the settlement of
British and German claims would in
volve the payment of debt through
duties levied upon commecce from and
with America.
Oreat Tunnel Finished.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 9. The last
spadeful of earth that separated the
workmen engaged in digging the two
sections of the big waterworks tunnel,
100 feet under Lake Erie, was removed
today, and, after six years of continu
ous labor, the tunnel is practically
completed. Its purpose is to supply
the city with pure water from an intake
crib five miles out'in Lake Erie. Since
the work began 50 lives have been lost
through explosions and other accidents.
ULTIMATUM GIVEN
ENGLAND AND GERMANY SEND FINAL
WARNING TO VENEZUELA.
Warships Are Assembling on Her Coasts
After Presenting Ultimatums the
Ministers at Caracas Went on Board
the Warships of Their Respective Nations-Guns
Will Talk Next.
London, Dec. 10. Great Britain and
Germany have presented ultimatums
to Venezuela, which will be followed
up by the seizure of the customs unless
a satisfactory settlement is forthcoming
within a brief period. . The ultimatums
have a time limit, but the exact date
cannot be ascertained here. The for
eign office states with regard to the
limit:
"It is a reasonable time in which
Venezuela can satisfy the injured gov
ernments. Both notes are practically
identical, although the amounts of .the
claims differ. The notes merely re
iterate the continued disregard by the
Venezuelan government of all our rep
resentatives, specify their claims and
demand immediate action on the part
of President Castro's
connection therewith.'
government in
The British government's case is
practically identical with the state
ments made in previous dispatches
from London, in which it was fiist
announced that the action was con
templated. The foreign office says:
"There is not the slightest desire to
coerce Venezuela, and if any answer
had been made to our repeated protests
and demands, no such action as now
taken would have been proceeded with.
It was the persistent and insulting dis
regard of all representations which
compelled us to move. It is now too
late in the day for anything but purely
diplomatic arrangements for the satis
faction of our interests. When the
fleets have assembled there is scarcely
time to deal with bankers and a finan
cial settlement, which should have
been suggested long ago and would
have been welcomed by both Germany
and ourselves. However, any bona
fide proposition will receive careful at
tention. Reconstruction in commer
cial affairs is always better than liqui
dation and, if the reconstruction of the
Venezuelan finances can be accom
plished to the satisfaction of our diplo
matic claims and individual losses, both
Germany and Great Britain will have
achieved their ends."
Ministers Leave Caracas.
Caracas, Dec. 10. The British min
ister, W. H. D. Haggard, and the Ger
man charge d'affaires. Von Pilerim-
Bultazzi, left Caracas at 3 o'clock, this
afternoon for La Guayra, where Minis
ter Haggard went on board the British
cruiser Retribution and Herr von
Pilgrim-Baltazzi boarded the German
cruiser Vineta. Both the British and
the German legations have been closed.
Yesterday afternoon the British min
ister and the German charge d'affaires
deposited at the private residence , of
the foreign minister, Lopez Barralet,
sepai ate demands; the British demand
being for the settlement of cUims and
other matters arising out of the last
revolutions, and the German demand
being for the payment of the interest
on the German loans and other claims.
The demands are withcut any specifica
tion as to the time given for an answer,
but they are in the form of an ultima- .
turn.
Yesterday and today being festivals
in Caracas, all the public offices are
closed, and it is impos ible to see any
one in authority regarding the depart
ure of the ministers. The handing in
of a demand of such a nature at the pri
vate residence of a minister, forgetting
all diplomatic rules, is believed in
some quarters to be without precedent.
The actual situation is incomprehensi
ble here. Up to this morning no one
appeared to know anything about the
Anglo-German projected demonstration.
The foreign minister said that he con
sidered a menace on the part ' of
Germany to be inadmissible, and that
any threat would be only "ballon
d'essai." As for England, said the
minister, she had no grounds for ag
gression.
To Lay Cable This Week.
San Francisco, Dec. 10. Clarence
Mackay, president of the Postal Tele
graph company, Vice President Baker
and Vice President Ward, of the Com
mercial Cable company, arrived here
tonight. They said they came to wit
ness the beginning of the laying of the
cable to Honolulu, and expected that
event to take place the latter part of
this week. Mr. Mackay said he believed-
the branch from Honolulu to
Yokohama, via Guam, would be in
working order July 1, 1903. "
Can't Bring Nast's Body Home, j
Washington, Dec. 10. A brief cable
gram from Robert B. Jones, vice con
sul genera at Guayaquil, dated yester
day, announced to the state department
the death of Consul General Thomas
Nast. The dispatch gave no details of
the end. Owing to the contagious
nature of the disease which caused Mr.
Nast's death, it will probably be im
possible for the department to follow -the
usual custom of bringing the body
to the United States.
Gold for Mexico. -Mexico
City, Dec. 8. Itis reiterated,
that a powerful New York syndicate, is
disposed to furnish the government
with sufficient gold to establish firmly
a gold standard here. The sum named -is
$50,000,000. Some bankers think
half the amount wonld be ample.
There is a strong sentiment for retaln-
i the silver dollars, although giving
1 them a nominal value.