Consolidated Feb., 1899.
CORVAIiLJS, BENTOS COUKTy, -OltEGOIr, FltlDAX, -t DECJSMBJER 26, 1902.
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2L EVENTS OF THE DAY
TjATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
J.. Vi.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.""
- Bubonic plague has broken ont on -the
.Pacific coast of Mexico.
r . -.
; " Ex United States Senator Dwight M
'""v Sabin , of Minnesota, is dead.
. . ' The food buddIv has be&run to trrow
ehqrt in Caracas, in consequence of the
f.The federal supreme court has decid
ed that death on the gallows invali
dates insuratca policies. .
Senator Bacon declares that the
'-'-- ' United States will have to fight to up
hold the Monroe doctrine.
Trains throughout the Middle West
s-ft, .are-delayed from 10 to 12 hours on ac-
-oujit of severe snow storms. -
Fire in the piano factory of Ernest
Gable'r Bros"., New York, destroyed half
4"? million dollars worth of property.
.--. . , A train wreck on the Mononroad in
Indiana resulted in the death of two
xnen and the serious injury of two
.--',' f others.,' -
For the last five months the interna!
revenue receipts have shown a decrease
of $20,903,470', as compared with -the
corresponding period in 1901.
I--:'.' f ' i.-: . . . : " ,....:.'',
-!A't i-. Eight-hour bill.-reported ' favorably
to the Senate. .1 ' . ; ;
V' :fcv.-;K!r$n persons 'k'iHea 'In Wreck, on the
v"J6Tniari':'"SoGlaMsta' preparing --for
- bitter election fight. ;
; J'efEriesfails to knock out ' Butte
miner In four rounds. 1
i Pdrtlantf 'labor leaders plan to form
a Coast' organization.
"Ti Humberts, the. great , French swin
I? k jpler, captured: in Madrid. j '
Funeral services of Mrs. Grant" at
Washington-anti New 'York.
Senator"; MoTgan warns Congress
-..that both isthmian canal routes may
be lost.
.... . - .--. - -- - -ys.. . .
Bill to open the south half of the
Mi. .. pplyille reservation introduced in
""' " Congress. " " : --
.'Blizzard in -Rbckyr,' Mountain and
prairie states blockades railroads and
kills'lfvestock.
,tnm.O IWashfngtorr tewis and'fclarW Com-mission-Tecominends
a -state' - appro
priation of 1100,000.
Holiday trade ..the most active -on
record. ' ; ";' ,'
Kaiser Wilhelm welcomes Ambas-,
sador Tower. :
rejected his love.
General increase in railroad ! rates
i'l 1 3 "' -i Terrible bUarc? )bdkj- Traijroads
in Wyoming and Colorado.
Tnfe5 House 'passed' ' the pure-food
-bill ...with little opposition..-. ; . C
. j . House .- committee reports-; favorably
:"on Department of Commerce bill.
tWoodmen-',bf the-World hold : suc
cessful -"lGg-l,olling"i:at Dallas. ;
A-H 54--'-New'" light- station' -at Desdemona
,j- Sands -soon to be inaugurated. :
.. .... - . . . '
Governor of Michigan forbids Cor
bett-McGovern fight in Detroit.
Hunter tells how he killed Fitz
gerald but his victim's father, says
it is false; ; ' ' - ' : " ; ,
. .. .. Cuban treaty makes great conees
eions to the United States, and will
1 soon be ratified ''.'...V' - .i v
r Railroads carry foreign, goods froxr
T the seaboard at lower rates than" for
domestic freight over the same
routes.
All the allies agree to let Bowen ar-.
"; bitrate, but- with reservations; the
blockade takes effect. "Rebels march-v-.lng,.
on Caracas-.' ' ' ' ,
"'Secretary Root finally awarded
transport contract to Seattle " coni-
pariyT "but" Portland" and San Francis
co will each get a share. ,s '
Att-'fattttrinafte "!-iffr,il Central Asia
caused great loss of life and property.
President Roosevelt gave his ' first
llZ? djWHjflCPly: 1tf the rentn-ated w-bite-
J-',-.?-'.-Nah unioii 'miners testify to viols.-;
. ience and" troycotting during the, coal
-,...ri.-.' . -- "
New England senators oppose rati
: '. fication o; the treaty.-with Newfound
' land" regardMig coast fisheries.-
w-.i-. An association has been formed;by.
-160 -leatling potteFy- raanufaetwrers.
UaitexJ States will, recognize the
war blockade. ' O.
"Congress has ordered ! favorable re
porter on the eight-hour. bill, the army
rency bill. - ; " '
,: .:: - The House'-has passed the bill re-
"ducrhs the tariff on Imports from the
5,, Philippines to 25 per cent, of the
k- i Dlngley rates. . ' '
'. - German warship captured a Vene
'iuelan schooner, cut down her main
- mast, and then abandoned her in e
disabled condition.
."T -President Castro states that Ven
t ' ezuelan rebels are helping the allied
;;. - powers; allies want United States to
guarantee payment of claims against
Castro, but Secretary Hay refuses;
l France and Holland send ships to the
'" . scene of blockade.
A negro charged with the murder
of a white man was lynched in Ala
bama. A cousin of King Alfonso of Spain
was arrested in an illegal gambling
bouse.
CONSPIRACY SUSPECTED.
Unearthing of Deep Plot May Result from
- Arrest of a Chinaman.
Portland, Dec. 25. Forged Chinese
certificates are being manufactured by
wholesale somewhere .on the Pacific
coast. At leaBt the federal authorities
have reason to believe so, facta having
come into their possession through the
arrest in San Francisco of Gen Chen,
who had in bis possession a counterfeit
certificate.
Abont a month ago Chinese Inspector
Dunn, of San Francisco, sent a certifi
cate to David M. Donne, collector of
internal revenue in Portland, for ex
amination. Mr. Dunne pronounced it
a forgery and the bolder. Geo Chen.
was arrested in San Francisco. The
forgery is a very clever one, the United
States dies being imitated to perfection
and every de.ail being minutely fol
lowed, even to the finished photograph.
The federal authorities here will not
give out definite information about the
case for fear it will defeat the ends of
justice, but it is known that in some
one of the cities of the Pacific coast a
counterfeiting company is turning ont
forged certificates. The fine workman
ship shows that the counterfeiters not
only have a thorough and intimate
knowledge of the inside workings of
the interior department as regards
Chinese affairs, but that they must be
ssessed of considerable . - means to
carry on the business in such minute
detail.
The tricks of the wily heathen have
given Uncle Sam trouble since the ex
clusion act was first put into effect. It
is . a constant warfare between their
cunning linked with that of dishonest
white men, and the federal authorities.
They are as resourceful as -Aladdin
with his wonderful lamp, a d as soon
as the officers-"tumble" to one of their :
garner they spring a new one. At the
present time, it is claimed-, there are
in circulation 150 forged copies of
habeas corpus orders issued by Judge
Be f linger: It is impossible to figure
out bow forgeries' of these orders, could
have been made without the connivance
of some of the attorneys handling the
cases, and Judge Bellinger, it in said,
has been aroused so that he threatened
not' only to disbar any attorney, on
.whom suspicion might fall, but to
prosecute him as well. .The orders are
issued in lieu of lost certificates and
pass for -such among the authorities
but a Chinaman getting a bogus one
generally uses it in another state, so
as to escape detection the more easily.
A few years ago the government ex
posed a certificate counterfeiting gang'
n San FjanciscG and . it is known .that
certificates have been manufactured in
Victorra, B. C, but it is believed the
present . company is operating on a
larger , scale than, ever before at
tempted. The prompt manner in which
the officers detected the forged certifi
cate' purporting to come from Portland
and presented in San Francisco, shows
that they are wide awake. .
NEEDS OF THE ARMY.
Corbin Explains Them and dives Reasons
forTavoring General Staff. '
Cleveland, O., Dec. 24. The fifty-
fourth annual dinner of the Cleve
land ' Chamber of Commerce,, which
was held here tonight, was made
notable because of the attendance of
several .men distinguished in war and
peace. The guests of . honor, were:
Governor Nash, Adjutant-General
.Corbiriv General S. B. tM. Young and
General A. R. Chaffee, U, S. A.; John
G. Milburn, of Buffalo, and Senator
Hafin'a-. These occupied the platform
table, at which also sat Tom L. John
son, , Myrpn T. Herrick and- others.
The first speaker was Governor Nash,
who referred . to the growth of the
State of Ohio, and especially of the
City of Cleveland. Ths next speaker
Was Adjutant-General Corbin, who
spoke to the toast "The Army and Its
Needs." . Major-General Corbin said
in part:
"We have much that is satis
factory; our officers and men are of
the best sober, brave and intelligent.
We are fortunate in having a perma
nent military establishment of vol
unteers. What is known as the reg
ular Army is in the highest sense a
volunteer army, every officer and man
taking service of his own motion.
But perfection of organization is de
manded a harmonious and intelli
gent method of co-ordination and di
rection. Laws for the administration
of the army have been drafted on the
statute books in many parts without
a. continuity of legislative thought, so
that, starting out with the Constitu
ional provision that the President
shall command the Army and Navy,
von soon overtake conditions which
baffle and bother those charged with
responsibilities connected therewith."
2,500 WERE KILLED.
Earthquake in Asia was Most Disastrous
Famine and Pestilence.
London;Dec. 25. A dispacth from
New . Marghelan, Russian Turkestan,
reports that the earthquake at Andijan
killed 2,500 people in and near that
city, and destroyed lti.OOO houses.
The rumblings continue. The author
ities so far have not been able to cope
with the destitution of the starving,
unsheltered people.
Coal Oil in Iowa. -Des
Moines, la., Dec. 24. Oil has
been discovered oozing from . the
banks of the Coon River, near Grant
City, in Sac County. A quart of the
oil sent to Ames College for an analy
sis is said to have been found to be
SO per cent. pure. The discoverer, a
woman, has quietly leased 60,000
acres in the locality.
For Reciprocity in Coal.
Washington, Dec. 23. Senator
Lodge introduced in the Senate a bill
authorizing the President to remove
the duty on coal coming into the
United States from Canada, when
ever the duty on coal from the United
States going into Canada shall be
removed.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Extensive Apple Canning I ndustry Driv
ing Logs Down Rogue RiverMarion
County's Prosperity Oregon an Ideal
Dairy Country Salem Growing Lots
''of Wood for Insane Asylum.
Salem is. making preparations to
enlarge her city limits. ,
The superintendent of' the Tunnel-
ton mines, in the Gold Creek district,
has ' gone to Denver to purchase a
milling plant for the development of
the properties.
Marion County's delinquent tax
roll for last year is only $3,000, the
smallest in the history of the county.
The original tax roll was for $221,000
of tax money. -
A joint "log-rolling" given by Asb-
land and Phoenix Camps, Woodmen
of the World, was largely attended by
delegations from Southern - Oregon
and . Northern California, and was a
grand success.
Burning of a heavy growth of tulles
on the shores, of the Lower Klamath
Lake attracted considerable attention
from the neighborhood of Ashland, 70
miles distant. The reflection on the
clouds - was very brilliant. The fires
were started to' clear off the wild hay
lands, while ice and snow would pre
vent spreading. - -
Prof. G.; L. McKay, head of the
dairy department of the State . Agri
cultural College of Iowa, says:
There is no . question in my mind
but that ua.iry" products and bacon
pork can be- produced cheaper in
Oregon than in any other country in
theworld."" Prof. McKay has visited
Holland, Belgium, . Denmark, Ger
many, and Eengand, and his investi
gations on this subject make him an
authority unsurpassed.
Candidates for U. S. senator are ex
ceedingly numerous. .
Linn county jail is full to overflow,
ing, the first time in several years. -
"The city elections at Monmouth were
very quiet, there being only one ticket
in the field."
A bobo was sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary for . stealing a jar of
jam. It was his second offense.
W. C. RuBseil, an actor, was ar
rested at Helix on the charge of having
played a copyrighted play without per
mission. '
Registration in Astoria previous to
the recent elections showed : more
foreign-born voters than native Amer
icans there.
The O. R. & N. contemplates putting
a dining car on its through trains and
cutting out the stop at the famous Log
Cabin eating bouse at Meacham for
meals.
About 30 members of the Marion
County Bar association will try to have
a continnal session of the criminal .de
partment of the state circuit court in
augurated at the conning session of the
legislature.
A drive of 100,000 feet of pine logs
is on its way down the Rogue river.
If the drive is successful many more
will follow, as there is a vast quantity
of fine sugar pine in the Upper Rogue
river country.
An extensive and profitable apple-
canning industry has been started up at
Lvnnton. There is an almost unlim
ited supply of the fruit good for cook
ing, but for which there is no market
in its natural state.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 70fi671c; blue
stem 78 79c; valley, 75 76c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per 'ton; brew
ing, $24.00. ....... .:
Flour Best grade, 3.60 4 10; grah
am, $3.203.60.
Millstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, $23.50; aborts. . $19.50;
chop, $18. -
Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.17):
gray, $1.121.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1011 ; clover,
$9.00; cheat, $89 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6070t
per sack; ordinary, 60b0c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.75
$2 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed,, lie;
young, 10c; hens, llllsc; turkeys,
live, 13 14c; dressed, 15,17J$;
ducks, $56 per dozen; geese, $6.5'
7.
Cheese Full cream, twins.. 16
17Kc; Young America, 17K186
factory prices, llc less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2730
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20
22c; store, 1518.
Eggs 25 35c per dozen.
Hops New crop, 2326c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12K15c; Eastern
Oregon, 814)c; mohair, 26 28c. .
Beef Gross, cows, 33e pe?
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 6 7c
Veal 7X8Xr.
Mutton Gross, 3c per pound;
dressed, 6c
Lambs Gross, 3c per pound :
dressed, 6c.
Hogs Gross, 6 Ji6c per pound
dressed, 7070.
' DEATfi .II 'COLLISION.
Ten Killed and Twenty-Seven More Badly
Injured on the Southern Pacific.
: Byron, CaL, Dec. 23. Ten persons
were killed and 27 injured in a col
lision last night between the . south
bound Los Angeles fowl" ... train and
the Stockton flyer. It was a rear-end
collision, the engine of the " local
plowing its ; way through the ' last
coach on the owl, which was" filled
with Fresno people. -? The passengers
who escaped Instant death were hurl
ed to the fore part ?of the coach,
crashed 'between the mass of debris,
their ; sufferings and . danger intensi
fied a hundredfold by the-clouds of
scalding steam poured out on . them
xom, the shattered boiler-" of . the
Stockton engine. H l " ; X
The "owl" left tne' Oakland Mole
about 5 o'clock, and on the way ; to
this point it. was noted that .there was
a leak ifi. the flue -of the engine.1 This
Increased to such an extent that it
was deemed advisable to stopJere
and take up a freight - engine for""re
lief. "The train officials knew ,.th.a.t
ltfwjmg a half ".hour beMndanL iflag-:
man was sent back down the track to
gve;warnih'of. the presbsee' o;-tfie
'owl." It is said that- the Stockton
train in charge of Engineer MaGuire
and Fireman "Joyce, got thesra.EBing
signal in due time and gave "tne""us-
ual response, -with whistle-, ; , blasts.,
tv uy tue incoming ixo-iii - way.: noi
checked, however, hasr not been thus
far explained, the-men who cdtftd Rive
Liie lctcis utiiL uuuiutrea ainuugiue
badly Injured
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LATER REPORT."
Dearth ' List Ha- M0w-aeJied;'2Srtb
- Four -More-hi Critical CondiHoaS
San Francisco, Dec. 25. The . latest
revised iijat of the victims of the railroad-collision
on the Southern Pacific
railroad near Byron station shows that
there are 25 dead. ; I " - . -
There are still 20 iniured survivors
of the accident, but the condition of
four of these is extremely critical, and
additional narces .may yet have to be
added to the death list.'- '
An official investigation into the
cause of the disaster has been begun by
Coroner Curry , of Con t?acosta county,
who . proposes to thoroughly sift the
evidence in order , to fix. the responsi
bility. . There appears lo be no doubt
that the Stockton flyer, which ran into
the Owl train", was signalled, "and that
the engineer 'responded with a .whistle
and- threw on tbe brakes.;-' The question
which remains open 48 whether or pot
the signal was given in time to avert
the accident, 1. ; ;. ;- . . ,
: CANAL PROJECT MAY FAIL.
Senator Morgan Says Title to Panama
Route Is Insecure.
Washingtont-)ec. 23. There were
20 sonators in their seats when the
Senate was called to order, for the
final session-:' before'-the Christmas
holidays'.. They-haM a vigorous ad
dress -by? Morgan6n th isthmian
canal negotiations ' '
. Mjorgan. contended for the making
good of contracts entered into "ty
President McKinley with Costa Rica
and Nicaragua. The negotiation of
these agreements he characterized as
a masterful act, and said they were
about to. be trodden under foot. Why
this was true was not a question for
a Democrat to solve, but he could, at
any rate, say. he did not agree with
the mind-readers and spirit medium8
who had since declared that Mr. Mc
Kinley did-not mean what he said in
the contracts. ;.
He then went on to express appre
hension that if the United States djd
not avail Itself of the opportunity to
build a canal by the Niearaguan
route, none. would be built, and he
said the appropriation of $180000,000
for the construction of the canal could
be covered into the Treasury; about
Juns.28, 1904, if not used before that
time. ' "-. .' .
. Attention. ' was- - called to the . fact
that urfuer the Colombian law, only
the . Congress of that country can rat
ify a. treaty. There had been no Con
gress there since 1899, and there was
not likely to be any .unless the, Pana
ma, Canal Company should. -pay its ex
penses out of the '$3,000,000 on hand
or the $40,000,000 promised " by the
United ' ' States. ' He ' therefore ex
pressed "apprehension that ar - treaty
that might be -accepted by - this gov
ernment would fail of; action in Co
lombia. '--'-! - . . .
After quoting from the concession
granted -to-the liquidations- of-lhe old
Panama Canal Company, which Mr.
Morgan said was also made a law- of
Colombia, he said: .
"It is a -surprise to jurists and lay
men alike, in our country that the At
torney General, in his opinion given
to the President on ; the right and
power ' of the new ' Panama Canal
Company to revoke a title . to the L
United States of its property in Pan
ama, omitted to notice the prohibi
tion fa - the: concessions- and In the
laws of Colombia, through which it
derived all its property rights in Co
lombia." To Create Game Preserves.
Washington, Dec. 24. Senator Per
kins, of California, today introduced
a bill authorizing the President to set
aside areas within forest reserves to
be preserved as breeding places for
wild animals, birds and fish.. Within
these areas all hunting, fishing and
killing of game is to be prohibited at
all times. The Senator has drawn his
bill along lines recommended by the
President, and", with a further view
largely to doing away with state pro
tection of game within reserves.
.- Successful Trial Trip, i ,
Rockport, Mass., Dec. 23. The trial
of the Monitor Nevada was held off
Cape Ann today. ''As timed from the
shore, the Nevada covered 26 miles in
2 hours, 9 minutes and 30 seconds, or
at the rate of 13 knots an hour, allow
ing nine minutes: for turning. Her
contract called for 11 knots.
MAYNOT ACCEW
ROOSEVELT DOES NOT WANT TO ACT
4 A51 VENEZUELAN ARBITRATOR.
Thinks That The Hague Tribunal Isrthe
Proper Court to Decide the Matter-
Should Allies Insist, He May Accept,
Although He Realizes the Difficulties
of the Undertaking.
Washington, Dec . 24. President
Roosevelt has not accepted the position
Of arbitrator of the Venezuelan
troversy. r; In fact, when the official
day closed be had not received formal
ly or officially a request from the Euro
pean powers that he act as arbitrator
of -the dispute. These . statements
were made on the highest authority. .
In an informal manner the nresident
has been notified that . the European
powers intimately concerned in - the
present South ;American difficulty "de-
oi3 no snouia unaertaxe tne re-
spionBlMlty of actiDk m arbitrator of the
Joints jBfc issue between them and. Vene-
- iuua jr iney merely nave
been aiing sbunaing8" with a view,
probably, of ascertaining bow he would
receive a formal proffer to act as arbi-
Jja-tof s-,Tbe .ptesdentj. as soon as he
iowiito ma urwi intimation mat ne
was desired to be arbitrator of the Ven-
ezuelan -conroverey 'expressed emphat-
ivauy uiH juugmen tnai -tqe matters to
Be arbitrated should be referred to The
agutr4bun'al. i.Iis .yiewa of tijejogv
gtsBuons maae nave ceen conveyed tc
tneuropeanower8. together With a
slypng piseBtaAonf his reasbnWbr
mo view ne nojas. JNvesponse of a
formal . nature to these representations
has been leceived.
The president and Secretary Hi v had
a long conference today after the. -for
mer s return from ' his Virginia trip.
They carefully went over the situation
as it had developed since Saturday, but
it is understood that nothing has arisen
during the-past 8 hours to- warrant the
president in changing his opinion as to
the undesirabhity' of his acceptance of
the position "of arbitrator.. . So far as
cajtt be learned, ho spe'cifiC'reaBons have
been advanced by the European powers
for objecting to the arbitration of The
Hague tribunal. It is held by the ad-
minibtratioa -that the tribunal at The
Hague was constituted to arbitrate att
such - controversies as that which, has
arisen between Venezuela and the
powers, and that it would be desirable
from this viewpoint that the d it-mute
should Ago to that tribunal for adjudi-
cation.'
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How 'strong are the objections which
the allied powers have to a reference 61
the Venezuelan difficulty to The Hague
tribunal is not known to the adminis
tration at this time. Evenuihe nature
of the objections, if there be any, is
not known. The negotiations looking
to the" selection of an arbitrator have
not progressed sufficiently yet to de
velop such objections as" ' the powers
liiay ha se. .''"'
DIAMONDS FOUND IN OREGON.
Big New York Firm Developing Mine in
Harney County.
Burns, Or., Dec, 25 The fulfill
ment of the prophecy made 30 years
ago by Professor Clayton, a geologist in
the employ of tbe , United States gov
ernment, that some day diamond mines
would be discovered in Oregon, is at
hand. .--'
- The mine is in the Blue .mountain
I range, 40 miles from Burns, " the seat
oi uarney county. There is no- ques
tion of the quality and quantity of the
precious gems, but' there is a question
as to theirs commercial value. The
stones thus far discovered are generally
too small for the trade. They aie no
larger than a small pinhead.; , A few
have been discovered that would sell
for from $30 to $300, but they are rare.
Were diamonds malleable like gold,
if there was any process known to sei
ence by which the miniature stones
could be welded together, then Harney
would no longer be known as the "cow
county," and Oregon would rank' with
the diamond producing regions of the
earth. r
- The commercial value of the dia
monds is now being determined by the
great diamond firm of. New York,
Tiffany' & ' Company, whoBe'" confidence,
in the new field -is sufficient to' warrant'
them in furnishing the capital for fur
ther development. . They are ecroperat
ing with the local owners, . , .
Tbe diamonds are found in layers of
volcanic ash. Geologists and mineral
ogists agree that the formation being
the volcanic ash 'of ancient origin, 'is
the same as that indigenous to South
Africa, where the largest diamonds in
the world, have, been exploited. " This
is the formation that Professor Clayton
referred to when observing the geolog
ical, conditions of Oregon in his offiical
capacity, 30 years ago. It is said to
be" next to the oldest formation found
on the North American continent, only
that through which the St. Lawrence
river runs being older. The layers
thus far mined yield only extremely
small stones, but it is expected and
hoped that other layers will be dis
covered that bear the precious gems of
commercial importance. '
To Wipe Out Coney Island Bowery.
New York, Dec. 24. The first im
portant step for the acquirement for
park purposes of 132 "acres of land at
Coney Island, thereby wiping out the
Island's - Bowery and -converting the
island into a national seaside resort,
has been taken. At a meeting attend
ed by many prominent residents
of Brooklyn - and officials the
plan was unanimously approved.
The assessed value of the land pur
posed to be acquired by the - city
amounts to $1,834,795.
PURE FOOD BILL.
Congress Passes Measure with Little Op
positionText of the Law.
Washington, Dec 23. The House
has passed the pure-food bill by
vote of 72 to 21 There was not
quorum present, but the ' point waa
not raised by the opponents of the
measure. The "speakers were Rich
ardson of Alabama, Hepburn of Iowa,
Gaines of Tennessee and Schirnr :of
Maryland, for the measure, and Chan
dler Ml Mississippi against it
' A bill was passed to donate a piece
of ground to Clallam, Wash.
At 3:30 the House adjourned.
What the Bill Includes. '
The pure-food bill inhibits the in
traduction into any state or territory,
or the District of Columbia, from any
other state or territory,- or from any
foreign country, or the shipment .to
any foreign country, of any article of
food or drug which is adulterated or
misbranded. The above inhibition is
made to apply to any etie shiDDins.
deliveringor receiving, within the re
gions named only, such food adulter
ated. Adulterations in the bill are de
fined as follows:
In .the case of drugs, if sold under
name recognized in the United
States Pharmacopeia, and the drug
differs from the standards . of
strength, quality and purity as deter
mined by the -test laid down in such
pharmacopeia, at the time of the in
vestigation, so that its strength or
purity falls below the professed stand
ard under which it is sold; If it be an
imitation of or offered for sale under
the name of another article; and, in
the case of a confectionery, if it con
tain terra alba, barytes. talc, chrome
yellow or other mineral substances,
or poisonous colors or flavors.
:In the case of foods, when any sub-
Stance is mixed with it so as to lower
or. injuriously effect its quality or
strength, so that such product, when
offered for sale, shall tend to deceive
the purchaser. "
"If any substance or substances have
been substituted so that the product
when sold shall tend to deceive the
purchaser. ,
' If any valuable constituent of an
article has been wholly or -in part ab
stracted. 'Tf it be an imitation of or offered
for sale under the .distinct name, of
another article.
If it be mixed, colored, powdered or
stained in a manner whereby dam
age or inferiority is conceded.
If it contain any added or poisonous
ingredient which -may render such ar
ticle injurious "to health.
If it is falsely labeled as a foreign
product or imitation of another sub
stance of a previously established
name, or which has been trade
mafked or patented. --..
plf - it consists, in whole' or in part.
of a filthy, decomposed or putrid an
imal or vegetable substance, or any
portion of animal unfit for food, or
if it is the product of a diseased ani
mal or one that has died otherwise
than by slaughter.
The last section of the. bill pro
vides that ny-article of food or d.rup
that is- adulterated or misbranded
within the meaning of this bill, and
is transported, or being transported,
from one state, to another for sale, o:
if it be sold in the District of Colum
bia or the territories,- or'4fit be im
ported from a foreign country, shaF
be, liable to confiscation by a process
of libel for condemnation in the
United States courts. Such goods, it
4t also provided, shall not be sold in
any state contrary to the laws
thereof. -
BLOCKADE IS ON.
All Venezuelan Ports are Closed; Grace
Allowed Ships En -Route.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 23
Admiral Douglas, of the British fleet,
has ordered '.the blockade of La Guay
ra, Carenero, Guanta, Cumana, Caru
pano and the mounths of the Orinoco
River. This blockade is now in ef
fect. . Days of grace are allowed as
follows:
To vessels sailing prior to the date
of the decree of blockade from the
West Indian ports and from the east
coast of the continent of America
Steamers, 10 days; sailing vessels, 20
days.
From other ports Steamers, 20
days; sailing vessels, 40 days.
Vessels in the blockaded ports will
be allowed 15 days to obtain clear
ances. Yiolaters of the blockade will
be liable under the law.
It is intimated here that the block
ade probably will not last longer than
30 days.
Germans; Hurried Them. '
Caracas, Dee. 23. When the Ger
man cruiser Falke captured the Ven
ezuelan schooner Victoria in the Gulf
of Maracaibo, the captain of the ves
sel wag given 10 minutes to. leave his
ship. A heavy sea was running at the
time, and the small boat in which the
Venezuelans disembarked was nearly
capsized. As- it was, "one of the
schooner's crew was drowned. It
has been learned that the captain of
the Victoria was not aware .of Ven
ezuela's difficulties with Germany and
Great Britain. -
- ... MARCHING ON CARACAS. .
Rebel Army of 10,000 Said to Be Coming
Towards the. Capital. . .
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 23.
It is reported here that the Venezu
elan revolutionary Generals Penaldza,
Rolando, Ttiera and Solague, with a
force said to number 10,000 men, are
marching on Caracas, and are be
lieved now to be near that city. Cable
messages coming from Venezuela to
this port are subjected to censorship.
. Chinamen Sent Back Home. -
New York, Dec. 23. United States
Commissioner Benedict has ordered
the deportation of 12 Chinamen who
had not been registered under the
exclusion act and could not show that
they arrived in the United States be
fore the passage of the act.
WIRES OUT OF DATE
WIRELESS MESSAGES EXCHANGED BE
TWEEN CANADA AND EUROPE, j
King of Great Britain and Governor Oen-
era! of Canada Exchange Greetings
Experiment was Entirely Successful
Practical Utility of Great Invention
- Fully Established. '
New York, Dec. 24. The following
dispatch from Marconi, ' dated Glace
Bay, N. S December 24. has been re
ceived by the Associated Press:
t I beg to inform you, for circula
tion, that I have PStnhllshaH mimU..
- ..v-v
telegraph communication between
Cape Breton, Canada and Cornwall,
England, with complete success. In
augatory messae-ea iniinH:n,
from the Governor-General of Canada
j iving toward VII, have . already
been transmitted
U.1 iu
tne Kings of England and Italy. A
message to the London Times has
also been transmitted in the presence '
of its special correspondent, D. Par
kin, M. P.
"G. MARCONI."
, Text of the Messages
London, Dec. 24. Th r.niiann
Times confirms the receiDt of a .mes
sage by wireless telegraphy from Mar
coni at Uape Breton, N. S. The text
of the wireiess message from the
limes correspondent, which was
transmitted from. Glace Bay N S. to
t-oinu, uornwall, is as follows:
"Being present at its transmission
in Signor Marconi's Canadian station,
I have the honor tn dohH i v. v.
limes, the inventor's ' first "wireless
trans-Atlantic message of greeting to
England and Italy."
Exchanged Compliments.
Ottawa, Ont,. Deo. 24. The follow
ing message, received by Lord Mintov
Governor-General of Canada fmm
Marconi today, shows that , wireless
trans-Atlantic telegraphy is a suc
cess: :v
"Gram Rav M a rizw. a tonn
-, iv.vj. . r , iffui.-
His Excellency, the Governor-General,
Government House, Ottawa: Have
the honor to inform Ynm. irr.0iunnn
1 --.-V.HV.llV.J'
that your message has been transmit-
"ie worn uape Breton to Corn
wall by wireless ttl
been forwarded to destination.
MARCONI."
Lord Mlnt.n telo
follows:
'Delighted at vrmr mowa
-r - , juoi
received. Warm pot- no-i-nt,, ,.i
on your splendid success.
VI ,--.vs. "filTNTO."
Hon. W. S. Fielding sent a telegram '.
of congratulation to Marconi tonight,
and Sir Richard Cartwright, Acting "'
Premier-, has cabled to England con
gratulating the British people o'n the
aew method of communication be
tween two countries.
WARSHIPS' FURNITURE.
American Navy to Be Fitted Throughout
With Fireproof Furnishings.
New York, Dec. 24. Steel furni
ture, made in the Brooklyn Navy
yard, will be used on the new chuis
er Baltimore. The furniture of the
state rooms, crews' quarters, the
commander's office, and even of the
show-room, will be of steel. Several
months -of experimenting on the part
of Naval Constructor Capps and his
assistant, Constructor Nutting, has
developed the fact that almost all the
essential furniture of a man-of-war
can be made of steel.
Serious damage was done during
the war with Spain by furniture on
the ships taking fire. The Baltimore
in the battle of Manila Bay was ser
iously damaged by such a fire.
The equipment of the Baltimore
with the new furniture will cost $30,
000. The old wooden furniture, hand
some and elaborate in design and fin
ish, did not cost .more than one-third
of that amount. All the ships of the
navy, are to .be fitted with - the steel
furniture as fast as the plant can turn
our the articles. The United States
Navy is the first to adopt' the fire
proof interior furnishing plan. ,
TRANSPORT CONTRACTS
-i -i 77... t'Cl-i
Portland Gets a Share, but LBuIk' of Bus-
'' ' loess Qoesj 'to ' Seaiftl
Washington; Dec, "23.-Tne fight
over Gpvernment. transportation bus
iness to arid from the Philippines is
closed.": ' President - WlnsorJ of the
Boston Steamship Company,- .waived
the condition in his. bid that hie line
should receive' three-fourths of the
Government business, and 'agreed to
take such shipments at. his contract '
rate as the. department sees fit to di
vert to Seattle and , Tacoma., Secre
tary Root, under these -circum'stances,
accepts the Puget; Sound i bid; and
from now until June '30 next al ship
ments of ' troops and supplies' tmade
from -Seattle or -Tacama will - go by
the Boston Steamship line. -.Under
the adjustment made today, I Port-,
land's status is unchanged Whenev
er hay,' oats, .lumber or other supplies
are . purchased tributary to , Portland,
they will be shipped from -that port
on vessels chartered for the trip, as
heretofore. Portland trade, will not
be monopolized by the Sound, but will
depend altogether upon the relative
bids at Portland, the Sound and San
Francisco. -. ...
Citizens Kill Highwayman. '
Ardmorei I, T., DeeY 24. T'wo ; high
waymen, heavily . armed, were at
tacked by a posse of citizens a& they
rode into " the town of Provence, in
the Chickasaw Nation last" night, and
an exchange of shots follqwed.' The
horse was shot from under one of the
men, George Slocum, and -finally he
was shot and captured. The second
man escaped. . Slocum died later. The
men are supposed to have engaged in
a bank robbery near Provence yesterday.