Corvallis gazette., February 05, 1904, Page 2, Image 2

CORVALLIS GAZETTE
Gazette Pabiisbbtff Co.
CORVALLIS ' OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DA?
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
. Presented in Condensed Form Most
t.ikely to Prove Interesting.
King Menelik will welcome American
capital in the development of Abys
sinia. ffecretary of War Taft holds that tar
iff concessions will largely make the
Philippines.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney is
seriously ill and his condition shows
little improvement.
The Lewis and Clark fair bill has
been introduced as an amendment to
the urgent deficiency bill.
The atturney general shows that the
bill to amend anti-trust laws would in
jure instead of aid commerce.
The present British parliament,
which has just opened, may witness the
downfall of the Balfour ministry.
The president's salary is insufficient
to meet the needs of his office. An
effort will probably be made to increase
it.
Russia cannot see howJ apan can re
ject her concessions.
The house has decided to allow no
extra mileage for the extra session.
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., made a mile
in less than a minute in an automo
bile. Secretary Hay does not think war
would greatly anect tne markets in tms
country.
Brazil will send a war vessel to the
1904 fair if there is no objection on the
part of the United states.
Los Angeles congregations have
united in oraver for rain on the
parched lands.
Newark. N. J., has a municipal lab
oratory which is turning out anti-toxin
in such quantities as to nurt tne C-ni
cago trust.
$ Government engineers are positive in
thn helifif that the onlv permanent re
lief for the Columbia at the bar is the
extension of the jetty. There is now
funds available for 9,000 feet. If the
present congress does not make provis
ion for a continuance of the work, the
pause in the jetty extension will cause
great loss.
Pope Pius is in ill health.
A Japanese warship is reported to
have fired upon a Russian steamer.
The British ambassador at St. Peters
burg has been informed that Russia
will make concessions to Japan.
The supreme court of Minnesota has
quashed the bribery indictment against
ex-Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis.
General Taft is now secretary of war.
President Roosevelt paid high compli
ments to Elihu Root, the retiring secre
tary. The senate has lequested the presi
dent to transmit Panama correspon
dence, if not incompatible with public
interests.
The house committee on Indian
affairs has decided to report favorably
the bill relating to the sale of lands on
the Grand Ronde, Oregon reservation.
Senator Ankeny is working hard to
have Fort Walla Walla retained as a
military post and it will be as a cour
tesy to the senator if it is not abol
ished. France deemes the Far Eastern situa
tion very warlike.
Natives in Morocc are commiting ter
rible atrocities on foreigners.
An alleged snubbing of Miss Alice
Roosevelt has put society at the capital
in a flutter.
The coroner'B jury has returned a
verdict of sucicde in the Whitaker
Wright case.
Russian troops are reproted to be
taking positions in Manchuria and on
the border of Corea.
George A. Rose, defaulting cashier of
a Cleveland bank to the extent or $ 17,
000, lost it all speculating in grain.
The senate will take the 1905 fair
bill up as soon as the Panama debate
is ended, and perhaps in the mean
time.
One hundred and five bodies have
been recovered from the mine in Penn
sylvania wheie the recent disaster oc
curred.
Extreme cold weather prevails in
Northern Michigan. Cattle were
frozen stiff in the barns. All outside
work is stopped. The thermometer
registers 48 degrees below.
The powers say mediation between
Russia and Japan is impossible. Rus
sia first suggested it.
A cace and engine at a Victor, Colo
rado, mine got beyond control and 14
men rode to their death.
The National Good Roads associa
tion, at a meeting in Washington,
adopted resolutions favoring the 1905
fair.
Roosevelt and Hanna are said to have
reached an agreement by which the lat
ter is not to be a candidate for presi
dent. Rescuers at the scene of the great
Pennsylvania mine disaster had to be
rescued. Few bodies have yet been recovered.
COLD RAIL SNAPPED.
Colorado Flyer Ditched While Running
Forty Miles an Horn.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 3. The Col
orado flyer on the Missouri Pacific rail
way was derailed near Miller. Kan.,
today while running at the rate of" 40
miles an hour.
The engine and the rear car,, a Pull
man, alone remained upright on the
track. The baggage car, mail car,
smoker and a chair car were thrown in
to the ditch, turning over and were
badly shattered. One person was
killed and 13 injured, one seriously.
The wreck was caused by the snap
ping of a rail, due evidently to the se
vere cold weather of the past week.
Physicians reached the scene promptly
and a relief train was hurried from Osa
watomie, starting east with the injured
during the afternoon.
At the time of the accident the train
was two hours late and was making up
time. It had no orders to stop at
Miller and went by at full speed, being
derailed on the outskirts of the town.
The engine and tender passed over the
defective rail safely.
The front trucks of the mail car
jumped the track and crashed into a
freight car on a siding. The baggage
car followed, pushed the mail car at
right angles across the track and both
the forward cars served to block the
smoker. The chair car following the
smoker partially telescoped the smoker
and the latter was rendered into kindl
ing wood. TbePullnan remained on
the track and aside from a severe shak
ing up the passengers in that car were
uninjured.
TIPS TRAIN OVER.
dale Causes Wreck in Colorado in Which
Five People are Hurt.
Denver, Feb. 3. A special to the
News from Idaho Springs, Colo., says:
A passenger train on the Colorado &
Southern railroad, which left Denver
this morning for Georgetown, was
wrecked by a gale, two coaches and a
combination baggage and express car
being blown over and badly damaged.
The engine and tender remained on the
track. Four of the train crew and one
passenger were injured.
The train had come to a standstill
about 1,500 feet from the station in
Georgetown, being unable to proceed
further because of the wind. While
waiting for the wind to subside, the cars
were lifted from the rails by the wind,
and forced over on their side. The
passengers and crew were thrown with
great force against the sides of the cars,
but were able to escape through the
doors and windows.
It was several hours before the news
of the accident could be sent to Denver,
as the telephone and telegraph wires
were prostrated by the wind. A spec
ial . relief train, sent from the latter
city, encountered poles and wires
strewn over the track in many places
and with difficulty reached its destina
tion. The severely injured were taken
to a hospital in Georgetown for treat
ment.
MANY PERISH ON DESERT.
Bodies of a Score of Men Found an the
Sands In Nevada.
Salt Lake, Feb. 3. The bodies of be
tween 20 and 30 men, who perished
from thirst while attempting to cross
the desert between Moapa and Los
Vegas, Nev., have been found within a
few weeks, according to advices re
ceived from the latter place.
The men, it is believed, were mostly
tramps who attempted to make the
long journey on foot without sufficient
supplies of food and water to carry
them across. Many of the bodies found
were without clothing, and it is be'
lieved that the victims had gone insane
from thirst and had wandered about in
a nude condition in search of water.
Some of the victims are supposed to
have used water from "Dead Man's
Well," which is located almost in the
center of the desert. The water from
this well, while temporarily aleviating
thirst, is sure death to those who drink
it.
Jlmlncz Has Lost All.
Washington, Feb. 3. According to
information received at the state de
partment, all the ports of Santo Do
mingo arevnow in the possession of the
Morales provisional government, which
succeeded the government of General
Wos y Gil. The Jiminez revolution
seems to have been stamped out,
though there has been no diplomatic
recognition of the Morales government.
United States officials in Santo Domin
go have entered into relations with it,
this step being necessary for the protec
tion of commercial business.
For Qreater Corps of Engineers.
Washington, Feb. 3. Secretary Root
sent to the senate today a report of the
general staff relating to the increase of
the engineer corps of the army, togeth
er with the draft of a bill whose passage
he recommends. The bill proposes
that the corps of engineers, when in
creased, shall consist of one chief of en
gineers, with the rank of brigadier gen
eral; 12 colonels; 18 lieutenant colon
els, 36 majors, 40 captains, 40 first lieu
tenants and 38 second lieutenants.
Mississippi Town Wiped Oat.
Greenville. Miss.. Feb. 3. Fire at
Hollendale destroyed every building in
the town except two dwellings ; loss
$200,000. The fire started in a negro
restaurant and a high wind fanned the
flames to such proportions that the vol
unteer fire fighters could not stay its
progress.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
WITH BARK ON.
Bis Fir Sticks Sent to St. Louis to Re
produce Fort Clatsop.
Rainier The Wilson Case lumber
company has shipped four cars of lum
ber for the Oregon state building at the
St. Louis fair. The order is a peculiar
one in that the bark is left on one side
of each stick of timber.
Some of the timbers are 40 feet long,
with two faces 10 inches wide and one
face 7 inches, while the fourth face
is round, with the bark still clinging
to it. The palisade timbers are 11
feet long, with one 10-inch and two
four-inch faces.
It requires 17,000 feet of these slabs
to enclose the grounds around the
building. The building and enclosure
will be a reproduction of old Fort Clat
sop and the stockade surrounding the
fort.
This is probably the only consign
ment ot the kind ever shipped from the
state, and Mr. Leeper, the manager,
says that it will probably be the last
A great deal of trouble was experienced
in getting trees that were not too large
and that would run the same thickness
from which to cut the timbers, to give
the right curve on the round side
Another difficulty was experienced in
getting trees on which the bark was
still firm.
The sap is now up and the bark peels
off very readily. This is not common
ly the case, but this winter has been so
mild that the sap raised much earlier
than usual. It will be hard for St
Louis people to understand that when
these trees were cut eight degrees farth
er north than the city of St. Louis, and
in a country where the thermometer
has not registered zero in 40 years, and
while the weather was so warm here
that the sap in the trees was up on the
15th of January and at the same time
in St. Louis the thermometer was 22
degrees below zero.
NOT ENOUOH FLAX RAISED.
Mill WUI Be Built When the Acreage
Reaches 1,000.
Salem Threshing flax seed out of
the straw and spreading the straw in
fields to rot is now in progress at Eu
gene Bosse's flax establishment at this
place. Twenty men are engaged at the
threshing house and 15 men and boys
are employed to spread the straw on a
field just east of town. Two hundred
tons of straw will be spread out evenly
over 60 acres of land and left exposed
to the weather until it has rotted
enough for the scutching mill. It
will then be put through a scutching
mill, which will turn out clean flax
fiber. The fiber will be stored away to
await the building of a linen mill.
"The erection of a linen mill here in
the Willamette valley is delayed only
by the lack of a supply of fibre," said
Mr. Bosse. "It won't do to build a
mill to run two or three months in the
year. We must have enough fibre to
keep a mill running the year around.
That will take 4,000 acres of flax.
Whenever we can get that we will have
raw material enough to operate with
and a mill will be built."
Mr. Bosse has 260 acres of land
leased for flax raising purposes, and the
farmers of this vicinity will put in
about 100 acres more this season. Mr.
Bosse thinks the amount should be in
creased this year to 1,000 acres and in
a year or two increased to 4,000 acres.
Albany Mills Start Up.
Albany The Bannockburn woolen
mili company has started the big Al
bany woolen mills in operation. Work
was commenced on fine cloth for suit
ings. The mills had been idle for some
time and many men were thrown out
of employment thereby. When the
Bannockburn company purchased the
mills they were immediately leased to
the Oregon City company, which closed
the plant down at the end of three
months. Albany people were appre
hensive lest the mills would not be put
in operation again soon.
Telegraph to Wallowa.
Elgin Arrangements are about com
pleted for a telegraph line from- here
to Lostine. It will be used in connec
tion with the telephone wire. ' It will
be worked on a duplex system, both
circuits being on one wire, and will be
directly connected with the Western
Union office here. Residents of Wal
lowa county are now anxious for a rail
road. All freight hauling has to be
done by wagons, and the roads are not
of the best.
' Biggest Plant In the West.
Hiilsboro C. T. Rogers, of Detroit,
Mich., and one of the largest manu
facturers of condensed milk machinery,
has arrived here, and will superintend
the installation of the new machinery
for the big Hiilsboro plant. Mr. . Rog
ers says that this plant will - be the
largest west of the Mississippi river
and that no plant in the world will
have a more modern equipment.
Nugget Worth Forty Dollars.
Grants Pass A $40 nugget has been
brought in from the Jewell, Moore &
Hayes, placer on Oscar creek. This
mine is one of the most noted producers
of heavy pieces in the entire mineral
district and Oscar creek, only a small
stream, has become widely famous for
the nuggets taken from it.
Opp Mine Resumes Operations.
Jacksonville The Opp mine, located
two miles west of Jacksonville, and
which has been idle for more than a
year, was started up last week by the
owner, J. W. Opp, and the mill is be
ing run day, night and Sunday on ore
that is producing good values.
QRAIN AND FRUIT GIVE PROMISE.
Jackson County Will Not Have Sufficient
Wheat, but Fruit in Plenty.
Jacksonville Reports from all parts
of JackBon county are that the winter
wheat is .in fine condition, both as to
stand and growth. The acreage for
this year is more than twice that of last
year, yet so much wheat land has been
given over to orchard and alfalfa that
it is certain there will not be enough
wheat in Rogue river valley this year
to supply the local demand, a con
dition that has prevailed for several
years past.
There is a large quantity of alfalfa
hay yet held in the valley. The larger
number of stockmen fear a hard winter
and a slight shortage in the crop last
season tempting the alfalfa growers to
hold for high prices. The hay is now
$15 to $16 a ton, but may not go high
er, as the winter has been open and
stockmen have required but little hay
for their stock. From the amount of
seed being handled bv local dealers,
the acreage of alfalfa will be increased
fully 20 per cent in this valley this
year.
Apple, pear, cherry, prune, peach
and almond trees are in fine condition
and the yield will be up to the usual
standard for Rogue river. The vine
yards are also in fine shape. The fruit
acreage of Rogue river, while very
large, wlil be increased by this winter's
plantings fully 15 per cent, apples and
pears leading the list;
STOCK HAS WINTERED WELL.
Baker County Has Had Very Favorable
Weather So Far.
Baker City Stockmen are congratu
lating themselves on their success in
wintering their sheep, horses and cat
tle so far this winter. The weather
has been very favorable. While it has
been cold there has been no severe
storms or blizzards.
Feed, while expensive, has been
plentiful. Most of the ranchers raised
their own hay, and while it is worth
big money, the cost to the rancher who
owns his own hay land is compara
tively light. The man who has to buy
hay to feed range stock is not so well
off this year.
Mile of Macadam Road.
Jacksonville The Jacksonville board
of tradn has undertaken to secure the
building of a mile of macadam road on
that section of the Jacksonville-Medford
road from this place to the junction of
the Medford-Central joint roads. A
20-foot width turnpike will be thrown
up, the material for which will be grav
el from Jackson creek, the channel of
which adjoins this road. In removing
the gravel for the road a straight deep
channel will be made for the creek, to
prevent floods from injuring the road
way, as has occurred.
Work on Irrigation Ditch.
Pendleton C. G. Morey, principal
of the Umatilla public schools, was in
Pendleton last week. He is authority
for the statement that 50 men are em
ployed on the irrigation ditch being
run from the Umatilla river, about a
mile above Umatilla, to a point of 15
miles or more below. The ditch is to
be run through the little town of Irri
gon, which has derived its name from
the first syllable of irrigation and the
last syllable of Oregon.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7475c; blue
stem, 7980c; valley, 7880c.
Barley Feed," $20 per ton ; brewing,
$2020.50; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $3.753.85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.904.10;
clears, $3.553.75; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.24.50; graham, $3.75; whole
wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.504.75.
Oats No. 1 white, $10.7M1.10;
gray, $1.051.07 per cental.
Millstuffs Bran, $1818.60 per ton ;
middlings, $26, shorts, $19.5020;
chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $16018 per ton;
clover, $1213; grain, $121S; cheat,
$1212.
Butter Sweet cream butter, 32 Kc
per pound ; fancy creamery, 30c ; choice
creamery, 2527c; dairy, 2022c;
store, 12aJl4c.
Butter Fat Sweet cream, 31c; sour
cream, 29c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 14c;
Young America, 15c.
Poultry Chickens .mixed, ll12c
per pound ; springs, small, 1314c;
hens, 1212e; turkeys, live, 17
18c; dressed, 20c; ducks, $89 per
dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch; 2627c per
dozen.
Vegetables Turnips, 65c per sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 75c
$; cabbage, l2c; red cabbage,
lHc, lettuce, head, 15c per dozen;
parsley, 25c; tomatoes, $1.502 per
crate; cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen;
celery, 60c ; pumpkins, lc per pound ;
onions, Yellow Danvers, $1.101.25
per sack.
Honey $33.50 per case.
Potatoes Fancy, 8090c per sack;
common, 6080c; sweets, 2Kc in
sacks; 2c crated.
Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwins and
Spitzenburgs, $1.50 per box; cooking,
75c$l.
Hops Choice, 2627c per pound;
prime, 25c; medium, 24c.
Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern
Oregon, 120 15c; mohair, 3235c.
Beef Dressed, 67c per pound. .
Mutton Dressed, 67Mc per pound;
lambs, 7c.
Veal Dressed, 89c.
Pork Dressed, 647e.
WAR IN A MONTH.
Colombia Determined to Have a Force
on the isthmus.
New York, Feb. 2. This cable dis
patch was leceived here last night from
an official source in Bogota, according
to the Sun: "
"The government is helpless in its
efforts to prevent war In less than a
month from now 10,000 men will be on
the isthmus." -'.'
This information confirming rumors
cabled from Panama yesterday that Co
lombia intends organizing and sending
an expedition against Panama, comes
as a surprise, in view of the changed
attitude of the Colombians who had ap
parently accepted the inevitable and
depended on General Raphael Reyes,
the epecial envoy to Washington, to
save what he could from the wreck,
says the Snn.
General Reyes was to have sailed yes
terday for Barranquilla on the steamer
Valencia, but for the - second time he
deferred his departure. General Pedro
Nelispino and Dr. Lucas Cabellero, col
leagues of General Reyes on the Colom
bian mission, sailed on the Valencia.
The story continues:
On seemingly good authority it is
said that General Reyes lemains here
because his negotiations with the state
department at Washington have not
been completely broken off and that he
has a tentative promise from this gov
ernment that Colombia will be taken
care of with a pecuniary balm for het
injured feelings.
'No comments could be solicited from
General Reyes at the Hoffman house
last night on the threatening dispatch
from Bogota.
PRISON DAYS ENDED.
Mrs. naybrick. Held for Poisoning Her
Husband, Liberated.
London, Feb. 2. Lloyds Weekly
Newspapers says this morning that
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American
woman who was serving a life sentence
for having poisoned her husband, was
released from Aylesbury female prison
at 6 :45 o'clock on the morning of Janu
ary 25 on special license. Her moth
er, the paper says, had visited her Sat
urday, January 23, and evidently was
the bearer of important news. The
governor of the prison on Sunday con
ferred with the prison officials with a
view to arranging for the departure of
the prisoner, which was carried out
very quietly. Mrs. Maybrick, accom
panied by one of the prison matrons,
entered a closed carriage and drove to
Aylesbury station, where she took a
train for London. She drove from
Euston station and from there went to
a private house not far from the me
tropolis. She will remain there for a short
period in order to recuperate and to
await the completion of certain form
alities which will give her a freedom of
movement not allowed by persons on
ordinary ticket-of-leave.
Mrs. Maybrick, the paper continues,
during the last few months in prison
was employed in the lightest work, as
a reward for good conduct.
RUSSIA LEAVES IT TO JAPAN.
War Is Said to Depend Entirely on Two
Eventualities.
Paris, Feb. 2. It is understood here
in best informed diplomatic circles that
Russia's reply to Japan will be concil
iatory, but will differ in no essential
manner from her attitude already de
clared.
The French government has been
informed of every step taken by Russia
in reaching a decision, but the full ten
or of her reply has not yet reached the
foreign office. The Gaulois quotes a
higher authority as follows :
"Russia will not declare war unless
she is attacked by Japan. This is the
will of the czar and the fundamental
base upon which negotiations will be
continued. At St. Petersburg it is be
lieved Japan, despite her beligerent
attitude appreciates the madness of en
gaging in war.
"Russia is ready to give satisfaction
to the legitimate claims of the Japan
ese on the condition that her interests
are safeguarded. At this hour war de
pends upon two eventualities, an attack
by Japan or a local incident in Corea
necessitating military intervention."
No dold Coin In Vaults.
Washington, Feb. 2. For the first
time in many years the treasury finds
itself without any gold coin in its
vaults. It is explained that this con
dition is the result of an unprecedented
demand for gold certificates during the
time when the mints have been fully
employed in coining Philippine silver
and subsidiary silver for the United
States. The increased demand for gold
certificates which could only be issued
for gold coin in the treasury came
about through the needs of the large
banking institutions.
Wants Canteens in Use.
Washington, Feb. 2. Rear Admiral
R. D. Evans, commander in chief of
the Asiatic . squadron, writes to the
navy department that desertions in his
command have been reduced to a mini
mum. He say 8 the worst drawback to
discipline has been the excessive use of
alcoholic drinks. Admiral Evans
recommends the establishment of can
teens in the navy, where beer and light
wine may be sold to the men. to be
taken with their meals.
Foreigners in Grave Danger.
Canton, China, Feb. 2. Placards
were posted about this city during the
night inciting the natives to attack and
burn the shamein (suburbs) which is
the European quarter. The consuls
have demanded protection of the
viceroy.
RUSSIA IS READY
HAS CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS WITffc
JAPAN FOR A PURPOSE.;
Preparations for War Have Been Quietly
Keeping Pace With Those of Japan
Concessions are Now at an End
Reply to Last Note Will Ignore De
mand Regarding Manchuria.
St. Petersburg, Feb: 3. It has been
known for months past that Russia has
been steadily strengthening her army
and navy in the Far East to meet the
preparations which Japan was openly
making. The available warships were
dispatched to the Far East and the last
division, which left the Mediterraneans
a month ago, is now nearing its desti
nation. Quietly, but surely, it" was
necessary that Russia's preparations
should keep pace with those of her dip
lomatic adversary. The feverish ac
tivity of Japan during the last few
weeks naturally increased the distrust
of her ultimate intentions and the
Russian authorities have been pushing-,
their precautionary measures with
more vigor.
It is understood that six or seven
military trains have been going east
daily over the Siberian road and the
chartera .of some ships for the Pacific
have been canceled, because the water
route was considered too slow. ; -i
The draft of Russia's reply probably
will be submitted to the czar tomor
row. The Associated Press is assured
that it will be pacific and should "lead
to a eettlemnet." The Associated
Press informant reiterated what he said
a few days ago: "We have conceded 1
much already, and we are ready to con-
cede more, but some things we cannot
grant. From our standpoint the Man
churian question was settled by Rus
sia's circular note to the powers recog
nizing all the Chinese treaties. Why
should Japan demand more than the
other powers?"
Chinese coal exclusively has been
purchased for the Russian fleet. The
authorities now feel that the situation
is secure should Japan reject Russia's
proposition.
FIQHT AQAINST AMERICAN MEAT.
Austrian Agrarians Protest at Efforts,
for Importation,
Vienna, Feb. 3. The efforts of the
municipal council to reduce the price
of meat to the people of Vienna, by se
curing the importation of trans-Atlantic
meat products are meeting with
very strong opposition from the agrar
ian interests.
Associations of farmers and cattle
men and peasants' unions throughout
Austria have addressed telegrams of
protest to the ministry of the interior
and the city council, urging that irre
parable damage would be done the agri
cultural interests of the country if meat
from the other side of the Atlantic
were permitted.
The butchers of Vienna, being op
posed to the sale of foreign meat, the
pork butchers' association has taken up.
the matter and now announces that the
first shipment of Argentine beef to Vi
enna will arrive here next Tuesday. It
appears to be very doubtful, however,
whether the government will . permit,
this shipment to be sold.
SBALINQ TRADE MAY SUFFER.
War in the Orient Would Cause Aban
donment of Oood Field.
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 3. Should
war break out between Russia and Ja
pan, one branch of British Columbia's
industries sealing would suffer. In
fact, the possibility . of conflict is al
ready having its effect. After the
Behring sea arbitration, the sealers of
Victoria found a new ground across the
Pacific off the Corean coast. For sev
eral seasons schooners have annually
set sail for the Orient. This year the
trip must be abandoned, and the hunt
ing will have to be confined to off the
California and British Colombia
While war between Russia and Japan
would not necessarily stop the schoon
ers operating under the British flac i.
- 0, - -
would involve them in danger. The
sealers nave been "up against it" so
much in the past that thev do not care
to run risks.
Canal Company Has Own Troubles.
Paris, Feb. 3. A number of the
stockholders of the original Panama
canal company have signed a petition
to the minister of justice, M. Valle,
praying for an injuntcion against- M.
Gautron. the liquidator of the com
pany, and the appointment of a new
liquidator on fhe ground that M. Gaut
ron is incompetent to protect their in
terests. An American official said to
night that this petition amounted to
nothing, as the entire question had
been fully considered by the courts
already.
Men and Operators Both Dubious.
Indianapolis, Feb. 3. The Indiana
Ohio, Illinois and Western Pennsylva
nia coal operators' and miners' joint
scale committee got to work today on
the counter demands presented in open
joint conference last week. Both oper
ators and miners fear a disruption of
the present central competitive agree
ment, and today there are indications
that it will begin with the Illinois
operators granting practically the full,
demands of the miners.
Miser Starves to Death.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 3. An old wo
man who for 20 years past has resided
in a small room in this city has been
found dead of privation. The officials
who went to her room to seal up her
furniture discoveied $8,000 in a cup
board, and a further search resulted in
the finding of securities valued at $1,
000,000. The woman leaves no heirs.