Heppner Gazette
.
Issued Thursday of Each Week
HEPPNER OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
A universal suffrage bill has boon
passed in Austria.
Senator Fulton lias a remedy for the
Japanese problem.
The United States leads all countries
in the production of preoiosu metals.
The drug combine has been declared
an illegal trust by a Philadelphia court .
Alleged revolutionists continue their
reign of bloodshed across the Mexican
border.
King Menelik, of Abyssinia, is near
dentil and a war for his successor will
follow.
A mob of masked men plundered and
burned a plant of the tobaceco trust in
Kentucky.
The St. Paul railroad has increased
its capital for the purpose of Pacitic
coast extensions.
Texas bandits threw the express mes
senger from the train and looted the
car at their leisure.
Thirty states will be represented at
the conference at Pes Moines fo rdirect
senatorial elections.
It is estimated that elections for
members of the English parliament
oost OS cents per vote.
One governor of a Cuban province
has resinned rather than reinstate vari
ous officers in his province, who he de
elared were assassins.
The Illinois Central will spend $2,
000,000 elevating its tracks in Chicago.
One day recently 4,050 steerage pas
sengers arrived in New York from Eu
rope. There is a coal shortage in San Fran
cisco and the price lias been boosted $:
per ton.
At its next session congress will be
asked to pay fur entertainments by our
foreign atnl.wssiK.lors and ministers.
It is alleged that an attempt lias been
made to poison one of the T witnesses
in the land fraud trials now on at Salt
Lake.
ANNUAL RIVE3 AND HAR30R BILL
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Calls lor $50,000,000 Yearly.
The national government, for the
past ten years, lias provided, for the
benefit of commerce- and agriculture,
from which is derived its entire reve
nue, less than per cent of the total to
improve our natural and economic
highways rivers and harbors.
At this rate, the amounts received by
the greatest natural highway ot the
West, the Columbia river, for the
deepening of its mouth, would be so
small that each year's work would be
carried away by storms before the next
appropriation would bo available. The
amounts allowed for the last twenty
years have to a great extent been wast
ed in this manner, because no one ap
propriation was sutlicient to complete
the project, and money which, spread
out over a great many years was almost
useless, would have given the great
highway of Oregon, Washington and
Ida bo, if appropriated at one time, a
forty foot channel at its mouth.
However, even with the fifty million
dollars annual appropriation,, which
they are striving for, and will get, our
proportion, considering present ap
proved and meritorious subjects, would
he insufficient to carry on the work at
the mouth of the Columbia properly.
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NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
STATE LAND SALES LESS.
Ninety Per Cent Decrease During the
Last Two Years.
Salem Sales of state land during the
years 1005 and 1000 amounted to only
47, 0;7 acres, or about 1 1 per cent as
much as in the preceding two years,
when the sales aggregated over 23:5,000
acres. 1 ins decrease oi nearly tier
cut is due chiwtlv to the act of the lcg-
REFORM SCHOOL'S NEW NAME
Superintendent Looney Renews Re
commendation to Legislature.
Salem That the name of the State
Keform school should be changed to
State Industrial school is the recom
mendation made by Superintendent X.
II. Ixxtnev of that institnt illll ill his lii.
ennial report. This recommendation
has been made before and two attempts
have been made in the Wintum u
islature in raising the price from $1.25 cure a change in the name, but in each
to $2.50 per acre, but is also due in instance the effort failed. Mr. Ioonev
m it to the course of the State Land , "lso recommends the establishment of a
ml in heidtminL' orosecut on of sn.c ","""K" ur.i gins and me
.. . - 0 x i
ulators who were purchasing state land
in violation of law.
The decrease in receipts is not so
great, however, for those who bou
! or tins reason, it is understood, tlitTi
will be a bill introduced at the coming
state legislature ot Oregon to create a
taxing district; issue 20 and 40 year
bonds and go before congress with an
offer of one million dollars if the gen
eral government will add to it sutlicient
to complete the entire project for the
improvement of the mouth of the Co
lumbia, or, if they will put such im
provement on a continuing contract
basis.
Congress has shown a disposition to
help the localities that help them
selves, as in the case of Philadelphia,
which appropriated $."oo.(H0 for its
harbor, and congress shortly afterward
added the necessary sum for the com
pletion of tbt1 project. Oregon and
Washington cannot show the trade as
yet that merits and gets large appro
priations, and there semes to bono
reason why they should not accelerate
the improvement of their rivers and
harbors in the above manner, part icu
larly as our harbors shuold be made
better at once to get and hold a great
and growing Oriental trade, and our
river improved to lower our present
high railroad rates. There seems also
to be no good reasoon why posterity
should not bear a part of the burden
m me way ot long term bonds, as tiiey
get the great benefit.
construction of a cottage for small bovs
so they may be kept by themselves and
not be thrown into association with
larger boys. He asks for an appropria
tion of $00,800 for the ensuing two
VilTa TllJl imiinoni.;..!:,,., f it A
md prior to the advance in price have v , "J 7-7" , ' ' , 1,11 1 T
1 ' two years was $; i. o. The muii ur
of boys in the school is ()(!.
Chaplain E. W. St. Pierre recom
mends that the maximum age i , oich
boys may be committed to the reform
school be raised from Hi to IS years, so
t hat some boys now being sent" to the
slate penitentiary may be sent to the
reform school and "their reformation
niat.e more probable, but he would tir.-t
been making payments from time to
time. The total receipts for the two
years ending September .'SO, l!)0ti, were
$47o, StKS.HO, as compared with $(17i,
004 .5S for the preceding two years.
The great decrease in receipts resulting
from the diminution of sales will he
apparent in the next two or throe
vears, when deferred installment- n
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previous sates win nave oeen i ami uuiiumgs in Wllien the older
there will be little money due on sales boys nay be kept separate from the
made during 1005 and PKiti. Nearly '' youi g 'r. Speaking of the proper scope
all sales of state land are made on the of the institution, lie says that "the re
installnient plan, the purchaser taking form school should never be made a
three or four years to make his pay- convenience to anybody. Criminally
ment. j negligent parents should not be accom-
The falling off in business in the modated by being relieved of t heir ehil
stato land office in tho last two years is drens' support and care without being
evident not onlv from the decrease in niade'to pa v' for it."
acreage sold, but in the number of oer-
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Main Task B tore It Will Be the Ap
propriaiion Bills.
Washington, Pec. Ii. T)ic passage of
the appropriation bills and as little
other general legislation as possible
such in brief is the forecast for the
short session of the 511th congress, which
will begin at high noon today.
There has not yet been time for as
general an exchange of views among
members as is ordinarily desired by
loaders before expressing their views.
but all seem to regard the present situ
ation as so simple as to need compara
tively little intercourse to arrive at an
understanding. It is evident, for vari
ous reasons, that it will not be possible
to do mucch on the appropriation bills
before the holidays, and the circum
stance will have the effect of condensing
the consideration of the 14 regular sup
ply measures into two months.
Considering that the aggregate of the
appropriations to bo considered will
approximate $1 ,000, 000, 000, some sen
ators and members express the opinion
that congress cannot do better than
give all of its time to these measures.
The report' on the ship subsidy bill
probably will Ik? an except ion to 1 he
rule for no general legislation. The
friends of that measure have never been
more insistent than now. I hoy art
extremely hopeful, and yet very apprehensive.
Tin
TRUE BILLS TO
BE REPORTED
Federjl Grand Jury at Salt Lake Cliy
Finds Evidence of Fraud.
Union Pacific Railroad, Oregon Short
Lire, Union Pacific Coal Corr -pany,
and Two C ffuials of These
Companies, Are To Be Indicted
for Land Stealing.
titicatos of sale and deeds
ing 1(10:5-04 there were is?
titicatos of sale and 1,(112
ing 1(11)5-00 there were is
certificates of sale and (is
issued. I dir
tied 1 ,745 cer-
deeds. Iur--ued
only 22(
7 deeds. The
amount now due on outstanding certifi
cates of sale of school land is $400.-
Good Showing of Athena Mill
Athena An idea of the magnitude of
the business done at the (louring mills
of the Preston-Parton Milling company
at this place may be had from the rec
ords fif the company's ollice, which
cIumi- th.if 'Joe. ...,... .1.: i
. 1 . 1 Ir ,1 i. Nim .(.M.tii.- imu- MUM It'll ll 'I
.''. (0, or onlv about half the amount n, r i,,-,, ,( c i i- ,
, . - the Washington x (. olunibia Kivor rail-
lue two vears ago. .,.,. . , ,T , . , .
'iw inin .liuuiiin i in .MivcwmtT 1 oi
this year. I'p to October 1 200 cars
were shipped over the Oregon Kail road
it Xavigat ion company's road, making
a total of (ISO. This mill turns out
about 050 barrels of flour every 24
hours when running full capacity.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Pec. 1. It is
understood that the Federal grand jury
now hearing testimony concerning the
gigantic grab of coal and timber land
by railroads and coal companies, has
voted to return indictments against the
I'nion Pacific Kail road company, tho
Oregon Short Line, the I'nion Pacific
Coal company, and two officials of these
J companies w ill be included when tho
i indict merits are returned. It is said
(the bills would have been reported out.
J before now, but the government ofli
jcials are waiting to hear additional
'evidence at Pueblo mid Penver next
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The indictments will charge tho do-
ill has passed tho senate and is "' " on.aming gov-
in committee in the house. Tho com- ! I'1'","."'"1 1:1,1,1 '' subornation of perjury
mittoo has heretofore heel. .mite evenly ' 1,1 I ring persons to swear that they
.livid., I !,( il, i.-,..,t,,. ,.( H. i.iii wore making entry upon the land for
believe that they will bo able to get if
out in tine season and they hope lor its
consideration when once reported tt
house.
the
RELATIONS ACUTE.
READY TO SETTLE.
Tenement house residents of New
York's East Side have begun a war on
butcher shops for raising the price of
meat .
Realty in Victoria, 15. C, has in
creased 25 per cent in value on the an
nouncement of improvements by the
Canadian Pacitic.
A new all-Canadian mail service re
cord has been established by the trip has been sent
.. T 1 a - - . l
iroui ivoiuiou ut aneouver, n. c, be
ing made in 11 days.
Investigation has shown that large
amounts of money intended to relieve
Russian famine sufferers has been pock
eted by those intrusted with the funds.
Pritish Columbian Indians are in the
Jiabit of selling their girls as soon as
they are ol denough to find a buyer.
An effort is to be made to stop the prac
tice. With the thermometer standing near
the zero mark a large number of prom
inent citizens of Payette, Inaho, held
up a coal train and took two airs for
their own use. Thve were prevented
from taking moreb y a prornis eof relief
by the railroad company.
The use of tolaeoo in any form is be'
ing driven from the university at Lin
coln, Neb.
The Canadian governoment has agreed
to place a lifeboat service on the south
ern po-tion of Vancouver island coast,
the marine graveyard.
The Alabama fireat Southern rail
road has given an inerense of 5 or cent
in wages to all its employes receiving
less than $i'oo per month.
In thel nterstate Coinmere hearing at
Salt Lake a witness declared the Prion
Pacifier ailroad prevint-d oj. position
from acquiring coal lands by the use of
dvnamite.
Ir. I. P
tion in the
Pi
P
arrows, director of oduon-
h in prunes, savs the is
lands are in g'Kcl condition generally
Fpeaking. There is no market for sugar
and loba'vo.
Daly Estate Negotiating With Govern
ment for Terms.
Washington, Pec. 4. Word has been
received by the Ltnd department hero
that the estate of Marcus Palv has
offered to settle the now famous timber
cutting suit begun against it years ago
by the payment of .fl5n,otio. A spe
cial agent of the department of Justice
to Helena, Mont., with a
view ot nogot rat ing with the attorneys
of the Paly estate, and tho prospect is
that a settlement will be reached.
The suit against the estate is for
damages amounting to 1,.'!5(i,(mmi.
The case is of vast importance to the
government, in view of the fact that it
is the tirst of many timber claim suits
which will be tiled to obtain damages
for unlawful decimation of the t imber
of the West, which has been going ,on
for the last decade or more. The suc
cess of the government in the Paly
case undoubtedly will have the effect
of inducing other perpetrators of timber
frauds to seek settlement.
Elk Protected by Law.
Salem Overlooking an act of the
pecial session of the Oregon legislature
in KM),'?, quite a number of people have
'gained the impression that after Janu
ary 1, KH.)7, it will be lawful to kill
elk, and it is known that several hunt
ers art planning to go to the mountains
elk hunting after that date. Put the
legislature of loo:! anticipated a lapse
in the law protecting elk by enacting a
law which expends the protection until
September 15, Ko7, and after t hat time
elk may be killed only from September
15 to October 15, and only one in a sea
son by any person. j
Spraying Decision Satisfactory.
McMinnville Nothing recently has
given the conscientious fruit raisers of
this county more real joy than the de
cision of the courts giving to fruit in
spectors i tie right to compel spr.iyin
lamhillhas many fine orcbar
Granite Mas Money in Bark.
(iranite (iranite probably bear-' a
distinction that no other town in the
state can boast of. The city has sever
al hundred dollars in the treasury, with
all its debts paid, and yet there has
never been a cent of tax levied for the
maintenance of the city government
since the incorporation of the town.
I The installation of electric lights is one
I of the improvements being considered
I by the city fathers and one that w ill
'probably be put into effect soon.
Japanese Government Asks Too Much
for Her Subjfcts.
Washington, Pec. :S. The relations
between the United States and Japan
as a result of the attitude of the Japan
J ese government toward the California
' authorities in school matters have be
come acute. An erroneous impression
as to tho president's position has been
widely circulated.
The prisidont absolutely concurs
with tho opinion of Secretary Metoalf
that the Japanese have no cause for.
grievance ami that no treaty right has
been infringed. At the outset the pres
ident took the stand that t tvat 'e s su
perseded all state and other laws. Now
he is convinced that, in giving the Jap
anese students ot iiia I educational rights
on i ot her i
that is iie-
t heir own personal use. and then turn
ing them over to the companies.
. hivi'Jierofa United States senator,
win, it is said, was implicated in these-
killings, was unwittingly permitted to.
testify, thereby securing an immunity
bath.
CONTROL Of" PA'LROADS.
separating them t
all has been done
are kept in excellent shape, but the old
time moss covered orchard is also hero
in groat numbers and I he wormy pro
duct of the latter soils the good name
of the former. The big roil appl" w ill
grow to perfection in the rich soil of
Yamhill if only given a chance.
Oregon Goat Show at Dallas.
Palles The eighth annual Oregon
angora goat show will be held in Pallas
that, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Jan-
Appeal to the President.
New York, Pec. 4. Following the
recent demonstrations by their custo
mers due to the advance in the retail
price of meat, the Hebrew Retail
Kosher P.utchers' association met to
day to decide what could be done to ap
pease their patrons. Speakers declared
uiey are Helpless to lower the prices
asked of them, as they were obliged to
I my increased prices at w holesale. It
was finally voted to appeal to President
Roosevelt arid ask the chief executive,
through the press and public, to fight
the "beef trust ."
Test Barley in Valiey"
Salem In order to raise brewing
barley of a higher standard and to en
courage rarmers io raise it more exten-'
sively, the ollieials of the bureau of
plant industry of the department of
Agriculture have outlined a series of
experiments with at least 10 different
varieties of high grade seed, to bo car
ried on in different sections the coming1
season. The Willamette vallev has
uary 0, to and 11, 1(I07. These dates
were decided upon by the goat breeders
at a meeting held in brown's ball last
week. A large number of farmers wen
in attendance and an enthusiastic meet
ing was neiu. u was deemed to bold a
three davs sl ow this season, instead of
a two davs' exhibition as heretofore.
while
schools,
ec.-sarv.
nti
not her
that is that many of
dents are adults. T
stand strict ly upon
o of racial differences, there is
reason for segregation, and
the Japanese slu
he president will
treat v agreements.
but he thinks too much is being asked
by the Japanese government. It is
known that the president feels that the
Japanese, with an enormous personal
conceit and tremendous personal ego
tism, are trying to impose upon the
people of San Francisco and the Pacific
coast .
Issue Raised in Oklahoma Conven
tion State Rights Revived.
Cuthrie, Okla., Pec. 1. The actual
formation of a constitution for Okla
homa was inaugurated this afternoon-
when propositions were introduced in
the constitutional convention of two
' planks providing respectively for rail
I way regulation and separate coaches for
! whiles and negroes.
The railway regulation bill, intro
duced by Delegate Clint Oraliam, is
summarized a follows: h'ailmad, ex
press, sleeping ear and oil pipe line
companies shall be declared common
carriers; to provide for stock inspec
tion; to prevent consolidation and pro
hibit ing free passes.
The "Jim Crow", resolution was.
offered by Judge Led better, of Ard
moi'e, I. T. Poth propositions were re
ferred to the committee on railroads.
A feature of t his morning's session
was the address of Delegate Ledbetter,
who opposed the adoption of a rt solu
tion recognizing the Federal constitu
tion as paramount to t,bat of the state
of Oklahoma. Mr. I-edbetter reiterat
ed his view that state sovereignity
should be strictly observed.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Fruits Apple", common to o
5()er70c per box; choice to fancy,
2.50; grapes, (SOcC" $1 .25 per
pears, 75c6 !f 1.25; cranberries,
12.50 per barrel; persimmons,
per box.
egetables (. abbago, 1 '.jer l ,, per
pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen
llOICI
$ 1 (
crab
$106
$1.50
The Japanese government i
understand the recent s'-pool
in San Franci.-co. While
puni.-h tie- p,ay City a bit,
more will conn- of the affair.
said to
sit ual ion
she may
nothing
Mail Sent Underground.
Chicago, Pec. 4. Wagon servicr' f r
carrying man. except registered mat
ter, l-twi-en the general txiMollav and
the passenger railway stations in ( hi-
igo is now a thing of the past. The
I ust oilier olhcials todav ixgan using'
the tllllliel system between the general
jKistolliee and the ( hinigo A: Norlhwes'
ern and the polk street station. The
! t imncls of tin- Illinois Tunnel oompany
'are now in ue t uven the general rs:-
oiiice and all the railway s1ation.
been seeleted or.r of the mn.t i;Lnl.- celery, rUo.oue per dozen; lettuce
soots where the in be t, head, i'Oc per dozen ; onions, 1 (6 1 2 .,c
perfection. i per dozen ; Ixdl poppers, 5c; pumpkins,
I Peeper pound; spinach, A( 5o je
To Probe Edward's Charpes. pound; tomatoes, 5()c jx r box
TVndleton It is announced here that pnrsley, 10f 15e; squash, Cn 1 '4c kt
an inspector will be sent bv the Indian llf,"n'1 ' turnips, W1 i per sack; car
department to Pendleton to investigate rots, OOcf.i $l per sack;leets, $l.25rV,
charges recently made against Major l .5' per sack ; horseradish, loc per
pound; sweet potatoes, L'f ';ac per
pound.
i5fei$l Tier bun-
fancy,
J-.dwards, agent of the Umatilla reser
vation. F.d wards is charged with using
his official posit ion in influencing per
sons to have exclusive dealings with the
Commercial National bank, IeK-itory
for Indian funds here. The inspector
is expecte.1 the latter )irt of this
mourn.
An internal ionsil ,?,,
apjs'inte.l in hii.a to si
the hungry. An appeal
to Kuroiie arid America.
it t'-e has been
--;ire relief for
w ill le made
Ten thousand
jM-ople jire on tlx- jKiint of starvation.
water plant.
Looker T. Washington, leader of the
cv,lori-l rev, sy Andrew Carnegie
wears -diijes made in a rign-o industrial
fc!ko!.
Coal Monopoly in Colorado
Pueblo. Colo., Pee. 4. The lilt. -r-tate
Commere.--omini--iofi has decided p,
make a seap-bing in est ig:;t ion into the
a ffa irs of the Colorado I- ta l Iron it .m
pany. which, it i claimed, has a pr.ic-
llclcnu lias vote-1 to own her own ' ' '"' iriorioixdy w it b t he ial busiin ss
III t iilnni'ln iirid several other stab
Tomorrow Commissioner K. K. Clark
w ill 1 gin an inct igat ion in this city.
i and more t ha n a seon- of prominent
coal and railroad men have Ix-cn sum
moned to apj-e.ir In -fore him.
Linn Men Sell Timber Too.
Albany A timber deal wherebv
000 acres of splendid timber land
Linn county N to be transferred
John A. Merrill," of Niagara. N.
and Lantern associates, in said 1o
practically consummated. Merritt,
who was third a-i.-tanl po-1 n as .-r gen
eral under President McKinhv, is now
m this county in--cting the land
its outlet-.
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in
to
v.,
1k
ami
Tb presMert, vicp president and
courw-I of the Mutual Ilesorvo Life In
f unir:f company are on trial in New
York on a charge of grand lart-nv.
Tomb of Cicero Is Fourd.
Naple-, I..e. 4. What would pp-sr
tob-n m ,-t important ar-bae!ogi';t I
dis'-ov ry b ts Ih-. ii made at Formiac.
The !ri!wd S1ate ir'v-rntiin-t La : n. ar v. iiieh ',':,; i ;,-, r.. .-is !iisii.!1t.
1n-ti a-ke-I to furni-!i proration to the : -l 2't -ent . ra . ago. This discmrv
leader of th- t-lmt car strike now on at ' consist of r -mains which HP,' thought
Jlamiltton, Out. , to be the tomb of the great orator.
Light and Power for Vale.
Vali The edy council ,;, granted a
20-ear fraiM-hi-c t,, j . ; b,p.., f. V.
Hope and P. I-:. Fulton, ,,,, 'j .,'
eWtric light and water -y-tem for Vale.
The work i to -ommeiire i,n the elec
tric light tilant within four mn,il,u .....I
to lie completed w ithin one vear. It is
unirr-rof. mat the comp-inv is rcadv
to exjs-rid $100,000 on (. enterprise. "
Shut Down Frcm Lack of Cars.
Astoria The Cert nil Itoor.y Lumls-r
eomjianv, of tbi- city, La lo-e. down
it- plant temjK.rarily. The -,..,. f
the shut down i-thr inability to -.-cure
oar- in wbi.-h to ship the pro-haf. ,
tb ruling high prices f,,p ,,.. l
mill will proUiblv resume ,,..,(:,
..i . i . . , .. .
fi-Ti iy a nor w.e nrst r.r tl.
year.
( in ions Oregon,
irod.
Pot t o--s O regon P. n rbi : n k
ocfi$l; common, CAVn ,iw.
Putter Fancy creamery, 25f'27'.o
per pound.
Fggs Oregon ranch, .T5e ?, r pe r
dozen.
Poultry Average old hon f 1 1 ic
per pound; mixtl chickens, lie;
spring, lie; old roosters, 7f(0o; dress
od chicken", l"f"14o; turkeys, live. 1"
(" 18c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 20Cf
22c; geese, live, 0c; duck-, 14C.lCr.
Wheat Club, (14c; bliiostem, W.e
valley, r.WHoo; red, (',K-io2c.
Oats No. 1 white, $24 .5t!( 25.50
gray, $2.! .-'.tier -Jt.
Parley Fred. $21 .50 jx-f ton; brew
ing. $22.5'i: rolii-d.
! I'y. $1 .4o'" 1 .45 perewt.
Corn Whole, $25. 50; cricked.
$2'..5o j r to i.
Hay Valley timothy. No. 1. $11'.,
12jierton; Fa-tern Oregon timothy.
$14'"l'i; clover, tf"s: ch-at, $7.5o'
8.50; grain bay, $7. . Vi'. s.r.o; alfalfa.
$11.50; vetch bay. $7r.. 7.50.
Veal Pressed. -V'..'" x'2c per pound.
IJeer presst-d bulls, I'-'L'o nt
pound; cows, 4 ( ); country steer-,
h( 5'2c.
Mutton Pres-ed, fancy, Sf M: -r
pound; ordinary, '(' 7
Pork Prcs.,. j-r pound.
Nop- 1 P 1 4c jnt imnrid, according
to iiality.
Wool F-is(ern Oregon river ago lest,
I.y le fT pound, ni-ording oshrink-
ornir g 1 age; vaney, i.'N-..i-, -.niing io nne
iness; moliair, choine, 2V2Sc.
BIGGER NAVY YARD FOR COAST.
BONDS RY THE TON.
Frenchmen Purchase Securities of the-Pennsylvan-a
Railroad.
New York, Pec. 1. Fifty million
dollars in bonds was unloaded at the
Government May Enlarge Facilities at French line pier vest en lav and at once
Bremerton to Mept Needs.
Washington, Pec. .'!. Tho Navy de
partment has r eived a report of the
special board detailed to look into tho
situation at the Paget Sound navy yard
w ith a view to determining the line of
its proper development , year by year,
in order that there may be eventually,
at that establishment, such a complete
plant for repair, and possibly for eon
si met ion, as w ill be needed on the Pa
cific coast .
It is pointed out in tho retxirt that
it would be of advantage to naval inter
ests and of value to naval otlieieiiov to
lejivelopthe Paget Sound plant into a
battleship yard, with facilities for doing
the largest kind of work, ami all with a
view to the chance that it rnav be neces
sary to have, convenient on the Pacific
oast, a means of repairing ships of the
Pacific and Asiatic stations.
the l.'t Provence, of the
for shipment to Pairs,
fillet! 140 mud-splashed
furnished loads for 12
Pennsyl
ii loan to-
investors.
: put a I loan
French lim
The bonds
boxes and
trucks.
The shipment consisted of
vania railroad bonds covering
ine railroad taken bv Paris
A special express train bearing the
bonds left that city at 0 o'clock and
arrived in Jersey City at 10:50.
Thirteen special service men acted as
guard. In all there were 400,000 bonds
of 5,(100 francs denotnrninat ion and
2::o,00() of 2,500 francs denomination.
The issue retuired for exeout ion ,2(i0,
boo signatures and the affixing of 1,-
2(10,000 seals, 10 specially apM.inted
secretaries having continually signed
their names each day for two months.
If tin1 total number of sheets in this is
sue were laid lengthwise in one contin
uous line they would reach 20(1
j miles. Tho Winds woiehed 14'.: tons"
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Debt Reduced $7,000 000.
Washington, Pee. :',. The monthly
fatement of the public debt shows that
the close of business November :!',
the total debt, less cash in t he t reas
urv, amounted to $!H4.::20,420, which
i decrease for the month of $7,S4I,
. The cash in the treasury is given
IS lollows: (.old reserve, $-(l.(KKI,-
(HMI; in treasury fund-, 1 . 1 1 2,OS'.,Sli!) ;
general fund. $ I !.'!. 71 7,111; in national
ink dep.sitarii s, $ I 45.5.V.I, l.'IS ; in
I'll 1 1 1 1 .j 1 1 1 treasury. $-.( i:;,:;, , . to
tal. $1 .;oi;.::ii!i.70i; auainst which
there are liabilities of ,L'24,S!0,5oo.
Crusoe's Island Lives.
Mexico City. Pec. 1. Kugene Metz.
Chilean consul to Mexico City, received
an ollieial not ice from bis government
last night to the effect that the rcMrt
circulated last August, at the time of
the disastrous earthquake, saying that
Juan Fernandez island had sunk into
the ocean, was untrue. The doctor said
that the rcjHirt of the disa .pea ranee of
the island was at lirst credited every
where. A short time ago, however,
warships were sent out by the Chilean
government, and the island and its in
habitants were found uninjured.
Uncle Sf-m Makes Money
Washington. ic. ::. The monthly
statement of the go eminent receipts tei
and cxm iii, ii iir. s shows that for o-
r the total reivipls wen- !..
's and the eN i.dit ur. s $4s.::l'l',
tln s showing a surplus for t he
I be seven
$14,77f..-
o;i;. l or 1 1
rm customs
i- .to int r:i-i I
Sefks Plan to Tax Rich Heavily,
bunion. Pec. I. I lie s,.lrrt commit -
appointed to consider ;, ,ir..
binty or gradual ing the income lax
and of differentiating between carried
and m. earned incomes bas issued a re-l-orltothc
eff.H-t that graduation is
pracii.I in incomes not cxcieding $."i.
: boo atid .different iat ion can In made in
excelling $.". nno. The
committee suggests also the imiin.r
revcnin s $24.S(i(i..'l42 and !of a sm.cr-l.ix on ims...,... ..v.-i:...1
Vi'lll
ine'.
"."7.
miotmii oi fi.Mi.ixMi and lor
iiioniiis: ot the l.s'-al y.-ar of
ir last mol:1h the receipts . incomes not
; '!i,,m I...I I.. IC'l r I,
from miscel!aii-ous soum-s, $t,('.2(',S2s. ' $25,000.
Coal Famine Closes School.
Vim. -.,:is. i,c. :5.H,c ocal situ
ion i:i tb uu'ry de-trM has In--
lie X. or- S'te. lhc (-o. -!p. ttll
1 r s d tb.il i.-,rr, M,, s.
. :! to i !i se its schools I m --; lis
k "I fll. In some of i he tow i s
ir C.arp. ts..n r sidents have (br-at-
to tllovi siu.v it isM.l id ii. A fiii-
nislasl skii.
Will l'o Pay American Claims.
Tangier. Pec. 1. The American
minister, Mr. (iiimuiere, is said to
have left Fez, tb. capital, without ob
is j ta ining sal isfact ion from t he sultan in
I i regard to the claims for in. I. il .
malc by cit izens of the I'nitcl States
for alleged outrages, or assuiari'i-s rc
pirding Ihe safety .f American citizens,
resident in Morocco.