Heppner gazette., December 20, 1906, Image 2

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WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
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Comprehensive Manner for Bus
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
SLOW AS OX TEAMS.
the
Ad-
There is an upward tendency in
hop market.
Russian terrorists tried to kill
iniral Doubpasoff.
Hill has abandoned his Great North-ern-Iurlington
merger.
John Barrett, United States minister
to Colombia, is in Portland.
Negro convicts in Mississippi revolted
and several were severely hurt.
Chicago has arranged terms for own
ership of the street railway systems.
Cardinal Gibbons defends King li
poid's government of the Congo state.
The pope says French political free
dom dees not compare with that exist
ing in America.
The Interstate Commerce commission
will stait at Minneapolis in January
and work est investigating the car
shortage.
The Mexican minister to the United
States says his government assumed
control of the railroads to prevent
American ownership.
President Smith, of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, says political lead
ers threaten to confiscate their property
ftl'd denounces Roosevelt and the judges
-who fined the railways.
There is little hope of King Oscar's
recovery.
Freight Cars Travel but an Average
of 23 Miles a Day.
Chicago, IVe. IS. "Car shortage
and tratlie congestion are more serious
now than they ever have been in the
history of this country. Already a
number of schools in the Northwest
have been forced to close because coal
shipments could not be had. Business
l all over the I nited Mates is Doing in
jured vitally by the existing conditions,
and remedy must be had quickly, if
chaos in commerce is to be prevented."
The forgoing statement was made by
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Franklin line, who, with Commission
er James S. Harlan, arrived in Chicago
over the Pennsylvania road from Wash
ington on the way to Minneapolis,
where a hearing will be given the rail
roads and shippers of Minnesota.
"When you come to think of the
freight cur problem, it is one of the big
gest in this country, said .ur. l.ino.
"1V you know that the average speed
of freight cars is only 2:5 miles a day?
Just think of it! With the big busi
ness interests of Chicago and other
cities crying out for more cars, the
'empties' are leisurely
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
BODY OF LAWMAKERS
PEOPLE WALK
Friday, Dec. 14. I today confirmed
the nominations of
their
are leisurely makin
way across the country.
"Something is wrong, or this condi
tion would not exist. If the average
speed made by a freight car is only 2:5
miles a day, we might as well have the
old wagon trains and oxen back. They
made as good time as that, and there
were no rides or rebates or wrecks.
What is the cause of this state of af
fairs? Well, that is for us to find out,
and we hope to do so in a v ery short
time."
Mr. Lane said a number of com
mercial organizations had suggested
and advocated a recipn c d demurrage
law that would compel the railroads
in the event of unusual delay, to make
good the damage.
The Mexican government has assum
ed control of its principal railroads.
The president will endorse ship sub
sidy in a special messatge to Congress
after the holidays.
Two lake steamers collided off Duluth
and it is feared one of the vessels is lost
together with 31 men.
The Northern Pacific announces an
increase in its capital stock from $155,
000,000 to $250,000,000.
All copper properties in the United
States and Mexico are now controlled
by Standard Oil interests.
An amendment to the rate law has
been introduced allowing newspaper
publishers and railroad companies to
exchange tickets and advertising.
The kaiser is in conflict with the
Clericals and Socialists, and a more
bitter church war is promised in Ger
many than that now on in France.
North Dakota and Minnesota are
without fuel and a severe blizzard is
raging. There is much suffering and
death is expected as a result of the cold.
The mother of Dr. Osier, who advo
cates death for persons on reaching 00,
hats just celebrated her 100th birthday
and does not appear to be in the way
even at that advanced age.
King Oscar, of Sweden, is seriously
ill.
Andrew Carnegie favors an inherit
ance tax.
Church affairs in France are assum
ing a serious aspect.
A blizzard has tied up railroad traffic
in North Iakota.
Roosevelt has yielded to congress and
will drop the spelling reform.
The Pittsburg chamber of commerce
proposes suppression of divorce news.
Poachers are slaughtering elk in the
Yellowstone park preserves to secure
their teeth.
Roosevelt will send a sensational
message to congress in a few days on
the Japanese question.
In the trial of the new battleship
Kansas even, test was successful. Her
speed exceeds 18 knots.
Ilarriman claims the car shortage is
due to the 'sir builders. He says over
a vear ago lie ordered 10,0(10 freight
cars, and they are just being delivered.
The Interstate Coummerce commis
sion says there is not a single large
railway system but what can go into
it big terminal yards any day and
gather 500 empty freight cars.
LARGER SALARIES.
Washington, Dec. 14. Hut for the
cowardice of 100 members of congress,
the house hxlav would have adopted the
amendment to the legislative nppropria
tion hill increasing the salaries of sena
tors and representatives from $5,000 to
$( ,500 per annum. Practically every
man who voted against the increase did
so from fear that his vote would react
and result in his defeat two years
hence, and nearly every man who voted
negatively saw a grab in the legislation
proposed. The legislation was entirely
meritorious.
The three congressmen from 'Wash
ington voted for the increase. l'.inger
Hermann voted against it, but he would
not be a beneficiary. French, of Idaho,
was not present.
Representative Jones, of Washing
ton, today introduced a bill proposing
to increase by 20 per cent the salaries
of all civil service employes of the gov
ernment on July 1 next.
The first salary amendment to
legislative, executive and judicial
propriation bill today was moved
Littauer, of New York, and was as
lows:
"On and after March 4, 1907,
compensation of the speaker of
house ot representatives and vice
dent of the United States shall
the rate of $12,000 each."
Py a vote of 214 to 51 the amend
ment was adopted. Littauer also in
troduced an amendment increasing the
salaries of the members of the presi
dent's cabinet to $12,000 each, effective
on and after March 4, 1007.
On division, the amendment was
adopted 204 to (!0. Littauer also offer
ed an amendmentl increasing the salar
ies of senators, representatives in con
gress and delegattes from territories to
Strike on Portland Street Car Lines
Ties Up Traffic.
Portland, Dec. 17. Portland's street
car system was almost completely tied
up Saturday night at 8 o'clock by a
strike, called by local union 181, Amal-
COAL PROBLEM
IS HARD NUT
W llliam 11. Moody, of Massachusetts, I pltIlllted Association of Street and Elec
to be an associate justice of the Sn- trie -aiiwllv employed of Amercia. A
the
fol-
the
the
presi-
be at
preme court of the tinted States:
Charles J. P.onaparte, of Maryland, to
be attorney general; Victor 11. Metcalf, i
of California, to be secretary of the
navy, and Oscar S. Straus, of New
Yoik, to be secretary of commerce and
labor.
ine ieature today was a speech hv The sum-ss of the strikers was
renator hayner upholding the states' J110tst
plovi
few minutes before that hour cars were
stopped on Washington street at the
corner of Third by the strikers, and
motormen and conductors were per
suaded to leave their posts. Mobs
collected and a riot followed which
continued until early Sunday morning.
due al-
wholly to the strong sympathy
Some Solution to Present Evils of
Law L Likely.
ngms doctrines as involved m the ; wiUi them of nil union men in thi eitv.
. . . '
present Japanese question on the Pa
cific coast.
Resolutions were agreed to calling
represented by the Federated Trades
council, and to the support of the mob
which imthered hIoih Wnsh burton
upon the president for information re-' street. Numbers gave courage to those
gardmg the seizure by Mexico of the , wi, itHi tu. demonstrations against the
fishing schooner Silas Stearns, and di- company all)i the mo, urgcdthe leaders
reeling the secretary of war to furnish on to constantly greater acts of lawless-
iMiui minion rogaruing alleged experi
ments with cholera virus at Manila re
sulting in 10 or more deaths.
The senate in executive session rati
fied the general act by the delegates of
the powers represented at the confer
ence which met at Algcciras. Spain, in
April last, to draft a treaty concerning
Moroccan affairs. Opposition by the
Democrats compelled the adoption of a
resolution disclaiming responsibility for
the participation of the Tinted States
in the program arranged by the confer
ence as to the future of Morocco.
Tuesday, Dec. II.
Washington, Dec. 11. The question
of Senator Reed Smoot's right to a seat
as United States senator from Utah
was discussed by Senator P.urrows in
the senate Unlay for more than three
hours. The senator had carefully pre
pared his speech, which received the
closest attention throughout by a large
attendance of senators and crowded gal
leries. Smoot occupied his place in the
Movement to Pay Members of Con
gress More Gains Force.
Washington, Dec. 18. The time is
not far distant when congressional sal
aries will be increased, mis despite ine
faint heartedness shown by members of
the house in the vote on the amend
ment to the legislative appropriation
bill last Friday. It is the universal
opinion of senators and Representatives j
that the present salary of $.,000 is
entirely inadequate, and that view ap
pears to be generally indorsed by the
people. Just how large an increase
will be made is yet to be determined.
Some are contending for $7,500, others
for $10,000.- The chances seem to fa
vor the smaller amount.
There is a great deal of merit behind
the movement for increased salaries for
senators and representatives. In times
past $5,000 went farther than it does
today; it was a larger salary, as sal
aries went, and was more of an induce
ment than it is at the present time.
The time was when the average con
gressman could save money on a $5,000
salary. But that time is past. It is
doubtful if a dozen men in congress are
able to save a single cent of their pres
ent salary; a vast number of them ex
pend much larger amounts each year,
and in a perfectly legitimate way.
$7,500 per annum. On a rising vote chamber. No interruptions were made
during the entire speech, which was an
arraignment of Mormonisni and the
responsibility which attached to Smoot
for Mormon principles as a member of
the apostolic body in the church.
ifter considerable debate, the amend
ment was defeated bv a vote of lo5 to
101.
After disposing of the salary ques
tion the house passed the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill.
NO ENGINES TO HAUL CARS
Nearly 3000 Empties Are Idle in
Kansas City Yards.
Kansas City, Dec. 18. The Journal
today says:
A systematic inspection of the term
inal railroad yards here shows that
there are .'5, 000 empty freight cars
standing idle in the Kansas City yards
because the railroads have notsullicient
motive power to move them. There
are not less than 1,000 loaded cars
landing in the yards here and the
dates of loading some of them showed
that they had been ready to move for
tvo weeks. There is no shortage of
cars here, but a shortage of engines.
At Sedalia, Mo., there are 201 empty
freight cars bv actual count and at
Springfield there are .370. At Topeka
there are more than .'500 empty cars in
the yards; at Wichita about 200 and at
Hutchinson about 50 cars.
Thursday, December 13
Washington, Dec. III. The senate
today listened to the second sj
which has been made this se
against the continuance of Reed Smoot
as senator from Utah. It was deliv
ered by Dubois, of Idaho, who, alter
reviewing in detail the workings of the
Mormon hierarchy and Smoot's prom
inent connection therewith, concluded
with the charge that President Roose
velt used the weight of his administra
tion to assist the Republican Mormon
vote in the last election.
A bill was passed providing regula
tions for fishing vessels to prevent
collisions at sea. Adjournment was
taken at 4 p. m. until Monday.
Washington, Dec, 11. This was a
field d"y for oratory in the house. The
executive, legislative and judicial ap
propriation bill atforded an opportuni
ness.
The company used every effort for a
time to continue the operation of cats,
but gave it up at about 0 o'clock, and
concentrated its efforts on getting the
stalled cars back to the barns.
After maintaining a partial service
between 7 a. m. and 5 p. m. Sunday,
the cars were sent to the barns and no
attempt was made to operate after
nightfall, as it was feared the scenes of
violence of Saturday night would be re
peated. All probably will resume their
runs this morning at daylight. Wheth
er they will h- operated tonight will
depend upon whether or not the police
prove themselves able to control the
crowds. The strikers have had the
! better of it during the past 24 hours.
The objects sought bv the strikers
are practically- the same as those the
( union was demanding at the time of
the last trouble, namely, recognition of
the union, the abolition of the photo
graph system for identification of em
ployes and more pay.
j As a result 000 'men are idle and
about 200 cars are out of commission.
Thousands of people who remained
down town Saturday Jnight to see the
excitement had to walk home, some of
them having to go miles to the outly
ing districts.
President an Advocate of the Leasing
Proposition Law is Supposed to
Help Individual, but Does Not Do
So Definite Action at This Ses
sion Likely.
BUILD MORE SHIPS.
Grip on Coal Land.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 18. Investiga
tion into the Union Pacific coal land
frauds in Wyoming will not lie pro
duct ive of any good to the public, and
the company will not only be permit
ted to retain possession of the $00,000,
000 worth of coal land which it is said
to have gained illegally, but no ollicials
of the Union Pacieli comjKiny will suf-
Senator Drown is at the point of . . . . . . . .
1 j This, Denver men interested in the un
earthing of the frauds say is the pro
gram which has leen prejttired by the
Ilarriman railroads.
death
Democrats in the house oppose
Moody's confirmation as supreme judge.
Mexico had a net surplus of $20,000,.
000 for the year ending June ."0, 1!'U0.
Three women are implicated in the
Nebraska land frauds now on trial at
Omaha.
Representative Kahn, of California,
is very bitter against Jajianese immi
grat ion.
Fra.iee has expelled the pope's agents
and is otherwise pushing the war on
the church.
Rockefeller has
ward missionary
the Soudan.
offered $100,000 to
work in Egypt and
The Sptnish government is consider
ing the question of placing ari imjiort
duty on heat.
Ice blocks th' "Soo" canal and tin re
i a great fleet of vessels at each end
waiting to get through.
May Charge Coal Land OMer.
Washington, Dee. IS. The presi
detit 's siltelit iotl has lieen called to the
fact that his order withdrawing from
entry ;4.(MM), (ion acres of public la this
supposed to contain coal dejioslts was
oj lending to shut off legitimate home
stead and des'-rt land entries of some
land w hich is not liclieved to contain
coal. It is probable the order will be
modified, permitting entry of such land
under any exempt coal land law, upon
showing that it does not contain coal.
Washington, Dec. 13. The house
today, on the request of Representa
tive Pollard, of Nebraska, adopted a
resolution directing the judiciary com
mittee to investigate the legal ques
tions involved in the much-criticized
payment of a sum of money to Mr.
Pollard for the period between March
4, 1005, and July 18, 1005, at w hich
time Mir. Pollard was elected to the
50th congress, to succeed Hon. E. J.
P.nrkett, who was elected to the senate.
A resolution was adopted calling
upon the secretary of the Interior for a
a complete description of all public
lands which have been withdrawn fir
reserved from entry since July, 1000,
together with the the reason for such
action. The report is desired that con
gress may pass upon the president a
recommendations for the withdrawal of
Coal lands.
Representative Lacey, of Iowa, intro
duced a bill making $12 the minimum
monthly pension to be paid veterans of
the war of 1801.
eeh tv for general debate covering a wide
don range of subjects, from a dissertation
on Alfred Nolxd, the founder of the No
bel prize, to the raising of salaries of
members of congress and including a
discussion of simplified spelling.
l'outell, of Illinois, in speaking of
the bestowal or the .oheI prize upon
President Roosevelt, praised the presi
dent's decision to use this money in es
tablishing a fund for bringing about a
friendly understanding between capital
ists and laborers as "noble, humani
tarian and characteristic."
(iaines, of Tennessee, urged incerases
of salaries for members of congress be
ginning with the Sixty-first congress.
Murdock, of Kansas, spoke on railway
mail pay.
The house at 5:05 adjourned until
noon tomorrow, no action looking to
the close of general debate on the bill
having been taken.
Monday, Dec.
Washington, Dec. 10.
committee on judiciary
izeil a favorable report
10.
The senate
today author
on the nom-
Wednesday, Dec. 12.
Washington, Dec. 12. The house of
representatives today went on record in
opposition to the new spelling as re
commended bv the president. Rv a
vote of 142 to 25 the following was
adopted as a substitute for the item re
ported by the appropriations commit
tee in the executive, legislative and ju
dicial appropriation bill:
No nionev appropriated in this act
shall be used in connection with print
ing documents authorized by law or
ordered by congress fir any branch
thereof, unless the same shall conform
to the orthorgaphv recognized and used
by dictionaries of the English lan
guage.
Washington, Dec. 12. The senate
inatioii of William II. Moody, the pres
ent attorney general, to be an associate
justice of the Supreme court of the
United States.
A favorable report was ordered also
on the nomination of Charles J. I'.ona
parte, the present secretary of the
Navy, to be attorney general, and Al
ford W. Coo ley to be assistant attorney
.general. Many other nominations
.were reported favorably.
The nomination of Ix-ffeus R. Wil
fley to lie judge of the United States
Circuit court for China was referred to
a committee of Senators Spooner and
Paeon, who are members of the foreign
relations committee.
The nomination of George P. Cortel-
vou to lie secretary of the Treasury and
James R. Garfield to lie secretary of
the Interior, will be taken up tomor
row at a special meeting of the senate
committee on finance.
The senate committee on commerce
has lieen polled and will report favor
ably the nomination of Oscar Straus to
le secretary of Commerce and Lalior.
Dewey Says Present Policy of Con
gress is Retrograde Move.
Washington, Dec. 17. Admiral
Dewey believes that the authorization
1 y congress of at least three large bat
tleships a year is essential for keeping
the American navy in a state of elli
ciency and that t he policy of one bat-
itlcshipa year now being urged by a
certain element, would lie a positive
retrograde movement.
lie was asked if the policy suggested
by some persons of only providing one
battleship during an eidire congress
would result in an actual increase in
the navy or in a virtual decrease in
fighting strength.
."Such a policy would be retrograde
in its charaater," said the admiral.
"It would not take up the waste or sup
ply the places of the ships that are
bound to deteriorate and which should
be placed out of commission. We have
three battleships which were line ships'
in their day, but they were laid down
in S01, about 10 years ago. They are i
the Indiana, the Oregon and the Massa- ;
chusetts. They have t he defect of not!
possessing balance turrets, which causes
a list when their guns are all trained to.
one side, thus exposing the hull below
the water line and laying tiu
open to danger from the fire
eneniv on that side."
Washington, Dec. 15. Strenuous
efforts will be made at the present ses
sion of congress to secure the repeal or
modification of the coal land law along
the lines recommended by President
Roosevelt in his message. That some
thing will be accomplished seems quite
probable, but what form of law will be
substituted for that under which gi
gantic frauds have been perpetrated has
not yet been made apparent. The in
fluence of the administration will be
behind a bill proposing to cut off fur
ther sales of government coal land,
t hough m Tin it t ing t hem to be worked
by indiv iduals fir companies on a royal
ty plan.
The president, like every ot her prac
tical western man, knows that the ex
isting coal land law is not sensibly
framed. That law was built on the
theory that the individual could take
up and develop a quarter seel ion of coal
land, just as t he homestead law gives
the individual a like area of agricultur
al land, but no individual can develop
a quarter section or a whole section of
coal land, lie could not afford to in
stall the necessary machinery, or if he
could, his profits on a quarter section
would not recompense him for the out
lay. Moreover, no railroad would think
of building a spur onto an isolated
quarter section of hind and the owner
of t he land could not afford to assume
that expense. So the individual with
a quarter seel ion of coal land in his
possession would have a white, or rath
er a black, elephant on his hands. The
mineral wealth might be there in
abundance, but be could not get it out
and could not get it to market.
How to cure this evil is a question
for congress to decide, and some solu
tion is likely to be forthcoming this
winter. Some favor a change in tho
la w increasing t he area of coal land
that may be purchased by individuals
or by comjianies or corporat ions to such
size that they can profitably invest and
put t he coal on t he market . The-e men
would increase the price of coal land so
that the government would reap a larg
er benefit from the sales.
EVILS OF CHILD LABOR.
Miss Adams Declares America Is in
Class with Russia.
Cincinnati, Dec. 15. llefore the first
session of the child labor convention
here last night, Dr. Felix Adler, chair
1 man of the national child labor com
i mittco and professor of oli(ical and so
jcial ethics in Columbia university.
'IV
ships
of an
AMERICANS FIRST CHANCE.
More Evidence for Negro Troops.
Washington, Dec. 12. Gilchrist S
Stewart, representing the Constitution
il league, has filed with the president a
mass of additional evidence regarding
the Hrownsville affair which resulted
in the discharge without honor of a bat
talion of colored infantry.
Torpprip-Planting Boat'for Coast-
Washington, Iv-c. 8. The secretary
of war t'Klay approved the recommend
at'on 'if the chief of artillery in that an
appropriation of $175, non should U
made to iin-truet a toqx-do plant ing
vessel f. .r use in the harbors of the I'a-
jntifftast. I hey deem the const rtl'-
I tion of such a vessel highly imjsrtant.
Investigate Hill Lines in January.
Washington, Dec. 12. Chairman
Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce
ommission, said t
Peen decided wheu
igation of the Hill lines will take
lace. It is known, however, that in-
iiiiries will Ik made at St. Paul and
Chicago, and it is probable that Commissioner-'
prouty and Lane will con
duct them. It is not believed that the
work will start much before January
15, after the Ilarriman invest igatioi s,
in which the inquiries will le made
prolably Decemlier 20 or 27
Sell Indian Minors' Land.
Washington, Dec. 12. Representa
tive Jones today introduced a bill au-
day that it had not i tborizing the sale of the land of Indian
or when the i lives- j minors on petit ion of parents or guar-
lians our of the Indian agent in charge,
uibject to the approval "t the secretary
of the interior. At present large areas
of land under government irrigation
projects and in rich agricultural dis
tricts are tied up Iieeaii"' minors are
unable to utilize the land and unable to
disjHise of it. The bill is intended par
ticularly to dis Kfc of the land of Indian
I children on the Yakima reservation.
Shonts Will Bar Foreigners From All
Canal Contracts.
Wsahintgon, Dec. 17. Foreign con
tractors are to be barred from competi
tion for the contracts for the Panama
canal. Chairman Shouts of the canal
commission today made the announce
ment. Many changes have been agreed
to in the form of contract, but the most
important is the limiting of proposals
American firms. The right will be re
served by the commission to reject all
bids, the commission will then either
throw the compet it ion open to foreign
bidders or proceed with the work with
out contract. January 12 is the date
set fur opening proposals.
Straight From Yard to Sea.
New York, Dec. 17. Equipped for
service, the new battleship Connecticut
left the New York navy yard today,
bound for Hampton Roads, Va., to join
the Atlantic fleet. The Connect icut
underwent all the tests of her contract
at the yard. Her departure is the first
instance in which a battleship has gone
direct from the building yaid to sea.
The naval examiner who has had barge
if the completion of the Connecticut
'aid: "Here goes out a ship which
leinolishes all the records of the world
in naval construction."
spoke on "The Attitude of Society To
ward the Child as an Index of Civiliza
tion." Professor Adler spoke of the
inadequacy ami ineinciency oi siale law s
and urged the necessity for a national
law to furnish a background for effect ive
state and local activity and make the
enthusiasm of the people contagious in
its effect on local bodies, thus inducing
greater efforts for the child and a more
glorious future for the republic.
Addresses by Miss Jane Adams, of
Hull house, Chicago, and United States
Senator Ileveridge followed. A resolu
tion was adopted emphasizing the be
lief that it is the duty of the several
states to correct evils of child lalior in
local manifestations, but indorsing
"cordially the principle of the Dever-idge-Pnrsons
bill for a national child
labor law."
Miss Adams urged the desirability of
uniform legislation against the evils of
child lalior, and declared that the cen
sus reisirts show America behind every
i European country except Russia in so
! far as child lalior and its effects are con
cerned.
Freight Congestion in Los Angeles.
Iis Angeles, Dec. 15. The Times
will print a story tomorrow morning to
the effect that Iis Angeles is suffering
from the worst freight congestion ever
: experienced by the transcontinental
railways running into the city. Accord
ing to the Times hundreds of cars con
signed to lonil merchants are either
delayed or lost in the congest ion of coal
cars in the yards. Railway official
deny that the situation is of a seri
ous nature and ascribe the freight,
congestion to unprecedented holiday
shipments.
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ten
Oil
Say Elkins Law is Dead.
Chicago, Dec. 12. The fight of
Standard Oil company against the
indictments against the Standard
company of Indiana which were
turtK-il August was commenced
day in the ("nited States District court
ln-fore Judge I.andis. The attorneys
for the Standard Oil comj-any contend
that section 111 of the rate law isi-scd
by congress June '.'! n-jM-iils the Elkins
law, under which the government is
bringing the action.
S. evens Talks About Canal.
New York, Ih-c. H John F. Steven-',
chief engineer, and .1. G. Sullivan,
assistant chief engineer, of the lYnama
Canal commission, arrived todav on
the steamer Panama from Colon. They
exjiect t return early in January. In
sjx-a king .f the conditions on the isth
mus Mr. Stevens said: "There are at
work on the canal 1 7.(100 men. The
liost workmen are the Italians arid the
, Saniar'N. There lia" not lieen a death
j since July, and very little sickness."
Biame on Master of the Dix.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 17. Inspectors
Whitney and Turner, in the I hx-.lean-
, . " ... i ii... r i
n le col i ision, report me license oi i -
tain Parkei Iirmoiid, master oi ine
le.imlieat Dix at the time of the colli
sion with the Meain-hip Jeannie, is re
voked for negligently failing to cause
an e!!ieieit lookout to be kept on Ixiard
the Dix and for negligently relinquish
ing his direct ion and control of the nav-
i .-;-cl to atn ollicer who
,va- te t duly qualified by the law.
Fed Through Long pipe.
Pakcr-field, Gal., Dec. 1 5. Progress
in rescuing L. 15. Ilieks, the man im
prisoned in the mountain at ine i.iisou
company's plant, is lieing made at I he
rate of L'o feet a day. At noon the drift,
diggers had still 00 feet fart her to go
lc fore the miner lin be released. Milk
is still being fed through the long piie
at three hour intervals, under the di
rect ion of a physician. He is gaining
in strength and it is believed will hold
out tint il reached.
. L bor Asks Postal Saving Banks.
Salt Like, Dec. 17. The Utah Fed
roe n of I ahor I as resolved to circu
'.ite a petiiieii to coiigre-sg asking the
n ation of a po-tal savings bank. Tie
move is to lie under the auspices of the
American Federation of I-alior, with
which the Utah federation is aililiated.
Why l Lumber Costly?
" Washington, Dec. 15. The house
today after some discussion, adopted
a resolut ion of Mr. Miller, of Kansas,
authorizing the secretary of Commerce
and K'tlwir to investigate the cause of
the high price of lumlicr in the various
stages of manufacture and sale with
the object of ascertaining whether pres
ent high prices are the result of a trust.