Heppner gazette., December 27, 1906, Image 2

MESSAGE ON
JAPJJUESTION
President Sends Communication to
Both Houses of Congress.
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
The following communication has
been transmitted to both houses if Con
gress by the President:
"I inclose herewith for your informa
tion the final report made to me per
sonally by Secretary Metcalf on the sit
uation nffectiiiK the Japanese in San
Francisco. The report deals with three
matters of controversy first, the ex
clusion of t lie Japanese children from
the San Francisco schools; second, the
boycotting: of Japanese restaurants, and,
third, acts of violence committed
against the Japanese.
"As to the first matter, I call your
especial attention to iiJ very small
number of Japanese children who at
tend school, to the testimony as to
the brightness, cleanliness and good be
havior of these Japanese children in the
schools, and to the fact that, owing to
their being scattered throughout the
city, the requirement for them all to
go to one special school is impossible
of fulfillment and means that they can
not have school facilities. l?t me point
out further that there would be no ob
jection whatever to excluding from the
schools any Japanese on the. score of
age. It is obviously not desirable that
young men should go to school with
children. The only point is the exclu
sion of the children themselves. The
number of Japanese children attending
the public schools in San Francisco was
verv small. The government has al
ready directed that suit be brought to
test the constitutionality of t lie act in
question; but my very earnest hope is
that such suit will not be necessary
and that as a matter of comity the citi
zens of t-a;i Francisco will refuse to de-
urivA these voting Japanese ennuren ui
education and will permit them to go to
the schools.
"The question as to the violence
against the Japanese is most admirably
put bv Secretary Metcalf, and I have
nothing to add to his statement. I am
entirely coniident that, as Secretary
Metcalf savs. the overwhelming semi
Ttienf of ihp statp of California is for
law and order and for the protection of
the Japanese in their persons ami prop
erty Hotli the chief of police and the
acting mavor of San Francisco assured
Secretary Metcalf that everything pos
cil.lo wmil.l he done to protect the Jap
nnevsft in the citv. I authorized and di
rected Secretary Metcalf to state that
if there was failure to protect persons
and property, then the entire power of
the Federal government within the lim
its of the constitution would be used
promptly and vigorously to enforce the
observance of our treaty, the supreme
law of the land which treaty guaran
teed to Japanese residents everywhere in
the Union full and perfect protection
for their persons and property; and to
this end everything in my power would
be done, and all the forces of the United
States, both civil and military, which
I could lawfully employ would be em
"ployed. I call especial attention to the
concluding sentence of Secretary let
calf's report of November 26, 1906.'
Secretary Metcalf's report is ad
dressee! to the President under date of
November 26 last, and in part is as fol
lows : 4.
"In my previous report I said notn
ing as to the causes leading up to the
action of the school board in passing
the resolution of October 11, and the
effect of such action upon Japanese
children, residents of the city of San
Francisco, desiring to attend the public
schools of that city. A report on this
matter will now be made.
Tt seems that for several years the
board of education of San Francisco had
been considering the advisability of es
tablishing separate schools for Chinese,
Japanese and Corean children, and on
May 6, 1005, passed the following reso
lution: . . ,
" 'Resolved, That the board of educa
tion is determined in its efforts to ef
fect the establishment of separate
schools for Chinese and Japanese pupils,
not onlv for the purpose of relieving the
congestion at present prevailing in our
schools, but also for the higher end
that our children should not be placed
in anv position where their youthful im
pressions rnav be affected by association
with pupils of the Mongolian race.'
"And on October 11 the board passed
the" following resolution:
" 'Resolved, That in accordance with
article X, section 1 !-'. or tnu scnom
law of California, principals are hereby
directed to send all Chinese. Japanese
or Corean children to thp Oriental pub
lic school, situated on the south side
of Clav street, between Powell and Ma
son streets, on and after Monday, Oc
tober la, 1S'16.'
"The action of the board in the pass
age of the resolutions of May 6, lfor,
and October 11. 1 ! 0 . . was undoubtedly
largely influenced by the activity of
the Japanese and Corean Kxclusion
league, an organization formed for the
purpose of securing enactment by the
congress of the United States of a law
extending the provisions of the exist
ing Chinese exclusion act so as to ex
clude Japanese and Corerms.
"The number of schools in San Fran
cisco prior to April IS was 76. Of this
number ( rimary or grammar schools
and two high schools wore destroyed by
fire, and one high school was destroyed
by earthquake. leaving 4j schools. Since
April . temporary structures have
been erected, making the total number
of school buildings at the present time
"The Oriental school, the school set
apart for the t"hinee, Japanese and Co
rean children, is in the burned section.
iritTe Is only one Japanese student at
lendir? this school at the present time,
And there are no Japanese children at
tending anv of the other public schools.
I visited the Oriental school in com
pany with the Japanese consul and
found it to compare favorably with
many of the new temporary structures
erected in the city. The course of in
struction is exactly the same as nt the
other public schools, and competent
teachers are assigned for duty in this
school. Nearly all of the pupils at
tending this school have to be taught
the Fmrl's-h lnneuaee.
"I found the sentiment in the state
very strong against Japanese young
men attending the primary grades. Many
of the people were outspoken in their
condemnation of this course, saying
that they would take exactly the same
stand against American young men of
similar ages attending the primary
grades. I am frank to say that this
objection seems to me a most rasnnable
one. All of the political parties jn the
state have inserted in their platforms
planks in favor of J.-i j..-i nes and 'o
rean exclusion, and on March T, '.7,, the
state legislature passed a joint resolu
tion urgii g that action be taken by
treaty or otherwise to limit and dimin
ish the further immigration of Japan
ese laborers into the United States.
"The pres of San FranHs'o pretty
generally upholds t fie action of t!,e
board of education. Of t';e at'itud" of
the more vio.er t anr r.Tli'-al newspapers
it is unnecessary speaK lurtcr tlian
to sav that their tor. i the usual tone
of bostihty to '.Mongol hordes.' ncl tl,e
burden "f 'heir claim is that Ji''a:iee
nre no better than Chinese, and that
thfc same reasons which dictate, the ex
clusion of tie "hinee rail for the ex
clusion of the Japanese as well.
"The temper and tone of the more
conservative newspapers mav better tie
Illustrated by an epitome "f their rr
punn'iit upon the public school ques
tion. That argument tract ira 1 ! y is a
follows: The public scl.ols of California
are a state and not :i Federal hist Na
tion. The state hns the power to abol
ish those schools entirely, and the Fed
eral government would have no rinht
to lift its Voic ir, f,rr,te.-t. Upon t .
other hand, the state mav extend the
-rivi!eges nf it schools to alier.s upon
suh terms as it. the stale, may !.
pnl the Federal j'v errirr ent las r,o
right to question It" action in 'his re
gard. Piimari'v and essentially ' I t
poblif schH,s rr- ,!es'trd for the
cation of 'he ritiz-rs of the state. Tr
stale is inTere-ted in the e,luc.at?on of
1 own rdtizer.H a!on 1' would not
for a moriie?tt maintain this expensive
Institution to edii'-ate foreigners and
aliens who would carry to their coun-
General Review of Important Hap
Denincs Presented In a Brief and
torical and Commercial.
le-1 date tor parliamentary elections;.
The I
Millions are Haul to be on the
of dying from the famine in China
The Oklahoma constitutional conven
of
tries the fruits of such education. There
fore, if it should be held that there was
a discrimination operating in violation
of the treaty with Japan in the state s
treatment of Japanese children, or even
if a new treaty with Jiinan should lie
framed which would contain on behalf
of Japanese subjects the 'most-favored-'
nation' clause, this could and would lie
met bv the state, which would then ex
clude from the use of its public schools
all alien children of every nationality
and limit the rights of free education to
children of its own citizens, for whom
the system is primarily designed and
maintained, and if the state should do
this the Federal government could not
complain, since no treaty right could be
violated when the children of Japanese
were treated precisely as the children
of all foreign nations.
"The feeling in the state is further
intensified, especially in labor circles, (
bv the report nn the conditions in the .
Hawaiian islands ns contained in ImiI-
letin 66 of the Hureau of Labor,
nartment of Commerce and Labor.
claim is made that white labor lias been
almost enti'.-ely driven from the Ha
waiian islands, and that the Japanese
are gradualy forcing even the small
nlilla f , "iilura nnr of bll si Tl ess.
"Many of the foremost educators in , tion has adjourned fur the holidays.
trie state, on me oiner nanu, nic buimis
ly opposed to the action of the San
Francisco board of education. Japan
ese are admitted to the University of
California, an institution maintained
and supported by the state. They are
also admitted to, and gladly welcomed
at, Stanford University. San Francisco,
so lar as known, s the only city which
has discriminated against Japanese chil
dren. 1 talked with a number of promi
nent labor men, and they all said that
they had no objection to Japanese chil
dren attending the primary grades; that
thev wanted Japanese children now in
the" United States to have the same
school privileges as children of other
nations, but that they were unalterably
opposed to Japanese young men attend
ing the primary grades.
"The objection to Japanese men at
tending the primary grades could very
readily be met by a simple rule limit
ing the ages of all children attending
those grades. All of the teachers with
whom I talked while in San Francisco
spoke in the highest terms or tne Jap
anese clnuii'en, saying tnai im-.v cc
among the very best of their pupils,
cleanly in their persons, well behaved,
studious, and remarkably bright.
"The board of education of San Fran
cisco declined to rescind its resolution
of October IV. claiming that, having es
tablished a separate school for Chinese,
Japanese and Corean children, the pro
visions of section 1662 of the political
code became mandatory."
Resume of Japanese attending public
schools in San Francisco as mentioned
in the foregoing communication:
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NOT BEADY FOR ClT.ZENSHIP.
Congress Will Disappoint Porto Rico,
With Roosevelt's Consent.
Chicago, Dec. 22. A dispatch to the.
Tribune from Washington pays:
In spite of tho president's recom-
Comprehensive Manner for Busy menuauon no citizenship lor the people
Readers National, Political, His- ot l'orto Kico will be panted by this
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
BODY OF LAWMAKERS
Thursday, Dec 20.
Washington, Dec. 20 Senator For-
nker ocemdod tin iitrotit.ion if tho Hen-
.congress and probably not by the next !lto in its i,wt Bwsion before the holiday
one ami protmhly not Detore the nest recess today in an extended criticism
., tv , .. , I?"0 eltt'tr- rh, ,wldl'ra ,,ot" in of the basis of the piesident's action
A strike of New Wk railroad em- house and senate have come to the con- i discharging the negro troops of the
ployes seems probable. elusion that the tune is not yet ripe for Twenty-lifth Infantry on account of the
The car has iixed February Idas tlie.f,m, aL lu"- -"'cy nave presenieu mo I'.rownsville raid. lie was replied to
iction.
matter to the president, and he is now
aware that his recommendation in this
point regit rd will not be acted upon. There
are said to be grave matters of public
policy involved which might be seri
ously complicated if citizenship should tion is before the senate for action at
. . , "v gnuiicu at uiis pari icuiar time to t ,,,v( ,., j,,.,
.T-innn is n n 1S t on to Dllt an arillV M. . 1.. i i:' i i llH IUXl ""-"lug
"t i m3 jciMt- in 1 1 nil jucii. i general nn-
700,000 men in the Held it necessary, 'demanding therefore has been arrived
briefly by Lodge, while Scott sustained
t he demand of the Ohio senator for a
full investigation of the matter by the
senate military committee. A resolu
tion declaring for such an investiga-
Ten congressmen have gone to Pana
ma for the purpose of viewing the big
ditch.
Student at Annapolis college lynched
a negro for an assault on a white
woman .
The Interstate Commerce commission
will recommend a law to prevent car
shortage.
A captain in the notorious Twenty
fifth regiment of infantry has been shot
by a negro private.
The president may issue an appeal
at. There is nn understanding in con-
N'umher of pupils
Number of schools they attended.
Number of pupils at
6 years old
7 years
8 years
9 years
10 years
old
old
old
old
11
12
13
14
years old
years old
years old
years old
15 years
16 years
17 years
IS years
old
old
old
old
. 4
.10
. 9
.12
. 6
. 4
. . 7
. .10
. .12
. .Ifi
. .11
. .13
. . T
. .17
, .68
19 years old
20 years old
Number of pupils at
First grade
Second grade
Third grade
Fourth grade
Fifth grade
Sixth grade
Seventh grade
Kiehth grade
Number of pupils born in
Japan
United States -d
Number of
Girls
lioys -yv.60
"A boycott wns maintained In ban
Francisco from October 3 to uctoner
by members of the Cooks and Waiters
I'nion against Japanese restaurants uo-
inir business In that city. .Nearly all of
tim if.:i,l,-rs of labor organizations
San Francisco interviewed on this sub
ject disclaimed any knowledge of any
formal action being taken for the boy
cotting of these restaurants.
"As a matter of fact, a most effect
ive boycott was maintained against
nearly all of the Japanese restaurants
located in San Francisco for at least
three weeks, l'ickets were stationed in
front of these restaurants and every ef
fort was made to prevent people from
patronizing them. At times stones were
thrown and windows broken, and in one
or two instances the proprietors of the
restaurants were struck bv these stones.
"I am satisfied, from inquiries made
by me and from statements made to
me bv the Japanese restaurant keepers,
that the throwing of stones and break
ing of windows was not done by the men
picketing the restaurants, hut by young
men and boys who had gathered in front
of the restaurants as soon as the boycott
was instituted.
"Assaults have from time to time
been mad" upon Japanese subjects resi
dent in the city of San Francisco. I
was informed by the chief of police that
upon receipt of a communication from
the Japanese consul he at once instruct
ed captains of police to make every ef
fort to stop these assaults, and. if nec
essary, to assign men In citizens' clothes
to accomplish the purpose.
"These attacks, so 1 am informed,
with but one exception were made when
no policeman was in the immediate
neighborhood. Must of them were made
by hoys and young men: many of them
were vicious in character, and only one
appears to have been made with a view
oT robbing the persons attacked. All
these assaults appear to have been made
subsequent to the fire and earthquake
in San Francisco, and my attention was
not called to any assaults made prior to
the 1Mb day of April. 1906.
"I know that thesfl assaults upon the
Japanese are universally condemned by
all good citizens of California. For
months the citizens of San Francisco
and Oakland have been terrorized by
numerous murders, assaults and rob
beries, both at day and night. The po
lic have been powerless. The assaults
tion the Japanese, however, were not
made, in my judgment, with a view of
robbery, but rather from a feeling of
racial hostility, stirred up possibly by
newspaper accounts of meetings that
have been held at different times rela
tive to the exclusion of Japanese from
the United States.
"While the sentiment of the state of
California, as manifested by the public j
utterances of the Japanese ami Corean ,
Kxclusion league. t,y articles in many
'if the leading newspapers in the state.
!iy ilecia rat ions of the political parties
in their platforms, and by the passage
of a joint reso! wt ion bv the state legis
lature on March 7. If")."., is in favor of
the exclusion of Japanese coolies, yet
the overwhelming sentiment in the state
is fnr law and order and for the pro
tection of Japanese in their persons and
tlc-ir property.
"The chief of polko of the city of S oi
Francisco, as aNo the acting mayor of
tie city. assnri me tbat everything
possible would he done to protect the
Japanese subjects jr, San Francisco, an, I
they urgently r.Ues1e,l that all IM""
of assau't and a 'I violations of law :if
t,w t'.-o Tar.-.'cvr. Ve at once ref.orte.l
to the chief of police.
"I impressed very strongly upon the
acting mayor of the city, as also upon
the chief of pol;.e. the gravity of the
ituation. and t-.M them that, as offi
cers charged w:tli the enforcement of
the law and the protection of property
and jerson. you looked to them to see
that all Japanese subjects resident in
San Francis.a. were afforded the full
protection guaranteed to thern by our
treaty with Japan.
"If. therefore, the police power of San
Francisco is red s :ttaient to meet the
situation and uuatd and protect Japan
ese residents in San Krancisco. to whom
ndr " ir treaty v. it), Jar an we guar
antee 'full and perfe, t t rotection for
i'er persons at, property.' then, it
i s t me, it is clearly th" duty of
through the lied Cross for
Chinese famine sufferer:
General Harrison Cray Otis, of Ixs
Angeles, is seriously ill.
The government has purchased a site
for a Federal building at Xorth Yak
ima. The Chicago & Northwestern railroad
will build a new if :'0,000,000 depot in
Chicago.
The house of commons has voted to
grant home rule to the Transvaal and
Orange River colonies.
Governor Mead has appointed a spe
cial committee to investigate the short
age of coal in Washington.
Charles G. Washburn has been elect
ed congressman from Massachusetts to
succeed the late Rockwood Hoar.
Senator Ankeny has urged upon the
War department the necessity of im
proving the Upper Columbia river. .
There is little doubt in London cir
cles but that James Pryce will be the
next Pritish ambassador to the United
Staets.
A Montana man whose cereals won a
gold medal at the St. Iouis fair has
found there is not a particle of gold in
his medal.
A new Yonrk woman before comniit
t irisjr suicide directed that, her two An-
In I giira Cats lie forwarded to the president.
Her wishes have been complied with.
Testimony heard by the Interstate
Commerce commission indicates that
traffic conditions are much worse in the
South than in any other part of the
country.
In its annual report tho Panama
Canal commission says preliminary
work has been completed and actual
construction of the canal will go for
ward rapidly.
Four rich Nebraskans have been con
victed of land frauds.
Oregon miners will ask the next leg
islature for a state mining inspector.
Railroad men and shippers attribute
much of the car shortage to excessive
prosperity.
Washington, Dec. 20. After being
in Session for three-oua rtei if nn hour
grcss that the president will acquiesce today, the house adjourned until .Tann
in this decision because it has been put ry 3, 1907. Empty desks greeted the
up to him frequently by some of the : speaker when the house convened, and
strongest men at the capitol. j the desire to get avav for the holidays
Briefly stated, the objection to citi- whs superior to the inclination for busi
zenship for Porto Rico is based upon ! ness.
the existing condition of the population Mi.ndell, of Wyoming, succeeded in
of that island. A large per centage of onssiiur tb, l,m ,.vhi,t Mv ir,
1007, the time in which entrymen may
make final settlement on the Shoshone
Indian reservation. Then Payne, of
New York, called up his resolution re
lating to the distribution of the presi
dent's annual message to the several
committees in accordance with a cus
tom that has existed since the founda
tion of the government.
The house passed the resolution and
adjourned at 12:45 p. m. A hundred
members, waited to extend the season's
greeting to Speaker Cannon.
the people are of mixed sttain of Span
ish and negro blood. The proportion
of illiteracy is naturally large. Much
progress has been made in the school
system, but it is still approximately
true that 75 tier cent of the persons of
found them on the isthmus of Piinma
during his recent visit occupied tho
senate during the greater portion of its
session today. Printed copies of tho
message, handsomely bound, were
placed on the desk of each senator and
the reading of the document "was closely
followed. Preceding tho Panama mes
sage, the president's recommendation
respecting public lands and tho naval
personnel were received and read.
Tho senate agreed to the holiday ad
journment resolution and will be in re
cess from the end of the session Thurs
day next until January 3.
Resolutions were agreed to directing
an investigation by tho department of
Commerce and Labor of the Interna
tional Harvester company to ascertain
whether it effects rest mint of trade;
also directing the senate judiciary
committee to report what authority
congress may have under the commerce
clause of the constitution to prevent in
terstate commerce in child-made goods.
aid for the school age are not receiving instruction.
NAVY EYES TURBINE ENGINE
Demon-
Will Not Finally Adopt Until
strated the Best.
Washington, Pec. 22. The most im
portant engineering problem of the Wednesday, Dec. 19.
present day affecting marine propul- Washington, Pec. lit. President
sion, in the opinion of Rear Admiral , Roosevelt 's message dealing with his
0. W. Rae, chief of the bureau of steam action in dismissing from the army the
engineering, whose report was made negro troops of the three companies of
public today, is that of the steam tur- the Twenty-lifth infantry furnished the
Washington, Dec. 17. The house-
began the last week before the Christ
mas holidays with a determination to
dispose of as much legislat ion as possi
ble, to make way for the more active
work which will devolve on it when
congress again convenes. To this end -several
small bills were passed under
suspension of the rules. Tho Indian
appropriation bill was taken up and 15
of the 57 pages completed when it was
laid aside for the president's message
concerning tho Panama canal, which
consumed more than an hour in its;
reading, being listened to by a large
number of members.
The pictorial feature of tho message
afforded an opportunity for good na
tured comment, the innovation of cuts,
in a state paper being looked on with
favor. Messages from the president on
bine. Involving such radical changes, one topic of interest in the senate's scs-1 public, lands 'and the naval personnel
Admiral Rae says, the bureau lias pre- sion today. A lively debate followed were also read.
ferret! to wait before adopting it exten
sively, until it had been demonstrated
as unquestionably the best system of
propulsion for naval purposes.
It is expected that, when the three
the reading of the message as to what
should be done with it.
Foraker wanted it sent to the mili
tary committee with instructions to
make further investigation, should the
scout cruisers now building, two with committee deem it necessary. He said
State Rights in Australia.
Sydney, N. S. VY, Dec. 20. Joseph
Hector Carn.thers, premier of New
Soul h Wales, has entered a strongly
lie ici-iniioiiy noi iisunion, us, !.. it.., .1.4 . . , i. , ..... i
, . .. - . , i "ciiuii in me iiguia oi uic sutie guv-
much of it was not under oath. On',,., tj i ft.,i n
I . . , . 1. .on,, 111 11 .'ilia ci 1111 11.. ih' 111 1 mil n
1 oojection irom l lay, me senate post
poned action until tomorrow.
. 1 , ... . ,. i.i . 1,1, , ""cii'i iuimi-.-i iiLiuiiL' iui unci icicm 1.3
turhine nnd one with reemrooitmi'- en- that in reality much that ntuienreil tn ' ., . .. . J . .
, , , 1 .1 ... 1 1 . OM ,no .nirt oi tne imperial common
invti, un.1 v')iijM.iM uiim 1111 11 u mid
hnve"been held, comparative data of the
tit nn st value will be obtained. An
officer of the bureau is now abroad mak
ing a thorough investigation of marine
turbine installations already in opera
tion and in contemplation and in addi
tion the work of erecting at Annapolis,
Md., experimental turbine engines,
condensers, pumps, etc., is proceeding.
TREASURE CHEST STOLEN.
t! r. ! e.lerrjl gov-riitTu-t:t to afford such
protection. All coiisi,),. rations which
I'-.'V ?.,o f n nation, every eotlsider.it ion
of duty in th preservation of our treity
ohlitrat ions, ev ery con id. ra t ion Prompt
ed l,y ;: years "r nioe of frier d
if with the i-, pire of Japan, would
ur ite in iI'Mnan.'.i -r. it seems to me. of
tho t'n!'c. sat-- irovere rT-nt and nl'
jT feoj.le. the f., v.r I rote, tion and t h
...f consideration for the sul.jects of
Japan."
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Putter Fancy creamery, .'JOto "(.
Kggs Oregon ranch, .'."ic per dozen.
Poultry Average old liens, 1 1 (Tt 1 2c
per pound; mixed chickens, 11 (it 12c;
spring, (il2r; old roosters, '.uh 1 lc;
dressed chickens, 14 0i 15c; turkeys,
live, 17 7i IT'-jjC; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 20(3!22c; geese," live, 10c;
ducks, 15(Xlije.
Fruits Apples, Common to choice,
50(i?75c per box ; choice to fancy, $1
2.50; pears, $1 (it) 1.50; cranberries,
$1 1 .50t'iT2..r)0 per barrel; persimmons,
$1 .50 per box.
Vegetables Turnip", 00cf7$l jier
sack; carrots, !(lera$l per sack; beets,
!fl.2oM 1.5(1 per sack; horseradish, !"S
1 oc jier jHiund ; sweet Kifats, 2y.i(&
2?4'c per wmnd; cabbage, 1 '4 ri I '.jC
tier pound; cniuiiiower. fi.i'o per doz
en; celery, $4fn4.5o per crate; lettuce,
lleii'l, .oe per dozen ; onions, 10(.ii(.
per dozen; pumpkins, 1 '4c per outi
spinach, 4f'i ii" per niund;
1 '4'c per jHiund.
in ions Ircgoi
dred.
Potatoes Oregon Rmbanks, fancy,
$1'"1.10; common, 7i( S."e.
Wheat Club, ;:, (;;; bhuslem,
d7f'nsc; valley, m;oi;7c; red, '.:;.
Oats No. 1 white, 2-V2li; "l-.iv,
24.5n-'. 25.
Parley Feed, $21'- 21 .50 per ton;
brewing, 22.5o ; mll-d, 22.5if- 21.
Rye fl.4nf.r 1.45 per cut.
Corn Whole, $2; cracked, f27 tier
ton.
Hay Valley I i mot by, No. 1, $K'i
12 jht ton; Fa-tern Oregon tiniothv,
14oi If,; Hover, S; elicit, $7.50
(. S.50; grain hay, f 7..Vif s.5(; alfalfa.
$11.5o; vitch hay. 7r 7..V.
Veal Itsseil, '..( He pf pound.
lU-i f Dressed bulls, K-i 2" icr
jKiund; cows, 4 (" 5c; country sti rs,
'( 5 : .
Thieves Rob Wells-Fargo at Reno of
Large Amount.
Reno, Nev., Dec. 22. Wells Fargo
& Company's express box, said to have
contained iliO.IMH), was stolen from the
company's office here hist night aftet
the arrival of the train from Tonopah.
Fdwa'rd Crofton, the messenger, contin
ued on his way to San Francisco.
Efforts of the local police and sheriff
have been unavailing to capture the
thieves. Charles Frrell, the detective
appointed on the ease, stated this even
ing that tho robbers were doubtless
criminals who have bei 11 hanging about
the station with the purpose of stealing
part of the Mohawk ore shipments,
which have been stopped on several oc
casions during the last few day!.
J.J. I'.urke, Wells-Fargo agent here,
admitted today that the amount of the
robbery would reach the first estimate,
$.'0,000. Jle will know exactly how
much wa stolen when advices reach
Reno from Tonopah tomorrow'.
qua.-n lOi
5ef" $1 j.er huii'
i-sel, fancv, Ki Ttc
I-cr
Mutton Pre
pound ; ordinary. Crf-i
Pork Dri sil, ( Sc p-r Kititid.
llcjis llf' 15c -r ioutil, Hoarding
to quality.
Win! Pastern On gon average licst,
I."., 1 s ii'iiirdiriu' to shritikaee; val
ley, 22:;et sici rdit.g to fineness: mo
hair, choice, 2Cn 2Hc.
Will Signal New Year.
Washington, Dec. 22. The naval
observatory will send this year, as us
ual, four series of New Year s eve tele
graphic time signals to announce tb
exact instant ot the beginning ot the
new year in each of the four great
standard time zones of the I'nitei
States, 11:11111 Iv, Fastern, Central,
Mountain and Pacific. The system fol
lowed will be the Sil me as heretofore
and like that in use daily at noon
Fach scries begins five minutes before
the hour and the Hock tick, following a
silent interval of ten seconds, marks
the exact hour.
The pension calendar was cleared bv
the passage of more than 200 private
pension bills.
At the suggestion of Senator Tidge,
President Roosevelt's Panama message
will be printed for the senate in "nor
mal" spelling. Kittredge secured the
adoption of an order for 20,000 copies.
Washington, Dec. 10. In the house
today Laeey, of Iowa, tonka protioiinc-t
ed position in opposition to f he adjourn-,
inenl of congress for the Christmas hol
idays, declaring that "it is idiotic for
the house to adjourn and then jam all
legislation through under whip and
spur during the closing days." j
Clark, of Missouri, declared that the
statement made by
idiocy of adjourning
wih the most sensible,
for the past 12 years.
After coniderable
proposed increase of 1
ot a quorum wa.-adjourned.
Ijicey about the
for the holidays
: thing he had said
discussion on a
lerks an absence
revealed and the house
that the Australian states declined to
permit Alfred Deakin, the prime min
ister of the conimi liwalth, to speak
in their behalf, and that any resolu
tions adopted at the Cilotiial conference
concerning state matters would he ig
nored unless the individual state's were
represented.
Fulton Looks Out for Counties.
Washington, Dec. 20. Senator Ful
ton today secured t he promise of tho
senate public lands committee to
amend the bill repealing the timber
and stone act so that 20 per cent " ( f
the receipts from the sales of public'
timber shall be paid to counties in
which the timber is cut. This is in
lieu of taxes. The bill provides that,
hereafter public timber not in (orest
reserves can on ly be acquired by pur
chase at not. less than its appraised
value.
eartli was
Colorado Town Shaken,
fllenwiKid Springs, Colo., Dec
A violent trembling of the
felt on lxith sides of the (irand river in
the neigh bfirhoiMl of Newcast lc about !
o'clock this morning. The actual causi
of the disturbance is uncertain, though
many attribute it to an explosion of
accumulated gas in the Wheeler coa
mine, which runs north and miilh be
yond Newilistle. One theory of today's
disturbance is that the earth settled.
the ilistihiccmeiit having been cau-od
by fire, which slowly burned away tin
coal vein.
Suffrage Bill is Passed.
Vienna, Dec 22. The universal suf
fni'c bill i.as-e t he aid N-r Mouse a tier
a remarkable sitting of 1 1 1:1 1 ib.'iml r.
which lnstiil from II o'clock thi
tnorri'mg until pi:.'!0 tonight . One o!
the rnemlicrs votnl for the principle ..!
plural franchise. This principle v.a
i-nmliated w ith energy by Paron v. r
lieck, the Amtrian premier, who made
, . 1 - rr
an eiiMiicni pit a ior iniicr-;u miuni-.
on the ground that the failure to gr. r.t
it would cause serious trouble
Declines Silver at 70 0G5
Wa-hingU.n, p.-c 22. The TrctisuM
department tlav d- liii'd to pun-has
any siiver at the ij iotiil price of 7M';.
nts Iter tine fun..'. Two tlii.usind
ou ii't-S were offered at that price.
Tuesday, December 18.
Washington, Pec. IK. The senate
today devoted nearly four hours to
considerat ion of unobjected bills on its
calendar. The result was the passage
of a number of measures of minor im
portance. Among those passed was one
authorizing a government loan of $10,
000,0110 to the Jamsetown Tercenten
nial Imposition company, and another
providing for an investigation of the
industrial, social, moral, educational
and phyis'-.il condit ion of women and
child workns in the Cnited Slates by
the depart merit of Commerce and I-a-bor.
The urgent deficiency appropria
tion bill was alsw passed.
North Dakota Has No Coal.
St. Paul, Dec. IS. A special to tho
Despatch from (irand Forks, N. D.,
says (hat the fuel sil nation today pre
sents the most erit ical condit ion that
ha existed in the history of the slate.
Careful inquiry in every portion of tho
northern half of the state shows that
there is not a town in which coal could
be had to supply immediate needs and
in dozens of places there is not a pound
to be bought, the dealers having been
out of fuel for days arid weeks.
Washintgon, Dec. 18. During the
session of the house today the Indian
appropriatt ion bill was jmssed practi
cally as it came from the committee nn
appropriations. The early morning
session was devoted to the considera
tion of Dist rid of Columbia business.
The exodus of memlicrs has already
commenced for the Christmas holidavs.
Opposes Blanket Increase.
Washington, Dec. 10. Representa
tive I.ittauer, a member of the commit
tee on appropriations, talked will
President Roosevelt today on the ques
tion nf increasing the salaries of gov
ernment employes. The president is
understood not to favor a blanket in
crease of 20 per cent, although he if
said to feel that there are many men
in the government service who deserve
more than they are receiving.
Monday, Dec. 17.
Washington, Dec. 17. A pictorially
illustrated message from President
Roosevelt jHirtmying conditions as he
Pay Lawmakers By the Day.
Wardiinglon, Dec. IS. Representa
tive Oaines introduced a bill today
providing that senators and representa
tives shall receive $P.75 a day, their
pay to be deducted from their salaries
J 1. .).... ii..... c..;i i.. ..11.....1 ......
je.l iinii ' lj una i.iiii'fiiiiiii"ir.i-
sions. The sickness of members or
illness in their families are the only
valid excuses.
Was There Congo Lobby?
Washington, Dec. Senator Pat
terson in a revolution has askid that
the charges bv a New York newspaper
11 relation ton lobby having lioeii sent
to the I mtid State at the lal session
of tigress to influence senators rnii-T-rning
Congo Free State legislation be
iti vest igat tl by the senate commit tec
on foreign relation. The resolut ion
1-11 id- that the lobby is alleged to have
been main'aiiied ly a foreign gnerti
: 1 K ii I and 111 , t a con-ular ollicial sent
iiiiiniiiicat i'-r.s senators in an effort
i-i inlluerico ihein. I
May Agree on One Classification.
Chicago, Pec. lit. An effort is
! made by the railroads to obtain a
uiiiver-al and systematic classification
of freight in response to the demands of
lie- sh ppi r- and to t he sugge-t inns of
the Inleislate Cninmerce commissi"!! .
The lo-t step in this direction w:M
taken by the Central Freight associa
tion, which ll is asked the I'astcrn lines
to jo 11 it in considering the question.
The plan is to appoint committees
which will cni;fer tog, Iher and see if a
uniform classification cannot be agreed
Upon.
Penalty frr Making Campaign Gifts.
Washington, In-c. 1 S. The Tillman
hill, forbid ling national Kinks and
w re o,nte. other corM rat ions autliorize.1 y ron
11 in the sen- gn s. as well as cori orations in general
Ppc' motion Bill Strikes Snag.
Wasl.i goo, D,c. 1.I. What are
on ' e-n d ! f.-i-t- in t In- :, t for I he r - i
I iiu.'t ion i.f a'il land
i t :n a n! discii-i
:t PI y of 1 Pill to :Mi;iid tluit net.; from coi.triimt mg to election run. Is.
v.. . i'-n v. a !. ken. Senators ib-sir -d was oensidcred yesterday by the eoin-
in -bilge in furl ! -i debate. The bill '. inittoe on elections of president and
eqiiir.-s e-t 'mat.--for prqM.siHl rcH im- j viv president, which decided unani-
" i- n w'i rk to I i t annually to cmi- niotis.lv to reort tin matter favor-tidy.
ri-t mi I amendment were prooscd , w ith lite addition of an imprisonment
naking a direct appropriation in-ci-s-; -lane as -well as iinixtsitioii of a lino
.ry 1m fore the work an procei-d. I fT offenders.