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.
GREATER SAN FRANCISCO.
The Union Facific is said to be eell
ing its Atchison stock.
Campbell-Bannerman is expected
resign as premier of Great Britain.
Rebellion is rampant in the army
and navy of Portugal and martial la
prevails.
Bryan and Roosevelt have discussed
the money question and agree with
each other.
Leading financiers agree that th
Bcare is over and that prosperity wi
return quickly.
The Popoulist party is arranging for
a national convention to select a pres
dential candidate.
Officers of the United States Steel
corporation say the company likes com
petition and will not crush rivals.
Santos Dumont has just complete'
another airship and preliminary trials
indicate that it will excel anything yet
constructed.
The Portland clearing house is re
calling its certificates and putting out
new issue which is smaller and more
convenient to handle.
Pacific Coast hop growera may form
a combine.
Whalers are returning home empty
from Alaska waters.
The temperance movement is grow
ing rapidly in Germany.
The labor supply now exceeds the de
mand in nearly all lines.
Railroad survevors are busy in the
Cowlitz pass, Washington.
Reactionaries open fire on Roosevelt
and may force him to run against his
will. '
The issue of government certificates
of indebtedness is already an kassui
success.
Captain James H. Holmes, one of
the last of the followers of John Brown
is dead.
The Merchants' Independent Steam
ship company of Los Angeles will es
tablish a line to Portland.
It is reported that the Kickapoo In
dians of Oklahoma have been robbed
of at least $250,000 worth of land.
Hundreds of miners are being gath
ered together to be shipped from Sound
norts to Alaska in an effort to break
the miners' strike there.
A Norwegian bark was wrecked on
the coast of Tasmania, five men drown
ed, and the captain and six men are
lost in the woods on Bhore.
Two prominent mining men were
found murdered at Goldfield, Nev.
They had been dead at least a week,
their skulls having been fractured,
presumably with drills.
A daughter of Theodore P. Shonts is
to marry a French duke.
One of the closed New York banks
has reopened for business.
Roosevelt has forbidden Southern
Federal officials to work for his re-elec
tion.
The new issue of canal bonds and
certicfiates is likely to be oversub
scribed. Many sawmills in Colorado are clos
ing down on account of the money
stringency.
J. J. Hill has appealed to the people
of the United States lor a cessation of
anti-railroad agitation.
Engagements of foreign gold since
the money stringency in the United
States now total $75,000,000.
The New York Court of Appeals has
refused Hearst a recount of the mayor
alty vote of the 1905 election.
The Tampa, Fla., cigar factories have
laid off 1,000 workmen on account of a
shortage in the Cuban tobacco crop.
John D. Rockefeller denies the ru
mcr that he is hoarding $100,000,000
i i government securities which he re
fuses to sell or loan.
Senator Piatt favors Roosevelt for
president.
Senator Borah says Idaho is for Taft
or Hughes.
Secretary Taft is at Vladivostok and
will hurry heme.
Twenty-four escaped political prison
ers from Russia have just arrived in
New York.
A fire at Kanpas City, Mo., destroyed
several building", and an unknown
woman was burned to death.
Nearly all congressmen agree that
the nrst measure passed at the coming
session will be a currency bill.
Three convicts escaped from the Ne
vada penitentiary by overpowering
Cleveland Very Sick Man.
New York, Nov. 26. According to a
report received tonight ex President
rover Cleveland is again seriously ill
at his home in Princeton. He is said
to have suffered a relapse of the old in
testinal trouble which affected him last
June. The present attack, it is said,
developed on Thursday last, and al
though severe, it is said, Mr. Cleveland
howed considerable improvement on
Friday. Details of his condition could
not be learned at his home tonight.
Brings Suit Against Japan.
Victoria, B. C, Nov. 26. News was
their guards. Two of them were cap- received from Tokio that John Hartley,
tured and the third committed suiide. Britisher who went to Jpan in 1864.
has brought suit against the Japanese
government for 1 ,300,000 yen damages
for having impoundpd opium imported
by him in 1875. while allowing Dutch
firms and other foreigners to import
the drug.
Charter Amendments to Provide for
Immense Bond Issue.
San Franeieco, Nov. 20. By the spe
cial session of the legislature, the city
of San Francisco has been enabled to
take the necessary steps for rehabilita
tion on a big scale. The legislature
has ratified amendments to the local
charter which were adopted by the
voters at the last election. The most
important of the amendments to the
city at the present time is that which
admits of the sale of bonds bearing 5
per eent interest. Under the charter
the city was empowered to issue bonds
carrying interest not in excess of 4 per
cent. The local law provides that the
bonds may not be Bold below par. It
was impossible to sell 4 per cent
bonds, but now the city will be able to
go ahead with 5 per cent securities.
Of course it is not expected that they
can be floated under present financial
conditions,, but by the time the ques
tion has been submitted to the voters
and the bonds prepared, it is believed
that the flurry will have passed.
It is proposed to issue 5 per cent
bonds to the extent of $28,000,000 for
public improvements. Of this sum
$6,000,000 will be devoted to the re
construction of the city hall. One mil
lion dollars will be devoted to the re
construction of the shattered hall of
justice. It was completely wrecked by
the fire and during the Schmitz admin
istration no effort was made to restore
it. One million dollars is to be spent
for a new county hospital. Another
million will be used for a public libra
ry. Several million (the amount has
not yet been accurately estimated) will
be devoted to the erection of new school
houses; several hundred thousand will
be used for the purchase of lands fcr
park purposes; $5,000,000 will be em
ployed for the reconstruction of sewers
and streets, and $6,000,000 will be de
voted to the purposes of an auxiliary
water system from the ocean for fire
fighting.
FORCING LID ON CHICAGO.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
NEW BOXER OUTBREAK.
TESTS OF CEMENT.
Law and Order Leaguers Gathering
Evidence for Grand Jury.
Chicago, Nov. 26. Some two hun
dred volunteer detectives from the sub
sidiary organizations of the Chicago
Law and Order league visited saloons
in Chicago Sunday in an endeavor tc
obtain evidence that the Sunday clos
ing law of Illinois was being violated.
The action is in furtherance of a cam
paign inauguratd by the league after
the successful election struggle for local
option waged in 17 counties of the state
earlier in the month.
ine evidence collected, it is an
nounced, will be presented to the
grand jury of Cook county. Leaders in
the movement for a "dry Sunday" in
Chicago liope that the inquisitorial
body will find the facts sufficient for
the voting of true bills against numer
ous saloon keepers in each of the 35
wards of the city under the state law
which carries penalties of a $200 fine
and a jail sentence for each proven vio
lation.
Mayor Busse has thus far refused to
heed the pleadings of the organizations
that the saloons be closed and in this
attitude he has been upheld by the
Saloonkeepers' association, the Restau-
rantkeepers' association and the United
Societies for Self Government.
University of Oregon to Make Ex
haustive Experiments. ,
University of Oregon, Eugene The
department of engineering of the Uni
versity of Oregon has begun a series of
exhaustive tests on the strength and
impermeability of concrete for building
purposes and for the construction of
dams and reservoirs. The ordinary
waterproof concrete is mixed in the
proportion of one part of cement to two
parts of sand and four of stone. If,
through electrolytic action, induced by
the addition of a small percentage cf
clay, alum or other agents, the approx
imate proportion can be changed to the
ratio of one to three to six, it can be
easily seen that a large saving can be
made in the cost of materials, since the
cement is the expensive part of the
wall. Certain experiments already
made have tended to show that concrete
bo mixed has both greater strength and
greater impermeability. To determine
whether or not this ia true, some three
or four hundred tests will be made, ex
tending through the year, with varying
definite amounts of electrolytic agents
added. Each sample will be submitted
to a water pressure test of from forty
to one hundred pounds to the squrae
inch, in addition to the regular com
pression tests. The department of
chemistry is co-operating, and the most
thorough work possible will be done.
C. A. McClain and J. W. McArthur, of
the department of engineering, will
have charge of the tests.
Since the university has at
RESTORE WORN LAND.
Government Experimenting on Tract
Near Albany.
Albany Trie work of laying the
tile drainage system on the Experi
mental Farm one mile south of Al
bany was begun last week by repre
sentatives of the Federal Govern
ment, who are co-operating with
local persons in the establishment of
an experimental farm on a piece of
worn-out grain land that has been
selected for purposes of Investigation.
The purpose of the work just started
is to test various methods of soil
treatment, and to determine how this
type of land, which at the present
time is producing very little, may be
brought into a state of greater pro
ductiveness and made to yield a
greater revenue. There are thou
sands of acres of this kind of land
in the south end of the Willamette
Valley, and the results obtained, if
successful, will have a far-reaching
effect in improving present-agricultural
conditions in tfie whole Will
amette Valley.
no money available for the carrying
of such work, the expenses will
borne by the men in charge.
Fruit Rate Lowered.
Portland The Southern Pacific com
pany November 23 will put into effect
a new rate of 30 cents per 100 pounds
on canned goods in carlots from Ash
land, this being the same rate made
recently for Grants Pass. The com
pany's intention is to encourage devel
opment of the canning industry in the
Rogue river valley. Similar rates will
be made from Willamette valley and
other points. The freight traffic de
partment is busy revising its traffic to
comply with the Interstate Commerce
commission's order that the long and
mesent ! short haul feature be eliminated and
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be ! in a proportion nearer the through rate.
All railroad companies have until Jan
uary 1 to make the necessary changes.
WOMEN STARTED MUTINY.
GOVERNOR NAMES DELEGATES
Oregon Men to Attend Rivers and
Harbors Congress.
Salem One of the most impoitant
delegations Governor Chamberlain has
appointed to represent this state at an
unofficial gathering of citizens of the
United States is the delegation to the
National Rivers and Harbors congress,
which will meet December 4 of this
year at Washington, D. C. The ap
pointment of this delegation is import
ant because Oregon is deeply interested
in river and harbor improvements, and
because this convention will be held
while the United States congress is in
session, and the representatives will
have an opportunity to do personal
work in behalf of this state.
The delegation named by the gover
nor is composed of: E. Hofer, Salem;
Walter Lyon, Marshfield; B. F. Irvine,
Corallis; Ira A. Phelps, Harrisburg;
W. A. Messner, Independence; Alex
Lafollette, Wheatland: William Gill
strap, Eugene; J. L. Stockton, Salem;
James McE vara, Salem; A. Hucken
stein, Salem; J. R. Gregg, Ontario;
Fred J. Blakeley, Roseburg; C. T.
Locey, Ironsides; Philip Buehner, Port
land; J. N. Teal, Portland; Peter Log
gle, North Bend; Orvill Dodge, Myrtle
Point; J. E. Peters, The Dalles.
Lane Fruit Association.
Eugene At a meeting of a number
of Lane county fruitgrowers it was de
cided to incorporate the Lane County
Iruit & vegetable Growers assoeia
tion, with a capital stock of $5,000, the
amount having been raised by subscrip
tion among the farmers. The objects
and purposes for which the association
has been formed are to encourage, pro
mote and engage in the business of
fruit and vegetable raising and farm
ing; to buy, sell, ship and deal in any
and all kinds of fruits, berriee, vege
tables and farm products and any ar
ticles manufactured therefrom.
Ship
nduce Russian Sailors to Seize
and Revolt.
Victoria, B. C, Nov. 26. The
steamer Kumeric brought advices that
the recent mutinies at Vladivostok were
caused by four girls, who went on
board the destroyer Sukurni, and insti
gated the bluejackets of the destroyer
to seize the officers of the vessel and
escape to Japan.
They agreed, but decided to shell the
city from the roadstead before leaving.
A red flag was hoisted and the destroy
er opened fire on the admirality office
and the governor's residence, and then
exchanged shots with the cruiser Mand-
ur. The engineroom of the destroyer
was struck by a shell from the forts,
and the vessel was run ashore to pre-
ent sinking. The four girls who insti
gated the mutiny were all killed, as
well as a number of the bluejackets,
the remainder being arrested.
Postpone Thaw Trial.
New York, Nov. 26. The second
trial of Harry Kendall Thaw, set for
Monday, will again be postponed, and
there is little chance that it will be
called until some date well along in
January, ine decision to ask lor a
postponement has been agreed to by
both sides. It is due partly to the fact
that the task of securing a jury vould
be made doubly hard by the approach
of the holidays and the prospect of the
talesmen of spending both Christmas
and New l ears day locked under the
care of court baliffs.
Barley for Great Britain.
Portland A big movement of
Oregon barley to the British isles is
under way. This use it is said more
barley is being exported than in
number of years previously. Then
lots ranging from 7,000 to 27,000
sacks, and aggregating approximate
ly 100,000 sacks, have been certified
from the Portland chamber of com
merce this month for export on two
vessels, the Lyra and the Woodford.
The barley movement is regarded as
a favorable sign in the general situa
tion, and it is said there is a good
prospect for a general revival of the
grain export trade during November
Look for Lower Prices.
Pendleton Restaurant and hotel pro
prietors of Pendleton report that they
are looking for a decrease in the price
of edibles during the winter. Meat has
reached an enormously high figure, ac
cording to their reports. Mutton that
has been 12)c per pound has dropped
2c within the last few days. Hogs
were selling for 7c per pound on foot.
and now they are selling for 6c. This
diference will surely affect the retail
price.
Electiors Valid Despite Holidays.
Salem Attorney General Crawford
has rendered an opinion in which he
advised city officials that there is no
doubt whatever of the validity of a
city election held while the bank holi
days are continuing. He bIfo holds
that proceedings leading up to the elec
tion, such as notices and registrations,
are valid, notwithstanding the holidays.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
bluestem,
$28.50;
86c;
The Importation of precious Etonps
for the first 10 months of this year
chows a decrease of more than $6,000.
600 compared with the corresponding
period of last year.
One Bad Spot.
Rock Creek The fruit crop in thin
section is now all picked and packed
ready for shipment, but owing to finan
cial conditions which have prevailed
the past few weeks, shippers are slow
to act. The entire apple crop this sea
son was a partial failure. Most of the
growers did not harvest more than a
third of a crop. The Locust Grove
orchard, however, succeeded in market
ing about half a crop, mostly winter
varieties. The product of the orchard
was sold to a Loa Angeles firm. The
price ranged from $2 to $2.50 per box.
Open Umatilla Tracts,
Pendleton It is estimated that 125
"farm units" will be opened for settle
ment on the Umatilla irrigation project
some time this winter, bat as to the
methods to be pursued in opening the
reclamation officials have no informa
tion. It is thought filings will be re
ceived at the commissioner's office in
Hermiston, and firetcome first served.
Most of the land to be opened is al
ready deeded land, and will be sold at
private sale in small tracts.
Mulkey Will Resign.
Salem It is learned here on what is
known to be reliable authority, that B.
F. Mulkey intends to rsign the presi
dency of Ashland Normal school about
the first of the year and enter the real
estate business in Medford. Several
men are preparing to seek his position
at Ashland. President Mulkey has
made his plans known to his friends in
this part of the state.
Cove Apples Moving.
Cove W. Chenault shinned $600
worth of big red Oregon apples East.
at $1.50 a box. J. M. Gasset shipped
2.000 boxes, also last week, at $1 a
box. i
Wheat Club, 84c;
valley, 84c; red, 82c.
Oats No. 1 white, $28.50; gray,
$29.50.
Barley Feed, $28.50 per ton; brew
ing, $30; rolled, $3031.
Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy.
$23; clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain
hay, $1516; alfalfa, $14.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27(5)32c
per pound.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 7C)8Kc;
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
pounds, 7c.
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7c;
packers, 6(3)7c.
Poultry Average old hens, ll(5il2c
per pound; mixed chickens, 10llc;
spring chickens, 10llc; roosters, 8c;
dressed chickens, 1213c; turkeys,
live, 1516c; geese, Jive, 910c;
ducks, 12(13c. pigeons, $11.50;
squabs, $z3.
Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 3540c
per dozen.
Fruits Apples, 75c$2 per box
peaches, 75c(3$l per crate; pears, $1
1.25 per box; grapes, 75e$1.50 per
crate; quinces, 50c$l per box; cran
berries, $9.5012 per barrel.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack;
carrots, $1.25 per eack; beets, $1.25
per sack ; beans, 79o per pound ; cab
bage, lljc per pound; cauliflower,
90c$l per dozen; celery, 5090e per
dozen; corn, 85c$l per sack; cucum
bers, $1 per eack; onions, 1520c per
dozen; parsley, 20c per dozen; pep
pers, 817c per pound; pumpkins,
ljc per pound; radishes, 20c per doz
en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c
per pound; squash, 114C per pound;
tomatoes, 2550c per box.
Potatoes 5075c per hnndred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, 2
2Jc per pound.
Hops 1907, 58c per pound; olds,
34c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average best,
1320c per pound, according to
shrinkage; valley, 1820c, accordin
to fineness; mohair, choice, 2930c
per poind. 1
Aged Chinese Empress Alone Holds
Back Fanatic Hordes.
San Francisco, Nov. 25. Another
Boxer outbreak of the sort which oc
curred in China in 1899, when many
lives were lost, is threatened for the
near future, according to advices re
ceived here on the auxiliary collier
Justin, ariiving from Manila and
Guam, and the United States is pre
paring to rush troops to China at a
moment's notice. A steamer fully
loaded with provisions and ammunition
is lying in the harbor at Manila and,
Bhould a report be received from China
to the effect that the Boxers are again
on the rampage, troops from the Phil
ippines will be immediately hurried to
the scene of the outbreak.
Those arriving on the Justin state
that from reports received from China,
it is pointed out that this trouble is
likely to occur in the vicinity of Pekin,
where the former fighting resulted
from an attack upon the missionaries.
It is stated that trouble would have
resulted long before now, except for the
interference of the downger empress.
To her alone, it is stated by men ariiv
ing on the collier, is due the fact that
the Boxers have remained quiet for the
past many months. At the present
time the empress is seriously ill, and it
is said that her death is expected in
the near future.
Once the empress has passed away,
the Boxers will lose little time in re
newing their attacks upon the mission
aries, and it is known that they have
made up their minds to drive the
teachers of religion out of China for all
time.
JURY DISAGREES.
Unable to Reach Conclusion in Adams
Murder Trial.
Spokane, Nov. 25. A special from
Rathdrum, Idaho, to the Spokesman
Review says:
The jury in the Steve Adams murder
case was dit-charged at 5:45 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, being unable to agree
on a vprdict, after being out since 8:30
o'clock Saturday night.
The jury stood eight for acquital and
four for conviction. Jurymen J. F.
House, Charles Dittemore, D. W. Gar
wood and S. A. Varnum were the four
men who believed Steve Adams guilty
of the murder of Fred Tyler in the
Marble creek district of Shoshone coun
ty, Idaho, in August, 1904.
Five ballots were taken, all with the
same result. The jury was ready to
report at 3 o'clock, but the court con
ferred with attorneys for both sides and
it was agreed to keep the jury out a
litt'e longer.
Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for
Adams, tried to obtain concessions of
bail for Adams and of immunity from
arrest by Colorado authorities until the
Tyler case is disposed of. No promise
was given him. Sheriff Bailey, of
Shoshone county, is here with a war
rant for the arrest of Adams on the
charge of murdering Ed Boule, near
the same place and at about the same
time the Tyler murder occurred.
MAKE GELILO
PROJECT SAFE
Great Effort Will Be Made to Secure
Continuing Contract.
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Every Congressman From Northwest
Will Work to That End Waste
fulness and Delay on Columbia
River Jetty Due to Uncertainty of
Tpasmodic Appropriations.
Washington, Nov. 23. The recom
mendation of General Mackenzie,
chief of engineers, that an appropria
tion of half a million dollars be made
this winter to continue the construc
tion of the Celilo canal, opens up an
opportunity for placing this work
under continuing contract system.
In the river and harbor bill passed
last session was an item authorizing
the appropriation now recommended;
that means congress sanctions the
appropriation, and will make the
money available when asked for. The
appropriation will come as a matter
ot form in the sundry civil bill.,
which will be passed toward the
close of the approaching session, un
less it turns out that the available'
money is exhausted before spring, in
which event the appropriation may
be made in the urgency deficiency
bill, which will be passed in Jauuarj?
or February.
It is most desirable that the canal
should be brought under a contin
uing contract, for unless this is done
the work must progress spasmodical
ly, as congress appropriates money
from time to time. Inasmuch as;
there is yet to be appropriated up
wards of $3,000,000 to complete the
canal, it is doubly important that it
should be made a continuing con
tract. Otherwise, the money is like
ly to be made available In quarter or
half-million lots, and construction,
will be strung out over a long period.
of years. This is undesirable, for
experience has demonstrated that all
large works of this character, built,
under spasmodic appropriations, cost,
much mora in the end than those
which are built under continuing
contracts, the money being made
available as rapidly as needed.
MIGHT SPOIL YOSEMITE.
Muir and
PEAT FOrt FUEL.
Keith Oppose New Water
Supply Source.
San Francisco, Nov. 25. John Muir,
the famous naturalist, . and William
Keith, the noted landscape painter,
have protested to President Roosevelt
against the plans of the city of San
Francifco to establish reservoirs in the
Hetch-IIetchy valley, in the Yosemite
reservation, for the purposes of a mu
nicipal water supply. They base their
protest on aesthetic grounds, eaying
that the projected reservoirs would dis
figure the landscape.
It is feared that this opposition will
have great weight with the president,
as he specially commissioned Mr. Miir
to make an investigation aDd report to
him. When the president requested
Mr. Muir to investigate, he expected to
get expert knowledge on water sources
and purity, not thinking of the aes
thetic side of the mattt-r. Mr. Muir,
however, got his friend, Mr. Keith, to
accompany mm into tne reservation,
and the two decided that huge reser
voirs would mar the natural wonders.
San Francifco engineers ridicule the
idea that the rjsorvoirs would spoil the color,
landscape.
Canada Attempting to Solve Problem
by New Process.
Washington, Nov. 23. Canada,,
like the United States, is confronted
with a fuel problem that is causing,
no little concern. There is a much,
smaller supply of coal in Canada
than in this country, hence the great
er need for the development of some
new fuel. Attention centers on the
vast peat beds
Over top of the bog has been
placed a series of railway tracks,
about five yards apart, and over
them run what are called collectors.
The collector can be compared to a
large electric can equipped with a
suction pan. From the side of the
car protrudes a long pipe perhaps,
two feet .in diameter, at the end of
which is a shoe with a "lip," through,
which the dry peat dust on the sur
face of the bog is drawn into the pipe
by suction and deposited in the car..
As the car moves along the rait
the amount of peat which is drawn
up is scarcely perceptible to the
naked eye, and yet one collector will
pick up 50 tons of dust a day. The
sun quickly dries the exposed sur
face which has been uncovered by
the collector, and the same process,
is then repeated.
The dust is taken from the collec
tor into the factory, and run through.
a .large pipe, or covered trough,
through which runs a screw similar
in shape to an auger. Around the
outside of the pipe or trough is a
steam jacket placed several inches.
from the pipe to allow the steam to
pass through the space between, ia
order to dry out the dust passing;
through the inside of the pipe The
dust is ground fine to pass through
100 mesh or in other words, ffner
than flour. The dried out dust is theix
placed in a unique press and at a
temperature of 200 degrees and pres
sure of 80 tons formed into
bricklets. In two days after going:
through the press the bricks are
harder than coal and nearly the same
Bribed by Chinese.
Loa Angeles, Nov. 25. A scandal of
considerable magnitude has developed
in the local United States immigration
service, involving one or more promin
ent officials of the service in Los Ange
les. Extorting money from Chineee on
promises of immunity from arrest on
charges of illegally being in the United
States is the alleged charge. Robert
Taylor, special agent of the United
States government, has just concluded
an exhaustive investigation ana lor-
warded a report. He declines r state
the nature cf this report.
Knisor to Undergo Operation.
New York. Nov. 25. A London
lispatch to the Sun states the real
cuise of the kaiser'8 remaining in Eng
land after the termination of his state
visit to the British court, is to prepare
for an operation which will take place
within a few days. According to the
lispH'ch. ttip operation will be through
the ear, affecting the throat. It touches
the kaiser's original trouble there which
is referred to as hereditary, but it ia
sidded, thf "orHtion is not eerious.
Hearing Claims of Cities.
Fror,.', ,(t.k jn(j.f xov. 25. The
National Demrcratic committee today
hea'rd committees from various cities
sent to secuie the 1908 convention If
possible. Denver is after the conven
t'on. Most of the committeemen here
seem to favor Chicago. I
Pacific Mail May Quit.
New York, Nov. 23. In a speech
tinged with bitterness, General Man
ager R. P. Schwerin, of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Line, assailed the
Government's attitude toward ship
ping on the Pacific, and declared
that the present policy bade fair to
drive the American flag from the Pa
cific ns well as the Atlantic. Ilia
line, he said, was losing money as a
result of the operations of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, and he
intimated that the company would
not ask for a renewal of its 50-year
charter, which expires on April 15
Boston Wants Certificates.
Boston, Nov. 23. The subscrip
tions at the Subtreasury today to the
issue of Government certificates of
ndehtedness amounted to $5,607,650.
These subscriptions were all made by
individuals, and the amount Is great
ly in excess of the total of the past
two. days. On Wednesday, the first
day of the sale, the total receipts
were only $15,900. On the two days
National bank subscriptions to the
issue amounted to $301,800, from
individuals only $17,150 In all.
French Court lenient.
Paris, Nov. 23. The court which
has been hearing the case against
Charles P. Baird, of Philadelphia,
who on October 10 ran down and
killed a boy at Neuilly, while driv
ing an automobile, condemned him
to a months Imprisonment and $10
fine. In addition Baird must pay
$"2,000 damages.