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Heppner Gazette
baaed Thursday f Cadi 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.
PASSAGE THROUGH STRAIT8.
Big
The rush
subsided.
of aliens to Europe has
The De Beers company will reduce
the output of diamonds.
Quiet has again been restored in Te
heran, the Perisan capital.
The premier of Hungary has chal
lenged a man to a duel because he was
accused of being dishonest.
ine Kansas city grand jury is very
Captain Greene Selected to Pilot
Fleet Safely Through.
Los Angeles, Dec. 24. The man who
is to pilot the United States battleship
fleet through the Straits of Magellan is
in Los Angeles on his way tc Washing
ton, from whence he will proceed to
Rio de Janeiro, there to join the fleet
on January 1 .
The man selected by the Navy de
partment for this important service is
Captain E. F. Greene, of the United
States army transport Bervice. He is
58 years of age and has made in all 17
trips through the straits. He has been
a sailor since he was 14 years of age,
when he joined the Confederate navy.
His first trip was made in 1869 and the
last a year ago, when he brought the
lighthouse tender Junita to the Pacific
coast. Captain Greene will assume
charge as pilot of the fleet at Punta
Arenas about February 1, according to
schedule. There will be assigned to
him by Admiral Evans one of the fleet
est of the torpedo crafts with which he
will lead the way through the straits.
The actual passage will require about
48 hours. Captain Greene anticipates
WILL CHECK EMIGRATION.
busy returning indictments, principal
ly for violation of the Sundaj closing no danger in taking the squadron eafely
Iw' through.
The mint at Philadelphia has been
ordered to cease coining silver and coin
only double eagles. About $1,000,000
gold a day will be coined.
ine explosion at the Darr mine,
Jacobs Creek, Fa., killed every miner
at work in the tunnel. Only six bodies
have been taken out and there are at
least 180 dead.
Japan
Immigrants affl'cted with contagious
diseases are coming into New York fast
er than the local authorities can care
for them. One day recently 99 immi
grants suffering fiom contagious diseas
es were turned over to the local author
ities by the Federal health inpsectors.
Smallpox has broken out near Pe
Ell, Wash.
An assay office has been established
at Albany, Oregon.
James Hamilton Lewis ia a candidate
for governor of Illinois.
Goldfield mineowners say efforts at
compromise come too late.
Legal holidays are over in California.
December zl was the last.
The battleship fleet is well off the
Florida coast and all is well on board.
Japanese are anxious for Admiral
Evans to visit them with his battleship
fleet
Representative Scott, of Kansas,
would prohibit dealing in futures on
grain.
The first train has passed under the
Hudson river at New York through the
McAdoo tunnel.
ine total loss to vessel property on
the great lakes amounted to $743,000
for the season of 1907.
The Illinois Smupree court has de
clared unconstitutional the lawforbiud-
ding speculation in theater tickets.
ine fcearcniignt Uanfc x I rust com
pany, of Searchlight, Nevada, has been
. looted by the president of the corpora
tion.
Friction between Cortelyou and
Roosevelt may result in the resignation
of the former.
Michigan elecitric road managers say
they cannot operate at a profit for less
than 2 cents a mile.
An Atlanic liner arrived at New
York a few days ago with only seven
first class passengers.
George Rex Clarke, blind since birth,
has just graduated from the University
of Chicago with an A. B. degree.
A New York man has had his name
changed from Crooke to Croohe,be-
cause his sweetheart would not accept
such a name.
Gives Canada Assurance Di
vert Stream to Corea.
Tokio, Dec. 24. Negotiations be
tween Canadian Minister of Labor Ru
dolphe Lemieux and the Japanese gov
ernment, which have been delayed by a
hitch over details, will be concluded
within the next few days It is under
stood that Minister Lemieux has fin
ally agreed to accept Japan's verbal
assurance that she will undertake the
self imposed task of limiting emigra
tion to Canada. The exact method of
limitation will be left entirely in the
hands of the Japanese government.
The assurance is identical with that
given the United States.
It is stated that the hitch arose over
the desire of the Canadian government
to secure a definite promise in writing
outlining the undertakings. This was
positively declined by Japan because it
would entail a sacrific of treaty rights.
Minister Lemieux also desired to secure
from the Japanese government a note
giving the exact number of laborers
that the government proposed to allow
to emigrate to Canada. This was also
refused.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
HELP FOR STUDENTS.
In-
University Establishes Loan Fund
stead of Making Gifts.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
University of Oregon is planning a loan
fund of at least $5,000, based on the
belief that a loan is better than an out
right gift in the form of a scholarship.
Some subscriptions have already been
made to the fund, and a number of
prominent men of the state have agreed
to guarantee amounts up to $500. Pres
ident Campbell is using his best efforts
to raise the entire $5,000 this year if
possible.
In almost every high school graduat
ing class there are some who do not
have the means for a college education,
but who would take advantage of any
fair opportunity offered them to secure
one. The treasurei of the loan fund,
who is to be the high school inspector
and will thus have an opportunity to
know personally the members of the
classes, will work in conjunction with
the city superintendents and high school
principals. He will make lcaus to
such students as need them each year
at a low rate of intereet, with the agree
mert that they are to repay the princi
pal as soon as they are able after leav
ing college. A small amount of life in
surance will be taken out on each at
SPECIAL SHORT COURSES.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES.
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Oregon Agricultural College Plans to
Aid Farmer With Little Time.
The Oregon Agricultural college will
give winter short courses, beginning
January 7, 1908, as followe:
1. General Agriculture: two weeks
Dairying; six week.
Horticulture; six weeks.
Mechanio Arts; six weeks.
Household Science; six weeks.
Many young men as well as many
mature farmers who are so situated
that they cannot take a four years
course of study desire to acquiant them
selves more fully with the most recent
developments in agriculture. There
are others who feel the need of a more
practical knowledge of farm mechanics
and the use of tools. It is to meet th
needs of these classes that these courses
will be given. The course in House
hold Science will be of value to the
women of the home who desire to more
thoroughly acquaint themselves with
the principles of good cooking and of
general home management. The sub
jects to be discussed will be of interest
and importance to every farmer and
bomekeeper and it ia hoped that
large number will take advantage of
this, opportunity.
A circular containing further inform
the expense of the tund. It ia the plan ation will be sent on application to
to have ten men guarantee the fund i the Agricultural College. Corvalli?
against loss to the amount of $500 each Oregon.
The university has had a small loan
fund of about $300 for the past four
years. During this time, 25 students
have been enabled to complete their
colleae course who otherwise could not
have done so. Only one loan has been
lost.
WANT BRAND ON ALL SHODDY
Cut in Railroad Force.
Sacramento, Dec. 24. Orders from
the general Southern Pacific offices in
San Francisco were posted yesterday in
the local railroad shops to the effect
that the shops will close, with the ex
ception of enough men to handle round
house work, today and remain closed
until January 1. It is stated unoffi
cially that after the first of the year
the force in each of the shops will be
reduced or the men will be given from
three to four days a week. It is also
said that a similar reduction will be
made all over the Harriman system.
Favors Giving Tithes.
New York, Dec. 24. Joseph H.
Choate in an address at the annual
meeting of the State Charities Aid
association advocated adherence to the
old Mosaic law that one-tenth of all
property be given to charity. He said
he did not believe many of the rich
women and men who composed his au
dience had lived up to the law and that
if all the people of the country had
done bo there would not have been any
financial troubles like those through
which the country has just passed.
Woolgrowers Working for Protection
of the Industry.
Pendleton In accordance with one
of the resolutions passed at the recent
convention of the Oregon Woolgrowers'
association, the secretary has sent to
the Oregon congressional delegation a
request for an act compelling the brand
ing of manufactured goods and clothing,
the object being to protect the public
from shoddy and cotton counterfeits of
woolen goods. The pure food law is
cited as an example that it is right for
the government to protect the people
from frauds, counterfeits and adultera
tions of all kinds.
Another resolution passed at the same
time calls for the retention of the import
duty on wool, woolen fabrics, hides,
meat and meat animals, with the ob
ject of continuing the present prosper
ous condition of the wcol and livestock
industry.
Tbe Supreme court of Illinois holds
that the anti-cigarette law does not
prohibit the sale of cigarettes made
from pure tobacco.
More than 100 all steel passenger
cars will be in me on the Pennsylvania
railroad between Pittsburg and New
York shortly after January 1.
The liner Oceanic, which has just
sailed for Europe from New York, car
ried 85,107 money orders, worth $1,
192,422.25, which is a record cargo.
The regulation requiring soldiers to
stand at salute while the "Star Span
gled Banner" is being played is modi
fied so as to permit the men to stand
erect and to salute only at the last note
of the music.
The czar and the douma will clash
on the rebuilding of the Russian navy
Cortelyou denies that he is a candi
date for the Republican presidential
Domination.
Wireless messages from the fleet
show that it is making good progress in
Its journey south.
Butte mobs hive defied the Federal
court's orders and deported nonunion
telephone linemen.
Electric power has been cut off at
Goldfield and the mines have had to
suspend temporarily.
Justice Gould has enjoined the Amer
ican Federation of Labor from boycot
ting the Buck Stove & Range company.
The state does net seem to be making
much progress in the Pettibone trial.
Judge Wood will not permit Colorado
labor troubles to be brought into the
case.
Johan Poulsen, of the InmanP-oulsen
company, of Portland, told the Inter
state Commerce commission his com
pany could make money even with the
increased lumber rate on railroads.
Will Cut Oil Rates.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 24. The state
railway commission has decided to cut
oil rates in Nebraska 30 per cent. This
action was forced by alleged discrimin
ation by the railroads in favor of the
Standard Oil company. The railroads
view the proposed reduction with great
disfavor, and declare that they will
lose money on every gallon of oil they
move at tbe new rate. They are al
ready outlining a fight to maintain the
present toll.
New Road Is Under Way.
Grants Pass The government is
making good progress under the direct
superpvision of the local forestry serv
ice, m extending a road down Rogue
river into Curry county. This particu
lar stretch of road will open up a wide
latitude of country rich in mineral and
prolific of the best marketable pine.
When this work has been completed,
10 per cent of the proceeds will be di
verted to the school fund, thus increas
ing the permanent .means of keeping up
schools. About $5,000 has been aDDro-
priated to be used in developing the
highway, and it is expected that con
gress will set aside $5,000 more to be
used on this project.
Another Mill for Albany.
Albany Albany is tc have another
flourmill. In the next few weeks a
plant with a capacity of 50 barrels a
day will be established by E. A. John
son, who now operates a, saw mill at
Drain, and P. B. Marshall, who for
years has been secretary of the Albany
Farmers' company. The two men have
consummated the purchase of the three
warehouses of the Albany Farmers'
company, situated at Albany, Tallman
and Tangent, and in addition to carry
ing on a warehouse business, will oper
ate a flourmill in one of the local build
ings of the old company.
CHANGES FOREST BOUNDARIES
Department Heeds Demands of John
Dap Stockmen.
jonn jjay uyj. .Bingham has re
ceived his commission as acting forest
supervisor -for the Malheur national
forest preserve, with headquarters at
John Day. The boundaries of the
new reserve are the John Day river on
the north, previous withdrawal on the
east, former lines on the south, irreg
ular lines running near the center of
.townships in range 27 on the west
Heppner forest is extended to the John
Day river and headquarters removed to
Monument. The remaining portion of
the western division is renamed Des
chutes and headquarters at Prineville
Stockmen rejoice at the change.
Grain Instead of Hops.
Aurora During the past two weeks
this section has been well soaked with
the usual winter rains and the farmers
are well pleased with the outlook. The
ground is in good condition, and much
work has been done for the . winter
grains. An unusually large acreage of
grain has been sown this fall, many of
the hopgrowers thinking it better to
put in small grain than to depend en
iireiy on nops xor nnanciai returns on
their properties.
Big Lumber Contract.
Astoria The Olson-Mahoney Lum
ber company, of San Francisco, which
has been awarded a contract for 6,000,
000 feet of lumber by the Isthmian
Canal commission, is closely identified
with the Clatsop Mill company and
the Astoria Box company, of this city,
and it ia expected a large part of this
order will be cut al the local mills. .
Present for University.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
Alumni association has just presented
to the University of Oregon a painting
of President Johnson the first presi
dent of the university. The work was
done in Eugene by R. LeBarre Good
win, of New York, at a cost of $500.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Secretary Cortelyou Makes Report to
Congress.
Washington, Deo. 23. Secretary Cor
telyou has repoited to congress (he re
ceipts from customs from Oregon during
the past fiscal year to be $1,140,612, of
which there was collected in Portland
$1,123,291; Astcria, $17,319 and Ya
quina, $1.35.
The total for Washington, all ports,
was $1,622,033. From internal reve
nue the collections were in Oregon,
$378,428; Washington, $1,046,238,
and California, $5,536,790.
The immense lead of New York state
in both items is shown: Customs re
ceipts, $223,127,065; internal revenue,
$32,353,797.
The reports of receipts from sales of
publio lands gives Oregon $1,621,287,
of which there was collected at Port
land, $163,796; The Dalles, $344,276;
Roseburg, $415,004; La Grande, $435,.
208; Burns, $91,952; Lakeview, $171.
048;. In Washington the receipts were
$660,714; California, $367,270. Total
receipts from land sales in the country
were $7,878,811.
The territorial government of Alaska
cost $51,472 in salaries, and $4,919 in
expenses.
The fine custom house at Portland
cost in Improvements only $770.42, and
the Baker City postoflioe only $50, and
the Salem public building $5,628.
During the year the government ex
pended $2,201 on its exhibit which was
at the Lewis and Clark exposition, and
$1,382 on the exposition government
buildings.
On harbor improvements the dis
bursements were: Entrance to Coos
bay, Oregon, $2,600; dredge for Oregon
and Washington harbors, $1,000:
Grays harbor, Washington, $10,000;
Grays harbor and Chehalia river, $3,-990.
River improvements cost: Columbia
and lower Willamette, below Portland,
$72,668; Columbia, at Cascades, $270;
Columbia, between Wenatchee and
Bridgeport, $1,000; Columbia, Wash
ington, $12,500; gauging waters of the
Columbia, $773,636; upper Columbia
and Snake rivers, $18,000; Coos river,
$500; Coquille river, $4,400: Tilla
mook, $3,980; Willamette and Yam
hill, $23,000.
The surveyor general's office at Port
land cost in salaries, $8,750; at Seattle,
$9,750.
Crater lake cost the government $2,
999.
Oregon's five per cent of the public
land sales amounted to $22,489, Wash
ington's, $20,011.
Pacific Northwest Indiana cost, for
support: Umatillas, Cayuses and
Walla Wallas, $2,713; Yakimas, $3,
391; Nez Percea, $987; Warm Springs,
Oregon, $3,397; Klamath Indians, $5,-
203. besides administration expenses at
all reservations.
xo maintain the Columbia river
lightvessel, $74,496 was tbe expense
Tbe summary of the nation s expenses
shows the cost of the war department
for the year was $123,290,500; navy
department, $95,306,894; treasury de
partment. $72,174,930; state depart
ment, $2,066,394; executive depart
ment, proper, $26,407; Interior depart
ment, $165,048,667; postoffic depart
ment, $10,097,771; agricultural depart
ment, $9.551,' 14; commerce and labor,
9,328,881; judicial department, $7,
517,396.
It is an interesting fact that although
the department of commerce and labor
has been organized only a few years.
ta expenses equal those of the depart
ment of agriculture.
The grand total of the governmental
department expense was $762,488,753,
which did not include many millions
appropriations and some items
which bring the actual outlay close to
1,000,000,000.
For State Line Stations.
Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 24. The rail
road commission of Oklahoma has or
dered the Santa Fe to establish stations
at all points on the state line crossed
by the company. The action was taken
because of a decision on the part of the
commission that the Santa Fe had
failed to sell interstate tickets at the
2-cent rate.
Chile to Welcome Fleet.
Valparaiso,' Dec. 24. The house of
W. R. Grace & Co., of this city, has
received a telegram from New York
certifying that the American fleet, now
on its voyage to the Pacific, will enter
the ports of Chile. Preparations are
Ceing made here to give them an agree
able welcome, in which the government
will join.
Goldfield to Be Troopless.
Washington, Dec. 24. Roosevelt has
ordered the troops withdrawn from
Goldfield Monday, December 30. No
statement as to the reason for with
drawal is offered but at the War de
partment it is assumed by many that
General Funston has found that it was
not necessary to send the soldiers there.
British Squadron In Pacific.
London, Dec. 24. According to the
Standard, the Admiralty has decided to
establieh next May a Pacific and North
American squadron, the base of which
will be at Eequimalt, B. C.
Heat and Light for Agency.
Pendleton Supervising Engineer
Pringle of the Indian department, who
has been at the Umatilla agency exam
ining the facilities for heating and light
ing the buildings of the agency, will
recommend, it is understood, the erec
tion of a one-story brick structure, 4 Ox
70 feet, in which a complete electric
lighting and heating plant will be in
stalled. It is desired that the building
shall be completed for the opening of
school next year.
Fruit Meeting in Eugene.
Eugene Plans are under way for an
important meeting of the Lane County
Horticultural society with the officers
of the State Horticultural soceitv. in
Eugene, the first week in January.
President W. K. Newel and Secretary
H. M. Williamson, of the state beard.
will be here to address the meeting.
and there will be some members of the
faculty from the Agricultural college in
attendance.
Lard Claimarts Anxious.
Pendelton In the Umatilla land
fraud case, which will poon beain.
about 200 entrymen will be involved in
th La Grande district. Great uneasi
ness is being shown as to the outcome
of these cases.
New Notares Fublic.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
named the following notaries Dubli::
Thomas Coatee, Tillamook; J. L. Camp-
Dell, Ulendale; lrgiJ II. Massev. R.
F. D. No. 8, 8alem.
'Wheat Club, 8081c; blnestem, 82
83c; valley, 8081c; red, 7879c.
Oata No. 1 white, $28: gray, $28.
Barley Feed, $27.50; brewing, $31;
rolled, $30.
Corn Whole, 32; cracked, $33.
. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $16;
Eastern Oregon timothy, $2023; clo
ver. $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $15
$16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3537
per pound.
Veal 75 to 125 rounds, 8J9c
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
pounds, 6(36c.
Poik Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6
oc; packers, 6b$c.
Poultry Average old hens, ll12c
per pound; mixed chickens, 11c
spring chickens, 12c; roosters. 8c
dressed chickens, 12(&13c; turkeys
live, loc; dressed, choice, 1719c
geese, live, 89c; ducks, 1213c
pigeons, $11.50; squabs, $23.
Lags Freeh ranch, candled, 85
37c per dozen.
Fruits Apples, 75c$2 per box;
peaches, 75c(i$$J per crate; pears, $1.25
1.75 per box; cranberries, $9.6012
per barrel.
Vegetables Turnips, 75o per sack;
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
sack; beans, 79c per pound; cabbage,
icperpouna; caunnower, y&c(2)il per
dozen; celery, $3.50(33.75 per crate;
onions, 1520c per dozen; parsley, 20c
per dozen; peas, llo per pound; pep
pers, 817c per pound; pumkpine, 1
1 14C per pound; radishes, 20c per doz
en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c
per pound; squash, llc per pound;
tonatoes, $1.50 per box.
Onions $1.752 per hundred.
Potatoes 50(365c per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2.6n
per hundred.
Hops 1907, 5 7c per pound; olds,
nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1320c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 1820c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 2930o per
pound. I
FATAL MINE
EXPLOSION
Entombs Over Two Hundred Men In
Pennsylvania.
Third Disaster In Same District In
Nineteen Days Raises Toatl of
Deaths From the Three Accident
to 550 Over Half the Dead Are
Americans.
Lumber Case Ended.
Washington, Dec. 23. Taking of
testimony in the lumbermen' case be
fore the Interstate Commerce commis
sion has been concluded.
Final arguments will be made before
the commission on March 4 and a de
cision is anticipated shortly thereafter.
In the meantime lumbermen of the Pa
cific Northwest named as complainants
in the case will be entitled to ship un
der the protection of the injunction is
sued by the Federal courts at Portland
and Seattle.
Jacobs Creek, Pa., Dec. 20. An ex
plosion of gas in the Darr mine of the
Pittsburg Coal company, located here,
yesterday entombed between 200 and
250 miners, and there is scarcely a ray
of hope that a single one of them will
be taken from the mine alive. Par
tially wrecked buildings in tbe vicinity
of the mine and the condition of the
few bodies found early in the rescue
work indicate an explosion of tuch ter-
riflo force that it seems impossible that
any one could have survived it. All of
the 13 bedies taken out up to this time
are terribly mutilated, and three of
them are headless.
This is the third mine disaster since
the first of the month in the veins of
bituminous coal underlying Western
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, for
the Naomi mine, near Fayette City, and
the two mines at Monongah, W. Va.,
in which the earlier explosions hap
pened, are in the same belt as the local
workings. Yesterday s catastrophe
swells tbe number of victims of deadly
mine gas for the 19 days to between 550
and 600.
That this disaster does not equal or
even surpass in loss of life and attend
ant horrors the one in West Virginia is
due to the devotion tc church duties of
a considerable number of tbe miners.
In observance of the church festival,
many of the 400 or more men regulaly
employed at tbe mine did not go to
work. These who escaped through,
this reason are members of tbe Greek
Catholic church and they suspended
work to celebrate St. Nicholas' day.
As was tbe case at Monongah, the
explosion followed a brief shut down.
The Dair mine having been closed
Tuesday and Wednesday. It was just
11:30 o'clock when .the tenth trip of
loaded cars . had been brought out to
the tipple that there came an awful
rumbling sound, followed immediately
by a loud report and a concussion that
shook nearby buildings and was felt
within a radius of several miles. At
the same time there came out of the
mouth of the mine an immense cloud
of dense smoke and dust that floated
across the Youghiogheny river.
Intuitively everyone m the vicinity
knew what had happened and all start
ed for the one place the mouth of the?
mine.
As far as known only one man who
went to work escaped. Joseph Maple
ton, a pumper, emerged from one of
the side entrances shortly after the
explosion. He had left the part of the-
mine where most of the men were
working and was on the way to the en
gine rcom for oil.
A considerable number of the miners-
were Americans, some oi the onicfra
estimating that probably more than
half of the victims are Americans, as
the majority of the foreigners did not-work.
The Darr mine is Jocated on the west
side of the Youghiogheny river, in
Westmoreland county, along the line-
of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad,
40 miles southeast of Pittsburg and 18
miles northwest of Connelsville. It
is one of the largest of the Pittsburg
Coal company.
There was much drunkenness here-
tonight, some of the men who got a.
good start on account cf the holiday
continuing their carousal after tbe ex
plosion in celebration of their escape.
A new air shaft for the mine is being
constructed, work having been started
on it several months ago. Had this
been completed, it ie said, the loss of
life today would have been much less
serious.
More Islands Than Thought.
San Francisco, Dec. 23. Uncle Sam
is richer by 1,400 islands than he
thought he was. When the United
States purchased the Philippines the
charts showed 1,200 islands in the
archipelago. The charts used in mak
ing the treaty were known to be far
from perfect, but it was thought they
were sufficiently accurate for all pur
poses of the treaty. Accurate maps
were brought to San Francisco today
from the islands, which show that in
PAPA- Rfth VrWllr WOO lnrAafin.fAJ
tne group are 2,bU0 islands. Many of a special committee consisting nf finer-
Makes Traveling Safer.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 21. That safety-
devices save limbs and lives is demon
strated by the casualty report of the
Union Pacific railrond. In spite of
greatly increased traffic, the number of
people killed and injured bv the road
during 1907 was 1,209, as compared
with 2,097 in 1906. The report con
tains a list of the principal train acci
dents of the year, with a statement of
the causes and consequences in each-
Each wreck was investigated
them are small.
Hope to Rescue Miners.
Ely, Nev., Nov. 23. The three min
ers entombed in the Alpha mine will,
unles further trouble is experienced.
probably be released by Christmas day.
according to Foreman Gallagher. The
500-foot level was reached last night by
the rescue party at work on the cave-in.
and now that danger of a further cave-
ating or other officials of the road.
New Grand Jury at Work.
San Francisco, Dec. 21. The new
ciunty grand jury held its first session
yesterday and after quickly perfecting
the details of organization took np the
case of the missing Colton eecuritif
and the connection of former officials of
the California
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possible speed. The witnesses were examined, and the tek-
imprieoned since De-. ing c f tettimonv had not hennlnnnolnl
when the meeting adjourned until today.
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pushed with all
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cember 4.
Dr. Hanna Is Appointed.
New York, Dec. 23. According to a
special dispatch from Rome to the New
York World, Rev. Dr. Edward J. Han
na professor of dogmatic theolosv in
St. Bernard's seminary at IWlientop
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New Drydock Projected.
San Francisco, Dec. 21. The Bulle
tin says that within a few months the
Union Iron works will let a contract
for a floating drydock large enough to-
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archbishop of San Francisco, in succea- 'of th PaMfi nr-;i nJT w
sion to the late George Montgomery. ' Manchuria.