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Newspaper Page Textf1 Hcppncr 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. Manv political exiles of Venezuela are returning to their homes. Lis African trip be fears is the fever, It is believed American Ambassador Griseoiu will resign his post at Home. Henry W. Poor, a loading Wall street Lrokor, has assigned. His liabiut Mill reach $5,000,000. (.astro has witnessed what to him is a unique spectacle a snowstorm and skating on natural ice. Covernor Hughes has appointed a commission to investigate the New CUBANS IN CONTROL. Evacuation by American Army Begins New Years Day. Havana, Dee. 29 New Year's day will witness the beginning of the evac uation of Cuba by the army of pacifl cation, which has been in possession of the island since the begiuning of the provisional government, in October, 1!HU. The first provisional regiment of marines, numbering 900, which will be among the first troops to leave, are now conccntratinir from various posts at Camp Columbia. About half this regiment will sail in January on the cruiser Trairie, which arrived here Christmas eve. bound for Newport News. The Prairie will return about the middle of the month and embark the remainder. The final em- Roosevelt says the only thing about k;irkation will not occur until April 1. The embarkation will be effected with as little ceremony as possible and it is probable that their departure will be made with as little notice as marked their landing. The purpose in deferring the departure of a portion of the 17th Infantry until April 1 has been the subject of considerable speculation, but it is believed this was agreed upon at a conference between Governor Ma- goon and President-elect Gomez. It is York produce and cotton exchanges. Chicago contractors who have been not thought to be a measure of pre in the habit of giving presents to city caution, for which not the slightest officials at Christmas time this year necessity is apparent, but it probably had their gifts returned. is for the purpose of keeping the bar- Gomez' power as ruler of Venezuela eks and quarters in gooci omer urn is finally established. Manv suits have PsslbIe to tunl over to. the t,lbun will lose $2,000,000 by the turn of af fairs. model eamp for oeeupa tion by the new permanent army under command of General Pino Guerrera, the nucleus of which will be formed, it is Plans are all complete for the arrest intended, with the present corps of Cu- of about 40 more Pittsburg grafters. h,an artillery and 1,000 members of the The railroads are aiding the movement, Rurai Guard. NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON REDUCE BAG DUTY. them than to has dis- as it is cheaper to oust pay their price. The bank at Monrovia. Cal., lost $29,000, which mysteriously appeared. One man was killed and three per sons injured in an automobile wreck in California. Christmas was celebrated all over the United States by lavish gifts and feasts to poor. The bribery of Pittsburg council men by bankers has been taken up by the government. A crazy French Royalist tried to pull President Fallieres' beard, was promptly arrested. An appeal may be made to Taft to pardon Gompers, Mitchell and Morn son in case their appeal tails. CASTRO THE LOOTER. and Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, is rich himself Unknown Ten Years Ago, Now Prom inent World Figure. "Washington. Dec. 29. Since Cipria- 1 . . . T" 1.. 1... no Castro, president oi ene.uiiu, uao left his country but slight regret over his departure and subsequent vieissi tudes have been expressed on the part of t he people over whom lie has tyr- mnized and whom he has impoverished. Since 1S09, when, at the head of a rev olutionary army, he drove his predeees- sor, I'resident Anuraae, irom me capi tal and made himself absolute ruler of Venezuela, Castro seems to have had but one obejet in view, namely, to en- And in this he has sue- critically ill at his home in San Fran cisco, and it is feared he cannot sur vive. The Chicago saloon question may be put to a reierendum vote next April. The anti-saloon element is gaining in strength. Oklahoma prisoners, who are con fined in the Kansas penitentiary, com- ing vast plain ot cruel treatment and an inves tigation is to be made. i-eeueii to an amusing tAirui. Naturally no person knows, nor can an estimate be made or me we.om which Castro has garnered at the ex pense of the poor and rich alike among the Venezuelans. It is pretty definitely known that for vears he has been semi- sum of money to England, ml fliis fact lends color to the beliei that his departure lor r.urope, osten si lily to consult a noieu pn siciau uw cerninjr a serious maiaav, was oniy an other of his tricks, perpetrated in order safely to escape from the country Fx-nress comnanies were swamoed which cxnects to see him no more. with Christmas business. A boy of 15 is under arrest at Mount Clement, Mich., charged with stealing at least $30,000 from postoftice boxes. He was caught while cashing a check. Cosgrove has so far recovered that lie is able to walk a little. Count Eoni de Castellane lost his suit for possession of his children. Harriman has been reported ill, but his physician says it was only a slight bilious attack. The monitor Wyoming, now at Mare Island navy yard, will be changed to the Cheyenne. Fire in Brooklyn drove hundreds into the streets, destroying an entire block of property, valued at $1,000,- 000. Ten years ago Castro was practically unknown. Born ot obscure parents in the province of San Antonio in 18(50, he grew up practically without educa tion. RELIEF WORK IS ENDED. Committee and Red Cross Society to Go Out With Old Year. San Francisco, Dec. 29. "With the end of the old year, the San l raneisco Relief and lied Cross society, which has handled $9,500,000 in contributions since t ho rreat fire, will tro out of ex- The steamer Stork sank in Hudson istenco. 1 ins huge sum as uistmnueu K, f,t-incr itmvn a rarcro nf fur val- at an expense ot 2-i per cent, .eariy ned at SI. 500.000. The crew all es- moo.ooo is lett. Gilliam County Farmers Think Rate Is Too High. Condon.- The executive committee of the Gilliam County Improvement association has named January (5 as the day for the big booster meeting to be held in this city in behalf of the experimental farm and the advertis ing in general of the resources of Gil liam county. Tlie meeting is to' lie held during the sessions of the cir cuit and county court, wiien a num ber of prominent speakers will be here to present their views on securing tlie location of tlie experimental dry farm station in this county. At the meet ing of the executive committee were present D. H. Thomas, president, Con don; Charles H. Horner, secretary, Condon; George H. Dukck, treasurer, Mayville: J. L. Hlalock. Arlington; Oscar Maley, Ferry Canyon; r.d Palmer, Aiax. It was decided to circulate a pe tition among the taxpayers ot the county to secure the names ot all those who were in favor of a U-mill tax to cover the expenses of buying land and buildings for the experiment station. Mr. Hlalock suggested that those signing the petition should set opposite tneir names tne amount ot property on which they were paying taxes, which would show how many were interested in the movement. Another important question dis cussed was tlie renate on gram nags. It was decided to circulate a petition among the ranchers, to be sent to the congressman ot this district, asking him to work for the reduction of duty on sacks. It is estimated that the past year the farmers of this county paid out $20,000 more than necessary on grain bags, on account of the high tariff. Free Courses of Lectures. Winter short courses of study will begin at Agricultural college, Corval lis. Or. on January."). Men and women, young and old, interested in the farm, the shop, or the home, are cordially invited to attend. l!y writing at once to the Agricultural college a circular will be sent telling in detail what is proposed to be accomplished by these courses. A week of lectures on general agricultural topics begins January .". A special course for creamery operators and managers runs from January 5 to l."; a course in dairying from Jan uary IS to March 27; a course in hor ticulture, January 11 to February 20; a course in mechanic arts from Jan uary 11 to February 20; a course in road construction from January 11 to February (i; a course in household science and art from January 11 to February :o. Special leetures'nn bus iness methods on the farm will be given. Irrigators Use Too Much Water. Freewatcr. That water is wasted in irrigating orchards and crops in this vicinity, and that it is made to take the place of proper cultivation, is charged in tlie trial of the case of the Peacock Mill company against ;!tid cit izens residing along the Walla Ya!l; and Tumalum rivers, which is before Judge I'.ean. of the district court, and wnl likely take up several (lays Wit nesses have been introduced to show that farmers arc using to,, much water, placing it too frequently on their crops, and keeping the soil in such muddy condition that proper cul tivation cannot be given the land. TO HAVE COOLING PLANT. Across Continent Skipments Can Be Made From Salem. Salem. Fruitgrowers are jubilant over the announcement that a cooling plant will be erected to handle the cherry and berry crops of l'to1.), 1 G. Dcckebach, of the Salem ice works, announced at a meeting of the fruit growers that his company will erect a plant with about a seven carload capacity, and have it ready for opera turn this year. It will be constructed in such a manner that it can be en largeu to meet ititure needs, ine es tablishment of a cooling plant will enable growers to ship fresh fruit across the continent safely. i ne meeting ot lruitgrowers was held under the auspices of the Marion County Horticultural society. Horti cultural Commissioner V. K. Newell was the principal speaker. His ad dress dealt almost entirely with mar keting problems. II. M. Williamson of the state board of horticulture, delivered an ad dress upon the future of the apple in dustry. In a very exhaustive discus sion Mr. Williamson declared that though large additions are being made to the apple producing area, there is no danger of overproduction. HARNESS DESCHUTES. Proposed Project Will Benefit Farm ing in Wasco and Sherman. The Dalles. The construction of a large power plant on the Deschutes river, near Sherar's bridge, has been commenced by the Interior Develop ment company. If present plans are carried out. it will mean a great deal toward the development of Wasco and Sherman counties. Notices of appro priation of water have been filed in the county clerk's office. A force of about I.) or l'o men is at work on the proposed canal. . A dam o feet high will be built 1(500 feet above the falls of the Deschutes, and from this a canal 85 feet wide and :;." feet deep will convey the water for I two-thirds ot the distance to the site of the proposed plant. The water will be conveyed the remainder of the dis tance in eight parallel pipes, each 11 feet in diameter. A fall of 105 feet can be secured. With the immense volume of water an enormous horse power can be developed. It is estimated by engineers that sufficient water can be thrown into Sherman county to irrigate the entire 'county. At the end of the pipe line a power house will be built and hydro electric machinery installed. M. A. Moody and other prominent capitalists are back of the proposition. The force of men is soon to be doubled, and when the winter is over hundreds- of men will be put to work. NEW LIGHT ON HISTORY. Stanford Professor Finds Key to An cient Writings. Stanford University, Cal., Dec. 28 The key which bares the secrets so long hidden behind tho Etruscan and old Italic inscriptions has at last been dis covered by Professor George llempl tho holder of the philological chair at Stanford university, and the manners customs and history of a people today practically unknown may bo read in the futuro as in a book. Experienced in his investigations of old German inscriptions and rules Professor Hempl was able to accom plish in a single night the feat under- taitcn oy scienco ages ago and never before pushed to a successful conclu sion. Members of tho faculty who were present at tho lecture of Dr. Hempl be foro the Stanford Phililogical associa tion today declared that the discovery is a veritable triumph and will have far-reaching results. It will necessi tate a re stating of ancient Homan his tory and it will throw a flood of light on many disputed facts of Latin gram mar and etvmology. It has been tho generally accepted view among historians that the Etrus cans were an element entirely foreign to their neighbors, the Hotnans. This theory is entirely and conclusively over turned by Professor Hempl, whose in vestigations prove a great similarity between the Koman ami Etruscan lan guages and make possible only one eon elusion, that the Etruscans and Romans sprang from one race, which, follow ing the old legend, wandered to Italy from Troy after the fall of that great ity. thus Virgil a hneid is substan tiated by scientific proof. Dr. Hempl 's discovery is yet in its infancy. Out of 8,000 inscriptions he has read but 50, yet the little work he has done has been sufficient to convince him that the old idea of distinct races is entirely erroneous. TOTAL EXPOSURE OF BEEF PACKERS QUICKSAND IN FOUNDATION. is lett, which win ne Trans ferred to various charities. 1 he so- eiety not only too ana lougoa inousuiiun for several months after the fire, but it has provided 8,000 permanent homes for 30,000 people and has established a permanent home ror t lie aged ami in firm at a cost of $.175,000. Of the money contributed. .ew inrK gave 750,000 and Illinois $Go0,000. caped. The receiver of the old Panama Canal company declares the story of graft in the purchase of the property by the government a table. Ex-Senator Clark, of Montana, re membered his employees at Christ mas bv trivintr them turkeys. Between 10.000 and 12,000 birds were neces- Sdr- Poison Sauad Test Fire destroyed a great tenement San Francisco, Dee. 20. A campaign building on West 127th street, ISew experiments calculated to demon- ork. A number ot people were in- U-trate bevond anv doubt whether su iured and it is feared some were ri lr dioxide, as used at present in this killed. state in the preparation of dried fruit, harmful to the human system, has ' . . . i 1 i n ..,, wn e A V, r tlm lnn) mmllnl . . ; , tit, r .ith Van Sa vsnnr. iil-cn iii.iui;uior.i i"'- i-f- ...v.. ' , ..! P tl.o I nw'M Him cnt'inim. an a ii-mt hi mo A shortage of over $7,000,000 in the long .stan,ing controversy between the pure-food authorities at Washington and tlie dried fruit packers of Cali ti, t-mpcn rtVt is in session. A fornia. A "poison smiad has been j in. j uj.... : . . . .' . . . , . memher of the Constitutional party selected and it is proposed to use in -ac fWtpd sneaker. own familiar weapons against Dr. liar !.' v-x-.vs-.s I A ..... t... j .)... .u.. vcv . Wiley 1 ne supreme conn nas ucoucu mm t A.irr.1oc tins tlip richt to regulate linnor establishments. Shortnana ecora mane. ,, , .,, , c San Francisco. J)ec. 2!. Huth Ulsn, Ihr cruiser tiunaio win leave oan Vr:mrisrn rarlv in January with a bat- a n',,, r.f mirinps officers and men for established a new world record for her Honolulu. afro for rapid shorthand writing. In . . . .In test l.efore Superior .Iiiclfe Thomas F T l.n.lrArl Ii r.ii c -i i A ( hinnoV snl- ' . .. , . i mi. i.iv-.j i.. .......... - .- - Ulrahain. the L'irl wrote .id words in mon ergs nave Deen snipped iron, w c niinnt(.. ,, ra,j the same eor government naicnery ai neuuuig, wi., Richland Land Price Soaring. Richland. --FoMthill land under (lite! skirting tlie north sido of K.u-le v.-il ley is attracting the attention of home. seekers and speculators. Several Inner.-, were in the valley last wevk. look ing over this land. Some of these fields a'ong the foothills have neer been eultivated, but owing to their elevation above the valley thev are winner and better adapted' for rai-ii'" l .1 n... i- ouii iii.iii mi- v.uiey nseii. 1 lie oi i.ii- i a no is ;m acre it could be bought for .-f'.Vi, ai; daily rising in value. price .-ist ye-ir 11 l- . .i i citv s money has Deen unearmeu Lisbon, Portugal. Bold Robbery at Freewater. Freewatcr. A bold robberv was ff.UHill,,,! 1 1 I. , ' . ....... 1 1 iv u iiv.iv u iieii ine residence or Mrs. A. A. Jinidy was broken int., and -i::o in valuable old coin- taken. I runks were forced open, their con tents strewn on the floor and a draw er containing jewelry of Mrs. Rrady was pilfered, valuable rings be-'ng in cluded. Footsteps were discernible in the soft soil surrounding the house .-Mid bloodhounds from the Walla Walla Walla penitentiary are be ing engaged. It is expected arrests will follow in a few days. . Part of General Scheme. The winter course is a part of a general scheme of agricultural exten sion which the agricultural college faculty is working for. Traveling ag ricultural and domestic science schools, farmers' institutes, demon stration trains, free circulating li braries, home reading courses, winter courses, and free bulletins are all j features of a comprehensive system of extension work that the Agricul tural coliege faculty has recommended ! to President Roosevelt's uplift cmi i mission. I Fine for Violating Game Laws. Eugene. Judge liryson fined Clar ence E. Warden and his nephew. Til den Warden. ."jO each for a violation !ot the state game law in regard to ideer. At the same time he sent Al-jk-n Warden, another nephew, under 17 years of age. to the reform school authorities. Warden and his two nephews live in I. inn county. It ap peared that they have been killing deer and selling the meat and hides The case w;.s brought bv Game War den George Holcomb. PORTLAND MARKETS. Feed, $27 per ton; brewing, Unstable Soil Adds $500,000 to Cost of Northwestern Depot. Chicago, Dee. 28 A stratum of treacherous (luicksand undoi'lvim the site ot the new $20,000,000 station of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, now under construct ion, will add about 500,000 to the cost of tho structure. owing to the increased difficulty of sinking the foundation pillars. This information has been given to the railroad company by the Ueorge A. Fuller company, which has in turn been told to go ahead with the construction of the building at any cost. Interesting pneumatic processes are now being used to overcome the diffi culties presented by the unstable soil. Mutineers say that Chicago soil is alive with quicksand in the territory about the river banks. Two engineering ex perts who handled the situation in New York at the laying of two big river tunnels of the subway, when quicksand there furnished the gravest engineering prolilem of the kind in the history of America, were called by telegraph and are at work solving the prolilem pre District Attorney Sims Declares Aim of Present Inquiry. Possible Existence of Price Agree ment to Be Looked Into as Well as Shipping Rates Great Secrecy Being Maintained by Government Attorneys. Chicago, Dec. 2(5. Nothing less, than a complete exposure of the meth ods of the beef trust is contemplated by District Attorney S nits in the pres ent grand jury investigation which is being carried out with the aid of spe cial agents of the interstate commerce commission. It developed today that, in addition to the inquiry in regard to shipping; rates and possible rebates, to which the work of the interstate commerce commission and its agents is confined, a number ot secret service operatives, who work directly under the depart ment of justice, have been looking into another phase of the packing industry. these officials have been trvimr to. determine whether tacit agreements. between packers as to the fixing of prices and the division of territory for distribution have been in systematized operation. The sweeping nature of the inquiry was indicated today in the first positive statement made bv Mr Sims since the investigation started. I Ins is no mere fishing expedition as has been said by some critics of the department." declared the district attorney. "We know what we are go ng after, if we are not permitted hv the nature of the inquiry to state what is. e arc now mere v starting it little road: we can unearth some which would be of value as a basis for a new and sive investigation, there is nothing vague or indetinite about this inquiry, and it has a purpose which 1 am not permitted to disclose." case, in which packers or rail- are concerned in the hope that inforinatii n or be useful more exten- RAILROADS FOR OREGON. !i'ift!i7c: club, Russian, KSc; 40 to the Argentine Republic. King Manuel, of Portugal, has charged Dr. W. Desperca de Lima, ex minister of foreign affairs, to form a cabinet, the success of which, how ever, is doubtful. The supreme court of California has denied a petition for a rehearing of the case of Mrs. Cornelia Botkin, now servir.g a life sentence for sending poisoned candy through the mail. Chiefs of the native tribes of Ger man Samoa are planning an uprising against the home government. reetlv. Miss Olson s record is consid ered phenomenal, as mo m.itu-r reau in :ind written bv her was taken trnm a transcript of proceedings taken from the court files. Natives Desire Opium. Amoy, Dec. 29. Orders were issued Saturday to a number of natives at Tun nan. 20 miles north of Amoy. to cease planting opium poppies. They declined to acquiesce, and a riot fol lowed, in which one officer and ten civilians were killed. The populace at Tungan is up in arms and 500 troops have been sent there to restore order. Irrigate Molalla Section. Oregon City. A move toward the inauguration of summer irrigation on a large scale in the Willamette valley is indicated by the organization of the Canby Canal company, which has tded articles of incorporation in the county clerk s office. The company is a close corporation, with a r.-initnl !. . J- - 1 . ioi k oi .-s.i.w-Mi. ;iiki proposes to irri gate about .".000 acres of land in Clackamas county, taking water from the Molalla river for the purposes. Ontario Is Next. Ontario At the Oregon state irri gation convention held at I'.akcr City. Judge Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendle ton, was e'ected president, and Wal ter Griffeth director in charge of the Malheur Water Users' association, was chosen secretiry. Ontario was named as the next meeting place of the congress. The meeting will take place in September. 1!0!t. Site for La Grande Postoffice. I.a Grande. The site of the new $",.-,. ooo federal building promised I.a Grande has been sele- ted. according to information received. The site cost over SViOO, .-md is located on the main street, where thc J. M. Lerry resi dence now stands. ISarlcy- ?2s Wheat li'uestt tn (He; fife. (He; red fold. O.'Ic; valley, 01c. Oats 'o. 1 white. $:!lrtri;i2 per ton. II ay Timothy, Willamette Valley, Jll per ton; Kastern Oregon tim othy, .sHi.Vl'V 17; clover, $12; alfalfa. '.l( FJ; grain hay, 2ru l.'i. Fruits Apples, 7'ctf; $2.75 per box; pears, $lf7 .1.75 per box; grapes, O.lctff $1.50 per crate; quinces, $K 1.25 per box; cranberries, 15 per barrel; persimmons, $K7 1.25. Potatoes swri !0c per cwt.; sweet potatoes. 2 ft, '2 Jc per pound. Onions 1.25 per 100 pounds. Vegetables 1 urmps, $1.2.) per sack; carrots, $1; parsnips, $1.25; beets, $1.50; horseradish. Hdt toe per pound; artichokes, !iOc'ri$l dozen; beans, 15W 174c per pound; cabbige, iK'li'c per pound; cauliflower, 75cV$l per dozen; celery. $4. 5or; 4.75 per crate; cucum bers, $22.50 per box; egg plant, 11c per pound; lettuce. 75c(V; I per box; parsley, ::0c per dozen; peas, 12c per pound: peppers, 15W 20c per pound; pumpkins, '(t 1 c per pound; radishes. :;0c per dozen; spinach. 2c per pound; sprouts. Ut 10c per pound; squash. (o lc per pound; tomatoes. $1.75. Butter City creamery, extras. ::r.r; 37c; fancy outside creamery, :'Z0i'.jc per pound; store. 1 Mi 20c. Kggs Oregon ranch, 40'?42jc; Kastern, :w((i?,:c per dozen. Poultry liens. lOfrillc per pound; spring, large, 0Gt 11c; small. ?,Ci) Fljc; mixed, lojc; ducks, 15rK,c; geese, 10. fi 10'c; turkeys, 17'r; isc dressed turkeys. 20'r 25c. Veal Fxtra. (Vd 10c per pound; or dinary. "friSc; heavy, 5c. Pork Fancy, "tic per pound; large, C(i c. Mutton 5f.Cc per pound. Russia Approves Deal. St. Petersburg, Dec. 2 S. Foreign Minister Iswolsky met with a favora ble reception in the dotima today when he presented the annual statement of Russia's foreign policy. He referred with warm approval to the Japanese American agreement, which he said guaranteed the open door in the Far Mast arid the integrity of China, and the terms of which were communicated to liussia before it was signed. The rest of M. Iswolsky h speech shed no light on mooted questions, nor gave any substance ot the Russian proposals regarding the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria. New Geyser May Result. Virginia City, Mont., Dec. 2S. Thirty e.-'it hquakes have been felt in this sec tion since last .Sunday afternoon, the last, tremor being recorded at 4:10 yes terday morning. Tho ground has trem bled very perceptibly, with the earth wave apparently coming from the south, which has lent color to the the oiy that a big new geyser is about to burst forth in the Yellowstone park, which lies 75 miles southeast of Vir ginia City. 'o damage has resulted other than considerable plaster having been thrown down. Competition Forces Harriman to Con sider New Lines. Chicago, Dec. 20. Oregon bids fair soon to come into its own with respect to transportation facilities. Alunnol over the activity of other railroad cor porations in surveying and construct ing lines ot road through various por tions of the Pacific Northwest Fd- ward If. Harriman and his aids have decid.ed actively to occupy all of the territory in the Northwest which bids, fair to become of value from a tr.-iffi,- standpoint. Plans have been perfected by Mr. arriman for the construction of be tween 750 and 1000 miles of r.iilro-,,t in tlie Mate ot Oregon alone, and that surveys have been ordered of a great deal of territory which is now without means of transportation. Julius Kruttsehnitt. director of main tenance and iper,ition for the Harri man lines, and J. 1). Isaacs, consulting engineer for Mr. Harriman. have re cently returned from New York, where these plans were perfected. It" is admitted by the Chicago officials, that there are such plans, JOHN BULL NOT SO MERRY Christmas in Congressman Daved Dead. .New Orleans, Dee. 28 Representa tive Robert C. Davev, of the second congressional district of Louisiana, lied Saturday of apoplexy. He had served continuously at Washington since the fifty-third congress, with tho exception of one term, when he de clined tho nomination. Davev was born in New Orleans in 18.r3, served several vears in the state senate of Louisiana, was elected a judge in 18S0 and in 1SH8 was defeated for mayor of New Orleans. He was re-elected to the sixty first congress. Claus Spreckles read. San Francisco, Dec. 28 After an illness of less than a week's duration, Chins Spreckles, widely known as tho "Sugar King of tho Pacific (.'oast," died at his home in this city Saturday. Mr. Spreckles was 80 years of age, and was taken ill with a seven? cold early this week. This developed into pneu monia, and during tho last two days tlie veteran sugar refiner sank rapidly, Ins death occurring at 4:30 o clock Sat unlay morning. England 'is Marred by- Poverty. London, Dee. 2(1 The dark side of the hnglish Christmas is the great number of unemnloved .-m,! tl,,. ,i;t tressmg prevalence of destitute and suffering. This is seen principally in London and at Glasgow, and at other shipbuilding centers, where shipbuild ere are out of work. A small band of shabbily dressed, miserable looking unemployed persons have paraded fashionable streets dur ing the past week, threading their way among the crowds of Christmas shoppers. The police accompanied the band as it marched, in order to pre vent disturbances. Its motto showed, " e want work." More than looo homeless men as sembled on the James embankment at midnight to get Salvation Army tick ets for beds. The newsii.-mers record cases of men being sentenced to imprisonment for stealing food who, have families suffering from want. New Canadian Coal Fields. Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 25. Henry Hewitt, the Tacoma smelting man, has acquired coal mining rights in Graham island, one of the Queen Charlotte group. Immensely valua ble coal deposits have been discov ered there and an application for a charter for buildi ng railroads nnrl steamship wharves and for the gen eral carrying on of business is ad vertised to be marie at the next meet ing of the British Columbia legisla ture. Indications are that the mine's will far exceed in value the f.miniK Dunsmuit properties Pearl Harbor Drydock. Washington, Dec. 22. Specifica tions have been issued by the navy department for the drydock at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The structure will be 1195 feet long, divided by a caisson so that two battleships can be docked simultaneously. The drydock will be 35 feet deep and l.'io feet wide. P.ids will be opened on February 1.1, l'JOD. Wreckers Throw Switch. Hillsdale, Mich., Dec. 20. Instead of a broken flange, it is reported here today that a tunnel switch was the cause of thc derailment last night near Pleasant Lake. Ind., of a Lake Shore passenger train, in which about .10 per sons were injured, one possibly fa tally. It is also said here that there arc suspicions that it may have been misplaced by members of the gang which have been robbing safes recent ly in this section of the country. Oklahoma 1 own Burns. Oklahoma City. Okla.. Dec. 20 Virturally the entire business section of Ravia, Okla, a town of 1200 inhab itants in Johnston county was wined out yesterday bv fire, the loss aggre gating about $55,000.