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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1907)
THE NEWS-RECORD Issued Each Thursday ENTERPRISE OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Bosy leaders. A Resume of the Less Important bil Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. A eis-day bicycle race la on in New York. Mm. Louisa Taft, mother of Secre tary Taft, is dead. - Gustav V, eon of the dead monarch, is now king of Sweden. Railroads will not grant reduced rates to national conventions. American laborers aro to replace for eigners in the Pittsburg coke works. It is definietly known that the dead in the Monongau mine exlosion will reach 550. The Mineowners' association of Gold field, Nevada, is determined to have an open camp. Oregon national banks have cash re serves on hand far in excess of the legal requirements. The call for the Republican Nnation al convention has been issued, to meet in Chicago on June 10, 1908. The tramp steamer Sotoyome, en route from Coquille river to Ban Fran cisco with lumber, was burned at sea. The crew all escaped. J. Dalzell Brown, general manager of a defunct San Francisco trust com pany, Is under arrest for felonious, em bezzlement, and officers are after an other oflicial of the same company. Taftl is on has way to the United States. Taft's mother is much worse and all hope of her recovery has been given up. Japan has thanked Roosevelt for the stand he takes on the Japanese exposi tion. Harry S. New haB been elected chair man of the National Republican com mittee. Large amounts of gold continue to come to this country from London and Paris. The Fort Pitt National bank of Pitts burg has closed. The bank was organ ized in 1859. Secretary Cortelyou has sold but half of the Panama bonds. The others will be held until the money is needed. A mummy has just beon brought to Dew York which is said to be that of a woman who lived about 4,000 years ago. A strong movement has developed In Japan that may force the govern ment to stop all einmlgration of labor era to the United States and Canada. The National Rivers and Harbors congress has petitioned congress to ap propriate (50,000,000 annually for the systematic) and uninterrupted improve ment of the national waterways. Managers of New York theaters have decided to give no Sunday shows. Troops have been sent to Gojdfleld, Nevada, to prevent a miners' riot. Harriinan has ordered construction work to proceed on his entire system. Hungarians returning home from America are causing riots on the fron tier. Senator Borah has left Washington for Boise to take part in the Pettibone trial. King Oscar, of Sweden, is very low. The crown prince has boen appointed regont. All the bodios of the miners who lost their lives at Fayette City, Pa., have been recovered. The German reiohstBg lins succeeded in reducing the power of the cabinet, scoring a victory over Chancellor von lluolow. Governor Chamberlain says Decem ber 14 will end the legal holidays for Oregon unless some unforeseen cireu in stalls ooincs up. An insane man succeeded in reach ing the offloe of Governor Guild, of Massachusetts, and fired (three shots. The governor escaped but two other men were hit, one probably fatally. Sunday theaters In New York may be closed. Rcoacvelt baa ordered the land fraud cases pushed. The dry party shows great gainB in Massachusetts, oities. Secretary Taft was given a great re ception at St, Petersburg. Moorish rebels have captured the harems of the sultan and his ministers. 1 Tl, . J !! , 1 A-iimu nn uiuiv wuuimi aim gins in New York seeking positions than there are placet for. Ambassador Aokl states that his re call is for the purpose of making a verbal report to the Japanese emperor. The Supreme court of Colorado has decided that the Torrent act for the reg istration of real estate with the county recorder without the formality of ab stract transfers, ii legal. . Tho monthly report of the Philadel phia A Reading railroad shows an In crease in earnings for October of $152, ' 46S over the same month last year, not withstanding the tiro-cent rate law. WAR ON MINERS UNION. 300 U. S. Regulars row in Camp at Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield, Dec. 9. Encouraged, doubtless, by the presence of federal troops in Goldfield, the Goldfield Mlneowners' Association held a meet ing yesterday afternoon, and last night gave out a statement In which it is openly said that the members of the association have decided to make a determined struggle to free Gold field of union domination and make this an, open camp. The statement of the purpose of the mlneowners is direct and unequivo cal, and throws down the gauntlet to the Western Federation of Miners. Ofllcers of the association refused to say if any steps have already been taken toward importing non-union miners in sufficient numbers to re open the mines, which are now idle and rapidly filling with water, but stated that many telegrams are being received hourly, offering men, and that within 48 hours the mines could be opened with the same number of men as were formerly at work in them. One concern in San Francisco It Is said, offered to send 1,000 men on an hour's notice. The ofllcers of the association say, however, that in their belief there are enough men in the camp who will leave the union now to make the importation of men unnecessary, and they are looking for these men to make application early in the week. It is impossible, the operators Bay, for them to get enough men in the mines at present to operate the pumps and keep them clear of water. Cave-Ins are constantly taking place, and other damage is being wrought by reason of the inactivity. No unusual excitement was caused by the arrival of the first detachment of troops and the crowds that gath ered at the depot quickly dispersed after the troops had marched to the mess, in the northwestern part of the city, where they have' gone Into tem porary encampment. Goldfield is quiet and there are no indications of impending trouble. The Nevada Workman, organ of the mine workers in Goldfield con tains a statement by Charles K. Mac kinnon, president of the Goldfield Miners' Union, in which he says: "There is no sane man in the dis trict who will say that there was any need for the federal troops in Gold field." The paper says editorially: "It is i evident that the Mlneown ers' Association intends to re-enact the tragic scenes of Colorado. The coming of the troops means nothing short of that. Violence and disorder will ensue upon the arrival of the troops and it is apparent that the gloomy hiBtory of Colorado is to be rewritten." A statement to the public by the Goldfield Mine Operators Associa tion states in the beginning that "re peated outrages against individual rights and banishment from the camp of men desirous of investing In the mines, open looting of every mine carrying high grade ore and deeds of violence have become so unbear able that the owners must either close the mines, hand them over to the union, or make a desperate effort to gain the' right to work them as we please. We have chosen the latter alternative, and propose to make one final struggle for the right to manr age our own property." KING OSCAR IS DEAD. Beloved Ruler of Sweden Sinks Pain lessly to the End. Stockholm. Dec. 8. Klner Darnr la dead. Stockholm. Doc. 8. Alth theaters and other places of amuse mont were open as usual last even ing, the crowd, numbering thou- sanus, patiently waiting In a pouring rain In front of th tinlnpn toot ifl.nl to the popular sympathy for the aged moiiiircii, wnoso me was slowly ebb ing. Within the palace, members of the royal family, high ecclesiastics, the Premier and thn Mlnlxtpr rf KWoiim Affairs had been nnspnililnil fr ill-' V- eral hours In the King's study, to vtuicn room ins Majesty bad been re moved In bed nt nnnn. u-hon m UllentlRrlniia Thla miiu..-A n.n , l .uu. . .in. nullum u nua luneu' to enable all the family and the olll-l clnls to bo present at the last mo ments witnout undue crowding. i no puysicians in attendance ad ministered nr 1 mi ii in saline solution, enmnhnr nnil rflul. tails, which were Injected nt Inter vals, nnu tney relieved also ns far as poHsthlo the vesical rmihlrt frnm which the King had Buffered severe ly mi uirougn tue illness Curtail Copper Output. New York, Dec. 9. The directors of tho Amalgamated Conner Com pany today voted to continue cur- uuiiuK me output ot copper from the mines of the comnnnv na nnnrlv possible on a nnrttv ulth thn nruont 1 basis of consumption. It was also de cided to . v.iv uytiaviug Ul- iiki-b m ciose eacn or continue In operation such mines and smelters as they deem best. This latter action was taken with a view of lng the Out nut nt mirh mlna. .,,, smelters as can be most economically ! Ult'l UIVU. Indict All 8unday Actors. Kansas City. Dec. 9. Drastio nuvasures were tnlin horn vhj.. to enforce the Sunday closing law as a result of the resent campaign be gun by Judge William II. Wallace, of the Criminal Court. The county grand Jury ludicted 228 traveling ac tors and actresses and employes of local theaters, charged with violating the Missouri law forbidding labor ou Sunday. Of this number 41 were ar rested and gave bond for $200 each, while the others evaded the officers Lid On In KUmn-o. Kalnmasoo, Mich., Deo. 9. Mdyor Thompson Issued an order that all of the theaters here clnnn Hnrim aim. day. The order prohibits "entertain ments or any other form of amusement." OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST PREHISTORIC MONEY; ! Confederate Bills and Old State Bank Paper in Circulation. Pendleton The flood of counterfeit money in the shape of Confederate Kill. r.A Will. i I v.na, uauft vino aim jjuper money issuea Deiore tue war, which is now being circulated in Eastern Oregon is causing the officials to begin a deter mined war upon this form of fraud. Every Eastern Oregon .town is being imDOSed UOOn bv thin form .if mnnn Many new, crisp clean Confederate government bills of all the small de nominations are being largely circulat ed in Pendleton, La Grande and Baker City, and lawyers differ as to the possi bility of conviction, as the money is not really counterfeit in a strict con struction of the law. District Attorney Ivanhoe, of La Grande, has filed three informations against a man caught in the act of pas sing Confederate money, to-wit: For passing counterfeit money, for obtain ing goods under false pretenses, acd for gross fraud. He believes that he will be able to convict under one of the three charges. A concerted effort will be made by Eastern Oregon district attorneys to convict tnoee passing this form of money. LARGER THAN LAST YEAR. Oregon's Prune Shipments Will Reach 24,00,000 Pounds. Albany According to figures com piled by C. A. Malboeuf, district Ireight agent of the Southern Pacitio, Oregon's total prune shipment for 1907 will exceed that of last year by 7,000, 000 pounds, or 175 cars. The total shipment of dried prunes from this state this year will aggregate 600 car loads, a total of 24,000,000 pounds. Last year the total shipment consist ed of 425 carloads, consisting of 17,- uuu.uuu pounds. This year's ship, ment, it is estimated, will bring $1,. 680,000 into the state. Laselle Broth ars, of this city, are the chief prune shippers of Oregon, and they alone will ship 7,000 poo pounds of prune from this city. Of this colossal ship ment, , which is the largest ever sent out irom one city in the Pacifio North west, 6,000,000 pounds have already been sent. Apples Bring Good Money. Medford J. A. Perry, president of the Rogue Kiver Fruitgrowers' union. states that financial conditions have had little bearing upon the fruit shipping industry oi the union, lie says: "We have shipped to date all varieties of ap ples which we have bandied at a date corresponding to this in previous years. We have received good prices for all fruit shipped, and we now have in transit to London and other markets, for which we shall also receive good prices, as I think the English market will not be subjected to financial condi tions as in the United States." Save Fruit from Frost. Portland At the suggestion of J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the O. R. & N. company, a' rule has been promul gated by which apple shippers can ship their products in car lote whether in refrigerator cars or in ordinary freight cars. The railroad will permit a care taker to accompany each carload of apples crossing the mountains, and if necessary, to the Eastern markets. The caretaker will be furnished with return transportation. He will keep sutlicienl fire burning in the car to prevent dam age to the fruit by frost. Appeals to Commissioner. Burne An anneal to thn sioner of the general land office has just been filed in the Burn? land office from the decision of the register and receiver in the important contest of the Pacifio Livestock company, protectant against the state of Oregon and the riarney valley Improvement company, claimants, involving the rights of the latter company to draw water from the Silvies river for the Irrigation of about 70,000 acres of land. Klamath Conditions Better, Klamath Falls It is hoped here that the present cost of labor will reduce the estimated oost of water on the Kla math project. The original estimate of 18 per acre was made at a time when labor was cheap and plentiful, but la bor conditions changed and the esti mate was made higher. Now that con ditions have again chanued it is thought the original estimates will be approxi mated. Astoria Plants Cut Wages. Astoria On account of the disturbed condition of the lumber market and in order to guard against a shutdown of their plants, the Clatsoo Mill mmnn. and the Astoria Box company have made a out in the wages of their . em ployes of 25 cents per day on each man. The new scale became effective Decem ber 2. The Tongtie Point Lumber com pany la also said to have made a cut in wages amounting to about 15 per cent. Mulkey Not a Candidate. Salem While in Salem President B. F. Mnlknv. nl Aahlan4 nn.n.i 11 j i "u uvi iiiai, Bniu that under no circumstances will he be a candidate for Superintendent of pub lic instruction, wltb which aspirations he la credited. Cash for Government Checks. Astoria Arrangements have heen made through the local banks by which all government checks will be paid in cash in the future, si money has been received by the banks for that purpose. RUSH RAILROAD WORK. Southern Pacific Anxious to Reach Klamath Falls Klamath Falls The Sonthern Pacific company seems bent on extending the California Northeastern railway into the Klamath basin at an early date, as there has been no cessation of work since the financial flurry made its ap pearance. There have, of course, been rumors that work is to be discontin tied, but the methods being pursued by the contractors indicate that the work is to be rushed rather than delayed. Erieks n & Peterson, the contractors, who are now building roadbed near Mount Hebron, in the south end of Butte creek valley, are incieasing their forces, and Archie Mason, who has the contract for. building the dike across Klamath marsh, juet below this city, has also increased his force and has an other large dredge en route to be used on the work. Little can be learned as to the plans of the Southern Pacifio and the engin eers in charge of the California North eastern extension make no further statement than that they have orders to construct the road in the least po8' sible time. The distance from Biay, the present terminus, to Klamath Falls is about 37 miles. Nineteen miles of this, the distance across Butte creek valley, is a level sagebrush plain and construction of a road across it will require but a short time. Persimmons Grow in Oregon. Albany The versatility of produc tion of Willamette valley soil is again illustrated by the fact that in the or chard of George W. Wright, a local at torney, persimmons, figs, almonds, fil berts and walnuts are growing beside all common varieties of Oregon fruit. The persimmon tree, which is probably the greatest rarity, was planted six years ago, and began bearing the third year. This year it is loaded with fruit, which will be a delicacy when it at tains full flavor. The tree is of the variety native to MiBBOuii. Pack Short of Last Year. Astoria Reports from the canneries on the Oregon coast streams for the season ending on November 20 are com ing in slowly, and it will be some time before all the plants are heard from. Advices thus far are that the pack is short of that of last year. The Klye cannery and cold storage plant on the biusiaw put up 12,000 cases of canned fish and 180 tierces of pickled Balmon. On the Coquille river the Prosper Can ning company put np 9,000 cases and Cross Timmons packed 5,000 cases! Pilot Rock Getting Ready.' Pendleton It is announced that train service over the Pilot Rock branch of the 0. R. & N. will be inaugurated De cember 15. Arrangements for a dem onstration in Pilot Rock tbat day are oeing made and it is expected that sev eral hundred people will go out over the new line from this city on the fiwt train. The regular service on this line will consist of a combination train one way each day, leaving Pendleton in the morning and returning in the afternoon. Likes the Ashland Normal. ABhland Hon. Milt A. Miller, of Linn county, is a member of the Btate textbook commission, a regent of the state university and deeply Interest ed in the educational system of the state. He addressed the normal atn. dents in chapel briefly and after visit ing the different deoartment and look. ing over the buildings and grounds, expressed himself as being impressed with the school and its work and pleased with the beautiful grounds. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club. 83c: bluestem. 85c; valley, 83c; red, 81o Oats No. 1 white, $29; grsy, 29. Barley Feed. 128.50 rjerton: brew. ing, $30; rolled, 3031. Corn Cracked, $33; whole, $32. Hay Valley timothv. No. 1. l7f 13 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $23; clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $1516; alfalfa, $14; veteh, $14. Butter Fancv creamery, 302i32U v y- - per pound. Veal 76 to 125 Bounds 8(318 Wo: 125 tn 1 fiO nnnn. la 7a. 1KO fmn pounds, 53)830. Pork Block. 75 to 150 nonnds. fl Un: packers, 6c. Poultry Averaee old bens. 1 1 ta 12o per pound; mixed chickens, 11 n4c; spring cnujrens, 10llc; roosters, 8c; dressed thickens, 1213c; turkeys, live, 1416c; geese, live, 9 10c; ducks, 1212)c; pigeons, $1 1.60; squabs, $2(9)3. Jiggs Fresh ranch, candled. 87 Ufa 40c per dozen. Fruite Apples. 75ca$2 rmt ho; peaches, 76c$l per .ata; pears, $125 1.75 per box; quinces, 6060o per oox; cranoernes, I.oU12 per barrel. Vegetables Turn Ids. 11.25 trw. carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25 per saca; Deans, 7(9 uo per pound; cabbage, lo per pound; cauliflower, 60(gU0o dos; parsley, 20c dot; peppers, 817o per pound; radishes, 20c dos; spinach, 6c pound; sprouts, 80 per pound; squash, llo pound;, tomatoes, $1.251.35 per box. Onions $1.502 per sack. Potatoes Delivered Portland, 60(3) 75e per hundred; sweet potatoes, Sjc per pound. Hops 1907, 67?o per pound; olds, 2(3i3)o per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 130200 per pound, aooordina to shrink. age; valley, 1820o, aocording to fine ness; mohair, choice, 29030c per pound. RAILROADS REPLY. Sav New Lumber Rate is Not Exces- sive as Is Charged. ' Washington,! Dec. 6. The Inter state Commerce commission tcday re ceived the answers of the Harriman roads, the Astoria & Columbia River and the Bellingham Bay & British Co lumbia roads to the complaint recently filed by the lumbermen of Oregon and Washington against the new rates on lumber from the Pacific coast to inter ior points. The answers are along similar lines. Each road denies that there was any unlawfui agreement in fixing the new .rates, and as specifically denies tbat there , is any agreement between the Hill and Haniman systems under which the Northwest is parceled out, Mr. Hill to control Washington and Mr. Harriman Oregon. , ( In defense of thn recent increase, they allege that the old lumber rate was extremely low and non-compensatory, made at a time when the Pacific Northwest was undeveloped and lum bermen needed a low rate in order to reach out into competitive territory. Since then, they allege, the lumber business has assumed enormous propor tions, yielding a handsome income to those engaged in it, and the cost of transportation has correspondingly in creased, rendering it necessary for rail roads to get a higher rate for handling lumber. PETITION CONGRESS. Rivers and Harbors Convention Wants Canals Constructed. Washington. Dec. 6. A committee of 50 of the delegates to the recent con vention at Memphis of the Lakes-to-tbe-Gulf Deep Waterways association, led by President W. K. Kavanaugb, called on Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon at the capitol yester day and presented to each a memorial adopted by the convention praying the support of congress to the project for a ship canal from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and another through the Atlantic Coast states and recom mending an annual appropriation of $50,000 000 for harbors and waterways improvements, as proposed by the Rivers and Harbors congress. In receiving the memorial, the vice president said he would take great pleasure in presenting it to the senate and in referring it to the proper com mittee at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Cannon greeted the committee cordially and at once went to the point by asking whether the memorial re commended a bond issue for the pro posed expenee. Mr. Malone ol the committee replied tbat, while some of the delegates to the convention expect ed such a recommendation to be made, it bad been omitted. UNITING AGAINST JAPAN. European Bankers Anxious to Secure Lion's Share of Loan. Pekin, Dec. 6. Several foreign bank ing firms are in active competition for the Chinese loan which it was planned to make to secure money to meet the expenses of the Chinese administration of Mancbnria. This money was to be spent, among other things, for the con struction of modem government build ings and to raise the nucleus of a mod ern army in Manchuria, to consist ulti mately of one army corps. The viceroy proposed recently that this loan be raised. 1 The attitude taken by Japan in the matter of loans and concessions in Manchuria, namely, that Bhe must be a partner In anything that is done, has resulted in a coalition of the European money lenders against her. ' These firms make special objection to the fact that Japan should be both a bor rower from and a lender to China. Plague Nearly Beaten. San FranciBCO, Dec. 6. The sanitary campaign that is being prosecuted by the Federal authorities in co-operation with the local health board for the eradication of the plague in Bart Fran cisco is proving effective. There has been a moat decided improvement in the situation. Only one death from plague has occurred in the past eight days, while the average number of cases reported weekly has decreased over 75 per cent as a result of the cam paign of sanitation inaugurated by the UnitedyStates marine hcspital corps. Roosevelt Orders Troops. Washington, Dec. 6. President Roosevelt last night instructed General Funston to dispatch a sufficient force of regulars to Goldfield, Nev., to con trol the situation there. This action was taken upon receipt of a telegraphic request from the governor of Nevada. The troops will proceed from San Fran cisco and the strength of the expedition is left to the judgment of General Fun ston. Goldfield is about 14 hours by rail from San Francisco. Canal Diggers Beat Record. Washington, Dec. 6. Colonel Goe- thals, chief engineer ct the Panama canal, cabled the canal officers In this city today that all records were again broken for the month ol November in the matter ot excavation on the isth mus. The total amount of earth re moved during that month was 1,839, 486 cubta yards as against 389.407 cubic yards in November, 1906. Two States Exclude Provident. New York. IW.. R Tt a nfflr-1.11. announced last night that word had been sent by E. E. Rittenbonse, com missioner of insurance for the state ot Colorado, and Otto Kelsey, New York state snnerintannVnti nf ' InmniiM t the Provident Savings Life Assurance society 10 eease trie transaction and so licitation ot any new business in Uimm two states. CONGRESSCONVENES Brilliant Scene Marks Opening. ot Sixtieth Session. DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE RULES Give Speaker of the House Too Much Power Point is Lost and Cannon Chosen. Washington, Dec. 3. A brilliant scene characterized the meeting of the Sixtieth congress yesterday. In tho senate and house of representatives there were notable gatherings in the galleries of representatives of the offi cial society of the capital. The striking scenes of the day were in the bouse of representatives, where the formal selection of Joseph G. Can non again to be speaker and the desig nation by the Democrats of Jobn Sharp Williams as their leader, were occa sions for ovations for those gentlemen. The speaker was given as waim a recep tion from the minority as from his own party. The appearance of William J. Bryan on the floor of the house also was tire occasion for enthusiastic cheering. When the adoption of the rules for the government of the house during tho Sixtieth congresB came up, the rules of the last congress were opposed by Wil liams and be was joined in the opposi tion by Democrats and by a singlo Re publican, Cooper of Wisconsin. The old rules were declared to be too auto cratic, placing too much power in the bands of the speaker, but alter a some what acrimonious discussion they were adopted by a party vote. Committees were appointed by both bouses to inform the president that congress bad met and was ready to re ceive any message be might wish to communicate. New eenatcra and all the representatives were sworn in and. both houses adjourned out of respect to the memory of members who have died dnrirg recess of congress. Promptly at 12 o'clock Clerk Mc Dowell entered the chamber of repre sentatives accompanied by the veteran assistant sergeant-at-arms, Colonel E. S. Pierce, bearing the mace, the em blem of order in executive bodies. The hum of conversation suddenly ceased and Mr. McDowell declared the body duly in session. Chaplain Couden immediately offered prayer, after which the roll was called. The roll call occupied 20 minutes, and showed 305 members present. . The senate convened promptly ab noon. After Vice President Fairbanks sounded the gavel the proceedings were opened with prayer by the Rev. Ed ward Everett Hale, chaplain. La Follette was the first senator rec ognized, and presented the credentials of Isaac Stevenson, of Wisconsin. The vice president ordered that the roll of senators-elect be called alpha betically, and they were sworn in and escorted to their desks. All of the senators-elect were present except Bank head, of Alabama, who is ill. Under the form observed by the sen ate neither Bankhead nor Johnson will be sworn in nntil the deaths of Morgan and Pettus have been acknowledged. Robert L. Owen and Thomas P. Gore, of Oklahoma, not having been elected to the senate by their legislature, were not received by. the senate and their credential will not be accepted until, after their election December 10. The roll call showed 85 senators' present. Allison and Teller were des ignated a committee to inform the pres ident that congress bad assembled and is ready to receive any communications Teller offered resolutions of respect to the memory of Morgan and Pettus, of Alabama, and tbey were adopted and the senate adjourned at 12:39 p. m- No Right to Buy Car Line. ' San Francisco, Dec. 3. Judge Sturte vant, of the Superior court, yesterday decided tbat the board of supervisors had no right to appropriate $750,000' from the tax fund for the purchase of the Geary street railway. The board of supervisors instituted suit to ha6 the ordinance declared invalid on the ground that the city's charter provides for municipal operation of publio utili ties only by direct vote of the people, or when the city's unexpended revenues will permit of such investments, and neither provision prevails. Race Under Llpton's Rules. New York, Deo. 3. Sir Thomas Lip ton and other famous foreign yachts men will be invited to come , to Amer ica" next year to sail for a cup to be presented by certain members of tho Brooklyn Yacht club. The race will be for boats similar to those suggested by Sir Thomas in his challenge for the America's enp, which challenge was de clined by the New York Yacht club. A number of prominent yacht clubs in Europe will be Invited to compete. v Insurance Company Falls. ' Lincoln, Neb., Dec.' 3. Attorney General Thompson yesterday prepared a petition asking for a receiver for the National Mutual Fire Insurance com pany, ot Omaha. The attorney general alleges that the liabilities of the com pany are $253,653 and the assets $116, 779. T. M. Coffin is president of the- company and J. L. Abbie secretary. da pan Recalls Her Envoy. Washington, Dec. 3. It was report ed here early this morning that Vis count Aokl, the Japanese ambassador, called on the president and Secretary of State Root yesterday and meeentedj his letters ot recall.