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.