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.OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form lor Our
Bnsy Headers.
A Resume of the Let Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
New York is overrun by .hundreds of
unemployed.
The Twenty-fourth Japanese diet has
just convened.
President Roosevelt is hunting tur
keys at Pine Knot, Va.
State Treasurer Steel, of Oregon, has
filed his new bond in the sum of $635,
000. ,
Cleveland, Ohio, manufacturers plan
a resumption of work for fully 10,000
former employes during January.
Railroads throughout the country
have shown the effects of the financial
panic by a curtailment of orders for
rolling stock.
At a meeting of the Pacific Coast
Commercial Travelers' association in
San Francisco it was voted to stop
gambling among members.
A passenger train collided head-on
with a freight near Lenox, Mich. Five
tra nmen met death. All passengers
escaped with but slight Injuries.
In a raid on Chinese gambling houses
Portland police secured $10,166.00 in
coin and currency and $4,445.09 of ex
change on Hongkong banks. According
to law this money may go into the
state treasury.
Raleigh, N.
C, has voted prohibi-
tion.
Dewey has just celebrated his 7Cth
birthday.
Officers and crews of the big fleet are
enjoying life at Trinidad.
Heney says special privilege is the
root of political corruption.
Reports of New York banks show a
recovery from the money crisis.
Accused members of the first Russian
douma deny they advised rebellion.
Indiana Republicans have formally
indorsed Fairbanks as their candidate
for president.
It is said a dark horse has been se
lected to fill Bristol's place as United
States attorney for Oregon. .
Burning snowsheds near Trnokee,
Cal., has greatly delayed Southern Pa
cific trains between Portland and San
Francisco.
Latest developments in the row be
tween naval factions brings out the
fact that it is over ranking of officers.
Two constructions of the revised stat-
utes is possible and each faction claims
it is right.
Five men were killed while working
in a Paris subway.
St. Joseph, Mo., has started a crusade
against loan sharks.
The New York Republican club has
declared for Hughes for president.
All signs of yellow fever has been
driven from the Panam canal zone.
Puget sound steamboat men will cut
the pay of thoir engineers January 1,
Lawson says only the re-election of
Roosevelt can avert a national disaster
A severe sleet storm has demoralized
telographio communication around Chi
cago.
The head of the Methodist Book con
corn calls labor unions the worst of ty
rants.
The Bank of Calistoga, Callstoga,
Cal., has closed. Officers of the lnsti
tutlon say it will reopen.
' Heney is in Washington arranging
with Attorney General Bonaparte for
the Oregon land fraud trials, which will
begin at Portland January 13.
A detachment of 900 Chinese soldiers
in Manohnria murdered their officers
and pillaged the neighboring villages
Cavalry has been sent after thera.
Philadelphia Is lacing a street car
strike.
The first woman jury In Colorado
has decided against a woman.
Secretary Taft says self government
is succeeding very well in the Philip
pines.
New York bank statements show a
complete recovery from the financial
arlngency.
Uoldfleld mine owners are trying to
prevail on the president to allow the
troops to remain.
Work Is progressing slowly at the
Parr mine, Jacobs Creek, Pa. Only 13
bodies have been recovered.
The Hamilton Towder works at
Nanalmo, B. C, blew up, shaking the
surrounding country badly, but no one
was hurt.'
In an address at Chicago Attorney
General Bonaparte said all the rich
law breakers seemed to think the law
exempted them and they should be im
mune from prosecution.
A Hawaiian official has written an
angry letter to the Japanese consul,
saying' smong other things that the
mikado's subjects are nuieanooe wher
, ever they go. The governor has ex
torted an apology.
The rash of aliens to Europe has
abeidod. .-
LET TROOPS STAY.
Senator Newlands Thinks Golofield
Needs Them.
Washington, Deo. 30. Senator New
lands, of Nevada, la endeavoring to pre
vent withdrawal of the government
troops from Goldfield until some other
means of protection is had. Today he
called upon Secretary Taft at the War
department and strongly urged that ex
ecution of the order issued by the secre
tary for the withdrawal of the troops be,
suspended until he has had an opportu- I
nity to communicate with Governor
Sparks and induce him to call the Ne
vada legislature together.
Mr Taft has been advising with Sec
retary Root on this subject and tonight
communicated with the president at
Pine Knot on the subject. There was
every disposition to refrain from break
ing in upon Mr. Roosevelt 8 privacy at
this time, and the only excuse for do
ing so is found in the fact that, unless
the original order is modified, the
troops must leave Goldfield before the
president returns to Washington.
The secretary declined to state what
course ne nau recommended in tne
matter, nor would he say whether he
bad heard from the president in turn.
Secretarfy Leob said the White House
was entirely without advice from Pine
Knot, as the Goldfield question was
being bandied by the War department.
Administration ofhcials feel that the
ptesent situation in the matter of Gold-
field s rase cannot be continued, in view
of the doubt that exists as to the con
stitutional and legal right of the ex
ecutive to employ any part of the regu
lar army in Nevada under present con
ditions.
HENEY GIVES FULTON A DIG.
Says All Implicated in Land Frauds
Are Senator's Friends.
Washington, Deo. 30. In an inter
view telegraphed from New York, Fran
cis J. Heney is quoted as saying:
"I hope to close these Uregon cases
with Mr. Bristol in two or three weeks."
Inquiry at the Department of Justice
failed to elicit definite information as
to whether or not Mr. Bristol would as
sist Mr. Heney with the prosecution.
Ii no new district attorney is appointed
by tbe time the land trials begin, Mr.
Bristol may assist Mr. Henev, but there
appears to be an expectation that a new
man will be available before then, in
which case Mr. Bristol will be out and
have nothing to do with the land trials.
In the same interview Mr. Heney
takes another rap at Senator Fulton
He denies having Implicated Mr. Ful
ton in the land frauds, but adds: ,
"All of these persons who have been
implicated in organized land frauds are
friends of Senator Fulton. .Therefore
it appears whimeJcal to me that Senator
Fulton should, through the power of
senatorial courtesy, be able to defeat
the nomination cf Mr. Bristol, who is
capable of making It unpleasant for the
yet unconvicted land thieves in Oregon."
UTES RAID SOUTHERN UTAH
Pen Up Cowboys and Band of Cattle
In Canyon.
Salt Lake City, Dec, 30. Colorado
Ute Indians are traveling in bands in
Southern Utah, raiding sheep and cat
tlemen, according to a report received
by Governor John C. Cutler. Accord
ing to this report, a small band of In
dians attacked three cowboys near Ven
dure, San Joan county, on December
23, and at the muzzle of rifles com
pel led thera to drive the cattle bad
into the canyon from which they were
trailing onto the w.ntor range, threat
ening to kill them unless they did so,
Cowboys and cattle are still confined to
the canyon.
The governor will take up the mat
ter with the authorities at Washington,
as according to a ruling of the commia
sioner of Indian affairs the Colorado or
Southern Utes are forbidden to enter
Utah. ,
Attack on Wells-Fargo.
San Francisco, Deo. 30. Before In
terstate Commerce Commissioner F. K.
Lane tomorrow charges of illegal rate
making made againBt the Wells-Fargo
Express company by the California
Commerce association will be heard.
The Commerce association, composed of
prominent drygoods houses in the cty,
alleges that the express company has
violated the interstate commerce law of
1006 In charging more than the pub
lished rate, and that it has kept the
rates filed with the commission hidden
from the public, contrary to ,the law
Will Liquidate With Profit.
New Orleans, Deo. 30. "All holdors
of stock in the State National bank
will receive from $160 to $200 per
share for their stock and all depositors
will be paid in full," was the official
announcement today of W. Sparkerson,
counsel for the institution, whose di
rectors have railed a stockholders
meeting to decide whether the bank
shall go out ol business. The bank has
lieen declared solvent by National Bunk
hxaminer Cooper.
Radical Decision In Hamburg.
Hamburg, Dec. 30. The suit of the
harbor authoiities apainet the Port-
workers' union, growing out of the re
cent dock strike, has resulted in a de
cision of the widest importance against
the latter. The union is forbidden in
the future to interfere with the intro
duction of strike breakers, and a penal
ty of 1,500 marks is provided for each
instance in which a conviction is ob
tained on the charge. The union has
entered an appeal.
Negroes Begin 8utts.
New York, Deo. 30. Papers in a
esse to test the legality of the discharge
51 the private of companies B, C and D
oi tne zatn united states mrantry (col- only the derrick gang and the enpi
ored), following the disorders in the J neering corps. The shutdown was made
streets cf Brownsville a year ago, have , necessary on acctount of the wet
been prepared by a law firm of this city, weather. ' .
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FULL OF SUGAR.
Good Report on Klamath
Country
Sugfr Beets.
Klamath Falte Flank Ira White of
the Enterprise Land & Investment com
pany has iut-t received reports from the
department of agriculture relative to county, recently furnished the secre
saraples of sugar beets raised on the tary of state by Assessor Strain. This
Enterprise tract. The beets were taken summary, compared with the one made
from the same tract as were those sent five years ago, ehowB the number of
to Professor Knisely some time ago,
but were fully matured, while tbe
others were not. Professor Knlrely's
test showed fiom 17.40 to 19.35 per
cent pure sugar, while the department
test is one or two per cent higher, with i
a very high degree of purity. !
These beets produced 8,286 pounds
to the quarter-acre tract, or nearly 17
tons to the acre.
The department of agriculture in a
letter to Mr. White says Klamath
county's sugar beets are of tbe most ex
cellent quality and that prospects are I
ungub iur wie iiiuuBiry in iuib county .
Many Make Own Way.
University of Oregon, Eugene A
canvass of the students of the Universi
ty of Oreunn inst marl ft shows that hp-
tween 60 and 70 per cent of the men in county are now plowed up and growing
the university this year ate either wheat that a few years ago were consid
wholly or paitially making their own ered worthless for anything more val-
wv through p.n Wp. Thft orentfir nnrr
of the earning is done, of course, during
r,h Rummer. Th rainvftsa shown that,
w - .
since the vacation is comparatively
short, the men got employment in the
harvest fields, mills, mines ard labor
of various kinds paying good wages. It
shows also that the engineering stu
dents find no trouble in getting work
in their line. The engineering depart
ment has a large number of graduates
in the employ of the Southern Pacific,
O. R. & N., Northern Pacific and the !
government reclamation service, and
the majority of the engineering students
are engaged before the session closes In
June. A number of students are part-1
ly .earning their own way during the
session, ine university iiih imams an
employment bureau under the direction
of the registrar, but it has not been able
this fall to supply all calls made on it
for students to work.
Wheat Trade Stagnant.
Pendleton Business is dull in tbe
local wheat market, the price being
down, and the farmers are unwilling
to part with the holdings at a figure
that is 10 cents lower than what they
could have secured early in the fall.
Until recently the local quotation on
club has been 67c, but another drop of
a cent has occurred. However, wheat
is said to be worth 68c in Pendleton,
and at least one buyer is offering that
figure. Others declare they are out of
the market for the time being.
Hood River Apple Crop.
Hood River Complete returns from
Hood River's 1907 apple crop show
that the growers will receive in round
numbers $200,000 for their product,
notwithstanding the money trouble, car
shortage and reduced crop. Tbii is ap
proximately what the Hood River crop
brought last year when it was in tbe
neighborhood of 20,000 boxes more,
and is accounted for by the fact that
the apples brought a much larger aver
age price. The entire crop is now
placed at 110,000 boxes.
More Traveling Libraries.
Salem The Oregon . Library com
mission held its regular session last
week at the commissione's rooms in
the state house. W. B. Ayer and Miss
Isom, members of the commission,
were in attendance, besides the gover
nor. It was decided to buy 25 more
traveling libraries, making 90 in all,
that will be placed in circulation as a
result of tbe commission's firjt year's
work. It was decided to establish an
exchange Btation for Eastern Oregon at
Baker City.
Fall Pack Poor.
Astoria During the fall flshiug sea
son there were six cold storage plants
and 11 canneries In operation on the
various streams along the Oregon coast.
The season there as at nearly all other
points was a comparatively poor one.
The total pack of pickled fish put up
by the cold storage plants wsa about
880 tierces, while the total output of
canned salmon packed by the tanneries
was about 104,500 cases, "as they
run."
To Attend Scientists Meet.
Corvallis A. L. Knisely, Federal
chemist for Oregon, expects to start
East immediately after Christmas, to
attend the midwinter meeting of the
Association for the Advancements Sci
ence and the American Chemical socie
ty at Chicago. He also expects to visit
the Chicago, New York and Washing
ton pure fond laboratories before com
ing back to Portland, which will be his
headquarters.
Select by Conventions.
Salem In answer to an inquiry from
Chairman G. A. Weetgate, of the Re
publican state central committee, At
torney General Crawford has rendered
an opinion in which he say that dele
gates to the national conventions and
candidates for presidential elector must
be chosen at conventions and not nnder
the direct primary.
Shut Down on Keno Canal.
Klamath Falls The reclamation ser
vice has closed down on the Keno canal
on account of the wet weather, keeping
INCREASE IN TILLABLE ACRES
Umatilla
County Shows
Five Years.
Big Gain in
Pendleton Umatilla county's rapid
development is shown in the' recent
summary of the taxable property in the
tillable acres as increased by 90,000.
The total number of acres of arable
land in the county at present is 46,000.
The number of acres classified as non-
tillable is given at 588,144.
The figures for the latter do not, of
course, include the forest reserves and
other government land not suoject to
taxation. The amount of non-tillable
land in the county is constantly In
creasing, also, by reason of the fact
that so much government land is being
taken up and deeded to settlers.
The increase in the number of till
able acres is due in large measure to
the different irrigation projects which
are being completed. This is not tbe
only source of increase, however, as
thousands of acres of land in the west
ern v and southwestern parts of the
uauie urou raugu iur uiuu. muku ui m
waB 8lven over entirely to sagebrusnt
i i mi -; l i. r t i
ana lacKraooiiH. me rnoi noca ana
Birch creek countries have experienced
the greatest development In this line.
Each Farm to Be Named
Grants Pass Among the business
transacted at the Josephine , County
Fruitgrowers' union at its last meeting
was the adopting of individual letter
heads and letter paper, upon which
wni be designated the name of the fruit
farm aDd the brands packed by the
erower. If was thoueht best for each
member to have some appropriate
name for his fruit tract, and bv insert-
ing it upon letter sheets It would also
Drominence to individual efleot.
and at the same time give the union
Ereater notice and strength, which
would moie favorably attract the buyer
to this locality.
Salem Hopgrowers Sign.
Salem Thirty-seven ' out of the 42
hopgrowers who attended the meeting
of growers here last week signed the
by-laws, prepared for a Paciflo Coast
Hopgrowers' union. These growers rep
resent about 800 acres of hops. A
local oiganization was formed with J
H.Fletcher as chairman and James
Winstanley as secretary. Attorney A
L. Shinn, of Sacramento, explained the
plan and purposes of the proposed or
ganizstion to the meeting.
ftailroad Buys Laidlaw.
Laidlaw The rumor has been rife in
this community for some time that the
Laidlaw townsite had been sold to the
Monnt Hood Railroad company, but
until now these rumors could not be
verified. The verification comes from
the fact that the abstracts of title are
now beins rrenared at Prineville ore
parator to a formal transfer of the propv'
erty to the purchasing company.
To Indict Nevada Sheepmen.
Pendleton Through the efforts of
Dr. W. H. Lytle, state sheep inspector
indictments will be returned against P
Anderson, a millionaire sheepman of
Nevada, for bringing flocks over the
state line into Oregon without first
giving notice to the state sheep inspec
tor.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c
valley, 82c; red, 80c.
Oats No. 1 white, $28: gray, $28.
Barley Feed, $27; 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)c
per pound.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 89c;
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
pounds, 5(3)6 o.
Poik Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6
6c; packers, 66)c.
Poultry Average old hens, 10c
per pound; mixed chickens, ' 10c;
spring chlcken'B, 10c; roosters. So;
dressed chickens, 12(5)1 3c; turkeys,
live, 15c; dressed, choice, 18(5) 19c;
geese, live, 89o; ducks, 1213,'c;
pigeons, $l1.50; squabs, $2S3.
Eggs Freeh ranch, candled, 35o per
dosen.
Fruits Apples, 75c$2 per box;
peaches, 75c(4$l perorate; peers, $1.25
1.75 per box; cranberries, $9.6012
per barrel.
Vegetables Turnips, 75o per sack;
carrots, 65o per sack; beets, $1 per
sack; beans, 79c per pound; cabbage,
lo per pound; cauliflower, 75c$l per
dosen; celery, $3 253.60 per crate;
onions, 1520o per dosen; parsley, 20c
per dosen; peas, Ho per pound; pep
pers, 817o per pound; pumkpins, 1(
lJic per pound r radishes, 20c per dos
en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c
per pound; squash, ll)o per pound;
tomatoes, $1.50 per box.
, Onions $1.76(91.85 per hundred.
Potatoes 6066o per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.7S
3 per hundred.
Hope 1907, 67e per pound; olds,
l2o
. Wool Eastern Oregon averagn best,
1320e per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 1820o, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 8930o per
pound.
OPEN HEARTS AND PURSES.
San Francisco Banks Generous With
Overworked Clerks.
San Francisco, Dec. 25. Elated at
the calm course of business which
marked the discontinuance of the holi
days, the local bankers opened their
hearts and purses and their clerks and
other employes were richer by $30,000
than they were yesterday. Almost
every bank in the city- rewarded its
men for the long hours of toil during
the recent trying days.
The Crocker National bank led ol
yesterday morning, when a yellow en
velope was placed on the desk of every
employe. It contained an amount
equivalent to one month's salary. The
amount thus distributed exceeded $10,-
000. The Crocker interests are very
large and' they rewarded in a similar
fashion their employes in other lines.
Other banks have generously treated
their men.', Some added turkeys to the
presents of gold. Others added boxes
of fruit.
The Merchants Exchange gave every
one of its employes a big, fat turkey
It employes 100 people. One mercan
tile firm provided every one of its em
ployes with all the things that go to
make up a Christmas dinner turkeys,
vegetables, fruit and pies.
The Standard Oh company distrib
uted a large sum among its local em
ployes.
Tbe usual (Jhiietmas dinners to tne
poor, tne orphans, cripples and outers
began Sunday and will continue on
greater scale
than ever
until
after
Christmas,
I
SPECIAL SESSION PROBABLE.
Governor of Utah Wants Peace
As
sured at Goldfield.
Goldfield, Nev., Deo. 25. "It iB pos
sible that tne governor will call a spe
cial session of the legislature," said
Captain Cox, "if by so doing any im
mediate reBlults which will better the
situation can be obtained."
.The rumor has been 'current here
that a company of rangers -is contem
plated, and, as this could not ,be done
without action by tbe legislature, the
statement of Captain Cox is taken to
mean that, such a plan is decided upon,
the legislature will be convened.
A suit against tbe Western Federa
tion of Miners is to be brought by the
Goldfield Mlneowners' association in
the Federal court. . An injunction will
be asked for restraining the members
of the local miners union, which is
affiliated with the Western Federation,
from interfering in any way with the
operation of the mines in Goldfield.
This suit will be filed December 26.
It has been definitely decided that
after December 30 each individual mine
owner or each company operating a
mine or lease, shall take care of his
own property, independent of the asso
ciation. This will necessitate the put
ting on ot many more guards.
. Acting President Mahoney has made
nc attempt yet to appear before the
mlneowners and present any proposi
tion looking to a solution of the difficul
ties, if he has prepared any such propo
sition, which he denies.
FLEET AT TRINIDAD.
Battleships Complete First Stage of
Long Voyage.
New York, Dec. 25. Special dis
patches from Port of Spain, island of
Trinidad, announce the arrival there of
the Atlantic fleet on its way to the Pa
cific. The fleet is said to have passec
Into the Gulf of Para and anchored
there in four columns five miles off the
town.
According to the dispatches, the only
mishap on the trip from Hampton
Roads to Port of Spain wa- temporary
derangement of the Kentuct. iteering
gear. They also say that U. ' entire
fleet stopped engines for nine' u inutes
Sunday and half masted flags while Or
dinary Seaman G. E. Piper, who died
of meningitis aboard the Alabama, was
buried. .
The harbor of Port of Spain, . while
well protected, js shallow for a long
distance out from the beach and ves
sels of great draft like the battleships
anchor a long way cut. The fleej will
remain in the harbor for several days
and will coal there. Supplies will also
be taken on board of the supply Bhip
Culgoa and the refrigerator ship Glacier.
Reduce Entire Force.
Sacramento, Deo. 25. That there is
to be a great reduction of the force em
ployed in the local railroad shops after
tbe first of the year was admitted yes
terday by officials of the company, who
say that tbe retrenchment is to be gen
erai on tne nam man rsystem. in an
interview, an official said: "The or
ders for tbe general layoff Christmas
week came from New York, not San
rrancisco, ana appiy to tne entire sys
tem, not Sacramento alone. ' It is pure'
ly an economical measure, paving the
way lor a reduction or force."
Largest In Navy.
Troy, N. Y., Deo., 25. Orders have
been received at Watervllet arsenal for
two of the new type 14-inch coast guns.
The work will be commenced January
1 The guns will be the first of this
type ever made in this country. The
14-inch weapon is about 40 feet long
and weighs about 50 tons. It throws a
heavier projectile than the 12-inch gun
to a greater distance. . The 14-inch tube
will In time supplant the 12-inch rifle
on the sea coast.
Denver Begins to Pay.
v Denver. Dec. 25. The first install
ment ($25,000) of the $100,000 fund
pledged to the Democratic National
committee by the Denver Convention
leagne was forwarded - yesterday to
Chairman Thomas Taggart, at French
Lick, Ind. The remainder will be paid
in equal installments on January 22,
February 22, and March 22.
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FEUD ARISES IN NAVY
Brownson Resigns as Chief ot
Bureau ol Navigation.
COMMAND OF HOSPITAL SHIPS
One Sent With Battleship Fleet' Is In
complete Control of Hos
pital Corps.
Washington, Deo. 26. Harmony
within the United States navy bureau
cracy seems to be In for a severe jolt.
Open war already has been declared
between the bureau of navigation and
the bureau of medicine and surgery,
the initial result of which has been the
resignation of Rear Admiral Rrownson
from his position as chief ot the former
bureau, and, coming juBt at a time-
when severe criticism is being aimed at
the administration of the Navy depart
ment, the charges involving the bureau
system in particular, the ruction may
culminate in some radical changes.
Surgeon General Rixey, whose re
commendation in favor of putting a.
medical officer in absolute command of '
a hospital ship was approved by Presi
dent Roosevelt against the view of Ad
miral Brownson, throws down the
gauntlet to the bureau of navigation in
a formal statement issued last night.
The surgeon general charges that the
bureau of navigation has interfered in
an unwarranted manner with the bu
reau of medicine and surgery, and to -
the extent of crippling its usefulness.
Comparatively trivial events . some
times lead to sweeping reforms, and, if
there be defects in management, in
naval construction and in methods of
administration, the Roosevelt-Brown-son-Rixey
imbroglio is likely to be the
means of bringing matters to a focus
and causing remedies to be applied
where needed.
It should not be forgotten that the
president is as staunch a friend of the
navy as the 'navy has, in considering
the present controversy, which so ma
terially involves himself. Popular sen
timent naturally would incline, tbe in
expert observer to side with the line
officers In the conflict with the staff.
because the line is the fighting conting
ent from which heroes most frequently
are developed in days of war. In sid
ing against tbe line officers in the pres
ent case, the president may or may not
be aiming his spear at the bureau sys
tem. He has taken a ground he thinks
is for tbe best interests of the service.
FLOUR OUTPUT SMALLER.
Minneapolis Statistics Show Effect of
, Financial Stringency. ,
Minneapolis, Deo. 26. Flour ship
ments from Minneapolis for 1907 will)
fall short of the total shipped during
1906 by nearly a million barrels. This
decrease has been apparently due to the
financial flurry, as the .figures for each
month ehow that only in three months
of the entire year have the shipments
for 1907 exceeded those for the. same
month in 1906.
The number of barrels of flonr sent
out from Minneapolis by the various
mills so far this year has been 13,825,
375, while for the corresponding period
in 1906 there were 14 673,123 Jaarrela
shipped, a deficit of 747,7o8 barrels.
Despite the recent financial stringen
cy, the sales of flour for use in the coun
try or for export did not suffer so mdchr
as was generally expected. The ship
ments for October this year were 1,449,
802 barrels, against 1,593,097 last year..
In November of this year the greatest
falling off is shown with shipments of
1,067,970 barrels, against 1,318,648' a
year ago. For the trading days in De
cember upjto the present, 679,271 bar
rels have been sent out as against 979,
494 for the corresponding days last year..
Wheels Turn Again.
Pittsburg, Dec. 26 .(Christmas irr
Pittsburg and vicinity was made doubly
joyous by the announcement that by
January 6 all of the thousands of wheels
of industry in the mills of McKeesport,.
Glasspot, Duquesne and allied plants
in the Monongahela valley would be in
operation. Over forty thousand men
who have been idle for several weeks
will return to work. It is also said
that other mills in te district will also
resume, practically doubling the num
ber of workmen employed within fifty
miles of Pittsburg.
Will Sing After Death.
Paris, Deo. 26. There was a unique
ceremony this afternoon in the subter
ranean passages of the opera house. It
consisted of depositing in a specially
prepared vault a talking machine and a
number of discs bearing records of the
voices of the greateet singers of the 20th
century. Tamagnc, Caruso, Scotti,
Plancon, Patti, Melba, Calve and oth
ers are represented in the selection. At
the end of a hundred years they will bo
opened and played. -
Great Tlnplate Mill to Resume.
Newcastle, Pa., Dec. 26. Ten of the
SO pot mills of the Shenango tin mills
here will resume operations January 6
next. Ten additional mills will resume
shortly after, and It is expected that the
entire plant will be running foil force
before tbe end of January. The mill,
said to be the largest tin plant in the
world, has been idle sine Jniv ti
fully a thousand men are affected.