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Bphemia Nugget M W IIKNIIV, IMIlor nnd roir ;OOTTAOE GROVE. . . OREGON. KILLED IN riRRTRAP. I rirc In Chicago Hotel Causes Death of Fourteen People, Ghlcneo. Doc. 0. Fouilocn men mot I death by suffocation this morn Ins In n llro which occurred at 0 o'clock in tho , Lincoln hotel, 170 Madison Street. PVPNTS flP THF HAViThlrtcon ot those who loit their lives ' v wore stifled whllo lying In tholr bods, . .... ...., . .i.. ,..,' Ono victim was taken from tho build' H;:-Vlri- rnj,d Pom,. Moat tho ambulance on tho way to tho hot- PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS Chief Executive Delivers Annual Message Likely to Prove Interesting. IVonMont Rooaovolt has announced that ho will wind Barrett to Japan. A riot In tho Fronch chamber o deputies had to bo suppressed by ' soldiers. Tho postofllco department hag Itfgun leaning tho 8-ccnt stumps bearing tho Martha Washington face. Italy alto has claims agalnBt Vene zuela and has ordered two cruisers to that country to enforce her demands. A violent storm which swept tho coast ol Nova Scotia cauted many marine disasters and Bomo loss of life, A Mexican scout was captured by Yaqut Indians, his foot cut of! and then compelled to walk, lie fell dead after 100 yards. The anthracite minors claim that tho coal companies keep them continually in debt and are thus ablo to enforce all demands. Jnstico Holmes, tho now member of the United States supreme court, has taken tho oath ol office and entered into his now duties. There is much suffering in London on account of the tovere cold weather. Folly hall a million are without em ployment in the United Kingdom and many of them have no food or protec tion from the cold. Kins Edward will visit Iroland next year. Another St. Louis boodler has been convicted. Ex-Speaker Reed's condition mains unchanged. Two German warships have arrived in Venezuelan waters. rroslclent Roosevelt will visit tbo Northwest next May. A general exchange of troops in the Philippines has been ordered King Alfonso is having a great deal of trouble in securing cabinet. Blacklisted miners told tho strike commission their side of the trouble. Tho anthracite coal trust is negotiat. Ing for tho purchaseof tho independent companies. Fire In'Cleveland, Ohio, resulted in the death'ot threo firemen and a heavy property loss. At least 25,000 took advanage of the low passenger rates from the East and located in California during September and October. Emperor William, In an address to workmen, denounced socialism and warned them to have nothing to do with: Its duUt lues. f'"" ..V' Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Keed is 'criti cally 111. Tbq Cuban reciprocity treaty Is sure of being ratified by the senate. Mr. "Buck, United States minister to Japan, died very suddenly of apoplexy. The men who held up and robbed the Bridger, Montana, bank have been captured. Tho German reichstag was the sceno of more rioting during a debate on the tariff question. Senator Mitchell and Commissioner Hermann deny the prevalence of land frauds in Oregon. An oflort will bo made to raise seve ral Spanish gunboats sunk in Lanao lake, Mindanao island, in 1808. Tho senate committee on military piUil. Coronor Treflgor, aftor inspecting the building, United A'Ub-IUnUJhlef Mush am In declaring that tho building was a veritable trap, and never should havo been uecd for hotol purposes. Chief Musham declared that thero were such wido cracks In tho floors that tho smoko poured through tho building in clouds, rendorlng escape extremely difficult for thoso on tho upper floors. Thero was no flro oicapo on tho front ol tho building, although ono was In process of construction. Tho scaffold ing was up, and from it dangled several ropes, down which a number of people slid to tho pavement after all cscapo by tlio stairway hut lecn cut oil. Tho hotel was four stories In hotght. and contained an unusual number ofl rooms for n hotel of its sizo. After- Sj wants uniot aiusnam declared that they were tho smallest rooms ho had over eoen in any building. Had there been fewer partitions, ho declared, tho chances of life for those sleeping on tho upper floors of the hotel would have been greatly Increased F. A. Smih, proprietor of tho hotel, declared tliat there, wero, as nearly as ho could judge without his books, about 125 neonlo in tlio hotel. It was. in fact, filled to Its utmost, and many np-1& pllcants for rooms wero turned away last night with tlio information that they could not bo accommodated Mint Clerk Weber discovered the smoko pouring through the halls shortly be fore 0 o'clock, and did his best to alarm the guests, but the smoko was so dense, and increased ro rapidly that he was ablo to arouse only a small number, and he was then compelled to grope his way to the street to avoid suffocation Tho guests came down the one stair way of the building in all stages of un dress, and several leaped from the windows ol the second story and escap ed without serious injury, The firemen, who arrived with great promptness, saved many lives by carry ing people down ladders from the windows. The smoke on tho inside of the building was so thick that tho fire men were unablo to do more than to take the people out of the windows. Those who were not able to resell the windows in a few minutes after the fire broke out were suffocated. Thefiro itself amonnted to very little. A por- tion of the third and second Doors was burned, and the blaze was extinguished within 40 minutes after the first alarm As soon as the smoke permitted the firemen to live inside the building, a careful search was mado of all the rooms, with the result that 13 men were Jound to have been stifled before they had been able to leave their beds All of the dead had rooms on the third and fourth Moor. AN ABLE DOCUMENT SPEAKS OUT HIS VIEWS IN FORCE FUL LAN0UA0E. Favors Revision ol Tariff on Some Plan Whkh Will Not Disturb tho Country Heartily Commends Action TaVen In Irrigation Matter Alaska Should tie Qlvcn Needed Laws. TUB .MOSSAUU AT A OLANCU. S! tl..,,.. lYrfect public land law. Proteet f nine on lortit rerT. Give Alaska needed legislation. Create a jeretat j- ot commerce. Kiteml treo rural mail delivery. Establish reciprocity with Cut. I rrlKalton act should receive attention Organised capital and organised labor must wort together (or the good ot the nation. international arbitration should bo citemled. A general taffihouM be at the head ot the arm?. iltlr-lnos areenjojlnr greater liberty than ever before. Control ot corporations should be In the hamti ot the government. llulld up navy so ai to be able to treat Monroe doctrine aa cardinal feature ot ourtoraltn policy. Kevle tariff laws to the extent ot bus iness demands, but do not Jeopardise the worklngman or country in general. All tuture financial legislation should look to an Interchangeable currency, convertible Into gold at tho will ot (ho holder. WOES OF THE MINERS. Strike Commission Listening to Evidence of Men Themselves. Scran ton, Pa., Dec. 5. At yester day's session of the Anthracite strike commission the representatives of tho mineworkers continued to call witness es, mostly practical mineworkers, who told their story of conditions as they exist in the Ilazleton, or middle, coal fields, The miners tried to show by these witnesses that the Coxe and other companies had violated the agreement entered into by both sides when the commission was appointed, that the Washington, Dec. 3. President Roosevelt's annual address to congress wns read in both houses yesterday. Following is a synopsis of the docu ment: To tho senate and house of ropreeenta tives: ho still continue in a period ol tin bounded prosperity. This prosperity Is not the creature ol law, but un doubtedly the laws nndor which we work have been instrumental in creating tho conditions which mado it possible, and by unwise legislation it would be easy enough to destroy it. There will un doubtedly , be periods of depression. lbo ware will recede, but the tide will advance. This nation is seated on continent flanked by two great oceans. It Is composed ol men the descendants of pioneers, or, in a sense, pioneers themselves; ot men winnowed out from among the nations of the old world by the energy, boldness and love of adventure found in tholr own eager hearts, bach a nation, so placed, will surely wrest success from fortune. In my message to the present con gress at its first session I disensesd at length tho question of the regulation of those big corporations which are popu iarly known as trusts. our aim Is not to do away with cor porations: on the contrary, these big aggregations are an inevitable dovel opment ot modern industrialism, and tho effort to destroy them would be futile unless accomplished in ways that would work the utmost mischief to the entire body politic. I believe that monopolies, unjust disci iminations, which prevent or crip ple competition, fraudulent overcapl taiization, and othor evils In trust or ganizations and practices which inlur iously affect Interstate trade, can bo prevented under the power of congress given their old places back where they had not already been filled. Somo of the witnesses called testified that they were not given back: their old places, and maintained that the men promin ent in the union in tho various localities during the strike were discriminated affairs will report in favor of the bouse azalnst. The commission has decided bill reorganizing the militia and piac- to invite the mine inspectors to appear strikers should return to work and be I to "regulate commerco with foreign na. liftfnrA thftm. twwjltlfA fhfi mttipri aeaarf I that the workmen fear to inform tho ing it on the same footing with the regular army. , ,. . . mine Inspectors of dangerous The house committee on approprla- fc h , L , tfi-tnta tints a rv rorul nn tlm nanainn annrru priation bill. It appropriates 1139, 847,600, which is $5,730 more than for the current year. The official vote of California on governor, as announced by the secre tary oi state, is: Pardee, .Republican, 140,380; Lane, Democrat, 143,783. Pardee's plurality, 2,553. or un IkscanBO the inspectors are usually accompanied in the mines by some representative of the company, who may cause the roan's discharge. This is a new point before tbo commission. Prance will ons orders. expel many more reiig- The Chinese government is planning a steamship line to the Pacific coast. It is announced that President Roose velt contemplates a hunting trip in Alaska next spring. The prospects are that Oklahoma only will be admitted as a state at this session of congress. An unsuccessful attompt was made to blow up a train in which the em peror of Japan was riding. The bank at Bridger, Carbon county, Montana, was held up by three masked robbers and (10,000 secured. Tho opinion ot the press all over tho world is that the president's message il ono ol the ablest ever delivered by any president or monarch, A bill Iibb been introducod into con gicss amondlng tho irrigation law. It would permit reclamation and pur chase under cash entry law, also allow the leasing of water power developed by the government. The United States will not mix with Venezuela a financial affairs in tho pro posed new loan. A bill has been Introduced in con gress which, if passed, will have the effect of abolishing tlio office of com roanding gouoral of tho army, now held by Gonoral Miles. It creates a general staff corps to act with the secretary of war. Daring November the public debt was lowored a trifle under a hall mil lion dollars. Tho International copyright treaty with Spain has been restored to full effect by tho exchange of diplomatic notos. Proceedings of the Senate. Washington, Dec. 5. The senate was in session today one hour and nvo min ntes most of which time wns spont be hind closed doors. Alter the reception of a numer of bills and petitions, Mr. Beveridge had read tho resolution adopted by the delegates to the Oklabo ma non-partisan convention favoring tho admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as ono state, and opposing the bouse omnibus statehood bill. Tho senate then went into executivo ses sion, and at 1:50 adjourned until Monday. No More Outside Aid. Shamokin, Pa., Dec. 0. The Nlntl District executivo board of tho United Mineworkers met here today, when it was officially announced that the dls trict would not receive any mora aid from the bituminous men for tho min ors yot idle owing to the recent strike, Secretary Hartley reported that there were between 8,000 and 0,000 men and boys out of work In Schuylkill. North umberland, Columbia and Dauphin counties, comprising the district. Each local is at present looking after idle miners. To Investigate Pensions. Washington, Dec, 0. A Joint reso. lutlon providing for n commission to investigate the pension Jaws has been Introduced in tho senate by Scott, of west Virginia. The resolution nro- vldea that the commission shall con slst ot two senators and two members of tho house. It is gi von authority to make inquiry Into the advisability of a provision for pensions for all persons Sold standard. tions and among the several states. If it prove impossible to enact a law that will regulate 'these corporations, then, assuredly, we should not shrink trom amending the constitution so as fo secure beyond peradventuie the pow. er sought. Stability of economic policy must al ways bo the prime economic need of this country. This stability should not be fossilization. The country has acquiesced in the wisdom of the pro tective taritl principle. It Is exceed ingly undesirable that this system should be .destroyed or that there should be violent and radical changes therein. Our past experience shows that great prosperity in this country has always come nnder a protective tariff; and that the country cannot prosper under fitful tariff changes at short intervals. It is most earnestly to bo wished that we could treat the tariff from tho standpoint solely of our business needs. Ihe well being of the wage earner, like the well being of the tiller of the soil, should be treated as an essential in shaping our whole economic policy. There must never be any change which will jeopardize the standard of comfort, the standard of wages of the American wageworker. One way In which the readlustment sought can be reached is by reciprocity treaties. They can bo used to widen our marxets and to give a greater field for tho activities of our producers, on the one hand, and on the other hand to secure in practical shape the lower ing ot duties when they are no longer needed for protection among our own people or when the minimum of dam age done may be disregarded for the sake of tho maximum of good accomp lished. It would be both unwise and un necessary at this time to attempt to reconstruct our financial system, which has been tho growth jot a century; but somo additional legislation is, I think. desirable It Is suggested that all future legislation on tlio subject should bo with a view of encouraging the use of such Instrumsntallties as will auto matically supply every legitimate de mand of productive industries and of commerce, not only in tho amount, but in tho character of circulation: and ol making all kinds of money Inter changeable, and, at tho will of the holder, convertible into the established to solvo on linos ot sanity and far sighted common sense as well as de votion to tho tight. This Is nn era ot federation and combination. Organized capital and oragntzed labor nllko should remember that In tho long run the interest ot each must bo brought into harmony with tho In terest ot tho gotteral public; and tho conduct ot each must conform to tho fundamental rules of obodionco to tho law, ot individual freedom and ot us tlco aud fair dealing toward nil. Ench should tcmeuiber that In addition to power it must strive after tho reallin Hon ol healthy, lofty and generous Ideals. Every employer, every wago oarnor, must be guaranteed his liberty Rural Ireo delivery services is no tongvr In tho experimental stagot It has become n llxod policy. The results lol lowing Its Introduction havo fully hull fled tho congress In tho large appropria. Moits made tor Its establishment and extension, 1'ow subjects ot greater Import' anco have boon taken up by tho con. gross In recent years than the Inaoutt ration ol tho system ot nationally aided Irrigation tor tho arid regions nt tho far west. A good beginning therein has been made. Now that this policy ot national Irrigation has been adopted, ttto neon ot thorough and Bclonllflo for est protection will grow more rapidly than over throughout tho publlo land states. Legislation should be provided tor tho protection ot tho game, and wild creatines genorally, on tho forest re serves, Tho senseless slaughter ot and his right to do as ho iHces with his ,hollu , t , who served in the days or mote. To Lay Pacific Cable. San Francisco, Dec, 0. The British steamer Silvertown, which is to lav thn cablo between this city and Honolulu. arrived hero today from London, after a voyage ot 80 days. civil war for 00 J'ow to secure fair treatment alike for labor and capital, how to hold in check the unscrupulous man, whether employer or employe, without weak ening individual Initiative, without hampering and cramping the industrial development of the country, is a prob lem fraught with great difficulties and one which li of tho highest importance property or his labor Do long as ho does not lufringo upon tho rights ot others. It Is earnestly hoped that tho secre tary of commerce may bo created, with a seat in tho cabinet. The rapid mill tipllcatlon ot questions affecting labor and capital, tho growth and complexity ol tho organizations through which both labor and capital now find ex presslon, tho steady tomlency toward tho employment ot capital In hugo cor porations, and tho wonderful strides of this country toward leadership in tho international business world Justify an urgent demand (or tlio creation ot such a position. I hope soon to submit to tho senato a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On May 20 last tho United States kept its prom ise to the island by formally vacating Cuban soil and turning Cuba over to vhoso whom her own pooplo had chosen as the first otllclals of tho new republic. Cuba lies at our doors, and whatover affocts her for good or for ill affects us also. So much havo our people felt this that in the l'latt amendment wo definitely took the ground that Cuba must hereafter havo closer relations with us than with any other power. As civilization grows warfare becomes leas and less tho normal condition of foreign relations. Tho last century has seen a marked diminution of wars be tween civilized powers; wars with un civilized powers are largely more mat tera ol International police duty, csscn tial for tho welfare of the world Whenever possible arbitration or somo similar method should bo employed in lieu of war to settle dlfficntio between civilized nations, although as yet the world has not progressed sulllclnetly to render It possible or necessarily deslra. bio to invoke arbitration in every case. The congress has wisely provided for building at once an isthmian canal, If possible at Panama. The attorney general reports that we can nndoubtod ly acquire good title from the trench Panama canal company. Tho work should be carried out as a continuing policy without regard to change ot ad ministration; and it should be begun nnder circumstances which will make it a matter of pride for all admlnistra tions to continue tlio policy, ui I'orto Klco it is only noccsasry to say that the prosperity ol tho island and the wisdom with which it has been governed have been such as to make it serve as an example oi an mat is best in insular administration. On July 4 last peace and amnesty were promulgated In tho Philippine islands, bomo trouble has since from time to time threatened with tho Mo. bammedan Mores, but with the late insurrectionary Filipinos the war has entirely closed. Civil government has now been Introduced. Not only does each Filipino enjoy such rights of life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness as ho has never before known during the recorded history of the islands, but the pooplo, taken aa a whole, now enjoy a measure of self government greater titan that granted to any other Orientals by any loreign power, and greater than that enjoyed by any other Orientals under their own governments, save the Japanese alono. Too mucli praise cannot do given to the army for what It has dono In the Philippines, both In warfare and from an administrative tandpoint, in preparing the way for civil government; and similar credit belongs to tho civil authorities for the way in which they have planted the ioeaa oi sen government in the ground inns made ready lor them. Iho army has been reduced to the minimum allowed by law. It la very smau lor the size of the nation, and most certainly should be kept at the highest point of efficiency. A system of maneuvering our army in bodies of tome little size has been begun and should be steadily continued. Without such maneuvers it is follv to expect that In the event of hostilities with any serious foe even a small army corps could be handled with advantage. uur o uicers and enlisted men are such that we can heartily take pride in mem, but they must be thoroughly trained, both as individuals and in the mass. In the circumstances of modern warfaro tbo man must act far morn on his own individual responsibility than over before, and the high Individual efficiency of the unit is of the utmost Importance. I urgently call your attention to the need oi passing a bill providing for a general staff and ior the reorganization of the supply departments on the lines ot tho bill proposed by tho secretary of war last year. For tbo first time in our history maneuvers on a lager scale are being iie:u under the Immodlate command of tho admiral of tho navy. Constantly Increasing attention is being paid to tho gunnery ot the navy, but It Is yet far irom wtiar. u snouin be. Thero should be no halt in tho work ot building op the navy, providing overy year additional fighting craft we nave uenuorateiy made our own certain foreign policies which demand the possession of a first class navv. The Isthmian canal will greatly in' crease the efficiency of cur navv if the navy Is of sufficient size; but if wo have au inadequate navy, then the building oi tno canal would bo merely elvintr a hostage to any other power of superior strength. The .Monroe doctrlno should bo treated aa the cardinal feature of American foreign policy; but it would bo worse than Idlo to assort It unless we intondod to back it up, and it can bo backed up only by a thoroughly good navy. The striking Increase in the revenues ot the postofllco department shows clearly tho prosperity of our people and the increasing activity of the business of tho country. for Instance, a serious count against our national good senso to permit the present practice of butchering off such a stately and beautiful creature as tho elk tor Its antlers or tusks. So tar as tltoy are nvallablo for agri culture, and to whatover extont they may bo reclaimed under tho national Irrigation law, the remaining publlo lands should bo hold rigidly for the homebulldor, the settler who lives on his land, ami for no ono else. In their actual tiso, tho dvsort land law, tho tlmoer and atono law, and tho com. mutation clauso ot tho homostead law havo boon so perverted .from tlio Inten tion with which they were enacted as to permit tho acquisition of largo areas ol tho public domain for othor than actual settlers and the consequent pre vention of settlement. Moreover, tlio approaching exhaustion of tho publlo rangos lias ot late led to much dlscti sion as to the best manner ot using these public lands In tho wost which are suitable chiefly or only for erazlns. In vlow ot tho capital Importance of tueso matters. It might bo woll for commission ot experts to Investigate and report upon the complicated quce lions involved. i especially urge upon the const-ess tho need ol wise legislation for Alaska. It is not to our credit na a nation that Alaska, which lias been ours for 35 years, snonid still have as poor a sys tem ot laws as Is the case. It Is a tor ritory of great size and varied ro sources, woll fitted to support a largo, permanent population. Alaska needs a good land law and such provisions for homesteads and pre-emptions aa will encourage permanent settlement. We should shapo legislation witli a vlow not to tho exploiting and abandoning of the territory, but to the building up ol homes therein. The forests should lw protected, and. as a secondary, but still Important matter, the game also. Laws should bo enacted to protect tho Alas kan salmon fisheries against tlio greed which would destroy them. It would be well if n congressional commltteo could visit Alaska and investigate its needs on tho ground. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. White House Dec. 2, 1S02. CASH POP, PENSIONS. House Appropriates Nearly $140,000 for Old So'dlcrs. Washington, Dec. 8. Tho house Sat urday pasted the pension appropriation bill carrying , 1311,000,000 without a word of debate, and devoted tho re mainder ot tho day to tho passage of bills on the calendar, qulto a number of which wore passed. To prevent tho passage of a bill to prohibit tho mill. Ury bands trom engaging in competi tion with private bands, W. A. Smith. ot Michigan, "mado the point ot no quo rum, and the house thereupon ad journed. It was agreed that the Lon don dock charge bill should be consid ered and voted upon today. Un tho call of committees bills were passed to readjust tho time fur holding couit in the Western judicial district of Texas; to confer Jurisdiction upon tho circuit court and district courts of South Dakota In certain Indian cases; to create a new division ot the Western judicial district of Missouri; to incor porate tho society of military surgeons; to Increaeo tho maximum period in which livestock can be confined in cars without unloading from 28 to 40 hours to grant right ol way for telegraph and telephone linos in Alaska from 80 to 320 acres; to sot aside lands In South Dakota as a public paik, to bo known as wind Caro national park; for the relief ot certain settlers upon the Wis consin Central railroad and Tho Dalles military road grants; to incorporate the general educational board; defining what shall constitute and nrovid'ng for assessments on oil mining claims, and fixing tho punishment for tho larceny of horses, cattle and other livestock in Indian Territory. Americana Would Have to Pay. New York, Dec. 0. Expertsfamlllar with the trade of Venozuola, nnder normal conditions, assert, says a Trib une dispatch from London, that tho customs revenues aro dorived chiefly from imports of flour from Jie United States and Canada, and exports of coffee to the eamo markets, and that tho soli ure ol tho customs for tho settlement of British and German claims .would in. volve the payment ot debt through duties lorlod upon coinmorce from and with Amorlca. IN WINTER'S GRIPjNEWS OF OREGON ATLANTIC COAST SWCI'T IlY STORM OH WIND AND SNOW. Telegraph Wires Down and Coiumunlcn. Hon Difficult Storm Is Ucneral Trent New lint land to Virginia and Through out th South All Hut-ope Sulfcrlng Prom Snow and Cold, Now York, Doo, 8, A furious storm ot wind nnd snow has swept tho Atlan tio coast for two days, nnd Dooms to havo boon gunornl, not only In tho now, but also In tho old world. From Now England on tlio North to VI glnla on Iho south, tlio galo strewed tlio coast with wrecks, and, aided by tho snow, tore down telegraph wires that communication was seriously In torrupted. Railroads were also block. aded by tho snow, which rangos from four to 13 Inches In depth. As tl storm advanced, tho cold grew more severe, and tho wholo seaboard is In tho grasp ot winter. Tho cold wttvo has extended to tho far south, treat being experienced as far as Mississippi. It was accompan led uy storms of lain and snow, which quickly molted and swelled tho rivers to such a iolnt that they in wimo cjihos ovorflowcd tholr Imnks nnd drove away tho (habitants, nnd In ono cntu washed out a railroad bridge Tho snowfall and cold weather has been gonoral throughout Europe, England being cov erod with four luetics of snow, tho can als in Holland and tho harbor of Copcn hagon liuing blocked with Ico, and many villages In Switzerland being isolated by tho deep snow. None of Crew Escaped. Norfolk, Va.i Doc. 8. Roiiorta celved In Norfolk tonight are to tho effect that nono ot tho crew of tho III la tod schooner Wesloy M. Olor escaped Only ono chance ol a rescue In known Tho German steamer Koln, from lire. men to llalllmoro. reported the crew of nn abandoned schooner aboard whll ontorlng tho Capes today. Tho three-masted schooners lllla D. Hilton and Melvlllo Phillips and several smaller craft wore blown ashore In tho harlior during tho gale, Tl steamer Underwriter, which was tow ing the Oler from Nassau, has not yot been beard from, and fears aro enter talnod that she foundered In tho gai Tlia crow ot the schooner Ida Ijiwrcnro abandoned that vessel In a rudderless condition off Hatteras early tills morn ing ami wete rescuod with difficulty I the llfesavers. ITl'MS 01' INTiiRUST FROM ALL PARTS .01' TIIH STATU WOKKINd FOR ST. LOUIS PAIR. llarrett Is Now Securing Exhibits From Oriental Countries. Washington. Dec. 8. When tho president comes to take un tho ant-stlon of tho succession to tho vacancy caused by the death of Minister Iluck, at To kio. ll is understood that ho will namo John Barrett, of Oregon, at present commissioner general ot the St. Louis exposition to Asia and Australala,.to lie minister. Mr. llarrett la now some. where In tho neighborhood of tho Strnits Settlements. Ho has boon srorking'to secure a good Asiatic re pro sentatlon at the St. Iula exposition and his efforts havo been attended with success, tor he has Inducod both China and Japan to embark upon largo gov ernment exhibits when lliey had docld ed not to bo represented in that way He is now bound for Australia, whore it Is his bnpo to change tho minds of tho premiers in Australia and New Zealand. CANNOT ACT TILL JUNE. Cuban Children Set Free. Washington, Dee. 0, Tho 11 Cuban children who havo been detained in New York during tbo past rovoral weeks by tho authorities wereordored released today by tho treasury department, end they will Immediately proccod to tho Point Loma University Brctherhood school, in California. This decision was reached after a hearing at the de partment today. ' Tho meeting was bo- hind closed doors, but it dovoloped tho fact that the school is not objectionable In any way. Oreat Tunnel Finished. Oluvoland, O,, Dec. 0. Tho last spadeful of earth that separated the workmen engaged In digging the two soctlons of tho big waterworks tunnel, 100 foet undor Lake lirlo, was removed today, and, after six years of continu ous labor, tho tunnel Is practically complotod. Its purpoeo is to supply the city with pure water from an Intake crib five miles outjln Lake Erie. 8)nco tho work began 60, lives havo boon lost through exploslpns and other accidents. Election ot New Colombian Congress Will Delay Canal Treaty. Washington, Deo. 8. If United States Ministor Hart, at Bogota, is cor rectly Informed, no treaty providing ior me construction of the Panama canal can bo ratified by tho Colombian congress before Jnno 1 next. He has reported that the' congressional oloc tions havo lieen called for tho tniddi of next March, and Colombians hero say that a poriod of at loast 00 days I required to assoniblo n newly eloctod congress, and then somo tlmo must elapso boforo it Is in working ordor. Secretary Hay, therofore, has docidod to allow tho treaty to be ratified In Washington first, presuming that he succeeds In negotiating ono, unless tlio senate interposes an objection, which is not rinticipated. It Is expected that early this week Dr. Ilcrran. tho Colom bian charge here, will bo given all tho powors necessary for film to sign treaty. Valuable Letter of Washington. Boston, Dec. -8. A letter of Qoorgo Washington, written October 20, 186 to bis friend, Patrick Henry, gotomor of Virginia, was sold at auction at collector's salo today for $580. the nur. chasor being a New York man acting as agem. ino letter is given In full In Sparks' Jlfo of Washington, and Is of somo length. Its subject matter relates to a grant of money by tho Virginia legislature to Washington In reward for his services In the Revolution, and his reiusai oi mo samo. Wash Off the Uactcrla. Washington, Doc. 8. Twelve million bacteria inhabit tho skins of half n pound of vhorrlos, according to Dr. Ehriicb, a Gorman sciontist, who lias made extensive experiments In regard io mo inieciion oi fruit with hactor a. Currants como noxt, with 11,000,000 io nan a pound, and cranes next. with 8,000,000, An account of thoso experiments has boon trasmitted to tho stato department by Unllod States Con sul Clark Marpy, at Berlin. Tlio doctor urgos that fruit bo cleaned bv oilhor peeling pr washing boforo it is oaten. The Colorado Robber-Hunt. Denver, Deo. 8. A apodal to tho wows irom La Junta, Colo., sayren tele phone messgae from the "J. J." rnnnl, has been rocelved tc the effect that a posso last night ovortook tho three men who lobbed the Carlton postofllco and later shot Shorlff Tate, and In a Lattln which ensued two of tho robbors' horsos wore killed, Tho fualtlvos. howovor. held up a party of hunters, securing fresh horses, and escaped, Tho posso is still in pursuit. Prosperous Southern Oregon Mine Real Estate Transfers In Marlon County In-creaalng-Agcd Man 86 Hours With out Pood or Shelter llenton County Hog Discovered with Jauadlce, A poultry show will bo hold In A1 baiiyi)ccauibor 22, 23 nnd 24. A masked man held up tho post office nt Sprlngwnter, Clackamas county, but secured only 00 cents. Tho Northern mining and milling I company has been organized nt Oregon City with n capital stock- ot -i.uuu.uuu. Tho iKiard ol tttistcori ot tho Oregon Insnno nsyluin havo addod Dr. A. K. Tnmlesslo ns a physician to tho medical staff nt tho asylum. Tho susxins!oti ot timber land entries until they ran bo Investigated Is much broader than at first account given out. It embraces all of Iho offices In Oregon, Washington and California. Notlco has been recolvcd nt Albany from tho postofllco department that the slto for tho Albany os(o(!lco has boon leased for 10 years, The building will bu enlarged and remodeled throughout. 1). A, Applegato has been awarded tho tontract for carrying tho malls dally between Ashland and Klamatti Falls for (4,000. Tho contract begins DeceniUir 28,, 1002, and runs until Juno 30, 1000. A pchonio has been foiled at Hunting ton to secure several largo tracts ot publlo lands by fraud, Tho officers wero watching tho case, and at the appointed time of hearing tho prin cipals fulled to show up, having re ceived notlco thatthoy were being watched. Tho Wlllamotto uiperand pulp com pany and tho Crown parwr coinuiny, of Oregon City, have practically com plotod arrangements forthe establish ment ot apparatus ermlltlng them to n so crudo oil for fuel In their mills. Contiacts havo been mado with a Call, fornla company to stipp.y oil. Much local Interest ls I wing inanl 'oited in tho city elections throughout tho statu, which occur from Docembor t to April 1. Sovoral cities have threo tickets in tlio field. Hosea Stokes, aged 78 years, became lost In the woods at Iraking Olass. Houthern Oregon, where he resides, and when found had been 60 hours without food or shelter. A case ol jaundice has been found In a hog killed by a Benton county farmer. Mrs. llrldo Slnnott, widow of the late N. B. Slnnott, died at her home In The Dalles Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Blnnplt. was ono of tho moat widely known pioneer residents of that section ot tho state. Prospects aro von oncouranlns In tha gold mining district In tho Santiam country. Considerable dovolopment work Is being dono and now machinery installed, a smelter will be shipped in early noxt summer. Tho Greenback mine, on Grave creek, Southern Oregon, has a new 20-starop mill completed and ready to begin a much largor business that It has been ablo to do In tho past. Over 60 tons of ore will be crushed daily. Nearly 300 people are supported by tho Greenback mino, tho houses of which have mado a thriving llttlo town with a store, hall and schoolhouse. Tho town is known aa Greenback nnd has recently boon mado a poatofllce. Pendleton commenced free rltv mall delivery December 1. Thora aro four carriers and threo deliveries of mall a day will bo made. The real eatato transfers in Marlon county during tho past week amounted to ovor 162,000, which Is tho largest for a similar poriod in many years. Activity In real estato has beensteadlly Increasing for over two years and there a every Indication that it will train in intensity during tho next two years, Whllo thoro la some movement In rltv property, tlio transfers are nrinclnallv of farm property. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat WallaWalla. 71ffl73o! hlnx. stem 7P880ot valloy, 74c. Barley Feed. 123.60 nap tnni haw ing, 124.00. Flour Beat grade. 8.6008.00! trrah. am, (3,2033.00. Mllistuffs Bran. 110.00 hAV inn middlings. 123.60! abort., tio an. chop, (18. Oats No, 1 white. (1.16(31. 17Ui gray, (1.18K1.16 per cental. .Ii;7 V Tln,othy. (10(911 ; clover. (0,00; cheat, (8Q0 per ton. Potatoes Best Bnrbanks. finsun per sack; ordinary. 60fi66o IU1P f-Antjil. growers' prices) Merced sweets, (1,76a 2 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, (3.00(3 25; perponod. 10o! bona. Hint an dozen; per ponnd, lOo; springs, (3.00 (93.50 per dozen; fryers, (2,60(93.001 broilers, (2.00B2.60 ducks, (6.000 0.00 per dozen t turkova. Il.n n dressed, 15c; geese, (0.00(30.60. ' uneose uii cream, twins, WX' 18J4C1 Young America. IRUetnu. factory prices, 101 Wo leas. nutter fancy creamery, w iiuunui extras, auot 922Kci store. 16rai8. Eggs 25(9300 per dozen. Hops New crop, 23920c per ponnd. Wool Valley. 12k(ai6e! R..t..n Oregon, 6Uiio mohnlr, 2GQ28c. Beef Gross, cows, 8(330 per pound; steers, 4o; dressed, 0t37c. Mutton Gross. Ba dressed, Oo, Lambs drnsa qtx dressed, bKc. Hogs Gross, WQWo per ponnd, dressed, 707Hc, ' 8082Wo dairy, 20 per ponnd) par pound