Bohemia Nugget
1KB W. lIKjmY, Jtdltor and Vtnv'r.
COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprelienslve Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting.
Holiday trado tho most active on
rocoru.
Knlsor Wllholm wolcomos Ambns-Joaldlng steam poured out on them
sador Tower. - jfrom tho shattered boiler of the
Anarchist kills sister anarchist ww;8? ., .,., ,
rejected Ills love. I Th' ow ''ft the Oakland Mole
Gonoral Increase In railroad' rutus
to bo made at New York.
Terrlhlo bllssard blocks
ra.lronds
In
Wyoming aim Colorado.
tfeiionsejiasafciuir pure-food
bill wlHiiuie opp- on.
lfouso committee reports favorably
on Department of Commerce bill.
Woodmen of tho World hold suc
cessful "log-rolling" at Dallas. '
Now light station at Desdemona
Sands soon to be Inaugurated.
Governor of Michigan forbids Cor
bott-McQovorn fight in Detroit.
Hunter tolls how ho killed Fltz
gorald, but his victim's father sayB
It Is false.
Cuban treaty makes great conces
sions to the United States, and will
Boon bo ratified.
Railroads carry foreign goods from
the seaboard at lower rates than for
domestic freight over the same
routes.
All tho allies agreo to let Bowen ar
bitrate, but with reservations; ths
blockade takes effect. RebeU march
ing on Caracas.
Secretary noot finally awarded
trnnsDort contract to Seattle com
pany, but Portland and San Francis
co will each get a snare.
An earthquake In Central Asia
caused gTcat loss of life and property.
President Roosevelt gavo his first
dinner party in the renovated white-
house.
Non union miners testify to vio
lence and boycotting during tho coal
strike.
New England senators oppose rati
fication of tho treaty with Newfound
land regarding coast fisheries.
An association has been formed by
150 leading pottery manufacturers.
United States will recognize the
war blockade.
Congress has ordered favorable re-
ports on the eight-hour hill, trie army
staff bill and tho new Philippine cur
rency bill.
Tho House has passed tho bill re
ducing the tariff on Imports from the
Philippines to 25 per cent, of the
Dlngley rates.
Oerman warship captured a Vene
zuelan schooner, cut down her main
mast, and then abandoned her In t
disabled condition.
The new monitor Nevada was given
her trial trip at Rockport. Mass., and
showed a speed of 12.95 knots, ex
ceeding her contract speed by 1.45
knots.
President Castro states that Ven
ezuelan rebels are helping the allied
powers; allies want United States to
guarantee payment of claims against
uastro, dui secretary nay reiuses,
France and Holland send ships to the
scene of blockade.
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of a white man was lynched in Ala
bama.
A cousin of King Alfonso of Spain
was arrested in an Illegal gambling
house.
The Imperial Council. Order of
United Friends, Is found to bo hope
lessly bankrupt.
A beggar who died In a New York
hospital was found to have over $100,-
000 in his possession.
Germany will demand some sort of
apology from Venezuela In addition
to payment of her claims,
Conflicting political Interests In
Congress threaten to prevent the ad
mission of any new states at all this
session.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion, by a recent purchase of two Im
mense plants, acquires a practical
monopoly of its line.
Venezuela has given Minister Bow
en, United States Minister, 'full pow
er to effect a settlement with Eng
land, Germany and Italy.
It Is definitely decided that Presi
dent Roosevelt and a party of dlstln-
gulshed men will make a tour of the
Northwest In tho Spring.
Orders for the disposal of Dewey's
fleet during the holidays show plainly
that they are not to threaten Vene
zuelan troubles In any way.
Miners continue to spring damaging
testimony against the coal operators.
A fruit company with a capital of
$1,500,000 has been organized In Cal
ifornia,
John D. Rockefeller has contributed
another million to the University of
Chicago.
A company of crack rifle shots la
being organized among mountaineers
In Montana to go to the aid of Presi
dent Castro.
Secretary of War has sent to con
gress an estimate of SC0.000 for a new
hospital at Vancouver barracks,
wasn.
The Japanese government has or
dered several largo X-ray .machines to
bo used In tho mint for photographing
employes who tiro suspected of swal
lowing coins. Tho coins show plainly
on tho photographic plate.
Oormany approves of the United
States' protest against tho Venezu
elan blockade,
Ohio Rlvor rose 12 foot In 21 hours
and swept away coal-laden barges
valued at 150,000.
Tralnwrockors removed a rail from
an Alabama road and caused a bad
wreck. No fatalities.
A coroner's Jury decided that Mrs.
Mary uouins, or Seattle, was mur
dered by strangulation.
Tho hnn.A ), n,.. !, no I
bill sdp opriatlne 22 500 fo "a light-
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1m k - ,
peraouk
ijiirod In n col-
teen tho, south.
boim-i I i- An,-!,-
owl" train nnd
It was a rear-end
collision,,- the wngruo of tho local
plowing: It way tliroiiRh tho last
coach'' nn tho owl, which wns niled.
with" Prsorto people Tho pnsscngiul
who osftped Instant death wereflri
cd (9' tho foro part of tlmXcoach,
crushed between the ma,sa"ot debris,
their sufferings nnd.dnngor Intonsl
(ml a hnndrn.tfnl,lliv Ihn rlnml nf
1 Huum u w iv. aim un ine wrj in
this point It was nottM that there wm
a leak In the flue ot Vhe engine. This
increased Xs -wfch an extent that
lv:?,s doomed ndvlsaMo to stun hero
nnd take un a freight engine for re
lief. Tho train officials knew that
No. St. tho Stockton local, was fol
lowing a half hour behind and a flag
man was sent back down tho track to
glvo warning of tho presence of the
"owl." It Is said that tho Stockton
train In charge of Engineer MaOuIre
nnd Fireman Joyce, got the warning
signal In duo tlmo ami gave tno us
unl response with whistle blasts.
Why tho Incoming train Vas not
chocked, however, has not been thus
fnr explained, the men who could givi
the facts being numbered among the
badly Injured.
CANAL PROJECT MAY FAIL.
Senator Morgan Says Title to Panama
Route Is Insecure.
Washington. Dec. 23. Thero were
20 senators In their seats when the
Senate was called to order for th
final session before tho Christmas
holidnvs. Thev heard a vigorous nd-
dress by Morgan on the isthmian
canal negotiations.
Morgan contended for the making
good of contracts entered Into by
President McKInley with Costa Rica
nnd Nicaragua. The negotiation of
these agreements ho characterlied as
a masterful act. and paid they were
about to bo trodden under foot why
this was true was not a question for
a Democrat to solve, but ho could, at
any rate, say he did not agree with
the mind-renders ana spirit medium
who had since declared that Mr. Mc
KInley did not mean what he said In
the contracts.
He then went on to express appre
hension that if the United States, did
not avail Itself of the opportunity to
build a canal by the Mcaraguan
route, none would be built, and he
raid the appropriation of $180,000,000
, ,...,.,.,1.. f ,h ji ,.n,,i.i
ue C0Vered Into the Treasury about
June 28, 1901, If not used before that
time.
Attention was called to the fact
that under tho Colombian law, only
the Congress of that country can rat
ify a treaty. There had been no Con
gress there since 1899, nnd there was
not likely to bo any unless the Pana
ma Canal Company should pay Its ex
penses out of the $3,000,000 on hand
or the $10,000,000 promised by the
United States. He therefore ex-
pressed apprehension that a treaty
that might be accepted by this gov
ernment would fall of action In Co
lombia.
After quoting from the concession
granted to the liquidations of the old
Panama Canal Company, which Mr.
Morgan said was also made a law of
Colombia, he said:
It Is a surprise to Jurists and lay-
men alike In our country that the At-
torney General, In his opinion given
to the President on the right and
power of the new Panama Canal
Company to revoke a title to the
United States of Its property in Pan
nma, omitted to notice the prohlbl
tlon in the concessions and In the
laws of Colombia, through which It
derived all Its property rights In Co
lombia."
CORRUPTION IN IIIQI1 PLACES.
Three Americans Arrested for Smuggling
Liquor Into Porto Rico.
San Juan. P. R.. Dec. 21. Super
visor of Elections Denjamtn Butler,
Captain O. W. Mentz, United States
Marine Corps and James Brenna, an
employe of the Country Club, have
been arrested on Information received
by the customs authorities for smug
gling two lots of wines and liquors
from St. Thomas, brought here on
the United States ship Uncas and
lighthouse tender Laurel, in all CI
cases. Tho prisoners were bound
over until Monday and Tuesday under
jzuoo ban, when the preliminary ex
amination will be held before United
States Commissioner Anderson.
It Is alleged that supplies for the
Country Club, which the Elite bought
In St. Thomas, were smuggled In
through tho navy and army. Butler
Is managing officer of the club and
Flrnnnfln la (hn ntAwnnl. Tho
arrest of the other prominent persons
will be made today, and It is said that
a large number more will follow, as
the smuggling has continued for a
long period and goods are being se
cretly landed throughout the naval
station.
Tralnwreckers Foiled.
Memphis, Tenn.. Dec. 21. An at
tempt was made to wreck tho 'Frisco
fast passenger train from Birming
ham last night, three miles cast of
this city. Just before tho train ar
rived beforo a high trestle, three
miles out, a farmer discovered four
men laying cross-ties across tho
track. Ho advanced toward them
and they fled. A short distance fur
ther on It was found that several
spikes had been drawn and laid on
the rails. Tho train was flagged and
stopped within a fow yards of tho on
structlon.
To Create dame Preserves.
Washington, Dec. 21. Senator Per
kins, of California, today Introduced
a bill authorizing the President to sot
aside areas within forest reserves to
bo preserved ns breeding places for
wild animals, birds and fish, within
these areas all hunting, fishing and
killing of game Is to bo prohibited at
all times. Tho Senator has drawn his
hill along lines recommended by tho
rrosment. and w th a further vlow
largely to doing away with state pro
tection of gamo within reserves.
Successful Trial Trip,
Rockport. Mass.. Deo. 23. Tho trial
of the Monitor Nevada was held off
Cape Ann today. As timed from the
shore, the Nevada covered 20 miles In
S hnilrR Q. mlnntA. nnA 1 H I
Ii.rV T""."."" ou OCUUUB, or
K, i 01 w"
contract ca leu ror 11 knots.
T;VS OF OREGON
irpMS or nmiRFST from
0F TUB STATE.'
Extcnslvo-'rr'e Canning Establishment
Stated at Llnnton Driving Sugar
ly'Plne Logs Down Rogue River Large
Supply 01 Wood for State Imane Asy
lum Foreign Voters la Aitorl.
Candidates for U. 9. senator are ox
cecdlngly numerous.
Linn county jaii full to overflow
ing, tlio first time In toversl yts.
The elty elections at Monmouth vera
very quiet, there being ouly one lickot
in tba field.
A hobo was sentenced to one year In
the penitentiary for stealing a jar of
Jam. It was hla second offense.
W. O. RuFaell, an actor, was ar
rested at Helix on tho chntgo o( having
played a copyrighted play without per
mission. Registration In Astoria previous to
tho recent elections showed more
foreign-born votora than native Amer
Itans thero. '
Tho O. R, & N. contemplates putting
a dining car on Its through trains and
cutting out the stop at the famous Log
Cabin eating house at Meacham for
meals.
About 30 mombera of tho Marlon
County Bar association will try to hav
a continual session of the criminal de
partment of the state circuit court In
anguratcd at the con.ing session of th
legislature.
A drivo of 100,000 feet of pins log
Is on Its way down the Rogue river.
If tho drive la successful many more
will follow, as thero is a vast quantity
of One sugar pine In tho Upper Kogu
river country.
An extensive and profitable apple-
canning industry has been started up at
Linnton. Thero is an almost unlim
Ited supply of tho fruit good for cook
ing, but for which thero is no markot
in Its natural state.
Six Albany boys are nnder arrest for
tormenting a Chinese swill-gatherer,
and finally assaulting him and striking
him on the bead with a rock, rendering
him insenxible. They are liable to
terms in the penitentiary for tlioi
frolic.
The board of trustees for the state
insane asylnm accepted 2,100 cords of
big fir wood at from $ 1.03 hi to (3 per
cord, 40 cords of oak at $3.80, for the
main bnildings, and 050 cords of
second-growth -fir at from (2.25 to
12.50 per cord, and ICG cords of old fi
for the farm buildings.
The Multnomah club of Portland has
commenced airangements for holding
a street fair.
Commissioner Hermann has recom
mended the' repeal of the lieu land law
The Northern Del Norte mining dls
trlct, just south of Waldo, Josephine
county, is becoming one of the most ac
tive mining districts of this section of
the West. Since the rich copper dis
coveries made thero last Boring a num
ber of miners have gone into the dis
trict and many claims have been taken
up and are being developed.
Linn county sportsmen arj taking
active measures to cecnre the enact
ment of better game laws. All concur
in the opinion that bunting for the
market should be entirely prohibited
The present session of congress will
not be asked for a government appro
priation lor the luuo lair.
There is a petition being circnlated
in the eastern part of tho state asking
the legislature to enact a law prohibit
ing the herding of sheep within a dls
tance of two miles of any habitation
It is being pressed by cattlemen in the
main although a great many business
men who are not interested in stock are
signing. Idaho and California have
such laws.
F. 8. Ingram, who is circulating a
petition asking for aid from the state
legislature, is securing many signa
tures. He has in the neighborhood of
400. Very few people refuse to sien
Senator Mitcboli called the attention
of Commissioner of Pensions Ware to
the number of applications for pensions
under the Indian war veteran act of
the last session which have not as vet
been granted. The commissioner
states that considerable 'difficulty is
oeing experiences in getting the mill
tary service of the claimants but he
hopes to have all stralgbened up shortly
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat WallaWalla. 70971c: blue-
stem 7870o; valley, 7678o.
Barley Feed. $23.50 per ton: brew
ing, 24.00.
Floor Best grade, 3.00(34 10: erah.
am, $3.203.fl0.
Mlllstnffa Bran, $19.00 ner ton:
middlings, $23.60: shorts. ilO.EO:
cuop, 110,
Oats No. 1 white, tl.15ai.l7W:
gray, $1.12K1.15 percental.
Hay Timothy, tlOOU: clover.
tu.uu; cneai, JBCsu per ton.
Potatoes Best Bnrbanks, 8070(
per sack; ordinary, 5000c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1,768
92 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11c;
young, 10c; hens, lllljc; turkeys,
live, 13 14c; dresiod, 16 0 17)$;
ducks, $50 per dozen; goeso, $0,50
Cheese Full cream, twins, 10Wa
iiw, xoung America, 17J$184
factory prices, llc less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27KQ30,
per pound: extras, 30o: dairy. 20
zzttc; store, 15Q18.
Eggs 2835o per dozen.
Hops New crop, 2326o per pound.
Wool Valley. 12W16o: East
Oregon, 814jcj mobair, 28Q28o.
Beef Gross, cows. 3(783 Wo
pound: steers, 4o; dressed, fl37c.
veai 4ii30)it,
Mutton Gross. So ner nonnd-
dressed, 6c,
Lambs Gross. 3H0 ner DOnnd:
dressed, 6Kc.
Hogs Gross, 6XQ(o per pound;
tressed, 7(37 We.
k, ro.11 . 1
CcNglVM I !.. MfKtr r 'tt 1 lit (v
tw.ltton -Tc- ' I
WttniiitiKion, Dec 2S, Tho Hoiito
has passed tho pure-food by n
votb.of 73 to 21 There wns not a
quorum present, but tho point was
not raised by tho oppononta of tho
measure. Tho .speakers woro Rich
ardson of Alabama. Hepburn of lown,
Gaines of Tennesson and Schlrm nf
Maryland, for tho mennnre. nnd Chan
dler of Mississippi against It.
A hill was passi .i to donnto n nleco
of ground to Clallam, Wash.
nt 3:30 tho Houso ndimiuied.
What the 11111 Includes.
The puw-food bill Inhibits tho In
traduction Into any stato or territory,
or the District of Columbia, from any
other stato or territory, or from nny
foreign country, or tho shipment to
any foreign country, of nny nrtlclo of
loou or drug which la adulterated
misDrnndod. Tho nhovo Inhibition I
mado to nunly tn nnv mo Mnnlm-
delivering or receiving, within the re
gions named only, such food adulter
ated. Adulterations In tho bill nro do
nned ns follows:
In tho caso of drugs, If sold under
a name recognized In tho United
States Pharmacopeia, and tho drug
differs from tho standards of
strength, quality and purity na dotct-
ruinou Dy tno test laid down In such
pharmacopeia, at tho tlmo of tho In
vestlgatlon, so that its Btrength 01
purity falls below tho Professed stand
ard under which It Is sold: If It ho nn
Imitation of or offered for salo under
tne nnmo of another nrtlclo; and, In
tho enso of a confectionery. If It con
tain terra alba, bar) tea. talc, chrome
ycnow or otnor mineral substances,
or poisonous colors or flavors.
In tho caso of foods, whon any sub-
stance is mixed with It so ns to low
or injuriously offect Its aualltv
Btrength, so that such product, whon
onered for sale, shall tend to deccl
tno purchaser.
If any substance or substances have
been substituted so that tho product
when sold shall tend to deceive tho
purcnascr.
If nny valuable constituent of an
articio has been wholly or In part ab
stracted. It It be an Imitation of or offered
for salo under tho distinct nnmo of
anotner article.
If It bo mixed, colored, powdered
stained In a manner whereby dam
ago or Inferiority Is conceded.
If It contain any ndded or poisonous
ingredient wnich may render such nr
tlclo injurious to health.
If It Is falsely labeled as n foreign
product or Imitation of another sub
stance of a previously established
name, or which has been trade-
marked or patented.
If It consists, In whole or In part
of a filthy, decomposed or putrid an
imai or vegetable substance, or any
portion or animal unlit for food, ot
If It Is the product of a diseased anl
mnl or one that has died otherwise
than by slaughter.
mo last section or tno Mil pro
vides that any article of food or dru
mat is adulterated or mlsbrandcd
within the meaning of this bill, and
Is transported, or being transported
from one stato to another for sale, or
If It he sold in tho District or Colum
bin or the territories, or If It be Im
ported from a foreign country, shall
be liable to confiscation by a nroccss
of libel for condemnation in the
United States courtB. Such goods. It
it also provided, shall not bo sold I
any state contrary to tho laws
thereof.
BLOCKADE IS ON.
All Venezuelan Ports are Closed Qrace
Allowed Ships En Route.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Doc. 23.
Admiral Douglas, of tho British fleet,
has ordered the blockade of La Quay-
ra, Carenero, Quanta, Cumana, Cam
pano and the mounths of tho Orinoco
River. This blockade is now In ef
fect. Days of grace are allowed
follows:
To vessels sailing prior to tho date
of the decree of blockade from tho
West Indian ports and from the east
coast of the continent of America
Steamers, 10 days; sailing vessels, 20
days.
From other ports Steamers. 20
days; sailing vessels, 10 days.
vessels in the blockaded ports will
do allowed 15 days to obtain clear
ances. Violators of the blockado will
bo liable under the law.
It Is intimated here that the block
ade probably will not last longer than
;u days.
aermant Hurried Them.
Caracas, Dec. 23. When tho Ger
man cruiser Falke captured tho Ven
czuelan schooner Victoria In the Gulf
of Maracalbo, the captain of tho ves
sel was given 10 minutes to leave bis
ehlp. A heavy sea was running at tho
time, and the small boat In which tho
Venezuelans disembarked was nearly
capsized. Ab It was, ona of the
schooners crew was drowned. It
has been learned that tho captain of
tne victoria was not aware of Ven
ezuela's difficulties with Germany and
ureal Britain.
Oerman Warship Ashore.
Copenhagen, Dec. 23. All attempts
to float the German turret-ship Whit
telsbach, which Is ashoro near Kos
vor, have failed. Tho captain of tho
German warship has declined to re
ceive help from Denmark, declaring
that Emporor William prohibits tho
acceptance of foreign asslstanco In
all cases of naval mishaps. Tho bot
tom of the Whlttelsbach Is Bald to
havo been badly plorccd, nnd It will
be necessary to discharge everything
on board of her beforo sbo can bo
floated.
MARCHINQ ON CARACAS.
Rebel Army of 10,000 Said to Be Coming
Towards the Capital.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 23.-
It Is reported hero that tho Venezu
elan revolutionary Generals Ponaloza,
Rolando. Rlera and Solaeue. with a
force said to number 10,000 men, are
marcning on Caracas, and are be
lieved now to be near that city. Cable
messages coming from Vcnezueln to
this port are subjected to censorship,
Chinamen Sent Back Home.
New York, Dec. 23. United States
Commissioner Benedict has ordered
tho deportation of 12 Chlnamon who
had not been registered under tho
exclusion act and could not show that
thoy arrived In the United States be
foro the passago of the act.
WIRELESS MESSM1ES UXCIIANQCt) DC
; IrJcnNJCANADNpUROPn.
King ol Clrcat Britain nndVycrnor flCn
crnt ot Canada Uxchange fUcilng!
Experiment wtuttntlrtty SucCmuI-
Prnctlcnl Utility ol Ureal lnvcron
Pull)- Ustabllshcd.
New York. Dec. Sl.-The following
dlspwluh from Marconi, dated (Unco
Bay. N, 8.. December SI, has been re
ceived by tho ABSoclnted Press:
,., ,, ... ii
lion n'f''iTTJ n t
f ,Wrn I1 1 ,mVU ctnH,1l",ua WJ
telegraph communication between
Capo Ilroton, Canada, and Cornwall,
huglnnd, with romptoto success, In
nugatory messages. Including one
from tho Governor-General of Canada
to King; lCdwnrd VII, hnvo already
boon transmitted and forwarded to
tho Ivlnga of Kngland nnd Italy. A
message to tho Umdon Times has
also boon transmitted In tho presence
of its special correspondent, I), Par
kin. M. 1.
"O. MARCONI.1
Text ol the Menaces.
London, Dec, 21. Tho London
Times confirms tho receipt of n men-
sngo by wireless telegraphy from Mar
coni at Capo lircton, N. S. The text
of tho wlroiees message from the
Times correspondent, which wna
transmitted from Glnco Bay, N. B., to
Polhu, Cornwall, Is ns follows
"Being present at Its transmission
In Slgnor Marconi a Canadian atntlon,
I hnvo tho honor to send, through tho
Times, tho Inventor's first wlrelesn
trans-Atlantic message, of greeting to
r;nginnu nnu limy.
Exchanged Compliments.
Ottawa. Ont., Dec. 21. Tho follow
ing message, received by Lord Mlnto,
GoYornor-Gcnoral ot Canada, from
Marconi today, shows that wireless
trans-Atlantic telegraphy Is a suc
cess:
"Grace Hay. N. S Dec. 21. 190!
His Excellency, tho Govornor-Genernl,
Government Houso, Ottawa: Havo
tho honor to Inform Your Excollency
tnnt your message hns been transmit
ted by mo from Capo lircton to Corn
wall by wireless telegraphy, and has
ueen forwarded to destination.
"MARCONI."
Itrd Mlnto telegraphed Marconi ns
follows:
"Delighted at your messago. Just
received. Warmest congratulations
on your splendid success.
"MINTO."
Hon. . 8. Fielding sent n telegram
or congratulation to Marconi tonight
nnd
Sir Richard Cartwrlght. ActlnK
Premier, has cabled to England, con
gratulating tho British peoplo on the
new method of communication be
tween two countries,
WARSHIPS' FURNITURE.
American Navy to De Fitted Throughout
With Fireproof Furnishings.
New York, Dec. 21. Steel furni
ture, mado In tho Brooklyn Navy-
yard, will bo used on tho now chuls
er Baltimore, Tho furnlturo of the
stnto rooms, crows' quarters, the
commander's office, nnd oven of the
snow-room, win no or stool, several
months of experimenting on tho part
of Naval Constructor Capps and his
assistant. Constructor Nutting, hns
developed tho fact that almost all tho
essential furnlturo of a man-of-war
can bo mado of steel.
Serious damage was dono during
tho war with Spain by furniture on
tho ships taking fire. Tho Baltimore
In tho battle of Manila Bay was sor-
lousiy damaged by such a fire.
Tho equipment of tho Baltimore
with tho new furnlturo will cost $30.
000. Tho old wooden furniture, hand
some and elaborate in design and fin
ish, did not cost .mora than ono-thlrd
of that amount. All tho ships of the
navy aro to bo fitted with tho steel
furniture as fast as tho plant can turn
our the articles. Tho United States
Navy Is tho first to adopt the fire
proof interior furnishing plan.
TRANSPORT CONTRACTS.
Portland Oeti a Share, but Bulk of Bus
iness does to Seattle.
Washington, Dec. 23. Tho light
over Government transportation bus
iness to and from the Philippines Is
closed. President Wlnsor, of the
Boston StcamshlD Company, waived
tfio condition In his bid that his lino
should rccelvo three-fourths of tho
Government business, and agreed to
toko such shipments at his contract
rate ns the department sees fit to di
vert to Seattle and Tacoma. Secre
tary Root, under theso circumstances,
accepts tho Puget Sound bid, and
from now until Juno 30 next all ship
ments of troops and supplies made
from Seattle or Tlicoma will go by
tho Boston Steamship lino. Under
tho adjustment mado today, Port
land's status Is unchanged. Whenev
er hav. oats, lumber nr nthnr Hiinnlles
are purchased tributary to Portland,
thoy will be shipped from that port
on vessels chartorcd for the trip, as
heretofore. Portland trado will not
bo monopolized by the Sound, but will
depend altogether upon tho relative
bids at Portland, tho Sound and San
Francisco,
Capture of "Cherokee Bill."
I -an Animas. Colo.. Dec. 21. "Cher-
okeo BID" Smith, for whom posses
navo scoured tno Boutncasiorn part
of Colorado In an effort to effect his
capture, has been captured by three
Bent County Dcptuy Sheriffs In tho
olghborhood of Big Cedars, a wild.
unsettled district near tho southeast
boundary ot tho stato. Flvo shots
woro fired at Smith beforo ho sur
rendered. Smith was being pursued
on tho charge of having robbed the
postofneo at Charlton several weeks
ago, in company with two others. Tho
lattor. It Is believed, succeeded in
reaching tho Indian Territory,
Citizens Kill Highwayman,
Ardmore, I, T., Doc. 21. Two high
waymen, heavily armed, woro at
tacked by a posso ot citizens as they
rouo into tno town or I'rovonco, In
tho Chickasaw Nation last night, and
nn oxclmngo of shots followed. The
horso wns shot from undor ono of tho
men, George Slocum, nnd finally ho
was suot nnu captured. Tho second
man escaped. Slocum died lator, Tho
men nro supposed to havo engaged In
uanic rouuery near I'rovonco vcs.
tcrdny.
o. l ,. N 0MIN0 WllST.
kkUi-v -iow 01 Wiirk on Itinerary A
Wutii to liiiUrUlnmcnt Committee.
Washington Dec. 20. 1'rosldont
Hoosovelt la already glvlnK lit atten
tion to tho Western trip which ho
t'hyu to tnko In thu Hprlug. Hecro
tnry Cortolvou Is at work on tho
Itllionuy. r. rutlinr. tlm IHnunrloH.
for ho u making suvornl. At least
tureo, iiu will bu n il out. and cir
cumstance" nl dotornilno which
shall bo choRon. if mato affairs nro
urgent It will bn t10 shentor nnu,
while ir nrtaira am going smoothly,
Iff J,iTr,nl W'U bo Blx WM,W
OlilmRo will bo Visited parlv In tho
trip, ns tt U tho plan to tarry out tho
programme which wns Interrupted hy
mo operation on tno i-rvainsnva leg.
Then ho will fco to Milwaukee, through
Wisconsin, to fit. Paul and Mlnnoap0.
lis nnd westward to tlm Yellowstone.
Park, nnd an In thu Const, slopping
at Puget Hound cities. Portland nun
San Francisco. Tho President has In
vltatlona from every state In tlin Un
Ion west ot tho Mississippi Hirer.
Local committees making llnn
will do woll to hnvo regard to the
President's doalro thnt Secretary Cor
tolyou bo Included n all plans for en
tertalnlng tho President. TIiIh rendu
dor night scorn superfluous, hut cxpor-
once has shown thnt It Is not. There
nro 19 reasons, nny of which la good
and sufficient why tho President
wants his socrotnry to bo at his olbow
day nnd night. In carriages, at di
hers, nt private residences whoro he
may ha entertained, and nt public
functions. Any plana which nro not
to this offect will hnvo to bo altered
NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Santa Maria Still Actlve-Prlco of Neces
sities So High Few Can tluy Them,
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Dec
20. It Is probnbly duo to somo gov
ernment instructions that tho papers
hero have not anld anything with ref
erence to tho oruptlon ot tho Bnutn
Marin volcano, which enn bo consider
ed, because ot Its magnltudo ns
national cnlamlty. Tho losses suite
od by German capital nro not lei
than $0,500,000, consisting of houses
md machinery destroyed, and tho
destruction ot tho present coffee crop,
It tho total destruction of many oth
properties belonging to other foreign
ers, as woll as to natives. Is ndded to
this amount, tho nctual losses ascend
to n fantastic sum.
Tho volcano Is still In activity nnd
a now eruption Is feared at nny time
Sufforlng Is Indescrlbablo. for, bnjtld
tho loss of coffee, which Is estimated
at about 300,000 quintals, tho corn
and wheat fields nro ruined.
Owing to tho unusually high rate
of exchange business Is ontlroly par
alyzed. for all Imported articles hnvo
reached such prices that very fow
persons can nflord to buy them, nni
most of tho merchants sell Just
enough tn cover their oxpenson.
Tho worst part of tho prosont bad
condition Is that no nno knows how
or when It will change, nnd It Is nl
most unondunblo Just now,
Artlciei
of first nocosstty havo reached Innc
cesslblo prices, and tho poor class or
people aro suffering therefrom.
REMODELED A CLUfi TOOT.
Surgeon Lorenz First Crushed It, Then
Formed It as Nature Should.
Now York, Doc. 20. Dr. Ijronz har
for tho first tlmo slnco ho nrrlvod Ir
Now York operated on a club foot
Tho patient was a 1-yoar-old girl. Dr
Lorenz knueded nnd twisted tho crip
pled foot until It was as soft nnd nil
ablo as a ploco of putty. Then hr
deftly molded It Into Its propor form
and announced that tho oporatlon war
completed and a plastor cast was fit
tod to tho foot. Tho doctor said that
tho child should bo allowed to tiso he
foot as much as sho could aftor fou
or flvo days, and that It would
necessary to kocp tho cast on for si
or seven months, after which she
could walk.
Four operations for congonltnl dl
locations were porformcd nnd nt the
closo Dr. Ioronz sbowod that ho was
n tired man.
THIS IS SANTA'S BUSIEST YEAR.
Prosperity Has Enabled Him to Break All
Previous Records In Liberality,
Now York, Dec. 20. Mali money
ordor records havo boon broken In the
Central postofllco, Wednesday's trans
actions amounting to ll.ics.7-ll. Th!
Included money ordors Issued, both
domestic and foreign, tho certificates
of deposit Issued to out-of-town post
masters, money ordors paid nnd
money order drnfts. Kuropoan ad
vices brought tho Information that
the Incoming Christmas mall would
bo much larger this year than over
boforo, Tho Cymric, bound for Now
York, Is said to havo on board 2C00
bags of mail. Tho Etrurla Is also
coming with 1805, tho Kalsor Wllholra
der Grosso with GG0 and tho St, Louis
with 300, a total of 63 Go,
Warning to Westerners
Washington, Doc. 20. Tho Secre
tary of tho Treasury went to tho Har
lorn dinner In a Tuxedo coat. That
was a sin a violation of tho law of
etiquette almost Inoxcusablo. For
tho Prosldont ot tho Unltod States
wns thoro, and whoro tho Prosldont
of tho United States 1b, It Is a full
,reB funct0n. This might bo n good
thing to rcniomber when tho Pi eel
'lent Is on his visitation, ot tho West
noxt Spring. If you havo a long-tailed
coat get It out.
Starved to Death In Brooklyn.
Now York, Doc. 20. Jacob Burthen
07 years old, has been removed to a
hospital In Brooklyn from his homo
where ho was found lying nlongsldo
tho body of his dead brother, Michael,
73 years old, who Is supposed to havo
died from starvation. Tho two men
kopt a llttlo shoemaker's, shop and did
not mix with tho neighbors. For two
woeks nothntg had boon socn or
hoard from the brothors. nnd a neigh
bor becoming nlarmcd. notified tho po-
llco, who mado an examination, with
tho result stated,
Fodnd $100,000 on a Beggar.
Toronto, Doc. 20. Ely Hyman, a
Jow, who heggod for admlslon to tho
genoral hospital hero on Saturday, Is
dead, An examlnntlon of his cloth
ing resulted in finding script worth
$31,000, Other papers showed him to
bo worth, probably $100,000, For
twenty years ho has slept In sheds
and stnblcs. Ho sold papors and beg
sod. Ilia heirs are his wlfo and
daughtor, living, it Is thought, in San
Francisco.
TO SETTLE
CASTRO EMHOWGRS UNITED STATES
MIMSTBR TO MAKE PEACE.
Make No Restrictions Whatever, fully
Realizing That Ills Nation Would lis
Powerless In Actual War Venezuelan
Rebels Active Evidence- That They
Are Working with tho Powers,
Washington, Doo. 22. Tho sotllo-
inont of tho Vonazuulnn difficulty now
rests with United Hlntcs Minister
Bowon. to whom ProBldonl Castro has
entrusted full power to nogotlato
tortus with tho allies.
Castro desires thnt tlio pence con
ference bo hold In Washington, nnd
to thnt end hns n sited Bowon to go
there,
Castro hns clmngpil his attitude to
ward tho nllloa, nlluwlng tho Gor
tnnn Mlnltur to Innd nnd tnlk by tel
ephone to hla sick wlfo. nnd allowing
tho British nhipa to sond men ashoro
for provisions,
Tho rebels nro becoming more no
tlvo In tho Interior, nnd Cnstro Is
said to hnvo ovldencu that they have
cooperated with tho allies, nnd that
arms nnd nminiinltloti hnvo been fur
nished them.
Caracas, Doc. 22. Uipox Diirnlt,
Venezuela Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, hns transmitted to United Btntes
Minister Bowon a document signed
by President Cnstro ns constitutional
Prosldont of tho republic, nnd coun
tersigned hy himself as Minister ot
Foreign Affairs, In which Mr, Bowon
Is, recognized ns tho only representa
tive, ot Venezuela In tho matter of ef
fecting a settlement of tho difficulty
with tho European powers.
According to the terms of this
document, Mr. Bowon mny net with
out restriction, nnd ho Is to use all
moans pnnslClo to protect tho Inter
ests ot Venezuela. Tho Stato Depart
ment nt Washington hns been noti
fied ot tho transmission at this Instru
ment to Mr. Bowon,
Events horn nro dopondont upon
thn receipt, through tho Btnto De
partment, of tho nnswers ot tho gov
ernments of Oront Britain, Germanr'
and Italy to tho proposal of afbllrn
tlon advnnced by Venezuela. These
nnswers nro oxpoctcd tomorrow.
Should thoy bo fnvornblo, tho Venezu
elan government strongly desires that
conferenrn of tho Ambassadors of
Great Britain, Germany nnd Italy to
tho United Btntes bo hold - '.v,.t,.
ington, nnd thnt Mr. Bowo; -' i.r
Gunyrn December 23 for -ho I'niud
States on board the 8team r rrr'i.,
which Is duo to reach Nov 1 id IV
comber 29.
Mr. Bowon will moot the ' mi
dors In Washington. No tn - Mik '
discuss terms ot settlement Is to bo
hold on Venezuelan soil.
"151 Mocho" Hornandoz, tho re
leased revolutionary lender, called at
tho American Legation this morning
'or tho purpose of paying his respects
to Minister Bowon, This afternoon
President Cnstro, accompanied hy his
wife, also called at tho legation,
whoro ho stayed for threo-qunrtors of
tn hour.
Lclutcnnnt Van Duzen, of the gun
boat Marietta, has boon sont hero
from La Gunyrn to net ns secretary to
Mr. Bowon.
Merchants of nil nationalities hare
hopo that tho arbitration proposal
will bo accopted, and that, as a result
if the present efforts to rench a pa
cific settlement, tho proposed block
vlo of Iji Gunyrn, Puerto Ctbcllo,
Maracalbo, Coro, Carupano and Bar
"flonn, nnnounced for Dcccmbor 20,
will not bcromo effective.
British nnd Gorman ships of war
ire paying dally visits to Margarita
Island, Pcnrl-flshlng boats from Mar
garita report tho presence of throe
men-of-wnr near Juan Grlcgo,
Allied Powers Helping Rebels.
Caracas. Dee. 22. Docnmonts and
letters which havo been secured by
tho Venezuelan authorities nro sntd
to provo tho connection ot tho Mntos
revolutionists with tho recent demon
stration of tho' nlllcs agalnBt Vene
zuela. It Is reported that, slnco tho cap
ture ot tho Venezuelan Hoot, muni
tions of war hnvo been shipped open
ly from Wltlomstnd to parts on tho
Venezuelan coast, nnd stenmors nro
inld to hnvo sailed from Port ot
Spain, Trinidad, with tho knnwledgo,
t Is alleged, of tho British authorities
there, bearing arms nnd ammunition
to the Vcnozuolan revolutionists nt
Cludad Ilallvor, on tho Orinoco River.
St. Louis Exposition Stamps.
Washington, Doc. 22. Tho Post
ofllco Department Is Just about to
tako up tho subject of tho special Is
sua ot stamps to be designed for tho
St. Louis Exposition. Even so early
It Is understood that Gcorgo II. Dan
lols, that enterprising publicity ex
port of tho Now York Central. Is to
havo on ono stamp n picture of hln
21-hour llyor. Last tlmo It wad thn
Empire Btnto Express which sorvod
as a modol for rapid railway transit,
nnd Mr. Daniels again claims tho dis
tinction of furnishing tho BPoodlout
model.
Inquiry Into Tltzgerald Killing.
Washington, Dec. 22, Tho foreign
affairs committee ot tho Houso gavo
consideration today to tho resolution
Introduced by William A. Smith, ot
Michigan, calling upon tho Stato De
partment for Information concerning
tho circumstances of tho shooting of
Wjllllam Fitzgorald, nn Araorlcan cltl
zon, in Guatomnla, together with such
reports and correspondence as may
bo on record In1 tho donnrtmont. In
tho nbsonco of Mr. Smith, nctlon on
tho resolution wns deferred until ha
could bo hoard.
Another Industry for Washington,
Chohnlls, Wash., Doo. 22. John W,
Reynolds and Mhrphy & Stucholl
hnvo completed arrangements for put
ting In a now factory nt Chohalls.
Tho now plant will manufacture bad-
springs and mattresses, mako mold
ings nnu uo upiio stor ng na won ns
doing a gonornl planlng-mlll buslnoss.
Tho site choson adjoins tho railway
hundred yards north of tho stock-
ards. This Is tho fourth factory es
tablished In Chohalls within a yoar.
Earthquake In Costa Rica,
San Joso. Costa Rica, Doo, 22.
Two violent earthquakes woro ex
perienced horo at 4 o clock this morn
ing. Tho pooplo woro grcntly alarm
od, but thoro were no casualltles.
Soveral other shocks followod at In
tervals. Thoso, howovor, woro of di
minishing severity.