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COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Oor
Easy Readers.
A Resume of the Let Important buf
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Japan lias Bent a minister to Cuba.
It is said tliat Hermann is determin
ed to take hie seat in the house.
Marshal Field is slowly sinkng and
his death is expected at any time.
Germany seeks harmony about Mo
rocco, but will fight if her honor is at
tacked. The Chicago Commercial association
will send 15 of its members on a tour
of the Western states.
Meriwether, the Annapolis cadet who
was responsible for the death of
Branch, will be tried for hazing.
A house to house search in Riga.
Rsusia, by the police for bombs has
given startling results. Many weapons
wre found.
The entire Caucasus is in the hands
of the revolutionists. The severe meas
ures practiced by the authorities in
other parts of Russia ate inapplicable
there.
The bank examiners of Massachu
setts have been forced to resign.
They were negligent in their duty and
f e ril banks failed by the officers loot
ing the deposits.
Russell A. McKinley, Jr. of Boise,
nephew of the late president, has been
granted a pension of $100 a niontn.
He lost the Eight of both eyes while
serving in Cuba.
Marshall Field continues very sick.J
i
France has recalled her envoy from
Venezuela,
The revolution in Ecuador has been
suppressed.
The Russian government is gradual
ly reconquering Siberia.
Morales has sought refuge in the
American legation and resigned his
office.
Mrs. Chadwick is now in the Ohio
penitentiary serving her 10-year sen
tence. Russia pays an annual interest of
t211.500.000 on her national debts of
all kinds.
Eastern papers have contained sever
al severe articles on Representative
Hermann.
Wall street has been shaken by the
discovery of several million dollars'
worth of forged stock certificates.
The New York Life Insurance com
pany has again been admitted to Mis
souri for the transaction of business.
France may soon resort to force in
Bettling her Venezuelan troubles. She
will act in full concert with the United
States.
The body of Thomas Nast, famous for
his cartoons during Boss Tweed's time,
will be brought to the United States for
burial.
The kaiser is making great prepara
tions to suppress Socialist demonstra
tions which are expected throughout
Uermany.
Two Annapolis hazers have been
found guilty cf hazing.
France has broken off all diplomatic
relations with Venezuela.
Southern cotton planters condemn
negro labor and want immigration.
Russian authorities are preparing for
trouble on Red Sunday, January 22.
Cleveland declares himself to be in
favor of publicity of campaign ex
penses. Sir Thomas Lipton is making plans
for another challenge in 1907 to race
for the Americas yacht cup.
The Carnegie steel works at Green
ville, Pa., have been destroyed by fire.
The loss will reach $600,000.
A statement issued by the Russian
government shows that the recent war
with Japan cost $1,050,000,000,. Of
this amount $202,500,000 is yet un
paid. Large quantities of dynamite have
disappeared from government store
houses in Denmark and it is believed to
have been stoleu and sent to Russian
rebels.
The deepest copper mine in the
world, at Calumet ,Mich., is on fire.
Three men have been burned. The fire
is from half to three-quarters of a mile
below the earth's surface.
Two men were killed by a cave-in at
a mine near Eureka, Utah.
A great forgery of railway stock has
been revealed in New York.
Troops are running down Morales.
Harvard university has announced a
et of revised football rules.
A fire at Schenectady, New York,
destroyed $100,000 worth of property.
Fire destroyed the Wormwood ware
house, Boston, entailing a loss of $125,
000. Hermann's trial has been definitely
et for the lust week in March. The
hearing will be in Washington.
BOXER COIN FOR COLLEGES.
Senator Piles, of Washington, Will In
troduce Such a Bill.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 1.'). United
States Senator 8. II. Piles will intro
duce in congress a bill appropriating
the $20,000,000 paid this country by
China as damages in the Boxer upris
ing to defray the expenses of Chinese
students to bo educated in American
colleges. A part of this sum, it is pro
posed, shall be expended in schools
conducted by Americans in China.
A bill prepared under the directum
of the faculty of the University of
Washington has beeu forwarded to Sen
ator Tiles, and the co-operation of wast
educational institutions has been asked
in the campaign. Out of this move
ment. it is believed, will crow some
thing satisfactory to China, and result
ing in abandoning the boycott against
American goods.
The measure was agreed uopn at
meeting of the faculty of the Universi
ty of Washington, with A. W. Bash,
promoter of the Canton-Hankow and
other Chinese railroads, and an inti
mate friend of manv high Chinese otli
cials. and Pr. W. A. P. Martin, an ed
ucator long employed in t hinese
sclwols, wh6 came West to welcome
the high commission just landed at San
Francisco. Mr. Bash has been official
ly designated by President Roosevelt
and Secretary of State Root. Mr. Bash
started the movement on the coast be
cause he has been a lesident here, and
because he believes the Pacific Coast
states originating the movement would
strengthen the fight. For that reason
the co-operation of Oregon and Cali
fornia educators was asked.
Under the plan adopted here, the in
demnity money would be spent: First,
to invite Chinese students to the Lnit
ed States and provide lor their educa
tion in this country: second, to aid
worth v American colleges already es
tablished in China; third, to provide
for helping Chinese students at the
American consulates in China.
COMBINE FOR COLONIZING.
Western Railroads Establish Bureau
for Handling Business.
Chicago, Jan 15. Generalpasseuger
scents of Western lines, after three
days of almost continuous discussion,
have agreed upon a plan for the organi
zation ot a general colonization bureau
to handle the details of the issuance of
certificates and tickets for land and im
migration business.
Reports from thoee who attended the
Western Passenger Association meetings
during the debates on this proposition
indicate that there were some repre
sentatives of railroads in the conference
who were in favor of abolishing the
privileges the colonization departments
have found so valuable in building up
communities along the railroads.
"We were fearful," said a passenger
agent of one Western road, "that the
issuance of certificates would be abro
gated and that every Western state's
development would be materially affect
ed by the shutting off of the homeseek
ers' colonization certificate provisions."
According to one ot the passenger
agents, the bureau will handle the col
onization business for all the roads in
the Western Passenger association, and
there will be no diminuation in the
volume of business.
Shaw to Stay Another Year.
Chicago, Jan. 15. A dispatch to the
Chronicle from Washington says: At
the meeting of the cabinet President
Roosevelt asked Secretary Shaw to re
main at the head of the Treasury de
partment until March 4, 1007, and
Mr. Shaw agreed to do so. More than
a year age Mr. Shaw let it be known
that he "expected to retire from the
cabinet in February of this year. The
president did not understand that this
was the secretary's determination until
some unusual reference was made to it
a few weeks ago, and then he lost no
time in urging the secretary to remain
in the cabinet for another year.
Russia Gets Help in Paris.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 15. Confirma
tion has been received of the report
that ex-Minister Kokovsoff has been
partially successful in his mission to
Paris. A credit of $50,000,000 has
been obtained from the French bankers,
with the assurance of an increase in the
amount, thould it prove neceesary to
maintain the stability of the rouble.
It is explained, however, that the
credit is not in the nature of a loan to
the Russian government, but is strictly
an operation between the State bank of
Russia and the French banks.
Calhoun Will Make Report.
Washington, Jan. 15. Mr. Calhoun,
the pesident's special minister to
Venezuela, has telegraphed Mr. Root
from Chicago that he will submit early
this week the report on the asphalt con
troversy called for in the department
as a basis for the sumption of active
negotiations with Venezuela looking to
a settlement of the claims. The cable
company has reported to the secretary
that its lines connecting with Venezu
ela are interrupted.
Needs of Railway Mail Clerks.
Washington, Jan. 15. The annual
report of the general superintendent of
railway mail service for the fiscal year
1905 shows the total number of miles
of service by railroad, electric, cable
and steamboat lines to have been 370,
584,037. An urgent plea is made for a
retirement and superannuation fund for
the benefit of clerks disabled in line of
duty or worn out through long and
faithful service.
j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j
CONTAINS MANY DIFFICULTIES
Orccon State Primary Law Hard for
Candidates to Follow.
Salem Another very serious prob
lem has arisen in connection with the
direct primary law. Tho law requires
that candidates for state offices shall
file petitions from not less than seven
counties, and that at least 10 per cent
ot the precincts shall be represented in
each of the seven counties. two per
cent of the votes cast at the last state
election for supreme judge by each par
ty must l represented on the petition
It lias been the supposition until re
cently that so long as the required
number of counties and precincts were
represented bv the signatures of one or
more voters that the bulk of the signn
lures on a petition to make up the !
per cent might come from one county,
so long as the required number of names
was tiled with the secretary of state
It is now discovered that there must be
2 per cent of the vote cast by the party
represented in each county and precinct
represented, as well as throughout the
state.
The attorney general will probably
be asked to render an opinion in regard
to the number of signatures required
from the counties and precincts. To
secure 2 per cent of the voters in seven
counties, and 10 per cent of the pre
cincts in each of the seven counties,
and in addition have 2 per cent of the
patty vote in the entire state, will add
to the difficulties of securing a petition
FORM NEW ORGANIZATION.
Independent Telephone Companies of
Oregon Unite.
Portland In order to fortify them
selves and protect their interests, rep
resentatives of the independent tele
phone lines in Oregon met here last
week and formed a permanent orgniza
tion. It will be known as the Oregon
Independent Telephone association, ar.d
is formed after similar orgnizatinns in
other states of the Union and affiliated
with the national association of inde
pendent telephone lines.
The objects of the association are to
encourage development; loster anil
stimulate the growth ; protect the mu
tual interests; promote and systema
tize uniformity of accounting, opera
tion, maintenance and construction of
independent (non-Bell) telephone inter
ests, and to defend the same from un
fair encoracL merits of competition by
co-operation and by such other avail
able means as may, from time to time,
seem advisable.
Favor WoolenMills.
Albany The business men of the
city met and discussed the proposition
of securing the new woolen mill for
this city. Judge Stewart, of the stock
committee, withdrew from the active
work of soliciting subscriptions, arid
Frank J. Miller was selected to fill the
vacancy and the committee will push
the work. The purpose of the com
mittee is to secure subscriptions to the
stock aggregating $15,000 toward the
capital of $100,000, when the mill will
be built and fitted up. The business
men at the meeting were enthusiastic
in support of the project, and the spirit
manifested was in favor of co-operation
among the business interests of the city
for the upbuilding of Albany and its
industries.
Plans an ElectricLine.
Forest Grove At the meeting of the
Forest Grove city council last week,
State Senator E. W. Haines, in behalf
of the Forest Grove transportation com
pany, & new organization, applied for a
25-year franchise for an electric railway
in Forest Grove, to iunjfrom the South
ern Pacific depot to the business section
of the city, about two miles. Accord
ing to the terms of the ordinance, the
new line must be begun in 90 days,
and completed in eight months. It is
to carry the United States mail, express
and passengers. Senator Haines furn
ishes electric light to Forest Grove
from his plant about 12 miles distant,
and, it is understood, w ill furnish low
er for the new road from his plant.
Buys Ranch in Gilliam.
Condon A. 8. Hollen lias purchased
he 8(i0-acre ranch on Trail fork, Gil
Ham county, belonging to J. W. Booth.
The transaction, which involves about
$15,000, is omi of the most important
real estate transfers for sometime here,
and gives Mr. Hollen a most valuable
farm and stock ranch. In the deal Mr.
Booth takes residence property in Con
don valued at about $5,000, consisting
of several fine dwellings. Mr. Hollen
is proprietor of the Condon Flouring
mill. He will take possession of the
ranch about March 1.
Allen Wants Oregon Boys.
Corvallis Lieutenant Quintan, com
mandant of the cadet regiment at the
college, has received instructions to
recommend six additional graduates
from the Oregon Agricultural college
for positions as Third lieutenants in
the Philippine constabulary. Three
similar recommendations were recently
made, and from these one appointment
has already been made, that of Lieu
tenant Floyd Williams, who baB gone
to Manila.
Few Hops Left in Josephine.
Grants Tass Several saleB of hops
have been made here recently at from
9 to 10 cents. About 500 bales have
changed hands, and by February 1 but
few hops will be held by the growers
in Josephine county. There are quite
a few baby hops still held and a few
old ones, though not to exceed 600
bales in all.
AMEND IRRIGATION LAWS,
Irrigationists Say Conditions in Id.iho
Are Better Than in Oregon.
Salem Prominent Irrigators of Ore
gon ate considct ing the advisability of
unking the next legislaure to amend the
irrigation laws in several particulars.
At the present time all the contracts
with tho state for the reclamation of
desert lands under the Carey net are
based upon the theory that the owners
of the canals and ditches are entitled to
collect a perpetual annual rental from
the landholders. In Idaho the land
holders will eventually own and control
the canals, ditches, headgatcs, etc.
In the contract with the state of
Idaho for the construction of the Twin
Falls canal it is provided that a com
pany shall be formed among the land
owners on the basis of one share of
stock for one share of water right, and
that within seven years the control of
the canals, ditches, dams and headgates
shall pais to the corporation formed
among the water users. Previous to
the formation of thin company and be
fore the expiration of the seven years'
limit, the construction company is en-
itled to collect annually not exceeding
80 cents an acre. The same thecry of
owneiship prevails in all government
work.
All the contracts for the reclamation
of arid lands under the Carey act in
this state allow the construction com
panies the right to collect $1 an acre
perpetually, the company agreeing to
keep the canals and ditches in repair.
Fruit Inspector in Linn.
Albany The Linn coanty court has
appointed K. C. Armstrong, residing
at Marion station, Marion county, to
act as fruit inspector for I. inn count v.
temporarily, on the recommendation of
Horticultural Commissioner C. A.
Park, of Salem. Mr. Park wished to
secure here a man w ho would be ready
to begin war on pests at once. The
court will at once select a man for per
manent appointment who will be linked
to take a short course in training under
Professor A. B. Cordley, at the Oregon
Agricultural college.
Newport as Winter Resort.
Albany Many Albany people are
spending s portion of the winter at
Newport on Yaquina bay, where the
weather as a general thing has been de
lightful. Only a lew days during the
holiday season was the sea rough.
Some of the leading people of the 'al
ley citiet Salem, Eugene, Albany, In
dependence and Corvallis have spent
portion of the winter at the seaside,
and Newport is gaining a reputation s
winter resort.
New Railroad for Gilliam.
Salem Articles of incorporation
have been filed with the scretaryof
state for the Oregon Northern Railway
company. Jhe incorporators are:
William J. Mariner, R. . Kobinson
and C. K. Jones. The road runs from
Blalock, in Gilliam county, to Hard
man, in Morrow county. The capital
stock is $25,000, divided into 1,250
shares of $20 each. The principal
place of business is Heppntr.
Contracts at Interest.
Salem The State Land board re
ports interest bearing contracts out
standing December 31, as follows:
School land contracts, $f.li!,5 HI. 30 ;
Agricultural college, 28,U3.82; Uni
versity, $3,788.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 7lC'$71c; biucstem, 73
(374c; red, MOtMh-; valley, 73c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $27; gray,
$2(5.50 per ton.
Barley Feed, $23.0023 50 per ton;
brewing, $24.0024.50; rolled, $23.50
24.50.
Buckwheat $2.50 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy,
$13.5014.50 per ton; valley timothy,
$9fr10; clover, $'J(?10; cheat, $8.50(3
9.50; grain hay, $8.
Fruits Apples 75c(?$1.50 per box;
persimmons, $1.25 per liox; pears,
$1 .26(31. AO per box; cranberries, $13
(313 50 per barrel.
Vegetables Beans, 20c per pound;
cabbage, l(32c per pound; cauliflower,
$1 .25 per dozen ; celery, $33.50 per
crate; pumpkins, ?4ctle per pound;
snrouts, 7c per pound; Fiijnh, 1
lJgC per pound; turnips, 90c(3,$l per
sack ; carrots, 65($75c per sack ; beets,
85c($l per sack.
Onions Oregon, No. 1, $1(31.25 per
sack; No. 2, 75C0c.
Potatoes Fancy graded BurbankH,
fi575e per sack; ordinary, 50(i0c;
Merced sweets, 2c per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery,27321c
per pound.
Kggs Oregon ranch, 2!)30c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12j
14c per pound; springs, 12(il3c;
mixed chickens, VZ($2c broilers,
15($loc; dressed chickens, 1415;
tin keys, live, 15c; turkeys dressed,
choice, 1720c; geeso, live, 0llc;
docks, 1510c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10(($llc
per pound; prime, $ medium,
78c; olds, 5$7c.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1621c per pound; valley, 242(lc;
mohair, choice, 30c.
Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per
pound; cows, 30 4c; country Bteers,
4a4c.
Veal Dressed, SrjjSc per pound.
Mutton Dressed, fancy otle per
pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7
Pork Dressed, 67c per pound.
RANGE WAR IN WYOMING.
Raiders Murder Herders, Slaughter
Sheep and Uurn Camp.
Denver, Jin. 12. An Fvnnslon,
Wyo., special to the Tribune says:
Masked and mounted raiders, pre
sumed to be cattlemen, lant night at
tacked the camps of two Utah llock
master near Burnt Folk, close to the
Utah-Wyoming line, shot down A. N.
(iarsite and Kohcrt Allen, herders,
slaughtered the sheep, and h lined the
camp wagon and outfits.
A camp mover who escaped the bul
lets of the raiders witnessed the battle
from the brush. The raiders num
bered about 20, unit approached the
camps at a gallop, thing a fusillade
of shots into the wagon. The herders
were killed at the first lire. It re
quired less than half an hour to club
the sheep to death nnd burn the out
tits, when the raiders departed. No
tices of warning to other tlot kmiisteis
were left w ith the bodies of the dead
herders.
Sheepmen are indignant , thread n to
get even, and more trouble is antici
pated. The tango on w hich t he out
rage was committed has long been in
dispute, and the sheepmen have beeu
frequently ordered away.
BLAMES ALL ON MOROCCO.
German Delegate Says Minister Mis
understood French Minister.
Paris, Jan. 12. With the approach
of the Algeciras convention on Moroc
can reforms, the newspapers devote
greater space to discussion of the ques
tion. Public opinion everywhere is
that the issue of the conference will be
amicable has been pradically decided.
The Journal's Madrid correspondent
sends an interview with the derma am
bassador at Madrid, llerr von Kado
w itx.w ho is also the principal German
ih h gate to the convention. The am
bassador, the coi respondent says, has
no doubt of the f IVorttl'le issue of the
conference. He believes the whole dis
agreement is due to the Moroccan min
ister's not understanding or misinter
preting the words of the Irench minis
tcr to MoriHT ), w ilifully or otherwise,
and says if the Miltau's delegates try to
prevent an agreement being reached by
the powers, as it has been stiggchted
they would do, they will find them
selves in a mi, ft serious situation. But
the ambassador is of the opinion that
the Moroccan delegates fully appreciate
this and will give no trouble.
FORBIDS PRIVATE CARS.
Bill Offered Congress by Fruit Job
bers' Association.
Diiluth. Minn, Jan. 12. President
Koosevclt, Attorney General Moody
and members of rorigrets and the Inter
state Commerce commission, will re
ceive this week copies of a bill ad
vocated tiy the Western Fruit Jobbers'
association, of w hich E. M . Ferguson,
of Diiluth, is president, and which has
f ir its primaiy purpose the elimination
of private freight cars, the correction of
refrigerating rates and bringing express
companies under the interstate com
merce acts and prohibiting the dealing
in commodities handled by them.
The hill will be introduced in con
gress during the present session. It
provides that roads must furnish all
rolling slock required to handle inter
state commerce under penalty of heavy
tines. It outlaws "flexible' charges
and gives the shipper an open avenue
f r relief against unreasonable rates.
TRAIN WRECKERS WIPED OUT.
Deadly Vengeance on Rebels Who
Tore-Up Track.
Riga, Livonia, Jan. 12. News lias
just reached this city of a daring at
tempt of the revolutionists to capture a
military train conveying a large sum of
money from St. Petersburg to Lilian.
A band of revolutionists having ad
vance information gathered at Hazcn
pot, burned two bridges anil tore up
the track. Two compiwiicsof infantry,
which were escorting the train, left the
cars, and were joined by H detachment
of dragoons. This force marched against
the revolutionists, who from behind
improvised defenses, opened fire on the
soldiers. The infantry, after firing two
volleys, wheh killed (5 and wounded
nearly 100 of the revolutionists,
charged with the bayonet, and the dra
goons completed the rout by sabering
all the revolutionists they overtook.
Pipe Line Across Isthmus.
Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary Taft
has recommended to the president
that he sanction the issue of a revoca
ble license to the Union .Oil company,
of California, to construct and main
tain a pipe line across the canal zone.
There were six applicants for such a
right, but the company named is the
only one which specified the price of
oil if used by tho government and
whose offer was otherwise sufficiently
definite and reasonable. It is, howev
er, expressly provided that the license
shall not be exclusive.
Asks for Second Federal Judge.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 12. A Mintr
special from Helena states that the
Montana Bar association this afternoon
adopted a resolution indorsing United
States Senator Thomas II. Carter's bill
providing an additional Federal judge
for Montana The association, how
ever, takes the ground that the bill
should not provide for the division of
the state into two Federal court dis
tricts, and recommends that change in
the proposed measure.
Grinding Cane in Mexico,
Mexico. City, Jan. 12. Cane grind
ing is now well under way on the sugar
plantations. The total production is
estimated at 225,000 tons.
AIR EVERY SCANDAL
Senate Coinmlltci) to Invtisllijalii
Affairs of Canal.
MAY ABOLISH CANAL COMMISSION
Latitude. Will Un Given In Taking Tes
timony in Hope ot Showing
Mismanagement. '
Washington, Jan. I. 'I. While the
senate has labored to musk the truth,
the fact Is that next Tuesday Theodoie
Itoosevelt, William II. Taft, Thcixlore
P. Shouts, John F. Stevens and, inci
dentally, John F. Wallace, are to be
arraigned arid tried before the none ton
impartial judges who constitute the
senate committee on interoceauic can
als. The trial is to be called an investiga
tion, but it means simply that every
supposed scandal, every petty criti
cism, every report of friction between
officials, every story of an unearned
salary, every tale of a discharged em
ploye and every fleeting bit of gossip is
to be told in public, and from them all
the member of the committee expect
to get possibly some of them hope to
get the basis for u direct charge of in
competence, or it may be of guilt.
There is not a soul in Washington who
believes that anything will come of tbn
'.n vest igntion save tbn knowledgti al
ready held that some of the heads of tho
enterprise have had their bickerings
and their disagreements.
ll may Ih that in the course of tho
hearings the public may burn the real
reason for the resignation of Mr. Wal
lace. It may learn whether or not
there was any truth in the reports of
friction between Mr. Taft and Mr.
Sholits. It innv learn whether or not
Poiiltney Bigelow drew the long Imiw,
but that anything sulistant ial can coui
from the investigation no one in Inn
heart believes.
It is understood that the greatest lat
itude will be given ill the matter of
at-king ipiest ions, and, if curiosity about
personal difTererences between official
is to be considered one of the chief
things which it is necessary satisfy,
the senate and the people may have
their (ill of satisfaction.
The senate declares that President
Koosevclt practically challenged the
investigation and that it ha been de
cided not to deny him. There was
nothing for the president to do, appar
ently, in the present condition of af
fairs, except to "challenge" an inves
tigation. There 1) a find ng in Wash
ington that he took the course that ho
did to win eventually the right to con
duct the canal construction unhamper
ed by a commission of seven men.
If the result of the in vestigat ioit
leads to the statutory abolition of the
canal body, it mty be that trouble and
rumors of trouble will d!ncar and
that the work will go forward, showing
that a strong hand is behind it.
SEETHING WITH EXCITEMENT.
Young China Wants Reform Old Chin.i
Adheres to Graft,
i
Pt-kin, Jan. 13. Reports from the.
South and from the YangtMe valley re
gion show the ami-foreign sentiment
to be very strong. China undoubtedly
is in a ferment of politcial excitement,
but the movement is directed as lunch
sg:iiust the government as against the
foreigners.
The government is between two fires.
The young Chum party ii clamoring
because reforms are being executed too
slowly, while the conservatives and the
officials, the latter having their per
quisites threatened, are resisting all
efforts nt reform.
In spite of the protests in Northern,
China, the foreign ministers have not
changed their minds for the withdrawal
of foreign troops from Chile province,
the only exception being the legation
gi ards. the ministers believing that
the Chinese government is both ablo
and determined to protect foreigners in
the event of a revolution.
Demand a Lower Rate.
Juneau, Alaska, Jan. HI. At a
meeting attended by '15 Douglas City
shippers last night a telegram was or
dered to be Bent that no contract would
be signed with the two steamship com
panies now doing business unless a rate;
of 25 per cent less than the present rate
be granted. At present only three con
tracts have been signed in .luueaii with
the two companies. All other shippers
were waiting for Hume move by Tacoma
or Portland. There is some pgitatiott
to get Tacoma to pool the isHiie with
Portland.
Castro Will Sell Asphalt Lake.
" New York, Jan. 13. According to
private advices received from Caracas,
President ('astro will offer for sale to
the higheest bidder the concession for
t le asphalt lake (iuanaioco, of whith
the New York h Bermudes company
was deprived about a year and a half
ago. The asphalt property, which it
in the state of Bermudei!, is now being
operated by Ambrose Howard Carner,
as a receiver under appointment by the
High Federal court.
More Jamaicans for Canal.
Kingston, Jan. 13. Four hundred
men sailed from Kingston this after
noon on the steamer Tagus for Colon to
seek employment in the canal one.
Fach man dejxisited $11.25 with tho
treasury under the immigrants protec
tion law.