i Bohemia Nugget lliiti rml NiifiTrt Tub. Co. f COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK PEOPLE WALK !n a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Resume of the Lest Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Strike on Portland Street Car Lines Ties Up Traffic. Port Intnl. IVi 17. Port land's street cur system was alniivt ivmplctely lied up Satur.lav night t S o'clock bv a strike, oilled by l.val union 1S1. uul- Friday. Dec. 14. cimatcd AtM'iat ion of Street and I tec- Washington, !. It. I'.ut for tin trie Kailwav cltiploviM of .Miicn'kl. A cow ar.inv ol imii nielli Oct ot Congress, (Vw minutes h fore that hour car were , the liou-c todav would have :i i t- t tin IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS tin Ad- There if nn upward tendency in hop market. Russian terrorist. tried to kill iniral (V.ubpasofT. Hill lias abandoned liis Oreat Northern-Purl ingt on merger. John lVartvtt, I'nited States minister to Colombia, is it Portland. Negro convicts in Mississippi revolted ami sevenil were severely hurt. Chicago has arratigtsl terms for own ership of the street railway systems. Cardinal OibKuis ilcfcnds King I.eo JKihl's government of the Congo state. The pope says French political free dom d.vs not compare w it h tliat exist ing in America. The Interstate Commerce commission will sta't at Minneapolis in January and work West investigating the car shortage. The Mexican minister to the Fnitol States says his government assumel control of the railroads to prevent American ownership. 1 resident Smith, of the IMiisville 2xashvi!le railroad, says political lead ers threaten to confiscate their property and denounces Roosevelt and the judges who tmel the railways. There is little lmpe of King Oscar's recovery. The Mexican government has assum ed control of its principal railroads. The president will endorse ship sub sidy in a sjx'cial messatge to congress after the holidays. Two lake steamers colli. lel off I nlut h and it is feared one of the vessels is lost together with ol men. The Northern Pacific announces an increase in its capital stock from f 1-5-V 000,1'I.U to J 2-30, 000,000. All copper properties in the United States and Mexico are now controlled! by Standard Oil intere-ts. An amendment to the rate law ha lx"en introduced allowing newspajier publishers and railroad companies to exchange tickets and advertising. The kaiser is in conflict with tin Clericals ami Socialist, and a more bitter church war is promised in Oer Itiany than that now on in France. stopH-d on Washington street at the corner of Third by the strikers, and niotormcn and conductors were mt sua.led to leave their pivsts. Mobs ixdhvtod and a riot followed which eotitininsl until early Sunday morning. The snoivs of the strikers was due al most wholly to t he st rong sy mpat h y w ith them of all union men in the city, represented by the Federate! Tnides council, and to the supimrt of the mob which gathered along Washington stnvt. Nutnlvrs gave iMuragc tothoc who leil the demons! rat ions against the company and the mob urged the leader on to Constantly greater aetsof lawless ness. The company usiil every cfloit for a I imc lo con! inuc t he opi r.it ion of cats, but gave it up at a I ont 0 o'clock, and cotnvnt rate! its efforts on gelling the stalled cars Kick t the lvirns. After maintaining a partial service Ivtwivn 7 a. m. and ." p. m. Suudav, the cars were sent to the ham and no attempt was made to operate alter nightfall, as it was fc.mil the scenes of iolcnceof Saturday night would be re- peatel. All probably w i 1 1 resume t hei r runs this morning at day light . Wheth er they will be operated tonight will depend upon whether or not the jmlicc prove themselves able to Control the crowds. The striker have had the better of it during the past 24 hours. 1 lie olijects souglit l y tlie sinkers are practically the same as those the union w as demanding at the time of the last trouble, namely, roivgnition of the union, the abolition of the photo- graph system for identification of em ployes and more pay. As a n sult HH "men are idle and about 200 cars are out of commission. Thousands of people who remained dow n tow n Saturday Jnight to see the excitement had to walk home, some of them hav mg to go miles to the out mg districts. amcn.lnicnt to thi let:ilat te appropria tion bill inctoaing the salaries of sena tor and representatives from $",000 to $7,."n0 per annum . ('tactically evetv 'man w ho voted ak.-ain.st t he increase di. I so from fear that hi vote would react ami result in hi defeat two year hence, and nearly every man who voted negatively saw a grab in the legislation proposed. The legislation was entirely meritorious. The t hroe congressmen from Wash ingtoli voti-d for the increase. Hinger Hermann voted against it, but he would not K a Ivtieticiary . French, of Idaho, wa Hot present . lo'presentat iv o .lone, of Washing ton, today introduced a bill pr..oitig to increase by L0 per cent the salt of all civ i I scrv ice emplove. of t he ernment on July 1 next . The first salary amendment to legi-lat iv e, cxectil ive and judicial propriat ion bill today wa tunned l.ittauer, of New York, and wa as l t ies p ' - the fol- BUILD MOKE SHIPS. Dewey Says Present Policy of Con gress is Retrograde Move. Washington. Dee. 17. Admiral Hew ey bclievi s that the aurhorvat ioii by congress of at hast three largo bat tleships a year is essential f..r keeping the American navy in a state of etli- ctency an. I tliat t lie pol icy of one Pat- , tleshipa year now being urged by a certain element, would be atH.sitive retrograde movement. He was asked if tin- policy su'estcd by some person of only providing one hattkslmi itunn an entire eoii'n would result in tlie navv or in a titrlit inr strength. "such a policy would be retrograde in its charaater," said the admiral. "It would not take up tlie waste or sup ply the places of the ship that are Iniund to deteriorate ami which should We 1 "On and after March -t. l!'o7, the Comvniit ion of the s-aker of the house .f represetitat ive and v ice presi dent of t he Tinted State shall be at the rate of $11'. 000 each." by a Vote of IM I to 7 l the amend ment wa adopted. I. it latter al-o in t reduced an amendment increasing the alarie of the ineinK r of the presi dent's cabinet to 1-.',000 each, effective on and after March -1, l!io7. On division, the amendment wa adopted L'(U to tit). l.ittauer also ott'er ed an amendment! increasinu' the salar ies of senators, represetitat i es in i..ii u'ress and deleattes from territories t.i $7,'00 per annum. On a rising vote after cn-iderable debate, the amend ment, w as defeated lva..teof I... i to Ml. After disposing of the salary ipte tion the hoii-e passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. an actual increase virtual decrease North Dakota and Minnesota are without fuel and a severe blizzard is raiii'. There is much suffering and ! i,hu-ed out of death is exjxt-tol a a result of the Cold, three batt lelii Tl,0 fl, r.f Ti, o.l.,. .,. HI their itav, Put thev wen cates death for px-rson on reaching HO, hat just celebrated her lomh birthday and does not appear to be in the way even at that advanced ae. Thursday, December 13. Washington, ),e. I.",. The senate to-lay list. 'lied t-i the mO.h.I sK.,.,-h which ha been made thi s-.sj,,!! against the com muainv ol Keed Sun a senator t'r..m 1'tah. It wa deliv ered by hnlxii. ot Idaho, who. ntt- r reviewing in detail the workini: of the Mormon hierarehv and Stuoot prom- a -rit cotmei-tioti thir-'with. coiiclii.lc-1 ehar.'c that (Vesi-lent II. tlii' wei.-ht of his ndmini-tra--i.-t the Republican Mormon todav i . 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 l I he iiom i ua I i-.lis nf William II V ly. of M.imi hucl t. to be Mil fvoi ii.lt e just ice of I ho Sit ptetiie coin! of the Culled State"; Chat lis .1 . b'Uapnt te. of Maryland, to be attorney p ueral; Victor II. Melcalf, of California, (o lie sectelat v of t he nav y , and Oscar S. St tans, of Now Yolk, to he"cctetatv of commerce and labor. The feature today wa a s eh bv Senator hfr ner upholding the state' liht doc'line us involved ill I he present Japanese iiiestion on the l'a ci tic ci -us t . lu'soluli .ii were a i: n ed to culling upon t he president for informal ion ie caidini; die seiure by Mcmch i f the lishitic (choolter Slhl Steams, a id di recting tkc secretary of war In furnish informal on iei;aiditi allege. I expert luetit with cholera villi" at Manila le sti 1 1 mi: i l 10 or mot e deal h. The "ili.'ite in evecuttve sc-iott rati- lied tin geni tal act l-y t he deleyat cs of the power represented at t he confer ence w I'icli met at Ak'ccit.i". Spain, in Apm ..i-i, to. itatt a tieaty eoncemiii Mor oi an affairs. Opp-.sit i,.u ,v the I'einocat con i pi ,-l the adopt ion of a res.. In! toll -lisclai m mi; I e-l .ti-il u il v f. .1 t he I art iciml ion of the I nit.d State in th prokrinin ariatiL'ed bv the confer ence - to the future of Mor.neo. Tuesdny, Dec. II. W jsldti'ton, lec. II. The ,llesti..n of senator Keed Suioot's rik!.t to a -eat a Failed state senator li..m I tjih wa di-euss,., ,y Senator burrow in the eliate t.lay for more than three hour. The seuatot had i a refill I r pte I tn ' 1 Id speech, W h ich tecei v e-1 t he closest auriu ion ttiruuiiotit Pv a lar-e attendance o senators utid crowded ual- leiic. StniM.t iN'cupie-1 his place in the chamber. No interruption weie made luritiL' t he enl ite -p. ech, which wa an nrruiimmcnt of Mnrmoni-m and the resiH.nsihility which attached to Sm,ot f.-r Motjnon principle a a member of 1 , HAISE OFFICIAL SALARIES. Party Leailnrs In Mouse Aree to Dis cuss the (,'uottion. Washinloti, I'ec. I I 'I'he hoif.e i NoeiiiiiiLdv inclined ! race the salarie of Ihe tuelnbel' It" well a tho-e of the vice president, speaker, Miialor- and cabinet otlnvr. I'-efore Ci - it I ii 1 1 ti' con -i.lcral ion of lite leei-lat ive, judicial and executive appropriation bill ye-ler day , l.ittauer, of New N oi k, eiideav ofed to have a resolut iott adopled pf" v iditik; for taking up the iuclnn m 'he committee of the whole, but Fii-ler vvoo.1, of Alalmtua, objeeled lo it con sideralmn in committee. lie said, however, he would iniike no object ion toil discussion in I he hoii-e after t he hi II wa reported by the coiuuiil lee of the whole. lie added that he wa opposed to the increase, but Mild he would not block the way of serioit coiisider.il ton . Ill silu't-'i'sl ion formed the iii"l" of an in.'1'ee inelil that, when the bill i-hall be re ported, I he iUo ion of a ceiicnil ad salaries will Pe tal.eti up upon a will be taken a n a men. I n nn I I . -ill I linallv iii'I. v since in I and vote . ..re the l.vilal iv i upon . I I he resolut ton i ner. a-. " the of -etialor and r. -pre-enlal iv e- .'im an. I make oth. r mcrea-e da 1 -a la ru -. 'I he r. -olut ion a I the -a iarie- of the v ice t .re-id -pealor at f I .'i.oiio and c.r at 1 1 2. in in. a la no '. i oil' i live' lit an. .I cal u net i .III IMPROVE COAL LAW Congress Will I inloavor lo Help Situation This Session. MANY OMITS IN PRtSLNT LAW Was Pastnd lor llnnrfit of Inilividual, Who Is Unnbla to Woi k Land Allrr Taklr It. Wa-hin.'loii, I'ec F'i SI reniioiei ellofl w ill be inilde at thepre-elil -t --ioll of eolicfe" to secure the repeal or ino-li licat mil of t he ci ui I land law alonk ihe lilies recommended by l'r.-.i nl boo-evell III III llle-'ll.e I lull some lllllli.' Will be aeeolnpll-lnd xeemn .lite probable, but what form of law will .. iib-1 it ute. I for that under which ci. flllll ie fraud have been perpetrated ha hot V.I been made II I . -Jl I'i lit The III ll'ieuee of I he ad m i II i t I'm I ml i will be behind a I. ill pr-.po in- p. cut oil Hi t In r -ale- of e. . . rn ie. nt cal Ian. I, SHOULD BUILD OWN WAHSMII'S Admiral C.tpps Snys Oovrrmnnt H.i Hi ovrd A Inlily. Washington, I'ec. II. the ability of the foverumeiit navy vat. I to turn out war-hip e-pial in all r. sp, e to those built under contract, in the opm urn of K.-ar dmiral I'app-, of the I n r- a u i .f ens t ri n't ion . .t lie a v v . in 1 1 1 - Mtnniul rei-.rt. ha I on In lellli .11 I he a n so ie l ly m I he elm re i . W'a-hin-ton, Pee. 11. Tin wa a field. by for oratory in the hoti-e. 1 he evcutivo, leiri-lat ive an-1 judii ia I a p-pr-.pi iat ion lull affoid.-d an op u t un i -t y for feiier-i I debate eoverim: a wide ratii.'!- of s;bj.-et, Ir-'tll ! di-settilt ! II I I oil .IPe.t .Nop.!, tlie loiimier oT t he No- pel prie, lo tin- tai-in ot salaries ot member of '"Mi.'ii and including a st rated. lie nr.'. y a I'd oil I he I'm 'I lie the tlaiitic cast, hoit M I e ; en a t t h it oast ; at rea at !. nd on n .raet l. 'a hie, liable p-oM,r 111 w ith tht Velt llsii tii ui to a Vote m the last elect ion. A bill was ia.-ed providing reirula- iijT li-Kiotf VU..WU u prevent collisions at sea. Adjournment was taken at 4 p. m. until Monday. . d di-eii--io:i of -implili. I'-olltell. of I llinoi-, in the b. -toual of the Nobel l'roi.ellt I I. M i-i V e It , pill I--l.-nt ' deei-ioll t-' ll-e I hi laid ih in j a fund for I. run lllle.'. - p. a k i Ii ir pne up I the pi. II loliev III I in' about .f on oi new construction w-.rk in order nit -u.'h var !- 1 1 ! ; i aluav be a mi i hi I .Ie .1 any work the c-m foment mm di re to undertake t herein . V Im i ta I t 'a pp a. Im 1 1 - that it o.-t--- t-i build a war-hip bv contract bv a --.i i of I he shorter ho.ir- oi lube . lid Ii. di. lav-, v a.'nl ion ", etc , ranted . IlllVV V ard emplov . but he believe. -V .Tt llele-s t hill t he oV eminent -hollld t hou. h p. rm 1 1 1 1. , bv individual- or t v plan. ' The pr. t ica I vv i- I- rn i -1 1 1 1 c 1 1 1 I I Ii. m P VV..I I . a r-.v a I d.nt, I I. e . V i r V ol hi r pl'.l.' , kn.ov I hat t he . . la iv i - not mt i -1 1. 1 v frame-1 I bat law 'wa- bu.lt ..u t be theorv I bul the individual c.uld tal.o up an. I .1. v . !. . . a .jua it. r . .1 i..n of e, Ui I land, ji. I n the home P ad law civ.- the individual a like a r. u of a ,t-u'i i It u r a I Ian. I I'-u I no i nd i v idua I can .1. v . I. . i a .i in rl e t si el mil ..r a whole - t i,,n . ,f coal land lb- .'..nil not i.in.r I P. m- -till I the ii -'iiry 1 1 1 : i 1 1 1 1 1 1 r v , or if ho could, hi fold- on a .iiar!iT -i.-li..ii would not r-eouip. me him f. .r the on' lav. Moreover, no ra 1 1 r. 4i. I w ... 1 1. t ! i m t. of huildm.' a -pur onto an i In t -. I . pin 1 1 . r -. - I mo of land and the . ,; i . r f 1 1..- land 'I I I I'-.t at'-. id P n-ini that expense S.ilbe individual with a -i ia rl r s, .- ., ,n of .-. ,a l.o. l in hi .-'. - - mil would b.i v e a vv 1 1 I .-, or rath Wa. today. tive Collar-!, of resolut ion direct in hin-ton, IVo. on the reiille I .!. The lii iii-e t of Kepreselita- Nebniska. adopted a : t he judiciary com mittee t. invest iat. King O.-i-ar, of Sweden, is seriously ill. Andrew Carnegie favors an inherit ance tax. Church affairs in France are assum ing u serious aspect. A blizzard lias tied up railroad traffic in North Ihikota. Roosevelt has yielded to congress and will drop tlie spelling reform. The Pittsburg chamber of commerce propose, suppression of divorce news. Poacher are slaughtering elk in the Yellowstone park preserves to secure their teeth. Roosevelt will send a sensational message to congress in a few day on the Japanese jue.tion. In the trial of the new battleship Kansas every test wa successful. Her speed exceed. 1 8 knots. Ilarriman claims the ear shortage is due to the ear builders, lie say over a year ago he ordered Iti.pno freight ears, and they are ju-t lx-ing delivered. The Interstate Coiimmerce commis sion says there is not a single large railway system but what (-an go into its big terminal yards any day and gather .500 empty freight car. Senator Jlrowti i. at the jiiiit of death. IVmocrats in tlie home opoe Moody's confirmation as supreme judge. Mexico had a net surplus of $:.'(), (iliu, 000 for the year ending June ."(), l'.MKi. Three women lire implicated in the Nebraska land frauds now on trial at Omaha. Representative Kahn, of California, in very bitter against Jajtnese immigration. Fra.ice has expelled the pope's agents and is otherwise pushing the war on tlie church. Rockefeller ban offered f 100,000 to ward missionary work in Kgypt and the Soudan. tlie legal olles- mmissioli. We have tion involve.! it. ih.. 1. I which were tine -hips ! pavmellt of a sum of 1 1 .one v 1 o Mr laid down po'llard for the tH-ri.,1 between' March in 1 Sill, about Hi years ago. They are ., up.-,, Und July 1 K, 1'in.i, at which tlie Indiana, the Oregon and the Ma-a-! t ime Mir I1,,!!,,',.,! ,.l..,.i...i friendly under-tan. ling between .apila 1st and la I urer a "noble, humani tarian arid characteii-tic." , .. : t ' i' i iiauie-, oi leniiessi c urge-i incera-e of salaries for member of emigre- le gllllltng Willi the 'ixty -lli-t eongirs. Mtirdock, of Kaii-a, s.ke on rai I a v mail pay. The hoil-e at .1:11.-1 ad j. at rm--1 u n t i I tn h ui ti iinorrow , im act mn the close of general debate bav ing been taken . I.H.kll on t to he bill clm-ett. Thev have the defect of n possessing balance turrets, which cau-e a list when their guns are all trained P one -ide, T lilt- exposing the hull below the water line and laying the ship open to danger fr-.m the tire of an ehcmv on that side." ed lion. Ii. .1. to t In- s, , ate. d calling AMERICANS FIRST CHANCE. j-i'.'th congress, to miii I'-urkett, who wa.- elect e. A resolution w,, adopt upon the secretary of the Interior f. r a ' jn-tice a c-implete description of all i, ul. lie . Cnited lands w hieh have been withdrawn or j favorable r.Kirt was ord re-erved from entry sine,. July, paoii, j nn the nomination of Charles together with the the ri-a-on for -ueb ; pa rte, the pie-ent secretnrv Shonts Will Bar Foreigners From All Canal Contracts. Wsahintgori, Iec. 7. Foreign con tractors are to be barrel from competi tion for the ennt racts for the Panama canal. Chairman Shunts of the canal commission today made the announce ment. Many changes have been agreed to in the form of contract, but the most important is the limiting of proposal. American firms. The right will lie re served py the commission to reject all bids, the commission will then either throw the competition open to foreign bidders or proceed with the work with out contract. January 12 is. the date set for opening proposals. Monday, Dec. 10. Washington, lec. Id. The senate committee on judiciary today author ized a favorable reul on the nom ination of William II. M ly, the pie-- ent att-.iney geneial, to be an a date f t he S-lijaeliie c. .lilt oft he tale. red al-o I. I'.olijl- of the rt i e-ired that con- -Vive, ford W act ion. The re gress may pa.- moii the president 's j r iinmefidations for the withdrawal of coal Iaiiil. Representative Ijicey, of Iowa, intro duce.! a bill making the minimum monthly (tension tp be paid veteran of the wur ot 1111 . Straight From Yard to Sea. New Yol k, I tee. 17. Fllipped for service, the new battleship Connecticut left the New York navy yard to-lay, bound for Hampton Roads, Va., to join the Atlantic fleet. The Connect icut underwent all the te-t of her contract at the yard. Her depart ure is the fir.-t instance in which a battleship h is gone direct from the building yatd to sea. The naval examiner who has had charge of the completion of the Connecticut said: "Ib re goes out a ship which demolishes all the reenid of the World ill naval construction." Wednesday, Dec. 12. Washington, J)ee. 1'2. The house of representatives today went on record ill opposition to the new spelling as re commended by the president. liy a vote of 4L' to L'5 tin- following was adopted a a substitute for the item re ported by the appropriations commit tee in the executive, legislative and ju dicial appropriat ion bill: "No money appropriated in thi.art shall be used in connection with print ing document. authorized by law or ordered by congress or any branch thereof, unless the same shall conform to the orthorgaphy recognized and used by dictionaries of the lingli.-h lan guage." Washington, )ec. 12. The senate he attorney general, and Al Coolev to be a-i-tant allornev general. Many other nomination were rcorted favorably. The nomination of J.effeu R. Wil flev to lie judge of the Cnited States Circuit court for China wa referred to a committee of Senator Sjiooncr and Ilil'-on, who are members of the foreign relations, committee. The nomination of ( ieorge II. Cortel you to be secretary of the Treasury and James R. Oarlield to be secretary of the Interior, will he taken up tomor row at a special meeting of the senate committee on finance. The senate committee on commerce has been polled and will report favor ably the nomination of Oscar Straus to be secretary of Commerce and Jjihor. More Evidence for Negro Troops. Washington, liec. 12. (iilchiisl S. Stewart, representing the Constitution. ill league, ha filed with the president a l mas of additional evidence regarding j the llrowtisville affair which resulted in the discharge without honor of a bat talion of colored infantrv. alwav pi. -pared P. turn ..ul it- ov p- 111 t I I lie of filter.'! I i V . The lie -uilahlc d.-k:n.' taol.t n- at N..rf.i I Mare -lati I i- foiniiii el. d iil-ili . i r a b'a. l, , elephant on Ii i h: mm. fa 1 wen d Ii might I abundance, but he could imt and e.iui. I im! get it to marl.. I I o VI to I'll 1 1 I 1 1 I . . V I ! i - I f. .r ci vr.-- t- - I- - 'I - Ie, a '! I . I mn I- bk. !v to be fort 1,.' vv i u!i i . .Hi.- fa v . .r a ol n o la w H..-I-. ii-iii,' the a ii ii of I hat m iv be p.neha-. d by I b I hel-f '! t It .lit t! 1 1. Ill o I I - V . 'i . I Ii I n I I , I -ie t ha I I h. v put the ..ll oil tl. Would lll.Turr t h .r ,1, being i--'.'iallv i-uibnrr.i-ing p. tl,. bureau, a no hat t I. h .- of anv cla--ilin be diH'ked at either of t ho-c vurd-. GREATEST MARINE MONSTER Plans for American Drr .ideaup.ht fro vido for FiRhtif' Wo'idur, Wa-hitigt..n. Prday r-eeive. the Navy tin- p m.-nl ha- had d tl.-hlp ptosele I our pla ii. 1 w i n -true I '.-.'. I . ( I from lb.-an- whii'li ra n up f. .r I tor in the lb.lt the g.c, . r !-. n. t'.t fo 1 1 - .ra t i. I.tablv mm 1 . I pi li e of e. rniu.T.t m t be -J 111 I I. in .ml 1 1 v i d i ia , (., 1 1 . " .v. -I an - o , nd -lafj b, il i: !. - .iigre- y - -e.TetafV of t lie ill part the lug hat-la-l ., mn. pflVlltl plan r -ul. milled bv 1 1 .n a nd - i 1 individual-. I he prov a a-a -nip in munv crior t-i anv other built ua- prepared by the con Investigate Hill Lines in January. Sell Indian Minors' Land. Washington, Dec. 12. Chairman I Wa-hington, lec. 12. Ip iiie-eiita- I Kliapp, of the Interstate Commerce live Jones today in! rod need a hi 1 1 a il- ' commission, said today that it had not t hot i.ing t he sa Ie of t he la ml of Indian ...I-... . . I. ... neon ucciiien wneie or WTicn tno lives- Inliior on petition of Parents or euar- tigation of the Hill lines will take dians one of the Indian agent in charge, Convention on Insurance t.ln.i. II i L. ..ii., 1., .,. ,. ,.- I . . i ;.. ! I . ;....! ...il I . f 1 1... New Yolk. I lee II. IVe-ideiil Pi.u Rl . r . t o...... .- ,,,,,,,, iii... i(.-i.-itoi,iioriiii-(ioo.'v.i-.l.lier.i.eili.v ' amonnMactovfi.Anii 4.. .... . J I' . ... . w, wi a . ,. ,o ... I , . I LI I... .. I I ' . .1 . ... .. . . ..1. .. I , I.. ' V 1 1 1 .'1 i il I ol I if I- HI I !l . i. I I ,i V .1 1 1 Seattle, V:i-li., I ice. 7 . I n-peel or . (hicngo, and it is probable 1 hat Com- of laud under government irrigation ! society, ha called a meeting of (he W hltney and 'I urner, in the I i x-Jean- ,,, iH'oiier. Front v and Ijine will eon. : nt oieel - t, m I it. rieh .. t let, 1 1 ,, o, I ,1 i . I pre-ii lent of more I linn .'ill of I he Pl'in- llisioli, report the license of Cap- ihietthem. II is not bid ii-v e.l t Imt I he ' 1 1 iet n t e 1 1.., I u i , I.,.,..,,,'".,. ...inot .. . ,. ! ci pa I I i Ie i ll-ill'it companies iii the unable to ut 1 1 ie I he land and unable to 1 count rv lo pe pei.i in ,ew l oru city on the 1,1 r.-au i .f cti-tirm- and coiiiiii. nd. d r. -peet Ml building. It si i iici ion iiur.-a u . According to the -pi ci lieat ion- t In broadside lire will be greater than that ot any oilier Pall le-hlp, the elevation of the gun will lie greater, with coii-e illlTlt ilicretl-e of range ; the defellsivi iiialitie improved ov er pre-eiit stalnl- ard and the total weight of the hull and armor will exceed bv over .'i.iiiill Ions any other similar vessel. Tin ship is to be .rtll feet long, M,1 feet 2'1,) inches iieam, 27 feet draft, 2n,tioil tons displacement, 2,.'inutoiis coal capacity and 21 knot speed. The design null- milted b.V i. W. I'iekie. late i f the Ciiion Iron Works, San l'ranci-co, provided for a ship -Cm feet long. Jews to be Brought West. Chicago, I lee. II. Rea li.!ng t he con gested coud it ions of t he J 'ii i-h ua 1 1 er of Chicago, New York mid ot her large cities, leading New York Jewsarc plan ning to divert Jewish immgrilion to the West. Jacob Schiff, the New York banker, discussed the subject ye-terdav with Judge Julian W. Mack. The plan contemplates the organizing of an asso ciation financed by Mr. Schiff itinl oilier leading American Jews, which will un dertake lo send Jew ish immigration to tin-Soul h and to the extreme western part of Ih iiintry. EVILS OF CHILD LAUOR. M-i A(im OniUrrl Attirrica Is lo CUts with Muttia. t 'lUeilina! i, ft.-.-. 1 .' '.. f,.re the let -ion of tl I i b I labor e,,i,v. nt loll b.-re la-t night. It. I .-Pi i:,-r, eha r m. m of tl,,. ,,at miia! . h.ld labor corn n lit. . and prof. .,r of ,.t ,,-al and -.. 'ia I it h in oluinbia uu i v .r- :l v .n ward t lion." I he Alt in.!. ( hil l a- an b Prof. or A. II. in.-ide.,i:iey .,n, n.et!,.-:, and nived I he n. e. --,ly '.a w to f urn i - Ii a I .a. I. . r. -lap- and l -a I act i v it v el It gr of s,,ei, I v To. i I - of I iv 1 1 1 a r -i. I f lb.- i.ey ..f -!,,t, l.no for a l.atioial -und f. .r . Meet iv e and ii.-il.i' the hu-ia -m of the peopl,. contagion- in lied on .K-al b... h,-, thu- indu.uu.-ai.-r ellort- for the child and a more glorioii future f..r the republic. A. Idr.--,- ,v Mi- Jan.- Adam, of Hull hoti-e, ( hn-ago, and l'iul. ,1 MateH Senator Feveridge followed. A n-olu-t ion wa-adopted einpha-iing the be lief thai it i the duty of the several slates t met evil of child labor ill I' mh I maiiife-lat ion, but imlor-iiig "cordially tin- principle ,,f the I'.ever-idge-l'arsoii bill for a national child labor In vv.' ' Mi-s Adam urged the de-irabililv of uniform legislation ugaiii-t the evil of child labor, and declared that the cen sus reMirl show America behind every Fiiropean country except Ihi-sia in si far a child laltorand it effect are con- certieil. Urp.es Immediate Action.' Washington, I 15. Senator Flint, f ( 'a I i fori i ia, talked with t he pre j, lent today about the break in the Colorado river, which ha resulted in such a dis astrous Hood in Imperial valley, Cali fornia. When he asked tliat proper representations be made to Mexico, with a view to secui'iiiir iinancia rc ivsm f... Iho-e per-ons whose properly had been injured, the presiilelil told him that I In State department had a I read v addressed a note on I he subject to the .Mexican government, Put tliat thus far no d been received. ply The Spanish government is consider ing the ijuestion of placing an import duty on wheat . I co blocks the "Soo" canal and there i a great fleet of vessels at each end waiting to get through. Ille tain l'arkei barmotid, ma-ter of the steamboat Iix at the time of the colli sion with the ,-teain-hip Jeltlinie, is re voked for negligent ly failing to cause an ellicient lookout to be kept on board the I i x and for negligently rcliiiijiiish ing his direction and control of the nav igation of his vessel to atn ollicer who was not duly iiialilie by the law. work will start much before January 1"), aft4-r t he Ilarriman investigations, in which the iiicjiiiries will be made, probably Iecembcr 211 fir 27. j dispose of it. The bill is intended par ticularly to dispose of the land of Indian children on the Yakima rcrcrvat ion . Labor Asks Postal Sivings Banks. Salt bake, I ,--. 17. The Ctah Fed eration of Labor ha tesolved to circu late a pet ii ion to Congo g asking the creation of a po-ta! savings bank. The move is to be under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor, with (Which the L'tali federation is affiliated. the ten Oil Say Elkins Law is Dead. Chicago, Dee. 12. The light of Standard Oil company against tlie indictments against the Standard company of Indiana which we' turned August 2il, was commenced lay in the Cnited Slates District, court before Judge Ijmdis. The atlorneytl for (he Standard Oil coiiitany contend that section 10 of the rate law pascd by congress June 211 repeals Hie Flkins law, under which the government is bringing the action. Stevens Talks About Canal. iNcvv York, Dee. 12. John F. Stev ens, chief engineer, and -I. i. Sullivan, assistant chief engineer, of the Panama ( 'a mi I commission, arrived todav on the steamer Panama from Colon. They expect to ret urn early in January . In speaking of I he eon. lit ions on the isth mus Mr. Stevens said: "There are at work on the canal 1 7, (Mill men . The best workmen are the Italians and the Spaniards. There has not been a death ui nee July, and very little sickness." December 21 to lonn an as-ociat ion . Among tea on given by Mr. Morton for the organization arc: To prevent ex I ia va '.'a nee and reduce expenses and to consider w het her to advocate or oppose legislat ion . Fed Through Long pipe. bill cr-lield, Cal., Dec. .", progress in I'oM'uing I,. Ii. Micks, the man im prisoned in Ihe moiiiilain at lln- Cdi-on company's plant, is being made at the rale of 20 feet a day. At liooll the drill digger had still (ill feet fart her to go before the miner call be released. Milk i still being fed through Ihe long pipe at three-hour intervals, under (lie di rect ion of a physician, lie is gaining in strength and if is believed will hold out until reached. Dangerous Counterfeit Issued. Ni w Yoi'i., Ice. . One of I he best counterfeit -i 1 1 at has recently come lo the notice of the government aulhorities found it way lolhe sub-treasury yes terday. It i a !( silver certificate bearing t he I'.nfl'alo imprint . The hack of Ihe hill is even a closer counterfeit than the face, but both are good enough the object of ascertaining w bet her pres to deceive any but experts. , cut high priccH are the result of a trust. Why l Lumber Cosily? Washing-Ion, Dec. 15. The house today after sonar discussion, adopted a resolut ion of Mr. Miller, of Kansas, authorizing tin- secretary of Comiiiercn and I ji bor to investigate Ihe cause of Ihe high price of lumber in Ihe various stages of manufacture und mle, with