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Newspaper Page TextBohemia Nugget , flohnla NufX't Pub. Ca. f COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. EUROPE CRIPPLED. NEWS OFTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Pest Week. The governor of Akniolinsk province, llussia, liit." been assassinated. l'astorn colloid professors say they find the majority of athletes do not tt.idy enough. Reports from t ho isthmus show t ho dontli rnto on t ho canal zone is gradual ly decreasing. Another mimlro ly a negro soldier at Kl Reno, Okla., ha?" stirred up the citi zens of that town. The Iowa State Teachers' convent ion adopted resolutions favoring simplifica tion of English spelling. All nations represented at the Alge ciras eonvnetion regarding Moroeau re forms have rati tied the treatv. Commissioner of IviUr Neill is try ing to settle the strike of railway tire men, but finds many okMaolos. The administration fears there will be a revolution in Cuba U'fore the Jan uary elections ami men and ships are being held in readiness to rush to the scene. The grand jury investigating the New York Life Insurance company has re turned indictments against George W. Perkins, formerly vice president of the company, and Charles S. Fairchild, a member of the finance committee. Bryan has tacitly admitted his candi dacy for president. Yaqui Indians have killed eight Mexicans in Sonora. Spokane favors the Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition at Seattle. Harriman's criticism of Roosevelt is eaid to have caused the merger inquiry. Heavy enow storms throughout Aus tria-Hungary have resulted in several deaths. The bishop of Madrid has offered an asylum to all sick or aged French priests. Firemen on the Big Four railroaud will receive an increase in pay after January 1. All Communication Stopped end Some Lives Lost by Storm liOtidon, iVe. 29. It has lvcn ninny years since Central Furov generally has suffered so severely from an Arctic visitation as it has this week. From France, Holgium, Switzerland, tier many and Austria-Hungary the same tale is repeated of heavy snow storms, interruption of vehicular, telegraphic and railroad eominunicat ion, loss of life and general discomfort. While Groat Britain as a rule escapes w inter weather, she has suffered this year to an almost unprecedented degree. According to reports tonight from northern points, the storm is growing worse. The heavy snowstorms which Ivpin several days ago still continue. They are neooii)aniod by violent piles and een thunder storms in some places, and have resulted in a serious railroad acidetit near Arlmruth, Scot land, in which about 50 jvrsons were killed or suffered serious injury. Railroad t rathe in the noitli of Fug- land and especially Scotland is U'com inir completely tied up. 1-argo towns like Edinburgh, Dundee and Forth are almost isolated. The telegiaphic ser vices are disorganized ami would no completely useless but for the extension in recent years of the underground wires. The snowstorms continue with ounal severity in Northern Wales ami in Ireland. DREDGES TO DIG CANAL. FEAR INSURRECTION New Elections In Cubb May Not Settle Troubles. WHAT MAT MEAN ANNEXATION Further Intervention Would Bring On Inevitable Annexation Wanted by Few People. A blizzard in Great Britiin lias blockaded trains in many places and rural villages are temporarily cux off from communication. A grand nephew of the Pullman car magnate has been found in the New York tenement district poor and hun gry, ile is heir to a tortune. At the 57th annual meeting of the i American Association for the Advance ment of Science, held at Washington, it was learned that Rockefeller is too poor to afford oysters. India w ill demand home rule of Great Britain. Commission Calls for Bids for Two With Pipe Lines. Washington. IVv. 29. Uovised spe cifications have boon prepared by the Isthmian Canal commission for two pijvline dredges to be used at Iji lioca and Cristolial. I inter the original specifications bids were asked for on these dredges delivered in this country The new specifications ask for proposals delivered ready for work in Puna ma, one on the Pacific side of the isthmus anil the other on the Atlantic sid Proposals are also asked on the machin ery knocked down in Panama. These dredges are required for lmrlior work, as well as for dredging at the ends of the canal. The commission now has two dipper dredges at work in Panama and a third dredge of this de scription is now building. The cost of these dredges varies from $100,000 and $102,500, and it is believed that the cost of the piiH'line dredges will be about the same. The commission also has two sea-going dredges building near Baltimore. Each of these is :U)0 feet long and is capable of going to sea under its own steam at a speed of eight or ten knots an hour. One of these will be used'on the Pacific side of the zone anil the other on the Atlantic. HILL WILL RETIRE. China will appeal to the world aid to the famine sufferers. for Japanese in America clarmor for Ad miral Togo to command the squadron r-ent to this country. PORTLAND MARKETS. Butter Fancy creamery, 32,,235c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 35c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 10(311c per pound; mixed chickens, 10llc; spring, 10llc; old roosters, 9 11c; dressed chickens, 12 13c; turkeys, live, 17 18c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022c; geese, live, 1213e; ducks, 1516c. Fruits Apples, common to choice, 50 75c per box; choice to fancy, $1(4 2.50; pears, $1 1.50; cranberries, $11.5012.50 per barrel; persimmons, $ 1 .50 per box . Vegetables Turnips, 90cY$l per sack; carrots, 90c $1 per sack; beets, $1.25(1.50 per sack; horseradish, 9(Jt) 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 2bi("S 2?4C per pound; cabbage, lraic per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per doz en; celery, $44.25 per crate; lettuce, head, 30c per dozen; onions, 10eV,12,!.jc per dozen; pumpkins, lc per pound; spinach, 45c per pound; squash 1(7) lo per pound. Onions Oregon, 75cei$l per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $16tl.l0; common, 75oV85e. Wheat Club, CSfOOc; bluestem, 67f08c; valley, 0oYG7c; red, C3c. Oats No. 1 white, $25(,20; gray, $24.5025. parley Feed, $21( 21 .50 per ton; brewing, $22.50; rolled, $22.5t24. ye $1 .4oCJ .45 per cwt. Corn Whole, $20; cracked, $27 per ton . Hay -Valley timothy, No. 1, $lle) 12 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $14f,16; clover, $7(8; cheat, $7.50 (,8.50; grain hay, $7.50r7i 8.50; alfalfa, $11.50; vetch hay, $7ey7.50. Veal Dressed, by,CiK per pound. p,eef Dressed bulls, lC,2c per pound; cows, 4 5c; country steers, 55. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89c per pound; ordinary, 7c. Pork Dressed, (8c per pound. Hops ll15c per pound, according to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 13lKc. according to shrinkage; val- His Son to Assume Active Control of Great Northern. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 29. President James J. Hill, of the Great Northern railroad, the empire builder of the Northwest, will retire from the active management of his mammoth enter prises July 1, 1907. The announce- I ment is credited to Mr. Hill himself in a conference held with Twin City busi ness men. Mr. Hill's successor will be Louis W. Hill, vice president of the Great North ern, who in reality has been in active charge of the mad for the past three years. L. W. Hill possesses to a con siderable extent the remarkable genius of his father, u has been demonstrated on more than one occasion. He has also been carefully trained i in the ways of his parent, and besides possessing natural ability, is thoroughly posted as to the Hill methods and policies. Rumors have lieen current at the le- ginning of the past few years that Mr. Hill would retire, but the magnate has kept as hard at work as ever. Despite his 67 years lie is as strong intellectual ly as 20 years ago, but he feels that the is entitled to a rest from his hard la bors. In a public speech delivered some time ago he said that he was pre paring to lift some of the burdens from his back. He said he hoped that he would devote considerable time to read ing, a pleasure which he has not been able to pursue as much as he would like. Raisuli Prepares for War. Tangier. Morocco, Dec. 29. Accord ing to the best information obtainable, Railsuli has refused to resign his gov ernorship, and has sent his harem to the mountains under the protection of a detachment of Kabyles, and is prepar ing to meet the forces of War Minister Gabbas at Zinut. The war minister entered the city in state tod;y and went to the grand mosque, where he solmen ly read a letter from the sultan dis missing Raisuli from his governor ship for causing injury to the country. Washington, lVe. 29. Oooisioniil rumbling or rumors of little sideshow insurrections popping up in certain provinces of Culm are tending to keep the I'nitexl States from forgetting the problem it has to deal with down there. There are some angles in this problem that have received little attention us far as the public is concerned, but which have iHvnpioil and are now oovnpj ing much attention on the jvirt of high gov ernment otlieials and administ tat ion advisers among the momlcr of con gress. It is a fact not generally known that our government entertains grave fears regarding what may happen follow ing the Cuban elections in January. A great many have l-clievcd that inter vention by the I'nitod States will have accomplished its purpose as soon us a new government has tcou chosen by the Culan ooplo; that our forces would withdraw after inaugurating this now government with tranquility estab lished. That is the losy view of the situation, and everything would 1h lovely if our high otlieials were sure it would work out just that way. But they are not sure. President Roosevelt, it is understood, has grave doubts, about the effect of the coming election on the defeated party. If we Ih forced to do any more inter vening there will Iv an effort by a cer tain element to force annexation, which some of our ablest statesmen insist is something that oomjmrativoly few poo ple in this country want. The admin istration recognizes the etulmrassirig situation that may confront it and, after President Roosevelt's warning to Cu bans to "le good'' in the future the consequences, the question what course shall be pursued Cubans don't stay good. WRECK ON INTER URBAN. Tacoma-Seattln Passenger and Work Trains Mart on Curve. Tacoma, Wash., Dee. 27, Intcnir ban train No. 3, bound from Seattle to Taoonm, and a work train consisting of a motor and lie llatenrs, colli led head on in a cut about a mile east of Milton Wednesday morning. Two persons were killed, one probably fatally hull, and 14 more or less Welly butt. The first coach of the iutcturhan passenger was telescoped, and two of the llatcars piled on top of it. There were about 20 inssongors in the telescoped smoker, some of whom strangely escaped with only slight in juries. Thecar was entirely demol ished, ami Home of the passengers were hurled 20 feet In the living wreckage. Train No. ;t from Scat! lo was late and had orders to sidetrack at Edge wood to let No. (i, the passenger for Seattle, pass. The woik train was given orders at Milton to follow No. li to Edgewood. C. R. I'oss, a brakenian on the work train, was sent to Edge wood on No. i with orileis to Hag No. 3 and hold it on the sidetrack until the work t rain cleared. Ile cither failed to place the Hag or there was a inisii i ilcistanding of orders. I'oss disap peared and cannot he found. No. ;'v pulled out on the main track as soon as No. t! pass-al and being late, started down the grade at a good speed. Haifa mile this side of Edgcw nod on a curcthat runs through a deep cut, it met the wotk train. The curve is so short that it was i tn j m is i I U for the crews of cither train to see the other mil il '.oo late to stop. The trains came together w ith a ciah that was heard half a mile. The two forward cars of the work train went over the platform of the first car of the passenger, striking it at an angle on ac count of the curve. To this fact alone is due the escape from death of every passenger in the cur. TOO MUCH RED TAPE THEY ALL "CINCH" UNCLE SAM or take is just if the WILL CONFER ON JAPANESE. Bonaparte to Consult Devlin on San Francisco Case. Washington, Dec. 29. I'nitod States District Attorney Roliert F. Devlin, of San Francisco, w ho was cjil led to Wash ington bv Attorney General Bonaparte for a conference regarding the exclusion of Japanese pupils from the public schools of San Francisco, arrived last night and will beat the deiiart merit of Justice today Mr. Devlin refused to liscuss his mission, declaring that the matter is in the hands of the attorney general. "Two weeks ago I had a conference with the San Francisco board of educa tion, at the request of Attorney General Moody," he said, "when a statement of facts was agreed ujhui and forwarded t the attorney general. A few ilavs later was called to Washington and I do m know oiiiciallv that 1 am hereto oiscuss the Japanese question." Railroads Gst Three Prices for Car rying; Mails. ( hicago, Dec. 2H. Statistics c piled by the representatives of I'nitod TyMithetae of America and American Weekly Publishers' ssi lion, organizations which are vi Hurrying Settlers to Siberia. St. Petersburg, Dec. 29. Taking ad vantage of the increasing famine in Russia, the government is trying to stimulate immigration to Sihera on a scale hitherto never attained. Minister of Finance Kokovsoff has decided to place $3,000,000 at the disposal of the colonization ollice. This office, has 200,000 homeM-ad lots ready for set tlers. These lots are situated along tin Amur river, where the government is eager to strengthen its hold. STOCK TOO LONG ON JOURNEY Railroads Will Be Prosecuted Under fhirty-six-Hour Law. Washington, Dee. 29. Secretary Wilson, of the department of Agrieul tare, today transmitted to the depart ment of Justice the nine additional cases or a'lcgci violation of what is popularly known as the "311-hour law," which provides that railroad ooinpiin ies shall not detain stock on cars for a longer ts-riod than 28 hours without food and water, except with the consent of tin; owner of the stock, and then no longer than 30 hours. The eases were one each against the Great Northern, the Oregon Short Line, the Southern Pacific, the l.'nion Pacific, the Ijike Shore & Michigan Southern, and the Chicago, Burlington t (Juincy and three against the Santa Fe. Greatest Year Since 1888. Chicago, Dec. 29. More miles of railroad were constructed in the I'nited States during the last year than have been built during any year since 1H8H, according to the Railway Age. Since January 1 last, 0,007 miles of track have been laid on 3HH lines in 44 states and territories, making the country's total railway mileage 223,319. The largest amount of railway building dur ing the year was done in Texas, w here 701 miles of track were laid. Iaiisi- ana and South Dakota are almost tied for second place. World's Charity Dries Up. London, Doe. 29. Nicholas Shiss- koff, who was one of the trustees of the American famine fund of February, i 1901, has sent to London, accompanied y tin appeal for funds, an account of iin tho the ously fighting the movement to increase the postage for second-cla'S mail mat ter, sin w that the government is av ing the railways three times us much on the average for the t lansj x irtat ion of mail matter as the express companies pay the railroads for like service.. ( in t he basis of the Mst master gen eral's statistics, the publishers assert that the government during the fiscal year ended June .'lo, l!H7, vsill pay the mads almost $23,ooo,om more than the express companies would pay them for hauling the same tonnage. The printers and publishers compile the statistics to show thut the government, for the purHse of ri'ifui ing the annual postollieo deficit, rather should reduce its outlay for the t raiispirtut imi than increase the rate for second-class mat -tor. "One of the chief needs of the gov ernment is an export traMie manager," said W. D. I'.ovie, a Chicago publisher. "It then would get as good rates as the express companies." Present Tree Alcohol Law Use less to Help Tanners. AMENDMENT WILL BE PROPOSED Requirement as to Registration Makes It Impractical for Farmers to Have Stills. Washington, Dee. 27. For several veins paif there has loon a very active movement in favor of t ho passage of a free alcohol law, which resulted Inst session in the enactment of a law re moving the internal levciiue tax on al cohol to he used for eoin hum ciu I pur poses. The demand for legislal ion of this ehaivacter came pi iuci pa I ly f i om fanning coiiununit ies, and Was based upon I lie I In oi y that if I he tax weie, removed farini is would be able to man ufactuie from their surplus grain, veg etables and fruit sullicient alcohol I supply t hem-clveS with Miwer, In-, and light. Con.-io-s lisp m. led readily lo flu ilemaliil. anil when the law known as the free alcohol law was approved, tin general inipie-Mon was thai the I'nile. Slates bad entered upon n piliey slim lar to that which is in vogue in liudiri) Kuiopeati nations, ainl Ihal the farmeis of t ho count ry would reap a great ml Mintage. It has transpired, however that these advantages are not so wide spread as was at first supposed. A close examinat ton of the law shows that each dist ilh ry must be supplii Willi a distillery warehouse, inmi which the alcohol may be w it Inlra w n and deposited in a bonded warehoiisi where liy a rather tedious prme-s it is IT DENIES JURISDICTION. Standard Raises New Technical Point Against Government Su't. St. Iiuis, Dec. 2S. The Starr. lard Oil company of New Jersey and OO-odd ot her corporal ions and individuals al lied with it, as defendants in the gov ernment 's suit to break up the alleged oil monopoly, today filed a motion in the I'nitod States Circuit court attack ing t he jurisdict ion of that court to bring in nonresident defendants by pro cess, and p filioning the court to vacate the order of service issued by Judge Sanborn November 15. All of the defendants join in the mo tion except the Waters-Pierce )i I com- panv, which is a resident of the eastern division of the Fastern Judicial dis triet of Missouri. Henry S. Priest file. the mot uni as counsel for all the ir ties. Accompanying it was the aflida vit of ( bancs T. White, assistant sec retary of the Standard, who certifies that all the petitioners are rion-rosi dents of this district. donatio lcd and then relieved from trrx This would, of cmnse, exclude what are known in Germany as agricultural and produce si ills, w here special apparatus is very geiieiallv in use which enables the small producer to inariiifiu t un coliol f. ir his ow u use. In order to carry out the original in tention of the law as urnlerstoo. throughout the country, Senator llans brongh, of North Dakota introduced an amend ment to I he free alcohol statutt The amendment is as follows; "That for the convenience of persons engaged in the dist illal ion of uleoho in iiiant it ies thai Would not justify the additional expense of a dist i llery warehouse or a bunded warehouse f..r each establishment , and who cm approved apparatus with suitable al cohol tanks attached, designed t looked and sealed by an authorized government otlaer, the commissioner of internal revenue, with t ho approval ..( the secretary of the Treasury, shall, under rules prosccnlx d lv him, ar range for I he proper denaturing of any alcohol of the required proof so di-till-e I, such dist ill.il ioti and denaturing In lie under all t he tor ins and cotnlit imis of this act applicable to such cases. FORCtD ON CONGRESS. Are -n nt it necessary for modify t he pub- .1 tin President Shows That Frauds Traceable to Bad Laws. w a-hinglon, iee. ... In Poosevell has made congress materially t lie laud laws before the olos. present ses-ioii of congress. His spe cial mes-age sent in la-t week indicates the reforms mo-t needed, and in the main his recommeinlaf i..ns are likely to bo r an ie.l out. They do not differ materially from the recuimendat ions by the public land made a year ago commission. I'he president Hanrahan Will Take Charge. Peoria, Dec. 2H. At the offices of the brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men this morning, it was stutid that there was nothing lo be given out rela live to t la; st like on 1 ho Southern Pa cific ol her than Grand Master John J. Hanrahan would probably leave before I no latter purl or t lie week to lake per sonal charge of t he strike. Mr. Han rahan has left for Galesburg to be gon a lew oavs, aim n was stated mat lie had left directions to say that ho did not think the situation at llm time ailed for any public statements. Srrike Broken at San Antonio. San An'onio, Tex., Dec. 2H. Local Southern Pacific officials say that, the P.rotherhoo.l of Firemen's strike on this division of t his system is broken, that Transports May Take Food to China. Washington, Doc 29. Quarter master General Humphrey has notified Secretary Tuft that he has available two Iran-ports in which supplies for the Chinese famine sufferers may be sent. These are the P.uford und the Warren, both at San Francisco. Score- ItaryTaft, upon the reconvening of con ley, 20C(23c, according to fineness; mo-, gross, will ask for authority to use one hair, choice, 228e. of these vessels for the relief mission. mo mmiiie in nussiu. - rmeen years iun freight and passenger trains are aj. o," said Mr. Shisskoff, "when the j moving along w if h full crews, ami that famine was less serious, we had $4,- 000,000. P.ut now, when it is great er, we have only $500,000." Mr. Shisskoff estimates that about 30,000, 000 peasants will need assistance. pen-that Eager to See Roosevelt. Manila, Dec. 29. The Filipino pie are elated over pros' reports President 1 loose volt contemplated visit ing the islands next summer. The na tive press received the announcement with enthusiasm. they have more firemen than they hiv engines. A striking fireman was ar rested hero today for entering an en gineer's cab at the Southern Pacific sta toin. The order issued Monday not to receive freight has been rescinded. Fioneer of Alfalfa Growing. Topeku, Kan., Dec. 28. llarrlsion Parkmaii, the man who first brought alfalfa from South America and plant ed it in the United States, died at Lmporia, Kan., aged 73 years. t emphasized the fact that the obsolete or imprint ieul land laws are largely responsible for the frauds that have been unoa rt lied during the past vear or two. The coal laud frauds are duo almost out iroly to I he impracticability of the existing law under which public coal liiiid.au be acipiired. The extensive timber frauds are as largely duo to the impract iiiil timber and stone act. Labor Scarce in Mexico Also. Mexico ( it v, Doc. 2i. I he scarcity of labor is bothering t he railroads as well as other enterprises just af pres ent. It is reported that in the Ijiguna (list riot , adjacent to Torroon, labor is so scarce that as high as $1 a day is offered to cot ton pickers and that even at that price it is dillicult. to secure all the labor necessary to pick the crops. The crops in that district are reported to ho good, and unusually heavy, hut the lar k of labor prevents t ho work of securing (hi! cotton in the usual tiuu for that product. EDUCATION IN PHILIPPINES. Director Kays Sthools and Pupil Constantly Increase. Washington, Dec. 20. The sixth un 1 1 1 1 il I report of the director of education In the Philippines concerning I he activ ities of the educational woik in the islands for the your ending Juno 30, 1900, slmws that there are now 3, 1 (111 primary schools In the islands, wilh an average of 375,55 I pupils. Seven hun dred American and 0,221 Filipino IcachclS urn employed. All of the school divisions, thoiopoil says, con ducted teaoheis' institutes, varying from four to sin weeks in the different, prov inces. The ilrst met ion given was divided between the common blanches of t he I ntel Hied lale Coin so and special topics of instruction, such lis school gardening, domestic science, pi unary indust rial wot k and uiol Imds of leach ing. There are 2, 15 I pi imary school build ings in the isla lids ovv tied by the mu nicipalities and, in addition, a number of buildings belonging to the provinces but riot const i noted oi igtiui 1 1 v for si In.ol pi 1 1 poses a le used. Pi lv ate i ns i ml n in , Ihoiopoit says, pluvsa large iait in the in lei loot na I colid it ion of the i-lands. Many of t hose si hools aie supported by the Catholic chinch, with a history teaching back several decades. Some of these ins it nt ions teach Foolish, al though in practically all of them s-piin-ish is the basis of in si i net inn. The l llipino teachers, Dr. Iiiinovs na, continue to en i n in reliability, strength of i haiaotei and moral puio-e. SENT TO DUNGEON. Pen Precious Coal Pile Burned. Pierre, S. D., Dec. 27. The coal house of the Northwestern railroad, with all coal on hand, was totally de stroyed by fire started by the explosion of a lantern this evening. This will cripple operations for a few (lays until a now coal supply can be secured. Al though the money loss is not greid, the pre-eut coal shorltige over t his out ire territory makes the loss rather a seri ous one and one t lull will be hard to replace. Too Slow in Unloading Cars. Tokpoka, Kan., Doc. 27. Referring to the congested con. lil ion of the rail loads at present, Mr. J. K. Hurley, general iniinnger of the Santa l-o, says: The oar shortage is not to he charged to lack of equipment. Consignees might relieve llm congestion if they would unload ears expeditiously. For instance, there are today 14,000 loaded (ins iu (ialvoHlon awaiting unloading." Many Russian Oflir.ers Receive ally of Surrender. SI. Petersburg, Dec. "V,. The court martial which has been trying Rear Admiral Ncbognloff ami 7s officers of his sipiadton for surrendering to the .lamiie"e iu the lijittle of the Sea of .In ui n handed in its decisions ton ight . Vice Admiral Nelxigatoff, Commander I .ich i no, i if t he coast squadron , Gene in I Aprin, Rear Admiral Gregoriofl, of t he coast defense ship Admiral Srni v ion. and Lieutenant Smirnoff, who -Hi Ceded to the command of the battle ship Nioolai, were sentenced to death, but in view of extenuating circumstan ces and t he long inn! otherwise blame less careers id t he-e ollioers, the court, will iet it ion the emperor to commute t ho sentences to lu years' imprison ment iu ii fortress. I our ot her olln or are sentenced to short terms of im prisonment iu a fortress, while the rerun inder are ao.pi it ted. I'he trial of Lear Admiral Nebogatoff and the ollioers of his s. madron Is gali III St. Petersburg December 5. Thi' ac cused wi re div i. led lido three catogar- ies First, Rear Admiral Neboguloff and t he commanders of t he bat t leh ip- ; second, the ollioers w ho advocated the sin render, and third, the olfneis who did not endeavor to prevent the surieli- ler. MAY TIE UP HARHIMAN. LINES. Firemon on Sunset Route Threaten Extreme Measure. Iloii-toii, Tex., Deo. 20. The hew feature of the strike of t ho Sunt horn Pacific firemen was the assertion made by Second Grand Master Shea, of the blotheih I, thai u u less all ad i'l-1 mold if I he .1 i iTolenoes with t he moll I low out hi this division is made, tl rder is to ie given that the entire 1 1 it r f i 1 1 ill II sys tem of railroads shall lose the services f the Prof hot hood of I- i r i-rna-ri , includ ing those engineers who are members he asserting that Ml per cent of fin- switch engineers and a goodly number f'lho road engineers will end their services on I he road. Mr. Shea insists that 025 men on the xas and Louisiana linos of thesvs- i in obeyed the strike or. lor Sunday , nit General Manager l ay, of the road, leolares that not more t hari 4 no men piit work, and that practically all of the places have boon filled. There is interference with operation of trains, according to the statement of Mr. Fay, but a number of switch en gines at division ponds are reported lie in the yards. No disorder of kind has been reported. IV any Great Increaso in Immigration. Now York, Doc. 20. Figures jusf lOnpiled at Kllis island indicate that, at the present rale of increase 1 ,2H3, 1 15 more aliens may bo oxpece.l to enter this country through fhe immigration stat ion on Ml I is island next year. "The number of aliens w ho w ill land at New York this year," said Immigration Commissioner Wathorn, "will approxi mate 1 ,050,000 persons, us against a total of X5!i,00 who landed hero in 1905. I'sing these figures as Jl he basis for an eMiinate in 1907, we may expect 1,2K3,415 aliens to arrive in 1907." Inheritance Tax Not Rntronctive Washington, Dec. 20. The Supremo court of the I hitc.l Slates today de cided t he inheritance ta x case of Ca- mille ('alien and ot her legatees under the will of the Jate Mathias Colby, of Now Orleans, against the tax author ities of (hut city. 'I'he state law pro viding for a lax on be.piests was at tacked as unconstitutional. The opinion was delivered by Justice McKoiinn, who affirmed the decision of the Su preme court of Ijouisiaua. Adopt New Pistol for Army. Washington, Doc. 20. Secretary Taft has appointed a board of ollioers to moot January 15 at the Springfield armory, Springfield, Mass., for the purpose of ascertaining a design of automatic pistol or revolver best adapted to fulfill they requirements of the- inilitury service.