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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.
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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.