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Bohemia Nugget Bobwaia NuTt Pmb. C. r COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. news orniE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Bssy Readers. A Resume of tha Last Important but Not Lms Interesting Events of the Pest Week. the off Brvan admits he is" a candidate for president. lindical reforms are promised in Chinese government. California will endeavor to shake the grip of the Standard Oil tract. Seven rioters have hen shot in the presence of the populace at Orizahi Mexico. The Union Pacific has L'ranted shir ping facilities to boycotted Wyoming coal companies. The Texns legislature is devoting much time to investigating the conduct of Senator Bailey. The Wells-Fargo Express company is to replace the Pacific Kx press company on the Union Pacific. A Chicago man lias been acquitted of crime on the ground that he committed it in his sleep. The judge is also Bleep walker. Eight men crossed the Columbia riv er at The Dalles on the ice. It was rather difficult but only one fell in and he was rescued without injury. After standing loyally by Judge James Wickersham, of Alaska, for four years Piesidenht Roosevelt mav send some other name to congress for confirmation Bids have been opened for Panama canal contract. The lowest is lower than the estimate made bv the commis sion and thev will probably get the work. Their profit is estimated at $9,- 450,000. The pope haa issued an encyclical denouncing French church laws. The last horse car line in New York City is to be equipped for electricity. Thousands of Chinese in the famine district are living on grass and roots. Congressman Charles Curtis has been nominated for senator by Kansas Re publicans. Hearst has won the first point in his appeal to oust McClellan as mayor of Aew York. The Union Pacific will probably be ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission to sell the stocks of other roads. Japan haa given no reason for not sending the squadron to visit the Pa cific coast as planned. Alaskans are endeavoring to have the president's order withdrawing coal land from entry removed. A move to ivestigate Gugenheim's purchase of a senatorship has been squelched by the Colorado legislature. A resolution has been introduced in the Idaho legislature favoring exclusion of Japanese coolies. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club. 66c; bluestem, 68c; Talley, 66c; red, 64c. Oats No. 1 white, $2526; gray, $24.5025. Barley Feed, $21.5022 per ton; brewing, $22.50; rolled, $23(3,24. Rye $1.401.45 per cwt. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $1314 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 16; clover. $8(38.50; cheat, $7.50(3) 8.50; grain hay, $7.50(3,8.50; alfalfa, $11.50; vetch hay, $8(3;8.50. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 33gC per pound; second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 3233c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 1415c per pound; mixed chickens, 13(il4c; spring, 1415c; old roosters, 10(S)llc; dressed chickens, 1617c; turkeys, live.l717)-gC; turkeys, dressed, choice, MEET AT ALBANY. Producers and Shippers Unite In De manding Legislation. Albany, Or., Jan. 11. If any partic ular point touching on the dereliction or iniquities of the nwlrotuH was over looked at the ear shortage meeting in Eugene last month, it was supplied at I the Shippers' and Producers conven I (ion held in this citv vostcrdav. The .meeting, like its predecessor at Eugene was held for the pnrjtose of impressing on the members of the legislature the necessity for railroad legislation. The people are so terribly In earnest and so unanimous in their demands for remedial railroad legislation that prae ticallv every other matter to come h' fore the legislature has been lost sight of. The attendance yesterday included a large number of people who were at the Eugene meeting, and if there ha been any change in their feeling to wards the railroads it has not been in favor of the corporations . Both in the sentiments openly expressed and In private conversation there are plenty of indications that the people are nurs iniz their w rath to keep it warm" until they can get action at Salem. At this meeting, as at Eugene, there were none of the "cinch-bill" type of politician?, and but little unreasonable abuse of the railroads. The attendance was made up of people who have been so seriously hurt in a financial way by the car shortage that they .are beeoin ing desperate and are prepared to go to most any length to improve conditions The details or the form to be taken by the proposed legislation have not ye leen worked out. As a matter of fact they are no farther along than when they were at the Eugene meeting, and the Albany 'Convention might, not in appropriately be termed a ratification meeting inspired by the Eugene affair MOVES TO SEATTLE. to Interstate Commerce Commission Meet in Sound City. Chicago, Jan. 11. The investigation by the Interstate Commerce commis sion into the traffic alliances and other business deals of the railroads con trolled by E. H. Harriman, was cm pletcd today, so far as Chicago is con cerned, and the commission adjourned to meet in Seattle January 21, when the case will be resumed. James II Hiland, third tice president of the Chi cago, Milwaukee m. ram rauroau; Julius Kruttschnitt, director in charge of maintenance and operation; E. A. McCoroiick. assistant traffic director of the Harriman lines, and J. A. Munroe freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific, testified today. Testimony showing that the consoli dation of the Union Pacific and South ern Pacific had eliminated competition to a certain extent was given by Mr. Hiland and Mr. Kruttsctinitt, who ad mitted that the purchase of rolling stock for loth systems waB practically under his control. Mr. McCormick was questioned regarding the advert is ing department of the system, but de clared each road had its own bureau of publicity. After the commission adjourned this afternoon it was said that after the commissioners had concluded their in vestigation in the West the hearing would be resumed in New York. At that time. Mr. Harriman, William Rockefeller, Standard Oil officials and others, including H. H. Rogers, 11. C. Frick and James Stillman, would be called before the commission. ANNUL TIMBER AND STONE ACT Senate Committee Proposes to Sell Timber and Keep Land. Washington, Jan. 10. The senate public lands committee to-lay agreed to report favorably the bill to repeal the timber and stone act ami substitute therefor a law directing that the govern ment retain title to its remaining tim ber lands, selling only the timber, at not less than apprised value. As this bill virtually creates forest reserves of all government timber land, the land can never pass to private owner-hip, and hence can never be taxed. To compensate for this loss of taxes, Senator Fulton secured the adoption of an amendment to the bill stipulating that 25 per cent of the money derived from timber sales shall be paid to the counteis in which the timber is cut. IT """ 1 IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS j U.i i i.wfciim i.i , OPPOSE CHINESE LABOR. Saturday, Jan. 12 Washington, Jan. 12. The senate liMcncd to a debate on the nice ques tion today in which Ti 1 1 man was the principal jvirtieipant and Patterson, of Colorado, his opponent . They brought into striking contrast the ideas of the South and .North. President Koosc veil's action in the Brownsville matter wns the subjtct of discussion. Tillman held that nothing was in velvtd ill it exeept the race question, and that the administration wnsrcson sible for the growing acute condition of the race question in the South. The president, he maintained, had encour aged the negro to assert his equality, and then had wrought vengeance on a whole battalion for follow ing that en couragement, lie comic unlet the pres ident's action in some respects. Patterson defended the President's right to dismiss the troops, but said there might be some ground to question its ixMicy. He condemned in strong terms w hat he regarded us the radical posit ion of Tillman, and predicted the extinction of the Democrat ic party In the North would follow a Continuance of sueh tactics. do In d to add I CRS subject . the senate on the Congressional Committee Mas Formed Dacloed Opinions on Canal. New York, Jan. 0. The congressional committee of 12, hea led by Congress man MiKlnlay, of California, which has been Inspecting Ihe work on the Is Ithmlau canal, airixed here today on tin .steamer Panama from Colon. The members of the committee said their observations were that work on the canal is progressing favorably, and Washington, Jan. 9. By a vote of 27 to Mi tln house in committee of the whole today, having the army appro priation fill un.ler consideration, lefua- Unit the eiimloves were well satisfied ed to strike out an item of $ I ,IUH,01H j In speaking of his visit to the Isth for the purpose of paying the expends ,,, Senator Flint said: of regiments, battalions, squadrons and "I found everything in excellent batteries of the organ Ued militia to (dome and work orm-icssim? voi v favor- Friday, Jan It. Washington, Jan. 11. The senate today without division passed the Me Cumber service pension bill. The bill was so amended as to make it applica oie to tne survivors or the Mexican us well as the Civil war and to prohibit the payment of fees to pension attor neys. Considerable time was also given to the Smoot case, several senators speak ing in favor of the Utah man retaining his seat. Washington, Jan. 11. The house to- lay adjourned till Monday after break ing all records so far as pension legis lation is Concerned. Six hundred and twenty-eight private pension bills were passed in 1 hour and 35 minutes. purieiiute In such brigade or division encampment as may be established for the field instruction of the troops of tlio regular army. Paring the discussion of the iirmv appropriation bill today, Representa tive Kahn, id California, declared the absence of the canteen was resKnsible ' r the unusual number id desertions durinfg the past year. Tuesd.iy, January 8. Washington, Jan. 8. Practically all of today given over by the senate leaders of hit h ntrtica to an effort to bring harmony between oppwiing views concerning the promised investigation of the ufTniy at Brownsville, Tex. What amounts to an agreement lie t ween Senators Korttker and hwlgo bus been attained by their friends, but in asmuch as it was decided not to present the compromise until all of the sena tors desiring to do so had made seech es on the subject of the dismissal of the in gro troops, it is not al'Solutely cer tain that the peace plans will not be upset . The compromise is not greatly differ ent from the r solution presented by hslgo and a similar resolution w hieh Foraker had intended to offer as a sub stitute for his original resolution. It pro ides for the invest igat ion by the senate committee on military affairs of the affray at Brow nsville, mid to tins are to h- added provisions that u sub committee be sent to l'rownsille, and that the cxjienscs of t he invest igat ion h aid out of the contingent fund of the Semite. Such a resolution t. mild ignore the Constitutional and legalities tions that have been debated for several lays. wasnington, Jan. n. Hie House immediately after the approval of the journal today la-gati the consideration of the military appropriation bill. Chairman Hull began dehito by a com prehensive statement of the contents of the army budget, which carries $2,500,- 000 more than last year. Other siievches were made by Slay- den, of Texas, on bis bill todiscontinue the enlistment of negroes in the army of the United States; by I'.elior, of In diana, against the ship subsidy bill and by (iaines, of Tennessee, who spoke in commemoration of the ninety-second anniversary of the battle ot New Orleans. amy on economic lines. I lie men were well housed and fed, but the chief dllli culty of the future, to my mind, Is the building of new houses. I am emphat ically of the opinion that there is abso lutely no necessity for the employment of Chinese labor in completing the canal." M r. McK Inlay said : "We investigated thoroughly the work done and the condition prevail ing on the isthmus. I amsatislleil that there is not the slightest necessity for the employment of Chinese on the work. The ivnal aonc is getting very healthy, ami it seems to me to present a fine field for American workmen without employing Chinese. The work is progressing satisfactorily and I feel assured that the cwnul will be com pleted within a reuaoimhlo hngth of time." Congressman F. S, Dickson, of Illi nois, said he was opposed to the em ployment of Chinese lahir on the canal. lie said the men now there were lining good work, were contented and resent the criticisms regarding conditions in the canal tone. HURRY REPORT ON TARIFF. Treaty Thursday, January 10. Washington, Jan. 10. By a vote of 0 to 1 the senate today passed a bill providing that railway employes en gaged in Itandling trains shall not work more than 16 consecutive, hours which period is to tie followed by ten hours off duty. The one negative vote was cast by Senator Pettus. The bill making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government, was re ported to the senate todav. It carries $30,855,834, a net increase of $225,450 over the amount as passed by the house. All propositions for raising the sal aries of members of congress and mem bers of the cabinet, including the pr- is:ons inserted bv the house increasing the pay of cabinet memh-rs, the vice t.... i i .i... t . o a ' ., i , Mond.y. January 7. A. , w V i , rtcic M JilUVI, JV. in - t , . a . m . xpected an amendment will be offered I ""''"'; . n.i theltoaf the senate to rcstor ,l " ... , ,"Kr" these items. iroops was again me simjoci m cornen- juoii 111 uie seiiau Ksiay, aim ninini- Washington, Jan. 10. I.ato this af- tions jHiint to a protracted debate W- ternoon, Mr. (iaines, of Tennessee, and fore unv of the tM-nding resolutions on Mr. Malum, of Pennsylvania, were only the subject are voted on. Ixle devel- prevented from meeting in a personal ojxi a new phase of the quest ion hy ncoimter by the intervention of mem- presenting a resolution providing for liers on the floor of the house. Mr. an investigation of the "affray" at (iaines was making a sjs'ech on his bill Brownsville and, by silence, conceding to "dcK-k" members' pay for absence the authority of the president to take from the house and was being tw it ted the action he did. Foraker accepted by hjth sides of the chamber to hisevi- CullxTson's amendment authorizing the ent embarrassment. During his eticech committee to visit Brownsville if it he charged Mr. Mahon with being ah- desired. His res i hit ion was Hiipjsirted sent from the house 95 per cent of the hy 1slge in un address and opts wed hy time. Mahon immediately jumtx'd to Foraker, who followed, and sisike until his feet, decluring the statement a lie. 5:30 o'clock, giving notice then that he Experts Reminded German Will Need Legislation. Washington, Jan. 9. The StRte de partment haa intimated to the eiperta who wrre sent to (iermany to confer w ith ierman ex perta and to rompare note relative to the complaint against Uie American tariff schedule that it would like to bate a repsirt before the middle of February. This request waa FLAN TOO SWEEPING Western Men Do Not Like Pres ident's Order. BLOCKS Hit' WAY TO PATENTS HantbroiiRn Mas Oill to Sell Timber and Keep Land - Several Uills to Lease Coal Land. Washington, Jan. 1 2 Western men in congress do not take kindly to Presi dent KiMwevclt a order holding up every public land entry, pending imcslig.i lion of cadi individual case by special agent. 'Ihe pnaldei.t, upon adslce of Secretary Hitchcock, made this order in the eipis latioii that congress, in or der to relieve the Congestion, Would hastily appropriate mom y to permit the fiiiplo men! of a imt number of special agents, but it mem that no such liberality will be rboWli if tho Western men adhere to their prcnt opinion. They are now, in lie at in 1 . .. ii Stances, IllClilie.l I.i H-ice nun i no president's order w us lis. sweeping and that It will work imTe harm lliau gl. Mr. Hitchcock, howexer, l lirmly Con vinced that tins is the only way to head off fraudulent i Utile-. But a ... . : I one exiw Tleliciol Wcnieriici nam "Who is to guarantee the boiienty of several hundred fpi-cml agent-."' Senator llaial Tough, chairman ot the committee on public hunta, will renew his fight to secure the repeal of the timber and atone act and the aul'- stitutiou of a law authorising the a.ilo of government timUr at m l Icwh than its appraised value. Mr. 1 lansbrougli has drawn a new hill which ah.ill re serve to itself title t all public timber land and sell only the timber. Tho bill stipulatm that pron residing the immediate vicinity of any gow-ru ment timber land may take, without c.t, not to r lived llHl.tlOU feet, B. M , .....I. W ll.. I . I I. 4 I I , . , .. ' ' . . . . 1 111 any one year, for their own uae h r legislation is necessary to give effect to . , . r . .,. . Heaviest Rain in Years. Los Angeles, Jan. 11. In amount of precipitation, the storm that lias drenched Southern California during the past four days is the heaviest in 18 years. The total precipitation is nearly four inches, of which 1.4 has fallen during the past 24 hours. The storm has been severe in its effects north and east of Los Angeles. Landslides south of Santa Jiarlrttra had, at last accounts, tied up four or five passenger trains bound for this city. Four or five lives are known to have been lost as an in direct result. 20(S,22c; geese, live, 1012c; ducks, 14(315c. Veal Dressed, 5)9c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 1 2c per pound ; cows, 45c; country steers, 5(3)5 c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89c per pound; ordinary, 67c. Pork Dressed, 68c per pound. Fruita Apples, common to choice, 5CXSj75c per box ; choice to fancy, 2.50; pears, $11.50; cranberries, $11.5012 per barrel; persimmons, $1.50 per box. Vegetables Turnips, 00c(o ) per sack; carrots, 00c$ I per sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 0 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 3c per pound; cabbage, 2o per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, $3.754.25 per crate; onions, 10 2c per dozen; bell peppers, 8c; pumpkins, 2c per pound; spinach, 4 5c per pound; parsley, 1015c; squash, 2c per pound. Onions Oregon, $11.25 per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1(1.30; common, 75 90c. Hops ll13c per pound, accord ing to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1318c per pound, according to shrink- of the city age; valley, jJ0fn)23c, according to fine- ,2 wn neua; mohair, choice, 2628o. men are out of work. The two senators started for each other, but were pulled apart before any dam age was done. While the army appropriation bill was under consideration in tho house today an amendment was dopted appro priating $250,000 for the construction and maintenance of military and post roads anil trails in Alaska, to be ex- would conclude tomorrow. Washington, Jan. 7. The house to day pusscd a bill providing for judicial review of the orders excluding jstsoiis from the use of the I'nited States mail facilities after a debate lasting most of the day. In presenting reasons why the bill pended under the direction of the board should puss, Cruinpacker, of Indiana, of road commissioners. its author, said the power given to the The army appropriation bill, with postmaster general under the statutes sundry amendments, was passed by the to issue fraud orders was not at all an house, and the fortifications appropria- administrative discretion. It rather partook of the nature of a isdice wcr for the regulation of tho morals of (he jM'opIo of the country. Cruinpacker (intended that the whole fraud order law was an unusual proceeding in that, if it had lieen confined to institutions and practices that were essentially fraudulent or were inherently bad and criminal, such us green goods concerns lotteries and the like, as originally con tern plated by congress, there w ould be no complaint against it. tion bill was taken up, four hours being given to general debate. Wednesday, Jan, 8. Washington, Jan. 9. The senate to day debated In Follette's bill limiting working time of railroad employes. A tentative understanding was reach ed that a vote on tho general service pension bill will be taken next Friday. J lie Brownsville matter was postpon ed because Tillman, who is indisposed, tne remmmeiKlatlons of the tanri ex perts, at leaat two weeks' time will be required to jicrfect it. While it ia horied by the deirtmenk that an the result of their i-onfrrences i w ith the derma n, the American ei J perls will lvr able to recommend eome i changes in admiruat ration that could lie effected by a mere amend ment of the rub's by the aeerctary of the treasury, it is regarded as prohible that the cbaiigi-s recommended w ill lie sueh as will rcqui'e legislation. In this latter ense if eongressionnl action upon the proposit ioiiH cannot ! exjsstiMl h-forc the adjournment of the present session. then it will le necessary to ask the tier- man government to again extend the provisions of the pritunt (ierman law. admitt ing America to the privillges of Uie minimum tariff i i iermany. PLOT TO MURDER. All White Officers Doomed to Death by Negro SoMiars. F.I Reno, Okla.. Jan. Belief nf the army officers at Fort Reno that a conspiracy to murder every white offi cer at Fort Reno, !eginning with Cap tain I'.dgur Mack I in, against whom every negro soldier at Die jst enter tuins a jrt-rsonal grudge aa a result of the affair at Brownsville, Tex., and the discharge of the negro aoldiers that fol lowed, arid then iroceeding down the list of officers, became known bslay as a result of the preliminary bearing in the case of Kdward L. Knowles. cor jsiral of company A, Twenty-fifth in fantry, who was found guilty of assault with intent to kill Captain Mackliri, on the night of Decern 1st 21 . Knowles was hiiiud over to await the action of the Canadian county grand jury at the pring term of court. Kvery effort has been made by (he oflioors at the t to keep the alleged conspiracy a secret, but it is learned that an investigation Is lieing made lit several army jsists, and within a short time several arrests of memh'rs of the1 troop recently discharged in disgrace are exjccted to follow. farm and domestic ouruwm Timh r land sliall rciiiuin opeu to entry under the mining and coal hud hw, and timbered laud chiefly valuable (oratoiio sliall be aubject to entry under tho placer mining laws. IVr-on devel oping claims on foret land may cut therefrom Hot to exceed llMl.lHHI feet. B. M., in any one year, ividil they need nich timber in developing und operating their claims. Coupled with and ery similar to tho legislation providing d r the dlsitoejtl of public tlmh r ate the various bills iiow peiiding propping to regulate the lino i of coal, git Mini oil on government land. There are many bills for this pur pie, all draw'n along one general line. In the main they propoec that the got -eminent shall retain title to coal, oil and gas hearing land and shall permit, the development of their resource on u royalty basis. This land is now tied up under a sweeping withdrawal ordered by t be president , and until some sort of li gi-liiitoii Is eniii'tid it will be Im-K-Slhle for private Capital to get bold of and develop the Coal, gas and oil resmirct s on ay part of the public do main . ALASKA LEADS THEM ALL. Mint Gold Commission Men in a Rage. Pittsburg, Jan. 11. The fifteenth annual convention of the National League of Commission Merchants con vened here today. President V. K. Wagner, of Chicago, presided, scored the railroads and denounced the express eteadors and settlers. companies, asserting their agents acted as commission men to take away trade from tho legitimate trade in secret. In a discussion that ensued, government control of the railroads was raised as the solution of the situation. Fence Order Bears Fruit. Washington, Jan. 9. President Roosevelt's order compelling removal tf all fences from public land him al ready liorno fruit. Senator Burkett, of Nebraska, has introduced a bill autho rizing the leasing of all public grazing land under the direction ot the secre tary of agriculture, holders of leases to t . i , i . ' . nave uie privilege ni lencmg land so obtained. The bill places no restric tion on the amount of land that may bo leased by any individual or company, put, gives tno preterenco right to home- Let Them Go Away to Get Warm.. Washington, Jan. 9. In view of the fact that many homestead set tiers are said to hi freezing in North Dakota and tho rules of the dejiartmcnt of the In terior provide in many cases that resi dence of the settlers shall bo cont inuous, Senator Hansbrongh lias prepared a resolution permitting the settlers leave of alsonco for three months to extend over tho winter period, which absence shall not interfere with their entry rights. All homesteaders affected by these conditions aro to makejapplieution by affidavit. toward supplying coal to Northwest points. The dispatch says: Yesterday J.iO cars of coal went from Larimore, N.; D., Today we are moving 135 cars throughout the. name territory. With three feet of loose, unjmcked snow, it is very dilllcult." Big Stove Works Burns. Del roil, Mich., Jan. 9. Fire do- st roved the maior portion of (ho Mich igan Ktove works on Jefferson aveniin could not get cars in which to ship the increased cost of materials and tho was participated in bv (lallingor, who .tonight, causing a loss estimated at their products, tho leading flour millH department was unablo to award tho first nresented a published criticism ! $7750,000. Tho ent ire plant covered been forced to closo contract. If tho pendine bill is unused that, bo wim endeavoring to weaken tho an area of 10 or 12 acres. Tho office temporarily. Three hundred the ship will bo built this summer, measure bv amendment. This ho de- building, tho foundries and part of the (The plana aro now ready. ( nied. storao building were saved. , Car Fhortaa;e Closes Flour Minneapolis, Jan. 11. Mone Money for Lighthouse Tender. Washington, Jan. 8. Tho houso to day favorably reportod tho bill increas ing tho cost of a light houso tender f r tho Thirteenth district to $200,000. The sum of $140,000 was appropriated crews, and seteral letters from railway tor mis vessel at tho last session, but emnlovna in onnoHition to tho measure Because they tho amount proved inadequate owing to were put in tho record. Tho dicsusHion Mills. All Hit at La Follatte. Washington, Jan. 9. Criticism was made in tho senate yesterday of tho La Follelte bill limiting the hours of con tinuous employment of railway train Buy Flour for Chinese. San Francisco, Jan. 9. Major Charles R. Krauthoff, of the Suljsistciice dcixtrt- meiit, U. S. A., has h-en authorized by the American National Red Cross soci ety to purchase 100,000 rsiunds of flour to he used in China. I'). II. Harriman has offered the use of his line for trans portation of this commodity free of charge, and Ihe flour will be sent on the steamer Coptic. It will be sent to tho United States consul at Shanghai, who will then distribute it among tho famine-stricken residents of China. Tho Coptic sails January 15. Rushing Coal to Northwest. Washington, Jan. 9. Tho Interstate Commerce commission today received a dispatch from James J. Hill, president of tho (ireat Northern, reciting tho efforts being made by Director Estimates Total Production for 1006. Washington, Jan. 12. The director of the mint Pslav made a orellminnrv , cat imato nf the product inn of god ii'id I silver in the I'nited States during the calendar year Haiti. j Of the more important increases in the production of gold as compared with 1905 Alaska stands first with u. gain of $!!,.'! Ui.OOO; Nevada com.-s next, j with $45,00,000, und Arizona third, with $52.'l,0OO. Colorado shows a loss , in gold production of $1',msi,(hhi and j California u loss of $.pir4,ooo. In silver product ion Montana shows a loss of 2,000,000 ounces, Colorado a. loss of (15,000 ounces and I tab a gain of 2,217,000 ounces. The figures for all the states sho a net gain In gold production of $7,920,700 und a net gain in silver production of 82,100 ounces. Small Sum for Forts. Washington, Jan. 12. In presenting the fortifications bill to the house in committee of the whole today, Repre sentative Smilh, of Iowa, stated that only once in 13 years had so small an amount been carried in a fortifications bill. The bill carries $132,000 to make 14-inch guns. He said the members of tho appropriation committee found themselves between two contlietlng ele ments, tho one "thinking that we wero progressing too rapidly in the defeiiso of our possessions, and the other that wo were proceeding too slowly," Con't Learn of Castro's Condition. Caracas, Jan. 12. Nothing dellnit regarding w illness of l'reHi.i..i, r..i.. tho company ( has developed here. The usual rumors tllMt ll.l Ik, I.i .1. " " uerjicritie, condit ion aro current, but no one in an official capa city will confirm them. The country is quiet. Friends of Vice President tiomez state that, in case lie is called to accept tho presidency by command of (astro on account of tho hitter's death, ho will fulfill all foreign obliga tions to tho letter. K Tennessee Backs Up Roosevelt. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 12. Tho house of representatives adopted a Joint resolution indorsing th0 ct Ion of Pres ident Roosevelt in dismissing tho bah lahon of negro soldiers in connection with the rioting at Brownsvillo.