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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.