Bohemia nugget., January 23, 1907, Image 2

i Bohemia Nugget
. RokMito Nartt Pak. C.
f COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON.
NEWS OF THE WEEK :
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Tho Hood in tho Ohio valloy is the
worst since 1SS-4 .
Chicago hopes for a cold wuvo to stop
tilt epidemic of disease.
Senator Fulton will work for a law to
save Columbia river salmon.
Cenoral Funs ton recommends better
fa for army officers and men.
Fx-iiovomor Higgins. of New Yoik,
has Iveu fatally stricken with heart
faihuo.
High water in the streams at Win-
field, Kan., have flooded tlu tn anil
many families have liail to move out.
Sixteen wore burned to death in the
fire follow ing tho tvllis ion of a freight
and passengoi train on tho liJii Four at
Fowler, In.J .
Fire destroyed much of tho business
pnrt of lkaufort, S. C. Tho lo.-s is
placed at $700,000 with only one-third
covered by insurance.
Professor William I. Thomas, of tho
Chicago university, says woman is not
the equal of tho white man, but is
about equal to the negro mentally.
The San Francisco school board says
President Jordan, of Stanford, was
flushed with w ine when ho denounced
their attitude in the Japanese school
question.
The Gila river in Arizona has over
flowed its oanks and is doing much
damage.
Tho president lias signed the bill
passes! by both houses of congress for
the relief of Kingston.
Andrew Carnegie is reported to liave
flaid he would give 1200,000,000 to ex
tend his lease on life ten years.
The high water in the 'Ohio river is
causing immense damage in Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky.
The San Francisco school board is
enraged at President Jordan, of Stanford
university, because he favors tlie Jap
anese in the controversy now on in San
Francisco.
A Big Four passenger collided with a
freight at Fowler, Ind. A number of
people are reported to have been killed
and their bodies cremated in the lire
which followed the wreck.
Xever before in the history of West
ern Canada have the snow storms been
so heavy. All railroads are blockaded
and suffering may result in many places
from lack of food and fuel.
LOSS IS THOUSANDS.
Facts Brought Out at Tacoma Inves
tigation. Taooina, Jan. 21. Investigations In
to tho InniWr car shortage by Interstate
Cotnnienv Commissioner Frank K.
.ano doveloHd facts show ing tho Not th
in Faciti equipment to Iv entirely in-
adeiiiate to handle the lunilx'r products
of Western Washington. Sawmill
ow ners told how small mill concerns
are gradual I v Umiiii forced into bank-
ruptov, bow the larger concerns have creasing the salary of tho ice prcsi
sustained losses which w ill roach into I 'lent , the svaker and meinlcrs of the
hundreds i-f thousands of dollars, and ' cabinet to ( 12.000 a year and those of
how thousands of mechanic have been ! senators and representation, delegates
thrown out of employment by failure j f'""" territories and the resident com
of tho Northern Pacitic railwav to fur- 1 missioncr from Porto Kico to $7,. ".00 n
'year, the increases to take effect March
4, 1007.
j IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Friday, January IB.
Washington, Jan. Is. Pv
vote ol l;i:t to 02 the house today adopt
od an amendment to tho legislative,
executive and jud'cial appropriation
bill, which was taken from the n -n k -cr's
table with senate amendment, in-
1 coveted it w lulo
a risini! eheiuist i y at t ho
tilling tlit chair of
m'iii Inn v ,
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also said a patent wa taken out by
John K. Pariindou wlnlotlie taller was
nish cur enough to enable the 7"0
woodworking plants on their line to
market their product .
The prwoedings were extremely
quiet, in that no marked manifesta
tions of fixdng were shown by eithet
the luinlvrincn or the railroad repre
sentatives. Sawmill operators calmly
detailed how, through no fault of their
own, they have lost thousands of dol
lars during tho jvist 1 month, all lo
calise they have not Ivon able to mar
ket their product. In the same breath
that they narrated their losses, they
complimented the stienuous efforts ol
local ollicials of the Northern Pacific to
relievo the situation, and said that
while the Tacoma railroad tiien had
done all they could to aid the mill",
the fault lay in mismanagement of the
higher ollicials in tho Fast.
An urgent deficiency bill was iaed,
carrying a total of $:! I 1 ,tl."0. The
house then went into commit lee of the
whole and passed ,'0 bill on the private
calendar reported l' the committee on
claim.
a commanding olliet r in tho luivy.
(initios quoted the Supreme comt lo
eision in tliotiillv and Solomon ease
thai a patent taken out bv an ollicrr lor
a di-covety made by him in the line of
duty belongs I the government. Mr.
Montoe, he staled, had tin t n- 1 hi pat
ent over to tho Putted States, and vel
'it was tmlav in the hands ol a groat
pow der iiioiiomiI v , "and t he gov et n nu n I
i in the grap of that monopoly."
So far as (i. lines Could find out, Mr.
Bnrn.i dou had not tinned his patent
o er to t he go crutin lit .
Washington, Jan. IS Tho senate to.
day deferred further action on the
Prownsv ille matter until Moudav. It
lief f
or
REFUGEES ARRIVE IN CUBA.
Tell of Work of American Marines
and Need of Supplies.
Santiago, Culw, Jan. 21. The
steamer Oteri. the second refuge ship
from Jamaica, arrived here at daylight.
She brings 1.".2 issengers. Among
those on Iwvird are (ioorge II. Ilazen of
the Century magazine and his iirty,
and II. M. Flicklinger of tho Cuban
Fastern railroad.
Tho refugtvs report that the list of
dead is over 1,000. Light shocks were
felt up to Thursday. A largo propor
tion of tho killed were women. The
collapse of the Maehado cigar factory
is confirmed, but the refugees declare
that only :i0 of the employes lost their
lives instead of 120, as previously re
jHirted. The proprietor of the factory
was kiled.
The supply of food, clothing and
medicines for the relief was brought in
by a vessel sent by the International
Protherhood league. It is rejtorted
that hundreds of person in hospitals
lack antiseptic dressing and medical
supplies.
Victoria market apiears to be sink
ing and is threatened by the sea.
The city, when the refugees left it,
was being well policed, and the Ameri
can marines were praised by the Ote
ri 's passengers. The West Indian reg
ulars and colored troops were rendering
excellent service. Governor Sweeton
ham feels he has the situation well in
hand. .
passed a bill authorizing re
earthquake smitten Jamaica.
The Warren bill, increasing the corps
of the armv. wa passed. The total in
crease, which is to reach it maximum
in live years, i ii, 1 07 olliecrs and men,
which, with the increase in certain sal
aries of men in seiarato grade, such as
electrician, machinists, ctt
$24.'i.:S24 annuallv.
Tho senate agreed to the Kittredgo
resolution instructing the secretary of
Commerce and Latvr to investigate the
hunlvr trust .
The resolution direct that the inves
tigation shall U conducted to ascertain
whether there exists any combination,
conspiracy, trust, agreement or contract
intended to operate in restraint of law-
uii i raio in lumncror to increase ' f,t
murKci price ol nimtK-r in any jmrt ol
the 1'nitcd States.
Tuesday, J.inu.iry 15.
Wasliinulon, Jan. .V The feature
ot the tlay sos-mii of the -enatt
a couM i t nt iotial argument bv Spooner.
of Wir-coiiwin, upholding tho presi
dent' tight to dischaigo the lieurio
troops nl I". row nsv ille. The remark
wele tilet ioncd by Tillman, and the
tvvt engaged in a heated emit iov oi v.
Spooner mailt1 a bitter attack mi the
South Carolina senator. The hitter
feeling provoked makes it iinpo ihle to
say when a vote can he had on the
brow nsv ille resolul imi. It is expected
,,,M' the tlelmte will le extended.
Thursday, January 17.
Washington, Jan. 17. The legal
phase of President Boosovelt's dis.
charge of the negro troops was again
injected into the controversy in the
senate today by notice of an amend
ment to the Forakor coin promise reso
lution, which Blackburn said ho should
press. Tho amendment expressly dis
claims any intention to "question or
deny the legal right of the president
to discharge without honor enlisted
men of the army of the I'nitetl Slates."
Consideration of tho resolution was
deferred until Monday at the conclusion
of Foraker's address.
Eulogies on the life anil chaiaetcr of
the late Senator William P. Pate, of
Tennessee, were delivered, after which
the senate adjourned as a mark of res
pect to his memory.
Washington, Jan. l.V The hois, of
representatives sieiit almost the entile
tlay in considering the fortification ap
propriation bill, and Completed only
mx page of it. Amendments looking
to t he defense of t ho mouth of Choa
cako I my and for the purchase of addi
tional ground at Fort Hamilton, N. Y..
were voted down. The house a'so ro-
1 to incorporate an amendment in
creasing to t he extent of 1 1 ,ooo. not i the
appropriation for the construction of
scacoat batteries in the Hawaiian and
Philippine islands.
tPIULMIC IN CHICAGO.
Scarlet Frver anil Diphtheria Mam
pant AmottR Cliiltb en.
Chicago. Jan. IS. With 0,ihn school
children in Chicago and mihui lH n"
trate with starlet fever and diphlhol ill
Mild the atilioiinivmctil I'lom the (date
capital last night thai smallpox and
seal let (ever Ille pfai I It'll I l.V epidemic
throughout Illinois, tho health author
it io have awakened to the nioht seiioii
condition they have expel lent ed for
VeilM. loidical steps Welo InUu at
once in closing many school", and, if
I he disease font limes to ppie.nl, if nn'V
le-ult in t he closing ol all place of c"
tel la innienl mid lesoils where pie
Ci mgl ei'M to in lit r;;o nilllil 'el .
Pepol Is ol new cases II led il'l" I ho
health olhce with i nil ens i ng i u pid i ty .
Sevenlv -six new iM-rt of peat let level
and ol 1 i a-t's of .1 . phi hel l.l w el e rep' 'I I -ed
within t ho illy limits in I hiee
In nil s .
I ii all S cases of contagious dis
ease were repotted o the Chicago
I , I I ), . l.-o, , I i ,1 1,-alrhlllt ill, llld
wa ' "'g' eases of senile! lever an liUpn-
t horia. Ilia llisf Oi lepolted tho pie-
ions iIji .
Ir. Herman Spalding, the city's con
tagion tli-ia-e expill, dot litltsl I hote
vveio it I it 1 1 ;;,i H M I i n-os ol peat let level
in the t itv at pieseiit and 2, ik! oa-t
of diphtheria.
I'lllk thole Wt
I oi:l 1 I'll-es.
In hvnn.ston ,.'i.'itl pupil weto lai
red 1 1 1 mi school hy older of I t . Wil
liam P. I'aikois, of (he I van ton b.-aid
of health. In l i.ik I'aik :;,;.IK" inoio
children were hailed. Il Is e-Ilinatod
that moie than :'.'i.Ikhi pupils weio kept
homo from school in Chicago yester
day by the parent.
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Senates and Houses llfuct Or
(jaiilallon In Two States.
ALL THE SESSIONS WERE SHORT
JtiiiPi (ind Fnhonor Will Hamlin tho
Cliveli In Wimliinnloe, mid Hjliint
and Dnvoy In (JrrK""'
S I It III , I 'l . Jill. I-'' - llgllTiled bv
the eh i t ion on tho ln-t bull In -n Ii
house of I : . W. Il.tini . "I Wn-htligtoM
coiliilv, lot plcidt lit of the somite, nod
of I i, ink lavev,
.1 Mai ton, for ppeal.i-i
I u I van-ton nm I i i tk
o piol-ably I .i"1" add.-
of the home, tho I llegmi leg I l.tl ille
11,11,1c il-elf le.ldv Veslel.htV I'M I ill
making. C mitl'is will be announc
ed N t slnesd tv ot Thin d tv
ll.tinct tin elected "H i Hod in, of
Mull iiomah. hv a v ote "I I 7 I
I 1,11,'iCtilts, ( ill dwt II, 'll III P I
I lll.lt I II. I , I lo.l.W. I t' I'-' '
Mulii. .I.t'-kson, jmu.d the i::
i-i of 1 1 .1 1 lies, and II mi'
I', ovi I man. ol I his loll'.W
-on vol"! f 1 1 !' ul. v , and M iliol ,
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SINKING INTO StA.
TRAIN BLOWN UP.
About Twenty Killed and Many In
jured in Indiana.
Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 21 . Pig Four
accommodation train No. '., which le:t
Terre Haute at 8:80 o'clock la-t night,
was destroyed by the explosion of a car
of powder at the siding ea.-t of Sand
ford, Intl., at K:50 o'clock last night
Fifteen jerson were killed outright and
the death li.-t will probably reach 'M,
with 30 or 35 injured. The engine, two
coaches, and baggage car of the train
were demolished.
The first intimation jieoplehad of the
disaster was a shock which was felt in
Terre Haute and a far east as Prazil,
Ind., and a far south as. Sullivan, Ind
The wires were blown down ami it was
some time Ik.-fore the Pig Four ollicials
here learned of the explosion. Pelief
tmnis were ordered from Terre Haute
and Paris, 111., ami the dead and in
jured were taken to both cities.
From the most definite information
obtainable, the freight train had just
cleared the main truck anil had come
to a standstill when the pasenger
started to pass it. It is thought that
the concussion caused by the passenger
set off the jtowder in the freight car.
A robber at San Bernardino, Cal.,
walked away w ith a box containing f5,
500 in gold bullion. The gold wa on
an express tru :k at the depot and was
bound for the mint.
Admiral Alexeff has regained the
favor of the czar.
F2x-Mayor Pallinger, of Seattle, is to
be land commissioner.
A pledge to propose a remedy for car
shortage has been given by the presi
dent.
Iiosg Murphy, of New York, i said
to have made a deal to support Hearst
for president.
Koosevelt urges congress to build
only big battleships and thiks two
ohould be authorized during the present
Bess ion.
Two companies of New York have
been found guilty of forming a combine
to control the licorice trade ami fined
18,0 X).
Senator Pailey appeared lefore the
Texas legislature in an impassioned de
nial of the charges of connection w ith
the oil trust.
The steam schooner Sequera, of San
Francisco, went on the rocks at Hum
boldt bay and is a total wreck. The
crew was saved.
Thousands of people along the Ohio
river are homeless on aecout of the pre
vailing high water. Indications point
to the greatest Hood since 1884.
Twenty-one Corean student in Japan
are destitute, owing to cessation of aid
from home. They have sent a petition
to their government for help and a fin
ger from each student was enclosed as
emphasizing the fact.
An Ohio grand jury has retuned 030
more indictments against Standard Oil
men.
The State department doubts the au
thority of this govemmenht to act in
the Congo affair.
Two bookkeepers in the Brooklyn
navy yard have been arrested for receiv
ing bribes as inspectors.
Seven persons were injured in a col
lision between two passenger trains at
One Hundred and Twelfth street, Chi
cago. Pacific coast insurance underwriters
eay rates will soon bo reduced to what
they were before the San Francisco dis
aster. The Nebraska Federal court has is
bihhI an order to the United States
marshal to destroy all fences on govern-1 than short duration, tin
uient land. will be seriously damaged
Steamer Sails With Supplies.
New York, Jan. 21. The steamer
Allegheny, w ith supplies of food, cloth
ing and medicine for the earthquake
sufferers in Jamaica, sail(!l today. The
Allegheny should have sailed sooner,
but was held until assurance that the
hartior of Kingston was open for navi
gation was received. The contribu
tions included ftxslstuffs and clothing
of all kinds. A still greater quantity
of supplies will go by the same line's
steamer Prinst Joachim, which will sail
tomorrow morning. Of the 00 passen
gers, 47 are for Jamaica.
Millions for Indian Land.
Washington, Jan. 21. By the sale
of the pasture land of the Kiowa, Co
manche and Apache Indian reservation
in Southern Oklahoma a greater sum
has been realized than any sale of pub
lic lands over brought before. Aliout
300.000 sealed bids, covering 375,000
acres, were received. 1 he average price
received for the land is $12.10 an acre.
Thus the Indians w ill realizo from the
sale $4,574,000, or an average of about
$1,200 each Indian interested.
Washington, Jan. 17. An emergen
cy bill for the relief of the sufferers on
the island of Jamaica was rmssetl bv
the house today. The bill i as fol
lows: "The president of the I'nited States
is authorized to use and distribute
among the sufferers ami destitute -
pie of the island such provisions, cloth
ing, medicines and other noct-ary ar
ticles belonging to the Sll.-tenanee and
other naval stores as may be neeess.iry
lor succoring the people who arc in
jieril and threatened with starvation in
the said island in consequence of the
recent earthquake. "
Without division the bill was sent to
the senate.
The bill ditl not reach the senate be
fore adjournment, but will probably ho
taken up by that hotly tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 16.
Washington, January 10. Senate
leaders tonight consider the end of the
Brownsville discussion in sight, ami it
is Confidently expected that a compro
mise resolution offered by Forakor ju.-t
before the close of today's session will
be adopted. Forakor had the tloor to
make what he today expressed the hope
would bo the concluding speech oh the
subject. lie will proceed immediately
after the morning business tomorrow,
unless interfered w ith bv the six-eial
order of the day, which is the delivery
of eulogies on the life of the late Sena
tor Bute, of Tennessee. Whether he
speaks tomorrow or Friday, it is ex
pected that a vote will soon follow, al
though it is possible that other brief
speeches may be made Ik-fore the end
is reached.
Washington, Jan. 10. Smokeless
powder patents were under debate to
day in the house.
Gaines, of Tennessee, told of how
Professor Monroe had patented the
smokeless powder process, having dis-
Monday, January 14.
Washington, Jan. 14. Taking only
a brief time to pas tho legilat ivo,
executive and judicial appropriation
hill, carrying nearly f :!1 ,( n ii i,oi hi, the
senate devoted the rest of the tlay to
the Brownsville affray. President
Uoosevelt's message, accompanied by
many atlditioiial atlitlav its and a cigar
Ihix of bullet and empty cartridge
shell, was received, read and ordered
printed. The speech-inak ing mi the
subject continued until 5:3ii o'clock.
Washington, Jan. 14. The house
sjient most of today considering legis
lation pertaining to tho District of
Columbia and projxistsl a number of
bills, after which consideration of the
fort iticat ion appropri.il ion hill was re
sumed. The message of the president
Uegurding the Colorado river wa. also
roan.
More Time for Settlers.
Wa-hingtoti, Jan. 1". Secretary
II itchci k ordered t hat homestead en
tries on land in the former Crow reser
vation in Montana should have an ex
tension of ti me W it hill which to e-t.ib-li-h
a residence on the land tiled upmi
until May 1") next. Climatic condi
tion and the scarcity of coal in the
Northwest are given a the reason.
Ruined Cily of Kingston in Danger Ot
Uning trigulfod.
St. Augustine, II. i., Jan. I v Wire
less iiit --iiges received at I he plat mil
oil i,a'ta-ia biv tod.iv I v Chief Flee
trioi.iii l.lkin sav that Kingston I
sinking gradually; that many hole
am! t rack 1 h ft , t .. t p weio formed
bv the ear t hquake, and that grave feats
cut He t it v will phi
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Previous Rights Not Impaired.
Washington, Jan. 10. Secretary
Hitchcock bslav notified the general
land ollioe, by direct i"ii of the presi
dent, that orders heretofore issued,
withdrawing brfoin entry land under
the coal land laws, have boon amendtd
so as not to impair any right acquired
in good faith at the date of w ithdrawal.
Havana, Jan. Is. lour Admiral
l!van, in a message to the cruiser Co
lumbia hero, rtutc that a huge tidal
wave ha changed the enat I no of Ja
maica, leav ing t ho out ire south side of
K iiigston under water.
No hay is leporttsl loft, and the
whole const lino is reported Milking.
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. I. Thous
ands of person Were killed ill t be
earthquake and the dead Ikio are be
ing taken from the dt hri by hundreds.
The whole town i in rum and t he
greater poitioii i still smoldering in
a-hes. Tho smell of burnt 1 1 -s 1 1 per
vades I he air.
The earthquake came a a sudden os
cillation, li"t from iiiiv particular direc
tion, hut up and down. Thousand of
j r -on w or. on t he si rt et - of K i ng-t"h
at the time and gnat number of them
Wore erudiod.
.Many American in Kingston wen
k i I led and have hi ell bur led.
Prosecute Illegal Fencers.
Washington, Jan. 15. Secretary
Hitchcock ha boon informed by Attor
ney (ieneral Poitupiirte t hat, in accord
ance with hi request, Harry J. Bone,
I'nitetl States district attorney at Tope
ka, Kan., ha Im-oii directed to prosecute
vigorously the eases against the cattle
men who have raised illegal fences on
public lands.
Wants Report o" Black Sands.
Washington, Jan. 15. Senator War
ren, f Wyoming, has culled on the In
terior department for a report of the
Portland experiments in the electric
smelting of iron ore and asks an opin
ion if it should I' continued.
Hawley Learning the Ropes.
Washington, Jan. 17. Congressman
elect Hawley is here to learn the ropes
and help out with pending Oregon leg
islation. He is espei'ially interested in
the river and harbor bill.
Plan to Reclaim Swamp Land.
Washington, Jan. 10. An extensive
plan for reclamation of swamp and
overflow land w ill be considered at an
early meeting of the senate committee
on public lands. The scheme is ad
vanced in a bill introduced by Senator
Clapp, which provides for tho estab
lishment of a draining fund from
all moneys received from the sale of
public land in Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Imis
iiina, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,
Ohio and Wisconsin, except the 5 por
cent set aside for educational purposes.
Heart Arguments for Exclusion
Washinxgton, Jan. 15. Tho house
committee on foreign affairs granted a
hearing today to BepresenUttives Kahn,
McKinlay ami Hayes, all of California,
the committee named by Pacific coast
Flooded Fields Freezing.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 21. A cold wave.
tollowitiK 24 hours of warm rains, is letiresentatives to oppose efforts to
general in Kansas tonight. In many modiyf the Chinese . exc lusion act ami
sections wheat fit Ids have been flooded to woi k for a Japanese exclusion act.
hy overflowing streams and the Mater is It was stated by the ( aliforniaiis that
freezing. If the cold snap is of more they will light vigorously tho bill under missioncr Harlan, who tonight ex press
wheat crop consideration by the committee to ed the opinion that loth railroads were
amend the Chinese exclusion act. j doing everything possible.
Confirms Two Secretaries.
Washington, Jan. 10. The senate
committee on finance today agreed to
report favorably the nominations of
Post master (ieneral Coi-tolyou It) 1st
secretary of the treasury aial James It.
(iarfield to he secretary of the Interior.
The vote on Isith Mr. Cortelyou ami
Mr. (iarfield was unanimous, the
members of the committee assenting to
the view that the president should he
allowed to select his own advisor.
The committee also agreed on Arthur H.
Stutter, of Washington, to bo assistant
secretary of the tieasury.
Continue Cry for More Coal.
Washington, Jan. 10. Additional
complaints were received tslay from
North Ihikotu points of the fuel situa
tion and of either a scarcity or an en
tire exhaustion of the euul supply.
Bispatches ulso came from President
Klliolt, of the Northern Pacific, ami
President Hill, of the (ireat Northern.
The telegrams weio all referred to Com-
TEST CASE FOR JAPANESE.
Boy Will Demand Admission to Whi'e
School and Be Refused.
San Fialii'i-eo, Jan. IK. The initial
stop in the international test chpo be
tween Japan and the I'nitetl States over
the exclusion of Japanese children from
the public schools of this city attended
by white will lie taken thi morning.
At ! o'clock in the morning Kei
Kechi Aoki, a ten-year-old Japanese
boy, accompanied by hi father, will
appear at the Betiding primary school
and demand admission. Hi demand
being made, it will bo lefilsed by the
toucher, Mi M. I-'. Poline, on the
ground thai she i aeling under the
state law and under Ih, instructions
from the school board. Witnesses, will
he on hand to make atlitlav its to the e.-clu.-ioii
of Aoki from the cchool. The
issue having t bus been declared, suit
will at once be filed in the Federal
court by the I'nited State district at
torney. Plan Car Claricg House.
New York, Jan. IH. Bocal ollieials
of the American Bailway association
said yesterday that tho reports from
Chicago that many of the large railway
system of the country had agreed to a
pooling arrangement forall their freight
cars was premature. What is in con
templation, it is said, was the estab
lishment of a freight clearing house,
with the object of increasing tho elli
cieliey of car service. The railroad
entering Chicago have already consent
ed to the establishment ol' an experi
mental clearing house.
Tell Troubles to President.
Washington, Jan. IH. Victor II.
Beckmali, of Soatl le, secretary of the
Pacific ('oast I, umber Manufacturers'
associal ion, headt'd a coinmit tee of !
from the National Beeiproeal Beinur
rago convention that called on the pres
ident totlay to discuss car shortage.
They went over the subject generally
ami urged the president to support a
bill proposing reciprocal demurrage, It
being their belief that this will mater
ially aid in solving the problem.
Japanese Spies at Fort Clark.
Fl Paso, Tex., Jan. IS. Three Jap
anese who had been employed as serv
ant" by the officers at Fort Clark have
mysteriously disappeared. Their ac
tions In examining the fort ami equip
ment, their close attention to the drill
ing ami the discovery that Ihey wore
frequently making memoranda led to
the belief that they were Japanese oil i-ceis.
I. Hill. Voted f,'l I
Smith, "f I' mat I iia
I Ii t he ho l e, I .t i V let t IV ed .'' V
and Both-i hild. I In lone I'mut" r.tt
II a! Ik pic W II Ill 1 IClll t Il I lost II ,
it ived one, i in Ii vol mg f.u the nihil.
In the Republican nominating c.nicn-.
Iavev, had II vote-, "ito ol his support
eis, Kevin.!.!", being al-M'tit . und aw
I, -r, II. ' hi le wa- no coii'e-t mi I the
vling wa i lunctoi v , all knowing
What the ll-lllt Would he.
Ilalllt s Ma clot tod at '.' '" n'olmk
and I hi v i v a few minute later
loolgo I . t 'ha In I" I l.l 1 11 ' s hts'oli I m
uugur al us g, im i nor w 1 1 1 U' held at I IO
I I . In . I. p la V . I he two h oil he will 1 1 it 1.
in joint convention toiunv.t the v.co
for governor, and a mui a the voto
lias lieeli annoiilni .l tl.o o.ith ol orin e
will he a llnlllisteli d by one of the ju
I ii -eh of t he n pr on io t u r! . I it iv er nor
Chaiiihel lain will then real hi mes
sage. 'I hero w ill I' no ballot on I'iiiIhI
States senator unt 1 1 Tii's'la v , Jan. 22,
when the formal election of F. W. Mul
kev for the short term and Jonathan
Bourne for the long term will take
place. It was thought that t he i left ion
of Mulkey would take place immediate
ly, for the luison that the apioinlnieiit
oftiearin wa only "until the licit
meeting of the legislature," but an in
vestigate .n hi iw t hat cVcli I T 1 tilling II
V in alio) I ho elect ion must he held on t In
set ond Tuesday .diet oi gun i.tt ioii .
Olympia, Wii'h .Jan. 1 ' Washing
ton' tetlt II legl-lat tile s'llt ltl"illt !
minutes in organizing yesterday and
then took a r.-st until thi morning.
The senate pr.i.'eed I Ii g Were tint of
(lie ordinary f..r tit., laosi part. Tim
Nl.-lllil of Seattle ll.illll'lllte.l Jesse S.
. I. .in s of Tao.iiN.-i f"r president pro teni,
mi, I .hiniH, a new men, Lit lure, fur tin
first tone w a sole. t,, Ly a, -rl.iiu.it ion
to a position which heretofore ha al
ways gone Ly sonority J. Will .s,,n
was iiaiiie.l for secretary, which wa a
eulicessioli to (he ileitis, of I 'resident
r 'nun, w Ito waut'-'l l.v s-oi rlioson again
I ecati-o of his cxpi ricin'c a secretary
of the past tw.l se.slolis. V. T, l.llllhe.
of Seatt.e, wa ri'iiii i na t e,' f or assistant
seiretnrv, ii ii.l Billy (.'miner for ser
geant at linns. Both were elect.-, bv
unanimous vote.
The house Nessliia einhd almost 111
soon a it began. A. J. l ulciuier wai
elected speaker hy acclamat i.m, Ii. id
nf 'fat-. una making the liom i na I ion and
liiiiluian of liavfnii ulTering a inituui
nil behalf nf the 1 1, i, i .,-1 a I s II, at it lo
unanimous. ,. o. Meigs of Nnrtli
Yakima fur chief th-rk and (.l.-nn Cot
terill fur H.-rgtaiil at arms were elected
by in . I, imal ion.
A .joint cuiiiniil t ea nf 1 1,,,
seiiat.c called (lie governor run
!... . i .. i . .
lil'll I lie lliessaiio no relet III
siuri lit 'J n 'clock tmlav.
Knoli house provide! fur
t'limiiiltfeo mi employe, tho senate im
ifing the number to III! and the hmiso
tu all nt KahirioM base, upon ordi
nary pay, which will cut tho ;rilNH ,,,.
ployoK' pay roll tu less than kalf of that
nf last Hi'HHioii.
Fanners P.ald a Coal Car.
Pelnllotiiii, .Inn. In. Farmers in tluv
vicinity of VniiMycIo, u small station nit
the line of the W. & (!. .( j tho
northern part of thi cunlv, raided it
curl. mil of coal left Mantling on tluv
track there yesterday. The car of fuel
was hound fur the Put latch Biniiber
company, in this city. Vaimvcht is ,'U
or 40 miles from wood, ami a ennsn
queii.'.t (ho fanners tlopoinl upon eoril
for fuel altogether. This winter they
,I,1V0 I"'"'1 npelled to alinoHt , with.
out liny rirnl eoiiHoqueiit ly took matters,
into tlieir own hands
Innl!' and
arrange. I
Julllt scs
a snoi
ial
Worst Snow Blockado in Years
North Yakima, .),,. ir,.T, hi.ow
find ice have so ti,., ,, tPl( Northern
I no. lie. bet wee,, IWo Mn, tho -
....ih that it takes a freight train from
I- to 24 hours to ran from the Colum
bia river to Kl Hbnrg. All train.
coming , h.'re am ,lllllly ,,
Hi., snow blockade, on tin. ,,.o,.,.tai U
said by railroad men. to bo the worst lit
'y years. Tho zero weather still
continues and tho coal H,,.,,y i hardy
equal to the (leinniiil. J
Ice Blockade Solid.
The Dalles, Jan. 15. TI,.. block,,,!
i'' in the Columbia hash, , H( J
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