APPROPRIATIONS for northwest .
Rural free delivery service is no
longer in the expertmsntal stage; it has
become a fixed policy. The results fol- Congress Will Bo Asked to Continue Im
provements on Pacific Coast.
lowing its introductian have fully justi
Bill Introduced to Repeal Timber, Desert
Washington, Dec. 3.—Tlie secretary ATLANTIC COAST SWEPT BY STORM
and Commutation Laws.
fied the coLgret-sm the large appropria
CAMPBELL BRO«., rroprl«»or*.
OF WIND AND SNOW.
to solve on lines of sanity and far lj tions made tor its establishment and of the treasury today submitted to con
Washington, Dec. 4.—The first step
sighted
common
sense
as
well
as
de-
,
OREGON.
•x
tension.
gress
an
estimate
of
the
war
depart
EUGENE
in the direction of congressional action
votion to the right. This is an era of! Few subject» ot greater import ment for an appropriationiif |55U,0 j 0, Telegraph Wires Down and Communka-
intended Io stop land frauds was taken
federation and combination.
, ance have been taken up hy the con
tlon DIHkult-Storm It General Fro«
yesterday afternoon, when Senator ‘
in recent years than the inaugu tor continuing the improvement of the
Organized capital and oragnized gress
(
of the system of nationally aided mouth of tire Columbia river, and
Quarles, of Wisconsin, and Representa- I
New England to Virginia and Through
labor alike should remember that in ration
,
the long run the interest of each must' j irrigation tor the arid regions of the 1100,000 for carrying on tlie work of
out the South
All Europe Suffering
Gomprahaaalve Rsvlaw sf the lapert- tive Powers, of Massachusetts, simul- ■
be brought into harmony with the in- ; far west. A good beginning therein opening the Columbia river between
From Snow and Cold.
aat Happeahtgs ot the Paet Week. taneoudy introduced identical bills to '
has
been
made.
Now
that
this
policy
terest of the general public, and the
Preaeated la Ceodeaeed Form, M m * repeal the timber and Btorre act, the
Both these
conduct of eachCnust conform to the ( of national irrigation has been adopted, Tire Dalles and Ceiilo.
Likely to Prove letereethig.
desert land law anti the commutation
fundamental rules of obedience to the the need of thorough and scientific for works are now under the continuing
New York, Dec. 8 —A furious storm
o
law, of individual freedom and of jus- ( est protection will grow more rapidly contract system, and appropriations of wind ami snow ha- swept the Atl*n.
clause of the homestead act, the three
* a
O
ever throughout the
tire public land therefor will be made in tire sundry tic coast tor two days, and seems to
,
King Edward will visit Ireland next statutes under which large areas of SPEAKS OUT HIS VIEWS IN FORCE tice and fair dealing toward all. Each than
should remember that in addition to states.
have been general, ¿not only in the
year.
public land are now being taken up by
legislation should Ire provided for civil bill.
power it must strive alter tiie realiza
new, but also in the old world. From
FUL LANGUAGE.
Another St. Louis bo idler has been speculators and corporations. The bill .
On these estimates as a basis, the New England on the North to Vir.
ami
J — wild
tion of healthy, lofty and generous , the protection of the game, —
convicted.
...^ on
,_ the forest re- three members of the delegation wh<*{ ginia on the south, the gale Btrewed
provides that any entries initiated
ideals. Every employer, every wage creatures generally,
slaughter of are here today express themselves aa the «oast with wrecks, and, aided by
Ex-Speaker Reed’s condition re- under these laws prior to the passage Favors Revision of Tariff on Some Plan earner, must be guaranteed his Iilierty serves.
The t senseless
___
mains unchanged.
of tire act shall pass to patent if touml
and his right to do as he likes with his { game should be --
stopped " at once, .It IS,
the enow, tore down telegraph wire*
Which Will Not Disturb the Country
iur instanc«,
iiieu»iiw, i a serious count against very ready to support such appropria- i tiiat communication was seriously jB.
property or his labor so long as he tor
Two German warships have armed to comply with existing law.
—Heartily Commends Action Taken does not infringe uj>on the rights of L our national g«jod sense to permit the tions, and will urge their incorporation J terrupted.
The house public famls committee is
Railroads were also block
in Venezuelan waters.
unalterably opposed to tills bill. A '
In Irrigation Matter- Alaska Should others.
present practice of butchering off such in full in the bill to Ire introduced late aded by the snow, which ranges from
the
President Roosevelt will visit
canvass of its members shows that
It is earnestly hoped that the secre a stately and beautiful creature as the in the session. It ia the concensus of lour to 12 inches in depth. A b the
He Given Needed Laws.
Northwest next May.
most of them are hostile to the pro- j
tary of commerce may Is- created, with elk
,
for its antlers or tusks.
opinion that the amounts here recom storm advanced, the cold grew more
So far as they are available for agri
a seat in the cabinet. T'ie rapid mul
severe, anil the whole 8« aboard is in the
A general exchange of troops in the posed legislation. *On the other hanil,
the senate committee will probably
tiplication of questions affecting lal»or culture, and to whatever extent they mended are all that will l»e nee<led to grasp of winter.
o Philippines has been ordered.
THE MESSAGE AT A GLANCE.
make a favorable report in a short 1
and capital, the growth and complexity may be reclaimed under the national carry the work of improvement during
Tlie cold wave has extended to the
King Alfonso is having a great deal time. The hostility of the house com
of the organizations through which irrigation law, the remaining public the next fiscal year. These works do far south, frost being experienced ae
Build isthmian canal.
of trouble in ^curing a cabinet.
Perfect pubHe land laws.
mittee will probably defeat action at
both labor and capital now find ex lands should be held rigidly for the not depend upon the regular river an«l far as Mississippi, it was accompan.
Protect game on tons reserves,
pression, the steady tendency toward homebuilder, the settier who lives on
Blacklcsted miners t<R<l the strike this seseion.
ied ny storms of rain ami snow, which
«live Alaska needed legislatlou.
KeciVtary Hitchcock expects in a few
the employment of capital in huge cor his land, and for no one else. In their harbor bill.
create aSJCretary ot commerce
commission their side of the trouble.
quickly melteii and swelled the rivers
Extend tree rural mafi delivery. *
In addition to the above items tne to such a point that they in eome cases
days to submit to the senate commit
porations, and the wonderful strides actual use, the desert land law, th«*
Tiie a-itbra« ite coal trjst is negotiat tee a letter pointing out the urgent
EstaLliah leelproclty with Cuba.
of this country toward leadership in timber and stone law, and the com secretary of the treasury has made the overflowed their banks and dyove away
Irrigate,n
act
should
receive
attention
ing for the purchaeejif the independent necessity for repealing the timlier and
the international business world justify mutation clause of the homestead law following estimates:
Organized capital ami organized labor
the inabitants, and in one case washed
companies.
must work together tor the g«s>d ot the
stone act, and he wilA probably in
an urgent demand (or the creation of have been so perverted from the inten
out a railroad bridge. The snowfall
nation.
Completion
of
extension
of
Bortlaml
Fire in Cleveland, (>hio, resu'tel in clude reasons for repealing the com-
auch a position.
International arbitration should be
tion with which they were enacted as
and cold weather has been general
extended.
I hope soon to submit to the senate a to permit the acquisition of large areas postoffiee, 1175,000.
the death of three tir*men ami a heavy iinitatiun clause of the homestead act.
throughout Europe, England leingcov-
A general staiTshould be at the hea«l
The main argument rai.-ed by the j
reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On May of the public domain tor other than
For kee;«er’a dwelling at light sta ered with tour incite« pi enow, tbs can
property loss.
ol the army.
Filipinoh
are
enjoying
greater
liberty
h'jjise committee against this new bill
20 last the United States kept its prom actual settlers and the consequent pre tions Ca]>e Blanco and Yaquina, Or., als in Holland and the harlior of Copen.
than ever before.
o
At least 25,000 took advanage of the
is that it is unnecessary, ami that ite
ise to the island by formally vacating vention of settlement. Moreov«*r, the 84,500 and 84.000, respectively.
« ontrol of corporations should be In
bagen taring blocked with ice,andn»any
low passenger rates from tl e East an«l
the hands ol the government.
enactment would practically cut off
Cuban soil and turning Cuba over to .approaching exhaustion of the public
Improvements, Salem Imlian school, villages in Switzerland being isolated
Build
up
navy
so
as
to
fa*
able
t«»
treat
l«M'ate«i in California during September
the funds with which to carry on gov
those whom her own people hat] chosen ranges has of late led to much discus 8106,350, of which 891,650 is for aup- by the deep snow.
Monroe doctrine as cardinal feature of
and October.
our («»reign ts.llcy.
ernment reclamation under the law of
as the first officials of the new republic. sion as t<> the best manner of using l>ort and education of 550 pupils, 83,000
Revise tan I! law« to the extent of bus
Emperor William, in an address to last session, as the three acts attacked
Cuba lies at our doors, and whatever these public lands in the west which for extending the water system, 82,000
iness demands, but do not jeopardize
None of Crew Escaped.
the worklngmatidor country in gem r»l
workmen, denounced socialism and are the onee from which most public
affects
her tor good or tor ill affeots us are suitable chiefly or only for grazing. tor a new dairy building, 82,500 tor a
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 8.—Reports re
All future financial legislation should
warne« 1 them to have nothing to do land funds are derived. The commit
also.
So much have our people felt
look to an interchangeable currency,
In view of the capital importance of barn, and balance for improvements ceived in Norfolk tonight are to the
convertible into gdhl al the will of ibe
with its doctrines.
tee lielieves that, while these laws are
this that in the Blatt amnadmeut we these matters, it might be well for a and salaries.
effect that none of the crew of the ill-
holder.
•
,
«Isfinitaly took the ground that Cuba commiMlioa of experts to investigate
The usual amounts are recommended fated schooner Wesley M. (Her escaped.
ExsSpeaker Thomas B. Heed is 'criti loosely drawn, yet, that if they were
ikgxgzg
'•
xS®®'i>
jt>»>s
sx®®®®@®x®.
»
adequately and intelligently enforced
must toeaaaftsr have doser relations and report upon the cexaplieatod ques for maintaining the several Indian Only one chance of a rescue is known.
cally ill.
•
by the local and general land offices,
agencies of Oregon, Washington and The German steamer Koin, from Bre
WarEbbtgtoa,
Dec. 3. — President with us than with way other power.
tions involved.
The Cuban reciptocity treaty is sure frauds could be reduce«! to a minimum,
As civilization grows warfare becomes
Idaho, and for the assay offices at men to Baltimore report«! the crew
Ronsesxrit
’
s
atiuual
address
to
congress
I
reportai
I
v
urge
upon
the
congress
of being ratifleil by the senate.
less and less the normal condition of
if not altogether stopped.
Seattle an«l Boise City. A lump eum
yesterday, foreign relations. The Ia>t century lias the nee*i ot wise legislation tor Alaska of 810,000 ie nee«ied for general Indian of an abandoned schooner al«ard while
was
reail
in
both
houses
Mr. Bueb, United Stales minister to
entering the Cepes today. *
ONE NEW STATE.
Following is a synopsis of the doe«- seen a marked diminution of wars be It is not to our credit as a nation that expenses in Oregon, 117,000 in Wash
Japan, died very fiuddeqly oi apoplexy.
The three-masted schooners William
Alaska,
which
lias
lieen
ours
for
35
tween civilized powers; wars with un
D. Hilton and Melville Phillips ami
years, should still have as poor a sys ington and 810,000 in Idaho.
Tlie men who held up ami robbed the Senate Committee Favors Admitting Ok meat:
civilized
powers
are
largely
mere
mat
To establish a lighthonse at Everett several smaller craft were blown ashore
To the senate anti house of rep rosen ta •
Bridger, Montana, bank have been
ters of international police duty, essen tem of laws as is the case. It is a ter harbor, Washington, $20 000. ~
lahoma Only at Thia Session.
For es- in the harlior during the gale. The
lives:
ritory
of
great
size
and
varied
re
captured.
tial for the welfare of the world.
tablishing a lighthouse on Burrow’s steamer Underwriter, which was tow-
Washington, Dec. 4. — The senate
sources,
well
fitted
to
support
a
larg«*,
We
still
continue
in
a
period
of
un
Whenever possible arbitration or some
The German reichstag w te the scene committee on territories yesterday
Thi« prosperity similar mettoed should be employed in permanent population. Alaska needs island, Waehintgon, 115,000. Robinson ing the Oler from Nassau, hae not yet
of more rioting «taring a debate on the agreed to report a substitute tor the bounded prosperity.
For keeper’s dwelling,
b«*en heard from, and fears are etuen
a good land law and such provisions for
is not the creature of law, but un
tariff question.
house omnibus statehood bill.
The doubtedly the laws under which we work lien of war to settle difficuties between homesteads ami pre-emptions as will point Washington, 84,000.
rained that she foundered in the gale.
civilized nations, although as yet the
New works, Puget sound navy yard, The crew of the schooner Ida Lawrenm
Senator .Mitehell and Commissioner substitute provides for the admission of have lieen instrumental in creating the world has not progressed sufficinetly to encourage permanent settlement. We
Maintenance of yard. abandoned that vessel in a rudderlew
Hermann deny the prevalence of land one new state to comprise the territory conditions which made it possible, an<l render it possible or necessarily desira should shape legislation with a view 8310,200.
875,000.
condition off Hatteras early this morn
now included in Oklahoma and Indian by unwise legislation it would be easy
frauds in Oregon.
not
to
the
exploiting
and
abandoning
of
ble to invoke arbitration in every case.
For improving Tacoma harbor, 8100, ing and were rescued with diifiotrtty by
Territory, the new state to take the enough to destroy it. there will un
the
territory,
but
to
the
building
up
of
An effort will be made to raiee seve
The congress has wisely provided
000; Alaska lighthouses 8350,000; pro the lifeeavera.
name of Oklahoma. The bill as re doubtedly ¿be perievte of depression.
ral .Spanish gxHiboate sunk in l.ana«>
for building at once an isthmian canal, homes therein. The forests should be tection of Alaska seal fisheries, 812,
ported makes no neferenee whatever to The wave will rece«le, but the tide will
protected,
and,
as
a
secondary,
but
still
lake, .Miadasia-» island, in 1898.
New Mexico or Arizona. The decision advance. This nation is seateii on a if possible at Panama. The atternev important matter, the game also. Laws 950; protection Alaska salmon, 87,000;
WORK INO FOR ST. LOL IS PAIR.
The senate committee on militapry of the fail commiKee is to accord with continent Hanke«! by two great oceans. general reports that we can undoubted should be enaeted to protect the Alas supplies for natives of Alaska, 815,000.
ly
acquire
good
title
from
the
Freaeh
with other routine appropriations.
affairs will report in favor of the house the conclusion reached by the Republi It is composed of men the descendants
Barrett Is Now Securing Exhibit* Froa
The work kan salmon fisheries against the greed
bill reorganizing the mfalitia am! plac can members, except by Senator Quay. oi pioneers, or, in a sense, pioneers Panama canal company.
which
would
destroy
them.
It
would
Oriental Countries.
should
be
carried
out
as
a
continuing
LOOKING
FOR
BOIiR
GOLD.
The status of the Indians residing in themselves; of men winnowed out
ing it on the same foot mg with the
policy without regard to change ot ad be well if a congressional committee
Washington,
Dec. 8.—When the
the two territories is defined in a pro from among ttie nations of the old
regular army.
could visit Alaska and investigate its
British Authorities After a Large Amount president comes to take up the qmstinn
vision inserted to the first section ol the world by the energy, boldness and love ministration; audit should oe begun needs on the ground.
under circumstances which will make
The hous«* committee on appropria bill. The section authorizes the in
of the succession to the vaoaney cannel
Which was Sent to Europe.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
tions has agree«) on the pension appro- habitants of the two territories' to of adventure found in their own eager it a matter of pride tor all administra
by the death of Minister Buck, at To
hearts.
Bush
a
nation,
a«»
placed,
will
Berlin,
Dec.
3.
—
The
British
govern
tions to continue the policy.
White House Dee. 2, 1902.
priation bill. it appropriates 8139,- adopt a state constitution, and then
kio, it is understood that he will nams
surely
wrest
suevess
from
fortune.
ment is telegraphing to all the German John Barrett, of Oregon, at present
Of Porto Rieo it is only necesasry to
847,600, which is 85,730 more tiran for says:
In my message to the. present con
ports making inquiries concerning Boer commiestoaer general of the St. L oom
KILLED IN FIRETRAP.
the current y««ar.
“Nothing contain«*! in the said con gress at its first session I diseuws«! at say that the prosperity of the island
gold liars worth $650,000 which it is
and the wisdom with which it has been
exposition to Asia and Australasia, to
stitution
shall
l>e
construed
to
limit
or
I
i length the question of the regulation of governed have lieen such as to make it
The official vote of California on
supposed have been brought to this i>e minister. Mr. Barrett is now Mtn«-
in
a
Chicago
Hotel
Causes
Death
of
Fire
impair
the
rights
of
person
or
property
by
the
secre-
those
big
corporations
which
are
popu
serve
a-
an
example
of
all
that
is
best
'
governor, as announced
country from South Africa within the
Fourteen People.
where in the neighliorhood ol tbs
tary of state, is: Paadce, Reputai* an, pertaining to the Indians «of said terri larly known as trusts.
past fortnight. The bars aie destined Straits Settlements.
in insular administration.
He hae ben
tories
so
long
as
such
right
shall
remain
Chicago,
Dec.
6.
—
Fourteen
men
met
Our aim Is not to do away with cor
146,386; Lane, Democrat, 143,783.
to
ex-President
Kruger
and
I)r.
I-eyrls,
On July 4 last pence and amnesty
working to secure a good Asiatic repre
unextingoished, or to limit or affect porations; on the contrary, the e big
death
by
suffocation
this
morning
in
a
Pardee’s plurality, 2,553.
and, it is presumed, had lieen concea ed
were promulgated in the Philippine
the authouity of the government of the aggregations are an inevitable devel
fire which occurred at 6 o'clock in the in the Transvaal. Great Britain will sentation at the St. Louis expoeition,
and his efforts have lieen attend»! with
France will exprel many morse refig, Unite«! states to make any law oi regu opment of mistern industrialism, ami islands. Som» trouble has sit«» from Lincoln hotel, 176 Madison Street.
endeavor to legally attach the gold if it
time to time threatened with the Mo-
success, for he has induced bath China
lation respecting such Indians, their the effort to destroy them would be
ious orders.
.
Thirteen
of
those
who
lost
their
lives
can
be
found
on
the
greund
that
she
is
hamme.lan Moros, but with the late
and Japan to embark upon large gov
lands, property, or other rights which fntile unless auuesnfjMhed in ways that
were
stifled
while
lying
in
their'beds.
entitled to all the assets of the Trans
insurMetionary Filipinos the war has
The Chines« government is planning it has been competent to make if thia
would work the utmost inisehief to the entirely closed. Civil government has One victim wa»s taken from the build vaal because she hae assumed responsi ernment exhibits when they had decid
• steamship linv to the Pai Wh* coast.
ed not to be represented m that w»J.
action had never passed.’’
ing
liefore
life
ms
extinct,
but
die«l
in
entire btsiy politic.
bility for the debts of that country, in
now been inteoderaed. Not only does
As is usual in the admission of states,
I believe that monopolies, unjiest each Filipino enjoy such rights of life, the ambulance on tho way to the hos eluding the bond* issued prior to the He is now bound for Australia, where
It is announced that President Roose
it is hie hope to cl aoge the mind* of
velt contemplates a breeding trip in all mate cttUens are authorized to vote discriminations, which prevent or crip liberty and the pursuit of happiness as pital.
war.
for delegates to the constitutional ple competition, fraudulent overcapi
the premiers in Australia and New
Coroner Treager, after inspecting the
Alas' a uext spring.
«
General Botha’s reply to Colonial
he baa never before known during the
convention, and a provision is added talization, ami other evils iu trust or
Zealand.
building, united with Fire Chief Mueh-
The prospects are that Oklahoma extending this privilege to Indians ganizations ami practices which ininr- recorded history of the islands, bat the am in declaring that the building was Secretary Chamberlain that the late
people, taken as a whole, now enjoy a
Boer government had no assets was
only wiU be admitted uh a state at this who are mtonbers of any of the tribes ioHsly affect interstate trade, can be
CANNOT ACT TILL JLNE.
measure of self government greater than a veritable trap, and never shouhl havt« strictly true as far as he knew, but
located to Indian Territory.
These prevented under the power of congress
session of congress.
lieen
used
for
hotel
purposes.
Chief
that
granted
to
any
other
Orientals
by
since
receiving
Mr.
Chatnlrerlain
’
s
Iadiaxm are also made eligible to l>e-
An unsuct'hB-ful attewpt was tmeta eotoe delegates to the convention. The to “regulate commerce with foreign na any foreign power, and greater than Mrisham declared that there were such letter General Botha learned, according Hlection of New Colombian CongrtM Will
tions and among the several states.’’ that enjoyed by any other Orientals wide cracks in the floors that the smoke to seemingly trustworthy information
Delay Canal Treaty.
to blow up» a train in which the ee»- total number of swh delegates is lim
11 it prove HuposHiMe to enact a law under their own governments, save [K»ured through the building in chuds, here, that Mr. Kruger and Dr. Leyds
txwor ot Japan was riding.
Washington,
Dec. 8. — If United
ited to 121),• 60 each from Oklahoma that will regulate the«.e corporations,
the Japan« se alone. Too much praise rendering escai»e extremely «iifficult for have in their [sisseseion $2,500,000. States Minister Hart, at Bogota, i« «or-
and
Induwi
Territory.
then, asrare«llv, we should not shrink cannot be given to the army for what those on the upper Doors.
The bank at Bridger, Carbon comity,
General Botha requested them to turn rectly informed, no treaty providing
-------------- A
from amending the constitution so as it has done in the Philippines, both in
There was no fire escape on the front over this gold for the benefit of the
Montana, wire« held up by three « asked
for the construction of the Panama
Itassengcr
Train
Wrceked.
to
secure
Isxyond
peradventuie
tlie
pow
of
the
building,
although
one
was
in
roblrers ami 810,000 seemed,.
warfare and from an »Iminittrative
Boer people, but Dr. 1 .evils refused, canal can be ratified by the Colombian
( hattonougii. Tenn., Dee. 5. — Tire er sought.
standpoint, in preparing the way for process of constructicn. The »'«ffoid- averring the money was to lie used in
The opinion of the press all oeer tta* p:«—eng«*r train oh the Qu«*en A Cres
Stability of economic policy mast al ; civil government; and similar credit ing was up, and from it dangled several upholding the Boer nationality in the congress liefore June 1 next. He bar
reporte«! that the congressional elec
world is ttaet the president's meMMlB’ cent, which hit Ciminnati lata night, ways be tl.e prime economic need of
belongs to the civil authorities tor the ropes, down which a numlier of people future. General Botha hae notified I)r. tions have been calle«l for the middle
is one of th«* ablest ever «hdivered by r*a into a box car that bud blown onto this country.
This stability should wav in which they have planted the eli«.l to the pavement after all escajie by I-eyds that unless the gold is given up,
of next March, and Colombians her«
any president or mwtxatreh.
the main truck at Hvmbriglit, Tenn., n >t be fossilfamiion. The country has seeds of self government in the ground the stairway had lieen cut off.
legal proceedings will be
brought say that a period of at least til) days is
acqnieaced
tn
the
wisdom
of
the
pro
early
today.
A
ti
reman
and
R.
E.
The
hotel
wa-
four
stories
in
height,
thus made ready for them.
A bill has h«M*n iutrodaeed fate con
against him.
require«! to assemble a newly elected
It ia exceed
The army has been reduced to the an*! contained an unusual number of
gress ametvling tire irrigation law. It lit bus, of Cincimiiiti, the express tries tective tariff principle.
ingly undesirable that this system minimum allowed by law. It is very rooms for a hotel of its size. ‘After MITCHELL WANTS COAST DEFENSF. congress, and then some time must
scuger,
are
supposed
to
haVe
lieen
cre
would permit reclamation and pur*
elapse liefore it is in working order.
cha-e umier cash entry law, also allow mated in the fire which destroyed the should lie destroyed or that there small for the size of the nation, and wards Chief Musham declared that
Secretary Hay, therefore, lias decided
should
lie
violent
and
radi«-al
changes
baggage
and
express
ears,
two
passen
they
were
the
smallest
rooms
he
bad
most certainly should lie kept at the
the leasing of water power developed
Is Busy Getting Official Endorsement for to allow the treaty to he ratified in
The therein.
Dur past experiema shows highest point of efficiency.
ger
coaches
and
two
locomotives,
ever
seen
in
any
building.
Had
there
hy the government.
New Legislation.
Washington first, presuming that be
remains of a Negro tramp were found that great prosperity in this country
A system of maneuvering our army been fewer («rtitions, he declared, the
succeeds
in negotiating one, unless the
Washington.
Dec.
3.
—
Senator
Mitch
No passengers were hae always come under a protective in bodies of some little size has been chances of life for those sleeping on the
A hill has ls*en introduced in con in the wreck.
senate inter;x>ses an objection, which is
gress which, if passed, wirfI have the hurt. line mail clerk had a leg broken. tariff; and that the country cannot l>egun and should be steadily continued. upper Doors of the hotel would have ell has been busy throughout the past
It is expected that
week collecting recommendations from not anticipated.
prosper under fitful tariff changes at Without such maneuvers it is tolly to been greatly increased.
effect of abolishing Hie office of com-
early
this
week
Dr.
Herran, the Colom
the
secretary
of
war
and
other
officials,
short
intervals.
It
is
moet
earnestly
California's
Big
War
Claim,
rnanding general of the army, now held
F. A. Smih, proprietor of the hotel,
expect that in the event of hostilities
bian charge here, will be given all th«
touching
upon
needed
legislation
for
to
Is*
wished
that
we
could
treat
the
by General Miles. It ereate's a geueraf
«leclared
that
there
were,
as
nearly
as
with
any
serious
foe
even
a
small
army
SsgMMxucato, Doe. 5.—W. W. Dong-
tariff from tin* standpoint solely of our
staff corps to act with the secretary of
be could judge without his books, about the coast defense of the country. As powers necessary for him to sign a
liw, deputy estate controller, hae started I business needs. The well being of the corp« could l>e handled with advantage.
It was, in chairman of the committee on coast treaty.
war.
Our officers and enlisted men are 126 people in the hotel.
on a trip to Washington, D. C., where wage earner, like the well being of the such that we can heartily take pride in fact, Dlled to its utmost, and many ap defenses, the senator proposes to advo
During N«»resmber the public debt
Valuable Letter of Washington.
he will imditote pmeeedinga lreiking to ' tiller of the soil, should be treated as them, but they must be thoroughly plicants for rooms were turned away cate the passage in the short session of
was lowisred a trrtta uwter a haff mil
shaping
our
whole
such
legislation
as
is
urgently
de
1
*i
essential
in
Boston,
Dec. 8.—A letter of Georg»
last
night
with
the
information
that
the colleetien of 14,429,891 due the t
trained, both as individuals and in the
lion dollars.
manded.
j economic policy. There must never be
Washington, written October 29, l‘W.
state of California by the United Stat«'» | any change* which will jeopardixe the mass. In the circumstances of modern they could not be accommodated.
In years past, the duties of the com
The United States wHl not mix with
warfan* the man must act far mon* on Night Clerk Weber diacovere«! the smoke
to bis friend, Patrick Henry, goters'f
Venezmda's tiunta'iWl »flairs in the pno- government for reliellion war claims. stamlard of comfort, the standard of his own individual responsibility than pouring through the hails shortly be mittee on coast defenses have been
of Virginia, w»< sohl at auction at •
Mr. Douglas will bthig the matter per wages of the American wageworker.
cared
for
by
the
committee
on
military
posed new l«»ar>.
fore
6
o'clock,
an«l
did
his
besttoalarm
ever before, ami the high individual
The growing importance of collector's eale to lay for |580, the pur
sonally to the attention of the amlitor
One way in which the readjustment efficiency of the unit is of the utmost the guests, but the smoke was so dense affairs.
The international copyright treaty of the war department, awl emleavor to
and increased so rapidly that he was the coast defenses and their present chaser l»eing a New York man acting *•
sought can lie reached is by reciprocity importance.
with Spain has l>een restored io full give Hie claim a status that will de
treaties. They can be used to widen
1 urgently call your attention to the able to arouse only a small number, inefficient equipment has appealed to agent. The letter ia given in full *D
effect by th«* «xchange ot diplomat!« mand legislation for its payment.
our markets and to give a greater field need of peering a bill providing for a and he was then compelled to grope his the senator. He is particularly anx Sparks’ life of Washington, and i» of
notes.
ious that some legislation be enacted some length. Its subject matter relate«
for the activities of our produce:»«, on general staff ami lor the reorganisation way to the street to avoid suffocation.
Gobbling I p China.
The guests came down the one stair which will permit the complete fortifi to a grant of money by the Virgin*
the one hand, and on the other I ttmf of the supply departments on the lines
A bill wjll be presented to congress
Ixmdpn, l*ec. 5.—The correspondent to secure in practical shape the lower of the bill proposed by the secretary of way ol the building in all stages of un- cation of the month of tne Columbia legislature to Washington in reward for
asking an appropriation of $50,000 to
l*lress, and several leaped from the river, but says moat of the harbors are hie eerviies in the Revolution, »nd hu
pay the expenres of tiie « xm I strike of the Times, at Ptkin, in reoording ing of duties when they are no longer war last year.
windows of the second story and es«ap- yet inadequately protected.
needed
for
protection
among
our
own
the
intention
of
Riq^sin
to
establish
For
the
first
time
in
our
history
refusal of the same.
commission.
customs offiivs in Mnnchnria on the people or wheu the minimum of dam maneuvers on a lager scale «no being «si without serious injury.
Minister from Colombia Conq^a has eastern frontier and at the frontier of age
Found Desperadoes Lnexpectedly.
Wash Oft the Bacteria, o
The firemen, who arrived with great
_ done may l*e disregar.led for the he'd under the immediate command of
been relieved ami «ill Is* su<*cee«!e«l by the Port Arthur l«*«v ed territory, where sake of the maximum of g«xsi aevomp- the admiral of the navy. Constantly 1 promptness, save«! many lives by carry
Washington. Dec. 8.—Twelvemilli«*
Denver, Dec. 3.— A special to the
Tbqaras Herran, who has full authority the duties will lie collected by Russian liahed.
increasing attention is being paid to the ing people down ladders from the News from I-amar, Colo., rays that l>a<teria inhabit the skins ol half*
to prosecute the negotiations looking officials, a< coni ing to the Chinese
it would be both unwise and un- gunnery of the navy, but it is yet far windows. The smoke on the inside of while pursuing three men suspected of pound of cherries, according to Df-
to a renal treaty, with considerably ^jriff, and paid to China, savs nomin- nereanary at this time to attempt to from what it should be.
the building was so thick that the fire having held up and robbe«i the post Ehrlich, a German scientist, »bo tn
enlarge*! powers.
There should be no halt in the work men were Enable to do more than to master at Carleton, near here, Sheriff ma«ie extensile experiments in rsgsr«i
ally tlie ciisiQiis will l*e under Chinese, reconstruct our financial system, which
Chairman Hale, of Ibe sdfiaie naval control, but their entire separation has l«een the growth of a century, but of building up the navy, providing take the people out of the windows. Frank M. Tate and Deputy J. H. to the infection of fmit with becter»*
»■me additional legislation is. I think, every year additional fighting « raft. Those who were not able to reach the Frisbie came suddenly upon the men Currants come next, with 11.000.OW
committee, has made the statement from ( hine«e control is obvious.
desirable.
it is suggested that aX We have deliberately made our own windows in a few minutes after the ent-amped this morning.
The latter to half a pound, and grapes n»lt.
that he favrs increasing the navy, but
with 8,UW.
8,000.000.
An a.co'int
of | p, th«*»
Fourteen Men Killed by Hunters.
future legislation on the subject should certain foreign policies which demand fire broke out were suffo«*ated. The fire opened file upon the officers, wounding j with
does not think any more big !«attle
imhi . zen
«
tb«
th»
Milwaukee. Wis., I tec. 3.^ The sea be with a view of encouraging the use the poMOssion of a first class navy. itaelf amounted to very little. A por- Tate in the srrn. Frisbie’s horse was I experiment« has i «*en «. ¿.¿knitted
tra-'.'.,>Wf to Cov.
ships should be buirt.
Vessels of the
r United -statesCoe-
The three ----------
state department
by r«’
doctrt
Oregon tyj«e and cruisers are more ser son for hunting in the Northern wo«»fe of such instrumentalities as will auto- The isthmian canal will greatly0 in tron of the thin! an.I secon«! Doors was shot from umier him.
clom*d Nov. 30. Fatalities have been matieally supply every legitimate de- crease the efficiency of cur navy if thC> burned. an«l the blaze waa sitingui-hed men escaped. As srx n as the affair sill f,,
Clark
"v Marpy, at Ferlin. C —
viceable.
nnusually frequent in the woods this mand of productive industries and of navy is of sufficient site; but if we have within 40 minutes after the first alarm. became known, a 'arge hand of cow urges that fruit l«e cleared by eith<
The Unit«*! States government has season, 14 men having l>een killwl commerce, not only in the amount, an inadequate navy, then the build ng J As soon as the smoke permitted the boys, heavily armed, took the trail.
preling or washing liefore it i» e*'»D
been ask*! to help Venesuela.
while hunting «leer in the states of | but in the character of circulation; and of the canal woahi be merely giving a firemen to live inside tlie building, a
The Colorado Robber-Hunt.
an«i Michigan, of making all kinds of money inter- h.'stage to any other power of auperior careful search was made of all the
Fatal Train W reck.
Preshient IxMlbet, of France, will be Minnesota, Wisconsin
been shot and changeat'lo, an«l, at the will of the strength. Tt>e Monroe doctrine should rooms, with the revolt that 13 men
Denver, Dec. 8.—A special to
Youngstown, O., Dec. 3.—The Chi
invite«i to visit the United States dur At least 11 others hare
holder, convertible into the establietied be treated aa the caniinal feature of were found to have been strfied before cago A Baltim«re Express train No. 6 News from I ji Junta. Colo., rey« » f»^
seriuosly wounded.
ing the St. Louis fair.
American foreign policy; but it wonld | they ha*I been able to leave their beds on the Baltimore A Ohio railway col- phone mewsgae from the “J- !•"
j gold stan<lar«i.
A number of Herman farmers are
Disastrous Explosion on Steamer.
How to secure fair treatment alike 1* worse than idle to assert it unless All of the <lea«l ha*i rooms on the third 1 ;.|«--1 head-on with a freight train at has been receired t> the efe» t that »
coming to the United States to study
San Francis«-«, ihne . 5. — Whi e the for labor and capital, bow to hold in we intended to hack it up, and it can and fourth Door*.
Carbon, Pa , seven miles east of here posse last n’ght overtook the three a**
Amaricaa ways oi farming.
steamer I’rogrveari was lying at the check the unscrupulous man. whether he back«! up only by a thoroughly good
One man was killed and three others who fobbed the Carlton postoffi«* »'■■
To Lay Pacific Cable.
wharf of the Fulton • ron works at employer or employs, without weak navy.
injured, one seriously.
Both leumo- later «hot Sheriff Tate, an«! io » both»
The engagement ol the «laughter of Harbor View this morning, an oil tank ening individual initiative, without
The striking in. rease in th-* revenue«
Fan Francisco. I've. 6.—The Briti-h tivee were completely wrecked and the which ensn««d two of the robbers b« r*»
Commissioner Hermann to H. P. Gate expl<«le«l
The fugitive«, however-
As a result 11 men are hampering and cramping the industrial <»( the portoffice department shows «(earner Silrertnwn. wiiich is to lay -be express car teleoroped. The collieion were killed.
|y , Washington lawyer, iaannounced» miosing.
A s«-orw were more or less development of the country, is a prob clearly the prosperity of our people and .able between thi« city and Honolulu, was due to the failure of the freight held up a party of hunter«. se«’’1'irf
_
ivm fraught
irauxill will,
will great
are«« difficulties
iiussuir. and
aod the increasing activity of the baetuess arrived here t.wiay from London, after hrakeman to throw ths switch on the fresh horses, and escaped. The P11»*
mjnrwd anil property to the Irm
Lieutenant Robert F.. Prery says tha ■eriorisly
is of the highest importance
a voyage of 80 days.
value <4 1200,000 was destroyed.
I lone which
‘
-------- of the country.
main tr-ck after taking the tiding.
ie «till in poreuit.
north i>ole can be reached.
Eugene Weekly Guard.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
TO STOP LAND ERALO.
PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS
Chief Executive Delivers
Annual Message
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