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VENEZUELANS ARE ARMINO. I troop* and Qun* Sent to La Ouayra and Volunteer* Enrolled. NEWS OF OREGON British and Ocrman* Arrested. Houses Stoned, Flag* Burned. ITEMS or INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS La Guayra, Venezuela, Dec. 13.—The OREGON. EUGENE OF THE STATE. _ British cruiser Indefatigable arrivtnl o ■ -a here at 6 o’clock this evening from Quanta, the port of Barcelona, where High Water Damage* Eugene Woolen she is believed to have lieen in search Mill- Minnesota Colony to L«xate in Comprehensive Review of the Import of the Venezuelan gunlmat Restuardor. Lane County—Ingram Want* Legis ant Happening! of the Past Week, The German cruiser Vineta and tbe lature to Aid Him Oregon Odd Fel Presented In Condensed Form, Moat British cruiser Retribution left here at low* Celebrate 50th Anniversary. Likely to Prove Interesting. 6 o’clock this evening. It is supposed * they have on board Venezuela’s answer Free delivery of tnai^will comtnsnce Spain is trying to buy warships from to the demand ol the foreign powers, in Albany March 1, UtOfl. fi paign powers^ , which arrived from Caracas on a special An Fellows lodge ha* been in The first blizzard of the winter has at 2 o’clock. stitute-1 at 4>urkee, Eastern Oregon. swept Iowa and Nebraska. What is termed an inopportune dem- There are about 30 members. Ice forming on the “third” rail of onntration and the strange method re- Probably the largest shipment of the New York elevated roads has stop- tQ the remitUnoe the yene. wool ever made from Independence at ped all trains. zuelan foreign minister of the demands one time occurred last wefek. H. A. The Venezuelan gnnboats captured of Great Britain and Germany, which Douty shipped direct to Boston 120,000 ( pounds of wool. TM' shipment made by Germany and Great Britain are are freely criticised here. The government has sent 2,000jmen up almost 10 freight cars. now manned by British sailorj. and 18 guns from Caracas to reinforce A Rock Island passenger train was the garrison at I-a Gua.wa. These The Linn county jail wall* will be wrecked by a broken rail near Terrill, troppB s»e camped at Cuaracuti, dis line«l with three-sixteenths inch stael Tex., and the engineer and fireman tant one hour from La Gutty*». All pbit»s. Tbe *eABi» wifi aU* be cov- killed. day and atol nig$>t Mixnunitiaa bite heeai en-9 witb a a<««*rk of sD-el bans. Fire destroyed a five story building carried to Fort latyigita, wdaah •aowosv* These M<*»osw»ivi0e te the js«i 1 hsow ysid qt fleranton, Pa., in which was located! i the hiasbar, and prepasiiiaons are be (tog beea tMide ncaeRWWY by hrwOoi in the past two ¿tears. a wholesale grocery firm. Tbe loss wilt tmalo to resist the foreagn fbaoes» Volunteers to the number of 926 amount to If 175,999. For ws--1» tbeae has been a s*»-t-rtiiataa An automatic tnachme In» Ik es isi- mea, add loom ha Guaran, hinte been haating of seservoir sta-s tfw*ugh«wt It hue deatelopeh t-tart vented that will clean m*Be -ahiisu firmed todity, aaid> m**e use aetyiesviag Dis-tassa It is asserted hete tlsw tae w4iea tJae g»v«vnait-aot so a i m irf Is--- ge*e at than seven men. o It will i ewib onaiore asms. gsvexanerg wan laid sufficient Men t* rte wsrk hi tf^s arid region 3 will Haul the sglrnon canning industry. resist the foreign ffiBÍei» as take ni«w- «juery awa*Lable rerervoi«- nxe tal*en by The dock Jab.svrs strihe “in Mar meut is pspodur. Every wheae wne some ene who ha* :<n e»e to baMaesm • seilles, Friftie, continsies i«to».l«*(n. mee» HÜ chvaes iflid •sndxt*»* s;«Bry- A paahy comaHtang sf adb*(3 The streets a»- now p aoneited lw tor».pff iag Maaiser rxkles. and riots are ol frequent occuoaenee. The news of the caiptswe at Psrb-sf- CwCv ;n>9 NerwegMiag tacue b-tt Pen- dletea So join a huger party in Hte Ice in Lalaa St. Clair ctagged tt><> m- S?>ain, Triawdad, of the VenemekM Hast, and at New York they will all liy the lto®tisho erwiser takR pipes for Detroit’s vatter supply gmihsat s;dI far Kurape. After a visit ta tbsir so seriously that many factories were Clary bd is wartcwnnisuncHted t* B»exi- old homes the ewiwsioaists wail aeturn, dent Casteo by a tepteeeMtaabras of the compelled to shut down tenytouWiiy. Associated Press. The event caused and ««q-e- t ta bring raaaij o' their frieaite and rehitives with them. General Miles will visit the German gwat excitement. o emperor. The president Ims called on all Vene The new Oregon code, compiled by The reciprocity treaty with Cuba has zuelan citizeas between the ages of 18 Judge C. B. Bellinger aad W. W. and 50 to talo- tq> arms in the de fen eg Cotton, has been issued. This code been (jgned. ° 0 was authorized by the hast leim-latat»- of the con airy. The California end of the Pacific and will hereafter lie-uised in the courta cable lias beitfi laid. PAY OF COMMWWONRRS. in place of the codes heretofore in use Negro voters of Alabama have farmed One thousand copies will lie delivered a colored Republican party. o senate Decide* on a Lump Sum f«>r Each to the secretary of st£te. of the Strike Arbitrators. ° Three men lost their lives in a coal 0 There is a movement on foot to di Washington, Dec. 13.—The senate vide the Eighth judicial district, con mine accident at Wilkesbarre, Pa. Secretary Hitchcock has’suspended late ‘yesterday afternfxui passed, with sisting of Baker, Umatilla and Wallowa Union all timber land entries in the Pacific Beveral amendments, the bill fixing counties, into two districts. coast states. the compensation of the anthracite and Wallowa will e«nstitute one, and Baker county will be constituted a The cohi wave continues in New- coal strike commission, and it now judicial district by itself, if the plan York and suffering is intense on account g«H‘s to «^inference. Sentiment was is carried out. The reason for the of the lack of coal. strongly in favor of allowing the mem- change is that the district is so popu ,»» Finley Peter Dunne, of “Mr. Dooley tiers of the commission who are not lous that there is too much for one fame, was mairied in New York to employes of the government a lump judge to do. Miss Margaret Abbott. A slight earthquake shock was fedt sum for their service, and after much Fire at Worcester, Mass., caustal ■ debate $ t,999 was settled upon as the at Grants Pass last Saturday. property loss of $259*900. About a proper amount, thus taking th«« matter Local meat dealers of La Grande dozen firemen were injured. out of the hands of the president. will establish a first-class parking Several other amendments were One of the coal operators called to house. testify before the conimission stated adopted, fixing the expenses of the A colony of Minnesota farmers are that his company re««ived atxiut $2.50 commissioners and the assistant record negotiating for 30,000 acres of laud in ers at $19 per day, and leaving the per ton for coal. question of the amount of salary of the Lane county. It is statisl that President Castro ha* assistant recurd -rs and employes to the Th’e wajm and heavy rains of l§st asked United States Minister Bowen to commission. The name of the com act as arbitrator in tbe controversy mission was chaiAttsi to ‘‘Anthracite week have raised the Rogue river to the highet stage it has known for yeap. with Great Britain and Germany. Coal Strike Arbitration.” An amendment 4>y Daniel, of Vir The postoffices at Castle Rock, Wash., A two days’ farmers institute was Nez Perce, Rathdrum, Sand Point and ginia, inten<l«sl tn prohibit officers in held at Lewisville, Polk county, this Shoshon«-, Idaho, and Moro and Mt. the civil or military branches of the week. A good attendance was out and Angel, Oregon, have been placed in the government from serving on commis deep interest manifested. sions *r performing duties other than presidential class. Governor-elect Chamlierlain is at called for by law, provoked a lengthy ° Tbe senate rejected the proposal to discussion, ami in response to appeals work on his inauuuial address, It will admit Chinese to Hawaii. of Allison and Hoar was finally with noj be a long document, but will make He Vice Governor Wright wants a lower drawn. At 2 o’clock the statehood a general survey of state affairs, bill came up and there was a brisk ex favors protection for public lands, flat tariff for the Philippines. salaries and a liberal appropriation for Senator Hanna sav* be doe* not want change befcwt>en Quay, who favors the the Lewis and Clark exposition. omnibus bill, and senators who oppose the presidency and will not run for it. it. Quay and Bate saido they were Fire°destroyed the planing mill of It ia thought likely that Governor roadv to vote. Beveridge, Ixrdge, Hale W. I). I’lue, at Rainier. Ixiss on Taft will sticceeil Judge Shiras on the ami others protest««l .against ” pressing building sAul contents, $28,000, par- supreme bench. the bill so soon after it was reported, tially cover«««! by insurance. over until Moi day. Charles T.Yerkes, the capitalist, ia a and it went ------ 9------------------ Frank S. Ingram, who was Bhot while strong advocate ol the lalxir union as Pari* Exhibit at St. I.ouls. Tracytind Merrill were making their organized in the Unite«i States. Paris, Dec. 13.—The prefect of the escape fro n the penitentiary, and who There i* much piracy being practiced lost his leg as a result, anti has since Seine lias submitted to the municipal in the waters adjacent to the Philip l>een pardontsl by the governor, is cir pines. The small craft only are preye«l council a memorial en the advantages culating a le-tition asking aid from the | to Ire gained by a lilieral representation legislature to establish him in a small on. I "flie Indian appropriation bill befoae of Paris at the St. Louis exposition, business w hereby he may be able to th«« house carries more than $1,000,999 and asking for an sppropriation.of $36,- make for himself a living. less than the appropriation for the 999, which it is ex|M«cted the council The 50th adgiiversarv of the organiza present fiscal year.o will grant. The memorial points out tion of th«« fitst Odii Fellow lodge in the l®ranco-.\meriean cham*ter of th«> Oregon was held in SaR-m De<ea>l>er 6. Thirteen anarchists were arrested in Rome after a desperate struggle? Th«« exposition and urges a Parisian repre Then« was a large n*i*ber of members lailice *nrpri*e«i them at a meeting sentation whigh will ewceefi jn its fr->*i all parts of the state present. while they were in the act of taking an artistic nature that of the CUaeUM J'lie i »-rcises weee presidtM over by Sil»- .1. Day, past gn«.«l nu*-*»r, 1968. oath with poniards to assassinate King world’s fuar. Victor Emmanuel. The high wun-r caused o>nside»«We People Aim <Mi Ladspncfe A civil war is in progress in Morocco. Miaala, De*. 18. — betiM Daniel, dain-a* to the woclen mill in Eugene, China will increase its standing governor of Rizsd provaise, Luzsn, bit's «id wa- stilb, ieat t* s*«e the propriet ors rewading the prospe*t of what army. abfndosed the w.isaiD masse of **ne* of iiagib lurtipen if tbe vnHer sh*uld ia- Secretary Shaw proposes to remit the reesncentriUasn in his dirtwut, which f< ar fe«s hitiker, :» g t**ie*hnea does. Q duty on tea in bond. were established h> prevest the ladawnee The machinery ha* lieen t<n*-*rt'r>i [ta'tQ- It is the plan ol the trusts to dvteat from receiving supplies. The people ba-Uy o*x of tree. Rixisevt'lt for renomination. have promised to assist the police said constabulary in the campaign against . PDHff.AFiD MAHMHfli Secretary Root ha* rwommended the the tadrones, and Governor Daniel has laying cf an all-American cable to agrrt-d to give them a chance. Many Wheat—Walia\9niliw 714473»; tollte Alaska. ladronea have already t>een ar ranted, stem 79.<$80c; valley, 74c. Barley—Feed, $23.50 pettan; The crown prince of Germany will and the plan of co-operation promitDh Ing, $24.00. probably visit the Unit«*! State* at the to la« a success. lime of the St. Ixiuis fair. Flour—Best grade, 3.60(93.90; «T»h- Kull«! I p Japan'* Navy. am. $3.20®3.60. Hops rtill continue to raise in price, Tokio, Japan, l*ec. 13.— The qtl««e- Millstnff»—Bran. $19.00 per ton ; but big consumer* are holding their tion of Japan expanding her navy is middlings, $23.50; shorts, 119.50, order* in hopes of a decline. rtill unsettl«*!, though it is said to be chop, $18. Greet Britain will ship 296,099 j obliged, as part of the tacret conditions Oats—No. 1 white, $1.15(91.17 : mule* and horse* from the I nit«*) attach«*! to the conclusion of the Angle« gray, $1.13^(91.15 per cental. I Japanese alliance. Marquis Ito, the State* to restock the farm* in the Hay — Timothy, $1(M|11; clover, i ex-Freniirr, is taking a d«iep interest in Transvaal. I the matter, and is endeavoring to com $9.00; cheat. $8(99 per ton. Potatoes— Bert Bnrtianks, 60(980« The largest department store in promise the difficulties among the po- Omaha has failed. The liabilities of litHal parties with a vie» to eff««ctmg ;«er sack; ordinary, 50<55c per cental, the company are about $447,990, with th* expansion without having rectrars* growers’ pricee; Merced sweets, $1.75(9 $2 per cental. asset* which will more than cover that to the «X'ntinug,nce of the land tax. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.00<A amount when realixed yn. 4.25 ; ;i*r pound, 10c; hens. $4(34.50 ;i*r Accept the (luklsboro. President Rooaevelt ha* announced Washington, 18 a -. 13. — Robert T. dozen, per ponnd, 10c; springs, $3.00 that lie will send Barrvtt te Japan. Platt, of Portland, representing the st3.50 per dozen; fryers, $2.50(33.00 A riot in the French chamber of r«A*ivers of the Wolff A Zwh-ker ship broilers, $2.00(92.50; ducks. $5.00M deputies ha«) to be suppressed by building coaipany, calle«l on Secretary 6.00 per dozen; turkey*, live, 13c, ooldier*. Mosly to-lav in company Pii’h Senator dressed, 15c: xeese. $6.00(36.50. The postoffii-e department ha* liegnn ! Binion, for the purpose of inducing the Cheese— Full cream, twins 15S<* issuing the 8-cent stamp* bearing tbe department to accept tbe tarp»««lo boat I6%c; Young America, 16 ^(917 ly Martha U a*4>ington fa««. Gol,ist>«>ro for the unpahl balame of factory prices, 1(31 l»c lee*. Butter—Fancy cr*am*ry, 30(3321»« Italy al*<> has claims against \We- $20,900. He urged that, a* th* Golds ;<er pound; extras, 50c; dairy, 20 boro now makes ae grett «[>ee<l as other xuela and ba* ordiVd two cruiser* to vessel* ol that same plan, 28.1 knot*, «9 22 Sc; «tore, 15>318. that country to enforce her demand*. Eggs—25rt30c per ft-en it shookl lie acceptable to tbe govern Hope—New crop, 23326c per pound A Mexican scoot »** captured by ment. Wool—Valley, l$Si915c; Eastern Yaqui Indian*, his tevtciit «>ff and then Diamonds Stolen from Hotel. Orex«»n, 8gll4Sc; mohair, 264U8»-. compel!«««! to walk. lie fell dead after Cbi< ago. I've. 13 —Mrs. Charles II. H*ef—Gros*, cows, 3(38 Sc per 100 yards. Q Blackman, a wealthy widow re«i<iing pound; (teer*. 4c; Ireeeed. 6«<7c. Veal—7 SA8Sc. Th* new 9 Spanish minister of marine in th* Kenwood hotel, has been robbed Mutton — Grnea, 3c per (jponnJ; of |b,000 worth of diamonds. Th* the nava) prop..**' to — increar* ---------------------- — estimates - by $5,009.909 ami after ward io gradu jewel* were taken from her room in th* dreesed, 6c. Lamb* — Grna*. 3Sc per pound, ally increase timm until the annual hotel in daylight, ami while th* par expendU'ire reaches $»0.«MK),000. fn lop, a short distance away, was filled dreseeii, Sjfit- Hog*—Gro**, fiM-ASScper ponnd; this manner a modern navy will b* with people. There is no clew to the <freeead. 7«7 H*- thief. i*cor*d. EVENTS OF THE DAY TUMULT IN CARACAS. TREATY IS SIGNED TERMS OF RECIPROCITY ARRANGED BY VYillemetadt, Curacao, Dec. 12.— DIPLOMATS AT HAVANA. There wa» a great patriotic demonstra tion in Caracas last night when tbe news arrived that the British and Ger- Must Now Be Approved by United States man warships had seiz«xl the Vene and Cuban Senate* - Lnlform Reduc zuelan war vessels at Im Guayra. tion of 20 Per Cent, With Specials Ciowds quickly gathertid and |>arade«i by Each Country on Many Product* the streets ol the capital, displaying No Further Changes Likely. lianners and singing patriotic song*. Violent speeches were delivered at var Havana, ¡>ec 12.—A definite treaty ious pointe. The populace marche«! to | of commercial reciprocity between Cuba th* palace of President Castro, who and the United Statas was signed at 11 addressed them. The mob then moved o’clock last night by General Bliss anj on to the German legation, shouting: Secretaries Zaldo and Monte*. It lacks “Death to the Germans!” only the signatures of Secretary Hay Tbe windows were shattered with and Senor Quesada, and the approval stones and attempts made to force the of the United States and Cuban senates doors, but the ,latter resisted these to make it operative. efforts, and Madame von Pilgrim- Although the treaty provides for a Baltazi, the wife of the German chiage, uniform reduction of 20 per - cent from who lift been ill in Jxsd for th* part the present tariff charges on Cuban two msnttis, mad taMteftaoe c«*Jd not pi«*** «. e**»rikig the United States, a leaaM ('.«rttal* w irii her hm«b.u»d, wi<- p«i«ital list wf producte has bwe* <lr8wn th* BSStoud fteom vi«tawee. lb’s ono*««i wp ia wSiirti to se* fsrth the aednatiaa • a wtwh me*» aassde tow Cuba a*id the «tot« BMtanton-d to* the lotenna» Uaito-J iflw.Ses kexpeaWuAy. It is i*a- and Are’ *tMdVa»e •$ btt. laoetotta», p«snsble naw ba aaudde aau stMMMH bhe wdai lww said, at «aoiw hi H ms last. tiwMptOM» ta tawe ¡a* «sKkuuxw* The MAV kHAOMta vOLOWMA. pslice »««3«- ns edfbrt to dtay»«*«* the I «leuioiu-tetstoion. Aw*S<fh>«n MHtanta GW*! The teu-iteaiwMt wots s»«il ax»:«* MtaAm NegutlatoftinM. wtae*, at 1$ o’slsel» taixrgM, the gsa- erMswtt sadeaed the sawst *f adl Ge»- M';» tosa Atta a, Des. 15.— At tbse in imm «id Eagftod» Beside« tos. <tae to oar stance *f Secsetoary LFay, Dr. Hemuc, totter 125 pen*»as proMawetoto in cem*- Cvloataan clnMtge d’ldiiiw-sx oaLtad at men<jte iHid sssiul tide wx-*e c»w««ded.to- »toe stata dqpaeta»«en«t ta « ühuohs titw ihither hi the pslise sta&oa. All the .«lai tn-atv negehiaitioae, that the see- British eesidi-»ft« wsene arBeeJed iwpt i retarv might be atote to re*ort eaxset Aurticri A. Chesry. of the VeaeHuelaa stab» of the canul situation h> the «*U>- CeiiS»»l mdslWBty. and W. W. JFalhice, iaet. Dr. Hertau w» unable ta jtive manager «f the tek<pli*ne noaopaxiy, the sei Betswy eny reply fior» the Bogota who escaped to a place of safety. UDVwrnnent as to the price whinto Ninety-stwen Geiuna»i n-sidf-Bts were Celom bin will a<nept for the lease. arnuiteil, among them the German c*n- It was explained to Dr. Hertan that, sul, Valentine Blshm, aad ffeerr Kn*p, in view of the many other weighty dip manager cf the German Cteitral rail lomatic matters peessing for attention road. Herr Fimmross, chancellor of at this time, and the growing impa the German legatisn, was met by the tience at the capitol at tbe ffelay in the police near Bolivar square sail arrested. conclasion ol tbe canal convention, im Amid cries of “Death to the Ger mediate action by the Bogota govern mans!” iind “Down with the foreign ment was imperative. ers!” tbe populaee directed its way to Drfe Herran today cabled the foneign the German residential quarter and office at Bogota the wishes of the state gathered outside the Hotel l^lindt and department, and called attention to the German club, vix'iterating and ut seriihis complications that may aris* tering insults. The Belgian charge, F. out of the Venezuelan situation. S. Guffart, was arrested by uiixtaae for a German because of his fair complex BANK ROBBERS' Bia HALL. ion. In spite of hie vigorous protests, he was taken .to the police station, Th«.y Capture $30,0*0 In New Mexico and but was release«! 10 minutee later. Escape to the Mountains. On learning these incidents, Unite«? St. Louis, Dec. 15 —A special to the States Minister Bowen and Secretary VV. W. Ruesell went at once to Presi Globe-Democrat from Santa Fe, N. M., dent Castro, and after a long conference says: A report reached Santa Fe late this BiHceeffed in obtaining the release of Dr. Koehler, ° Madame von Pilgrim- fternoon that the private bank of Hills Baltazzi'e physician, and Consul Val boro, Sierra county, was held up by entine Blohm. Minister Bowen ob robbers, who escaped with considerable tained the official authorization of the bootv, as but a short time before cattle Venezuelan government to represent men had deposited $39,990. The deed was done in broad daylight. German and British interests «luring The robliers made for the northern the imbroglio. The government has placed an em- part of the county. After midniglit batgo tin the British railroad to lai three men were heard galloping at a Guayra and the German Central rail furious rate through Fairview, a mining camp, and were headed for the Black road from Caracas to Valencia. The populace is still greatly excited, Range. A sheriff’s posse is in pursuit. The bank is owned by Pennsylvania and the situation is regarded as critical. The British and German o flags have capitalists, and is doing a large busi ness. Hillslioro is off the railroad line, lieen publicly burned. the nearest point being Lake Valley, a number of miles to tbe north. There HAWAII NE KBS JAPANESE. _____ o is no telegraphic communication. Protest Against bducaUonal Test Provid ed In Immlgintion Bill. Washington, I>ec. 12. — Tbe senate rommittae on immigration vesterdkv continue«! its bearing on the immigra tion bill, the first witness being Wil liam Hayward, representing the Ha waiian Sugar Planters' association and the chamlier of commerce of Honolulu. Mr. Hayward's objections were directed solely to the educational test require ments of the bill. This test, he said, would keep out of Hawaii the only labor it can obtain, and in time would produce financial ruin. The Hawaiian planters have tried for years, he said, at great expense to get white labor to work in the fields, but without slice« ss. Japan is now the only country from which labor can tw obtain«*!, and the tslucMional test would keep out all the Japanese. * Colonel Joseph Smolinski, repn-sext- ing the Polish-Ainerieim Alliance, ah«* spolse ai*i«a-t the efiacatienal test. He tiud these ar< alasi-t 5,099,0i t> Stowe in tae United States, sad de»toai-d Matt many Poles who wo«ld make excellent citizens weald he kept ont by edaca- ,tioaal tan**, and their te*«nKK.*as for fits-dom he itadod. A. P. Andeseea, repee-tadia*: rte Americsm 1 lae s*e:aiishq> ceapaav, Mok easeptiea ta the wsvadaieats as- eetaly »««to- *• the hill iaip uoat fises on »ransporatio*a ix>a|:iai»s ar *roow iap itoa*seized adA-aw t»ul|giur CiwwcMk Rta. MEXICO IS INTERESTED. Watchirg; to Sec Bow Far the Monroe Doctrine Will Reach. City of Mexico, Dec. 15. — KI Impar- cial, the Liberal newspaper, in discuss ing the Venezuelan troubles, sees in the attitude of Germany and England an attempt to try how far reaching is the shadow, for some threatening, for others protecting, of the Monroe doc trine. Therefore all eyes are now turned toward the capital at Washing ton, for the situation may perhaps be come very difficult for the American governmeat. 1 The Mexican Herald says that blood is thicker than water for the Latins as well as for the Anglo-Celts, and that Latin America looks on at the present crisis with anxiety. New lowmmtnt BkiiliBrun» W aldington, Dec. 15.— The h*t»e •omaiittee on pahl ic bwilditiHs and grounto refioitad favorably the bill ap propriating $7,09«,09* to porches«« a Mite for a cosrt of justice bailding for the acsoaisi*dHti*a *f the sspseMe court of the Unttad States, tae depasr- m - at of just!«««, n.ational Imv ldrssry aid intarmwllsMl tribaanMe. The csai- mita-w alss reported the bill, which p.s-swd Mis mwm M s . carrying $2,50d,t»»8 tor the cesetructisa sf a nw depart- ■<tat of atricaltsre bwJdw, but cut the lissit t* $1,509,0*9. Nww .VRnirtfcr to Jiqian. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 12. — By the Washington, Dec. 15.—Secretary Hay ignition of a package of srtptour in a men’s lodging house hut»? early to lay, ha* re<-eived a cablegram from John Barrett, d^ted Calcutta, stating that he the occupants of the place narrowly regarded it his duty to continue his esca;>e<l death from suffocation. The connection with the St. Louis exposi fumes of the bnrning stuff filled the tion, and, therefore, declining the Ja hou-e, overcoming many of the hslaeFs. panese mission, which had been ten- The polic«« nianageil to grope their way |der«*l him. It is understoo«! that Lloyd through the smoke and opentni win Griscom, Jr., now minister to Persia, dows, after which tb«“ unconscious men who wa* charge d'affaires at Constanti were carrie«i into the open air, where nople, and in that capacity did much to al) were revive«!. It ia not known how ««fleet a settlement of the American the sulphur became ignite«!. claims, will be the successor to the late Minister Buck. Safe-Robber* at Pocatello. Pocatello, Idaho, l*ec. 12.— Th«« safe Silver Issue in Mexico. in tbe Western Lumber company's Mexico City, Dec. 15 — The •il ver otfice was blown up by burglar* early question continue* to l«e one of the this morning with nitroglycerine. Die great topics of public di«cnssion. It is burglar* settire«! about $59 in money now certain that the silver miners and anu $75 in checks. Tbe Studelaker farming clasps will make common manufacturing company’s offit* ami cause against the adoption of the gold the Ristlimrvompany’s office »ire al«o standard. Meantime ail prices are be entere«!, but as the safe* at both pla<e* ing raised, and there is much anxiety »ere o;«en and mntaine<1 no money among the middle classes, especially nothing wa* ^ecured nor any damage wage earners ami salaried men. The done at either place. cost of living ia considered to be out of proportion to incomes. Wheat Average Shows Increase. Washington, IN*. 12.—The statisti cian of the department of sgricnltn'-e estimates the newly see<le<i area of winter »treat at ab >ut 34,000,000 acres, an increase of 5.1 per cent upon the area estimate«I to have Iwen sown in th* fall of 1901. The condition of winter wheat on I'ecember 1 was 99 7, as compared with 86.7 in 1901; 97.1 in 1900, and a nine-year average of 91 4. French Bank* Losing Deposit^ New York, I»ec. 15—The with drawal* from the Ravings lank*, say* a l ari* dispatch to the Tim** hr way of Londvn, in the last 10 day* have ,-'<Wo0Wx •« ««inst $500.009 d.po*(te<i >n the hank*. ¿ln«a the beginning of the year the with- drswal. have en-eeiied the deposits bv • 25.900,000. 7 BLOW IS STRUCK. Power* Seize Venezuelan Warships- Lltl- matum Sent to Castro. tales of w ronqs Caracas, Dec. 11.—At 4 o’clock yes terday afternoon the combined German and British fleet seized and towed out side the harbor of la* Guayara ail the vessels which were then there. These weie the warships General Crespo, Tolumo, Oasum and Margaiita. The ships were manned by 390 men. The news of the capture of the war vessels is not yet generally known in the capital. Great excitement will undoubtedly prevail when it is an- nounwd. __ ______ MINERS GIVE COMMISSION EVlDENCF Ultimatum Sent by Courier. death of a wife as « r^lt of lt e fotae removal from her home, and « ’ story of a mother whose h08band ' killed in the Markle mines, and of bo? she and her two boy, 8truggl(j<J years to pay the Markies the back r« and coal bill she owed them, were tb principal features of yesterday’n * sions of the coal striks coming*’’ © Caracas, Dec. 11.—It is said on good authority that the captain of the Brit ish cruiser Retribution yesterday after noon sent a special courier from La Guayra to Caracas with an ultimatum lor compliance with the note deposited by the British and German ministers at the home of the foreign minister be fore their departure for Caracas. It is said tin* the note gives a maximum of 48 hours in which Venezuela is to ac cede. The note, it ia said, requests the i*Miie9ia*e cash paymeat of $34,090 eisM* to* Gaeat Britain and Germany fer tbe settlement of claim* arising tarn psw* »evolutions, by a mixed tmtowii, the same ae the last agree- ie with Fasaise. DOIt ALASKA CABLS. > Semtary Wtt» Rbwmttrtgrtds America!» Llrtt. an All- Wasdriartuoa, Dee. °11. —“I wish to irt*ei*M»n te the Mity*rtU*«» ef a , saWe between the nertakMessetn eeast , od the sfetta ef Washrtigton and the eoaxhein pewit of our Alaskan terri tory, no as to esnaeet Hie teh-gtooph swsteai •< the United StexteH with the telegrwph eyrteai in A las lav. “The govermaendt of the United states is maia tabling treops in Ahtetaa at various pohnta. It is nesponteble far the maintenaiMe of oader. Distorb- unces ause aiwatys I bible to eeeur in new mining camps, aad these is always a possibility of their occurring along a iroutier line. Our only present meaais of communicating by talegsupti with0 our officers, or with anyone conoeraed in the government of Alaeku, is ever the Canadian land Lanes.” So says Secretary Root in his annaal report to the president. Aad be it reaieiabered, Becsetary Root gcaemlly (gets what he gees after. The neeessity for an ail-Americm telegmph line to Alaska is recognized by many men in congress, and its importance, in view of the recent completion of an extensive military system in Alaska, is all the more apparent at this time. It is doubtful whether an appropriation will lie made0 at the present session for a cable such as the secretary a<ivoea»es, although, if proper estimates are sub mitted later, an appropriation may be provided in one of the regular Bupply bills. oh U HEAD TAX IS RAISED. Senate Making Good Progress Wltti Im migration Bill. Washington, Dec. 11.—The senate committee yesterday adopted ail the committee amendments to the immi gration bill, with the exception of one prescribing an educational test, and also the action of the committee in striking out section 3(> of the bill pro hibiting the sale of intoxicants within the Capitol building, and then laid aside the bill until today to pars % number of unobjected pension bills. The amendment fixing a $3 head tax on each immigrant coming into the United States furnished the principal topic for debate. It was discnssetl at length by Galling*r, Hoar, Fairbanks, l’enrose, Ixxlge and Foraker, and final ly was agreed to. The committee amendment making the tax a lien on the property of the transportation liaes bringing aliens to the United States was disagr««ed to. An amendment by Ixidj*« wan adopted, providing that the head tax shall not f>e levieil on alieas in transit throagh the United States, or ta aliews *ace a>i- rnit<ed to have paad the tax. Section 3, prescribing an educational test, was parsed over temporarily. Sestion 36 of the bill, prohibiting the sale *f intoxiaants within the limits of the Capitol buildiag, which was stei(d««i out by the seoiitoe coi*s*itto»e, Miss poised over towaapoHwily. ____ a _________ NTRfiCK rn MkrtiOUH. ItasscnHrr Twin Demiled at Open SWWh —Two Lire* Lost. Ka*» City, Mo., Dec. lb. — The we< bound limited passenger train on the Santa Fe was wrevked at Rothville, Mo., shortly after noon today, causing the death of engineer Samuel Wise, of Argentine, Kas., and bis fireman, Alexander Havelin, of Topeka, Kan., anil great damage to the engine and coaches. One passenger was slightly injured. A colored waiter had his arm broken and two other waiters were injured. The wreck was caused by the coaches being derailed on an open switch, which the engine passed safely when the train was going at a high rate of speed. The train was almost de molished. Dynamite Wreck* Mine. AGAINST MARKLE CO. Mother and Two Bo>, Strug£k Year, to P.y 0( $JQ<> mony at Time. w„ Hlhetk. Surprising to the Comml.^n Owner* Have Little to Sa>. "* Scranton, Pa., Dec. ll.-Tale, , eviction from houses owned by c » >t.,kl. 4 Co •» The testimony, as presented by the witnesses whose fives are given to the coal mining industry, wag^ times pathetic, and surprising'to t*g commissioners, who listened to it WjU* undivided attention. The miners this afternoon conclodM the calling of witnesses against the Markle company, which concern «rf the conditions surrounding it b* lieen prominently before the mta'^ ^ioiiers since lasto Saturday. jD th absence of Samuel Dicxinson, of Phil * delpliia, and George R. Bedfotd of Wilwcsbarre, attorneys for the Markle company, who are reported to be on avoidably absent, only a perfunctot/ cross-ewainination has been carried on by J. H. Torrey, of Scranton, who’is iep?eeei3iuK another con^iany before tftoe commission, <tond who had been asitad to titav- care of tlie interests of (,. B. M»»kle & Co. as best be cooid Mack surprise bas been «ap»t8ed that the company has not made greater efkixteta refute ssaie of the seemingly damaging: testimony that has been pre- seated. It is expected, however, that the conipwiv will do so later. The attorneys for the large coal com pany have nothing to say regarding the character of the testimony being presented, but those representing the miners are well pleased. Mrs. Kate Burns, of Jeddo, waeoone of tbe witnesses called to the stand, and toki how the and her two bor* worked 13 years to pay off an accuma- Isded house re*t and coal bill due to the Markle company. She was ex. ami ued by Lawyer Darrow, and in annver to bis lyiestions said her hue band was hd engineer inside the Jlar. kle mines. Tbe husband was killed under ground, leaving her with lour children, the eldest of whom was a toy of eight “years. The company ut-v«® offered her a penny, but the employee gave her about $189 to defray the funeral expenses. After tier husband had been killed she moved from her four rcom house into one containing only two rooms, one room above the other, and for tbe next six yrtln tbd struggled ae liest she could to getiloig. She took in washing, scrubbed lor tbe neighbors, and once in a while die was given the cleaning of tbe offices of the Markle company. During these six years, she said, she kept her chil dren at school, and when the eldest child was 14 years old she »ent him to the mines to help earn the daily bread. At the end of the first month tbe lid brought home his wage etatemeit, showing that the mother owed $3!Hi for back rent. The boy’s wages for the month bad been taken off the bill »nd he came borne empty handed She submitted to this and hi the course of time her next boy was old eriftngb to help earn a living and be, too, ™ eent to the co>liery. Like tbe older brother, the second boy received no pay, his earaings lieing deducted for rent. The tears of tbe mother on tbe witness staad were by this time «ek ing up and whes she added that tbe money she earned for cleaning tbe I Markle offices w« never^iven her, tot was* kept by the company for rent, the commisrtusers lo*ked at one anoth* in surprise. She said it tookothe throe of them 13 years to make up thedeht, the mother’s earnings from neighton being°the principal contribution tow« the maintenance of the family- *“« debt wan cleared last August. P0”"! the ei> years from the time her 1 > band was« killed until the time the fiirt boy went to work the comp»»’ I never asked her for rent. I Test W ashtagoon Hemlock In ,«l* Washington, Dec. 11. —Gn reco* mendation of Senator Foster, tbe department has ordered that •amp*«’* of Washington hemlock timl*r be * ried to Manila aboard the tr*w£ Dix, now loading at Tac->ms. thoroughly tested by forestry *nd ’ a termaster officers to «ktermin* eistance to attacks from ants ability to stand tests are intended to show «be not this lumber is suited for coae^ tion purposes in the Philipp‘nW- Barrett Not the Maa. Washington, Dw. 11.—I’nrin«* on Secretary Hay the Jape** . , ter, Kogoro Takahira. ¿‘P10® iat'. but firmlv intimated that Hie i * ment of John Barrett Japan would not lie as pleas-»* im;>erial government at J' of some other man. No f°'n • P (1, was file«) against Barrett s«PP° 1Stne* but the statements °', '*—«)*• minister were such as to lea for doubt as to bis meaning Wilkesbarr*. Pa., Dec. 11.—Four men were killed and 10 injured, three probably fataHy, by the explosion of a box of dynamite in No. 5 mine of the I^high A Wilkeebarre coal company, at South Wilkesbarre today. The mine has the reputation of being the most gaseous in the entire region and at first it was reported that the gas had exploded and a score of miners had Fatal Wreck on the Sant* ft l>een killed outright. r_: __ Fortunately, Los Anglees. Dec. however, th* gas did not explode, The accident caused the big colliery to SUS son. a Santa Fe engineer, ssr*-’ killed and two firemen wre rollis** pend operations for the day. injured in a bea 1-on fta'i ,r Peaeb on the Santa Fe near Tannery Fire. Los* $373.000. B.,th engi«*» 1 Ridgway, Pa., Dec. 11.— The Eagle I Aria., vesterdav. Bwicht . r*Tf fre'gci I \ a Hey tannery was destroyed by fire ! wrecked and several ^er detail«0' today. The loss on th* building is es | ma-bed. Only mea, wretk are obtainable. timate) at $75,000, and that on the stock of leather and hides $250,000 to To Pay Cost of Bubonk t.ioO.OOO, Insurance ample. This Washington, Dec. 1*' • tannery is in the Elk Tanning com pany’s district, which is identified Wilcox, of Hawaii. b»« “ n.ttrrt*f' with the I nited Mates leather com- bill in tbe bouse ta P*ny. A large number of employes render«*! by the »**•’. _.rprs*-«* t will h* thrown out of employment. Re for property destroyed 1« the bulonic plague. building will commence soon.