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I .il D O IN G S O F C O N G R E S S . News B A T T L E IN M O S C O W . T h u rs d a y , D e c e m b e r 21. l i i u c d B ac h W ash F O R E S T G R O V E ............. O R E G O N NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. A R esum e o f th o L e ss Im p o rta n t b u t T he sen ate was in session b u t a little m ore th a n an h o u r today. Of th is tim e only ab o u t a h alf h o u r was legislative in ch ara c te r. T h e cred en tials of G earin, of Oregon were presented and th e sen ato r sworn in . T he b ill extending for one year th e tim e allow ed for b u ild in g th e Council C ity A Solomon R iver railro a d in Alas ka was passed. A djournm ent was tak en u n til J a n a ■T*- _____ N ot L e ss In te re stin g E vents o f th e P a s t W eek. T here was b u t a te n -m in u te session of th e house today, when th e holiday a d jo u rn m en t u n til Ja n u a ry 4 was tak en . Two speeches, one attack in g Mine M exican p o litical leaders a t and th e o th er defending th e cotton crop T orreoo were poisoned w ith stry ch n in e estim ates of he governm ent, were to have been m ade, b u t perm ission was by opponents. granted to p rin t th ese speeches in th e C om m ander Eva Booth, of th e Salva- R ecorrd. tio n arm y , was robbed in a crash a t th e New Y ork subw ay. W ednesday, D e c e m b e r 2 0 . T he R ussian m in ister of finance has The senate adopted a m otion recall au th o riz e d th e issuance of bonds to th e ing its confirm ation of canal com m is e x te n t of $800,000,000. sioners. I t is understood th a t th e ob M oorish w orkm en a t T angier have ject of th e move is to p erm it a protest stru ck and th ere is no way for vessels againat C h airm an S honts hold in g a po sitio n on th e com m ission and th e presi to discharge th e ir cargoes. dency of th e C lover Leaf railro a d at A tu rk ey shoot a t Io n d o u , K y ., re th e sam e tim e. su lted in a general fight in w hich two T he only notable featu re of th e open m en were k illed and several w ounded. session today was a brief discussion on A new high-priced record for a seat tb e question of railro a d legislatio n by in th e New York stock exchange has Foraker^and C ulberson. been reached by th e purchase of a seat for $95,000. T he house co n tin u ed to " s h o o t clay V iscount Siuzo Aoki h as been ap pigeons” today, as one raem ber re pointed Japanese am bassador to th e m arked, and deb ate on several topics The general U nited S tates. He is of th e highest continued for five h o u rs. debate w hich has been in progress for d ip lo m atic ran k . several days ended w ith to d ay ’s session, T he w hole revolutionary com m ittee and tom orrow th e session w ill be brief. of 8 t. P e te rsb irg has been cap tu red , to T he house agreed on th e conference g ether w ith a large q u a n tity of arm s rep o rt on th e P an am a can al a p p ro p ria and am m u n itio n . tion b ill. J u s t before ad jo u rn m e n t a b ill was H aving stopped speculation in foot ball tick ets, Mayor D unne, of Chicago, passed extending u n til 1909 th e tim e in has called a m eeting of th e a te r m an w hich th e 50 m iles of ra ilro a d from agers to stop th e sam e practice w ith C ouncil C ity to Solom on, A laska, may be com pleted. th e a te r tick ets. P ayne gave notice th a t th e P h ilip T he num ber of London people in re pine tariff b ill w ill be called up for ceip t of p auper relief in n early every consideration Ja n u a ry 4. nronth of th e year now ending have N eedham , of C alifo rn ia, introduced been greater th a n in any of th e p re b ill providing for th e repeal of th e vious 40 years Cuban reciprocity tre a ty . H e said th e C harles M. Crouse, a m u lti-m illio n tre a ty had resulted in serious loss of a ire of Syracuse, N. Y ., has received a revenue, as th e C ubans buy ex ten siv e w arning from th e "B la ck H a n d " th a t ly in th e U n ited S tates, an«l does not he w ill be blown up if he does not do give A m ericans an o p p o rtu n ity to get n ate $2,400 to " t h e c a u se ." a n y th in g in re tu rn for th e reductions France w ill send a fleet to Morocco in tariff on C uban pro d u cts. H erm ann is still try in g to delay his tr ia l. C o m m itte e Places Filled. W ashington, Dec. 20.— N orthw estern A num ber of A nnapolis hazers are to senators were assigned com m ittees to be court m artia le d . day. Piles, In a d d itio n to th e c h a ir A ttorney G eneral Moody inten d s to m an sh ip of coast and in su la r survey, m ake a test case of tru sts now on tria l. goes on interoceanic can als, pensions, te rrito rie s, C anadian rela tio n s and ex Y uan Shi K ai has fallen h e ir to th e am in atio n of th e civ il service. Hey- position in C hina held by Li H ung b u rn , in a«ldition to h is old co m m it C hang. tees, goes on im m ig ratio n an d p ublic E x-U n ited States S enator Bard, of b u ild in g s. T h ere are several m in o rity C aliforn ia, whs seriously in ju red in a places vacan t, from w hich assignm ents w ill be ma«le for G e a rin . T hey are for ru n aw ay . est reservations, pensions. in d u strial T here has been a g reat increase in all expositions, n atio n a l banks and claim s. lin es of e x p o rt to C h in a and Ja p a n ex c e p t flour. W arsh ips P reven t Riots. i BUY FORESTRY B U IL D IN G . G overnm en t E ngineer L ip pin cott N o w O n the G ro un d. Salem — A t th e m eeting of th e state board of a g ric u ltu re last week Jo h n H A lbert, of th e Lewis and C lark fair com m ission, su b m itted a com m uni cation suggesting th a t th e board take steps to secure th e forestry build in g erected a t th e Lewis and C lark fair and move it to Salem . M r. A lb ert said th a t n e ith e r th e city of P o rtlan d n or th e Oregon H istorical society has taken action tow ard preserv ing th e b u ild in g , an d he th o u g h t would be a good p la n to move th e stru c tu re to Salem and erect it in the state fair grounds near th e S outhern P a.ific track , w here a ll persons passing on tb e tra in s could see it. H e th o u g h t th e huge stru c tu re of logs w ould not only be an a ttra c tio n a t th e sta te fair, b u t w hen so situ a te d w ould be a p e r p etu al ad v ertise m en t for O regon’s tim ber resources. T h e Board of A g riculture appointed a co m m ittee composed of W. H . Down ing, J . D. M atlock and F ra n k Lee to ascertain th e cost of tra n sp o rtin g th e b u ild in g to Salem , an d also w hether th e ow ner of th e land upon w hich the b u ild in g now stands w ill p e rm it it to rem ain th e re u n til th e leig slatu re m eets in 1907. K lam ath F alls — S upervising E n g in eer J . B. L ip p in co tt, for th e R eclam a tion service in C alifornia, and having charge of th e K lam ath project, arriv ed here Sunday. M r. L ip p in co tt cam e to K lam ath F alls to clear up ail p re lim inaries and arrange for paying a ll obli gations ag ain st tb e governm ent in con nection w ith tb e K lam ath irrig atio n project. Several p riv ate com panies were bought out by tb e governm ent officials, or arrangem ents were com pleted for the purchase of all conflicting irrig atio n ditches p u t here previously by p riv ate concerns, and though tb e paym ents bad been authorized by governm ent, none of these p riv ate com panies received th e ir m oney. T h is bad caused con siderable speculation, and th e com ing of M r. L ip p in co tt, w ith th e a:n o o n ce - m ent th a t his m ission here was to clean up all these claim s, so th a t th e contractors aw arded th e contracts for work on th e irrig atio n canals could proceed a t once after th e bids were let, places all who heretofore had wondered if th e governm ent would proceed w ith actu a l d itch work in m uch clearer po sitio n regarding th e fu tu re of th e pro ject. W O O L E N M IL L F O R A L B A N Y . Subsidy o f SIS,OOO W ill Insure R e building on L a rg e r Scale. A lbany — The C om m ercial club ap pointed a co m m ittee of leading business men to secure $15,000 in sub scrip tions tow ard reorganizing th e B an nockburn M anufacturing com pany, to re b u ild th e woolen m ill recently b u rn ed , replacing it w ith a m ill double th e capacity. T he com pany is to have $100,000 cap ital and a p ractical woolen m a n u factu rer is to ru n th e m ill. The v factory w ill give em ploym ent to 100 people. T he proposal is to bring m achinery for a six-set m ill from M assachusetts, th e ow ner to tak e stock in th e m ill for th e m achinery and ru n tb e p la n t. The old b u ild in g is to be re b u ilt w ith money subscribed for stock in A lbany, th e old com pany to p u t in itB p ropecrty a t h alf cost and raisin g $40,000 ad d itio n al stock. T h is w ill give th e com pany a com plete p la n t w ith a w orking capital of $40,000. B usiness men h ere are tak in g hold w ith a w ill and th e plans prom ise success. O ver $2,000 was subscibed by th re e men on th e spot. T h e C om m ercial clu b re-elected th e e n tire board of d irecto rs and officers, P resid en t M. H . E l'is and associates h olding a n o th e r y ear. Statistics o f F ee b le -M in d e d . M itch ell Estate S m all. P o rtla n d — David M. D unne has been appointed a d m in is tra to r of tb e estate of Senator Jo h n H . M itchell upon th e p etitio n of Jo h n H . M itchell, J r ., in th e C ounty co u rt. T he p e titio n e r s ta t ed th a t th e estate is valued a t $2,000, and tb e h eirs are M attie E . M itch ell, wife of deceased, and M attie E . de R ochefoucauld, a d au g h te r, residing in P a ris; J o h n H . M itchell, J r ., and H i ram E . M itchell, sons, and A lice and M ildred C hapm an and M itchell and R obert H andy, g ran d ch ild ren . W a n t T re e s D estroyed . Oregon C ity— F ru it In sp ecto r Jam es H . R eid w ill appeal to th e courtB of C lackam as county to com pel E . J . R il- ev, an a tto rn ey of P o rtlan d , to su b m it to th e d estru ctio n of h is fru it trees. Inspector R eid says M r. R iley s’ o rc h ard , w hich is located in M in tb o rn a d d itio n , n ear M ilw aukie, is infected w ith tb e San Jose scale, and th a t th e only way in w hich th e pest can be eradicated is to destroy th e trees. M r. R eiu says he is d eterm in ed to m ake a test case. M y rtle C re e k M ills S o ld . R oseburg— T he big saw m ill near M yr tle C reek, to g eth er w ith 2,240 acres of v alu ab le tim b er land, all flum ing and w ater rig h ts, rig h ts of w ay, th e p lan in g m ill a t M yrtle C reek and th e property of th e M yrtle C reek H otel com pany, all of w hich have been operated by th e W illiam F . Johnson L um ber com pany, have been transfered to a corporation of c a p ita lists, consisting of A. M. K el sey and E . E . A lien, of Hood R iv er; S. 8 . Jo h n s, of T i e D alles; T . F. A lien, of P rin e v ille , an d H . T aylor H ill, of o rtia n d . Salem — An effort has been m ade by tb e com m ission a u th o riz jd by th e last leg islatu re to in q u ire in to necessity or th e ad v isab ility of e sta b lish in g a school in th is sta te for th e feeble m inded, to find o u t bow m any u n fo rtu n ite s of th is ch aracter are to be found in th e state. rep o rt received a t th e office of th e secretary of th e S tate L ib rary com m is sion, com piled from a census tak en in Will Extend R ailro ad. several E astern states, shows th e av er K lam ath F alls— J . W. A lexander, age n u m b e r of feeble m inded persons is 2 to 1,000. On th is basis th e re would connecter! w ith th e W eyerhauser lu m be about 1,000 feeble m inded persons ber syndicate, w hich recently p u r chased th e K lam ath Lake (railroad, in O regon. ru n n in g from T h ra ll to Pokegam a, in C and idates M u s t File N o tice. connection w ith th e large tim b er h o ld S alem — S ecretary of S tate D unbar ings of th e railro ad com pany situ ated calls a tte n tio n to th e fact th a t it is ne on th e Jen y creek p lateau , denies th e cessary for can d id a tes for sta te or d is statem en t th a t th e new ow ners of th e tr ic t offices to first file a notice of in road intended die«-ontinuing th e pas ten tio n to become a can d id a te w ith th e senger service tow ard K lam ath F alls secretary of sta te , before or a t th e tim e th e first of th e year. of beginning th e c ircu latio n of p etitio n s for th e p rim ary elections. A candidate PO RTLAND M ARKETS. is p erm ittial to w rite a p latfo rm , not exceeding 100 w ords, to be filed w ith W heat— C lub, 71<ai72c; bluestem , 73 th is d ecla ra tio n , and to have p rin ted <974c; red, 67(§68c; valley, 72c per on th e official b a llo t a condense«! p la t b ushel. form , n o t exceeding 12 w ords. O ats— No. 1 w hite feed, $27; gray, Lincoln C ounty S h ow s D ec re a s e . T ak e Duty O ff S h ip M aterial. W ashington, De«’. 20. — R ep resen ta tive W illiam s, of M ississippi, today in- tr«xluced a b ill to place on tb e free list beam s, angle-irons, riv ets, sh aftin g s, p ropellers, castings and o th er m aterial im ported for nee in con stru ctio n of A m erican shipe. Salem — Lincoln c o u n ty ’» assessm ent sum m ary for 1905 has been reroived at th e office of th e secretary of sta te . I t shows a decrease of 10 per cent in th e v alu atio n of tax ab le p roperty, th e total for 190$ la-mg $1,039,999, as com pared w ith $939,454 in 1905. No In te re st in Black S an d . W ashington, Dec. 20. — T he house C olum bia u n iv e rsity has poeitivley today refused to consider a resolution forbidden football in th e fu tu re . O th to ask th e secretary of th e in te rio r th e e r leading colleges are expected lo fo l resu lts of ex p erim en ts in ascertain in g th e m in e ra l v e in s of black san d . low th is lead. E n te rp rise —O tto B rothers have in stalled a chop m ill n ear here, a large rare affording power. The flouring m ill in E n te rp rise is frequently com pelled to close dow n, b a t th e chop m ill can be ra n a t any tim e. T he C alifo rn ia state m in eralo g ist has called th e a tte n tio n «>f g overnm ent au th o ritie s to g igantic land frande th a t sta te . He says he w ill place evidence in th e h an d s of tb e U nited S tates d is tr ic t atto rn e y th a t w ill involve m any of C alifo rn ia 's p ro m in en t people, an d be lieves th a t som ething m ust be crooked w ith th e general lan«i office. M A K IN G R E A D Y IN K L A M A T H . S ta te B o ard o f A g ric u ltu re Proposes M oving It to S alem . P resid en t Loubet, of F rance, refuses London, Dec. 2 2 .— A ccording to offi to again become a candidate and m any cial adviceB received h ere today from a re offering th e ir nam es to be proposed. S h an g h ai, it is believed th a t th e s itu a Ita lia n s and negroes engaged in a tio n , w hile m ost unsatisfacto ry , can be race rio t and several heads were broken controlled by th e w arsh ip s already on both sides before th e police restored th e re . T he only danger is th a t d is affection may spread to th e in te rio r. order. I t is th o u g h t th a t it w ill n o t be neces T he body of th e late A m erican consul sary to send troops, as th e C hinese gov general, J . H . Russel Parsons, w lil be e rn m e n t is tak in g p recau tio n s to pre b ro u g h t from Mexico C ity to th is coun vent an u p risin g . T he foreign office tr y for b u ria l. has disapproved th e action of th e B rit F ire destroyed th e Van Nuys B road ish assessor in confining C hinese wo way hotel, one of th e best in I-os An men prisoners in a foreign ja il. geles. Six firemen were in ju re d . The M illio n D o llars fo r D o w ry . loss is placed a t $200,000. San Francisco, Dec. 22. — A grand- U nited S tats D istrict A ttorney Baxter d a u g h te r of S enator W . A. C lark , of is to be su m m arily removed a t O m aha M ontana, was born th is m orn in g nt for connecting w ith illegal fencing of San Mateo, th e p a ren ts being M r. and public lands by cattlem en . M rs. C harles W . C lark , th e m o th e r A h a n d b ill is being circulate«) in St h aving been Miss C elia T ob in , of th is W hen informe<l of th e b irth of P etersb u rg th re a te n in g th e czar's life. c ity . th e baby, S enator C lark announced The C hino-Japanese treaty , relatin g S m e lte r fo r S t. Joh ns. th a t he w ouhl im m ed iately give th e to M anchurian affairs, has t>een signed. little g irl a dow ry of $1,000,000, fol P o rtla n d — An extensive sm elting T honsands in th e n o rth east provinces low ing th e exam ple set by h im self at p lan t w ill be estab lish ed at S t. Jo h n s of Jap an are said to be on tb e verge of th e b irth of his first g ran d c h ild . w ith in th e com ing year, an option on a sta rv atio n . prospective site for th e location of it M ay C o m p en sate Idaho. h aving been secure«!. N egotiations are Heavy snows in New Mexfoo have F u rth e r W ashington, Dec. 20.— As a resu lt of pending to close th e deal. blocked railw ay traffic and tra in sched a conference w ith G overnor Gocxling, th a n th a t th e p artie s who are n egotiat ules are badly dem oralized. th e presid en t and Gifford P m c h o tt w ill ing for th e p urchase of th e site and The Corean consul general to G reat probably advocate tb e passage of a b ill co n tem p latin g th e erection of a sm elter B ritain has tu rn ed over his affairs to p e rm ittin g Idaho to re lin q u ish to th e are P o rtlan d «-rpitalists. who are heavi tb e Japanese legation and re tire d . governm ent all school sections embrace«! ly in terested in Oregon and A laska Senor Don F elipe Pardo, b ro th er to in forest reserves and select in lieu a m in in g p roperties, n o th in g m ore defi th e president, of P eru , w ill represent com pact tract of equal area. In rase n ite ly coultl be learn ed . T he site de- th a t country as m in ister to th e U nited th e sta te w ishes for tim b e r lan d , M r. eiiietl upon is c e n tra lly located. S tates. G ooding asks th a t it may tak e a slice of N e w c o m e rs F ro m M inn eso ta. H erb ert H . D. Pierce, th in ! assist th e best tim b e r o u t of som e forest re- A lbany— T he vanguard of im m igrants a n t se«'retarv of state, has been selecterl by th e p resid en t as the first American from E astern an«l M iddle W estern states to L in n county has a rriv e d . If m in iste r to Norway. Abandon M a lh e u r P ro je c t. th e popluation increases at a com para W ashington, Dec. 20. — Secretary A passenger tra in on th e Illin o is tiv ely rap id ra te d u rin g th e m ore fav C en tral was wreckml near Holly Srpings, H itchcock tislay called on th e R eclam a o rab le season in th e sp rin g , th e county M iss., and one woman kills«! and six tio n service to show w hy th e M alheur w ill experience a rapi«l and su b sta n tia l irrig a tio n project should n o t lie a b a n o th e r , ersons in ju red . doned. I t is believe«! th a t th is is a p re grow th before a n o th er fall season has Jo h n N . Irw in , ex-governor of Idaho, lim in a ry step to be followe«! by th e rolle«! aro u n d . T his latest ad d itio n is is dead. He was form er m in iste r to w ith d raw al of engineers from th a t in th e form of th re e fam ilies from M innesota, aggregating P ortugal and also governor of A rizona. co u n try , leaving M alh eu r county to S h e lb n rn , tw en ty -fo u r people. p riv ate en te rp rise . H e died a t H ot S prings, A rkansas. T he B altic coast is lighte«! by b u rn ing m ansions. k Rebels Receive R einfo rcem en ts F ro m N e ig h b o rin g C ities. M ill at E n terp ris e. S t. P etersburg, Dec. 27.—T he b attle in Moscow is s till raging, th e victory being undecided. C onsiderable re in forcem ents for th e revolutionists have arriv ed from th e neighboring d istricts of Y aroslav, V lad im ir and Tam bov. The loyal troops of th e governm ent now in Moscow Dumber 8,000 cavalry and Cossacks, w hile tbe in fan try regim ents th e re incline tow ard th e revolutionists T he num ber of k illed and wounded in th e fighting th u s far exceeds 10,000. The a rtille ry and fires lighted by the rev o lu tio n ists have destroyed m any blocks of houses, and it is feared th a t Moscow w ill be involved in a conflagra tion before th e present struggle is over. M em bers of th e governm ent are re ported to believe, from inform ation w hich has reached th e m , th a t th e Mos cow affair is only a dem o n stratio n , and th a t th e decisive b a ttle w ith th e revolu tio n ists is to be fought in S t. P eters burg before m any d ay s. In th is city and its suburbs and on th e fro n tier of F in lan d are concealed large q u an tities of revolutionary arm s and a m m u n itio n . E ig h ty th ousand laborers are expected to m arch on th e c a p ital from N arva and R eval at th e ap p o in ted tim e. At present, how everr, th e city is com para tiv ely q u iet. E ncounters w ith strik e rs in th e su b urbs have lately caused th e death or in ju ry of several hundred v ictim s. The chief city surgeon, M. Rosen, says be exam ined th e w ounded and killed and found amoDg th em m any schoolboys and youDg g irls. T h is fact fu rth e r affords proof of th e c ru elty of th e Cos sacks. NO IN T E R V E N T IO N . C ivil W a r In Santo D om ingo N o A ffa ir o f U nited States. W ashington, Dec. 27.— For th e pres e n t th e re w ill not be any interference by th e U nited States in th e difficulty w hich has arisen in S anto Dom ingo. The tro u b le is regarded by th e S tate de p a rtm e n t officials as e n tirely an in te r nal one, and so long as outside in terests are n o t m enaced th is a ttitu d e of n o n in terv en tio n w ill be m ain tain ed . If, how ever, com litions should change m a terially and law less acts should be co m m itted against A m ericans and A m erican in terests, involving th e col lection of th e D om inican custom s by th is governm ent, or o th er violence should occur w hich, in th e opinion of th e officials here would m ake it proper for th is governm ent to interfere, th is step w ill be taken, and m easures ad o p t ed to q u ell th e tro u b le. T h is decision was reached by S tate d e p a rtm e n t officials d u rin g th e day and was confirm ed a t a conference a t th e w hite house late th is afternoon, in w hich tb e p resident and Secretaries T aft, R oot and B onaparte p articip ated . T he cab in e t officers rem ained in tbe w hite house u n til n early 6 o’clock. The g ath erin g , how ever, was not called specifically for th e purpose of discuss ing m atters bearing on th e develop m ents in Santo Domingo, b u t to talk over a num ber of q u estio n s w hich the p resid en t was anxious to dispose of p re lim in a ry to h is d e p a rtu re for an outing of several days in V irginia. S M IT H T O BE G O V E R N O R . W ill Soon Succeed W rig h t In pine Possessions. Ph ilip CAMPAIGN OPENED Senators Plan Attack on Taft to Aid Own Candidates. CRITICIZE HIS OFFICIAL RECORD O u tc ry About C anal S alaries Will Be F ollow ed by C ru s a d e Againat Philippine A d m in istration . Chicago, Dec. 26.— W alter W ellm an, in a disp atch from W ashington to th e R ecord-H erald, says in p a rt: “ ‘Taft is n ex t on o u r list. W e’re going after him as soon as congress re convenes next m o n th .’ “ So said a prom inent R epublican sen ato r. He added th a t it was th e in ten tio n of th e leaders of th e senate not only to continue th e ir criticism of P an am a m anagem ent, b u t to take up th e ad m in istra tio n of M r. T aft in th e P h il ippines and subject it to rigid sc ru tin y . The m eaning of th is and of th e w hole course of th e senate tow ard P resid en t Roosevelt an d h is associates in th e ex ecutive branch of th e governm ent is th a t th e p resid en tial gam e of 1908 has already opened. T here a re candidates for th e nex t R epublican nom ination in th e senate, p len ty of th e m , and th e y are already m aneuvering to bowl ont all asp ira n ts for th e n o m in atio n . “ Now comes th e th r e a t to 'm ak e i t w arm for T a tf.’ I t goes w ith o u t say ing th a t against th e secretary personal ly no one has any h arsh feeling. He is everyw here recognized as a m an of great ab ility , of ex trao rd in ary sin cerity and devotion to th e p u b lic in te re st. He is noted also as th e cheeriest, m ost refreshing, sw eetest c h a ra c te r in th e public servies a t th is tim e . As a m an, alm ost everyone loves h im . I t is im possible to tlo otherw ise. " B u t Taft th e m an, an d T aft th e probable nom inee of th e R epublicans for p resident in 1908 as a product and rep resen tativ e of th e Roosevelt ad m in istra tio n , are different, and th e schem ing, p lo ttin g , m aneuvering, intrigue- ing, senators w ould lik e to cut h is com b.” F IG H T T O D E A T H . Russian Rebels and T ro o p s C lash in S tre e ts of M o s c o w . O dessa, Dec. 26. — R ussian soldiery is unable to overthrow th e danntlesa sp irit of th e Moscow tow nspeople, and despite su p erio r arm s, enorm ouus a d vantages in m ilita ry tra in in g and a com plete supply of all w arlike a p p li ances, th e troops are h ard ly holding th e ir ow n. F ig h tin g is now going on in every section of th e city , and th e dead num ber h undreds— som e reports^ say tho u san d s— and th e end is not in sig h t. A te rrib le slau g h ter of rev o lu tio n aries took place d u rin g Sunday n ig h t an d early M onday, when th e te rro rists a t tem pted to cap tu re th e enorm ous am m u n itio n factories held by tfie soldiers. By o rd er of G eneral M istcbenko, th e fam ous Cossack ch ieftain , w ho is now in com m and of th e garrison, th e a r til lery was instructed to m ount rapid fire guns in every window and on th e roof so th a t they would com m and all ave nues of approach to th e storehouses. « The o rd er was given th a t these rapid firers should not be unm a-ked u n til th e people actu ally began breaking in to th e stru c tu re s. T he resu lt was th a t th e mob packed th e open stre e t in front when th e signal was given to fire. Im m ed iately , as one, all of th e wood en sh u tte rs fell back and w ith erin g vol leys poured into th e crow ds, w hile th e ’ guns on t i e roofs were tu rn e d on tn e crowd th a t had been u n ab le to get in to th e im m ediate v ic in ity . T he carnage was som ething aw ful, arcording to p ri vate advices received h ere. .-'T W ashington, Dec. 27. — D espite d e n ials and assurances recently credited to G overnor G eneral Luke E . W rig h t, th ere is no longer serious doubt of th e a d m in is tra tio n ’s purpose to m ake a change in th e head of th e P h ilip p in e governm ent. Jam es F. S m ith , form erly of San Francisco, now a m em ber of th e P h ilip p in e com m ission, is th e m an picked for th e succession* as governor g eneral. H is in sta lla tio n in th e poet is likely to be accom plished in th e not d is ta n t fu tu re. T here is high a u th o rity for th e sta te m ent th a t A m erican prestige in th e islands has waned seriously in th e last year. T he fact is h ard ly d isputed by $26.50 per to n . those fam iliar w ith conditions th e re . F ire in C oal M ine. B arley— Feed, $22@ 22.50 per to n : I t was recognized by m em bers of th e S pring V alley, 111., Dec. 26. — T he i brew ing, $22.50@ 23; ro lled ,$ 23@ 23.50. T aft p arty , som e of w hom have ex shaft b u ild in g of th e M arquette T h ird Rye— $1.50 per c en ta l. pressed grave concern ab o u t it. Vein Coal com pany, th ree m iles f r o * H ay — E astern Oregon tim o th y , here, was destroyed by fire today. TSe $ 1 4 .5 0 0 1 5 .5 0 per to n ; valley tim o th y , T o b ac c o G ro w e rs Appeal fo r A id. loss is estim ated at $250,000, and th e re $ 1 1 0 1 2 ; clover, $ 8 0 9 ; ch eat, $ 8 .5 0 0 H avana, Dec. 27. — At a m eeting to is no insurance. One h u n d red m ules 9 .5 0 ; grain hay, $8@ 9. F rn its — A pples, $ 1 0 1 .5 0 per box; day of th e senators and representatives were suffocated. The sh a ft is 85 years in congress from th e province of P in a r old, and had a capacity of over 1,000 pears, $ 1 .2 5 0 1 .6 0 per box. Vegetables — Beans, wax, 12c per del R io it was resolved to request tb e tons of coal per day. The 500 m iners pound cabbage, 1 0 1 l<c per pound; governm ent to aid th e p lan ters whose w ill be given work by th e S pring V a l T he sh aft wss cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 45 tobacco crops have been ruine«! by th e ley Coal com pany. C om m ittees were ap owned by th e late C harles D evlin, of 0 7 5 c per dozen; cucumbers, 60O60e recent ru in ’. per dozen; peppers, 6c per pound; pointed to w ait on th e heads of th e de Topeka. I t w ill be some tim e before pumpkins, Ji@ lc per pound; sprouts, p artm en ts of pub ic woks and ag ricu l work can lie resum ed. 7c per pound; euash, \ O lc per pound ; tu re to request them to push th e con B luejackets G uard Concessions, i s . turnips, 90cO$l per ssck, carrots, 65 stru ctio n of public works and in th e S hanghai, Dec. 26.— T he m ixed c o u tH F 0 7 5 c per sack; beets, 85cO$l per sack. provinces and otherw ise to provide em ploym ent for th e w orkers who are now was reopened S atu rd ay . T he G e rm a n * O nions— Oregon, $ 1 0 1 2 5 per sack. assessor and arm ed foreign guards were Potatoes— Fancy graded B urbanks, idl«'. present, b u t everything was n o rm al. 6 5 0 7 5 c per s a c k ; o rd in ary , 6 5 0 6 0 c per Big F actory Building Burns. All is q u ie t today, b u t b luejackets and sack; Merced sw eets, sacks, $1.90; New Y ork, Dec. 27.— Five alarm s, guards are still posted around th e for crates, $2.15. B u tter— Fancy cream ery, 2 7 \® 3 0 c sum m oning 32 fire com panies and the eign concessions. T here are rum ors of reserves from n in e police precincts, an o th er -iot to occur to n ig h t, hut all per pound. R eports Eggs— Oregon ran ch , 30c per doyen. were sent out to n ig h t for a blaze w hich precautions have been tak en . P o u ltry — A verage old hens, 10® 11c com pletely gutted th e six-story factory of Japanese com plicity in th e recent per pound; young roosters, 9c; springs, buildings, Nns. 102, 104, 106 W ooster tro u b le are generally considered w ith 1 0 0 1 1 c ; broilers, 1 2 0 1 3 c ; dress«*d street, en ta ilin g a dam age estim ated a t | out foundation. Five firem en snstaine«! chickens, 1 2 0 1 3 c ; tu rk ey s, live, 16 $300,000. No one was in th e @17c; tu rk ey s, dressed, choice, 1 7 0 slig h t in ju ries. D ow ie’s M exican Deal Fails. b u ild in g when th e fire started and its 2 lc ; »«■ese, live, 9O 10c: ducks, 15c. El Paso, T ex., Dec. 26.— M anuel 8cm e insurance Gonxaies. w ith whom A lexander Dow>^ H ops — Oregon, 1906, choit’e, 10O origin is unknow n. l l t , c ; p rim e, 8tv@ 9Vgc; m edium , 8c; was c a rried . was negotiating for th e purch ase I I « olds, 6 0 7 c . p lan tatio n s in T am aulipas for th e Z ro .—. Wool— E astern Oregon, average beet, C hina M akes D em ands colony, hue given o u t a lengthy state 1 6 0 2 1 c ; valley, 2 4 0 2 6 c ; ^m ohair, London, Dec. 27.— T he correspondent m ent in w hich he says Dowie w anted cLoice, 30c per pound. of th e M orning Poet a t Shanghai says long tim e paym ents and o th e r condi Beef — Dressed bulls, l® 2 c per th a t th e C hineee foreign office has in tions, w hich were rejected. pound; cows, 3 ® 4c; country steers, structed th e C hineee m in ister a t Lon 4 ® 4 v ,c . don to negotiate w ith th e B ritish gov M assacrein g T a rta rs . Vsal— Dreeeed, 3®9e per ponud. ern m en t regarding the m ixed court dis- London, Dec. 29 — A disp atch to tb e Mutton— Dreeeed, faney, 6®6<ge per put«, to dem and th e dism issal of th e Evening S tandard from C onstantinople pound; ordinary, 4® 6c; lambe, 7® B ritish am bassador, and to inaist on says th a t th e T urkish consul a t Batoum tb e p u n ish m en t of tb e police concerned reports th a t th e A rm enian* a re massa- ( Perk— Dreeeed. 9® 7c per pound in tb e recen t outbreak. creing T artar« s t tb s rata of 500 d a i ^ . / liv