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. THE INDEPENDENT. Csuetjf Official Paper. HILLS BORO OREGON. Washington, Nov. 19. With the ad ministration definitely committed to the DuiMing ol it ennui bv the 1 anunia route, and having brushed aside all im mediate consideration of Colombia a a (actor in that purpisic, the important question now controlling the president, Ocaeral Review of Important Happening I the cabinet anl the Kcpiihlican leaden. WEEK'S DOINGS MIUNT CACSB MONEY PINCM. Question About Paying Out the Price ol the Panama Canal. STRIKERSINRIOT ol the Pact Week la Brief an4 Coeapreboaalvo Form. Panama will not listen to the over ture of the peace commission from Bolivar. The flagship of the American fleet at Panama saluted the flag of the new re- public with 21 gun. The United r-tatea haa officially as sumed aovereignty over the naval ste tion at Guantanamo, Cuba. The German colonial society is to send s number of young men to this country to study cotton growing. The internal revenue collection for October of thin year were $3K1,1:5 greater than for the same month lust year. John M. Sinclair, of Hemstead, s Democrat, haa been elected to congress from Texas to succeed T. H. Its 11, re- Higned. 8tcp have been taken to end the Chicago street car strike. The indica tions are that both sides will agree to arbitration. Representative Kichardaon, of Ten nessee, has introduced a bill in the house putting all trjat made articles on the free list. ' The Western sugar refining company haa begun suit in the United State dis trict court at Ban Francisco to test the validity of the war tax. The cruiser Albany has been sent to Cere. Great Britain will send an expedition to make Thibet respect trade treaties. Pour men, while blasting stamp near Columbus, Ohio, were blown to pieces. Japanese are becoming bitter toward rest Britain on account of alleged un faithfulness in Manchuria. Prance has instructed her ambassador at Washinhgton to receive the minister frem the new Panama republic. Senator C. II. Dietrich, of Nebraska, has been indicted by the federal grand jury at Omaha for selling a postofflee. Ixird Kitchener, commander in chief of the British army, was thrown from hie horse in Simla and suxtained a broken leg. - .w f .....v.. ...... " i , dtuiw that 1 Km nenuiona ittjuieil ftnrinir OSe In congress are w net her tr.ey can pro ceed with the work under the Spooner amendment, adopted at the last session, or whether it w ill be necessary to enact new lcptHlation throughout. Senator Spooner was at the White House today, but would not say wheth er the question wus dMcussed. The most important question for the treasury is the expenditure of $50,000, 000 in cash that is authorized under the canal amendment. Can this amount be paid without unsettling financial conditions to some extent is a question being asked. The total available cash balance of the treasury department a few days ago was $223.144,3!t!, but of this vast suui $ 173,328,404 was in na tional bank depesitories throughout the country. That makes a total of about $.i0,000,000 in the treasury proier The amount will probably change favor of a larger cash balance by the time this country gets to the point End of Street Car Trouble Chicago Not in Sight. in BOTH SIDES CLAIM A LITTLE GAIN Police Force Is te Be Increased by Five Hundred Men and Screens Protect Orlpmea From Flying Missiles. PHOT EST IS FILED. of doing business and making canal pay menu, but it w ill not be above $60. 000,000 at the outside unless the trans action is long delayed. Traditions declare that there should always be in the treasury department proper 150,000,000 with which to meet possible emergencies. It is admitted however, that the amount could safely be f reduced to 40,000,000 or less Of the amount w ith national bank de positories ami carried as, at liability to the treasury, there is a large sum to the credit of disbursing officers. This could be reduced and the treasury could probably use for the canal pay menu $30,000,000 out of the funds now in hand. But this would leave $20,000,000 to come from the deposits with the national hanks. How serious. ly the withdrawal of this sum would disturb the financial and commercial interests of the country is now being carefully considered. TO BREAK LAND RING. Heuey docs to Confer With, Knox and Hyde la Stricken silent. Hun Francisco, Nov. 19. Attorney Francis J. Heuey will leave for Wash ington tomorrow to confer with United States Attorney Gencrnf Knox on the land frauds. The investigation will be extended to this city, where it is assert ed that the conspiracy had its fountain head in breaking into the big steal in the Southern Oregon lund deals. The men intereated in that business leen at work covering uu their the first four months of the present tin-! racs since Jir. neuey was appointed fl th. ..,... ,.f I lfial prosecutor against those frauds. last year by 25 per cent. The pension I f n "-frvn to the disclosure in the Uun. la.t v.., w. th i.r.w in io i land frauds which are bringing the yfmn ; crooked deals so prominently before I the public eye, Hvde, the land lawyer rwij .m wi. uniiu " , i !ii)w silent. 1 lie man w ho was so era injured in a railway collision near i hasty to rush into print with his state s' eniwooo, , ments when conjectures and inniien- Rockefeller, Hill and Gould have se- j doe" wer fl)'inK through the arr is not cared control of the steel trust aa a part I talking 'or publication now. When he ef a big railroad scheme. . . airily took the public into his confi- , . , ' denr-e to tell them all he wanted to tell BnUi.iide of the Chicago street car , th,.n, BOOt t,lpe ,,, d(,a,M lhe ma. .-Uik. art Willing to arbitrate, but will jchinery of the law had not been set in not make-the 'first advance. motion. Tne''atloriat W. C. T. U. has stun- T9 fondto navry on the agiution for j " . aREAtDUS OF MINERS. ; ousting Senator Srooot, of Utah. I - : rii tu - , . , ! Trouble Is Feared at Hastings, and thplomati Gave not confirmed the Mof. rwpBti.. Sent. ' movement of Colombian .troops on I sn- , ' , am and. there is little fear of invas- Trinidad, Colo., '.Not. 19. Another jon- i large shipment of. niftier; left here to- " " . '- night for the diTltinntViwl fields of the The president has asked advice from : south and middle-wen. , A large crowd ,tue heads of departments on' preparing! was at the station Vi bid them gssl-bye, that part of his message dealing with and the demonstration when the train land reform. ! pulled out was deafening. ' 1 " 'The reoort reuehml hen thut ?l tn,ti hijd resumol work at HastiiiK tislay, out tins proved to le untrue. A man from that camp arrived in Trinidad to night, and states that not a man is working there. Hastings is a Victor Fuel camp and trouble is feared there. Five extra deputies were sent out to- t night to join a large number of guards aireaiiy.at iiBHtingn. During the fiscal year which closed " June SO there were 3,553 person killed, Te Become Judge at Once, and 45.9W7 Injured in railroad wrecks, I Honolulu, Nov. 19. The commis , against 2,819 killed and 39,800 injured ,ion appointing Governor Dole United the year before. states district judge reached here to- The thirtieth national convention of ht- "e ,"k" ,he ',h m, tae JT..C. T. U. ia in session atCincin- ' Chlef Ju",u tbe terri- " Mtj tonal supreme ciwrt, ami assume his .' " . .. ' ! seat on the b.-nch iinmeiliately. Secre- v . The. Oreat Northern railway haa ee tary Carter ha not yet received his rwred a loaa of $7,290,000 for improve- I commission a governor, but by virtue Chicago, Nov. 18. Encouraged by the encoeesful operation of a regular service on the Wentworth avenue line today, the manageent of the ,,; Chicago City railway announced tonight that an effort would be made made tomorrow to resume traffic on the Cottage Grove avenue cable line. The intention is to start train early in the morning, and unless too much opposition is met with the service willsbe gradually extended later in the day. Five hundred policemen; will be added tomorrow to the number already detailed to guard the property of the company. .This additional force will be assigned to the Cottage Grove area ue line, and the cars will be run under the same protection a those on Went worth avenue. Screens have been Colombia Hold That America Violated Existing Treaties. London, Nov. 18. The Columbian authorities have cabled to London a long protest against the United States' action toward Panama, in which they allege the "main responsibility for the secession of Panama lies with the United States government, firstly, by fomenting the separatist spirit, of which there seems to be clear evidence; secondly, by hastily acknowledging the independence of the revolted province; and, finally, by preventing the Colom bian government from using proper means to repress the rebellion." The cable message goes on to say that President Marroquin has energetically protested to tbe United States, NEW LAND LAW Senator Hansbrough Wants Na tion to Hold Title Forever. SELL TIMBER TO HIGHEST BIDDEt Urges Appeal of Twe Acts Containing Timber and Stone Also Want Hi. form Ik Llea Selections, Washington, Nov. 13. Senator Hansbrough introduced a Mil io the senate, which by implication, repeat the timber and atone act. under which aQ( land is now acquired at $3.50 an acre wishes that hi protest should be known throughout the civilized world. The president contends that the United States baa infringed article 35 of the treaty of 1846, which, he asserts, im- regardless of Its real value. The meas ure Is intended to cure defecta In ei istlng law, atop apecualtion in public timber lands and put an end to the I rrauas wnico recently nave grown in to a national acandal. It was refer- plie the duty on the part of the United , to tne Dubllc ,,,, Ct .... . L. . . 1 f ' . . 1 . , . 1 . ; .. t H..i.(.ininfl1 . . """"" " or wnicu tno autoor is chairman her sovereignty over tbe isthmus, and adds that the "Colombian government repudiates the assumption that they have barred the way to carrying out the canal. If Senator Hanshrough a measure becomes a law, all the timber land on the public domain will be withdrawn from entry, and the government will enter upon the policy of disposing of He asserts that since 1835 thev have ! It timber at It market value. One granted canal privileges to different i provision i in ine dui prom mi me en- gripmvn, arid the train will be run at a high rate' of speed in an effort to pre vent crowd from blocking the track. Although considerable interference marked the oeration of the Went worth avenue branch today, still a five minute service was maintained through out the day, and an attempt will be made tomorrow to install a closer schedule. Iiiots were frequent .all along the line, but the police charged on the crowds with such quickness and force that but one serious blockade was met with. When the last of ' the 25 cur that had been in tbe service reach ed the barn at 4 :30 o'clock tonight, it was decided to suspend further traffic until tomorrow morning. people no less than nine times. claims that the the late General Hurlburt, when he 1 nil ,ry OI ' lanns nnuer me notne- I sieati or oiu isnu taws, in i argued : by Sesntor Hansbrough that in leav- llr. h. I. H. l.rf i. . was minister si nogoia, juiy is, f'o, ,ent. reformation will take place and has been ignored at Washington. the sale of timber will be a aource of After giving the previously stated large revenue, reason for the Colombian senate' fail-' The second section of the bill ure to approve the Hay-Herran treaty, amend the lieu land section so as to and asserting that the delay in negotia-1 Provide when a aettler whose entry tions bad not affected the ultimate issue i fJI within a foreat reserve, select of the canal nrniect. the nrntnot of Pre., another piece of land in lieu of his Udent Marroquin points out that Colom-1 c'11Bl"1 'ntrjr It must be more valu- biahad "constantly endeavored to act ,7t ' u' -"- ior in a friendly manner with the United i' I"dtr thC "'"'j" . . ' . . ... . '. many of the entrymen who find state, even asking for the assistance ,hem(M,,veB withln a forest reserve of the American marine to insure free I nit snH dimm. nf h. - land, and later go outside of the re- transit across the isthmus," say! the rising occurred when the government was not prepared, having withdrawn most of its troops when peace was re- Tbe inquiry of the state board of ar- t established last year, and concludes: bitration asking that the diflicultv be "The hastiness in recognizing the settled by arbitration, it was announced new government, which sprung up un tonight, would be replied to tomorrow I der the circumstances, is all the more by 8. R. Bliss, counsel for the company. The communication, it is said, will agree to arbitration of the wage ques tion only, and will entirely ignore the demands of the men that the recog nition of the union also be submitted to the board. A the latter clauxe in the demand of the men has been the stumbling block all along to a peacea ble settlement of the trouble, it is said Increase la Output Much Oreater Than' srrve and file a homestead on other timber land. The third section of the bill amends the act of March 11. 1901. and requires all proofs of commuted home stead and desert land entires to be made before registers and receiver In liu.dl 1 .. 1 A! W 1 I surprising to the Colombian govern-' 1" "rt ' proposes .i. ii . . mendment to existing law is recom- ment a. they recollect the energetic j meBded by the commissioner of t opposition of Washington to the ack-igenerB Iand oflI(.e who , h lMt nowledginent of the belligerency of the report. Bays: "The privilege gained Confederate by the power during the ily the act have been greatly abused Civil war." particularly by United States ram- misloner. who have often been par- CAIN SUOAR OAINS. j tie to wholesale fraud in connection with proofs made before them." there is little chance, for the present at least, of a conciliatory adjustment of the controversy. Keports to the effect that union men I were going over to the company and Beet Prod ik t. AID TO 1905 FAIR. Washington, Nov. 18. The depart- i ment of agriculture, in it official crop report for November, announces that 1 the indications are that the world ha I Mitchell Introduces Bill Asking for St.. 125,000 Appropriation. . ..." h"uWl-r 1 ; PtZ ! M, eU K ,uced,3bl.SSs be faih.x)ds. j - Ti .7.: .:. t. a, . a. .oon . h. r'.."""- iwut .itu w nJ v ill V tltj J "ISI 1 IfUJ't UAIH IUT WaiCTTl at 10,425,800 tons of 2240 pounds each, ne ,nas written, he will make a full inciuuing t,i.,nuu ions oi cane sugar . " i"i'"-b oi ine dui BARB STAMPS STRAY AWAY. Poctofflc Department Seek te Leaking Place. .i a ou'i noo .. t . - .. e open senate . savs as to cane sugar: . I nrJj! EiZZS?? ,,,kod to appr- Fl" ',. .u . . 1 Prlate $2,125,000 to a d in the celehra. : ' Xri.JZ1-. .! ,... t'" ?f exploration of 'the Oregon Washin.gon, Nov. 18The postofti.-e ' c .T000 no TZ, "" .3-J'L.i"" . Merrlwether department . presHing the investiga- 4,000,000 U,n. quantitatively the I and Clark expoeltlon wVll be heM In tion of published allegation that rare greatest increase ever made in auv five- Portland. Or., commenclne; Mat 1 postage stamps have illegally found year period in the history of this in- 905-and ending November 1 1905 or their way from tho department to',lntrv Moreover ii.o ;,- : beKinnlna- a month i.. j The United itntes has tenderer! "war-: . ship to the Colombian agent and Pan' a ma so they Can hold peace con ferene'es if they so desire. ' A caucus of Democratic memlers of i congress has decided to (npport the Cuban reciprocity bill, but will try to have some amendments made. ment of the ayatem. Representative Jones, of Washing tea, haa introdneed a bill dividing the late into two judicial districts. Dispatches f mm Bogota aay Colom bia will never recognize tbe republic of Panama and wilt fight to the last. i Tbe Oregon delegation in congress haa aksed Roosevelt for his aid ia se curing tlie 1906 fair appropriation. Andrew H. Green, one of New York' oldest and most remarkable citisen, ha been (hot by a negro, who i be lieved to be insane.- ' of hi office ot secretary he will act governor in the interim. Tbe grand jury will resume its investigation of the scandal connected with the last legislature. stamp simulators. Postollice Inflpector Foaues, ex-direc tor general of post of Cuba and fourth asaintant postmaster general Bristow'a I'hief assixtant in the postal investiga tion, and Inspector Williams are in charge of the stamp investigation. They have not only gone through the records of the department, but have ex amined a number of person in the de partment and in the bureau of engrav ing and printing, which prints the stamps, and have questioned philatel ists, including a prominent dealer in thi city, with a view to ascertaining the identity cf persons who have sold stamp to the dealer in those article. It ha been the practice of the office for a number of years to distribute a nan century tne ratio ot increase in the world' production of cane sugar has exceeded that of sugar made from . beets, the percentage of increase in the ; " earner. ir these dates should be designated by the legislative as sembly of Oregon. . k"",1:, Ml,cnp1 ald. in refe-ence tt titA hill a a. a t . . former product for the five vears lein 7.V "'" ln" "Position would .K-a,. .. I...... " iT"5'"5 1 le -"PPort of ; ,"regon through The four years from 1900-01 to ; $'.00,000 and a r 1903-04, inclusive, were each in its I tren of Oreson of f 4&n .inn vuiu inuiu-uiTuiux years ior ine pro-i ' ""r me diii gave notice of his In- uiii-iion oi sugar, i ne previous nigh i ,r",n mase a few .crop (3,530,000 ton) was that I , nection with the the state of an appropriation of contribution by the clt- The au- record remarks in measure before of JW4-B5, the crop made just before pr to the committee on mount which the outbreak of the revoluton in the , ,n7"""ai . "Positions. Cuba inciuuei in the am " ffovernman. I . . . most important prcsiucer- "The high-record crop in the history i of the World's iieet sugar production was that of 1902-03. Since that date ! l"ilnZT,M '"k "LkPd to PPCopriate !j:?.?2.,or !h". b""llng of a menu ne used the is .1 k..n . ' " meniori- art. onJ , U8'", for 'it'rature. rll And l(onna J .... there has b.:i a d.-cline in prrsfuetion of the Ore,on coimtrv The nresM in F,uioih. amountimr in If tr. . is siven .! . ' .' " """enr among department official and other 1,000 ,000 tons, but the present year's 'ommissioner to be desiFnR.H I.Vl wummtw ouipm sun snows a consiiier- "uonai iewig and Clark com able increase over that of five years "'"'on. two members of which wilt ' ' ; "nJ"n'-tion with a like number The renort savs that aimut Kll m.p lu.. ..t . t. . . .. . i. . i . i . .... . lorw uimw uii ouuu meir rent oi tne cane suirar of the morl.l i. wav into the nanus ot tne dealers. prominent person sperimen tauis. distinctly marked, so. as to prevent their use as postage, as an official cour tesy, and it is known that a large ntim- Plea for Statehood. Washington, Nov. 18. Governor lirodie, of Arizona, in hi annual re port to the secretary of the interior, urges that the interior department aid in securing the passage of an enabling act for the admission of Arizona to statehood. He states, however, that the people of the territory woo!f rath er forogo statehood than accomplish it by union with any other state or pert now annually piodu.'ed in tropical and of arh itra f,1 Falr' a" borrt semi-tropical islan.ls. rtifferen, ! Z "1J",t mtters of .Tn" "'tween the national com. New Lien Land Bill. I Washington, Nov. 18. In line with i hi belief, as repeatedly exoreseed in I mission and the company. Mining Stations for West. W B K In hi annual reports, while commissioner '..- M.J, " T '3 R,PrnU- of the general land office, Congressman , , ' oamo uakota. today . . . . . . . i inLrnniirui 1. 1 1 , . ..... nermann nil inironiicM a htn ' iiii earaniinhinw i I amend the lieu land exchange law by I ln" lP""fment Rtation in each mini. : .1 : . 1 . L . ... a - . pruTiuiug nii wnaiever lands Wllhln r "ra territory In oreni n-nrrTaiiona are reunquisneo to onjeci Delnr la r state or pert i the Kimrnmml snH h.r ...n rlasalfv "'7e and of any other state or territory. The ..Zt .hli l.,l. ..v- al nmi,.. .lCT""a other miner the west, ft analyie and Jack Leaden' Creed. Jack Limdon, i a practicing believer in tiard work. "Work," he told a re rent interviewer, "will carry a man anywhere. The four great things are good health, work, a philosophy of life ami sincerity. With these vmt mav cleave to greatness and sit amon? gianta." Mr. London's new novel. "The Sea-Wolf," will bgin in the Jan- nsrv Centnrv. total population of Ariaona mated at 155,000. wealth aggregate $4.1,088,041 Big French Wheat Cren. Washington. Nov. J8 The depart ment of agriculture has been advised that the U03 wheat crop of France, according to an estimate of the French ministry of agriculture, i 3rt5,fl00,5l4 huxhela. harvested from 18,151,967 acres. These figure represent the larg est rrop and the mallest area of any crop harvested ia France, within the last tea years. " .'. I esti- ehanee therefor, the Ufwt. I-..-! I when presents.! h. --- . " T totl .KI' "i. . ' , . . " nwn. - " una mme- " . . i mas ne oi approximately the same ' srations will character and the same value a the i ,," loglt at lonH. r.liiuini.i.jMl 11,. . I ana Opentag ef Wlju, Pekin, Nov. 18.. The demand of the United States government for the open ing of Wiju has been received here with surprise. The British and Japan ese ministers at Seoul on October 17 asked for th opening of Yongampho. The foreign minister-consented, subject to the approval ot the emperor, which II withheld. be In I thouaand Mlmtm" - me ewabllahment of each .tatlon. Cuban Treety Fee Otve Up. shington, Nov. 13 -8peaker Can wa asurde tnH h. . ."Ton of theu;P itlon to Cuban reciprocity n the list -sgre. that there would fi- i?e 3 tne hmP0"t,0,n "non republican, jo the bill carrying Into effect the C... reciprocity treaty. non ban
