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MLINGTOBE GOOO Railroads Hold (tot Olive Branch to Commerce Commission. ALL BIG ROADS OF ONE HIND -Death Knell to Illegal Practices Will B Sounded at St. Paul Meet ing Within Few Days. Chicago, Dec. 23. The railroad in terests of the entire country have decid ed to hold out the olive branch to the government and join handa with the Interstate Commerce commission to se cure a rigid enforcement of law. To thia end two moves have been begun, one embracing all the railroads east o' 'Chicago and rt. Louis, and the other taking in all railroads west of the same points. The Eastern movement was began several weeaa ago, and the commission bus been asked to meet a committee uf railway men in a conference regarding the situation in the Knot. The West ern movement is of more recent date and J. C. Btubbs, traffic mnager of the Harriman lines, is in charge of it. Yesterday Mr. Btubbs wired the Inter state Commerce commission asking for an early conference between that body and a committee representing every Western railroad, to discuss plans for a Joint effort to prevent further violations -of the lawi governing transportation. It is expected a date will be set before the close of the year, and the conference is likely to take place in St. Paul next Friday, when the commission has a bearing in that city. The railroads insist they are in earn--est and that, if the commission is in sympathy with the move, it means the death knell of the freight rebate, the secret rate or "midnight tariff" of pref erential rates, of arrangements with in dustrial railroads, of the payment of unlawful commissions, and, in short, the end of everything which comes within the purview of the interstate commerce act or the Elkins amend ment. 1 ALL RAILROAD BIDS REJECTED. Government Will Again Offer Con cessions in Philippines. Washington, Dec. 23 All the bids for concesiionary contracts or grants for the construction of railroads in the Philippine islands, recently submitted to the bureau of insular affairs, were today rejected because of the departures from the terms of the circular calling for proposals. Secretary Taft, after a number of conferences with Governor Wright and Mr. Forbes, of the Philip pine commission, and Colonel Edwards, chief of the insular bureau, today de cided to re-advertise the proposals, and January 20, at 10 a. m , has been fixed as the date for the opening of new bids. The terms will be modified in some particulars. Where bidders propose to construct the road without guarantee they , will be limited in their bids only by the terms of the Philippine government railroads acts of 1902 and 1903. But where bidders wish to take advantage o! a guarantee of a certain interest on their investment, they can vary from the original invitation to bid only in point of time or on the cost of construc tion per mile as affected by contractors' profits. ALL RUSSIA PARALYZED. Cmniri Tied Ud by General Strike and Food la Scarce. St. Petersburg, Dec. 23. With the strike in force throughout the entire muire. conditions are again becomng more and more alarming. While it is .rtain that the strike leaders are ab- nlntolv niioosed to violence, it begins to look as though they would be unable to control the forces. Famine is the one thing to be leared, inasmuch as the supplies of iood within the city have i,vi1v drawn unon during the last 30 days, and now that all the out I the foodHtuffs is at an end prices are beginning to advance and the common people must cerunmj .u.... French Ship on Voyage. Paris, Dec. 23. A cruiser detached (mm the French squadron at Saigon, French Indo-China, is now proceeding to Shanghai. The officials here say u:. i. mMmn of precaution, as no French interests have as yet been dis turbed. The recent aisiuroance. ...I in thm international concession. which is separated from the French concession. An official dispatch from r,.,m ivkin today says an imperial -is.. l...r ismied. following energetic protests on the part of foreign minis ters, promises to end the trouble. Carneaie Gives $5,000,000 Mors. New York, Dec. 23. It was announc veaterdav. says the ii i.i il,. t the "Carnegie founda lanmof 110.000,000 given by Andrew Carnegie to provide relief Ini i- t.nVixra and professors In nnt varsities, colleges and technical -hools, t. tn be forthwith Increase.! ny me u dition of $5,000,000. At th , same time the restrictions which prohibited .i.i i lu.!n7 extended to members V 1U I uim Is of ths faculties of sectarian and state aided institutions are to do reu., the statement decisreu. i . Wheat Turns In Moscow. Moscow, Dec. 23. - Ths town is in ..knees and the theater, and clubs da are I i Tli mitlUTe til municipality work. Fifty have aoantionnu turn thousand factory hands Ti troops are connneu to the banacks and every possible pre caution for eventualities ha. been c. .i.ik.ra' ncketa ars all W"n.u anadini or threaten r;:rth who'.r. strike for freedom. T.m to Suppress Revert rw 2.1. The St. Petersburg 1 -i th- Petit Psrisien. in 7k- Twernment is preparing to sup- press the revolt along ths BaltU CZAR IS WARNED. Revolutionises Will Not Bo Responsi ble for His Safety. St. retersburg, Dec. 25. There is a persistent rumor in circulation here, a well known revolutionary Is ler be ing the authority, that the caar has bum warned to leave Russia. Thia communication was sent to the ruler in three different ways in order to guar antee its reaching him. The caar was notified that the limit of patience had been reached and that he had ceased to be ruler of Russia, save in name onl-r. The caar was advised, for his own saks as well ss for his family's, to leave the country at once. The communication is also said to have stated: "We io not want to harm any mem ber of the imperial family, but we will not be responsible for their safety in the present critical time." It is stated on high authority that one copy of the warning was taken to the czar's private apartments at Tsar-koe-Selo a few days ago. The tear is heavily guarded in the palace, which is surrounded by a form idable array of troops, while dozens of maxims and large supplied of ammuni tion are stored away. Few of the otli- ciala have access to the csar. MOSCOW REDS RAISE SIEGE. Escape From Mssting Hall by Break ing Through Railings. Moscow, Dec. 25. The 12,000 per sons who were besieged in the Aqua rium since last night forced the rail- ngs surrounding the building at 9 o'clock this morning and escaped through an adjacent schoolhouse. A were wounded in their attempts to eacspe the military cordon. Seventy of those attending the meet ing were arrested, but they were subse quently released. A few revolvers were seized and many daggers and re volvers were left behind in the garden surrounding the schoolhouse. Demonstrations of the strikers were continued all day, but in every esse they were dispersed by Cossacks and dragoons. Several persons were in ured, but no one was killed. During the day wholesale arrests were made. Ail business has been stopped, sev eral of the bakery shops have been plundered. The strikers are nsing the strongest measures to enforce the complete cessa tion of business, but notwithstanding these measures the postal operations continue. At a meeting of bankers today it was decided to open the banks tomorrow. BLAZE ON CROWDED rERRY. Thousand Passsngsrs Nearly Jump Into Hudson In Terror. New York, Dec. 25 While the Del aware. Lackawanna western ierry boat Montclair was crowded Irom end to end on a trip tonight from the foot of Christopher street to lloboken, fire burst out beneath the midst or wie inner row of seats in the men's cabin on the starboard side. So sudden was the outbi rst of flames that those sit ting on the seats had narrow escapes from burning. The shouts of fire sent the passengers in a rush to the open ends of the boat, men almost pushing one another into the water. The panic spread to the women's cabin, which was also crowd ed, there being 1,000 parsengers on the boat. The Montc'air was in midstream. As auickly as they could make their wav to the fire extinguishers, the deck hands took them down and played on the fire, which quickly became only a s mm lire of stifling smoke. The boat was driven toll speed, wttn whistle shrieking, to the lloboken alin. The passengers rushed ashore and the fire depsrtmeut put out what remained of the blaze. It Is supposed that a smouldering cigar stub com in ii n icated fire to rubbish and started the blaze. Canada Qjaranffnes American Hog. Ottawa. Dec. 25. An order in coun cil has been pained providing that "all swine imported must be accompanied by a certificate signed by veterinarian of the United States buresu of Animal Industry, stating that neither swine nlairue nor hog cholera lias existed within a radius ot nve nines oi me premises in which they have been kept for a period of six months immediately nrM-edina the date oi shipment, out such swine shall nevertheless be in spected, and shall be subject to a quar antine of 30 days." Honor for Choata. , Washington, Dec. 25. The Pot to morrow will say : Joseph II. t-noate who recently was succeeded at the Conrt of St. James as United States ambassa lor by Whitelaw Reid, in all likelihoo 1 will lie named by President Roosevelt as chairman of the American delega tion to the second Hague pesce confer ence. mis selection viriuany urvm ed on by the president. It s under tnod that he desired that ex-President Cleveland should bead the delegation, but Mr. Cleveland expressed a disin clination to undertake the work. Hevburn Loaded for Bear, Washington, Dec. 25. When the senate reconvenes after the holidays, Senator Hey burn intends to make a speech on bis torest reserve bills. He will air his difference with ths presi dent and Gifford Pinchot, and nrge curtailment of the president's power to create reserves. His bill has not been reported. A severe arraignment of the administration is expected. The sen ator will also speak in advocacy of his national board of corporations bill. Traffic of Soo Canal, fault Ste. Marie, Mich., Dec 25. The government report places the total freight tonnage of the Soo canal for th year at 44,270, 80 tons, an Increase over last year of 40 per cent. Martial Law for Poland. Warsaw, Dec. 25. A proclamation of ths governor general was gaaetted here today, establishing martial law in all the 10 so vera men ts of Russian Pol and and appointing ten temporary mil itary governors general. Tke Bars LaalarK. Lanterns are undoubtedly the safest things to nse In the barn, and tf they are hung properly and protected as Indicated here there will be tittle or uo danger from Are. Take a piece of Inch board and from It cut a circle twelve Inches in diameter; then buy a piece of galvanized wire netting fifteen Inch- us wide and four reet long, men a piece of bright new tin eighteen Inches square, a book with a flat end, ao It can be screwed to the wall. Then build shelf fifteen Inches wide and twen ty Inches long. Null the shelf In a convenient location In the barn, then on the wall back of the shelf nail the piece of tin which acts as a reflector as well as protects the wall. Fasten the book on the wall above the tin. Then make a cylinder by nail ing the wire to the edge of the circular OOOD BAR LANTERN. piece of board, lacing the ends of the wire together with stout twine. Set this on the shelf and slip the lantern Inside of It, hanging the bale of the lantern on the hook. The wire cylin der protects the lantern yet does not shut off much light, and by having the hook curved there will be little danger of the lantern fulling, even under quite a bard blow. The lllustrutloi shows all of ths details for constructing this arrangement. Indlamtpolls News. Bayla Mlied Feeds. Why any feeder of farm atock should buy mixed grains Is more than one can understand, unless he Is too lazy to do the mixing himself. Time was when screenings were Just what was claimed for them, the smaller grains which dropped through the sieves when screening whs done for the first grade of grains. Now screen ings are quite likely to be the sweep ings from the mill floors and contain anything from nails to tobacco quids. Any of the grains used for feeding stock of any kind can be bought with out mixture and one can tell by exam ination If they be reasonably pure. They cost some more than tne mixed feeds, to be sure, but they are cheap est In the end, for less has to tie red. Of all the bud mixed feeds the ground feeds are the worst, for It Is practical ly Impossible to know what Is In the mixture, that Is, for the ordinary oD- . 1 server to ascertain, iu ieeumg poul try it has been demonstrated time and again that it pnya to pay 25 per cent more for the grains by themselves than to feed the mixtures bought in that form. FlaUhlns Oil Coops. One of the economics In the poultry business Is to have coops which may be used for any desired purpose with out making It necessary to In any way subdivide the main poultry house Coops for sick fowls, coops for the roosters, coops for the broody hen and coops to finish off the birds which are to go to market later. One of the best designs for the latter purpose can be built on the sunny side of the barn or A COOP Ar.x. the poultry house proper, thua aavlng the expense for lumber. This coop la three feet In width, end any length de aired, but fleured so that the lumber will not cut to waste. Hake the frame of roitxh lumber, nl a any odd and end one may have around the place; cover roof anil sides and ends with furred paper. For ventilation, a six-Inch space Is left the entire length of the house at the lower end and this Is covered with wire net ting. For further ventilation holes are bored in one end at the high side near the top. At the lower part of the hnn.se under the ventilating space the boards are arranged so that the one nearest the groinyd Is hinged to the one above it for ease in cleaning me coop. The door In one end Is made of ny sire desired, although the smaller the better, twenty Inches square being a good slxe. Exchsnge. Paaltrr . It Is pretty hard to feed the hen too much If the food la of the rlgli sort Improper feeding does more harm than excessive feeding. Some people keep hens at a profl of 60 cents or less per year. Others get ss high a proflt ss 13 per hen. It Is partly a difference In the hens, but It la much more a difference In the man or woman behind the ben. Very large slxs Is not desirable In sny variety of fowla. According to the new Standard, when "two birds srs squat In other respects, the one nearer ths weight called for will bare ths preference, and not the besvler bird. as formerly. Of course, this nils Is against under slse as much as against ever slaw Havs too tried the dry feeding sys tem, now practiced by moat of the well known poultrymen of the couu try? Eggs sre the basis of ths poultry in dustry. Egg fsrmlng is the most prof itable braucn of poultry culture. But In order to get eggs ws bars to keep hens ss a sort of necessary Incumber- a nee. rr Bark Wire Cat. When a horse has been Injured on wire the first thing to do la stop ths flow of blood; this may as s rule be done by bandaging It up tight It may also frequently be best to apply powdered arum or common saleratua, both of which will generally be found effective. In a few houra. consider able swelling will set In; this should be reduced either by applying cold wa ter frequently, or, what la really bet ter, applying pure kerosene oil, not only to the wound, but also to the swollen parts. No bandage should be kept on where kerosene Is used, ss It will then cause the hair to fall off tem porarily, and as soon as It Is safe to do ao, the sore should be carefully washed with soft water and castlle soap. This ought to be repeated dally until the sore heals. One of the best healing medicines for horseflesh that I have ever used can be put up at any drug store, aa follows: One-half pint of alcohol; one-half ptnt of spirits of turpentine; 1 ounce of pure glycerine; mix all together In a large bottle and shake well before using. Apply only with a feather at morning and night. The sore should never be bandaged. Ry dally washing It will In this wsy heal up very rapidly. I can person ally testify to the effectiveness of this simple remedy, as we hare made use of It In numerous cases, with the best results, where every other remedy we tried failed to heal up the aore on the horse. Agricultural Epltomlat. Practical Uale Faateaar. A swing gate Is somewhat of a nui sance, unless It Is arranged with a fastener that will act as desired. The idea Illustrated Is a simple one, as will be seen. Take a strip of one by four material and cut It of convenient length, as shown at figure 1. It must, however, be long enough to extend be yond the cross bar I and the upright piece at Figure 2, both of which pieces are double that is, one on either side of the gate. Two Iron pieces (b) are bolted to the boards 1 and 4, as shown, The fastener works in this manner: To unfasten, pull the board 1 to the left, which raises the end opposite 1 on account of the placing of b, and when 1 Vt-" U T SWl.NO oatk fasten kr. released drops toward 1 and Anally rests on the board marked 3. A close study of the Illustration will show how simple the plan Is. and how readily It may be put In operation on any swing lug gate, provided always the gate is properly hung and works smoothly. Indianapolis News. Cat Boat and Aaliaal Food. Just the day the fowls sre brought Into the house and confined to the ruu of a small yard they begin to pine for animal food which they had In abund ance on the range. It Is this lack that Is at the bottom of the egg falling oft rather than any other cause, as 111 be discovered. If one will take the trouble to look Into the matter. It must be understood, however, that anl mal food does not mean anything In the shape of meat one can get. There are plenty of meat scrapes on the market that are good enough for fer tiliser, but decidedly not of value for feeding poultry. If one can arrange with the local butcher to supply what mat Is wanted for the fowls he will bare no trouble provided he buys meat that Is not tainted and does tint lay In a supply too In rue. Jrecn bone an swers the same purpose to some ex tent, but It Is hard to grind anil must bi ground fresh to be of value. With a small supply of animal food, green lone and green food of some kind one oiul.t to have a good production of egps throughout the winter, following liny plan of feeding that has a reason able amount of variety. Seed I'ol.to.i, Every one knows that when seed potatoes are allowed to sprout and the sprouts are broken off, as they often are when the potatoes are kept In a dark cellar, the tuber Is perceptibly weakened, the yield lessened and the ripening retarded. The best way to keep seed potatoes Is In cold storage. It Is Important that the temperature should never fall below 35 degree, nor should It rise much above 40 de grees. In a press circular sent out by the Whlo station It Is advised that the seed potatoes should be shoveled over frequently, as this prevents sprout ing to a certain extent where cold storage Is not available. Hunters are reminded, however, that under certain conditions this sprouting process msy be used to advance the early ripening of the crop. If the tubers sre placed stem end down In single layers In shsllow trsrs In a slight and moder ately warm room, they will send out short, stubby green sprouts, which will remain In that condition for weeks, and tf the potatoes are then planted without breaking the sprouts, they will start Immediately. Haw Warnlk KmihihIiVi FhI Temperature has a great effect on fattening animals. Where farm stock sre kept In cold houses It becomes necessary to Increase the quantity of food In order to maintain the warmth of the body. In many cases pig feed ers pay little attention to this matter, snd rather than go to ths expense of providing warm atys for ths sccommo datlon of their snlmsls In winter they often adopt the ultimately more ex pensive plan of flTC additional food to keep Bp the Dermal beat of ths bodr. Titttr $ $ $ $ A CHILD quickly ? of the above often takes a lifetime to appreciate their value. You can greatly assist the child in learning the worth of the dollar. How ? Hy having him open a savings account with this hank, and by encouraging him to add to it. A single dollar Is sulllcient to start an account. Smaller deposits may follow. Savings department opens January 1, 1005. J. W. SHUTE, BANKER. T. P. GOODIN, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER I am prepared to furnish plans and estimates on any kind of a build ing in Washington County. 'Phone 28x4, or address R. F. D. I. Going East? Listen : When you reach Ogden you can go aboard a through Standard, or Tourist Pullman, running via Rock Island System by way of the Scenic Route through Colorado, thence to Kansas City, St. Louis or Chicago. Rock Island Tourist sleepers seem "like home " in their completely comfortable and rest ful atmosphere. They are as neat as wax, are manned by Pullman conductors and porters and in addition to this, they are in charge of a Rock Island excursion manager. The Rock Island has three Eastern gateways Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis. Direct connection in Union Stations at all three, for all important points in Eastern and Southern states. Send for our folder "Across the Continent in a Tourist Sleeping Car," and ask all the questions you like. THE XXTH ) 402 N or i Stores at 9 $ grasps the lnoimfnt; characters. Hut -it Ta P. GOODIN, Hillsboro. Or. a. h. Mcdonald, Oeneral Agent, Rock Island System, 140 Third Street, Portland, Ore. CENTURY SEWING ft "i q The highest type of FAMILY SEWING MACHINE -the embodiment of SIMPLICITY and UTILITY the ACME of CONVENIENCE, q ABSOLUTELY THE LIGHTEST - RUNNING LOCK-STITCH SEWING MACHINE, tj It only needs a mere touch of the treadle to start the machine. The use of ball-bearings, the superior design , and mechanical excellence of construction throughout, all combine to make its continuous operation a pleasure it runs so smoothly. f q The new BOBBIN EJECTOR is a marvel of ingenuity. . No more annoyance no trouble. A simple pressure of the finger on ejector instantly LIFTS THE BOBBIN within easy reach. J Of its many valuable and unique features, The AUTO MATIC TENSION RELEASER commands notice. It is a veritable boon. Raising the presser-foot automatically releases the thread tension and allows the work to be FREELY WITHDRAWN no breaking of needles pos sible. Depressing it instantly restores correct tension. 3 The ATTACHMENTS furnished with this machine are so conveniently arranged in the center locking drawer A SEPARATE PLACE FOR EACH as to be easily accessible. There is a full set, comprising the latest and best designs. Washington Street, - hat : t out luornsuu 402 Williams Avenue, " Main Street, Oregon City, Oregon. Farmers Feed Stable Our new food shetl, lo cated on main r-tivct oi posite Hcnson's Machino Shop, is now open for business. Wo assure you that every accomodation possible will be done for our patrons; with prices aa follows. Saddle horse, ac, Kigs 10c. Lackey & Payoc. 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GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE HERE'S A BARGAIN. Nine Room Cottage, Good Barn and 3 Acres of Land for Sale. A nine-room cottars oiot-e In, incluJ intf buth atul whmIi rooms. The Iiodhb lias three pnrchfs, stone pillars unuVr it, good wood Iiouho, saw-iliiHt limit, fruit bouse, kikhI Imrn with wagon and bunT sheds, (grain bins, haymow and room lor (our homes, together with two and oiK'-liitlfarrt ot I it ml witlilis Ihii Ithx-ka of the linnlnean pnrt ot the ell'. Clear title given. 1'rico f 2.000, one half down, balance in con venient payments. Call on or addreas this olliie. R. F. D. Envelopes. H. F. 1). envelopes printed at The In deendent ollice at 75e er 100. Kvery patron of these routes thotild havs a supply with the address and nunilier of box printed thereon. For Sale Xesrly new Wboeler A Wil son No. 9 sewing machine, tine I very little and is good in everv resiect as new. Reason for selling : Winli to buy a cabinet machine of the same muke Inquire at this oll'ice. Grocery for Sole. Having other business intcret-ts which I wixh to engage in, I have for sale my store in lIlllnlK.ro. J. A. MF.SSIXUF.K. First c1hs line of Hoys and Men's heavy work shoes. Wil. stand all kinds of wear and tear. J. C. lireer. A Fearful Fate. It is a fearful fate to have to endure the terriiile torture 01 riles, "i can truthfully say," writes Harry Colson, of . MiiMoiivllle, lit., "that for Itlind, ltleed ing, Itching and l'rotucling Piles, Duck leu 's Arnica Salve, is the liest cure niHde." Also best for cuts, bums ami I injuries. LTic at all druggists. MACHINEJl Have You Tried It? Portland,