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Hillsboro Independent frUmf a tack Wt HUXSaOSO OREGON NEWS OFTIIE WEEK h a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Riium of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Waak. SHOULD BE CITIZENS. DAMAGES BAY CITY ind Ruined Malls. Brown it at hhe point of , Senator death. Iiemocrata in the house oppose Moody's confirmation a supreme judge. Mexico liad a net surplu of 120,000,. (JOu for the year ending June 30, l!0o Three women are implicated in t lie Nt biaska kind fraud now on trial at Omalia. IU-preseiitative Kahn, of California. In very bitter against Jajianene iinmi gration. I Era ice ha expelled the pope' agents ami in otherwise pushing the war on the church. Kmkefeller ha offered $ 1 00,000 to ward minsionary work in Egypt ami the Soudan. Tlie Srwnish government in consider ing the queftion of placing an import duty on wheat. h-e block the "Soo" canal and there in a great fleet of vessels at each end waiting to get through. Koosevelt will drop Bristol if the senate refuses to con firm him a United State attorney for Oregon. The Russian minister of foreign affaire dec la rem it will not be necexMury to borrow money again in the near future. Commissioner Garfield say Federal license in the method which will con- t-ol the trust and corxrat ions in the future and in the only solution. Rcliigou strife in assured in France. M.iyor Schmits wants the time of his trial extended. Canada in alno having trouble w ith J.ijKinette coolie. The pope declarea nothing will top the struggle in France except victory for the church. President Makes a Strong Plaa for Porto Rican People. n''i Mind Blows Down Tents President Ii.evelt strongly aivnif granting citizenship to the tieople of Porto Rico, an4 recommend other re f, ,n,, I(a l.-iiim hv reviewing bin recnt tour of the inland and declare we liave cause to lie proud of our rep resentative there, adding: "It would be imnible to wish a more faithful, a more efficient and a more disinterested public service than that now being rendered in the Inland of Porto Rico by hose in control of the insular government." lie sjn-ak in term or nigh praise 01 the school and the devotion of the teacher, both native and American. OXE KILLED AND SCORE INJURED Temporary Structural Demolished. Schoolhousss and Dwellings Ur. roofed and Gooda Damaged. SHOWS BIQ DEFICIT. Postal Dapartm,,,, Ru, Behind IO, 6I8.99594 in Ysar. Washington, Iv,. n. The annual report of rVwtimuter General Cortelyoii show receipt. fr pt year were 1:,;52.7h:.U5i expenditure were 178,44n,7rt 81. The deficit i llO,516,905.iM. Th l..tinater general discusses the lerlcit but uvs i .v ii commed about that than about the efficiency of the department. attributes the PROBE HILL ROADS. IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Kn Fmnrisco. Dec. 11. The fiercest He compliment the insular police and gU)rm that thi city baa experienced in the Porto Rico regiment of infantry, recommending tliat the latter le made permanent. He comment on the rapid growth of sugar and toliacco culture, and nay the import and export last year were 145,000,000, against 18,- 000.000 in l'JOl. and 12.1.000,000 in IHOti, the bct year pi ior to American annexation. In conclusion be nay: "All the insular governments should be placed in one bureau, either in the department of War or the department of rotate. It in a mistake not so to ar range our handling of these inland at Washington a to be able to take ad vantage of the experience gained in one, when dealing with the problem tliat from time to timearine in another. "In conclusion, let me express my admiration for the work done by the congress when it enacted the law under which the island is now being adminis tered. After seeing the inland person ally, and after rive years' experience in connection with the administration, it is but fair to those who devised this law to say tliat it would be well nigh impossible to have devised any othei which in the actual working would have accomplished better result." NEW PLAN TO BUY SUPPLIES. John liarrett is almost certain to be chosen director of the bureau of Ameri can republics. Andrew Carnegie haa given .12,000 toward rebuilding the college recently burned at Kankakee, III. Mr. Storer say she i the one w ho brought Roosevelt to the front and he 0en everything be la to her, T.'inds around the Salton sink, Cal., w ill be flooded for a year a the result of the recent break in the dam. Keep Commission Proposes to Put It on Buiinsi Bails. Washington, Dec. 12. The commit tee on detnrtment methods, popularly known as the Keep commission, lias submitted to the president its report on the standardization and method of pur chase of department supplies. There port review at some length the present unbusinesslike and needlessly expen sive method of purchasing supplies, by which each of the several departments in Washington has it own standards of quality and makes its own purchases entirely independent of others. Briefly, the report is as follow: Pro vision is made by which the prepara tion of the schedules, advertising for proposals and making the contracts for the purchase of department supplies are placed in the hands of a board to be known as the general supply commit tee, such board to lie under the super vision and control of the secretary of commerce and lalior. The head of each department or independent bureau to niHnv vear sweot over San irancinco yesterday, causing the death of one man. injuring a score of other and do ing damage estimated at 1500,000. Section of ruined wall were leveled, temporary structures blown down, school and house unroofed, cellar and Ijanemerit flooded, streetcar service in terrupted for several hour and all ac tivity on the water front usctiie.i. Forecaster MeAdie, of the Weather bu reau, said tliat it was the severest storm experienced on thi part of the coast for 14 years. At 11:30 the wind reached a velocity of 52 miles an hour, while off the Heads it was blow ing tiO miles an hour. During the day 2.6" inches of rain fell. The storm alted in the after noon, but the rain is still continuing. Aside from the dead and injured and the pecuniary loss sustained by many, the worst sufferers were the inmate of the refugee camps, where misery and wretchedness reigned. Tenta were car ried away, flimsy temporary cabina blown down, w hile many of those which withstood the wind leaked badly. Hun dreds of refugees w ho were burned out in the big fire had their few belongings, saved from the disaster, or since acquir ed, utterly ruined or badly damaged. All streetcar traffic was suspended in the forenoon by manse of brick and steel which had fallen into the streets, carrying poles and w ires w ith them and the danger from the tottering walls swaying in the high wind. The obsta cles, however, were not as great as at first thought. Tuesday, Dec. II. Washington, Ive. 11. The questi. or fenator Keel Smoot right to a sent as United Hate etmtor from Ctuh was discussed by Senator Burrow the senate toilay for more than three hour. The senator had carefully pre pared hi speech, which received the closest attention throuihout hv a. larir i n . i . i ... . - . - r ianure im mow a profit to the growing aiien.iance or senators and crowded gal- public demand for increased postal fa- ,l'"el, occupied hi place in the ....... , iin-rni(Hiin were mane during the entire ieech, which was an arraignment of Mormonisin and the responsibility which attached to Smoot for Mormon principle a a member of the apostolic body in the church. cilities. The deficit i not charged to any one branch of the service. The remarkable efficiency of some department is commented upon, par ticularly of the rt glntry service. For half a century all causes of loss, in cluding burglary, theft and fire, have shown a loss of only three one-thou-nandths of 1 per cent. Mr. Cortelyou recommends that a deputy poet master general be apjnjinted, who shall relieve the burden boriiH t. the rstmanter general ami his fnr annintant. The department has 3:0,000 persons in its employ and it is recommended that the deputy's position be made permanent and that he shall be general manager of me posiai service. (J renter accuracy in rtatiMtics is recommended and Mr. Cor telyou ask that provision he made for expert statistician and accountants. The congestion of mail in New York City is Indicated and attention called to the new poetottice building, a site for which has been acquired at the pro posed terminal station of the Pennsyl vania railroad. FROM PRESIDENT'S VIEW. LAW IS WEAK. hard serve as a member. Tim Vr,t t,n. Young Teddy Roosevelt is having j constituted Is hereafter to purchase the worn these days being initiated department supplies heretofore acted I upon by the board of award. The com mittee, however, makes exceptions in the cane of the military and scientific departments of the government i . ... . uivt one or irarvard s secret societies. Nearly 5,000 employes of the Wash ington navy yard will receive an in crease In wages of 10 per cent Janu ary 1. President Roosevelt ha expressed the h"io that a treaty can be negotiated which will exclude Japanese coolies from the United States. There i little hope of ex-Senator Rrown, of Utah, surviving the wound inflicted with a tevolver in the hands o' a woman he had wronged. School teachers of San Francisco have formed a union. New York bank reserves are far be low the legal limit. Harriman plans to secure control of Chicago's electrical appliances. The St. Taul railroad has made ofB riul aunovmceuient of its route to the Tai ific coast. iVIlamy Storer ha written an angry letter to President Roosevelt about hi dismissal a ambassador to Austria. Many rich men of San Francisco are coming to the front with money to help Mayor SchmiU out of his trou bles. The attorney general of Texas has produced proof that Senator llailey was hired by the oil trust. M;iny of the losers in the San Fran clxco fire and earthquake are receiving their money and present indications are t hat 80 per cent of the losses will be pnid. The house committee on appropria tions haa given Roosevelt's simplified signing a slap by ordering all govern ment printing to be spelled according to Webster. The National River conirres has asked the and Harbor president to work with them to secure an annual ap propriation of ru,(i,(iim for the river and lmrlMrs of the United States. The president and all official that a'new treaty with Japan I considered. deny being Another small revolution haa broken out in Kcuador. Kx-Senator Rrown, of Utah, ha leen shot and seriously wounded at Washington by a woman he wronged and refused to marry. !r. lapponi, physician to the pope, Is dead. A house committee I considering a 'i which provides for a rate of 2 cent p r mile on all railways of the United States. Conditions are ling slowly im proved at Clifton, Arix., one of the town recently A.!,!. Searcher have just recovered six Isslies from the iniid. Secretary Metcalf promises a national Il.-ense to corporations. Opening of bids for Panama canal work has Iwn pottoned. Attorney Cteneral Moody's work minst the trusts have resulted in fine f.f over $400,000 Wing imposed and many cases are still pending. He sv the passage of a bill against immunity in needed. ' TWO EMPIRES STARVING. Claims of Chinese and Russian Fam ine Sufferers Conflict. Washington, Dec. 12. For the pre ent at least no governmental appeal will be made to the people of the Unit ed States for aid for the famine suffer er of China. This decision was reach- eel after the State department liad com muntcated with Louis Klopsch, of the Christian Herald, who rained $200,000 ior the Japanese sufferers, and who re gards the Russian famine as infinitely worse, 30,000,000 people or twice the numuer sunenng in China being affect ed. According to letters received by Mr. Klopsch, 40,000 square miles in China, supporting a population of 15,000,000, nave been flooded and so great is the destitution tliat many parents are drowning their children rather than ee them starve, and are themselves committing suicide. Companies are Badly Managed. .Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 12 Senator Rummell, the Socialist memW of the state senate Investigating committee which has !een probing life insurance condition in lseonsin, ha written a minority report, in which he declare mat extravagant salaries are paid, re "V employed, premiums are too high, policy holders are dinorimi nated against, and private management of the insurance business compares un favorably w ith national control of the same line ot business In foreign coun tries. ami tliat he immigration Japanese Veterans Coming. Honolulu, Dec. 12. MHnv Japanese lals.rers wearing war medals arrived here today, on the steamer Nipmn Mam. from Yokohoma. IiiU.r Com miss.oncr Sargent, who came here from Washington re,vntly. in connclior, with lals.r matter, said today that the plantations should par bet'tp, disapproved of Filipino tieneral II f Itia I 1 I 1 "'"J . T wa- a passenger on the Nippon Mam. He expressed himself as U-mg opposed to Japanese naturalization and immigration. Acknowledge Their Sins. New York, Deo. 12.Fin, mP(mt. ing $l.y ,0,M, were imp , t,Zr by Judge Holt in the United State. (,it oiirt upon the America Hngar ,ein. ing comjmny and the ItrOoklvn Conor aire o.n.panjr, after tie lefen.lanti through counsel had pl,dcd jtv indictments charging the a.vrptan.'-e of mmr '''ip"-'tn in vioIati..n of the Flkin anti-relwtlng n.-t. TIl" suirnr refining mmimnr was fi,v,j 000 "'"i the c.perage company $;o,fo! King of Cigarette Fiends. i itMii go, in.. 12.Juliiis p0-. Hammond, Ind., died las ecxesisve smoking of aai.l tliat he bad smoked rettes during hi lifetime sustenance for three mom diluted alcohol and cigan night oikiirettes. f0,000 Hi ' liad tea. T. of from He been Radical Change In Wisconsin's Insur ance Measure Likely. Madison, Wis., Dec. 11. Many far reaching reforms in the management of the life insurance business are recom mended in the report of the Wisconsin investigating committee to the legisla ture, which was filed with Governor Itavidson today. Its work was thor ough, and, unlike the 'Armstrong com mittee in New York, the report deals more particularly with the cost of in surance in general than it does with the manner of management of the invest- uicnin vr jeaiures or particular com pan led. The conclusion of the committee is that the present cost ot insurance is too high; that there should be a reduction m me premiums; that the expense cnargea or insurance managements are excessive and are apportioned uniustlv among different classes of policies; that there is discrimination in the .appor tionment or dividend between annual and deferred policies; that the com nan les make excessive charges for the sur render of policies and that unreasons.. ble forfeitures of the reserves are exact ed during the first three years; that the policies ami loan agreement of the companies are harsh. SEEKS SENATE APPROVAL. President starts Move to Stop Vil lainies In Congo State. Washington, Dec. 11. President Roosevelt's next role in the field of world politics will l as champion of reform in the Congo Free State. The l nited states is about to assume an ac tive part in putting a stop to the almost mcreoioie norrors practiced in this ter riioriai division of Darkest Africa by oiK uiuisi support to any world pow er signatory to the treaty of Berlin that desires to act. It is believed that Great Britain, being one of the powers signa tory io me treaty in question, ia about rrauy mj make a move. Gives Reasons for Dismissing Former Ambassador Storer. Washington, Dec. 11. President Roosevelt tonight made public a long letter addressed to Secretary Root, giv ing correspondence between the presi dent and ex-Ambassador Bellamy Stor er, in which he says that Mr. Storer's refusal to answer his letters and the publication of various private letters justified the ambassador's removal; that Mr. Storer's publication of private correspondence wan peculiarly ungentle manly and that he (the president) had stated w ith absolute clearness his poni tion, the reason why it was out of the question for him as president to try to get any arenbmhon made card nnl though expressing his admiration for Archbishop Ireland a well as leaders of other denomination. The president's action follows the publication of a "confidential pamph let" which Mr. Storer last week sent to the president, the cabinet and the sen ate and foreign relations committee. Washington. Dec. 11 This was neid U-y for oratory in the home. The executive, legislative and judicial ap propriation pin a Horded an opportuni tr for general debute covering a w ide range of subject, from a dissertation on Alfred Nohel, the founder of the No bel priae, to the raining of salaries of memiier of xingren and including discussion of simplified spelling. rsmteii, of Illinois, in fpeaking of the bestowal of the Nolel prize ujnm i resioeiu nooncveit, praised the presi dent's decision to use this money in es tablishing a fund for brinuinir about friendly understanding between capital- is is ami uioorer a "noble, humani turian and characterintic." (aines, of Tennessee, urged incerases of salaries for members of congress be ginning with the Sixty-first congress. Murdock, of Kansas, sjsike on railway man pay. The house at 5:05 adjourned until noon tomorrow, no action looking to me close or general debute on the bill having been taken. Monday, Dec. 10. Washington, Dec. 10. The senate committee on judiciary today author ized a favorable report on the nom ination of William II. Moody, the pre. ent attorney general, to be an associate justice of the Supreme court of the United States. A favorable report was ordered also state of prison-made good of other states. The sovereignity of the state was the subject of earncnt detate iu the house today, growing out of the consideration of a bill to establish a game preserve of nearly 71 N),(K) acre In the Olympla forest reserve In the state of W ashing- ton. The bill was passed without divi sion. Thursday, December 6. Washington, Ic. 6. The senate to- Empire Builder" Is Neat Candidate for Commission Griddle. Washington, Iec. 10. An investi gation of the fit-ration ami ii.an,,,... inent of the railroad controlled i- James J. Hill and ax -jutes, im ludii.'g the Northern Pacific. Great Noril,..,. ami Chicago, Burlington A Ouincv is contemplation by the lnterstat in vU.......-.iV ii.iimiissioii. .Mter certain preliminaries have been arrange.! u.i counsel lor the commission i.-...i . .. "t or the proposed lormai announcement inquiry will be made. A in the case of the prorxl i,,,-. ligation of the Southern Pacific hlu Union Pacific railroads of the Hnrri.,,-,. ms.. el... :. . t . . day adopted the Penrose resolution ask- lf . L.i ...... . '"r""" I J ' I " - fllllMBIIItll III Vlll tlll..!. of the interstate commerce law, but it ing the president for Information re garding the discharge of the negro troop or the TwentT-Dfth infantry. and aiso me roraker resolution direct Ing the secretary of War to transmit information on the same subject. Senator ileveridge introduced a bill today to amend the meat inspection act by requiring that the cost of Inspection shall lie paid by the packers. Another amendment requires that the date of insertion and packing or canning shall ue placed on each package, Washington, Dec. 64. The house by a vote of 110 to 104 t xl.iv defeated the bill of Littlefield of Maine remov ing discriminations against American sailing vessel in the coast in ir trade. Tl. A. .!. . I l t i . uwuiiuw miEi-u ior lour nour and a half and the result of the vote was a surprise to the friends of the measure, woo openiy cnargea Its defeat to the American federation of Labor, i m . . l. .... 1. I a iu i uiKieriaaen by virtim .f general inquisitorial power conferred ujon the commission by congress. The inquiry will he broad .i' prehensive, with a view to ascertain!,,,, ll of affairs r..,.r.li. .. the railroad's compliance with i. i.. temtate commerce act. A member of the commisni.in, in shaking of the pro posed inquiry, said: Although there ha lmen compliance with the decree of the Su preme court in dissolving the Nortl.r,. Securities company, yet there has Wn ... i, ,r , rariw UIVUM the united Mntein." ujkw Wednesday, December 5. Washington, Deo. 5. -The brief se.. ion of the senate todav result.! in tis introduction of many bills, resolutions, jtrmioiis and memorials, and the re. (.eiptora number of communications from the executive department. Sena tor roraker' insistence that iinmediHt.. action be taken on the pending resolu tions asking for information regarding nm uisciiarge or neirro au dmri of tl, Twenty-fifth infantry develojied discu. sion, but resulted in postponing attion until tomorrow. WOULD WELCOME CITIZENSHIP. Viscount Aokl fava J.n.n... a.. Eager for Naturalization. Washington, Dec. 10. Fav ornlila op tion by congress on the rm-omnn.l.ij..n of the president in hi last annual mes sage that an act be passed specifically providing for the naturalization of Jn- anese who come to the United States intending to become American ritit. will go far toward securing a ronti.,.,! ance of the traditional friendlv r..l. tions between this country and Japan is the opinion Jif Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambassador. Washington. Dec. 6. The day. awaiting the reoort rj )., Ur,,.,.. on the nomination of Charles J. Bona- rrtion bills, began its legislative grind by passing three measures: Incorporating the National German American alliance; authorizing the sec retary of the treasury to duplicate gold certificates in lieu of ones lost or de stroyed; and amending the national banning laws, permitting national linking aticiation8 to make loans on real estate as security and limtiing the amount or sucii loans. REDUCfcS FREIGHT RATES. ic Lovsels Basten Down. Los Angeles. Dec. 1 1 . Tl Vlvirffl to1nv from Y nniA t-i I .Attorn 1 Superintendent R. H. Ingram, of the Boiuiiern j-acinc, stated that the Colo rado river levee was comnletl iiun down and tliat the fl ponring uninterninteillv I "ink. The railrfAd ntririnU iw , - u mined upon no definite plan of action. It is likely that thev will 1 til til uillatnlM begin the building of a spur track along ...v mutirr ill m i,,n ana ...... i lung me rise in the sea from the riv II1UOW. er Castro on Deathbed. Fort lln frana. t..1. 1 a n. ii r-, . "...".que, -.-v. it. -i ne r rem ii ina. - ormandie, which toneho.1 t. , ra, Venezuela, Heremher Harrive.1 here v-u.y un.i reported that n view t i I.- -PPr-miyapprching end of presi dent (mini i;i,i ' r"o are u occur ssin. .rn varacas December 6 for the -.rrn part or the renub ic. tl,. . Z2, u"nary movement has oc curred. The Venezuelan insurgents, mmnnni U k r:.....i u . ' , :, 'v Jionuna, nave "i"u"" -"arquesito, capital of Lara. Labor Law for Oklahoma. U.uthrie, Okla.. Dec. 11. Tl- vention which will make the constitu tion for the new state of fikl..l,... i- angnrated it third w-k bv uni..,.. ly adopting its first or.l n'-c pt the enabling act. peter Iln. ny or the Unit.N M Ameri.a, 1Hlked after ll.r-. ... ' , .. r. nnni law, no. Biimina the lu general. and ordi boring man in M.k, South Sa Islands Good. "asliintrti.n Ti n . . R.ivi. i ii. i -resident K of Pr,,,"bit ,he -,e Prt. -n of firearm, opi,ltn or ,,;',:". mors ti, ii, U.....L . . . g iu eea island. PRESIDENT CASTRO ILLJ Chief Executive of Venezuela Removed to Saacoast Tm on a Bed. Fort de France, lartinique, Dec. 11. Reliable advices here from Venezuela set forth that President Castro was moved down to the little seacoast vil lage of Macuto, near La Guayra, last week. The'president is described as being very ill II made the trip from Caracas in a bed. When he arrived at Macuto, he appeawl to be absolutely unconscious. It a generally believed that he ha no chince of recovery. Violently wordwl rsisters have lieen circulated In Caracas declaring that no one is today dectived regarding the gravity of Presidwt Castro's illness, and Insisting that the exercise of the executive power bt assured through a vice president, which is provided for in the constitution. For a long time past the poster continued, only routine government matter. h.ve h.n' to, and Important questions are being hel in abeyance. General Parades, an ex-revolution-ists, now in exile. U nr.ni.!nn . .-: ous Insurrectlonar, movement, and de c ares that he will take the field, lie claims to hv m nnn -:i... 1.1. disrxxiition. "'"'vw U1B parte, tlie present secretarv of the avy, to lie attorney general, and Al ford W. Cooley to be assistant attorney gi-nerai. -Many otner nominations were reported favorably. I he nomination of Leffeus R. Wil fley to be judge of the Unitel States tircuit court for China was referred to a committee of Senators S rwMUior nn,l - . iMM-on, w no are members of the foreign relations committee. The nomination of George B. Cortel you to lie secretary of the Treasury and James R. Garfield to be secretary of the Interior, will be taken up tomor row at a special meeting of the senate committee on finance. The senate committee on commerce has Railway Charges Always Low Where Navigstion is Available. There are a few things they do let ter abroad," said Congressman Rans. dell in a recent speech on river and ..n- i ... i .! " w-i pouni mm win retxirt iavor- i.n-iw.r I.. ..,..........,. i : r. l,, ...l n..' .nu.r.eu 111 i on- ... uuiuiuauiiu ui vncnr niraus to lun.l o..,l a. ........ .!,... I.: . j be secretary of Commerce and Labor. freilrn wav nl himliin ..t.r. transport. Other nations, notably Germany, Holland and Kngland are ex pending annually upon canals and riv ers sums by the side ot which our ex- f Washington, Dec. 10 The house toIay began consideration of the legis lative, executive ami judicial appropri- attion bill. No effort was made to limit the time for general delate, the desire of the Republican leaders being to keep the bill before the house until adjournment for the Christmas holi days. Simplified spelling held the atten tion of the house for an hour or more, the paragraph in the bill fixing the or thographic standard as some recognized authority furnishing Clark, of Mis souri, Gillette, of Massachusetts, and Livingston, of Georgia, an opportunity to express themselves on the merits of 1 the president's order to the public printer relative to the modified spelling of 300 words in common use. Macon, of Arkansas, delivered a speech on "bucket shops," and in favor of his bill prohibiting gambling in agricultural commodities . The house at 3:05 adjourned until noon tomorrow. .Friday, December 7. Washington, Dec. 7. By a practi cally unanimous vote the house today penditures are but trifles. A study ol , loreign conditions develops a few in controvertible facts. Among these ! 1 . v nenever canam, rivers, lake am other waterways are properly devel oped, so that navigation is first class freights are cheap and there is no de mand for rate regulation. Thin d , mand comes entirely from communitie which nave no waterways. snowing tne comparative cost on railroad and water transport our own lake t radio is a good illustration. It cost IKta a ton to transport iron ore from Ashtabula to Pittsburg by rail, a din tance or j.io mile. it costs Mie er ton to carry the same ore by water from , Ihiluth to Ashtabula, a distance of 1, 1 0(0 miles. Imagine, you people of the Northwest, what the development of your own magnificent natural water ways would mean to every farmer, merchant and manufacturer. Each farmer would add to his profit seven- tenths of the sums now paid the rail . I- : . I l: : i i iin.iB iui voir fjarrviiiK til uin pcrum anu ur course," said Viscount Ar.ti day, "no nation like to see its subjects leave to take up a permanent sUkIu in a foreign land and lose all relation with me latiierland, but in , many case it cannot be helped." The ambassador expressed the belief that there were not so many Japanese in this country to take advantage of naturalization if it were granted, but he thought that such an onrsntnnitv should be afforded them aloiur with the citizens of other countries. He said he did not think it tirobahle that t,.-:o Japanese who were emigrating in large numlier to Hawaii and tlie Pacific coast would avail themselves of natur alization, because of the fact that they represented the jsnirer classes, and most of them ultimately returned to Japan. Viscount Aoki said he had every confidence in the outcome of the tent case which w ill be brought in the California couibj. FIX LUMBER PRICE. Ten Days' Time to Refund. Nashville, i Tptifi Ti,iii 11 telay sent telegr,mi to the Mutual Life and New Wk Life Insurance compan- g.yng them ten days in which to refund certain amounts of nolicv hol.L era money. Th i.....i ... has used several thmmaml dollar. s compensation and Mpenses for agents .elf"' U the administration tk ket. The New York Life officials are given ten .lay, in wMl.h to cm iu treasury money i - i circulating 800 a,lmini(tration ballots. Shlnamurs In Command. """HH, IS. . IV. 11 TI. ml er kagnMaru brn,li?lt, newi that Ad mira Hnnanmura will prolmbly com mand the Japan. fcinJmn. consist inu T rt a nr..; - i ' " "ers Matsushima, Itsuku- u, iiu in, , j.., i - t. .:n . . n, which win irnve --II next moMK ... Il1l., Kan Francisco and th. t... a ' xi vessels will 1 rrm,-...ii rf:..i- J -l 'IIIO .MS W II I -.,,..,. -omaguiciu ami "S'. K passed the bill limiting the regulation fruit; each merchant would effect a sav of Interstate commerce between the sev- ing in the cost of his merchandise and eral states In articles manufactured by each manufacturer in the cost of his raw- convict labor or In any prison or re- product. I believe, and we can demon formatory. The bill was introduced strate it by unassailable statistics, that by Hunt, of Missouri, a practical stone were the national government to refuse mason. Under the Wilson bill, which appropriations for rivers and harlsirs it became a law In J8HU, convict labor- would be the most profitable of invest made goods may enter Into active com- j nient for you of the Northwest to Ixrnd petition with the good manufactured your magnificent country for any sum. by "free labor" and under this FVderal however great, that your unparalleled law a state could not pass a law that ' natural waterway lie develojH-d to the would prevent the shipping Into the I highest point of elliciency." trw.4 a. iL.i t ,e T',n'ka, President of the "retajima i,.... . .u "company the fleet s' of M. hi Taso, Tex xlcn Mine. Tu . - re.ive.1 todav the sale of the . mn,non !' nd silver mini,,, n,,Ht, "'"T K.'. ' ntater,fmoa,nV,T. r 'n,U,e on pro, ncer i.. . ""'-. - York and Pari, . ' U"'n T1'1 ' " ,w pes. (S.I non J"y"'"s ,,,r ".ooo.ooo ' '""Uat.lll TI.- I) , i: nn nn,- i " ,. j up imnicuii- me most famous nti ho. i- i . 'he Antiguas eroun. Cairo, an.l l.i- - " ' 'ease, or cril- " ' " sss S Tkio, ,;;n,,f-1! sr-"-. fan-(small hsrW.TTl "7: ne Japanewt rmi. " . n . .....Ln ."""niitose were sunk "tnrninn from hile ph M the lioat were m. p- A nnrnbpr of were drowned. urneJ 'nJ 60 men Investigate Hill Lines in January. Washington, Dec. 12. Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce commission, said toilay that it had not lieen decided whete or when the inves tigation of the Hill lines vil 1 take place. It is known, however, that in quiries will be made) at St. Paul and Chicago, and it in proliable that Com missioner Prouty and lane will con duct them. It is not lielieved that the work will start much Is-fore January 15, after the Hnrriman investigations, in which the inquiries will be made prolwbly Peoemlier 2l or 27. t Edgar and Earl Both Fined. New York, Jc. 12. C. ( ion. line1 Edgar and F.dwin Karl, members of the firm of William Kdgar & Son, sugar dealer of Detroit, t.slay in the United State court pleaded guilty to accepting rebate on sugar shipment. They were fined $(1,000 each. Edwin and Earl were indicted in connection with the New York Central Railnwd com pany and the American Sugar Refining com jinny. The New York Central wun fined 1108.000 and the sugar company 1M, 000, after Wing convicted by jury trial. the ten Oil Ssy Elklns Law Is Desd. Chicago, m-c. 21. The fight of Standard Oil comiiony against the indictment against the Standard company of Indiana which were turned August 20, wa commenced day in the 1'nited State District court before Judge Jnli. The attorney for the Standard Oil comjiany contend that section 10 of the rate law passed by congress June 2!l repeal the Elkin law, under which the government Is bringing the action. Must Appear In St. Louis. St. Louis, Iec. 7. The clerk of the United States Circuit Court today re ceived notification from the United States marshal's office in New York that service had been ordered on John D. Rockefeller and others in the gov ernment suit against the Standard Oil company recently filed in St. Louis. In addition to Rockefeller, the following joint defendant with him were served: Henry II. Rogers, William Rockefeller, John D. Archbold, 11. M. Flagler and Oliver II. Payne. They will lie requir ed to enter an appearance here. Champions Interior Towns. Washington, D. C, Iec. 7. Senator Heyburn today proposed an amend ment to the railway rate law which will require railr.wd to give Boise, Spokane an.l other interior points the advantage of long haul rates. At pres ent these cities pay the rate from Chi cago to the Pacific coast, plu the l.n-al rate from the coast back to Boise or Spokane. Mr. Heyburn would compel the railroad to give interior jx,int the same rate a is paid on through ship ment to tlie coast. Senate May Invas.la-ata Manufaetur. ers Who Control Industry. Washington, Dec. 10. An investiira- tion of the lumber combine, as pro pped in the resolution introduced by Senator Kittredge, of South Dakota, will be productive of more good to the people, in the opinion of some Western senators, than any inquiry instituted in recent year. Mr. Kittredge haa collected considerable material, and, when it i presented to the senate in connection with detail Senator LaFol lette and other Western senators will bring out, a strong majority is expect ed in favor of the resolution. In many respect the "gentlemen's agreement" which controls the price of lumber i like that which wan alleged in the beef packing industry. There are several associations, such as the Hemlock association, the Pine associa tion and the Hardwood association, whose representatives meet once a month, discuss the cono.it ions and fix price. There are no records and no docu ments that would inciiminate, but through an agreement of "gentlemen" the output is regulated and prices fixed. Rat Plague in Manila. Washington, iVc. 10. Report have readied the War department that a few months ago great numbers of plague in fected rats were found in Manila, and ince then a large body of professional- rat catcher have lieen hard at work to protect the city f health. It was evi- ent that the plague of rats infected only two sections, and in isith of these listricts a thorough disinfection was at once undertaken. r.very house was systematically cleaned and all the hah- tual abiding places of the rodents were removed. Lesson to Free-Traders. London, IVc. 7. The Daily Mail comments thi morning upon the "Tale of American Prosperity" told in Secre tary of the Treasury Shaw's report. It says the striking fact alxmt thi due lling prosperity I that it prevails in a country which British fr.-e trader, 15 year ago, predicted would m mined by protection. The Iaily Mail regard Mr. Shaw's currency proposals a a bold statement, not feasible except for j the 1 00,UIU,OUU duties collected. East River Tunnel Bores Joined. New York, Iec. 10. Manhattan and Brooklyn Imrough were connected un- ier the East river today by the piercing f the last section which separated the ends of the north tnlie of the tunnel of the Brooklyn Rapiu Transit extension. The East river tunnel extends from the Buttery to Joralmon street, Brooklyn. It will form part of the Subway Rapid Transit system from Kings Bridge to Brooklyn. Fllecti ic cars of the Long Island railroad will alno run through the tunnel. At the polrit of connec tion the tunnel is 75 feet nnder water. No More Postal Franks. New York, IVc. 10. Clarence II . Mackav, president of the Postal Tele- grape & Cable company, stated toilay hat the Inmrd of dire, tors of that com pany liil pnssot tlie follow ing resolit- ion: Resolved, That owing to change.! conditions, it ha-lieen found necessary to stop all free transmission f message and this company w ill ab- solutelv discontinue it free list on and fter January 1, l!n7." There are many frank outstanding. Wealth From Montana Mines. Butte, Iv-c., 10. Montana produccl in the calendar year of 1005, copper, ilver, gold and lead to the value of "0,fi77,5H.1. Th.'se values came from ,000,000 tone of ore, and the airirre- gaet production was greater by 10,- 0Ho.7;io than the value of the output of 1004, which was approximately 10f- 000,000 than the year before.