Hillsboro Independent
rOLLSaOftO OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Id a Condensed Form for Oa
Busy Readers.
A Ruum of the Las Important but
Not Lees Interesting Events
of the Past Waak.
Many ItiiMrtian reds are Is-ing arrested
King OMiir is in a very critical
(lit ion.
Piskcfcller ha given 3,(XKi,tNKi to
the ( limit.' o university.
The death lint in the Terra Cottu
wreck is increased to 6.'I.
(iovernor-elect Warner, o( Michigan
in too ill to lie Inaugurated.
lcuiirouits will Blurt a cauqiaign
g;iinst reci iriMitl demurrage.
The negro soldier question is likely
to cuuse much discussion in congress.
Hearst has renewed the eonstest for
the New York inayorultzy against Mo
Clellan.
The Interstate Coinmerce com in I.-js ion
i preparing a sensational report on
rail roil. I wrecks.
Fire anions New York tenements
I'l a great panic anil It in bclievel
a:, least three lives were lout.
Statistics show that there wire the
mine mimher of legal hangings in this
country during 1!K1 us in 1115.
An Illinois coal e,ininy has curried
a suit to tha 1'nited States Federal
court in an attempt to obtain ears.
Firemen on the Ilarriman lines have
(riven an ultimatum and all will no out
iiuleHS their demands are complied
with.
(ireat Britain wants Gongo annexed
by lUllglUlll.
Itusinesa throughout the United
Platen for 11)00 broke all former records.
Wholesale fraud haa been discovered
in the iiianageinent of an Alabama rail
road.
Ifciwieites dnounce Voliva, the gen
eral overseer of Zion City, as being the
devil.
One person was killed and many in
jured by a runaway electric car at Cincinnati.
A San Francis"o Japanese paper ad
vrsMtea the assassi nation of President
Kn.isevelt ami the mikado.
F.very bluo luw remaining on the
Ht.it ute hooks of Massachusetts is being
enforced by the lloston jMilice Commis
sion. Fivo tramps were killed In a freight
wreck on the S. P. near Truckee, Cal.
The jiorio expresses a desire for mar
tyrdom in the cause of the church and
urges French clergy to resist the state.
The Columbia Jetty is almost, cet
tain to get $1,000,000 from the present
congress and the Celilo canal $-'00,000
rash and authority for as much more
The Itussian government has sup
pressed (ieneral Kuropatkin's Ixxik on
the recent war with Jiiiin.
The governor of Akmolinsk province,
KiiHsia, lias been assussinuted.
Kastcrn college professors say they
11 nd the majority of athletes do not
st inly enough.
Another niurdre by a negro soldier at
J'.l Keno, Okla., bus stirred up the citi
tens of that town.
The Iowa State Teachers' convention
adopted resolutions favoring simplifica
tion of Knglish sjHdling.
All nations represented at the Algo
cinis convnetion regarding Morocan re
forms have ratified the treaty.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
ARMS SHIPPED TO CUBA.
Secretly Smuggled and Troop Ara
Now Searching for Them.
Havana. Jan. 2. A statement is
made here tliat several thousand ritlc
and machine guns represented to have
been landed in Pinar del Kio province
and hidden in the wood near Manel,
have lieen as secretly taken away. The
revnt movement of tnsips and Isilice,
which was considi-red mysterious in the
light of Governor Magism s statement
that there was no fi-ar of an uprising
in Cu!i, is explained by this announce
ment, as it is known that the move
ment was in the nature of a search for
these arms. The j-sibility of a clash
between Culmns and American troops
is considered remote, as their relations
are good. The natives, However, are
plotting Biii nst one another.
Just who is reonsihle for the ship
ment of the arms into Cuba is not
known. One theory is that the arms
were purchased by the former lilieral
liinta in New York and slnpiied too
late to lie used in t lie last movement.
It is feared that the arms are now in
the J h--ms ii m of the negroes in the
province. There are indications that
it is going to lie difficult to repress dis
order by the growing bands of negns,
who are burning com lields and tolmcco
burns, robbing estates and stealing
cattle.
FAVORS RAISING SALARIES.
Senate Committea May Restore tha
Amendment Rejected by Houae.
Washington, Jan. 2. The subcom
mittee of the senate committee on ap
propriations, which, for the lust week,
has lieen considering the legislative.
xecutive and judicial appropriation
bill, has considered the question of in
creasing the salaries of senators and
reiiesentatives, and now it seems prob
able that the sub committee w ill recom
mend an advance of fio in-r cent on con
gressional salaries. The subcommittee
is practically unanimous in the opin
ion that such an increase, should lie
made, but there is a general feeling
that the house should have inserted the
provision.
It also looks as if the committee
would recommend that the provisions
for increasing the salaries of the vice
president, sK-nker and cabinet off'uvrs
hould lie eliminated unless a corre-
sismding increase is secured for senators
and members of the house.
Many members of the committee
think the senate should lie given an op
portunity to imss on the subject, and
ill advocate the incorporation of an
amendment in the bill bv the commit
tee covering the entire subject.
OFFER HIGHER PAY
Secretary Hitchcock Proposes
Plan to Keep Employes.
GOVERNMENT SALARIES TOO LOW
Score of Postal Clerk Resign and
Efficiency of Service Will
Ba Jeopardized.
Washington, IHe. 31. Failure at
this time to increase materially the
compensation of jswtotlice employes,
thus keeping puce with the advuncing
wages in other lines of employment,
w ill seriously jeopardize the eliiciency
of the service. This statement was
taken from the annual report of First
Assistant Postmaster General Hitch
cock, made public today. The need of
new legislation to make the'postal ser
vice tinder the circumstances more at
tractive in order to retain present em
ployes and as an incentive for good men
to enter the service is t rented exten
sively by Mr. Hitchcock, who present a
plan for the consideration of congress.
Kesignntions from the service have
increased at. an alarming rate and the
standard of men going into the service
has greatly deteriorated in the last 11s-
cal year. Mr. Hitchcisk's reisirt
shows that in the first and second class
offices th.tre were approximately 20,000
clerks in the grades ranging from $000
tol, 000 and of these clerks 2,340 or
ulsmt 12.3 per cent resigned during
the year. Of 23,000 letter carries at
tached to these ollices, (101 or ubout
2.6 per cent voluntarily left the service.
Mr. Hitchcock recommends establish
ing for both cleks and carries six grades
of compensation, the annual salary to
be lOUO for the initial grade, S00 for
the second grade and for the four suc
ceeding grades !K)0, $1,000, 1,100
and $1,200 respectively, and providing
for the advancement of clerks and car
riers in first class ollices from $t!00 ini
tial grade to $800 after one year's ser
vice, to $000 after two years' service,
to $1,000 after three years' service and
for the advancement of clerks and car
riers in second class ollices to $800 af
ter one year's service and to $000 after
two years' service.
FOQ CAUSES WHECK.
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FEAR INSURRECTION
New Elections la Cobb Hay Not
Settle Troubles.
While tin,, r.. a- rule escape'
winter weutUr luU ,uff,red "
year to an alm, 1 c?recede'ited degree.
a i V ..!.!. f ri till
uniifht from
w torin growing
mewstorms wmu
VW still continue.
LJ bv violent gale
m. ituriiis
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in some
l,a ulted in a serious
railroad a.--id, ,i jr ArU.rath, N'ol-
land, in wiiirh L W pfn ere
killed or Bufft-r. -1 snoia injury.
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luuinwii traifV- t"e noim b
1 11 V JiOt IS m-i'-i-
jm. Large iowuo
llee and I'erth are
wuu ami esijecu,
ing coin)
like V
"ipletely tie
'diliburghl I
almost iii..t.i I tu telewiapbic ser-
viiw-ri uh. .i: 1 .1 .ml would be
iiinorLMIl su "
completely useU s but fur the extension
in recent yt1tr of the underground
wires. The sn.,.tnnu continue win;
eipml severity in Northern Wales and
in Ireland.
RAILROAD IS NOT LIABLE.
Iomestic Fruits Apples, common to
choice, own 7Se per box; choice to
fancy, $l(ii2.50; ears, $l(n l .60; cran
lierries, $ll.f(K"12 per barrel; jier
ttimmons, $ I .AO jx-r Isn.
Vegetables Turnis, 90c(n$l per
sack; carrots, 90n $1 per sack; leetH,
$1 .2"('iNil .fit) per sack ; horseradish, 9(i
10c rer Jsnind; sweet potatoes, 2j(i
2 4C per pound ; cabbage, l,,4(Wl2c js-r
jsnind; cauliflower, $1.2.r) per doxen;
celery, $3.7.V 4.2ft per crate; lettuce,
bend, 30c per dozen ; onions, 10(12c
ht iloxenj liell peppers, 8c; pump
kins, .c per pound; sipiasn, I'o ja'r
pound.
Onions -Tficf-i $1 per hundred.
1'otatoes Oregon Hurlianks, fancj',
IK'i l.2.i; Common, iHOt 85c.
Wheat Huh, (l-r(.i c; bluestem,
tiSe; valley, 6(V; ril, 3o.
Oats No. 1 white, $2.")(ii 2(l; gray,
f 2 4. f()(m2ft.
Harley Feel, $21 .Mfi22 per ton ;
lirewing, $22.f0; rolleil, $23(Lr-24.
Hye $1.41X1.45 rsr cwt.
lorn hole, $10; cracked, $27 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, No. 1, $1.W.14 per
ton; Kastern Oregon, timothy, $14W16;
clover, $Hi.ft0; cheat, $7. 6(-8.50;
grain hay, $7.fi(H-f 8.60; alfalfa, $11.50;
vetch hay, $( 8.60.
Hutter Fancy creamery, 32ei-3.V
Untter Fat First grade cream, 33c
per pound; second gnvle cream, 2c less
jht pound.
F.ggs Oregon ranch, 3(X?.32c per
d fen.
1'oultry Average old hens, l.U?14e
per pound; m ixe.1 chickens, 12f-13cj
spring, 14tl,V; old roosters, IH-t-lOc;
iltcsscd chickens, 14 ( IV: tnrkevs.
live, 17c-tl8c; turkeys, dresse.1, choice,
2ix . 22c; givse, live, 12(130; ducks,
I.V.. lc.
Veal IVessed, Syi Sl,c per pound.
U-ef Pressed bulls, 1 (. 2c per
p-mnd; cows, 4(-.V; country stt'm,
6( i i,c.
Mutton Irssel, fancy, 8(-i fc per
und; ordinary, Vi 7c.
I'ork IVscd, (Vi-8c pr pound.
Ilnpw lK-i 14c per pound, according
to quality.
V,i Fiistcrn Oregim aversge liest,
l.lr.i 18c pr pound, accoriling to shrink
age; valley, 2tV23c, ai-corling to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 2tl(j 28c. ,
Employer' Liability Act Declared Con
trary to Conatitution.
I)insville, Jan. 2. Judge Walter
vans, in the federal court today, de
clared the employers' liability uct tin
constitutional. The decision was given
in the case of the administratrix of X
0. llrooks vs. the .Southern I'aciflc rail
way, and is believed to lie the first
handed down in connection with this
act.
The alleged cause of action occurred
in Kansas. The husband of the plain
tiff was killed in a railroad accident
and suit was brought under this act for
$25,000 damages ami an amount suffi
cient to cover the cost of exenses inci
dent to death. The court holds that
the act in effect would regulate com
merce within the state as well as inter
siaie commerce anil is tiiqrcrore uncon
stitutional. The demurrer of the
Southern Pacific railroad to action for
duuuiges is sustained.
Livestock Convention Called.
ienver, Jan. z. a call lias lieen is
sued to all live atock associations, live
stock producers and inemliers to ajtend
the tenth annual convention of the
American National Livestock associa
tion, to lie held at the Ilroadway the
ater, Denver, January 22 and 23, 1007
.Many lmisirtant questions are to le
considered, among them inferior rail
road service, from which shippers have
sufTered so disastrously and for which
the association has already taken vigor
ous steps to relieve. The subjects of
forest reserve and grazing lands are
also to le considered.
Ask Protectorate for Cuba.
Havana, Jan. 2. It is reported that
petition for an American protectorate
is ready to Is sent to Washington from
Hemedios, the wealthiest district in
Culm, signed by 200 native Culians.
Another petition from Cienfuegos is
soon to follow, signed by several bun.
dred property owners. In other parts
or the island, it is stated, similar pe-
titions are in course of preparation. A
wecKiy newspaper advocating a pro
tectorate, as a means of settling the
Cuban situation, will probably lie is
sued.
Thirty-five Killed and Many Injured In
Suburb of Washington.
Washington, Pee. 31. An appalling
disaster resulting in the death of about
35 jx-rsons and Injuries, as fur as can
lie learned, to alxiut 50 persons, occur
red alsmt 6:30 o'chs-k last night on the
llaltimore & Ohio railroad at Terra
Cotta, a suburb of Washington. The
Frederick City, Md., local No. (10, on
the point of pulling out from the sta
tion, was run into by a train made up
entirely of eight empty coaches bound
frpm the est for Washington.
The engineer could not see the block
on account of the heavy fog and plung
ed ahead on bis mission of death. A
dense fog and drizzling rain prevailed
during the day and the night and to
the inability of the engineer of the rear
train to see the signal showing that
another was in the blix-k la attributed
the accident. The grade at the place
where the accident occurred Is down
ward and the tracks were slippery. '
Jhe wrecked train was composed of
an engine, smoking car and two day
coaches. The two rear coaches were
reduced to kindling wood, and the rear
of the smoker was telescoped. So great
was the impact that the local train was
scattered along the track for a consid
erable distance. F'ortunately the wreck
age did not take fire.
Tradic was delayed by the accident,
and it was after midnieht In-fore the
Isslies of the dead could lie brought to
the city. There was an entire absence
of any attempts at theft. As soon as
possible the bodies were covered and
laid aside to await the coming of the
train sent irom the city.
from the appearance of the bodiea it
is lielieved that nearly all of the vie
tims were killed outright or died with
in a few minutes after the accident.
DREDGES TO Did CANAL.
Commission Calls for Bids for Two
With Pip Lines.
Washington, ix. 29. Revised spe
cifications have been prepared by the
Isthmian Canal commission for two
pipeline dredge to 1 used at La Iloca
and Cristobal. Voder the original
specifications hi, la ere asked for on
these dredges delivered in this country.
The new sjiecificatinnissk fr proposals
delivered ready for work in Panama,
one on the Pacific side of the isthmus
and the other on the Atlantic side.
Proposals are also acird on the machin
ery knocked down in Panama.
These dredges are rdniired for harbor
work, as well as for dredging at the
ends of the canal. The commission
now has two dipper dredges at work in
Panama and a third dredge of this de
scription is now building. The cost of
these dredge varies from $100,000 and
$102,500, and it is hdieved that the
cost of t lie pipeline dredges will be
about the same. The commission also
has two sea-going dredges building near
llaltimore. Kacli of these is 300 feet
long and is cajiahle of going to sea under
its own steam at a speed of eight or ten
knots an hour. One of these will be
usedjm the Pacific nideol the zone and
the other on the Atlantic.
HILL WILL RETIRE.
WHAT MAY MEAN ANNEXATION
Further Intervention Would Bring On
Inevitable Annexation Wanted
by Few People.
Washington, Pec. 2. Occasional
rumbling or rumors of little sideshow
insurrection popping up in certaiu
province of Cuba are tending to keep
the United State from forgetting me
problem it has to deal with down there.
There are some angles in this problem
that have received little attention as far
as the public is concerned, but which
liave occupicJ and are now occupj ing
much attention on the part of high gov
ernment ofllcials and administration
advisers among the niemU'ra of con-
Sre": t,..
It is a met not generally kiiowh mm
our government entertains grave tear
regarding what may happen ioiiow ing
the Cuban elections in January, a
great many have lielieved that inter
vention by the United State will have
accomplished its purpose as soon as a
new government lias Peen cnosen uy me
Cuban people; tliat our forces would
withdraw after Inaugurating this new
government with tranquility estab
lished. That is the rosy view oi me
situation, and everything would Pe
lovely if our high officials were sure u
would work out just that way.
Put they are not sure, nesnieni
Iloosevelt, it is undcrstiKid, ha grave
doubt about the effect of the coining
election on the defeated party.
If we be forced to do any more inter
vening there will be an effort by a cer
tain element to force annexation, which
some of our ablest statesmen insist is
something that comparatively few peo
ple in this country want. The admin
istiation recognize the embaraseing
situation that may confront it and, after
President Roosevelt warning to Cu
bans to "lie good" in the future or take
the consequences, the question is just
what course shall be pursued II the
Cuban don't stay good.
WILL CONFER ON JAPANESE.
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San
Hi Son to Assume Active Control of
Great Northern.
St. Paul, Minn., IVc. 29. President
James J. Hill, (if the Great Northern
railroad, the empire builder of the
Northwest, will retire from the active
management of his mammoth enter
prises July 1, 1907. The announce
ment is credited to Mr. Hill himself in
a conferenco held with Twin City busi
ness men. I
Mr. Hill's &tu-iloT will lie Louis W.
Hill, vice president of the (ireat North
ern, who in reality lias been in active
charge of the road for the past three
years. L. W. Hill possesses to a con
siderable extent the remarkable genius
of his futlier, ae lias lieen demonstrated
on more than one occasion. He has
also Ix-en carefully trained iin the ways
. i i- & j , . .
oi ins n-iii, ana oesides possessing
natural anility, u thoroughly posted as
u ine inn metnidis and policies.
Rumors have been current at the lie
ginning of the past few years that Mr
Hill would retire, hut the magnate ha
kept as hard at work as ever. Despite
his 67 year he is as strong intellectual
ly as 20 years ago, but he feels that the
is entitled to rest from his hard la
oors. Jn a puhlic speech delivered
some time ago lie (aid that he was pre-
jmring io mi ome oi the burdens from
hi back. He said he hoped that he
would devote considerable time to read
ing, a pleasure which he has not been
able to pursue a much as he would
like.
Bonaparte to Consult Devlin
Franciaco Case.
Washington, Dec. 29. United States
District Attorney Robert F. iH'vlin, of
San Francisco, who was wiled to Wash
ington by Attorney (.ieneral llontiparte
for a conference regarding the exclusion
of Japanese pupils from the public
schools of San Francisco, arrived last
night and will lie at the department of
Justice today. Mr. Ievlin refused to
discuss his mission, declaring that the
matter is in the hands of the attorney
geneial.
"Two weeks ago I had a conference
with the San Francisco board of educa
tion, at the request of Attorney (ieneral
Moody," he said, "when a statement of
facts was agreed upon and forwarded to
the attorney general. A few days later
I was called to Washington and I do not
know officially that I am here to discus
the Japanese question.
WRECK ON INTER URBAN.
Tacoma-
Seattle Passenger andrVork
.
Trams Meet on -un.
Taconia, Wash., IV. 27. - Interur
ban train No. 3, bound from Seattle to
Tacoma, and urk train consisting of
. motor and five thitcars, collided h.-ad-on
in a cut about a mile east of Milton
WiJ.ies.luy morning. Two l-erson.
were killed, one prolbly fatally hurt,
and 14 more or less badly hurt. The
first coach of the interurban passenger
was telescoH, and.two of the flutcar
piled on top f it. ,
There were about 20 passenger in
the teleecoiied smoker, ome of whom
strangely esi-ajsxl with only '.light in
juries. "The car was entirely demol
ished, and some of the jtissenger were
hurled 20 feet in the flying wreckage.
Train No. 3 from Seattle was late
and hud order to sidetrack at f.dge-
wood to let o. 0, the passenger w.
Seattle, pass. The work train wm
given orders at Milton to follow No. B
to Kdgewood. C. R. Foes, a brakeman
on the work train, was sent to hde
wuod on No. 6 with orders to flag No.
3 and hold it on the sidetrack until the
work train cleared. He either failed
to place the flag or there was a
derstanding of orders. Foes
peared and cannot be found.
No. 3 pulled out on the main track
as soon as No. 0 jiassed and being late,
started down the grade at a good eecd.
Half a mile this side of Kdgewood on a
curve that runs through a deep cut, it
met the work train. The curve is so
short that it was imjxiesible for the
crew of either train to see the other
until too late to stop.
The trains came together wit h a crash
that was heard half a mile. The two
forward car of the work train went
over the platform of the first car of the
passenger, striking it at an angle on ac
count of the curve. To this fact alone
ia due ihe escape from death of every
passenger in the car.
THEY ALL "CINCH" UNCLE SAM.
niisua-disap-
Car-
STOCK TOO LONQ ON JOURNEY
Wanted to See Train Wrecked.
Salt l.ake I ity, Jan. 2. Roy Swart-
eager, the young telegraph operator who
was arrested yesterday follow ing the
w recking of an Oregon Short Line train
at Peterson, Utah, which caused the
death of Fngine?r McFeeley, and seri
ous injury of two other trainmen, has
confessed that he alone caused the
wreck. The youth, who is a son of the
station agent at Peterson, admits that
lie was prompted to the deed bv a de
sire to see the long freight train plunge
into me river lielow. t ive farmers ar
rested yesterday have lieen released.
Great Storm Strike Russia.
St. I etersburg, Jan. 2. The storm
that passod over (ireat Pritain at
Christmas time has reached Western
Russia, where falls of snow are report
ed and railroad communication is para
lysed. Many of the lines are entirely
interrupted. Dispatches from Orsha
and llorrisov sav these towns are liter
ally buried in drifts, and all business is
suspended. Seven persons ha ve perish
ed in the snow at Mohilev. The snow
storm continue.
New laws Ein With New Year.
Washington, Jan. 2. Yesterday
marked the lieginning of the life of sev
eral legislative acts of congress. Among
them are the free alcohol law, the pure
food law, the anti pa section fof the
inter-tate commerce law. the modifica
tion of the navigation laws, Jto simplify
enroi imenxs and licenses, and a law
w ith reference to the licensing of drug
gist in the District of Columbia.
Report Filed on Townaita Fraud.
Washington, Dec. 31. The report of
William Dudley Foulke, sent to the In
dian Territory by President Roosevelt
to report on the townsite fraud, has
lieen received by Secretary Hitchcock
and by him turned over to the law ofh-
ceia or the Interior department. Its
publication will not lie made for some
weeks, if at all. It covers but one feat
ure of affairs In the Indian Territory,
and until other reports bearing upon
similar matter are received by the
secretary nothing will lie given out in
relation toathe subject.
Russia Delays Fixing Data.
London, Dec. 31. For some time
Orcat Pritain has lsen trying to induce
Hussia to fix a date for the next Hague
peace conference, but thus far without
success. It ha lieen urircd that Mav
would lie the moet convenient month.
but although this suggestion was made
early in the fall, no reply haa been re
ceived. The Rritish delemtea prolblv
w ill include a cabinet minister in ad-
lit ion to James Pryce, the newly an-
pointed American ambaswdor. How
ever, the delegates w ill not lie announc-
ed until something is heard from Russia.
Want Japan to Show Spita.
Victoria, R. C, Dee. 31 Advice
were received today by steamer Teueer,
from Yokahoma, that considerable op
position is being developed as a result
of the anti-American feeling in Japan
against the proposed visit of a Japanese
il'i't ID me J nine-town exhibition nn.l
United State ports. An influential
niemlier of the house of peers is iiiot.
a.s saying the proposed outlay of $400,
000 to send the fleet must not h un
proved.
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Severe With Race Rioter.
Atlanta, (.a., Dec 29. The citizens'
committee appointed after the Septem
oer runs inane it report today. The
report snow, that 12 persons were kill
ed and 70 wounded. Of the dead, two
were whit." and ten colored ; two were
females and ten males. Of the wounded
ten were white and fit) negroes. As a
result of the riot,, the report sayg, good
c.t.mi. have been driven away. Con
eluding .the report mys: "Asa num
ber took part in ea,h assault it is clear
... several Hundred murderers
would-be murderm are at large."
Raisull Preptre, for War.
Tangier, Mornem, Dec. 2D. Aecord
ing to the best information obtainable,
Kailsuli ban refund to resigi. hie gov
ernorship, and ha, ...nt his harem to
the mountains undsr the protection of
a detachment of Kl,yle, and is prepar
ing to meet the form, of War Minister
(.abbas at Zinat. The war minister
entered the city in ltnt, today ami went
to the grand mo,,,W) here he olmen
ly read a letter fr,,m the ulUn di.
missing Raimij ,mm hia .yernor
Mnp for causing injury to the coun-
Hurrying Settlers to Siberia.
St. Petersburg, i. 2!)Takin(? .
vantage of the im-r.-asing famine in
um, uie government I trying to
stimulate lininlgraf,,,,, to Siliera on a
scale hitherto never attained. Minister
o rinance Kukovoff has decided to
place f.i.Oon.lMMat the dispo-al of the
colonization otRee. This office has
"oiliest.-, rendv for set-
these 1,,L .., .itnit.d 1.
Railroads Will Be Prosecuted Under
rhlrty-ix-Hour Law.
Washington, Dec. 29. Secretary
Wilson, of the department of Agricul
ture, today transmitted to the depart
ment of Justice the nine additional
-ll 1 .... m
ses oi aucgou violation or what is
popularly known as the "36-hour law."
which provides that railroad companies
ehall not detain stock on car for a
longer period than 28 hour without
food and water, except with the consent
.1 . ...
ui ine owner oi me siocK, ana then no
longer than 30 hour.
ihe case were one each aiminst the
Great Northern, the Oregon Short Line,
me wouthern I'aciflc, the Union Pacific,
ine J.alte Miore St Michigan Southern.
and the Chicago, Rurlington A Ouincv
anu three against the Santa Fe.
Pay Canal Worker on Holiday.
Washington, Dec. 21). Chairman
Shonts, of the Isthmian commission.
announced today that the commission
had decided to pay the employes on the
isinmtia whose compensation i fixed
on an hourly Imsis, for January 1, Fels-
ruary Tl, .May 30, July 4, LaW Day,
Thanksgiving Dny and Decemlier 25
The compensation for these employes
will be on the hanip of an CMihi linnr
liiy. Ihin will tzrant nay for the holi
.1..... 1 I 1 i !,i . .
") o me ski lieu mechanic em
ployed on the canal zone, who numlwr
about 3,000.
tlere.
ong
-niioir river, mhere the government
is eager to strengthen its hold. .
Glva Popo Money to Fight France.
Rome, Dec. 31 The pope has reeeiv.
ed many important, donations to help
him in the dirhcultiea with France.
They include $400,000 from Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria and 1400.000
from Cardinal Vashary, archbishop of
Grau, Hungary.
Transport Mr j.k Food to China.
Washington, IVc 2!) Quarter
master (ieneral Humphrey ha notified
Secretary Taft that be has available
J ""porta in which supplie for
the Chinese famine sufTerer may l
sent. Those Bre the Ptiford and the
Warren, roth at Pn Francisco. Secre
tary Taft, npon the reconvening of con
fires, will ask for it Vtirif v t"i upa one
of these Teasels for the relief mission.
Greateat Year Since 1888.
Chicago, Iec. 29. More miles of
railroad were constructed in the United
States during the last vear tl tan liava
been built during any year since 1888,
according to the Railway Age. Since
January 1 last, ,0fl7 mile of track
have been laid on 388 line in 44 .tato.
and territories, making the country'
loiai railway mileage 223,319. The
largest amount of railway building dur
ing the year was done in Texas, where
701 miles of track were laid. Lnuial.
ana and South Dakota are alnumt tiA
for second place.
World' Charity Driea Ud.
London, iH-c. 29. Nicholas Shi...
koff, who was one of the trustees of the
American famine fund of February,
11(01, has sent to London, accomrmnio.!
by an appeal for funds, an account of
the famine In Russia. "Fifteen vear
ago, said Mr. Shisskoff, "when the
famine was less serious, we bad 14 .
000,000. Rut now, when it Is great
er, we have only .').(IOO " Ms
Shisskoff estimates that shout 30,000,.
000 peasants will need assistance.
Eager to Sea Roosevelt.
Manila, Dec. 29. The Filipino mm.
pie are elated over pre- report that
President Roosevelt contemplated isiu
ing the island next summer. The n.
tive press received the announcement
with enthusiasm.
Railroads Get Three Prices for
rying Mails.
Chicago, Dec. 28. Statistic coin
piled by the representative of the
United f ypothetae of America and the
American Weekly Publishers' associa
tion, organization which are vijor-
ously fighting the movement to increase
the postage for second-clae mall mat
ter, shew that the government is pay-
inn the railway three time a much
on the average for the transportation of
mail matter a the express companies
pay the tailroads for like service.
On the basis of the postmaster gen
eral' statistics, the publisher assert
that the government during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1U07, w ill pay the
roads almost 2;i,(HHl,(KH) more than
the express companies would pay them
for hauling the same tonnage. Ihe
printers ami publisher compile the
statistics to show that the government,
for the purpose of reducing the annual
postofhee deficit, rather should reduce
its outlay for the transportation than
increase the rate for second-class mat
ter. "One of the chief need of the gov
ernment 1 an expert trafhc manager,
said W. V. Jloyce, a Chicago publisher.
"It then would get a good rate a the
express companies."
IT DENIES JURISDICTION.
Standard Raises New Technical Point
Againat Government Suit.
St. Louis, Dec. 28. The Standard
Oil company of New Jersey and fiO-odd
other corporation and individual al
: : . i l . .
ueu n un ii, an ueienuanig in ine gov.
eminent a suit to-break up the alleged
oil monopoly, today filed a motion in
the United States Circuit court attack
ing ine jurisdiction oi that court to
bring in nonresident defendant by pro
cess, and petitioning the court to vacate
the order of service issued by Judge
saniKirn govern Per ia.
A 11 ..I l. ,1....- I . .i
nil oi me oeieiiiuuiis join in me mo
tion except the Waters-Pierce Oil com
pnny, w hich is a resident of the eastern
division of the Kastern Judicial dis
trict of Missouri. Henry 8. Priest filed
the motion a counsel for all the par
tie. Accompanying it was the atlida-
Tit of Charles T. White, assistant sec
retary of the Standard, who certifies
that all the petitioners are non-res!
dent of this district.
No News Since September
Washington, Dec. 28 Comnlnint
i i i . . .. .. . . i
nas uecn mane 10 uie I'ostollice depart
ment that no newspaper or magazine
man nas neen delivered at Fairbanks
Alaska, since Septemlier. This l ln
to the fact that the mail contractor is
omiged to carry wm pounds of mall on
each bi-weekly trip from Val.1...
.i i, . - .- -i
pracuiaiiy wns enure amount is now
made up of first-class, or letter n..;i
The government pay $1.45 per pound
for irettimr mail to Kulrl,i,.
lower classe have to wait until there is
a siioriage oi nrst-cias matter.
Hanrahan Will Take Charae
T I - T . rt ....
i conn, j fee. in. Al t he nffi..,
the ISrotherhood of Loroi.i,Hi.
men this morning, It was star! n.J
mere was noirnng to tie given out rela
tive to the strike on the Southern L.
rifle other than Grand Master John J
Hanrahan would probably leave before
the latter part of the week to take per
sonal charge of the strike. Mr Han
rahan ha left for (ialesburg to l KOne"
,,R:1.ftL ?irert,1on y that he did
wiiu ine siiuauon at this
called for any public statement.
TOO MUCH RED TAPE
Present Free Alcohol Law Use
less to Help Farmers.
AMENDMENT WILL BE PROPOSED
Requirement a to Registration Makes
It Impractical for Farmers
to Have Stills.
Washington, Iec. 27. For several
year past there haa la-en a very active
movement ill favor of the passage of a
free alcohol law, which result.nl last
session in the enactment of a law re
moving the internal revenue tax on al
cohol to be used for commercial pur
poses. The demand for legislation of
this charvacter camo principally from
farming communities, and was based
upon the theory that if the tax were,
removed farmers would le ab! to man
ufacture from their surplus grain, veg
etable and fruit sufficient alcohol to
supply themselves with power, heat
and light.
Congress responded readily to the
demand, and when the law known as
the free alcohol law was approved, the
general impression was tliat tho I'nited
States hud entered upon a lilicy simi
lar to that which is in vogue in lending
Eurojiean nutions, and that the farmers
of the country would reap a great ad
vantage. It has transpired, however,
that these advantages are not so wide
spread as was at first supposed. A
close examination of the law shows
that each distillery must lie supplied
with a distillery warehouse, from
which tho alcohol may lie withdrawn
and deposited in a bonded warehouse,
where by a rather tedious pns-ess it is
denaturized and then relieved from tux.
This would, of course, exclude w hat ar
known in (iermany as agricultural and
produce stills, where sjiecial apparatus
is very generally in use which enables
the small producer to inunufacture al
cohol for his own use.
In order to carry out the original in
tention of the law as understood
throughout the country, Senator llans
brough, of North Dakota introduced an
amendment to the free alcohol statute.
The amendment is as follows:
"Tliat for the convenience of persons
enVftKd in the distillation of alcohol
in quantities that would not justify
the additional expense of a distillery
warehouse or a lionded warehouse for
each establishment, and who employ
approved apparatus with suitable al
cohol tank attached, designed to lu
locked and sealed by an authorized
government oflicer, the commissioner of
internal revenue, with the approval of
the secretary of the Treasury, shall,
under rules presecrils-d by him, ar
range for the proper denaturing of any
alcohol of the required proof so distill
ed, such distillation and 'denaturing to
lie under all the terms and conditions
of this act applicable to such cases."
time
engines. A
rested here
Strike Broken at San Antonio.
San Anonio, Tex., D,-c. 28 Lor.l
out hern Pacific official iK.t .i '
Prothcrhood of Firemen'. .,.. Zl
division of this system is broken, tb.t
11 freight and passenirer tr.l.
moving along with full rr. .-i ?
they have more firemen than'thev h.!'
striking fireinan WMar
today for etit.rir,.. .
gineer' cab at the Southern v.. Tin.
toin The order issued Monday Vt to
receive freight has been rescinded
Pioneer of Alfalfa Growing
Topeka, Kan.. Iec. 28 it ',. ,
rarkman, the man who fl-Vr""?"
alfalfa from South A merle. and d.Bi
ed It in the Unit.! !-. .P'".nt-
Emporia, Kan., aged 73 year.'
FORCbD ON CONGRESS.'
Are
President Shows That Frauds
Traceable to Bad Laws.
Washington, Dec. 27. President
Roosevelt has made it necessary for
congres materially to modify the puh
lic land luw In-fore the close of the
present session of congress. His spe
cial message sent in last week indicates
the reforms most needed, and in the
main bis recommendations are likely
to lie carried out. They do not differ
materially from the recommendations
made a year ago by the public land
commission.
The president emphasized tho fact.
that the obsolete or iinnraetiitil hind
law are largely responsible for tho
frauds tliat have lieen unearthed during
the jiast year or two. The coal land
fraud are due almost entirelv to till
impracticability of the existing law
under which public coal land can 1k
acquired. The extensive timtier frauds
are a largely due to tb i
timber and stone act.
Labor Scarce in Mexico Alao.
Mexico City. Dec. 27 Th ..-.n-liv
Of labor I botherl
well a other enterprises lust at pres
ent. It 1 reported that In the Iguna
district, adjacent to Torreon, lalsir is
so scarce that a high as $4 a day I
offered to cotton pickers and that .wn
at that price it is difficult to secure all
the lalsir necessary to tdek !.. .,,
The crop in that district are reported
to lie g.Hsl, and unusually heavy, but
the lack of lalior prevent the work of
securing the cotton in the usual time
for that product.
Strikers.
27 Many
place of the-
Southern Pa-
are movinir all
Imported Men Replace
San Antonio. Tex.. Tv.
of the men who took Mm
striking firemen on the San Antonio di.
vision oi me Southern Pafifle iln
have lieen induced bv the t,iL. .fv
eii'V0' U"ir r'1" being
filled with imported men It l.
stood here toniuht ti. d .i ....
I , .... wir- iirouier-
hood of Firemen is contemplating call
ing out all union fi
i ,. - ' "ii urn iinr-
iiuireii lines. Th. i,i
cine omcial my they
" train. lassenger ami freight, they
Precious Coal Pile Burred.
Ficrre. S. 1 tww. ? n-,
of the NorthwestVrr.Mr
with all roe.1 on liHn.i
strove,! by fire sta.ted by tl (; j, n
of a lantern this evening. This w iM
"lPJ.T'"llr 1"T ' until
a new c. supply ,-Rn wnrw A1.
though the money loss is not vr.lt
resent cml shoring .7 , ' .".
rrit,..- . ",, r enure
'iu one that will 1
replace.
a scri-
hard to
Too Slow In
ionpeiia. Kan Ti. ...
to the con,,..t.i L.:r.: 4TKNW"
. "'million
ai present, lit.
("iii-riii
Unloadlna; Crs.
f the rail-
J. K. Hurley,
to irk r u n,,t to 'id
lu I.,-' . .T'lPment. Consign,,-
nigra relieve Mia
would nnlvl ear
instance, there are to.u. : 'V r"
onsignees
rongestion if they
expeditiously. For
r in Galv.t... " TTf
" "'ni unloadins '