liillsboro Independent
hillsboro
OREGON
NEWS OFJHE WEEK
Id a Condensed Form for Oar
Headers.
RESUMES WORK.
Busy
Return of the Less Important but
Not Lata Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
The shah of Persia is dead.
The Texas legislature will investigate
Senator J lui Icy.
Prussia preparing (or government
m u.-rship of mines.
Franca is using church buildings for
BvlllKlls urill IllllseillllS.
The government of Nicaragua in said
to be aiding a revolution in Honduras.
At the Chicago sessions of the Inter
state Commerce commission it has tie-
velo tliat the Standard Oil company
intended to secure control of all West-
em roads.
The president is preparing a red-hot
iriea-uge to tho senate on the Iirowna
vi 1 1-affair. He in h il to have ob
tained conclusirev evidence of what hp
hart lieen contending.
In his final message to the legisla-
t ur, (iovernor Pardee, of California,
declared it useless totry to mix Chinese
mil Jaanesc with whiten and nay 8
( it 1 1 torn iti will maintain the right to
Hi'jutrute bcImkiIs.
A general crusade a'tt i nst the Bale of
slave ki f Is in to Ih started on the Pacific
const whiii. The movement has the
h.i net Ion of the president anil the secret
and custom service of the government.
It is said more than 1,000 young Jap-
Bin-He girls are held In ttlavrey in Cali
fornia, inoHtly by Chinamen.
Orizaba, Mexico, in in the hand of a
mob of strikers.
Kev. Henry A. Huehtel w ill be inaug
united governor of Colorado in a church
John I). Rockefeller will give big
pi-nsioii fund ior Chicago university
protcssors.
Both Houses of Congress Down to
Buaineaa After Holidays.
Tueaday, January 8
Washington, Jan. 8. Practically all
of Uxluy was given over by the senate
leaders of both irtics to an effort to
bring harmony Iwtween opposing views
concerning the proisieed investigation
of the affray at itiownsville, Tex
What amounts to an agreement
t ween Senators Foraker and l.odge has
lieen attaineii tiy their friends, but in
ssmucli us it was decided not to present
the compromise until all of the sena
tors desiring to do so hail made siieech
es on the subject of the dismissal of the
negro trooiitt, it is not alisolutely cer
tain that the peace Dluns w ill not be
ujiset.
The com promise is not greatly differ
ent from the rtsolutioii presented by
Iodge and a similar resolution which
Foraker had intendel to offer as a sub
stitute for his original resolution. It
provides for the investigation by the
senate committee on military affairs of
the affray at Hrownsville, and to this
are to be added provisions that a sub
committee he sent to Brownsville, and
that the expenses) of the investigation
he paid out of the contingent fund of
the senate. Such a resolution r ould
ignore the constitutional and legal ciies-
tions that have been debated for several
lays.
Washington, Jan. 8. The house
immediately after the approval of the
journal toduv began the consideration
of the military appropriation hill.
Chairman Hull began delate by a com
prehensive statement of the contents of
the army budget, w hich carries $2,500,-
000 more than last year.
other siieeclies were made by Slay-
len, of Texas, on his bill todiscontinue
the enlistment of negroes in the army
or the I lilted Mates: by Zenor, of In-
liana, against the ship Kulisidy bill and
by (mines, of Tennessee, who sixike in
commemoration of the ninety-second
anniversary of the battle of .New Or
leans.
NO TREATY VIOLATED
Senator Gearln Speaks Against
Roosevelt's Policy.
POSTAL RfcCEipTS LARGE.
SENATE GALLERIES ARE PACKED
Japanese Children Get Equal Educa
tion In Separate School, bays
Senator From Oregon.
The Interstate Commerco commission
has told Hill to relieve the fuel famine
in liis territory.
.Many town in Washington, Idaho
an I Oregon are almost entiiely out of
mfiiel of all kinds.
(iovernor I'.ryant H. ISrooks has en
tered umi liis second term as chief ex
ecutive of Wyoming.
I he Supreme court has decided that
payments made on the purchase of the
1 an una canal are legal.
The Shippers' ami Producers' conven
tion, held at Alliany, drew up a drastic
measure for presentation to the Otegon
legislature to cure the car shortage evil
A corporal in the negro regiment re
cently disbanded by the president, has
been arrested as the cause of all the
trouble.
. H. Reckman, secretary of the Pa
ci tic Coast Lumlie rmcn's association
wiyt the Northern Pacific offered bribes
to stop the car shortage agitation.
A British company with three steam
ers has decided to make Portland the
loading point for a new Oriental line.
Ilairimanl seriously ill at his home
in zsew i ork.
The pope may order the French clergy
to abandon church, and seek redress
at election.
It looks as if Congressman Dixon, of
Montana, w ill be chosen as Clark's sue.
cessor in the senate.
liaisuli, the Moroccan Imndit
poited to have lieen beaten in
and is now a fugetive.
is r'
battle
87c
ton
J per
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, fi5r; bluestem,
valley, title; red, fi.'Ie.
Outs No. 1 white, $25(U'0;
$24 .ri(i(425.
Parley Feed, $21.50ei22 per
brewing, $22.50; rolled, $2:i(V24.
I!.e $1.40(41.45 per cwt.
t orn Whole, $2(1; cracked, $:
ton.
I lay Valley timothy, No. 1, $13(414
1st ton; haatcrn Oregon timothy. $14
(..1(1; clover. $SrfH.50; cheat, $7.fiOf.n
.i(; grain bay, $7.5or.r8.u5; alfalfa,
1 1 "; vetch hay, $H(,i 8.50.
Putter Kamy creamery, 32(i5c
H'r kiuiii.
Putter Fat First grade cream, 3.1 'r
r ' I'omm; second graue cream, i'C less
per h n in 1 .
vrcgon rancn, ao(" .12sC per
tiorcti .
Poultry Average old hens, 14rlfie
per pound; mixed chickens, 1.1(4 14c;
a ring, 14(.i 15c; old roo-ters, lot., lie;
dre-sed chickens, 14(415c; turkeys,
live. 17ctl8e; turkeys, dressed, choice,
2i'( . 22c; geese, live, 10.. 12c; ducks,
H it l.V.
Y Iiresse-I, 5r,i0e per xund.
!Uef Pressed hulls, 1 (42c per pound ;
Toms, 4(4.V; country steers, 5( 5i,e.
Mutton I resd, fancy, 8(i iic jht
poimil; orlinary, 6'47c.
Pork Iresssl, (H48V,p per poun.l.
Fruit App'es, rommon to clinic,
5iV 7.V jHr Ixix; choice to fancT, $1(4
2.5); i-ars, $1(41.50; cninberries,
$11.50(412 per lrrcl; en.immons,
$1.50 per ix x. .
Vegetable Turnips, !(YS$1 por
s k; carrots, t0c$l r sack ;
$1.25(41.50 p,.r fa.k; horeradish,
!'( i 10c jxt xiin I; swiM't jxitatoes, 2'4c
er iiili l; eabbtitre, l,4f.i2frr pound;
en itlower, $1.25 per doxen; celery,
I I ..)(.f4... per crate; onions, llK.r.
12'.;C H'r doren; Ih'II peier4, 8c;
pumpkins, 2c per fxnui. I; spmnch, 4.4
Ac x.r Miund; pnrdcy, liK.tl.V; ruiish,
2" -r iiind.
Onions Oregon, $Ufl.25 w-r hnn
drel. Potat.H's Oregon Purbanks, fancy,
$1 4l.;ti; conimon, 75i4!He.
II , ll(4l.1',c p.r ound, aocor l
in j to ipiality.
V,o Fjitern Oregon arernir beat,
II l"e per pound, atvrlinB tonhrink-a.-e;
valley, 2o( r 2:Je, according ti tine
nea; moliair, choice, 2fl(.t28e.
Monday, January 7.
Washington, Jan. 7. President
Roosevelt's dismissal of the negro
troops was again the subject of conten
tion in the senate today, and indica
tions point to a protracted delate be
fore any of the pending resolutions on
the subject are voted on. Lodge devel
oped a new phase of the question by
presenting a resolution providing for
an investigation of the "affray" at
Prownsville and, by silence, conceding
the authority of the president to take
the action he did. Foraker accepted
Culberson's amendment authorizing the
committee to visit llrownsvllle if it
desired. His resolution was supported
by Ixlge in an address and opposed by
Foraker, who followed, and spoke until
5:30 o'clock, giving notice then that he
would conclude tomorrow.
Washington, Jan. 7. The house to-
lay passed a bill providing for indicia!
review of the orders excluding persons
from the use of the United States mail
facilities afU-r a debate Jawtinu most of
me nay.
Thursday, January 4.
Washington, Jan. 3. Defense of the
discharge of the three companies of the
Twenty-fifth infantry, members of
which w ere guilty of the Brownsville
shooting, was made in the senate today
oy cuinerson, oi lexas, who thus Dre
Bented the unusual gectacle of a South
ern Democratic senator as champion of
a Kepumiean president. Foraker be
gan it reply, but was not able to finish
it on accounX of a sore throat and se
cured an adjournment until Monday of
the debate on his resolution instructing
the military committee to inquire into
the president's order. Lodge offered
an amendment limiting the inquiry to
me coimucx oi uie trooj, thus avoid
ing any question as to the president's
authority to discharge them.
Senator .Nelson introduced a bill to
prohibit the sale of land on which are
situated beds of coal, lignito, asphalt,
peiroieum and natural gas in the itov
eminent domain until such denosita
.
have lieen exhausted. Provision is
made for leasing for terms not exceed
ing one year for the purixwo of havinu
mem explored. Persons making ex
piorations and discoveries are to I
given the preference in the right to
lease and work the deposits.
fenator l'Hes txlay introduced a bill
authorising the appointment of an ad
ditional Judge for the Ninth judicial
district, another authorising the an-
point ment of an additional customs ap
praiser for Puget sound ami a third ex.
tending the privileges of immediate
trniiHM.rt4tion on dutiable goods at
lort lownsend. He aim offered an
amendment to the pending child lalior
hill.
i lie senate then went into executive
session and at 2:55 p. m. adjourned mi
ni iwoniiny.
Washington, Jan. 8. Senator Oearin
covered himself with glory in his
sjieech in the senate yesterday, in
w hich he advocated exclusion of Japan
ese coolies. He exhibited exceptional
ability and charm as a speaker, and
presented arguments that were eye
openers to even senators and to the
throngs in the galleries. When the
senate convened at noon, the galleries
were crowded to their limit, in antici
pation of a lively debate on the Browns
ville affair. Put (iearin had given no
tice that he would speak Immediately
after the close of the morning business
and senatorial coortewy demanded thut
he 1x3 heard, notwithstanding roruker
and Lodge were eager to resume the
tight over the negro troop question.
Mr. Oearin criticised the stand taken
by President Roosevelt on the Japanese
question as to his Interpretation of the
existing treaty with Japan, and charged
that the president's position In regard
to the introduction of cheap labor as
applied to the Chinese was inconsistent
with his recent message to congress in
regard to the treatment of Japunese on
the Pacific coast.
Replying to the claim in the presi
dent's message that the treaty with
Jajian guaranteed protection and right
to attend public sclnxda in all states in
the Union, and to attend them in com
pany with white children, Mr. Ciearin
denied emphatically that there Is any
provision in the treaty which by any
sort of construction can be made to sup
port such a claim. He says that noth
ing is said in the treuty as to the right
to attend public schools, and that the
sHH:ific enumeration of what was in
tended by the trainers of the treaty
showed that nothing should be left to
Inference. He quoted from the treaty
to show that the Japanese residents in
this country may have the privileges
enumerated only by conforming to all
the laws, police and customs regula
tions of the country, like native citi
zens and subject, anil that this meant
state laws as well as Federal laws.
"This government might as well
stand upon that interpretation and de
cline to consider it further," he said.
In advocating a modification of the
trenty which would restrict the immi
gration of the Japanese coolie lalior.
Mr. Oearin said that so long as these
lulxirers are permitted to come Into this
country in hordes there will lie con
stant and growing dissension on the
Pacific coast, which eventually must
bring about a restriction. He spoke of
the influx of Japanese cheap lulxir as a
threatened peril to every industry and
enterprise of the United States.
Increase in BU,n, May Necessitate
ncrea,a ApproP,ion
Washington, jttn g.A proposition
to increase rw-.. i .irks' salaries and
the projxiwi aUmJuninent of the
'back stump" 01 It,,Uni are discussed
by First Awiftunt ptiuasUr General
Hitchcock in his annual report just
made public. 'urU 0 the report given
out in advan,. i already been
handled by the AsaoeiateJ l'- Tne
report show tlwt at lluis ' ,lie
fiscal year tJ5,Coo toUl1"1' were in
oia ration, and that the total number
of employes, not iucluJitif It musters
and assistant p.,tmiuite. nt,Hrly
150,000. The total trnnel of Ix)sN
olllces of all cltt -regited 205.2NH.
The gain in txtiiic revenue in the
year, a Unit $15,uoo 000, was unexpect
edly large, and the return for the pres
ent fiscal year thus fur indite thut the
unprecedented p,,,, t being main
tained, bo grout is this B'n
Hitchcock point mi that the addition
al appropriations riuired of congress
scarcely will be sutneifnt to maintain
the service.
Tho department ha established a
uniform rent for postotfii boxes, elim
inating entirely t)le dissimilarity of
charges heretofore prevailing". The
rate is made according to a carefully
graduated smle, ttnj runs from 10
cents a uuarter in ....mil fourth class
ollices to $4 a quarter in the New York
City of lice. Mr. Hitchcock reports thut
nse of ssHMally equipped automobiles
in the collection service has proved so
successful in Baltimore that the de
partment is now planning for a similar
col lection service in several other cit
ies. "It is believed tlwt in large cities
automobiles can ahantag'Ously
substituted to a considerable extent
for tho horse eartB now employed so
generally in collating mails. I!y tho
use of automobiles s much speedier
collection service can be organized
without added exnenne. Unquestion
ably the motor vehicle enn be made an
iiriorUint factor in the postal service
as it already is in other business enterprises.
SHIP HAY BE LOST
LET COURTS TAKE CHARGE.
Life Rafts Washed Ashore From
City of Panama.
BAD STORMS HAVE BEEN RAGING
Vessel Sailed From San Francisco on
December SI for Ancon, on
Isthmus of Panama.
Pan Francisco, Cal., January 6. A
disiatU'h to the Call from Santa' Crus
says that a message received late last
night from Waddell 1 leach, on the coast
40 miles north of here, says that the
Pacific Mail steamship City of Panama
has been wrecked and that most of the
116 persons on board are believed to
have perished. The message states
that four life rafts have been washed
ashore fully provisioned.
The City of Panama left San Fran
cisco on iHxemoer 31 lor Ancon, on
the isthmus of Panama.
Two of the life rafts were found at
Waddell beach and two a few miles
farther south. All were plainly
marked "City of Panama." They con
tained stores such as are thrust into
boats which put off from wrecked
ships. One of the rafts contained a
box of crackers and a cask of water. In
the boats were also found oars and
boathiMjks. Two of the rafts were
lashed together with ropes.
Terrific storms have been racing and
it is deemed impossible that any rafts
which may be afloat can survive the
storm. The impression prevails that
every one of the tiO passengers and 66
members of the crew who left San
Francisco has perished.
It is believed that the City of Pana
ma encountered a severe storm shortly
leaving San Francisco and that
Car Shorter Convention Save Hill
Has Not Fulfilled Duty.
ChicniM. Jan. 7. According to a
statement made ttxlay at the National
ltooprix'ttl lemurrage convention by
Victor 11. Peckman, secretary of the
Pacific Coast Lumbermen's association,
the lumbermen of the orthwest pro
ixxte to apply for receivers for the
Northern Puciric and (treat Northern
railways, on the ground thut they have
failed to perform their duty as public
carriers, and will then bring damage
suits by wholesale, which may exceed
$15,000 in the aggregate. The conven
tion also appointed a committee to mil
on President Ktxwevelt and request him
to send a ara.'Ciul message to congress
urging the passage of a reciprocal de
murrage law.
It was charged by Mr. Ileckman that
the Northern Pacific and (ireat North
ern had been guilty of "disciplining"
shipK-rs who were active in the agita
tion for reciprm'al demurrage, and that
in three cases these roads had volun
teered to show the shippers "what a
real car shortage meant," with the re
sult that the men thus "shown" had
been forced to go absolutely without
equipment.
"Our present enr shortage," continued
Mr. iieckinan, "has lasted thirteen
months, and some of our people are go
ing out of business not voluntarily,
but by aid pf the sheriff. We ask for a
receiver for these roads on the ground
that they have not fulfilled their duties
as public carriers.
Mr. Iieckinan will show Fresident
Roosevelt 1,000 photographs w hich be
has taken all over the Pacific North
west illustrative of the car shortage.
He will show lumber piles in the state
of Wellington aggregating 800,000,000
feet, awaiting transportation; photo
graphs of 116 sawmills and shingle
mills, which he declares closed down
and are facing bankruptcy because of
inability to secure cars.
MISTAKE COST LIVES
Trains Collide la Kansas and 33
Are Killed.
FIRE CONSUMES WRECKED CARS
Many Victims Are Burned to Ashea
Moat of tho Dead Were Mex
ican Laborers.
NEGROE8 GO TO ISLANDS.
Topeka, Jan. 3. Four white men, a
negro train porter and alxnit 30 Mexi
can laborers lost uieir lives, una o
persons were injured when two iwssen-
ger trains on the Chicago, Rock Island
A Pacific railroad collided head-on four
miles west of Vol land, Kan., at 6:10
o'clock yesterday morning.
The trains were Nos. i'tf and 30, run
ning between Chicago and El I'uso.
They met on a sharp curve with fearful
impact. Adding to the horror of the
collision, fire from the lamps in the
cars and from the locomotives was com
municated to the splintered wreckage
and spread rapidly, consuming five of
the forward cars of train No. 1!0, west
bound, and burning a number of the
passengers. All but three of those who
wished are thought to have been Mex
ican laborers, who were on their way
from Columbus Junction, ()., to Mexico.
The officials of the company placethe
blame on John I.) ties, the IK-year old
telegraph oixrator at Vollund, who fuil-
ed to stop train No. 29 at his station
after receiving orders to hold it there
until No. 30 had pained.
By the light of the flaming wreckage,
passengers who were uninjured worked
heroically to save those w ho were pin
ned fust iH'tieath the mass of splintered
timbers and twisted iron.
after
RECORDS BROKEN.
Thousands of Foreitnert Driven to
Our Shorss by Unrest.
Washington, Jan. 8. The fiscal year
ended June 30, 1'JuO, produced a re
cord eclipsing all former figures on the
subject of immigration, according to
the annual report of Frank Sargent,
commissioner general of immigration.
During that period, the report says,
the population of tin United States
was increased by tlit admission of 1,
100,735 immigrant aliens and 65,618
non-immigrant aliens entered at its
ports, making tho total admissions 1,
166,353. The iricrneteover last year's
record of 1,059,755 is 106,698.
During the ficcal yr 1U06 the de
partment rejected aliens, and
she put out to sea. Returning closer
to shore to continue her trip to the
south, she met w ith another storm,
w hich rendered her helpless. Whether
she was torn to pieces by the gale or
driven on the rocks is not known.
Below Waddell beach wreckage is
drifting ashore in vast quantities.
Ranchers are patrolling the shore,
watching for bodies which may drift
upon the beach.
San Francisco local mariners refuse
to believe that the City of Panama has
been wrecked. They believe she Is in
distress in the storm and that her life
boats were washed overboard.
during the past yen
migrant aliens thi
tended settling in t
1.M32 of the 1m-
t s, those who in
to i ted Stutes.
Without except im,"the report con-
it from winch we
greater Juirt of
i., and which are
OPPOSE TWO-CENT FARES.
Railroad Men Declare Proposed Law
Unconstitutional.
Washington, Jan. 0. The Sherman
bill for universal interchangeable rail
way mileage books at tho rate of 2
cents a mile was the subject of a hear
ing today before the house committee
on interstate and foreign commerce.
tieorge Aicholsort. third vice nrem-
dent of the Santa Fe, said the bill was
so broad that it practically attempted
the fixing of 2 cents a mile as the max
imum rate for all railroads in the
I'nlted States on all passenirer business
and urged that it would woik great
hardship on ninny railwnvs to make
such a reduction in their earnings.
3ir. .Nicholson discussed railway
passes at length and urged that the
new anti pas law should not be iriven
as a reason for the reducion of railway
fares. He said that h s railway found
ttl at 12. per cent of its passenger
tratlic In June of last year was on
passes to railway emrdovcM. but flint
of Its passenirer business nnlv 2 rur
cent was on passes.
. " a .
ionics, --me couni
formerly obtained t
our foreign populJ
inhabited by race icarly akin to our
own, have supplW us with smaller
numbers during; he past year than dur
ing 1005 Irelari, 17,950; England,
15,218; Sweden, S, 281 j Germany, 3,
010; Denmark, 1,229, and Scotland,
1,111 less. OnUie other hand, the
four most considrable gains are:
Italy, 61,64; Russia, 30,768;
Greece, 8,974, aid Turkey, 6,165."
The immigratiin from Austria-Hungary
amounted o 2(15,128; Italy, in
eluding Sicily aid Sardinia, 273,120;
jvussia ana rintml, 216, ob5; China,
1,544; Japan, 13,835, and the West
Indies, 13.656.
The commiasiomr again recommends
penalties on mteaiwhip companies for
bringing aliens affined with danger
oua or loathsome daeasefl. The presi
dent's suggestion lor doting the Mexi
can Ixirder to all aliens exeent citiiens
of Mexico is also nrirn.1. Ilurintf II,
early part of the jnr, the report says,
the "white slave" tratlic was exten
slvcly revived. Many of the glrla and
women imported fi immoral purposes
were brought through Mexico and se
cured a right to citixciiship by marry
ing Chinese born in this country.
Washington, Jan. 3. RenresentMv
.Morrell, oi Pennsylvania, introduced a
resolution today for an investigation by
ingress oi recent railroad wrecks
ine resolution states that the wrecks
are suppoee. to le due to overwork of
employ., and authorizes the speaker to
name a committee of rive congressmen
no sua 1 1 nave full power to subpoena
itnessos and reonire mrnomtinna
, i . . , - -
nirnisn records and all information
desired.
Hi
Abolish Lieutenant General.
Washington, Jan. 8. Cha irmnn
nil, of the house committee on mill.
tary artalrs, today reported the military
appropriation lull. In round number.
the lull carries 73,0OO,(H)O, which is a
reduction of aliont fil.OOO.OOO from the
estimates submitted by the War de
partment. The hill carries about 2,.
...,,, more man the appropriation
made at the last mwion of congress.
The lull provides Hint the othce of lieu
tenant general of the arrnv shall cease
to exist as soon hs it b
lint.
State To Buy All Coal Land.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 8. The coriHti.
tutional convention today authorized
the appointment of a SCgrHinit! Prwil
and asphalt commission and defined Its
duties. It is to Investimitfl th vlno
and extent of the segregated coal and
asphalt land in the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nation, and make negotia
tions for the purchase bv the
all the lands. Th iH.m,..;
permanent one. It is believed the
sinie w in make an attempt to own and
operate all of the segregated coal lan. Is
in uie Indian territory.
Make Cars Do More Work.
Chicago, Jan. 8. As
lieving the shortage of freight cars, rep
resetitatives of a numlier of Wm.r....
roads today decided to form
ation to be known as the Car Flliciency
mireaii. The purtHise of the
to make a concerted and tt.,.ati
effort to iniTease the use of cam now in
r "J iiiiosuna linon mora
prompt loading and unloading bv Mn.
per and consignees. The bi.lt,a,..
i i - i "
oi mr unread w in tie in t'h crnm. n.l it
Ml 1. - . . - r it
win oe managed by.an exetvntive m
mittoe.
United Statu Is Third.
Washington, Jan. 8. A statement
issued fcday by the bureau of statistics
or me iepartment of Commerce and
Lalor announces that the country
ranks third in the value of manufac
tures entering the world's International
commerce, the amount of its exjmrts
for the past year having aggregated
more than 7oo,ooo,noo. The exports
have never even mrmrimnted ibeMe
figures lieforo an,j vai0 f Amer
ican trade in the f,in.k,n mrkets. the
reiM.rt adds, is twice as great now as
eight years ago
Government Will Appeal.
Washington, Jan. 5. The recent de
cisions by Judge Kvans in the Federal
court at Louisville and by Judge Mo
Call in the Federal court at Memphis,
declaring unconstitutional the employ
ers' liability act passed at the la-t ses
sion of congress, were brought to Presi
dent Roosevelt's attention today, and
the announcement was made at the
White House that the president w ill
direct that an appeal be taken. The
president is greatly intereeted in this
act and earnestly recommended to con
gress that it be passed.
REMODEL INSURANCE LAW,
California Legislature Will go to Work
At Once on the Matter.
San Francisco, Jan. 6. Immediately
after the legiklature convenes next
Monday the first step will be taken to
remodel the insurance laws of Califor
nia. One feature of the new insurance
laws will be a provision compelling
foreign insurance companies to main
tain very substantial deposits in Cali
fornia lnks as a guarantee of their
good faith in dealing with policy hold
ers. The attempt to pass such a law
will meet with strong opposition and a
small army of insurance lobbyists is
expected in Sacramento.
An effort will also be made to re
quire all insurance companies doing
business in California to make full
statements as to the securities they
hold and to require that they pureliase
first-class securities.
All Black Regiments Will Soon Be on
Duty in Philippines.
Washington, Jan. 7. The Ninth and
Tenth cavalry and the Twenty-fifth la
fantry, including all the negro soldiers
in the regular army in this country.
have been entered to prejia re for service
in the Phipippines, and will sail at
different times between March 6 and
June 5 of this year. The only other
regiment composed of negroes the
Twenty-fourth infantry is now doing
service in the Philippines. Other
troops ordered to the Philippines are
me Mxm cavalry and the Eighteenth,
iwenty-sixtli, Twenty-ninth and Thir
tieth infantry. The tnaips which will
be relieved by the sending of these new
regiment w ill be the Fourth, Seventh
and Eighth cavalry and the Ninth,
Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and
Nineteenth Infantry.
It was stated by Major General Hell,
chief of staff, that the negro regiments
are being ent to the Philippines be
cause it is their turn to go and not lie
cause of any desire to get them out of
the United States at this time.
GENEROUS TO COLUMBIA.
INDIANS TELC OF FRAUD.
Testify They Filed on Land Becauae
They Got Voney For It.
Omaha, Jan. 7. The most important
evidence brought out at the land trial
trfiday was that of Harry A. Cloud, a full
blood Ogalalln Indian, a graduate of
Carlisle Indian school and a grand
nephew of the famous Sioux' chief, Red
Cloud. His evidence was to the effect
that he had been solicited to make a
filing by W. C. Suioot, and that he
made the filing for the Modisettes at
Kushvllie, in consideration of 25.
The other six witnesses toiiay were
Indians. Their testimony was of a
similar character, and in effect that the
only reason they made the filings was
in consideration of the $25 which was
promised and paid them and which
they understood was given them from
the Modisettes.
Iiecnmes va-
Moe Money for Lighthouse Tendr
Washington, Jlin. M. The house to
day favorably repoit.nl the bill increas
ing th. cwt of a light house tender for
the Thirteenth district to $200,000.
The anin of $14i),0(HI was appropriated
for this vessel at the hist session, but
the amount proved Inadequate ow ing to
ine iniTensed Cost of materials and the
department was unable to award the
contmct. If the pending bill Is passed,
o- Pll p will )A t,!It n,a
The plans are now ready.
Coal Land Frauds Again.
lllt I .La ..!. T a . .
- ".. V Kill. .JI1M. n.a nTnhuil .n
the coal land question was nvlvcd to-
my ny the reas-emhlimr of thn .r..,.i
jury, w nu n mis leen Invest gut in ul
leged land frauds, and the comm..n.-,
merit of a government suit to r.v,.-..-
it.. . Ik
me imni OniH n R..riU ,.9 t.. i
' l IIIIHI
in ( arl on county alleg.nl to b... i.
i . -. '
ir.o.Muientiy ac,,iiir.-d l.y the late S II
Milner and the Carl-.n County IJind
.."..w.iy. ins ground was taken
as agricultural land.
up
summer.
Fiperimental Irrigated Lands
Washington, Jan. 8 Senator War
ren has Introduced a bill providing for
establishing experimental farms on all
government irrigation nmUet.
tinder the supervision of the aecretarvr
of agrculture. '
Lumber Output of Cooa.
North Iteii.l, ()f Jlin . Inrinn
the year HUMS (',,. uhi, ,,.,! 01 .
03H.HHH fwt of himUr to the Califor-
uii mantel, the shirnientsi being di-
. ' "M'ooc river, 21. !'; .1 mpqiia
..rr, w,,.i,,(hhi; SlIaw river, 8,.
02i,000. The t
0(H) feet, f Wll(.h mmit 3H,44.1,(lK)
ere turned out at the Simpson mills
at North Itend snj iiiM.otxi feet by
field "'r ttinpany t Marsh-
No Church Separation In Italy.
Rome, Jan. 4. The French ambas
sador, M. Itarrere. received the mem
bers of the French colony yester.lav.
He delivered an address, in which he
mentioned the growing friendship of
Italy and Feance, but made no allusion
to Italian sympathy with France in her
ennren trouiiies. Tho fact that be
made no allusion to this trouble ia deem
ed significant, as such an allusion
would be interpreted as encouragement
to the Socialists and Republicans in
Italy to follow France's lead in sei-ain-
iion oi cnurcii and state.
Dakota Town Cries for Coal.
Washington, Jan. 7. A telegram re
ceived at the Interstate Commerce com
mission tshiy from Granville, N. I).,
indicates that the fuel conditions there
are serious betwuse of lack of cars. The
commission has communicated with
President Hill of the Great Northern,
asking if relief could not be afforded.
It Is said at the commission that
since uie action taken several weeks
ago asking the railnmtls to afford all
possible aid to the communities need
ing juel, conditions have materially
improved and further relief is expected.
L.
Will Hunt Revolutionists.
Panama, Jan. 8. The government
of San Salvador hru, jnf,,rmed the lion
dura government tllt it j mobilizing
ts army to destroy ,)ie group of revo
lutionist headed' I.. .:..en.l Tlioni-le
Guitesier, who m .,,ime, himself
pr.-ident. At s1( Mi(r,.,nnd Colon,
in the depart men i-..ln irK.i.r.
of men of a i,M1,iniilI (.iara. ter en
iraged the govern,,,,,,,, forces, who de-b-ate.
them, killi, one, wounding
three and caritnri, ... , .
1 1 .
Ce Tahiti t0 Qre,t Britain.
Melbourne. J. a iw.r.lino
the Age, mission.,,.. ' in the Pacific
islands declare i,.. f-- I... ,.vll
lallltl til (ireat Ilsi.-: .m.i.l.titiAn
. limn in -.-'- ... .....
of territorial conreion, in Burma or
further India (Indn.r i.in.). Premier
IHakin sava he i .ui.. information
on the subject.
Nebraska War on Lobbviata.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. ft. George
rmenion, in ins inaugural address as
govenorr urged that the lobby t ban
ished from the state house, and insist
ed that the legislature enact a law mak
ing it illegal to give or accept railroad
passes In this state. In the house of
representatives Representative White
ham offered a resolution which pro
vides that "if any lobbyist shows on
the floor of the house while this body
is in session the sergeant-at-arms is In
strutted to eject him, forcibly if neces
sary." The resolution was adopted.
Booming Seattle Fair.
New York, Jan. 5. Governor IIou.
gatt, of Alsska, territory; Watson C.
S.piire, ex-t'nited States senat r from
Washington; Ira A. Nadeau. execntiv
officer of the S.attlo chamber of com-
mcree; Harry White, ex-mavor of
Seattle, and now of Los Angel."; pr,,f
F.lmond H. Meany, 1'nlversity of
Washington, and Arthur U. Crl .,
naeme, are Here in the interest of the
Alaska-Ynkon-Paciflc einosition
held in Seattle In 1K09.
Allow No Laws Against Japanese.
Honolulu. Jan. A. It l t-i;...i
here that the Federal government is
preparing to take step to prevent the
passage by the territorial Wial.f..r.
of any measure to discriminate
against the Japanese.
Ralsull in Hot Battle
Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 7. News
from Zinat is conflicting, that originat
ing from native sources stating that
the place has been shelled by artillery
and is half in ruins and that Kaisuli
has fled to the mountains. The same
source states that General Pugdndi,
chief of the Sultan's army, was wound!
ed while hading an attack. Many
others are also reported wounded. It
is Impossible at this time to determine
the actual results of the engagement
ine Anjera Iriliesmen have joined the
nu.iuo m army.
Hearings In Chicago Nt.
Washington, Jan. 7 All the mem
bers of the Interstate Commerce cm
mission with the exception of Mr
cocicreii will assemble in Chicago ti,i.
ween, wnere several important que
nous are sssigne.1 lor hearing. Today
the commission will hear'a complaint
........, me .juration oi iz terminal
narges ai ine stock yards. ()n Tnea
....j .ne .-ommission win continue the
investigation into the coalition of the
narriman railroads.
City of Panama Safe
Mexico City, Jan. 7. According to a
telegram from Maaatlan, sent to the
Associated Press, the steamer City of
Panama, liound from San Francisco to
i anama arrived at that port at fl p. rn
last night. She experienced a rough
trip but sustained only slight damage.
All on Uwrd were safe.
Japanese "quadron Delayed
the departure of the training squadron
of cruisers for Honolulu and the Pa
cific cmt will t.Uy U officially post
poned for a week or ten days.
Burton Agrees That Jetty Work Shall
Not Be Interrupted.
Washington, Jan. 3. After a confer
ence today w ith Chairman liurton, of
the rivet and harbor committee, Senat
or Fulton expressed the opinion that
Oregon will be generously dealt w ith in
Uie river and harbor bill now in process
of formulation. He is satisfied that
the bill will provide for the completion
of the south jetty at the mouth of the-
tolumbia river, for which engineers
recommend an appropriation of $2,450,-
000. One million dollars w ill be ap
propriated in cash and a continuing
contract will lie authorized for the bal
ance, so that the work may be pressed
to early completion and w ithout unnec
essary delay.
The house committee is apparently
inclined to deal fairly with the IVIilo-
canal, though it will probably appro
priate less than the $7.r0,000 asked for
by the engineers. If this item should
be cut materially, Senator Fulton will
co-ojieiate with Senator Piles, of Wash
ington, and there is a very fair nrosiiecL
that the amount recommended tun bw
secured by a senate amendment.
BODIES ALL MIX6 TOGLTHER.
Parts of Men, Wo.ncn and Children
in On Mi,
Washington, Jan. 3. In an endeavor
to identify the mangled bodies of the
victims of the Terra Cotta wreck of
Sunday night, a grewsome discovery
was made at the morgue today. What
was supposed to be the mangled body of
a man attired in a suit of "pcpjier and
salt, proved to lie the remains of sever
al of the unfortunates w ho died in the
Sunday wreck.
The morgue master had all the nilo
of buniHn flesh and articles which had
been gatheied at the wreck removed tf
the "dead r.M-in" today in an effort, t,
establish identity. When he delved
into it, he found a piece t.f a liabv's
skull, a man's foot badly crushed and
encased in a shoe, the hand of a woman
and a portion of a human face, also
Angela, ties and other parte t.f women's
and children's bodies and those of men,
all ground into the black coal dust and
with pieces of garments mixed into the
mass.
Surplus It Still Growlnc.
Washington, Jan. 3. The monthly
statement of the government receipt
.. 1 . .
in t-ieiiiuures snows that tor Decem
ber, 1MK, the receipts wen-$55,81 2,7
and the expenditures $46,537, 850, leav
ing a surplus for the month of $!l,275,
000. The surplus for December, 11105
was $.1,400,000. The expenditures for
the month were $11, 500.INK) in excess
t.f those for December, ltr5. The re
ceipts for the six months t.f the present
fiscal year show a surplus over the dis
bursements t.f $27,05O,fMiH as against a
deficit last year of $07,742,880.
Ut.h Officials Pay Fare.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 3. A party of
I tab state officials who nrrivo.1 t.
from Loa Angeles on a delated tr-i
over the Salt Ijike route hud an unusual
experience January 1, when the anti-
pass law went into effect, ami the train
conductors refused to honor the complj.
rnentary transportation on which they
began their journey from Urn Angeles
All were compelled to go down into
their pocket and dig up f regular
Tare for the distance traveled after the
expiration of the old year. The got, , n
or was in the party.
tie
w as
Admlr ittrailon Not Hoaibe
Washington, Jiin. 3.. he left
White House t.slnv. Senator I- it,.,,
siH'.it u. e Jin.u.i......
and said: "An is-,,.. c.,. I. ,,!,. ,,f
the question, b it it will probubly not
he done. People ,,t r,n the t ,,
beginning t under-lurid tl, .:,. ,.i .
the administration better. They do i,f
now fear that the adniir,itr,.t i..,. .in'
lo any-thin hostile ,, ti.-.i.
ami I rec,,g,,i,e that certain steps must
be tkaen in diplomacy."
Gring on Oregon Reserves.
Washington, Jan. 3 Thirl.
season of 1107 the Forest service will
permit the graxing of 220,000 sheep and
IB, 250 horses and rHU i ' .
division of the P.lue mountain f ...
erve, and 240.000 sheen an.! 2 mm
horses and cattle in tl.. v. ' j ,
Tlslon. -. u-