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WasblogtoB, Jan. I . — Senator W ll-
11am B. Allison, of Iowa, chairman of
th e committee on appropriation*, f a r o »
notion b } aoagrsas 'looking to the aere
" • a d sapport of ex presidente od the
United Btetas. In an interview to
night he referred to the resent attar
•nose of ex-Preetdae) Grover Cleveland
on the subject, and agreed with him
that some provision should be made ja
this direction. The mattar decere
consideration at the hands of oongret
he said, and undoubtedly would nocive
it. l a times of Thomas Jefferson, who
died poor, Mr. Allison said, the go
em inent would bave done well to pay
hie debts. A t peasant Mrs. Garfield ia
receiving an allowance from tbs gov
emmant, and he said that to make pro-
; vision far ex-preuidento would esose on
considerable dram on the treasury, as
rarely have there base two of them
a liv e at the same time.
M A R IN E C O R P S NO W C O M P L E T E
PuH Complement e f 8,700 Men Is
Enlisted,
. 1 Washington, Jan. 1.— General El
liott* command! at of marines, reported
ho Secretary Metcalf yesterday that tor
th e first tjm e la many months the ma
rina oorpe was new op to its fa il d a -
plament of 8,700 en Hated men. Gen-
wtal E llio t reports that net only has he
•ecured all the men he wants, bat has
withdrawn from tbs newspapers adver
tisements sailing- lor recruits, and be
la now in a position to piok his men
when them is need for farther recruit-
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The rsssona assigned for this stats of
affairs r epresent the depressed condi
tion of Industries, resulting in forcing
man to obtain employment outside of
the factorise, m ills and mines, and to
each of thhse as ate not able to perform
tailor's duties, yet would make good
ooldiere and desire to see the world,
t h e marine oorpe offers a tempting re-
Mncto
Washington, Jan. 8. — The forth-
cotning reports of the government's re
ceipts and expenditures lor the month
, ending Dec. 81 w ill allow a decrease in
th e receipts aa compared with Decem
ber last year of 18.829,168 and aa in
crease in expenditures of 89,881,414,
making the net loss for the year $17,-
.910,686. The decrease in reoeipts from
la 86,896,969; from internal
#8,768,646.
Miscellaneous
i Increase $1,186,468. Increases
i are: C ivil and misoel-
68,000.000; war. #1,600,000;
navy, #4*0004)00; pea done. $8,400,-
OOO; public works, increase from $4,-
848,711 to $8,899,000.
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Washington, Jsn. 84. —The W ar de
partment has bean in oorreepoodanee
by telegraph w ith General Faneton la
8aa Francisco, relative to the disposi
tion of the troops at Goldfield in con
formity with the president's intentions
to maintain the fores there, pending,
the meeting of the legislatore of N e
vada.
General Funston intended a rudno
tion in the number of troops at tha
mining oamp, bat the W ar department
has decided to retain there nil of the
present force, numbering 288 map. In
the intere t, however, of simplioity,
end to avoid the maintenance o f e
■iderable number of officers who were
not needed, it has instructed General
Faneton to consolidate the com pente
into two.
.Bank Condition Is d o e d .
Washington, Jen. 1.— Senator An
kany has bed several conferences re
esntly with offisieis of the Treasury de
partment concern i ng the interests of
the national banks in the stats of
Washington. Daring the recent finsn
cisl flbrry some diffleulty was expert
enced in the tar West by reason of the
inability of the banks to obtalE 1
boat money from its sessnre eitlss or
en from the enbtressariss. Mr. An
Sony feels oonfident, after his talki
with officials of the treasury, that tbs
situation has been greatly relieved
w ithin the last t a n weeks, and that
from now on the same difficulty w ill
not be experieneed.
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Washington, Jan. 8.— Possibly the
fact that California produces great
quantities o f petroleum inclines Secre
tary Metcalf to fhvor the nos of that
fuel in the nsvy, where it can be done
beneficially.
Therefore plans for the
torpedo destroyers about to be
prepared w ill probably include a re
quirement that they Uh designed for
horning oil. The fact that the newest
British boats of this class, whieh have
the extraordinary speed o f 40
miles an boar, are oil burners, has in
fluenced oar Navy department In favor
of the adoption of liquid fuel. \
Sailor* Meet Defodt.
Wahington, Jan. 2.— The Seamen’s
uniòn met temporary defeat today in
their fight am tori the employment of
Chinese esnmsn on Pacific coast ves
sels. Representatives oalled upon A t
torney General Boos parts today end
opinion that the employ
ment of Chinese on the vessels was s
violation of the exclusion act. Bona
parte informed the ccmmlttoe that be
oould only fam ish the president and
the beads o f the department* affected
Immense Traffic Across Oosan.
with their opinion for optional action.
New York, Jan. 2.— Trane-Atlantio The union w ill petition the president.
passenger traffic during 1907 w ad' in
Figures A re Astounding.
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creased by nearly a million lessengers
ever the tiafflo in 1908. The total pas
Washington, Jan. 1.— The epgineers
sengers carried both east and west has on the Panama canal are dealing in
reaohed the enormous number of 3,957,- vast figures and the canal record oon-
828, according to figures given out by
in a graphic manner an idea of
th e North German LHoyd company. the magnitude of the work to be done
The movement has been greatet than upon’ the looks. I t is stated that the
In 190« by 978,640 and 1,451,161 greet amount of oonerete to be used in build
e r than in 1904.
The passengers from ing these locks would suffioo to oon-
Europe to the United States number stroct sight-room city houses of the
«99,840, which id 300,000 in exorse of genqrous s'se of 80x80 feet w ith two
the entire seat and west traffic in 1904. storica and basement and with oonerete
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floors and roof to the number of 22,842.
Engineers to Tou r Coast.
Washington, Deo. M - * - Colonel*
«lumpers Mav Get a Chance.
Leech end Lockwood o * t h e board of
Washington, Jan. 1..—The Bartlett
TJeltinl States engineers, w ill leave for mining assessment bill did not peas.
the Pacific coast on January 9, begin The Teller b ill, which is similar, pass
ning with California, and w ill hold ed the senate before the holidays, bat,
pnblio bearings on a number o f pro it is understood, w ill not past the
jects, including Oregon undertakings. house. Failure to peas such legislation
People w ill have the opportunity to means that a ll mining claims upon
present the lnoal needs of their com- which tha required amount ot assess
monitled. Both the officers ate loyal ment work was not done during the
Aupportent of coast developments. It calendar year 1 9 0 Ì ,can be legally
Is enggssted th »t Portland prepare to jumped after January 1.
present neorseary works tog its section.
U rge Brown son to Talk. .
Steamship Company Embarrassed
Washington, Dec. 28.— Line officers
New York, Jen. 2.— Announcement in thè navy are urging Admiral Brown-
was made tonight on behalf of the Oon- son to publish correspondence relative
• 0 1 Ida ted Steamship lines by D. H. to hie resignation, bolding that R ixey’ a
Campbell, the treasurer, that the com statement was really inspired at the
pany would default on the interest on
W hite H oots. It has developed that
its 86,000,000 collateral trust bonds, the acceptance of his resignation was
doe tomorrow. The official statement announced 16 minutes after it bkd been
-explains that "O w ing to the prevailing given to Secretary Metcalf to taka to
financial conditions it bad been com President Roosevelt.
pelled to devote Its earnings to pay
ment for new ships and bsnoe is unable
Around tha W orld in 10 Seconds.
to meat tbs coupon* maturing.”
Washington, J sn . 2.— In accordano#
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with a custom began several years ago
N o Action In Bristol Gees.
W ashington Deo. 28.— Mem bet* of tbs naval observatory last night st 12
th e Oregon delegation in congress met o’clock sent a New Year greeting
This is done by
and informally disoussed the Bristol around the world.
«s ee but no sotilh whatsoever was tak prearrangement with the telegraph and
en. The matter may come up for more cable companies, and the meseage com
formal discussion later bnt no an- pleted the telegraphic circuit of the
world in about 10 eeoonda’ time.
nonaoasnent of plans has been mads.
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Cruisers at PtehWnqus.
Washington, J%p. 1.— Admiral Se
to se’« squadron, oomisting of theoruis-
ere Tennessee and Washington/ have
arrived at Piohiltnqae, off the southern
coast of Lower Chlifornls. Their next
stop is expected to be st Magdalene
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Viscount Aeki Beys Farewell.
Washington, Jen. 2.— Viscount Aokl,
¡the Jspeneee embassador who was re
cently* recalled by hit borne govern
ment, bade farewell to Washington
Monday. 'H e wiH still from Sen Fran
cisco for Japan on January
Oregon Pwttmesters
Washington, Tlan . 2.-
.— Oregon p°ü -
masters appointed: Londoo, James E.
Baton v ie e X 'N . Bogus, resigned; M ill
O ily, Mabel McBae vies E. J. Bryans,
Vancouver, B. 0., Jsn. 8.— W h ile st
no stags did the fight between the
three oity firemen and the Japanese
reach anything like the dimensions of
the September riots, the incident I
revived the bitterest feeling. After all
the explanations end apologies that
haVe been made, both civic end goto
mental, citiaens of Vancouver did not
believe it possible that an attack snob
as occurred eon Id he mode.
A il three victims are still alive,
though at least two era disfigured for
tils. Young Frost, a fine-look ing ath
lete, bed his nose sliced off by ooe of
the sword-llks knives of the Japanese.
The other men, though fearfully in
jured. are recovering. McDonald was
removed to his home, w h ile Anderson
is still in the hospital with Frost.
The most serious iestory in the pop
ular view is that the Japanese oeetkm
la practically an armed eamp agatori
the whites of Vancouver. Tw o thoo-
send men live together there, reedy to
murder any ofae who makes the slight
est disturbsnoe. The present lnstanee
is regarded as partioalarly flagrant, be-
e the young men w ere ia u niform ,]
with fireaaen’s eape, and for all they
knew the Jnpe might haws been as
saulting policemen.
The troth is .simply being forced
boms to the entire city that the Jap
e here are barbarians enough to
murder oh the slightest provocation
Vanooover bee been e little ashamed o f
herself ainoe the night of the 8eptei
bar riots, bat the frightful, attack is
jest now being regarded in some quart
era as showing oomplete justification.
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N IG H T RIDERS FIRE A T O W N .
Bums Tobacco Warehouses In Rus
sellville end Wounds Man.
Nashville, Tenn., Jsn. S-— A long
distenoe telephone message to the
American from Russellville, K y., says
that night riders visited that town at
12:46 o’clock this morning.
The to
bacco warehouse of H . G. Work A Com
pany and the American Snuff company
were dynamited and burned.
The
planing m ill of Roberta ft Brown and
three other * mailer houses were more
or lees damaged.
Many shots were fired, and It ia r
ported that two man, one of them a
commercial traveler, were wounded.
Russellville ie a town of about 4,000
inhsbitsmts and it is the county seat-of
Logan ooonty, which, borders on the
Tennessee line. It is in the heart of
tbe'dark tobacco district and bnt one
ooonty, Todd county, separates It from
Chi 1stisfi and Trigg oountiee, the soene
of the reoepfc depredations in and
around Hopkinsville.
Farther details
were not obtainable st 8 o’olook this
morning.
Sm elters A re d o s e d Down.
Helens, M oot., Jen. 8.— The Am eri
can Smelting ft Refining company, it is
authorstively announced here tonight,
w ill shortly close down several of its
smelting plants because of the depres
sion in the lead market. A t the East
Helena plant today the company reduc
ed its force 106 men and tomorrow a 10
per cent redaction in wages w ill he
posted for the 260 men who are retain
ed. Manager Frank M . Smith, of the
local plant, received notioe several days
ago from officials ot the 'company that
tbs smelter would be olosed.
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Trains East Daily
"W ith in
weak or tea days tha department of
w ill te a s a statement regarding
aership by the Union Pacific of
stook of tbs Southern Pacific,” m id A t
torney General Bonaparte.
“ It
been contemplated to Issue the i
ment earlier, bat the absence In Eur
ope o f special cooneel employed by
w m *m
government lies caused tbs delay.”
W h ile the attorney general w ill not
t o s a
pdmit a t tbis tim e that the statement
w ill be the announcement of proceed
L$ata^CUdifiifiB4
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ings against the Union Pacific far vio __
lation of the law prohibiting restraint
of trade, there is excellent authority
t J i a
for the statement that It w ill be.
The
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t s a s s s City. A
department o f j ns ties, according to one
of its high officials, h ie reached the ■— f f i n —
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conclusion arrived at by the Interstate
O SH . a
Commerce oommission that the control
whieh the Union Pacific has obtained
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over the Southern Pacific by the pnr-
rau ^ Im lu thj MU-
toòtaM
of stock ia in violation of the law
and amoanta in enbstaroa to the merg
ing of tw o competing railways.
Not unly w ill the government prov
ed for a dissolution o f the merger and
a restoration o f the competition which
prevailed before the Union Pacific
bought Southern Pacific stock, bet the
IO L H c M U R R A Y ,
coarts w ill be asked, it is stated by an
official of the department, to break up
the oomblne under whieh the twy rail
roads ere alleged to operate their'steam
ships.
Rebel Against Z eb ra .
Panama, Jan. 3.— Adviose from Bo
ons del Torres shy that passengers arriv
ing there from Blneflelds, Nicaragua,
report that the Mosquito Indians have
risen against the government of Presi
dent Zelaya, who ia accused by them of
being reeponaible for the death of their
chief. Oonditlona were considered so
serious by tbs command er of the British
man-of-war cruising in Nicaraguan
T e ff to Talk Politics.
Washington, Dee.« 88. — Secretary waters that blnejaoksts were landed to
Taft w ill make his first political pro protect the interests of foreigners.
nouncement sines his return from abroad
at Boston, Deoember 80, in s speeoh be
Growth o f N ew Y ork Values.
fore the Merchants’ association.
New York, Jsn. 8.—Controller Mats,
in s review yesterday on tbs growth ot
C o o jr tM n iin
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the city In the ten years sines consoli
Washington,
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re W illiam A . Caldi
tive
Oalderfaead, of Kansas, of real estate owned by the people had
is critically ill with doable pneumonia advanced from 82,582,416,819 in 1898
St h i« apartment IA this oily.
to 88,840,488,608 ia 1007.
' H awleytn Society.
Washington, Jan. L — Representative
and Mrs. Hawley made their first how
to official society in Wsshlngton Mon
day evening as dinner guests of Vice
President Fairbanks. On Friday even,
ing Mr. add M ia Hawley w ill be guests
of Mrs. Roosevelt st s musical to be
given s t the W hits House.
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