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NEWS OF THE WEEK
111 n Condensed Form (or Our
Iiusy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Hotuma of (ho Lou Important but
Not Lot Interesting Events
of tho Ptt Week.
A Japanese cruiser In reported ashore
in Yuiigehlng liit)'. '
The Oregon IuikI fruiul cnxo Imit been
postponed until April.
A Jiipuiiifi! wing nf Oyaina'n nriny
driven I nick recently Ih again iiilvmirlug.
'l'lii Jupiuii'co ur foarful lent tlin
HllW llll! gllVI'mlllt'llt llllJ'K It IllllllllCr of
MirxlilM from (.'hllo
Tim suspension bridge nt ('Imrliwluu,
W. Vu., collapsed, drowning threo
hiIhmiI iItIh mill Injuring llwt people.
llrlgaillor (liiimriil K. .M. Whltililo
Iniliitd. Ho had command uf the de
partment of Hunting!! during tint Hjnn
IhIi war.
I'otir ini'ii were niiMinM to death
ntul ditir ittliiTH IkuII)' Injure! Iiy mi
Clpllwlllll Oil till! iHtttltwIlIp MllSHil
I'llUSUttH. Tim new Portland MMitilllri will not
In large- enough iiihI tlin iirrlillisit Iiuh
Im'i'H uskisl to provlili' for tho construe
tit ill nf another wing.
A iiiiuiImt of prominent rural until
carriers who were. tHiiu'tlvi polltlmlly
tl it r I UK tin ri'i'unt iiiiii'Milgu, haw
Im'cii ri'inoMHl. They were nil In New
York mill New Ilimphlro.
Winder telegraph iiUHHHige have
Im'cii rent from Kiiiinim City to ('lev
land, Ohio, "So iiillcx, without ri'lity.
nil is mini to Ih' inn longi-sl illstnneo
overland iiiomtgen ever iMtvt'rcil.
Fire destroyed an Immerfso coal bun
ker nt Huffalo.
Tim real vrork will not begin until
eary In January,
John I). Rockefeller haa given Chi
cago Urilmslly f.100,000.
Tho second trial of tho Oregon land
fraud case In In progress In l'ortlninl.
The nouiinittluii of Oorrenor Ilrady,
of Alaska, baa been bold up by tho
m-natc.
The national convention of Traveling
Passenger agenta will incut lu Portland
In 1W)6.
Tho International commission to In
qulru Into the North sea Incident la
ipt-ctcd to meet In I'irli D.ccmber 20.
Harbed wire stretched In front nf tho
Japanese trenches I proving tho wotat
foa of tlin Russian army lu Manchuria.
A numbor nt lloier leadeia In North
ern Olilua have born plarrd In prison
and It It thought probable that tho In
toiuUd uprising baa bovn nipped In thr
bud.
At tho Ut cabinet meeting Fecrctar)
Hitchcock spoke briefly of tho laud
fraud canes, Indicating that rornti start
ling duvulnpniunta In them illicit lie
expected In tlin near filturu.
Tho Hough It filers will huvo n place
of honor lu tho Inaugural pntudu.
A Cblni'Rii capitalist declare that bo
known Port Aitlnii ha prut lalona fur
three tnonthf.
Of tlio 100 locomotives ordered for
tho Hnrrimnn lines, 60 nro (or the
Southern Pad He.
Dowlo hnn paid tlio last Installment
on lila ilulitH and 'Aon City la again on
a sound financial hauls.
Tlio HuwiUn battleship Sevastopol nt
Tort Arthur linn not been sunk and la
adoption ilefi'iif Ivo measures.
A Hussion captain has linn ariestod
for criticising tho admiralty.
A dispatch from Mukden says tho
Japauvru havo driven tho Russians on
tho right bank of tho Hun rlvor west
ward. Tho proaldont has sent tho nomina
tion of U. P. Nelll to Biuxood WrlKht a
coinuiltalnnor of labor to the lenate for
couflrmatlon.
Tho Pritfsh American arbitration
treaty linn lecn signed by Secretary liny
and tho Ilrltlsh ambassador, It Is ex
pected that the Italian treaty will bn
ready book.
The Japanese havo turned their nt
tontlon to Onldon Hill fortress and
Homo dnmngo bun boon Infllutod.
Washington lias four aspirants for
thoollleo of flab coiiimlHslpiier.
Tho Boutiiorn atntoa nro Hood Inn
Uooaovolt With InvltntloiitJ to visit
thorn. '
Tho romnlna of Krugor, tho ox-prosl-dont
of tho Tjnnuviial, havo arrived nt
Pretoria,
Hovoro Bklrmishea havo occurrod on
tho Bhabko " river in which tho Hub
aluns wore dofoatod.
FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
HIrIi Wind Fans Flninos and Loss
Will Honch $0,000,000,
Minneapolis, Deo. 16. Firo which
hroko out lu tho photoxinphlu supply
hmiso of tho (). II. i'eck company on
I'lllh street aiiulh, nt lOiHO o'clock
Inst ulKht, aproad to adjoining build
lima and caused u Iota roughly estlmnt
od nt $3,000,000. Tho Peck building
was entirely gutted, wbllu tho fllx-story
fiirultuo house of lloiilell Ilros,, ono of
tho lamest establishments o! its kind In
tho Northwest, wan ruined and a uuiii
borof smaller bulldingn nlso destroyed
Tlin causo of tho blaxu In na yet tin.
known.
Tho I'owurn inerrnutllo company, an
Immeiiso departnu'tit store Just across
First avenno Ninth, wnn threatened
with destiui'tlon, but heroism upon
tho part of the Minneapolis and Ht.
Paul tiro diips.it iiientn piuveutixl tl.u
destruetlort, at'hougli Iminenw) ilmiingu
whs dime to tlin stock by water. Ht.
Paul wan railed upon for aid soon after
tho llntui'H were dlwovered and sunt all
hor nvnilabln tiro nppaintua.
Fur a llino tho Inut port of the re
tail part of tho city wan threatened,
mid tho firemen seemed uualiln to stay
Ihooiiiiisb of tlin Humes, which were
driven by a high wind from tho north.
Iiy allowing tho bullillnga already on
lire to burn thimiaolvon oul and confin
ing tholr iffirln In adjacent buildings
the llremin had the conllagrntlon well
under control at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. On man was rojKiitvd killed by
coming Into contact with a live wire,
and two firemen aro also believed to
have been kll'od.
TO OPEN LAND.
Yakima Indians Will Qlva Up Aprox
Imately 000,000 Acres.
Washington, Dec. 16. Tho senate
today par sim) without amendment Hep
reseutatlvn Jones' bill oK'iiing to set
tlement tbi) unallotted lands of the
Ynklma Indian retvrvntlon lu Kaatern
Washington, emlxxlylng approximately
800,000 ncrtn. The bill having pre
vloiisly pansvtl the bounn, rivpilres only
tho signature of tho president to make
it a law. It provides that tho lands
shall ho clnssllled aa grazing, titular
and arid lamia, capablo of irrigation,
then appraised and thiown open to
entry nt not lets than tho appralwl
value. Tfio exact manner of the open
lug In to bo prescribed by tho presi
dent. Mineral lands will Ixt sublect
to location under mineral laud laws.
To make It easy for settlors, it Is pro
vided that payment shall U made In
live nnnual Instalments, but eiitrymen
falling to make payments Iom tbolr
rights to lauds entered. The receipts
from the sales of lands will be deposit
oil in tho treasury to tho credit of tlio
Indians on tlio Yaalum reservation and
nxpeniled for their benefit. The bill
recognizes tho claim of the Indians
to a disputed tract of 203,000 acrea ad
joining their reservation on tho west,
but also rccognliet tho rights of bona
II do settlers who now hold landa in this
nrea.
TO PASS MILLION.
Lewis and Clark Exposition Attend
ance.Will Do Qreat.
Portland. Dec. 16. What the prob
able attendance at tlio Lewis and Clark
exposition will In) is a subject that has
arnud no emi nt interest, lor upon
the attendance depends the success of
tho great enterprise. There Is no one,
ifrlmps, better able to apeak on thlr
iUestlun than Hecretnry H. K. Heed,
wliu. with tlio co-operation ol oilier
exposition ollhilals lias siwtit much
time lu compiling statlBllrn ana inves
tigating the factors that will contribute
to tho attendance. In arriving nt defi
nite conclusions, comparisons have
been ;uado with such expositions as
tlioso nt Omaha, Han Francisco, Nash
ville and Atlanta, which were of much
tho same muguUudo and acopo as tho
Lewis and Clark exposition.
Secretary Heed hnn estimated that
tiiu total attendance during the entire
expoiltlon period will bo somewhere
between 1,260,000 and 1,600,000.
"This otttlmate," said ho, "compaios
favorably with the attendance nt Oma
ha, Ban Francisco, Nnahvillo and At
lanta. At Omaha the paid admissions
numbored 1,778,600; nt Han Francisco,
1,315,01'iJ; at Nashville, 1,100,(101';
at Atlanta, 770.600."
Askold May Orenk Out.
London, Dec. 16. TheMorntng PoBt'fl
Hhnnghni coriUBpondont cables that
notwithstanding all denials, tho pro
tected rrultwr Askold Is still coaling
and has alroady shipped 1,000 tons of
Cardiff coal, Tlio commander of tho
vohboI, tlfti correspondent adds, is open
ly superintending tho proceVa, which
will probably be completed in tho
courso of n day. Tho or respondent
nays tho fact that tlio Askold wan dis
armed does not mean that tho parts of
machinery which woro removed could
not bo duplicated and replaced.
Snow Delays Stroet Cars.
Now York, Deo. 16. ', Neatly seven
Inches of Miow In thin city gavo the
street railway companies tbolr first real
wlnter'oxperieuco UiIh year. Aa tiBual,
conditions wero bad In tho outlying sec
tions, whtro tho enow drifted Into cuts,
making travol of nil kinds dlfllcult.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
DEVELOPMENT OF LINN.
Object of Club That Has Organized
flecontly nt Albany.
Allmny. Torn Itlclinrdflon, of tho
Portland Commercial Club, dollvorod
nn Interesting mid Instructive uildronn
before Albnuy'a business men In tlio
Oram! Oporu hounu. Mr. HIchardHon
displayed it thorough knowledge of
methods of municipal and stnto devel
opment, and gave a lucid explanation
of tho UBBontliila of auccona In a corn,
ruorclnl organization, and tho uddrosu
waa productive of rosulta.
At tho closo of his talk Mr. IllcJinrd
sou took charge of tho organization of
n local commercial body for tho devel
opment of Albany and I. Inn county. A
numbor of pcoplo pledged $C per
month for tlio Hupport of n puali club,
others Htnnllcr sums, and n committee
of htiHlncBH men wan appointed by
Muyor Dnvln to take chargo of tho or
ganization work and secure n member
ship Htilllclently largo to establish tho
club on n good financial baals.
It In tho punioBu of the organization
to advertise tho county and place men
In the fluid to work for the develop
ment of I-Inn county'n great resource.
It waa unanimously decided to Join the
Oregon Development Loaguo nnd co
opvratu with that body In tho dovolop
mont of Oregon. Tho organization
committee van authorized to find a
name for tho club nnd nomlnnto offl-
cora, tho nominations to bo ratified at
the next meeting, when organization
will bo porfeclod.
Mr. Itlchurdson wan given nn In
fo nn a I reception at the Alco Club nt
tho adjournment of tho meeting.
OH Spoils Water Supply.
Salem. Farmers from tho Waldo
Hills report oil discoveries In tho vi
cinity of Pratum. whore oil wan discov
ered by Hlco llrothcra last spring.
Many wells have been abandoned be
cause tho wntor ennnot bo used. No
effort has been mado to sink a deep
well for tho purposo of determining
whothiT oil can bo found In paying
quantities. I.ocal capitalists nrrnnged
last fall to sink n well aa deep na
might bo necessary, provided tho farm
ers would bond their property, agree
ing to sell their oil on n percentage
basis. Mnny farmers would not ngrco
to this, proferlriR to profit by tho re
sults of experiments conducted by
others, nnd nn n consequenco tho woll
digging enterprise was abandoned.
Willamette Flshway Completed.
Hnlom Tho now flshway over tho
falls nt Oregon City haa been com
pleted nt n cost of I2973.C0, and En
gineer J. W. Moffntt reported that fact
to tho Htnto Fish Commission today.
Tho cnnlneer exprossea bis confldnnco
that tho flshway will make It prac
ticable for salmon and othor fish to
ascend tho Wlllamotto Tlver. In re
porting tho work ut tho sovOrnl fish
hntchorlea, Maater Fish Wordcn II. O.
Vnn Dusen sayn that G.GGO.OOO Chinook
and 3,tG,000 allverrddo egga havo boon
taken at tho South Coos rlvor hatch
ery, whllo 2,607.000 Chinook nnd 1,
000,000 Hllveraldo egga have boon
tnkon nt Ynqulnn, Thoso results nro
considered very satisfactory.
Improvements t Hood Rlvor.
Hood Itlvor. It la featlmnted that
tho O. It. & N. Co. Is expending $10,000
In Improvements to tho depot grounds
and track ynrtlB nt this point. Tho pna
Monger depot la being romodolod nnd
enlarged, nnd n freight dopot nnd
warehouso hnH boon erected throo
blocka woBt of tho proBent location.
Tho facllltlos for handling freight nt
this point hnvo afforded very poor nc
cominodatlonu for tho last threo years,
and tho Improvements now being mndo
nro n nnurco of satisfaction to tho ship
ping IntoreatB.
Claim Jumpers Busy.
OrantH Pass. Claim Jumpora con
tlnuo to do tbolr work In tho Suokor
Crook district. A clolm owned by
Shorlft IajwIb, of this city. hnB recently
boon Jumped, and us the claim Is
valued qWlto highly by tho Shorlff nnd
haa bad two yearn assossmont work
dono upon It, Mr. I.owls Ih anything
but plousod ovor tho usurpation of his
right and ana gone to iIIhcubs tho mat
tor nt closo range with tho Intrudor.
Phono Lino for Farmers.
Chomawn. Chanuhvn Ih to bo tho
center of a rural tolophono lino, to bo
oBtnbllshod nt onco. Fifteen fnTmors
In tho vicinity of Chomnwa mot last
evening at tho realdonco of Frank
Uoatty nnd formed nn lndopondont
rural enmnnuv. Material has boon or-
dorod for tho lino, nnd will bo horo In
about threo wooks. Tho centrnl oftlco
will bo established nt unomnwn.
Selling Sugar Plant Stock.
Milton. nobort H. Krnzlor of thlB
nlnen In In Portland Holllm; stock of
tho Moxlcnn Nntlonnl Sugar Hotlnlng
Company, of which no Ih n inomuor.
Tho company will clispoBO of $250,000
ivnrlii of nroforred stock In ordor to In
stall a nugar roftnlng plant. Tho com-
nanv b composed largely or Auuon
nnd Walla Walla capitalists..
Mohair Show January 10-20.
nniliiH Tim cnnimlttoo of nrrange-
nionta for tho Polk County Mohntr AH1
Boclatlon appointed to urrango for tho
fair, bus numod January 10 ami 20 as
Mm tlmn for holdlnc tho fair at Dallas,
This 1b primarily a goat fair, but poul
try and snoop will niBO uo nn iiuuruoi
Ing foaturo of tho show. Entries nro
open to all Oregon.
TO DEAL IN FINE HOR8E8.
New Industry Opened in Pendleton by
Former Eugene Man.
Pendleton. A. C. Huby, formerly of
Kugono, Ore., haa purchased tho Ore
gon food yard of this city, nnd pro
poses to maintain a distributing depot
fur imported horaen, Ho baa at his es
tablishment 27 horses nnd sit jack
assos. Tho horses aro I'erchcTons,
French druft, Uolglan shlro and coach
ntalllonH, Every horse was nclcctcd by
him In Europe and shipped to thin
country from Germany and Franco,
Tho animals nro of tho gentlest dispo
sitions, Mr. Ituby not purchasing any
that showed signs of III temper.
Tho animals will bo kept at Pendle
ton, and, an tho occasion requires, dis
tributed over Oregon and Washington.
Tho McLaughlin Jlros., of Cincinnati,
proposed to establish a station bore,
but finally decided upon Ogden, Utah.
Mr. Ituby will either purchaso resi
dence property or build and remove
his family to tills place, where ho will
havu permanent headquarters.
This Btatlon means much to eastern
Oregon and Washington, not only for
tho convcnlcnco of It, but for the
material Improvement that will be
asadu In tho horsos. Until the last fow
years llttlo attention to tho breeds of
horses was given. Of late years prices
have Increased until it pays handsome
ly to ralso n grado of horses that com
mand tho highest prices In eastern
markets. Tbo day of the cayuso Is
past, and the farmers havo learned
bow much rnoro work can be expected
from n horse of good size than from a
small cayuso, ,
Not only nro the farmers demanding
good horsos, but aro raising mules.
Tho Jacks owned by Mr. Ituby are
from Missouri, and aro much sought
after by breeders.
To Bore for Artesian Water.
Ilakor City. Manager Vinson, of
tho Emma mine, six miles east of the
city, has closed a contract with C. A.
Fredericks, of Spokane, to bore for
water on his property. Mr. Fredericks
has tho most oxtenslvo boring appa
ratus ever brought to Eastern Oregon.
It having a capacity for boring 6000
feet. Tho contract with Mr. Vinson
calls for 2000 feet or less, boring to
ceaso whenever a sufficient flow of
water Is encountered. Ho docs not ex
pect water under 600 fce'u Tho work
will bo commenced at once. Mr. Fred
ericks also has n contract to boro for
aitouinn hot wntcr for the Hot Springs
Notatorium Company of this city. Tbe
hot springs of tho company are within
tho city limits.
Fewer Catllo Fed Than Usual.
Echo, Flvo hundred head of cattlo
aro being fed in tho Immediate vicinity
of Echo. This Is a small numbci com
pared with what aro usually wintered
ac tills placo and Is occasioned by tho
extremely low prices paid for beef.
As largo herds aro herded upon small
alfalfa fields, tho pasturage afforded
Is oaten close, and hay feeding begins
about tho 2Bt of November. Cattle
raisers nro hoping for higher prices
tho coming season, believing that tho
visitors to tin) 1905 fair will consume
n great nmount and bring up prices.
Several small shipments havo been
mado alroady this fall, and tho highest
prlco received Is $3.25 per cwt., llvo
weight.
Anxious for Good Roads,
a rants Pass. Tho good roads move
ment has struck Josophlno county with
greater forco this sonson than ever be
foro, and there Is n more general de
sire to hotter tho highways of tho
county than this section has cvor bo
foro known. During tho past two
months nearly $5000 has been paid out
by mining companies and Individual
mining men for tho Improvement of
roads In Josephlno count)! and as a
result many of tho Camps that woro al
most completely Isolated during tho
winter will bo readily reached by wag
on hereafter,
COMING EVENTS.
Inland Emplro Sunday School Insti
tute, Pendleton, Oro January 30.
Oregon Stnto Dairymen's Associa
tion, Portland, Decombor 20-21.
Oregon Stnto Horticultural Society,
Portland, January 10-11.
National American Woman Suffrago
Association, Portland, Juno 22-28.
Lewis and Clark Contonnlnl Exposi
tion, Portland, JXino 1-October 15.
Sell Land Near Helix.
Pondlctqn. William Kupers nnd Q.
C. Shroeilcr, fnrmors residing near
Helix, have disposed of threo quarter
sections of lund to Joseph Solvere of
that locality for $8000 a quarter. Mr.
Kunora, who sold ono of tho sections,
and Shroedcr, wfco Bold two, hnvo pur-
chasod land nenr Nez I'erco, paying
$4500 and f!0G0 a eoctlon.-
Irrlgatlon Work.
Milton. Workmon nro building
Humes for tho Finis irrigation ditch,
which will wntor n body of land near
the Hudson liny section. Many other
Humes aro being built under tho rail
road nt different points, nnd nn lm
nionso territory hitherto bnro will bo
put under cultivation noxt season.
NORTHWEST WHEAT MARKET.
Portland Walla Walln, 83c; Mue
sli m, 8805 valley, 87)&c
Tacoma Uluestem, b0o; club, 8O0.
LARGEST VOTE FOR PRE8IDENT.
Roosevelt Defeated Parker by a Ma
jority of 2,040,100 Votes.
Now York, Dec. 14 The Times to
morrow will ray: A canvass by 'the
limes of the popular vote at the last
presidential election, romplcto except
as to one county in Tennessee, and four
counties In Michigan, where estimate)
are given, shows that President Itoow
velt defeated Judge Parker by 2,604,
160. Ho pol.ed tho largest voto ever
given a president of tjie United States,
7,040,600. This is rnoro than 400,000
in excess of the voto cast for M:K!nley
in 1000.
The official flgureo for Mlsnonri show
that Hooeevelt carried that state by
26,000.
In Maryland ono Kepnbllcan elector
received tho largest vote, but his col
leagues weie defeated. The Democrats
of Maryland, Ihereloro, will hove seven
votes in the electoral college, while tho
Hcpubl leans will have only onn.
A comparison with the vote table of
1000 shows a marked change in tho
ftociallst vote. Debs, tho candidate of
the party that year, was also this year's
candidate, and his vote (hows an In
crease of rnoro than 30. Walon, tho
Populist candidate, ran strongest in his
own state, Georgia, where he received
22,036 votes. lie received most of his
votes in the Houth and West, bnt only
one vote was cast for him in Foutli
Carolina. The electoral vote will bo
330 lor Hooeevelt and 140 for Parker.
OREGON HAS GOOD FRIEND.
Appropriation for Fair Due to Influ
ence of the President.
Washington. Dec. 14. Oregon .has.
reason to congratulate itself on having
secured the appropriation for its expo
sition at the Jast seeaion of congress.
It now appears that tbo $476,000 ap
propriated for government participa
tion in the Lewis ard Clark fair is tbo
last money that congress will expend
for expositions for many years to come.
The action of the house committee
on expositions in flatly refusing to
make any appropriation whatever for
the Jamestown exposition is an indica
tion that congress has had enough,
and hat finally reached tbe stago wbero
It will put Its foot down. Had it not
been for tbe interest President Roose
velt took in the Oregon enterpriee
and for the influence which he ex
erted in behalf ol the Lewis and Clark
appropriation bill' Oregon would havo
Buffered the same blow that baa been
dealt to Jamestown.
congress was just as much opposed
to exposition appropriations a year ago
as It Is now, out Oreson had n friend
at court, and the onjy friend who could
be of real service.
ASK FOR FULL AMOUNT.
Oregon Senators Assured Support of
River and Hirbor Committee.
Washington, Dec 14. Senators
Mitchell and Fulton havo united in a
letter to Chairman Durton or tho Riv
ers and Harbore Committee, strongly
urging that liberal appropriations bo
mado for tho Columbia river and othor
Oregon waterways. They point out
tho necessity for securing at this ses
sion enough money to complete tho
kjetty at tho mouth of tho Columbia.
asking for $1,300,000. They urgo tho
appropriation of tho full amounts rec
ommended by Major Langfltt for tho
Dallcs-Cclllo canal nnd nil other pro
jects In which Oregon is Interested.
This letter Is filed to back up argu
ments which tho Senators hnvo mado
orally to Chairman Durton nnd to Rep
resentative Jono,s. of Washington, who
Is on tho committee. Durton and
Jones show great friendliness toward
tho Columbia and givo nssurnnco
which leads to tho belief that ade
quate amounts will be appropriated.
Vessel to Return to Mextco.
Mexico City, Dec. 14. It Is report
ed horo that tho contract for the Drlt
Ish steamship line betweon British Co
lumbia and Mexico has been awarded
to Andrew Weir & Co., of Glasgow.
Scotland. Tho agreement calls for
first-class steamers capablo of carry
ing 4500 tons of freight each, 50 first
class passengers und from 300 to 400
steerage passengers. Tho line will bo
subsidized, and will rocelvo $50,000
from the Canadian government and n
llko amount from tho Mexican govern
ment It Is thought that tbo first boat
will sail from Vancouver January 14,
1905.
Zero Weather In Manchuria.
General Kurokl's Headquarters In
tho Field. Dec. 14. Tho army has had
Its first tasto of tho real quality of a
Mnnchurlan winter tho past week.
Last night tho thermometer fell to six
degrees bolow xero, Fahrenheit. Tho
days aro cold also, hut sunshine and
tho nbaenco of sovero winds makes
Hfo tolorablo. Tho hills aro covered
with snow, which on tho plain Is ono
Inch in depth. AH streams nro thickly
frozon.
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Snow Falling In New York.
Few York, Doc. 14. A enow storm,
nccompanied bv n high wind, descend
ed upon New York early today and jtill
continues. Nearly two inches has
fallen. Traffic in the city haa not been
eerlonsly Impeded, but craft of all
kinds have been delayed.
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