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WILLING TO BE GOOD
Railroads Hold Out Olive Branch
to Commerce Commission.
ALL BIG ROADS OF ONE MIND
Death Knoll to Illegal Practices Will
Be Sounded at St Paul Meet
ing Within Few Days.
Chicago, Doc. 2.1 Tlie railroad in
tercets of the entire country Inve decid
ed to lioUl out the olive branch to the
government and join hands with the
Interstate Commerce commission to se
ouro a rigid enforcement of law. To
this end two moves have been begun,
one embracing all the railroads east o'
Chicago and St. Louis, and the other
taking In all railroads west of the same
points.
The Kastern movement was begun
several weexs ago, and tho commission
has been asked to meet a committee of
railway men in a conference regarding
the ".itaation In the Kat. The West
ern movement it of more recent date
and J. C. Stubbs, traffic mnager of the
Hairiman li.ies, is in charge of it.
Yesterday Mr. Stnbba wired thi Inter
state Commerce commission asking for
an early conference between that body
and a committee representing every
Western railroad, to discuss plans for a
jolni flirt to prevent farther violations
of the law! governing transportation.
It if expected a date will be set before
the close of the year, and the conference
It likely to take place in St. Paul next
Friday, when the commission has a
hearing in that city.
The railroads Insist they are in earn
est and toat. tt the commission is in
sympathy with the move, it means the
death knell of the freight rebate, the
secret rate or "midnight tartfT'of pref
erential rates, of arrangements with In
dustrial railroads, of the payment of
unlawful commissions, and, in short,
the end of everything which comes
within the purview of the Interstate
commerce act or the Elk ins amend
ment. ALL RAILROAD BIDS REJECTED
Government Will Again Otter Con
cessions in Philippines.
Washington, Dec. 23 All the bids
for concceiionary contracts or grants for
the construction of railroads In the
Philippine islands, recently submitted
to the bnreau of insular affairs, were
today rejected because of the departures
from the terras of the circular ctlling
for proposals. Secretary Taft, after a
number of conferences with Governor
Wright and Mr Forbes, of the Philip
pine commission, and Colonel Edwards,
chief of the insular bureau, today de
cided to re advertise the proposals, and
Januiry SO, at 10 a. m , has been fixed
as the date, for the opening of new bWs.
The terms will be modified in some
particulars
Where bidders propose to construct
the road without guarantee they will
be limited in tte-ir bid only by the
terms of the Philippine government
railroads arts of I02 and 1908. But
where bidders wish to take advantage
o'. a guarantee of a certain interest on
their Investment, they can vary from
the original invitation to bid only in
point of time or on the eotof construc
tion per mile as affected by contractors'
profi s.
ALL RUSSIA PARALYZED
Empire Tied Up by General Striae
and Food Is Scarce.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 2S. With the
strike in foice throughout the entire
empire, conditions aro again bfcomng
more and more alarming. While it is
certain that the strike leaders are ab
solutely opposed to violence, it begins
to look a though they would le unable
to control the fori en. Famine is the
one thins: to be .'eared, inasmuch as tl
supplies of food within the city have
been heavily drawn upon during thb
lat 30 days, and now that all the out
put of the foodstuffs is at an end,
prices are tx-ginning to advance and tl e
common people must certainly suffer.
French Sldp on Voyage.
Paris, Dc. 23, A cruiter detached
from the French squadron at Baigon,
French Indo-China, is now proceeding
to Shanghai. The officials here say
this is a measure of prcciutlon, as no
French interests have as yet ben dis
turbed. The recent disturbance oc
curred In the international concession,
which is separated from the French
concession. An official dispatch from
from Pekin today frays an imperial
edict Just iBeued, following energetic
protests on the part of f re!gn minis
ters, promises to end the trouble.
Not a Wheel Turns In Motcow
Mne iw. Dec. 23. The town is in
darkness and the theaters and clubs
are closed. The employes of the
municipality have abandoned their
work. Fifty thousand factory hands
aro idle. The troops are confined to
the barracks and every possible pre
caution for eventualities has been
taken. The strikers' pickets are all
over the city persuading or threaten
ing those who are reluctant to join the
Btriko for freedom.
Troops to Suppress Revolt,
Paris, Dec. 23. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Petit Parislen, in
a dispatch dated yesterday, rays that
tho government is preparing to sup
press the revolt along the Baltic.
GENERAL STRIKE.
Russian Lenders Openly Defy Gov
ernment by Manifesto.
St. Petersburg, Deo. 20 A call for
a general political strike throughout
Kussia, to begin Thursday at noon, was
Issued tonight. The call is approved
by the I'lilon ol Unions, tho Union of
Peasants, the General Hallway union
and tho Council of Workmen of St.
Petersburg '' Moscow. A response
received from the lailrood men of Mos
cow is unanimous tor a strike.
The leaders have declafNl their abil
ity to stop every train it. Husala. The
strike order teeders every member of
tho unions signing it liable to arrest
ami punishment under the now strike
law, and M. ulster of the Interior Dur
novo attempted to telegraph orders to
Moscow to arrest members of the Hail
way union and of the workmen's eoun
cil, Imt the dispatches were held up by
the railroad tchgraphers.
The member of the St. Petersburg
Council of Workmen had been notified
by the General iiuilway union ami the
Motcow Council of Workmen that iu
principle they were ready for a strike,
but that they hesitated on practical
grounds. The St. Petersburg leaders,
however, felt that their prestige would
suffer severely unless they could answer
tho government's determined offensive
with a counter stroke, while many who
were committed to full revolution sec
retlr decided tltat the tsroond would Ik
swept from under their feel shush! the
government promulgate a law granting
universal suffrage.
WITTE ONLY TITULAR RULER.
Governor Whom He Removed Gets
Higher Office.
Boston, Dtc. 20. A communication
to Kuwian revolutionist brauchrs in
Boston Las Wen rtcelved by mail from
llussla. It is issued by authority of
the League of Leagues, and in part
reads as follows:
Our suspicion of an inner ami secret
government superseding that of Count
Witte has Wen confirmed. A case has
just happened that proved the truth of
our assertions. The governor of Odesta,
Meidgard, who organized massacres in
that city and provir.ee, was dismissed
by Witte for the band he took in the
work; ho 1ms now been appointed gov
ernor of Nijnl Novgorod. Count Witte,
on being asked how he could give a new
and even greater and higher apKInt
ment to such a notorious villain, re
plied that the appointment was made
not only without his consent, but even
without his knowledge.
The comumcation relates that in sev
eral of the provinces the czar's mani
festo of emancipation was withheld by
order of the stcret government. Had
the manifesto been made public, the
letter says, wholesale massacres would
have been prevented.
WRECKERS DRAW SPIKES.
Smash In Kansas Causes Two Deaths
and Two Fatal Injuries.
Heading. Kan., Dec. 20. Santa Fe
train No 17, west bound, was wrecked
at Badger creek, five miles west of
Heading, at 3 o'clock this morning.
One express car turned over ami caught
fire. KipreM Mesnger K. E. Der
rick, of Kansas Ciy, was killed out
right, and Kugineer Henry Darts, of
Topeki, was so badly injured that he
died soon at er Itelng Ukan out of the
wreck. Two other exprei meesenifers
were probably fatally injured. Two
passengers in the smoker were slightly
Injured.
It is believed the train was ditched
by wreckers. The spikes tt curing one
rail had been removed. Three other
pa-st-nger trains, including Superin
tendent Fox's special, hail paved over
the same track a short time before No.
17 was wrecked.
Walls Fall on Tnem.
Chicago, Dec. 20. One fireman was
killed and several employes may have
Inst their lives in a tire which de
stroyed the enamel sign fictory of the
Charles M. Suhonk company, 7 to 16
Park street, tonight. Until the ruins
of the building have been searched, it
will not lie positively known whether
any rf the employes were killed, either
in the explosion which started the tire
or bv the falling of the walls and floors
w ich followed soon afterward. The
loss on the building and contents Is
estimated at $260,000.
More Rioting In Shanghai.
Washington, Dec. 20. The State de-
pirtment was informed by cable from
Shanghai today that there had been
some further disturbances there and a
few casualties. The naval fo-ees which
were landed from tho warships and
the volunteer guard of various nation
alities, however, control the situation.
The Chinese authorities are also en
deavoring to suppress the disturbances
and at the hour of report the city was
quiet.
Only Guns Prevent Bloodshed.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 20. A big loy
alist demonstration had been planned
for today, and was abandoned at the
request of the prefect of lolice, who be
lievel that it might provoke blooJshed.
Batteries of mschino guns are stationed
at several points of vantage throughout
the city, and infantry and Cossacks are
everywhebe. A tpcciaMy heavy guard
is stationed in the neighborhood of the
Jewish market.
Cuba Will Kill Off Mosquitoes.
Havana, Dec. 20. Petident Palma
has authorized an additional expendi
ture of 1200,000 for sanitary purposes
In Havana. Although yellow fever is
disappearing, the extermination of
mosquitoes will be continued. One
new case of yellow fever was reported
today.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
GUIDE TO ELECTIONS.
Explanation of Complicated Primary
System by Secretary Dunbar.
Salem The adoption of tho direct
primary law has given Oregon such n
complicated system of elections t lint not
even tho accomplished politician can
carry in his mind nil tho details of tho
proceedings leading up to tlio general
election of state, dlsttlcl and county
officers. One of tho most difficult
things to Ascertain and remember is tho
dates upon which the various steps In
the nomination and election of officers
must be taken. In (art, the ordinary
citizen cannot figure out the dates if
ho ha the statute before him, for the
language varies and different methods
of computing time must In1 adopted.
The following list contains all the
dates el interest to the voter and tho
candidate for officer as figured out by
Secretary ol State Dunbar:
ilegistration
Registration books opened by county
clerks Tuesday, January 2.
Kegistration books closed tor primary
election April 10, 5 p. in.
Registration books opened after pri
mary election, April 26.
Kegistration Uxikj closed for general
election, May 16, 6 p. m.
Dilative petitions-
Number of signers required to initiate
laws or amendments, ,4S.
Last day for filing initiative peti
tion, February 3.
Last day for tiling pamphlets oppos
Ing measures, February 6.
Direct primaiy election-
County clerks give notice of primary
election not later than .March -I.
Last day for filing petitions for plac
ing names on ballot for state, congres
sional and district officers, March 30.
Last day for filing petitions for
county offices, April 4.
Date of primary election, April 30.
Canvassing votes of primary election
for state office". May 5.
General election
Last day for filing certificates of
nomination for state olliee by assembly
of electors, April IU.
met day for filing nominating peti
tions for state offices, May 4.
Last day for filing certificates o$
nomination for county ottices by assem
bly of electors, May 4.
Last day for filing nominating peti
tions for county office, May 10.
General election, June 4.
It should 1m explained that petition
for nominations for district offices, such
as circuit Judge, district attorney, Jnint
senator and joint representative mutt
be filed in the office ol tho secretary ol
state, and not with county clerks.
ORGANIZE SCHOOL LIBRARIES
State Library Commission Passes an
Important Resolution.
Salem The State Library commis
sion, cninised of Governor Chanihef
laln, W. B. Ayers, President Campbell,
of the State University; Miss Isom,
librarian of the Portland library, ami
State Superintendent of Schools Acker
man, met in bi-montliy session last
week, and Miss Marvin, the rn-cretary,
eubmitlod an elaborate report dealing
with the work of the wmmis-ioo frin
Its organisation to date, and with the
methods to b employed in the organ
I: at Ion of local libraries.
With regard to school libraries, the
commission dided to ak for bids for
all school libraries to le submitted
next June. A rule was adopted by the
eommission prohibiting seionl from
purchasing dictlouari. sets of supple
mentary readeia and general encyclope
dias with money belonging to their li
brary funds.
Miss Marvin reports that several
cities In the state would soon employ
trained librarians to look after their li
braries. Buys Chittim Trees.
Eugene KesJIzipg that the supply
of chittim bark (Cateara Sgrada) will
be exhausted in this tart of the state
within a few year, Dr. I.. W. Brown
recently contracted for 1,000 sprouts
of the chittim tree, which he will set
out on his farm southwest of this city.
The sprouts, when planted, grow very
rapidly, and It will not hi very miiny
years nntll they are large enough to
peel the hark from, The last load of
the young trees on the Lontraet has
been delivered and in the early spring
he will plant than.
Weston Property 1 ransfers.
Weston J. B. Hart has purchased
82U acres of alfalfa and wheat land in
the Walla Walla valley near the state
line from It. O. Fitch for 16,000. The
place Is located about two miles from
the ranch recently purchased by Trajan
Tucker. Mr. Fitch will go to Alberta.
Frank King, a prominent farmer form
erly of Helix, has purchased the Weav
er property in this cltv and will soon
become a resident of Weston. He has
been making extensive imrovementa
Surveying Weed Road.
Klamath Falls Some excitement was
caused In Klamath Kails recently by
the arrival of Engineer D. D Griffiths
with a crew of a dozen railroad engin
eers and surveyors and the announce
ment went forth that they were the ad
vance guard of the California North
eastern Railroad company, successor to
tho Weed Railroad company, which is
to receive a bonus of $100,000 to build
a railroad Into the town.
Fruit Men Meet at La Grande,
La Grande The next annual meet
ing of tho Northwestern Fruitgrowers'
association will be held in La Grande
January 3-6.
SERVICE IMPROVED.
Southern Pacific Arranges New West
Side rimo Card.
Portlrttul Requests for better freight
service on tho Southern Pacific between
Portland and Corvallls havo been fruit
ful, for the company has arranged a
supplementary timeeard which will
give that territory ilally freight In
each direction Instead of a trl-weokly
service.
Simultaneously with the Inaugura
tion of the new train, the St. Joseph
Lafayette, cut-off is opened, and this
means the eight and one-half miles of
track between ljifayetlo mid White-son,
on the Yamhill division, will not be
used to any extent and may bo aband
oned entirely.
Tho princiiml advantage In the new
passenger time schedule will be that
residents of D.iy ton and New berg can
ride into McMinnville, tin county t-rat,
and return home the same day, an the
trains will bo 0crted via Dayton and
McMinnville.
There are no stations on the. Yamhill
line between I-adtyctto and Whlteson,
and but two spurs, so it is figured no
imrticulnr ham will result if that por
tion of tho road is torn up. The deter
mination of the Southern Pacific to
place a daily freight train on the route
pleases shippers, both Iu Portland and
along tho West Side division. For
some time a strong, effort has twit
made by the shippers of McMinnville,
Dayton, Forest Grove and lllllrboro to
secure a hotter service, but this could
not U satistactortly arranged until the
cut-bff was completed, which cost 43,
047.
Good Library at Asylum.
Salem The lack of a supply of good
books for the prisoners at the state en
itentlary formed Ihesubjrct of comment
iu the reort of Secretary Cornelia Mar
vin to the Oregon Library oommis'lon.
What is true of the prison Is true also
of other state institutions, and Miss
Marvin Is tailing a movement to pro
vide the state's charges with god read
ing matter. At the insane asylum a
largo library was found, but It is wed
by comwralively few patients. Misi
Marvin remarks upon the fact that the
insane asylum has a largo library of
unusually good Ixxiki without great
use, while across the way, at the prison,
there is nothing to be used ami a great
demand.
Weyerhsuser Road for Lumber.
Klamath 1-hII Following the defi
nite announcement that the Klamath
I.ake railroad lntretn have Ixtm pur
chaeJ by the Weyerhaeuser Lumber
oornHny It is announced that the Wey
erhaeuser people do not contemplate
building to this city, but will only aim
to use the rood as an outlet for the
large timber interest they hold In this
part of tho country. They will remodel
the rfMillted, rutting out the switch
back in getting from the Klamath river
bottom to Pokegama, by driving a long
tunnel.
Bank TaVes Over Sawmill.
Weston The Urgent sawmill plant
in I'nutilla county, IS roll eaat of
Weston, was recently taken over ny the
Paimeit' bank of Weston, the Fletcher
OLmiMiiy, which had twonun involved
with the hank, retiring. W. II
Fletcher, nisnatrer of the company, lm
been in the Mtumlll ttoilnots for in
years on Weeton Hi'juntain. Included
with the property are 1,000 aeren of
fine timbvr, which will be cut Into
lumber.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 70271c; bhlistem. 72
373; red, ICfc.t)7e; valley, 72 jxr
bushel.
Oals No. I white feed, $27; gray,
ISfi.BO per tori
i U r ley Feed, $225(22 60 per ton:
brewing. $22 fiO 23 ; rolled, 2X'J.1 .150
!tv $1 no percental.
Hsy Eastern Orevoti timothy,
$14 A0!5 60 per ton; valley timothy,
$IKgl2; clover, $86(1; cheat, $8.60tt
0 60; grain hay, $H2.
Fruits Apples, $101.60 pr box;
peart, $1 2601.60 per box.
Vegetables Bean, wax, 12c per
pound; cabbage, l&llc per itouml;
cauliflower, $1.26 per dozen; celery, 46
76c per dozen; ricumbers, 60(ft"0.'
per dozen; peppers, 6c per pound,
pumpkins, ?4lcper pound; sprouts,
7cperpounl; euash, ?.$ leper pound,
turnips, 00c$l per fck, carrots, 06
76c per sack; beets, 86c$l per rack.
Onions Oregon, $1(81.26 per sack.
Potatoes Fancy graded Biirbankt,
05 75c per sack; ordinary, 66(gfi0cer
tack; Merced tweets, sacks, $1.00;
crates, $2,15.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27Ji30c
per pound.
Eggt Oregon ranch, 3133c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 10ft lie
par pound; young rooiters, Oe; springs,
10llc; broilers, 1213c; dressed
chickens, J2fll2'c; turkeys, live, 1(1
17c; turkeys, dressed, choice, IRQ
21c; geese, Jive, D10c; ducks, 16c.
Hops Oregon, 1006, choice, 10
11 He: prime, 8J9c; modlum, 8c;
olds. 57c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average lest,
1021c; valley, 242Gc; mohair,
choice, 30c per pound.
kef Dressed built, l2c pet
pound; cowt, 34c; country tteen,
44Kc.
Veal Dressed, 38c per pound.
Mutton Dretred, fancy, (J0cper
pound; ordinary, 46c; lambs, 7
Pork Dressed, 67c per pound.
MADE PLAIN TO MR. 8HONT8,
Panama Canal Atl'alrs Dltcussad at
White House Conference,
Washington, Dec. 10. Pretldeiit
Roosevelt tonight bok up tho matter of
the Isthmian cnual scandals as devel
oped by debate- In thiisoiirtliuliirlng the
past thieo days. Ilu Is iliilnrnilmtl to
prevent further criticism of tho char
acter put forward by Senators Tllluian,
Culbetsou and utlurs. Heimlorn Alli
son and Hale, Iwith member of the ap
propriation committee, were present.
The president made It plain to Mr.
Shout that the literary bureau In
charge of Secretary Bishop must be l
once discontinued, and Mr. Bishop euii
fiun hi service purely to administra
tive matters, lie also discussed the
advisability of reducing hi salary from
$10,000 now wld to $6,000. or some
other moderate sum.
It was also made apparent to Chair
man Shouts that It he still has an offi
cial connection with the C'lnVer Leaf
railroad, It must be severed Immedi
ately. Senator Tillman declared that
Mr. Shouts I "till active president of
the system, and neither Mr. Shout not
any ul the administration senator have
entered a denial ul the declaration.
The piesldent lurther gave Mr.
Shouts much advice regaidlug the con
duct of affair 011 the Isthmus. I'
prescrllMsl in the presldmit's order that
the canal commission mint leave at
once for that place.
The Mil appropriating $11,000,000
for the canal work, mf ed by the sen
a'o on Saturday, provide that
within DO day the secretary of the
treasury must furnish estimate to the
senate and house appropriation coui
mlttee of all Mlarles wiid tlne em
ploy ed on canal work, eirept laltorert
and unskilled woikmen. Thl feature
of the bill was dlecuscd with Senator
Allison and Hale.
It is believed that many reform will
Ih instituted Iu the administration ef
the canal Imfore another appropriation
Is requested from eongost. This work
of reform must liegln at once, .as Secre
tary Taft says the $11,000,000 ii lin
ing obtained will last no lunger than
April 1 at the outside.
In the meantime Senator Tillman
will Ixnrin a strong agitation alter lie
holiday recnm for a thorough Investiga
tion ol the entire canal situation. He
will be npto-ed by the Republicans,
hut sHptMirted by the Democrat. Ren
tome of the Hepublliau favor an In
quiry, and Mr. Tillman threatens to
cause much trouble unless matter ar
put on such bail a to prevent Just
critcisHi.
TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES.
Great Increase Shown Over Last Yaar
by Department of Commerce.
Wellington. Dec. ll. Estimates
made by the bureau of ttatittica of the
department of Lommerro and l.alr,
ban-d on the returns for ten mmitlis
ending with October, are that the g
glegate comnieiC" lctwecn the t'liilrd
Slatr and the Philippines for the cwl
endar year ll06, will amount to alsout
$80,000,000, agaln.t aMat $16,000 in
IHim, $1,0(10 000 in 1000. $4 000.000
In lbtK and a lillie more than $1.1)00.
000 in 18H7, the year prior to Hh
American ecru w I ton.
Prior to IfltW. the export ffin the
Tnltisl States to the Philippines, the
bureau iewrls show, had never el
rredr! $260,000, hll In the present
yew. ther will segregate nearly $6.600,.
000. Import from the Islands, which
ranged htween 14 000,000 and $6,
000,000 er annum prior to 1HWV, were
In 102, $10,000,000; In 1U03, IPS,
000,000. and in IK06 will be ahotst
$14.000 000, according to the bureau
estimate.
The import In 1906 are chit Hy hemp
ami tHgar. Hemp irriHirt fur the first
ten month of 1106 amounted to $10,
370,628, and sugar $3,212,210.
Connecticut Safe Looted.
Snffield, Conn., Dc 10. After
binding the railroad watchman. W.
Jones, ami hi 12 year old son to rlmlrs
In the railroad station hero thl morn.
Ing before daylight, six bank whiter
pried their way into tho Hiiffield Sav
ings bank mi Main street, blew otcn
the safe after a fourth attempt and es
caped with $60,000 worth of registered
bond and stock not negotiable, ac
cording to President Newton, of the In
stitution. They overlooked $3,000 in
rath and negotiable bonds ,n a drawer
nearby.
Conference at While House.
Washington, Dec. 10. Senator Alli
son ami Hale, who are memlwrt of the
committee on appropriations, and
Chairman Shonts ami Secretary Bishop,
of the Isthmian Canal coininisslon,
were In conference with tho president
at tho white house tonlirht. It Is pre
sumed that the case of Secretary Bish
op, whose dutlex a agent 'or the com
mission ha been the subject of discus
tlnn in congress, wa among matters talk
ed of, but no ttaternent was made.
General Strike It Improbable.
London, Dec 10. The correspondent
of the Dally Telegraph at fit. Petert
burg, In commenting on recent event
In Russia, saya he It still optimistic
and Is convinced of the impossibility
of an organized general itrlke, became
public opinion and the peasantry are
strongly averts to It. He (mitts that
the military outbreak at Moscow la In
no way an indication of general disaf
fection In the army.
Furs Go Up In Smoko.
New York Dec. 10. Two hundred
thousand dollars' worth nf (11 r un
dettioyed by fire today In the eatab-
iitnmeni 01 Max ralteekt fc Co, whole
sale furriers and manufacturers of auto
mobile garments 37-30 East Twentv.
first street. Other tenants in tho build
ing will tuner beavylly from water.
REBELS IN CONTROL
Russian Revolt Has Won In Hie
Baltic Provinces,
CASTLES BECOME IDHTS AGAIN
Insurgent Army Numbers 100.000
Well Armed Men Revolted He-
Kten Hat Provisional Hoad.
81. PKrbrg, Dec 21. Thewai 111
the Bailie provlntee hn spread
tliromili.iiit LltlitiKiil. The Insurgent
army I believed to nuiiilior IMi.lHMi
Mid it I ooiMlautly Imr.Belng
Women and children are uiirling
in Hie hostile movement against tl,
government force. Thirty tlMUiail
triMirM are elllitir in letreai r ar
cooped Hp in the rill, where they lai k
provision ami must ehher surrender
or li annihilated by the luturgeut
Russian orthial and some German
baroii have been IinihIiumI. A cw.
mlttee of Llvuiilan ami Jews I admin
Merlng the alfi lr of the revi'lled re
giou. It enutiola the rwllt.m.U arid
telegraph lllie. permitting private.
mesHMge to w over the latter. Mil
efttslng all govern merit comuiuiilea
tion. The mnliaeval castle In the pro
vinces have been turned Into fiMnr,
smne of which are held by their owners
against the insurgents, while others are
In the pMHHflin ul the latter (iue
rllla warfare I in prtigrwn at many
Htlnls. Kxrepl lor a few beleaguered
gatrUluns, the cr' rule I gixie
Agrarian riot In the smithem nir
llmis of the empire are inrrrwsiig
The landowner atrnVetng to ih towns.
leaviHg their propelty to the nmn y of
the rioter. Revolutionist are rr.n
ed to to Itohl Kbarkuff ami Yt"tol
III the latter rlty the soldiers demand
the releWM f the imprisoned sailors
who were roncrnel In the lerwiit mu
tlnlo. 1-IhUshI enutlnum toarm.
HOODOO OF KANSAS BLNATOII8
UrKlrtelnK In IU0I, the Oltiea Has
Umn Full et Treubia.
Totka, Kan.. Dec. 21 'The fatal
succession" Is the name Knaa has
given to the senaturslilp of which J
eph lUlph Burton, the late: inrurn
bent, is umler euuvlettuii of grafting
A datk lined Mrd of evil omen seems
to watch over lltttsa wlm take the seat
first ocoripled hy James II Ijihw.
The lutotlou ttartetl at the oulsH
In IHttl, wheu Kanras was atlmlltnl as
a state and chose two senators, they
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iosei a will in set? wiikii ii"vi urv 1
the short or four-year term. It went
to Ijine.
He served hi term, was rc-elettml.
slid committed suirkl.
K. 0. Bum, appotntetl to surceod
him, failed to hrwl the demand of
Kansas mr the lmMschmenl nf I'rsxl
dent Johnson. Itw' vote Mtel the
prw-idelif, but Htf was dwfewtoil for
re-eleclitn, cast aeide, and now Mm a
humble life,
.Metattier Caldwell toftk the plarr.
held It lo yewir, and relgliel. It I
ilil, Ui vW nghUitg rhargs.
Kobxrt Utotter was appointed ami
ousImI m soon a the legislature met
Jamws M Harvey m elevtotl and d
feateal for renmlnatloi.
I'reslmi P. Plumb was then ehoten,
was rr-e-leetnl twke, and died a Irsglf
death within a year after starting hi
third term.
II. V. Perkins cou'd le Ul the Job
alter apeilntmettt wily until the legl
latiire wtnvene!.
John Matrln, hi tnecossor, held the
place two year ami dropped out of
sight.
I.ueleri Baker served his full term nf
lx years, Imt was for red to wltldraw
Im'W the ran for re-election
Jwepn llalph Burton tureeMlel him,
and Itefure half hi term was rrved
wa under Jail sentence.
The line of Kansas senatoi who suc
ceeded Pouiernv, cltosen lmtiltaneou.
ly with Iite, ha nHmltercd Imt five,
ami includetl I he brilliant Ingall ami
the highly esteemed V. A Harris.
Dynamite Kills Three,
New York Dec. 21 Three men were
blown to piece seven others were more
or less seriously hurl and the occupant
of faihlonahU hotel and lesldenres in
the vicinity of Fifth avcnueand Thirty,
fourth street were startled today by an
explosion of dynamite Iu an excavation
for the new Altrnnu building, Frag
ment ol the bodies of the dead were
scattered over an area of hundreds of
bet. The explosion wa caused by a
workman striking a heavy charge of
dynamite which had defied all effort
to explode it at the proper time.
Germany Apologizes to Brazil.
Berlin Dec, 21. The German gov
ernment ha directed It milliliter Petro
poll to express to the Brazil! in govern
ment its regret that the officers and
men of the cruiter Panther tent ashore
at Itajahy to obtain unobtrusively facts
concerning a supposed deserter from tho
Panther overstepped the proper forms
Germany alto afllrmt that Htclnliof, the
man who It tald to have been maltreat
ed was not taken on board tho Panther,
nor had ho been near tho vessel.
Killed by Robbers In Mexico.
K I Paso, Tex., Deo. 21. Two men
named Iluthorford and McMurrny, both
from Philadelphia, wero killed )a)t
night by highwaymen on a ranch at
Dlas, a ttnall tettloment in Chihuahua,
Mexico. A man named Finttad, of Los
Angalet, and another known as 'Shor
ty" were wounded.
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