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HUNDREDS ARE DEAD M Comes Suddenly to Miners in West Virginia. RAILROADS REPLY. BNLY FIVE ESCAPE WITH LIVES Explosion of the Deadly Black Damp Slays 400 Men and Wreck Two Coal Mines. Mononpah, W. Ta., Deo. 7. That not less than 400 minora wcro killed by an explosion ot black damp In mines No, 0 and No. 8 ot tho Consolidated Coal company, ot Baltimore, at this placo yesterday, is now conceded by those who take the most hopeful ami most conservative view ot tho disaster. Fire badly injured men mado their way to the surface. Ot tho victims six dead bodies had been taken from mine No. G al mid tiight and 65 more wcro piled up in the entry awaiting completion ot fact) tics for bringing them to tho surface. From mine No. 8 at tho same hour. 14 bodies had been removed and a number of others are ready to be brought out as soon as arrangements' can be com pleted. There la much speculation as to the cause of the explosion, but the most generally accepted theory is that it re sulted from black damp, scientifically known as methano. It Is believed that a miner attempted to set off a blast, which blow out and Ignited an accum ulation ot this deadly gas, and that this in turn ignited the coal duit, a highly inflammable substance found in greater or Ies quantities in all West Virginia mines. However, all expla nations of the cause np to this time are necessarily speculative. Only a thor ough Investigation after the mine is re opened vrJII diicloio the cause, if it is ever ascertained. Tho explosion affect ed loth mines, and so far as now known appears to have done about as much damage in one as In the other. It has sot been established in which mine it originated. Three of the living men, whilo unable to give any detailed report of the dlsas ter, state that immediately back of them, when tbey began their frantio struggle for liberty, there wai a large number ot men engaged in a similar straggle, while still further back in the workings there was a larger number of whom they know nothing. It la the opinion of the mine official! and others familiar with mining that these men had not penetrated tho mine as far as had the majority ot the day shift, when the explosion occurred, and that' tbey headed for and reached tho main en trance before the heavy cave-In that now blockades the entrance not mora than a' few hundred feet from the entrance. Say New Lumber Rate Is Not Exces sive as Is Charged Washington, Deo. fl. Tho Inter state Comniorco commission tcday re ceived tho ananers ot tho llnrrlman roads, tho Astoria A Columbia River and tho llellingtmm liny A Itritlsh Co lumbia roads to the complaint recently filed by tho lumbern.on ot Oregon and Washington against the now rates on lumber from the Pacltlc coast to inter ior points. The answers aro along similar lines. Kach rood denies that there wns any unlawful agreement In fixing tho now rates, and as specifically denies that there is any agreement letween tho II III and llnrrlman systems under which tho Northwest is parceled out, Mr. 1(111 to control Washington and Mr. Ilarrlman Oregon. In defense ol thn recent Increase, they allege that tho old lumber rate was extremely low and non-compensa tory, made at a tlmo when the Pacific Northwest was undeveloped and lum herinen needed a low rate in order to reach out into competitive territory. Sinco then, they allege, tho lumber business has assumed enormous propor tions, yielding a handsome income to thoso engaged in it, and the cost ot transportation has correspondingly In created, rendering it necessary for rail roads to get a higher rate for handling lumber. PETITION CONGRESS. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST HELD IN PEONAGE. Civil Crave Charge Brought Against Service Commissioner. New Orleans. La., Dec. 7. That John Avery Mcllbenny, member of tho United btates civil service commission, lioiiM mora than 1,000 Ipnorant foreign era in a state ot neonate, and that bru tallty and crueltry are practiced to force tueso people to remain on Avery island, L., where the Mcllbenny interests operate vast oyster canning nnd tobarco manufacturing properties, is the charge brought by Stephen Jozca, special com missioner ot the Auitro-IIunjtarian gov ernment, to which nationality most of the alleged peons belong. Tho stories of peonge in certain sec tions ot the South recently wore railed to tho'sttentlonof theAustro-IIungarlan government, and official warning was given intending emigrants of the dang ers ahead of thorn. Mr., Jozca who is assistant secretary otthe'Loufsiana state board ot immigration was sent to Av ery Island by Krailo Iloehn the Austro Hungarlan consul in New Orleans fol lowing complaints made by one of the immigrants who escaped tho Mcllben ny guards. Co-operate More Closely. Washington, Dee. 7. -To effect a closer tio between the department of commerce and labor and the commer cial bodies ot this country, a conference was held today in the office of Secre tary Straus. Ilesides Secretary Itoot and Mr. Straus, who Initiated the movement for the conference, there were present delegates from tho cham bers of commerce, boards of trade and other organizations of New York, Chi cago, bt. imis, uenver, uaiveston, Portland, Seattle, Ban Francisco and other cities. Two Ships neach Peru. Callao; Tern, Dec, 7. The American erulaeiB Washington and Tennessee, which have arrived, will remain a weak, taking on coal. The health con dittoes aboard the ships are excellent. , Rtvsrs and Harbors Convention Wants Cansls Constructed Washingtoa Dec. 0. A committee ot SO ot the delegates to the recent con vention at Memphis ot tho Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways association, led by President W. K. Kavanaugh, called on Vico President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon at the cupltol yester day and presented to each a memorial adopted by tho convention praying (ho support of congress to tho project for a ship canal from tho great tale to the Guit ot Mexico and another through tho Atlantio Coast states and recom mending an annual appropriation ot $50,000 000 for harbors and waterways improvements, as proposed by the Rivers and Harbors congress. In receiving tho memorial, tho vice president Bald he would tako great pleasure In presenting It to the senate and In referring it to tho proper com mittee at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Cannon greeted the committee cordially and at once went to the point by asking whether the memorial re commended a bond Issue for the pro posed expenso. Mr. Malone ol the committee replied that, whilo some ot the delegates to the convention expect ed such a recommendation to bo mado, it had been omitted. UNITING AGAINST JAPAN. European Bankers Anxious to Secure Lion's Share of Losn. Pckin, Dec. (I. Several foreign bank ing firms are in active competition for lue fjlilneee loan which It was planned to make to secure money to meet the expenses of the Chinese administration ot Manchuria. This money was to be spent, among other things, for tho con struction of modern government build ings and to raiie tho nuclens of a mod ern army in Manchuria, to consist ulti mately of one army corpe. Tho viceroy proposed recently tbst this lean bo raited. Tho attitude taken by Japan in the matter of loans and concessions in Manchnria, namely, that she mutt be a partner In anything that Is clone, -has resulted In a coalition ol the Kuropeun money lenders asalmt her. These firms make special objection to tho fact that Japan should bo both a bor rower from and a lender to China. Plague Nearly Beaten. San Francisco, Dec. 0. The tuiultary campaign that is Mug prosecuted by the Federal authorities in co-operation with the local health board for tho eradication of the plague in San Fran Cisco is proving effective. Thore has been a rnoit decided Improvement In the situation. Only one death from plague lias occurred in the past eight days, whilo the average number of cases reported weekly has decreased ovor 76 per cent as a result ot tho cam paign of sanitation Inaugurated by the United Slates marine hcspital corps. Canal Diggers Beat Record. Washington, Dec. 0. Co'onel Goo thals, chief engineer cf tho Panama canal, cabled tho canal officers In this city today that all records were again broken for tho month ol November in tho matter ot excavation on tho Isth mus, iiie iota i amount oi earth ro moved during that month was 1,830, 480 cubic yards as against 380, 107 cublo yards in Novembor, 11)00. Two States Exclude Provident. New York, Dec. O.It was officially announced last night that word had been sent by K. K. flittenhouso, com mitsloner of insurance for the stato of Colorado, and Otto Kelsoy, tievr York stato superintendent of insurance, to tho Provident Savings Life Assurance society to cease the transaction and so licitation of any new business in these two states. PREHISTORIC MONtY. Confederate Bills and Old Rtate Bank Paper In Circulation. Pendleton Tho Hood ot counterfeit money In tho shape ot Confederate bills, old hank bills nnd paper money Issued before tho war, which li now being circulated In Kastern Oregon is causing tho otllolals tu begin a deter mined war upon this form ot fraud. Kvery Kastern Oregon town Is being Imposed upon by this form of money. Many now, crisp clean Confodcrato government hills ot all tho tun II de nominations mo being largely circulat ed In Pendleton, Iji (Jmudo and lUker City, and lawyers differ na to the possi bility ol conviction, as the money Is not really counterfeit in a strict con struction ol the law. District Attorney Ivanhoe, ot La Qmnde, has filed three informations against a man caught in the net ot pas sing Coufcdcinto money, to-wlt: For pasting counterfeit money, for obtain ing goods under false pretenses, and for cross fund. Ho believes that he will be able to convict under ono of Uie three charges. A concerted effort wilt be mado by haste rn Oregon district attorneys to conviot those passing this form ot money. LARGER THAN LAST YEAR. Oregon's Prune Shipments Will Reach 24,00,000 Pounds. Albany According to figures com plied by 0. A. Malboeuf, dUtrict Irelght agent ot the Southern I'acltlo, Oregon's total prune shipment for 1007 will exceed that ot lust year by 7,000, 000 pounds, or 17S cars. The total shipment ot diled prunes (rum this state this year will aggregate (300 car loads, a total of 24,000,000 pounds. Last year the total shipment consist ed ot 425 carloads, consisting ot 17, 000,000 pounds. This year's ship ment, it ts estimated, will bring II, (180,000 into tho state. Laselle llrutli srs, ot this city, are the chirr prune shippers of Oregon, and they alone will ship 7,000 000 pounds of prunes from this city. Of tills roloesal ship ment, which Is the largest ever sent out Irotn ono city in tho Pacific North west, 0,000,000 pounds have already been sent. ItUttH RAILROAD WORK. ESTAULIfiH NEW RECORD, a Re- Coast Dbfenso Gunners Show markable bcore. Washington, Deo. !l Army olllrers believe a woihl's record for Inrgot prac tice with big guns was mado November It) nt 1'ort Monroe. The official report ot tho pnu-tlro has not Wen received yet at tho ollke of the chief ot attillery ml It I known that with the lU-lncb. 8outhorn Pacific Anxious to Reach Klamath Falls Klamath Falls Tho Southern I'acltlo r,flM i1'.0 K"""'" ' l1'" -"net l,,e company seems Unit on cxtcndlm th !" u "" P,r "" " P" ..t . .- .. .. . Apples Bring Good Money. Mcdford J, A. Terry, president of the Itoguo Hlver Fruitgrowers' union, states that financial conditions have hail little bearing upon the fruit shipping industry of the union. He rays: "We liavo shipped to dato all varieties of ap ples which wo havo handled at a dato corresponding to this in previous years. we have received good prices for all fruit shipped, and wo now havo in transit to London and other markets, for which we shall also receive good prices, as I think tho Knglish market will not bo subjected to financial condi tions as in the United Stated." California Nottheastern railway Into tho mnumiii im-iu nt nn cany uaie, as there has been no cessation of work slnro tho financial Hurry made Its np penrnnco. There have, of course. I Him rumors that work Is lobe discontin ued, but the methods bnlng pursued by the contractors Indicate that the work la to be rushed mthcr than delayed. L'rlcks n & Pctorson, tho contractors, who n ro now bulldinc rmdhed near Mount Hebron, In tho south end ot llutto creek valley, aro lueicaslng their forces, nnd Archie Mntow, who has tho ronlrnot (or building tho dike across Klamath marsh, hilt Mow this cltv. has also inorensed his force and has an other largo dredge n route to be used on tho work. Little can lie learned na to the titans or uie houiiicm raclllonud theeugin 'ore indulge of the California Noith eastern extension mako no further statement than that they have orders to construct tho road In the least pee slble time. Tho dlsinnco from Hi ay, tho present terminus, to Klamath Falls Is about .17 miles. Nineteen miles ot this, tho dlstuuco ncrors llutto creek -.alley, isn lovol sagebrush plain and construction ot a road across It will rcqnlro but a short tlmo. Persimmons Grow In Oregon. A)lny Ihe versatility of produc tion of Willamette valley soil la again illuitrated by the fact that In tho or chard ot Oeorge W, Wright, a local at torney, persimmons, figs, aim mils, 111 licrls and walnuts aro growing besldo all common varieties of Oregon fruit. The persimmon tree, which Is probably me greatest rarity, was plant! six years ago. and began (tearing thn third year. This year it ! loaded with fitilt, which will be a delicacy when It at tains full flavor. The tree Is ot tho variety native to Missouri. minute, lleretofnio It has been thought exceed ingly good work when theio wns only 40 seconds between nhnU, Artillery itillcrrs are exceedingly hap py over this record, betnttin It was nt Fort Mon lew that tho-hoctlngwas dime on which Lieutenant ('oimimiider Slum of tho navy bused his report to the president, criticising army shooting. At that tlmn the shooting wns under thodiiiHtlon ot officers who had leeii transferred from the Infantry and It wua held they did not have the export enco necessary to get the best rrsulls Tho nimy now feels that thn disgrace of tlint r coo ul has leeii wiped out CONGRESSCONVENES lirllllant Scene. Marks Opeiilno oi Slxllolli Session. DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE RULES Save Fruit from Frost Portland At tho suggestion of J. I'. O'llrien, general manager of tho O. It. A N. company, a rulo has been promul gated by which apple shippers can ship their products in car lots whether in refrigerator cars or In ordinary freight ears. 'I lie railroad will permit a care taker to accompany each airload ot apples crossing tho mountains, and If necessary, to tha hastern markets. Tho caretaker will bo furnlrhod with return transportation. He will keep sufficient tire iiurning In tho car to prevent uam ago to the fruit by frost. Klamath Conditions Better. Klamsth Falls II Is hoped here that the present cost of labor will reduce the estimated cost of water on tho Kla math project. Tho original esllmato ot 18 per acre was mado at a tlmo when labor vas cheap and plentiful, hut la bor conditions cliangod and tho ottl mate was made higher. Now that con dltione have again changed it Is thought the original estimates will lm approximated. Astoria Plants Cut Wages. Astoria On account of tho disturbed condition of tho lumber market and in order to guard against a shutdown of their plants, the Clatsop Mill company and the Astoria ilox company huvu made a cut in tho wages of tholr em ployes of 25 cents per day on each man. Tho now scale became effective Decem ber 2. The Tongue Point Lumber com pany Is also said to havo made a cut In wages amounting to about 15 per cent. Mulkey Not a Candidate. Salem While In Salem Presidontll. F. slulkoy, ol Ashland normal, snld that under no circumstances will he bo a candidate for Super Intendent ot pub lic instruction, with which aspirations be is credited, Cash for Government Checks, Astoria Arrangements havq ken mado through the local banks bv whkh all government checks will be paid In cash In Die future, as monoy has been received by the banks for that purpose. Pack Short of Last Yesr. Astoria Reports from the canneries on tho Oregon cant streams tor tho season ending on November 20 aro com Ing In slowly, anil It will be some time before all the plants aro heard from. Advices thus far aro that the park Is short ot that of last yeir. Tho Klye cannery and cold storngo plant on the Siuslaw put up 12,000 cases ot canned fish and 180 tlorcus of pickled salmon. On tho Coqnllle river tho Propor Can ning company put up 0,000 cars and Cross Tlnimons packed 6,000 cases. Pilot Rock Getting Ready. Pendleton It Is nnuonnccd that train service over Ihe Pilot Hick branch of the O. It A N. will be Inaugurated De cember lfi. Arrangements for a dem onstration In Pilot Kick that day aro being made and it Is expected that sev eral hundred people will go out over the new lino from this city on the tint train. The regnlar sorvlre on this line will consist of a combination train ono way each day, leaving Pendleton In the morning nnd returning In tho afternoon. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 83c; blue-stem, 85c; valley, 83c j rod, 81a Oat No. 1 white, 20; gray, 2l. llnrley Feed, $8.60 per ton; brew Ing, 30; rolled, 3(X3I. Corn Graokod, 33; whole, 132. Hay Valley timothy, No. I, W 18 pur ton; Kastern Oregon timothy, 123, clover, f 15; client, $16; grain hay, lo01flj alfalfa, $14; vetch, $14. flutter Fancy creamery, 3032tfc per tound. Veal 76 to 126 pounds 8)$o; 126 to 160 pounds, 7o: 160 to 200 pounds, 60o. Pork lllock, 76 to 160 pounds, Oc; iackers, 0-o. Poultry A verago old hens, 11 Hi 12c per pound; mixed chickens, 11 HKc; spring chickens, 10HC4lle; roosters, be; dreesed chickens, l-'dclDo; turkeys, live, 14t6c; gi-e-o, live, Oftt 10: ducks, 120120) pigeons, $10 FORD IS ACQUITTED. Jury Say Hn Is Not Qullly of Bribing Supervisors Han Francisco, Deo. 4 Tlrev I,. Ford, general count at ot the United Railroads, was lato last night acquitted ol the charge of having brltied ex-Hu pervitor Jennings Phillips to vole for an overhead trolley franchise. The cn'O went to the jury at (1 o'clock nnd the verdict was reached at 10:40, the jury rriortiiig to thoroortal 11:06. On the (Ir-t ballot tho jury stood nlnn for ariilttitl nnd three for conviction. Several more ballots changed It to elsv en for acquittal and ono for ronvletlu. Thosixth ballot was unanimous tor ac quittal. This was Herd's second trial. In tho first trial the liny was tumble to agree cm a verdict. Tho present trial ms begun about seven wreks sgO, but wns interrupted a month hy a series ol ajHclal holidays called to protect the banks during tho financial stringency. Dulling all the holidays the jurois w.re kept together under the custody of deputv sheriffs. aive Speaker of the House Too Much Power Point Is Lost and Cannon Chosen, Naval Racords of CUD War. Washington, Deo. 3. According to the annual repoit of Charles Stenart, superintendent of the library of naval war reemds, the latter publication has now reached tho moot Interesting point of thn war from a naval view. Columrs .'3 and 20 Inclusive, have leen roughly complied and Include the operations ot the naval forces In the MMMlpr.lrlrct and tilbumrlea. Mr. Htcwnrt suggests that the records of the American navy In colonial times, during the Kcvnlu tlonary war, tho actions al sea agalnkt tho Fiench navy, tha war with Tripoli, thn war of 1812, operations agslnnl pi rates In the Went Indies, the Mexican war nnd other United Slates naval operations should bo collected and ar ranged fur publication. Corilsmns Proposed Scheme Washington, Dec. 7. Tho secretary of war has sent to oongrrsi the rejwrl of the army engineers, which will pre vent tho construction by the govern mentof a shlpcnnsl connecting (lra)s harbor nnd I'uget sound. Such a canal would cost $15,000,000 to $20,000,000; would nccoialtato tho construction ol fourteen looks and Involve the clear ex cavntion of 40 miles of canal In oddl Hon to much dredging of natural water ways In thn opinion of the engineers, suoh a canal would l of no 'virtlcular strategic advantage In tlmo of war and, liccauio of tho numerous lochs, would ravo no tlmo to vessels untiring and leaving Pugct sound. 60; squabs, $23 Kggs Fresh ranch, candled,. 37 k 40o per'doron. Fruits Apples, 76c$2 per box; peaches, 76c(3$l perciato; pears, $1 25 1.76 por box; quinces, 60(t00o per box; cranberries, $u.60(a)12 per harrul. Vegetables Turnips, $1,26 perrnokt carrots, $1.25 per rack; beets, $1 25 per sack; beans, 7yoj por pound; cabbage, lc per pound; cauliflower, COiOOo doz; parsley, 20o doz; peppers, 8ftl7o por pound; radishes, 20c do; spinach, do pound; sprouts, 8a per pound; squash, I lo pound; tomatoes, $1, 2001,35 per box, Ontans $1. 802 per sack. Potatoes Delivered Portland, 60 76o per hundred; sweet potatoes, 2yo per pound. Hope 1007, 67?o per pound; olds, 2K3o per pound. Wool Kastern Oregon, average best, 139200 per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 1820o, according to fine nsss; mohair, choice, 2030o per pound. Oil Trust Controls Ratvs. Lincoln, Nob., Deo, 4. Ned Cham licilaln, of Cloveland, 0 recrelury of the National Petroleum association, this morning mado n spirited attack on the Standurd Oil company In a speech oeioio uio siato railway commission Ho asserted that Nobraska, llkoothor state, wns in tho relentless yr p of the alleged oil combine In thn matter of railroad rates, Ho referred to county sent olnls, equalised so that the inde pendent companies would 1)0 placed on nn equnl footing with tho Standaid Oil company. Washington, Dm, 3. A brilliant, srenn oharncterlied the meeting of tho Sixtieth countess yrstaiday, In thn senate and hno'o of representative) there we n Dotablo gatherings In tho gntlerles ol representatives ol the olll vial stalely of the capital. The striking nceiirs ul thn day wrin In the homo of representatives, when the formal (election ol Joseph tl. Uaii noil again lo lo sptnkcr and thn ilrslg nathm hy the Democrats ut John Sharp Williams as thelt Icsdei, were uvn. slons for ovations for lbno gentlemen. The shaker was glvenaswniiii a Tte tlou tiom the mlnnilly as from his men party, flic apiearaiica ol William J, llryan on the ttuor ul the hou-ealit) wsa the novation for ehthiiaU'tle cheering. When thendriillon of the rule for the itocriimeiil ol the hnuru during thn hixtleth congrets came up, the rule of the last congress were oiiimmc-I by V. llama and he was lolurd In the oiiinmi Hon by DeiiHursti an I by a single Re publican, Cooper ol Wlsrinln, Thn old rules wefn declared to be too auto erotic, placing loo muoh xwer In the. hands ol the speaker, but alter a some what ncilmoiiltriM dl eiuilun I hey were adopted by a lty Voli. Committees were appointed by loth houses to Inform the piesldent that congress had met and wps ready to it reive any iiik" he might wish to rommimtrate. Sew srnstcrs ami all the representatives were sworn In nnd both hotuett adjourned out of respect bv Ihe memory ol mrmtwr who have died dtirlt'g recess ut congress. Promptly st 12 o'clock Clerk Jlc Doell filleted thn chamber ol repre sentatives accomiuiilr-i by thn Veteiail anlslant lergraiit-at-arms, Colonel K. 8. Pierce, bearing the mace, the em blem ot order In executive bodies. The hum of convrrratlou smMrnlr erased and Mr. McDowell declared the. body duly In session. Chaplain Condon Immedla'ely offered prnyrr, after which the roll was ralle-l. Thn mil call occtmied 21 minutes, and showed 3U6 memliers p'rsrnt. Tho senate eoeveuel pinmptly at noon. AftirVl.iPril.ltnt Fnlrliika Mindcd the gavel lim pneellngs were njened with piayer by tho llcv. Fl waid Hverrtt Hale, rhaplain. Iji Folletto waa the first lenntor ree ognliel, and piescnted thn riedrutlaU ot Itaac Htnvemon, ol Wl-cormtn. The leo president nrdrrnl that I he, roll of rcnators-ahct Imi called alpha betlcally, and they were sworn Ir. and escorted to their dsiks. All nf tin. ten. ntors-olict were present except llank- ueau, oi Aisusms, who Is III. Under tha form olMervcd by thn sen ate neither Itankhrad nor Johnson will Nt sworn In until the deaths of Moik-nn and I Vitus have been acknowledged. Kokrl I.. Owen nnd Thomas P. (lore, nt Oklahoma, not havlup been oleoU-l to the srrmto by their legislature, were, not received by the senate, and their rrrilrnllal will not le nrcenled nllei Ihelr election Dtcrmlr 10. I ho toll rail showed H5 senators present. AIIIkiii and Teller were des ignated noommltteo to Inform'tha pres ident thai congress had arsemblctl mid U ready to receive anyooinmuiileatloiis. Teller offered resolutions of rrspvcl ter tho memory of Morgan, and Peltus, of Alalnma, and they worn adopted ami tho senate adjourned at 12:3U p. m. until Prepare New Currency Dill Washington, Dec. 7. Clialiumn Fowler, of tho hotiso roinmilteu on bunking and currency, has annotmcol tho HiibroniiriHteo of live, which will framo and submit to the main commit. tee a curroncy bill. Tho sukommltteo is na follows: Fowler, Now Jersey; Prince, Illinois; Culdcihrnd, Kansas; Lewis, Georgia, and aillosplo, Texas, Tho lust two aru Democrats, Snow Storm In Chlcsgo, Chicago, Dec, 4. A blinding snow storm swept Ohlrugo yesterday nnd last night and was responsible for many street accidents. Street trulllc wus hampered and surfaco and elevated electric eurs were delayed. , Ststter Returns to Ankeny. WAshinstrn. Dec. 7 A. P. fltHtt..r. ot Walla Walla, has resumed servlco as prlvuto secretary to Senator Ankeny, after a season spent in Nevada, No Right to Duy Car Lino. Han Franolrco, Deo. 3. JudgoHturle viint, of the Superior court, yesterday decided that tho lioard o siivoivlors hsd no right to iipproprialo $760,000 fiom tho tax fund for tho purchase of the deary street railway. The hoard of supervisors Instituted suit to have tho ordinance declared luvulld on tho ground Hint Ihooily's charter provides for municipal operation ol pnhlio utili ties Olllv bv lllrirl vrl.. r.t ll. I. or when the city's unexpended ruvenur win iwriuii oi such investmouts, uml neither provision provnlls, Imuranco Company Falls. Lincoln, Nd,., Deo. 3. Altornoy uonerul Thompnoii yesterday prepared petition inking f.r a receiver for tho Nid.Ioni.1 Mutual Flro Insiirnuco com pany, of Oinulm. Tho attorney general alleges that tho liabilities of (ho em J?"y "J 1863,0113 nml tho m-sets $110,. 770, T, M. Collin Is president of tho company uml J, I Ahhlo stciolary. dspsn Recalls Her Envoy. Wsslilngton, Dec, 3 It wns repott ed horo early this mornlmr il.t vi.. count Aokl, tho Japaneso umhassador, , m n tho Pre,''cnt and Hocrotary of Btato Hoot yeeUrday and presented hli letters ot recall.