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n REPEATS DECISION ftHSBTelt Says He Will Nat Rua fir FrisMtit. LEAVES CLEAR FIELD TO OTHERS Quotes His Statement of 1004 and Says Ho Has Not Changed His Decision. Washington, Dec. 12. President Roosevelt will not be a candidate (or a tliirjl term. All doubt on this point was last night dirpollcd by the author atlve statement, (torn tho White House, ' that Mr. Roosevelt still adheres to tho declaration o( renunciation made on tho night ot the election three years It appears that tho president had been awaiting tho call (or the Repub lican national convention to afford the proper opportunity lor making hie po sition clear and unmistakable, thus leaving tho field clear .for other de clared or receptive candidates (or the Republican nomination. The presi dent's statement follows "In viewof theeaMlngof the Repub lican convention, tho president makes the tcllowlrg statement: " 'On the night after election)! mado the following announcement: " 'I am deeply tcnslble of the honor done mo by the American people in thus expressing their confidence In what I havo done and have tried to do. I appreciate to the full the solemn re sponsibility this confidence Imposes upon me, and I shall do all that lies In my power not to (orfeit it On the 4th of March next, I shall hsve nerved three and a half years and this three and a hai( years constitutes my first term. The wic cm torn which limits the president to two terms regards the sabatance and not the form, and nnder nociremmtances will I be a candidate (or or accept another nomination." ""I have not changed and shall not change the decision thai announced.' " WILL DISSOLVE MERGER. Hsrrimen Negotiating for Immunity From Prosecution. Chicago, Deo. 12. A dispatch to the Tribune (rem Washington, says: Negotiations are under way between the attorney general and E. II. Harri man looking to an agreement by which the Union Pacific will abandon all its direct control of the Southern Pacific, In return for which the government will agree not to prosecute Mr. Harri man (or violation of tho antitrust law and of the competitive clauses in the interstate commerce law. The negotia tions have not actually been concluded, bat they have reached a stage where it la believed an agreement will been tered Into. NEW YORK PAPERS' OPINIONS. What Was Expected, But Third Term ers Can'r Be Silenced. New York, Dec. 12. Regarding Pres ident Roosevelt's annenncement that he adheres to his determination not again to bo a candidate, the New York papers this morning say: Herald Those who from the first have had (ull faith in the sincerity of Mr Roosevelt's declaration that he wonld not accept a nomination will now ray, "Why, of course." On the other hand, those who have argued that be could not decline If the conven tion should overwhelmingly demand him as a candidate will remark, "We shall see." And there you are. Times Mr. Roosevelt's statement is what those who respeted him roost and knew him best' expected him to make. No different statement was possible. World 8o far as words go, President Roosovelt could not take a more posi tive stand. At this late day can he atop It? Can he torn bsclr the tide? Suppose the Roosevelt shouters, as Governor Ifoch, of Kansas, has threat ened, ride over the convention like a herd of Texas steers, will he still de cline? Will he be able to dcclino? Steamers Dodging Texas Law. Peneacola, Fla., Dec. 12. Fearing that the vessels might be seized upon the Judgment secured against tho com- pany by Uie state of Texan, the Stand' ard Oil company yesterday ordered the steamer Captain A. F. Lucas and Bark No. 05 to proceed from this port to sea and uot to come within three miles of shore until further orders were re ceived. The vessels, both of which are among the largest of the oil carrying . fleet of the company, had just returned from London, where they carried an immense quantity of oil. Mrs. Longworth III. Washington, Deo. 12. Mrs. NIch oks'Longwortb, wife of Representative Lofigworth, of Ohio, a daughter of President Rooseyelt, is ill at the White House, BBfTerlag from appendicitis. It was stated last night that Dr. Finney, et Baltimore, will perform an operation, RATE CASE HEARING. Lumbermen Tell Troubles to Inter state Commission. Washington, Dec. 13. Two Oregon mlllmen yesterday testified before the Interttato Commerce commission that when It was rumored that tho rate, on Pnolflc coast lumber was to bo advanced they raw R. U. Miller, general freight agent of tho 0. R. A X., and told hi m tho Increase would drlvo them out of Denver, Kantas City and Chicago tctrl- toiy. Mr. Miller is repotted to hnvo replied that tho. new rates were experi mental, and if the trade would stand them'they would bo maintained, but if not satisfactory, the rates would be re stored to the old figures. It was his opinion as well as Mr. Hairlman's, that lumbermen were extremely pros perous, and that their largo contracts justified tho raise. Later, when the subject was broached to James J. Hill by the Puget sound mlllmen, Mr. Hill lost his temper and retorted that, whllo many mills had been driven to bankruptcy already, still others would be wiped out before the commission could dispose of this case. "We are going to glvo you people out there a chance to cool your mots," he declared as he turned away. Mr. Hill, Howard Klllott, J. C. 6tubhs, J. M. Hannaford and many other railroad men will bo placed on tho stand before the hearing clotei. WORK IS RESUMED. No Trouble at Goloilsld When Non union Men Take Charge. Goldflejd, Nev., Dec. 13.. Tho first day of the attempt to re-open the mines ot Goldfield without the aid ot the Western Federation of Miners has pasted, and there has not been a single Instance of attempted violence or dis order In the camp. Unarmed pickets ot tho Goldfield miners union have ap proached as cloeo to the scene of the operations as the armed guards of the Mineowners association would permit and have succeeded In inducing some of thoee who had signed the agreement to return to work, to violate that agree ment and leave the mines. It was stated last night that the lead era of the strike have secured what evl dence they want to proeecuto sonio ot the mining operators under a statute )f the state of Nevada, which makes It a crime punishable by a flno of not lets than 50 or more than 1300, or Impris onment (or not lees than SO nor more than 160 days, or both, to require nn emploje to promise or agree not to bo- come a member or remain a member of any labor orianlution. Arrests may be expected at any time, It is stated by some, while others characterise the whole report of probable arrest as a bluff. MEET IN OENVER. National Democratic Convention Is Called for July 7, 1008. Washington, Dec. 13. After decid ing to hold the next I e mora tic na tions! convention at Denver, and fixing the date of the meeting (or July 7, 1003, the Demoratlc National commit tee lato yesterday entered upon a spir ited debate on the propriety of accept ing more of the $ 100,000, offered by Denver for the convention than Is act ually needed to pay the convention ex penres In that city. The opposition to the acceptance of the contribution took the form of a resolution by Represent ative Clayton, of Alabama, declining money nortctually needed for tho con vention, but after a long debate the resolution was laid on the table by a vote of 31 to 14. Mr. Clayton, Representative John Sharp Williams, of Mlsslesippl, and Governor Hokn Smith, of Georgia, all spoke In favor of the pasaago of the resolution. Mr. Taggart advocated tho acceptance of the $100,000. saying It would bo needed now oven worse than It was needed in 1004, and that at that tlrno it would have been practically Impossi ble to open headquarters for Judge Parker if the committee had not had tho extra motley secured from 8t. Lou It, whero the convention was hold. Men Fed Through Pipe. Reno, Nov., Dec. 13. The three mlnew Drown, McDonald and ISulloy, who have been entombed (or a week In a drift at the 110-foot love! of the Al pha shaft of the Glroux mine at Ely, still are alive and are ablo to commu nicate with tho miners at the top of tho shaft. They have been given food enough through the six-inch water pipe connecting with the surface to last them a week, and in case this pipe Is broken they will not die of starvation or thirst. The work of clearing the shaft Is progressing slowly, Massachusetts Goes "Dry" Boston, Deo. 13. All but one of the 354 cities and towns of the stste havo gone on record on the question of per mitting the sale of intoxicating liquors and tabulation shows a no-llcenso ma jority in Massachuetta of over 13,000. ." -!-' -i..'i m : ; ... .. . . -liu. I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST DAIRYMEN MEET. Successful Two-Day Convention Held In Portland. Portland Tho moat Important meet - Ins of dairymen ever held In tlio stato of Oregon whs that which convened Isst are about to extend the Oregon Klco Thursdsy and Friday In Woodmen of trio lino through ltoguo River valley tho World hull, oil Klevonth street, . hns twit received here with the great- when the Oregon State lulry aiscwla- tlon hold Its deliberations. The con vention hall was crowded nt both days' tensions with delegate and others In terested In tho development ot the dairy Industry. Tho hall In the bate-tm-nt of tho Woodmen building, In which dairy products and tho most ap proved dairy machinery were displayed, attracted largo crowds. Tho coin en tlon was called to order at 10 o'clock Thursday by Preeldcnt H. T. Judd, ot tho ortoclaloii. Tom Rich- ardron. of the Commercial club, wel coined thodolcgatc to Portlaud'ou be half of that organisation. In respond ing to the aditrevs ot welcome President Judd thanked the Commviclul club for its reception and Its efforts In making this meeting ot the n'toclatlon a sue- ccreful one. The speaker referred to the Important position dairying In this itato has reached In the Isst few years, and raid that this was the tlrt tiiuo In tho history ot the ttato that tho dairy induitry hid tcvelvc-1 tho u cognition Its Importance rh u d coinunu.d and would fully y the cui ot promotion. Papers were read by prominent dairymen and others from all parts ot tho itato. Football Men Good Students. University of Oregon, Kuficno University of Oregon football mun during tho season Just past hnvo mnde good records In tho class room as well as on tho football field. The records of tho Registrar's otTlco show that of tho twenty men composing tho regular squad, only hair a dotvn havo received grades as low as 'IV In nny of tbolr subjects. There havo been no failure nnd their work ns a whole compared (avorably with that of last year, when In tho final examinations In February, tho foot ball toami ranked slightly better than tho average (or tho whole stu dent body. Tho records show alio that (or tho two months Just past, football men havo cut (owcr classes than any other class of students. Re ports of absences of all students nro sent to tho Registrar's office dally and a careful record Is kept. Tho University works on tho theory that studonta aro thcro first to study, and this means regular attendance at classes. Msn Do More Work. Klamath Falls, J. D. Church, as sistant engineer of tho Southern Pa cific, has Just returned from the end of tho California Northeastern railway and states that the S80 men now at work (or Krlcson k Peterson, tho con tractors, are doing more work than the 1,100 men they were working last sum rnrr. The grade between Ilray and the Or it lownslte, Mount Hebron, Is about completed, and Mount Hebron may re main the termlutts of the roid for this winter. However, as Dorrls is only 13 miles diitsnt from Mount Hebron and the grade very easjr, tliat town may bo tho terminus. Embryo Farmers Interestsd. Albany -Linn county school children are taking great Interest In tho new subjct ot agriculture, the teaching of which was begun this fall. No experi ment work has yet been bgun In this county, but in tho reventh and eighth grades In all the schools orlhocourty one recitation each day Is required In nn agricultural text book. Reports re ceived by Comfy School Superintend cnt Jackson state that ptolxtbly greater Interest is manifested in this study than In any other branch. November Ideal Month. Hums November was n month of Ideal (all weather in Ifarnry. There were two flurries of snow, on Novemlwr 10 and 23, but they were followed by pleasant sunshine and the mow disap peared In a few days. There has liectt a great deal of (all plowing done and the amount of winter wheat sown this year Is doublo that of nny year In the history cf the country. B F. Mulkey Has Resigned. Ashland Announcement hns been made at the rtato normal school horo that President U. F Mulkey would re. tire from tho institution on Junuury 1 and will engage in the law and abstract business at Jacktnnvlllo as a partner in tho Jackson County Abitract company, which maintains offices at Ashland and Modford and will open one at Jackson ville. Timber Made to Pay Tax, Oregon City The assessed valuation of Clackamas county property is very close to $13,000,000. Tho figures were mado publfo ty County Assessor Nel son, who has made an Increaso of about 2,500,000 over the valuation of Isst year. Tills increaso is all on tho prop erty of the big corporations and on tim ber tanas. WANTd ANOTHER ROAD. Southern Oregon Hopes for Lessoned I Rates In Competition, 1 Grants Pats The announcement through the press that Moffatt & White eat satitfactlon. It has teen the dream '.i it. ..in...... it.. i ........ .i.. .. .....it.... l. .IU V..av.I im .VWV WI.J Mll-'lllll transportation company would find Its way Into tho valley Tho annulling of trains 11 and 12 by the Southern IMoltlo company has aroused tho people to wr ruler activity and to itHtut ready to offer an Induce ment to a competing line. The re source from the mills and inlnei and the products of tho field have been car ried for years by one rallnnd company, with charges running up Into thou sands of dollars. Want Graduates tor Teachers. University of Oregon, Kugone The University at Oregon I exper iencing the largest demand In Its history for graduates, both men and women, to tnko prlnclpalshlpa mid position ns teachers In the high schools of tho stnto. Of tho fifty three members of Inst year's class, twenty nro teaching In the high schools nnd colleges of Oregon and tho Northwest, and tho demand was much larger than tho supply. At the present lima there nro a number ot positions vacant because thcro Is no one available who I adequately pro- pared to tako them. The University would bo ablo noxt yoar to place ns teachers some forty or fifty mon nnd women. If Its graduating class fur- nlshed that number. Tho class of 1908 now numbers about sixty mem bcrs. Electric Lin Great Boon. Freowater The month of November was a record breaker on the Walla Walla Valley Traction rommny's line. Thry hauled out of this city over 00 Cf nt loaded with hay, applrs and can ned fruit. Thrxe cars wrro all for points on tha Northern lYtcltlo railway. The apple crop has been excellent this year ami every apple of any account hat been marketed. The Dx-ond-cUs ap plet were dltposed of to the Freowater cannery. The total value of the fruit rrop In this vicinity Is estimated at 1500,000. No Depot for Suver. Faletn The stato railroad romrnls sbn hss turned down tha proposition to giro the peopto of Saver better depot facilities. The business of the station has fallen off In the past five years, and tho peoplo of Wells, two miles (rum there, havo in a petition (or a station. Queer Schools. Albany Linn county has one school without a single boy pupil and another which no girls attend, i Of con r so both aro In small rcmoto dis tricts. District 84, In, Fox Valley, near Lyons, has eight pupils, nil of whom aro boys, and District 110, near Sweet Homo, has only (Iro stu dents and all aro girls. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, AS7,83ot bliititein, 885c; valley, 828.To red, 80-48lo. Oats No. 1 whllo, I'-'li: gray, 120. Hurley Feed, 127.60; brewing, $31; rolled, f.10. Corn Whole, 132: cracked, 33. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, f iflper ton; Kaitern Oregon timothy, $20(V 23; clover, $16; cheat, MKtsaln hay, 1C(3)I0; alfalfa, $16; vetch. 111. Frttlti Apples, 76c5j$2 per box; peaches, 7ocQl perorate; wars. $I.2A fftl.lFi pnr box; cranberries, $0,60012 per barrel. Vegetables Turnips, 75o per sack; carrots, 05a per sack ; beets, $1. per sack; beans, 730c tier jtound; cabbago, leper pound; raulillnwer, 7ftcail tins; colcry, $1 fx-r crate; onions, 160200 per doz; pursley, 20c jx-r dm; peas, Ic per pound; pepprs, 8(31 7c per pound; pumpkin, 11 Ho per pound; rail- llio, 20o per dox; rplnach, 6o per pound; sprouts, 8o per pound; qmth, IlKcj per pound; tomatoes, $1.60 per box. Onions $1.7602 per cwt, Potatoes I000c per hundred, de livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2.25 02.50 per cwt. flutter Fancy creamery, 32J035o per pound. Veal 76 to 125 pounds, fi8Ko; 126 to 160 pounds, 7oj 160 to 200 pounds, fi0Ku. Pork lllock, 75 to 160 tiounds, 00 OXc; packers, O0U Poultry Average old hens, lt)ft 12a per pound; mixed chlckou, 1& HJjo; spring chickens, lOK011o; roosters, 8o; d rented chickens, 12013a; turkeys, llvo, 14015a; dressed, choice, 17018c; geese, livo, 010o ducks, 12 Hf313)c; pigeons, $101.60; squabs, $2(98. Kggs Fresh ranch, candled, 07)a per doz, Hops 1007, oa7o per pound; oi.is, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon average best. 13020a per pound, according to shrink age; valley, ir)(3Zuo, according to tine ness; mohair, choice, 203Oo pound. ORCHARD ON STAND, Will Agsln Recite Orewsome Account of His Many Crimes, ltolito. Deo. 11. Charging thnt (loo. A, PvUIIhiiio, tho defendant nt bar, Is tho must guilty of all thoso charged with canning the drnlli of ex-Governor Ftattk Stounenhorg, James II. Ihtwlcy outlined the stale's rase yesterday, lilttlo ertort at orntcry was made by the chief prosecutor, but ho plainly told tho Jury what It Is proposed la prone. For two hours he spoke- of what hu termed tho mwt gentle conrplracy In tho annuls of crime, nlwiiya kcvplnjt In the foreground tho part which It Is al leged l'ettlbono took In It. The taking of otldcuco began at the afternoon session ami before court nib (ourucd for tho day tho itato had rstab. Ililied tho corpus delicti, clearing tho way for Harry Orchard, who will today hike tho witness stand and (or tho see ond tlmo tell to n Jury the history of blood. Orchard wn brought Iruin the Hnltcntlary to the city yesterday. Hcustoi llorah, who has Hirlved front Washington, conducted the examina tion ot state's witnesses. Witnesses plscrd on the itand by the tatc proved by hotel legUters nnd other evld-iico that Harry Orchard and Jsck Hlmpklns were in Caldwell nt tho time of tho aalnllmt ot rjien nenberg. The defeme ittsde no effort to crcM-oxamlno the wltncnie. At the conclusion of Hawley's stato meiit Dnrtow announced that the defeute would reserve Its statement un til tho conclusion of tho stato' cao. FUNSTON TO COMMAND. Martial Law Expected at Ooldflsld When He Arrives. Otdtlcld, Nov., Dec. II,. It was re- ported here last night that General Fonaton Is to cotno to (loldfield perron all to take charge olthnsituAtlonhere. More troo;, It was also raid, may be sent, (loveinor John Hwki arrived yesterday afternoon (torn Carson and bad a conference with Colonel Alfred Reynolds, In command of the Federal troop here, Meetings of the executive committee ot the (loldlleld Milieu' union and of tho Cloldtleld Mlneownera' association were held hut night. It I bvllevid hire that President Roosevelt Is responsible fertile dccliloti of General Funston to come to (lold field; that the Intention Is to take tho conduct of affairs out of tho hands of Oovernor Hparks and the Ksmerald county oftlclala and that martial law will be declared In Moldueld Immedi ately upon the arrival of General Fun ston. Duubtlets tho rrqueit for this drastic action by the president came from the mine operators hero, who are fearlul of tht comcqucnco when the attempt lo reopen the mine li made, but appar ently are determined to carry out their Intention to rciumo operations tomor row. PLAGUE OYINQ OUT, Percentage In Hsn Francisco Less Than at First. Washington, Dec. II. Tho next re. port of tho public health and marine htvpllal service will contain the state, ment by Pasted Aislttanl Hurgoon Gen eral Hobby that bubonic plsgtio Infec tion "Is still generally distributed In Han Frnchro hut the iHirccnUee is very much lower than was at first re ported." , "Invoatgatlon along tho waterfront," ho says, "nhow that there I a consid erable diminution of rats present and n itill more marked decrease In sick or tleud rats iron. Of thn dead ruts found nmiiy were proved to huve died (rout the results ot the rat crueudo now lieing waged, Late observations Indicate, that the number of rets found on bosrd vessels In the harbor of fiun Ftancliro Is lKtlng steadily reduced." Passed Assistant Burgeon Rupert nine, in charge or the plague exter mination campaign In Hun Fnnalrco, will report that up to DccoruM 7 tha nutubor nf raios reached 112; total deaths, 07; death rate, 60 8 per cent. The statletlr show that In India from April lart to October there were 653,667 rase of plaguo and 474.014 deaths theiofrom. Nobel Prizes Awarded, Chrlatlanla, Deo, 11. Tho Nobol peace prlto Is this year to bo ciumllv divided between Krnesto Teodore Mon eta, of Italy, and Iuls Renault, of France. This announcement was mado today by Jttdgo Lovoltirnl, tho Norwe gian premier. M, Renault Is thn per manent delogato of Franco to Tito Hague tribunal, and represented his country at the second peaco conforonco last summer, M, Moneta was promi nent ns a worker for peaco In Italy, Ho' whs olocted president of tho Fif teenth Universal Peaco confoi once, Disastrous Fire .In New Zealand, Wellington, N. ',., Dec 11. Tho de partment buildings, tho library of which contained a larso ahd valuahln collection of books, were destroyed by no luwty, SHOWS PARTIALITY Hill Give Canadians lietler Rale Than Americans. BENEFIT OF WINNII'EG MARKET One Lumberman Bay Trust Control All of the Northern Pacific, Land Grant Timber. Waihlngloit, Deo. H. Washington lumbermen who iim rued a wltneone yesterday txiloto the Interstate Cum- tuerre cominiMion, iuok purtnumr pain to "rub It In" on Janus J. Hill, bicauio of hi threat lodiUo hum lumbermen Into tuitkruptcy. One wit rim brought out the lact that, whllo the rsltrosd amert that thn old rate mi lumber from 1'tigct Hound to (Jiiltngx, Denver nnd Kanssi City ms not torn. pchMtory, thntlrmt Northtrn Is lixUy lending lumber at Vancouver, bHriilng it to Piigrt hound, thence IUt tl.rumh the UriUed Ktati and back to Canads, InndliiK It at Winning and more ills t am t Hilnt, for -iO rents, the rate for merly In force on Pngot Hound lumber dilppcd an equal ilUtanro In the Tint ed rllatrs, Another wltnei mailed Mr. Hill's n'siiraure given Vnthltigb4i lumbermen at a iMnquct tome time ago to the eflttt that his rmd would neter linpote a rule on lumber tlmt would l injurious to tho milling Induttry of the NortliNCst. Tho Orrgen men chwed their testi mony by submitting further cottiri on ot lumber rates (rum the South and from . th Wet to Chicago and. Kansas City. Heveral wltnriars testi fied as to the tcchnlral case of the Ore gun and Washington lumbermen, ac cording to the amount o' outmitol their n)ii)nlre, the ulriU of destina tion of their product and the prior pa Id for It. Tha rU whb h the Ore gon and Washington liirnlmr producer were forced to ty were tifferrd In testi mony and the ertlort wo made tint these tales were sidi a to compel tl producers of lumber In the l'aeiflo NorlliMCt to close their mills, Wit- ne4 teellfJcd tlmt they were unable to place their product on the market Kntt ol the It'cky mounatlns at a pro- lit, and that they could nut depend up on the lural market In their territory lo provldo such n market a would en able thetii to maintain their bluei The lino ot cn examination Indi cated tho p'irMe of tho railroad to show that thn tile were not exorbi tant, but really were fait and rqitltahle compared with tho rate given pifdnc er of manufactured lumber In tha yel low pine district. W. O. Ml lee, president nf the Houtli weter n Wshlngttn Lumbermen's as sociation, testified that 00 wr rent of the mill In hla section of the state ld closed since It became kt.own thn lum ber rate wa to be advanced, and th mill now hive on hand 70.000.000 feet ot lumber, for which there Is no mark. et. He said tho Weyerhaeicers m-w owned all (ho timber land nt the Northern Pacific grnt and virtually controlled the prlto within 100 tulle of tho road. They bouyht 1,000,000 sens for (11,000.000 and sold nno rrctlmi nf tlut for $76,000 tiimpge. Hn aid they now controlled price and empha sised thn (act that the member of h arsoclatlpii wore anxious that the Inter ttato rommlMlon should 0en the Port land gateway to Washington lumber that Kouihwetnrn Wnihingtnn tnillinen could dump their common stcck lnU Oregon and other Hsrrlmsn Icrtflcry No Indication of an end of tho hear ing is In sight. Fevt ral other caie nro pressing for hearing by tliocommlsilon, but It Is not likely that tho nemling. raios will bo concluded before the inld dtoof next week. Recover 330 Undies Monnnirah. W. Vs.. Deo. 1 1 The search In mines No (1 and 8 of the Falrmount Coal company for victim of last Friday' cxplotlnn was siiipend ed early tonluhU pattly becaupo fire had again broken out In mlno No. B, nnd titrtly bcoturo practically every Motion of thn two mines has been ex plored and It was not believed Hint further search along tho ramu line would result In tho finding of tnoro belle. Thteo hundred nnd twenty IxMles havo been removed, Of these 71 wero Americans. Lovyost Didder on Canal Lumber. Washington, Doc. 14. Tho Oleon Mahonoy I.umliei coniony, of Han Francisco, wa tho lowest bidder at $124,372 for furnlihlntr th Intlimlnn Oonal commlsilon with approximately ",w,uuii nut ot winner, ranging in sixes from 1x3 to 12x14 Inches. Th material Is to bo delivered atColon or Lsllnca. There woro 21 bidders. It Is oxpectod that tho Olson-Mahonoy com pany will gut tho conlraot. Will Continue 2 1-2 Cent Rate, Montgomery, Deo. 14, ThoHouthern railway today agreed to keep In force tho 2J.ccnt passenger rate untjl tho other state rato questions are settled.