FEUD ARISES IN NAVY BfowisiR Rislps as Cfalcl il Birue il Kavlgatlra. C6SMANS OF HOSPITAL SHIPS OPEN HEARTS AND PUHSES. San With Ono Sent With Battlashlp Fleet Complete Control of Hos pital Corp. It In Washington, Doc. 26. Harmony within the United States navy outran cracy seems to bo In lor a severe Jolt. Open war already haa been declared between the bareaa of navigation and tho bareaa ot medicine and surgery, the initial result of which haa been the resignation ofRcar Admiral Rrownson from hia position as chiel ol the former bareaa, and, coming jutt at a time when severe criticism is being aimed at the administration of the Navy depart Hunt, thechargee Involving the bureau system in particular, the ruction may culminate in tome radical change. Butgeon General Rizey, whose re commendation in faor ot putting a medical officer in absolute command ot a hospital ship km approved by Pre) dent Koosevelt against the vlow ot Ad mlral Brownson, throw down the gauntlet tc the bureau ot navigation in a formal statement Issued last night. The curgeon general charge that the bureau of navigation haa interfered in an unwarranted manner with the bu reau ot medicine and surgery, and to the extent ot crippling its ruefulness. Comparatively trivial event some tine lead to tweeping reform, and, if there be defect in management. In naval construction and in methods of administration, the Booeevelt-Browu-eon-Rlxry imbroglio is likely to be the mean; ot bringing matter to a focus and Yauslng remedies to be applied where needed. It should not bo forgotten that the president is as staunch a friend of the nary as the navy has, in considering the present controversy, which so ma terially involve himself. Popular sen timent naturally would incline the in expert observer to side with the line officers in the conflict with the staff, because tbe line is the fighting conting ent from which heroes most frequently are developed in days ot war. In aid ing against tbe line officers in the pres ent case, the president may or may not be aiming his spear at tho bureau sys tem, lie Has taken a ground be tninks is for the best interests of the service. FLOUR OUTPUT SMALLER. Francisco Banks Generous Overworked Clerks. San Francisco, Dec. 25. Elated at tho cnlm course ot business which marked tho discontinuance ol tho holi days, the local bankers opened their hearts and putses and their cletks and other employee wore richer by $30,000 than, they were yesterday. Almost ereiy bank tn tne city rewarded us men for the long bouts ot toil during the recent trying days. The Crocker National bank led ol yesterday rooming, when a yellow en velop was placed oh the desk ot every employe. It contained an amount equivalent to one month's salary. The amount thus distributed exceeded f 10, 000. The Crocker interests are very Urge and they rewarded in a similar fashion their employes In other lines. Other bants have generously tictkted their men. Some added turkeys to the presents of gold. Others added boxes ot fruit. The Merchants Exchange gave every one of Its employes a big, fat turkey. It employes 100 people. One mercan tile firm provided every one ot its em ployes lth all the things that go to make up a Chrlitmaa dinner turkeys, vegetables, fruit and pie. The Standard Oil company distrib uted a large sum among its local em ployes. The usual Christmas dinners to the poor, the orphans, cripple and others began Sunday and will continue on a greater scale than ever until after Christmas. SPECIAL SESSION PROBABLE. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST At- Minneapolis Statistics Show Effect of Financial Stringency. Minneapolis, Due. 2C Floor ship ments from Minneapolis for 1007 will fall short of the total shipped during 1906 by nearly a million barrels. This decrease has been apparently due to the financial flurry, as the figures for each month show that only in three months ot the entire year have the shipments for 1007 exceeded thee for the same month in 1006. The number of barrel of flour sent out from Minneapolis by tbe various mills so far this year has been 13,625, 375, while for the corresponding period In 1006 there were 14 673.113 barrels shipped, a deficit of 747,7b8 barrels De-spile the recent financial stringen cy, the sites of flour for use in the coun try or lor export did not suffer so much as was generally expected. The ship ments ror iKioDer wis year were 1,440, 802 barrels, against 1,503,007 last year. In November of this year the greatest falling off is shown with shipments of 1,067,070 barrels, against 1,318,618 a year ago. For tbe trading days in De cember upjto tbe present, 670,271 bar rels have been sent out a against 070, 494 for the corresponding days hut year. Wheels Turn Again. Pittsburg, Dec. 26. Christmai In Pittsburg and vicinity was made doubly joyous by tne announcement that by January 6 all of tbe thousands of wheels of Industry In the mill of McKeesport, Giaespot, Duquesne and allied plants in tne Mononganela valley would bo In operation. Over forty thourand men who hare been Idle for several weeks will return to work. It is also said that other mills in te district will alto res a me, practically doubling the num ber ot workmen employed within fifty Billed of Pittsburg. Governor of Utah Wants Peace sured at Qoldfiatd. Ooldfield, Nev., Dec 25. "It is pos sible that the governor will call a spe cial session ot the legislature," said Captain Cox, "it by so doing any lm mediate rrslulta which will better the situation ran be obtained." The rumor has been current here that a company of rangers is contem plated, and, as this could not be done without action by tbe legislature, the statement of Captain Cox is tsken to mean that, inch a plan is decided upon, the legislatuie will be convened. A suit against the Western Federa tion of Miner is to be brought by the Goldfield Mineowners' association In the Federal court. An injunction will be asked for restraining the members of the local miners onion, which i affiliated- with the Western Federation, from interfering in any way with the operation of the mine in Goldfield. Tnia suit will be filed December 28. It has been definitely decided that alter December 30 each individual mine owner or each company operating a mine or lease, shall take care of his own property, Independent of the asso ciation. This will necessitate the put ting on of many more guards. Acting President Ma honey lias made nc attempt yet to appear before the mineowners and present any proposi tion looking to a solution of tne dithcul ties. If he has prepared any such propo sition, wbltb be denies. FLEET AT TRINIDAD. FULL OF SUGAR. Good Report on KUroalh Country Sugar Oeets, Klamath Fath Fiank Ira White, ot the Kntetprlso Land A Investment com pany has Just received report from tho department ot agriculture telatho to Mmples of sugsr beets raised on the Enterprise tract. Tho beets were taken from the same tract as were those sent to Professor Knisely some time ago, but koto fully maturrd, while tho others were not. Professor KnUely's test showed fiom 17 40 to 10.35 per cent put eugst, while the department test is ono or two per cent higher, with a vury high degree of purity. These beets produced 8,286 pounds to the quarter-acre tract, or nearly 17 tons to the acre. The department ol agriculture In a letter to Mr. White says Klamath county's sugar beets are ol the most ex cellent quality aud that pro poets ate bright for the Industry in this county. Many Make Own Way. University ol Oregon, Eugene A canvass ot the students of tho Universi ty of Oregon Just made shows that be tween 60 and 70 per cent ot the men in the university this yeat ato either wholly or pattlally making their own war through college The grrater part ot the earning is done, of course, during the summer. The canvas shows that, since the vacation is comparatively short, the men got cmploymett In tbe harvest fields, mills, mines and tabor ot various kinds paying good wages. It shows also that the engineering stu dents find no trouble in getting work in their Hue. The engineering depart ment has a large number ot in the employ ol the Southern Pacific, O. IL A N., Northern Pacific and the government reclamation service, and the majority of theengineerlngstudents are engaged before the session closve In June. A number of students are part ly earning their own way during the session. The university maintains an employment bureau under the direction of the registrar, but it has not been able this fall to supply all calls made on it for students to work. INCREASE IN TILLAULE ACHES Umatilla County Shows Ola; Oaln In Five Yeara. Pendleton Umatilla county's rapid development Is shown In the uvent summary of the. taxable property In tho county, recently furnished tho secre tary ol stato by Assessor Strain. This summary, compared with I ho one mado five years ago, shows tho nutuWr ol tillable acres as Inoteased by 00,000. The total number ol acre ol arable land in tho county at present la 46.000. The nnuibvr of acres classified as non tillable Is given at 883,144. The rJgurv for the Utter do not, ol course, Includo the forest reeervc and other government land not subject to taxation. The amount ol non-tillable land In the county Is constantly In creasing, also, by reason ol the tact that so much government land la being taken up and deeded to settlers. Tbe increase In the number ot lilt able acres is due In Isigo measure to the different irrigation projects which are being completed. This Is not the only source ol Increase, however, as thousands ol acres ot land In tho west ern and touthwvttem raits ol the county are now plowed up and growing wnra. uiai a lew years ago were consid ered worthies for anything urate val uable than range tor slock. Much of it was given over entirely to sagebrush and Jackrabblu. The Pilot I took and lllrvh creek countries have experienced the greatest development In this line. Each Farm to Da Named. Grants Pass Among the business transacted at the Jcwcphlne County Frnltitrowcra' unicn at its hut mrttlm graduates was the adopting of Individual letter- heads and letter paper, upon which will be designated the name ot the fruit farm and tho brands rckcd by the grower. It was thought best for each member to have some appropriate name for his fruit trsct, and by Insert ing it upon letter sheets It would also give prominence to individual effect, and at the same time give the union grrater notice and strength, which would mote favorably attract the buyer to wis locality. Bittleihlps Complete First Stage of Long Voysga. New York, Dec. 25. Special dis patches from Port of Spain, island ot Trinidad, announce the arrival there of the Atlantic fleet on its way to the Pa cific. The fleet is said to have passed into tbe Gulf of Para and anchored there in four columns fire miles oil the town. Ascordiog to the dispatches, the onlr mishap on tbe trip from Hampton Roads to Port of 6pam was a temporary derangement ol the Kentucky's steering gear. Tbey alto say that the entire fleet (topped ensines for nine minntes Sunday and half matted flags while Or dinary Seaman G. E. Piper, who died ot meningitis aboard the Alabama, was buried. Tbe harbor of Port of Spain, while well protected, is shallow for a long distance out from the beach and ves sels of great draft like the battleship anchor a long way cut. The flet will remain in the harbor for several days and will coal there. Supplies will also be tsken on board of tho supply ship Colgoa and tbe refrigerator ship G Iscier. Wheat Trad Stagnant. Pendleton Business Is dull In tbe local wheat market, the price being down, and tho farmers are unwilling to part with the holding at a figure that is 10 cents lower than what they could have secured early In the fall. until recently tne local quotation on stub has been 07c, but another diop of a cent has occurred. However, wheat is said to be worth 08c In Pendleton, and at least one buyer Is offering that figure. Others declare tbey are out of tne market for tbe time being. Hood River Apple Crop. Hood River Completo returns from Hood River's 1007 apple crop show that the growers will receive In round numbers 2O0,000 for tbelr product, notwithstanding the money trouble, car shortage and reduced crop. This is ap proximately what the Hood River crop brought last year when It was In tbe neighborhood ot 20,000 boxes more. and Is accounted for ty the fact Hut tbe apples biought a much larger aver age price, mo entire crop u now placed at 110,000 boxes. PAMSAQE THROUOH STRAITS. Captsln Oreane Selected to Pilot Ulg Fleet 8ately Through. Los Angeles, Pro. 21. Tito man who Is to pilot tho United Slates battleship lleot thtougli tho Straits ol Magellan li In Los Angeles on his way to Washing ton, liotu whence ho will proceed to Rio do Janeiro, there to Join tho lleot on January 1 Tho man selected by tho Navy de partment for this Important sorvico Is Captain E. F. Urcono, ol tho United State army transport lervlce. He Is 58 year olngo and has made In nil 17 trip through tho limits. Ho hai been a sailor tluco ho wm 14 years ol age, when ho joined the Confederate navy. Ilia first silp ws nwde III 1H0U and the last a year ago, when ho brmight tho lighthouse lender Junlta to tho Pacific davit. Captain Greene will atsuiiw chatgo as pilot ol the fleet at Pniita Arenas about rebruary 1, accoullng tn schedule. Thriowlll Iwi assigned to him by Admiral Evans one ol the fleet est ol the torpedo crafts with which lis will lead tho way through the 'Waits. The actual passago will icqulro about 48 hours. Captain Greene anticipate no danger In taking the sqnadtou tatoly through. WILL CHECK EMIGRATION. Railroad Buys Laldlaw, Laldlaw The tumor hai been rife In this community for some time that the Laldlaw toww ite had been sold to the Mount Hood Railroad company, but nntll now these rumors could not be verified. The verification comes from the fact that the abstracts of title are now being prepared at Prlneville pre parator to a formal transfer ot tbe prop erty to the purchasing company. To Indict Nevada Sheepmon. Pendleton Through the efforts of Dr. W. II. Lylle, state sheep inspector, indictments will be returned agaimt P. Anderson, a millionaire sheepman of Nevada, tor bringing flocks over the tats line Into Oregon without flnt giving notice to tbe state sheep inspec-tor. PORTLAND MARKETS. Japan Glvss Canada Assurance Ol vsrt Htrssm, to Corsa. Toklo, Dee. 2t. Negotiation be tween Canadian Minister ol labor Itu dolphe Lrmicux and the Jante gov eminent, which have been delayed by a hitch over details, will be concluded within the nxt few days It is under stood that Minliler Loudens ha (In ally agreed to accept Jaui't vsrbal assurance that she will undertake the ell Imposed task ol limiting emigra tion to Canxda. Tho exact method ol limitation will bo Mt entirely In the hands ul the Japanese government. The assurance Is Identical with that given tho United States. It Is statrd that tho hllch arose over tho deatre ot the Canadian government to secure a definite promise In writing outlining the undertakings, This wai positively dtcllued by Japan 1 canto It would entail a wcrltlo ol trraty rights. Minister Lctnleux also desired to secure from the Japanese government a note giving tho exact number ol laWuer that the government proposed to allow to emigrate to Canada. This was also refused. Mounted Police Called Upon d Quell Canadians, DUE TO FALSE MURDER ;ST0ir 1 bluestem, 84c: Great Tlflptate MIH to Resume. Newcastle, Pa., Dec. 26. Ten of the 30 pot mills of the Ehenango tin mills here will resume operations January 6 next. Test additional mills will resume shortly after, and It is expected that the entire plant will be running full force before the s-ad ot January. Tbo mill, said te bt th fcrgsat tin plant in the world, 1ms be idle since July 31. .Tally a tsMMsmad saaa an sfeeUd. i Reduce Entire Forca. Eacramentn, Dec 25. That there 1 to be a grvat redaction ot the force em ployed in the local railroad shops alter the first of the year was admitted vej- terday by officials of the company, who headquarters. oral on the llarriman system. In an Interview, an official raVl: "The or ders for tbe general layoff Christmas week came from New York, not San Francisco, and apply to the entire sys tem, not Sscrarnento alone. It is pure ly an economical measure, paring the way for a reduction of force." More Traveling. Libraries. Falem The Oregon Library com mission held its regular session last week at the commiaslone's rooms In the state home. W. II. Ayer and Miss Isom, members of ths cotnmlwloii, were in attendance, besides the gover nor. It wss decided to buy 25 more traveling libraries, making 00 in all, that will be placed in circulation aa a result ot tho commission's flnt year's work. It wns decided to establish an exchange itation for Kastern Oregon at Raker City. To Attend Scientists Msst. Corvallis A. L. Kniislr. Federal chemist for Oregon, expects to atari East immediately after Christmas, to attend tbe midwinter meeting of. the Association for the Advancement of ScI ence and tho American Chemical socie ty at Chicago. He also expects to vliit tbe Chicago, New York and Washing ton pure food laboratories lefore com ing back to Portland, nhich will U his Denver Begins to Pay. Denver, Dec. 25. Tbe fiist Install- ment (25,000 of tbe f 100.CO0 fund pledged to the Democratic National commltteo by the Denver Convention league was forwarded yesterday to Chairman Thorns TaggarL at French Lick, Ind. The remainder will be paid in equal Installments on January Feferaary 22, asd Marsh 22. Select by Corventlons. Salern In aniwrr to an inquiry from Chairman G. A. Westgate, of the Re publican state central committee, At torney General Crawford has rendered an opinion In which he rayi that dele gates to the national conventions and candidate for presidential elector must be chosen at conventions and not under the direct primary. Shut Down on Kens Canal. Klamath Falls The reclamation ser vice has closed down on the Keno cam I on account of tho wet weather, keeping only the derrick gang and the engl neerlnsr corns The shutdown was made 22, necessary on acctount of tbe wet weather. Wheat Club, 82c: valley, 82c: red, 80c. Oats No. 1 white. 28: gray, $28. Parley Feed, 27; brewing, Ml; rolled, 30. Com Whole, $32; cracked, $33. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10; Eaitern Oregon timothy, $20023; clo ver. $16; cheat, $15; grain hay, $150 $16; alfalfa. $16; vetch, $14. r Rotter Fancy creamery, 35 ft 37 He per pound. Veal 75 to 126 pounds, 80c; 125 to 160 pounds, 7ot 160 to 200 pounds, 6000. Poik uiock, 7o to lou pounds, CM OKc; packers, exsotfe. Poultry Average old bens, lOo per pound; mixed chickens, 10c; spring chickens, lOo; roosters. Bo; dressed chickens, 12A13c; turkeys. live, IRe; dressed, choice, 18010c; geese, live, fi0o; ducks, 12fc13)io; pigeons, $1(31,60; squsbe, $23. Ki Fresh ranch, candled, 35c per dozen. . Fruits Apples, 76r$2 per box; peaches, 7&cM$l per crate; peers, $1.25 t.76 per box; cranberries, $0.(0012 per barrel. Vegetables-Turnips, 76a per tack; carrots, C5c per sack; beets, $1 per sck; beans, 7(j0c per pound ; cabbage, loper pound; cauliflower, 76c $1 per doxen celery, $3 -'3(33,60 per crate; onions, 15f 20c per doxen; parsley, 2So perdoxen; peas, lie per pound; pep pers, 8017c per pound; pumkplns, IQ ic per pound; radishos, 20c per dox en; spinach, Co per pound; snouts, M per pound; aqussh, AMq per pound; tomatoes, $1.60 per box. Onions $1.761.86 per hundred. Potatoes 60065c per hundred, de livered Portland; sweol potato, $2.76 03 per hundred. Hops 1007, 607c per pound; olds, 103c, Wool Eastern Oregon averagn beat, 13030c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 18190e, aeeording to fine- mohair, aboies. WVWi pr Rioting In India. Calcutta, India, Dec. 31. In conse quence of tho sentence of three months' Imprisonment, prmouncsd agalntt Re nin Chandrel, tho Nationalist chief, for itavlng re-fused to testify in court agalntt n Hindu newspsper, grare dis orders of a seditions nature took nlsc in tho sttrets here. An Immense oiowd raited a great tumult In front of tho hall of tribunals, attacking the police and stoning the windows. A party ol Hindu students avraulted various lirlt Iih officer and sergeants, blockading the principal streets. Favors Giving Tilhss. Now York, Do. 24. Jossnli II. Choate In an address at the annual mtetlng of tho filaU Charities Aid association advocated adherence to the old Mosalo law that one-tenth of all property be given to clarity. He ruld he did not believe many of tho rich women and men who rompoied hi au dience had lived up to the law and trust If all the eoplo of th country had dono so there would not have been any financial troubles like (hose through which tho country has just sed. For Stats Line Stations Guthrie, Okla.. Deo. 2t Tho rail. road rommlMlnn of Oklahoma lias or dered the Banta Fe to establish stations stall points on tbe state lino crossed by the company. The action was tsken becsnie of a drcUlon on tbo part ol the comuiltaion Inst tho Kanta Fe bad tailed to sell Interstate tickets at tho .'-cent rate. Dateless Humor That While Msn Is Wounded Arouses Fury of Whit People. Letlibrldge. Alberta, Dec. 28 -i. rauio they believed that ft prominent cltltfii had tx-eu imirdrrcd In a Chln rt-stauiMiit, M00 inrn raided tho (),. tutnl quarter Uti last night and hit wufk behind. Itmlauiaiils and lauo drier) weie smashed, doors and wirulcat mil I iillrt friintH nf litillillnire hflri in duced to splinters. The rrgular police I of the too il were powerless and a in. gado ol mounted police had to bo ralM M out to quell tlio not. It was Juit alter 0 o'clock that Iks mob Itrgan to lor in. Tho story bad rot abroad that Harry Hmllli, ono o Us Uit known ranchers ol tbe rattle dl tilct of which this city Is the wittr, had hern fatally wounded In a rwlio. rant. Curlouily enough, neither bin Ih nor any one olio bad been hurt, Ul even the polke were rnlaled by the Ul and two Orientals wvro placed uuhr arn st, charged with his murder, An Indignant mob gathrrtd (.'ppoiits the eating Iioum ami there wai talk U lynching, suddenly tomeoite Ihrssa lock, whlsh smashed a front window. and in a moment tho crowd was Ixmo&I control. Uriels and tunes were wel and, when tho doors lud been brokrs, tho tables snd chain and dishes ant smashtd. The Columbia and Alberts restaurants were literally wrecked. What rould not le conveniently hr kra by tlio few men who rould got inside was paxed out In tlio itrvet to the hmi In waiting, and thus deiiioHthnl, At 10 o'clock a detachment ol mount ed pollen pcarnl aud tlio crowd rat t rrrd. Hundred of the riot I merely (hilled the scene ot their pillag ing. Three blorks away, opposite llit Arlington hotel, tbey cleaned out an other Chlnree restaurant and tdl" handled two Orientals who were car, tured within. Mayor Galbralth, who had ruihed t ths scene when th mounted 3lk were flnt called, delivered a si-recs asking cool cllliens to dliprfse. TU crowd listened to him and to Magistral Townsend, who spok later. All ptwl ble damage haying been dons, lbs crowd went homo. Five ol the rioters lva been arrest' ed, but II I doubtful If Iher will U prosecuted. OLD DOCUMENT FOUND. Pitt ph'ln to Welcome Flsst. Vslparslio, Dec. 2t. Tho house of W. It. Graco A Co., of jhlt city, has received a tolegram from New York certifying that tho American lleet, now on its voyago tn the Pacific, will enter tbo port of Chile. Preparations aro reing made here to slve them an m-i. abl welcome. In which the do ernmunt will Join. Qoldflsld to Be Troentsss. Washington, Dec 2t. Itoosevoll has oruereo me troops withdrawn from uouineid Monday, December 30. No statement u to tho reason (or with drawal Is offeied but at the War de partment It Is assumed by many that General Funston has found that It was not necessary to send ths soldiers there. 3 British Squadron In Pacific. London, Deo. 21. -Aeoordlm tn ii. Standard, the Admiralty baa decided to establish next May a Piflc and North American: squadron, ths baaa at hu llll lt . ...l.1i n -- . ..... vw sxjuuwf.il, a, J, Papers Taksn From Llsulsnanl Com to Light. Mexico City. IHij. 20 What It ens Idtrrd a very Inirwrtanl historical dis covery ha resulted Iroin tho eOorts t Dr. Hoetbert K. Helton, the Americas hlttorlan, who i here eugagMl in re seaich work under tho ampler ol tie Carneglo Institute ol Washington. Th discovery consists in the untarthlng la fl mi city of 18 ol (he 21 docnuirnta tak en from the possession ol UetitrnsM Zebulon N. Pike, ol Ihn I'nlted H'stet army, by fjpanlsh loldior In WO, when bo was raptured while maknr his famous trip up tho Aiian-as and MisMUirl rireis, visiting the Oago and Coiuancho Indian, at the instance tt Genrrsl Jamo Wilkinson, then enters or ol I-mililans. Tho whereabouts of the .!!. ll.rto dooumeiit cannot 1m learned. Fo lm portantls (ho discovery considered la the United Htste thai HrrM Knot has just sent Dr. Helton his ronsrsiuU tions. Find Bodlss by Hundred. Jaobs Creek. Ps.. Dm. "B ItanlJ progress Is being made In tho removsl of liodles from tho IXsir mine, Allot the entries, oxcept No. 27, have hero cleared and a lotal of 121 bodies brought Irmn the mine. A minler (f other liodles hnvn been lorate.1 and It U exK-ciNi that tbey will bn brought to the surface during the night. In miry No. 20, where the explosion apparently took place, nummmr. llua u...... r., ,mi. i no nu ram wore blown to id vers. mm mny iuu uodirs will be roiuotcii Irom entry No, 27, as yet unexplored- telephones for Submsrtnaa. 1'ar.la, Doc. 28, Following elaborsls ..-.) .- :. - irm.oii.a n prevent tho recurrence ol ace dents to submarine vessels, the- I ,. v "" nnv " 'Mued order "'uiWHlnosbo fitted out wilh detachable td.ephono buoys, which, In csiool accident will pormltol commu nication with tlio iurfaio. Triumph of Roossvalt. .London, Dw. 28. Tho Times In an editorial this mornlmr dlimiHta ths prospect ot peace In Contra! America resulting from tho posco conference hold at WaAhlmtton. which It -ward Mi?.8rfLlii',UIHph ht President Itooee v.. u-jiMUy,