kiatn 'j'iiuM
DEFENSEMPACIFIC
CiRfireice Is Called by Secre
tary il War lepartaeit.
ADJUTANT GENERALS WILL Gl
Manning ' of Co it Fortifications by
State Ressrves to Be Subjtct
of Council at Capital.
Portland, Jan. 2. Adjutant generals
of the three Pacific state Oregon,
Washington and California havo been
Invited by the War department to go to
Washington. D. C, for a conference at
tbo earliest poseible date on the sub
ject of coast defense. Adjutant Gene
ral W. E. Flnaer, of Oregon, and Gen
eral J. 11 Lauck, of Callfotnla, are
leaving for the caplUl tomorrow, while
General Otis Hamilton, of Washing
ton, will start East Saturday.
The request from the Wax depart
ment for this conference Is regarded as
peculiarly significant, Indicating the
government's determination to prepare
for anjr emergencies that may arle
from the West. The principal topic of
consideration at the conference will be
that of training volunteer coast artil
lery reserves to man Oregon, Washing
ton and California fortifications. The
subject of perfecting the Infantry regi
ments of the three state in coast de
fense operations will likewise bo taken
up. It Is assured that the meeting will
result In assignment of National Guard
troops to coast artillery work. The
tnreo adjutant generals will very likely
return with the task ahead of tecrnit
Jng new coast companies tor this ser
vice. For several months General Oliver
has been In soramunication with Gene
rals Finzer, Lauck and Hamilton on
the subject of coast defense. Only a
few days ago he submitted memoranda
from the chief of artillery recommend
ing stMignseatot the Oregon troops to
coast defease maneuvers in May, as
well as the permanent setting aside of
certain Infantry companies for heavy
artillery training.
This plan was not regarded by the
three eoast adjutant generals as feasi
ble. There appeared to be a disinclin
ation among infantry commanders to
apportion their companies for artillery
work. Conceited objection was also
made to the month of May for maneuv
ers, as It la difficult for the average
guards-man to leave his business or
work at tht busy time of the spring
rush.
It Is known, however, that the War
department will find It necessary to
offer more than a plan of coast defense.
The carrying oct of such a plan will be
attended by more or leas expense. That
the state ehould foot the bills does not
seem just. It is believed that thd gov
ernment will be asked flatly what aid
can be given in the organization of re
seives or the assignment of Infantry al
ready organized.
VICTIMS OF JAP MOB.
Three Firemen Badly Injured at Van
couver, B. C.
Vancouver, B. 0., Jan. 2. Allan
Anderson, fireman, is dying and two
other yonns men, also members of the
city fire department, are badly wound
ed and in the hospital as the result of a
fight they had early this morning In
the Japanese quarter with an over
whelming number of the subjects of tho
mikado. The fight was the worst in
the city since the September riots, and
Indicates that the Japanese are at all
times ready for trouble and eager to
fight with their long knives that have
blades keen as razors.
Anderson, accompanied by J. Frost
and T. McDonald, was passing a Jap
anese store, when Frost stumbled and
fell hard against the plate-glaea window
front. The glass smashed and tbo frag
ments were still rolling on the s'dewalk
when a scoro of Japanese appeared from
the Inside and rushed at the trio of
whites. The firemen were in uniform,
with brass buttons and official capo, but
the Japanese knifed thom furiously.
Steal Chest ot Nickels.
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 2. Two men
stole a chest containing f 2,859 from a
street car standing In front of the Main
street East carbarns at 0:25 o'clock this
morning and got safely away with It In
an automobile. The stolen money rep
resented tbo earnings of the Rochester
Hallway company yesterday on what Is
known as the Eastern division. It was
being transferred according to custom
from the Federal street carbarns to tba
State street office to be counted when
the robbery occurred. Officers are In
pursuit.
Torpedo Boats in Parla.
Tarfat, Brazil, Jan'. 2. The tor pod o
boat flotilla which is preceding the bat
tleship fleet to tbe Pacific, arrived here
today (rem Fort of Spain, Trinidad.
Tbe flotilla, which had a rough voyage,
aeouuterJng bead m w" delayed
est day oa the run by bad weather. ,
FEELING IS BITTER.
Vancouver Is Aroused by Latsst At
tack of Japanese.
Vancouver, B. a, Jan. 3. While at
no stage did the light between uie
three city firemen and the Japanese
wh anvlMns like the dimensions ot
the Beptember riots, tho Incident has
revived tho bitterest feeling. After all
tho explanations and apologies that
have; been made, both civic and govern,
mental, citizens ot Vancouver did uot
bolleto It posslbio mat an aiwcs. such
as occurred could 15 made.
an h,M vli-tlm am still alive.
though at least two are dlsfiguied tor
life. Young frost, a nneiooKing am
lete, had his nose sliced oft by one ot
thn atrnnl.likn knit (4 of the JaDanCSO.
The other men, though fearfully In
jured, are recovering. Aiouonaiu was
removed to his home, while Anderson
I. allll In lha hramltal With eroal.
Trio most serious feature In tho pop
ular view is mat mo japaneso section
is practically an armed camp against
, tittn nl Vancouver. Two thou
sand men live together there, ready to
murder any one who mates uio sunni
est disturbance. Tho preeent instance
is regarded as particularly flagrant, be
cause tbe young men were in uniform.
with Dromon's caps, ami tor an iney
know the Japs might havo been as
saulting policemen.
The truth Is simply being forced
home to tho entire city that the Jap
aneee here are barbarians enough to
mnnlfp nn thn allshteet provocation.
Vancouver lias been a little ashamed ot
herself since tho night of the Beptem
ber riots, but the frightful attack la
inai now belno regarded In some Quart
ers as showing complete justification.
MAY SUE HARRIMAN.
Bonaparta Soon to Issue Statement
on Railroad Merger.
Washington, Jan. 3. "Within a
week or ten days tho department of
justice will Issue a statement regarding
the ownership by thn Union Pacific of
stock ot the Southern Pacific," said At
torney General Bonaparte. "It bad
been contemplated to Isauo the state
ment earlier, but tbe absence In Eur
ope of special counsel employed by tho
government lias caused the delay."
While the attorney general will not
admit at this time that the statement
will be tbe announcement ot proceed
ings against the Union Pacific for vio
lation of the law prohibiting restraint
of trade, there is excellent authority
for the statement that It will be. Tbe
department of justice, according to one
of its high officials, has reached the
conclusion arrivod at by the Interstate
Commerce commission that tho control
which tbe Union Pacific has obtained
over the Southern Pacific by tbe pur
chase of stock is in violation of tho law
and amounts in substance to the merg
ing of two competing railways.
Not only will tbe government pro
ceed for a dissolution of the merger and
a restoration of the competition which
prevailed before the Union Paclflo
bought Southern Pacific stock, but the
courts will be asked, it is stated by an
official of tbe department, to break np
the combine under which the two rail
roads are alleged to operate their steam
ships. NIQHT RIDERS FIRE A TOWN.
Burns Tobacco Warehouses In Rus
seHville and Wounds Men.
Nashville, Tenn.. Jan. 3. A long
distance telephone menage to the
American from Itursellvllle, hy., says
that night riders visited that town at
12:45 o'clock this morning. The to
bacco warehouse of II. G. Work A Com
pany and tbe American Snuff company
were dynamited and burned, me
planing mill ot Roberta 4 Brown and
three other smaller houses were more
or leu damaged.
Many shots were fired, and It Is re
ported that two men, ono ot them a
commercial traveler, were wounded.
ItuHcllville Is a town of about 4,000
inhabitants and it Is the county seat ol
Logan county, which borders on the
Tennessee line. It is in the heart of
the dark tobacco district and but one
county, Todd county, separates it from
Christian and Trigg counties, the scene
of the recent depredations In and
aronnd Hopklnsvllle. Further details
were not obtainable at 3 o'clock this
morning.
Smelters Are Closed Down.
Helena, Mont., Jan. 3. The Ameri
can Smelting & Refining company, It Is
anthofatlvely announced here tonight,
will shortly close down several ol its
smelting plants because of the depres
sion in the lead market. At the East
Helena plant today the company reduc
ed Its force 100 men and tomorrow a 10
per tent reduction in wages will bo
posted for the zoo men who are retain
ed. Manager Frank M. Smith, of tbo
local plant, received notice several days
ago from officials of the company that
the smelter would be closed.
Growth of New York Values.
New York, Jan. 3. Controller Metz,
in a review yesterday on tbe growth of
the citv in the ten rears since consoli
dation said that the assessed valuations
of real estate owned by the people bad
advanced from $2,632,410,810 in 1808
to (4,240,486,602 la 1007.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
ASK TIME ON HANQE TAX.
Wallowa Sheepmen Don't Want to Pay
814,000 Until Next August.
Enterprise At a meeting ot tho
Wallowa County Woolgroweis, In this
city, resolutions were adopted request
ing the government to deler collection
ot range dues until after ehnultig, or
about August 1. Tho ihecpiuenof
Wallowa pay about $14,000 for rent ot
ranges, and this would bo hard to raise
under the present scarcity ot money.
It was recommended that the present
county bounty ot $1.60 a head tin coy
otes be continued, and IK cents a brad
lax on sheep bo levied to pny for It.
There aro 140,000 abeep being fed In
Wallowa county this winter. Twenty
two sheepmen lolned tho stato associa
tion and with tho $2 yearly dues and
$2 assessment on each 1,000 sheep
sheared last June, the sum ot $257 was
collected and sent to the state body.
ALBANY GOINQ A-BOOSTINO.
Plans Forming for Excursion Into
Southarn California.
Albany Plana are progressing favor
ably for Albany's "booitlug" excur
sion to Los Angeles. M. II. Gibbons,
who Is arranging the trip, stated that
practically encngh business men had
signified their iutorntlon of going to
assure the excursion. The party Ul
leavo Albany probably Feb. 10, in a
special car, which will be decorated
with appropriate banners, and every
where In California literature will be
distributed advertising Albany and
Linn county. The party will make
stops at Red Bluff, Sacramento, Oak
land, San Francisco, San Jose, Bakers
field and Los Angeles and receptions
will bo arranged for It at each point.
At Los Angeles the party will disband
and its members will return whenever
they desire.
Signs of Oil at Bonanza.
Bonanza Tho possibilities of devel
oping oil wells in this Immediate vicin
ity ate now more encouraging than at
any previous time. In boring a well
for a new livery stable In this town a
strata ot black oil sandstone was struck
and specialists have pronounced It an
nnmlstakeable sign ot the existence of
oil. Several other places In Klamath
county, especially In that portion sur
rounding Bonanza, show signs ol oil.
The prospects aro good and the develop
ment of the same rosy result In the dis
covery of one of the richest oil regions
on this coast.
Warnings to Entrymen.
Lakuvlew The numerous decisions
rendered the commissioner ot the gen
eral land office no longer leave any
doubt in tbe minds of homesteaders as
to what they must do It they expect to
bold tbe lands In the Southern Oregon
pine belt. In every caase ot contest
where II was shown that tbe home
steader had failed to comply with the
law In any particular, no matter ho
trivial, the decision has gone to the
contestant and thn homestead entry
has been ordered cancelled.
Gold Cane for Calbreath
Balem The medical staff of the Ore
gon state Iniano aslyum last week pre
sented Superintendent J. F. Calbreath
with a fine gold beaded cane as a token
of their esteem. Dr. Calbreath lias
served eight years as superintendent
and has enojoyed very harmonious re
lations with his, subordinates and with
tho boo id of trustees. His second term
ended Jannary 1, when he was succeed
ed by Br. E. I- Sfcnlner.
Colonizer at Klamath.
Klamath Falls George L. McDon
augh, colonization agent of tho Union
Pacific railway, who la expected to ar.
rive In Klamath Falls next week, Is
now at MacDoel, the new Dunkard
town on the California Northeastern
railway in Butte valley. He comes to
Klamath Falls to become familiar with
colonizing possibilities here. He will
l accompanied by a Dunkard elder, D.
O. Campbell, of Colfax, Wash.
Eugene Invites Visitors.
Eugone The promotion department
of the Eugeno Commercial club has
had notices printed and will hang them
in every depot In tho state, to tho effect
that strangers will bo made welcome
at tho rooms of the club, and Inviting
any visitors to visit tho city of Eu
gene. The cards state that tho club has
nothing to sell, but In anxious to be of
any service it can to strangers.
Sawmill In Christmas Sock.
Marshfleld The new oflJco building
of the big planing plant of the U. A.
Smith Lumber A Manufacturing Com
pany was opened and dedicated Christ
mas Eve. Festivities were held and
many citizens attended. The ofllco
building U now completed and in use.
The mill proper will be finished and
ready or operation in February.
Wheat Moving Again.
Pendleton Now that wheat has gone
up to 70 cents in tbe local wheat mark
et some of the growers are selling. For
a time tbe price was down to 00 cents,
and yery little wss being sold,
APPLE SHIPMENTS INCREASE
Railroads Give Out Figures Showing
Oregon's Sals ot Fruits,
Portland More than twice as ninny
apples were shipped out ot this stato
during 11)07 than In 1000, according to
reports compiled by the railroads. The
Southern Pacific and O. It. A X, lines
havo completed figures showing tho
cars ot apples shipped from every point
on tho allied lines, and tho total num
ber of cars is a surprise.
"Nearly all those paples were bought
f. o. b. at Uio station nearest tho or
chards," said General Freight Agent
Miller, ot the llarriman Hues. "This
shows tho fruit Is In demand, and
Eastorn buyers como hero in search ot
IL The prices this season are better
Uian ever before. Ono station on our
lines that never shipped an apple be
fore this year sent away 40 cars to tho
Knit a short time ago. This Indicates
how the applo Industry Is going ahead,
I predict It will only be a few years be
(ore applo glowing will lw ono of tho
biggest activities of Orcfon people."
Can't Use Wood.
Burns The forest i angers ol the
Blue mountain forest reserve have fined
several Ilamey cltltcna tor cutting tim
ber In the reserve without permits from
the forest guards. The largest fine Im
posed was on It. A. Dickenson, who
operates a sawmill about eight miles
from Harney. He was caught taking
timber from government land and fined
$300 for about 17 trees. The sawmill
men have, becu making this a practice
for years before the reserve was creat
ed, and thought It no barm to continue
the practice. Last fall was the first
time a forest guard has been stationed
here to give permits for cutting Umber
for wood and other purposes. There
has alwsys been plenty ot timber out
side the reserro for wood and tlmbor
for building purpose until lately,
when It was all secured by outside peo
ple, to be transferred In time to Urge
timber companies.
Bosrd Rslsas Teschsra' Pay,
Oregon City The teachers ot the
city schools will receive a suUtantlal
Increase In salaries next year. This
wss assured at the annual meeting ol
the local district, at which a special
tax of Si mills was levied. The levy
la 1 mllli n excess of Uie recommenda
tions of the board of directors, and the
excess will be added to Uw ralailes of
the teachers, making the amount ex
pended next year about $10,000, In
comparison with $8,000 for the year
Just closed. Tho snnual report ot the
directors shows tho schools to be in a
flourishing condition, and the financial
report shows that the floating Indebt
edness Is $000 less than last year.
f
Glyds Ssyns Acting Presldsnt.
Salem The executive committee of
the state normal schools has elected C.
E. Payne, of the department of science
at Ashland normal, to serve as acting
president for tho remainder of this
year In the place ot B. F. Mulkey, re
signed. PORTLAND MARKETH.
Butter Fsncy creamery, ,35037c
per pound.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 8$0c;
125 to 150 pounds, 7o: 160 to 200
pounds, 600 Ko.
Poultry Avernso old hens. 12c ner
pound; mixed chickens, llcj spring
chickens, 11012c; roosters, 8c; dressed
chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 15c;
dressed, chclco, 18020c; goeeo, live,
15o; ducks, 14c; pigeons, $101.60;
squabs, $203.
Eggs Fcsh ranch, candled, 320
35c per dozen.
Pork Block, 76 to 150 pounds, 0
0)c: packers, C0),c.
Wheat Club, 83c; blucstem, 85o;
valley, 83c; red, 81o.
Oats No. 1 white, $28; gray, $28.
Barley Feed, $27 per ton; browing,
$31; rolled, $30.
Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10 per
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $22023;
clover, $16; cheat, $16; grain hay, $16
10; alfalfa, $15; vetch. $14.
Fruits Apples, 76c0$2 per box;
deachoe, 76c0$l per crate; pears, $1,26
01,76 per box; cranberrlos, $0.60012
per barrel.
Vegetables Turnips, 75o per seek;
carrots, 05c per sack; beets $1 per sack;
beans, 70Oo per pound; cabbage, 1c
per pound; CAullllowers, 75c$l per
dozen; celery, $3.2503,60 per crate;
onions, 15020a per dozen; parsley, 20o
per dozen; peas, lie per pound; pep.
pers, 817o per pound; pumpkins, 10
ljfc per pound; radishes, 20o per doz
en; spinach Co per pound; sprouts, Bo
per pound; squash, llc per pound;
tomatoes, $1.60 per box,
Onions $1.7601.85 per hundred.
Potatoes 60006c per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2,76
per owt.
Hops 1007, prime and choice, 60
7)a per pound; oils, l2o per pound.
Wool Eastern wgon, average best,
18020c per pound, Iteordlng to shrink
age; valley, 180200Waeordlng to fine
nets,; mohair, oboiee,' W80o per
POOMI, J
LADD WILL PAY.
Agrsss to Meet Account of Huslsd
0nk In Thrss Yssrs.
Portland, Jan. 1. W. M. UiM has
agreed to take over tho assets ol the
Ross bank and pay all Its deposits
w.lhln Utree yeats.
Details ot the plan were arranged
yesterday In a conlorenco between a
committee ot deosltois, sgenls ot Mr.
l,l.l .lnhn Mannlnn. district attorney,
and W. 0. Bristol, social counsel for
tlit slate, and for tho American nureij
company. ,
Mr. Ladd will not I prosecuted, but
olllcers ot the hank, Mr. Manning says,
will lu. Imllnlml next MnndaV.
fnvratltmtlsna of the smashed Unk's
accounts will be continued, In order lo
ualliMr nvliliilio for liKMeCUtloll, Ulll
cers Involved sre J. Thoiburn How,
George II. Ulll, T. T. Ilurkhait, J. K.
Altchlson snd F. M. Warren.
Experts continue to dig up sensations
lit the bank's accounts, aud to confirm
the knowledge that Its dealing weie
(be most scandalous Portland, has ever
seen.
Committee ol depositors will Insist
on navmeni or interest uy air, ijmiu
until claims ate tullv meL
Whether the ircelvurhlp will t con
tinued has not been decided, but II It
shall be, O. K. Wears may 1 supersed
Ml by a receiver ot Mr. Ladd' selitj.
tlon.
Mr. Ladd will succeed to whatever
claims the bank may hold against the
$203,000 property ot Ross.
The lank continually ran behind In
Its earnings, but Ross had a happy fac
ulty ot marking up assets with "en
hanced value" to make up the defi
ciency, ami entered It In a mysterious
account called "suspense earnings,"
which Is full of puzzles for the exerts,
UPPER HAND OF PLAQUE.
Dying Out In Ssn Francisco Sevan
Cases In Dsesmbsr.
Ban Francisco, Jan. 1. With only
seven owes c( bobonk) plsgue reported
during the month of December and but
thrsre cases ismalnlng under treatment
at the isolation hospital, the plague III
Sau Francisco Is almost eradicated.
Mora that IAOO.000 lias been emended
In the sanitary campaign, of which the
Federal government Is ;ylng three
fourths. It Is estimated Uiat approxi
mately 130.000 rats have been de
stroyed during the past four months.
Thirty-five thousand, six hundred snd
forty two rsls wers brought to the la
bnratory of the health department. Ol
this number, 11,301 were examined by
bacteriologists for plague and 100 found
to be Infect,
"The situation Is gteatly Improved,"
said Dr. Blue today, "dctpiW the apa.
thetlo attitude of the people of Han
Frinclsco. some ot whom hare twn
Inclined to hostility toward us for the
work that we are doing for their bene
fit "
Tho total number of rases reported to
date la 138; deaths 73; cured GO; re
maining nnder treatment 3; suspected
rases IB.
RUiSIA Q1VINO UP ALL HOPE
Japan Slowly Strangling Forslgn In
vestors In Manchuria,
Pekbx, Jan. 1. Ivan Shlpoff, stent
ot the Russian finance ministry, has
concluded a three-months' lnrstlga
tlon of the serlnna ronditlons which
confront the China Esitern railway,
and as a rranlt he has recommended
that expenditure bo rohiced in every
direction possible. This action Is con
strued here a reflection of the hope.
lixsnees of Russia's position In Man
churls. Tho railroad was isolated dur
ing the Russo-Japanese war and Ja
pan's policy slnco then has nmctlcal.y
strangled It. It Is lielleved that the
deficit of the Chlncie Eastern railway
for 1008 will amount to $15,000,000.
Traffic over the line is declining, par
ticularly st Harliln.
Japan has forbidden China to extend
the Hsln Mill Tun ral I read in tho dl
rectlon of Taltslkhar. This step 'has
aroused oiasptrntlori among the Eng
llihmen who havo capital invoitod In
the line, and It la characterized as an.
other evidence of the monopolistic nttl
tado ot Japan in Manchuria,
New Road Finished.
Portland, Jan. 1. Tho first elortrio
car operated over the Oregon Klcctrin
railway between Portland and Salem
traveled over tho new lino Monday,
reaching Fulton Park at 6:40 p, m.
The car was run through under tho ill.
rectlon of R. L. Donald, on behalf ol
Barstow A Company, tho construction
company, of which Mr, Donald Is rest,
dent engineer. Tho operation of this
car completes Uie contract of Barstow A
uotnpany, which en I Is for the opera
tion of the road by December 30. Tho
trip was mads without a hlsuh,
Calls Extra Session.
Carson, Nev., Jan. 1. Governor
Sarks yesterday afternoon called an ex.
tra session of the ioglslaturo to convene
January 4, 1008, For tho last 24 hours
the governor hss boon doltiged with dia
patohts from all over tho itato and many
purees odisiuo neysua, urging the call
Ing of the extra session to settle labor
troubles.
BIG LINER mm
Mount Royal Will) 400 Fassen
yers Long Overdue.
OWNERS ABANDON ALL HOPE
Hallsd Dsesmbsr 7 From Antwsrrv
for 8t John, N. 0 , snd Not
Heard From Mines.
Victoria, II. 0 Jan. t. A prlvatn
dlsiMtch from Toronto says the U, I1,
It. lias given up hope for the steainet
Mount Royal overdue from Antwerp
wltlHOO passengers.
No Word Rscslvsd,
fit. John, N. B., Jati. 4. No word
has vet been received hern ol the Csna
dlsn Psrlllo linn steamer Mount Itojal,
which lelt Antwerp on lemtr 7 rr
fSl. John, having on boanl 301 Imtnl-
grants, mostly Italians and Jw, le
sides a rrvw numbering more than 100
men.
The Canadian rarlflo officials In this
city, while expressing anxiety retard
Ing the vrsiel, Uatrti totiay tnai tney
believed the strainer proUlily had met
with some accident to her tuaohlnrry
which la. I caused her to drift far out
ot her coins, and that she would lm
heard from In duo time at some other
port. r
May Have Gone to Rsscus.
Un.lon, Jan. 4. The non-arrival ot
the Allan line steamship Hungarian,
which sailed tntn Greenock, Scotland,
Detnbnr It, and Is now a week over
due at Portland, Mr., leads shlnplnc
men to believe that she has (alien In
with the Canadian Pacific liner Mount
Royal, which Is now long overdue at St.
John, N. II.
BOYCOTT THE EXPOSITION.
Seattle Unions Disgruntled st Action
of Gommlttss,
Seattle, Wash., Jsn, 4, At a meet
ing of the Building Trades council last
night, the assembly voted to rail upon
labor ormnlzatlons everywhere In Uio
country to lend support to opposition
to the 1000 fair. Action was taken
after the executive committee ot the
exposition had refused to Incorporate In
the building contracts a clams specify
ing that only union men lo employed.
J. E. Chllhurg, president of thn
Alaaka.Yukon-l'aclile ezrosltion, says
"After considering tho demands of
the union, the exu-utlvo committee de
cided It could not dhcrlmlnate. Money
subscribed for the exposition came from
all people. We do not objtct to union
nor union men, We refuse lo play
favorites."
By the declaration of the open-shot
policy, notices of which went Into ef
fect yesterday, causing Uie walking: out
ot 100 employes In tho metal woiks of
this city. Seattle I facing a general
strike which means that at Icart 6,000
men will beccrne Involved, and at hart.
$1,000,000 ir, building will Ik) retarded
beforo a settlement la rrathod.
INFLUX OF JAPU.
Fiflssn Hundrsd Coming to Vancou
ver From Honolulu
Vsncouvtr, II. O., Jsn, 4. Tho nn
oxptalned arrival of ,100 Ja; an
no In Vancouver yratrtday and thn
.rpoct of an Influx of another l.'.'OO
within the nost month from Honolulu
aio tho feature of tho Oriental all na
tion In Vsncouver, Why the 300 Jans
en mo to Vsncouver yesterday ia a mys
tery, aii uio morning they poured In
to town from tho roast IokhIiiu minm.
and sothe even from tho American side
of the boundary lino. The hoarding
house keepers of Japtown had a buy
tlttie housing them. Ust nlalit there
was tho usual crop ot rumors that they
cmne In view of possible trouble, and
olllcers of tho Aslatlo Exclusion league
aror much pctturbod over tho ovent.
Yesterday it was an mm need that st
least 1,000 Japanrsu would rnino from
Hawaii during tho next three weeks.
Cost of Nsw Yesr Oslsbrstlon,
Now Yoik, Jan. 4, Men who aro
fond of figures say that New York's
Now Yesr celebration cost $1,760,000,
At ono restaurant that night rocelpU
wero over $20,000, 2,000 cjiinrts of
champagne holng drunk, It is esti-
Hinted that the dlnors around town
mudo away with 42,000 quarts of oho in
migno and 00,000 quarts ol claret, not
to montlon tho barrels of other drink
ablos consumed, Bouvoulr hunters
wero out in forco and tvery hotel and
restaurant lost great quantities of glans
and other waro, ,
All Lost Except Thrsa
City of Mexico, Jan. 4, Ramon
Portas, socond officer of thostoamor
Idoro, has srrlved at Vera Cms and ro-
nOrte,! that HiA Vaaal anVil l.t n .IntM
on tho night of December 2, and all on.
I uoaru were lost except three.
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