EVENTS OF THE DAY
NUWSy llfiJIS HillllCTClI frOIIl All
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mi ia ui mu niuni.
PKEPAKH) l'UK THE IiUSY HEADER
(.it Important hut Not Lett Intel
eating Happening! from Polntt
Oulilda tho Hlnto,
CMn in believed to have ileitrrlnl
Vetieiiida forever.
The iiiirnmiiiiiial n.nal conference
It in oeamiiii at Loudon
The prixtecittimi ha eompletrd In
eldrnce in the Ituef trial
A IMiiOiiiik broker i ehar(rd will.
f.irKhlK homU fur ri4M).uoi
l'lk of New York Cllv .ire peinl
tl.iKHMMMi on a iietv cliililiinitr
A kinmer and tvm dKka hiirued
ai I'liitl.uitl Me I.iim. flMiinii
Moiilriieri hat altar kril all AilU..in
f"it and ntrla i hurryinx triMip
le the neeiie.
Ailjiitnit General Alinwntlh repnrt
lint ilt i r'nuu in the army are mi
the dr. reae
I ui Angelet mall liai been ar
rr ted f r having ll4 for eminlcr
fiililiK iiinHey
A Clin ibii urand Jury report
wlnlri.i r eleitintt fraud, particularly
dneet pr mary
l'hyiina hold out oMie hope fur
ihr rrnierv of fiovfrnur-elcct 0
Ki"'e. uf VahlHttmi
The t'ldiin 1'arifie hat reduced ti
itintnnii nine lirtvteen Diunha ami
I'nriland two ami one half hour
AdniirniK friendt Haul lo preteni
Admiral I-'vuim with a hotir at I im
Aniirle. Iiul he hat taken warning
from the Pcttcy incident and declined
Mr Yele leer hat ttartrd
entile! of Yerkoa' will.
The V M C A ha erected a fine linmlKrat on olllc till, the local iwllcti one of tin ao four altea tnny ho awajfd
hmldttiK at 5e.ul. Corea I nm Ul0 ol)(.,.ri, f tll VtMe Mm, ' by the nlucrity with which tho ownera
An Imperial ed.ei In been Uned In St. arindup cornptny nro proa ruliiiK ' th riirty Utke Uie hint nml re
China hi .rameelMK 4 ctmttiliitinn in . v Krvua aearch for the othma. Iuco ,m.,,r "Kurea. The new aubtreni-
imie. year Tlm Orleiitnla out the heavy wlru'ury "",'" n Curatory atructuro of
lo M.ele civil .ervice emiiloyc1! tine over one of the wlmlowa. raw,, I cln-wlc detilK'n, conatmctwl of atone
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track to itnet race
iitr iimii ii iitifa ii v inn iaiv
Hi. miner, were killed and llirrc
tallv nen.nl n an explo.ioii i.f k
lilallt iiitiirril in ih rtilittimt nl ls
in a Went Virginia coal mine.
Mi I Ikin i i.J to have
jilted
Lieu-
Aliiun he'sine he prrferrrd
truant Andrrvn. ol the navy
Itailrovl and coal enmpanir hac
hrcn innii-ied of conspiracy In re
.Inint of (rule at Sail l.akc City
Kalilii te attacked S'ew
York
iiiilKr d.r buiiitirliiiK Cruker mi the
irianii of hi wail to this country '
In the SunHird "'I diolntion rate
.n hhold It. foraTilien almot every
thitiK in I'ltinrition with the rom
pany hitalliek.
A ChicaKo man ituputed a lot of
run and other article, placing a
value of Jl.lNM) on them Chicago eti
limn uf final have ricd them at
Ihry were worth $14 003
Thnw'a lawyers continue to fight to
iirctiro his release.
Minnesota, Montnnn and the Dnkotns
arti having zero weather.
A Columbus, Ohio, city ofllclal has
been convlctisl of grafting.
At the municipal elections Just held
i ii ."uiiim.i .i-uuiin juai m in
in .Massachusetts, several cities went
,lry.
rim Hoods in Arknnsns hnve not sub-
aided.
The property loss will bo enor-
Ill Ollrl,
Tlio government Inquiry Into thu
Ilnrriman merger hns begun nt New
York.
Four persons are dead as n result of
the crush at i:mieror Francis Joseph's
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Iiamcaia win causo n storm in the
Oerman relchstag by u move to limit
tho kniser'H Kiwer.
Miiiiv election frauds hnvo been tin-
covered In Missouri ami Indictments
are expected to follow.
Tho Iillsl.ury-Wasliburn Mllllngcom
puny, of Minneapolis, which failed
Momo tlmo ago, Is to bo reorganized.
Thu government of Hnytt nn pears to
ho going to pieces before (lonernl
Simon, leiulur of thu rebels, reaches
tho capital.
taKwffi
Ituvenuu ofllclalH nt San Francisco
hnve received orders from Washington
for's'mok.'L1"0 ,m,,0rUtl0n 0f0,"Um
for H,m)k,,,K'
Samuel L. Clemens has Just cole-,
bratod IiIh 73d birthday.
Two Japanese steamers collided oft"
Chefoo and 700 liven uro reported lost.
Two Philadelphia men engaged In n
ntnlnl ilinil nml two livHtJindiini worn
wouihIihI.
At a conforenco of Ponnsylvnnin
Ilaptlst ministers IlooBnvolt was so-
verely censured.
AUSTRIA-TURKEY AFFAIR.
Auilrlnn Ambassador Tlirealent to do
Homo nnd Tension It Serious.
l-mnlim. lli.r. 1 A illmiuli-ti f 1 I !
TImiw fnm, Cm.ntm.tlr.oi.lu nnyri that
itlii) tension between AUHirlu nml lur
key In becoming iiiuru serioun. The
departure of tho Austrian ambiissmlor,
Minimis Pallavlc.nl, will mean tlm
C(""llt) rupluru of iicKotlntluni. It
la ililllcllll to sen how tliUcmi bo avoid-
ed l.y Turkey while Auslr 11 maintains
her ili iiiiinil for KUppi cumuli uf the lcy-
cot by active Interference i.f thu
',, . , ,
port.-. Ui.derlho new regime this Is
lit.pi.HNll.il, iin uvun If thu government
Uaii.il orders to th.it i-ltYct they would
'
iiul ho obeyed.
Tin- bend of tho guilds concerned
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collvv.llbi..eralsiMllnsolui.gasAus.
trln p.r . von .n her presu.t attitude.
i iiinjiu lii in lliu l illicit iiuiii v iru
mi tuiya in. i nip ror h tieiermtniitioti v
timliilulii tieacu la a hopeful sign,
'I here are rumors that Marquis Pnllu- ru'i.Mil all over the country are go
Vicllll Isitutllkily to leave ConsUml- ? " ""'I theineUr nlirt of cm j)
n pie mill Hi. mi . tnuen speculation I """t For two year they have boiwht
concerning 'ho Iouk au.llencu which llitf1"" '"IHijk irfc ! apeak of n-l ilicy
emper..i Kri.nt.Hl tuh.y to Count JuI.un 'e"V"" Um ,,lc,r ol'' iulpmein In
Aialiassy, ti.tt Hung rinn mlii ster of ..',.,,,. rsjirtli matiai;rr will soon
tho int. nor. In view of .he fuel that ,,K .inc.iiK that they iiiiim cl
Count AiKliBimy waa tlm only lluti;a ,,nrr money lei lav track and buy
i Int. minuter Willi tlm couriiKo to -'cur and that to advance rate i the
pun th pulley of till) lllill. XMllUII of
llcwnlu u d llerzeniivlnu nml pi edict
It prububle eoi.atipli'liea.
CHINESE CUT WAY OUT.
TwmtfOnn Mako Eniy Etcape Front
Uelnilllon allrd.
Snn Franc. aeo, Dec 1. Twenty-ono
out .f I III Chliinaw held at the l'ucillc
Mall duck, (h'IhIIih; the declalon of the
litiirilriit luri olllciuU aa 10 whotlier or
not li.ey were Diiti'lit! to enter the
Ulii ml S li ten, ecnHKl from the lie
t iitlon nIumI at Second and llrnnnnn
atreeta about 1 o'clock lint nlnht.
Four of them were recaptured in Clilt.a-
town today ami roturmd to tiie sImh'.
thri.UL'h IU(. Iiiifi hani ntul ! i! inu'ii n 1
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wntTplpe. A nlKhtwatchmnn dlicov
'M' '' ?n w' fw,nu,1"
niter tl e ChiiieM-had "Ian ed with-
.out the approval of the immigration
olllcers.
Tli s is the second time thnt Chinese
have ei.cn pod f r. m the rickety oil de-
tnntiun shd. Last September four of
them awaiting dep nation, sawed
their way to lllHity ti rougi the reof.
Seiisntininl chnruis ninile at the tmi
by a etty olllcer of the I ner Mongol a
Hint Cain.. .. vvi r ln-liur Inn u hv tlm
proctwt of substitution, IhI to an Inv a-
t gation, which, Imwever, d d mil dis-
close anything tending to supxrt the
chiirgis.
tiiv it i niece at rvfur-iru-
n i ntw wnui. r wii.rf(. i
movo IO vnntunaaio nnnK o, ob
Springfield Rioters.
Sprirgfleld, 111,, Dec. 1. If plans
now under consideration by iiuhllc
m llj . i, t r nr
prosecutors of Sangoman county are
realized, one of the biggest cases in
"' history of lh country will be cull-
ed for tr nl In the Circuit court lore
early next year. It is prohnblo t' at
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the cnur will lie rskon ir an tre canes
ngalnst nllegiMl rioters In the August
outbreak In S.ringfleld may be tried at .
once,
,f ,,, court consents, indlctrntnta'
inni ii ut tit n JtTa fliifstnilnnlsl rtmrirl i
conspiracy, will he naked of the next
'fa" "' -( ...i t
grand Jury and the cases w II be tried
in a consolidated hearing with 3fi do-
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' ,l,"rMt?,r
prosiciuors.
fondants, n score of Inwyi rs for the
probably three or four
The plan ia olferel In the
interest of economy. Five enses nl-
ready have been tred wit' out a con-
victinn nnd It in estimnted thnt a pn-
n.te henringa will cost tho county
"O,000.
Denver Hat Heaviest Snow.
Denver, Dec. 1. Ileglnnln? last
light nnd continuing until lino this
afternoon, tho eastern ptrtlon of Colo-
rado was visited by one of tho heaviest
..It.! unrti( iillnH iiuiiimliinAitil it tlilu
.n..n... pi.,. ..,.-, v.,,. .....v. n
section, at some pjlonts n new record
being ea'nlillslunl. In this el'y train-
way t fllclal declnro the snow was the
hardest they have ever been compelled
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fiffyttdbTffirf
plow owned by tho tramway company
wh pressedlnto service,
Minion is of Diplomacy,
Iinsso Torre, Island of Guadeloupe,
Dec. 1, President Castro, of Venezu
ela, nrrlvcd hero today aboard thj
HtcnintT GuailoloUIHl, On hl
way to
Uordcnux. In reply to Interviewers,
President Cnstro declnred thnt tho oh-
Joct of hla Journey wns to settle soivo
diplomatic buslnesa with tho French
government.
NEWS FROM THE
ADVANCE IN HmTES.
oiil Eiulpinnnt Will Cause Railroads
to Sunk Relief From Shipper.
WsnliiiiKii.ii, Dec s Shorlige nf
r'lllliiK stuck canned liy tlir failure of
thr r.i.lro,nll to keep up tliclr ciil
mini iliirinur tlir rcrent Otia in i:l
Mrinni-nry will rr.tlt in swrriiliiK : .l
vatires in rate, according to the tnie
,,, f mcibrnt of the interstate
commerce coinmUiiiiiti
"' 'vc " .uIjI."' Mid one of the
rotiiiiiiinicr in explaining Ihc itn.i-
(, "mi ,,n attempt will be inmle
all along the line t' lMh l 'ate in
' H'iililr way The railroads
Itavc riillivated the mprca.ion that
arr , rPCcll' ilinic,,
,m)llcy , tain their efficiency ami
in a r i 1 Kill nrrvirr ami ikiv llirir
ati.rkhnlilrr anything
i ni a bniiic revives the
miiv
inly mean nl Kcttitiu the netilril
ah Whither they will be permitted
in enf'irie their hiahcul rales t wine
thti.K the lommittlun cannot pata on
now
" Mrea.ly the advance have Iheuun
I he ritiitritinn hat before it one
r wlurli involve an advance in
rite in all the nouthcaM. There i
mother cie which involve advances
in the aoulliHcat."
S.tn Prlcnt Too High.
WaahlnKUin, Dee. 4.- AaaiHtnnt Sec
retary of tho Treasury Wlnthrop has
intln.atiil thnt the pneos naked for the
four altea in San Frnnctnco suKKeated
ua locutiona for tho new subtreaaury,
were too ateep; hicher than bualnea
eonditluns in that city warranted and
more money than the i-ederal govern-
?n,.nt proved to pay. Tho choice of
BI1U cunurrir.
Uncle Sam to Keep Aloof.
Wellington, Dec. '.'.--The United
States government has no present in
tention of intervening in Hnytinn
affair. This statement Is ninde on
the ta'St of nuthority. The situation
on the Island is nn internnl one and ns
far as known hero It Is to denl entirely
with the eople. The Hnytinn situs-
tlon is not compllcntiil by the tiosltlon
of the work of "emignidos," which
obtains so frcnucntlv in Central Amor
lean revolutions. President Nord
Alexis has been in Kiwer a number of
years ami for the time being nt least
there Is no ground for American inter
vention.
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imvf vimi irnti.
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' Hii'i'h w.., . v. ... ..v. .....
f f , eHl Atlantic battleship
(,.t.t, ,tn.ng and owerful afloat ly ng
weak and helpless because of lack of
''. fhovkn In tbo rvirt of Admiral
'"4,to ,,,' Nn"y dopurtmont."1 Ac-
COnlli'w to the reKrt tho crusio'of tho
fU-vt shows tho need ot more colliers,
Had there I een foreign complications
or a eomblnntlon of foreien shipown.
era tho leet in ht have renin ned help,
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China's Envoyt at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 3. TangShao Yi,
sm..tit1 ..ittt.it ..f ,,t rl,In,u .sm.s-
DIIVVIIII VII i'J Mil' VIMIII PV hUM III
ment, nnd Prince Tsui Fu, together
with nttacl.es and secretaries belonging
to the ofllclnl suite, 19 Chinese stu-
dents, nttendnnts and servants, have
arrived here on their mission to thank
Pres dent Roosevelt for the rem ttnnce
of SI. 000.000 of the Hoxer indemnity
fund. The vlstlors occupy a house pre
pared particularly for their reception.
Damages Awarded Paper Mill Men
Washington, Dec. 3. Interstate
Commerce Commissioner I.nno gave n
,irtHlnn tod.iv ..wnnlim- reimmtinn tn
American lumber mnnufucturera nnd
ther on necount of the Imposition of
unj,18t freight charges by the Southern
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iu(.nc from the pnper mills in Oregon
l0 Queen Junction, Pa., berauso of tho
curriers' Innbllity to supply enra of tho
., oncrwj by the shippers.
Hitchcock for Pottmntter. Joml tho ,k,si ot asststnnt secrotnry or
.Wnahlngton Dec S.-WHI. both 1 tS. hSSlSS
res dent-olect Tnft nnd Frank lMJ7f ,h
"ie?K!?
mmit Hint no ntinnimrmnnnt hml hnnn
authorized, It Is generally bellovedlMorKnn
that Hitchcock will bo tho now post
master general.
Keefo Commlttlnner of Immigration. I
Washington, Dec. 4. Daniel J.
Keofe, of Detroit, president of tho
Longshoremen's union, has accepted
tho position of commissioner general of
Immigration.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
MAKtB NEW HECOflD.
Government Printing Office Old Much
Campaign Work.
Washington, Dec. II -The govern
merit printing office was an Important
factor in tho recent preNidentlul cam'
pulcn. This iiiNtitution turned out
for thu Itepublicnn and Democratic
partita 7,-iltt,70u copies of a(Keches
delivered In curmrvnn, aurpaaNint; all
provlonn tecords by .'1,000,000 copies
Tho total welnht of campaign
KjRcclieH pririteil slnco tho biKlnnuiK of
the Sixtieth coiign-HN exceeds 400,0(10
iiourids, or about 1 1 carloads. The
printed sheets would completely cover
If. njuure acres of (round, and If each
page could ho laid end to end a bicycle
track 017 mfhs long could bo ob
tained. The number of words contained in
this year's run of speeches has been
roughly estimated at 230 billion. With
the nounpapcr calculation of four read
ers to each copy, this would require.
tho assimilation of nearly a trillion
words.
Thu printing of speeches In thu gov
ernment printing olllce for members of
the semito and houao of rcprefentutives
has hi en reduci d to an exact science
through years of eXNirience. The
printing Is paid for by the member of
emigres drawing thu reijulsitoin, but
tho mailing is done by frank, at public
exjR.'iifo.
MARRIAGE PROVES FAILURE.
Federfl Statlttlct Show One Divorce
for Every 12 Weddingt.
Washington, Dec. 1. A higher di
vo ce rate in thu United States than
any of the foreign countries where sta
tistics are available is announced by
the census bu e.u, which, in a tulletin
just is ued, says that at least one mar
riage in 12 in this country ultimately
terminates in divorce.
Divorce is now two and one-half
tlmci na common, compared with the
man led population aa it was 40 years
sgo. Utah ii ml Connecticut arc the
only two state showing a deerc sed
divorce rato for the past 20 years.
Feel Need of Uncle Sam.
Washington, Dec. 4. "To keep her
relations with the United States of the
most Iriendly character ia the keynote
of Japans' iKilicy " This is the state
ment of John C. I.aughlin, secretary of
the United States commission to the
Tnkio exosit on, who hns Just returned
from his trip to Japan and who today
commented on the treaty which In the
last few days has drawn the two na
tions clofer than ever before. "The
(wcpleof Japan," he said, "realize
th t they need the aid of the United
Slates to insure them against aggres
sion. "
Condemnation Suits for Ground.
Washington, Dec. 1. The Federal
court in Hawaii will soon begin con
demn tion suits for possession of land
for a new military post at Wnikiki.
The post will be made the headquarters
of the coast artillery branch of the
nrmy. Prices for tho property hnve
been agreed upon and no trouble is ex
jiected. It ia bclhtved the government
will p1scodred.es on the submerged
b nds nnd use tho material taken from
the bny for new bond building.
Let Fleet Go On Around.
Washington, Dec. 1. Senntor Flint,
of C lifornin, announced today after n
conference with the president, thnt he
would tuko no p rt in a movement to
keep the lit tleship fleet in the Pacific
wnters. The senntor said: "The pres
ident's aim was to send the fleet
nround the world. It is now on its
way home. No reason has nrisen why
the Journey should not be completed."
Senntor Flint said the president favor
ed more ships for tho Pacific.
Fleet to Put on Paint.
Washington, Dec. 2. The Navy de
partment has, ordered that wnr color bo
applied to those naval vessels on the
west coast of the United f tates. Ac
cordingly a slato color will bo applied
to the West Virginia, Colorado, i'enn
sylvanln, Mnrylaml, Tennessee, Wash
InRto". California. South Dakota, St.
Iouis, Oregon, Uuffalo, Milwaukee and
Hninhow. Tho ships' forces will do
AI t..it
" panning.
Atstant Secretary Snterlee,
Washington, Dec. 2. Herbert I
Snterlee, of Now York, has been ten
dered the Kst of assistant secretary of
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Denies Petroleum Report.
Washington. Dec. 4.-"Alleged. Oil
Prnftiincta In Nnvndn" Initio tttln nf tlm
preliminary report issued today by tho
United States geological survey, which
effectunlly disposes of claims made
In cortnln quarters thnt tho fect'ons
investigated abounded in petroleum
Veins.
THOU8AND8 HOMELESS.
Rapid Rite of Oklahoma River Causes
Great Damage. i
Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 30. An a re
tult of a 48-hour downpour In the val
ley of tho Cottonwood river and its
tributaries, the Cottonwood overflowed
hero yesterday afternoon. Several
hundred homea are partially under
water In West Guthrie, and 3,000 per
sons are homeless.
Thu river at 0 o'clock last night was
one foot higher than ever before In its
history and rising 12 inches an hour,
Hundreds of people who refused to
get out ol the flood district, believing
that the river would not rise as rapidly
as it did, fired shots of distress during
thu night, and hundreds of boats with
rescuers brought the tardy ones to
places of safety.
It is believed that a few persons are
still In their homes.
I So rapid was the rise in the Cotton
wood that 20 head of cattle In the
iffected district were drowned before
they could be got out of the waters.
Streetcar lervice is completely at a
standstill. The city's water plant is
under water.
Five thousand collars' worth of cot
ton belonging to the Farmers' Oil mill
I was washed away, and 2,000 bales are
'still in the water. The Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe roundhouse and shops
are inundated.
I All railroad traina in and out of
Guthrie have, bun annulled. Near
Seward, Okla., the Santa Fe tracks are
out and the railroad bridge at Red
Itock has been washed out. The Mis
souri. Kansas & Texas and tho Fort
Sm th & Western railroads report
many miles of track out near this city.
The Denver, Enid and Gulf train ia
waU-rbound at Crescent. The Eastern
Oklahoma railroad trains are being
held at Stillwater. According to re
porta reaching this city, many milea of
track on thesu two roads are either
unshed out or ao completely under
water that it ia impossible to move
trains.
FINCH KILLS FISHER.
Oregon Oar Proteculor Shot by De
barred Lawyer.
Portland, Nov. 30. Attorney Ralph
II. Fisher, prosecutor for the grievance
committee of the Oregon State Bar
as ociation, was shot and killed almost
instantly at 1:30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon by Attorney J. A. Finch,
who had been recently disbarred as the
re-ult of charges of drunkenness that
were prosecuted by Mr. Fi her.
The tragedy occurred In Mr. Flshcr'a
private ofli:e. 322 Mohawk building,
Third and Morrison streets. MUs
Verna Burkhart, Mr. Fisher's steno
grapher, was the only witness and she
lied screaming from tho room. The
aisassin emerged deliberately from the
room where lay hi victim, walked
down the corridor and was about to
take the elevator when cized by Dr.
II. F. Leonard, who detained him.
Finch wna at once taken into the
office from which sulphurous smoke waa
still pouring, and looked down upon the
prostrate form that he had tlain. He
gazed coolly and apparently unmoved
upon the bleeding figure, uttered not a
word, turned and walked out in the
cu tody of the officers.
"I wouldn't speak to him, and I'll
get the rest of the bunch," Finch said
to one of the officers who rode in the
patrol wagon with him to the station.
At the city jail Finch positively de
nied tho murder to Di trict Attorney
Cameron. He had been in his own
office nearly all day, he said, and had
not been near Mr. t isher a office. He
talked confusedly and at times unintel
ligibly, apparently under the influence
of either drugs or liquors, or prcmedi-
tatfngly preparing grounds for the de
feme of insanity.
Fight Safety Appliance Law.
Snn Franclnco, Nov. 30. The North
western Pacific railroad, a branch of
the Ilnrriman system, running 100
miles north of this city, has deter
mined to fight the constitutionality of
the tafety appliance act and make the
fir? t test of the scope of its effective
ness. Almost all of the railroads are
to be brought before United States
courts for alleged violations of the act
In not having r afety conveniences to
lessen the chance of killing opera
tjvea. Tho company claims the law
does not apply to state traffic.
Germany is for Open Door.
Cologne, Nov. 30. Tro Koolischo
Zeltung prints an Inspired Berlin dis
patch, in which it is stated that the
American-Jnpanese treaty will be re
ceivjd with satisfaction everywhere.
"So' far as Germany is concerned,"
says the dispatch, "the principle of the
open door' agn es fully w ith wl at
Germany on various occasions has de
clared to bo desirable."
Produce Farm for N. P. Diners.
Billings, Mont, Nov. 30. Tho os
tablifhment of a farm by the Northern
Pacific Railroad company on which that
corporation would raise a large per
centage of the supplies used on its din
ing cars is the latest proposition men
tioned among the probabilities for the
immedlato vicinity ot Billings for the
coming spring.
B1GGY IS DROWNED
San Francisco Officer Disappears
From Patrol Launch.
PROMINENT IN GRAFT TRIALS
After Having Served At Ruef'a Jailer
and Polica Chief. Quarreled
With Protecution.
San Francisco, Dec 1. William J.
B'Kgy. chief of police of this city, was
drowned late last night while return
ing across the bay in thd police patrol
launch Patrol. Mr. Blggy had been at
Belvedere, a suburb, to call on I'olico
Commissioner Kcil, who resides there.
He boarded the launch to return to tho
city about 10 o'clock, and when tho
boat waa out on the bay complained of
feeling cold to Engineer Murphy, tho
only other occupant of U.e launch. Mr.
Murphy advised him to go to the cabin
at the stern of the boat.
Mr. Murphy then went below to at
tend his engine and did not sea tho
chief again. He came on deck as tho
boat neared the city and noticed that
the chief hod disappeared. A search
of the boat failing to locate him, Mr.
Murphy made all speed to the dock,
where he reported the accident and
went out into the bay again to search
for the missing officer. Numerous
boats were hurried to the scene and n
careful search of the bay waa begun.
William J. Biggy was appointed
chief of police by Mayor Taylor after
the latter hod been placed in offico
upon the removal of Mayor E. E.
Schmitz. Biggy succeeded Jeremiah
F. Dinan, against whom the grand Jury
returned an indictment in connection
with the bribery cases. When Abra
ham Ruef was arrested, the prosecu
tion asked that Biggy be appointed
elisor and be given the custody o. the
prisoner. For eight months he held
this position and at the expiration of
that time was appointed chief of po
lice in September, 1907, through the
influence of the graft prosecution.
Ever since the suicide of Morris
Haas, the man who attempted to kill
Assistant District Attorney Hcney and
who later took his own life at the coun
ty Jail, the relations between the chief
and the graft prosecution have been
strained to the breaking point.
REBELS APPROACH CAPITAL.
President Nord Alexia Says He Will
Fight to the Latt.
Port nu Prince, Dec 1. Every hour
brings the revolutionary army nearer
to Port au Prince, and a feeling of im
pending disaster has taken possession
of the people The advance guard of
General Antolne Simon's forces is now
not more than 25 or 30 miles from this
city, and the insurgents have swept all
before tbem.
The government losses at Anse a
Veau and the rout of the loyal troops
have caused consternation among the
officials of the government, with possi
bly the exception of President Nord
Alexis. Every effort to have him take
himself out of tho country has proved a
failure, and the president, who has
faced revolutions before, announces his
determination to fight to the last.
TREATY IS SIGNED.
Root and Takahlra Make Official the
Japanese Agreement.
Washington, Dec 1. The Jopaneso
American agreement was signed at
5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon by
Secretary of State Root and Ambassa
dor Takahira.
The agreement Is in the form of notes,
which were exchanced as soon as tho
signatures were officially affixed. Tho
notes merely embody in concrete form
the sentiments that have been held for
a long time by both nations according
to a statement mado at tho State de
partment. It was found desirable, it Is surmised,
to reduco them to writing because ot
the erroneous impressions existing.
Attattln'a Trial Again Postponed.
San Francisco, Dec. 1. Again tho
trial of I. Wan Chaeng, the Korean
who was ono of the party that attacked
and killed the American diplomat Dur
ham White Stevens, nt the Ferry
building, last February, has been post
poned, At the Jast continuance Judge
Cook announced that he would permit
no further delay, The case was forced
to a continuance by tho fact that
Chaeng'a attorney, Judge Robert Fer
rall, is engaged in another important
trial growing out of the graft prosecu
tion. The trial is set for December 7.
Magoon to Explain Cuban Loan.
Havana, Dec. 1, Provisional Gov
ernor Charles E. Magoon left this city
today for Washington to explain the.
nature of the pnposed Cuban loan of
$26,000,000 before the Treasury depart,
ment officials. Governor Magoon, be
fore leaving, went over the matte
with President-elect Gomez.