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EVENTS JHHE DAY
Nuwsy ItOiiis (iallicrcd from All
Parts o( Ihu World.
PREI'AREU IORTIIE I1USY READER
Lots Important but Not Lett Intnr
tllng Happenings from Points
Oulildo tho State.
Thr hank at Monrovia, C.il , ha
lust tav.iMiu, which ntytlerimisly ill
apppflti'il Our nun vvn killed and three per
nam Injured In cm auinuinblle wreck
In California
Cliffptmas vva celebrated all over
the Onlled Slate by lavWh gift and
feaiU to poor.
The bribery of Pituburg Minrlt
invti liy banker lw been taken up by
th government
A cry French Uoyalitt tried to
pull 1'imlilriit PallivrrV heard, and
wa. prMinptly arretted
An appeal niay le made to Tafl to
rarUni Gmnpert, Mitchell and Morti
oh Ih raw their appeal fall
Ctolit SpreckeU. thr HKr kt it
rritkalty ill at hi home In San Fran.
virtu and It u Irared he cmmhui ur
vlve.
't'Wc ChicaKo tabwin ipirtliou may
Itc MHt In a referendum vole next
Apr. Thr ami takxin element it
trMrifng in strength.
Oklahoma pnuner, who are con
fitM Ih thr Kama penitentiary, torn
plait ol cruel treatment and an lnve
lbf4lon lo be made
A Uny of la U under arreM at Mount
'Ctttttvnt. Mich . charKed with teallng
at ki 3,iHMt from iHtttofficc Itoxet
lie wat caught while caching a check
ttxprrts companies were awamped
with Chutlm hutinet
Cgmvc baa far reewvered tlwt
tt W able to walk a little
CtMtnt Itoui dc Caitellanc Imi hit
ttil for portkiti of Id children
liarriman hat hern reMirlcd ill,
Iwt M tdijtlclan says It wa only a
liKht hllioH attack.
The monitor Wyoming, now at,
Mare Island navy yard, will lie
channel! to the iur)ctinr
I'irr in HriMiklyn drove htindredt
Into thr ttrrelt, drttrnyiug an entire
Meek of property, valued at l,HM),-
'Ik. .i-mnrr Kt.irt unit III IllldtOlt
Iwy, taking down cargo of fur val '
Hed at fl,3U,UlHl l lie crew an
oaprd.
Thr receiver of the old Panama
Canal company declare the stpry of
Kraft in the purchase of the properly
liy the government a falde. "
Ex-Senator Clark, of Montana, re
HWinhcreil hit emplo)cc at Chtiit
m ly giving them turkey lletwcen
II) MO and &0O9 birdt were nee
ary. in., .irttrovnl a ureal tenement
.building on wcl Will tfcci, New
Vstk. A numlier f people were in
jured ami it I feared tome were
tilled.
Secretary Hoot Im lgned an arbi
tration treaty with San Salvador.
A ahortage of over $7,000,000 in the
HtiJv'n money ha been unearthed at
Lisbon, Portugal.
The Japanese dirt It in ieion. A
member of the Coiutitutional party
ws elected peaker
The supreme court hat decided that
M AiikcIc ha the riKht to rcKiil.itc
'liquor cttablithmeut.
The cruUer Uuff.nlo will leave San
Francisco early in January with a bU--talion
of marine, officer and men fur
Honolulu.
Two hundred thoutaud Chinook M
miHi cRK have been shipped from the
government hatchery at Ucddint,', Cal.,
to the Argentine Kcpublic.
KIiir Manuel, of PorttiRal, ha
lmrKcd Dr. V Oeiperca de l.lma, ex
milliner of forciKii affair, lo form a
cabinet, the ucccs of which, hov
ever, it doubtful
The supreme court of California hat
denied a petition for a rrhcarlnu of
the cac of Mr. Cornelia llotkin, now
ervlnu a life sentence for ncndiuu'
voinoncd candy throiiKh the mall
Chief of the native tribe of Ger
mii Samoa arc plaimiuiT an upritiuu
uaint the home Kovcrnmcul.
Seven of Plmburn' councllmen
liavc been arrctcd for Rraftinu in
ouucctlou with the city's affairs
The Gary ttcel plant at Hammond,
Intl. ha started up The plant cost
iU,ooo,000 and employs 'JS.noo men.
Two of the men who held up the
), It. & N, train near Portland arc
in jail, and one lias made a confession.
The hluhegt rank among 05 appli
cants before the California board n(
medical examiner was taken by Dr.
A. V, Uowlintr, a blind man.
Evidence secured shows that Kler
linn K)t $1,000,000 from the Fidelity
fimdins scheme This Is the institu
tion which Catholics throughout the
country were Interested lu,
SIMON TAKE8 OATH.
Assurn Olllca of Freahjent of tho
Hayllan Republic.
Tort An Prince, Doc 23 General
Anionic .Simon, the newly elected
president of lloytl, took the oath of
office nt 10 o'clock this morning nt
the palace In the presence of foreign
il'plonialt, the officer of the Ameri
can niul Italian warship ami the
llaytlan officials of latc Senator
Poulin, who nrcclded at the sestlon of
emigre which elected ucncrai si
moo, prrtldciil, officiated and lic
mamlcd that the president reaped the
iiiiitllttitlon nnd other law of the re-
public.
General Iliiitiolitc. mluliter of the
Interior, who responded in behalf of
General Simon, prouiiied that every
effort hould be made to forward the
auiiriillutnt and coniinrrrUI luicrel
ol the country and to tke meature
to Inturr economy in carrylntt on the
Kovcrniueut.
Later, nt the recriitlou which wat
held, M Cwlrron, thr I'rruch mini
trr, addrrttril the prrtideut on behalf
of the diplomatic corpt ami officially
prrtruleil the rrtprcl of the forrlun
mmlttrrt M Claud, miuitter of for
dun affair, cave attnraure of the
Kovcrnmcut intenliou lo maintain
mini cordial relation with all nov
crnmrnii
Prrlilrut Simon thru attended a
rinn at the cathedral, where the
"Te Ilriim" wa tuiiK. afterward pro
rrrdiiiK on hortrhack, followed by a
brilliant curort llirouwli the princial
lrerl of thr city, where he wa ac
claimed by all.
NAME DECEIVES MOTHERS.
Strau Declare Commercial Pasteur
lied Milk Is UIk Fraud.
New York. Dec M--Nathan Strain,
the New N ork pliilaulhronUt, bet
known, iierhap, for hi free milk
biMittu am) Patiriinratiou rrtitade, it
tUMiHK the pattaur by the next IkI
laliirr of more ttriiiKrul leuitlaliou in
Ihit tate prohibiliiiu the importation
of cattle affrclrd with lubrrculnili
Alio lie hope to prevent the ule of
the word "Ptlcuriation" unlet it
iprak for the icicntific ami hot com
mercial mrthml.
"Coiunrrcial Patleiirialioii," tay
Mr. Strain, "it a ImmbuK and fraud
The ccrmt are not kilted, but the milk
hat been treated by a procrtt which
merely prrterve H, and prevent it
from touritiK It actually dor more
lurm than K""d, for it enable dithnu
ett ilrilrrt to keep milk and market
il when it I old and stale li de
ceive mother who know that Pa
letiried milk i h'mmI for their babirt,
and do not uHderttaml that commer
cially Plruricd milk it only pre
ervrd milk
"Uufi-irtunatrly, moti of the so
called Patieuriied milk told in the
etv ha been only commercially treat
ed, and the lite of the term 'Patleur
Uatiou' In couueciimi with il thould
be forbiildeu by law"
TOYED WITH A FORTUNE.
Laborer's Child Amute Herielf With
840,000 Diamond.
Omaha, Neb, Dec 31 William
Ahearn. a laborer, walked into the
Jewelry More of I out A llorcheiu.
havtiiit In hi hand a roii(li diamond,
half a large a a hen' eKK. which
he had picked up in a gravel pit near
ucitvcr
For three mouth Ahearn carried
the diamond around in hit pocket
without upcctiii( the true nature of
the stone Hortclieim ay the dia
mond i worth at leatt ItO.OOO, and
probably more.
Ahearn worked in a gravel pit, and
one day saw a tnc o different from
the other that he picked it up and
carried it around a a pocket piece
I ater he uavc the ntnue to hi little
daughter to play with, and the child,!
lit an cllort to make it round so it
would roll, itrtirk it with a hammer
and broke off a tpllnter. Ahenrn, not
ing the clearuet of the crydal, took
the piece lo the jeweler, where the
tone wa pronounced a real diamond.
They Smuggled Cvlnata.
I.n Augele, Dec. S3 After 10
minute' deliberation n jury iu the
case of Francitco CImvcs, Ygnacio
llarrios and Salvador Armenia,
charged with smuggling Chinese la
borers across the border into this
country from Mexico, today returned
a verdict of guilty The defeute said
the men were on their way from
Cnlcxico to Sail llernardiuo, and bail
never seen the Chinamen until the
latter were caught lu the brush near
them at Imperial Junction Their
story, however, lacked corroboration.
Profit Sharing Started.
Kansas City, Mo. Dec. 52 On
January 1, Kdward Morris, president
of Morris & Co., packers, will give
m i.n,. .. .1.. n.. i....ll. ....... ,...... I
?w.i,vuu .11 llic Ilia. Illlltlllllli in luw.Mll
a fund of $300,000 which will nut Into
operation a piau oi proiiisnariug ami
old age pension among lo.ooo em
ployes of the company The plan
worked out by Mr Morrl will call
f.M n.i l.ilttil .IIdl..iA..ij..U tl.M lira.
1111 Mil l.lll.t.1 ..ini.i.i pviiiv ... I. iu ...a.
year of not less than $100,000, It is
expecteu, ami ims win uc rapiuiy in
creased. Herrlck for the- Treasury.
Augusta, Ga . Dec. fit -That for
mer Governor Myron T, Merrick, of
Ohio, Is slated to become secretary
of the trensitry in the new administra
tion Is the latest report from the Taft
camp today,
NEWS FROM HE
Saturday, December 10.
Washington, Dec IU- lloth houses
of cougrets adjourned today until
laniwry 1 During the iwo week'
intcrmiMiou many of the representa
tive uiiil senator will return to their
home to upend the holiday A num
ber will remain at the capital to par
ticipate in the deliberation of minor
Committee, although the big tariff
hearing, which Ims coiiiuincd five
week of the time of the ways and
meant committee of the home, it
practically ended.
Washington, Dee t'J Vice Pre!
dent l-alrbank today announced a
truatorial committee of Senator
Knox, Lodge and llacon to co-operate
with a committee from the lower
hoiite in making preparation for the
Inauguration of President elect Tft
Senator Flint, of C.illforiil.i, today
introduced a bill iu cougrc for the
eatahlUhmetit M South $au Prauciico
of a naval lute for the Pacific cuit
Wellington, Dec 10 Iteprrteutn
live i'utliitian. of Wathiugtoii. hat mi
iiccrttfully attempted lo get the
hollar to comldrr hit hill opening to
homestead entry IS Id acre of land
on Puget Miuiid. now abandoned mil
itary ri'tervalious, occupied by 01 set
tler The Southern Pacific railroad I
granted the privilege of coiitrucliu
a tunnel under the Fort Matou mili
tary rctervaliiiu, in San Frncico,
from II track to the wharf, in a bill
which patted the house today The
bill hat patteil the triiate, only the
prrtHlrul tigoaiure being reiuired
now lu make it 4 law
LECTURE TOUR FOR HENEY.
White Qrnfl Prosecutor Reds He Will
Tell How Ho Did It.
WaahiiiRloii. Dec Mfi V J Ilency,
of San Pr.iocitco. thr noted prote
nd. .r of the aliened "graft" rales,
who wa shot about a month ago by
Morn I Ian, a former convict, dur
iiiK the trial of the Ituef case in San
PraHcitco, reached WashitiKlon to-Hik-ht.
accompanied by Mr lleiiey
Mr Ilency will calf upon the prcti
dent at the White House tomorrow
'I he principal pur-tote of hit trip
east. Mr Ilency aid. when teen to
night by the AmocmIciI Pre, wa
for ret am! recreation He added
that hi drtire lo sec President
KiMitcvcli before hi driwrlurc for
Africa alto had induced htm to make
the triii
Mr Ilency said he was iu splendid
hr Alt li. except for a -ditchl wcakne,
ami that he had completely recovered
from hi wound With hi wife he
will upend a mouth at thit side of the
continent and during that time he
will deliver a cric of lecture.
Oudger Chief Juitlce.
WathiiiKtou. Dec M II II Gud
ger, of North Carolina, will be ap
pointed by President Itootcvell to be
chief justice of the supreme court of
the Panama canal zone for a term of
ix ear. to succeed Dr F M Duran.
whote term expire January I It
it uudcraiootl that Secretary Wright
ha recommended to the president tint
appointment Mr Gudgrr i an asso
ciate jutticc of the canal zone supreme
court
Bacon to Succeed Root.
Wathiugton, Dec SI It ha been
decided that Ailaut Secretary Ha
con lmll be secretary of state after
nuary fl It wa announced at the
Yhiie House today lliat the plan of
Secretary ltMit bad not been changed
ami that he would ttivc 'p hi port
folio about January HI, before he wa
balloted on for United Stall' senator
It) the legislature of New York
President Makes Appointments.
Washington, Dec Vt 'President
Itootevelt today made the following
appointment. Register of the laud
office at North Yakima, Wash. Harry
Y Saint; postmaster, William M
llrown, Lebanon, Or: J V. llotley,
Falls City. Or ; Merrill A llaker.
Weston. Or . I. W Shurtliff, Ogden.
Utah; William P. Ely, Kelso, Wash
Warships Leave Panama.
Washington, Dec S3 The Pacific
fieri, which hai. been at Panama for
several days, tailed tlay for Talca
huiino, Chile The Colorado remained
at Panama in order to enable her to
take on board Captain C It. Moore,
who will succeed Captain Edmund 11
Underwood, who is ill at Marc island.
She will sail December 'i'i.
Dynamite Killed SI Men.
Washington, Dec. SO According
to the latest advices to the Isthmian
Cuiml commission, there have been 31
dc.iih so far as the result of the pre
mature explosion of dynamite at San
Uhispo Ucccmbcr 17
Jailed Charge d'AfTalres.
Washington, Dec 'id A late charge
ilaltarcs of Venezuela at Washing
Ion. whose name it not uivcu In the
department's advices, is among those
imprisoned at Caracas as a result of
the plot to assassinate Vice-President
Gome.
Warships for Venezuela.
Washington. Dee 20 The state
department admitted today that the
battleships Maine and North Caro
lina are en route to Venezuela.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL
PLAN MONSTER SHIMS.
Larger Thn Any Yet Bull! or Even
Designed Are Considered.
Washington, Dec 23 The navy de
partment Is considering the deirabil
,y of coiDlructing monttcr battle
ship, hiuucr than anything yet built
or even deaigticd elsewhere One plan
presented hy the naval hoard ol con
struction call for eight It-inch mini
and a displacement of -J.00O ton,
wlille another plan provides lor twelve
I. huh guns and a displacement of
!!, ooo ton Iii (he H inch gun ship
thr thickness of the turret, side and
barbette armor will be thicker than in
the 12 inch gun ship, giving belter
protection than the latter will enjoy
Two designs have been prepared for
the II inch nun ship There have long
been serious difference among naval
cxfirr.lt regarding the advisability of
utiiiK bigger gun than 1 4-Inch, on ac
eoiiut of the probability that the di
rhsrite of the biKKer itun would seri
ously rock the hip. Moreover, it il
known that under some condition
eight inch gun, for instance, arc more
effective than 10-inch
The navy denartmrnt it pretty well
committed to the all-big gun ship plan
uud congrett may consider it favor
jb'y when the mailer i properly tire
tented The speed of the new ships
i intruded to be from 301 to 30
knot an hour under trial condition
of load
MAKE OVER NAVY.
Roosevelt Sayt If Root Will Box Job
Il Can Be Done.
WathiiiKtnn, Dec XI President
Itootevelt it seriously contemplating
hi nlan for the atioonitment of a site-
cm! committioii to reorganize the
navy ueparimeni ny ruminating me
bureau system He find that thr en
largement of the memberhip of the
general board which Secretary New
berry accomplished niton assuntiiiK his
duties on December I, and the ap
pointment of Herbert I. Satterlee, the
wen known exponent nt the wcti-
dent's naval theories, at assistant sec
retary ot the navy, have fallen short
of effecting the reform whkh the
three men bad lit mind
llecause of what he considers to be
the pressing necessity of reorganiza
tion, and undismayed by the intima
tion that congre will not pas any
such measure before the conclusion of
hi term of office. President Itootevelt
is again sounding leading naval ex
pert with a view of securing their
co-operation
The president told several of his
caller today that, if Secretary Root
would accept the chairmanship of thit
committee, the success of his plan
would, be gusrantccd
Pulitzer Will Study Canal.
Washington. Dec 22 Word was
rrceived here tonight that Joseph Pu
litzer, proprietor or the New York
World, reached Hampton ftttad this
afternoon on his private yacht Lib
erty, eu route for Panama, accompa
nied h several members of the staff
of Ins paper It i understood that
Mr Pulitzer intend to make a per
soual investigation of affairs on the
Isthmus.
Works for Salary Raise.
Washington, Dec 88 Senator
Ilourne, of Oregon, author of a bill
lo increase the salary of the president
of the United Slates to J 1 00.00 n a
year, and the salary of the vice-prcsi-dent
to $.3,000, is making a strong
campaign for hi measure He said
today that he believed it would be
pasted by both houses of council
shortly after the holiday recets.
Increase In Minerals.
Washington. Dee S3 remark
able increase in the value of mineral
production since the begiunmg of thr
new century i announced in a report
of the geological survey on the min
eral resources of the United Stale
Th.t includes all of the principal miu
eral products, representing an annual
output of over $-.000,000,000. an ad
vance of mure than too per cent in
lets than ten years.
Scouts Spread Civilization.
Washington. Dec 83. The value of
the Philippine scouts as educators as
well as pacification is shown in the
annual report of llngadicr Clarence
It Edwards, chief of the bureau of in
sular affair, which is published today
Tiie fcout service is commended by
the chief as fostering higher standard
of l.vmg among the Filipinos, and a
CNlcudiug American influence.
Root at Senator.
Washington, Dec SC It was an
nounced at the White House lite this
afternoon that it was understood that
Elilm Root will resign as secretary of
state if he is elected senator from
New York, and that he will be suc
ceeded by Assistant Secretary Robert
llacon That Root will receive the
New York? toga is believed to be al
most certain.
Sails for Unknown Port.
Washington. Dec. 23 The batttc
ship Maine sailed today from Hamp
ton Roads under scaled orders. In
formation regarding the sudden de
parture of the vessel was refused at
the navy department, but it is thought
the warship has gone to Venezuelan
waters.
PROTEST AOAINST RATE8.
Callfornlans Will Refuse to tPy Rail
road Mora.
San Francisco, Dec 21 Shipper
nnd importers of California are ar
ranging to unite in a state-wide pro
test against the Increase iu transcou
tiuciital tariffs announced by the
Southern Tacifie and Santa Fe rail
roads as effective on January 1. Op
position will take the form of a score
of mats meetings, held in the leadinr
cities on December .0, when repre
sentative of leading industries will
set fcfrtli the grievances of the busi
ness men against the carriers An
executive committee appointed some
weeks ago to deal withjlie question
yesterday announced this method of
procedure as more desirable than an
appeal to the courts, which was re
garded as productive of delay, or to
the interstate commerce commission,
which is powerless to take action until
such rate changes have taken effect.
The attitude of the protestants wa
let forth yesterday in a statement by
C II. Hentley, president of the San
Francisco chamber of commerce and
a member of the executive committee,
who said:
"We deem it unjust that the traffic
manager should have arranged these
rates, without consulting the ship
pers, and at a period most inoppor
tune. We have canvassed the rail
road situation thoroughly, and from
the cost ol luel to the statement of
earnings there is apparent no valid
reason for such an increase of rstes
at this time "
SEEKING VAR INSTRUCTORS.
Berlin Paper Says. Castro Will Add
Army and Navy.
Merlin, Dec St The Berlin Neuite
Nachrichten yesterday printed an ar
ticle "from a well informed tource"
warning the German press against
adopting an unfriendly attitude toward
President Cattro, of Venezuela. The
writer says that Germany's business
interests should cause the newspapers
to refrain from offensive allusions,
such as "ex-cowboy" and "president
of a robber state.''
Castro, the article continues, is con
sidering a large addition to the equip
ment of both army and navy, and is
thinking of placing the orders in Ger
many The Venezuelan president is
also seeking instructors for his mili
tary academy, recently established in
Caracas, and is likely to cive prefer
ence to officers from the Germany
army All this leads the Neuste
Nachrichten writer to hope that Ger
many will strive to obtain a perma
nent Influence politically and cconom
icatly in Venezuela
Many of the newspapers in their
weekly political reviews deal with
Senor Castro's visit in connection with
the Venezuelan situation The Tage-
uiatt says:
"The German government cannot
much longer show favor toward the
president unless he gives assurances
that Venezuela will fulfill the obliga
lions"
A notable fact is that the semi-official
Nord Deutche Allegemeine
Zeitung utterly ignores the presence
ot scnor itstro isuch a course lias
never before been adopted when the
chief of a forign state was visiting
Germany, although iu a priva;e ca
pacity. SULTAN LIKE CRIMINAL.
Resemble Stage Shylock in Shabby
Overcoat at Mosque.
Constantinople, Turkey, Dee. IP
Tho scene before the mosque of St.
Sofla at the opening of t.o Turkish
parliament a the sultan reached the
itarllnincnt house after his four-mile
journey by land, exceeded anything
that had been imagined beforehand.
Thousands of person were clustered on
the roofrf, pillars and buttresses of the
anelent church, two mullah even
landing nn the summit of the dome.
Trees, windows nad the flat roofs of
bouse wore erowiletl with spectators
No other inch multitude ha gathered
In Constantinople in ooo years, yet
throughout the entire day no disorder
whatever wall obsorved.
There was rt dc-ndly hush when the
fultau entered his bor and everybody
stood up. Uent and el ail in a shabby
overcoat, without a single decoration,
tho sultan boro a remarkable resem
blance to n stago Shylock, nnd looked
rather llko n criminal In tho dock than
a ruler blessing bis people.
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Robbers' Rendezvous Found.
Riverside. Cal, Dec. SI Evidence
in the hands of government secret
service agents leads to the belief that
an organized gang of nostofficc rob
bers is making its headquarters at
either Sin llernardiuo or Colton. Of
ficers are running down clews and
believe they will soon apprehend the
criminals. Scores of small postoffi
ces iu southern California have been
robbed recently, and in almost every
case the robbers' trails have let
toward San llernardiuo or Colton.
Suspicious characters are being kept
under surveillance.
Wright Breaks Record.
T.enmns, Pranco, Dee. 10. Wilbur
Wright, tho American aviator, today
broko previous distance nnd duration
records for aoroplane flight, going Oil.
miles in one hour. 03 minutes, S9 sec
onds. Wright's feat wns performed
during a trial competition for the Mich
ells, prize.
USURPER IN CHARGE
Gomez Turns Out Castro Cabinet
and Appoints New.
REBELS ARE COWED BY FORCE
Country In Turmoil and Censorship
Established Gomez Acts In
Self Defense,
Port of Spain, Dec. 32 Vice
President J. Vincent Gomez, to whom
General Cipriano Castro handed over
the presidency on his departure for
Europe, has established a new ftr-crn
ment in Venezuela. He has replaced
the old ministry with a new body of
men, who represent various factions in
the state and who have figured prom
inently in various ways in the coun
try political history.
Not only has Dr. lose de Jesus Paul
disappeared from the councils of the
nation, but Dr Haldo. who is now
traveling in Castro's suite abroad, also
hat been removed from Ins official
position as minister of education
General Dirgo I erren, the minister of
war, has been superseded by General
Itedulo Olivares, who took a promi
nent part in crushing the revolution
ists six years ago. A new governor
of Caracas has been appointed
Secret advices from Caracas, where
the strictest ceniprship is being ob
served, indicate that the whole of
Venezuela has been in a ferment ever
since President Castro sailed, and that
the crisis was reached a few days ago
when it became necessary for Acting;
President Gomez to take decisive
steps.
The revolutionary- faction played a
prominent part in the demonstration
against the absent president. These
were temporarily checked by a thovt
of force, and later the revolutionary
influence that threatened to sweep tho
country was overcome in a measure
by promises that could not be held
long in abeyance
The establishment of a new govern
ment in Venezuela has been expected
daily, and it is probable that it wat
the outcome of the demands which
began almost the day that Castro
sailed for Europe.
Gomez was far from secure It was
brought forcibly home to him that he
must cither withdraw from that office
or cast aside those of Castro's minis
ters who still were trying to force the
Castro rule upon the people. Appar
ently he chose the latter course
He first declared the country in a
state of defense, thereby securing con
trol of the army, and then appointed
a new cabinet
On several other occasion when
Castro has turned over the govern
ment to Vice-President Gomez it was;
freely predicted that Gome- would
succeed Castro as president of the re
public. He had many supporters in
the anti-Castro camp, chief among
those in favor of his candidacy being
General Arando the former minister
of war, who worked earnestly to place
Gomez in power.
Castro Goes to Hospital.
Berlin, Dec. 52 President Castro
of Venezuela removed yesterday to
Dr. Israel's hospital, to undergo a
course of treatment-
AMERICAN POMPEII FOUND.
Arizona Excavations Reveal a Buried
City of QreaCSIze.
Washington, Dec 22 An American
Pompeii is gradually being brought
to light, according to the annual re
port of Charles B Walcott. secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution
Under, a special congressional ap
propriation, the work of excavating a
pre-histortc buried city at Casa Gran
da, near Florence, Ariz , has been con
ducted by Dr J. Walter Fovvkes. Al
ready a numncr ot structure nave
been discovered, but the largest one
excavated during the year was a build
ing 200 feet long with 11 rooms, the
massive walls enclosing a pl-za
In the central room there is a seat
called by the Pima Indians "The Seat
of Montezuma " The ruins at Casa
Granda were found to be very much
more extensive than was anticipated.
Daring Bridge Planned.
New York, Dec 22 After the
Pennsylvania railroad lias advanced
further with its terminal station and
other improvements in this city, work
will be started on a bridge from Point
Morris, suburb of New York, in
Queens county, to Long Island. The
bridge is planned in many respects to
be one of the most daring and re
markable engineering structures ever
proposed. With the approaches it
will be three miles long, and span the
Hell Gate ship channel, with an enor
mous arch 1000 feet in the clear.
The San Francisco police commis
sion has fixed blame on Captain Duke
for not properly searching Haas when
lie was arrested, overlooking the re
volver concealed in his shoe.
S. C LilUs, a wealthy cattleman of
Lemoore, Cal., has been sentenced to
spend six months in jail and pay a,
fine of $1,000 for illegally fencing;
'-rge areas of government land.