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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1909)
') A EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Hums (ialliorml Irimi All l'iirls ol the World, I'Klil'AUIlD TOR THE UUSY REAI1EII ... . . ! Imnorlanl hut No! Loss Inter ..i.. u i..- r !!.. VBIH'ti I inMiMY wilt " - Outildo Ilia SUIn. Tlm minw nren over tho rnoicl IIIC SHOW " "" . .. I . l. in NnrtliwimL III I'tlll UttllV OXIWHI llg Northwest 1 i.ra.iuai.y k ",m,", , ... J The lillsinnl III Montmm him blocked thu Northern rncllle nml thu tirnat Nortehrn. American energy linn been strongly .. ..ii... ii....,i 1. in ,.MMliiii',iii.nir.Miiui in i.n work liHiUlnir to ru-1 inn iiiiiinii im . atiiniHHl all IwnU ami are Kniwinj; in tlnckiii'M ami extent. A woman left $000 worth of Jewels In a MM Ai.Keltwi lBiK ami ihiicihib have l-en unable to I'wntit tlw owiwr. A noterloos rrlmlnal l leen re leatril fiom Hi" MiUn penlU-iitisry Ity mislake. Orftrrra are maUn n fu tile attH'it ton luruW him. A Httlr matt lalrn a awlm In I'Mgnt inmnilTvery irrwninK m wl ihwwi 1 Tfr7 "wn " ,. ., ,-v. ...-..-. .-- lurit 1lov.11 to 1 1 dvjirees below f reel- lug. worth i0,OUO a at f"m " '' rAeXlirilft: est clow to the thluvos The ipiren dowager of Sln Is seri ously III. A new l'raiieo-Amerlcan treaty of ottrailltlon ha beet, algned. J. Morgan & Co. will loan t2!f,' oOO.UOO to the llolivlan Roverninent. Owing to a shortage of the crop, an alliance will bo made. In the price of !. VJ ! Klchard CroKer Ims bogun tlm rree- tlim of n resllnu at Weat 1'alm Uracil. I'lorWa. Morse I). Ilrown, B years oR is said tn lie the oldwit praellelag attor- "'..;.. T ... ' fflfj lit x..r"ftve ( Atturm-vs for A I. (... Ih,.n,... lieen givrn another ten days in which to r. mr their bill of exceptions. John W. (Jatee has given the tmHiey to erect a f IIKi.OOll eolIeK1 w' n u 000 hospital at I'urt Arthur, Texas, Thu Csnadaln rnclfle rallrimil will sp ml $30,000,000 on Western con atmctlon work till, year, It Is ruKirted. JameaTreadwell, once n inllllonnlm and promoter of tho famous Trendwe II mill's, In Alaska, has been thcluredn liankrupl by San Francisco court". Mrs. Maybrlck is to marry again. Zero wiather prevail, throughout tho West, Mrs. Claus Spreekles will have an allowance of JlHu per day. Terrible rlota bavo occurrwl between Hindus and Mohammedans In I nil in. 1liinti aT !.. Cnstro's plot to murder Gomex has been revealed by n telegraph operator. ii, inivermnent will nush nil rebate to .ndr n,.r. reKr,..,.K u. oo '"-'-- "Yt u , Mate Comme co coinmla" that any repre.enatatlvuof U-rovti.. the n-pre.entativea of other power, C0Urt.8 action In the matter, earthipiake. , . JmS ta.nS aSS,2 SL ti Inform thu hou.u what ad- menWl.by threat deceit or othr ""fJ, The decision of the court to thl. ef- g3g&3&Ai rr;i: ?& 2Sii5fi jrinrs dmen Hint tlm llttirlman nivwr thrul. Mn,BMuulwr vlatlw) lorelcn Minister U-eiioceasluned by m. adavancu i . thu cure any l"4'cnl. ." ,.lman . fn .... ,,plo ' nU. ,klntr the court In a petition for a tie. competUion. Tlttoi.lndkhrdhlinlf it wo.M bu a unlT rate or by a eiuuige in ci.m .en- wn.c ,, B. . - . i -- ' I writ of certiorari to order up the record in .11 n.,n..u in real hervlco to setwl south n vomoI Hon or by cluir;lnK for some prlviU-Kc try, shnll bo liable to a tine ol irom review of the decision 8i l-rnncsco wl I nl I'o Urn In 8, TU(m w,,,ch WM formi.rly BCconW free. l00toS00, imprisonment from six GOOD FOR FORAGE. J JJ rsBur ault &t of Hrcurini: tint Liberty bell lur tho rosu J 1 11 . . . 0,Mt ,,.. months tu two years, or both. This , 1 .? c J.f w '""' " JU"'" ' ZXt&wl Thr.-.r. J-nu.r7. bill I. aimed primarily at the .pttt.nl w)z,rd Burb,nk Sueeeed, W1 Jj"'-Jjj, d o.nad" ',.1 1..... 1 1.. .i.r,.t I.Ih rlvrr lii.ve i.i Wnebtnifinn. Jan. 7 Tho sense scents who havu been improperly opcr- ,..... . n,cn JuaK. ,'an" ' u ' '""' ..,. ehar....s Mralnst the Staiulanl Oil ii,K,onn xono except ut Numo. railroads. An attempt will bo inndu to collect thn Into Senator Mitihull's finu from his estate. Thm.snnila of Ynqul 1...11 t inuinna rain Hurrendured thulr nrms to tho Mexican government. A revolution ban broken out In Man clnirln mid tho mutinous troops Imvo won n virtory. Hockefeller has extended tho tlmo for thu Chicago university to enrn tho $000,000 donation. Tho National lied Cross has raised $100,000 In tho United States for tho earthiiiuko sulTerers. Thn Alton railroad will nak tho Unit oil States Supremo court to dufluu thu rebate law clearly. Italy l.nH expressed her gratitude to tho Amerlcnn government for tho send ing of tho battleship licet. Tho atriko of ciilumm and chnulTeura l.nH been declared off nt New York. Montana. Ih in tho grip of n Severn lillxzard with tho toinncrnluro below zero. More enrf qunko shocks have occur red nt Mussina ami fctlll moru nro pro-dieted. UNITED STATES LEADS. Ahead of Ollinp Nallon. In Relibf of EMrlhquskii Sufferers, Koine, Jim. H. TIih United Statcri In fur ahead (if other nntlunn In tliu re in f work. Yesterday Ainljunmilor tf rinroin uccoehd In find ng mi Aim- IriHti Lloyd steamer of 8,000 tens, eHp. uhlo of carrying I U00 mMcngurs. Ilu t- 'rtered tho itmw for two weeks, mill Alio in being loaded with . iiiuilical h ppllvM iiihI provisions. This ... ii ..... tff.it (inn ft m .wil.ul llml w n i ',"" . .- i-i -- . tho steamer will null win nun iron. uvn ti it . ni..ii. Vesslil. nboiil f0 mllea from Koine, on Th rsdny, It will lie placed under the . .. . a .. . .i.. . i .. .. n .. vi. in mmniin m buiiu, iimnim-ir ...... I i l...l, .1. , .. Mil renin veneni will uimiaiiv i "".- f)(m,0 muses, tiren of the latter being Amcr- , ,,,,, ,.,,,,, Nw y,,.i. wi1(1 voluri. ,..ri - i .i.ir ,(,rviri,g. ,.;.,.. ... 1... . ,r....... A ...'.!..., l.i.I.i I 1. r.Muilmluri rnlllntf QUNDOAT TO NICARAGUA. Report of Revelation Sld to Have C4iiied Acton Ui Uncle Sam. ! WasWmcton, Jan. R. -K-iKirta of ex- pedltlonery inoemenls in Central Am, lea have led iw h cloae wniIi of the alUialk! by the WashiiiKUm K -v- . ..... ...i ..1.-,. ..,Mi.,r ,.r.ira from th Navy ..epartment at the re.pie.1 of ' ' . ,,. i)uuu,M "::;.:.- ;..... ', ... . twlny iwi vi irwui iinYnn iui ,, mv- fleiibi. The Dubuii e will touch at Key West for supplies. Her prrsenco in tory w, llBV ft .caswrlng elTect In !fc'-Lltal -Mroub,,, occur, in that section. At the State department It was suited that there was no fresh advice from Central Amcrh a uml no ollli lal M.i. .ii.lL.n it lltM ..tl.ilt nt ' rlltttinlrll to NlcaciRU.n waters was forthcom- Ing. Senor Crea. tlm N.carnguan m n ster, said there might be some r...i. 1..,. .1,.. 1,.. ,1,1 l...h..vn that there was any rovo ut on forming. IteiKirU connecting John Muisant, ,of Sn'or, with a revo uilonsry or- I' HUM tWIIIIVWfclllK Wt'l.l. ...wtw-. &ipori(..ull ,,,)Wl Smvador, atlractisl wxm ultofllim ,r,(, u WBB nH-nlll 1 ihnl )l0 ,, f the two men c aiming to lw natura ised American ritUensj wImi were tnipnaoiUHl in Salvador and , 1.1 . iv... J,.. luirMv u.l tiimiih inttlvn itH r nlrniwl tn m lllliiu? (ill I in llBlllUI aIhIiMKI il l fltfllM llllt In -- - -- lire inmi.TOum w nit R...111...... STORM KINO GRIPS ALASKA. Temperature Low and Several Lives Reported Lost Near Nomu. Nome, Jan. 5, Thu worst storms which have ever suept tho ienins ln am In png oas. The glass is n esdily falling and much suffering icsubs. Ico lam night Imct.txl up into First street and iiierchanta weru forced to move their goods. During the storm four Ksklmos were stranded un an ire lloe. Kescuo was ey 7rl bed. mo. cl.y! On., .earn of in.Kissible, and t In sight of the Frelgher J. B. Itowe is missing, with ,r"rr.V",m ",ul" "'""" " ""l '"' Ilia mill. ... ... A aeinchlng party left Inst night to. seek seven miners, believed to havo lerls ed in the storm. Neither miners nor searchers have been heard fr m. From reKira received there has been "d aulferlng everywhere in tho Married Men Excluded. Man la, Jan. 6. Accord ng to nn announcement just inude. no no but un mi.rrl.ul in. ill u ill In iipi iilltiill hv tlm I " V" 1- Koveminent in future to servo as olll cera in thu conn nbu nry foico on tho islands, mid ollirers nlrendy in thu ser vice will not be allowed to marry with- out thu con flit of tho government, several bills of n miscellaneous char Tlra decision has been reuched becau o ncter, but of littlo general public 1m of the I olution of manyot thoconstnb- portm.ee. The only incident worthy tilury I'osts and tho great difficulty tfut lllcuity tr-ut providing suitnble for has been encountered in transKirtation un 1 shelter women. Riot at Relief Meeting. Lynn. Muss., Jan. 6. A mnss meet - Ing of tnllniiB held In Ln ters' hull to raKi funds for thu enrthqunko aulTer- erH. eii''ed In n not. Tho iroutiio wnn precipitated by n Socialist Labor speak er, who charged tlmt funds raised for sulTerera by n previous uurthquake had been inlsnppropriated. i Castro Very Sirk A?nln. London, Jan. 6- Thu Dully Mnll'a ierlin correspondont nays that Senor Cn tro, ox-prcau out of Venezuela, has i;n tro. ox-prcan 0111 01 Venezuela, 1111s L-rown suddenly wowo nnd will undergo un oorutlon in a few duys. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN. BRIEF Friday, dnnimry 0 Wellington, Jun. 8. Hy vlvs voce vote, tlm senate adopted Culberson's resolution Instructing the committee on Judiciary to report to thu rennte whether tlm pnwldent wmi authorized ........ii .1 , iibsorntion of the Twine vU Cowl & Iron company by the United MIuIimi Kl.t.tl enriuirfitltin. ' ,Vo.,lIt,.,m tlin. H. IW n vol., of '.,... t c ti. ilWI,, ,l)()By n(joptHl r olutlons rnjiorted by n special commit- ten laying on tlm table lli pnrt of the tKiLdiiii.iir h iiiinnni riiiiBan im ri'iuiiuu lii ,l"l" " . ., il ru,. nml nl.n Mill Ini'Ultl'r 1,11. n.v... . ..v.. ......-..-... - , of JnmJtiry ,, r,.py,IK u, the Imiuims of the house on thu subject. This was taken on the I'roUlrd that the mMwmie lure not respectful and are therefore n breach of the privilege f congress. Kcnrvsentntivu .Mrultlen, of llllnoln, ndoiiUil Senator Kulon's concurrent reaolutioivt directing thu secretary of war to survey thw Siualaw rlcr to de lurmln whit tirolect for its ImtiroVr- lm,nl , , completed with tho ex- Mmlituru of 1100,000, In aialition to a !'" ' provided by local rest- Vfi!s. awl also in su.vey the Columbia river for improvement In front of the town of llw-l Kiver. Senator Culberson mad a Uriel re- idy to the siireliil iwsmji. of the pre Mrnt wi the mericer of the steel ewn- pantos. He declared tau presWtnl broke the laws of the nation. The senat commltteo has voteil to recommend for imwagu a bill Increas ing thu pay of president from ?ftU,W)0 to $10( ,000 wr yi nr and fur tho vice president ami speaker of the house J20.000, Instead of 1 12,000, is recom mended. Washington, Jan. 7. Keprerenta- Jlvo llawley yesterday nlnxluced a 'i appropriating J 6u,000 for opernt- "K the new dredge Oregon, recent- ly constructed for uo In the harbors along the Oregon and Washington Thu bill provides that thu coast. .lll. . .r. I... "reoge pubii " "F"'""1'' "" N" " w"m. . ......... -. ......-.. Orilys harUir, W illajKi bay, and Mich other points at may be delfnatl by ' secroUry of war. Wednesday d-inuar 0 ' ,' Lt. Washington. Jan. C. rresWcnt Koonovell iiiforinl the senate in plain terms today that he liad approved the absorption of tho lennesse Coal & Iron comiMiny by tho United States Steel corporation ami had instructed Attor ney General Uonairte not to retMMM I to tho senate inquiry as to the reason ' fur his failure to prccuto the steel commny. 1 he president declares that hu does not conceivo it "to bo within the uuthority of the ecnaiu to give dl rections of this character to thu head of an excutivo department." I Tho senate today passed the bill 'which was held up in that body uf tor passing tho housu last session, pruvtd that appeal, from courts in Alaska T U"!nl "! . ' .r.1 ",? S.!!"Iu , - """ - Vn" "'"' " bill lacks only the signature of the ..r.uilili.nt In mnVn It n lnur. "' " - .. Tuesday, Jnury 5. Washington, Jan. 5. A proposition to print thu Inaugural address of Presi dent Lincoln, together with the eman cipation proclamation, in the Congres sional llecord of today, this being the centenary year of Lincoln's birthday, was made in thu senate today by Gore, of OKlahomn. llo also proposed that i 60,000 copies of these papers bo printed in document form. Washington, Jan. C Transacting bush ess without oven tho semblance of 11 quorum, the houso today passed of notu was u heated discussion among of note was u boated discussion among tho members of the Indiana delegation over a bill to provide for tin eatubllah- I ment of judicial divisions in tho ills- trlct of lndinnn. The measure was laid on tho tuble. 1 Among tho bills passed was ono granting 30 (lays' leave or absence with pity to l'liiinnm canal employes Injured 111 line 01 uuiy, Monday, January 4. Washington, Jun. 4. When congress ' between President Roosevelt und Count convened today both houses immediate-1 UernthorlT, tho new German nmbnssn ly took up tho president's special mes- dor, who was formally presented to Mr. sngo asking for uul for tho Italian Roosovclt this afternoon nt tho White earthquake sufiferors House. Tho letter Count liernstorff Tho houso Inimedlntcly passed by presentoj fnm tho emperor oprcsaed uiiuuiuiuua mm .. iu ..l...vl,,i..iu,h ?800,OUO, of which $500,000 is to Lo cash und $300,000 tho estimated vuluo unanimous vote n bill appropriating of Mlpphes on bonril thu RUppI hip CulKiitt atMl Celtic. In tho nvfiHtc the ttwtmnea wan re- frreil to the comrmttio on npproprin tlunM uttJ iSotibtur Halt) olftrwJ it rcno lulion proviiluiK for an biljournincnt during which tlie cx'tninltlw could ineut to coniildtir thu apiroprlntiun. Th in whn iidopted. s After tho qulk relief hill wai pnim h1 the Iiouko litteneil to thu prealdentV nlnl tneiiii(r) on the ruurot oervlco The prcildifit cited thu Ortnon laitil fraud cnieii ui an cxtunplu 01 I riu' ntn Krum had uid thu aecret wrvlcu to.an advnntuKc. Shortly b-foro ndjoumment fotthc noon teaaiun thu nenaui uiao pniaim uio bill npproiirintlnK IHOO.000. Senator Uorah today introfkicd n bill nlmed lit thu correction of aluiea Ztl&ncS!tF$ AS nifHiUof Uhi lnrnl oMicc. It urovitlcn atinir In Idaho. Senator Uorah alio introduced a bill prohibiting senators, rvpresui.tatlves and delegate in congress from accept ing fees as attorneys In any cases In the courts In which the United States la in any way interested, and also pro heibiling senators and cone;remon from actii'K as attorneys fur conrpora tions or other eoncenu eteHiied tti in terstate commerce. He al o intreduc- hI a bill providing for a 1200.000 pub- lie building at Coeur d'Alene city. REVENUE INCREASES AGAIN. Canst Causes Apparent Deficit, but December Gain is S3.000.000. ,, Washington, Jan. C Tho monthly statement ol government receipts and expenditures shows the excess of ex- pendttures over receipts for the month ol December, 1908, to have I cen $10,- 261, fc'J.t ami lor the six months of the current fiscal j ear a deficit is shown of $34,201,400. December recc pti Irom custons amounted to $24,619,163 as against $21, 44,072 lor IJccemter, 1007. From internal revenue tho re ceipts aggregated $22,629,692, n gain over Doccmter, 1907. 01 about $1,714, 000. I The miscellaneous receipts were $9, 249.7G1, as against $4,723,931 fur Dc- conH'cr, 19u". Tho total receipts were $60,318,507, a gain or nearly $3,000,- 000 over Doccmi er of Inst year. The total expenditures wore $00, 570,100, as against $66,81 8, b78 for the corresponding month in 1907. Tlicre has liven an increase in expendi tures on account of the War department 01 $3,400,000 awl oer $3,UOi,lHW on account of public works. The navy shows a decreaso of about $1,300,000 ami the civil and m scebnneo s expen dltures were reduced bj nlout $1,260, 000. Want Embassy at Pekln. Washington, Jnn.C Senator George C. I'erkins, of California, announces that he has received a letter from l'rcs- iuern iiooaeveii urging nun 10 juhi in creating an American tinuassy ai .0- kin to rcplaco tho present legation at tjie Chinese capital, benator I reK ns said that he was in hearty accord with tho plan and ossurcd tho president or his support. The presidents letter to I'erkins said: "Mr. Taft has written mo urging very strongly that we make our legation In China 1 an embassy, anil I feel that this should Lo done, from everv standpoint, nnt I cordially agree with him. I think he has also written Mr. Root. Don't ou think we can do thin on his sugiiostion? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt." Monster Ship Planned. Washington. Jan. 7. Plans have been outlined by tho Nuvy burenu rnnstruct on for n (Treat baltleshin of of tifi.000 tons, dusiuned tl carry eight 14- inch cutis. This became known today througli the mamng puui c 01 iosu- mony given before tho house commit- tee on naval nlTuirs aveural weeks ago, ly Ii'"" Admiral Cnpps, chief con- throuch tho makinir publ C of tOSti- .. .. . structor. No Indication has been given yet that such n battleship will bo uu- thorized, but tho matter is attracting attention among congressmen. Kaiser Sonds Best Wishes. WnshinRton, Jan. P. Cordial ex nre s8 ion of trood feolinc was exchanged tho "best wishes." which 111s majesty kuU "" ", .............. ...4v...., ever cherishes -or tho happiness und welfare of tho United Stutes. BLOW AT KEFORM. Chlnai Fo 0"t O aaiiifg Yuan From All Oflicaa I'eldr, Jan. 4. It ii the amctnr.m of ojdnion that the Manchua do- not un- (lertnB(l thu full algnlficnnco of their 1 1 retipltale net, which r ml tod today In tho dlamkwal of Yuan Shi Kal, Krand counselor ami commander In ehirf of the force. The act, lowever, ! attribut d mainly to the rvgent and ! characterized aa danKroua Inaarnuctij an It k' U11 revolutionaries owl reformer an Uikio on. the cry "China fir tho Ch!neo." That thu aituatlon fc K'ftv l becom Ins; more and moru a parent. That a Kovernmei.t upheaval would folli tho nucci.-nnlon ban been Knerlly accepted, but ven tbe Cnlne did net exeet this w . "- - - "v.. u. .. ihuedrwl day of mour ln(j. ' At the conclu on of 11 con fercne Ixtween the Ux tlnh, American and Crmanml-iaXer. today. eoJ meet- lff of tiploiu ts w a callod to include Los Angcle. Jan. 4. The official reporta on tl c first summer's fie! I cul tivation of the Jlurbank thomloss cac tus wore Issue 1 todsy by ihe Western Fmnlre. an at'riculturl iournul which k.. hi .k.,.. .t v),.i ,ri. , , . . r ments on the now forsge plant. With the exception that one lot plan.d in the Indi. desert nearly per- '' ' fr e tttcl of excessive al- Kail in lie S' II, me vorFgc resuus aie prtncuncel successful. Tr.e largest tests were made upon the hardy thorn- less variot os, wh ch Luthor Burbnk S IS . t i collocieu irom an paria 01 me w.rio, , ", j' hj "iclt,!8. Uc 1,uan l' Im w'ill be distribu ci this year to thoso wh0 wj mako cxpcrimcnUl tests with (hem. The report concludes that thomlcss varlo ics have to be fenced to protect them from rabbits, but that ihe early fcars expressci that ihey wi uld revert to the old hsbits of gnwing thorns hnve been disnelled bv this year's ic- ,uit. Bs the propagation is not from seel, but fnm cuttings, which, accord- ing to all botiin cal Uw and history, rigidly conform to the features of tho parent plsnt, The uses as n ftd-'cr for the family cow and for poultry upon the small traeta whr miraon.l attention is civ- on scorn to have been fully established. DEAD AT MESSINA 116,000. Estimates Increase Total of Losses bf Earthquake. ' Rome, Jan. 4. Exsct statistics of the dead and surviving in the earth- quake district arc still impossible to obtaln, because Hi ucau douics ourieu undcr the rulrs have rot yet been ex- ravatcd. It is cqu.lly Impo-sible to , . ' . ' , m.ke any accurate count of the surviv- ors, for they are today scattered from one end of tho country to tho other, Tttl onJy r,, that can bo given nro rcgcho , by cacujatinB the total poru- jtions before the disaster and sub- tractng therefrom the numbers fiat nre ,ul)0cd to have survived. Tho rwuU j. of C0UKC approximate. 0n th bluls ia mh(ie thc estimate that about 25,000 people have left Mes- 8lna and tho communae. As the total ,wruli tion of the city and commute wns about 166.000, und as there are BtU about 16,000 people still in 'ho tnstrlc, the dead probably number ci0.0 to 116.000. 1 nornie wciui. impol.nK u lino Ol tv.io.uuu bkuuisu Tho victims are ir.cresslrg daily, not .trait. He estimates the total dead at only through tho dylig of tho Injuroi, 86,000, the wounded at 4,000. Of the but nlso by ihe many sulcirfes commit- dead Slgnor da Nava calculates that tod by tho desporato survivors. 1 eo.000 are at Messina, 28.000, at Reg- I glo and 7,000 nt other coast and into Cnang GUei 25 Years. jrior towns affected. San Francisco. Jan. 4. In Whan Tho r dius of destruction extends 30 Chang, the Coreon who shot nn I klled D rham While Steven m th-s c ty Wl Mnrrh. wna lentenred Snturdnv to Krv.-. n Irrm nf "R venra in tlioitato iunllnl nrvntSnnOuentln. Alen.thv jwnitent nryutbanQuentin. Alen.thy ploa for elemen'-y wan mad by attor- noys for tho defendant nnd res sted by Samuel Knight, who was employed by ,.-.,, .. .-- . --- - --.-.. -. the Japanese government as i-pcc al prosecutor. Stevins, who was a confi- dential ndvlser to JnpaninC rean mat- ters. was on lus way to Washington ter, Tor his antt-Austrian utterances m when ho was shot by tho Corean. a speech bof re the national assembly. - Count Forgach will be recall- d. The Crooks Make Heavy Haul. opinion is he'd at Vienna that Servia Los Angeles, Jan. 4. A Los Ange- is bent on war. lea thief began tho now year with what Is doubtless tho heaviest haul, weight U- S. Warship on Scene. C' nsidcrcd, ovor made in this state. Canton, Jan. 5. Tho American gun He got away with 100 tons of coal, vol- boat Helena has arrived hero in come ued at $1,500, from the yards of the qence of tho anti-foreign movement Ulnck Cnnvon Coal company, on South and the excitement nming tho tistlvea Alameda street. Tho groator part of V ; tho coal, for blacksmiths, was valued at $17.B0 per ton. STANDARD WINS OUT Supreme Court Sends Lnndis Case 1 Hack to Lower Court. WAMMOOS DECISION RENDERED Refutaa to Interfere Other Than to Return It Subject to Correc tion! of Judge Groticup. WaahiiiKtcn, Jan. 6. Tho famous J29.240.000 fine case against tho Stand- tra un corapnj win noi in.-i-.-u by tho SuprcTna court of tho United but will be retried before Judge aicica, oui win Deremcaoeiori juoj,o Landia, who ln.po.ed the now famous fine. Such Ii the cucct of the Supreme Impoiing 1 the Standard Oil company for accept ing rebates from the railway corr parties was reversed. In tho Supreme court the et re turned largely upon the rUht of the court to interfere, In view of tho fact that the ca c I ad been parr ed ip- onby the Court of Appeal., the govern- ment contending for such privilege as a ri(bt whc itWM urgcd m bchalf of the oil company that the precedents were all against such a proceeding The action of the court consisted In inc announcement mat. iuc ;"' ment's petition would not be granted, Tho effect of this announcement will be to leave standing the decision of tho ".. S A ..ta la.&la M-BA tt If mm A. iuri. 01 w.., ,,.. .. to thne, V"mmt nd '"rorable to the company. Th court's announcement was the barest formklity. No reason whatever were given and the determlnatt.on of the co-rt was stated along with a num- bcr of other cases of comparatively lit- lc Importance. The chief justice sim- ply announced that the petition for certiorari was denied. Under this rul- ing the case will now go back to Judgo Landis' court for a rew Uial, in ae- cordance with the decision of the Court of Appeals. ' It is stated at the department of jus- fee th t the decision gives the c re its original statU3, subj ct to the views of Judge Grosscup. as contained in his decisions of July 22 and November 10, 1908. DOWN TO SYSTEM. Ample Supplies Now Available In Earthquake Country Naples. Jan. 5. Although the Hal- inn authorises were seemingly dazed at first by the magnitude if the d sast- er, the situation is now greatly improv- ed. Amplo supplies of all kinds are HW . Foreign relief societies have been organized in several coast town8 in Sici,y Korty-five English .peaking I hblinnts, under tho dlrcc- tion of Mr. Wood, the American artist. are cot ducting an Anglo-American hos pital at Giardina. Foreign officers who have explored the ruins on both sides of tho straits gto higher esti mates of the 1 bs of life than Italian reports. They believe that 90,000 pcr- ,;. kve been killed or tranned in tho mins of Messina and 30.000 at Reggio, where tho tidal wave rose to double the height th'at it did at Messina, Signorde Nava, n Reggio member of the Italian chamber of deputies, has personally traversed moat of the earth- quake district m both sxles of the miles north and south on tho coi-st of Sicily and on the mainland for an equal distance from jiumccnu, luwunis win south, . ... w- A..-...I- uiuiiiRiuiii rium nuiiuu. Vienna, Jan. C. The Aus'ro-Hun-garlsn government has insfucted Count Forpnch de Chymes, minister at Rel.rade, to demand an apology from M. Milnnovics, Servian forelpn minia- aa the result of a Portuguese seaman ,i n iii i.i ... eCli... v.i. on the British tteamer FaUhan having kicked a coolie to death.