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WEEK'S DOINGS Newsy Items Gathered from All Parte of the World. Or INTEREST TO 0U2 READERS General Review of Important Happen , pen'fl Presented In a Brief and Condensed torm. Bristow argea that tbe postage rate on packages b reduced along rural roatea. Denver ballot boxes have bcn open ad and fewer to tea found than were given in the returns. Tba merchant marina commission will urge a bill to give Fanama busi ness to American shipowner. Tba Russian press urges that tba Black sea and Baltic fleets be com biiied. Great Britain would object. General Rennenekampff is vigorously punning the Japanese in Manchuria, who are retreating. St. Petersburg is fearful lest he fall into a trap. St. Petersburg baa almost given up hope for Port Arthur. The Russians bave made several unsuccessful at tempts tj retake 203-Meter bill. Fire which is believed to have been of incendiary origin, destroyed three of the St. Louis fair buildings and many valusble paintings. The loss is placed at $75,000. There has been tremendous rains throughout Chile, such as have seldom been equalled at this season of the year. The crops have been damaged fully 50 per cent. Tafta mission to Panama will be a success. , The Japanese expect the fall of Port Arthur December 12. Queen Alexandra, of England, has just celebrated her 60th birthday. Reports have reached the state de pal tment of a very unsettled state of affairs in Venesuela. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads are considering a plsn to electrify the roads through the Cascade mountain district. The last monthly report of the chief of Burgeons of tbe Philippines shows that the health of the troops in the is lands is exceptionally good. James R. Young, of Philadelphia, has been appointed superintendent of the dead letter department of the pos tal service, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of D. P. Mibhart. The annual report of the genersl superintendent of the life saving wrvice shows that during the year assistance was rendered to 1,061 vessels, involv ing the lives of more than 3,400 persons and proverty to the value of $7,000, 000. Admiral Dewey has declined to be come a member of the North sea com mission. a Roosevelt is likely to visit the South and make it a point to meet the masses. Governor Pardee is working for a California state building at the Lewis and Clark fair. Whites in German Southwest Africa are reported to be in great danger of being massacred. All exhibitors from foreign countries may now send their wares to Portland for the 1905 fair without paying any duly. David M. Parry, president of the Citizens' Indostiial association, says the "open shop" movement is gaining, as is also his organization. The 31st national convention of tbe VT. C. T. D. is in session in Philadel phia. Fie hundred delegates, repre senting every state and territory, are in attendance. The New York state court of appeals bas declared unconstitutional the labor law which prohibits a contractor fiom employing his men more than eight hours a day on city, county or state work, Japanese are making progess in the assault on Port Arthur. Russia bas accepted the invitation of America to negotiate for an arbitration treaty. Paul Morton, now secretary of the navy, may succeed Secretary Shaw, of the treasury department, if the latter does not remain in the cabinet. ' Russia and Britain bcth want an American officer cf high rank on the North sea commission Ten American fishing craft bave been aeized by Canadian officers and fined for fishing in Canadian waters. General Kuropatkin has an automo bile in which to travel from one part to another of his line. He wants 20 more in which to carry ammunition. Tbe trouble caused by Paraguay fir ing upon an Argentine cruiser has been settled by tbe former apologizing. CZAR rOR PEACE. Is Ready to Receive Such Proposal Prom Japan. St. Petersburg, Dec. 3. A report which cornea from an unimpeachable source has reached the Publisheis' Press correspondent that Russia is not only ready to receive any peaca pro posals Japan may bava to make, but that with the fall of Port Arthui she will be ready to sua for peace. That is the situation today, notwithstanding the awashbuckling attitude of thoas who profess to frame tba empire's pol icy, and will be the situation right along, even if this and subsequent statements to this effect were officially denied. Before the world at large Rus sia cannot afford Just now to appear tired of the struggle and skeptical as to its outcome, but diplmatic circles are permitted to know thV truth, and Russia's representatives all tba civil ised world over have received strong intimations that sincere and authori tative offers of mediation must not be treated lightly in tbe future. It is therefore to be assumed that Russia considers that the conflict is en tirely hopeless. There are sure to be some Russian victories in Manchuria and the general belief is that they will come soon, owing to the fsct that Field Marshal the Marquis Oyama bas been compelled to part with large bodies of bis men in order to hasten the fall ol Port Arthur. But Russia has Far Eastern interests of much greater im portance than even the possession of Port Arthur, and aa these interests have been attacked in the past by Great Britain and China alike, she is in dire need of an ally. That ally will be Japan, if tbe plans of today do not miscarry. Ibe battles of today are to be followed by close ties of commercial and political union tomorrow. RECEIPTS ABOUT I O.OOO.OOO. Concessionaries Believed to Have taken In Equal Amount. St. Louis, Dec. 3. While it will be impossible to obtain the actual receipts and expenditures of the Louisisna Pur chase exposition company before the middle of,December, Secretary Walter B. Stevens, of the World's fair, made the following statement to the Associat ed Press tonight: "From reports that Have been sub mitted of the admissions to tbe grounds we estimate that the attendance on "Francis day" will be a few thousand in excess of 200.000, and that tbe at tendance for the Exposition period will be in the neighborhood of 18,800,000. "In round numbers tbe Exposition company has expended $22,000,000 since the inception of the World's fair project, and the expenditures of the several states and territoiies bave reached a total of $9,000,000. The receipts since the opening day, April 30, have amounted to about $10,000, 000, consisting of admissions and con cession royalties. In addition to these receipts were the iunde, amounting to about $12,000,000, raised by subscrip tion and appropriations to build the ex position." INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS. Commissioner Yerkcs Reports an In crease of $2,163,079 per Year. Washington, Dec 3. -The annual re port of Commissioner Yerkes, of the Internal Revenue bureau, shows that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, the receipts of the bnreau wete $232,904,004, an increase of $2,163,079 over the collections for the next, year proceeding. Tbe cost of collections was 1.98 per cent, as against 2 07 for the year 1903. and 2.83 per cent, the average cost of collection since the formation of the bureau. TLe estimated receipts from all sources of internal revenue tor the Cecal year ending June 30, 1905, are $230, 000.0O0. In 1903 the total production of distilled spirits was 148,206,875 gal lons; in 1904, 139,505,214 gallons. In 1903, in round numbers. 114.000 000 gallons of tax-paid spirits were with drawn; in 1904, 117,000,000. There has been a decraese in the amount rf tobacco manufactured and au increase in snuff. The-e was an increase in the production of beer. President Did Not Say It. Washington, Dec. 3. It was author itatively stated at the White house to day that the preeident Dad no recollec tion of a visit from John Beattie, the representative of the Master Painters' and Decorators' association, who. at the convention of the Citizens' Indus trial association in New York today declared that the president had indors ed a proposition to put upon labor un ions the responsibility for paralyzing business by lockouts. It was also at nounced that the president did not make the remark. Tearful Conditions in Mexico. Mazatlan, Mexico, Dec. 3 Late reports from the northern part of this state say that fearful conditions exist there. Deaths range from 20 to 40 per day, owing to starvation and marlaria In many instances the dead are not given burial, it i said, but are thrown into open ditches and canals. The au thorities are unable to cope with the situation. PLENTYJTO DO Congress Will Have a Very Busy Session. rCW NEW LAWS ARC PROBABLE Appropriation Measures VIII Take Up Much of the Time Rivers nd Harbors are Safe. Washington, Deo. 5. On the stroke of IS today the second tesuon of the 58th congress will be called to order by President Pro Tern Frya in the senate, and by Speaker Cannon in the house. When the gavels of the presiding offi cers summon the senators and repre sentatives to duty nearly every member will be in bla seat, but only routine business will be transacted. Tba president's message generally is received and read the first day, but the senate is punctilious in certain matters, and is almost sure to adjourn as a tribute of respect to the late Sen ator Hoar, of Massachusetts, and the late Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania. The message, therefore, probably will not be read nntil Tuesday. After the opening day, when the message of the piesident is read, the regular business of the session will be gin and tbe legislative wheels will grind steadily until March, 1905. There is plenty to do. The calendars of both houses are loaded with bills of all kinds; hundreds of new bills will be introduced, and committees aia ready to repoi t enough to aeep congress busy for 12 months, but in the three months congress probably will do little more than pass the regular annual appropriation bills. Ibere bas been some talk of a possi ble extra session. The only reason why such a session should be called is because there is a demand in certain quarters for a revision of the tariff, but many of tbe incoming congressmen during the past two weeks have made it plain they do not want tariff revision and further say that they do not want an extia session. There is one feature of the tariff re vision talk that has some substance. More revenue must be had, or theie must be a curtailment of expcndituiee. With the increasing annual appropria tions, a river and harbor bill, increase of tbe navy, the Panama canal and other features of extraordinary dis bursement, there will be need of more money than present customs and inter nal revenue provide. An intimation has been made thst curtailment will satisfy msny congressional leaders, but tbe msjorlty may determine otherwise, in which event some revenue legisla tion may be necessary, and an extra session for that purpose may be called. But this is said to be a remote con tingency, and the probabilities, accord ing to the leaders who are here, are that there will be neither tariff legisla tion nor an extra session. WILL WORK TOR SIUSLAW RIVER. Hermann Will Co-operate with San Francisco Delegation. Washington, Dec. 6. Representa tive Hermann appeared today before the rivets and barbois committee with the expectation of having a hearing, so that he might piesent the needs of various river and harbor improvements along the Oregon coast, but was in formed that the committee is giving no hearings. An ariangement has been made, however, for a healing before the subcommittee, tit which time Mr. Hermann will appear with the delega tion from San Francisco, now en route to Washington to urge a liberal appro priation for the improvement of the -iiislaw river. Mr. Wendling, a large shipowner of San Francis o, who is deeply interested in the Niuslaw trade, will head the committee. If permitted to do so, Mr. Hermann will also urge the subcommittee to make iiberai ap propriations for other rivers and har bors along the Oregon coast. Taft's Mission a Success. Panama, Dec. 6. Negotiations are still in progress between Secretary of War Taft, representing the United States, and the Panama government, looking to the settlement of points in dispute regarding the government of the canal zone, and an agreement may he said to he. in eight. In order that possible complications mtiy be avoided the conferences are oeing conducted in secret and nothing will be given out until both sides are agreed. President Amador tonight gave a banquet in honor of Secretary Taft. New Russian Loan Soon. Paris, Dee. 5 The bankers here ex pect that the new Russian loan of $20,. 000 000 will "be issued Ibis or next month. A syndicate of French banks will take approximately $160,000,000, and the German banks $100,000,000. It is believed that the new loan will he readily taken up at nearly par, or above AT AWfUL COST. Japanese Continue Their Attack on Port Arthur. London, Dee. 1. -According to a Toklo dispatch to the Standaid, there is an official rumor that tba Japanese have hauled large caliber guns to the top of 203-Meter hill, whence their Are has a sweep of the whole harbor. This report doubtless goes beyond the facts; but various dlapaUhea Indicate the progress the Japanese aia making In the reduction of Port Arthur. Japan ese here explain the great Importance of the capture of 203-Meter hill, which, besides giving command of the harbor, will serve as a wide breach made ny the wedge the Japanese had pievlously driven in between the F.ti group and the Russians' last retreat In the ravines of Lao tie mountain. They declare that retreat to Laotie will be effectually tut off, and It is not unlikely that Laotie will be simultaneously attacked in the final assault. Bennett Burleigh wires to the Dally Telegraph from L'hefoo that in (he last attack the Japanese lost 400 me in one hour's fighting. They claim to have captured two more ol the north eastern foris and a third, which Is part of the West Kvkwsp fort. They assert, Mr. Burleigh adds, to have effected a lodgment at Pigeon bay, thus turning the foit on 203-Meter hill, and that they are now tunneling from the gorge below Laotie hill, whkh they hope first to damage and then rush. The dispatch continues: "Desperate fighting is proceeding dally, and the losses are admitted to be excessive, but the Jspanesa Insist that Poit Arthur must fall within 21 days." The Morning Post's correspondent ac Bhanshal telegraphs that wireless communication has been re-established between the Russian consulate at Che foo and the Tort Arthur garrison. PLANS GREAT BRITISH ARMY. Kitchener's Reorganization Scheme Greatly Enlarged. London, Dec. 1. The war office is in possession of the full details of Lord Kitchener's army reorganisation scheme. No secret is made of the fact that particular mention has been paid to points which world offer convenient centers of Russian invasion in the event of hostiitiies and in view of the recent imbroglio the original plan was considerably extended. The keynote of the reorgan list ion, which will entail expenditures to the amount of $50,000,000, is to secure throittfh war training a great army In times of peace, and to place the troops not only where they can obtain such instiuctions, but where their presence will he of permanent strategic value. With this object in view Northern India has been divided by parallel lines into a number of ateaa wito their upper points converging on the fron tier, and their respective bases well down in India. Were the order to mo bilize given seven or eight field forces, each from 16 000 to 20,000 strong, could, In a few hours, be concentrated on the borderland from east to west. TIRE ON TOWN. Strikers at Zclqlcr, Illinois, Send In SOO Shots. Benton, 111., Dec. 1. Zelgler was fired upon last night from sundown to daylight. It is Intimated that no less than 500 shots were fired at the town. The town was completely surronnded, and the firing came fiom every quarter. Response to this fusllade was made by four Galling guns placed at various points about the mine buildings. As sistant Adjutant General Reece and the Carhondale militia company arrived at Zeigler today, and General Reece will remain several days to investigate the situation. It is thought that still more troops will be brought. Joseph Leiter reached Zeigler today with more miners from Chicago. Ex amination of the ground this morning showed that the men who were tiring have powerful guns. They were sta tioned from one-half to three-quarters of a mile from the town. Almost a bushel of empty shells of every size were found in the woods. A trail of blood was found on a rail fet.ee, and from this it is supposed at least one person was wounded Fur ther tronble Is anticipated. Russia Pears Crisis Is At Hand. St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. Foreign reports of the righting at Port Arthur are accepted here very seriously. If the Japanese have taken 203-Meter hill, as reported, c imraanding the whole harbor, It is believed that the situation is critical. Experts on Poit Arthnr topography assert, however, that it is more likely that the Japan ese have occupied some positions at the base of the hill, and believe that ow inar to the concentra'ed fire of the cov ered foits the Japanese will find the top of the hill untenable, if taken. Calls Witnesses In Smoot Case. Washington, Dec. 1. Senator Bur rows chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, has Insued subpoenas for 20 witnesses in the Smoot invesMgaton and fixed Monday, Decem ber 12, as the date for their appearance before the committee. Nearly all these witnesses are in Utah. GETS INTO LINE Russia Decides to Participate In 1905 Exposition. WILL HAVE A LARGE EXHIBIT Believed She Has Come to Time Be cause the Wiry Jap Prepared Magnificent Display. Portland, Deo, J. Russia stepped suddenly and unexpectedly Into Una for participation in the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition yesterday. After stating at one time that It would be impossible tor Russia to participate, the raar's ministry of commerce eud. denly reconsidered the matter and In order to la sure of a apace allotment rushed a cablegram to ei posit Ion head quarters. The cablegram was dis patched from St. I'eterbsurg and waa signed by Edwaid Grunwaldt, councilor of commeice. The message was as fol lows: "St. Petersburg To Lewis and Clsrk centennial exposition, Portland, Or. Invitation accepted finance ministry. Wire space allotted for Russia. Cable address Edgrun." The cable message was telegraphed immediately to Director of Kxhiblta Hemy Dosch, at St. Louis, iu order thst it may be acted upon. With Russia's participation tliepow ets of the world, as well as a majority of the minor nations, will be represent ed at die exposition. Just what caused Russia's chsnge of heart regarding the fall ran only 1 surmised, but it is qui1? probable that the Otiontal aiect of the exposition la what caught the eye of tbe Russian bear. The ranie thing, though, caught the eye of the wily Jap some months since, and Japan has arranged participation on a big scale. It is surmised that Russia cannot afford to make a lesser showing than does Japan, and there is, therefore, reason to look for an attract ive and valuable exhioit from the land of the caar. JAPAN AROUSED TO DANGER. Togo will be Unable Strongly to Op pose the Baltic ricct. Chicago, Dec. 2. The Daily News has the following from a staff corres pondent: "Shanghai Japan If now thoroughly aroused to the danger which threatens her In the approach of the Baltie squadron. Admiral Togo has only four battleships to oppose the seven the Russians will bring against him. The long service tbe navy has seen since February 8 has seriously deteriorated the large naval guns on board the fleet. All this constitutes a grave menace to Japanese sea supremacy. In view of the possibility that the transport serv ice may be stopped, the authorities are accumulating vast stores In Manchuria. The Baltic fleet is expected to reach belligerent w era about February 1, and it is leared that it may at once seize the island ol Foimnsa as a naval base. Formosa belongs to Japan, and is only poorly prepared to prevent such action on the part of Admiral Rojret vensky." BEEf TOR ARMY. Big Russian Shipment to Ga Prom Portland. Omaha, Dec. 2. One of the largest orders of beef ever sent out of the conn try la now being filled by the Cudahy Packing company, of South Omaha, vho tonight shipped to Portland, Oi., the first consignment of an order from the Russian government, consisting of 17 cats. The entire order will fill 135 can of meat, and will be shipped as rapidly as it can be loaded. The meat is consigned to the Russian government. It was sold through brokers. The shipment is packed in barrels weighing, when filled, about 350 pounds each. A car will carry about 120 barrels, or 42 000 pounds. The entire train of 135 cars will con tain 6,670,000 pounds of meat. The meat will ration an army of 100,000 men for six weeks. Cavalry to Preserve Order. Buenos Ayrss, Deo. 2. In view of the fact that a general strike will ba inaugurated tomorrow, President Qnin tana had long conferences today with the ministers of the interior, war and marine and the chief of police, for the purpose of adopting measures for the suppression of possible d sturbances. An official statement was given out to night that the police are fully prepared to pi event any interruption of necessary public services and to protect purveyors of foodstuffs and those who are willing to work. . Coin for the Philippine Islands. San Francisco, Dec. 2. The local mint will turn over to the war depart ment today a large consignment of Philippine money. The coin will go to the islands on the transport Logan, which sails tomorrow. There will ba 800,000 pesos in. 60-centavo pieces; 80,000 pesos in 20-centavo pieces, and 150,000 pesos in 10 centaves.