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the co:;doii globe CONDON OREGON mis oniiE mm h a Cc:!::::3 Fern to C:r A Rmwm of the Lsm Important but Net Lass Interesting Everts f ths Put Week. The Santo Domingo revolati on b practically at an end. The revolution inRassia has spoiled the Christmas fetmUes. , Witt Is accused of nullifying the concessions to the Liberal. No more Jamaicans will be allowled to go to Panama to work on the canal. The house and eentae are rare to dash over the appropriation of money. Fire la the heart of Kansas City de stroyed three blocks. . The loss will reach 1500,000. No lives were lost. The drydock Dewey, on its way to the Philippines, has reached Bermuda, where a stop was made for coal and provisions. 5 t ; Jerome is preparing to indict big fish in insuraace companies in February. The small men are expected to tarn state's evidence. - - Two commissioners ot the Chinees emperor are on their way to this , coun try to' attend i American schools and study our ways. The Navy department has presented medals of honor to the 11 members of the Bennington's crew who survived, for bravery in rescuing more unfortu nate shipmates. The secretary of the Interior has withdran more than 1,000,000 acres of public land in Arisona and New Mexico from all forms of disposal except under the mineral laws for inclusion within forest reserves. The house has received another rate bill. A reign of tenor now exists at Riga, Russia. An immense graft by St. Louis po lice has been exposed. President Morales' army has been beaten and hu general killed. From Kansas north all trains are greatly delayed by snow storms. Both sides in the strike of printers for an eight-hour day claim gains. " Witte has ordered wholesale arrests of all opponents to the governsnt. Twenty-one miners were killed In an explosion at the Coaldale, W. vs., coalmines. One of Boston's savings banks has been looted by the officers and the in stitution closed. Harvard university authorities have ordered that there must be a change in foDtball rules. The government will investigate the recent sale of the Fort Stevens military reservation in South Dakota. . , f Small railroad companies of the mid dle west have reserved the right to issue passes, but all the larger lines will enforce the new order strictly. The Navy department has peti tioned congress for a large number of changes 'in the navy. , One of the changes desired is the re-establishment of the rank of commodore. Witte's cabinet is ' denounced ' as grafters. r . The national debt has decreased dur ing the past year. Congressmen We angry at losing passes and may retaliate on the rail- , roads. , : ... y t Three Cheyenne, Wyoming, soldiers will die as a result of drinking a mix ture of bay rum, lemon juice and hair tonic, s ' v i", - ' j t . A New York grand Jury has been drawn to try about 1,000 alleged frauds arising out of the recent election. Wireless messages from the drydock Dewey rport it to be making good progress in its trip across the Atlantic. The production of gold and silver in the United States for 1905 shows an increase of $6,000,000 gold and 1,000, 000 ounces of silver. James W. Wadsworth has been nom inated by Republicans la caucus as speaker of the New York assembly, thus defeating the plans of Odell. t Five men have been arrested in con nection with the murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg of Idaho. One of them, Thomas Hogan, ' is believed to have at least made the fatal bomb. Kentucky Democratic members of the legislature in caucus have nomi nated Thomas II. Paynter for United States senator to succeed J. C. S. Black burn. The nomination carries with it the certainty of election. CONGRESS RESUMES. House Takes Up Consideration of Philippine Tariff El'i. ; - Washington, Jan. 4. The cause of the Filipino was advanced on the floor ot the house by the Republican leader, Payne, for nearly four hours today. He represented the views of the major ity of the ways and means committee on the Philippine tariff reducing the duties on sugar and tobacco to 35 per cent of the Dingley tariff rates and ad mitting other products of the islands to the United States free of duty. Be fore and following Mr. Payne's speech brief discussions indicated that there is to be a protracted debate on the meas ure, and that the Republican opponents representing the cane and beet sugar interest of this country will speak and vote against the bill. In the Senate. Washington, Jan. 4. -After waiting for almost a year; R. M. La Follette appeared in the senate when it recon vened today, after the holiday recess, to claim his seat as senator from Wiscon sin, and the oath ot office was admin istered to him by Vice President Fair banks. The ceremony was witnessed by a crowded gallery, which manifest ed much interest In the proceedings. After La Follette had signed the oath which he had taken, he was again joined by Spooner and escorted to the seat assigned him among those Repub licans who have seats on the Demo cratic side of the chamber. Assignments of La Follette and dear In to committees was made as fol lows: La Follette Potomac river front, chairman; census, civil service, claims, immigration, Indian affairs andjpen ions. Gear in Claims, pensions, torts and fortifications, indastiilal expositions, national banks and District ot Colum bia. . Simmons resigned from the last named committee to make room for the Oregon senator. The senate discussed at some length a proposition to reprint a magaxine ar ticle by Newlands, entitled "A Demo crat in the Philippines," and also a resolution for the regulation of senate patronage. Both were adopted. A resolution calling for information con cerning the status of affairs in Santo Domingo was presented by Tillman, who made an unsuccessful effort to se cure immediate consideration of it. Gallinger had expected to open the debate upon the merchant marine shipping bill today, but, when the bill was laid before the senate, he asked to be excused from talking nntil next Monday, when the bill will be formally taken up as the unfinished business. After a brief executive session, ths senate adjourned until Monday. BRITAIN READY TO STRIKE. Would Have Smashed Rojectvensky if Togo Had Lost. St. Petersburg, Jan. 6. The remark able allegation that the British fleet was held in readiness to destroy ths Russian fleet, if the battle of the Sea of Japan bad gone in the Russians favor, is made by Admiral Rojestvensky in a letter published in the Novoe v remys today with the permission of the min ister of marine. Referring to the absolute secrecy of Admiral Togo in regard to the disposi tion of his forces, Rojestvensky de clares that "this was unknown even to the admiral of the British fleet allied with the Japanese, who concentrated his forces at Wei Hai Wei, in expecta tion of receiving an order to annihilate the Russian fleet, if this, the final ob ject of Great Britain, was beyond ths power of the Japanese." From Admiral Rojestvensky's ac count of his tactics in the battle ot ths Sea of Japan, the reader is almost convinced that the Russian commander outmaneuvered Admiral Togo at every point, and was himself ths real victor. He delares' he knew Admiral Togo's exact whereabouts two days before the battle, made his disposition according ly and entered the fight with his eyes open. Mr. Spring-Rice, the British charge d'affairs, without waiting for instruc tions from his government, demanded an explanation from Foreign Minister Lamsdorff this afternoon of the state ments contained in the admiral's letter to the Novoe Vremya. Great Printing Trust in East. Cincinnati, Jan. 5. The United States Printing company, capital $3, 376,300, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, w'll be leased to the United States Printing company, of New Jersey, if the stockholders . on February 1 ratify the action of the di rectors announced today. The com pany has plants in Brooklyn, Mont- clair, N: J., Norwood and Cincinnati. The total output is estimated to be nearly $2,600,000 annually. The new holding company will take over all the plants oftthe company. Strikes Bankrupt Big Iron Works. Paris, Jan. 5. The correspondent of the Journal at St. Petersburg sends an interview with an official of the Puti loff Iron works, who declares that the establishment will be closed from Jan uary 13, owing to the impossibility of carrying on the works after the losses caused by the strikes. TROOPS ARE READY Antto OsYeriiEesI Um Cat trc: cl CMnsss Fury. mil THAN TEE B3XEH AFFAIR Three Regiments at Manila Ready to Sail Boycott Expands into Hatred of Americana, Washington, Jan. 8. The govern ment will not admit that It Is worried over the situation In China, but it is known that conditions there are caus ing grave concern. It is reported that three regiments at Manila have been ordered held in readiness to proceed to China at once. Every preparation is being made to protect American life and property In the empire. Grave reports ot unrest have come from consuls. Private advices received are not so conservative as the official ones. They express the fear that an uprising worse than the Boxer revolu tion will break out before many months. The boycott inflamed Chinese animosi ty against the Americans. When the Chinese realised their power, it is said, the step from commercial to personal hatred was but a short one. The situation is represented by high authority is much graver than has been intimated by the State department. FAVORS PHILIPPINE BILL. Clark, of Missouri, Occupies House Floor for Three Hours. , Washington, Jan. 5. "Champ Clark Democracy" was expounded to the de light and entertainment of the house tor three hours today by Clark, of Mis souri, and constituted the feature of the.debate on the Philippine tariff bill. Clark's speech took a wide range and he labeled his political beliefs as above, In answer to a question as to what kind ot a Democrat ha really was. He talked ot the Philippines and favored the pending bill ; he discussed the gen eral tariff question snd in particular the German tariff situation. He re viewed William J. Bryan's record on silver and paid his respects in charac teristic oratory to Republican leaders. He ascribed future greatness to what he termed the "stand pat" disciples and declared that one of these, Secre tary Shaw, whose record as secretary of the Treasury included, he said, class fylng frogs' legs ss poultry and ponies as "household articles" for the collec tion ot revenue was a logical Republi can presidential possibility, nnless the mantle should fall on "the gray and griisled speaker, uncle Joe Cannon." Fordney, of Michigan, opposed the measure. He expressed his disgust that the bill was made to reprsent i movement under the name of "reciproc ity." He reviewed exhaustively the sugar beet industry and argued earn' estly tor its protection against compe tition with the Philippines. Fordney cloncluded at 5 o'clock, when the house adjourned until tomorrow. MAY STIR UP OLD PEKIN. Chinese Students Threaten to Return En Mass From Japan. Pekin, Jan. 6. The Chinese stu dents in Japan, who number 8.000, have struck against the attempts of the government to subject them to official supervision. They are threatening to return to China as a body. ' If this threat should be carried out, it would prove a disturbing element here, as the sympathies of the majority of the students are anti-foreign and anti- dynastic. , ,,: A notable movement has recently begun here in the establishment ot schools for the education of women, under the direction oi several princess es, with Japanese ladies as volunteer teachers. All the schools are crowded with girls from leading families. Four teen Mongolian princesses have arrived at Pekin for the purposes of seeking instruction in the European languages. Eastern Roads to Submit. Washington, Jan. 6... Through, a committee representing the traffffio managers of the Eastern trunk lines, which came here yesterday, assurance has been given the Interstate Com merce commission that the roads have indicated a desire to comply with the law in respect to the granting of re bates and other special privileges. Fol lowing a conference of the traffic man agers with the commission, some days ago, this committee has been at work securing pledges to this end, and .the announcement is just made. Wedding Day Announced. Washington, Jan. 6. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt announced tonight that the wedding of Miss Alice Roose- j velt to Representative Nicholas Long worth, of Cincinnati, February 17, at 12 o'clock noon, in ths East room of the white house. 1 m LOST VALLEY LAUD AND LULIEER COLIPAUY (tHCOWOJUTKli) Manufteturvr of and t)r la Rough and Drcascd Lumber Telephone Iol, Poti, Wood, IJtc. 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