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NEWS OFTHE WEEK
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A Resume, of the Lett Important but
Not Lata Interesting Eventa
of tho Paat Waak.
China threatens a boycott ou Japen.
llarrimnn is reaching after all pub
lic utilities in Chicago.
Peory lias arrived at Sydney, ". S.,
on the steamer Roosevelt.
San Francisco is going lnil with
plans fur a world's fair in 1913.
President Smith, of the Mormon
t'hutvh, lias been fined for polygatiny.
It is mid Piatt and lVpew w ill re
turn to the senate, defying public opin
ion .
The king of Greece while in Koine
was slighted by the other lUilkun
states.
Mayor Sehmitx, of San Francisco, de-
el ires the indictment against him is
the result of polities.
A prairie fire in Western Texas lias
caused the loss of several lives ami
great damage to farm property.
Policy holders in Herman insurance
companies who lost in the earthquake
will pool their claims in an attempt to
colleoct.
The town of Carlslnd, N. M., is
snowed in and is without fuel, Bacon
is being burned by many to keep from
f reeling.
The price of lumber has again lieen
raised $2 per thousand feet at San
Francisco. Shingles have also gone up
25 cents per thousand.
The president has started home from
Porto Rico.
Russian rebels have been denied an
ctsylum in Finland.
The New York Central railroad lias
aain been fined for rebating.
Three men are dead and others are
n:i;-ing as a result of the deep snow in
Texas.
Thirteen were killed by the collision
of the trails-Atlantic liners in the Eng
lish channel.
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, is
on his way bonus from Hamburg to face
the cliarges against him.
.Bryan anil Shaw were the principal
wp,akers at the third day's session of
the Trans-Mississippi congress.
Many vessels were wrecekd anil 2.'!
lives jare known to have lieen lost in a
severe storm on the Great lakes.
Federal authori i?s at San Francisco
are to investigate the alleged lumber
trast in Oregon and Washington.
The Monrm railroad has defied the
Interstatte Commerce commission and
will issue passes in payment for adver
tising. The mayors of several Kansas towns
sre being removed because of a deter
mination on their part to license liquor
joints.
Trains are snowbound in Kansas.
El Paso, Texas, is expreiencing the
coldest weather in 20 years.
General Shafter left no will. His
property is valued at $15,000.
The crown prince of Servia is en
raged at the charges of insanity.
All parties in Russia have joined in
campaign of abuse against Witte.
Great Britain is ready to lead in the
movement for reform in Congo State.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion is gathering evidence of rebates to
the grain trust.
Spain will join with Britain and
France in a naval demonstration
against Morocco.
The recent floods have caused a loss
of nearly a million dollars in the vicin
ity of Castle Rock.
France has barred American pork.
The new meat inspection rules violate
the old agreement.
The president has refused to rescind
Oie order discharging negro troops
without new evidence.
The downpour of rain continues in
tbe South. Much property has len
w recked and railroad traffic blocked.
T)r. Devine, who had charge of the
Red Cross relief work in San Francisco,
ays he does not believe there was any
graft.
Threatening letters have been sent to
the pope.
The king and queen of Denmark are
visiting the kaiser.
Jerome will ask for a special jury to
bear the case of H. K. Thaw.
HMOUN3 Of RELIEF FUHO
California Promotion Committaa li
tuta a Statamant.
San Francisco, Nov. 23. Owing to
the fact' that w ide publicity lias been
given to charge that $1,000,000 of the
relief fund contributed to San Fran
cisco lias lieeu diverted or stolon, and
owing to the further fact that those
who liav tent money to San Francisco
are entitled to a correct statement of
conditions, the California Promotion
committee has sent out the following
statement:
"More tlrnn $t!,000,000 contributed
to San Francisco came iu small ums,
ranging from 10 cent up to several
thousand dollars. These sums came
by mail and express, in all forms, from
postage stamps and currency to money
orders and hunk drafts. Of the entire
amount sent, but two sums went astray
one a packnsge of currency contain
ing $1,085.50 from Searchlight, sent to
the National Rank and Trust couipnuy,
of I .os Angeles, by express; the other a
package of $'.'00 sent by mail from IVal
timore. "The finance committee of the Citi
xons' Relief Committee of Forty, after
ward incorporated to liandle relief and
lied Crocs funds, consisting of 21 prom
inent business men of Sail ,Fmneiseo,
received all funds mid the hooks of this
committee were examined by General
Hates, a representative of the National
Red Cross society, sent from Washing
ton for that purpose, who declared
them kept under a system that guaran
teed their correctness.
"The Massachusetts Association for
the Relief of California sent a commit
tee to San Francisco to investigate the
methods of relief work. On its return
to Boston it made a reort, going into
de'ail and covering every nint in the
work of relief iu Sun Francisco. The
report of this committee resulted iu the
immediate forwarding of the Uilame of
the money in the hands of the Massa
chusetts organization.
"James 1. Hague, of the. New York
clumber of commerce committee fur
the relief of San Francisco, spent sev
eral weeks in San Francisco, investi
gating conditions. After his report
was made to the New York lxuly, funds
to the amount of $500,000, held by the
New York committee were ordered
turned over to the San Francisco relief
corporation."
RUSH JETTY WORK.
General Mackenzie's Recommends-
tiont for the Coming Season.
Washington, Nov. 2,'l. (leiioral
Mackenzie, chief of engineers, in his
estimates recently submitted to the
secretary of War, asks for onlv $1,000,
000 to continue work on the jettv at
the mouth of the Columbia river. In
his annual report, however, General
Mackenzie makes clear the necessity for
securing authority to expend an nddi
tiimal $1,450,000, which will ln ample
to carry the south jetty to completion.
In his reisirt tieneml Mai kenzie re
views the work that has been done at
the mouth of the Columbia und mints
out w hat remains to tie done before
the demands of comment! are met.
No appropriation is now needed for
improving the Columbia river Ijotween
Vancouver and the mouth of the Wil
lamette.
Work on The Illes-Celilo canal has
only just begun. In addition to money
already appropriated, $:t,5X),302 must
lie appropriated to complete this water
way. Only $750,000 has bMi asked
for for the ensuing year.
No estimate has ever lieen made of
the amount necessary to make the up
per Columbia and Snake rivers navi
gable the entire distance from Celilo
to Pittsburg Landing. Ten thousand
dollars is needed next year.
Frauds in Town Lot Sales.
Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 2.'!. A special
to the State Capital from Muskogee
says that W. I). Foiilke, special repre
sentative of President Roosevelt, has
commenced an investigation into the
alleged frauds in connection with Creek
Nation town lot sales. This investiga
tion was demanded by the National
Creek Council, which charges govern
ment officials with misappropriating
thousands of dollars. The lots were
appraised and sold by government ap
pointees. Mr. roulke has issued a cir
cular inviting testimony on the subject.
Gets $500,000 for Y. M. C. A.
San Francisco, Nov. 2.'t. Mr. Henry
J. McCoy, general secretary of the San
rrancisco Young Men s Christian asso
ciation, has just returned from New
York, where ho succeeded in securing
$500,000 for the rehabilitation of the
association in San Frnnia'sco. Of this
amount more than $150,000 was con
tributed in New York city. Morris K.
Jessup and John I). Rockefeller, Mrs.
W. K. Dodge, Cleveland If. Dodge. J.
V. Morgan, Mrs. Russell Sage and E.
S. Hurkucss being among the largest
givers.
Make Alcohol From Molasies.
Honolulu, Nov. 23. The Hawaiian
Planters' association is planning to
manufacture denatured alcohol from
the 14,000,000 gallons of molasses pro
duced annually, and for this purpose
will erect a distillery at Pearl harbor.
BIO WAGE ADVANCE
Several Large Industries Raise
Pay c! Employes.
STEEL TRUST LEADS MOVEMENT
Sixty Thousand Man AfTacted and
Will Add Millions to Annual
Payroll of Companies.
Chicago, Nov. 21. Sixty thousnn.l
employes of the great industrial and
railroad corporations were today grant
ed Increases in wages that will mid mil
lions to the annual un rolls. One of
the notable increases was that announ
ced by the I'nited States Steel corpora
tion, by which its 20,000 unskilled
workers mill receive1 an addition of 10
cents ier day to their wage after Jul
uary 1. This will add about $000,000
to the iyroll.
The New York Central firemen were
toilay granted an advance averaging lie
twoen tl and 7 ht cent as a result of
completion of the wage econference at
New York. The advance applies to all
the linis of the coninnv except the
ltivtou A AIImiiv and alTivts about
li.000 men. lly an adjustment of the
working hours firemen i n switch en
gines will hereafter have to work only
10 hours a day instead of 12.
The Calumet A Ilecla Mining com
pany announced at Calumet, Mich., to-
day, that, tiegiiiuiug January 1, the
wages of all its employes at the mines
and stamp mills would lie advanced 10
per cent. The action, which a fleet
U'tweon 5,000 ami tl.oooo men, was
taken voluntarily, the first intimation
U'ing given the employe when the no
tices were insted.
Ik'iiiining next Moudar, .10,000 cot
ton mill oeratius at Fall River,
Mass., w ill work under a new scale,
adding 10 per cent to their wages. The
agreement in this ease was forced on
the inuinger, by the operatives, who
had voted to strike unless the new scab
was adopted, and also by the fact that
M. C. I). Borden, an iiurtunt manu
facturer employing 6,000 hands, and
the Fall River Iron works mills had al
ready met the demands of the mill
linnds, and his net ion forced the other
mill iiLinager to yield.
Means Advance for 100,000.
Boston, Nov. 24. According toad
vices received from cotton mill centers
in Southern New I'ngland, an advance
of 10 -r cent in wages granted by the
Fall River manufacturers today to
their ."10,00 employes will a fleet nearly
100,000 operative iu Southeastern
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Fustern
Connecticut and several towns iu other
sections. It is undcrstiMxl, however,
the advance w ill not amount to 10 mt
cent except in lull River mi l several
small villages.
YEAH'S INCOME OF RAILROADS.
Increase of Nearly $97,000,000 In
Net Earnings.
Washington, Nov. 24. A prelimi
nary report of the Interstate Commerce
commission on the income account of
the railways of the United States for
the year ended June .'10 last contains
returns from companies operating 220,
020 miles of limn, or alsmt till -r cent
of the mileage that will lie covered in
the final nqsirt.
The total gross earnings of the roads
were $2, .'110,700, (C10, being equivalent
to $10,54.') mt mile. Passenger earn
ings were $01 8,555,9.14, or $2,811 per
mile, and freight earning $1,040,042,
802, or $7,458 jst mile. 'rating ex
ponsis were $l,512,103,15:, or $0,0li:i
K'r mile. The net earnings were
$787,507,877, Isdng $1,580 per mile
and nearly $07,000,000 more than the
corresponding amount of the previous
year. Incomes from other sources than
those of operation aggregated $132,024,-
0782.
The dividends paid amounted to
$220,400,508, and taxes $.18,!I03,2H8.
Lumber Is Made In North.
San Francisco, Nov. 24. United
States District Attorney Robert Devlin
said today regarding his investigation
of the so-called lumber trust: "All
the evidence I have gathered I have
transmitted to the attorney general at
Washington for consideration. The
greater portion of the lumber used in
San Francisco is manufactured in Ore
gon and Washington, ami the mills are
situated in these states. It is probable
that an investigation will be had in
those, states under direction of the
Washington authorities."
Government To Make Torpedoes.
Newport, It. I., Nov. 24. Arrange
ments aro reported for the establish
ment in this city of a government tor
pedo factory where all of this class of
explosives used in the United States
navy will be manufactured independent
of private concerns.
need bitter communication
Would Incraaaa Trade Between North
nd South America
Kansas City, Mo,, Nov, 21. Before
the Traus-Miiippl Commercial con
grena here last night, F.lihu Root, sec
retary of ato, delivered Ills second
wh In this city within two days.
Ilia speech was the (in tore of the first
day's session of the congress, which
convened yesterday morning. A on
Monday night, Mr. Root last night
dwelt xipon our relation with the
South American republic, telling of
hi recent trip through those roiintrie.
He said the time had come for the ex
pansion of trade Mween the countries
of the North and South that would re
sult In the ace(ut proierity of a
mighty commerce, lie declared that
the means of communication between
the countries must bo Improved and
increased and said the "woeful deficien
cy iu the means to carry on und enlarge
'our South American trade I but a part
of the general decline and foehlenow of
the American merchant marine."
The representative of Itolivia, Pern,
Colombia, Itrasil and Chile also spoke,
following Mr. Root's theme clondy,
telling of the possibilities of Investment
of American capital In their enterprise
mid dealing also with the political as
Hs't of the situation.
Mr. Root'omiuicralcd the many prac
tical thing which must ho done both
by the government and by individuals
U'foro the ioaccful proHrity of the
new commerce can U secured, l'tnlcr
lying all other considerations, however,
suid the scurctaiy, was the need for im
provement of the mean of communica
tion U'twccn the two countries. This,
ho said, affiH-t the mail, passenger and
freight service alike. The one and only
remedy for the woeful ilei'cl'-ncy exist
ing in present trade conditions is the
establishment of Anerlcan Unci of
stcamhiM U'tweon the doted Slutc
and the great ports of South America,
adequate to render fully as good service
as is now afforded by the F.uro'an
line U-tween there and Jthe porl ol
EuroM.
REBATES TAKEN.
Verdict of Guilty Found in Federal
Court In Nw York City.
New York, Nov. 21. The American
Sugar Refining company was found
guilty by a jury in the I'liited State
Circuit court today of accepting rebate
amounting to $2il,000 (mm the New
York Central railroad. The New Yurk
leniraiwas reeenuy loiinu guilty oi
giving rvotio-n lo me AilM-riiiill mtKlir
Refining company and fined $108,000.
Joseph II. Choate, formerly ambassa
dor to Great Britain, iu his argument
for the defense in today' trial, declared
that there wa no precedent in Amer
ican law for such an enormous s-nalty
as the statute against rebating provid
ed. It was necessary, he addi-d, to go
back several centuries in F.uulish law
to find an instance iu which the u pen
alty amounting to more than $100,000
had lcn inquired.
The defense offered no testimony.
After Judge Holt's charge the jury bs.k
the case and in accordance with the in
struction of the court, rendered a ver
dict of guilty. The jury was out an
hour und a half.'
OLD-AGE PENSIONS NEXT.
British Premier I'rormses Adoption
of German Idea.
Iindon, Nov. 21 .Replying lo the
deputation of iiicmlsT of the house of
commons from the LiU-ml and l.nlmr
parties, Premier Campldl-Banncrtnan
suid the matter of old age cnsious
would 1st taken up as soon as time and
money jicrmittcd. Old age icnsinii,
the premier said, Instead of supping
the independence und undermining
thrift, do just the opposite.
Speaking to the same delegation,
Chancellor of the F.xchequer Asquith
said there was nothing nearer his heart
than to be able to submit a financial
plan for such tensions. He favored
one altogether disassociated from the
poor-law, and assured the deputation
that the government considered the
question one of extreme urgency.
Will Investigate Welchers.
f Washington, Nov. 21 . Secretary
Mutcalf, of the department of Com
merce and Lalmr, has directed the com
missioner of corporations to make nn
investigation of the action of firn insur
ance companies in the settlement of
claims for losses resulting from the
earthquake and fire in San Pruncisco
and other places in California. George
K. Butler, of Ross, Cul., has la-en ap
pointed special agent to conduct this
investigation in California. Mr. But
ler, it was stated, has had an experience
of 38 years in the fire insurance, business.
Ten Below in Colorado,
Denver, Nov. 21. Temj oraturcs be
low zero are reported tislay in S nithern
Colorado and in the mountain regions
of the stato. One degree above zero is
the weather bureau's record in this
city, while Pueblo's official report is 8
below. 'The coldest point in the state
was Corona, on the summit of the
front range, where 10 degrees below ze
or is recorded.
TO IMPROVE RIVERS
National Congress To Be Asked
(or Fifty Millions.
WAR EXPENSES COST FAR MORE
Congreatmsn Ranidall, Chairman of
Rivers and Harbors Congress,
Makes Startling Statamant.
The Viiltcd State government ei
H'iuls 25 time more In indirectly fos
tering trade than In doing so directly.
In other words ltd government nla
$500,000,000 annually for war and it
effect, which are presumed to foster
trade, and but l!, 750,000 for the Im
provement of rivers and liarlr In thl
country a direct method of net only
(oxtering, but also creating and up
building trade. Thi I the cshciicp of
a startling statement made by Chair
man Ransdell, of the National River
and llarlsir innrges, iu a recent ad
dre before the Portland Chamber of
Commerce. He staled that the mil Ion.
al government annually exmd $Iili,.
000,000 for the navy, $im.uoo,tioo for
the army and $144,000,000 for -n-sinus.
Congressman Rausdidl U-lieve
that If the t'uitcd State can uflord to
exnd vast a um annually for wr,
it surely can muke at least sulwluiiliiil
appropriations (or the improvement of
the rivres and harbor. It bus liu
estimated that an appropriation of
$50,000,000 at the coming congressional
session w ill aid materially in improv
ing many of the present river and liar
Uir and oen other otht they mny
Uvotno navigable and Is' wluit at pre
e it they are only siiHsed to he the
mal I arterii- ol trade mid pructiml rale
rediu-ers, T do this the leading com
mercial organizations, and, In (act,
everyone interested in the welfare of
our country, is co-operating so that nil
forces may throw their Influences to.
gether and sis-nre this appropriation,
the cfhvt of which will necessarily bo
iiiestiiuuble.
Able men will head the Pacific
Northwest delegations lo the National
River and I larlior emigres which will
iiii-ct in Washintgon, . ('., n t, ml,
and 7th of Deci inls'r. The object of
those w ho coine this congress is to
secure n national appropriation of $50, .
oiiO.OOO (or the improvement ol
the
river and harlsirs o( llii country and
with the tremendous inlluciii-c of thi
siwerful oragniialioii there i no doubt
of success.
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS.
Speeches and Discussions Cover Wide
Ran, of Subjects.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 22. Sswh
es and dit-tiiission covering a wide range
of subject took up the time yesterday
of the three e.it,ii o( tlie'liuil -Mississippi
Coimni r ial congress. Im
prove,! waterways, insurance ami cur
rency reforms, the value of the Pan
ama en no 1 us u means of enlarging our
trade relation w ith the South Amer
ican republics, and the necessity of
closer relation ltweell the 1'nifed
State und those countries, the great
value lo the South of improved levee
and the resources and needs of Alaska
were some of the topics toiiehed iimiii.
The principal s-uker were J. K.
Ransdell, representative ill emigres
from Louisiana; W. D. Vandiver, su
H'riiilendeiit of insurance of Missouri;
Dr. W. S, Wissls, president of the Na
tional Rank of Commerce of Kansas
City; John Itarretl, I'nited Stales min
ister to Colombia; Minister Calderon,
of Bolivia; Minister Pardo, of Pern;
Minister Cortes, of Colombia ; Secre
tary Do A maral, of the llraziliau lega
tion at Washington; Ropresenlativo
Morris Shcppard, of Texarkanii, Tex.;
Jo in G. Itradv, of Huston, ex-governor
i f A'nski, and Major T. I. Clurksoii, of
Seattle.
Mr. Skeppard, who is credited with
Isuiig thA youngest uiemlsT of the na
tional house, made an earnest ilea for
the upbuilding of the levee system, mid
won warm applause (mm the delegates.
He U'gan by declaring the levee is ono
of the most important factors in Iho
economic growth of the United Stutes,
and nt many other coniitreis.
Ho took the various arguments urged
against levees, especially the claim
that they were an interference wifh tho
laws of nature, and showed that the ar
guments were without foundation. Ho
demonstrated that there was no real
conllict between irrigation projects and
lovoo enterprises, showing that they
wore the product of entirely different
geographical conditions und had a com
mon aim, the improvement of the pro
ductiveness of the soil.
Income Tax Law for Ohio.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 22. Governor
Harris slated toilay that ho would rec
ommend in his first mcssago to tho leg
islature the levying of a tax on incomes
by the stale of Ohio, if a way can lie
found to enact a law that will stand the
constitutional test. The governor also
fayors a re-enactment of the inheritance
tax law repealed by the legislature.
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