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Newspaper Page TextMIO, VIII VOL. LINN kOl NTY, OKEL.ON, !>E< EMHEK 1«, HMM NO. 25. T •t ïV.t? c i’ar.í/dm JZrxs oj Ftat»I *klp*oci THE SKIPTON STABLES WEEK’S DOINGS PUBLI8HED EVERY FRIDAY AT CO., I.INN «>(<>, trai Tomba«»« Good Turnout*. Prompt and Courteous Attention OMBUOM By T. L DUGGEI REASOMBLE RATES r •♦«»(» 4 atari Kn« vor th li * I »■ Albany Or. ALBANY (’OUSTER L USCH Mt Ki Hop A Churihlll. Prop«. Al BAM OKI <tON «' c H htyttil KKl VST A - J_| »n«iii (Jo To 1ÌM - ATTORNEYS AT LAW i.»4«lsk:.rl M iixi'l iikt jo M* -NTAM ft Only First Class Shop In Th» < tr ATTORNEY AT LAW Y I* t «xi Oftcv. M »«•< Jd MIMI Shampooing........... .25 ALBANY OkKOO ATTORNEYS AT LAW yjy irai M s ri»Ti.» a. i, m «• llatha...„....... »........ 'X-’i • • «il.ORtil; DAVIE PliSM’MIETOR J. J. Barnes & Son, General Blacksmiths and Wagonmakers oaroox At.RSIVV : Ws bu» our stick In large quantities and keep a full linn of carriage and wagon material. Al kirnia ! work-in .-ur line dori« on abort notice. DENTIST Belo 0 rtf on uno*\».M ¡ < c Shaving....... .. ........ »15 cent« flair Cutting ?.V «• c an 1 <■ •.. r aa4 rn»i»u Graduate Eclectic Medical College SCIO, OREGON 111* ORRtiOW ft l<> Scio State Bank Oregon Site Belo, Cragoa 0771:1X13 ................... T. . J Mraaraa W. A Ewtau J» SHELTON EEALESTATE BROKEH, J turtle» D « h a panera! banking and exchange bus neas. 1. U« made at current rates and drafts iasusd on principal citine. of th« feu« Houry Tubile Belo Cragea R. V. HRGEY —VIA— Southern Pacific Co SHASTA ED2T2 Trains leave West Scio fair Portland and way »tatiuua al l<> (5 a. m. la-avv All kinds of watch--«, ch«ks and jawalry ur Albany at 2.45 p m. prutupUy rs i aired I 30 p J- m. xaves Portland k 30 a m., 6.30 II 3B «> |' m. SCIO 0HX00H " Altane !'-' IO |- lo , il ( kaliland 12 S3 a. m., 11 11.30 JO a in ” Bacrainenlo 7 55 p m , M 55 a. tn M Ban Francisai 7 »1 A p. m , * 55 a CORNER SALOON Pullman ami Tourist cars on la th trams < l.air cars Bscramento to Og- 1en ami Fl l,a««., atei t«>un«t cars to Lhicago. St lawns. New Orleans and fine Wine», Liquor« and Cigar» W ««hlngton Connecting at San Franei-.o with eversi linea b>r Honolulu. J«|-«n, China ’hillpjclncs, Central and Kuulh Amer- Pure Liquor« for Medicinal Purpoara ca. TUCK I R A SAS ATM . Prop». Bee Mrs M E Won!namiee, agent at W est Kciu station, or achírese < <ive Us a Call SCIO ORI.GON Monday. December 3. OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST : short ssssc «of t b» 5«tb eongreas Newsy Items (wthend from All :n»t The st IS o’clock No bcutnaaa was » tranaaclrd in »itbar l<ou«r except lug Pdrts of the World. « » « » «■ « • «■ a-a »« a-a*«««* tbe usual routine work of opening clay DFVFLOPMFNI or LINN (Ol'NIY. IO OCAL IN FINE HORSEY. H- th bouses aciopUd reouluticois of roo- or INTEREST TO (HR READERN pact to tl>s lais Senators llosr, of Mae ■m hiisrlta. and Quay, of Penney Iranis, Object of tlub That Has Organlicu New Industry Opened In Pendleton General Review of Important Happen- ■nd ttieir adjournment was ■ futti.sr at Albany, by Frvrmer Fugene Man. mark of rvapret genio« Prv «enled in a Brie t end Albany Tom Richardson of the Pendleton —A C Ruby formerly of Portland Commercial Club, delivered Foigeiie, Ore . has purchased the Ore (onden«cd form. Tuesday. December ®. an Interesting and Instructive address gon feed yard of tbia city, amt pro before Albany's business men In the pose» to maintain a distributing depot Prvsi.iant's mesaags read. The Rough Rider» will have a place tlrand <>p«ra house Mr Richardson for Imported horwea He ba« at hla es of honor In the inaugural |>aiade. A num bat of rsaolutcm« hava t«*n displayed a thorough knowledge of tablishment 37 horses and ait jack a«ac« The horses are Perrherona. A Cbir.ee- capitalist dev I «re* that he Introduced tn th» b.Miaa looking to a methods of municipal and state de». I French draft Belgian shire and roach opment. and gave ■ lucid explanation change tn tbe tai iff laws. kn»w« Port Arthur ha» pr<nisions fur of the essentials of success in a com stallions Every horse waa sole« tex! by The prsai.leot aeut a large numiwr of three months. mercial organisation and the address him In Europe and ahlppt-d to thia appointments ami nominations lot pro ■ aa productive of result« country from Germany and France Of tba 100 lore-motive« ordered for motion in tba army and navy U> th» Al the close of his talk Mr Richard Th. animals are ot the gentlest dlapo th« Harriman Imo. 50 are fur the sonata. arm took charge of th« organliation of altlona Mr Ruby not purc-haalng any Southern PaclAc. A bill baa l«vn intr .luced in the a local commercial body for the dcvel that ahowevi algna of III temper The animals will be kept at Pendle Imwte has |«id th» last installment senate providing a panst.m >f (15 a opment of Albany and Un» count, A on bi« dchte arid Zion City is again on month for tba widows of Coion sol- number of people pledged (5 per ton and aa the occaalcvn -oqulr.-w, dis month for the support of a puah dub tributed over Oregon and Washington ■ a><irid financial basis. Itc-r t, lailors and manna*. other» »mailer turns, and a committee Tho Mc'l-augblln Hroa. ot Cincinnati. I -n h. r.- The Russian battleship Hovastopol st of BwrtMM men wa» apiM.int.d by - * .......... ' ' ■ -'.e! »5 V ‘ Pott Arthur baa not liven tank am! 1« Mayor Davla to take charge of the or tut Anally decided Upon Ogden. I'tah Vrdnc«day. Oct ember 7, Mr Ruby will either purchase real ganitatlon work and »«cure a member adopting defensive measures. 1 he legislative, »«cx'tlive and judi ship sufficiently large to establish the .fence property or build and remove The Japanese have turne.1 their in c ial spptojitialioc bill, carrying (. «, club on a good financial baala. his family to this place, where he wlll tention to Golden Hill fortress and «3» 709, was re,sorted to the bouse to- It la the purpose of the organisation hav» permanent headquarters This station meana much to eastern sum damage has lwx-n inflected d*v This iS ("46 I'*« leas than tl « es to advertise the county and pla<c men Oregon and Washington not only for A dispatch from Mukden say» the tiwiste and (236,HH| more than Ih» In the Held to work for the develop the convenleme of it but for the ment of l.lnn county's great resource« Japstievr li*ve 'Iriveii !' . I; i-»i«r.» -n c nrtenl appropriation It was unanimously de< Ided to Join the material Improvement that wlll be Platt, of New York, eansad a et ir in Oregon Development League and co I made in the horses. Cntll the last few t!. r gbl bonk oi tbs H ward. the senate bv urtnslem ing a bill pro- operate with that body in the develop years iittle ailration to the breed» of t iding tor a redm lion of the congees ment of Oregon The organization l.orwes was given Of late years price« The pteaidenl ha" sent the nomlna- sional rrprewentatl'in of the soul hern lomrnlttee waa authorised to find a 'have Increased until It pays handsome tioU of C P. Neill tn am Cred Wright as I ly to raise a grade of horses that com states, on the ground that many ot the name for the club and nominate offi cotnmlMhinar ot Islcor to the «mate for eiticena <1 the««.« «tale« ary deprived d cers. the nominations to be ratin.'.l at mand the highest prices In eastern cun fl r mat ion. The day of the rayuse I» the next meeting when organisation markets the right to vote. past and the farmers have learned wlll be perfected. 1 I - v , ........... ' Senator Hale introduced a bill to re Mr Hl< bardaon was given Io bow much more work can be expected treaty has lieen signed b Secretary Hay quire the employment of vessel» of the formal reception at the al ifioin .v hor«.- of ge«"l Ilir than from a ■ nd the I’-riliih aml>a»oad'>r. It is ex i small caj no' fnitext Stales in the transportation by tbe adjournment of the [xx t -I that the Italian treaty will 1» sea of all «u|>plles of every description Not only are the farmers demanding ready soon. good horses, but are raising mules Oil spaila Water Supply. for use of the Panama canal commis • - . ownod by Mr Ruby are Halcm —Earmera from the Waldo A R um is > captain has lean uriestad • ion or the contractors in tbe construc Hills report oil discoveries In the vl- from Missouri, and are much sought tion ol the I’snama canal. for ctituisii g the admiralty. > ■ eliaco» after by breeders Henator Motgan, of AlalancS. de ' • : 1-v Itlc. Ill , u he (« i.i-t Washington has four aspirants tor ■ elates be will opp -sc to his u most Many wells have been abandoned be- th, '. : flah c ii.:i . ' r To Dorr for Artesian Water. the projxMw-d change in the I'anama . . « .1' • : ,' it. I . ■ ■ S Baker City Manager Vinson, of The KnHbern »tales are flooding ■ anal from a lock to a sea le vel canal effort baa been made to sink a deep the Emma mine six miles cast of the Rou*aa«|| «lib Inv HaJ m lie «ays it is a scheme ol the trans well for the purpose of determining city, has cloned a contract with C A l ham. continental railways to delay the con whether oil can tie found In paying Fredericks of Hpokanv to bore for quantities. Izxal capitalists arranged water on tits property Mr Fredericks The remains of Kroger, the ex-presi •truction of an isthmian waterway. last fnll to sink a well as deep as has the most extensive boring appa dent of tba Tiauavaal, have arrived al might be necessary, provided the farm ratus ever brought to Kas'crn Orem"» Pretoria. Thursday, Dcvctnbcr 5. era would Bond their property agree It having a caparlty for tconng 50C.'t ing to sell their oil on a percentage fret «ro-r<- »k .' . • • The contract with Mr t’lnson The M-i.at,- bold only a «1. -rt «.wsi'on ba«is Many farmers would not agree calls for 3000 feet or less, boring to tbe Blial ke river in which the Rua- and adjoined until Monday. : ' ?• i ■ • ' cease whenever a »eifllclent flow ■isns were defeated. An attempt to secure consideration cults of experiment» conducted bv Hr <|oea not ex A Japanese cruiser struck a mine at of the pine food law by Manator Hey others, and as a consequence the well ■ pee t water under 500 feet The work digging enterprise waa abandoned. the entrance to the Port Arthur hsrlsir burn was defeated. I will be commenced at once Mr Ered ■ nd sunk. Of tbe crew • niy 39 were .-ricks also has a contract to Icote for Tillman brought the caae of William Willamette Tlahway tompleled irteslan hot wntor for the Hol Springs lost. l>. Crum, the coloied man nominated Salem The new flshway over the * N'utatorlum Company of this city Tb»- C., Into A ninni»! of prominent Rtnwian otti- for collector at Charlerton, falls at Oregon City has been com I hot springs of lhe company are within dal» have resigned on the < rar declar ptomineme by asking lor a report from plet.-d at a coat of (.*973 50 and En the city limits ing he will stand by the new miniate) (be committee on judic ary ■■ to the glneer J W Moffatt reported that fact •talus of rsceaa appointments. of tbs interior. to the state Elah Commission Imlay Fewer (allk Fed Than Usual In the house tbe ci»il •etiice com Th<. engineer egpreaaaa his confident » Twenty years ago. when both we re Ec l.o five hundred head of cattle that the flahway will make It prac stationed at Paris, (ienersI Kuropatkin mission wa« «ttackiMl liecatitfe ol a pro ti< able for »»Inion and other fish to ar< l>< tug fed In the Immediate vicinity and General Terucbi, now Japanese jHMieil increase of 23 employes to con ascend the Willamette river In re of Kcho Thl» is a small number com minuter of war, no t «ml Io c ame la«t •titute the rural eiamining lx«rd. porting the work at the several fi»h pared with wbat ar<* usually wintered The pay of stenographers to the bouae halt Iterlex M ister Fl-h Warden II <i a. thin place and la occasioned by the friends. On lhe e»e of the prewent war an exchange of avoids a« presents look ommilteea haa l»-en reduced fr- ui (5,- Van Ihtseii aays that «.«50 000 Chinook cxtrem’iy low prices paid for beef txx) to (3,000 pel annum. and 3.«<«.000 »llverwlde eggs have bec-n As large lietda are herded upon small place between them. alfalfa field", the pasturage affurde.1 A proposition to increase the salary taken at the South Coos river hatt h la eat. n close and hay feeding tiegins Tbe first »now of tbe sra»< n baa tall ery, while 2.CO7.OOO Chln<»>k ami 1 of the atcrelary ol the civil service tattle rn in Eas.etn Oregon. (too not) Sllveralde egg» have been about th.) 1st of November comm salon waa defeated. taken at Yaqulna The»e result» ate ratsera are hoping for higher price» Bt. Petersburg aulbwities dt ny that the coming season, believing that the ct tialdered very satisfactory visitors to i.. 1905 fair will consume a famine exists in Southern Russia. Friday, December It. a great muount and bring up prices ImprovrmcnK at Hood River. The torpodo boats at Pott Arthur Several small shlpmenls have been The botiar pa seed the legislative, ex- have not lawn sunk, ami they may try Hood River—It la estimated that made already this fall and the highest r< trttva and judicial appropriation hill to escape. price ec«*lv«"d la (I 35 per cwt live almost a« it cams from the committee tha O. HAN Co Is expending (lo mxi It is repotted that the e tar I as order ami adjourned until Monday in Improvements to the depot grounds Weight. ed the Baltic rtevt n it to pro.xcl to tbe Throughout the aeesion today the und track yards at thia point The pas Ru«h to Grow Hop«. Far East. policy of retrenchment held full «way, •eiiger depot la being remodeled and Independence Hop price« the pa« I Secretary Hay will ask c < ngtraa to and all attempts to im reaae «slattea ,-nlarged. and a freight depot and two years have cauiurd a great demand warehouse has been erected three Incraa* the »alaries of a number of failed. for any and all land adapted to the diplomata. The houae |«a»rd a resolution to ad blocks west of the present location raising of that lucrative crop Hop The facilities for handling freight at Govern >r e t D >ug)a« will appoint journ December 21 until January 4 for this point have afforded very poor «' land haa doubled and trebled In value In Ho- RMt year River txMtom land In General Miles aa adjutant general cd the usual Christmas holiday. | e ommodatlona for tbe last three years, this Immediate vicinity haa long been and the Improvements now being made lhe Maaachuaelta militia. reo>gnlled as rhe best hop producing Monday, Pct ember 12. are a source of satisfaction to the ship land In the valleji, but never In the his- The School ■ al mine, near Peotia, ping Interests The senate committee on pt Ivi leg.-s ! tory of the town has IhAe l>evn such a llitiois, is on tire. There were 100 demand for It Those already owning men al work at inc time lhe tian es and elections has taken up the Smoot Golden (harlot Buy« Plant. i yards are putting out more, and there were discovered, but all en-aped. The case. Three wltne ers were examined Mln Sumpter Golden Chariot Gold I are many w ho will put all their efforts «nd srveral new points brought out. propetly lows «HI t*e heavy. Ing Company ha» purchased of the in hop 'alslng th« next year who know Senator Stewart has introduce-! a bill The bouse committee > n river« ml ami pructlcall) nothing about the work to raise the salary of the president to Golden Wlxard ita hoist, pump« harl.tr« baa decided to sen I for - -m.- of The latter plant haa (100.000 ■ year, of the vice president milling plant Will Nc 1 Fnler Albany tbe district engineers, a» they dee ire to ■nd s|»-«kvr of the house tu (20,000 never been operated aa the Golden Tele Allmny—The Independent heat from them oil the i,ee.|a ol livers rath, «nd each senator, representative Wlxard. since Its purchaser haa decld and hatbora in their r«wf>eet>ve dis- I phone Company wlll not put In a sya «nd delegate to (10,000. It la provi el ,-d on other plana The two properties Itkte. that the bill «ball take effect March 4, are about nine miles apart, and the ¡teta at Albany, aa Intended The com work of hauling the machinery to the pany will operate in only a few Oregon Many shells sent to (lie Russians at IMP, Golden Chariot will commence as soon towns the coming year, and aa some Mukden have proved defective The house j-sswr--! a bill Io give the as possible Two large boilers are other towns offer better opportunities A son ol teenaial Nogi was killed in agricultural départaient control over also Included In the consignment : tn the franchise» than did Allmny the the attack on 203 M.-ter hill at Pori forest reeervea. j.ompany wlll allow the franchise (lalm I'umpcra Busy. ■ Arthur. The srnate di>co«sed the pure food given them by this city to lapse The Grants Paas —Claim Jumper» r«»n Paelfle States Company Is preparing to Tbe JapatMMie have stink all líe Rua- •ml Philippine government billa. tlnue to do their work In the Sucker make a number of Improvements In elan lattle«hi|W and cruiser« at Port Creek district A claim owned by their Albany exchange thia winter. Sen «at Ion In Panama Mailers. Arthur. Sheriff Usto, of thia city, ha« recently Washington, l>sc 10.—Representa been jumped and aa the claim la Japan has signiflcd I.er willirgnrse tive Khacklrford. ol Missouri, who baa valued quite highly hy the Sheriff and COMING EVENTS. to parlici|<at« in a second Haye peace a lesolution In the house tailing lot an has had two years' assessment work Inland Empire Sunday Bchool Instl conference. invest¡gaUon of the Panama railroad done utHHi It. Mr Lewis Is anything lute, Pendleton. Ore January 3° but pleased over the usurpation of his company a<i|Uire«l by the United Mates So far in the Far Eastern «ar Rus Oregon State Dairymen's Assorts right and has gone to discuss V>e mat sia haa lost 33 »ar»hi|« <d all claaeea government, is determined to fore ter at close range with the Intruder Hon. Portland December 20-11. through an investigation, il it can be and the Japamoe lour. Oregon State Horticultural Society. done. Fiten is ss» ha is collecting avi- Phone Line for Farmer». Portland. January 10-11 Rooeetelt haa abandoned the Idea of .lenes to show Hist a member of the Chemawa —Chemawa la to Ire the National American Woman Suffrage a •)«■< ial sessi n of rongr<*s in the canal commission *«• a mrmloi of the center of a rural telephone line, to be Association Portland. June 22 2*. BpMng to consider tarif! rr • i«i >n. railroad company ft is understood establlshXd at once Fifteen farmers Ixwls and Clark Centennial Eipoal A bill will I* introduced in congress that rotto- sensational charges will be In the vicinity of Chemawa met last lion. Portland. June 10ctober 15. lo ron nee t the canal tone -u the isth- made in demanding a reorganisation of evening at the residence of Frank Beatty «net formed an Independent the pres ent canal nmuninl'«. mua with the United States by cable. Sell Land Near Helix. rural company Material has been or Pendleton - William Kupera and I-. drrrcl for the line and will tie here In Secretary Khaw will urge contres» to Good Road« Bill lx Reported. about three weeks The central off!' ♦ C. Bhrwder farmers residing near increase the appropriation for the Ta- W ashington, Dee. 10 —«enatur fall* wlll tie established al Chemawa. Helix have ril-poaed of three quarter ¡coma public building from (400 000 to mer, from the committee n eg-, icul ure sectinn« of land t« Joseph Reivers of («00,000. that Io allty for |at>00 a quarter Mr Setting Sugar Plant Stork. and forrafty, today reported favorably Milton —Robert K Frailer of thia Kupera. who s<»ld one of the sect Iona Tba handwriting rxpert« in the Iter ■ on the hill known a« the I a’imer good It ramea an appropri.lion place 1« In Portland selling stock of and Bhrneder. w*-<> erdd two. have pur ver election fraud» found «-vider.ee» ol !(<«'!« loll chased Ian 1 nei r Net Perce, paying ol (24 )« <■ <W*> to be avallai a in il rea the Mexican National Sugar Refining |<500 and (54-00 a section : repeating for both the f>am<crat.c and Company, of whl-h he Is a mcmlx-r annual Installments of (fi,00B,<XX> eecb : Republican ti< k»te, for toad building in the stale«. Under The company will dispose of (250 tWO lrrlaallon Work worth of preferred »tor k In order to In his Senator Mitchell has a light on th« provisions of the bill «tales are to The mm are building Milton—Workmen I hands to secure the chanmanship >f the -Io the work and ¡«y one half ol the stall a sugar refining plant of Milton pany Is composed largely tinm«-« for the Flnla Irrigation ditch canal committee, made vacant by the cost, the national governmtnt ; -ay Ing and Walla Walla capitalists which will water a tiody of lan<| near death ot Hanna. The stand be took tf>» other half. | the Hudson Bay »octIon Many other for the Nicaraguan tout» two years ago Mohair Show January 10-20. flumea are being built under the rail la the cause. Dallas The committee of- arrange road at different polnta. and an Im Wlll Prcvrnt Runnlng Bkxhade. llerlin. Use. 10. — Accordine lo s dis merit» for the Polk County Mohair A» men»« territory hitherto bare will tie Liberal appropriations f t Coin tabla aoi'latlon appointed to arrange for the put under cultivation n»xt season patch front Tokio lo thè Dibai Anaeig- river j«dty are assurrd. fair, haa named January 19 and 20 aa «r. thè plscing'of Laavy tannon on 203- the time for holding the fair at Dallaa Russians have I.at 3.000 men trying Northwest Vhrat Merkels. Melar hill Will anobi» thè Japsnees to Thia , „„ la primarily prl„arl„ . ---- poul a goat .... fair but to retake 2C3-M.ter hill. Portland—Walla Walla, 53c; blue- Ore r>n and sink junk« ami other craft ,ry Bn<j (heep wlll eleo be an Interest- Entrici are at»m. HAc; valley, **Se. C <>o» count» will Spend 1100,00 on bringing supplirà for Fort Arth ur from |nB feature of thè show Tacoma—Bluest am, bl»c; elub, 5Ac. 1 Cbeiuo. open to all Oregon. Lewie ami Clark fair exhibit. ot AG PRILL M D T»l«jh5at ZzibiaecVs 11. ÍXHNüS IN (ONbRENN. W. E. COMAN, 0. I’. A., 1‘ortlaiul, Ure I ■ t argem vote ro« prfnidcni Roosevelt Defeated Parker by a M«. jority of 2.34U.IDU Vote». New York. I've 14—Th« Tlm-va Co n row will say A canvass by llie Tenos of tbs popular vote st th« lack l-rrsidentlai »le. I n. complete except a« lo eie county In Trnrwaaee, and I exit conati«« In Michigan, w baia sa tima Isa are giveo, shows that Präsident R<»ias- veil defeated Judge Park»t by 3,604,. D'K. II» pol.ad the largest ved» star given a ¡ resident of the I'nltsd btatss, *,»>40,560. This la mors than 400,(MX) In »sesea ol ths vote cast for M. Kinlsy In HMM) lhe ■ rb ial tig irer lor Missouri show that Roosevelt carried that slate by 25,000. In Maryland one Republican »lector reeeivrd the Isigeet vote, but lit« cul- leagues wara defeated. Tice Iwmocrata I Maryland, Iheretois, will have seven « te« In the electoral college, ahíla tha Republicans will have only one A comparison with the vote table ut IPcHJ shows a marked change In tha Moeialiet vote, 1M>», the candidate ot the party that tear waa also thia »ear's candidats, ami his vote «hows an In- o»..- of more than 30. M atron, tha I’ pnlist candidate, ran strongest in bls own «tate, tieorgia, where h* received 22 635 vote« II« rseaivad moat of his vote « In the w uth ami West, but only ota vote wa« cask for him In Booth Calcili ns Ths alec total vote will la to loi I'arker IIUTGON HAS A GtHID rRIFND. Appropriation tor Fair Puc Io Influ ence of lhe President. Washington. I've It.—Oreg, n ha« ras«-n to congratulate Ho It on having secured tin- appropriation foi ita sipo- silion at the last session of congress. It now appears that the 1175,000 «p- pr priated lor g »eminent paikicipa. ti ri tn lbs Lewie si d Clstk lair is lbs last money that congres« will »»pend lor i xpiwitioii« for many years to come. Th« action ol the bouse <->mmlltee on e a |» writ I ons In flatly refusing to make any appropriation whatever for the Jamestown eipuwltion is an Indica tion that - egteae baa bad enough, an I ha» ttnsl- res. bed lbs stag.- where It will put its foot down Had it not lw-en for the Interest i’lrsident Risiee- «»It took tn the Oregon enterprise and |.,r the inibirne« which he «»■ •rt»l in b diali ol tbs lewis an-l Clark appropriation bill Oregon would ba»« suflercl lbs same blow that lias liven dealt to Jan .-atuwn. B CongrvM was just a« much opposed to ei) osillon appropt istlona a tear ago as it 1« now nut Otegon had a friend at < "Ort. ami the only friend who could lie of real servica. ASB ro» FULL AMOUNT. Oregon Senator« Assured Support . of River and Harbor tommlHcc, Washington. De. 11 Henatora Mitchell «nd Fulton have united in a li tter to Chairman Burton of the Ri» era and Harbors Committee, strongly urging that liberal appropriation« be made for the Columbia river and other Oregon waterways. They point oul the necessity for securing at thia sea- ■lun i-nough money to complete the Jetty at th-- mouth of the Columbia. -• for (I ........... They urge th« appropriation of the full amount« rec ommended by Major laingfltt for the I fallow t 'elllo « anal and all other pro ject« In whl< h Oregon la Interested Thia letter la filed to back up argu ni>nt« which the Henatora have made orally t>> Chairman Ihrrton and to Rcp- r< •"■ntutlvo Jone», of Washington, who 1« on the i-ommlltre Burton and Jone« »how great friendliness toward the Columbia and give aaaurane« which leads to th»* belief that ade quate amounts will be appropriated. Sultan (hangex HI* Mind. I «radon. Pec II The Constantino ple correspondent of the Standard tel .-graph« as follows Charlrw It Klint, of New York. while here had an Inter view with the Sultan's secretary. Who declined to entertain a suggestion looking to the purchase of Argentine warships Mr Hint left on board a t • Baty M Aft.-r hta departure Palace Minister» sought him everywhere and finally telegram« were sent to Smyrna offering him awb- ■tantlal pecuniary Inducements to re turn on business connected with the sale of ships. RctKIcxx Taroci Prat Ike. London Dec 14 Captain Milla, of the American Une steamer Fhlladel- phi« haa ordered « protest «gainst re< kit -1 target practice carried on off Plymouth He says that aa h" ap pro«' hed the harbor with nearly 1000 passenger« on board. their safety waa endangered by a gunboat which per slated In firing even after the patrol launch apprised the gunboat of the liner • approach Captain Mill« adda that he was obliged twice to «top «nd go full «peed astern to avoid dlsaatrr Itro Vrathrr In Manr hurls. General Kuroki's Headquarter» In the Field Dec 14 The army haa had It« first taate of the real quality of a Manchurian winter the past week Last night the thermometer fell to six degrees below aero, Fahrenheit. Tha days are cold also but sunshine and the absence of severe winds makes life tolerable The hills are covered with snow, which on the plain la one Inch In depth. All streams are thickly frosen. snow ratling In New Yorfc. New York. Dee. Ik.—A »now storm,• anompenied by a high wind, descend ed upon Sew York early today and etili continues. Nearly two inches has fallen Traffic In the city has not l*en aeri >usly Impeded, hot craft of all kl ids lieve Leon delayed.