THE HEPPNER TIMES
Published Every Thursday.
HEPPNER OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DA
Comprehensive Review of the Import
nt Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form. Most
Likely te Prove Interesting;.
An epidemic of diphtheria at Stan
ford university has put 12 in the hos
pital. Tope Pius is trying to secure more
cordial lelationa between France and
the church.
The British consul finds the outrages
in Congo Free States fully equal to the
first reports.
The wages of something like 14,000
miners at Birmingham, Ala., have
been reduced.
More ere litors of Dowie have come
to hisr escue and it is thought he will
yet come oat all right.
Secretary Hitchcock refuses to rein
state Asa B. Thomas as receiver of the
La Grande, Oregon, land office.
Senator Foster, of Washington, has
introduced a lill giving the Puyallup
Indians the right to sell or lease their
lands.
Speaker Cannon gave the best house
committeeships to old members, and
Oreogn got only minor positions.
Washington fared but little better.
Edward L. Wentz, the young Phila
delphia millionaire, who has been
missing since last October, has been
found in a demented condition wander
ing in the mountains of Tennessee.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Cripple Creek, Colo.
An international administration is
proposed for Macedonia.
Herbert Spencer, the famous writer,
is seriously ill in London.
Seven large creditors of Dowie oppose
the move to declare him bankrupt.
Ex-Congressman William M. Spring
er, of Illinois, and a Democratic leader,
is dead.
The simplest solution to The Dalles
canal right-of-way muddle appears to
be purchase by the state of Oregon.
In his annual report Secretary
Moody strongly urges a general staff for
the navy, similar to that at the head
of the army.
A forest fire which is raging in the
mountains northeast of San Bernar
dino, Cat., has already destroyed about
6,000,000 feet of sawed lumber and
other property and ib not yet extin
guished. The loss will reach at least
$100,000.
The submarine boat Pixie has
stranded on the Virginia coast..
A union of women's clubs has been
formed to oust Senator Smoot.
Emil Roeski, one of the Chicago ban
dits recently arrested, will plead hyp
notism. The two Chilean warships supposed
to have been sold to Japan were pur
chased by England.
Six hundred coolies sailed for China
from San Francisco on the steamer
Lothian a few days ago.
Japan has demanded an answer from
Russia to the former's latest note on
the Manchurian question.
An ex-Cuban official tells the senate
committee that General Wood changed
laws to meet his own ends.
The British cruiser Flora is ashore
on Vancouver island and there is danger
of her being a total wreck.
Although a number of Western sen
ators desire to see Secretary Hitchcotk
removed, President Roosevelt will not
ask him to go.
Dowie will be forced to take the stand
and give the standing of Zion City.
It is claimed his wife took $7,000,000
worth of securities with her to Aus
tralia. Dowie, the Zionist leader, has been
forced into bankruptcy.
The United States stands ready to
tender its good offices to effect a settle'
merit In-tween Colombia and the new
repubilc.
The Philippine exhibit at the St.
Louis fair will be an exposition within
an exposition. Forty acres are reserved
for the islands snd every one who has
seen articles' from that island expresses
admiration at the richness of the ex
hibits sent.
The accession of Panama from Co
lombia is re-echoed in Venezuela and
Guiana, according to a dispatch from
Port of Spain, Trinidad. It is asserted
by one Venezuelan that the opposition
party in Cindad Bolivar contemplated
imitating Panumans and seceding from
Venezuela.
Germany has recognized the new re
public of Panama.
Hotheads at Cartegena would assass
inate the American consul.
Senator Mitchell will call up the
1905 fair bill early this month.
Snow is general in Great Britain ami
all Europe has suffered from a great
storm.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says
credit for favorable balahce it due the
fanners.
The federal grand jury has charged
the Hawaiian legislature with gross
corruption.
General Brooke lias charged General
Wood with Insubordination before the
senate committe.e
PLAN A REVOLT.
New Government ol Panama Finds Trait
ore In Its Own Camp.
Colon, Doc. 8. Through a letter the
Panama government has discovered
what is alleged to have been a idot
against the life of General Huertas,
commander in chief of the forces of the
republic of Panama, and an effort on
the part of a few armv officers to per
suade the garrison at Panama to revolt.
If such a plot really existed, it was
promptly nipped in the bud by the ap
prehension this morning at Panama of
four alleged conspirators, who were im
mediately brought under t.iard to Col
on and shipped hence to Port Limon.
The prisoners were all born m the in
terior of Colombia, and have been upon
the isthmus for yeais. They were
members of the Colombian battalion,
which gave its support to the new gov
ernment when the republic was formed,
and which was commanded by General
Huertas. They all took the oath of
allegiance to the new republic and con
tinued to serve in the army.
One of them is a colonel named Fer
rol, two are majors, and the fourth is
the adjutant of General Huertas.
They declare the charge that they were
engaged in a conspiracy is the work of
personal enemies, and that some Co
lombian who was deported from the
isthmus immediately after the estab
lishment of the republic sent a letter
from Port Limon addressed to Colonel
Ferrol. The communication was writ
ten in terms implicating them in such
a plot. At the same time, they say,
the writer advised some of the otlk ials
at Panama to secure and read the letter
addressed to Colonel Ferrol before it
was delivered to him.
BILL GOES OVER.
Compromise Has Been Reached on Ship
Subsidy Matter.
Washington, Dec. 8. The Post yes
terday said:
A compromise has been reached be
tween the friends and the opponents of
the proposed ship subsidy bill and no
effort was made to pass that measure
during the life of the Fifty-eighth con
gress. The compromise contemplates legis
lation that shall provide for the ap
pointment, by the president, of a non
partisan commission, whose duty it
shall be to make a full and complete
investigation on every phase of the sub
sidy question, and submit its report to
the Fifty-ninth congress at an earlv
date in the first session.
The commission, as proposed, will
consist of five members, to be chosen
from capable men who are not members
of either house of congress, who shall
be appointed for a period of two years,
and have an annual salary of $5,000
each, while an appropriation of $25,
000 annually for the general and cleri
cal expenses of the commission will be
made.
It will be the duty of the commission
to make a general investigation of the
entire subject of merchant marine inter
ests, foreign markets and prices, as
well as everything pertaining to Amer
ican commerce and navigation. The
commission will also be charged with
the duty of suggesting aids for the ex
tension of foreign markets for Ameri
can products and with the examination
into the increase or decrease of foreign
markets for such products during the
last 10 or 20 years.
CENSOR FOR NEWS.
Colorado Militia Win Scan All Reports
on Strikes.
Cripple Creek, .Colo., Dec. 8. The
declaration of martial law has paia
lyzed all business in this city. Heav
ily armed pickets of the National Guard
are stationed on all street corners, and
many residents of the city do not ven
ture upon the streets. Provost Marsh
al Thomas E. McClelland is occupying
the mayor's office. He has caused the
arrest of several persons, but no import
ant arrests have yet been made. The
Western Federation of Miners is pre
paring, through its attorneys, to make
a vigorous fight against the martial law
and in favor of its members who are
now confined in the different jails and
bullpens.
Major Naylor, commanding officer in
the absence of Colonel Verdeekberg,
stated today that a news censor from
Denver would arrive in the district and
be in charge of all news to be pub
lished in the future.
China Fears British Advance.
IVkin, Dec. 8. Prince Clung contin
ues optimistic on the subject of the res
toration of Manchuria. He tells the
officials here that the czar favors its
evacuation, and although Admiral Al
exieff desires its annexation, the czar,
according to Prince Ching, will over
rule him. Ching, with other Chinese
officials, is apprehensive of the re
sults of the British advance in Thibet.
The native press fears it is a step to
ws rd partition to which the other pow
ers may imitate. Reports from Mukden
say many Russians are settling there.
New Cruiser Goes Over Limit.
Boston, Pec. 8. In her official trial
over the Cape Ann course today the
new cruiser Dcs Moines exceeded her
contract requirement of Hi. 5 knots an
hour in speed, making an average of
10.(133 knots per hour. It is thought
the total correction will not materially
change these figures. Next to speed,
the noticeable feature of the. trial was
the remarkable steadiness of the ship.
The conditions of the trial were favora-
I ble on the whole.
Wireless Telegraph Plant a Success.
New London, Conn , Dec. 8. A suc
cessful test of the new wireless tele
graph plant, installed by the United
States government at Fisher'e island,
was made today. The system will lie
used in Alaska for the government service.
HAPPENINGS HERO IN OREGON
SCHOOL FUNDS IN DEMAND.
Borrowers Turn to State When Market
Begins to Tighten.
Salem The indications of a slowly
tightening money market are tending
to increase the demands for loans from
the state school funds. The state loan
board last week approved applications
for loans to the amount of $00,315.
Earlier in the month applications were
approved to the amount of $30,000,
making a total of about $100,000 put
out in loans during November.
The demand for school fund loans
may be accounted for by two circum
stances. The state is lending at as low
a rate of interest as can be secured any
where, and in case of hard times the
state will not be forced to call in its
money. An applicant a few days ago
wanted to borrow money from the
school fund in order to transfer his
loan. He then hsd money from a pri
vate capitalsit st 6 per cent. In stat
ing his reason for wanting to change
the loan, he said he thought' it possible
that there might be a stringency in the
money market within the next year or
two and he was afraid his creditor
might need the money. He knew that
the state would not need the money
and that his loan from the school fund
could stand as long as the security re
mained good and the interest was kept
paid up.
The rate of interest charged by the
state is 6 per cent. The security re
quired by the state is greater than that
generally required by private capital
ists, so that many find it inconvenient
to borrow from the school fund. On
November 1 the state had $2,778,100
loaned out on mortgage security and
$03,000 on school bonds, or a total of
$2,841,700.
Every dollar of this is loaned on se
curity that is perfectly safe. On the
first of the month there was cash in
the school fund to the amount of $045,
482.89. Since that time some loans
have been paid and $100,000 more has
been loaned out.
GET TIMBER CHEAP.
Rich Tract Near Bend Qoes to an East
Concern. r Salem One of the largest deeds ever
executed by the state land board was
issued a few days ago when 15,853
acres of land were conveyed by a single
instrument to the A. J. Dwyer pine
land company, of St. Paul, Minn. The
laud is in the Deschutes pine l'lt,
southwest of Bend. The consideration
of the transaction is $19,817, or $1.25
per acre.
The purchase was made in 1893,
when the price of lieu land was $1.25
per acre. As the land was selected be
fore any extensive buying had been
done in that legion, this is probably
the best of the Deschutes pine lands,
and was secured at an exceeding low
price, especially in view of the advance
in the value of timber lands in the last
Ive years.
In the original purchase 62 rertifi
cates of sale were issued to as many
different persons, and all these were
later assigned to the Dywer company.
Premium forOood Roada.
Salem The Greater Salem commer
cial club has adopted a resolution pro
viding a plan by which the city will
stimulate the building of permanent
highways leading into the citv. There
are five road districts adjacent to Salem
The club will raise a purse of $2,000
and divide it into premiums of $800,
$(500, $400 and $200, to be awarded to
the road districts according to the
amount of money or labor volunteered
by the residents of the districts for
permanent road building. It is pro
vided, however, that no premium shall
be awarded for more than 40 per cent
of the value of the amount volunteered
Cordwood Will Be Scarce.
Salem It is apparent that cordwood
will be scarce ami high priced ugain
next season. For several weeks the
state boards have been advertising for
8,000 cords of wood to be furnished to
the state institutions next summer
The bids opened aggreagted less than
4,000 cords, and the figures named
were $2.95 for second growth and $3.50
for old growth, the latter price being
on board the cars, making the price
delivered $3.75. The bids were asked
this early in order that men might
have plenty of time to fill contracts,
but the bids were comparatively few.
. Basswond Blossoms for Bees.
Oregon City Hermann Anthony, of
New Era, this county, is believed to
have on his property the only bass wood
trees in the state. Mr. Anthony
danted this variety for the benefit the
trees are to his large apiary, which
consists of more than 00 stands of
bees. When in bloom the trees are
invaluable for honey-making, while
the wood is especially adapted for man
ufacturing boxes. This variety of
trees is very general in Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, Illinois and n an others of the
central and eastern rtate .
General Law for Recording.
Astoria Officials of Clatsop county
are anxious that a general law be passed
at the special session fixing uniform
fees in all counties of the state for re
cording fees. At present the several
counties exact different fees, with the
result that there Is often much incon
venience to the recording clerk. An
idea is offered by County Clerk Clin
ton that fees should lie 25 cents per
folio, which would Just about cover the
actual cost of recording.
SWAMP LAND CONTEST.
State Board Grants Application of Mars
ters and Associates.
Salem The state land board has de
cided the contest over 7,000 acres of
unsurveyed swamp land near upjHir
Klamath lake, by awarding to Sena
tor A. C. Marstcrs and associates all
the land for which they have applied
and upon which there is no contesting
application, but all the other swamp
Unci in tlio tract w ill be advertised for
sale snd sold to the highest bidder,
This decision permits the Marstcrs
people to purchase about 4,000 acres
of swamp land at $1 per acre, while
the remaining 2,400 acres will bo sold
at auction. As the land is not sur
veyed the state has not acquired com
plete title and all purchasers will lie
required to waive all claim to recover
the purchase price if the title should
fail.
The board also made a rule to the
effect that hereafter when application
is made for the purchase of unsurveyed
swamp laud and there is no contest,
the board w ill take its own means of
ascertaining the value and the price at
which it will Ins sold, but where there
is a contest the land will bo sold to the
highest bidder.
The contestants in this case were J.
D. Carr and others, of Klamath
county.
CLACKAMAS POTATO CROP.
Successful Yields are Being Shipped to
San Franclico.
Oregon City The potato crop of
Clackamas county was very generally
a success this year, yields exceeding
200 bushels an acre having lieen re
ported. Particularly in the vicinity
of New Era was the crop of tubers
prolific.
George Brown, an extensive grower
at that point, reports a yield of 700
bushels from 34 acres. Mr. Brown's
crop consisted of Garnet Chili, the
Peerless and Burbanks. Farmers re
ceive 75 cents a sack and the product
of this locality is shipped almost ex
clusively to San Francisco.
Frequent shipments of carload lots
are being made from New Era, and it
is estimated that from 15,000 to 17,
000 sacks w ill be marketed this year
from that point. As a rule the crop
in this county is of good quality.
Plenty of Feed In John Day.
John Day Joseph Oliver, for many
years the leading dairyman of Grant
county, sayB that the recent rains,
warm and bountiful, have placed the
stockmen on a basis of practical cer
tainty as to having ample feed for their
stock in the John Day valley. Mr.
Oliver has always Wen inclined to take
a hopeful view of the stock and feed
supply situation, and vigorously denied
the reported scarcity of hay. He now
points to the fact that a large nunder
of both sheep and cattle have lieen
driven into the valley.
Good Promlne of Coal.
John Day Recent investigations
have shown beyond further question
the existence of vast deposits of coal for
many miles along the John Day river.
The interesting thing yet to be determ
ined is whether the many thin strata,
generally separated by layers of slate
and sandstone, will unite with depth to
form a continuous vein sufficiently thick
to bo profitably mined. Should veins
of such strength bedeveloied, the value
is a foregone conclusion.
PARTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 72c; bluesteni,
77c; valley. 78c.
Barley Feed, $10 per ton; brewing,
$ 20ft 20.50; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $3.75(3 3t85 per bar
rel; hard w heat straights, $3.904.10;
clears, $3.550' 3.75; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.2004.50; graham, $3.75;
whole wheat, $1; rye wheat, $4.755.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07j; gray,
$1.05 per cental.
Millstnffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid
dlings, $23; shorts, $20; chop, $18;
linseed, dairy food, $ 19.
Hay Timothy, $1510 per ton;
clover, $12; grain, $12; cheat, $12.
Vegetables Turnips, 05c per sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 75
(S'M)e; cabbage, KiV4c; tomatoes, $1
Oil. 25 per crate; cauliflower, 75c($l
per dozen; celery, 4030c; pumpkins,
lc per pound; onions, Yellow Danvers,
80cCt$l per sack.
Honey $33.50 per case.
.Potatoes Oregon, choice and fancy,
0()f05c per sack; common, 50c;
sweet potatoes, sacks, 2c; boxes, 2,4c
Fruits Apples, 75cf$2 per box;
pesrs, $1(.50; cranberries, $9(810.60
per barrel.
Butter Fancy creamery, 30(32Jc
per pound; duiry, 20C22'e; store,
l!)ai5c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 14cil.r,c;
Young America, 15C'' 10c.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 9c per
pound; Spring, 10c hens, 10c turkeys,
live, 10f'(.14c dressed, nominal ducks,
$0f"7 per dozen; geese, 8c per pound.
Egsg Oregon ranch, 35c; Eastern,
Beef Dressed, 50 t per pound.
Veal Dressed, tmall, 8c; largo, 6c
per pound.
Mutton Dressed, 5flc; lambs,
dressed, flc.
Fork Pressed, 6oc. v
Hops 1903 crop, 1222o per pound,
according to quality.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 45cj
No. 2 and grease, 2('?3e.
Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern
Oregon, 12(3 16c j mohair, 35037c.
FOR JOINT ACTION.
Matter of an International Hatchery Is
Brought Up Again.
Washington, IVe. 5. The secretary
of state today advised Senator Foster
that he would, in accordance with his
late request, and on recommendation of
Fish Commissioner Bowers, extend to
the Canadian minister of murine and
fisheries and representatives of the fish
eries department of British Columbia,
an invitation to meet with representa
tives of the fish commission of the
state of Washington and of the United
States and consider the long-pending
proposition ot establishing an interna
tional salmon huUhery on Primer river,
British Columbia.
Commissioner Bowers has all along
taken the position that it will be im
practicable to attempt to operate a
joint hatchery controlled by both gov
ernments, but la willing to do most
anything that will promoto the salmon
industry of Puget Sound. He makes
it plain, however, that official infor
mation in his possession Indicates that
the Canadian and British Columbian
associates are not favorably inclined
towurd the establishment of a hatch
ery in conjunction with the state of
Washington, statements by Commis
sioner Kershaw, of Washington, to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Secretary Hay intends at an early
day to extend an invitation to the
Canadian officials through the British
embassy in this city, and if the invita
tion is accepted, it is expected that the
prolonged discussion of conflicting
rights of the Puget Sound and British
Columbian fishermen may be finally
adjusted.
BLOW TO WARS.
Active Move on Foot for an Anglo-American
Arbitration
Washington, Dec. 6. The awaken
ing throuhgout the United States of a
popular sentiment, which it Is Imped
will develop into a national demand
for an arbitration treaty between the
United States and Great Britain, was
the object of a gathering today at the
residence of General John W, Foster,
ex-secretary of state. It is understood
the movement has the hearty approval
of the president. Among those present
today were Admiral Dewey, General
Miles, Wanye McVeitgh, Thomas Nel
son Page, Gifford Pinchot, Senator
Proctor, General H. V. Boynton and D.
C. Oilman.
Regarding the h'oo of the plan,
which is to bo pushed vigorously, in
the hoe of securing at an early date
the conclusion of an arbitration treaty,
following the general lines of the Iluy
Pauneefote treaty of 1897, the Associ
ated Press is authorized to make this
statement:
"In April, 189(1, a notable confer
ence of the friends of International ar
bitration was held in Washington, at
tended by prominent and representa
tive citizens from all parts of the
United States. That conference de
clared in favor of an arbitration treaty
between the United States ami Great
Britain, ami it was followed in Janu
ary, 1H97, by the signing of such a
treaty by Secretary Hay and Sir Julian
Pauneefote. The treaty, by a close
vote, failed to receive the two-thirds
majority required for its ratification.
WARSHIP MAY BRINU TREATY.
President Anxious for Quick Return
of Panama Measure.
Washington, pee. 5. Secretary Hay
had a talk with the president today
about the developments on the isth
mus of Panama. Secretary Moody
dnqqied in while the subject was under
consideration. As u result of the con
ference, it is possible that one of the
United States warships now at Colon
will no used to bring the Panama ca
nal treaty, ratified yesterday at Pan
ama, to the United States.
The authorities here have decided
that it was proper to facilitate in every
way the conclusion of the treaty, and,
influenced in some measure by the urg
ings of tiie Panama representatives
here, cabled instructions to United
States Consul General Gudger to assist
in all proper ways in the dispatch of
the treaty on its return to Washington.
This is the explanation of the consul
general's conduct in confiding the
treaty to Rear Admiral Wulker for con
veyance across the isthmus from Pana
ma to Colon. The treaty should reach
Washington in the ordinary course
about December 15.
Valuable Painting Lost.
Omaha, Dec. 5. Paintings valued at
$200,000, several of which were to have
been exhibited at the St. Bonis exposi
tion, have been lost. They were
painted by Charles R. Hall and his
brother, both of Omaha. Mr. Hall
left the paintings 800 in number, in
his studio in Seattle. Ho ordered
them shipped to Omaha and received
what purported to be a bill of hiding.
Two months have elapsed since their
alleged shipment, and no trace can
be found of the art treasures. Mr.
Hall believes they have been stolen.
Worldly Folk Must Stay Out."
Chicago, Dec. 5. "All who have"
not Zion in their hearts cannot come
into Zion," is the order promulgated
today by John Alexander Dowie
through his chief of police. The order
to the ion guards, the police force in
the Dowicito town of ion City, con
tinues as follows: "From now on nr
rest or escort to the city limits every
person who is not of the faith or a
United States oflielal. We will how to
the government alone."
Wealth for Roosevelt.
New York, Dec. f. President Roose
velt is to receive $30,000, an.l his chil
dren, Kermit arid Ethel, $5,000 each
from the estate of the lute James Ming
Oracle, an uncle by marriage of the
president.
WATER BIG TRACT
HUGE IDAHO PROJECT BACKED BY
PROMINENT MEN.
Government Permission Asked to Divert
Waters of Payette and Boise Rivers
to Irrigate Nearly 300.000 Mich Acres
ol Land-Cost Will Reach Consider
ably Over $ J.000,000.
Boise, Idaho, Dee. 7. Application
was made in the offlce of the state engi
neer this morning .by 0. W. Moore and
Peter Sona, of Boise; Jacob Plowhcad,
'of Mlddleton; J. 11. Lowell, of Roh
fwell; Frank Steunenberg, of Caldwell;
H. A. Partridge, of Nampa; E. M.
Kirkpatrlck, of Parma; E. K. Hayes
and Edward Allen, of Emmett, and W.
(A. Coughunonr, of Payette, for the di
version of 2,400 cubic feet of water per
second from the Payette river at a
point in the Black Hock canyon, six
miles above Emmett, and 5,290 cubic
feet of water per second from the Boise
river at points near the head of Fugle
island and the hcud gate of the New
York ditch.
Application wns m'ado In behalf of
I the landowners in the Boise and Pay
ette valleys with the intention of as
signing the same to the secretary of the
.interior with the expectation of having.
the wotks described in the application
constructed under the provisions of the
national reclamation act. Should the
landowners, who have to foot all the
hills in the cud and who are most vit
ally interested in the irrigation ques
tion, succeed in inducing the govern
ment to take up the project, the result
will be the reclamation of uu addition,
al 2S5.0O0 acres of rich land in the
Boise and Payette valleys. The pro
ject in brief is as follows:
First Bun a high Hue canal, prob
ably the New York, to carry the thssl
waters of the Boise on the nouth side of
the river to irrigate lands during the
flood season and to flit a number of res
ervoirs to reinforce the supply through
the low water season.
Second To run a smaller canal on
the nosih side of the river from a point
neur the head of Eagle island for the
reclamation of additional hinds on that "
side in the same manner.
Third To take out a canal from tin
Black BiK-k canyon of the Payette from
a great dam to he constructed there,
this canal to irrigate lands in Unit val
ley lying Im-iicuUi it mid to furnish at
er to lie puined over the intervening
divide into the reinforcing reservoir on
the Boise river sloe, this pumping to
lie done by power generated at the dam.
The lines of the canal and the sites
of the reservoirs have lieen surveyed
by the reclamation department under
the direction of D. W. Ross ami the
department at Washington Is in posses
sion of full information regarding he
project. The estimated cost of the
project in its cntirity is $.'1,2(19,00(1,
the works on the Payette river to cost
$1,200,000 and those on the Boise $2,
000,000. NO THOUGHT OF ANNEXATION.
America Will Only Protec Her Interest
In Santo Domingo.
Wushintgoli, Pec. 7. The appear
ance in Washington of Senor Gulvan,
minister of finance of the defunct Wosy
(iil administration of San Domingo,
has led to a revival of the report that
the cx-prcsidcnt is trying to secure re
instate:!, cut with the assistance of the
United States, undertaking in return
to allow the United States, to assume
a full protectorate over the island of
Sun Domingo,
It may be stated, however, thut t ha
state department entertains absolutely
no thought of establishing a protector
ale over San Domingo, or of annexing
it. It is declared positively that
American interference in the island's
affairs will he limited to the protection
of American interests there.
It is learned from trustworthy
sources that Wos y Gil, the deposed
president, is now on his way to the
United States, and expects to land at
New Orleans not Inter than tomorrow.
He will come to Washington.
Delivers Cannl Treaty.
Pamima, Dec, 7. Wrapped In the
flags of the United Stiates ami Panama,
the canal treaty was bslay ollicially de
livered into the hands of the United
States Consul General Gudger. The
transfer took place at the palace, in the
presence of the members of the junta,
the ministers of the republic, United
States Vice Consul Hermann and other
prominent persons. From the palace
the (diest containing the treaty was car
ried by two policemen to the consulate
general, where it will be kept until
shipped to the United States.
Battle Over Mining Claims.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 7. A special to
the news Jr.iin Rineon, N, M., Niys
three men badly wounded were brought
to Rineon today from the new gold
fields nt Apache Canyon for treatment.
They had been shot in conflicts over
claims. H is reported several other
men have been shot. No names nie
given. A mining expert, who returned
from the new gold district today, re
ports that the field is very rich.
There are now 2,500 men there.
Will Not Sell America Islands.
Paris, Dec. 7. An authoritative de
nial is given to the, report circulated hi
America that negotiations are In pro
gress for the sale of the colony of St.
Pierre and Miquelon, off the south
coast of Newfoundland, by France to
the United States. It is added that
the Islands are now quiet, In splto of
the excitement last summer, caused by
the expulsion of the clericals.