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NO. 34.
WEEK'S DOINGS
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
Of INTCBCST TO 0U2 READERS
General Review of Important Happen.
v penlgs Presented In Brief and
Condensed Corm.
Fire destroyed an immense coal bun
ker at Buffalo.
The real work will Dot begin until
eany In January.
Jnbn D. Itut-kufcller lint given Chi
cago University $300,000.
The utM-ond trial of the Oregon land
framl cam ii in progress in Portland.
The nomination of Govrenor Brady,
of Alaska, has been held up by the
senate.
Tlie national convention of Traveling
Passenger agent will meet in l'ortlaud
in 11)00.
The International commission to in
quire into the North aea incident ia
expected to meet in Paris December 2J.
Barliod wire stretched in front of the
Japanese trenches ia proving the worst
foe of the Kuasian army in Manchuria.
A nnniW of Boxer leaden in North
ern China have been placed in prison
and it It thought probable that the in
tended uprising has been nipped in the
bud.
At the last cabinet meeting Secretary
Hitchcock spoke briefly of the land
fraud cast's, indicating that some start
ling development in them might be
expected in the near future.
The Rough Riders will have a place
of honor in the inaugural parade.
A Chinese capitalist declare that he
known Port Attbur has pro talons for
three months.
Of the 100 locomotives ordered for
the llarriman lines, 60 are for the
Southern Pacific.
Dowle baa paid the last installment
on his debts and Zion City is again on
a sound financial basis.
- The Russian battleship Sevastopol at
Port Arthur has not been sunk and ia
adopting defeneivo measures.
The Japanese have turned their at
tention to Golden Hill fortress and
eome damngo 1ms been inflicted.
A dispatch from Mukden says the
-Japanese have driven the Russians on
the right bank of the Hun river west
ward. The president has aunt the nomina
tion of C. P. Neill to succeed Wright aa
commissioner of labor to the senate for
confirmation.
The Pritlsh American arbitration
treaty baa been signed by Secretary Hay
and the British ambassador. It is ex
pected that ,thc Italian treaty will be
ready soon.
A Russian "captain has been anesled
for criticising the admiralty.
Washington baa four aspirants for
the office of fish commissioner.
The Southern states are flooding
Roosevelt with invitations to visit
them.
The remains of Krnger, the ex-president
of the Transvaal, have arrived at
Pretoria.
Severe skirmishes have occurred on
the Bhabke river in which the Rue
elans were defeated.
A Japanese cruiser struck a mine at
the entrance to the Port Arthur harbor
and sunk. Of the crew enly 39 were
lost.
A number of prominent Russian offi
cials have resigned on the czar declar
ing be will stand by the new ministei
cf the interior.
Twenty years ago, when both were
stationed at Paris, General Kuropatkin
and General Teruchi, now Japanese
minister of war, met and became fast
friends. On the eve of the present war
an exchange of swords as presents took
place between them.
The first snow of the season has fall
en in Eastern Oregon.
8t. Petersburg authorities deny that
a famine exists in Southern Russia.
. The torpedo boats at Port Arthur
have not been sunk, and they may try
to escape.
it 1b reported that the czar Las order
ed the Baltic fleet not to proceed to the
Far East.
Governor elect DouglaB will appoint
General Miles as- adjutant general of
the MasachuBetta militia.
the School coal mine, near Peoria,
llinois, ia on fire. There were 100
men at work at toe time the flames
were discovered, but all escaped. The
property loss will be heavy.
The house committee on rivers ( and
harbors has decided to send for some of
the district engineers, as they dee ire to
hear from them on the needs of rivers
and harbors in their respective dis
tricts. (
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DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
Monday, December 3.
The short session of the 68th congress
met at 11 o'clock. No business was
transacted in either house excepting
the nsual routine work of opening day
Both houses adopted resolutions of res
pect to the late Senators Hoar, of Mas
sachusetts, and Quay, of Pennsylvania,
and their adjournment waa a further
mark of respect.
Tuesday, December 0.
President's message read.
A number of resolutions have been
introduced in the house looking to a
change in the tariff laws.
Wednesday, December 7.
The leeislative. executive and iudi.
ciai appropriation bill, catrying $28,
81)8,700, was reported to the house to
day This is 1840,408 less than the es
timate and $236,881 more than the
current appropriation.
Piatt, of New York, nniuul tlr in
the senate by introdeucing a bill pro
viding lor a reduction of the congres
sional representation of the southern
states, on the ground that many of the
citizens of theses states are deprived of
the right to vote.
Senator Hale introduced a bill to re
quire the employment of vessels of the
United States in the transportation by
sea of sell supplies of every description
for use of the Panama canal commis
sion or the contractors in the construc
tion of the Panama canal.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, de
clare he will oppose to his utmost
the proposed change in the Panama
canal from a lock to a sea level canal.
He snvs it is a scheme of the Imm.
continental railwaye to delay the con
struction of an Isthmian waterway.
Thursday, December 8.
The eonate held only a short session
and adjoined until Monday.
An attempt to secure consideration
of the puie food law by Senator Hey
burn was defeated.
Tillman brought the case of William
D. Crum, the colored man nominated
for collector at Charleston, 8. C, into
prominence by asking for a report from
the committee on judiciary as to the
btatua of receHs appointments.
In the house the civil service com
mission was attacked because of a pro
posed increase of 23 employes to con
stitute the rural examining board.
The pay of stenographers to the house
committees has been reduced from $5,-
000 to $3,000 per annum.
A proposition to increase the salary
of the secretary of the civil service
commission was defeated.
rrlday, December 0.
The house passed the legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
almost ast it came from the committee
and adjourned until Monday
Throughout the session today the
policy of retrenchment held full sway,
and all attempts to increase salaries
failed.
The house rassed a resolution to ad
journ December 21 nntil January 4 for
the usual Christmas holiday.
Monday, December 12.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections has taken up the Snioot
case. Three witnerses were examined
and several new points brought out.
Senator Stewart has Introduced a bill
to raise the salary of the president to
$100,000 a year, of the vice president
and speaker of the house to $20,000
each, and each senator, representative
and delegate to $10,000. It is provided
that the bill shall take effect March 4,
1909.
The house passed a bill to give the
agricultural department control over
forest reserves.
The senate discussed the pure food
and Philippine government bills. .
Tuesday, December 13.
The house passed a resolution im
peaching Judge Swayne, of the North
ern district of Florida, for "high crimes
and misdemeanors" A . committee
was appointed to notify the senate.
The senate passed a bill to throw open
for settlement 800,0(0 acres i i the
Yakima Indian reservation.
Nothing of any importance wa9 de
veloped in the Snoot case ' today.
Five w Unease were examined.
The house resolution for an adjourn
ment from December 21 to January 4
was adopted by the senate.
Senator Mitchell is sure of securing
the chairmanship of the committee on
canals.
Sensation In Panama Matters.
Washington, Dec. 10. Representa
tive Shackleford, of Missouri, who has
a resolution in the house calling for an
investigation of the Panama railroad
company acquired by the United States
government, ia determined to form
thiough an investigation, if it can be
done. Friends say he is collecting evi
dence to show that a member of the
canal commission was a member of the
railroad company It is understood
that some sensational charges will be
made in demanding a reorganization of
the pres ent canal commission.
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OREGON NEWS
DEVELOPMENT Of LINN COUNTY.
Object of Club That Has Organized
at Albany.
Albany. Tom Richardson, of the
Portland Commercial Club, delivered
an Interesting and instructive address
before Albany's business men in the
Grand Opera house. Mr. Richardson
displayed a thorough knowledge of
methods of municipal and state devel
opment, and gave a lucid explanation
mertial organization, ant the addTesHjl
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At the close of his taik Mr. Richard
son took charge of the organization of
a local commercial body for the devel
opment of Albany and Linn county. A
number of people pledged $5 per
month for the support of a push club,
others smaller sums, and a committee
of business men was appointed by
Mayor Davis to take charge of the or
ganization work and secure a ra ember
ship sufficiently laree to eatahllah the
club on a good financial hauls.
it la the purpose of the organization
to advertise the county and place men
In the field to work for the develop
ment of Linn county's great resources.
It waa unanimously decided to Join the
Oregon Development League and co
operate with that body In the develop
ment of Oregon. The organization
committee waa authorized to find a
name for the club and nominate offi
cers, the nominations to be ratified at
tho next meeting, when organization
will be perfected. '
Mr. Richardson was given an, in
formal reception at the Alco Club at
tho adjournment of the meeting.
Oil Spoils Water Supply.
Salem. Farmers from the Waldo
Hills report oil discoveries In the vi
cinity of Pratum, where oil was discov
ered by Rice Brothers last spring.
Many wells have been abandoned be
cause the water cannot be used. No
effort has been made to sink a deep
well for the purpose of determining
whether oil can be found in paying
quantities. Local capitalists arranged
lust fall to sink a well as deep as
might be necessary, provided the farm
ers would bond their property, agree
ing to Bell their oil on a percentage
baids. Many farmers would -not greo"
to this, prcforlng to profit by the re
sults of experiments conducted by
others, and as a consequence the well
digging enterprise was abandoned.
Willamette fishway Completed
Salem. The new fishway over the
falls at Oregon City has been com
pleted at a cost of $2973.50, and En
gineer J. W. Moffatt reported that fact
to the State Fish Commission today.
The engineer expresses his confidence
that the fishway will make it prac
ticable for salmon and other fish to
ascend the Willamette river. In re
porting the work at the several fish
hatcheries, Master Fish Warden H. O.
Van Dusen says that 6,650,000 Chinook
and 3,646,000 sllverslde eggs have been
taken at the South Coos river hatch
ery, while 2,607.000 Chinook and 1,
000,000 Sllverslde eggs have been
taken at Yaqulna. These results are
considered very satisfactory.
Improvements at Hood River.
Hood River. It Is estimated that
the O. R. & N. Co. is expending $10,000
In Improvements to the depot grounds
and track yards at this point. The pas
senger depot is being remodeled and
enlarged, and a freight depot and
warehouse has been erected three
blocks west of the present location.
The facilities for handling freight at
this point have afforded very poor ac
commodations for the last three years,
and the improvements now being made
are a source ot satisfaction to the ship
ping Interests.
Claim Uumpers Busy.
Grants Pass. Claim jumpers con
tinue to do their work In the Sucker
Creek district. A claim owned by
Sheriff Lewis, of this city, has recently
been jumped, and as the claim is
valued quite highly by the Sheriff and
has had two years' assessment work
done upon it, Mr. Lewis is anything
but pleased over the usurpation of his
right and aas gone to discuss the mat
ter at close range with the Intruder.
Phone Line for farmers.
Chemawa. Chemawa Is to be the
center of a rural telephone line, to be
established at once. Fifteen farmers
In the vicinity of Chemawa met last
evening at the residence of Frank
Beatty and formed an Independent
rural company. Material has been or
dered for the line, and will be here In
about three weeks. The central office
will be established at Chemawa.
Selling Sugar Plant Stock.
Milton. Robert E. Frazler of this
place, Is in' Portland Belling stock of
the Mexican National Sugar Refining
Company, of which he ia a member.
The company will dispose of $250,000
worth nf nrefarred stock In order to In
stall a Bugar refining plant. The com
pany la composed largely or Milton
and Walla Walla capitalists.
Mohair Show January 19-20.
Dallas. The committee of arrange
ments for the Polk County Mohair As
sociation appointed to arrange for the
fair, has named January 19 and 20 aa
the time for holding the fair at Dallas.
This is primarily a goat fair, but poul
try and sheep will also be an Interest
ing feature of the show. Entries are
open to all Oregon. . '
OF INTEREST
TO DEAL IN riNC HORSES.
New Industry Opened In Pendleton
by former Eugene Man.
Pendleton. A. C. Ruby, formerly of
Eugene, Ore., has purchased the Ore
gon feed yard of this city, and pro
poses to maintain a distributing depot
for Imported horses. He has at his es
tabllshment 27 horses and six jack
asses. The horaps nr
trench draft, Belgian shire and coach
Biaiuons. every horse was selected by
him In EuroDe and hinnri tn m
country from Germany and France.
animais are or the gentlest dispo
sitions, Mr. Ruby not purchasing any
that showed signs of ill temper.
The animals will be kept at Pendle
ton, and, aa the occasion requires, dis
tributed OVer Oregon Rn1 Wnatilnirtnn
The McLaughlin Bros., of Cincinnati!
proposed 10 establish a station here,
hut finally decided upon Ogden, Utah.
Mr. RubV Will either nnrrhaaa rod.
dence property or build and remove
uis iamny to this place, where he will
have permanent headquarters.
This station means much to eastern
Oregon and Washington, not only for
the convenience of it, but for the
material Improvement that will be
made in the horses. Until the last few
years little attention to the breeds of
horses was riven. Of lata vonra nrlnoa
have Increased until It pays handsome
ly 10 raise a grade or horses that com
mand the highest nrlcea in eastern
markets. The day of the cayuse is
past, ana tne rarmers have learned
how much more work can be expected
from a horse of Rood size than from a
small cayuse.
Not only are the farmers demanding
eood horses, but are ralslni? mula
The Jacks' owned by Mr. Ruby are
irom Missouri, and, are much sought
after by breeders.
To Bore for Artesian Water.
Baker City. Manager Vinson, of
the Emma mine, six miles east of the
city, has closed a contract with C. A.
Fredericks, of Spokane, to bore for
water on his property. Mr. Fredericks
has the most extensive boring appa
ratus ever brought to Eastern Oregon,
It having a capacity for boring 5000
'eet The contract with Mr. Vinson
calls for 2000 feet Or lesa,- boring to
cease whenever a sufficient flow of
water is encountered. He does not ex
pect water under 500 feet. The work
will be commenced at once. Mr. Fred
ericks also has a contract to bore for
artesian hot water for the Hot Springs
Natatorlum Company of this city. The
hot springs of the company are within
the city limits.
fewer Cattle fed Than Usual.
Echo. Five hundred head of cattle
are being fed In the Immediate vicinity
of Echo. This is a small number com
pared with what are usually wintered
at this place and is occasioned by the
extremely low prices paid for beef.
As large herds are herded upon small
alfalfa fields, the pasturage afforded
Is eaten close, and hay feeding begins
about the 1st of November. Cattle
raisers are hoping for higher prices
the coming season, believing that the
visitors to the 1905 fair will consume
a great amount and bring up prices.
Several small shipments have been
made already this fall, and the highest
price received Is $3.25 per cwt., live
weight.
. Anxious for Good Roads.
Grants Pass. The good roads move
ment has struck Josephine county with
Breater form this season than ever be
fore, and there Is a more general de
sire to better the highways or tne
county than this section has ever be
for known. Durlnz the nast two
months nearly $5000 has been paid out
by mining companies ana maiviauai
mining men for the improvement of
ronria In .Tnspnhlnft countV. and as a
result many of the Camps that were al
most completely Isolated auring tne
winter will be readily reached by wag
on hereafter.
COMING EVENTS.'
Inland Enmlre Sunday School insti
tute, Pendleton, Ore., January 30.
Oregon State Dairymen's Associa
tion, Portland, December 29-21.
Oregon State Horticultural Society,
Portland, January 10-11.
, National American Woman Suffrage
Association, Portland, June 22-28.
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposi
tion, Portland, June 1-October 15.
Sell Land Near Helix.
Pendleton. William Kupers.and G.
C. Shroeder, farmers residing near
Helix, have disposed of three quarter
sections of land to Joseph Selvers of
that locality for $8000 a quarter. Mr.
Kupers, who Bold one of the sections,
and Shroeder, wio sold two. have pur
chased land near Nez Perce, paying
$4500 and $5000 a section. ,
Irrigation Work.
Milton. Workmen are building
flumes for the Finis irrigation ditch,
which will water a body of land near
the Hudson Bay section. Many other
flumes are being built under the rail
road at different points, and an im
mense territory hitherto bare will be
put under cultivation next season.
Northwest Wheat Markets.
Portland Walla Walla, 83c; blue
stem, 88c; valley, 87Kc.
Tacoma Bluestem, 89c; club, 86c.
LARGEST VOTE TOR PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Defeated Parker by a Ma.
Jorlty of 2,346,169 Votes.
New York, Dec. 14 The Times to
morrow will say: A canvass by the
limes of the popular vote at the last
presidential election, compleU except
as to one county in Tennessee, and four
counties in Michigan, where estimates
are given, shows that President Roose
velt defeated Judge Parker by 2,564,
169. He poKed the largest vote ever
given a president of the United States,
7,640,660. This is more than 400,000
in excess of the vote cast for McKinley
in 1000.
The official flea res for MisKonri ihnw
that Roosevelt carried that state by
zo,ouu.
In Maryland one Republican elector
received the largest vote, but his col
leagues were defeated. The Democrats
of Maryland, therefore, will have seven
votes in the electoral college, while the
Republicans will have only one.
A comparison with the vote table of
1900 shows a marked change in the
Socialist vote. Debs, the candidate of
the party that year, was also this year's
candidate, and his vote shows in in
crease of more than 30. Wateon, the
Populist candidate, ran strongest in his
own state, Georgia, where he received
22,635 votes. He received moat of Mn
votes in the South and West, bnt onl
one vote was cast for him in South
Carolina. The electoral vote will be
360 for Roosevelt and 140 for Parker.
OREGON HAS A GOOD fRIEND.
Appropriation for fair Due to Influ
ence of the President.
Washington, Dec. 14. Oregon has
reason to congratulate itself on having
secured the appropriation for its expo
sition at the last seesion of congress.
It now appears that the $475,000 ap
propriated for government participa
tion in the Lewis aid Clark fair is the
last money that congress will expend
for expositions for many years to come.
The action of the house committee
on expositions in flatly refusing to
make any appropriation whatever for
the Jamestown exposition is an indica
tion" that congress has had enough,
and has finally reached the stage where
it will put its foot down. Had it not
been for the interest Piesident Rooee
velt took in the Orecon entomrinp
and for the influence which he ex
erted in behalf ot the Lewis and Clark
appropriation bill Oregon would have
suffered the same blow that has been
dealt to Jamestown.
Congress was just as much opposed
to exposition annroDriationa a vear m
as it is now, out Oregon had a friend
at court, and the only friend who could
be of real service.
ASK fOR fULL AMOUNT.
Oregon Senators Assured Support
or River and Harbor Committee.
Washington, Dec. 14. Senators
Mitchell and Fulton have united In a
letter to Chairman Burton of the Riv
ers and Harbors Committee, strongly
urging that liberal appropriations be
made for the Columbia river and other
Oregon waterways. They point out
the necessity for securing at this ses
sion enough money to complete the
jetty at the mouth of the Columbia,
asking for $1,300,000. They urge the
appropriation of the full amounts rec
ommended by Major Langfltt for the
Dalles-Celilo canal and all other pro
jects in which Oregon is interested.
This letter is filed to back up argu
ments which the Senators have made
orally to Chairman Burton and to Rep
resentative Jones, of Washington, who
Is on the committee. Burton and
Jones show great friendliness toward
the Columbia and give assurance
which leads to the belief that ade
quate amounts will be appropriated.
Sultan Changes His Mind.
London, Dec. 14. The Constantino
ple "correspondent of the Standard tel
egraphs as follows: Charles R. Flint,
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. Flint left on board a
Russian steamer for Smyrna. After
his departure Palace Ministers sought
him everywhere, and finally telegrams
were sent to Smyrna offering him sub
stantial pecuniary inducements to re
turn on business connected with the
sale of ships.
Zero Weather In Manchuria.
General Kuroki's Headquasters in
the Field, Dec. 14. The anny has had
its first taste of the real quality of a
Manchurian winter the past week.
Last night the thermometer fell to six
degrees below zero, Fahrenheit The
days are cold also, hut sunshine and
the absence of severe winds makes
life tolerable. The hills are covered
with snow, which on the plain Is one
Inch in depth. All streams are thickly
frozen.'
, Snow railing in New York.
New York, Dec. 14. A snow storm,
accompanied by a high wind, descend
ed upon New York early today and still
continues. Nearly two inches has
fallen. Traffic in the city has not been
seriously impeded, hut craft of all
kinds have been delayed. v -
TO GET CANAL
Site of Locks al Oregon Gfy
May Be Condemned.
SENATOR FULTON FATHER'S BILL
Hopes to Have It Included In River
and Harbor Measure Nation
Has Right to Build.
Washington, Dec. 14.- Based on a
report of United States Attorney Hall,
sent to congress today by the secretary
of tar, Senator Fulton intends to intro
duce a bill authorizing the government
to acquire by condemnation the canal
and locks owned and operated by the
f ortland General electric company at
Willamette Falls. The board of engi
neers, which made an examination of
this canal two years ago, reports there
is sufficient water in the river even at
the lowest stage, to meet the demands
of commerce and to supply power for
the several manufacturing establish
ments now located at Oregon City.
District Attorney Hall, reporting on
the legal question, says if the govern
ment desires to acquire this canal, "the
measure of damage would be the actna)
present and prospective value of the
locks, together with the damage suf
fered by depriving owners of the right
to take water therefrom for manufac
turing or other commercial purposes."
Already, based on these reports. Sen
ator Fulton hat secured a promise from
Representative Jones to endeavor to se
cure a provision in the river and har
bor bill, now being framed, authorizing
the puchase of the electric company's
canal after condemnation. Represent
ative Jones will base his demands on
Senator Fulton's bill, which will prob
ably fix the limit of the cost of the
canal at $600,000 or $700,000.
SHORT SCHOOL DAY fOCJYOUNG.
New York Board to Consider Adop
tion of Three-Hour Day.
New York, Dec. 14. A' report is be
ing prepared by Superintendent Max
well for presentation to the board of
education, which, it is said, will be the
first step toward the adoption of a
tttfee hour or threcTand'-fc' "half hour '
day for the lowest grades in all the
elementary schools of this city.
The board of superintendents has
been investigating as to the relative
results obtained by full-day classes,
part-time classes, morning classes and
afternoon classes in thefirst two school
years, since the beginning of Novem
ber. The investigation waa begun aa
a result of a proposal to cut down the
school day in these grades generallv by
eliminating certain studies. President
Tifft, of the board of education, said
in reference to the scheme:
"While a five hour day is probably
good to keep children on the sheets in
Borne parts of the city, I believe in
short school dayB for younger children.
I would give every child educational
facilities as great aa possible, bat not
so great as to interfere with proper
mental and physical growth, More
than three houiE claes work daily
makes the children restless."
CHINESE LIKELY TO RISE.
Any Japanese Reverse Will Likely
Be the Signal".
Chicago, Dec. 14. The Chicago
Daily News has the following today
from a staff coriespondent at Hong
Kong:
"Rumors oi impending Boxer trou
bles are prevalent throughout North '
China. Information from several
sources points to the fact that the Chi
nese are drilling everywhere, and that
conditions are similar to those that
preceded the last outbreak, but that
the trouble is more widespread, and
the organization much better. It is
believed that large numbers of Japan
ese officers are drilling troops in the
interior and commanding detachments
of General Ma's army northwest of
Pekin, and that a Japanese reverse will
be the signal for a genet al uprising of
the Chinese against Russia, led by Jap
anese officers.
"Many residents here fear that each
an outbreak could not be confined to its
original limits but would .endanger the
Bafety of the foreigners throughout
China."
Russia May Protest.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 14. Consider
aoie interest is manifested in the re
port from the island of Perim, in the
straits of Bab el Mandeb, that the
British steamer St. Leonards was taken
to Perim by the British cruiser Fox bet
cause she was credited with carrying
coal for the Russian second Pacific
squadron. If it should appear that
the St. Leonards was stopped solely for
the reason that she was carrying coal
for the Russian squadron the matter ,
is likely to become the subject of a pro
test to the British government.
Carrying filipinos Home.
Seattle, Dec. 14. When the steamer
Iyo Maru, of the Nippon Yusen Kaieha
line of steamers, sails from this port
today she will have as passengers 24S
Filipinos, who are returning to their
island home from the St. Louis exposition.