COLUMBIA REGISTER
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NEWS OF THE YEEK
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A Resume of th Let Important but
Not Lets Interesting Events
of the Pest Week.
Balfour declares himself a s free
trader.
Martial lev has again been pro
claiaied throughout Poland.
Japan is angry because Chios delays
the new Mancharian treaty.
Insurance investigators are now st
work on the small companies.
A Brit it h fleet is to maneuver off the
coast of Morocco while the conferer-ce
is on.
France, Germany and Kasaia are nid
to fee backing China in her move
aganiit Japan.
A San Francisco woman has secured
divorce from her insane husband and
married his keeper.
The chief sanitary officer of the Pan
ama canal says yellow fever has been
almost exterminated.
The Chicago brick traet has leaded
guilty to illegal combinations and the
members have been fined.
Chinese boycotters have attacked for
eigners at Shanghai,. An American
warship will be sent there.
A Russian troop train was wrecked
by rebels and ball its occcnanu nr.
rendered to save their lives.
Three Chicago banks, all of them
controlled by John R. Walab, have
suspended. Depositors are fully pro
tected.
The so gar brought into the United
States daring the year about to end
will exceed $150,000,000 in value
About $50,000,000 of this comee from
our island possessions.
King Edward
many powerless
with his allies.
plana to make Ger
by surrounding her
There is danger of friction between
France and Germany in the Moroccan
conference.
Germany baa assured the sultan that
she will assist Turkey in resisting far
ther demands by the powers.
Contributions to the relief fund for
Russian sufferers has reached a total of
$1,172,639 in the United States.
miss Kooeeveu s unental guts are
valued at $20,000 according io the
amount of duty she paid on them.
General MacKeozie strongly lecotn
mends an appropriation for continuing
work at (he mouth of the Columbia.
The plan of the Russian rebels is to
bankrupt the government by etoppirg
taxes and refamng to take paper money
a aenant raanuesto oi Russian revo
lutionists has been met by the govern
ment arresting the leaders and publish
en.
Thomas Lawson, of "Ireciied fi.
nance" fame, bas given a $1,000,000
mortgage on his property and admits
he may go bankiopt.
A ton of gelignite at the Central Star
mine, Rosaland, B. C, v exploded,
wrecking the mine buildings and shak
ing the entire country. One man was
killed and several score injured.
A strike has occurred for the first
time in the British royal dockyards.
The men were working overtime on
construction of a battleship' being
rushed. Their demand for better pay
was granted and work was resumed.
Castro uas withdrawn his insult to
France.
A massacre of Christians is feared
in Egypt.
The Russian army in Manchuria is to
be disbanded and harried home.
The Montana legislature will be call,
ed in extra session to pass a railroad
rate regulation law.
New York's employing printers are
preparing for war on the Typographi
cal union January 1.
Attorney General Moody will decide
whether Annapolis haiers shall be dis
missed or court martialed.
The czar is planning to issue more
manifestos on bis name day, which will
graut more liberties to the peasants.
Two men were shot, one badly if not
, fatally, and the other seriously, by two
masked men in Portland while holding
op a hotel. The robbers escaped with
something over $100.
President Roosevelt has written the
Merchants Eichange, of fan Francisco,
expressing the wish to see Chinese la
borers more closely barred from en
trance into this country, bat he says
the exempt classes should be treated
more courteously.
MADE PLAIN TO MR. SHONTS.
Panama Canal Affairs Discussed at
While House Conference. '
Washington, Dee. 19. Freaideut
Rooeevelt tonight took op the matter of
the Isthmian canal scandals as devel
oped by debate in the senate daring the
past three days. He is determined to
prevent further criticism of the char
acter put forward by Senators Tillman,
Culberson and others. Senators Alli
son and Hale, both members of the ap
propriations committee, were-preeent.
The president made it plain to Mr.
Shonts that the literary bare a in
charge of Secretary Bishop most be at
once discontinued, and Mr. Bishop con
fine his service purely to administra
tive matters. He also discussed the
advisability of red:ing bis salary from
$10,000 sow paid to $5,000, or some
other moderate sum.
It was also made apparent to Chair
man S boots that if he etill bas an effi
cial connection with the Clover Leaf
railroad, it most be severed immedi
ately. Senator Tillman declared that
Mr. Shonts is still active president of
the system, and neither Mr. Shonts nor
any of the administration senators have
entered a denial of the declaration.
The president further gave Mr.
Shonts much advice regarding the con
duct of affairs on the istlimus. It is
prescribed in the president's order that
the canal commission must leave at
cscs for that place.
The bill appropriating $11,000,000
for the canal work, passed by the sen
ate on Saturday, provides that
within 90 days the secretary of the
treasury most furnish estimates to the
senate and bouse appropriations com
mittees of all salaries paid those em
ployed on canal work, except laborers
and unskilled workmen. This feature
of the bill was discussed with Senators
Allison and Hale.
It is believed that many reforms will
be instituted in the administration of
the canal before another appropriation '
is requested from congees. This work
oi reform must begin at once, as Secre
tary Taft says the $11,000,000 new be
ing obtained will last no longer than
April 1 at the outside.
In the meantime Senator Tillman
will begin a strong agitation - after the
holiday recess for a thorough investiga
tion of the entire canal situation. He
will be opposed by the Republicans,
but supported by the Democrats. Even
some of the Republicans favor an in
quiry, and Mr. Tillman threatens to
cause much trouble unless matters are
put on such basis as to prevent jast
critcism.
TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES.
Great Increase Shown Over Last Year
by Department of Commerce.
Washington, Dec. 19. Estimates
made by the bureau of statistics of the
department of Commerce and Labor,
based on the returns for ten months
ending with October, are that the ag
gregate commerce between the United
States and the Philippines for the cal
endar year 1905, wiil amount to about
$20,000,000, against about $15,000 in
1896, $1,000,000 in 1900, $4,000,000
in 1898 and a little more than $4,000,-
000 in 1897. the year prior to the
American occupation.
Prior to 1899, the exports from the
United States to the Philippines, the
bureau reports show, had never ex
ceeded $250,000, while in the present
year they will aggregate nearly $6,000,
000. Imports from the islands, which
ranged between $4,000,000 and $5,
000,000 per annum prior to 1899, we're
in 1902, $10,000,000; in 1903, $12,
000,000, and in 1905 will be about
$14,000,000, according to the bureau
estimates.
The imports in 1905 are chiefly bemp
and sugar. Hemp imports for the first
ten months of 1905 amounted to $10,-
376,528, and sugar $2,212,249.
Connecticut Safe Looted. '
Suffield, Conn., Dec. 19. After
binding the railroad watchman, W.
Jones, and bis 12 year old son to chairs
in the railroad station here this morn
ing before daylight, six bank robbers
pried their way into the Suffie.d Sav
ings bank on Main street, blew open
the safe after a fourth attempt and es
caped with $50,000 worth of registered
bonds and stocks not negotiable, ac
cording to President Newton, of the in
stitution. They overlooked $3,000 in
cash and negotiable bonds in a drawer
nearby.
General Strike Is Improbable.
London, Dec 19. The correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at St. Peters
burg, in commenting on recent events
in Russia, says he is still optimistic
and is convinced of the impossibility
of an organised general strike, because
public opinion and the peasantry are
strongly averse to it. He insists that
the military outbreak at Moscow is ' in
no way an indication of general disaf
fection in the army.
Furs Go Up in Smoke.
New York, Dec. 19. Two hundred
thousand dollars' worth of furs were
destroyed by f re today in the establish
ment of Max Paiseeki A Co., wholesale
farriers and manufacturers of automo
bile garments, 37-39 East Twenty-first
street. Other tenants in the building
will suffer heavy damaeea from water.
I IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Monday, Decemoer 18.
The canal emergency appropriation
bill was received in the bouse from the
senate. Discussion of this was followed
by another debate oa insurance mat
ters. .The house disagreed to the
am admen ts to the canal bill and sent
it to conference.
Hale and Teller were named as the
senate conferees on the canal bill.
The senate in ths afternoon took op
the house ship subsidy bill, which
makes it the unfinished business before
that body.
A joint resolution was adopted pro
viding for adjournment from December
21 to January 4.
Dolliver has a new rate bill which
he will introduce soon as a substitute
for all measures now pending.
Saturday, December 16.
The senate today passed the Panama
emergency appropriation bill. The
only change in the measure as it passed
the house is a provision which requires
that congress shall be supplied with
regular eetimatea of all salaries except
those paid to laborers.
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, will retain
all his present committee places and se
cures membership on the irrigation
committee.
The house indulged itself again to
day to the extent of four hours of what
was many times termed academic dis
cussion of Federal control of insurance.
The holiday recess was fixed from
next Thursday to January 4. '
Friday, December 15.
The Panama canal was again under
consideration by the senate today and
Tul man occupied the entire tirce gives
to that subject. He did not indicate
any intention of opposition to the pass
age of -the appropriation bill, but he
criticised the methods of the canal com
mission in many of its transactions
When the senate adjourned the bill
was still pending, but there wss an
agreement for a vote tomorrow.
In the reorganisation of the senate
committees, now about completed, Ful
ton secures the chairmanship of the
committee on claims, retains his place
on public lands and on irrigation, and
is assigned membership on one or two
smaller committees. Ankeny becomes
chairman of the irrigation committee
and secures a place on commerce.
Pilei is made chairman of coast and
insular survey and given a place on
public lands and territories, in which
latter place he will be able to work for
Alaska. Heyburn did not get a sitgle
committee asked for. The only tew
place given him was public buildings
The fate of Dubois is not as yet settled,
the Democrats not having completed
tneir siate.
The house today devoted 4J hours
to lively debate on the possibilities of
controlling insurance.
Jones, of Washington, introduced
bills appropriating $25,000 for a fish
hatchery in Yakima county, and grant
ing Washington 50,000 .acres of land
for the benefit of the Soldiers' home.
Thursday, December 14.
The senate spent four hours today in
discussing the Panama canal emergency
appropriation bill and, when it ad
journed, the bill was still under con
sideration. A separate bill regulating
the issuance of bonds for the canal and
placing them on the same basis as
other bends of the government was
passed without debate.
Senator Fulton introduced a bill ap
propriating $100,000 to erect a public
building at Faker City, another carry
lag $15,0u0 for improvement of the
grounds at Salem, and a third to ratify
the treaty with the Klamath Indians
and pay them $500,000. u
The pure food bill was reported by
Senator Heyburn.
The Republican members of the
house caucus today unanimously de
clared in favor of admitting Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one state, and
by a vote of 10 to 65 declared in .favor
of admitting Arizona and New Mexico
as one state. Both statehood questions
are to be contained in one bill.
Representative Cushman introduced
a bill providing for the election of one
delegate from Alaska to congress.
representative Lacey, of Iowa, intro
duced a bill granting grazing privileges
on public lands to homestead settlers
and holders of small farms in semi
arid and arid lands. Prices are to
range from 1 to 6 cents an acre annu-
New Mexico Willing .to Unite.
Washington. Dec. 14. Joint state
hood for New Mexico and Arizona was
discussed by the president today with a
delegation of New Mexicans, among
whom were Solomon Luna, Republican
National committeeman; Major W. H.
U. Llewellyn, United States District
attorney; Judge A. A. Freman and A.
M. Hove. Judge Freeman said he be
lieved the people of the two territories
would be glad to accept joint statehood.
Major Llewellyn and Mr. Luna took
np with the president some appoint
ments in the judiciary of New Mexico.
ally.
A bill providing for a public whip
ping post for the District of Colombia
was introduced by Adams, of Pennsyl
vania. A fourth Federal jude for Alaska is
provided for in a bill by Jones, of
Washington.
Wednesday, Dectmber 13. ..
The senate was in seneion for only
one hour and a half today, and a por
tion of that time was spent in ths con
sideration of executive business. A
number of private bills were introduced
in the open session, and Allison . pre
sented the leport of the committee on
appropriations on the canal bill,giving
notice that he Would call it up for con
sideration tomorrow. He said that the
committee was of the opinion that $11,
000,000 would be sufficient for present
purposes and that the amount had been
left as fixed by the house.
Senator Gallinger introduced an
amendment to the statehood bill to pro
bibit the sale of liquor in the state
proposed to be created by the admis
sion of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
for a period of 21 years, and then only
after an amendment of the state con
stitution permitting liquor traffic.
Speaker Cannon announced the trans
fer of Mondell (Wyoming) from the
committee on military affairs to that of
public lands,' and of Miller (Kansas)
from public lands to military affairs.
The transfer gives the two members
the same Committee assignments htey
had in the last congress. .
Committee reference of the annual
message of President Rooeevelt was
made according to the subjects treated.
The question bf Federal control oj lu
saraUive was assigned to the committee
on ways and means. ' In explanation of
this. Payne said that, in his opinion,
the only way the United States can
deal with insurance companies is
through the taxing -power, and over
th-s the ways and means committee has
jurisdiction.
Among the bills introduced in the
house today were the following :
By Mondell, of Wyoming, providing
for the appropriation of not more than
$20,000 annually from the Eales of pub
lic lands to the endowment of state
schools of mines and mining or depart
ments of mines and mining in connec
tion with colleges already established.
Bv Needhara, of California, transfer
ring the Yellowstone, Yoeemite, Se
quoia, General Grant, Mount Rainier,
Crater Lake and Wind Cave national
parks from the control of the Depart
ment of the Interior to the Department
of Agriculture.
By Delegate Andrews, of New Mexi
co, providing for the admission of the
territory of New Mexico as a single
sta'.e.
A bill abolishing the Isthmian Canal
commission waa introduced bv Renr-
sentative Mann, of Illinois. In it die
cretion is given the president to put the
wors: oi building the canal under anv
one oi tee executive departments, and
also to operate the Panama railroad
through the same means.
CUTS OUT BONDS.
Senate Committee Favors Canal Ap-
propriation of SI 1,000,000
Washington, Dec. 13. The emerg.
ency appropriation bill to provide the
Isthmian canal commission with funds
to carry on the construction of the Pan
ama canal will contain no enneral W
islation. This was decided by the Ben-
ate committee on appropriations at a
meeting lasting all of yeeterday, at
wnicn ic was agreed to report the
measure , appropriating $11,000,000,
the amount named by the house bill.
Tbe first section, in relation to the
issuance of bonds, was stricken out. A
bill containing this feature waa intra.
aucea in me senate by Teller, and it
win te dealt with by the finance com
mittee. Tbe bill was amended to fur
ther provide that in the future no ex
penditures shall be made for the canal
except by authority of congress, and
when appropriations have been made
by congress.
Rivals For Coveted Place.
Washington, Dec. 14. As the situ-
ation sizes up today, it looks aj if Sena
tor Ankeny would secure the vacant
position on. the commerce committee
formerly held by . Senator Foster of
Washington. Mr. Ankeny and Mr.
Fulton have been making a neck and
neck race for this place.
- Rate Bill After Holidays.
Washington, Dec. 13. Railroad rate
legislation will be allowed to rest until
after the holidays. Members of the
house committee on interstate and for
eign commerce have agreed to take up
and dispose of lees important measures
before the recess. In the senate alro
there is a disposition to let rate legisla
tion slumber. The members of the in
terstate commerce committee in that
body have decided to hold but one
meeting a week before Christmas and
there is a general understanding that
rate legislation will Dot be pushed.
INSURGENTS RULE ON BALTIC.
Gunners Refute -to Fire and 'Ships
Cannot Be Trusted.
Chicago, Iec. 18. The Daily News
correspondent sends ths following from
St. Petersburg:
Expectation of the downfall of tbe
government continues to grow in this'
city. Insurgents still hold Riga, Reval
and other Baltic towns. The garrisons
in these provinces are insufficient to
pat down the armed rebels and the ar
tillerymen refuse to fire on them.
Strikes of railroad workers and crews
of steamships prevent the forwarding
of troops and ammunition to the revolv
ed provinces. -
Though the government baa been
urged to dispatch a fleet to the Baltic
ports Admiral Birileff hesitates to make
any move, fearing that his sailors will
join the rebellion.
DispaUhea received from Manr.hnria
today report the situation of the army
as desperate. Many officers are in hid
ing from their own troops, fearing for
their lives. The men are burning and
pillaging everything within their
reach, whila the -civil population has
fled. Revolutionary proclamations
have been posted about ia tbe barracks
and in tbe streets. Dissensions among
the chief officers seriously complicate
matters. The soldiers accuse tbe com
missaries of stealing large quantities of
supplies and have burned their houses.
WORK DONE ON IRRIGATION.
Great Amount of Construction
Dons
b' Reclamation Service.
Washington, Dec. 18. A resume of
the work performed by the Reclama
tion service to date shows that 77 miles
of main canal, 54 miles of distributing
system and 186 miles of ditches have
been constructed, including dams, bead-'
works, etc. Tunnels having a total
length of three and one-half miles have
been driven, including more than a
mile of the great Gunnison tunnel.
More than 250 miles of telephone line '
have been installed and are in opera
tion; 126 miles of wagon road, many
miles of which were cut out of solid
rock in almost inaccessible canyons, 14?
bridges and 50 office and other build
ings have been constructed.
The worka above mentioned have
called for the excavation of 9,350,000
cubic yards of rock and earth, the lay
ing of 70,000 cubic yards of concrete,
12,000 cubic yards of riprap, 150,000
linear feet of sheet piling and 10,000
feet of bearing piles have been driven.
There have been purchased 130,000
pounds of railroad iron, 250,000
pounds of structural Bteel, 600,000
pounds of cast iron, 1,750,000 feet of
lumber, and 78,000 barrels of cement.
The government has erected a cement
mill at a cost of more than $J00,000,
which has already turned out 15,000
barrels of cement, and is now furnish
ing about 300 barrels a day. The saw
mills operated by Uncle Sam have cut
2.880,000 feet of lumber fcom the gov
ernment reserves.
HOLD UP TRAIN.
Safes of North Coast Limited Rifled
Near North Yakima.
North Yakima, Dec. 18. Overland
limited No. 1, due here at 2:50 o'clock.
P. m., but running almost five hours
late, was held . up at Hillside, in the
Yakima canyon, 11 miles north of thia
place, at J -.15 Saturday evening. The
express car was dynamited, two safea
blown open and all contents of value
taken.
From a good source it is learned that
there was little currency in the safes ort
the limited at the time of the holdnn.
The main Contents cnnnintAd et drafta
etc '
City Marshal Curren has ordered the
arrest of every stranger seen in North
Xakima who comes anvwhere npar an
swering the description piven nf th
holdup men. Up to midnieht last
night there have been four .romta.
One man, was arreBted by Officer Lane
who aBwered the description perfectly.
"o was lasen on a passenger coach on
a tram cominir Imm tti a. r.i tko.
holdup, and waa wet in tho ctin ti
thought he may be one of the men.
ii is tnought possible the bandits
may have crossed the OnlnmM ii
headed for Britiah Columbia.
Christmas Pressnts by Shipload.
New Ynrlr TVui 1 B TV. :
line steamer Philadelphia, which sailed
from-New York today for Plymouth,
Cherbourg and Rnnthimntnn ......
3,226 bags of mail for Europe. This
represents me largest quantity of mail
matter ever carried by any one stermer
OUt of tha rwirt nt Van . IPL.
Philadelphia la the Christmas ship
worn jew York thia year and the major
portion of the mail ha
- - vain .q vuaoiaur
of presents for relatives and friends-
wbo are on the other aide of the At
lantic. Finds Millions in Ground.
Winneneo Man tv 10 in
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Blum.of Boston, principal owner of the
Laurentine mina in t xf, j:
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tnct, 200 miles east of here, has un-
eannea wU of gold that assay $400,-
000 to the ton. TW aVa rnillina
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sight. It is the richest discovery ever
mads in gold mining. He apent ten
years on and on in the district and has
made much money.