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Hood Eiver lacier. ie u .; ' ' ' It's- a Cold ' Day- Whenr We Get Left. :- VOL.G. , '.. i; . ... .; . . . HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 12, 1895. NO. 33. ,3eed liver (5 Lacier. i -UBHHKD.')SVERY SATURDAY MORNING BT 'T :'i '"';"' Sj.F. -BLYTHEt- Publisher.- .subscription price. One reaf..v.,..U,.. ...... Six months. -J'hree months -7'. Snule.copy.. ....... .12 00 1 00 ...... 60 f, Ct GRAOT EVANS. EOBT. HUSBANDS. THE GLACIER .BARBER SHOP, '''' : " . ' " 7 ' ' ". C",. Second St. Near Oak,, Hood RUer, Or, ,( EYANf S; HUSBANDS, P.oprietors. Bh'av'tos; arid nnlr-cuttlug neatly done. Satis faction g-,iaraiueed. . f . .. - - I ; '-":7) NORTH WEST NEWS Condensed Telegraphic Reports of Late Happenings. ' tTEJ HOT FROM THE WIRES Budget of News for Easy Digestion From Different Part of the State! of Wash ington. Oregon and Idaho Item of Interest to Paclflo Coast People.' Spokane built 400 houses in 1894 at a ccst of something like $750,000. A-. Fetsch, a Medford (Or.) tailor, ' '''&' tlrerff $500 jn a lottery last week. ; -y. ' Fred Harford of Patha is" experiment ing witha new current wheel, for which he has secured a patent. .It is for irriga tion purposes. " ' "Uncle Billy " Gilliam is circulating an - initiative and referendum petition in Morrow county, Or. ; also one for a -''new- State constitution.-: . . tv A very pleasant family reunion was 'STkti'r J$ld t the residence of J. P. Humph reys in' the' Waldo Hills near Macleay, , Or., on1, Christinas dayO There were present seven children and twenty-six '"aj'T'fSrandchildren." , - " ",f V ; ? ; The Oregon State Board of Equaliza- tion met recently for the purpose of comparing the roll' as prepared by the ' Secretary and witnessing the President SA&i 1 and .Secretary -attach their signatures thereto,. .This completed the big' "table" ,'iwfeich'flvas .filed-.witi- the Secretary of State and soon afterward transferred to the.State printing office. The Secretary was instructed to return to Salem No vember 26 and begin the work of mak v. ing preliminary tables for the session of the board of ,1895.; . : ; ; -j Initiatory arrangements have been' perfected for a novel feature in Oregon journalism.' The Salem Statesman ten dered its January 22 edition to the ladies trt-.-:;..ot thatityr they to do all the office and reporting work and take the entire pro ceeds that day for-charitable purposes. A meeting of the ladies was neld, the . proposition accepted and the following prominent .ladies elected to carry out the project: Mrs. -Judge Bean, business manager'; Mrs. X)live, England, -editor) Mrs. William Bown, city editor; Mrs. f Patterson society editor. The remain- der of the staff will be selected soon. J Loewenberg Bros.- of Spokane have 1.7. W .transferrei"alli their stock and property, " including' the dry ' goods "business, the - 3fcoewenA)ergJJuildingr where thft Louvre i ' : Theater-Is-, -and the-, residence of Mr. Loewenberg to J. N. Glover as trustee of a large number of creditors, among them '. the Merchants' National Bank of Port- -land, of which-Julius Loewenberg. is v ' President. -Juliag Loewenberg withdrew t-, from the ffrm" of Loewenberg Bros. Octo-' f ' ' ' berl-, 1893. His claim-against the nrm at-that'tfme was.450,000; ilt is claimed tajisiO that ;th is lias been increased to 1Q0,000. William P. Simpson' of ''the South - Bend broom handle factory, has- found I that hemlock', so common in that region, is. the best material yet discovered for ; broom1' handlesi Alder has heretofore .yy been considered .the best, but handles U '.made of hemlock and sent to customers p :ii -c 'n- Portland and San Francisco have been ;' pronounced by them superior to aider. The hemlock is whiter, polishes better, " is lighter in weight and is equally as rrTBttongtj Mr..Simpson says he has a mar-"-Tret for 'all the broom handles he can make, and expects a premium .on those .- inade of hemlock. ' ; " ' .-' - - Judge Han ford in the United States r : Circuit Court at Tacoma has appointed PrRRident "Pauf Schult7,e, Joseph S. Al len of Spokane and John Donald of North Yakima receivers of the Yakima '. Investment Company, which is the snc : V' cessiiuof the Jforthern Pacific, Yakima 7'' and "Kittitas Irrigation Company. The receivership is granted on the applica x s tion of O. F. Paxton of Portland, repre 1 - ' senting the California Safe Deposit and ' Trust Company of San Francisco, which holds as trustee of the Yakima Invest ' ; ment Company a mortgage given in 1893 itt'iio Secure a $700,000 bond issue; which was to be sold" to an English syndicate. .1. ., Later the syndicate failed to take, the bonds, causing complications. The com pany is said to have a floating indebted-'- ness of $360,000, and $450,000 of the bonds are outstanding, part of them be ing pledged to secure indebtedness. The company's assets are valued at $1,500, ' 000 to $2,000,000. They include 31,000 acres of land in the Yakima Valley, for - ty-four miles of main-line canal, known as the Sunnyside canal, and 250 miles of laterals, branches and ditches. OUTLAWS. - . . , i Bob Moore and George Kat, Old Okla homa Offenders, Killed. Guthrie, 0. T., January 4. Two des peradoes who have infested Oklahoma for a long time past have " been run to ground and made to bite the dust. Be' i fore they died they fought their pursuers and seriously wounded one of them The outlaws are Bob Moore and George East, both' of whom are suspected of having been implicated in the Canadian, Texas, express robbery, a station on the Atchison and Topeka road, and the kill ing of Sheriff McGee., News of the affair was received at United States Marshal Nix's office here to-day. Deputy Mar shal Bill Williams and a strong detach ment of deputies had been chasing the omlaws for several days. . They . had trailed them ; from place to 'place, but had not come within fighting distance until yesterday. Although Uhe sides were unequal, half a dozen or. more deputies to two outlaws, the Jatter were armed to the teeth . and their natural desperateness, strengthened. by the box in which the deputies had put them, made them no easy mark.' ' They were rounded-up in a desolate valley in the southwestern part of. Washita county about noon, and when' commanded to surrender made a stand and began using their Winchesters. . Their aim was good, for in the first, volley one of the1 posse fell seriously wounded by a ball in the side.- The next instant, however, both outlaws were stretched on the ground dead with bullets from the deputies' guns in their hearts. The outlaws were a veritable walking arsenal and, had they not been killed so soon, would doubtless have laid some of the deputies to test. They were both old offenders with enviable" reputations' among their craft, and their riddance is joyous news to the Territory officials, generally as they were the constant dread of Okla homa. - . , - SAY; CARLISLE ' BROKE FAITH. Report Current That Wall Street Has Asked Hts Removal. Chicago, January 4. A special to the Daily Kews ' from- WasWngton says: " Leading New York bankers have made a, forma demand on the President for the removal of Secretary Carlisle. The request was made by J. Pierrepont Mor gan, who came on from New York ' for that purpose. Mr. Morgan was the chief factor in the -late syndicate .which took the last issue of bonds. There have been many informal demands for Secretary Carlisle's retirement coming from Wall street-in -the last year, but this is the first time the movement has taken an organized forni. New York financiers charge, that the Secretary broke faith witn tnem on tne recent Dona issue oy sprinting his currencv plan iuBt after'he- disposed of the bonds and depressing the price tin 'the market, resulting in the dissolution of the syndicate; The Pres ident informed Secretary Carlisle to-day for the first time of Morgan's modest re quest, and indicated he had no intention of asking Secretary Carlisle to quit." PLATE-GLASS WAR. There Will be a Cut Where the Jobbers ; -' xpeeted an Advance.' Chicago, January 4. The Tribune to morrow will say : -A plate-glass war . is oh, and' it may 'result-"disastrously to some of the jobbers of the country, ho have been caught in the " trap," . I)feg6-. tiations have been? pending' for. 'several months for a combination of plate-glass works, and the deal was announced, to go into effect January 1. An immediate advance in plate glass was to take" places and on the strength of this assurance the jobbers bought up every foot of glass in the country for speculation.- Now comes the .announcement , that the deal lias (alien tnrougn, ana mat tne present prices would suffer another 20, per cent cut. As a result a decidedly ugly feeling prevails in ail branches of this industry, the' manufacturers' asserting that they are. operating at a loss and the' jobbers insisting that they have been mulcted. . i j y, i 7JA.ustin,-Tex', January 4.- It is re ported here ftn'what is regarded as good authority' that Governor Mitchell. if Florida has revoked the executive writ issued by hint-on the requisition of Gov ernor Hogg of Texas for the extradition of Henry M. Flagler, one of the Stand-' ard Oil; directors, who was indicted at Waco, Tex., "for conspiracy under-the anti-trust law of Texas. f- '"-'-s ::'' ' -Partial victory., , Boston ; ' January- 4. The Am erican Bell Telephone won - a partial' victory when the United States Circuit Court of Appeals to-day in awritaf error brought by the telephone company against, the Western Union Telegraph Company et al. ordered that the decree of the United States Circuit Court be reversed and the case remanded for. further proceedings, Karly Dissolution Ixpected;li,',- Berlin, January 4. Socialist "member of the Reichstag, Zubil at a mass, meet ing last evening said he thought an early dissolution, of the Reichstag 'certain through the rejection of the bills provid ing for the construction of new iron clads and the increase of the strength of the army and the institution of various reforms in the imposition of taxes. Russian Ministerial Scandal. -. St, Petersbnrg; January 4. The re tirement of M. Krivoschein, Minister of Ways and Communications, is in conse quence of his connection with contracts for railroad ties, the material for which was obtained from the estate of Krivos chein. When the Minister of .Finance discovered this scandal M, Krivoschein was requested to resign. FATAL FIGHT WITH MR. BURNS TALKS What the English labor Leader Says of the United States. HIS SOJOURN IS ABOUT OVER Publicity Given to Many Trite Truisms on the Complex Character of Amerl can Civilization Our Size,- Wealth and Natural Resources Stagger Rim. Nbw York, January 3.-rThe Recorder to-morrow'' will print an interview with John Burns, '.'M.' P., the English la bor leader) as to what he thinks of this country, now that his visit has almost come io a close. Mr. Burns arrived here this afternoon from Philadelphia, and left to-night for.Boston, where he 8 peak s to-morrow. Among other things Mr. Burns said : -" Well, my visit to America is rapidly drawing to a close.- It has been a grand trip. The size, wealth and natural re sources of the country have simply stag gered me. I have visited fourteen cities, and in every one 1 have been handsome ly . received. ' In fact, I met with no greater than in Chicago itself, where a few cranky editors have tried to misrep resent me to the people and misrepre sent the people to me. Everywhere both State and municipal officials have treated, me with great considera tion have cone out of their way to oblige' me, and iave even complimented me bv saving; that 1 had some knowledge and experience in municipal - affairs I Bhall take home several . trunks lull of documents and reports relating to municipal government, and I shall study them all careiuilv. What l have seen of American life has been on the whole pleasant, interesting and deeply in structive. Of all countries in the world one can generalize less about America than any other. ine diversity oi races, religious customs and habits renders generalization not only superficial, but absurd. The heterogeneous character of the population prevents singularity of judgment. ' '-The individual interests of your communities are as different as one State in the North differs from another in the extreme South or West. The fact is an American city is often a microcosm of the whole human race. ; The Italian from sunny Italy, the negro from Africa, the Englishman and Swede cannot live in one city and display in relation to. each other that homogenity and corpora ate life; which would have Saved you from many of your .troubles and munic ipal difficulties. , . ' ' ; I i .''America is an .international mosaic, on the floor of the'universe. Some day the .various colors will - assume their proper position to each .other, and when that. happens it will in spite otrje gloomy -outlook that monopoly causeswOoint to the committee and. the picture to assume be a work o( Amer ica's best : citizens and a justification of all the trouble you will have to undergo to secure such a happy result. I like to Compare like with like, and find that in many respects American labor is better off' than that!. in Europe and other old countries, but your miners and in many cases- your unskilled laborers are worse off than" in Europe,' and I am sorry to Bay their prospects are not improving, Your, skilled artisan, Especially where i - : i j!M i tr , i , ,. :n u he is organized, is better off than in the old country in point of wages, and enjoys a better standard of comfort, but what he gains, over the English at the. spigot of high wages he often loses at the bung hole of lack of employment. The Amer ican works harder while at it, and in many cases his hours' are longer and his holidays fewer than those of the Euro pean workman. ' His. foot-pound of en ergy exerted in the production of wealth and the mental strain that the hustling tendency of American life demands really make him no better off after all." OUTLOOK, BETTER. The London Times' . Review , of ..Last .. . Xear's Business, y -i i ?--,' " London, January 3. The Times will ay to-morrow in its trade review of last year: - r - ;"';'! f. "While the" possibilities of a year ago were only partially realized, trade iri the aggregate may, be .said -to,,4have turned the corner in a serierof ten years.- The hinderance 'of enterprises is mainly to be ascribed :" : . V ' ' T - " .."First, to the .. depreciation of silver and the tariff wrangle in America, which when ended failed to give trade a con tinuous impetus. !! ,; '. .t " Second, io foreign '. competition, which,- however, is not increasing, the main injury arising from our establish ing manufactures in growing countries and damaging similar ones at home, ' " Third,jto the -disappointing harvest and, low prices for grain." ; ;;' . : " On' the' other hand, there have been evidences of sounder trading. V The fail ures were; fewer, ; and- the capital in4 volved was lower than before in recent years. We enlarged our exports and im ports on the whole, although adverse re sults due to:the extreme dullness are re ported in some-quarters. ' Hopeful views" are now 'current.' Theyare" mainly di rected to the early improvement of the American markets on a more assured basis, secured by the tariff settlement and a better financial position. There is expectation also of a betterment in South America and of some recovery in Australia and the East." ' 1 , J : ; Rich Strike In Oil.. " , ,; Florenxe, Col., January 4.. The rich est strike ever made in thef Florence oil field has been made by the United Oil Company at Coal creek, two miles from this city.- The new well is said to be the equal of any in Pennsylvania. LUMBER COMBINATION. San Francisco Dealers Club Together for Mutual Benefit. San Francisco,' January 3. Nearly every prominent firm dealing in lumber in this pity is interested in a movement to form a combination, increase prices and insure a profit in a branch of business which has been conducted at a loss for months.: Negotiations with that end . in view has been in progress for two weeks, but as yet no definite organization is the result. . A committee . has been chosen, a plan outlined and rules have been formulated, even a name for the new concern has . been adopted, but the step which is to-make all these, measures practically operative has not been taken. Local lumbermen are a unit in declaring that trade with them, has been worse than profitless for a year. Cargoes have been sold at a loss of $600 and $700. It was found cheaper in many instances to have work performed and material pur chased in British Columbia rather than in this.city. The only possible field for even small profits is in the foreign mar ket. Under these' conditions local mer chants considered it absolutely necessary to take some step' to stop the competi tion going on and to raise . prices until there be a reasonable profit.' With that object a meeting was called. - Repre sentatives of the following firms were in attendance: ; PreBton A ' McKinnon, ' the - Golden Gate Company, Pope & Talbot, Rentoh, Holmes & Co., W. J. Adams, Gray's Harbor Commercial Company, the Pa cific Pine Lumber CompanykHanson & Co., Simpson Lumber Company ' and Wood-Slade-Thayer Lumber Company. After an : informal discussion of the matter a committee" of three was ap pointed and instructed to report a plan of action. This committee urged that all of the interested companies unite in the creation of what is to be known as the Central Lumber Company of Cali fornia. It urged that all consignments of lumber be made to this company, which would then appoint its selling agents. In that way all sales would come under the direct supervision of the combination. : Every ten days there was to be a division of profits upon a basis lair to all the companies. 1 he plan seemed to meet with approval, and it was hoped that it would., go into opera tion, to-day. Certain delays have oc curred, however, and it is difficult to tell when the combination will be formed, ,. SENATOR LEXOW'S , REPLY. His Answer to the Criticisms of Rev. . - . '. .JJr Farkhurst. --- Albany, N. Y., January 3. In an in terview this evening Senator Lexow said he had no answer to make on the criti cisms of the work "of the committee con tained '. in Dr. Parkhurst's manifesto. Obviously,: the best answer would be td say : " By thei:Wfrks ye shall know them," Sen ator LexoweR.'d he had too high regard for Dr, ParkhursiRav that he is actu-' ated by any' but the highest and purest motives in what he says U. siloes. He continued: , -' ,i "But it is strange indeed that when the crucial point was reached and Super intendent Byrnes was on the stand, as everybody knew he would be last Satur day, everything that was suggested was done. And yet this criticism.. Through out the entire examination Mr. Mobs stood at Mr. Goff's side and co-operated in the conduct of inquiry. It is unnec essary to add anything to this. As to a deal, it is plain one could not be effected unless through the co-operation of a majority of the committee acting in con? junction with all the counsel,-. The statement of this proposition is the best refutation of the charges.' , " " Let any one suggest a question that was not put, a charge that was not made, an indictment that was not brought or anything, in short, that was omitted before they criticise. To my mind the meat of the statement iB to be found in the declaration that the Senate has uncovered all the corruption in exist ence in the Police Department, and there still remains work for the Society for the Prevention of Crime to do. I wish-thetn God-speed in this work." ' "' ' - f'-f Reduction of Wages. Nitta Yuma, 'Miss.,' January 3. A movement, which seems destined to be come popular among the planters of Mississippi, was inaugurated at a plant ers' meeting in "this town., Prominent agriculturists of Delta were present, and resolutions were passed fixing the pay of the best male labor at 50 cents per day and the best class of female labor at 40 cents per day.' Not more than $7 per month with rations will be paid the best laborers, and crops , should be laid by at a maximum expenditure of $3.50 per acre. : Clubs will be formed at once throughout the State, having for their motto the reduction of wages. , Colonel John R. Cameron, Captain John Willis and Dr. A. J.'Phelps, three of the most prominent men in the State, are- giving the movement their indorsement.,-, ' ., Germany and a Tariff War. ' '' . - jBERLiN,' January 3. The Hamburg correspondent, usually inspired from the Wilheltn Strasse, speaks of the prohibi tion of German Wine by the Washington government as the first step in a tariff war between the United States and Ger many. The Vossische Zeitung remarks that Germany can. win ho' laurels in a tariff war with America, : ' " :: . .. Attacked a Convent Farm. ' - - London, January 3. A dispatch from Vienna says 2,000 men Saturday 'at-' tacked the .convent farm at Staminiti. The police sent to the scene were over powered, and the military had to be called upon. Twenty arrests were made. PAID IN GOLD COIN Mr. Paxton Had the Cash for a Tacoma Motor Line. WAS TURNED OVER PROMPTLY It Was Bought in at a Mortgage Sale for the General Electric Company of -, . Portland Money Carted to the Court . house In a Guarded Hack. Tacoma, January 2. The Point Defi ance street railway, extending . from South Ninth street to Point Defiance, seven miles, was sold to O. F. Paxton of Portland to-day for $82,000. Mr. Paxton is attorney for S. Z. Mitchell of Port land, ' who represents the the Edison General Electric Company's interests. The price "was promptly turned over' in gold.' Eighty-two thousand dollars in cold Coin was what Mr. Paxton flashed on the rest of the lawyere. The money was carted up to the courthouse from the London and San Francisco Bank in a hack guarded by the representatives of Mr. Paxton and Detective Leroy. The claims against the road are in brief: Ihose represented by Lewis, trustee. approximating $20,000, for which- a de cree in the lower court has been ob tained ; that of C. Hinchman, a mort gagee, the original amount of which was $50,000, but which with costs and" re ceivership has mounted up to about $99, 000; a claim for labor; a claim of the Bank of British Columbia for $5.000 : a claim of the Tacoma Railway and Motor Company for $60,000 for power furnished and a claim of the Edison General Elec tric Company represented , by the pur chaser. The sale was under a decree of the Hinchman mortgage. ; . , CROPS IN RUINS. Florida Will, lose Millions of Dollars .. by the Cold Weather. Jacksonville, Fla., January 2. Three million dollars will hardly cover the loss in Florida from the cold of the past sev enty-two hours. The mercury dropped 22 degrees above zero last night and the col ' completed its work of destruction. The pineapple plantations are ruined as well as the oranges and the winter vege table crops. -'Next year's orange crop will be shortened by 1,000000 boxes, which means an additional loss of $1,- 500;000 to the growers and , the trans portation companies. The direct and ncidental losses by this spell will ae- regate $5,000,000 in the next two years, ast night at 8 o'clock the mercury was at 41 degrees. ' The mercury went down to 14 degrees above zero at the signal station in. this city just before sunrise this morning, this record being 1 degree colder than the temperature during the ereat freeze of 1886 and the lowest since 1835. The thermometer at the station is 1 00 feet above ground and the surface readings about town average from 10 to 3 degrees lower. Keports from Titusville, Tampa, Orala, Gainesville,-Palatka and Sanford indicate the mercury dropped to about 18 above zero in these localities. - The orange and vegetable crops are practical ly ruined. The best estimate places the number of oranges on the trees at fully 2,600,000 boxes and officials of the Florida Fruit Exchange in this city think fully 2,000,000 bdxeshave been frozen either wholly or in part. If this ' estimate is correct,i.the remaining 600,000 boxes will bring fabuloiisprices. These re ports cannot be verified until to-night or to-morrow, but the best informants in fruit matters say " the) jig is up with the oranges of 1893-94.." Ice formed on the streets of Jacksonville this morning. 'The snap is not without compensation, however, as it has largely , killed the scale, one of the deadliest orange pests, and exterminated another, the white fly,, which was becoming active in some groves and threatened the State. '"'-'!' Another Lexow Committee. " San Francisco, January 4. Plans for a crusade against vice and corruption, private and public, in this city was de veloped to-day by the formation of the Civic Federation of San Francisco on the lines of the Chicago Civic Federation. War is declared by the federation against dives,, side entrances to , saloons, gam bling and municipal corruption. A Leg islative Committee, similar in scope to the Lexow organization, is a possible outgrowth of the federation, which was organized by Rev. James Cumming Smith, pastor, of Trinity Presbyterian Church. - - ' - '- The Pope's Safeguard. : London, January 3. The Standard's Rome correspondent 'says several Cardi nals, who oppose Cardinal Rompolla'S attitude toward the Cardinals, were con versing recently, when one remarked that the King of Italy at Rome was the Pope's safeguard. All concurred in this opinion. The Pope upon hearing this was much impressed. It is supposed that this partly accounted for his omis sions of the usual allusions to temporal power from his speech at the New Year's reception. Going to the Front. London, January 3. A dispatch to the Central News from Peking says that Liu Kung i, the Viceroy of Liang Ki ang, who has been appointed as the head of the Chinese armies,, is preparing to start for the front to assume supreme command of the troops. The Japanese fleet, together with a new squadron of war vessels, is cruising off the Shan Tung Promontory, . THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Findings of the Court of Inquiry in the Grounding of the Cincinnati. Washington,' January 2.r-Secretary Herbert has made public the findings of the court of inquiry in the case of the grounding of the Cincinnati off Execu tion Rock, Long Island Sound, and his own action in the matter. The court found that, when the vessel neared the point where she struck, Captain -.Glass was obliged to leave the deck, leaving orders to the navigator, Lieutenant S. C. Gillingham; the pilpt, B. F j Arcularist, and the officer of the deck, Ensign Roger Wells, Jr., governing them during his absence and leaving billingham, assisted by the pilot, in charge of the navigation . of the vessel. The ship was then headed on a safe course." The grounding is rep resented as due to an error in the judg ment of the pilot, one of the oldest and most experienced in New York, and of the navigator in estimating the distance of the ship from the United States bhoals, on which she struck. This pi lot's error' caused the grounding. The speed of the ship was" not reduced by the navigator on approaching the shoals, re maining too great for accurate sound ings. The officer of the deck neglected to station a leadsman on the port side, and the Captain on leaving the deck did not place in charge the officer next in - line of rank. The court was of the opin ion that further proceedings should be had in the case of Pilot Acularist, Cap tain Ulass, Lieutenant (iilhngham and Ensign Wells; but, as it did npt say when the- proceedings should .be held,. Judge Advocate Remy in reviewing the report reported that -the interests oi the service do not require the trial of-1 any of ttie officers, In indorsing : .the-. record Secretary Herbert emphasizes .the fact that the presence of a pilot does hot re lieve officers of responsibility, and says it is clear that the same degree of cau tion was not exercised Dy the-otneers in navigating the ship as if there had been no pilot on board. . He finds that the Captain was particularly censurable for continuing to run his ship at -such high speed in confined waters, -. . plates por printing postage stamps. The opinion of the Solicitor, of the Treasury that it is unlawful to have the possession or to use plates for the print ing of postage stamps in the similitude of those issued by foreign governments will be acted upon at once. No more so called stamp albums containing.. stamps of these kinds will be allowed to be printed.' The cuts from which these are ' printed will be seized. It is an astonish ing fact that the penalty imposed by law lor the counterfeiting of '. foreign stamps iB much more severe than, for counter feiting United States stamps. In the case of foreign stamps the penalty is not less than two or more than ten. years' imprisonment, while for counterfeiting United States stamps the penalty is a fine of not more than $500 or more than five years' imprisonment or both. The United Mates Uourts might impose a fine of $1 or one day's imprisonment for violations of our law, and come within the law, while the minimum-penalty as to foreign stamps is two years' imprison ment. ' '" '' WILL not GET A FICK-Tr. The three new Senators, whJ will be elected to fill the vacancies in the States of Wyoming, Washington and Montana, will probably not be paid the pack sal- . aries, as has heretofore been paid to Sen ators -elected- ? appointed ' to ' fill vacan cies, i They were'ctit'Oufr? b'y an express provision in the legislative appropri-: ation bill of the last session, which, it is believed, will put an end to this practice for the future. Under the system which has prevailed . heretofore each man chosen would have received the pay for the entire term of six vears, notwith- , standing two years have already elapsed. The new provision will, therefore, work as a saving to the government of $30,- 000 in this instance and of larger sums in the future. ' .. . THE DECREE - IS FINAL. A Definite Statement From MConslgnore ' Satolll. -.. Washington, January 2. -Owing to misapprehensions caused,, by the publi cation of a statement that '.the decree concerning secret societies was not final, - and was to be submitted to the Bishops to secure from them their, opinions thereon, Monsignore Satolli authorizes the following brief statement'-of facts : : "The Archbishops of the United States have taken counsel With respect to three societies, namely, Odd Fellows, Sons of Temperance and .Knights of Pythias. The Archbishops' decided that the whole question should be submitted to the Apostolic See. ; .In" ar communi cation from his eminence'. Cardinal Monaco, to Monsignore Satolli the action of the 'general congregation of Cardinals to .whom" his Holiness cpnimitted the question is made known. V The congre--gation after consideririg;,carefully the matter made the decree"; this decree his Holiness fully confirmed'and gave it complete effect. "The" decreje is, there fore, transmitted to all "Archbishops, : Bishops and other ordinaries in the United States to be by them carried into effect. Monsignore Satolli has acted merely as a medium of transmission. but in view of the contradictory and con fusing reports emanating ' from various Earts of the country the facts are thus riefly stated." ... . No Such Plan Considered. ; Madrid, January .-J-Senor Biessa, Minister of the Interior, has entered a formal denial of the statement, which recently emanated from" ; Washington, that a plan has been under consideration allowing local officials of Cuba to make up the budget of tariff duties, afterward submitting it to ithe government for aD- provaL ;The Cabinet has, however, ap proved tne proposal to open an inquiry into the Cuban customs system. "