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"IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT. VOL. XI V. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2G, 1J02. NO. 32. HGOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by 8. K. BLVTHK, Publisher. Term of subscription fl.uO year when paid in savance. THB MAIL. The mall arrive! from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesdays and Katurrtaya; departs the same days at noon. For Chenoweth, leaves at S a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays: arrives at 6 p. in. For White Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily ai:15 . m.; arrives at 7:lj p. in. From White Salmon leaves for Fulda, (illmer, Tiout Lake and tilenwood daily at 9 A. M. For Biimeii (Wash.) leaves alaitdp. in.; ar rives at 2 p. in. BOCI HUE'S. OAK GKOVE COUNCIL No. U2, OUDKR OF PEN 1)0. Meets the Second and Fourth Fridays of the month. Visitors cordially wel comed. C. V. Dakin, Counsellor. Mas. Henky MtCluiKit, Secretary. ORDER Or WASHINGTON. Hood River I'nlon No. 144, meets 111 Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth Saturdays in each month, 7:i o'clock. C. L. Coprut, President. 11 L, Dpmbls, Secretary; IAl'KEI, KEBEKAH DEGREE I.OIHiE. No I 87, 1. O. O. F. Meets tlret aud third Mon days In each month. Mrs. W. O. Ash, N. G. Minn Ota w AI.KKR, secretary. 1ANBY POST, No. 16, G. A. R. Meets at A. j O. U. W . Hall second and fourth Saturdays of each mouth at o'clock p. in. All U. A. K. members invited to meet with us. J. W. Uiubt, Commander. C. J. Hayks, Adtutant. CANBV W. R. C, No. 16-Meets fl rat Satur day of each month 1 it A. O. U. W. hall at J j. m. Mrs. B. F.Shoimakkr, President. Mas. O. L. Stranahan, Secretary. HOOD RIVER I.OIKiK No. 105, A. F. and A M Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. '. M. Yates, V. M. C. I. THotiraoH, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27. R. A. M. Meels third Friday uiltlit of each month. E. L. Smith, 11. P. A. N. Rahh, Secretary. MOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 2A, O. E. 8. Meets second aud fourth Tuesday even s of each month. Visitors co diallr wel comed. Mrs. Mollik ('. colk, W. M. Mas. Maby B. Davidson, Secretary. 0 LETA ASSEMBLY No. 103, United Artisans, Meets first and third Wednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays social; Artl tans ball. E. C. Haoaiua, M. A. Mrs. E. A. Barnes, Secretary. W ACCOM A LODGE, No. SO, K.W P.-Mcets in A. O. U. W. hall every Tuesday nitrht. C. E. Markhah, C. C, W. A. Firebauoh, K. or R. and S. RIVERSIDE LODGE, No. 68, A. O. U. W. Meeta first aud third Saturdays of each month. Fred Howe, W, m. E. R. Bradley, Financier. Chester Shute, Recorder. . IDLEWII.DE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meet! lu Fraternal hull every Thursday night. W. O. AbH, N. O. 1. I. Henderson, Secretary. HOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M., meets at A. O. U. W. hall on the first aud third Fridays of each month. W alter Gkrktnq, Commander. RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40. DEGREE OF HONOR, A. O. U. W.-Meets Bret aud third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Mrs. E. R. Rradley, C. ot II. Mrs. II. J. Frederick, Recorder. HOOdIrIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first and third Wednesday! of each month. F. L. DAVIIHON, V. C. E. R. Bradley. Clerk. B. PRESBY, Attorney-at-law and U. S. Commissioner. Gi ldendale, W ash. Makes a specially of land office work. Final proofs in timber aud homestead entries made before him. JjR. J. W. YOG EL. OCULIST. Will make regular monthly visits to Hood River. Residence 863 Sixteenth Street, Portland, Oregon. 1 II. JENKINS, I). M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 94. Office in I.angille bid. Hood River, Oregon. pR.E.T.CARN8, Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up-to-Date Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON JJ L.DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND poRGEOX. Successor to F- Bnw- rn. nnmiio answered In town or country, tans promin J)ty ()f NjRlt Twephonet: Residence, 81 ; Office, 81. Oilloe over Everharl's Grocery. J r. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. TelephonesfOfflce, 281 ; residence, 283. SURGEON O. R. AN. CO. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. ABSTRACTER, no. TARY tTHLiC and KKAL, ESTA1K AGENT. For n rears a resident ot Orefon and Wash ington. Has had many years eiiwrtetice in Real Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of litlrs and agent, baiisiacuon guaranteed or no charge. pREDERICK A ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimate furnished (or all kinds of work. Repairing a specialty. All kin. li ot shop work. Hiop on State Street, between First and Second. A. JAYS K. LAWYER. Abstracts Furnished. Money Loaned. Ibxxl Hirer, Oregon. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3 end 6 U 7 P. M. gUTI.FR A CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking basinets. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. CONSPIRACY SUSPECTED. Unearthing of Deep Plot May Result from Arrest of a Chinaman. Portland, Dec. 25. Forged Chinese certificates are being manufactured by wholesale somewhere on the Pacific coast. At least the federal authorities have reason to believe so, facta having come into their possession through the arrest in San Francisco of Gen Chen, who had in his possession a counterfeit certificate. About a month ago Chinese Inspector Dunn, of San Francisco, sent a certifl cate to David M. Dunne, collector of internal revenue in Portland, for ex amination. Mr. Dunne pronounced it a forgery and the holder, Gen Chen, was aires ted in San Francisco. The forgery is a very clever one, the United States dies being imitated to perfection and every de;ail being minutely fol lowed, even to the finished photograph. The federal authorities here will not give out definite information about the case for fear it will defeat the ends of justice, but it is known that in some one of the cities of the Pacific coast a counterfeiting company is turning out forged certificates. The One workman ship shows that the counterfeiters not only have a thorough and intimate knowledge of the inside workings of the interior department as regards Chinese affairs, but that they must be possessed of considerable means to carry on the business in such minute detail. The tricks of the wily heathen have given Uncle Sam trouble since the ex clusion act was first put into effect. It is a constant warfare between their cunning linked with that of dishonest white men, and the federal authorities. They are as resourceful as Aladdin with his wonderful lamp, a d as soon as the officers "tumble" to one of their games they spring a new one. - At the present time, it la claimed, there are in circulation 150 forged copies of habeas corpus orders issued by Judge Bellinger. It io impossible to figure out how forgeries of these orders could have been made without the connivance of some of the attorneys handling the cai-es, and Judge Bellinger, it is said, has been aroused bo that he threatened not only to disbar any attorney on whom suspicion might fall, but to prosecute him as well. The orders are issued in lien of lost certificates aud pass fur such among the authorities But a Chinaman getting a bogus one generally uses it in another state, so as to escape detection the more easily. A few years ago the government ex posed a certificate counterfeiting gang in San Fiancisco and it is known that certificates have been manufactured in Victoria, B. C, but it is belieed the present company is operating on a larger scale than ever before at tempted. The prompt manner in which the officers detected the forged certifi cate purporting to come from Portland and presented io San Francisco, shows that they are wideawake. NEEDS OF THE ARMY. Corbln Explains Them and Give Reasons for Favoring General Staff. Cleveland, O., Dec. 24. The fifty fourth annual dinner of the Cleve land Chamber of Commerce, which was held here tonight, was made notable because of the attendance of several men distinguished in war and peace. The guests of honor were: Governor Nash, Adjutant-General Corbln, General S. B. M. Young and General A. R. Chaffee, U. S. A.; John 0. Mllburn, of Buffalo, and Senator Hahna. These occupied the platform table, at which also sat Tom L. John son, Myron T. Herrlck and others. The first speaker was Governor Nash, who referred to the growth of te State of Ohio, and especially o' the City of Cleveland. Tha next speaker was Adjutant-General CfOin, who spoke to the toast "The Army and Its Needs." Major-Genial Corbin said in par- 'We have much that is satis factory; our officers and men are of the best-sober, brave and intelligent. We are fortunate In having a perma nent military establishment of vol unteers. What is known as the reg ular Army Is In the highest sense a volunteer army, every officer and man taking service of his own motion. But perfection of organization Is de manded a harmonious and intelli gent method of co-ordination and di rection. Laws for the administration of the army have been drafted on the statute books in many parts without a continuity of legislative thought so that, starting out with the Constitu lonal provision that the President shall command the Army and Navy, you soon overtake conditions which baffle and bother those charged with responsibilities connected therewith." 2.500 WERE KILLED. Earthquake In Asia was Moat Disastrous Famine and Pestilence. London, Dec. 25. A diepacth from New Marghelan, Russian Turkestan, reports that the earthquake at Andijan killed 2,500 people in and near that city, and destroyed lo.OOO honses. The rumblings continue. The author ities so far have not been able to cope with the destitution of the starving, unsheltered people. Coal Oil In Iowa. Des Moines, la., Dec. 24. Oil has been discovered oozing from the banks of the Coon River, near Grant City, In Sac County. A quart of the oil sent to Ames College for an analy sis Is said to have been found to be SO per cent. pure. The discoverer, a woman, hag quietly leased 60,000 acrea In the locality. For Reciprocity In Coal. Washington, Dec. 23. Senator Lodge Introduced In the Senate a bill authorizing the President to remove the du on coal coming Into the United States from Canada, when ever the duty on coat from the United States going into Canada shall be removed. NEWS OF OREGON HF'ttS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. Extensive Apple Canning Industry Driv ing Logs Down Rogue River Marlon County's Prosperity Oregon an Ideal Dairy Country Salem Growing Lots of Wood for Insane Asylum. Salem is making preparations to enlarge her city limits. The 'superintendent of the Tunnel- ton mines, in the Gold Creek district, has gone to Denver to purchase a milling plant for the development of the properties. Marlon County's delinquent tax roll for last year is only $3,000, the smallest in the history of the county. The original tax roll was for $221,000 of tax money. A joint "log-rolling" given by Ash land and Phoenix Camps, Woodmen of the World, was largely attended by delegations from Southern Oregon and Northern California, and was a grand success. Burning of a heavy growth of tulles on the shores of the Lower Klamath Lake attracted considerable attention from the neighborhood of Ashland, 70 miles distant. The reflection on the clouds was very brilliant. The fires were started to clear off the wild hay lands, while ice and snow would pre vent spreading. Prof. G. L. McKay, head of the dairy department of the State Agri cultural College of Iowa, says: "There is no question In my mind but that uairy products and bacon pork can be produced cheaper in Oregon than in any other country in the world." Prof. McKay has visited Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Ger many, and Eengand, and his investi gations on this subject make him an authority unsurpassed. Candidates for U. S. senator are ex ceedingly numerous. Linn county jail is full to overflow ing, the first time in several years. TVia nitn a! aartf ! rn a at f rn rnrtll t )i varA very quiet, there being only one ticket in the field. A hobo was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for stealing a jar of jam. it was nis second onense. W. (1. ' RupsrII. an actor, was ar rested at Helix on the charge of having played a copyrighted play without per- ission. Registration in Astoria previous to the recent elections showed more foreign-born voters than native Amer icans there. The O. R. & N. contemDlates putting a dining car on its throngh trains and cutting out the stop at the famous Log Cabin eating house at Meacnam tor meals. About 80 members of the Marion Countv Bar association will try to have a continual session of the criminal de partment of the state circuit court in augurated at Die coning session of the legislature. A drive of 100,000 feet of pine logs is on its way down the Rogue river. If the drive is successful many more will follow, as there is a vast quantity of fine sugar pine in the Upper Rogue river country. An extensive and profitable apple- canning industry has been started up at Linnton. There is an almost unlim ited supply of the frnit good for cook ing, but for which there is no market in its natural state. PORTLAND MARKETS. ' Wheat Walla Walla, 70371c; blue stem 78 79c; valley, 75(3 7 rtc. Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, $24.00. Flour Best grade, 3.60(34 10; grab- am, $3.203.60. Millstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton; middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50: chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.151. 17. gray, $1.121.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $10011; clover, $9.00; cheat, $89 per ton. Potatoes Best Barbanks, 6070 per sack; ordinary, COQbOc per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.76(1 $2 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, lie; yoting, 10c; hens, Hdllc; turkeys, live, 13(3 He; drea-ed, 15 17 V, ducks, 56 per dozen; geese, $6. 5r 7. Cheese Fall cream, twins, 16K(3 l'Xc; Yonng America, llQUH factory prices, ldlc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 27X830 per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22Xc; store, 15(318. Eggs 25 3 35 e per doten. Hops New crop, 23326c per pound Wool Valley, 12X15c; Eastern Oregon, 8 14 He; mohair, 2628c. Beef Groes, cows, 3(3 3 pet pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 6 J 7c Yeal-7K38Kr. Mutton Gross, 3c per pound; dressed, 6c Lambs Oroes, 3e per pound; dressed, 6 Ke. Hogs Groes, "6 $88 H per pound: dressed, 7457 DEATH IN COLLISION. Ten Killed and Twenty-Seven More Badly Injured on the Southern Pacific. Byron, Cal., Dec. 23 Ten persons were killed and 27 injured in a col lision last night between the south bound Lob Angeles "owl" train and the Stockton flyer. It was a rear-end collision, the engine of the local plowing Its way through the last coach on the owl, which was filled with Fresno people. The passengers who escaped instant death were hurl ed to the fore part of the coach. crushed between the mass of debris, their . sufferings and danger lntensi fled a hundredfold by the clouds ot scalding steam poured out on them roiu the "shattered boiler of the Stockton engine. The "owl" left tne Oakland Mole about 5 o'clock, and on t'-ie way to this point it was noted that there was a leak In the flue of the engine. This Increased to such an extent that it was deemed advisable to stop here and take up a freight engine for re lief. The train officials knew that No. 84, the Stockton local, was fol lowing a half hour behind and a flag man was sent back down the track to give , warning of the presence of the "owl." It is said that the Stockton train In charge of Engineer MaGuire and Fireman Joyce, got the warning signal In due time and gave the us ual response with whistle blasts. Why the incoming train was not checked, however, has not been thus far explained, the men who could give the facts being numbered among the badly Injured. LATER REPORT. Death List Has Now Reached 25, with Four More in Critical Condition. San Francisco, Dec. 25. The latest revised list of the victims of the rail road collision on the Southern Pacific railroad near Byron station shows that there are 25 dead. There are still 20 injured turvivors of the accident, but the condition of four of these is extremely critical, and additional names may yet have to be added to the death list. An official investigation into the cause of the disaster has been begun by Coroner Curry , of Contiacosla county, who proposes to thoroughly sift the evidence in order to fix the responsi bility. There appears to be no doubt that the Stockton fiver, which ran into the Owl train, was signalled and that the engineer responded with a whistle and threw on the brakes. The question which remains open is whether or not the signal was given in time to avert the accident. CANAL PROJECT MAY FAIL. Senator Morgan Says Title to Panama Route Is Insecure. Washington, Dec. 23. There were 20 senators in their seats when the Senate was called to order for the final session before the Christmas holidays. They heard a vigorous ad dress by Morgan on the isthmian canal negotiations. Morgan contended for the making good of contracts entered into by President McKinley with Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The negotiation of these agreements he characterized as a masterful act, and said they were about to be trodden under foot. Why this was true was not a question for a Democrat to solve, but he could, at any rate, say he did not agree with the mind-readers and spirit medium" who had since declared that Mr. Mc Kinley did not mean what he said In the contracts. He then went on to express appre hension that if the United States did not avail itself of the opportunity to build a canal by the Nlcaraguan loute, none would be built, and he said the appropriation of $180,000,000 for the construction of the canal could he covered into the Treasury about June 28, 1904, If not used before that time. Attention was called to the fact that under the Colombian law, only the Congress of that country can rat ify a treaty. There had been no Con gress there since 1899, and there was not likely to be any unless the Pana ma Canal Company should pay Its ex penses out of the $3,000,000 on hand or the $10,000,000 promised by the United States. He therefore ex pressed apprehension that a treaty that might be accepted by this gov ernment would fail of action In Co lombia. After quoting from the concession granted to the liquidations of the old Panama Canal Company, which Mr. Morgan said was also made a law of Colombia, he said: "It Is a surprise to Jurists and lay men alike In our country that the At torney General, In his opinion given to the President on the right and power of the new Panama Canal Company to revoke a title to the United States of its property in Pan ama, omitted to notice the prohibi tion In the concessions and In the laws of Colombia, through which it derived all its property rights in Co lombia." To Create Oame Preserves. Washington. Dec. 24. Senator Per kins, of California, today Introduced a bill authorizing the President to set aside areas within forest reserves to be preserved as breeding places for wilrl animals birds and fish. Within these areas all hunting, fishing and killing of game is to De proniDiterj at all times. The Senator has drawn his bill along lines recommended by the President, and with a further view largely to doing away with state pro tection of game within reserves. Successful Trial Trip. Rockport Mass., Dec. 23. The trial of the Monitor Nevada was held off Cape Ann today. As timed from the shore, the Nevada covered 24 miles in 2 hours, S minutes and 30 seconds, or at the rate of 13 knots sn hour, allow ing nine minutes for turning. Her contract called lot knots. MAY NOT ACCEPT ROOSEVELT DOES NOT WANT TO ACT AS VENEZUELAN ARBITRATOR, Thinks That The Hague Tribunal Is the Proper Court to Decide the Matter Should Allies Insist, He May Accept, Although He Realizes the Difficulties of the Undertaking. Washington, Dec. 24. President Roosevelt has not accepted the position of arbitrator of the Venezuelan con troversy. In fact, when the official day closed he had not received formal ly or officially a request from the Euro pean powers that he act as arbitrator of the dispute. These statements were made on the highest authority. In an informal manner the president has been notified that the European powers intimately concerned in the present South American difficulty de sire that he should undertake the re sponsibilty of acting as arbitrator of the points at issue between them and Vene zuela. Thus far thev merelv have been "taking soundings," with a view. probably, of ascertaining how be would receive a formal proffer to act as arbi trator. The president, as soon as lie received the first intimation that he was desired to be arbitrator of the Ven ezuelan controversy, expressed emphat ically bis judgment that the matters to be arbitrated should be referred to The Hague tribunal. His views of the suk- gestions made have been conveyed tc tne European powers, together with a strong presentation of his reasons for the view he holds. No response of a formal nature to these representations has been teceived. The president and Secretary Hav had a long conference today after the for mer s return from his Virginia trip. iney carefully went over the situation as it had developed since Saturday, but it is understood that nothing has arisen during the pat,t 8 hours to warrant the president in changing his opinion as to the uhdesirability of his acceptance ol the position of arbitrator. Sio far as can be learned, no specific reasons have been advanced by the European powers for objecting to the arbitration of The Haeue tribunal. It is held by the ad miuiatratiou that the tribunal at The Hague was constituted to arbitrate iu.-t such controversies as that which has amen between Venezuela and the powers, and that it would be desirable from this viewpoint that the dispute should go to that tribunal for adjudi cation. How strong are the objections which the allied powers Lave to a reference of the Venezuelan difficulty to The Hague tribunal is not known to the adminis tration at this time. Even the nature of the objections, if there be an v. is not known. The negotiations looking to the (election of an arbitrator have not progressed sufficiently yet to de velop such objections as the powers may have. DIAMONDS FOUND IN OREQON. Big New York Firm Developing Mine In Harney County. Burns, Or., Dec. 25. The fulfill ment of the prophecy made 30 years ago by Professor Clayton, a geologist in tne employ of the United States gov ernment, that some day diamond mines would be discovered in Oregon, is at hand. The mine is in the Blue mountain range, 40 miles from Burns, the seat of Harney county. There is no ques tion ol the quality and quantity of the precious gems, but there is a question as to their commercial value. The stones thus far discovered are generally too email for the trade. They aie no larger than a small pinhead. A few have been discovered that would sell for from $30 to $300, but they are rare. Were diamonds malleable like gold, if there was any process known to sci ence by which the miniature stones could be welded together, then Harney would no longer be known as the "cow county," aud Oregon would rank with the diamond producing regions of the earth. The commercial value of the dia monds is now being determined by the great diamond firm of New York, linany & Company, whose confidence in the new field is sufficient to warrant them in furnishing the capital for fur ther development. They are co-operating with the local owners. . The diamonds are found in layers of volt an ic ash. Geologists and mineral ogists agree that the formation being the volcanic ash of ancient origin, is the same as that indigenous to South Africa, where the largest diamonds in the worid have been exploited. This is the formation that Professor Clayton referred to when observing the geolog ical conditions of Oregon in his offiical capacity, 30 years ago. It is said to be next to the oldest formation found on the North American continent, only that through which the St. Lawrence river rnus being older. The layers thus far mined yield only extremely small stones, but it is expected and hoped that other layers will be dis covered tiiat bear the precious gems of commercial importance. " To Wipe Out Coney Island Bowery. New York, Dec. 24. The first Im portant step for the acquirement for park purposes of 132 acres of land at Coney Island, thereby wiping out the Island's Bowery and converting the Island into national seaside resort, has been taken. At a meeting attend ed by many prominent residents of Brooklyn and -officials the plan was unanimously approved. The assessed Talue of the land pur posed to be- acquired "by the city amounts to $l,S3 4,733. PURE FOOD BILL. Congress Passes Measure with Little Op positionText of the Law. Washington, Dec. 23. The House has passed the pure-food bill by a vote of 72 to 21 There was not quorum present, but the point was not raised by the opponents of the measure. The speakers were Rich ardson of Alabama, Hepburn of Iowa, Gaines of Tennessee and Schlrm of Maryland, for the measure, and Chan dler of Mississippi against It. A bill was passed to donate a piece of ground to Clallam, Wash. At 3:30 the House adjourned. What the Bill Includes. The pure-food bill Inhibits the in troduction into any state or territory, or the District of Columbia, from any other state or territory, or from any foreign country, or the shipment to any foreign country, of any article ol food or drug which Is adulterated or misbranded. The above inhibition Is made to apply to any one shipping, delivering or receiving, within the re gions named only, such food adulter ated. Adulterations In the bill are de fined as follows: In the case of drugs, If sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopeia, and the drug differs from the standards of strength, quality and purity as deter mined by the test laid down in such pharmacopeia, at the time of the In vestigation, so that Its strength or purity falls below the professed stand ard under which it is sold; if It be an imitation of or offered for sale upder the name of another article; and, in the case of a confectionery, if it con tain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow or other mineral substances, or poisonous colors or flavors. In the case of foods, when any sub stance id mixed with It so as to lower or injuriously effect Its quality or strength, so that such product, when offered for sale, shall tend to deceive the purchaser. If any substance or substances have been substituted so that the product when sold shall tend to deceive the purchaser. If any valuable constituent of an article has been wholly or in part ab stracted. If it be an Imitation of or offered for sale under the distinct name of another article. If it be .mixed, colored, powdered or stained in a manner whereby dam age or inferiority is conceded. If.it contain any added or poisonous ingredient which may render such ar ticle Injurious to health. If It is falsely labeled as a foreign product or imitation of another sub stance of a previously established name, or which has been trade marked or patented. If it consists, In whole or In part. of a filthy, decomposed or putrid an imal or vegetable substance, or any portion of animal unfit for food, oi if It Is the product of a diseased anl mal or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. 1 The last section of the bill pro vides that any article of food or drug that Is adulterated or misbranded Within the meaning of this bill, ant" Is transported, or being transported from one state to another for sale, c if it be sold in the District of Colum bia or the territories, or If It be lm ported from a foreign country, shal' be liable to confiscation by a process of libel for condemnation In thf United States courts. Such goods, It it also provided, shall not be sold in any state contrary to the laws thereof. BLOCKADE IS ON. All Venezuelan Ports are Closed' Orace Allowed Ships En Route. Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 23. Admiral Douglas, of the British fleet, has ordered the blockade of La Guay ra, Carenero, Guanta, Cumana, Cam pano and the mounths of the Orinoco River. This blockade Is now In ef fect. Days of grace are allowed bf follows: To vessels sailing prior to the date of the decree of blockade from the West Indian ports and from the east coast of the continent of America Steamers, 10 days; sailing vessels, 20 days. From other ports Steamers, 20 days; sailing vessels, 40 days. Vessels In the blockaded ports wll' be allowed 15 days to obtain clear ances. Violaters of the blockade will be liable under the law. It is Intimated here that the block ade probably will not last longer than 30 days. aermam Hurried Them. Caracas, Dec. 23. When the Ger man cruiser Falke captured the Ven ezuelan schooner Victoria in the Gulf of Maracalbo, the captain of the ves sel was given 10 minutes to leave his ship. A heavy sea was running at the time, and the small boat In which the Venezuelans disembarked was nearly capsized. As it was, one of the schooner's crew was drowned. It has been learned that the captain of the Victoria was not aware of Ven ezuela's difficulties with Germany and Great Britain. MARCHING ON CARACAS. Rebel Army of 10,000 Said to Be Coming Towards tha Capital. Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 23. It is reported here that the Venezu elan revolutionary Generals Penaloza. Rolando. Riera and Solague, with a force said to number 10,000 men, are marching on Caracas, and are be lieved now to be near that city. Cable messages coming from Venezuela to this port are subjected to censorship Chinamen Sent Back Home. New York, Dec. 23 United States Commissioner Benedict has ordered the deportation of 12 Chinamen who had not been registered under the exclusion act and could not show that they arrived In the United States be fore the passage of the act. . WIRES OUT OF DATE WIRELESS MESSAGES EXCHANGED BE TWEEN CANADA AND EUROPE. King of Great Britain and Qovernor Gen eral of Canada Exchange Greetings Experiment was Entirely Successful Practical Utility of Oreat Invention Fully Established. New York, Dec. 24. The following dispatch from Marconi, dated Glace Bay, N. S., December 24. has been re ceived by the Associated Press; "I beg to Inform Von. for rtronia. tlon, that I have established wireless telegraph commiinlrntlnn iu.tmo.i Cape Breton, Canada, and Cornwall. EuKmuu, wim complete success. In augatory messages, Including one from the Governor-Oenprnl nt nm,i to King Edward VII, have already ueen transmitted and forwarded to the Kings of England and Italv a message to the London Times has also been transmitter! In tha nrnaonon of its special correspondent, D. Par- am, m. r. "G. MARCONI." Text of the Messages London, Dec. 24. The ' London Times confirms the receipt of a mes sage by wireless telegraphy from Mar coni at Cape Breton, N. S. The text of the wireiess message from the Times correspondent, which was transmitted from Glace Bay N. S.. to Polhu, Cornwall, ig as follows: "Being present at Its in Signor Marconi's Canadian station, I have the honor to send through tha Times, the inventor's first wireless trans-Atlantic message of greeting to England and Italy." Exchanged Compliments. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 24. The follow ing message, received by Lord Minto. Governor-General of Canada, from Marconi today, shows that wireless trans-Atlantic telegraphy is a suc cess: "Grace Bav. N. S rw 91 ion His Excellencv. the f? Government House, Ottawa: Have the honor to inform Your Excellency mm your message Has been transmit ted by me from Cape Breton to Corn wall by wireless teleern nhv nnH has been forwarded to destination. "MARCONI." Lord Mlnto telecrnnhnH Ma rnnnl a a follows: 'Delighted at vonr mpRann-n Int received. 'Warmest congratulations on your splendid success. "MINTO." Hon. W". S. Fleldlne nent a tnWrom of congratulation to MarconL tonight, and Sir Richard Cartwright, Acting Premier, has cabled to England, con gratulating tiie British people on the new method of communication hn. tween two countries. WARSHIPS' FURNITURE. American Navy to Be Fitted Throughout With Fireproof Furnishings. New York, Dec. 24. Steel furni ture, made in the Brooklyn Navy- yard, will be used on the new chnls- er Baltimore. The furniture of the state rooms, crews quarters, the ommanaers office, an? even of the show-room, will he of steel. Several months of experimenting on the part af Naval Constructor Canns and his assistant, Constructor Nutting, has Jeveioped the fact that. almost all the ssential furniture of a man-of-war can be made of steel. Serious damage was done during the war with Spain by furniture on the ships taking fire. The Baltimore n the battle of Manila Bay wag ser iously damaged by such a fire. The equipment of the Baltimore with the new furniture will cost $30, 000. The old wooden furniture, hand some and elaborate in design and fin ish, did not cost .more than one-third of that amount. All the ships of the navy are to be fitted with the steel furniture as fast as the plant can turn our the articles. The United States Navy is the first to adopt the fire proof Interior furnishing plan. TRANSPORT CONTRACTS. Portland Gets a Share, but Bulk of Bus iness Goes to Seattle. Washington, Dec. 23. The fight over Government transportation bus iness to and from the Philippines Is closed. President WInsor, of the Boston Steamship Company, waived the condition in his bid that his line should receive three-fourths of the Government business, and agreed to take such shipments at his contract rate as the department sees fit to di vert to Seattle and Tacoma. Secre tary Root, under these circumstances, accepts the Puget Sound bid, and from now until June 30 next all ship ments of troops and supplies made from Seattle or Tacoma will go by the Boston Steamship line. Under the adjustment made today. Port land's status is unchanged. Whenev er bay, oats, lumber or other supplies are purchased tributary to Portland, they will be shipped from that port on vessels chartered for the trip, as heretofore. Portland trade will not be monopolized by the Sound, but will depend altogether upon the relative bids at Portland, the Sound and San Francisco. Citizens Kill Highwayman. Ardmore, I, T., Dec. 24. Two high waymen, heavily armed, were at tacked by a posse of citizens as they rode Into the town of Provence, in the Chickasaw Nation last night, and an exchange of shots followed. The horse was shot from under one of the men, George Slocum. and finally he was shot and captured. The second man escaped. Slocum died later. The men are supposed to have. engaged in a bahk robbery near Provence yesterday.