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0 i inrfif At V n A. "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XIV. HOOD ItlVEli, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1903. NO. 33. 1 2 ni LTirf X) (2? HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Ever Friday by B. r, BLFTHE, Publisher. 1 emu of .utter lotion J1.50 year when paid THK MAILS. The mail arrive from Mt, Hood at 10 o'clock I. m. Wednesdays aud Saturdays; departs the For Chenoweth, leaves at 8 a. m, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturrtavs: arrive! ats n. m lor White Salmon (W ash.) leaves daily ai 6:45 . ui.i aiincg hi i.tU )l, 111, roin White Salmon leaves for Fulila, Gilmer, i.w aim uifiiwooa uany at v a. ai. KorBintten (Wash.) leaves at 6:4a p. m.i ar. rives at u p. m. SOCIETIES. i VAK GROVE COUNCIL No. 142, ORDER OF r rcjui).-meets ii:e secona ana fourth rrtdiiyiof the month. Visitors cordially wej- Mas. IIknky McUuiki, Secretary. ORDER OP WASHINGTON. Hood River l!nlon No. 1, meets in Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth bum mays in each month, 1 :m o'clock. 0. L. Corrut, President, Da. II. L. Ddmbls, Secretary. IAl'RKL KEREKAH pEGREE LODGE, No i 7, I. 0, O. F.Meeta first and third Mon days in each month. Mm. W. 0. Asa, N. G. iUm Ota Walkkb, Secretary. riANBY POST, Ko. 16, G. A. R.-MeeteatA. V O. V. W. Hall second aud fourth Saturdays of each month at 2 o'clock p. ns, AH 0. A. H. members invited to meet with us. J. W. Kiobt, Commander. C. J. Hayes, Adlutant. (1ANBY W. R. C, No. 16-Meets first Satnr J day of each mouth in A. O. U. W. hall at 2 j.. m. Mas. B. K. Bhoisaxkb, President W Kg. O. L. Stkamahan, Secretary. 110OD RIVER LODGE No. 106, A. F. and A Jl M. Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. Wb.M. Yates, W.M. C. 1. Thompson, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M. 11 eels third Friday uight of each month. E. L. SMITH, H. P. A. N. Rahm. Secretary. fJOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. E. . I L Meets second and fourth Tuesday even Iuks of each month. Visitors cordially wul coined. Mas. Mollis C. Cols, W. M. Mas. Maxy B. Davidson, Secretary. OLETA ASSEMBLY No. 108, United Artisans. Meets first and third Wednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays social; Arti san, hall. F. C. Brosius, M. A. Mas. K. A. Baenks, Secretary. W ACCOM A LODGE, No. 80, K. of P.-Mcets IB A. p. U. W. hall every Tuesday niitht C, E. Markham, C. C. W. A. Firebaugh, K. or It. and t. KIVKR8IDE LODGE. No. 68, A. O. V. W. Meets first aud third Saturdavs or each month. ' Frko JIuwe, W. M. E. R. Bradley, Financier. Ciiehtsr Suute, Recorder. 1DLEWII.DE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meets lu Fraternal ball every Thursday night. W. 0. Asu, N. U. J. L. Hendirsok, Secretary. II OOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M.. meets at A. O. V. W. hall on tut first aud third Fridays of each month. Walter ukrkins. Commander. SiIVERMDB LODGE NO. 40. DEGREE OF u HONOR, A. O. V. W.-Meets first aud ird Saturdays at 8 P. M. Mrs. E. K. Bradley, C. ot H. Mrs. H. J. Frederick, Recorder. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets in odd Fellows' Hall the am aud Ihird W ednesdays of each month. F. L. Davidson, V. C. X. R. Bradley, Clerk. B. PRESBY, Attornej-it-Liw and I). S. Commissioner. Goldendale, Wash, Makes a specialty of land office work. Final proofs in timber and homestead entries made before him. J)R. J. W. VOGEL. OCULIST. Will make regular monthly visits to Hood Elver. Residence 3t3 Sixteenth Street, Portland, Oregon. Q H. JENKINS, D. M. D. ' DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, M. Office In Langille bid. Hood River, Oregon. JJBM.T.CARNS. Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up to-Date Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON J L. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered in town ot country, Day or Nlxht. Telephones: Residence, 11 ; Office, 81 Office over Everhart'i Grocery. J F. WATT.M.D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephones: Office, 281 ; residence, 283. . SURGEON O. R. A N. CO. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL FSTA1E AGENT. For JS years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington, Has had many years experience in Ileal Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher ot titles and sgeuu fcelisfaUUon guaranteed or Be charge. JTREDERICK 4 ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Eetiint furnished for all kind ot work. Repairing Bpecilty. All kindg of chop work. Shop on State Street, between Fint and Second. A. JAYNE. LAWYER. Abstracts Furnished. , Money Loaned. Hood Kiver, Oregon. r C. BROSiUS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND 6URGE0N. Pbone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.i J to S and to 7 P. M. gUTLKR & CO.,. BANKERS. Do general bankinj basinets. HOOD RIVER, - OREGON. EDWARD BECOMES EMPEROR. Occasion of His Accession to Throne of India Made a Oala Day. Delhi, India, Jan. 1. The Viceroy, Lord Curzori, of Keddleston, made his state entry into the capital of the Mogus yesterday. This constituted the official opening of the Durhar, held to celebrate the accession of King Edward as Emperor of India. It was a splendid pageant, probably unparalleled in its magnificence. At the head of the elephant procession rode Lord and Lady Curzon on the state "Grand Tusker," 12 feet high, the largest elephant in India. Their howdah was decked with gold and silver, and the elephant itself wag al most hidden beneath a gold-worked saddle cloth. Surrounding them were footmen In scarlet and gold liveries and bearing massive silver staves. The Duke of Connaught, who rep resented King Edward, and the Duck ess of Connaught, . followed. Their elephant was equally gorgeously ca- prisoned. Then, in order of prece dence, came the Nizam of Hydera bad, the Maharajah of Travanscore and other ruling chiefs, 70 in all, their huge elephants forming a line a quarter of ft mile in length. The glittering procession started from the railroad station, preceded by dragoon. guards and artillery, the Voceroy s escort, and by heralds and trumpeters. The route was entirely lined by British and native troops. From the saluting battery, posted at the fort commanding the Lahore Gate, guns thundered out a royal sa lute as the Viceroy passed with the heralds and trumpeters sounding at Intervals spirited fanfares. The cortege passed in front of a line of 150 elephants carrying the brilliantly dressed retainers pf .the ruling chiefs. The colossal beasts all saluted by trumpeting and throwing their trunks in the air, presenting a truly imposing sight, and afterwards fell In line behind the official proces sion. Huge crowds of onlookers wit nessed the spectacle, which, it is as serted, has never been surpassed in magnificence, even in this country of Oriental splendor. The heralds and trumpeters who followed the escort and immediately preceded the .Viceroy, were conspicu ous by the splendor of their attire. They were followed by the newly con stituted Imperial Cadet Corps, com prising 30 Maharajahs. Tbe excite ment was at fever heat as the first elephant, with gold and silver bow dahs of the staff officers, came in view, and commenced to circle around the mosque. The first elephants in Asia passed in front of the great Jumma Musjld, the steps of which were thronged with distinguished personages, including the Viceroys, American and British guests, and the lelegates from the colonies and from other parts of the Empire. The enormous animals snumea slowly by, many of the massive how dahs of quaint and rich design ..be ing surmounted by magnificent can opies of gold embroidered and bejew eled tapestry. The bodies of the an imals were almost hidden by their trappings of crimson, purple and gold. Bands of gold encircled their tusks, golden bracelets were on their ankles, sold and silver belts were hanging from their neck chains, and their heads were painted and decorated in every conceivable color. The ma houts were clad in the brightest at tire, as were the attendant spearmen, who marched by the elephants' sides. In the rear of the procession rode General Lord Kitchener, the Com mander-in-Chief of ndia, surrounded by a brilliant staff, and followed by the heads of provinces, with escorts of Indian cavalry and tribal leaders from beyond the border line. Down the main street moved the cortege through lines of saluting soldiers and excited, surging salaaming throngs of natives; through the ancient city hwith the balconies and housetop teeming with life and through the Moree Gate into the open paric De- yond. There, after a four-mile march, the elephants of the Viceroy and- the Duke of Connaught halted, sitie oy side, and the pageant was concluded with the great Princes filing by, their elephants trumpeting a salute. The Viceroy was in state unirorm, Lady Curzon was dressed in gray, the Duke of Connaught nan on a Field Marshal's uniform, and the Duchess of Connaugnt was attirea m hliie. Thev received a flattering wel come at all points. The Viceroy and the Duke of Connaught subsequently drove to the main camp. No Public Significance. New York, Jan. 1. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw is in New York today. He visited the financial dis trict, calling at the sub-treasury and custom-house. The Secretary was accompanied by his son and two daughters. "My visit here has no public significance," Bald the Secre tary. "I am combining business with pleasure. At present my plans in clude a journey to Philadelphia tc njorrow. I do not expect to meet any New York bankers." Reed Leaves AD to His Widow. Vpw York Jan. 1. The will of Thomas R Reed was filed here yes terday. It gives all his estate to his widow, Mrs. Susan P. Reed, and makes her sole executrix, a bequest to his father and mother having lapsed by their death. Vanderbitt Is Doing Better. Now Yo'k Jan 1. The Dhvsictan ttpndinc Cornelius Vanderbilt said today that they had every nope ot nis recovery. Unless something unfore been takes place no further bulletins will be issued. British SIood at Port of Spain. Port of Spain, Trinidad, Jan. 1. The British slcop-cf-war Fantome, which was tent to command the en trance to the Orinoco and went aground near Barancas, and which was floated December il, has arrived here. An examination of the ship shows that ehe sustained no damage. NEWS OF OREGON ITFWS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS QF THE STATE Booth-Kelly Lnmber Company Is Driving Logs Regardless of Danger Front High Water New Rural Delivery Route . State School for Truants and Unman ageable Children. A fire In Salem's Chinatown caused $500 damage to some old wooden buildings. The region"about Summervllle will have a new rural free delivery route, to begin February 1, 1903. Ontario will make another fight to obtain the county seat of Malheur County at the coming session of the legislature. The badly decomposed body of a man was found on the South Umpqua river. He had appearently been drowned. The body- was well dressed. Burglars broke into a Salem gun store and stole about $200 worth of revolvers. The same night a street car was held up, but the highwaymen weakened when they saw a number of passenger in the car and allowed it to go without molestation. A British ship direct from Shanghai, Is in quarantine at Astoria, having a case of smallpox on board. She had ft load of mud from the Shanghai niver as ballast, and this must be treated with a solution" of acids, for fear that it may contain cholera germs. An effort will be made to found a school for truants and incorrigibles In connection . with the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Portland. The plan is to provide that in any town of 4,000 inhabitants or over, truants and in corrigibles may be committed to the care of the aid society. A company of Eastern capitalists, represented in Southern Oregon by Captain T. J. Pierce, has purchased the Owl Gulch group of quartz claims, on Savage Creek, In the Gold Hill dis trict. The consideration is $40,000. The Owl Gulch claims were located but a few months ago, but in this brief time have proved to be quartz properties of great promise. The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company is taking chances this winter in the matter of driving logs which nobody heretofore has been willing to take. It has a drive in the Mohawk, which will be turned into the McKenzie and driven to the Coburg mill, and as soon as thiB la completed It will start a big drive at Fall Creek, to be brought down the Wiiliamette to the Spring field mill. The ruanlng of logs in these streams in the winter season Is attended with much danger, which log gers have chosen heretofore to avoid. Should heavy rains fall and suddenly raise the water to flood stage it would be almost impossible to boom the logs at their destination. Governor Geer has granted a full pardon to George Morey, who waf serving a life sentence for killing Gus Perry in Portland in 1893. A night pumpman at the White Swan mine, at Baker City, is dead from falling into an old shaft contain ing boiling hot water from the exhaust of the engine. The agent of the' Oregon raft com pany reports good progress in obtaining the right of way for the proposed log ging railway up 'Milton creek, and stir teyors will be placed in the field at once to take levels. The new Methodist church at Brownsville was dedicated last Sunday morning. After the ceremony was completed the sum of $1,200 was pledged by the people to pay off the re maining indebtedness. Frank Wallace, a Grant county sheep man, was recently arrested on a charge of stealing 28 valuable bucks, but was subsequently acquitted. ' He now brings suit for $10,000 damages against bis accusers, one of whom is ounty stock inspector. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 70c; bine- stem 78c; valley, 75c. Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, $24.00. Floor Best grade, 8.90(34.40; grab- am, $3.203.60. Millstaffs Bran, $19.00 per ton; middlings, $23.50; shorts, $18.50; chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.17M; gray, $1.12)1.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $8(39.00; cheat, $S(9 per ton. Potatoes Best Bnrbanka, 607O per sack; ordinary, 50A0c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.75 $2 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 9c; young, P10c; bens, 9c; torkeys, live, 17 18c; dresped, 20 21; ducks, $77.50 per dozen; geese, $8 8.B0. Cheese Foil cream, twins, 16(3 17Xc; Young America, 17)18K: factory prices, 11a'c less. Butter Fancy creamery, 27K30c per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 92He; store, 15(313. Eggfj 25 35c per dozen. Hops New crop, 23326c per pound. Wool Valley, UK 15c; Eastern Oregon, 814e; mohair, 26 28c Beef Gross, cows, 3(5 3 per pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 637c. .Veal-7KKe. Mutton Gross, Sc per pound; dressed, Be Lambs Gross, SM per ponnd; dressed, 6 ,4c Hogs Grow, SSSH'e per pound; dressed, 737),, TRAINS MET HEAD-ON. Twenty-Eight Dead Mangled Passengers Suffer from Cold Also. London, Ont, Dec. 31. A frightful collision occurred a short distance from the little station of WanBtead Ont., on the Sarnia branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad, last night. The express was running nearly two hours late, and was making fast time. The freight was endeavoring to make a siding te getcjear of the express, out lauea Dy a iruntiH or iwo. There was a dreadful crash, the locomotive reared up and fell over in a ditch, the baggage-car of 'the el press telescoped the smoker, and in an Instant the' shrieks and cries of the wounded and dying filled the air. The loss of life1 fe 28. The inlured numberetfmany 4uoie, and many of these may die. Several of the dead were horribly mutilated. Heads were cut off, legs were wrenched from their bodies, and the level stretch of snow became srimson with the blood of the victims. Operator Is Blamed. The responsibility for the accident has not been definitely fixed, but it is believed to have been due to a tele graph operator's error. The opera tor at one of the stations where the two trains stopped gave an order to the freight to pass No. 5, the Pacific express, at Wanstead. In the system of the Grand Trunk this order should have been duplicated, a copy being Slven to the conductor and engineer of the express. Instead of this the conductor of the express received 9 clearance order, telling him that he might run through. The freight traiD in the meantime had stopped at Wan stead to sidetrack, and was telescop ed by the express. The blinding storm which was raging rendered ob lects invisible at the distance of ft few feet. The operator at Wanstead Is not usually on duty at night, but last even ing he happened to be in the office for a short time. He was going out of the door when he heard the telegraph Instrument click and immediately call repeatedly the message: "Stop No. 5," "Stop No. 5." Seizing a latern, the operator dashed for the door, and as he closed it behind him he heard the crash of the collision up the track. WAR ON CHRISTIANS. Said to Be the Plan of New Aspirant to Throne of Morocco, , London, Dec. 29. The correspond ence or the Times at Fez, Morocco, describes the situation as having be come very serious, owiig to a large Increase in the number of the preten der's followers whom the government troops are too weak . to attack. Rein forcements amount!"!? o 12,000 men, he says, will leave 'tatoorrow, and an additional force of regular cavalry has been called out. Many tribes not already in rebellion are wavering and are ready to join the rebels in the event of a serious government defeat. The pretender is fully supplied with everything neces sary and has distributed his forces over a district where they can be col lected or dispersed very quickly. The Times correspondent adds that the pretender's position is a very strong one. He pfofesses not to claim the throne for himself, but de sires to overthrow the Sultan on ac count of his European tendencies. If successful, th pretender proposes that the rebels shall nominate a new Sultan from the Shehifian family who would promise to continue the war against the Christians. 5LAUQHTER OF INFANTS. Disclosure of Horrible Customs In Japan A "Prison Editor." Victoria, B. C, Dec. 31. Corres pondence of the Associated Press re ceived from Yokohama by the steam er Tartar tonight included details of a horrible baby-far.ming conspiracy in Osaka. An elderly woman, her mar ried daughter, husband and two others have been arresed for Infanticide, and It is learned since that they started operations by killing 300 children,, 80 this year. The Japan Times has an account of how a Japanese of Kochl was mar ried to ft corpse. His bride-elect, the daughter of Kintara Sawada, com mitted suiolde on the eve of her mar riage. The body was recovered, and at the request of the dead woman's parents, the ceremony took place be tween the living and the dead. The Kobe Chronicle publishes a lengthy account, telling of the "pri son editor" employed by Japanese papers whose duties are to be im prisoned in case a verdict is given against the paper he is supposed to edit, for libel or other offenses. Dolly Earle'a Suicide. Philadelphia, Dec. 31. Dolly Earl, a member of the "Merry 'Widows" com pany, playing at a burlesque house here, "committed suicide tonight in her dressing-room by swallowing carbolic acid. She left the following note, ad dressed to J. A. Fallinger, Rochester, N. Y.: "Forgive me, all. Can't - stand trouble." Miss Earl was about 30 years old. Her home is said to be in Oklahoma. She was formerly a member of the "Runaway Girl" company, which stranded here about two weeks ago. Benjamin H. Calet Dead. New York, Dec. SI. Benjamin H. Calef, an accountant, died in his home st East Orange after a long illness. He waa associated with Jay Gould and General Grenville M. Dodge in western railroad enterprises; had been special and private accountant for the late George M. Pullman and Robert T. Lincoln, and was an executor of the Pullman estate. He lived in Chicago until he removed to East Orange. 16 years ago. His widow and three children survive him. Empress Dowager Greets Miles. Pekin. Dec. 31. The Dowager Em press and Lieutenant-General Miles exchanged flattering speches ftt to day's audience, the Dowager assuring the General that tbe "success of the American Army was assured under ft commander so celebrated." SPAIN WAKING UP TAKING ALARM AT SERIOUSNESS OF REBELLION IN MOROCCO. Calling Her Soldiers to Arms The Sultan Is Barricaded In His Palace at Fez His Royal Army Has Been Routed by Antl-Christlan Rebels British Fleet En Route to Qlbraltar. Madrid, Jan. 1. The Spanish gov ernment is preparing for eventuali ties in Morocco, ' and has ordered troops at Malaga, Cadi and Alge ciras to be held in readiness to promptly reinforce the garrisons at Ceuta and Mellill, Morocco, should the situation require it. A Spanish cruiser has .been ordered to Tangier. According to dispatches received here from Tangier the rebels chased the troops of the Sultan to tbe gates of Fez. It is reported that the Europ eans are preparing to leave Fez. King Alphonso tonight discussed the Moroccan crisis with General Weyler, Minister of War, and the Duke of Veragua, Minister of Marine. In addition to the cruiser Infanta Isa bella, which has already gone to Tan gier, other vessels are to be held in readiness to take reinforcements to Ceuta and Melilla. The government has asked its Am bassadors at Paris and London to as certain tH views of the French and British governments concerning the Moroccan Situation. It seems to be feared in political circles here that some foreign power will intervene in Morocco. The latest news to reach Madrid confirms the previous reports that Fez has been Invested by the rebels. Barricaded In His Paloce. Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 1. The Sul tan of Morocco is said to have retired to the palace at Fez with all his avail able artillery and ammunition, and strongly barricaded himself In conse quence of a threatened attack on the part of the rebels. Women In the Consulates. London, Jan. 1. A dispatch to the Times from Tangier, dated December 29, says: . A courier from Fez reports that the Christians there are safe. The missionary women are in the British Consulate. The attack on the camp occurred at night. It is reported that 2000 of the Sultan's troops were killed. An absurd rumor is current that the French are supporting the rebeln. As a matter of fact, the anti-Christian movement Is more dangerous to the French than to anybody else, and it threatens them in Algeria. "Tangier is tranquil. No disturb ance of any knd need be feared here." British Warships Qo. Valleta, Island of Malta, Jan. 1. H. M. S. Bacchanta, the flagship of Admiral Walker, togehter with the British battle-ships Canopus and Vic torius and the cruiser Diana, have left here for Gibraltar, it is believed, in connection with the Moroccan situa tion. The battle-ship Implaeable will follow the other ships shortly. B1NQER HERMANN RESIQNS. Commissioner of Oeneral Land Office Quits and His Assistant Appointed. Washington, Jan. 1. Land Com missioner Binger Herman has ten dered his resignation to the Presi dent, to take effect the 1st of Febru ary or 1st of March. He will be suc ceeded by present Deputy Commis sioner Richards, of Wyoming. In confirming the announcement, Mr. Hermann said: "I have wanted to return to Rose burg to resume the practice of my profession, and' have contemplated resigning for a year or more. I have held this office longer than any of my predecessors, except two, since the office was created in 1812, having entered upon my duties soon after the first inauguration of the late Presi dent McKinley, nearly six years ago. I have endeavored to administer the affairs of the office so as to do injus tice to no one, whether he -be home steader or corporation seeking pub lic land." Mr. Hermann would not say wheth er he would enter the senatorial race in Oregon, nor would he say that he would allow the use of his name in connection with the senatorship. Recount In Colorado. St. Louis. Jan. 1. In pursuance of a decision to re-count the votes cast at the recent election in the Twelfth Congressional District, the ballot boxes were opened yesterday in the presence of James Butler, Congressman-elect, and the contestant, George C. R. Wagoner, and their attorneys, savs a disoatch from Denver. Ballot boies of 85 precincts out of the total of 105 were examined, but the result was not made public. Butler, on the face of the returns, had ft majority of 6000. - Events at La Qusyra. La Guayra, Jan. 1. The Dutch steamer Prinz Wlllem V, from Am fcterdam. arrived here today. After undergoing the usual preliminaries, she was allowed to enter and dis charge her cargo. Iowa Central Strike Settled. Marshalltown, la., Jan. 1. The switchmen's strike on the Iowa Cen tral has been settled. An in crease of 2 cents an hour was grant ed both the day and night crews, with pay for overtime. Could Not Place Blame. Trinidad, Colo.. Jan. 1. The jury that held an inquest over the bodies Of eight men killed in the collision between freight trains on the Colora do A Southern Railroad last week v-Mterdav returned verdict to the effect that from the evidence pro- duced it was unable to ftttacn limine, to ftny one. ROOSEVELT DECLINES. Venezuelan Trouble Will Oo to Tbe Hague Tribunal for Settlement. Washington, Dec. 30. President Roosevelt will not be the arbitrator of the Venezuelan controversy. The whole vexatious subject will be refer red for adjudication to TheN Hague iriDunai. epitomized, this was tbe situation as it had resolved itself at the con clusion of the Cabinet meeting yes terday. The meeting was not so long as the sessions usually are. All the members, except Secretary Root, were present, lne Venezuelan question was the principal and practically the oniy topic or general concern under consideration. Secretary Hay pre sented the results ot his cabla corres pondence with the governments at London, Berlin, Rome and Caracas. In accordance with the suggestion made by President Roosevelt, through Secretary Hay, President Castro was reported to have" agreed to submit the difficulties to the arbitration of the tribunal at The Hague. The Euro pean powers not only consented to submit the controversy to arbitration, but while they had expressed a pre ference for an arbitration to be con ducted by President Roosevelt, they had assented to hid suggestion that the matter be referred to The Hague. The presentation of tbe case met the hearty approved of the Cabinet. No fear is expressed by the Adminis tration that the Monroe Doctrine will be brought into the controversy In any manner that might result in an embarrassing' situation for the United States. Secretary Hay is preparing note to the powers In which the grati fication of this Government is ex pressed for the course agreed upon. No intimation is given of the condi tions which may have been imposed by the European powers or by President Castro as precedent, to the arbitration. It is known that Great Britain was willing to submit the subject to the arbitration of Presi dent Roosevelt practically without conditions, but the suggestion is made tnat one and perhaps two of the other powers Involved proposed some con ditions which might have proved em barrassing to the President had be un dertaken the responsibility of deter mining the question. It is understood that some money must pass, but it is also known that the (.mount of cash to be required of Venezuela before arbitration is not nearly bo large as had been stated. It is not possible to learn either whether the allies insist upon apol ogies from Castro, and while it is as sumed that the blockade will be speedily raised, no arrangements to that end has yet been made. GUARD AGAINST BUBONIC. Arizona Takes Precautions, but Dees not Fear Its Spread North. Nogales, Ariz., Dec. 30. Doctors Purdy and Chenoweth, who were ap pointed by the Board of Health of Nogales to investigate the effective ness of measures adopted by the au thorities at Guaymas against the in troduction of the disease supposed to be bubonic plague, now epidemic ai Mazatlan, have returned and say tnere Is no danger of the disease extending to Guaymas or points north as long as the present vigilance is continued. Official telegrams were receiveo here today from the Governor of the State of Slnaloa, who reports the sick ness decreasing. Another telegram from Dr. Fernandez, chief surgeon of the Eleventh Regiment of Infantry stationed at Mazatlan, says: "Thirty cases of 'bubonic plague' sent to the Lazarelo, of which 15 have died in spven days. Amongst troops at the barracks not ft single case. Sanitary precautions taken." Investigating In Mexico. Washington. Dec. 80. The United States Marine Hospital Service au thorities have decided to dispatch an expert to the coast of the Gulf of Cali fornia In Mexico to Investiage the re ports of the appearance of plague among the immigrant Chinese there, but no one has been designated for the service. Epidemic Is Abating. Mexico City, Dec. 30. The plague situation is decidedly improved at Mazatlan. Only three deaths occur red yesterday. Steamers are still pre vented from touching at that port. Kansas and Missouri Freeze. ' Kansas City, Dec. 30. Advices re ceived today indicate severe weather throughout Kansas and Missouri. Concordia, Kan., reports zero weather there, and all along the Missouri Paci fic road this same condition prevails. Hutchinson, Kan., reports the coldest weather in years, the thermometer at that point registering five below zero. At Atchison five below is recorded. At Mexico, Mo., ft coal famine con fronts the people. There is no more coal for sale at any of the yards and the thermometer registered zero last night. essasasssaBBtiams-iBSBS Philippine Vetera Missing. .' Denver, Dec. 30. Second Lieuten ant William M. Klster, Company M, Eighteenth United States Infantry, has been missing from Fort Logan for nearly two weeks. The Denver police department has been asked to help to locate him. Lieutenant Kisler is 23 years ot age. He enlisted as ft pri vate in the Sixth Cavalry six years ago at Philadelphia. Shortly there after he went with the battery to the Philippines and saw active service in and about Manila. Snow Stops Traffic Marquette, Mich., Dec 29. A se vere blUzard, which has been blowing for 24 hours, today rend red street-car service temporarily impossible, and made railroad transportation slow and uncertain. Fire Proves Expensive. Blsbee, Ariz, Dec. 29. A fight in ft disorderly house ftt Cananea, Mexico, caused a fire In the place which re- suited in the loss of $20,008. During toe Dgni a tamp wu auutacu wei uu "tarted the blaze. AS A FRIEND OF ALL THE PRESIDENT IS HELPING AL0N0 v PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Basis of Arbitration Must Be Fixed Upon First-Allies May Consent to Raise the Blockade, Provided They Can Renew ' It If Venezuela Does Not Psy High Compliment to Roosevelt. Washington, Dec. 31. There is now in progress nn active exchange of notes between the allied powers, VeneauQla, and tbe Uuit tstKtss, - spectine the method of submitting: to arbitration the issues which have arisen between Venezuela and the allies. The weight of official opinion here this afternoon was that several days at least must elapse before any thing in the nature of a preliminary protocol can be made ready for sig nature. German Insistence upon a prepayment of 10 per cent of her full claims before submitting her case to arbitration, and perhaps President Castro's resistance to meeting what the allies claim as the obligations of honor are believed to be now the sticking points. But it is hoped that these can be pased within the next few days, and it is further hoped that some arrangement will be made in the preliminary protocol for the raising of the blockade, though it is Intimat ed that the allies' ships will be kept ready to renew it in case of any de fault on the part of Venezuela in her obligations. Washington having been the nivot about which all the negotations have turned up to this point, it is surmised that it may also be the scene of the final act in the shape of the signature of the protocol, either by the resident representatives here of the powers in terested or by special agents sent to this neutral ground for the purpose, in erroneous Idea obtained in some quarters as to the functions of the President and Secretary Hay In this matter, and they have been represent 3d as endeavoring personally to con luct the negotations, as drawing up protocols and generally taking ft leading part in all that is goiag on. It :s pointed out at the State Department that, while ordinarily a misunder ttanding on this point would be trifl ing, it happens in the present case lhat reports of such activity on the lart of the United States officials after the President had expressly de clined to assume the duties of arbitra tion would surely be 111 received in Europe and might perhaps lead to ome backward steps that would be matter of regret to the Government, which earnestly desires to have the parties reach an honorable settle ment of their differences. It is explained at the State Depart ment that the part of the United State United States Government just now Is that of "good friend" to all parties; that it is not undertaking to draw up protocols or Impose limitations upon the parties, but it is confining its offices to getting them together and keeping them so. In this view it will not be necessary for our Government to prescribe how the Monroe Doctrine shall or shall not figure In the proto cols; It will judge for Itself by results how our interests are affected, and will ujt indulge In premature or uncalled-for protests. As for the terms of the arbitration, It is stated that they are in a fair way speedily to be adjusted, but nothing can be said of the details. It is pre sumed that the allies will agree to terminate the blockade, though no stipulation has yet been entered Into on that point. Nothing has Deen heard recently of the part to be taken by United States Minister Bowen in the final settlement, and it begins to appear that, after all, Venezuela will probably be represented by one of her own people. DISOBEYED THE RULES. Naval Commander Takes His Wife to Sea and Is Ordered Ashore. Washington, Dec. 31. Commander John E. Roller, ex-commander of ths old gunboat Monocacy, has reached this country from the Asiatic station, having been ordered home by Rear Admiral Evans for persistent Infrac tion of the rules which prohibit the commander of a vessel from permit ting his wife to make her home aboard the ship. It is charged thRt after of fending in that particular several times Roller's attention was called to the violation of the regulations,, but with no apparent effect. When his last offense came to the ears of Rear Armlral Evans the latter detached him and ordered him home. Pope Admires American Officers. Rome, Dec. 31. The pope today re ceived In private audience Comman der William H. Reeder, Chaplain Ed ward J. Brennan and Lieutenant Henry Seigmler, of the United States training-ship Hartford. Commander Reeder and Lieutenant Seigmier were in full uniform. The pope remarked on the smartness of the American navy uniform, and said he regretted the Hartford was not coming nearer to Rome. He would have enjoyed see ing more ot the officers and men, as he had the most pleasant remember ances of meeting with Americans. Starved to Death In Bolivia. Seattle, Dec. 31. News has just reached here that John S. Rouse starved to death in the wilds of Cen tral Bolivia in June, 1900, while on an explorating trip. But one man of party of 30 escaped. Rouse was one of the pioneer mining men of the State of Washington, coming first to this section in 1S79. On his last trip he was one ot ft party representing the Bolivian government. UU friends here will ask the Department of State to investigate his death. Do Not Fear Oeneral Tung. Pekin, Dec. 31. Officials here dis credit the reports that General Tung Su Slang and Prince Tuan are moving on Siang Fa with troops. The mis sionaries, however, are said to be re tiring from that region.