13 Wigw WI aii.v.-,.. . "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT.' VOL. XVI, nOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1904. NO. 29. HCOD RIVER GLACIER Issued every Thursday by ARTHUR D. MOB, Publl.her. Term, of uUcrlpifou 11.40 a year wliea paid rn aaTauoe. Ml lKTIKi. lAK GROVE COUNCIL No. 141, OKDKR OF W rKN DO. Meets the Second and Fourth Frldayi of the month. Vlilton cordialljr wel comed. F. U. Bnusius, Counsellor. Miw Kxu.II Cuu, Secretary. 0RI)ER OF WASHTNOTOtT Hood River Union No. 142. meets in Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth balunlayi in each mouth, 7:UU o'clock. U. L. Koud, frealdeub C. V. Uikim. Secretary. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meeti In K. of r. Hall every Wednesday Bight Js. M. Uuuell, V. U. C. U. DiKirl, Clerk. IJOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 770, W. O. W., meets on nrst ana tnira luesuay oi eacn mouth In Odd Fellow Hall. A. C. bTAisM, C. C. P. H. Hugo, Clerk. WAUCOMA LOIKitS, No. 8U, K. of P., meets in K. oi P. Hall every Tuesday night. H. M. 1UKW, C. C. C. E. Himmih, K. of R. 4 8. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 26, O. K.8., meets second and fourth 'luesday even ings of each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. Thbhkbe Caktmku, W. M. Mb. Hut B. Davuwoh. secretary. HOOD RIVER CIRCLE, No. 624, Women of Woodcraft, meets at K. of P. Hall ou the first and third Fridays of each month. Helen Norton, Uuardlau Neighbor. Nellie Holluwell, Clerk. CAN BY 1'OST, No. 16, O. A. R., meets at A. O. U. W. Hall, second and fourth Saturdays ol each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All u. A. it. members Invited to meet with us. H. H. Bailey, Commander. T. J. Cunning, Adjutant CANBY W. R. C, No. ID, meets second and fourth Saturdays of each month in A. O. U. W. Hall at 2 p.m. Mux. alioa Shoemaker, President. II u. T.J. Cunnino, Secretary. EDKN ENCAMPMENT, No. 4S, 1. O. O. F., Regular meeting second and fourth Mon days of each mouth. A. J. Uatcuell, C. P. Bert Entrican, Scribe. 1DLEWII.D LODGE, No. 107, I. O. O. F., meets lu Fraternal Hall, every Thursday night. Ed. Mayes, N. U. H. C. SmiH, Secretary. H OOD RIVER CHAPTER. No. 27. R. A. M., meet third Friday night of each month. u. k. uactneh, a. r. D. McDonald, Secretary. COURT HOOD RIVER No. 42, Feresters of America, meets second aud fourth Mon days In each month in K. of P. Hall. H.T. DeVitt, C. R. F. C. Baosius, Financial Secretary. LAUREL REBEKAH DEGREE LODGE, No. 7, 1. O. O. F., meets first and third Fridays In each month. Francis Morse, N. U. Therese Castner, Secretary.. OOD RIVER LODG E No. 106, A. F. and A. M., meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. D. McDonald, W. M. K. B. Savage, Secretary. OLETA ASSEMBLY No. 103, United Artisans, meets first and third Wednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays, social ; Arti sans hall. . McDonald, M. A, K. M. McCabty, Secretary. IVKRsTDEToiKiE No. 68, A. 0. U. W., meets first and third Saturdays of each month. E. R. Bradley, Financier. W. B. Shuts, W. M, 1. O. Hayneb, Recorder. 1VKR81DK LODGE, NO. 40, Degree of Hon or, A. O. U. W, meets first and third.wt.. dars at t p. m. Mae. habah Bradley, C ol H. Miss Cora Copfle, Recorder. Mrs. Luckrtla 1' rather. Financier MOUNTAIN HOME CAMP No. 8,469, R. N. A. Meets at K. of P. hall on the second and fourth Friday of each month, Mrs. Emma Jones, Oracle. Mrs. Ella Dakin, Recorder. WAUNA TEMPLE, No. 6, Rathbone S sters, meets every second and fourth Thurs day ol each month. Amanda Whitehead, M. E. C. Stella Richardson, M. of R. and C. M, E. WELCH, THE VETERINARY SURGEON. Ha returned to Hood River and is prepared to do any work In the veterinary line. He can be found by calling at or phoning to Clarke's drug store. JJR. A. F. ROWLEY DENTIST Office over Rowley & Co.'s Pharmacy, Hood River Heights. Phone 801. VR. W. T. ROWLEY PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, OCULIST Office and Pharmacy, Hood River Heights. Phone, Main 961. H. HARTWIQ LAWYER Will Practice in All Courts. Office with Geo. D. Culbertson Si Co. Collec tions, Abstracts, Settlement of Estates. HOOD RIVER OREGON Q H. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, M. Office over Bank Bldg. Hood River, Oregon LJ L. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN ,AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Bhaw. Calls promptly answered In town or ooantry. Day or Night. Telephones: Residence, 611; Office, 613. Office over Reed's Grocery. J. P. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephone: Office, 281; residence, JOS. SURGEON O.K.1X. CO. JOHN L ELAND HENDER80N ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL ESTATE AGENT. For years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Has had many years experience in ! Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of titles and agent Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. A. JAYNE. LAWYER. Abatracti Furnished. Money Loaned. Hood River, Oregon. p C. BR08IUS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 12L Office Hoar: 10 to 11 A. M.; J to J and 6 to 7 P. M. JOGER 8. SANBORN ATTORNEY AT LAW VVEEIiDOINGS Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. OP INTEREST TO OUR READERS General Review of Important Happen penlgs Presented In a Brief and Condensed form. Admiral Dewey has declined to be come a member of the North sea com mission. Roosevelt ib likely to visit the South and make it a point to meet the masses. Governor Pardee is working for California state building at the Lewis and Clark fair. Whites in German Southwest Africa are reported to be in great danger of being massacred. All exhibitors from foreign countries may now send their wares to Portland for the 1905 fair without paying any duty. David M. Parry, president ' of the Citizens' Indusliial association, says the "open shop" movement is gaining, as is also his organization. The 31st national convention of the W. C. I. U. is in session in Philadel phia. Fie hundred delegates, repre senting every state and territory, are in attendance. The New York state court of appeals has declared unconstitutional the labor law which prohibits a con ti actor fiom employing his men more than eight hours a day on city, county or state work. Japanese are making progesa in the assault on Port Arthur. Russia has accepted the invitation of America to negotiate for an arbitiation treaty. Russia and Britain bcth want an American officer cf high rank on the North sea commission Ten American fishing craft have been seized by Canadian officers and fined for fishing in Canadian waters. The trouble caused by Paraguay fir ing upon an Argentine cruiser has been settled by the former apologizing. Secretary of War Taft, in bis annual report, urges that the tariff rates charged the Philippines be reduced. Paul Morton, now secretary of the navy, may ... ftoor.. -Shswflf. the treasury department, if the latter does not remain in the cabinet. General Kuropatkin has an automo bile in which to travel from one part to another of his line. He wants 20 more in which to carry ammunition. Russian marines at Odessa engaged in a mutiny and soldiers railed out to quell the disturbance killed 25 and wounded 100 others belore peace was restored. The czar has decorated Alieiicff with the order of St. George, third degree. The American Federation of Labor has re-eleoted Samuel Gompeis as pres ident. .1 una net dirjlomats contend that Great Britain is supplying coal too freely to Russia. The Russians at Mukden have de feated the Japanese in strategy and a winter campaign now seems improDa ble. The Russian supreme court finds the seizure of the British ship Cheltenham, taken tally in July by the VeadivoBtok squadron, was legal. It ia stated that if Secretary Hitch cock resigns, William Richards, com missioner of the general land office, will be offered the position of secretaiy of the interior. Fire in the Queens county court house, New York, caused damage esti mated at $100,000, and for a time threatened the jail in which more than 100 persons were confined. . The rail and steel mills of the Illi nois Steel company; of Chicago, have closed down for an indefinite peiiod, owing to a lack of business. Three thousand men are thrown out of em ployment, Russians are finding the water prob lem at Mukden a serious one. Geneial Chaffee recommends that the Vinmnvnr. Wash , militai v reservation be enlarged, and estin atea the cost of land at $30,000. The government '05 fair board has begun the selection of exhibits at St. Louis. The war has cut off Poland's market in Siberia and thousands of people are idle as a result. A son .in-law of Marquis Ito declares thatt he apparent delay of Oyama is for strategic reasons. Tha Prussian armv budeet for the coming year is estimated at $116,000,- 000, an increase ol 1 1 ,zou,uuu. rVimminuinnei Richards, of the Gen eral land office, is coming to Portlard to testify in the land fraud case. Charles J. Bonaparte, a leading law wrmy nf Mnrvland. is mentioned as a DOS- sible selection for a place in Roosevelt's new cabinet as secretary oi tne interior Th location of the Vladivostok har bor defense mines is uncertain and as a result a torpedo boat has been sunk and a German steamer badly damaged The need of offlceis for the .navy is verr pressing. ' Rnhfwra blew no the safe of a La Plata. Md., bank and seemed $3,000 cash. AT AWI"UL COST. Japanese Continue Their Attack on Port Arthur. London, Dec. 1. According to a Tokio dispatch to the Standard, there is an official rumor that the JapaLeie have hauled large caliber guns to the top of 203-Meter hill, whence their fire has a sweep of the whole harbor. This report doubtless goes beyond the facta; but various dispatches indicate the progress the Japanese are making in the reduction of Port Arthur. Japan ese here explain the preat importance of the capture ofs203-Meter hill, which, besides giving command of the harbor, will serve as a wide breach made oy the wedge the Japanese had previously driven in between the Etz group and the Russians' last retreat in the ravines of Laotie mountain. They declare that retreat to Laotie will be effectually cut off, and it is not unlikely that Laotie will be simultaneously attacked in the final assault. Bennett Burleigh wires to the Daily Telegraph from Chefoo that in the last attack the Japanese lost 400 meu in one hour's fighting. They claim to have captured two more of the north eastern forts and a third, which is part of the West Kekwan fort. They assert, Mr. Burleigh add", to have effected a lodgment at Pigeon bay, thus turning the fort on 203-Meter hill, and that they are now tunneling from the gorge below Laotie hill, which they hope first to damage and then rush. The dispatch continues: "Desperate fighting is proceeding daily, and the lost' are admitted to be excessive, but the Japanese insist that Port Arthur must fall within 21 days." The Morning Post's correspondent at Shanghai telegraphs that wireless communication has been re-established between the Russian consulate at Che foo and the Port Arthur garrison. PLANS GREAT BRITISH ARMY. Kitchener's Reorganization Scheme Greatly Enlarged. London, Dec. 1. The war office is in possession of trie lull details of Lord Kitchener's army reorganization scheme. No secret is made of the fact that particular mention has been paid to points which world offer convenient centers of Russian invasion in the event of hostiltiies and in view of the recent imbroglio the original plan was considerably extended. The keynote of the reorganization, which will entail expenditures to the amount of $50,000,000, is to secure through war training a great army in tmes of peace, and to p'ace the troops not onlv where thev can obtain TnwrncnonsrTjrjrt wniSrBTneif presence will be of permanent atraiegio value. With this objact In view Northern India has been divided by parallel lines into a number of areas witu their upper points converging on the fron tier, and their respective bases well down in India. Were the order to mo bilize given seven or eight field forces, each from 15,000 to 20,000 strong, could, in a few hours, be concentrated on the borderland from east to west. TIRE ON TOWN. Strikers at Zelqler, Illinois, Send in SOO Shots. Benton, III., Dec. 1. Zeigler was fired upon last night from sundown to daylight. It is intimated that no less than 500 shots were fired at the town. The town was completely surrounded, and the firing came fiom every quarter. Response to this fusllade was made by four Gatling guns placed at various points about the mine buildings. As sistant Adjutant General Reece and the Carbondale militia company arrived at Zeigler today, and General Reece will remain several days to investigate the situation. It is thought that still more troops will be brought. Joseph Letter reached Zeigler today with more miners from Chicago. Ex amination of the ground this morning showed that the men who were firing have powerful guns. They were sta tioned from one-half to three-quarters of a mile from the town. Almost a bushel of empty shells of every size were found in the woods. A trail of blood was found on a rail fer.ee, and from this it is supposed at least one person was wounded. Fur ther trouble is anticipated. Russia Tears Crisis Is At Hand. St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. Foreign reports of the lighting at Port Arthur are accepted here very seriously. If the Japanese have taken 203-Meter hill, as reported, commanding the whole harbor, it is believed that the situation is critical. Experts on Pott Arthur topography assert, however, that it is more likely that the Japan ese have occupied some positions at the base of the hill, and believe that ow ing to the concentrated fire of the cov ered foits the Japanese will find the top of the hill untenable, if taken. Coast Shipping Considered. Washingtn, Dec. 1. The Merchant Marine commission today made furthei progress toward completion of its report to congress. Some attention was given to the" difficult problems presented by the conditions on the Pacific coast The commission regards American ship ling relatively stronger on the Pacific than on the Atlantic coaBt at the present time, yet the American ships, it is stated, are being severely pressed by foreign competition. Calls Witnesses in Smoot Case. Washington, Dec. 1 . 6enator Bur rows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, has issued subpoenas for 20 witnesses in the Smoot invest lea ton and fixed Monday, Decem ber 12, as the date for their appearance before the committee. Nearly all these witnesses are in Utah. ,-,.T,..T.TTTTVVVVVVVTVVTTVVtVVVVVV1VVTVfVVVV'va OREGON NEWS LIBRARIES TOR PUBLIC SCHOOLSt Light Tax Not Burdensome In Ore gon Convention or Officers. Salem Two departures in public school work are proving very successful wherever tried and promise to become permanent features oi the public school system. Tbey are the common school library, supported by special taxation. and the convention of school officers, Four counties have levied the library tax, amounting to 10 cent per capita upon the school population, and it is found that by this means the country schools are provided with books as good as those accessible to the pupils of town schools. "The tax, being one-tenth of 1 mill, is not felt," nays Superintendent Alder man, of Yamhill county, "and it puts the best books where they do the most good. The library law has now been in operation two years and has given comjlete Blatisfaction. While the amount that some of the small districts get is small, yet it is in proportion to the number of pupils. 1 consider the law a boon to the country hoy and girl and I think it ought to be made man datory on the county courts." Conventions of school officers have been held this year at Baker City, Dallas and McMinnville, at each of which there was a very full attendance of school directors and clerks. Ad druses were made by Superintendent Ackerman, by the county superintend ent and outside educational workers, and those present held discussions of topics of general interest to school .offi cers. Consolidation of schools and school districts was one of the principal topics discussed at these conventions and the members of school boards leained the plan and purpose of this latest move for the improvement of the rural schools. Brlggs Strikes It Rich Again. Grants Pass David BriggB and boyB, who were made rich in a day by the fabulous surface wealth of the Wound ed Buck claim, on Upper Sucker creek. nave locaiea a cmrw pper vneiuu, away up in the mountains near the Curry county line, and will work the rich ledge they have found there. They have had sampleB from this claim recently assayed here, and, while they do not give the returns the Wounded Buck quartz has given, the proposition appears very promising, and the lucky family will move their scene of opera tions from the Upper Sucker to the Cbetco. The Wounded Buck is under bond to a company for a considers Hon of $100,000. Government Gets Site. Baker City A deed has been filed with the county recorder from W. A. Houston to the United States for 100 feet square on the corner of Main street and Auburn avenue. This was the site selected for the government building soon to lie erected in this city. The deed calls for $4,800, the amount ap propriated for the purchase of a site, while, as a matter of fact, the property brought over double that amount, the balance having been raised by adjacent property owners. Wind Puts Crops In Danger. Weston "Die grain is in a safe condition yet, but if the high winds continue blowing it will d y out what moiBlure there is in the soil, and, un less rain comes soon, would seriously interfere with the grain that is sown," says James Kirkpatrick. "There is always a tendency to raise a cry of dis tress as to the future outlook of the crops, and, In trutn, we nave never seen it seriously injured yet, providence always providing at the needful time. Electric Companies Consolidated. La Grande The La Grande electric company has consolidated with the Cove Power company, and they have incorporated under the name of the Grand Ronde electric company. The directors are Walter Pierce, J. A. Thomson. T. II. and Clarence Craw ford and T. R. Berry. The consolida tion was effected be auie the La Gram e plant needed more power. The power from Cove will have a fall of 890 feet and will require 3,700 feet of pipe to convey it to the power station. The force will create 800 horse power. Great Stacks of Cordwood. La Grande At Kamela, 25 miles west of here, there are 3,000 cords of wood stacked up in the yards awaiting shipment to diffeient wood dealers in towns west of there. At Meacham, near by, almost as much more is pilvd up. Wood is now le'ling on board the cars ia the mountains at from $2.50 to $3 25 per cord, and it is said theie is scarcely a cord left in the timber. When cars are available, big shipments will be made by the dealers. Oregon Supreme Court Reports. Salem Volume 44 of the Oregon su preme court reports is out of the bind ery and the books have been delivered at the office of Secretary ot State Dun bar for distribution to the judges and district attorneys and to be placed on sale to those who wish to bny. The state sells the reports at cost, $3.50, and those who get the volumes by mail mast inclose 27 cents for postage. 0E INTEREST PLAN TO RAISE PORTAGE PUND, Prominent Umatilla Men on Commit tee to Canvass the County. Pendleton At a mass meeting of business men and prominent farmers the subject of raising $5,000 as Umatil la county's portion asked by the Open River association for the portage road was discussed and plans decided npon. A committee was appointed to take acttve charge of the work and is coin posed of the following: George Per- inger, M. M. Wyrick, W. P. Temple, T. J. Kirck. extensive wheat raisers, and County Commissioner Horace Walker. The committee will make a thorough canvass of the county. It will be the plan to divide the county into districts and each member of the committee have charge of the district he mav choose. In this manner it is believed the entire county can be coveied in a lew days and the desired amount raised without difficulty. A large portion of the amount asked for has already been donated. Timber for Land Hunters. Grants Pass It is quite evident that there will be a grand rush for the woods when the final announcement is made of the release of the forest lands of Southern Oregon, which were with held from entry several, years ago, but which are soon to be thrown open to buyers, settlers and squatters. While the lands are not the regular forest re serves, they cover a large portion of the well-timbered sections of Josephine, Jackson and Curry counties, Southern Oregon, and paite of Siskiyou and Del Norte counties, California. A great portion of them is covered with fir and pine, with considerable sugar pine. Hammond Company's Title Clear. Astoria A deed has been filed for record whereby the Seaside Spruce Lumber company sells to the Hammond Lumber company 2,184.67 acres of tim ber lands in the Necanicum river dis trict. The price is not made public and the consideration named in the the settlement of the claims held by numerous persons and firms against the Seaside company. These claims have all been settled and the mill property leased, so that it can resume operations at once, after a shut down lasting foi several months. Trapplst Colony In Linn. Albany A colony of Trappist Fath ers has been founded in Jordan valley, in the not them part of Linn county. Having been forced to leave their homes in France because of religious persecution, a number of these Trappist Fathers have come to the United States, and six of them located in Jordan val ley, about three months ago, with the ultimate object in view of founding a Trappist colony there. They recently purchased considerable land, and are preparing to make extensive improve ments, in anticipation of the arrival of more than 50 of the same order from France next spring. Heavy Rains Loggers' Boon. Astoria The severe storms recently, with the accompanying large rainfall, has had benefits that many do not real ize. It has been a boon for the log gers, and logs have been floated out of some streams that have been on their banks for a couple of years. How many feet of logs have come out of these streams to tidewater cannot yet be estimated with any definiteness, but it is fully 20,000,000 feet, and it may lie double this amount in the Lower Columbia river district. Eating Spring Vegetables. Pendleton The markets of Pendle ton and Walla Walla are being supplied with all the vegetables to be had early in the spring. Because of the excep tionally good weather of the fall and the few rains at the right time, gard eners have been able to produce all of the early vegetablet. The good weath er has been Ideal for these growers, but the farmers are somewhat worried as to the effect tne dry weather will have upon next season's grain. The ex treme dryness has again necessitated the use of the street sprinklers. Only Tew Sales of Cattle. Susanville The sale of beef cattle has been light in this vicinity this season. A Portland buyer picked 107 head from a round up of several hun dred, paying from $2.10 to $2.50 per hundredwe;ght, the former figure being for cows, few cattle will be wintered here, no more than to supply the local market. Some are being driven to Trairie City, but the greater number will be taken to various places down the river. Power Plant Almost Ready. Milton The flume for the Milton city power plant has been completed and workmen are finishing the power bouse. The plant will be completed about December 15. Northwest Wheat Markets. Portland Walla Walla, 83c; blue- stem, 88c; valley, 87 c. Tacoma Bluestem, 85c; club, 88c, DEWEY MAY BE SENT. United States Government Has Not Been Officially Informed. Washington, Nov. 30. Gratified by the spirit which has animated the con tracting parties in agreeing to intrust to a commission the ascertainment of the questions of lat connected with the North sea incident, the United States government will cordially co operate in the namtng of the commis sion by the designation of one of its high naval officers as a member of that body. The outcome is especially pleas ing to the administration, following as it does bo closely on President Roosevelt's invitation to the powers of the world for a second Hague confer ence. The popular impression has been all along that Admiral George Dewey, the ranking officer in the American navy, would be asked to be the American ret resentative on the commission, al though other names have also been mentioned in connection with the ap pointment. A decision will be reached promptly after the formal invitation lias been received from the Russian and British governments as to who shall be designated. This formal invitation has not yet been received, the two governments in the negotiations which have been in progress between them acting entirely on the presumption that the United States would cheerfully give its assist ance and detail a naval officer JAPANESE OVER THE HUN. Rivers Will Soon Bear the Weight of Transport Wagons. Tokio, Nov. 30. News received from the region of the Shakbe tndicat-a that the Japanese have been across the Hun river, further reports are to the effect that the Russian outposts on the right bank of the Shakhe were within 300 yards of the Japanese picket line. Frequent exchange of gun fire occurred and minor attacks are quite everyday affairs. The rivers will soon be dozen sufficiently to bear the weight of the heavy transport wagons. The follow ing report has been received from Field Maishal Oyama: "From the night of the 25th to the morning ef the 20th bodies of the enemy's infantry attacked us in the vi cinity of Signlutsu, Fagsig and bhaotu- kau. All theBe attacks were repulsed. fn the afternoon of the 20th the enemy's artillery east of Tasha hotly rannonadedus, but we suffered no in jury. C lia n (5 ta i m"uiTL"s B Lee n biTr n ed by Russians." - Thi BUBONIC PLAGUE IN CHILI. Consul Winans Charged with Giving Improper Bills of Health. Lima, Peru, Nov. 30. It lr reported here that Senor Martinez, the Chilean minister to the United States, will re quest the State department at Wash ington to cancel the authorization of Charles S. Winans, American consul at Iquique, to take charge ad interim of the Peruvian consul at that place. The request, it is said, will be founded on a charge that Mr Winans. has given im proper bills of health to steamers leav ing Iquique. While the prevalence of bubonic plague has not been officially declared in Chile, it is said that there are cases that the Chilean government daily con ceals in order that steamers may not omit touching at ports at which there are no sanitary regulations. . This al leged action is considered a great peril to the Peruvian coast, Panama and the entire country bo dcring on the South Pacific ocean. Sultan Greatly Alarmed. Salonica, European Turkey, Nov. 30. The Bulgarian revolutionary move ment has recently assumed such alarm ing proportions that the sultan ia Lend ing Narzir Pasha to Salonica as special envoy with instructions to take all measures necessary to suppress the Bul garian movements by the quickest pos sible methods. Ten battalions Horn Albania are expected here soon and the Redifs will be probably mobilized in order to afford effective military pro tection in every village ol Macedonia. rrench Embassy Building Delayed. Paris, Nov. 30. Work on the new French emoaBsy building at Washing ton will probably again be delayed. Foreign Minister Delcasse asked for an initial appropriation. Minister ot fi nance Rouvier objected on the ground of economy, but finally conceded $20, 000. The committee of the budget on foreign affairs, however, eventually struck this out, saying the amount would not permit of much progress, and that it was better to wait until the finances permitted of a more ample ap propriation. Students Ceasing their Rioting Budapest, Nov. 30. As a result of the order of the director of the univers ity forbidding students to participate in political demonstrations, which yester day culminated in a riot in which sev eral students were injured, it was fear ed that there would be further trouble today, but the big meeting of the op posing parties was held and dispersed auietlv after speeches bad been made by Francis KossutL, Count Apponyi and others. Russia Will Copy America. St. Petersbuig, Nov. 30. A project for applying: the American scheme of free land for settlers in Siberia in order to attract colonization from the con geited districts in European Russia is attracting much favorable comment. The plan as proposed follows closely the American homestead system. FRAMING BILL House Committee Looks After Rivers and Harbors. COLUMBIA RIVER IN HIGH PAYOR Classed as One of the Most Import. ant Improvements Will Be Taken Care of Tlrsl.. Washington, Nov. 30. The house committee on rivers and harbors held a preliminary meeting today to prepare a bill which will be ready for presents tion to the house before the Christmas recess. The measnre was discussed only in a general way, but an agree ment was reached that the more lm portant projects would be taaen care of first by the committee and the less im portant afterward. Representative Jones, of Washington will look after the interests of the Columbia river, the mprovement of which means so much to his constituents in Washington. Members of the committee who, were seen today were of the opinion that the Columbia project properly came within the classification of important, and it will be among those considered first. Mr. Jones was present today. In ad dition to caring for the Ctlumbia liver work, Mr. Jones will control to a large degree appropriations for improvements in the state of Washington. i It has been definitely determined that a river and harbor bill shall be passed at the approaching session of congress. Chairman Burton decided to et his committee together in advance of the convening of confress. m h( complete work on the bill and have it ready to present to the bouse Just be fore the holiday recess. Once the bill is called ,np in the house it will take but a short time to get it through that body, and it will ao thromrh in nrantl. cally the shape in which the committee In the senate, however, there is likely to be considerable discussion of various featuies of the measure, and there ia apt, before the bill rsachos the senate, to be considerable discussion and amendment by the senate committee. The senate will, of courrn. nam rh hill about as it comes from the com- m 1 Lt.PA nn rmmmai-mi , WU KAut.iu - few amenmdetns, increasing Individual appropriations. Then it will be a in themTT, infl thlsWiraveo be done by the combined efforts of the various members of delegations whose states are interested. TRIES TO HOLD MEETING. Herr Most Taken Into Custody try St. Louis Police. St. Louis, Nov. 30 John Most, alias Herr Most, anarchist of New York, was arrested at 11 o'clock Jo night after a fruitless effort to hold a meeting in St. Louis, and is now a pris oner at the Fcur Courts, held for Chief Kiely. For ten days St. Louis detectives bave watched Most. He was to have made a speech in National hall on Sun day afternoon, November 20, but the police pi oh i hi ted it In view of the ap proaching visit of President Roosevelt. He remained in St. Louis until last Wednesday, when it was announced he had gone to Chicago. Instead, it is declared he went across the river to East St. Louis, where he remained at the borne of a friend until last night, when he recrossed the river. With the presence of Most in the city, it has developed that an International con vention of anarchists was held in St. Louis for ten days just pricr to the ar rival of President Roosevelt. Chief of Police Kiely had a man at the meeting who made a complete report to him of the proceedings. It Is declared that the chief business transacted at the convention, in addition to numerous speeches on liberty and free speech,' was a resolution binding each delegate to use his Influence to bring about a strike of all trades unions in the coun try next spring. Negotiating for Steamer. New York, Nov. 30. Negotiations are reported to bave been nearly com pleted whereby the steamship J. L. Luckenhach may eventually become the pioperty of the Russian government. She was formerly in the trans-Atlantic service nnder the name Saale, and was partially destroyed in the great fire which swept the Hoboken water front several years ago. The steamer, which is now at South Urooklyn, was rebuilt after the fire and fitted up as a cargo carrier. She is valued at $300,000. She will be used as a transport. - Burled by Cave-In. St. Louis, Nov. 30. Eight to 12 laborers employed in the digging of trench for the laying of water mains in southwestern St. Louis, were buried today by a cave-in, and it is believed all have perished. The men were working close together when, without warning, tons of clay fell on top of them. A bursting water pine caused the cave-in. Those who, escaped at once went to work and dug cut three of their companions, who were dead. Powers Urge America End War. New York, Nov. 30. The Heralds Washington correspondent says: The powers are again urging America to end the conflict in the Far East. Dip lomats attach great significance to Prince Fushimi's visits to Secretary Hay and the interest of the United States in the return of Manchuria to China is emphasized. HOOD RIVES OREGON i3