NET TRAFFIC AGREEMENTS i : - . i;. - Harrinian Lines and fflilwau ;kee&st. Paul ENTERED INTO AGREEMENT Wn ereby theIilwaukee Road Would Operate Through toasii rains THE OREGON SHORT LIMB RAfL . ROAD WILL ADOPT - PEN3ION SYSTEM SIMILAR-TO THAT OP UNION PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN , PACIFIC RAILROADS. " i SALT jLAKE CITY, Utah. Dec. 3 The traffic agreements' between the Union ; Pacific, fftouthern Pacific and Oregon Short LJne Railroads, compos ing the Herri man System, and the Chi cago. Milwaukee & S. Paul Railroad were concluded "at a? protracted meet ing held here today between the gen eral arid operating officials of the sys tems Interested. " i . i , H was announced after the meeting by President A, J. Farllng. of the Mil waukee road, "that on and after Janu ary 1st, Ihl Milwaukee road would op erate through chair cur's ar sleepers from Chicago to the Paiflo Coast. ; The new through service is to be op erated on an arreement similar to that which ' existed for years between the Chlcaeo & Northwestern and the Union Pacific systems. Short Line Adopts System. Salt Lake CHy, Utah, Dec. 3. Fol lowing close upon the announcement that the; Union Pacific Railroad would pension j its " old employes, General Manager Bancroft, orthe Oregon Short ' . . . . ! that on 'January 1st the Oregon ShorU Line will establish ar pension system. A ifund will bef provided for the pur pose, the benefits of which will accrue id those employes who have been in the. and who have reached the age neces skating retirement front service. The plan is the same as that to be adopted on the same date by the Union Pacifle; Company, the Southern Pacific and the j Oregon Railroad and Naviga tion Company. I s-v?-;v- t HUNTER WAS JKURDERED GUATEMALA DOCTORS FIND THAT HUNTSR SHOT FITZGERALD ; FROM BEHINK"" ' CHICAGO, Dec. 3. According to the New Orleans correspondent of the Rec ord-Her&ld. a letter has been received by J- A. Snyder from Henri. Barthels, lit Guatemala City, a member of the firm of :Snyder & Banthels," managers of the Central American; Improvement Comnacy. In which Dr. Godfrey Hun ter is supposed to be interested, stat ing that at the coroner's, Inquest, held on the bod.y of William A. Fitzgerald, who was shot and killed a week ago last r riqay, . Dy uoairey unier, r, the physicians decided that the shots : were fired from behind and'that Fitx, I gerald came to his death by assasslna Hion. j i ' ' : r-i , '. '- , - ' SALES OF A RAILWAY , j ., ; . " . , PORT JERVIS, MONTICELLO & NEW YORK SOLD TO SATIS- ; I FY A MORTGAGE. ' NEW! YORK, ,Dec. 3.-Tne! 1'ort Jervls. Monticrllo A New York Rail road has been sold at foreclosure to satlrfy n Judgment for $319,736 In I- ( vor of the Centrajt Trust Company of Now York, says a Tinier dispatch frorn Port Jervls, ft. I Y. The only qua lifted bidder was R. IV RWkard, of New York, of the purchasing committee for the bondholders, and treasurer of the On tario & Western Railroad. The refe-ee knocked dow-n the property to him for $250,000. The road will be consolidate . ed with the; Eliemllle & Kingston Rail road, a lid will shorten the distance be tween Port Jervls and Albany by; twen-ty-stx miles. ' t .. ; ,-. ; Deafness Cannot B Cured ly locai applications, as they cannot reach tne diseased portion of the ear Then is only one way to cure" deafness; and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining; of the Eustachian Tub".. When this tune gets inflamed you have a. rumbling sound! or imperfect bearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness Is th result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to Us normil condition, hearinglwlU be de stroyed forever; nine cases out; of ten art caused y catarrh, which 13 nath Inr butan InRamei conllUffa of ih- mucous surfaces. W f .We- will give On-; Hundred Drr-sra for ra f Deafness rure i catarrh that cannot be caro.l ty U ! s , Catarrh Cure. Send for clrrnhm . i ee. might offer. Meanwhile the As F. J. CHENEY & CO., ToIcJ", O. rtated Press correspondent I In Sol 1 by Driggits, . 75c. j f(rmed tnat no definite answer has yet Hairs Family Pills are the bcrt. ; reclve from Washington by the PEACE IN MOROCCO. NEW) YORK. Dec. 3- Tcl"ftraihlnc ( by way of Ionlen from inc. v.m-ij. ' j the Sultan of Morocco, n 'f ' "-"x"' " . ih. TimM mrrrronlent ssys the I,er-1 ber"chle fs hnve taken rcfa,;r In a ssnc-j .j , oar Meklncx. Peace nrip-j tiona are Mkel ta sa . Sultan'a army, wiU remain amm id, tprms of trtr i i f. - . .,r frr. r ace frifxittr r rented out. when the court rtnm and, winter wt Mckin X ... ! i ne Kins nmtu Include t heavy une In monty, a! large number of hogw an'a rai ment 9f Jveral year ,n Thentlre district is desert ed" the enemy the women and Docks m ""''.;.. districts, where attack during Inter REED IS ITlPROyiKG HIS CONDITION VERY ENCOURAG ING WITHOUT SIGNS OF IM MEDIATE DANGER. , Aaiil-NiTON. Dec 1Doctors Gardne and McDonald, after a visit tonight to ex-Speaker Reed, issued the fallowing bulletin, giving bis condition at 10 p. m. Temperature 101; -pulse. w, retain nourishment. Is much, more vunuuruQie m every way. :' 5 Mrs. Reed and Miss Reed, wife and daughter of the ex-SnrakM- -an-ii here this evening from New York. Dr. vxaraner tonight reiterated th sta- """e ujr mm , aurlng the aay thst all cases such as that of Reed are io oe regarded as serious, but, adding, thai h could not say he bw any lmmi dlate danger that need be apprehended. AN EXPLOSION OF OIL TANK la sieamer Progresso Causes Fatalities ELbVfcN OF CREW MISSING And Score of Workmen More or Less Seriously Injured STEAMER WAS B'EINQ.. CONVERT ED FROM COAL TO OIL BURNER AND . WAS PREPARING FOR TRIAL TRIP WHEN; THE ACCI DENT OCURREDi SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 3. While the steainer Progresso was ly ing at the 'wharf of the' Fulton Iron Works, at Harbor View, this, morning, An explosion occurred, as a result of which, eleven men are missing, a score were more or less seriously Injured and r.Pnni..(.r n. K 1 im ef I1AA AAA .... - 'i"" ""'"'" "" destroyed. The missing: - First Assistant Engineer Sparks, Jose Hex, Chas. Glenn.- Howard Dowe, - TSulre, F. Nelson, C, C. McGregor, Jack Strand and Jack Ashton. First Assistant ; Engineer Sparks, Jose- Rex, Chas. Glenn and' Howard Dowe,,. of the crew of the Progresso, .were shipped only this morning. The llat.of jthe seriously, injured In cludes:. Henry Conama.'aged 19, arm amputated; Robert Gibson, both legs broken; - A. Kane, ; fractured leg . and foc-t; B. Rucoll, fracture of left wrist; Geo. 'MeNemey. severe- burns? J. Mor gan, Injured about1 the arms and legs; T. McGlil, severely burned; Willie Van Tarset, contusion of the hlpt " Peter Hanson, fracture of the right leg. i The disaster occurred at 9:M o'clock while forty men of the Iron Works and twenty-, employes of the ship were on board. Below the decks the mechanics were completing the work of convert ing the. vessel from' a coal burning, coal carrier to an oil burning oil carrier, when suddenly one of the oil tanks blew; up. Men were hurled against the steel walls and a sheet of flame came sweeping into their faces. On the Upper decks the men were hurled into the afr or thrown into the water. Three sailors engaged in washing the paint outside of the pilot house disap peared as the cloud of black smoke came up from the ship, and were, seen no unore. Following the explosion, the ship sagged In the center; showJng that she had been broken in two. fin the ofHte of the Iron .Works, twenty feet away, every window was shattered and the flying glass cut the faces ; and hands of many. . ; : A. stream of burning i oil. ... running from the tanks, spread out until the fehlp lay on waves of fire. As the ship was .built of steel, the Are on the ship was nearly all below t decks. There were fourteen oil i tanks, containing abo,ut 400, barrels of oil in alL.and de spite the efforts of the Jlre department., this continued to burn for hours after tho explosion. Numerous minor ex plosions,' due to tbo- Are . going .from tank to tank, occurred at short Inter vals. " ' ' Superintendent Spiers of the Fulton Iron Works, staed tonight that he be lieved three or four names would be added to the list eleven victims when all of the workmen were checked up. LOOKFiElrFIGHT GERMANY AND; i GREAT, BRITAIN i IIAVrJ" SENT SQUADRONS . TOVENEZUELw. "LONDON. Dec. 3. Great Britain and Germany, according t official state ments madJ here.- hav commenced punitive measures egalnst enesuela. German war vessels, it is stated, are already on the scene of the contemplat ed action, and Crest Britain expects to have a squadron mere wwn --.- .m wUh acv resistance? that Vene renders here who wish to bring about a pacific settlement Important rommunication. one way or the other, cP?cted from .Washington tomor- row : Saved at Grave's Brink. know I would , long ago have been y grave- writes Mrs. & 1L grave, i . tx. ..ff Aia ir it naa o"i.i w - - - V been, tor Eelectric IS iters. For throe from the Viir.l I lunerua uin-. --'--' ----- rrm of indigestion, waterbrash. wo Momach and bowel WW- ... wrll i this exceuent meuiu" . , iiKf r 1 1 I Oil I: r.ll ti - . i!y ai d nav. M"' J .,m, rvnv-f i f . ,1mm im tiL n - . d kidney troubles. Electric Bit- ...... r- iit4A ruI-f. I ters are .ff '"T! t, stor. - - . , ... ...nt mre t Oiily oc at tvx. 5wv .-m WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, - DECEMBER - S. -19C1 ANTHRACItE 'ComnssioN . V .... .... 4 ,- , - Is Again in Session to Adjust Differences - - - MINERS AND OPERATORS Could Not Arrive at an Afree ment Outside of the i Board . . - . . ..." i SOME MORE RUMORS OF SETTLE MENT, BUT ARE UNFOUNDED. "MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION EXPRESS HOPE THAT IT WILL, BE BROUGHT ABOUT. SCRANTON, Pa.. Dec. 3. The an thracite coal companies and their em ployes .having failed . to come to an agreement during the" Thanksgiving recess of the Strike Commission, the hearing of the miners' side of the case was continued today and, unless some thing Is done by the lawyers on "both sides to curtail matters, Ihe proceed ings will surely run Into next year. 'With the reassembling of the Com mission today, however, there was a revival of the talk of a settlement "out of court." Nothing 'definite has been done and neither side has approached the other so far as can be learned regarding fur ther negotiations, but, as one promin ent attorney expressed It, "there Is something in the. air." The lawyers on both sides have heard the rumor, but profess to know noth ing about it. Chairman Gray, speaking for the Commission today, again ex pressed the hope .that efforts would be made by both, sides to agree on as many points as possible, and that the Commission was ready to lend any conciliatory help to bring about , that end. - . -' -, STREETER'S REIGN ENDED MAN HOLDING PART OF CHICAGO LAKE FRONT FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. CHICAGO, Dec. S. The jufy in. the Streeter case rendered a verdict this morning, finding Captain George Wel lington Streeter, Henry Hoeldtke and William McManners guilty j of man slaughter, and fixing their punishment at imprisonment in the Penitentiary. The Jury recommended clemency In the case of Hoeldtke. The three defend ants were accused of the murder, of John S. Kirk, a watchman for Henry W.. Cooper, to whom wea-e entrusted the interests of the Lake Shore property owners, whose land adjoins the re nowned district of Lake Michigan.' over Which St reefer's claim of rulershlp has given the- police all kinds of trouble. Kirk was shot in a fight between tfce Cooper and Streeter forces on Febru ary 11th. The three men were tried last July for the murder of Kirk, but the jury disagreed after many hcuis of deliberation. V v SURGEON LORENZ'S WORK EMINENT AUSTRIAN HAS LEFT CHICAGO FOR BALTIMORE , AND TIHp EAST. CHICAGO. Dec. 3. farewell lunch ton has been given oDr. Adolf Lorenz, the Vienna surgeon, and his assistant. Dr. Frederlch Mueller, mt the Chicago Athletic Association. Dr. Felipe Krei seL who was Professor Lorens'a fellow student in Vienna, -was the host. i. The surgeon and his assistant left for the East Immediately" after the luncheon. Drs. Lorenz and Mueller will perform no operations In Washington, but from there they will go to Baltimore, Phila delphia. New j York, and Boston, wher they will conduct clinics In orcnopedle surgery. They will sail from New York in the latter part of the month. I ANOTHER NEW RAILROAD LINE BUILDING FItOM OAKLAND EAST IS SAID TO BELONG TO y THE GOULDS. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8.--The San Francisco Terminal St Ferry Company, which recentlr secured an entrance into Oakland and to the water front, la now preparing to build from .Stockton to Sacramento hd through the Beckwilh Pass eastward, making Oakland" the terminus of .' a transcontinental rail road. The C41 saysHhat it Is not the Santa. Fe system that Is behind this line, but it Is generally believed that the Goulds are interested, and that the line will form a connection with wme of the Gould lines in the Rocky Moun tain region. i ) LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR EVERY STATE WEST OF MISSIS ! SIPPI TO BE ASKED TO J -: EXHIBIT. , ' "' ' pduTLAND. Or, Dec. The board of directors of the I-wls and Clark Centennial Exposition, this evening de cided to." Invite every state west of the Mississippi to p.irtlcirate In the cen tenniaL Washington. Idaho, Montana Wyoinlng. Utah, California and Nevada will fee urged lo make appropriations for skate exhibits; while every Wcwtsrn Rtatj Will be anked to transfer, their rxhll New-(lvewl; exhibits from SU.LViis In 1904 tr the and Clark Exposition.- Chjigress RUBLEE ON WAY TO HAVANA. : SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 3. United StateW1 Consul General Rublee; f wh I . i ..'r.. . . , . . , j "' f iridtl to tne late JiPUii-vrit r nu- ii. has a rrlved ' f - 7 - ' t Consul General Bragg. He wUI WUI , - . . . go to .n "w and mere wan swrvimj . tnere awan spranc oraeri iivm ; ington as to bis subsequent movements, - SUITABLE A Piano or.;-. Guitar, Danjo or jlaiiilolin, Accorclcion, PriMich Harp, Set of. Strings, -'very appropriate, Music Iloll, Victor or Coluinbia Talking - Machine, Several Pieces of Sheet Music. In fact a regular einpor iiim for Christmas Prenents is GKBO 0. WILL'S MUSIC AZVD SEWIIVG M ACII IIVE STORE RECOMMENDED A SUBSTITUTE For the Omnibus Statehood OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TER. To Be Combined and Admit ted to the Union as One v State HOUSE PASSED BILL APPROPRI ATING 150.000 TO COAL COMMIS- , SION BILL TO REGULATE CUR RENCY IN PHILIPPINES INTRO DUCED IN SENATE BY LODGE. WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. The Senate today began the real, work of dispos ing of the business before It, although the' session lasted only an .hour and a half. Mr." Nelson, from the CoBomlttee on" Territories, reported a substitute for the Omnibus Statehood. Bill with the recommendation that 'Oklahoma and the Indian Territory be admitted into the Union as one state under the nam 3 of Oklahoma, b Commission Bill Passed. : ' Washington, Dec. 3. The House to day passed a bill appropriating 130, 000 to defray the expenses ofthc an thracite coal Commission and 'then ad journed until Friday. There were two hours of discussion on the Commission Bill, -during which the President's course In creating the Commission was highly commended except by Benton, a: Missouri Democrat, who contended that the Commission was cren ted with out the authority; of the law or the Constitution. To Change Age Limit.. Washington, Dec. 3. Henatoi Hale tolay introduced a bill fixing the age of admission to the Naval Academy .at between the age of 17 and 20 year. The present limit is 1 and 21 years. ; To Regulate Currency. ' 'WASHINGTON, - Dec. 3. Sen?ttr Idge, Chairman of the Senate Com mittee On the Philippines, tolay intro duced a bill f or reflating the cur rency in the Philippines, The bill pro vides, that the currency in the United States shall be m, legal tender in the Islands,-and makes the gold. dollar the unit of vauf. but it authorize the coinage of silver pesos of ..41S grades, which Is to be paid In sums of less than 100 peso when demanded. The Philip pine Government is authorized to t rke such measures as It ronsidcrs Jieccs sry. to maintain the parity of the peso with the currency of the United States at the rate of two pesos for one dollar. ENGLISH STEEL . MERGERS WORK OF AMALGAMATION IS GO ING STEADILY1 ".FORWARD RE- . CENT CONSOLIDATION. 1 NEW YORK. Dee. 3. Work of con solidating and (amalgamating tht var ious firms engaged In the Iron and steel Industry in this country is pro ceeding steadily, cables the London correspondent of the Tribune. It la officially announced that Lloyd A Lloyd of Birmingham, hare been absorbed by Stewart & Menzies, of Glasgow, which company possesses the largest Iron and steel tube works in Great .Britain. ; d FEED IS SCARCE. ELMA. Wash.. Dec. 3. Considerable inconvenience, it is leareo win -oe sui - tered mis coming winter in tnu section : . ' . , ... . , . . of country from srcity of feed nd"r the high price of that to be had. The gret forest Are of September burned m Z - i,k ,h. ,rf.!l grea4 many btirnn and with them marly the whole year's rop. Quite frequent ly when, the ' house escaped the burn would be 'burned. Partly becuf$ 'of this shortage of stock feed, horses &re fchtap. and trften when old or disabled to anr extent the owners are glad to lri thi-m awav. Iluftcr. ectrs. glve tbem away. and . , . . . ji : . i . . neanv ui tsum pnnare re niftier iiisji Mrer before in the hbstorv of thiM tenia. - . : for sale, and when they are upon the ior market the price Is high. An average wn ,w lugs ii uui uiifui, viu:u sw bag f or a bigti J7S. i CHRIS PRESEN TS Organ, - a Sewing Machine, Listen to This h Oiirf Ksilf 7. kiiilitpjbi'ks. Mack or atlor, le-t lmnN. n pjoolr Ten " y'rtriln t-iu-!i .tilift twist, jiiHt riWt l -r cmlroiJorv, li- a !... n. Lirr -rr!iint ril !lk-, M'lk tortl, taflis (Hie. V;ish k', Vfivtbi iiii1 hvi: us in r-lty o!r.-. Si k liMiulkt rcltil, initial torntr.-t, 2r li. (,'i.il.irtMi'M. ImmiiuU in toat viiririv PUNERY a" ftis S&f?-at R oduiccl Prices f G-reenbaum Dry, Godds St or e Next . Door to ihe Postbfficc. HENRY NICOLAUS CLEARED JURY RKTURNKD VERDICT . NOT GUILTY UPON. vTiTjj. COURT'S INSTRUCTIONS. OF ST. LOUIS'. Mo.. Dec. 3. Henry f Nit-olaus, the milliinalre brewer urt'l director In the Suburban Ftrept Rail-I way C6mpany,whrv wss on tilal to lay ...1 on the chargi of bribery in connection j with tne p;issage of the HuhUrtMh blU in the clly iouif !I. was hcnuitlcd lof night undpr infjlrtutlons from t . . ,i ... Ryan, w ho sustained the d f nse's K murrcr to Jhe tat ras', nd ordered a verdict of not iruilty returned. GOVERNMENT IXJJ5T CAHE.. NEW YOB It, Dec. 3.-A de Isian lias tut-n hnndd down; hre by If.tlt'-d j- Htatea. Circuit Judg Wallace, w hcr--ln he derided a Utjitlon of lrnpjrtiUM'e t ImtKjrters, iartir-u!rly. th!e who store gCHMls In the bonded warr-hou.-S. i Thf' plaintlrTs imported sugar from Porto itlio In Anrll. mM. which wa slorr.d In tfee sugar ws withdr-wn for vmimimp tkn. In the Interim the peirr?. cnitra t bt-lween the United states and Hln was ratifiol. end the sugar was en titled, according to later .deHMons "I the United Rttes Hupreme trurt to ad mission duty free, under the Insular de cisions. . . It was to rwover $1,443 duty it.mtriil that the plaintiffs sued. The r;v--n-mcnt Interponed a demurrer, all;ir.g that the- goods were not aschl sLl ths time they w;re withdrawn, but fftj tfce time of their lmprrtttkn. The; court overruled the demurrer and de-' cl Jed for the plaintiff. ' ! CORNELL IS OUT OF IT. ; NEW YORK, Dec 3. It seenis like- I ly that Cornell w 1)1 drop, for the pies-' nt. all plans for sendir.garew to England to engage In the IInly re-j gatta. says a Tribune prlal trrtm I h- ; sca,LOwlhg to the rule under ditusi n by the regatta stewards wMrh od 1 . liir from competition all crew co n- i ed within a month liy 'mlnlr.il trainers, - : .. .- ' .: : - '- "We are'riot eo anxious to "win the cup. says the- Cornell Kan. "th-it we would enter Into any controversies or quarrels , with our English brethren, and should the rule in riuestlon be alopted. It woull be best prolwhly to drop further dNt-uerion of the subject." : - Catarrhal Deafness ' ?r'm Z tv ZZ cure deafnx. and that is by con stitutional trcaim-nt. I.ifnss 4! caused by n inflamed condition of the! eutachUn tules. 8. B. Catarrh Cure . will reduce and cure all catarrhal in-j (Ummallon of the eujiiachlfn tutxs and : restore them t - normal cmdUion. j Sold by all druggists. IVwk on Catarrh; free. Address tUriith Bros, Fresno, Cat. I MAIIER KNOCKED OUT. FHILADEWIilX t'-. Kid Carter tonight knocked ut 1'etcr Ma-i nr in .rw r-n,i rtman at i crtu Bylvanid Art CIuU. Violin, j - . s Thnuicn pcrsorially condut td tNr , ' I .it sleeping curs between Portland and "' . ! .. ?. dft n I Chlcagu three tiiiM'S i week, via the Hcenlc line. Through Standard sleeping car dully between Ogdcn and Chlcugo, via he Hit rile line. Thrnis;h Hiandarfl sloring vsr didly between Colorado opting and HI. L-Mil. . V Through Ktand.ird sod tourist' slc-p-Ing -jirs dilly between H;n Fmnrlsii nd CIjU'sm. via Is Angeles and i;i p-c. -.-y-. . -- - ; i ' .., ' Through Kt.iiidard sleeping cufg arid rh-iir . ,'fnrs dally between HI. Paul and Chicago . ' 'I? : ' lit sure ths't yoir ticket read via the Great Itink Island Route. , The bwtrTTJ most reasonable din ing car scyce. L. It. CORIIAM, Oneral Asr'nU , , T, J. 'I,AJtK, Travellog I'asscnKcr AKent. 2-0 Aider St, Portland, Or. , , BLLINODG Ik an Im jK.rtsn t utaie and YM t ti'iit i't its xjulatiHi 1 loratcl on CUlcn.no, tze great!ct t-iii-merciat cetiU r of the Wt, i lnt rcnflM-! from tin Noith uKt by this fartioui railr'ai The Northwestern - IL-rJttd - I,iiy J-ftwetfti Miiinraxtlj4, rit. i'aul iif Cliica't h tlvj 'j-M-r of all line tiuiris for ott ;m':'.Mrlr and full lulwricUo:i irrike (o C. J isnxr, " ' illsi-i kk. Tr Act.. Aw.tA 21 1 IMw ii . l .u'i'.l, Or. wt-jlhcr is very difficult.