X8SCTCD IS SX3CI iriXKLT tXCTIOXS BACH I IVUD1Tv A30 nUDAY. S2d TEAR NO. 42. - ' ' SALEM. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY; 2. 1903. SECOND SECTION EIGHT PAGES. .,.- . . . FIGHTING FOR : MORE- TIME China Reuses to Pay Indem - nity in Gold Notes'! TO AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS Thinfcs Powers WM Find Difficult to Decide on a Course it AND THAT DEADLOCK WILL 'BE PROLONGED INDEFINITELY MINISTERS HAVES! INFORMED THEIR' GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA'S? ACTION. i - :: -:V : - . -; : - ' i -! ;'-.-V PEKIN.Dec. 31. The Ministers fcere of the foreign powers liave telegraphed their Governments the refusal of China to pay the International Iri- lt Is proposed to Inform the Chinese Government' that the failure to fulfill th obligations provided In the protocol will entail gyrave consequences. The policy of the United. States pre sf jjkts an object in the way of deliver ing a joint note to China on the mat i ter, and the present difficulty U jgener- j ally attributed to the encouragement I given to China by the American Gov ernment's endorsement of these argu- menta i The Chinese ar content to await de velopments, confident that the powers Will find it ao difficult to agree on a rourre of exaction that the . present deadlock will be prolonged indefinitely. :'-::':-: '2 - -v... ;m .. United States Will Accept. Washington, Dec. 31.4-The State De partment has "been officially advised through its; fiscal agents in China that the second: installment' of the. Chinese Indemnity Fund, which; falls due to me rrow. -must be "paid -on tne silver basis." "The installment of ; indemnity of July 1st' last, was likewise -.paid on the silver "basis, the nations receiving the money reserving the right to., re claim.. the difference between the silver and gold basis...,-.'o. J ,, I i;--:, L-a- Therefore, the Department "will have placed to Its credit tomorrow; 1 49.98, for It ha without hesitation decided to accept tne. payment on the basis pro posed. The Chinese tael, which Is the basis, of calculation of the. indebted ness, was worth 74 cents a if the time the agreement was signed In Pekin. but I ow worth only 67 cents. : The impression prevails that the In demnities demanded by , the powers are . far beyond CninaV ability. She may.-for 'a year or twb borrow money from' the various International sources t pay the installments falilng due ev ery x months, but ln-a short tjme the towers will be compelled at a risk of losing everything to come to av read justment of the whole Indebtedness.- OLD POLK'S FINANCES A DECREASE IN INDEBTEDNESS " DURING PAST j YEAR OF w OVER $54,000. i ' DALLAS, Ioc. 31. (Statesman spe cial.) The records ? of Polk county show the following financial condition of the county, as taken from the books of the county clerk, treasurer and th shcrlT: - - . ." i "P County Clerk V. S. Laughery's books phnwth.it on Januaryl, 1902, the total lrdebtfdicjs of the county was .4113, . 6t'5; Tieasurer E. V palton's books show the amount of; outstanding en dorsed warrants January 1, 1903, to be ir.5.95; .Sheriff J. a T. Ford's books show the lclin'quent t;ix list to contain Jt,0i3; the assets, J 3.0X1, and a total ci.h-n hand of $3,083. The net amount of Imlebtednem'' January 1. 1903, Is $'i.S3(); -a decrease since January II 1T02, of $5.223. ; j 1 . EXCITEMENT IN JAMAICA FIRST OFFICER OF AN AMERICAN VESSEL SHOT SECOND MATE ."' IN A QUARREL : KINGSTON, Jamaica, '"Dec?. 31. Con siderable cxcltepieiit j prevail- at ?a vatui Ii Mtr, on the wuthwestcfik H:-st of thl-4 "is'la'ndj caused by; the shooting tlwre xterdiiy of the Jamia can negro. ocmd mate of the Ameri can brts Sunliaht. by the firt officer of that vessel. It. G. Gardner, of iMfllne. Trouble arose on ; board the Sunlight o.ver tiie color question, and the crew left her and .refused to re turn on btwrd. iHiring the disturbance It appears Gardner fired at the isecond mate and r"lhly; fatally wounded him. A strong force of police, waA oent on board the brig- to arrest Gard ner, and tt was with difficulty Us He w overrwered and taken. to jail. The polio were compelled' to guard the building in order to present na tive mobs from attacking, It.. The Sun light was lodlng logwood for Boston. TALKED WITHOUT WIRES UNCLE SAM AND JOHN BULL EX CHANGE MESSAGES BY MAR ' CON I SYSTEM. - ' NEW YORK, Dee. 31 Direct com munication by wireless telegraphy be tween the Cnited States and the Old World hs been hid for the. first time, pays, a dispatch from Wellfleet, Ma?s, to the Herald,-by - the exchange of message by the Marconi system be t ween the Wellfleet station T and Poldliu. Cornwall, h Wellfleet Is 600 miles further' from Poldbu tbao 'the Table Head station at Cape Breton. N.' S. ..- - . . . -' .-. JOSEPHINE PAMPHLETS. ' GRANT'S PASS. Or, Dec, 2L--At a meeting: -. of directors of the Grant's Pas Board of Trade yesterday ;tbe Bealed bids submitted by publishers of this city and elsewhere for the1 pub lishing; of 25.000 descriptive pamphlets were opened and read. A. E. Voorhees, of the-Courier, of thlsclty, was award ed the contract. . The pamphlets are to contain sixteen page3 outside of the cover. 4x8 Inches In ixe. and heavy book; paper will be used for the inside and enameled paper for the cover, Tho pamphlet Is to be elaborately ; Illus trated and handsomely gotten up, and will be descriptive of the various re sources of. Josephine county, with I the placer and quarts mines made of espe cial prominence, ; The pamphlets i are to be printed, for the Harriman immi gration bureau which wa pledged 100. 000 booklets some 4ime ago by the Grants Pass board, but only 25,000 will be Issued at this tlmThe remainder will follow at a later date. , r , WILL WAIVE 1AP0L0GIES Germany Excludes Certain Claims From Arbitration; WILL NOT DEMAND CASH At - Present but Will Insist Upon . a Sufficient ' Guarantee DIPLOMATIC INSULTS ARE OVER LOOKED AND WILL ONLY ASK MATERIAL REPARATION GER MAN CRUISER FALKE NOT THREATENING MARICAIUO. I BERLIN. Dec. 31. Germany ex cludes from the claims .which are sub ject' to arbitration, demands amount ing to $390,000 for the seizure of prop erty by Venezuela and the outrages on the ' persons of the German V subject The payment of this, sum will not be demanded In cash at present, but. a sufficient guarantee off the payment will be insisted upon. Great Britain's preferred claims are $300,000. , Germany, waives .the apology -for what are nere called the "diplomatic insults' asking only ja material repar ation. ' The- German! cf ulser Superber will sail for Venezuela January , 6th. s ttmmitw Wit tlntrua.' i Caracas. Dec 31. -The report that the German cruiser Falke is threaten ing to bombard Maraealbo is untrue. In the first place, the cruiser cannot'en tpr .the lake of Maracaibo.ila the sec ond' place. It is asserted IniNtaracaibo thaSthe postmaster Uieref nas . not withheld thej mail from German, mer chants. MracaIbo is fillet, f The, blw-kade is jmorking an injury to com merce, 'especially to American . Inter ests. "i . " Outran ths Italian. f - La Guayra, Dec. 31.-rAn Italian ves sel last night chased a -big .Venezuelan schooner bit this port. The occurrence was seen from here. Under the cover of darkness the schooner managed to get away. . : ' . Have Settled OifRoultiss. : ; Vienna, Dee. 31.-rArter a protracted conference. Dr. Von Koerber, the Ais trian Premier, 'and Colom'an de SselU the. Hungarian Premier, surmounted the difficulties Jin the way of reaching an understanding with regard to the Ausleich this evening, ahd It was then announced . that the Premiers" nad agreed to compromise- the "Ausleich. difficulty. : The Ausgleich is the Cus toms Union and Fiscal Agent between Austria and Hungary; HOT AFTER SMUGGLERS ;-. ...s NEW YORK COLLECTOR CLOSING S IN ON GANG' OF .TOBACCO "J J SMUGGLERS :) i 1 1 'NEW YORK. Dec. 31. The Evening Post says: Nevada P. Stranahan. Col lector of the Port, from certain evi dence In hi hands, believes there is a regular organised gang :f tobacco smugglers engaged in; bringing the leaf into this country on the North Atlan tic, passenger iners. t He is .' satUAed that he knows the principal in ; the illegal traffic and he Is now preparing to close the nets around them and ar rest the ringleaders In the scheme and as many of their tools and: underlings as he can lay hands on, and find legal proof against. . , ; . j. 7 In line With his plan to root jout the evil many selxures .. of tobacco : have been made recently!-; Mr. Stranahan said today? ;. ; ,j t ,:-;'i. ' "Praeticallr every month , aince I have been In office seizures of smug gled-tobacco have been made. Always it haa ..been Sumatra : wrappers, f on which the duty Is $.1.85 a pound. Every evidence points to an organized trade, and r am satisfied lhat L know t' msn br-hind it. The stokers land sailors whom we have arreted and convlct?fI have had their fines , raid in evrry case." . - r" T- - . . ;" . CIVIL ! COURT WILL DECIDE The X Controversy Between Catholics and Schismatics 1 m THE CATHOLIC CHURCH In the Philippines Which has Arose Between the Two Elements SCHISMATICS SEIZED CHURCH PROPERTY WHICH. CATHOLICS : TRIED TO RECOVER AND CASE ! CAME BEFORE SECRETAR ROOT. . ... WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. Secretary Root, by . a j' decision Just . rendered, practically l&s thrown Into the hands of the civil jeourts In the" Philippine for the decision f the cbritroversy be tween the two elements in the Catholic church in the Islands, which has de veloped Into; ari.: actdal schism. The Schismatics, under the' leadership of a priest known ; as Agllpah, retained possession of a large amount of the church property which la claimed by the Catholic church, and the latter ap pealed .to Governor Taft to dispossess the Schlsmatlca.A , - The Governor fneld that tUe question was ' one for th' adjustment . of the civil courts, and the case f came . to Washington on appeal. Secretary Roof has sustained Taf t views, f WHOLE CITY GASPING-; ESCAPING NAPHTHA GAS NEARLY ASPHYXIATED ALL THE INHABITANTS. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. The leaking of a naptha pipe at the gas plant, with an accompanying heavy atmosphere, came near- stifling hundreds of people in PottyIHe, PU silys a Verald dis patch from . that -"place.,: ';-.-.-! y: - ;'-' The accident' occurred Just beifprefe dawn and the all was so strongly im pregnated withi gas that more than L 0)0 families were placed in a condition bordering upon asphyxiation." The-gas fumes spread until they Invaded every house in the ! j tow it. People askvoke. choking and gasping for breath. Hun dreds were scarcely able to' breathe and lay ih a kind of inertia," without being aware of the source of the trou ble."; "v " V- ;: :; -.:;:; ,; This condition of. affairs lasted the greater part . of the day. and created the wildest consternation. Of the $,r 000 inhabitants, there., was scarcely . a .single person who was not more or less seriously affected, t, ' - - WRECK IN. COLORADO ENGINEER AND FIREMEN TERRI BLY SCALDED ENGINEER" DIES FROM INJURIES. DENVER. Dec. 31. The combination train on , the- South Pafk' Railroad, which left Denver last evening, was wrecked about 4 o'clock this morning near Pittsburg; Switch, four miles east of Breckinridge. The engine and four cars Jumped the thick and rolled down an i embankment. Engineer Daniel Williams and-Fireman Frank Younger, both of Como, were pnned' under' the locomotive and were ' terribly scalded. William died two hours later. Young er may recover. The passenger car re mained upon the track and no passenf gcrs were Injured. r ':--'.:! ; '-."- . . ' . " STANFORD CHALLENGED. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, C il . Dec. 31. The first challenge to an Jn tercollegfate debate Ao be "received by a Western University from an insti tution of the Atlantic seaboard has come to Stanford from the' Johns Hop kins University. Through Dr. Guy Ccrleton Lee, the Johns Hopkins stu dents have formally submitted a fr posal looking to the Inauguration of a series of. annual contests, the firbt to occur here in April, the tariff "pre- - . . ; . . , , , , i icrrea as a suojeci. u u rs umueu i agree to three debates, Drf Lee. ex- presses a desire to have the next meet ing take place at Baltimore and tha third at a point to be determined by lot. ' . , -;-; .;-'; .;:' . The challenge win be considered by the tanfori Debsitlng' League at the opening of the new -semester.. Janti if y 6th- - :" " " ' . . '. . ' . ; ' EURGIARY AT FOREST GROVE. ; FOREST GROVE, ,Or Dec.; 31. A thief made' an entrance Into the' gen- eral merchandise store of t Dugan & Watrous here at 1 o'clock this morn ing, by removing a pane of glass, at tha back oOhe building. John Abbott noticed a suspicious-Jooking stranger la town last evening, and noting the marshal, w ho had Ed Di xon , deta iled a:a special officer to assist him in guarding the business houses.? They discovered the burglar In the store, who was evidently scared ? "away -by their preseneeat th front door, -and made his escape before they eoul snr roond the premtse.' It la n yet known what the robber stolen . i.. " , ' ;'."."; Smith OandrtifT PoiMa;4 , i - stops Itching scalp upn application: three to ix remove all dandruff and wl'l s'op falling hair. Price 50c, at all dru;slatau . . . . t ; . , ..... A CONDITION IS ATTACHED To President Castro's Accept ance of Arbitration NOT MUCH CONSEQUENCE And Will Not Result in Loss of the Arbitration Project NOT ENDORSED BY THE UNITED STATKS AND MAY! NOT BE AC CEPTED BY! POWERS CASTRO HAS NOT REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO THE HAGUE. :' ' j " " WASHINGTON, ' - Jan 1 The re joinders of the European Foreign " Of fices to President- Castro's reply- to their arbitration proposal ; have not reached s,i Washington.; V. ThJ , Inquiry confirms the report from Rome to the effect that President Caatro : did at tach a condition, to the', acceptance of the ' arbitration "proposaland that the condition .was not endorsed by the Washington "Government However, as to the condition attached to the ac-1 ceptance, , it can be tated that It is not ' of " great consequence nor Is it likely to involve the loss of the arbrtra tfipn. project. a -.- -."- A v ; ; - ..: ; . " Are Approaching City. " Ixndon, Jan. T. A dlapaich to the Tlrrises says a courier from Fes has' ar rived there bringing & letter?. : dated December 26th, saying that the pre tender was then 'tour hours from Fee All the available troops iiad left the capital to defend the approaches : to the city. '.v ; . ': ., . The Rumors Are False.: - CARACAS, Jan. 1. There have been persistent rumors In official circles- and generally throughout the city . yestyer daytliat President Cstro had refused to agree: to the proposals, of .the allies to refer tha Venezuelan Issues , td The Hafeue: A correspondent of. the Asso ciated Presi saw the.; President of Venesueja thlsM afternoon, It Is- not true that the President has declined the proposals of the. powers: the. Chief Executive .declares he wants only fair treatment. It was clear ' from , what PreiMdejit Cswtro said at the interview that be believes rt would be very essy to reach a full settlement of tha entire controversy.-' -J v '' N ; . ; ". They. Will Not Accept. ' " ' ' ; Rome,; Jan. lWhlle reserve' ' Is m&intaihed at, the Foreign Office with regard to the Venezuelan matter it has been learned that tha Foreign Office considers the additional TVoposi tion! made; by President CastroOas not likely of acceptance. - - s.-; Adding insultJTo injury. . L Guayra,.; . Jan. 1. The former Veriesueiah gunboat ' Zumbader,. - now transformed - into ' . a , ' - British warship, arrived here at noon and caused con siderable Indignation among the people afhore, who looked s, upon1 her arrlal here under tle British , flag especially on New Year's 'day, as adding Insult to Injury. Will Submit In a Biinch. ' , . Brussels, , Jan. . ; " 1. Arrangements have been concluded ;with Great Brlt kiiv' and , Germany to submit the Bel gian and Dutch claims against Vene zuela to; the International, peace court at The1 Hague at the same: time the Ans'lo-German Vclafms aJralrust the .South sAmerican republic are taken to that tribunal. - f , NOT FINISHED YET . WORK ON .NEW ROAD TO GRESH AM IS BEING VIGOROUSLY PUSHED. ' G RES HAM. Or Jan. 1. During the IfeSt week work-has been pushed with all vigor, with the expectation of run-, ning cars on schedule time; by this date, but owing to the prolonged w-et. weath er the roadbed is too soft to-permit of ri,pid-speed earlier than January 10th. The track is laid, and nearly all :is ballasted to this, place; but no work has. been, done on the depot , grounds, There , are several deVt' sites proposi e4, 'but no definite decision has . been made knownto the public. - The most promising plaoei however. 1 southwest of tomvaud south of the hoo! tfcMise; ; A" rnovement ws; agitatv1 a short tirrw; ago for the opening bi Cleveland anue south of the. Henry.: Metxgetf farm, where It was thought the depot wouldbe, but a. lack; of vigor" In push ing the project ;haaf allowed It, to be come dormant, and the movement may be abandoned entirely, "thereby tearing th O. W. P. A Ry. Co. Its own cholc of location for a depot. ; ; "'' ' .' ' - The pwrng of the depot Just at the southern termlnos "of Jhe proposed ex tension ot, Cleveland'- ; avenue would make very valuableadditlon to the tcwnslte, but -shoold there be no movft ment in the future there is no dotjbt that the Iepot will be jSLiced on or near th.- E. E. Steret. fcrm. J-Trom that, point a road may" be easily made and main t 1 ned, but. I it will be lass convenient. ; miners .wrsir to; return. ; ASHLAND. Or, Jan.:l. The strik ing smeltermen and miners of Keswlch and Iron: Mountain, have asyked .the rr,j.narement , of ' the vlrdto" MotinUIn Comr-atir. . thron gh 5 'in eortf erenc com -mm,' to allowd to return to vik,' the only condition Hpecifled be t . . ing that there- shall be no discrimina tion against union -men. -A the com pany has always maintained that! It made no discrimination, that It would simply Ignore the anion, the striker are asking to be allowed to resame work without any terms.' J ' i The main Issue of the strike-was a recognition of the union. Which 1 the company refused : to grant - on kny terms. Many of the miners pow admit that: the strike was a great mltke, and the only "result has been to rriike much .distress ' for a number of t them .who have families "which have fen obliged to relinquish -.their homos. Some 800 men have lost their positions by this strike. " Aa a targe number of the operators have dispersed, it b not expected the coympany will ' resume work for some time HAS RESIGNED. . DALLAS Ter., Jan. I. -The resigna tion of H. Wl Weeks as general pas senge r agen t of the Cot ton BI t Road waa confirmed last night when ! Mr; Weeks."announced that he had acdept- jpd the position of general agent of the Kansas City . StocW I Yards Company, Mr. J. F. Lehane, at present general freight agent of the Cotton-Belt Road, will assume the duties of general pas senger agent, also effective January 7. WHEAT NOW LOOKS GOOD : , .. ;- ' ... . . - .V- :- ..- - i- ..- , . - - : I Market Offers Sixty-Six Cents Wnile Feed Stores Do . Better INDICATIONS are that, crop "will be shout this year oats ARE COMMANDING GOOD PRICE AND ARE SCARCE POTA- TOES ARE LOOKING UP. . ' i Inquiry concerning the local mar kets develops the fact , that there Is' little or no change this week over over, the report ofj last week; or the week before. The quotation for wheat re--mains firm at S6 cents per bushei. with, little prospect of a. change either way. though one firm in Salem yesterday said it was more apt to go down than upwardj :;- ':-?.? :Vr;:;f'V-': -: A';.':-: Careful Inquiry among the farmers shows that there is no wheat for sal's in this part 'of th country, And. some of -the feed .men hive paid as high as 70 cents per bushel for small lots, and expect to pay - even a higher price. Farmers throughout the country, re port , that leas wheat has been sown this fall than for any season for the past; twenty years: t Taking every thing into consideration the chances, of a fall In the price are decidedly re mote.;: .j ; i - 1 ' ; Oats are now worth 35 cent ' per bushpi in' the local market and scarce at that price. There, is.a quantity of oats in the hands, of the farmers, but they seem to be in no hurry td sell. Bar rl ?y is auoted at $20 per ton, but there; is little in the country,- probably not tnore than will be required for seed next spring. : ' -.-' Everything in the way of hay and ihilj Veed is advancing In price every week, and there Is nothing new to be said concerning .the state of the mar ket in the linea here mentioned.; Potatoes, which up to jhe present time have, not been in demand, r- 'and for which the" rulings price! has Wen but 25 to 30 cents, are beginning to look up a, ' little, a nd ' the' ptiics at this writing; while about tha jiame asa week tfgo, shows signs of, aj slight ad vance. . Good- potatoes now find a ready; safe at 30 cents per kUshet C Apples are about the onljr kind of fruit left 'In this part of the country forale now, and whUe the price. hve been comparatively low, an advance is looked for from this on. The very best qualities have been sold In the local market at prices ranging from 30 to 50 cents per box. and. It took a choice article to bring the latter figure.' SHOOTING IN KANSAS CITY. -. , KANSAS CTT1 Y,4 Dec. 3lJ In Kansjs City, Kan today one of- two men s"iot and fatally wounded Jesse B. Dulln, aged 33, keeper of, a stall In the city market on the Missouri side. . tiring from tehlnd.-: Dulin, who was drlvi.ig a wagon, arose In the seat after being shct and fired at th t'o rnert, wound ing one. but both escaped.- Their iur pose evidently was robbery.-, At another point In Kan ifa a City, at early, hour today. Miss Grace Weinberg hot.- mm who w 'attempting tS rob her henhouse." He escaped, leaving a trail of blood. " ! TO BEGIN SENTENCE. CHICAGO, Dec. - 31 Edward S. Dreye'r, former banker and treasurer o the West .Park Board, was1 taken to Jol Set today ' to bglo a , Ion g-delayed sentence for M thhold ingr $ 3 1 .00 of park funds, Nearly four years have passed slmSe hif 1 conviction, " during which time he has been incarcerated la the county 4Jalf waiting the .results cf efforts looking tewatd his release. NEW YORK; PLANS CELEBRATION. NEW YORK. Decl-31. It Is Intended to celebrate the 250th anniversary ot the' foundation of municipal . govern ment In this city some time during the early parf of the Incoming year. Just what form the alwnaiwe will 'take has not yet been" decided, but crr monies will befit the occasion.' and the detail will be perfected In the near future, whn the plafts will be submit-te.-l to Maynr Ivw and the members of the board of aldermen. - r HAS , BEEN SPLICED Governor Dole Sends First Message to 'President CONNECTED J.AST EVjENIRG And First Word Exchanged at 1 1:30. O'clock Signals J Were Good GABLE ATTE'1 ovr - J -scenl; M c of war" OPENING OF UINTA FOR SETTLEMENT SEMBLES A BIVOUAC TROUBLE LOOKED FOR. SAN FRANCISCO, Cain Jan. I. Sen . Francisco and Honolulu exchanged , their first word by cable at 11.03 to- night. The; signals were good. , The signals were perfect at both ends. The , first message was from Governor Dle to .President Roosevelt. The ' locftl operators says the cable worked like an old timer, and surprise was expressed st te speed and accuracy,. The Postal Company officials are -delighted at th splendid showing of,- the first ; hour's . working. ; - A 4 " Early n the Evening. San Francisco. Jan. l.--The AsoiiatA ed Press has received a message from Hawaii that the San Francisco end oC the cable vu picked up this afternofih and that the splicing will be completed before, midnight, when communica tion w!th Honolulu will be opened. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 1. A S dal to" the Tribune from, Evanston. V'ya. says: . The f ash for claims In Ihe Uinta oil fields still continues. n l , from the present outlook more than a. weelc will have elapsed before the lo cation will have been completed. H-J far as known there has. been no blI shed.' although shota were exchanKf.1 in ma,ny cases. The fires nvarklng the corners of the claims were lighted by the thousands, and thee together with..' hundreds of locators camped'nearrthvm remlndd,ne pf a,blvouae of ;wsn4. r CoL Ketchum, at the head of iwelv desperate rcowboya,'. well ; -armed and mounted, carried Asperi county .by storm. At midnight th?ey ode Mown" the section lines netting stakes as they came, to the corners. They were gret ed by a volley'of gunshot from I he opposing locators, but the bullet U went wide of their marks.' The psirty chargei forward, nor did they ' cAise tintll ' they had located every section open for filing.- In the Spring valloy country there were fist fights, on every stde. but the men. refrained from the use of firearms, y ';'. ! The whole oil field Is the Scene of Intense excitement.- and. It Is not Heveii that-the trouble' can rsa with out, btoodshnd, as h fwllnn of deuilly hatted ha existed between the locat ors, for some time: v, ' . ' t tT"T,T A A ' w. mm .mW . ' .irrr kai.kn mivvn REFUSED TO MEET SALT LAKE BOXER AND IS HISSED -':''V"i ''-.'''-AT.-' ; r"-." '-; J.V.T'- SALT LAKE CITY Utah, Jan. 1. ' Over J.000 people Mho had gathered to : witness the boxing exhibition, of the Jeffries-Flfssimmons combination to night, hissed and hooted at lhe world's champion heavyweight because he re fused to meet "Mexican Pete. Ev erett, a local boxer,, in a four round' contest. Jeffries had ' offered tXX) to any man -whd would stajid before him for four rounds-. "Mexican Pete" ac-; ' cepted. In . explanation of Jeffries re fusal to meet Everett it is salt that" -the champion is not in first class con ditions - V- , . r " A Battle For Blood. ! BuffaJo, N. Y., Jan, 1 It took Jack O'Brien twelve roinds -to dii-fvse of Al Welnlg before- the. Internatlon O Athletic rClub.- .at Fort ' Erie, today. O'Brie.t .lit'rally cut. Welnlg's face to ribbona, . cloeing bothVeyes and wore him down until he was unable to pro- iec utmseir. . Would Net Quit Foulia. - New Britain. Conn., Jan. 1 After re peatedly warning Gus Gardner, of Ihiradelphta, Referfr-John Willis rave Joe Gans. Of Baltimore, the deV-lHlori In the eleventh round of a bout sched uled for twenty round. In th rl-v-enth round Gardner .-caught ans abont the waist 'and threw- him -heavily to the - ? flonf. ' The , rtereo " Immediately' ' gave the decision to Gans.; 7 NEW YEAR'S EVE TRAGEDY, ' . LOS ANG ELfcS,- CaL,' Jan. L John F. Jone,. of Greenville, Tex wns hot and almost Instantly killed at the Lin coln.. Hotel by, a, New Year's ..reveler, and fell from a. second, story baU-ony to. the sidewalk. . lie had gone from' his room t the balcony to look out on the street, and was leaning, over t?e railing when he suddenly -aank fT ward and fell oyr the guard rail. JIU body dropied Into the midst' of Of1? erowd of people who were blowlr? horn: and making New Ycrar's JIIIv. and the sickening thump on the 011" waJlc stopped revelry on that or nr. The bullet had entered th- fronts! bone and the- man .was ' jd?ad alrnosi hefore-a.-uperficiai examination e.uM be made. . . ; ' - - Jone, who 'was a' youn;? man, cio here from Texas a' few month' ar". and wss employed in thf; Kant-i I .) general vi"r-?. GREAT EXCITEMENT --.ATTENDS.--