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S2d TEAR NO. 42.
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SALEM. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY; 2. 1903.
SECOND SECTION EIGHT PAGES.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 .
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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
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. " 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
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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.--