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.1 Txs;s.P;a.'p.j;.;rn; V i 3 FIFTY-THIRD YEARNO.! 43. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, ! JANUARY 8, 1D04. SECOND SECTION EIGHT TAG 1 . 1 AS-:1,- WAR CANNOT BE AVERTED SUCH SEEMS TO BE THE OPINION - IN OFFICTAI. CIRCLES " f . . J-' CONTENTS OF. RUSSIA'S ANSWER i Are Not Known, but All Correspond' ents Concur in Believing Them ' Unsatisfactory. .' Jlussian Warships Leave ' Port Arthnr t , to Intercept Japanese Squadron Sent Oat to Stop Russia Bound Vessels Japanese Impatient Oyer Dilatoriness of Russia and Want to Fight.. , LON DON', Jan. 8.-None of the spe cial cablegrams fr.om Tokio, printed in this ruorning papers, is give the. contents 'of Russia's reply, but all concur in belicving'it to be unsatisfac tory. It appears that the note might still le undelivered, as Baron Do Rosen, the iJassian minister." is Buffering from an ear 'affection, . had not Baron Ko-nun-a, the' Japanese' foreign minister, visited the Russian legation to get it. Aeconli-ng to the Standard 's Tokio eor--respondent,.- an -increasing number of 'steamships are- requisitioned daily as transports. I ' , .'.books Like a Clash. f Port Arthur,- Jan. -(Via Chef obi) 'Several warships left at midnight to reinforce the cruisers sent out for the purpose of intercepting tlie Japanese sijtia'lron of four ironclads whieh, it is sai'l, in now approaching Corea to stop six Japanese coal-laden skips from Japan destined for Tort Arthnr, and to .anceb their charter to a. Russian firm." There is abnormal government troops .in both directions on the rail way. Lake Baikal is frozen. The Port Arthur defenses are complete and the authorities arc confident. Japanese Are Eestless. . Tokio, .lan. 8. The attitude of Japan toward the response of Russia IsstiU -undefined. J'remier Katsura, the min ister of foreign affairs, the minister of Bar. th minister of finance and minis ter of naval affairs held a council yes terday afternoon. It was decided .that the cabinet confer with, the older states men before deciding on a 'course of procedure. Jt is manifest that Kussia will muke concessions in one direction and intioso new conditions in another. The .Japanese nation is deeply stirred Public sent iinent favors the abandon ment of negotiations, believing them to be useless, and urges resort to arms. Bailroad Facilities Bad. Pekin, dun. 8. Major Nathan, an of ficer of the British army, second in '.command of railway fransportafton in the Transvaal during the Boer war, ar rived here. He traveled over the Si berian railway with the special view of ascertaining the possmilit iea of road transportation of troops and supplies hi the event of war. IBs opinion, based on his oVmerv'ations, is that-lhe railroad woiild break-down and its administra tom find itcH iu4 hopeless confusion within a w.jflT under the stress of war emergencies.1 War Seems Certain. IVkTnT.ttwi. 7T JJrtieral.-Yua'n Shiki, commander in chief of the Chinese ariuv and navy, sent his foreign ad visei 4 'hurl.es benby, Jr., of Pckin, t investigate the report as t-o the prob ability of war. Denby has reported, .according to the best opinions obtain able; based on diplomatic information, that war cannot be averted. Would Favor Japan. .Ii.Sn.lon. .Fan. Tho Daily Mail's Tokio correspondent says: ; Governor T-tft h.l : ..cret. etnfeicnee with Mar- iiis I to at the United States consulate at Yokohama. It is understood- that lioTnnof Taft srswuredtbc Marquis that the United plates would observe a friendly iieutrdity toward Japan in t ho event nf wlar and that, if necessary, it wuI.t-gVanr the use of..the American lirts in1 the far Kast to the Japanese licet." ,,"7.-. V r : Troops Headed for Corea. , London, Jan, ..The Daily Mail's Tokio corresHndent learns that Kussia has made hew demands which it "will bo impossible for Japan to entertain. The correspondent mays all the powers aro landing troops in 4'orcn and that the British blue pickets at Chemilpo are expected to go to Seoul immedi ately. . ' Britain Strengthens Fleet. Victoria, B. Jan. 7. It is rumored It that the flagship Grafto& a second class cruised, has been ordcot; to. proceed to the China station to strengthen the British fleet in the far j-asT. i . - -; War Bisks Increase. ! Fan Francisco, Jan. 7. -r Prominent inmrancA I icompanicS have . received cabletrrams Wtating that war is inevit able, and, in wmseqeunce, tUe jrar Tilc on imnrediate sailings have been advanced to "4 per cent and on sailings during the latter part .'of the month to JO per cent. ' i . t . "... , IS MONEY IN IT. One Tacking Company in New Jersey Mikes Bij rronwiviu Salmon. . TREXTONV N. 7.-The re: ceivers of the Pacific Packing fc Nav . in.Uv filed with tne ITaU&i States circuit court-a report covering the operation of tbe company - . 'V1-. re eoBipany cngagwl in sal mon packing. i ' DAMAGES AWARDED. f s f J. i i: s. ixie iieacaes Agreement With Iane County Commissioners for Injuries. i EUGKNK, Or Jan. 7. J. S. Cole was iMay awar.l.! 4tK) damages by the Iane eonnty commissioners' court on account of a county brioge falling with him and his tesim several weeks ago. t-oie was crossing the bridge over Row rfver wun a neavy,load of. freight when the structure cave wav; Trci ro tating -wagon, horses, driver and all to ine wtt5m of river bed, demolish ing the wsgon and harness, injuring the goods he. was hauling and crippling the horses. Attorney J. S. Melley, of (lottage Grove, presented CtAe's case before the court, asking for $540 but it was compromised by the payment of $400. i ' . V J ; Other matters attended to . by the court today were the letting of the contract for keeping theleounty paupers and the appointment of the eounty road viewers. Mrs. M. E, Russell, who now conducts the county poor farm at Thurston, was again awarded the Cus tody of the paupers at $.3.25 per week for each person. G. G. Gross, C M. 4?ollier and P, J. McPherson were ap Miinted road viewers. CALLED A HALT COLORADO MINERS SECURE AN INJUNCTION ORDER FROM THE DISTRICT COITRT. . .!' State Militia, Mine Owners' Association and Citizens' Alliance, Restrained From Driving Any TJnioa Miners From the t District Great! Railroad Merger Case Up Before Court. 4'RIPPLK CREEK, Jan. 7. Jndee Seeds, of the; district court of Teller county, on application of thet attorneys ror iio western t eferation r Miners tt'night issued a temporary - injunction against the state militia, the Aline own ers' Association and the Citizen' Alli ance, enjoining them from driving any uuion miners from the districts. The hearing on the writ -is set-for January. 11. Militia Will Ignore Writ. Denver, Jan. 7. Adjutant General Sherman M. Bell said tonight that he had given instructions to 4:olonel Ver- deckberg, comminding the triios in tho Cripple Creek district, to iermit no service upon himself or the bther ofB- ers of the guard in the injunction suit of the We3tern Federation of Miners. Ho declared that ho attention, would be paid to the writ. Differences of Law. Washington, Jan. 7. The argument of the case of the 8tate of Minnesota vs. the Northern Securities (Company, involving the legality of th e fconsoli.la- tin of the Great Northern and North ern I acifie Kailroads in tho Securities oinpanj-, began in the United States supreme court today. The ease involves the same general' issues as are involved in the proceedings of the National gov ernment against the Securities Com pany, but there are some differences of l.-w. TO MANAGE CAMPAIGN. Governor Odell Will Look to Presi dent's Interest in the State of New York. NEW YORK. Jan. fi. The WotM says; ' As a result of recent-conferences between President Roosevelt Governor Odell and Senator Piatt the World can announce that Governor Odell will ;be in command of the Jtoosevelt? campaign for re election in New York state this Vcar. The plan lias tne sancumi ui the .J'reshlent and senator j ian tho tiovernor has consented , to accept the resjKjifsibility. . OLD CASE REVIVED. Case of Miller vs. Wattier Comes Up in Supreme Court Alter, -Nine Years, rt.iv oauv have been set for hearing in tne supreme court for week after next, one of whictt nas occ.. m the docket for almost ten years. Tim old timer was originalty cntitlwl Mil ler, respondent, vs. Wattier, appellant, 1 ' . . r anil the an anwai iront ianou "y - apneal was taaen in isw. - , mained upon the docket for m years witnout It hearing ami was hp ,M; revived recently, however and will now finish its course, mrou.. process of law. In the meantime th original .-nte.tant. have e- other principal- the ...l ih ease now; stanus ur docket as Dave Raffety, WialstT of he estate of w. v. JesndJnV vs. Vallier Wattier vJrj. administMor, et aL, rP11nT2f i a th decision ioMton, tu r 'TlewTtV judge, BMd'thm question .in volved was tbeht of gJJJ ler, deceased, to reclaim rtd lands, which right war t Vallier Wattier, senior, oeccsseu. - case is set for 12 b 'clock noon of Wed- nes.Iay, January. of nAr f-ndent. vs. Katherine C. . 'ill I Kb Sloan, appellant ppellant, appeab from Ciat set for 32 oelock noon of oP county, set ior Thursday. December -U a txrc-RT! MISREAD. """iTiTThe British !. 1,0a 'arrived here, It cruiser um, iread aPI.ars that tTrSf ft as oniy iour . -,:- 1 1,., (i,. oTnlosion of tne si ip jurm j " x boilers. . , ".' ; loroe past year. The report shows that the net profits for the year were INQUEST IS IN PROGRESS asbestos : curtatn company's representative testifies HE ADMITS THAT ' CURTAINS When Subjected to Extremely HI go Heat, Axe Destructible and '; Crumble Away, i ! Inquest Held, in Council Chamber, and All Persons Except Those Having an Order or Subpoena Are Excluded Eddie Foy, the Comeuian; Also Qives His Testimony.' CIIICAGO, Jan. 7. A dozen persons today testified before the coroner's jury at the inquest: over th victims of the Iroquois Theater fire, on Wednesday, December 30. No person was admitted to the conneil chamber without -an or der ot a eubpoenafrom Coroner Treag er. Even the members of the city council who applied for 'admission were turned away, though the inquisition was held in the chamber or the city council. , , . - Among the witnesses were SSddie Foy, the comedian of the "Mr. Bluebeard"' compary, and George W. Stetson, a representatire of tho company which manufactured thegpsteBos curtain, lne evidence of. Foy did not differ greatly from the statements which have been published heretofore concerning his ac tion on the uay or the nre. Mr. Stetson and Coroner Traeger be came involved in a long discussion as to the merits of asbestos enrtains,. dur ing which Mr. Stetson admitted that asbestos curtains, if subjected to an ex tremely high heat, would lose their life ' and crumwe. Building Commissioner- Williams to lav rescinded the order elosiog the Coliseum, declaring it safe from fire. Fifteen additional hans were crdered closed. CANNOTRECOVER COLFAX, WASHINGTON. LAD IS PATAlT'rJURED, B? A. COASTING, ACCIDENT. Four Boys Lost Control of Sled ana Collided With a Wagon One " Boy's Skull Eiactured and Others Injured Mrs. Bowers' Case Called In i Sai Francisco Court. fJO.Ll-X, Wn., Jan. 7. Lawrence Duchemin, aged. 12, was fatally hurt in ... 7 - . 1 - 1 T : a coastinc a.eiueni mis aiieruoou. oi brother Ralph, aged 10 years, hail a hip fractured nn.1 two ribs broken and two other boys were more or lers hurt. Tho youngsters were coasting down a steep hill ami lost control of the sled which counted witti a wagon, uawrence Dnchetuin's skull was fractured. There is no hoe f hi. recovery. . i Hard Time Getting Jury. San Francisco, Jan. 7. The task of empaneling a jury to try Mrs. Martha E. Bowers, cliargen witn tne murucr 11 1 . 1 1 -v. T Tl . Ber nusoanu, iuanra u. j " ' ' ' commenced in Judge Cook's court to- lav. When the court adjourned nine jurors had Wen accepted, and- as thel veniro was exhausted, a new venire was ordered and the case continued nntil Monday morning, TRAIN DERAILED. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 7. The Corvallis & Eastern train from Detroit to Albany yesterday afternoon was delayed sev eral hours tnree m ues west 01 Jerry, where tho rails spread under a car heavify loaded with logs, causing the car to leave the track. As the train was running slowly, no other cars were derailed. : 5 ' Tho logs were rolled into the North Santiara river, isu the damage soon repaired. ' i - WAR. AMONG DENTD2TS. Advertising Class Will Organize for Purpose of Protectin? Their V Own Interests. ; SPOKANE, Wn Jan, 7. A fight to the finish is apparently on in this state between the -ethical, and, the advertis ing dentists,' and a' strong effort is to be made in the supreme court to have the present dental law in his slate de- rjared , unconstitutionaL , The" bead- quarters o-" the battle seems. to be in this citv. Some time ago a number of dentists were . arrested . - re on the charge of j violating the atate law by practicing without a certificate from the State Dental Examining Board. The case has dragged along for j several weeks and yesterday the dentists were arraigned and all pleaded guilty. They were fined . $50 each . and immediately gave notice of appeal to the supreme court, the object being to get that body to pass on the constitutionality pf the law. '4:;-"' ; ;C ,' "' .' ''; It is claimed by the advertising den. tists, of eommereial dentists as they term themselves, that under the pres ent law it is next to impossible for one of their number to secure a "certificate to practice. The board of dental exam iners is composed of .'members of the nl.i school of dentists who are 'bound l.i;mitinn tntha. ao.le of ethic to retard the progress- ef -tho business, dentists. It is alleged that at a recent examination, two dentists, one a mem ber of the ethical branch and the other a Dusmess aentut,' answerea tne same questions in the same war. A-certifi cate was granted to the ethical den-J tist and was rerused the other. Dr. T.. ITavea White, one ef the new school ? dentists, has inst retarned from trip through the United States aad states that there is a .celing among the advertisin dentists ; all over the country that the time has come when they must organize for their own pro tection. -Dr.- White now proposes to give his time to the work of organiz ing the commercial dentists and ' will commence the work in Washington, after which be will-go to Oregon and California. 4 CROPS ARE QOOD. Provinces of Bnlaean, Pamanga Tar lac Recovering From Ef fects, of War. and MANILA, Jan. 7. This is the first year since the insurrection in 1896 that the crops of rice and other cereals in Bulaean,. Pamanga and Tarlae prov inces of Luzon have been large and of good ouality. This is attributed to the extermination of the lawless element and to the fact that the farmers are now protected from the insurgent tax collectors. - ' . NELSON OBJECTS DAVID R. NELSON NOW IN PORT , LAND, WANTED IN KANSAS UPON SERIOUS CHARGE. ' Charged With Being an Accessory After the Fact to the Crime of Murder Requisition Issued for His Return, Bn Nelson Wi)l Contest His Extra dition Law Question Involved. Governor Chamoerlai . yesterday . af ternoon, was presented with a requisi tion from Governor W. J. Bailey, of Kansas, for the extradition of one David R. Nelson, who ik now at large ihPortbind ani is wantS-in Mont gomery count Kansas, to answertj the charge of accessory after the fact to' tho crime 'of murder. Governor Chamberlain went down to Portland on the overland train yesterday afternoon and heard the argument of the case down there. Nelson had previously been under arrest Ban Francisco, and the sane requisition papers were pre sented to Governor Pardee, but the latter would not grant a warrant ef extradition npon the requisition, -the exact reason for his action not being knewn here. '" .. i Nelson Was accordingly turned loose by the California authorities and came straight to Oregon and, it is said, has taken a determined stand in Portland and will fight the matter to a definite termination. The requisition is based upon the information of a prosecuting attorney, and, it is understood, thr t he Will contest the issuance of extradition papers upon the ground that, under the United States statutes, a person cannot be extradited upon the information vf a uistrict attorney, but that the requisi tion must be based upon an Indictment by a regularly .drawn grand jury, or the affidavit of a magistrate in the form of a complaint. This contention is in accordance with sin opinion rendered by Judge G off, in the United States circuit court 01 appeals, for the 'dis trict tof Maryland, rendered in a easo very .similar to this one several years ago. The action of the . Governor in this case will have a great bearing upon others which may come up in the future, as it has done" in the past, but this, point has never been brought to bear ;Uon ! any case which has come up in the, -past. The majority of , the requisition papers which come to the' Governor of Oregon are based npon the information of a district attorney, Uke trise are almost all of those which are issued from the Governor s oflice of this state. , , I The information neeompanving the requisition alleges that,- on September 4, 1901, one John .ielson shot and killed one' Albert Morris, in Montgomery county, Kansas. A charge of murder in the firstj degree was entered against John Nelson, but he was only convicted of manslaughter aad-was releaseil npon hia own recognizance to appear npon a certain i date for - sentence. He failed to pot in an appearance npon the date set, however, and it developed that he hail fled to the lndan territory neiore the sheriff could arrest him amP bring Ihim into court. p4id R. Nelson, for Whom the .reouisiltitm i is issued, i is charged with having aidel and abetted John Nelson in effecing his escape, nd is therefore accnse.of being an acces sory after the fart-j ' - j DYINCI TXi ISOSFITAI l SEATTLE, W; fjan. 7. Jaek E.1 wards is slowly dying in the Wayside Mission Hospital from the long use of morphine. Edwards was once a prosper ous merchant in tkef East. He came to Seattle aad fell ill. His physicians pre scribed mdrptine to alleviate his suf ferings. After Edwards became Well and strong he found that the morphine had a hold on him. ( He began using it regularly to atop imagined pains. Fin ally he became a fiend 1 for the. death deaAini? drug. He! lost all his money, became ill and waf taken aWew days ago to the hospital where he win uie no doubt within a few days. Edwards has well-to-do relatives in New York. They have done all they could to get him to "go bak East? He refasYL, however, ais long aS he was ia the pitiful condition that he is. ; ANGLO-ITALIAN TREATY. s ROME. Jan. T.jt Is aan'ntnce.i that Orea Britain has agreed to the" Anglo- c Italian arbitration I treaty, which ' will be signed in Bome.j ' 'i-.. OBEYED HIS ' CONSCIENCE MEMBER V OF . SALVATION ARMY SURRENDERS TO POLICE AND CONFESSES' TO ARSON In Causing the Burning of Occidental Hotel in Forsythe, Montana, . t In 190L One Man-Was Killed and. Twenty In- i Jured Says Setting of Fire to Hotel I Was Purely Accidental Confessed to Crime to Release an Innocent Man From the Penitentiary. ' j ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. -William Wilson, a member of the Salvation Army, snrrenderei ' to the police, con fessing be set fire to the Occidental hotel at Forsythe, Montana, in July, 1901, in which one man was killed and twenty injured. Wilson stated that another man ; was in the penitentiary for the deed, and to clear his own con science free, Wilson surrendered to the police. lie. said he did not! fire tho hotel intentionally, but accidentally dropped a match in the hallway, ami on flames bursting forth, he ran away instead of raising an alarm.- Wilson is held pending an investigation. . Foiled by Clever Ruse. Salt '-. Lake, Jan. 7. One ! hundred street car men, infuriated by the mur der of Motorman Cleason and (Conduc tor Brighton, by a highwayman Thurs day morning, made an ineffectual at tempt tonight to storm tho city jail fand lynch John Shoekleigh, a man ar- restetl during the afternoon on the in formation of a: room-mate, Bert Broth er, who told" the tvolice Shoekleigh ha.l confessel to vthe murder. SJiockleigh denied all knowielg" of the crime, but was unable to givoa-satisfactory ex planation of his whereabouts. A false fire alarm was tnrned in, which diverted the attention of tbei crowd and during I its absence Shoekleigh was removed to the penitentiary. , i A . MORGANREPLIES AO AW; ATTACKS THE PRESIDENT IN l?ONNETl67t,WjrrH THE ' fanama' question. Introduced Newspaper Extracts ; to Prove His Claims That Officers and Citizens of the United States Assisted the Revolution Taft 's Nomination as Secretary of War Is Confirmed. WASHINGTON Jan. 7. Morgan oc ciipie the time today i a reply to the scechj of LMlge delivered last Tuesday. Morgan attacked the President and the attitude At the government in connec tion with the Panama Uc'pnblic. ; He introluceI numierous ; newspaper ex tracts! to lHar out his contention .that tho revolution was assisted by officers anj citizens of the United Stales. Taft Is Confirmed. ; Washington, Jan. .7. The Senate committee c.n military affairs today au thorized Senator Foraker to rejiort favorably, the nomination of Governor Taft, of tlie Philippines, as Secretary of War." To Combat Boll WeevlL Washington, Jan. 7. The House was in session twelve minutes today. Ilem enway, chairman of the committee on approfMriations, obtained unanimous consent that one hour be devoted at the opening -of tomorrow's session to the consideration, of the. bill amending the act appropriating 300.04 0 for the eradication of the foot, and month dis ease among cattle, so as to make half of that sum available to meet the emer geiJcy caused by, the Mexican i loll wee.viL1 The bill was reportel favor ably today. '; ; .' . ELOPED FROaS BANKS. Walter Beard and Annie Mizner Leave-Home at Midnight !. '"f to Marry. ' I'.-': . FOREST 0B0VE, Or., Jan. 7.-Werd has reachel here from Banks that Wal ter. Beard and Miss Annie Mizner had eloped from there at midnight Tues day. Miss Mizner is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al'red Mizne, who reside pear, Greenville. She was well known here, and the story comes as a surprise. It is Understood tne eonplo went to Astoria, where-they were married .ye terday, ; ; - - . Smallpox at Asylom . i There is a tolly " developed ' eas of smallpox at the Insane Asylsm,. bnt it is well taken care of and there is no immediate danger of its. spreading, if at alL -The case ia question is that of one Knackaaack 1 the only name un der which he was committed), an Alas kan patient, and it was discovered ea last Saturday. The patient was at once transferred to the quarantine station aad .the ward from which ho was taken thoroughly fumigated ami disen.fected. it is a wen marked or oenneu ease ami there is mo question of its being small pox. fAH of Cae necessary precaution ary measures are being' taken at the institution and the officials are con fident that there is no danger whatever of ts spreading, r t r i. t . Legal blanks at Statesman Job OSes. INDIANS ARE HOSTILE. Gunboat Bancroft, Retttrniag From Cruise Along Coast ef Caledonia, Brings Reports. 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 7. The United States gunboat Bancroft has returned from a cruise along tho coast of Cate don is, made to invest igato conditions and circumstances of the alleged abduc tion of the Indian Chief Jnanquina, Sjftys a Herald dispatch from Colon, it ia stated - that tho San Bias Indians were found tobo most unfriendly. Tbey objectel to the laadinir of the Ban croft's officers and to their remaining ashore. They also refused to selWruit or fresh water. - , " , Vhlet I naaouina was seen at a dis tance, wearing a fine new Colombian uniform. . " I SECURED AT LAST. A Life Saving Station to Be Establish ed " at Tillamook '; :.;', Bay.-, . . ! ' I WASHINGTON, Jan. The Senate I Committee on commerce today ordered a f a vorable report establishing a life inook Bay, Oregon. Miss Georgia Giltner, of Portland, arrived in the city last night and is visiting Dr., and Mrs. :W. B. Morse. i A GOOD SHOWING CITY RECORDER REPORTS TOTAL REVENUE OF; f 11,414.00 TOR . 1903.1 ' " One Hundred and Thirty -Seven' Cases . Came Before Recorder's Court, Fif teen Tried In the Justice's Court 4 Warrant Indebtedness For tne Year Was $23,650.03. The annual rciort of City Recorder N. J. Jndah of the business transacted in the office and .courts under his charge during the year 1JM3, and whch .......... 1 .1 1 .. .. . i : I was approved at the last meeting of tho old council hcld on TiiVsIay evening shows that the total receipts from flees, license fees, -street assessments and miscellaneous .fees during the- year was $ll,414.!Ki In the Tccirder's court there were 137' ,'. cases 'front which 478.43 in flnes j '.was coflecteI four eases were suspended,; six discharged, the- balance being servo I out under commitment of 3724 "lays. There were 15 cases in the justice's court from which a total amount of $01!( ia fees was earned. The reort also shows a warrant indebtelness for the year j of f 23,654).03. ' .i 11' .!'.- '.i-; -'. j ' A summary of the recorder's report follows: ,1 :- ! ';." -'' ' :':!.- Tleenrdwrfa Cnnrt- ' I fosses. i Number. Drunken ness ...... Idle and dissolute ...... Disorderly conduct ...i.. Koaming streets ...... . Itegcing Vagrancy ....... ..... Frequenting ipimm joint Abusive languagW ..... . Hefosing dog license . . . 10 19 4 6 4 1 1 ........ i ... ..... Cruelty to animals .... . ... Total cases , 137 Fined, 60; commit ted,' tj"; SusienJed, 4; discharged, 4V Total. amount of fines collcetel, !478Jil total number of days, served under commitment, 372'A. I - . Justice's Court.- j " Criminal cases i. ... .... . . . . J. .12 Civil cases .......;!.. 3 Jostice of the peacos fees earned, $51.85; constable's fees earned, $31 .35. Miscellaneous. ; J .-. "'j Fines and fees S37.40 Saloon licenses ........ .... i 6,3 tll.H0 Vehicle licenses '". .t J 22.50 Show licenses i....... 312.00 Misccllaneu8 licenses ... . ! 2,734.50 Street assessments ..... . .. i ' 4S.75 Miscellaaeous receipts ... ..1,376.00 Total revenue, - 1S03 U,4 14 .00 . ' . ! Disbursements. -!"":-.- Cash to treasurer . .. ... . ..,$11,410.05 Error.. in April report ..;.. ;' J 4.25 Total ...$11,414,1)0 Warrant Indebtedness. Jail account I ... 204. SS ' 71.92 2,504. HI 414.20 42-i.87 119.41 Police account .. .. . . . . . . . . i Kalarr account t . ... . . .."... Fire dVpt. account Fnel account ; v.. Rt reet aeeocnt . . . Bridgo account . . , Stationery account Board prisoners .. i J 41.70 Sewer, block 43, account Tax rebate account ...".J.. Sidewalk, lots 7 and 8, blk 34 212.30 20. tH) nv30.83 U 100.00 Iegal service account ...... Water scrvieo recount '. .... 1,419.60 Lighting account .- 1306.8S Miscellaneous account 60.43 5ft.44 (hurch streets improvement. . Sidewalk, lotJL' blk 5, Capital 111.50 t'ark addition ..... Sidewalk, lots 3 and 4, blk 5, Capital Park addition .... Election account ........ . Park board account . . . . . . . . High street improvemeBt .13.12 33.60 4.95 .50.00 .,'22 .,26 Total warrant expense 1 903 j; $23,650. 03 CJorix.. . W.. C Tillson has gone to Chica to .be absent several f weeks, looking up the prune market. " -' GORLIAIl BIG ti o n COLOMBIAN EZNAT0H3 CZ!,'D BUNCH OF CONqEATULATIO UPON IH3 rANAIXA 'In Defending Ideas of Juitice s: "Rights Proclaimed by General Washington." Claim Secession of Panama Did I'ot Take Place As j Result of General "Impulse, But Was Brought About 'Through 'a Treacherpus Flan of Erlb . ery and Upheld by the President. BOGOTA, Sunday, (Jan. 3. Senators Caro, Velez, Qniatero Marroquiu 5 and uiiecn . onicr f-x-nai ors nave atiiresse.i the fedtowing dispatch to Unit.l Ft ate Senator Oorman: -'The undersigned Colombian Scua- torsT heartily - congratulate you. and those who support. youMo defcmling the ideas of justice and respect fur tlie rights proclaimed by General Washing ton and au8tafnel by an your great 'ananm did " Hot statesmen. r "The secession of j take place as & result .of a general im pulse, bnt through a treacherous, plan of bribing public forces and it simply subsists by tlie intervention of PreNi dcttt " lJiHsevelt, I .who, occupying " t ho adjacent seat jwitk powerful navyj in pedes Colombian access, to the inte gral art8 of its own territory, No Danger of Wr. Washington, J Jan. 7. Arthur Beau-, pre, the United States Minister to Ho gota, arrived, in Washington 'today and called on Secretary Hay. Mr. Ibupre said that in .his opinion there was little danger of a war on! the isthmus. The Minister dors not aMempt to minimise the high feeling which prevails jn Co lombia regarding the isthmian affairs, but he believe the iteopltf of the ret . . r. P -. T I Hltt- lie are Iieginning V4 reaiize the situa tion and what a w'ar would mean.,1 NAPROW ESCAPE GUARD SAVAGE AT THE PENITEN TIARY TAKES 'A SHOT AT UN KNOWN 'PERSONS; Were Standing Bcpeath the East Wall of the Penitentiary and Apparently Trying to put Something Over the Wall Two Men Fled Precipitately When Challenged. "-About 2 o'clock yesterday morning, while standing' on guard onl the south wall of the jieniteintUry, Ltto SavaKe, onoKof the niiht guards, saw two men approach the wall and stand near it, acting in a very susf.iciouir manner. Mr Bavage was sMlsfiod, as nearly as he could discern, that they were there 'orj a purposo &d. were In the act of climbing over tho wall or throwing somo, object j over ravage challenge.! them and- they started to. run. where Upon -he opened lire upon thern. lie : only fired ou shot at the Oisappcaring Hgures init' does Mot think bo hit them, as the darkness was too denso and the distance too great. - An investigation disclosed tho, tracks of tho interlopers, but no signs of what they wero trying to put over the fence or the object of their visit wero visible. I Just Wfore th4 incident occurred tt buggy w driven down the road past, the penitentiary and a few minutes afterward, apparently the same bugzy, ; Went back up the) road in the direction ; of .this city. Although they were seen too lato to intercept them upon tho back trip, Mr. Savage Is satisfied that it was the same parties. j It Is oihIe that another Ik. 11 at tempt was teing;made at a general le livery of the prisoners at the peniten tiary by friends from tho outside. ' .... I " v How Hawthorne Looked. ' The personal appearance of Nathaniel Hawthorne, at about - the time 'Tho Scarlet Letter" was written is thus de scribed by his son in his new biography, "Hawthorne and His Circle' (Har per's)t "I see a tall, strong man, Whose wide-domed head was covrte l with wavy black hiir, bushing out at the sides. f Under heavy, d.irk eyebrows were eyes-leep set and full t.f light, marvelons in range of expression, with black eyelashes. In the house ha wore slippers which always seemel down at the heel. In the l..,i' also he wore a writing gown mab f. r Ihim some years Ixf ore by my rnothf 1 : i.,..i .i ... i 1 i , k ir.iiicii iit.ui 10 ills uet-in, aui 1, once been a I gorgeous affair, lh' now much defaced. d .,. ; ing under tne left' hand skirt f t gown was blackened with ink o r space ; as largo as your hand, fir t author was, in tho habit of i; ; pen thereon, but my mother Cn,IIy ried this f Hack by sewing in th' c of the place a penwiper in the bu -. a butterfly" ' . White Pall Bearers Tor Elack V.c Alt the pall bearers at the f um r ' Jessica Ormand, an oil e! "mammy ?' of Atlanta, C i., T-.l the other day, were white m. a sl knowndiex when sLe was" a f!ivf eral ofTthem had been nurJ by r their infancy. v