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conger has not signed the Pvkin pro-
tocol.
Secretary Root has returned nom
Cuba.
Kruger visited the French govern.
ment officials.
Palace guards have ben sent to ar
rest Prince Tuan.
Colonel DENLY may succeed Conger
~ minister TO China.
| Nome is now completely shut Off
from the outer world by barrier Of
Ice.
A conspiracy TO assassinate Lord
Roberts was discovered in Johannes.
burg.
Governor Geer has Issued certificates
Of election 70 Republican electors for
Oregon.
Heavy fogs preayiled on Puget
Sound, causing many minor accidents
on both land and water.
The official vote for presidential cleo
tors In New Jersey was; Republican,
s2i, ,70i; Democrat, i64, 1908.
The population OF Texas il s,ois, no.
against 2.2S5, ,523 in 1890, an increase
Of Sl5. 1877. or 36.3 per cent.
The population Of Nebraska IL ,oes..
$50, against i,05S.0i0 In 1890. an In.
crease Of $3.50. or % per cent.
Official returns show that the vote
for president In Iowa was: Republi-
can. S07,si8; Democrat. 400. .406.
The population OF North Carolina Is
1903, $40. as against 1917, ,9i7 In 1890,
an increase Of 275. .s6S. or IL per cent.
The Portland. Or. Chamber OF Com.
merce urges an appropriation OF $4,-
900, 1000 for canal and locks at the
dalles.
The population OF Utah, AZ officially
announced, is 276, ,74s, as against 2O7,-
095 In 1890, an increase 6S.s44, or
Sa.l per cent.
An irrigation bill allowing more
than $i.000.000 to Oregon. Washing
ton and idaho will be introduced at
the coming session OF congress.
Signor Marconi has practically solved
che question OF ocean transmission by
wireless telegraphy. and will soon be
able to use his system across tho At.
lantic.
The population OF Montana. as an
nounced by the United States census
bureau, Is 2ia,329 as against 1872, 1859
in 1890. an increase OF iii.i70, or
81. per cent. The population in 1880
was 80. l69. showing an increase of
$4,000, or 2S7.4 per cent, from 1880 to
1890.
Floods and storms are causing great
damage in the East.
A young man was fatally shot py
robbers near Tho Dalles. Or.
officers at Tien Tsin are in favor OF
destroying the Chinese fortiiications.
Fire destroyed cement plant near
Easton. Pa. causing a loss OF 5000, 900.
UnitAd States geological surveyors
are mapping Eastern Oregon mining
districts.
The official vote Of Indiana IS as fol.
lows Bryan, y09.594; Mckinley.
$50, ,063.
The official vote OF the state OF Vir-
gina ID as follows: Bryan, lac, l79;
Mckinley. ii7,15i.
Sarah Bernhardt and NJ. Coquelin
played their first night to representa-
tive audience in New York City. They
appeared in Rostand's "L'Aiglon."
Attorney General Blackburn gives his
official opinion that reading the Bible
and repeating the Lords Prayer are
permissible In Oregon public schools.
The president has decided to appoint
+. I. Bowles, naval constructor in
charge OF the New York navy -yard,
chief OF the bureau OF construction and
repair OF the navy department, upon
the retirement from active service next
March OF Rear-Admiral Hichborn, the
present incumbent.
A dispatch received at Berlin from
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee,
dated November "a, Gays the German
expedition has hoisted the German flag
over the great wall, which was reached
November 20 by way OF Hey Ling
Cheng. after difficult mountain
march. The dispatch adds that the
French had severe fight with Boxers
80 kilometers south Of Pao Ting Flu.
Horses to the number OF $4,000 are
TO be purchased in this country III the
next six months by agents OF the Brit
ish government for the use OF Lord
Kitchener's forces in policing the
Transvaal and Orange Free State. This
news has been announced by John s.
Brattop, OF st. Louis, who has sup
piled directly and indirectly to the
British army In the last two years
many horses suitable for cavalry use.
DIR. Leopold Kahn, the Arctic OK.
plorer, Is certain that Lieutenant Peary
rs wintering at Fort Conger.
The yellow book ON Chinese affairs
published by the French foreign Office
shows close rotations between France
and the United States.
The will OF Frank Williams. late Of
Johnstown, Pa, makes bequest OF