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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
TRANSPORT CONTRACTS:
Portland Gets a Share, but Bulk d Bus
mess Goes to Seattle.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-The fight
over Government transportation bus
mess to and from the Philippines is
closed. President Wfnsor. of the
Boston Steamship Company waived
the condition in his bid that his line
should receive three-fourths of the
Government business, and agreed to
take such shipments at, his contract
rate as the department sees fit to di
vert to Seattle and Tacoma. Secre-
tary Root, under these circumstances,
accepts the Puget Sound bid, and
from now until June 80 next all ship
ments of, troops and supplies made
from Seattle or Tacoma will go by
the Boston Steamship line. Under
the adjustment made today: Port
lands status is Unchanged. Whenev-
er hay oats, lumber Or other supplies
are purchased tributary to Portland,
they will be shipped from that port
on vessels chartered for the trip, as
heretofore. Portland trade will not
be monopolized by the Sound, but will
depend altogether upon the relative
bids at Portland, the Sound and San
Francisco. =. - :.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
WARSHIPS' FURNITURE.
American Navy to Be Fitted Throughout
With FireproOf Furnishings.

New York, Dec. 24.-Steel furni-
ture, made in the Brooklyn Navy
yard, will be used on the new chuis-
er Baltimore. The furniture of the
state rooms, crews quarters, the
commanders Office, and even of the
showroom, will be of steel Several
months of experimenting On the part
of Naval Constructor Capps and his
assistant, Constructor Nutting, has
developed the fact that almost all the
essential furniture of a man-of-war
can be made of steel.
Serious damage was done during
the war with Spain by furniture on
the ships taking fire. The Baltimore
in the battle of Manila Bay was SER
iously damaged by such fire.
The equipment of the Baltimore
with the new furniture will cost $780,
600. The old wooden furniture, hand
some and elaborate in design and fin
ish, did not cost more than one-third
of that amount. All the ships of the
navy. are to be fitted with the steel
furniture as fast as the plant can turn
our the articles. The United States
Navy is the first to adopt the fire.
proof interior furnishing plan.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
MAY NOT ACCEPT
ROOSEVELT DOES NOT WANT TO ACT
AS VENEZUELAN ARBITRATOR.
Thinks That The Hague Tribunal s-the
Proper Court to Decide the Matter
Should Allies Insist, He May Accept,
Although He Realizes the Difficulties
of the Undertaking.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Presiden.
Roosevelt has not accepted the position
OF arbitrator of the Venezuelan con.
troversy. In fact, when the Official
day closed he had not received formal.
ly or officially request from the Euro
pean powers that he act as arbitrator
of the dispute. These statements
were made on the highest authority.
In an informal manner the president
has been notified that the European
powers intimately concerned in the
present South Ameriean difficulty de-
sire that he should undertake the re-
sponsibdlty of acting as arbitrator of the
points at. issue between them and Vene-
zueia:y Thus far they merely have
been taking sonndfngs,'' with view,
probably, OF ascertaining how he would
receive formal proffer to act as arbi-
fIator. The president, as soon as he
received the first intimation that he
was desired to be arbitrator of the Ven
ezuelan controversy, Sex pressed emphat-
Ically his judgments that the, matters to
be arbitrated should be referfed to The
Hagues tribunal. His views of the sug-
gestions made have been conveyed tc
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., together with a
strong presentations2of his reasons for
the view he holds. Nosresponse Of a
formal nature to these Representations
has been received. s
The president and Secretary Hay had
a long conference today after the for
mer's return from his Virginia trip.
They carefully went over the sitration
as it had developed since Saturday, but
1t is understood that nothing has arisen
during the past 8 hours to- warrant the
president in changing his opinion as to
the undesirabiiityf of his acceptance of
the position of arbitrator, So far as
can be learned, no specific reasons have
been advanced by the European powers
for objecting to the arbitration of The
Hague tribunal. 1t is held by the ad-
ministrationa athat the tribunal at The
Hague was constituted to arbitrate just
such controversies as that which. has
arisen between Venezuela and the
powers, and that it would be desirable
from this viewpoint that the dispute
should ago to that tribunal for adjudi-
cation. 'S5fsessS
Howstrong are the objections which
the allied powers have to reference OF
the Venezuelan difficulty to The Hague
tribunal is not known to the admins
tration at this time. Even s,the nature
of the objections, if there be any, is
not known. The negotiations looking
to the selection of an arbitrator have
not progressed sufficiently yet to de-
velop such objections as the powers
may have.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
NEEDS OF THE ARMY.
corbin Explains Them and Gives Reasons
for Favoring General Staff.

Cleveland, O., Dec. 24.-The fifty
fourth annual dinner of the Cleve-
land Chamber of Commerce, which
was held here tonight, was made
notable because of the attendance of
several men distinguished in war and
peace. The guests of honor. were:
Governor Nash,- Adjutant-General
-Corbin, General S. B. M. Young and
General A. r. Chaffee. U. S. A.; John
G.. Mflburn, of Buffalo, and Senator
Hanna: These occupied the platform
table, at which also sat Tom L. John
son, Myron T. Herrick and others.
The first speaker was Governor Nash,
who referred to the growth of the
State of Ohio, and especially of the
City of Cleveland. The next speaker
was Adjutant-General Corbin, who
spoke to the toast THE Army and Its
Needs. Major-General Corbin said
in part:
I'VE have much that is salts
factory; our officers and men are of
the best-sober, brave and intelligent.
We are fortunate in having a perma-
nent military establishment of vol
unteers. What is known as the reg
ular Army is in the highest sense a
volunteer army, every officer and man
taking service of his own motion.
But perfection of organization is de-
manded-a harmonious and intelli-
gent method of coordination and di-
rection. Laws for the administration
of the army have been drafted on the
statute books in many parts without
continuity of legislative thought, so
that, starting out with the Constitu-
ional provision that the President
shall command the Army and Navy,
YOU soon overtake conditions which
battle and bother those charged with
responsibilities connected Herewith" +"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
BLOCKADE is ON.
All Venezuelan Ports are Closed = Grace
Allowed Ships En- Route.

All Venezuelan Ports are Closed = Grace
Allowed Ships En- Route.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 23.-
Admiral Douglas, of the British fleet,
has ordered the blockade of La Quay
ra, Carenero, Guanta, Cumana, Caru-
pano and the mounths of the Orinoco
River. This blockade is now in ef-
feet. Days of grace are allowed as
follows:
To vessels sailing prior to the date
of the decree of blockade from the
West Indian ports and from the east
coast of the continent of America
Steamers, 10 days; sailing vessels, 20
days.
From other ports-Steamers, 20
days; sailing vessels, 40 days.
Vessels in the blockaded ports will
be allowed Is days to obtain clear
ances. Violaters of the blockade will
be liable under the law.
It is intimated here that the block
ade probably will not last longer than
30 days.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
WIRES OUT OF DATE
WIRELESS MESSAGES EXCHANGED BE-.
TWEEN CANADA AND EUROPE.
King of Great Britain and Governor Gen.
erai Of Canada Exchange Greetings
Experiment was Entirely Successful
Practical Utility of Great Invention
Fully Established.

New York, Dec. 24.-The following
dispatch from Marconi, dated Glace
Bay, N. s., December "a, has been re-
ceived by the Associated Press:
| beg to inform you, for circula-
ton, that l have established wireless
telegraph communication between
Cape Breton, Canada, and Cornwall.
england, with complete success. In
augatory messages, including one
from the Governor-General of Canada
TO King Edward VII, have already
been transmitted and forwarded to
the Kings of England and Italy. A
message to the London Times has
also been Transmitted in the presence
OF its special correspondent, D. Par
kin, M. P.
&c. MARCONI." s.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
CANAL PROJECT. MAY FAIL.
Senator Morgan Says Title to Panama
Route is Insecure.

Route is Insecure.
Washingtony~Dec. 23-There were
20 senators in their seats when the
Senate was called to order for the
final session before 1.-THE Christmas
holidays. They heard a vigorous ad.
dress by Morgan on the isthmian
canal negotiations ::
Morgan contended for the making
good of contracts entered into by
President Mckinley with Costa Rica
and Nicaragua. The negotiation of
| these agreements he characterized as
a masterful act, and said they were
about to- be trodden under foot. Why
this was true was not a question for
a Democrat to solve, but he could, at
any rate, say he did not agree with
the mind-readeTs and spirit mediums
who had since declared that Mr. Nc
Kinley did not mean what he said in
the contracts.
He then went on to express appre-
hension that if the United States did
not avail itself of the opportunity to
build canal by the Niearaguan
route, none. would be built, and he
said the appropriation of $18oO00.000
for the construction of the canal could
be covered into the Treasury about
Junes2s, 1904, if not used before that
time
Attention was called to the fact
that under the Colombian law, only
the Congress of that country can rat
ify treaty. There had been no Con,
gress there since 1899, and there was
not likely to be any unless the Pana-
tma Canal Company should pay it's ex-
penses out of the S3,000,000 on hand
or the $40,0O0,0O0 promised by the
United States. He therefore ex-
pressed apprehension that a treaty
that might be- accepted by this gov
ernment would fail of action in Co.
lom bia.
After quoting from the concession
granted to the foundations of-the old
Panama Canal Company, which Mr..
Morgan said was also made law-of
Colombia he said:
"It is a surprise to jurists and lay
men alike in our country that the At
/ ttorney General, in his opinion given
to the President on the right and
power of the new Panama Canal
Company to revoke title to the
United States of its property in Pan
anna, omitted to notice the prehibi-
ton in the concessions and in the
laws of Colombia, through which it
derived all it's property rights in Co
lombia.'' -.--s
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
DEATH IN COLLISION.
Ten Killed and Twenty-Seyen More Badly
Injured ON the Southern Pacific.


Byron, Cal, Dec. 23.-Ten persons
were killed and 27 injured in a col
lision last night between the south
bound Los Angeles FOWL train and
the Stockton flyer. It was rear-end
collision, the engine of the local
plowing it's way through the last
coach on the owl, which was filled
with Fresno people. The passengers
who escaped instant death were hurl-
ed to the fore part of the coach,
crushed between the mass of debris,
their sufferings and danger intensi-
fed a hundredfold by the clouds of
scalding steam poured out on them
from the shattered boiler of the
Stockton engine.
The "owP' left the Oakland Mole
about 5 o'clock, and on the way to
this point it was noted that there was
a leak in the fue of the engine. This
increased to such an extent that it
was deemed advisable to- stop-,here
and take up freight engine for re-
lief. The train officials knew that
Nc. "a, the Stockton local, was fol-
lowing half hour behinds and,a flag.
man was sent back down the track to
give warming of the presence OF sthe
"owl." It is said that the Stockton
train in charge of Engineer MaGuire
and Fireman Joyce, got the warning
signal in due time and gave the u.s.
ual response, with whistle blasts,
why the incoming train was not
checked, however, has not been thus
far explained, the men who coliid give
the facts being numbered amonee the
badly injured. * e. 80 -
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
DIAMONDS FOUND IN OREGON.
Big New York Firm Developing Mine in
Harney County.

Burns, Or, Dec. 25.-The fulfill
ment of the prophecy made 80 years
ago by Professor Clayton, geologist in
the employ of the United States goy-
ernment, that some day diamond mines
would be discovered in Oregon, is at
hand. -
The mine is in the Blue mountain
range, 40 miles from Burns, the seat
OF Harney county. There is no ques-
tion of the quality and quantity of the
precious gems, but there is a question
as to their. commercial value. The
stones thus far discovered are generally
too small for the trade. They ale no
larger than small pinhead.. A few
have been discovered that would sell
for from $50 to $500, but they are rare.
Were diamonds malleable like gold,
if there was any process known to sci
ence by which the miniature stones
could be welded together, then Harney
would no longer be known as the "cow
county," and Oregon would rank with
the diamond producing regions of the
earth.
The commercial value of the dia-
ihouoo 10 uoW UoluS U0G0rmlu0Q Dy the
great diamond firm of New York,
Tiffany & Company, whose confidence
IN the new field is sufficient to warrant
them in furnishing the capital for fur
ther development. They are eo-operat.
ing with the local owners...s; !:
The diamonds are found in layers of
volcanic ash. Biologists and mineral
ogists agree that the formation being
the volcanic ash of ancient origin, is
the same as that indigenous to South
Africa. where the largest diamonds in
the world. have been exploited. This
is the formation that Professor Clayton
referred to when observing the geolog-
ical, conditions of Oregon in his Official
capacity, 80 years ago. 1t is said to
be next to the oldest formation found
on the North American continent, only
that through which the St. Lawrence
river runs being older. The layers
thus far mined yield only extremely
small stones, but it is expected and
hoped that other layers will be dis
covered that bear the precious gems of
commercial importance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
Germans Hurried Them.

Caracas. Dec. -23.-When the Ger
man cruiser Fake captured the Ven
ezuelan schooner Victoria in the Gulf
of Maracaibo, the captain of the YES
sci was given 10 minutes to. leave his
ship. A heavy sea was running at the
time, and the small boat in which the
Venezuelans disembarked was nearly
capsized. AS it was, ,one of the
schooner's crew was drowned. It
has been learned that the captain of
the Victoria was not aware of Ven
ezuela's difficulties with Germany and
Great Britain.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
CONSPIRACY SUSPECTED.
Unearthing of Deep Plot May Result from
Arrest of a Chinaman.

Arrest of Chinaman.
Portland, Dec 25.-Forged Chinese
certificates are being manufactured by
wholesale somewhere on the Pacific
coast. At least the federal authorities
have reason to believe 30, facts having
come into their possession through the
arrest in San Francisco of Gen Chen,
who had in his possession counterfeit
certificate.
About month ago Chinese Inspector
Dunn, of San Francisco, sent certif-
cate to David M. Dunno, collector of
internal revenue in Portland, for ex-
animation. Mr.. Dunno pronounced it
forgery and the holder, Gen Chen,
was arrested in San Francisco. The
forgery is a very clever one, the United
States dies being initiated to perfection
and every de;ail being minutely fol-
lowed, even to the finished photograph.
The federal authorities here will not
give out definite information about the
case for fear it will defeat the ends of
justice, but it is known that in some
one of the cities of the Pacific coast a
counterfeiting company is turning out
forged certificates. The fine workman.
ship shows that the counterfeiters not
only have a thorough and intimate
knowledge of the inside workings of
the interior department as regards
Chinese affairs, but that they must be
carry on the business in such minute
detail.
The tricks of the willy heathen have
given Uncle Sam trouble since the ex-
clusion act was first put into effect. 1t
is a constant warfare between their
Ginning linked with that of dishonest
white men, and the federal authorities.
They are as resourcefuI as Aladdin
with his wonderful lamp, a as soon
as the officers" tumble" to one of their
games they spring new one. At the
present time, it is claimed, there are
in circulation $50 forged copies of
habeas corpus orders issued by Judge
Beflinger. It is impossible to figure
out how forgerfes of these orders could
have been made without the connivance
of some of the attorneys handling the
cases, and Judge Bellinger, it is said,
has been aroused SO that he threatened
not only to disbar any attorney on
whom suspicion might fall, but to
prosecute him as we'll. The orders are
issued in lieu of lost certificates and
pass for such among the authorities
But Chinaman getting a bogus one
generally uses it in another state, so
as to escape detection the more easily.
A few years ago the government ex-
posed certificate counterfeiting gang.
in San Flancisce and it is known that
certificates have been manufactured in
Victoria, E. c., but it is belie1 ed the
present company is operating on a
larger: scale than. ever before at
tempted. The prompt manner in which
the officers detected the forged certii-
cate purporting to come from Portland
and presented in San Francisco, shows
that they are wide awake.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
LATER REPORT.
Death List Has Now,-Reached2 25 With
Four More il Critical conditionz


San Francisco, Dec. 25.-The latest
revised list of the victims of the rail.
road collision on the Southern Pacific
railroad near Byron station shows that
there are 25 dead.
There are still 20 injured survivors
of the accident, but the condition Of
four of these is extremely critical, and
additional names may yet have to be
added to the death list.
An official investigation into the
cause of the disaster has been begun by
Coroner Curry of Contsacosta county,
who proposes to thoroughly sift the
evidence in order to fix the RESPONSE
.bility. There appears to be no doubt
that the Stockton flyer, which ran into
the Owl train, was signalled and that
the engineer responded with whistle
and, threw On the brakes The question
which remains open is whether or not
the signal was given in time to avert
the accident. =
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
What the Bill Includes.

The pure-food bill inhibits the in
PRODUCTION into any state or territory
or the District of Columbia, from any
other state Or territory, or from any
foreign country, or the shipment tc
any foreign country, of any article OF
food or drug which is adulterated OF
misbranded. The above Inhibition is
made to apply to any enc shipping
delivering-or receiving, within the re.
gions named only, such food adulter-
ated. Authorizations in the bill are de
fined as follows:
In the case of drugs, if sold under
name recognized in the United
States Pharmacopeia, and the. drug
differs from the standards of
strength, quality and purity as deter
mined by the test laid down in such
pharmacopeia, at the time of the in
vestigation, SO that it's strength or
purity falls below the professed stand
ard under which it is sold; if it be an
imitation of or offered for sale under
the name of another article; and, in
the case of confectionery, if it con-
tain terra alba, barytes, tale, chrome
yellow or other mineral substances,
ior poisonous colors or f1avors.
:. sIn the case of foods, when any sub,
stance is mixed with it so as to lower
or injuriously effect it's quality or
strength, so that such product, when
offered for sale, shall tend to deceive
the purchaser.
If any substance or substances have
been substituted so that the product
when sold shall tend to deceive the
purchaser.
: If any valuable constituent of an
article has been wholly or in part alb
stracted.
IF it be an imitation of or offered
for sale under the distinct name of
another article.
If it be mixed, colored, powdered or
stained in a manner whereby dam
age Or inferiority is conceded
If it contain any added or poisonous
ingredient which may render such ar
ticle injurious to health.
If it is falsely labeled as foreign
product or imitation of another sub
stance of previously established
name, or which has been trade
marked or patented.
- II it, consists, in whole or in part
of filthy, decomposed Or putrid an
imal or vegetable substance, Or any
portion of animal unfit for food, or
if it is the product of diseased ami
NAL or one that has died otherwise
than by slaughter.
The last section of the bill pro-
vides that any article of food or drug
that is. adulterated or misbrande6
within the meaning of this BILL and
is transported, or being transported
from one state to another for sale, o,
if it be sold in the District, of Colum
bia or the territories, orsdf it be i'm,
ported from a foreign country, shall
be liable to confiscation by a process
of libel for condemnation in the
United States courts. Such goods, it
it also provided, shall not be sold in
any state contrary to the laws
thereof.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-26
To Create Game Preserves.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Per
kins, of California, today introduced
bill authorizing the President to set
aside areas within forest reserves to
be preserved as breeding places for
wild animals, birds and fish. Within
these areas all hunting, fishing and
killing of game is to be prohibited at
all times. The Senator has drawn his
bill along lines recommended by the
President, and with a further view
largely to doing away with state pro-
lection of game within reserves.