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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-01-24
The British transport Minnesota is
stranded at Queenstown.
What sha we Rave Tor Desertf

|ITHE NHW w INV W WN8NITT
This question arises IN tue family
every day. Let us answer II today.
Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful
dessert. Prepared In two minutes.
No bollingl no baklngl simply add
boiling water and set 20 cool Fla
vors:-Iemon, Orange, Raspberry and
Strawberry. Get = package At your
grOcer's today 10 cts.
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Prof. r ,xa Tyler, OF Chicago, Vice.
President Illinois Woman's Alliance, in
speaking of Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy, says: "I suffered with a soyere
cold this winter which threatened to
run into pneumonia / tried fferent
remedies, hut seemed to grow worse
and the medicine upset my stomach. A
friend advised me to try Chamberlain e
Cough Remedy and found ii was pleas
ant to take and it relieved INC at once.
am now entirely Iecoyered, savel doc
tors bill, time and suffering, and | will
never be without this splendid medicine
again" For sale by DR.. Stones Drug
Stores.
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Wheat. Oats. Ee
Wheat--521c.
Oats-3lc
BarIey-$l5 per ton.
Flax Cash, Northwest, 81 81.
HOP Market.
Hops-ll@l2c.
ST. ictlv chOiCe--l2c.
Liverpool, Dec. 6.-Hops at London
Pacific Coast steady, e3 be. to 90.
Live Stock Market.
I iSteers-3@34c.
q Cows-2Ia@3c.
&Sheep $3.50 gross to So 90
: Dressed veal-6c 6I6c
Hogs, aliye-494c.
Hogs, dressed-do.
Flour Hay. Feed. ETC
Baled cheat-S760.
I Cloyer-$7.
: Feed barley-flSf per ton.
|. Bran-Sl6R.
ShortE-&lS50
Flour, Wholesale--$2 65.
Potatoes. Apples. Etc.
Potatoes-A5c 10 SOC.
Appes-4O060c per box.
Fancy packed-sl. 90.
Onions, $50 10 Sl.65 per 100 lbs.
Dried Fruits
Dried apples-h@Gc.
Italian prunes 4Os 10 60'-3la 10 3a4
Petite Prunes +cs TO 60s s,-316 @4c.
Wood Fence Posts, ETC.
Big fir % 30
Second growth $500
Ash a. 80.
Body oak - 90.
Poe oak--S4 o.
Cedar posts 3 10 l0c.
Dain and Creamery Products.
Dairy butter--l5@20c.
Creamery-2O@25c.
Store -l5c.
Fifst-claes C. untry, per r0ll-35c.
Cream OF creamery, pan skinned
Pie
Separator skimmed-23c
Eggs ana POuitr
1urkeys, live Zoe per pound.
Geess-tG per dozen.
Ducks-$3 20 81 per dozen.
Wool ana mOtsr.
Coarse wool l3c.
Meiium-llc.
FinG-lir
Mohaif--Z0 70 25c.
HIDES. Pelis andFars.
Green hides, No. l-5c.
Green hides, No. 2-4c
Calf skins-405c.
Sheep-25 10 7bc
Goat skins-25c 20 tl 90.
Gray iOx-l0 10 4Oc
COOn--lO 10 25c.
Mink-ybc 10 fiZ5.
Otter al 10 t6.
tkunk-lO 10 25c.
Muskrat--l 10 De-.
Wlidcat--lO 10 26c.
Sielners Market
Chickens--706c.
Eggs per d0zon. cash lBc.
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Can for Cliy Warrants.

Notice is hereby gwen that there are
iuu1A on hand applicable 70 the
payment Of all warrants Of the city o.
Salem, drawn on the general fund,
indorsed on or before August ~, 1901
Holders Of said warrants will pleas
present lhem for payment, At l.add 4
Bush's bank, as Interest will cease iron
date Of this notice John Moir, CitA
Treas rer. salem Or, January 10, 1902
10 lOt
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A MOther's FayorIte.

Chamberlain'a Cough Remedy is the
mothers iayOriie. It's pleasant and
safe for children TO take aud always
cures. 10 il intended especially Tor
coughs, colds, Group and WhoOping
cough, aud Is lhe best medicine made
Tor IA se diseases There is nOi the
least danger in g.ying it 10 children Tor
IL contains NO opium Or other injurious
drug snd may he glyhn as confidently
TO bate 40 10 an adult F0rsale.by Dr.
stones Dug Store.
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Porllana Market

FOTllaad Market.
PoRTLAED. Jan "a. Wheat WallA
Walla, 6218 @ 63K.
flOur-fOrtland best grades 1880 a
tS 40. Graham " 90 @t2.sO
Oats Choice White ti.iOe q tl %.
Barley tl0 q go per ton.
MilHtuh-bran, SIS
Hay Timothy-tli@tl2 pr ton.
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Flour is selling in the new mining
camp at Tnunder mountain for $50 per
sack
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Portland people will build a line to
Goldendale, Wash, to tap the Klickitat
valley.
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A Prominent ChIcago Woman speaks

McKinley's birthday will be observed
next Wednesday in New York.
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Call on local agent for the Pacific Home
Big Association at Willamette Hotel.
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g n. - ,E' - - l. a.
sssrtb. n lfs &1d Yog Haze Mars BoggI
Signature q LzHAzzMx

The California Rcd Cross Society has
entered . protest against the fale Of the
governments Pacific transports.
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TO RENT-Good onion, celery, and DO.
tato land, Apply to VIM. Ii. Egan,
Brooke, Oregon. 12-2s-lm.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENr-Three furnished rooms.
Inquire Of A. 0lineer, at s2l Mil
street, or Phone black. I'm
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FOR RENT Newly finished ofice
rooms in Mccormack Block. Hteam
heat, elevator. l0-25ti.
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EUGENE
PUSHING
ALONG
WOOlen Mill Machinery is
There.

On Wednesday nights train two car
loads of machinery for the Willamette
Valley Woolen Manufacturing Com
pany's new mill in this city arrived here
( on Fremo n, Nebraska.
The machinery consists of the follow
ing pieces: One set Of cards. two spin
ming jacks Of 24O spindes each, one 10
foot gigg, one mixing picker, one spool.
er, one dresser, one grinder, six looms
and all the necessary accessories
thereto.
Two more car loads of the machinery
are now due and are expected to arrive
in due time and the mill will be in
operation by the time specified in the
contract-July lst.
The machinery will be moved to the
building in very short time. The in
side of the building is not thoroughly
dried vet and the ghi,ewashing is not
quite finished, but the work is being
rushed, and the machinery will be
placed in position in a few days Guard.
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FOR sALE.--SOOO Cedar Posts. / alse
have on hand four grades OF cedar
shingles. No shingles TO be fonnd
elsewhere in the City like our No. 4.
II. These shingles are the Detroif
brand, acknowledged by all who have
used them a. the best made shina,er
on the market. Sold by 3. p. Ne
Oracken IA and Nebraska streets
Englewood. 10 qQu
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Another Oleo bill more stringe It than
the last 10 before Congress.
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WANTED.

ENGlNEER-Competent, experienced
reliable, wants permanent position
Address A. IL. M. Journal Office
l-8-ti.
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LOST AND FOUND,

LOST OR sTRAYED.-TWo horses.
One bald faced iAare, four white legs.
One black Pony, II found or heard Of
return to E. A. Cook and receive re-
ward. Jefferson Oregon. 1e I've
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NEW WOOD YARD.--sawed aud Iorv
foot wood. Large and second growtk
fir, ash and willow delivered 10 anv
part OF the city. Phone 25I5 Blacf.
w. IL. Burdick. l2-islf.
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Have you heard about the Pacific
Home Big Association?
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LODGES.

FoREsTERs OF AMERICA = Court
Sherwood Forest No. 10. Meeis Fri.
day nights in Turner block. Ira
Hamilton, O. Il. A. L. Brown, sesy.
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SPRAYING.

SPRAYING--and pruning. Leave or.
ders at Gray BrOtherA Riehasaeena
hinigan. II mi
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MISCELLANEOUS.

ATTENTION FARMERS Oats, Barley,
Hay and Prunes wanted. Will buy o.
store. ChoppiuE done promptly. Get
our pricee before you soil. Onice oR-
posite Court House. Tllson- BARTLETT
Grain 90.
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Your Best Friend

When you find your clothes all out Of
order, worn aud with buttons of, etc,
you want the right person TO take care
Of them aud that person 10 your steI
mother AT the Salem Dye Works.
Al this establishment you can get any,
thing set 20 rights, from pair Of gloves
10 the most elaborate silk gown. A
gentleman can get his hat cleaned, his
trousers creased, or his whole suit ne
Iuvenated 10 suit his taste, also iOni
suits month for one dollar Buttons
sewed on, rips sewed up, suits pressed
on short notice. New goods ehrunk iol
dress making.
MRS. c. H. WALKER
ig6 Commercial 81
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Nsighbors Of Nellie Cropsey eager 70
ayenge her by stringing up her former
sweetheart and supposed murderer,
James Wilcox, to the nearest lree. De-
tectiyes are still busy trying to solve the
mystery OF her death,
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FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-Three secondhand huogios
and one heavy farm wagon. Verner
Fennell, Salem Wagon Factorv eea
Commercial st. fllt~,s
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The Pioneer bakery.

The new German loan has been over
subscribed sixty times.
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Two Found Guilty.

A. IL. Hart who recently killed q Jap.
at Roseburg was found guilty Of man
slaughter and sentenced to one year in
the pen at Roseburg yesterday.
The trial Of L. l.. Welch charged with
rape on the person Of Etiie McCulloch,
who subsequently committed suicide,
was also concluded. Weleh was found
guilty and will be sentenced today.
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The Twenty-ninth Infantry now st
Fort Sheridan are ordered % Manila.
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Portland Visitors
Perkins H)teI Restaurant
White Coo Ss.sun:h lOe to 25e. Meals Ia
carte. 20eu DAILY J0ur1al on file. 5-27
Portland Visitor.
LOCAL EVENTS.

Entire Nous party.
Jan. q. -"Whose Baby Are You?" at
the opera house.
Jan. 3l.-'For Her SlIe" at the opera
house
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CLASSIFIED &c &c


ADVERTISEMENTS. I've lines OF less n ihIr sola n,
inserted three times for use. g1c tjees ~ ~
= mOnln. All over five lines At lhe same rs9e
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FOREIGN sRlEFs.


MEXICO CITY. The chamber IL dcpu.
ties has increased the appropriation for n
federal building and sewer system ut
Ncrn Cruz from 100000 TO 81, 100000.
The federal government Ia aiding Vera
Cruz TO secure perfect sanitation.
MENICO CITY Announcements has hepn
made Of the appointment Of Janyier Arran-
goiz, director general OF customs. and Pedro
VI. Del Paso of Vera Cruz as representative
Of Mexico at the customs congress- to meet
In the city Of New York next month
MADRID "A dispatch from Tangier, Mo.
rocco, says the commander Of the imperial
forces has Informed the sultan that his
troops are completely hemmed In by the
rebels; that they are unable to advance or
retreat, and that hitherto loyal tribes are
Joining the fcrces OF the pretender TO the
throne
ROME -Signor Polasco, Italian minister
at Sofia, committed suicide at Milan yester-
day. He throw himself ont Of a window
OF a hc tel, The minister had been suffer-
ing for some time past from nervous de-
bllity
BERLIN. The extremely cold weather In
Germany, in connection with the hard
times, Is causing much suffering. Many
persons have been frozen to death.
HAVANA. Emilio Nunez the civil gov
crnor o. Havana, has suspended thu mayor
Of Havana. Senior O'Farrlll, pending an in
vestigation by the court on n charge Of
usurpatiun Of power which was brought
against him.
VICTORIA, p. C.-The steamer Shaw
nut, from Manila, brought news OF piracy
In the Philippines the desperadoes being
led 10y an American.
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SHORT NEWS STORIES.

.sleAeo-The Chicago capitalfsts who
.iIa'ly bought he famous Iron Mountain
~. 4sio' Texas viii build smelters and
NV u, ORLEANS Hunters camp on the
/, ~. y LAKE Lery, st. Rernard parish,
saaA uy a meteor and destroyed. Two
!, laifowly escaped death.
,s ORLEANS Edward Hutchinson.
$500 me late millionaire. A.. c.
-Nson may contest his will.
wv YORK. z. g. Dorsey. freight audi
pew York NJ the Clyde steamship
-, Jacksonville and Charleston, Is
~ aR home In Brooklyn.
,.aaeuSE. \, -Mascagni has reach
.sul crisis here At the end Of the
nAnce the musicians demanded their
~, threatening IN return To New York
v,r gIs'g. Mascagnl said II he paid them
w. naVe but $50 loft. which would
80 INC company IN Toronto.
n ~ E Ago.- The appellate court Of In.
\, ,So Nv llst rendered an opinion to. the
I,s..tea. receiver of a building and loan
4 SUM must return assets for taxa.
IaalhgSbARRE, Pa.-Four men were
s,is. NV ven others seriously injured by
! ' ~ In a coal mine near here.
A., M Mo,-Posltivc information Is
- ~, as me Orient road aud the
n Ky Southern win operate trains
= i5 s' S1N, ky,-Claude O'Brlen was
ssirt 'at y penalty for the murder OF
\ tsrn : ~, aa.NS,-,,,The Southern Pacific
eCrescASS, elose alliance with the oneen
srHa b ~, ana desert the I.ouisville and
n UrloD 'S Si Of the row over tba nro,
lssBy - oepot at New Orleans. '''
- ---s. S:oaa.--ln a 1T Of rage because
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which condemns a reciprocal treaty With
ont regard TO the adVantag IL tenders, n n
be found that amy home industry however
insignificant, may hc Injured hy II N this
spirit Ia TO prevail reciprocity may az wcu
be Of once abandoned and tho country left
TO choose between high protective taritt nud
absolute free trnde
little or nothing eau he achieved until
we are willing to approach the tariff IN
precisely the same spirit that we approach
any subject OF leglslation
There are many ardent advocates for
reciprocity who believe that tnrin schedules
should bc changed only through reciprocal
treaties | am not one OF them " seems
TO mo manifest that prerequisite Go nny
material or Important reciprocity tariff Is A
Willingness 10 adjust our tari1f 10 the con
ditions OF the times.
1T Is said that IN order 10 change any
schedule the work of years must hc d..
cardcd and new law substituted | deny
tho proposition. We can make treaty
with Canada that will give us more work
30 do than We have now. and the time will
come when the adoption Of any such trclty
will depend on the will Of the people
The protective rolcy Of the United
States Is imprcEnahle against the assaults
of It's enemies and II the citadel ever falls
II Will he because Its friends sleep while
the world Is awake
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rhs CIVIC FEDERATION.
Meetings Are to Be Held Every Six
Months Hereafter.

Months Hereafter.
New York. December 10--The annual con-
ference of the industrial department OF the
National Civic Federation, which has been
I'm session for three days, yas brought to
a close today Interest to the last was
undated, the hail being crowded 10 It's
utmost capacity The inal subject Of dis
cussion was industrial Agreements in
which many OF the most prominent dele
gates took part.
The executive committee. being empow-
cred to appoint special committee to re.
view and report on all subjects discussed,
tho conference had been grent success.
sem. annual meetings will be held I'm the
future.
samuel Gompers, president OF the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor. speaking OF the
assertion that the unions should be incor-
porated said the suggestions were made TO
AFFORD an opportunity TO mulct the unions
In damages.
ono Of the greatest complaints. he he
rcved. organized labor has against en-
ployers of labor IS the refusal of many TO
meet aud discuss their grievances with the
men Mr. Gompers Opposed the suggestion
that the elght-hour day ought not 10 be
adopted until It's adoption can DC made
Alfred Aloscley said il Americans should
90 on the eight-hour dag plan the result
will hiring about dcpOr0ble industrial
condition here. II the other two great in
dustrial nations, England and Germany,
continue on the tcn-hour day plan.
Chairman Hanna In closing the discus
sion declared himself opposed 10 the no.
lion that labor unions should be incor'
uorutCd.
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TEXAS NEGROES PROTEST
Against The ReapplOntment of Green
10 the MarsliaIshlp
1T IS LIKELY TO CARRY WEIGHT.
Hawloy Has Not Yet Arrived at WASH
ington, Though He Has Been Ex-
pc 'ted For Week.
1T is LIKELY TO CARRY WEIGHT
lsrceiaI TO IN. l,o.t.l

'NlN clal TO In~ luat.l
Washington, December lo.-Eyidcnco ~
the accuracy OF the prediction that the lily
white" question would probably play a
lart Ia the North Texas marshalshlp cnse
are multiplying. II Is learned todny that
the fight against George Green the present
marshal. is being participated In very gen.
orally by the negro republicans Of Texas,
who claim that Green favored the elimina.
ton Of the negro FROM politics II the
president is consistent in the case and acts
as be has acted with reference to similar
matters In Alabama and other Southern
states, he will probably pay particular at
tention to the antl-Gresu protest OF the
negro. In view OF this probability ana the
fact thnt c. X Mcdowell f. being iudors ID
FOR Marshal Green's place by both Il. II.
X Green aud National Committeeman
haWleN. the Impression that Green will not
he rcappointcd Is stronger than ever he
lorc. SOme action was expected in the mat
ter during the early part OF this week, hut
as nothing has been done 80 far, those Who
are watching have come To tho concuusiop
that II Is being held up pendlnV tho ar.
rival Of Hawlcy. who has been expected
here daily for week
j. s. GARRISON, the New York office hold
cr Who is generally thought 10 be prcsi.
dent RoOsevclts general manager I'm mnt-
tiers relating Ia southern patronage, was
nj the White House today. The president
has begun to realize that CNprt South esr,
appointment he makes brings out another
phase Of the lily whit" aud negro question.
The fact that tho situation ls So heavily
loadcd Is having the effect Of causing him
20 proceed cautiously ana the conference
with GARRISON today was probably FOR The
purpose Of getting that individuals views
on the subject.
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eood slans IL san Auaustine

Nacogdoches, Texas December 10.-A
party Of local capitalists. who have been
prospecting FOR oil lust across the line in
San AuguFtine county. have their well
down about 800 feet The gas from the
well has pressure Of 100 pounds and with
every stroke OF the drill oil is visible. The
company is known as the A. Scale oil
company. and In conversation with some Of
the stockholders 1t was stated that they
all feel safe and iubilant over their pros
poets and are daily expecting 20 get OIL In
paving quantities
There is another rig NJ work In TINS
county seven miles southwest from Chire'
no on the Kuykendall survey, who report
bright oil prospects This we'll Is nearly
due south from on City where the pro
ducng wells are located.
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his mother rebnked him and pe,ted h,s
younger brother, little James kfcsheehevs
3 years old threw himself into n fuh =,
noinhg wnter and was so terribly scaidsd
that he died.
MEMPHIS. Tenn The mngrota, -
tlle southern baseball league are In sessio,
mere, but neither side Is willing tn siye ~,
and the row Is still on 49, Va
=, PlTTSBURG, Kan,-A rigid lnves4,v.
non Is 70 be made Into tho cause Of 10
u LII on a; u. Mnrsson Of Thurbcr TEXAS
VINO died here very suddenly. Aas'
NEW ORLEANS. 7 u S,..
DALLAS. Texas, was elected member ~ ,Sd
american Public Health associatlon 'ue
=, NEW YORK. While irving 70 sa,o =.
instantly killed by train. VAS
citizens adopted resolutions indorslngs et
Oklahoma statehood bill. Tue
CHICAGO,--Iame c. Clnrk nrost,o.. ,
lne mobile and Ohio, and one Of thr moe
Wldely known railroad men in tho r-nitcd
States' dled at the home OF his daughter
NEW ORLEANS. Organizer OMEN -,
puIhIo mas been threatened with summary
violence Tor precipitating the strike Of tenn,
drivers and freight handlers Tho drsy'
mon bitterly resent Interference ana 10
mnnp that the mayor order him out OF
NEW ORLEANS otaciuls Of tho New
Ia. ~ uhi'ii uHNe peen indicted
ny me Federal grand jury for interfering
with the mails during the recent street caI
strike. val
NEW ORLEANS.-E. II. Lucas OF Dent
som Texas. has applied for membership In
the New Orleans cotton exchange.
ST. PETERSBURG. Russia regrets The
result Of the Behrlng sea award because il
VIII serve as sort Of precedent for the
settling OF a similar dispute between Rus.
sln and Great Britain.
LoNDoN.-The report Of the committee
OF the house of commons on steamship sub.
Hldies is distinctly against the principle OF
granting subsidies.
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TEXANS TO INTERVIEW PRESIDENT
In the Interest Of Governor Savers To-
day-Will Be No Decision.
Especial 10 Tho pnstN

Especial 10 The Post>
Washington, December To- President
Roosevelt has named tomorrow ut 1890 a.
m. ms the time when he will receive the
members Of tho Texas delegation who will
urge him to appoint Governor saycrs TO n
place on the Isthmlan canal commission
provided for in the bill passed Just at the
close Of the session last summer. The mem
bers in question have agreed to meet Mt
the Riggs house at 10 o'clock and proceed
thence TO the executive Offices Of the white
House, where they viii be received by the
president
1t is not likely that the president will say
anything more than that ne viii take the
Endorsement under adyisemout as he has
recently stated that he was giving little ut.
tention to the probable makeup Of the
commission, lnnsmuch as the negotiations
with Colombia are still In q very uncertain
condition
Under the terms Of the canal bin there IL
a place for only one civilian democrat and
the impression prevails that Senator Har
rls Of Kansas has better chance for the
appointment than any one whose name has
yet been suggested.
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SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
Miners Prove That Operators Tried TO
Bride the Unions.
ATTORNEYS DID NOT CROSS EXAMINE.
Two Witnesses Told How the Operators
RED to Make Break in the
Ranks OF the Strikers.

scranton, Pa, December 10 Testimony
was introduced at today's session Of the
coal strike commission to the effect that an
attempt had been made by former mine
Foreman TO bride two presidents Of local
unions to have ten men in each to use
'heir Influence to have resolution passed
sending the men TO work. thus making
serious break in the ranks Of the strikers
Zach or the presidents was to receive
$500 and good position as mine fore
man, and each Of tho ten men were to get
sPo to 500. No company was mentioned
IN connection with the bribery scheme.
ana none Of the lawyers rossexamlned the
witness.
sensation wos caused by the appear
dnoe OF dohn Early, check weighmau, at
M gypsy colliery. Eary's story was as
he met Foreman Grimes In the hotel
.nlouGh another person. In the course OF
tuV conversation Grimes asked him how
he stood in politics Early replied that he
nad not made up his mind. and Grimes
salG mat being president of local union
S ~ hed q good deal Of influence among his
trends IN Dunmore, ana that IL he worked
. Tor William Colnoll for congress he would
give MIN $1,000. This was on September
90 AFTER Grimes made the $1,000 PROPOSE.
WI; continued Early, Grimes said
49, hoW about the striker Don't you
mink the men are weakening?'
heTly replied that he did think they were
Wavcring just little. Grimes then told
hlm that he knew a break was coming n
me ranks and that they would be defeated
G olIls recognized that the men had griev.
aaheeB ana that they had put up GOOD
hGht and, as long as they were going to
nc defeated by the operators, Early ought
to yet something out OF &C.
r GIihes then made this proposition: "If
lgtlon passed by this local. Grimes would
give nine Of them 500, the tenth man 5000
to carry out the scheme
ne further added that Early need not on
ply iof work for three months and he then
would he given foreman's position. Dur
ing the three months his expenses would be
paid There would be no trouble in getting
mine ioreman,s certificate. as the com
them.