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bin to leave that church and join the
Christians, last Fall he was connected
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with that organization he had trouble. He
is considered a forceful preacher, and
built up tho church at Anna during the
three months' pastorate.
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DECLARED A BANKRUPT.
Henry Hermnnn Left Affairs In Mil
vrankee Badly Mixed.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Anrll 29. Proceed
lngs were Instituted In the Federal and
Etate Courts today against Henry Her
mann, the missing capitalist and pro
moter. Before Judge Seamen, of the
United States Court, a Million to declare
him an Involuntary bankrupt was heard
and granted, and In the Circuit Court of
Milwaukee County proceedings were
brought on behalf of the National Bank
ot the Republic, a creditor ot the-asslgned
Planklngton Bank, to have Hermann
removed as receiver for the bank on the
ground that he had misappropriated the
funds and left tne country.
These two actions will undoubtedly be
the main ones out of which an almost
endless litigation will grow, owing to the
mixed state In which Hermann has left
his affairs.
Found Out After Many Tears.
COSHOCTON. O, April JO. Charles
Piatt, twice Postmaster of Flalnneld. and
for 15 years Treasurer or Lynton Town
.ship, was today sentenced to one year In
the penitentiary ana nnea ... tor em
bexxllng funds.
CRY FOR LUMBER
Contractors Can't Get
Material.
MILLS SHUT OFF SUPPLY
Buildings Are Tied UpCar
penters Out of Work.
IS IT A BLOW AIMED AT UNIONS?
Independent Contractors and Labor
Leaders Say Yes Manager, of
Samnlll Combine Bar Dally
Output Goes to Orient.
Three hundred carpenters an out ot
work.
One-half of all construction is de
layed on account of scarcity ot lumber.
It Is reported on good authority that
mills win refuse to sell lumber to say
contractor favoring labor unions.
The Building Trades' Council last
night passed a resolution charring the
Master Builders' Association and saw
mill men with forming a combine to
'Injure the building Industry. The em-
plovers nr. challenged to debate the
lasses of the strike at a mass meeting.
limner, lumper, lumber, give us
lumber," is the cry from all ever the
city. Scarcely a contractor In town can
procure a foot of building material from
any of the mills running full blast, day
and night.
As a result of this condition two-thirds
of the carpenters have been laid off. and
by tomorrow evening it Is doubtful If 0
nammers will be at work. For the past
three days the scarcity of lumber has
everywhere been felt. By yesterday
many buildings were forced to suspend
construction. Carpenter work upon the
weinhard bulldlnir has been at a stand
still since Friday.
The sawmill men and the manager of
the agency throuith -which all Ihe retail
huilnero Is conducted tay this .Is eaniVd
by a tremendous export business, both.
Dy ran ana try water.
"The amount of lumber available for
city retail trade has decreased 3 per
cent within the past week. We hope that
d- anoiner weeK at the rnrthent tne or
ders now in hand from the outside will
be filled and the local demand supplied.'
said W. C Francis, manager of the City
lletall Lumber Company, and secretary
ot tne iast side Lumber company. All
the material sold to the local trade goes
through Mr. Francis office.
Independent contractors and prominent
union men tell another story. According
to the statements of the men now de
manding lumber in vain, the sawmills
and the Master Builders' Association have
joined forces -In an effort to break the
growing power of the building trades
unions. For a time all contractors are
to be served alike. Then lumber Is to
be quietly supplied, but not to those con
tractors who refuse to fight the unions.
For the present construction In Portland
Is to be at a standstill.
Spring and Summer are now being shown
up as well as If he went to a J30.00 tailor.
"I cannot say for certain that tho mills
refuse to give me lumber because of my
stand against the nonunion painters, but
it looks very much that way." said
Thomas Walker, the carpenter -contractor
ot the Weinhard building. As long as
lumber was supplied Mr. Walker he kept
a full force of carpenters at work. The
painting contractor of the structure tried
to place nonunion pilnters upon the build
ing, but as long as the union carpenters
were at work this was not allowed. When
the supply ot lumber ran short, how.
ever, the carpenters were laid off. and
nothing prevented the nonunion painters
from working.
Many of the sawmill and planing mill
proprietors admit they expect trouble
with their employers this year. There
has been a preslstent rumor of Impend
Ing strikes In the siwmllls for the past
three months. The owner of a small
East Side planing mill said early In Feb
ruary that he fully expected trouble with
his men this season.
"We believe that the men will ask for
an eight-hour day, together with a raise
In wages of SO cents," said W. C Francis
yesterday. "When the price of lumber
goes beyond the consumer's reach we
must call a halt. Yes, lumber is high
now. to be sure, but It is on account of
the Increase In wages, together with the
scarcity in logs. Fifty cents additional
to every man's wages means that the
price of lumber must be advanced. If
we lowered the length of our day to
eight hours we could not meet the com
petition of the mills of Gray's Harbor
and Puget Sound, where the men work
ten hours, the same as they are doing
here at present."
"Why Is it. Mr. Francis, that you can
not supply the retail trade, or, as the
union men say, will not sell lumber to
the contractors herer
'It's because of the big export orders,
especially the loading of ships upon which
a demerit of $300 or H00 a day la charged
If not loaded in time," said the manager
of the City Retail Lumber Company.
"Are the mills accumulating lumber in
their yards to be prepared for a long
strike Instead ot selling it to tne retail
trader
"No, they are not. All the lumber be
ing cut is going outside the city, at least
so much of it that little can be spared
for local trade. During the month of
Fehrutrr. Inman. Poulfen 4c CO. exported
10,000,000 feet of lumber. One of the mills
ot Portland alone would be able to keep
up the city trade If It did no exporting
business."
"What Is the dally cut of all the mills
In Portland""
"Something over LWa.000 feet; not much
more than that amount, 1 should say.
"How soon do you hope to have the
foreign orders out of the way so that
local demand can be attended toT
"Oh. within a few dtys, I think. It all
depends upon the loading of the demerit
ships. When they are out of the way we
will be able to sell to the local men.
Meanwhile each must wait bis turn.
-Is It true that after a time you will
sell only to the members of the Master
Builders Association and will refuse to
supply any of the contractors who are
landing In with the unlonsr
-Nothing of the kind;, there Is. not the
least discrimination. My office is crowd
ed all day with members of the associa
tion as well as other contractors;, and
they are. all wanting lumber. I tU every
one who calls that be must wait his
turn."
Phillip Buefanec manager of the East
ern & western Lumber Company, was
asked as to. the truth of the-report that
the mills .nave decided to aid the ' asso
ciation contractors In their fight against
the building trades unions.
There's nothing In IV he said- -we
have made no such agreement, and the
lack of lumber for the city trade is .caused
by export orders."
The officers and prominent memnera ot
the Master Builders' Association deny any
agreement with the mill-owners" as to
boycotting the independent contractors.
Many Of the members of tne association
are at present .haunting the office of the
City Retail Lumber Company in com
pany with contractors outside tne asso
ciation. When the associations of the master
painters and the master builders formed
a working combination three, weeks ago.
rumor was at once started that the
owners of the city sawmills were about
to be drawn into the combine, sou
parties denied this emphatically.
A ripple of curiosity was exotea a iew
months ago when the Mechanics Invest
ment Company was Incorporated. The
stockholders are prominent men of the
building trades unions. The avowed plan
of the concern is to buy umDer jana.
erect a sawmill and planlng-mlll and to
manufacture and ship lumber to Portland.
An option was secured on 1S0O acres ot
timber land. Just where those interested
have never been willing to ttu.
The officers of the incorporation at
dared that the scheme was started to
forestall any attempt- of the mlllmen to
combine with the contractors In an ef
fort to employ nonunion men if they
desired. Little has been, heard of the
concern since its incorporation, but at
this time, when such a combination is
spoken of repeatedly, the fact that the
union men admitted months ago the possi
bility of such a thing is ot interest.
MASS MEETTXG TO BE CALLED.
Building; Trades Council Challenges
Employers to Public Debate.
That employers and employes may de
bate the question of the scales of wages
now hanging fire, a mass meeting will
soon be called by the Building Trades
Council. An Invitation has been extended
to the members of the various employers'
associations to attend. They are spe
cially requested to present their side ot
the question.
The meeting Is not W bo one of union
men entirely, but the plan of the Council
Is to Induce the employers to take part
In the discussion. The rank: and Me or
the unions will not be, specially Invited.
Higher wage scales have been prepared
by several unions afflllat'd with, the
Building Trades Council, and these the
employers have refused to grant. At the
mass meeting the union men are to state
their side of the case, and the employers
are to respond, or vice "Versa.
A ball large enough' to accommodate
all who wish to attend. will be secured.
and the date ot the;rnf Anr will soon be
announced. 'At the n-ifi'Cnrhi-dl
last eve li try? the fobviring "resolutions
In regard to the mass meeting' were
adopted:
'Whereas, The Building Trades Council.
of Portland, Or., deems It expedient to
Inform the. public of the condition which
prevails In this locality at the present
time, owing to the fact that the contract
ors and lumbering combines have con
aplred to Injure the building Industry of
this city by refusing to sell material to
all contractors employing union labor.
thereby' causing great financial loss to all
branches of bulne: therefore, be It
'Resolved. That the Building Trades
Council call a mass meeting and earnestly
request the builders, lumbering and busi
ness men of Portland to attend said meet
Ing to have' the question debated from
both standpoints. As we consider the
question of vital Importance to every citi
zen of the country: be It further
Resolved, That the Council hereby
challenge any and all associations ot mas
ter contractors or combinations to a joint
debate of tne question at issue."
T.V. If. Safford, Jurist nnd Author,
CHILLICOTHE. O.. April 20. W. H.
Safford. aged S2. retired Jurist and author.
died today.
CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
National Affairs.
Charges
pour In against postal
offlclala.
Page 2.
Progress of work on the dredge Grant. Page Z.
Salvador agrees to par arbitration award.
Page 2.
Domestic,
Mbwourl boodle scandal grows and spreads.
Page 3.
Renewed strike in anthracite coal field. Page 12.
Eight persons burned to death la railroad
wreck. Page z.
Victim of barret murder Identified. Page 3.
Merger allowed to pay dividend. Page L
Forelen.
French Government driving oat monks.
Pag 12.
Terrible, anosrstorm In Germany. Paga 12.
Famine kills thousands In China. Par 8 12
Sports.
Drowns srlll arrive this morning. Pag 1L
Professional golf match will be held on Warcr-
ly links today. Page 1L
Pacific Coast,
Decisions of the Oregon Bute Supreme Court.
Page 4.
Arrangements for execution ot murderer at
Penitentiary. Page L
Marshal of Baker, field outlaw McKlcner'a
sixth victim, u dead, page S.
Benson convicted ot manslaughter. Page 4.
Coos County Socialist opposed to the rsferen
dum. Paga 1.
Legging operations on Lewi. lUrer. Page S,
Commercial and Marine,
Advance la rice on small world's suoaly.
Page IX.
Unexpected decision In Securities case helps '
Armour lends support to Chicago wheat mar
ket. Page IS.
San Francisco market prices and comment.
Page 13.
Idaho crop report. Page 13.
Crown of India reta crew from San Fran
cisco. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Bunding construct ion tied up on account of
scarcity of lumber. Page L
Union men charge sawmill owners and mas
ter builders with tormina- combine to ruin
building Industry. Page L
State Health Ofneer "Woods Hutchinson re
port on smallpox conditions In Central
Oregon. Page 14.
Shortage of car mbarrae trade. Page It,
Contraband goods sold at auction. Page 8.
President Lrt. ot Columbia Southern, tars
his line will build to Beed. Page 10.
Burglars get scant returns on East Side.
Page S.
Transport .Qsabble will be renewed. Page -2.
Uaca buslne on docket ot general passenger
stents. Page 10.
GETITS DIVIDEND
Judge Sanborn Shows
Mercy to Merger.
LETS LOOSE $4,000,030
Suspends Injunction .in That
One Particular,
PENDING DECISION OF APPEAL
Despite Opposition of Government,
Plea ot Meraer Is Heard Total
Amount It Will Release Is
a 14,000,000.
The mercer stockholders can get
their May dividends.
Judge Sanborn yesterday suspended
the Injunction so far as It relates to
the payment of dividends by the North
ern Securities Company pending appeal.
The amount ot the May dividends
thus set free tor distribution la about
11.000,000 and the amount to be dls
TTuned before the Supreme Court de
cides the appeal s In November will be
114.000.000.
The Northern Securities Company and
other defendants yesterday filed the
specifications of error on which they
base their spptsL
ST. PAUL, April 20. At noon today
Judge Sanborn handed down his decision
granting the request of the attorneys for
the Northern Securities Company to be
permitted to pay Great Northern and
Northern Pacific dividends to the North
era Securities Company. The defendants
In the case have the dgbt under the act
ot Congress to appeal from the decree of
the Circuit Court to the Supreme Court.
They have claimed that right. Ordinarily
those who have the right to review"
judgment or decree of the Circuit Court
also have the right, upon giving a proper
lrid"tosniperde-the"aect-of tbeJudgi
znent or decreet durlnc the pendency ot
the appeal. But where, as In the .case
at bar. the decree awards an Injunction.
the ordinary supersedeas stays proceed
lngs but does not raise the Injunction.
The appeal has been perfected and the
bond will be filed at once.
The attorneys for the defendants
presented their petition to Judge
Sanborn on Friday, but United States
District Attorney Haupt, under In
structions from Attorney-General Knox.
objected, and the case was set for argu
ment today. A little over t4.O0O.00O vrlll
be released for the May dividends, and
nearly 314,000,009 would be paid out be
fore a decision could be secured from the
Supreme Court ot the United States.
Further Instructions from Attorney-General
Knox this morning were to the effect
that he would continue to oppose the
petition and not agree to any. suspension
ot the decree.
' Areuraent Arrnlnst Suspenalon.
Judge George B. Young appeared for the
Northern Securities. Major Glover and C
W. Bunn for the Northern Pacific. Dls
trict Attorney Haupt appeared for the
Government and opened the argument
against the petition presented Friday by
attorneys for the securities and railway
companies. Under the provisions of the
act for expediting such matters, all the
Judges should sit, and he thought the
action not one which could properly even
in part be set aside. The Government
has sought to prevent the violation ot
law and that was what the decree en
joined. The defendants were, he main,
talned, asking the court to nullify the
decree, to permit a violation of law. The
decree was in accordance with public pol.
Icy and really enjoined a nuisance. He
cited cases .to sustain his contention that
such, a suspension was not permissible ex,
cept in a case where the damages could
be estimated in dollars and cents, whereas
this was purely a request to permit
violation ot a statute. The fact of losses
to stockholders was. be admitted, unfor
tnnate, but since the corporation was
violating law, there was nothing for the
court to do but to see to the enforcement
ot law. The petition was in reality
request to suspend a statute, and not to
suspend a decree.
Flea for the Merger,
Judgo Young for the Northern' Securl
ties Company contended that the fact of
an appeal to a higher court was of itself
a sort of suspension of the decree and
maintained that the requested payment ot
the dividends would not in any way affect
the general terms of the decree. This
suspeneion of a small part of the decree
would .not be a violation ot the law" to
prevent a restraint of trade. The Injunc
tion being obeyed would be Just as ef
fective whether the dividend-paying be
permitted or not. He maintained that the
dividend injunction was practically ancil
lary and did not come under the main In
junction, which referred to the running
of the railroads. No harm could result
if the Northern Securities was permitted
to distribute the dividends instead of hav
ing the money accumulate in banks ot
New York. He insisted the money would
reach the same people ultimately and that
to give it to them now would benefit
them and harm no one else.
C W. Bunn. general counsel for the
Northern Pacific Railway, maintained the
petition was not a suspension of a decree
against a violation of law, but this was
clearly a case In equity under the provis
ions ot common law. He considered the
request perfectly- fair and Just, but that
the action In opposing it was unfair.
Mr. Haupt repeated his contentions as
to the violation of the statutes, arguing
against the points presented by Judge
Youns and Mr. Bunn.
Opinion of the Court.
ii announcing his decision. Judge San
born said that to enable the courts to
prevent unnecessary loss or Injury to the
parties to litigation In such cases, the
Supreme Court provided by rule S3 that
when an appeal Is allowed from a final de
cree granting an Injunction, a Judge who
took part in the decision may make an
order suspending the injunction during the
pendency of the appeal upon such terms
as to bond or otherwise as be may con
sider proper for the security of the oppo
site party. It Is the customary practice
foe the courts to exercise this power
'whenever the action will not Injuriously
affect the rights ot the party who has
secured the Injunction. In this case that
party is the United States.
The main purpose and effect of the de
cree are to prevent the Northern Securi
ties Company from controlling and oper
ating the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Railroads, and to accomplish this
end it enjoins that company from exer
cising any control over their operation
and from acquiring or voting any of the
stock ot the railroad companies, and it
also enjoins the railroad companies from
paying the Northern Securities Company
any dividends on their stock. This is not
an application to suspend this injunction.
The defendants ask only that the part
ot the injunction which forbids the pay
ment of, the dividends be suspended dur
ing the pendency of the appeaL
Merger Is Still Enjoined.
Three dividends do not belong and can
not In any event be paid to the United
States. It does not claim to have and
has not any pecuniary interest in thern.
Its purpose In prosecuting this suit and
its interest in this Injunction are only
thereby to enforce the law against Illegal
combinations In restraint ot trade and to
prevent the Northern Securities Company
from controlling, directing, owning, oper
ating or interfering with competing rail
road. Thta.lnUreet. it will be noticed, is
protected by that portion of the Injunc
tion which forbids the management or
control ot these railroads by the North
ern securities Company and forbids it
from voting or acquiring any stock of
these railroad companies. This portion of
the Injunction. Indeed every part of the
decree and this injunction, is in force and
will continue In force during the pendency
ot this appeal In any event.
During this time the United States has
and will have under this portion ot the
decree, which will not be modified or
suspended, a complete remedy for any vio
lation, ot the Bberma'n anti-trust act.
should It occur, both by proceedings for
contempt -under this injunction and by
proceedings under the penal clause of the
Sherman anti-trust act. ,
The appeal in thlvcajje'KlU probably, be
determined by the. Supreme Court about
November, 1S03.
It Is not perceived how the payment or
the retention ot these dividends during
the pendency, of this appeal can injuri
ously affect any right of the' United States
in this litigation, and the only question
here Is whether these dividends shall
be plied up In the treasuries of the rail
way companies or paid to the stockhold-
era. to whom they legally belong, and
who must ultimately receive them,
whatever the final .decision In this case
may be. These dividends will ultimately
go to the stockholders of the Northern
Securities Company, whether paid as they
are earned or after the' final decision. If
the railroad companies are permitted to
pay their dividends to the Securities Com-
pany. that company will pay them over
to Its stockholders.
Order ot Suspension.
The decree permits the stockholders of
the Securities Company to exchange their
stock for the stock of the railroad com
panies for which It is Issued. If the Su
preme Court affirms this decree, the stock
holders of the Northern Securities Com
pany can exchange their stock for the
stock of the railroad companies and can
draw these dividends from the latter.
If the Supreme Court reverses the decree,
the same parties can draw these dividends
upon their Northern Securities stock. The
retention of the dividends by the rail
road companies, while the appeal
pending, will not enhance or speed
the enforcement of any legal right of the
United States, while It might Inflict un
necessary loss and Injury upon the stock
holders who are Justly entitled to receive
those dividends a soon as they are
earned.
The order of the court will accordingly
be that the operation of that portion ot
the decree which enjoins the railway com.
ponies from paries e dividends upon
their stock which Is held by the North
ern Securities Company shall be suspend
ed during the pendency "of the appeal upon
the giving of an approved bond In the
sum of JoO.000 by or In behalf of the de
fendants, conditioned to prosecute their
appeal with effect and to pay all
damages which shall result to the
United States by reason of this or
der. That portion of the Injunction con
tained in the final decree herein, which
forbids the Northern Pacific Company and
the Great Northern Company from pay
ing dividends to the Northern Securities
Company on account of stock in either
railway company which the Securities
Company claims to own and hold. Is sus
pended during the pendency of the appeal
allowed herein this day. All other por
tions of the decree and of the Injunction
it contains remain in force, and are un
affected by this order.
After reading of the decision the appeal
was perfected and the bond was filed this
afternoon.
EFFECT OX STOCK MARKET,
Stocks Shoot Up With the Xens-Hill
Will Flsht to Flniah.
NEW YORK. April . (Special.)
There was Immense excitement on the
curb when the decision ln the merger
case at St Paul was announced. The
price had dropped from 97 to 94H on very
heavy selling, supposed to be for foreign
account Baring. Magoun & Co. did most
of this selling. The moment the decision
reached Wall street stocks shot .up four
points.
Clark.. Dodge & Co. had orders from
Hill to ' support the mirket If the de-
(Concluded on Second Page.)
ARENQT FRIENDS
Wilson and Furth Are
Political Rivals.
BOTH YEARN FOR THE TOGA
Wilson's Vain Efforts to Dis-
- credit Furtlf.
CAN'T KILL HIM POLITICALLY
Emigrant From Spoknne Finds Sen
atorial Ambition He Inspired la
Dangerous to His Own Hopes
Moore Seeks Dlatlnctlon.
After havlnr Inspired Jacob Forth
with a deitre ia be Senator. John I
Wilson finds htm a dangerous rival and
Is trying to kilt him politically.
Wilson instigated the .Indictment of
Furth by the grand Jury and tried to
use the street-car strike to the lat
ter" s disadvantage.
In neither plan did he succeed, for the
charge against Furth was so flimsy that
the indictment was quashed and he
still retains the good will of the working-men.
SEATTLE. April SX (Special.) There is
a growing coolness between the friends
of Jacob Furth and John L. Wilson that
is declared to extend to the two princi
pals themselves. The trouble grows out
of the recent grand Jury and the Influ
ence of Wilson and his friends upon that
body,
it will be remembered that among oth
ers the grand Jury Indicted Mr. Furth
upon a trivial charge that fell to the
ground as soon as the court received the
document So tar as Furth's material
Interests are concerned, he was unin
jured, but the friends of the banker and
street-car magnate fear he may have
been damaged somewhat politically.
Forth war a possibility daring .the last
tfeaUtWia! contest, and there is reason
to bellerevthat he Is yearning to be some
thing more than a dark-horse candidate
two' years hence. Should he, enter the
fight he would do so with a full knowledge
of the hard contest ahead of him and
would be prepared to secure a loyal
King County delegation, despite the fact
that he might tread upon some other Se
attle man's toes or Interfere with his am
bitions. Wilson moved to Seattle from Spokani
this year for the same purpose.
He is anxious to go back to the Senate:
as eager for that honor as he Is to de
feat Senator Foster, whom he regards now
as a political enemy. Wilson believed he
could not make much of a fight from
Spokme, since he could not control any,
thing from a bunchgrass metropolis that
he would not get were he to reside In
another part of the state.
Microbe Infects Furth.
King County has never been friendly
to Wilson, and he moved to this city
for the. purpose of clearing away som
of the local obstacles. He wanted to
be on hand with his newspaper to en
deavor to control, first the municipal pol
itics and then the delegation that will
be rent to the next Legislature. A united
King County delegation of 23 members
would go. a long way toward electing
some one Senator and Wilson believed
be could use the delegation.
The ambitions of Wilson and Furth have
clashed. Heretofore Furth has been a
loyal supporter of Wilson, and It was
only, when the latter was willing that he
should do so that Furth allowed his name
to go before the King County delegation',
as a compromise candidate last Winter..
But when Wilson told Furth the story
ot Senatorial possibilities he lnnoculated,
the street-car magnate with the dangerous
political microbe. Furth and his friends
have been discussing him ever since as
a candidate two years hence, something
Wilson believed he made Impossible when
he sent Furth In to talk to the King.
County men about breaking from Preston.
The grand jury was In session during
the Legislature. It was Just after the
settlement of the Senatorial fight that
Wilson's friends organized their business
men's club and endeavored to dictate la
the grand Jury through special counsel.
The scheme was more or less successful,
since it resulted In the indictment of
some of the Wilson political enemies,
but It did not result in the production
of any serious charge against them.
Scheme to Discredit Furth.
Wilson bad a particular friend upon
the grand Jury who had been working
with him politically and was in close
touch with Wilson's newspaper. It was
generally known to politicians that Wil
son kept in touch with the grand Jury
by this means. He knew everything
that transpired, and bad he any Interests
to guard, they were protected.
It may be a mere coincidence, but it
that is all there is -to it the coincidence
does not seem, insignificant to Furth's
friends, for it was' Wilson's "man" with
the grand jury who pushed the case
against Furth. He It was who insisted
upon an Investigation of all the charges
of bribery In connection with street-car
franchises, and finally succeeded In in
dicting Furth for collusion In securing a
franchise,
'Knowing of the close relationship that
existed between Wilson and Furth's per
secutor, the friends of the street-car mag
nate believe that the indictment was. In-
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