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. THE MORNING OREGONIAjff, THURSDAY, HAY 1 1903 W ON TRUSTS N - w?ca-i ui. mo uuiLcu otttit in oerun, arrived here on the' steamer Kaiser Wll helm der Grosse. The visit is an tinofft clal one. the Baron being here to study economic conditions and particularly to visit the centers of the iron industry. :isions by .Supreme Court. WIDER THE SHERMAN 'ACT Hear Definition of What Con stitutes a Monopoly. IEAT10N MUST BE DIRECT lnga in the Action 'Against -the ligar Octopusi Show the Rights o All Hoir Railroads .Are Affected. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. "Wash- rton. May 13. To date the United States Supreme Court has rendered eight deci- ions in cases arising under the Sherman fcntl-trust law of July 2, 1850. One of these, the lottery case, was decided dur ing the present term. The other decisions rere handfd down at various times since i January 21, 1895, when the first trust de cision by the United States Supreme Court rendered in the case of the United States vs. E. C. Knight Company, the ('sugar trust" ca?e. The eight trust cases so far decided are as follows: United States vs. E. C. Knight Com pany; United States vs. Trans-Missouri relght Association, United States vs. Joint Traffic Association, United States Hopkins, Anderson vs. United States, Iddyston Pipe & Steel Company vs. Jnlted States, Champion vs. Ames and ids vs. United States. In the Knight cape there was involved alleged monopoly In the production of agar, commonly known aa the "sugar st"; in the Freight Association and point Traffic Association cases, agreement long Interstate railways to fix and maintain rates and fare; in the Hopkins id Andersen cases, two livestock ex- langes located in Kansas City; in the idyston Pipe & Steel Company case, a jmblnatlon among competing shops lo tted in different states, and engaged In taking cast iron pipes for gas, water and awer purposes, to control the prices by rppresslng competition among them- Jvea. Salt Asrnlnst tlie Sngnr Trust. In the Knight case the Supreme Court leld that the creation of a monopoly in production docs not necessarily and di rectly restrain commerce among the Rtates. The court drew the line between luotlon and Interstate commerce, the Conner being subject to the regulation of ler states, the latter alone to that of rarress. A bill In equity was filed In the courts f Pennsylvania to enjoin the operation jf the so-called "sugar trust." The bill ras dismissed by the circuit court; its lecree was affirmed by the Circuit Court 3f Appeals, and Its. judgment affirmed by ie Supremo Court of the United States. It appeared in this case, by the purchase stock of four Philadelphia refineries. irough the exchange of shares of its jwn stock, the American Sugar Refining smpany acquired nearly a complete con- 3l of the manufacture of refined sugar the United States. The Government larged that the contracts under which lese purchases were made constituted somblnations in restraint of trade or com merce in refined sugar among the several states, and. with foreign nations, and isked the cancellation of the contracts ind the redelivery of the stock. The Government's contention was that ie purpose of the purchase was to acquire a substantial monopoly of sugar refining, and as the product was a neces- of life, manufactured for sale and- lstrlbution among the several states and In foreign countries, the effect of the ar- frangement was to restrain and monopolize interstate and foreign commerce. Tho Supreme Court held, however, that conceding a monopoly was created, it was monopoly In the production of sugar. land not in Its sale or distribution among Ithe eoveral states. If a monopoly in In- Iterstate commerce followed a monopoly In production. It was but Indirect and Incidental, and not within the prohibi tion of the anti-trust law. It was for the states to regulate production; the authori ty of Congress was limited to commerce lamong the states. In Tendering the de cision in this case, the Chief Justice said: "Doubtless the power to control the manufacture of a given thing Involves in & certain sense the control of Its dispo sition, but this is a secondary and not the primary pense; and although the ex- l ercise of that power may result In bring ing the operation of commerce into play, it does not control it, and affects it only incidentally and Indirectly. Commerce succeeds to manufacture, and is not a part of It." Further on he said: "Contracts, combinations or conspira cies to control domestic enterprises in manufacture, agriculture, mining, produc tion in all its forms, or to raise or lower prices or wages- might unquestionably tend to restrain external as well as do mestic trade, but the restraint "would be an indirect result, however inevitable and whatever Its extent, and such result would not necessarily determine the ob ject of the contract, combination or con spiracy. "It was in the light of well-settled prin ciples that the act of July 2, 1S90, was framed. Congress did not attempt there by to assert the power to deal with monopoly directly as such, or to limit and Teetrict the rights of corporations created toy the states or the citizens of the states Jcv the. acquisition, control, or disposition of property; or to regulate or prescribe the price or prices at which such property or the-products thereof shall be sold; or to make criminal the acts of persons in the acquisition and control of property which the states of their residence or cre ation sanction or permitted. "Aside from the provisions applicable where Congress might exercise municipal power. what tne law struck at was com binations, contracts and conspiracies to monopolize trade and commerce among the several states or with foreign nat ions; out the contracts and acts of the defendants related exclusively to the ac quisition of the Philadelphia refineries and the business of sugar-refining in Penn sylvania, and bore no direct relation to commerce between the states or with for eign commerce." A It Applies to Railroads. In the Freight Association case, the 6u preme Court held the anti-trust law an plies to railroads, and that At prohibits all agreements in restraint of interstate commerce, whether the restraint be rea aonable or unreasonable. Tho contract or combination assailed in this case was an agreement among a large number of in terstate railways, creating an association and providing a method of fixing rates and fares on competitive Interstate freight tramo soutn ana west or the Missouri 33Uver. The agreement expreeslr declared that the association was formed among ewer uungs. ior tne purpose ofv mutual protection, by establishing and maintain tug reasonable rates, etc." J The questions Tlgorously discussed in the ,Mtfjmi jrbcther ti anti-trust Uk a& plies to railroads, and .whether it declares illegal all contracts In restraint of trade, whether reasonable, or. uhrpasonable. The court held the law does apply to all rail roads, and that It prohibits all coptfacts In restraint of trade or commerce among the several states and with foreign na tions, whether the restraint be reasonable or unreasonable. Four of the Justices dissented in an opinion delivered by Jus tice "White upon the ground that the re straint of trade condemned by the statute Is an unreasonable restraint, such as was unlawful at common law. Defines Congress' PoTrer. The foregoing decision was rendered by the court. on March 22, 1897. On October 28, 189S, a decision was rendered In the Joint Traffic Association case, the court then holding that the anti-trust law Is valid and constitutional, and that con gress has the power to say that a con tract shall not be lawiui wnicn restrains trade or commerce among the several states by stifling competition. This cose grew out of an agreement, similar to that In the Trans-Missouri, creating an as-. sociation to fix rates and fares on competitive interstate traffic east of Chi cago. Nine trunk lines, practically con trolling the business of railroad transpor tation between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard, were covered by the arrange ment. In the argument of this case the attorneys for the railroads Insisted that the anti-trust law was unconstitutional. The court, however, ruled there was no substantial difference .between this suit and that against the Trans-Missouri, and upon the Constitutional question, held that Congress has the power, in regulat ing interstate commerce, to say that no contract or combination shall be legal which restrains such trade or commerce by shutting out the operation of the gen eral law of competluon. xno court again held It was no defense that the rates established or to be established were rea sonable. Th fact that the creation of the association prevented any real competi tion between the railway systems invoivea was held to restrain the trade or com merce carried on hy them. The opinion was expressed In tho following words: "The natural, direct arid immediate ef fect of competition is to lower rates, and to thereby Increase the demand for com modities, the supplying of which increases commerce, and an agreement whose first and direct effect Is to prevent this play of competition restrains instead of pro moting trade and commerce." Forerunner of Beef Trust. In the Hopkins case, tho court held that the business of the members of the Kan sas City Livestock Exchange was .not in terstate commerce within the meaning or the anti-trust law. and,- therefore, the agreement creating that exchange did not operate to restrain trade or commerce among the several states. In this case, at tho direction of tho Attorney-taenerai, a bill in equity was filed against Hopkins and other members of the Kansas City Livestock Exchange, to secure a dissolu tion of the exchange, on the ground that Its members were In combination in re straint of commerce among the several states. This exchange was doing business at the stockyards In Kansas City, part of the yards being In Kansas and part In Missouri. The exchange received live stock shipped from other states and sold the same, accounting to the owners for the proceeds after deducting charges and expenses. Members of the exchange were prohibited from buying livestock from commission merchants In Kansas City not members of the exchange. The rules also fixed a commission, prohibited the employment of agents to solicit consign ments except upon stipulated salary, and forbid tho sending of prepaid telegrams or telephone messages with Information as to the condition of the markets. The court held that the business conducted by the members of the exchange was not In terstate, but local In character, and there fore decided the case against the Gov ernment. This decision was handed down October 24, 1898. The case of Anderson vs. the United States was somewhat similar to the Hop kins case, being a bill filed by direction of the Attorney-General against the mem bers of the Traders' Livestock Exchange, of Kansas City, to compel its dissolu tion. The main difference between this exchange and that involved In the Hop kins suit was that, while the members of the Traders' Exchange were, purchasers of livestock on the market, the mem bers of the Livestock Exchange were only commission merchants, who sold the live stock upon commission as a compensa tion for their services. The rules of the Traders' Exchange objected to by the Government forbid the recognition of any yard trader unless he was a member of the exchange, required all tho members of a partnership to be members of the exchange, provided that no member of the exchange should employ any person to buy or sell cattle unless such person was a member of the exchange, and pro hibited the payment of any fee to any buyer or salesman for buying cattle from or selling cattle to such party. "Without passing upon the question whether the members of this exchange were or were not engaged in Interstate commerce, the court held that the rules objected to were of a character to enforce the vurpose and Xobject of (he wc&ange, an .viewed la "IP I DOX'T UPSET GIIOVER, VIAj that light, were reasonable and falr.-They could affect Interstate trade or commerce In but a remote way, and. therefore, could not be regarded aa In restraint of such trade or commerce. The Iron Pipe Stilt. The case of the Addyston Pipe & Steel Company against the United States grew out of a combination of six shops, located, one In Ohio, ono In Kentucky, two in Ten nessee and two in Alabama, which wero engaged in making cast-iron pipe for gas, water and sewer purposes. These shops controlled tho market In that commodity in 36 states west of tho Allegheny Moun tains and south of Virginia. They en tered Into an agreement to control prices by suppressing competition among them selves. This was-iione by appointing a representative board of ono from each shop, to which all Inquiries for pipe were referred. The board fixed the price It thought the job would stand. The Job was then sold over the table, the shop which bid the highest bonus for tho bene fit of the pool getting It. At the public letting, the -shop that got the job bid tho fixed price, and the other shops overbid In order to deceive the public On behalf of the combination, it was contended that the power of Congress, under the interstate commerce clause, does not extend to agreements among pri vate corporations, but is limited to acts of interference by the states and by quasi public corporations, such as railroads. Private manufacturing corporations, it was insisted, are not public agencies, and cannot be compelled to keep their shops running to sell their goods to any person who applies. In the next place. It was urged that there was no restraint put upon Interstate commerce, and that, un der the decision In the Knight case, the creation of a monopoly In the manufac ture of a commodity Is not prohibited by the anti-trust law. The Supreme Court held, however, that Congress may prohibit the performance of any agreement between Individuals or corporations where the natural and di rect effect of it is to regulate or restrain Interstate commerce. In other words, tho anti-trust law applies to every agreement in restraint of interstate trade, whether made by corporations or individuals. In tho next place, the court held that any agreement or combination which directly restrains not only the manufacture, but the sale, of a commodity among the sev eral states comes within the anti-trust law. Commenting on the Knight case, the court said: "That case was decided upon the prin ciple that a combination simply to con trol manufacture was not a violation of the act of Congress, because such a con tract or combination did not directly con trol or affect interstate commerce, but that contracts for tho sale and trans portation to other states of specific arti cles were proper subjects for regulation because they did form part of such com merce." - The Lottery Cases. Tho two lottery cases arose under the act of March 2, 1S95, which makes it. an offensottr cause lottery tickets or matter to be carried from one state to another. Tho Francis case grew out of the transit of a maa carrying a lottery ticket from Newport, Ky., to Cincinnati, O., across an interstate bridge; the Champion case from the carriage by an express com pany over a railroad, for hire, a box of lottery tickets from one state - to an other. In the Francis case, the court Held adverse to the contention of the Govern ment. 1!he court decided that Congress has no power to prohibit the mere carry ing of lottery tickets from one state to another, and failed to hold that lottery tickets were articles of commerce, or that their carriage from one state to another constituted commerce. In tho Champion case, however, the court held favorable to the Government, ruling that Congress has power to stop tho transportation of lottery tickets by express from one state to another, the same as it can stop their transportation through the malls. In this case the Gov ernment contended that the right to reg ulate includes the right to prohibit, where the character of the article warrants Its exclusion from commerce. Important Suits Pending:. The most interesting cases yet taken up under the anti-trust law are yet to be passed upon by tho United States Su preme Court. These are the suits to dis solve the Great Northern-Northern Pa cific merger, the beef trust and tho salt trust. Under the new anti-trust laws, passed at the recent session of Congress, these three suits will be advanced to the highest tribunal in the land as rapidly as tho arguments can be prepared, and when they reach the Supreme Court will bo given precedence over other cases pending. None of them, however, will bo passed upon at the present session of the court, which Is to hear no more argu ments. Xevr York Republican Leader. NEW YORK, May 33. William Brook field, at one time a leader In the Repub lican party In this state, died today. Crees is the quickest grewlng of plants. Un der perfect ceailUoaa it -will omr a wltala e-Isht days oC p&sU&gv S OA TIE AWAY HIS FISH." BRYAW. RIOTING STILL GOES ON GOVERNMENT NOT YET IX COXTRoYi AT VALPARAISO. Martial Law Still Prevail Colombia Is Almost Bankrapt From Revolution. SANTIAGO DE CHILE. May 13. Riot ing at Valparaiso continued today. Owing, however, to strong repressive measures taken by the government, tho outbreaks were less Intense than yesterday. Mar tial law still prevails. Revised reports place the 'number of rioters killed at 20. The property damage is great. Several buildings were burned and tho Esplanade was destroyed.. The Brazilian cruiser Barroso, with the members of the Brazilian commission on board, has arrived at Talcahuano en route to Valparaiso. Owing to the critical con dition of affairs now existing at Val paraiso, It is thought that the festivities with which it was proposed to welcome the commissioners will be much abridged. SAD PLIGHT OF COL03IBIA. It Find Itself in a .State of Bank. ( raptcy From Rebellion. WASHINGTON, May 13. A gloomy pic ture of the terrible plight In which Colom bia finds herself, as the result of the ex hausting four years of rebellion. Is con tained in a communication which has reached this city from a source of un questionable reliability. These advices -state that on March 1 last the government gave notice that it had stopped the Issue of paper money that was flooding the country, and had turned the lithographic plates, from which it was made, over to a committee composed of prominent mem bers of different political parties. Conse quently the government early In April was almost entirely without funds. It had not enough to pay running expenses, to say nothing of foreign claims and de mands. Not a cent of Interest had been paid on the national debt since the war commenced in 1899. The elalms growing out of the recent revolution were assum ing tremendous proportions, and as there were no other means of relief, It was ap parent that the government again must have recourse to the lithographic stones and start the presses running again. More over, It was the general opinion that even the small measure of relief which might follow tho receipt of the $10,000,000 from the United States on account of the Pan ama Canal could not be obtained, as vlt was not expected that Congress would ratify the treaty. At one time last year, the exchange on New York was 22,000; that is to say, 23,000 Colombian dollars were, required to pur chase 51 worth of goods in the United States. It was feared that the rate would go even higher this Summer, for thero was over 11.000,000 worth of this paper money afloat, and It was expected that $500,000,000 more would be issued imme diately to pay war expenses. The foreign debt of 1S93 amounted to 12,700.000. on which the Interest rate was first and then 3 per cent, but this Interest has not been paid for several years, It was the gen eral opinion, according to the report, that the Colombian Government could not pay Its debts, and apprehension was expressed as to what might happen In cise tho for eign creditors pushed for a final settlement of their claims. Official Denial of Revolution. WASHINGTON, May 13. Reports of revolution In Bolivar, which have been re ceived in this country, are denied officially at the Bolivian legation tonight. MOVE TO GET CASE UP A GAIN Action Involving; Contraction of La-rr Requiring; Patent Couplers. WASHINGTON, May 13. A petition for a writ of certiorari In the case of W. O. Johnson vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad Company was docketed on the Supreme Court of the United States today. The case Involves the construction of the act of 1S33, requiring -railroads engaged In In terstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers; Johnson, while coupling a locomotive to a dining car, neither of which carried an automatic coupler, at Promontory, Utah, In 1900, was injured and sued for damages. The lower courts decided Ik favor of the railroad, holding that dining cars standing on a switch and being moved by a freight engine were not ""cars engaged In Inter state commerce." Solicitor Hoyt has filed a "suggestion" to tho court asking that It take cognizance at the case on certiorari, saying: "If it would be no violation of the stat- L ute for a carrier to haul an empty car not used to move interstate traffic from one end of its railroad to the other. It would -follow that a dining' car, in the course of a trip from Ogden to San Francisco, which happened to be empty. wobH not be sub ject to the control of Cowew. Tbe ooc- 8truction placed upon the act by the Cir cuit Court of Appeals would lead to vary ing and conflicting state and Federal au thority over cars used In Interstate com merce, which might be stopped temporar ily, while being detached from or at tached to an Interstate train." OLD CHARGE REVIVED. Boston Lawyer, In Exile for Yearn, Must Xovr Stand. Trial. NEW YORK, May 13. Moody Merrill, a former Boston lawyer, was arrested here today on a charge of grand larceny. Mr. Merrill has been In exile from Boston for nearly ten years. He once had a high reputation In business, politics and so ciety. According to the Boston police, there is an Indictment in five counts alleging the misappropriation of about $60,000 in trust funds. At the time he left Boston, it was alleged that tho total amount of Merrill's financial Irregularities amounted to about $300,000, but only one specific charge was referred to the grand jury. He was widely known as a promoter, railway magnate and speculator. After Merrill left Boston, ho became known as Charles J. Grayson. He went to Silver City, N. M., established himself In business there, became president of the National Bank, and interested himself In territorial politics. He went to Wash ington to oppose the reappointment of Governor Otero, and was one of those In terested In urging the admission of New Mexico to statehood and has been promi nent not only in Washington, but In New York. CHICAGO MAX IN THE PLOT. Infernal Machine Placed on Steamer Was Made in That City. CHICAGO, May 14. Advices were re ceived late last night from the police In New York that it was thought that the Infernal machine which was taken to the Cunard docks and placed on board of the steamer Umbrla was made In Chicago by a man named G. Russell, living at 247 Washington Boulevard. The house at that number Is kept by Mrs. Ehlan. She said late last night that a man apparently about 30 years of age, who gave his name as Russell, had lived in her house for three weeks prior-to April 25, on which day he left saying that he Intended to go East. The woman said that during his fctay in her house ho was engaged in some mysterious work and kept his door always locked. She saw enough of what he was doing, she said, to know that it had something to do with clocks, and that he was always arranging some ma chinery that had a number of wheels In it. Mrs. Ehlan said last night that she knew nothing more of tho man than what she learned while he boarded with her. She did not know where he came from or where he went except that he said when he left that he was going East. XEW CLUE IN MURDER CASE. Police Have Man Who Sold WhisUy to Brother of 311ns Relchlin. LORAIN, O.. May 13. The most im portant move by the authorities in the Relchlin case since the release of Rev. Mr. Walser was made today when Noah Spradllng, the bartender who sold the gal lon of whisky to casslmlr Relchlin, direct ly after the murder, was taken to police headquarters by detectives. Spradllng is said to have divulged important informa tion regarding the murder and will be held as a witness for the grand Jury un der heavy ball. Aa a result of the disagreement between physicians as to the condition of the body of Agatha Relchlin when It was examined after the murder. It Is probable that the body will be exhumed. It Is declared that two reputable persons are ready to swear that there were finger marks around the throat of the woman. Indicating that she had been choked. Dr. Cox, who made the post mortem examination, testified at the Cor oner's Inquest that there were no finger marks on the murdered woman s throat. CAXXOT BRING SWINDLER HOME. Hay Unable to Grant Bequest of Governor of Mlsxoarl. WASHINGTON, May 13. The State De partment has Informed Governor Dockery. of Missouri, that it cannot grant his re quest to secure the extradition of Ellis Walnwrlght, a millionaire brewer of St. Louis, who is wanted in connection with the municipal bribery charges, and who Is supposed to have fled to France. The obstacle lies In the fact that the French extradition treaty does not enu merate bribery as an extraditable offense. If the Missouri authorities can describe Walnwright's offense under another title the State Department will exert itself to secure his appearance for trial. Prussian te StndT Oar Iron Trade. NEW YORK. May 13. Baron von Rhein baben, Prussian Minister of Finance,- ac companied by Commercial Cbuncilmaa Bceker, as. ironmaster of Prussia, and Tnimcidk ve VenaL Deputy CwwU ONE PORTLAND BID. tes LaIdla.Tr A Co. OJCer to Carry Freight fer Uncle Sam. Jai James Laldlaw & Co. were the only Port land bidders for the Government transport business received by the Assistant Quartermaster-General yesterday. The-bld was $4.25 a ton for general freight and $10.75 a thousand for lumber. The rate for gen eral freight business specifies a ton of id cubic feet, or 2000 pounds. The rates given apply from Portland, San Francisco and Seattle. The company. If successful, will transport the freight to Manila in their line of steamships, the Comerlc, Elleric. Forerlc, Gymeric, Inveric. Jeseric, Tymer lc. Wynerlc, Adito, Oceano, Quito and Yeddo. ' Their carrying capacity ranges from 5000 to 7500 tons. No bid was made on the transportation of soldiers. ALL THREE BIDS THE SAME. San Francisco Stenmshlp Companies After Transport Business. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. Bids for carrying: passengers, soldiers and freight to Manila from the port of San Francisco for "the transport service of the United States for tho year ending June 30, 1904, were opened todiy in the office of Major C. A. Devol, general superintendent of the Army transport service. There were three bids submitted, one from the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Company, one from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and ont from the Japanese line of steamers known as the Toyso Kalsen Kalsha. The bids were Identical. The rate for cabin passengers, allowing 250 pounds of baggage. $123; for enljsted soldiers, in lots of 100 and over. $30 each. The bid for freight was $4.25 a ton of 2000 pounds, occupying not more than 40 cubic feet. The tonnage and speed of the vessels of the various lines are different. and this will enter into the question, when the choice is made. In the case of the Japanese liners it was stipulated that the contract for car rying the Umted States mails could only hold in time of peace in Japan. When that country is at war with any nation, the vessels are subject to government control and can be used as war vessels. HAS NOT RESIGNED. President Marroqnln Still in Power In Colombia. WASHINGTON. May 13. "I doubt very much if President Marroquln has resigned as president of the Colombian govern ment," said Dr. Herran, the Colombian Charge d'Affalres, today. "I always have been promptly advised by cable of any cabinet changes, and especially when such changes affected the office of foreign af fairs. Neither the State Department nor the legation has received confirmation of the reported resignation; therefore It does not seem reasonable." Mr. Cromwell, counsel for the Panama Canal Company, discussed the canal sit uation with Secretary Hay today. His advices from the company agents on the isthmus contradict the story printed yes terday to the effect that President Marro- quln had resigned. As communicated to Secretary Hay, they were to the effect that the Marroquin government is actually stronger now owing to the resignation of General Fernandez as Minister of War. Fernandez Is said to have been a dis cordant element In the cabinet, and the fact that his strong personality could be displaced without causing any commotion is considered an evidence of Marroquin's power. CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. r German Remedy Prove Its Success, After a. Thorough Test. BERLIN. May 13. The announcement made today by the Berlin Medical Society of a new remedy for consumption called canosin has attracted much attention. Dr. Danellus, of Sommerfeld, read a paper on the cure before the society. He showed that a number of patients, mostly work lngmen, had been cured of consumption, and said they were treated without inter ference with their work. The remedy was discovered by Robert Schneider. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marringe Licenses.. Michael McCormlck, 42, Baker County; Lena Burgall, SO. W. A.. Munroe, 20; Kate E. Haynes, 34. Georsa "W. Feathers, 27; Katie Mao Tur pln. 18. Hugh Ham. 27; Vesta Pershln. 28. Albejt Mott. 21; Helena. Myers. 20. Joseph McGee, 21; Elma. Long-. 20. Bnildlng Permits. W. J. Burden, Twenty-sixth and Buxton, dwelling; $700. Piatt & Piatt, Twenty-flrat and -Vaughn, dwelling; $0400. Deaths. May 0 Ettie Kessler, B34 East Nineteenth street, age 40; exhaustion. May 10 Mrs. Eva Harris, 9 North Ninth street, age 82; heart dlease. Beat Estate Transfers. The Oregon Mortgage Company, Ltd., to George M. Strong, part lot 10, block 12, King's Second Addition $ 3,500 George E. Drummond and wife to C. N. Kankln. lot 9, block 6, Cloverdale Ex tension ' 1 Ludwlg Hipp et al. to George P. and C. S. Gordon, lots 15 and 10, block 24, Central Alblna , 1,500 Multnomah Cemetery Company to E. and James Beal, lot 17, block B, Mult nomah cemetery 15 Van B. DeLashmutt and wife, by W. McCamant, master In chancery, to Ger man Savings & Loan Society, lots 7 and 8, block 8, and lots 3 and 4, block 160. city, and part of block 71, city.... 75,000 Andrew Peterson to Mrs. K. M. Jensen, undivided S4 of lots 1 to 3. block ? Brainard 75 George J. and D. G. "West to E. and J. Loe. lot 8. block 6, Kenworthys Addi tion. 1.100 A. a. ana i. a. uexum io tt. ana ji. Lawson. lots 7- and 8. block 10. Central Alblna ...... 3,350 u. f eierson ana wiie io u. aiarx ana i. C. Jorgenzen, subdivision. C, lot 2, block 0, Portland Homestead; lot 0. block B, Caruthers' Addition to Ca ruthers' Addition to Caruthers 3,441 A. E. and F. C Gensch to Pacific Ex- Homestead Addition io james -v. emun ana wire wu K. Tem pleton, undivided S-150 of lots 13, 14, io, mock io, sunnyslde. J25 Deny Attempted . Lynching:. EVERETT, Wash., May 13. Citizens of Arlington are pow denying that they had any Intention of lynching the murderer, MpPhnll. iwn rftnro ni-o "r . -r -j -o tJ DiUWlIt of Arlington, telephoned this city today that the bpsiness men made no threats of lynching and that such suggestion em anated frdm a sajoonman friend of the murdered AlrtMvsnn Deputy Sheriff Stanyar, who brought u'b Biory oi ine attempted lynching, re iterates his statements regarding the move rdad4 against his prisoner. Frozen Meat for the Vorth. TACOMA, Wash., May 13. On May 26 the steamer EJlihu Thomson will sail from this port for Nome, towing- the hulk Dashing- Wave. The- steamer will be loaded with frozen meats and feed picked up at Victoria and Vancouver, B, C, and Seattle and Tacoma. The Dashing Wave, which, is to be loaded at this port, will have 225 head of cattle, 450 sheep, 130 hogs anda. few heavy draft horses, besides several hundred tons of coal and other freight. First Steamer for Xome. SEATTLE. Wash., May 13. The steamer Gussle Brown sailed last night for Nome. She Is tho first vessel to get away this season for the frozen north. She "carried but 31 tons of freight and a few passen 8K; 'She expeets to reach Nome ahead of the Ma ers t&at will Jmt in two week. If Served at all first-class bars 11 jjj TRYjABJjSTTOP II S ADVG COUPON. "We Is- " I sue a modem up-to-date book K M on ttdxed drinks. 100 pages. m m 120 reclpra bound in cloth. m K Of value to all who enter- C B tain. Sent postpaid on re- B Coupon 10 CenU- and thl" K 1 FEXOIIllD YESTHEiaEX & SOUS- S.;up!i.Ha..nneiii3atl.0.,l03lsT!l!a,Er. Why Pay as Much for an inferior beer? Schlitz beer costs twice what common beer costs in the brewing. One-half pays for the product; the other half for its purity. One-half is spent in cleanliness, in filtering even the air that touches it, in filtering the beer, in ster ilizing every bottle. And it pays the cost of aging the beer for months before we deliver it. 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