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4 TIIE MORXING OKEGOXIAN, TUESDAY, DECE31BEK 31, iyU7. NOTKIN-SHEAVES.' Gil BY BIKERS The California Safe Deposit Wreckers All Indicted Once More. - TREADWELL WITH THEM Brown and Bartnett Got Others to Sign Xotes for Their Benefit. f a ii r nln I?ama a Frenzied Financier. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. SO. Following a thorough investigation into the affairs of the California Safe Deposit & Trust Company, which failed, owing depositors nearly $9,000,000, and the methods of its officials alleged to have been responsible for wrecking the bank. Indictments were returned late this afternoon by the grand Jury charging James Dalzcll Brown, ex general manager; Walter J. Bartnett. ex-vice-president, general counsel and direc tor; James Treadwell, director, with fel ony embezzlement. One Indictment was returned against Brown and Bartnett, and two against Treadwell. Bench warrants were issued and bail fixed at $30,000 for Brown; $35,000 for Bartnett, and J-OO.OOO on one charge against Treadweil and 525,000 on the other. Brown and Bartnctt's Note-Kltlng. The Indictment against Brown is based upon a note for $25,000 given by H. N. Storrs, a stockholder in the bank, on May 7. 190R. Mr. Storrs. according to Assist ant District Attorney Cook, testified be fore the grand Jury that he signed the note ai tne request oi xsrown aim UIC lltlkfi lutiA mo tujit-j Hum .... ........ As security for the- nip, some stock in a street railway company in Stockton was put up. Tills stock stood In Mr. Storr's name as trustee. The latter, it is al leged, testified that the stock was not is- sued until some time after the note was given. Bartnett's indictment was in connection wih a note 6:i by W. T. Kearney, an attorney, "fcr a loan of $30,000 on October i9. 1906. Bartnett. it being alleged, re ceiving the money and Mr. Kearney act ing only as a "dummy." Bartnett had overdrawn his account $20,000 and got Mr. Kearney to give the note, which left Bartnett $10,000 to his credit. The stock given as security was found to have been taken up and shares In the Trinity Bo nanza Mining Company were substituted for it. Treadwell a Great Xotemaker. One Indictment against Treadwell, of Treadwell mine fame In Alaska and well known In mining circles In this state, was based on a loan for $45,000 from the bank. In which he was a director, for which Treadwell gave his personal note on Sep tember 4 last. At this time, it is alleged, Treadwell already owed the bank more than $300,000 for loans and had overdrawn his current account about $25,000. Instead of paying interest, it is alleged that every time the interest was due he gave a new note. The obtaining of a loan of $5000 left him $10,000 to the credit of his cur rent, account, but by October 8 this was all gone and he had again overdrawn. On this date, it is alleged, he gave a note for $65,500, dated it back to September 4, had the note made on the latter date destroyed, and substituted for it the note for $62,500. which loft $17,500 to his credit. The second Indictment against him was based upon the latter transaction and specifies 51". 00 as the sum embezzled. Its Affairs Mismanaged. TRENTON, N. J.. Dec. 30. After listen ing to charges of alleged misdeeds by certain former officials of the Passaic Steel Company, of Paterson, N. J., Judge Lannlng. in the United States District Court, on application of bond-holders, ap pointed three receivers to look after tha affairs of the corporation. Those ap pointed are: John R. Lee, vice-president of the company; Oakley W. Cook, a prac tical man of the concern, and William complaint charges that the company has defaulted on the Interest on its bonds and owes $35,000 taxes. f First Wire Loses Out. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. Judge Barnes, of the Superior Court, Held today that Mary McDonald, the first wife of Michael C. McDonald, the sporting man and former Democratic politician, now deceased, has no Interest in his estate. Trustees should not be enjoined from turning over her dower to the second wife, . Dora Mc Donald, who is to be arraigned for trial tomorrow for t,he shooting of Webster S. Guerln. America Has Enough Gold. s' LONDON. Dec. 30. There was no com petition for the gold, nearly $5,000,000, available on the market today as it was all secured by the Bank of England at a reduction of one-half penny. This tends to confirm the hope that the American demands for the metal are practically satisfied. Discounts were easier in con sequence. UPPER HAND OF PLAGUE Dying Out in San Francisco Seven Cases in December. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. With only saven cases of bubonic plague re ported during the month of December end but three cases remaining under treatment at the Isolation Hospital, the plague in San Francisco is almost eradicated. More than $600,000 has been expended in the sanitary cam-' palgn, of which the Federal Govern ment is paying three-fourths. It is estimated that approximately 130,000 rats have been destroyed during the past four mouths. Thirty-five thou sand, six hundred, ana forty-two rats wero brought to the laboratory of the health department. Of this, number, 11,391 were examined by bacteriolo gists for plague and 106 found to be infected. "The situation is greatly improved," said Dr. Blue today, "despite the apathetic attitude of the people of San Francisco, some of whom have been in clined to hostility toward us for the .work that we are doing for their ex clusive benefit." The total number of cases reported to date is 13H; deaths. 73; cured, 6); re maining under treatment, 3; suspected cases, 13. . DASHES FROM MOUNTAIN Northern Pacific Train Runs Away and Blocks Track. HELENA. Mont., Dec. 30. Plunging dr,i an- exceptionally steep mountain t;dc at the rate of 90 miles and liour and beyond the-control of the brakes, a Northern Pacific freight train of 32 cars of lumber left the rails at Bird's tye, seven miles west of this city, at 8:30 tonight: The injured: John Brady, Helena, brakeman; broken arm and injured about head. C. H.- Sherman, Helena,, brakeman; internally injured and body bruised, may die. The train crew lost control of the brakes on Austin Hill, and the long string of cars began a wild flight of 14 miles, which was ended when it was hurled over a steep embankment as the result of a broken flange. Members of the crew stuck to their posts and all escaped serlQus injury except the brakemen. It will be many hours be fore tha debris is cleared from the track and traffic resumed. Derelict Washed Ashore. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Dec. CO. (Special.) The schooner Emma Claudina. which was wrecked oft this coast in November of last year, and whose disappearance was a mystery, has been washed ashore and scattered along the beac-h north of Grays Harbor. The- schooner lost her rudder in a raging storm, and he cap tain, his wife and crew were taken off by a passing vessel. The derelict dis appeared in the night, causing much ap prehension among shipping men. It Is now evident that she sank out of sight, to be washed up on the beach by the boiling surf of recent storms. JUSTLY FINED THE LIMIT GOVERNMENT REPLIES TO THE STANDARD'S PlyAINT. Oil Monopoly Knowingly Profited by Secret Rates and Drove Out ' All Competitors. WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. A reply has been made by the Commissioner of Cor porations to the statements of the Stan dard Oil Company throwing doubt on the legality of the fine of $23,2-10,000 imposed on it by Judge Landls. The offense was the acceptance of a secret rate of S cents per 100 pounds from Whiting, Ind., to East St. Louis over the Alton road, when the legal published rate was 18 cents. The Commissioner says: "This same secret G-cent rate had been used by the Standard Oi! Company, and by no one else, for many years prior to this period. It was not filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was absolutely secret and unknown to independent oil refiners, or to Finppcrs generally." '. He calls an evasion the statement of President P. A. Moffett that this was not a rebate, because the difference between the three rates was not paid by the Stan dard and thn repaid by the Alton, saying that the result was exactly the same. In reply to the statement that the 6-ccnt rate was not discriminative, be cause no one else paid the 18-cent rate the Commissioner says the situation had worked out its logical result so that no one else could ship and the Standard n onopoiy was produced. As to the excuse that the Standard could have shipped over the Chicago & Kastern Illinois at 614 cents and that therefore no moral wrong was done, the Commissioner says this rate was an addi tional wrong in Itself, for it was quite as secret as the Alton rate and was an-, other attempt to evade the spirit of law. A single copy of this tariff was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, but there is no evidence that it was ever given to any snipper xcept the Standard. This rate was from -Dalton, .a village. Just outside Chicago and" a foot note made It apply ' from Whiting, the purpose being concealment. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois four years later pub lished conspicuously the 18-cent rate, the only oil rate which could ever come to the knowledge of the ordinary shipper. The Standard made no attempt to prove knowledge of the 6 or 6ti-cent rate by other shippers. , Referring to Mr. Moffctt's statement that thousands of tons of freight have been shipped from these points under the same circumstances as the Standard's shipments, the Commissioner quotes the grand jury's report to Judge Landls that Mr. Moffett was unable to give informa tion of a single pound of such freight. The Commissioner goes on to show that every shipment of the Standard over tha Alton vas falsely waybilled at 18 cents, though only 6 cents was collected. Over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois shipments were blind-billed, that is the rate was not stated on the waybill. In both cases too collections were made at the general offices instead of by the local freight agents. He comments on the ignorance of tae Standard's carefully organized ' freight traffic department of the Illegality of the rate, though the only motive of secrecy was to conceal it from the Standard's competitors. He states that the records of the roads show the Standard knew every detail regarding other Illegal rates. "It Is absolutely impossible to impute to the freight traffic department of the Standard either Ignorance or Innocence as to any essential facts in relation to the railway rates on oil." Ha cites a number of other illegal rates on oil exposed In his reports, which were all cancelled by the railroads within three months after the exposure. He concludes by saying that after driv ing all competitors out of the Southwest by rate discrimination, the Standard raised its prices to a monopoly figure, so that Its marketing concern made over 6!K) per cent in 1904 and long made extor tionate profits. . He concludes: "The enjoyment of this discriminatory rate was well worth many millions of dol lars to the Standard, and' most emphati cally Justified the Imposition of a greit fin when that rate was finally discov ered and conviction was secured thereon. WILL GREET THE NEW YEAR Social . and Religious Meetings to Usher In 1908. '' ' The advent of 1908 will be celebrated In Portland tonight and all day tomorrow. A New Year's eve social will be held to night in the hall of the Sacred Heart Church, Milwaukle and Caywood streets. The Toung Women's Christian Associa tion will keep open house tomorrow from 2 to 5 o'clock. A New Year's party will be held at the Young Men's Christian Association to night. At the Holy Rosary Church, Union ave-' nne. some of the Christmas music, will be used in the New Year services tomor row. The masses will be at 6. 7. 8. 9 and 10:30 A. M. The last service will be high mass. Leonard's ' mass In B flat, rendered Christmas, will be repeated tomorrow in the Roly Redeemers', parish, at Piedmont. Masses will be at 6, 8 and 10 A. M. At St. Francis' Church,. East Eleventh and East Oak streets, the massrs tomor row will be at 6, 8:30. 9:30 and 10:30 A. M. Music at the 10:30 o'clock mass will be a repetition of that given Christmas. Lodge Treasurer Wanted. ' CLEVELAND, Dec. 30. A warrant was Issued today for the arrest of Frank Vina, treasurer of a local Bo hemian lodge of the Foresters of Amer ica, on the charge of embezzlement. It is alleged that Vina is defaulter to the amount of $40,000. . Spectacles $1.00 at MeUtei's. BODY iS IN COFFIN Exhumation Disposes of Druce Claim to Title. BEARDED OLD MAN BURIED Dramatic Scene in Cemetery When Coffin Is Found Not to Contain Lead Fortune Wasted in the Contest. LONDON, Dec 30. The body of Thomas Charles Druce, in Highgate Cem etery was exhumed this morning Just 43 years to a day after its burial. The cof fin was found to contain the remains of a human body, thus exploding the ro mantic tale told by Robert C. Caldwell and others who swore, during the recent hearing of the Druce perjury case,' that It contained a roll of lead. The official statement given out'by rep resentatives of the Homa Office and others wno were officially present at the exhumation, not only definitely disposes of the lead myth, but seems .effectively to prove that the body buried in 1864 was actually that of T. C. Druce. The authorized statement follows: "The coffin was opened and found to contain the body of an aged, bearded man; the plate, on the coffin bore the name, "Thomas Charles Druce.' " The scene at Highgate Cemetery this morning when the vault was opened was remarkable. Constables seemed to spring from everywhere: every bush and every tree apparently hid an officer of the law. All the entrances to the cemetery were surrounded by cordons of police. Only those persons who . had passes from the Home Office were admitted to the grounds. George Hollanby Druce, who claims he Is the rightful heir to the Port land Dukedom and to its vast estate, tried twice to get Into the cemetery; but was met with a stern refusal. Tho operations began at daybreak with the removal of the topmost coffins In the vault, containing the bodies of the wife and son of T. C. Druce. It was nearly half-past 11 before the coffin, the con tents of which have aroused the curiosity of the whole world, was brought up ready for opening and inspection. The top was quickly unscrewed and the inner casing of lead cut open. There was no need for the dictum of the eminent surgeon, Au gustus Pepper, who was appointed by the Home Office to carry out the exhuma tion, to assure all present that human remains lay In the coffin. The Druce vault has thus given up its secret after ten years of legal proceed ing which have cost, all told, a consider able fortune. A large part of this money was obtained from servant girls and other workers, who were Induced to buy shares in a company formed to prose cute the claims of George Hollanby Druce against the Duke of Portland. The charge of perjury against Herbert Druce Is effectively disposed of. Those persons who have sworn to the placing of lead instead of a human body in the coffin have been discredited, and they probably will have to take the con sequences of their, acts. 9o far as the public is concerned the entire long drawn out Druee-Duke of Portland controversy is at an end and the case of the claimant, George Hol lanby Druce, has fallen to tha ground. Still Fighting for Title. Despite the finding of the body, George H. Druce says that he is determined to continue to push his claim for the estate and title of the Portland dukedom. In an interview tonight, he. said: "It is foolish to deny that I am bitterly disappointed, but I have not abandoned hope. I am prepared to admit that the man known as Thomas Charles Druce, was buried In Highgate Cemetery, but this does not dispose of my case. I will not admit that the body exhumed is the body v of my grandfather, who I still firmly believe was the Duke of Port land." George H. Druce also expressed dissatis faction that a further examination of the grave was no made for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not a coffin con taining lead was also Interred there. Ex perts who were in attendance at the disin terment in his interests reported to him, he says, that the face in the coffin which was opened bore a similarity to that shbwn In the photographs of Thomas Charles Druce. Caldwell Is Under Bonds. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Robert C. Caldwell, whose testimony as a wit ness in the so-called Druce case led to the reopening of tho grave of T. C. Druce today, is now at the home of his daughter at New Brighton, Staten Island. He is under $3000 bonds to an swer to a charge of perjury, preferred by the British authorities, in connec tion with the story he told in the London court. Caldwell was arrested when he arrived here from England December 21. It is said that his health has improved since his arrival. Efforts to see Cafrdwell at his home on Staten Island today were unavail ing. His daughter declared that he was so ill that his physician would permit no one to see him. SAYING OF CHRIST FOUND Lost Passage in St. Mark's Gospel Discovered in Egypt. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. The Daily. News today says: , . A new saying of Christ, lost to tha world for 1S0O years and found In Egypt, was given to the world for the first time today' by Professor Henry A. Sanders, of the University of Michigan, addressing the members, of the Archeological In stitute, now in session at the University of Chicago. The fragment is part of art old bible dating back to the Moslem con quest of -Egypt and on Its .face is -so authentic as to disarm hostile criticism. The long-lost fragment belongs in the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel, of - St. Mark and follows the fourteenth verse. It relates to the story of Christ's appear ance, following his death, to 11 of his apostles In Jerusalem, With the new verse the Bible reads thus: "Mark xvi:14 And they answered, saying that this age of unrighteousness and unbelief is under the power of Satan, who does not permit the things which are made impure by the (evil) spirits to com prehend the truth of God and his power. For this reason 'reveal thy righteousness now,- they said to Christ and Christ said to them: " "The limit of the years of the power of Satan has been fulfilled, but other ter rible things are at hand, and I was de livered unto death on behalf of those who sinned ln order that they may return to the truth and sin. no more, to the end that they may Inherit the spiritual, in destructible glory of righteousness, which is In heaven.' . ' Professor Sanders declared, that the new-found-manuscript also contains' what is known as the liturgical ending of the. Lord's prayer. The text ..-s found, he said, by Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, who was searching In Egypt for additions to his collection. EFFECT BEYOND CONJECTURE Hundreds of Pages of Vellum Yet to Be Translated and Published. DETROIT, Mich.. Dec. 30. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, art collector, student, traveler, has in his possession unopened volumes which will constitute a great addition to Biblical lore. The vellum pages, burled for centuries, are being translated as rapidly as possible by Pro fessor Sanders. The story of their dis covery is still unknown to the world and will be made public only' when the re sults of Professor Sanders' researches are published, which may be two or three years hence. Joining the broken fragments of the leaves Is a delicate task. All of his spare time for nearly a year has been spent by Professor Sanders at Mr. Freer's home, putting together the bits of vellum and reading the inscriptions, dimmed, by burial In Egyptian sands for more than 1000 years. The covers of the books bear the portraits of four apostles, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Mr. Freer'j manuscripts are. the first bearing directly on the history of Christ's life to be brought to this country. They antedate by several centuries many of the writings used In the present Scrip tures. : Professor Sanders' revelation of the newly-discovered quotation from Jesus is" the first published Intimation of "the finding of the manuscript. Speaking of these discoveries, Mr. Freer said: "The 4 fragments of hundreds of pages of manuscripts, written in Greek on vel lum, are locked In my vault. Their pos sibilities are limitless. Their effect on the Christian religion cannot be estimated. "The verse made public before the Archaeological Institute in Chicago is only a very small part of the contents of the books. Professor Sanders has just started his investigations and that which will be brought forth is beyond conjec ture." OF PEACE AOKI STARTS FROM WASHING TON TO VISIT JAPAN. Confident of Amicable Settlement of - Immigration Question Japan Needs American Capital, WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. "We shall take back home with us "to, Japan only the kindliest feeling for America and for her people, and the highest regard for her Institutions." said Viscount Aoki, the Japanese Ambassador, to an Associated Press representative today Just prior to his departure with Viscountess Aoki, for San Francisco, from which place they will sail on January 7 for home. The Ambassador returns to Japan be cause his government desires to consult with him freely regarding conditions af fecting Japanese In this country, notably those relating to the question of Jap anese emigration to the United States. "I am confident that an amicable agree ment . will be reached on this immigra tion question the only one of any con sequence that Is now agitating the peo ple of the two countries." said the Vis count. "I am' certain that Japan will make "every honorable concession within bounds and I feel equally confident that the American Government will not insist upon anything unreasonable or that will in any way compromise the dignity or the honor of the Japanese government. Both governments are striving to reach an honorable solution of the Immigration question, and the latest advices that we have received from our government in dicate that the way is being gradually paved with that end In view. As I have said, again and again, there Is every rea son in the world why both countries should have the most complete under standing and continue In most amicable relations. Japan is anxious to be at peace with the world, and to no country does this apply with greater force than to the United States, to whom, in a large measure, is due Japan's great rise and progress among the nations of the world. It will be my earnest effort to advance and strengthen the existing friendly re lations in every .way that lies in my power." The ambassador impressed upon his interviewer the utmost Importance of the United States and Japan keeping on the most friendly terms and that their relations should inspire confi dence one with the other. In no sense, he said, was this more important than from the commercial standpoint. Japan needed American capital In the devel opment of the numerous enterprises which have come to tha" front since the Chinese-Japanese war. and more particularly because of the develop ments since the war with Russia. American capital could find splendid opportunity in Japan and the efforts of all persons of both countries, the ambassador declared, should be con centrated toward the cementing of the greatest t friendship, without which much that could otherwise be accom plished would be lost. The ambassador expects to arrive in San Francisco January 3 or 4. This will give him an opportunity for con sulting with the Japanese consul and. prominent" Japanese residents of the city regarding the condition of citi zens of his country. Official and diplomatic Washington was well represented at the station to bid Viscount Aoki and his wife good bye. Every member of tne Cabinet in Washington' able to be there was pres ent, also many members of the diplo matic corps and their staffs. Viscount Aoki and his wife were visibly affect ed by the evidences of friendship dis played. Madame Aoki had been, pre sented with over a. dozen handsome floral pieces and carried a big bunch of roses and lilies of the valley. RUSSIA GIVING VP ALL HOPE Japan Slowly Strangling Foreign In-. vestors in Manchuria. PEKIN. Dec. 30. Ivan Shipoff, agent of the Russian Finance Ministry, has con cluded a three months' investigation of the serious conditions which confront the China Eastern. Railway, and as a result he. has recommended Uat expen ditures be reduced in every direction pos sible. This action Is construed here as a reflection of the hopelessness of Russia's position in Manchuria.' The railroad was isolated during the Russo-Japanese war and Japan's policy- since then has prac tically strangled it. It is believed that the deficit of the Chinese Eastern Rail way for 1908 will amount to tlo.OOO.OOO. Traffic over the Una is declining, par ticularly at Harbin. JapaTn hr.s forbidden China to extend the Hsin Min Tun Railroad in the direc tion of Tsltsikhar. This step has aroused exasperation among the Englishmen who have capital invested In the line, and it Is characterized as another evidence of the monopolistic attitude of Japan in Manchuria. Renounces Roman Church. EL PASO, Texas. Dec. 30 Father E. J. O'Callaghan, for many years prffst of St. Mary's Parish, .San Antonio, Texas, renounced the Roman Catholic Church and was baptized into member, ship In the First Baptist Church In this city last night. Y ARE FREED Indictments Against the Coal Land-Grabbers Quashed. FIND NO APPLICABLE LAW Court Says It Is Not Criminal for Individual to Agree to Sell Lands Acquired by Entry Eight een Are Released. DENVER, Dec. 30. In another sweep ing decision Judge Robert E. Lewis, in the United States District Court today, freed 18 defendants of the charge of Ille gally acquiring coal lands In Colorado un der the dummy entrymen system and said that the whole theory on which the Gov ernment has worked in the prosecutions is wrong. All the Indictments in land cases found by the Federal grand jury last Summer except one have now been quashed by Judge Lewis. Tha opinion of the court was founded on the case of the St. Louis people who were members of a company known as tho Yampa Coal Company and were charged with obtaining 6000 acres of land In Routt County valued at $500,000. Judge Lewis held that there is no law which makes it criminal for a citizen to agree In advance of an entry of coal land to sell to others whether individuals or corporations, the land that he might ac quire by purchase. He said that the section relating to conspiracy, was inap plicabla to these cases, as it dealt only with pension matters and not with land transactions. The rules and regulations of the land office cannot be made the basis of a crime. Judge Lewis said of the coal land act: When It was passed, little was known of the locality and extent of coal measures in this Western country; and ir we were per mitted in this case to seek for a policy In that act, we would say that the predominant one was to Induce the discovery and de velopment of such deposits. The court held that the first count in the indictments did not state an offense, and quashed the second count also, hold ing that the affidavits, etc., alleged to be part of the conspiracy were not required by statute. Ernest Knaebel, Assistant Attorney General, said the cases would all be taken to the United States Supreme Court by writ of error and would be entered upon the docket there within 30 days. "'Tho decision of Judge Lewis," said Mr. Knaebel, "will have no bearing on the equity suits already filed by the Government. Judge. Lewis holds that it 13 not a criminal fraud, but his de cision acknowledges the force of the holding of the Supreme Court that it is equitable fraud." Government agents will continue in vestigating the alleged land frauds, it was officially announced, until orders are received from Washington calling a halt. More than 30,000 acres of valu able land are Involved in tho various cases under Investigation and their value runs into millions. HONOR FOR JAMES BRYCE British Ambassador President of American Society. MADISON, Wis., Dec. 30. Right Hon. James Bryce, Ambassador of Great Brit ain to the United States was elected president of the American Political Sci ence Society at its meeting today, to suc ceed Frederick N. Judson, of St. Louis. Professor Henry Farnum, of Yale, was elected president of the American Soci ety for Factory Legislation, succeeding Richard T. Ely of the University of Wis consin. Professor S. H. Patton of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, was elected presi dent of the American Economic Associa tion, succeeding Professor Jeremiah of Cornell University. ' Texas Banks Close. . TYLER, Texas, Dec. 30. The Harris Exchange Bank, of this city' failed to open Its doors for business today. In a notice posted it says it owes over 400 depositors a liability of $100,000, with assets of $81,000. The Harris Ex change Bank is a private bank, unin corporated. Two mercantile enter prises owned and controlled by the bank have also closed their doors and have been placed in the hands of re ceivers. Steamship Company Embarrassed. NEW YORK, Dec. SO. Announcement was made tonight on behalf of the Con solidated Steamship Lines by D. " H. Campbell, the treasurer, that the com pany would default on the interest on its $60,000,000 collateral trust bonds, due to morrow. The official statement explains that "Owing to the . prevailing financial conditions it had been compelled to de vote its earnings to payment for new ships and hence Is unable to meet the coupons maturing." Eye glasses 11.00 at Metzger's. MAN Doctors Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is cl doctor's medicine. Doctors prescribe it, endorse - it Use it or not, as your doctor says. 'Ayer's Cherry Pectoral REVISED FORMULA You could not please us better than to ask your doctor about .Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis. Thousands of families always keep it in the-house. The approval of tfieir physician and the experience of many years have given them great confidence in this cough medicine. We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. T. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell,, Mass. w N EL Yes, we're right at it, and at it right. "Our way giving our custom ers the chance to get Winter Suits and Overcoats at reduced prices, and the coldest weather yet to come. Here is a hunch of heavy ones now at a light price. They were $12.50, $15.00 and $18.00 now $8.65. ClottiingCo GusKuhnPiop' 166-168 Third. FIGHT ENDS IN A KELW AND PAPKE HAVE HOT TEN-ROUND GO. Honors Even All the Way Through and Decision of Referee Pleases the Crowd Plenty of Blood. MILWAUKEE!, Dec. 30. Hugo Kelly, of Chicago, and Billy Papke, of Spring Valley, 111., fought 10 fierce rounds to a draw before the Badger Athletic Club tonight. - Both fighters started hammer and tongs fashion at the first tap of the gong, using right and left with frightful ef-J feet. Kelly knocked Papke down, the Spring Valley boy taking two of the count. The first round was easily Kelly's. The second round ended with honors even, Kelly seeming to have the first half and Papke evening up matters In the last half. In the third round Papke drew blood from Kelly's right eye, and Kelly in turn Jabbed Papke's face, also drawing blood, the round ending an even break. The fourth round was easily Papke's, for he floored Kelly with a vicious right to the body, following this up with rights and lefts to the face with good effect and drawing blood freely. The fifth round was fast and furious for the first half, both fighters easing up towards the end. Kelly seeming to have the better of the round. Both men bored in with rights and lefts to the head and body in the sixth. Kelly upper-cutting with good effect. Papke slipped to the floor in the round, but recovered without losing any ground. Honors even. The sev enth round.'' was Papke's, Kelly being pret ty weir winded at the end of round. In the eighth Kelly did considerable clinch ing and seemed very weak, but at this point the honors were a stand-off. The fight in the ninth' looked very much like a decision for Papke. who had Kelly very wobbly from a shower of rights and lefts and upper-cuts to the body and head, the gong alone saving the Chicago man. . In the last round Kelly came up strong and evened up any advantage scored by Papke up to that time. Kelly used right and left with good effect, keeping up a hot pace until the gong sounded, having nothing for the referee to do but de clare the bout a draw. The decision was well received. Refuses to Become Professional. KHW YORK. Dec. 30. "Tad" Jones, the great Yale quarterback and baseball catcher, has refused two offers to enter professional baseball, tha first to join the Cleveland team, and the second a place with the Chicago National League team. Jones will return to Yale next year and will be superintendent of the Y. M. C. A. of the Sheffield Scientific School. Xorthwestern People In New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. (Special.) Northwestern people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Portland M. A. Fields, at " tha Broadway Central; F. A. Jacobs, O. Rit tenberg, at the Woodstock. From Brookfield. Wash. J. G. Megler, at the Murray Hill. From . Seattlv-Miss L. Whittlesey, at the Latham: M. McDougall, at the Im perial; A. D. Douglas, at the Victoria; R. Homan, at the Martinique; V. E. Tuil and wife, at the Murray Hill. ' Y. M. G. A. Night School PRACTICAL, INSTRUCTION 33 Expert Teachers 33 DAY SCHOOL, OF MODERN LANGUAGES German Frenqh Spanish TERM OPENS JANUARY 2. 10OS." CLASS. Fee Per 13 Mbr. 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