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3APFEKKC3 CF 113 CPHXERTS
A Keevrow of ! Um Important but
Kol Use tnterttnf Iventa
eftho Past Week.
Hwedan ha Issued ohalUng (ur
Ui Aincrk cup.
ui. ruihlUiiaia Ihrounhotit tha
eminlry ars damandlog tbs removal of
the tariff on paper,
Criminal nrneceullos mV fallow th
ttenmt (o kidnap Fremont Older, of
' .. .. .1 ..I-
Ul MO f imicirdv wuitmn.
Fvldencs has boon offered In tb Han
Fraiwtwjo Kft ease to hoW t t Rtutl,
ford and Mullalw often bsld confer-
UM.
Tli Oieol Northarn has a (torksdt
II iady fur eulksbteaker who are to
take th nlaoes of moo et Uie II lllyarU,
Wah., aiiop.
Thsr ai lgn of onMlnM In
many parts of Cat. Troop are el
moat eotitntly pursuing outlaw ami
strike hv tied 00 tb railroads.
Tuft promises to explain to Japan
why ths Atlantic fiit If coming to th
faclUe , II ran also Strang e settle
ment of lb Irumlgralluu quswtloa.
Harvey K. Hroo, of Baker City, et.
tbtnfl o Baker eoonty, fa Hit victim
ol t murderous aawtult which im al
mml e durll-Ul Jhs attack which
killtd -UovrOf Meunnlnr, of
Idaho, II may recover. OM tor
Bin ere believed 4o b the perpetis
low, ferrttery Toll has arrived In J pan.
Germany'f Influence la Turkey U
growing,
Rudyard Kipling Ii at Montreal,
Canada, and will visit lbs Paclne reaat.
li)rn will Mnoonoo lilt candidacy
for pieeidental nomination oo th JVm.
oristie ticket DoMMitbtt 7.
A H Ms man who had been boonJ
by tht emirt oat to boot hi wits htrwJ
rMhet man to do It for bln.
Mi. aula, Moot., ki Mt4 ko b th
only Uxri lufl oo tho Noitlwro rlfic
bcra iho hultiiokrt' itrlk la full.
On of lha dummjr kxotart . nard In
tha I laho lanM frou4a tat bo 8II on
lb ipiarniuat hod J tut 10 ctoinniO
da la a lilaod.
Han Franclaro (fmbira kldnapod tha
warwg ng editor of too flullrtln, who la
boatii 10 than. It wot Mn bourt
blra ha waa raacood.
Through tha awralawnfa of an opar
lot lu throw Bwtteo paaaanirai train
oo tha Itatlliruora A Ohio vraaliad Into
Iraigl.t train at Holla Ira, W. Va. Fit
Uwi man wort blllad aod acor Injur
ad, aaverol UUlly. .
Tha AaUtlo oquadraa ha anlrad at
Ban Fraiiolaco.
Thvra haf tan o troall ootbraak of
Bowrlam lo Chin. ,
Tha atrika of railroad boiler maker
aaama to hare bran broken.
There bate' been rmnr daathiand
much inin from floode In Hpeln.
Judge Wiokaraliam, of Alaaka, Iw
laalgnad and will glee up the light.
Tb I)p Waterway! commieelon hai
Urtod down the Miaaleaippl from
Pan? . - ,
About J.SOO eoal miner In Mon
tana have rooolved an lnoriwae In
wga,
An entire Vnra In Japan hai boon
drtmrd b the overBowIng of a river
and Out) lUe ket.
Hmnore ere eorreol In New York
that railroad ielesiapher may aoon
iln lo the atrlke with the ooruumrclal
man. "
Kpuiientatlve Lorntle of Illlnola,
may be appointed chairman ol the
bouan oonimlttee on river nod harbor
In place of Burton, who baa letlgned to
take a place On the waterway commie
aluo. ,. .. ; , . , .
I.I'ton will tend new ohellenge tor
Ue Amarlra'a cap. , ,
Tha Japaiirxe govfrnmant I erttllng
lb Vauooover trouble with Cnnada di
rect. . ' .:'
P. II, McCarthy hai been nonilnateil
for mayor by the fion Vranolaoo Labor
Py-A. : ,: sv'!: '"
Th llarrlman and Flh faotlon an
Rln flghtlni over the Illlnol Central
railway. . ,.;., ,,
A goner itrlke on tbe lallwkyi of
Havana ha atatted and may apread
thronghout the lelnnd.
U I reported that the Federal grand
jo'y In Han Franoiaoo ha found all
lodiotmttnta agalnat the Southern Pa
"'Bo and PaciBo Malt Bteainablp com
Pny for giving rebate.
Chicago' new ordinance covering
treetcM line will add 1,850,000
yr to (he ineome ol that elty.
I ! HlmaUd thai Joln D. Booke
idler baa given to yarlona Inatitutlona,
P'lnolpally eol.ege 1108,066,000.
Tbe Indiana Pin. llna a luil,llar
"I the Standard Oil, mad a profit of
".vwi.uim in NMffl on a total lnvet
""nU of a.Jgg.TOS.
HearKt aay he hae no Idea of telng
" nui(ut for president In 1V0S.
Tlgraj,hr Want to Oall Out Laatad
Wire Men.
CMoago, Oct. l.-Mre aggreaalve
warmre agaliiat the commercial tolo
graiib rointianliia U Ulnu r,i....i i ..
tbeatrlklngoporatora. At llwlr meet-
rig uxuy Chairman Like announecd
tliat vlthln a lew day the comtllr
-Uu. rr,,H uiai uiry were In a leal
flghl. Th auggmllon fiotn New York
that all operator working laed wlrne
be callrd uil wavloro.wlyapplaiidl.
Iriidnt Uu all, bo l.-ft the clly
iilday night wlih a lot of dKimiutry
evldnnr againat the telegraph comn
Iro, wa In Weahlnglon loly on a e
cret mtaalon. ft leaked out th.t th
vlalt Huiall made to HI, Ix.ula Thuraday
waa for the purtKate of meeting Com
mlanloner of Ubr Naltl, who wa In
lhat clly al th time. It la aald Dial
Comittiaaionnr Nrlll U relutUnl to
lake up the trouble until It la dnHnitv.
Iv draldwl who hae power to act! le lor
the opeiaU. Ho lar each city haa
been bmklng after tti own atrlke, and
no one haa been eniowered to pmptaw
ternt of rnare.
Commlaaloner Ntlll 1 aald to he
ready to call on the cumpanlwi provid
ed be I given aaauianoe tliat any ret
tlement he may make will be accepted
by tbe men on atrlke. Ii la laid lhat
within a lew daye a vote of the varlon
anion will be taken to place the entire
aural ion of a aettlenmit In the l.nn.l.
of the national exerutlr xmri.
WANT HOME RULE.
Vote at Aleak Prlmarl Wa Prac
tically Unanlmoue,
fteattle, Wa.1... Oct. 1. Bringing
with him lindane of anytlilng Oovi-rnoi
Willnrd Ii. Ilnggatt aald to tbe cootie,
ry, Tom tiale, lung term delegate
to tbe national congreee from Alaa
ka, arrived in town t"day from
Nome on hard the eUmmahlp
Aotthweatrrn. Uale la eniiuialia in de
claring thai 00 per cent ol the retident
of the north Und are aniioo for home
rule and are atanding on their demand
for aome aort of llalion by the na
tional lawmaker whireby Alaaka aba II
be Ireol Irom tbe chain allien, now
hantwr her piugreiM.
tial bat oven all over the territory
and haa kept In touch with the poli
tician and with the eiliieii., Tbe
prlma'liw were juat over alien Uale led
Nome, a ad he ray that tbe majority
caat for borne rule wa practically
unanlmou. He haa with him a rough
draft of a bill whkdi will be Introduced
Into the neat conge by United Htata
Henalor Samuel 11. Pile and which, it
la hopet1, will become a law. If It doe
It I calculated to remove the legiala
live awaddling from Alaaka.
While lVlfkete Hale doe not go Into
detail regarding tbe claim of Uover
not Ilwatt, he went ao far aa to aay
that the governor' oft repealed aeeer-
tlona regarding Ute antipathy to home
nil In AUwka are creature of hia own
dralrc. and ol the dolree of the big
mining iuiereata, twaid whom Hover
nor llcggalt ia dec land to be extremely
friendly.
BROWN AFTER VENGEANCE.
Calhoun' Attorney Alone Instrumental
In Kidnaping of Older.
Ran Vranrlaoo. (VI. 1. The alleged
attempt to kidnap Fremont Older could
not truthfully u maue to app-r u
i.... K.n muUr thoee defimding them-
atlv from chaigre of biliary, accord
ing to Patrick Calhoun, ol the uuiteu
ftatlil cotnny.
"The fact are," aald Mr. Calhoun,
ih-k Me. l.nihr Brown, who I a law-
... ..I tia Aiimlea. and one of the aaao-
elate eounael of mv defenae. wa attack
ed by the Bulletin, which printea an
infamou ttry concerning own . -nrl
l.tn with an alleged attempt to kid
nap e-Hnperiaor Lonergan.
'Mr. Hiown wor out a warrant In
Lrei Angele txwnty and had ine war
rant appioved by Judge Cook, f Ban
Frenaleco county, viuer w
a. i ....i . .tbunot wa made to
II .. . - - - . ,
tka him lo l Angele. It wa but
nordlniyrret."
It la further polnteo oiu ny ruwu
fiienda that II I l.rf.ly obvloii Uiat
i, ...i.i ,, in faille to have at
tempted the arraignment of Older In
8an Kranoleoocotmly In view of th
cMrelallonlling between Older
and Uie proaecutln, ollicial of Bau
rrnclco wunty-
. Great Dlalr in Spain.
i iv.f. 1 Tim ercateat
.. L. I..M. la nrnvHlttlll a a
(liaurer vi'ij" - .
reanlt of the atorm and I; uoi to of bat
week The government wiin uii"v
la preventing fainlahcl people aeialng
and eating decayed loodatuffa thai have
lwHn thrown out by the
Many twllM hv found In the
nwdf A band Of Immigrant, which had
oncamped on the uay awaiting a
ate.merba.not been .eon. In, and
it I feared all wore hwt. The damage
done U placed at W.SOO.OOO. Fifteen
hundred itowit were ruined.
Would Rfua to Go Back.
1 Thnmaa M. Plef-
.ou. Kaatern vice prealdent of the Ot
lof'of Mallwar TeFegrapbera. .ddred
meeting of commercial telegraph op-
work penaing aioi"-vi
refuae. ,
Mexico to Greet Root.
. rv-t. l. The
Mexico uuy, . , a
omolal mn-ptlon m"tJ
Ti.it that will be .jH'nt In the Interior.
II ' ' " " HI ', '
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
8TATk'8 POSITION STRONG.
Altomay General Crawford Confident
of Talephone Cat.
Rl-m .Attorney General Crawford
atiitn that be I pMpailng tbe brief
for the atata In I La flul.t
cldc Hlate Telephone couiainy In re-
unr i io uie gioa earuiiiga ol the corn
pan r In which the tulcnluma
attack the conatltutionality ot tbe
vmiiuii inniaiive law.
"I do not fear for the etate' por
tion In till malLnr." aal.l Mr. t'raa..
lord. "Th Initiative waa enacted elm-
piy a a corrective and doe not deatioy
the reureaolitatlva form of
of the atata conatitulion. Tbe tele-
piwne company ba undoubtedly pre-
Darad ita .Irnnunat anil I will atnrk
along the llnca which I have Juat ctaled
ao rar a l can tell al preaent.
"lb rufuretUM In Ita MBAra fllml h
the company to the election of United
Hlate collator by direct legislation wa
done .imply to Involve tbe Federal law
lit. ..; a .a
wnn view vo carrying me case to tlie
United Htatea Hnorema aourtahould tim
Itate be ucceifui In ita fight agalnit
the telephone company In the state
oourla."
Money In Clover Seed.
Albany Local dealer are building
up a lufirative bnainea In handling the
clover teed produced by th grow
ot till section. Carter 4 Bobton, of
thl city, bav made a .peclalty in op
plylng lyk and red clover teed to one
ot the largeet teed concern In Wiacon
ain. Hhould it be poaalbl to obtain
the cart, a total of 140,000 pounda will
have been tent to Milwaukee by th
end of thl week. Th local dim teeka
to purchase sufficient aeed lo make out
a ahipment of seven carload with
total valuation of about 126,000. Thia
open up a new market for th elover
aeed raised lu thia section and will
have a tendency to strengthen the local
market and bring the top price to tbe
valley grower. It ia eald that the
upply I not equal to the demand and
lhat a lucrative buainea await grow
er who will specialis In tbe growing
of clover for sued put pose.
Freighting at Klamath.
Klamath Fella An average ot 150,
000 pound of freight every Ave day 1
being hauled into Klamath Fall by
tha J. M. Mclntyre Traxwportatlun
company. Other Iielgtiter are carry
ing smaller amount. Tb mercliaut
are stocking up tor winter trade, a tb
freight late srs higher during lit bad
roads season. The Mclntyre company
it keeping 13 team on the road, each
making a round trip every fire days.
AfUr October 1 the freight will be un
loaded at Keno, 18 miles down the
river from Klamath Fall, and bronght
up on the (learner Klamath. While
tbe haul from tbe end of the track of
the California Northeastern railway to
navigable water, and thence by boat to
Klamath Fella, wonld be eaaier thau
(he present one It it not likely that
there a 111 be any cliange in me present.
route until spring.
Hermiaton Want Experiment Station.
Pandlvton Whether or not an expe
rimental slntion will be established at
H.-rmintrin nndttr tbe Urination project
now seems to lie in the band of tbe
hoard ot regent ot the Agricultural col
Knil tha membeia will be here In
a hort time for the purpose of Investi
gating the matter, it win wen do up
fa lha rtaann la ot lha initiation Section
a.,J of Um ivinnt la show the neoce-
sity for the branch station In order to
secure it.
Rush for Lake Lands
lllaA vnah la belnff made
from this part of the atata to the north
ern part of Lake county, where the
1 . . Ml t I
Fremont lore reeerve win im upon a
i... I-. rv.tnl CB. Tha land .office
ofUelal are anticipating great crowd of
entry men wnen uie omvo uiu
ou Mm. rwinln are mil off tire rjared
to slay on the land and attempt to get
squatters' rights. Every means of con
veyance will be pressed Into aervice.
Railway Neara Completion.
Pnn,it..ir,n Tinik lavlne on the
Umatilla Central, the branch line ol
the 0. K. A N. running lo fllol hoc,
m iia Hlatiint from Pendleton, ia
progreanlng rapidly, and it I under-
etood mat trie line win uo nuuiin
within six week' time. Thl will
mean much for the I'llot Koca oouuiry.
Hopplckar Dig Beet.
Ta ft ramie A large force of Japan
ee are now harvesting the beet In
Grand Konde. Met of these ate fr.)m
the bop field In the wiuameuo tl
lay. The fields will be dotted with
beet digger After a week' work
the La Grande factory will be started
for the fall run.
Inquire Into 8. P. Shortage.
r 1 Tl. .... In MlluraW Minimi.
tsiflin-um kwi. - -
. i J . I ,l I InuaaMtratjl nil Its
gton na umm ... .v.r - -own
motion the car slux ago on the
Motilhem lacino. m
hearing be. not Won aet exactly, but it
will probably be aboat OotoberTO'.
Pottoffiee Called Harrlman.
t.i ...n in A Tumtnfnoe ha been ea-
te.bllahel in Harney county near Low-
en. The now omoe ia uu mo iiui.
Buraa-Ontarlo railway line and has
been named Harrlman by the Postoflioe
department.
Sturgeon Welgha 610 Pounds.
Astotla One ot the largest sturgeon
i.t in iia Cniiimhla river waa
brought to Bchmldt'l cold ttorage plant
few day ago. u weigueu w
nd wa caught In a Baker' bay trap.
SIGN UP FOR ARID LANDS.
Agreement Reached ' for Closlig Up
Deal In Crook County.
Balero Without yielding a single
point In the condition, the state land
board ha reached an agreement with
J. E. Morrison, president of the Dea
chuta Land eomrieny, and the new
contract lor the original Oregon Devel
opment company' segregation of 81,
OuO acre of arid land In Crook county
ba been fully signed and sealed. Tbe
new contract, which giant an increaae
of lien price per acre to $30, provide
that the land shall be reclaimed and
tbe ytem turned over to tbe Water
Users' association within five years and
free from incumbrance.- Tbe company
entered objection to several of the
most material condition, all of which
were overruled, and the contract waa
accepted practically In toto.
Fine Showing at University,
University of Oregon, Eugene Tb
University of Oregon opened It dome
Tuesday, September 24. The first and
second day' registration haa shown
an increase of more than 20 per ceot
over tbe registration of the same time
last year. , Almost every high school
ind academy in tbe state ia represent
ed, and a large number are presenting
credential from Eastern preparatory
schools. Tbe year will mark the high
est point In enrollment that tbe uni
versity has yet reached. The very ser
ious question that is presenting Iteelt
I bow to take core ot all student. The
lack of fund ha made it Impossible to
furnish and heat all of the rooms in
the library building, and for the same
reason, tbe new girl' dormitory will
have to lie idle tor the year. Students,
however, are adjusting . themselves
readily to the conditions, and the out
look for the year's work 1 exception
ally good. ,
Rich Strike In QuartzvUI.
Albany A rich ledge of quarts has
been discovered in the Quartsvllle min
ing district by Giant Llndley, a resi
dent ot Lebanon. Llndley came out of
the moon tains thia week with samples
of some remarkably rich ore, but aald
little about tbs mine, as he had not
yet filed his notices of location. He
has now returned to the lite for that
puipot. . Tbe samples of ore Llndley
found have not yet been essayed, bnt
the discoverer expects it to prove richer
than anything yet found in the Quarts
villa country, and says be has plenty
ot tbe ore.
Many After Timber Land.
Klamath Falls A section of forest
reserve land near Klamath Ft III ia to
be opened at an early date and already
many locators are ready for the rueh to
the toll timber. . Several parties are
expected thia week from Michiagn and
Wisconsin expecting to secure claim,
aud it 1 aald that nearly every section
ot tb state is already represented here.
There is but little interest locally, al
though It is said tbe claims are excep
tionally good ones.
Rhodes Man Win Distinction. .
i University ot Oregon, Eugene Har
vey Pensmore, the well known Rhodes
scholarship student,1 who went to Ox
ford from the University o! Oregcn, has
returned and ha accepted a position at
the University ot Washington as an in
structor in the classics. He outranked
manv ol th beet English echoltrs in
branches especially affected by their
learned men.
FORI LAND MARKETS.
Whuet Clnb, 83c; bluestem, 85e;
valley, 82c; red, 81c
Gate No. 1 white, f 25!6.60; gray,
$24.60(325.
Barley Feed, 2324 per ton; brew
tag. 2tt27; rolled, 2BI. .
Corn Whole, $31; cracked, S2.
Hay Valley timothy, Mo. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
119(420; clover, $11; oheat, $11; grain
hay, $U12 alfalfa, $1213.
- Frails Apples, $ll.75 per box;
oantaloupee, 78c$t.50 per crate;
peaches, 86c$1.10 per crate; prunes,
6( 76o per crate; watermelons, l13:o
per pound; pear, $1. 2501 .80 per box;
grapes, 60c9ll.60 per crate; eataba,
$2.25 per doien; quinces, $11.25 per
box. - . ' . -
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack;
carrot. $1.25 per sack; beet, $1.26
per ssck; cabbage, IX1? per
pound; celery, 75cMl perdoxen; corn,
$1(1.60 per sack; cucumbers, 10(J16c
per doxen; onions, 160200 per dosen;
mm In. 20a ner dosen: DePDers. 8a
j 10c per pound; pumpkins,
per pound; radishes, sue peraoten;
spinach, 60 pel pound; squash, 60o
$1 per box; tomatoes, 4060oper box;
tweet potatoes, 2Mo per pound.
Onions $1.50 per sack. . : ,
Potatoes 7585c per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27(835c
per pound. - ,
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 8ro8)c per
pound; 126 to 150 pound, To; 150
to 200 ponndi, 7c. ;'
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounda, 8
8,o; packers, 7K8o.
Poultry Average old hen,' 1314c
per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c;
spring chickens, 13Hc; old roost
ers, 89o; dressed chickens, 1617e;
turkeys, live, old, 1617c; young, 1$
19c; geeee, live, 8e; duck. 16o.
Eggs Freth ranch, candled, 31
82 o per doxen.
Hops 1007, 7Oo per pound; old,
45o per pound. '
Wool Eat tern Oregon, average best,
10(322o per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 2022c, according toflne-
Mohair Choice, 2930o per pound.
Mt. Hood Railroad Headed for Salt
. Ukf City.
Portland, Bept. 30. There 1 abund
ant reason to believe that Portland and
Salt Lake are aoon to be connected by
a new link In a transcontinental rail
road chain that 1 to be forged as fast
a labor and sufficient capital can' com
plete Uie task.
..Concealed behind the seemingly local
electric tin enterprise of tbe Mount
Hood Hallway & Power company are
said to tie the matured plans for tbe
Halt Lake project, backed by the mil
lions of Senator W.A.Clark and bis
aesociate interests. E. P. Clark, of
Lo Angeles, directing genius of the
Mount Hood toad, who gave his per
sonal attention to the initial work done
in Portland, came to tbe Pacifio North
west ss the personal representative of
bis distinguished namesake.
With the secrecy that smack of the
previous conquest of George Gould,
but which, it 1 believed by person
well advlied, ia in reality the linking
ol the - Book 11 and system and the
Moffat railroad between Denver and
Salt Lake City, the plans for tbs new
road into Portland have been practi
cally completed. Though It ha been
denied, and will be denied again, it can
be asserted with confidence that tbe
site ol tb Inman A Ponlsen Lumber
company yards and docks between Esst
Sherman and East Caruthars streets
will the be water front termual of the
new line. Practically all details for
the entrance of the road to tbe city
have been concluded and meanwhile
engineering parties have completed tbe
location across to tbe Eastern slope of
tbe Cascades, thence outhc?ster)y to
ward Central Kevada to the eastern
teratinus at Salt Lake City.
It may aurpriae some englaeera to
learn that a route ha been found by
which the line will make a gradual as
cent ot Mount Hood, to the southeast of
that eminence and through to the upper
Deecbntes on a compensating grade of
lees than 1 per cent, bnt such is a fact
and the conati action crews already en
gaged in the vicinity ot Bull Bun and
between that point and Fairview will
be rapidly advanced along the route so
that considerable of tbe heavier part of
the work wilt probably be completed
during tbe winter months.
Aproaching the Deschutes at a point
not far from the mouth ot Warm
Spring creek, it will follow np the
Deschutes, cross the spur ot Walkers
range and thence proceed In a south
erly ocuree to the dralnsge ot Sprague
river and thence up that stream to the
southeast, through the Klamath Indian
reservation and thence in a nearly di
rect line to Winnemucca. - .
The main line will be built with re
ud to the shortest mileage and beet
route, while branches are projected to
tap the irrigated districts of Crook,
Klamath and Lake counties, but these
are to follow tbe completion ot the
through line which is jus: at present
the objective feature of the entire en
terprise. Engineer have been over the route
repeatedly, parties having easily main
tained the secret of their purpose and
work because of the activity of the
Harriman system engineer in the
same territory.
BORAH JUROR ILL.
Possible That Sickness May Block
Idaho Land Fraud Trials.
Boise, Sept. 30. Peter Neth, one of
the juror em paneled to try United
State Senator W. E. Borah, was taken
violently 111 last night and it is said bis
indisposition may stop the trial, al
though this cannot be definitely told
until today.
Tbe nature of Neth's illness is being
carefully withheld, but one ot the gov
ernment e counsel said last nigbt tnat
he believed Neth to be suffering from
temporary mental drangement due to
tbe excitement of the trial.
Many rumor were afloat last night
as to Neth's condition but no authors
tive statement wa given out. The
day following hi acceptance a a juror
Mr. Neth asked - many questions 01
Judge Whitson aa to whether buying
Improved homestead property consti
tuted a crime. He speaks English
rather brokenly and but little atten
tion was paid to him.
Stubba No Longer Dictator.
Chieaffo. Sent. 30. With the advent
fot the Eastern railroads into the Trans
continental Freight bureau there disap
pears from the railway field one 0 the
moat. powerful dictatorships in railroad
history. With the Eastern roads en
joying an equal voice in the making of
transcontinental freight rates, J. C.
Stubbe is no longer the autocrat of the
traflic world. Until the recent admis
sion ot the Eastern . roads . into the
freight bureau, Mr. Stubbe, as general
trafiio director ot the Harriman lines,
held a position which was unique.
Extend Strike to Railroads.
New York. Sept. 30. Report that
the commercial telegraphers' strike
would extend to the railroad telegraph'
era were revived here and elsewhere
today. Samuel J. Small, national prof
icient of the union, is now in St Louis,
and from there it was reported that be
waa in conference with the national
ofiloers ot the railroad telegraphers,
and that inside of the next fortnight
development might be expected in
that direction.
Another Blow to 8 1 loon. ...
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 30. The
state Supreme court "today held the
Pendleton law to be constitutional
This statute abolisbea saloons in all
cities of 100,000 or loss, "hereafter in
oorporated."
BORAH IMPLICATED
Gorernment Prefaces Letters
Showing His Connectlao.
STECKENBEBG DEEPLY INVOLVED
Correspondsnc Is Thst of William
Sweet, One of the'. Men '
Indicted for Fraud. . ,
Eolse, Sept. 28. Half a score of let
ters which the government attorneys in
the trial of Senator Williaam E. Borah
declare go to show the complicity of ex
Governor Steunenberg in the alleged
timber land fraud conspiracy were in
troduced in evidence late yesterday and
read to the jury. The letters were
written by William Bweet, cne ol the
indicted men, who, it is reported, will
take tbe stand as a witness for the
United States. Tbe documents were
produced by J. H. Bicbanls, ths local
attorney, to whom they were written
and who acted aa legal adviser to
Sweet.
Most of ths letters were dated from
New York and Boston and several of
them were replies to letters or tele
grams nrging him to return to Idaho.
"I can't see wby I should come book
unless it is in regard to timber, and
that is all in the governor's hands,"
wrote Sweet in one of hia notes.- Then
he proceeded:
"As to the money coming to me, put
it in the bank. I have absolute faith
in the governor. He came to my assist
ance and helped me out of a mess I
never ought to hsve got In. I don't
know wbat I would have done if it had
not been for tbe governor."
In another letter 8weet gave the
amounts be was "in" on the timber
deal. Ibe total amount was about
$20,000, including a $7,500 note signed
by himself and Steunenberg. Shortly
after this Sweet wrote to his attorney
that be had read in the paper of a
timber inspector being sent to Idaho.
Borah's name was drawn into the
case for tbe first time just before ad
journment, when Henry 8. Worthman,
another local attorney, took the stand
and produced more letters from Sweet.
In one letter to Worthman be wrote:
"Richards used bis power of attor
ney to turn all my money, $10,000,
over to Steunenberg, and it hi like
pulling a cat throngh a stocking to get
it back. I wish you wonld see W. E.
Borah about this snd get him to make
a little statement of the governor's ob
ligation to me. He is the govern nor 's
attorney, bnt is a first class gentleman
and knows a little statement is only
fair to me. Tell him I haven't the
scratch of a pen from Steunenberg to
show that he haa $10,000 of my money.
He said the copy of our agreement was
lost" . ' - ;
INDICTS HARRIMAN2LINES.
Federal Grand Jury at San Francisco
Finds 124 Counts.
San Francisco, Sept. 28. The Fede
ral grand jury yesterday returned five
indictments of 124 counts sgainst tbe
Southern Pacifio company and the Pa-
oidc Mail Steamship company charging
violations of the interstate commerce
law. These indictments, if followed by
convictions, are sufficient to render tbe
corporations liable to fines aggregating
from $124,000 to $2,489,000, the mini
mum fine prescribed by law on each
count being $1,000 and the maximum
fine $20,000.
The defendant corporations are ac
cused of secretly cutting to $1 the pub
lished rate ot $1.25 on throngh ship
ments of matting from Kobe, Japan, to
San Francisco and thence through the
United States. Two indictments of
eight counts each were returned against
tbe Pacifio Atall Steamship company,
which transported the cargo from Kobe
to San Francisco, and one indiotment
of eight counts and two indictments of
60 counts each were returned against
ths Southern Pacific company for for
warding tbe cargo in broken lot Ship
ments from this city eastward.
Rebel Leaders Arreated.
Havana, Sept. 28. The secret police
today, arrested General Masso Parro,
General Juan Ducassl and General Lara
Millret, charged with conspiring
against public order. General Parro
ia tbe alleged leader of tbe conspiracy
to start a revolution against the Amer
icans in Cuba, with the use ot funds
supplied through some firm in New
York. Simultaneously " with the ar
rival ot Parro at Havana three Santo
Domingans, well known on account of
their previous revolutionary records,
also arrived. .;
Oppose Breaking Contract.
' Chicago, Sept. 28. Three member
of the national executive board of the
Telegrapher' union declared today
that they would vote against calling a
strike of union operators employed in
broker and newspaper offices, in which
event, being a majority of the board,
the request of tbe striking New York
operators will be refused. No official
action has been taken, for tbe reason
that no communication has yet been re
ceived from the New York local.
Cruiser Colorado Arrive.
San Franolsco, Sept. 28. A wireless
manna da (mm tha armored orniser Col
orado, of Rear Admiral Dayton's squad.
ron, received today at the naval train
ing station In this harbor, report that
all nn hoard ara well and that the
ImriM (mm Honolulu had been nn-
jeventfol. The, vessel will arrive nere
tomorrow.
WILL BECOME STATE.
President Roossvslt to Approve tha
Constitution.
Washington, Sept. 27 President
Roosevelt announced thl afternoon
that be had decided tc approve the Ok
lahoma constitution, which means that
all doubt regarding the addition of an
other star to the national flag ia re
moved ; that two more Democratic sen.
ators will soon lake seats In the opper
branch ot congress; that four Demo
crats and on Republican will be added
to tbs roll of the house snd that seven
bran new votes will be sdded to th
Democratic column, In all probability,
In the next electoral college.
Announcement that Oklahoma's eon.
dilution la to receive formal executive
approval comes a a surprise to many
of those most directly interested, for
ths tip had gone out that tha constitu
tion wonld be rejected.
Undoubtedly it would have been re
jected, too, had ths president felt free,
after consultation with hi legal advis
ers, to act upon the merits of ths docu
ment as they appeal to him, or bad ths
convention's work not been so over
whelmingly 'ratified by tbe voter of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
It was stated at the White Hows
that tbe tremendous majority for ths
constitution at the recent election was
ths impelling force. Furthermore, It
wa pointed out .that the executive
judgment was, generally (peaking, con
fined to the question of whether th
provisions of the enabling act bad been
ebserved. The final decision followed
a conference with Attorney General
Bonaparte thia noon. ' Approval, a ap
plied to tbe president' action ia con
nection with the constitution, I tech
nical and does not express ths execu
tive's real position. He does - net ap
prove of tha constitution stall, but
imply signs his name in response to
tbe will of the people who musk live
onder it, tor the reasons above stated.
Mr. Roosevelt's actual opinion of ths
constitution, according to those who
are in his confidence, would hardly be
fit for publication.
IDAHO FRAUD CASE.
Thirteen Dummy Entry en Tad of
Saks of Claims.
Boise, Sept. 27 After having spent
all of the previous day in bringing oat
ths testimony of 13 person who ad
mitted they bed taken claims to timber
land for the express purpose of selling
them to members of an alleged land
grabbing conspiracy, ' the government
attorneys in the trial of United State
Senator Borah yesterday turned ths
line of evidence into new channels,
which they say will tend to affect the
defendant senator. . The testimony ad
doced np to until now hss been eon.
lined to the activities of John I. Wells'
and Loots M. Pritchard, two ot the
men under indictment. None ot the
-dummy" entrymen examined waa
cross examined and the testimony that
they received from Well the money
with which to prove their claims and
from Pritchard the $250 bonus for sur
rendering their titles went uu contro
verted. Just prior to adjournment the prose
cuting attorneys Identified the signs
tores of ex-Governor Frsnk Steunen
berg snd William Sweet to a document
said to have been a oontract. It is al
leged that Steunenberg and Sweet
jointly furnished the money with
which the first alleged faudolent trans
actions were carried on.
The government has divided its ease
into three sections. The first deals
with the claims which were turned
over to Albert E;-Palmer, ot Spokane,
who Is said to have acted aa "dummy''
trustee for the Barber Lumber com
pany. All the testimony bearing on
these claims, it ia alleged, was handled
through Horace S. Band, of Burling
ton, Iowa. Tbs third snd last set were
hsndled by George S. Long, who, ths
government promises, will eventually
take the stand ss the most important
witness for the prosecution.
Wsr With Japan Inevitable.
St, Petersburg, Bept. 27. Secretary
Taffs tour of the world is' being fol
lowed with nnnsoal Interest here. Th
government hi taking measures to pro
tect the journey throngh Siberia snd
European Russia, and tbe press is bus
ily speculating on the likelihood of tb
adoption of a Russo-Amerlcan conven
tion, the object ot Mr. Tuft's visit to
Russia being, it is alleged, to negotiate
n agreement between the United
States and Russia. Ihe oonvlotlon pre
vails heie that war between Japan and
the United States ia inevitable.
. Puts Veto on Colonial Law.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 27. An im
perial rescript forbidding the service
by any colonial authority of any legal
process regarding fishery rights aboard
any American vessel and suspending
all colonial statutes snthorising offi
cials to seiae American vessels for alleg
ed fishery offenses was proclaimed here
today. This, it is believed, will make
it praotioally impossible for Premier
Bind to carry out a recently announced
decision to enforce the fishery law.
Great Radium Depoalt In Tunnel.
nana a. Rant. 27. A newinanar
states that Professor Joly ha completed
m gvuiugiia.1 wbuuiumiwi vi ppmiiuiw.
1 of the strata collected in tbe boring for
' the Simplon tunnel. He found rich
' . - l ...ll.. lJ!ll. lama. 4a-
' posits than hitherto discovered la
' Europe. ..