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THE OREGON MIST. J1117' ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1907. ' " B9. 47. i - . T " . a NEWS OF THE VEEK jo i (teicssd Fcna fcr PACKAGES IN RURAL MAIL. Postmsttsr 0tB,ri, ,0 M,k, Rteom msndstlons In Report. fin. I Philadelphia, !., Oct 29.-Po.t-u" '" Obii.i on L. Meyer, at din ner at tli Union Leegu olub bit IBM. mad to tddrwl In which h . . tleltlnn to recommendation Mr 1 I ..I, I, a. i . . . i.irmx DinKing in mi an. UtfFENWGS OF TWO CEMENTS j nS onZ'SS'Zur' "1 shall recommend th Mm rat, If owUi pound, and ths earns limit of weight lor parcels, whether Meruit! for points In thl country or abnwd, which means a reduction ol lout cents pound and Increase In tha maximum weight to slevrn pound." mini up tha rural parcel pout que. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST " lf-HI liTllli 1--- GOVERNOR AIDS. I O. R. & N. REPORTS. A .tuffe of tha Lass Important but Net Um Irderwstlnf ! of tha Paat Week. Xante bank remain open but pay all demanda be check. Tha Western Union ha opened Dumber ol IU branch officers in Ch. r Oklahoma bat proclaimed a publlo holiday that nn on bank may be pre waled. A tight money market ha suspended ewk on the new Dupool Powder woik lTcom. fWrury Tall baa had another slue call In the rhlllpploe. Thl Ume an automobile ran away with him. Many Heettla people eooilerun the siaror for saklng federal aid In pre venting a spread ol babonle plague. The steamer Finland from New York for Dover, Kngland. truck near that port and 1 suppeswd to be badly dam aged. The national president of tha W. 0. T. V, predicts that prohibition will rale throughout the South within Are yen. Conditions havs greatly Improved In K York, bat tbroaboal the Middle Wl there la a stringency amounting slrnoil to a panic Tilt la visiting Uie principal town of lb I'hlllppilne. Rum. an In ha It that llarrlman latobe deposed a king ol the rail. KBitt. A man ha Juat been arrested la F.ng land a bo threatened to kill King Kd ard. Governor Vardamao, ol Mlaalaelppl, atyi Bryan will ba elected our next president. There ha been marked slump In th consumption ol liquor Is Kanee the put year. fWtl baa appealed to Governor Mmd (or lunde with which to flght the bubonic plague. Millllahaa been called out to quell slsturbanm growlntg out ol the car strike at Yonkare, N. Y. Utter of tha lata) Queen Victoria eomm St year ol bet Ufa hate juat been published. In booh form. t on he aald: "1 ihall recommend a parcels pott system on the rural delivery route, a special rat to be charged on paikagM lor delivery from the dietributing ollicei ol the rural route, or If mailed by a patron ol any rural rout lor delivery to a patron on tha tame mute cr at the distributing oin.s ol aald route. The rata would tie Ore centa for the dial pound and two cent (or each additional pound, up to eleven pound. Thi would be a great boon for the farmer." Regarding potsl raving bank, the pnetmaiter general Mid: A an evl.lencs that It la not the de- Ire of the government to compote with the private saving bank In obtaining depualt ol the peopl. 1 thill advocate rat ol Interest ol S per cent per an num, or I per cent semiannually and a limit ot l&uo, not more tnan to be deposited In any one year. My own belief I that lar from It being a delrl meat to the established bank, It would b In the end an advantage. Now, In order to gt thl money back Into tha channels of trade, I purpoas to aak con gress (i authority to place the aaving in tha national bank." The Pettibon trial for complicity In the mnnlrr ol eaUovarnor BUunectorg baa brcn postponed until Nov amber IS The Nirth lUnk railroad from Pasco to Vancouver. Waah.. will be In opeia- tlon by January 1, and the bridge across ih Columbia and Willamette by the middle ot the tommer . A few mora email banka In New Turk have closed, but tha big onss tand 6im. if There have been 48 eases ol bobontc plagu at Han Francisco which proved fetal. .- An armed man beld op a freight In In mar Um Angela and robbed the in in crew. The Commercial Telegrepbera' anion ha decided to aak term of tha tele graph com pan lea. Tha Vancouver, B. C, city council as appealed to tha government to Me all Ailatlca. 'The Japanese at Vancoavar, D. C, are making eiorbttant claims for dam- Ms sustained during the rlota. There are rumor tUt tha Uta In man on the Chevenne tlver reeerva- lion are about ready lor an outbreak. Representative Burton It likely to re main chairman ol tha river and bar' bora dflmmtttaa durlna tha next aeaalon I congrra. Thirty-three aulU aaalnetlha South trn ptoiflo havt been died at the re- qtient ol the attorney general for viola Hon ol th SB hour law. Kanma City la working foi tha Be pnniioan national convention. Mm than SO peraoni were Injured (treat oar oojllelon at Chicago. It li tald Rooaevelt will try for f ltit'i aeat In the tanata II a preatdent ura liking la elected. There have bean four death In Be- M'e In which tha lymptomg were very unar 10 Doutwnk) plague. llarrlman may distribute tha atnek other road held by tha Union Paol- tmong the atockboldert ol the latter ioau. DEVELOPS A NEW GRAPE. California Sciential Believea Ha Haa Variety Surpoitlng the Tokay. 8tkb.n. Cel.. Oct. J An enlirely new kind ol grape It being developed at lite government experimental nation near ldi, and Proleaeor II. C. Uua- mann I of the opinion that it will re- tall In a grape that will excel the lamoita FUme Tukay, which haa given Lodi ao much (am. The new variety la somewhat lm)lr to lb Tokay in texture and tolor, but la lmpervlou to the rain, la much firmer and can be thlpped longer dittance without dam age, ii eprar to oe a crow mwu Tokay and Farerra anu te ol an im nrovod flavor. II orooerly developed It r - -- - . -. - . la expected lo Decoma a imsi prvuiauie variety. I'ecfeteor lloamenn I one k arrive n LoJI thl week and he intemle to et out about 30 varieties ot grape, nv d.Rereut kind ol each variety, lor ex nuriinenlal Durnoca. Aliealy 130 va rletiee ol grape are being grown at the Utian, and it la believed that the vineyard will receive great oentui (mm lha eirwriment being made at thaeUtioo. Additional appamiuata io be Initallrd at tha plant In tl.e way ot thermometers and resouia oi lempera- i,.r. be made ao to make com paiiaun with grape growing polnta In France, Cpain. Italy ana oouiu IMPROVE MARE ISLAND. Warka of Ealanalon Plannd to coal Several Million Dollara. u.n Viennlaro. Oct. SO. Represent ative Jcweph R. Knowland viutetf Mate lalsnd navy yard today ami had an ex- . i.j iIMm with Commandant Phelp and Civil h.ngmeer r:wD... Plan and cellmate were given know t i i... ili Imnmvenionta drilred at Mara Ulaod, which rail for th expend i. .i i million dollar to make liurv mi . . ,. ... Ihla atlon Uie Hneet navai earn""- in the nr d. Hie euur ui-w which weredoxlgne.1 by II. H. Koaeewa, i.n.me Cana ooromiMlon, QUW Ml w"v - and have pwve.1 .uch a ucoee In deep .u5 m Uia vard. will be ..i- .,imtMl at a coat of eeveral a'".'. .. i .in... TIiji alnne t wimna uuiinia. auay wall, to which vaaaele under re I 71 . ' Li -ill alao be extended P',""1 . ..I.K. about a mile aouuiwa ; magaalne. nR Th.'.b.r. ao crowoea ii" - ,-, He In mldetteam or at a po'tH below tlie HghUiouxe. Georgia Negro Lynched. x. ti. rvt. SO. Paaiengera on the Central Georgia train w"'"1"" iyron. 0... brought an ...nt of th lnohlng o( a negro nam JohnJ Wilkea st that plo la Wu;bar7oim.onmad..n.froH him th negro attempted to ahoot the offlocr. Quick work prevent S U is At a Lie boor unknown per-"i-..i th. nrlaonci from the jail was then burned upon 'I nr6' u.n Qolnc Back lo the Key, ii. n.. 29. It wa iiirmiiigii"" : . UrM i u. niuht that a large C;7o Th tele rph who hv. been ,0.r 'V.l' i. :nilniham .Inoe August 11 will I.iifne work today. Jhey will 11 . ". ..u .i.. WMiern Union and o ,0 " " u7nr.otlcally the .Tbe Alton and Bprllngton road I WM tore-employed M lndlvld.l end to Out tha naiaantrer aobadule from axetnltt. The trana-Atlantlo liner Lualtonla hu erotaed from New York to Queens- In 4 day, Si bonrt and 46 min ute. . b'l pralrls firs hat swept ths Sloni Jfoltn reservation near Valentine, Nab. - ..wigo u Kansas City and Denver, uthar road ar expected to follow suit they tpp'y- Ineeaaaa RallwV R"' M . An T ell. TT-,. . .. ... I.-I nu. UOl. uniiao Ki ! ami trial aieiu- . . , .... ana. Sh. clahed T..7in & Fmno.too thorit.tiv.ly -Jlh. ' the retult that a conductor wst ral Inoreaee -" ' fleet In the -ot endan oRlcer beaten snd three country Arret mads. 1 near future. Chamberlain Notifias War Dapartmint of Act of Legllalatur. Balem Governor Chamberlain haa tent letUirt to the secretary of war st naarunguin, u. (J,, saving : "Tlie leglalature of thi atata at IU lait aeealon paated a bill appropriating tSOO.OOO to be paid to the United Mtate (or th purpose ol wilting the uoiieu mate In acquiring by condem nation or eonttrootlon of a boat canal and lock around th (xlla ol lbs Wil- lamette river at Oregon Cltv. Oreeon. The present and only canal and lock around the (all la owned by a pri vate corporation which haa the power nd does Impose a tax of 60 cents per ton on every ton of freight that pauses rrora ins upper to the lower river or Irom the lower to the upper river. Thl tax at th (late grow ia an annually Increasing burden and tlie people lor s number of years paat have been stren uously demanding government owner ship snd control of the locks at the LLilIt ol the Willamette to the end the river may be opened to free navigation lis entire length. The delegation from Oregon to the congree of the United Hlalea Intend to bring this matter to the attention ol congress and urge upon that body the Importance to our people of an open waterway through the heart of the Willamette valley, snd I am taking ths liberty of enclosing you herewith a copy ol the act ol the Ore gon legislature bearing upon the anbect In order that your department may to fully advised in the premises." Feed Cattle at Klamath, Klamath Falla-Wlthln the but 10 days there have been brought In over ,000 head ol beof rattle, which will to led on the large (ceding grounda bor ring Lost river, between Klamath Kails and Merrill. The largest buyers of alfalfa bay this year liavs been C Rwantton 4 Co., of Sacramento, Ixui Uerber ol this place, and the Oakland Meat company. They have bouglit over 6.000 tons and paid on ao average 10.50 s ton. The cattle drive for the eeason will probably to nearly 20,000 head. Polk's Prune Crop. Dallas From Information given by nrune growers In Polk county it ia eati mated that th piunecrop thi year will gtrvgstc 1.075.O0O pounda, or a gain ol 6:5.000 pounds over the crop of 1H08, Moat of the grower have aispoeea oi their output at 6 tent a pound, which makeatbe total amount leceivea tor thi veer's prune crop reach the hand' some aggregate ol $837,500. The larger noition ol the prune crop ol 1'oix coun ty i grown and dried in the Immediate vicinity of Pallaa, the town being sur rounded on all aide by orchards, large and small. Bla Lumbar Company Admitted. Salem Th Miami Lumber company of Han Francisco lis filed PPe wiin the leoretary ol tate (or permuwion to do butlnee in (hie state. Thi 1 a 1500,000 concern. Th Oregon agent I W. L. Ducy, ol Hobsonviile, Tilla mook countv. The Looee Cera Boos company, io nave lie piaca m uuemc-i at Pottland, was also Incorporated with a capital stock ot $50,000. The Incor porator are r. w. inomaa, v ' Thomas and W. B. Palmer. Net Income of Road Nearly Six Mil Hon Accidents of September. Salem-The O. R. A N. has filed Its report. It show ths following: Total coat of construction and equipment to June 80, 1907, $54,623,984.2; coat per mile, $621,296.92: gross earnings from operation the paat year, $12,942,- 816.49; operating expenses, $6,969, 821.66; Income from operatlonft$6, 972,816.63; Income from other sou roee, $1,204,362.13; total income, $7,177,' 866.26; dedoctloon,' rents, taxes, in terest, etc., $1,883,673.04; net Income, $6,793,784.20; dividend 4 per cent on preferred stock, $440,000; surplos for tbs year $535,8764.20; total surplos sntry genersl balance sheet, $28,930,- 400.03. Ths following I a summary of the results of accidents within tbs state for the month of September prepared by the railroad oommiaaion from the re port of the vsrion lines: Collisions of passenger trains, 1 ; freight trains, eati mated damage to property of the railroad oompaniee, $5,160; killed paa aougera, none, trainmen, none, outer employes, 6, other persons, 2 ; injured passenger, none, trainmen, 2, otber employe, 6, other persons, 6. Total, 7 killed and 13 Injured. Hill Buys In Astoria. Astoria Ths announcement recent ly made at the annual meeting ol the Union Facino at Halt Lake tnat toe company had purchased water frontage and terminals here is now supplement ed by suthentio Information tbat tne Hill interests bare not been idle. A. B. Hammond, who own large tract of water rentage between Warrenton and Fort Stevens, lias stated as s positive (set that the Hill Interests purchased 2,200 seres in that vicinity at the time Prealdenl Hill visited ia the vicinity. The property Includes 1,800 acres owned by the Flavel land company, as well as the personal holdings ol tlsm mond. The purchase price is said to to $800,000. I88UE8 PROCLAMATION. President Sat? Apart November 28 as Day of Thanksgiving. Washington'. Oct. 28. The presi dent's annual Thanksgiving proclama tion, issued Saturday, selecting Thurs day, November 28, (or ths people to as semble to pray tbat they may be given strength so to order their lives a to de serve s continuation of ths manifold blesainga of ths past year, triumphant ly declares that nowhere in ths world is there aucb an opportunity for a free people to develop to the fullest extent all power of body, mind snd character. "During ths paat year ws have been free from (amine, from pestilence, from war," it declares. "Our natural re sources are at least sa great as those of any nation. Much has been given us Irom on high and mucb will rightly be expected ol us in return. Into our care the 10 talents have been entrusted, and we are to to pardoned neither if ws squander and waate them, nor yet II we hide them In a napkin. "We should earnestly pray that the spirit of righteousness may grow great er in the hearts of sll and tbat our souls may to inclined even more toward the virtue tbat tell of gentleness, for lov ing kindness and (orebearance one with another, for without these qualities neither nation nor individual can rise to the level of greatness." FIXES SAILING DATE. OREGON BANKS QUIT Want Time to Get Money From tbe East. Dae GOVERNOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION All Plans Complete for Fleet to Sail for Pacific December 18. 1 Washington, Oct. 28. Benetary MetcaU today announced tbat it wa definitely settled that the Atlantic fleet will leave Hampton Roads on December 16 for its cruise to the Pacific coast, This announcement followed a confer ence held at the White House, to which the president summoned Secre tary Met calf. Rear Admiral Evans, who will command tha fleet on its cruise to the Pacific, and Rear Admiral Brown son. chief of the bureau ol navigation of ths Navy department. Tbs confer ence was called to continue more in de tail ths cabinet meeting dircusaion of naval affairs. The discussion related particularly to details ol tbe Atlantic fleet's cruise to the Pacific. It is understood that matterswere in inch shape that tbe president was thor oughly informed on all important items Portrait of First President. In the itinerary. Admiral Evans, who University of Oregon, Eugene The has been cor flood to bis apartments on HIS MEMORY REFRESHED. Big Timber Deal In Clatsop. Astoria A deed has been filed for record hete whereby J. L. WaahDnrn, of Bt. Louts, sell a tract of 4,715 sere ot timber land lecsted on Upper Young a river, about dx mnee irom Olnoy, to the Youngs' Ktver company, . Minnesota oorDorstlon. Tbe consid- .ntlnn named ia $50,000. The tract I heavily limbered snd Uie price is un derstood to havs been considerably in excess ol the amount named. Umatilla Dams Kill Salmon. Psndletoo One hundred and fifty residents ol Pendleton naveaigneaa petition to the tate game warden pro testing sgslnst the dams In the urns tills river and the dam o( ths Maxwejl announcement hat been mads that ths university will soon to presented with a portrait ol President Johnson, ths first president, ins Alumni associa tion snd Rev. Herbert Johnson, son ol President Johnson, will make the gilt, which will to valued at $500. B. Le Bair Goodwin, of New York City, haa been engaged to make the portrait. Mr. Goodwin is a portrait painter of con siderable renown. Record Price In Barley. Weston-A record price of $26 per Ion has Juat been paid for barley at Weston, where a great deal of tbia cereal is grown, and where the acreage is annually increasing. This was paid by 8. A. Barna, of the Pacific Coast Elevator company, who purchas ed 18,000 bushels from five Weston growers who formed s pool. Nsw Asylum Superintendent. Salem-In accordance with an un derstanding, which baa existed lor eome time, the board of trustees ot the state insane atylum have elected Dr. R. E. L. Steiner to succeed I. J. Jr. lai breath as superintendent of that insti tution. PORTLAND MARKETS. account of so indisposition, looked snd declared himself to be mush improved in health. The bureau ol insular affairs today received a cablesam from Governor General Smith, of tbe Philip pines, asking tbat tbe Atlantic fleet be permitted to visit Manila daring the week beginning February 10, in order to attend to pie-Lenten festivitiea. The (act that the fleet will not nave arrived in Pacific wsters by that time precludes this. Mr. Metoait stated tnss tne question of allowing newspaper oorreepondents to accompany ths fleet was discussed snd ths conclusion reached not to allow newspaper men s board, but that officers of the fleet would to designated to send inch new as might to thought desir able to make public. TWO-CENT FARE PROFITABLE. Wheat Club, 87o; blneetem, 89c; valley, 87c; red, 85c. Oats No. 1 white, $29.50; gray, $29.60. Barley Feed, $28.60 per ton; brew lng, $30; rolled, $30S1. (Vin Whole. $32: cracked. $33. Hay Valley, timothy, No. 1, $17 18 por ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $23: clover, $13; cheat, 13; grain I13A14: alfalfa, $13A14. Fruits Apples, $12.60 per box; cantaloupes. $191.60 per crate neahes. 60cffl$l per orate; water melon, lo per pound; pears, $11.7$ m box: srarjes. 76c$l.6 per crates Land A Irrigation company in partlcu-1 cba, $2.25 per doxen; quinces, $1 lar aa fatal to Uie saunou wmuu m l "5 per Dox; nucaierjeriiea, jjci w, . , li l , , . in ,l to to dying oy uu miuumu nound; cranocrriea, fiu191v.nu ItAFrAl. Vegetables Turnipt, $1.26 per sack; carrots. $1.25 per seek; beets, $1.25 the thousands through a failure to provide proper fish ladder snd mean 01 pasaage. Sallinc Cattle by Thouasnds. r .a-vlew-The last drivs of tattle to tiTOSLEr ST" UiallrosdhMComme Mck; obbge, lltfe per pound; -L. J M.w .... 1 . nunrBi uni uuidu I. finished there wii navs naev i,reoCumb.rs, $1 per sack; onions, thousand head of ca tie .hipped ' fT fijfi, Tpe, down; parsley, 20c per r&Sa'T'rlS:." .Pound; approx matcly ; ou m. , " J.,," pumpkins, ilc per pound; sua v----- . on. ay nign p.. r" . I lahes, this year im number sold. ltd 20o per doxen ; spinach, 60 per pound; squash, lQlJiio per pound; to- tomaes, 2560c per Dox. Onions 12.00(32.25 per sack. Potatoes Delivered Portlsnd, 80o tl per hundred; sweet potatoes, 2He ner pound. 1 - H . BAAflf. Butter t ancy creamery, omjtouo pw at Mill Makea Good Run. FJaln The most successful run made h anv sawmill in tne nuuwy haa lust been brought to a close when n.nn... H,nt hurt finished a tun last- In 137 days, during which Urns they pound. . out 4 800 000 (eat ol lumber. This is, Veal-75 to 125 poundg. 88Ho Out 4,OUU,uuv iovv v 1 un h ofift MA7n. 1 . AwrutnnniiBi mr sm iiib 1 1 111 xa t a tjiu ui iuv, s tivi aawf vvr. ind sTeraged about 81,640 lest per day. Pork-Block, 76 to .150 pounds, 8 Consraas Dsl.gat Wanted. , . i-! ZZZTm l.n. Salem A latter has been received at 13() d . mlxed 0hiokens, 12 ths governor's offlos asking him to sp- iprng chickens, 1212),c old point a delegate lumH""" "TTrT roosters, 89o; dresea ooicaen, 100 at the Mothers' congreaa . " Washington, D. C, next March. Free Ident Booaevelt 1 nsmed as one of th director of ths congres. Bort Will Pslnt Asylum. Salem The contraot for painting ths interior wslls of the .tste Insane ssy tamhsg been swsrded to Charles Bo.t, of Salem, at $3,888. The contract for supplying ths pslnt was st the tarns time awarded to Fiiher, Thorsen Co., ol Portland. ' 14o; torkeys, live, Old, 10c; young, IRo: seeae. live, 910oi ducks, 14c nlneons. Iluttl.60: squabs, $23. Eggs Fresh ranoh, candled, 27X9 SOn nr dnxen. Hops 107, 7X10e pe P00114 nlita. 4a5o. Wool JEaatern Oregon average best, ltV5l23o cer pound, according to shrink' age; valley, 2022o, according to fine nesa; mohair, choice, SOQSOo" per pound. Action of Portland Clearing House Necets tatad by Refusal of Eastern Banks to Honor Balances. Salem. Or.. Oct. 29. By order ol proclamation itsued late last night by Governor Chamberlain, Oregon banks will enjoy five business bolidsys. In which interim it is expected tbat tbe situation in ths East will become more clarified and tha coast banks will to enabled to secure tbe cath balances das them (mm New York. This action was taken at the instance of the Portland clearing bouse commit tee, which met lent evening to talk over the situation with Governor Chamber lain. Tbe bankers arrived in the city by special csr. Briefly ststed, the situstion ss de scribed to the governor is that Oregon bank have heavy deposits of casb in ths East and the Eastsrn banks refute upon any conditions to send money West in payment of demands. - There has been no run or indication of a run by depositors noon Portland banka. Believing that in one week they can effect a tatlafactory arrangement with county banks and also arrarge for the shipment of money due tbem from tbe East, the banka aaked that the remain der of this week be made a legal holi day. November 2, the last day men tioned in the proclamation, is Sstur day. Monday will therefore be tbe next banking day. It is understood tbst the Portland bankers sent telegrams to sll banks in tbe state notifying them of tha issu ance of the proclamation. The purpose is to prevent calls for money from country banka, induce them to close for the week and bring them togetner in an arrangement tbat will satisfy demands before next Monday. That Portland banka are solvent and in fact werenev er In better condition than they are today, was asserted by the banker who waited upon the governor. Governor Chamberlain at first doubt ed the wisdom of the action requested by the Portland bankers, but when the situation regarding the locking up of funds in the East was explained and the necessity ol checking any stringen cy which might arise s a result of thi in tbe West, Mr. unamDeriaro reaauy complied. SAYS IT IS ON THE BOOKS. Gallagher Confirms Confession anal Bays Rusf Expected Immunity. San Francisco, Oct. 25 When tha Ford bribery trisl was resumed yester day ths cross examination ol ex-Buper visor James L. Gallagher was contin ued by Earl Sogers, lor the defense, who laid itress on tha meetings of tha witness with Rudolph Spreckel at ths Presidio when ths promises ol immun ity were alleged to have been made. Gallagher said he understood that Boef also could havs immunity II hs would testify. Mr. Heney protested at at tempts of Mi. Sogers to confuse tha witness by testing bis memory, bat Judge Iawlor allowed ths examination to proceed. At the afternoon session, Mr. Heney, while re-directly examining Gallagher, called to tne counsel tab's Mlas Ella Coldot, ths grand jury's stenographer, and Irom bar procured tha shorthand notes ol Gallsghar's confession to Messrs. Bpreckels, Heney and Langdoa. . made In tha tatter's apartments, and la consideration of which tha witness gained his immunity ecntract. Galla gher Identified his sign tore totboss notes. The prosecution called ss-Supsrylaor John J. Furey, now a taloon keeper. The offer of his testimony marked tbs commencement of Introduction ol "evi dence ol similar oBenaea," th court overruling tbs objection by tha dsfensa to this class of testimony, rursy tow tbe story of his sceeptancs ol a bribe of $4,000 from Abe Buef through Galla gher for his vote in favor of tha United Kallroads trolley franchises. IMPORTANT WATERWAY OPEM. Charaia4 Two Roads In Missouri Mska Money Under New Law. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 28. Hsving found ths two-cent fare profitable, two of the railroads operating in Miesouri have decided to give the new law an other month'a trial. Herbert 8. Hadley, attorney general of Missouri, said this morning that he had Information from a reliable source that two of the railroads operating in Missouri bad found the 2-cent fare to to nrofittable. The suditors ol two ot tne raiiroaas say ths x-cent rate nas provea pront- able, while others take a different view of it." said Mr. Hadley. The fact tbat tbe railroads can't an-ee on the proposition caused them to decide to give it snotner monui's trial before going into court sgaln. I shall not taks any further ateps in the matter unless the railroads makea move. I shall to satisfied if they da- oids to continue the 2-oeut rate indefi nitely. Senator Owen for 8uffrge. Muskogee, I. T., Oct. 28. The ad vocates of women suffrage will And. a powerful ally in Robert L. Owen, sen' a tor elect Irom Oklahoma. Senator Owen has long held strong Ideas rela tive to the rights ot women to ths bal lot. Last UU when the constitutional convention waa in sees ion In Guthrie, he openly eepoused the cause and 1 isted in every way he could to get favorable olause in tbe constitution. ColonelSOwen la also a "white ribbon. er," and never touches liquor in any form. Indicted for Grafting. Indianapolis. Oct. 28. The Marion county grand jury haa returned indict ments against Henry Marshall, of ia- fayette, president of ths Western Con, truction company, and formerly speak' tr ol tbe Indiana house of representa tives. George W. Baxter, cashier of ths company, was Indicted also. Tbe company has contracts with ths city of Indianapolis for repairing asphalt streets. Harry Brunaugh, agent ol the company, has been brought back. Witness In Ford Trial Tsstifiss That Bribe Money Is Entered. San Francisco, Oct. 29. Such rapid v a progress was made yesreroay vj uie nroeecutlon in the Ford bribery trial that. If the defense, adopting its proced ore in the former trial, declines to put in anv evidence, the case should be in the hands ol ths jury within the week. Twelve witnesses wers examined, an but the last one ol whom were eoDclud ed with. George Wilcntt, secretary and controller ol the United Railroads, testified to the unconcealed surprise and manifest distrust of the prosecu' tion tbat the books ol tbs street car oorooration do carry as entries ths $300,000 with which ford ana rcuei ere alleaed to have bribed tbe supervisor rs to Dana tbe troliev franchise, ine wit ness was directed to produce the eorpor a tion 'a journal and ledger. - Prison Official Killsd. St. Petersburg, Oct. 29. General Maxlmoffsky. director 'ot the depart ment of prisons of the ministry 01 tne interior, wss shot snd killed today. The general was the first responsible official connected with the Russian prison. A young woman who has not been identified, presented herself st the weekly reception ot General Max imoffsky snd remained quietly in the crowded anteroom until it was her turn to enter the general's private office. When she was in bis presence the woman fired seven shots. Ends Land Grant Inquiry. Portlnd. Oct. 29. B. D. Townsend, Special United States Attorney (or Ore gon, wilt complete nia investigation 01 the Oregon A California (Southern Pa cific) railroad grant in this stats In few days, when he will submit his re port to United States Attorney uenerai Bonaoarte. Mr. Townsend will not discuss the result of his investigation which has covered several months and has included a careful research ol all the records and documents pertaining to the grant and its terms. First Link of Deep Water from Lakee to Gutf. Stalling, 111., Oct. 26 A diitinet and important step In the movement to secure a deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Gulf ot Mexico waa taken yesterday with the opening to navigation of the Illinoia and Missis sippi canal, which haa been completed after 30 years ot work. Ths importance of ths svent was evidenced by ths at tendance of Governor Deneea and many ether notables st the opening ceremo nies. Tbe work of const roc ting tha canal, which was formerly known aa the Hennepin canal, waa eommencaa many years ago. in low congress ap propriated money to carry on thswwk and altogether the appropriations have amounted to about $8,000,000. The main line of the canal, 75 miles long, extends bom the Illinois river, near Hennepin, to the Miaaisaippi river, three miles below Bock Island. Tha navigable feeder, snout 30 miles long, extends from Rock river st this point to the main line near Sheffield and is of ths same general dimensions sa th main line. Th canal is 62 feet wide at ths bot tom, 80 feet st ths water line, and haa a minimum depth ot seven feet. There are 32 locks on tbe main line and one on ths feeder. Water is to to forced down the canal by a great dam, ona- foorth ot a mile long, located st this point- At ons end of tbs dam sre 21 sluiceways, which will to used for elec trical power development. DEATH IN EARTHQUAKE. Considers Susx Route. Rome, Oct. 28. The United centals st Naples, Palermo and na have received instructions from Washington to ascertain what amount of coal and provisions the three cities can supply on short notice. The In quiry is believed here to imply that ths United States Navy department contem plates sending part of ths Attntlo bat tleship squadron to ths Pacific by way ol tbs Sues canal. . Utaa Said to Issue Defy. Pierre, 8. D., Oct. 9. Parties from ths Cheyenne liver agency report that troops are now marching toward ths Ute camp snd expect to reach It to night or tomorrow. The Ute are well armed snd say they will fight it sny effort is made to compel tbem to send their children to school or to work. special from Stnrgis, 8. D., where Fori Meade ia located, says that late reports Indicate that tbe Sioux Indian police State A 'eady havs the Utes under control Messi- Buys Bsr Gold In London. London, Oct. 29. The United State secured all the bar gold offered today in the market, totaling nearly $5,000, 000. The price paid was $19.50. This is S) cents higher than previous quo tations, Indicating ths keenness ol ths competition. Both Paris and London bid against the United States. Five Hundred Parish tn Italian Tram blor at Calabria. Rome, Oct. 25. Horrible loss ol Ufa resulted from ths earthquake shocks that occurred throughout Calabria yes terday. At first it was thought law persona had perished, but later repcrta add to ths mortality listj At 6 o'c ock this evening about zoo bodies bsd been taken from the earth quaks rains. Ik is now estimated that the deaths will surpass 500, but it la impossible to get accurate information on tbs subject, as many villages ar till cut off by ths flccda snd ths de struction oi roads snd telegraph line, and no word from them can to bad. lbs earthquake shocks continue, bat they are slight. The people are still in a condition ol apprehension, which is Increased by each tremor. In spita ot ths torrential rain tbat Is falling. they absolutely refuse to remain under cover. Defines Immigration Law. Washington, Oct. 25. Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte has mads ths follow ing ruling: Any state may pay th passage of as many Immigrants ss it chooses ss an inducement to. them to settle within the borders ot the ttste. It may show ths immigrant whom it wishes to aid wUh passage 'money all printed matter setting forth ths re sources of the state and it wealth Is) timber, mines snd farms. Tbs only thing the state must not do ia to make a specific promL.- ot employment to th prospective immigrants. Plan to Remove Governor. Seattle, Oct. 25. Nearly ths entire delegation from Nome to the number ol 60 arrived yesterday and will go to tha Republican convention st Junean next month Indorsing home rule for Alaska and for ths Immediate removal ot Gov ernor Hoggatt. With ths Fairbanks delegation headed by Judge Wicker sham and delegations from Junean, Skagwsy, Seward and Valdcs opposed to the present governor It looks bad lot Hoggatt. ;' Flv Drowned Jn Alaska. Seattle, Oct. 25. Five men were drowned at Kata I la, Alaska, Sunday, Ootcbet 13, according to Information brought to this city yesterday by the ateamei Saratoga. Tbe dead are: J. Higgins, Seattle; H. Hendrleksoa, Port Blakeley; Edwin Olson, Arthur Wil llama and Tony d Pasqnala,
