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,