THE STÄYTON MAIL
t. D. AlEXANDFR. P«bU .h. r
CLEAN UP TO W N .
San Francisco M aking Preparations
fo r Battleship Flaot.
FULTON IMPLICATED
WIL»
B R EA K M O N O P O L Y .
Bonaparta Starts Suit Against H a rri*
man Roads.
HENDRICKS TELLS IT
Washington, Jan. 27. — Attorney
General Bonaparte directed that a bill
In equity lie tiled to set aaide the con
trol by the Union Pacific Railway com-
{■any and Its sulwidiary cor|x>iations uf
ti>« Southern Pacific and the Kan Pedro,
Los Angeles A Salt U k e railroads; also
d
to have declared illegal the ownerahip
by th« Union Pacific or the Oregon
Tell» H ow He Was induced to Indoree Short Line of stock In the Santa Ft», the Zachary A lio Confe»»»» C harge» Are
A Rasuma o f tha Lass Important but
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
True — Stelwer A lto Expected to
Hall Because o f Veiled 1 hreets
Nat Lass Interesting Events
all of said lines being competitors of
Taatlfy Again»! H all.
o f tha Past Weak.
o f Indictment.
the Union Pacific.
The attorney general Issued an offi
cial sttement to this effect, which, after
A Chicago man believe« he Lias solv
Pori laud. Jan. 23.— Beneal lunal and
Portland, Jan. 26.-— Senator Fulton referring to the extended Investigation
ed the perpeetual motion problem.
was unfavorably connected with the by the Interstate Commerce commission damaging teetlmony against Julia 11.
Hall was given ye»ti-rduy hy llamillott
A Chinese Y . 11. C. A. is to be es
Hall-Maya conspiracy case by the testi into the relations exialing among the
various lines of road engaged in trans II. Hendricka, who tfstified that lu
tablished in New Ycrk. Plana for a
mony of George C. Brownell, ex-preel- continental traffic, aays:
May, 1900, he had suggested to Hall
building are being prepared.
dent of the Oregon state senate and for
"From the evidence so adduced auu that Hall use Ilia knowledge of illegal
There is talk in Russia of double
years a prominent Republican of the from independent investigation the de fencing hy Hteiwer and his awts-lake* « »
tracking the Siberian railroad, which
state. Brownell tevtified that he was partment has arrived at the conclusion • pol It ¡cal club over W. W. Bteiwer.
will cost nearly $80,000,000.
that the st<x-khnlding of the Union Pa At the morning wmiun Hendrick«,
forced to withdraw from the contest for
The emperor of Germany will go
cific and its sulwidiary companies in who was a co-defendant with lla ll and
appointment as United States attorney the corporations mentioned above ia in Maya, entered a plea of guilty ta the
yachting in the Mediterrenean in March
and King Edward, of England, in
conspiracy indictment.
I.ate ia the
for Oregon in 1903 because of the insin direct violation of the Sherman act.
April.
"T h e department regards the suit as afternoon Hendricks » » « called to the
uations of Hall that the government
i"Lmd, and hi* testimony, following
The paraffin works and two oil tanks
was in josees*ion of evidence on which of first importance, aa it Is sought by
that ol a number of minor wiltiaeees
tmans
thereof
to
break
up
a
sutwtantial
of the Standard Oil company near Bal-
Brownell's indictment for complicity monopoly ol the transportation bust- who preceded him, ha«l the effect of a
timore, injuring one man badly. Loss,
in the Oregon land frauds was proba neaa of the oountiy t«<tw«-en the Mis thunder storm on a clear summer after
$160,000.
ble. The dethroned l*oas of Clackamas souri river on the e«st and the entire noon. W hile Hendricks recited the
San Francisco police have just arrest
county politics further testified that in Pacific coast aoutli of Portland on the stcry of his interview with Hall in
ed two men who are believed to hate
1900, the ex district attorney could not
west."
return for the indorsement of Hall for
beenp erpetrating many of the hold-upe
Aside from the railway companies repress a commingle«! expression of sur
reappointment, which he was forced above named, the other defendant« in prise uml pain. With drawn feature»
and robberies.
to
make. Senators Mit. hell and Fulton the suit are the i-armers Loan A Trust and clenched jaw* he scrutinised th »
A New York policeman has just un
exacted from Hall a oromiae of immun oompany, of New York, which is the wit lies us the story of the incept ioa of
dergone an operaiton which proved suc
ity Irotn prosecution for Brownell and depository of all the stock of the San his alleged unofficial relations with the
cessful. His intestines were pierced
the 1st ter‘a former law partner, J. U. Pedro read under a contract by which unlawful fencing monopoly was related.
six times by a ballot.
Campbell, also of Cackamas county.
N EW S Y S T E M O F S U R V E Y S .
it is required to give proxies to such The accused ex-Federal official anon re
The Illinois Central railroad has
The purpose of Brownell’s testimony, persons as may lie t.timed by Mr. Har- gained the intereatrd and semi-hopeful
been fined for shipping beer and whis
Bill to Give Com m issioner Authority which was admitted over the vigorous rluian and Mr. Ciark fur a period of expression that ha* characteri*>-d kiiu
ky into Herrin, 111., after that place
objection of counsel for the defendants, years. There are also individual de from the beginning of the tr al, and
to Employ M en.
had become anti-saloon.
wa9 to corroborate the charge of con fendants who are alleged to have con court adjourned for the day after th.
Washington. Jan. 2 8 — In his snnnal spiracy allege.! against Hail in the in
ceived and carried out the conspiracy sensational s t a t e m e n t * of Hendricks.
An internrban electric car left the
report Land Comissioner Ballinger rec dictment in that Hall controlled Hteiw-
Clarence B. Zachary, who yesterday
complained of, towil:
E. H. H ard
tracks near Salem, Q., and plunged
ommended the abolition of the oresent er’s vote for senator in return for his man, Jacob II. Kchiff, Otto 11. Kahn, entered a plea of guilty to the conspir
down a 80-foot embankment.
Fifteen
system of making public land surveys failure to prosecute Hteiwer and his as James Stillman, Henry C. Frick, Hen acy charge, was foreman of the Batle
passengers were injured, none fatally.
under the contract system and urged sociates for enclosing government land, ry II. Rogers and William A. Clark.
Creek cooipnny. He was a prorniuent
British goods are being boycotted in congress to authorize the employment by showing that Hall used his tffice as
While naming the individual defend figure In superlnh-nding the different
India.
bv the government of competent sur district attorney to intimidate others ants the statement makes no mention scheme« that were hatched hy his sm >>-
The Union Pacificjhas greatly reduced veyors, whose sole doty shall be the and tc fores them to Indoree and sup-1 of any intention to prosecute any of ciatee.
surveying and resurveying of public port him for reappointment.
This these officials personally in any crimin
working forces.
Mr. Heney expects to complete th«
lands.
Representative Mitchell, of contention by Heney has been support
government's case probably tomorrow
All Germany is celebrating the kais Wyoming, chairman of the house com ed by the testimony of Bteiwer and al proceeding*.
afternoon and not later than Haturday.
er's bitrtbday.
mittee on public lands, has introduced Hendricks in the Butt« Creek com
Hendricks will be on the stand during
M A Y S D IS M IS S E D .
Cheyenne eecnred the next meeting a bill in the honse giving the commis pany’ s opeistions and bv that of Brown
the morning session, possibly a part of
sioner authority to employ such sur ell yesterday, and Heney proposée by
of tha Dry Faiming congress.
the afternoon today, and will lie (el-
veyors for the purpose stated, but al the introduction of other witnesses to Heney 8ays He Cannot Convict Him lowed by Clarence B. Zachary.
Mr.
Tbs Chinese tong war in San Fran lowing him also to use his discretion as
day to show that Hall, together with
o f Conspiracy.
Heney last night would not discuss th*
cisco has claimed another victim.
to the advisibility of making a part of the connivance of Fnlton, prostituted
Portland, Jan. 27.— Franklin Pierce probability that W . W. Hteiver woald
The torpedo flotilla has arrived at the surveys under the old contract sys hia office as district attorney by protect
Mays,
ex-state senator, wa* the princi tie called as a witness for ths govern
Bnenoa Ayres. Its stay will be short tem.
ing violators of the law in two other
pal
witness
for the government Satur ment, neither would he admit that
There are some surveyors on govern specific inetnees.
at the Argentine capital.
day
in
the
Hall-Mays
conspiracy ease Hteiwer would follow the lead of Ida as
ment work who have produced satisfac
W . W. Stelwer, president of the
Several warships now at Magdalena
in
the
Federal
court.
A treacherous sociates, Hendricks and Zacharv, of Ike-
tory results, bnt the chief criticism of Butte Creek company, completed his
bay will soon return to the Mare,Ieland
and
failing
memory
prevented
the wit Butte Creek company, and plead guilty.
the old contract system ia that it direct testimony yesterday and will be
navy yard for extensive repairs.
ness
from
positively
associating
bis va
wastes a great deal of time, and re cross-examined this morning. He tes
Rockefeller has ordered 300 Italian quires two or three years from the tified that his understanding with Halt rious conversations with Hall and the
8 J A T E P O L IC E F O R N E V A D A .
workmen discharged and their places time of application to get a given tract was of such a favorable character that dates of the letters that paseed between
filled by Americans who are out of surveyed and tbe survey accepted. The his company failed to remove the un them. Probably the most ilamaging Bill Provides Means for Dealing Wrh>
work.
Mondell bill will form the basis of lawful feDces it was maintaining alter evidence against Hall, adduced from
Hiot Conditions.
the witness, was his identification of a
whatever legislation congress may at he had the Interview with Hall.
The Kevada special police bill may
letter
written
hy
himself
to
Hteiwer
in
Carson, Nev.. Jun. 2 3 — The special
tempt on the subject this winter.
yet be killed in the honse on account of
which Mays told of hie successful efforts committee appointed to prepare a kill
Iriction between members and Goldfield
in dissuading Hall fr«>rn Instituting lo regulate riot conditions in Nevada,
W O RK FOR U N E M P L O Y E D .
mineowners.
criminal proceedings against the mem has agree.) upon and drawn up a meas
W AR O N R A J S .
bers of the Butte Creek company for ure which will he Introduced in the
The Dominion government will loan
New Y o rk Uses I houaanda to Shovel
unlawful
fencing.
legislature today. The bill creates a
$4,000,000 to the farmers of Alberta 8an Francisco D eterm ined to E x ter
Snow.
Before Mays wa» called into the court state police which shall consist of a *n-
and Saskatchewan province, whose
minate Disease Spreaders.
New York. Jan. 25.— New York is r<x>m, Heney announced that he wished p rintendent to lie appointed hy the
crops were failures last \ ear.
San Francisco, Jan. 28.— Reports by digging itself out of a foot of snow so the indictment di«mis*ed aganist Mays, governor, one inspector, four sergeants,
A severe snow storm is general the plague experts show that the dis
unevenly divided that while exposed who was a co-defendant with Hall and 26 subordinate ¡«dice officers and 260
throughout tbe East.
ease has been almost entirely eliminat and unfrequented spots like Coney is fldwin Mays. In making this request reserves. The superintendent «hall ap
Tbs leader of the Portugese rebels ed from the city, bnt the battle against land have t>een blown bare, the of the court, Heney said that he did point all memebrs and officers, subject
tbe rats is to lie pressed with new thoroughfares of the millions are left not consider that the government was to the approval of the governor.
has escaped from bpreon.
The
vigor. There have been no new cases piled high with drifts that impede tlie in possession of sufficient evidence with police shall have power to perform all
Several of the Russian imperial fam
for more than two weeks. Only two progress of man and beast and in the which to eonvidt Mays of the alleged duties required of peace officers except
ily are sick with the grip.
cases are now under treatment. De open districts have tied up streetcars con-piracy. later in the examination to serve civil proteases.
Ecuador has stopped a threatened spite these encouraging features, the and vehicles.
Mercifully, the snow of Mays, Heney repeated the declare
The superintendent of police shall lie
revolution by arresting the plotters.
force of men in the employ of the was ai-co npanied by moderate tempera | rion he made before, that it was not over 30 years ol age and subject to re
Harry Orchard has written to a health board is to be increased and the ture and in it» early stages was wel bis intention to prosecute Mnyi on any tnoval at any time by th» governor
distribution of poison to be continued comed by the honest part of the 36,000 of tbe other remaining indictment« without previous notice and elm 11 have
friend saying he is glad he confessed.
on a larger scale.
unemployed men in the city. All who against him lietause of hi» physical the rank of captain.
Walter Wellman says Wall street is
A ll this is to be done as a precau sought employment from last midnight condition. Judge Hunt consented to
The hill provides that when, in the
humble and admite defeat by Roose tionary measure. The theory held by found it readily and at good wages. the dismissal of the indictment and at
judgment of the governor, a state of riot
velt.
Dr. Rupert Blue, the Federal expert in The street cleaning department requir the same time exonerated the bond exists and the public safety is endaa-
charge
of the situation, is that the con ed 10,000 ahovelera, the traction com May» had furnished. Mays was then gered, it shall he the duty of the gov
Tbe senatorial deadlock continues in
Kentucky. Beckham has 49 votes out tagion is carried from the rat to the hu panies as many more, and thousands of sworn as a witn<*H for tiie proeeiution. ernor to issue a proclamtion declaring
man being by the flea. in the winter others earned many dollars from house
Charles B. Moore», ex-register of the martial law and until the same shall
of 102.
months the fleas vanish, to reappear holders by cleaning off waikB.
Oregon City land office, will undoubted be revoked, the state police «hall have
Fire at Portland, Me., destroyed all with the spring and summer.
An ex
Probably the sharpest distress was ly he a witness for I he government be full and absolute power to lake any
city records and property valued at $1,- amination of the rodents last Septem
experienced by several thousand genuine fore the prosecution closes it« case steps necessary to restore peace and
000 , 000 .
ber showed that one-half of one per tramps who, having ridden into (own either today or tomorrow.
Just what order.
cent
were infected. Tbe examination on the hard times wave and since en Moores will testify can only he con
A plan is being perfected at Chicago
Another section empowers the super
to raise $100,000 for the relief of un at the present time shows that one half joyed the city’ s bounty, ewcke today to jectured.
intendent of police to organise a n serve
per cent are infected.
find themselves confronted with an un
employed.
force not to exceed 260 men. The
mistakable opportunity to work. Borne
Strays Go Afier Fleet.
rules and discipline of the United
The Thaw trial has been delayed be
rose to the occasion, and others shifted
Troop» Repel Tribesm en.
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 27.— The police of States army «hall, eo far as practicable,
cause of a storm which prevented the
Tangier, Jan. 28.— Advices received their lodgings.
this city have gathered up six sailors constitute the rules and discipline of
arrival of witnesses.
here state tbHt the Zenatia and Ouled
from the American battleships, who the state police.
New Railroad fo r Chile.
had either deserted or failed to return
Anthracite coal interests are consid A li tribes attacked thejFrench troops
Santiago, Chile, Jan. 26 — Congress on board l>efore their vessel» sailed from
China Still Resists Japan.
ering the maintenance of present prices January 23, hut were repulsed w ith
They will be sent
throughout the year instead of making severe lot-s. The French littoral and vesterday paused a bill authorizing the here last week.
Pekin, Jan. 23.— The intimation that
a reduction for the five months begin mediouna columns had just effected n president to make contracts for a raiI- after the fleet on a collier. A dispatch Japan is ready to permit extension o f
junction when the tribesmen, in battle road running north and south. The from Valparaiso savs the Chilean the llsin Min Tun railroad to the north
ning with April.
array, covering a front of about four bill limits immediate expenditure« to squadron which will welcome the with Japanene capital ha* aroused re
Three men were killed in a serious miles, swept down in crescent forma about $37,400,000, hut It is intended American battleship» to Chilean waters newed opposition on the part of the
fire at Boston.
tion.
The Bpahis bore the brunt of that the road eventually will be ex has arrived at Valdivia. The British Chinese government, which is determ-
The United Mineworkers of America the attack, making several gallant tended to Iho northern and southern cruiser Bapho, which has hern on the j ined to test, the pledge« made hy Japan
chargee, which, however, interfered to frontiers. Wheti completed the rail west coast, is now on her way down to in the matter of the resLiration of Man
has emndorsed woman suffrage.
some extent with the work of the ar way will run from the frontier of Pern Punta Arenas.
churia. Hsu Hhlh Chang, viceroy of
The Baltimore A Ohio railroad has tillery.
to the Strait of Magellan, a distance of
Manchuria, i» again urging the threne
cut the pay oi all high salaried offi
about 2,600 miles. Spur lines will lie
Encroaching on Norw ay.
to sanction a loan of 10,000,000 taels
cials.
built tc coast ports and into mining
Record C ro p o f Oranges.
Stockholm, Jan. 27.— A mining en for the purpose of increasing the efflra-
The Seattle exposition appropriation
Ban Francisco, Jan. 28.— The orange district* and agricultural areas.
gineer who has just returned here from cy of the new Chinese administration
w ill have a hard time getting through crop of California is now In full season
an exploring expedition In Northern of Ma n churls.
Shut Down Locomotive W orks
the house.
and in quantity and quality promises
Norwry, where the Russian frontier
The frnit ex
Providence, R. I., Jan. 26.— The approaches within 15 miles of the
Woman Suffrage fo r M ichigan.
Suffrage debates in the German to break all records.
changes
of
the
state
estimate
that
the
local
plant
of
the
American
Locomotive
North
Atlantic
at
Lyngenfiorm,
says
Unsing,
Mich., Jan. 23.— The con
reichstag caused violent scenes and
total output of orange alone will reach Works will be shut down the first week that he saw large bodies of Russian stitutional convention committee en
threat of duel.
the enormons sum of 30,000 carloads, in February for an indefinite period. soldiers Installed in log barracks, en elections nnanimously reported out last
The battleship Mississippi has been about 9,000,000 boxes and 1,350,000,- The force which in itecember number gaged in constructing a railway in Nor night a proposal granting woman suf
accepted by the government. It was 000 oranges.
The harvest will last s'' 1,008 has gradually been reduced to wegian territory in a wilderness many frage, with a recommendation that it
bnilt at Philadelphia.
continuously until next Fourth of July. 600.
be peseed.
days journey from ths highway.
S T A Y T O N .................
OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
I a Condensed Form for Our
Bisy Readers.
San Francisco, Jan. 28.— San Fran-
ci«co will make extraordinary prepar«-
t i >ns during tire next three months to
‘ ‘ tidy up" before the arrival of the
tleet.
Work on the downtown streets will
he pressed in order that the gateway ol
the city may take on the appearance of
freshness rather than dilapidation.
W hile the supervisors are busily en
gaged on this problem, the special com
mittee, of which James D. Phelan ia
chairman, intrusted with arrangementa
for the entertainment of the visitora,
has already organised and mapped out
its plans in a general way. The first
donation to the fund of $100,000 w hich
is to be raised was made by a local Chi
nese merchant, who accompanied hia
check for $100 with a note expressing
apprecition of the protection afforded
by tire Stars and Stripes.
A unique feature of the celebration
will l>e a floral parade, tire first San
Francisco has undertaken. The parade
w ill be under the auspice« of the Native
Sons and Native itaughters.
It w ill
resemble ic general scheme the pa
geant* made famous by Los Angeles and
Pasadena. San Francisco has lost the
rural atmosphere which the cities in
the southern part of the state which
have retained, and a floral {«crude will
entail an amount of preparation that
has seldom been attempted here before.
Special attention is being p ail the
entertainment of the enlisted men.
A
clubhouse is to he erected where the
bluejackets can make their headquarters
while on shore. A large pavilion will
he provided for drills, concerts and ex
hibitions.
Brownell Gives TesYlmony In the
Hall Case.
Pleads Guilty to Coasplracr to
Detraud Government.
FORCED OCT OF RACE BY HALL
INDICTED JOINTLY WITH HALL