Morning Oregonian., November 29, 1902, Page 2, Image 2

T,HE MORNING , OHEGONIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER . 29,
BOODLER IN TOILS
St. Louis ex-Speaker Is Back
From Europe.
CAME BECAUSE SON DIED
HIa Bereavement Render HIra dare
less of "What Happens placed
Under Arrest at Phila
delphia. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2S. After elud
ing arrest for several months, Charlea F.
Kelly, ex-Speaker of the St. Louis House
of Delegates, -who ls wanted' In the "West
In connection with the bribery cases, was
arrested In this city at 1:10 o'clock this
afternoon. '
Kelly arrived at New .York on the
steamer Celtic this morning from Liver
pool, and had just stepped from the West
ern Express in the Broad-street station
of the Pennsylvania road here when he
was taken Into custody by a detective of
this city. He admitted his Identity, and
Is now locked up In the central police sta
tion. He" will be given a hearing tomor
row morning by a magistrate, and will
be held to await requisition papers from
the State of Missouri. The labels on
Kelly's baggage indicated that he had
been in Naples, Parte, London, Berlin,
Dublin and Klllarney.
ARRIVAL AT XEW YORK CITY.
Came Back Because of His Son's
Death.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Charles F. Kelly,
ex-Speaker of the House of Delegates, of
St. Louis, arrived here today on 'the
steamer Celtic. On the same ship were
William Ratlgan, a St. Louis contractor,
and William J. Sullivan, of St Louis.
Kelly's name was not upon the passenger
list, but Sullivan's and Ratlgan's were.
At the dock when the Celtic arrived was
Congressman-elect James J. Butler, of
St. Louis.
Kelly's face looked, white and wrinkled.
He was recognized as he walked down
the gangplank by R. G. Carroll, corre
spondent of the St Louis Post-Dispatch,
and when he was called by name he
started back as though he had been
struck. Congressman Butler tried to keep
the correspondent away, but Kelly held
out his hand and said:
"For God's sake, let" me alone for to
day. I have nothing to say. I .have just
received word that my son Is dead, and
I am going right back to St Louis.
"Where have I been? Everywhere. The
trip has been no rest for me. I will be
glad to get back to St Louis to my wife,
who is broken-hearted over our boy's
death. I can't tell what is ahead of me
there. I don't care, now that the boy Is
dead."
The party left here for Philadelphia.
MOST WASTED OF ALL.
Kelly Alone Can Convict Boodlers,
Tmt May Be Too Late.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 28. Charles F. Kelly,
ex-Speaker of the City Council, known
as the House of Delegates, was the most
badly wanted of all the members of the
coterie known as the "combine," Indicted
on charges of bribery In connection with
the passage of the municipal lighting bill.
Kelly was wanted because he, it was
charged, handled the, .$47,500 bribe money
which, according to evidence, had been
distributed among the 19 members of the
combine. Where did this 'money come
from? That was the question which the
grand jury wanted aiiswered, and, believ
ing that Kelly could furnish the answer,
indicted him on September S. He was at
the Four Courts when the Indictment was
made against him. A Deputy Sheriff told
him he was wanted. Kelly asked permis
sion to run over to 'the Council chamber
to nttfinA to an lmnortant matter. saylrr:
"If you need me before I get back, tele
phone me at the House of Delegates."
That was the last seen of him by any
officers of the law until his arrest in
Philadelphia today.
The statute of limitations covering the
city lighting deal becomes effective today,
and nnless indictments are returned be
fore midnight against those who are sup
posed to have figured in the alleged brib
ery, it will be too late. A reward of ?SC0
from the state stands for Kelly's arrest
GRAND JURY REPORTS.
Greatest Exposure of Corruption the
World Has Ever Known.
ST. LOUI, Nov. 28. The October grand
jury submitted its final report this even
ing and adjourned. The report is sensa
tional in the extreme, advocating a change
in the election laws, and severely criticis
ing the city officials who have been con
nected with the boodling casea Informa
tions charging fraudulent voting were is
sued against four men, and a number of
other indictments were returned against
persons whosje names were kept secret
because they are not yet in custody. The
report In part says:
"Citizens of St Louis have learned with
shame how they have been mercilessly
robbed for years. We have -for the pa3t
nine months been regaled with the great
est exposure of corruption the world has
ever known. We believe the people have
been awakened and the public conscience
has been quickened, and we feel gratified
that the law Is vigorously enforced and due
punishment is being meted out to thqse
public plunderers.
"We have spent some time In investiga
tion of crimes against the ballot While
It Is clear that many frauds have been
perpetrated, the difficulty of procuring di
rect testimony is very great Corrupt and
incompetent men were appointed as Judges
and clerks of election In a number of pre
cincts which are controlled by the baser
elements of our community, and-. the bar
gains, made by the ward and v precinct
bosncs were carried out by these tools. The
Nesbit election law should be abandoned."
Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folk is con
gratulated upon the service he rendered in
the bribery investigation.
afEXICO 3IAY WAST THEM.
Mason and Richardson Caught in
Maze of Indictments.
EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 2S. The case
against Mason and Richardson may as
sume an international aspect. In the
event that the courts of the United States
fail to convict them, it is said the gov
ernment of Mexico will demand them. The
Indictments already secured are: Con
spiracy to murder W. J. Gray, conspiracy
to murder an unknown person, conspiracy
to murder M. D. Sangulnett
There Is also an Indictment for forgery,
one for conspiracy to swindle the New
York Life Insurance Company out of 5100,
000, another for conspiracy to obtain pos
session of a life insurance policy of the
value of $100,000.
OUTLAWS ARE CAPTURED.
Charged With Terrorizing: Town by
Shooting: at Everything:.
RIFLE, Colo.. Nov. 2S. Charles Dykes
and "Kid" Murphy, who are charged
with having terrorized this town Thurs
day. November 20, by shooting at every
thing In sight, and with having raided
several ranches and wounded David Wol
ford, were captured today In the moun
tains by Deputy Sheriff J. C. Emerson
and a posse of five men, who followed
their trail for eight days. Dykes and
Murphy were without food for several
days, and were almost exhausted when
taken. It Is alleged that they were as-
slstcd In their flight by Miss Blevens, bet
ter known as "Silver Bess," and she has
been arrested.
CONFESSES ANOTHER MURDER.
Condemned Mnrderer Solves Mystery
in , the Confessional.
GRAND FORKS. N. D.. Nov. 28. Will
iam Ross, Who Is under sentence to hang
at Bottineau on December 5, for the mur
der of an old man named Thomas Walsh
near Willow City last Summer, has con
fessed that last November 'he and jinother
man named Hanson, with whom-T.e was
herding horses, had hot and killed: anoth
er man and taken hTs horses. The confes
sion was made to a Catholic priest and
later to the Sheriff, and when the police
went to a well in which he said the body
was concealed, the body was found.
HAWAII'S ONLY HOP.
Senate Committee Will Report in
Favor of Chinese Labor.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 28. Senator Foster, In dis
cussing Hawaiian matters today, Inti
mated that the subcommittee that visited
the islands this Summer will report In
favor of the admission qf Chinese labor
ers on condition that they attain no rights
to come into the United States.
He says the labor conditions in the
islands are such as to demand that some
relief be granted at once. The natives
will not perform plantation labor, the
Porto Rlcans were a failure, Japanese are
not reliable, and but few Portuguese can
be had. The Chinese, he says, are the
only ones who satisfactorily fill the bill,
and their admission is almost necessary
If the sugar Industry is to be revived.
Such a recommendation would meet
with bitter opposition from states produc
ing sugar, because of the fact that coolie
labor would thus be brought into compe
tition with better-paid labor In the states.
HANSBROUGH SPEAKS OUT.
One of Three Senate Committeemen
Who Favor Tariff Revision.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Nov. 28. It la believed that tnree
Republican members of the Senate finance
committee favor revision, Allison, Spooner
and Hansbrough. The last named is out
spoken and says that the Dingley law is
not a sacred institution and should be
revised at an early date. He takes the
same position that other tariff revisionists
take upon this subject that revision by
the Republicans does not mean the de
struction of protection. Hansbrough
comes from the Middle West section,
where the tariff revision sentiment Is
strongest Harsbrough also favors an
extra session of Congress to do the work,
and Is the first Senator to come out flat
footed In favor of such.a proposition.
The smiling but somewhat soggy chair
man of the ways and means committee,
Sereno E. Payne, drifted into town to
day and declared against tariff revision.
This was to be expected. He helped to
engineer into the Republican platform in
New York the plank which declared
against any "tariff tinkering." There is
bitter feeling between Payne and a num
ber of members of the ways and means
committee and the desire" on the part of
some of them for tariff revision draws the
line very sharply. If Payne remains at
the head of the committee, there is quite
a prospect that he will be overthrown
and a tariff bill reported bv the aid of
Democratic votes, unices he succumbs to
the Inevitable in the next session.
CUBA ASKS FOR MORE.
Will Accept Reciprocity With 25 Per
Cent off Tariff.
NEW YORK. Nov. 28. If the Cuban
reciprocity treaty, as now proposed, con
cedes a 25 per cent reduction In tariff
duties, there Is a strong probability of its
accepiance Dy President Palma and the
Senate, cables the Herald correspondent at
Havana. Secretary qf State Zaldo and Sec
retary of the Treasury Montes, the com
mission on the-part of the Cuban govern
ment to negotiate the treaty, submitted
five objections. Three of these are con
ceded by the United States. The fourth
relates to Porto RIcan fees, and it Is be
lieved can be conceded by the United
States without difficulty. This leaves only
the question of the amount of reduction
on the United States tariff. If the pro
posed 20 per cent is Increased to 25, per
cent. President Palma likely will send' the
treaty to the Senate for ratification.
APPOINTS HIS NEIGHBOR.
President Gives Good Office to
Yonngrs, of Oyster Bay.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. The President
has decided to appoint W. J. Youngs, of
Oyster Bay, United States District Attor
ney for the Eastern District of New York,
to succeed George H. Petit, whose term
expires December 20. The President to
day made his decision known to Senator
Piatt, and the latter has acquiereed in the
appointment Mr. Petit has held the po
sition for four years. There Is nothing
against his record.
The selection of Mr. Youngs will be in
the nature of a personal appointment
Mr. Youngs has been a neighbor of Presi
dent Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, and their
relations have been close. When the
President became Police Commissioner of
New York, Mr. Youngs resigned the Dis
trict Attorneyship of Queens County to ac
cept a position as his private secretary.
RECEIVING CARLISLE INDIANS.
Roosevelt He pleasant Words for
the Football Players.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. President
Roosevelt today received the members of
the Carlisle Indian football team who de
feated the Georgetown University team
yesterday. The Indians were Introduced
individually, and the President had a
pleasant word for each, asking him about
his tribe or some famous Indian chief. To
one the President referred to the Carlisle
Harvard game. The Indian, who was a
Sioux, said that they had been defeated
24 to 0. "That was better "than Harvard
did with Yale," observed the President,
smiling.
NAMED FOR ARMY OFFICERS.
Coast Batteries to Be Known as
"Alexander" and "aicndell.
WASHINGTON, Nov. -28. By direction
'of the President the following names of
sea coast batteries was announced at the
War Department today: Battery Alex
ander, Fort Baker, California, in honor
of Colonel Barton S. Alexander, brevet
Brigadier-General, U. S. A., who served
with distinction In the Mexican and Civil
Wars, and who died at San Francisco In
1878.; Battery Mehdell.. same fort, in honor
of Colonel G. H. Mehdell, who served with
distinction in the war of the rebellion
and who died at San Francisco In 1SS2.
FOR USE OF PACIFIC CABLE.
Sonndlagrs and Sarveys of the Nero
Are Transferred.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Thn formal
transfer of the soundings and surveys of
the Nero, to be used in the construction
of the Pacific cable, occurred yesterday in
the office of Rear-Adtniral Bradford, Chief
of the Bureau of Equipment, the manager
of the Washington office of the Postal
Telegraph Company receiving them for
the cable company.
Victory for Paymaster Snlllvnn.
WASHINGTON Nov. 28. The President
today settled the long-pending case of
Paymaster John Clyde Sullivan, of the
Navy, by disapproving the adverse find
ings of the board which examined him
for promotion. The officer .recently was
restored to the Navy by an act of Con
gress, and, when examined for promotion,
was reported to be mentally, morally,
physically and professionally unfit for
such advancement The President's action
leaves his present status in the Navy unchanged.
IS WILLING TO SETTLE
VENEZUELA OFFERS TO PAY THE
CLAIMS OF ALL POWERS.
Sends Secret Mission to Europe to
Negotiate, Snbjcct to Approval
of United States.
LONDON, Nov. 2S. Tho Associated
Press learns that Important steps were
taken In London today with a view to
satisfying all the financial and diplomatic
claims by foreign powers and bondhold
ers against Venezuela. It is maintained
that if the contemplated action meets
with apprpval Germany and "Great Britain
will have no cause to take the vigorous
steps now contemplated. The details of
the suggested settlement have not as yet
been communicated to the European gov
ernments. Their gist will be made
known first to the United States, prob
ably tomorrow. The medium of commu
nication is One of the most importance
to Anglo-American bankers, v
Venezuela's propositions were mentioned
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to Ambassador Choate today, but pending
thn riiH nf the direct representations
at Washington no action will be taken
by tho Embassy toward suggesting that
Venezuela be given time to submit her
proposals. 4
The new development In the crisis,
which is regarded as hourly growing more
serious. Is duo to the arrival In Europe
of a secret delegation from the Venezue
lan government empowered to aeai vun
the outstanding liabilities. Until a suit
able plan could be arranged, it was con
sidered Inadvisable to communicate with
the foreign. Ministers at Caracas, wim
whom, relations have become so strained.
,if.ViVi nisn hns now. in the belief of the
delegation, been arrived at, and through
the Anglo-American Bank ana tne atu
HiVio nf tfcf iTnttpd States the result will
be assured. Besides, the State Depart
ment will be put In a position to oe aDie
to judge of the value or Venezuela's offer
and her good faith In the matter.
It is explained that President Castro has
had no opportunity of taking up the ques
tion of national finances, but, while he
himself was engaged in suppressing the
revolution, he sent io Europe the secret
delegation, with the view of accomplish
ing what was regarded as Impossible of
execution at Caracas. Secrecy was re
garded as imperative, in view of Presi
dent rantrn's helief that If It had been
known that Venezuela contemplated a new
financial settlement, he wouia nave Decn
inundated with claims of every descrip
tion, and the dealings with the bondhold
ers would have presented many more dif
ficulties. The details cf the plan which will be
communicated to the Stato Department
nr' carefullv sruarded. but the Associated
Press is in a position to announce that
the main feature is a unification of an
the outstanding government and govern--ment-cruaranteod
loans, on a basis of se
curity much greater than has been hither
to offered. It is strenuoup'-y denied that
the present movement is due to any de
sire on the part. of Venezuela to "spar
for time" with Great Britain and Ger
many, and In proof of this It is pointed
out that the secret mission left Venezuela
before her relatons with Great Britain
and Germany had assumed the present
acute aspect. Should the United States
Government irive Its moral support, the
plan will be submitted to American bank
ers The Venezuelan delegation believes
that It In not too lato to secure the neces-
esstv fflrJHMea from Eurooe to brinar about
a settlement satisfactory to all parties
concerned.
NORD MAKES THREAT.
Haytlan General Demands Expulsion
of FIrniinlst Deputies.
.PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov. 23. General
Alexis Nord, who was War Minister of
the provisional government, and Is at St
Marie with 8000 to 10.000 men from Gon
aives, has sent an ultimatum to the gov
ernment demanding the invalidation of
the election of the Deputies who are mem
bers of the party headed by M. Firmin,
the self-cxlled leader of the recent re
bellion. If the Chamber refuses to cancel
the election of these Deputies, the out
break of another civil war Is probable.
The general opinion is that the Cham
ber will reject the General's demand.
Preparations are being made to defend
Port-au-Prince. In view of the possibility
that General Nord will attack It
On General Nord'a entry Into St. Marie
he was received by the army and the
population with cries of "Long live Gen
eral Nord, President of Hay til" His Can
didacy for the Presidency Is gaining
ground here. Several attempts to hold a
meeting of the Chamber have failed. It be
ing Impossible to obtain a quorum.
FRANCE WILL NOT JOIN IN.
But Thinks Demonstration in Vene
zuela Will Test Monroeism.
PARIS, Nov. 2S. The French Foreign
.Office has not considered tho question of
French participation in the British-German
naval demonstration against Vene
zuela, as the French claims are making
reasonable progress toward adjustment
The officials here lake a favorable view
of the British-German plan as being likely
to serve the Interests of all the powers
and at the same time more fully define
the real meaning of the Monroe doctrine.
PRISONERS FROM ACRE.
One on His Deathbed Declares Hos
tility to Bolivia.
NEW" YORK. Nov. 28. Colonel Rojas
and other Bolivians who capitulated re
cently in Acre have arrived in Manaos,
says a Herald dispatch from Rio Janeiro,
Brazil. They are accompanied by Rod
rloga Carvalllo, chief of revolutionists,
and his staff. Three Bolivian officers, 25
men and 12 women will start for Bolivia,
while one- officer and 12 men will remain
in the Manaos Hospital. Lino Romero,
one of the Bolivian officers, who wrote
to President Pando, advised him to aban
don Acre, as the Inhabitants of the ter
ritory will never become Bolivians. . He
added that he was on the verge of death
and was resolved to tell the truth and
warn hla countrymen against a danger
ous adventure.
IS FORCED TO RESIGN.
Cuban Minister Who Sympathised
With Strike Driven From Cabinet.
HAVANA, Nov. 2S. At a special meet
lrig of the Cabinet, presided over by Pres
ident Palma, It was unanimously decided
to accept the resignation of Secretory of
Government Tamayo. Secretary of In
struction Y,ero assuming the duties of the
vacant post until a new Secretary Is ap
pointed. It Is understood that Secretary of State
Zaldo has taken the removal of Tamayo
as a personal matter since the morning
of the rioting, when he accused Tamayo
of mixing In politics. The two men had
hot words over the strike In the presence
of President Palma, and it was then that
Tamayo resigned his portfolio. Secretary
Zaldo said that unless President Palma ac-
LOUIS BOODLER.
F. KELLY.
cepted Tamayo's resignation he would re
sign himself, and intimated that Secre
tary of Finance Montes and Secretary of
Public Works Diaz would go out with
him.
President Palma and ex-Secretary Ta
mayo have always been close friends, and
It was rumored that the President will
provide a position for him in connection
with the work of sanitation.
New Cabinet in Paraguay.
NEW YORK, Nov. ,28. Colonel Jean Ez
curra, the new President of Paraguay,
has. assumed office, says a Herald dispatch
from Asuncion. His, Cabinet Is composed
'thus: Minister f the Interior, Edwardo
Hoytias; Minister, of War and Marine,
Colonel Antonio Caceras; Minister of Pi
nance, Fulgenio R. Morano; Minister of
Justice, Cayetano A. Carreras, and Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, Pedro Pena, who
is at present Minister to Brazil.
KILLED BY LADRONES.
American Constables Routed Saltan
of Bncnlod Breaks Ont Again.
MANILA, Nov. 28. Constabulary In
spector Hendrix. .who has been stationed
In fiamar Island, was killed last Tues
day by a band of ladrones. .His detach
ment of constabulary was routed and
Hendrix, with one soldier, was surrounded
and killed. '
The Sultan of Bacolod, after professing
friendship for America, has written a let.
ter to Captain Pershing, at Camp Vicars,
in which he calls Americans "hogs, hogs
who eat hogs," .and challenges them to
fight It Is probable that Captain Per
shing will be ordered to take a column to
Bacolod. The military men. however,
doubt whether the Sultan will really
fight.
SILVER IS DOWN AGAIN.
Philippine Government May Reduce
Ofllcinl Rate of Exchnnu-e.
MANILA. Nov. 28. Silver is being sold
commercially here at 2.70, 10 points below
the official rate. Unless the market ral
lies, the Government will be forced to
change the official Tate to .meet the mar
ket quotations. Every decline in the price
of silver Increases the seriousness of the
business situation In these Islands.
HE WILL NOT WITHDRAW
Littlefleld Docs Not Give Up Strngsle
for Spcakcrshix).
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S. Representa
tive Sereno Payne, of New York, chair
man of the ways and means committee of
the House, and Representative Littlefleld,
of Maine, who has been prominently Iden
tified with the proposed anti-trust legis
lation, saw the President separately for a
few moments teddy.
Mr. Payne does not expect any attempt
at tariff legislation .at the approaching
cession. The most important work of
his committee this Winter, he think?, will
be In connection with Cuban reciprocity.
If a trenty is negotiated 'he believes tho
assent of the House will be required.
Mr. Llttlefield was reticent concerning
the programme for anti-trust legislation.
He said he was not yet prepared to an
nounce his withdrawal from the Speaker
ship race.
WILL AWAIT NEGOTIATIONS.
President Delays Appointment of
Isthmian Canal Commission.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-The President
has given no consideration to the per
sonnel of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
He told Senator CuUom. of Illinois, today
that until the pending negotiations with
Colombia were finished and the Govern
ment ascertained exactly where "it was
at," he would not consider the matter of
appointing members of the Commission. '
Suffering: From Competition.
LONDON. Nov. 2S. At a Joint meeting
of the Swansea tlnplate manufacturers
and representatives oC the workmen, just
held, arrangements -were- made for- stop
pages of a week" each month in Decem
ber. January. February and March. This
action is owing to the depression In tne
Welch tlnplate trade, and is in accord
ance with a resolution passed at a meet
ing of the Tinrnakers' Association held
at Swansea on Tuesday.
Famous Summer Resort Burned.
JACKSON. N. H.. Nov. 23. Gray's Inn.
one of the best-known Summer hotels In
the White Mountains, wag burned to the"
ground tonight, together with Woodbury
Hall and all outbuildings, including two
cottages and the Casino. Loss, $175,000.
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UP DESCHUTES VALLEY
RAILROAD SURVEY TO BEND IS
COMPLETED.
Everything Now Ready for Construc
tion of Columbia Southern Exten
sionMay Begin In Spring:.
The board of directors of tho Columbia
Southern Extension Railroad ,Company
yesterday approved the maps of the last
section of the proposed extension from
Shanlko to Bend, a distance of a trifle
more than 97 miles. These maps will now
go to the United States Land Office at
The Dalles for filing, In .order that the
company may have right of way across
Government land. It Is notable, however,
that the southernmost 27 miles of the
route will cross very little Government
land. Prospects of Irrigation in that coun
try, together with the promise of the
railroad, has had the effect of putting
most of the Government land Into pri
vate hands.
Everything is now ready for the financ
ing of this project and for construction.
President Lytle expects to have all ar
rangements made for putting construc
tion crews' on the line early In the Spring.
The grades are very light, and the curva
ture is not great. For most of the dis
tance the line does not vary perceptibly
from dead level. From Shanlko it bears
southeasterly to Trout Creek, from which
point the main line climbs the divide be
tween Hay Creek and Willow Basin,
crossing Agency Plains and going through
the Haystack country. The crossing of
the Crooked, River is a dozen miles below
Prlneville. From that point to Bend there
Is little curvature or grade In the line.
With this line completed to Bend. Cen
tral Oregon will belong to Portland's
trade field. If It can be constructed to
Ben4 next year, as it is now hoped to do,
It will beat the Nevada, California & Ore
gon line up from Reno. If construction
shall be delayed beyond next year, the
line from the. south may ge there first
and California trade will dominate half of
Oregon.
MAY FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANTS.
Rock Island Demands Share Whch
Other Roads Refuse.
CHICAGO. Nov. 28. Present Indications
point to a war among the Western lines
over Immigrant traffic. The traffic men
of the passenger department of the West
ern lines met here toda-sWith Commis
sioner Wadleigh and Chairman McLcod.
of the Western Passenger Association, in
an effort to reach a settlement The meet
ing was called because of the impressioir
that arbitration could be brought about
or the lines interested could be induced
to dip a bit deeper Into their pockets and
give the Rock Island "recognition for its
El Paso line, which Mr. Sebastian thinks
It should have.
It is understood that the Rpck Island
Is standing out for 10 per cent of the
revenues between the Kansas City & El
Paso divisional points. On the other
hand, the officials of the Rock Island are
sain to be willing to leave the matter to
arbitration When the conference met it
was found that the Southern Pacific was
unwilling to submit to arbitration, and
some of the lines did not care to con
tribute a sufficient amount of their present
shares to make up the percentage de
manded by the Rock Island. The Santa
Fe is also said to be averse to arbitra
tion. A committee was appointed, consisting
of Passenger Traffic Manager Sebastian,
of the Rock Island; George T. Nicholson,
of the Santa Fe, and E. O. McCormick.
of the Southern Pacific, who were In
structed to try to reach a common baslu
and report to the advisory committee of
the bureau the result of their efforts.
REOPEN ST. LOUIS CASE.
Commerce Commission Will Con
sider Coast Rates.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S. The Inter
state Commerce Commission today an
nounced Its decision to reopen the case
of the Business Men's League of St. Louis
against the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad Company and other lines. A fur
ther hearing will be held at St Louis,
February 10 next.
The commission holds that a showing of
less distance and former grade rates does
not warrant an order requiring lower
rates from St. Louis, Chicago and interior
points than from New York on traffic car
ried by rail to Pacific Coast destinations.
While the commission does not condemn
the tariff as a whole, many of Its details
are cited to be unlawful. In this traffic
from the Middle West to the Pacific Coast
territory the commission decides that a
differential as between carloads and less
than carloads, which is at once more than
50 cents per 100 pounds and more than 50
per cent of the carload rate, Is prlma-facie
excessive.
The complainants in the case are grant
ed leave to proceed in that branch of the
case Involving the question whether on
traffic from the Middle West the present
rates to intermediate points which are
higher than those to Pacific Coast termi
nals are lawful.
PENSIONS ON UNION PACIFIC.
Old Employes to Get More Than
$300,000 a Year.
OMAHA, Nov. 2S. Rules and regulations
for a pension system, which will go into
effect January 1, 1903, have been completed
by the officials of the Union Pacific Rail
way, by which Its old employes will be
retired on pensions. The details of the
system will not be made public until later,
but It is officially stated that they have
been worked out and the regulations print
ed. It Is also stated that It will involve
the annual distribution of over 530O.0CO.
BIG FOUR RAISES WAGES.
AlfYard Employes Given Advance,
to Uesrln In December.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 2S. Notice will be
posted tomorrow by the Big Four officials
announcing an advance in wages to its
yard employes north of Columbus and east
of Indianapolis, effective December 1. The
new scale is: Night conductors, 27 cents
an hour; day conductors. 26 cents; night
brakemcn, 24 cents; day brakeraen, 23
cents.
New Official for the Northern Pacific.
BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 28. A special to
the Miner from Kallspell says: J. G.
Taylor, formerly superintendent of the
Montana division of the Great Northern,
with headquarters at Havre, has been ap
pointed "superintendent of terminals of the
Northern Pacific, with headquarters at
Winnipeg.
Winter Rate on Grain Eastward.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-Officia! notice
s
Infants'
Clothes
I haye found
PEARLINE a
great help in '
cleansing badly
soiled infants'
clothes, as it
does away with
all rubbing.
Mrs. Rev. J. S.
One of the Millions.
634
of an Increase of 2$ cents per 100 pounds
In the-freight tariff on grain from Chicago
to New York was filed with the Inter
state Commerce Commission today. The
new grain freight basis which will be ob
served by the lines eastbound out of Chi
cago and other points east of the Mis
sissippi River and north of the Ohio Is 20
cents per hundredweight This Increase
In the grain schedule usually follows the
closing of navigation on the Great Lakes.
Railroad Notes.
Passenger rates to all points north of
Spokane havp hrJ"n rflimnil hv rpnsnn nf
tho reduction from 5 to 3 cents a mile In ;
ine iares on tne Spokane Falls & North
ern Railroad.
Notice. has been sent out to railroad
agents notifying them that freight and
passenger traffic will be taken for the
O. R. & N. steamship service between
Portland and San Francisco.
C. A. Malboeuf. chief clerk In the South
ern Pacific traffic office. Is back at his
desk again, after having been seven
weeks on the road through an exchange ot
work with Traveling Freight Agent Har
vey Lounsbury.
W. R. Calloway; of St Paul, general
passenger agent of the "Soo" Railroad,
came in from .San Francisco yesterday
morning ami left In the evening for home,
going by way of Puget Sound. The "Soo"
Is part of the Canadian Pacific system,
and Mr. Calloway reports a thriving busi
ness in his territory.
UNION IS .ON THE ALERT
Suspects Chicago Street Rallvrays of
Plot Against It.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2S. W. D. Mahon, pres
ident Qf the Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employes, is today in
vestigating charges made by the union of
the Chicago City Railway Company's em
ployes that systematic effort Is being made
by that company to oust union men from
Its shops, and that 300 nonunion men have
been hired to take the places of conduc
tors, motormen and grlpmen who have
been or will be discharged. Mr. Mahon
believes the trouble will be settled with
out interruption of traffic.
OPERATORS TO GIVE FIGURES.
Tables of Wages to Be Furnished
Miners in Coal Contest.
SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 2S. Attorney
Darrow, counsel for the United Mine
workers, announced today that the coal
read presidents had promised to give the
tabulated statistics In regard to miners'
wages, etc., to the counsel for the min
ers some time today or tomorrow. The
big coal mlnlqg companies have had ex
pert accountants at work preparing these
figures for several weeks past. It was
because this part of the evidence was not
ready for presentation that the adjourn
ment of the Coal Strike Commission be
came necessary. Counsel for the miners
will have until next Wednesday In which
to expect this Important part of their op
ponents' evidence. When the commission
meets, District President Nicholls will be
put on the stand by the miners. Presi
dent Mitchell was In conference with Mr.
Nicholls most of today.
AID GIVEN THE MINERS.
Secretary Wilson Will Report Over
$2,000,000 Distributed.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2S. It was offi
cially announced today at the National
headquarters of the mineworkers that
when the miners meet in National con
vention here In January to prepare a new
wage scale. Secretary Wilson will report
the amount of money given by them to
aid the striking anthracite miners. It is
understood that the total Is more than
?2,O0O,0OO. It is also announced that the
assessment for the strike fund stopped
November 15.
Pelee Still Spouts.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., Nov. 23. The
Royal Mall steamer Yare, which arrived
here today, passed Mount Pelee, Island of
Martinique, during Wednesday morning,
and reports that the volcano was then
erupting violently.
Plttsunrfters Invade Europe.
BRUSSELS. Nov. 2S. A financial paper
announces that the glass works of Cour
cel have passed under the control of a
Pittsburg company.
To Itself
In what it is and what it does con
taining the best blood-purifying,
alterative and tonic substances and
effecting the most radical and per
manent cures of all humors and all
eruptions, relieving weak, , tired,
languid feelings, and building up
the whole system is true only of
Hood's Sarsaparilla
No other medicine acts like it;
no other medicine has done so
much real, substantial good, no
other medicine has restored health
and strength at so little cost.
"I was troubled with scrofula and coma
near losing my eyesieht. For four months 1
could not see to do anythinsr. After takinz
two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla I could sec
to walk, and when I had taken eicht bottles I
could see as well as over." Susis A. Haies
tqn. Withers, N. C.
Hood's Sarsaparilla promises to
euro and koops the promise.
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Dr. Eurkhart'a Vegetable Compound cures all
cases of Kidney, Stomach and Llvr Troubles,
Night Sweats, Buzzing Sounds In the Head.
Slcoplcsaness. Headache. Dlzzlne Rheuma
tism, Catarrh and Malaria when other reme
dies fall. It purifies the blocd and clan?es
the pystem. 10 days trial free. All Drussists'.
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AT FIRST GLANCE
ItWonJd Appear That Local Reme
dies Would lie Best for Cnre
of Catarrh.
It would seem at first glance that
catarrh, being a disease of the mucous
membrane, that salves, sprays, etc., being
applied directly to the membranes of the
noso and throat, would be the most ra
tional treatment, but this has been proven
not to be true.
Tho mucous membrane Is made and re
paired from tho blood, and catarrh Is a
blocd disease, and any remedy, to make
a permanent :ure, must act on the blood,
and vrhen the blood Is purified from ca
tarrhal polnson, the secretions from the
mucous membrane will become natural
and healthy.
In this climate, thousands of .people
seem scarcely ever free from some form,
of catarrh; It jets better at times, but
each "Winter becomes gradually deeper
seated. "Knd after a time the sufferer re
signs himself to it as a necessary evil.
Catarrh cureesare almost as numerous
as catarrh sufferers, but are nearly all so
inconvenient and ineffective as to render
their use a nuisance nearly as annoylns
as catarrh Itself; any one who has used,
douches, sprays and powders will bear
witness to their Inconvenience and failure
to really cure.
There arc a number of excellent Inter
nal remedies for catarrh, but probably
the best and certainly the safestjs a new
remedy, composed of Red Gum. Blood
Root and similar antiseptic remedies and
other valuable catarrh specifics.
.This remedy is in tablet form, pleasant
to the taste, and sold by druggists under
the namo of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, and
any one suffering from catarrh may use
these tablets with absolute assurance that
they contain no cocaine, opiate nor any
polsonous mineral whatever.
A leading druggist In Albany, speaking
of catarrh cure, says: "I have sold var
ious catarrh cures for years, but have
never sold any which gave such generil
satisfaction as Stuart's Catarrh Tablets.
They contain In a pleasant, concentrated
form, all thp best and latest catarrh rem
edies, and 'catarrh sufferers, who have
used douches, sprays and salves, have
been astonished at the quick relief and
permanent results obtained after a week's
use of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets." . All
druggists sell full-sized packages for 50
cents.
You Can Depend Upon Ob-
taining Results, Re
sults That Last.
"Will it cure?" is always the first ques
tion asked by a sufferer who has made
up his mind to take a course of treatment
for any kidney ailment. "Will I stay
cured?" follows as a matter of course.
If the reader Is In doubt about "what
method to follow, read this statement
carefully:
Frank Stir.es. bricklayer, of 4559 Thirty
third avenue, Denver, Colo., says: "It Is
over three years since I recommended
Doan's Kidney Pills through our Denver
papers. At that time they stopped pain
in my back and through the sides, which,
although never severe enough to lay me
up, was sufficient to cause more annoy
ance than any one should endure""when"
Doan's Kidney Pills can so easily be pro
cured. If I had not received positive ben
efit when that remedy flr3t came to my
notice, I would be the last man In Denver
to publicly indorse the medicine, and If
the results obtained from the treatment
with Doan's Kidney Pills had not been
permanent, nothing could Induce me to
reindorse this medicine. The merits of
Doan's Kidney Pills should be unlversally
knovn."
Ask the Laue-Davls Drug Co. what their
customers say about Doan's Kidney Pills.
Sc'.d for 50 cents per box. Foster-Mll-burn
Co.. Buffalo. N. Y., sole agents. f6r
the United States.
Remember the name DOAN'S and take
no substitute.
CURED BY
WHITE RIBBON REMEDY
No taste. Xo odor. Can be given in glas of
water, tea, or coffee without patient's knowl
edge. White Ribbon Ilemcdy will cure ar destroy
the dleeased appetite for alcoholic stimulants,
whether the patient is a confirmed Inebrlate.a
"tippler." oclal drinker or drunkard. Impos
sible for any 6ne to have an appetite for alco
holic liquors after- using "White Itlbbon Rem
edy. Indorsed by Mcmhcru of W. C. T. U.
Mrs. A. M. Townsend. Secretary of the Wom
an's Christian Temperance Union. OostDn,
Mass.. writes: "I have tested White Ribbon
Remedy on very obstinate drunkards, and the
cures have been many. In many cases the
Remedy was given secretly. I cheerfully rec
ommend and Indole White Ribbon Remedy.
Members of our Union are delighted to find
a practical and "economical treatment to aid
us In our temperance work."
For sale by drugRhrts or by mall. 51 per box.
Trial package free by writing. MRS. T. C.
MOORE CO.. State Supt. of Press. W. C. T. U..
Ventura. Cal.
Sold In Portland. Cr.. by Woodard. Clarke St
Co.. Fourth and Washington strata.
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured by theso
Little Pills.
They also relieve Distress from Dyapejv
da. Indigestion and Too Hearty Eatlnjp,
X perfect remedy for Dirtiness, Nausea,
Drowsiness, Bad Taate In the Mouth,
Coated Tongue, Pain n the Side, TOR
PID LIVER. They Regulate tho Bow
bL Purely Vegetable.
Small Pilf. Small Dose
Small PrlcA
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