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iTOP SUIT!
King County Delegation
May Be Called Off
DISCLOSURES ARE DREADED
Story of Preston's Futile Sena
torial Struggle.
DID NOT PLAY FAIR WITH ALLIES
Frantic Efforts of Furth. to Land the
Prize, and Then to Cover His
Tracks When He Was Un
successful. If the civil and criminal libel cults
against the Seattle Times are pressed,
much political history will be verified
that Is sow mere hearsay.
Pressure will In all probability be
brought on the members of the Kins
County delegation to perauada them to
let the matter drop.
"Wilson, Furth. Frlnk and many
other good political fighters aro very
much Interested In seeing that tho
suits are not brought to trial.
SEATTLE, March 20. Special.) Coin
cident with the trial of civil and criminal
libel suits against the Seattle Times and
those men connected with the publication
of stories reflecting upon certain King
County members of the Legislature will
come a revelation of inside political his
tory that will astound the people of Se
attle. In fact, if the parties to the suit
pursue their investigations, the case is
more apt to become known for the news
broken to the people of King County than
for Its effect upon the Times.
Members of the King: County Legislative
delegation Insist they will force the suits
against the Times to an Issue. Attorneys
have been at work on- the cases for sev
eral weeks, carefully collecting evidence,
preparing themselves for the trial of the
causes. The papers are all drawn and the
members of the delegation are ready to
force the Issue.
Twelve of the members of the delegation
aro Joined in the various suits. No Invi
tation was extended Representative Lewis
Levy to Join In the actions. No one
seemed to be anxious to invite him, and
Levy did not obtrude himself. If he feels
aggrieved at anything that may have been
said Mr. Levy has been left in undisputed
possession of his right to bring an inde
pendent action.
The outcome of the suits is a matter of
mere conjecture. It is an easy matter to
arouse suspicion and a hard thing to
prove that injustice has been done. There
ia a general belief that many members
of the delegation are absolutely above
suspicion, but the result of their effort
at vindication will not be known until a
verdict is rendered.
In the meantime if there Is any prob
ability that some of the inside history
of the Preston fight will be public prop
erty as a result of the suits, strong, pres
sure is certain to be brought to bear to
dissuade the members of the King County
delegation from forcing the fight. As It
now stands some of the ostensible sup
porters of Preston, who were really urg
ing the King County delegation to break
from him, are protected by the delegation,
which has been bound by a pledge of
secrecy regarding all the moves In the
game played at Olympla last Winter. But
a libel suit would probably bring out much
of this story, and that Is one of tho rea
sons influential politicians will endeavor to
put off the threatened proceedings.
What John L. Wilson Did.
To bring out the fact, for example, tlyit
ex-TJnlted States Senator John L. Wil
son, who has Just arrived from Spokane
to lay the foundation for another Sena
torial boom, urged the King County dele
gation repeatedly to break away from
Preston and make a deal with Ankeny,
would have a bad effect upon the stand
ing of the Spokane man In Seattle. Nor
would It aid tho chances of Jacob Furth
In the future to show that he planned
some of the moves in the Ankeny deal.
A. B. Stewart would hardly care to have It
shown that he devoted his last week while
In Olympla to an effort to save his broth,
er's job as Postmaster In Seattle, and he
did not treat Preston any too kindly in
this effort. Then there Is J. M. Frlnk,
who was one of the first to alight from
the train that brought a "Preston" dele
gation to Olympla, and who Immediately
posted off to the King County headquar
ters to ask that he be substituted for
Preston as the King County Senatorial
candidate. W. P. Trimble, J. J. Mc
Gllvra and E. C. Hughes were among the
King County "dark horses" In the Preston
train. None of these men Is going to
permit that libel suit, with its attendant
revelations, come to a trial If he can
prevent It.
Nothing but a trial of such a case or
some equally effective move, could ever
convince Harold Preston of the bad faith
shown by his home city. He still clings
to the belief that he was jobbed by his
delegation. He does not know and the
people of Seattle do not know that the
delegation merely followed. the advice of
the leading politicians of King County.
When these facts are known there may be
a change of sentiment, but this is some
thing the King 'County members are not
worrying over.
There was scarcely a move. If any at
all, that was taken without consulting
Senator Wilson and E. C. Hushes. Jacob
Furth knew almost everything the dele
gation planned to do, and he urged the
members to take some of the action It
did.
The Impossibility of harmonizing the
different Interests with Preston convinced
most of the politicians Interested in his
fight that it was a hopeless effort to at
tempt to elect him. The claims of Mc
Bride that he could elect Preston If the
King County Senators supported the rail
road commission bill were not shown to.
be well founded, and the politicians knew
at all times that there was no chance for
the Democratic support that was always
held up as a possibility ''by the Governor
and his friends.
Preston Would Xot Trade.
In the beginning a fair division of the
work of waiting upon other members of
the Legislature was attempted. The out
side members were divided among the
King County delegation by Preston's own
orders. Then arose the question of a di
vision of patronage and what Preston
would permit his delegation to pledge.
Preston promptly insisted he would not
trade patronage for votes. This answer
was accepted In good faith for a day or
two, and then it developed that Preston
had already promised to name Senator
Warburton District Judge In the event
the State of Washington was cufinto two
Federal Judiciary districts, and had de
clared that he would see that Senator
Sharp's son was made clerk of the court.
More than that it was discovered Reuben
W. Jones had been slated for Postmaster
of the City of Seattle. Then some of the
King County members claimed bad faith
in the distribution of patronage, and went
on a strike.
The next break came when Preston In
sisted upon naming a portion of the com
mittees in the Senate, so as to reward
his friends. His knowledge of the situa
tion became apparent when he picked out
three Ankeny men to be honored at the
beginning, and then came back with the
explanation he had just discovered his
error. Preston was not allowed to Inter
fere there again.
When it was discovered that no deal
could be made with the commission men
In the Legislature, McBride and Preston
were ready to believe that they could not
elect Preston Senator. Then It was that
John L. Wilson made overtures to the
two, offering to support the railroad com
mission bill with whatever strength he
could muster In the event McBride and
Preston would support him. S. A. Perkins,
Wilson's Pierce County manager, endeav
ored to undermine the Pierce County sup
port' of Ankeny at the same time, but
failed, and the deal with Preston and
McBride fell through.
Then Furtn "Butted In."
Jacob Furth was put forward as a can
didate, and he secured a pledge of time
from the King County delegation to al
low him to go out and ascertain the
strength he could muster from tho out
side counties. -There were four men in, the
King County delegation who were not fa.-'
vprably 'inclined! toward Furth's can
didacy, and this fact, together with his
work outside the county, convinced Mr.
Furth that he was not a possibility. Then
In rapid succession half a dozen other
men were discussed, but they would not
do.
By this time there was a well-organized
movement afoot among the Democrats to
swing over to Ankeny's support. Twelve
of them had pledged themselves to do so,
and four Republicans "voting in the air"
were ready to jump to the Walla Walla
candidate. The King County members
became alarmed, and sordid the politicians
from that city.
A conference, or, rather, a series of con
ferences were held with .John L. Wilson,
E. C. Hughes, A. B. Stewart, Jacob
Furth and others, at which times the sit
uation was canvassed. It was proclaimed
there that Preston could not win, and
the delegation was urged to make the
best possible terms with AnKeny. At the
suggestion of Wilson and some of the
other politicians Preston was served with
his first notice that the delegation wanted
to be released.
In the meantime some of the King
County men endeavored to ascertain what
could be expected from Ankeny In the
event support was thrown to him. In
cjdentally an effort was put forth to
swing as many of the King County mem
bers as possible and 17 agreed, at first,
to leave Preston.
FiRhtluj? for Delay.
Preston and his managers continually
pleaded for more time, and It was granted.
These continual extensions of time wor
ried Wilson, Furth and their friends more
than the King County delegation. The
Ankeny managers were almost ready to
force Ankeny's election without aid from
King County, and such a result would not
have aided King County's future chances.
It was for this reason that these men
urged the King County delegation to pre
cipitate the election of Ankeny at once.
Wilson, for example, even went so far
as to go to the Baldwin Hotel, where one
of the King County caucuses was In
progress, and urge the King County men
to "do It at once."
The plan of Wilson and his friends, as
well as the Idea of the King County men,
was to shoulder the responsibility upon
the seven Republican hold-over Senators
and at the same time permit them to do
a bit of good politics. The night of the
first state ball the lines were laid for
one of the closing moves in the fight.
The King County Senators, according to
agreement, summoned the other hold-over
Senators, outside Pierce County, to a con
ference. Before any of them appeared
Senators Potts, Tucker and Palmer hied
away to the ball and Senators Van de
Vanter and Hemrlch went off on busi
ness engagements, leaving Senators Smith
and Klnnear to meet the outside Senators.
They called in these men, one at a time,
and secured a pledge from most of them
to support a King County candidate for
Senator two years hence in the event King
County agreed upon a suitable man.
This work had scarcely been ac
complished when Jacob Furth, accompan
ied by Wilson, Hughes and several other
friends, reappeared and declared he saw
his way through the fight. Furth was In
formed that the King County Senators
had been bound by the pledges they had
given the hold-over Senators, and no
matter what Furth was able to do they
would have to stay by their agreement.
Furth Immediately conceded that he had
been too late, and a day was spent In
covering up Furth's tracks.
In the meantime Preston asked for more
time tq try new moves in his fight for
CCo&cluded on Fourth Page.)
ORIGIN OF ROW
Keene Had Organized
Southern Pacific Pool..
HARRIMAN WAS WILLING
But Pool Failed to. Realize on
the Big Game.
SOMEONE SOLD INOPPORTUNELY
It Was Hnrrlman Who Let Out the
Stock That Spoiled Keene's Plans,
and Who Made a Heap Out
of the Transaction.
The Keene-Harriman difficulty over
Southern Pacific bad Its origin In dis
appointment at the failure of Keene's
pool to boom Southern Pacific stock.
At a critical time Harrlman sold heav
ily, thus preventing the advance Keene
was manipulating tor. Then, when the
stock had slumped, Harrlman covered.
When Keene discovered this, he took
action In two ways Invited Southern
Pacific proxies and went Into court to
prevent the Harrlman party from vot
ing its stock at the annual meeting.
It Is one of the finest fights between
heavy operators ever seen In Wall
street.
NEW YORK, March 20. (Special.) The
firm of Talbot J. Taylor & Co. has Issued
a call for proxies to be. voted at the an
nual meeting of the Southern Pacific on
April 8. Union, Pacific has also sent out
a call for similar proxies. The meaning
of these two events is very plain. It is
that the speculative forces of Wall
street's greatest speculator are arrayed
for battle against the corporate powers
at the command of Wall street's greatest
railroad king.
The origin of tho trouble dates bacic
mora than a year. At that time' James R.
Keene began, to ask various capitalists in
Wall street certain questions relative' to
the possibility of getting up a pool In
Southern Pacific stock. As week followed
week more and more of Wall street
speculative fraternity professed a willing
ness to enlist under tho banner of Mr.
Keene in a campaign to put this stock
30 or 40 points higher than ruling quota
tions. All last Spring Mr. Keene and his
lieutenant, Talbot J. Taylor, worked un
ceasingly In the completion of this pool.
They tried the market thoroughly. They
put the stock through Its paces, and dis
covered just how much it could be moved
by tho buying of a certain amount, how
easily It broke under selling, how strong
a bear party had to be met and defeated
on each move of the game, how much
capital it was necessary to have behind
the manipulation, and. In fact, they
gained in those months of skirmishing
all the knowledge that it was deemed
necessary to possess If tho undertaking
of the pool wa3 to be carried through to
a successful termination.
On Mr. Keene's return from Europe last
Summer, the real campaign began. The
great leader told his friends that It would
be short and sharp, and that by the end
of September Southern Pacific would be
selling at pari The pool at the begin
ning of this short campaign consisted of
about 300.000 shares of the stock of South
ern Pacific, and was composed of about SO
members. It was the biggest speculative
pool, and the richest that Wall street has
ever seen. It had behind it an aggregate
capital of nearly $100,000. The members of
It were strong and confident Among
them were numbered some of Wall
street's oldest and wisest brokers at
least two railroad presidents, two chair
men of railroad boards and five independ
ently wealthy capitalists. Hardly a man
In It but was a director of one or more
corporations whose stock Is listed on the
Stock Exchange.
How Pool Boomed Stock.
At the outset Mr. Keene assured the
members of the pool that Mr. Harrlman
would not in 'any way oppose the pool
operation. They scattered literature
across the "continent to tell the public
that the Southern Pacific pool was going
to put the stock up partly in order that
the 750,000 shares held by Union Pacific
and Mr. Harrlman might be of greater
value to those two interests. They stated
flatly that Union Pacific and Mr. Harrl
man would In no wise object to this in
crease In the value of their assets. At a
cost of 540,000 they Issued a magnificent
cloth-bound circular, telling of the great
ness of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Its
marvelous resources, its wonderful terri
tory, its growing industries. Its thriving
towns, its rich mineral prospects, lt3
splendid record of earnings. They, stated
In this circular that before the end of
1502 Mr. Harrlman and Union Pacific
would decide to pay a dividend of 4 per
cent on Southern Pacific stock. They
gave to the world the impression that Mr.
Harrlman and Union Pacific had pledged
themselves to the declaration of this div
idend. They left to the world not a sin
gle doubt as to the fact that Southern
Pacific by the end of 1902 would be a
dividend stock paying its stockholders a
rich return on their investment.
Southern Pacific went up. It went from
CO to 70 in a week. It went from 70 to 80
in three weeks. There It checked. Some
body was selling. Market sharps in the
offices nudged one another as they
watched the ticker and confided to one
another the secret: "Keene Is selling the
pool stock."
"That was the crucial moment In the
history of this great pool. If It had been
true that Keene was doing what his ad
mirers thought he was doing, all would
have been well.. It Is true that Mr. Keene
denied flatly at that time that he was
selling Southern Pacific, . but, of course,
no one believed him. No one ever believes
the leader of a pool in Wall street, so
tho public winked and made remarks
complimentary to the genius, but not to
the veracity of James R. Keene. Mean
time the selling continued. Southern Pa
cific was traded In to a tremendous ex
tent. Some days as much as 100,000 shares
crossed the board. People began to won
der who was doing the buying. The stock
seemed to bo pegged around SO. Then, aa
suddenly as it had become active, the
stock became dull. People said that
Keene had got out of Southern Pacific
Keene Had to Support It.
Meantime Mr. Keene was having trou
bles of his own. It can be stated now In
the light of subsequent events that Mr.
Keene had sold no stock of Southern Pa
cific. On the contrary, to keep the stock
from dropping back to where it was when
the pool began he had been obliged to
buy an immense amount of additional
stock. For once the great leader was
beaten. He did not know where the stock
was coming from. He thought that some
person was selling short, and he thought
that It would be Interesting to squeeze
that person. It was the mistake of Mr.
Keene's lifetime. The person In question
was E. H. Harrlman, a man who had in
hl3 treasury more Southern Pacific stock
than even Mr. Keeno and his powerful
pool would care to buy, and a person
moreover who. If control of Southern Pa
cific once passed out of his hands, could
turn around and make Southern Pacific
worth less than $25 per share.
It was never a part of Mr. Harrlman's
plan to let the Southern Pacific pass out
of his hands. He knew, what Mr. Keene
did not know, namely, that there was
coming on the street a period of money
stringency. He knew that during such a
period thousands of shares of Southern
Pacific would be thrown Into the street,
and the buyers for this stock would be
few and far between. He knew that he
could, stay short of the market until this
time came and buy at bargain prices the
stock that he had already sold to Mr.
Keene and his friends. Therefore, he sold
and sold heavily.
' Mr. Keene did not take the members of
the pool fully into his confidence. They
had surrendered all discretion in the mat
ter of the pool stock Into Mr. Keene's
hands. They are absolutely guided by
his word. He told them to wait, and they
waited and are waiting still.
Tight money came. It swept upon the
street suddenly. Prices crumbled. Stock
values dwindled rapidly-. All the work of
Mr. Gates' six months' campaign was
undone in three short weeks. Thousands
of men and women all over England,
Germany, the United States and Canada
lost In those three weeks every cent that
they had been. Induced to put Into the
"Wall-street market. Southern Pacific
was as bad as any other stock on the
list. It- tumbled rapidly. From 81 It
dropped to below 60. There It steadied.
Mr. Harrlman covered his shorts. He
took his time about it; He knew perfect
ly well that the pool stock cost Mr. Keene
and his friends about $70 per share, and
that they would not sell It below that
price. He was careful to see that his
buying did not bring it up to that price.
It Is believed that he covered his shorts
below 63. When he had them covered,
the stock still looked so cheap that he
considered it a bargain, and he kept on
buying, so that before the stock reached
.65 he had added 150,000 shares to the stock
already In .the treasury of Union Pacific,
and had made the control of the road safe
.beyond a doubt
Sold Keene to a Standstill.
Mr. Harrlman then announced -through
his bankers, lhat he nad made this pur
chase. of Southern Pacific stock, and that
any one who wanted control of Southern
Pacific would have to buy it from E. H.
Harrlman. It was a bad day for the
pool. Wall street began to realize that
Harrlman had sold Keene to a standstill.
The stock went down again. Rumors
began to spread that the Southern Pa
cific pool had gone to pieces. Mr. Keene
vigorously denied It. The street took this
as a good reason for-believing that It was
so', and kept on believing that it was so
until a couple of weeks ago.
Since then events have crowded on one
another in the history of the Southern
Pacific pool.. On March 5 It leaked out
that Edward Lauterbach had served pa
pers on Alexander Miller, secretary of
Union Pacific, and then Immediately with
drawn the papers. Those papers were an
injunction to restrain Union Pacific from
voting the 900,000 shares of Southern Pa
cific stock which were held in its treas
ury at the annual meeting on April 8.
Rumors flew thick and fast It was stat
ed, and It has since been corroborated,
that Messrs. Keene and Harrlman had,
figuratively speaking, come to blows. Mr.
Keene had accused Mr. Harrlman of bad
faith in selling stock to the pool, and In
refusing to help the pool out by declar
ing the dividend. Mr. Harrlman prompt
ly told Mr. Keene that Southern Pacific
belonged io Union Pacific, and to Mr.
Harrlman.. and that those two Interests
would do with it whatever they thought
fit
On March 11 Mr. Keene sent out his
call for proxies. In It he declared that
Mr. Harrlman and the Union Pacific man
agement were practically robbing the
stockholders of Southern Pacific. He de
clared that Union Pacific Intended to use
the earnings of the other road to build up
the Central Pacific branch, and then
finally to take over Central Pacific and
make It part of Union Pacific, leaving
the rest of the Southern Pacific system
out In the cold. On the 13th Keene ob
tained a temporary' Injunction on the
grounds set out In his petition presented
and withdrawn March 5.
The sequel to this remarkable fight will
be found in the report of the annual
meeting April S, and probably in the rec
ords of the law courts after that date.
The Southern Pacific pool will stand to
gether. They do not hope, even In. their
wildest moments to wrest control of
Southern Pacific from the Harrlman
grasp. They do hope to make such a pro
test that Union Pacific and Mr. Harrl
man will be shamed into the payment of
a dividend on Southern Pacific. If all
else fails, they are undoubtedly willing to
carry the matter Into the courts on the
ground that the earnings of Southern Pa
cific are being diverted to the benefit of
an alien road, namely. Union Pacific.
Meantime Mr. Harrlman Is cool and con
fident He waives aside all questions rel
ative to Southern Pacific His bankers
say the matter is a joke. Mr. Harrlman
and Union Pacific can afford to laugh.
On the selling short of 100.000 shares at SO.
and the covering of It at 60, Mr. Harrl
man cleared $2,000,000. Incidentally he
bought 150,000 shares for $3,000,000, which
he can make worth $15,000,000 by simply
calling the directors together and telling
them to declare a dividend. It Is a joke.
Everj" one in Wall, street says so, except
the members of the Southern Pacific pooL
Restraining Order Amended.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. March 20. United
States Judge Lurtcn. sitting in chambers
here, has granted, the motion made by at
torneys for the Southern Pacific Railway
to amend the restraining order granted
March 13. The motion was to strike out
the words "In the City of New York."
where they first occurred in the laws of
the company and insert the words "at the
office of the company in Beechmont, Jef
ferson County, Ky."
To Suppress Relielllon In China.
WASHINGTON. March 20. A cablegram
received at the State Department today
from United States Consul McWade at
Canton, says:
"Viceroy Tezen today dispatched troops
to suppress an Incipient rebellion at Yam
chow, in the province of Kuan Tung."
AT
T. JOHN
Drydock Will Be Lo
cated Down the River.
INDORSED BY LOGKWOGD
Victoria Site Not Practicable
for the Purpose
COST OF PROPERTY $14,000
Fifty Thousand Dollars Will Put the
Tract in Condition for the Re
ception of the Dock Cap
tain Spencer's Approval.
The Port of Portion (J Commission yes
terday selected the drydock site at St
Johns.
1100 feet of water front will be pur
chased for $14,000.
To prepare the property for the dry
dock will coat $50,130.
Less dredging will be required than
at any other site except the Victoria
dock, and little trouble Is expected In
maintaining the channel.
The river Is wide at the point select
ed, and there is ample room for navi
gation. The drydock will go to St Johns. The
Port of Portland Commission, at a special
meeting yesterday afterno'on, by a unani
mous vote, accepted the offer of Hartman'.
Thompson & Powers of 14C0 feet of water
front near St Johns, adjoining the Brazee
tract, at $10 a front foot Engineer J.
B. C Lockwood estimates that It will cost
$50,130 to prepare the property for the re
ception of the dock, which will bring the
total coat up to $64,130, The Victoria dock
site prepared tor the berthing of the dry
dock, would have cost the port $129,780, ac-
cording to Mr. Lockwood's figures.
There was a full attendance of the mem
bers of the board present except Ellis G.
Hughes, who never attends, and several
Interested- spectators, Including Captain
E. W. Spencer, Captain F. B. Jones, Lewis
Russell, Charles Hegele and Paul Labbe.
The proceedings began with the reading
of the report of Engineer Lockwood, on
the two sites last proposed those of Cap
tain Spencer and Hartman, Thompson &
Powers. The report was accompanied
by drawings showing the proposed loca
tions of the dock upon the sites. The re
port follows:
Since submitting my report to you of
February 2S I have, at your request, ex
amined two additional proposed sites for
the drydock.
Captain E. W. Spencer offers the Vic
toria dock at $75,000. This property con
sists of about 775 feet, river frontage, a
short distance below the steel bridge. It
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CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
National Affairs.
Senate amendments have muddled the Cuban
treaty. Page 5.
Secretary Hay's answer- to Argentine proposi
tion. Page 3.
Further arrangements for President's tour.
Page 3.
Transport DIx may load at Portland. Page i.
Domestic.
Origin of the quarrel between Keene and Har
rlman. Page 1.
AVabash trainmen offer to arbitrate. Page 2.
Arguments for and against the railroad merger.
Pago 6.
Missouri Supreme Court fines the beef trust.
Page 5.
More Mississippi levees break and Increase
flooded area. Page. 2.
Grand Jury's story of battle with West Vir
ginia miners. Page 7.
Collision between- steamers costs' six lives.
Page 7.
Foreign.
Chamberlain ;reak3 on his South African
tour. Page 3.
Balfour proposes to give Ireland partial home
rule. Page 3.
American explorers in Central Africa. Page 3.
Sports.
Portland Browns win game at San Jose by 8
to 3. Page 7.
Northwest League trying to capture Coast
League players. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Some "Washington politicians would be glad to
see Times suits stopped. Page 1.
HUIsboro and Forest Grove up in arms against
Portland and the Fair. Page 4.
Referendum League In Polk County Is quies
cent. Page 4.
Taxes on timber lands In Marion County will
be doubled. Page 4.
Oregon City paper mills cannot pay higher
wages. Page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Light pack of Alaska salmon is expected.
Page 15,
Early losses in wheat at. Chicago regained by
shorts covering. Page 15.
General- Improvement In New Tork stock mar
ket. Page 15.
Weekly trade reviews. Page 15.
Oranges lower at San Francisco auctlpn.
Pago 15.
Derelict lumber schooner sighted off the mouth
of the Columbia. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Drydock site selected In St Johns. Page ,
Fair board will be harassed If referendum la
called. Page 10
Civil service commission plana to throw exam
inations oaen to all citizens who can read
and write. Page 12.
State board examines line of proposed portago
railway. Page 10.
Leung John is killed as result oC highbinder
war. Page 16. J
C. E. Wood, trustee of bankrupt estate, re
moved. Page 11. t
Attorneys for De Falco endeavflr to prove his
Insanity. Page 10. "
Seattle man purchases controlling interest In
Cordray's Theater. Page J2.
James McDiarmid is micsing. and he is sus
pected of embezzling $5G0. Page 14.
Committees will meet tonight to plan Presl-
.. dent's welcome. PagelO.
St Louis fair will not be postponed until 1905.
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