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3 ft "THE DIFFERENT STORE" Olds, Wot tman & Kin; FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS JiLL PICTURES FRAMED AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ATTACK ON PRICES 1 A G?an4 Clearance Sale of Thtee Days' D ation & . OPENS THIS MORNING 3 Days of Recofd-Bfeakmg Selling in ot? Woman's Wea Salon v) GOOD SHOPPING DAYS While the weather is pleasant before the rush begins for mountains and coast. You can shop to advantage here now and make a substantial saving, as every article in our great and varied stock is reduced in price. THE MORNING OREGONIAS, THTJRSDAT, JUIsE 18, 1903. In our CESS on these here now at these prices than simple shirtwaist affords you THEY ARE ALL NEW SKIRTS EVERY ONE WAS MADE THIS SEASON THEY ARE OUR OWN RELIABLE MAKES Not manufactured for a sale and wc arc GOING TO SELL EVERY WALKING SKIRT IN THIS STORE WITHOUT RESERVATION ALL MUST GO 1 This sale will be one decisively establishing a new record for big value-giving. You positively never witnessed such a wholesale slaughter of prices in this section as we have inaugurat ed here THIS MORNING for this grand clearance sale, and 'twill certainly be a long time ere such a happening comes again in the walking skirt stock. We propose to distribute all of these great values among the ladies of Portland at a mere fraction of their real worth. IN EXPLANATION OF THIS GREAT SLAUGHTER OF PRICES We have only to say we are carrying out to the letter the policy of our business, and incidentally the cause of our great success to make each season stand its own losses before any gain is figured. So now that the Spring sales are practically over, we welcome this loss with open arms for the next three days, in order to clear the decks for Fall action. This will be one of the most remarkable and stirring events ofour MAMMOTH JUNE CLEAN-SWEEP SALE. Starting this morning at 8 o'clock we shall sell all this season's WALKING SKIRTS every one in the store, without reserve cheviots, Venetians, coverts, homespuns, basket weaves and every good skirt fabric known, in colors of black, navy, brown, gray and novelty mixtures, at following reductions: Att $5.00 vates go AH $6.50 values go All $7.50 values go All $8.50 values go All $X0.00 values go Watch for cur Four Big "ECONOMY SALE" Specials for CZAR AWES SER His Message to King Ends Any Idea of Uprising. EXPECT POWERS TO GIVE IN i'liotOErrnphs of the Assassins Arc Son- Being Displayed Reception, to the New Ruler Will Be on. an Elaborate Scale. BELGRADE!, June 17. With the receipt of the Czar's telegram to King Petor, In the opinion of the best-Infonhed persons, natives and foreigners, all possibility of on internal rising against the provisional government of Servia has passed. The dis patch has so strengthened the hands of the conspirators that there is no chanco whatever of opposition to them. .Nothing is now heard but talk of the approaching reception of the new King. ILarge crowds are constantly gathering bo fore the v.'lndows of shops on the main street of Belgrade, where, since the re ceipt of the Czar's message, a large pho tograph of the chlesf military actors In the late drama havo been displayed. The Skupshtina and Senate during the day adopted a modification of the consti tution of 3SSS. The army regards the Czar's telegram as putting the seal of approval on the deeds of their officers. Up to the present the diplomatic corps lias officially ignored the provisional gov ernment, but the Servian officials ex pressed the conviction that the powers generally are bound to follow Russia's lead. The Austrian government has promised King Peter the free use of Its railroads for his Journey here. The municipality of Belgrade has voted a large sum towards the reception of King Peter, which promises to bo elaborate. About 000 additional electric lights have been ordered for Illumination of tho city. RUSSIA WILL BACK SERVIA. It Will Not Join Powers In Demand ing Punishment of Assassins. ST. PETERSBURG. June 17. The Czar's congratulation to King Peter was consid ered a public expression of tho unqualified favor with -which the proclamation of King Peter was received in official circles here. It Is regarded as extremely un likely in view of the. attitude of the Servian people that Russia will support the suggestion that the powers should de mand the punishment of the assassns of King Alexander and Queen Draga. Jubilant Over Ciar'H Message. BELGRADE, Juno 17. The Cabinet Min isters and other Servian officials here are Jubilant over the Czar's telegram to King Peter, demonstrating sympathy on the part of Russia. King Peter has tele graphed to the Czar, thanking him warm ly for his message. PALACE IS OPENED TO VISITORS. Servians Show Joy in Pointing: Out Traces of the Slaughter. BELGRADE. June 17. The correspond ent of the Associated Press was today al lowed to Inspect the palace in which King Alexander and Queen Draga were mur dered. The bedroom which Is furnished in Empire style, remains in the same condi tion as when the king and queen fled on the approach of tho assassins. French nov els He on the king's table and the queen's toilet articles, perfumes and cosmetics cover .her dressing table. The costly silk bed coverings ore full of bullot holes, Walking Skirt EVERY store to-be closed out at SLAUGHTER PRICES! THE OVERWHELMING SUC OF OUR GREAT SPRING new and worthy skirts during WALKING SKIRT for the OUTING to risk the wear and tear of an extra outing costume. at $3.75 at 4.95 at 5.85 at 6.75 at 7.95 Every advertised value of the week, also those named in the Sunday Ore gonian, are on sale today at the sharply reduced prices caused by our LEAN - the conspirators having shot wildly in all directions, through and under the bed. chairs and tables, in their efforts to find their victims. The Servian officers, chatting and smil ing, led their guests to the different rooms, eargerly pointing out the bullet holes, dynamite marks and blood stains, and displaying the greatest solicitude that no trace of the slaughter should be over looked. Queen Draga's costly gowns and lingerie were overhauled by the rough hands of the soldiers when the Associated Press correspondent was in her bedroom, and rude jests were made regarding the draw erful of toys which it was suggested were Intended for tho -"expected heir." The murderers entered the palace from the rear, where thero Is a large vestibule that looked as though It had been, struck by a tornado. Tho heavy oak doors and massive side columns were shattered by dynamite and the doors through three rooms leading to tho royal bedchamber were also forced in a similar manner. FIro had been started in two places in the palace. A simple wardrobe room, leading di rectly from the bedroom was the scene of the final act in tho drama. The apart ment is lofty but scarcely seven feet wide and-15 feet long and Is furnished only with three groat wardrobes. The officers who attended tho correspondent showed the latter the bloodstained floor at one end of the room, where the king and queen fell, and tho broken Vene tian shutter at the window through which their bodies were thrown to tho ground. A secret stairway leads "through the floor to rooms in the southern end of the palace. By this staircase the hapless couple might have attempted to escape but they were unable to do so because the opening of this stairway was covered by a heavy chest. Escape In any evont would have been impossible as the sol diers who had surrounded the palace were so determined to kill the king and queen that they had even placed cannon In front of the palace and were prepared to destroy the building In the event of failing to find their prey. Each of the three rooms between the vestibule and the bod chamber showed marks of the rragody. Mirrors were shattered, pictures were' shot through, furnlturo broken, there were bullet holes In the doors and. in the oil portraits of the king which wore In every room, and most of the latter were otherwise muti lated. Contrary to tho general understanding but little effort has been made to reno vate the apartments except the carpen ters were making two new doors to re place those that had been blown to pieces at tho time the conspirators forced their way into the rooms occupied by the king and queen. The royal apartments were simply and tastefully furnished, chief! In Oriental style and presented a homelike appear ance. The Interior of the palace might have been that of a country house be longing to a prosperous American. The house of the king's adjutant. La sar Petrovlchs. which was the first at tacked, is even a greater wreck than the royal apartments in the palace. The en trance was completely destroyed by dy namite. The adjutant escaped unhurt but he was killed later In the vestibule of the palace. A largo blood stain marked the spot where the officer died. It was in a bare, whitewashed room on the commander's quarters, adjoining the palace, that Queen Draga's two brothers were sitting on wooden chairs, which bear marks of tho bullets. The proceedings in the palace . today showed the same callousness that has characterized the actions and demeanor of everybody In Belgrade since the trag edy. EMPEROR CONGRATULATES 1CIXG. Ruler of Austria Is Very Cordial, Tint Denounces the Ajsnnsslnntlonl VIENNA, June 17. Cordially worded telegrams havo been exchanged between Emperor Francis Joseph and King Peter, but the Emperor in the midst of his con gratulations to the new ruler, seized the occasion to denounce the assassinations. The icing's message follows: "Genera, Switzerland, J una 1C His SALES has urged us on to close the next three days of this AND VACATION DAYS! other skirts. One of these elegant walking skirts with a All $2.50 values go at AH $X5.00 values go at All S20.00 values go at All $22.50 values go at All $25.00 values go at....'. SWEEP Friday in tonight's Telegram Majesty, the Emperor of Austria: I hasten to Inform Your Majesty of my call to the -Servian throne, to which I have been elected by tho unanimous vote of the Senate and tho Skupshtina. I Intend to take up again my ancestral traditions and hope to bring freedom and happiness to my fatherland. I respectfully pray that Your Majesty continue to evince to me thoso feelings of sympathy which Your Majesty entertained for my father up to the tlmo of his death. Should Your Majesty be pleased to show me the same sympathy in the fulfillment of my duties it will make lighter the task for me. It Is my intention and firm resolve to merit it. PETER." The Emperor replied in the following terms: "Vienna, June 17. His Majesty, the King of Servia: In acknowledging tho friendly notification of your accession to the throne I desiro to assure you -without delay of my complete sympathy and wish es that you may have a long and happy reign. May It be vouchsafed to Your Majesty to carry out successfully tho noble mission devolved upon you by re storing peace, quiet and esteem to your unhappy land, so sorely visited by a suc cession of Internal storms, and by raising it again after the severe fall which it recently sustained In the eyes of the civil ized world, through the heinous and uni versally reprobated crime. Your Majesty .may rely on my support and friendship In executing this task, and you may bo con vinced that it will always be my heartfelt desire, as it Is your own, to maintain and strengthen the friendly and neighborly relations which have existed so long be tween our two countries. "FRANCIS JOSEPH." KING ISSUES A MANIFESTO. For the Church and Liberty "Will Be the Motto of' ITls Reign. GENEVA, June 17. King Peter today telegraphed to Belgrade the following manifesto to be proclaimed to the Ser vians, tho substance of which was cabled to the Associated Press June 15: "Thanks to the favor of God and the will of the people. I am called to the throne of my ancestors. I submit myself to the popular decision, and today ascend the throne of Servia. "I consider it to be my first duty to thank God for tho favor accorded me,, and I express the hope that tho powers will hall my succession as an event which will give Servia an era of repose, progress and order. "I give my word to respect the rights acquired by all. I will be the protector of tho legality and well being of the people. "I call upon the heads of tho church and the military and civil functionaries to re tain their functions and execute them conscientiously. "I declare that I banish from memory all acts committed during tho past 40 years, bearing upon me. Every honest Servian will find under my reign protec tion for his moral and material life. The motto of my dynasty Is: 'For the Sacred Cross and Cherished Liberty. "It Is with that motto, assured of the attchment of the army and church that I ascend the throne as Peter the" First, King of Servia." BRITAIN'S POLICY MADE PLAIN. Minister Will Remain Now, hut May Be Recalled Later. LONDON. June 17. In accordance with hl3 promise. Premier Balfour. In the House of Commons today, amplified the attitude of the British government towards Servia. He said the diplomatic relations with Servia, which ended with the death of King Alexander, has not been renewed. The government has considered whether It should mark its representa tions of the crimes which had disgraced the Servian capital by withdrawing the British Minister. It, however, had been thought better that Sir George Berham remain at his post and protect British Interests. He will not be accredited to the new government until farther infor mation shall- be received regarding the circumstances under which it has come into power, Thoso powers. In regard to whose attitude tho fiovernmeat has re On 2d Floor our eyes to costs or loss big sale. YOU NEED A JTis cheaper to buy one $ 9.85 .. i .95 X6.50 J7.50 J 9.75 SALE and tomorrow's Oregonian' gjjj ceived Information had instructed their representatives to accept th6 present gov ernment as .the de facto authority with which current business enould be trans acted. HEUt TO THROVE IN DANGER. Mother of Young: Milan Is Warned - to Guard Hint Carefully. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 17. The Sul tan has warned Mme. Chrlstlnlcs, mother of Milan, son of the late King Milan, of Servia, to guard carefully her son. She Is advised to keep him in the house and not to allow him to appear on tho streets. It 13 presumed that this advice was tho out come of fears that an. attempt may be made to murder young Milan, although It is not believed that tnere will ever be any prospect of his succeeding to tho throno of Servia. IClng of Italy Extends Best Wishes ROME, June 17. King Victor Emmanuel has telegraphed his congratulations to his brother-in-law. Klnir Peter of Serv'n nkn expressing his wishes for the tranquillity ana prosperity oi me country under the new regime. MERGER PLANS OF BANKS Xew York Institution Is to Increase Its Capital to 925,000,000. NEW YORK, June 17. Details of the deal by which It Is proposed to merge the Western National Bank into tho Na tlonal Bank of Commerce were made pub lic today. Under the consolidation the capital stock of tho Bank of Commerce will be Increased from $10,000,000 to 23. 000,000 by tho issuance of 150.000 additional shares, 125.000 of Which will be used to acquire the Western National after that bank has Increased Its capital to 512.500.000. Following the acquisition of the Western National a dividend of at least 50 per cent will be paid to holders of Bank of Com merce stock. Twenty-five thousand shares of the new stock will be offered to Bank of Commerce shareholders to tho extent of 25 per cent of their "holdings on the date named at J140 per share. The directors of the consolidated bank will be increased so as to embrace the directors of both Institutions. It Is under stood that Valentino P. Snyder, president of the Western National Bank, will be se lected for the presidency of the consoli dated bank. LAWMAKERS TO MEET. ICansas Requires Money to Rebuild Bridges Swept Away by Flood. TOPEKA, Kan., June 17. Governor W. J. Bailey today Issued the following proc lamation calling together the Legislature In special session: "Whereas the recent floods have, in ad dition to the destruction of vast amounts of property, swept away numerous bridges, the Immediate rebuilding of which is imperative, but for which no adequate laws exist, thereby bringing about an ex traordinary occasion within the meaning of the constitution authorizing a special session of the Legislature; "Now. therefore, L W. J. Bailey, Gover nor of the State of Kansas, by virtue of the authority vested In me by the con stltutlon, do hereby convene the Legisla ture of Kansas In special session at the capitol In the City of Topeka, on Wed nesday. June 21, 1903, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of enabling counties and other municipalities to build necessary bridges." Population. Requires School BHlldlng HOQUIAM. Wash,, June 17. (Special.) School District No. 23, of Hoquiam, Wash., has advertised for bids for a new school- houso. Ths will be built on the corner of I street and Emerson avenue. The build ing will be- two stories and a basement. and will contain eight rooms with all the modern conveniences. It will cost In the neighborhood of 510.000. The growing city demands a new High School building, as last season the schools were crowded too much. BARGAINS IN MEN'S AND BOYS' Bathing $iiis Boys' one and twoplece bathing suits, plain blue and black, sixes 28, SO, 32; ek former prices SOc, 75c and ft, Men's bathing suits, some blue, some black, former prices S1.50 $2.00, $2. SO, GEq Men's bathing suits inbiue and white, blue and red, striped at bottom of "J ? shirts and pants, reduced to tJL0.3 Pure wool bathing suits in fast blue, all sizes, great values Bathing trunks for men and boys, blue and white, blue and red 1? S3 OA stripes, reduced to iC JJC MEN'S TERRY BATH ROBES AT HALF PRICE White Goods MADRAS JUST ARRIVED One hundred and fifty pieces Mercerized Madras, neat, nobby effects, dots, figures and floral designs, Regular 55c at 27c yard Regular 40c at Sic yard Regular SOc at 39c yard DEWEY BOUND OVER Kansas Cattleman Refuses to Show His Hand. MILITIA WILL TAKE HIM TO JAIL Cowboys Employed by the Accused. Refuse to An Tver Any Questions .About the. Murder ot tb Der rys One Is Imprisoned. ST. FRANCIS. Kas., June 17. Chaun cey Dewey, Clyde Wilson and W. J. McBrlde, charged with tho murder of members' of the Eerry family two weeks ago, were today bound over to the next session of the District Court without ball. They will be taken early tomorrow morning to Goodland, where they will arwalt their trial. They will bo escorted across the country to Goodland by the Osborno MUltla Company, which has been guarding them through the time since their arrest. Sheriff McCulIough thinks he can protect his prisoners. If the militia helps him take them to Jail at Goodland, In spite of the threats made by the settlers. At the conclusion of the evidence given by the State this afternoon, the attorney for tho Deweys announced that the defense would not present any evidence, fearing that their causo might be injured. Justice Hall then ordered the men to bo committed to Jail at Goodland. Their trial will be held early in the FalL Inter est was manifested In the trial all day, because of the persistent refusal of the cowboys on the Dewey ranch to answer any of tho questions put to them. War rants are out for most of the men called as witnesses by the State from tho Dewey ranch. Ben Slade, a Dewey cowboy, became angry underline questioning of Attorney-General Coleman, and Intim ated that It would not bo good, for tho attorney to question him further, and Justice Hall, ordered him sent to Jail. FEAR OK FEUDISTS IS GREATER. Kcntucklnns Know Troops Will Cease With Close of Murder Trial. JACKSON, Ky.t June 17. Arguments in the trial of Jett and White proceeded today. The most sanguine predict noth ing more than a disagreement, while others anticipate acquittal. Under these conditions the reign of terror continues. Following the action of the grand Jury yesterday in releasing those held for arson and the alleged attempt last night to kill thoso who testified In the arson cases, there Is Increased anxiety as to what may happen to other witnesses In the murder cases after tho trial closes. The concluding argument of the defense was made tonight by Benjamin Golden, who spoke for hours In defense of the prisoners. Commonwealth's Attorney Byrd will make the closing argument for the prosecution tomorrow, after which the case will go to the Jury. B. J. Ewen, who was reported last night to have fled from camp, did not leave until this morning. A guard of soldiers saw him safely aboard the train. He sent several of his children away to rela tives and friends at different places and secured a place for his wife and younger children here until he can make other arrangements. Major Embry Allen, who Is now in com mand of the troops here during the ab senco of Colonel Roger Williams, today advised Mrs. B. J. Ewen to leave Jackson. She has taken an active part in accumu lating evidence against the men who burned her husband's hotel and who are directly connected with the powerful fac tion In Breathitt County. Mob lias Xot Vet Appeared. MAYSVILLHL Ky.. June 17. Tho trial of the three negroes for assaulting the Farrow family Is proceeding slowly. Or der Is maintained by the troops, who have their Hotchklss and Gatllng guns at the Courthouse entrance. The troops slept on their arms during the rain last night, on account of reports of mobs forming In nearby counties, but none ar rived. Unions Object to Army Band. ASTORIA, Or., June 17. (Special.) Sev eral days ago the regatta, committee en gaged the Astoria band and the Nine teenth Infantry baud, stationed &t the 55c Satin Taffeta Ribbons, 4 Inches wide, all colors..., Plaid Ribbons, 4 inches wide, at SOOO yards Brilliant Taffeta Ribbons, all colors, at ALL Domestic Goods Ready-made Sheets, 72x90 inches A iSf- wide, regular 58c, at fOG Pillow Slips, 45x36, regular -j f 14c, at J. V-C Queen Long Cloth, yard wide X OI regular 17c, at KJ2 12 l2c Bleached Muslin, f 1 yard wide, at '. J2 $1.85 $ale All linen hemstitched HuckTowels, 20x40 Inches, exceptional value. Hemstitched Huck Towels, QQ 19x39 4rOC Hemmed Huck Towels, 1Q1 18x34 12 Extra large bleached Bath Towels, heavy quality, great value at irjC Presidio, to provide music during the re gatta. Today the committee was notified by the secretary of the Musicians' Union that If the Army band was employed none of the members of the local unions would participate In the regatta, giving as the reason that the rules of the union forbid any of Its members playing at any func tion, either public or private, In which a band or members of a band belonging to the Army or Navy participated. The committee has taken no formal action in the matter as yet. WAITERS' STRIKE IS OFF. Chicago Men Agree to Leave the Dis pute to Arbitration. CHICAGO. June 17. An amicable ad justment of the hotel and restaurant strike here was reached tonight, and the strikers will return to wprk Friday morn ing, after two weeks Idleness. All dif ferences between employer and employe are to be settled by arbitration. CAPITAL PLAXS SECRET FIGIIT. National Employers Organization Will Be Hard on Strikers. CHICAGO, June 17. A dispatch to tho Record-Herald from Indianapolis says: David M. Parry, president of the National Manufacturers Association, commenting on the proposed organization of a com pany to Insure employers against strikes, says the company will undoubtedly be formed. He eald It would necessarlly be a mutual company, and that the mem bership would be kept secret, only the officers being known. "Organised labor will never know," he eald, "when It orders a strike, whether it is really fighting combined capital or mere ly making an onslaught on an Individual. The object of the company will be to pro tect its policy holders from losses result ing from strikes, and also to protect In dependent workmen. The company will have a legal department and will prose cute any man who attempts any coercion or commits any violation of the law." Union Label on Montana Books. HELENA, Mont, June 17. The Ameri can Book Company, through Its represen tative, Frank A. Fltzpatrick, has filed an agreement with the State Textbook Com mission, now engaged in the consideration of bids for textbooks for the public schools of Montana, to unionize its plants. The last Legislature enacted a law re quiring the commission to contract only for books containing the union label. The commission has awarded Its contract for spellers, and an agreement to unionize has been signed and filed, ending a long standing war of this company with the International Typographical Union. Strikers Parade at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Juno 17. Prob ably the greatest labor demonstration ever witnessed In this city took place to day, when thousands ot striking textile workers marched from Independence Hall to the City Hall, where a mass meeting was held. The feature of the parade was the army of employed In the textile mills. Xew York Coffln-Makers on Strike. NEW YORK, June 17. Because of the refusal of their employers to grant their demands for a nine and a half-hour work day and a three-hour day Saturday, coffin-makers have gone on strike In sev eral of the large factories In this city. ASK REFORMERS TO MEET Well-Known Populist Issues a Call for a Xatlonal Conference. DENVER, June 17. J. A. Edgerton, secretary ot the national committee of the People's party, and a well-known newspaper writer of this city, has writ ten a letter calling for a conference of political reformers to be held in Denver Monday, July 2T. Mr. Edgerton explains that tho call Is not an official one, but is Issued by himself as an Individual in the hope that an amalgamation oi the reform elements of the country may bo found possible. He expresses the belief that the next Democratic National Convention will in evitably be controlled by tho anti-silver wing of the party, and that many who have in the past followed Mr. Bryan will refuse to support Its nominees. Ho de nies that these voters can consistently turn to Mr. Roosevelt, whose antagon ism to the trusts he suggests Is largely "sound and fury." Of tho proposed con ference, he says: "It will have no walls about it. I want fuslonlsts, middle-rooders, advanced Democrats, single-taxers. lovers of liber ty. It matters not how many or how few come. Important results cannot but flow from our meeting." Habitual constipation cured and the bow els strengthened by the regular use of Carter's Little Liver Fills In small doses. Don't Xorset this. gains 20c 25c .... 20c RIBBONS REDUCED of Towels CiARK ROAD TO GO AHEAD SAX PEDRO LIXE WILL BE CON STRUCTED AT OXCE. Trains Are Expected to Be Runnins Between Callentcs and Daggett Within Two Years. SALT LAKE CITY, June 17. Senator Clark, president of the San Pedro Road, said today that specifications had practi cally been completed and that within threo' weeks contracts will probably be let for the construction of the San Pedro Road; between Callentes. the terminus of that part of the 'Oregon Short" Une system being purchased, and Daggett, Cal. Work will be rushed and it Is Senator Clark's belief that the road will be completed and running inside of two years. "We have 4000 tons of steel plied up at Daggett and 10,000 tons on the road," said Mr. Clark. '.'Besides this, 30,000 tons have been bought and negotiations are pending for alt needed material. Orders will be placed next week for flatcars and other construction material, and the work ot construction will be rushed to completion. The headquartera of the road probably will be at Salt Lake, although large of fices will be maintained at Los Angeles. The San Pedro has leased for 99 years terminals at the new Joint depot to bo erected In Salt Lake." WILL BE AX IXDEPEXDEXT LIXE. Clark Will Do Business With AH Lines Entering: Salt Lake. SALT LAKE. June 17. The Tribune to morrow will say: "While traffic arrangements between the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lako Railroad (the Clark road) and the Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Oregon Short Line, consisting of the Harriman system, will he most cordial. It can ho stated officially and with absolute accu--racy that the latter system will hava. nothing whatever to do with dlrecting the operations of the Clark system. It will neither own nor cdntrol any ot tho stock or bonds of the Clark system, and will have no representation upon Its board of directors. "In New York next week- all that por tion of the Oregon Short Lino Railroad lying south ot Salt Lake City, consisting of something over 410 miles of completed road, will be turned over by the Harri man system to Senator Clark and his as sociates for the Clark system. The trans fer will be by bill of sale, and It will bo accompanied by an Inventory, which will Include all the trackage, rolling stock; de pot property, stock and materials of all kinds on hand, real estate, etc. "For all of thl3 property the Clark; system will pay spot cash. The money for this payment, aggregating many mil lions of dollars. Is now In a. New York bank, and will be paid out upon tha check ot William A. Clark, president. "The Clark system will do business, as stated, with the Harriman system, and the relations between tho systems will ba friendly, but the Clark system will also do business with the Gould, the Moffatt and all other railroads doing business through Salt Lake City. The San Pedro or Clark road Is an entirely and wholly Independent system." SHORT CUTS IX XEVADA. Southern Pacific Railroad Is Short ening Its Line. SAN FRANCISCO, June 17. The plans of President Harriman, of tho Southern Pacific, for shortening the time across tha continent are being realized. One of tha Central Pacific cutoffs In Nevada has been completed, and the operating department of the Southern Pacific has issued orders to conductors and engineers to run trains qVer the newly constructed pleco ot road between "Valmy and a point 2 miles east of Iron Mountain, in Humboldt County, Nevada. This cuts out tha stations ot Herri n. Raho and Stonehouse on the Salt Lako division of the Southern Pacific, and new stations have been established on the present line of travel. Work on the other cutoffs In Nevada-and Utah Is progressing, and the long hridgs across the northern arm of Great Salt Lake is nearing completion. Watelot Waives Extradition Papers; VANCOUVER, B. C, June 17. The case against Paul Watelot, of Spokane, is over so far as Vancouver Is concerned. Wate fot was arrested In Ashcroft at the re-" quest of the Spokane authorities on tb charge of obtaining money under fals pretenses and for alleged embezzlement. This morning It was announced In court that Watelot had decided towalva extra dition and would return to Sjjokan.