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THE MOROTNG OSEGOSTLS, DECEMBER S, T5M. -. RIDERS DRAW OUT Crack Bicyclists Hold Score in Six-Day Race Is Wrong, . 'TEN OF THEM SHOW ANGER Walthour Explains He Is of the Belief He Covered a Lap More Than Credited With, but Blames Only the Officials. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Angry because they believed the race -was being, unfairly conducted and because methods which thoy alloge to be wrong allowed other riders to gain a lap upon them, live teams in the sir-day bicycle race at Madi son Sqilare Garden, including some of the beat riders competing In the event, quit the race today. The five teams that quit were "Wal-thour-Munroe, Bedell-Bedell, Mayo-New-klrk, McLean-Bowler and Butler-Moran. All of them were among the best in the contest and among those most heavily backed to win the highest prize. The trouble was precipitated by the most exciting piece of riding in the race thus far given, when Root and Dorlon, followed later by Stoll and Vanderstuyft, succeeded in gaining a lap on their op ponents. The trouble began shortly aft er 2 o'clock. For two miles Dorlon kept up a heart breaking sprint and gained half a lap on tho bunch. Then, hardly losing a sec ond. Boot jumped in and began a sprint even more heartbreaking than Dorlon's had been. He kept it up for 40 minutes, with the other riders trying desperately to overtake him, but at the end of that time ho had gained the lap he and his partner coveted. "Walthour was on the track throughout the sprint and riding a littleahead of tho rost. When Root was making his me teoric dash half a lap ahead of the rest Little Stoll, the Belgian rider, who had just relieved Vanderstuyft, stole tip past Walthour and began a sprint to catch Root. In 12 laps ho had done what he had tried for, and Walthour had been too much taken by surprise to catch him. Then the partnens in the five teams named, who were not then on the track, mado their complaint and declared their intention of withdrawing. Their part ners, then riding, left the track, and all ten riders immediately surrounded the officials and demanded that the lost dis tance be restored to them. After the conference between President Batohelder, of the National Cycling Asso ciation and R. S. Kelcey, chairman of the board of control of the association, Walthour and the nine other riders who withdrew from the race were indefinitely suspended. Tho cases will not be dis posed of until tho regular annual meeting of the association in February. Some time later Walthour and McLean returned and had a talk with Powers. Walthour said he asked Powers for $600 which ho considered to be due him for tho motor-paced race on Saturday night and his- work so far this week, and Pow ors had referred him to an attorney. McLean said he "was in tho same boat." He added he had engaged a law yer, whom he had instructed to attach the gato receipts. Walthour, as spokesman for the sus pended rldors, gave out their version of tho trouble resulting In their withdrawal. He said: "Root and Dorlon gained their lap hon estly. I have no ground for complaint against them and none of us has. It is entirely .against .tho unjust -scoring of Stoll and Vanderstuyft that wo are fight ing. As a matter of fact, they should be a lap behind ..us instead of-one ahead. It was this way: "When Dorlon and Root had gained their lap both Stoll and Vanderstuyft wore op the track making changes. I carried tho bunch along in an effort to catch the leaders, Dorlon and Root, and in doing so hit up such a fast pace that I suc ceeded in lapping all of tho teams except three. These three were the Bcdoll brothers. Butler and Moran and Dorlon and, Ropt. We rodo along after that more slowly, knowing we had lapped the oth ers, and what was our surprise when the Fcore -was posted to find Stoll and Van derstuyft posted a lap ahead. Then came our protest, and you know the result." Denial was made by the management that thero had been any error in the scorer's box as asserted by the riders who left the track. Harry Pollok appeared on the track late in the day with Nat Butler, and asked that the story be denied that But ler had been assaulted. The rider bore no marks.' Tho two leading teams, Vanderstuyft Rd Root and Dorlon, had covered 1289 miles, eight laps, at 1 o'clock this morn ing. No change had occurred up to that hour in the relative positions of the 12 teams. The record for this hour is 1443 miles, sir laps. MANSARD, AT 12 TO 1, WINS. Gan Nicholas, Plunged on to Land Fifth Race, Is Disappointed. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. A mile han dicap was the feature of the racing at Oakland today. It resulted in a victory for Ananias, the favorite, who led prac tically all the way. Vesuvlan raced with him for a time, but the favorite secured the place. The showing of San Nicholas proved costly. He was plunged on to land tho fifth, but was bumped into at the start by Oroviva, losing much ground. Mansard, at 12 to 1, won. Results: Futurity course Gelden Buck won, Ara second, Velna third; time, 1:11 Five and a half furlongs Ponapa won, Harka second, The Reprobate third; time, 1:0S&. Mile and 70 yards Flaneur won, Flying Torpedo second, J. V. Kirby third; time 1:47. One 'mile, handicap Ananias won. Gate way second, Vcsuvian third; time, l:39?i. Sir furlongs Mansard won. Romalne second. Sad Sam third; time, l:13i. Seven furlongs Toledo won. "Whoa Bill second, Ishtar third; time, 1.274. Five . Favorites Land at Ascot. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec 7. Five fa vorites won at Ascot, and the winner In the sixth race was a heavily played second choice. There were several close firsts. .Results; Five furlongs Cloverton won. Scepter second. Effervescence third; time, 1:01. Four and a half furlongs Fire Ball won, West Brookfield second, Hilona third; time, 054. Six furlongs, selling Elfin King won. Bath Beach second, Funny Side third: time, 1:14. Ocean Park handicap, eeven furlangs Capitanaro won, Milton Young second, R. L. Johnston third; time, 1:27. Five furlongs, soiling Happy Chappy won. Our Pride second, Dutiful third; time. 1:02. Mile and a sixteenth Evea Q. won, Mer wan second, Clncinnatus third; time, 1:48. At New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7. Results: Five furlongs Lord of the Valley won, Bello of Portland second, Tristan Shandy third; time, 1:05 1-S. Mile and three-sixteenths Extol won. Gas Lighter second. Merry Acrobat third; time. 2:13 2-5. Five furlongs Bishop Poole won, Fal lona second, No Trumper third; time. 1:07 3-5. 7 Mile and 70 yards Rankin . won, Lura- lighter second, Dan McKenna third; time, 1:56. Six furlongs Vlperine won. Mimosa sec ond. Floral Wreath third; time, 1:21. One mile Dusky won, Klelnwood sec ond, Latheron third; time, 1:52. Cresceus' Case Comes Up Today. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. The Board of Ap peals of the American Trotting Associa tion today began hearing evidence in a long Hat of cases which have been brought before it. George H. Ketchum. owner of Cresceus, who holds the record of 1:59, made at Wichita, Kan., in 1902, which is questioned, is expected to be present at tomorrow's session, when the case of the trotting stallion will be reopened. TO BREED FINE. HORSES. John W. Springer Heads Project to Establish Big Colony in Colorado. DENVER, Colo., Dec. . 7. John W. Springer, ex-president of the National Livestock Association, Is at the head of a project to establish near this city what is believed will be the largest colony in America for the breeding of fine horses. Each breeder will be a specialist in his line. The colony will include nearly 10. 000 acres of land, and within the bound aries will be raised American coach horses, Belgian heavy xlraft horses, heavy harness cobs, thoroughbred Kentucky saddlers and trotters. Speaking of the scheme, Mr. Springer said: "I believe better horses can be raised in Colorado and cheaper than anywhere else in America." SHALL CONSTITUTE A STRIKE. American League So Declares Ball Passing Between Hip and Shoulder. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. The affairs of the Washington Club occupied all the time of the afternoon session of the Ameri can Baseball League, and when the meeting adjourned tonight the problem was as far from solution as ever. At the night session new rules to con trol the game were approved and. will be submitted to the joint committee of the two major leagues for adoption. The most important change agreed on was that in the future a pitched ball passing between the hip and shoulder shall constitute a strike. A pitched ball between the knee and shoulder is called a strike according to the present rule. It was also agreed to begin the play ing season April 18 and that the sched ule should consist of but 140 games, in stead of 154, as last year. An effort will be made at the Joint meeting of the two leagues to have tho National League adopt a similar programme. A letter written by Secretary Bruce, of the National Baseball Commission, to President Johnson, suggesting that the ,two major leagues get together more closely on all questions, was read at the meeting and unanimously ap proved. ZENITHS WIN THE GAME. Indoor Baseball Contest Fails to Be Close and Exciting. The indoor baseball game played be tween Company C and tho Zeniths, at the Armory last night, ended in favor of the hardware boys, the score being 23 to 10. The game was almost a repetition, of the last meeting of these teams. The soldiers did well for the first three in nings and then went to pieces. They played loosely and did not seem to be able to get into the game. The work of the Zeniths was in sharp contrast, and their side of the game was one of the best seen this season. The follow ing score by innings tells the tale: 1 2 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 Company C 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 10 Zeniths 2 0 0 4 0 7 8 2 0 23 WILL BE SNAPPY GAME. Basketball Teams Are Preparing for the Fray. The basketball game to be played be tween the Y. M. C. A." Tigers and the Multnomah second team next Friday night will undoubtedly be one of the most interesting events of the season. The Tigers arc at the top of . the per centage column of the Association League and are putting up a great game of ball. Their fast and snappy play will furnish plenty of work for Multnomah's clever second team. The game will bo held in the associa tion's gymnasium and a big attendance is looked for; BRITT DOWN TO HARD WORK Nelson, the Terrible Dane -He Is to Meet, Is on Hunting Trip. SAN FRAN. CISCO, Cal.. Dec. 7. (Spe cial.) Jimmy Britt, who has been taking light exercise for some time in anticipa tion of a match this month, has finally plunged into the thickest of training. He has settled down at the Seal Rock House at the Ocean Beach with his retinue of handlers, and Is working earnestly for the Nelson fight. He took a long run on tho road this morning and after a rub down, plunged into the Burf at the foot of the Cliff House HilL Nelson Is off on a hunt in Marin County. Kicking Game Growing. With a steadily increasing Influx of Canadians and other Britishers into this city, the game of Association football here has taken on a new lease of life, and there arc prospects of a game Satur day afternoon at Hawthorne Park be tween tho Portland Association football club." and a mixed eleven representing sailors and landsmen, and December 17 between elevens, representing Canadians resident in this city and a Scotch-English eleven. A match with the strong Ilwaco club is also talked of. Bowler Makes Score of 300. CHICAGO, Dec 7. Twelve successive strikes have given Louis Semones, mem ber of a local bowling team, the much coveted score of 200. Once before only In the history of league bowling in this country, it is said, has a 300 total been made in a regular five-sided contest with all the rules strict ly observed. This was in 1902, when Ben jamin Stell, of Chicago, rolled 300 Jn a local league contest. , Semones' average was 216 2-3. Fitzgerald Knocks Out Sieloff. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 7. Willie Fitz gerald, of Brooklyn, knocked out Otto Sieloff, of Chicago, tonight in the sev enth round of what was to have been a 10-round bout. Four-ounce gloves were used. It was all Fitzgerald's fight from the start of the second round, in which he knocked Sieloff down twice. The fight was in the Auditorium rink before a large crowd. Against Use of Traps. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 7. At the ses sion of the International Seamen's Union today Delegate Rosenburg Introduced a resolution advocating the protection of the fishing industry on the Paclc Coast. He says that the business, which is one of vast importance on this coast, is being rapidly destroyed by the reckless meth ods of the fishermen The resolution par ticularly condemns the use of traps and suggests that legislation be enacted which will prohibit their use in the future. It was ordered that a telegram be sent to tho Secretaries of the Navy. War, Treasury and Commerce and Labor and to Representative Livernash expressing the sense of the convention as opposed to tho contemplated employment of coolies on Navy colliers and possibly other ves sels pt the United States. N GLAD RING IS BROKEN Hitchcock Writes of Success ' in Beating land Grabbers, ANNUAL REPORT SUBMITTED Secretary Would Make Agricultural Lands on Reserves Subject to En tryUrges Agricultural De partment Handle Them. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. The leading feature of the annual report of Secretary Hitchcock of the Department of the In terior, Issued today, is exultation over the breaklng-up. of the rings of landgrab bers. It begins: "The record of the Land Department for the past year is one of deeds accom plished. The ring of conspirators on the Pacific Coast has been completely broken up, the offenders indicted and brought before the courts for trial." Exultation over the result of trial just ended here was not possible at the time the report was complied. Reviewing the frauds in general, the Secretary says: "There is not now, and never has been, any desire or effort on the part of the Secretary of the Interior or those en gaged under his direction to keep from the public the results of the Investiga tion except In so far as absolutely nec essary to prevent a failure In the en deavor to accomplish the desired end, to wit. the conviction and punishment of the guilty parties." There are two other leading subjects in the report, tho matter of forest reserves and tho reclamation of arid lands. As to the first of these, the report says, nine additional reserves have been created and one has been abolished. The roanage . ment has been in the main satisfactory, but, the report runs, it would doubtless be much better If tho forest reserves were handed over to the Department of Agriculture. However, under present management there were 231 Incipient for est fires put out by rangers and an in calculable amount of timber saved. All the forest fires on reservations in the country only burned over 112,817 acres of land, and that, of course, not ail green timber. During the past year there were more than twice as many sheep ranged on reserves as the year before. There were a few more horses and cattle. The sale of timber within reserves was com paratively insignificant, amounting to J5S.43S. There are very few recommendations .made on forest reserve questions, but as to the entry of agricultural lands within forest reserves, Secretary Hitchcock fol lowing the report of the Commission of Public Lands, recommends that entry be allowed. He believes that the best use possible be made of all lands within the border of forest reserves, and when they are suitable to agriculture he recom mends that they be used for that pur pose under restrictions. He urgently rec ommends that this matter be taken up by Congress. He recommends also laws controlling grazing and laws for the pro tection of game within the forest re serves. There is particular attention paid to the settlers on lands In Sherman County. Oregon, who have suffered hardship on account of conflicting claims with the Eastern Oregon Land Company, succes sor to The Dalles Military Wagon Road Company. The commission which took up the matter and mado an Investiga tion of it has filed with the Commissioner -of the General LanoVpffice a report which will be laid beforcCongress. The portion of tho report which bears on the reclamation of arid lands, though extremely Important, is necessarily dealt with sparingly on account of the prelimi nary state of the work now in hand. An effective organization of engineers has been made and they have done a great deal of surveying and a number of large contracts have been let. None have been let in Oregon, which is to have almost. 51,000,000 more spent on it than any other state, but $90,000 was set aside last Spring for the preliminary work on the Malheur scheme. A table of the money expended on Irrigation in tho last four years follows: mi 1902 1503 1504 (approximate) 5 3,144,S2L91 4.555,530.53 S.713,996.60 6,568,497.42 Total J23.012.S38.45 Under the list of National parks, the tho status of which is given In full In tho report, the Crater .Lake Park is men tioned and recommendations for the ex penditure of 5791S Is made. The greater portion to be expended in building roads and bridges. The $3000 appropriated last year was inadequate to the work neces sary. The superintendent reports that during the past Summer over 1500 per sons visited the lake and made use of the facilities in the way of travel provided for by the Government. FINANCES OF THE NATION. Secretary of the Treasury Presents His Annual Report. WASHINGTON, Dec 7. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw rendered his annual report today. It is in part as follows: Tu available cash balance in the general fund from June SO, 1004, was $172,051,508.02. which is lees by $00,634,546.21 than the bal ance on June 20. 1003. The Panama Canal payments, the redemption of be outstanding 5s of 1804, and a change in the ratio of the revenues to the expenditures contributed to this result. Of the revenues in 1004. compared with 1903, -customs show a decrease of $23,205,017, and the receipts from public lands axe less by $1,472,831.50. while an increase appears in internal revenue of $2,003,003.28, and in miscellaneous items of $2,818,92S.25. The net result is a decrease in ordinary revenues for tho year of $19,704,025. There was an appar ent set increase In ordinarv expenditures of $76,303,314.27. but this Includes the payment of $50,000,000 on account or the Panama Ca nal and a loan of $4,600,000 to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. The latter sum has since been reimbursed. For the first quarter of the fiscal year 1005, the revenues were $138,034,462.37, the ex penditures $155,891,077.37, an excess of ex penditures over receipts of $17,856,615. The, deposits In National banks to tire cred it of the general fund attained a maximum at $159,111,70S.15 on December 10, 1003, Three calls were Issued during the year on the depositary banks for the return of a part of the public moneys deposited with them. They responded with promptness, paying back the sums required of them, and the balance in the banks to the credit of the general account at the end of the fiscal year became $102,200,863.64, a reduction of $56,-820,8-14.51 from the maximum balance, and of $37,936,271.61 as compared with that of 12 months before. The trust funds are $S5.015.700 greater at the beginning of the fiscal year 1905 than 12 months earlier, by reason of an Increase of $85,510,700 in gold certificates. $5,770,000 in silver certificates, and a decrease of $6, 265.000 in'Treasury notes. Transactions in the interest-bearing public debt resulted In a net reduction in the prin cipal of $19,3S3.070, and a decrease in the annual interest charge of $1,264,828.30. The National banknotes presented for re demption during the year amounted to $262. 141.930. or 61.12 per cent of the average amount of the notes outstanding. Compared with 1903. this sum is $65,712,309. or 33.45 per cent larger, and it is the maximum pre sented in any year in the history of such redemptions. The total expenses were $210,--0S3.13. which cum was zsztzzti. upon thx A BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT A Commercial as Well as Ar tistic Triumph, Combining the Very Highest-Grade Key Instruments With the L sw eat Possible Prices. Probably no. single event has ever pointed more strongly to the growth, the prosperity and culture of the Northwest than the present annual display of key Instruments made by Ellers Piano House. The enterprise of this establishment has this season brought to the doora of the art lovers and music devotees of the Northwest a collection of pianos unriv alled in beauty of tone, in finish and in workmanship. The are, without question, the world's best, and they have . received a most hearty welcome here. iNo other locality twice the size, can boast of the possession of so many of the very finest and highest priced pianos. The amount of capital Involved In our present undertaking has been tremen dous. Chlckering and "Weber grand pianos, in the various styles known as baby grands, quarter grands and concert grands, rang ing in price from $635 to $1200 and over: the same matchless makes, as well as Kimball pianos, in upright styles repre senting the highest accepted types of art, such as Louis XIV, Bennalssancc, Co lonial. Sheraton, etc., etcT; superb Aeolian Orchestrelles, varying In price from $600 to J1S00; the new and wonderful Pianola Pianos, combining in a single case all the features of the piano and those of the Metrostyle Piano, making It an in strument capable of being played by any one, regardless of whether he possesses any knowledge of music or not. Pian olas and Metrostyle Pianolas and numer ous styles in- the 20 odd makes of high grade pianos carried by this establish ment. It Is to an Inspection of this assembly of superb instruments that our doors have been thrown open. The recognition accorded this exposition has been flat tering. Many of the most costly instru ments have already found purchasers, going to homes, both In Portland and hundreds of miles distant, a number be ing still held by us for Christmas delivery. PRICE CONSIDERATIONS. This important item has not been ig nored in our holiday preparations. The same care has been bestowed upon the practical side of the piano question as upon the artistic. Holiday buyers will find prices on all our pianos, from the most elaborately fin ished to the simplest good piano, moder ate In the extreme, and our system of Installment payments so reasonable that buying a piano now will In no wise In terfere with other Christmas prepara tions. Ellers Piano House, 331 "Washing ton street, corner Park. Largest, most reliable and most popular piano concern on the Coast. several banks in proportlon.to their circula tion rideemed. at the rate of, 50.S471C for each $1000. This rate of expense is 5.546 cents less than the lowest rate heretofore re corded. The National banknotes presented for redemption during .the first quarter of tho fiscal year 1003 were $70,247,5S6, an increase of $11,607,579, or 10.79 per cent, over the corresponding-period of 1904. Total Stock of Money. The total stock of money In the country at the close of the fiscal year 1904 was $2,603, 004.135. an increase of $118,793,148 over the preceding year. The share of gold, which July 1, 1900, was 44.21 per cent, became 47.35 on the same date in 1904. A largo Dart of the Increase In gold has settled Into the Treasury vaults. Between July 1, 1900, and July 1. 1904. the Treasury has gained In gold $25S,260,S49.92, the total holdings of gold on the latter data amounting to $681,838,821.60, with a further Increase to $721,253,9S7.SS on October 31. The extraordinary amount of $42,193,282.94 In foreign gold coin and bullion and $29,158. 970.31 in domestic bullion was deposited In the mint at San Francisco during tho year and paid for by the local office or by tele graphic exchange on New Tork. The money In circulation July 1, 190 amounted to $2,510,142,860, a per capita cir culation of $30.77. The percentage of gdld was 44.12. A notable fact is that, with an addition of 1.7 per cent to the population in the year, the increase in the circulation per capita has been 4.5 per cent. By October 1, 1004. there was a further increase in circulation of $43,000,629, and the circulation per capita reached the maxi mum at $31.16, while the share of gold be came 44.03 per cent. The amount of public money of tho denom ination of $20 and under In paper was in creased during the year, ended September 30 . hy $41,395,213. or 3.17 per cent.; of the denomination of $50 and over, the growth was $100,335,725, or 29.01 per cent, owing to an unusually large issue of gold certifi cates. Tho demand for small bills has been unceasing, becoming more urgent in the Au tumn, as in other years. The appeal is not confined to any particular district. It comes from tho cotton and sugar regions as well as from tho states which produce wheat and corn, cattle and swine. The Depart ment has employed all Its resources to re spond to this demand: but the supply of small notes -is Insufficient. To assist in the movement of tho crops, transfers of funds are effected through the medium of the general fund, and for depos its of large gold certificates in New York payments are made at other Treasury offices of silver, dollars, silver certificates, and United States $10 notes. V"11 stat IPr currency lued during the year amounted to $C50.026.000 an Increase of 18 per cent, with a growth of 8.3 per cent in the number of pieces. The re demptions were $565,340,300, an increase of L.. per cent, while In the number of pieces the growth was 21.5 per cent. The experience of the fiscal year 1903 shows tho average coat for each pleco of United States paper currency issued and redeemed to be less than 2 cents exactly. 1.7005 cents. Moneys received in the redemption and ex- VfVoCC0Unt durlne lhe year amounted to 5l.OI4.1oS,262. an excess over the preceding 12 months of $149,654,701, .or 17.3 per cent. Tho payments In gold In both forms were $164, 209,708 more than the receipts In uch money. The ellvcr coin distributed at the expense of the Government for transportation during the year amounted-to $65,415,663. of which $41, 032,715 was In standard silver dollars, and $24,382,918 a subsidiary com. ' The rato for transportation was $1.93 per $1000. Receipts and Expenditures. Tho revenues of the Government from all sources (by warrants) for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1904, were: Customs ..... .$261 74 564 81 Internal revenue 232!so4'iin".tr. Sales of public lands.. ...IS.:.. 7453 47973 Fronts on coinage, etc 0.37335)0! 28 Revenues. Dlst. of Columbia.. II MM.347 Fees Consular, patent, lands.... 4,202,730.39 bales Indian lands, labor, etc.. 3.112,720 70 avy pension, etc, 2,570.073.'56 Tax on bank circulation 1.836,639 49 Interest from Pacific railways. . l,782.46s!97 Trust funds. State Department.. 1.7U1.741 25 Immigrant fund 1,662.835 01 Customs and nav. fees , fen 57"4i Miscellaneous 731634 04 Soldiers Homo fund 687.'653.49 bales Government property 547,774 22 Judicial fees, etc 407,25i71 Sale land, buildings, etc 232549.18 Deposit for surveys 205.757.3S Tax on sealskins 107.26O 70 Refund "World Fair loan 195.057!o4 License fees. Alaska . 168.975.43 Sales of ordnance 129,843.06 Depredations on public lands.... 101 12S.59 Spanish indemnity 57,000 00 Part payment C. P. Ry. debt 3,699.156.44 . 540.631.749.40 Postal revenues H3,5S2,624.34 Total receipts $684,214,373.74 The expenditures for the same period were: Civil establishment. Including foreign intercourse, public buildings. Panama Canal. collecting revenues. District of Columbia, and miscellaneous expenses $150,264,172.08 Military establishment. Includ ing rivers and harbors, forts. arsenals, seacoast defenses and expenses of war with Spain and In Philippines 115,035,410.58 Naval establishment. Including new vessels, machinery, arm- . ament, equipment. Improve- - ment at navy-yards and ex penses of - war with Spain and In the Philippines 102.956.101.55 I Triton service 10.453.35O-09 PICTURE SALE TODAY, TOMORROW AND "We premised you another Picture Sale this week and for the next three days we offer you the hest Picture chances you'll have this holiday season. Here's a new lot of Pictures, just in from New York, and they go at once into our holiday sale. They're all big ones, suitable for dining-room or parlor. Marine and landscape pastels in handsome gold frames, and very attractive game, fruit and sporting panels in heavy weathered oak and Flemish oak frames. Look at our special window. . SPECIAL HOLIDAY SALE OF FURNITURE EVERY DAY Pensions 142.559,285.36 Interest on the public debt 24.648.4S9.S1 Deficiency In postal revenues.... 6.502.530.S6 5S2.402.321.3l Postal servico 143.582.624.34 Total expenditures 725.9S4.945.63 Showing a deficit of 41,770.571.91 Tho sum of 150,000,000 was paid during the year for the right of way of the Panama Canal. In addition -to the revenues collected during tho year and the amounts received on the In debtedness of Pacific railroads, tho cash in the Treasury was Increased $11.90 by tho ieaue of 4 per cent bonds in liquidation of Interest ac crued on refunding certificates converted dur ing tho year. The securities redeemed on account of the sinking fund were as follows: Fractional currency ....$ 1,990.75 Ontv-ycar notes of 1863 150.00 Compound Interest notes 870.00 Refunding certificates 110.00 Funded loan of 1891. called 1.300.00 Funded loan of 1891. 2 per cent. 7.000.00 Loan of 1904, called 18.607,200.00 Premium on bonds exchanged: Fund. loan. 1907.. $1.052. 045. 35 Loan 1908-18 205.632.ttJ 1.257.578.01 National banknote redeemed In excess of deposits 4,526.766.00 Total u $24,402,064.76 Hitchcock Congratulates Heney. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The Secre tary of the Interior this afternoon di rected that the following telegram be eent to F. J. Heney, special assistant Attorney-General, Portland, Oregon: "Sincere congratulations on result of your masterly work in bringing to justice those who have sought to steal the pub lic domain and have villainously at tempted to thwart the department in its efforts to protect the aame." DEFFICTJLT TO ITND K0BBEE. Deth of Express Messenger Adds to Task of Detectives. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 7. Since the death of Wells, Fargo Messenger E. Rob erts, which occurred In tho hospital late yesterday, the chancc3 of bringing to justice the man who shot Roberts and looted the Wells, Fargb safe of $300 on the Santa Fe train, at Daggett, Cal., De cember 5, are materially lessened. The description of tho highwayman which Roberts was able to furnish was very meager, and now that Roberts is dead. Identification of the culprit, even if he should be taken Into custody, would bo almost Impossible. Officers are still con tinuing the search along the Santa Fe Railroad and over the desert In the vi cinity of Daggett, but up to date no ar rests are reported, except the two pre viously made. The negro, Williams, who was the first suspect arrested and who was released from the Los Angeles City Jail after Rob erts' death and later rearrested on re quest of Santa Fe detectives, is still In the officials' hands. Assistant Superin tendent Fridham, of Wells, Fargo, stated he believed that the man had been taken to San Bernardino to be lodged in jail there, but this has not beenVyerified. San Bernardino Is the county seat of the county in which tho robbery occurred. The other suspect, named Fltzpatrlck, who was arrested at Ludlow, Cal., has also been taken to San Bernardino. A telephone message from San Bernar dino states that a young man who gives his names as Charles Wels, has been placed under arrest here on suspicion of being the man wanted for the robbery. Weis denies any connection with the af fair, but tells a story, which, if true, further complicates matters and directly contradicts the statement of Sherman, Williams, the first suspect arrested and who is still being detained on suspicion. Williams, when arrested, told a story of his being on the way to Los Angeles from the East In charge of a carload of horses, and of his having been put off the car by members of the crew at a point on the Santa Fe this side of where the hold-up occurred. According to Weis' story he (Wels) was on tho car which contained the horses and was put off by the train crew, and he asserts that he was the only man aboard the car. Later reports from San Bernardino state that Wels, the latest man to be ar rested in connection with the robbery, Is being held simply as a witness. Sherman Williams, who was given into the care of the Santa Fe detectives by . the Los Angeles police after he had been once released and rearrested, has not been brought to San Bernardino, as supposed. His present whereabouts are unknown although Wells-Fargo officials' say he is still being held. HOPS MUST BE DELIVERED. Judge Galloway Decides Suit in Favor of Contract Buyer. SALEM, Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) That tho hopgrower must fulfill his contract for the sale of hops, was de cided by Judge Galloway this afternoon in the case of Lilienthal Bros, against Mike Kepplnger et al. The specific performance of the contract was or dered and the gTowcr must deliver the hops at the specified price, unless a higher tribunal reverses the decision. In August. 1903, Mike Keffinger con tracted to Lilienthal 20,000 pounds of hops of the crop of 1304 at 16 cents, and the sajn.p fjiiantUy ot tho crop of REGULAR PRICES $3.00 AND $4.00 SPECIAL $2.00 EACH 1005 at 14 cents. When it came time to deliver the 1904 hops, Keffinger de clined, giving: as a reason that the hop3 did. not belong to him, but were the property of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Thornbury, while he was merely employed on ther anch. Suit for spe cific performance was then filed by Attorney George G. Bingham, who also procured an injunction restrain ing the defendants from disposing- of the hops. At the trial testimony was introduced by the defense to the effect that al though a lease had been prepared by Mrs. Thornbury in favor of Keffinger. it had never been delivered, but in Au gust, 1904, she cxecuteed a lease to the hopyard in favor of her son, Al Thornbury. , In deciding- tho case. Judge Galloway held that Keffinger had been in pos session of the hopyard for more than a year under the lease,. that the subse quent lease to her son was not in good faith, and that Keffinger is the owner of the hops and must deliver them. When this suit was brought, the price of hops was nearly double the price named In the contract. Hopdeal ers are elated over this victory, for they see in It no encouragement for growers who refuse to deliver their hops according to agreement. POWER TO AID CONVENTIONS. Attorney-General Gives Opinion to the Lewis and Clark Commission. SALEM. Dec. 7. .Special.) The Lewis and Clark Fair Commission has power to expend money for the aid of confer ences upon education, religion, labor and capital, political economy and kin dred topics, according- to an opinion rendered by Attorney-General Craw ford. The question was submitted to the Attorney-General by Secretary E. C Glltner, of the Lewis and Clark Com mission. The opinion says that the act appropriating- money for the Fair pro vides for an exhibition of arts, indus tries, manufactures, products, etc., and by means of said exhibition to benefit the people of Oregon by way of the ad vertisement and development of its agricultural. horticultural, mineral, lumber, manufacturing-, shipping, edu cational and other resources. Definitions of "art" are given, and the Attorney-General holds that unJer a-broad construction of this word, and of the use of the word "education." the commission ha3 the power, in its dis cretion, to arrange for conferences such as those mentioned. Came to a Sudden End. SEATTLE, Dec. 7. E. A. Gardner, for nine years after the war a Deputy Mar shal In Indian Territory, Kansas and Arkansas, dropped dead in Danesville, Ferry County, at noon today. He came to Washington 20 years ago and logged off a great deal of the country which is now the residence "district of Seattle. AT THE HOTELS, THE PORTLAND C W Thompson and N D Anderson, USA wife. Cascade Locks J Craig, Silverton L Wells. Cascade Lk O N Brown and wife, Denver U S Ward, Wayn G J Wellington, S F C W Hawkhurst. S F T B Plcolte, Halley A O Donough, Berklyj J S Church and wife, The Dalles B N Flsfc, Chicago F A Murcheson. Wayn J G Megler and wife. Brookfield R Smith. Seattle J A Greene. New Tk Mrs P B Miller. SeatjE M; O'Brien. N T A Schoenfeld. Chgol A A Quenton, St Joe A G Bernard, San Frn W H Lucas, Spokane H A Teazell. LInd P L Levy, San Fran H D Rankin. Chlcagj J H Conrad. Montana. C W T Koch. ChlcagjF S Lays. San Fran Pure, Healthful Refreshing Apollinaris THE HIGHEST SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITIES declare Apollinaris to be the pre-eminently pure and healthful Table Water and that it is bottled at the Spring, Neuenahr, Germany, under the most favorable conditions. Address, Tjnited Agenct Co., 503-5th Ave., New, York, for. a Pfiil. May Sketch. SATURDAY SPECIAL SALE OP CUT GLASS TODAY A McL Hawks, TcmaH L Mitchell, Seattle T H Curtlss, Astoria W B Jerome. Chicago T Kcopho, San Fran J Gans and fam. S Fj J W Hagan, N T ' E H Foreston, San Fr A I. Dickinson and wf. New Tork N G Congber, Chicago J Mitchell and Wife, Cedar Rapids J S Snapp. Seattle N Cotheal, N T w Symmes, S F C S Thompson. Baltim H I Lawrence, Clncln E C Million. Seattle C D Blbblns and wife. Spokane v scnmitr. I X G W R Roslee. WashJ S Jacolt. San Fran J E Baxter and wiftlS Caro. N X New Tork H A Perlcy. Calgary F I Dunbar and w!fe,F H Bterroan, Saginw Salem iw L Davis, Saginaw J O Slemmons, NX JA Cohn. 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