ttittintan.
VOL. XLV.-O. 13,931.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ENNETT'S REPLY
IS MIST CAUSTIC
Counselfor Williamson
Attacks Heney. .
MPUGKS HIS .MOTIVES
Stinging Remarks Made by
Attorney for Defense.
QUERY AS TO BIG FISH
Asks Why Government's Prosecutor
Docs Kot Go After Plllsburys
and Millionaires Who
Pillage the Xation.
"Heney .says that Biggs la a lawyer, and
a crooked one, and he does it to arouse in
your minds that prejudice -which many
men hold against lawyers, but I maintain
that it is a base thing for a man to arouse
prejudice against a brother lawyer in this
way. Mr. Biggs may not be a good law
yer. Perhaps that is the reason he is so
honest, but thereto an old saying that
has come down to us from the knowledge
of old days that 'It is a dirty bird which
befouls its own nest. " These remarks
and others worse were hurled at the jury
and past it at the United States Attorney
yesterday during the argument made by
A. S. Bennett in closing the defense of
'Williamson, Gesner and Biggs before the
Federal Court. The long days of the, trial
have gone, the first argument of the prose
cution has been made, and A. S. Bennett,
who has waited patiently under the flings
of the Government attorney, has had his
6ay. Men are sometimes held up to sar
casm, to ridicule and to verbal chastise
ment before their fellow-Tnen, but It is
seldom that one sit under all punish
ments combined, aB Mr. Heney did yester-"
day.
Day of the Defense.
It wag the das c the -defense, and the
attorneys for the defendants made all
out of the occasion in their power. Mr.
Wilson took the first hour. o the session
with rhls closing remark, and ended his
address in a clear and earnest appeal for
his clients. A. S. Bennett began at 10
o'clock and hold the floor until 4 in the
afternoon, -when court was adjourned with
him still unfinished. His address was one
of the efforts of his long career, and
ranged in expression from the half-audible,
heart-to-heart conversation to the
jury, to the fiery denunciation of the pros
ecution, of its methods, and of Its attor
ney. He followed tbe evidence from first
to last, picking flaws as he saw them and
arguing that throughout the case of the
Government ran a thread of corroboration
which, when it was put together In one
story, vindicated the defense and proved
Its contentions and its plea of Innocence.
Scathing Terms for Heney.
In his argument, as the testimony
moved the though, of the speaker, Mr.
Bennett arraigned Mr. Heney in scath
ing terms, holding him up to ridicule be
fore the jury, and at times -ergIng close
to personalities. He likened the prose
cuting attorney to the wicked gossip who
deigns to attack with her tongue the rep
utation of a woman already stained by
sin, but who gathers with glee any re
flection against the virtue, the chastity or
the good name of a woman of known
honor and good intention. In speaking of
the allegation made by Mr. Heney that
the defense had tampered with the wit
nesses for the Government, Judge Ben
nett said that It was an evil mind that
found evil on every hand, and he likened
the prosecutor to an angel surrounded
with his satellites who had come here to
purge the world of crlme-a great angel
who could do no wrong, and who alone,
with his creatures, was holy and Just.
Places a Xew Construction.
Passing to the testimony of Pearl Van
flerpool and tho remarks made upon it
by Mr. Heney in his argument. Judge
Bennett placed a new construction upon
the matter and threw ugly insinuations
at the purity of the District Attorney's
mind. He argued that Miss Vanderpool,
a simple country girl, one of the few
who had possessed the strength of char
acter to remain openly true to her friend
ship for the defendants, had been cruelly
ind shamefully treated In the courtroom
by Mr. Heney. who was a man without
"espect for age or Innocence. Ho argued
that when Mr. Heney had asked her in
his examination whether or not she had
visited "Williamson at the hotel, a man
who was old enough to be her father,
ind with whose children she had per
haps frolicked In her girlhood, the ques
tioner had construed her admission to an
evil purpose and had leered and grinned
Insultingly at her statement
Bennett Is Sarcastic.
The speaker threw sarcasm into his
speech In replying to the remarks of
Mr. Heney, who had said that Russia
was a land of unlawfulness and of graft,
by .stating that the dominion of the Czar
was cursed with the secret sen-ice sys
tem; that it was a land where the de
tective, the spotter and the spy entered
ihe home of the innocent and dragged
them away to unmerited though certain
conviction. This country had always
heretofore been a land where a man
accused of. crime was tried before a Jury
of his neighbors, gathered honestly and
freely, and before whom the evidence
was placed fairly and openly. .Up to this
time the system had given satisfaction
and justice had been done, and it was
the prayer of the speaker that the, gulf
betweon Russia and America would never
be bridged.
Big Fish Will Move.
The iteration of Mr. Heney that he
was after the big fish was ridiculed by
Mr. Bennett, who asked where were the
Plllsburys and all the rest of the million
aires who had pillaged the Government
of millions of acres of land and had gone
free. It was not these big thieves that
Heney wanted to capture in his net;
Williamson was the big game in the pres
ent covey, and lnnocont or guilty, he roust
be caught for the honor and the fame of
the prosecution, that the name of Heney
might be exalted and his satellites gain
promotion.
Mr. Heney was a. modern Don Quixote,
here to reform the world, Mr. Bennett
Bald. A great man whose heart "was
filled with the spirit of chivalry. He had
come out to right all wrongs and to do
battle with the windmills and other fan
cied terrors encountered by the personage
of ancient fable, and here, with his three
Sancho Panzas. Burns. Neuhausen and
Rittenhouse, was trying to drag down
some of the good citizens of the state into
the mire 'Of the penitentiary on account
of self-imagined, wrong and corruption.
Speaks on Contract,
nine- hi address Mr. Bennett
spoke to the court for a minute on af
question of law relating to the character
of a contract In the eyes of the law. He
contended that a contract had to be such
an agreement as wpuld starvi binding In
the courts, something xprcsed In a tan
gible way. whether writtc. or oral or by
signs. It was not enough that some
person should cay he would' sell a claim
if he could get $500 for It. or if another
man should say he would buy If he could
gain a piece of property for ?5W. Each
would have to understand in a definite
manner that the. transfer wrfuld take
place.
Turning to his main address the speak
er said that it was with embarrassmer;
that he appeared before the jury, It
might be Inferred from what har oeen
said during the course of the tf A that
he had a double Interest to serve. He
was a neighbor and a friend of the de
fendants, as was Mr. Wilson. Then,
passing to the evidence, he took the Jury'
Into his confidence and talked to thorn
as man to man.
Dramas of Real Life.
"I want to cay to you," he said, "that
the dramas written in the books are noth
ing, to the dmas of real life as played
out in the courts of Justice. Your duty,
gentlemen, seems, perhaps, a perfunctory
duty to you. It is not your future, your
honor, your life, that is being tried. It
Is the future and honor and reputations
of the defendants, their trlveo and their
children that are In tho balance.
"Thesfe men are Just as good men aa
you are, as your neighbors are. They
have not accumulated much of the goods
of the world, but they have gathered to
themselves much of good namt, of char
acter and of reputation. The tfcjng that
counts as your get old is the opinion which
your neighbors have of you. We have
brought the neighbors of these defendants
here to show their honor and have chal
lenged the state to show to the contrary."
Makes Zoological Comparison.
The speaker then taught natural history
to the Jury for a moment, rlnglng back
to their recollection the scarcity of white
deer and of white, squirrels. He compared
the defendants to these animals, arguing
that it would be as probable that they
were guilty when they had held such un
tainted reputations from boyhood to the
present as that three white deer should
be found in one band numbering no more
than the population of Prinevllle. Nor
was It logical for the District Attorney
to arguo that tho defendants saw no
wrong in stealing from the Government.
"All good men love this Government
of ours." said Mr. Bennett, "and by the
Government I am not speaking of a
District Attorney or any other officer,
and aro4not any mdre ready to rob it
than th"ey are, their friends or neigh
bors." Circumstantial evidence was unsafe
as an index of guilt, the speaker con
tended. "The charge In this case Ih
sustained, if at all, by circumstantial
evidence," he said. "No man has testi
fied that any of these defendants asked
him to commit the crime of perjury.
The prosecution wishes to tlx the crime
by the circumstances surrounding ihe
defendants during the past three years.
Such evidence, if unsupported, is. not
sufficient to convict of a crime. It
may fasten the guilt, link by link, and
yet unjustly, and this has been done
until the courts have ruled that before
a conviction can be had in this way
every hypothesis of innocence must be
disproved."
2sot a Symptom of Guilt.
Williamson was not conneoted with
the case by any evidence, the speaker
contended. It was not a symptom of
guilt that he had been in Prinevllle on
June IS, 1902, and hud then forgotten
the visit. The strain of the campaign
had brushed the matter from his mind.
Mr. Bennett contended that the oppor
tunity to steal did not prove a man a
thief, and so. though WIllIam3onhad
been at Prinevllle, It did not follow
that he had planned to steal from the
Government while on that visit.
"Williamson Is tho man Heney is af
ter," continued the attorney. "He has
admitted it. He is after 'big game,
and In, his eyes Newt Williamson Is the
biggest game in this covey. But where
are the Plllsburys And the others who
have stolen millions of acres of land
men big In crime? Who are these men,
these big fish? Who are the big thieves
the men big in crime? It is not these
who arc sought, but the men big in
honor. In reputation in the neighbor
hoods in which they live. Heney Is
like the wicked gossip who does not at
tack" the .woman whose name Is smirch
ed, but -who rolls as a sweet morsel un
der her tongue anything she can gain
-against the good name of a woman re
nowned for her good works, her chas
tity and her virtue. He Is after Gesner
and Biggs, but Williamson the roost of
all, for he is a Congressman, one who
has fought AIb way from the foot, arid
it will be a big- feather In the District
Attorney's cap if he can pull the man
EHQICE BETWEEN
MENTAL GlilH
Taft and Root Strongest Can
didates for Presidential
Nomination.
PROBLEM MAY BE SOLVED
Resignation of Chief Justice Fuller
Would Leave Way Clear to
Taft Both Men Arc of
Roosevelt Type. -
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Aug. ' 1. The retirement of
Chief Justice Fuller from the Supreme
bench any time within the next three
years would do much to clear away
what promises to become a complicated
situation in the Republican party. As
events have shaped themelvcs In the
last few months. It has been demon
titrated that two very big Republicans
will be In line for the Presidential
nomination In 190S, Ellhu Root. Secre
tary r,f State, and William H. Taft,
Secretary of War.. "Not in many years
has, any party been "able to bring for
ward two such strong men for 'this
nomination. And yet, at this time,
Taft Is not annoyed by the Root boom,
so-called, nor Is Root at all uneasy
on account of the frequent mention of
the Taft boom.
If Chief Justice ' Fuller should take
it Into his head to relinquish his posi
tion on the Supreme bench, there Is lit
tle question that President Roosevelt
would promptly fill tho vacancy by ap
pointing Mr. Taft as Chief Justice.
That Is a position the Secretary has
Ionic coveted, and It lsbutproper to
say that it H a place he could fill with
credit to himself and to tho' man who
appointed hlra.
Court Needs Man Like Taft.
The United States Supreme bench Is
In ore need of big, brainy men like
Taft. There is no man of his caliber on
that bench today. Of late there ha been
much comment on the character of men
who havo recently bern appointed and
the comment Is not ai'ogether favor
able But the addition of William H.
Taft would materially raise the Su
preme Court in the estimation of the
i X -A r '-' i - - t r .
American bar, and would give It a dig
nity which It now lacks.
The appointment of Taft to the Su
preme bench would leave Root the, fore
most and most likely Republican can
didate for the Presidential nomination.
Root, in point oC ability, outranks
every other man mcntlpned as a pos
sibility, or would do so If Taft were
out of the way. He Is a bigger man
than Fairbanks. a bigger man than
Shuw, a bigger man than any Repub
lican of prominence who has ever been
mentioned as a Presidential possibility.
But it would be hard to say which Is
the bigger man, as between Root and
Taft
j Both Men of Roosevelt -Type.
There Is this to .be said about both
Root and Taft; they are not the kind
of men who would be chosen by prac
tical and lifelong politicians to lead the
Republican party In the campnlgn of
ISfiS. They arc not the kind of men
who are popular with everyday politi
cians. They don't lend themselves to
tne schemes o' politicians; they don't
play peanut politics. They are, to a
great extent, patterned after the Roose
velt type; bold, firm, fearless and ab
solutely honest. No hint of corrup
tion or graft ever attached to Root
or Taft; It never vlll. They are. like
Roosevelt, the kind of men the people
can trust and. In this age when graft
is rife and corruption Is unearthed at
every turn, they are the kind of men
t'ne people want "In power. And, like
-Roosevelt In another Tcspect, Taft and
Root are men who do things.
Each Admires the Other.
7 f t h nAxl Tlf miMlrnn Vn Mnnn 1 fVn
I I- ..aM. i v . in... 1 1.1
iciiLiirii 43 uiitu men iiiwc iuu-
rlch. Depew, Piatt, Elklris, Penrose,
neither Root nor Taft will receive the
nomination, but. If the convention truly
reflects public sentiment, and the will
of the people is observed, the choice
wllj probably lie between these two
mental giants. But so friendly are the
relations between them; so great the
admiration of one for the other, that
neither would resort to any unfair
means to prevent the nomination of
the other. Should one be nominated,
he would beyond a doubt desire tho
support of the other, would want to
keep him In his Cabinet.
Roosevelt, Root and Taft make a
strong team; they dominate the pres
ent Administration; they make a
mighty triumvirate. No Cabinet in re
cent years has been so strong as this.
The next Cabinet must be without
Roosevelt, for he himself has said -It.
but It need not be without the other
two mastrr minds, unless, as above sug
gested. Taft should .go on the Supreme
bench". In which event- Root If elected
President, would nave to pick an en
tirely new offirlal family.
Flood Cuts Off Russians.
SEfYITI, Aiir. 1. The heaviest rains In
30 years have occurred and . the lumen
r River Is flooded. e Russians, who have
betn holding scml-permsnent works south
of the rivrr, have been cut off from Vla
dtvoMok. and afs u napc to retreat.
ATTORNEY HENEY UNDER FIRE
LEONARD WOOD
ON GENERALSTftFF
Desire of President Causes
Army to Gnash Teeth
in Anger.
BARRY HAD. BEEN CHOSEN
President Holds Up Appointment at
Imst Moment and Wants Wood
Appointed Resentment at
Rapid Promotion.
- WASHINGTON. Aug. L-(SpeciaI.)-Ma-Jor-General
Leonard Wood Is once more
a bone of contention In the Army. Hav
ing forced his continuation aa a Major
General, President Roosevelt Is now re
ported to be trying to make Wood a
member of the general staff, against the
wishes of that body and Lieutenant-General
Chaffee.
As a reqult. the Army Is gnashing Its
teeth In rage. In the meantime, Gen
eral Wood Is somewhere In Massachu
setts, recuperating after an operation for
a thickening of the skull due to a slight
blow suffered some months ago.
Army officers say Wood was always
lucky. That Influences have been brought
to bear on the President to Induce' him
to boom Wood once more Is evidenced by
the fact that within a day after the pro
mulgation of orders by the general staff,
which did not mention General Wood, the
President suspended the orders, and tho
sole reason given was that the health of
General Wood might prevent his return
to the Philippines. Up to the receipt of
the order of suspension nothing was
known of the renlly precarious state of
General Wood's health, and the Indica
tions are that he went over the head of
everybody to make his condition known
direct to the President.
As the result of the President's stand
there are now three recognized candidates
for the position on the general staff made
vacant by the assignment of Brigadier
General Tasker H. Bliss to other duties.
When the vacancy occurred. Llcutenant
Gcneral Chaffee named aa his candidate
Brigadier-General W. H. Carter, now In
command of the Department of the VIs
ayas. Philippines. General Carter Is the
man who drew up and passed through
'Gongress the bill pirating- tho general
staff. For his activity in this respect he
was dubbed tho. .icgs qf Root." . and
among the opposition in the Army to the
general staff measure has few friends.
The remainder of the general staff recom
mended Brigadier-General Thomas H
Barry, now with tho Russian army In
Manchuria, as Its candidate. The board
directed to choose between the candi
dates consisted of Generals F. D. Grant.
J. F. Bell, A. L. Mills, John C. Bates,
chairman, and Colonel Mills. This board
overruled Lieutenant-General Chaffee and
chose Barry. As a compromise. General
Carter was to be transferred to Chicago
as the commander of the Department of
the Great Lakes.
The President has the final approval
of assignments of Generals In the
Army. Whether or not he approved the
choice of Barry and the assignment of
Carter and Bliss Is unknown, but the
fact remains that such an order was
promulgated from the War Depart
ment last Thursday and General Barry
was elected head of the War College,
a post that goes along with the ap
pointment of a General on the General
Stan. The next day the order was sus
pended by order of the President and
everybody has been told to keep mum
about It.
The fact that General Wood was over
looked In the rearrangement of com
manding Generals by the General Staff
would make It appear that the Staff
would be glad to see him remain In the
Philippines Indefinitely. He has been
there less than two years and has just
concluded a triumphant campaign
against the Moras with small Ios? to his
owh troops and groat loss to the enemy.
The Army does not understand why he
should want a transfer.
Whisperings around the War Depart
ment are to the effect that the Presi
dent would like to see General Wood
come to Washington. Army officers
are reticent about discussing the mat
ter, but underground mutterlngs show
a plain resentment on their part
against the forcing of Wood to the
front over the heads of other men of
larger experience, as was done w,hen
Wood was made a Major-General.
GLAD TO VISIT AMERICA
Interview With Sergius Wltte, Sent
.From Atlantic Ocean.
ON BOARD STEAMSHIP KAISER
WILHELM DDR GROSSE. via Wireless
Telegraph Station at Slasconsett, Mass..
Aug. 2. After a good passage across the
Atlantic. Serglus Wltte, Russia's envoy
to the peace conference with the Japanese
representatives at Portsmouth. N. H.,
Is in perfect health. Speaking of his np
proaching arrival on American soil, Mr.
Wltte said:
"I am happy to visit America, which
country I am most anxious to know. My
only regret la that I cannot speak Eng
lish, as I should like thoroughly to appro,
elate the country whose progress and
development are so Interesting and In
structive. "I shall also be slad to have personal
Intercourse with President Roosevelt, who
has reached suah a prominent position aa
a statesman, and to present to him tha
greetings of Emperor Nicholas.
"It has also, ncccrfltated that I am to
test the ground for floating a Russian
loan in America and discuss the relations
between the two countries, and especially
regarding commercial affairs. My only
mission Is the negotiations for peace, but
I am quite ready to express my personal
opinion on questions affecting the rela
tions between Russia and America, with
a view to further strengthening tha tra
ditional friendly feeling between St. Pe
tersburg and Washington."
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTSRDAT'S .Maximum temperature. S3
(leg:.; minimum'. 60. Precipitation, nenc.
T0dATS Ftflr and continued warm. West
erly winds.
The War In the Far East.
Czar yrows more warlike as peace confer
ence lira--a near. Page 3.
Wireless Interview with Wltte. Pane 1.
Japanese gain victory on Sakhalin. Page 5.
Foreign.
Jews In Kharkoft arm to resist musaere.
" Page 3.
Csxr's council completing scheme far na
tional asembly. Page 3.
British fleet's Baltic cruise may cause war
ulth Germany. Page 0.
National.
Roosevelt raises, storm In Army by trying
t put General Wood on General Staff.
Page 1.
Southern cotton men Insist en thorough re
form of Agricultural Department. Page 3.
Taft party leaves Japan ttyr Manila. Page S.
Tolltlcs'.
Taft and Boot friendly rivals tor Presidency
If Taft does not go on Supreme beach.
Page 1.
Dome tic.
Lockout of " operators oq Northern Pacific
and Great Northern t.rallrMds' causes
strike. Page 2.
Harriman will put gasoline cars an alt
branch roadsi Page 4.
Yellow fever quarantine bring Louisiana.
and Mississippi to verge ef civil war.
tl'age 1.
Labor sluggers In Chicago 'drive man Insane
by torture. Page 5. -Sport.
Athletes vie In feais of brawn ana skill.
Page 4.
Talent again upset at racetrack. Page 4.
Giants win a 12-tnnlng game at Oakland by
2' to 1 score. Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Rockefeller a menace to church and state,
says Rev. H. S. Johnson. .Page 7.
Government witness confesses former per
jury in Montana land-fraud trials. Page T.
Oregon school population Increases, and so
does lneume for apportionment. Page 7.
One.casc tried la connection with battle over
Baker County mining road. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Hopgrowers hold Arm for better prices.
Page 13.
Grain stocks held In 'California. Page 15.
Copper strongesi-feature of New Tork stock
market. ,Pnge 13.
Heavy wool business In Hast. - Page 13.
No attempt to rescue drowning fireman on
steamer America. Pago 11.
Captaln5jn'cer will contract ta run Tele-
graphvort river. Page 11.
City of Topka due here tomorrow. Page 11.
Lewis. and Clark Exposition.
Admissions. 13.100. Page 10.
-Plans for sham naval battle. Page 10.
,Kentucky day and day In memory of Clark
ara Jointly celebrated. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
A. S. Bennett, counsel for the defense In the
lan-fraud cases, makes sarcastic refer
ence to Heney In his closing argument
Page 1.
City's census theme of much discussion.
Page 10. ,
Airship Angelus essays another flight. Page
14.
Alexander ilcAdle. weather forecaster at San
Francisco, and Professor Le Conte. of
University of California, measure ML.
Rainier and find It highest peak la United
States outside Alaska. Page 9.
Dun makes good report on wheat for Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. Page 14.
Bunco cases go over because detectives re
not on hand to testify. Page 11. '
UNTIE MAY
CAUSE CIVIL Ifi
Yellowjever Embroils
Two States.
LOUISIANA IS INVADED
Armed Boats From Mississippi
Are Aggressors.
GUNBOAT MAY FIGHT THE..I
Lake Borgnc Fishermen Ordered to
Stop Fishing Governor B Inn ch
ard Orders Out Ills
Clival Brigade.
YELLOW FEVER CASES TO DATE.
NEW ORLEANS. Anfz. L FaWowusi
Is the yeltew fever r:rd up t S
P. M:
New cases, 42.
Tatal cas?s to date. 316.
Deaths today. .
Total deaths to date. US.
N-v feci. 4.
Total foel te date, 39.
NEW ORLEANS. Ah?. 1. The relations
betweent tho States of Louisiana, and
Mississippi have reached an acute stase.
and. from Indications tonight, it trill
change from Interviews about the con
cealment of cases to a much more serious
matter. From Information that has come
to hand, the dignity of the State of Louis
Inna has been offended tey an armed Inva
sion from the sister state, and this mora
Insr Governor Bianchard communicated
with the Captain of the naval brigade
which has n fully equipped gunboat, with
a view of having It dispatched to the bor
ders to protect Louisiana eltizens from,
further Indignities.
Mississippi has ftvc armd boats patrol
lhitc'thfi const to prevent fishermen from
breaking thi-oujrSi the .aaraitlne ttn-s
These vessels are also assisted by tho
United Stateo revenue cutter Wlnena.
The Mississippi boats will not allow Lou
isiana fishermen to enter Mississippi
Sound, cast of St. Joseph Light, but. from
reports received here. It appears that or
of these patrol boats came Into Lake
Borgne. which Is distinctly Louisiana ter
ritory, and one report says It came up to
the mouth of Lake Borgne canal, which
extends from the lake to the Mteuissippi
River, a distance of only miles. Th
naval brigade vessel Stranger draws t.o
much water for service m that vicinity,
bat a light-draft boat will be Impressed
Into service, armed with a howitzer or
two nnd manned by ofrtcers from the bri
gade, and will be sent out to prevent fur
ther aggressions.
Part of the territory now patrolled br
the boats Is now In dispute bofr the Su
preme Court of the United States, bota
states having laid ckiim to it since, tfe
Legislature of Louisiana created a ys
ter commission and passed laws to pcu
tec oyster beds In that vicinity.
Later developments do not lessen tha
seriousness of the controvctsy. Com
mander Bostlck. of the naval bclgHuc. and
General Perllllat are preparing a repvKt
to the Governor following thair lnvoatfga
tlon. which will be continued. It is- now
reported that one of the Mteutaslppi boats
drove a Southern Yacht Club yacnt tar
Into Lake Pontchartraln.
BLANCHARD MAKES TROTET
Tells Vardamnn Invasion of Iiotiis
inna Will Not Bc Tolerated.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Aug. I. A spoekil to
the Commercial Appeal frm Baton
Rouge, La., says:
A clash between the Mississippi and
Louisiana authorities over quarantine)
regulations ia Imminent. A private dis
patch was received In the city today stat
ing that Mississippi soldiers employed as
quarantine guards had invaded Louisiana
with arms, and that boats were patruHins
tho mouth of Rogllet3 Lake and Pearl
Rover, off the Louisiana coast, to prevent
Louisiana boats from leaving.
Governor Bianchard directed Brigadier
General Perrallat, of his staff, and Cap
tain J. W. Bostwick. commanding the,
state's naval mllltla. to Investigate and
report. He also telegraphed Governor
Vardaman. of Mississippi, as follows:
"Have reliable Information that Missis
sippi quarantine guards, armed, crossed
over to Louisiana side at Pearl River. I
do not believe this was on orders, but
was tho thoughtless conduct merely of a
few. To obviate unfavorable oomment
and friction, please gtvo orders that your
guards remain on their own side of.' tho
line." ;
Late this afternoon Govornor Bianch
ard received the following telegram from
President Souchon, of the State. Board of
Health:
"A patrol boat of -the State of Missis
sippi patrolled Lake Borgne, and. after
prohibiting. fishermen from fishing In tho
lake. Is now guarding the exit of Lais
Borgne Canal, preventing any boat from
coming- out.
This Is an unwarrantable usurpation,
and Invasion of Louisiana waters, and
our attorney advises me to ask yeu to
wire proper authorities In Washington to
interfere at once or to talce matters in
hand yourself."
Governor Bianchard then telegraphed
Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi:
"Have Informatioa Mississippi patrols
tConcludsd on PUth Pas).
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