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Jf htPtttttiT IP VOL. O. 13,966. POKTX.AND, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOI TO TITLE Si RICHES VANISHES James Hamilton Was Long Shadowed. MAY HAVE BEEN SHANGHAIED Uncle Is Duke of Aberconn, With No Sons. BETROTHED TO HIS COUSIN Remittance Man of Weak Nature Would Have Had Bride With , Immense Estate Strong Suspicion of Foul Play. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept 11. (Special.) The mysterious disappearance of James Kjmtttloti brings to light a remarkable nwy that involves twe titled English lamlMas and a woman's pique, because of her fajwdod belief that her uncle had igeied her. Yowag Hamilton is the son of Sir James Hnmttton. a Brigadier-General in the BriUsk army, who dropped dead in front of Queen Victoria while marching In parade U years ago. His uncle, formerly Lord Brooke. Is now the Duke of Aber cor. The Cownte of Warwick, holed as the most beautiful woman In Great Britain, is Hamilton's aunt. According to twe men who have known young Hamilton for years, he has long been shaoowed by mysterious agents. T. WSoaenman and Arthur Game, who knew Hamilton and his history, say that men have been seen following him in Port Townsend, Seattle and even In Daw eon, whore he spont some time. There are reasons why Hamilton .was not wanted in England, -and these Inti mate Irionds connect his disappearance whh tMs oireumstanee. They fear In stead of committing suicide that he may hve been shanghaied. 11 red on a Remittance. untttoB Is ot a -weak and dependent atre. He hs lived for years on a 51009 annual remittance sent him by the Stake of Aberoorn, and despite the fact that he tried to make a fortune in Alaska, has boon largely dependent upon friends to keen him out of trouble. He refused to make any purchases or to undertake any new venture without as sistance. Sir James Hamilton, the young man's father, married a niece of ex-Mayor Grove, of Redding. California. English society did not take klndy to the match, and despite Sir James' standing In the arm he was socially ostracized for a time. The Earl of Abercorn, then Lord Brooke, offectod a reconciliation with his brother, and the Hamiltons were rein stated. Sir James was knighted for his brilHant work In ,the army. Tragic Death or His Father. The tragic death of Sir James Hamilton occurred 14 years ago. He was riding In a parade when a blood vessel near his heart was ruptured and the General fell dead, almpst at the feet of Queen Vic toria. Soon thereafter Mrs. Hamilton and her eon James came to this country. Mrs. Hamilton wont to her uncle's home In California. She was possessed of some wealth, but unfortunate investments dis sipated the money. A 'quarrel between the woman and the then Mayor Grove resulted in an' open break, and Mrs. Hamilton married Charles Slaughter, her uncle's coachman. He is half Indian. For two years after that marriage the couple and James Hamilton lived here, taking a flat on Terry avenue. Young Hamilton was then known as James Mc Oruden. Divorces Her Half-Breed Husband. Eight years m ago the three went to Alaska. Slaughter was for a time a steward on one of the boats running out of the Sound, while young Hamilton had a varied career in the North. Finally Mrs. Hamilton-Slaughter obtained a di vorce from the half-breed coachman in Dawson, and returned to London. Young Hamilton was practically penni less when Arthur Game went to his re lief In Dawson. Game is an Englishman who Is thoroughly familiar with the his too of titled English families, and he sympathized wlfn young Hamilton. He paid the young man's passage to Seattle and they were living together here. Ham II ton disappeared last week after making an engagement to meet two friends. Betrothed to Earl's Daughter. The disappearance of Hamilton is fur ther complicated by the Earl of Aber- corn's position. He 1b an aged man with no sons and .one daughter. His estate is ostlmated to be worth $30,000,000. In their youth, young Hamilton and the girl were pledged to each other, and the mar rlage was sought to keep the title In the family. If Hamilton married the girl the title would descend to his son: other wise It went outside the family entirely. A younger brother of Hamilton, the only other In his family, died In China some time ago, whither he was sent because of his bad habits. Hamilton had told his friends .that he would .marry the Earl's daughter for family reasons, though his long separa tlon had cooled whatever love might have existed. His two friends here believe his disappearance may have some connection with the fact that he had determined to marry. But that is all speculation, for no" clew has been founds He was de- spondent, but the drowning theory -has been abandoned, Hamilton was about 28 years of aye. CRISIS IN NEGOTIATIONS Norway and Sweden Cannot Slake Terms on Disunion. CHR1STIANIA, Sept. 11; The tone of khe Norwegian newspapers Indicates that the commissioners of Norway and Sweden, regarding the dissolution of the union, have reported an empasse, Norway being unable to accept the conditions laid down by Sweden. LOUBET WELC03IES CHAFFEE Brilliant Gathering or Foreign Army Orflccrs at Banquet. CHATEAU BRIENNE. Department of the Aubc. France, Sept. 1L President JLoubet arrived on the field of maneuvers today, and was given a notable welcome by the assembled Generals and troops. At Vllle Hardouin, President Loubet en countered Lleutenant-General Adna R Chaffee, Brigadier-General "J. Franklin Boll, Brigadier-General William Crozler and their staffs. The Americans wore presented to M. Loubet. The maneuvers concluded with a bril liant banquet, at which President Loubet presided. M. Carimlr-Perier, ex-President of the Republic, sat at the President's right and Lleutenant-General Chaffee at his left President Loubet, in proposing a toast to the heads of the states represented at the banquet, assured the foreign officers that their presence was heartily wel comed by the army and people of France. Minister Berteaux, in behalf of the French army, thanked the representatives of the foreign powers for their attendance at the maneuvers, making special refer ence to ihe presence of the American mission. X Lieutenant-General Chaffee, In behalf of the President of the United States and the American army, gave expression W their hearty recognition of the splendid reception which had been accorded the American mlsrion by President Loubet and the French army. TRIBES FIGHTING IX MOROCCO s American Minister Finds Mountains Unsafe Abode. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. The fol lowing cablegram has been received nt the State Department from Ameri can Minister Gummere, dated at Tan gier, today: The tribe are fighting In the immediate neighborhood of Tangier, the Angbera vs. rtalsuU'fl tribe. The government is unleeMed In its position and the situation Is cntralj unoomfortabte. A Joint prottnt is being made by the diplomatic corps to the Minister of Foregn Affaire. Have been Informed that the mountains are unsafe and am returning to Tangier Immediately It apoars that xMr. Gummere has ueasGd the beautiful resldefrse formerly occupied by Ion Perdlcarls, wbloh was the scone of his kidnaping by Ralsuli, and is situated some distance in th country. PEACE HOPELESS IX HUNGARY Emperor Abandons Universal Suf frage Scheme to Break Opposition. VIENNA, Sept 11 AH hope of peace between the crown and the united oppo sition In the Hungarian Diet seems to have come to an end. It Is understood that Emperor Francis Joseph, who At first was apparently inclined to acquiesce In the plan of the Hungarian Ministers for the granting of universal suffrage aa one way of bringing about the defeat of the united opposition, has been induced to change his mind by the Austrian Min istors. who feared the .effect on political conditions In Austria, If universal suf frage should be granted to the Hungarian people. Government Wins Spanish Election. MADRID, Sept. 11. The result of the Legislative elections held yesterday, are not yet definite. Republican gains are Indicated. The Monarchists have carried Madrid and the Republicans have carried Barcelona and Valencia. The elections assure the government an Important majority in the next Cortes. The results are 140 Minister ialists elected, 64 Conservatives. 23 Republicans. 6 Independents and three Carllsts. There were many election disorders, during one of which a girl was killed. MADRID. Sept. 12. The latest re sults of the legislative elections are as follows: Ministerialists elected, 231; Conservatives, 104; Republicans, 31; Villaverdlsts, 12; Regentlsts. 7; Car lists, 3; Integrlsts, 2, and Independ ents, 3. The results In eight depart'-! mentg are not yet known. More Money to Buy Out Landlords. LONDON. Sept. 11. Walter Hume Long, Chief Secretary for .Ireland, announces that the treasury has agreed to provide additional funds amounting to $10,000,000 before the end of the year, together with Buch an amount of stock during the year 1906 as will produce $50,000,000 cash to facilitate the operations of the Irish land act. and to remedy the recent stoppage of sales of land through inability to advance the purchase money owing to lack of funds. German Discount Rate Raised. BERLIN. Sept. 11. The rate of dis count of the Imperial Bank of Germany wt.s raised from 3. to- 4 per cent today. The controlling reason was the compar ative weakness of the status of the bank, owing to the heavy demands of Industry and trade and to speculation on the bourse. Killed In Climbing Hlmelayas. BERNE. Switzerland, Sept. 1L A tele gram was received today from the .Swiss expedition which is attempting to r-ah the -summit ot the Western Himalayas, snyire that Lieutemnt Sache has been crushed by an avalanche, and that the ex pedition is returning. Stranded Cruiser Floated. SINGAPORE. Straits Settlement, Sept. 1L The German protected cruiser Eee Adler, which ran on the Kent rocks, 12 miles from hero, has been refloated. She sustained but little damage. Special Police for Barcelona. MADRID, Sept. 11. A cabinet meeting held yesterday authorised the Minister of the Interior to or jaSvIoe. sTta.y' of ipe cial police for the su9rvfclonef- anarch ists' in Barcelona. . , TERMS OPERATIVE Northern Pacific Preparing to Build on the River's North. Bank. IS NO LONGER A SECRET "When Line or Steamers . Were Ac quired It "Was Done Through an Eastern Hanking House for Obvious Reasons. Gentlemen's agreements have been wafted to the winds and evidence is abundant that .the Northern Pacific broke away from the time-honored agreement between that company and the O. R. & concerning division of Northwest territory when the Colum bia River Si Northern Railway and Regulator line of steamers were ac quired by the Northern. Secrecy was maintained then as to the actual pur chaser, the deal having been consum mated through ap Eastern banking house, because affalrsjad not reaahed the point where publicity was to bo desired. Breaking of Compact. While both were secretly violating terms of the compact that prevented the Northern Invading Columbia River territory and prevented the Harrlman lines extending to Pugct Sound or elsewhere not already traversed by tracks of the system in Washington, and was successful In completely pre venting development of Western and Central Oregon, oach continued, and still continues. In the pretense of ro Ilglously observing the agreement. Had announcement been made sever al months ago that the Northern Pa cific had enterod Into competition In the rivor traffic of the Columbia It would have been possible for the Har iman lines to demand Immediate sur render of the boats or their discon tinuance in the traffic However, so long as the directing hand remains con cealed, all of the suspicions that may "be aroused are groundless as a basis of action. Just now, many months after tho purchav--the necessity of the floats aid .the railway Jront Lltfe P Golden dale becomes apparent the railway as a link in the connection between the main Jlne at Kcnnewlck and the boats to carry supplies to the different sec tions in which construction will bo prosecuted .along the greafwaterway CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature, 72 dec; minimum. 5S. Precipitation, none. TODATS Cloudy with shower. Southerly winds. The Peace Treaty. Russians fear Japan will control Klrin by means of railroad. Page 3. Officers appointed to arrange armistice. Page 3. Baron Komura seriously 111. Page 3. Grtat meeting u Japan denounces terms. Page 4. Japanese win, skirmish fought on Saturday. Page 8. Russia. Cache of arms left by filibuster found; ship blown up. Page 4. Fighting renewed at Baku. Page 4. v Oilmen ask government aid to resume busi ness. Page 4. Foreign. King of Italy visits scene of earthquake. Page 3. . Deadlock In Swedish-Norwegian negotiations. Page J. Prussian government has cholera under con trol. Page 3. American officers banqueted "by Loubet. PB 1- . . National. America and Turkey Join Issue on "citizen ship of murderer. Page 4. Postal officials oppose pneumatic tubes for Portland and Sound cities, rage 2. "Domestic Elevated railroad disaster In New York. K j .......... .t.mnlnv r ...t. j ruse u. low fever. Page 3. Morten tells ne policy ot Equitable. Page 1. Woman suspected of attempt to blackmail Governor Hrrlcic rage l, Posse has battle with bandits In Blaok Hills. Pags 1. i Sport. Pacific Coast League scores: Seattle 4. Ta coma 5. Page 7. Soldiers have track and field events at tho Fair. Page 7. Pacific Coast. James Hamilton, heir to English title and estatei, disappears at Seattle. Pare, 1 State Engineer Lewis Insists on fixed rules br Irrigation compcnie in uregen. rage e. Washington Supreme Court decides against Port Townsend water bones, rage i, Improvements made on Southern Pacific track In Southern Oregon. Page fi. Washington Grain Commission refuses to raise wneat stanaara. rage u. Two children roasted alive at Port Angeles. Wash. Page 6. j Commercial -and Marine. Advance in city butter quotatlons,-Page 15, San Francisco cash grain markets improve. Page 15. Serious shortage In Russian ,gratn crop. rage xa. European basks accumulating gold. 'Page 15. Government crop report. Page 15. May run above Celllo. Page 14. More wheat for Japan. Page 14. Marine nctes. Page 14. Adolph -begins discharging. Page 14. f lrr! ad Clark Expotltlon. Admissions. 17.855. Page 11. Spokane -will have bjrday today. Page 1L Plan for Baby's day at Kxpoiltlon. Page 11. PMthiBa shmI Vklalty. Effort made to Intimidate witnesses against Williamson Is the testimony in lacd.fraud cases. Page 14. Northern Pacific ready to rush.worlc Pace 1 Kittens of the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo -do not 1 ear the rain. Page -10, School Board Alscusse problems. Pago 14. Woman fined for luhtng in Judge Cam eron's court ana told. It Is not a dime museum. Page '11. Van-iDrto murder completely baffles the-po lice.' age 10. . Saloonkeepers to be tried fcr selling liquor to minors. -I'aa-n 1. COMPACT NT carrying down the great bands of steel on a grade not heavier than that of the mlghtly flood that finds its way to the sea. It has been a ions and tedious task for officials of the' Northern. Pacific to get everything in readiness, ana there have been obstacles almost as dif ficult to overcome as the basaltic col umns of Cape Horn or the precipitous cliffs that must be pierced for many miles with' the most expensive sort of construction. But tho time has. como when construction work Is to be prosecuted and the new Columbia River line will be actually realized as quickly as the roadway can bo created. While it will require a great deal of time to build the new railroad Hho and opposition Is already in sight from the rival Harrlman system with its trackage on the Washington side at Cascade Locks, and .the 100-foot right-of-way that engineers have been In structed to clear and grade, it Is the expectation of Northern Pacific of ficiate that the difficulty will be in completing bridges across ih Colum bia and Willamette rivers within tho iame period. There is still .some uncertainty about tho crossing of the Columbia, but It is practically decided that the Wil lamette shall be spanned with a brldgo nigh enough that ships with tallest masts may pass below without Inter ference at any stage of water. Reach High Ground by Grades. It Is absolutely feasible to ascend by gradual grade In crossing the pen insula, reaching the high ground be tween University Park and St. Jonns. crossing thence to the west side of the river and. then descending on easy grades to tho present tracks at a point Just below the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds. Exhaustive en gineering work has beendonc In that locality to determine tn possible gradients and easy curvature. United States engineers have expressed their opposition to any more drawbridges below the point of navigation for large vessels, and that is one consid eration, but on the other nana, tne railroad officials desire to avoid the inconveniences and anoyances of using a drawbridge. Tremendous Interest nas been aroused on the Washington side of tho rivor by reports of the bringing In of workmen and supplies to begin the ac tual -work of building the railroad. Railroad officials generally are reti cent concerning the secret movemonts of the respective companies, but all admit that the Northern Pacific Is In readiness to successfully carry to com pletion its iong-deferrcd plans. Tacoma Makes Denial. TAfOMA. Sent 11. Relative to the dis patch from Portland, Northern Pacific officials here deny that Third Vice-President Jvev and Chief Engineer E." J." Pearson are at Vancouver. Wash. MORTON TELLS HIS POLICY WIfcTv RUN EQUITABXF IX POIr- IcViHOLDEHS? INTEREST, i Buy Securities In Open Market and Support Legal Safeguards Hus Saved $000,000 a Year. NEW YORK. Sept. 1L President Paul Morton outlined the policy of the new management of the .Equitable Life As surance Society In an address which he delivered at Manhattan Beach today to 750 agents of the society, who came from different parts of the country. Alter briefly reviewing recent events In the Equitable. Mr. Morton said: I am wine to sar a few words to you on your new administration. There will be no attempt to make Itidazxlngly brilliant The etTort will be to make it honest, courageoua and conservative. There will be the great est consideration for the policy-holders and at every turn their Interests will be pro tected. All of the new director are policy holders. Businesslike methods will prevalt The men economy-of the right sort we-can Institute the more, we can save to tne poi lev-holders ' Investments will be of the highest charac ter. The institution will not be run as an adjunct to any one or several banking houses. Even owner of securities will have a chance to deal with us. and our aim will j be to buy the very best at the very lowest lsrlces. I believe in proper laws safeguarding the sacred trusts of Insurance and I will co operate in the enactment of anr necessary laws with that end In view. We shall all work to put the business of life Insurance on the elevated plane It ought to occupy. Retrenchments are. the order of the day In the Equitable. They will amount to $000,000 per year, which Is equal to 4 per cent on an Investment of 115.000.000. They will amount to a larger sum before we are through. T am sure that we will satisfy not only our policy-holders and our own agents, but the many who will buy what we have to selL FOLK BOOM IS LAUNCHED Utah Politician Proposes Governor of Missouri for President. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 1L Governor Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri, was recom mended for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency by ex-Repreceniatlve William H. King at a banquet given here tonight. The sentiment was warmly ap plauded, even by Governor John Cutler. -of Utah; Senator Reed Smoot and other prominent Republicans present. The Missouri party arrived In Salt Lake at 6 o'clock P. M. The delay of the train Interfered with the programme, .but the visitors saw the tabernacle and heard the great organ render "Dixie." After wards they were guests at an informal banquet served at the Alta Club and given by Governor Cutler. They left over the Short Line at 11:5 P. M. for P5rt land. Or. Skulls Fractured In Wreck. VICTORIA. B. C.'. Sept. 11. An Ottawa special says a Soo train ran into the rear end of the eastbound Imperial Limited train at Hammond station, 23 miles east ot Ottawa, at 6 A. M. today. The injured are: N John Gaffney, engineer of the Soo train, back Injured, fractured skull, condition serious; L. Cole, colored . porter, Detroit, serious internal- Injuries and left arm fractured; D. H. Card well, colored porter, Washington. D. C. fractured skull, con dition serious; Mrs. Harriet" Keene, Whlteman, Mass., face wounds; Mrs. James F. Fagan, San- Francisco, slight Injuries. Area Hum Lodges Still Protest. BOSTON, Sept. 11. At a' meeting today by a special conmlttee of 26, representing the Xoyal Arcanum lodges of Boston and vicinity, 'the sentiment" was -unanimously ihffavor of -raikinc an organised resist ance to the cewV&tes of assessments. ' i - . ijy - a SITE 1 NOT - BUY WATER BONDS Washington Supreme Court Decides Against Conten tion of Port Townsend. OPINION IS UNANIMOU Bitter Fcellnir Was Engendered Anfoog the State Officials. Governor's Letter Ignored -by the Commission. SUPREME COURTS INTERPRETA TION OF "MUNICIPAI. BONDS." The term. It seems to us. can admit of no ether definition. Certainly it can not have been so loosely used as to Include every form of obligation that the Ingenuity of the Legislature might devise and call municipal bonds; yet If bonds payable out ot a special fund are such simply beeaune a municipality Is Instrumental In creating that fund, this proposition must stand admitted, tor there Is no limitation upon the power ot the legislature to authorize 'the creation of special funds by muni cipalities', nor la there any limitations as to the pursed from which the money to create the specla fund may be drawn. Indeed, If bonds ot the character here described are municipal bonds, there can be no form of obligation, either pub lic or private. In which the Legislature might not. by the legerdemain of mak ing It a municipal fund, lawfully authorize- the Investment of the perma nent school fund. Such was not the Intention ef the coniUtutlon-makers, and we can sot so hold. OLYMPIA. Wash., Sept. 11. (Special.) The noted Port .Townsend water bond controversy, Involving directly the Tight of the state to Invest Its permanent school fund In bonds authorized by a mu nicipality, but payable solely out of the proceeds of the public convenience, and Involving Indirectly a stato officers' quar rel, was decided by the Supreme Court today. Tho decision upholds the State Auditor In refusing to Issue a warrant for the first Installment, 515O.0CO. of 'the bonds, after tho State Land Commission had authorized their purchase. ' The bonds are held by the Supreme Court hoc t- be municipal . bonds, .within the meaning of , the terra' as expressed In the constitutional provision limiting the iiitcaiuicm oi me scJitKJi iuna ideational, state, county, municipal and school dis trict bonds. The question of the propriety or safety of the Investment, Is neither discussed nor considered by the court In Its decision, which rests entirely on the Interpretation of the term "municipal bonds." The opinion was prepared by Justice Fuller ton and concurred In 6y the entire court. Bitterness In Controversy. The controversy over the purchase of the Port Townsend bonds was the cause of widespread discussion and not a little bitterness in the early part of the Sum mer. The State Land Commission, which has control of the Investment of the school fund, was. divided In the first In stance over the purchase of the bonds. Secretary of State Nichols and School Superintendent Bryan, forming a major ity of the board, favoring the purchase, after Attorney-General Atkinson had ap proved Its legality, and Land Commis sioner Ross, the other member, opposing the purchase. It was alleged by the two members favoring the purchase that Ross did not express open disapproval until after the formal vote had becn taken, and the meeting adjourned. This created bitter ness, and about the same time Governor Mead wrote a letter to the board protest ing against the purchase, on the ground that the Investment of the amount of E50.0QO would deplete the fund so that the state could not borrow from It to keep the general fund on a cash basis, and thus take care of the large Legislative appropriations. The board Ignored the letter, which aroused the Governor to more determined action, and caused the representatives of Port Townsend to accuse him openly of being -actuated by political enmity toward Lieutenant-Governor Coon, who Is Mayor -of Port Townsend. Governor Institutes Suit. On behalf of the Governor, a suit was Instituted In the Superior Court of Thurs ton County. In the name of H. D. Craw ford, a newspaper publisher, to restrain the purchase by the state. This action was dismissed, on the ground that Craw ford, as a mere taxpayer, did not have sufficient Interest at stake to maintain the action. By this time the State Treasurer, George G. Mills, and the State Auditor, C. W. Claussen, were aligned with the Governor. A conference was held by them, and Immediately following the de cision in the Crawford case it was decided by tnem mat ine state Auouor snouid re fuse to Issue the warrant when the cer tificate of the proceedings of the State Land Board was submitted to hlra, with the necessary vouchers. The refusal of the Auditor to act put Port Townsend on the offensive, and the city applied directly to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the Auditor to act. This writ Is denied by the Supreme Court In Its decision to day. W'ater System Not Affected. The decision of the court will not affect the Port Townsend water system. The system is already In operation, and. Is supplying the city and the Government forts; Flagler and Word en. The pay ments by the Government were considered the .mainstays or tne system, ana a prac- tlcal guarantee that the bonds and Inter est would" be paid. - " The contractors on the construction of the work have agreed to take the bonds at par, the issue to draw 55 per cent. The city, however, hung on, hoping to sell to the state, which would enable It to float the"bond3 at 3 per cent. The contract ors will now take the bonds, and It 4s said - they have found a purchaser in Portland. . On the surface the bitterness over the controversy has greaily subsided, but" It Is believed that It will crop out In future political contests. TALKS WITH ENGINEERS President Entertains the Consulting Board and Defines Policy. OYSTER BAY. Sept. 1L Members of rthe Board of Consulting Engineers of the Panama Canal took luncheon with Pres ident Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill today. The President received the members ot the board In the handsome new trophy room, the presentations being made by General DaVls. During the luncheon which followed Immediately and at which Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews, and John Barrett, United States Minister to Colombia, also were guests, the discussion of canal matters was general, but Informal. At the conclusion of the luncheon the President made a brief but formal state ment to the board, lnwhlch he outlined definitely the policy to be followed In the canal construction. That statement was not made public. The engineers remained In conference with the President until 3 o'clock, when they sailed for New York. The board will arrive In "Washington to morrow and resume Its session there. Cnnal Laborers From "West Indies. COLON. Sept. 11. The Royal Mall steamer La Plata arrived here today, bringing 50 laborers from "West Indian ports under contract for work on the canal. The majority of these were from Barbados. Several left the ship at Port Llmon, apparently, preferring Costa Rica to the Isthmus of Panama. About 500 persons under the direction of the health authorities are again fuml gating every part of Colon. ONE GAINS, ANOTHER LOSES Promotions in Navy Department Mean Reduction of Salaries. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. Very many employes of the Navy Department in Washington and In the various navy yards will be affected by the adoption of a new policy by the department re spectlng promotions, where the In creases of salary heretofore have been paid out of the lump fund for Increase of the Navy. It has been decided that hereafter expenditures on this ac count shall not be Increased and con sequently. If .employes are to be pro mpted, that can be effected only by a readjustment of the salaries, which would Involve corresponding reduc tions in the case of' employes whose records for efficiency are not of the best. In other words, the best em- Nirval draftsmen ro particularly afr fected by the adoption of this- new hpplloy -Knff by the fact that, owlnff to Kr. highest skill capable of original work. t STRIKE ON ATJND1ANAP0L1S Printers Will Go Out Wherever tho Eight-Hour Hule Is Rejected. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1L The Inter national Typographical Union committee and the committee from the Typothotae. of this city failed to agree to an eight hour day at a conference held late today. The local Typographical "Union has or dered all the members In this city to strike at once in every shop where the eight-hour day is not In effect. One hun dred and fifty men are Involved here. President James Lynch, president of the International Typographical Union, said tonight: "I have instructed unions in their re spective cities to demand contracts Im mediately for an eight-hour day, to com mence January 1- Wherever the demand Is refused, they have been instructed to strike at once." Frelghthandlers Want More Pay. CHICAGO, Sept. 11. Frelghthand ler3 sent a request to 22 railroads to day for a conference with the com pany's manager by 10 A. M., Wednes day, at which time they expect to submit demands for a wage Increase of approximately 10 per cent. If the request Is refused, the plan of the la bor leuders Is to submit to r referen dum vote Immediately the question of calling a general strike . of union frelghthaudlers. Anglo-Japanese Treaty Yet Secret. LONDON, Sept.' 11. Further delay !oas occurred in the.- publication of the text of the Anglo-Japanese treaty. The Impression prevails that the de lay fa due to a request of the Jap anese. MEXICO KILLS LOTTERIES Government Stops AH Gambling and . Sets Good Ex)mple. GUADALAJARA, Mexico. Sept. 11. State officials here say that word has been sent out from the City of Mexico tha all lotteries in the republic must be suppressed. The ' suppression will fol low the expiration of the franchises held by the Loteria de la Beneficla Publlca. This franchise was granted for 25 years, and has a year yet to run. The federal government will set an example by sup pressing the national lottery, which Is under government control, and the states which conduct lotteries wi Ileitis claimed, follow suit. The lotteries conducted by private concerns will be given a certain period in which to close up their business. The action will be In line -with the efforts of the Mexican government to suppress gambling In every form. No More Gambling in Capital. MEXICO CITY. Sept. 11. The federal district authorities continue their war agabxst gamblers, foreign and native, and since the last of August gamblers have been unable to secure licenses. The police break up clandestine gambling as fast as "discovered. Many gamblers boasted they would open up again In Tacubaya, a prominent suburbf of this city, but they found that the authorities were ready to arrest them. One proposition is to. establish in one of the interior states a great gambling concern modeled after -Monte Carlo, but it is improbable that this will be allowed. f " . . ' i - it ' . IN ACCUSES OHIO GOVFRNGR Mrs. Lawrence Revives Claim Against Herrick on Behalf . of Her Son. BLACKMAIL IS SUSPECTED Chicago Detectives Await Woman's Arrival to Arrest Her Herrick Denounces Woman, John-1 - son Turns Her Down. CHICAGO. Sept. 11. (Special.) A. sensation that Is shaking political and social centers of two states, keeping a score of detectives constantly mov ing and threatening to drag prominent men of National Importance Into its vortex, was further intensified and complicated today, by the locating" of Mrs. Minnie Lee Ivers Lawrence, sup posed to be the mysterious "Helen Butter." of Cincinnati, and accused of attempting to blackmail Governor My ron T. Herrick, of Ohio, and other men of National prominence. Mrs. Lawrence was found In Columbus. O., and the fact that she was In the capital of Ohio lends color to the theory. In the opinion of Chicago detectives, that she has reviewed her claims in behalf of the buy she calls her son, and has been conferring with political enemies of Herrick. Lawyer Suspects Blackmail. At Columbus, Mrs. Lawrence passed all the morning In conference with Judge Ulrlc Sloan, and left in the af ternoon for Chicago. She was accom panied by the boy In question, a lad apparently about 9 years old. She ad mitted that sne was Mrs. Lawrence and that she was here to see her lawyers. Mr. Slaon said that" she has been re quired to clear up certain facts for him In regard to the matter, In order that he may feel sure she Is not a blackmailer. If she does this, he will take the case. Otherwise he will drop It. Both Superintendent Schumacher, of the PInkertons, and the attorneys for Mr. Herrick have conferred with Mr. Sloan In an effort to have him re fuse to take the case. Chicago detect ives, acting In behalf of Mr. Herrick. are said to await the arrival In Chi cago of Mrs. Lawrence for the purpose or rearresting her. They say that they i" . " VT-V 7iL "wTr, t' Herrick Denounces Woman. "All I have to say is that this is one of those low, cowardly, under handed things that are" aimed at a man and backed by certain parties who nave certain purposes In view,' said Mr. Herrick. T heard this was coming- and have met It. The state ment In Ghlcngo issued by the Pinker ton agency .covers the case. That's all I have to sayV In addition to the name of Mr. Her rick, those of Orrln W. Potter, of Chi cago, and Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, O.. have been Involved In the case. The woman's fc-rmer hus band i vras Frank Ivers, a mechanic, who gained an Interest in the steel mill at South" 'Chicago, and It vras for this Interest that Potter Is said to have paid $13,00) to the woman as her share. w E. S. Potter today denied authorita tively all rumor connecting th name of his fnther, Orrln W. Potter, with that of Mrs. Lawrence. Mr. Johnson remembers the womfjn as a person who sought to sell him Information which was intended to In jure Mr. Herrick politically, but said that the offer was scorned, Johnson declaring that he did not desire to play that kind of politics. Deneen Was Tackled Too. When the "Helen Butter" case first began to appear In print, a Chicago paper, for political reasons, sought to conect the name of Governor Deneen with It. The Governor Is said to have given the editor a statement that fairly burned up the telephone wires and sup plemented It by a visit In person, at which he made it very clear that he had no connection with the case In any form and would make it extreme ly disastrous for any paper mixing his name with the scandal. BUTTLES WrTH BANDITS POSSE IN CLOSE PURSUIT OF CUSTER BANK-ROBBERS. After Ambushing Posse, Bandits Gbntinue Flight, but Are Over taken and One Is Killed. CUSTER. S. D., Sept. 11. (Special.) Three posses are chasing outlaws, who, on Saturday night, robbed the bank at this place or a large amount of gold. Reports have come In that a big battle has been fought In the Black Hills be tween posses and robbers. After the robbery the outlaws, of whom tHere were three, started towards the Big Horn Mountains. Posses from Deadwood, Custer and Hill City were, soon in pursuit. A courier returned this morning after having ridden all night. He reported that the bandibshad got Into the fastnesses of the Black Hills, and had ambushed their pursuers la the canyon. An ex change of shots resulted in two horses being killed and one member of the posse being Injured. The bandits continued their flight. Another "report this afternoon says that the bandits were overtaken further west early this morning, and In a pitched bat tle one bandit and a deputy were killed and several wounded. "Steam Engineers' Convention.. TORONTO. Sept. 11. The ninth annual convention of the International Union of Steam Engineers opened here today. About 200 delegates are present. San Francisco: wants- the next cohventie. S