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CJELE wmSISGr OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1906. M SIBERIA IN REVOLT Mutinous Soldiers Control the Whole Railroad. GREAT GAPS MADE IN-LINE Befugecs Tell of Anarchy In Vast Domain Lettish Rebels Have Ruined Nobles Revolt Gains in Caucasus. NAGASAKI. Jan. 9. (Special.) News that has failed to leak through St. Peters burg because of the cutting of communi cation came here today on the arrival of the transport Mongolia from Vladivos tok earrvlne Russian refugees. The Rus sians told a story of horror along the Siberian Railway, as it had come to them from stories told of stations blocked by mutineers, who looted and burnea cverj- thJnir In filch L Many of those who started for Russia have turned back. Trains have been seized and turned on a backward course and great gaps exist in the line to the 53uronean Russian frontier. According to the refugees there has been a general up-riRlnc- In Siberian Russia, which will stop operation of the railway for the Winter icoct onnstdwlnr the difficulties of motntoininir the line In Winter weather. The stories of privation and horror told hv thft 'refneeeH confirm in the worst de gree the small bits of news that have leaked out from St. Petersburg of the cutting of the railway and the rebellion In the Manchurian army. HISTORIC CASTLES ARE RUINED Lettish Rebels Still Ravage Land and Drive Out Germans. RIGA. Livonia. Jan. 9. Although the trnnn are oneratlng energetically In all directions, the revolutionary peasants are continuing their work ot aevasiauom -wanderine- in ctoups through the prov inces, cutting the railway wherever an nnnnntunitv is offered ana anacKins trains and nassenKers. nr thn manv historic castles erected In tho fl&vs of the Teutonic Knights of the T4oT,Mtif Tsamo. which were rich In mnries of the wars between Russians and Swedes and German and Letts, only a few remain. Among those destroyea -a-as thi masmlficent castle of Jseunberg, the oldest in Courland. which was built in and contained historical docu ments and priceless pictures and antlqul tics. It belonged to Baron von Derecke. Another Baron, formerly a prosperous landowner, but now impoverished, bitterly itm responsibility for the era of Jac- niiorie to the Russian government, which, he says, coquetted with the Lettish peas antry, promising It lana ana came, ana inciting it against the estate owners, with -whom formerly it was on good terms. He added that he and his fellows of the Baltic nobility are forced to renounce their Russian citizenship and leave es tates their forefathers had held for seven renturles and emigrate to German I'olana, where official positions arc at their dis posal. "Bismarck years ago declared that thp. Baltic Germans were the best mate rial for the Germanlzation of the Polish nro-irlnccs." the Baron adds, "and the Russian government Is now helping rake good the Blsmarcklan proposal." . The German newspapers are appealing to the land-owners to heed the can or dutv and return to their estates, but this Ss Impossible. The landowners are most ly without funds with which to restore iht. devastated estates, ana musi now lon them. nn account of the continual anarchy tv.o Summer crons were meager, and the revolutionary peasants, who arc living in the woods of destroyed estates, arc forced by famine to attack and plunder villages where military protection Is slight, and are perpetrating Inhuman outrages. A number of the chief agitators at Windau and Galdlncin. which places were occu nied bv troons after they had been for several weeks in the hands of the insur- ri.ni wrr. tried bv drumhead court- martial and shot. BOMB FACTORY BLOWN UP Awful Explosion Follows Bombard ment of Rebel Arsenal. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 10. (Spe cial. " Reports bave been received here of a battle at Tiflis between the rebels, who hold the whole of Western Tranpcaucasla, and the troops sent nsrainKt them. The rebels took refuge In a bomb factory, which was shelled bv the trooos and. although a consid erable loss of life from the explosion is believed to havo occurred, it is not mentioned in the telegrams. The control of Transcaucasia is dis puted, but it is known now that the rebels demand the setting up of a free republic and it is believed here, al though not officially admitted, that they are in complete control and havo already begun forming administrations of their own. Revolt in Caucasus Spreads. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 9. Count von Vorontzoff-Dashkoff. Viceroy of the Caucasus, In a 'telegram to the Em peror, dated January 7, says: "Owing to the interruption of com munication and the spreading of false reports by the revolutionaries, the movement of the latter is on tho In crease. The revolutionaries have seized the railroads, which they are using for their own purposes, and they they are organizing general strikes and Influencing employes of the gov ernment. At many of the railroad de pots bombs have been discovered. Sev eral agitators have been arrested. "Tartars and Armenians are in con flict in Baku. Erivan, Daghestan and Kars. MUTINY ON BOARD TRANSPORT Chief Engineer Barricaded in State room to Escape Death. LONDON, Jan. 10. The correspond ent of the Standard at Copenhagen re ports a mutiny among Jthe crew of the Russian transport Knlaz Gortchakoft, which is laid up at Elslnore for re pairs. The mutineers, the correspond ent says, were dissatisfied with Chief Engineer Paul and tried to kill him. Paul and two Danish friends, one of whom "was wounded by the mutineers, were obliged to barricade themselves in a stateroom until midnight, when they escaped. The local police are now in possession of the vessel. CHARGE TO MUZZLES OF GUNS Lithuanian Rebels Deluded Into Be lief They Are Invincible. LEPEL, Russia, Jan. 9. Four per sons were killed and several wounded In a frenzied attack today by a band of Lithuanian peasants on a detach ment of infantry sent to restore order la this section of Vitebsk. The peas- ants, whe were armed "with clubs,but who were held by their leaders to be invincible, charged up to the muzzles of the rifles. They were not checked by a volley into the air. and only halt ed when a deadly volley was fired at close range. VITTE DIVIDING HIS ENEMIES Excesses of Reds Drive Liberals Into His Arms. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 9. The suc cess which thus far has attended the SSTtSrSSSt xnent to believe that the worst is over for the Winter. Except in the Baltic pro vinces, the Caucasus and the Don region. where the prevailing anarchy is likely to continue indefinitely, some semblance of order Is being gradually restored m tne empire. The Socialists and revolutionists toutlv maintain that the present lull is only a truce over the holidays, and from mysterious hldlnjr places tne leaoers continue Issuing orders to refuse all com promises with imperialism, to boycott tne National Assembly ana to prepare ior a treat armed insurrection. The Government, however, professes confidence that the revolutionists will not ouleklv recover the loss of strength and prestige which they have suffered. Dis orders on a small scale and acta of ter rorism are expected to continue and something 1n the nature of a general demonstration is anticipated January 22. but a great uprising In the immediate fu ture is regarded in government circles as impossible. The next real crisis is not expected until the National AssemDjy meets or the Spring sets the peasants in motion. The members of the government declare that the abortive attempt at an armed insurrection performed a service to the country In revealing to the Liberals oi all shades of opinion the necessity for fighting the violent programme of the 'Reds" and that henceforth, no matter how much the Liberals oppose the policy of the government, they wllMo found ar rayed against the 4'Reds.M How far these calculations of the government, pased on divisons among its enemies, will stand the test of events remains to be seen, as many times heretofore tney nave Deen rudely shattered. The Constitutional Democrats today are holding a convention at TerJIokl, Finland, to discuss their future plans, and repre sentatives of the Law and Order party. which claims over 3D0.OX) members, met today in St. Petersburg. This party fa vors a broad regime of freedom based on the participation of all citizens, irrespec tive of creed or race. In a certain degree of local government, but it opposes the federative principle, which, this party claims, if carried beyond a certain point. might threaten the Integrity of the empire. The personal escort of the Emperor has been Increased by a squadron of Cossacks composed of picked men chosen from the entire Cossack force throughout the em pire. Colonel Prince Pudjaban has been appointed chief of the palace guard at Tsarskoe-Selo. Martial Law to Be Continued. WARSAW. Jan. 9. Replying to a dele gation of citizens who asked for the abrogation of martial law owing to the approaching elections to the National As' sembly, the Governor-General today de clared that martial law had been pro claimed in order to keep in check the Socialists, anarchists and revolutionists who were endeavoring to prevent the elections, and therefore Its abrogation was impossible. Socialists today shot and killed the'su pcrlntendent of the street-car shops. At ovomlnsk. Government of War saw, Socialists today shot and killed the Chief of the District Police. Russia 3Iortg-ages Railroads. PARIS. Jan. 9. It was stated in well-Informed quarters that the French bankors have agreed to ad vance to the Russian government $50,003,000 at 4 per cent plus 2 per cent commission. The state railroads are offered as a guarantee for the money advanced, which Is to be reim bursed from the proceeds of the pro posed new loan, r.hould the latter be floated within a year. Severe Fighting at Tiflis. LONDON. Jan. 10. The correspondent of the Times at Constantinople under date of January 8 reports that the condition of affairs in the Caucasus is worse than ever. Severe fighting has 'taken place at Tiflis. he says, and the troops were obliged to use artillery and many houses wore destroyed. Armenians at Elizabeth- pol got possession of field guns, and it is rumored that they massacred a num ber of Mussulmans. Execution of Moscow Rebels. LONDON. Jan. 10. The Moscow corre spondent of the Times says It is reported that 18 revolutionaries were executed Sat urday last and that among them was Mr. Schmidt, the owner of the celebrated furniture factors' In tho Presna district. Poles Assassinate Prefect. NOVOM1NSK, Russian Poland, Jan. 9. Prefect Lunatskevich was assassin ated today, while ho was driving in sleigh from the railway station. His lltt!e daughter, who was sitting by nls side, was wounded. PERISH IN BIG SNOW STORM Fate of New Mexican Rancher and Boy Goatlicrdcr. SANTA FE, N. M Jan. 9. James Yates, living near White Oaks, Lin coln County, a half-blind ranchman. has perished in a snowstorm. His body was discovorcd Jn a snowdrift two miles from his cabin. As a pil low he had used his hat and scarf and his hands wore folded on his breast In an attitude of prayer. Charles Newton, a 13-ycar-old goat- herder, perished in the snowstorm in the Sacramento Mountains, but his' re mains have not been recovered as yet. His herd of goats was discovered on Saturday in a canyon. very neavy losses are being sus tained by sheep-owners because thoy made no preparations to feed the sheep during the present severe spell of cold and snow. Glass Tanks Replace- Oak Casks. ST. LOUIS. Jan.. 9. (Special to The Orcgonian.) The Pfaudler Company. of Rochester, N. Y., nas Just Installed at the Anheuser-Busch brewery 200 of the largest glass enameled steel tanks ever manufactured, at a cost of over half a million dollars. These tanks weigh 16 tons, are 70 feet long, nine feet in diameter, and hold 1000 barrels each. Mr. Adolphus Busch, president of the Anheuser-Busch Company, states that this is the initial shipment and that glass tanks have been found so vastly superior to wooden casks that he has decided to equip all the storing-houseB with these tanks which will involve an expenditure of several million dol lars. President Dines "With Shaw. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9, President and Mrs. Roosevelt wero tonight entertained at dinner by Secretary and Mrs. Shaw. Among the other guests were Speaker and 31 iss cannon, oenaior ana jars, uouiver und Senator and Mrs. Kcan. Those unhappy persons who suffer from nervousness and dyspepsia snouid use Car ter's Little Nerve Pill, made exprewly f er this claw. ' MANY HAZING GASES Decision of Court-Martial Will Open the Gates. DECATUR ON TRIAL AGAIN Must Now Answer for Encouraging Hazing of Church Ruling .on Law Point Makes Many Convlctions Possible. " ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Jan. 9. Several le gal questions of Importance arose today during the second trial of Midshipman Stephen Decatur on charges of hazing before the court-martial in session at the Naval Academy. The court decided that the act of 1503, which provides dismissal for "encouraging or countenancing haz ing," is amendatory of the act of is.. which provides the penalty for active par ticipation In hazing. A plea in bar was then entered on the only specification against Decatur on the charge of "encouraging and countenanc ing hazing," on the ground that Decatur had already been tried upon substantially the same facts In the former case. In denying the motion, the court ruled that maltreatment of a fourth classman by the infliction of direct physical cruelty was not the only kind of hazing, but mat any annoyance or molestation, such as the requirement of menial services, mak ing ridiculous and such like were also hazing. This ruling is expected to lead to many more convictions. The new charge is supported by one specification, that Decatur countenanced the hazing of a fourth classman. Gayiora Church, of Meadvllle. Pa. There Is also a charge of hazing under the act of 187. under which there are two specifications. No courts-martial have been called un der the later act previous to this because it was believed that the Superintendent of the Naval Academy had powers of summary dismissal under It. A recent opinion of the Attorney-General holds. however, that power can only be exer clsed after conviction before a court-mar tial. The next Midshipman to be tried is John Paul Miller, of Lancaster. Ky.. also a member of the first class. There are charges under both acta against him. each supported by four specifications. Among the Midshipmen of the fourth class, ot whom it is alleged that Miller hazed is Henry Cooper, Jr.. of Oxford. N. C, the youth who was stricken with paralysis in classroom about a month ago. ana wnose previous hazing was rumored at the time, but denied by him. INSURANCE GRAFTERS OUT BANKS AXD TRUST COJIPAXTES DROP THEM ALIi. General Cleaning Out of Equitable, New York Lite and Mutual Men From Directorates. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Charles H. Alien. Paul D. Cravath. Victor Morawetz ana Paul .Morton were today elected directors of the National Bank ot Commerce. Mr. Allen Is an official of the Morton Trust Company. Messrs. Cravath and Morawetz are prominent corporation lawyers, and Mr. Morton is the new presiacnt ot tne Eaultable Life. These men are supposed to take the places of James W. Alexander. Chauncey M. Depew, James H- Hyde ana Richard A. McCurdy. w. li. .MCintyre. u. O. Mills, F. P. Olcott and EHhu Root also retired from the directorate. Robert II. McCurdy. son of the for mer president of the Mutual Life In surance Company, resigned today from the directorate of tho Astor National Bank. The directors ot the Fidelity Trust Company and the Union National Bank, of Newark, N. J., today elected succes sors lo James W. Alexander and James Hazen Hyde, who recently resigned from the directorates of both institu tions. At the annual meeting of the direc tors of the Essex Trust Company, of East Orange. N. J., the resignations of James W. Alexander and H. Rogers Winthrop. formerly of the Equitable Life, were announced and accepted. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9. James W. Alexander and J. Hazen Hyde, until recently president, and vice-president respectively of the Equitable Life As mrance Society, were today dropped from the board of directors of tho Franklin National Bank, of this city. Warned Against Hasty Action. PROVIDENCE. R." I.. Jan. 9. The an nual message of Governor Utter to the Legislature was read today in both branches. The Governor made the fol lowing reference to the question of life insurance: Tin Investigation h apparently ben thorough and without prejudice. As a suit of the revelations made and of the sus picions aroused, there, Is throuRhout tho country a. growing belief that legislative action should be taken to protect the in terests of policy-holders. "White I would not approve or oppose any such legislation before knowing Its exact and full Import. I would warn at this time against hasty action on a matter of such great importance. The opinion here ex presred Is In agreement with that of our own Insurance Commissioner. At the pres ent time the conditions are not sufficiently understood to warrant the making, of ex tensive changes In our Insurance, laws. Scramble for Hendricks' Shoes. ALBANY. N. Y.. Jan. 9. Persistent re ports that Francis H. Hendricks.. State Superintendent of Insurance would not accept reappointment when his term ex plres. in February next, arc given fresh Impetus here by the publication of statement that there are five candidates in Syracuse alone for the position. Gov crnor HIggins last night said: 'It is news to me that there arc five or any other number of candidates for the position. Superintendent Hendricks has not resigned, his term of office lias not expired, and there Is no vacancy in his office. That Is all I care to say." Wants Iowa to Investigate. DES MOINES. la., Jan. 9. F. M. Moles berry sounded the first note of battle against the life Insurance companies. In the Iowa Legislature today by introducing- a resolution providing for the appointment of a Joint committee of the House and Senate to conduct a sweeping lnvestica tlon of the life Insurance business; revise the statutes and frame new bills and re port to the next General Assembly, which meets next Winter. The resolution went over, under the rules. Indians Sccedo From -Panama. NEW YORK, Jan. S. A cable dls natch to the Herald from Panama says C&pt&ia Lovelace, or tne Manama gua boat Oriente. Monday brought a letter to President Amador, written by In nannaqulna. a grand chief of the San Bias Indians, on the lower Atlantic coast of Panama, announcing thejr se cession from Panama, and the renewal of their allegiance to Colombia. There are about 30,000 of these Indians along: 110 miles of the most fertilo part of the coast of Panama, and in an tne villages the Colombian flag Is being displayed. This revolt is said to be fo mented by Colombians, and as these In diana have never been conquered the matter of bringing? them back under this country's flag, unless accpmplisnea diplomatically, may prove serious. Amontr the reasons given for the se cession are said to be the promises made by Huertas. an ex-uenerai or tne Panrftaa army, wnicn nave not Deen fulfilled. HARVARD'S REFORM PLAN Xcw Rules for ooioau jiecom- m ended to Rules Committee. CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Jan. 9. Recom mendations regarding changes In football rules were' completed today by the spe cial committee appointed by tho Atnieuc Association of Harvard graduates ana will be wbmltted tomorrow to tne atn letlc committee of the university. It Is said that the committee .will authorize Coach Reed to present the recommenda tions as those which Harvard holds offi cially regarding football at the meeting of the football rules committee, which will bo held In New Tork next Tiday night. Suggestions provide for three official? on the fleld. linemen to watch off-side play. Instant disqualification for rough play, a team to play nve minutes with out a substitute, a player disqualified twice to be barred for the season: no blocking except by body, no Interference with a punter and a standing committee to select officials. Further recommenda tions are: The ball to be placed with the points toward the goals and no player to stand ahead of the points: Increasing the dis tance to be gained in three downs from five to ten yards: permitted the ball to be passed in any direction when the play is between the 25-yard lines, provided the player has not advanced beyond the line of scrimmage: no punt-out for a try at goals; increasing the distance between the goal posts to 23 feet; no Interference with a free kick: a fair catch to be tnai cated by the holding up of the hand: no movement by players until the ball is put in nlay. except by one man; and. Anally. that not more than three men besides the man receiving the ball be leas-than, five vards behind the line unless ttutslde the L position occupied by the nutside roan In the line. An additional report is appended by Lorln D. Deland. In which he recom mends the abolition of gate receipts. Mr. Deland believes that commercialism "has found good soil for propagating serious evils." MORE REFORMS PROPOSED Pcnnypackcr Amends Call for Spe cial Session In Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG. Pa., Jan. 9. Governor Pennypacker today issued a supplement ary proclamation to his call for the extra session of the Pennsylvania Legislature which convenes next Monday, so as to Include a uniform primary election sys tern, a civil service system for state off! cers and the regulation of election ex penses. He also, amends his original call so as to enable the Legislature to pass a bill for the consolidation of the cities ot Pittsburg and Allegheny, eminent lawyers having contended that it was Impossible pass such a bill under his original proclamation. The Governor s 'supplementary call was great surprise to his official advisers. not one of whom thought he would make any change In his original .1. despite the pressure for a uniform primary elec tion system and a new ballot law. Among the subjects mentioned in the original call are personal registration. State Treasury reform and Senatorial and Legislative" reapportionment. STANDARD DICTATES RATE Discrimination Shuts Competitors Out or Kansas City. ST. LOUIS. Jan. ?. During an investi gation before the State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners today. As sistant District Attorney-General Ken neth brought out evidence to the effect that the Standard OH is enforcing virbl- trary freight rates on oil between St. Louis and Kansas City. The testimony showed that a rate of 22 cents a hundred pounds is in effect from St. Louis to Kansas City, while the rate from Kansas City to SL Louis is only 17 cents. It was stated by the witnesses that this disparity was due to the effort of the Standard Oil Company to prevent St. Louis. concerns from competing with It in the Western fleld. BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS Boston. Fire destroyed the Wormwood warehouse Monday morning. Lo J 123.000. SchenKtady. N. T. Fire Tueday night In the Boston itore on State street caused dam- Ke amounting to $100,000. Eurekah. Utah.-John Malvey and A. Ho- Ktro were killed by a cave-In In their leas In the Bullion-beck mine Tuesday. Salt Lake City. Gambling, which has been In continuous operation for two yearn put. u closed Tuesday night by the new Chief of Police. Washington. China, has agreed to search for Reuben If. Morley. of Saginaw. Mich.. who last wrote to his parents from a. town not far from Pekln. last July. Omaha. John II. Converse, of Philadel phia, has endowed the- chair ot homlletlcs and pastoral tnoiogy or tne if eanytenan Theological Seminary of Omaha with J 50.000. Paris. A cable car on the Hue de Belle ville descended an Incline at full speed yes terday, the- brakes not working. The pas sengers Jumped from the car and 15 were Injured. thre dangerously. Omaha. Neb. John J. Baldwin, of Coun cil Bluffs. la., general counsel of the Union Pacific Railway Company for Nebraska, and Iowa, has been appointed general soUcItor. succeeding W. R. Kelly, resigned. Washington. Lieutenant Chauncey S. Hackford.U. S. N., has been assigned to duty at the White House as an aide to the Presi dent In addition to his present duties as executive officer of the U. 6. S. Mayflower. Springfield. Mo. Near Crane, Mo.. laborers from the Missouri Pacific extension to Springfield were thawing out dynamite, and an accidental explosion killed William Mc Neal and Joe Kepce, and several others were Injured. Albany. N. T. The Alumni Association of the Catholic University of America, will hold its 12th annual meeting and banquet at the Ten Eyck Hotel in this city. Monday. Febru ary 19. Charles J. Bonaparte. Secretary of the Navy, and trustee of tho university, will deliver an address. Washington. The German gunboat Pan ther will shortly Tlslt Buenos Ayres. and later make a trip along the Parana and the Paraguay Rivers and call at Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, to show the German flsr In the small republic. In which there are considerable German commercial In terests. Chicago. Chicago's tallest church will soon rise at Washington and Clark streets. The plans contemplate a 1.000.000 sky scraser on the site now occupied by the First Methodist Church. Within the great building will be a. huge auditorium for the accommodation of the worshipers. The rest of the bulldlar will be devoted to offices. Buffalo. X. T. Upon his own request, William 8. Bull. Superintendent of Police. Monday was suspended pending an investlga tlon of alleged Irregularities la hasdllsr the polite peaston fund derived from dog taxes and licenses to carry revolvers for IS months previous. He deposited the whole amount, afeeut J 13.60. feetweea December IS and December 39. He saya the money had feeee ljlag to a safe at Pellce Headquarters. CASH IHT BE SHORT Effect of Money Stringency on Railroad Work. LARGE SUMS ARE NEEDED High Rates for Loans Will Render j Financing of Big Western Pro; jeets Difficult Serious Ef fect on Industries. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. (Special.) Wall street at the present time is facing a problem of tremendous proportions. For the past two months the money market has been registering rates for call money that are abnormal and Immensely burden some to the Interests that are attempting to carry through the great financial oper ations. For weeks the rates for call money have been each day ranging around 30, -40 and 50 per cent, and for sev eral days before the turn of the New Year money at 90 and 100 per cent was not uncommon, and the rates mounted as high even as 123 per cent. In January this year the great com panies which have their headquarters In Wall street are paying out In diviaenas on stocks and In Interest on bonds the ' ti'AM.MVl Ifn.l. .1.1 d t enormous sum of J150.000.CCO. Much of this money was paid out In the early part of the month, and It was expected that the releasing of the great sum would give almost Instant relief to the situation. As events have turned out. there has been a certain easing of rates, but money Is still ruling at very high rates and the indica tions are that It will be expensive for sometime, although for the time being the rates will probably go off somewhat from the present exceptional level. Schlffs Note of Alarm. So serious has the situation become that we have seen Jacob H. Schlff..head of the great banking-house of Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. which is one of the greatest Inter national banking-houses in the world, and with which J. P. Morgan & Co. and only a very few other houses compare for im portance, come boldly before the New York Chamber of Commerce and state that, unless something is done to relieve the situation which has developed in re gard to our inelastic currency, there la grave danger that we may see In this country a panic beside which other panics would seem as child's play. This uttcr ance from this Colossus of the flnancla world had a profound effect In Wall street. "Upon its publication It was the one topic of conversation. One of the most Important considera tions In reference to the situation which has thus developed In a period ot excep tional prosperity in the country at large lies in the fact that. If no relief Is to be found in the near future for the money market, the high rates will bring about a curtailment of Industrial and constructive enterprises generally. Harrlman's Chief Backers. It Is very significant that Mr. Schlff should be the one of all others to sound the first very serious warning. Wall street In the past few months has had warnings against over-speculatlori. but hone have appeared to be so funda mental In character as this one of the great banker. Perhaps there is no man In the country who. from the bankers' standpoint, is so Intimately associated with railroad projects of the West as is Mr. Schlff. The great house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. has been behind E. H. Harrlman In all his great railroad conquests or the past few years. This banklug-house. of which Mr. Schlff Is the moving spirit, and Harrlman took hold of the Union Pacific as a hopeless wreck and made of it one of the mightiest railroads and corporations in the country. They stood together again in the herculean struggle with Morgan and J. J. Hill for the Northern Pacific. Tney are regarded as standing together in their connection with the Atchison. Topcka & Santa Fc. and they are interested together in a hundred other undertakings. They havo always been mightily successful in the past and under normal conditions tnere would seem to be no reason why they sbould not continue to be so. The rapid development of the West at the present time depends in no small degree on Just such a happy turn of events. It Is the hope of the financiers ana others In Wall street that money will be available in good quantity and conse. quently at reasonable rates for the prose cution of the plans that they have rormcd In the wav of rallroad-buiming in tne great West. Many Railroads to Finance, At the present time there are some very formidable undertakings to be nnancea The Union Pacific has about 51o.ooo.wj worth of branch lines under construction and the financing of these has yet to be done. It is also regarded here as not at all improbable that the North Coast Rail iwd. nmnlnr from W aliula to orill Yakima and thence to Seattle. Is a Har rlman project, which will give the Ore gon Railway & Navigation Company i short route to Seattle. This scneme. whoever Is behind it. will Involve, It Is said, financing to the extent of s.COT.. 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