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PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SANTA FE LIABLE
TO SERIOUS FINE
May Pay $1,2 50,000
for Rebating.
GUILTY ON SIXTY-SIX COUNTS
Judge Wellborn Lays Down
Law on Subject.
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SWEEPS AWAY DEFENSE
Concessions for Loss In Transporta
tion Not Allowed Three More
Indictments Against Harrlman
tines for Rebating.
MTTST CFT DOWN EXPENSES.
BAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 11. Local
officials. It la said, received tele
graphic Instructions from President
E. H. Harrlman, of the Southern
Pacific, that they must without de
lay, cut down expenses In every de
partment under their control, on ac
count of the stringency of the money
market.
Thirteen Western states and terri
tories will be affected. It Is said no
new work will be started and that
there will be a bin reduction in the
working force.
1,03 ANGELES, Cal., Oct 11. After
being out 20 minutes the Jury In the
case of the Government against the
Santa Fe Railroad Company, on trial
for rebating In the Federal Court here
this afternoon, brought In a -verdict of
guilty against the railroad on all of the
66 counts of the Indictment. Judge Well
born will announce his decision next
Monday.
An estimate of the maximum penalty
which may be imposed Is Jl 250,000.
Th. charge against the Santa Fa was
that It had granted rebates from Its reg
ular tariff on shipments of lime by the
Grand Canon Lime & Cement Company,
of Arizona. The defense of the railroad
company was that the rebates were
'concessions" made for alleged losses
In the shipment during transit. The
trial began on September 30.
In his decision on the law points which
arose during the trial. Judge Wellborn
today laid down a point of law which
Is held to be one of the most Important
which had been enunciated since the In
terstate Commerce Commission was In
stituted. He said:
"I hold that the acceptance by the de
fendant of a less sura of money than
that named In Its tariff for the trans
portation of the property described In
the indictment, if there has been such
acceptance, was a departure from the
legal rates and that It Is no justification
for such departure, nor It is any defense
to a prosecution thereof that the acts of
the carrier were done in compromise of
claims for loss of property in transit."
HARRIMAX LINKS INDICTED
Three More Charges or. Rebating on
Matting From Japan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11. The Fed
eral grand Jury today reported to
Tnlted States District Judge DeHaven
three indictments against the Southern
Pacific Company and two against the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company for
carrying freight for less than the legal
rate between Kobe, Japan, and various
cities In the United States. The cargo
consisted of matting. which was
brought from Kobe to San Francisco
In the Pacific Mall steamship Mongolia
and thence to the East by the Southern
Pacific and its connections. The In
dictments are supplementary to those
of a similar nature filed last week.
SAME REDWED RATES IN 1908
Harrlman and Connecting Lines
lilve Notice of Colonist Excursions.
OMAHA, Neb.. Oct. 11. The Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific lines In
connection with the Chicago & North
western. Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul and other transcontinental lines
have given notice to the Transconti
nental Association that they will con
tinue colonist rate during the months
of March and April, 190S, and on the
same basis as the rates which were In
effect during March. April, September
and October, 1907.
SALT LAKE. Utah, Oct. 11. Regarding
the report from Chicago yesterday that
at a meeting of passenger agents of a
number of Western railroads it was prac
tically decided to withdraw the homeseek
er's low rates for the Winter and Spring,
D. S. Spencer, assistant general passen
ger agent of the Oregon Short Line, said
that, as far aa the Oregon Short Line, the
Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific and
allied lines were concerned, the report
was without foundation.
CONTROL- IS NOT ADVISED
Railroad Commissioners Say States
Should Regulate Rates.
WASHINGTON, Oct. ll.-After a four
days' session, the nineteenth annual con
vention of the "National Association of
ntte -Railroad Commissioners- Adjourned
late this afternoon. Next year's session
will be held in this city.
When the convention convened today
for its final session the special committee
on safety appliances recommended Con
gressional legislation to compel railroads,
both steam and electric, to protect their
tracks by an automatic signal system and
urged the several state Legislatures to
enact laws along this line.
Charles F. Staples. Commissioner of
Minnesota, presented the report on "rates
and rate-making." The report said:
"The cases are rare where a railroad
of any importance is not an intestate road.
There have been many rate reductions in
different states, followed by reductions on
Interstate traffic, and. so for as we know,
these have all been brought about by the
affirmative action of the state authorities.
Bo far as we are advised, we know of no
general reduction due to any action by the
Federal authorities. We belieye the best
interests of the people would not be served
by placing the entire responsibility for rate
control on the Federal Government. We
believe there should be a much closer re
lationship between the Federal and Btate
authorities than seems to exist at present :
that in many matters a Btate commission
should act as agent tor the Interstate
Commerce Commission, to the advantage of
both."
TOO GREAT BURDEN FOR ROADS
Commission Asked to Modify Rule
for Posting of Tariffs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. In the matter
of requirement of the Interstate Com
merce Commission that the freight tariffs
of the various railroads be posted con
spicuously In all the stations in the
United States, an Important hearing was
held at the office of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. It was the Intent of
the Commission In framing this order to
provide a practicable and efficient meth
od of familiarizing shippers with railroad
tariffs.
At the hearing today practically all of
the principal carriers of the country and
many shippers' organizations were rep
resented. The carriers representatives
expressed their desire to do everything
reasonable In the matter of furnishing the
shippers their rates, but they pointed out
that, if It were made necessary to fur
nish at every station posted information
concerning the rates to every possible
point in the United States, It would be
such a burden upon them as would be
unreasonable and unfair.
CLEAR CP CROWDED TRACKS
Montana Coal Mines Close to Relieve
Railroad Blockade.
HELENA, Mont., Oct. 11. (Special.)
The common carriers- and especially the
Northern Pacific and the State Railroad
Commission are making strenuous efforts
to clarify the coal situation. In order
to give the railroads an opportunity to
clear up the Montana divisions, where
there were hundreds of cars awaiting
shipment to Montana, Washington and
Oregon points, no more coal cars are
being furnished the mining camps for
the present and every mine In Carbon
County has been closed. West of James
town, N. D., no freight is being moved
except livestock and perishable goods.
The hope is entertained that In this
manner the tracks may be cleared, when
cars will again be furnished to the pro
ducers. There seems less danger of a coal
famine this Winter because every person
who can secure the fuel is putting in a
Winter supply. This causes the unpre
cedented early demand.
Enjoins Forfeiture of Charter. .
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 11 Judge Smith
McPherson, of Red Oak, la., in the Fed
eral Court here today granted a tempo
rary injunction restraining Secretary of
State John Et Swager from attempting to
forfeit the charter of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway. The case
grows out of a law passed by the last
Legislature, which forbids railroad com
panies transferring to the Federal Courts
damage suits filed against theni in the
state courts.
MAGILL TRIAL IS OPENED
Prosecution Alleges Strangling of
Pet Maglll, Defense Is Suicide.
DECATUR, 111., Oct. 11. Assistant
State's Attorney Miller, of De Witt Coun
ty, opened the trial of Fred and May Ma
gill today. The prosecution will endeavor
to prove that Fred Maglll murdered his
first wife, Mrs. Pet Gandy Maglll, by
strangling her after he had given her
chloroform, and that his present wife,
Mrs. Fay Graham Maglll, was an acces
sory before the fact.
Judge G. Klnham, of Clinton, stated the
Magill ca.e for the defense. He admitted
there had been close relatione between
Fay Graham and the Magills. This was
at the earnest request of . et Magill, the
defense contending it was owing to the
unfriendly feeling between Maglll' s rela
tives that Pet Magill was driven to sui
cide. Also it was these unfriendly rela
tions that forced Pet Maglll to make an
intimate of Fay Graham, for Pet had to
go outside the Magill family to gather
friends.
After a brief statement by the lawyers
for each side the Introduction of testi
mony was begun. Wesley Davis, a ten
ant on Maglll's farm, testified that he
heard Magill say that "he felt a rope
around his neck and he wanted to die."
He also listened to Maglll read the let
ters alleged to have been written by
Mrs. Pet Magill.
Mrs. Davis testified that she had asked
Magill as to when his wife retired on
the day of her death, and on being told
at 11 o'clock, remarked that she must
have kept busy writing letters from then
until she had killed herself. Maglll's re
sponse was that some of the letters were
written a long time before his wife had
killed herself.
Maud Taylor, of Chicago, described
a visit paid her last July by Fay
Graham, now Mrs. Fred Maglll. The
young woman talked freely of the
Clinton affair and said whether Pet
Magill had lived or died, made no dif
ference because Fred had determined
to get a divorce In order to marry her.
Miss Nettle Carey, who went to the
Magill home after the death of Mrs.
Pet Magill to remain after the funeral,
testified that she and Fay Graham slept
together and that Fred Magill occu
pied a bed pn the floor of the same
room.
She heard him say thatvhe had been
watching Pet Maglll for some time to
prevent her from committing suicide.
Dr. Meyers, the principal witness for
the state, admitted on cross-examination
that he treated Mrs. Pet Maglll
for heart diseaee and that a person
with a weak heart would succumb to
chloroform with less struggle than a
healthy person. He was familiar with
Pet Maglll's handwriting and be
lieved that' the note pinned to her gown
was genuine and also the letter that
Fred, Magill had shown. The principal
difference between her handwriting
and that of Fred Maglll waa uniformly
.Jxutlitt formation of letters,
iter
REPUBLICANS
QUEERJGOWIPANY
Parsons Forms Alliance
, With Hearst.
LOSES STRENGTH BY BARGAIN
National Leaders Deplore
Roosevelt's Absence.
TAMMANY TICKET WEAK
New York County Chairman Gives
Independence League Six of
. Eleven Places on Ticket and
Risks His Political Life,
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. (Special.)
Republican opinion at the National cap
ital regarding the alliance effected be
tween the New York County Republi
can organization and the Hearst League
last night epitomized, is that Theodore
Roosevelt chose a mighty unfortunate
time to go bear-hunting this year. Hjr-
bert Parsons, that vaunted young polit
ical Hercules who put the bosses In New
York County to rout a year ago and
brought leadership "of the Roosevelt
type" into the party organization in the
metropolis of the ' country. Is tonight ' a
fallen idol, a grievous disappointment to
those who pinned faith to high Ideals in
political management and, more serious
than all else from a practical standpoint,
an abject blunderer.
If Roosevelt Had Been There.
It is declared that had the President
been on guard Instead of cut off from the
world In the canebrakes of Louisiana, It
never would have happened. Or had an
other distinguished and influential New
Yorker and resident of the metropolis,
Elihu Root, been nearer home than the
Republic of Mexico, no such unseemly
alliance would have been likely to take
shape.
Mr. Parsons, who engineered the Republican-Hearst
county ticket deal, acted
without advice from the New Yark end
of the National Administration. Gov
ernor Hughes kept hands oft completely.
Everything rested with Mr. Parsons, and
his action may cost him the leadership
he now holds.
Tammany Ticket Weak.
Astute political observers who from
years of study of New York conditions
are as able to judge a situation as is
Mr. Parsons, are pointing out that the
Republicans would have stood a fine
show of success this Fall with three
tickets In the field. Tammany, to start
with, day before yesterday nominated a
county judicial and shrievalty ticket
which, while In Its personnel Is not an
affront to public decency. Is not re
garded as exceptionally strong. It Is not
a well-balanced ticket when the elements
upon which Tammany relies for strength
are taken into consideration. It docs not
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appeal to any foreign element except the
Irish. "
Lose More Than They Gain. "
An Independence League ticket, stand
ing alone, would not have commended
anywhere near the strength that lthad
when the unique personality . of Mr.
Hearst as candidate for office was pre
sented. All ie Republicans had to do
to command thousands of votes outside
the party. It Is declared, was to name a
strong ticket. Thousands of Democrats
who look upon the" Tammany ticket as
one largely made up to please the Ryan
Belmont Interests, which are decidedly
unpopular at present, might have been
attracted to the ticket under the Repub
lican emblem. But the Republican or
ganization, having failed to seize the
opportunity, is likely to lose from its own
ranks more than It will gain through
alliance with the Hearst party, after
letting the latter seize six of the eleven
places on the ticket.
Little Is known about the personalities
of some of the candidates on the fusion
ticket, even among politicians. One of
the judicial nominees is known to be a
lawyer of the labor agitator type, and one
or two more candidates persons who have
no popular following and have earned
only a certain cheap notoriety as salaried
adjuncts of the Hearst personal ma
WORKS FOR OTHER SIDE
Ex-Attorney-General of Montana
Had Queer Legal Ethics.
HELENA, Mont., Oct. 11. (Special.)
By a decision of the Secretary of the
Interior, the State of Montana Is the
victor In prolonged litigation Involving
the townsite of Cut Bank, a thriving
village in Teton county. On this site
the Great Northern has established its
division headquarters between Havre
and Whiteflsh, building roundhouses,
machine shops and other necessary
structures.
The case Is not without Its sensa
tional features, for, according to Attorney-General
Albert J. Galen, his
predecessor, James Donovan, before
leaving office, while the legal repre
sentative of the State, was simul
taneously acting as counsel for those
who contested its claim.
The State selected the land as part
of the grant to the several educational
Institutions. Alfred E. Allison made a
homestead entry. Then the contest
began, and It has been bitterly con
tested from the preliminary hearing at
Cut Bank, through the land office at
Great Falls, before the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, and finally
before the Secretary of the Interior.
BRIGGS IS GOING INSANE
Commander Who Kan Baltimore
Ashore Makes Scene In Paris.
PARIS, Oct. U. The strange actions of
Commander John D. Briggs, U. S. N.,
retired, are causing alarm to his friends
here. He . seems to be suffering from
the persecution mania. This morning he
created a scene at a prominent hotel,
imagining that 600 people were pursuing
him. The Navy Department at Washing
ton has been notified and in the mean
time Commander Briggs probably will be
sent to an asylum.
John Bradford Briggs was acquitted by
court-martial at Manila, April 17, 1905,
on the charge of running the United
States cruiser Baltimore ashore in Ma
lacca strait. September, 1904, with failure
to report the accident to the commander-in-chief
on the Asiatic station and with
misrepresentations In regard to the
amount- of damage done.
Idaho Land Restored to Entry.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct- 11. The reclamation service
finds It can not irrigate more land than
was originally embraced In the Mindoka
project, Idaho, so the Secretary of the
Interior, has withdrawn from entry all
Government land in section 1, T. 12, R. 22,
and sections 3 to 10 inclusive in T. 2 S.,
R. 23 EL
PUT MUCH MONEY
IN SALTED MINE
Greenoughs of Spo
kane the Victims.
DROP $200,000 IN WYOMING
They Acknowledge Facts, but
Deny Selling Stock.
REJECTED LARGE OFFER
Old Hands at Game Deceived by
Favorable Reports of Mining En
gineers Assays Suddenly
Dwindle to Nothing.
HELENA. Mont., Oct. 11. The Record
today publishes a story to the effect that
numerous Montana and Washington in
vestors have been mulcted to the extent
of more than a third of a million dol
lars through the discovery that the Red
Canyon placer mines, near Lander, Wyo.,
had been salted and that the property
Is worthless. Thomas L. Greenough, of
Missoula, and J. F. Greenough, of Spo
kane, who were the prime movers In the
organization, have notified all Investors
that they will redeem all stock at the
price paid, thus assuming the entire loss.
The discovery that the property was
salted was due to an Independent ex
amination conducted by Speaker E W.
King, of the Montana Legislature, and
J. R. Nelll, of Spokane, v heavy pros
pective investors, who conducted inde
pendent Inspections, and found after
removing a few Inches of tlrs shaft
walls that the ground was valueless,
as were the tailings, although all previ
ous experiments showed values ranging
from 2D cents to 9 a yard.
A Chicago firm was so Impressed with
the future of the property that It offered
the-Greenoughs $2,500,000 for their Interest,
but It was rejected. v Water not being
available, work had been started from
either end on a tunnel through a moun
tain, so that the flow of the Popoagte
River might be utilized. The discovery
has created the biggest sensation In the
history of Northwest mining.
BUTTERS WILL LOSE $2 00,000
One of Greenough Syndicate Says
Four Experts Reported Favorably.
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 11. A. E. Hosey,
of Phoenix Ariz., one of the principal
owners of the Wyoming placer mines re
ferred to In the Helena. Mont., dispatch.
In a. statement made here tonight said
that the loss to be sustained following the
discovery that the holdings had been
salted would approximate $200,000. This
amount, he said, would be shared by
Thomas L. Greenough of Missoula and
W. D. and J. B Greenough of Spokane,
Wash., himself and J. H. Howard of
Phoenix, Ariz.
1 Mr. Hosey declared that no stock had
been sold and that the company promot
ing the property had not been organized.
It was to be known as the Red Canyon
Mining Company and the offVers were to
be composed of the owners named above.
The entire loss would be made good by
them.
Mr. Hosey said that the owners sus
pected several to be guilty of salting the
mines, but declined to say who was sus
pected. He declares that four well
known experts had examined the prop
erty and that each of the reports was
flattering, showing that the mines would
run from $1.04 to $1.45 per yard. He says
that after a personal investigation Just
made he is satisfied the properties will
not run more than two cents a yard.
HAVE NOT SOLD ANT STOCK
Greenonghs Deny Victimizing In
vestors, bnt Admit Salting.
SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 11. (Special.)
"The sensational stories originating at
Helena, Mont., coming from reports by
Speaker E. W. King, of the Montana
Legislature, regarding the supposed salt
ing of the 22,000-acre placer ground re
cently acquired by the Greenough In
terests located near Lander, Wyo., have
not a grain of truth In them," said
Wilbur D. Greenough when seen tonight
regarding the reported betrayal of Spo
kane and Missoula men Into buying
heavily of the stock In the Wyoming
corporation, and the supposed salting of
the placer ground before It was pur
chased by the Greenough Interests.
"Not one share of the stock In the Red
Canyon placer mines has been sold or
Issued to any one outside of the few
original locators. The company has no
outstanding holders, and, If the salting
proves true, the Greenough Brothers
and their associates alone will be the
losers. We have spent approximately
$100,000 In prospecting the property alone,
aside from the original purchase price
and the work already done."
J. B. Greenough, when asked regarding
the validity of the reports of salting the
property, said: "I believe the stories
told are the truth. Results and reports
of assays of the ore found In the 42
wells and shafts were encouraging at
first and stamped the property as the
largest placer mine ever discovered. We
have been unable to get assays and re
ports of engineers of late to make show
ings as large as the first taken. The
supply of gold nuggets In the sand is for
some reason rapidly diminishing. It can
be attributed to the criminal salting of
the property."
GIVES ANOTHER $600,0011
ROCKEFELLER ADDS TO CHI
CAGO UNIVERSITY RICHES.
Harper Memorial Library Gets
$350,000 Outright and Triple
Other Gifts to Fund.
CHICAGO. Oct- 11. (Special.) The Uni
versity of Chicago authorities today an
nounced a new gift of $350,000 from John
D. Rockefeller and the promise of the
founder to triple future donations to the
William RaJney Harper Memorial Libra
ry fund to the amount of $90,000, making
the aggregate of his latest benefaction
$600,000.
The gift makes certain the completion
of the library in honor of the late Univer
sity president. The sum of $350,000 rep
resents Mr. Rockefeller's addition to the
$110,000 which already has been raised
among friends of the University. . The oil
king stipulates that bis offer to triple
gifts will not continue after April 1, 1908
but he will triple all gifts not In excess of
$90,000 up to that date.
Mr. Rockefeller's new gift Increases the
total amount he has given within the last
two years to $6,517,000. University offi
cials commented on the fact that Mr.
Rockefeller's first gift to the school was
$600,000, offered In 1889 on condition that
$400,000 be raised within a year, a condi
tion which was promptly met.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, 79
degrees; minimum. 52 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwest wind
' Foreign.
Critical nlg-ht In Illness of Emperor Francis
Joseph. Page 1.
Politic.
New York Republicans form alliance with
Hearst on county ticket. Page 1.
Domestic.
Lusltanla given great reception on com
pletlon of record-breaking trip. Page 3
Railroad managers decide to stand strike
rather than make more concessions
labor. Page 2.
Rockefeller gives $600,000 more to Chicago
University.- Page
Helen Maloneys sister arrives In England to
search for her. Page 3.
Santa Ee Railroad convicted of rebating and
'liable to 31,250,000 fine. Page 1.
More Indictments against Harrlman lines for
rebalng. Page 1.
Harrlman orders expenses cut on all lines.
Page 1.
Pacific Coast.
Nejro bel lb oy at Los An ge 1 es accu sed of
sending dynamite bombs to hotel pro
prietress. Page 2.
Greenough brothers, prominent mining men,
buncoed with salted mine. Page 1.
Thompson's acquittal in Condon arousna
bitter feud. Page 6.
Railroad laborers threaten trouble In Val
dez because they get no pay. Page 4.
Two proceedings attacking Joint wheat rate
begun In courts of Washington. Page .
Sports.
Detroit beaten by Chicago In third cham
pionship game. Page 7.
Portland badly beaten by Los Angeles..
Page T.
Commercial and Marine,
Short crop sending up bean prices. Page IT.
Wheat easss off at Chicago. Page 17.
Demand for stocks Is paralyzed. Page 17..
Tonnage la In demand and rates are high;
Auchencrag is chartered. Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Four divorces granted' In State Circuit Court.
Page 10.
Unknown man killed by streetcar on Sell
wood division. Page 10.
Stationary Engineer's Union withdraws from
Federated Trades Council. Page 9.
Basis for Rose Festival contributions agreed
on. Page 10.
J. H. Williams. 75 years old, on trial for
counterfeiting. Page 12,
Presbyterians divided oVer election of synod-
J loal missionary, page 13.
LIFE IS
HI
111 THE BALANCE
Condition of Francis
Joseph Serious.
FEVER EXHAUSTS THE RULER
Physicians Are Becoming
More Anxious.
NIGHT IS RATHER QUIET
Sleep Broken Few Times by Cough
ing Doctors and Nurses Doing
All in rrhelr Power to Pre
vent Further Complications.
VIENNA, Oct. 11, Midnight. This night
Is a critical one for Francis Joseph,
aged Bmperor-Klng of Austria-Hungary.
His Majesty's physicians are visibly be
coming more anxious. The fever, which
has lasted ten days, seems to have ex-"
hausted the wonderfully trained system
of the monarch.
The doctors are doing everything In
their power to prevent more serious co-i-pllcatlons.
They say that everything de
pends on how he passes the night.
Emperor Francis Joseph passed a com
paratively quiet night, his sleep being oe
casslonally Interrupted by coughing. This
morning his temperature Is lower than It
was laat night. His Majesty rose at his
usual time, drank a glass of champagne
to stimulate his appetite, which Is stul
poor, and asked for the state documents
prepared for his perusal, after which ha
began reading and signing paper-
The doctors in attendance are hopeful,
but say complete recovery Js not ex
pected for a long time. They insist that
the Emperor must remain at Schoerrbrun
Castle the whole Winter, not going to
Budapest, according to his usual custom.
Late In the forenoon the Emperor ex
pressed a wish to walk In the park, but
his physicians declined to allow him to
do so.
EMPEROR MUST NOT TRAVEL
Francis Joseph Is Better, but Re
covery Will Be Slow.
VIENNA, Oct. 1L Emperor Francis
Joseph passed a comparatively quiet
night, his sleep being occasionally in
terrupted by coughing. This morning
his temperature Is lower than It was
last night. His majesty rose at his us
ual time, drank a glass of champagne
to stimulate his appetite, which Is still
poor, and asked for the state documents
prepared for his perusal, after which he
began reading and signing papers.
The doctors in attendance are hope
ful, but say complete recovery Is not
expected for a long time. They Insist
that the Emperor must remain at Sehoen
brunn Castle the whole Winter, not
going to Budapest, according to his
custom. Late In the forenoon the Em
peror expressed a wish to walk In the
park, but his physicians declined to al
low him to do so.
DUTCH TROOPS . MASSACRED
Natives of Celebes Pounce on De
tachment In Camp.
VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 11. Mall advices
from Batavla report the ambuscade and
massacre of two companies of Dutch
troops by natives In the Celebes. Eleven
men sent to secure a native chief were
attacked - while In camp, some being at
breakfast and others swimming, and
they were butchered to a man. Lieuten
ant Mathes, commanding the force, had
gone with six men to the chiefs strons
hold and returning Joined forces with
Lieutenant Kies and IS men. The com
pany had heard nothing of the slaugh
ter of the other forces, apd when they
were shifting camp they were set upon
by a large force of blacks. Not one es
caped. FRENCH MOB BEATS AUTOIS1
American Who Kills Boy Has Nar
row Escape From Death.
PARIS. Oct. 11. Charier P. Balrd, ol
Philadelphia, son of Mrs. Baird, of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, was the
American who last night ran down and
killed a boy named Daipre at Neullly.
After the accident Mr. Balrd narTowly es
caped death at the hands of an angry
crowd led by two Englishmen. He was
beaten and twice kicked down before hs
was rescued by the police. Through the
Intervention of Consul-General Mason,
Mr. Balrd waa released pending the result
of the magistrate's Investigation.
REBELLION IS NEAR COLLAPSE
Moorish Pretender's Forces Desert
and Peace Being Restored.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Private but
authentic reports received In this city
from Morocco Indicate an early col
lapse of the rebellion against the Sul
tan, headed by his brother, the " pre
tender. Tranquillity Is being rapidly
restored.
Promote Colonies in Siberia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 1L The Coun
cil of Ministers today appropriated $9,500,
000 for colonization purposes In Siberia.