VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14.736.
PORTLAND, OREGON, . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY . 20, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
M'KINLEY LANDS:
IS
Romantic Story of
Escape From Jail.
FREED BY BAND OF OUTLAWS
Wall Fell Out and He Was Car
ried Off in Sack.
BETRAYED BY A RUSSIAN
Fugitive Land-Fraud Operator Is
Brought Back After Two Years'
Wandering In Orient Kerri
gan's Chase After Him.
BAN FRANCISCO, Keb. 19. (Spe
cial.) Horace G. McKinley, a fugitive
from justice, who sailed from this
port two years ago in company with
"Little Egypt" on the liner Mongolia,
returned today on the Ameriqa Maru
in custody of J. F. Kerrigan, Deputy
United States Marshal, who left for Port
land' tonight with his prisoner.
There are more than 100 Federal in
dictments against McKlnley in connec
tion with Oregon land frauds and ever
since he disappeared Government de
tectives have been on his trail. Mc
Klnley was arrested at Mukden, but
while waiting- extradition escaped with
th6 assistance of the most notorious
robber band in the Far East, which
hid him for weeks and would have
placed him beyond even Uncle Sam's
reach, but for the treachery of one of
Its members.
Released by Outlaw Band.
The story of McKlnley's escape from
the' Mukden prison is straight melo
drama, to which McKlnley today added
the finishing touch, by begging . that
no mention be made of the part played
In his release and subsequent protec
tion by his friends, the outlaws.
While in Mukden jail, McKlnley, feeling
Hfe in the knowledge that no extradi
tion treaty existed between tjie United
States and China, learned that Secretary
Root had requested the Chinese govern
ment, as a matter of courtesy, to allow
his extradition on a legal basis. lie
learned that the request was likely to
be granted, and when his friend "Billy"
Read the same William K. Read who
was arrested upon his arrival here a few
Says ago on the transport Crook paid
him a visit in jail he asked Read to take
a note to his friends of the Hung Hu
Tse.
Carried Away in Sack.
The Hung Hu Tse is an organization
of outlaws from all parts of the world,
with headquarters at Mukden, which ia
a sort of Oriental Honduras. The Hung
Hu Tse acted promptly. Read took the
reply to the prisoner. It was brief but
explicit. In substance it told McKlnley
to enter the- toilet-room attached to his
cell at 8 o'clock on the. evening of No-
vember 11, press against the north end,
and the wall would fall out.
Hanging his coat where the guard could
see it, McKlnley followed directions. He
fell out with the wall and was seized by
his friends of the Hung Hu Tse, who put
him in a sack and carried him away.
Betrayed by Greedy Russian.
The discovery of his escape was fol
lowed by great confusion and an ener
getic man-hunt. Ey day McKlnley lay
hid in a Chinese coffin. He took air and
exercise by night, dressed as a Russian
woman. He was smuggled out of Muk
den later and was getting on the train
at Harbin Devember 27, when he was ar
rested. He was disguised as a Russian
tourist and would have made his way
safely to Siberia, but for the cupidity
of the Russian who had supplied the
wardrobe. A reward of J4000 had been
offered by the Chinese government for
McKlnley's apprehension and this money
the Rtissian earned by pointing McKln
ley out to the authorities. He was taken
to Tientsin by Vice-consul Marvin and
held In the British jail until the arrival
of Mr. Kerrigan from Oregon.
Kerrigan's Record Journey.
When Mr. Kerrigan arrives in Portland,
he will have traveled 27.412 miles on Mc
Kinlcy's trail. He left Portland last
October. When he arrived at Tientsin
he learned that McKlnley had escaped
and started homo. At Honolulu he found
a cablegram ordering him back to Tien
tsin. He and McKlnley became good
friends on the homeward journey.
McKlnley said yesterday that he would
like to tell all he knows, but has been
advised to-keep his mouth shut, and his
custodian declared that his orders were
to keep McKlnley away from reporters.
Read met McKinley when the liner
reached the wharf and the two talked
long and earnestly. A deeply veiled wo
man in black was also on the wharf
waving friendly greetings to. the prisoner.
McKinley was taken directly from the
steamer to the Oregon train.
WANTED FOR TRIAL IX APRIL
McKlnley's Adventurous Career as
Land-Fraud Operator.
Horace G. McKinley was convicted
December 8. 19i4, together with S. A. D.
Puter. Emma L. Watson and Dan W.
Tarpley forv land-frauds In the famous
"11-7" cases in which Frank H. Wolga
uiot, a Portland dentist, pleaded guilty.
WAY
NORTH
McKinley was released on a bond for
H00O with Eugene Blazier and Jack Grant
as bondsmen. Before sentence could be
pronounced, McKinley went to San Fran
cisco and sailed for China, where he was
apprehended and by special permission
of the Chinese authorities his return to
the United States was consented to. He
escaped from jail at Mukden, but was re
captured. Having reached San Fran
cisco yesterday, it is expected McKinley
will arrive in Portland in company of
Detective Kerrigan Friday afternoon.
In addition to his conviction for fraudu
lent land transactions. McKinley is
scheduled for the opening trial on April
IS next, on a. charge of forgery, when
the Oregon land-fraud trials are resumed.
McKlnley's co-defendant, Puter. was
sentenced to two years in the Multnomah
County Jail, but after serving IS months
was pardoned by President Roosevelt.
BONAPARTE TAKES APPEAL
Will Try to Reverse Decisions in
Land and Rebate Cases.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 19. The Attorney-General
today filed appeals in the
Supreme Court of the United States in
a number of cases in which residents
of Colorado were unsuccessfully prose
cuted In the United States District
Court of that state on the charge oj
conspiring to defraud the Government
Otto Kelsey, Superintendent of In
surance for New York State, Who
Put Mutiwl Reserve Life Insurance
Company In Receiver's Hands. 1
out of valuable coal land, and also in
a rebate ease against the New York
Central Railroad Company, in which
the Government failed to make out a
case in the lower courts.
LOSES MONEY. TAKES LIFE
EX-PORTLAVD MAIL-CARRIER A
SUICIDE.
Disconsolate at Bank Failure, He
Plugs Up Chinks and Turns
on the Gas.
OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 19. (Special:)
Brooding over his failure to secure
work and the fact that his wife was
working in a store to support the two
of them, Kerthley B. Stevens, an ex
carrler in the Portland Postoffice and
a native of that city, took his own life
in a carefully-planned manner here to.
day.
When his wife left for her work in
the morning, Stevens bade her an af
fectionate farewell, but she had no
euspicion of his- intentions. After she
left he started to plug up all the
cracks In the windows and doors of the
kitchen of the two rooms they occupied
at 2118 Adeline street. He then lay
down on the floor, pulled off the hose
connecting the gas-pipes with the
range, and awaited the end.
. The fumes of the escaping gas at
tracted the attention of David Barclay,
the landlord, about 2 o'clock this after
noon, and the door was forced open, to
find the room full of gas and the dead
body of Stevens on the floor.
Stevens was 40 years of age. and
had been married for several years. He
is said to have had money in one of
the Portland banks that failed last
Fall, and brooded considerably over
this. His wife was prostrated with
grief when told of his act.
A Portland letter-carrier who has
heen connected with the Portland
Postoffice for 18 years, stated last night
that he does not remember any man
named K. B. Stevens connected with
this office. He stated that there is a
man named Stevens now working' here
as a carrier, and that he is the only one
of that name who has been so em
ployed. TWO LIONS GIFT TO POPE
Presented by King 'Menelik Through
Abyssinian Priest.
ROME, Feb. 19. Father Bernard, a mis
sionary priest from Abyssinia, was re
ceived in private audience today by the
Pope. The priest brings the pontiff a
present of two lions from King Menelik
of Abyssinia, and a message expressing
the desire of the King to insure the se
curity of Catholic missionaries through
out Ethiopia.
Father Bernard presented the Pope also
with autograph letters from King Mene
lik. Queen Taltou and the Abyssinian
Ministers of Justice and Foreign Affairs.
The Pope was especially pleased with the
decoration of the Ethiopian star, "which
was sent by King Menelik to both him
self and the Papal Secretary of State,
Cardinal Merry del Val.
Settle British-American Claims.
. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-A treaty t-ro-vlding
for a joint commission to adjudi
cate whet are termed minor claims be
tween the American and British govern
ments as well as between citizens of the
two governments has been drafted
passed upon by the State Department
and delivered to Ambassador Bryce for
the consideration of his government It
was explained today that It was the in
tention to provide for the disposal nniv r.t
existing claims, and not such as may
wi3 .11 ujv 1UIUIC.
DIRECTS INQUIRY
. INTO WAGE ISSUE
Roosevelt Would Avert
Railroad Strike.
CAUSE OF WAGE REDUCTIONS
Is It Drastic Legislation or
High Finance?
GIVE PUBLIC THE . FACTS
Interstate Board Ordered ,to Collect
Data and Be Ready for Concili-'
ation on the -Roads Which
Threaten Reductions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Serious indus
trial disputes in prospect were in the mind
of President Roosevelt when he wrote a
letter to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission yesterday, which was made pub
lic today. He -says that information has
reached him that on account of the enact
ment of drastic laws by the Congress and
by the various State Legislatures, It is
regarded as necessary by railroad com
panies to reduce the pay of employes.
He points out that under the law either
party may demand the services of the
chairman of the. Interstate Commerce
Commission and of the Commissioner of
Labor as a board of conciliation. He
suggests, therefore, that the Interstate
Commerce Commission make such an in
vestigation as will enable it to furnish
data concerning wage conditions on vari
ous railroads that may relate directly or
indirectly to the possible impending con
troversy. The text of the President's let
ter follows:
Railroads Blame Legislation.
To the Interstate Commerce Commission
I am Informed that s, number of railroad
companies har served notice of a proposed
reduction of wages on their employes. One
of them, the Louisville A Nashville. In announcing-
the reduction states that the dras-.
tic laws inimical to the Interests of the rail
roads that have, in the past year or two been
enacted by Congress and the state Legisla
tures are largely or chiefly responsible for
the conditions requiring the reduction.
Under such circumstances it is possible
that the public may soon be confronted by
serious Industrial disputes, and the law pro
vides that In such case, either party may
demand the services of your chairman and
of the Commissioner of I.abor as a board of
mediation and conciliation. These reduc
tions in wages may be warranted, or they
may not. As to this the public, which Is a
party, can form no Judgment without a
more complete knowledge of the essential
facts and real merits of the case than It
now has or that it can possibly obtain from
the special pleadings certain to be put forth
by. each side In case their dispute should
bring about serious interruption of traffic.
Put Blame In Right Pluce.
If the reduction in wages Is due to natural
causes, the loss of business being such that
the burden should be, and is, equitably dis
tributed between capitalist and wagework
ers, the public and Congress should know it.
and if it Is caused by misconduct In the
past financial or other operations of any
railroad, then everybody should know it, es
pecially If the excuse of unfriendly legisla
tion is advanced as a method of covering
up past business misconduct by the railroad
managers or as a justification for failure to
trat fairly the wage-earning employes of
the company.
Moreover, an Industrial conflict between a
railroad corporation and its employes offers
PUZZLE: PUT THESE TOGETHER AND MAKE
peculiar opportunities to any small number
of evil disposed persons to destroy life and
property and .foment public disorder.
Of course. If life, property and public
order-are endangered, prompt .-and drastic
measures for their protection become the
first plain duty. All other duties then be
come subordinate- to the preservation of the
public -peace, and- thq real merits of the
original controversy are necessarily lost
from view. This vital consideration should
be ever kept in mind by all law-abiding and
far-sighted members of labor organisations.
Guide Public Opinion Right.
It. is sincerely to be hoped, therefore, that
any wage controversy which may arise be
tween the railroads and their employes may
find a peaceful solution through the methods
of conciliation and arbitration already pro
vided for by Congress, which have poved so
effective during the past year. To this end
the Commission should be in a position to
have available for any board of conciliation
or arbitration relevant data pertaining to
such carriers as may become Involved In In
dustrial disputes. Should conciliations fall
to effect a settlement and arbitration be
rejected, accurate information should be
atauanie in oruer to develop a properly In
formed publlo opinion.
r therefore ask you to make such investi
gation, both of your records and by any
mea.ns at your command, as will enable you
to furnish data concerning such conditions
obtaining on the Louisville & Nashville and
any other roads as may relate directly or
Indtrectlj. to the real merits of a possibly
Impending controversy.
SAXTA FE ORDERS REDUCTIONS
Cuts Wages and Discharges Men
From Kansas Shops.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. 19. It 1s an
nounced here today that the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
has ordered a reduction of 18 per cent In
the mechanical department- all over the
system. Two hundred , men. were dis
charged this afternoon In the Topeka
strops. Reductions were made in other
Kansas shops.
A special from Newton says that the
Santa Fe laid off 2no men in the shops
there today for four days. Practically all
departments are affected.
STILL TRUE TO EVELYN
THAW WILL .NOT GET SEPARA
TION" AS MOTHER ADVISES.
Though Wife Seeks Solace With
' Other Men and Is Willing to
, Be Cut Off.
NEW YORK, Keb. 19. (Special.)
Mrs. William Tnaw admitted today that
she desired her son Harry to forsake
his wife, Evelyn. The only stumbling
block in the way of a separation is
Harry Thaw. He has not as yet decided
to give up the wife for love of whom
he killed a man and risked death in
the electric chair. .
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, it appears, is
not averse to a legal -separation from
her husband, but she ; wants a substan
tial money settlement from the Thaws.
Mrs. William Thaw, ill and heart
broken, is living in seclusion at the Ho
tel Lorraine. She says that she has
told Harry that. he should divorce his
wife, but his loyalty remains unbroken.
"Harry has refused to listen to the
counsel I have given him," said Mrs.
Thaw today. "Until he dies. If he sticks
to his wife, he must bear the annoyance
of such acts as Monday night's dinner
at the Cafe Boulevard. I have read
'E's' denial of the report that she was
at the Cafe Boulevard Monday night
with a man named Thomas. It sounds
much like other denials she has made."
Receiver Declares Dividend.
. CHICAGO, Feb. 19. Judge Charles
M. Walker yesterday ordered a divi
dend of 20 per cent on claims for
$345,455 against the Ravenswood Ex
change Bank. The dividend is payable
on or before March by the Chicago
Title & Trust Company, the receiver,
and is nearly $70,003. The Title &
Trust Company has $59,000 belonging
to the bank, but agrees to provide the
difference between this amount and the
dividend.
JAPAN GONTRDLS
ALL MANCHURIA
ProvokeS'Chinaby Her
Aggression.
SHUTS OUT RiYAL NATIONS
America Suffers Through Re
bate Prosecutions.
POWERS MAY PROTEST
tse of Railroad and Telegraph
Lines to Favor Japanese Trade in
' Violation of Open Door Is
a Source of Irritation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Informa
tion from unofficial and individual
sources evidencing the aggressiveness
of Japan in Manchuria has been accu
mulating in the State Department for
some time. That this condition is irri
tating in increasing degree to China is
also a matter of knowledge here. It
Is said with authority, however, that
in no manner has the Chinese govern
ment brought the, matter to the atten
tion of the American Government, and
no report on the subject- Is looked
for.
A remarkable explanation of the at
titude of our Government in this im
portant matter Is developed as the
result of 'inquiry directed toward of
ficials who cannot be quoted, but are
in positions to direct our policies. In
effect, it is as follows:
Rebate Prosecutions the Cause.
"It is frankly admitted that America
is losing her commercial foothold' In
the Orient. This loss, however, Is not
charged to Japan. Rather it is as
serted to be the effect of the growing
tendency toward Internal Governmen
tal regulation in the Uaited States. As
an illustration of this, attention is
called to these facts:
"Five years ago flour in barrels was
being shipped to the Orient from the
Northwest, steel rails from Pittsburg
and cotton in bales from Texas. These
shipments were made possible because
of an exceedingly low ocean freight
rate arrived at by a railroad combina
tion. This rate has been condemned
by our courts as a conspiracy against
trade, and the development of this
trade has been abandoned. The do
mestic war, as it is characterized,
against the Standard Oil Company,
which Is credited with the largest Ori
ental trade of any American' enter
prise, is declared to have been disas
trously effective in the Orient, while
the tobacco and cotton goods trades
are said to have been dealt heavy in
jury through the operation of the rail
road legislation here.
How Japan Absorbs Trade.
. "From this point it seemed easy for
Government officials here conversant
with foreign matters, to view Japanese
commercial agression in Manchuria
A PRESIDENT
with a greater degree of complaisance
than would be the case In the face of
an urgent domestic demand for Gov
ernmental assistance. Japan, It is as
serted, can, without great difficulty,
justify, everything she has done tn
Manchuria as sanctioned by the "opef?
door" policy initiated by the late Sec
retary Hay, and adhered to by the
greater nations, including Japan.
While Japan may justify these things
through the "open door" policy, it has
been charged that there exists evi
dence of her use of many methods and
practices which might not? bear the
light of impartial . investigation. Be
sides her claim to an equal footing
with other nations in Manchuria, on
the "open door" basis, she has, it is
asserted, obtained many valuable con
cessions through which her control of
the railroad and telegraphic facilities
Is practically complete. This control
Is known to be used primarily in the
interest .of Japanese tradesmen and to
the detriment of all foreign competi
tors. May Protest, but Won't Fight.
These disadvantages are, of course,
..- '. '
Kx-ttenator John C. Kpooner, of Wis
consin, Who Will Irefend the
Southern Paclfio in the land-Grant
Hull.
being felt by American tradesmen, as
well as by those of other foreign na
tions. As the trade of Germany, Eng
land and other nations is more valuable
than the American trade, and as these
nations are what ie termed highly
commercially organized, it would not be
a great surprise to American diplomacy
to hear of protests from these quar
ters against Japanese aggression.
There is nothing, it is pointed out.
in Secretary Hay's promulgation of
the. "open door" policy which partakes
of the nature of an agreement with any
nation looking to Its maintenance. For
this reason, .It is predicted that should
a combination of protests be made and
any movement be initiated by foreign
nations, the support which it would re
ceive from this country would be no
more than mofal.
WILL XOT PROTEST TO JAPAN
No Interference In Manchuria by
State Department.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-Rumors to the
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
- The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum, temperature. 47
degrees; minimum. 39 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northerly
winds.
Foreign.
French hard pressed in' Morocco and have
severe fighting. Page X.
Japanese aggression in - Manchuria angers
China and - Injures - American trade.
Page 1.
National.
Roosevelt orders inquiry Into railroad wage
question. Page 1.
Fleet to reach Cailao today; all Peru keep
holiday, rage 2.
Hale defends Navy against critics. Page 4.
Gage supports Fowler currency bill and con
demns. Aldrich bill. Page 2.-
Spooner to defend Southern Faciflc land
grant case. Page 1.
Impeachment charges against Judge Wilfley.
Page 3.
Borah's bill against Congressmen serving
corporations causes stir. Page 4.
Ambassador Reid says talk of war with
Japan is nonsense. Page 2..
Foil Urn. :
Hughes speaks on Republican ideals. Page 3.
Taft on tour of New Hampshire. Page 4.
Polish revolutionist pursued by Russians dis
appears In Los Angeles. Page 2
Domestic. Tratn crews overcome by fumes in tunnel.
Page 3.
Thaw's mother advises him to get divorce,
but he refuses. Page 1.
Many trains stalled In snow In Middle West.
Page 3.
import.
New Tork legislative Commission hears ar-"
gument on racetrack betting. Page 5
Pacific Coast.
Horace McKinley arrives at San Francisco
and tells of his escape at Mukden.
Page 1.
Heney eubpenaed to tell about Ruef's im
munity contract. Page 4.
Former portlander commits suicide because
he lost money in broken bank. Page 1.
Master Fish Warden Van Dusen says fish
wheels 'will ruin salmon Industry. Page .
"Washington Railroad Commission is upheld
in courts. Page .
Tacoma's Mayor makes vindictive attack on
. political enemies. Page 6.
State legislature scored at tuberculosis
meeting In Seattle. Page Q.
Commercial and Marine.
Pacific Coast States have too many potatoes.
Page 13. ,
"Eastern wheat markets turn strong. Page 15.
Bad break In Gould stocks. Page 13.
French bark Emilie Galline makes record
for round trip between Portland and the
Continent. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Opposing counsel contest every point in
Waymjre-Radding trial. Page 10.
Sheriff Stevens' and County Court may bury
1 hatchet. Page 11.
Circuit Court defines rights of Water Board.
Page 10.
Elaborate celebration of St. Patrick's day
. planned. Page 7.
"Chick" Houghton, paroled convict, arrested
with accomplice for theft. Page 14.
Southern Pacific to lay new steel on West
Side line. .Page 7.
Parade of autos to be feature of rose-planting
day. Page 10.
New York forger captured in Portland.
. Page 6.
wmmi culls
TO
Puts Heavyweight on
Land-Grant Case.
MAY BLOCK ACTION IN HOUSE
Spooner's Friend Jenkins Is
Head of Committee.
MORE DELAY IN SENATE
Another Speech Prevent Adoption
of Kcbolution Townsend's Re
port Does ot Show All
Cards in HU Hand.
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wadh
Ingrton. Keb. 19. Senator Fulton's resolu
tion authorizing the Department of Jus
tice to institute suit aRainst the Oregon &
California Railroad rau foul of another
Senatorial speech today and considera
tion was postponed. Mr. Pulton expects
it to pass whenever time la had for de
bate. B. D. Townsend's report, ' reviewed in
these dispatches last night, is by no
means complete, and does not begin to
furnish the facts which he gathered as
a basis for the suit. The facts made pub
lic review the case only in a general way,
and present only such facts as were re
cently called for by the Senate. A full
statement will not be made until the case
tjoes into court.
It. Is learned today that ex-Scnator John
C. Spooner. of Wisconsin, has been en
gaged by the Southern Pacific as leadlnjr
counsel in this case, and that he will
probably be assisted by John B. Milburn,
of New York, at whose Buffalo home
President McKinley died. Mr. Spooner
and Mr. Milburn will make as strong a
team as can be found among the lawyers
of the Nation, and their employment In
dicates the seriousness with which the
railroad company regards the Govern
ment's contemplated move. Mr. Spooner
arrived here today.
In tfiis connection It is feared that,
when the Fulton resolution goes to the
House, it may be blocked in the judiciary
committee, of which Representative Jen
kins, of Wisconsin, Mr( Spooner's friend,
is chairman. It may require White Hous
pressure to get the resolution before the
House.-
STILL HOPES FOR SCHVEBEL
Bourne Thinks Roosevelt's Delay Is
Favorable to His Man.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Keb. 19. Congressman Hawley
returned to Washington today, but was
unable to cast new light on the District
Attorneyship contest. He found awaiting
him telegrams from John McNary, of
Salem, stating that he had withdrawn
from the race and was no longer a candi
date for tho office.
Although the Senators have not yet
been advised that Thomas H. Cleeton
will not be appointed, it is generally be
lieved that he will never be nominated.
N one seems able to explain the delay
of the President in announcing his un
willingness to appoint Mr. Cleeton, al
though Senator Bourne probably knows
more about the situation than he is will
ing to tell. There are numerous indica
tions that he is still hopeful of slipping
'Christian Schuebel into office.
Bruzil Continues Rebates.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The Presi
dent of the Republic of Brazil, to com
memorate the visit of the Atlantic fleet
to the city of Rio Janeiro, has signed a
decree authorizing tne continuation of
rebates on tariff charges on articles of
American merchandise during the fiscal
year 1908. The rebates which are con
tinued apply to wheat, flour, condensed
milk, -manufactures of rubber, watches,
writing ink, varnishes, typewriters, re
frigerators, pianos, scales and wind
mills. Ridgely Helps Closed Bank.
KANSAS CUT if. Mo., Feb. 19. William
B. Ridgely, Controller of the Currency,
arrived here this morning from the East
to go over with the stockholders of the
failed National Bank of Commerce their
plans for reorganizing that institution.
Tomorrow the stockholders of the Com
merce will hold an election to choose
directors, who subsequently will elect a
new president. Mr. Ridgely has been
asked to assume the direction of the re
organized bank. He has persistently
said that he had no intention of leaving
the office-of Controller of the Currency.
Mail Delivery for I.a Grande.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. May 15 city
delivery will be inaugurated at La Grande
with two letter carriers and one substi
tute, and ten letter boxes will be installed
in the meantime.
When Representative Hawley arrived
today, he found awaiting him a telegram
from McNary, of Salem, saying he is not
a candidate for District Attorney and
wishes to have his name withdrawn.-
Indian Sultan Sails.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19. His Highness
Nawab Sutan E3 Mulk B&hadur, of Hy
derabad. India, accompanied by a retinue
of servants and two physicians, arrived
In New York today and hurried at once
to the steamship Baltic and will go to
England to consult with specialists re
garding an illness which resulted from
a fall from a horse two years ago.
SPOONER