THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1909.
Louis, Chicago Great Western, Rock
Island, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Sault
Ste. Marie and Northern Pacific' Rail
roads were reported indefinitely late
today because of storm conditions. At
Bismarck. N. D.. and Medicine Hat,
Man., the mercury registered 22 de
grees below zero, but other Canadian
points showed much warmer tempera
tures. Owing to yesterday's storm, no
livestock is being received at the South
St. Paul stockyards.
Thirty-six hours have elapsed since
any report has been received regard
ing sonio trains on the Minnesota and
Iowa division of the St. Paul Railroad
and the Watertown division of the
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, owing
to the fact that the wires are down
on these two divisions. Railroad offi
cials fear they are stalled in snow
drifts. RATIFY NEW RATE
HOT AGGRESSIVE
California Shippers Get No Aid
From Freight Bureau.
Merger Takes Away Incentive
to Fight for Traffic as in
Former Times.
MAY. BOYCOTT RAIL LINES
Action of Railroads in Holding to
Advanced Rate Will Precipitate
Appeal to Interstate
Commission.
RATES RAISED INDIRECTLY
CHEHAL1S IS UP IN A
HIMMf AGENTS
Cincinnati Shippers and Railroad
Men Testify- Union Pacific Road
Could Dictate if Independent
of the Southern Pacific. ,
CIXCINXri. Feb. 10. Tlie second
lav of t;ie Hearing in this city of the
Government s suit to orobe into the
allpppd mer&or of the Union and South
ern Pacific Itailroada opened with the
takin? of testimony of more -witnesses.
A. P. Oothlev. a former railroad
freight asent and traffic manager of
larce manufacturinK concerns, but now
a member tf the Ohio Kailroad Com
mission, testified that he had noticed
differences In the aggressiveness of
competition for business between the
Southern and Union Pacific since the
union of their agencies, but he thought
the age-its were often inclined to fa
vor their "first love In railroad routes
In his opinion, the independence of the
Union Pacific would at this time make
it possible for that road to dictate to
all others as to rates, but on cross
examination he said he did not know
of any specific cases of that sort, that
he had not "heard of any particular
scrapping between them as to rates.
He admitted the strength of the direct
Southern Pacific line from Oeden to
Fan Francisco, but maintained that the
Union Pacific still would have the bet
ter of any rate war.
Abraham Rhelnstrom. a Cincinnati
(.hlpper of California fruits and manufac
turer of liquors, testified to rate increases
which he regarded as discriminatory
against his firm, such Increases being ac
complished by means of reclassification,
' but on cross-examination admitted that
uch changes were made by all transcon
tinental lines, although he had always
understood that the Southern Paclflc con
trolled the rates.
! RESUME CALHOUN TRIAL
iHeney Kxpected to Be Able to Reap
pear In Graft Case.
SAX FRAXCISCO, Feb. 10. The trial
! of Patrick Calhoun, upon an Indictment
'; charging bribery, will be resumed to
' morrow in Judge Lawlor's department of
' the Superior Court, and unless Assistant
f District Attorney F. J. Heney Is prevent
j ed by illness from attending the session,
both sides will Interpose their first ln
' stallment of peremptory challenges.
! whereby the 12 men now in the jury box
' will be reduced in number to an extent
that cannot be learned tonight.
Mr. Honey's absence from today' pro
ceedings and the consequent postpone
ment of challenges are attributed to
nothing more alarming than a severe
cold. His associates confidently expect
him to resume his duties tomorrow morn
ing and It is probable that the day will
dispose of the tenth special venire, of
whi.Mi If talesmen were retained,
fonsidorable interest attached today to
. v.- Tun-A Tawior. wherein
he made known an opinion In regard to
Heney s state or neaani, im1
court by one of the prosecutors
physicians. The doctor, according to
Jud'f Uiwlor. entertained a fear that
Vr." Henry was still suffering from a
form of nervousness, resulting from the
shnrk stista:r.ea wnen ne s
li.c courtroom last .-sovemuer.
Mr
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In
(Jaliasher Airain on Rack.
SAX FRAXCISCO. Fob. 10. The cross-riiir-ihmtion
of ex-Supervisor James L.
Calhigher occupied today's session of the
truil of Michael W. Coffey, accused of
r.-re'ving a bribe. Carroll Cook, for the
defense.' read from fcallngher's testimony
In previous graft trials in an attempt to
make Mm contradict himself. Many of
e ciuestions were overruled upon odjbc-
t
tlon
MUST RUN THROUGH TOWS
Southern Pacific Wants Franchise
for Wlllsburg Cut-Ofr.
MIIAVAUKIB. Or., Feb. in. (Special.)
A representative of the Southern Tacific
appeared before the llilwauklo City
Council at its meeting Tuesday night.
Mayor Strelb presiding, and submitted
for inspection a blue-print of the route
of the proposed new line through Mil
waukiA to the site of the new bridge to
be built across the Willamette River near
Oswego. It was the first definite step
toward obtaining a franchise through the
town, for, though the company had an
ordinance, tentatively, lor a franchise,
no action had been taken. It was voted
that the Mayor and members of the
Council should go over the route.
. A petition from property-ownera in the
Lewelllng tract, north of the present
city boundary line, asking for annexa
tion to the city, was granted, and a vote
will be held at the next city election
In the Fall.
Captain J. P. Ehaw submitted a prop
osition for the erection of a local muni
cipal electric lighting plant. He said
that local capital stood ready to put
In a power plant to furnish lights, pro
vided the people erect the poles and put
up the wires. After discussion, the mat
ter was referred to the committee on
lights.
ENGINE DIVES OVER CLIFF
Snow plow Drops 300 Feet After De
railment In Drift.
DKXVKR. Feb. lO.JWhlle rlowlng
through the heavy drifts at Baxter Pass,
on the Uintah Railroad, an engine and
snowpl.iw struck a sharp curve on the
ilown-sraiip and plunged down a SW
loi.t preripii-e. killing Bngineer J. E.
l.r.n? and fatally injuring a Greek sec
tion hand. Four other workmen, whose
names -are unknown, were seriously In
jured. Lane, who was a pioneer railroad man
In this section and lived at Atchee, Utah,
v. as still alive when taken from beneath
his engine, but died without regaining
consciousness.
DOES XOT WANT INSANE ASY
LUM LOCATED THERE.
1KAIXS MANY HOURS BEHIND
Storm in Middle West Paralyzes
Traffic on All Roads.
ST. PAUL. Feb. 10. Trains on the
Great Northern. Minneapolis & St.
Mass Meeting Held to i-roiesi
Against Removal of State
Training-School.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb.-' 10. (Special.)
Chehalls citizens held a meeting last
night to register a protest against the
proposal of Acting-Governor Hay to re-
BARRY TO HAVE COMMAND
AT VANCOUVER IF HE
SO DESIRES.
Genera Thomas II. Barry.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. Feb. 10. The War
Department will not designate a
new commander for the Depart
ment of the Columbia until Gen
eral Thomas H. Barry, now in
Cuba, returns to this country,
early In April. Some time ago
General Barry expressed a desire
for this command, but recently he
Informed the War Department he
was undecided about the matter,
and asked that the place be kept
open for two months. Upon his
return he will announce his deci
sion and. if It is his desire, he
will probably be assigned to
Vancouver Barracks. No other
officer Is now being considered
for this position.
move the Washington State Training
School from this cHy to some point In
Eastern Washington, and to substitute
In its place a hospital for the insane.
Strong resolutions condemning the pro
posed change were adopted, and the
matter was referred to a committee to
prepare In suitable shape to present ,to
the Legislature or its committees.
A committee of 25 prominent citizens
was appointed to go to Olympia and
present the protest, and to make a show
ing as to why the institution should re
main at this place. The school was lo
cated here early in the "90s. Public senti
ment runs strong against Its removal and
particularly Saturday night a committee
of five was selected to canvass the situa
tion at Olympia, and the members of that
committee are now In the capital.
The meeting last night adopted a reso
lution In effect that the control of the
school here should be taken from the
Board of Control, which has the manage
ment of the state Institutions, and placed
under the direction of the State Board
ff Education, in order that its work may
be made more of an effective power for
good.
Under the plan of Acting Governor Hay,
it is proposed to move the school to some
point in the irrigated section east of the
mountains, and build another state In
stitution, the preliminary 'appropriation
for which would be $100,000 for land. $150.
000 for buildings, and another total of
$K50 for stock, farm Implements, etc..
which is recognized as but the opening
for1 other appropriations that would ba
called for later.
At the meeting last night, Mr. Hay was
severely condemned by some of the
speakers, and Senator Flshback, of this
county, also came In for a share of the
criticism, owing to the fact that he has
Indicated e disposition to support the pro
posed change. Representatives Leonard
and Kenoyer, of Chehalls. have taken a
decided stand against the proposed re
moval, and will act heartily In concord
with the citizens' committee at Olympia.
BRYAN SCENTS NEW TAINT
Sees No Hope for Tariff Revision in
Present Congress.
PEX3ACOLA. Fla., Feb. 10. William
J. Bryan, In a speech here last night,
said:
"The country need not hope for a re
vision of the tariff at the hand9 of the
present Congress. The reason Is that
the Republicans cannot afford to lower
the tariff, for every man who has a sched
ule has contributed to their campaign
fund and must be protected. It is true
that the contributions to the National
fund were published, but moneys received
by the Congressional fund were so taint
ed that the Republicans dared not pub
lish them, even after the election."
The Health Dept.
In your bodily system Is looked
after by millions of little soldiers
in your .'blood those corpuscles
constantly fighting for you.
If tbia army is well fed and kept
healthy and 6trong, by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla, it will destroy the uncount
able horde of germ-enemies that are
attacking you every moment of your life.
Hood's Sarsaparilla will keep you
free from or will cure you of scrofula,
eczema, rheumatism, catarrh, anemia,
that tired feeling and all 6uch ailments.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. Word
was received from the transcontinental
freight bureau today to the effect that
it has refused to rescind the advance
in freight rates on canned goods and
dried fruits. A message received by
the traffic bureau of the Merchants Ex
change states that the tariff made ef
fective January 1 has thus been rati
fied and the protest of the California
shippers turned down.
The next move of the local shippers
will be an action before the United
States Commerce Commission and a
general movement toward water trans
portation. The rates on dried fruit, both do
mestic and for export, formerly stood
at $1 for shipment in boxes and J1.20
for shipment in sacks. Both of these
rates have been Increased 10 cents. By
the new schedule the old tariff on
canned goods of 75 cents for domestic
and 65 cents for export shipments has
been increased 10 cents. It Is esti
mated that shippers of canned fruit
must pay nearly $200,000 a year be
cause of the added tax. Canned sal
mon shippers will suffer to a like ex
tent. , .
H. P. IMamond. secretary of the Dried
Fruit Association, says that the dried
fruit men will be forced to pay an an
nual tribute of J360.000 because of the
increase, and that the total tax there
fore levied on these industries by the
transcontinental railroads by reason of
the advance will amount to $760,000
yearly. .
NOTED TEACHER IS GONE
Levi C. Walker, County Surveyor of
Washington County, Dies.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Feb. 10. County
Surveyor Levi C. Walker, son of Rev.
Elkanah and Mary Walker, pioneers of
1833. and noted, early-day missionaries,
died from pneumonia here this morning,
aged 59. He was born February 8, 1S52.
About 1871 he married 'Miss Bell Putnam
at Amity, Or., with whom he taught at
the Chemawa Indian School for several
years. He taught also right after his
marriage at the Slletz Indian Agency. He
graduated from Pacific University in
1S73. and for two years, during the presi
dency of J. F. Ellis, taught mathematics
and chemistry in that institution. He ie
said to have been one of the state's best
mathematicians. He has been Surveyor
of Washington County several times. Two
years ago he carried out a surveying con
tract for the Government in Southern
Oregon. He had been City Recorder of
Forest Grove three times.
Mr. Walker is survived by a widow and
five brothers and sisters Cyrus H. Walk
er, of Albany, Or.; Samuel Walker, of
Forest Grove; Rev. J. H. Walker, of
Shaowu, China; Elda and Leva, teach
ers In the State University of Nebraska,
at Lincoln. Neb. The two sisters are ex
pected here tonight.
MAY QUIT DEATH PENALTY
Russian Parliament Considers Abol
ishment of Capital Punishment.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 10. The bill
providing for the abolition of the death
penalty In Russia which came up for dis
cussion today has been indefinitely
tabled. While the debate was still in
progress. President Khomyakoff received
a petition asking him to intercede for
15 men condemned to death for attempt
ing to break from Jail at Irkutsk, and he
addresssed a personal letter to Premier
Stolypin on the subject.
Harbingers or 5
Butterick Fashions for Spring
Butterick Patterns for March
. New Pongees and Foulards
New Wash Goods
New W. B. and La Vida Corsets
New Lingerie
ring 1 909
New Tailored Suits and Millinery
New Tailored-Made Waists
New Three-Piece Dresses
New Hosiery
New Embroideries
New Dress Goods
New merchandise is being opened daily in all deptsi The entire store is closing out odd lots at prices far
below January Sale prices, and is putting on a new, fresh array of faultless merchandise for Spring 1909
NAVY BILLIS LARGER
Senate Adds Over Million to
House Total.
NEW REORGANIZATION PLAN
Twelve Men to Overhaul Depart
ment Evans to Be Vice-Admiral.
Xew Xaval Base for Cali
fornia Coast Proposed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Senator
Hale, chairman of the committee on
naval affairs, today reported to the Sen
ate the bill making appropriations for
the support of the Navy. It carries $136,
825.199. an increase of $1,058,428 over the
amount carried by the House bill.
No change was made in the item pro
viding for the construction of two 26,-
000-ton battleships
The recommendation of Secretary New
berry for the appointment 'of a commit
tee to consider the reorganization of the
Navy Department was adopted, the com
mittee to consist of three Senators,
three Representatives, three Rear-Admirals
and three eminent civilians to be
appointed by the President.
Make Evans Vice-Admiral.
One of the Senate amendments creates
the office of Vice-Admival on the retired
list, which, it is understood, is in the
interest of Robley r. Evans.
Provision is made for the appointment
of a commission by the Secretary of the
Navy to Investigate and report to Con
gress the advisability and necessity of
establishing a naval base. Including a
naw-vard and repair station, on the
California state coast. The commission
Is to prepare an estimate of the cost of
some of the most important Increases
in appropriations. They are as follows:
Extend Coast Navy-Yards.
For the Mare Island Navy, Yard. $224.
000 of which $100,000 is for the improve
ment in the channel and $100,000 for ord
nance stores. For'Puget Sound. $237,000,
to be used largely for the extension of
the repair of ships at Bremerton Navy
yard, and to carry out the order fer
placing marines back on ships, $30S."61.
The committee restored to the bill the
provision for the construction of three
sub-surface boats. The provision limit
ing the price to be paid for any collier to
$900,000 was stricken out.
quest of Umatilla County officers, on the near Pilot Rock the buggy from ttie
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harness irom inree iuubibh khh ht-i-q i
Charged With Rifling Barns.
Ttr.-crT.i3yrrvM nr.. Feb. 10. (Spscial.)
A man giving his name as Lyde was
arrtxrtvri at HoniTtPr 1-OO.aV a L Hl if
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really splendid
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