VOL. L. NO. 15,392.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GRAFT CRUSADES
REND PITTSBURG
BURGLAR ALARM IN
LILIES GETS GIRLS
HOUSES LINE UP ON
TAFT LEGISLATION
QUAKE OF EARTH
NOW PREDICTED
EASTER
ANOTHER DIAMOND
TRUST IS IN FIELD
F
UPON CITY
IS LAID TO YOUTH
VAXCOITERITK TIIKN SKIZKS
TWO FA I It INVADERS.
OUTPUT OF GERMAN MINES IN
A Kill C A TO BE CONTROLLED.
ETNA LAVA, FORCING PASSAGE,
MAY CACSE EXPLOSION'.
SUNSHINY
IENDI5H
MURDER
BEAMS
Easter Sermons Deal
With Disclosures.
BANKS TO BE CALLED TODAY
Many Councilmen Expected to
y Resign Without Protest.
TENDERLOIN FEELS BLOWS
Charge That Million Dollars a Year
Is Collected In Red Light Dis
trict Is Made John F. Klein
Is Muzzled by Police.
PITTSBURG, March 27. The Lenten
season, which ended today, has been too
short a season of penitence for Pitts
burg, and, it will be continued with
promise of even mora startling- confes
sions of graft this week.
In several hundred churches today an
unusual feature of the Easter services
was the reading of a circular letter is
sued by a cii'lc committee yesterday,
urging the members of every congre
gation to attend a huge indignation
mass meeting to be held some day this
week. Sermons, too, were designed to
arouse public condemnation of such
practices as have been revealed. Les-
sons in civic cleanliness were drawn by
many pastors.
Source of Bribe Fund Sought.
It having been pretty thoroughly
established, according to District At
torney William A. Blakeley, that at
least $102, 50o was used in Influencing
legislation, the source of the money and
the dispensers of It are to be the focus
of the grand jury's attention tomorrow
morning.
A considerable portion of the tig
bribe fund is charged to certain banks
that sought to get city deposits. They
succeeded, but it is the desire of the
grand jury, as pronounced In its report
of Friday, last, that. the bank deposit
ordinance be rescinded and the banks. If
found guilty, be deprived of the use of
city money. It is known that some
' representatives of the banks are to be
called tomorrow to testify.
Banks Called Vpon.
The six banks that have been named
by the grand jury as having been In
volved in the scandal are the Columbia
National, the German National of Pitts
burg, the Farmers National Deposit
Bank, and the Second National, the Ger
man National of Allegheny, and the
Korkingman's Savings & Trust Com
pany. The directorate of the Farmers" Na
tional has announced that it will comply
with the District Attorney's call for in
formation and the Second -National has
prepared a certified statement which is
to be presented to the grand jury tomor
row. The other banks have taken no
action.
It was still unlearned tonight whether
Charles Stewart yesterday in his talk
with District Attorney Blakeley told all
that he is believed to know of the men
higher up. Stewart is an ex-Select Coun
cilman, who was declared by the grand
jury in its presentment Saturday to have
been the man to whom $43,000 of bribe
tainted money was given at the Hotel
Imperial in New York.
Councilmen to Resign.
The City Councils meet tomorrow.
Twenty of the present members of the
Councils are under fndictment in con
nection with the graft cases. It is ex
pected that some will protest their inno
cence, but the majority are expected to
hand in resignations quite as meekly as
they confessed last week.
While the big show continues, there is
a lively side feature in a crusade against
all' varieties of graft and wrongdoing in
Pittsburg. Disorderly houses are being
closed up and every night lately has seen
a roundup of women in the tenderloin
district.
At a meeting cf citizens in the Fort
Pitt Hotel at which a committee was
formed to further the mass meeting plan,
it was openly charged the graft col
lected in the red light district amounted
to a million dollars a year.
John F. Klein, whose confessions and
exposure of others has netted such, a
scandal, has been muzzled and is now
kept in a room at the Fort Pitt Hotel
pending disposition of his case. He is
under sentence of three and one-half
years. He-issued yesterday an emotional
postcard appeal for clemency and aid for
his family. The authorities have for
bidden him to give out further public
statements.
PIONEER STRANGELY DEAD
Crook County Sheriff Orders In
quest Into Tom Payne's Demise.
FRINBVILLE, Or., March 27.-(SpeciaI.)
The body of Tom Payne, a well-known
Crook County character and pioneer, was
found today at the Russell ranch near
the" post where he had been employed,
under conditions pointing to accidental
death by shooting, or suicide pr murder.
The Sheriff's office has ordered an in
quest. Payne was well-to-do and was
about 57 years old.
Wires From Garden tt Bell on lied
Ensnare Portland Miss and
Chum Two Escape.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 27. (Spe
cial.) By the use of a burglar alarm
placed to protect his Easter lilies, K. L.
Curtis last night captured ' two high
school girls who, he declares, were in the
act of stealing his posies. He marched
them to jail.
The lassies ensnared were Miss Thelma
"Welch of Vancouver and Miss Viola Bell
of Portland. Miss Agnes Eaton and Miss
Gladys Powell of Vancouver ecaped the
clutches of the horticulturist. ;
Mr. Curtis at his home on Railroad
avenue has a large garden. To safeguard
an exceptionally good crop of Easter lil
ies and hyacinths he fixed a bell at the
head of his bed, and to it connected two
wires which he concealed in the roots
of the plants, that the least movement
would sound the gong.
Expecting that his flowers would be
unsafe Easter eve., Mr. Curtis did not
retire, but extinguished the light and fell
asleep in a chair. About 10 o'clock lie
was awakened by the burglar alarm. He
rushed to his front yard and before the
invaders were aware of his presence, he
seized Miss Welch and Miss Bell. The
two other girls fled.
It is a long walk to the City Hall, but
Mr. Curtis marched his captives before
the Chief of Police. The girls, giggling,
the Chief threatened to lock them up for
the night. Then big tears welled up in
the eyes of the fair prisoners. They
were released on their solemn promise
to appear for trial before the Police
Judge Monday morning.
3-DAY DEATH FIGHT WON
Portland Merchant Lives to See Rel
atives, Then Dies.
Deathly ill at 9t. Vincent's Hospital
and aware that he had only a short
time to live, James Douglass, aged 55
years, 707 Johnson street, lived three days
longer than expected, through sheer force
of will, that he might see his wife's sis
ter and brother-in-law, John Mullin, on
their way here from Omaha, Neb.
Mr. Douglass, when he realized death
was near, asked that Mr. and Mrs. Mullin
be telegraphed. He was told he could not
be expected to live until they reached
Portland, but he Insisted, saying he would
live anyhow.
He died Saturday afternoon at 5:30
o'clock, two hours after they arrived.
Mr. Douglass was a Third street mer
chant. . He had been, in Portland 10 years,
coming here from Omaha, Neb., where
he had lived 20 years. He was born in
Ire-land and came to America when a lad.
For the past 25 years he has been prom
inently identified with the Ancient Order
of Hibernians. The funeral services will
be conducted by that order this morning
at 9 o'clock from St. Mary's Cathedral.
WRECKS USED FOR FUEL
Idaho Building Timbers Find TTse
After Avalanche.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 27. (Special.)
Aside from photographers, who reaped
a harvest from sales of pictures of the
snowslides at Mace and Burke, Idaho, a
month ago, the only persons who will
benefit from the disasters are the resi
dents of the canyon towns, who are ob
taining their next Winter's supply of fuel
from the timbers, many of them of Im
mense size, brought down by the
avalanches.
Thousands of big trees and logs are be
ing taken from the drifts and sawed into
convenient lengths, and the supply seems
sufficient for all the people in canyon
towns.
The wrecks of 27 houses, ground and
twisted into little more than kindling
wood, are being hauled away and used for
fuel.
MUSKRAT DRAINS . POND
Fish. Heading Vp-Stream, Stranded
in Adjoining Marsh.
SPOKANE. Wasl. March 27. (Special.)
Near Kalispell, Mont., boring a hole in
an earth embankment that sustained one
side of an artificial fish pond, a muskrat
a few days ago drained the pond and
caused the loss of many of the fish, many
of which. Instinctively heading up stream
when the waters began to fall, floundered
into a small creek that poured into the
pond and escaped into the small marshes
that lined the stream.
The pond was owned by Richard Greig,
who stocked it several years ago with
brook trout brought to the city by the
Government fish car.N
For two years the Greig pond has been
visited by many who have taken large
strings of fish.
GUN EXPLODES; EIGHT DIE?
Cruiser Chaf lestown Scene of Acci
dent Xear Manila.
MANILA, March 27. A report reached
here today that a gun on the United
States cruiser Charleston exploded dur
ing target practice, killing or wounding
eight men.
. The Charleston is returning to Manila
from Olongapo. Xo details of tho re
ported accident have been received here.
The United States cruiser Charleston la
the flagfhlp of Rear-Admiral John Hub
bard, commander-in-chief of the Asiatic
fleet. Her commanding officer is Com
mander John H. Gibbons.
The Charleston is a nroteeted cruiser
of -700 tons, and cat lies 15 guns in the
main battery. j
Administration Bill Is
Upheld by Senate.
"UNSEAT CANNON" AGAIN HEARD
Insurgent-Democratic Coali
tion Holds Power.
MANN TO PILOT MEASURE
Townsend, Who Introduced Execu
tive Recommendations, Must Give
Way Conservation May Go
Over Statehood in Trouble.
WASHINGTON. March 27. Legisla
tion desired by President Taft has been
the means of crystallizing various
sentiments among the members of both
houses of Congress for and against the
Administration. Out of the general
drift of opinions prevalent has come
the conclusion that the Senate is sup
porting the Administration bills and is
looked to by the executive to accom
plish what he. wants done, while the
House is, one the whole, rather un
friendly toward Mr. Taft's desires as
expressed in his messages.
Successor to Cannon Again Hinted.
This same legislation and its treat
ment by Congress has also served to
bring forward Speaker Cannon again
as an issue in the House, and there is
frequent expression of a desire to un
seat him and elect a new Speaker.
Asher C. Hinds, the parliamentarian of
the House, is the man most frequently
mentioned as a possible successor to
Mr. Cannon.
Townsend's Ambition Fails.
The ambition of Representative Town
send of Michigan to assume charge of
the Administration bill on the floor of
the House will not be gratified, for the
honor will go to Chairman Mann of the
committee on interstate and foreign com
merce. "
This fact developed today, and support
ers of the bill in the form in which ,it
was originally introduced by Representa
tive Townsend end in which it now is
pending in the Sjnate, are greatly dis
appointed. Republicans for Amendments.
It has been thought the intensa oppo
sition of Mr. Mann to certain features of
the bill as drafted by Attorney-General
Wickersham would make him disinclined
to champion it. His success in incorpo
rating many of his own ideas into the
measure, however, made Mr: Mann will
ing to assume the sponsorship.
As amended by the committee, all Re
publican members voted for it and there
was no way in which7 the chairman could
be denied the management of the meas
ure on the floor.
Court of Commerce Opposed.
Mr. Mann was particularly opposed to
the provision for the creation of a Court
of Commerce and this was retained only
through tho personal efforts of the Pres
ident. Whether Mr. Mann will seek to elimi-
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Vesuvius Develops Five Xfw Large
Fissures, but Volcano Is No
- More Active.
CATANIA, March . 27. While the
quantity of lava from the craters of
Mount Etna continues to decrease, the
Internal activity of the volcano was
stronger today than yesterday.
Frank A. Perret, the American au
Viorlty, believes that the decrease In
the flow of lava is due to obstructions
in the new craters, which prevent Its
flowing freely, and that in a few days
the molten mass either will force a
passage or an earthquake will result.
Mr. . Perret went today from Nico
losi to the Alpine Club refuge, which
is situated near the craters, and later
telegraphed down as follows:
"The activity of Etna . today is
stronger, but the lava is slower. Ter
rific explosions in the interior of the
mountain continue."
NAPLES, March 27. Five new large
fissures have opened near the central
crater of Mount Vesuvius, but the vol
cano shows no great activity.
Alton B. Parker Reaches Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 27. Alton
B. Parker, of New York, and Mrs.
Parker arrived here today. Mrs. Parker
is ill.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTEUDA Y'S Maximum temperature, 64
degrees; minimum, 40 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds.
Foreign.
RooReelt spends strenuous Sunday In Cairo.
Page 2.
Earthquake predicted at Mount Etna unless
lava forces passage,. Page 1.
National.
Houses of Congress Jine up on Administra
tion bill; "I'nseat Cannon' cry again
heard- Page 1.
Personal bitterness of reclamation officials
endangers irrigation bond issue. Page 2.
roii tics.
Demand for fixed, term securities shows
discouraging abatement in New York
market. Page H.
Leather workers organizer says strike will
b extended ; employers reassert position.
Page 14.
Domrstic.
Youth accused of murdering Ruth Wheeler,
1.1. in New York is lodged in Tombs
without bail. Page 1.
Charge made that million dollars a year
graft is taken -from Pitts-burg tender
loin. Page 1.
Another diamond trust formed ; output of
German mines in Africa is controlled.
Page 1.
Mrs. Jack Cudahy.
City society, may
ostracised by Kansas
turn to stage for ref-
uge. page z.
Daughter of J. O. Stubbs. d Ivorcee, dies TO
. days after securing separation. Page 3-
Missouri it", t 1 1 on a Ire banker telle how May
bray sang beat hira out f of 940.UOO.
Page 2.
Sport.
Rain interferes with Fresno game and Port
land team hurries to San Francisco.
Pase &
Trl-City league directors to act on season's
schedule tonight." Page M.
Promoter Tex Rickard pit-ks Johnson to beat
Jeffries and short fight, too. Page S.
Water sports may be feature of Rose Fes
tival. Page 8.
Portland football players look with disfavor
on proposed changes in rules. Page .
Eaatern racing pea son promises greatest in
history. Page 9. v
Pacific Northwest.
Burglar alarm placed in Easter lilies by
Vancouver man catches two girl invad
ers. Page 1.
W. K. Newell says Nort hwest apple grow
ers must continue f iglit before Congress
to defeat unfavorable legislation. Page 14.
Demonstration train finds Eastern Oregon
at height of great prosperity. Page 5.
Returned missionary predicts another Ruffian-Japanese
war within lO years.
Page 13.
Motion before court to quas-h indictment
against Banker Moore gives him chance
to be freed of charge. Page 7.'
Sunshiny Easter beams upon Portland
throngs; 40,000 attend church services.
Page 1.
Disabled ship Atlas towed into port after
accident to propeller and tallshaft.
Page 14.
Burglars ransack every room of East Side
home; steal dishes and food. Page 7.
SCARING UP THE GHOST OF HARD TIMES
All Churches Thronged
With Worshipers.
FASHION PARADE RESPLENDENT
"Resurrection" Is Theme in
Gospel Halls and Missions.
38,000 ATTEND- SERVICES
Crowds Pass Day In Balmy Out
doors, Advent of Spring Styles
Making Gay Spectacle Store
AVindows Are Attractive.
Estimate of Church Attendance at
Easter Services Is Close
to 40,004).
St. Mary's Cathedral, four serv
ices 2.500
St. Lawrence Cathedral, four
services 2.O0O
White Temple, two services.... 3,000
Grace M. E. Church, two
services 1.50O
Taylor-street M. E7"Church, two
services 1,500
First Congregational, two serv
ices ... 2.000
F"rt Presbyterian, two services 8,000
Trinity Episcopal, two services. 2,500
St. David's Cathedral, four
services 1,200
Centenary M. E. Church, - two
services 1.000
East Side and suburban
churches 15,000
Missions 3.000
38.200
"He is risen."
This ancient and time-honored salu
tation of the pious or all Christendom
found expression yesterday in every
pulpit in Portland. The words were
formed in artistically-arranged banks
of flowers and were lisped by children,
who, sitting in the pews with their
parents in the various churches of the
city, paid little understanding heed to
the sayings of the ministers as the old
story of the crucifixion, burial and res
urrection of Christ was told again.
Under the influence of clear skies,
warm sunshine and balmy breezes,
Easter, queen of Christian festivals,
was ushered in. It seemed that the
goddess of Spring, . from whom it
is believed by many, the name of
the day was derived, had joined with
the elements to symbolize the spirit
of the occasion by resurrecting Spring.
Despite adverse prediction of the
Government weather forecaster, the
sun shone from the time It peeped
over the Eastern horizon until it sank.
Light showers however, fell about 9 P. M.
Romping children, clad in their night
ies, first saw it as they rushed out
doors in ' the earry morning . and
searched through the dew-laden grass
and shrubbery of the lawns for multi
colored eggs, left there during the
night by -mischievous bunnies.
The parade of fusnion commenced
early. By 10 o'clock the down-town
streets and thoroughfares In the vicin
ity of the churches were filled. Earlier
than this worshipers were on their
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Rapidly Increasing Supply Caused
Fears That Demand Would Be
Overtaken In Sliort Time.
NEW YORK, March 27. (Special. )
Diamond dealers have learned within the
last few days that a new syndicate, the
third in the trade, has been formed and
has taken over the new diamond mines
in German Southwest Africa.
The output of these mines has been
increasing so rapidly of late that some
concern had been awakened among
dealers, who feared that possibly the
supply would overtax the market. The
formation of the new syndicate brings
about, according to the dealers, a com
plete control by throe companies of all
the important sources of supply, so that
the world's production of diamonds is
now greater than ever before, but the
dealers say the demand is also greater.
Jacktyn & Walters is the principal
New York firm in the new syndicate.
Most of the members are in Antwerp.
The output of the German-African mines.
which a year ago was insignificant, has
amounted of late to 60,000 carats a month,
mostly of the smaller sizes of stones.
SEARCH FOR EXPLORER ON
Canada Determined to Find Trace of
.Missing George Caldwell.
OTTAWA. Ont.. March 27. (Special.)
The Canadian government has deter
mined to clear up, if possible, the mys
tery surrounding the disappearance of
George Caldwell, the Arctic explorer, who
has been missing for two years. He
started ostensibly upon a geographical
expedition on behalf of the government
accompanied by two Eskimos, but it is
now admitted that he went in search of
immense gold deposits, known to Eski
mos, who had brought him samples from
the fields.
Captain ' Samuel Bartlett. one of New
foundland's most skillful navigators; has
been commissioned by the government
to conduct the search for Caldwell. The
last tidings had of him was furnished by
mounted police, to whom some trading
Eskimo? told they had seen Caldwell and
his two companions at Baker Lake in the
Fall of 1908.
Caldwell's relatives here have aband
oned hope that he survived the trip. It
Is known, however, that he took with
him a number of copper tubes wherein
to deposit records of his journey.
HEIRESS? NO, SAY PRINCES
Servian Minister Denies Rich Amer
ican Bride Search for Royalty.
PARIS. March 27. Dr. M. R. Ves
nitch, the Servian Minister here, gives
categorical denial of the reports that
Crown Prince Alexander and his older
brother, Prince George, are about to
visit America in search of rich Ameri
can brides.
Mr. Vesnitch says the royal family
of Belgrade is greatly annoyed over
these reports and no such personage
is known as "Count Pablow Mysky
Treskaya," who is reported to be in
America as the matrimonial agent of
King Peter.
"Should either of the Servian Princes
at any future time go to America,
said Mr. Vesnitch, "It will be only to
visit the country and study institutions
which are especially interesting in
Servia, the most democratic kingdom
in 'Old Europe '
LINE WILL JOIN CITIES
Electric Railway to Operate Between
Marshfield and North Bend.
MARSH FIELD, Or., March 27. (Spe
cial.) Major L. D. Kinney of North
Bend has put a large force of men at
work and announces that he will con
struct in four months an electric street
railway to connecjt Marshfield and North
Bend. Operations have begun at what is
known as Plat B between the two cities
where Major Kinney controls a large
amount of land. About 30 men are at
work clearing and 100 more, will be put
to work. A force of surveyors has also
been put in the field.
Major Kinney has applied to the North
Bend City Council for a franchise and de
clares that he will also apply to the
Marshfield City Council. He announces
that Seattle capital is behind the enter
prise. WELLS FARGO HEAD DEAD
Colonel Dudley Evans Dies In New
York After Operation.
NEW YORK. March- 27. (Special.)-
Colonel Dudley Evans, president of
Wells, Fargo & Co., one of the most"
widely known common carrier officials
in the country, cMed tonight in the Roose
velt Hospital following an operation.
He was operated on in that institution
a. few days ago and for a time his con
dition showed improvement. He suffered
a relapse Saturday and sank despite ev
ery effort made to save him.
SECOND MORMON DIES
J. It. Winder, 88, Next to President
Smith, Pneumonia Victim.
SALT LAKE CITY. March 27. J. R.
Winder, whose position in the Mormon
Church was second only to that of
President Joseph F. Smith, died today
from pneumonia.
Winder was first councillor of the
presidency and was S8 years old. He
is survived by 16 children, 87 grand
children and a number of great grandchildren.
Alleged Slayer of Ruth
Wheeler in Tombs.
NIGHTGOWN IDENTIFIED AS HIS
Woman Consort of Albert Wol
ter Seized as Witness.
ACCUSED MAN DENIES ALL
Katie Miller, Who Lived With New
York Prisoner, Tells of Removal
of Stove Her Story Consis
tentBail Is Refused.
NEW YORK, March 27. Albert Wolter,
the youth in the fire escape of whose
rooms were found yesterday portions of
the burned body of Ruth Wheeler, the
15-year-old stenographer who had been
mining since last Thursday morning,
was committed to the Tombs without
bail today, charged with the girl's mur
der. At a continuation of the police ques
tioning, to which he was subjected last
night, he persisted In his denials that ha
had ever seen the girl, ever had writ
ten to her or knew how her body came
on the fire escape outside his window
or why fragments of human feet, hands
and arms were found in the ashes of his
fireplace.
Katie Miller, the girl with whom lie
lived, was arrested today as she ap
proached the hous. where the murder
was committed. She was reading the
details in a German newspaper as she
walked, smiling as she read.
During a long cross-examination she
held sturdily to a consistent story that
she knew nothing of the crime until
she read of it in the newspapers.
Stove's Removal Noticed.
Thursday night when she returned
from work at the laundry, where she
earned $6 a week, which she gave to
Wolter, she said Hhe noticed the stove
In front of the fireplace had been moved,
the fire-board newly painted and a col
ored lithograph pasted over the hole
where the stovepipe formerly entered.
When she asked Wolter why he had
done this he answered that Summer was
coming and they wouldn't need the
stove.
She had not even known that Wolter
had received a visitor, she says, until
Pearl Wheeler, the dead girl's elder sis
ter, had called Friday morning to ask
if Ruth had been there.
Girl Kept as Witness.
Wolter had denied that, but the Miller
girl says she was uneasy after the inter
view and that she became jealous and
accused him of harboring another woman
in the flat. Again he denied it. Friday
morning she went to work again and
that afternoon Wolter was arrested. The
girl was committed to the House of De
tention as a material witness.
An autopsy today showed that Ruth
Wheeler had been killed in the manner
Indicated by the first superficial examin
ation. First she had been strangled with,
a rope and then the bones of the arms
and legs were broken to admit the body
more readily to the narrow throat of
the chimney. Why the cuts were made
on the body does not appear.
Gown and Sack Identified.
When Katie Miller was shown thfc
nightshirt in which part of the charred
body had been wrapped, the girl posi
tively identified the garment as Wolter's.
"That letter 'W,' " said the girl, indi
cating an initial worked on the shirt,
"was embroidered by Albert's mother."
She also identified the gunnysaek in
which the head and trunk of the victim,
had been placed as having been used by
her and Wolter to hold kindling wood.
PLAGUE MENACES NATIVES
Esquimaux Children Seldom Free
From Tuberculosis, Says Surgeon.
WASHINGTON. March 27. Declaring
that 50 per'cent of the natives of Un-
alaska and St. George and St. Paul
Islands are suffering from tuberculosis,-
Surgeon Simpson, of the Revenue Cutter
Manning, says that the disease exists in
e.11 forms and that there are only a few
children who do not show some evidence
of it.
He adds, however, that many of them
Improved under treatment in the Summer
of 1005. Efforts, he says, are being made
to instruct the natives how to prevent
the disease.
If the natives of St. Paul had an abunri
nce of water, which now has to be
hauled some distance in wagons, accord
ing to Dr. Simpson, they would keep
their houses cleaner and the danger of
the spread of infection would he greatly
lessened.
HARRIMAN LINE TO SOUTH?
President I.ovett and Associates Plan
Mexican Road.
EL PASO. Texas. March 27. In ex
planation of the presence on the west
coast of Mexico of President Lovett
and many high officials of the Harrl
man lines, it is said that the Mexican
Pacific Railroad Company has ac
quired the concession held by the Mex-
can-Amerlcan holding company, to
build a railroad from Salina Cruz to
Manzanillo, a distance of 930 miles, and
thence down the coast
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