TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. DECEMBER 29, 1907.
T
N EAR LY 51 ,000 ,0D D
Money for Street Repair in
San Francisco Has Not
Been Spent.
AT LEAST NOT ON STREETS
Good Government League Trying to
Trace Immense Sum Entrusted
to George Duffey, One of the
Grafters Who Were Indicted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. (Special.)
A new graft of the Schmlts administra
tion, amounting to nearly $1,000,000, was
unearthed today by the Good. Government
league. 4 .
Having before It figures showing the
enormous expenditure of JSOO.OOO for street
work made by the Duffey Board of Pub
lic Works In the fiscal year ending June
30, 1907, and seeing- about- the city prac
tically no evidence that any Improve
ments to the .city streets had been made,
the Good Government League Is energtlc
ally Investigating this graft. This 'plun
dering was accomplished by the Board of
Works during the last fiscal year In
which the Schmitx and the Gallagher
Board of Supervisors had to operate, and
It la estimated that nearly a million dol
lars was squandered in street repairs,
street cleaning and sewer work.
Committee Following Clew.
The liberal estimates by Thomas P.
Woodward, City Engineer, for street
work gave the clew to the InvesVgating
committee- of the Good Government
League. That committee Is composed of
Isidor Jacobs, president of the league;
Hugh Burke, the secretary, and George
W. Renner, president of the Street Repair
Association and a prominent member of
the Good Government League. During
the coming week the committee will con
tinue Its investigation and a report will
be made on the results.
In July, 1906, the Board of Works ob
tained from the Supervisors, through the
budget appropriations, $621,650 to be used
in the repair of streets and cleaning of
streets and sewers. In February of the
following year $160,000 additional was ap
propriated to that fund, and in March
t.'o.iXO more was given, making a total of
796.650. A contribution of. $0,000 is said
to have been given by the relief and Red
Cross corporation for tha cleaning of
streets, making a total of $876,640.
Divided Among the Gang.
At the time the city was in an upset
condition the money was practically
given over to George Duffey, ' then works
commissioner under Schmitx. and since
indicted, for bribery, to spend as he
pleased. Duffey is said to have used not
more than $25,000 on the streets. Who got
the $SOO.O0O is the question the Good Gov
ernment League Is trying to solve. The
league is working on the theory 'that it
was divided up among the Schmltz-Ruef
gang. Duffey was a Supervisor before he
was works commissioner. He has been
indicted for taking bribes from the Home
Telephone Company, the gas company
and the United Railroads.
JAPAN VIOLATES OPEN DOOR
Troops Swarm in Manchuria and
' Prevent Railroad-Building.
LONDON, Dec. 28. A dispatch to the
Times from Pekin calls attention to the
great number of Japanese soldiers still
in Manchuria though the country is per
fectly tranquil and records complaints of
their Incivility to railway passengers.
The dispatch also gives Instances of -he
Japanese forbidding railway construction
Into Chinese territory west of the Llau
Valley and says that It is impossible
to reconcile this prohibition with any
national interpretation of the open-door
policy.
In an editorial on the'orlental Immigra
tion problem, the Times deplores the
breaking up of Indian congress an tend
ing to justify those anxious to justify the
exclusion ' of Indians as well as oC er
oriental races from the colonies, and ad
vocates the caiiing of convention rep
resentative of all the colonies in India
and the mother country for a prelimi
nary investigation to assist the next
imperial conference to deal with the sub
jects. It suggests that t..e evidence taken
before such a commission might convince
some- of the colonies of the impossibility
of banding against oriental immigration,
and thinks that certain parts of the
British territories most suited to orientals
and least suited to the T'.ite man's habits
might be especially reserved for oriental
Immigration. The editorial concludes:
"At present the oriental races realize
our difficulties but a. swarming In-rusb
of even unarmed paupers cannot be re
sisted forever." : -'
SAYS BONHLS JUSTIFIED
Editor's Lawyer Recalls Blackmail
Charge and Patterson Repeats) It.
DENVER. Det: S3. Fred O. Bonflls,
one of the proprietors of the Denver
Post, refused to plead to the complaint
charging him with assault and battery
upon Ex-Senator Thomas M. Pat
terson,' principal owner of the Rocky
Mountain News and the Denver Times,
in Justice Carlton's court today. The
court thereupon entered a plea of not
guilty and the trial was begun. Mr
Patterson related the circumstances of
the attack upon him, and before his
examination was finished the hearing
was adjourned until Monday next.
In a, statement to the court, Mr. Bon
n:s' attorney declares that his client was
(ustified in assaulting Mr. Patterson, as
his newspapers had made false charges
of blackmailing aga'nst Mr. Bonflls and
stated that he should be sent to the peni
tentiary or driven out of town.
Mr. Bottom asked Mr. Patterson to
lame specific Instances of the black
mailing of which he accused the proprle-
to s of the Post. The attorneys for theJ
prosecution objected to this question,
Dut their objection was overruled. Mr.
Patterson then gave the names of several
merchants who. he sa'd. In his opinion,
had been assailed by the Post in-order to
lorce them to advertise in the news
paper. BUILD 6600 FRUIT CARS
llarriman Iiines Increase Equipment
to Meet Extraordinary Demands.
NEW TOKK, Dec 28. Figures have
been compiled by Southern Pacific Rail
road officials showing the extraordinary
character - of fruit shipments and the
means taken to make the shipping service
afe and expeditious.
During the season ending -October SI.
luti, 5330 oars of deciduous green fru.lt
0 UNO
were shipped east from California. This '
season to November 1, 7048 cars. This
has been the banner year In the green
fruit business. California has received
more money net than during any pre
vious season. Many cars of fruit brought
over $2000 each, while, cherries In a num
ber of cases ranged from $3000 to J5000
per car.
The total Northern California shipments
of vegetables, green decldlous and citrus
frclts during the season just closing have
been 10,912 cars, nearly a thousand more
than last year. From Southern California
the shipments via all lines were 27,533
cars of citrus fruit and 3477 of vegeta
bles. ,
The' prospect for this season is good.
Since October L more than 450 cars of de
ciduous fruit and 1400 cars of oranges
and lemons have been shipped from
Northern California, a far greater number-than
during , last year's correspond
ing period. The present outlook for the
Southern California citrus fruit crop is
32,000 cars vegetables 4000 cars this sea
son, altogether spelling prosperity In cap
itar letters for California fruitgrowers.
To carry this fruit 6600 of the most ex
pensive refrigerator cars yet constructed
have been purchased at a cost of Ji.1,550,
000. They were built by the Southern Pa
clfitf, ' Union Pacific Oregon Short- Line
and Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
panies to care for the fruit business
originating on these lines. 90 per cent of
which grows In Ca ornta. To Insure
greatest efficiency in operation a separate
John Barrett, DI-etor of Bureau
of American Republics, . Who
,. Spoke Effect of Voyage ot
Fleet, at. Madison, Wis.
company, the Pacific Fruit Express, was
originated to look after tne distribution,
use, icing, etc, of these cars. It has Its
own representatives, but all agents and
departments of the Southern Pacific give
these cars the same consideration as if
they were directly operated. The cars
were built specially for fruit transportation.-
with such dimensions as to make
it possible to 'load the product low, giv
ing full efficiency to refrigeration. Icing
Is done carefully, and the icefehortage of
last season is being met by the construction-
bv the. Pflplfi TTr-.ii.
great Ice-making plants., one at Colton,
one at Rosevllle, to supplement the pri
vate companies' supplies, and other plants
will be built if needed. Other cars also
will bef constructed as business demands.
Officials of the Southern Pacific Com
pany point out as' one of the advantages
of the existing consolidation of manage
ments of the jnlon and Southern Pacfllc
Companies the fact that that which the
Southern Pacific alone could not afford
as a business project to undertake be
cause of the number of cars required in
relation to its individual haul, the lines
associated under the predidency of Mr
Harriman could and did undertake ali
having an Interest to be served by such
an enterprise. a
ALL MUST CO BAT-KILLING
APPEAL TO SAX FRANCISCO TO
WIPE OUT PLAGUE.
Health Board Says Disease Spreads
and Citizens Mast Fight- It
by Killing the Rats.
6AN FRANCISCO, Dec 2S.-The Board
of Health today Issued a statement of ad
vice to cittiens regarding sanltaUon and
calling upon the public to assist in the
work of exterminating rats. The state
ment says in part:
"The eradication of bubonic plague
from the city, which is being carried on
conjointly by the Federal and ' municipal
authorities. Is a task of such enormity
that no lasting results can be hoped for
unless the active support of all citizens
is secured for this work. About $200,000
has so far been spent, ana still a, great
deal remains to 'be accomplished. Ac
cording to our revised list, there ", were
found in August fourteen verified cases
of plague; In September 63; In October 30,
and in November 30; in December; so far
6 cases. '
"While the decrease In number Is grat
ifying and plainly Indicates the effective
ness of the campaign under the able di
rection of Dr. Rupert Blue, United States
Public Health and Marine Hospital Ser
vice, still the disease remains with us. ic
is even spreading In area, and diseased
rats are constantly being found in vari
ous quarters of the city.
"This is the time to redouble our -efforts
as a precautionary measure in order
to avoid a sudden
" ' " T 'Li ' t
which threatens us as long as there remian Canal Commission has determined
. u'sease rat in town, because
It Is through the rat that the disease is
being decimated.
LEAGUE TO MEET ON FRIDAY
Talk of Having Six-Club Affair This
Season on Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 28. (Special.)
The first gun of the baseball season of
1908 will be fired next Friday, when the
Pacific Coast League will hold its annual
meeting. It was Intended to Issue the
call for Los Angeles, but it was found
that a majority of the magnates favored
San Francisco, as being more central, so
a change was made.
The circuit for next year will be the big
topic for discussion, and there will be an
effort made to expand the league to a
six-club affair. This will come from Los
Angeles, which desires continuous base
ball. Just where the other clubs are to
come from Is a mystery. There is some
talk of San Diego, Stockton and San
Jose, but it is still indefinite.
' TVestlnghon.se Paying Interest.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 28 Announcement
was made .ere today by the receivers
of the Westlnghouse Electric & Manu
facturing Company that, notwithstanding
the receivership, the interest on the con
vertible sinking fund gold bonds due In
1931 and the debenture certificates due in
iStii will be paid on January 1.
YME FIGHT
TO WHITE HOUSE
Solid" Three May Measure
Strength With Bourne
on Appointment.
LAST EFFORT. AT. HARMONY
Hawley Will Ofter to Compromise
on Any Other Than Schuebel, .
Bingham Preferred Bourne Is
Said to Ignore Agreement.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, D. C, Dec. 28. Unless Senator
Bourne changes his tactics, there will
be a split In the Oregon delegation
over the appointment of a District At
torney, whfch will result in a test of
strength at the White House between
Mr. Bourne on one side and Senator
Fulton, Representatives Hawley and
Ellis on the other. Individually each
member of the delegation has expressed
a hope that the delegation could agree
on this appointment, and the three
members not yet committed to any
candidate stand ready to compromise in
order to bring about harmony. Mr.
Bourne, however, is firm in his deter
mination to recommend Chris Schuebel,
and apparently cannot see harmony un
less bis three colleagues surrender and
join him in recommending his candi
date. Because his mind was made up,
he would not confer with the rest of the
delegation on Thursday.
Last Appeal, Then a Fight.
When Mr. Fulton and Mr. Ellis left
, for Oregon, they entrusted to Mr.
Hawley the delicate task of persuading
Mr. Bourne to join them in recommend
ing some man other than Mr. Schuebel.
They would be willies to agree upon
any one of several canaidatss if Mr.
Bourne would co-operate, but their
preference was for George G. Bingham,
of Salem. Notwithstanding this pref
erence, no promise was made to Mr.
Bingham and no member of the delega
tion is committed to support him. Up
to the present time Mr. Bourne has
declined to yield to Mr. Hawley's over
tures, and there is not the slightest In
dication that he will yield. , -
Unless Mr. Bourne abandons Mr,
Schuebel, it is quite likely that Mr.
Fulton, Mr. awley and. Mr., Ellis will
iir.lte in recommending Mr. Bingham,
and If Mr. Bourne gives Mr. Hawley a
final answer that, is unsatisfactory, it
is quite probable that the recommenda
tion of Bingham will be made before
Congress convenes January 6, In which
event Mr, Bourne will simultaneously
file his recommendalon of Schuebel.
Ignores AgreemenJ to Unite).
Mr. Bourne's colleagues are unable
to understand his Insistence upon Mr.
Schuebel in view of the fact that he
was a party to an agreement made two
weens ago. tonight, under which the
delegation is pledged to unite in recom
mending general Federal office-holders
in Oregon who awe preferred by a ma
jority of the delegation. Here Is a case
where three members are united and
where under the agreement Mr. Bourne,
in a hopeless minority, is expected to
waive his personal preferences and
abide by their decision.. Yet he main
tains that his obligations to Mr. Schue
bel are such that he must disregard his
agreement with the delegation and
carry his fight to the President. In
the appointments decided on two weeks
ago, other members of the delegation
waived their personal preferences when
they were in a minority and Mr. Bourne
In a majority, but, when the tables are
reversed, Mr. Bourne kicks over the
traces.
MARINE CORPS NOW COMPLETE
Full Complement of 8700 Men Is
Enlisted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. General
Elliott, commandant of marines, today
reported to Secretary Metcalf that for
the first time in many months the
"Marine Corps was now up to its full
complement of 8700 enlisted men. Gen
eral Elliott reports that not only has
he secured all the men he wants, but
has withdrawn from the newspapers
advertisements calling for recruits, and
he is now in a position to pick- his
men when there is need for further
recruiting.
The reasons assigned for this state
of affairs represent the depressed con
dition of industries, resulting in forcing
men to obtain employment outside of
the factories, mills and mines, and to
such of these as are not able to per
from sailor's duties, yet would make
good soldiers and desire to see the
world, the Marine Corps offers a tempt
ing refuge.
CHANGE POSITION OF LOCKS
Location of More Strategic Value to
Be Chosen,
WASHINGTON, Dec 28. For strate
gic purposes 'and to prevent their bom
bardment .by a hostile fleet, the Isth-
to change the location of the dams and
locks which it originally Intended to
construct at La Boca, and Instead they
will be built at Miraflores, four miles
Inland and within ' the zone of safety.
President Roosevelt has approved the
plans. t
It is said that, aside from strategic
reasons advanced tor the change In
plans, is also that of the question of
cost, the saving of time in the com
pletion of the canal and a more satis
factory foundation can be secured at
Miraflores. , The estimated saving In
cost will be considerable.
President Roosevelt approved the
changes in the locations of the locks
about 10 days ago, simply Indorsing
his approval of the commission's ar
rangements. Two locks are to be con
structed at Miraflores, and the esti
mate is that the cost will be $3,000,000
less than if they were built at-Sosa,
which location had been under consid
eration for some time. At Miraflores
there is a range of hills which would
serve as a considerable protection from
any bombardment that might be at
tempted by a hostile fleet.
Kansas Commends Rlxey.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 28. The council
of administration of tha Kansas State
Medical Society, in session in Kansas
City, Kan., adopted a resolution last
night commending Surgeon - General
Rlxey, of the Navy, for his demand on
the President to give the medical corps
of the Navy actual control, where it
has actual responsibility. The commls-
slon Is composed of members from every
Congressional district in Kansas.
Reoeivershlp Terminates.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 28. Upon -a cash
payment of $140,000 and assumption of
S25O.O0O of liabilities, the receivership of
the Fabian Manufacturing Company,
which failed last August following Sew
ard Heidelbach's disappearance In New
Tork, was today terminated, all claims
being paid in full. Julian S. Raugh and
Stanley F. Raugh, who had been asso
ciated with Heidelbach in the business,
take over the whole concern and Heidel
bach retires.
KANSAS IS OUT FOR TAFT
Republican Committee . Expresses
Opinion After Stormy Session.
TOPEKA. Kan., Dec 24. At a stormy
session of the Republican State Central
Committee today. Secretary of War Will
iam H. Taft was unanimously Indorsed
as the choice of the party In Kansas for
President of the United States, and the
convention called for March 4, at To
peka. A motion to nominate state offi
cers by the primary system was tabled.
Following is .the text, of the resolu
tion adopted:
Whereas. The time required for the action
Bepmentatrre Nicholas Longw orth.
Who Is Secretary Taft's Candidate
for Senator to Succeed J. B. For
aker. of the primaries and conventions preventing
the Republicans taking the early action they
desire, and
Whereas, We want the Republicans of the
United States to understand our position;
therefore, be It
Resolved, By the Republican state Central
Committee that the Republicans of Kansas are
In favor, of the nomination of William H.
Taft for President of the United States.
NURSES OF THE BOOMS CONFER
Managers of Foraker's and Taft's
Ohio' Campaigns Have Meeting.
COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. 28. Senator Dick,
of Akron, as representative of Senator
Foraker's Interest, was here today In
conference with Arthur Vorys, manager
of the Taft ' canvass, and Chairman
Brown, of the Republican State Central
Committee, peeking an agreement on the
coming primaries to select delegates to
the National Convention and the State
Convention to select delegates-at-large.
The conference was without definite re
sults and another meeting will be held.
Senator Dick would have the convention
in the middle or latter part of March,
and Manager Vorys wants it held in Feb
ruary. GIVE OUT SPECIAL FUND
Bonns to Be Given Those Holding
Preferred Steel Stock.
PITTSBURG, Dee. 28. Notices were
posted today at the Edgar Thompson Steel
Works, blast furnaces and foundries that
subscribers to the preferred stock of -the
United States Steel Corporation who have
retained the stock since It was offered
to the employes In January, 1903, are en
titled to participate In the special fund to
be distributed In January, 1908. All em
ployes holding this stock are requested
to present their certificates to the pay
master at the Edgar, Thompson plant on
January 2.
At the time the stock was offered to the
employes of the Steel Company they were
given to understand they would receive
a bonus of $5 each year they held their
stock, but If they sold It or failed to
keep It through any cause the bonus
would revert to a special fund. It Is this
special fund which is to be distributed at
the various .plants on January 2. as It
was stipulated that the fund wound be
divided at the end of five years.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Mrs. Let It! a Seniple, Niece of Pres
ident Tyler.
WASHINGTON, Dec 28. Mrs. Letitla
Semple, niece of President Tyler and
mistress of the White House during her
uncle's Incumbency, died tonight at the
Louise Home.
Alfred Plant, Old Tale Graduate.
" ST. LOUIS, Dec. 28. Alfred Plant,
president of the Plant Seed Company,
of- St. Louis, one of the oldest Yale
graduates, died at Webster Groves,
this county, tonight, aged 87 years.
Mr. Plant graduated from Tale in 1847.
Mrs. E. E. Foley, -Pioneer.
BUTTE. Mont. Dec. 28. Mrs. E. E.
Foley, formerly of Salt Lake, died today
at the ranch of her son, S. H. Treloar,
near Hamilton. . She was born in Salt
Lake City 52 years. ago.
Dr. Coleman Sellers, Scientist.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 28. Dr. Cole
man Sellers, the distinguished engineer
and scientist, died at hi hornet here to
night of general physical breakdown,
aged 61 years.
MINERS WANT DAMAGES
Meeting to Arrange Plan for Prose
cuting Claims.
PITTSBURG, Dec 28. Leading foreign
ers are to meet in this city tomorrow to
consider the advisability of -making an
effort to recover damages on behalf of
the foreign coal miners who lost their
lives in the wrecked Naomi, Darr and
Monongah mines.
Oregon City, Or. The appointment of
Dean-of the Catholic Churcn of Clackamas
and Marion Counties has been conferred
upon Rev. A. Hlllebrand. pastor of St.
John's Church of this city by Most Rev.
Archbishop Christie. The position Is newly
created. This makes St. John's Church a
deanery la the Episcopal See of Oregon City.
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HAILED BY-FUHSTON
Misrepresentation in Hearst's
Yellow Paper.
WILL BOYCOTT EXAMINER
General Denounces as Lies State
ments In Headlines Over Inter
view on Gold Held Strike Great
Strain on the Imagination.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) General Frederick Fuhston has
sent to-Goldfleld for publication there
a letter of. a column's length condemn
ing the San Francisco Examiner for
distorting his remarks bearing upon
the situation in the Nevada camp.
General Funston concludes by telling
the Hearst paper that never in the
future will he receive a representa
tive of that paper. The letter, which
is addressed, to the city editor of the
Examiner, Is in part as follows:
Misrepresented in Headlines.
"However, the worst grievance that
I have is in the outrageous headlines
on the first page.
" 'Roosevelt and Funston Decry Call
for Troops,', a plain out-and-out lie,
and over the interview proper:
" 'Funston declares mine-owners
mis-stated facts,' another line not in
the slightest degree justified by any
thing in the interview as published,
"Your headline artist needs a rest
badly; he is certainly worked too hard;
It must be a terrible strain on a man
to have to get up headlines that have
no connection whatever with the text.
Put him to running the elevator awhile.
I am sure he would like the change.
Will Not See Examiner Men.
, "On several previous occasions I
have been most grossly wronged by
the Examiner, but have never allowed
a Just personal resentment to influence
my treatment of your representatives,
whom I have always treated the same
as those of any other paper. I must
now, however, adopt a different course.
I do not flatter myself that I can pun
ish the Examiner, and, in fact, that is
not my object, but I can at least pro
tect myself by giving no further In
terviews to your representatives. 1
must request that In future you send
no one to me for any purpose, as 1
shall be under the disagreeable neces
sity of refusing to see him.
"It would be too much to expect you
to publish this letter, but I propose to
put myself right among the good peo
ple of Goldfield by sending a copy of
it there with a request that it be pub
lished. Tours truly,
"FREDRICK FUNSTON."
BRINGS SUIT FOR REWARD
WOMAN WITH WHOM DEFAULT
ER HID SUES C03IPANY.
Alleged, However," That He Gave
Her $23,000 Oat of Stolen Funds
and. She Is Sued. ''
NEW TORK, Deo. 28. Laura Carter in
whose apartment Chester B. Runyan, the
teller of the Windsor Trust Company con
cealed himself after making away with
$96,000, of the company's funds, has
brought suit against the Tru6t Company
for $7950 which she claims Is due her as
a reward for delivering up the defaulting
teller. Against this action the Trust Com
pany has brought suit to recover $25,000
from her, alleging that she and Runyan
were in a conspiracy to rob the Institu
tion and that this $25,000 was lavished
upon her by Runyan.
Runyan defaulted with $98,000 from the
Windsor Trust Company one afternoon
last Summer by throwing the cash in
packages In a dress suitcase. He then
went to the flat of Mrs. Carter. . She
j Informed the police and Runyan was ar
j rested. Mrs. Carter was also arrested
j and Indicted on the charge of receiving
. stolen goods. Runyan , appeared as a
I witness against her and swore that he
I had given her between $20,000 and $23,000.
She denied this and was acquitted by
the Jury. Runyan later pleaded guilty
to a charge of grand larceny and was
sentenced to seven years In Sing Sing.
CHARITY IS OVERTAXED
New. York Full of Homeless Unem
ployed to Number of 50,000.
NEW TORK, Dec. 28. With every
charity bed in the city occupied,
lodging-houses overcrowded, Bowery
saloons turned Into barracks, and an
array of wanderers on the streets, the
charity organizations in New Tork are
today helplessly facing a situation
which will reach its climax with the
first cold wave. .
Although the managers of the relief
organizations were long taxed with the
problem, it was not until after the in
formal conference of the various chari
ty organizations yesterday that It be
came known that more than 60,000
strangers were homelese in this city
and that at least half that number
spend nights on benches and floors
wherever. shelter is afforded.
While the tide of the unemployed,
who are flocking into the city, has not
been etemmed, the charity organization
members are making vain attempts to
care for those already here, and the au
thorities in charge of. the charity or
ganization .headquarters are planning
measures which will make the life of
the wanderer less tempting in New
Tork. In an effort to decide on a plan
which will bring the charity organiza
tions together, another meeting will be
called next week, when It is expected
that a definite system will be inau
gurated. Oldest Tale Graduate Is Ely.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 28. The
much-disputed question of who is the
oldest living Tale graduate has been de
cided by an official statement made by
Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, secretary of
the Tale Corporation. He gives the honor
to William Davis Ely,- a retired lawyer
living In Providence. He was a member
of the class of 1836, and was born in 1813.
Two, alumni are older in years than Mr.
Ely. .George T. Spencer, class of '37. of
Coming, N. T., and Chester Datton, class
of '39, of Concordia, Kan., both of whom
were born In 1814.
Great Blaze at Coalinga.
FRESNO, Cal., Dec 28. Coalinga, an on
town about SO miles from Fresno, : In
Fresno County, was menaced with total
destruction by fire this morning. Com-
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gists, grocers, jewelers, plumbers, printers, paint
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We axe overstocked. We want to make
a clean sweep of 150 suit patterns regu
lar $25 to $28 values in cheviots, cassi
meres, tweeds and Scotch effects this
season's most stylish patterns, the most
desirable weights for present wear and
to set a new tailoring record in this town,
we shall offer these $25-$28 values, made
to measure, . . .
FOR
And as an extraordinary inducement well include.
An Extra Pair of Trousers
Free With Every Order
This is too good to overlook. And it won't be over
looked. So you'll have to come "on the run" if.
you don't want to miss it. Come tomorrow
Elks
Bldg.
GRANT PHEGLEY, Manager -
bined efforts on the' part of the Are de
partment, and the citizens prevented a
spread of the flames with the result that
the total damage done amounts to about
tlO.000, with no Insurance. The blaze
started in the rear of the Eagle Grill,
where the cook was using an oil stove.
Henryetta Has Cooled Off.
OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., Dec. 28.
Little alarm is felt at Henryetta to
night. The town is still guarded and
the citizens are under arms, but the
tenseness of the situation is past. It
was learned today that the bands of
negroes seen in the vicinity of Henry-
Manhattan SFrirt
Reduction
STIFF BOSOMS AND GOLF
CUFFS ATTACHED AND
DETACHED
Largest Assortments of Season's
Newest Patterns
$1.50 Values $1.15
$2.00 Values $1.35
$2.50 Values $1.65
$3.00 Values $1.95
$3.50 Valves $2.55.
329 Washington St.
Exclusive Haberdasher
' See Windows
7th 6
Stark
D,LyC9
etta last night were blacks who were.
leaying- the town. - The few -negroes
living there have left. Because of re
ported threats by the negroes, armed
guards were stationed at the place last
night. Railroad bridges are inspected
before trains cross, since several tor
pedoes have been placed on the tracks.
No attempts at arrest for the lynching
have as yet been made.
Fitzgerald Leaves Baltimore & Ohio.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 28. Thomas FiU
gerald, general manager of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, has resigned his posi
tion, to take effect January 1.