i.nrtCt THE TWIGE-A-WEEK Roseborg, Oregon l'oull:M. SUM. The County Scat of lioulns County, or. on S"MictB Home: D.S.iMMki and 1". 3. W her Bureau are Incited liere B P railroaJ divisi.m: splenili.l ctlucaiioutil artTaaHljra. Oali-way to Ihe Coos Basaml Coquillc Wintry. Roseburg Plaindealer The moat widely read nawapaper published In Southern Oregon and coneU( mly the auradTer tiling medium. Large, modemly eqnlpped Job printing deparunant In connection. atatluaed In IMS aabacr1tlon, t2 per year lor Henri-Weakly. Vol. XXXVII ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1905 No. 29 uoscbuca pimnocaler. FEDERAL GRAND JURY COMPLETES ITS LABORS Returns Indictments Against Several Prominent Men, Including Senator R. A. and Hon. J. It Booth Many Others Must Stand Trial. Portland, April 9. The last day of Charl.'s A.. Watson was indicted for the Federal ur inJ jury has come and perjury committed .June "J.'l. l!KV4, liefore that much tilkel of organization has j .lames St, -wart. United States Court passed into history Tne five short days j nmii i.-iu-r. of Fossil, at which time of it last ee-rfio t were not enough for ' he made false proof of homestead set- I the fuaccomplisritnent of the purpose ; t lenient on a claim which he had tiled of the Goverii-iie-tt, and though seven upon for the i'.uite Creek Land, Lumber in lietmevits were returne-1 last nuut at t o'clock, yij! several others wlucii had beea voted wore j.iss -d over for lack ot time to draft them and will hiTe to be considered by the next grand jury to convene, which in all probaMrutv will not be until after the land-fraud trials no 4 echexlaied have been finishe 1. State Seuator Robert A. Bt'i and his brother, .lames Henry Bth, and T. E. Singleton, a brother-in-law, MM i iiictel for c n-piracy to defraiiil the (.ioTernmect. Booth Charted Likt Mitchell James Henry Booth was charged, by the suae statue nnder which Seuator Mitchell wai indicted, with having re ceived S00 from Frederick A. Kribs for iiaving furnished advance informal ion to him upon which he could rile scrip entries, it is alleged. '. Wlllard H. Jones, Tnaddeus S. Potter fl. L. Sisler, DmieiC.ark and Ira Wade were indicted fr conspiracy to defratnl the Government of land situate i in the Siletz reservation by means of false proofs of homestead entry and false affi davits of sett lenient and cultivation. Brings ia Fuitoa InBoceitfy In this indictment tffe test imony snd evidence of the Grovernment brings Senator Charles W. Fulton into the lan I traad arena by means of letters which he had written in support of the claims filed by Jones and his partners. The letters urged the' passage of the claims to patent xtiur they had been held up by repjrt of S -tal Agent A. J. Hobbs. who had rev un nended to the Depart ment not only cancellation, but criminal prosecu'.io.i. f those who had filed upjn the burls. 1 is not claimed, however, by the -tiovernment that the letters were written with knoweledge upon the part of the Senator, but that he was ! Jones and Cook were dismissed as wit dud by Jones into using his infiaen e ; nesses. e:i.lor Bonn's indictment wi'JLJhe I). pertinent in having the was brought ab mt by a single honie-lai-JeTaTurably considered at the hands -tea l enti 1 res made by I. T. of the Uuited States Commissioner I Agee, bieh w as claimed to have been Frank E. Alley, A. R. Downs, Edward irregnlar. the money to prove up on R. Down, S-ephen Turuell and Job i ( which, it is alleged, wis furnished by D' were indicted for conspiracy to Senator !' iota Mr. Booth s.tys he ha sivure land in the Rosebnrg dictrict b means of false affidavits. ! SELECTING MILL SITE AT DRAIN W..H.Skes and lr. White of the s kelley Lumber Co. were in Drain the I itterpTt of last week looking for a si'e (or their planing mill. It is probable that they will purchase the Lane prop erty owned by Moore & Simpson in S-TOtli Drain. This property consists of ten acres, is near the railroad track and would make a good location. More men were pat to work on the flume last week and it is thonght that it will be completed by the middle of May, so that lumber can be floated from the big mill to the planers and dryers on the 8. P. railroad at Drain. I ' : : ' 1 t4 - J i i f 1 I I 1 ' ! I I I 1 SPRAYS, SULPHUR, LIME, BLUE VITRUL ANU CAUSTIC SODA OF THE BEST QUALITIES SOUD AT MARSTERS' DRUG STORE A. i.ivest.n'K company. iachcray Ate IwLctea Clarence B. Zsrlieray, the foreman of the Butte Creek Company, was indicted for perjury c ominiitted in acting as a ! 'r 4 ,6un homestead proofs Coe D Barnard was indicted for per jury in civiug testimony in the Booth case Lflfon tlM graud jury, at which time he swore not to have had any arrangement with .'ones as to money he was to receive for a claim which he had tiled upon. These are the indictments which were ret urned to the court at 9 o'clock last night. One more was given into the custody of the clerk but it was not made public and will not te until the defend- -nt naif if had leen served witli a 1 eucli w itirtnt and brought before the court to be placed under Umds. All of the oti er indicted men were ordered to provide bonds of 4000 each, and the liovemment irave thc9B until Monday to report w it 1. their sureties. Senator Bootri, being caiie 1 to California on im portant baMMflBB, will not be require! to furnish his bonds until his return dur ing the ial:er part oi tiie week. The ea-e-i of James Benson, Charles A. Watson. Clarence B. Zacheray and Coe D. Barnard are minor ones and of little importance. Benson is a druggist at Cottage Grove and ail were indicted on a cbargt? oi pe.-jury. Jones and Cook Not Indicted. Much j '. i was made of the fact that J. 1 Jo:;, s and his partner Cook, sold 13,000 acres of timber, 10,000 of which was railroad land, to the Booth-Kelly Co. After a prolonged and searching investigation this deal was found to have been perfectly legitimate and .no knowiedne ot any transaction what- soe ver with Agee. BUSINESS MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF Ashlan ', lire., April 6 Harley A. Palmer, a we.l know D business man of this city, committed suic de by shooting last evening at 6 o'clock. After kissing his wife ai d daughter, he walked from the sit' inur- m into a t-droom, picked up a revolver and putting the muzzle an inch over the right ear. sent a bullet Mbl.ti.ir intn Kid t.r.in Yi livck.1 a lit tle more than an hour. The deed was caused bv despondency from ex tended suffering from an incurable dis ease. Palmer formerly resided at Al banv. Or. He was aged 38. A wife and daughter survive him ROOSEVELT GUEST OF ROUGH RIDERS San Antonio, Tex., April 7. Presi dent Roosevelt W'gan the day with a re view of the regular soldiers at Fort Sam Houston. With him was (ien. Fitzhugh Lee, commanding the department of Texas. Following the review the presi dential party went to Travis park, where 10 000 school children sang "America." Iu the Alamo plaza 30,000 people greeted the president and listened to his address. The president was the guest of the Rough Riders at lunch and spent the afternoon in an informal reunion at the camp. As their former leader in camp and on the field, the president mingl.ti with his old comrades, the Rogh Kiders, all formalities were dispensed with, ac quaintances were renewed and reminis cences exchanged between "Teddy" and the boys. This afternoon the program was sports, a reunion dinner and a brief address from the president. The city is crowded with thousands of visitors and pioneers and the presi dent's greeting today has been as noisy as human voices, whistles and anvils could make it. Throughout the parade of the Confederate and lirand Army veterans the president received one con tinuous ovation. With the president rode tien. S B. Young, Maj-tien. Joseph Wheeler, Mai den. Samuel Summer and Brig-Gen. C T. Cooper, who have been chosen hon orary members of the Rongh Riders. The new officers of the Rough Riders are: C K. Hunter, Indian Territory. president: David Goodrich. Indian Ter ritory, vice president : Robeit Colbert, Indian Territory, secretary. San Antonio, Tex., April 7. Presi dent Roosevelt arrived here last night at -v".) and was greeted with cheers from thousands of throats. The citv i elaborately decorated with flags and ! bnnting and the illumination at night is the most elaborate ever undertaken in the south. The president's train stands upon a tiding, where it will remain until to night, when the party will leave for Fort Worth. Ordinance Stops President's Train. Temple, Texas, April 6. The presi dent's special was not scheduled to stop here, but upon notification at Sherman that the Temple council bad passed an ordinance requiring ail presidential trains to stop at least ten minutes the president heeded the unique appeal. A uic crowd listened to the president's speech, and 2000 school children aaw the 1 president. Thousands of people greeted President Roo-evelt as his special train rolled into the depot at Waco. He was met by a i reception committee of Confederate and Gfaad Army organizations and escorted j to the park adjoining the station. Kach pert-on in the immense crowd waved a dag, making a beautiful spectacle. Mayor Baker introduced the president. w ho made an address. Everywhere the citiii-ns of the Lone Star state extended the president a most cordial greeting. OREGON HAS A "NAN" CASE ALSO The Nan Shively case haa finally got into the courts and will come np for hearing at the next term of circuit court at Kugene, with the Cottage Grove school board as defendants. Miss Shively alleges in her complaint that she was engaged by the defendants to teach in the Cottage Grove high school , and performed her duties from Sept. 26 toOct. 17, 1904, that on the latter date the defendants discharged her and by force and threats compelled her to vacate the school in which she was teaching and to remain away from the same; that at the end of the first month she presented her diploma and applied for her salary, bnt it waa refused her ; that on February 24, 1906, she pre sented to the defendants a claim for 360 damages, but it was refused, there fore she asks for a judgment of tbnconrt for that sum and her costs and disburse ments. History of the Case. It will be remembered that after Miss Shively was dismi-sed she appealed to County School Superintendent Dillard. He decided that she was wrongfully dis missed, in that she was not given the proper five days notice. The case was then appealed by the Cottage Grove school board to State Superintendent Ackerman, who reversed Supt. Dillard's decision because Miss Shively bad no contract with the board. Later on Wm. I-andeea, acting in Miss Shively's interest, brought an injunc tion suit against the school board, ask ing for an order of the court to restrain the board from paying the salaries of the teachers of the high schorJlf Qfcim- mg that no high school existdv iudge Hamilton denied the injunction and the high school teachers at Cottage Grove have continued to receive their pay. In the meantime Miss Shively has been I teaching in the Santa Clara district, a j few miles below Eugene. Oklahoma and Oregon promoters are to establish a new town on Klamath j lake to be known as Whitelake City I Vol. L No. 1, of the Whitelake Ameri can, which will be published in Seattle until May 18, has reached ns. W. B King is editor. Lota are to be disposed of on June 1 at f 15 each and the com pany haye already listed about 30 busi ness enterprises that will locate in the new city. Whitelake promises to spring into prominence in a day ranch aa did North Bend in Coos county. ATTORNEY C. F. LOR!) ' SAYS INDICTMENTS ARE VOID One Juror Subject of Austria, Two Are Not Taxpay ersSays Heney's Methods In Prosecutions Would Make Russian Officials Blush. Portland, April '.. Will the work who have already pleaded to their in of the grand jury go for naupht and I dictmenta, can, or even will, be tried all the indictments voted he nullified upon the indictments returned. Any by the actions of the court on techni- one of the defendants may, by plea cal grounds, or will it stand the in abatement quash the indictment strain and assault of the attacks of against him, for the reason that some the defense. Thin is a startling quee-J of tk members thereof are by law tion now being asked, to which Chas. ' disqualified from sitting as such F. Lord, one of the defendants, an- jurors. Why, imagine if you please, swers that the work of the Govern-, unnaturalized persons foreigners ment will avail nothing, while I'nited passing upon the liberty and honor of States District Attorney Heney seems ; American citizens? It is in even not to be disturbed. 1 sense un-American. On Monday a motion will be filed j "Now in the case of the present in the case of the United States G rand Jury, (icorge GuLitin, from against Henry P. Ford et al, to quash Multnomah County, is not, according the indictment against him on statu- to his own sworn statement, an tory grounds. It will be claimed that American citizen. He was never one of the grand jurors is not a citi- naturalized and is now living under ten of the United States, but a sub- an assumed or abbreviated name. He ject of Austria, and that others are registered in the County Clerk's not property holders, and therefore office two years ago upon a passport not qualified to sit as jurors. dated 1 882 presumably from Aus- ThL motion will be made as a test, I tria, where he was born, and there and if it should receive the considera- hL- name was Guistinovitch. tion of the court would mean that all "In the first place, he cannot be the land fraud cases would be thrown naturalized upon a passport, for the out of court. law does not permit it, and secondly, Upon Monday morning, according we do not desire persons who are to the statement of Charles F. I-ord. there will be filed in the L'nited States Circuit Court of this district a plea in abatement in the case of EL P. outside counties, as I am informed. Ford, one of the persons indicted by 1 who are not taxpayers and conse the Federal grand jury, which ad- quently are disqualified- These mat journed last night. A novel point , ters are jurisdictional and may be will be raised, that all of the indict-, taken advantage of by all of the de ments returned by that body are void, j fendants who have not pleaded, and must be quashed, for the reason whom I believe to be only two out of THE FANDANGO. "al HB&tfwTawwVwy cr?3B9PaBr aasaraaaw 1 'iM UHPl rah i J-J popul that certain of the members thereof I are not citizens of the I'nited States and others are disqualified to sit upon the panel, for the reason that their names are not upon the tax roll of any county in the state a requisite .r .mu..m.. in V..xu..a. under the law for jurv duty. If this ' promise an exposition of methods in condition exists, all the labors of the ' public prosecutions, such as even the Government officials have been in vain, officials of Russia would blush to con For from a comparatively recent de- i fess their authorship." cision of the United States Court, in volving the identical question to be raised, according to the statement of Mr. Lord, where indictments were re- j Ixrd, all the other defendants, in turned by a grand jury, one member j eluding Senator Mitchell, Representa- of which waB not a citizen of the United States, the indictments re- turned were held to be void. Under the statutes of the State of Oregon one to be eligible for jury must be a citizen and a taxpayer, and his name must appear upon the as sessment roll. This qualification, it is stated, some of the members do not possess. If, this condition exists, some one certainly is at fault, for the Government has doubtless expended many thousand dollars to secure the attendance of witnesses, which must be done over again and before a new grand jury. This is a matter which could and should have been looked into before, as men in high stations have been in dicted by the present body. Mr. Lord, when seen by an Ore- gonian reporter late last evening re garding his proposed action upon Monday, stated: "It may be premature to discuss a matter which is so Boon to arise in the Federal Court, but there is no question as a matter of law that not one of the defendants, except those ashamed of their parent's name to take part in the affairs of our people, . 'There are also two members from Broeklyn Eagle. the hundred or more indicted and de - famed by incompetent grand jurors, at the instance of the evangelistic : attorney from California. "For my own part I shall insist up on a speedy trial by the court, and I The two defendants who have al ready pleaded are Mr. Lord and George Sorenson. According to Mr. i tives Williamson and Hermann, State j Senators Mays, Hooth, Rrownell, and ex-State Senator Steiwer cannot be prosecuted. EL G. Mckinley, S. A. D. Puter, Dan Tarpley, Miss Marie Ware and Mrs. Kmraa Watson have waived their right to take advantage of their alleged defective indictment and, therefore, are not exempt as others who, Mr. Lord says, cannot be prose cuted. Ht ncy Says all Is Legal. United States District Attorney Heney upon being askod concerning the story to the effect that the legal ity of the Federal grand jury's ac tions would be called into question, stated that such a case could hardly stand in the courts. "I heard such a rumor soon after coming here," he said, "and asked each juryman concerning his qualifi cations. I went over with each man the statuory qualifications and each one answered the questions quali fying him. I do not think, there fore, that there is ground for such action." A F. BROWN AND WIFE IN ITALY Hon. A. F. Brown and wife, of Oak land, thin county, who are sojourning in foreign lands, have written the following interesting letter to their home paper, the Owl : Mrs. Brown's last letter left us at Athens, where we stopped H days.-Athens is a very interesting place. We tarried there longer than we expected as we liked the place, the people and the hotel we were stopping at and the company at the hotel. There were nine Americans, all from the Pacific Coast. We all left the same day. Hon. H. (i. Davis and wife for Constantino ple and the rest of us for Brindise and Nap'.ee. The ride on the cars from Athens to Patraa took ns from 10 a. m. until 6 p m. The route lay along the Bay of Salamis and the Hull of Cornith and most of the distance was lined with olive trees and grape vines. They were cultivating the vines, which waa done altogether with wide heavy hoea ' used largely by women and girls and they were doing good work. Arriving at Patras we took dinner and were then taken in small boats . aboard an Italian steamer. Next morn ing found us at the Island of Carfec. 1 We Americans, got our breakfast, went aahore and spent the day. Visited the I King's Palace and grounds : took a car riage drive to the end of tha Island and 1 returned to the steamer. Arrived at Brindise about daylight next morning and took cars for Naples. We remained in Naples four days ; spent one full day 1 visiting the ruins of Pompeii. Pom-; peii covered about ISO acres, i0 acres of 1 which haa been uncovered. We walked in streets and on pavements that had 1 been buried over 1800 years. The work ) of uncovering is now going on, but at j the rate it is progressing wi.l take many yeara yet. Sjme of the hou i have rooms in a very good state of pre- aervation. The museum at Naples' has must of the beet relics found, which I em! races ine statuary, money, jewelry, I tones and al! kinds of cooking atensils Saw one finger bone with two rings on it both gold. From Naples we went to j Kome 154j miles which we made in a : little ova four hours. We left our 1 traveling companions whom we had been with from New York to Cario, and ail around to Naples. They were out for all summer and wanted to put : in more time in Italy than we cou d ', spare, so bad to say good bye to them at Naples. We spent seven days in Rome and worked hard sight seeing of which there is enough to last a month. We visited all the main points of interest. Drove out several mi.es on Suuday afternoon on the Appean way over which St. Paul was brought a prisoner to Rome. We saw what very few visitors to Rome see: We were visiting a very old church where the chains with which St. Peter was bound is kept behind the altar in a lieautiful bionze and gilt case. This case is only opened once a year and it ' happened that we wre there just in time. While we were gazing at it the case slowly closed. Leaving Rome we went to Florence and bad for traveling companions in our compartment Rev. Price, D. l. and his estimable wife whom we had met in ' Cario They are Presbyterian mis- ' sionariee and hare been in Japan eight ; years. Tbey are now going home by way of Sues on a year's vacation. We left them in Florence but expect to see them j again in Paris. After spending two i days in Florence we continued onr j 'tirri-y to (ienoa and from Genoa to j Moule Cario where we took in the ihta by day and night. Visited the , Casino in the afternoon and again in the j veiling and saw hundreds gambling. ' I think fully as mauv women as men. 1 ) l' ,n,n J1' ' eillt T rake 'u ! 1 1 il iijuutM luei juiu ymy uui uir uiuurt , won at each table. " 1 think it is safe to j aay that there were two or three thou-j MM people there at nignt. 1 tie men wore dress suits ; had to leave their hata coats and canes, etc., with the attend ants. The ladies dressed aa if for a ball, with diamonds galore. Before en tering the rooms where the gambling was going on, each man and woman had to give their name, residence, etc , and then were given a card of admission which they had to sign. This card was presented at the door, punched and re turned to the visitor. Everything was on a grand scale. The Casino grounds are magnificent. Situated on the shore 01 the Mediterranean, it is a town of hotels nnd restaurants which are also fine. I think it a delightful winter re sort. Some of the most lieautiful flowers, together wilh oranges and lemons growing and fine palm trees, some of the finest I ever saw ; and the beautiful buildings rising one above another on the steep hillside made a beautiful picture. Leaving Monte Carlo we look an elec tric car which runs on the celebrated Comiche road to this place This road is very fine and we were kept busy view ing the beautiful scenery for the hour and a half it took us from Monte Carlo to this place. Tonight we take the train for Mar sailles, and it will be two days travel by day only to Paris from Marseilles, where you msy hear from us again. Trusting this will find yourself and the good peo ple of Oakland well, I w ill close for this time. At the funeral in Cincinnati of Mrs Johnna Hickey the rare spectacle was afforded of her five sons, all priests, officiating at the church services. Four sons bore the casket into the hearse. An immence eonconrse assem' led in church to witness the unusual scene. Multnomah county is out of debt for the first time in many years. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER AND BUTCHERY IN SAN FRANCISCO Body Found With Head and Limbs Severed A Clue to the Brutal Murder-Wife Accuses Husband. San Francisco, April 6 Bloodhounds were this morning placed on the trail of the murderer of a man whose headless, legless and armless body waa found on the street in the Latin quarter ahortly before midnight. Soon after Uking the scent tie- doits went to an Italian tene ment, then took a zigzag course through the quarter to Ruasian Hill, the scene of many crimes. The police are inclined to the belief that the deal man was one of the witnesses in the case of Ancie Brisslli, who waa placed on trial for muraer mis morning. When the case was called two witnesses, R. Dominia and Frank dardelii, failed to appear. A search is being made for them. Hundreds viewed the remains this morning, hut none were able to identi fy. The work of the butcher showed he had no knowledge of anatomy. In dis membering the body he attempted to take the legs off at the hips, making deep incisions, but failing to find the sockets He then cut the flesh from around the knee cap, laid it back and pulled the leg ont of the socket. An attempt was made to remove the arms in a fcimilar manner, but failing they were hacked off close to the shoulder. The bead was chopped off clear to the snouiders, none of ti.e neck remaining on the body. The body shows no bruise indicating to the police that the victim was attacked from behind, struck down, and perhapt in-tantiy killed. Mareer Mystery Cleared. San Francisco, April S. The mystery snrrouuding the murd-r and mutilation Wednesday night of a young man who FURNISHED GUNS TO TRACY AND MERRILL Salem, Or . April 7. That the grand jury will indict Harry Wright and Charles Monte for the crime of murder in the first degree is practically certain. The prosecution wiil prove that the riflee used by Tracy and Merrill in making their escape were bought by Wright and Monte from Captain W. J. Riiey of the Northwest gun and bicycle store in Portland, that Riiey will identify the stock of the gun found with Tracy, that these men were seen in S lem a few days before the break, that Mrs. Tracy visited her husband the day before the break, and that Monte has confessed to a convict now in the penitentiary. A number of w tnesses have already been examined including Morris, a con vict. Captain Riley. A. C. Dilley, ex deputy Warden Frank Girard, former guard : Frank H. Curtis, warden : H. P. Minto; Deputy Sheriff Harry Helmken, and a saloonkeeper who was told by Wright that there was going to be a break at the penitentiary.' a few days before it happened. The indictments are expected this week. FULLERTON & RICHARDSON REGISTERED DRUGGISTS WE point with pride to the fact that we main tain a fine stock of the Highest Quality Drugs. Quality in Drugs is a very important matter to you. You may be blessed with perfect health to day, but tomorrow may bring sickness to you or some one dear to you. Now, we offer a friendly suggestion. Make this your Drug Store Now, so when you need Drugs that You and your Doctor Can Rely On, it will be easy for you to find THE DRUG STORE OF QUALITY NEAR THE DEPOT ROSEBURG, - - - OREGON DOUGLAS COUNTY B A N K waa identified last night as Biagjpo Vil ardo waa cleared today by the confes sion of Mrs. Pietro Torch into. She ac cuse her husband of the horrible crime and sufficient substantiation of her statements haa been seen red aa to no longer leave a doabt in the minds of the police of the identity of the murderer. Torcbirito ia missing, bat the detectives are 00 his trail and hope to have bias behind the bars within a few boon. On Wednesday night Vilardo, who roomed with the Torchiritoc, and the murderer quarreled. While the quarrel waa at its height Mrs. Torcbirito went out for milk, and when she returned Vilardo waa missing. She asked her husband where he waa, bat was told to mind her own business. Fearing her husband might do her barm she retired to her room, her husband going into Vilardo's room where he worked some time. He went out and upon returning went out again. After a second return he went again to Vilardo's room, where ha worked until past midnight. Next nfbrning she aaw that the floor of Vil ardo's room had been scrubbed, and the walls whitwaehed, but a number of blood spots had been overlooked by the murderer. Torcbirito d is a p pear ed Thursday morning and has not been seen since. A detective went to Torchi rito's home this morning and scraped off the fresh whitewash is Vilardo's room and found great splashes of blood. The deed waa committed with a cleaver. The woman advanced no reason for the crime, but the officers are satisfied thai jealousy waa the motive. MITCHELL AND BOOTH, KELLY CO. Tke Oregon ian recently stated that. "The testimony of Robertson, formerly private secretary of Senator Mitchell, brought out the fct that Mit-he'il had been a stock holder of the Booth Kelly company from the time of ita or ganization. Senator Mitchell had 81 shkree of stock in the sugar Pine com pany and thee shares were afterwards transferred to the stock of the Booth -Keiley company at the time R. A. Booth bought his interest in the com pany from H. B. Miller, United States counsnl. Scaatar Setts lb Stack. "As the time passed, the senator dis posed of a few shares of his stock. Hill, of Minnesota, bought up a large block of the Booth-Kelly stock from private holders and also interested John W. Blodgett, of Wisconsin, in the property with the result that the latter bought practically a half interest in the plant for 1500,000. The Blodgett and Hill stock is now voted together, forming the controhng interest in the company. This deal was made in November, 1904. and at that time the senator sold his 76 shares to either Hill or Blodgett for :,600." published 1S Incorporated X99 Capital Stock $50,000 P. W. BKNSON, A . C. KAB8TU8 Prealdani. Tie Pnaidaat. J. HKNRV BOOTH, Cl BOARD OP, DIRBCTOU F W BKNHOM, K. A. BOOTH J. H BOOTH. J. P RRlXY. JOS. LIONS, A. C. MABdTBBd K. L M 11.1. KB. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED