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Newspaper Page Text-V- . ft E-OREGOrfr iSUNPAy jbVRNAi;-PORTLAND,-; SUNDAY i MORNING, . JANUARY 2, 1SC3. 4-1 UP IN OP Toric Lenses - i ' ' V.r" VI". - v. : . - i V'U.:---x; . v: - tinui th Hitnrilt. . hut was nnvernowered. -. .'Aside from wound from several biowsJ he was uninjured. The bandit made no r1 effort to ahoot hint. : --- . f' Pullman Conductor Hani was at tracted. by-thejmmptlon Jn the tear of '."" .the car and listened - to the smoking : i compartment..-' .A run waa thrust in hi fee and ;'he ai ordered to-atop th .' train. He hastened to comply ana pulled "rf tha bell cord. The train did not atop. " There wae no. evidence of Us 'Blowing ' ' dOWIl. i .. ;". '. ' V. . f . "Poke fhim one, said a bandit huskily, "he s glila" us de double-cross." V "Lt tne help you." Said Duffy, to the couduetyur, as be reached for the cord . " ' know how to atop a-train."' . , s Ila,kav the proper signal and the train begun to slow-4owa-.A it did ao the bandit, -admonishing. tneir.yicnro - '. to make no outcry nor to attempt any - ; fooling backed, toward ; the resr'door. still covering their victims with their ...reyolvera,' '.i,;,:,!-". : v; ;'; -i 'Now order the train to go on," aald - the last bandit to the conductor. a be - leaped out injo, the 'darkness and Joined hla companions. They fired onaaao In : . '' rleoartlnr simply as a reminder, evl V dentty, that efforts to follow them would be dangerous.- They were seen by the - ', Brlgg boy to crawl hastily along the steep embankment and hurry away In t the direction of the city." It Is bettered by : detectives that they- immediately '-Jnade their way back o tha city and sought refuge in a north-end dive..-, -v Tha. trala proceeded a short , distance and stopped; -Mr. Sljtnott - and Mr. lOoman. with two members of. the crew - hastened to the office of the Dorobeeher Furniture factory a-short distance away ... and notified police heedGuartere. .---- " Tne' two paSMBKerg returned to thy j city, where.. Mr, . aoonott i scoured -the i '-necessary money for a trip . to . Tha Dalles. 'Mr. Coman poatponed--hls 'i Journey. -r - - -. "I was always inclined to-think that these pictures you see of train hold-ups were crude . fakes," aald . Roger li. - : Blnnott "Now I-think otherwise. . Thoao mn Trert:ao suddenlrr-aiid-r-stealthHy-f '- into the smoking' compartment -that not a one ofu oould realise , but that it 'n a Joke.- ' ,-..-.; -" ' ; . ,. "Wt djd a whole. lot of 'JosHnlras ; they went through our clothes, end they Joshed" back. They seemed to" want ua .'to know .that, they were doing 'the Job " simply because they were hungry. Tliey, Were evideatly .young men and greea at' the business. iTwooflb.em wore red. and slouch hits, drawn over their faces as dslouch hats drawn down over their eyes. All but one wore an overcoat: POLICE ON TRAIL. '.asa of Officers to theceae, But Mo i .r , Arrests .Are atadav, ..- '' T I ,t police jbeedonarters excited of-- v fleers hastily gathered. Fatroimen hur- rled la from their beats and detectives v ran breathlessly to the station. .. -1 Detective J. J. FUagerald ith aevefal a.atR" A N. detectives reached the, star tlon shortly after the report was made, j. WUlr city Xietectives Kerrigan, Snow J and Hartmayt he boarded an engine aj . the east side and hurried la the aoene of : tha. hoid-vp, A ..clewwaa.jiickjed-up. : har. whlnh, H 4. .)t; Wl rult . in the srreat, of the four-desperadoes .- within a short ttnei ? -tt-v-i t - City Detective Joe Day was the last to reachtheatatIoh,-:c;HeZwtllkeIlJi isiaureiy ana listened to the reports. "Oh. radge," he said. "I left jnv dinner Just to Hear about a lawyer and a rU read man. and a medical student beinv held Up. ,1 thought. thai safe down here na been blown .and the station house dynamited." ; :((: CapUU Nerlns.jthe head of the toit ,Pinkerton egenajv with .dets(l of his . .. beat men. Went to work on" the case im , . mediately. Tha.i:sherlffs of fice wsi .also notified and d"Bufcles rV set to work.: Within an Aoua-frora (he-time ' of tha darbur crime, thara nl( ui !.iJ experienced officerk ahd 'dtecttve - , woraing on. me caseis, . ... ..:. x i- ; v The special -endne left the' east side' v station, fit minutes after the crime was iy. committed; ,lt . carried the. detectives 1 of Vision -t-We -aspire ratttiffiesloJ "give .such resvilts to de i' fective rvisf6rl r'as will ,v . . cause " hearty approval. - - The Urge riurhber of pre--Scriptjori we are filling ( daily 'is ;ho better eVi- ' dence of how testirrion v ' ials for dependable ppti- ' cal work trave, Our Optician -vis. exacting in all details l"and by. his long experi ence and scientific meth - ods is capable of master 'ing the. most complicated r of corrections. Oculist's Prescriptions promptly and accurately'' Correction V Fcldenheimer ...... - i - i Corner -Third ' and Washington Sts. . - Jewelers. SUrersmiths. (Continued SINAJOTT IDENTIFIES-' - : SUSPECTS AT DALLES ; - - - - '..- e ' (BpeeUI ntopstrk to The Journal ) . e d The Dalles. Or..' Jan. JJFollce K e d Officer Crate found two then rid-' 4 4 ing the -blind baggage' of the d pasaenger train that followed the 4 e ' "Spokune '' Klyer" tonight, and; 4 arrested them in connection with d ' the hold-np. . ' . , i r Attorney Roger 8!nn6tt, who d eameitorthls place on the second e train., and who was one of the . victims, identifies- the' men as . two -of the gsr)t of aandlta who d robbed tita six. passengers of the . amoklng-rcmriartmet.-':'jf'v the. Walla Walla, special on thjs 6po-. kane Flyer.- Vs - ilr. Binnott returned to Port'- ' land immediately after the hold- . e up and took the next train- for 4 The Dalles On the same train .two pvn rode -on 4be ' blind bag- ' gage.",: Ila declares - that in a 4 general , .way the men resemble 4 " two of those who - robbed him ' and the five other passengera - .Ths meai will -be Iteld f or-- further identification. ... Alt off I- V cer will Im sent from Portland ' e to tnka them to 4hat city. -'. to the scene and returned Immediately to i the city. . The detectivea located young. JJriggs,'. who gave an excellent description, of the men- and - told a started to hurl a s'tone at them, he said, but thought better of It-' ' r .-The-iB. were bracked .for v-aeveral blocks by the statements , of . various persona .who"Siw',-then. ''. Their - masks were .- refioved as soon as 'they leaped from tha car.- It ta believed they sep arated after going a short distance to wards (he jaitYvhdmarte theit ways maiviattauy into tne. -nortn ena. .-, HEARST FATHERS A . PANAMA ROAD BILL Provides for Acquirement of All r Capital Stock of Railroad : by Government FORBIDS DISPOSAL OF ' -'7C0VERNMENT VESSELS Measure .'Appropriates a ' MilHpn ? for Purchase and Opera- - rVIrtiort-'of Llne.L: Sneclsl DUpstch by lasedWlre to The Jeurasl) "-Washington, Jan..?l. By the Intro- & uefJdn at one blU. today Representative I Hearst-broiight -to- a 'focus the Panama railroad -situation and tha question of trans-continental " freight rates. These dispatches have explained that by the acquisition of a majority of the Pa nam .Railroad cooipaAy atock thewUnitad States hai blundered into government ownership of a routa from New York to Ban Franclacd by railway and water via the Isthmus of Panama jt has also bean exnlfllned thRf the vovernmentl tiv "Xntlllstng this routs can brlngthe' trans- OontlnenUl freight rates down to jjeailiPS!na--iaja train xo stop an aonable level. The Hearst biiri)rovldesTmPloye from boarding a trala to enter sonable level. The Hearst bill provides a practical solution of the problem. x. . Speaking of hs Interstate commerce Dill, after it had been introduced Chair man Hepburn aaya: J.'izz.v ' y -";; V''?: Commerea Court, r', J, JVl am ranlrtoaay, that t took the Idea for the commerce court from Mr. Hearst's bllh, and I like the plan of en forcement of the coramlttee's orders pro Vhlad by , air. Jlearst. , After considera tion, however, I was loathe to create an entirely now system of nrlsprtia;nce which' would .have followed the passage of the Hearst bill.- The objections were that the Judges would be appointed for Ufa at a aajlary of 110,000 a year, and it would be -impossible to remove them. Their salnry would exceed the comjen satlon -ipf circuit 4 Judges, - and ..we wotld have had all the Judges applying for that amount. ;) . - , '"Several of the methods ojfenforce ment of the 'Hearst blU are Ittcfrporated In my bill, thoueh the eompletasystem proposed by Mr, Hearst is not perceived. ."My bill was drsw,n after consultation with members of -the committee.: confer ence with Attornev-Tieneral Mnndv and others and I think., that it provides 4bei remedy for the actual evils cbmDlalned of in the existing Interstate commerce law and its operation." , i opera t Taft Is rearfol. Secretary bf Wgr Taft Is,. Inclined tn the belief that' the government should call In its ships plying between New York and Colon on the ground that tho government should , not go into the steamship business. AdmlQiKtratlon friends have also made the point that tfce governrrient b1 mere ownership of In Panama railroad Which-under a con-, tractija!thJhe-Pacific Mdtl. gets one Hitrd, of the entire rate between "New York'and Hurt Francisco will control the transcontinental rate Situation. In brief, thare Is a hurried movement to dispose fif the steamships owned by tha Panama Railroad comeanv and whlnti th rnlted States, in effect owns. be cause of Its possession of (8 per cent of stock In that road, t "- --- Mr. Hearst's bill provides for the ac nnlremcnfof nir the capital stock and property ofl tW Panama, -Kail road, com pany, forbids the I'nlted Hutea govern ment to dispose of the ships now plying between New , York and Colon,- appro priates. ll.noo.OOOtn hiir the etork In Lfluestlnn. authorises further appropria tions for the malntenance.enDerattnn and development of the property, and lastly. authorises and directs the Isthmian canal (com mission to"use and put InTo ervlct the numerous gorernment trans ports 4hat are rotting in the docks,, - ' IKorgaa Xrora Si,' In other -words. Representative Hearst propones ' to -put Into "operation In a practical wijr, the-, government-owned and San. Ff.inctsco. Thus this, great nueTijn is pui squareir oerore con- gress and the Vfmlnlstrstlon, Senate leaders like Messrs. Morgan snd IHk Ins agree to the proposition that if the Panuma railroad steamships are preserved, bir- the nresident aa th( liearst kl(l require this government tine would necessarily affect . the trans continents! railway rates and make, the fair reasonable. ' - Senator Morgan ' undoubtedly voices the gyiersl sentiment when he recently said that lt was the duty, of tha ad ministration to maintain a railway and Front Page One.) "The holdup was -committed while the train was running' at a slow rate of speed through the city limits. ' Officers claim to have received positive informa tion that the bandits' boarded the train at, (he east. side station and began their work almost' as soon as they were aboard ' ' J '. ' " H-ls a distance' of it blocks front the east aide station to tha place near 'the furniture faotory where r the ' train stopped. : The tracks run through Built van'a gulch -for almost , the entire dis tance.' There are' steep embankments on' either side, forming an-, ideal spot for a holdup, -.. :C, ' " " The train was the regular through train scheduled to leave the union st a tlan In this city ut 6:15 o'clock. It left promptly , on time last" nlghtS Jit ' was made up or j;ne regular numoer or man end express cars and passenger coachea There were three Pullmans attachatd to the train ahead of the Walla Walla ape eld. . The latter car la dropped at Walla Walls. . Passengers on other parts of the train were not aware , that a, holdup had , been euccesNfully, committed until the train was stopped .near the furniture fnetory to wermlt Wlnnott and. uvman 10 eave. There was almost a statnpede when .the facts were learned. Most of tha passen gers, however, had through tickets and continued' on their Journeys. ..4---'' -. .Detectives continued their" aeareh for the bandits until late -ths rooming. t A detail of plain clothes men was aeot Into the , vsrloua saloons -ana - veuaeviue ses of, the north end and In otherMers. snd penad-flre after tiej;pbljeri huus narts" of the city where criminals sre known, to congregate.' Strangers, who caused the least suspicion. wara kept in- dar, close survelllHiira anil ."atooi pig- eons througnout tne city .were onerea every Inducement that might unearth a clue for the officers. - --u : City. detectives assert. that tney win leave nothing undone to effect the cap ture or the four aesparaaoe. - . -O-r A.iLi.detectlves are stimulated. as are the city detectives, not only -by the off era of reward, but by the; daring and. apparent disdain Jn arhich they ware stesmshlp Una, because; aald he, ' "one of the.' greet reasons for building the Isthmian canal was to reduce tbe trans continental rates." , There is of course a tremendous pressure-on theadmtnistratton-to- dispose of the steamship so that a through rate may not be made rom New- York to San Francisco over this' government con trolled property. , . - "i HAKC TRAIN ROBBERS (Continued! front Paga One.) the chances are that be will have to do so, ' He doos not know. rthat the train does not contain armed men, and there fore expects to, kill persons in order to accomplish his object. r - " ' ' ' "Owing to the almost certain lose -of life "In s6roeforntror" bthef.nfollowlng the hold-up of a train.' a robber of this class is little 'better than a man . who murders another in cold- blood, w- The death penalty Is' nonexorjievere.or tl'f'M That the bill will pass tha senate Is deemed practically . a certainty. , Ex pressions of opinion on the part of a hiaJ0Ht-pl5heTmemhera JL I heLTtlmi of -its introductlov showedi that the lower house will probably be permitted to votee Jhe .bill, The. personnel, of tha hoilaa. jnakes the outlook favorable for the passage of the Wit there and the hoia-np " or 7 th .Spokane "flyer makes favorable action on the proposed measV ura -almost certain. -r y Benatot Maiarky Introduced a blU last Tuaaday which also deals with, the ctfme of tram robberyiJxtiiaker--r a mall or express', car and to threaten violence to'any of tha train nends, with robbery as the ... motive In any case. punishable by Incarceration in tha peni tentiary for from five to f0, years. ". BOY IS EYE WITNESS -(Continued fTonrPaga,t5n.- fore him, he Immediately told of- meeting four men tunning" down-trie' O.-R.- N. track toward the city. This stranger was walking up the track in-order to reach a street car, line, and said hs saw ahead four men coming toward hint on a swift run. - From theirjctions ho thoughts something' must be - wrongv-but not caring tor interfere In the affair, hid himself on on side of the track. ' Tho four men passed on a. hard run, and he aaw them get off the track at a -point where there- was a high bank. - They took to the brush at this point. Tie said. - i MANY OIL BURNERS . ON ESPEE SYSTEM But Two Hundred Locomotives , Remain to Be Converted . " to Fuel Burners. (-''"''- - ' '- - . : " (Special Dlpat4i by Leased Wtr ta The loortisi) San Francisco, Jan. 21, On all of Its Hnea-tha-Southern-Paclfic-Companyla using 1,3 08 'locomotives. Eight hundred of them -lhav already been changed from coat ' to fuel-oil burners, - Three hundred In use between Sacramento and Cigden. between Dunsnrulr and Port land. -and several other smsll sections of road are to continue using coal, ow ing to the remotenes of-those vpiaces trom 'nil wells. This leaves only 300 more engines .to be changed to oil humeri, snd the work of chsnglng thejn 1( being rapidly, carried n. - " ' A report on this subject has Just been sent on to E. H. Harrlman, ana it means that .the Southern Paclflo Is using oil for fuel far' more extensively than any other big railroad system In the world today. " , - . ... Economy, of course, is the -motive." It is 1 esUmHied In g ni'neial wsy that II take 1(8 gallon of crude oil to make en 1 ton of coal. OH coats 1 cent a gallon, while th Southern Paclflo "for years hss paid about It a ton on aa average for coal. The company Is sav ing now more than 11.000,000 a year on Its ienotnotiv fuel bill. ' : It is true, however, that the com pany hss spent during the- past two or three years, about 17.000,000 In pronur. I ing ana developing oil : properties in California and Texas, building many reservoirs, and In changing Its locomo tives.. But It has got today what It be lieves is an Inexhaustible supply and rt-r It has reimbursed Itself for the outlay mentioned It -will sav In fuel expenses, ss compared with eoalr many millions of. dollars during ths next 16 year. , . - ' - -. ,. Th new Independence sawmill" will soon be In operation, . ' . " ' 1 111 . .'""'"" ' held by the bandits. - The train is one of the crack trains in tha service ana nag always been art object of envy to peradoes. -Attempts have previously been made to holdup the train l?ut none resulted in such suocess. . . Pinkerton men, are alert in the man" hunt- to preserve the reputation of the great agency they represent. . They in sist that there has never been a crime too Intricate or too cleverly, executed that could not be unraveled Xf ; Plnker- Stierlrrs-omcers are equally enthusias tic In tha afftrrh ' r LAST. PREVIOUS HOLDUP. -fearly Tear.aad a Xalf Ago fllwar - gaa' Was -Shot - by bpreesinaB. " The lust previous train holdup In the vicinity of, Portland- was on September 43. 1901. when the Q. R. fc N, "Co, s Pas senger train No. I. loavltig at :16 p. m. was stopped' beyond Troutdale at 8:&0 o'clock.-and Exprssmnn Fred Koeraer shot ona of the highwaymen, James Connors., who was severely wounded and was for week a at the point of death in tha hospital here. . '-'- Whan the train pulled out from TrouU dale.-two men ciimbed .over me tenoer to the engine and at the" DOlnt of .the pistol compelled Kwaneer-'O. 4 Barrett' ana aTfae-ans-M. w. -utevens 10 siop, and drove them from the cab. Express man Koerner refused to obdsy-their-or had, dynamited tha door Of the express car. One of : the - bandit. James ; Con nor a. fell, the others running down the track and escaping into tha timber. ' Kocrnor received 11.000 ss a reward for his bravery In protecting the property, of the express company,---Connor now- Is" In the peni tentiary at Salem. . - -w ...The other bandits found fefuge hra boat, with, " which they . escaped-to the. Washington side of the Columbia river, and. where they were hunted for severs! weeks by-soverai poaaca. SANTA l VOTES v ' . '' f a FIFTY MILLIONS New Capital Raised Prom Bonds ,to Be Invested in Extensions . lJ 1- o' System. ' i J LINE TO. EUREKA IS r -T AMONG NEW PROJECTS Coast Will ReceivearlyVAIlJof Money Spent in Extensive (Special Dispatch by Lrued Wire to Tbe Journal) Ban nanclsco. Jan. il. Much interest is being taken In, next Thursday'e aneetr ing pf the Santa Fe railroad atockholdr er when they ar to wot on the propo sition of issuing an additional 160,000. 000 of capital stock., ana convertible oonas tor that amount.. It la gener&llr beliavad aetlen In the matter-wiHroa-l TorabIe;lf SO much ftha ntOney.sO raised is to pe spent In California, New Mexico -and Arlxona -on aeveral new Santa Ja lines. t-- ; Part of the moner. "crobablT lift 000 . totro or xii.ooq.oooms to be .used In build irif the company's new Una between Eu- reaa, in umniiat county, and a point on the bay of Ban Francesco. The Rich mond. Belt road, now controlled by the company,, will also be materially'' im proved. - considerable money will be de voted to th completion of th Arlaona A California and the Phoenix A East ern" projects" and 'cutoff front a point west or Aiourqusrque east to a connec tion -with another" north and southl-main line-Of the company in Texas. . . Th Arlxona & California la being buiU-Xrom-Wlcxanburg, Arlx., "west to point on, the company's main line In, this state jilstpast of Paggatt. -. I-t jwill eventually b part of the Santa Fe'S main Una Into California. Tha latter and the cutoff westward will radically change th Santa Fe s present overland tine. -. - ' --...Z:. . Tha Phoenix- ff-Eastern Is being built on-part-Of the .unta-Pe'a Preacott Phoenix line in Arisonn. it Is to ruir in a northeaaterly direction -from 'Phoe nig to Benson a distance 'of 'about. 140 miles, where it will connect with the company 'a (nam line. -The Southern Pa clflo Is contenting some of the rights of way of this new line, and a bitter legal fight is waging about the 'matter. WAR QF MILLIONS . MV tHAjtlVIUrl .f la 1 1 Special Dltpetcyby Ceased Wire to Tha Jour'nsl) Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 21. A matter to the the Steel trust and the Bethlehem company-ox bidding-siuo.OOO too much for a government armor plate contraM has precipitated an Industrial conflict which will b felt around tha world. - Every nation thst maintains a navv is deeply lhterestcd in the: warfares for It means cheaper and better armor plate. if -the-iMldvale-Bteet company--cannot be cajoled or frightened Into entering the combine then -there will be a war a war of millions a war of brains- a war of Intrigue la Which every mari time nation of the earth will be inter ested.. The krupps will throw into the balance the weight of , their i prestige, thel? millions of money. , .' .".. - A week ago there was an unofficial trial of Wldvale armor ulat at the ledum Head proving grounda. -It waa a private balllsfio test for the purpose of satisfying tha Mid vale company that Its work up to that point bad been suc cessful. Rear Admiral Mason; chief "of the bureau, of ordinance, en Id: This means tha the Midvale people have made good and are 'equipped to enter Into the manilnz-tllf of armnr plat of th government." Rheumatism i Docs not let go of m yon when you epply lotions oi4 uuiSr.t4ritiL-nrly loosens its bold for a wHle. - .Why? Cec&n&a to set rid of it you iniwt ccrrect Ttha edd ccn Ctlcn of tha blood on which it, depends; Hood's Scrta taCa Lis erred thcmij. These lenses sre esDeclally sdapted id nervous or sensitive eyes. Inasmuch as the wearer la .utterly unconstrlous -of their nreaenflfe and will aucceed where everything elku' has failed,. If yo. are naving-troutae witn your, eyes we re spectfully -suggest a tvlal of these lenses. Ori,6 nOptical Co. 441110111, T. Sf. O. A. Bldg. roarta and Amencan Consul General at Shangh al Arrives on Way " to Washington.; ' REFUSES TO DISCUSS : - CHARCES AGAINST HIM AccusedL of CQmpoundTngFel; , onies, committing perjury : ' - and; Biackmail.1? r4 (Special piipatch by Leased Wire to The journal) San Franolsco, Jan. 21. John. Good- now, tlie United States consul general at Shanghai, is in this city en route to v aanington, , where . be goes, to make an swer to charges of serious nature that have been preferred -agamsf hlmnCon sul Go oil now arrived- her from the ori ent 'on the. Paclflo Uail steamer Man c'trurla. and Will start In a few dava for tbefeaat. -. - - 1 The return of Goodnow to thla country' is in opeoience xo a caDtegrara xrom the stats department, which . has been in vestigating the many, charges preferred against Jthejforelgn representative. He ..... -TT'Tfiiiirn finn y-wr t ann at that tim Oeorg P. Curtis, an, at torney of Shanghai, filed the charges In wasnmgton."". . " . ::v-prT,rT Goodnow was directly charred by Curl Us with compounding felonies, knowingly commnung perjury,- aestroylng publlo aocuraents, issuing irauaulent passports, bUckmatf-ah,tnany-Ua)Uar3u;tg .which are classed. under the head of malfea sance itr office. Qdodnow returnedjto his post la th orient' Without being required to oeiana Himself against the chargea, - The accused' offlclai refused to diacuaa or deny the charges that had been mads against him. - When aeen on board the steamer Manchuria he saldr "it la true that I ana on my- way- to Washingtorfa ifytBWt'jnymf against th scurrilous--'atcOeat long that have been made, r am-. here on tnv own rn. yuesC I havademanded an investigation oi in conauct ormy omc in order.. that raaj-ciear my name. r When asked regarding' the sneeifle" tu-jofth,-hrgea-agalnaT--hirar-irF. uiHKioow saia; , , ih etiargea. which ar - nuifaeroua nava arisen out of Judicial business. It is alleged- that-i" have - misconducted many legal case, and -these allegations are mad cy" some cltUens of this coun try, put.mainjy tuey emanate from one sawyer. , i don't care to discuss the mo tives mat prompted such an attack ."Will, you not deny the chaMrv aeked of Mr. Goodnow. - r v ... j- :., .t 'I dort't bellev that'll' la incumbent upon me to deny in the hewsnaoers the attack-that has been-made on me by this lawyer." - v.. ' : But will you not sav that tha rh.rr.. of perjury and blackmail ar untrue r.'r i snaii oniouuiy reply to the charges of perjury at tbe prober time." w. th. oniy answer tna consul would give.' EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY ; - REFUSED MRS. ROGTERS tSpeefstfrtwpstcli hymned Wire to fbi J Hallows Palls, Vt., Jan. 21. Governor Charlea Bell Overmont will not reprieve Mrs. Mary Rogers, sentenced to die tipoo the scaffold for. th murder of her hus band a week from' next Friday. li said so in a poaitlv statement ia a-reporter-f -the American en route be tween BratUebero and this place today and so If arr.as executive clemency is concerned, Mrs.. Rogers' fat Is sealed. Mrs. Rogers today wrote a remarkable prayer In her ceU and gave to Chaplain Puller of tha Vermont state prison-at Windsor. ' It follows In part: . "Almight artd Most Merciful Father, I offer up to Thee most humble thanks ion me-many Diessings Thou hast be stowed upon m during m lonelv haura so especially for the strength, the cour- " ana me nop Tnou hast been so gra- b'oik. uniu me, to anabls me i so nraveiy enaur my affliction. 'Bmember not my alqi. Oh God, but Thy , promise , of forgiveness of sins to all who truly repent. "p". -Hir-I. nuoli an aounoance on iny uoly spirit as will create and make me a new contrite heart, that I may, " while lamenting my gins and acknowledge nay faults, obtain -of Thee, God of all, mercy, a perfect re mission and forgiveness. Grant unto roe, Oh Father of Mercy, If such la Thy de sire, tha assistance In any.' last egonltw, and that I may breathe forth my soul In peaoe wUa The- . ' "I beg In th nam and meditation of our blessed Lord I and Savior, Jesus Christ." ' . v - - - 4- ' . GOODNOVFll ROUTE T0 FACE ACCUSER - '.' Ta To nag Imp. -- - - - From th Chicago News. V ' "I met the minister this morning," said th llttl boy In red mitts. "And did " you taks your hat off T asked the fond mother.- " ; ". .."No, I took his hat off ' .' . . - - "Tommy!" -. s- ' . " "Tes, with a snowball." ' i . Of good sise, healthy and ONE GLASS GIrOBB AQUARIAM like this cut, TWO ' GOLDFISH and a box of imported goldfish food. Nothing', more Interesting to the children than' these beautiful little t l!liit1l;clu Tat-All tritptt .-as' nil vs estedtn now is lhet Aime to buy a camera. WeT have a number of nrai-ciass instruments lugnuy x,-'":: c2;v,. lnt out at nominal pHcaaVi,;.';- Have you seen the, hew "Cyko postals; prints by lamp- ' . .w,-iigh't' dpSeO ; -..'". . . y t Z. Our $1.00 Slip Albums Qxti -.The 4x5 size, regular 50c, now. .. .. .... ..... . .. .25 ; Eastman's Fixing Powders, box. , V. t IT, l . ' Hyarochinon Developing Powders.. . . 3. liMt Hood and Lewis and Clark Cushion Tops, before I j !v$l25, ROW1 . . ivi-.t.X.".. "i f ir . . tm'ti's ...054 Woodard Ac r nm nan. 1 Vjs) r ' aT B- aw gag. -SH SB .sr gag .BW gaw ga . - BW : . - r-'.-!. . j t ' ,,,jtr,. WAR WD M Independents Ship a .Cargo From . Honolulu Causing a Drop A ; .'In Market Price. JOBBERS COMBINE IS " " i - HIT HARD BY RIVALS SpeckleVTCann6i;.LowerPfce VVithout Permitting Trade to. - 1 - 1' 11 Hi' (Special Dispatch fey Leased Wlrs to The Joiraal) Ban Francisco,,; Jan '- XI. The , i war against th. big sugar-trust -la n- tTh arrival here of the first cargo of If, 00 bags of sugar from tn tionoiurtr sugar, company not: only set tn jobbers in coneternatlon, -but caused a-droy of 10 cents In the market price of beet sugar. Tha consignment was distributed to three firms, who refused to take part or Join th reorganization of the Paclflo Trafflo and Commercial association. which twas the creation of IL-Dv-Iov-i land. ' " r----7'p - As has been published,- th ''Loveland association was Instituted presumably to regulate equitably the profit on sugar, and Keep it witnin tne grasp ot mose Merchants who handled It on- tha Paclflo coast. . In reality It . waa a. very astute combination-organUed .with a 50,00 deposit in a bank, -out of which Love land Is to draw 110,009 per annum for fiv years. . ...:yrT-,y ,,jiJ -, V'aga aS'ir rricH, X"' Th Western . Sugar , Reflnry, the western - edition - of the Havermeyer antatlvea the Bpreckles did not relish th Idea of fjovelamrs combination of merchants and so made a "deal "whereby all those who . Were It members were to act aa forwarding agents Of th big trust and to get sugar at net prices. ' This arrangement would undoubtedly have been satisfactory If carried out. out at. iOirman ua ana otner nrm who were members of the Loveland combine found they had struck a snag when they applied to the Western sugar Refinery for sugar and were summarily and arbitrarily turned down with the evasive explanation from Spreokeis that the "trust" would supply -Its customers who had 'nd ether means of obtaining kugar from other souroes, Slow at Sagas Trust. , ' It appears that M. Ehrmaa Individu ally, and not as a member of th firm of Ehrmsn Co., Is a stockholder In the Honolulu company. Khrman A Co. as a rtn belong to th Loveland company. Others who are stockholders In - the lirkiinliilii Mmniiif -who An not ..retain membership in th Paclflo Trafflo txve- laAflBatAMbiwiwmaai gWrtBTTTVg B T V w r Bl IliSJPl dc Co., and Tillman S; Bendel. ' Jt was to these two latter corporations that cargo -which: arrived today was Imost all given, with ths esoeptlon of 00 Back-, that were sola to luia naron I, a candy manufacturer, and It was explained by a director or tn unno lulu company that tbe reason of this preference in th distribution of the BIGlSllPTRUST cargo waa to deal another blow at the Sugar trust. whoare using all efforts to kill competition on reftned sugar In tblg market Buck OWacdt ar th k ." , ' ' '" , hardy as the little brown men. mpecim table decoration for dinner Hr snopwom wrucn we are ClOS- r :r.W. x ...i....?,.. i. XS . .'.V.'.a.S. - ;Clarke lompson "Automatic Rbllcf; Window Screen easily made, This screen' . Ill sen MX Sight. No L talk needed,. It doesn't. requtrh ii.rl.iin. ta handle this . screen. Call or wrlt - : W. J. COOK soo OragoBlaa aiAffp orUa4, Oa, J-H l I i I I -"il UT. i. mm I M-r local manajers of ths Honolulu eom-' pnr.-:;--' --- "-" t" -"X ".:. - - '. -.--- Cans alg Drop. -r"X .L'tr . Sail bn of th merchant today com mentlng on the ffector," tn arrival; of the Honolulu sugar; ';. --?i-t. . "Tou sea, the sending of refined sugar , ; to thla country by a rival company of , the -trust has already caused a drop irt the market price of beet sugar 10 points. They cannot , lower this prlc anymore, because if tttay do It will-permit-the trad to ship sugar to.,:th -Missouri river - and other eastern, - points at . 'a ' f profit. They would - purchase "their ..-J mYmw rmm the Trues av me in . -v- prlc and sell at large increase, Bad- It- -' would ' enable the - Honolulu company to -spread Its field to ths east ." - "Therawas no sensible reason for. ths - drop In the pric today. wTh market, , ' ,,. , ' a. I ZV.l.:. S ' j WHITE MASKED ITOBBErt 1 " t HOLDS UP A DRIVER a:- xt T" OmmAtr a driver Mr llii Tm. laundry was held up Uat Bight at 11 o'clock In front of tha r SUndard OH " company's building on East, , Water Street and robbed of IB. ;:. Tha robber overlooked 2e .which ha had In his hip pooket Tha highwayman;;. wore a wnite mas a.- ' ... -t rmportaat Qnasttoa. ' '-' Mr. HyeacYaIS. TBWe cerUThKTTs lota In tha papers these days about ths , ' elector!! college. ' . ; ! Sob SUs--oh. I never heard of thst college before. - What is th strength of th football team T ' - WRIGHT kfia DeatUrt that re lieves all pair, Jo dental opergtlopa.v J 'Wasaiart. St. sot." Sereai.