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i-lAD DAY f IBM TO
iHfiBliiii
"tawwi t
leglsfattre Investliatlng
Acts of W. U DdeU ;.
and L B; Geer, ; )
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CATTEfTIS COUSIff
ilOFFORMER GOVEFtNOR
State's Selections of Ueu Land
- In Place of Mineralized School
T Sections the Subject Un-'
'i vl' ' der Examination, v ;
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(From JootmI Staff Cflrrapoadnr)
' : SUm, fib. J U.-The ' aeu vof Wi 11
' Odell and former But liid A cent 'I
B.'Or Jn eonoflcUon viyi tba iUU'i
- (Elections of. Ueu Und in plae . of
:.' chooI eetlona found to b mineral, are
acatn undr(ont;-the acratlnr of lea;
lalatlve 'coMmttta.' . ?--fc S ,
Kver alnee inveattgtttloii'b the la at
- - legislature - there have bean - peralatent
report of huge craft In 'theae trana-
- autkma. The present state land aceat,
Oswald West, In- his biennial report rc-
I r tently . jHaheaLTeT,e.W8.hf.mt'eri.
and aaya that "Odell must have re-
Mini aua HAS AOS Inr lha haaa Mrklnh
, he handled.". '' : A ; '.
Oeer anT)dett-aenrtO ba Worked
together...' .-. -. ,,-..'-.
. The comm Ittee .. wh Ich ' now .has the
matter In .hand consists of Benajlors
Brownell.- Lauchary . and Jtepreaen ta-
tlvea Dobbins. Caldwell, " Bettlamiec
The committee Is shrouding1 Its preceed
lnaa In secrecy, but It Is learned that
I -iaoma hla-hly r lajVortant evidence has
' 'been Obtained. It, B. User was before
si the committee fast ' night", and made
; aomd admissions ;whleh ure regarded- am
, sensational.-'"' ; ;
The committee' renewed ''the Innu'lal
: tion this afternoon." tnd agent West'
. rendrt. shows that Odell made huge
profits out of the sale of base for In-J
rtrthnlty eItloflsr' Thi title Of many
iwrchasera of shooT "lands has been In,
. -votved In great, con fusion, and. It la the
'.-belief '.'df 'Many people who are ;con
. veraant with' the Acta that If the In
' veatlgatlon Is thorough hugs scandal
' will reault' " ";-' x ' --
L. B.' .Oeer la a cousin of ej-cJoyemof
: Oeer.- . .: , j. f.'S.vi ,.'
KANSAS CUTS RATE ON
V OIL FIFTY PER CENT
(iuurBB'flpeclal mh.) ' ;
- "Tppeka, Kn.. Feb. IB. The houae to?
day passed a bill' fixing tha maximum
freight rate on oil, It reduces the pres
ent rad per cent, i Thn-blll 'baa al
ready passed 'the senate and will uifc
doubLly he signed by.tbe goyemor.
'i .v. :'.Jt 1
r " 'i i llninif kmirlfll RjvvImuV
IOi Angelea. Feb. It. Morris Rotha-
I -j-ehHtt, "ltBO raring man, committed
- sulclB
', Ington by shooting himself through tba
; head. Ill-health was the causa, j
WILD NONSENSE
IN SCHOOL BOOKS
Absurd Error, Misinformation and Half. Information for Young
r staff Learning About the Broad United Statca Six Lines
.C, ,1 of Blundering Balderdash Devoted to Oregon.:
Two boys, aged respectively 11 and 10.
who came to Oregon last year and bava
"cH'-passed through a grade of the
Portland public schools, were asked yes
terday what they' had learned at school
about Oregon. They -are exceptionally
bright lada, and their anxloua father
waa expectingithem to tell him some-
k 1 thing of thWrest about' tha atate he
thlnka the greatest in tha union. The
1 boya failed to respond, on the subject
' proponed, sndj after thoroughly catechls,
Ing them tnV father found that they
- knew practically -nothing about Oregon.
. Then lie bc4lt: examining the geogra
phies that hitd -atost htm from cents
,..ta 11.40. f .
"And, by the wny, these books,, for
'' which, I paid an exorbitant prie'e, were
produced -at coat of about It cents."
he said. - "1 worked in n school book fac
tory, and know what I am talking 'about.
t These school books grow flimsier yes
: by year, Instead of- twin g 1m proved In
. quality and cheapened In 'price 'by the
. tremendous strides that have been made
in 1? years In the ana of printing and
, binding. - The high-priced.- geographies
.my boys are using have 'cheap paata
i board backs, glued together with a piece
1 pt gausy muslin." 7 -.,'..!
-The books, he say a, are chiefly notable
'"for -the) Information they -do not give
He finds fault with one of the geogra
. phlea becauae It .contains -1 line cov
ering Austro-Hungury, and only sis lines
under the hesdlng of "Oregon." ,
' Kaay Tears Behind. ' - " .
, "The main trouble with theae geogrk
. phlea la that they are not properly pro
, portlonefl according to the vaKie of the
Information, given, and. they are about
years behind he times.' What la the
ue of sending a boy to arhool to stady
rondltlons that are nbenlete and that will
he of bo aaalstanre to htm In making up
' his settled views of llfeT Where do 1
get off. Investing my money In a geog
raphy, filled With antiquated 'maps and
Harshiall M Bates Dies
; By Hif Own Hand
. This Morning. ;
HAD BEEN IN BAD HEALTH :
I K : FOR TWELVE MONTHS
He Was . Well Knoyvn in : Port
and and , Enjoyed the Re
; spect and Confidence7 of
Large Circle of People." .? ;
Marshall A. Bates, ' credit man for
Allen A Lewis, .wholesale- grocer ana
Imnnrters. committed Btslrlde at the- !m.
friai hotel , thin morning by shooting
himself through the right temple with
a Ig-callbre Smith At Wesson revolver.
The cause, go far .aa known, .waa de
speodaney due to lllneaa. .1 .
' For over a year Bates baa complained
of -etoinach trouble,- Although his mal
ady was never violent enough t confine
hint to his bed. Recently his wife, whe
waa' not In the beat of healthy went to
Los -'Angeled 'for stay;' iu -j " ': 1
": ssm'aUt -i titm;
Testerday afternoon, between I and
O'clock, Bates walked Into the -Imperial
hotel. Addressing Clerk-Ladd with-
cheerful "Hello, young fellow," ha naked
for a room, remarking that he-wanted to
He down for a while, and Da Id for- It In
ad vanee. J Going to his room, he removed
his overcoat and outer coat and went t
sleep on the outside of the bed-clothing.
Evidently he became cold in the night
for, when- found fleal his. pvercoat waa
on him.- t-r - .
At o'clock .thl. morning "Bates rang
for a. bellboy and aaked for a- drink.
The boy Tecelved a- ttp'from Batea, Who
remarked, "I want you fo take cart of
ma today. I feel pretty bad."
It was shortly after taking the drink
that Bate Bred tha fatal, shot, althamgh
It wan not heard by any on. in the
houae. ' At 11:S0 one of his close friends,
Howard H Holland of Holland A Biiggs.
timber dealers, colled at- the hotel and
aaked if Bates had registered there- Hla
friend had not been at home all night
and he was alaxmed. The clerk told him
111a numner 01 tiaaaroom annMr. Hol
land went -tapatalra. InecelvlncWo -ari-
awarto hi knockiand'as thedoor wa
unlocked, he- walked-, in. - On . the bed,
with hla - overcoat on. lay Bates, : dead.
The revolver waa on hla breast, with one
chamber empty; his right 'hand wa
clutched within four inches of tha han
dle of the pistol. -His fin geld watch
waa In 4ta usual place, i and his money-
ana jewetry were not euaturbed. - -v
, j.0- xnquest ITeeassary.'"- ' '
Coroner Flnley waa summoned, and re
moved tha body." aftexwarda deciding
that no Inqueet was necessary. -
nates waa Blyears or age andwas
born In Honolulu. He lived at the Nor
ton. Twelfth and Morrison, with his
wife. , They had no children. Mrs.
Bates wss telegraphed Immediately and
will start at fence for Portland.
(Continued on Page Nine.)
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reading matter that might have been In
formation to my great rrandmotherf
L . Ha sayo jU llnea about OregonJa not
enough to teach a boy In the fifth grade
in one year or studying a geography.
"These . atx. llnee simply atate that
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'Portland la the chief city of Oregon, ai
la an outlet for her .grain.-cattle and
lumbers wheat la -the - product of the
Willamette valley.' Now, everybody in
Oregon ought to know that the wheat
daya of the Willamette - valley passed
more than, five years ago, and today di
versified fanning,: hops, r fruit and fine
stock are Its features.! The-only refer
ence thla geography makes) to tha great
Inland Empire la a statement that 'east
of the Cascade mountains the country Is
a barren Java bed. . . " ' V ? (
, Am Xt Wag" la Sin aaV7. ;
"Why...! can. remember, reading' that
statement from a geography when I waa
a boy. 10 years ag- Tha, ancient pare-
tlea whe are oompiling our school books
ought to wake up and .take some cogni
sance of the material advance of civili
sation. The grant countrw they, dealg
nets as barren lava beda haa for aome
years Teen raining 4 buahela of wheat
to, the acre. Fbe author,; of thla geog
raphy, who, the title pagia proudly states,
(a the superintendent of public Schools
of Cuba, ought' to-vteft' the. Oregon. lava
beds snd see the combined sklrhlll' har
vesters, drawn by steam traction englnea
er2 horsea, ga tha eaae biay be. and
meet some of the eaatem Oregon and
Idaho farniera. Who are making fortunes
In ' single year, and who laat year ettp
plled hundreds-of carloads of wheat to
Minneapolis, -Chicago. Bt. Iou la and Du
lutft markets.- Not a line about the great
mineral resources) of Oregon,1 her vast
flahlng Induatry, her sheep and wool.
- "On the map glvenjn thla fcook I fall
to see any change a In the last, 20 years.
Ha says other at n tee fare, no better
than Oregon In this , geography. It
(Continued on Page Ten.)
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SUSPECTED BAN K ROBBERS
f With ?, tha - Lebanon. , bank L rubers f IrT
lW0 carrlagea, racing" AgVlnat tlmeTitii
catch tha south-bound tralru" Sheriff jrt:
U White. Deputy District Attorney Qnll
8. - Hill and Special' Deputy Sheriff
Frank F. Toeva of Albany, this. morn-,-lng
- def eated -n- attempt to prr
them now behind the bars of the flitn
oounty Jail. ..-' " '" ' ".'
Teaterday A writ: of habeas .corpus
wss sued, out by Dltchburn ft Waits In
Watta" name.' who endeavored to secure
the release, of J. A. Croaaly, alias Jim
Reynolds, one of the-robbers, but: Pre'
siding Judge Oeorge dismissed the writ
snd remanded Crossly to the custody. of
the sheriff.'' - ' -.- r
Another attempt tq. defeat, bringing
Crossly- and the other.; suspected per
sons to trial was feared and to forestall
the Portland nttorneye, . arrangements
were made to hurry the prlaonera to Al
bany. Sheriff White and tha other
offlcera arrived on the early train thla
morning, carriage wera ordered to the
all and the drivers were Instructed to
drive at high speed to tha east aid sta
tion. Just as tha conductor waa calling
"All aboard!" the carrtagea dashed up to
the curb and the- party hurried Into the
ears. ' - ' ' . . -
. Buspeota trade Arrest,
I f our guspectea persons mwwm mmwn iw
Albany J. A. - vroasiy, r. ana - r
eh Dunne and A. D. Hendrrx, Mrs.
Dunne s fathef. Crossly and Dunne arg
., . i.w ..Kni. t In the
airsciiy cnarso ... ...
looting of the bank! Mrs. Dunne is held
on the suspicion of being accesaory.-and
Hendryx haa been added to the Hat Orig
inally given out by tha officers. : - ,
The 'Albany men came'hera on the
early train this morning. -Toevs, who Is
city editor ofvthe Herald of that town,
aa a deputy aherlff. Secrecy waa ob
served In the movements of the officers.
John Dltchburn and John ? Watta,
attorneys, who yesterday a wore out the
writ of habeaa corpus, had not been
retained by Crossly ss counsel, but- hsd
sworn out ths writ st theirown In
stance, ss wss asoertstned in the pro
ceedings in court.' Judge Oeorge dls
mieee the- writ,- remanding Crossly to
the custody of the sheriff, who showed
a warrant of arrest from Justice Held a
court ' charging . Croanly. Dunne and
Hendryx with robbing- the Lebanon
bank. " . "" -' :
- Judge .'Oeorge ordered - that no One
hold communication with the prlaonera.
excepting Vhen, permitted to do so by
tha court. Watta aeveral - times at-
PLOT FOR INVASION OF - .
v SALVADOR IS EXPOSED
fJoarasI gpertat gervlee.) - -'
-New Orleans, 'Feb. !. B. O. Shep
herd, a member of the British 'army
during tba Boer war who wss sent as a
aeeret agent to determine the exact In
tentions of a party 'bf Britinh snd Boer 4
soldiers Who sailed for Nicaragua a
week ago returned i Immediately,, and
ARE H Q R R I ED TOlALBAN Y
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J. P. , KingJey. Supposed tLgoder-of
- Bank Kobbort, i-1
tempted to r talk with Crossly,- and
finally was ' forcibly ,4 prevented ' ' by
Deputy-Sheriff Cordano. ; ... , -"
'. ... . WnMg". lueaaau)d. - V -
' Watta '. areas land V wlth some. heat
stated -that ha bad been subjected to
an outrage by the deputy..
"Thla officer," ha sal it, "haa Juwt told
ma that" If I'dhl not stop talking with
tha prisoner he-would "knock my block
of f.' ". ... ' ' . ' - -T
The -eroet threat, and - Watts' word
caused merriment. After silencing the
excited . attorney, 'the Judge granted
Croaaly an apportunity to talk with the
two lawyere In the hearing of the court
In the letter's private- office. Watta
and Dltchburn then withdrew -from the
ease, and got ,bark part of the, casta
of the proceedings. '
All the evidence collected hero waa
went before, the federal grand Jury. Me
produced evidence . that the expedition
In which over trained soldlecs en
gaged is a veiled Immigration scheme.
Is a part ot an elaborately planned flit
busterlng scheme .to depose the presi
dent of Salvador and to annex the coun
try to . Guatemala.- Shepherd.' after
abandoning the party.: returned to this
city. -As a reault of the evidence which
he gsve the federal grand Jury it la re
ported trar local- representative ef the
tblted fruit -company are reqelred to
explain their ' ciitincttlon . with the af-falr-.-'-'T
tx.-yr i ' -..' " VJ
k. .
t l"'.i. t h'-:V -"ii,. i'h ' 1 '"; l:
placed In the hands of the Albany of
ficers the money taken- from Crossly,
wnicri is battered aa tnougn it nao neon
In bank vault" when the dynamite was
exploded, together with- their weapona
and 'burglara' tools.'-1' r r ' '. -' V
' Tba mo-ments of theusospec ted man
during the past - six ' weeka havg been
known. They have not been' freafrom
eaplonage since about- January 1. and,
now that , they are 1n-custody charged
with 4 he specific act of breaking into the
Lebanon bank, the .offlcera believe that
they have, abundant facta to prove their
case". A Plnkerton man traced them
from- the very doors of the robbed bank
to ( their, rendeavous In Portland, while
the -sheriff's:;, deputies .here procured
knowledge of -every movement after they
reached Portland, , . . 4 . .. .. '
'' " agovasasaaa af the Oaag.
-Tha. gang.. left Portland tha Saturday
before the Tueaday on which they robbed
the' bank. They bad gone to Lebanon
several times previously to plan for their
raid.' Having accomplished the robbery,
they "walked westward, and reached the
west etdeHne of - the-tSouthern Pacific
road Tuesday night, leaving Lebanon,
they scattered, Dorland, ' who bas not
been-captured, and Dunne boarded' the
tcain on .Wednesday morning at Wells
dale,. IX miles . beyond '. Independence;
Kiugalej.Xok Ihejtrain the same morning
at, Suver, ..eight.. milee beyond Independ
ence, and Crossly. Joined Uiem at Parker,
two, miles further thla way. All of the
men' came-to Portland Wednesday foie
noon,' excepting Crossly, who stopped In
Independence 'during the day. and came
On to Portland In tha evening. '
" They got oft the train In the auburba
otHfprtland and took their time to re
turn to tneir usual renaesvoue Konert
Schulse'a. ssloon - on Second and Clay
st toe a. . . :
..-"Having been located again-1 In Port
land, they were surrounded by the sher
iff a' posse snd Crossly and Dunne were
taken. Klngaley-and) hla wife aaoapert,
going to Seattle, whither they were fol
lowed by Sheriff Word. i '
i Klagsley la believed to have -operated
throughout the valley for several' yea re,
and la tha leader of the gang. Crossly
waa formerly a railroad man, and ha
some knowledge of mechanics. .t
Loyal Dunne, .the 10-year-old son of
Dunne, la kept at -tha JaO and will be
used as a wltneaa if necessary.
- The prisoners were taken to Albany on
a warrant from City Recorder Van Win
kle of that city. - ; ' . . '
TURKEY SHIPS TROOPS
T TO SUPPRESS OUTCHEAK
v ' . 1 ' ) - i-
,, ' ( Joaraal Rpeciat garvtea. - ,
' Constantinople, peb. H. The Turkish
government Is preparing to meet any
outbreak .which may, occur In Mace
donia this' spring. Troops are leaving
dans' by rail end aea. for Salonlca.. The
presence of the Austrian squadron In
Greek waters is rsuslng the porta tin
eaetneaov as no explanation haa been
given, ; v '..- - -
Hay Option Within an
Eighth of $LZOf am
GATES BATTLING FOR -
.-- ENORMOUS ADVANCE
kMillionaire Predicts" Dollar" and a
Half WheatHow His Plans;
Are Laid and What He
--rt? Expects to Do. .
(Joaraal Rpaclal Harriet.) '. '''. -,
Chicago,-eb---ljThA wheat market
today waa the moat sensational during
the pa at year. -In fact, it was tha moat
sensational- that haa been witnessed: in
many years. Tha pause of all the ex
citement Waa the - announcement by
Gates that the market would aurely
touch tl-10 for May option before the
time for delivery, ai rived. : -'
Until this statement cam forth the
bears . were In ' the majority and, plana
had - been laid to' knock the propa from
under the market. - At the present val
ues. Specula tors have been led to be-
l'1 wT. oS
make and nuujy . went short - on that
opinion, ' '' " '
Ihe fact that tha market opened very
strong- t 11.11 this morning did not
stop some of the shorts from getting 1n
a little more, but they soon - realised
their mistake when the market kept up
ita good tone and Just before the close
the price of May went to 11'5. Thla
la tha highest mark reached fur the
option during the past season, the for
mer high level being - made " several
months ago when the price touched
t.i,- . . . v : ;
John W. Oatea la engineering a wheal
deal which will make money fos westurn
farmers who still have wneat. it prom
l4wte be aeecord-b reakkvr. uaiea in mi
l for tha blood of a large number oV bean
in tba Chicago wheat pit. Thla waa
plain within M hours after be reached
the city Sunday, and required tba sale
of aeveral million bushels of wheat to
prevent I the-premature touching on or
h finmrlu Oatea Is on his way west.
Before ha left Chicago ha said the prea-i
ant prices .-of , wbet would look, veiy
cheap within the next (0 daya. Aa a
result there la a panicky feeling among
The shorts.'
Oatea figures the western short seller
might be able to deliver 10,000,000 bush
els . of -contract wheat by the and of
May. " With auch a baala to figure from
It 1 did not take experts long to show
that -Oatea' present, holdings In wheat
are te.O00.000 bushels at the loweat esti
mate, aome conceding Gates 40,000,000
bushels.- At the prSsent, not more than
0,000,000 bushels of wheat are in algal
In the country of good enough grade to
"contrast,'--. t,i
Allowing all necessary losses for mar
keting wheat 1st lower prices. In case
the next crop proves n normal one.-wnesc
experts calculate that Oatea-will close
the deal aetrwlth a record for many
yeart io come record that will eclipse
any known in the Chicago pit.
PROTOCOL WITH
. SAN DOMjNGO
Uncle Sam to Take Charge of- Black Republic's Customs, Us
i' ingTifty-Five Per Cent for Liquidation Island's. Foreign
7 Debts, Returning Balance ..to Government. - - - " . .
- v (Joaraal BbscUl gervlea.) -.
Waahlngton. Feb.1. Ths. state do
partment today received the new protocol
egoUalauwlth8aaJQoljigo. It must validity and amount of all pending:
. . . . ... TiT- -j v;rrTc;-.ATTPiatnis. ' wmi' !- 4
be ratified by the senate and the Domin
ican, congress. Under- th protocol the
United States will take charge of th
cuatoma . and receipts of the republic.
It per cent to be used for liquidation if
the republic's foreign debt, the remain
der to be turned back to San Domingo.
The," treaty statea: ,
. "Whareaa-tha Dominican covernment.
lnivtew of the debts which burden tin?
republic, the Imminent peril and urgent
menace of Intervention 6n. the part of
nations whose cttlsens havev claims si
ready established, or tobe" Vata'bllaliedTtvlce, drvM!d' Into fouf Installments In
niilrie ttaelf aa it does, uhable peremp
torlly to fulfill Its obligations on account
of the' condition to .which political dis
turbances and other causes have brougut
the "treasury, the result being that these
obligations are falling due without ita
having been possible to pay tbem. or
even the Interest 'thereon,- desires to
reach an arrangement with all Ita cred
itors by which the latter ahall obtain a
sufficient guarantee, and the government
Itself, succeed In assuring the regular
receipt - of revenue aufflclent for the
payment of Ita Internal administration
and the maintenance of Ita administra
tive autonomy without any Interruption
by the exigencies of foreign creditors or
by Internal political dlaturbances;
"And whereas the American 1 govern
ment, gusranteelng the complete- Integ
rity of the. territory of the Dominican
republic. Indicates thst It Is disposed to
co-operate toward the.epd above recited,
and offers to aid by lending Its guaran
tee to the arrangement that the Domini
can government proposes to effect with
all Its creditors;
- "The Amerlesn government agrees to
undertake the adjustment of ail the obli
gations of the Dominican govern
foreign aa v I as domestic; t 1
Tanner and I Mitchell Will
End Partnership Formed
S in t he Early 90s a
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ROBERTSON'S PART v
IN THE FINAL CRASH
Believed That the Forrner Private
, Secretary Will Be Given Place
iij Government Employ for
Information Divulged.
Tha law partnership of ' Mitchell di'-Tahnef-WHl
-bdtoslvd-t :n -oorlyr -date,--v,fV'"-
'.' .'--' r . -v ii.
-' Judge A. H. Tanner, -Junior- member
of the firm, waa aaked today In regard
to the matter, and declined todlecusat
It,' but the fact haa become public In-;
formation. . It In atated that Judge,
Tanner haa notified Senator Mitchell)
of his Intention towlthdraw from the
firm. After Judge Tanner waa placed
In the . embarrassing - position of - the
neat week while try fng- to. shield his.
partner -from proaecutlon b,y the gov-
This leaml firm has beecT'bne of-the
landmarks of tha profeaalon In Portland;.'
for many yearn, dating from the early -part
. of the '0s. For a. period the
nm wag known as Mitchell, Tanner A-Mitchell,-Hiram
. Mitchell, son of the
senator, waa the Junior member,,, After
appointment of the latter aa an officer)
In tha Vnlted States army the tlrm-took.
the name, of Mitchell Tanner and haa
been known-ao since. - . '
Both partners have-been practitioners'
lb this city for many years. .-" ' ', f
- , ItW OttM f BStOX,'r"' '
-jir early-aa-l0-the firm of Mitchell
at Dolph had A lawyer's shingle out, thej
two members of that partnership after
ward serving thela state) In tha United
States senste together. In .those daya
Joseph Simon was a law student in the
office that seemed to be a senator-maker.!.
This - student, soon became a partner,'
when the firm waa known aa Mitchell,!
Dolph aV Simon, and later the atudent
sent te the United Statea senate at a
Uime when his former patron and law
nartner. Mitchell.-wanted the 'seat.:
Mitchell , left the Dolph-Slmon firm
and became associated with Judge A. It.
Tanner In lttO, and until the sensation
of the paat week Had been bis business
colleague. The old firm became Dolph. ,
Bellinger, MallorY A Simon, then Dolph.
Mallory A Simon when Judge Bellinger)
was chosen circuit Judge, and latterly,
Dolph, Mallory. .Simon A Gearin. C. A..
Dolph maintaining that family name In
the firm after the death ot Senator J.,
N. Dolph. ' ' -
i .- -'- What Doe X Oat ',. "...
Why did Harry C. Bobertaon, private,
secretary to Senator Mitchell, deliver thai
letter: written- by-hla employer to the,
federal officers This Is a question,
asked by a multitude of people since thej
sensational eventa ' of the past week.i
Mr. Robertson haa been the confidential:
ment of he payments and of the condi
tions ofHtonfltctthg and unreasonable,
cialma, and the determination of the
"Clatmsv-
"Out ot the revenues which shall be -collected
In all, the custom houses. of
the republic the government of the L'hlleJ,
Statea shall deliver to the Dominican'
government a aum which . shall . not b
less than 4t per cent'of the total gross!,
amount collected, for the purpose of at
tending to the necessities of the- admin
istrative budget, thla being estimated,
for the first ysar at the aura of luo,OOM
and which' the Dominican government
shelf receive in monthly advance pay-;
menta for the need a -of the public ser-
the following manner. S-eoual amounts of
ls.ito on the 1st. thcttn. the lit and,
the I2d. If It shall ppe4r that the to
tal revenues of tha first or any suhsw-j
quent year will be less than ll.009.0oo,.
the payments may be proportionately,
decreased, the Dominican government
undertaking to keep It' admliilatrstiver
expenditures within 'the limits 'At the.
Indispensable necessities of administra
tion. '- ,
"Any reform of the system of duties
and taxes shall be. made In agreement
with- the ' American government, aim .
therefore the present tariff and port du-i
tie may not be'reducd except wltli Its
consent ss long aa the whole of the debt
which it guarantees shslt not have been
completely paid, with tl.e exception of
the export duties upon national pnviu"ta,i
which the Dominican government rv
malna authorised to abolish or re" w,
immediately.' : 1 '
"The American govern- ' ' r
West of the Ixirr'-'
grant such other a
Its power to r
the order. I
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