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Newspaper Page TextGOOD EVE III II G THE V7EATHE2V - ; , " Showers and cooler tonight; Tues day thcwera; southerly wind.' ; VOL. IV. NO. 160. James Shannon and Miss Julia 7" BonenMeet Death When " Skiff; Sinks, and; Twol, 'Other Narrowly Escape. MADE RECKLESS JUMP, AND CAPSIZED BOAT Had Visited 5aks and Returned to Pontoon Opposite City Accident Occurred When Partywas tleav "Inf for Shore" taru Small Boat Both Bodies Were Recovered. .' I Death lurked In the storm that lashed over the 'river last night, capelslng s skiff and causing - th 'drowning of . James Bttannoa and Miss Julia Bones. . Tom Brasel, s solicitor In the service of the Pacific States Telephone com pany, and Charles Manns, barkeeper for I August Krats, Sixth and Washington. narrowly escaped a elm ur rate. Brasel was In the skiff sad was forced to fight himself free from the clutches of ths -", drowning pair. ' Manns leaped Into the water to rescue them. -; - - The tragedy was the termination of a cruise of the sailing- yacht Sacajawee, that was returning from a trip to the Oaks. The party was composed of Tom Breed, Jsmes Shannon, J.- N.:. Bliss, Charles Manns, Jos , Ackton, bridge tender, and Miss Bones,' The -young woman was accompanied by Mr. Shan non. ; , - ' ' Tlie yacht left the city at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon with, a party of. as gay excursionists , as' srer sailed . the river. With greet' difficulty the vessel made. Its way up- the stream Hi the teeth of a fierce gale. It Anally reached :the oaks, - buf-tne psrty-rsmainsa- si the resort for only short. time. --It was shortly after o'clock '"last night when ths yacht reached a pontoon anchored sow 40 feet front the shore. A small ski ft is kept there for the pur pose of. reach Inf ths landing; from, ths .vessel. ' ''- ' " ',"''- Brasel and ' Miss Bones entered the eklff and sUrted from the side of ths yacht Shannon declared that, he would go, too, and prepared to leap. Into the frail craft. He was wsrned by those on - board that the waves were too high and that the skiff could, not weather the storm with mors thsn two occupants, but Ignored ' their warning - and leaped and th skiff sank st once. Neither he nor Miss Bones eould swim and both rlung frantically to Brasel. In order to ssve himself Brasel was ; forced to break away. He swam to shore with ; difficulty. .'.-.I- ' Manna, en seeing ths boat disappear. Instantly removed a portion of his cloth ing snd lesped int the - water. - Both . bodies, however., had disappeared with the skiff and bs was forced to abandon the search. ' Hugh Brady began a . systematic search of ths river this morning and about noon succeeded in bringing ths . bodies to the surface. :- Coroner Finley wss notified snd took ehsrge of them. Shannon has lived in Portland for the past five years. For the past yesr hs was employed ss a clerk at Ben Sell Ing's, Fourth and Morrison streets, but ' resigned his position Friday.. Ho came to Portland from San Francisco, where ' he hss a number of relatives. - Miss Bones formerly lived st Sherl- , dan, Oregon, and bsd been In Portland s year. Her mother, who has been visit ing the city for the past week, went to . Vancouver, Washington, yesterday, and has not learned of the tragedy. She had apartments at 207 Fourth street.. Mlaa Bones was employed during her . resi dence In Portlsnd st several factories. EPIDEMIC BREAKS OUT, IN GIRLSMNSTITUTE . ' (Joarnal Sperisl ttir, - Nsw Orleans, Oct. t Tellow fever has broken but In the Mount Carmel - Institute Asylum for Girls here. Six . Inmates have been attacked. .That the flsht aralnst the enidemlo Is sraduallv jalnlng over the dlseaseTs evidenced! by the fact that only 12T cases are now being treated in the city. The total casea to date la 1,013 : number of new casea reported up to noon l total deaths to date, 391. " CUTS HIS THROAT - V ' ON TRAIN IN TEXAS lsirlal Dtosstck te T. JaaraaLt Dtllsa. Tex., Oct t. A passenger supposed- to' be Michael Shields.' sged II. of Bakarsfleld, California, or, Portland, Or., committed suicide todsy on a Texas Paclno train betweelt : this city snd Fort. Worth. 'He-locked himself In s washroom and wss found with his throat cut. . . .. CRUISER CINCINNATI AGROUND RESCUED BY JAPANESE -SHIPS ' (Jnoraal RpeHal Brvlee.) ' ' " Toklo Oct. I. A steamer arriving this morning reported thst ths v American laee Clwlenetf-wee a around atHlme Island, off Bungo coast, flying slgnsla of distress. Japanese cruisers st Ones left to render ssslstsnce. She wae ssfely pulled off snd srrlved st MnJI tonight The vessel struck last' night in a fog. Several vain attempts were made by the ericers ef t j it ,) tt c.l her orf vtu ) vrf i v ' ; i ; Iff mwm PRESIDEWm HIMSANKSS 1 1 CIGIIil lEfflOTT MA11NE FIELD :Vr--;HA;-:';;;;v-5 Young; Man la Arrested on the Charge -of Seourlng -Thlr of -A a Million from the Na- ;; tional City v Bank. fc IS HELD FOR TRIAL ON SIXTY THOUSAND BAIL Believed That Mystery Surrounding Bif feat Robbery of Modern Times w la Solved Suspect Gives Name of r Henry Leonard Alias Ambrose Thought to Be Member of Gang. .rv;:;, f . : tJovaal Special Service.) New York, Oct 3. A man was sr rested sndllccused of ths theft of mors thsn ISIt.OOO worth of securities from the National City bank this morning and gave the name of Henry Leonard, alias Ambrose. He la 14 years old. : Hs wss arraigned on a charge of "grand larceny and held In 10.000 ball and remanded to jail for further examination. ., The -mystery surrounding the theft is thought to have-been solved. --The theory advanced la thst Leonard, was a member of a gang which secured Its In formation rora soms one familiar wit a the business methods of Pearl A Co, At Pearl Cc'i offices no Information was given. Many brokers believe soma one who had an scoount at Pearl Co. mlghVhav been In ths game. The suggestion was made, by a well known broker thst In. preparing for. this coup the-conaplrators opened aceounts in half . a dosen jofftcea sotne tlms Isst spring, and that the selection as' to which office should "be 'used through which to, effect he robbery waa pisde after long del. Deration. That the choice anally- feil -est Pearl Ce., says-tlx broker, might have been due, to Sjare nncr ? pari oi in gang. ' ' ' Theft oanfmny massed. V ; It is ths general opinion in Wall Street that the theft wae . carefully planned.:. This opinion "Is held because all the circumstances point to ths con clusion that ' those who did . the trick were acquainted, with all the Inside workings of Pearl Co. s offlce. They knew where Pearl th Co. banked regularly and they knew their signature wss comparatively unknown-at the City bank. They had - made a very careful tracing of tha certification check uaed by the Hanover. National bank, and they had Imitated the slgnsture of the cashier perfectly. Mr. Burns' slgns ture, though one of the best known In Wall street ' Is easy to Imitate on ac count of Its peculiar flourish at ths end, and Cs shier Klllborn, of the City bank, said todsy thst he himself would hsva been deceived by ths Imitation.' All these facts confirm brokers- In tha belief that the securltlee. have already' been realised on, for, - It la argued, a parson that would take the trouble to prepare so carefully for tha theft Itself would - make squally careful prepare- uona to turn ths stolen stock into cash. '4 1 , .frota Spoile e Cash. i By borrowing money on them from a Arm where they had traded and using tha certified check for the- amount oi the loan made to purchase gold bars, "or other coin, they could hsva the spoils in cash In tlms to take the evening tralnv out of town should they so de sire. But even If they should not have realised on ths certificates they eould easily do so soma years nance whan tha numbers of the certificates shall have been forgotten. . - - ; OREGONIAN SHOT FOR STEALINGLA BICYCLE . K (Joarnal Bpeeial Srrvlee.) Stanford University, CsL, Oct. I.--As a result of resisting arrest on s change ef stealing s bicycle from the campus at Stanford Arthur El Sargent Ilea in an Oakland hospital seriously wounded. He wss shot by a patrolman. Bargest Js an athlete and graduate of the Univer sity of' regon, e former student of the University of Wsshlngton end recently s.TrtudHt-of-tn-TTTirversity of Cenror nls. - Hs resides at Pleasant Hill. Orel gon.'' The bullet pierced ths left' side of his. head. His condition is criticeJ bet be may seeover. BUFFALOES TURNED 7 : LOOSE IN ARIZONA Uoaraal Special SVrrlce.) : "" Salinas, CaL. Oct 3. Thirty bead ef buffaloes, purchased for the government by Game Wsrden Jones ef Tellowstons Park from the Molena ranch, were sent to the Grand Canyon ef the Colorado In Arlsona yesterday via Los - Angeles They will be turned loose in an en deavor- to restock thst section. ' her own steam, but te no s rail' and they Anally gave up the attempt . .The United States ship Cincinnati la a protected, cruleref 3.111 tons dis placement -She wee built In'lltO and hss a speed of II knots snd cost 1 1,1 0. 000. ' .Her armament eonalsts of 11 five-Inch rapid-fire guns. I six-pound rspld-f)re snd, I - one-pound rspld-Are suns. J Colts snd ens three-Inch -rapid-fire field emns. She le commanded by Crptatn Hugo OutTbtxB.-;yry PORTLsGd. OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER Heads -of 'Two ; Great Railroads 1 TInspect-Recent-jPurchases. In I City, SKes of New Bridges . and North Bank Route. WATERFRONT PROPERTY . THEIR ESPECIAL CARE Other Large Transfers on West Bank of Willamette Liable to Follow Hill Considers Coming Contest to -Be One Between New Canal snd ' Pacific Trade. V" . - James J. Hill, president' of ths Oreat Northern railway, and Howard Elliott president of ths Northern Paclno. have mada the most of the 14 hours they have been .in Portland,'' They arrived in s speclsl train - yesterday sfternoon ' at I o'clock, with 30 eastern capitalists. 141nce that time,' with the exception of s few hours for sleep, they - have -spent tha entire time inspecting, the- proper ties of the system that bsvs been ac quired in this city during the last eight months, . snd ths sites surveyed . for. a bridge over tha Willamette river. . Bright .and early this morning 'be fore many of tha New Yorkers had breakfasted Mr.- Hill. Mr. KUlott snd C M Levey, who has had chsrgs of ths local campaign of the Hill people, left the Portland hotel In an automobile and headed toward the union' station. - They looked, over the grounds of the Northern Paclno - Terminal company and ' .were pleased with the improvements made there during -the last yesr,. by ( which the company hss been, enabled. to take esre of the exposition-crowds.; , ; ; Xnspeot TeraabuU arouses. I ' The blocks of new ground for ex f elusive Northers Paelfie terminate. be tween Twelfth street end the rrver were Inspected, including the Weldler- tract, end ' the railroad -. men went carefully over the plane they have male for one of the eompletest terminal systems on the Pacific coaat. Mr. Hill is a stickler for three points in railroadingstraight tracks, Jow gradients .and. am pi a .termi nal room." ' : After the party had seen all tha termi nal ground In which they were inter ested, they boarded the steamer Bailey Oetsert and steamed down the river to St. Johns. On tha way there, they, gave careful attention to the featurea of the hsrbor and ths river banks at points where their engineers have -made sur veys for bridge sites. , Their first destl- OR SHUT ASKS TEDDY TO MIX ID r;oo;i rumpus Englishman Excommunicated for . Accusing President Smith - Appeals to Roosevelt . ' : (Jesrsal SpeeUI Service.) Salt Lake, Oct I. President Joseph Smith of the Mormon church thle morn ing . excommunicated John H. Scott, a young Englleh Mormon, who challenged him to a discussion of ths affairs of the church. - By excommunication Scott la prohibited from any right to take part In the conference. , Scott does not Intend to let his vie far against ths hierarchy be ended by any such sctlon on ths part of the presi dent; He-tmsraent a commuiilusthm to ths British ambassador st Washington ssking him to present to President Roosevelt a . petition that he compel Smith to allow Scott s hearing at the conference. v I- . Scott has raised a scandal In the church by .charges ef mismanagement !of funds, -and created a great sensation by challenging .the. Mormon leader to dis cuss the charges at the seml-ahnual con terence here next Frldsy.'- .-- J v ASKS AID TO REBUILD -v ! CALABRIA CATHEDRALS ( Jearaal Special S-rvlee. ) ' ' Home, Oot, 3 Plus X will shortly Issus an appeal to all Bishops In the world to send contributions for the re building end ' restoration of ths msny churches and seminary buildings de stroyed or damagedby the recast earth quakea In Calabria. Among the churches destroyed ere two cathedrals. - The peo ple of many damaged towna hsva erected temporary shrines under trees and there the church members congregate te say prayers and hear mass. PACKERS ORDERED TO i -PflODUCE-THEIR REPORTS - ' ,' .' (Jenrael gpeelal flerrlee.) ' Chicago, Oct. . Beth M. Cueey. traf fic manager for NchwarserhHd A Suls berger wae summoned loday to produoe la court the annual reports ef railroad rebates paid to his. company. ; . RUN HEALTH OFFICE PROPERLY . Howard Elliott, President of nation .was the -Weyerhauaer . tract on th st bank of; ths river just below 8f Johns. Hers they debarked snd the Bailey Gatsert remained- at the wharf while the railroad men went, over the ground.' They Inspected every foot be tween the lower side of the Weyerhsuser frontage on the river end the St Johns city limits. Their Interest centered st this point Beembarlelng on .the-Bailey Gatsert they proceeded down the Wil lamette river and -up The Columbia ' to Cspe Horn.. . , ... .. ... ... The trip occupied ill the forenoon, and the party did not return as ex pvciea i o uw foritana nuiei ir luncn eon.A.lunch was served on ths boat, and they continued their . Inspection. They did not return- to the hotel until lake ' in the afternoon. Many persona Who waited to sea Mr. Hill on various matters of s social or business nsturs were, disappointed. His every .move ment since . coming to Portland has in dicated an extraordinary Interest In the projected new entrance of the Hill roads Into this city. . . , . v Particular attention is being given to the navigation side of the Portlsnd ter UP SHOP, SAYS MAYOR Health Department Needs As sistant, Whom Council Re-' . fuses to Provide. . TROUBLE CERTAIN IN .. EVENT OF. EPIDEMIC Mayor Lane Firm in Determination - to Run Department as It Should Be Whether Council - Cooperates ' or , 'Not- -' - " "'' "We wll either conduct i the health office of the city. as It should be con ducted er close up shop," was ths note of warning sounded to the city council todsy by Msyor Lane at a meeting 'of the city board of health. The HrmarkTwas " occasioned, by ths refusal of -the city council to appropri ate funds for additional services ln the city health office which conditions de mand. Recently the board of health petitioned the council for funda to em ploy s clerk In the health office, whose duty It would be to Issue burial per mits, keep the records and take com plaints which ere received at all hours of the dey.-. -. ,. , .. , . The work of the health department has grown to such sn extent, that the health commissioner end hjs assistant have found it neceasary to be engaged In outside work elmost continuously snd Dr. Matson haa found It Impossible to do without the assistance of a clerk In the office. .Frequently! there ere-30 or 40 complaints daily, ' besides - the cases of contagious dlseasea which have to be looked after and carefully quar antined. ; .-.-',.' - When the petition came te the council It was decided not to grant the request, members of the eouncll stating that Jf Dr. Matson desired s clerk he could pay for one out of his salary of -40 a month. Thle action- Is said to have been tsken simply because the councllmen desired to cripple "'the administration of Mayoi Lane. - ' ,i . Dr.' Matson explained today that if there was no clerk In the office under taker weald -often hava tt-weH feethetr burlal permits snd the telephone would have to be tsken out snd sll complaint would have to be written, because It was impossible for two men to do the work of the department . Mayor Lene suggested that the beard, , . . .. (Continued on rags Two.) . - ...j. ..vJ:r: -.rr'.ii 8, , 1905-FOURTEEN PAGES. the Northern Pacific Railroad. ; minals. The Weldler trsct purchased by the Northern Pacific has a frontage of 1,000 feet n the WUlametterlrer. and - the. Weyerhauser ' tract below St Johns hss. a . waterfront of more than half a mils. ' The company has -under option other river front property be tween Guild's lake snd the river. - It ie certain that the Hill people have started in to control the west aide ef the Wil lamette river se far -mm frontage owner ship will accomplish the pgrpoee. They have eurrounded the Northern Paelfie. Terminal company, and com pletely hemmed it In,. and extended .their holdings far down ths river. The Bt Johns bridge will land their trains' on tha west aide at e Junction with the present main line of the Northern Pa cific opposite St Johns snd on a level with that - line.' From thle point -to Portland ' the Northern Paelfie and Great Northern propose to own all they msy now or hereafter need in terminal ground and , water frontage. They aay they already have all they require. It la not unlikely that sfter the thorough (Continued on PagS Three.) QUITS THE PULPIT BECAUSE WIFE GOES Oil STAGE - i r.- - . . - '' Presbyterian Pastor- Resigns vWhen Wife' Accepts Leading Part in Opera Company. v (Jeorsal Bpeelal Serrtee.) i. Jenklntown, Pa., Oct J. Rev. Elwood E. Riley, pastor of Orace Memorial Pres byterian church,' tendered his resigna tion todsy snd, the congregation la agog over the. report that he Is going to quit preaching; because .his wife Is going on the stage, w . i It is recalled, that Mrs. Riley, s singer of remarkabla ability, figured to s great extent In ths , newspape rs about a year ago as the winner ef the Nordiea prise scholarship ja a famous European con servstory.. Though Mrs. 3lley won ths prise, shs did not get it agents of the donor de claring that the fact that Mrs. Riley was married made her Ineligible. - It la reported that ahe has made a contract to sing In opera. " snd her salary will be nearly 10 times as much ss her hus band could make preaching. ' YERKES OBJECTS TO TAX -. LEVIED ON HIS MANSION - " JerBsl Special Btrtke.) ' : .New Tork, Oct. J. Charles T.. Terke is dlssstlsfled because his mansion on Fifth avenue has been assessed at $1,1(0.000. '. In proceedings te hsvs the BBsessment reviewed he has obtained a writ -of certiorari against the tax com missioners. He Insists that the property has been assessed at a higher propor tionate valuation than -ether real estate In the vicinity and that it should be placed -at l0.000. Terkes declares that the assessment mads Is an arbitrary one established bv subordinates not prop erly qualified to make the valuation. . ; ', 1 1 ' '. ; . Jap Steamer Strikes Klae. , v (Jeoraal Bpartel Sirlti. . Chefon, Oot 2. A floating mine was sTrucklj'y - lbs roaaf 1 n g " steamer Hale sho. 90 miles south of Bhantuna Dromon- lory Sunday morning.1 Ths vessel wss totally destroyed, fifteen passengers vers drowned. Passing ateamera res cued the foreign passengers snd part of the crew, landing Tl survivors at Btut na.;.;- ;. ; .; I. . - PRICE TWO 39 ID lODICIED THEME Among the Victim's Claimed by Typhoon Wasr-Jarhes MrDearr ' of Portland and William ' " - Fisher .' of r Seattle. K v.v FIVE 'OFFICERS ANb o "POSTAL CLERK PERISH Oovernor-Oeneral 'Wright - Cables . War Department That' Destruction by Storm Causes Oreat Discoursge- - ment - Alt- Provineee - Swept - and (Crops : Deatrojred. --i. i . (Special IMapetck to The JoaraaL) Washington, Oct 1.. Oovernor-Oen eral Wright of the Philippines noti fied the- war department thla morning that Ave .officers, one postal clerk, six passengers snd 37 of the -crew" of the tT. 8 coast auard cuttar T.evT,, war lost when the ship -wss wrecked off Ssmsr In the typhoon of September 38. ' . Pull details hsve Just bven' received The officers lost are: William Fisher, whose nearest relative is Martin -Fisher of 1300H Western avenue, Seattle; Frederick Heldeberg of New Tork, E. M. Bentel of Rochester, Pa.. C. H. Olson, who had no relatives In this country; Qeorge Gardner, residence unstated. - The passengers lost are: James M. Desn of Portlsnd. Oregon, whose near est relative Is Rait Almock: George B. Hart snd four others whose names sra unknown.' ' i "y.r- - The , cablegram ' also' snnonnce's that deatructlon by - ths storm csused great discouragement All ' provinces were swept snd crops destroyed.-A much greater loss ef life snd property is found to have occurred then was st first re ported. The loss on hemp plantations alone lg estimated at more than 11. 000- 909. ' - . A't Catuhlg. Hartshorns. Tagabaurn Tarlran, ' Oandara and Bulao temporary shelter ' posts were entirely . destroyed snd Csmp Connell else suffered .conald ersble damage.- . The damage In the city of Manila and Immediate vicinity consists principally of- unroofed .buildings, which will amount to less than 14.000. " f Many1 Inland transports and coasting vessels were .wrecked In the wstere sur rounding Ssmsr snd other Islands, snd the army transport Juan RodrlgueS was swept ashore at LeOaspl. Thousands of natives sra homeless in the interior of ths lslsnd of Semar snd In ths smaller tslsnds the sltustkm Is much the came. . : , ., , The complete deatructlon of ell tele graph lines mekee It impossible to se cure run reports from - ths stricken districts. - , KAISER TALKED FREELY ABOUT "YELLOW PERIL" ' Jowrsai Special aerrlee.1 Boston. Oct 3. Congressmsn Me Nary reiterates his famous interview with the kaiser In which he le quoted ss hsvlng sold the kslser thst as a re sult of the Japanese victory It was now plain that the white nations must com bine for self-protection sgainst . the "yellow, pern." McNsry arrived "thla morning and aald the kaiser talked free ly and frankly with, no intimation thst he expected his tslk te be regarded aa confidential. He used English, so there Is no possibility of a mistake. PRESIDENT DETERMINED TO REGULATE RAILROADS (Joaraal Special Bervlre.) ' . Washington, Oct. I. The president hss appointed Arnold Bhanklln of Mis souri .ss consul-general to Panama. . The president began the work of e buey day before t o'clock this morning. He received msny visitors.; Senator Burkett of Nebraska ssys thst he found the president ss determined ss ever te fight forrate regulation and determined to enter tha ngnt at tne convening ef eongraae. . Secretary - of Stste Root i assumed charge of his offlcs this morning. , Queen's Crows ' Stole. (Journal Special Barrtee.i Chicago, Oct J. The local police hsve received information that an .Irish' earl has bean 'robbed of $ M00 worth of jewelry, supposedly by - Amerlcsn thieves. A large reward is offered. Among the Jewels Is s crown set In emeralds, said once to have been Worn by a queen. A pearl necklace and eer gems which are claimed to be worth s fabulous sum are also mlaalng. - ROOSEVELT WILL GO TO FEVER ; ; ; CITY DESPITE THE QUARANTINE . -) v . .;; ' " 111 " I (Jesrsal Special Serrlea.) t- .Washington, IX c., Oct. 1. President Roosevelt today definitely decided that in spite of quarantine regulatlona he would visit New Orleans on his south ern trIp,"Tulfllllng the promise made to people. oLtheCreacent-CUy. e-r meeth ego, ., . - . , . The president will arrive In New Or leans on the morning ef October it, lea vlrnr -thai night after the celebration, risking the trip te Washington by sea I t or- r to prevent e connict with the - r-ttations esiabllabed by ... - . - ' CENTS.; VtSJx?Zl il IS. The Cotton , Scandal . Ends In traeBiltsBelngRetumed7 ; " Against Haas, : Peck- , ham and Holmes.- r ALLEGE CONSPIRACY TO ; DEFRAUD GOVERNMENT; ' - ": '."; :va.;: j i". . ; -(. ,. ' fli-'v ''' ' ' '" " '" ' '" :' ,''' it- : - ' - -"i. Government Statistician Accused oi Misconduct in Office by -Conspir v Ing With New, York Brokers and - Furnishing -Them Advsnce . Infor mation Regarding Crops.. ' - (Jesrsal Washington. Oct t. Ths grand 5url - ot the District of Columbia today re turned Indictments against E. A. Feck ham and ' Moses Haas ot New Tork and Edwin 8. Holmes. - former statistic cian ot ine agricultural eeparunent , Two counts are enumerated egslnst each for eonsptracy to. defraud the gov-1"' ernment .The oonsplrScy cause is mis conduct in office. , Peckham and Hase ere cotton brokers of New Tork snd are accused of con spiting with - Holmeavby securing front ' the latter advance information concern ing the -cotton .crop bulletin by meene of which they were enabled to manipu late the market . . . . - -f . . - i - The ohargea were orlglnally-f lied with Secretary Wilson by the Cotton Planters' association, who submitted -: evidence showing-that.- certain - Information had been given tO - cotton, brokere In New Tork by some' person employed in the buresu of statistics of the department" ot agriculture, relative 'td ths acreage, condition, etc, of the eotton crop ef the United Stetee prior to the official pub lication of such Information. . and .that the figures of " the eottoa crop report had been tampered with in the depart ment In the interests of certain cotton speculators. i V J ,.,'- v. j' : ,"; Secretary "Wilson st ence called in the secret service men. with the. result that Assistant Statistician Holmes wae found to be implicated snd wss dis charged from the government' service. The -. resignation of -Chief Statistician Hyde followed.- The affair wae taken up by the grand Jury at the Instigation Of the president. v - W. M. Judd. In the employ of I C Van Riper, a-New Tork broker, admit ted that he had received advance in formation on the 'eotton crop - report, and -had been Informed that thla in- , formation came through Haas and from Holmes.!, He stated that not only was advance Information .being given eut, j but that the figures ee received from ths crop- correspondents and agents of the department were being distorted la the Interests of certain speculators, -tra Vsn Riper stated that' Mr. Holmes furnished him with Information -from time to time for several months In sdvanoa of the publication ef the official figures end thst the Informa tion furnished by Mr. Holmes, corres ponded exactly with the flgurea which were afterward published ae the official . rrop reports. Haas acted as a go-between for Mr. Holmee end himself, - Peckham wss also a go-between for Holmes with certain . ether brokers. Holmes ta alleged te hsvs grown wealthy while in office, ,'j '. .... RELATIVES REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THE YYIDIV7 ' (Joareal special Service.) , ' Westplalna, Mo., Oct 1. On' Septem ber tt. Dr. T. J. Pitts of this city died in Portlsnd, Oregon.' Ths body arrived -here Thuredsy . night accompanied by a woman claiming to be his wife. Ar rangements had been made for hie burial by the Mesons, but relatives of tha da- ceased arrived here from FayettevtRe, ( Tennessee, refused to, recognise ths ' woman ss us wire a no secured tne beey -for burial at the latter piece. . . j i The woman alleges shs haa evidence te , how they were married. Dr. Pitta left , aa estate valued at 7,OT end-there le prospect of e light for it,,,,, i t ,,- j; SUSPECTS IN SUIT CASE MYSTERY ARE RELEASED (Jearssl BpeHsl ftrrviee.) . Boston Oct . Hsyee and Wlngfleld, who were arrested on suspicion of be ing, connected with the suit-case mys tery, were unidentified by the pawn broker who eold the cases, and both were ' released thle morning. This . le the- case where the body of a .worna wae found la the - harbor la two salt esses. '.' , ,- . , ' i .Only Secretary Loeb wtl-sccompeny ths president to New Or) esq a , The members of the cabinet and others ef the official party who Will go with the president to the ether southern r' s to bejrlaited will leave the - -,.. Little Rock, where tve r The. preaidr.t e tngton, Oc"-- r I ".. dscMe-1 v ' on a r ft Sl-'T HI" A .... t.