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SENATE AND
Hey burn Bill for Relief
to be Passed Tomorrow or I hursday ;
Without Reference, to Committee. .
STAND PA? ELEMENT WIN OUT, V
NO TARIFF
Franklin K. Lane Appointed to Interstate
Commerce. Committee Bristol's Name '
Sent in to Senate For Confirmation.
(Jooraal Spedtl terries.)
'Washington, Dc. I. The feature of
..1 the second day's session of both, houses
. of congress was . tha reading of the
president's message. Shortly after ad
journment coplea of tha message war
ZZ received from tha White House' and
read to both house and tha senate and
distributed amour mwnnere. The read
ing of tha message-began In the houae
at llrlj. eight mlnutea later than In tha
senate, end it required three hours' time
to flnlah It. . , ..
am. me galleries were crowaea ana
- many visitors were unable to find seats.
The Hepburn bill, appropriating f it,.
-4 100,000. to be Immediately available for
canal eonatructlon. will pass the houae
' tomorrow or Thursday without reference
4a th. AimmlM Th. Kill vtll w. nlk
roaded through either by unanimous eon
sent or y. special rule. There la practi
cally no opposition to the measure. Tha
: bill provides emergency funds to be re
imbursed to the treaaury out of tha pro
ceeds of the sals of Panama bonds. It
J Ian unvldethat--t--detlled statements
regularly to congreaa at the opening of
-"each session. - -. ... . - .., -. .
":':.: To Tariff Beform. ,
' It la predicted by the best pasted men
" In both houses -of congress that tariff
revision 'talk will 'die out In the next
few days. They regard the queatlon of
revision as settled so far as this session
Is concerned. The stand-pat element
controls the situation In both branches)
of congress, and the understanding is
perfect between the leaders in both
houses and the president -
When the house rules were adopted
at th last eongreas it put s damper on
the tariff revlalon talk. Under the rules
adapted tbs speaker and committee on
rulea have absolute control of legisla
tion. Speaker Cannon Is jperhapa the
most stalwart stand-patter in eongreas,
snd his right-hand man on committee
. rules is Dalaell of Pennsylvania, another
stslwsrt Grosvenor Is hardly leaa stal
wart therefore there is- not the slight,
est chance of revision or reciprocity. '
t sTur Mosaiaatlons,
A large number of nominations wss
. sent Into the senate by the president
this morning for confirmation. Among
them was that of Franklin K. Lane . of
. California for member of the Interstate
LEAVES HIS WIFE
FflR ARTRFSS
President Corey of Billion-Dollar
Steel Trust, Is in Love With -
Mabelle Oilman, r.-' , '
PAYS SPOUSE FORTUNE
' FOR SEEKING A DIVORCE
"Umiitt Waa Verv Devoted to Wife
- in Earlier Day and One 'At
tempted to Commit Suicide Be.
cause He Heard She Would Die. .
(Amraal gDeclal Berries.)
Pittsburg, Pa. Deo. B.-Wllam El
lis Corey, prealdent of ., th United
State Steel corporation, la.ssld to have
arransed with hla wife for a aeparatlon.
Thla will be followed .-' by a' dlvorc,"
, Corey Is then to marry the actress, hi.
bell Oilman, of whom Jis became enamf
ored four years ago.
It Is related thst Corey hss settled
$700,000 on his wife, whom he married
It yeara ago. A son. Allen 'W. Corey
Is to get JOO,O0L additional. Ha. will
Join his mother In the west somswhere
r. a- .k. m
Willi .r7 . mini . i" . "
reside In Nevada ontll ah secures 4
resldeno. then apply for a dlvOrc on
, th ground of incompatibility of tans;,
--. Corey Is rated to be worth. II 0,000,000
He-mads his biggest strike -In North
Butts' mining-stock, buying shares al
IIS,' and they recently had a. phenom
enal rls to f 7S.
Corey resided In Braddock all his life
- until be became president of 'th Car
negl Steel company. . When he suo
' ceeded Schwsb of ths United Btatei
. Steel - corporation he rentoved to New
York. Corey was very devoted to hi
'wife In earlier dura snd once attempted
it -eoremlt sulcsle because he heard
that his wife would dls.
HOUSE LISTEI1
of the; Panama Canal
REFORM IN SIGHT
commerce" commlsalon and William C
Bristol as United States District attor
ney of Oregon. -
The ; president appointed the "follow
ing postmasters, which were sent to tha
senate for confirmation:.
California Daniel H. Cos tea of Camp
bell, Albert B Hill of Coalings. Adeline
Balthachs of Coronado, Wllltam A. Long
of Hanford, Frank H. Dunden of Jack
son, Angus J. Drydan of Bedding snd
Edmund L. Brown of Ban ' Fernando.
Alaska Frank M. Boyle of Valdes.
Oregon Arthur Wbeelhouse of Arling
ton. Louis J. Simpson of North Bend,
Merrltt A. Baker of Weston, .Frank W.
Welcome of Burns snd Harvey 8. Buck
of Bumpter. ' r- ,-
Waahlngton Henry L. Votaw of Ta
coni . Daniel .' Crowley of Vancouver,
Robert H. Stapleton of Monroe, Jacob
FV, BH) of Davenport and Frank. L.
Turner of South Bend.'
Utah George W. Bryan of Mercer.
Montana Orson B. Prlckett of Bin
Inga and' James McTaggart of Belgrade.
Daaoaacea "lCasaaersav
" iHimeaiatuiy srtti ma rwann ur tim
messsgs in the houae, Ooldfogle of New
York presented a resolution denouncing
the massacre of the Jews In Russia. It
waa referred to' thi committee on for
eign affaire to b 'debated later. Tha
annate adjourned at 1:4k. as aoon aa ths
meaesge waa read.
, Lecey of lows Introduced two bills,
on repealing th timber and stone act
and the other creating a bureau of mines
under th interior department-
1 HEYBURN'S WARNING. ,
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Idaho lens tor Sees Orav Saagwr la
reratatlon f (Km rreserve.
(Jooraal SpeeUl Berrlca.)
Washington, Deo, a. The propoaltlon
of the gam wardens of Idaho, Montana
snd Wyoming to Create -a gam preserve
In their respective states has called
forth a strong protest from Senstor
Heyburn. who calls th attention of the
Idaho people to the threatened danger
that exists in th cresting of such a
preserv as contemplated that would
embrace 4,000,009 acrea. He considers
th dsnger Is more serious than th ere
(Continued on Pag Two.)
RACES TO SAFETY
WITH CAR AFIRE
Blazing Din'eV in a Train Hurried
at Flying Pace to Nearest
' : Water Tank., ' '
CREW WITH BUCKETS
SAVES OTHER COACHES
Exciting;. Run " Through ' Western
Nevada of Southern Pacific Pas
senger Train No One Is Hurt but
Passengers Get a Scare.; ;; . .
(Joaraal Rpeelal Berr1.)
Reno, Ner Dec. With throttle
pulled wide open, th engineer on west
bound Southern Pacific, train No. S ran
Into Lovelock at 11 o'clock last night
with 'th dining car biasing like a fur
nace behind. While between Wlnne
mucca and -Lovelock tha dining - cat
caught fir from a defective heater and
th draft caused by running tha train
mads It impossible to extinguish the
Are. Ths' conductor wired and found he
could reach Lovelock befnra f h. enn.
flagratlon apread to th- other coaches1
All steam was put on. In a few min
utes th car waa a roaring furnace, and
th attention of tha crew was directed
to- preventing a spread of yia flames
Ths trsln reached Lovelock, across ths
desert, none too soon. The dining car
waa cut out and a bucket brigade aoon
had th fir under control. The entlr
coach Is a wreck. Nothing but th stee?
snd Iron: work remain on the forwsrd
portion. No on was hurt, although th
passenger wer much excited.
Cons ell Saabs J
(Journal Sprclnl lerrlre.) . (
-. Chicago, Deev-. The aldermen of
this city , at laat nlsht's session of th
city round! rejected both the gaa rate
snd traction plan of Mayor Dunn.
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ROBBERS CRACK
ESCAPING WITH
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Three Highwaymen Enter Mercantile Establishment in Wash-
. Ington Town and Get Away
Boys Who See Them
(Special Dispatch to The Jooroal.)
Spokane, Wash., Dec 6. Three rob
bers this morning blew open the safe of
tha Coey Mercantile company at Rock
ford, IS miles southesst of . here, secur
ing ; 11,100, th safe being . completely
wrecked by the rorce or tne explosion,
- After computing the worS'TOeobnerTbe-"caplured "before -nlghtr"-
aecuTgd' a MUVflcar 811 LIU U. ft. ft Hi
In which they rode for half a - mile
towards Spokane, ditching the handcar
WAR DEPARTMENT
FOR IMPROVING THE COLUMBIA
(Washlnfto. Boreas ef The Jenrnat)
Waahlngton, Deo. i. Senator Fulton
conferred with General Mackensle today
relative to eatlmatea to be made by the.
war department for th Columbia river
Improvements Mackensle la working
out the detalla and. will scale . the
amounta aa cioaeiy aa poaaiDis ana sun
LAFOLLETTE KEEPS SOLONS
GUESSING AS TO ACTION
Wisconsin Governor-Senator Will
Only Say -He's Going to the
' Senate Unless
(Josrnal ftoeelal Servtce.) 1
Madison, wis.. Deo. 8. Oovernor La.
follette's message-to the -extra session
of tha legislature- was read by th ex
ecutive personally to th Joint senslon
this morning. It still leaves a mystery
surrounding the intentions of Lafollette
regarding the aenatorshlp, but It Is be
lieved that th governor will give up th
aenatorshlp, retaining the governorship,
unless th legislature acta favorably
upon hla measures . , -
At ths end of his message Lafollette
announced that he would go to the Ben
ate at th close of th present special
seaaion of th legislature, "unless un
foreseen events" forced him to change
his plsns.
- The message deals with primary law,
railroad regulative measures snd Insur
ance lawa. Lafollette recommends ths
appointment of a committee with power
to summon wltnesaeei snd examine the
methods and expenditures of Insurancs
companies and report next November
st th regular session, ths Investigation
to be conducted upon llnee similar to
those followed by. the New York legis
lative committee. .- .'
TALK ACROSS COUNTRY
ON EFGHT-INCH WIRE
(Jnarasl gprHsl Service.)
Pittsburg, Ps., Dec Professor
Pupin, of Columbia university. Is work
ing on an experiment to prove that con
versation can be carried on between New
York and" th Pacific const on a wire
one eighth of an Inch thick. ' He haa
Invented a series nf onlls 1"W st way
stations which carry the sound wsves.
The first successful test waa made today
between Sewlckley and McKeeaport. to
prove hla theory.
Th American Ball Telephone com
pany I assisting him In the experiments
snd ths Una from New York to San
Francisco will be completed by Thurs
day. There remains a stretch of tO
mile in Dakota, to be completed and an
other short tin in Colorsdo.
Saltan Baoka Sows.
(Jonraal Hwlil Smtr. I '
Constantinople, Deo. . It is under
stood thst the sultan with minor reser
vations has a greed to the powers' . de
mand for ths financial administration ef
Macedonia. , . ... . .- ..
j t
Roosevelt
SAFE AT ROCKFORD
82,100 IN COIN
on a Handcar Fire at
Posses Hunting.
and taking to the woods.' They were
seen by two boys rooming over a store.
The robbers saw the boys snd shot at
them, but the bullet went wide.
A posse of Rockf ord cltisens are now
out after the robbers snd four men hav
been dispatched from the sheriffs office
i her It believed ttiat the men-will
"ii nf n r-'-'-'-T ' "r llii
lured by the explosion, a bloody bandage
being found In the stors this morning.
ASKS MILLION :
permit the' improvements to be carried
on deemed necessary by his department.
This smount will approximate 11,000..
00000, and Senator Fulton believes .that
be will secure this amount In th sundry
civil bill, which will be framed by the
house appropriation commttee after the
Christmas holidays. . . .
HUNDREDS FORCED TO FLEE,
BURNING ORE IN MINE
Fire Which Has Been Smoulder
ing in Butte Mine for Sixteen
Years Breaks Out,
(Special Dispatch te The Journal.)
Butt, Mont.. Deo. I. Fire, which has
been smouldering in ths St. Lawrence
mlna of the Amalgamated Copper com
pany for the past 10 yeara broke througn
last night, driving 300 miners pell moll
from the Mountain View mine, an ad
joining property, the levels of whtch
were filled with sulphurous gases. Tweit
ty-flve of the men who were working
In the St. Lawrence, mine . were forced
to flee. Many of the miners were al
most overcome by. the gas snd were
staggering when they reached ths sta
tion landings. '
The St. Lawrence fir haa resisted' all
efforta to extinguish It, slowly feeding
on the sulphiy contained In the copper
ore, and all that can be done la to re
strain the fire Wtta' original territory
through the uss .Of airtight -bulkhesds,
preventing the emission of gases.
- The 'exclusion of air Is of no avail,
because of th fact that the burning
of aulphur In th or liberates enough
oxygen . In the ore to . keep alive the
combustion. Th loss occasioned bv the
tire runs. Into many millions of dollars
GOVERNMENT INQUIRES
INTO KANSAS FRAUDS
( Jnnrnal Sprlsl Service. )
Topeka, Kan., Dec. I. The-investigating
of alleged land frauds In Kanaas la
to be taken up by the special grand
Jury called for that purpose snd which
bcganJtLWork today., However, before
ente'rinK Into 'the slleged land fraud in
vestigation, the grand Jury will first
take up tha fencing of public lands nf
western Kansas by cattle barons. The
first case involves a charge that John
A. Kelly of Stevens county has fenced
14 square miles Into one huge pasture,
more th.in half of -which Is government
land. - - - : - - ... - -
Shake-Tp on Drainage OaaaU.
4 Jonraal Special Berrtre.)
Chicago, III.. Deo. . President Zlna
R Carter and tha other members of the
board of drainage canhl commissioners
step out today and President Robert R.
McCormlck and the right other members
of th board, recently elected, will take
their places It Is expected that ths
change of ednilnlstiatlnn will he fol
lowed by a general shake-up among the
employes of th drainage board, ... '
CHAOS REIGNS ALASKA TRADE SPOILED IV1EAT
IHMRUSSiA $11 ,000,000 SOLD-NEAL
Cossacks and Infantry With Ma
chine Guns Hold Revolt From
l Bursting . Forth In , St.
Petersburg.
SOUTHERN PEASANTS . v
SPREADING DESOLATION
Mutineers Burn Prisons and Slay
Officers in Score of Placet, While
Reservists Freed From Service
- Traverse Streets. Asking for Food
Warsaw Without Martial Law.
(Joaroal Sprdal Berrlca.)
St Petersburg, Deo. t. Tha situation
today is incredible. "Complete chaos
reigns , throughout Russia. ' Order ia
only preserved In 8t Petersburg by th
16,000 Cossacks and Infantry who are
patrolling th streets and guarding ths
centers with piachlne guns.
News from th interior is slow and
but littl of It ia being received., Th
peasanta in southern Russia are in open
revolt and spreading desolstlon through,
out. Lhm rountrv. "
Abolition of martial taw was gaseTtdt
at Warsaw today and Poland Ia for the
first time completely free from military
rules A proposed meeting of th strik
ing postal and telegraph employee haa
been prohibited. In retaliation the men
say they will now' continue the Strike
until the government, abrogates all
measures tending to prevent their organ-
lsation and grants liberty to their allied
comrades
Sevastopol dispatches' a tat.. that th
government haa ordered a courtmarttal
of mutlneera In accordance with tha pro
cedure at war tlmea. 1
Th tide agalnat th government la
rising rapidly and It seema as If nothing
dwsiaeisr it Mutinies nf anlfllwrs srii
reported front a score or places Mutl
neera are burning prlaons and slaying
their officers Reservists who bavs
been let out of th service are parading
tha streets in Polish and aouthern Rus
sia cities asking for food.
GOVERNOR LUKE E. WRIGHT
HOME FROM MANILA
Minister Griscom and Wife Re
turn From Japan tor Vaca-
tion In Native Land. .
(Joaraal Special Serrlc.)
Ban Francisco. Dec. s. Th Pacific
Mall liner Manchuria, carrying Governor
Luke K. Wright of th Philippines snd
Lloyd Orlscom, American minister to
Japan, arrived at T o'clock thla morning
from th orient via ths Philippines snd
Honolulu. Mr. snd Mrs. Orlscom are
en route to their home In Philadelphia,
where they will spend their .leave' Of
absence. .
Wright la on hla way to hla home In
Memphis. It is currently reported that
he will not return to tha Philippines
snd thst his departure from th island
while -ostensibly only for a vscatlon ia
permanent.
W. Cameron Forbes, commissioner of
labor and police In the Philippines, was
also a passenger on the Manchuria. Th
liner also brought a man named F, War
ten, a Philippine agitator, an advocate
of Independence In the Islands who Is en
roille to his bom in Massachusetts.
TAKES CARBOLIC ACID
WHILE DESPONDENT
(Speelsl Dispatch to Tie Journal. )
Wood burn. Or., Dec. . Mrs, M.
Benjamin) residing near Woodburn, com I
muted suicide yesterday arternoon by
taking carbolic acid. Despondency over
the recent death of a daughter la ths
cause assigned. A doctor was summoned
soon after th act waa committed but
all efforts to save her life wer un
availing. , She leavea a husbsnd and
children. ,
Woman Aooosed ef Murder. -
tnpeciai uisparrn to i os jnthi.)
Helena, anonc, &'ec e.-i ne coroners
Jury which Investigated the death of
Corporal; William F. Cyrus, at midnight
returned a verdict charging Nora Menale
with havlpg fired th fatal shots Ths
woman was remanded to Jail.
ENGLAND
(Special ri tops tc te The Joaraal.)
London, Dec I. After a conference
of an. hour thla morning with the king.
Sfr Henry Campbell-Bannerman accepted
the position of premier and agreed to
form a new cabinet Within a few
dags the new government will be organised.-.
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Before going to ths ,fclre Campbell
Bannerman received a visit from . the
Duke of Devonshire, representative of
the ITnlonlata and Fr Traders - It Is
believed that If Campbell-Bannerman
has allied himself. with Devonshire that
th Issue of horn rule will be afde
tracked for the present for tariff, and
that for a while at least free trade will
be the paramount laaue of the new min
H. Y. Freedman Says Portland
Can Get Big Part of This
Enormous Business Simply
by Going After It.
DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT v
FOR. STEAMSHIP LINE
Residents of Nome and Seward
Peninsula Must Ship in Practically
Everything They Eat and Weai
Portland Can Quote Better Prices
" Than "Frisco and Seattle.
- "Portland merchants hav an oppor
tunity to do an enormoua bualnesa in
th Noma country if they will only go
after It. - Government statiatlcg show
that over 1 11,000,000 worth of mer
chandise was shipped Into Alaska In th
first nine months of this year, and Seat
tle is doing the biggest part of th busi
ness. Portland merchants sa get -the
business if they will mak an effort
for it" .
. H. T. Freedman, ' formerly a resident
of Portland, but for the last six years
located in th Nome country, on ths
Be ward pen tn aula, madeth foregoing
statement-in th course of a conversa
tion this morning relative to the ex
traordlnary developments that are taking
place In Alaska. Mr. Freedman la . an
attorney, and before going to Nome was
with the firm of Cotton. Teal Minor
In this city. He Is- aow associated with
Judge Dudley Dubos and aa attorney
for the Alaska Bank 4k Safe Deposit
company, the North American Trans
portatlon Trading company, tha North-
western - Commercial . company -and ' a
number of mining companies, he hss en
joyed peculiar opportunities foe gaining
an Intimate knowledge of th great
projects now under way fox th develop.
ment.ef the Dome country, in addition
I to... hlaUw. practice, Mr. Freedman has
aome mining Tnlertsl.
' Most Bring ta verythlna'.
' "Everything we use In ths Noma coun
try hss to be brought in, continued Mr.
Freedman. "Nothing la raised there
except a few small vegetablea. In ths
spring. Everything we eat, wear or use.
all clothing, mining machinery and
supplies of every description is shipped
In to us. ' Portland merchants do not
seem to realise how big th bualnesa Is
nor how It must InCreaae In the hear
future. Th Nome country alons will
produce In th next five yeara at least
$50,000,000 in gold. Thla year th large
companies bavs been so busy building
ditches to tsp new territory that they
did not produce so much aa they might.
In spits of this fsct snd th shortneas
of th season th output for the year
Will be nbout f (,000,000.
"Th trad of th Seward panlnsuls
Is well worth going after. - Noma will
be longer-lived then most placer mining
camps.. There will be a camp there fot
10 years to come at least and possibly
for to years Many big projects are
under way for th development of ths
country. During If 0s a new railroad,
about to miles In length, will be built
from Port Clarence bay Into the
Kougarok mining district, and It will
open up a wonderfully rich country. Ex
tensive ditches will be built and rrom
$2,000,000 to 13,000,000 Will b expended
In development work.
least O After It.
"These enterprises show whst sn Im
mense demsnd there will be for supplies.
Portlsnd can get the business, but If
sh wanta it she must go sfter It. Ths
big buyers up- there are not coming down
here to hand their orders on a silver
plattSr to ths Portland merchants But
they will readily buy If Portlsnd will
send representatives to - secure their
orders. Heretofore Seattle and San
Francisco have been th only cltle to
aend men to -solicit bualnesa. Portland
merchanta can't do much by writing let-
ters They must send their sgents and
then they will get th bualneas. They
do not have to wait for a ateamahlp line
from Portland In order to set tha trade.
All they need to do la to go after It
"Prlcea have heretofore been better
In Portland than in Seattle or San
Francisco. Many of th people In Nome
are old residents of Portland and would
prefer to trade here. But they like ths
energy shown by Seattle and. San Fran
cisco, so they trade there."
In discussing the mining developments
In th Nome-country, Mr. Freedman gavs
an extraordinary picture of th richness
Of recent discoveries Copper deposits
sr of almost fabulous value and rival
th gold flelda In their possibilities
Wonderful Copper Deposits. '.
"In th neighborhood of White river.
about 100. miles from Falrbanka, there
(Continued on Page Twa)
HAS A NEW PREMIER
istry. Joseph Chamberlain today
stated that he waa pleased with Campbell-Bannerman'
a scoeptsnc. '
It Is regarded aa certain that Lord
Rose berry wilt not have a plc in th
new cabinet, but that John Morley will
be Sir- Henry chief adviser, and will
probably be offered the Indian offlcs
Sir. Henry -Astjtttth Is slsted for chan
cellor ef th exchequer. Lord Elgin for
secretary of foreign affairs Sir Edward
Grey as- secretary ef th colonlea.
Dissolution of parliament will prob
ably not be effected until after th new
year. In A speech last night James
Kelr Hurdle, Socialist snd member ot
the house of commons, frankly Invited
an sllinn'-e betwe the Irish snd Labor
lartla in the new parliament. ,
Manager of Pacific States Pack
ing Company Says That
Carcasses Rejected by In .
- spector Are Marketed. ,
FOOD COMMISSIONER
SAYS HE'LL INVESTIGATE'
Bailey Does Not Believe That Neat
Is Right in His Assertions and
Doubts That Butchers Can Evade
the Present Close Inspection by
Officials. ;."'"-..X ' ': :"', "
of the Pacific Btatea Packing company,
declared that meat that haa been re
jected by government Inspectors is be
ing offered to th publlo through local
markets. - J. W. Bailey, state food and
dairy commissioner. Insists that ther
la no truth In tha statement.
jar. xseaj aecisres mat me eaus or
th present low prices of dr eased meats
In ths .wholesale msrket Is due to (that
fact that r. 1..f 4 imm la h.ln. .. A
. VIM. 11 4U . W OTUWW fliVUUbl.
bear th government stamp of approval
cannot offer the meat at prlcea aa low.
mwJ .I.m ...... 1 ,...
aa those who handle Impure products.
' as a result or the statement of Mr.
Neal, Commissioner Bailey .will likely
eaus an investigation. In case rejected
meat Is being offered for ssle In Port
land prosecutions will follow.. -
Why Masts Ar Cheap.
. It is stated by Mr. Neal that scalpers
operate In Portland who purchase cat
tle st the stockyarda which hav been
rejected by government Inspectors Th
rejected meat la dressed and offered to
the publlo at much lower prices than
ths produce of firms that ar under gov.
rnment regulations. -"Th
'present low prleea "of dreased
Mr.y Neaiv "but to the operatlona of
brokers. The brokera purchase cattle'
that hav been rejected by government
inspectors at very low figures Th cat
tie ar slaughtered and the meat dressed
and th scalpers ar able to offer it to
th market at prlcea much lower than
properly Inspected meat can be sold.
"Thr Is no meat war ln Portland,
and reports to thst street ar without
foundation. Prices of dressed masts,
however, are low snd the cause Is Just
aa I hav,' stated. ' The . matter Is now
under advisement by th board of health
and th practice will likely be stopped
aoon."
' Bailor Donbta Charg.
Commissioner Bailey will ascertain
what disposition is made of rejected
cattle snd will also learn. If possible.
If rejected meat la being sold In Port,
land. He doea not bellev that rejected
meat Is being sold.' -
"I do not bellev such things to be)
possible for many reasons said Mr.
Bailey. "In th first place, th retail
and wholesale dealera know pretty well -how
they will be treated by tha firm
from which they buy their supplies,
They know that th leaat ausplclon or
th moat trivial rumor to th affect that
they handl Impure meat will break
them in bualneas. Consequently they
sr vary careful. Th varloua Inspect,
ors of th government snd city ar also
careful tn their work."
Mr. Neal vigorously denies that the
Paclflo States Packing company, of
which he la manager, haa been pur
chased or absorbed by th Swift com.
ymiij v, a. ti j viu.i vumiu, 111 i 11,
also Insists that ther is no meat war
in Portland, aa haa been stated.
Hot Owned by Swift. .
"Ther have been rumors snd reports
circulated that are very Injurious to our
business," said Mr. Neal. "It la abse
lutely untrue that We have sold out our
Interests to Swift, or to sny on els.
As a matter of fact, no atock Int the
concern Is owned by outside parties.
"We expect In th near futur to build '
the biggest snd best-equipped plsnt on
the Paclflo coast. Th plant wUl'b
erected In the vicinity of Portland. We
expect to begin work on th plant within
th next alx montha. and to have It ready
for occupancy by th time our lease on
our present quarters expires, i Our pres.
ent leas expires within a comparatively
short time snd we must vacate.
- OomaoU ( Jewish Wonaam.
. (Jooraal Special Berries.
, Chicago, III.. Dec. a Delegates from
all parts ef th country sr her for th
fourth triennial meeting of the National
Council of Jewish Women, which opens
her tonight for a week s session. - Th
sessions ar to b held In Sinai Tempi
with Mrs Hannah Solomon of Chicago
presiding. . - . .
Right Honorabl Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman. O. C. B.. la a son of the
lets Sir James Campbell, and waa bora
September T, 111. He assumed the
additional name under th will of hie
maternal un-le, the late Umrj Manner,
man Of Hun ton Court, Kent. He mr.
rted adushter of the late On'ml r
Charlae Bruce. He wss sd-icated t
Glasgow university snl Trlnl'v -.ilif,
Cambridge, His polni.jl mr-r h.r -i
with hla election mm a ni"-' '-r ot
house ef comrii"" In t.'"
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