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Newspaper Page Text1T1 GOOD EVENING Journal-Circubtlcn . THE WEATHER. , Cloudy and wanner tonight; Sun-N day occasional rain or snow; south east winds. . nics VOL. IV. NO. 251. PORTLAND, OREGON, J SATURDAY. ; EVENING, . DECEMBER ' 23, ,1905 SIXTEEN ..PAGES. PRICE -ffWO CENTS. ow laants aim y ragim. . riv. !!. E SITES IS l w v: , ,- ; , , , .. - ' - 1 1. QUARTER Ii?'' mm ' ARMY' MUTINY ,..'; ' "t - "," - ' -'. .J. - ' iii I ' I f Linievitch Wires Government That, . He : Is Powerless to Control Eastern Situation v : With;-Hal"f; HisCVForce-ih " Revolt; artillery; at Moscow revolts, . BLOODY BATTLE IS IN PROGRESS Desperate! Fighting, in . Lithuanians lnvade; :: ;Country ta . 1-Uonraal BpecialJerrlct .1 8t. from Petersburg. - lJecu. 23. A message Moscow statea that, all tha ar- tlllery , tinted . erected batterlea stationed there mil today. Barricades - hava been , on , Tverakala street. Rovolu- tlpnlsts are holding them while making . repeated attacka on tha police, Cossack and. dragoons, .roopa are using - ma - china guns. There has . been a . heavy loaa of life, the streets are strewn with r corpaea and ' literally running . with blood. i ". " , ? '( It Is reported that Idnlevitrh has tel egraphed tha -government that half of nia army. 260,000 men., have mutinied and 'tha ha la utterly powerless. to pre vent the excesses of the soldiers. The rioting 5s occurring constantly (and. tha troops are defying all attempts to con trol them, clamoring for' ar speedy-' re turn, for payment of wages, for better - food -and -warmer, elotbin, '-r Conflict la nomeowrrJ "A dispatch from Moscow statea 'that the situation--hes not -bean relieved. ' Strong guards patrol the streets and ma-. - chine guns are being shotted lata post- tint). Tvooa-surrounded a- schoolhouMe whcrn the workmen were meeting ami fired blanks.. Tha workmen returned the flra and tha artillery opened and forced surrender. Small conflicts ln'th atresia are numerous. i.- Only in the capital , has' tha govern meftl got - the altuatlon- comparatively well In hand.., A j few factories, sre working, the employee refusing to leave. The city : resembles an armed camp. . Cossacka patrolling . all the pricplpal atreets. At intersections machine guns have been placed and .are. ready for .. actions -. 'The Inaurrectlon In the Baltlo prov lnces has extended to Esthonla, where .tha Russian ofnclala have been driven out. Tha workmen and railroad em ployes hava Joined tha strike. Every- M'CALL FROM 15 HOfilE ! Insurance Magnate Brings Writ ten Accounting From Chief : Lobbyist Hamilton. V 7' - f Journal Special eirlc.l - New Tork. Dec JS. John C. McCall, - gon of th New' Tork Life president, ar rived from Europe this morning. . lie refused to talk but gave a written state ment to tba effect that ha had brought a detailed and "explicit statement from Andrew Hamilton, lobbyist of the New York Life, now 111 la France, covering a period of 10 years of h) connection with the company. ' Ho aatd'that he could not "Make It buMKmnttr irTiad "been pre aented to tna committee. j- . v' McCall stales that be found Hamilton a very sick man' and totally Unable to - mnke the Journey at this time, in proof of which he produced a physician's cer tificate. When aaked whether he be- Ileved tha stories current that Hamil ton never Intended t return to Amer ica, ha stated that he did not believe them, as Hamilton had assured him that only his Illness prevnta hla re- turn. -.'' - Kor many yeara Hamilton haa been -chief lobbyist, not only-fortha:New York Life, but for other Insurance con cerns aa well, and practically handled the Albany end.of the Insurance com panies, maintaining (in office both there and In New Tork. He also looked after Joint Interests In many of Jha western states.- f - targe auma of money were advanced Hamilton by President McCall without ' vouchers eyer having been returned or any account made of the "usages to which the money was put., except that - 4 -11 ha4 to nrevent vicious legisla tion ot procure favorable legislation. Nor was any accounting ever a"kd for 'bv "tha com Dsn v. Ir.aiUnBch as Presl-1 dent McCall advanced these 'loans- without authority, .ia trustees have de cided to hold him responsible, and Unless , Hamilton . returns a - sum aggregating 1260,000 by tha first cf the year, McCall - must make good the amount.- " CASTRO REFUSES TO v RECOGNIZE IAIGNY ' Ilrnnl liwhl Imln r Tsrls, Dec. .it. .The Venesuelsn dlf fl--equity Is likely to be opened because Presi dent Csstro refuses to recognise Talgny, the French fharge d'affaires, who waa expelled front that country some Urn EUROPE ; Barricaded " Streets Vitebsk to Annex tltl ax ia.doaed at RevaLTha Insurgents have raptured Frederlckatad und. are besieging Kreusburg. Tha rebels hmve alao captured Golingen, In the province of Courjand. " ,: - Utaaaalaaa Invade Busala. ' It la reported that . thousands ' . of Lithuanian have invaded tha Vitebsk province - and are encraged In aaoklna; and burning the Russian and Pollvn ea tates, Revolutionist hava axpraseed tha detanninatlon toaelaa the St. Pe tersburg A W'araaw railway and annex Rejltaaa and Lutsin district! ' to the Lithuanian ' republic "" Tha emperor and hla cabinet last night reached a final decision ' over the. elec toral ; -law. 'J deciding -against;, universal suffrage. It Is persistently i-umored that the .terrorists - hava : sent word to the caar warning him to leave Russia. 4-He was sdvlsed-for hla own aaka as well , as hla family's- to- leave-the-eoun-try. at once. . The warning stated .that It waa not desired to harm any member o tha Imperial family, but' tha revolu tionists could not longer be retiponalble far tholr safety.- The, caaf ta -heavily guarded, la the palaoe, which- lir sur rounded by ormtdable array of troopa. The seriousness of the situation In tha Caucasus - has beea conftrmed offi cially. ' General Hal ma -has succeeded In establishing armed quiet at Elisa beth pol. -I if II is reasonably quiet. Five hundred cltisena - were given' arma . and aided In restoring order.- . , . A correspondent wires that tha police headquarters at Moscow have been de - 4 - r" stroyed by.'bombs. .fierce fighting. la In progress s the adjacent barracka. ' It la violent at HL Petersburg this afternoon and rlota are frequent. Many workmen hava been killed by Cossacka. Wltte haa Invited the. semstvost to elect a consultative , committee , to as sist him In restoring order... . . ... WALSH WILL KEEP RAILROADS All Properties.to Be Under Joint Management Akron Gas - Company Goes Under. ; - (Special. Dispatch ta The Josrssl.) Chicago, 111.. Dec. II. All of John R. Walsh'a railroad properties will remain aa, at present except they will be under the Joint management of Walsh and tha clearing-house committee. . All syndi cate offers for the' road hava been re fused. The Information la given out to day at tha Chicago National bank that Walsh haa begun - the , management of hla railroad interest;- 1 - The- Akron -Gas -company,-f -which John U- Walsh Is the-prlnclpai owner, at Akron, Ohio, want Into. the hands of a receiver' thta morning. A coal com pany with a claim of $5,70(1 waa th petitioner. ' A. B. Ell beck, manager of the gas plant, was named aa receiver. The plant will continue to operate. ROYAL ARCANUM MUST -k MAINTAIN ORIGINAL RATE i. Uoerssl Special garrlc.) New York. Dec 31. In the suit ot Jamea Lawrence Moek against the su- 'pretne council of tha Royal Arctnum to compel It to maintain the original rata of assessment and prevent It from carrying a new system of Increased rate into effect, 'Justice Oaynor "today gave Judgment fof the plaintiff with costs. Tha court declarea the protested amendmenta are void because they change Uie contracts of the members with tha organisation. m t . OFFERS WIFE MILLION 1 JO KISS AND MAKE UP, (Joerssl Special Service.) Pltfsburg, Pa., Dec. S3. Ther. ra. Ia to be peace In the Corey family. .'"W- E'"s Corey, acting upon th advice of hla father, who haa been acting aa peace envoy In tha Corey troubles, has offered his wife, Mrs. Laura Cook Corey, tl.pOO. 000 aa a Christmas present If she will absndon her 'Intention of securing a di vorce and haa assured her through hla father that ha haa broken with- Mabel Oilman, the-actress. ' He also 'promise to make av will naming their son Allea s the sole , htr. , Mrs. Corey baa ac cepted the offer according to reliable Information and la now at- the horns of Alfred A. Corey, father of tha president of th steel -trust. f I i Hi SERUM FOUND FOR experiments Prove Bovo-Vac- cine Effectually Checks Tu berculosis-AmongXattJe. INOCULATED LIVESTOCK .,- ESCAPE WHITE PLAGUE Profe'sdf "BeBflnf; pernonstrates ,in France . Success of , ' Theory- to Scientists ' Unvsccinated Cattle Contracted Disease. : ! : tfoarnal Special Serrlce.) ' , . .. . . Parla, Deo. i3. Dng a aeries of ex tensive experiments with a quantity of bovo-vaocine. sent by Professor Behrlng, tha serum expert, for use at a gathering of tha most - eminent physicians i of France, at Melun. It. waa demonstrated that the . serum prevents tuberculosis among cattle.' - Tha . experiments con ducted at Melun, It ta tha general belief of tha doctors present, constitute the greatest ste"p yet taken toward tha dis covery of a aerum and cur for tuberou tnsls among ha man beings. The doctors have, pronounced the experimenta , at Melun absolutely conclusive. Under the supervision of Professor Vallee of Alfort r Medical college- and Secretary Rosslgnol . of the Society of Veterinary- Burgeons, 40 ' head of cattle were .procured and a, number. of these were . Inoculated - , with . bovo-vacclne. These,'Wlth.a number, of others not vac cinated, were placed among, still, other cattle already afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis. . , The unvacclnated cattle contracted the disease, . while those Inoculated with bovor vaccine proved to bo Immune. Then tha experimenta were repeated, but this time. to demonstrate fully the power of bovo-'vacclna by Inoculation' Instead of mere contact. . , -, . . ' HAZING MIDSHIPMAN i TO BE COURTMARTIALED i ii -" ,--l-'jV', '.n' ' , (Joarnal Special Bemee.) " .. Annapolis, Md., , 23. Midship man Trenmore Coffin, Jr.r of Carson City, Nevada, will be placed on 'trial next -week for basing Midshipman' Jor dan P. Klmbrough of Oermantown, Ten nessee. . It is alleged that accused' com pelled Klmbrough to stand on his head until he waa unconscious. ' ". - '- BCallory Coavlotaav -"' ' - f.- ; ' (Cpectai lhipt-h to The Jonrnal.) lilllsboro. Or., Dec. ' 2. Th Jury' In tha case of S. T. . MaTTory, who'was charged ' with ' a 'Statutory Offense for eloping with the wife of Mr. Willis of North Yamhill, brought in a verdict of guilty .-after deliberating -! minutes yesterday. Tha couple were arrested in easternrOregon. Jamea Lea, who was convicted afew days ago of IsrceViy. haa been aesttenced o two years' imprisonment,! Journal llSiPTIOIl r" i '""; -"':.'"-.''-- ' " '.' ' '. ' . . - The biggest and handsomest to be published in Portland this year will be at your disposal C tomorrow morning.' There's nothing In all Oregon that it doesn't cover Jn . the way of business, manufacturing, mining and all the varied enterprises of this great state.- , Homeseekers will know what to tome for if they get The Journal Annual. If they want lands, , the Annual tells wlicre irrigation' work is going forward, and the intending settler can make his choice .i and know how much he must spend to secure what he wants. . . . It'a the best gift yoircin send home, if the home folk care to know of Oregon and its possi ' bilitie.' ; - r ' "" 1 '';'..;, ' ' '-'' '- - See-Saw Margery "Daw s the Christmas toy for the youngsters--a pleasant little a'ddition to the .ruore costly Christinas gifts, because it's a mechanical toy that the child can cut out' atd put '.together for himself.-l ' r -' I '-V '"'-"- ! N " ''''".; ' ' .---.v. ' . ; " ' ' ... j ." .' iv , ! ' ' i s--, ' ..-r . : '. ' ' " ' ' ,.f f . . Order The A Street in Kfonstadt After a Battle. Between Troops WILL OF AMANDA . W. REED DECLARED VALID BY CIRCUIT COURT ' . .,, .,'-,,' ..- , ....... . ..... , r ." i ,'i..v.... .a, i , : Judge Webster Unanimously Upheld Opposition Will Carry Fight to Supreme Court, Where FewMonths May Set- ' ; ' tie Celebrated Xase- Victors Congratulated, i ' ' For the. second ' time a judicial de cree haa upheld tha validity of tha will of lira Amanda W. Reed, bequeathing nearly 11. 600,000 "for the establishment of a great educational Institute In Port land.' Three. Judges of the cireult-wurt unanimously confirmed this morning tba decision of Judge Webster of th county court, whereby tke will was sus tained and the claima of the contesting California helra were-rejected.- Property valued at approximately $1, 600,000 la involved In the contest. Counsel for the contestants gave notice of an -appeal to tha supreme court, but the proponents of the wttt-feel confident that-that .tribunal will sustain the de cisions rendered by th two lower courts and that lifted Institute will re tain lr.tact tha magnificent endowment intended, by the testatrix. Presiding Judge Fraxer of the ell-cuff court stated this morning that It waa the unanimous opinion of the three Judgee before whom the esse had been argued that the will waa valid and that tha decision of tha county court must be sustained. - He added that tha rea sons for this conclusion, will b set forth In an opinion which will- be filed later. W. M. Gregory of counsel for th California helra Immediately gave notice of an appeal to tha supreme court, i -n . - . .Martin '.Winch, .tha. executor of .the FEAR NATIVES HAVE SLAIN 1ST No Word Heard From Professor , Frederick Starr, Now In Dark- ' est ; Africa,, for ; Weeks. ; ' - - ' "A :, v ' ' Joerasl Spedsl , Serviea.t Cbjcago,- Dee. . It. Grave -feara-t are entertained at the. University of 'Chi cago -for Professor Frederick Starr,; the celebrated -anthropologist" No word baa been received from-' him 'since - ha ' left Gibraltar Tot tha heart of Africa, mora than two months ago, accompanied only by a Mexican boy. . Ha Intended visiting many, eavstre tribes,, among them tha pygmiea and cannibals, and It la feared that ha haa been slain by tha savages. Ha proposed penetrating tha native vil lages of tha Congo Free State and waa tha second white man to make tha des perate venture. ' Professor Starr planned 'to return "to civilisation In January, 1807. Members of the university faculty aald they had abandoned tha hope of aeelng Professor. Starr again. He has had ample time to communicate with friends from Ieo- poldsvllle, which point -he must have left six weeks ago at the latest. Annual Journal Annual TODAY t J t and Rioters. will and one of the trustees of Reed Institute, and Rev; T. L. Eliot, another nf - th tmitMii. w.r. nrn.nt In the nmrtmmn hn iha Haclalnn mmm n - dered, and both-wra heartily eongrata - laiefU,, Beuatox Joseph slmsa and JuOae M. Ia Pipes have appeared In defense of the will In both the county and tha circuit courts, tha contestants being represented by W. M. Gregory and Judge Gibson ot Los Angeles. The contest turned upon the question of tha residence of Mrs. Reed at the time of her death. It waa claimed . by the California helra that she waa a real dent Of that atat and that as a necessary- consequence the California atatuta restricting charitable bequests to one third of the estate must govern. Mar tin Winch, the executor. Insisted on th other hand that Mrs. Reed had never given up her residence in Portland and a maaa of evidence waa Introduced to austaln thla vlew-and to abow that tha testatrix hsraclf regarded thla city aa her home. , . . ' - It Is expected that th appeal to tha auprema court will be decided within six or eight months, aa both aldea to tha contest are desirous of expediting the case. . Attorneys aay that tha au prema court'a decision will be final,' aa there la no ground on Which the ease could be carried to the United Statea auprame court. . '' . t . - ARMOUR FORCED BY LOSSES . ;T0 QUIT SPECULATION - . u Reported Grain Company Adopts V New Policy Hereafternly : ; Merchandising Grain. ; V - . - Moarasl Speetal Berrleat . : Chicago,- Dec. II. Rumors are being actively circulated' on tha board of trade tfiat ' the- Armour Grain, company haa mA int m,A tiw 'rull mnA wm 1 1 .1 fmm vJ. 1. j, jI. , " - thlartlme forward keep out of specula-. tlon, confining Jt attention to the busl-1 nesa'of merchandising grain. , These re ports are denied by tha officials of tba company, :..',. . " ' .' Some of the reports went so far. as ta assert that heavy losses had been sustained by tha Armour concern In tha fall campaign." The deal waa practi cally abandoned' last Saturday, when something like . 8,000.000 bushels were eold out for the Armour account "Thla selling waa dona on advance knowledge of the Walsh bank troubles at tha ad vice of those In a position to know what waa transpiring on th Inside of local financial clrclea. ! ; , ..' v .- Northern' Pacific Announces Ex act Location of Columbia and Willamette River Structures ' ; and Adopts Plans. ', ' VANCOUVER PIER WILL v FORM ONE APPROACH Other Bridge WiirjBeJ. Built From Point Near Drydock and -May , Have a Lift Instead of a Swing ' Draw, as Port Commission Ob jects to Latter.- - ; '" Exact locations 'for both of the' large bridges to be constructed for giving the Northern Pacific - and Great Northern railroads entrance to Portland have beea.daolded- upon. Tba. Columbia-Civet bridge will . be erected at. the alte of the present pier at Vancouver and tba Willamette river bridge will be built at the alte announced In yesterday" -Journal, on . tha Brasea tract. Immediately above the Portland drydock. "It haa been decided to erect tha Co lumbia river bridge where tha old pier la located at Vancouver and tha plana nd proposal of the company were, on Thursday forwarded to the secretary off war, immediately on receipt or me news that tha president had signed tha bill granting a charter, ' aald J. coucn Flsnders. trustee of tha . Portland . Boat tie, Railroad eompany. "The company haa asked th Port of Portland commission for tha privilege of erecting the Willamette river bridge at a point -.Just south of tha Portland drydock." It la a very excellent crossing. Tha company nope Jot early action by tue commission. . , - - - i ? -- . . ' May Be a Xift Bridge. Mr. Flanders, with George H. Crosby, rhlef engineer -of tha f r Paciflo 1 division Of - tha. Northern Pacific, "' 1U the port comnUsslon late, yee- f "'""i -"' "'- " "J" sumpany pre.u, The . eompany requests permission to erect a drawbridge - The eommlasion diaousssd tha matter and It ia under stood that tha members strongly recom mended that tba company ' build a lift bridge Instead of a drawbridge. - Tha commission la favorable to the general proposition for a bridge at that location, but It la argued that a lift apan would be a structure beat adapted to accom modation of navigation interests. Captain Archie Pease, who has had experience for many yeara aa a river man, led tha argument in favor of a lift bridge. He ..aald Ita action waa quicker and that vessels would be de layed leaa by the operation of a lift apan than by a draw apan. Tha com mission appointed - a committee com- poeed of Adams, Ainswof th and Drls coll to call on Major Roesaler of the U. S. Engineering corps and aak him to us bis Influence with tha war depart ment to secure, construction of a lift bridge, i The committee visited. Major Roeasler today and tba matter waa dla- cussed and taken under advisement. , Tha propoaed location of tha Wil lamette river bridge la 1,(00 feet south of the entrance to tha drydock and 4. too feet north of tha northern ex tremity to Swan island. Tint Ball &aldV . 1 Tha Portland ft Seattle Railroad com pany yesterday laid Ita first rail on th rout around tha penlnaula to reach the Willamette river bridge, t Tha rail was laid at a point where tha aurvey crosses tha route surveyed by tha O. R. ft "N. eompany for Ita Bt Johna-Troutdale extension. A test is to be made In the court to determine tha conflict of Interests. Tha O. R. ft N. aurvey paases In a long, eaay curve around tha lower end of the peninsula and the route surveyed for tha msla Una of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern runa somewhat atralgbter between the objective points and crosses th cOfve in two places. The ground la owned by the- Northern PaoMsr Tbecourta are appealed to for a deolslon aa- wncn eompany shall vacate, or wheth appealed to for a decision aa to both shall modify their lines and er parallel to avoid trackage Interference, wnicn it is conceded would be both In convenient and dangeroua. " The bridge alte, which waa purchaaed yesterday by John Pieraen, president of the Western Timber company, con stats of J acres, for which ha paid 125,000. The railroad will pasa below St. Johns, crosa tha Weyerhauser tract and follow along tha river bank to the new bridge alte. There la ample room for a curve sufficient to permit entrance to the bridge, end only a moderate cut will, have to be made to prepare the right of way. . Th bridge will ba a single deck, car rying double tracks. Ther win be no provision for vehicle or foot travel. The cost, according to estimates on pres ent plana, will be upward of , 1,000,000. Th atructur will be of ateel, resting on concrete piers, and at right angles with the. channel, which at that point Haa a straight run of about 4,000 feet. U will be alt feet above tha highest Hood stag known, and IT fset above low water mark. and. It la Intended that small craft can pass under th bridge In ordinary stages of water without opening th draw. , At, tha wast end the track will reach tha present main line by a fonr-degree curve, and from that point to the city, a distance of two miles, will come Into th down-town terminal -with a drop of only nine feet Construction work on the bridge will ba commenced as soon ss permission Is given by the Port of Portland commission. It la offlolslly atated that an act of congress IS not necessary In granting permission for bridging the Wlllnroette river, all of which atream lies -within the stst of Oreaon. The maiter nf tit ration, and questions of obstruction to navigation, hava 'to be passed upon by the secretary ot war. Amalgamated Order of " Peanut Politicians Still Active Getting ' Out of . Way of Boomerangs A -That Persist In Returning, LATEST RAP COMES FROM JUDGE CLELAND Throws Out of Court . Petition of IssJtson, : WhcT Waa Eager for Bruin's Job -Attempt to Involve) Pinkerton Agency in Council's Pri rate Quarrel Not a Success; .The associated statesmen of the eltj) hall who are fighting Mayor Lane are) having hard work to "dodge their own boomerangs. One more of them cam hurtling back'among them thla morning whan Judge Cleland threw out of court tha petition by which Patrolman Issk- son' endeavored to oust Police Captain Bruin from hla office and to hava him self installed in Bruin's place, . Captala Bruin demurred. to tba petU tloa and Judge Cleland held-that under th - decisions of th Oregon auprema court there could ba no question that tha demurrer . muat be sustained. ' Tha rule was distinctly declared in reported Jn the 29th Oregon reports. inis is the third time sine th nut - politicians entered - on their cam paign against Mayor-. Lana that . tha courts have refused to uphold them. . In two previous decisions, the courts- hava declared that .City Auditor Devlin waa exceeding-h!-authority tn'WlthhoM1nr aaiary warrants, nrst from the mayors appointee aa plumbing Inspector,, and next irom captain Krutn. .The;Isakson ault waa evidently Instigated, by tha cabal jot which pvlln ba been a, lead- mg spirit. ,, . , . ., i.., - .. . Vp to tha present time tha attack on the mayor's , administration . baa .Jeeo. uniformly disastrous to his assailants. They hava found, themselves, at - the ' wrong end of the gun, , The effort to bring discredit an the civil. service com mission haa been notably unsuccessful, and the conspirators hava been driven into a species of guerrilla warfare. Their efforts are now mainly directed to atlrrlng up strife and dissension in the police department, and in thla they hava tha active aid of their nawsDaner alllee. . ,- - . , . , Captain Jamea Nevln a-enerat anna Intendent of the Portland branch of Plnkerton'a agency, haa been the nMt of aoma newspaper fllnga on account of in ract that ha and Poatmaater John Mtnto acted aa examiners when Bruin j and others were examined for appoint I ment aa police captain. Captain Nev ins. maaa ui louowing statement today In reference to tha matter: "When requested by Secretary lie, Ph arson ef tha civil kervlc eommla sion to act aa one of th examlnera at tha examination of appllcanta for th position of police captain I did so re luctantly, aa Plnkerton'a National Da tectlva .agency or myself ar not and never aav bean interested in politics and never required any political Influ ence in conducting our business. Prior to meeting Captain Bruin In the examin ing room tha day of hla examination I had never met, heard of or aeen him. and I ao testified under eath In my evi dence before the Investigating commit tee. Captain Bruin haa never been an employe of the pinkerton agency either directly or indirectly. Prior to th dsy of examination I had never mat hipwkwv. to - Mayor Lena and bava never met or spoken to him sines. "Touching references to tha Pinkerton agency being a foe to labor unlona. thta is untrue. Our agency haa no feeling whatever agalnat them - and believes that properly conducted, they are a benefit to those who belong to them. We have no right whatever- nor do we . seek any controversy with th apeclal policemen. We recognise them aa busi ness competitors In tha night-watch service branch of our business, the earn being separate tnd distinct from a detective service. Wa rely on the merit" of our service and hava no Interact In any Influence governing tha appoint -ment of the specials." -.- PRESIDENT APPROVES - , FEES FOR GRAZING ' " (Journal Special Serrlee.) Washington, Dec. 23. The president ' haa written Secretary Wllaon la aa proval ot the regulations charglng-a fee ' for graalng on th foreat reacrvea. THIRTY CENTS A POUND FOR CHRISTMAS TURKEYS ,t eaaaBsjaBBwi swan ' . d y-Today th price of. turkey . -recorded the highest "figure- a -reached in thla market Uurlng re- ' cent yeara. Early In the-dny aupplles became so short that the larger markets advanced e their price to 10 cent a pound for fancy stocks and any old birds were capable of bringing IS rent. at retail. This aeseon hies besn art exceptional one In . thla - rvspecL. --On Thunksalvlng aupplies were loo- hesvy add prices dropped snd It sat the general belief that this wnnM be tha experlenre fT the hritms 4 trade. Whttn l''.rilnn. rr" have ehown n a 1 i. . Ihe. runr. . kets In J-fiii b'r 'tc tiHvm ilropn'1 n '' ('Hot ot hf y errlvn (Iitm if , itr n-Jr-i. 1 . .