SAN FRANCISCO
SCENE OF RIOT
five NonunloiCStreetgCar Employes
Shot In Affray.
Company Sayt Union Pickett Started
Trouble Police Have Entirely Dif
ferent Version Bloody Battle Oc
curred After Midnight Two Men
Will Die.
San Francisco, Sept. 12. On Mon
day night a desperate encounter oc
curred between, on the one side, men
employed by the United Railways and
on the other striking carmen and police.
Five men were shot, two fatally, one of
the latter being the victim of a shot
fired by a policeman.
Two accounts of the affray have been
furnished, which are directly opposed
to each other in fixing the blame for
. the rioting. One account is that given
by the policemen concerned in the fus
illade that was poured into the band of
Employes of the company, and the oth
er is that of the railway officials who
investigated the matter, as they claim,
in as thorough manner as possible.
The bloody battle started shortly
after midnight near the United Rail
road car barn at Twenty-fourth and
Utah streets, and, according to he
statement of the police, was the result
of a plot that has been brewing among
Calhoun's nonunion employes for a
couple cf weeks. It was the plan of
the nonunion men to drive out the
union pickets wo have taken up quar
ters near the carbarn and have been
housed in tents there Bince the begin
ning of the strike.
JiiBt at the stroke of midnight a
United Railroads repair car was run
out of the carbarn. It was manned by
a score of armed strikebreakers, and as
it speeded noiselessly along the tracks
In the direction of the union pickets all
lights were extinguished. When near
ly opposite the tents the flret shots
were fired, strikebreakers say, by the
innion pickets, the pickets declare by
the armed men on the cars.
The version of the affair given out by
the United Railroads people diffecrs
materially from the story of the police,
.and is in Dart as follows:
"The storv of a plot is ridiculous.
That renair car was first started out
irom the carbarn fcr the purpose of
making some necessary repairs to tracks
and wires injured during the day s run
The men on that car when it first went
out were the regular repair gang
There were no gun fighters and not one
of the men was armed. When they
passed the tente of union pickets rocks
were thrown, breaking every window,
and then shooting commenced from the
tents.
"The men in the repair car rushed
back to the barn for reinforcements and
a trailer loaded with armed men went
out to follow and protect the repair
crew on its second trip. Fire was
opened again when the two cars went
nAdinff riant the union picket tents
and our men returned the fire."
SENATOR BORAH ARRAIGNED
Indicted for Conspiracy to Defraud
Government of Land.
Boise, Sept. 12. Federal court has
opened here, and United States Senator
W. E. Borah, charged with conspiracy
to defraud the government in the mat
ter of timber lands, was arraigned be
fore Judge F. 8. Dietrich, where he en
tered a plea of not guilty. Frank Mar
tin, ex-attorney general of Idaho, joint
ly indicted with Mr. Borah, was also
arraigned, but his attorneys asked three
days in which to file plea in abatement
motion to quash the indictment or to
demur. It is said that the attorneys
for Mr. Martin will attack the conduct
of United States Attoreny luick before
the Federal grand jury, which returned
the indictment against their client, but
it is the opinion they will have a hard
time of it showing that Mr. Ruick did
not properly conduct himself in his
effort to brine Idaho land frauders to
justice.
Tax Commissioner Short.
New Orleans, Sept. 12 A $100,000
shortage was discovered today in the
acounts of the state tax commissioner
of this city, and the police are search
Ins for Charles E. Letten, chief clerk
to State Tax Collector John Fitzpat
rick, who is charged with the defalca
ion. This is the third defalcation in
six months in the Louisiana tax depart
ment. The two previous shortages to
talnd nearly $100,000. There is no
olew to the whereabouts of Letten
lie has held the position for 19 years
and no bond can be found.
Convicts Are Put to Work.
Chicaffo. Sent. 12. Convict labor
has been tried on public improvements
in Chicago for the first time in the his
tory of the city, and has met with such
remarkable success that criminologists
and public men declare it has opened
up a field of wonderful possibilities.
Prisoners at the Bridewell have put
more than $15,000 worth of improve
ments on California avenue without
the cost of a cent to the city. John
Whitman supervised the work.
Big Cudahy Plant Burned.
Philadelphia. Sept 12. The large
plant of the Cudahy Packing company
at Ninth street and Girard avenue was
destroyed by fire today. Loss about
$200,000; beef weighing 25,000 pounds
was destroyed. The fire is believed to
have been caused by a spark from a
passing locomotive.
NEW RIOT AMONG CARMEN.
San
Francisco Police Are Accused of
Shooting at Strikebreakers, v
San Francisco, Sept. 13. Another
scene of riot was enacted at the Twenty-
fourth and Utah streets carbarn last
night, following the arrest of William
Bruce, a nonunion carman, on com
plaint of two young women that he had
annoyed thera by a remark as they
passed. 13n C3 resisted arrest and was
evereiy clubbed. The police allege
that they were thereupon attacked by
numbers of nonunion men. A riot
squad ot 25 patrolmen under Lieuten
ant Tobin came up and in a fight a
score of heads were broken by clubs
of the police and a number of arreata
were made. Eventually the nonunion
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men were driven dbck into me car
barns. The police say that the carman
who started the row is an ex-convict.
Mayor Taylor has increased the
Mission patrcl by 22 men, in accord
ance with hiB promise of yesterday.
The pickets' tent at Twenty-fourth and
Potrero streets, a block irom tne com
pany's barn, is to be removed. It has
been a headquarters for trouble for
weeks past.
The Chronicle commenting upon tne
furious rioting in the Mission district,
when five nonunion car operatives in
the employ of the United Railroads
were shot by union pickets ana ponce
men, charges flatly that the police am
bushed the nonunion men and fought
against them side by side with their
union tormentors. ine nronicio
points out that the patrolmen Wade,
Bigelow and Miller who shot down
the carmen, were appointed to the po
lice force from the teamsters' ana car
men's unions soon alter the commence
ment of the streetcar strike, when a
Union Labor police commission and a
crooked chief of police were in control.
LAND HINDUS AT VICTORIA.
Monteagle Turns Back, Fearing Vio
lence at Vancouver.
Ottawa. Ont.. Sept. 13. Advioes
from Vancouver state that the mayor of
Vancouver has warned the cap'tain of
the steamer Monteagle, which has on
board 114 Japanese. 149 Chinese and
941 Hindus, destined for this port, that
he would be unable to guarantee a saie
landing here, because the unionists
have expressed their determination to
resist the immigration oi any more
Asiatic laborers. The steamship au
thorities feared to assume the risk and
the vessel has been turned back to
Victoria, where the Asiatics will be
landed.
Vancouver is reported as being com
parativelv quiet, but an outrage by two
Chinamen yesterday nas again innameu
the people. The Mongolians, while
passing along one of the main streets,
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Haw a wnite rmoy sitting on mjb uuui-
step. They snatched it up and threw
it Into the middle or tne street, wnicn
was busy with traffic. It fell among
the horses' feet and narrowly escaped
death. Beyond being :bruised it was
not much the worse. An angry crowd
started in pursuit. The Chinese had a
good start and escaped, ihe tact tnat
no arrests have been made nas not
tended to allay the temper of the peo
pie.
CHARGES AGAINST RUICK.
Said to Have Forced Grand Jury to
Indict Borah.
Boidfi. Idaho. Sent. 13. Judge Diet
rich in the Federal court yesterday is
sued an order for a special grand jury
to arjpear on Thursday, September 19.
The order was issued at tne instance oi
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.Tndsfi M. C. Burch. special assistant
attorney general of the United States,
who is here for the purpose or inquir
ing into matters in connection with the
Idaho land frauds.
Tt in understood here that the order
was really the result of a plea in abate
ment filed by the attorneys for Frank
Martin, one of the men indicted witn
Senator Borah and others, which plea
makes serious and sensational charges
of misconduct on the part ot united
States Attorney Ruick.
These charaes are that Ruick used
force and coercion in securing the in
dictments of Borah and his fellow de
fendants, and are supported by the affi
davits of three of the grand jurymen
Hoch's Fighting Blood is Up.
Topeka, Sept. 13. Kansas politi
cians are strongly of the opinion that
Governor Hoch will call a special ses
sion of the legislature if the railroads
persist in their determination to ignore
the 2-cent fare order. The governor
has not been notified of the action of
the roads except through the newspa
pers. He declares that Kansas will
have a 2-cent fare rate or it will be
cancelled in the states around her. A
conference was held by Governor Hoch,
Attorney General Jackson and the at
torney for the railroad commission.
Says Laurier Will Settle it.
Tokio, Sept. 13. The Hocbi, which
was the most oucspoaen newspaper
here in regard to the recent Japanese
difficulties in San Francisco, in an edi
torial this evening says: "The trouble
in Vancouver appears to be over, and
wm confined to one city. Japan can
safely leave her interests in the hands
of Premier Laurier, who always has
been friendly. There is no reason why
the Deo nle should feel uneasy over the
outcome."
No Hope for Arbitration.
The Hague, Sept. 13. The belief is
rapidly growing among the delegates to
the international peace conierence tnat
there is no bope for a permanent arbl
tration court, owing to the German op
position. The delegates are greatly
discouraged, although the kaiser's op
position to the plan has long been inti
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND
TESTS TIMBER'S STRENGTH.
ngenious Machine Worked by Forest
Service at New Haven.
Washington, Sept. 11. The Forest
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service lor some time paBi nas oeen
carrying on a series ot experiments at
its timber testing station at New Ha
ven, Conn., to determine the effect of
centinuous loads applied for 'long per
iods of time to wooden beams. lee
beams are tested by an ingenious appa
ratus, which is so arranged that the
load on the specimens is constant, how
ever much they may bend.
The most interesting part ol tne test
ing machine is a large paper covered
drum, slowly revolving by clockwork,
upon which a continuous record ot tne
amount of bending in the specimen
under test is recorded. This bending,
or deflection, is shown on the drum by
a pencil mark, the pencil being con
nected to the center of the beam by a
system of levers bo arranged as to con
siderably multiply the actual bending
of the beam before it is recorded on the
drum.
Information as to the effects of loads
applied to wooden beams for long per
iods of time is not at present very aen-
nite, and it is expected that the results
of the experiments now in progress at
New Haven will furnish much valuable
information which will be of great ben
efit to the lumber industry.
DEFERS IMPROVING TRACK.
Southern Railroad Will Not Double
Road Under Present Laws.
Washington, Sept. 10. It was an
nounced at the Southern Railway head
quarters in this city that, owing to re
cent adverse railroad rate legislation in
several Southern states, and to "gene
ral conditions," the double tracking of
the Southern railway between Chatta
nooga and Olteway Junction, in Ten
nessee, north of Greensboro, N. C, has
been ordered stopped, pending further
instructions.
Contracts had been entered into for
double tracking work in Tennessee ag
gregating about $15,000,000. The
money intended lor the proposed im
provement in Tennessee and North
Carolina has been withdrawn ana win
be used in operating the road.
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Latest on Fleet Movement.
Washington, Sept. 12. Those poli
ticians who are looking for an ulterioT
motive behind every move the presi
dent makes have discovered the real
reason why the battleship fleet is to be
sent around to the Pacific coast. The
president, so they declare, is a candi
date for renomination, and the fleet is
to be sent to the Pacific to promote the
political interests of Mr. Roosevelt.
The presence of the fleet will demon
strate to the people of the coast that
the president is their friend, and in re
turn they will be expected to send to
the Republican convention delegates
who aro pledged to Mr. Roosevelt.
Talk Business at Lunch.
Oyster Bay, Sept. 12. President
Roosevelt gave a luncheon today, at
which Secretary Straus, of the depart
ment of commerce and labor; Charles
P. Neill, commissioner of labor; Law
rence F. Abbott, and Ernest Hamlin
Abbott, of New York, were guests. Mr.
Straus made a verbal report on his re
cent Western trip, and Mr. Neill took
up with the president certain difficul
ties which have been encountered in
the attempted enforcement of the eight
hour law. It is denied that the tele
graph strike was considered.
A Little Slow, but She'll Do.
Washington, Sept. 14. The battle
ship Kansas, sister ship to the Ver
mont, has just completed her speed
trials, and, while her record is slightly
below that of her sister ship and a
trifle below the 18-knot speed which
she was required to make in her ac
ceptance trial several months ago, it is
said at the Navy department that her
record is entirely satisfactory. The av
erage speed for four hours with full
power was 17.81 knots and for 24 hours
endurance trial 17.09 knots.
Raise Veterans' Pensions.
Washington, Sept. 2. Judging from
reports received the more to extend the
provisions of the service pension act to
the survivors of the early Indian wars
in the Northwest meets with general
approval, there being but one criticism
of the idea. The service pension act
passed February 6, 1907, applies only
to the soldiers themselves and makes no
provision for widows. A great many
of the beneficiaries under the Indian
war pension act are widows.
Battleship Has Narrow Escape.
Washington, Sept. 14. The battle
ship Indiana narrowly escaped destruc
tion, according to a report made public
by the Navy department, by a hre
which started in the coal bunkers on
September 5. The ship is now undfr
going repairs at League island. The
heroic action of the crew in removing
the ammunition saved the vessel.
New Rural Carriers.
Washington, Sept. 13. Rural car
riers appointed: Oregon Hillsboro,
route 2, William M. Tipton carrier;
Paul Ray substitute. Washington
Cheney, route 4, Thomas R. Riggs car
rier ; James V. Cossallman substitute.
Shortage in Cotton.
Washington, Sept. 11. Theginners'
report of the government shows that
69.2 pet cent of the normal cotton crop
bas been ginned, against 72.1 per cent
a month ago. This accounts for the
recent advances in cotton values.
WASHINGTON. D. C.
NEVER HEARD OF PUTER.
Land Grafter's Fair.e Alread
Dim In
Government Offices.
Washington. Sept. 12. Fame is
short-lired. Only a few days ago a
letter was received by the Forest ser
vice in this city asking for various bits
of information regarding public land
conditions in the state of Oregon. The
letter bore the signature "8. A. D.
Puter." The questions were leading
ones and indicated that the writer was
not dealing with an unfamiliar sub
ject, rather that he was an old hand at
it. Borne of the questions could not be
answered by the Forest service, , so the
letter was referred to the general land
office, and came back with the answers
and with this notation:
"Who is this writer Puter? We
never heard of him."
The Forest service was no more ac
quainted with the man or the name
than was the general land offioe, and
when Pater's letter was passed from
one official to another, it was always
with the remark: "Never heard of
him." It was Dot until a complete
answer had been mailed to Puter that
an official asked a newspaper corres
pondent if he had ever heard of PuUr.
OREGON LEADS ALL STATES.
Contributes Most to Reclamation Fund
General Increase Shown.
Washington, Sept. 10. Oregon
again leads all states in its contribu
tion to the reclamation fond. During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, the
total receipts from land Bales in Oregon
amounted to $1,429,760, nearly three
times the receipts in the previous year,
when the total was only $545,346.
Last year, when timber entries in
Oregon were tied up, North Dakota
forged ahead of Oregon, but this year
the receipts in that state were but
$300,000 less than in Oregon. There
has been a general gain in land re
ceipts through the West, Washington
increasing from $542,677 in 1906 to
$768,937 in 1907, and Idaho showing
an increase from $351,963 to $709,169.
The total receipts from all states
amount to $9,484,938, and amount to
and out of this total approximiately
$8,000,000 will go into the reclamation
fund, swelling the total to more than
$40,000,000.
New Lumber Rate Reported.
Washington, Sept. 13. The Inter
state Commerce commission today re
ceived from the Transcontinental
Freight bureau notification of new rates
on lumber from the Pacific coast to
points in the East, this being the rate,
recently agreed upon, of 50 cents per
hundred. The new rates will become
operative November 1. Notice of filing
of the rate was sent to lumbermen on
the Pacific coast who have informed
the commission of their intention to
enter complaint and ask for a hearing,
but this hearing will not prevent the
rate going into effect November 1. In
the event the commission decides
against the new rate, lumbermen will
be entitled to a rebate on all shipments
made at 50 cents.
Take Up Coast Defense.
Washington, Sept. 13. An effort
will be made by the War department
to get an appropriation from congress
during the coming winter for the com
nletion of all fortifications exclusive of
guns, at Portland, Me., iew lone ana
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Boston harbors on the Atlantic coast
and at San Francisco and Puget sound
on the Pacific coast. General Murray,
chief of artillery, has taken up the mat
ter with the bureaus of the War depart
ment, presumably at the instance of his
euperior officers, with a view to getting
ihe money. Searchlights are tne prin
ctpal items needed at all five points.
Choice Reduced to Three.
Washington. Sept. 12. Un the eve
of Secretary of War Taft's departure
for the Philippines, national political
leaders are taking account of stock and
invoicing the presidential situation as
it has developed up to the present
time. The situation today gives prom
inence to three men: President Roose
velt, Secretary Taft and Governor
Hughes, of New York. Other persons
whose names have been entered in the
Republican presidential nomination
race appear at this stage as nothing
more than probable "also rans."
Sentence Is Shortened.
Washington, Sept. 11. Aged Judge
James L. Bradford, of New Orleane,
who was convicted of land frauds, had
his sentence commuted to two years by
President Rooeevelt on condition that
he returns to the government the
thousand acres of valuable land in
Louisiana which he obtained by fraud.
He has already served two months
Bradford was a former resident of the
District of Columbia. He is one of the
South's most prominent attorneys.
May Have Fuel Shortage
Washington, Sept 12. The fuel
problem is quite as acute in British
Columbia as in the states of our Pa
cific Northwest; indeed, British Co
lumbia is suffering somewhat because
much of its coal is now being exported
to American ports on the Pacific
coast.
Naval Station for Pacific.
Washington, Sept. 10. That a strong
recommendation will be made by Rear
Admiral Cappe, chief of construction of
the navy, for building a naval station
at San Diego is practically assured. It
is believed his views are indorsed by
Rear Admiral Cowles, the president's
brother-in-law.
RIOTS MEAN EXCLUSION.
Trouble In Vancouver Will Help Solve
Problem in U. 8.
Washington, Sept. 11. That a
stringent exclusion treaty between
America and Japan is measurably near
is rneasurgDiy near-1
the most optimistic
cial could have be-
er realization than
administration oflioi
lieved 48 hours ago, is the judgment of
the members of the diplomatic corps.
This long sought object is expected to
be attained, perhaps, as an indirect re
sult of the mobbing of the Japanese
at Vancouver, B. C, last Saturday
night. Officials here deplore what they
view as an unfortunate and unwarrant
ed infraction of the treaty rights of
the Japanese, but they do not fail to
perceive at once the important bearing
that this incident will probably have
upon the negotiations between the
State department and the Japanese
ambassador, looking to the drafting of
a treaty that shall limit the incoming
of Japanese coolies instead of allowing
the subject to be dealt with in the
present loose fashion by what amount
to semi-official undertakings on the part
of the Japanese government to withhold
passports to coolies coming directly to
the United States.
HAGGLES ABOUT ITS BOND.
Standard Only Offers $1,000,000 to
Secure $29,000,000 Fine.
Chicago, Sept. 11. The Standard Oil
company of Indiana today applied to
the United States Circuit court lor a
writ of supersedeas suspending the
operation of the recent hearings set by
Judge Landis in the United states dh-
trict court, in which the penalty assess
ed against the company was $29,000,
000. Judge Groeacup, before whom the
application was made, declined to take
action until he had heard arguments
from the attorneys on both sides. The
arguments consumed the greater part
of the day.
The attorneys for the government in
sisted that the supersedeas bond, if a
writ of error were granted, should be
as large as the fine assessed against the
company. The attorneys lor tne com-
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panv argued for a bond or si.uuu.uuu.
Judge Grosscup, while not specifying
the amount of the bond, declared that
he thought it should be equal at least
to the total value of the Standard Oil
company of Indiana.
TROUBLE IS EXPECTED.
Arrivaljof Japanese on Monteagle Like
ly to Provoke Riot.
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 11. If the
steamship Monteagle, due in Vancouver
today with a shipload of Japanese la
borers, attempts to land her men, there
is serious danger of an outbreak of
rioting. The temper of the Vancouver
public will not permit the Japanese to
be landed and the provincial author
ities may temporize with the situation
by refusing to admit the Orientals.
Though Vancouver is quiet now, the
situation bas not improved, for the
Japanese have purchased every avail
able firearm both m Vancouver aim
New Westminster. Ihe Vanoouver au
thorities, becoming alarmed over the
sale of weapons to the Japanese, for
bade further sales, bat the Orientals
immediately went to New Westminster
and got guns. The New Westminster
authorities said they had no authority
to prevent the sale of arms.
?Coal Prices Will Raise.
San Francisco. Sept. 11. A persist
ent rumor is rife to the effect that a
rise in the price of coal on the Pacific
noaet is pending and it is said that
those in close touch with the market
itions ar availing themselves of
the knowledge to prepare for the ex
igency, with benefit co themselves.
Some of the leading wholesale dealers
Aonv in nnsitive terms that there is
anything in the story. Others claim
thpv know nothing of it and will not
discuss the situation. The marked ac
tivitv in shipping circles, however,
nnnnlod with the reticence of some to
discuss the matter and the emphatic
denial of others seems to lend color to
the report .
Demonstration in Seattle.
Seattle, Sept. 11. The Japanese and
Corean Exclusion league is planning to
repeat the demonstration made at Van
couver last Saturday, in Seattle. A
big delegation of Canadians ' will be
brought here to take part in a monster
demonstration, declared to be even
greater in size than the one that wreck
ed the Oriental quarters in Vancouver.
Local officials of the exclusion league
say they will not permit any violence,
but that their local demonstration will
be even more remarkable than the one
in Canada.
Did Not Investigate Rate.
Philadelphia, Sept. 11. In deciding
tlin 2-cflnt fare case today in favor of
i the Pennsylvania railroad, holding that
the new law is unconstitutional, tne
contention sustained by the court was
that the law was unconstitutional be
cause the 2-cent rate was fixed without
any investigation by the legislature
whether the roads could make a fair
profit and under which the company
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asserted it could noc ine laws oi um
er states may be similar.
Only Negro Legislator Resigns.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 11. W. H.
Rogeis, the only colored member of the
Georgia legislature, today resigned his
seat. He gave no reason, but it is be
lieved that the passage of the negro dis
franchisement bill influenced him.
Bal'oon Does Unusual Feats.
London, Sept. 11. A successful test
of the new British war balloon was
made at Farnborongh today in the face
of a 15-mile an hour wind. The bal-
loon performed unusual feats of maneu-
venng.
ORIENTALS ARM
AGAINST WHITES
Open War May Be Result In British
r
Columbia.
Japanese Laying In Stock of Arms and
Ammunition Trouble Is feared
When 8teamer Menteagle Arrives
Asiatics All Stop Work Under
Pressure.
Seattle, Sept. 10. A special to the
Times from Vancouver, B. C, says:
As a result of the disorders Saturday
and Sunday evenings, the situation
here with regard to Asiatics Is increas
ing in menace. The Japanese have
notified Chief of Police Chamberlain
that police protection is Inadequate and
they will take steps to protect them
selves. Chinese and Japanese em
ployed in hotels and restaurants have
withdrawn from work. It is said that
Oriental leaders have instructed them
they must not work under penalty of
$100. The Japanese are purchasing
firearms and the aspect of affairs is
threatening.
Steamer Monteagle, due to arrive
Wednesday or Thursday with many
Orientals cn board, will be met by a
hostile demonstration. It is freely de
clared that the Orientals will not be
allowed to land. There is growing un
easiness in the city. The feeling is in
creasing that, in view of the number of
Japanese, Chinese and Hindus in Van
couver, the minister of militia should
take steps to protect them. Several
restaurant keepers met this morning
and resolved to employ nothing but
white labor.
Early reports of the disorders Satur
day night were exaggerated. The
crowd amounted to about 10,000, but
the temper displayed was merely bois
terous. The crowd surged through the
streets in the Oriental quarters, cheer
ing everything white and hooting and
denouncing everything colored. At in
tervals from some indistinguishable
point in the crowd brickbats would
hurtle over intervening heads and crash
through windows. Chief of Police
Chamberlain, recognizing the inade
quacy of the force at his disposal, re
lied on diplomacy. Fearful of arousing
the passion of the mob, he directed his
men to lay aeiue uuu uimujouu
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exercise moderation, jater me oiuer
regarding truncheons was xevoked, but
at no stage did the ponce ana popuiace
come to blows.
FRAUDS IN FOREST LANDS.
Valuable Timber Land Secured under
Guise of Mineral.
Helena, Mont., Sept. 10. Evidently
suspceting frauds in connection with
the location of mining claims in the
Helena forest reserve, the national gov
ernment has sent Arthur J. Collier, of
Washington, D. C, to this city to con
duct an investigation. The Helena for
est is among the largest in the state
and includes the Butte field, where a
strict investigation will be conducted
also.
The main purpose of the government
is to secure restorations to the public
domain where it can be shown that
under the guise of locating mining
claims, valuable timber rights have
been availed of, the law permitting
actual prospectors the right to the ne
cessary timber in the development of
their claims.
Therefore, no more patents to min
ing claims will be granted except where
the good faith of the locator is proved.
Where timber lands have been secured
in this manner the government will
endeavor to effect a restoration.
Referring to the investigations and
classifications of the coal lands of East
ern Montana and Western North Da
kota, Mr. Collier said that the work
has been undertaken by the govern
raent with a definite policy of prevent
ing the coal companies and railroads of
the West from monopolizing the West
ern coal lands as those of the East have
been.
Great Corn Exposition.
Chicago, Sept. 10. At the National
Corn exposition, Chicago, October 5 to
19, the most elaborate decorative
scheme ever seen in Chicago will be
presented at the Coliseum building and
annex. This decorative work will cost
in the neighborhood of $30,000, and
corn will be the dominant decorative
material. In addition to a miniature
corn farm in the center of the building.
one end will contain an ancient temple
dedicated to the goddess of corn, where
' at certain times of
the dav the virgins
of the sun will offer sacrifices of corn.
Health Ruined by Earthquake.
Chicaog, Sept. 10. The San Fran
cisco catastrophe of last summer was
recalled last night in the commitment
to the Detention hospital of a mother
and daughter, two victims, who lost
their all. The woman, Mrs. Tillie
Levenberg, 68 years old, and Miss
Julia Levenberg, 18 years old, were
taken to the hospital from the home of
Georze Conner. 1644 Clifton avenue,
a stepson of Mrs. Levenberg. They ar
rived in Chicago a month ago.
Canada Asserts Sovereignty.
Ottawa, Ontario. Sept. 10. By the
establishmeont of a customs port of en
try at Burwell, situated on the west of
Cape Chudley on Hudson strait, the
government has solved the problem of
asserting and maintaining Canadian
jurisdiction over the Hudson bay and
more northerly waters.