STREETCAR BRIBE
WAS NEEDLESS
Defense in ford Graft Case Gains
Startling Admission.
WILL BECOME STATE,
Ex-Supervisor Gallagher, of San Fran
Cisco, Declares Belief That Over
head Franchise Would Have Been
Granted Without Use of Money-
Carried Notes for Ford.
San Francimsco, Sept. 26. Twice
yesterday during the Tirey L. Ford
trial, wherein the chief cojnsel for the
United Railroads is charged with brib
ry of public officials, it was affirmed
that confessed bribe-takers, members of
the board of supervisors, would have
voted to grant the United railroads i
franchise for an overhead trolley eys
tem without the use of the money which
is alleged to have been so lavishly dis-
trilubed. James L. Gallagher, ex
chairman of the board of supervisors,
xpliiitly declared his belief that the
franchise could have been secured with
out any attempt to influence the opin
ions of the members. Supervisors
Samuel Davis, the only other witness
of the day, reiterated this assurance on
his own account.
Gallagher occupied the stand during
four hours of the session, and every
ecrap of testimony he gave was thresh
d out by the attorneys for either side.
To Davis scarcely an hour was devoted.
It developed that Gallagher had ar
ranged immunity for himself and the
other members of the board in the
course of two or three interviews with
Rudolph Spreckels.
Gallagher admitted having had sever
al conferences with Ford. At one
time he carried a note from W. M. Ab
bott, one of the United Railroads' at
torneys, to Abraham Ruef. Afterward
ho took the note to Ford, who permitted
him to see that it contained a hint that
an attempt was being made to trap the
supervisors.
Judge Lawlor is considering what
form of punishment he will administer
to the people connected with the de
fense of Ford, who were caught by De
tective Burns in the act of getting a trap
to spirit away former supervisor Thom
as F. Lonergan, chief witness against
the defendant. The offense of seeking
to take a witness out of the jurisdiction
of tne court is clearly provided tor in
the code, and Bome punishment will be
meted out to serve as a warning against
auch tactics.
President Roosevelt to Approve the
Constitution.
Washington, Sept. 27. President
Roosevelt announced this afternoon
that he had decided tc approve the Ok
lahoma constitution, which means that
all doubt regarding the addition of
other star to the national flag is re
moved; that two more Democratic sen
ators win soon take Beats in the upper
branch of congress; that four DemO'
crats and one Republican will be added
to the rolls of the house and that seven
bran new votes wil) be added to the
Democratic column, in all probability
in the next electoral college.
Announcement that Oklahoma's con
etitution is to receive formal executive
approval comes as a surprise to many
of those most directly interested, for
the tip had gone out that the constitu
tion would be rejected.
Undoubtedly it would have been re
jected, too, had the president felt free,
after consultation with his legal advis
ers, to act upon the merits of the docu
ment as they appeal to him, or had the
convention's work not been so over
whelmingly ratified by the voters of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
It was stated at the White House
that the tremendous majority for the
constitution at the recent election was
the impelling force. Furthermore, it
was pointed out that the executive
judgment wis, generally speaking, con
fined to the Question of whether the
provisions of the enabling act had been
ebserved. The final decision followed
conference with Attorney General
Bonaparte this noon. Approval, as ap
plied to the president's action in con
nection with the constitution, is tech
meal and does not express the execu
tive's real position. He does not ap
prove of the constitution at all, but
simply signs his name in response to
the will of the people who must live
under it, for the reasons above stated.
Mr. Roosevelt's actual opinion of the
constitution, according to those who
are in his confidence, would hardly be
fit for publication.
WITNESS CONFESSES PERJURY
Anything to Secure
Advanced to
Immunity Money
Dummies.
Boise, Sept, 6. The first sensation
in the trial of United States Senator;
William K. Borah came late yesterday,
when Albert Klanop Nugent, the sec
ond witness produced by the govern
ment, admitted on cross examination
that hexommitted perjury in taking
out a timler claim, admitted that he
had been promised absolute immunity
by an officer of the Federal government
for testifying, admitted that at there
quest of the Federal officer he had
sworn to a complaint against a man
whom he did not know, and last pro
claimed that he believed it to be a part
of his bargain for immunity that he
hould swear to any comlaint against
any person, regardless of any know
ledge that he might have as to the per
conn's guilt. When the name of the
Federal officer who induced him to
sign the comlaint was asked by Borah's
-counsel, the witness swore positively
that lie could not remember it.
The day was given over to tho intro
duction of a mass of papers on file in
the land cilice at Boise relative to 31
alleged fraudulent claims, and to the
evidence of two men who said they re
ceived money from John R. Wells,
with which to prove up on their timber
land claims. SVells is one of the men
indicted with Borah. Counsel for the
latter did not object to this testimony,
on the understanding that the trans
action in question would ultimately be
connected in some way with the sen
ator on trial.
IDAHO FRAUD CASE.
Another Alaska Strike.
Tacoma, Sept. 26. Private advices
from an authentic source report a rich
gold discovery on Valdez creek, in the
Sushitna valley, 75 miles from Copper
Center, which is on the Valdez-Fair-
banks trail, 300 miles from Valdez.
Peter Monahan, the discoverer, took
out $"0,000 two years ago and during
the past summer, with machinery to
work the bench above the creek, took
out one nugget valued at $940 and sev
eral running from $200 to $300. It is
predicted the stampede will result in a
mining town equal to Fairbanks.
Lose Money at 2-Cent Fare.
St. Louis, Sept. 26. According to
compiled statements made by officials
of the various railroads of the elate, the
operation of the 2-cent passenger law
lias caused the railroads of Missouri to
lose $1,500,000 during the past three
months. The law betame effective in
Missouri on June 17, and by agreement
with Attorney General Hadley the
railroads decided to reduce the fares
and test the law until October 1. The
trunk lines will fight the law.
Snow Storm Over Lakes.
Cleveland, O., Sept. 26. A terrific
jrale from the west has been raging over
the lower lake region for more than 24
hours. So far as known no damage to
shipping has occurred. With the
storm came a heavy drop in the tem
perature and this morning there have
been flurries of snow.
Thirteen Dummy Entrymen Tell of
Sale of Claims.
Boise, Sept. 27. After having spent
all of the previous day in bringing out
the testimony of 13 persons who ad
mitted they had taken claims to timber
land for the express purpose of selling
tfiem to members of an alleged land
grabbing conspiracy, the government
attorneys in the trial of United States
Senator Borah yesterday turned the
line of evidence into new channels,
which they say will tend to affect the
defendant senator. The testimony ad
duced up to until now has been con
fined to the activities of John I. Wells
and Louis M. Pritchard, two of the
men under indictment. None of the
"dummy" entrymen examined was
cross examined and the testimony that
they received from Wells the money
with which to prove their claims and
from Pritchard the $250 bonus for sur
rendering their titles went uncontro-
verted .
Just prior to adjournment the prose
cuting attorneys identified the signa
tures cf ex-Governor Frank Steunen-
berg and William Sweet to a document
said to have been a contract. It is al
leged that Steunenberg and Sweet
jointly furnished the money with
which the first alleged faudulent trans
actions were carried on.
The government has divided its case
into three secti6ns. The first deals
with the claims which were turned
over to Allien t.. rainier, or Spokane,
who is said to have acted as "dummy"
trustee for the Barber Lumber com
pany. All the testimony bearing on
these claims, it is alleged, was handled
through Horace S. Rand, of Burling
ton, Iowa. The third and last set were
handled by George S. Long, who, the
government promises, will eventually
take the stand as the most important
witness for the prosecution.
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON, D. G.
SEVERELY CENSURES FRANCKE
Uhler Says Dakota Was Lost Through
Captain's Carelessnes.
Washington, Sept. 26. In an official
communication to Captain Emi
Francke, who was commander of the ill
fated steamship Dakota, wrecked on
Kinkone reef, coast of Japan, March
last, George Uhler, supervising inspect
or general of the steamship inspection
service, severely censures him on ac
count of the loss of the ship. The local
board of eteamstcat inspectors at Seat
tie had investigated the wreck of the
Dakota and suspended the license
Captain Francke for two years. The
captain appealed to Supervising In
Epector General Uhler. Mr. Uhler
after having analyzed thoroughly the
evidence adduced at the hearing, says
in his letter to Captain Francke:
"I am forced to the conclusion that
the stranding of the vessel and her sub
sequent total loss was due entirely to
your careless and indifferent naviga
tion, as an hour before the disaster vou
assumed charge of the watch and took
the bridge and directed the navigation
of the ship yourself. "It is evident
from the testimony adduced at the in
vestigation that a large portion of the
ship remained above the water many
days, and yet witnin two hours from
the time the ship struck she was totally
abandoned, not a single man being left
aboard to protect her, and the ship lef
a prey to those who looted her without
restraint and without meeting any pro
test from any one."
War With Japan Inevitable.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 27. Secretary
laft s tour of the world is.,being fol
lowed with unusual interest here. The
government is taking measures to pro
tect the journey through Siberia and
European Russia, and the press is bus
ily speculating on the likelihood of the
adoption of a Russo-Ameriean conen
tion, the object of Mr. Taft's visit to
Russia being, it is alleged, to negotiate
n agreement between the United
States and Russia. 1 lie conviction pre
vails here that war between Japan and
the United States is inevitable.
Wu Ting Fang is Impeached.
Washington, Sept. 27. Secretary
Root today received a cablegram from
Minister Rockhill at Pekin notifying
him of the appointment of Wu Tine
Fang as minister to Washington. There
reason to believe that unofficially
some representations have been made
at the State department within the last
24 hours, impeaching the character of
the proposed new minister, not only on
the ground of his conduct when former
ly in Washington, but it is stated Mr.
Wu Ting Fang took advantage of an
abnormal state of affairs in Pekin to se
cure his reappointment to this post.
May Burn Alaska Coal.
Washington, Sept. 26. The lowest
bid for coal for the battleship fleet
while on the Pacific coast was submit
ted today by the Pacific Coal & Trans
portation company, which offers to de-
iver 40,000 tons of Chignik, Alaska,
coal at San Francisco, half at $8 to $9
ton, the other half at $8 per ton, pro-
ided the department takes the full
amount of the bid. This is cheaper
than the department can buy and trans
port either Welsh or WeEt Virginia
oal to San Franiso, but the Navy knows
nothing about Alaskan coal.
Water on Land Next Year.
Washington, Sept. 24. A part of
the Umatilla irrigation project in East
ern Oregon will be supplied with water
during the season of 1908, but the pro
ject as a whole may not be ready for
cultivation until the season following.
The Umatilla River Water Users' asso
ciation recently forwarded to the Ore
gon delegation a letter indicating some
uneasiness because the project had no
been thrown open to settlers this sea
son.
REDUCED RATES TO TROOfS.
Law May Be Amended to Avoid Hard
ship to Them.
Washington, Sept. 24. The War
department will recommend to congress
at the coming session that an amend
ment be made to the railroad rate law,
permitting the railroads to grant re
duced fare to members of families of
army officers and enlisted men. Prior
to the passage of the rate law, reduced
fares were freuently issued in such cas
es, oui me interstate commerce com
mission has held that the new law will
now prohibit a continuance of the
practice.
This restriction has worked great
hardship on officers and men who have
been ordered to far distant posts. There
have been cases where companies and
regiments stationed on the Atlantic
coast have been ordered to the Philip
pines. Transportation across the Pa
cific is furnished by the government,
but the men with families have been
compelled to go into their pockets to
the extent of about $100 for each mem
ber of their family, and this is a tre
mendous tax, particularly upon non
commissioned officers and enlisted men,
whose families accompany them. There
would appear to be considerable justice
in the claim of these men, for their
change of station is not of their choos
ing, but at the bidding of the depart
ment, and the enactment of such an
amendment is not altogether improba
ble.
BORAH CASE OPENED.
Prohibition for Washington.
Washington, Sept. 28. A determin
ed effort will be made next winter, it
is said, to bring about the enactment
by congress of a law making Washing
ton a dry town" in every sense of the
word. Information received here to
day from Norfolk, Virginia, where the
Anti-Saloon league of America has been
in session, to the effect that a cam
paign having as it object the eradica
tion of the saloon from this city will be
yaaugurated at once by the leagues and
other temperance organizations in the
states, and that pressure will be
brought to bear upon senators and rep
resentatives irom many sources, urging
them to vote for the proposed law for
total prohibition in the District oi Co
lumbia.
Government Begins Prosecution for
Land Frauds.
Boise, Sept. 25. Tho government
yesterday revealed the charge in the
case of United States Senator Borah,
charged with timber land fraud. The
jury was completed at the morning ses
sion, and during the afternoon Judge
M. u. tfurch, of Detroit, Mich., special
assistant to the attorney general, made
the opening statement of the prosecn
tion. He arraigned the late governor.
J? rank Steunenberg, as the central fig
ure in the alleged conspiracy by which
it is alleged that more than 17,000
acies of virgin forest land, thick with
towering pines, came fraudulently into
the possession of the Barber Lumber
company, a Wisconsin corporation
operating a plant in this city.
Mr. Burch connected Mr. Borah with
the land transactions only as attorney,
first for Steunenberg and then for the
lumber concern. He declared that Mr.
Borah interested himself in all matters
having an outward bearing on the land
claimed by dummy entrymen, turned
over to dummy trustees, and by them
deeded over to the Barber company.
All of the deeds went through Mr.
Borah's office and stand in the county
clerk's office as being recorded at his
request. It is alleged that Mr. Borah
approached the register of the land office
with regard to several claims which
were held up and was warned by that
official that the claims were fraudulent
and should be let alone.
COREA IS ONLY
STEPPING STONE
THOUSANDS GO TO CANADA.
Believed That Japan's Next Move
Will Be Toward China.
Battleship Fleet of United States
Being Sent to Pacific to Prevent
Such a Move President Roosevelt
Is Determined China Shall Be Independent.
Puts Veto on Colonial Law.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 27. An im
perial rescript forbidding the service
by any colonial authority of any legal
process regarding fit-hery rights aboard
any American vessel and suspending
all colonial statutes authorizing offi
cials to seize American vessels for alleg
ed fishery offenses was proclaimed here
today. This, it is lelieved, will make
it practically impossible for Premier
Bsnd to carry out a recently announced
decision to enforce the fishery laws.
Great Radium Deposit in Tunnel.
Geneva, Sept. 27. A newspaper
sttes that Professor Joly has completed
a geological examination of specimens
of the strata collected in the borings for
the Simplon tunnel. He found rich
traces of radium, indicating larger de
posits than hitherto discovered in
Europe.
Heney Put in Charge Again.
Washington, Sept. 26. It was an
nounced today at the Department of
Justice that Special United States At
torney Heney, who has been active in
the California land fraud cases has been
given charge of some of the criminal
cases growing out of the land frauds in
Oregon. Other cases will be conducted
by the district attorney.
Sloop Saratcg Not Sold.
Washington, Sept. 28. Only two
bids were received for the sloop Sara
toga, which the Navy department pro
posed selling, the highest bid, from
John II. Gregory, of Perth Ambov.
$2,000. As the department appraised
the vessel at $4,300, it is probable that
both bids will be rejected. No action
has yet been taken.
No Objection to Wu Ting Fang.
Washington, Sept. 28. President
Roosevelt announced today that he as
sumed there would be no objection to
the appointment of Wu Ting Fang as
Chinese minister to the United States.
He added, however, that lie had not
formally taken the matter up with the
State department.
Call Central American Conference
Washington, Sept. 25. President
Roosevelt and President Diaz have in
vited the presidents of the five Central
American republics to send delegates to
a conference to be held in Washington
in November to agree upon a plan for
the peaceable settlement of all future
disputes between these countries.
Root Starts for Mexico.
Washington, Sept. 27. Secretary
Root left at 3:30 this afternoon to visit
President Diaz, of Mexico. He trav
eled in the private car Signet, attached
to a regular Pennsylvania railway
train. Accompanying him were Mrs.
Root, Miss Root and Percival Cassett,
his private secretary.
Hepburn's Sensational Views.
Washington, Sept. 26. Representa
tive Hepburn, of Iowa, chairman of the
house committee on interstate com
merce and father of the rate bill which
forced the senate to action in 1906, on
his return here from a trip to Europe
i ao not see," ne saia, -now any
man can nave courage to invest in
American railway stocks alter tne way
they have been manipulated, after
182,000,000 of indebtedness has been
saddled on the Union Pacific, with
probably not more than $30,000,000 of
ctual .expenditure.
Harriman Is Pirate.
Washington, Sept. 28. Congress
man Hepburn, of Iowa, in an interview
criticising everybody, including Presi
J i. T w i 1 ..
ueuii nooseveirj, says tne president is
backing the project for the deepening
the Mississippi, which is another
scheme to raid the treasury. He re
ferred to E. H. Harriman as a "finan
cial freebjter," and declared if congress
fails to enact legislation to regulate the
stock issues in interstate corporations
there will be nothing to check "the
Wall street sharks."
Bids for Coal for Warships.
Washington, Sept. 26. Bids were
opened at the bureau of equipment of
the Navy department for the transport
ing and supplying of coal for the use of
the Atlantic battleship fleet during its
coming voyage to the Pacific'coast in
December. The proposals contemplate
the shipment of a supply of this coal to
be delivered at various points in the
West Indies, on the South American
coast and at Magdalena bay and Mare
Island, at San Francisco.
Negroes Oppose Taft.
Washington, Sept. 25. A concerted
anti-Taft-Roosevelt movement among
negroes all over the country is alarm
ing the Taft supporters. The negroes
have a permanent organization and
branches have been formed in Balti
more, Philadelphia and New York.
W. Calvin Chase, a colored lawyer and
editor of The Bee, a Republican paper
published here, is the leader of the
movement.
Northwest Provinces Draw American
Farmers.
Chicago, Sept. 25. According to fig
ures sent out by Chairman E. E. Mac
Leod, of the Western Passenger asso
ciation, many thousand Americans an
nually are obeying the call of the wilds
of Western Canada. In a circular is
sued today to all of the lines which are
members of the association, it is stated
that during the 12 months ended June
30, 41,869 entrants, representing a pop
ulation of 105,420, took up homesteads
in Western Canada. Of this number,
13,188, representing a population of
31,500, were from the United States.
The statistics apparently show that
the tide of immigration from the Unit
ed States into Canada is reaching a
stage which should awaken interest.
Mr. MacLeod states that during the
last decade a total of 272,609 people
have left the United States and have
taken up homes in Canada, and that
57,919, or nearly one-fifth of these,
went there during the 12 months ended
June 30, 1906. The number increased
from 2,412 in 1896-7 to 57,919 in 1905,
and fell off to 31,500 during the year
just ended.
During the greatest year of immigra
tion from the United States into Can
ada, there came into the country from
Great Britain and Ireland 86,796. Dur
ing the past 10 years Great Britain and
Ireland have sent a total of 311,747
people, who have found new homes in
her American colony, and this number
is not very much in excess of the popu
lation which the United States has
furnished Canada.
IMMUNITY FOR ALTON.
Judge Landis Dismisses Rebate Case
Against Road.
Chicago, Sept . 25. It was decided
today by Judge Landis in the District
court that the Chicago & Alton railroad
shall not be further prosecuted for its
connection with he granting of rebates
to the Standard Oil company, in oil
shipped between Whiting, Ind., and
East St. Louis, 111.
It was stated by District Attorney
Sims that Mr. Morrison, the prede
cessor of Mr. Sims in office, had prom
ised immunity to the Alton Toad, pro
vided it assisted in good faith in the
prosecution of the Standard company.
The attorney general held, therefore,
that it is the duty of the government to
see that no further steps toward the
punishment of the railroad for its part
in the granting of the rebates be taken.
The court then called attention to a
statement recently issued by President
Moffitt, of the Standard Oil company.
of Indiana, that, if the Standard Oil
company was guilty ot receiving re
bates, no other manufacturer was inno
cent. The court directed tho jury to
investigate the conduct of other manu
facturers and directed that a subpena
be issued for Mr. Moffitt.
San Francisco, Sept. 24. That the
Japanese question has not been settled
but is merely in its infancy is the be
lief of a large number of naval officers
who have arrived at San Francisco with
the advance guard of the fleet that is to
be mobilized in Pacific waters. Ac
cording to these authorities, the fleet
has been ordered to the Pacific not so
much as a warning to Japan f or her
past actions as for a floating protest
against her contemplated seizure of
China. In fact, these naval men inter
pret that the presence of the fleet on
this eide of the continent as a message
to Japan clearly saying: "Thou shalt
not steal China."
These authorities bring forward a
number of interesting facts to support
their contention. In the first place
they point out that a treaty existed be
tween the United States and Corea
which was the nearest thing to an alli
ance that the United States has under
taken. This treaty under a possible
construction pledged the American
government to protect Corea against
just such a coup as Japan has carried
to a successful conclusion. It is said
that immediately after the Portsmouth
treaty was signed, in which, by the
way, Japan guaranteed the independ
ence of Corea, the island empire busied
herself tying the hands of all the big
European powers by means of treaties
and alliances. The United States gov
ernment was the only big power with
the exception of Germany not included
in this arrangement.
The naval officers above referred to
give it as their opinion that the ill feel
ing stirred up between the United
States and Japan was the work of the
Japanese government. While Japan
was belligerently protesting against the
attitude of the Californians toward the
Japanese, it was doing nothing more or
less, f.cording to the authorities cited,
than holding America at a distance
with one hand while with the other it
was choking the life out of Corea.
The naval officers hold that as soon
as Japan tcok possession of Corea Mr.
Roosevelt was convinced that the next
move would involve China, and accord
ingly began preparations for active in
terference. The United States eat
quietly by while Japan put Corea in
its back pocket. It will not sit quietly
by if Japan makes the effort to deal in
the same manner with China.
The big fleet of warships to be gath
ered on the Pacific coast will serve to
remind Japan that the entity of China
is one of the cardnial foreign policies of
the American government. To just
what lengths the country will go to
preserve the Chinese empire from Ja
pan is yet to pe aeterminea.
New Peak is Thrown Up.
Seattle, Sept. 25. Captain A. J.
Henderson, of the revenue cutter The
tis, on arrival here today from the Arc
tic, confirms with official reports the
accounts of a violent volcanic eruption
of Mount Mukashin on September 1,
and the existence of a new peak raised
LAST TECHNICALITY FAILS.
Washington Wins Contest.
Washington, Sept. 27. The score
tary of the interior has decided in favor j f,0m the sea forming a part of the Bog
of the state of Washington in the case oslov formation. The latest additior
of t hat state against a large number of
settlers involving alout 50,000 acres of
valuable lands. There were several
classes of claimants, but the secretary
helil against all except those who had
settled on their land before the state's
selections were made.
Metcalf s Secretary Resigns.
Washington, Sept. 25. Leon A.
Clark, private secretary to Seretary
Metccalf, has resigned and will leave
here Monday for Oakland, Cal., to de
vote himself to law. Mr. Clark has
been associated with Mr. Metcalf for
'seven years.
Recruit Engineers to Limit.
Washington, Sept. 25. All the en
gineer companies in the army are to be
recruited up to the maximum limit of
the law. This action was decided upon
with a view to complying with a re
quest made by Major General Leonard
Wood, commander of the Philippine
division, that two additinal companies
of engineer troops are be designated at
that station for service.
Baker City to Have More Clerks.
Washington, Sept. 27. Civil ser
vice examination for a postal clerk and
letter carrier will be held at Baker
City October 16.
ion
is the fourth, anil with its appearance
the bottom of the ocean has raised
until channels formerly sufficiently
large for the passage of ships are now
dry land.
Where Roosevelt Will Hunt Bear.
New Orleans, Sept. 25. A special to
the Picayune from Lake Providence,
La., savs: It has been learned that
the proposed bear hunt of the president
will be made in East Corroll parish,
opposite Alsate station, on the Iron
Mountain railmad. The camp will be
located alout 75 miles from Lake Prov
idence, on the Texas river. Several
noted bear hunters have been on the
ground for more than a month prepar
ing camp.
Wu Ting Fang W.ll Return.
Fekin, Sept. 25. The reappointment
of Wu Ting Fang fo h's former post as
minister of China at Washington, was
gazetted today.
Supreme Court Upholds Indictments
of Accused Bribers.
San Franiscco, Sept. 24. The state
Supreme court late yesterday rendered
a decision upholding the validity'of the
so-called Oliver grand jury. On this
decision depended the fate of the in
dictments found subsequenvto ! March
last.
The attack was made on the grand
jury by William M. Abbott, of the
United Railroads; Frank G. Drum,
John Martin and Eugene De Sabla, of
the San Francisco Gas company, and
other defendants "to test the validity of
the indictments charging them with
bribery. They contended that in Feb
ruary last the names for a new grand
jury were drawn and that, while the
Oliver jury had not been discharged,
its powers lapsed with the first step
taken to impanel its successor.
Justice McFarland filed a dissenting
opinion.
Plague Not Epidemic.
San Francisco, Sept. 24. Dr. Rupert
Blue, marine hospital service, and
President William Ophuls. of the city
board of health, today united in the
following statement to the press rela
tive to the bubonic plague situation:
"From our knowledge of plague, the
prevention of a sudden outbreak in epi
demic form can be predicted with
assurance, but a certain number of
cases will continue to appear for a con
siderable period in spite of preventive
measures." No new caves appeared
todav.
Several May Defend Cup.
New York, Sept. 24. Preparations
for the defense of the America's cup
has begun. At least one syndicate is
being organized and possibly more.
Everyone appears to be of the opinion
that the management will be vested in
E. D. Morgan. Tho5e mentioned as
generous sulcribers are Edward H.
Harriman, Colonel Robert M. Thomp
son, C. K. G. Billings and Roy A. Rai
ney. The cost of producing the Reli
ance would be upward of $500,000.
First Snow in
Chicago. Sept. 24.
Chicago.
A few flakes cf
snow fell here late yesterday. The fall
was not large enough to te recognized
by the weather bureau, but for several
minutes it was plainly visible.