Heppner Gazette
Waned Thursday of f ach Week
CAUSE TO WORRY.
HEPPNER OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Reader National, Political. His
torical and Commercial
Great Britain has a new war balloon
which has proved a great success.
mere are no new developments in
the strike of the 8,000 dock laborers at
New Orleans.
General William Booth, founder and
commander of the Salvation Army, pre
diets hard times.
Detectives at Baker City working on
the Brown murder ease are entirely at
sea as to the perpetrator of the crime.
A stiike of coal miners in Nova
Scotia is likely to compel the Dominion
government to buy foreign coal for the
Intercolonial railroad.
Both telegraph companies claim the
stiike is over but the business they are
handling would indicate that the men
who went out have the best of it.
Admiral Dewey says the .loss of the
Philppine islands would mean the less
of most of our Oriental trade, as they
are our possibility of insisting on the
open door.
That the Rock Island intends to
build from Salt Lake to Portland would
eeem certain from the frantic efforts of
Gould and Harriman to gain possession
of the passes.
The Borah trial may cause a reform
in the grand jury system.
.Revolutionary riots in Calcutta are
causing officials much concern.
It seems probable; that prohibition
for Washington city will pass congress
Mrs. Brown says she does not believe
her husband was murdered by Federa
tion men.
The port of New Orleans is tied up
by a strike of the Dock and Cotton-
handlers' union.
Germany has expelled a number of
Mormons and forbids their doctrine
being taught.
A tremendous fire is raging in Sono
ma county, Cal. The damage is al
ready estimated at $100,000.
John D. Daly, surveyor general of
Oregcn, met death by falling down
etairs in a Portland building. Some
physicians are inclined to believe he
was murdered.
Vast Numbers of Japanese Pouring
Across Canadian Line.
Washington, Oct. 8. Immigration
of Japanese into America is increasing
at so alarming a rate that it has been
determined to adopt extraordinary!
measures to prevent the introduction
into the United States not only of Jap
anese, but of other Asiatic coolie labor.
One result of the trip of Secretary
Straus has been to increase the force of
immigration inspectors along the Cana
dian border, with a view to controlling
tbe flood of Asiatic immigration.
It is known that more than double
the number of Japanese have come into
the United States thus far in the year
1907 than came here during the same
period last year. Naturally, the figures
of the government do not include the
hundreds of Japanese who have come
into tbe country surreptitiously. Tluy
have come across from the Canadian
and Mexican borders, principally with
out hindrance.l despite the means
adopted by the government to prevent
the introduction of Japanese laborers
For many months the government
has had immigration commissioners iri
Mexico and Canada. In practically
every instance, the inspectors have re
ported that the Japanese who reach
Canada or Mexico are bound for the
United States. Inquiries in the Ha
waiian islands have revealed organiza
tions whose business it is to procure
Japanese laborers to work in the Unit
ed States. They not only provide the
means, but pave the way by which
Japanese may easily obtain entrance to
this country through Mexico and Can
ada.
It is this sort of position that the
government proposes to combat. In
the appointment of what principally
constitutes a patrol guard of the Pvorth
ern and Southern borders of the coun
try, Secretary Straus hopes to reduce
the number of Asiatics who daily are
coming across tne Doraers m great ana
increasing numbers.
Returns from the Canadian immigra
tion offices show that 8,286 Asiatics
landed at the British Columbia ports of
Victoria and Vancouver between Janu
arv 1 and September 18, 1907. Of this
number 2,872 were Hindus and 4811
Japanese, most of the latter reaching
Canada from Honolulu. The remain
ing were Chinese, who paid admission
fees of $100 for the privilege of landing
in Canada. The field of labor in that
section of Canada is limited, and the
investigations of the United States im
migration inspectors have shown that
most cf the Japanese and Chinese ex
pect ultimately to get into the United
States.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
PRUNE YIELD BIG.
Southern Oregon Produces Crop of
Excellent Quality.
Myrtle Creek The harvesting of the
prune crop throughout the prune dis
tricts in the southern pa it of Oregon is
now nearing the end. The season has
been an exceptional one for the grower
off ruit. Intermittent rains have pro
duced a yield unusual and a size and
quality hardly before known. The
trench or Petite prune is the one most
extensively grown and in ordinary
years fruit weighing 70 and 80 prunes
to the pound would be considered good,
while this season has produced fruit
weighing 35 to 40 prunes to the pound.
Douglas, Jackson and Josephine
counties have always produced Oregon's
best French prunes. This fruit is
equal if not superior to the famous
Santa Clara valley prune boasted of by
all California fruitgrowers. There will
probably be about 150 carloads of this
fruit shipped from the packing houses
of the Douglas County Fruitgrowers'
association at Roseburg and 50 carloads
from the E. S. French company's plant
at Myrtle Creek.
In addition to the excellence of the
yield this season the growers have been
favcied with very high prices in the
Eastern market, owing to the failure of
fruit crops throughout the East. The
fruit will in most cases be Bhipped di
rect to the markets at New York, Chi
cago, St. Louis, Isew Urleans and other
cities, while some of it will reach the
best mrkets of Europe.
STATE'S POSITION STRONG.
Attorney General Crawford Confident
of Telephone Case
Salem Attorney General Crawford
states that he is preparing the briefs
for the state in its fight againet the Pa
cific States Telephone company in re
gard to the gross earnings of the com-
i i i i . i
pany in wnicn the telephone company
attacks the constitutionality of the
Oregon initiative law.
"I do not fear for the etate's posi
tion in this matter," said Mr. Craw
lord. VThe initiative was enacted sim
ply as a corrective and does not destroy
the representative form of government
of the state constitution. The tele
phone company has undoubtedly pre
pared its strongest case and I will work
along the lines which I have just stated
so far as I can tell at present.
"The reference in its papers filed by
the company to the election of United
States senators by direct legislation was
done simply to involve the Federal law
with a view to carrying the case to the
United States Supreme court should the
state be successful in its fight against
the telephone company in the state
courts."
JURY DISAGREES.
Ford Trial in San Francisco Must Be
Heard Again.
San Francisco, Oct. 7. The jury
which tried ex-Attorney General Tirey
L. Ford, general counsel for the United
Railroads, on the felony charge of brib
ing Supervisor Thomas F. Lonergan in
the eum of $4,000 to vote for the trolley
franchise in June, 1900, voted eight
for acquittal and four for conviction and
was discharged by Judge Lawlor, after
having been out 18 Lours.
Judge Lawlor informed counsel that
the regular trial jury box having been
exhausted in the trial of Ford, he will
organize a panel of several hundred
talesmen to serve tor all cases coming
before his department of the court.
iins nas tne ertect or doing away
with the likelihood of special venires
As Ford is under heavy bond on the
other indictments returned against him,
he was given his freedom and will not
be required to furnish fresh bonds in
tbe present case until today. The case
will come up for retrial Monday, Octo
ber 14.
WEAVING NET TO
CATCH ASSASSINS
Evidence Points to Baker City Men
As Guilty Ones.
CANCER CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.
Correspondence Course for Teachers.
University of Oregon, Eugene With
a view to bringing the work of the uni
versity within the reach of the teachers
of the state and others who find it im
possible to attend the regular sessions,
the department of education of the uni
versity is announcing a number of cor
respondence courses. No charge is
being made for tuition, and the only
expense attached will be that of post
age and books. The state library com
mission is co-operating in the matter
of furnishing libraries. Courses are
now being given in English Classics,
(state high school course) Shakespeare,
History of England. Pedagogy, and Al
gebra.
ROBBERS MAKE RICH HAUL.
The jury impaneled for the trial of
Theodore Halsey for bribing San Fran
Cisco supervisors been discharged on
account of the sickness of the defend
ant. The case will be taken up as soon
as he recovers.
The Ford bribery case in San Fran
cisco is practically finished.
President Roosevelt favors deep wa
terway from the lakes to the gulf.
Senator Borah's acquittal may cause
District Attorney Ruick's acquittal.
A large block of Illinois Central
stock has been turned gainst Harriman.
Four members of the black band have
been hanged at Lancaster, Pa., for com
mitting mudrer.
Ten Hindus who had crossed the bor
der to Danville, Wash., were mobbed
and driven back into Canada.
Senator Borah says the stone an
timber law is a piece of infamy as ad
ministered by tbe government and
tempts men to perjury.
A a. J . T-r li m . i
Airorney j.enogg, ror the govern
ment, has brought out the fact that the
Standard Oil company has been in the
habit of giving rebates in oil to certain
of its large consumers.
One of the large insurance companies
nas compiled a statement which shows
that suicide throughout the United
States is on a decrease. San Francisco
is first and Oakland second in the num
ber of suicides per thousand people.
Fort Stevens barracks, at the mouth
of the Columbia, are to be enlarged.
Montana is shipping apples and po-
tatoes to the Eastern markets by the
carload.
A Chicago hospital nurse has been
left a fortune of $1,500,000 by an Aus
tralian rancher.
Secretary Taft made a speech at To-
kio againet war with Japan which
aroused great enthusiasm.
The United States cruiser South Da
kota has been taken from the Union
Iron works, San Francisco, to the navy
yard ana will soon be placed in com
mission.
H. X. Brown, of Baker City, who
vas badly injured by a dynamite bomb,
died accusing the Western Federation
of Miners with the crime. While sher
iff he captured Steve Adams.
Dr. Matthews, th? best known min
ister in Setattle, declares that woman
suffrage would bring more suffering
and rascality than ever.
Leading officials of severaal of the
large life insurance companies have
bee summoed by District Attorney Je
rome to appear before the State Su
preme court and answer to indictments
found by the grand jury.
Sweden has issued
the America's cup.
a challenge for
Alabama Bandits Steal Half Million
and Escape.
Seddon, Ala., Oct. 8. Four masked
robbers looted the First National bank
of this town last night, shot and killed
Sheriff John Williams and escaped on
a hand car, north bound on the South
ern railway. It is said the amount
taken is $575,250. The robbery and
the killing of Sheriff Williams caused
intense excitement and a posse started
on the trail of the bandits scon after
the crimes were committed.
The robbers were discovered at work
about 10 o'clock, when a man passing
the bank happened to peer through one
of the darkened windows. Hastily giv
ing the alarm he ran to notify Sheriff
Williams. The official reached the
bank just as the robbers, evidently
scenting discovery, were about to leave.
The sheriff called upon them to halt.
Before he could locate them in the
darkness they opened fire upen him
and- he was instantly killed. The
crowd which had gathered was panic
Etricken and in the confusion the ban
dits escaped, running through the
street with their booty and firing as
Farmere Institutes in Linn.
Albany A series of farmers' insti
tutes will be held throughout Linn
county during the latter portion of the
month of November. The institutes
are being promoted by Dr. James
Withycombe, of the O. A. C, and the
same are in connection with the work
of the college. Five places have been
selected in Linn county and are as fol
lows: Crabtree, Lebanon, Brownsville,
Halsey and Harrisburg. The dates for
the holding of these institutes have
been placed for November 19, 20, 21,
22 and 23.
Referendum Ties Up Funds.
University of Oregon, Eugene Al
though the girls' dormitory and the new
library building have been completed,
it is not probable that they can be used
this year, on account of lack of money
for furnishing and heating them. The
referendum has tied up the funds with
which it was expected to install an ad
ditional boiler at the heating plant.
The two boilers in use now are already
.taxed to their fullest capacity. 'The
' university is badly crowded for addi
tional recitation rooms and a dormitory
iur gins was especially needed. itie
main library room in the new building
, has been partially fitted up, and will
, be used.
Ship Peaches by Carload.
Milton For the first time in the
history of this district Milton has sent
to outside points straight carload lots
or peaches. During the present season
more than 40 carloads have been ship
ped direct to Spokane, Montana and
the Dakotas. Heretofore the shipments
have been made in smaller lots and to
the commission houses. This time the
shipments have been made to the deal
ers direct. The price ranged from $1.25
to $1.50 per box.
Potatoes Killed by Frost.
Albany Forty acres of potatoes
north of Lebanon were killed by frost
this week. Elmer Clem lost 22 acres
in this manner and Andrew Densmore,
a neighbor, lost 20. The potatoes were
planted late and had not attained full
size, ana tnougn iney win grow no
more because of the frost they will
probably be in a marketable condition.
Walls
thev ran. Running north to the rail
way yards of the Southern railway
they procured a hand car, ran it down
a heavy grade and escaped.
Quakes Break the Cable.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 8. A story
came from Sitka, Alaska, today tha
the series of earthquake shocks felt west
of that town is really responsible for
the breaks in the government cable be
tween Sitka and Valdez. No damage
beyond frightening the natives was
done until the cable was reported
broken 300 miles from Valdez. The
theory is advanced from Sitka that vol
canic activity has changed the contour
of the bottom of the sea along the 900
miles of cable between that town and
Valdez.
Meant No Harm to Taft.
Nagasaki, Oct. 8. During the trip of
the steamer Minnesota on which the
secretary of War, William II. Taft, and
his party were passengers from Kobe to
this port, a Japanese passenger was im
prisoned m his cabin by order of the
captain of the vessel. He said he was
a member of the Taft party. He was
turned over to the police here and it
was developed that the man had been
drinking. The affair was exaggerated
to an attempt to injure Secretary Taft.
Hurry Battlesh:ps Around.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8. Acting under
orders issued by Secretary o' the Navy
Metcalf, every effort will be made to at
League Island to place the four battle-
hips tfif re in condition to accompany
the North Atlantic 8'iuadron arcund
Cape Horn to Puget sound. The orders
re positive that the Ittttleships must
be rtady for sea duty by December 15.
Smallpox in Colltge Hospital.
Philadelphia. Oct. 8. The univers-
ty liofpital of the University of Penn
ylvania was quarantined tonight be
cause it was discovred that Henrv
Yankun, a patient, bad developed small
pox. About 200 patients and as many
mployes are shut up in the institution, i legislation.
Plant Wheat Land To Fruit.
Pendleton Five thousand acres of
wheat land to be cut up into five and
ten-acre tracts, to be irrigated and de
voted to the raising of all varieties of
fruit. Such is the proposition to be ' stood that the line will be
put up to the Pendleton Commercial
club in the near future by men who
are seeking support in their efforts to
uevlelop the territory surrounding Pen
dleton, thereby increasing fifty-fold the
contributory value to Pendleton busi-1
tess interests.
Railway Nears Completion.
Pendleton Track laying on the
Umatilla Central, the branch line of
the O. R. & N. running to Pilot Rock,
10 miles distant from Pendleton, is
progressing rapidly, and it is under-
completed
within, six weeks' time. This will
mean much for the Pilot Rock country.
Money for Road in Sight
Baker City William L. Vinson, pro
moter of the proposed Eagle Valley
railroad to extend from Baker City to
Eagle Valley, has announced that the
full amount of subscription to stock in
Baker City, $1,000,000, has been
raised. His engineers have begun
cross sectioning the line out of Baker
City, and in a few days the engineers
will be followed by the graders.
Weston's Good Prospects.
Weston This is proving to be by far
the beat year in the history of the Wes
ton normal. Already 150 pupils have
been enrolled and by Christmas after
the fall season is over, it is expected
that there will be at least 200 pupils at
the school. Every available
the town has been occupied
rangements are being made for more
Linn Has Teacher Shortage.
Albauy County School Superintend
ent W. L. Jackson, of Linn, reports a
great scarcity of teachers and says that
many schools will be unable to open on
account of this condition.
$25
$26
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 83c; bluestem, 85c
valley, 82c; red, 81c.
Oats No. 1 white, $26; gray
Barley Feed, $25; brewing,
Z7; rolled, $26.
Corn Whole, $31; cracked, $32
Hay Valley timothy, Nc. 1, $17
18; Eastern Oregon timothy, $19(320 ;
clover, $11; cheat, $11; grain hay, $11
12; airalla, $15213.
Fruits Apples, $11.75 per box;
cantaloupes, 75c$1.50 per crate;
peaches, 65c$l perorate; prunes, 50c
per crate; watermelons, llc per
Evidence That Germs Remain In
for Many Years.
Paris, Oct. 7. Are certain houses in
fected with cancer? Are rooms inhab
ited by cancer patients liable to convey
the disease years after the patient is
dead? According to the researches of
some doctors, the results of which have
just been published, these questions
must be answered in the affirmative.
The strange coincidence had often been
observed and pointed out by practition
ers, even so far back as 20 and 30 years
ago. A patient; would die of cancer in
a certain house. A year afterwards, or
even longer, other persons come to live
in the same house, and suddenly some
member of the family is afflicted with
the terrible disease. For years and
years the same phenomenon recurs.
One family removes after one or more
of its members has succumbed to the
illness, others succeed them, and be
come in turn victims of the same fatal
affection. The observations have been
so frequent that the sanitary author!
ties in Paris have decided to study the
matter thoroughly. A census has been
tanen or an the houses where cancer
patients died during the last six months
of the year 1906. and a careful watch
will be kept over these houses. The
list comprises 1,062 cases, and out of
these it has already been observed that
in 12 houses two successive cases cc
curred. not counting nve old age asy
lums, where 26 deaths occurred from
the same disease.
Officers
Will
Watching Them and Arrests
Follow Securing of More
Evidence Brown Believed to Have
Been Victim of Federation Hatred
and Suspicion.
MORE JAPANESE THAN EVER.
Not
Examines Power Site.
La Grande H. R. Thompson, repre
senting the Portland General Electric
company, is making another investiga
tion oi the electric power proposition
up the Grand Konde river in the vicin
ty of the Carson mines. N. E. Im
haus, who with J. E. Foley of this city
owns tne power site, is with Mr.
Thompson.
Open Wallowa Timber Land.
La Grande Thirty-five thousand
acres oi the Wallowa forest reserve is
to be thrown open for settlement Octo
ber 30, and a line-up at the La Grande
land office is expected to begin this
week. Most of the land is said to ha
leavily timbered. A large portion of
t has been squatted upon already.
squash, 50c
3550c per
27J35c
Inquire Into S. P. Shortage.
Falem The etate railway commis
sion has decided to investigate on its
own motion the car shortage on the
Southern Pacific. The date for the
hearing has not been set exactly, but it
will probably be about October 10.
Old Taxes; Old Law.
Salem Attorney General Crawford
has given an opinion that taxes assess
ed and levied in 1906 and now in pro
cess of collection mutt be collected un
der the old law and not under the 1907
pound; pears, $11.75 per box;
grapes, 5Cc$1.65 per crate, casaba,
room in;$2.25 per dozen: ouinces. $1(511.25 ner
and ar- box; huckleberries, 810c per pound.
I Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack;
carruuj, i.o per Baca; neer, si.zo
per sack; cabbage, ll4'c per
pound; celery, 35c$l per dozen ; corn,
$11.50 per sack; cucumbers, 1015c
per dozen; onions, 1520c dozen;
parsley, 20c per dozen ; peppers, 8
10c per pound: pumpkins, .
per pound; radishes, 20c per dozen
spinach, 6c per pound;
$1 per box; tomatoes,
box.
Onions $1.50 per sack.
Potatoes 7585c per sack; sweet
potatoes, 2lc per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery,
per pound.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 88Jc;
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
pounds, G(S)7c.
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 8
8c; packers, 7)8c.
Poultry Average old hens, 12(3
13c per pound; mixed chickens, 12(d
13c; spring chickens, 1213c; old
roosters, 89c; dressed chickens, 14
15c; turkeys, live, old, 1617c; young,
1819c; geepe, live, per pound, 89c;
ducks, 15c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 32c
per dozen ; Eastern, 2730c.
Hops 1907, 809a'c per pound; old.
45c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average b?st,
1622c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 20 22c, according to fine
nees; mohair, choice, 2930c per
pound. i
President's Proclamation Does
Have Desired Effect.
Washington, Oct. 7. The proclama
tion of the president, issued March 14.
1907, has not operated to retard the
immigration of Japanese into the
United States, as was expected. On
the contrary, the influx of Japanese has
been greater since the issuance of the
proclamation than before. The annual
report of Commissioner General Sar
gent, of the bureau of immigration,
will show that during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1907, 30,824 Japanese
entered the United States, and of that
total 10,091 came in during March,
April, May and June. This shows that
the influx has been greater since the
proclamation than before.
The president's proclamation was not
intended to be a bar to all Japanese,
but only those of the laboring classes
the coolies. Yet it is not reasonable to
suppose that all the Japanese who came
into the United States since March 14
have been of the educated classes; those
prepared to engage in some profession.
Tho investigations r f the bureau of im
migration show that fully 50 per cent
of those coming here have taken up
some manual occupation.
In addition to the Japanese shown
on the returns of the immigration bu
reau, it is supposed that not a few
gained unlawful access to this country
through Mexico and Canada, but this
number will be reduced if Canada en
forces its law prohibiting the admission
into that country of Japanese who do
not bear passports.
Baker City, Or., Oct. 5. A network
of facts and circumstances is weaving to
encourage the belief that the officers
are following closely the dynamite mur
derers of Harvey K. Brown. Indica
tions point more strongly than ever to
Federation radicals as the assassins.
Their motive seemB to have been to
destroy a man who they thought was
piaying them douJe, or whose fate-
would be a warning to all foes of the
Federation who have not "had the fear
of God put in their hearts." as the
miners have often expressed it.
Ihe network of evidence is tighten
ing around several local characters who
are known to be Federation extremists.
That they know they aie suspected is
realized by the detectievs and officers.
Considerable evidence has been gather
ed, but not enough yet for arrests.
Thursday night a gunshot encounter
between the eheriff -and bold charac
ters, the night before an attempt to
kill the bloodhounds in the county jail
and threats to demolish it these oc
currences are causing the people of Ba
ker county to wonder each day if the
night will bring forth another deed of
terror.
The assertion of Mr. Lillard that he-
paid Federation money to Brown for
his testimony in the Adams trial and
that Brown was in the service of the
Federation is borne out by Clarence
Darrow, legal counsel for the Federa
tion officials, and by Haywood that the
miners regarded him as a friend. But
this is not believed as a sure sign that
the Federation did not desire Brown's,
murder.
A new witness to the tall-woman epi
sode was found tonight in Miss Navona
Miller, who passed the kimono man 10
minutes before the explosion. The
same man was seen by Mrs. Brown a.
little while later and a few minutes be
fore the discharge; also by Mrs. Romig,
who remarked to her husband that a
woman was outside who walked and.
looked like a man; and by II. S. Ged-
des, a plumber.
LANE REFUSES IMMUNITY.
Plague in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Oct. 7. Today's
health board report shows the following
totals in the bubonic plague situation:
Verified cases to date, 57; deaths, 32;
cases recovered, 2; remaining under
treatment, 23; cases suspected, but not
yet verified, 31. At a meeting today
cf a committee composed of representa
tives of the health board, board of su
pervisors, the Red Cross and relief
corps, it was decided in view of the de
cision of the Federal authorities, that
the old city and county hospital is a
menace and must be demolished.
Corruption in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 7. A grand jury in
quiry inta the operations of an alleged
combination of gamblers resulted in the
repoit this afternoon involving bribery,
corruption and incompetency on the
part of certain police ami city officials,
fhe jury recommended that the portion
of the police force that had been in
charge of the prosecution of gamblers
le ieorgani7.d and that those "resnon-
ible for the laxity and corruption be
transferred or dismissed."
Southern Pacific Official Not Allowed
to Tell of Rebates.
San Francisco, Oct. 5. An unsuc
cessful effort was made hv Attornev-
Peter F. Dunne, of the Southern Pacific
railway, tc have Chief Traffic Agent
Luce placed on the stand yesterday at
the close of the taking of testimony by
Interstate Commerce Ccmmissioner
Lane. The commissioner made his rea
sons for doing so plain.
If Mr. Luce was placed on the
stand," he said, "it might raise the
question of immunity. It would be
improper and inexpedient at this time-
to give Mr. Luce the benefit of immunity."
Mr. Dunne said that Mr. Luce could
complete the explanation of Ihe special
or inside rates which had been partially
made by J. V. Stubhe, and pleaded at
length that he should be sworn. Mr
Lane declined to administer the oath
Another sensational incident of the-
hearing occurred when John Dillon..
one of the chiefs of the Miller & Lux,
corporation, asked for permission to.
take the stand so as to amend his testi
mony. He then said he got a reduc
tion on the published rate on local
shipments since the Hepburn act.
"And I must say," he added, "this
influenced me to give the interstate
business to the Southern Pacific."
After hearing evidence cf other ship
pers, several of whom admitted receiv
ing rebates on shipments within the
state, the hearing was closed.
Coal Near Manila.
San Francisco, Oct. 5. Uncle Sam ia
to undertake the mining of coal on hia
own arcount from deposits found on
one of the southern islands in the Phil
ippine group. Ralph John MaeKenzie,
mining expert for the War department,
is here on his way to the Philippines.
"These coal mines," says Mackenzie,
"are on the island of Batuan. about
200 miles to the southward of Man
The coal is bituminous. There is one.
six-foot seam, and it ia supposed to be
a very cheap working proposition to
mine it.
More Honor For Taft.
Nagisaki, Oct. 7. Secretary of War
Taft on his arrival here this morning
from Kobe on loard the steamship
Minnesota, was welcomed by the mayor
and municipal officers and was ban
queted by the municipality. The Min
nesota will sail at midnight for Manila.
Lumber Trust's Black Book.
Minneapolis, Oct. 5. The Federal
grand jury today resumed the investi
gation of the "little black book"
which, catalogue houses dealing in
amber and mpnufactured articles al
lege, has been used by the lumber trust
in an elTort to ruin the mailorder busi
ness. It is now known that there was
a secret meeting of lumber dealers in
Minneapolis lat winter and later a
similar meeting of about 60 lumbermen
in Chicago.
Enjoin Reduction of Rates.
Sioux Falls, S. I)., Oct. 5. All lead
ing lailroads having lines in South Da
kota have commenced a united action
in the United States court in this o.itv
for a permanent injunction preventing;
the state board of railroad commission
ers from putting into effect October lf
an order reducing passenger rates ia
the state from 3 to 2 cents" a mile.