Heppner gazette., October 17, 1907, Image 9

EVERYONE WANTS
CELILO CHANNEL
Inland Empire United In Demand for
Needed Improvement.
Congress Should Make Project Con
titiuirg Contract.So Construction
Can Proceed Open River Asso
ciation Also Wants Portage Road
Extended to The Dalles.
MILLIONS IN LOANS.
The Dalles, Or., Oct. 10. Many res
idents of the Inland Empire attended
the meeting of the Open River associa
tion here jesterday to lend their voice
to the demand for a channel for com
merce around Celilo falls. They showed
that the interior country wants the Ce
lilo canal project put on a continuing
contract basis, so that that construc
tion may proceed. They made evident
. also that their region wants the Celilo
portage railway extended to The Dalles,
eo as to improve the efficiency of that
temporary avenue of transportation
pending the completion of the $4,500,-
000 canal. An extension of the port
age will cost $70,000 for an independ
ent line with this city from Big Eddy,
a distance of four miles, or for connec
tion with the Dufuf railroad, $40,000
for building about 2 miles of track.
Senator Fulton, of Oregon, expressed
the strong hope that the canal could be
put on a continuing contract basis at
the next session of congress. Repre
sentative Ellis, of Oregon, and Repre
sentative French, of Idaho, also pledged
their aid to that end. Representative
Cushman, of Washington, wrote a let
ter faying he wished the upper river
improved. Representative Jcnes, of
Washington, spoke in Lewiston for an
open liver, according to a telegram
from that city. Among other speakers
were Miles C. Moore, of Walla Walla,
who urged the need of electric railroad
connections with the open river; Pro
lessor W. D. Lyman, of the same city,
who extolled the Columbia river as an
avenue of commerce" with the Orient
across the Pacific, which he said was
destined to become the greatest com
mercial ocean in the world.
II. M. Green, of La Crosse, told of
the electric railway project between
Pullman and La Crosse; Dr. N. J
Blalock, of Walla Walla, urged tbe
raising of funds for building steamboats
on the Upper Columbia; Frank Mene-
fee, of The Dalles, spoke for the com
mittee on ways and means for extend
lng the Portage railway and offered the
two plans already mentioned.
Slate Senator Stevenson, of Garfield
county, Washington, said the $125,000
appropriation made by the Washington
legislature last winter for the improve
ment of the Snake and Columbia rivers
betokened the interest of that state in
the open river movement. C. T. Grez-
ntanner, of Paeco, told of the interest
taken by the people of the interior
Captain W. P. Gray, of the same city,
said the Upper Columbia needs five or
ten new steamboats. H. M. Cake, of
Portland, said the opening of water
ways is necessary, else the freight of the
country cannot be transported. W. H.
j ay lord, of fort land, professed to rep
resent capital that would build water
or rail lines whenever it could be
shown they would pay. The attend
ance represented men of Walla Walla,
Kennewick, Pomeroy, Colfax, Lewiston,
.Baker City, Portland and Pendleton.
ihe outgoing officers ol the associa
tion were re-elected. The president is
J. A. Smith, of Baker City; secretary,
W. J. Mariner, of Blalock. The other
members of the executive committee
are: N. J. Blalock, of Walla Walla,
Henry Ilahn and A. II. Devers, of
Portland; J. T. Peters, of The Dalles,
and R. Sehleischer, of Lewiston. The
last named was added to the executive
committee to give Idaho a representation.
More Mysteries of Standard Oil to
Be Explained in Court.
New York, Oct. 11. Loans aggregat
ing $20,000,000, which the books of the
Southern Pipe Line company show
were made to P. 8. Trainer, between
1899 and 1905, became more puzzling
of solution to Frank B. Kellogg, con
ducting the Federal suit against the
Standard Oil company, today, when
Mr. Trainer, taking the witness stand
in the oil suit, testified that the money
had never been paid to him and that
be had never heard of the account.
H. M. Tilford, treasurer of tbe
Standard Oil company of California,
and president of the Continental Oil
company, when asked to produce the
reports of the Continental company,
testified that whenever a new report
wae received he invariably destroyed
the old one. The reports of the Con
tinental contain information regarding
business done by competing oil com
panies. Mr. Kellogg will have a conference
with Attorney General Bonaparte at
Washington tomorrow to discuss the
progress of tne government s case
against the Standard Oil company.
The resumption of the hearing found
Georgo Chesbrough, auditor of the
Standard's subsidiary pipe lines, again
on the witness stand. He identified
balance sheets and transcripts from
records of the pipe line companies,
showing gross earnings, cost of plants
and other accounts.
Mr. Kellogg said that he might call
William G. Rockefeller, treasurer of
the Standard Oil company, of New
York, to give information concerning
the loan of over $32,000,000 made last
year and described by the company as
loaned to interests qther than Standard
Oil.
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON. D. C.
TRIES TO JOB UNCLE SAM.
PILOT BUMPS PRESIDENT.
Hartford Company Furnishes Poorer
Paper Than It Agreed To.
Washington, Oct. 10. Postmaster
General Meyer has suspended the pay
ment ol money due from his depart
ment to the Hartiord Manufacturing
company, of Hartford, (Jonn.,and has
submitted the matter to the attorney
general lor such further action as may
be deemed proper.
ine uariiora Manufacturing com
pany, up to July last, supplied the
stamped envelopes and newspaper
wrappers scld at the pcstoffices. Chem
ical analysis of samples have disclosed
tbe fact that the composition of the en
velope paper has been below the re
quirements of the contract, and accord'
ing to the computations of the experts
of tne rostottice department, the com
pany nas in me last tour years wrong
fully benehtted to tbe extent of about
$425,000.
it a .
ne oi me manufacturers who sup
plied paper to tbe company has admit
ted to the postmaster general's agents
that his firm furnishes different and
cheaper paper than specified in the
contract and that it was made at the
instance of the Hartford Manufacturing
company.
TESTS BY GOVERNMENT.
Shows Roosevelt Just How Shallow
Mississippi Is.
Washington, Oct. 8. President
Roosevelt has now pergonal experience
regarding the shallowness of the Mist
eissippi river, according to a repor
which has reached Washington. The
pilot who guided the executive's craft
knows every sandbar in the big stream
and it is said that he took precautions
on tbe trip down to Memphis to bump
a goodly portion of them just to show
they were there. The president's safe
ty was not endangered, it is explained,
because the good steamer Mississippi is
of the flat bottom variety common on
the river and could not be tured over
by a little gentle rocking. The presi
dent, when he landed at Memphis, it is
stated, was familiar with the location
of a large number of the obstructions
to navigation between that place and
Keokuk, Iowa. His experience is de
clared to have increased his interest in
the needs of navigation and that, of
course, was the object sought in giving
him a few harmless bumps by a pilot
who could do the job without getting
stuck fast.
SUSPECT ARRESTED.
OLDER'S KIDNAPER INDICTED.
Memory is Bad.
Baker City, Or., Oct. 10. Frank
Tucker, the, man who was arrested at
Granite, Or., on suspicion of being con
nected with the Brown murder case,
was brought to Baker City last evening
and placed in the county jail. When
questioned by Mr. Lomax concerning
what he had said about the Brown case
at Granite, the fellow said that he did
not JJremember saying anything. He
had been drinking heavily for some
time and had lost all consciousness of
where he was, what he wae doing or
what he was saying.
Merge to Simplify Management.
New York, Oct. 10. Stockholders
of the Great Northern Railway com
pany at the annual meeting to be held
here tomorrow will vote on the propo
sition that the Great Northern shall ac
quire, subject to existing liens, all the
properties of the subsidiary companies.
In a letter to stockholders Chiirman
James J. Hill declares the directors con
sider the change desirable, as it will
consolidate the ownership of the prop
erty and simplify the management.
Tornado in Georgia.
Leeds, Ga., Oct. 10. A tornado near
here yesterday caused the death of 15
persons, who were hit by falling trees
and timbers. The damage to property
was enormous. Pieces of timber were
hurled violently through the air.
Many houses went down with a crash
and scores were injured by being pin
ned beneath tbe debris. I
Brown Accused of Inducing Chauffeur
to Perjure Himself.
San Francisco, Oct. 11. The grand
jury today returned another indictment
against Luther G. Brown, law partner
in Los Ageles of Earl Rogers, and re
puted to be "the head of the United
Railroads" detective force in this city.
Brown, who was indicted recently with
R. Porter Ashe on charges of abducting
f remont Older, managing editor of the
San Francisco Bulletin, was today ac
cused by the grand jury of subornation
of perjury in procuring G. A. Wyman,
a chauffeur, to testify falsely before
the inquisitorial body while under ex
amination as to the alleged kidnaping.
Wyman drove the car in which Older
was taken against his will to Redwood
City, on the way to Los Angeles, to an
swer a libel suit instituted by isrown
in connection with the present bribery
graft prosecutions. Wyman, according
to the prosecution, was "cornered" by
Francis J. Heney in the grand jury
room and confessed that Brown had in
duced him to perjure himself. Wy
man was not indicted.
The grand jury also returned an in
dictment against John E. West, a
member of the Electrical Workers'
union, accusing him of the penitentiary
offense of short-circuiting the wires of
the United Railroads.
Brown's bail was fixed by Judge
Coffey at $10,000 bonds or $5,000 cash.
West's was $5,000 bonds or $2,500
cash. A bench warrant was issued for
the arrest of each.
Forest Service Believes Western Hem'
lock Is Done Injustice.
vvasnrngion, uce. y. me forest eer-
vice is experimenting with hemlock cut
from the western slopes of the Oregon
Cascades, and will endeavor to estab
lish that timber as valuable for struc
tural uses. Heretofore eastern lumber
buyers have been prejudiced against
western hemlock because they confused
it with the eastern variety, which is
not of the high quality of the western
kind. Buyers here have refused to ac
cept hemlock, and tbe forest service
hopes to prove the strength of the tim
ber by a series of tests which will show
that it may be well utilized for struc
tural and finishing work.
So far as the tests have been conduct
ed the results are satisfactory, and the
service men believe they will add to
the assets of the North Pacific coast
states by increasing th? market value of
their hemlock.
Oregon's Commission Praised,
Washington, Oct. 11. State railway
commissioners of the states of Wash
ington, Montana, North Dakota, Min
nesota and Wisconsin are holding con
ferences with a view to arranging a un
iform system of reports and blanks of
various kinds for getting data from
railroads. Following the meeting at
St. Paul a week ago they are consulting
here. Oregon is represented by Com
miesioner Aitchison, who brings one of
the best reports yet offered before the
convention. It is commented on as
creditable
Man Caught at Granite Knows of
Brown Murder.
Granite, Or., Oct. 9. A stranger giv
ing the name of Frank Tucker was
taken into custody here yesterady on
HUiipicion oi being an accomplice in the
murder of Harvey K. Brown. At th
time of his arrest he was intoxicated
and made very damaging statements as
to the case. Sheriff Rand was at once
communicated with at Baker City, and
instructed Special Officer Thornburg to
take him to Sumpter to turn him over
to the?oflicers.
In Tucker's statement he admitted
that he was in Baker City the night of
the explosion and that he knew the men
who set off the bomb, but he will not
tell their names.
He says that he saw the bomb and
that it was made of nitro-glycerine and
white pine sawdust and was set off by
wires. He also says that he was about
4U yards from the bomb when it was
set off, that be ran down by the freight
depot and afterwards out of Baker to
wards Sumpter, arriving in Austin the
second day, worked there four days and
walked to Granite the next day. The
two others intended going to Cheyenne
Wyoming.
He says that he has worked in mines
at Butte and at different camps in Col
orado; that he is a member of the
Western Federation of Miners, also
that he has relatives living at Scio.
CAR SHORTAGE ON.
EORD JURORS
UNDER SUSPICION
Eastern Railroads Cannot Handle lm
mense Grain Traffic.
Chicago, Oct. 9. The threatened car
shortage, against which the railroads
have been fighting for months, has ar
rived and business in all Eastern traffic
centers is more or less affected. It is
said that the New York Central lines
west of Buffalo are short more than 7,
000 cars. What the shortage is on the
system east of Buffalo is not known,
but it is no exaggeration to say that, if
to a commission bo recently the New York Central lines had 10,000
Bumble Bees for Philippines.
waenington, uci. ii. m resposne
to a rush order cabled from the Philip
pines, two cigar boxes of bumble bees
are today hurrying across the country
bound for the islands. Tbe Philippine
specialists ot the agricultural depart
ment have been making exhaustive ex
periments in Luzon, in the cross fertil
ization of certain plants. Repeated
tests with the common or busy bee
showed it to be unequal to the task,
but complete success crowned the ef
forts of the scientists when they tried
the bumble bees. As the season in
which the bumble bee can make him
self useful in the fertilization is rapidly
nearing an end in the Philippines, the
experts yesterday cabled the depart
ment to rush the shipment.
LIKE BLACK HAND,
Bigelow Confesses More Threats to
Use Dynamite.
Denver, Oct. 11. Kemp V. Bigelow,
the young clerk from Farmer, Ohio,
who mailed dynamite packages to Gov
ernor Henry A. liucntei ana several
other prominent citizens of Denver,
confessed today that he was also the
author of letters mailed cn August 29
last to the Burlington railroad, the
Moffatt road, the Adams Express com
pany, the Daniels A Fisher Stores com
pany, the way fchoe Clothing com
pany and to Postmaster Paul Sours, de
manding amounts varying from $10,000
to $50,000, and aggregating $190,000.
These letters contained threats that un
less the demands were complied with,
passenger trains would be wrecked with
dynamite and the Daniels & Fisher and
May stores and the Federal building in
this city would be blown up and C. H.
Day, local agent of the Adams Express
company, would be killed within 3U
days.
Booms the Fair In Japan.
Tokio, Oct. 11. Judge Thomas
Burke, of Seattle, who is now in this
city in the interest of the Alaska-Yukon
Pacific exposition, is receiving much
attention on the part of the Japanese
officials and a dinner will be given m
his honor October 15. The department
of commerce has promised to elaborate
the Japanese exhibit at the forthcoming
exposition. The native press urges
strong support of the exposition, on the
ground that Japan should do every
thing possible to show her friendliness
for American commercial interests.
Wants More Submarines.
Washington, October 12. Hoping
that some company or individual will
enter the field and build a satisfactory
submarine, Secretary Metcalf has with
held about $500,000 of the appropria
tion made by the last congress for such
boats. Seven have been contracted for,
and of those some will be assigned to
the Pacific coast, but how many has
not been determined. But one type of
boat proved satisfactory in the tests
held last spring at New York. One
other builder whose boat did not come
up to the requirements may decide to
build one which will.
organized. One hundred and seventy
complaints have been filed with the
Oregon commissioner. Many of these
have been disposed of.
Railway Commissioners Meet.
Washington, Oct. 10. Clyde B. Ait
chison, of Portland, a member of the
state lailway commission of Oregon, has
arrived to attend the nannual conven
tion of the National Association of
Railroad Commissioners. All the
Washington commissioners, H. A
Fairchilds, John C. Lawrence and Jesse
S. Jones, are here. The Washington
commissioners report the practical com
pletion of the work of ascertaining, as
commanded by law, the relative values
of the uses to which railwav Drorertv
in Washington is put.
Trade Press Men Meet.
Washington, Oct. 11. Editors and
poublishers of trade papers of various
kinds, dealing with matters ranging
from postage stamp collecting to rail
j . . .
roaa management ana banning, are in
attendance at the national convention
of the Federation of Trade Press asso
ciations. A business session was held
today, to be followed by a banquet this
evening. The convention will extend
through tomorrow. All of the lareer
cities and commercial center of the
country are represented among the vis
iting journalists
cars more than are at this time availa
ble, they would use them to advantage.
The Lake Shore alone was unable today
to provide within 3,600 of the number
of cars demanded by its patrons.
In view of the present demand for
cars in many lines of business, tbe pes
simistic statements of some of the rail
way managements are discounted by
others, who take a more hopeful view
of the future.
One reason for the shortage is the
great grain movement, which is taxing
the capacity of the railroads to the lim
it. Last week there were 600,000 more
bushels of grain shipped east from Chi
cago than during the year previous.
The flour shipments east increased more
than 6,500 barrels ovef the previous
week and were more than 17,500 bar
rels in excees of the corresponding week
of the previous year. The receipts of
grain last week were more than 9,800,-
000 bushels. This is the largest grain
receipt here since October, 1898
GOVERNOR'S NARROW ESCAPE
Special Grand Jury Will Seek Proof
cf Bribe-Giving.
Heney Is Said to Have Known Jury
Was Tampered With and Reserved
Ruef Testimony Burns Saya Hon
est Jury Will Convict Ford De
fense Is Anxious.
San Francisco, Oct. 8. Tbe grand
jury will meet today to investigate the
charges that have been freely made that
improper influences were used upon
certain members of the jury that tried
Tirey L. Ford. It is hinted that a sen
sation will be sprung before the matter
is dropped. Special Agent Burns re
fused to make any specific charges to
day, but said:
"Ford will be found guilty by an
honest jury.'
Earl Rogers, chief of counsel defend
ing Ford, came back with a charge that
the prosecution had made efforts to get
friends on the jury. Mr. Rogers comes
from the southern part of the state,
where he is known as "the fighting at
torney of Los Angeles." Mr. Burns
says he will call the bluff and will give
Mr. Rogers a chance to go before the
grand jury
Francis J. Heney is out of the city,
on an automobile trip. He will return
in time to conduct the investigation be
fore the grand jury. He is absolutely
unmoved by the failure of the Ford jury
to agree and will place Ford on trial
again next Monday. After the trial of
Ford the prosecution will turn,its atten
tion to Patrick .Calhoun.
The jurors in the Ford case who stood
for acquittal have stated in, interviews
that the failure of the prosecution to
call Abe Ruef to the stand influenced
them more than anything else in their
decision. The failure of the prosecu
tion to call Ruef to tbe stand has com
pletely mystified the defense. Ford's
attorneys will therefore be as much in
the dark as to the plans of the prosecu
tion in the next trialas they were in
the last.
The expanation given the widest cre
dence for the failure of Mr. Heney to
call Ruef to the stand is that the pros
ecutors had a "tip" that the jury had
been tampered with, and did not desire
to reveal any more evidence at thia
trial than was necessary to prevent an
acquittal.
TWO MORE INDICTMENTS.
Powder Trust Will Reply.
Wilmington, Del , Oct. 10 Forty of
forty-three defendants in the govern
ment suit to dissolve the so-called Du
Pont Powder trust have entered an ap
pearance in the United States court
here. In addition to companies
throughout the country, including the
E. I. DuPont deXemours Powder com
pany, of New Jersey, the defendants in
clude Senator Henry A. DuPont, presi
dent of the company; Colman DuPont
and numerous others. Federal Judge
Archibald, of Scranton, Pa., will prob
ably preside at the trial.
Promoter is In Trouble.
Seattle, Oct. 11. A cablegram from
Juneau tonight says II. D. Reynolds'
bank at Valdez is refusing to cash
checks drawn against the institution.
Efforts to get confirmation from Valdez
have failed, probably because the com
munication with that point has been
interrupted. Local bankers have no
confirmation of the report, but no bank
has been found that is a correspondent
of Reynolds' Valdez bank and the re
port is not credited.
Want to Move Capital.
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 11. All
the newspapers of the republic are oc
cupied with the ancient proposition to
remove the capital to Bello Horisonte.
Fleet of 32 Vessels.
Washington, Oct. 10. Not since the
Spanish war has there been so large an
assemblage of American warships the
cream of the American navy as will
take place when Admiral Evans arrives
on the Pacific coast with his fleet of 16
battleships. The battleship fleet will
be met by the Pacific fleet, and the
concentrated fleets will then comprise
32 large armored warships, not to men
tion the torpedo-boats and smaller craft
attached to the Pacific fleet.
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Foreign Ships as Colliers.
Washington, Oct. 8. Secretary Met
calf haB received from the attorney
general an opinion on the general ques
tions of the legality of the Navy depart
ment's chartering foreign vessels to
carry coal for the American navy. Mr.
Metcalf said that the awards for carry
ing the coal might be made tomorrow.
which is regarded as indicating an
opinion favorable to the department's
attitude.
Another Bank for St. John.
Washington, Oct. 9. Dr. Henrv W.
Coe, of.Portland, is entering the bank
ing field. The controller of the curren
cy today approved the application of
Dr. Coe, R. M. Tuttle, L. O. Connor,
1. McGowan and II. I. Keeney to oigan-
lze the Citizens iational bank of St.
John, with a capital of $25,000. This
will be the second national bank to es
tablish at St. John, a similar applica
tion of the .first National having been
approved last week. Both banks start
with the same capital.
Commission to Westgate.
Washington, Oct. 9. The commis
sion of G. A. Westgate as surveyor gen
eral of Oregon was today made out at
the White House and forwarded to
Louisiana for the signature of the pres-
luent. ine recent death of Surveyor
General Daly made it desirable that
this appointment be made as speed ilv
as possible. As soon as the commission
is signed by the president it will be
forwarded to Mr. Westgate and he will
be installed.
Infernal Machine Sent Colorado'
Executive by Mail.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 9. Governor
Henry A. Buchtel, Daf id H. Moffatt
president of the First National bank of
Denver, and Charles B. Kountz, presi
dent of the Colorado National bank, re
ceived through the mail today inferna
machines containing sufficient dyna
mite to have caused great destruction
of lives and property had they been ex
ploded.
Fortunately, warning had been given
to the recipients of the machines by
the chief or police, Michael Delaney,
who had obtained a confession from
Kemp V. Bigelow, by whom they were
mailed. Bigelow confessed also that he
had sent infernal machines to Lawrence
C. Phipps and Edward Chase.
Tonight in the presence of Chief of
police Delaney, Police Commissioner
Hewitt, representatives of newspapers
and Fred Moffatt, a nephew of David
H. Moffatt, Bigelow made a confession
in which he admitted sending the in
fernal machines, and explained his mo
tive. He said that he was .unable to
earn enough at his regular employment
to keep him properly and conceived the
idea of making a hero of himself, with
probable financial reward as a reeult.
New Postmaster for Laidlaw.
Wahington, Oct. 11. Edwin B.
Jones has been appointed postmaster
at Laidlaw, Crook county vice William
C. Stiles, resigned. Permission to or
ganize a Stockgrowers and Farmers Na
tional bank of Wallowa was given;
capital $50,000; organizers, C. T. Mc-
Daniel, E. A. Holmes, G. W. Gregsr,
G. Stevens, Minnie G. Stevens and J.
A. Jones.
200 Acres More Restored.
Washington, Oct. 9. There was re
stored to the public domain October 2
about 200 acres of land heretofore with-
National Bank at Wallowa.
Washington, Oct. 10. The applica
tion of C. T. MeDaniel, E. A. Holmes.
G. W. Gregg, Jasper G. Stevens, Min
nie i. Mevens and J.A.Jones to or
ganize the Stockgrowers' & Farmers'
national bank, of Wallowa, Ore., with
$50,000 capital, ha9 been approved by
tne comptroller of the currency.
Conspiracy Is Charged.
Washington, Oct. 10. Fcrmal
charges were filed today with the de
partment of justice against the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph compan
ies, charging them with conspiracy in
restraint of trade under the Sherman
anti-trust law.
Big Land Concession.
Mexico City, Oct. 9. Byron Hall, of
Los Angeles, has secured from the Mex
ican government through the aid of
Ambassador Creel and other officials
close to President Diaz, a concession for
200,000 acres of land in Lower Califor
nia to be colonized and developed by
the co-operative association of which
Hall is the head. More than 100 men
and women have already enrolled and
the plan for the colonists has progress
ed so far that it is expected the first
shipload of colonies will depart for San
Diego within the next 60 days.
Wanted Revolution Organized.
San Bernardino, Cal., Oct. 9. A
communication alleged to make public
the plans of Sebastian E. DeLagall &
Co. , who are accused cf conspiring for
the overthrow of Brazil, appeared on
the streets here last night. In the con-
si raters' proposal they offer 1,000 acres
to each colonist who enlists for military
duty, he to equip himself with arms",
and after six months' service he is to
be reimbursed and receive $2 per day
besides.
Jury Returns Charges Against South
ern Pacific, Pacific Mail.
San Francisco. Oct. 8. The United
States grand jury today presented two
supplementary indictments, one against
the Southern Pacific company, and the
other against the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company, charging them with vio
lations of the interstate commerce law.
Each indictment contains eight counts,
which relate to shipments of matting
from Kobe, Japan, to various points in
the United States at rates lower than
those mentioned in the schedule fur
nished the Interstate Commerce com
mission. The Southern Pacific and the Pacifio
Mail Steamship company were allowed
until October 21 to plead to the former
indictments.
DYNAMITE PLOT FOILED.
Postmaster at Woodville.
Washington, OA. 10. Addie
M.
Shanghai Welcomes Taft.
Shanghai, Oct. 9. Secretary of War
William H. Taft and the members of
his party arrived nere today on the
steamer Minnesota, which is conveying
him from Japan to Manila. The Chi
nese and fore;gn residents of Shanghai
Prominent Denver Men Marked by
Unknown Assassins.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 8. That Gover
nor Buchtel, David H. Moffat, banker,
C. B. Kountze, Lawrence Phipps, the
steel man, and Edward Chase, king of
the Denver gambling syndicate, were
doomed to die at the hands ot dyna
miters was the astonishing discovery
made by accident late last night and
reported to the police in time to pre
vent the killing of Mr. Chase and hia
family.
Enough of the deadly explosive was
found by the police concealed near the
Chase home to blow up the capitcl.
Santa Fe Grants Increase.
Topeka, Oct. 8. The Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railroad announced
today an increase in the wages of all
telegraph operators on the system.
This went into effect October 1. The
nerease came as a surprise to the men,
the first knowledge they had of it being
a voluntary announcement bv the com
pany. The increase varies from $2.50
to $4 per month. This is the second
ncrease in wages the Santa Fe opera
tors have had in the last 12 months,
the increase being in that time about 8
per cent.
President in Canebrake.
Stamboul, La., Oct. S. Assistant
Secretary Latta started out early todav
o find the president at his camp in the
llderness and at a late hour tonight
ad not returned. It is presumed that
when he arrived at the camp the presi
dent was out ori his hunt and that Sec
retary Latta found it necessary to re
main over night. Except that the at
mosphere is too humid to render phys
ical exercise enjoyable, the president is
having good weather.
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Obeys Mayor's Decree.
Des Moines, la.. Oct. 8. Mabe! Ben-
; nett, daughter of the Fort Dodtre may
or, who has been urging bachelors to
marry, eloped last night with Noland
Snow, a chauffeur, and they were mar
ried here today. Mayor Dennett re
cently issued a ukae urging all bache
lors to marry. Snow took him at hia
word.
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